Word: chungkingers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Flying a daytime flight from Chungking to Chengtu in a Douglas DC-3, Captain Hugh L. Woods (who had been shot down by the Japanese once before) was attacked by a flight of five Japanese bombers. Woods dived, landed the plane on a tiny field at Suifu, taxied his ship...
When the all-clear sounded after each long siege, the populace staggered out from the city's catacombs, sick from fatigue and hunger. None had done much sleeping; few had eaten anything, except perhaps a piece of fruit or a dry roll or peanuts bought from peddlers at the...
But Chinese spirit is more durable than brick and mortar. The adaptable citizens of Chungking immediately started enlarging dugouts, so that work could be carried on there. Mass evacuations to the country began. The no-immediate-danger signal was sounded sooner, so that dugout denizens could get more air. Construction...
Man at War. The U.S. Army is not at war, but its Secretary is. Believing that the U.S. will some day have to fight Hitler, he is quite consciously trying to win its battles beforehand. Faced with the intricate problems of Lend-Lease aid to the Allies, he is daily...
The equipment NBC installed in the garage adjoining Engineer Smith's pleasant stucco house was similar to that used in its Long Island listening post. It has three receivers constantly beamed on Tokyo, Saīgon and Chungking. The three receivers are due to be manned from 4 a.m...