Indian Daily Mail, 20 February 1947

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. HI, No. 9. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 249 1 Sequel To Indian Political Deadlock Attlee To Make Announcement Today: White Paper To Follow !>. Authoritative sources here said on WedIho British Government has decided to recall Lord Wjveil f 1 1 hls P° st JUS Viceroy of India. The decbion ifl said to
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  • 73 1 ....AND ALL THIS MONEY WASTED? Unton, Feb. 19. The visit M Ito BrUMi Cabinet Mission to India tosi £31,250. This Has ihe supplementary for civil and revenue department* for £115,000,000 ]'s>ued foday as a White Paper. Included also m a £66,881 MippJementary estimate for nd Burma services are the Muns
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  • 326 1 Persistent rumours and suggestions are current m London today to the effect that a change m the Viceroyalty of India is imminent, cables Fraser Wighton, Renter's Political Correspondent, m a message received m Singapore about midnight. Official quarters are silent on the subject, but the political world is
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  • 67 1 Chinese Allege Insincerity, Discrimination Against Filipinos Manila, Feb. 19. Negotiations underway for more than seven months between the Chinese and Philippines Governments for a general treaty of friendship and trade between the two Asiatic neighbours, were suddenly suspended by the Chinese Legation on orders from Nanking, it was announced today,
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  • 46 1 10. -The marriage In I'eter Maitland Artillery, and the w,n take place I 20. it was anthe wcond dauount Wavell, Viceroy Viscountess Wavell. f^g re.cpwon will be WettOjTa House, New ne younger son of hal Sir Arthur and 1Bm "f Wcntwortr?. AP
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  • 12 1 J» -The Greek f «*ed permission for <* noid a matt meet- Reuter
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  • 87 1 KOO-M ARSHALL TALK NO DETAILS New York, Feb. 19.— The United States Secretary of State Gen. George Marshall, has discussed with the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Wellington Koo, the question of economic assistance to China. Speaking at a Press conference, Gen. Marshall said Dr. Koo was "very
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  • 97 1 Housing Racket: Malaya Can Learn From H.K. Hongkong, Feb. 19.— The first court case involving "key money" may, be the opening of an official campaign against the housing racket m Hongkong. Wong Yuk-lp. a landlady, convicted under the Rent Control Proclamation of 1945, was fined HK$2,OOO for instructing Rent Collector
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  • 152 1 RANGOON STRIKE IS OVER Rangoon, Feb. 19.— Rangoon dockworkers and oilier labourers, who have been on strike nearly three weeks, will resume work tomorrow. The decision to call off the strike followed the acceptance of most of the workers' demands as a result 02 negotiations between the strike committee and
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  • 118 1 Washington. Feb. 19.— -U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, m a pointed lesson on the American democratic system, on Tuesday rejected a Russian protest that Under-Secretary of State Dean Acheson bad made remarks "rudely slanderous and hostile to the Soviet Union." Gen. Marshall's reply
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  • 61 1 Amseterday, Feb. 19.— The name of Princess Juliana's fourth daughter born on Tuesday will be Maria Christina. Officially it will be her Royal Highness Maria-Christina, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nasau, after her mother; Princess of Lippe-Biserfeld after her father. Official notice of
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  • 390 1 London, Feb. 19.— British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced on Tuesday that Britain probably would not refer the Palestine question to the United Nations until September, that she would make no recommendations as to a solution and that Palestine immigration would remain, for the time
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  • 135 1 (From Our Own Correspondentj Pondichcrry, Feb. 19. Mr. Suppiah, one of the members elected to the French India Assembly left for Paris yesterday. On the eve of his departure, Mr. Suppiah said: "During my sojourn m France, I shall ask the French Government to change
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  • 106 1 Punjab League's Terms For Withdrawing Satyagraha From Our Own Correspondent) Lahore, iefo. 19. League leader Xa/imuddin met the Punjab Governor yesterday and expfavned ihr provincial L— gue's Urins for withdrawing Salyagraha. The League's demand*, include the removal oi ail restrictions on civil liberty, replacement oi the Public Safety Ordinance by
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  • 64 1 tlioni Our Own Correspondent) Madra t, Feb. 19. It is likely that the rice content of the food ration m the province may be m(- i.id to 12 ounces ftom the Al week of March. The Premier, who returned hum Delhi yesterday evening, said crops
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  • 165 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Feb. 19.— A demand for the release of Indian National Army prisoners was made by members when the Central Assembly yesterday took up for consideration a nonofficial resolution moved by Ghani Khan, son of Ghaffar Khan.
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  • 102 1 (By Our Staff Reporter) At an emergency meeting of the <J< mmittce of the J.r.S.A. held yesterday eventaf, it was unanim iiivlv resolved to reject the award oi back na> made by < government on 14-^- 17. It uas also resolved U fall m Ji>e
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  • 247 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta Feb. 19.-— The Bengal Hindu Mahasabha Executive has adopted a scheme for the creation of a separate homeland for Hindus m Bengal. The Executive U of the opinion that amr minority ol a: least one CTOre Of
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  • 252 1 rhe Council of tin Singuporc U lion of Postal and Tele-Commu- ma Workers while exprt t disappointment m the way G ncrnment has dealt with the whole question oi back-pay, rejects lit term* oj settlement cmb( died In the Colonial Secretary's er ol 14th
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  • 55 1 Lgkong, Fob li Mental pa».( uts In Hongkoti] are beJ trai Perred to Ca n >n because 01 lack »t accomm< i hen s« far r»~ persons have been en thej and th government i^ pas the Canton Municipal Council a mai nance tef ot
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  • 594 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Thursday, Feb, 20, 1947. INDIAN SITUATION A REVIEW THINGS are moving fast m India and invariably heading to a climax. Whether this climax will tafce the form of a crisis or not, is yet to be seen; but for the moment everything depends on the nature
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  • 554 2 India's Muslim Community Not "Stooge Of British. Nor Anti-National London, Feb. ID. An appeal to Western powers to learn from the ideals of unity and brothrehood of Islam was made, on the eve of the departure from London of the Arab delegates to the Palestine conference, by Madji Abdur Rehman
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  • 118 2 Rangoon, Feb. 19. U Aung San and other members of the Burma Executive Council held daylong conferences yesterday m an effort to settle the strike of bank employees and clerical staff of commercial firms which has paralysed all trade and commerce In the country
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  • 105 2 New York, Feb. 19.— Two factories costing $1,000,000 for the manufacture of cigarettes, and another costing even more for the production of stoves, are to be erected m the Bombay area following the visit to the United States oi Hunatlal Shah, head of the Bombay
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  • 200 2 STRIKES CAUSE ACUTE SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN RANGOON Rangoon, Feb. 19.— For the fifth day m succession Rangoon banks and business houses remained closed Monday as a result of widespread strikes involving well over 40,000 workers. Day-long picketing by the strikers affected not only large commercial firms but also leading
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  • 133 2 MOST PHOTOGRAPHED INDIAN WOMAN LEAVES LONDON London, Feb. 19. London is losing one of its most photographed women 23 -year -old Mist Maria m Afzal, a second officer m the "Women* Royal Naval Service and the first Indian woman to hold an exocutivc position at the India Office. Miss Afzal,
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  • 87 2 Calcutta. Feb. 18.— The Bengal Muslim League Council has requested Maulana Akram Khan to withdraw his letter of resignation and continue as President of the Council. The resolution was proposed by H. S. Suhrawardy, Chief Minister of Bengal, and carried by a majority. About 500
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  • 56 2 New Delhi, Feb. 19.— The Government of India will consider the desirability of renaming a lane between officers' quarters at Deolali, the trooping centre about one hundred miles from Bombay, known as "Smuts Avenue," it was stated here. The lane was given this name m 1943
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  • 63 2 Calcutta (Air Mail). Professor Ahmed Ali. author of "Twilight m Delhi" and Head of the Department of English at Presidency College, Calcutta, will soon be leaving for Nanking as Visiting Professor to the National Central University In China. Besides delivering lectures on English literature he
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  • 122 2 Colombo, Feb. 19.— Legislation to prevent Buddhist monks becoming members of the State Council or local government bodies and from holding government office is contemplated by the Ministry of Home Affairs m Ceylon. Requests have been made to the Ministry from several sources
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    107 2 Sardar Baldev Singh, Def^ Member, accompanied by Mem bers of the Nationalisation Com mittee recently visited the Selec lion of Personnel Directorate at Meerut, where they sslv, Officers' Selection Board at O rk. The Defence Member grw, officers of the Selection of p^ sonnel Directorate (top pictt^ To commemorate 'Kaugawlfcv
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  • 241 2 Cl» IV ALTER MASON, Wi.l«d Fro., The first development w;u the BoaT 1C w lO i U f the Sikh £«2S Boaids Working Committee that it nl approved of the Muslim League movement.. One committee memmU l f dIC V ca the Sikh ttonselvS
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  • 242 2 injur^ ff"* and nine were police Jade a lZm\slZf c Z^to SS£A2r s.on. the Modi. J—gLSfc Zgttttgj me editors of five Muslim League newspapers m Lahore have decided not to comply with the Punjab Government order requiring provincial paper* to submit for
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  • 334 2 Representatives of si which met m conference at Car berra last week appointed cor I toes to plan the creation of a perl manent South Pacific Comir.^;:-! to consider means and advice gor-l ernment on methods of advau I the social, economic, educa I
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  • 58 2 New Delhi (Air Mail).— The police stopped a procession of Muslims led by an elephum because, it was stated, no permission was given for the elephant to take part. The Muslims were celebrating the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed. The processionists refused to proceed without their elephant and after
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  • 234 3 If Colonialism Is Forced, Asia Will Explode, Says Dr. Judd HuntinKton. West Virginia, Feb. 19. Representative judd, Republican of Minnesota, on Tuesday called on the States to make unmistakably clear to all concerned that ill stand by the democracies m Europe, but we
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  • 33 3 Copenhagen, Feb. 18.— A Danish Dakota carrying night mail made a forced landing last night on ice m Deresund off the Swedish port of Malmoe. It caught fire, but the crew escaped.— Reuter
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  • 199 3 Mineapolis, Feb. 19.— Tryjve Lie, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, speaking at a round table national conference of Christians and Jews, called war talk an idiot's dream. The people, he said, don't want another war. Some people suffered more than others
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  • 538 3 Broadway— Hollywood Wrangle New York, Feb. 19. Bri tain s President of the Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps, has P ut the cat among the pigeon*, pigeons of both Broadway and Hollywood, with his recent warning that unless British fibn s
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  • 111 3 London, Feb. 18,— Neuny all members of the Nationalist, topposmonj Party were absent when me King and Queen and the two Princesses arrived at Governmen House, South Africa, tne Dany Herald reported from Capieiown. Only ten of the Nationalist Members of Parliament and no senators were
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  • 114 3 Wimbledon, Feb. 18- An ancient waterwhecl. first mentioned m the Doomsday Book, has saved a Winioledon arm stopping production through the fuel cuts. The wheel is turned by the river Wander and i*> harnessed to shafts WAiich provide power for halt the machines m a
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  • 98 3 Jogjakarta. (Air Mail; Aniar-i •.(•ports that the Indonesian Nationalist Party headquarters ha* called on the nation to establish what it calls a "national unity front" with the objective ol "wanting off attacks of colonialism and imperialism." This announcement wa.^ Issued m view of the new development* preventing
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  • 355 3 London, Feb. 18, The l orr.munists m South Africa have decided lo boycott all demonstrations connected with the Royal tour. 1). l)u IMessis, South African delegate to the Empire Communist Part} Conference, which opens here <<n Feb. li<> told
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  • 142 3 NChicago, Feb. 18.— Arthur B. Fuyt\ President of the Far East American Council of Commerce and Industry told a trade conference here that Orient challenge on United States businessmen carfiot be ignored. He said although the area is now generally politically and economically disrupted "the peoples
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  • 59 3 London, Feb. 18.— BLsley, famous range m Surrey for British riflemen will be the scene of the shooting competition for the 1948 Olympics from August 2. The events will probably include full bore at 500 yards, any target pistol calibre .22 inches (5.5-mili-meten at 50 metres and
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  • 88 3 London, Fob. 18.— King George yesterday cabled his sympathy from South Africa to the people of shivering Britain. No. 10 Downing Street announced: 'The King has sent v telegram from HMS Vanguard tnanking the Prime Minister for keeping his Majesty m touch with the
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  • 87 3 The United Sates Government iia.s reacted favouraoiy to the Bntisn approach concerning tne resumption oi normal trade relations with Japan, h was authoritatively learned today, writes Reuters diplomatic corr spondent. It is understood tni b Biitiah approach to the State Department was niaac recently.
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  • 63 3 Jogjakarta, <Air Mail).- -The Indonesian Supreme Defence Council hag announced regulation In connection with the creation .of military zones m Republican territories, Antara reports. According io the aunouncenn ut* the local commandants ol desig-j nated military zones are aiTordod .special powers Ln respect or tne
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  • 84 3 London, I'eb. IS. The last l'oj>)»> Hay has raised nearly £0.">Q.000 and is to be spent this year on welfare and henpTolcnt services. A considerable proportion will be dispensed through thousands of service committees all over Britain to alleviatr temporary need among x -service people.
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  • 80 3 Tokio. Feb. 18. Th( paper "Tokyo Times" said toda: that Japan f a 5,000.000 Buddhl will rally together to stage a political offensive ;i <r :»insr the Com munists m the general flections expected late In April. The paper ;i aid that the Buddhists
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  • 40 4 The Provisional Government of A/ad Hind Day falls on Friday, the 21si February. A simple wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the ex-INA memorial site at 5.30 p.m. sharp. All Indiana m Singapore arc requested to attend.
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  • 247 4 Indian Delegate Criticises n New York, Feb. 19. The accusation that the Secretariat report on the Far East showed "prejudice against economic advancement from the East" was made m the United Nations Working Group for Asia by the Indian delegate, B. N. Adarkar. He also
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  • 415 4 An armed robbery took place m Lim Ah Ping Road on Monday at about 8 p.m. The robbers, four Chinese, entered a house and robbed the Chinese victims of $319 and valuables worth $138. There were three street robberies on Tuesday, but on two robberies no arms
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  • 112 4 At a general meeting of the Jasin Local Indian Congre.ss held on 14th February. 1947 at 4.30 p.m., m the Kamala Theatre. Jasin, presided over by Sri. O. AR. Arunasalm Chettiar. the following were elected new office-bearers for Sri. Ratilal Hirachand of Jasin: Chairman; Sri. M.
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  • 192 4 The Government of Madras have sanctioned a scheme for the promotion of twenty transport Cooperative Societies to operate m almost all the districts of the province for the employment of exservicemen. During the war there was a stoppage of imports of motor vehicles, thereby
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  • 163 4 Singapore, Feb. 19.— A new En<rUsh language newspaper, to be named the "Tiger Standard/ is to be published here In the near future by Mr. Aw Swan, son of Mr. Aw Boon Haw, the multi-million-aire industrial magnate of "Tiger Balm" fame, Reutcr learns from informed
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  • 131 4 Tokyo (Air Mail).— Considerable confusion is expected to result rrom tho Ministry of Education's announcement that, effective April Ist, schools In Japan will teach the Japanese language m the Roman alphabet, and that changes will be made m the spelling of romanised characters. The new
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  • 28 4 The Hospital Youngsters met the Medical College Union at soccer on the College ground, the match ending m a goalless draw, both sides missing a lot of opportunities.
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  • 202 4 Faris, Feb. 10. Because of in- < leased venereal disease, the French Minister of Public Health has asked fhe National Assembly to restore compulsory examination of prostitutes. If the Ministry's bill is passed. 11 will be compulsory for all women known to be practising prostitution 10
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  • 411 4 In the death of Professor Percy Maude Koxby, the chief British Council representative m China, Britain has lost a man of whom she can be proud, and China has lost one of her best friends. Professor Roxby was head of the Geography Department
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  • 164 4 "Canada Handing Over Territory, Army For Aggression" Moscow, Feb. 19. The Izvestia said yesterday that under the agreement recently signed between the Canadian and the United States Governments for continued co-operation between the armed forces of the two countries and collaboration m the use of Canadian national defence estatblishments, Canada
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  • 165 4 London's Scotland Yard gives full credit to its Information Department for the growing co-ope-ration of the public m the war against crime. Statistics show that 60,095 calls, sponsored by the "man-in-the-street," were made to the Yard's information room m 1946, as compared with 37,661 m
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  • 27 4 Chichester, England. Feb. 19.— Mattlicv. Phipps, a?ird 82. the author of scores of adventure stories and serials, died here on Monday. It was lrariu-d on Tuescfiy.- AP
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