The Singapore Free Press, 15 October 1946

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE FN MALAYA V, 16.6:4. SINGAPORE, TUESD^ V, OCTOBER 15, 1946. EIGHI PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    SERVICES LITTLE TO BLAME
    127 1 SERVICES LITTLE TO BLAME i J Kenti t>eonle ask- f r thr rel a<. 01 the ",43 mtckut? trooD> Nenlenced m hbya for muiiny was pre*ld M-. Garry Alliehan HP for (ira\r-end fi ni i i nMed tt'r *h» summe recess. htoA-« Mr (,prr> AllitD .rf hri ig the Houses
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    KLUANG: PEER CALLS IT 'COWARDLY'
    302 1 KLUANG: PEER CALLS IT 'CO WARDLY' LONDON, Tlonday. rIK solution m the Kluang court martial case whereby convictions «*£< inst British paratroopers on a charge of r.n'.ir.v were quashed was described m the House of Lords ioc'ny as a little cowardly" by Lord Mancroft (Conser- *aid that very convenient legal
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    SECRET DEAL DENIED
    37 1 The United States State Department last night denied that the British Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, Marshal Stalin and President Truman reached any secret agreement on China at the Potsdam Conference, says Reuter from Washington
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    MPs ATTACK S'PORE SHIP DELAYS
    301 1 MPs ATTACK S'PORE SHIP DELAYS THE hold-up of shipping at Singapore was criticised by Conservative MPjs m the House of Commons yesterday, when Sir Waldron Smithers (Conservative, Orpington Div. Kent) asked the Minister of Transport, Mr. Alfred Barnes, if he would make a statement on the matter. Sir Patrick Harmon
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    NO A-BOMB IN BRITAIN —Truman
    120 1 NO A-BOMB IN BRITAIN Truman WASHINGTON. Mon. THE White House spokesman, acting with President Truman's direct authority, tonight denied reports that atomic bombs had been sent to Britain. "Thece reports arc untrue," the spokesman said. "There are no bomos outsid? this country no bombs m England— with or with-t-ut detonators.
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    GANGSTERS KILL S'PORE WOMAN
    39 1 GANGSTERS KILL S'P ORE WOMAN A CHINESE woman, wife of the proprietor of a coffee shop m Rangoon Road, Singapore, was shot while raising an alarm when gangsters entered her home ihi.s morning. The woman later died m hospital.
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    4 ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR JAIL
    78 1 Four military prisoners escaped from a working party al Dartmoor prison yesterday. All cars were stopi>ed and checked. Dense fog covers the area around the prison A three-day hunger strike of 25 military prisoners at Dartmoor prison ended yesterday says A. P. from Plymouth. The
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    ROTARIANS TO MEET
    42 1 There will be a meeting of the Singapore Inner Wheel Club at 11 a.m. tomorrow Oct. 16, at the G H. Cafe, Battery Road. The President, Mrs. K. M. Engelman, invites all wives and daughters of Rotarians to attend.
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    $30 MILLION ARRIVES
    121 1 THE $30,000,000 from U.S. wMcn the Nanking Government has promised to allot to Malayan Chinese for rehabilitation DurDoses will be handled by the Bans of China m Singapore, reports the Chinese newspaper Nanyang Sang Pau The report states that actual payment of such a loan is not
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    NO 'CEASE FIRE' IN INDONESIA
    179 1 BATAVIA, Monday. NO cease fire order has yet been issued but the agreement, signed between the Netherlands Government and the Republic of Indonesia today calling for immediate cessation of the 14-months-old Indonesian hostilities, stipulates that the truce between Indonesian and Allied forces be con sidered
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    ON TARGET
    133 1 THE first weather report m the Free Press yesterday forecast rain for Singapore after a long dry.soell. It proved correct within a few hours of publication. For today's weather, we can now reveal that the forecast is made by the RAF Central Forecast Station, Air Command, South-Fast Asia.
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    MILLIONS SPENT FOR OUR ALLIES
    36 1 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, stated m a white paper published yesterday that Britain's mutual aid to 14 Allied or friendly neutrals from 1941 to 1945 cost £2,078,500,--000,000,
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    SINGAPORE GUNMAN TO APPEAL
    216 1 SINGAPORE GUNMAN TO APPEAL -Dea th For Arms- Free Press Staff Reporter. k SINGAPORE gunman, Heng Bak Chan?, who was sentenced to death at th c Assizes yesterday o n a caarge of "carrying arms" under the Public Orde r and Safety Ordinance, is to appeal, the Free Press understands.
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    U-BOATS SANK 2,775 SHIPS
    140 1 LONDON. Mon. THE disclosure that even m the 1 final phase of the war from May 1944 to May 1945, the U-boat menace was still unbeaten though virtually fought to a standstill is made m a booklet Battle Of The Atlantic, published by the Stationery Office
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    POLES JAILED BRITISH PTE.
    81 1 Major C. P. Mayhew, Foreign Under-Secretary. told the Hoitse of Commons yesterday that complaint ha^ been made to the Polish Government about the imprisonment m Warsaw by the Polish Police of Pte. A. Vincent, of the York and Lanes Regt. Vincent, who was released on Octob?r
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    GERMAN PEACE TALKS IN NOVEMBER
    488 3 m PARIS, Monday. r meeting on record, the Big Four agreed tbv the end of November consideration of the five "treatie* handed on to them by the Paris Conference fnot be?n finished, they would begin to study the GerHol v (Russia) and Mr. George 3
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    UK mothers deserve pat, says Monty
    82 3 tHE m ottnr> U Kngland |MtVf -i Pftl on tne ud Field- Marshal Lord ili-omerv alter injecting at Chester recently. Th* bo>s are |Wi chaps ai havf nkt &*9 look i: oad happ.V h explained. It »peaks extremely well for la nothers. -.Vhfa the
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    WORK FOR 22,000 IN BRITAIN
    100 3 EH a siaff cf over 10,000 PiK >n National iMDce Mir.;>:e: looking for Ml recroiis to set the new knace Scheme into full worklib ca: c scheme he :s h:x« I.OOG new omc:-s all ov?r pcwmtry-'like Labour ExhtaUious£:_ new jobs pp m the pnvKi societies,
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    NEW CANNED MEAT
    22 3 New types of imported canned meat will be on sale shortly from Is. 2d. to 3s. 2d. per lb.
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    KEYNES LEAVES £479,000
    74 3 l ORD Keynes, the economist. who died last April, left £479,529, with net personalty £449,526. Estate duty of £231,408 has been paid. King's College, Cambridge— to which he left certain books, MSS. and pictures has already received several hundreds of book? and documents. An official told the
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    MAN BAPTISED IN RIVER
    72 3 TLEMENT Stanley Cordie put an angle-length blue gown over his sports jacket and flannel trousers, waded waist deep into the River Orwell at Pinmill, Suffolk and was baptised. A Baptist minister, the Rev, John Mcßeath. from Inverness, said a prayer and pushed him backwards into the
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    COUNCIL SAID "NO"
    24 3 Because of pressure of work Lewisham Borough Council has refused to release six officers who intended jo.nins the Allied Control Commission.
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    NO PREFAB LODGERS
    15 3 Sub-letting rooms and taking m lodgers In prefabs, is banned m Beckenham.
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    LONDON BIRTHRATE IS INCREASING
    268 3 THE birthrate m all parts of London and m most othe. parts of the country is rising. Up to Sept. 14 this year, 45,577 "live births" were registered m London an increase of 17.706 compared with the corresponding period last year. An average of more than
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    SCHOOL GIRLS WIN FIGHT FOR BUS
    123 3 FIFTY West Wickham, Ker.t girls go to school one day last week for the first time this term— by bus. When the new Education Act came into force they were told to report to a school four miles away, but their parents refused to
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    STRIKE RESUMED
    34 3 Brrause members of the ar'oi- j tra: on board appointed t" settle the strike by Mauriti-. technical workers' union cannr- agree among themsel.es, t'io i strike, which had been suspended, began again.
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    Food Council has S'pore office
    814 3 IT was announced at the monthly meeting of Liaise n Officers from South-East Asia territories, held m the Special Commissioner's Office m Cathay Building, Singapore, on Oct. 13 and 14, that a rice sub-committee of the International Emergency Food Council m Washington is to be
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    BREAD RETAILERS ARE PANICKY
    482 5 BREAD RETAILERS ARE PANICKY iTfrM CINGAPORE'S bread retailers, with the advent of the rationing: for which consumers are registering this week, have m many cases become panicky. Several shop-keepers are reported to have told their customers that they do not propose to retail bread at least until the rationing scheme
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    STOREHERO GETS B.E.M.
    106 5 STORE HERO GETS B.E.M. c YEAR-OLD CV.arUe Cross. h r arid from h:s a: IckenLp Middlesex week to is one of the heroes Cstagapcre mcludf the Brit sh fipr» Medal md a glowing Se ear.: Charm Cron RAP. His name Ijppors mmoi awards to Isa who tried to save S'ngaI
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    AIR SCOUTS EXHIBITION
    43 5 AIR SCOUTS EXHIBITION ronp funds. pore Air PjOroup a.r [ding an P^ t.r on Oct. ..7 p.m. Kailmg. of 100 Air g* by :he a: d Air Com- Marshal show will p\Dlic. demonand RAF equipaac iho ramp-craft Of RAT' nack bar r refresh--0.
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    NEW SHIPPING SERVICE
    88 5 rR the convenience of Ha nan community m Malaya, Mr Tan Beng Jin has decided to form the Hohow Steamship Company (which will charter severai ■teamen of 2,000 tonseach for Singapore-Hohow run). It is understood that these steamers are now being reconditioned m Hong Kong; and wil
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    COTTON VESTS FOR PUBLIC
    98 5 The Anglo-Thai Corporation, Ltd., acting as Governmenl agents have distributed 300 dozen white cotton vests to the following dealers m Singapore: The vests should be available at max mum retail prices of $1.30, $1.40, $1.50, $1.60 and $1.80 each, according to size. Pah Kwong. 129, South
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    S 'pore black market rice is dearer
    178 5 S 'pore black market rice is dearer WALKING ON FIRE Free Press Staff Reporter THE price of black market rice, which dropped from $2.5& per kati a month ago to as low as SI. 60 and even, tor small quantities, $1.50 when the news of the diversion to Malaya of
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    NAVAL DESERTER CONVICTED
    99 5 JAMES Shanlcy, a naval deserter J yesterday pleaded guilty and was convicted before Mr. Paul Storr. the Singapore District Judge, to two charges of having possessed a revolver and five rounds of ammunition. The prosecuting officer stated that on the night of Oct. 2 the police raided
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    COURT MARTIAL OF RAMC OFFICER
    138 5 COURT MARTIAL OF RAMC OFFICER INCIDENTS on board a hospital ship anchored m Singapore harbour on Sept. 2, m which a British officer is alleged to have used insubordinate language to his superior officer and to have assaulted a military policeman and some i.O.Rs. had a sequel yesterday at the
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    JAP TO HANG AT JOHORE BAHRU
    75 5 SGT. Major Yamajauchi Teruo, a Japanese soldier recently sentenced to death for war crimes, will be hanged at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Johore Bahru jail. This will be the first hanging of a Japanese war criminal at Johore Bahru, and the
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    ESCAPEE CONVICTED
    33 5 James Shanley was yesterday charged before Mr. K. M. Byn.e, the Third Magistrate, with attempting to escape from iwgal custody. He was con vie led and sentence postponed till Oct. 21.
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    STOLEN ELECTRICITY
    19 5 James Kerrigan, a squatter, was fined £3 with £2 2s. costs at Uxbridge for fraudulently extracting electricity.
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    AIR MAIL TO EUROPE
    106 5 *IR mail correspondence is now accepted for. the Netherlands for transmission by the Batavla-Amsterdam air service. Postage should be prepaid at Ihc rate of 60 cents per half ounce for letters and 30 cents for each postcard, and such correspondence should be prominently superscribed "By Ba-tavia-Amsterdam
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    'HELL SHIP' BACK IN SINGAPORE
    134 5 'HELL SHIP' BACK IN SINGAPORE THE Empress of Australia, dubbed by returning Malayans as a "hell ship" when she arrived m Singapore four months ago. is m port again. The 22,000-ton Canadian Pacific liner which nas been usvd as a "hired transport' by the British Government for the repatriation of
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    FOOD CRISIS IN S. INDIA
    95 5 LONDON, Mon. ANSWERING a Question abo 'it the food situation m India. Mr. Henderson. Under-Seuetary for India, told the House of Commons today that during the next two or three months the portion will be particularly criti :1 especially m Southern India Mr. Quintin Hogg,
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    PENANG ARCHDEACON
    43 5 Rev. S. M. Collier, who Is on his way to take up duties as Archdeacon of Penang, is m Singapore. He will be pleased to see friends from Sarawak and Labuan at Cathedral Charter House between 5 and 6 p.m. today.
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      31 5 •UTAW CAN make rr post-war iade goods to a handwhich are the "BriFxhibit.on l Mbort Mu- 'e n disJESS graphs thePubg -beL^" Singapore, P.^mT^ the pubUc m^t^ 4 30 P.m. daily
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      199 5 STORE PORT NEWS 8,000 TONS OF FLOUR ARRIVES Free Press Shipping Reporter CINGAPORE'S first flour ship m many weeks, the Pan Amanian with 8,000 tons of flour arrived m Singa pore yesterday from Australia. Another flour vessel, George E Embirieos, is expected to arrive from Adelaide no>;t week. CHIPS positions
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      157 5 Weather Report More Showers This Evening YY EATIjER forecast from 12 noon today Oct. 15 to 12 noon Oct. compiled by RAP Central Forecas4n* Station, Air Command S.E. Asia. It will be cloudy this afternoon with isolated sundry showers before dusje. becoming fine during the night. Tomoirow morning it will
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    HAMMOND WAS THE COMPLETE MASTER
    403 7  -  Bill Bowes From PERTH, Monday. i v Hammond batted magnificently to make 208 against J'ttest lusualia to-day. He has thus scored the first ♦n of he tV(ial tour thanks to him, and some fl unnort b> > aniley and Smith, the M.Q.C. passed the jSn
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    SCOREBOARD
    171 7 nanbtalT b MM 2. c Ur»s!n b Smith ob ITJwashbrt* b Wright 10 «a b Vocr Total 36S BOY.: O. ■< X W. ?3 4 :5 2 rt I T8 t 30 2 1 m 4 H 56 4 y it Bim 9 «C f -IST INNS. I It
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    S.C.C. RUGBY
    34 7 ng^ team fe p&y the J S:<nHls on* a..emoon a:'. ># j j Br w n c B£*J*« Todd j «HVm\ •V.lson.'M fc*? 1 Hw T* ParaKJ..^ 1 1 Errand W R,, Levland
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY
    36 7 ALL SJt.C. hockey players are reminded that entries for tin :lub's six-a-side tournament ciCcV at 5 pjn. to-morrow. Mr. R. Minioot, the convenor, can be con- acted at the Municipality or at the club
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    DRAUGHTS MATCH
    26 7 The draughts match between AnsloSaxon Petroleum Co. t£) Ltd and Government Treasury on Saturday resulted In a win by four points for the former.
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    British Services Win Five-Nil
    43 7 HAMBURG, Mon. A BRITISH Combined services team defeated a Danish army XI by five goals to nil, m an association football game here on Sunday. The half time score was three-nil. Scorers were Duggan three and Bailey two.— A.P
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    PAYA LEBAR HOCKEY RESULTS
    138 7 TWO hockey matches were played at Paya Lebar over the weekend and resulted: Union Jack 6. ALFSEA mixed XI 0. Playing in the unaccustomed position of inside-left, Leahy scored five of the goals for Union Jack at Paya Lebar on Saturday. The game was far more
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    FIRST CUP SOCCER GAME TODAY
    275 7 SIONG 800 THE Singapore Amateur Football Association's Victory Cup knock-out competition opens today with a game between 1 1. M.5. Sultan and R.A.F. Base Headquarters at Jalan Besar Stadium. Kick-off will be at 5.15 p.m. sharp. Most interest m the game will centre around the
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    RANGERS BEAT SPARTA 3-1
    166 7 LONDON. TWO European football teams 1 were beaten m Britain today. Fifty thousand spectators at Glasgow saw the Rangers beat the Sparta Club of Prague three-one whilj Dundee beat Silesia XI two-nil befor c nearly 10,000 at Dundee. The Rangers thoroughly deserved their victory. They played
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    WORLD BASEBALL SERIES
    78 7 ST. LOUIS, Mcrn. RECOVERING from ,a shaky 11 start, Pitcher Harry Brecheen of the St. Louis Cardinals turned back the Boston Red Sox on Sunday to win his second game m the 1946 Worid 12s, four to one. The series deciding the American baseball championship is now
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    KRANJI BEAT SEMBAWANG TWO-NIL
    392 7 KRANJI BEAT SEMBAWANG TWO-NIL Kranji 2. UNAS Sembawang 6. KRANJI W/T. F.C. were provided with a good test for their match this Saturday with the Chinese team in the Victory Cup, when they met the R.N.A.S. side on Sunday at Sembawang and cam e away winners by two goals Although
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    NINE BATSMEN OUT FOR'DUCKS'
    188 7 NINE BATSMEN OUT FOR 'DUCKS' SINGAPORE Lines of Communication^ J Signals beat Hq., Singapore District Dy 64 runs m a cricket match played on Sunday, nine of District's batsmen being dismissed for 'ducks.' Scores were: SIGNALS Ingle c and b Mitra 14, Scutt c and b 13, Edwardes b Mahon
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      506 7 (uticura I Cut jcura has an almost medical I efficacy tn arresting itching irritaI tion and smarting, m drawing I out inflammation and •oreness I and cleaning up skin troubles I COMFORT FOR Laching feet^ SUFFERED ACUTELY AFTER MEALS Great Comfort from Rennies Two hours after a meal this woman
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      104 7 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya i SO you Suspect fT^T'S AS PLAIN AS AUNT^ 1/^1 THINK I CAIT^SL-l ONE MOMENT, OFFICER Orcf. l^ S '»-AS /SOPHIE'S FACE.GEORGIE/- ENLIGHTEN YOU, N I SHUT YOU UP HERE FOR SABorAGfNG The BUT I CANT UNDERSTAND f DARLING/- SILAS IS HER
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