Manchu Capital Captured
By Chinese Communists
By The Associated Press
An nffli'lnl Chinese cotiinitin
Int hruuilcust from Ymuin, parly
lieiiiltpiiirters, tuiliiy rcpnrleil the
capture (if C'IiiiiikcIiiiii, capital of
civil wiir lcirn Manchuria. The
liriiHilciinl wus rccunleil by The
Assiielalcil I'ress 111 Still Frim-
Cllll'O,
Tliu briiiulciist, In tliu form of
Ni'W L'lilnii Now iiKcucy (com
munist) uinenl dispatch from
C'liiiiiKi'huii, lejmrteil:
"The city of ('IiiiiikcIuiii Inn
been fon i ii U-t 1. 1 y cleared of Jap
anese mid puppet troops und
bandits (IIiIk presumably re
ferrcil to Ch ll nun Kiivernmcnt
trniipK), uflcr communist-led pop
ulnr forces tlu democratic Joint
army entered Hip clly to eslub
Hull peace mill order.
Normal Order
"Dcinocrotic imiiili'lpul (oV
eminent lm been cntiibl inlird
and lint i lly bad returned to nor
mill order.
The dispatch, dutrd last
(Thursday) nlulit. coiitlmii'd:
"The clly wn plunucd Into
confusion by InotlnK and mil
raiies by puppet troopa, buudita
and rniiiiui nla of Japanese troops
after rviicuutlon of the Soviet
troops."
CI he Russians completed their
wllbdrnwnl Snndny nlitht. The
communists beumi their attack
on Uip city two hour earlier.
Associated I'rcs Correspondent
Tom Muslcrsiin nielloed from
ClimiKi'liiin lit Hid time.)
"Locul popular furcea entered
tliu city and by
p. m., locul lime,
April III at 7
lnxl cleiirpd tbo
Suit Filed In
Land Dispute
A luwiult to determine what
price Hip atale hlKhwoy commlit-1 cans.
Ion nliiill pay or IZH1 square
feet of lund needed for the rlilht-of-wuy
of the Kliimnlh Fulls
l.akcvlcw lnuliwsy was filed by
the commission with the circuit
clerk here.
The atrip ! In the ainull trl
antflo formed by the Intersec
tions of S. tilh, E. Mum and Hud
cltffv, where a norvlce station la
now located. Named In the suit
as defendants are Mr. and Mra.
Frank L. Weaver, Mr. and Mra.
Wllltuin Dudnrek. Elbert Stiles,
the General Petroleum corpora
tion and the City of Klamath
Kail.
The Weavers own the land,
the .suit muintulna, but the Ilu
doreks, Stilea and the oil com
pany have tome claim to it and
the city holds a lien on the prop
erty by reason of paving done
on adjacent t recti.
J. M. Devers, counsel for the
highway commission, hat been
unable to reach an agreement
with the owners of the land on
purchase price, the suit anys,
and the highway commission la
asking that a Jury set reason
able price.
clly of puppet troops under the
notorious t.'hlung 1'eug-fel and
urmed biinda of bundlts und Jup
unese,"
There wus no record of the
futo of Muslerson und four other
Amerli'iin correspondents, nor of
Mill. Hubert li. Illgg, Chlciigo,
unit SSgt. J uck I'niid, I'orllund,
Ore., his iililn. The Americans
went to Changchun a week ago
to l)(i nresent for the Itusslan
wlthdriiwnl. I
They found 4000 Chinese gov
ernment troopa, augmented by
ubout u n eipiul number of home
gourds, prepared to take over
the city. Surrounding Chang
chun were un estimated 40,000
communist troops, who quickly
elzed three ulrficlds und gradu
ally compressed the defenders
Into a small plaza in the center
of the city.
Last Word
The last word from Master
son, a short dispatch from
Cbungchun duted Wednesday,
said the communists hud seized
the city's only rullwuy station
und the Yunmtn hotel, where
Itlgg und I'ond were cpiurtercd.
There bus been no word of the
fate of Hlgg assistant U. S. mil
itary uttuclie or i'ond since.
The correspondents wore quar
tered in the Changchun mayor's
house, but dispatches did not re
port whether it wus In the por
tion of tbe city under attack
with artillery, tanks and rockets.
Today's communist broadcast,
which faded out, gave no hint as
to the fate of any of the Amerl-
Nw Group Seeks
Jobs For Veterans
POflTLAND, April 10 111
Jobs for veterans Is the object
of new committee here beuded
by fornwr Muyor Joseph K. Cur
son and representing 21 organi
zations. The group pluns to canvass
every Industry and find out (1)
what Jobs ure available, (2) how
many can be created, CD reasons
If any why veterans cannot
be hired.
Hugh Kosson, Governor Sncll's
ropreaentutlvu ut yesterday's or
ganization meeting, declared
every city should set up a sim
ilar program.
Bean Eyed For
Maritime lob
PORTLAND, April 10 Of)
Lew Wallace, Oregon's demo
cratic national committeeman,
bus recommended Ormond R.
itesn. republican and former
stale utilities commissioner, for
appointment to the U. S. mari
time commission,
Wallace filed his recommenda
tion with the democratic national
committee.. A republican, must
be named to the vacancy on the
five-man commission.
Dean, former city commissioner
here, came back recently after
serving for the state department
as director of transportation In
Egypt, also for the OUT In Ha
waii and Puerto Rico.
From Hospital Sid Herbert,
veteran city patrolman, has re
turned to his home from Hill
side hospital where he has been
confined for the past several
days.
Claairifled Ads Bring Results.
(!. NKWS, Kl.m.lk rails, Ors. raiDAT, ArU It, ISM, (
U. S. Recognizes !
Tito Government !
WASHINGTON, April IB Pj
The United Suites has agreed to
full diplomatic recognition of the
Tito government of Yugoslavia. I
the stuto department announced
today.
The announcement waa made j
after assurances had been re
ceived fromcelved from Yugo j
slsvia that It accepts existing i
treaties between the two count
ries. '
Tbe department released two j
letter from Secretary nyrnes i
which were delivered to tho ,
Yugoslav charge d'affaires hero j
April 16. Tho second expressed i
American willingness to accept 1
as Yugoslav ambassador to this
country Sava N. Kosanovlc,
Tito's minister of Information
t Belgrade.
Tho United Slates ambassador
will be Richard C. Patterson Jr.,
formerly envoy to tho previously
Yugoslav government of King
Teter and more recently a pollti.
can representative in Belgrade.
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