Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              Four reds ready for offensive China army getting set Shanghai oct. 8 up the nationalist armies ate mane vering vigorously along their entire fronts in anticipation of a Large scale red autumn offensive chinese reports said. These sources reported belief in chinese military quarters that the recent communist capture of Tainan and other important Points in the North were not More than a prelude to the coming drive. The full weight communist military thrust was expected to be directed toward three vital government strongholds the capture of which would place the reds in a position to Start further new ventures i possibly South of the Yangtze i River. These three strongholds were mentioned As Mukden in Man Churia Suchow in Northern Kangsu commanding communication lines to four Cen trial China provinces and Chen Chow juncture of the railway system linking Shang Hai and Hankow. Communist occupation of Mukden would free the bulk of red Gen. Lin Piao s armies and enable them to in Obj South of the great Wall for joint operations aimed to conquer All of North and Cen trial  occupation of Suchow would mean an even stronger blow to the nationalists As it would place the reds in a position to sweep southward along 200 Miles of the tientsin Pitkow railway to the South Ern terminal of that vital Lin immediately across the Yangtze from  Cher Chow is less strategic than either Mukden or Suchow its fall would give the reds an important stepping Stone for the Conquest of the Central China province of Supeh in which Hankow is located. The government apparently is anticipating such communist moves the reports said and has been deploying divisions to face the red  Manchuria the nationalists have been putting up stiff resistance against red at tempts to Cut China proper from the manchurian corridor Between Chin How and Shan Waikwan. Strong reinforce ments were said to be pouring into the sector to hold the Chin Chow Hulu Tao stretch of the piping Mukden railway while another Rescue column was said to be racing into Shanghai Kwan. Whereabouts of red chief mystery Batavia oct. 8 a the mystery of what happened to Muso and his fellow communists is a chief topic of talk among both indonesians and dutch. When he led the City of a Dion after his abortive coup recently Muso was said to have been accompanied by two men identified As communist Lead ers Sjarif Uddin and Setiadji. Indonesians reported seeing Hie Trio in the rugged Wilder Ness around mount wilis Fri Day. The Batavia newspaper Batavia sch Nieuwe salad said it Learned Muso flew to bang Kok. Exiled moslem scores India for aggression san Francisco oct. 8 a an exiled moslem predicted War Between India and Pakistan if the hindus continue attempts to take All in  or. Mubarek Ali Khan exiled from India in 1912 and since 1921 a Champion of in Dian nationals in the United states said in an interview that hindu policy is to take All the princely states and then attack  he said recent action by in Dia in Hyderabad and Kash Mir supported his Contention Khan 53, said hindus and moslem Are socially racially economically and culturally two different  the Only solution for a free India he said is two differ ent Sovereign states India for the hindus Pakistan for the  Khan said he switched from the late Mohandas k. Gandhi s All India Congress party to the moslem league in 1940 because the hindu Congress party deliberately joined hands with the Axis against the Western democracies in world War ii. Subhas Chandra Bose for Mer president of the Congress party was an emissary from India to Axis leaders Khan  said Boe conferred with Mussolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany then went to Japan to Complete plans with Tojo to land a japanese Indian army in India by Way of the Burma Road. I have positive knowledge that immediately after Pearl Harbor Bose escorted an in Dian japanese army As far As Chittagong in East Benga with the declared purpose of taking India and., paralysing the Allied War Effort Khan  was born a Prince in Hyderabad in Central India he said he was exiled by the British As a youth for engaging in student rioting against British mile. Supreme court to weigh labor act Washington oct. 8 up the supreme court is expected to hand Down the most significant decisions on management labor relations since it upheld the Wagner act in 1937. The Taft Hartley Law has been on the books for 16 months but up to now the High court has not ruled on Validity of a single Section. Labor probably will get a preview of the court s Atti tude soon after the new term opens. Scheduled for Early argument Are challenges to a number of state Laws that pre dated the Taft Hartley act. These include the closed shop ban of Arizona North Caro Lina Tennessee and Nebraska. John l. Lewis probably will take before the court labor s first Challenge to the Taft Hartley act provision for court injunctions to delay strikes for 80 Days if they threaten the National welfare. Crossword Puzzle Tif Marvious Ruzzie 31astatic bar few 5faulty shall is to alienate affection Ibler dnll14-Lamant As dutch Admiral Saskatchewan peaks slowly Al Tler of am rodent 34 Intuit manner3 murdered 11 Oran pm 41younc tat49to ignore 45great outcry4deeper layer of Skint Inlet s2to reject tit Tii Larul a practices to Retrum $1stews�tittle drink a Luck Anas aus h a k vib a 59 vim re. 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The experts including or. J. Norman Efferson reached this conclusion after completing a world Rice Survey. They said the shortages Are principally the result of civil disturbances i major Rice producing nations. These Dis Tubaces Are disrupting move ment of Grain to ports for Export. Burma is a Good example she is moving swiftly toward production on which Many of the Orient s Rice importing Iii Vil Callb Sivc  .0 tit a nations depend. But in mid it. Gen. Albert c. Wede August political disturbances Meyer says he will do every started. They delayed Rice thing in my Power to see that movements. As a result civilians control the destiny of Burma s exports Are expected our land and not the military. To fall mates. Below previous Esti this prompted the food and and now director of plans and agricultural organization to operations of the department ask Europe last month to use of the army told the Adver less Rice so the Orient could Tising club of Baltimore last have  other major product is tic and i ing nations Siam was reported military to in the Best condition. Siamese this land production is expected to be higher next year barring any disturbances to delay move ment of the Grain to ports Rice experts however say Siam s production increase will be Only moderate and insufficient to offset shortages indo China the third big producer is expected to main Tain production next year at about the current level. Is Well below Normal. This Garner for rift disclosed Washington oct. 8 ins John Nance Garner s Long disagreement with the late president Roosevelt was Dis closed to have stemmed from . Recognition of Russia. The former vice president vigorously opposed recognition in 1933 and told Roose velt these communists have established a stable government. There is no doubt about that. But they have done it by one blood purge after another behind closed doors of which the world has had very slim reports. I would t be in any hurry to recognize that sort of re  circumstances of the Dis Pute Are set Forth in a Nev Book Garner of Texas by Bascom m. Timmons Washington Newspaperman. Drug Cache linked with inf i ring san Francisco oct8 up California narcotics agents linked their seizure of a $254,000 dope Cache with an International smuggling ring operating from new York. Eighteen ounces of pure heroin were taken in a raid tuesday night which also bag ged Michael saris 35, san Francisco bartender. Narcotics agent r. V. Arm Strong said that the heroin packages had wrappings Simi Lar to those used by a smug gling ring believed to be Ope rated by. Charles Lucky Luciano and the same As $640,000 War str of heroin found on the italian liner Alcania at new York four Days ago. General wants civilian control Baltimore oct. 8 a Wedemeyer former com Mander of . Forces in China night that i am not Militar do not want the predominate in we in the military obtain from the state department the objectives of our country he said. We form appropriate plans to protect. Our policies but we should not take the initiative in forming  pointing out the desirability of keeping the military in the background he said the cold War could be won by the political psychological and economic resources available to us " politically he explained we could form alliances with All Friendly countries and economically we can go about the world and buy up strategic materials to prevent potential enemies from having Access to them. Regarding the term psychological he said the Exchange of students for example can be very  Nizam denies he is military prisoner sex used As secret weapon by red agents Washington oct. 8 up sex was a secret weapon of the soviet atom spies. So Many women Glamor girls socialists stenographers and even charwoman have turned up during the current investigations of atom spying that the Fri has compiled a separate report on them. Fri records As Well As the secret testimony of the House com Mittee on in american activities show that Many of the females who figure in the spy ing operations were amorous by involved with one or More of the agents. This was also True in the Canadian atom spy investigation in 1945. Canadian Royal mounted police uncovered a ring of soviet agents and Ca Nadian reds gathering radar and atomic secrets. One of the most important figures of the ring was woman named Emma Woikin who was sentenced to three years imprisonment for turn ing secret documents to a rus Sian major she fell in love with House investigators have questioned one woman after another in their secret sessions they no longer doubt that love was an important Factor in the operations of a spy Rin they claim operated in the West coast to obtain secrets from jibe atom radiation lab at Berkeley Calif. From the pattern now being developed in the House investigation it is Likely that a least three and possibly More women will be included among the 10 top figures in the Case two of the women Are suspected of operating fronts for the Exchange of communications Between the rus Sian agents. A jewelry shop in new York City is said to have been used As such. Another woman is alleged to have acted As a courier for running messages from rus Sian diplomats in Washington to agents in new York. Most of the women suspected Are attractive and Well dressed. One is As stylish As a Park Avenue Debutante. An other is pretty and rather Oriental in appearance. The Fri files contain Many More names than the three key women the House investigators questioned. They Are said to show that Glamor girls were used frequently in soviet efforts to pry diploma tic and military secrets out of government officials. Hyderabad oct. 8 up the Nizam of Hyderabad in a statement issued on his Gold embossed. Stationery denied reports that the military government is holding prisoners. Statements have been made to the effect that i am acting under duress and that i am no1 allowed free movement the fabulously wealthy ruler said this is absolutely incorrect on the contrary my relations with the India Union military administration is extremely cordial and no pressure of any kind is being brought on me. In fact he concluded i am paid All the respect and Courtesy due to the High Posi Tion that i hold As Leader of chinese ask Money from foreign firms s Shanghai oct. 8 a eight american and seven British firms Here have received demands from mayor k. C. We for donations to a Relief fund. They were the first instance of foreign firms being approached for what amounts to compulsory contributions. Until now Only chinese firms and individuals were affected. Four escape As bomber explodes Waycross ga., october8 up the air Force Dis closed that nine persons were killed and four others parachuted to safety when a b-29 bomber exploded. Over Way  aboard included eight air Force personnel five civilian technicians. Three military men and one civilian reached safety when they pulled their Parachute rip cords As they were blown from the plane. Harold Daniels Public in formation officer at the plane s Home Field of Warner Robins test base near Macon a. Said that the plane was engaged in electronic research involving different types of radar. The remains of the Craft and its passengers Are scattered Over More than 20 acres. . Navy to offer 4-year scholarships Washington oct. 8 up the Navy said that 2,300 candidates will be selected for four year College scholarships under the naval Reserve offi cers training corps program in 1949. College aptitude tests Wil be Given december 11. The deadline for applications is november 15, the Navy said. Selected candidates will be sent to 52 colleges and universities with a Roth units. They will be paid a $50-a-month living allowance in addition to school expenses. They will be deferred from the draft. In return they must participate in a Roth activities and keep commissions in the regular Navy for two years after graduation. After that they May Transfer to Reserve corps. New record Apps photo carrying full combat equip ment a North american f-86 Jet fighter hurtled through the skies at an average Speed of 670.981 Miles per hour or 20.185 Miles better than any previous record. Maj. Richard l. Johnson was Pilot in the plane during the flight at maroc air Force base. Air Force seeks funds to obtain cargo Fleet t. Kawakita reassures mom los Angeles oct. 8 a Tomoya Kawakita condemned to death As a traitor to his native America wrote his Mother wednesday he Hac every Confidence he would be completely cleared in the Appeal courts. Federal judge William c Mathes who pronounced the death sentence tuesday on the former japanese prison Camp interpreter ruled that Kawa Kita May Appeal. Kawakita s Mother mrs Tose Kawakita of los Angeles wrote judge Mathes that i her son were guilty of High treason she did not want to go on living. Kawakita heard of this and wrote her please do no worry or do anything to Hur yourself. I am innocent love you mama and papa Anc i did not and never would violate the Laws of the United  earlier Kawakita wrote newsmen asking How can yep be convicted of treason if was a japanese National and drafted As a labourer for Japan missions on spot in Asia says Judd Columbus Ohio oct.\8 a christians must be pre pared to go underground in Asia if the communists win control of that country rep Walter Judd of Minnesota told the world Mission Assembly wednesday night. Judd a former Medica missionary to China is member of the House foreign affairs committee. He said if the communists win Asia christians will be in the same position they were in the Days of ancient Rome communists will never permit christians tos continue their missionary work in communist dominated areas Judd said and we certainly mus be prepared for the eventual Ity of a communist Victory in the far East. This Means that christians must be prepared to go under ground not to wage a destructive Campaign against the enemies of christianity but to return in those areas the constructive influence that christianity. Stock report new York. Oct. 8 a the Stock Market continued its october rally yesterday. Final prices slipped below the Best Levels of the Day As demanded. Nevertheless prices generally were up fractions to around  expanded to 800,000 shares the heaviest this  Hundred and sixty six issues were traded of which 53cadvanced. Oils steels and selectee rails led the Rise but they were among groups which ran into late opposition. Goodyear reached new High for the year at 4&3/8. Up 2. Dow Jones averages 6827, industrials182.52, rails6039, utilities 34.94. Closing prices anaconda36%baldwin15�/ 4, bethlehem36 a i Canadian pacific14%. Chrysler58%. Dupont170%. General motors 62%, kennecott58t4. Mont-gomery56 ,2, Shell-39, so Corby 19, . Steel30%. " " Cotton futures moved quietly Ari irregularly in a narrow Range futures closed 15 lower to 30higher. Octobebr31.63, december 31.2122. March31.06. May30.78, july29.65, middling spot 32.06  new Orleans Cotton closed 25 higher to 15  Chicago grains climbed higher on expanding volume chief causeway expectation of the Export flour business. Tojay. Strength is Cornand Oats Cash Market Sand a  agriculture department announce ment it would buy soybeans forthe army. Wheat closed % to 2% higher. December2.25%.t8lmay, may249%. Juiyvr-2.04. Closing foreign Exchange rates Canada 93.50, Britain 4.0325, franc0.32, italy0.001739. Sweden27.85, switzerland25.80, Argen tine20.65. Brazil5 50, Mexico 1,000 Craft added to of Washington oct. 8 up the a5r Force is preparing to ask the next Congress for a heavy appropriation to be Gin buying a Fleet of modern cargo planes. It is counting heavily on the lessons of the Berlin air lift to put across its Story operation vittles is exact ing a Large toll from the Tota military transport capacity Anc the air Force decided that it cannot longer delay replacing and expanding its presen Fleet comprising mainly world War h planes. It was also Learned that negotiations Are in Progress to divert More planes for the Berlin shuttle run. The air Force had considerable critic ism because it orders a relatively Small number of trans port planes from the $1,937, 000,000, to late Congress voted for procurement. It ordered 28 c-124s, which will carry 25 tons and 99 c-118 troop carriers of a total plan Ned procurement for 2,72v planes of All types. Air Secre tary w. Stuart Symington an swered critics that the bes transports in the world Wen not Good unless the Comba air Force controls the air Anc urgently needed bombers and fighters therefore got the High  this year. The air Force believes tha the Berlin Airlift demonstrated what air transportation might be called on to do Anc could do successfully on a master scale in War. At the same time operation titties is wearing out planes for which replacements Are getting scarce and necessarily has a Large share of our Airlift concentrated in an exposed position should the cold War turn hot. There Are about 146 c-54s operating in Germany with several More in route to or from maintenance shops in the United states. These Are furnished by Mats military air trans port and troops Carrier groups troop carriers also supplies five c-82 flying boxcars to carry heavy equipment into Berlin. At the last count Mats s global operations were reduced More than 30 per cent and there probably is not much More reduction possible. Cripps predicts end of austerity new York oct. 3 ins sir Stafford Cripps British Chancellor of the exchequer said tuesday that there is a great Day coming for John Bull when he can loosen i Belt and eat his fill with Thi thought of austerity programs but he hastened to add tha this great Day will not arrive for another four years. The English financial wizard told a news conference in new York tuesday that austerity will be the English lot unti completion of the Marshall plan slated for 1952. In the meantime sir staf Ford a tall thin englishman of distinction declared the British people Are pre pared to Grin and Bear  indeed he added general european recovery plans mean a temporarily tightening 01 the Belt for England which has been taking up notches since 1939. . Exports drop to two year Low Washington oct. 8 a the United states Export surplus dropped to $380,800,000 in August the lowest in nearly two years. Imports increased nearly $40,000,000 to a total of $558, 500,000. Exports including foreign Aid and shipments dropped $34,000,000 to $988,200,000. Tex tile exports dropped to one half and machinery two thirds of last year s monthly aver age. Import increases were Pri Marily sugar vegetable pro ducts Chrome tin textile fibres and manufactures. Boost comes in 4 months Washington. Oct. 8 cup the air Force boosted its combat strength by 1,000 planes in slightly More than four months officials disclosed. During the same period it added 500 transports trainers and other types of non combat aircraft. From March 22 to july 1, the air Force said its first line combat strength fighters and bombers increased from 4,000 to 5,000. These included additions to the growing Force of speedy Jet powered Craft but the air Force did not give a breakdown Between jets and conventional planes. The figures include planes of the air Reserve air National guard and civil air patrol. While the air Force was growing As an effective fight ing Force its total strength dropped during the period from 23,500 planes to 23,000. The 500 were junked because of crack  obsolescence or other reasons. But on july 1, the air Force was flying 6,500 fighters and bombers and the same number of transports trainers and non combat types. And it had 10,000 others planes in Stor age including 4,000 first line fighters and bombers 2,000 second line fighters and bomb ers and 4,000 Utility Craft. The air Force said it still is flying 1,500 world War ii planes. But they Are rapidly becoming obsolete. The Active strength of the air Force got a powerful boost with the withdrawal of 400 b-29 super forts from storage during the four months. These sky giants Are being modernized a a Midwest bomber Plant before being assigned to newly organized bomber groups and Long Range reconnaissance units. Deputies hired to quell Oil strike Richmond Calif., oct. 8 a sheriff James Long of Contra Costa county was authorized today to hire extra deputies to maintain order after a bloody fight Between striking Cio Oil workers and police. Permission to hire extra help was granted by the county supervisors when Long explained that tension was mounting at nearby Martinez where the Shell and associated refineries Are strike bound and at the Union Oil company s refinery at oleum. The latest outburst in the 34-Day strike occurred at Standard s Richmond refinery when pickets attempted to Block entry on non strikers to the administration building. Heads were bloodied and ten policemen injured As they attempted to restore order car windows were smashed with heavily gloved fists and rocks. Two police cars were damaged and two autos Over turned. Bentley sued for $100,000 libel new York oct. 8 up William Remington former department of Commerce official filed a $100,000 libel suit in Federal court today against Elizabeth Bentley the nation Al broadcasting company and general foods corporation As a result of a recent radio pro Gram during which he alleged miss Bentley called nun a communist. Miss Bentley self confessed former communist appeared september 12 on the Abc meet the press program sponsored by general foods. During the interview the suit alleged she was asked whether she would name re Mington As a communist. She replied in the affirmative re calling she had so testified be fore the House committee on in american activities. Tour extended by chief Honolulu oct. 8 a am ado Hernandez president of the Philippines Congress of labor organizations said he will extend his hawaiian visit to tour Cio International longshore and warehouse men s Union sugar workers units on the Island of Hawaii