The Straits Times, 5 June 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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    TOJO DENOUNCED AS A 'COMMON FELON'
    1129 1 Prosecution Asks Tribunal To Make Him Example To World TOKIO, Tuesday. fJJii. JOSEPH 15. KEENAN, Chief Prosecutor at the trial of the former Japan- cst Premier, Hideki Tojo, and 25 other Japanese war leaders, today asked the Military Tribunal to make an example to
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    U.S. Plane Sets World Record
    75 1 DAYTON, (OHIO), Tues— A jet-propelled PBO fighter aircraft set a new world record of 462 miles per hour flying m a round trip between Dayton and St. I.ouis m one hour, 20 .minutes and 31 seconds. The previous record of 440 miles per hour was
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    Stettinius's Resignation Accepted
    158 1 Stettinius's Resignation Accepted WASHINGTON, Tussday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN has I accepted the resignation of Mr. Edward Stettinius as United States representative?' to the United Nations Organisation. The announcement was made only four hours after Mr. Stettinius had left a White House conference at which both the President and Mr. James Byrnes,
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    Britain's Ten Battleships
    91 1 Britain's Ten Battleships LONDON. Tues. The new edition of Janes' "Fighting Ships" said Britain has only ten serviceable battleships of which only five are fit for full fleet service. The Admiralty listed only the Kins G?crge V, Duke of York, Anson Howe and Vanguard. The publication said the Queen Elizabeth,
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    FEAR OF UNO VETO
    212 1 New York, Tuesday. THE possibility that one of the big powers mignt veto the Security Council sub committee recommendation for a United Nations break with Franco Spain loomed as a factor today as the Council prepared for act: on on the Spanish ca?e on Thursday. Two
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    Bevin Censures Russia
    360 1 Bevin Censures Russia LONDON, Tuesday. ENDURING peace m Europe can be guaranteed only if Russia enters closely into the European settlement" Mr. Ernest Bsvin, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons this afternoon. Mr. Bevin continued. "All through the Russian speeches and writings runs the idea that the Russian
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    Socialists Strong In France
    150 1 Socialists Strong In France PARIS, Tues —Despite losses m Sunday's election the French Socialist Party retain a strong position No single party is strong enough alone to command a majority In the Assembly. It is considered unlikely that the Communists would enter any government headed by the Moderate Popular Republican
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    His Throne In The Balance
    14 1 A recent photograph of Kinf Umberto and Queen MarieJose.
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER CHANGE-OVER
    419 1 Subsidy If Plants Unsold WASHINGTON, Tuesday. CEYKN hundred and fifty million dollars worth of government-controlled synthetic rubber plants will he offered for sale to private companies during tli; 4 latter half of 1946, it was announced today. The plant 3 will be offered for sale m the
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    SOUTHERN ITALY VOTES FOR THE KING
    330 1 SOUTHERN ITALY VOTES FOR THE KING ROME, Tuesday. PIRST unofficial returns from Sunday's plebiscite showed Southern (taly apparently favouring the Monarchy and Northern Italy a republic. Unofficial figu r es, m. agr* and inconclusive, also gave an early lead to the middle-of-the-road Chr stian Democratic party candidate* to the Constitutional
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    INDIA'S FOOD DEFICIT UNKNOWN
    690 2 May June Cargoes Stated In Commons LONDON, Tuesday. 'A BOUT 235.000 tons of cereals were shipped to India i m May and over 200,000 tons have already been arranged for shipment m June, Mr. Arthur Henderi son Under Secretary of State for India s told Mr.
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    King Of Siam Visiting U.S.
    110 2 WASHINGTON. Tues— lt was reliably reported today that King Ananda Mahidol, 20-year-old ruler of Siam, would pay a brief visit to the United States this month. King Ananda interrupted hi? studies at the University of Lausanne last autumn to return to his liberated country. He
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    "RUSSIANS GOT 13 TOP SECRETS"
    157 2 "RUSSIANS GOT 13 TOP SECRETS" OTTAWA, Tue.day. DETAILS of the atomic bomb and plans for the New Mexico test last summer were sent to Moscow by Russian spies shortly before the tests, according to documents introduced by the prosecution at the trial of Mr. Fred Rose Communist Member of the
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    SIAM MILLIONS "UNFROZEN"
    94 2 BANGKOK, Mor— The Siamese government announce that Britain has agreed to "unfreeze" £6,000,000 out of the £16.000,000 Siamese sterline credit which had been withheld m London under wartime restrictions. A Siamese government communique said only £1,000,000 would be released m cash for the purpose of "restarting trade.
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    U.S. Maritime Strike Bid Remains
    85 2 U.S. Maritime Strike Bid Remains WASHINGTON, Tuesday. rE World Federation of Trade Unions has advised the seven strike-threatening United States maritime unions that it was "immediately notifying" all affiliated groups of their request for world labour support. The unions had asked the World Federation to request its affiliates not to
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    Oil Men In One-day Strike
    82 2 Teheran, Mon.— Anglo-Iranian Oil Company workers m j Teheran struck today m sympathy with other strikers m south Persia. A settle 1 ment has already been reached, however, and the men will begin work again tomorrow. Teheran was without petrol tolay and many buses and
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    'Earthquake Ruins Villages
    96 2 Earthquake Ruins Villages ISTANBUL, Mon.— Stories only now beginning to trickle I out of isolated Turkey tel of how an earthquake shattered homes, and crushed possibly more than 600 persons to death at dawn last Friday. A violent seven-seconj tremor i rocked 'he provinces of Mus and Erzerum. Many other
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    "Use No Animals In Atom Tests"
    71 2 LONDON, Tues— Petitions against ihe use of animals m the atom bomb tests oif the Marshall Islands are to be presrnted to the American Ambassador m London for transmission to President Truman. The petitiors have been organized by various societies, including the an'i- Vivisection
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    French Say Siam Bandits To Blame
    142 2 Fr ench Say Siam Bandits To Blame Off YORK. Mon.— The Siamese border incidents resulted from raids b 7 bandits who continually crossed the Mekong river from the Siamese sirie. according to th-^ French. Twenty-five jsmp.ll-scale attacks wrre made jfrom the French side m efforts ito recover some of the
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    PLEASURE TRIPS FOR V-PARADERS
    53 2 An anonymous reader of the Daily Mail made a gn-nd comijluition to tho entertainment of forces marching on the V-Paradc He arranged for 2,250 pleasure trips from London to Southend by stenmer for three days from Juno 11 to June 13 The lotr.l rot to the
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    ARAB MARES FOR THE PRINCESSES
    50 2 These two pure bred Arab mares are a pift to Princess Elizabeth and Princrai Margaret irom the Emir Abdullah of Trans Jordan. They were sent to Englan |on the Orbita and arc seen here on the deck of the liner when she docked at Liverpool.
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    He Thought Dachau Had Gardens
    101 2 He Thought Dachau Had Gardens NUREMBERG. Tues —General Jodl, former Chief of the German General Staff, has told the War Crimes Court here that German soldiers were shown pictures of flower gardens m Dachau horror camp, the Warsaw ghetto and Terezin concentration camp. "We had the impression that they were
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    Reparations In British Zone
    95 2 Reparations In British Zone LONDON. TOM Mr. I. B Hynd. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster v:ho controls th*» British Administration m Germany, told the House of r;>rr^r today that a proposal to halt deliveries of renamtions In the British occupation zone vaa "under consideration." Asked if the Government c'id
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    New York Slocks
    110 2 MPs WEAR RIKBUN NEW YORK Mon —The stock market started a new month on an easier note, with losses o' fractions to more than a point over a fairly wide list of Issues. A few loaders, however, ros.? sharnlv against the treiid of the day's sellins was
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    Britain Accused Of Using Japs
    114 2 WASHINC lON Monday.— Ton Consressmcn today char; d with retaining Jap ancsc trouos m Indonesia to help suppress the Indonrsian rcvolutio.:. kid that the American delegate Mr I ttin.:. uesl tt) :i o! Indonesia be placed upon the agendu of the United Natior ncil for
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    According to Culbertson
    307 2 ;i to.'ay's deal how lo tv fc,:d. South, dealer Rntv, ci--- -M* BOm m -i, V X J 10 7 X J 9 8 5 4Q96S U>st East 876J X iO 9 5 4 S *AS2 163 q #745 A a j a.v u\ ♦AJBSZ k Soutn
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      830 2 RADIO PROGRAMMES I Dm. -12.22 a.m HSN >i 38 ,3 p.m. Spotlights for Two. S 30 pm uU.^ttrUKt tif Ncws 3-*» Pm Bandstand. 4 pin RED NtlHORR from noon to JUNE S I BBC Scottish Variety Or-l.cstra. 4 30 Z pan .nd 6.30 to 11 p w on 225 7
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      93 2 CROSS W Q R D Ml |3 |4 15 II 6 I 7I 7 I 6I 6 I I T$ j M^ HothoiiT phi CLUES DOWN. 1. Collier, 2. Ll.ciy, 3. Dwells SD^fJ^Tll^ii*^ 4. Hags, 5. Employee, 6. Unit of rapacity. 7 SrMr-^Mi K/i£im Rowin.? blade, 8. Money lciiclci, 9.
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    Court Told Of Removal Of Carpets
    517 3 ALLEGED INCIDENT AT WRONG CAMP Two majors gave evidence at the trial which began l.oi'ore Mr. Paul Storr m the Singapore District Co.jr' yesterday of Caesar M. Houghton, who is al!e ':;ot 3 on April 12, to have dishonestly retained 80 Brrond hanti carpets
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    Beer Price Down
    55 3 UflTil effect from June 1 the prices of locally brewed beer will be reduced to CO cents per rint bottle an 1 SI per quart bottle, except where beer is served on the uremises m which case the charge will b? SO cents per pint hofilr and
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    GOVT. ASKS FOR REPORT
    145 3 BUR^A DACOiTS LONDON, lion. THE British Government has asked Sir Reginald Dorman Smith, Governor of Burma, for specific information en the activities of <:acoils armed bandits render ing parts of that County unsafe Ar'.hur Henderson, Under-Secrctaiy for Burma, disclosed m the Commons today. Tom Driberg, (Lab.
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    Governor Of Burma Sick
    93 3 RANGOON, Turs— Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, Governor of Burma, is suffering from an attack of amoebic dysentery, which is likely to incapacitate him from performing his full duties for some time to come, it is officially announced today. Sir Henry Knight will act as the Governor of
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    Charge Withdrawn
    173 3 From Cur Soecial Correspondent IPOH. Tuc3.—A charge of havlnj allegedly committed an act likely to give assistance to the military operations of the enemy, namely thp capture of five Gurkha soldiers of His Majesty's forces .sometime m February 1942 was today withdrawn against Ahmad Thaiuddir bin AH. In
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    ROTARY CLUB
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    TIN BOARD ALLOCATION
    90 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The Combined Tin Committee j today announced additional allo- cations of tin metal lor the first half of 1946, with France getting the biggest allotment and the United States close behind. Allocations totalling 9,476 long tons supplement the previous allotments of 18,300 long tons ani
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    JAPAN STREET A NEW NAME?
    46 3 A \iew of Japan Stre:t, Singapore. Following the proposal to re-name Grove Road, whrn it is reopened, to Mount bat. m Road, readers of the I traits limes are now suggesting that Japan Street should bear a name "more wo. thy."
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    Post Master Bound Over
    92 3 From Our Own Correspondent IPOH. Tues.—Zainal Abidin bin Mohamcd Saleh v/as today bound over by Lt.-Col. J. O. Adams m the Perak Superior Court for a period of six months and m sums totalling $3,000 when he ha.l pleaded guilty to a charge of falsification of
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    BNB PRICE: MORE THAN £1 MILLION
    83 3 Frcm Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Tues. TOMMENTING en the negotia- tions for the cession of British Ncrth Borneo, the Evening Standard believes that the British Government will not buy the Chartered Comcany's two mi'lion £1 shares whic'.i are at present quoted at around 19
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    16,000 Malaya Indians Have Asked To Go Home
    461 3 THE desire of thousands of Indians for repatriation at a 1 time when government regulations drastically restrict procurement of replacement workers from India, confronts Malaya s expanding postwar economy with a serious problem says S K. Chettur, Representative of the Government of
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    THREE SOLDIERS SENT TO JAIL
    287 3 CEIITENCE of 18 months' rigorous imprisonment was passed m the Singapore District Court yest.r.lay, by Mr. Paul Storr, on three British soldiers John Francis Pupius, Michael Robert Goldsmith and Edwin Williams, who pleaded Guilty to a charge of robbery, involving $334, m Aliwal Street on
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    PROTEST OVER BURIAL GROUND
    176 3 The transfer of th? Hindu burial ground from Bidadarl to Chua Choo Kang Road is causing dissatisfaction among the Hindus of Singapore, said Mr. M. K. Sabai. Secretary of the Hindu Association, Singapore, m an interview with the Straits Times. Bidadari. he said, which for a
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    N.E.I Currency
    43 3 BATAVIA. Tucs.— The Indcnc- I sian Republic shortly will issue its own paper currency, the Republican newspaper Merdeka states. Merdeka said the currency had been printed and was being: withheld only until currency regulations could be drawn up, quotes A. P.
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    33 3 Volunteer Efficiency Decorations have been awarded to Capt. Stephen Toolseram of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, and Major Brrti Geary and Capt A. VV Fris'by both of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force.
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    Husband Charged With Murder
    101 3 From Our Own Correspondent PEJ'ANG, Tues.—Giving evidence m the Superior Court today at the trial of her son-in-law on a charge of murdering her daughter with a spear, Leong Kh Peng, a Chinese woman, testified that the accused and his wife made "a happy and loving
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    Returned To Malaya
    66 3 The following have returned to Malaya: Mr. W. L. R. Carbonell (Malayan Police Service), Mr. W. N. Gourlay (M.C.S.), Dr. R. A. Pallister and Dr. P. Tomlinson (Malayan Medical Service), Mr. D. G. Hall and Mr. W. H. W. Hannlgan (Malayan Customs Service), Mr. E. J. Shrubshall
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    Jap Suspects In N.E.I.
    45 3 BATAVIA. Tues—Approximately 1,000 alleged Japanese war criminals will be tried m the Netherlands East Indies, reports the N.E.I. Information Service. The suspects are being held m the suburban Tjipinang prison, which was converted to that use on June 1, says A.P.
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    'SERIOUS TROUBLE THREAT IN MALAYA'
    491 3 The London Times Talks Of From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Monday. IN a lea.-fei headed "Storm Clouds Over Malaya," the Lrmlon Times states that there is a mass of evidence from Malaya that Whitehall is attempting to impose the Wff constitution upon a population both
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    Import, Export Declarations
    78 3 Import and export declai :ns for goods imported from or exported to the Malayan Union need no longer be submitted to the ne^-trar of Imports and Exports, Sinscpore, for approval and endorsement. Tr.2 requirements of the Customs Department Malayan Union are -it hereby affected. r.cfer:::ce should, however,
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    Radio Cars Attended 818 Calls
    165 3 SIXTY-EIGHT wanUd cars wciv recovered during May by rado patrol cars of the C.1.D., Singapore. In all, rad o patrol ears attended tv 818 calls during the month. Latest crime reports discloss that three peopl have been arrested by the C.I.D. m connection with a
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    MacArthur: Two Assasination Plots
    130 3 TOXIO, Tues -Terunon A-ai, outhf ul Japanese arrested ia sonnccUon with the "plot" to a>fiussinat? Gen. MauArtiiur, confessed to a Japanese police officer that M planned to join the Cor.irrunist nd then deliberately .ail m t'-.e p---- --siration so that he could put th? blame on
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    Defied Gunmen, Shot In Leg
    60 3 'From Our Own Corresoo-dent) PENANG, Tues— A Tamil, who defied two gunmen when they held him up at a lonely spot m Thean Tck Estate, Ayer Itam, this morning, was shot In the leg while attempting to run nray from his attackers. The injured man
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    BANK HOLIDAYS
    29 3 All Oder* or en < Ma!a /an Exchange Banks Association will be closed for business on Monday, June 10 (Whit Monday) and Thursday. June 13 (Th« King's Birthday).
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    JAP TERRORISTS
    43 3 Four Japanese youths surrendered to the police m Sao Paulo State, asserting they had killed a Japanese Army Colonel "becaus* he offended the honour of th« Empire." It wa3 the fresh outbreak of Japanese terrorist* against countrymen who acknowledge Japan's defeat.—A.P.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 5, 1946. Right Turn In France
    682 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 5, 1946. Right Turn In France While for sor.iC time the politijcal tendency of the world a', large has been to show an In- creasing progression towards the Left. Fiance Is providing an m.- foresting exception. Complete I figures m the ole tions to
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    Chinese Nurses Or Sisters?
    446 4 There is more than meets the ley* m the movement wh ch has been launched m Australia to I raise a fund 01 £10,003. known as the Australian Imperial Forces Malayan Rtanlns Bcbotanhin. This fund is intended to be a token of gratitude for the help
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    Why the Canadians Liked MacDonald
    281 4 Why the Canadians Liked MacDonald This pen-portrait of .Mr. Malcolm MaelJonalcl, appeared m the Sunday Times. London, some days ago. The son of the first Labour Prime .Minister m British political history, Mr. Mai Donald left Whitehall m 1!)41 to brconie British Huh Commissioner m anad.t. n.id it was with
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    Books And Birds
    325 4 SOME, noticing the abscr.ee ol a c!-ar polit. al hr.c, thought he might remain a li-!itweight m aiTaiis. But he brought from his political .".mi ground Quali*ic> which blossom m !i-; happy >1 mpnt to Canucla. A product of co-~diK aiior.al Bedales, vbraes he went »p to
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    An Interpreter
    65 4 •■\CDOKAI.D understood this Ifl co M Y\^ df I <: tis with Jhe O rermnent rt r*annda and *h»* Cnvdian p'-ot't'. and flrmly Interpreted U -*>*\r' rwllnf; to Ine Briii GO7- idn that H»-» >'•• •■idrev W<Otta« I "»t -Co!. JnVn 1 moved ips -i;d to 1 11
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      "Everyone's Temper Is On Edge"
      241 4 yot'-R editorial of t d I date la mo.-t timely the Municipal si iff as a w !;kful that you havt* ds\otrd time and space to give publicity to their gne- Everyone's temper is HOW on edg.\ because eveiy one has suffered one way or
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      Back-Lane Stuff!
      109 4 I TAKE it as a direct insult to the Chinese populace that S. Palaniandy, your correspondent, could have ever committed s»ch a flagrant affront as suggesting that Japan St. be renamed after General Chiang Kai-shek. Does he ihink that we Chinese want this so-called honour? We have gone
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      Pickpocket Pests
      258 4 F' is disgusting to see the police turning a deaf ear to the many complaints about pickpockets. Can Singaporean" tolerate it any longer? We demand that higher authorities take drastic action. PERPLEXED. Singapore, June 2. (A news item In the Strains Times yesterday stated that a big drive
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      Wives Without Rations
      153 4 I don't think your correspondent "Ping-Pong" has quite understood the meaning ot my letter on rations for wives. He doesn't I seem to realise that we wives are! jnot entitled to a civilian ration card for rice, sugar, etc. I would like to assure "Ping- j Pong"
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      Kitchen Gardens
      156 4 PERHAPS thi> genilemaa signing himsolf 'a Fen Supporter" would prefer to go hungry rather than soil his precious hands by a little honest hard work! If everyone who could do so would at least attempt to gfow a few vegetables for themselves the market prices would berhaps be
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    'BILLY' IN PARIS V-PARADE
    25 5 Ihfl Rojral W.lh Fusiliers, head rd by thrir Mascot Ilillv the Goat," taking pait in the rtcmt V-Uay parade in Paris.
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    Malayan Sgt Gets His Autograph
    86 5 Ihp Colonial contingent for Saturdays Victory Parade m London, has been visited m Kensington Gardens by Mr. Cirorge Hall, the Colonial Secretary. He visited all deiaihun nts, beginning wit t*r Vfcst African and Easl and Central African. 't the request of Sgt. V PaM. of
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    SIKH TO DIE FOR MURDER
    78 5 (Fn m Our Own Correspondent < ALOR STAR, Fri.— Gurnam Singh, a Punjabi, charged with the mu;der of a compatriot, was sentenced to death today by Lt.Col. Massie, president of the Buperior Court. The prosecution alleged that Gurnam Singh and another Sikh attacked a third
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    Coalition In Holland?
    78 5 THE HAOUE. Mon. -Dr. L. J. Beel started conferring with leaders of parliamentary parties today on what politii-^l circles described as an attempt to form a coalition government on a broad basis instead of a coalition ot the Catholic and Labour parties. Dr. Bpcl r, i Ived
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    Free Rubber Market Urged For Malaya
    961 5 Free Rubber Market Urged For Malaya STRONG DEMAND FOR HIGHER PRICE liv A Special Correspondent Malay;) wants a free rubber market as quickly as povs hie, where efficiency m administration and production will succeed government controls and fixed prices and result m maximum production at a moment when the acquisition
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    M.P. IS NEW MALTA GOVERNOR
    26 5 Mr. I rancis Douglas, the new QsjM nor of Mai a. He has been Labour M.P. for North Battersea since 1949.
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    Fighting In Philippines
    84 5 MANILA. <By Air Mail).— A 12hour battle involving 2,000 Hukbalahon guerillas and military police was reported while the new j President, of the Philippines. General Manuel Roxas, discussed I "pressing situations" at his flist Cabinet meeting yesterday. Bight Filipino soldiers were killed and two wounded, and an
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    Equitable Price For Rubber Urged
    108 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Mr. Khoo Tei K>?e on behalt of the Malayan Estate Owners Association has sent the following cable to the Secretary for Colonies "The Malayan Estate Owners Association, representing rubber producers of all races aggregating hnlf a nrllion acres
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    Ex-President Of U.S.S.R Dead
    57 5 ;jw Radio broacJiast on Monday that cx-Presiaent Kaiinin died at 10.5 a.rn on day after a long and serious ill— ays U.P lrorn London Kalinin was a BsMßbef o, t >■ Political Bureau oi the Central Committee of tr.e 80l Party and r mr'iib^r of th°
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    S'PORE TO HAVE BIGGEST PARADE
    295 5 fcl.\» >. ..a ill I it lh« liberation of this t. v. iil not fall inio lii.c viih London ur.d Malayan rring Vktorr •*«*> on BaJanby >\i -i military show Singapore though, will come- into it* own on the King's Birthday on June 13, when
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    Java For U.N.O: Democrats Plea
    114 5 WASHINGTON, Tirsday. I'm Democrat members of the U.S. Congress have written to Mr. Edvard Stettinius, representative at UNO urging "that »he question of Indonesia be placed on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council for immediate consideration." A letter said that 'armed Japanese troops
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    19 5 Mr. C. H White, of trip tririty Department, Malayan Union, has been seconded to the Singapore Municipal Electricity Department.
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    Pre-War Residents Only Need Apply
    377 5 Pre- War Residents On ly Need Apply LOAN OF FURNITURE IVLtLOtVUSCi ihe ticveraeri Btatemenfl j«.i a Frcai conference m Singapore oa thai Ihe Custcdiiin •>! Property would io;'.ii iurniture io tkoee withoot it, appUcatiMM lor fnraitarc showed v increase oi 50 per cent over the number of recent applications. Thirty
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    'Mass Murder' Japs To Stand Trial
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    226 5 A cable' was se;t by the Government of Singapore recently to the Colonial Secretary asking for sanction to pay $3,750,000 due on the balance of rehabilitation grants which were originally given to Government and Municipal employees under the B.M.A. Payment of the balances was held
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    27 5 Th i aeQUirlnf an air force Jor Timor. am -on and th, have br n bought Comm c, from he o Cli'b.
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      234 6 (By Leary Constantine) Southampton, Monday. A HEAVY morning shower produced a sticky wicket when the second day's p!ay between the Ind'an tourists and Hampshire began today. The Indians were the first to suffer from the wicket and were dismissed for 130, which is the
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      118 6 The following will represent the Recs at hockey against V. N Pillays XI at the Police Depot Thomson Road, at 5.15 p.m. to-day: 8 Rodrlgues; R. H. Barth. P.Neubronner. L Reutcns, O Clarke M Toledo; A. O. Valberg. R Jansen,' J: Clarke. K. Leembruggen and E. Ebert. Umpire
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      244 6 'THE following have b3tn £ekcted to represent Penang against Selangor m an inter-State cricket match to be played during the Whltsun holidays. Major o. s. Walker (capt.). Eu Cheow Telk. Koay Khoon Leong, J. Andres. Capt. R. y. Walker, Tan Ah Ee. A. J. Wll'lams. Llm Cheng
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    504 7 FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF MINE UNION ]New Conimunist Challenge By Robert Lloyd, Router's Industrial Correspondent LONDON, (Air Mail) The struggle for control of Britain's National Union of Mineworkers a union of 700,000 members, of whom 400,000 are paying affiliation fees to the Labour Party is developing between Labourites and Communists
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    42 7 Castles For Workers PRAGUE (Air Mail).— Over 300 castles, palaces ant* other large buildings, formerly occupied by Germans and their collaborators, hare now been nationa'ised m Czechoslovakia. Most are servins as museums and headquarters for cultural organisations or resorts for workers A.l*.
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    98 7 INDIANAPOLIS, Mon— George Robson, the Los Angeles winner of the Memorial Day 500-mile automobile race, today faced a $1,000 fine for violating the I American Automobile Association I pit rule during the event. Robson 's risht to the first prize money is not jeopardised, however. Jimmy
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    379 7 RANGOON, (Air Mail). A shortage of elephants is one of the factors hampering recovery of Burma's timber industry. During the occupation the Japanese removed to Siam about 4,000 of the 6,000 elephants used for hauling timber. The Timber Projects Board, which is charged with the task
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    460 7 Commission Hindered By Franco MADRID, (Air Mail).— Tht Allied Control Comm.ss or tor Germany, whose representatives in Spain work lr the former German Embassj on the Avenida del General Siino here, has not yet b:er given full juridical recognition by the Spanish Government. This means that, although the property and
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    410 7 DRITISH cargo ships without U cargoes are out on the high seas today— in the midst of an export drive and world clamour for shipping space. states the Sunday Express. "We are doing our best to avoid ships leaving the country m ballast," states the Ministry of
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