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Chinese Reds Hit First Big
Crisis, Political and Military
By FEED HAMPSON
Hong Kong, Mar. 14 W) It appears the Chinese communists
have hit their first big crisis. It is both political and military
with an undercurrent of economics.
As might be expected it has boiled up from restless Kwang
tung province where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen started his revolution
against the Manchus in 1911 and
In the conspiratorial streets ana
alleys of Canton;
From the first, Cantonese and
Kwangtung villagers viewed the
Red horde with distaste and sus
picion. They do not like the
northerns with their mustard
yellow uniforms, vaunted self
righteousness, blind devotion to
the Red cause and their alien
Peiping dialect.
Abetting this native hostility
have been Nationalist bombings
and the blockade -which has
brought financial ruin to many
a Cantonese.
tionalist agents throughout the
country. But resistance is re
ported increasing despite even
sterner measures.
Today's reports from Canton
said the whole Red Garrison has
been evacuated, leaving the city
in the hands of police and the
communist public safety bureau.
The south China bureau of the
communist party reportedly has
been instructed to move from
Canton to Kukong by Wednesday.
The first hint that things
were getting out of hand came
In February when the Reds be
gan moving the "more depend
able" troops of Gen. Lin Flao
Into Kwangtung and neighbor
ing Fukien province.
Then, when Nationalist bomb
ers began hammering, Canton
communists began evacuating
government offices. That is fun
ny business. Shanghai has been
bombed much worse than Canton
but no Red politicans were eva
Vcuated.
It has gradually come out that
a huge resistance movement is
on throughout Kwangtung and
that Red soldiers have been "disappearing."
The Independent newspaper
Bing Tao Jih Pao said today a
"considerable number of Red of
ficials had been secretly liqui
dated in the last month."
Red troops without business
there have been told to keep out
of Canton. Troops stationed
there have been ordered to stay
in their bivouacs at night.
Now comes reports that Yen
Chi-ying, mayor of Canton and
commander commissar of Kwan
gtung' military district, is on his
way out in favor of Lin Piao.
Yeh, former mayor of Pieping,
was the first secretary of the
south China sub-bureau of the
communist party. He hasn't been
able to keep Canton on a short
rein. Yeh is blamed for high
taxes, trade monopolies and fail
ure to check anti-communist activities.
A Canton dispatch said today
the municipal government was
to investigate discipline of all
government workers.
Eight employes of three for
eign concerns have been arrest
ed for "rumor mongering.'
At the same time, the Reds
raided 41 Canton shops and ar
rested 60 merchants in an ef
fort to stamp out the black
money mart on which the Red
dollar crashed last Thursday
from 6,000 to 22,000 per Hong
Kong dollar in eight hours.
In reporting this roundup
Sing Tao Jih Pao said "light of
fenders will be re-educated and
serious offenders will be sent
as conscripts to Manchuria
The communists also are or
ganizing teams to hunt down Na-
Alaska Worried About
Size of Jobless Rush
Juneau, Alaska, March 14 (U.R)
The rush of jobless workers to
Alaska is assuming the propor
tions of the Klondike Gold rush,
according to Gov. Ernest Gruen
ing.
. In a Saturday night speech, the
governor said numbers of un
employed men and women were
pouring into Alaskan cities be
cause of wide publicity given
the territory's summer public
works program. Many are with
out funds and have become s
burden to Alaskan communities,
he added.
The federal housing adminis
tration has issued contracts for
more than $30,000,000 in con
struction of apartment houses
and other buildings during the
summer, Gruening said. But he
added the spring thaw was still
several weeks away and little
work would be started until
then.
Middle Grove Club Members
Getting Ready for Exhibit
Middle Grove, March 14 Several of the 4-H clubs which com
plete their work in the spring for the April show are through
with the assigned projects, and one of these is the Middle Grove
Girls Sewing club.
Mothers were invited for a special tea at the home of Mrs.
Harry Phillips, one of the lead-
Complaint This smiling re
cipient of a Gl insurance divi
dend check, James H. Brown
of Atlanta, Ga., has complain
ed to the veterans administra
tion. When Brown found the
check for $115 in his mailbox
he said "how come?" seems
he never was in any branch of
the service. Never paid insur
ance premiums and certainly
never filed for a refund,
hmmm! (Acme Telephoto)
ers. Projects completed are the
making of needle cases, pin
cushions, table mats and head
scarfs. So they will not be idle
at the next meeting peasant
aprons will be made, as exira
projects. A demonstration in
the making of table mats was
given by Dena Lou Kleen and
Yvonne Goode.
Mothers and daughters pres
ent were Dena Lou Kleen, Mrs.
William Kleen; Yvonne Goode,
Mrs. Emory Goode; Marie Ham
mer, Mrs. Mildred Hammer;
Doris Reynolds, Mr3. Cecil Rey
nolds; Sue Anglin Karen and
Carrie Jean Patterson and Mrs.
Lewis Patterson.
Are-You-Happy Club
Eyes Stalin as Member
Medford, Ore., March 14 (U.B
Medford's "Are You Happy
club announced today it hopes to
make Josef Stalin its first in
ternational member.
Club vice-presidents (all mem
bers are vice-presidents) decid
ed at a round table discussion
presided over by President Joe
Neil that Stalin probably was
one of the world's unhappiest
men.
"What can we do to make him
happier?" someone said.
The round-table proposed that
Use club fly 64 types of blondes
to Berlin, get a Russian military
escort and then take them on
to Russia. The only catch was
that the club would insist that
64 Russian blondes be sent to
this country.
All agreed that this was
fine Idea.
Nespechal Hearing
n Silverton Court
Silverton Instead of Marion
county district court action in
thr case of John Joseph Nes
pechal charged with "threaten-
in,; to commit a felony " in
which a gun-shot figured, the
preliminary hearing is to be in
the justice court of Judge Alf
O. Nelson, the date not yet set
Nespechal's bail was fixed al
$5,000. He was arrested by lo
cal police on the porch of his
home in 509 Jersey street and
was relieved of a German P-38
pistol by local police officer
Harley DePeel.
ner for members of the Ametie
club was held in the Mayflower
hall with a large percentage of
families present. Mrs. Norman
Fletcher was program chairman
and two comedy skits were giv
en by members of the Merry
Minglers and Ametie clubs; a
piano solo by Clarice Campbell
and accordion numbers by Sue
Anglin. In charge of table dec
orations were Mrs. John Anglin,
Mrs. Clyde Kuenze, Ji., and Mrs.
James Schardine.
Fromm, Mrs. Jess Campbell,
Mrs. Earl Malm, Mrs. Robert
Wagers, Mrs. Albert Mrs. Orlen
Aring, Mrs. Frank Slimak, Mrs.
Henry Sprick, Mrs Carl Snyder,
Mrs. LeRoy Barker, Mrs. Robert
Pickerel, Mrs. John Ackerman
and Mrs. Wade Carter. The spe
cial prize was awarded to Mrs.
Snyder.
Mrs. Earl Malm, Mrs. Snyder
and Mrs. Covil Case will serve
as a committee to decide on the
meeting plans for the meeting
when secret pals are revealed.
Each member will plant some
special flower for a plant ex
change this spring.
The regular business meeting
of the Associated Clubs of Mid
dle Grove will be held at the
schoolhouse Friday night.
Mrs. Cleo Keppinger was host
ess for the Merry Minglers at
her Lancaster drive home Thurs
day afternoon. Present were
. The annual family night din-Mrs. Harvey Page, Mrs. Robert
Pa-t Matrons Meet
Independence The past Ma
irons club of OES will meet on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Walter
Smith. Mrs. O. D. Butler and
Mrs. M. J. Butler will assist Mrs
Smith.
Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Tuesday, March 14, 195015
U.S. Navy Fliers to Put
On Indo-China Show
Manila. March 14 (U.R) Vice-
Admiral Russell Berkey, com
mander of the U.S. seventn
fleet, announced todav that the
aircraft from the carrier Boxer
will stace a nnwerfnl nir shniv
over French Indo-China this
week.
Observers immediately inter
preted the visit as a gesture of
moral support for the newly
American - recognized Vietna
mese government of Emperor
Bao Dai, which is fighting the
communist-led forces of Ho Chl
Minh. Ho's regime is recognized by
the Moscow bloc.
Berkey made the announce
ment during an air display for
Philippine officials off Manila
bay. He said the Boxer will sail
for Saigon today. It is scheduled
to arrive Thursday. After the
The original lighthouse on
Cape Hatteras, N.C., was dam
aged in the Civil War and torn
down when the present one was
built farther inland.
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