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Medford vty X. r' Tribune Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY. 21, 1950 Pages 1-6 Time For Communist Invasion Of Hainan Depends On Fog, Wind (Editor's note united Press corrt. The favorable winds and fog are ...SDondent Robert C. Mtller hat ar rived In the Far East to cover tne xneeted communist invasion of na- rionallit-held Hainan and Formoea Islands. Miller befan reporting wan wltn the U. S. marine! on Guadal canal and has covered many major conflicts since then. He was wounded In action near Verdun In 1944 while maklni the dash through France with the U. . 3rd Army. His recent aiillnments Included tne Palestine war and communal flshtinc between Hin dus and Moslems In India. In his first dispatch from Hainan Island he reports that wind and fog will force a de cision on the fate of Hainan within the next 10 days.) By Robert C. Miller United Press Correspondent Hoihow. Hainan Island, Feb 21 (U.R) Fate of the strategic Chinese Nationalist island strong hold of Hainan will be decided within the next 10 days. The outcome deDends unon the wind ' The communist invasion fleet from the mainland is expected to sail across the 18-mile-wide Hainan strait covered by fog and using the seasonal north wind to fill tne sans ot ineir junns. Favorable) Windl The northerly winds, which have been blowing for the past week, would enable them to cross in less than three hours It's Really True! Shrdw-Qyat Omki Om Umi rr&Z&ik- 9460 -fir . II ItVtitvt ONE yard 54-inch! FEW pat tern parts! MORE fashion in this important topper, Junior Miss, than anything else this spring! Put it over any dress, skirt, suit it puts you over in style! Pat tern 9460 comes in Jr. Miss sizes A (11, 12), B (13, 14), C (15, 16). This easy-to-use pattern gives perfect fit. Complete, illustrated Sew Chart shows you every step. 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A report circulated here that five junks attempted to make an initial landing Thursday niglit but were intercepted. One was captured. The nationalists claim ed that the other four were sunk, but there were no reports of wreckage or bodies washed ashore. Soldiers Give Up Sixty communist soldiers cap tured in the one junk gave up without a fight because they were helplessly seasick. The captives were paraded through the streets of this coastal town Saturday as part of the Chinese New Year celebration. Guards marching with the cap tives carried large banners say ing "We Don't Like Russians." The captives, including one of ficer, shuffled along in apparent unconcern over their possible fate. They seemed mighty glad to be on firm ground anywhere, even nationalist territory. The most reliable estimates place at 180,000 the number of communist troops massed in in vasion readiness on Luichow pen insula, across from Hainan. Thousands of small craft and junks, most powered by sail but some motorized, have been dis persed under camouflage along the coastal bays and inlets. Al though camouflaged, they are subject to daily nationalist bomb ing attacks by Martin B-26's. The communist invasion ob jective is to link up with the communist guerrillas who hold the mountainous interior of .the 6,000-foot high island. The guer rillas held a 20-mile strip of the island's coastline last October, but they now have been driven inland by strong nationalist at tacks. Wounded Brought Out Some 40 nationalist wounded were brouent to noinow last week as result of a recent clash with guerrillas. Many were treat ed at the American-staffed Pres byterian hospital directed by David Thomas, of Kansas City Mn Thomas and his staff have said they are determined to remain in Hoihow even if the city and island are captured by the com munists. Among the sian are a P. Seatons. Princeton, N. J.: N Dercovitzes, Pasadena. Cal.; Dr. Ester Morse, Orting, Wash.;Car oline Beegle, Warwick, N. J.; Caroline McCreery, Berk eley Cal., and Margaret Burkawall Kansas City. Mo. Military observers say the po sition of Hainan is similar tu that of England following Dun-kerque. A nun nationalist oincer bq mitted that Haian could have been cantured last fall by less than 3,000 communist troops, ine island then was filled with re- treatinc? nationalist trooDS. de moralized, disunited ana iearea as much as the communists by the Hainanites. Situation Improved But todav the situation Is vast ly improved under the national ist muiiarv commanoer. oeii. Hsuh Yeuh. former governor of Kwangtung province. Tne groups have been unllied ana oroer re stored. TrooDS manning the beach de fenses are armed with excellent and well-kept equipment. 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Several gunboats have been added to the Hainan anti-in vasion fleet but the morale of the navy still is questionable. The natives of Hainan are calm and everything is on a basis of "business as usual." However, Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's civil air transport line is keep ing a number of planes avail able to fly out its staffers if necessary. Medicine Man Claims World Will Blow Up Before Next Winter Aztec, N. M., Feb. 21 (U.R) An old medicine man s predic tion that the world will blow up before next winter was re ceived today without so much as a flicker of the eye by 60,000 Navajo Indians. But their white brothers were thrown into jittery excitement. Three - hundred townspeople rushed down to buy extra cop ies of the weekly Aztec Review, which carried the prediction. The tribal leader's prediction was half-believed by some and completely debunked by others. But in almost every Aztec house hold the prediction was the main topic of conversation. 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The most controversial of President Truman's civil rights proposals, It would outlaw racial and religious discrimination In employment. Rep. Andrew J. Biemiller, (D., Wis.), an FEPC leader, said the floor fight may be "the longest and bitterest in the history of the house. We may be In session all night and then some." Hollywood, Feb. 21 (U.R) Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who won a 1949 Academy award nomination for her role in "All The King's Men," honeymooned today with Radio Producer Fletcher Markel. Some 1,900 Japanese police women are now on active duty. Bine the first ell wett wis drilled at Titusville, Pa., In 1859, the United States has pro duced and consumed approxim ately two-thirds of the world's oil and is still doing so. MllAlL'JLlJLmJLli UJH ' CO VISITORS WELCOMI On of Amat-lcs'i exceptional Srvwcrici OlYMPIA BREWING COMPANY Olrmpio, Waihinglon, U.S.A. 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