U.S.S. HOUSTON 
EVENING PRESS NEWS 
22 JULY 1938 
FOREIGN NEWS 
New Work 
Direct short wave radio telephone conversations between Pitc .airn 
Island and a London newspaper correspondent in New York revealed 
today that the inhabitants of the tiny Pacific Island soon may 
be" cut off completely from the world. Food supplies are run- 
ning short and ships are avoiding Pitcairn island because of 
a rumor of typhoid epidemic there. Medical supplies also are 
needed. The plight of the island was disclosed in a plea 
over the short wave earlier this week. The plea brought an 
official denial from the British Colonial Office at London. 
Today, to establish the true facts, the New York correspon- 
dent for the London Daily Telegraph, Douglas Williams, talked 
directly with Pitcairn Island for one hour. Williams was per- 
mitted to use the short wave transmitter operated by Mrs. 
Dorothy Hall of Laurelton, L.I. Exceedingly clear reception 
prevailed, despite the 8,000 miles between Pitcairn and New 
York. The London newspaper representative talked with Edgar' 
Christian. Christian like all other residents of the island, 
is a descendant of the mutineers who seized the British war- 
ship Bounty” in 1790. Said Christian, "The gasoline 
supply for the motor which generates electricity for our 
small radio transmitter is nearly exhausted. Unless we soon 
get a new supply of gasoline, we will not be able to communi- 
cate with the"' outside world. Please see that we get prompt sup- 
plies of food, medicine, and gasoline. 
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Chines' Army officials reported today that freshly landed troops 
from Japan were being rushed into the Yangtze battle area as the 
Nipponese prepared for a new assault on Euikiang. The Chinese 
said they learned that new troops were being brought from 
Japan although transports have been moving reinforcement s 
into the Yangtze sector for several days, the Japanese still 
delayed this expected offensive, apparently warring for more 
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of their talk with the British 
Halifax. French Government sources disclosed ■ .hat the 
groundwork for the primary talks had been prepared m an ex- 
change of letters between Prime Minister Chamberlain and 
Daladier. Erench Officials refused to say whether the 
Chamberlain letters gave any hint of the nature of the infor- 
mal exchanges that have boon in progress between Chamberlain 
and Chancellor Hitler. 
