Now A Man
Vietminh Offensive In
Indochina Tapers Off
HANOI, Indochina, (£>) — The
furious Communist-led Vietminh
offensive towards the Black River
in northwestern Indochina ap
peared to hav.e tapered off, at
least temporarily, Saturday with
the rebels short on fresh war
equipment and supplies to con
tinue the big push.
The Vietminh were trying to
rush the essentials through the
mountains from bases 60 to 100
miles away but heavy strafings
and bombings by the French Air
Force were breaking up convoys
of coolies hauling supplies.
Meanwhile, French Union forc
es, withdrawn towards the Black
River from the Nghialo sector 100
miles northwest of Hanoi, were
swiftly consolidating their posi
tions to meet fresh assaults.
The French established an ^ir
supply base in the Sonia sector,
50 miles southwest of Nghialo and
south of the Black River.
French officials said the first
phase of the battle for the Thai
mountain country appeared to be
ended. The big questions now
were how quickly the Vietminh
could pack supplies through the
jungle mountains and where they
might strike next.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND—List
ed for 40 years in Debrett’s Peerage
' as '‘The Honorable Elizabeth
Forbes-Sempill”, younger sister of
the 19th Baron Sempill, this British
woman doctor announced that she
will be known in future as a man
with the legally-changed name of
Ewan. She, or he, announced: “I
have completed the re-registration
of my birth as a male.”
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