Japanese claim Hankow and Wuchang entry; map; rept cities ablaze; cut Peiping-Hankow ry at Hengtien; claim Paihushan boom broken; planes bomb refugees and soldiers escaping from Hankow; Chinese dynamite all bridges; many reptd trapped; morale reptd broken by Canton's fail; Japanese rept Macheng, Hwangpei and Wangtien taken; drive on Nanchang; Amb Tani issues 2d warning to foreign ships; blasting of Wuhan cities described; Natl Mil Council spokesman explains Chinese withdrawal; foreign naval units continue patrol work

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1938Tom Meschery, Chinese-American basketball player^[†]

Thomas Nicholas Meschery is an American former professional basketball player. Born in China, Meschery was a power forward with a 10-year National Basketball Association career from 1961 to 1971. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors and the Seattle SuperSonics. He played in the 1963 NBA All-Star Game, making him the first foreign-born NBA player to be selected as an NBA All-Star. The Warriors not only retired his number 14, but also gave him a unique honor by incorporating the number into the team's logo from 1967 to 1974.

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