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HONG KONG, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1948.

REXOF THE DAY

GOVT'S BASTION ISOLATED SHANGHAI

Red Columns Near Hsuchow Outskirts

ANOTHER CHANGCHUN?

Nanking, November 14.

Hsuchow, bastion of Nanking's defences, was pictured tonight as an isolated city, ripe for Communist picking whenever. Chen Yi's armies are ready to make an assault.

Nationalists Abandoning Paoting City

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Tientsin, November 14. Nationalist troops have be- abandoning Paoting, capital of Hapei Province. following intensification of Communist attacks around the city, according to all in- dications available here to dav.

Travellers' reaching Nanking reported that Com- munist forces driving from the East have reached within four miles of Hsuchow's air- field the only supply line left-while on the South West and North Red troops are no more than 10 miles from the outskirts of the city. Those reports contrasted sharply with Government claims that ning of Chon Yi's columns wèra beaten and Government forces were driving Eastward to Payichí 25 and Nionchuang 33 miles from Hsuchow,

The main battle for the strategic centre which holds vf the

concentration strong troops defending Nanking is a few miles East of raging Hsuchow, these eye-witnesses

The Chinese reported.

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Consternation is said to prevai In the Nationalist stronghold, for the defence of which the Nation- klists have shed muels blood in the past few months, as Garrison Force is believed to be carry- woops, Government oMelals and ing the main burden employees

in the

Fallowing the usual pattern. the Covernment apparently han withdrawn most of its armies inte Hauchow proper and it callmated there

are 260,000 troops there, including a con. siderable number disarmed be COUSR

Chlang their loyalty to «Kal-shok is questioned.

In addition to the armed forces

and dependents of battle against the advancing there ate about 300,000 civilians. military personnel høstfly left this | Reds. important gateway to Peiping and Tient:In.

A six-mile convey, comprising trucks, carts, bicycles, mules and donkeys, escorted by the military

Whereabouts of the Seventh Army group, tredited three days ago with a major victory against the Communists on the East finnk nf the Hsuchow line, is unknown.

A witness described the situn- tlun in Hstichow as pantry with food shortages us the greatest threats to the city's defences.

Is at present on the way to Pei-For a time those armies were en- Second Changchun

ping with employees of Govern circled East of the city and supply nient organisation, including

by air was necessary. Now Hsu- even polier,

sar fer arrived at Ching's ancient, droppant is not my four or

Because of this food shortage it

EXODUS

Advances In Army Communications Demonstrated

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Five hundred won-combatants chew air officers admitted their and dependents of officials had position is so restricted that Air

to the Reds within three-of four Ary is longer practicable. is believed that Hsuchow may fall five miles from the airteld, days unlose Chen YI chooses to martar shells were falling into by-pass the city and leave it us villages along the line

another where

Changchun, to be saken at his leisure.

capital,

Chinese correspondents stalloned

In Proting had appealed to Gen- eral Fu To-vi for an seroplane to take thom out, but did not walt and left with the last convey

Guerilla Tactics

the new Firth and Eighth Gov. ernment armies were trying to kel the Reds.

Plane Attack

The Nationalist forces bi Cen- trul Hopel, it is reported, are pre- tanng to resort to guerilla neties, One eye-witness said that low- sostentraling on offensive thru to ¦ nyins frhter planes several times ins tout of following the old prae-notted Red attacks. “rigi ni defending" holstel omtrest Heuchow's airport itself was apply this under threat of capture within the

it is intended

eneng's Communist troops.

strategy in the area of Paoting. next 4 hours, Already some in- which is grudunily huing RUT- stallations and stranded training rounded by General Nich Yung pinnes have been demolished by Puoting should fall, it would sledge hammers and the airforce be the third provincial caplul in prepared to evacuate the field at North China to

be raptured by short notice.

Two days ago All personnel the Communists—the ølbore bein"i Kaifeng, capital of Henan, and were ready for evacuation, these

yourers said, as the Reds threaten Tsinan, capital of while the threat continues to ed to over-run the field. But ar-

ct the New Fifth develop against Taiyuan, capital rival

army of Shansai, and Kwetsui, capitai transfcrted from positions West of Inner Mongolian province of of suchow not only stopped the but drove them back several reds Sulvirem.

miles.

From this position the Com-

Although the Panting situation is critical, the main body of Communists again regained round munist force along the Peiping- Hankow Railway, which passes, and are new approaching a line of through the city, is still boltovel fertitied hills four to five miles to be pf Shihchinchwang, 20 dies Enst of the Neld.

to the South West:

From here the Communists pre

sent ren! menace, not only te Paoting. but "falsɔ" "„Tientsini, an highways lead up to the bort city through. Communist-con- trolled Taanghelen, 60 miles to the south of Tientsin.—Reuter.

FIRE DESTROYS QUILT FACTORY

There are many indications that that. Al he is doing exactly

the Com- Hauchow and Pengpu

munists isolated the garrison and

it le being supplied by air.

Pangpu itself, la jammed with Governinunt troops, many

of

then reinforcements intended

London, November 13.

Advances since World War II in. Army communi- cations were recently shown to the Forces, the radio and electrical industry, and to a limit- ed public at Britain's Signal Research and Christchurch, Development Establishmont, outstanding example of the results of scientific

Hampshire.

research and engineering development in col- laboration with industry is the latest infantry portable wireless equipment, the No. 88. During the demonstrations four sets were shown. One was carried in a tank, the other in a helicopter, while the third and fourth were carried on the chests of two infantry men. All sets gave instantaneous

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Taken on November 10 thin plature shows Chinesa soldier wounded in action during the Civil War riding on the front of locomotive with other Chinese fleeing Shunghal for the country. Many are leav- Ing because of the food shortage and the danger of the Communist Army avan- tually threatening the city. (AP Photo)

Piper Cub In Forced Landing At Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay, which faces the Queen Mary hospital, was the scene of a forced landing by a Piper-L-4 air- craft at about 1.25 pm. yes- terday.

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San Francisco, November 14,

The troublesome issues of the hiring hall, overtime pay and hours of work were agreed upon today by negotiators sooking, any early, ond to the 73-day Pacific coast maritima striko.

Waterfront employers and striking Congress of In- dustrial Organisation 'union officials framed

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an agreement principle on the hir

ing hall providing for the equalising of work opportunities. Four other issues were tenta- tively settled:

1-A, 8,000-hour work limit in any consecutiva 20-week period in accordance with provisions of the Wage and Hour Act, with equalisation of work opportunities to be preserved,

2-One day off each week, with Sunday designated as much, an possible. A part by port survey is to be made to: determine how many Sundays off "can be listed.

3A minimum of four hours pay when reporting for work.

4-A nine-hour maximum worke shift night and day, with shifts to start at eight ́ ́am.* and The_night" shift can be changed an hour either

greement

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way by mutual

Court Ruling

The Supreme Court Lecently ruled, that an employer,,where na contract existed,ihod, to pay tané time and a half after 40 hours. work... The rate is to be determij ed on the average hourly waże earned in the preceding 40 hours. ► However, the law permits trade [union to have contracts, wheroby | employees work, longer than 40 hours in any week without pay-

and a Haft.

Birth Expected Any Hour

London, November, 14. Princess Elizabeth's baby is expected within a fow hours, sources close to Buckingham Palaco sald todays

At 10.30 min. today Sir John Weir, physician to the King, and the Court "correspondents who will flash the nows to the world have not been summoned to the Palace,

Gillilatt, Sir William Princess Elizabeth's gybac“ cologist, spent the night at the Royal residence. lic decided to remain after ho made his third trip there on Saturday shortly before midnight-United Preis.

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Prices Drop As Canton Repeals Law

ing statuary.. overtime of tline Canton, November 14.

Abolition of the August 19 In the case of the longshoremen emergency economic decrees they may work up to 80-hour has brought down prices here

any work week. They got

In

straight time for the fist and has strengthened the hours and time and a half for god yuan.

the reet, three hours, (it amen- Prices have, dropped 20 to 40 ployce were to work longer than

FG hours he woull receive statt-Fr cent since November 11, when

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government again, made it tory overtlina based on the over-permissible to carry gold bullion age hourly phy The the preceding and foreign currencies. This has BC Holtasociated Tre

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much god yuan in gireli ntion), UMPAN

Héretofore, people who had nothing but gold yusn poured It into more concreta, goods creating

Plans For Sending Arms buying pres

To China

Now the public can retain | American and Hong Kong doliure ins well a gold-butinn. This has The staff of the hospital at the

put an end to this sort of buynig above "Ime nolleri, a plane doing

aid with the drop in the demand what they thought was an aero- Bätte stunt. They realised Inter Information on plans for prices have dropped.

The revision of the exchange that the pinne must have develop transporting considerable rate of GY4 to 0720. for. che rent Establishment and BUF-H prised holiday-makers in the trouble of some sort when they amount of arms and ammuni-American dollar brings some ro- fole of Wight, off the Hampshire starting to dive into the tion, from Hong Kong to North left those Americans and Chi-

China has been intercepted by coast, who were chosen at ran- |.sca.

nee who are paid in US dollars, to strongpoint

gom to reply.. these soldiers are simply stand. enemy

Wasting no time, the stuff sent the Hong Kong Police, report-but actually in gold minn at the a message to the Water Police, Ing around Pengpu's streets, intaken with the help of smoke

ed the evening edition of the official rate, the black market Then there is a new type a

who immediately reloved a state of helpless confusion.

and a casualty rocket for research in peace-time mensare and armour

by radio to all pollee vernacular Sing Tao Jih Fan rate is around Y22 and once rose

as high an GY20. yesterday. to be evacuated by air. The In the three-foot long nose of the launches patrolling in that area.

The removal of the August 19 rocket there is a new brondent- The pilot, Mr. Cedric Salter, The newspaper sald that the

decree celling prices has resulted olders are foraging for food and set weighs 11 pounds, and digging up farmers crops of car has a range of à mile-and-a- Ing system which puts out. 22 aged 27, and his brother aged 15, Information. intercepted by the influx of goods to Canton.

over, normal

simultaneously a passenger, were taken to Queen Police revealed that the arms in The has revived river shipping "programmes" rols and other vetgetables while half the farmers is the urea are mint-The 80, like the modern the behaviour of the rocket as they were treated for minor in zune

ground. Fuchs transmission gives details of Mary hospital by RN ambulance, clude a large number of machine which was, curtalled I during the

period of controlled prices, moning their families to dig up Army receiver, the R.209, can shoots through space. At the re-juries and were then released.

It added that the police suspect

It is feared, however, that with the crops themselves before the also work under water. colving end the signols draw o Apparently, the pilot was not the clandestine arsenal to be hid revival of foreign Holdings mors Yaumati district- gold yuan will come Bouth fur soldiers take them all.

Thousands refugees ย

luminous picture of what is going able to make a landfall with the den in the who

Kowloon's main rendezvous. fu conversion into: gold, American on in and round the rocket."

plane's cnpipa cuti. reached žisuehow by train from

underground organisations.

and Hong Kong dollars. This the East and West are still hud-

The police, however, denied the means the value of those "com- report and claimed they have modities" may rise in the near heard nothing regarding the future above the value of essen- matter.,

Kalgoods Asociated Press,

In the outskirts of Hsuchow

nd waiting

Coding Speech

There is also a remarkable-in-

whatever they can dled within Tadiway cars eating provement on the type of centi- metre beam communication which patiently for some means of es- cape sathund. Associated was used between Field Marshal Lord Muntgomery in the Western Desert of African and Londen. Any Interference can be reduced to mininana by "pulse

Press.

US Tries Cracking

Petrol From Oil Shale

Denver, Colorado, November 13.

The United States, seeking self-sufficiency in petroleum for any emergencies, has embarked upon a programme of cracking potrol from oil shole in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, a pilot plant refinery operated at Anvil Points, thousands of tons of grey shale are being treated by the US Bureau of Mines in the first large scale effort of its kind in this country. Colorado's all shule reserves, ten million dollars a year to solve are the largest and richest in the problem. the world, potentilly capable of yielding 200 to 300 billion barrels. The potential in other western states of Utah' and Wyoming is guessed at, 26 to 46

Afro which destroyed a cotton qulik factory occurred just before At 1 p.m. yesterday in Kennedy St.

Receiving the alarm, the Bri- gade despatched two appliances under the direction of Station Calça P. K. Young and in less than 20 minutes had the fro out. Though no one was injured, the whole ground floor of the build

ing involved was gulted.

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Berlin.

Borlin, November 13.

elgnals and transmits The British authorities in Germany warned Russia

result as a series of on-off

pulses. These are decoded into

speech Instantaneously.

Another new development is

1 mpill-channel radlo link

tonight that they would view with the utmost gravity any attempt by Soviot fighters to forco down in the Borlin air corridors airlift planes bouring British markings.

which can be used to bridge. The warning was given in a one-sentence reply from

gap in cabies caused by mount" tains or swamps.. Conversaționa were carried on "betwaan `the Signal Research and Develop-

The Weather

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Major General V. J. S. Westropp, British De- puty Chief of Staff, to a letter sent by Lieuten- ant General G. S. Lukyantschenko, the Soviet Chief of Staff, alleging that aircraft not bear- ing nationality marking were flying in the.air

corridors...

Soviet letter said the | Russians would force down any unidentifiable planes to land on ANGO GET (1 p... HIRST) the Soviet airfields. crude shale to experiment with typhoons was centred 60 miles NE of

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the proper, national. Identifica. tion marking and my.com [Kentucky, Pennsylvania and The government entercei the Today's Forecci-Moderate N winds.

mander, in Chief would regard California at known to con-scene in 1044 when Congress pass Fresh times in exposed places sontakt. the foreing

of British down tain deposits of shale oli as well. ed the Synthetic Liquid Fuel Act. Fair ar Ane.

Yesterday's Weather

aircraft bearing nations! (den- appropriating 30 million dollate

-tification - markings, and (pro- Maximums –783. Jag. Fa}.". Price Competition for a thorough probing of gas Minimums: 89,0 kg. Fahế

-coeding on their lawful occa These huge resources are as yet coal and shale possibilities. Ar Bunchine1 10.4 hours.

Klonia as a matter of utmost Naval Craft Transport Arrive more theoretical than practical at other 30 million was tacked on at Hainfall Nil, Total inte dan,

Gravity,” Genbrat“. Westropp's In Colony.

themornent, Way still have fast session of Congress and that 2467.2 mm-08.96 in Raines, at

reply, cald *Avazkue ofą2000.0 mm.m1alina, s

The Americdn" authorities, who to be developed to make a syn-body extended the programme to

1, 1952.

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shale of still loaves it com- learned from them with the post Wind Furce Bullets Fly In. Parip. Birike inn i dobtful: EV, Murpheo, sible exception of Swedish plants

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president of Standard Off-Do which utilise the relorting by Page 10

UB Businim Emergen Frab valopment Company, said the oil product heat, to produce powe

chmpuules are: laying out about for their cities -United Presik, Post-Riestion Possimism

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Colonel Alexis Yolisarov,,thu Deputy Soviet Commandant,. In letter to Colonal Frank How- ley, the American Commandant, referred to alleged acts of sahnt- been committed go which had in the American sector

"The facts show that ari. minal efemeritaj hava takan

the American 900 refuge in -tor.”

Wald. Colonel-Yallourow These elements are trying to disorganise the

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ho railway, communisations, The Russian colonel ended his expressing confidence that now these fauts had been

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