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FINAL KOREA SHOWDOWN LOOMS

COMMENT

of

Denial by the S.C.A. of re- ports suggesting that, in deference to petitioning Chinese hotel proprietors, he had recommended to Government removal hotel room price Coll- trols, will doubtless afford minar relief to the large number of residents cer- tain to be adversely affected. At least, the issue remains in the air. There is no reliable in- dication that the trend of the official mind leans

New British Brigade Moving Into Line

Britain's New Centurion Tank

Geared

For

Action

Tokyo, Nov. 22.

British reinforcements moved up the line in Korea today as two great armies stood poised for a decisive battle in the North-West.

The 29th Commonwealth Brigade, completed by latest arrivals from the Southern port of Pusan, fixed its head- quarters at Kadiong, just north of Seoul.

The Brigade has a giant new 52-ton tank not

heavily against the hotel Flood Menace yet tried in actual fighting-Britain's new Cen-

dweller.

How long feelings will con-

tinue freely undisturbed In California

cannot be predicted. Un-

: San Francisco, Nov. 22.

Scared householders

watch-

turion tank.

Puerto Rican Leaders Held

New York, Nov. 22.

The Secret Service ar- rested the President and Past Presklent of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in New York today. as conspirators in the at- tempted assassination of President Truman,

Mr Frederick Block, 25- sistant United States At- torney, identified the men as Julio Pinto Gandia, pre- sident of the Party's branch here, and Juan Bernardo Lebron, formce leader of the branch,

They were arraigned and ordered held in $50,- 000 bail each pending the on December 0. They were charged with conspiring to prevent Pre- sident Truman from carry- ing out the duties of his office.—United Press.

hearing About 120,000 Communist troops-Chinese and North Koreans-were now believed to be deployed ready for a final showdown along a curving 60-mile front defending their North-

American

the Western corner and stretching from Taechon California through Unsan to Huichon.

der the provisions of the Ordinance, controls au- ed for dyke breaks as tomatically expire on De-food crest swept down cember 31, 1950, unless Sacramento the Legislative Council Rivers

today.

and

in Central

the

exercises its power to Two areas faced new threats Some 30,000 Chinese and bombs. Others went for train,

But elsewhere in California and Nevada, the waters were going down.

abour 10,000 North Koreans roads and supply centres.

On the East Coast the South were reported in the immediate frontline, where minor skir-Koreans were ΠΟΥ reported mishes took place today.

United Nations warplanes in heavy raids continued to soften. Communist targets inside this defence box of hills and valleys running up to the Yalu River, about 40 miles to the north, and the Manchurian border.

Fighters and light bombers, following yesterday's 500 sor ties, again plastered the Sinuiju area. the Northern headquarters in the North-West corner.

They flew through steady anti-aircraft fire to drop their

TYPHOON

Within 15 miles of the vidro HAVOC IN

of Chongjin.

RADAR BOMBING

Superfort bombers from Japan VISAYANS

and Okinawa used radar tech- nique to bomb through cloud the port's docks and industrial tar- gets,

extend its operation for today from the floods which a further year. The Go- have caused millions of dollars worth of damage, killed 21 has vernment attitude

people and left thousands yet to be defined.

i homeless. Having no doubt what the decision should be, we commend to Government

The floods are the worst for that the sooner the in-

a generation. tention is announced, the

Army engineers warned better. Housing condi- households along the Sacramen- tions in the Colony are to River to keep watch for fear dykes broke. Another .no less abnormal today the

the danger area was near Modesto, than

in February 1949 where overflow water from the when the Ordinance was Don Pedro Dam looked likely introduced. Houses and to invade lowlands and residen- hotels have been built, tial districts.-Reuter. but the Shanghai and Canton refugee influx outweighs. Few would confine themselves to a single room if other ac- commodation were avail- able at a rent not over- straining the purse- strings. Cost of living has persistently increased.

Sharp UN Collision Over Taipeh Charges

Manila, Nov. 23. The typhoon which swept Some 50 miles inland, to the the Visayan Islands in the west, American Seventh Division had established a perl-

Central Philippines and meter around the Yalu River Northern Mindanao early. border city of Hyesanjin, which this week killed six persons they entered yesterday.

und destroyed about 500 houses, leaving more than 3,000 persons homeless, ac- cording to reports reaching

American Marines, secking to link up with them on the left, sent patrols seven miles along the Choisin Reservoir to Sing- hung.

The fiercest fighting today was reported from Chorwon, 150 miles behind the lines, where South Koreans battled all to repulso guerillas. Chorwan, a railway centre, is 100 miles south-east of Pyong- yang, the former North Korcan

capital.

day Lake Success, Nov. 22. Australia today joined the countries. which That is, of course, the oppose the establishment of a United Nations cupying hotel rooms Commission to investigate Chinese Nationalist served for Hongkong re- charges of Soviet aggression in China. sidents, regularly employ-

salient point. Those oc-

re-

ed in the Colony, are as

The United States Secretary of the Navy, Mr Francis P.

what he described as a routine

Sir Keith Officer, Australian delegate, said Matthews, arrived tonight on in the resumed debate by the General Assembly's war of installations in Japan much entitled to aid as Political Committee that such a Commission and Korea.-Reuter. the fortunates who can "could serve little, if any, useful purpose."

claim protection under

a serious burden on the

to

the Landlord and Tenant "It could do no good and | gravate one of the Great Ordinance. Hotel rates might have harmful rather than Powers." are high enough to place helpful results," he declared, Faris Bey el Khoury (Syria) The United States protested against a move to drop further said that he was prepared

that the charges be resources of many, and United Nations consideration of Propose back to the Little As- any appreciable advance the charges made by Nationalist sent

sembly, which had considered would be disastrous. No China.

them during the past year.

Sir Keith declared, "All that

fault lies with the hotels,

Sir Keith and Mr. Kenneth

Giant Bomber

Crashes

Fort Worth, Nov. 22.

B36 A glant

bomber-the world's biggest military plane crashed in a field near here to- i day after most of its crew had baled out.

Younger, British Minister of need be said on this matter but this is a post-war State, both urged that the era exceptional in it's matter complications. It is a further, period calling for the (United States) declared, "If this table who really believes At least two men were killed.

Mir

has been said." no should be taken

Mr Younger stated, "I doubt John Foster Dulles whether there

anybody at

is

Manila.

The reports are incomplete

toll and the "death

may be. higher when further information is received, ·

Damage was especially heavy Bohol Island, where at least

300 houses were verified de- stroyed and about 1,500 persons made homeless, reports to the Red Cross in Manila said. Iloilo province also was hard hit. Red Cross relief operations are proceeding.

A sailboat from Dinagat island was caught by the typhoon and wrecked in Surigao Strait. The boat's: entire cargo of copra and corn was lost but its crew of 28 men were saved.

Tic Good Shepherd's Or- phanage at. Buenavista in Guimaras Island, which houses 147 orphans and GI babies, also was, heavily damaged. Hundreds of fruit-bearing plants which helped support the children were destroyed.

Landslides were reported to be obstructing traflic ut som in Bohol. Telephon places communications. between Iloilo City and points north-were disrupted by the storm.

sharing of austerity, and we do bury this proposition now that a further study of this The wreckage of the Aix- the salary-earner is com- it will be a very black day in-matter is really going to assist engined plane caught fire, de- pelled to do his part, deed for this Organisation, and the United Nations in further tonating ammunition in it.

Am Air FWte Information Thirty houses were destroy- willy-nilly. Nothing has will be reminiscent of some of ing a peaceful solution of the

'problems the failures of the League of very grave

we all officer said that four men were fed in Cebu City and 40 were occurred over the last Nations where it tried to hide know to exist at the present injured and 10 had been seen damaged in Bacolod City, affect-

time in the Far East."

to parachute from the stricken ing 50 families. Red Cross two years to justify an Itself from reality."

He alleged that the proposal An Inquiry would possibly plane. : " ཨཾ,ཝཾ ← 5,F|

workers bave set up, relief outlook differing from

the matter was being be of some academic to drop

Interest, This, with the two dead, ac-| distribution centres at points that which dictated mo- made because to pursue the but of no practical effečt ́at all | counted for all the 18 men throughout Bohol. -- United derate control.

inquiry would "annoy or ag-lhe maintained:---Reuter.

aboard.-Reuter

Press.