Many Communists Frozen to Death Sining, Oct. 31 Military communiques indicate that large hordes of remnant red bandit who recently fled from north we: Szechuen to the Chinghai borders are suffering under the most dire conditions.
Haichow, Oct, 30.
The flood situation in Haichow and Kuanyun, northeastern Kiangeu, took another turn for the worse yesterday when 300 ft, of the Shih River dykes and 1,000 ft. of the Shan River dykes. simultaneously collapsed under the pressure of the racing currents, lashed by a strong northwesterly gale, Subsequently, a large tract of farm land and 400 villages along the river embankments were submerged, The two streams, combining together, are rapidly spreading over the countryside—Kuo Min, With the approach of the cold weather, many have already frozen to death, and the extreme shortage of food has turned some of the bandits into cannibals, the stronger remnants, reduced to utter despair, having killed and eaten their weaker comrades.
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