The Straits Times, 5 May 1946

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    19 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 33. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    CHINA CIVIL WAR FLARE-UP
    286 1 Rout 0£ 60,000 Red Force Claimed f^HINESE Government Amy Headquarters announced today that its forces had smashed I Communist thrust north ward from Liao.-.irg, routed an estimated 60,000 Chinese Red troops and captured Penhihou, main Ciumunist stronghold south-east of Mukden. (Jen. Tv Yu-ming, the Commander-in-chief, said
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    Grenades Used At Alcatraz
    394 1 VOLUNTEERING lor ttM job. J.S. Marina hadro] 150 into e!l block in which thr mutinous are red. Ho cut 'hree nmp.s the roof with a lowered an antlBorne -red to b? \c > snot tollowcd no more scrr. marine, Warrant Officer v veteran ol tts war.
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    25 1 M.ir,-l Bluebeard" of murdering between Mil and i i I? d away han ir :ffpd after the r adin? of the i:-( ic'l:n t him.
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    Late Sport WORCESTER DISMISSED BY INDIANS
    243 1 Late Sport WORCESTER DISMISSED BY INDIANS Worcester, bat. WHEN the Indian cicke. t^am WfmaA their tour against Worccftenture t.ukw India's captain, the Nawab cs Pataudi, called tails and won the toss but decided to field Banncrjoe, the fast bowler, had the honour of bowling the first ball of the tour.
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    Wakefield Win R.L. Cup
    113 1 London, S>it. A PENALTY goal scored a few :ninutes before the end BSW k "Meld Trinity victory by 1 i i 12 in the Ru?by Lea^ur Challenge Cup Finril^it Wembley Stadium today. This is the first tune Wakefield has won the Cup since 1909. It was
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    Nip Sees Visions Of Death Rail Victims
    263 1 A Korean guard who described himself as "an apprentice of the gods" told Singapore War Crimes Tribunal yesterday that he saw visions of the men who were bayonetted to death during the building of the Siam-Burma "Death Railway". He was Kan^shiro, known to
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    The Cosmic Bomb Next
    105 1 OKOrESSOR J. Hay uf Ams- ttrdain I'nhersity predicted the construction of rosmic ray bombs 'which will be a billion times more powerful than its atomic ancestor,' says L.P. from Paris. Professor Clay, who addressed a gathering of French scientists in the Champs Elysee palare said that
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    JAPS GET 24,000 TONS OF WHEA T
    267 1 THREE w. shipments, totalling 24,613 tons, will be 1 deliver, dto the Japanese Government next week Th* wheat will be distributed under instructions from Gh.-neraf MacArthui" I.tadquarters. Shipments will be landed at Nagoya and Y< Kohama. It is announ ti in Washington that
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    Italy Puts Her Claim
    161 1 PARIS, Sat. ITALIAN and Yugoslav leaders yesterday presented their claims for the Istrian peninsula to the Foreign Ministers' Conference, amid widepread pessimism that the Conference would fail t-j reach agreement on the European peace treaties. Yugoslavia reportedly claimed virtually all of the Istrian peninsula at the
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    Java Internees Reach Safety
    55 1 THE Army turned out at Batavia to meet the first trainload of internees evaruated from the Java interior and passed round cigarettes. Altogether 750 people, mainly Eurasian women and children suffering from underfeeding I made the 1'! hour journey. I Fourteen women left the train on
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    SULTANS KILLED
    88 1 London. Sat "Inquiries into the circumstances of the death of Sultan Langkat of Sumatra show that he was probably murdered by Indonesians,' cables the News Chronicle Special Correspondent from Palembang. The report states: Another ruler, "Sultan Loealoe was found dying in a cemetery after being beaten by a
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    JAIL FOR SPY CASE WOMAN
    55 1 Miss Kathleen Willsher, defendant in the Canadian-Russian espionage case, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, says Associated Press from Ottawa. She pleaded guilty to violating the Official Secrets Act by giving information to an unauthorized person. She formerly worked In the office of the United
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    Horse Drug: Trainer Struct Off
    249 1 Horse Drug: Trainer Struct Off i.t'wmarki-t, Sat 1J Ul s.tewarus of the J 1' Club have withdrawn the licence to train of the Northcountry trainer, Mr. .J P. Hol.owell, liming that a arug had been aumiih to one tt his bofiel. Tiili statement appears in the Racing Calendar: The stewards
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    SPOTLIGHT On MALA YA AND MALAYANS
    1939 2 CLIFFORD PEER TURNS HIS I lost one §t its more atomic personalities the other day when Fran Editor-in-Chief of :ces nd also «>ut of the imorint on th'? In wl-.cM rr had publish er of the paper lor the Comrr.ancier. It v batten Uwra
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    SUNDAY PROBLEM
    313 2 SUNDAY PROBLEM It is gnMraH v;hen a pioyer vo'it.^crs aa opening bid. he nu'.st L-e prepan d to m .'!:p mmm reMd any respoi f by yar'.ner, except one notrunip or a m In the suit bil. T»i°iv I very inpi'.' r r.rit nu^pHOß to this rule: If passed oriAi'irlly
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      329 2 .W<etek«en4 Eadl^ List e^img SINGAPORE kid Miiwiii::; rrou aoon to 2p m and 630 te II pn on fi'i oirJres from noon lo S p.m on «.8;."> »nc»/»ec in 61 inrt.T band and from 7 1.1 lo 9.30 p.m on 478 in*r/»rc in til mrtre bund CHIVESK noon to 1.15
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      279 2 12.39 p.m. Mus:c lpm New Headlines. 1.01 p.m Music. 130 p.m. Thcs" Foolish Things, 2 pm. News Headlines. 2.01 p.m. Football Results, 2.15 p.m. Yours For The *sking. 3 pjn. Over To America, 3.30 p.m. Niws, 3.40 Bandstand. 4 p.m. Composer Cavalcade. 4.30 ptu Mail Call. 5 pm. SJm> day
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      182 2 11.30 n.r.i. K Pupoi3. IJ.-0 a.m. Twenty FoaMhMN V'Vi MAY 7 6.23 a.m. Bralr.-s Trust, t.M h m. twcratl, 7.35 n.m. Mom Mali, 8.35 a.m. The Kob-uscn family. 6.20 p.m. News, ti.35 n.m. BBC Symphony O.xlvstra, 7.03 p.m. Cricket All-India vs. W 8.20 p.ir New.;. 8.50 p.m. Tommy in lima,
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    JAVA
    303 3 Dutch Share Out The Blame li.c- Hague, Sat. DLAMK i. r tin .'ava trtMfatal O h fend by ex-internee Kitcta ofhcials on Uh Dutch authorities in Bn>baiie and on Lord LoU'S Mountbaiier., who compelled them their plan.-, of the Dutcn mentary Commission. I of the CommLshave Ju;t returnrd from
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    French And British To Quit Lebanon
    219 3 BRIiISH and French troops are to be evacuated from tho Lebanon by June 30. This decision comes as the result of an American U.N.O. proposal after Syria and Lebanon had asked the council to recommend total evacuation of ,M troops from their territories. R'-'.tH
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    ONE MILLION ARABS STRIKE
    327 3 £W*Vv? With Shields And r% i I once Pickaxe Handles j Patrol Silent Old Jerusalem 0 Jerusalem. May 3 NE million Arabs began a general strike today against the recommended admission of 100,000 Jews to Palestine, and Government officials said that an immediate curfew would be
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    26 3 black Market problem in Rome is energetically tackled by lorry leads of Italian police. The days round-up over, police remove the "catch", which often includes women
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    25 3 '.Most unpopular Man in Frame.'- M. Longchambon the French Minister of Foo the fifth to hold that office in the last year and a half.
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    MORE COAL TARGET
    38 3 The north German Coal Commission which operates all the Ruhr's coal mines under British control, has set a production target for next winter of 300.C00 tons a day against 185,000 tens a ray output now.
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    RUSSIA LAUNCHES FIVE YEAR PLAN
    312 3 Moscow. Sat. SOVIET Russia is to embark on another five year plan her fourth. This plan is aimed to raise workers' incomes thirty per cent above the pre-war level. The plan envisages more preparatory and secondary schools and the extension of compulsory education. There are
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    CAR SHOW CANCELLED
    217 3 London, Sat. j DRITAINS motor industry has postponed the resumption of j its annual motor show, suspended during the war the show is not likely to be held before Octo- I ber, 1947. The exhibition hall at Earls Court, has not been de: 'isitioned, and output for
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    AMERICANS PLaN FOOD DUNKIRK'
    316 3 I Washington Sat. N a new attack on the World food shortage the United States is to send all available small vessels to the Orient, Middle East and Europe for fishing and for food transport. Mr. John Snyder U.S., Reconversion Director has asked the State Department,
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    C.W.A. SCOTT DIES
    36 3 Charles W. A. Scott, who before the war won many air races in- j eluding the England-to-Australia race with Campbell Black in 1934, has died at UNRRA headquarters in Germany, aged 43.- Reuter.
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    FIRST AID
    39 3 i Sunday limes Correspondent. The St. John's Ambulance Brl- 1; gade has been revived In Negri i Sembilan. The first division of the Brigade held its first meeting on May 2 at the Negri Sembilan Club premises.
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    RUSSIANS QUIT
    29 3 The Iranian Government announced on Friday the "comp- lete Russian evacuation" of Re- zaich, Khoi and Dllman, western i Azerbaijan towns near the Turborder. according tp A.P.
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    24 DEATK MARCHES
    26 3 Scarcn teams of eight nations working in Germany have produced detailed accounts of 24 death marches in which unknown thousands of prisoners died.
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    POWs MINE URANIUM
    33 3 Guarded by armed Russian soldiers, Europe's largest uranium ore mine at Jakymov, Czechoslovakia, is being worked largely by German prisoners of war to I produce ore for Russian stock*, j
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    2 'Very Strong' Earthquakes
    75 3 2 'Very Strong Earthquakes WESTON, (Mass). Sat. rO "very strong' earthquakes, probably centred in (he South Pacific off the Uland of Java, were recorded by the Weslon College Sei c moßraph Station today. noth tremors were felt for more than three hours alfr the original shock. It was reported that
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    SARAWAK UNION
    41 3 Kuching, Saturday. AMASS Malay meeting of men and womon, called by the Malay National Union of Sarawnk rassed a resolution objecting to cession o! Sarawak. The present status of Sarawak and Brooke rule must be maintained, says the resolution
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    FASCISTS SHELTER HERE
    338 3 FASCISTS SHELTER HERE W.i h n (> AMERICAN oftlclrl flgnrcj shot* I\ that there are MM objectionable Nazi; in Spun nnd Argentina. It is ai this informatirn will fi'ti;v minent'y in r\irirnro that the United sta»o^ i< to robmlt i the Sertrlt7 C nnrlVs Bub-C-m tea The Ac' n S
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    PERSONAL
    19 4 o lUdio Dtetributics w<i Radio 1 tni il- BI. Phone TMt An enqi houM be i Tt»por*rv OlBce.
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    The Sunday Times SINGAPORE. MAY. 5. 1946 Spcils Of Peace
    502 4 The Sunday Times SINGAPORE. MAY. 5. 1946 Spcils Of Peace NOW tbftl Weil \V;t! II is 1 all the atomic n ldnj» it w Old be a > and Fbrces a; Eut our contemporary SI-AC in two leaders thus j .i round* •crl mast be corrected on to ti.. SEAC
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    America Disarms Too Fast In The Pacific
    970 4 AFTERMATH Or THE SECOND WORLD WAR By B.M. McKELWAY, Associate Editor of the Washington Star, Th',E most vivid impression of an airplane journey from Washington, via Hawaii and Guam, to Japan, Korea. China, the Philippines and back home again, crcwded mto five short
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    IT IS CHEAPER TO DUMP IN THE SEA
    574 4 IT IS CHEAPER TO DUMP IN THE SEA \/.\ST stoics of war materials worth millions of gold dollars are going to waste on Pacific Island bases from which the final American and Allied invasion of Japan was to have been Mipported. Typical of conditions to be found Iso in Hawaii,
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    Woman ' Thriller In Victorian Style
    366 4 Woman Thriller In Victorian Style NEWS ABOUT BOOKS By Mail i c Richardson, who ic views detective stories for the London "Observer." LET mo introduce you straight away u> VMkie Collins, friend of Charles Dickens and author cf two r the finest novels of the pas' 150 years— "The Woman
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    KINDNESS RAIDS CUT VICE FIGURES
    247 5 KINDNESS RAIDS CUT VICE FIGURES Singapore Clean-Up Drive SINGAPORE is being cleaned up. Raids and the docketing by the Anti Vice Branch of the C.I.D. of those liable to infect others Viave helped to register a big drop in the incidence of venereal disease. Incidence has dropped from 12.1 per
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    CHILD'S PLAY NOW
    39 5 Britain now has a children 'a theatre for v.hirh p'?ys are pro- by the G'.yndebourr.e I v.Mch before the war proiucec 1 tjtn in the country 60 miles from London Children attc-n.i tree in school hours
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    RESEARCH COMFORT
    38 5 it? permit scientists in ice Soviet Union to devote all the!: I to the laboratory, without concer nfor niateiial needs. u:o Soviet Government will build eomfor table steam heated cotV members or the Academy of Sciences
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    'Dead End" Kids Are Problem In Taiping
    91 5 'Dead End" Kids Are Problem In Taiping i> Times i orn spondent rhJU delinquency prolia-> h*rn mca^r* the ■..in of authorities in during ti.r last few I Us. mm t;i* »i i of crime i .'iJr-l. -ommitted by <n the aitrs of in.l IK Theft flcurrd K in tlu- list
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    GIRL DIES SAVING FRIEND
    55 5 no! ULAR Lily Szto. 23-y--o.d Singapore g rl her life to rescue infill in Taipir.g during a picnic n Jungle p^ol at tho feet of the |ue laipitip; Huls. A pool aft the jur out, but was her■ay by a str red cv- o; had to
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    750,000 CIVILIANS FOR 1,000 BEDS
    405 5 In Singapore Hospitals Today _RE are tt prMtnl a little over 1* 10 hospital beds in Sifiglport fcr the island's 750,000 civilians. Approximately 300 mere beds will become available this rr.onth for Singapore >ns when the General Hospital, a part of which hat b^en derequisitioned,
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    GAMBLING RAID ON 24 WOMEN
    304 5 GAMBLING RAID ON 24 WOMEN Court Shorts TWENTY FOUR wjmen 1 gambler? were cnarg'fd with gambling following a police raid on premises at 227 Bencoolen Street on Friday. Two of the women who crawled under the bra to evade the rollers were discovered when one of tho police oflicrs lifted
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    Insane To Hit Tojo?
    330 5 Tckio, Sat HUMEI Oiawa, who upset the dignity of the interrational military tribunal for tho F^r East by soundly slapping Tojo twice on his clean shaven head, has been committed to hospital for the weekend to determine whether he is putting on z.n act or is
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    NEW SINGAPORE ORCHESTRA
    207 5 TTJIE Singapore Musical Society 1 is* to create an orchestra which will take the place of Dr. Fric Chisholm s Symphony ijtchestra, now disbanded. Arrangements have been made to call in instrumentalists, and regular rehearsal.-? will be held on Mondays and Fridays at the Virto'-in Memorial Fall.
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    CANADIAN CAMS FOR SINGAPORE
    439 5 NEW American style large h:u>e power cars from Canadian factories are to be on sale in Singapore before the end of this year. The first 60 Canad an built lord V K.s \v!l he delivered within three months if orders p!-ced by loc;l motor traders are
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    READING IS FREED
    30 5 The free printed word has returned to Germany Already Berlin has 18 periodicals and many of the^p carry Sunday supplements trying hard to emulate pre-Hitler literary standards.
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    BASE DESTROYED
    19 5 The German navy's yards, drydocks and arsenal at Wilhelmshaven are being destroyed by j Canadian Army sappers
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    69 5 CU££ Rescue Thousands waited hour> on the cLils at Avon (lorgnear Bristol to v.a'.ch Police Sgt Charles Walls and P.C J. Chamberlain descend a oCO ft. sheer drop in th moonlight to rescue Utre* 1 boys stranded while bird nesting:. Sgt Wallis \v!u went down tw;co carru-d one boy up
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    Dutch Commemorate Liberation Today
    109 5 The liberation of the Nerlinilands on May 5, 1945 is bein*: commemorated by Hollanders all over the world in thanksgiving and celebration. In the Netherlan s thanksgiving services will be held in all churches and market places of towns and villages and a ftreat historical pageant
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    DEATH
    36 5 RANASINGHE: Tlir r.-'ialns of Mr. D. M. Raiias.ipue of 43. Kovan H mtf off Upper Scrangi" will he removed for cremation to the BiHdhL-t Bur.:l Ground; on Sunday. The corteg.' 1<: house at 4.30 p....
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    RITISH FIRMS ARE SELLING OUT TO THE INDIANS
    902 6  - RITISH FIRMS ARE SELLING OUT TO THE INDIANS HARRY MILLER QUIT INDIA?— YOU STOP US! By «*Qlll7 INDIA Try and Stop Us!" That was the **slogan chalked on the carriage of a military train bringing British troops to the transport taking them back to Blighty after a tour in India.
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    Dr Killed Babies, Will Hang
    141 6 Dr Killed Babies, Will Hang ELEVEN of 14 Germans accu.-td of v.ar cnm:-> urn sentenced to Itatfth at Hamb ..-g, including one doct r who admitted :nject--15 chldren with tuoers and th?n personally hanging them in a cel..-r Hamburg. ren:ainin,' three of the tev.ced to 10, 15 nt All and
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    Demand For Sterling Exchange
    72 6 rep >rt an in- j and for pound strr- i I jay it icsults nertcan purchases of jute xmc! burlap f.om India. They say contracts for delivery of I exchange are beinr; aras murh as nine months .ancc and at rates only below the current 1
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    WAR AND PEACE
    50 6 have c ost the I re than all the wealth piled rp smee the declandence, accord>rt from the Un'.vcr[Hii I or.omic Research rnent. Wars have cost the 114 I Ulion dollars while all homes, factories, storea »",d other property in the Un.ted ;ilurd at 300 billion i
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    "BRAINS TRUST"
    31 6 The Ea^t and West Club, recently iraunuratod in Seremban. j held a "Brains Trust' meeting on which was attended by uen and civilians. The < I servicemen and i.s closer.
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    Her Way To The Stars Voted Best Film
    176 6 "pOSAMUXD John, voted among first four British film lv actresses, as she appears in "The Way to the Stars," 'aimed Ihe greatest British picture made during the war years. Her pale blue and peach satin dressing gown is rather out of keeping
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    ACTOR DIES IN DEATH SCENE
    85 6 1/vj Angeles, Sat. IN a theatre workshop auditorium. John DidanofT. 24. played a dying soldier's role and died. Didanoff swallowed a harrmsss pill given him by Lois Conklin, playing as a nurse, rs he occupied a make-believe malaria-infested fox -hole. DidanofT gasr.ed and slumped to
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    India Government's Amnesty
    62 6 India Government's Amnesty NEW DELHI, May 3 The Government of India has announced that no more oHicers cr men who joined the Japanese-sponsored army of Subhas Chandra Bose wouid be tried. Charges against a Major, Captain a:.d another soldier have been withdrawn. About 300 men are still detained in camp
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    'Pow Killed tor 'Cigarette Butt'
    91 6 'Pow Killed tor 'Cigarette Butt' An allegation that an Ame- ric.nn prisoner of war was murdered by his Japanese guard for picking m a cigarett- butt dropped by .he guard in the iw courts Jail was made bf the prosecution when the third of a series of Japanese war criminal
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    PLANTERS BACK
    61 6 Sunday Times Correspondent.' AmonT Negrl Sembilan planti ers who have returned to Seremban recently are Messrs. J. I. Wardell and B. W. Hubble. Mr. I Hubble was a state rugger player. AID COMPLETED Canada. Dominican Republic Iceland and the United Kinpdorn have comnleted their contributions to UNRRA. Canadian
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    Goering Cocks Snook At Dr. Schacht
    214 6 Nuremberg, Saturday. HERMAN Goering, Hitlers former Luftwaffe chief, "cocked a -nook" with his fingers to his nose at Dr. Schacht, former President of the Reichsbank, from the dock in the Nuremberg war crimes court yesterday, Goering had neard Justice Jackson's description of him given
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    Solution To Crossword
    93 6 Across: (1) Lift, (5) Treble, (10) Arouse, (12) Trap, (13) Vortex. (14) Cite, (15) Ink, (16> Vat. (18) Dee. '19) Resides. (21) Huron, (24) Dusts, '26) Settled. '28) But, (29) Yaw, (30) Ape, (32) Iris, (34) Carbon, (36) Fent. (37) Eyelet, (38) Frayed. (39) Pets. Down: (1)
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    PIPES & DRUMS
    36 6 PIPES DRUMS Sunday rimes Correspondent. The Pipes and Drums of the First Battalion of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) will beat Retreat on the main padang at Seremban on Sunday May S, at 6 p.m.
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    New Planes for Far East
    87 6 London. Sat THE Ministry of Supply announced that it had ordered the construction of twelve newtvpp Solent flying boats for use by British Overseas Airways on its Far East rout?. The Solents, four-engined craft, *ill be built by Short Brothers. They have a passenger capacity
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      WARNER PICKS FIVE BOYS FOR TOUR
      689 7 WARNER PICKS FIVE BO YS FOR TOUR piVE Malayan boxers have been selected by Australian Jack Warner to tour Australia. They are Battling Sima, Tiger Aman, Kid Pancho, Battling Khoon and Clever Soncio. They will leave Singapore on May 13 or May 14. "Austra'iars would sooner have a good loser
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      Filly Bolts, Then Wins For King
      192 7 Filly Bolts, T hen Wins For King ALTHOUGH bolting just before the start of the raco. n Hypericum won the One Thousand Guineas for Ihe King at Newmarket on Friday. Ncolight, backed as if it could not be beaten, was second with lona third. The bet.ing was 100-<i riypcricum, 4-6
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      Happy Knight Now Derby Co-favourite
      86 7 HAPPY Knight, winner of the j Two Thousand Guinea*, is, now the Joint Derby favourite. I quoted at Victoria Club call-over on Friday night at 5-1, along with Fleet Street. At the berinnlnf of the week Happy Kni ;ht found few backers at Lord Derby's
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      All Gentlemen At Lords Now
      64 7 All Gentlemen At Lords Now DL.-.HK IJACY tool; a Itap forv.uri at UM iMndM Lard's cricket gioiinds on t i ay the first time cricket:** playing as pcid ssionais wr: not cMfTerentir.t.vt f om UMteMB, Instead of apprarir.? or. the programme simply as surnames Previously, only 'je-'"!c-mtn' 1 amateurs were
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      LEAGUE TABLES
      421 7 DtußY COUNTY, repeated their Cup victory o\\-r Charlton In the return league game played on Wednesday, and the result has kept League South issui still very often. Charlton are still on top with Birmingham second only by .002 on goal average. Positions up to Saturday evening are: I*.»U
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      Cycle Club For Singapore
      98 7 SINGAPORE will soon have 3 a Cy.le tlab, if there is sufficient support for a proposal maje by .Mr. I>. M. Maita, of Martia's Cycle Garage in Col?man Street. Outlining the objects oi such a club Mr. Marti. s.iij that it would organize various activities, sue!)
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      PENANG RACES
      385 7 (From Our Onn Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. A good crowd watched today's races which, with the cessation of the B M.A., were run under the auspices of the Penans rurf Club for the first time since the re-occupation. The going was slightly holding. Results were. RACE 1 1. The
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      Lee-Newton Fight Again Tonight
      88 7 TEDDY LEE and Bomber Newton, who battled out a thrilling draw a fortnight ago. meet over ten rounds at the Happy World stadium to-night. So improved has Newton s form been of late that most Judges are unwilling to predict who the winner will be to-night,
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      SINGAPORE BATTLERS' WILL FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA
      11 7 Battling K'nun Battling Si ;ia
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      U. S. Golf Offer
      82 7 U. S Golf Offer i THE B;a< h Club haa eaMed I sioral Col n xn olfor of 'J trio t:; ton, form* champion and thr;~e otlier Hntish professionals, for the o*>t four ball team match four tc United > sionp.Ls. OfTifials ment. in Snea. Ben I I Ju^ McSpaden
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      7 COALS SCORED IN H.K. FINAL
      70 7 7 COALS SCORED IN H.K. FINAL The frial for fie Hon<; K Football sin I 1 played in pii iiircs-iuc «m the lusew.i.N »M tli <r>u s watli'il sraklinf team V. I i > b. i) three. Th^ »ranif *M a rpplay follow in-: rm ike't h> \r.n\ tiln I
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      RIVERS KEEPS ROLLING
      177 7 RIVERS KEEPS ROLLING a i'OUTHFUL and experienced boxer invariably triumphs over a veteran no matter how good the latter migh^ huve been. :e is seldom an exception to the rule Jimmy Wilde, the Mighty -n,' the finest flyweight the world has ever seen. I ailed to regain the title for
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      Soccer 'Rubber' For China Relief
      202 7 Soccer Rubber For China Relief IOCCn match which promises to bi- one of the best Pi. imes since the re-occupat'en is scheduled to be played r Stadium or Sunday, May 12. the teams being the R. E. M. E. and the drn.-se Athlete .V^sociat on Tnis is t!ie "mbter" match.
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      DAVIS CUP TENNIS
      25 7 9WTRERLAI I "J divided the r. r.t:hes of their Da\ \t Barccl< i td G 3. P >dro n 6 4, C
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    IT TASTES BETTER IN PEWTER
    166 8 St*r> icrnirn Buy Malaya Mugs Malayan pewter is one ol the mo«t popufir souvenirs in South East Asa. Up and dewn <he Malay-n peninsula and in Singapore's "Cliff >!i p .>.^ .ants nrc .fTrring j ih- I and a:rlc sets of pewter brer mu^s to
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      321 8 THE 1880 SENSATION WHICH BiinuHßlllimi SHOCKED THE GAY FRENCH VoS I T fci rVI Univertal't Technicolor Spectacle "PHANTOM of the OPERA" NELSON EDDY SUSANNA FOSTER CLAUDE RAINS MAGNIFICENCE GROWS UNTIL TRAGEDY! TO-DAY: 11 A.M. 2 P.M. 4.15 6 30—9.15 P.M. MIDNIGHTERS LAST NIGHT STORMED OUR BOX-OFFICE TO SEE -j7^/rM\TL« storm
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