Morning Tribune, 11 May 1946

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    19 1 n.-nv a ri Vol. i N<. 10 Pt c« 10 Cen« i MORNING TRIBUNE SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1946.
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    Deadline Fixed For Final Vote On Loan
    443 1 WASHINGTON, May 10.--The United States Senate will vote finally, decively and, m every probability, favourably, on the British loan at 8.00 p.m. GMT today. This deadline was set by the Chamber, exhausted by a last-minute filibuster, after one of the most dramatic days
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    "OPERATION BOTTOM"
    63 1 KURE. May 9-Two British vessels, sank 17 Japanese submarines m 'Operation Bottom", nducted m the deep sen part of Bungo Strait betw< en the islunds of Kyushu and Shikoku. The Indian sloop. Sutlej. and the Australian destroyer. Quiberon, participated m th e destruction of the submarines used b}
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    Big U.S. Specie Shipments To Bank Of China
    261 1 LONDON. May 10.—Financial circles here believe that big United States specie shipments to China are gold and gold coin consigned to the Central Bank of China. The Chinese Government has considerable dollar reserves m the Un t,d States which, like any other
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    Roxas To Meet Truman
    242 1 Roxas To Meet T ruman WASHINGTON. May 10.—Presidentelect Manuel Roxas of the Philippines Commonwealth accompanied by United State* High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt arrived here on Friday. He was met by his daughter Ruby. Roxas was greeted by a huge delecation including scores of personal friends. After posing for pictures.
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    CENTRAL INDIAN GOVT. MAY BE SET UP IN FEW DAYS
    351 1 CENTRAL INDIAN GOVT. MAY BE SET UP IN FEW DAYS SIMLA MAY 10— NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE BRITISH CABINET DELE- rVTION AND INDIAN PARTY REPRESENTATIVES HAVE PROGRESSED SO FAR AN INFORMED SOURCE SAID ON FRIDAY, THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING PER SONNEL TO OCCUPY OFFICES IN THE INTERIM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT. One Congress
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    Gov.-General To Be Installed On May 22
    108 1 Gov.-General To Be Installed On May 22 The Rt. Hon. Malcolm Mac Donald, GovernorGeneral designate of the Malayan Union and Singapore, leaves England on Sunday, May 19 by 8.0.A.C. Lancastrian and is expected to arrive m Singapore on the morning of Tuesday, May 21. He will be accompanied by Mr.
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    Reds Don't Want Umberto
    43 1 ROME. May 10. The Italian Cabinet met m an extraordinary session today to consider the abdication of King Victor Emmanuel. The Communists have indicated that they wnl oppose the assumpt.on of the Throne by Crown Prince Umberto.- A .P.
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    Viceroy's Council To Continue
    254 1 LONDON, May 10.— The Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, told the House of Commons today that members of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Includlm; the Commander-in-Chief, General Auchinleck, would continue in office until their resignations had been accepted and new members appointed. The question of a successor
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    27 1 Shippers of pepper are advised that no imports of pepper into the United j Kingdom will be permitted except j after sale to the Ministry of Food.
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    SINGAPORE TRADE UNIONS TO REGISTER
    736 2 A Government Gazette notification annouunces the appointment of Mr. R. W. Jakeman as Registrar of Trade Unions for the colony of Singapore. Mr. Jakeman has just returned from leave after being a prisoner of war for three and half years and his appointment will give
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    Seaman Told To Get Rid Of 'Jealous Rage'
    356 2 Seama n Told To Get Rid Of 'Jealous Rage' "I <im of the opinion that he got into a jealous rape and did not quite know what he was doing:." So said Mr. Paul Storr, first district judge, when he convicted T -evor Sidney Mulholland (21) merchant seaman, on a
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    C & W Loss: 13 Arrests Made
    69 2 C W Loss: 13 Arrests Made The police have made 13 arrests ir connection with the robbery at the! Cable Wj-eless emergency station at Thompson Road where 15 Chinese took away $20,000 worth of miscellan.*(of rs4M equipment, including receiving sets and cases of paper. 'AIM airests were affected at a
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    GOVFRNOR'S DEPUTY
    26 2 Mr. H. P. Bryson is acting as Governor's Deputy during tho absrnre of Mr. J. C. Gimson who loft for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
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    "Victim Beaten Till His Baek Was Raw"
    351 2 Serious allegations against his superior officer were made vesterday bv an orderly ef a lrcal police inspector at the preliminary inquiry in*o a case in whi^h former Police inspector K Vadivellu Pillai is facing a tentative charge of murder. Describing b^at'HTS m the
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    DOCKS' STRIKE SEQUEL
    473 2 DOCKS STRIKE SEQUEL Labourer Sentenced: M.P. Exonerated "He was doing his duty and I do not think he was exceeding his duty. He had to arrest the man," remarked Mr. Kenneth M. Byrne, third police magistrate, referring to L/Cpl. Lynes after he had convicted P )onasamy (22), Indian labourer employed
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    CITIZENSHIP Least Said The Better —K. L. VIEW
    274 2 CITIZENSHIP Least Said The Better K. L. VIEW KUALA LUMPUR. May 10 —No less I than eicht different viewpoints were expressed at a representative Chinese meeting held yesterday at the Chinese Consulate to consider the Malavan Union citizenship proposals. The meeting was convened to ascertain the Chinese community's reaction to
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    Normanton Camp Brutalities Recounted
    275 2 Normanton Camp Brutalities Recounted The inhuman and brutal treai- mcnt accorded to the British prisoner s-oi- war at the No/man o.i Povv' Camp, Sigapore, by the J. pane c Co n andant and the Quarterj master of the Camp between June. I 1944. and August 16. 1945. was anJ folded
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    La Guardia Threatens To Quit UNRRA Job
    668 3 La Guardia Threatens To Quit UNRRA Job LONDON, May 9. Mr. Fiorello La Ginrdia, Direc-tor-General of the UNKItA for the past scvpii weeks to-day indirectly threatened to resign, cab'es William Hardcastle, Router's Correspondent m Washington. Reporting to the reconvened UNRRA Council meeting m Washington he gave this warning: "If the
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    A Problem No Longer!
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    ITALIAN KING ABDICATES
    179 3 ITALIAN KING ABDICATES NAPLES, May 10.— King Vdctor Emmanuel yesterday formally renounced the throne he held for 45 yjars, and sailed away to exile in the night. The King and Queen Elena boarded the cruiser Duke of Abruzzi at 6 p.m. GMT, four hours after he s gncd an act
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    Car Set On Fire
    91 3 CALCUTTA, May 9.— An angry crowd today set r^ to a Pnriate car which knocked down a man pulling a hand-cart m Chittaranjan, a big highway m central Calcutta. Fire-engines lurrying to the spot were subjected to a lusillade of stones and prevented from reaching the
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    NO VACCINE TO PREVENT DENGUE FEVER FOUND
    69 3 N O VACCINE TO PREVENT DENGUE FEVER FOUND WASHINGTON. May 9.— The development of a vaccine producing Immunity to dengue fever was announced today by. the War Department. •There remains the possibility that there may be several strains of dengue virus." the announcement adds. "Howi rer, two firm samples brought
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    Commons Will Debate On Dominions' Consultation
    524 3 LONDDN, May 9. The whole question of consultation with Dominion Governments is to be raised by the Opposition m view of what Mr. Anthony Eden, Conservative, desiribed to-tlav as "equivocal replies*' given by the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, m the House of Commons
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    Soviet-UK Treaty An Anchor For World Peace —Mr. Churchill
    410 3 Soviet-UK Treaty An Anchor For World Peace Mr. Churchill THE HAGUE, May 10.— British war-time Premier Winston Churchill proposed a United States of Europe "both of the East and West" in a speech to the Dutch Parliament on Thursday. That group of states, he declared, may arise out of the
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    New Communist Attacks Reported
    54 3 PEIPING. May 10. Chinese newspapers dispatches yesterday reported Communists were attacking government forces at Weihsin. in Shantung province, and two towns in Hopeh province. They also sad Communists captur. d Frenchiakow in Hopeh on May 8 and occupied and looted Pingyao ralroad station on May 7
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    MORE HORSES FOR EUROPE
    55 3 KANSAS CITY. Mav 9. A trainload of l.ooo wo-k Nrses destined for fanners In Burooe left Kansas C'tv Thur^dav. bnnginp the total of those shinned to the Continent) during the last three months t6 2oo->o |fr. F-ed Own. P esident of th" Kansas City H'vse a"d
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    The Morning Tribune SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1946. Rubber Price
    360 4 The Morning Tribune SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1946. Rubber Price Rubber, like tin, appears to have been given an Irishman's rise. Information to hand yesterday is to the effect that purchases from Malaya are to be made at 43 cents, an increase of seven cents over the price hitherto paid by
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    Australian Envoy
    66 4 CANBERRA, May 9.— Mr. Norman Makin, Austraian Minister cf Navy, announced today that Mr. Frank Keith Officer, who was appointed Minister m the Netherlands East Indies last year, is to be the Australian Minister to the Netherlands. Mr. Keith Officer recently negotiated the peace treaty between Australia and
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    Geylang Explosion Still Mystery To Singapore
    498 4 Can \hz authorities lift the veil which shrouds several happenings during the occupation and of which Singapore knows liitle or nothing owing to the Japanese news b ackout? Mr. S. Rama Chandra of Geylxng writes as follows: So much have been published n your
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    Future Of BORNEO
    487 4 sir Cecil Clement!, former Gsvernor and High Commissioner, suggests that Borneo possessions, instead i eh g a ched to the Malayan Union, shou d be developed by co-operation between British and Dutch with self-government u> the Ultimate aim. Sir Cecil's suggestion is made in an article published
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    LABOUR PARTY DOUBLES ITS MEMBERSHIP
    408 4  -  Donald M. McNicoll By Associated Press Correspondent Britain's Labour Party— ruling Parliament with a big majority m the face of a, generally hostile press and m one of the staik3st economic eras m national history has doubled its membership since the general election last July.
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    News From Filmdom
    373 4 News From Filmdom HOLLYWOOD, M,,y B.— Peter Loire. Hungarian actor, has been borrowed from Warn<T Brothers to CO-Star with Dan Duryca and June Vincent m Universal* ■Black Angel." baood on mystery stury by Cornell Woolnch. Thr picture will represent Duryea's 'Irst departure from I the "h. avy" roles which brought
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    Australian Grain For China
    75 4 WASHINGTON, May 9— Australian Prime Minister, Joseph B. Chiftey, has promised to reexamine his counrty's grain supply m response to the request made by the Director-General ot UNRRA, Fiorello Laguardia, it was learned here tday. An official who attended discussions on the subject said that Chifley
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    41 4 TEHERAN Mav 9 Mr. QoorgO •Pen the n< ■•<• United States Ambassador to Persia will ore-ent his tials to the she*"' of F" r" 1 Saturday. He saw Mr. Ghavam Sultaneh, the Persian Prime Minister, at the Poreign Office here yesterda Reuter
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    Premium Offered To Speed Up Siam's Rice Exports
    417 5 WASHINGTON, MAY 9— TIIK STATE DEPARTMENT TO DAY AN NOI NCED TIIK ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ANGLO-AMKKK AN COMMISSION TO ASSIST THE SIAMESE GOVERNMENT IN ST MI BATING RICE PRODUCTION AND EXPEDITING EXPORTS OF RICE I URGENTLY NEEDED IN INDIA, CHINA AND OTHER
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    MOLOTOV SAYS "NO" TO JUNE 15 PEACE TALKS
    133 5 PARIS. May 9— lt is now disclosed that the Soviet Foreign Commissar, M. Molotov, to-day told the Council of Foreign Ministers that* Russia was unable to accept the United States proposal to hold the peace conference on June 15, but he suggested
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    Eisenhower States US Aim In China
    178 5 NANKING. May 10.— U.S. Chief of Staff, General Dwicjht Eisenhower yesterday declared that the U.S. Army's sole aim m troubled China is "to promote growth of friendship." He thus answered, at least Indirectly. Chinese Communist critics who have been callng for U.S. land forces
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    1000 Homes Razed In Big Jap Fire
    58 5 1000 Homes Razed In Big Jap Fire TOKIO. May 9. The newspaper Asahi Shimbun, reported that fire consumed 1,400 homes m the town of MuramatKii In Niigata Prefecture and an adjoining village on Wednesday night, wiping out two-thirds of the houses Also destroyed were the town office, the post office,
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    "Don't Strike" Appeal
    99 5 CAIRO, May 9. Azzam Pasha Secretary-General of the Arab League, today appealed to his countrymen m Egypt not to hold a general striKe tomorrow, which has been called oy the Students and Workers Committee to protest against the Anglo-American report on Palestine. Azzam Pasha recalled that tomorrow
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    NO FAVOURITISM
    44 5 TOKYO Miiy 9— Tnkio Univ.--. city Thursday refused to admit Prm hlro HI rashl-kuni, Bon-in-law of E-nperor H'rohito, when iv failed In the examination. While Mir Pln "ho la 30. failed nevenU arirls n >sspd the ii"s* i J mittod. A .P.
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    Atomised City's Population Up
    80 5 HIROSHIMA. May lo.— This ato- mi>od city d.opped m population j from 400.000 to 83 oao when the atom bomb was dropped here, nit i; has smct' risen to 169 000. Early reports that the atom bo.r.b has converted the city into an unible area were
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    Counter-Move To Red Veto Plan
    106 5 NEW YORK, May 9.— The Australian delegate's protest at last night's Security Council meeting against tht Russian boycott of the discussion of the Persian question is being interpreted here is paving the way for a demand for UNO investigation of the situation m Persia if
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    New Prices Announced For Malayan Rubber
    284 5 (Tribune Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, May 10. New prices which on paper raise the present prices of Malayan rubber by seven cents per p mud have been announced by the Rubber Trading Association of London. Under these new terms Grade 1 rubber is 43 cents
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    37 5 OXFORD. May 9. -Prof. D. B. Dcobhar. one of tho three nvn who cho&e *ho Indian cricket teams now ;i England, reached here today to watch the match after prrlvlnar hv c, nn!:ni, vma. t ••day. Reuter
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    Way Paved For Now India Government
    419 5 SIMLA, May 9. A communique issued h(Te today said: "Members of the Executive Council Including His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief have placed their respective port: olios at the disposal of His Majesty the King and His Excellency the Viceroy m order to facilitate the arrangement
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    JAP GOVT. DEADLOCK
    172 5 TOKYO. May 9.— Japan, se Socialists have confessed their inability to form a coalition government and made what appeared to be a face-saving gesture toward escaping the polit cal cr sl s now m its eighteenth day and its second failure. Tetsu Katayama, the SecretaryGeneral of the
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    "NO. 1" POET IS ELECTED SALVATION ARMY HEAD
    267 5 LONDON May 9.—Commissioner Albert W. Orsborn. 59--year-old Londoner today Decamp *he head of the Salvation Army when the Army's High Council meet ng at Sunbury-on-Thumes appointed him a General. Commissioner Orsborn, an officer since 1905 is the head of evangelist* work m
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    UNGKU AZIZ'S DAUGHTER WEDS
    167 5 Ungku and Mrs Aziz of Johore Bahru were host and hostess at a wedd.ng reception given m honour of the marriage of their daughter, Ungku lEsah A. Aziz, to Major Ahmad B. A. Rahman of the 19th Hyderabad Regiment, today at their residence. The marriage ceremony
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    Ipoh Chinese Language Assn. Opened
    156 6 ipoh The Chinese National Language Association Tpoh, was Officiali) declared open at 81, Anderson Road when Mr. R. H. WeHer. Assist ;in1 Adriser on Chlneee Affair*, Perak. rut the ribbon at 12 noon commemorating the advent of a useful soeial amenity tf) the Chinese eommunity.
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    Documentary Films Here
    172 7 Documentary Films Here At special cinema preview held at the Cathay yesterday, lour intesting documentan fllmi which have just arrived m Malaya from the Ministry of Informal ion, London were shown to members ol the Press A lifth liiin .shouid the arrival oJ the Governors Edward Gent an:l P. C.
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    SAGO FLOUR EXPORTS
    13 7 Exports of sago fiour to all destinations are now permitted.
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    SLOW BOWLERS DO WELL AT OXFORD
    497 7 SLO W BO WLERS DO WELL AT OXFORD OXFORD, May 9.--A iz crowd saw the Indian cricket tourists, playing m the second same of their tour dismiss Oxford University for 256 runs and themselves score 151 f->r five. Ai one tine, Oxford had scored 194 for the loss of three
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    Indian Students Honour Tourists
    446 7 (By Vernon Morgan, Reuter's Sports Edi:.r). OXFORD, May 9.— lndia's cricket captain, the Nawab of Pataudi, m a delightful speech at a dinner given to the team last night by the Majlis and Hermits Clubs of Oxford University, satfd: "Everyone of us :s conscious of the
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    400 Leave For China
    29 7 ,v 10. Many at the Penan* v front today when more than 400 Chl- M.S. Van Rontss for their homeland. wJ illy all they had.
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    Use Of Force Admitted
    47 7 PENANG. May 10. Wh^n Yap Pin TOTtta Court today on rhari?" of Belt* a^efrH t> nt Vi liad been assault d lA.'Col. R. F. H Drake Bmekman JantniAgi* and r^fti^i'd ;o i»rounl i^ f fnr*v« b->n fo be used. Y;tp was fined SlO.
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    Week-End Sport.
    90 7 SATURDAY MAY 11 RUGGER:— R A. F. vs. Army at th" Jalan Besar Stadium. BASKE1B LL t WD VOLLEYBALL at the Happy World Stadium ALL-IN- WRESTLING:— Mud wrestling at the Great World Arena. BADMINTON AND PINGPONG at the Kampong Kapor Church SUNDAY MAY 12 CRICKET SEAC vs. Civilian
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    SURREY TEAM TO MEET INDIANS
    58 7 SURREY TEAM TO MEET INDIANS LONDON, May 9.— Two 27- year-old six-foot twins E A Bedser and A. V. Bedser 'are Ircludod m the Surrey County team to meet the Indians at the Oval on Saturday. Also m the Surrey team captained by N. H. Bennett! are Fishlock and Gover,
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    Alleged Breach Of Trust
    58 7 An Indian driver for the G.T.C. S. Doraisamv claimed trial m the Fourth Court yesttrday when he was charged with criminal breach of trust with respect to 25 cases of cigarettes valued at $15,000. The case has been postponed for mention on May 17 and bail
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    VESAK DAY
    33 7 The Buddhist Union will be: ct:i»brat:ng Buddha's Vesak Day on May 15, at the Union's temporary premises. No. 41 Scotts Road, Singapore commencing fiom 10 a.m. onwards. All are rcrdially invited.
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    INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    70 7 It is pro Dosed to revive sports activities of the Irdian Association and all Indians who are interested m sports are requested to communicate either with Mr. Wazir Singn Co. Balbir Co.. 'phone 2938. or with Mr. D. Dharmaraj of 2-A, Raffles Quay, phone 6013. A meeting of
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    Fight Postponed
    46 7 HOLLYWOOD, May 10.— World bantam-weight champion Manuel Ortiz' manager today said that his title bout May 18 with Canadian champion Kenny Lindsay of Vancouver has been postponed to May 25 because Ortiz has contracted VPro chr>st cod which has delayed his training.- A .P.
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    H.A.D.A. Beat R.E.M.E. At Table-Tennis
    98 7 H .A.D.A. Beat R.E.M.E. At Table-Tennis The Hospital Assistants and Dressers* Assn. played a friendly game of TableTennis with the R.E.M.E. at the latter's place on Wednesday and won by 6 games to one. Detailed scores follow. (R.E.M.E. players are mentioned first) S/Sgt. Miles beat J. D. Nalpon 1(1 0),
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    Innings Win For Yorkshire
    93 7 LONDON, May 9— Scores and results of other cricket matches played today Middlesex 275 for 6 declared i (Brown 66. Betson 88, Compton 74). Leicester 106 for 6, (Berry 58) Yorkshire 291 (Mills 7 for 59 beat Cambridge University 75 and 142, (Bowes 3 for 17,
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    Arabs Preparing "National Resistance" On Large Scale
    294 8 Arabs Preparing "National Resistance" On Large Scale WILL FIGHT ZIONISM "TO A FINISH* London, May 10.— Edward Atiyah, secretary of the Arab Office m London, warned yesterday that the Arabs m Palestine were preparing "national resistance on the widest possible scale" to any attempt to implement the recommendations of the
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    30 Millions Starving In China
    96 8 WASHINGTON, May 10.— Chen Chie-mai, China's delegate to the UNRRA Council considering (he world food shortages, said today 30.000,000 Chinese are starving and the agency's food allocations on their behalf are sufficient to provide them only an estimated eight ounces daily per per- j son.
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    ARABS RAISE FUNDS
    84 8 JERUSALEM, May 9. The Palestine Arab Higher Committee has set up a sum of £300,000 loi ;m "Arab National Fund". The decision to raise the Fund m one of the emergency measures m the Committee's four-point plan of action to th<* findings of the Anglo-United-States Commission on
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    "U.S. Loan As Important As Coal Strike"
    195 8 "U.S. Loan As Important As C oal Strike" TRITMAN WASHINGTON. May 9.— Prrsiden: Truman disclosed at his press conference today that he was contemplating seizing United States railways which are at present being crippled by tne continuing six-week old eoal strike. President Truman also flatly opnosed the laying aside of
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    Chuter Ede Replies To Fenner Brockway
    171 8 LONDON, May 9. Fenner Brockway. political secretary of the Ind« pendent Labour Party vho recently stated that wh .le he had addressed Indian" meetings tor the past 20 years he had never attended a meeting nt which special representatives of Scotland Yard were abs«nt
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    BOMB OUTRAGE
    36 8 BEIRUT. May 10.— Delayed -act -on bombs thrown into two shops Thursday night injured four persons and caused considerable damage. The bombs are believed to have been thrown by antiZionists. Reuter and A .P
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    Jap Subs Sunk
    55 8 Aboard H.M.A.R. Quiberon. Ofl Bungo Strait, May 9.— -Seventeen submarines of Japan's dilapidated fleet 'made their last voyage today when high explosive charges and guns of the Indian sloop "Sutlei" and the Australian destroyer "Quiberon" s^nt them to the bottom of the Pacific between the Japanese island
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    NO U.S. LOAN FOR RUSSIA
    128 8 NEW YORK, May 9.— According to > '■uo'-r run v iish'n- t n, »■> d i States officials have decided against reserving any longer $1,000,000,000 i of Export and Import Bank funds i for I RuFsiiin loun. Diplomatic officials said that uncertainty 1 ever whether
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    Cruiser Aurora To Be Turned Over To China
    237 8 British Prestige Up In The East TOKYO, May 10.— Admiral Lord Bruce Fraser, C-in-C cf the British Pacific Fleet, declared to-day that British prestige m the Orient has increased since the war. Here to say good-bye to General Mac Arthur before returning
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    New Penang R,C Arrives
    147 8 New Penang R,C Arrives PENANG, May 10.— Mr. S. M. King, M.C.S., the new Resident Com miss: oner, Pcnang and Province Wellesley, arrived here < day. Mr. King was met at Butterworth by the Deputy Commissioner, Lt.-Col. R. F. H. Drake Brockman. Mr. King arrived in Penan g Shortly after
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    Cairo On Strike
    93 8 CAIRO. May 10.— Most shops wen Ckwod and faim-ars wen not rannin? m Cairo today when the strike proclaimed by iturtftltt workers and certain other organisations as a protest aganst the Anglo-Amertean Commission's report favouring the entry oi 100.000 Jews into Palestine came intc effect Large police
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    HOOVER BACK IN U.S.
    83 8 SAN FRANCISCO. May 10.— Former U.S. President Hoover returned to the United S*ates from a world girdling tour as President Truman's representative, to determine famine conditions. He declined immediate comment to press reporters saying that he felt he should report to the President befon talking with
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    Ceylon Rice Ration Increased
    159 8 Ceylon Rice Ration Increased COLOMBO. May 10. An increas< m the rice ration for Ceylon is announced here today. An adult wiL now receive three pounds of rier per week instead of two, which has been (he ration for the last four years. This good news, announcement of which had
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    49 8 PARTS. May 10.— Th'- "B.£ Pour" Foreign Ministers are meetam amiin this morninß after deciding last \vv.r.* to accept the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin's suggestion t<, "slcej) on it" after two and a hall' hours of efforts to avert a complete brrakdown of the eonfrn nre Reuter
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    Czech-Yugoslav Pact
    29 8 BELGRADE. May 10— The Yugoslav Prime Minister. Marshal Tito, and Czech Prime Minister, M. N^k Pierlingef signed a treaty of friendihip and mutual assistance last night. Reuter
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    Class Prejudice Unto Death
    133 8 Class Prejudice Unto Death I COLOMBO, May 9.— Caste pre- I judice among the Hindus of I Jaffna, Northern Ceylon, docs not end with death. The town > I has two crematoria, one for the high caste Hindus, one for the j untouchables. i V In a house m Jaffna
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    UNNRA'S DEMAND
    53 8 UNNRA'S DEMAND WASHINOTON. May 10.— UNRRA unanimously demanded immediate improvement m the distribution of food to war ravaged stations under its \v\n«. The governing Council recommenried that governments— those supplying :md importing food should develop immediately plans for the imp.rov<- ment of international machinery fot allocation of foodstuffs m short
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