SHANGHAI, April 24 -- The many fears of a city about to be besieged are coursing through this metropolis of 5,500,000. Soldiers are jumpy, remembering the Communist-led insurrection that won Shanghai in 1927. The foreign population senses a growing danger of riots that may take an anti-foreign turn. Refugees numbering perhaps 1,000,000 cling fearfully to their few possessions.

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1949Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver^[†]

Vicente Alberto Pernía, known as El Tano, is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a defender. He then went on to a second career as a car racing driver.

1949Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance^[†]

Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn, also known as DSK, is a French economist and politician who served as the tenth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and was a member of the French Socialist Party. He attained notoriety due to his involvement in several sex scandals.

1949James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic^[†]

James Martin Fenton is an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry.

Headlines from April 25, 1949

Offensive Is Unchecked; CHINESE COMMUNIST FORCES RACE ON TO EXTEND THEIR RULE SHANGHAI RINGED; TAIYUAN IS TAKEN

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AMA Assails Health Plan Of Truman as a 'Scourge'; AMA SAYS TRUMAN IS URGING 'SCOURGE'

PUBLISHERS REPORT GAINS IN BUSINESS; AP MEETING TODAY; Press Leaders, Here for Annual Conventions, Assert a 'Little Recession' Has Been Curbed HIGH COSTS CHIEF WORRY Television Is Held No Threat to Newspapers -- Fear of War Is Said to Be Subsiding PUBLISHERS REPORT GAINS IN BUSINESS

Troops in Shanghai Jumpy As Martial Law Is Enforced; Soldiers in Shanghai Are Jumpy; Real Martial Law Clamps Down

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