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...Marine detachment had a routine mission: to carry six truckloads of supplies up the 75-mile route from Tientsin to Peiping. Because they had been fired on before in this area, bitterly contested by Chinese Communist and Nationalist armies, the marines traveled in an armed convoy of weapons carriers, staff cars and jeeps. At high noon, on a paved road near Anping, the mission ceased to be routine...
...ricains in their country, now grumble that there are not enough G.I.s to escort the Boches. Last week, French indignation reached a new high near Reims, when several hundred demonstrators protested against Nazi P.W. insolence and arrogance. Down came a U.S Army roadside sign which gave convoy instructions in English and German; up went a laconic, patriotic substitute: "Reims, territoire fran...
...internees were escorted by 24 soldiers of the Indonesian army-the same army which has held them captive since they were prisoners of the Japanese. Nipponese P.O.W.s unloaded their baggage. Indonesian military police directed traffic outside the station as a motor convoy moved the forlorn group off to evacuation camps and hospitals. In all this dismal scene, the only other Dutchmen in evidence were a few doctors wearing Red Cross armbands...
...Anglo-American Correspondents Association decided to make a formal, Dutch-uncle protest to the Government. The idea came from Canadian-born Eric Downton of Reuters, president of the Association, who arrived in Moscow four months, ago, after wartime service as a lieutenant on a Canadian corvette on Atlantic convoy. Brooks Atkinson, an old censor fighter, helped polish the protest. Every member of the Association, including Anna Louise Strong, approved the unanimous protest, which was addressed and sent to Foreign Commissar Viacheslav M. Molotov. Excerpts...
After 35 years of complete Japanese domination, Koreans were falling over themselves with pent-up political activity. One small boat met the U.S. convoy 20 miles offshore. In it was a Korean who nominated himself for Finance Minister...