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iihinese Reds - Gaining In NankingWPush

NANKING Dec. l-M-P- The battle for the approaches to m, Yanggtpe River and this Chin- “; capital appears to be falling into the pattern of the Manchur- ian Bamllfliflfl-

There the clever Communist smiles isolated Government. forces and then gobbled than uP line hy one. and all Maiichuria with

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Generalissimo Chiang Kai- eliekls Government forces are tied to suchoiv, 21d miles northwest of Nanklng. nrvt no much by Com- mllnist encirclement as by the fact that Siichrvw is a major sup- ply base on which they depend.

Meanwhile the Red an-nies of Generals Chen Yi and Liu Po- Chang are edging steadily south- irard anti gathering superior numbers for new attacks.

latest weirfront reports indicate the. Rmd commanders have left th-ir secondary troops tn watch an

estimated 230,000 nationalists ivithin the Sucliow perimeter. Their main strength of almost M8000 is heading south, iippar-i truly bent on concentrating around Peng-pu, 100 miles nearer Nanking.

The Reds already hold Suhsien. to rnilm south of Suchow. Oppos- ing thorn thera are about. 90.0001 men of the Government's 12th AlYlW Group under Gen. l-lurin: Wei and 50.000 of the 11th Army Group under Gen. Li Yen-Nien.

Another 50,000 Government sol- diers scattered southward are nil

that retiiriin in the Communist path. "the Communists thus outniini-

ber the Government men by bet- ter than 2 to 1 where it counts.

In the Nationalists‘ favor, how- ever, are better supply lines and In nli» force that is causing the Communists much trouble.

Should the Communists succeed li'l moving on south, lcavin; the Nationalists hchind in n series of ineiircilvc pockets, tho Govern- ment's last dcfcnce linc would be the Nnnking command of Gcn. Tang Fin-Po along 200 miles of the Yillifire River's south bank from "will": lo Shanghai,

it is expected that minor Red Units will pcnctrntc ivithin a icvv millls north oi‘ tho ldVfPlllllO-‘Wlflfi first: some already llllVf‘ hccn rc- tinrteti Wlllilll 30 miles.

1i is doubtful, hoivcvcr, that the T811111‘ Communist commanders Will innlu- n serious challenge for ‘h? Cflllinl iint'l tlicy have ritber lP-‘itfllrui or effectively isolated ‘iir (lHYPTlthFIll. troops frciri Su-

cattle exports to the United States are giving s healthy boost to Can-

By C. B. Blackburn (Canadian Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA, Dec. 1 — (C?) -—Live

ada's supply of that country's dol-

lars but the result may mean few-

er steaks and choice cuts for Can-

adians and no relief from high

prices.

This is disclosed in the Canadian

statistical review which credits cat- tle and meat exports for the favor- able belence of trade with the United States reached in Septem- ber for the first time since August 1845.

In September last Canada's ex- ports to the United States were Worth $11,400,000 more than her ex- ports to that country. The trend ll continuing.

Previously Canadians were spend- ing about $2 in the United States for every United States dollar spent here end the government acted a We!‘ 680 to stop this drain on for- eign exchange by curtailing im- ports.

The overall picture is still bed but greatly improved. For the first nine months of 1047 Canada's pur- chases in the United States were $718,000,000 greater than United States purchases here.

In the first nine months of this year that adverse balance had been reduced to $266,000,000, through cur- tailment of imports and an increase in exports.

Last August restrictions against beef cattle and meat shipments to the United States were lifted. Ex- ports of these commodities Jump- ed f0 $39.000.000 in September.

For the first time since the mid- thirties Canada had, for the mo- merit, a peacetime favorable balance of trade with the United States.

“The heavy export of beef cattle to the Ilnltcd States iS continuing —more than 205,000 head in the period from Aug. 16 to Nov. 17," tlic review reports.

The review warns that export of live cattle takes from the country a large volume of vitnl by-products such as hidcs, animal fats rind other products essential to Cnnridri and in short supply.

The beef pancreas, for instance. is essential to the manufacture of insulin.

Live cattlc exports to the United States will, ihereforo, not he a 10m; value gain in dollars since perhaps as much as 12 per cent may have to be expended for import essential by-products.

Describes Ten. Days In Fog

By Edward L. Campbell

LONDON. Dec. 1 —tAPi_Cougb. Blow your nose. Cough again.

Repeat at 10-miriute intervals.

when your throat begins to feel like sandpaper, your lungs ache and your nose quivers at the ap- proacih of a handkerchief. you'll be about 1-10ih of the way to under- stand how it feels to live 10 days in a fog.

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Wear spectacles of clouded 218$‘ during the day so _\'ou are never “sure whether you arc seeing things or imagining them. Al. night diin all the lights in your house. Let tlic- roc-ms fill with layers of stale tobacco smoke.

On second thouizht- give up irr-

Brltons War‘ iianadian Market lllfflcult To llold

By Jamel MeCnok LONDON’. Dec. 1 - (OP) — A plain warning that Canadian mar- kets for British goods will be held and expanded only by vigorous et- fort is given in e publication issued by the Board of ‘Trade export pro- motion department. lprpanslon of sales in Canada as e means of overcoming the dollar shortage is being constantly em- phasized as among the top object- ives of the British trade drive led by Sir Stafford CriPP-i- (Thancellor of the Exchequer; Harold Wilson, president of the Board of Trade, and their associates.

Sales to Canada during the first nine months of 1948 totalled £40,-

500,000 ($198,000,000) as against 230,250,000 in the same period last year.

Imports from Canada during the first nine months of this year were valued at £l66,330,000. -

The Board of Trader's export- womotion department looked at. the

Canadian market and produced these findings: 1. The Canadian consuming

public, by virtue of the success of the Dominion’: price control, has been ill-prepared for the prices Brftish exporters had to charge to cover production costs. ,

2. Already there is evident in Canada a greater consumer select- ivity and increased resistance to prices looked on as exorbitant. "It may not, be too long before we will have to virithstahd tlhe full ‘impact

of competition. .if the United Kingdom ls not to lose ground in the Canadian market, let alone

make progress. it is of the greatest importance that her prices should be right."

Ii. "It scents likely orders for British goods will be cancelled unless conditions im- prove." These cancellations may be made although Canadians are sympathetic to Britain in her dif- flculties.

“This is a sombre picture but it. is. nevertheless, apparent that a vigorous upsurge in Britain's ex- port trade to Canada is possible if the market is attacked with sufficient vigor." added the publi- cation entitled "economic and com- mercial conditions in Canada."

Canada's industrial development was likely to reduce her imports of manufactured goods. But. there vras a compensating factor from the British viewpoint in that increased Canadian purchtfiifll D011" h" "broadened the base of consumer demand for luxury products" such as Britain could SITDPlV-

Under those conditions Britain might. gain more trade. but while the. Canadian has not. lost. admir- aiiriu for the quality and crafts- manship of Vnitcd Kingdom goods "he is North American in his con- suming habits and preferences and demands adaptation of his require- ments to North Jirnericrin condit-

ions."

T. B. Cure Was Fun In lined lildllflls

BLENHEIM, Oni- Dec. l.—-tCPl -Curcs for tuberculosis had a kick in them until science stepped in and spoiled the fun.

Here's a recipe dated 187i, which Mrs. J. L. Gosnell found among some papcrs which once belonged to her grandmother: _

“To ourc consutnption. get l0 cents worth of yellow dock, put one pint of boiling miter on it and let it stciv b0 get the strength out. Pour that pint off and put another pint of boiling water on the serne _vclloiv dock and lct it stand as be-

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in: and just take a Londoner's word for it.

Nobody kept any recorus on fogs lll'llllS country before 194i. 'i'bis one has been the worst recorded iii that brief period.

'l‘hcre's no getting away from i!- lt penetrates buildings as though they were tnaclc of lattice work. ll sccps doivn into cellars. ‘It crawls up into attics. it ivrnl“ arfllmd Will‘ face rind trickles down your collar. It seeps in thr- scams of your shoes and chills the marrow of 1'0"? bones.

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West Berliners To llot Sunday In Strange Election

BERIILIN. Dec. l- (A?) - Aborut 1.000.000 West Berliners are expected to vote this Sunday in one of the strangest el- ectlons of modern times. Caught 100 miles behind the iron curtain in the cold war, they will make known which of their conquerors they prefer.

Only two-thirds of the city. with 1.700.000 eligible voters, can take part. Originally the election was scheduled for the entire city, but the Russians have forbidden the ballot in the eastern third they occupy. An earlier plan to make the ballot available also to Cler- inans in the Russian sector. de- spite the ban. has been abandon- ed ae impractical.

West. Berlin will elect a new city government to edmiruster‘ the British, French and American lec- tors. The Russian-backed German communists meanwhile announced

(By The Canadian Press)

The annual Job of cutting and shipping Christmas trees, a major seasonal industry in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and other prov- inces, is in its finel phase. Cutting is continuing and shipments have started.

The business has quadrupled in value and nearly doubled in volume since 1938. Last year's export rec- ord to the United State|—6,'!fil,118 evergreens valued at $1.901,033_ls expected to be broken this lesson.

The Mriritlmes, with about u tenth of the Dominion’: population. produce almost one-fourth of the trees shipped from Canada. Last year approximately 1,500,000 frees left the seaside provinces in 700 freight cars for all parts of the United States.

Other destinations for the green symbols of Christmas include South American countries, the Philippine Islands, Hawaiian Islands, British West lndics and Cuba.

Liildiflfl the bundled trees at railway 5min!!! Culminates a year's W°rk- Exfiorting companies main-

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By Kay Rex (Canadian Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA, Dec. 1 — (CP) —This is "investiture iveek" at Govern-l merit House and Viscount Alexend- i er is a busy man.

At a lengthy ceremony today he decorated 100 men and women with some of the nation's highest awards for service to the country.

To morrow he will go to work agaln—ut. l0 o'clock in the morning —investlng 131 more persons.

At e ceremony the same after- noon another large group of Can- adians will assemble in the rose- drapcd ballroom for a third in- vcstiture.

In all, the Governor-General will pronounce those impressive words "In the name of His Majesty the King I invest you . . "-364 times.

Journalists, scientists and econ- omic experts who made outstand- ing contributions to Canada's war effort were among those decorated at today's lnvestiture.

Among those receiving the medal of the Order of the British Em- pire was the Dominion statistician, Herbert Marshall. Another was Mayor Stanley Lewis of Ottawa. “for leadership in the field of vol- untary ivar service."

Alleged Portrait 0f Shakespeare

LONDON, Dec. l iReuters)

Playuriglit Clifford Bax has appealed for a. respite from the flood of "pilgrims" and curiosity- seekcrs who have besieged his home since he claimed he found oui how William -Si.‘iakespeare rrrilly looked.

Every innil brings letters-many of tlicm ative mzsszvcs from people who believe that Sir Francis Bacon ivrote the Shakespeare plays.

Strangers constantly invade the old-ivorld peace of the Albany -— a quiet cul cle sac off Piccadilly in the heart. of London — where, like Lorri Byron and Lord Mac- Aulcy before him. Bax has his home.

The picture of Shakespeare is the centre. of a controversy be- tivcen art. experts and Shakes- pearean scholars.

The main fascination is that so littc is known about the life and character of the Elizabethan ivho left the world its greatest lite-vary treasures.

Bax bought the painting for £80 ($320.) from an Italian priest. On the brick of the canvas is an ele- tzlint. inscription in archaic Ital- ian claiming that the. portrait rcprcsents "the great English poet Gulielmo Sccspiirio." that it was painted by Franz Hats and given to the monastery of Santo Greg- orio by the Earl of Nithsdale be- fore be died in 1744.

Inquiries made at the monas- trry yielded no information, most of the records having disappeared. Ari, experts have decided that tho piilntcr “'2! not. l-‘rsnr. Hats bu: belonged in the school of Van Dyke. contemporary with Shakes- pcarc.

The portrait, about thee feet by two. shows an old man with straggling silvery heir and the look of tormented genius ori' his face. He holds a goose quill pois- ed above a manuscript.

The bone structure oi’ the face and curtain definite characteris- i-stics, such as s strangely uplift- ed nostril. are identical with the ivoodcut which forms the front- ispioce to the first. folio of the poet as a young man.

The painting shows that. Shakespeare 7 if it is he - lied lost. his top teeth in old age. Many Shakespearean schol- ars iii-e convinced that. the man in the painting is the famous bard. Art experts will not com- mit themselves.

"Iin alleged portrait of shakes- peaire turns up every other month," they say.

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VANCOUVER - (C?) ~ A re- versal of the nurse shortage situation in Vancouver is attri- buted to the B. C. Government Insurance plan. Officials say the present surplus of nurses is temporary because many persons are waiting until the insurance plan comes into effect Jan. 1. be- fore entering hospital.

Week Of Investitures For Governor General

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city government which will et- tmipt. to control all Berlin.

Ham: Jendretzky, city-chairmani of the Russian-sponsored Sociallsti Unity (Communist) Party todayi officially confirmed the long-ru-i morcd plan for a separate city regime; addressing a party con- vention, he demanded the resigna- tion of the present city ‘govern- merit.

On the ballot will be the can- didates of three anti-Communist parties-the leftist Social Demo- crats. the Conservative Christian Democrats and the rightist Lib-

Aquitaiiia Headed For The Scrapheap l

IDNDON, Dec. 1 -—<AP) —T'ne Cunard White Star line's 45,000- ton passenger ship Aquitania scenis headed for t-he scraplir-np.

Officials of the line said today the 34-year-old ship will make lWO more trips between Soutliariiirtoii and Halifax carrying emigrants to Canada.

After she returns to Sfllliligmp- ton about Jan. 20 ii-rz-ni hcr inst emigrant trip "she may be scrapped, but no plans have been announced," s. Cunard official said tonight.

The ship was launched in 1914 and saw service in both \\'?.l'S as a troop carrier and hospital ship. For years she was the Cunard White Star's flagship.

not. ivritten on the ballot. It is the question of east versus treat. ‘western democracy versus Com- muninm, the air lift versus the Russian blockade.

The election will give scme two- iliirds of Berlin's population a chalice zit. lasi to raise its iloice on one of the most. critical issues sznce the war. It is whether Russians should have their and gain full control over what they agreed should be a four-pow- cr city behind their iron curtain

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