Word: fled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...secret, last week was remarkable only for what came to light. Munitions were pouring into the world's newest state (see p. 16). Japanese arsenals were going full blast. Japanese Marines suddenly landed at Nanking, the so-called Capital of China, from which last week all important Chinese had fled...
When it became apparent that Governor Roosevelt was on the verge of removing the Mayor, Walker defense attorneys fled to court for a restraining order. The Mayor complained that the Governor was not giving him a fair hearing...
After five racking days of examination at the firm hands of Governor Roosevelt, a very perturbed and anxious James John ("Jimmy") Walker last week fled to the courts in an attempt to hold his job as Mayor of New York. Governor Roosevelt had not yet actually removed him but the Mayor, his counsel and most observers realized that his defense has not helped his case. On the witness stand the Mayor's wriggling and squirming under the Governor's pointed questions had made an unfavorable impression. Every ruling had gone against him. Refusing to dismiss the charges without hearing more...
...Sanjurjo was in a panic. Reinforcements from the south had not arrived. Emissaries he sent to nearby towns were caught and jailed. At midnight he summoned General Gonzales y Gonzales, delivered his command to him. Then he collected nine loyal lieutenants including his son, piled them into two automobiles, fled toward the Portuguese frontier. At daybreak in Huelva a sleepy police mannamed Joaquin Segovia was stopped by two cars, asked the way to Portugal. Officer Segovia raised his rifle. Without more ado General Sanjurjo hopped out of the first car, shook the policeman by the hand. "I congratulate you," said...
Jeronimo, young European of mixed blood, has fled to African fevers as an antidote for the fever of Europe. His troubles had come to a figurehead in a famous actress, but there was more to it than that: he was suffering from "the curse which every Occidental must bear." The province of East Africa to which he goes is,the property of a company which exploits, in true conquistador style, the huge, rich, deadly land and its enslaved natives. The few European settlers stick close to the seacoast, to the unthriving port of Esperanca, cyclone-destroyed every seven years...