Indian Daily Mail, 25 March 1947

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 111, No. 37. SINGAPORE, TUESDAf, MARCH 25, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 1532 1 Singapore Government Servants Publicly Allege Discrimination Serious Charges Made At Back Pay Protest Meeting (By Our Staff Reporter) Singapore, Mar. 24. Neve r m the history of this Colony has such a demonstration by Asiatic Government employees, including those m the professional services, as that which took place this evening
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  • 721 1 Mountbatten Sworn In As Viceroy, Starts By Breaking Precedent Sen Delhi, Mar. 24. Admiral Viscount Mountbatten of l vwts sworn m as Viceroy of India by India's Chief Sir Patrick Spens, m the historic Durbar Hall at New Delhi today, probably the last time the Indian capital witnessed mp and
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  • 209 1 "Asians Future Will Be Greater Than Past" Pandit Nehru (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Mar. 24. In a message to the special number of the "National Herald," Pandit Nehru says: "There is struggle and turmoil m various parts of Asia today and behind it all there is a new
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  • 162 1 <F?om Our Own Correspondent) Madras, Mar. 24.— The new Madras Ministry assumed office yesterday. For the present, the Cabinet will consist of the follow. ing eight: Premier Ramaswami Reddiar. Dr. Rajan, Subbaroyan, Bhaktavatsalam, Gopal Reddy, Chandramowli, Sitarama Reddi, and Madhava Menon. The Premier will be
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  • 132 1 Complete Peace In Punjab Before Week-end? (From Our Own Correspondent) Lahore, Mar. 24.— 1t is officially announced that more than 20.000 troops and two squadrons of the Air Force are engaged m quelling the riots m Punjab. The Seventh Indian Division is m action m Rawalpindi while the situation m
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  • 61 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Mar. 24.— A resolution supporting a movement for the formation of a new Bengal province consisting of non-Muslim areas of western and north Bengal was adopted at the convention of provincial leaders held In Calcutta yeterday. The committee, with General Chatter
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  • 28 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Madras, Mar. 24.— Two ancient temples of Turaiyur, namely of Nandikeswarar and Venugopalaswami were opened to Harijans yesterday. Copyright.
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  • 232 1 RIGHT WINS OVER MIGHT Batavia, Mai. 24. After nineteen months of revolution and bloodshed, political and military peace is scheduled finally to return to Indonesia at 1000 hours GMT on Tuesday (17.30 hours Singapore Time, Tuesday), cables Stan Swinton, Associated Press correspondent from Hat a
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  • 22 1 The training of three horses for 'he Grand National on Bridlington Sands has stopped because more German dttanatora have been washed ug.
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  • 658 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Tuesday, Mar. 25, 1947. TODDY REFERENDUM LEADERS' DUTY THOUGH the Government of the Malayan Union have not yet announced their decision m regard to the recommendations of the Toddy Committee, there is nothing so far to indicate that they are going to reject the recommendations, and
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  • 334 2 MP Rees-Williams Optimistic About Hindu-Muslim Settlement Rangoon, Mar. 23. Communal problems will disappear m a "Socialist" India of the future, according to LieutenantColonel David Rees-Williams. British Labour Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Commonwealth group m the House of Commons, who is now
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  • 484 2 SKIMATHI KAMALADEVI EXPLAINS CAWNPORE DECISION (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangalore, Mar. 24.— Srimathi Kamaladevi who arrived here on Mar 13 after attending the AllIndia Socialists' Convention at Cawnpore, told the API m an interview. "The Socialist Party decision at Cawnpore to drop 'Congress' from the
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  • 128 2 Manila, Mar. 23. Philippines' rigorous divorce, law, (based on Spanish law and demanding criminal conviction for adultery before a couple can be legally separated, was under fire on Saturday from the first and only wowan m the Philippine Congress. She, convent-bred, Remedios Ozamis Fortich, a
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  • 138 2 Bombay, Mar. 23.— Mohamed All Jinnah, President of the All-India Muslim League, yesterday appealed to Muslims to observe Pakistan Day today "strictly m a peaceful manner and m complete co-opera-tion with the authorities. •*I urge upon Muslims m India not to insist on taking out
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  • 95 2 Calcutta. Mar. 24.— Master ,Tara Singh, Sikh leader, declared here yesterday that recent happenings m the Punjab were not communal disturbances* They were the beginning of a civil war m India and, because of the geographical position of the Punjab, India's fate would be
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  • 126 2 Rangoon, Mar. 23. Burmese political quarters yesterday welcomed the Burma-United States agreement on disposal of lendlease surplus as "a tangible gesture of American goodwill and generosity to Burma/ Abdul Razak, Education member m the Interim Government, said: "The American gift of $4,000,000 for educational purposes is
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  • 224 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Mar. 24.— Mahatma Gandhi was not only a national leader, but an apostle of the world, said Prof. George Catlin, inaugurating on Mar. 13 a series of five lectures which he delivered on "The crisis of world civilisation and the
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  • 124 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Mar. 24.— The Central Government's monthly accounts for December 1946 show that, excluding periodical adjustments and the transactions of railways and posts and telegraphs, expenditure m the first nine months of the financial year 1946--47 exceeded revenue by Rs.
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  • 44 2 New York, Mar. 24.— The proprietor of a New Delhi pottery firm, Krishen Singh, left here by air for London yesterday on his way to India after two months In the United States where he has been negotiating for a supply of pottery machinery.
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  • 246 2 Bombay, Mar. 24.— Last minute efforts by .Bombay s Labour Minister, Gulzarilal Nanda, to avert the strike of Bombay Electric Supply and Transport Company workers has failed. ..At yesterday's conference, called by the Minister, he appealed for settlement and warned the workers that
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  • 182 2 New York, Mar. M^™»°£ war of Baroda uho arrived W last week with his uife and i year-old son m tlie "Queen iu w beth" told reporters he anxious for the safety of Kumar Sayajirao while United States. Immediately on disembark arranged with the Nc»
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  • 105 2 Bombay. Mar. Mhrt sr s ".ass. H witn n* demonstration oi (yogic trance teu uncompietea alter trie crowu had stampeded and almost demolished the platform m their anxiety to see the "SSSS'** to have Deen "buried m a sealed "grave ior 24 hours aiter which
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  • 189 2 London, Mar. 24.-Indian Muslims, mainly the Indian seamen community m London me* M London Restaurant yesterday afternoon to celebrate Pakistan Day and to endorse the Lahore resolution of March 23, 1940 of the Muslim League. The meeting was presided over by T H S.
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  • 82 2 Colombo, Mar. 23. Two squadrons presented to the R.A.F. by the people of Ceylon are among the units disbanded with the change to peacetime strength, the Air Ministry informed the Governor of Ceyion, Sir Henry MonckMason Moore on Friday. Expressing appreciation of lhe gift,
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  • 65 2 Rangoon, Mar. 23.— Aung San, Deputy Chairman of the Interim Burmese Government, will be returned unopposed for the West Rangoon Constituency of Lanmadaw m the coming elections of the Burma Constituent Assembly, following the withdrawal of all other contestants. Three other members of the Interim
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  • 74 2 Colombo, Mar. 23.— The possibility of Russia supplying Ceylon with much-needed textiles m exchange for the Island's rubber Is being explored by the Ceylon Government, it us learned. It is understood Ceylon's representative m the United Kingdom, G. C. S. Corea, who is expected
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  • 213 2 New Delhi. Mar Jawaharlal Nehru, njl Inter-Asian CmttnjT** gates on tab, tha, V' v tries of As a can no as pawns by othtr>, '•hcrecanbenopeac,^^ plays her part." Linking the nume of Gandhi with that of oft* fighters for Asia's nrf Pandit Nehru S d
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  • 644 3 "King Powerless To Change Things In Union 11 By R«*d Landstrom, Associated Press Correspondent) „n(l<»"- South Africa, Mar. 24. Professor Davidson Jabavo, one of the South Africa's foremost Negro perpetuation of the Dominion's colour bar is cad to deadly conflict between Eastern and Western
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  • 156 3 Washington, Mar. 23. President Harry Truman last night ordered all departments and agencies of the United States Government to take immediate action to prevent infiltration of disloyal persons into their ranks. The President declared: "The presence within the Government service of any disloyal or
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  • 329 3 S. AFRICAN NATIVES TO JOIN INDIANS (From Our Own Correspondent) Karachi, Mar. 24. The African National Congress claiming to represent eight million non-white Africans, have joined the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congress m a declaration of mutual co-opera-tion for the struggle with a sixpoint objective. The
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  • 89 3 London, Mar. 23.— The British Cycle Industry hopes that Lewis Douglas will become the first bike-riding ambassador at the Court of St. James. The Cycle Makers' Association President George Wilson informed the New American envoy that British manufacturers went to ballot for the honour of giving him
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  • 147 3 London, Mar. 24.— Top-ranking German Generals and Admirals who "once hoped to become pro* consuls of Hitler m the British Empire" and who once commanded thousands of men during the war are now cleaning cowsheds m farms around their prisoner of war camp m Wales,
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  • 84 3 Rangoon, Mar. 24.— The situation m Mandalay city m Upper Burma has improved over the week-end after a spite of lawlessness, ac_ cording to reports received here. The prisoners' strike, which has been going on for nearly a month, still continues, however, and troops are reported
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  • 356 3 San Francisco, Mar. 24.— The nations top authority on radiological safety sounded a sombre warning that an all atomic war could mean humanity's doom. Dr. Stafford Warren, chief of radiological safety for the Manhattan project which developed the atomic bomb, declared one or
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  • 50 3 Rangoon, Mar. 23.— 1t was authoritatively learned here late on Friday that the Frontier Areas Enquiry Commission has decided to suspend its work until after the elections to the Burma Constituent Assembly early next month. The decision was reached Mar. 20 night on the recommendation of the Burmese Executive Council.
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  • 311 3 U. S. Marines Quit China After 20 Years Washington, Mar. 23. Twenty years ago this month this date, the U.S. Marines went into China. They landed at Shanghai to protect Americans and their property during the bloody Chinese civil war. Now the Marines and the U.S. Army forces too are
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  • 223 3 London, Mar. 24. Much urgent exploratory work m many directions faces the new Viceroy, who, working against the time limit, is expected to have the most testing time of any occupant m his office since it was created, writes Fraser Wighton, Reuter's Political Correspondent. There
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  • 136 3 Colombo, Mar. 24.— The Super, intendent of the Anti-Malaria Campaign m Ceylon, Dr. S. Rajendran, states that measures taken by his Department to combat malaria m the island were such that very soon epidemics of malaria would be a thing of the past. Over 2,000 tillage*
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  • 125 3 London, Mar. 23.— The Muslim India information centre wnich has recently moved into new premises m London is circulating tfrilisti newspapers and libraries with information m the form of booklets, hand-outs and pamphlets on India and the Indian situation. Two latest publications from the centre
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  • 96 3 Washington, Mar. 23. The United States Army Air Force declared that one of its 8.29s flew over the North Polo last week inaugurating what is expected to be routine weather reports from the top of the world. The spokesman said no effort was made
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  • 275 4 Colombo, Mar. 24.— Member of Parliament Vemon Bartlett, now m Colombo on three weeks' visit to Ceylon, expressed the hope tha the recent change mi n United States policy to Russia did not mean abandonment by United States Secretary of
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  • 91 4 Colombo, Mar. Z6. Jet engines are unlikely m tne near future to supersede piston engines m R.A.F. aircrait, An-Marsnai Sir Doderic Hill, Air Member tor the Technical Services, now m Ceylon inspecting R. A. F. Technical establisnments said. Sir Roderic, who is on a
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  • 114 4 Colombo, Mar. 24.— The Governor of Ceylon has appointed E. W. Whitelaw and S. F. H. Perera as members 01 a commission to inquire into and report upon the state of the rubber industry m the iiiand. me commissioners have been asked among other
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  • 200 4 This month a mission from the Empire Flying School at Hullavin^ton, Wiltshire, will make a tour of Malaya and India to make known the latest developments m insrtumcni weather flying. They will also test pilots for their suit_ ability as examiners m this subject.
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  • 128 4 MEDICAL OFFICERS FIGHTING JET NOISE PROBLEMS The use of jet-propelled aircraft by the Royal Air Force has presented noise problems to the R.A.F. medical officers, who are now experimenting to see how these can be overcome. Preliminary measurements of noise have shown that as far as the pilot is concerned
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  • 84 4 Moscow, Mar. 23. Marriage betu\een Soviet citizens and aliens was prohibited by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of Soviet Russia published on Mar. 21 m tiie "Gazette of the Supreme Soviet.'' Fifteen Soviet girls, who married British Servicemen m Russia dur_
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  • 82 4 London, Mar. 23.— Nine young people all under 16 are now awaiting execution m Madrid, a report presented m London yesterday to» the general meeting ot the International Youth Council m Britain declared. The meeting appointed a deputation of rive to visit tfce House of Commons
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  • 28 4 Already 1,000 overseas buyers representing 17 countries have accepted invitations to the British Industries Fair which opens simultaneously m London and Birmingham on May 5.
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  • 83 4 A meeting of Indians m commemoration of the Azad Hind Gov.. ernment Day was held under the auspices of the Seremban Indian Congress at the Vivekananda School Hall, Seremban at 5.30 p.m. on the 21st day of March, 1947. Mr. G. Sundram, President of
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  • 25 4 UNIVERSITY COMMISSIONERS LEAVE U.K. The United Kingdom members of the Higher Education Commission left the U.K. by R.A.F. Transport Command plane on Saturday, March 22nd.
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  • 285 4 Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 22.— 1t Is reliably learnt that the Ulu Ber_ nam strike has been successfully settled. It would appear that the strike originated with the serving ot a notice by the Management on the Estate shop-keeper. The labourers too, demanded the removal from the
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  • 309 4 Kandy, Ceylon, Mar. 23.— The Chairman of the Planters' Association of Ceylon, R. Singleton Salmon, addressing the association's annual general meeting here expressed the hope that the people of Ceylon would elect to power under the new constitution
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  • 465 4 Starting on April Ist, every house m Singapore Island, m fact every house m Malaya, weather it be the Cathay Building, Government House, or a fisherman's hut, will be visited by a House Numberer who will put a number on it m preparation for
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  • 179 4 The Singapore Children's Orchestra originally formed by the wellknown Mr. E. A. Brown (formerly of Singapore) has been resuscitated and together with the newly formed Combined Schools Choir will give the first of the series of post-war Children's Concerts next April. There will be a
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  • 66 4 Army Field Post Offices m South East Asia Command which have been the means of linking troops with their homeland during the war and up to the present will give their last service to troops on 13th April 1947. After that date all military ana
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  • 94 4 On Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. five Japanese War Criminals will be executed. They are Colonel Nakamura Shigeo, Colonel lshii Tamei, Major Kobayashi Shozo, Capt. Yajima Mitsuo, and G.C.P. Goto* (*Good Conduct Prisoner) sentenced to imprisonment by the Japanese. Col. Nakamura and Col lshii were
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  • 118 4 London, Mar. 24. Leonard C. White, Secretary of the Civil Sen. vice Clerical Association, charged yesterday that the Military Intelligence Branch of the War Office has forced the discharge of six communists or communist sympathisers as government clerks and prevented five others from obtaining permanent civil service
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  • 76 4 Paris, Mar. 24. Over 3,000 Annaniite workers staged a protest demonstration yesterday afternoon demanding the release of Duong Bach Mai, deputy Chief of Vietnam (Indo-Chinese nationalist delegation to Paris who was arrested by the French authorities last week. The Annamites from a nearby work
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  • 88 4 Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills will be issued on the 25th March. 1947. Tenders were invited for 1, 2, 3 and 4 months to an amoount of $10 millions. Tenders at discount rates of less than 3j4 per cent, per annum have been accepted m full;
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  • 71 4 With refernce to previous announcements that the Malayan War Damage Claims Comissioners are receiving claims under the War Risks (Goods) Insurance Scheme on behalf of the Board of Management, the public is reminded that the latest date for lodging claims is March 31, and urged to render
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