Word: shan
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...That the Generalissimo was acting more & more in concert with Chinese Communists, hence the reported execution of General Han, hence the arrests last week by Chiang's order of General Yen Hsi-shan, long famed as "The Model Governor of Shansi" and of the even better known "Christian General" Feng Yu-hsiang...
...famed "Model Governor" of Shansi Province, General Yen Hsi-shan officially abdicated his command to General Huang
...Japanese advance on land toward Shantung had approached so near its capital, Tsinan, last week that prosperous Chinese families were fleeing with their household goods by rail to the port of Tsingtao. Farther inland General Yen Hsi-shan, famed "Model Governor" of Shansi Province, was reported to have ordered the execution of his subordinate General Li Fu-ying, Commander of the 61st Chinese National Division, for abandoning Tatungfu to the Japanese without a fight after being ordered to hold it at all costs. Under terrific Japanese bombing was Governor Yen's capital Taiyuan. In Suiyuan Province still farther inland...
...wise to ask his British audience to look with admiration on the bronzed, athletic youth of any place except Scandinavia. "I am afraid," cried tentative Orator Chamberlain, "that in this matter [physical culture] some other nations, and especially Scandinavians, have got ahead of us, but I am confident we shan't be long in making up for lost time! ... I appeal for a concentrated and determined crusade against ignorance, carelessness and indifference about health...
...those who like a virtuoso series, the office of Aaron Richmond is offering five concerts throughout the winter featuring Flagstad, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Shan-Kar, Marian Anderson, and the Don Cossateks. The group is certainly remarkable, and inquiries may be directed to Mr. Richmond at 12 Huntington Avenue in Boston...