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Striking is old stuff to the tough, hardened, cough-ridden miners of "dark and bloody" southern Illinois. But this time, when the deadline came on Friday night, it was different. In the bars of West Frankfort, among the men from Orient No. 2 (world's largest producer of soft coal) and Old Ben, there was an undercurrent of uneasiness; many had the shadow of a feeling of shame. The men were solidly behind Old John L., they would do what he said, all right. But their hearts were troubled; it took only a few beers to reveal a slightly...
...years in the Orient, Clarence Gauss never bothered to learn Chinese (at longest a four-year stint...
...corporations last week reported on their war losses in the Orient...
...denied effective military aid by circumstances and neglect, China was in effect notifying the U.S. and Great Britain that the last hour for action had come. And China was using the facts of her desperate plight to pose some grave questions to Washington and London: Will China have to orient her policy with Moscow's alone, rather than with a real United Nations? Must China, in self-preservation, seek some way to end her own war before she is thrown to Japanese conquerors and Chinese puppets? Or can China emerge from the war, strong at last, a powerful member...
...pack on his back, the New Zealand equivalent of twenty dollars in his pocket, the blessings of his family and the jeers of his fellow students. Arriving at the port of Wellington, he was signed on by a U. S. troop transport on its way home from the Orient...