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April 22, 1949

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Headlines from April 22, 1949

British Sailors Crawl, Swim Through Machine-Gun Fire; 59 BRITISH SAILORS CRAWL TO SAFETY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Brit sailor describes attack on Amethyst and how he led 59 survivors to safety

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FRONT IS WIDENED; Parts of Three Armies Already Over Yangtze in New Beachheads REGIME TO LEAVE NANKING Embassy Urges U. S. Citizens to Quit the Capital -- Chiang to Confer With Li and Ho BRITISH DEAD AND WOUNDED REMOVED FROM WARSHIP RED CHIEFS ORDER BIG CHINESE DRIVE

By Henry R. Liebermanspecial To the New York Times

Mao Tze-tung and Gen Chu Teh order offensive to 'liberate' nation; 3 armies breach Yangtze; bridgeheads established, Tikang area; Kiangpu captured; map; Govt leaders decide to evacuate Nanking; Taiyuan shelled; US natls urged to quit Nanking

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NO SOVIET FEELERS, TRUMAN DECLARES; President Tells Conference None Has Come His Way -- He Is Cautious on Berlin Lift NO SOVIET FEELERS, TRUMAN DECLARES

By Felix Belair Jr.special To the New York Times

Pres Truman silent; speculation

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Greek Gets Life in Polk Slaying; Salonika Trial Is Pronounced Fair; GREEK GETS LIFE IN POLK SLAYING GETS LIFE SENTENCE

By A. C. Sedgwickspecial To the New York Times

Stachtopolous found guilty; por; sentenced to life; A Mouzenides and E Vasvanas, tried in absentia, found guilty and sentenced to death; trial held fair; Consul Gen Gibson, Maj Gen Donovan and Polk's brother William statements

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Truman's Program Will Triumph, Barkley Asserts at Dinner Here; BARKLEY BOLSTERS TRUMAN PROGRAM

By James A. Hagerty

1,200 attend at $100-plate; VP Barkley s

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1949Spencer Haywood, American basketball player^[†]

Spencer Haywood is an American former professional basketball player and Olympic gold medalist. Haywood is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, being inducted in 2015.

Headlines from April 22, 1949

British Sailors Crawl, Swim Through Machine-Gun Fire; 59 BRITISH SAILORS CRAWL TO SAFETY

FRONT IS WIDENED; Parts of Three Armies Already Over Yangtze in New Beachheads REGIME TO LEAVE NANKING Embassy Urges U. S. Citizens to Quit the Capital -- Chiang to Confer With Li and Ho BRITISH DEAD AND WOUNDED REMOVED FROM WARSHIP RED CHIEFS ORDER BIG CHINESE DRIVE

NO SOVIET FEELERS, TRUMAN DECLARES; President Tells Conference None Has Come His Way -- He Is Cautious on Berlin Lift NO SOVIET FEELERS, TRUMAN DECLARES

Greek Gets Life in Polk Slaying; Salonika Trial Is Pronounced Fair; GREEK GETS LIFE IN POLK SLAYING GETS LIFE SENTENCE

Truman's Program Will Triumph, Barkley Asserts at Dinner Here; BARKLEY BOLSTERS TRUMAN PROGRAM

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