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...peasant's son, came upon the trunk of a captured Japanese. In it he found a pair of hobnailed shoes. They were worn and rough, but they were leather. Carefully Liu drew them on his feet. To his bare ankles they felt smooth and cool as silk. Liu wriggled his toes, walked a few steps, and grinned. This was no dream...
Fifth columnists had infiltrated the enemy's ranks before the British struck, assuring the arrest of some of the most notorious dealers, including the heads of the silk-stocking racket and the jewelry trust. A cigaret girl, who tucked most of her merchandise in her underwear, demanded immediate release because she had a date with...
...Trade Silk for Food? It seems to have little to give in exchange. So far, the U.S. Army's economic and science section, which will handle reparations, has turned up only 46,000 bales of silk, 2,500 tons of tea and 25,000,000 yen worth of medicine. There may be some other equally small change. But the Jap cupboard is bare...
...only real solution of the desperate food shortage in Japan is to export the silk, etc. in exchange for food. It makes sense for Japan, which needs food, and for us, who want silk. Japan expects to produce 120,000 bales of silk this year, but only 90,000 next year, as a result of government plans to cut the acreage of mulberry trees...
Opulent Age. When World War I ended, every U.S. war worker who could afford to, invested his wages in a silk shirt with peppermint candy stripes. The shirt was a gonfalon of the future. Prosperity was just around the corner...