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The Oregon SUxtaaznan, Salem, Oraaon, Friday. Nortmber I, 1948
Prlc 5c
No. 1202
CRT
ESIDO0
TKDOjXd
-
What about the country's news
papers? They were "licked agai
in
True enough. Though nearly
rtr mnt nf th dailv Daoers
the country supported Governor
Dewey he leu Denina rreswem
Tmman in th noDular vole and
in the electoral vote. Presumably
the old cry will be raised that
newspapers have lost tneir
ftiinr with the electorate.
Perhaps; but I still note, that
candidates , , like endorsements
fmm nwsnaners. I have never
had a candidate come in and beg
me to endorse the opposition, nop
tn to benefit from the recoil.
In Oregon; however the voting
tallied with newspaper reeom
t monriatfnn on the presidency
Only two dailies, the Pendleton
East Oregonian and the Coos Bay
Times,rsupp6rted Truman. All the
others endobed Dewey and
Dewey carried tne state. JUoes
that prove that Oregon is an ex
fMitinn to a eeneral rule of dis
trust for newspaper guidance?
No; It isn't as simple as max.
Vr.ii hav tn start with historv
In the south virtually all of the
papers have democratic leanings.
That affects attitudes regardless
of the swings of pouncai iortune
A nwsnaner tries to be consist
ent its editor gulps hard jb-
fore he switches nis political pre
There are In the north many
independent newspapers, power
ful papers too. Most all of these,
Including some traditionally demo
cratic like the New York Times,
St. Louis Post -Dispatch, Oregon
, Journal, endorsed Dewey. That
decision was an honest one, made
on
(Continued on editorial page)
Heise to Stay
As West Salem
Councilman
WEST SALEM. Nov.. 4-CounciX-
man W. C. Heise said Thursday
night that he had reconsidered his
decision' to resign from the coun
cil, and! had told Mayor Musgrave
be would i stay as long as every
thins goes alright."
Mayor Musgrave reported that
a canvass of the Tuesday vote bad
been, completed without change.
Musgrave defeated Heise -for the
mayor position 367 to 274. A. N.
Copenhaver, C. A. Rust and L. F.
v Sheridan members of the Mus
grave i council ticket were all
elected in Tuesday's balloting.
Heise, four-year veteran of
the council with two years yet to
run, Wednesday had said he would
resign bis post. Thursday night,
however, he said he would stay on
as long as there was no recurrence
of friction "between the two fac
tions. Members of the 'council had
split over the proposal to merge
West Salem with Salem. Heise,
with couricilmen JOonald Kuhn,
Roy Stevens and Dr. A. F. Gof-
frier, who were defeated for re
election, were opposed to the mer
ger. The Musgrave faction favored
the proposal.
Mayor Musgrave said Thurs
day night that Heise's decision to
remain on the council would help
establish better community rela
tions and "heal campaign
wounds." . !
Butter Prices Reverse
Trend, Rise in Salem
i -
Butter prices halted their gen
eral decline In Salem Thursday
and advances one cent. Change
here followed similari advances on
the Portland market.
Butferfat quotations also moved
up a cent with the buying price
quoted at 69-70 cents for prem
ium,. 65-68 cents for No.. I and
09-65 for No 2. Egg prices were
Unchanged.
SALEM PRECIPITATION
. (Spt. 1 f NT. )
This Yr
T.23
Last Year
13.10
Average
8.24
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"It s a lovely diylefs uke
the kids to s cemafam .
President
U.N. Approves
Bitter Soviet .
ProtestsFail
To Swing Vote
PARIS. Nov. 4 -(ffV The west
ern cowers won overwntumiis
approval in the United Nations
assembly today for their interna
tional . atomic control plan.
The first maior decision in the
assembly's' 1948 session was taken
over bitten Russian protests. Sov-
let Deputy roreign minister An
drei Y. Vishinsky said there was
no point ih new consultations on
atomic control since no basis ior
east-west jagreement exists.
He described the western .plan
as fantastic and unreal. It would
leave the economic life of other
states at the "tender mercies" of
a control organ which would be
controlled by the United states,
Vishinsky charged.
Br a show Of hands the assem
bly approved the western plan 40
to 6. Four nations India, South
Africa. Afganistan and Venezuela
abstained. Negative votes were
cast by the Soviet bloc.
Nine Airplanes
Crash; 33 Die,
49 Missing
By The Associated Press
The loss of nine airplanes with
in the past two days accounted
last night for S3 dead and 49 miss
Ins. ;
All those killed and 20 of those
missing were the victims of crash
ed or lost U.S. military planes.
One was a giant B-29 bomber
which tore into a mountain in
England Wednesday killing 13. A
second Superfortress crashed the
same day shortly after taking off
in the Azores, killing 18. One per
son is missing and another was
injured In the Azores crash.
A navy long-range bomber with
at teast seven aboard was report
ed missing off the coast of the
state of Washington. Military
headquarters said, "either seven
or nine men" were aboard.
A navy patrol plane carrying
12 men was reported lost in the
Aleutian area Wednesday night.
A Pacific Alaska airlines trans
port with 11 persons aboard was
reported missing on a flight from
Yakutat, Alaska, to Annette Is
land. The French press agency said
in Paris a French military trans
port with 15 aboard was missing
in Indo-China on a flight from
France to the Farf East.
An American jet fighter crash
ed and burned in the center of
the German resort town of Gar
mish, killing the pilot.
Another U.S. fighter, an F-47.
struck a tree while landing near
Neubiburg, Germany. The pilot
was slightly hurt.
Civil aeronautics administration
officials said ih Salt Lake City a
private , plane with three men
aboard was unreported after leav
ing Cody, Wyo, on a flight to Id
aho. President Wot
Interested in
Third Term9
By Ernest B. Vaeearo
WITH TRUMAN EN ROUTE TO
WASHINGTON, Nov- 4-VPre-
sident Truman, it may be, said
without qualification, la not In
terested in a , third term In the
White House. -
The smiling warrior, rolling on
towards the capital had fun talk
ing with trainside crowds about
his invitation, but he said he feels
his responsibilities most seriously.
He may clear the atmosphere soon
by making it plain he does not in
tend to seek the presidency again.
Congress has passed an anti-
third term amendment which
would not apply in Mr. Truman's
case.
At St: Louis, where a crowd es
timated at more than 10,000
jammed around the rear platform,
the president I said "I've got the
biggest job in the world, and with
your help it can be dona.
Wood 'ft
Prepares
Western
Democrats Gain in
Staie Mouse, Senate
Democrats will gain 6 seats
in the Oregon house of repre
sentatives and 4 in the state
senate, it appeared today on the
basis of unofficial returns from
Tuesday's election.
A few of the races were close,
however, and there remained the
possibility of minor changes in
the official count.
.The picture for the new sen
ate shows 21 republicans and 9
democrats (compared with 25
to 5 at the last session). The 30
solons will include 12 holdovers
terms did not expire), 6 re
elected to new terms, and 12
new faces 6 from each party.
Two republican incumbents were
beaten C. H. Zurcher of Union-Wallowa
counties, and Jack
Lynch, Portland.
Two of the 12 newcomers will
be Marie Wilcox, Grants Pas,
and Pat Lonergan, Portland,
both republicans, who step up
Docks, Boats Crushed
As New Gale Hits Coast
By Tlje Associated Press
A new storm pounded again last night on the Oregon coast, al
ready damaged heavily by gale-swelled waves and unusually high
tid.
Giant waves smashed over seawalls, breaking docks and boats,
tossing logs into beach cottages and littering coastal roads with debris.
-The storm, the third to strike in successive days, was expected to
subside this morning.
The Bayocean peninsula, which
became an island when the Pacific
battered a 200-foot hole through
the land spit, was expected to get
communications with the mainland
restored today. Eighty people .were
marooned there. r j
The sand spit was washed out
of the Siletz river.
The Taft dock washed away. A
50-foot lag bashed through the
Nelscott home of Mr. and Mrs. R.
C. Scott. Sidewalks were Yipped
away at Delake. Driftwood crashed
into buildings. Sand and logs
closed off the outlet to Devils lake.
The Natatorium garage at Rock
away was lifted from its founda
tions and dumped in debris, 100
feet away.
The heavy seas pounded the
shore higher than at any time since
1939, spewing foam 15 feet high
over seawalls and roads and draw
ing" scores of sight-seers.
Taft closed its schools when the
water roared over a seawall into
the streets. Coast guardsmen
fought for several hours to tie
down boats, whose moorings were
torn by the waves.
A park just south of Bayocean
virtually vanished. Massive bould
ers, driftwood and sand covered
the spot where it had been.
Coast guardsmen and emergency
crews managed to save all expen
live boats in the battered harbors.
Floats and some small craft were
wrecked.
BACK AFTER 20 YEARS
MONMOUTH, Nov. 4-()-How-ard
W. Morland Is back as mayor
after a 20-year rest. The Mon
mouth businessman, who served
as mayor for two terms . in . the
twenties, was elected to the post
again on Tuesday.
MIXERS ASPHYXIATED
KITZMILLER, Md., Nov. 4-(Jfy
Five miners were asphyxiated by
smoke blown into the George
Nethken mine here today after the
fan house caught fire.
Music Directors,
Meet in Salem
About 200 music directors, edu
cators and composers from over
Oregon will be in Salem this week
end for the annual fall meeting
of Oregon Music Educators asso
ciation. The program opens at 8:15 to
night with the annual College
Faculty Artists concert, open to
the public, at the Roberts music
studio, 505 N. Summer st. (Pro
gram on women's page.)
Willamette university will hold
a reception for the visitors follow
ing the concert, with Mrs. Denise
Murray and .Helen McHirron of
the music faculty in charge.
Arrangements for the conven
tion are In the banda of Vernon
Wmy
'48-Mpdel
A -Control
from the house. Four other
house members who aspired to
the senate were defeated Rob
ert Duniway of Portland, Fred
Hellberg of Astoria, E. Riddell
Lage of Hood River and Joe
Wilson of Newport, all repub
licans.
In the house there will be
52 republicans and- 8 democrats
(compared with a 58 to 2 count
in 1947). Of the 60 members,
31 a majority will be new
(although some served in prev
ious sessions). Of the newcom
ers, 20 are republicans and 11
democrats.
Of the 29 incumbents who
were re-elected, 28 are repub
licans and one a democrat
Henry Semon of Klamath Falls
Two incumbents apparently were
defeated John Dickson of
Multnomah and William ! Nis
kanen of Deschutes, both re
publicans.
(Complete lists pages 5 and 15)
Van Dyke in
New Claim to
Speakership
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 4 -JP)
Rep. Frank J. Van Dyke, Med
ford republican, claimed anew to
day to have enough pledged votes
to assure him speakership of the
Oregon house of representatives
at the next session.
His only opponent. Rep. Lyle
D. Thomas, Dallas, was here,
however, collecting pledges in an
attempt to overturn Van Dyke's
lead.
Four candidates for state sen
ate presidency also were here
seeking pledges. They are William
E. Walsh, Coos Bay; Carl Eng
dahl, Pendleton; Rex Ellis, Pen
dleton; and Angus Gibson, Junc
tion City. None appeared near the
16 pledges necessary to assure
election.
New Salem Family
Here From Sweden
Five new Salem residents ar
rived Friday after traveling thou
sands of miles by ship and train
from their native land of Sweden.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar
Ogren and teen-aged daughters,
Sigbritt, Solveig and Begeta. The
emigrants are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Elling Halvorson at 1670
17th st. Mrs. Ogren la Mrs. Hal
vorson's sister.
Ogren, formerly a fish and meat
importer in Goetenborg, said the
family emigrated from Sweden to
America because they felt they
were going to live In the best
country in the world." He said he
would enter business in Salem
after becoming settled.
Composers to
This Week Erid
L. Wiscanon, association presi
dent; Dean Melvin Geist, In charge
of Willamette university's part in
the program, and Howard Miller
of Newberg, vie president.
Music leaders of Oregon public
schools and colleges will conduct
the association business Saturday,
including an election of officers,
music discussions and demonstraT
tlons.
A luncheon at Salem Chamber
of Commerce Saturday noon will
feature Rex Putnam, state schools
superintendent, as speaker; Clif
ford Elliott of Linfield college as
toastmaster and the Four Flats of
Pacifle college.
IftBgdMU
New Deal
Plan
Paraders to
Greet Truman
At U.S. Capital
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -(&)-Victorious
Harry Truman marches
in triumph back to Washington
tomorrow to toss a 1948-model
new deal at the next congress.
And returns still straggling in
from Tuesday's amazing election
made it clearer than ever that the
national legislature convening in
January will have a new demo
cratic look. From that congress he
can expect more sympathy and re
spect, for himself and his propos
als, than he ever got from the 80th,
republican congress he pounded all
over the country.
While the president travelled
back from the campaign wars, the
usually ho-hum national capital
hung out, flags and hoisted the wel
come banners for a new political
champion.
Bands were rounded up for a gi
gantic parade when Mr. Truman
gets in at 11 a.m. EST tomorrow
And as he rode eastward by spe
cial train from his Independence
Mo., home, Mr. Truman brought
,no "malice toward the man he
beat or those who predicted
Dewey victory.
"The man who is defeated, he
said, "feels badly enough without
being crowed over.
There was no complete assur
ance he would have his way com
pletely with the new congress
which takes over January S.
Battered republicans are sure to
put up almost a solid front against
his domestic program
There could be trouble for the
president from a congressional
combinations of republicans and
southern democrats.
The president will be working
with a senate that shifted from a
51 to 54 republican edge to a 64
to 42 democratic margin. ,
In the house, he was assured of
democratic majority of nearly
100 even with five of the 435 seats
still in doubt The democrats at
that point had a net gain of 74
seats, and. a total of 261 against
168 for the GOP and one for the
American labor party.
School District
Bonds Rejected
HUBBARD, Nov. 4 Voters In
North Marion union high school
district No. 6 defeated by seven
votes Thursday a $286,000 bond is
sue to buy a building site and
build and equip a high school.
Residents had selected the Ep
pers a site on Boone Ferry road
in an election October 14. The
Thursday vote rejected the rais
ing of funds to purchase it, 283
to 290.
Voters at Hubbard and White
schools voted 174 to 51 in favor of
the bond issue. Broadacres, But-
teville and oDnald voters rejected
the measure by almost reverse
count, 51 to 172, and Aurora re
sidents voted against it, 07 to 58.
Daylight Saving
Plan Holds Lead
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. -(JP
Daylight saving appeared assured
in Portland - - and perhaps for the
west coast - - as ballot counting
neared completion here today.
With only 24 precincts uncount
ed, the vote was 66,133 to 62,521
- - a favorable margin of 3612.
Since California now Is on fast
time, and Seattle voters also ap
proved daylight saving time, the
probability Increased that the en
tire coast would adopt it next
summer.
Head-On Wreck on
99E Injures Four
EUGENE, Nov. 4P)-Two per
sons were injured seriously tonight
in the head-on collision of two
automobiles on the Pacific high
way (99E) five miles north of
Harris burg. Two others were hos
pitalized.
Seriously hurt were Anna Mor
gan, Shedd, and Ray Edward De
venney, Silverton. Elza Morgan.
69, husband of the injured wom
an, and David Powell, Swiss Home,
also were hospitalized here.
Belton's
Lead Cut
Sharply
PORTLAND, Nov. 4-vP)-Walter
J. Pearson came from behind
dramatically in late vote-counting
today to narrow Republican
Howard C. Belton's lead in the
race for state treasurer.
When counting . began for the
day, Belton a state senator from
Canby led by 10,000 votes. When
counting closed, the democratic
candidate had narrowed the gap
to 901. Still to be heard from to
morrow are 35 precincts 24 of
them in democratic Multnomah
county, which has given Pearson
a Portlander most of his votes.
The last count of the night
from 18Z3 of the state's 1858 pre
cincts gave Belton 232,512 and
Pearson 231,611.
It was the only dose race to
develop In major stale offices,
other leaders still holding safe
margins, including Governor-Elect
Douglas McKay.
Pearson currently Is a state sen
ator but did not file for re-election
to that post. He is a Portland
Insurance man. (State vote on
page 4.)
Late Walnut
Crop Continues
Below Normal
By Lillie L. Madsen
farm Editor, The Statesman
With only approximately 80
green tons of walnuts yet to come
into the Salem Nutgrowers coop
erative plant, the - curtain Is ex
pected to drop on one of the dark
est years in Oregon walnut his
tory, reports from the cooperative
showed Thursday night.
Only one other year, growers
recall, have Franquette walnuts
been of such poor quality. This
was in 1923 when they also suf
fered from an over-dose of mois
ture. It Is the general opinion
among growers that the walnuts
do not have any disease from
which they will not pull out in
Early this week tests, not quite
completed, showed that from f 00,
000 pounds of green nuts, 157,000
pounds were more than 50 per cent
shriveled. There will be some sal
vage value in the other 50 per
cent, Gallagher stated, but Just
how much will not be known un
til the tests are completed.
The total harvest will reach the
estimated 1000 tons predicted at
the beginning of the season. At
that time there was no indication
that the quality would not be as
arrA mm tha rtttoftiv XX7iVi fiA
aw W . k J , fl 1HI
green tons delivered by Thursday
night, the story, Mr. Gallagher
said, has grown darker with each
delivery. The earlier hopes that
the later nuts might prove better
has become very dim, he seated.
He couldn't he said, give an over
all estimate as to percentage of
nuts that may be salvaged but
he did state it would be low.
Middle Grove, Liberty Youths
Win New County 4-H Trophies
Wayne Goode of Middle Grove
and Lois Lane of Liberty were
announced Thursday night as the
winners of the two new Marion
county 4-H club rotating trophys
(in memory of George W. Eyre
and Mary L. Fulkerson.
Awards were announced at the
annual Marion county 4-H club
achievement day program in the
Salem Chamber of Commerce
rooms attended by more than 150
members, leaders and parents.
The Fulkerson trophy is awar s-
ed to the outstanding clothing club
member. Miss Lane won the sew
ing contest and the spring style re
vue this year. Goode won the
Eyre swine award on the basis of
bis 1948 club record and previous
dub work.
George W. Eyre, when vice pre
sident of Salem United States Na
tional bank, organized the first
Marion county swine club in 1918,
with a membership of 139. One of
these, Mrs. Paul Bassett, now' a
Middle Grove club leader, was
present at the program. Eyre's son,
David Eyre manager of United
States National bank's Ladd and
Bush Salem branch, recalled 4-H
club work with his father.
Other awards announced in
cluded Paul Thomas of Turner,
winner of the Denver Young spe
cial sheep award and Edwin Stahl,
wrinnex cf the Emer Klein Ayr
Summoned
WASHINGTON, D. C Nor. 4-
Rep. J. Farnell Thomas (R-NJ),
chairman of the house un-American
activities committee, ar
rives te appear before a grand
Jury looking Into reports ef ir
regularities In the handling ef
his offlee payroll. AP Wirepboto
to The Statesman).
200 Homes
Destroyed by
California Fire
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 4 -UP)
More than 200 homes were re
ported destroyed tonight by a
brush fire sweeping down To
panga canyon toward the Pacific
ocean.
Hundreds of residents had left
the area, some of them burned
out and others abandoning their
property to the advancing flames.
Officers were evacuating The
residents of Fernwood estimated
by officers at upwards of 2,000,
as the fire reached within half
mile of that area, still pushed
by a high wind.
In Its five mile sweep down
the canyon from Woodland hills
where the fire started early this
afternoon, it had swept over' an
area of more than 10 square miles.
No deaths had been reported,
and only ; minor injuries.
EXCESS PROPHETS TAX
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 4 -)-
On the front page of today's Kan
sas City Star was this note from a
reader: To the Star: In view of
recent events I believe I am in
favor of an excess prophets tax.
shire heifer. Young and Klein
made the presentation.
' Anthol Rlney, Marlon county
club agent, announced winners of
icholarships won at the fall show
State fair prize ' money checks
distribution.
were given to the club leaders for
Summer club scholarships were
presented, as follows: Karleen
Drager, Shirley Hennies, and Jfr-,
rj Wipper oi Turner ior iivestocK
judging: LeroyLooney of Talbot,
dairy showmanship; Sally Klein,
best dairy display; ETdon Andres
ot Gervais, junior gilt; Howard
Watts i of Central Howell, hog
showmanship; Harold Mitchell,
Turner, fat lamb; Jerry Wipper,
iheep showmanship; Bob Bannick,
Brooks, champion steer; Clarence
Tschantz, beef showmanship; Mar
tha Harper, Brooks, pen pullets;
Keith Scott, Union Hill, garden ex
hibit. ! J
Miriam Brown of Stayton, can
ning 1; Sally Klein, Aumsville,
fanning 2, Donna Lee Klein, can
ning 3, Donna Zehner, Sidney,
canning 4; Jeanette Gilmour of
Sidney, freezing; half each to Ar-
leen Munson and Donna Wieder
kehr of Sidney for judging can
ning. !
The Lucky 13 Sheep club orches
tra played several numbers and
Charlotte and Larry Graber of
f alem Heights sang two duets.
):
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-3 ,
To Delay
Old Age
Checks
PORTLAND. Ore. Nov.! 4 Un
Oregon bonds apparently will ra
begging and old-age assistant
checks will be delayed, as a re
sult of a confused state financial
picture growing out of Tuesday's
election.. ' - , , I
State Treasurer Leslie Scot!
said today major investment hous
es would refuse to bid tomorrow
on $2,000,000 in veterans' bonds to
be offered by the state. 7 h . I .
Tne state's darned neat Insolv
ent," an investment expert, whs)
asked anonymity, said. ; j ' j
Measures Cause Wee i
This resulted from the election
n which voters: i i I j I
(1) Passed a $50 monthly! rld
age pension that will give j th
state an estimated $9,000,000
monthly hill and no apparent in
come .source. .. i ' u i j' ' I
(2) .Lowered Income taxes. i-
(3) Refused to wfpe out a 16.-'
500.000 deficit trough transfer of
surplus tax noney. i ; .
i The alarmed state welfare com
mission said it would send out no
old-age assistance checks until, the
new pension; law Is clarified. I
The commission feared the fed
eral government .would withdraw
Its laid because of the new lav.
The state budget director ei?tl
mated the pensions .would roil
$218,000,000 each biennium
three times the current biennjuns
budget for all tate activities; i !
Court Test Studied ' - '
There was talk of a courtliest
of the law. ; S . . ' I
If there Is one chance i In 110,-
000.000-the law will stick, there
Isn't a chance to get a bid on Ore--gon
bonds," an investment hoys
spokesman said. i ' , 1 j i
- Another Investment advjfoo
suggested that because of the
chance of a real estate-tax and
major tax delinquencies cities
and school districts withhold sche-'
duled bond offerings! This would
avoid the possibility of having
bonds refused or bids made, at ,
low prices and mgn interest rates.
he said.
$30,000,000
1 .i
Sliced From
State Budget
1 .i;
Approximately $30,000,000 of
state budget requests for the next
biennium, starting 'July i Lf 1949,
already have been eliminated
State Budget Director George Aik
en said Thursday. Thls includes
$12,000,000 sought by the stata
board of i higher education I for
new construction. . ;t A
Aiken said the budget requests ;
for" the next biennium were-p
proximately 60 per cent higher
than those two years ago. He , in
dicated other budget request
would be eliminated later I j
"I can see little reason for ap
propriating money for new; build
ings at the state institutions when
there Is no opportunity of pro
viding the money," Aiken averred.
Aiken said the $6,500,000 defi
cit in the general fund, plus need
ed budget requests of $113,000,-
000, aggregate more than $121.
000,000, with only $70.000,000 ! in,
sight at the present , time. ;i j
Apparently the only way te
cope with the general fund de
mands is, to transfer a part of
the surplus statellncome tax reve
nues, now aggregating $50,000.
000, for the payment of gcn fcl
governmental expenses, Aiken de-J
c la red. V -:' J
The compIetedt budget for the)-1949-51
budget will j be In the
hands of the governor not later;
than December 10.
Americans Told
To Leave Nanking,
Shanghai Sector
NANKING,. Friday, Nov. 5-
-Th IIS. government todav ad
vised all Americans in the, Nnn-i
king-Shanghai area r to ' leave i
cause of, the possible spread of
the civir war fighting southward.
! (This Indicated that the military
Situation was far mlore ! serious in
centcal China than) the Chinese
government will admit.)
The warning came as the gov
ernment marshalled ' its best j re
maining frontline divisions 1 1 in
central China in ah attempt to
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drive south toward the YangtzeJ.
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are south of the Yangtze, which
is a formidable military barrier.)
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