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had abandoned their old system of
positional warfare and were slug
ging it out wherever they came
upon the Chinese communists.
A government field general said
the communists have lost 230,000
ment in the 19-day battle. Govern
ment losses were reported at 95,
000 men. These figures customar
ily are distorted by the Chinese.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, wife
og China’s president, made ready
to leave for a visit to the United
Sr.ates. A Nanking dispatch said
her departure time has not been
announced but it may be wi hin 48
hours. Presumably she is making
the trip to solicit greater help for
the hard-pressed nationalist gov
ernment.
In Tokyo, the U. S. army went
ahead with plans to execute se
cretely Hediki Tojo and six other
Japanese war criminals. Gen. Mac
A.rthur’s headquarters has refused
to let newsmen witness the hang
ings. *
Monday, November 29. 1948
The battle for central China ap
peared today to have shified to the
very approaches of Nanking, the
capital.
Official Chinese sources said a
quarter million government troops
had been ordered to withdraw
southward from Suchow, the focal
paint of battle for three weeks, to
combat an estimated 500,000 sea
soned communist troops charging
toward Nanking.
The communists were concen
trating in the areas of Suhsien and
Pengpu, rail cities on the approach
of Nanking. Government troops at
Suchow seemed reluctant to with
draw because huge stores of sup
plies and munitions have been
gathered there. The alternative is
to let the communists chew up iso
lated nationalist units one by one.
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek was fly
ing to Washington for a new at
tempt to get the United States to
underwrite China’s war, which
some observers feel her husband
has blotched. The state depart
ment so far has shown a hands off
attitude about her trip and indica
tions were that little sympa.hy
would be shown the mission.
The basic view of American au
thorities is that Chiang is respon
sible for his own failure. This
i view has it that his defeats have
not been due to lack of American
material or military advice but re
sulted from Chiang’s failure to lib
eralize his government and pro
vide a leadership which would in
spire confidence.
Responsible sources ni Washing
| ton said the U. S. wishes to avoid
; any word or action which mi^ht
; embarrass the Chiang regime and
they are hopeful some way may be
found to prevent a communist con
quest of all China. Administration
leaders, however, appeared to have
lost all confidence in Chiang’s
ability to reorganize his military
and political strength so as to
halt and eventually reverse the
1 communist tide.
German communists announced
they will set up a separate city
government for all Berlin after
next Sunday’s elections in the
western zones. Juan A. Bramuglia
of Argentina still tried for a way
to solve the blockade crisis in the
United Nations.
The U. S. and Britain joined
Russia in supporting a Polish and
Russian resolution on ordering the
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withdrawal of foreign troops from
Palestine. Egypt contended the
troops of the Arab countries now
in Palestine “are the least foreign
of all” an dthat Israel’s army is
manned by “hordes coming from
central Europe.”
Britain said she would not veto
Israel’s application for U. N. mem
bership, expected during the day.
U. N. officials said the Arabs and
Jews are making fine progress in
talks about a cease-fire agreement
for the Jerusalem area.
A British govrnment source said
the Wes ern European Alliance
has presented the U. S. its draft of
1 a proposed defense agreement
with the U. S. and Canada. It is
expected to be for 50 years and to
provide mutual assistance, but no
committal to go to war in case of
attack.
charges. Hideki Tojo, who was
premier at the time of Pearl Har
bor, and six other Japanese war
leaders, are expected to die secret
ly on the gallows as war criminals
this week.
Former premier Hitoshi Ashida
was confronted with bribe-taking
A military junta held deposed
President Romulo Gallegos of Ven
ezuela in a military school. Seven
prominent members of his govern
ment are in prison.
Premier Sophoulis, 88, of
Greece, rallied from two severe
hearts attacks and his condition
wa stermed good. Lt. Gen. James
A. Van Fleet, head of the U. S.
military commission to Greece,
said the Greek army is unable to
keep communist forces from in
vading Greece from Yugoslavia,
Albania and Bulgaria—communist
states to the north.
In Central Africa, iron disks
about 10 to 12 inches in diameter
were used as money during the
last half of the 19th century by
the Bongo tribe.
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the costly work stoppages.
The rank and file of the long
shoremen’s unions at ports along
the two coasts started balloting on
ratification of the agreem e n t
reached between union officials
and employers. The outcome of the
voting was expected to be disclos
ed yesterday.
Acceptance of the wage and
terms would return some 92,000
workers to maritime jobs. Thou
sands of railroad and other work
ers, made idle by the paralyzing
walkouts, also would be called i
back to work.
More than 500 ships are tied up
at ports, those on the west coast
since after the start of a strike on
Sept. 2 by CIO longshoremen and
fou rother unions. The 65.000 AFL
longshoremen at east coast ports
struck on Nov. 10. Wag<js are the
chief issue in the disputes.
The cost of the strikes runs in'o
the millions of dollars. The Pacific
American shipowners estimated
the tieup on the Pacific coast, sec
ond longest in history, has cost
about $344,000,000 i ntrade.
The opposition among the rank
and file accepting the terms devel
oped Friday at a meeting in
Brooklyn. Those attending the
meeting claimed to represent 13,
000 members in 13 Brooklyn locals
of the AFL international long
shoremen’s association. Joseph P.
Find Skull Of
“Earliest Man”
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JOHANNESBURG — Evidence
that man walked upright about a
million years ago has been provid
ed by the back of a skull found in
a quarry at Makapansgat near Pot
gietersrust in the northern Trans
val.
The skull was discovered by
James Kitching of Witwatersrand
University. It is declared to be
more than an apelike cousin of
man.
“It actually is mankind in the
making,” says Kitching.
Although the oldest and most
primitive of all known species, the
possessor of this skull is said to
have been more like modern man
in his posture than either of the
apemen of Java or Peking.
Prof. Raymond Dart, discoverer
of the famous Taung’s skull, S'ays
exceptional interest in this new
discovery is centered on its dis
proving all previous theories that
man at that stage stooped like a
gorilla. Remains of ashes and
burned bones indicate this man
knew fire.
Prof. Dart has named his Aus
tralopithecus Prometheus. This
means southern man who stole fire.
Ryan, ILA president, termed the
Brooklyn, N. Y., action “an at
tempt by the communist party to
becloud the issues.” He said many
at the meeting were not bona-fide
union members.
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