The Straits Times, 30 April 1946
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Title Section20 1946-04-30 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY ot^ PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1946. PRICK 10 CKNTS.20 words
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768 1946-04-30 1 Rulers Going To London To Urge "Unity Not Union 99 A toleration of all the nine Malay States with a central body to dead matters of common interest tc the respective Rulers and their Stales, each State having local autonomy, will be768 words
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Article60 1946-04-30 1 PARIS, Apr. 29:— Col. Francois de la Rocque, founder of the first pre-war organised French Fascist Party, died in Paris yesterday, aged 59. Deported to Germany In 1943 for his anti-German attitude after the Germans had occupied the whole of France, he Is said to haveReuter - 60 words
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Article38 1946-04-30 1 MANILA, Apr. 20: -Gen. Manuel Roxas. defeating Sergio Osrr.er.a, has been elected first President of the Sovereign Republic of the PhiilpplnM, due to come into being on July 4 when the United States mandate automatically expires.—Reutcr.Reuter - 38 words
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Article75 1946-04-30 1 "Monty's" Own Account HDHJM, A:>r. 28— FieldMarshal Visrount Montgomery's book. "From Normandy to Baltic,"' recently written for private circulation. completely disproves the suggestions m the book, "Top Secret." by the American journalist. Ralph Ingersoll, that there was fundamental disagreement between the Ficli Marshal and American commanders, an officer who hasReuter - 75 words
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Article170 1946-04-30 1 Riot When Delegates Arrive TEHERAN, Apr. 28:— The arrival m Teheran of the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Jaafar Pi.shevail. and his six-man delegation to open talks with the Central Government touched off wild demonstration In which two welcoming Tudeh Party members were killed and five wounded by Teheran gendarmes. AUP - 170 words
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Article86 1946-04-30 1 Killearn Visits Siam For Rice Lord Killoarn, Special Commissioner m Sou'h-East Asia, accompanied by Mr. E. Empson, economic counsellor, Mr. R. H. Scott, political counsellor, Major Gen. Charles Russel and Brigadier Lees?, left Singapore yesterday morning for Bangkok by air. The visit, the first outside Malaya since Lord Killearn arrived86 words
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Article87 1946-04-30 1 MANILA, Apr. 29— Mr. Herbert Hoover, the former United States President, unexpectedly arrived m Manila today from Bangkok. He conferred with the Philippines' High Commissioner. Mr. Paul V. McNutt upon his arrival. He will leave for Shanghai tomorrow. Mr. Hoover is not giving interviews during hisUP - 87 words
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Article, Illustration65 1946-04-30 1 General Fukuei Shempei, who nu m charge of all PoN 1 internment tames m Malaya m the later part of 1442, immediately after his execution by a firing squad on the (hand beaches on Saturday. Shempei was sentenced for bein^ concerned m the shootin* of two British and two Australian65 words
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Article101 1946-04-30 1 Tuan Muda Flying To Sarawak LONDON, Apr 28:— Mr. Bertram Brooke, Tuan Muda of Sarawak and brother of the Kajah, will leave London by air on Tuesday for Kitchlng, capital of Sarawak, write; a correspondent m today's Sunday Times. "This visit, it is hoped, will enable the case against cessionReuter - 101 words
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Article119 1946-04-30 1 NUREMBERG, Ai>r. 28:— The Germans must share the guilt of the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in the past, said Pastor Martin Niemoeller, who was imprisoned Tor seven years for his opposition to the Nazi, when preaching from the ruins of a bombed church here today. "Perhaps atReuter - 119 words
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289 1946-04-30 1 U.S. Hopes Of Meeting Food Promises WASHINGTON, April Government officials today cautiously agreed that the United States would be able to meet its food promises to the world without imposing new controls. attitude was bolstered by the keiief of the U.S. Secretary for Agriculture, Mr. Anderson, that the Government's newUP - 289 words
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Article266 1946-04-30 1 TOKIO, Aor. 29—Sixty-one-1 year-old Hideki Tojo. former Japanese Premier, who tried to commit suicide to escape Allied (Judgment, and 27 other military and political leaders of Japan from January 1, 1928 to September 2, 1945, were today charged j with .planning, preparing, mi- 1 tiating and wagingUP - 266 words
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Article151 1946-04-30 1 CHUNGKING. Apr. 28.- A Manchuria peace formula has been drafted and is now under consideration by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, a reliable source said today. If the generalissimo agrees to this solution it may be announced tomorrow or the day after. The source said that the agreementUP - 151 words
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Article47 1946-04-30 1 LONDON, April 28:—The Swiss radio today quoted a Madrid report that the Spanish Minister of the Interior had submitted a decret to the Cabinet outlining the terms of the nrooosed Spanish referendum on the Franco regime and suggesting that it be held within two months.—U.P.UP - 47 words
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Article359 1946-04-30 1 BEVIN IN EMPIRE TALKS LONDON. Apr. 23.- The British Foreign Minister. Mr. Erncit Bevin. who arrived back in London at midday today on a 24hour flying visit from the Bi* Four conference in Paris, .spent this aftern m. with the Dominion Prime Ministers at 10 Downing Street, the home of359 words
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Article96 1946-04-30 1 LONDON. Apr. M:— The British Government plans to establish three atomic research stations, employing 1.800 scientists and technicians, under a Bill to be introduced m Parliament this week to nationalise the development of atomic energy, according to political circles. Th^ Bill is designed to brin^ Britain intoUP - 96 words
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Advertisement8 1946-04-30 1 SCISNTtFIC A QUALIFIED OPIICIAN C.S. CHOfIG O Dt,FPOC8 words
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Advertisement10 1946-04-30 1 The STRAITS TIMES will consist ot 8 PAGES from tomorrow10 words
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Advertisement42 1946-04-30 1 J BACHtO tV ROBERT BLAU (MALAYA 1945) CO. IMPORTERS EXPORTERS MANUFACTURERS' AGENTS (Successors to Robert Blau Malaya Co.) take pleasure m announcing that they have re-occupied their former offices ON THE THIRD FLOOR HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS P.O. BOX 675 SINGAPORE TELEGRAMS: PERFUMERY42 words
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Obituary68 1946-04-30 2 Mrs. Tan Jiak Whye (nee Yeo Kirn Neo) on Thursday, 25th April, 194G, at the age of 75. She leaves behind 6 sons, Tan Soo Ghi. Tan Soo Tee, Tan Soo Chee, Tan Soo Chim and Tan Sco Klam; one daughter. Tan Tcck Neo; one son-in-law, \eo Chim Teck:68 words
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Article36 1946-04-30 2 INQUIRY Will my gentleman who evacuated from r.ingapore by S.S. "Tten Kwan" on I3th February 1942, n!id has sren Mr. E. W. Price, kindly communicate with Mrs. Price. 33 See'.y Koad, Tooting. London, SW. 17.36 words
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953 1946-04-30 2 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues., April 30, 1946. The Indian Deadlock Mr. A. V. Alexander. First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the British Cabinet Mission to India, has written what appears tc be a somewhat naive letter to la constituency, saying that the Indian problem may take953 words
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Other Opinions
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Letter149 1946-04-30 2 The collapse of the austerity policy is a ;act wnicn trie Government will now have to accept. It is being constantly proved that people will not go drudging on merely for export with only the promise ol '•pie in the sky by-and-by;'" there must be more149 words
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Letter129 1946-04-30 2 In the confusion of the post-war era in Asia there have been bitter political controversies, not a few battles and several rebellions. Day after day there appear accounts of new difficulties, either actually or potentially serious. But the developments of each hour, of whatever consequence for th:moment,129 words
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Letter159 1946-04-30 2 The agenda of the Church Assembly ha.s Oiie proposal wmcn should interest all, whether churchmen or not, who care for the welfare o f the Church of England. The proposal is that the people of a parish ':ould be given an effective voice in the choice of159 words
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Article1396 1946-04-30 2 Delay In Peacemaking Affecin Recovery No country suffers more from the delay in peacemaking than Italy. It will be three years this summer since she capitulated and accepted the Allies' terms for an armistice. Those terms still repulate her position, and Italian prisoners of war are1,396 words
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Article691 1946-04-30 2 lAN BEVAN - lAN BE VAN By I Germany's immense synthetic textile industry— the future of v.hich If still being argued by the occupying powers was the twin product of German science and Nazi ambition. Hitler's long-range plan for war had as its necessary corollary the development of a691 words
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Man-in-the-street
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Letter102 1946-04-30 2 Your edltcrial on "collatoraticn" was mest timely. Grousing could be heard everywhere. So- called mushroom millionaires who made their pile at the expense of the blood, sweat and tears of i their iellowmen are not languishing behind priscn bars as t'/iry j should. Why? Its?emsa travrsty of justice to102 words
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Letter128 1946-04-30 2 I have been m and out. of hos- pitals and. therefore, familiar with the routine It is dis.v>..stin? to read the article by Mr Balasubramaniam especially when he knows how to get about his business I think he is not justified m his remarks and I am not the128 words
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Letter148 1946-04-30 2 The statement la the Straits Times of Apr 20 regarding the excellent production of the ■Safety First" film that is being shown m the main talkie halls the unanimous approval of all those who saw it. The importance of that documentary feature cannot be emphasized and your readers148 words
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Letter128 1946-04-30 2 In the Straits Times of /.pr. 13 it, is stat:cl: "Further payments on account of arrr~rs of pc are al.su bc.ir, made." It is a!s. stated: 'Th I been no cieriion yet as to whether they will recrive arr-ar.> for the three and a half >va: Japanese128 words
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Letter84 1946-04-30 2 A majority of the English a:id Chtnese schools have re-opened, but there is no news about the Government Trade BebooL In view of the need for more and more trained mechanics it is of great importance that the activities of the Government Trade School be revived as larly84 words
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Letter55 1946-04-30 2 While compulsory education is boine enforced m some countries and free education extended la others, m Malaya th" civil government Is low lull school fees. I have six children attending school and my pi Is $45 per month. Is it to be presumed that English education is Indirectly55 words
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Letter57 1946-04-30 2 What is the position of a creditcr who was compelled to accept payment In J?:> currency of loans made before the capitulation of Singapore under a l threat of "reporting fie matter to the Kerapeitai." Can he 1 d claim m the civil courts for the recovery57 words
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Advertisement32 1946-04-30 2 GOING THKOUGHIIft MJT way! This brief test, term* In? In Its Implications, proves that giod vision is price-less. Take care of your eye*. Have them examined periodically. C. S. CHONO, 0.D.. F.P.O.C.32 words
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324 1946-04-30 3 Food, Medicines And Tools For Public Sale Considerable supplies of foodstuffs, medical, engineering and agricultural requirements, household utilities and fell other unrationed goods ordered on B.M.A. account, have been, or are being turned over by the Government to the British Association of Straits Merchants and324 words
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Article327 1946-04-30 3 'Tortures Could Not Be Helped' atinß the defence case for the ei<?ht Japanese who are being tried m Singapore Second War Crimes Court for alleged atrocities committed m the Andaman Islands, the Japanese counsel submitted that brutal though were some of the atrocities committed, they were done under the stress327 words
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231 1946-04-30 3 In spite of a fine Innings by F w. Marsh of 93 runs, which .included 14 boundaries, R.A.F. (Tcngah) were only able to score 135 runs and were beaten by five wickets by the Ceylon Sports Club m a cricket match played at Tengah231 words
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100 1946-04-30 3 Sentence of 17 months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed by Mr. H. A. Forrer m the F.rst District Court yesterday on Thng lav Chong for possession of a revolver wi'hout a licence. Thng was fined $500 or four months' rigorous imprisonment on a i«cond charge100 words
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Article231 1946-04-30 3 Rubber Buying Unit Closing Down The Malayan Rubber Buying Unit, which was an emergency expedient to facilitate the flow of rubber from Malaya to the outside world, will cease to buy rub'oer alter May 3, according to an announcement by the unit m Singapore. The statement follows: "On the liberation231 words
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104 1946-04-30 3 Reported Moves To Obtain Uddin's Release Straits -imes Corr: KLANG. Apr. 27—Che Saripah Mastura binte Syed Mohamed 'formerly Tcngku Pcrmaisuri of Selangon has left for a short visit to Alor Star. The Pan-Malayan Malay Congress is stated to be makins a move m obtaining the release ot Tengku Musa Uddin.104 words
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204 1946-04-30 3 Political Consciousness In Malaya Straits Times Corr: IPOH. Apr. 28.— The Perak branch of the Malayan Democratic Union held its inaugural meeting here on Sunday. Presiding over the meeting. Mr. F. O. H. Pary, m his address, sharply criticised the statement made recently at Kuala Lumpur by Mr. S. B.204 words
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176 1946-04-30 3 Straits Times Corr: KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 29— "When this country returns to normal, I fe«l certain that the plantation rubber industry will be able to hod nwn against the synthetic industry provided America does not subsidise synthetics to the extent of putting plantation Industry176 words
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848 1946-04-30 3 Two long-service Police Inap:cto:s and a former Super.nfndent of Outra-a Road Pr son appeared ir. the third D olice Court before Mr. K. M. Byrne yesterday en charees of murder In thre separate ciscs alleged to have bee.i committed during the Japanese occupation.848 words
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240 1946-04-30 3 Yesterday the C.ID. started I radio car experimental work with the object of gaining experience In accelerating communications, thus getting to the 1 scenes of crimes with the greatest dispatch. Four station-wagons, fitted with two-way radio sets, are being used m the experiment. l240 words
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Advertisement388 1946-04-30 3 PRICE CONTROL PROCLAMATION In exercise of the powers onl erred on the Price Controller by Section (1) (a) of the Price Control Proclamation and delegated to ma under section 12 thereof. I, Lt Col. J Hamer. Deputy Price Controller, Singapore, here' make the followins Order: 1. This Order may be388 words
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708 1946-04-30 4 Charge Of lU-Treating Allied Troops "Almost everyday we heard the strains of the Last Post. It became very familiar at Kranji Camo." This testimony of a pn gravamen of the charge agains one-time commandant of the who v/as brought up for trial b m708 words
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Article106 1946-04-30 4 MOSCOW, Apr. 28.— The primary importance of political education m the Red Army is disclosed m a circular issued by the Chief of the Political Administration, Red Army, to all political chiefs m military districts, ordering the inspection of political instruction among men and officers,UP - 106 words
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Article102 1946-04-30 4 At the 17th general meeting of the Junior Civil Service Association, the following office-bearers were elected for the year 1946 President, Mr. Llm Seng Kiang; Vice Presidents. Mr. H. M. Danker and Mr. F. J. A. Skelchy; Hon. Secretary, Sect Tlong Geok, Hon Treasurer Mr. E. J.102 words
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Article89 1946-04-30 4 LONDON. Apr. 23.-Members cf the Derby County team took the F.A. Cup with them when they paid a surprise visit to a cinema at St. Albans tonight. Th:y were given a great ovation by the audience, and the cinema manager, who only Karned of theirReuter - 89 words
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Article34 1946-04-30 4 JOHANNESBURG, Apr. 28.— The Transvaal Indian Congress has cabled the Dominion Prime Ministers' conference m London to intercede on its behalf against the Union's Asiatic Land Tenure and India Representation Bill. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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Article107 1946-04-30 4 MANILA, Apr. 28— With all probable centres which would give President Sergio Osmena a majority already heard from, the election of Manuel Roxas as President of the Philippines is now virtually assured. Figures available this morning gave Roxas 1,005,240 votes and Osmena 861,487. Meanwhile a dispatchUP - 107 words
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61 1946-04-30 4 LONDON. Apr. 28.— Th e Indian cricketers, who open their tour at, Worcester on May 4, will begin j practising at Lords on Apr. 30. The j Nawab of Pataudl. who is delighted ti b 3 m England again af'er elgK yoars, had a big pileReuter - 61 words
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316 1946-04-30 4 Boxing aggressively and skilfully from the opening gong, Bomber Newton scored a clearcut points victory over Sgt. Penhearow of Kuala Lumpur at the Happy World stadium on Sunday night, thus avenging the defeat he had suffered a fortnight ago at Kuala Lumpur. There was316 words
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Article429 1946-04-30 4 ALOR STAR KEMPEIMEN TO HANG Straits Times Corr: ALOR STAR, Apr. 27.— T0 the jeers of a large crowd outside the War Crimes Court at Alor Star, Kasaburo Ito and Sano Unuki, former Jap Kempei men, were led away after being sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of429 words
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Article232 1946-04-30 4 Excerpts of company reports received by the Straits Times follow: United Malacca Of a total planted area of 2,993 acres, the United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd., lost 48* acres during the Japanese occ nn v thro-gh various causes. Tinvsn portion^ of rubber were ta P'« for varying periods232 words
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Advertisement286 1946-04-30 4 REWARD Suitable reward will be paid for the recovery of a National Cach Register No. 2660G58 Model slip printer with sub-total counters electric motor single drawer. Height of base 2 feet 2 Inches total height 21 J inches. MONTOR LTD., P.O. Box 393. GARRICK GEYLANG Phone ***** Last 3 Shows:286 words
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Advertisement328 1946-04-30 4 THE UNITED EXHIBITORS SYNDICATE OPERATING ALHAMBRA MARLBOROUGH THEATRES, SINGAPORE. have pleasure In announcing that they have for general release specially imported latest Indian films and solicit bookings from upcountry and local exhibitors. Amongst the films available are •"CHAND" •"PHOOL" •"AINA" *"RAMSHATRI" •"LEILA MAJNU" •"MAZDOOR" •"BEGUM" •"KALIYAM" •"MABAAI"' AND OTHERS GRAND328 words
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Miscellaneous255 1946-04-30 4 SINGAPORE RADIO BED NETWORK from noon I* 1 p.m. and 6 30 to U pra od ii afire* from noon to I p.m. on 4.M3 tncs/iec. In 61 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.30 p.m. on 4 78 msc/sro In 61 metre band. CHINESE noon to 1.15 p.m. (newi255 words
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