Malaya Tribune, 24 April 1946

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  • 30 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of T he People Of Malaya Telephone: 6811. FOUK PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, April 24, 1946
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  • 80 1 Persian Question Reuter. NSW YORK, Apr. 23.—The UNO Security Council rejected by eight votes tc three the French amendment which in eilYct wouid have shelved the whole Persian question until the assembly meeting in September. Only Russia and Poland supported the French proposal. The French proposed
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  • 352 1 Reuter. —In Exchange For Textiles BATAVIA, Apr. 23.—Dr. Sutan Shahrir, "Prime Vinstei" of the Indonesian republic, stated today: "I noi more than natural that the Indonesian Repub ie shculd do what is possible to ease the food situation in India. Wo have much
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  • 64 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA Apr. 23.—Two thou-and Calcutta firemen struck work ioday demanding a revis on of pay and reduction of working hours. The strikers said they would attend to fire calls but not io other duties on the first two days of the strike, but from the third
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  • 165 1 Reuter. EL2 HAUG3, Apr. 23.— The tiaa! cusLUSuons be*v hi -\€therland.s Gov men end the Inco- gal-ion now in H I'a i on the future of are 10 be held at T I morrow, a liable source reported < O—o a». Members of the Dutch ParlaC
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  • 184 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Apr. 23—Russia accepted the American invitation 1 confer on possibilities of drawing p a commercial aviation agreement tween the two countries, the State I> partment announced today. No date has been set for start of i-ions but government officials, tteve it
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  • 60 1 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Apr. 23 -Admiral Sir Praser, Commander>n Chit! of the British Pacinc Fiect, said l~ere today that the strength of the fleel in the Pacific was gradually being reduced to its pre war strength of about four cruisers, eight destroyers, 12 escorti and two light
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  • 217 1 A.P. PSIPING, April Nationalist authorities have accused villagers and the military under a Chinese Communist director of looting the treasurefilled tombs of three Manehu emperors in the secluded burial grounds in the western foothills of Hopei province. They claimed tha* treasure including gold, jade, pearls, rings, and
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  • 77 1 A.P. BUENOS AIRES, Apr. 23 Three thousand inmates of prisons in Buenos Aires Province, which is the heart of the Argentine food belt, have volunteered to donate half their daily food ration to starving people of the world. Committees of prisoners, who were movrd
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  • 165 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. Apr. 23.—Giving his frst press conference here since taking over the post of DirectorGeneral of UNRRA. Mr. Piorello la Guardia .'aid last night: Whatever we get hjlps, so desperate is the situation. In Italy the ration is down to TOO grammes of
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  • 64 1 US Wheat Crop Will Be AllTime Record Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 24. Under Secretary of Agriculture N. Dcdd on Tuesday there :s a gocd prospect tna': the Uniud States wheat crop this year w:li be the largest in his'cry. He expressed conlldence tna* farmers vvill plant neariy 300,000.J;)0 acres of
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  • 68 1 A.P. WASHINGCN Adf. 23. -Ethio- Pia today offered to supply UNRRA with 100 000 tons ot wheat and other foodstuffs in I the next year and a half for famine relief. Th- off.r includ- i ed 10.000 tons of coffee but Eth o- j
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  • 775 1 Singapore Al* Man Recalls Execution Of II Ducc A.P. Reuter. MILAN, APRIL 24.—THE BODY OF MUSSOLINI HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM HIS UNMARKED GRAVE IN MAGGIERE CEMETERY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED HERE YESTERDAY. Mi<an officials last night said they believed that the
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  • 68 1 Associated Press. LONDON, Apr. 24.—Another gold rush sent South African mining shares soaring in the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchange yesterday and stock in Western holdings opened id shillings and 9 pence higher. The clamour to buy followed a report quoting Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, Snu-.h African god
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  • 31 1 A.P. MANILA, Apr. 23.—Firs t Filipino war br'd s to leave for America sail ioday for San Francisco aboard the troopship Admiral Sims. The group includes 69 brides and 19 children—AP.
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  • 182 1 Reuter. ROME, Apr. 23.—A new truce was arranged at San yJitiore Prison, Milan, early tcday a few hours after the Army had called in tanks to assist in queuing a mutiny among 2,500 convicts. Discussions are now going on between the authorities and a delegation
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  • 576 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 23. —Conditions In India--the si«lit of hundreds of people sleeping on pavements— which he saw on his journey from New Zealand to Britain for the Dominion Premiers' Conference, shocked the New Zealand Finance Minister, Mr. Walter Nash, who is deputising for
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  • 61 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 23.—The RAF Lancaster, Liberal, one of two specially equipped aircraft of the Empire Ar Navigation School. Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, left on a special mission to Singapore and Tokyo. The petrol tanks were filled to capacity and with rat ons. crews and baggage
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  • 63 1 In connection with the Dawn Service in commemoration of Anzac Day which is to be held at the Cenotaph at 6 am. tomorrow (as announced in the Malaya Tribune yesterday) the Army authorities have promised to provide transport for Australian military personnel wishing to attend. High Mass will
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  • 227 1 A.P. BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr. 23. —Disappearance at sea aboard a small passenger freighter of Shanghai banker Henri Bar left customs officials here with a problem of disposal of more than half a million dollars worth of oriental gems and art treasures in
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  • 184 1 A.P. MANILA, Apr. 23.—Nearly three million Filipinos ballotted peaceably to-day for leaders of their nation, which will soon be independent. Challenger Manuel Roxas conceded four provinces to President Sergio Osmena, but it was confidently predicted he would win the presidency by 300,000 votes. Manila returns
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  • 83 1 Reuter. LAHORE, Apr. 23 —Twenty-seven persons were injured in a HinduMoslem clash over an empty coal tack at Hissar in Punjab on April 18, according to an official report received today by the Punjab Government. The clash originated in an argument in a bazaar
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  • 92 1 A.P. MANILA, Apr. 24. —Unsurrendered Japanese army units in Central Mindanas are eating the bodies of villagers slain in raids, Father Edward Haggerty reported on Tuesday on his return from an inspection tour. He said that 151 villagers were killed since August by Japanese raiders and
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  • 345 2 Countries short of food— Malaya is included in the list —look to America for succour. Truman says the United States will help. Good! But the Americans want to save the starving millions of China, of India, ol Germany and of Japan. General Mac Arthur has discovered
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  • 314 2 The suaden death oi ihe iamea fentihiQ aumor rrufessoi John Maynard Keynes tne comparadvelj early age oi sixty-two Lao luujcu me Bmpire 02 one of her greatest 1 xperts on postwar economics. i 3 name mio great pro minettce almost immediately aiL<_r tne iasi war when he published
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  • 3160 2  -  By Susan Ertz well-known Anglo-American noi-elist It th us difficult to foresee the future of British writing as to foresee anything else in these, incalculable iimes, but out of a general survey of what is now taking place :r:ir»elhin.;» ma> emerge, even ii ii be only
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  • 271 2 A.P. YEN AN, April 22.—The }ress of Communist China is apowerftti instrument tostttngthen the Party organisation and spread its influence among ihe Chinese masse* News is only incidental. Thtir primary mission. Communis edit', rs admit, is ;b guide .-.nd eduaate ;he
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  • 252 2 Writers of letters intended for publication are requested to append their names, not Noms-de-plume. forced salute During my Malayan Lour by car Indian Muslim conimunmes nave complained to me at sevciai tiiat our Hindu brethren are forcing I-the Muslims to return the Jai Hind" saiute. in MBuapora Uu*
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  • 85 2 A.P. LONDON. Apr. 23.— W. Avcre l Harriman new United Btates Ambassador to Britain yesterday called lor Ang'o-American co-operation but "noi in conflict with other nations."' Speaking at a pnss conference on his arrival to succeed John G. Winant. Harriman. former Ambassador to Russia, declared "i?
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  • 682 3 BI T LIVED TO TELL STORY TO WAR CRIMES COURT The Japanese were trying to "eliminate" the Indian intelligentsia in Port Blair, and in order to round them up. they charged them as enemy spies. This was the answer given by Abdul
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  • 936 3 Passengers from the United X ngdom by the Orange which arrived In Singapore last week are:— M. H. v. Alphen (Batavia). M C. N. K. AtheramKh, Miss B. M Auger. Sr John Bagnal!. Messrs. R BM'i. D. C. Baker. A. S. Balfour. Lt. F Ballard. Miss N.
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  • 237 3 KUALA LUMPUR.-A call to her sisters to emulate the "noble example of selfless sacrifices made by the women of Indonesia alongside their menfolk it. the presen; struggle for freedom" was made by Miss Aisha Ghani-\ representative of the Ladles' Section of the Malayan
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  • 252 3 Government A ppointments The following appointments were announced in last night's Singapore Government Gazette:— Mr. J. A. E. Morley, M.8.E., to act as Principal Assistant Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office; Major T. Van der Gaast, to act as Assistant Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office; Captain J A. Praser. to act as Assistant
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  • 54 3 Reuter. BOMBAY. Apr. 22 —About 50 policemen went on strike at Munshiganj, Bengal, today in support of demands for a monthly basic pay of RS. 80 (about £6). Policemen at Dacca ended their one-day strike yesterday on being assured that similar demands would be placed before the
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  • 183 4 Will Investigate Delay In Rice Delivery Lord Killearn, the British Special Commissioner for South-east Asia, tentatively plans to fly to Bangkok on April 29 for conferences with Siamese officials on the release of rice stocks there, it was announced today. The Special Commissioner
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  • 208 4 Events of another incident that took place during the Feb. 15 demonstrations that occurred in Singapore were I related before Mr. L. C. Goh. in the second district court, when Kwek Ah Su (46). a waiter employed in a coffee shop, appeared
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  • 205 4 The Malayan Contingent to the Victory Parade in London will embark this afternoon and sail tomorrow. Drawn from all ranks of the Malayan Navy and Army, the Volunteer fore s of all States, the Police, the Civil Defence Force, the DaJforce. Force 136. and
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  • 162 4 B:thop and Mrs. Edwin F. Lee have returned to Malaya via the Philippine where the Bishop reorganized the Methodist Church work which had suffered heavily because of tne destruction in the c;ty of Manila. H e expects S give early attention to the Methodist Mission work in
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  • 213 4 Deadly tackling and la*superiur team work enabled the Army to beat the Singapore Po.ice by 27 points uhree goats, a penally goal and three iries) to nil in a rugger match at Jalan Bes.r stadium, on Sunday. Although the Police were overwhelmed :hey put up
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  • 152 4 A.P. Selangor bea t Singapore in an inter-state hockey match played at the Depot. Kuala Lumpur m Monday by scoring the only goal of the match. In the first half, there was little to choose between the sides Playing well right through trv game goalkeepers Kam
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  • 262 4 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, Apr. 22.—The struggle to restore British shipping is outlined in a report to be presented at the annual general meeting of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association. The report states that the industry is faced with the vast problem of replacement and is
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  • 245 4 Within the next twelve months Australia will be able to supply Malaya with so much foodstuffs and other consumer goods that prices here will be considerably lower than they now are—this good news came from Australian Government Commissioner Claude Massey
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  • 195 4 An allegation that his 15-year-old daughter was "walking out with man" was the basis of a quarrel whfet) event ua'lv led to his fatally stabbing a compatriot during a struggle, it was alleged of a whitehatred old Chinese, Tan Boon Tons, In the Superior Court
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  • 54 4 Reuter. KARACHI. Apr. 22.—Jim Mollisun, British airman who was reported missing on a flight from Britain to India is held up at Habbaniya airport of Baghdad. Iraq, according to a signal received tonight by ihe R.A.F. at Karachi. Mr. Mollison is expected to reach Karachi on April
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  • 151 4 Reuter. LONDON, April 22.—Australian Prime Minister Joseph Chifley, said to-day that Australia wanted the United States to take a greater interest in the Pacific than before the roar, but that bases in that area should not necessarily belong to any one nation. Chifley
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  • 194 4 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 22—Although the Wimbledon tennis championships are still nearly three months off, a staff of girls are already working at full pressure answering a stream of vi- quirics for tickets. The All-England Club secretary. Lieut.-Col. A. O. Macaulay. who is organising the event, says that
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  • 29 4 A.P. WASHINGTON. Ap 22—The State Department announced today that Russia h;is agreed to discuss mutUil commercial aviation problems s nvlar to those discussed at the BritishAmer.ean Bermuda meeting. A.P.
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  • 628 4 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 22. —A demand in the name of Islam to Dr. Maulana Abul Kalam A/ad. President of the Indian National Congress, to resign his oflice "to make room for Cbngress-League negotiations" has been sent by the Working Committee of the London branch of
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  • 76 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, Apr. 23. A notorious Siamese named Dinann, Kedah's public enemy No. 1 is reported killed in a north Kedah village. Dinann's head was brought to ihe police station by a villager. A reward of $1,000 had been offered by the police. Dinann,
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  • 99 4 (Tribune Correspondent) KUALA LLLviPUR.—On April 15, approximately five tons of tinned beef in 61b. containers were deposited in the Klang River in Petaling area from military vehicles. These tins were recovered by civilians and are now being sold on the open market. The public is informed
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  • 65 4 A meeting of Indian Muslims held on the 14th inst, at 471, Victoria Street under the auspicep of the Malabar Muslim Jama-ath. passed a resolution to the effect that the Malayalam Muslims stand solidly behind Mr. Jinnah's leadership, and support the Pakistan demand wholeheartedly. Copies of this
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  • 265 4 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 22.— A reward of £2,000 has be< 1: offered for recovery of the 27 precious objects stoli.i by six masked men who raided Hever Castle, home of Col. J. C. Astor, heru early yesterday morning. The historical associations of Ux stolen articles render them
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  • 230 4 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 22.—The Easuv week-end orogiaiome was mainh n* t°resting for the championsh'.p s g!es. but whereas the Northern COD pionship was virtually settled through the amazing crash of Everton at home, the struggle in the south r mains uncertain with the cup-final-ists.
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    • 198 4 NOTICE REGISTRATION OF ALIENS (ORDINANCE No. 67 of 1940). Notice is hereby given that the 6mgapore Aliens Registration Oflta will re-open on the ground So Cecil Street side, of the C.I.D. Building as from 29th April, 1946. 2. From this date:— (a) All aliens resident in the Colony of Singapore
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