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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bomb hit 60 feet from the Associated Press building. One crashed through the roof of the British Embassy & Consulate. Another fell on the tennis court, killed 20 Chinese. The Canadian-French mission was demolished, the mangled body of a Chinese woman blown 200 yards through the window of Harvardman White's room. A bomb struck the Chungking power station. Chungking's radio went dead, the city's lights went out. The home of the British Vice Consul was struck three times, and fires surrounded the German Embassy & Consulate where, all night, the Consul General and his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Heavenly Dog | 5/15/1939 | See Source »

...fight began when several Juniors tired out by long divisional exams, began throwing water and trash from window to window and over the Puritan roof. Soon a large crowd of students was involved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Splash-Fighters Douse Yard Cops During Free-for-All | 5/9/1939 | See Source »

When one yard cop, who attempted to "break it up, boys!" was bleed down, he called one of his cohorts. The Puritans on the roof thereupon threw gallons of water on them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Splash-Fighters Douse Yard Cops During Free-for-All | 5/9/1939 | See Source »

...musical education at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, but he speaks English with an Italian accent, still regards Italy, where his family lives, as his home. In Manhattan, where he now spends most of the winter, Composer Menotti inhabits a penthouse which was originally a water tank, on the roof of an uptown apartment building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Radio Opera | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Ontario, Calif., Mrs. lola Martin stepped out of her mother's house, heard a clatter on the roof, was almost hit by twelve perch which slid off the eaves. Overhead a flock of cranes flapped hurriedly away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 24, 1939 | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

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