President Hoover Arrives with Delayed Cargo IMAGINARY warfare, with sound effects, raged over a wide area in the eastern part of the International Settlement for that has been in her holds for more Bringing bound cargo 3% hours early on February 26 as 2,000 Japanese sailors took than 100 days, some of which was for Christmas, the s, President part in extensive and elaborate manceuvres.
Hoover steamed into port at an early The sharp rat-tat-tat of machino} hour on February 24, being the guns mingled with the short bark of back. As the dawn broke in a cloud. frst. of 236 ships tied tp in United rifles, the deep rumbling of heavy less sky, the three parallel columns States ports by the maritime strike tanks and the roar of armoured car had advanced as far as Linching to salt for the Orient. At the ter~ and motorcycle motors running al Road. mination of a strike lasting 101 days ull. throttle From here on, the terrain with and estimated in California to have The operations, supervised by R more wide spices afforded the caused a loss of U.S.$580,000,000 to Admiral Denshiehi Okohehi, comm: "blues" "better opportunity for de~ shipping interests, ships were free to der of the Japanese Special fence. Simultaneously, it meant more sail once again on February 4; the Landing Party here, were staged In an work for the judges, who rushed President Hoover salled from' Son oblong area bounded on the north by about in white caps adjudging vie-Francisco on February 6, coming to Hochien Road, In the cast by Glen tories and defeats.
Shanghai via Honolulu, Yokohama Road, in the West by Tsitsihar Road, "An attempt of the "blues" to seize and Kobe. and in" the south by Yangtszepoo 2 "brown" tank that had advanced Considerable hardship was worked Road. far Into their territory, was declared on the strikers who received no pay The problem tackled involved the void" by the judges, Who in an apover the period of inactivity, and dislodging and the capture of a force parent effort to deal equitably, order-they were anxious to go back to their of about 700 men, known as the ed the tank back 1,000 yards.
Jobs. Every man working on the "blues", by a superior contingent) Machine gun and rifle fre was kept Ship was a member of one of the swooping from the west, or Hongkew, up intermittently, the waving seven maritime unions with the ox-towards the east. small red and white flags signifying ception of the captain, the doctor, Blues Take Position that the "fung" was going on. fand the purser's department.
Stubbornly defending their "posi Crew Off Ship A frosty night, lighted by a full tions, the "blues" held out until G45 moon, was the setting for the begin-Th re_was practically no lite on clock, when they fell back on their ning of the exercises at 1.30 o'clock "last" line—Glen Road. the President Hoover while she lay in the morning, Trucks, staff cars tied up in San Francisco bay. Mom-tanks, armoured ears and motor
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