Word: northeastern
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...move which strengthens the Soviet brings closer the day when Russia will find it possible to resume a military interest in the disposition of northeastern Asia. The conflict over this territory is an historic one and has quieted down in the last few years only because of Russia's inability to resist...
...National Shade Tree Conference, has established a central diagnostic laboratory for elm blight. Twigs of suspected trees are sent there. Forty hours produce a definite test. A Cleveland elm was the first U. S. tree discovered to be infected. That was in 1930. Now the elms of all the Northeastern States are threatened. In New York and New Jersey 234 elms have been pruned, 126 cut down and burned. The possibility of American elms disappearing on account of the blight strengthened Dr. Elmer Drew Merrill's argument for a botanical exploration of Northern Japan, China, Korea and Manchukuo...
...Another point: the only large areas where trees develop autumnal colors are northeastern U. S., northeastern Asia, northwestern Europe...
...near as possible to the Coronation of King George V, discharged a cargo of Chinese emissaries in gorgeous silken robes. Built in 1897 the Hai Chi and the equally venerable Hai Shen ("Pearl of the Sea") were still listed last week as the only cruisers in China's Northeastern Squadron. When some weeks ago their commanders, quarreled with sedentary Admiral Shen Hung-lieh, Mayor of Tsingtao, he could do nothing to prevent their steaming out on the high seas of barter with the training ship Chao Ho ("Foundation of Peace"), a splendid modern Chinese craft...
Next day news that the mutiny was apparently successful-i. e. that the mutineers would receive suitable bribes from General Chen to turn over their ships- caused three more Chinese war boats, all midgets, to break away from the Northeastern squadron and streak for Canton. This was too much for Generalissimo Chiang. Since the newly mutinous ships were so very small, he ordered the three-year-old cruiser Yat-sen (China's newest) to leave Shanghai on a "mystery cruise," presumably to intercept the midgets...