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Word: chekiang (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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According to Chinese estimates, about four divisions of Japanese regulars landed at various points along the coast of Chekiang and Fukien Provinces south of Shanghai, and were driving inland, practically unresisted. They would probably not drive far, for the landings had three restricted purposes-all of which might have some bearing on other theaters of the World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: FAR EASTERN THEATER: Coast Drive for Peace Drive | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

...Cross workers labor day & night killing plague-infested rats, purifying water supplies with chlorine, operating delousing stations. In 1938 Dr. Co shipped over a million doses of cholera vaccine to China, thus preventing an epidemic. Last year there was an outbreak of plague in Chekiang, and the bureau rushed vaccines and fumigants to kill germ-bearing rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: First Aid in China | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

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