The Straits Times, 15 May 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY KKiliT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1946. PRICK 10 CENTS
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    HOOVER REPORT SHOWS BIG FOOD DEFICIT
    836 1 "Britain And Russia Could Halve The Shortage" WASHINGTON, Tuesday. p x -Pre«ident Herbert Hoover's food rep ort to President Truman, made public today, shows that he estimates the w orld's food deficit m the five months ending September 30 to be 3,587,000 tons. Mr.
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    New U.S. Plan For Italian Colonies
    319 1 New U.S. Plan For Italian Colonies PARIS, Tues 3*T J.-.mcs Byrnes. United States Secretan d State, has proposed to the deadlocked Foreign Ministers Council that the Council itself takes charge of Italian Colonies for the .le'xt year, and *hon, if the ministers still cannot agree, that the question be referred
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    $3,000,000 Overtime Pay For Strikers
    227 1 to W HINGTON, Tucs.— The coal op the nation yester:'.ed the way lor possible the 43-day-old •3d to pay 53.000.000 in disputed .i preit the all basic work of tho i^iiie ire funds and pr y hile. more than 80,000 nation's 4J0.000 soft coal refused
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    Prison For Max Schmeling
    60 1 LONDON Tucs.—Max Schn'cfiiK, t!ie former world hea\jweijht bearing champion, has been sen'encrd to three months' imprisonment and fined R tff I for tviiHing n hoii-te without 1 proprr authority, according to m Fxchnn»e Tclrpraph dispat h today from llrrford, (.iemany. Last SiplfniJ-er a RriJsh military court
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    Singapore FREE PRESS OUT TOMORROW
    508 1 Singapore FREE PRESS OUT TOMORROW THE Singapore Frea Pvess, 1 the oldest newspaper, m Singapore, which fi-pended publication for the period of the visit of th- ipanese, resumes tomorrcw, with the fullest news and feature servic? ottered by any afternoon newspaper n Malaya. The Free Press, 'or the time beins
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    Permier Of Persia Tries To Resign
    193 1 Permier Of Persia Tries To Resign TEHERAN. Tuos The Persian Premier. Mr. Ghavam es-Sulta-neh, i.s reported to have threatened to resign, today after deadlock had been reached m his talks with the "Premier- of Azerbaijan, Mr. Jafar Pishcvarl. Mr. Ghavani aprecd to remain m office, it is stated, after Strong
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    CHURCHILL IN EDINBURGH
    77 1 /Ifter his rrrfnt visit lo Abrrdrrn to r criv«> the Freedom of thr Civ. Mr Winston Churchill wrnt to stay at Dalmrny llojs-, m K-Ini liur«h ait the g«^t of the Earl and Countess of Rosebrrrv. Up and Mrs < hur- hill planted trp^-; m the park
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    NAZI BOOKS TO BE DESTROYED
    110 1 NAZI BOOKS TO BE DESTROYED 1 IJERLIN. Tu. The AliiControl authority hai ordered destru tion of Oerman i and ;*'a»i memorials I Fascist and militaristic lit'-rat'in-The order, passed by tlip < r>rr!inating Committrt pro\ for the destruction of r> Jl oxistiwx German, military a:td Nazi mortals and liquidation of military
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    INDIA MISSION TO GO ON TRYING
    286 1 INDIA MISSION TO GO ON TRYING INDIA Office officials yesterday that their u.i still hope that the British Cabinet M ssnn might soivo tho Indian Ind pertdcncc deadlock. The mission, they said Intended to rc.sumr work after a brief interval, and pointed to I factor thr.t all bopt was .tot
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    Monty Has Complete Answer To 'Top Secret'
    347 2 Monty Has Complete Answer To Top Secret' <D-MAR3HAL Lord Montgomery's book "From Nor- to the EaitJc," recently written for private circulation, completely shatters charges made by Ralph oil's "Top Secret," an officer who has read the book i The book is a record of the systematic and victorious carrying cut
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    FASTER THAN A FIGHTER
    168 2 FASTER THAN A FIGHTER The U.S. Army havo permitted the disclosure that it ha> a Jiuge new bomber of unprecedented design which can carry more bombs farther and faster t!>an any other aeroplane It is called the XB-35. first conceived 23 years ago by John X Northropp. It is called
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    Prince Regent's Holiday
    37 2 BRUSSELS. Mon.—A Belgian okesman denied rumours that Prince Charles, the Repent, had gone to Portugal to take a wife pokesman sai.l that the Prince, who arrived m Portugal on Saturday, was "on a holiday
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    Browder's Trip To Russia
    280 2 Browder's Trip To Russia Supporters of William Z. Foster, who succeeded Earl Browdei after Bowder was deposed from the leadership of the American Communist Party and cast forth from its ranks, are bitterly attacking what the Daily Worker calls the "commercial Press" for giving prominence to the news that Browder
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    55 m.p.g. On 8 h.p. Car
    164 2 55 m.p.g. On 8 h.p. Car MR. JOE JAMESON, who calls himself "a little man m the British car Industry," has built a petrol engine which, he claims, will mean faster motoring at smaller cost. The 21 h.p. engine is only 30 inches long and 14 inches deep. A 100-hour
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    Dispute Over Millions Ire Shipowner's Will
    320 2 .An action over a £3,600,000 will is on the Probate ODur list for hearing m the Easter term. It concerns the estat of Viscount Fumess, shipowner, racehorse breeder and m dustrial magnate, who died m unoccupied southern Franc m October, 1940. Seven-eighths of his
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    FOUGHT TO EAT GRASS
    119 2 Animated skeletons fighting each other to obtain a blade ol to eat m an "extermination" camp which bore on the gate the words: "V will never come 0ut...." This terrible scene is but one ol many described by Captain J. A. P. Starr, of Newcastle-under-l s
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    Halves Of Tanker To Be Reunited
    262 2 Halves Of Tanker To Be Reunited THE halves of a 10,000 ton ship which have been separated by 1 000 mi'.es for nearly six months ai 3 to come together again on •l.c Clyde. In August. 1943, the Thorshovdi, lvinfr at Gibraltar, was serioudy damaged by an under-water explosion, believed
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    Fighting In Philippines
    76 2 MANILA. Mon.—Eight pwiam wore killed and r\ rht seriously mjured on Saturday m an encounter between Filipino military j police and guerillas on the one 1 hand and a large party of Com1 munist elemrnts on the other it was reported today. The nshtini was said to
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    B.B.C. Personalities
    93 2 Raquel Brian:. jo_rn~ii.t from Brazil, broadcasts regularly m the British B oadcasting Corporation's Latin-Ame-rican Scrvi c t:nd r th; n i.nof Uulce Jaci and was the first woman to take pait m the Brazil": pro ram mi. > ln..i London. m Ml, as Mai Ba i Crotnian. a
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    NEW EMPIRE DEFENCE PLAN
    99 2 NEW EMPIRE DEFENCE PLAN The eitabiijiirrunt of a network of Empire Defence M. —one hi Britain, cne m ca?h Dominion. a:id others m si centres— is being considered by the Commonweal. h Prime Ministers now conferr.ng m London Each Mission woaJd be responsible for defence needs m is own :hical
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    Aga Khan's Weighing In Dar-es-Salaam
    134 2 Aga K han's Weighing In Dar-es-Salaam Dar-es-Salaam (By Air Mail) A statement has bc?n issued denying rumours that the diamonds worth tc be used iii weighing t' Aga .11 here on Aug. 10, v 1 be purchased by his followers of the Lsmaili community and resold alter the ceremony. and
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    Contract Bridge
    318 2 r Both sldfa vuln^._)ie. North dealer XORTH 7 3 9A9«5 O A K Q J 8 4 3 2 WFsT I AST Q J 10 6 4 K 9 8 Q« O 10 4 3 2 076 I" 7 A A 8 S 4 SOUTH 4 At I
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      837 2 RADIO PROGRAMMES fiJif* A nrtpr At Your Request. «.3O p.m. News. 10 12 30 pm Over To You. 1 p.r- •SlWVji-ijr KJI\Zt p. m Swing music. lOVt pm. Radio Headlines. 101 p.m What's It T Kti) NLTWORK from noon i nrv.-reel 10.45 pm PrD^rammc an- 1.30 p.m. ChappcTis Queens Hall
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    Sarawak People Ask For 'No Exploitation' Guarantee
    1240 3 Sarawak People Ask For 'No Exploitation' Guarantee Parliamentary Delegates at Kuching ANLY an assurance from Britain that the indigenous people would not be exploited and that the nine cardinal principles of the new constitution promised by the Rajah m 1941 would be observed would make the people of Sarawak apree
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    Missing Heir To Malayan Baronet
    580 3 COR four years now. relalives and police in Britain have been seeking fo;news of 41-year-old Sir Bruco Colin Patrick Campb:ll. heir to the baronetcy of Ardhamurchan, Argyllshire hcid by an old Malayan figure. If he is dead, the title may pass to the Reset heir,
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    Charged With Wife's Murder
    252 3 Charged With Wife's Murder from Our Own <'orrrsp»ni!riit PENANO. TUCS. C" 'TJni that he loved hla deeply, Lou Biu>n Chuan, an ver Itam n '.cut, today pleaded uilty to a chnrpc of having mmcred his hut Uie Presiding •fficcr. Lt. Col Bellamy, reused to accept the plea I. i state
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    so Starvation Threat In North Borneo
    345 3 With a target of 2,80) calorie; per person per day aimed at by the authorities, the vast area of North Borneo comprising Sara wzk, 3runei. Labuan and Friti.sh North Borneo, d^;(r.ris on the import of 4,759 tons of cereals every month. J™" Co" RA
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    DNIEPER DAM UNDER REPAIR
    52 3 Thr world-famous Dnirurr dam. onr of thr marvels of moirrn cnfin^eriiif, which v as wrrrkrd by tl«? (Jrrman Invai\rrn of Russia early in thr war. Is now bring restored. Thr work enrs forward nparr. and is within sight of complrilon. llrrr is a grnrral \lrw of
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    Petition For Release Of Petition For
    271 3 Petition For Release Of Petition For From Our O I KUALA I.UMPI'H. I"" A petition .Tjaln.st a charge of murdrr pnirnil against a rormcr memb'-r <>f the Malayan people's Antl-Japaneae A-mv. Foo Chi Kuntm. who nllo^^ilv (XPiitrtt a prtsonei under till custody, his b°en sent to Admiral n Ih (iov(
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    Planes Drop Rice For Burmese Tribes
    326 3 UOYAIi Air Force Dakota*, Ufceratori and HaNfaxen recently dropped 2,NMMonsof rice nnd ahoiit 1 <»<» tons of salt m "Operation Hunger ll' to the hill trihes of Kurina's northern frontier. Follow mo completion of this onoration. the bifftd ioh of distributing t kc to
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    Fertilisers For Penang Cultivators
    112 3 Fertilisers For Penang Cultivators i., 1. 1 II il lit I „1 .r ..I >%'(i. Tin lion latlng. to itipplli i i imp >i ii the I (I ll ni tioti nf rub the distribution <if UN d. i ing c! i ii \\< iii it the Land |M V,<\
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., May 15, 1946. The Breakdown At Simla
    881 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., May 15, 1946. The Breakdown At Simla Reports from Simla at the week-end suggested that "unless a miracle happens." the conference between representatives of the All-India Congress, the Moslem League and the British Cabinet mission would break down. The miracle did not happen, and although
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    Other Opinions
    474 4 U.N.O. H th e United Nations lives Promises up to its promises, it will be able to wield effective military power of Its own to stop aggression in the bud, h. stead of having to depend on the action of individual members, each of whom is inclined to
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    Background To The Failure Of The Indian Mission
    1160 4  - Background To The Failure Of The Indian Mission Colin Reed By Fis getting hotter and hotter here m this outsize architect's model of a city, called New Delhi. The electric fans whirr overhead all day and all night. To move, even to sit reading a newspaper, outside their range is
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      Barbers and
      135 4 Mi. I.ouis Kana^asdbai'regarding barbers !s of intBarbers charge 50 to $2 per hoad. and dhofcl" s Chi per nioro. Pro-","- v htrri to provide good quality powilor. vaseline fau rif* rolc^n^. etc while dhobi^s had to use soda, starch and blue. Yet t>p nrtccs then were about a
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      Public Health
      60 4 The back lane and open space (formerly a Municipal Park* bounded hv Cross Street, Club Street. Mohamed Ali Lane and South Bridge Roa^. arc frll of dirty refuse, hawkers a* tan sheds, and corrugated iron houses some of which should propc-rlv come under "Offensive Trades' Who 's responsible
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      School Buses Needed
      90 4 The local ehlhtren have lost ♦hree md i M'f of BChnolinjr owing to the Jan occupation. After the liberation, too, Vchildren, who earl att< 1 ivt to hich h"s fares. It is time that the:■■•e or the City Transport Officer did something to alleviate di. I nrovidini
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      Car Without Lights
      107 4 Yesterday evening, whili 1 walking along New Bridge Road with my brother, we were nearly killed by a motor-car. I wanted to cross over to the Southern Hotel, and a car without lights, which I could not see owing to the darkness and lack of street lights,
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    PLUTONIUM & POLITICS
    661 4  - PLUTONIUM POLITICS John Langdon-Davies By WHEREAS Britain and Canada share with the United States all the knowledge needed to make a uranium atomic bomb, only the United States knows the full process of making a plutonium bomb. Of the two, the plutonium bomb is the more important because it Is
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      857 4 TAN—TEO—The engagement will take place today May 15th. '46 between Mr. Tan Hong Poh, youngest Fon of the late Mr. Tan Seng Chuan Madam. Oon Tuan Pin and Miss Rosalind Tco Gck Kirn. second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Teo Lye Chuan. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED a Violin teacher (preference given
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      95 4 MUSICIAN'S BOOKSHELF. Orchestral Conducting 5.50 Harmony for Students 10. Harmony Its Thoery and Practice 10. Analytical key to the above B.— App'led Perm 10.— Musical Form 10. Fugal Analysis 10. Dictionary of Mv .ical Terms 6. The Orchestra Part 1 10.— The Orchestra— Part 2 30 Beethoven Pianoforte Sonatas 3.75
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    Cheaper Vegetables And Milk From Monday PRICE OF PORK ALSO FIXED
    746 5 Training Servicemen As Teachers TWO Overseas Selection Boards are m Singapore, choosing suitable men for training as teachers from over 1.000 <;.ndidates m the Services. The Boards will be based on Singapore for the next fortnight, or longer if
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    Radio Play On 'Double Tenth Tonight
    389 5 o The blowing U p of J anese oil m r.-:gapore harbour m oncse Kcmpeitai of certain civilians then interned m Chang! gao] SS be J" ec ?pted m a play, entitled hi Km H^ T<Jllth VhiCh Wil be broadcast from the Singapore station
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    Malaya Sells Rubber Direct To London
    433 5 WITH the elating early this month of the Rubber and Produce Buying: Units, Malaya now deals direct with London and sells her rubber to the Rubber Directorate through members of the Rubber Traders' Association. Singapore merchants have a slight advantage over thoso on the
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    Malay Gaoled For Harbouring Jap PoWs
    174 5 Malay Gaoled For Harbouring Jap PoWs (From Our Own Correspondent) BATU PAH AT. Tue.s: Samat bin Haji Salleh. appearing m the District Court here on Saturday w;i convicted on a charge of harbouring Japanese PoWs and .sentenced to one year's rigorous imnrlaonmcr.t. On recei it of information, a police sergeant
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    Rubber Output Figures
    235 5 Rubber production on cer am estates m Malaya during Apiil is reported as follows: Allenby Rubber Company. Ltd 20.5C0 lb Benta Rubber Estates, Ltd 20.000 lbs Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate. Ltd.. 2.010 lb Kundong Rubbei Estate. Ltd, 20,600 lb Mentakab Rubber Co, Ltd., 40 500 lb Sungei
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    War Crimes Court President Corrections Press Report
    655 5 In the Sixth Singapoi e War Crimes Court yesterday, m the course of the trial of Lieut Orimo and L/Cpl. Nagayama on charges of violating the laws I and usages of war and causing I the deaths of six British PoWs at Normanton
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    Intensive Crime Drive In Penang
    263 5 t'Frcm Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Tues.: -Armed with Tommyguns, a lorce of 180 men led by Army and police officers' conducted an early morning comb-out today of the trianj gular Jelutong area bounded by Perak Road. Perak Lane and Jelutong Road.. P Altogether 40C nouses
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    INDIAN TROOPS FROM S.E.A.C.
    60 5 Indian troops arc now return ng honif after service m South East Asia theatres of war. At Calcutta dork*, they are met by senior officers welfare and voluntary v.orkers. The mm A«t tea. cigarettes, hot meals and a *ift parrel Col. F. W. Gihh (right). Commandant
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    Inquiry Into Charge Of Murder Against Police Inspector
    642 5 Inquiry Into Charge Of Murder Against Police Inspector I A RRESTED by the Special Branch of the Police w, f h u rtly af L ter the fall of Sin S a P°»-e, a man, named Uahab, was beaten daily for about three weeks until me wounds on his body
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    Chinese Urged To Help In Rehabilitation
    121 5 Chinese Urged To Help In Rehabilitation PENANG. Tues.-The Ch mm Consul-General. Dr. Wu Paak-SST-i v d is no h: < n visit to Pcnang. paid courtesy "V on the Kes.Jcm c<;mter. Government o.licials and immunity lear'srs. At a tea party pivr n V r "ordav afternoon m his honour by
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    Exceeded Controlled Price, Fined $1.000
    177 5 Tan Gc.k Lian. deseribatl as the managing partner of Chop Hup Sens m Upper Circuar Read, was fined $1,000 or four 2 1CU 1 rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Tan Tboon Lip m the second District Court yesterday for 57.11 piculs of salt at a price
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  • All the Latest Sports News
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      SURREY OUT FOR 338 Indians Need Only 20 Runs To Win
      609 6 SURREY OUT FOR 338 Indians Need Only 20 Runs To Win LONDON, Tues. Dismissing Surrey for 135 in the first innings and 338 the second, the Indians were assured of victory when the lunch interval was taken at the Oval today in the third day of the match between Surrey
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      St Dunstan's Soccer In Penang
      48 6 St Dunstan's Soccer In Penang The It.A.F. St. Duns'an s W'et-U. i:i Pc.ian; uas especially notable for tht thrilling soccer match brtween the Penan; ivilians and the R.VF.. which the Civi ians won by six goals to fivr. Here arc the teams. R..VK. (above) and Civi ians 'below).
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      Hat-Trick At Seremban
      482 6 El raits Times Corr.— SEREMBAN. Mon— Good bowling by Sequerah. who took seven wickets for 27, including the hat-trick, and then made 30 runs, helped Capt. Smiths XI to beat G. Stephens XI by three wickets in a niatcli played here. Scores were: G. STEPHENS' XI M.
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      Happy Knight Firm Derby Favourite
      369 6 Happy Kn igh t Firm Derby Favourite LONDON, Mon.— Khakd displaced Fleet Street as second Derby favourite in the Victoria Club call-over to-nig.it and Fleet Street weakened to ten to one from eight to one. Happy Knight is still a firm favourite. Khaled. after being supported to v.in £2,000 at
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      Finish Athletes To Be Charged As 'Pros'
      103 6 IIEISINKI. Sun— The Finnish Athletic Association expects to consider this spring charges of professionalism aga nst a number of Finnish athletes. The Swedish Athletic Association, which recently completed its investigations by risqualifyins Gunder Haegg. \rne Anderson and seven ot'ier runners, is placing information
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      TAIPING SPORT
      38 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) TAIPING Mon— The Ceylon Association, Taiping, revived their sports activities on Sunday when their cricket XI travelled to Batu Gajah for a gam* against the Hrewster Club. They lost by 20 runs.
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      County Cricket Hammond Gets Another Century
      171 6 LONDON. Mon Walter Hammond scored his second consecutive century of the season today when he made 134 for Gloucester pf- ■■-.st Lancashire on the Gloucester ground In spite of Hammond's fighting effort however. Gloucester's first innings ended at 238. which was short of Lancashire's
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      CHINESE WIN CHARITY SOCCER REPLAY
      228 6 Straits Times Corr., MALACCA, Mon.— A large crowd saw the Chinese beat the Malays two-nil in the second reolay of the Malaya Welfare Fund football competition on Saturday The Chinese, playing with great dash, scored in me tiird minute through their captai.i. Tarn Chee Lim.
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      SCOREBOARD
      171 6 INDIANS— 1st INNS: 451 BUNS Surrey 1st Inning*. R. J. Gregory Ibw. Sobonl 1C L. B. Flshlock hit wkt. b. Nayudu 62 II. I.. Squires c. Nimbalkar b. Haxare 4 T. H. Barlinjj b. Hazare I J. F. Parker c Merchant b. Bannerjee 2t E. A. Bedser Ibw. Mankad
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      Ringside Seats At £21
      202 6 Ringside Seats At £21 LONDON Tues— ro-nighv's contest between Freddie MJlls, British cruiserweight champion, ivnd Gus Lesnevitch, the American cruiserweight champion, will bring to promoter Jack Solomons the biggest gate m ttM history of British boxing, for with ring-side seats selling at £21 and a tull house assured, receipts will
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      755 6 NOTICE. ESTATE OP H. SOMAPAH DECEASED The Trustees' accounts between the lit of February. 1945, and 31st of January, 1946, have been Died In the High Court In Originating Summons No. 18 of 1944 on the 11th day of May. 1946, and will be passed by the Registrar on the
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    ALL JAPAN'S AIR EQUIPMENT FOR
    737 7 REPARATIONS Eleven Nations Decide Policy WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Far Eastern Commission, an eleven-nation body dealing with policy regarding Japan, has decided that all Japan's aviation-manufacturing equipment shall be available for reparations. The question of apportion- r mcnt of reparations among the various nations has not
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    19 7 Commandos stationed m Houg Kong at thrir morn m c drill outside Murray Barracks. (Army Film I nit Picture).
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    Jews Say "We Will Set Up Government"
    356 7 Jews Say "We Will Set Up Government" NEW YORK, Mon.— Dr. Louis Altman, president of the United Zionists Revisionists Organisation of Palestine announced here yesterday *,hat the group will set up, with armed force if necessary. a Jrwish provisional government for Palestine this year or next. "The 'governments' first task
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    COMMUNIST THREAT TO PEKING
    332 7 COMMUNIST THREAT TO PEKING NANKING, Tues —Four new large-scale movements of Chinese Communists, totalling more than 70.000 troops, m and around Hopei province were reported yesterday by the Peking Chinese press The reports stated that these movements were part of a systematic campaign to sever P;' t's communication lines. Recent
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    "We Had No Plans With JapS '' — Wagner
    334 7 "We Had No Plans With JapS Wagner NUREMBERG, Mon.— The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour came as a complete surprise to the German Navy, the War Crimes Tribunal here was told ./esterday. The testimony was jfiven by Admiral Wagner, m an effort to show that the Reich High Command had
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    La Guardia Barred As Candidate
    87 7 NFW YORK. Tues —Mr. I.a Guardia, as founder and active manager of the American Labour Party, by a new ruling beromes tarred as a possible Democratic Party candidate for the United States Senate. The new ruling bans all meinbtrs> of the l.ahour Party from Democrat
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    America May Grow Rubber
    174 7 DETRIOT. Mon— Mr. R. S. Wilson, vice-presJdent of the Gocdyear Tyre and Rubber Comp- advocates the development of n '.icr stations m Central America. S -"akine: at a conference on th«* reconstruction of the Finance Office of ""übber Reserve. Mr V.'ilson said: is ily cossible to
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    U. S. Agreement With India
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