Word: yang
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rusden, Somerville, Bryan Rust, Purcellville Virginia, R. DeW. Scott, Montreal, Canada, Muzafer Sherif, Smyrna, Turkey, H. A. Smith, North Adams, Ellis Spear, 3rd, Newton Centre, H. C. Spencer, DeKalb, Illinois, S. R. Sternthal, New York City, D. F. Strong, Winsted, Connecticut, Chi-Tung Tseng, Washington, D. C., Yeh Chih Yang Washington...
...typhoon season. After furious storms, the Grand Canal (running north and south between Hangchow and Tientsin) gave way in 15 places and washed out the thriving city of Yang-chow; 200.000 were reported killed, 6,000,000 more made homeless...
...summoned to appear before onetime Emperor Hsuan T'ung in the Yang Hsin Palace of the Forbidden City. There he was presented with delicate, imperial porcelains and dubbed "Grand Abbot of Ching-Chung Monastery," traditional title bestowed by the Manchu Emperors on their favorite actors. He was also allowed to retain the title "Foremost of the Pear Orchard" which is derived from the fact that during the T'ang Dynasty court actors called themselves "Disciples of the Pear Orchard" because they performed in a palace bordered with pear trees. Few would deny any title, however lofty...
...Like a rabbit in the outstretched arms of a magician, Grand Admiral Yang Shu-chuang, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy, vanished in broad daylight last week at Foochow...
...Yang...