The Straits Times, 23 December 1945
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Title Section19 1945-12-23 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA NO. 11 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS19 words
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Article442 1945-12-23 1 '-But Force Is Not Enough, Says Netherlands Minister Dr. J. H. I,ogemunn, Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories, yesterday told the Netherlands Parliament although Dutch troops would be used to the full in Java, force alone could not solve the Dutch East Indies' problemReuter - 442 words
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Article92 1945-12-23 1 Rescuers of Airmen To Be Dropped LONDON, »«t 21:- British 4rni\ Headquarters in Java 1 for volunteers for a 1 par.itroop squad. «>▼* the special correspondent of thr I)ail> Telegraph. Arthur Ma thers, cabling from BataTia Ma4fe«l adds: Its duty will be to rescue Allied airmen l to bale out92 words
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Article164 1945-12-23 1 WAKE IS. MASSACRE REVEALED KWAJALIN. Dec. 22:— A Japanese warrant officer, Tomiro j lei and Ensign Bangulchl I yesterday testified that they had lied in previous testimony at the j request af their superior officers at the war crimes trial of Rear A :al Shiueatu Sakaibara. for■ornrr.ander of Wake Island.UP - 164 words
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Article49 1945-12-23 1 LONDON, Dec. 22:— The devaluation of the franc will be announced toda", states a Reuter message from Paris. The choice of a new rate of exchange against sterling Ls believed to have recently been between three figures, 400; 480 and 600, writes Reuter's financial editor.— Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article57 1945-12-23 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22— Mr. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary for the Interior, has officially approved statehood for Hawaii. In a statement, Ickes said the war had prevented Congressional consideration of statehood for the territory, but the record of the people of Hawaii during the war had clearly indicated57 words
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Article91 1945-12-23 1 4½—HOUR INFORMAL MEETING MOSCOW, Dec 22: Heads of the British, American and Soviet delegations had an informal four-and-a-half hour meeting yesterday which progressed so well that it was decided to dispense with the usual formal meeting. M. Molotov. Soviet Foreign Commissar, Mr. James Byrnes, United States Secretary of State, andReuter - 91 words
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Article350 1945-12-23 1 "Blood Guts" Patton Dead FRANKFURT, Dec. 22:— Gen. George Patton, Commander of the United States 15th Army, died yesterday. Oen. George ("Blood and Guts") Patton, who not two months ago celebrated his 60th birthday, will go down in history as the most spectacular and one of most successful commanders ofReuter - 350 words
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Article, Illustration73 1945-12-23 1 Christmas 1945 Is the first real Christinas in Malaya for four years. And, while it w 111 be an austerity Christmas for most people, yet the spirit of Christmas will be there. To the troops all over Malaya have been dispatched during the last few days larre quantities73 words
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169 1945-12-23 1 Russian Sphere Extends To Manchuria LONDON*, Dec. 22: United States diplomatic quarters envisage the possibility that the Russian sphere of influence may be extended to Manchuria, says the Washington correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The correspondent quotes as examples of the same Russian pollcv the support of the autonorr v169 words
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Article130 1945-12-23 1 BATAVIA. Dec. 21:— A Marshal Sir Ke.th Park, Air Command-er-in-Chlef of South East Asia, told airmen on Batavia airfield today that Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey and himself were "fed up" with delays in the mail service to Southeast Asia.130 words
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Article331 1945-12-23 1 CHUNGKING, Dec. 22:— General George C. Marshall arrived at Chungking on the eve of the meet* ing of the Political Consultative Council on which hopes of a settlement of Chinese civil strife is based The Generalissimo and Oeneral Marshall, who brings details of the United States'Reuter - 331 words
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107 1945-12-23 1 British Demands On Siam Keep U.S. Guessing WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.-8ome) sources here yesterday declared that Britain still demands that the Siamese pay for all bombing damage to British property in Siam— both from Japanese and allied attacks and pay me costs of the occupation, In addition to rice reparations. OtherUP - 107 words
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Article106 1945-12-23 1 LONDON, Dec. 22:.. Officers of the United States 6th Army have disck'-sed that Japanese military equipment is being concealed despite repeated demands that it be reported, says the special correspondent of the News Chronicle, cablng from Tokyo. He adds: "On Shikoku, 6th Army men have foundReuter - 106 words
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Article32 1945-12-23 1 TOKIO, Dec. 22:— The Japanese warship Soya is leaving Kure tomorrow for Shanghai for the return of Japanese repat'iates Th« ship will thereafter shuttle between Shanghai and Kagoshl-ma.-UP.UP - 32 words
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Advertisement126 1945-12-23 1 m DON'T DELAY! [Vr COME TOD AYI «j| TWO MORE DAYS TO GO. &WE SHALL BE CELEBRATING FIRST LIBERATED X'MAS Our Famous Toyland will be closed on Christinas Day and in order to meet the convenince of our numerous Customers WE OPEN TODAY! Today 23rd December, we open from 9126 words
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Article869 1945-12-23 2 Rubber Handling Charges Col. R. M. Williams, or the Trade and Industry Department of the B.M.A., said a few days a^o that the ten -cents handling charge on rubber MIGHT prove insufficient. That itatement shook quite a number of people who have regarded the charge as excessive almost to869 words
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Article, Illustration1300 1945-12-23 2 L.M. Banerji - L.M. Banerj i By Is The Sakai's Friend Dead Or Alive? The cabled message read as follows: "Can you rush thousand word story and available pictures Patrick Noon white man protector of aborigines Malayan Civil Service living among Sakai Pygmies as king only white man accepted1,300 words
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Article428 1945-12-23 2 Pte. R.A. Richardson, Royal Norfolk Regt. B rd-watchers. although on the increase, are still very few and far between, especially among men and women of the Forces: which is a great pity really, for it has proved so enthralling to those of us who have428 words
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Advertisement471 1945-12-23 2 SITUATION VACANT -i HMMTI school tupurary teachers aud one rrs/U lirattana stating quaili copies of mtteonlaU to Acting Prin. be Rlvca to C .liege Oft^iMHi «r CnderMISCELLANEOUS Mrs T Watson, A. itii Cujr require news of Mr haW Juhti Grut aud r. <.' to Mrv i <j^tr» lU«4. Offlcer Urine471 words
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464 1945-12-23 3 Facilities To Be Given To Private Employers A s\sUm of supplying food, cooked or uncooked, to 'I I! MA. employees in Singapore will be introduces ■htrtl) and facilities for carrying out a similar schenu v l)o extended to all private employers who arc interested.464 words
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Article, Illustration21 1945-12-23 3 rhoio stow. t*» l»t Lancter boa her lon the rfchtl U lard Bu.Uxwortb alrsU ip to Malaya.21 words
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596 1945-12-23 3 Malayans In Red Cross Unit The first team of the "Save the Children Fund' to come to the Far East has arrived in Malaya with the aim of establishing a branch in Ma'aya to assist with the relief and rehabilitation of the country. Among other596 words
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Article462 1945-12-23 3 ARMY GOODS THEFT CASE £2,000 Worth Of Stores Involved Pleading guilty to charges of criminal breach of trust and theft in respect of N. A. A. F.I. stores, the captain and seven other British officers of the ship "Sam Freedom" had varying sentences parsed on them in the Superior Court462 words
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358 1945-12-23 3 Yov do not usually expe -t to fino ■a artist at work In a company of bandcrfT-swinfting policemen but <"hen you find two. lt'B excusable if you want to share your riisco' cry. I found my two among Military Policemen in the Orchard Road358 words
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Advertisement295 1945-12-23 3 >Mi o, s(RAP J Large Marln- type ry'.lndrtcal .rs and I smaller boats boilo* at H M. Naval Base. Singapore^re offered r^ he t> 9*rs piay be JKt%ti daily from 27th D*cetnb<r :9« ft :rj«i January. 1 4« by *i ai.em Bt i S N S O II M Naval295 words
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Advertisement168 1945-12-23 3 MAJESTIC l.v Tone Sen Street Phone Ml Last 4 Shows: I.M. (.39 A 9.00 p m. Generalissimo CHIANG RAI SHt.K expounding to the nation the prln>Mp'es of "THE NEW LIFE MOVEMENT" followed by a Ist run Mandarin picture with full English sub-titles -DARK PARADISE" i QUEENS... ÜBVLAWU j TODAY: 11168 words
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Advertisement328 1945-12-23 3 EN S A VICTORIA M£MO?JAL iiAL SUNDAY, 23rd. DEC. 5 P.M. SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Under The Distinguished Patronage Of U-Gen Sir Miles Dempsey. KCB KBC. DSO. MC. Conductor Dr. Erik hlsholm PHAETON SAINT SAENS CREDO ViJLDI SYMPHONY NO. S BEETHOVEN ADMISSION FREE MARLBOROUGH Boi office Phone SM9. 1.39. 3.M. 5.15328 words
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635 1945-12-23 4 LONDON, Sat:— A statement of policy pledging an early joint withdrawal of British and French troops from the Levant States, and stating "the desirability of a contribution to the welfare of the Middle East as a whole", have been agreed by the British andReuter - 635 words
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Article133 1945-12-23 4 NFW YORK. Dec. 21 Stocks on the New York market today continued la de !m for the third successive day as the tr: ding held the slow pact of th? last t«a days. The pre-holiday considerations, coupled with the absence of a large number ofUP - 133 words
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Article368 1945-12-23 4 Continued from Page 2) Whether Koone is dead or alive, ll still a matter of conjecture. Pail ng to secure the necessary information from independent sojrees, I approached certain officials who. I believed with the machinery at their disposal could set it without much difficulty with368 words
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Article89 1945-12-23 4 "Antediluvian Snobbery" LONDON, Dec. 22.— There will be general public support for the Home Secretary's touch line with those hotels and restaurant proprietors who seek to sustain the colour bar, states an editorial in today's London Evening Star. "Anyone who refuses to serve Indians or Africans on the ground ofReuter - 89 words
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130 1945-12-23 4 British Control For German Collieries ESSEN, Dec. 22:— Direct control of all collieries in the British zone will be assumed by the British authorities as from today, it was a. ">ounccd yesterday. 1- presentatives of German mine-owners and workers were ordered to attend Villa Hugel. the Krupp mansion used asReuter - 130 words
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Article56 1945-12-23 4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— 0n the basis of a report by four psychiatrists, Ezra Pound, American poet who is alleged to have made pro-Axis broadcasts in Italy during the war, yesterday was judged to be insane and mentally unfit for trial on treason charges. Pound was alsoUP - 56 words
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102 1945-12-23 4 PETITION FOR YAMASHITA Lighter Sentence Or Hari-Kiri TOKIO, Dec. 22.— A petition yesterday was presented to Oeneral Mac Arthur's headquarters asKing for a lighter sentence for Oeneral Yamashita. "Tiger Malaya" who was convicted of war crimes and ordered to be hung. The petition, signed by Japanese nationals,* asked that theUP - 102 words
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Article95 1945-12-23 4 BERLIN. Dec. 22.— British military headquarters today announced that Lieut.-Col. T. C. Irvine, deputy Provost Marshal, has not been placed under close arrest, as reported in a London daily newspaper. Irvine has been placed under open arrest. He has in fact left Berlin and is now inReuter - 95 words
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Article277 1945-12-23 4 LONDON, Dec. 22:—Managements of Malayan tin and rubber companies and other trading concerns of the Far East are rapidly reassembling large staffs ln anticipation of leaving soon for the Far East, and according to the Evening Standard, Lloyds is reaping the benefit because of the giant277 words
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