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Antidote to Weariness. Lieut. General Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of all U.S. forces in China, did not release all the details of their raids. But the Chinese at last had something to beam about. The Jap air force was staying on the ground-whether from fright or because its planes were busy elsewhere, no one knew. Therefore living habits in thousands of towns in southwest China could be, and were, changed. Stores and shops reopened...
...base. In March-according to last week's reports-Korean workers suddenly attacked the base, set fire to four underground hangars, destroyed two big fuel tanks and 69 airplanes, killed 142 of the Jap crew and wounded or scorched another 200. Trembling with rage and fright, the surviving Japanese butchered every Korean on the island, some...
Labor faced the wartime loss of the most basic of all its economic rights-the right to quit a job and go to work elsewhere. The McNutt Manpower Mobilization Board put on its fright wig last week and announced that war workers were going to have to stay put. would have to quit changing jobs to get higher wages in other labor-short war plants. The Board's reason: pirating of workers by manufacturers who offer higher pay impedes production and upsets wage scales which the Government is trying to stabilize...
...light with food, he shot a harmless blast of air into the cage at the moment the cat reached for the lid. This gale at mealtime frightened the cats. After repeated frustrations the animals associated the feedbox and signal light with fear. Frustration and the conflict between hunger and fright drove the cats quietly...
...treated by a method often tried on pilots who have crashed. He made the cats "break through" their phobias by forcing them to eat, in much the same way that a cracked-up pilot is sometimes forced to fly again. Cats handled pilot-fashion not only overcame their fright but turned into daredevils, learned to enjoy blasts of air with their dinners...