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Vintage Linoleum May Be Deftly Salvaged or Repaired
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Sooner or later, virtually all old-house restorers meet with
linoleum - or at least with the stubborn, solvent-defying remains of
its black felt underlayment.
Linoleum more often is found in a kitchen or bathroom, but it
could be almost anyplace in the house. In houses built after 1890,
it may well be original.
Until recently the typical response to even the best preserved
linoleum was "Yuck!" Out came the electric sander and into the
dumpster went an important document in house history in the mistaken
belief that exposed wood floors were somehow more authentic.
Fortunately, today's ...
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Chang Hsueh-liang, 101; world's longest-held political prisoner
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...concubines and a taste for narcotics. Chang Hsueh-liang was born on May 29, 1900, the son of Marshal Chang Tso-lin, who had once led a band of thieves...talent for organization that made Chang Tso- lin's army the most lethal fighting...
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Chang Hsueh-liang, 100, Dies; Revered for Actions in WWII
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...1901, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, the son of Manchurian military strongman Chang Tso-lin. The Japanese later killed Chang Tso-lin by bombing his train after he refused to collaborate with them. When Chang was 27, he inherited...
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China's 'Young Marshal' dies in Honolulu
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...doctors last Wednesday to remove Chang from life support, citing his own wishes, according to the report. Chang was born in northeastern China in...eldest son of Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin, who controlled China's northeast...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO 1922:China Warlords
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...war lords in Northern China are at an end. Marshal Chang Tso-lin has fled to Mukden and general Wu Pei-fu is in control...late has fallen away from his progressive policies. Chang Tso-lin started his career as a bandit and has been allied...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1930: China Hopes For Peace
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Mukden dispatch says that Marshal Chang Sueh-liang, son of the late Manchurian war lord Chang Tso-lin, has departed for Nanking today...committee. Upon the cooperation of Chang Sueh-liang and the Nanking regime...
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Reminiscences of our "sacred decade of twenties".
Magazine article from: American Economist
; ...Intrusion of Japan's army into China, which became blatant enough in June 1928, assassinating Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zoulin) by blowing up Chang's train as it was returning to Mukden (now Shen-yang). Symptomatic was the "Tanaka-giichi...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1928: Japan Issues Ultimatum
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...Japanese Minister to the Manchurian Government, today [Aug. 11] presented an ultimatum to General Chang Hsueh-liang, the son of Chang Tso-lin and virtual dictator of Manchuria, against any further negotiations to place Manchuria under the...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1928: Dictator Leaves Peking
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; 00-00-0000 PEKING: With Chang Tso-lin, successively bandit and North China Dictator, on his...to be on the eve of political and territorial unity. Chang, the Manchurian ''Tiger,'' at 6 a.m. bade farewell...
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The way we were the week the Queen was born
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...Trouble, also, in China during the Queen's birthday week, where the two leaders of an attack upon Peking, Chang Tso-lin and Wu Pei-fu, were squabbling over the proposed division of spoils. No surprise there, then, said The Spectator...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1927: U.S. Marines in Shanghai
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...take 'quick action' along the lines of the Coolidge-Kellogg suggestions was expressed here today [Feb. 11] by Chang Tso-lin, Manchurian war lord, who added that such action would be 'setting an example of magnanimity and friendliness...
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