The Straits Times, 18 May 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY liuliT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1946. PUCE 10 CENTS.
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  • 488 1 MICE RATION TO BE CUT Only Half Supplies Expected TIIE rice ration for Singapore and the Malayan Union Avill be cut from Monday. The Government, states m an official communique that it cannot rely on receiving m the current quarter much more than half the allocation of rice made by
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  • 215 1 PARIS. Friday. I^E Foreign Ministers' Conference here has adjourned till June 15. Mr. Bevin. Mr. Molotov and Mr. Byrnes have left Paris. Mr. Bevin and Mr. Byrnrs hv.o expressed confidence that their divergencies with Soviet Russia will be bridged when ths conference reconvenes. American
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  • 277 1 THE new Governor-General of 1 Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, arrives m Singapore on Tuesday. He is expected to land at Changi airfield soon after five p.m. His installation takes place m the now historic Municipal Council Chamber at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The Chief Justice, Malayan
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    41 1 Kin; Christian and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark driving through the streets of Copenhagen to pay homage to the Allied dead at the Cross at I redriksbrrcs Rundrl. The ceremony took place on the Arst anniversary of Denmark's liberation front the Germans.
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  • 142 1 LONDON, Fri— The Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. George Hall, today announced the new constitution for the island of Ceylon. There will be a Cabinet of Ministers, one of whom will be the Prime Minister, who will be charged with general direction and control of the government
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  • 123 1 Farming Mission To China WASHINGTON, Fri.— The Agriculture Department is to join the State Department m sending an Agricultural Mission to China on the invitation of the Chinese Government. The mission will be headed by Dr. Claude Burton Hutchinson. Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of California.
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  • 66 1 MANILA. Friday— About )70 Japanese are still holding out on the island of I.uhang. 75 miles from Manila. The 15,000 inhabitants of the island continue to live m fear. Foraging Japanese ha-.e stolen IJU chickens, 45 pigs and 40 rows. The Japanese are bring v
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  • 183 1 Mission To See If Red Army lias Gone TEHERAN, Friday. A four-man Persian mission is fiyi.-g to ascertain whether the Red Army UaJ completed its withdrawal from Persia, Teheran Radio announced today. At the same time Government I sources here said that the Persian Premier, Mr. Ghavames-oul-taneh, was sending a
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  • 60 1 TOKIO, Fri.— The police expect that nearly a quarter of a million people will demonstrate outside the Imperial Palace on Sunday m a Communist led food demonstration. The Communists are preparing trucks as platforms for speakers. Loud speakers will carry their words across the imperial moats and
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  • 20 1 WASHINGTON. Fri.— lndian and United States Government representatives have signed a lend-lease agreement involving millions of sterling.— Reuter.
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  • 29 1 TOKIO, Fri.— Lieut.-Gm. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Mr. Attlce's personal represf n'ntivv to Generalissimo Chiang Kaisluk. arrived here today from Shauhai on a "routine visit." Keuter.
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  • 721 1 LONDON, Friday. THE British Cabinet Mission's proposals for settlement of the Indian problem, announced yesterday m the House of Common.s by Mr. Attlee, the Prime Minister, will not be debated before Whitsun. A Conservative spoke.-man said today that the plan, which provides for a
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  • 392 1 CHINESE SAY RUSSIANS ARE OUT NANKING, Friday. THE Chines? National Uov1 ernment has bean advised indirectly that the last Russian soldier has pulled out of Man churia, with the exc2ption of Port Arthur, a naval base, and pessibly Dairen. .ne Chinese Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Liv Chieh. said the
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  • 527 2 GOVERNMENT MAY REQUISITION WASHINGTON, Thursday. •pHERE is still hope of a last minute settlement of the threatened strike of 225,000 United States railway workers, planned for Saturday. President Truman has made it clear that he will seize the railways if necessary. U.S. officials iu*e going
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  • 201 2 Atom Bomb To Be Tried Submerged PEARL HARBOUR, Thurs. I'HE second atom bomb test at Bikini this summer w.ll be a shallow underwater sbot. It is expected to do considerably more damage to the target ships than the first, an "air" explosion, according to Vice-Admiral W. H. Blandy, Commander of
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  • 299 2 REFORMS LISTED BY ROXAS WASHINGTON, Friday. PENOR ROXAS, President ■3 elect of the Philippines, told j Washington correspondents at ■a Overseas Press club lunch that he b confident that thei United States will grant the i Philippines the $400 million* (U.S.) business loan that ho requested from Congress. "You and
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  • 269 2 ARABS AGAINST ITALY TRIPOLI, Wednesday. TRIPOLITANIAN Arabs are 1 violently opposed to the Paris suggestion that Tripclitania return to Italian control. A warning of their temper has been sent to London by the British Military Headquarters m Cairo, and precautions are being taken by both the British authorities and Arab
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  • 84 2 PARIS, Fri.— The railwaymen's union of the frontier department of the Maritime Alps halted all rail traffic with Italy yesterday morning m protest against the 1 expulsion of a French railway I inspector from the Italian bor;der station of Vintimiglia. According to Nice dispatches, all
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  • 255 2 Raeder On German Aggression NUREMBERG, Friday. 11 X HE testimony of Grand Admiral Erich Raeder was interrupted late on Thursday for arguments over documentary evidence. Dr. Walter Seimer.s council for Raeder, contended that papers would show that Raeder's ideas regarding German preparation;; against Norway, Greece and the Low Countri»= ver>
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  • 98 2 WASHINGTON Thurs —It was announced today that Chairman V/iliiam Batta of the Rubb r Int:r-asency poli >' committee told a Senate committal that the United States hop s to maintain synthetic rubber plants capable of producing !;<50.000 tons annually on a siand i by basis." He
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  • 85 2 NEW YORK. Fri -The United i Mine Workers' Union declared today that the accident toll and mortality rate among anthracite miners was "unsurpMStd" m any other industry A statement issued by the Union m connection with the negotiations with the anthracite mine operators raid that
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  • 43 2 New Commander In Japan SAN FRANCISCO. Fri.—The Australian Radio sail today that Lt.-Gen. Horace Koticrt.son of tfc« Royal Australian Army would a-ri'-e m Tokio «n June 9 to succeed Lt.-Gen. John Noithrott as Commander of the British CommonOrcupation forrrs m P»*"s3<— I I*.
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  • 72 2 NEW YORK Fri turned higher whn: Truman proposed arWtratlon o*. the coal stiikr, and lending issues strengthened at the m f the day Oatall i.i c u:u,' instances ranged to ix >n three points Trading increased tlijntlv :n utilities. Kails improvoj \:i■'. the excention of Norfcl^ and
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  • 322 2 Contract Bridge Both sides vulnerable. North de&ier NORTH A A 8 <? A J 7 2 098 7 8 AJ 4 3 WEST RAPT *9*Q 6 4 8 3 <y k 3 <y 8 OAKJS42 OQIO 3 4k A 10 2 9 7 5 SOUTH X J 10 7 6
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    • 779 2 I RADIO PROGRAMMES CIMPSDrkDC —10 35 p m. GSV 1K.84 6.45 p.m Keyboard Club. 7 15 p.m. In illlbrtfUnL metres 8.20 p.m —12.20 dia and Ceylon Half-Hour. 7.45 p.m RED NETWORK from noon to am GSF 19 82 metres. 10. 50 Ccmix Corner. 8 p.m. Radio SEAC 1 pm. and
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  • 294 3 Flan For Handling Civil Suits A COUNCIL of Judges, presided over by the Cktel Justice, was held in Kuala Lumpur on May 13, to decide upon a phased programme few the courts entertaining civil suits, actions and other proceed ngs, it was announced yesterday. Alter taking Into account all levant
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  • 171 3 Mr. Nonce Sen, regional roprrsentatlve of Columbia Pictures International Corp., New York, is Hying to Australia on Monday morning to attend his company's silver anniversary convention in Sydney. The special purpose of this rush trip, however, is to arrange the Malayan distribution of th? Urst
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  • 377 3 HOOKED' is putting it mildly," an officer said, referring .1\ to the remarks in the House of Ccr.v.nons last week by Mr. G. Lang that servicemen in Singapore are 'completely rooked' in buyine necessities "Even (luring the four years in India which has a fairly
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  • 82 3 Lieut.-Com. J. J. Wilson, K.N.U., claimed trial before Mr. I'aul Storr in the District Court yesterday lo a charge that on Apr. 23 he assisted in disposing two Stuart Turner engines and one generator marked \V 1). uhich he knew or had reason to belicv*- to
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  • 343 3 Hawker Nuisance: BM A Responsible A CALL for action to tackle the three most pressing problems of this city was made by Mr. John LaycoCi;, speaking at the Munuiyal Commissioners meeting yes terday. He urged a speedy clean-up of the town, further steps to suppress malaria, and a V- reduction
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  • 573 3 HETURNING to the AncLitv mans from Rabaul where ho had been engaged in bitter fighting, naval Captain Weidu Mitsaharu was amaz:d to find that the Anriamans were unfortified and thai Japanese naval per.scnni.l were inadequately trained. Mitsaharu. the last of the defence witness, was giving evidence at
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  • 536 3 A PPROXIMATELY 8,000 more Japanese suspected of war crimes are in custody and awaiting trial in the Fa» East. So far, only 175 Japaness have bsen tried in various cer'res of the Far East. Chargas against another 1,473 Japanese are being drawn up.
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    76 3 France is going into mass production with a small aluminium car of new drsirn. The first models have undergone an exhaustive t?s'. and the French Minister of Industrial Production has announced that the new cars will be on sale shor \y. The car (seen in pirture above) has a four-cylinder
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  • 128 3 By a vote of 18 to ;G t^e Sarawak Council N gri (State Council) approved the Bill lor the Cession of Sarawak to Britain, and it is now only a formality before Sarawa.; becomes incorporated in the British Empire. This Is expected to end the regime
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  • 60 3 Mr. S. K. Chcttur. th? Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, left Sinsapor? for Kuala Lumpur list night for his first meeting with the Govrrnor of the Malayan Union sir Edward Gent. The meoting will take place to- cay at 11 a m.
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  • 266 3 The Australian Red Cross hxi for some time past (applied nothing, cloth and towelling to welfare organisations in Malaya r.ays a statement issued by the Public Relations Department, Kuala Lumpur. In Pnhan« a W"men'l Weifa r f Committee has ttjn set up in several districts
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  • 207 3 'Must Pay For Having A Good Time' "THIS comes from your trying to live beyond your means As you get older, you will find that you will have to pay for having a c^cd time." So said Mr. Paul Storr in thr District Court yesterday when h? convicted two rpnteen
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  • 584 3 IBRAHIM bin Omar, Inspec1 tor attached to the Malay section of the Japanese Special Branch of the Police during the occupation, was committed to the Assizes for trial yesterday by Mr. H. A. Forrer, after a four-day preliminary inquiry. Ibrahim, who reserved his defence on the
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  • 57 3 The propriety af the J.C S.A coffecshop beh'.nd the old Supreme Court building, Mohamed Musa. who was found guilty ol serving coffee with milk and sugar to focd control inspectors on March 21, was fined $100 a month's rigorous ir 1 i~~" >»""• ty Mr. Tan
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  • 1278 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, May 18, 1946. The Malay Reaction A mission to Malaya that may mean all the difference between .h ionic inter-racial strife and t political peace m this country l begins today, with the arrival of j Capt. L D. Gammans and Lieut.]Col Rees Williams at
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  • Man-in-the-Street
    • 268 4 TAKE a good look at the "Sons of Heaven!" You, will see that they are perfectly harmless. But are we. the general public, really safe —after the Japanese, representing Fascism, have been defeated. NO. I dare not go about «n the night for tear of
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    • 410 4 AS a clerk of a commercial firm for over ten years, my salary is at present about $95, and my job includes typewriting. When I look around I find that quite a lot of the new employees of the departments recently controlled by the B.M.A. are
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    • 58 4 wriLL the Malaya BroadT» casting Station take som? steps to remedy the defects m th? Malay Broadcasts, row being announced by a Malay lady announcer. She appears to be bashful m her announcements, with the result that they do not give radio listeners proper reception May something
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    • 98 4 •PO avoid the confusion at the General Post Office. I suggest that the authorities open a special post office, or. failin? that, put aside a special counter for the Europeans These people think that it Is below their dignity to Jostle among the Asiatics I have on several
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    • 143 4 I ENTIRELY disagree with your correspondent "W.S X m his criticism of the ci?arett! wholesalers m Joho-<_ Pahru b he awaro that <i)' fhe sundry shops, including coffee shops and hundreds of "Baske r Amahs.' were supplied with sufficient cigarettes to 'ast them for a month's sale? In
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    • 114 4 ris galling to read continually m the papers of the arrival In this country of foodstuffs, clothing, and other necessities of life, and of the distribution of the same to local dealers who wlU—on paper, of course—sell the .same to the public at controlled prices I and also of
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    • 128 4 BLACK-MARKET d-vils are roaming m the Singapore railway station. s~llir>g tickets at fantastic prices, particularly for tho I'nht mail from Singapore to Kisa'a Lvm T>ur i Of course this affects chiefly the labouring dast, who are un- able to buy m the black market or give coffee money.
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    • 65 4 Fis a forgotten probbm. the reopening of delivery of i the letter box situated m fror.t J o! Changi police station. More than two thousand civilians living between the 10th and 14' 2 mil?. ChanKi Road, have to look skyward when they want to post I a letter.
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    • 39 4 CINCE the BMA came into, hem* m Malaya, all Government offices have closed on Sundays Why do not the Mnlay schools close on that day? Can you give me any reason "BERDAN Tangkah. Muar May 15
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    • 51 4 An airmail letter date.i Dec 22. 1945. posted from InCia reached here on April 27 1946 Wi>y sj i much delay?—B.S.S. Seremban, May 14. Letters signsd with a nom-de-plume cannot be published unless the writrr';; name and address are rommunirated to the Editor as a sign of good
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  • 535 4 A sentence m a letter from Genera] Eisenhower to FieldMarshal Lord Montgomery furnishes an interesting comment on certain frivolous accusations of "insubordination" on the part of the latter. The letter was written m June last, when Supreme Headquarters was being dissolved, m reply to one from the
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  • 447 4 Nationalist View In Singapore I To the Eui:or of the Straits Times. THE proposals of the Cabinet Mission concerning India may be consideied as the greatest achievement of the Labour Government so far. The practical wisdom, farsighted statesmanship and admirable courage manifested by the Attlce Cabinot
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  • 57 4 President Truman today reiterated that he will seize the railroads of the nation if necessary to avert the nationwide strike scheduled for Saturday but told a news conference that ho is still hopelul oi a settlement. Both union and manacem nt reported failure of last
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    • 32 4 oomrtmtfGft urt that way! This brief test, terrifying In Its implications, proves that good vision U priceless. Take care of your eyes. Have them examined' periodically. C 8 CHONQ. JO.D. F P.O.C.
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  • 454 5 COMMISSIONERS TO SPEND $17 MILLION ANTI-MOSQUITO and anti-malarial work m Singapore had deteriorated badly as a result of the Japanese occupation, and efforts were being concentrated on the latter which was regarded as the more important J'lonra health point of view. Mr. \Y\ Bartley,
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  • 353 5 Custodian's Office Suspends Works P<-cnlr ralljlg at the oflfit-c of the tisloJinn of Property, m the Nea Sun em^ Court, f-insa-porc. >r-t rfav, rcrc informed (lat thr functions of the department had horn suspended r.rnc'.in;; the hsHte] of an inquiry- ordered bjr the Colonial Krcrrtar>, Siniarore. Thfa was coiilirmpd las',
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  • 186 5 CAPT. L. D. Gammans and Lieut.-Coi D. R. Hce-:-I Williams, the two Membtis ol Parliament who have been to Sarawak to test the country's feelings on cession to the British Empire, arrive m Singapore today aboard H.lvl S. Pickle on th2ir second mission
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  • 113 5 'From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Thurs—The position of children born during the period of occupation of Japanese fathers and Malayan mothers was considered today at a meeting of the Province Wcllcsley Advisory CounrM Mr. M. P. Mutthr.v asksd whether such children should be treated as Japanese
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  • 98 5 Atlanta. Georgia, Thurs.—Dr. J Samuel Green. Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. today said that he was receiving inquiries from all over the nation desiring to organise hometown chapters of the klan. He denied that his robed order contained malcontents, saying "you would be
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  • 54 5 WASHINGTON, Wed—The War Department today announced it will send v score of "disease detectives" to ferret out causes of illness amons army men now In Japan, Germany and U.S. The specialists will be medical •-T.-. eis whj Lave just completed 32-week courses m preventive medicine at Harvard
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  • 282 5 ON the proposal of Mr. John Laycock yesterday, the' Singapore Municipal Commis-' sioners, at their first public meeting since their reconstiiution. decided to present loyal address to the King. The address, read by Mi. Laycock, is m the foUcwing terms: 'On this happy occasion
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  • 143 5 Peiping. Wed-More than 1,000 Koreans, including the last remaining members of the Kwarg Bok army, left Peiping yesterday on the first leg of their journey ;o Korea as United States and Chinese officials began the finishing touches of the repatriation of Koreans from North China.
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  • 48 5 (Troni our own correspondent). PENANG, Thurs.—Mr. C. A. CoekshOU, agricultural officer, Province Wellesley, speaking on padi planting, said the Taiwan strain was not allowed, and only Ma'ayan padi should be culti•.>teJ. Farmers, who l-r.3 already Sa'itfd the Taiwai variety, i I'.uuld destroy (heir c:ops. i
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  • 508 5 (Continued from Page 1) League and this might lead to a very dangerous stituation in India. Mr. VV. E. G. Cove, Member of Parliament, stated: "It is profoundly satisfactory that the Cabinet Mission unequivocally rejected the principle upon which »tan is based. The Cab Ministers have realised
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    48 5 Built from lite armoured plates of broken down tanks, a new triangle-shaped plough has rere.itly h :n perfect*! by the RIE".F. Workshops at Risalpur, Inriii. The plough, drawn by a jeen. is shown m action. It is ten times as fast as the ordinary Indian plough.
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  • 268 5 Theft Brought M.RAJ.A. Into Disrepute IPOH, Friday. nBMAKKING that the name i\of the Anti-Japanese Army had b?en brought into disrepute, and that the case reflected badly on an organisation which, at one time, did great work for the Allied cause, Lt.Col. J. G. Adams, m the Superior Court yesterday, sentenced
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  • 163 5 LONDON 'By Air Mail' Greeks who know stocky, be spectacled King George 11. who hry? been exiled from Greece three times m less than 30 years. arc confident he will return once more to his throne m Athens, as a result of the plebiscite
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  • 61 5 LONDON. Wed.—A Labour Ministry report revealed that 1.088,000 Britons are still engaged m munitions manufacture. The survey reported that demobilisation had brought the urmed forces down to 2,766,000. Ths report added that Britain's working population at the end of March was 771.000 greater than m June 1039. Ther;
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  • 434 5 UNRRA Launches Big Drive To Get Food To Inner China HONGKONG and WASHINGTON. Frida UNRRA is planning a great drive against starvation m the interior of China. Steps have born taken tr > have vast quantities of supplies streaming into the stricken areas by plane, truck, railway, and i\v;r craft
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  • 98 5 New Pressure On Spain London. Wed A British Foreign Office snokosman said today that the British Government had put new pressure on Spain to expel between 2.200 and 2 ")00 Germans who hnd sought asylum m Spain. The spokesman said that theSpanish Government had a statement four days Rfo that
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  • 338 5 Man Dies After Eating Local Bread ONE of the men admitted to the Tan Tcrk Song Hospital showing symptons of having been polaoned after bread died jrerterday morning, but it i.s understood that any further statement or i mttti ay.-a t repert from the C V( mem T.-.c Strali lhat
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    • 288 6 To coincide with the victory celebrations in London, a ictory Athletic sports meeting, under A.A.A. rules, will .be eld at Jalan Bcsar stadium en June 16. It is hoped to proide 11 events and the meet will take the form of Un intei cam contest
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      30 6 Gulf Stream (11. Wragg; up), Lord Derby's hope m the Epsom Derby on June 5, takes his exercise with two stable companions over the Lime Kilns. Gulf Stream is second.
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    • 324 6 CAMBRIDGE. rhurs.- The Indian cricketers were entertained to dinner by the Indian Majlis Society of Indian students at the University at the Cambridge lestaurant last night Mr. Naskar. the soriei\'s president, made a speech of welcome. Pataudi and Manager Gupta returning thanks Hafeoz and Mankad will
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    • 30 6 LONDON, Fri- -Promoter Jack Solomons said yesterday thai the 5176.000 gate for the Les-nevich-Mills fight at H*HVl£ay Stadium on Tuesday ?s f a^li:;he^ a British record— A. P.
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    • 85 6 BELGRADE. Tin; Yugoslavia, European zone winners of the Davis Cup competition m 19J9. will be represented by the trio which beat Egypt m the first round of this years competition—Mitic. Palac'a anri Puncc*— against Czechoslovakia m the second round at the end ol May. Winning t\vo singles and
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    • 114 6 NOTICE is hereby gtVM that Mr. A. B Barthelot of the Twn Board. rangk&h, who lost his relations and friends at the above Massacre on the 14th day of March 1942 intends with tin 1 approval of Government to exhume lhr remains and
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    • 120 6 Only One Timeless Test Against Australia LONDON, Thurs— There will be only one timeless 'lest, the fifth Jcvt, when the English cricket teams \isits Australia next winter. Announcing this fhe Marylebonc ricket Club and the Cricket Hoard of Control have state 1 that there will be 13 matches m addition
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    • 175 6 LONDON. Fri— The result of the Newmarket Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday was reflected m the Victoria Club callover on th? Derby yesterday. Fleet Street, wbo waa backed at 10-1 at las* Mondav'.s callover but is a doub'f.l ru.-n-r. was offered at 50-1 and fT ave way
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    • 165 6 Two sports events of special and both m aid of charity, interest, take place at Jalan Besar stadium this week-end. In the first, today, Army, the inter-ser-vice rugger champions, meet a combined R.N. and R.A.F. team m aid of the Services Sport Fund, and tomorrow the Chinese
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      44 6 Mid eltl exct'rmjes m the Heart ira'ch m aid of China Relief between the Chinese Athletic and the R.E.M.E. at Jalan llcs-r sla'iun The Chinese won the game thrve-nil and to-morrow meet the R.A.F. signals m another China Relief soccer match at Jalan Besar.
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    • 770 6 Jack Hobbs, the great E new season says that becaus< elapsed since 1939 this summ tion" label m respect of both Our reconstruction job, says Hobbs m an article m the Sunday Express, is to look around for now players for the Tests which
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  • 1131 7 "We Reserve Our Entire Freedom Of Action" "VUE cannot enforce by British arms a British-made constitution upon the Indians against the wishes of any of the main elements m Indian life," said Mr. Winston Churchill when he spoke as Leader of the Opposition m the House
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  • 76 7 TOKIO, Wed—The International Tribunal for the war Cl mes cases adjourned indefinitely today 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 all witnesses and persons interrogated ov the prosecution and copies
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  • 114 7 SHANGHAI—The formerly profitable lace and embroidered goods export trade seems to be on the verge of being lost to China b:cause of high demands by Chinese labour, which "is under the mistaken impression that the foreigner has unlimited resources abroad on which he can draw,"
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