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Show The sail of a parachute is'madc of carefully chosen untreated silk while the shroud lines are of z high grade thrown silk, consist ing of not less than 32 threads o 3-ply each. They have a break ing strength of not less than 40i pounds. japamIlaims big victories TIENTSIN, Aug- 25 (l'.i;t Sweeping victories on all north China fronts were claimed today by the Japanese military. The Japanese said their Kwan-tung, Kwan-tung, or mainland forces, had captured cap-tured Kalgan, bordering Mongolia, and had overwhelmed the Chinese guarding the Great Wall further south. It also was asserted that the Chinese forces advancing northward north-ward from Paotingfu, on the Peip-ing-Hankow railway, had been crushingly defeated west of Liang-hsiang. Liang-hsiang. The Japanese claimed domination of the entire region between Peiping and Kalgan. Added to the territory previously previous-ly subdued, this would give the Japanese control from Kalgan to the sea, on a line through Peiping, Tientsin and Tangku. Good pipes cannot be made from briar knots or burls until they have been seasoned for 40 years. |