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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1948)
China High-Command Sends Fresh Armies To Battle of Suchow NANKING, Nov. 17—(AP)—China’s high command, as serting the communists already have lost 90,000 men, sent fresh armies into the battle of Suchow today. The nightly communique of the defense ministry claimed more than half the communist veterans who mounted the ma jor assault east of Suchow had been killed or wounded. (On the other hand, the communist radio said nine govern ment divisions were ‘ wiped out”, including the 63rd and 107th armies. That could be 90,000 men. Both sides are in clined to exaggerate casual ties.) Most Chinese sources doubt ed that the Suchow "victory” was all the newspapers said it was. Agency Contradicts The official Chinese Central News Agency contradicted its own earlier reports on one phase of the Suchow battTe. It said communists were attacking the city from three sides—south, southwest and south east. Fighting was reported in vil lages seven miles from the city lim its. Only yesterday Central News said the Reds were fleeing south of Suchow. But its latest dispatch credited the communists with mounting two divisions in that sec tor. It also told of a “furious bat tle” east of the city where the Reds supposedly had been routed. But it appeared Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces in the op ening phase of the fateful battle at least held their own with some of the best troops in the communist armies. They did it with the surprise use of a tank column and all-out sup port from the air force. War planes flew shuttle from Nanking, 200 miles to the south, bombing and strafing. Both sides are gathering strength for the second phase. Afternoon newspapers said troops under Gen. Liu Ju-Ming, moving north from the Nanking area, had joined units attacking the com munists who have encircled Suh sien, 50 miles south of Suchow. This is a sensitive point. Suhsien lies on the railway connecting Su chow with Nanking. The commun ists are supposed to hold 30 miles of the line. The loss of Suhsien (which the communists say they have tak en ) would*be a serious blow to gov ernment hopes of recovering the railway. 1 Econ. Meeting Draws Professor Dr. Zenon Szatrowski, associate professor of economics, will deliv er a paper in Cleveland on Decem ber 30 at a joint conference of the Economics association, American Statistical association, and the Econometrics society, December 27-30. “Oscillatory Models in Measur ing Persistency Characteristics of Economic Time Series” will be the title of Dr. Szatrowski’s paper. His idea is to extract information from the past behavior of time series which is useful in projecting cycli cal patterns in the future. A time series, Dr. Szatrowski explained, is a series of production or price figures over a long period of time. His paper will be concerned with no particular period, but will be largely in a theoretical sense. Information of this kind is very useful to the businessman in plan ning business and investment poli cies and inventory problems, and is of interest to the economist. Dr. Szatrowski expects to ad dress from 30 to 50 delegates in his group. About 2000 economists, statisticians, businessmen, and graduate students from all over the United States will attend the conference, he said. DAY MANAGER: Cork Mobley LAYOUT MANAGER: Jim Crissman SOLICITORS: Shirley Hillard Barbara Williams Campus Cyclery Everything in Parts and Repairs 796 E 11th Ph. 4789 pretty is JD as pretty does. angora does! Want to took pretty? . . . Shepherd soft, furry French Angora will make prettier. But it absolutely will not make you look like lana Turner ... unless, of course, you already do. In blessed colors like baby blue or pink, turquoise, white, yellow , or pistache. About $9. in sizes J 34 to 40. There's a short-sleeved I cardigan, too, at about $11. j§ free! writ# tor Shepherd’s Booklet: “Sweater Styles with the Slim Look.” FRAGER'S LADIES APPAREL SHEPHERD KNITWEAR CO., Inc. ihephard Sweaters • ■Crai> Ai^T Shirts • .Sep Qoddess Swim Fashions , Campus Calendar ISA WILL NOT meet again un til after the Thanksgiving holiday. NEWMAN CLUB executive meeting upstairs at the Side at 4. YOUNG REPUBLICAN meeting in 101 Oregon at 6:45. RUSSIAN CLUB meeting at Wesley house at 8. YWCA Meet Slated Tonight All YWCA members and their friends may attend the open mem bership meeting tonight from 6:30 to 7:30 at Gerlinger alumni room. A new system to take the place of the annual recognition service, this open meeting will feature en tertainment from the freshman, sophomore, and junior commis sions. Freshman commission offi cers will be introduced, and Mrs. Gladys Lawther will talk informal ly. The entertainment will center around the theme of campus queens, with each commission handling one phase of the idea. Laura Olson, president of the as sociation, will be introduced in con junction with this in the finale. The worship committee, headed by Lou Weston, will explain- the purpose of the YWCA and its func tions. Refreshments will be served and all members are urged to come. Business Booms in 'PX7; Not a BA, Says Hageman Few small businesses confined to a room seven by ten have a monthly gross income of $1200. Hageman’s P-X located in Vet’s dorm I has. Carrying all of the commodities its name implies, the little store was started as a convenience to the students in the dorms with perhaps a little pecuniary interest on the part of owner-operator Grant Hage man; and he isn’t even a B-A ma jor. Opened in the fall of 1947, “Hage man’s” has done a thriving business in snacks for late evening chomping, in magazines, pocket books, tobac co, and lately, laundry and cleaning service. A seasoned veteran of the dorms can readily forecast hash on the common’s menu by measuring the line in front of Hageman’s. When there’s hash the line is long. Competition in advertising is rife between Hageman and his competi tor, “Energetic” Tom Burbee in dbrm II. Placards and posters adorn bulletin boards and bare walls throughout the dorms and the pas sageways in the commons. That some of the P-X advertising is ingenious is well illustrated in one of the latest posters. When the new Esquire calendar came out this fall, Hageman notified his patrons of their availibility thusly: “Esquire calendars, small chintz size; 35c; large super size; 50c. .. Proprietor Hageman reports most of his sales in this item were of the large super size. Snob appeal ? 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At least one of these will be read ing a comic or cheese-cake maga zine. So far no one has been asked to refrain from the free reading privilege. Some of the issues of Sunshine and Health are a trifle dog-eared from casual glancing. The P-X is open 27 hours a week. Eleven to one during the noon hour, 8:30 till 11 in the evening, and from 5 till 11 on Sunday evening when there is no evening meal serv ed at the commons. A junior, Hageman says he has nc plans for disposing of his gold mine when he graduates. Probab ly it will be sold to some other en terprising student to carry on Its service to dormitory men. Children begin to be civilized about the time when they realize a person can get a square meal de spite the use of table manners. Heilig TRIPLE THREAT Thurs.-Sat. Nov. 18-20 Richard Crane, Gloria Henry plus: TRAIL TO LAREDO Sun-Wed., Nov. 21-24 LOVES OF CARMEN Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford Mayflower Theatre Thurs-Wed., Nov. 18-24 THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Frederic March, Myrna Loy Thurs-Wed., Nov. 25-Dec. 1 LOVES OF CARMEN Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford l ane Theatre Thurs-Sat., Nov. 18-20 RIVER LADY Yvonne DeCarlo, Ro dCameron plus: LAST ROUND UP Gene Autry Sun-Mon., Nov. 21-22 CARY & BISHOP’S WIFE Loretta Young, Cary Grant plus: FABULOUS JOE Tues-Wed., Nov. 23-24 T-MEN Dennis O’Keefe plus: THAT LADY IN ERMINE Betty Grable, D. Fairbanks, Jr. McKenzie Theatre Thurs-Sat., Nov. 18-20 PITFALL Dick Powell, Lizabeth Scott plus: SORRY WRONG Sun-Tues., Nov. 21-23 DATE WITH JUDY Jane Powell, Wallace Beery . > _ Wed-Thurs., Nov. 24-27 BABE RUTH STORY Wm. Bendix, C. Trevor plus: SHAGGY Varsity Theatre Thurs. Nov. 18 nightmare alley plus: SMART WOMAN Constance Bennett Fri-Sat., Nov. 19-20 COWBOY CAVALIER THE COUNTERFEITERS Sun-Wed., Nov. 21-24 SAIGON plus: SCUDDA HOO SCUDDA HAY