Malaya Tribune, 31 October 1946

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  • 52 1 The Malaya Tribune jiY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simul taneously in Pe'nfng 01 6 umpur Ipoh Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 2005 ji, PAGES SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946 TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune PHURSDAY, OCT
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  • 215 1 Reuter. ILEM, Oct. 30.—A terrorist gun-giii slipped Irah policemen on guard at Jerusalem Rail-to-day held up a railway clerk at pistol ■posited a suitcase of bombs in the waitiie bombs which later exploded wrecking n and killing a British PoHce Constable, report said to-night. T3»
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  • 96 1 sing the deadlock reachat yesterday's negotiations en the Singapore Harbour B art Authorities and the mmittee," which repre--::!kers. th- 3 latter haplace the whole matte" Coastal f i Qdentood that th rk r.s Union which several thousand nine places Mand. L> takrious view of the situa-' rk)
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  • 63 1 U.N. building... This is an atchitect's drawing of the entrance to one of the buildings of the proposed u-orld capital of the United Nations as suggested bp the City of Neic York, iv a 27-page plan submitted to Trygve Lie. United Nations Secret a ryGeneral. for turning Flush in (j
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  • 89 1 A.P. LONDON, Oct. 31.—Scotland Yaio forged its first break in the spreading wave of jewel robberies «ith the an est of a man and ;i woman Who Were charged with ribbing earrings and bracelets of Princess Hilda of Bavaria. •Spiro Constantine. commercial councellor of the Greek Embassy here
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  • 35 1 A.P. Dr.TIiOIT, Oct. 30.— Ford MoU-r Company announced vthat it will cut all passenger car and truck production by ten per cent, as from Nov. 1, because of shortage of steel.—A.P.
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  • 169 1 A.P. LONDON. Oct. 31 .—Authoritative E 'j*.i«h sources said last night that Eiitish and American political and military chiefs had agreed, in print- eple, to standardise land, air wad naval weapons and munitions to fixed sizes and patterns. The sources declared the Defence Minister-Designate,
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  • 770 1 BUT UN MUST ACT US. Answers Soviet 'Disarm' Call Reuter A.P. NEW YORK, Oct. 30—The United States today gave its answer to Russia's call yesterday for universal disarmament. The American chief delegate to tne United Nations Assembly today lold the Assembly: "The United States is prepared
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  • 50 1 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. .10.—The Balikpapan, Borneo. temporary military <«.u:t recently sentenced to death foar Indonesians for murder.ng three Europeans shortly after the Japanese landings on Cape -Xroe Baat Borneo) at the beginning of 1942. The condemned men were given an opportunity to petition for reprieve. —Reuiter.
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  • 42 1 Reuter. VATICAN CITY, Oct. 30.—Pope Pius XII today ;eeeived in private audience ai the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo the Russian Bishop Paul Melitheff who recently became a Catholic and named him titular Bishop of Erac leopoli.—Reuter.
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  • 204 1 LONDON. Oct. 30.--Prime Minister Clement Attlee in a debate on defence in the House o* Commons today said that the proposed reorganisation announced in the White Paper on the Central Organisation for Defence was a logical development from the past and an application of lessons
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  • 88 1 Reuter. LONDON, Oct. 30.—High tnbute was paid to .the Defence Minister -designate, Mr. A. V. Alexander by the OpposVion in the House of Commojis today. The chief Opposition speaker, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, former Minister of Production, said the Opposition fomid themselves in the main in
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  • 126 1 Two men, one of whom died this morning in hospital, were wounded and captured in a gun-fight which occurred between three Chinese ani a party of detectives of the C.I.D. near the railway line at 8£ m.s. Buk|t Panjang, last night. The other man escaped
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  • 55 1 A male- Chinese received severe burns in the face and chest when a fire broke out in a house in Jalan Besar yesterday afternoon. He was 1 -ough.t to General Hospital. The Singapore Fire Brigade arrived on time to extii guish the fire which started in the kitchen.
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  • 257 1 A.P. CALCUTTA, Oct. 31.—Three Army men were stabbed yes'tvday in the first direct attack on military personnel on duty since th recent communal rioting: in Bengal started. A statement issued by the Bengal Press advisory committee said yesterday that the soldiers opened fire when attacked by a
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  • 94 2 Reuter. TIENTSIN. Oct. St.*-Uptinnsie regarding the lutu;e <»i I hina vvas expressed by British Ambassauor Sir Ralph Stevenson at a press confer i ence yesterday night shortly after his arrival on the Brsl I la Tientsin. He said that China presents an immense potential market ami
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  • 46 2 Reuter. RANGOON. Oct. 29.— General Sir Adrian C.titOn de Wiart. Prime Mi nister Clement Attlee's special representative in Chungking, who is in hospital here owing to a slight accident last week, is expected to resume his journey to London at the weekend.—Reuter.
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  • 552 2  -  (From RONALD BEDFORD Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 30. If certain of the British Domintom and countries of Northwest Europe together with the colonies producing tropical foodstuf r s wc:e absorbed into tin overall food scheme us part, of the world food board approved in
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  • 92 2 Reuter. BERLIN Oct. 29.—The trial Of stveral Germans for the biggest dealing In black market hour yet discovered in Berlin began in th« Morblt district criminal court today. The Germans, including one wo--man employee of the Berlin Food Department, were accused of illegally acquiring 600
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  • 396 2 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 30.—The British Government will keep India's food position well"to the forefront in future international discussions on the world food situation its a whole. Renter understands. The Government Is believed to be most anxious that India's needs and her ever
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  • 82 2 Reuter. CAIRO. Oct. SO.—A communique issued by the Ecvpt.an Prime Minister's office tod;.y denied the alitor prowl ioJM of the new AngloKfyptain treaty, published in a Cairo paper. Recalling Sidky Pa-has appeal to the people and the press for calm consideration after his return from
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  • 80 2 Reuter. P.\n~. (»,t r.ii —The case of a niraxsioM cure at Lnarehsi has been H» moa"<l fof official registrevt on, t is a-noiini e«i by the Ronmn C;.tholie I'hurrh authorities of Loaedna Ehwnn doctors tig not the state* rneni beatify iaa u < the euro of
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  • 76 2 Reuter. London, Oct 99. —Atter a flight from China* Nei! DonCian, former U uadron Lea.let of the Royal Australian Kit Force, landed his plane ai HeaOaeow atreorl with penny of Chinese diplomatic students aa i sangera With an all-Aastralian aircenei he has boon running
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  • 61 2 Reuter. Gla.-gou-, Oct. HO.—The gust British pSal Wftl pie— MCC cruises have been planned. They will 1 ejrin m April with a cruse by the st-amet Laiiy Connaujrht t 0 the Scottish Kijrhlands and islands. The Coast lane?, her cwuers, say they are sUa-tins the season
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  • 202 2 Reuter. j New York. Oct. Sgv—The CUMM I t'elejrnlion to Ujc United Nation-- to nijrlit issued a statement: 'china r*OcB no*, agree with the Russian delegation's view expressed befors the Oenerai Assembly yesterday that the presence <>f Airier less mar iocs en Chinese territory is
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  • 91 2 Reuter. Oct. St.—The Dai ted States State Pepajrtsasnl pahtisked lasl nijrkt the note delivered to the Rumanian Oovt rnmeiit expressing eern lest the Rumanian elections ta ha heid on Ncv. it> should i <»* be a. free as pledged by the Rama- j
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  • 119 2 Reuter. New Milton, Hampshire, pet. :10 Two koyi i ilist 11 sad three airMen from the \vTT>-ka>rc of a burning Work aircraft which crashed in f":eld a*. Be hive Hill (near New Ti'to- have been aw*ardk>d the British Easptfw mOdhl. They are Derrick a.>n ia)!. sired
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  • 39 2 A.P. Bangkck, Oct. 29.—Saajraaq Tuarak was today tamed the first Siamese Atnl'assacor to China l»y Premie Thsmrong: Sancnan was last in Chiaa in 1944, where he went •o work the Free Thai Movement. A P
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  • 58 2 PALEMBANG. Oct. 30.--The largest y.l refinery in the Far East- the $100,000,000 Soengei Gerong installation owned by Standard Vacuum's subsidiary NKPM expects to begin "very limited"' production four months after the arrival af repair equip ment. according cials. However, occupation unci wu repairs aiv compl take up t-i
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  • 402 3 But Civil War Is Holding Up Its Development Reuter. (From Thomas /llcdrgurr, X niter s o/rrsjio ulent) Shanghai (A r Waif) Comprehensive plan l In develop Manchu«*i.: into a supply house and granary for the rest of China are beins drafted hv \he
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  • 151 3 wii i° at dinner, a Javanese Sairi b. Matabrin <35> received severe burns when a kerosene lamp was blown down by a strong Wind and his clothes were set ablaze. He died two days later in the General Hospital An inqu'ry was held yesterday at the
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  • 200 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The British Government undertook to provide facilities to enable men and women released from tht forces to attain the standard of training or education which they would have had, had they not joined th€ forces, and the
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  • 161 3 j f *y ordered by the Japan esc to take over the invest iga tions in the case oi the missing lorry, and I was not promised any' reward." stated Hussaln b. Ibrahim in Iris defence yesterday lin the Second District Ccurt i
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  • 279 3 Eight complete chandu smoking outfits, together with a quantity of chandu and chandu dross, were seized by Assistant Superintendent Lim Tai Choon ana a party of revenue officers who conducted a raid on an opium den in the rear portion of a house
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  • 301 3 <By Our Own Correspondent). Prices quoted below are for pieul weiglit except where otherwise stated Foodstuffs?- -Yesterday's quotations wen- "Meehuon". Siam $78. Ind'vCtiina $7>j; Kedah »70, Siam glutinous rice $100; Kedah glutinous rice $85; Siam nee milling $38. R/>ek Sugar. Best quality $90. medium quality $37.
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  • 222 3 Tubune Staff Reporter! Ipoh, Wednesday.- Well before the invasion of Europe bewail. Future educational policy in Malaya was planned by a special Malayan planning Unit in London and since the re-occupation of this country, the Government has been Implementing this policy which is aimed
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  • 38 3 Pleading gui'ty I© a charge of gumbiing on the pavement along New Bridge Road oh Tuesday morning, two a torese. Wong \h Kani and Loh Thim were each" (Vied in the Fifth Police Court yes terday.
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  • 146 3 Sir Angle G.llati. X B E.. (MO I.cad of QIC Empire Division of the British C<HM*cil is expected to ar- ivp i" Singapore tomorrow. He is to survey the South East Asia tier, .tor.rs with a view to Craw ing up for British Ccttncil
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  • 74 3 New Zeuiaiide: a w.io served wi,tb th« (Clonia 1 Vol j ite r Fnrce» Outside New Zealand are now entitled to claim from the New Zealand Government the difference between the gratuity to which they are entitled at U.K. Army rates and the gratuity laid
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    • 36 3 ItHK It VAIN— Exclusive To The Malaya Tribune u'iuFvv 5HF'd\ r* r/IT IM5T |W,Ml3S SMITH\ BHyJT~7 I HAVE one OF) r lf ft op ifS will not V rjf be sensible QlSnJ 6ET WE KKOW M03T
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  • 401 4 More clearly than Generalissimo Stalin, Soviet Foreign .Minister Molotov in his speech at the United Nations Assembly put the issues squarely before us. While Molotov *was proudly wrong when he spoke bluntly of nations which, in the lust for world domination, are ready to embark on the
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  • 1033 4  -  IN ENGLAND TO-DAY From W.A. Harpur London: —A common sight in the balmy days of the Indian summer which London and Southern England are experiencing this month is that of house painters at work removing the drab accumulation of seven years grime from the exterior
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  • 305 4 Recently 69 women walked into a branch of the War Office in Eaton Square, London. Later it was announced that 30 of i toem had been chosen as Army schoolmistresses. Soon they will be joinng the band of women who journey to all corners of the earth to
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  • 91 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE PEOPLE'S POSTBAG Sir.—The Government's decision overnight to change the name of Java Street to Mountbatten Road without paying the slightest attention to public sentiment is really most unfortunate and undemocratic. After all. K.L. is heading towards expansion and many new roads are
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  • 362 4 Sir,—I have been very interested in the amount of puDhcity, comment, and the ietble reply issued through Public Relations (incidentally my own P.R. handout was atrociously typed b y a member of this mil-lion-dollar-a-year Government set-up) about a news item appearing in "A Sunday newspaper"
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  • 358 4 ai. -mere are at pie.-ent 370 uaiul Ltpiuantan m ucs*i betueuieui m iw au oi Uiesc are Ocu-uuuen o. WJ eu.cvbieu uy -ic A .irS-> mac they are unauie io uu.i vuiy money at an. Moreover, witn tne passing ol vie year>, vie and care even oi
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  • 400 4 Social Injustice nave never been in th nabit ol writing to the press. But the dramatic and tragicomic happenings in Malaya, not to mention other parts of this unhappy planet ol ours, have induced me to express briefly my leelings. Since the reoccupation of Malaya by the Allied forces. I
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  • 190 4 Reuter. Australian WOiDCI, >ay ikese brides, ar»- too unselfish, sh<iuld keep their husband heme from the races occasionally and get ou* themj ochres. I These opinion- were expressed •vhen the Overseas Brides' Club, whose 12S members come from Caar'n. England, Scotland. Wales; Palestine. South Africa. Beltrium
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  • 74 4 A.P. CANBERRA. -A big reduction in Australian births and marriages is to be expected, according to the Government Department of Information. A bulletin stated that the number of marriages for the year ended June 30 was 62.822. compared with the wartime high total of 86.060 in
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  • 155 4 Reuter. PRAGUE.—Czechs Slovakia Expects to complete the transfer Germans to the American and Russian zones of Gem. Nov. i, a> planned. •Up to the end of August 494.000 Germans had be ferred by special trains into the U.S. zone and 567.000 to the Soviet zone. By the end
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  • 56 4 A.P. BERLIN. A Berlin firm making women's stockings mosquito netting. The stockings have the Appearance of the real thing, the company claimed, plus oni advantage- no runs. Priced at 4.80 reichsmark> 'Straits $1 at the occupation mark value), the stockings w intended only for exj rt
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 68 4 STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By Erne-u^ R»IT OF ASM AND ROCK IN mr SUI Mc'SCuM IS AEPlTtSH TtRQ.rrtt. POSSE-SS I I' IS ALL THAT OF GRAHAM 'SlAND, WHICH ROSE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN »N JULY. WAS POSSESSED /'Jk A IN AUGUST, AND SANK IN Wu AT THE TAIL-, W/J P >\
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  • 212 5 A.P. New Delhi, Oct. 30. —"It is not intended to lift or relax the ban on emigration unless satisfactory conditions in respect of work, wages and status of the Indian labourer are assured by the countries needing Indian labour," Pandit Nehru said in
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  • 170 5 JERUSALEM. Oct. 30.—Police dogs were brought in today in effort to track down Jew.sh terrorists who detonated a high explosive mine under a British army truck killing three men and injuring 11 others —eight of the latter being detained in hospital. Six Arab
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  • 82 5 Reuter. STREATHAM, Oct. 30.—Because her luggage was stolen by a Paris taxi driver, a London girl on her way to be married in Chicago, will have to return to London today to get a new American visa. She is Phyllis Hanbuny of Culver House Gardens, Streatham.
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  • 74 5 iDON, Oct. 30.—AdLouis Mountlay expressed ape plan—reportly jrom Sineorganis€ the A<ia Command iller and more administration. .pore report the old South Command ivas perseded by a B>iti>h Comrporating the v'on, Burma Hongkong and Mountbatten not knoic ivhe- cision to this n taken in such a
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  • 52 5 bulges in the cloth n leaving the NAAFI wareh Road, gave him watchman who arund that a dczen p x) and five jars ng from the Warer.eealed in the X w <20> pleaded he was charged >re Second Police C. Goh. He was six weeks" simple
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  • 124 5 7 Malayan Union Governs throwing open to Asiapost hitherto reserved exv ;y for Europeans. ire now advertising for r.ntendent of Prisons from s born and educated in i s a probationary period for threi years during which a iiort ..:.cal course in prison «in n will
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  • 25 5 A.P. LA Oct. 29.—The five•hantman SS Si on Oct. 23. when h:le en route from Kobe. None of the —A.P.
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  • 149 5 Reuter. CALCUTTA, Oct. 30.—Twenty two people have died and ether» were injured in new cemmuna rots in India, messages fron widely separated districts re ported today. Three of the deaths follower" an attack by Calcutta crowd! armed with knives on thre' Indian soldiers,
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  • 75 5 A.P. "OKIO, Oct. 30.—A Ca talma flying boat sank alongside a troop transport, the Marine Servet, t 1,000 miles east of Japan,' on Monday, carrying to his death an injured soldier, who was to have been rushed back to Japan for medical attention. 1 The plane
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  • 77 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Uet. 30,- The semi-official Armoured Cavalry Journal said today that Russia has three million men undet arms in the world's largest army. The present strength ol the United State Army was l 100, 000 men the Journal In a ops ii; lit* d article,
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  • 541 5 Reuter A.P. New York. Oct. 30—Bernard Baruch. United States delegate to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, says: "There will be no surrender by the United States of the atomic bomb until the United States knows all other countries are prevented from making the
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  • 102 5 A.P. "Australia ha s a real opporunity of capturing much of the Malayan trade if it produces ioods equal to sample and maintains the high quality which it can produce," declared Mr. S. Q. Wong in Sydney yesterday, lust before his departure
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  • 80 5 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 30.— Maj.-Gen. Arkwright, formerly acting General Officer Com-mandlng-ln-Chief, Malaya Command, has been chosen by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery as ins cnief aaviser in tanK wan are. Maj.-Gen. Arkwright is to be Director of the Royal Armoureo Corps. He is thus
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  • 30 5 NICOSIA. Oct 29—DJemal Mehmed Midas, leader of a band of outlaws and known as the "Robin Hood of Cyprus" was executed by hanging it Nicosia central prison
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  • 184 5 LONDON. Oct. 28.—A United Kingdom Publicity Office will shortly be established in Rangoon. Mr. H.'.rold Kay's functions will be twofold. Firstly, to present to the people of Burma a picture of the British way of life and thought and interpret to them the social, eeoiiomc and political developments
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  • 216 5 Reuter. Sydney. —"The brown-gravy paintwork splashed about the interiors of many public buildings repels me," said Mr. Hal Missmgham: director of the New South Wales National Art Gallery. Speaking at the opening of the Peoples' Council lor Culture conference, Mr. Mis*ingham asked three critical
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  • 112 5 Reuter. MEXICO, October 29—Armed guards today prevented aircraft of the Airline Aerovias Bran iff from taking off This followed an order from the Ministry of Communications suspending the Company's flights in Mexico Oh the ground that tile Compania Mexicona Aviation, a PanAmerican Airways subsidiary, was already adequately
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  • 29 5 LONDON, Oct. 29.—Minister of Labour Isaacs, in a written Common's reply says that 84 per cent, cf the personnel of all services on V.E.-Day will be released by the
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  • 199 5 London, Oct. 30. —Young Bluejackets, some only a few months in the Navy, will have their first taste of "battle" during exercises for which the Home Fleat will put to sea this week. The battleship, King Gearge V. and the aircrait-camer implacable, will take pari, with
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  • 52 5 Reuter. Batavia. Oct. 30.—The plenar: Ress ion of the Netherlands and Indonesian representatives, who nr« negotiating about the fuUir* status of Indonesia under the chair tiianship of Lord Killearn, the Brl tish Special Commissioner in Suntl East A-ia, today decided to Ik glr political negotiations on
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  • 35 5 Paris. Oct. 30 —Monte Carlo's gambling halls were open again today for the flr<st time since croupiers and other employees went on strike for a 30 percent wage increase two weeks ago.
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  • 67 5 A free concert will be staged tonight by the Mayfair Musical and D.'amatic Association with the cooperation of various Chinese musica 1 organizations in the Mayfair Garden at Robinson Road to celebrate the birthday of President Chiang Kaibek. The concert will commence at 7.30 p.m. is to end
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  • 81 5 PENANG, Wednesday. Five thousand tons of flour for northern Malaya, including Penang, are at the moment being unloaded from the 7,000-ton ship, the Trevider, which arrived from Australia. That makes the total of 7,000 tons of flour received since Friday. "This shipment will
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  • 134 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, —Negotiations are in rregress in Tokio Tor increased barter trade between China and Japan in 1!)47, according to Chinese I ress reports i What China c pecially desirous of obtaining from Japan are dynaii] es, locomotives, and factory equipment, in exchange for which i.c is
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  • 28 5 Sofia. Oct. 30.—Kimon Georgiev, Bulgarian Prime Minister, announced today that the New Bulgarian Assembly elected last Sunday will meet for the first time on Nov. 7.
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  • 270 6 Giving evidence at the War Crimes Court yesterday at the continued trial of Lt.-Gen. Ishida and four other commanders of the Burma-Siam railway, Mr. J. G. Housten, formerly a Lance-Corporal in the First Battalion. S.S.V.F., described the beating he received because of
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  • 364 6 l ißj Our Own Critic 1 Fresh from their succee. in Bernard Shaw'B' Saint Joan the Tudor Players, under the distinguished patronage of Major-General L. H. COX, C 8., C.8.E.. M.C., now present She Stoops to Conquer** by Oliver Goldsmith at the Victoria Theatre.
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  • 141 6 Verdict of '"shot while looting" was returned by the Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday, at the close of the inquiry inlo the death of Gui Tarn (35) 3 who was shot dead by sentries stationed at 223 8.0.D. Store, 10th mile Chua Chu
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  • 128 6 Stamping her feet and screaming is she heard sentence passed on her hii!-l>and —an accused i:i a case a Chinese girl, was forcibly renioveo from the Assize Court gallery yesterday. The presiding judge, Mr. Justice 3. L. Jobling, had just sentenced Ahmad bin Haji Nasir and
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  • 96 6 A Relief Committee Is being formed by the Chinese in Singapore to collect funds for the rehef ol destitute Chinese in Bagan Si Api Api in Sumatra and in the Karimoens. Recent Indonesian extremist attacks on the Chinese \n Bagan Si Api Api ar.d the burning of
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  • 128 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Three-hour negotiations between the Harbour Hoard authorities and the "strike commUtee" of the men were held las: night, without reaching final settlement. Negotiations In respect of waees were progressing 'satisfactorily when a representative of the watchmen and one of the rice carriers
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  • 169 6 A midd'e-aged Chinese. L>w Fer.| was 'harjred with a-med robkery ol a kottee It Joo Chiat Terrace on tbi morning of July 23 in the companj of two otbers at the Assies yesterday. Mr If. Battroee, DPP whe I fOMf t>rt. tbal the BCCttS*f
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  • 39 6 Enterii g house in Road :it 7.25 p.m.. on Tue-j.iaji three Chinese armwl with p stol» ron«iicked the premises and ent awaj with Sl.fiOO n cash and jewellery. One Crf the robbers spoke English.
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  • 322 7 RNAS Sembawang: 7 71 ME PLATOON, R. E: 2. Winning by the wide margin of seven goals to two. the RNAS Sembawang team eliminated the 71 ME Platoon R.E. in their first round Victory Cup-tie soccer at Jalan Besar yesterday. Although the game was
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  • 99 7 tTribune Staff Reporter) Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's 60th birthday wiuch ia* l today is being celebiated quietly by tne Chinese community. A simple ceremony was held by the Kuomintang Party at uu United Chinese Library at Armenian Street at 10 a.m. Mx A. C. T. Kwong.
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  • 71 7 Reuter. NANKING. Oct. 30.- The Democratic League. China's third party, have withdrawn their cease-fire proposal which they had delivered to the Government and the Communists as well as to General Marshall. Lo Lung Cnl, the League spokesman said: 'Almost immediately after our cease fireproposal went out. we found
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  • 60 7 Th folloicing are fixtures for the second roinid of the Victory Cup soccer competition to be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium:— Nov. 8: ALFSEA or Naval Base vs. RAF Base HQ. Nov. 9: RAF (Seletar) or SRC vs. RAF (Changi). Nov. 10: Malays or
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  • 188 7 J'ir Own Reporter* KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Following are entries for the Golden Jubilee meeting of the Selangor Turf Club on Nov. 9 and 16: HORSES, Class 1, tw.i runs each first, over 5\ and 7 furs.: Blue Boy (late Tĕpong>. Colour Patch. Distinguished. Turnover. Demure, Tonroe. Maintain.
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  • 166 7 How a photograph supplied to the police by a Boyanese who had married the cousin of a man alleged to have been sen driving away in a lorry belonging to the Municipality led to the arrest of Aming b *n Abdul 21». was told in evidence
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  • 77 7 Reuter. CAIRO. 0:t. 30. -Speculation and controversy continues to rage in Cairo today after yesterday's reports in the Egyptian Opposition press that Sidky Pasha. Egyptian Premier wa* about to resign along with h:s cabinet. Al Risri <Wafdist> published what purports to be an outline ol Britain's new
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  • 57 7 Settlement of the strike among the ground staff of the Island Club provide Aft? a basic wage of $41 per month, which is similar to the rates paid by the Municipal Commissioners for similar work, and by the iloyal Singapore Golf Club. The question of closing
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  • 39 7 Reuter. ADELAIDE. Oct. 30. —A* a meeting of the Cricket Board of Control, Don Bradman was appointed Captain and A. L. Hassott Vice-Captain of the combined Australian Eleven to meet the M.C.C. at Melbourne starting Nov. B—Reuter.
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  • 435 7  -  L i By Archie Quick LONDON, Oct. 30. —'The names of F».t O'Keefe, Kid Lewis, Johnny Ba:ham, Tommy Millignn, Len Harvey, *;nd Jock McAvoy are inscribed on Britain's middleweight championship Lonsdale Belt. The latest name is that of Vince j Ha v. kins, the Eastleigh railway fire-
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  • 68 7 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 30. The Victor of Ahyssinia .and Commander ol thp Eighth Army on 'ts forma tion in 1941. General Sir Alan Cunningham, the Palestine High Commissioner and Commander in-Chief, retires from the regu lar arm y on retired pay today. He is probably the
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  • 43 7 A.P. STOCK! ON. CALIFORNIA. Oct. 29. —Speedy Cabanello. 127, of Manila, knocked out Ramo Alva, 127. of San Antonio, in the fifth round of their scheduled ten-round fight, taking four of the five rounds with the third even. —A.P.
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  • 200 7 Reuter. Paris. Oct. 29.—A plan for world copyright agreement will be presented to the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation Assembly when it meets for its first plenary session in Paris on November 5. Another plan on UNESCO's agenda will be that for
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  • 162 7 LONDON, Oct. 30. The Prime Minister. Mr. Attlee, ivas temporarily in danger of losing his shvt last night when he took Mrs. Attlee to Windmill Theatre to see a shoio by the members of the Magicians' Club. It was the Club's first post-war show. and. for a time, canaries
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  • 357 7 London. Oc 29. —Specially trained crews of the Royal Indian Navy are being sent from India to man the 7,000-ton cruiser Achilles for her voyage to Inaia in Iviareh, 1947. it is learned from a well-informec naval source today. The Achilles is the nrst
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  • 66 7 Ihe teachers t»f Governmenl md Hvlea schools in Singapore have decided to form a Teacher's Onion. The following were elected to the management committee: Mr. H.N. Balhetehet (President!. Mr. Yapi> Ihean <"hye I vice President Mr. P.V. S'arma <Gen. Secretary. Mr. Lim Choa sye Treasurer l
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  • 72 7 LONDON. Oct 30—Canada has created a new permanent defence liaison headquarters in London. It eomirn; s and replace* three separate establishments of the Navy. Army and Air By Christmas practically all the Canadian forces will be on their way home The chief military arm
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  • 44 7 Reuter. PARIS. Oct. 30. -Hostilities betw.cn the Viet-Nam tAnnam ese» Nationalist Forces and the French Indo-Chinese Expeditionary Army are to end tomorrow, the French News Agency reported from Saigon tonight, quoting an official communique issued by -the French Military Headquarters.—Reuter.
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  • 106 7 A.P. LONDON. Oct. 30 -Britain joining the United States has accused the Rumanian government ot using '"methods of falsification and intimidation" in an effort to win the Nov. 19 election The Yalta and Moscow agreements provide for free and unfettered elections."' and the United States and British
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  • 39 7 For dealing in four bags «677 katties» of rice without a licence. Low Teow Pene was fined $2.00 or in default six months' r.i. by the Second District Judge. Mr T. T. Russell yesterday.
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  • 59 7 A.P. LONDON. Oct. 30.—The Daily Express says that the rifle used by Britain s armed forces will be redesigned as part of a longrange programme to standardize British equipment with the sizes and patterns of American arms. "Mortars, field artillery, fighter aircraft and Some naval
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  • 48 7 A.P. Moscow, Oct. 'JO.—Pravda today said the "policy of American OCO pation authorities in Japan is plainly directed towards establishing an American occupation*'. American authorities preferred to do business "with the react ion.ny part of the Japai esc linpermM r JrnttflpNrti -A.P
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  • 802 8 BRITISH IMPERIALISM IS DEAD BURIED—Smuts Reuter. NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Gen. Smuts, South Africa's Prime Minister, in an examination of the "changing concepts of democratic government" declared in a speech here to-night that the British move for freedom has become the spearhead of a large world movement in which not only
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  • 104 8 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Oct. 30. Denis Shore, South Africa's crack athlete, tonight broke the world's record for 300 yards when he covered the distance in 29.9 sees. The previous lest was 30 sees, exactly by J. Kovacs of Hungary in October 1935. Shore holds many records
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  • 55 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. SO.—The Headquarters of the C.1.0. Longshoremen's Union announced on Tuesday that a U.S. $<*»,200.000 damage suit was being filed against the Waterfront Employers' Association of the Pacific c:>ast, alleging the employers refused to pay retroactive wages to 20,000 West <"oast dock workers under
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  • 323 8 OUR FINANCIAL SECTION (Our Financial Correspondent* The local share market was still quiet yesterday although buying prices on London tin shar«>s have been improved up n slightly. In sterl.ng tins there have, been inquiries for Kamuntings at 11 but actual bid s have not yet materialized.
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  • 97 8 Reuter. LONDON, Oct. 29.—With nothing new to influence dealings on today's Stock Exchange, the markets generally were quiet although fairly firm. Gilt edged securities moved narrowly witn some support for medium date stocks while baulks also made further advances. Industrials were irregular with breweries and electriCal supplies
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  • 81 8 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 30.—Asked by \V T Proctor, Labour, Eccles, if the P 'ime Minister would move for the appointment of a select committee to consider the advisability of granting an amnesty to all member of His Majesty's Forces who are serving sentence:; for offences committed during
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  • 118 8 Reuter. NFAVOAJSTIxE ON-TYNE, Oct. 30 Mr. James Griffiths, Minister aJ NatiOnai Insurance, opening at New carrle-on-Tyne the first four blocks oi the Ministry's central record office, said that they would be the latest set of government buildings tn the provinces. Twelve more blocks are
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  • 118 8 A.P. NEW YORK. Oct. 30.—The Na ♦fcial Council of Friendaniia announced the withcVawal of four prominent sponsors .nciuding former Secretary of trie Interior. Harold L. Ickes. In a letter. Ickes told the Council that "'considerable variance exists between our points of view with resPtct to certain matters
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  • 138 8 Reuter. ALEXANDRIA. Oct. 30.—-Selim Abdel Rahman Bey, who was prominent at the time of the 1936 Arab rising in Palestine, has arrived aboard the- steamship Providenc* >"rom France, it was learned here tonight. left Palestine 10 yearo ago. went to Germany and Austria and L UDsequently
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  • 57 8 Reuter. ANKARA, Oct. 20. —New heavy puns installed in the Turkish, fortltsses on the Dardanelles, Bosphorus and other st.cngho'.ds roared out defending salutes totay for the J3rd anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish republic. In a military review held at Ankara modern heavy tanks were seen whiie
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  • 67 8 A.P. CAIRO, Oct. 30— An Arab League bulletin said on Tuesday that good friendship between the U.S. and Arab nations was "impossible to achieve" as long as President Truman persisted in' his attitude toward Palestine, and his views "are not logical and are unjust." "Mr. Truman's
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  • 131 8 Reuter. LONDON. Oct. 30—The Moscow Newspaper. Pravda. today praised the speech of the leader of the In d:an delegation Mrs. Pand; t at the United Nations General As*emblv. accordine to Mioscow Rado. Pravda's correspondent Izakov wa* Quoted as saying: The speech of ♦he leader of the
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  • 118 8 Reuter. NKW YORK. Oct. 29. Most g!Oups improve! sightly from the Cay's lows but it is believed that the market has yet to prove the test that the year's low ground has been successfully negotiated. Brokers point out that unfavourable factors, no*a! ly labour trotlb'es and
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  • 78 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Oct. 29.—Gershon Asronsky, Editor of the English language newspaper "Palestine Post" who avived at Lydda by air from London today was met by British CID officers who impounded all his personal papers. The papers Included private letters, newspaper articles, telegrams, minutes of meetings and
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  • 115 8 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—General Chang Chan oa Tuesday called at the White House to pay respects to President Truman a-d told reporters that he is return rag tc Chins immediately, in -.espouse to urgent government summons. Asked fhat prompted his recall, he replied he wa? necessarily a "busy
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  • 87 8 Reuter. London, Oct. :'.o Experiment* in cinema television arc to si::r! in Britain within a year, ii is :m--nenneed by J. Arthur Rank, Britain*!) premier film director Broadcasting: of indoor shows \\otlTd probably be made from the Gaumont British Company's own studios while outside
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  • 53 8 Reuter. TEHERAN. Oct, 29.—The head of the Armenian community m Persia I.sayfef staled today that "out of 150.000 Armenians living in Persia, 60.000 hfcve asked for repatriation to Soviet Armenia Of these 15.000 hav.j already left Persia, he added. The remainder will leave in daily parties until the end of
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  • 152 8 A.P. BANGKOK, Oct. 29.-Dis-gusied at the police and ojficial nandling and participation in the rice smuggling, the residents of the town of Kam Tang, norm oj Phuket, have organised patrol units in a ivur on smuggling, reports Sianese Assistant minister of interior returning today from
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  • 80 8 A.P. I BERLIN. Oct. 30. —Thou> ands cf German volunteers will start out tcaay to collect data in Germany': first nation-wide census since 1939 The census will be conducted l all four zones of occupation on the I basis of 14 questions made mandaj tory
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  • 540 8 London, Oct. 30. —A week ago I wrote that form in both sections of Divlsiou three was most uncertain alter seven away wins in ten'matches in the Northern Section. To mv point, only Watfo-d and Reading were winner* in the Southern Sections 11 matches this week.
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  • 253 8 Reuter. NEWMARKET, Oct. 3U— Madame Lieux's year-old Sayani by Fair Copy out of Perform the Cambridgeshire handicap run over a mile and furlong with ihe Aga Khan's th re e-y ear- n ne Claro by Colombo out of Clovelly second ani Hardy's Toronto three-yeai-old colt
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  • 38 8 Reuter. GLASGOW, Oci 30 r h Medina of Prance European batamweighi pionship when hi Jen 7Z Jackie Pater,on or G holder of the title fourth round of a 15-round contest al Park, Glasgow. Reuter.
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  • 99 8 A.P. NEW YORK, <),\ tor Warren Austin, h i>f U S I legate tO the Dotted H* l ■essWy, describe.l Ut tpeoea oa Taeadas i 'ough. I was clad to tee there asa some constructive thiol which I hope win fcr unanmious agree live action
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  • 94 8 A.P. NEW YORK. o*. Bi Gen. Carlos Homuto, PI 'egate. speaking in tlu bate befo c the United N r.embly en Tuesdi>. the elimination of bai (r scrship which enccu 1 propaganda an<i 'iTed disci d said that freedom of transmission must be y compensating Bjaaroßtei
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  • 52 8 -I EANGKOK. Oct. 29.— Pr j-nyeng, tne ex-Regen? »f a former Premier, V tain as well as China, tb* Dxutes States. Soviet Russia and Frarcon a tow which he w> shortly. He will also Kng Of Siam, Kins p Aduidet who is comp.< I cation
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  • 50 8 S.C.C. team to pia.* the R.N.A.S. iSemba* ing Saturday on tin- P 5.15 p.m 1. Hutchinson; P M 1 HSMII F. L. Morris, C v G S. Taylor, J. B Pott Maxey, K. If. Wilson. D A D. A. 8.. Hopkin, J. t>*B Nelson. J. M. IfcArtaur, PGoring.
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