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...Americans are paying for it," Professor Kang answered. "The American Military Government in Korea has just given us 5,000,000 yen ($333,000) and equipment and supplies worth much more -automobiles, gasoline, shoes and cots; and we think if we behave ourselves somebody will give us more. We also have an American colonel as adviser to General Li Bum Suk, who heads the Boy Scout movement...
...Shans? province, walrus-mustached old Governor Yen Hsi-shan (once known as the "Model Governor" because he suppressed the opium traffic) had enough forces to defend his dilapidated capital, Taiyuan. But he could not move against the Communists who now held almost three-fifths of the province. A lot of Communists had filtered into rich south Shansi when the Government withdrew troops for the attack on Yenan. "We traded a fat cow for a skeleton," say bitter men in Taiyuan. Shansi people used to admire...
...Yen Hsi-shan because he fought his wars in the enemies' provinces. That time has passed. Last week, a TIME correspondent asked Yen what would happen if the Government cannot relieve Taiyuan...
...Yen's answer was a masterpiece of Coolidgean understatement: "In that case many people will be poorly dressed." Yen added: "There will be no salt, and that is bad for the bones...
Previous newspaper experience is helpful but certainly not a pre-requisite for the competition. If you have a yen to see interesting things and talk to interesting people, drop those textbooks and drink some beer on the CRIMSON tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the Crimson Building at 14 Plympton Street...