Word: kaoliang
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sometimes the unfinished dikes break, and Todd and his engineers rush in thousands of coolies for emergency repairs. Recently they plugged a break by pouring in the only material handy, 130,000,000 Ibs. of kaoliang (sorghum), sacrificing today's food for the hope of tomorrow's. A few days later bandits dynamited a stone quarry and kidnaped ten workers; the bandits had been hired by a contractor whose theory was : why spoil a good thing by finishing...
...loud explosion lit the tracks and started a spat of rifle fire. Shadowy figures ran crouching through the tall kaoliang grass and the southbound express whistled in the distance. The Japanese blamed the Chinese and said the blast had torn up 31 inches of track. Nevertheless, the train passed over the spot at full speed without mishap...