The Straits Times, 3 October 1945

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  • 17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— BSTABLISHSb Ib*>, I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1945 PWCK 10 CENTS
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  • 205 1 NuO-CHINA SITUATION NOW EASIER French Warships Bringing Troops From India LONDON, Oct. I.— British minesweepers and (her Bhipf of the British East Indies Fleet arrived t troubled Saigon yesterday, states a late message rom Colombo. Their arrival has relieved the plight of the stni tided
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  • 118 1 MONTE VIDEO. Oct. I.— A revolt which wfll overthrow the Government of General Farrell in Argentina is imminent, according to the Argentine Socialist Leader, Dr. Alfredo Palacios. "The present situation there cannot last two months.' he said. If Britain and the British Dominions were willing to
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  • 253 1 No Dutch "Peace Offer" Yet Forthcoming LONDON, Oct. I.— Lt.-Gen. Sir Philip Christison, Allied Commander in the N.E.1., said today that he hoped Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, who was Lieutenant-Governor of the N.E.1., would be able to make a statement that would satisfy Indonesian nationalists.
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  • 219 1 ARAB LEADER ON POSITION IN PALESTINE LONDON, Oct. I.— Charging the Times' corresp indent with building up a case against Arabs in favour of Zionists, Edward Atiyah, of the London Arab Office in a letter to the Times today says that the correspondent "entirely overlooks" the progress in the Arab
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  • 38 1 LEEDS, Sept. 30. Because of the increasing scope of military obligations which Britain is bound to fulfil, difficulties surrounding the entirt problem of demobilisation are growing "not less but more acute," declares the Yorkshire Post. Reuter.
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  • 93 1 LEOPOLD AWAITS VERDICT OF BELGIANS SELS, Oct. I—From1 From near Salzburg, King of the Belgians to..ridressed the first proclamation *o the since his release Germans. oclamation was compos>ve of my departure d where I shall cc the verdict of at the elections." it said, there would 'hat his passive resist
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  • 364 1 TOKIO, Oct. I.— General Mac Arthur and) Emperor Hirohito of Japan were in complete agree- j nent on matters discussed at their recent interview' lere, according to the text of the interview which is iow available. General Mac Arthur made "a
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  • 112 1 WILL THE ATOM BOMB REMAIN A SECRET? WASHINGTON, Oct. I—President Harry Truman will send a message on the use and control of the atomic bomb to the U.S. Congress early this week, it was announced at the White House tonight. It is believed that President Truman wishes to consult Mr.
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  • 769 2 AFTERMATH OF "SYONA'N" IN SINGAPORE TODAY l\\ Our Coauaercial C©nre«po«dc«l Our Commercial Correspondent was m Singapore throughout the Japanese regime and writes with full knowledge of their efforts to fix prices and complete failure to control the local blackmarket operators. With that experience m
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  • 540 2 "Singapore's Junk Fleet Sails, Again" few headings M the Straits Times m the last few day.s have given us so much pleasure to print as that one. Singapore harbour is a depressing sight today. The inner roads oil co! Iyer Quay and the Esplanade contain Hflf a few
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    • 80 2 Perplexity reigns m the minds of many Asiatics as to why the Japanese prisoners were taken away from Singapore when so many public works are m arrears. The European p.o.ws. were made by the Japs to do all kinds of work, right up to the time when they surrendered. Now
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    • 91 2 I have a brother who served; in the S.S.V.F. and wa s taken by the Japs during an identification parade about six days after the surrender of Singapore. Recently a big local firm in which he was employed was payIng out a certain sum to all its staff except those
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    • 101 2 Dressers m hospitals who were engaged during the Japanese period have been notified that their services will not be required af.er Sept. 30. on the instruc ions of the Director of Medical Services, Singapore. But what about the nurses who joined the service during the same period? No
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    • 63 2 Those renegades who served their Japanese masters at the bloody expense of innocent civilians for their own selfish ends are too notorious to be forgotten by the unfortunate victims themselves. If your correspondent Robert Tan Is still innocent of the sufferings itid^rpone by victims of the Japanese collaborators, I
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    • 49 2 Before the fall of Singapore I was on active service on board a Brrish naval store issue ship sailing amongst enemy submarines, mines, warships, aircraf;, etc. I have registered for a job but have not ye. been given a chance Ang Chu Kirn 861-A. Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore
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    • 102 2 Naval Base employees are s ill at a loss ;o know whether they are qualified for the three-months-pay token payment that is to be paid to Government and Municipal employees by the B.M.A. Having been right m the danger area riming the Malayan campaign, our services were certainly
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    • 79 2 The public thoroughfares are being encroached upon by vegetable vendors, cloth sellers and a host of Such people. In Joo Chiat Road, facing the Geylang market, there is hardly moving space for the pedestrian, and he is always m danger of being run over by lorries, cars, cycles and rickshas
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    • 165 2 There is one and only one good thing the Japanese have done. From my childhood, in all government offices, whenever the nationality of a Chinese was required, he was always put down as a Hokkien, or a Cantonese, or a Hylam, etc. But during the Japanese occupation the nationality
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  • 620 2 Singapore Diary IT is strangely lik>' old time, I the Straits Times olluc. in "ir i for those of us who lu\< y H from P.O.W. and ioternm I in Singapore and Siam nry J until relief arrives. Alan Humphreys, who used to I a sub-editor on the Nii^ i
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  • 457 3 Military Police Raid Local Stalls CONFISCATION OI ALL STOLEN PROPERTY Military authorities in Singapore have take measures to prevent the sale, j or possession of any stores and rations don ig to the Military and the Red Cross. i the field have been
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  • 159 3 ■..co -hour rush on i pore's main arteries as been consider- thil week as omnitgan operating on the inlayson Green route, the first omnibuses sea Dy the Singapore npany since he re- and they are run-'.2-minute intervals. ime being it will not :ble to supplement the j
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  • 316 3 Families Reunited Alter Four Years Several people, lost to their families for nearly four years, have been found this week. Responsible for finding them and making arrangements for their quick return is the Citizens' Advice Bureau, an organisation which has the huge task of tracking down thousands
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  • 141 3 Erie Davies. former member of the 8.8.C. stall who came out to Singapore m 1941 to take up the post of Director of the Malaya Broadcasting Corporalon, is one of a party of British missing, believed killed m evacuating from Java In March, 1942. Others m
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  • 127 3 Il was too good to be true! The official release headed "Municipal Rates Reduced Two-Thirds" published in yesterday's Straits Times now turns out to have been the result of a misunderstanding. The following is the text of a further official statement issued yesterday: "It is
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  • 77 3 Alleged to have charged a British Army Officer $1.05 above the control price for a kati of tomatoes, a Chinese vegetable vendor, Seng Pang Scow, appeared before Major Rees m the First District Court yesterday. The accused was arrested •at Joo Chiat Road on Sunday
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    • 355 3 CAN YOU HELP? Free Advertising For Jobs As a contribution to the unemployment problem in Singapore, and in order to help readers who arc searching for jobs, the Straits Times will give free advertising space to employers wishing to advertise vacancies. Such advertisements should be addressed to the Manager, Straits
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  • 199 4 VIEW OF TRADE UMON LEADER PARIS, Sept. 30.— Accusing American "big business" of not wishing to see Germany's war potential utterly destroyed, Sydney Hillman, leader oi the American Congress of Industrial Organisations delegation to the World Trade Union Conference today proposed that
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  • 145 4 CHINA'S HOPES FOR UNITY GROWING CHUNGKING, Oct. I.— Hope for a unified China now lies m an all-party political council, composed probably of equal numbers of Kuomintang, Communists, other parties, and non-party representatives. Only a united plea by General Mao Tse-tuns, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, and Major-General Patrick
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  • 62 4 The d «aster which befell the exItalian steamer Briti-h Patrol, which caught fire and had to be abandoned > some 46 m les off Port Said, was j smaller than it VU first thoupht. The ph'p was carrying 562 refugees from Abyssinia and East Africa and it is now seated
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  • 395 4 orst Advertisement" For Britain LONDON. Sep:. 29.—India has become Britain s worst advertisement, says Alan Moorehead, one of Britain's best-known war correspondents, m today's Daily Express. "You simply cannot ignore the matter," adds Moorehead, "since it involves one-fifth of the people of this earth. But you
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  • 54 4 Commander of the U.S. 3rd Army, 1.t.-On. George S. Patton, Has been ordered to appear before Gen. Ei-en-llnwir :lii< \w<-k. to ei\e a personal report of his steward-hip of Bavaria. Tkif follows Cfn. P,i:ton'<« statement to a prc^s conference that he "<aw no rif.-d for a df-nazifi< ri.in pniu'ramm m
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  • 81 4 LONDON. Oct. 7— Enlar-inc on the announcement, that the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Manchuria will be completed by the end of November. Moscow Radio said. "Partial withdrawal of Soviet troops from Manchuria was begun a few days r.go. The wl hdrawal of the bulk of
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  • 89 4 LONDON. Oct. I—Well-in-formed quarters believe that *he permanent seat of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization may be somewhere m -he United States. The question wJJI be discussed m the plenary session by the Preparatory Commission's executive committee. Meanwhile Britain is asking that India
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  • 43 4 WASHINGTON. Oct. I.—President Harry Truman has requested 'he British Government to adma displaced Jews from Germany inio Pal Mine. same time a letter from 1.. t-o president to Oen nr". 1 remedy docking condit: n d to the White
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  • 452 4 Hi.' S\i an Cab net Imm been reI constructed undet tin Mwuership >i .sala.lnllah Al Jal«r:, Pr me Mmistrr 'm 1943 and repros<-ntati\e on ili< Arab League Council, it was Ml nonnced m Dmmwcw on Sunda>. l.ilui also becomes Fore gn M nis.ei and Minister of National
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  • 123 4 THE HAGUE, Sept. 30— The sudden capitulation of Japan, said the Netherlands Foreign Minister, had radically changed the plans of the fighting forces for the Far East. The Government decided to put at the immediate disposal of Admiral Helfrich 27,000 men for re-occupation m co-operation
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