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JAPAN OCCUPATION IS 30-Hour Week
DANGEROUS BUSINESS
Tokyo, December 2,
It is dangerous for Americans to live in Japan-and
not because this still is an enemy country. The fault lies with the Americans themselves as shown in figures released today by General MacArthur's safety experts, who found that accidental deaths of Americans here this year will be twice as numerous per capita as in the United States.
Safety officials attributed that they should have fixed and these deaths "primarily to fool-three died handling explosives. hardiness."
There have been 107 deaths and 7,000 disabling injuries, all hos- pital cases, among American oc- cupation personnel this year the Far Eastern Command, pan constitutes the main portion in this command.
All Preventable
lu Ja
Mr. A. J. Drahurd, asistent safety direction, said: "All these deaths and injuries are believed to be preventable.'
Ninety per cent of alt those who got killed or injured were practising "unsafe" acts.
The.
result of unsafe physical or me chanfeal conditions that could have been corrected.
Other accidental deaths In- cluded 11 in flee fights and stab bings, nine in falls, soven in from, two by being hit by fall. Ing or, moving objects and 36
For Miners?
Washington, December 2.
A representative of Mr. John Lewis, United Ming- workers leader, sald today that 400,000 soft coal miners will book a six-hour day and 30-hour work when their contract expires on June 30, 1049.
The miners have at provant an eight-hour day and this Includes half an hour for un- derground travel and half an hour for meals-Reuter.
In et October's Korean train wrack.
It looks pretty rough this year when you add it all up, but it is only hali as bad as last year, tc- statistics-United cording Press.
to
Missionaries Evacuated.
From
China
By Air
San Francisco, December 3.
remaining 10 per cent were the A tiny Chinese nun, Sister Angos Paulino of the Belgian Teaching Order of Notre Dame de Namur, says that the situation is so acute in North and Control China that American mis- sionaries are being evacuated by air to escape the communist armies.
of The highest percentage persona involved in accidents was Gls and the largest single deaths was gunshot cause of wounds, most of them the re- sult of mishandling of firearms. Fifty-five men were killed by accidental shots. Ometals said most of them died in such "borse- play as seeing who could draw
sidearms fastest."
So critical is the situation, United States in the past six
today, that weeks, the anic. Sister Agnes said
"Because I am a Chinese na. she was given special dispensa- tion to undertake the flight tional," she said, "it was felt I from Shanghal to San Francisco should icave China immediate alone. The view of the situn-before the Communists could
inke me prisoner." Mr. Drahurd said only last tion she added is held bath by week in Korea an American salthe U.S. State Department and dier was killed by using a hand
by superiors of her own Order. grenade to toy with. Also dur-
More than
150 missionarles ing the past week a soldier was
to the killed in the Philippines during have flown from China a "playful fencing duel." youths involved were using a wooden stick and a subranchine- gun in their duel.
Motor Accidants
The
The second largest cause of deaths was mator vehicle ne- eldents, in which 43 Americans lost their lives. 11 was the same. old story, Mr. Drahurd Faid, Most were speeding too fast for
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Damascus, December 2. One person was killed and 11 wounded here today on the fourth nationwide day of the riotous Streets are xeneral strike.
narrow, winding, and dangerous in Japan.
Teachers Killed
Nearly all the schools of North China have been taken over, hy the Communists, she said, aciding
that
esť many
the religious learbers who had not fled South had been kllied,
"The policy has been to dis- continue the schools for about Inree
months
then Bo- Months and vintien them," whe explained "For some reason not so many teachers have been killed re- cently I do not understand why. The Communists are par- ticularly hateful to American missionaries because they are helping the Nationalists. Sister Agnes had been teaching
WEALTHY CHINESE SAYS "THAT MAN MUST GO"
By James White
Shanghai, December 3. The wealthy hore drink bitter tea these days. For a generation they've upheld Chiang Kai-shek with cold cash as the national unifier of the 'bulwark against communism. Today the only thing that seems to be restraining their open denunication of Chlong is their inability to figure out someone to take his place.
Dak
"That man must go," a grey-officiala, Unofficials without ex- haired Chinese Tycoon shoutedception
anxlously "will polished Madame Chinng succeed in get at me, pounding
ling sizeable aid from America?” teakwood table.
0
Wasted Strength
Sigh With Roliof When told of press accounts of "Nothing can be done until hei gels out. He's played armies off the courteous but otherwise chill against one another, wasted the reception In Washington given nation's strength in a futile civil Mrs. Chiang, these friends nigh war which he is now losing. He with relict: "That is one thing has overlaxed the farmers and you Americans must not do, shanghaied their sons to night the would only help the Communists resis.
and prolong the agony.".
This
"Long ago he lost the support of he largely indifferent poor clamos. Now ho he Turned against his most faithful sup. portors the small middle and wealthy groups--and robbed vs of our savings.
"We gave them up to support the gold yuan as our patriotle duty. Now look. Inflation has begun again and I know the gav criment has reserves to support it no longer than six months and that's assuming exports can be Increased."
The dilemma of the wealthy is typified by the futility of try- ing to get agreement on somebody to replace Chlang. No sooner i
possible leader mentioned one than Bome one thinks of some warlord or clique who ennnot im- aginably accept him.
"The nearest approach to # current favourite I. North China's Fu. TEO-yl, whose honesty and courage are wide.
attitude among
Chinese who appear likeliest to suffer a red hands may be curious but it is nevertheless true of such des- parate characters as a Christian stock Minster, a merchant, a broker, a banker, lawyers, phy- sicians.
Where can this middle class go when the communists take over. The treatment they can expect from
the bourgole-hating com- munirts is none too good, Will they become the White Russians of China's revolution, forced flee their country? It is still too early to say.-Associated Press.
Singapore Exports Up
to
Singapore, December 2. For the secand successive month
Speaker Defends Red M.P.
London, December 2. The Speaker of the House of Commons, Colonel Douglas Clifton Brown, yesterday de- fended a Communist member of Parliament. Mr. Philip Piratin. against a charge of encouraging Communist mur- derers in Malaya.
Such a charge, he said, should not be made against a member of Parliament.
Piratin had asked how many houses were. destroyed and how many people left homeless in the burning at a village in North Malaya by British troops en No- vember 2.
The Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, said he had asked for a report.
Major Tufton Deamish, Con- sarvative, then commented that if these actions were takon they wara to combat the activities of Communist mur. derers who are given active encouragement by Mr. Piratin. Mr. Creech Jones: It is most likely.
A Communist member, William Gallacher, protested anti the Speaker intervened in favour of Piratin-Router.
the minus to the plus column, or whether the trend would con- tinue.
They pointed out, however, that the peninsula's exports were
ly admired. But local Chinese trade of Singapore and Malaya mainly tin and rubber, that tin
are discouraged by his apparent retreat into the tendancy to North West;
with the outside world showed a production and export were slzcuble favourable excess of ex-stendlly increasing, and that rub- ports over imports.
ber exports had remained for the most part steady despite Cam- Canvassing old and new Chi- Omelols of the Singapore economunist-led attacks against the nese friends I've found unanimous mic affairs department said they Government here and the coun- Hongkow-Asso-cilsgust and hopelessness about could not yet explain exactly why try's rubber estates and tin mines.
Chiang except, naturally, among | Malaya's trade had increased from Associated Press.
Today's casualties occurred during the Joint funeral of three persons killed in the first three Drowning was the third high-lays of street skirmishing. A total since 1940 at Wu Chang Mission est cause of casualties. Twenty of 8 persons has been injured, School near one Americans were drowned Syria still lacked a government stated Press. since January 1 and all but one tonight. The former President, WUB swimming in prohibited Hasham el Atassi, 80, reportedly refused to form a new coalition
areas.
Six soldiers in Korea drank Cabinet to replace that of the methyl alcohol and dlad... In fallen prommler, Jamal Mardam the same party others were per· Bey, manently blinded and four per-President Shukri al Quwwatil manently paralysed by the received the head of Parlamen- alcohol.
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