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~ Chiang Reports

"have begun a military expansion into Southeast Asia.

Reds Put India Next on List

Cites Drive Into Southwest Asia To Capture ‘Weak’ Border Links

By OLYDE FARNSWORTH, Howard Staff Writer TSA: , Formosa, Jan. In an exclusive interview here today, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told the writer that the Chinese unists, instead of pausing to consolidate their conquest of China's mainland, already

They're putting pressure on French Indo-China, as the

Strike Nears

Still Shut Down; _ Pickets Scarce PITTSBURGH, Jan. ‘30

United Mine Workers refused to work today in the rank-and-file drive to’ force a “break” in the eight-month

coal dispute. ; Coal production dropped to the

weakest link in the lineup against international communism, Chiang said. But over- Latest word in Taipei was that,

|Red Gen. Lin Piao, who delivered TURUing: that country ia merely} anchuria to Russian domina-| preparatory to ‘an attack onion pad sent his troops into the

India, he explained. Tonkin region in northeast Indo-|

| country to look like an inside Job.

In Indo-China, he pointed out, China where he was co-operating were convinced

the Moscow-trained leader, Ho!With Gen. Ho's forces.

The move against Southeast Chih Minh, - already commands ,g, is part of the “master strat-|

strong native Communist forces, egy of the Soviet Union,” Gen.| and the country borders on Red Chiang said. | China. Except for a question as to Chiang did not charge that what had been published on the Chinese Communist regulars had! joint chiefs of staff testimony crossed the border—but he said before the U. 8. Senate ¥o the Chinese Reds were sending! Relations Committee, Gen. Chi-| arms, ammunition, guerrillas and ang made no references to the! fifth-column agents to assist! Formosa situation. | Gen. Ho. | Chinese and foreign confidence For some time there have been in Formosa’'s military chances are unconfirmed reports of Red regu- rising, but there are economic lars crossing into Indo-China. worries. ECA officials in ForBut the Communists would be!mosa, however, see no immedithe last to admit this, since they ate threat of collapse if - Ameriwould want the capture of that can assistance is continued.

‘Much of Indo-China Border in Joint Control

The projected Red campaign in Southeast Asia was the principal topic of the hour-long tea-time conversation I had with the generalisstmo, ‘

that complete laison exists,” Chiang said. “Red China has recognized Red | Indo-China and has been bom-|tain, Burma, India and Pakistan barding the French and Empéror would help Communist attempts Bao Dal's Viet NAM government [lo control the rest of Asia. with fierce words. This propa-| Principal effect will be to deganda looks like a softening at- Stroy “a bulwark of strength” tempt for an outright military among 10 mililon overseas Chi. assault. nese, he said. “The Chinese Communists’ In Singapore, principal

the

drive toward Southeast Asia is Malayan city, the 1949 census heading into the home stretch

the most significant strategiciShowed a population of about a choice’ made ag them, or ther million, of which 760,000 were 1946 attempts

States to bring them into a coali- Pines, the Chinese are integral tion in China, and instead plunged|io the local economy, . forming into full sale war with the Na-|strong industrious communities tional government.” which often control local finance, I asked Gen. Chiang what he|commerce and industry. believed would be the next Red| Indonesia alone counts 2 milobjective. “India,” he sald. lion Chinese; Siam about 3 m#And then what? lion, and Malaya, Burma and The generalissimo was silent Indo-China together about 5 milfor a moment after the ques-|lion. tion was translatad. Gen Chiang said he was sure “I can only quote Lenin,” he the bulk of these people did not

replied. “Lenin said that the care for communism and- that shortest way to Europe was/Communist agents in those counthrough Asia.” tries were largely from Red

Gen. Chiang said recognition of! China, or under the direction of the Chinese Communists by Bri-|agents from there.

Mme. Chiang Assists in Translation Madame Chiang, who had joined us for tea in the small back sitting room of the house, interjected a bit of translation to help the interpreter, Shen Chang-huan, one of the Generalissimo’s private secretaries. Mr. Shen needed an English phrase for the prospective status of Chinese in countries recognizing the Peiping government. “Call ‘them men without a country,” she said. Her dark eyes flashed. s & = The interpreter then quoted] . . Gen. Chiang as saying that if ial ers 1] these overseas Chinese changed ) y their colors and pledged allegiance . . to Red China they might be considered Communists by local gov-| ISSIoN ernments. If they don't do it, they] . . will be men without a country. . Gen. Chiang said he was re. Miss Power Plant, ceiving reports of strong anti- “ Communist feelings among his Blast Hospital overseas countrymen. The sub-| By ALBERT RAVENHOLT " Times Forei © dent Ject was fresh In his Bnd own TAIPEL Formosa, Jan. 30— guests . delegation from the Chinese Nationalist planes have Philippines. They had told him bombed and partially wrecked that the Chinese there were boy-| he large American Baptist miscotting British goods to protest|$ionary hospital at Ningpo, on the London’s recognition of the Reds. as Cnifia Soast. tal frst The group from the Philippines ie mission hospital, was firs group from bombed on or about Oct. 18, 1949. P $3--Col. 1) But full details of the destruction (Continued on . age have just now become available through letters written by the Acheson Presses |throush lette : : It appears from these first Korean Aid Bill ‘hand reports, that Nationalist WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UP) mainland bombings have become ~—Secretary of State Dean Ache- a double-edged sword—handicapgon appealed anew to Congress ping the Commitgts bi 2145 miHion Korean generating hatred o e 33 S00 vy 3. 360 tionalists by ordinary Chinese. An expected Republican attack| Indications are that Nationalist

on U. 8. Far Eastern policy failed destruction of the Baptist Ningpo|

hospital was a mistake. On or abgut Oct, 14 Nationalist planes dro leaflets over Ningpo Warning that they intended to bomb the power station about 200 yards from the hospital, outside Ningpo's north gate. Hospital patients and most of the staff were evacuated. .

to develop during Mr. Acheson's testimony at a public session of the. House Foreign Affairs Committee. The Republicans, some of whom had demanded over the week-end that Mr. Acheson resign, apparently were holding back their fire until the committee went into se- Miss Target cret session, which began imme-| your days later Natio diately after the public session | pombers, according to a ended. ; winged in over Ningpo. * Some GOP committée members bombs missed the po stati had talked about questioning Mr. But about 10 bombs exploded on Acheson on his defense of Alger the Baptist Mission Hospital. Hiss. But they made no such| The fourth and fifth floors move at the public hearing. were burned out completely, other sections of the building partly wrecked and medical supplies and equipment damaged. The mission nursing school and

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were reported killed:

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|was little picketing in the rebel

“Enough of the China-Indo-China frontier already is so firmly | in joint control of Ho Chin Minh and the Chinese Reds to the north’

lowest point sinbe the revolt

week started three weeks ago. White House aids said President Truman was unlikely to take any action today. Jubilant leaders of the strike their drive for a showdown was “in the home stretch.” They closed all major pits in western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Few mines were open in Ohic and all steel company mines in Alabama were idle. In contrast to last week, there

strike districts. At Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co.'s Mathies Mine in southwestern Pennsyk vania the local union officers stood by the pit mouth when the work whistle blew this morning. They were the only miners to appear except maintenance men. “It's sure lonesome here this morning,” a maintenance man at the Buckeye Mine near Carmichaels, Pa. reported. “No showed up—not even the pickets.” The Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association reported that their morning check showed no major mines working. Some miners reported, but went home when they learned that “the word was out” for a full-scale shutdown, “Got Them on Run”

“We've got them on the run,”

Miners Feel | fone Stretch

(UP) — More than 96,000 -

chricker Directs Prob f Fire In Capitol Anne

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Donors of Dimes Tip Scales

Woolworth's this morning. In the above picture Miss Jean Witt, b Hillner, 1236 Standard St., drop dimes.

The dimes drop im and the scales climb up in Ed Sovola's attempt to match .a 65.pound polio victim's weight in dimes during the March of Dimes campaign. Mrs. Frances Coryell, 2154 Broad- to build or not to-build (the Hway St. a polio victim 52 years ago, gave the first pound ($18.10) at the Wishing Well in front of bomb)

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Polio3 Suspects on Grill After Fire Marshal Finds ‘Definite Arson’

| Valuable Maps and Records Lost; Gog | ~ Repairs Expected to Run Into Thousands §

Gov. Schricker took personal charge of the investigas tion in the State House Annex fire today and made Indiana | State Police available if present probers need assistance. After an hour-long tour of the building, the chief ‘executive said state officials told him the fire “obviously (was an inside job.”

Lilienthal Backs H-Bomb Output

Says Production Not

Against

The governor said he would not call in state police at present but if the fire mars

shal or Indianapolis Fire Departs ment investigators needed help they could have the state police: to help. » : Three suspects were being ques~ tioned, State Fire Marshal Alex

Key Issue, However |Hougland revealed today but he v " {declined to state what progress WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UP) | (efit 0% Bae oo the Sun

—David E. Lilienthal said today | morning blaze.

he is not opposed to making the | “Definitely Arson” {hydrogen bomb or any other| This Jefinitely arson; the a " {fire marshal said. “ eel sure |WeaDon as such Energy Com- whoever it was did not intend to .|destroy the whole building but | mission chairman added prompt there was something he wanted ily that “the question of whethe: 'to destroy very badly.” | Gov. Schricker said 4d from the separate fires would probably run into “thousands of dollars in work.” He pointed out that while material damage was not much, many valuable maps

is not the issue.” | Mr. Lilienthal refused to tell 56 E. 12th St., watches Mrs. Hazel reporters at a news conference {what the issue is. But he recalled ~ [that during the war the question

‘Adopts 5-Point Stricken Boy Longs for Dad

by the United] Southeast Asia and in the Philip.{t0 take any vote—they're staying

Wollaston, Mass., were destroyed. rie No patients or staff members .oyian't, Horrified, they watched The United States embassy

states that it “called the attention” of the Nationalist gov-iae

veals that the Nationalists re-snowdrifts to the Rensiow depot the Kittitas sta-

Some ee pes: Time tion. agent.

“The operators are going to John L. now. The men think they're

and all it needs is a little more He said his men—"Didn’t need

At the Robena Mine of U. 8. Steel Corp., 1000 of the 2500 members met during the week-end. The main order of business was a cheer for Rep. Anthony Cavalcante (D. Pa.), who intervened to get government surplus potatoes for the strikers’ families A vote to continue the “no work week” was “routine.”

Lee Burkey, president of the Max- | well, Pa., local union declared. 0gram ere

| . | Recodified Zoning | Among . Proposals By LARRY STILLERMAN “The CHy Plan Commission to-| Reunion with his father toda

gram ; -| blushed with health. Sram op Xe agp Aint 0 Jud) Dik : sutfenng from histor iplasmosis, a rare fungus infec on Drogress plat was disclosed of the lungs, for which the annual report in City Hall jonly cure is the body's natural It called for: |defense. ONE: Completing its study of His mother, Mrs. Clellah Mills, the present moning ordinance Gas City, today appealed to anyand preparing a recodified ordi-{one knowing the whereabouts of nance. {her husband to urge him to speed TWO: Revising land use plan-|to his son's side. } ning for some parts of the city, “We haven't known where he

Streets Required

For New Housing The Works Board today ordered

(minimum street construction for fare improvements and hecessary

all new housing developments in | Indianapolis. The minimum requirements were designed to insure better |streets and less maintenance by {the city in new subdivisions. { The minimum called for six |inches of gravel with a three-inch /bituminous-coated aggregate top {for all streets developed under |private contract. The asphalt top |was the newest requirement. Width of the street will be de|termined after a recommendation |by the City Plan Commission. At present the commission has only {recommended a 50-foot right-of-way for new streets. | ler priced developments would be (asked to install a more “permanent” road,

Adm. Sherman Leaves To Meet MacArthur

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Adm. Forrest Sherman leaves today for Tokyo by plane for conferences with Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The presumed purpose of the trip is to discuss American strategy for the defense of Formosa

‘KITTITAS, Wash., Jan. 30 streamliner Hiawatha, carrying n wards down a six-mile hill last n man '

runaway ride. It narrowly missed |a freight train before it rolled to |a halt.

The train had just covered the

{six-mile uphill run from Kittitas |to Renslow, Wash., when Engineer Edward Maxwell and Fireman | A R. Liberty alighted to put out

{a small fire in one of the motors beneath ‘the big Diesel-electric locomotive.

Suddenly, the train started to

residences inclfling the home of.) yp chard,

Mr, Maxwell and Mr. Liberty to scramble aboard but

the train pick up speed and roll back down the foothills of the Saddle Mountains toward Kitti-

Mr. Maxwell stumbled through and telephorted *

after comparing current trends. has been for the past two years,” | THREE: Weighing additional Mrs, Mills said. “He might be linstallation of parking meters. working as a truck mechanic or | FOUR: Considering thorough- 3 salesman. He does both kinds of work.” jamendments to | Meanwhile,-to keep the family Tare lan oy proposals Logether there are two ofher . LC isiac S0ns and a daughter. Mrs. Mills for off-street parking facilities works at the Owens-Illinois Glass from Mayor Feeney's Parking Co. Commission. y uw Submitted by Board The blueprint and 1949 report DICK, a former carrier of The was submitted by Jack B. Kam- Times in Gas City, first became mins, president of the commission DOticeably {ll with the disease in and zoning board, and his 10- November. For months before the member board. sy disease had been ravagLast year's report cited expan- n8 his Jungs. sion of Broad Ripple's business BY Christmas , when other district as the commission's major ¥Ouths were gay with the spirit accomplishment in obtaining ap- °f the season, he failed to bubble proval of five ordinances amend- With excitement. He looked tired.

the 1925

The board indicated that high-|

ing the zoning ordinance. Another top amendment under the land use master plan was the establishment of minimum off-street parking requirements and loading zone spaces throughout the city. The ordinance was adopted in June. Study Zoning Changes | The commission continued studies of current land uses and |zoning recodification last year, {the report showed. | In April an important piece of {legislation was adopted to regu{late approval of subdivision plats.

against the Chinese Communists.| (Continued on Page 3—Col. 8)

Crack Train, 200 Aboard, Hurtles 6 Miles in Runaway

Streamliner Narrowly Misses Freight In Wild Run When Brakes Fail on Hill

(UP) — The Milwaukee Road's early 200 passengers, rolled backight without its engineer and fire-

Few of thé passengers, however, realized that the air brakes had failed and that the nine-car streamliner had lurched into a

| “I've lost my train . . headed your way!” he shouted. The station agent looked out {the window. Down the tracks at |an estimated 30-mile per hour [speed came the Olympian Hiawa-

it's

{tha. But by then, the hand brakes|

{had begun to take effect. | Aboard the train, Conductor {W. B. Hollenbeck had altered the {rest of the crew. As Mr. Hollen~ |back stood on the rear platform

{of the observation car waving al red signal light, Brakeman Tom|

| Barton aided by porters and |baggagemen raced from car to car setting the handbrakes. | With its air siren wailing, the |streamliner rolled backward through this tiny town and headed for the yards. Minutes before it arrived, yard workers a freight train and the. streamliner roled to a stop without incident. of

His smile came less quickly and he was pale. Today the dread fungus infection has sapped his strength to a point that he lies listless, almost in a stupor in the contagion ward at Riley Hospital. He wants to see his dad

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He Hasn't Seen in 2 Years |

Hope of Reunion Aids Dick Mills

In Fight Against Critical Rare Disease

RICHARD (DICK) MILLS wants to see his Dad. Dick lies critically ill at Riley Hospital and his father, Latrelle | William Mills, has been missing for two years

y is the most fervent wish of the!

frequently arose as to where the country’s resources, brains and money could best be used. The Naked Question

and other records would have to be replaced. State officials were checking records today to determine which

| Mr. Lilienthal refused to am-

plify further his declaration that “the naked question” of building the H-bomb is not the real issue)

{in the secret discussions now going, {on between President Truman and jhis top advisors.

The inference is plain, however, that high on the list of problems

day inked in a five-point pro- pinched-faced 14-year-old youth whose cheeks a few months 880 involved is the best use of the na|tion’s resources, scientific skills.|

But whatever the issue a willing

Expect Light Snow 25s ope

needed i Truman

To Fall Tonight

Freezing Rain Seen Tomorrow

LOCAL TEMPERATURES . 21 10a. m. ., 22

6am 2 Tam... 21 Mam... 28 8am. .. 21 12 (noon). 23 a m...21 1pm .. 24

Cloudy skies

snow

will bring light today and tonight, changing to freezing rain or sleet tomorrow, the Weather said today. Slowly rising temperatures tomorrow will push the mercury up to 32, after temperatures dip to 24 tonight. A low of 21 was recorded early today. In Indiana, cloudy and rather

late

Bureau

cold weather was predicted. Oc-/to accept any ultimatums the watchman Her

casional light, freezing rain or sleet will fall in the south today. The state will feel freezing rain or sleet in southern counties tomorrow. Snow will fall in the north tomorrow, Temperatures will range from 15 to 25 degrees in the north today to between 25 and 30 in the south. The mercury will drop to between 10 and 20 tonight in the north and 20 to 26 in southern counties.

C-54 Hunt Centers On 2 Key Areas

WHITEHORSE, Y. T, Jan. 30 (UP)—Dozens of planes droned over this Far North outpost today as they concentrated on two nearby “priority areas” in their search for a C-54 transport missing with 44 persons aboard.

More U. 8. Air Force planes {joined the Royal Canadian Air | Force ships every hour.

Report 1500 Dead | In Quakes, Floods

TEHRAN, Iran, Jan. 30 (UP)] A heavy death toll was feared today in two remote sections of | {Southern Iran hit by floods and] {earthquakes in the past five days. | | An official report from Zahi|dan, 750 miles southeast near the | Pakistan border, said 500 persons perished in floods which|

{washed away two-thirds of the|

|city. No other details were avail-| {able.

| Another report said 1000 per-|

sons were killed in an earth-| quake which rocked the Port Kangan area on the southwest Persian Gulf, 180 miles south of Bushire, five days ago. fn ‘

any money| needed to build the H-bomb. Legislators of both Houses and {both parties seemed agreed that Mr. Truman should give a go-! {ahead for building the new weapon | in the interest of our own security. Quits Office Feb. 15 | Mr. Lilienthal spiked rumors| {that he is leaving the Atomic {Energy Commission because of| the hydrogen bomb issue. He has| [resigned effective Feb. 15. To a question as to whether his resignation had aaything to do with the H-bomb, he returned a sharp “No.” Although Mr. Lilienthal refused to discuss the hydrogen bomb question in any detail, he did take sharp issue with a statement by Atomic Scientist Harold C. Urey. In New York last week Mr.| Urey said that if Russia gets the H-bomb before we do, she might be able to force the United States)

USSR might issue. {

former employees might have keys to the building and their activities at the time of the fire, Indianapolis Fire Chief Roscoe A. McKinney said the five sepa rate blazes early yesterday in the ‘brick building were’

five-story “definitely arson.” :

Fire Chief McKinney said rece ords revealed there was an earlier blaze in the basement of the annex at 4 a. m. Jan. 19. In the light of new developments, he said, he believed this fire was also the work of an arsonist, ‘ Damage Slight The Jan. 19 blaze was in rubbish in the basement which set off the automatic sprinkler system. There was no appreciable damage. Chief McKinney said a state employee who will be questioned Is not under arrest. He said the man was “under some suspicion” and that he would be questioned as the combined city-state probe gets underway, . Firemen were first called to the . annex at 12:45 a. m. yesterday on a report of fires in the basement. = They extinguished two rubbish fires in the basement, Then on checking other floors they discovered three separate rubbish blazes on the first, sece ond and third floors. - ’ All Blazes Small Chief McKinney sald all the blazes were small, “about as big as your hat.” However at 3:40 a. m., night pert Reinkins, a former city policeman, discovered

{house painter. has been missing

'a fire in the women's restroom on the fourth floor. The blaze,

Ohio Wife Asks Staried in rubbish, destroyed a . chai da couch. Times to Help Find ir and damaged a concn. Missing Husband

been in the room while making his rounds 30 minutes before and tn — said there was no sign of the fire at that time, Arthur Campbell, executive secretary to Gov. Schricker, said there was no damage to state government records in the blazes, although one fire was in a file cabinet. Some blueprints an dianapolis Times today. [furnishings were damaged in nd Frank M. Jones, a Columbus|, oy .'y department drafting rooms. There was speculation that the

“FRANK, come home. Please come home. I am expecting a baby next week.” Mrs. Catherine Jones, 1093 Lexington Ave. Columbus, O., made that appeal to her husband via long distance telephone to The In-

from home since New Year's Day,

Mrs. Jones said. She said she gos mi be 1 N and a 21-months-old son, Frank|y. Ss might inked with publie

8 "ne Jr., were destitute and she is ex-a tt Senate: nvesmedny bf pecting ~another child within 8 mittee which has been probing week. yw wu [faulty Indiana highway construce “HE JUST went out in the back | tion. » yard on New Year's and never, However Mr. Campbell said the came back,’ Mrs. Jones said. “I records of this investigation wera do not know what happened, we|N0t damaged by any of the were happy and he was a good| blazes,

husband. I heard last week he N FREEZES IN MEA -, was working in Indianapolis but RAIN FREEZES IN MEMPHIS

, MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 30 (UP) I do not know where.” i. Mrs. Jones appealed for help Freezing rain put another coat

in locating her husband. “We want him back and need “im.” she said.

today for the second time this month, disrupting transportation and knocking out telephone serve

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