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veterans development planned, Luna Pk site, Coney Is
horse-trading attempts reptd blocked by differences between Brit and USSR views; council com leaves issue of 9 applicants to full Security Council decision; council rept on applications to Gen Assembly reptd due on Aug 29
Radio s on US oil supply
1946Che Yaoxian, Chinese communist (born 1894)[â ]
Che Yaoxian was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and an officer in the Sichuan army. In 1921, after meeting a local preacher in Jianyang, he converted to Christianity. In 1927, he represented Sichuan at the East Asian Christian Association conference in Shanghai. Sometime in the 1930s, he founded the anti-imperialist Chengdu Christian Improvement Association, which advocated for "self-nourishing" and "self-propagation". However, he also experienced crises of faith, such as in 1928, when he lamented in a poem titled "Oath to Myself": "Religion merely deceives foolish people."
1946Luo Shiwen, Chinese communist (born 1904)[â ]
Luo Shiwen was a Chinese communist. Born in Weiyuan County, Sichuan, he became interested in communism during the May Fourth Movement before joining the Chinese Socialist Youth League in 1923 and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1925. After three years in the Soviet Union, he returned to China in 1928 and was dispatched to advise General Kuang Jixun when his forces declared themselves part of the Red Army. After several victories against the Kuomintang (KMT), the communist forces were defeated at Kaijiang, and Luo was subsequently sent to provide training in the SichuanâShanxi Soviet.