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August 23, 1937

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Headlines from August 23, 1937

BIG CLASH IN NORTH; 30,000 Engaged on Each Side-Mud Halts Tanks of Invading Forces TOKYO PLANES GROUNDED Artillery' Exchange Is Heavy--Fighting in Nankow Pass Still Rages After 9 Days CHAHAR CENTER IS BOMBED Kalgan, Chinese Concentration Point, Attacked--Conflict Spreads to Foochow Mud Keeps Planes Grounded Fighting Reported in Foochow 60,000IN BIG CLASH IN THE PEIPING AREA Americans Urged to Leave Kalgan Victory Reported

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battle at Nankow Pass continues

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Albert Roussel

1937Albert Roussel, French composer (born 1869)[†]

Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His early works were strongly influenced by the Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel, while he later turned toward neoclassicism.