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High vacation costs and lack of transport and resorts are plaguing our staffs in warring China. Nevertheless, Fred Gruin reports from Nanking that he has the name of a veteran missionary in Kuling, China's cool summer capital, who may be able to find a cottage for him there...
¶ At the base of the Shantung peninsula, the Government had even more regulars than in Manchuria. One great task was reopening the Tientsin-Nanking railroad. Yet, in the Shantung campaign, chasing Communists was like punching a sack of rice. The fist sank in, but the Communists bulged back instead...
Pattern in Nanking. Without waiting for Wedemeyer's appraisal, Nanking last week officially buried the notion that the war was going to be won in a matter of weeks or months, or settled by talks around a table. The theme now was "war to the death," as Nanking issued...
"Some observers think that the whole thing is a mass hallucination brought on by local practical jokers throwing noodles over bamboo fences at unsuspecting neighbors while the neighbors look for Flying Saucers. However, with food as costly as it is, other observers doubt that anything except a Thudwunk would throw...
Much Need, Little Hope. Wedemeyer's mission meant no basic change in U.S. policy. There never had been any question but that Chiang Kai-shek's government should be helped. The only question was how, and on what terms. Nanking's immediate needs were higher than ever...