Morning Tribune, 17 May 1946

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  • 18 1 MORNING TRIBUNE n.-w Series. Vol. i No. u>. rr <•«• 10 Cent I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946. I
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  • 632 1 The population of South-East Asia traditional rice eaters must alter their habits. That summarises the recommendations of the first nutritional conference m Singapore, presided over by H.E. the Special Commissioner, Lord Killearn, which ended yesterday. The conference was attended by representatives from all the S.E.A.
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  • 49 1 LONDON, May 16.— The Bishop of Singapore, Dr. J. L. Wilson, who was imprisoned m Japanese hands, was received m audience by the King at Backinffh*m Palace today when lie gmrt His Majesty v first-hand account of conditions m Japanese ]>ri -son camps.- Reuter
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  • 38 1 SEOUL, May Id.— Gen. Dwitfht Kisenhouor, the United States Aniiy Chief of staff, visited Seoul UHm hours, then emplaned for Iwo Jima. Lieut. Gen. John R. Hodge met General Eisenhower at the airport, j A.P.
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  • 182 1 IPr&mier' Annovirvazs y NEW YORK, May 16.— Sixty-two American citizens issued a "Manehurian Manifesto" calling upon the United States to "lend our support to demands now bein& voiced by the Chinese people for a complete revision of the Yalta agreements." rT 'h»> manifesto, rHonsed
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  • 578 1 SIX-POINT PLAN FOR INDIAN UNION LONDON, MAY IG.— A SIX-POINT PLAN FOR A I UNION OF INDIA WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. CLEMENT ATTLEE. THE FEDERAL UNION PLAN, PUBLISHED AS A GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER, WAS DRAWN UP BY A THREE-MAN CABINET DELEGATION
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  • 104 1 U.K. Prepares For Bread Rationing LONDON. May 16— Ad- > ministraHve arrangements for possible bread ration- i J ing m Britain are nou I being made by Ministry of j Food experts who held a I private meeting yesterday. There is a very strong fee. ing m the Speaal Food
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  • 150 1 LONDON, May 16.— The British Government today launched a nation-wide campaign for voluntary recruitment for the Army, Navy and Air Force. A message Issued by the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement AtVlee. as Defence Minister, states: "If Briitain Is to play her parti m building a secure world
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  • 60 1 MOSCOW, May 16.— A Tass dispa.ch from Teheran quo'ed the newspaper Rahbar as say-' ing the BritisJl were con. inuing Co opera c a wartime radio staion a: ihe Persian Gulf pert of Bushire and that, an appeal should be made to the United, Nations Securiiy Council unlss' ihe s
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  • 421 2 WAR CRIMES COURT TOLD That Kojima Takeharu gave a feast at which rice and bananas were distributed to the workmen m Port Blair, Andamans, on learning of the death of two men whom he had earlier beaten up, was related
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  • 381 2 Preliminary reports on the Malaka Pinda Rubber Esta es Ltd. Troper y have now been received from the manager and the visiting agent and the directors advise shareholders that during the period of Japanese occupation onJy above 3 acres of rubber were cut but fortfood cultivation, about
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  • 91 2 Tay Soon Lee, proprietor, and Chan Kiat Siong. shop assistant, of a sundry goods shop m East Coast Road were fined $150, m default one month's r.i. and $50, 'n default two weeks' r.i.. respectively, by Mr. Tan Toon Lip >n the second district court,
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  • 190 2 How Japs Covered Up Cell Deaths A total of about 20 I bodies lied up m sacks i were removed by his lorry t from the Central Police Siation for burial over a certain period durmg the i j Japanese occupation, a lorry-driver, Dollah bin I 1 Mar, told the
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  • 132 2 Rode Stolen Bicycle To Police School When Cheng Thiam Chua, sanitary contractor to police station!), tried to gain admittance into the Police Training School to get a contract there also, it was discovered that Cheng was riding on a bicycle which had been reported stolen. At a trial before Mr.
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  • 396 2 < Con tin a* d from page 1) <J<e!t Is well balanced It Is possible to do reasonably well "m spite of serious reduction* m quantity of manytf oods: uffs. Balanced Diet The Conference recommended that a balanced diet should consist of: Lightly mlted rice. If lightly
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  • 332 2 The reconstitution of the Municipality of Singapore, promised m the White Paper "Statement of Colony on future constitution, Malayan Union and Singai)ore," m January 1946 is expected to be implemented shortly. His Excellency the Governor has appointed a committee to advise him on
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  • 321 2 Three Indian soldiers, Dabholkar, Mohanv-d Usman and Ahmad Din., and two civilians, Jaswam S.ngh and Tan Ah Yong appeared on trial before Major A P. Jack m the Relief District Court yesterday on charges m connection with the thef of 24 bales of bedshee s valued
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  • 227 2 Yuen Kirn Kwai (31), who admitted being a recent member of the Wah Kee Society, threatened a Ch ne.se waitress of a stall In the Happy World with assault if she did not pay "protection" money. The girl put him off, reponed the mater to the police
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 208 3 LONDON, May 15.— Two British Members of Par- liament, Lieut-Col. Kees Williams, Labour, and Capt. L. Gammans, Conservative, who went to Sarawak at the invitation of the British Government independently to ascertain the views of the Sarawak people on the proposed cession of
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  • 134 3 ATOM TEST FLEET IS READY r,AN FRANCISCO, May 15-Vi.e-Admiral H. Blandy, commander of the joint army-navy i ask force, which will conduct the forthcoming atom bomb experiments, said today that the lr-i.c has virtually all assembled at Honolulu, for movement to "Bikini A-01l where Uie first bombdrop is scheduled tor
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  • 130 3 SYDNEY, May 15.— Britain is taking the right; si ops to ensure that The British Commonwealth of Nations does not disinegrau\" Justice Thomas C. Davis. Canada's High Commissioner for Aus'raUa, said yesterday. Mr Davis, who is leaving for Canada next week, said m an interview aim
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  • 145 3 Shape Of Cars To Come LONDON, May 15.— Running about on Bri'a h's roads today arc rubber-wood end glass bodied cars results of six years' experiments on aircraft the prototypes, perhaps, of 1952, writes the "Daily Sketch" Motoring Correspondent tod~y. Disguised with paint they are indistinguishable from ordinary cars. Tivo
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  • 116 3 KAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—Reliable Filipino quarters reported a movement was afoot m Washington to have the body of the late President Manuel Quezon returned to the Philippines aboard the battleship Missouri or some other major American battleship soon. The body would be accompanied by Justice
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  • 77 3 LONDON, May 15.— The War Office has announced further revision m eligib lity for overseas posiing- Commencing with those placed under orders on and aftn today, all ranks drafted overseas, excluding officers of the RAM.C, Army Dental Corps. Royal Army Veterinary Corps md nursing offl.ers, who
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  • 9 3 'BIG FOUR CONFERENCE' ADJOURNED TO JUNE 15 f Reuter
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  • 100 3 Finnish Turkish Trade Treaty HELSINKI, May 15— A Fln-nlsh-Turklsh trade treaty providing for the exchange of Roods valued at 600,000.000 Finnish marks was signed on Wednesday In Helsinki. Negotlatioas have be*>n 1 n progress for almost- three weeks. The agreement Is effective from June 15. Finland wLll send Turkey cardboard,
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  • 62 3 SEATTLE. May 15. Alipio D« minfo, a Filipino housrboy. v y. hffiM. .tw.>ri por cent of on estimated 175,000 estate of Mrs. Jessie Bickf.)rd. In whose household he served 13 years. Tho will snid Mrs. Bickford, "who diod on May 8. left Domingo the money for
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  • 58 3 WASHINGTON, May 15—President Truman conferred today with John L. Lewis, chief or tho United Mine Workers whose coal strike throttled American industry, and Charles O'Neill, representing the mine operators. The White House reported no progress m the 45 minute meeting but said Truman asked Lewis and O'Neill
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  • 43 3 MELBOURNE, May 15.— The Austrtli i TnOes Unions Council bM 1,-nm to the CommonSSdth aSViSSent ur,in« a tattg uniivn.nce to try and end S i-ouo Australian uno refuse to handle aoublu baied of TtS°dock wockan have UM toe Reuter
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  • 453 3 U.S. Helping China To Avoid Civil War SAN FRANCISCO, M'-iy 15.— The disclosure m Washington that General George C. Marshall, U.S. Ambassador to China, has been given personal veto power over the $500,000,000 lean to China helps to clarify the picture m that troubled country, writes Associated Press news analyst
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  • 181 3 NANKING. May 15.— The reslgnntton of Dr. K. C. Wu as OtlilMM Information Minister to become Mayor of Shanghai highlighted the who;eBle Bhlftl m the Governmental and Shanghai civic posts. Yu Fci-peng was reported as the Minister of Communicat ons. and Wong Wen-hao, Minister of Economic Affairs,
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  • 89 3 Textile Imports From India Applications for import licences for cot Jon piecegoods from India are now being entertained. Such applications should be sent to the Registrar o< Imports and Exports. Singapore and should be supported by evidence either that (a) applicant was formerly a regular Importer of piece-goods from India;
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  • 104 3 BOMBAY, May 15.— Dr. MauIan r Abdul Hamid Khan, President of the Assam Provincial Moslem League, stated todax that he would undertake a "fast unto death" unless Assam's new-ly-formed Congress Party Government abandoned its policy of evicting "emigres" from the neighbouring districts of Bengal The "emigres" are
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  • 84 3 SAN T FRANCISCO. May 15.---, Twenty attorneys left Hampton aiH fie'd Monday night aboa d m cmy transport plane for Tokio to i'e/e:J n r o-nincnt Japanese accu. c ed of v.ao crimes. Edward P. McDermot, who was special assistant to the U.S. f V° r^
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  • 44 3 CAMBRIDGE HONOURS CAMBRIDGE, May 14—Honorary degrees of doctors of law will be conferred on two leaders of the Sou-h-East Asto campaign. Admiral Lord Lo 'ls Mourn batten, and Gen. Sir WILHam Slim, at a special congregation m the Senate House on June 13. Reuter
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  • 328 4 The Morning Tribune FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946. India— The Next Step? The failure of the tripartite talks m Simlu hringo India's struggle for freedom into a cul-de-sac from which an escape by constitutional procedure now appears difficult, if not impossible. The issues at stake have been thrown into bolder relief
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  • 993 4  - Julips Return to Paris Joan Slocombe ft A Paris forthe first doae m sev n years is enjoying a truly PariMan Spring. After first being rampled by the Germans and ''hen torn Up m *Uhe battle for her liberation, heT streets and boulevards hay at last» resumed their normal aspect.
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  • 75 4 CAIRO, May rtf.— Th< extraordinary sessi<«i > of the Arab League called a* Damascus for next Sa urday to discuss th* J nglo American Commission's import on Hile&t ne has 'been postponed unnl Tuesday, it was announced U)-day. Abdul Raftman Azzjim Pasha. Secretary 4isenertU of the A
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  • 68 4 BELFAST May 15. An -ppliBtlon b o >c made m 'he Northern Ireland High Coiir t"r the f Diivld Fleming, who If hunger strike n he B< jail. Today Is r i (1 ftfty-flrst da? \nU i rtke RPd It was Btated morning there
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  • 234 4 WASHINGTON, May 1 s.— Prospects of the Philippin? overall loan to tide the islands over the critical period until Congressional funds be«ia flowing, heightened' after Minuel Rosas. Philiiifine Presi-dent-elect, and Paul V. McNntt, U.S. Hljh Commissioner for the Philippines, appeared before the Ex-port-Import
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  • 148 4 WASHINGTON, May 15— Dr. Anup Singh, chairman In Amer <a of the National Commit cc for India's Freedom said en Wednesday "the failure of 'he Simla conference Is n prolound shock to us" and Called on ne Br tish cabinet mission for a solution of
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  • 408 4 New From Hollywood I OLLYWOOD, May 16.— Paul, -Ite Goddard, who plan* a two-week trip to London to discuss with Sir All ander Korda a forthcoming c©« •tarring role m ClemtHM Dane's "The Babyons," will not bo accom* pani#d by km husband, actor Burgess Meredith. Meredith has announcrd he will
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  • 88 4 Japs Grateful To MacActhur G&AND RAPILI3. MlcWga-a, Majr 15. Mrs. Tamaki. Ufenaar*, pfl&nar of ■hv Kashiwagi B«e&byt«iaja Church Tojvjs'*, interviewed to-day Mtui the Japanese people blamtd the>ir own militarists for what they brought u&m them during toe war. "They nt^er complain about the Americans." Arriving het»e by plane for a
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  • 47 4 LONDON. May 16.— Labourite R Stokes told the House or Commons yesterday that British food storks are "much more than twice the normal reserves before tho war." Ho demanded that governnv I send half-a-million tons of food 'to tho starving people of Europe."- A.P.
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  • 972 5 Truman Considers Re- Rationing In U.S. MORRISON'S PLEA TO AMERICANS TO AID FAMINE-THREATENED NATIONS WASHINGTON, MAY 15^— PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANH MR. CHESTER BOWLES, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC STABILISATION, TO-DAY CONFERRED ON TENTATIVE PLANS FOR THE RETURN TO RATIONING IN THE I 'NITED STATES, REPORTS REUTER. A definite decision on rationing arrangements
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  • 276 5 BURMA ELECTION b SPEED-UP URGED LONDON. May IS.— Declaring th.it the "British cannot afford to nllow the Burmese to lose heart," the influential London Times today recommended two steps to overcome the trowing divcregency m outlook between the Government and political lenders. These were, first to endeavour to associate representative
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  • 86 5 RANGOON, May 14. The ttpgesi obst'iclc to Burma's reconstrui tion and rehablitatlon is •he threat or dacoits who attack trains, boats, villages and Burmese householders. Official ligures for March shovr 785 rases of d.icoity and nbbery, 265 murders, 347 ca:tle '!i«ft.s and 558 cases of robbery Mid
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  • 75 5 MOSCOW, May 16— The vanpuaid of several million Red Army men who will be demobilised between now and September have begun to arrive m Moscow and other large Russian cities. Privates am! non-rommissioned officer* m six ace classes are bein£ bored to civilian life under
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  • 89 5 His 3rd Death Sentence s ATHENS, May 25.— A i 24-y ear-old A- hens law t student, Phoklov Tanwa- i kopoulos, twice sentence! V jo dea'h by ifie Nazis dur- -.ncj :ne occupation, w?~s sentenced to death by the t Athens court today for murdering two GreeK ct' zens during
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  • 144 5 DUBLIN, May 15.— Prime Minister tie Valera refused m the Dail today to make representations to the britlsh Government to secure the Itmmediate release of Irish political onsoners m British Jails. "There is no basis without complete stultification on which I could nake the representations concerned." r>p
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  • 64 5 Fighting Around Nanking NANKING, May 16.— The Central Daily News today reported that 100,000 Communist troops were massing on the eastern seaboard for a smash at Nantung, 70 miles from i Snangnai. j The dispatch saia some fighting i already had oc^lirred around Nantung. S.n Mm Pao published, an unconfirmed
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  • 151 5 TOKYO, May 15.— The International tribunal for the war crimes cases adjourned indefinitely tori iy to consider objections entered by defence attorneys to the 55-count indictment lodged against the Japanese defendants. The defence today additionally requested a list of «11 witnesses and persons interrogated by the
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  • 177 5 LONDON, May 14.— The Minister of Food, Sir Ben Smith, dealing wi;h the position of exservicemen seeking licences mi n the food trade, yesterday warned them against, signing leases and purchasing equipment before licences had been gran ed "During the present time of acue shortage of food,"
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  • 310 5 with collabora:ion wih it he Gfstapo. His trial is at present m *oey ance pending medical repons. The pearl was laT<er found ty French police m a lava ory of a Marseilles hotel. The jewel, Reuter adds, Is one of the biggest pearls In
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 480 6 Singapore Radio RED NETWORK from noon 12.41 p.m.' and from 6 p.m. tj t( 2 p.m. and 6.30 U> 11 p.m. on 8.19 p.m. (aewg m Mah.y at 7.15 225 me res from noon to 2 p.m. pm.). On 4 825 mcft/Bee m 61 metre ENGLISH 1 p.m. to 2
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  • 646 7 Mateli Not A Great Test For Tourists (By Leary Constantine, Reuter's Special Correspondent) LONDON, May 15. Following their triumph over Surrey at the Oval the Indian bowlers came into their own again today and made short work of Cambridge University. It cannot be
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  • 160 7 Carnera Too Old To Fight? SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, May 16.— Prlmo Camera, one-time world heavyweight boxing champion, will probably not be allowed to fight m California because of his age, an official of the California Athletic Commission asserted on Thursday. The state law forbids the licensing of boxers our the age
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  • 110 7 The following will represent, uhe Ceylon Sports Club at cricket against .tine Police on Sunday a: the Police Training School ground, Thompson Road. Play begins at 11 a.m. K. Mut.hucumaru (capt.), A. P. Rajah, J.N. Fernando, U. W. de Silva, C. Thuraisingam, V. N., PHlay, E. Doraisarny, G.
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  • 59 7 On Sunday the Colonials will meet the H.Q. Australian War Graves Group m a game of cri«k«t at Chingi. The following \.ill represent the Colonials: A E. Delikan (Capt.), R. Delikan. J. H. dr Souz;i L. S. Nathaniels, K. H. Ferry. W. Ratanaynke. F. vnn Rooyen. J. Ross.
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  • 22 7 GLASGOW. M,y 15— Scotland beat Switzerland by three goals V. en'- m the international soccer match played here today
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  • 34 7 I CAMBRIDGE, May 16.— There will be no nlay before lunch today m the resumption of £he match between the Indians and Cambridge University, owing to bad weather. Reuter
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  • 54 7 J-KANKFURT, May ll.—lS* shots were fired at a train filled with tne families of American soldiers a n d civilians near Oiessen. Tuesday night U.S. Army officials disclosed Wednesday night. The train' was en route from Bremerhaven to Frankfurt, and the Army report said tnat no one
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  • 331 7 LONDON. May 16.— 0n Friday night, another British boxing champion faces his biggest test. Bruce Woodcock, holder of the heavywtight title fights Tami Mauriollo, tough American who will never admit defeat ,at Madison Square Garden. The fight was to have taken place last Tuesday, but Mike
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  • 148 7 i The British locomotive building industry employs more than 17 000 people, and is capable of producing well over 1 000 locomotives a year. Before the war the main Empire export markets were South Africa, India, New Zealand, Malaya, and West Africa. In wartime the industry concentrated
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  • 154 7 LONDON, May 15.— The New Zealand test player, I Donnelly, who scored 61 and 116 against the Indian I touring team scored his second consecutive century I t<\r Oxford to-day, knocking up 139 against Lancashire. I Two other centuries were scored today. At Derby, Worthlng.ton scored
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  • 218 7 NEW YORK, May 11-JttJk Parker, Ted Schroder, BUly Tal- 1 bert and Oardnar Mulloy will comprise United States Davis Cup team meeting she Phllppincj hi the firs* round \t St. I Louis on June 14 and 15, team Captain Walter Pate announced on Monday. Parker,
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  • 68 7 Cheong T, Foo (70 proprietor, and Tan Guan Ke,- (14) ss tan> o' a coffee shop In Pasir Panjong. convicted on a charge of two cups of ccfTre with milk at 20 cSm a cup. were fined $100. m defau.t one mon h's >s .i
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  • 168 7 Teams For Tomorrow's Rugger Match The long awaited maj.ch beii'ween the Army (Inter-services league champions) and he combined R.N.-R.A.F. XV takes place on Saturday art, he Jalan Besar a adium. The following are the teams ARMY: A.N. Griffiths (Cardiff); R.C. Gillard (Cardiff > (CapO, Eccleston (Wlgan),*C. E. Saunders (Newpaitt), M.
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  • 76 8 ALEXANDRIA. May 15.— Britain's huge floating dock "Number Five.'" m whk-h many famous lighting ships recovered from their wounds during the war, loft Alexandria for Bermuda from Gibralter. The departure of the 40.000-ton dock was interpreted widely as being part of Britain's promised evacuation of
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  • 123 8 TOKIO, May 16— Gen. Mac Arthur notified the Japanese government last night that he had "no objection" to the appointment of Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida as premier, said a headquarters spokesman, writes Associated Press Correspondent Russcl Brines. The le.ter followed the formal Japanese application for SCAP
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  • 158 8 Teng Tiang Suan (34) who c!\taed a Chinese medicine shoo BCiesman of $425 worth of Chin- 1 ese herbs and who told the! salesman six weeks later tnat he h..d no money and that he could have him arrested if he wished, was sentenced to one
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  • 75 8 SEOUL, Mny ir>. Pour mombcrs of the Korean Independence Pro'->io-tfon i-tv wore arr<'-tt <! W<"<l--netday by the Korean police obirorn,! w'th fprrm it' n<r Bpeaksri to mnko d^ro<Ta f orv Bta f emerta > -:iiris' a m#mWr of tho U'itfd Natior-s rv^ lufl^matrtry remark* afaintt tho Crmmuninl
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  • 197 8 SCAP Investigating Fate Of Penang Woman Last Seen Clambering Into Jap Sub Hatch TOKIO, May 16. At the request of the State Department SCAP has launched a search for information as to the fate of an American-born woman last seen m the Indian Ocean m March, 1944 clambering down the
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  • 170 8 NANKING, May 16.— While hundreds of people are dying daily m the worsening famine situatjon, China's Food Minister Hsu Kan announced »oday that 40,000 tons of rice and wheat wiU be purchased from Latin America as soon as transportation is av>ailable. Hsu called on the
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  • 91 8 Abdul Samad bin Jaafar <25\ Malay, who was alleged to have been arrested with a .38 r(\olv.-r loaded with six rounds r>f ammunition tucked m his wais\ m a house m Arab Street. wag produced bforp Mr. Paul m Th e first poli. c court,
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  • 374 8 STRIKE WAVE IS SWEEPING PHILIPPINES MANILA, May 16. A strike "wave is sweeping the Philippines and unless living costs move down fast enough to keep paco with the wajre earner's income, this strike wave is likely to reach tidal proportions m the cominp months, labour officials predict. The walkouts m
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  • 85 8 U.K. To Consult Arabs Jews I LONDON. May 15.— A Foroi>»' Offi.e statement OB Palestine issn< today said: "T]m> British Govern meni i continuing li <* i r examina* i pf the rrTM.it ivbn by t*-.\i:i-1..-Ai erican Committee of In ■iuirv i ti probiemi o" Km. ,r#wrv md Pi lestine
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  • 187 8 NEW MALAY NATIONAL BODY SET UP (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE BAHRU, May 16 With the object of uniting all Malays and promoting their welfare, the United' Ma ay Nai'ional Organization was formed here over t)ie week, end aP a meeting of Malay* from all parts of the peninsula held at
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  • 102 8 Lingnam Alumni Fete Dr. And Mrs. Wu Ipoh.- -Alumni of the Canton Ling Nam University and <he Hong Kong University mtertalnta Dr. and Mrs. Wu Paak Shing a* separate fun*- lons last Sunday. The gist of th 0 talk glvm by the gues* of honour was that they, e& alumni
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  • 395 8 NANKING, May 16.— As reports of further civil strife reached this capital city, a special Sino-Ameri-can three-man 'cease-fi^e' team investigating the situation m Central China moved to speed agreement on its findings. A special Nanking dispatch to a Poipin^ newspaper ropnrtrd that through tho efforts
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  • 231 8 Penang Fights Crime (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG.— To fight the gangsters und put an end to the reign oi terror m Pcnang. the local poii< e have launched a system whereby it i 3 hoped that the miscreants will be brought to book und proper pun.shment ir»< Wd out to them.
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  • 84 8 SYDNEY, May IG.— The dispute over the handling of double bal°s of wool which l«d to a strike of 12,000 Australian dockers is reported to have heen settled today hy Federal ministerial direction. The terms of settlciiH ri t are, it is understood: (1 "Doubh'-dumpintr" of wool
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