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Pierre Laval, 58, whose swart skin may be traceable to Moorish ancestry, was born twelve miles from Vichy at Chaåteldon, where he now owns an old chateau (see cut, p. 29). His father was the innkeeper, butcher and one-man post office. As a boy, Pierre haggled with his father's customers, was known as a vicious bully...
TIME, March 24: the article on Japan, "Pain in the Nekku," errs in saying Chee is Japanese for tea. It is Cha. Always preceded by the honorific...
...Right is Reader Freret; Cha is the word for tea. The honorific "O" (used in talking but not in writing) is applied to almost everything in "good society," but seemly Japanese learn not to overdo it to the point of comedy...
...pilgrims travel to the shores of Hang-chow's West Lake proudly to urinate upon the iron statue of a historic traitor named Chin Kuei. In honor of China's newest traitor, Wang Ching-wei, Chinese coolies call the fat-fried crullers they munch for breakfast yu cha-wei (i.e., "May Wei boil in oil in hell!"). Last week a new honor was bestowed on Traitor Wang. Chinese in Chungking started a chain letter respectfully dedicated to him. Each recipient of the letter was asked to kick back one dollar and pass copies of the letter...
...cha, still in conference, was handed a communiqué describing the conference and told to sign...