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Famed for centuries for its leaping, lusty rats, Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, declared war on rodents last week. Each household was ordered to produce five dead rats, hotels and schools ten each in an intensive two-week campaign. Failure to reach the quota will be penalized by a fine of $10 Chinese (5¼? U.S.) for each missing rat; $5 bounties will be paid for extra rats. According to popular report, the campaign was limited to two weeks because a longer period would permit the enterprising to breed rats, collect exorbitant bounties...
...model railroad kits, with "realistic roadside accessories," for their streamlined electric trains. Other ersatz build-it-your-self sets ran the gamut from Flying Fortresses and anti-tank guns to farms complete with milking pails, and three-ring circuses complete with rolling lion cages. There were cardboard guns that rat-a-tat-tatted just as if they were made of metal, Para-Commando dolls (with ammunition and food kits), miniature WAVES, WAACs and Marines, wooden roller skates...
...Cleveland Press Reporter Clayton Fritchey scouted the countryside, came back with grisly pictures of carcasses in rat-ridden, blood-stained slaughter barns (see cut), a shocking story of racketeers who had already sidetracked 40% of the city's meat supply...
When the Republicans won 44 seats in the rat pit and nine in the most exclusive club in the world I didn't say, "That's the finish for the New Deal. The people are getting wise!" Later, when Republican leaders indicated a willingness to support New Deal war policies, I didn't say, "Now we're cooking with...
Under the bullets the street cleared quickly. The guns rat-tat-tatted down the streets as soldiers followed up the fleeing looters. All that night the looting and the shooting kept up in various parts of town. Soldiers and police roamed the streets in trucks armed with Bren guns, mopped up groups of rioters and looters until morning...