Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-28
U. 5. Warships Quit
IYangi1e Anehorages
In Shanghai Area


SHANGHAI. May 2s.-An Amer
lean warships sailed today from
their anchozsges In the Yangtxs
River below Shanghai.
There were four ships A crlis-
er. believed 10 be the St Paul. and
two deStroyers had been anchored
at the mouth Of the Ysngtxe. An
otser destroyer had been farther
up the river. near woosung. where
the Whangpoo River meets the
Yangtze
All United States Navy ships at
Shanghai withdrew to the Yang
TIE as the Communists approached
the city.
City Returning TO Normal.
Meanwhile. this largest city I'M
der Chinese Communist rule was
returning TO normal after the long
siege and disruption Of its eco
nomic life.
But the complex problems at
tendant to the running of a me-
tropolis Of 5000 900 persons al
ready were beginning TO be felt
Communist officials have not
set the rates for their new cur
rency the Jen Min Piao.
/ Consequently. merchants who
are rapidly reopening their places
/ Of business won't take the old
Nationalist currency. which was
afioat In great volume before the
/ Communists took the city.
The open money market was
dealing already in Communist
money along with Chinese silver
dollars and American currency,
These three are all merchants will
accept.
Rail Service Restored.
Railway service between Shanghai
and Marking was getting back TO
normal The first train TO Marking
departed late today after two
officers arrived to head the railway
department OF the Communist
military control council.
| Newspapers said the SHANGHAI
Marking line has only q Today
supply of coal.
Another problem Is shipping,
without which Shanghai can not
live.
/ Foreign and Chinese shipping
lines were trying to contact the
proper Communist authorities TO
negotiate resumption of service.
Foreign air line officials here were
doing the same thing.
/ A spokesman for American Pres
ident Lines said 1t would like TO
bring ships in as soon as possible.
( American Aid Ends.
! No more American aid will come
into Shanghai under the Economic
Cooperation Administration pro-
gram, announced George st. Louis,
ECA director here.
| The Shanghai Power Co. has
fuel oil for only Is days. For the
past several months its oil sup
plies have been paid for with ECA
| foreign exchange.
The Red regime will face a criti-
cal situation unless more oil can
be procured speedily. Unless it can
obtain new supplies from outside
sources. 1t will have this choice:
Take the stocks of private oil
companies or let the power COM
pany 60 idle and stop virtually
every industry in the city.
The Reds are not believed to
have any foreign exchange avail
able for purchasing oil abroad and
no ships to bring In coal from
North China in time.
Traffic Jam Back Again.
Aside from the scars of battle
along Soochow Greek in down.
town Shanghai. and the absence
of the great swarm Of shipping
along the waterfront. the city was
fast taking on its old familiar APP
pearance.
The traffic jam. tremendous
snarl without which the city
seems almost naked, was back
again as exasperating as ever.
Hawkers crowded the sidewalks.
Stores reopened. The barbed-
wire barbados were being rolled
up.
Shanghai's week of siege was
being forgotten.