Malaya Tribune, 3 July 1946

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    37 1 The Malaya Tribune The Paper Of The People Of Malaya 'Phone Nos —Edi orial (only) 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 y( n PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1946 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune WSDNESDAV. JULY 3. 1946.
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    TRUMAN PLEDGES SUPPORT TO JEWS
    412 1 U.S. Prepared To Aid 1 ransport Ofl 00,000 To Palestine Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 2.—President Truman said to-night that the United States Government was prepared to assume technical and financial responsibility for the transport of 100,000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine. President Truman also said he hoped
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    "THE VOICE untitled TO ATTLEE
    67 1 Reuter. SALEM, July 2 The 0 act movement's o -Voice of Israel' 1 :o Mr. An lee's Common** statement on Palestine declar. are ready for the and ice v*U not give f Q1 7H SRadio learned that dis0/ the Haganah round army" of the rmmunitw
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    BROOKE WILL HAVE TO PAY TAX IN U.K.
    137 1 Reuter. N] N Julj 1. —If tho ex-Rajah come* a Biitiia w* n1 in E.itain, his liabiWv the British income tax MUM with other Br: aid Mr. Hugh Da.to:. the Exchequer in the y d m MM today. tying to Mr. W.
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    Govt. Defeated Again In Lords
    121 1 Reuter. LONDON. July 2.—The Government was today defeated fo r the fourth time In the House of Lords during the-present Parliament—and the second time during the discussion of the Coal Nationalisation Bill—when l*ie Government amendment about the form in which the accounts of the Coal
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    "Medieval Torture" By Police Denied
    71 1 Associated Press. Juiy 3.—The Central Committee of the General Federation of Labour in. Palestine has applied to pressmen to reuse world opinion against thy use of medieval torture by Palestine police, the Jewish Agency said on Tuesday night. However, a spokeman for the British Colonial
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    JEWISH LEADER OUT
    40 1 Reuter. HAIFA, July 2.—The first of the Jewish leaders arrested at dawn on Saturday was released from At* "I detention camp this afternoon. He was Mr. David Bar Ray Hai. ViceChairman of the Jewish Community Council here.—Reuter.
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    TO FLY BACK TO U.K.
    46 1 Reuter. DURBAN, July 2.—Mr. Aslvvin Choudree, who recently led the South African Indian Congress delegation to Britain, will shortly fly back to Britain to prees for a discussion by the United Nations Organisation of the grievances of South African Indians. —Reuter.
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    Safest Place Against A-Bomb—In A Ship
    186 1 Safest Place Against A-Bomb In A Ship Reuter. LONDON. July 2—The first British naval commemt on the Bikini atom bomb test came today from the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Cunningham. He told B-.rlsVi newspapers editors at a luncheon today that in spite of atomic tr capons the safest
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    Atom Test 'A Failure'
    99 1 Reuter. NEW YORK. July 2.-Oeorge Moorad Columbia Broadcasting System correspondent covering the atomic bomb test in a despatch from Kwajalein this afternoon, said that some correspon dents considered the test a dismal failure." Moorad, who earlier complained that his messages were be ing censored, said he
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    MALAY-DUTCH CLASH
    98 1 SINGAPORE, July 3.—Small, sporadic clashes between 'local Malays and Dutch troops stationed in Geylang have occurred since yesterday, the Tribune understands. The troubles, which are believed to be political, have climaxed the discovery this morning of the body of a Dutch Eurasian soldier in a large drain in
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    LORDS AND GOVT. AGREE
    100 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 2.—The House of Lords and Government today came to an agreement over the amendment on which the Government was recently defeated by the Conservative majority in the House of Lords. The Conservatives had carried the amendment to the bill nationalising the coal industry
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    Shahrir Announces Strong Measures Against Extremists
    101 1 Reuter. BATAVIA. July 2. Dr. Sutan Shahrir. Indonesian Premier, who was released yesterday after being held for 75 hours by kidnappers, announced today that he is going to Jogjakarta, Indonesian headquarters in Central Java, to discuss -strong measures against extremists.*' He said he would
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    U. S. GOVT. STOPS BUYING WHEAT
    198 1 WASHINGTON, July 2,—ln the absence of price control the United States Government has now stopped buying wheat and meat for export to famine threatened countries, Department of Agriculture officials said here to-day. An official explained that the Government refused to pay more than former
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    Mufti Negotiations
    79 1 Associated Press. LONDON, July 3. Prime Minister Attlee declined on Tuesday to discuss in Parliament the Anglo-Egyptian misunder. standing over the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who took refuge in Egypt after his flight from France last month. "The Government are negotiating with the Egyptian Government on this matter,
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    MURDER THEORY GAINS GROUND
    528 1 "Mahidol Quarrelled With Queen-Mother" A.P. BANGKOK, July 3. —An official communique disclosing that 12 of the 20 doctors who examined the body of the late King Ananda Mahidol concluded that the king most probably was an assassination victim appealed to the Siamese public to withhold judgment
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    Filipino Armies Released From U.S. Forces
    140 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. July 3.—President Truman has signed the order releasing organised military force? of the Philippines Government from service of armed forces in the United States. At the same time, the President signed into law legislation permitting immigration into the United States for citizenship
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    Huge Arms Dump Unearthed
    91 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, July 2.—Two hundred thousand rounds of small arms ammunition, 3 000 mortar bombs, 2,000 grenades and more than 500 pounds of explosives were among the material listed today during the examination of the underground arms dump discovered yesterday at Mesheq Yagur, Jewish settlement in
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    Soviet Doesn't Want War
    133 1 A.P. Copyright. WASHINGTON, July 3 The new Soviet Ambassador to Washington, Nikolai V. Navikov expressed his belief that "there was no reason whatever for war" between the Soviet and the United States, and declared that he was confident all differences between them could be "ironed out."
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    400 Rounded Up In Ahmedabad
    83 1 Reuter. AHMEDABAD. Bombay, July 2. —Four hundred persons were rounded up during Hindu-Mos-lem rioting here today. Twelve cases of arson were reported. A twenty-four-hour curfew for three days has been impos3d in the riot areas of Ahmedabad as the authorities today tightened up measures to
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    Gov.—General Tours Kuching
    567 2 J?3 the firs, aay (Monday) of the incorporation c. Sarawak into the British Empire, tho GovernorGent, a! Mr. Malcolm Mac Dor; aid toured the suburb' of Kuchie.e by car. A dinner party was given in the evening attei.led by about 2.C00 D:ome, including official members oi the
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    Plan To Control Indian Death River
    167 2 Associated Press. CALCUTTA. Indian Govment engineers are working on a plan to control a river that in j the iast 200 years has moved 70 miles westward laying waste to agricultural land estimated at be.ween 2,000 and 3.000 square j miles. Surveys to control
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    TROUBLE IN TRIESTE
    166 2 The general strike by 200 000 workers still continues. Telephone lines were out of ordetoday between Rome a n d Trieste while the strikes were reported to have spread throughout Venezia Giula to Gorisa. An A.P. correspondent, in hi 5 last telephone communication la>t night, said United
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    Fresh Clamour For U.S. Troops To Quit China
    457 2 "Gl's Get The Hell Out Of China!" Reuter. Shanghai, July 1. —The earnest hope thar the Unit;ci Sia.es will confine its aid to China within "tne limits cf promoting her democratic unity and expediting her economic rcconsirucSprj' is e:.pressea in a a
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    Atomic Energy 'Uneconomical'
    132 2 Reuter. OXFORD, July I. —There are o.i.y remote prospects of atomic eaet«S j replacing other kinds of fuel wiiiii.i j a foreseeable time. Lord Cher veil, professor of experimental philosoiv.y Oxford University, told the Emp c scientific confere ice hero today in his view there was no
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    Sightseeing Party Robbed In Caves
    280 2 (Tribune Correspondent) Penang, July 2.—A party of Penang sportsmen underwent a trying experience during a sightseeing visit to the Caves near Ipoh Town on Saturday when they encountered five Chinese bandits and were robbed of their valuables and cash worth $4,000. The victims, members of
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    Sharir Says Kidnapping Plot "Well Organized"
    173 2 SSWft. July 2 Dr Sharir told a news conference that the youngers who kidnapped him thought he was a Dutch Government spy Calling the whole plot "extremely well-organized", he added that apparently the schemers used ignorant youths as tools because when he was in
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    Harbour Delays Mean Dearer Goods
    340 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter/ Approximately 70 per cent, of the port facilities in the Singapore Harbour Board are reported to be in use by tho Army since the re-occupation. Local commercial and business men are of opinion that this not only retards the progress of trade
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    Aerated Waters Prices Fixed
    114 3 pricei of aerated waters will tied In Singapore with from Saturday. July 6: n 'iiv.ption on the premises rmurimom prices are: Wmtcf 30 cents per bottle Sweet Aerat. d Watei 30 cents per bottle. Pruil Crushea and Special Products 50 cents per bottle. sumption off the
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    Loiterer Charged
    102 3 i c Yum chimed trial in I s Police Coun yesterday irge of frequenting s In I illyer Quay and Place where bicycles are •I d. wHfc inient to theft of bicycless all< ged 'hat he was found ng Collyer Quay and i Place on three occasions n
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    INDIAN CPL. CHARGED
    66 3 Naik A taudin (fiSt, attached S.E AC, BP T. C R I A.S.C. appeared before Mr. Cioh, in the Second Pii.oe OH a tentative charge of Jis- retaining proceeds of an bbery. The articles ir-en re re ladies' handbag anci belonging to Mrs. W. It. charge was
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    Penang "Surrounded By Smallpox"
    93 3 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, July 2.—"The Settlement of Penang is practically surrounded by small-pox cases." sad Dr. W.H. Brodie. Health Officer, in an interview with the Tribune, when asked about cases of smail-pox in Kedah. Perlis, and Perak. He urged the public >o ye' race na'ed
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    New Cloth Racket In Penang
    89 3 I Our Own Reporlei > Penang. July 2.—While householders are Withholding purchase of recently arrived textiles on acccoUnt of the high prices tusked, large quantities are being bought oy dealer* tor export from Penang. The general opinion held is that the authorities should affect some
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    REUNION AFTER 13 YEARS' ABSENCE
    72 3 Mr. and Mrs. R. Pearce ■<■ '2 hosts to a large number of friends on the occasion of their Silp.d vi„ ding anniversary at a party a* their residence in Upper Sera:„ Road, yesterday. The occasion also a family reunion as one i»a thur daughters.
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    ESCAPED CONVICT RECAPTURED —BY ACCIDENT
    233 3 An escaped convict. 15-year-old Cantonese. Liew Chons Chan alias Wong Hai Seng, who had been arrested for theft, was recognized as an escapee from the Prison when he was on the point of being put into a van to be sent to the Salvation Army
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    SENTRY FIRED WARNING SHOT
    108 3 Caught in the act of pilfering haks of tentage belonging to '.he Forces in the yard of the Singapore Railway Station, five Chinese, Ch»>n Kirn Bak. Chu Yew Kirn, Ong >A) Pin. Goh Poh Sin and Chuo lb Soon, and a Malay youth, AhmiJ bin Yusope,
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    ALLEGED ARMED ROBBER FOR TRIAL
    200 3 An Enlish speaking Tcochew. Tan Kay Juay was committed to stand his" trial at the forthcoming asstoes on two charges of armed robbery at the end of a preliminary inquiry heM before Mr. Paul Storr. yesterday. It is alleged that Tan and two others held
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    JAP LIEUT. ACQUITTED
    61 3 (Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, July 2.— Second Lt. Murakami Shuji. described by prosecution as Kempeitai "confession expert," and who was charged with illtreating and causing the death of Mrs. Doris van der Straaton. today was acquitted on both counts by the British Military Tribunal. The tribunal
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    Rice Prices Up 100 Per Cent.
    79 3 Tribune Correspondent"! Penang, July 2.—The price el bluckmarket rue soared by n.jto than 100 o o as a result of the new Food t'ontrol Order further relucting the DM-vemeiu of rice by redui. ing the movable quantity without permit from one hundred kattie, tv
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    PENANG IMPORTS SHOW DROP
    74 3 (Our Own Reporter*. PENANG. July 1— Import; irno Penang during the month of May showed a substantial drop compare! with figures for April. This, it is understood. U mainly attributable to the uncertainty of Ptnang's free port status at that time. However, importers are of the
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    "Loan" Gang Member Arrested
    109 3 (Our Own Reporter) Penang. July I.—A piece ol papc on which were the* name*- of -homckers and merchants who had aread received or would be receivinc letters of threat demanding "loaiifranging between $10.000 and $15.001 was found on the person of a Chinesyouth who was arrested
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    'Show Your Prices' Dealers Warned
    117 3 TriblUM Correspondent) Penang, July 2.- liM public are cntitud to know what they have to pay for the articles they buy a..d they are entitled to know the ,nu per controlled prices.' stated Lt.Col. A. V/. Bellamy in the Disuic. Court today when he lined
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    Jap Says He Acted Under Orders
    281 3 stating that he was acting under the orders and instructions of the camp commandant Lt. Kokubo Nagataro), Medical Sergeant Teroakoshi Tsuneo (accused No. 2) denied charges of ill-treating British, Australian and Dutch PoWs on the Burma-Siam -Death Railway'" at the continued bearing cf the
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    Food Inspectors Charged
    73 3 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG. July 2.—A case wh;<-h involved nine Food Inspectors arouse.' considerable interest when brought up in the Bukit Mertajam Court today before Flt.-Lt. H. R. «11«. Scow Kirn Poh of Penang; fac-u a charge of furnishing a false rep* x to the Food Control
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    Murder Case Against Ex-Inspector Opens
    440 3 The trial commenced yesterday before Mr Justice N A Worley and a special jury in the Assize Court ot K. Vadivelm Pillai, long-service local Inspector of Police, who stands indicted on a murder charge wnich alleges that he "knowingly caused death of one ArumuganT in
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    Economics In Wonderland
    458 4 Malaya today is a land of topsy-turvey where the ordinary rules of living j seem to be in a state of j Gilded animation. The j two principal influences in operation as affecting business and commerce are control and lack of control. For the produce of this
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    MALAY DISUNION:
    1366 4  -  ITS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCES This article suggests "a my to dispel resentment against Britain and to regain a happy and united Malaya." by Sir Richard Winstedt, K.B.E., C.M.G. (in the "Crown Colonist") Nearly forty years ago I was travelling by train with a Malay Chief of the old
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    Prague Regains Pre-War Gaiety & Colour
    779 4  - Prague Regains Pre-War Gaiety Colour By GUY BETTANY PRAGUE, (Air Mail).— Today, a year after its liberal ion. Prague, capital of Czechoslovakia, is a re-born city. JocVy, a year after its libezechoslovakia. is a re-born The contrast with only a few months ago is amazing. Smartly dress, d women are
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    DRUMMER BOY AT 81
    653 4  -  By Lieut. T. Waley William Mount, former Prlvat in the Buffs and now 81 years eld, is the only surviving drummer at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea- Although this does not entail a greai deal of work he is still occasionally called on to give the
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    HER PREDICTION...
    78 4 Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD. Actor Van Johnson's first wartime fan letter from Holland has jus! reached him, after thre? years. The writer was a 15 year-old *rh 1 v. he h; d .ju<-t seen the actor in "Dr. Gillespie's assistant.', She said: M I think you have good 1
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    READERS' VIEWPOINTS
    834 4 S.K. Lawless Singapore Much is said in the columns of newspapers about the gangsterism <ncreasing daily in the city. Extortions, intimidations, daylight and dark robberies are daily occurances. Armed gangsters enter into houses i shops in the heart of the city i and night and rob whatever they
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    MOLOTOV MAKES CONCESSIONS
    265 5 Paris, July 2.—The four Foreign Ministers reported "dramatic progress" in today's session, with M. Molotov making important concessions toward a solution of the troublesome Trieste problem. The council approved a French proposal establishing a boundary between Yugoslavia and Italy. Th?* western boundary was along a line running
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    Chinese Goodwill Missions Urged
    111 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI. July I.—The Chinese Government has been asked by the Shanghai Overseas Chinese Association to organise goodwill missions to the South Seas and to the Philippines in order to strengthen the bonds between China and these countries. According to the Chinese Central News agency, the
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    INDONESIAN SEAMEN WON'T GO HOME
    69 5 A.P. FRANCISCO July 2 -The derm! Court of Appeals has 12 for bearing on the •vhow del tiled on behalf of 226 a seamen who insiat tnat stiit back to the NC-.hor- Indus, they will c-« impatriots, they ised to sail on IM ship their
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    Wedemeyer To Return To China
    81 5 A.P. NKIXG. July 2—Reliable said 1.1.-General A. C« would return soon from assume command of the ng Port ea ir. China. H commander of the C.o tie, which Wmi de-acti»i 1. If Wedemeyer 1« hi would succeed x.l q Wfin Gillem. who has been direct
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    Ministerial Training For Local Youths
    116 5 une Staff Reporter) i view to establishing a I p to help local candi- the ministry to be and trained, and to m to England for theoand pastoral rraining. th A: .cit-acon Graham White inaugurated at the chia] meet'ng of the .v s Cathedral. This
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    "We Have Shown The Greatest Patience" —Mr. Attlee
    383 5 don, July 2.—Mr. Attiee, winding up the deon Palestine in the Commons, declared that the people embarked upon a terrorist campaign, was bound to be action taken. Britain, Mr. said, was charged with a mandate in which had to deal fairly with
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    Evacuation Of Lebanon Completed
    95 5 Cairo. July 2. —The British Army Middle East Headquarters announced today that with the exception r»f a small liquidation staff. British military personnel have completed their evacuation of the Lebanon. First steps in handing over from the British to Egyptian authorities of Cairo's 700-year-oid citadel were
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    Nearly 7-Million Served
    114 5 LONDON. July 2,—ln a tvrtten reply in ihe Commons, Mr. A''i'lee said the number of men and women who served in the armed forces of the United Kingdom during 'he period from September 3, 1939 to May 1. 1946 ivere: Mtn—Roya 1 Navy, 964,000; Army, 3,927.000: Royal
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    BUTTER AT $1.20 A POUND
    40 5 < Tribune C orrespondent) Penang. July 2. —1.800 cases Oi Australian butter will be released today at the controlled price of $1.20 for a pound tin. Only last week it was sold at $2.50 per tin
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    34 5 There will be a Public Lecture at The Singapore Lodge Theosophical Society. 8 Cairnhill Road on Thursday at 6.30 on the subject What are the Occult Features of Soul by Prof. T. B Lam.
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    Atom-Bomb Heat Was 100-Million Degrees
    638 5 Reuter. New York. July 2.—The small fry —unconcerned survivors, of what should have blasted them into disintegration —swam about Bikini lagoon among the flaming and smouldering target ships on which fire oarties worked to produce -laboratory specimens" for naval and radiological survey experts. Search planes
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    200,0000n Strike In Trieste
    231 5 A.P. TRIESTE, July 2.—Approximate!? 200.000 workers struck on Mor.ua in protest agajnst the rioting ifi which one person was killed. a:u* approximately 30. including nin" American soldiers, were injured 0.. SundayA general strike tying up the traffic aid closing- public cstabi lsh extended beyond the city
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    Shangai Paper's Accusations
    91 5 A.P. SHANGHAI. July 2 —The Ameri-can-owned Shanghai Evening i*u*t and Mercury, charged that lar»;e funds in the hands of German Embassy and other official Reich agencies in China disappeared after Gat many's surrender. They said the funds which ri~i.! fully should have been frozen for ultimate disposal
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    Bikini Test: Latest Figures Show Five Ships Sunk
    784 5 A.P. Aboard U.S.S. Appalachian, Bikini Atoll, July 2 Twenty-four hours after the burst of the atom bomb, Vice-Admiral Blandy, Commander of the United States atom bomb test force, today announced that five ships were sunk, and several ships damaged. Admiral Blandy added
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    283 Casualties In Ahmedabad Clash
    95 5 AHMEDABAD. July 2.—Violence flared up again m \hmedabad. second city of Bombay Province, when crowds; attempted to burn and loot shops which remained closed in the custjrbed part of the «gMk. a s-auhs with ston.s, br'Ckoa and "sticks again bmke oat at Mnnaby in Bihar,
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    CHIANG MEETS CHOU—BUT NO AGREEMENT
    52 5 CHIANG MEETS CHO U—BUT NO AGREEMENT NANKING. July 2—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Chou En-lai held a halfhour personal conference today but made no progress toward a settlement. A spokesman said the discussion covered a number of points but resulted in no agreement Chou left the Generalissimo's home without fixing
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    SIX POINTS FOR ATOM CHARTER
    254 5 New York, July 2.—Six propositions on which the rharter for controlling atomic energy might be built were laid by Dr. Evatt of Australia before the special subcommittee of the United Nations Atomic Energy rnmmission at its first closed meeting. Dr. Evatt, chairman of the Atomic
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    She wanted to kiss MacArthur
    183 5 TOKIO. July 2.—Mary AKtka came out of Sugamo Prison today 20 pounds heavier, determined to lead a better life, but reticent about any further plans to kiss Gen. Mac Arthur. Mary had just concluded a two-months' stay in the prison and dvring her sojourn there,
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    British Officer Shot Dead
    69 5 RANGOON. July 2—Major M. S Cronie. a British officer, was shot dead in South Burma last ni CT h' He was dining in the Pegu Officers Club with a Junior Commander of the Women's Auxiliary Corps in India when a man appeared on the verandah outside
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    TOURISTS' GREAT WIN OVER LANCS
    439 7 Merchant Pataudi In Brilliant Form Bu Lecrie Constantino, Reutcr's Special Correspondent! LIVERPOOL, July 2. —A tier two months' toll in a tter cola wind the Indian criciicv fl" emerged in their trui colours in brilliant sunshine a: Liverpool where gained a great victory over Lancashire,
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    HORSE RACING IN MOSCOW
    151 7 A.P. MOSCOW. Ju y 2 —Horse g. enthusiastically supported by the Russians for decades, ijoying I postwar revival. Moscow, Odessa and other have race tracks where ing and saddle racing once wice weekly could be held. Moscow race track, built re-revolution days, now has on Thursdays
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    Today's Charity Soccer
    142 7 Todays charity soccer match at the Jalan Besar Stadium will be interesting because it is the first time the Eurasians under the name of Rees »ili be playing as a team in a big game this season. It b also the first time this season that two
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    First News to the Public
    78 7 M G.M. well known on the screen producer ol the oest in mohas now concluded an men* with Mr. William So foi Qg first to the public at the Jubilee Theatre, North Bridge Rd. LATEST and up .o-date red covering worldwide events ally adapted for
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    TONIGHTS WRESTLING
    191 7 A special all-in wrestling card has been arranged for tonight. The venue will be the New World arena and the star bout of the evening will be the third meeting of Conda and Dara Singh. On ,the first occasion these two leading grapplers ftught a draw and in
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    Score Board
    369 7 Reuter. Lancashire Ist Place b Hannrrjfr ikin lbw Sarwate £"J King l) Harare Kdikh j Murkuti b A:na-r.Mij B Washbrook run nut >> Phillipson b Bauruv jf > 9 Brierley b Bamorjeo Pollard b Amarnath Garlu-k b Amarm.lh 16 Friiv t Nayudu l> B.iuti?: ~"«.•<• R< borts not
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    NEW RECORDS AT OVAL MATCH
    434 7 Reuter. LONDON, July 2,—When Worcestershire beat Warwickshire yesterday, on the second day of play, they registered the sixth victory of the season and completed a notable double against their neighbours and great rivals. This nine wickets win and four wickets win at Dudley previously was
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    Table Tennis
    106 7 A tea party will be given by Mr. Yuen Kok Ling to members of the Singapore Table Tennis Association at the Great World Amusement Park on Thursday at 8 p.m. All presidents, hon. secretaries and sports captains who are affiliated members of the Singapore Table Tennis Association are
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    RUN-GETTERS
    91 7 More pictures have been received of the First Test match played at Lords late iasi month, in which England won by ten Jackets. Pictures on thi* page shotv (top) bespectacled P. A. Gibb, England's wicke, -keeper-batsman, icho helped Joe Hardstaff to come to the rescue of the English team,
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    British Players Eliminated
    54 7 WOMEN'S SINGLES Reuter. WIMBLEDON. July 2 —Tn kiw qu&rter-flnali of the women's Dorothy Bundy. United States. be«it K<>> Stammers Menzies. Britain. 4_V,. B—l, fi—3. Louise Brough, United States, oca' Jean Nicolls Bostock, Britain. 6- I f>— -2. M- Osborne. United States. U»t D. Hart. United States, 5
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    Unknown Players Shine In British Open Golf
    141 7 Reuter. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July I:—A display of inspiring golf by two comparatively unknown players and low scoring by more seasoned British players had the oversea challenge in check in the first qualifying round in the British open golf championship which began here
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    President Signs Indian Immigration Bill
    192 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 2.—President Truman to-day signed the Indian Immigration Bill. The Bill will permit 75 Indians tol% enter the United States yeavlv. TheSj Bill also provides for the naturalise tion of Indians already in the United t? States and for naturalisation of tbftseß who
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    SERVICES BAN KILLS HK HOT SPOT
    153 7 Reuter. HONGKONG. July I.— Depression ,ias descended < (fmt Wanchai, favourite haunt of servicemen of all nation nsiting booming Hong KongFrom an area of bright lights, wi&jl restaurants, bars and other entertain ments houses packed w.ith servicemen, the district has become practically deserted after
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    Athletics
    67 7 All Indians ar.il C«rl»n*34 {Including those in the Police Force) Who wish to take part in the forthcoming Singapore Island Amateur AtliKU Association Meet which will ake nlace on August 5 at the J*lan Besar Stadium are requested 10 send their entries through eich. Mr- B. Dudley, c, o
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    DUMP FIRE
    62 7 A rubbish dump set alight by an Indian shopkeeper in the vicinity of Simon Road, Upper Serangoon. grew to such great proportions because of strong breeze sasnoq deiye Buipunojjns r»?i{i and bungalows were endangered yesterday evening. The fire brigade was summoned both by alarm and by telephone and
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      64 7 NE W W•RIi II ARENA AT 8.15 ALL-IN WRESTLING 10-M4.111. 3rd July The Big Fight that no thrillJPliplk loving fan will miss M§ JEFF CONDA No 1 Matman DARA SINCH The Brown Butcher jt: Supported by ZOMBIE 44 3 SAILOR MUSKET JOE LONDOS CONDA. .The Thriller—KlNG lIM CORBETT TIGER DAS
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    "SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS" MADE—Pethick-Lawrence
    558 8 CABINET MISSION BACK FROM INDIA Reuter. POOLE, Dorset, July 2.—L or d Pethick-Lawrence and Sir Stafford Cripps with the staff cf the Cabinet Mission arrived by air here to-day while the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Albert V. Alexander, arrived by air at Croydon this afternoon.
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    Cattle Rustling In Durham
    174 8 Reuter. DUKHAM, July I.—Motorised cattle rustlers—the police believe a lorry wr.s used —cot a'vay with five friesian tattle worth £500 from a field at East Rainton near Durham. Descriptions of the animals have been circulated by the NationV) Farmers' Union, and farmers, catt.t dealers and auctioneers
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    TAMIL BROTHERHOOD ASSOCIATION
    55 8 A large gathering of Indian* c present at a tea party irlven by Uh Tamil Brotherhood Association in appreciation of the servtees Tent> •>. by Mr. K. Periayah who had sexve'; ax President of the Association f« the past seven years. Mr. N. Kujv.gopal the incoming President
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    WEDEMEYER MAY REPLACE MARSHALL
    139 8 A.P. SHANGHAI, July 2.—Reports that Gvn. Albert Wedemeyer would be returning to China were regarded by many observers as a possible prelude to Gen. Marshall's departure homeward. This conclusion is based on the supposition that Gen. Wedemeyer would not be sent back to China merely to
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    Hope Of Success In The Future
    583 8 Indian Deadlock LONDON, July 2.—The Times, commenting: on the recent conversations for an interim government fcv India, points out that the differences between the Congress Party and the Muslim League over the precise distribution of power offered to them were finally narrowed to the
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    Passengers By Air
    73 8 The following passengc-s departed by 8.0.A.C./Q.E.A. on July 2. For U.K F/L. M. S. Mac Donald. F/O. V. M. Fenn, Mai.-Gen. H. R. Kerr, Mr. Dyche-Teague, Iflßs Thomson, Lt.-Cdr. Ricketts, Lac. Meyer. Lac. Haworth. For India—Mr. R. Ramani. For Egypt—Mr. R. A. Saunders. For Australia—Mr. Changan Parag.
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    AAU MEETING
    74 8 At the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Amateur Athletic Unicn held at 46 Grange Road, the following were elected to hold office for the ensuing year: President. S. S. Leong; VicePresidents, S- C. Foo, Abu Bakar. S. Abdul Kader and Dr. We 9 Cheng Beng: Hon. Sec.,
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    SHIPS STILL ON FIRE
    271 8 Aboard the USS Appalachians, July 2.—Fire-fighting crews worked on into the second day dousing lingering pockets of flames in ships of the atom bomb target fleet, five of whose 73 vessels were already beneath the waves. That the second test, tentatively sheduled within three or four
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    BBC: CLOSER TIES RECOMMENDED
    376 8 Reuter. LONDON, July 2.—Much closer collaboration with the Dominions and India and the Colonies in developing and improving the Empire services of ihe British Broadcasting Corporation is recommended in a Government White Paper published to-day laying down the policy for broadcasting. Other leading points are: Broadcasting
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    A.R.P. Arrears Of Pay
    50 8 All wardens of "A" Division. Groups 3 and 6, who &re claiming for arrears of pay are asked to interview Divisional Warden. Y. K. Cheat. St. Anthony's Boys School, today, between 1 and 3 p.m. at the same time informing Group Warden Lee Choon 1 Eng."
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    10 6,000 Poles Begin Move To U.K.
    552 8 Reuter. ROME, July I.—The work of transporting 106,000 men of the Polish £nd Corps to begin their new life in Britain which started this monh, should be completed by the end of the year. Under the British Government scheme, all men who feel
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