Morning Tribune, 15 May 1946

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    16 1 Nrw 11 V. >1 1 TJ. .11 I■' 1" < '••>* MORNING TRIBUNE SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1946.
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    Cholera Hits Two South China Ports
    235 1 HONGKONG, May 14.— Cholera has hit both Canton and Hongkong, twin ports for South China. The dangers of a serious epidemi? In Canton are great. In this crowded city of well over a million people, the public health service was neglected during seven years
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    Hiroshima Likened To Pearl Harbour
    222 1 Hiroshima Likened To Pearl Harbour TOKIO, May 14.— A suqqcstion that the atomic bombing nf Urnsh;nw mnkt wHh the snrak attack cm Pearl Harbour, on the eve of Dec 9, 194' by the Japanese wan voced by M r American Defense Convxrl for the Japanese accused of Par'ffr war guilt.
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    War Accounts U.S. — Indian Agreement
    162 1 War Accounts U.S. Indian Agreement WASHINGTON, May I.3.—lndian and Unti.-d States representatives here have arrived at a satisfactory formula for the final settlement <>f lendltase, mutual aid and surplus property ac.:ount s Reuter ieamtd authoritatively today. The talks, which began mo-e than a mon'.h ;igo, are expected to wind up
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    China's Case Against Nips
    170 1 TOKIO. May 14.— Hsiang Chechun, the assistant prosecutor for China, declared today, "We, the Chinese people have suffered" at tho hands of Japans indicted war leaders, and Chirm is represented on the International Military Tribunal to obtain Justice for Japanese violation? m this country." In his
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    Chinese Ships Visit US- Port
    52 1 SAN DIEGO. May 14.— Escorted by rs. repair sh'p ftlfcumec, eight nhineM navy resieta arrived hew to-ri-v from East on route to Shanghai. delegation of several hundi\'d r*'- ••!<■,. ic i An>^r'rati^ ireeted them. The sh'ns ar<> former U.S. N\vy whidh have been transferred to
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    INTERIM GOVT. FOR INDIA
    215 1 INTERIM GOVT. FOR INDIA SIMLA, MAY 14.— AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT FOR INDIA WILL BE ANNOUNCED BEFORE THE BRITISH CABTNET MISSION LEAVES INDIA FOR HOME, IT WAS LEARNED HERE TO-DAY. IT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT NAMES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED AND PROBABLY APPROVED. Informed observers m New Delhi consider that
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    10 Years' Jail For Rice Hoarding
    107 1 New Siam Decree BANGKOK. May 14.— A new legislation imposing lo years? imprisonment for hoarding or smuggling rice will aid implementation of the Siamese rice export agreement. The Bangkok press states that £5,000,000 of approximately £15,000,000 which Britain is paying under the new agreement
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    Organiser Of 'Flying Tigers' Honoured
    143 1 Organiser Of 'Flying Tigers' Honoured WASHINGTON. May 14—President Truman Tuesday awariod William D. Paw Ley, former China resident and the new U.S. envoy to Brazil, medal for merit for "exceptionally meritorious conduct, performance and outstanding services to the United Nations' In -this connexion, his activities as leader of the American
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    JAVA RUBBER SMUGGLED HERE
    83 1 BATAVIA, May 14.— A Dutch report today from Mc-dan, on the east* coast of Suma/ira, claimed I 'hat Indonesians have rxporird from Sumatra to Malaya a large quan-i;-y of rubber Stolen from local plan/ations. The rubber was taken i!o Belawan, a port near Medan, and carried
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    Belgium's Charge Against Franco
    68 1 NEW YORK, May 14.— ThBelgian Government has filed a complaint with rfoe Un!;ed Nation, Sub-Commir-'ee m support of rhe Polish charges f hai Spain Ls a hiding place for Nazi criTiinsls Tr alleged thftt Spain rofusrd to hand ovnr the former Resist Party leader, Leon de
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    RUSSIA TO BACK ARAB CASE
    90 1 DAMASCUS, May 14. The Soviet Minister to Syria told the Syrian Government, tfhafr the Soviet Government had deckled to back the Arab case if t'he Arab League bnings 'the Palestine problem before the Uniited Nations Organisadon, lit was reported here today. The Minister was said
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    Qavam's Threat
    45 1 WASHINGTON, May 14.— The Persian Prime Minister, Qavam Sul> anch., has 'threatened to resign but has been persuaded to remain m office after very sTong objections to such resignation by the Soviet Ambassador according 'to official reports reaching Was>hinig4on Reuier learns au'thtoitfbaMvely. Reuter
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    PACIFIC BASES CHIFLEY WANTS OVER-ALL TALKS
    152 1 PACIFIC BASES CHIFLEY WANTS OVER-ALL TALKS TOKIO, May 14.— The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph Ch.fley, asked at a press conference here to define Australia's attitude regarding the problem of Pacific bases, said: "Wf desire that the question be looked at m an over-all manner while the I situation is
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    Super A-Bomb Report Denied
    100 1 NEW YORK, May 14.— A joia6 announcement by the Army and Navy said that the United Spates has nots got a more powerful atomic bomb than *<hat dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, last year a washing'on despatch to the New York Times reported today. This announcement, answered
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    CHURCHILL RETURNS
    27 1 LONDON, May 14.— Mr. Winston Churchill returned here yesterday j from a six days' visit to the Netherlands, where he received an enthuIsiasic welcome.- Reuter
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    Three-Men Malay Mission Proceeding To London
    489 2 MOVE TO "TORPEDO" UNION PLAN (Tribune Correspondent > KUALA LUMPUR, May 14.— That the Malays are pushing ahead with plans to "torpedo" the Malayan Union Plan are indicated by news reaching here. The United Malay Nationalist Organization formed m Johore Bharu on Saturday, after
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    Controlled Prices For Pork & Ovaltine
    314 2 Controlled Prices For Pork Ovaltine For the first time conj trolled prices are announced for pork and ovaltine on sale m Singapore. Another i noteworthy feature m the following list of new con^ ■trolled prices show a small reduction m the price of milk. The revised price of m.!lk and
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    ADMIRAL FRASER
    32 2 TOKIO. May 14.— Adm. Sir Bruce Praser commander :n chief of the British Pacific Fleet, left Tokio today for Kobe to board a British cruiser for Hong Kong.- A. P.
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    CHINESE ADVISER
    29 2 NANKING, May 14— Tie Chinese government has officially announced the appointment of Cheng Chen-yu as adviser to Ihe Chinese delegation n W United Natons Organization A .P.
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    RICE FOR HUNGRY BURMESE
    418 2 Army's Race Against Monsoon The third and biggest operation for distributing rice to isolated districts of Burma has just begun. The Army and the civil authorities are co-operat-ing to distribute by motor truck 12, 657 tons to the northern and southern Shan states, the south Karenni
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    President Rebukes Singapore Paper
    579 2 Sixth War Crimes Court When the Sixth War ir me> Court dissembled yesterday afternoon to hear the elotlng addresses of counsel for the defence and the counsel for the prosecutlon m the Normanton FoW Camp Trial m which two Japanese, Lt. Orimo and L.-Cpl. Nagayama are
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    Governor's Faith In SICC
    382 2 "Whon I say that South Indian merchants will nlay a vital part m the rehabilitation of this country, I am not sneaking an Idle word. And lam sure, the South Indian Chamber of O^rnerre will play its part." Thu* «*kl TT >s Ex«*»Heiw? ti n Oofrrnor.
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    Split In State Dept: Career Men vs Newcomers
    268 3 Split In State Dept: Career Men vs Newcomers WASHINGTON, May 13.— A widening split within the State Department may vitally affect American foreign policy on almost every major outstanding issue, writes John Hightowar, Associated Press foreign aflairs analyst. This is one of the main problems Which will confront Secretary of
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    Allies' Right To Try To jo Challenged
    410 3 TOKIO, May 13.— The question of whether Japan surrendered conditionally or unconditionally became a sharply debated central point m defendant's challenge of a contention that the Japanese capitulation was conditional and that this included the trial of only violators of international law. Bit
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    Gen. Ho To Resign
    181 3 NANKING, May 13.—- General Ho Yinß-chln announced today that he would resign by Juno 1 as Chief of Staff and commander-in-chlef of the Chinese Government army. Simultaneously General Ho fired hot erlticlsm of Communists who for long have tried to have him ousted. Ho, who Is
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    Labourites Not Perturbed By Simla Talks Failure
    596 3 Labourites Not Perturbed By Simla Talks Failure LONDON, May 13. There is no sign of pessimism m the ranks of the parliamentary Labour Party concerning the future of India as the result of the breakdown of the Simla talks. Labour Members of Parliament consider that the Cabinet Mission has achieved
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    SOME LIFT!
    95 3 SOME LIFT! Weighing 27% tons this prefabricated bulkhead is being swung into position for the new Orient liner "Orcadcs," at Vickers-Arm-strong shipyard at Barrow-tn-Furness. Welded prefabricated bulkheads, tank top panels and tank panels were similarly placed In position. The new method means a saving of 900 tons of structural steel;
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    Hit Armed Robbers With Firewood
    65 3 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, May 13 Armed robbers W€rt put to flight bu a Chinete pavnAnkcr of JeWong at whom they fired tirec and attempted (o mter Wi hove. Wh^n a ternant opened the backdoor the robb*rs pve^nnterfd the gpvner arvirrl ir'tb firrirood Itho h'f them
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    Espionage Law In U.S. To Be Tightened
    311 3 WASHINGTON, MAY 13.— SENATOR KENNETH S. WHERRY, NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN, TODAY REPORTED "SHOCKING" EVIDENCE THAT SAFEGUARDS SURROUNDING AMERICAN MILITARY INFORMATION ARE INADEQUATE. The senate judiciary committee, which completed hearings behind closed doors last month, hopes to complete by May 17 a bill tightening the
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    $10,000 Fire In B'worth Slipway
    66 3 (Tribune Correspondent) PEN AND, May 13.— Damage estimated at $10,000 was caused as the result of a fire which broke out at the Bagan Balam Slipway, Butterworth, yesterday, when a large quantity of planks and many teak benches were destroyed. The Fire Brigade arrived on
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    The Morning Tribune WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1946. Wages
    344 4 The Morning Tribune WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1946. Wages The Malayan Governments have ttnally abandoned the fiction which their military predecessor attempted to impose upon this country that there is no genuine inflation. A. committee is now seeking information on the question of current price levels ana a cost of living
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    Atomic Get Propulsion
    1150 4  -  E. Colston Shepherd Britain's Plans For— By Secretary-General of the Air League of the British Empire. A hange which s now being m^de m the status of the Bri'4sh company with the longest history m the development of gas turbines for jet propuls on, can be taken
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    TROOPS IN ECYPT MOVING OUT
    74 4 CAIRO, May IS. The Eayr>>inn Prime Minister. Sidky Pasha, staled fn the Egyp'ia-i Senate tonight Thai the evacuation of barracks m Fg hy British troops had already begun. fie also said the Gor.-Gtn of the Sudaji, Ma j. -Gen. S r Hubert Huddleston. "men* beyond
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    DEFENCE MAKES NEW LEGAL MOVE
    374 4 Tokio Trial TOKIO, May 14 —Five of the 27 Japanese defendants before the international mi i'a.y tribunal sought dismissal of the indictment charging them with responsibility for Japan's poli y of aggression. former Japanese P/emier Baron Kischiro Hiranumu, and four others joined m a new
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    Jap YWCA Head Takes Hirohito Plea To U.S.
    211 4 Jap YWCA Head Takes Hirohito Plea To U.S. SEATTLE. May 13 —With m ted feelings of joy and sadness the first Japanese citizen to enter the United States siner the end of the irur who returned to her 'second home" m Sleton country from Yokohama. Mrs. Tamaki Unmura of the
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    'Martial India' Exhibition
    133 4 LONDON. May 13.— A Martial Jndia Exhibition, depleting the prowess of the Indian armed forces, is to be opened by General Sir Claude Auchinleck. the C-in-C m India, :> t India House. London, on June 6. writes Associated Press correspondent Ronald Legge. It will run concurrently with
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    IPOH DRINKERS TOLD— 'Remember Your Wife And Family!"
    170 4 IPOH DRINKERS TOLD— 'Remember Your Wife And Family!" IPOH. A new temperance movement has been started against toddy drinking by a section of the Indian community here. Thousands of gallons of revenue bringing toddy have been destroyed during the past few weeks. The methods adopted by the temperance workers are
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    Cathedral Ceremony
    87 4 There will be a special service at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Wednesday. May 22, at 5.15 p.m. at WIUCf) Rt d Ensign win l>»> 'placed m the Cathedral by members of the Brit'sli Coastal Shipping Community of the Colony, as a memorial to those oi their number who
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    Morrison's Secret Plan
    73 5 S WASHINGTON, Ma y 13.— The Morrison plan lo i increase food supplies to I India is being kept secret S for the present. Thlt was staled by tfi€ I British Labour Party lead- 1 er today before he official- I ly opened the food nego- I
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    Zionists Determined
    209 5 NEW YORK. May 13.— Dr. Louis Altman, President of the United Zlanitti Revisionists Organisation of Palestine announced hero today that the proup will set up w th armed forrrd if necessary, a Jewish provisional government for Palestine this year or next. The government's first tnik wM be the
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    Parcel Post And Money Orders
    203 5 Parcel Post And Money Orders Para-Is are being accepted for Eire (Irish Free State). The Cash-on-Delivery parcel .service between M« aya and the Urlted Kln«dom has already been twin wit Money Orders may now be diawn In Malaya tor payment In tiie Andaman Islands, Baluchistan, Burma, J3ri i h Sum
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    Yellow River Dykes Under Repair
    76 5 SHANGHAI. May 13.- -A mile J« ng break m the dykes of China's Yellow River s under •.'Pir d'ro.-tt»d by UNRRA engineers. m an attempt to get two mlll on fertile acres of land back into production. Tho water was d verted deliberately m iMB
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    Fate Of Millions Being Decided At Washington
    721 5 WASHINGTON, M\Y 13.— THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED RATIONING IN THE I NITEI) STATES LOOMED NEARER TO-DAY WHEN THE KEY FIGURES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE WORLD FAMINE MET IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO-DAY FOR DISCI SSIONS WHICH WILL DECIDE THE FATE OF MILLIONS.
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    Russia Outbids Food Board
    127 5 R ussia Ou tbids Food Board WASHINGTON. May 13— AmeriI ans complain that the Russian Trade M'asfon In Buenos Aires is outbidding the Combined Food Board for linseed oil. It is stated Russia could have ohtanied linseed o'.l through the Coma ned Food Board but preferred to ncßOtiatr direct, oven
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    World's Needs
    209 5 WASHINGTON, May 13 Mr. Herbert Hoover told newsmen on his return from his fact-finding tour, that overseas cereal needs m the MaySeptember period wou'd be 14,484,000 tons, wheh, he said, were considerably smaller than previously estimated. The supply expected fo be available for export to the famine areas,
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    JOLT TO US.—CANADIAN CO-OPERATION SCHEME
    268 5 JOLT TO US.— CANADIAN CO-OPERATION SCHEME OTTAWA, May 13.— U.&. Canadian co-operation. la mapping cut the defence of the northern hemisphere received its first sharp jolt since the start of the war nearly seven years ago, writes Harry Montznmerv. Associated Press correspondent. The jolt was delivered by an agreement among
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    Java Rice For India
    188 5 BATAVIA. May 13— Dr. S i Stefan Shahrir, Indonesian "Prime Minister," who reS eenfly received et messaffe from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ac- eeptng his offer of sooooo\ tons of Java r'ce, today gave i a full guarantee that the J offer can be carried out. Dr.
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    Azerbaijan Talks Fail
    218 5 TEHERAN, May 13.— Qavam es Sultaneh, Pe -sian Prime Minister, m a statement broadcast over Tehe* ran Raoio to-night, said a deadlock had been reached m the negotiations with the Azerbaijani mission and the talks would be continued later. Report ng that the Democrat delegates had returned
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    Hunger Strikes End
    116 5 JERUSALEM, May 13— Twentyfour Jewish settlers at Acre P.isoa m North Palestine ended their fourday hunger st ike on bems rioini'sed that the grievance that they were beaten would be looked Into. Th ettlers W«rt arrested ou Peo. 2o after a shoot inir affair near their Tillage
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    Consul-General Feted In Penaitg
    210 6 Tribune Correspondent PENANG. May 13. Tin- noble sp rit of the Malayan Oversea ChtlMM b fore and during the war was praised by Dr Wu Paak«fhing, Chinese Consul-Gene ral. while speaking at a tea-party r\\n m his honour by the Penans Chinese Chamber of Commerce, at
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    Gregory Scores Century
    610 7 SI Kili:V ALL Ol I lOK LONDON, May 14. Des] He a centiry by Gregory and a bright knock of 83 by Fishlock, Surrey, alter a promising start to their second innings, were all out for 338 runs at lunch-time today. The Indians want 20 runs to
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    HIGHLIGHT OF COLLAPSE
    112 7 Barmy started their uphill task with the knowledge of possible defeatand the slimmest CIUHW of victory. Against steady bowling their batsmen took chances, paid the penalty and crashed badly for 135. The highlight of their collapse was slow bowler Nayudus hat-trick which was achieved m the most
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    Score Board
    189 7 INDIANS, Ist INNINGS 454 SURREY, Ist INNINGS STTRRFY, 2nd INNINGS r>v 'hw Mankod inn Fishlock c Merchant b Hazare 83 Squires st. Nimb ilkar b Nnyidu 21 Bi IDC b Mank'id 16 Pmrlrer h B*~ftwate 20 B A Trd or \f>m. Sa-awatc 21 W-'tts st. Nirbalkar b Brvvmnu
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    Davis Cup: Belgium In Second Round
    44 7 Davis Cup: Belgium In Second Round BRUSSELS. May 14.— Belgium qualified to meet China m the second round of the European Davis Cup eliminations by de- f eating Monaco m a doubles match after taking tw 0 opening s.'ngles matches on Saturday.— A. P.
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    No Hostile Intention
    131 7 TEHERAN, May 14 —Tabriz radio reporting the return of Azerbai.an "Premier" Jarlar Pishevari from stalemated negotiations with the Central Government on She return of Azerbaijan to Teheran jur.sdktion. quoted Azerbaijan authorities as denying any intention to attack Teheran. Iran an Prime M nister Qavam who farlier announced
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    BOXING British Prestige At Stake
    277 7  - BOXING British Prestige At Stake Vernon Morgan (By Sports Editor) Reuter's LONDON. May 14— Br.tish boxing prestige will be at stake this week with the British cruise rwe.ght champion, Freddie Mills, meeting the Ameriran cruiserweight champion. Gus Lcmetkh. here to-night and the British heavyweight champion. Bruce V T oodcock. meeting
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    MAN'S STRUGGLE WITH ROBBER
    122 7 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, -An Indian shop assistant, Mohamed bin Sult ;i n, is i.ow iying In the hospital m j critical condition with a bullet m h s body whi.h he received ifi the course of a scuffle with an armed robb<r. Three Chinese gained a<
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    Court Fines Salt Seller $1,000
    92 7 Tan Geok Lian, u'ho described himself as the managing partner 01 Chop Hup Seng, was fined $1,000. m default, four months' r.i. when he was found trinity on a summons charge of spiling salt above the controlled price, before Mr. Tan Thoon Tip m the
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    Home Football
    30 7 Scottish Victory Cup second round replay: Kilmarnock 0. Aberdeen 3. Glasgow Charity Cup semi-final: Celtic 1, Rangers 3. Scottish Second eleven Cup final: Hibernian 3, Clyde 1- Reuter
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    County Cricket
    35 7 lond'^v. May IS. Yorkshire 19^ (Hutton 90 and P4 for B) beat G'a-n<rtrnn llfi and 162 by 5 Wickets. Glo-co-te shire 238 <Hamrrond IS*, Pollard 7 fo»- 82 >. Lancashiif 141* for 3 Reuter
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    How A Selangor Kampong Hid A Gurkha Front Japs
    360 7 KUALA LUMPUR.— Th? small unpretentious village of Sungei Tua. which lies on the fringe of the; jungle, about ten miles north of Kuala Lumpur, deserves a medal for the manner In which it looked after a Gurkha survivor of the Slim
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    Congress Medical Centre Opened
    125 7 The formal opening of the Indian Congress Medical Mission centre m, this city took place at the Malayan* Democratic Union premises (First Floor). 331 North Bridge Road, yesterday evening. The Mission will render medical aid to all poor people irrepective of naiiona ity anl the centre
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    SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY
    188 7 KUALA LUMPUR. May 14.— Tha birthday of His Hiehness the Sultan of Selangor. yesterday, was observed as a public holiday throughout thq State. At an informal function m the afternoon Tungku Stia read an. address to His Highness dn behalf of the Selanqor people and His Highness replying
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    NEW DERBY FAVOURITE
    44 7 The 2,000 Guineas nas icon at Ne rmarkrt on May 1 i% easy style by Sir William Cookc s Happy Knight by four lengths from the Aga Khan's K haled. Picture shous Happy Knight being led m after icinning the classic.
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    Egypt's Premier Replies To Attlee's Critics
    710 8 Egypt's Premier Replies To Attlee's Critics LONDON, May 13. Is/ mail Sidky Pasha, Minister of Egypt, m a letter published m the London TinivS to-day, says: "The critics of Mr. Attlee's liberal policy towards Egypt appear to be people still imbued with the prejudices of 50 years ago prejudices based
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    Marines Land At Hulutao
    86 8 MOSCOW, May 13.— The Soviet news ag'.ncy today reported m a dispatch from Dairen, South Mancnurian port, that on May 1 and 2 about 2.000 United .States Marines landed at Hulutao, South Manchuria, to assist the Chinese National Government m transporting to Manchuria Chinese troops trained,
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    Story Of Gang Leader's Death Told At Inquiry
    618 8 Circumstances surrounding the death of a young gang leader, a youth named Wahab, at the Central Police Station where he was a detainee of the police m March 1942, comprised the main testimony of witnesses for the prosecution m the Seventh Police
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    FANS MOB FILM STAR
    79 8 FANS MOB FILM STAR A huge crowd of film fans nobbed Stewart Granger and his wife at the picturesque Lnchmere Church, Haslcmcrc, Surrey, where their baby daughter, Lindsay, was christened. Sally Gray was present as godmother to the child, but James Mason and John Mills, also godparents were unable to
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    Failure Of Paris Talks Predicted
    248 8 Failure Of Paris Talks Predicted PARIS, May 13.— Soviet sources here predicted that the fourpower Foreign Ministers' conference would break up within a lew days unless the Western powers acceded to Russia's demands on Trieste and North Africa. The.se sources said Russians wouM insist that Trieste bt awarded to Yugoslavia.
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    Pearl Harbour Shocked Nazis
    234 8 Pearl Harbour Shocked Nazis NUREMBERG, May 13.— The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour came as a complete surprise to the German Navy, the War Cnnv»s Tribunal here was told to-day. Tim testimony was given by Admiral Wagner, defence wttneM, m an effort to show that the Reich High Command had
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    JAPAN'S WAR INDUSTRY AS REPARATIONS
    229 8 WASHINGTON, May 14. The Allies have agreed to remove much of Japan's war industry and divide it among themselves as reparations. The Allied Far Eastern Commission, an 11 -nation policy-making body for Japan, has unanimously decided to make available as 'interim' reparations a substantial portion
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    UNRRA'S Duty
    112 8 NANKING. May 14.— Dr. T. F. Ttoanf, the director oi the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration m China, said today, "We will ihjp food wherever it is needed whether it ls Communist urea or DOt." HC Mid Hint the Communists had >i tn.' <f with American engineers
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