Malaya Tribune, 21 May 1946

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    33 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya 'Phone Nos:—Editorial 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 EIG.IT PAGES SINGAPORE TUESDAY, May 21, 1946 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, May 21, 1946.
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    Marshall Criticises China Propaganda Warfare
    175 1 A.P. NANKING, May 21.—Gen. George Marshall sharpiy t riticised the Communist and Government factions for propaganda campaigns which he said 'naturally inflame feelings and increase the possibility that some hotheads may precinitate a general conflagration." He said he was deeply concerned over the critical situation
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    Police Fire On Procession
    174 1 Reuter. RANOOON, May 20—Two people v.- re killed and five injured when police fired on a procession of several thousands of people demolishing against the arrest of members cf the "People's Volunteer Oranisation" at Tantabin, in Insein i strtot There were some women in the procession,
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    CAPTURE OF SZEPINGKAI CONFIRMED
    151 1 A.P. PEEPING, May Cl.—Government sources have confirmed that the new r 'irst Army had captured Szepingkai. Earlier Qmtrr.l News reports indicated the fall of the city to be imminent. Authoritative sources have also announced that the Executive Headquarters had dispatched a ceasefire learn to Jehol province
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    Java Internees Evacuated
    55 1 Reuter. BATAVIA, May 20.—F ye British planes today evacuated the first batch cf 203 civilian internees from the internment camp at Soerakarta, central Java, the Netherlands news agency reported. The planes are carrying the i'.ttrnees in relays to Batavia and Semarang where most of them will go
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    DEBATE ON EGYPT ON FRIDAY
    17 1 LONDON. May 20.—The House )f Commons will debate on Egypt on Friday.
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    'REDS GIVING US MORAL SUPPORT'
    97 1 —Pishevcri A.P. TABRIZ. May 21—Premier Pishevari of the separatist Azerbaijan province government told newsmen en Monday "our country is on a war footing" and claimed Soviet "moral support of our efforts for Leedom lrom oppression." The Premier told newlmen the conferences with the central government
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    36 1 LONDON, May 20.—The Under-Secretary for India, Mr. Arthur Henderson, attended today's returned conference of the Br-'tish and Domin on Prime Ministers. It was the first meeting attended by the Canadian Prime M nister. Mr. Mackenzie King.
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    Tabriz Radio: "Heavy Fighting On"-Persian P.M.: "Reports Untrue"
    604 1 QAVAM ORDERS DESPATCH OF INVESTIGATION TEAMS Defenders Claim Iranian Troops Attacking 100 Miles From Tabriz Conflicting reports on Azerbaijan situation CONFLICTING REPORTS ON THE AZERBAIJAN SITUATION WERE RECEIVED HERE THIS MORNING. WHILE TABRIZ RADIO LAST NIGHT ANNOUNCED THAT "ATTACKS BY GOVERNMENT TROOPS
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    Malayan Leaders Confer With Capt. Gammans
    101 1 Capt. L. D. Gammans, visiting Member of Parliament, and Sir Theodore S. Adams, held talks on the Malayan Union lasting 3$ hours with Malay leaders in the Municipal Council Chamber yesterday. The talks were stated to be purely informal. The Malays were headed by
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    LATEST on Persia
    168 1 TEHERAN, May 20.—Another attack by Persian forces on Azerbaijan frontiers was alleged to-night by Tabriz radio—shortly after Persian Premier Qavan es-Sultaneh had declared his belief that the fighting had ceased. Asserting that "fighting is still proceeding and another attack took place today," Tabriz radio said that if
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    4,000-Year Old Temple Discovered
    110 1 As sociated Press. I CAIRO. May 20. —A t.evi1 pie believed to be built 4M0 years ago I in honour i of God Khanoum whom I ancient pharoahs worJ shipped as the Creator of World, has been discoverl ed 500 miles south of J Cairo at
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    Hoover Wants Food "Czar" Appointed
    414 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The establishment of a world food administration under the direction of a world food "czar" was urged by President Truman's food envoy, Mr. Herbert Hoover, at the opening session here of the conference of United Nations Food Ministers. "The new set-up should
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    Palestine Civil War 'Imminent'
    184 1 Reuter and AP. LONDON, May 20.— Palestine is in a state of imminent civil war, said Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, British member of the AngloAmerican Committee of Inquiry into Palestine, addressing the AngloJewish Association here tonight. "With every week tension will grow because of the
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    GROMYKO BOYCOTT STILL ON
    94 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, May 20.— The Soviet delegation spokesman to-day made it clear that the Soviet delegate, M. Andrei Gromyko, will not attend the meeting of the UNO Security Council. "M. Gromyko does not attend meetings at which the Persian question is discussed," the spokesman said.
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    SECO Unlikely To Drop Iran Question
    85 1 A.P. NEW YORK. May 21.—3everal delegates to the United Nations Security Council indicated there was only a remote chance the Council tfould be able to drop the controversial Persian case when the Council meets on Wednesday. The delegates are still without definite Information whether
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    Shanghai Mayor's Warning To Food Speculators
    79 2 A.P. SHANGHAI, May 20.— K. C. Wu, taking office as Mayor cf Shanghai Monday told pressmen that he loas caliing an emergency conference of municipal officials and others to lay plans for combattng abnormal living costs in this croioded city. He said: 'God help
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    Balinese Dancers In London
    116 2 A.P. LONDON, May 20.—Th e hipcvaying love dances of Bali and ceremonial dances which, until row, hav e been performed only la the courts of Javanese sul- ns. were brought to London on Sunday by 15 Indonesian performers. The dancers, three girls and a dozen men.
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    RIO DE LA PLATA TENNIS
    35 2 A.P. BUENOS AIRES. May 20 Enrique Moria of Argentina eliminated Frank ShUks of New York. 11-9. G-l. 6-3, to enter the finals of the Rio de La Plata t-nnis tournament.—A.P.
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    Germans Do Not Object To A 25-Year Occupation
    429 2 Reuter. BERLIN, (Air Mail)— The plan for a 25 years Occupation of Germany put forward by Mr. James Byrnes, the United States Secretary of State, has been well received by almost all circles in Germany. A typical comment from the British side
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    Yoshida To Form Coalition Govt
    72 2 A.P. TOKYO, May 20.—The PremierDesignate Shigeru Yoshida will form a Conservative coalition government. The news came after more than 130,000 persons had miTied awnind Emperor Hirohito's palace in an orderly demonstration for more foou and a democratic front regime. There was no immediate response from
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    Quetta Prisoners Revolt
    48 2 Reuter. ©UETTA, Baluchistan, May 20.—Prisoners at Quetta Central Jail "took over" the ja 5 for> th?ee hours last night in support of their cla m for increased food rations. The situation was brought under control when guards fired on the prisoners, causing several casualties.—Reu1T. 3
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    SEEDS OF WAR
    84 2 Reuter. HASTINGS. May 20.—1f America. Russia and Great Britain fall to succour the starving millions of India and Germany, we are again sowing the seeds of a future wax, declared Alderman Percy Morris, Member of Parliament for West Bwansea. in his presidential address to the Railway Clerks
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    New (Million Dollar) Theatre For Singapore
    202 2 Latest Shaw Project Will Open To Public In Sept. Built along modern lines at a cost of $1,000,000 the theatre, which is owned by Shaw Bros, will be airconditioned and will have what is known as "frozen" lighting effects through the installation oi mercury
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    Jap Navy (Teeth Out) Do Good Work
    405 2  -  (By Jack Smyth, Reuter's Correspondent) Reuter. TOKYO, May 19.—Although 431,000 tons of wrecked and inoperative naval shipping lie strewn along the eastern seaboard of Japan the demobilised Japanese Navy still ranks as one of the major fleets of the» world. Stripped of its
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    Rotan For An Extortioner
    105 2 (Tribune Correspondent IPOH.—Remarking that lp jn has been scourged by gangs of people robbing and attempting to extort money for the past lew months, and that he considered extortion as one of the most cowardly and base of all crimes. Lt.-Col. J. G. Adams, presiding in
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    Soviets Silent On Azerbaijan War
    319 2 Reuter and A.P. MOSCOW, May 20.—The Soviet press today made no mention of Tabriz radio reports of fighting between Azerbaijan forces and troops of the Iranian Central Government. Meanwhile, a Teheran report states that Tabriz Radio, amplifying its earlier announcement of the Persian attack on
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    U.S. Rail Talks May Be Resumed
    161 2 Reuter. NEW YORK, May 20.—Early resumption of the negotiations between the ra lway union and owners' representatives was forecast here today after a series of exploratory talks which federal C/.-ciliators conduct* d w.th «he •v/c part es separately all yesterday. An official described the
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    U.S. Army-Navy Merger Opposed
    132 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The Demoractic Chairman of the Senate and House naval committees. Senator David Walsh of Massachusetts, and Representative Fred Vinson, in a joint letter to Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, said cong less will not approve merging the U. S. War and
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    So many people are killed or injured each year on the roads in Britain, that special efforts arc made to make children traffic ' conscious. A sergeant of police is here seen giving a lesson, at a junior school, on how to cross the road.
    44 2 So many people are killed or injured each year on the roads in Britain, that special efforts arc made to make children traffic conscious. A sergeant of police is here seen giving a lesson, at a junior school, on how to cross the road.
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    Relief Trickling Into China Famine Areas
    614 2  -  "Like Cups Of Water On Fire" (By Tho mas Aldeguer, Reuter's Correspendent) Reuter's Correspondent) Reuter. SHANGHAI, (Air Mail) Relief is slowly trickling into the 19 provinces of the interior of China where some 30,000,000 persons are on the point of starvation. But the volume
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    CONGRESS STILL UNDECIDED
    148 2 Reuter. NEW DELHI. May 20 —The Congress Party Working Committee adjourned until tomorrow after two hours' meeting today to discuss the proposals of the British Cabinet Mission for a settlement of India's constitutional problems. It is understood that the Committee were unable to reach a final •iecision
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    Death Of Cardinal Gasparri
    85 2 A.P. r ROME, May 20.—Erico Cardinal Gasparri, of Italy, and prefect of the Apostolio Signatura, died on May 20 at the ape of 74. His death reduces the membership in the sacred college of Cardinals to 66, which is four below the maximum of 70. Gasparri
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    Kramer & Schroeder
    61 2 Kramer Schroeder A.P. GAN DIEGO. May 20.—Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder played up to their top-seeded form to capture the Pacific Coast Men's doubles tennis championship defeating Franke Parker and Bob Falkenberg, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6. 6-3, 7-5. Schroeder and Parker who are on ihe United States Davis Cup team will
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    Big Changes In New Education Scheme
    294 2 Reuter. LONDON, May 20.—Big changes announced today by the Ministry of Education will enable parents whose income is under £600 per year to send their sons and daughters to university free of all charges if their children are up to scholarship standard. The scheme
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    Food Main Issue In Commons This Week
    801 2 A.P. LONDON, May 20. —Food will be the main issue in the British Parliament this week. The Government will make a statement on acceptance by Lord President of the Council Herbert Morrison j n Washington of further sacrifices by Britain 0 f 200,000
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    Jap Deserters Arrested In KL
    84 2 KUALA LUMPUR, lion.—TWO more Jap deserters were rounded up over the week-end at the 15 mile Sabang Road m a jungle. Detectives saw five Japs in a hut who ran away on their approach. The detectives chased and arrested two. One Jap was shot in
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    MacArthur Warns Jap Societies
    91 2 Reuter. TOKYO. May 20.—Gen Dougl* Mac Arthur today cautioned the Japanese people against what be described as a "growing tendency towards mass violence and ph processes of intimidation under organised leadership," declaring M constituted a- menace not only to the Government, but to the basic purivses
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    29 2 A.P. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 20 The Brazilian Government on Sunday took over the Leopolina railway, a British-owned ;m--portant suburban line, which has been idle through a strike. —A.P.
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    MacDonald Here Today
    241 3 The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Mac Donald, Governor-Ge-neral designate of the Malayan Union and Singapore will arrive at Changi airfield at 5.15 this evening and will be met by high officials of the Singapore administration and military representatives. He will be installed Governor-Ge-neral at a ceremony to be
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    New Chapter In History Of Malay Regt.
    338 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—Sundry will go down in the records ot the Malay Regiment as a day .vhen a new chapter in their history begin. Three important events t 0 mute the occasion: (1) His Excellency Sir Edward Gent his first visit to Port
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    Japanese Major Laughed While Torturing Victims
    1527 3 ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MIZUTANI TOTARO DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF ALLIED PoWs RECALLED The woes, hardships and the untold miseries underwent by hundreds of Allied PoWs at the hands of the Japanese in the task of constructing the SiamBurma railway in 1943 were described at the
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    EXIT THE MILK MAID AND HER STOOL!
    92 3 Automatic milkers and coolers are employed at this modern model dairy farm in Berkshire, England. In the picture above, milking is in progress but the traditional milkmaid, with her three cornered stool and pail, is absent, in her place an automatic, electrical device.
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    MR. R.R. SHAW LEAVES ON TOUR
    104 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Well-known Chinese in the ."It-: tainnicnt line. Mr. Run Run Shaw left Singapore by air yesterday for ;i three-month tour of Australia, the United State-, England and the continent to make a study of the fill industry and puMic cntc rtaineted
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    More Consulates To Be Opened
    118 3 aj Tribuue Correspondent IPOH.—That, in the neat future. Chinese Consulates for I poh Bttd Malacca will be established was mad known by Dr. Wu Paak Phing. I W nese Consul General for Mala\ during his recent tour of Perak. Dr. Wu emphasised the need tor
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    Sailors Jailed
    70 3 Two Briti.-h sailors.- Albert Newton and Matthew S. Mack, were B«Bt«need to eight wf K' r.i." aaefc vi 1 they pleaded puirty in the Thiid Court yesterday by being in pesu sion of canned and bottled peer ai d several smoking pipi They were found at a jhed
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    Six Months For Possession Of Revolver
    271 3 Francis Graham Thomson (21), manager of the Coastal Transport Company, described as an exthird officer of a ship, who was arrested in his office at the Arcade on Friday with a .38 revolver in his possession, Cold District Judge Paul Storr that he bought
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    Night Club Manager Fined
    129 3 Pi« ading guilty to summons charge of permitting prostitutes to assemble in the premises of the Carlton Night Club. Cavanagh Road, Kee Yew Hock, the manager,, was fined $50, in default, three weeks' r.i- by Mr. L. C. Goh. in the second police court, yesterday. 1
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    Rice Dealer Fined
    120 3 Lee Kirn Chee. who admitted Vwo charges of moving 43 pieuls of rice without a permit and wrongful pc>ssession of the rice, which is a CO* trolled commodity, was fined SI.OOG, in default two months' r.i. en «ach charge by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, jn the second
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    Witness Collapses While Giving Evidence
    322 3 The sudden csllapse of a witness in the witnessbox while under ;;i oss-exaHiirtatloii caused a ripple of excitement and a hum of etenment to run through a crowded court-room yesterday. The incident ccdurirur the preliminary inquiry info a tentative charge of murder against Manikar- Tanauithy,
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    ONE DIED
    224 3 The same evening. however r*e said, he met Tanapathy onts de his house in Outn.m Road and he was told that the two Chinese arrested at the Reformatory had b en returned to the Outram Road Prison HvSpUal. and one of them had fcince dirfl- Tanapahy had lot
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    Hawkers Must Go!
    419 4 There are at least 30,000 too many hawkers in Singapore. Before the war, there were 6,000 and everybody was agreed that the needs of the city were adequately served. They were hard working people, who toiled for a very modest reward. Today it is estimated there are
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    about PAKISTAN
    4268 4  -  Britain And India—No. 5 "It has to be realised", writes Mr. Casey today, "that for the last fifty years at least, the Caste Hindus have been the 'haves' of India and the Muslims the 'have nots.' By this I mean that in all intellectual pursuits, in wealth, in
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    READERS' VIEWPOINTS
    328 4 “Non-Malay.” Volunteers A petition, signed by twenty-two members of the S.S.V.P. which was despatched to the Commanding Offl. cer, Local Forces, more than a fortnight ago, up to the moment, ha» not been officially replied to by the authorities. Letters have appeared time and again in the past
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    Sepoy 'Happy To Be In Japan'
    79 4 Reuter. KURE. Japan. May 20. —A Maharatta sepoy. Namdeo Jah Jadhao of Nimaj, a village in Ahmednagar district, Bombay, the first V. C. to land in Japan, arrived here today aboard the troopship Duefa with units of the 268 th Indian Brigade and 51st
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    Communist Stronghold Falls To Nationalists
    479 5 A.P. NANKING, May 20.—Szepingkai, Chinese communist stronghold barring the advance of Generalissimo Chiang-Kai-shek's forces towards Chungchun, 70 miles north-eastward, fell to the National Government's first army today, after finishing a 32-day battle, government dispatches reported. From his headquarters in Mukden, General Tu-Li-ming. government commander of
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    Ceylon Indians Protest
    205 5 Reuter. COLOMBO* May 20—Indians throughout Ceylon will observe a one-day hartal (complete stopoaffe of work) on June 4 as a protest against the promulgation of the new constitution and against the recent Ceylon Government order that 400 Indian labourers on Knavesmire Estate, Undugoda shall quit fheir establishments
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    35 5 A.P. ROME, May 20.—The plague of locust s on the island of Sarnia has 3toread to the Italian mainland with reports of Infestations received on May 19 from Rom e province, Foggia, Siilfrno, Taranto. —A.P.
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    A-Bomb Delivered By Post Next?
    95 5 Reuter. ADELAIDE, May 20.— Professor Kerr Grant, Professor of Physics at the University of Ade laide, said today he bebelieved that the atom bomb could be quickly developed to the stage at which it could be distributed by means other than dropping it from an
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    Serious Riots In Alexandria
    141 5 Reuter. ALEXANDRIA, May 19 Riots broke out here late this evening following an accident in which a British lorry was involved. Three Egyptians were injured in the accident. xhe climax of the riot came when excited crowds attacked two British welfare clubs. They also smashed up
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    Franco Vilifies Russia
    114 5 A.P. OVIEDO, Spain, May 20.— Generaliss mo Frandisco Frano, speaking for 40 minutes in ihe central square of this mining provincial capital, which was formerly a Socialist-Communis stronghold, said Soviet Russia after closing churches now is reopening them in an "imperialistic attempb 'to dominate th? world." Cries
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    Round Table Talks On Palestine
    248 5 Reuter. JERUSALEM, May 19. Representatives of the Arab Higher Committee and the Jewish Agency are to attend at' Government House here tomorrow to receive a note from His Majesty's Government. It is reliably learned that the subject of the Government note will be a round
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    HEAVY FINE FOR SMUGGLER
    120 6 Tan Chan Kin (32). who brought with him on board a steamer morphine and Indian Hemp from Siam. and was caught with the drugs in his possession by Revenue Officer* at Pasar Ayam Reclamation, wa* fined a total of $1,500, in cietault, three years and two
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    Daylight Robbery
    107 6 A Khek woman was robbed of $2,000 in daylight on May IS when three Hokkiens, two of whom were armed with pistols, entered a house in Lorong 14 Geylang at noon. An unsuccessful attempt at armed robbery was made at Bajerai Lane at 2 a.m. yesterday morning when
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    Firearms Charge
    101 6 Two Mohamedans, Anuar b Habii. and Osman b Safhi, claimed trial in the Fourth Court yesterday when they were charged on two counts oi being in possession of firearms and ammunition. It was alleged that at 12.30 a.m on May 19 in the compound of Lee Rubber Co..
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    Imported Ganja
    60 6 A Siamese. Seng Choo, was fined $500 in the Third Police Court yes terday when he pleaded guilty to importing cannibis sativa (Indian Hemp). Revenue Officers made the find in a tongkang at 11.30 a.m. on May 11 soon after it had arrived from Bangkok. It was hidden
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    Jalking about Sport
    1319 7 Special To The Malaya Tribune How Woodcock Lost British Boxing o Prestige Up Anglo* U. Golf Duel Professional Tennis Boom—Hobbs' Comment On Indian Bowling Yachting. It's strange but true that the defeat of two British boxing champions has done much to rehabilitate British boxing prestige in American
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    Outsiders Win French Guineas
    118 7 Reuter. PARIS, May 19.—Two outsiders won the French Prie Poule Dussai dcs Poulic equivalent to the English 1 000 and 2,000 Guineas, over 1,600 metres, which is about a mile, at Longchamps this afternoon. Alexandre Lieux's Real returned 665 frances for 10 franc winnLig ticket in
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    Stan Garside Accepts
    60 7 Stan Garside has answered Indian wrestler Dara Singh's challenge. In a letter to the Tribune sports editor, he writes: "With reference to the publica* tion made by Dara Singh in a recent issue, I hereby wish to state that I accept his challenge for a 10 rounds
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    Australians Poor Total
    194 7 Dismissing the HQ Austral: ar War Graves cricket team for 74, the Colonials ran out winners by eight wickets in a game played at Chanui on Sunday. J. H. de Souza made 50 for the Colonials. The following were the scores:HQ AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES Fiber c. Perry
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    "I hadn't even started..."
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    Carried Out Of Ring Unconscious—But Crowned Champion
    393 7 Carried Out Of Ring Unconscious But Crowned Champion With tears rolling unashamedly down his face Theo Medina, Parisian gipsv fighter, stood in the centre of the ring at the Albert Hal! looking down on Jackie Paterson, the new European champion, battered into insensibility by the Frenchman Three times in the
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    Roderick To Meet Omar Kouidiri
    64 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 20.—Boxing promoter Jack Solomons announces that the tight between Linice Roderick, British welterweight ard middleweight champion, and Omar Kouidir'. of Trance at Harringay on June 4 will be over 15 rounds for the welterweight championship of Europe. It will b e the
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    Dog Show
    41 7 A.P. LUCERNE. Switzerland May 20— The worlds first international dog exhibition s n< c 1939 will be held here in May, with ai imals to oe shown by breeders from Belgium, France. Italy, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia and other countries.—A.P,
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    he lost... & wept
    30 7 he lost... wept Theo Medina, photographed after losing the figh{. He wept when he found that the title v hch he had practically won suddenly slipped out of his grasp
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    Woodcock Back In Doncaster
    76 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 20. Bruce Woodcock, British heavyweight champion who flew back from America, reached his Doncaster home at two o'clock BST this morning. Before gomg to bed, Woodcock called on his fiance, M,ss Nora Speight, taking her a white satin bathing costume present from America.
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    Easy Win For Liverpool F.C.
    64 7 A.P. NEW YORK, M u y 20.—Smooth pi.,ying Liverpool Football Club easily defeated American Soccer League All Stars 5-0. in a game that left no doubt of the British team's superiority, because of its fine teamwork and clever footwork. The visitors took command eaily in
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    Hostak To Attempt A Comeback
    63 7 A.P. SEATTLE. May 19.—A1l of Seattle, twice the world's middleweight boxing champion will resume his fight career he halted to enter the army, his manager Eddie Mariano' announced. Reducing his weight at present is Hostak's biggest problem. He weighed 180 released from the Army and
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    Tourists Declare At 198 For Seven
    210 7 Reuter. LEICESTER, May 21.—Class and experience told its own story yesterday wh en All-India continued the first innings against Leicester on a pitch affected by plenty of thunderstorms and rain during the weekend. V.M. Merchant, watching the ball Cioseiy and aiways appearing to have
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    Score Board
    132 7 INDIANS, Ist INNINGS Mustaq Ali b Sperry 12 Hazare b Jackson 27 Amarnath b Jackson 16 Nayudu c Howard b Prentice 6 Hafeez b Tilley 14 Sohoni lbw. Tilley 0 Hindlekar b Tilley 0 Merchant not out 111 Extras 12 Total (for 7 declared) 193 BOWLING O. M.
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    Happy Knight Backed To Win £25,000
    207 7 DERBY CALLOVER Reuter. nlih ND n ,N May 20—Victoria Club callover on the Derby toil*:*'. 5-1 Happy Knight, 7-1 ?o h o 17 2 Radio Therapy, 10-2 Gulf Stream, 10-1 Edward Tudor, 100-8 White Jacket all **X*n and offered. 18-1 Fast-nnd-Fair offered 20-1 taken
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    ROSE TRIAL POSTPONED
    33 7 A.P. MONTREAL, May 21—The Fred Rose tnal has been postponed to Wednesday because certain documents are being used at the Ottawa trial of Edward Mai gerall, another conspiracy case defendant.—A.P.
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    Bad Weather Curtails Play
    348 7 COUNTY CRICKET Reuter. LONDON, May 20.—The weather curtailed play in most of the county cricket matches to-day. but tricky pitches assisted the progress of play and despite the interruptions several matches should produce decisive results to-morrow. Yorkshire found two days sufficient in which to beat Kent
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    Sparkling Table Tennis
    113 7 Following close on the heels of the first meeting of the Table Tennis Association, a sparkling exhibition of table tennis was given at the Great World on Sunday night. A large crowd watched the leading players in Singapore take pan in this exhibition. Some of better known
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    Nine Injured In Attack On Truck
    55 7 Reuter. ALEXANDRIA, May 20.—The Bntish mUitary authorities reported later that nine were injured this afternoon when a crowd of Egyptians attacked an ~rmy truck in a street in the native quarter. They alleg-d that the Egyptian pnlce did not stop the demonstrators until they
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    BRIG. THIMAYYA IN TOKIO
    63 7 A.P. TOKIO, May 20.-Brig a dier K. Th-mayya, arrived here from inoia to take cornmanas of the vidian Un-.ts among British Commonwealth forces assigned to occupation cf Japan mSSSt Thimayya, who comnwnded Indian forces which «aptured Rangoon i n BurmS campaign, said he felt the IndSn
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    Members Of New Jap Cabinet
    117 8 Reuter. TOKYO, May 20.—The new Japanese Cabinet under the Premiership of Shigeru Yoshida is constituted as follow!: Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Shigeru Yoshida (Liberal); Home, Seichi Ohmura (non-Party;; Finance, Tanzan Ishibashi (Liberal*, Commerce, Jiro Hoshijima (Liberal), Transport, Tsunejiro Hiratusuka (Libera!); Welfare, Yosci Kawa: (Progressive");
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    "Magic Carpet Thieves"
    177 8 Reuter. LONDON, May 19.—Stolen carpets worth many thousands of pounds have been sold in London and the home counties in the past f«'\v months. writes the "Kvenni; Standard" reporter. The Metropolitan police have already made m.-ny arrests but the men who direct the gangs—known as the "Magic
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    NUREMBERG SHOOTING
    65 8 Reuter. NUREMBERG. May 20.—United States M litary Government officials are drawing up a report rev ewing the auesiion of the .American coloured soldier who shot two American solders in Nuremberg or. May 11. The soldier said he was shooting at a Get man who threatened him because he
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    Galilee Lido Closed For Overcharging
    328 8 Protecting Holy Places From Desecration Reuter. TIBERIAS, Palestine, May 20.—The majority of British troops cannot understand the controversy which has arisen over mixed bathing, cocktails and dancing on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee The Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Palestine recommended the
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    Bid For Eastern Markets
    153 8 Reuter. SYDNEY, May 20.—The Australian Prime Minister. Mr. J. B. Chifiey, today said capture of the growing eastern markets as well as, supplying Australia's own needs was envisaged by British industries which proposed to set up subsidiaries in Australia. Interviewed here on his return from a
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    Two Killed In Riot Over Stray Goat
    118 8 A.P. NEW DELHI, May 21.— Two persons were killed and five iniured in a rioting between Hindus and Moslems in Old Delhi on Monday night. A police communique said he violence came after a *oai tended fey Moslem youth s raved into a
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    MSBA Valuations Criticised
    261 8 Reuter. LONDON. May 1»— Commenting on the analysis of comparative valuation of sterling and dollar tin afcar s in the Malayan Share Brokers Association's recent report a London stock broker opines that many st rling shares are indeed overvalued and on present value cannot be exoet to
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    Chinese Shot Dead At Bedok
    143 8 A radio Fat:ol and the CUD. rushed up to the 9 X > ms. Bedok lust after 8 p.m. last night on receipt of news that *a Hokiea had been shot d?ad. First reports indicate that six Chinese attempted to rob this Hokien but he
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    Juvenile Employment
    95 8 Reuter. BRIGHTON, May 20. S r Gndfrey In<e. Secretary to the Labour Ministry, told the National Assoc ation of Juvenile Employment and Welfare Officers yesterday that the fall in b nh rate means the number of boys and girls under 18 available for employment will be half of
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    All Out For Television
    265 8 In Great Brtain great advances are being made in televison. A British firm, Pye Ltd.. has produced a new system uhich enab cs t-oiAd and vision to be transmitted on one wave-length and received on one receiver. Hitherto televison has needed two transmitting itat.dns, two transmitting
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    Burma League's Demand
    159 8 Reuter. RANGOON. May 20. —The Supreme Cornell of the Anti-Fascist League has Vested full powers in its Executive Committee to make the necessary preparations for launching a freedom struggle should it become necessary. It has also appointed a Standing Committee to co-operate such populations and has decided
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    A-Bomb Ended Isolationalism
    118 8 A.P. NEW YORK, May 20.—President Truman said: "The atomic bomb destroyed selfish nationalism and the last defence of isolationism moie completely that it razed an enen.y city. It ended one age and began another—the new and unpredictable of the soul." In a message read to the conference
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    Norfolk Broads At Stake
    157 8 Reuter. POTTER HETGHAM. NorfoU:. May 19. —Pears that the Norfolk Broads may eventually disappear unless steps are taken to clear the weeds- and reeds, were expressed yestjrdav by boat-owner Herbert Woods of Potter Heigham. On the eve of what is expected to be a record season
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    Who Invented The Radio?
    151 8 A.P. CHICAGO. May 19.—Walter Y-s<, editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia Britannica publications, said: "So far as we know, Alexander Popov, Russian physicist, had nothing to do with the invention of the radio." The Soviet periodical, "The New Times." said the Encyclopedia Britannica should cease crediting the Invention of
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    Rome Alleges Secret Annexes
    126 8 Reuter. NEW YORK. May 20— The "New York Times" gave front-page prominence today to a despatch from Rome which said the new modus Vivendi for Italy evolved by the foreign Ministers' conference conto :ns secret annexes, according to "lvghly reliable information." The agreement contains provisions that
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    Bevin To Report On Polish Soldiers
    98 8 Reuter. LONDON. May 20 —It is reported kiat (Its Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Biv»n. will make a statement tiiis WMfc cr. the future of some 150.000 Pol-sh soldiers still under Br tis.i command in Britain. Germany and Italy. In Edinburgh, the spokesman saia he
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    Reparations Agreement
    96 8 Reuter. MOSCOW. May 20.—A reparations agreement has been concluded between Hungary and Yugoslavia, a Tass (Soviet news agency) message, quoting a Budapest newspaper report, said today. A spokesman of the Yugoslav Government stated that the agreement paved the way for an economic treaty under which Hungary would receive
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    'Master Of Political Hypocrisy'
    92 8 Reuter. MOSCOW, May 20.—Pravda, organ of the Soviet Communist Party, today described Mr. Joseph J. Moloney, former Australian Minister in the Soviet Union, as "master of political hypocrisy and fierce reactionary." The article, signed by Yakov Vitarov, accused Mr. Maloney of "lytng slanders against the Soviet
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    Tribute To Gandhi
    171 8 Reuter. CARDIFF, May 20.—A strik ng tribute to the leadership of Gandhi is paid today by the "Western Mail" leading Welsh daily newspaper. "The first reactions to the new offer to India art- not as unfavourable as was anticipated alter the failure of the Simla conference," says
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    Shahrir's Rice Offer Not Wise
    194 8 Van Mook Reuter. BAT AVI A, May 20.—The Lieut-Gov-Gen. of the Netherlands East Indies, Dr. van Mook, to-day criticised the rice offer to India made by the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Sutan Shahrir, and accepted by the Indian Congress leader. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Dr. van Mook
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    24 8 Actinothoraphy (uitra-violet) treatment for infected lectes »n6 onlUlren Ht tke tun M«p«z»Ks>. Hlter belnx nurses to n«»lttz tne enUsren «ent to «p«ctal re»t nome.
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    60,000 Children Will Observe Empire Day
    134 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Over 60,000 school-chil Iren In Singapore will celebrate Empire Day on Friday, the first to be held in this city after four years. The day will be a holiday for the children who after assembling at resoective schools will hear addn
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    MAN-MADE THUNDER CLOUDS....
    196 8 AP. Aboard the U.S.S. Mount McKini. y en route to Bikini, May 20—< tfj experts said on Sunday that the radio-activity caused by "Operatios Crossroads," when naval unit-atom-bombed in a lagoon in J may drift around the world ne ous times in the upper air currenti at
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    Sikhs Oppose India Plan, Demand 'Sikhstan'
    180 8 Reuter. AMRITSAR, May 20.—Tara Sine* leader of the Akali Skihs, leading Sikh organisation, today appealed to Sikhs to unite and be prepared U U die to the last man" in opposition t' the British Cabinet Mission's pio posals for India's future. The whole future
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    88 Executed In Belgium
    60 8 A.P. BRUSSELS, May 20.— Eightyeight traitors condemned to for collaborating with Nails have been executed s nce the liberation of Belgium, it was announced officially here. Executions represent less than one-tenth of death sentences passed on 897 traitors still held in Belg an prisoners. More than
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    STOP PRESS
    112 8 A.P. LONDON. May 21.—The H of Commons adopted the IMb Government bill national: Britain's coal mines by a vote ?.24 to 143. The bill now a House of Lords approval and the Kine's assent. Fuel Minister Emanuel Stanwell during the debate on the measure advocated more drastic schemes
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