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May 13, 1933

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Headlines from May 13, 1933

CHINESE IN FLIGHT; PLANES RAID TOWNS; Defense North of Peiping Is Shattered by the Superior Japanese Artillery. REFUGEES RUSH TO CITIES Bombs Kill Chinese Soldiers in Hospital -- Manchukuo Flags Are Seized in Tientsin. CHINESE IN FLIGHT; PLANES RAID TOWNS

By Hallett Abend.wireless To the New York Times

Japanese shatter Chinese defense north of Miyun; Chinese troops retreat toward Peiping; Japanese cross Lwan river; Miyun and Shihhsia bombed; Shihhsia captured; Japanese plane flies over Chichow and bombs field hosp; Chinese refugees rush towards Peiping and Tientsin; Ho Ying-ching announces Chinese have re-established lines south of Nantienmen; Chinese seize Manchukuo flags in Tientsin; Premier Wang Ching-wei declares peace negotiations are not possible while Japanese offensive is pressed

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John Roseboro

1933John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (died 2002)[โ€ ]

John Junior Roseboro was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1957 until 1970, most prominently as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. A four-time All-Star player, Roseboro is considered one of the best defensive catchers of the 1960s, winning two Gold Glove Awards. He was the Dodgers' starting catcher in four World Series with the Dodgers winning three of those.