Japanese capture Chingwangtao, Peitaiho and Changli; camps of Amer troops in China included in captured territory; Japanese sailors landed at Peitaiho; Chinese fear capture of Peiping and Tientsin

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Chinese Town Goes Over to Foe.; JAPANESE SWEEP INTO COAST CITIES

By Hallet Abend

PEIPING, Monday, April 17 (AP) -- Chinese troops evacuated Changli and the entire Chinese army was withdrawing today to the south bank of the Lwan River, its retreat harried by constant bombing of Japanese fliers.

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1933Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (born 1872)^[†]

Konstantine "Kote" Marjanishvili, also known by the Russified name Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mardzhanov, was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the pre- and post-revolutionary evolution of Georgian, Russian and Soviet stages. One of the most prestigious and professional of Georgia’s directors, he was particularly famous for his lavish and massive theater shows.

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JAPANESE SWEEP INTO COAST CITIES; Captured Chinese Territory Includes Camps of Our Troops and Marines. BRITISH MINES INVOLVED Many Chinese Wounded Arrive From Front After Severe Fighting at Passes.

Chinese Town Goes Over to Foe.; JAPANESE SWEEP INTO COAST CITIES

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