Word: corncribs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Korean army and could only be called "guerrillas" because they were fighting behind the front in Allied-held territory. At the time of the junction of the Inchon and Pusan beachheads, Tokyo spokesmen had gloatingly reported them trapped. Last week the guerrillas were acting more like rats in a corncrib than like rats in a trap. They had attacked trains, convoys, supply dumps, command posts, burned or terrorized towns, driven thousands of Koreans from their homes. They seemed to be centrally directed by General Kim Chaek, the North Korean who commanded the June invasion and later became occupation commander...
When this ad by a corncrib manufacturer appeared in a country newspaper, the Farm Quarterly figured that many farmers would ask: "Can I really get away with that?" In its spring issue last week, the Quarterly assured U.S. farmers that the ad had suggested a perfectly legal way for farmers to sell their corn and have it too-and make as much as 83¢ a bushel into the bargain...
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