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Snipers and machine gunners have plenty of ammunition and food. They are warmly dressed for the damp, chilling weather -their caps with ear muffs are filled with kapok, their gloves, boots and heavy coats are lined with white rabbit...
...Body dusting powder is less a luxury than a necessity in tropical warfare. Fungus infections (like "athlete's foot") start and spread quickly in the damp heat. A new after-bath powder contains natural and synthetic insecticides to ward off typhus-carrying lice...
...Infrared rays are now used to dry damp sand molds for castings, cutting drying time and freeing labor needed by the torch and charcoal method...
...good meat substitute. They are high in protein and fat, are not starchy, have higher vitamin C content than unsprouted beans. Biggest advantage: they grow quickly (some sprout in three days), can be raised right in the kitchen, in any container where they can be kept clean, dark, damp...
Chungking has never been a particularly happy city. It is at best a dark, damp, depressing place. But never before has there been such gloom as prevails this spring in China's capital...