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...note was dispatched to the Japanese Commander in Chief in China, General Yasuji Okamura: "Cease hostilities immediately . . . send representatives to receive military instructions from General Ho Ying-chin, Chinese military chief of staff. . . . Japanese troops are temporarily permitted to retain their arms and equipment for the maintenance of public order...
...Tucking chin into shoulder in true British style, blue-eyed Bruce saved his Sunday punch for five rounds. Then, putting 182 Ibs. of power into a short right, he blasted the 215-lb. champion through the ropes. The champ made the mistake of climbing right back into the ring, and another right finished...
Skimmed Milk. One to whom the Committee listened intently was chin-whiskered Rev. W. E. B. Dubois, an official of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He suggested amendments to clarify racial equality and treatment of colonies...
First to go was Walter Beyer, a 32-year-old sergeant still wearing parts of his Afrika Korps uniform. As he heard the sentence read and translated by an interpreter, his face was drawn, his eyes flicked nervously from one face to another. But he held his chin high. Said he: "I can't see why this is being done to me." When they placed the black hood over his head, he pivoted on his heel, marched smartly to the edge of the shaft, maintained his military bearing...
...lieutenant pointed with his chin: "There he is. He's sitting out there on the fantail alone...