Reds In Nanking; i
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Toward Shanghai
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building was a total loss.
The communists took their sta
tions before some foreign embas
sies and all government building
and utilities in Nanking. No
guards were placed before the
American embassy, however.
During the afternoon three gov
ernment planes tried to destroy
gasoline and ammunition dumps
at the Nanking airport. Commun
ist spokesmen said they overshot
their mark.
At the time Nanking fell, the
communist radio at Peiping an
nounced the capture of Tiayuan,
Shansi province capital and indus
trial center 600 miles northwest of
Nanking. Taiyuan had been under
siege for months. The radio said
all of the city’s 150,000 defenders
were wiped out.
The refugee situation in Shang
hai is growing serious. Late today
roads- leading into the city from
the west contained lines of rain
RED CROSS FUND DRIVE
EXCEEDS QUOTA
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The annual Red Cross drive un
der the chairmanship of Paul
Mandeville which canvassed the
business district last Saturday re
port that the drive exceeded the
quota set, which was $335.00.
Part of this fund is sent to n -
tional headquarters and part of it
is retained here for local use. The
local fund is now over one thou
sahd dollars.
Several children have been
cared for through this fund during
the past year with needed glasses
and dental work.
Johnny Kakarak is in from Ig
loo enroute to Anchorage where
he plans to visit for a week. He
will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Koyer.
sodden peasants. Most of them
had only enough food for a few
meals.
U. S. consul general John Cabot
warned Americans in Shanghai
that any wishing haven aboard U.
S. naval ships here should report
to the consulate immediately.
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ists were under way. The corn-!
munists were complete masters of
the situation and could choose
their own time for entry.
For the third time the American
consul ordered Americans to get
out of Shanghai.
There were indications that
Gen. Tang En-Po, nationalist com-;
mander of the Nanking-Shanghai
area, had sent his main Shanghai
defense forces south. Communist
patrols were less than 40 miles
away from Shanghai, which was a
hot-bed of wild rumors.
Apparently nowhere along the
flaming Yangtze was the thin na
tionalist line able to stem the Tied
tide.
Canton was expected to be the
refuge capital of the demoralized
nationalists. Premier Ho Ying
Chin took over the defense minis
try.
The war .news from China, in
cluding an unofficial announce
ment that Nanking had fallen to
the Chines^ communists, brought
wild cheering at the communist
inspired “world peace congress”
in Paris.
In Dartmouth, England, an an
gry mob made things unpleasant
for Britain’s communist leader,
Harry Pollitt. He had come to the
city to discuss the Chinese com
munist shelling of British war
ships in the Yangtze. He was pelt
ed with bricks and other objects,
took refuge in a building for a
while, and left town in the early
morning darkness.
Foreign minister Robert Schu
man of France and some United
Nations sources indicated that a
conference between Russia and
the Western powers over the Ber
lin blockade may be in the mak
ing. Schuman said informal east
west discussions had taken place
at Lake Success. But there were
no definite Soviet proposals for
ending the blockade. There was
no official comment in western
capitals and no optimism express
ed.
Romania made many sweeping
changes in government personnel
today and reshuffled its state
planning commission.
The Dutch took over a small
strip of adjoining German border
territory granted Holland by a
western allied decision.
The official Soviet news agency
reported Russians had started a
buying boom brought on by the
recently announced one-third cut
in prices of consumer goods.
Attempt To Kill
Kentucky Mayor
EVARTS, Ky. (/P)—State police
today were investigating an ap
parent attempt to kill Mayor E. H.
Bailey.
Officers said a bundle of 20
sticks of dynamite wrapped in
black friction tape was found un
der the mayor’s bedroom window
about 9:30 o’clock this morning.
The fuse had burned almost to the
cap before it was extinguished,
they added.
Police said they had been un
able to learn what extinguished
the fuse or when the dynamite was
place dthere.
Mayor Bailey took office in
January, 1948, under a pledge to
clean liquor and gambling inter
ests from this Harlan county min
ing community of 2.100 popula
tion. Harlan county is legally dry.
Nugget Ads Bring Quick Results
China Ambassador
Called Home
WASHINGTON, (A*)—The state
department said today J. Leighton
Stuart, U. S. ambassador to China,
has been ordered home for con
sultations. Stuart in now in com
munist-seized Nanking, the for
mer capital of nationalist China.
Before the communists moved
in, the department said, Stuart
was told that he should return af
ter the safety of Americans in the
lower Yangtze valley is assured.
Stuart is to make the trip to
i Washington when he “considers it
advisable.”
Officials here assume there will
be no restrictions on his depart
ure, presumably by air, to Shang
hai and thence by plane across the
Pacific.
A branch, of the embassy mean
while is operating at Canton in
| South China, the refugee national
i ist capital. It is in charge of Lewis
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Clark, embassy minister-counsel
or.
Walter Dowd, of the ACS of
Kotzebue is in town for a few days
on business.
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WALRUS CLUB.
WALRUS CLUB PARTY
GRAND SUCCESS
The Walrus Club party in the
Nevada Club Lounge Saturday
night was acclaimed a grand suc
cess by the many who attended.
Carl Newman, owner of the Ne
vada, made the party possible
through his offer of a donation to
the Walrus Club of all the facili
ties necessary for their party.
It will be noted that the Nevada
Club Lounge has recently been
! redecorated and is exceptionally
i nice for parties.
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Johnny Reed was brought in
j from Teller for medical care, hav
j ing injured his hand while work
! ing on a “cat.” It is understood
; that he will loose the end of one
i finger.
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