1952-03-24 — Page 3

New Worry In Tornado Devastation

FLOODS & COLD

Little Rock, Ark.,

Mar. 23.

Six US Southern States counted at least 222 dead and 1,100 injured in the worst week-end of tornadie terror for 25 years.

The digging for more bodies contenuch mankl rising hope that the wave of death has supsided. Dropping temperatures COIR- pounded the suffering of home- less. thousands - 3,000

Kansas alone.

And a new unxiety rose at Some points where the down- pours which accompanied the viridus wils swenen seks

grisly.

Prea, waters added slightly

deant

siderably 10

tonge which

and Con-

ine property

So for

estimated daily roughly

in mulung &. dollars.

1 ters

The Americ. Red Crus, when compiled the list of desc

and

injured, sura is tigures incomplete and probably

wand we migher.

of

Apparently the tornadoes and stand

which boiled oul teaden skies on Friday to strike Arkansas, Missouri, Alississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Ken- tucky were played out.

UNTOLD DAMAGE

The Atlanta Weather Burenti

alt no new tornadoes were in

bl.

A feast 1,007 homes were de- stroyed and 398 damaged. Here gam me Red Cross emphasized gures were incomplete.

Livestork and crop damage was umtold.

Arkansas,

ས

the hardest

hot,

counted 121 dead; Tennessec, (0)

Mississippi, Missoni, 15:

11; Kentucky, 7, and Alabama 8.

The

e-Reconstruction-Finance Corporation has placed the area in an churgency class, opening the way for Government loans lo Sic violins.

President Truman has ordered a survey of damage with the hope of bringing swift rehet the inju.ca unsi homeless.-

inted Press,

Jap Airline ....

Proposal

Tokyo, Mar. 23.

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NAAFI GIRLS ON SHOPPING SPREE

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1952.

Psychological War Is Being

Enjoying a joke as they examine samples of materials being offered for sale by Arab street hawkers are four of the 200 NAAFI girls from Britain who volunteered for work in the Canal Zone after the walk-out by Egyptian labour. —— Express Service.

Baby Born In Senator Suggests

Accident

Melbourüe, Mar. 23.

A doelor called to 1 street accident found

Wuhan -sitting lo young

Der the wear of a car.

holding husband was _new-born_baby.

2

The couple were on their way to a maternity 1109- nitat in the early morning when thele car came into collision with a milk cart. --Router.

Soviet Blast

At Israel

Moscow, Mar. 23.

The Soviet trade union now paper Trud today attacked the

A spokesman for Japanese Israeli trade union federation airines interests eni today

Histadrul for its decision not to

to the in-

"Ike" Testimony

On US Aid Funds

self.

Washington, Mar. 23.

Waged

Against Malayan Reds

Kuelu Lumpur, Mar. 23.

Bandits who lurk in Malaya's jungles and emerge in little groups every day to murder and pillage are being fought with the pen as well as the sword.

Little publicity has been given to the psycho- logical war effort of the Malayan Federation authorities, although on a long-term basis it may be of greater importance than military or police

measures.

The propaganda war against Communist terrorism in Malaya is under the direction of the Emergency In- formation Service, à body which is far more than the usual Public Relations Office, although it is that as well.

only the face of the wanted bandit, but also a photograph the money offered, In banknotes

Mr. A.W.D. James, the head Many leaflets have been of the Service, gave Reuters an printed offering rewards for uccount of ils department's information leading to the cap- work-of is Viculties and ture of well-known bandits, In how they are being overcome. each case, these leaflets show not

The psychological war, a kind of war of nerves which seeks to undo the Communist in detrination of the bandits, has five methods-word of mouth, tellets and posters, broadcasts, the Press, and films. In all, the surrendered bandit plays a con- siderable parl.

and coins,

One arresting leaflet showed half a dozen photographs of a typical Chinese enjoying him- self at various phases of the The text was something like Chinese mid-Autumn Festival, think what you are missing by staying in the jungle,"

The "word of mouth" would be of negligible effect if war it were not for the surrendered bandit. it is not simply a mat 1er of getting a surrendered bandit to appear in a village

Another leaflet with the same with a security officer anu | king of appeal showed Chinese sprend the message of dissatis squatters widing up their new faction with terrorism although yes in resettlement areas, and Inni has been done an occasions.

"Far more

effective is the technique of letting a reclaimed bandit

cating drinking houses

unaccompanied

Many of the leaflets and and tell the people what he posters are printed on grease- knows-of-his-ex-fellow-bandits

dits proof sandwich-paper One of and their methods, and what the

most effective kinds looks he has learned since his sur-like the Communist slogans render, of the methods and jus-terrorist leaders, fix to trees,

Elves slogans with tlee of the Federation authori- but

opposite intent,

Indo go

| hinted that this kind of new life was open to bandits who sur- *****rendered,

and

A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee today indicated that the foreign aid testimony of General Dwight Eisenhower's chief aide would not quiet demands for hearing General Eisenhower him. But the "word of mouth" method, though effective, Ls Senator John Sparkman said General Alfred Gruen- limited in scope both by the ther, who is to testify behind closed doors on Monday at number of surrendered bandits 1500 GMT, could probably give the Committee a good and by the physical difficulty progress report on efforts to rearm and unify Western of transporting them to places where their words will be most Europe.

effective.

He

that plans were under discus- send represente conference Would like above all to

Sum or a post-treaty operation of air links between Jupan and Pacific via San Francisco

3Dd

South America islands, Plann.

The spokesman said that a

ternational econom al Moscow next month.

The

said that newspaper Histadrut's Leason for refusal bare a conference that the political character,

WA

D

Senator

the

make БИГО that these

BROADCASTING

Other forms of psychological warfare, though they will be- come Increasingly effective as the methods are improved. have

less SO far been much used than the leaflets and posters. "Eat Eisenhower inspires it

Sparkman also

LEAFLET WAR

Broadcasting is done not only directly by means of publie and directs policy from the top," estimated that Congress would

could give le log of about $1,000,000,000 from For this reason, the lenfiets address Vans, which tour the he added.

the foreign aid programme, but ana posters side of the psycho- resettlement arcas and 110 spirit and heart of the thing as

stressed that that was a report logical war has been far more kampongs (villages) but also nobody else could."

said: "1 on Congressional sentiment and

extensively usex.

Indirectly Senator Sparkman

by meang of the hear not necessarily his own stand.

More than 1,000 of these leaf- Radio Malaya broadcasta. but I do not want he Eisenhower, but

wanted to spend enough lets and posters have been in- ΤΟ

and printed

will have the red broadcasts it to get wrapped in political in-money for foreign aid to do the dividually drafted

inb adequately and no more since the emergency began to maximum effect, the authori- volvements.""

June, 1948. Editions of them ties

distributed The touchy political issues United Press,

have already revolving

around General Elsen-

have ranged from 5,000 to 2,700,000 receiving sets all over 000,000, Vast editions are need the Federation, and are pre- publican presidential nominallen

ed for leaflets dropped by air in paring 10 distribute 350,000 the remoter Jungle regions others. caused the Committee last week 10 deci

decidr to hear General

where it is certain many will In addition, many of tht Gnienther before voting on

be lost,

nore enterprising rubber estate Gruenthe whether to invite General

Mast of the leaflets are

hove in owners

distributed FR- Chinese, as the Chinese form 10 ceiving sets, so that, with a Eisenhower to testify in person $7,900,000,000 mutual

audlence probable on the

of 100 per the broadcasts are already security programme. The Committee

a closed session last Monday voled down the invitation, but then recon- sidered and decided to put off the final decision.

Froup known as the Japan Inmcat-screen" covering up the lower's candidacy for the Re-

Japanese real reason,

This was that the leaders of not reflect the

Tutatiomi World Airways wha discussing with the Gvernment plans for lights via Wake Island, Honolulu, and Histadiul "do North America to Elo de Janeiro.

interests of the Jewish toilers muffering fron militariem and The proposed airline was dis disruption of international trade gruvelling before cussed recently with the United ties, but are States California Easter Air- the imperialist United States in lines, with whom it was hoped an effort to hitch the economy to co-operate in the venture of Israel to the chariot of Ameri. Reuter.

con menopolies,--Neuter.

A British Crossword

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8 Complete (0).

1 Drove back (8),

Exhausted (8),

12 Fop (4).

13 Denude (5).

Puzzle

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19 Den (4),

22 Put off (8).

24 Firmly persunde. (8),

25. Zealous (0),

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Despatches (9).

Paces (5).

એક પ્રકારના

Takes into custody, (7).

Measures of length (4).

6 Praise (4).

14 Artificial silk (5).

0 Follows (0),

7 Boredom (0).

10 Danger (5).

16 China, etc (7).

Indication (0),

'16 Calm (8).

20 Tending to dolny (8).

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20 -Unusual (5),

51 Bunic (6),1:0)

22. Quantity of liquid (4),

23 Wound muric:(4),

SATURDAY'S CROSSWOLD-Across: 3 Corrupts, 7 Rife,

MIGHT BE AWKWARD Several members, including Senater Sparkman, argued that it might embarrass General

Scurrilous E. German

Attack On UN Body

Berlin, Mar. 23. The East German Govern

pur cent of the terrorists, Some

appear in Tamil and Malay as a considerable number well As Chinese, In a great many of them, the bandits them- of listeners in the remoter selves, whether captured or kill areas. ed, play a prominent part.

The

which

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A typical leaflet 15 that in main war through the Press is

directed through the ESSENTIAL SUPPLY CERTIFICATE Д recently captured Chinese-language newspapers, bandit appeals to his former many of which reach the kam- leaflet contains a photograph of likely friends t surrender. The songs, whence their message is to be spread to the

Eisenhower now to go on recora ment Press Chief. Albert the bandlit and a message in his terrorist hide-outs.

for the whole foreign aid pro-

including some leading Elsen- hower supporters, that the pro-

Norden, today described the gramme in the

face of state- United Nations Commission ments by many Congressman,

on all-German elections as "four odd characters haunt ing the German capital dis- guised as a United Nations body."

gramme must be cut.

to

General Gruenther is expected before the House Foreign Affairs Committes after pre- senting his case to its Senate counterpart. He said on arrival in Washington yesterday that he had

Idea when General Elsenhower himself was coming

no

home. -

Fugitives To Be

Recruited

Key West, Mar. 23,

how.

own handwriting. One limita- The war through films is still tion of this method is that not In its infancy. Already,

ever, many of the mobile pubile all captured bandits are literate. the strip cartoon technique, projectors and

A popular form of leaflet uses add

sco address vans are equipped with are showing simplified as far as possible to documentary flims prepared by make its message immediately the Malayan Government Ala:

This is

A war that is less spectacular than the war of

and police action parachute

accessible.

unit.

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Forms 3; 4 & 5 as amended by the

Covernment of Hong Kong NOW ON SALE

at

Hong Kong & Kowloon.

"Two

REWARDS OFFERED of them were pald

for with American dollars

One brutal American

leaflet, showed three backing the

in intervention

first of a scene drops But in the face of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST LTD.. Greece," he drawings-the

on a rubber estate, the second same dificulties, impenetrable told an East Berlin mass meel-

of a villager posting informa- jungles and forbidding moun. ing called to protest against

tion to the security forces, and tains, it is already showing re- the forthcoming execution of a

the third of a

show bandit being sults, and will probably Greek

Nilpos Communist,

more in the future. — Reuter, ambushed and killed. Belojanis.

The Commission, on which Brazil, Iceland, Holland and Pakistan are represented, wound up its official programme last night.

The members

due

ore

to leave Berlin separately tonight and tomorrow.

Kristjan Albertson, Icelandic head of the Commission, said yesterday that their report to

Secretary President Truman today ap General would not include any

the United Nations proved the first allocation of $4,300,000 m mutual security material on Germany handed funds to help finance recrutting them by organisations in West of Iron Curtain fugitives in

the

advantage

of

Berlin.

the North Atlantic defence "They are of no use to us us forces.

long as we cannot checks them In Talking

the the East," he said. Kersten

amendment to tha West Berlin'a Lord Mayor, Matual Security Law of 1933, Ernst Reuter, told a meeting to. President Truman Instructed day that some members of the.

Mr MSA director,

Commission also had private. Averell Harriman, to proceed talles with acquaintances noy. with plans to use $4,300,000 "olving in the Soviet Zone.

and treat-

But a secretary of the Com- Improve reception

secure resettlement mission sold, "We had no coll tact with East German ciralos", qualified people who

The head of the Soviet Con- from Iron Curtain coun

countries

Itrol Commission for Garmank?.. The Kersten amendment per General Chullcov, has not you

to $100,000,000 of MSA funds to be used in the body's request to carry but la

replied to the United · Nationa fiscal year 1032 In connection vectigations in East Germany, with assistence to certain pelect- Albertson maid yesterday

ment and

of

mitted

8 Attested, 10 Please, 13 Hardens, 16 Vile, 17 Derides, 18 Chapo refugees from the Iron Cur that the Commission will make ier, 20 ont, 21 Distend, 20 Elapse, 27 Colonise, 23 Excel, 20 Sur- mount.. Down: 1 Craph, 2 After 3 Cease, 4 Reef, 6 Pukid, 0. Stajes, 0.Tended, all Lathe, 13. Adopt, 14 Series, 15 Vista, I Leans, 18. Crocus, 19 Antler, 22 Sleet, 29 Epias, 24 Dealt, 25 Undo...

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