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ABOUT FACE IN CHINA WAR

Temptation Was Too Great

an

Tokyo. October 18.

The lure of loose women

easy money has proved

too great A temptation Sar asven Tokyo Policemen,

Tokyo's

Veno terminal atation arta in * gathering place for vagrants and "angels of the night." A big group of policemen is assigned to keep close check on them.

A

Japanese porter discovered that since July 7, poorly pald policemen have quit the fareo and Associated themarivos with

the red light girls. — Associated Press.

Three Killed In Airlift Crash

Frankfurt, Octylus 18.

A C-54 Berla marlitt transport craslied today neur Frankfurt, Ang it three American elewe

Th

RECAPTURE OF CHINCHOW

SAID TO BE IMMINENT

Shanghai, October 18,

A late Ministry of National Defence bulletin tonight said that the recap- ture of Chinchow, key Manchurian çorridor. city, which foll to the Communists three days ago, is expected momentarily as Government relief columns are only six miles away.

Scoring one of their most strategically important

victories in Manchuria in recent months, Nu- tionalist forces today captured the railway hub of Sinlitum, 70 miles West of Mukden and eighty miles North East of Chinchow, less than 24 hours after launching a two-pronged drive on the city, according to pro-Government press despatches.

By this success, the Nationalists claimed to have cut off the large Communist armies battling in the Manchurian corridor from their main base in Northern Manchuria.

Meanwhile, General Han-chich is reported to have with his chief aide,

The four-engined plane was on escaped

when the crati

Fan Communist 'administration in the Shantung capital, the American- Evening Pust owned Shanghai sald today, quoting the American Presbyterian Mission headquar- lers in Tsingtao.

The teachers and students of the university, which opened

British Actor Praised

New York, Oetobar 18.

The New York Times editorla mald yesterday that "in bringing Hamlet' to the screen as superbly as he has, Sir Laurence Oilvler has done > errvice to Shakespeare that the stage could not.

"He has made him avaliable to millions and in a form that

In need make no apology either 10 the playwright of The

Globe or to the great stage companies that have present- ed it through the years."-- Associated Press.

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ACTURE OF THE DAY BUNCHE WILL ASK FOR SPECIAL WINSTON AND UN MEETING IF ISRAEL REFUSES

FRIEND

Winston Churchill snapped with his pet poodle "Rufus" at Euston Station when the Leader of the Opposition was on the way to the Conserva· tiva Party Conference at Llandudno, North Wales.

for the fall form on dotober French Elections

its way back from Berlin to re- General Lu Tsing-chuan front load food and goal for the Chinchow to Chinsi, 25 mies although blockade former German capital to the South West. Wreckage was strewn for butt isolated units of bli forces are drests of yores

and exploded at Neu-aid to be still holding out in crushed

4. In various fortified buildings Isenburg.

This brought to 13 the number parts of the stronghold. of Americans who have cini Government reinforcements and ferrying food and supplies to Ber-war supplies, including tanks. In over the Suviet land blockade, continued to be landed today at Officers at the busy thine-Main the port of Hulutao under cove: provided hy alrcraft and worships airport had no immediate ex planation for the crash. The plane Some pro-Government observers

suggested today had not reported any trouble to here the control

tower, --Arociated Government is attempting to land Melent forces quickly for " Press.

showdown" battle with the Com-

UNITY WORKING

IN EUROPE

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New York-October 18-

that

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have boom

#it promised conveniences, Including apoclat flour ration, whlie pro. clamatione have been posted around the city, promising the population freedom of religion, Assembly and the press.

De Gaulle Ahead

the Strong Influences Of Communists

Commenting on this apparent

Paris, October 18.

unists with the whole of Man- new Red policy, the Shanghal General Charles De Gaulle's Rally of the Franch

churia as the stake.

Never before, they remarked d General Lin Pino massed such alige part of his troops in one

rc

Mr. Warren C. Austin, chief No Confirmation

United States delegate to the United Nations, sold tony that co-operative efforts fur defence are stemining fear in Western Europe.

Mr. Austin spoke by radio Paris to launch the annual United Nations Week.

The slogan for the Week Is:

A Government military spokes man In Nauking sald this morn- ing that he had no news to con- tiem ar deny the Communist radio claim that Communists bad cap- tured Chefoo,

news received from Tsinan can work out together since its recent capture by the or funt it out alone."

Communists reports that not only the eight American missionarica af Amila said: "Unity proving its worth here in Europe there are safe. but that the mis- as well as at home. Co-operative vonary-owned Cheloo University effort for economle recovery are ferd middle school have not been with by the new begiming to bring results.-U. P. interfered

Concerted Move To Eradicate Black

Market

Shanghai, October 18.

A concerted move to wipe out all black market dealings in Shanghai and Nanking and other cities on the Shanghai-Nanking and Shang- hai-Ningpo railways was decided at an im- portant meeting of officials of the Economic Control authorities from various localities at Shanghai's Economic Superintendent's Office yesterday.

This was the first meeting to f stufis, Including rice, to meet

Immediate needs. report on the development of

Before the few market stalls the economic investigation and control work, conducted under selling meat at oficial prices, long queues begin fonning in the small

Evening Post said that in the most terrorism welcome reversal of

which in the rather recent past has been frequently practised by

the Reds, against both foreign missionaries and their Chinese converts, although to hall these events as a guarantee of the future policy of Chinese or any int would, other Communists course, he raive in deed,

"If the Tsinan report is, all- thentic

·People took a good lead in Sunday's elections with the Communists second.

Complete results for 26 Municipal Councils nominating delegates who will vote on Novem- ber 7 for the Council of the Upper House, gave 594 delegates to the Rally of the French people (R.P.F.)

strongly

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TO ACCEPT THREE-DAY

Paris, October 18. Dr. Ralph Buncho, interim UN mediator for Palos- tino, said today he would ask the United Nations Security Council to hold a special moeting on the Holy Land fighting tomorrow if Israel rofuses to accept a three-day truce. Dr. Bunche made his request for the three-day.

cease fire on Sunday to Israeli Foreign Minis- ter Moshe Shertok who is at the UN meeting in Paris, Israell officials said last night the mediator's request is under consideration. Dr. Bunche said he had talk- Both Arabs and Jewe want the Included in ed with Warren Austin of the Negev, which was United States, President of the territory assigned to Israel under Security Council, for October. the UN. partition plan but would "He said he would call a be given the Arabs under pro-

posed revisions of the assasslant meeting if I gave him the led mediator, Count Folke Boo signal that it was urgent and adotte-Associated Press necessary," the mediator said.

(REPORTE OF FIGHTING IN The Couneli is to meet on the PALESTINE ON PAGE 71 Berlin crisis today but Bunche said it could take up the Pales tine fighting in the morning, I necessary.

The mediator sald Egypt had accepted his cease-fire order. Israel rejected the original censo fire ordered by the chief of the U.N. observers in Palestine. Later Bunche made his proposal for a three-day peace to Sherlok.

"We are still waiting to hear from Israel," Bunche wald."{! antisfactory reply doss

not

coms today. then we will go straight to the Security Council He declined to say what action he would ask the Council to take.

It now has before it a joint British-Chinese draft resolution to

TRUCE

Land Should Be Nationalised

Leicester, October 18. The demand that national- luation of land be Included In the Labour Party's pro- gramme for the next general alection in 1980 was volcad try the focal branch. of the Agricultural Workers' Union at a meeting hers,

The meating also urged that farm, workers should get the same extra

ratione as food minere and that workers on-

geged in threshing and arti- ficial manuring should be given more soap,-Reuter.

Canton Will Now Have "Consultative

Prices"

Canton, October 18.

A meeting of the Canton City Chamber of Com- merco agreed that controlled prices, unwork- able owing to the losses entailed, should be re- placed by "consultative prices."

tightly to their goods.

The meeting was hurriedly Chlen Kuo Yat Pao (one of the calls for "iron have both Arabs and Jews co-called following the virtual leading papers)

more fully with U.N. standstill operate

of the wholesale hand" methods in dealing with speculators, Otherwise, it says, market and retailers holding on it will be too late. tuce supervision personnel.

The paper.considers the inflow Adverse price fluctuations were of idle capital from Shanghal and the main subject of discusalo Hankow as the main cause of the Fighting in the Negov desert and it was agreed that idle capi-present "economie storm."--Reu- area of southern Palestine betal, Dowing in from the North, tween Jews and Egyptians flared was the chief cause of spartan

Fighting Flores

prices.

up on Friday.

The Jews said Egyptians had ng The meeting warned that un- tacked a supply convoy attemptess the authorities consulted ting to reach Jewish settlement trade and labour organisations On in the Negev, Jews have been re- cantrolled prices and arrive at ported in heavy attacks in the realistic levels, there would be a arca of the main Egyptian base continued shortage of goods on at Gaza

the local market, snid Iornell spokesmen

the were almed at

ter.

The Weather

At 6 hours ONT (5 v.. JIKST), the typhoon was Deaired mid way ba twina Ilang Kong and Balzon, mavinat

Jewish attacks voiced protests securing a supply route to Negev while others, to escape 'possible Went, at five sa ten knots, Froes it a

settlements.

Meanwhile, many stores in the elty have closed their doors, The Communist Party came brought back. It took some time

from the majority of the Muni Jews said they had rejected the punishment for not adhering to troch extenda BW to Malaya and E tu

controlled prices, are conducting the Mariannd. pal Council,

from U.N. In Nice, verbal ineidents be truco order

truce business on a self-imposed ration Pressure remains tigh from Japan to tween F.P.F. and Communist oc- supervisors because it coiled for ing system, by which customers NW Chida

Forest-Fresh or NW winda, stess from positions they weed when Commun

restricted to the purchase of had gained since Friday.

small quantities. Even essential at times. Israeli spokesmen in Paris sald Rends, such as rice, oil, sugar, are last night Bunche's truce order 11 dimeult to obtain. did not call for withdrawals, leaving all such detalla worked out.

given.

in all particulars, one second with 454 delegates, the anid may be certain that this attitude Socialists third with 220, the is not matter of accidum but Catholic Popular Republicans dictated by the Communist high (M.R.P.) fourth with 150 and command... It has always been Radical Socialists and various apparent that there were strong

will designate The elections Influences in the Communist high independents 98. command, which favoured poli

Co-operation part of the electorate which will cica of attempted

on November 7 for the foreigners with cica

0s well as with vote

Council of the Republic, France's Chinese private enterprise.

Advisory Body. "These may now have asserted themselves with the apparent in-

M. Pierre De Gaulle, Mayor of auguration of a policy of coming French capital where the R.P.F

Paris, gave the results for the out of the bushes an teruming his brother's Party, will have 307 responsibdity for the city, such as Trinen, and presumably ours if delegates, the Communists 193 they can be captured," the paper the Socialists 35, the M.R.P. 29 added. Reuler.

Chiang's Report

President Chiang Kal-shek is expected to maką a report to the halton 1000 on decisions taken his Mukden visit on the future government milltary pro- gramme in Manchuria.

on

, the Independents 5.

in Marsellies, the R.P.F. had 05 delegates while the Com. munists came close with 90:

In Lille, the M.R.P. suffered 0

heavy blow, from the R.P.F. with only three delegates against 37

Gnullists. De

The Communists there trailed behind the Socialists with only 11 delegates, against the Sociolists 10.

:

were

The elections aro not public. They take place in the City Halls or in the "Mairies" (the Mayors' omces) for small places.-Asso- clated Press.

to be

Unions Demand A Purge Of Reds

Manchester, October 17.

"

Several thousand trade unionists at an open air moeting here today voted overwhelmingly a re- solution urging the government and the Trades Union Congress. "to take all necessary stops to romove Communist control from the Trade Fow.Incidents The Generatissimo, in' a radto

„Union' movement.” Few incidents were reported in broadcast or in an appearance before the Legislative Yuan, is Paris. However, when M., Pierre

The meeting was the latest Addressing the mass meeting, expected rhorlly to reveal what De Gaulle wanted to give the 're- general strategy' faces the Nasuits, he found that the official move in a dispute between 38- however, he said that he was not year-old Chris Blackwell, particularly concerned with his nt own dismissal but with the fact lonalists as a result of the criti-list had disappeared.

Facing M. Ouzollas, Commun- former chief shop steward cal Munchurlan situation.-United

ist Municipal Councillor. De the Metropolitan, Vickers fae- that the "Blackwell case has ex- Fress.

Gaulle said:

tory here, and the local leaders posed, for the first time, the ma- chinations of this diabolical Com- "I believe you had

the list. Could you give it back?".

Other Shanghai's Economic Super-hours of the morning and usually.

The Communist Councillor ad-in which the key positions of visory Office since the axlen-everything is sold by sunrise.

that several The 7.240-ton ship Anna Dickmitted he had the list but said President and General Scere- the Government's purge of Com- munista engaged in work of sion of its jurisdiction to cover It is understood

The Union has withdrawn-ita national Importance should ax- two municipalities of lung-established restaurants are tnson, registered at Jacksonville, he gave it back to "someone," De tury are held by Communista

Mr. Blackwell lend to unions other then the Shanghai and Nanking and the closing down until foodstuffs be-Florida. radioed aty ships in the Gaulle declared the election will

of Kiangsu, come more easily procurable Atlantic tonight making them to only be valid when the list was credentials from

as chief shop steward. Ho al- Civil Service Association, parti three provinces

advise the ship's OWNCTE, the Beater.

leges that this was due to "Com-cularly those concerned with the Cheklang and, Anhwet.

United States Maritime Commis

munist. mandelivres.”

nationalised industries. Bartor System

the sion, that After hearing reports made by

vessel's radio visiting officials of other localities, The economic control authori-operator had been lost at sea.

The message Major General Chiang Ching-kua ties were reliably reported today

was picked un ordered that concerted steps be to be studying measures by which here and conveyed to the outh- taken to eradicato black market Shanghai may export its stocks, prities. Reuter dealings in all vital commodilles of cotton cloth and sugar in ex- in all localities under the juris- change for rice from other poris. diction of the SESO.

the

Meanwhile, Shanghai's 5.000- 000 people are finding it more and mare difficult to buy food

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Extensive Pallod Control Syn-

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Japanese For Trial in HK. Page: 5

LOST AT SEA

Falmouth, October 17.

Parin, October 17.

British

FO APPOINTMENT London, October 18. The Foreign Office announced yesterday that the King has proved the appointment of Stan ley Herbert Gudgeon, The barter system is seen as a France and Belgium drow 3-3 Consul General at Sao Paulo, to

Envoy solution to the restocking of de- in an international soccer match be

Extraordinary and pleted Shanghai stocks of staple at Colombes Stadium today.

Minister Plenipotentiary at Ciudad Dominican Republic, foods. Many rice shops here closed At half time. France, was lend- | Trujillo, down.

ing by two goals. to one-United where he will succeed B. D. Mac- Major General Chiang Ching-Press. kuo, was reported to be planning to conter this week with rics merchants to map. a workable programme-United Press,

Foochow Blackout

1

Chinese Government price re- strictions, have closed down one power company.

→ Cripps Warns Of ERP Fallure.said that the Fukien

Pago 7,

Heavy Fighting in Nagav,

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UN MAY

Blockade.

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Condemn

Are Irish Foreigners? Page 30

Wegtarn Finance Tatka Page 12

1. A delayed report from Foochow Province port was blacked out since û p.. on October 14 when the Foochow Power Company suspended Soviet operations due to lack of fuel.

*at. 'Joseph'a-AmiHoán Clubbern

Boftball,TOY

The only fusi used by the com- pany was frewood. Many fire- wood dealers have been arrested in Foochow for selling above price lovela trozori' at the

August level.Recently they stopped bringing firewood into the city l'Associated Press.

Roe-Associated Press.

Long-Lost HK Metal Coins Turn Up In Osaka Ruins

Tokyo, October 18,

A pair of Japanese treasure hunters dug up the ruins of #bomb shelter in Osaka and 1,200 square yards' around it on the trail of treasure and finally-found it on their third day.

The treasure-Was den tons of nickel and ellver coinu, Hong Kong ourrency, and valued by the Japaneew- authori- tlos at approximately 200,000,000 yen.

The money was part of the lost brought from Hong, Kong during the war by the Japanels and bought by, an iron -marchant named" Qhobo.

hobo had already registered the property with the au», thorities but neglected to motily wenere it was located-fleuter.

of the Electrical Trades Union. munistakers proposed that!

This resolution was the Brat One of the unions: is the No. of Mineworkers, public demand from any Contional Union alderable section of the labour whose Communist Secretary, Mr. rank and ale for official action Aribur Horner, is facing possible against Communist union officials disciplinary action for supporting. whose recent activities have the French miners strike. Use Of Presi caused a heated quarrel in the movement.

Mr. Horner was ill with a cold Growing pressure for a show today and his public quarrel with down with the Communists has Mr. Will Lowther, the President caused Mr. Harry Pollitt, Gen- of the Union and Chairman of eral Secretary of the British the TUC, is in abeyance, Communist Party, to chargo that the present campaign was "port of a movement being prepared to reduce the standards of living of the whole working class.".

To Appeal

While the Manchester mest. Ing was baing hald, 628 dela- gates, representing the

Bouth Welt

ягод of the Elpetrical

·Trades Unjon mot privately and with three dissants adopted; a resolution condemning members of the union and other unions for using newspapers to villity ita leadership.

Mr. Pollitt sald' at a most- Darlington's "that" "tha litg at

clasu 'anomies of the working

The union president declared know that: the Communist that in the newspaper- campaign Party will fight to their limit arising out of Mr. Blackwell's against such a policy. That is removal there had been "distor why we are being attacked.tion and untruth designed to split Mr. Blackwell, who, asserted and wreck one of the moet le that he was discharged because portant unions in this country.” he had refused, to follow the dis- He emphasised that Mr. Black- ruptive polley of the Communist well still had: the right of appeal Party, will appeal to the Execu- and hi caso eventually would tive Committee of the Union for rest with the rank and file reinstatement.

Heater, Pole MERENT C

Foreign Goods

The cost of rice has risen 300 For cant since the August 19 price of GY20 for a pleut of 11 lba.

Cloudy with rein at first. Improving.

Yesterday's Weather Maximum: 76.7 den. Fab.

Minimum 68.5 deg." Mah."---- Supakinez Nil hours.

AL

Rainfallt 11.00 mm.-20.45 ips. Tutaj since JATE 18618.1 mm.95.09 in. AKİNET an average of 254.0 mm. 10.17 2.

Beadings at

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4 p.m.

There is no control on prices Baro at mal...1017.4 1014.8 m.h.

Equals 10.04 of foreign goods, and these, on

the average, bave risen about 200 R Ramkilty per cent. A packet of Chester-Dew Point

Wind direction Beld cigarettes, for example, now Wind Force costs GY2.30, against 70 cents Tid (Gold Yuan) at the beginning of Klah October.

In an editorial, on the present L price situation In Canton, the

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