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Reds Take Over Peiping As China Pushes Plan To End 3-Year War
Enemy Hqrdes Force
Walled City; 5-Man Peace
NANKING, Jan. 22 (UP
Surrender of Ancient Bogrd Named
)—Peiping, ancient capital of
the Manchu Dynasty in China, surrendered today to Com-
munist forces.
The Nationalist government stepped up its drive for negotiations to end China's three-year civil war. ’ « Official sources confirmed earlier independent reports
- that Gen. Fu Tso-yi, Nation-|
alist commander of the besieged Peiping, had surrendered the city to the Communist|™ forces under an agreement bY las which fighting stopped at 10 a. m. todny (8 p. m. last night Indianapolis Time). The official sources said that Nationalist troops already were moving out of the ancient walled city. They will be reorganized by Communist leaders. into a’ “people's self-defense army,” it was said. 5-Man Board Named
In Nanking, modern capital of China, the Nationalist léaders left in power when Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek went into exile yesterday, surrendering the presidency, named a five-man delegation to sue for peace with the Communists. Unofficial but reliable sources said that advance units of the) Communist hordes driving ward the Yangtze River have
reached within 37 miles of Nan-|
king. There seemed to be nothing to
. check their advance to the great
river which splits China from east to west. Nanking stands on the south bank of the river. Reach Rail Town The reports said that the Communist troops driving along the Tientsin - Pukow rail line had reached Fahoci, a little rail town 37 miles northwest of Nanking. and that government troops had begun full-scale evacuation of Chuhsien, 35 miles northwest of the capital, and were falling back to the Yangtze. The official announcement that Pelping had surrendered said that a small police force was being left in the city to maintain order as
. the Nationalist troops marched
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¢ial permission by the Communists to return to Nationalist territory, the Nationalists would lose] a man who was regarded as one of their ablest generals, as well large numbers of troops and) ol stores of ammunition and supplies, Appointment Approved A formal resolution approving appointment of the peace delegation was passed by the executive Yuan at this afternoon's meeting. The delegation represents all major cliques within the Kuomin-
tang. Authoritative reports said the |delegation might leave for Communist territory within two or three days. Some members of the government were said to feel that to act more quickly would] be unseemly and would indicate {to the Communists too much |anxiety for immediate negotia{tions.
{peace delegation yesterday, head-| ed by Chang Chih-chung, but this |decision was altered by the cabinet at a meeting today and the new delegation named. Heads Peace Group Moving swiftly after Generalissimo Chiang's self-imposed re-! tirement from the presidency and journey into exile, the government announced officially thats, Shao Li-tze, called China's “grand old man of peace,” would! head the group which probably) will fly into Communist territory to seek peace.
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peratures today and tonight are scheduled to be followed by! drizzles changing to rain in the south and snow in the north tomorrow afternoon or evening. A high pressure area which has built up over the city, bringing! clear skies and sunshine, is ex pected. to change as a low pressure front moves toward Indianapolis! from the southwest, Today's high of 32 is due to drop to 20 tonight, and climb to 34 degrees tomorrow. Move Downstream Crests are moving downstream {in Indiana rivers, as river cities report waters averaging seven feet above flood stage. | Terre Haute and Edwardsport|
{water will reach its highest point at Vincennes, Petersburg. and Shoals Tuesday and Mt, Carmel| on Wednesday. Meanwhile, new snow storms| |swept through the Rocky -Mounitains today as a cold wave pushed {temperatures below zero in much| of the Midwest and a rainstorm | {swept up the Atlantic Coast from! thé Gulf of Mexico to New Eng-|
| and aor said the snow in| {the mountains would reach its! {full fury by tomorrow. A wave of bitterly cold air {seeped south Sram She Canadinni
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‘up was hinted by Gov. Schric
Switchman Dies Beneath Train
Schricker Hints Shakeup In State Prison System
Situation
Calls for Changes °° Soon,’ Governor Says
Indicates ‘House Cleaning’ Due
f Corruption
By ROBERT BLOEM Impending ahakeéup of Indiana's prison and parole sp
ker today.
With new developments on the famed Ott Workman \parole scandal and new reports from state police on charges _ of corruption in the parole system generally, Gov. Schricker indicated he might move.quickly for a “housecleaning.”
Although he named no par- | ticular individuals. who may come under the ax, the Gov-
ernor said: “It had been my hope to pro, ceed slowly on any might make. I have no desire tear things up by. the roots but lboks to me as though Shia atta tion calls for some changes and soon.” :
Expresses “Surprise” The Governor expressed ‘‘surprise” at the recent statement by Carter Manny of
City, president of the chin ny:
trustees, charging that Ott ar “political prisoner”
man was a and should be paroled,
Gov. Schricker said he had not
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Yard Mishap Kills » Utility Co. Employee A switchman for Citizens Gas & Coke Utility Corp. was killed early today beneath the wheels lof a company train at the Prospect St. plant. | Police said Richard Davis, 30, fot 204 E. 24th St. lost his life while attempting to switch some lof the cars on the train in the {utility yard. Kenneth Vise, 26, of 430 N. 18th St., Beech Grove, conductor on the train, told police Mr. Davis dropped away from the engine to switch cars. The conductor said he waited for a signal from the switchman, but received none. Finds Body on Track
When he investigated, Mr. Vise
been informed of that dnslop ment which occurred while he was in Washington for the inlauguration of President Truman, His comment on Mr. Manny, however, was taken to that Mr. Manny probably would be among those to be removed if Mr. Schricker goes
lieved to have arrived at Chi-|gaiq temperatures Seatiies utes au kiang, the village of his birth, 15 pelow zero as far south as in Fenghua prefecture, on the pfisgouri, Kansas and Olek Slatin. first stage of a journey that was |The mercury was expected expected to take him into perma-i3y pelow in northwestern inne. nent retirement, probably in For foot and the Dakotas.
moss. A Chicago weather expert said|
out. Vice President Li Tsung-jen, | The local oh is func-jto whom ‘Gen. Chiang turned the oo ie wave was spell a Teme ot 0 it was sald.|over the government when he): o. jier this week.” Toren geen. Fh flew from yesterday, was pre-jhad been installed as acting
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BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 22—An |appraisement of the personal property | left by Author Boas F,
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with the “housecleaning” idea. Warden Ralph Howard and ° other employees of the state prison also may be included, it was believed: There was bg question that the to
continued, he -found Mr. Davis’ body on the track. Police were unable to determine how many of ‘the seven cars on the train passed over the switchman. Deputy Coroner Joseph Jewett sent Mr. Davie’ body to the City Morgue. Police said the train engine was run by Fred Smith, 85, of 242 N, Temple Ave. A ——— A a.
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Nationalist China R Ready
To Talk Peace, Envoy Says |
Calls Police After
The ATPTAlSEmEnt was filed by | {Mrs. Vernice Baker Lockridge, wife of the man who wrote the {best-seller, “Raintree County.” She was named administratrix of
For Slaying
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Leader Recedes From Original Position
That Cease-Fire: Precede Negotiations By ARTHUR GOUL
United Press Staff Correspondent ‘ NANKING, Jan. 22—Nationalist China is ready to negotiate
Finding
| UNION CITY, N. J, Jan. 22 {| (UP)~Police hunted today for |an anonymous telephone tipster | who directed them to an apart-| {ment where they found an at-|
with Chinese Communist leaders for peace even while hostilities i a bullet hole in her head.
continue, Shao Li-tze, head of 1 five-man delegation which will
seek a peace settlement, said in
Receiving me in his sparsely-furnished room, lighted only by | & single candle and a flickering kerosene lantern, China's “grand | old man of peace” revealed that have aban-| insistence that a cease-fire precede any negotia-
Nationalist leaders
doned their
tions.
, His delegation, Mr. Shao told| me, stands ready “at any min-| ute” to fly from Nanking to “any terms as outlined in Chiang’s dead, the place” in Communist-held terri-| New Year's message still retory which Red leaders may des-/mained as government policy, he
ignate for a first meeting.
Even as I talked to the 67- year-| old Shao and heard his promise [Communists both insist on their
The woman, identified as Mrs.
an exclusive interview today. | Mildred Spiegel Carl,
agreed upon by ‘the Communists | police said. jas a prelude to peace talks. ~ Mr. Shao indicated also that duty when the call was received. ithe government is willing to make | ‘other important concessions.
Asked whether the’ Nationalist
Summit Ave. woman is ae: d there in bed.” Asked how he caller replied:
replied gently: “If the government and the, walked in and there she was.
Boston, Lt. George Miller was on desk p.ndled his book. No mention was made of the “You'd better send police to 1605 ¢150 000 which
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‘Date’ Slain his estate, and previously had been appointed guardian. of the couples’ four minor children, Mr. Lockridge was found dead; |of carbon monoxide ‘poisoning in! {the garage of his home here on
tractive, blond divorcee dead in Mar. 8, 1948.
35-year-old
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At New York premiere . . . Joseph Hayes (right) chats with
Counsel for 2 Boys thats Request Change
Choice of a special judge to hear: {the case of two 14-year-old boys charged with the murder of James Kelley Brooks probably will be made by next Monday or Wednes-|{over state police day, Judge Rabb of Criminal Court division 2 indicated today. | After defense attorneys asked a {change, Judge Rabb yesterday {named a panel of Circuit Courtland jurists from three adjoining coun{ties from which the special Judge will be selected. List of Panel {headed by Rep. Louls by On the panel are Judge Harold la (D, East Chicago), said they
oe ay. lo Mrs. Hayes and. efor Richard Hart. Barger, Shelbyville, Shelby Cir-hoped to dig into the Ott Work‘ceived in prize awards an pay. . | en Court: Thomas White knew she Was ment for his novel. However, | Noblesville, Hamilton uss man Shae Which his best POpHCE is believed that this amount wl L I Au th Fi 4 PI . “Why, she's been shot. I had, paid fo the estate at the rate occa u or' % irs ay Soult, su OW PLR ny [parole is Revoked after only 10 Wi A | 4 P State and defense attornavs| Check Into Firings ins cC aim a remiere {will make the selection. tors also said they
oe Legisia would ense attorneys made their check into the firing of two prison Wil.
Police said the body, clad only L to do his “utmost” to make a original terms, peace will be Im- in brassiere and panties, was French Spy to Die Parents of Joseph Hayes in Audience [request after Judge Rabb had in- guards last October. Guards success of peace negotiations poss 8.” ying in bed in ‘the two-room PARIS, Jan. 22° (UP)--An ap- ‘ y icated he could not sentence the jam Storey and Virgil Bark which may end China's'three-year| “We realize our mission will I mt with the covers drawn peal from the death sentence To Lend Playwright Moral Support boys to the Indiana Boys school ey 34 fired on charges of elvil war, an authoritative source |be very difficult. But I feel at carefully to conceal the blood- given Mathilde Carre, 40, for be- By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's Editor las delinquents. |traficking with inmates. here revealed that the Nationalist the same time that peace is a soaked sheets. There was no evi-|traying 35 resistance comrades to NEW YORK, Jan. 22-A young writer's dream came true here, Wiley E. Senteny and Mitchell Specific charge was that they government left behind by the (real need-—an urgent need of alll gence of a struggle, police said. the Nazis was rejected today. last night for Indianapolis-borr Joseph Hayes. His first play had |K. Bryant, the defendants, face) pe helped run money out of the seif-exiled Chiang Kai-shek willl our people. p——————— wee | It8 drst performance on Broadway. {possible life or death sentences if prison to Indianapolis to pay not move to Canton, as previously! Mr. Shao did not say whether, | 1 . “Leaf and Bough” opened in the Cort Theater before a typical tried as adults. | fees to get Todd a {if no Communist reply was re-| audience of New York first-nighters. Among those who dashed! Bryant is out on hail of $2500 | paveter y The government will femain~in (ceived - immediately, the delega- n © nsi e {for the marquee in a drenching rain were Mr, and Mrs, Oscar Ham- and Benteny is In Jal. » Mr. Barkley later told The this source said, as ation would fly into Cogmusia; merstein; John Byram, who Is r he pr Ae to prove its sincerity [territory seeking Mao Txze- win we meee 1a y €ditor for Paramount Pic- Berg) $300 award offered ¥ the he Appointed Commissioner. pg to a State ee aney - ersity of Chicago. on in seeking peace. Communistithe Communist strong man, and |Slav authorities bag 60 alleged spies for U. 8. p tures, and Rose Franken, author co a ed ry aa. Jw in| LONDON. Jan. 22 (UP)—King|the east steps of the State House forces are reported only 37 miles other enemy leaders. Around the World . . : a digest of today’ 8 news. .Page 2 ©f the “Claudia stories, ine. the Dallas ‘48 theater in Texas in| |George VI has approved the ap-/but failed to show up for an from the capital, moving rapidly| Authoritative . sources have Others in the. mink and ermine. fy, pointment of the Duke of/appointment at which he was to toward the Yangtze Rivei. lsuggested that the delegation Sen. Taft set for $3 billion tax cut fight . . . news sprinkled crowd were Theron JATMATYL Bonin! wid high commis- have confronted the oficial with Mr, Shao revealed in his first | would leave for Red territory! of Congress ...........c..civieniiaans re Page 2 Bamberger, producer for the . o_, Rouben’ Mamoulian, sioner to the general assembly of his charge. words that the Nationalist gov-|within two or ‘three days. flag lose lives, 11 marooned in air crashes......... Page 2|Bucks County. Playhouse in New the Church -of Scotland, it was| ernment has receded from its] —————————————————— ; Hope, Pa.; Mrs. Frank Farley of (Continued on Page 11 Col. 8) announced last night. Leo Visits y ; position that a cease-fire must be Rabb Dismisses Char 0! 00k . ..I can walk again . . . a pictorial story con- London, and Les Tremayne who —— n 9 cerning activities of women in the infantile plays the title role in “The Thin " on TOKYO, Jan. 22 (UP)-Gen. ts Treat On Public indecency | nd Page § Man” radio show. ita ls ery, ery appy’ y |Dousias MacArthur apHow Soviets Trea ’ Rabb of al Court paralysis fund ...........coiiiiiiiiiiniaad, age 3 "james Merrill Herd, who proved a change in 2 . lar full-page . . . every keeping an eye on Mr. be {permitting tourists 25 days in division 2 yesterday dismissed the| CHUrCh News . . . a regu ans fo ont eir Slaves next play (still in the early stages Japan. instead of the . case against Basil Miler, 40, who| Saturday ............... sees brea Nene vie Page SE wHUDE). was also on hand. seven-day limit,
® “I saw prisoners beaten until their whole bodies were smashed
® “Their teeth broken out . .
were brvis " thelr 88 ‘sv: clothes soaked with blood . «+ ." ; ® The exclusive story of a political prisoner of the Soviets, as told to Bill Newton. SerippsHoward staff writer. For seven years, this Czech university graduate was confined to a Soviet concentration camp In Siberia, 400 miles within the Aretic Circle.
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® It will appear In several installments starting Monday In The
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in his own bathroom. Mr. Miler Theater and Hollywood . lives at 317 E. 12th at.
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Judge Rabb concluded that It ‘notes of literature to come . . and movie information with art .
is sought for small business . national observations . . . plus ‘Smith cartoon. Berlin was struck by a 90-mile 1Tuman tired, sleeps late, prepares for quiet weekend . . . Barkley reception ends inaugural fetes. .Page 11/by a quartet of musicians sta-/be glad to go Sluggo watches clouds and gets that hungry feeling
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By WILLIAM 1. BOYLE
2 sentence meted unicipal ~ rr r Court on a on Municipal Profile .......... Eh as hins shnes dicate vanins ...Page5 MOST IMPORTANT of all to United Pros Saft Correspondent | charge. The action was filed atter|Golden Gloves results . , . with action photos ir {ihe Young Piaywight_were Bid or ear arents, ' . | Be Sad atts S84 pu " an| Other Sports ..............ccoceiieeiionn Pages 6-7 7 Hayes, 5808 N. Oxford St., In- about ner Sorthéoiping mAFHAe next door. up with the world of books . . . reviews and dianapolis. a aan ahs door {Keep up | They lent moral support as not retire from her movie
young Joe saw his drama from
Cerraniniraias #yv... Page 8 the sixth row center. No, the HHH she told the United Press| a full page of theatrical |playwright wasn't nervous . .. “or 00aY.
{not very,’ he sald. |' “But, there were a few times" father confided backstage after the performance, “when he [looked a little rugged.” | To the rest of the audience,
Aga's Cannes villa for an clusive Interview today.
from the first strains of “Back js “charmed with Miss
[tioned in one of the boxes) to the Hollywood” to see her next film.
Comics +... 14, Meta Given 3 Needlework . 3 Sports .... 8, 7 which’ he won the 1047 ‘Charles H. mance with Aly on two contin. (Continued on Rage 11—Col. 8)
actress career after she marries|
The red-haired film beauty and her prospective father-in-law, the fabulously wealthy . Aga Khan, received this correspondent at the ex
The Aga sald proudly that he, Hay- “8 Home Again in Indiana” (played worth,” and added that he would = “all the way to|
vow. “He's very sweet” Miss Hay-|
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