Malaya Tribune, 9 April 1946

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  • 30 1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 5811. The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya OUR PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, April 9, 194 G.
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  • 313 1 Move By Rightists Said Nipped In The Bud Ansitfl Police Hushed To Likely Trouble Areas In The North RESENTMENT AROUSED BY QAVAM'S OIL DEAL WITH SOVIET RUSSIA Reuter. TEHERAN. APRIL B.—PERSIAN TROOPS ARE TODAY RATINP NAPtu 5455S T ALL TOWNS EVACUATED BY THE RUSSIANS IN
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  • 37 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr S.—British Tr esury officials here have Informed the British Government thru it i 3 now almost cern.n that the L loan will go through, it was learned *mbnritative!y h.re tonight.—Reuter
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  • 64 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Apr. B.—A /number of Arab prisoners sentenced during the Arab disturbances in Palestine in 1936 and kept in the central prison here have been on a hunger strike for the past four days ir. protest against their imprisonment, it was disclosed tonight. The prisoners
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  • 275 1 U.S. Army Reforms A.P. WASHINGTON, Apr. 9.—Secretary for War Robert S. I alters m and General Dwight Eisenhower are reportedly mc Incd to go along with any recommendation by the DoohU.eG.l. (;ripe Board" which promises to correct any Arm: to make military
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  • 239 1 Reuter. 1 Arr. 3— Th* text of the Lr :ish protest to the Soviet Union on March 9 against the removal by So'let forces of Jpo neae assets from Ma icbur'a was disclosed for the fj ri fT~r> j r rfSr)onSe lQ a qu(stion
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  • 98 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. B.—New York r. u.o reported tonight that a aiomanivicn uump exploded this morning on the outskirts oi Saigon, Prenjh Indo-China, and was fcLowed three hours later by a series oi explosions turoug.iout the city. It ado-d teat truckloads of vcund d, including women and
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  • 195 1 Reuter. GENEVA, Apr. B.—Representatives of 41 nations gj thered in the palatial League of Nations building today to wind up the League's affairs and transfer Its w »rk and ass2ts to the United Nations Organisation. evening the session that will nn: down the curtain on
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  • 328 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 7.—Britain's Labour Government's first full peacetime budget will be presented to Parliament on Tuesday by Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton who introduced the interim budget which gave British taxpayers their first cut in taxation «*ince 1930. But the excitement
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  • 72 1 Reuter. MARSEILLES, Aprtf d.—Russia's first shipment of wheat ot of 5,380 torts to France arrived here on Sunday in the Russian freighter Kirn Voroshilo /.—A.P. LONDON, Aor. S.—The British Government wiM await en cfficnl s.atement f r cm the Chines Co\ernment be'ore they decide on their
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  • 219 1 Reuter. SOUTHAMPTON. Apr. B.—ComI Plaining that they would have to sail in a .-hell shin" 700 British soldiers this morning walked off the P. O. liner Corfu due to sail from Southampton this afternoon with 2.698 officers and men who had been on leave from
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  • 137 1 A.P. CHUNGKING. Apr. B—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek pans to confer shortly with the mm who kidnapped him in 1936 and vvJMnformed Chinese immediately spread the word that irprobably foreshadowed an early release of the celebrated kidnappers. For 10 years th* ed ''Young Marshal" Chang Hsueh-hang
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  • 90 1 The Straits Settlements Volunteer Force will be represented at the victory parade to be held in London in June, it is learned this morning. Members who will represent the force or" now being selected, and their names will shortly be announced. Chinese,
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  • 74 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. B.—The British Commonwealtn Occupation Fortes in Japan are supplying 43 military observer teams to help supervise the Japanese general efcctJoql on Wednesday. s<iys an announcement by the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces today. Over 100 personnel, including one Japanese-speaking woman, will make
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  • 355 1 AP. TOKYO, Apr. B.—Demand for a strengthened organization cf unions capable of precipitating a nation-wide general strike as a political protest—voiced at yesterday's stormy meeting of so-called 'People's Political"Front' —became a new factor in Japan's troubled politics today, writes Russell Brines, Associated Press correspondent. A
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  • 50 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, Apr. B.—United States Secretary of State James j F. Byrnes stated tonight that Russia as well as Britain had I agreed to the convening of a "Big I Four" Foreign Ministers conference in Paris before the end of the month. Reuter.
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  • 91 1 A.P. TOKYO. April B.—The versatility of Tokyo black-market operators is amply demonstrated by a story in the Tokyo Shimbun. Japanese newsreel men desired shiraml (lice) for use in a topic dealing with typhus but prop men could not produce any. Finally someone thought
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  • 56 1 Reuter. MOSCOW. Apr. S-Uetr.-Gen. Mikao T>mura, former Commander of the 4th Kwcnung A-my. committed suicide in a prisoner of war camp on M~r 23. according to a Pravdi respondent in the Far The renort add-d that TJemura left a note saying he decided tr mlcid- because he fe'r
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  • 440 1 A.P. SHANGHAI, Apr. B—Emergency distribution of food supplies by air is being organized by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in an effort to combat the lamine which is reputed to •aye reduced several million Chinese *o eating grass, tree
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  • 537 1 Britain, I. S. Will Uppc,Soviet's Latest Demand Reuter. NEW YORK, Apr. B.—Russia to-night threaten- to present the UNO Security Council with a new poser through her uncompromising demand that Persia be re moved from the Council's agenda Last week the Council decided that in view
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  • 154 1 A.P. LONDON. Apr. «.-World speech in Chicaco n« inn _2 by dispatches *E&Zf*2& York jork Herald Tribune that the a-i dress was "vague, confused and obscurely minatory." L The President's spepch tv tin SSE Story in most of Sunday newspapers and .ras described by the
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  • 128 1 Reuter. ATHENS, Apr. B—EAM and all other leftwing parties who boycotted the Greek elections today a; pealed to the British, United State*. Povlet and French Governments tc refer the Greek internal question either to the "Big Three" or to UNO If the question
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  • 772 2 PRESIDENT Trumans Chicago speech serves as a timely reminder of the revolutionary re-orientation of United States policy towards the Far East since President Roosevelt's 1941 application or oil sanctions against Japan which constituted a virtual declaration of war. For us in tnis part of the
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  • 2184 2 In Chungking and Yen-an today the world can see two women who more vividly than words personify the wide chasm of thought, manners and action between Natoinalist and Communist China. These are Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Mao Tze-tung, wife of the Red Chairman. Madame
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  • 72 2 Two vital factors in the shaping of the destinies of present day China are Communism and the emergence of the feminine movement. This article by Associated Press writer JOHN RODERICK records aspects of the situation as seen through the eyes of an observant American, and he also
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  • 583 2 Volunteers Two articles, well written, have appeared in the Sunday Tribune, one (24-3-46) on "An Unfulfilled Promise" and the other (31-3-46) on "Volunteers." Having been a victvm of the Death Railway in Slam and as a Volunteer myself, I know the sufferings some of us underwent. The B.M.A.
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  • 529 2  -  by R.B. Ooi Rowdyism is rampant in this city. Certain elements revel in it to the extreme disgust of all decent persons. It is not due so much to excess of boisterous spirits as to truculence born oi organized gangsterism. These hooligans never have the gu:s to
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  • 960 3 HOW JA PANESE CARED FOR CIVILIAN SICK (Tribune Reporter) SINGAPORE'S General Hospital, which was transferred twice during the three and a half year period of the occupation, will shortly return to its former premises. The buildings, it is learned, will very soon be de-requisitioned
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  • 77 3 A.P. PRAGUE, April. B.—A reparations agreement between Hungary, a German ally, and Russia, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, which may be a preview of whafMs generally in store for war losers, was announced on Saturday in its finaj form. Hungary is required to pay $300,000,000 in
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  • 538 3 Since there have been several changes owing to death and other reasons among the Malay rulers, the Malaya Tribune publishes the following particulars of their present Highnesses' identities. At the time of the re-occupa-tion of Malaya, the four States of Kedah, Kelantan. Trengganu and Perlis,
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  • 516 3 Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 7.—President Truman in his Army Day speech promised American credits for the rehabilitation of Far East countries with the objective of promoting democracy in the Orient and making impossible aggression like Japan's in World War 11. In his speech,
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  • 96 3 (Tribune Correspondent) While the incidenfcte of armed obbery in Ipoh town has «hown a sharp decline during the past fortnight, armed bands are still operating qn the outskirts, terrorising Villages. Recent!? a gang of about nine Chinese, most of them armed, attempted to force their way
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  • 74 3 Reuter. BOMBAY. Apr. 7.—The strike oi 11.000 municipal scavengers entered its third day today and the str.-ets are becoming full of offensive odours, uncleared debris and clogged drains. No meat is available in the city as the drivers of municipal vans which carry supplies to the
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  • 172 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, April B.—Japan, shorn of her stolen empire, lacks most of the important metal needed to make a modern industrial state. This is the conclusion of government experts in a report on Japan's mineral resources. The report was issued by the Bureau of Mines.
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  • 71 3 A.P. BANGKOK. April B.—The United States Government has agreed not to freeze Siam's assets held in America. Premier Pridi Panomyong revealed. He said this would enable Siam to import much needed consumer goods from the United States to assist the general rehabilitation of th.>
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  • 268 3 Reuter. LONDON, April 7—On Wedne;- day, the English Cricket Board of Control will have to find ,to choose England's test teants against India as well as the sid:. to go to Australia at the end of the season. It is understood that a spec.*) M.C.C. committee
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  • 84 3 Reuter. TOKYO, Apr. 6.-A revolutionary step in the democrat isation of the Japanese throne was taken today when the Imperial Household Ministry issued an order abolishing compulsory obeisance before portraits of the Japanese Emperor. For the first time portraits of the Emperor may be
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  • 107 3 A match over eleven boards was played between Dr. Yeoh Bok Choon's team and a Forces team, on Saturday at the Education Centre. The civilian team won by 7\ points to 3| points. Results: Dr. Yeoh B"ok Choon drew with R. F. Boxall. Dr. Benjamin Chew drew with M.
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  • 1116 4 RECORDS P/RESERVED THROUGH LOYALTY OF STAFF Marking the occasion of the re-opening of the Supreme Court yesterday at the Supreme Court Building the Legal Department and the Singapore Bar pledged their co-operation and assistance to the Hon. Mr. C. W. V. Carey (Acting Chief Justice)
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  • 90 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, Apr. 8. —Cneah Kce Bent,', a former BCffi :a::t-Major tl the Japanese pol-ce taftx wns today sentenced to fourteen months' r.i. when he was convicted on ten' out of thirteen charges brought agains: him in the Superior Court -b;for? t.-Col. A. W.
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  • 65 4 LPT HOCK SENG (46 years) I asscd away peacefully nt 2.40 a.m. on Tuesday the 9th instant at his v v at 8co Is R<v\d. Singapore leaving his widow Meggie, his i a Chnan and Cheng Ean end his 2 daughters Lucy and Jennie to mourn, for the loss.
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  • 219 4 (Tribune Staff Reporter). Nearly 70 shipping lines are represented in Singapore by 12 shipping tirms. More than half of these lines have re-established or are in the process of re-starting their service to this port. The offices of shipping agents are operating with skeleton staffs,
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  • 61 4 arriving soon!!!! Repatriates from Malaya disembarking at Madras should note that the Government of India have appointed Rao Sahib K. Kothandapani Pillal, Protector of Emigrants, 'Lake Side', 73, Poonamalee High Road, Kilpauk, Madras, as the Officer-in-Charge of the Reception and Dispersal of Indian nationals arriving in Madras. The
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  • 124 4 According to Col. King, Union Adviser, Chinese Affairs, quoted by The Malay Mail, nine members of the MPAJA have been invited to take part in the anti-Fascist celebrations to be held in London on June 8. It is understood the Central Committee of the ex-Service Comrades
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  • 143 4 (Tribune Correspondent) Alleged to have betrayed sevenBritish soldiers to a party of Japanese during the early days of the occupation, 63-year-old Lebai Malek bin Haji Awang was sentenced to death at the conclusion of the trial before a Court of British Officers, Ipoh, over which Lt.-Col. J.
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  • 861 4 With one more accused to make his defence, the "double tenth" atrocity trial, which opened at the Second Minor War Crimes Court here on March 18, is reaching the final stages when the prosecution and defence counsel will make their closing addresses, most likely,
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  • 261 4 Tan Chong Chew, J.P., and his son, Adam Tan, who described themselves as partners in a firm of contractors supplying labour to the Singapore Harbour Board were sentenced to six months' r.i. on each of two charges, the sentences to run
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  • 725 4 Changi airfield, with a runway of 2,000 yards—to be extended later to 3,000 yards—designed to take the biggest British or American aircraft built, was opened yesterday by the Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Chief f Marshal Sir Keith Park who arrived in a
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  • 115 4 Shortly after the official opening of the Changi airfield, two Liberators of Qantas Airways landed on the airstrip being the first commercial aircraft to make use of the new aerodrome. The first plane landed sharp at 5.05 p.m. while the other shortly aiterwards.
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  • 189 4 EASTER SPORTS Singapore will meet Selangor at cricket and hockey in Kuala Lumpur during the Easter holidays. At a meeting held yesterday evening Singapore sportsman agreed to accept Selangor's mvitat on and travel to Kuala Lumpur lor two inur-state hockey matches and one interstate crickei match. Hockey
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  • 74 4 •Tribune Correspondent) IFOH, Apr. B.—About 2.000 Malays, following prayers at a mosque in Kuaia Kangsar called at the Istanna Iskandariah yesterday morning and reaffirmed their loyalty and allegiance to the Sultan. Presenting a declaration read out by the Chief Mufti, they said that they were
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  • 312 4 When three Chinese youths, Loo Ah Leong. Lim Peck Kirn and Teo Eng Bee were cautioned and discharged after pleading guilty in the Juvenile Court to gambling m public, the most pathetic of the three, Teo Eng Bee turned out to be a
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