Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 6 April 1947

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    45 1 THE PEOPLE FO/? THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA The Sunday Tribune Mow p.intcj simultaneously in Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh P«'naiiK. 'I'hone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising. 581^ Circulation Accounts 5815 UTELVC PAGfJS SlN(i\i(>KF, AI'RII. G, 1947 l-hiri- TEN i in rs.
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    BUSMEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE TODAY
    374 1 BUSMEN TO VOTE ON STRIKE TODAY Sinkers Accept Judge's Advice Inquiry May End This Week (Sundaj Trlbuat Stan Reporter) fraction Company strikers are holding a genei.J meeting tilts afternoon to decide whether or not they should return to work pending the completion of Mr. Justice Joblings's Inquiry into then- dispute.
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    10 MILLION MORE PEOPLE IN AMERICA
    128 1 WASHINGTON, Apr. s.— The population of the Tinted suu*r» liu*. increased •>> about |i),l)QO,000 sinci I'tl'i according to the Census Bureau. Ihe population in July IMfl was in.:!BB,«»M.', torn pared U \&jmXl% in April 15J40. Marked esuniga in tlic ('imposition of the population have
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    26 'LION MEN' SUSPECTS ARRESTED
    97 1 DAR-Efi-SALAM. Apr. 5.— Police headquarters here announced today the arrest of 26 men and women on suspicion of implication in the "lion men" murders, which have terrorised the Singida district tor several months. At least 40 Africans have been til'ed, and the police state that
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    VELL CONDEMNED
    20 1 B^!icnde. Apr r> The sr: nal Assembly has unanimpassod a resolution con:in Of veil b Moslem v.. nie:i
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    SUNSPOTS AGAIN
    67 1 K Ja kanal Madra>. Ai'ril I. direct i r >i the S;>lar Obser- In Kodaikunal announces ujtj radio fade-outs and maudUurtx,nce> may be ex I from Saturday nil Wednesday uwing to the appearance ip oi sunspots dur"4 tiiui peri ti inKhai. Aoril 4 The lJr.--apartment oi si\anßliai Jjuninnal
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    NEW OPPONENT FOR DE VELERA
    80 1 NEW OPPONENT FOR DE VELERA Dublin. Apr. 5 —Eire may i m v have Eamon Do Valera's )>io^ vigoroui opponent in ,:inos M. Dullo i to Oppose li rn i 1 the Dail and In the eou ttry as leacer of the combined op < i ri movement T^(^ new
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    COAL TO NEWCASTLE
    42 1 London. Apr :> Britain wo tthered > -> fuel cri^ s wr«th(n' rarry'np coj»1 r. Newcastle bu' '<v uv RiiDn)ieB i beer w<-r<' so it fr< in Loudc i 'o Burton-on-Trua he co»" *+*?n b gg< b{ b e werv tcwn U.P.
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    BRITAIN'S 'WOE WATER' FLOWS AGAIN
    101 1 London. April 5. Bourne stream, which rises in the hills above Caternam Valley, and is known locally as "Woe Water" through superstition that it flows lit a time of sreat national calamity. Is flowing for the first time in nine years. It flowed lor three
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    GOVERNOR TO GO ON LEAVE
    71 1 H<* Pxcelle '"v the C vernor. Sir Prackli i GHmaon. may be 'eavinff for England en leave next month the Tn'oune uic>in and* fium reliable source sir Franklin ii 'akinc leave s 'e!v f« r reaaona of iiealth. Dun v.i the absence of Sir Prankl'n,
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    SOVIET ENVOY GETS TICKET HOME
    41 1 Athi'iis. Apr.] 5 The Greek F rei.^n Ministry t >ctay delivered pftssrx)rta and bxM ris'a* to the mi el Embassy i,-r Admiral Rcdlonov, Soaiet Ambassador. three Embassy secretaries and ten Other members Of thr Embassy staff
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    WETTEST EASTER IN YEARS
    222 1 WETTEST EASTER IN YEARS (Sunday ri.bune Re(jurte/ 1 Tin- island'.-; heaviest down pour <>i rU i which iioxied j dozens oi streets and a vered spcrtsfields wi !j more than >.\v i inches of water ru«?ied Smga [jurt-'.s Raster sports programme for yesterday. The big rr.cket match between Selangor and
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    Jap Reparations For Malaya
    88 1 London, April 5. The British Government regards the Uniteo I States Government'- decision to allow 30 per cent, of all remov- able Japanese industrial equip- j ment for distribution to British i Far Eastern possessions such as l Malaya, and to the Netherlands East Indies, the
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    Sharir Thanks Malaya
    48 1 New Delhi, Apr. 5 —The people of Malaya, Ceylon and Inda were thanked for their suppor.. given to Indonesia, during its "struggle for freedcm" by Sutan Sharir, I nc'onesian Premier, who 1 'ie broadcast u message to tlie Asian people over the AllInd'.i Radio today
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    HEADS ON DISPLAY
    43 1 t Athens, Aonl 5. Fit ty hrad.-. ui Kiierillas. killed in a recent I clash with the Greek Oovern intent forces, were di-played i 2 1 the villat-r "l Palia Kavilla. I Thrace, repurt.s reaching here 1 lrom Salonika said.
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    State Control Plan For Java
    65 1 Batavia, Apni f The [ndon c-ian Republican Qovernment Intends to maintain it. control over foreign property such as state railways, public work: buildings and government printing offices, A K. Gani. £ionesian Republican Minister for Economics, told th<> Indonesian New^ Agency today The Minister said that,
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    BATA STRIKE.
    44 1 Calcutta, Apr:l 5. Abou» 7.000 employee* cf the Bata shoo fact ry went en strike here today r rsinnj the number ol industrial and clerical workers now 'ii strike to 20.000. In Jdciit on. pro) tramway workers have DDed w vki Reuter
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    RUHR QUIET
    33 1 E si'!, Apr 5 It was officia lv announced tha* all coal mires in the Ruhr returned to normal operation! today with workers reporting t o jobs without demons rations U.P.
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    BIG FOUR IN DEADLOCK
    46 1 MOSCOW. Apr 5. [lie deadlock on the organisation of a provisional German Government c i used a cancellation oi today's meeting of the Big F'our Foreign MirJs ers and the chief delegates decided to make another attempt tomorrow ;o solve the problem.
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    $170,000 ROBBED FROM PUBLIC IN Month
    224 1 $170,000 ROBBED FROM PUBLIC IN Month S'PORE BANDITS' RECORD LOOI 1 1 ribune < '////u- Repot er) SINGAPORE B n n n e n cashed In more than > i <» *i no hi cash, Jewellery and otuer properly, in arnica riihlu'. I in the cttjf during ."March ui all-time
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    2 Terrorists To Hang
    58 1 Jerusalem, April 4. —The Jerusalem military court last night condemned to death Melr Feinstein and Daniel Azulai. two Jew> found guilty of a terrorist attack on the Jerusalem railway station on Oct. Hi) last year when a British constable wa s killed. Two others accui ed,
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    CITY'S CRIME IS UP AGAIN
    111 1 The city's Mime ehaJked another use in Man h Armed robberies which nun be red >« in Feteaarj K»st* to «♦*> last month, although still bek>H the pt uk which was reached in January, v^hile robbcttefl without arms took a sliuip rise to 57 from
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    Easter Peace In Holy City
    193 1 Easte r Peace In Holy City Terrorists Take A Holiday JERUSALEM, Apr. s.— Christians, Jews and Arabs filed through the winding streets of this Holy City on Friday peacefully celebrating Holy Days celebrating the trials and glories of their three faiths. To Christians, Go >d Friday recalled Christ's crucifixion on
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    38 1 Shanghai. April 4. A train bound from Shanghai to Nanking was derailed at Llngk-ao, midway between the two c'ties yesterday afternoon. No passenger, were injured, but the wreck disrupted rail traffic tv>**"ughout the afternoon and night.
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    Jinnah Begins Talks With Mountbatten
    87 1 New Delhi, Apr 5 Muhamtned Aii Jinnah, Moslem League President, today began bis talks v. uh the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten with a "friendlj and informal" meeting which iu.s't-u iwo hours, u:i official commu.iiQiie said The cooyersatiui! was of a "general and preliminary nature J'.mah will
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    U.S. ENVOY TO INDIA
    40 1 WASHINGTON. Apr. 5: Acting Secretary ul State Dean Achson a.-.\ .1 ic»ci today that President Truman will geud to the Senate sumju the nomination of Henry Gr-iv us the United states first ambassador tu India.- U.P.
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    AMERICAN FLIER KILLED
    36 1 Frankfurt, Apr. 5 Army officials reported today that First Lieut. Oilly K. Jones fo Millen. Georgia, was killed when his Thunderbolt fi-hter plane eras ied last Wednesday at the Wiesbaden Army Air Base.
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    Woman Missionary Is Snubbed — Because She Preaches To Japanese Po Ws
    324 2 Woman Missionary Is Snubbed Because She Preaches To Japanese Po Ws (Sunday Tribune Stafl" Repo/ter) Because she mixes freely with Japanese PoW'S in her efforts to convert them to the Christian faith, an English woman missionary in Singapore finds that she is being "snubbed" by a number of British sailors
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    Singaporeans Fly To K.L. Races
    128 2 Singapore race-goers were prominent among the hundreds v. ho queued up ai the Malayan Railways ticket office for tare to Kuala Lumpur in order to 1 participate in the big Easter meeting. A plane chartered through Malayan Air ways and carrying five passengers als r
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    WOMAN ON CHANPU CHARGE
    58 2 A 38-year-old Cuntoaese woman, o it Ah Kom, claimed t ill in he First U-^ v c urt ?ea eriay, to a charge of being i.i possession of opium at un d^resa on Pitt S reet on April 3. Police bail of $2,000 was extended and
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    Japan Has 2 Million New Christians
    226 2  - Japan Has 2 Million New Christians EARNEST HOBEKECHT By TOKIO Japan is "ripe" for religion and a bi» race is on to capitalize on the situation. More than 2.000.000 persons have been convened to Christianity in recent months. With the Allies in control In Japan, religioiu freedom has beccme a
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    2 Deaths Under Anaesthetic
    112 2 Amm^ the 79 deaths repotted in March to Singapore'/? Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter. ;wo were of patienUs who died under anaesthetic. In one case the paUent was unders'tcod to nave d cd prior to an operation ana the other, after the administering cf lecal anaesthetic.
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    The Britons Walked Out
    127 2 Cairo. Apr. 4 After two and a half hours ouroarious uebate, British members led by Chairman Sir Robert Creg yesterday walked out of the meeting of the Anglo-Egyptian U 1 o.i called o consider the Egyptian proposal to amend .he Union's status -So as to ailow
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    Three Taxi Drivers Robbed
    236 2 Three ••taxi" robberies, one of j which was an armed ailair, occurred in Singapore en Friday •in In o:e of these robber: cs, a Malay driver from Balu Pahat who was engaged by four Chinese ii Johore, was robbed of S4O. his driv ng licence as
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    High St. Jewel Robbery: Two Youths In Court
    141 2 Two Chinese youths who were arrested in an amusement park, were produced in the Third Magistrate's Court yesterday, on two charges of armed gang robbery Lee Man Hentr (If) and Tan Weng Chew (20) the Chinese youths, were alleged to have taken
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    Two Prominent UNRRA Officials Here
    217 2 Two Prominent UNRRA Officials Here (Sunday Tribune Repof Two well-known UNRKA figures oi the Far East are In Singapore today. They are Mrs. J. s. V. lard and Miss Judith Nutter who both arrived here with batches displaced persons from China Miss Nutter, who was the In I arrival. accompanied
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    N. Indian Hindu Association
    92 2 The North Indian Hindu Am h cluti< i held a meeting „t Cufl' j Rc-ad on Friday under the chairman of BhH Babu Ram Nath Singh, trustees and j found) r« 1 the Association, to j consider the possibility o f taking over the munasfment of
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    BRUNETTE CHOSE DEATH INSTEAD
    185 2 BRUNETTE CHOSE DEA TH INSTEAD CouUn) decide which one to wed secluded w1u She huri been dead tor at lea I ~i hours. A man's footprint were lound near the scene but there were no signs <>i violence ine glrl'a m-xner thougnt sne was murdered, but the police pointed out
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    "Fag Incident" Started A Rebellion
    88 2 SHANGHAI. April 5: The Tal peh Court today sentenced to death Fu Hsueh Tung, Monopoly officer, who was convicted tor touc ull the Pormosan rebellion in j. "cigarette Incident" on F( binary 28. He was convicted ol shooting 1 two Taiw nese ol whom one
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    SAND SHOWERS
    48 2 MILAN. Apr. 5. Showers of bright red sand, believed to 1 have boon blown lrom the Sahara by a south westerly sale, fell around the town of Varazze, ten miles west of Genoa, it was renorted here today. Road., and countryside were coated with the sand.
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    MONTH'S JAIL FOR JAP
    43 2 Kawasaki aged 30. a JSP was sentenced i i the Fourth Poli"p Court yesterday to one month's jail With hard htbour, when ho pleaded guilty > 2fi flies from :i s on- B >'• > Oil lv .1: Road, on March 31
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    Waltzing Funeral
    21 2 -rnain EMILIA a* Mre han 2,000 p» r--s y Vr e I "ph fUT.tW s mm fi till U.P.
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    Union Leader Fired Gun, Causes Riot
    155 2 Shanghai, April 5 Tw 0 nor killed and lour wer. Injured in a riot ai a cotton f ac labour crivtnu wage: refused m O vjf part <>t the r uni'»n rrpr The union n muvp aD peered a s the re handed out
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    INDIANS WANT FILM BANNED
    102 2 (Tribune Siaff Reporter) On represe .nations maae by I the Malaya I idian Corgress Singapon e Drum", which was scheduled to have been screened at the R^x Theatre at la in show, was SUI jl. 1 vi. lilt liny". Yesicrday. ai official of fcna* Bn >■
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    TORY VICTORY
    55 2 London. April 5 Con.servativ candidates won 337 scats out of 456 which they contested in local government elections, urcnrding to fißures issued by thr C<>n-er-v.n ire Central Olti' I*'.1 The vqMi no]i<>ri by Conservative candidate totalled 407.000. Labour cand contesting 455 seats urned in i f>3 caaei with
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      152 2 Church Services St. Andrew's Cathedral: Easter Day: Holy Communion G. 7 n.30 a.m.. Choral Eucharist 8.30 a.m., Mattins 10.30 a.m Preacher: The Lord Bishop of Singapore) Evensong 5.30 p.m Preacher: The Rev. J. A. Jagoe, Chaplain in Chef Royal Air Force). St. Hilda's Church. Katong: 8 a.m. Holy Communion 5.80
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    SOMETHING AMISS IN SARAWAK
    165 3  -  Brooke Says A statement issued yesterday I by Mr. Anthony Brooke -aid: Detailed reports I have re(<■ivfTl from all over S3rawat; durinß the oa^t week convince me n.ti the Sarawak Government continue to propagate tn* view that the indigenous people are becoming Increasingly acquiescent in the
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    MALNUTRITION IN S'PORE ON THE DECLINE,
    97 3 MA LNUTRITION IN S' PORE ON THE DECLINE, Aajw Expert Tribune Stall Reporter) [oms malnutrition phrynoderma (toad —are on the wane in Singapore, Dr. trition adviser, and acting Professor of ftihg fedward VII College of Medicine, m ret, is unI ir In upon I L'tefl by tp re hign rmptoms
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    COPS PAL
    98 3 DOGS TO HELP PC's ON BEAT. Specially-trained Labrador dogs arc being used in st.ine sections of the Metr. politan Police to patrol Mip beats with policemen. These pclfoemen art known as dot,- handlers, uu<\ already at least one an; i has > marked up in the credit of
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    BUS RELEASED
    37 3 On 1 r Hin 11 n. in the Disr Bus 831 IS, which i.s a thefl chi 1 lo the S iporeLtd ru Ith 11 its lere Is no i itenti m of taking them
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    Govt. Will Recognise LDS In New Pay Scheme
    260 3 Govt. Will Recognise LDS In New Pay Scheme The association, with a memCf 57. is laced with bh ms regarding the eradicatii iitists who are not trablc and providing adc- tment i'or all classes C-Ykt bearers re-elected en r Mr. C. F. Mummery Mr. Dng Kee Yean (President-elect); Mr. M.
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    DAK WRECK SPOTTED
    100 3 BATAVIA. April 5. --The wreck of the Dutch Dakota. missing on a half hour flight between Batavia and Bandoeng mi) re March 12, was spotted today from the air by another aircraft of the same company ten miles north -north -west of Bandceng. The plane carried 2^
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    SPECIAL EASTER PROGRAMME
    43 3 SPECIAL EASTER PROGRAMME A special E ister programme will be held at the Kampang Kap Meth dst Churc 1 c■ 5 p m when -he lie ed by Mr. Tan Ho I it -Hail the "All Hail V c^orijus I nd 'The Ressurection
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    MOTOR CVCLIST KNOCKED DOWN
    43 3 1 riding on a motor •I; on be piCki v.ll by military truck a the junction oon Rond and Lavonv :M) p.m. yesterwas slightly injured while the woman received Injuries. 'I hey were both U. the General Hr.spi ai
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    NEW BATTLE FOR FIREMEN
    156 3 Liitleport, Apr 5. Onehun- red and fif ee.i Na t: .o.ial F w Service men, some war veterans, oMiPrs new recruits, i*rve suffered phyncal hurt ships ccmpdl*ab'.e to Ihfose of tie London bli.z during the present flood battle. Men from Loicoi, Liverpool, Essex. Hun s. B^dt'orc
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    BOYS' HOME PLAN DISCUSSED
    42 3 Measure eliminate the preiuvenile delinquency so rampant In Singapore today by the founding of a Boys Home i for boys under 12 years cf age, the subject of discussion a: a m< of the Y's Men's ("ub yesterday.
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    Variety Quiz
    21 3 Members of (he throe ser\ics *..io.vi»i«f a "I'«)rcos f»n::id< as! Irom he I i. »i Jack Club. (See pas«-
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    Food For Frenchmen, Bullets For Natives
    69 3 TANANARIVO, Apr. s.— The air mission taking food and arms to Europeans at Mahanoro, on the east coast of Madagascar, has reported that it had to open machine-gun fire '11 ihe gathering of 300 insurgents about 20 miles north of the town, according to
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    Alleged Opium 'King' Arrested
    79 3 SHANGHAI, April s.— Twenty opium tr -flickers and addicts, including u numbiT of women were arraigned before the Shanghai Procurator following the srrnshinp; t a Urge narcotics ring by the Ibcft] police. The ring was broken when the police rnided house in which addicts were arrested.
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    PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
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  • The Sunday Tribune SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1947.
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      Massacre Trial
      462 6 Two Japanese are to !>•■ hanged and live arc to sen life imprisonment for their si la i<■ ill the rape of Singapore. In the opinion of many Chinese and others, all the accused should have tx en awared the supreme penalty. Thai live men, found guilty niter
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    OUR POLICY & AIMS FOR THE FUTURE.
    2498 6  - OUR POLICY AIMS FOR THE FUTURE. E. Maurice Glover P Mr. E. Maurice Clover, Managing-Editor of the Tribune Croup of Newspapers, today tells you something about ourselves, our beliefs, our s plans and our ambitions. As executive head of the company since Jan. 1953, he Uls watched and guided the
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    TWO MILLION STORE PAPERS CARRIED PHOTOS OF JAPS
    472 7 Massacre Trial Sidelights V J Nishimura, Kawamura Cameramen's Stars 'Sunday Tribune Repor m Hn Press pictures— the greatesi number in f' y yvai r:n in fdi laya w re tax< nof I i uve i <J^ iK n whos Lrial In eonnecti
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    Cameras Shoot Mute's Murder Confession
    141 7 Cameras Shoot Mute's Murder Confession PARIS, Apr s.— The French police us« d moving picture cameras to obtain a nuirdcr c.ni'tssion from a deal mute known only as "GligOU* al t mi in ii na > mar Grenoble. Under a bia/a oi floodlights GriffOU, who tan (inn municmte only bf
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    U.S. Aid For Greece Approved
    88 7 U.S. Aid For Greece Approved Washington, Apr. 4.- -The u utcd sa ea Senate Foreign Rel .iions Committee has unai.incusiy approved! ihe meassrc i:rovi ~.nu American met foi Greece and Turkey. The measure as fi lally acope. by he c mm Uee contains .r.e orcvls on bat the CJUtedl Na
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    540 7 mi LONr N o Anr 4 V- Tn Becret *ry of State for the Colonies, Mr. Creech-Jones, in a statement en the recent Gold Coast murder cases made in the House of Commons, described the procedure in capital cases In the first place,
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    Rinderpest Menaces Siam Rice
    153 7 Rinderpest Menaces Siam Rice BANGKOK, Apr 4 RUcerpes Is kiilj »r mu y aa is of u < her animals i he c Pj s and h< i-ei Piovincci i ns iu i u i 11 v. meaace o i tat pro•.uc :< n Tn« Depar m< i ol Livestock
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    US Telephone Workers To Strike Monday
    85 7 US Telephone Workers To Strike Monday Washington. April 3.—Longdistance telephone workers hav rejected a company offer to arbitrate 'the various aspects or the wage dspute and top union officials said present indications were the nationwide telephone strike will start as scheduled at 6 a.m. on Monday. At an extraordinary three
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    Siam Renews Tin Agreement
    78 7 Siam Renews Tin Agreement BANGKOK. Apr. 4. Britain and tlie United States today renewed tor three months the tin agreement signed last December. Under the agreemnt Australia shared with Britain and the United States in the 16,000 tens of Siamese tin which piled up during the war years after the
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    'BAD GIRLS MAKE THE BEST WIVES"
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    Priest, Saying Mass, Struck By Lightning
    55 7 Priest, Saying Mass, Struck By Lightning PARIS. Apr 5. While standIng a,, (he altar saying nuss, a French pries; 1.1 a V.llage church cl Villefranc'ie cie Rouerque In Southern Fra ice was struck by 1 ghtning which passed through the church plre and through the priei > Body. He Laken
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    CRLAM CAKES200 POISONED
    56 7 Paris April 5. The police iuvf c zed ail cakes in a <■ fecioner's gtcre at Cholsy le Roi near Par..;, where 20J u»-:.5,.u.s are suffering from poisoning, bel.evi to havc» ute caused by the catchlni ui cream cakes One ol Lhem a woman^-cied after acute sufferinjz
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      428 7 FORMEK CRll I l AMAZED His rRCZCNDS When He Took Up Outdoor sports Again Here s 'he iun:> ma i who had g ve i up hop i »»i ak t l par i i aci poi ii He lells how he ;i one n medy ai i another, an
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    24 8 w Martha O*Drflse*ll plays w p«SM ol the leading roles'^ 7 in "Carnegie Hall." re- 'east"! thr— gh United i Utlst^. t
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    "THE BODY" GOES GAY
    346 8 Singaporeans will be teeing The Body* a^aii: this time in a laugh role In Edward Small's "Betting c:« 1 Oartei a United A 'The Body', otherwise known as Mane McDonald has bad unite a spectacula] up the ladder ol tame. The ex-Fowtr.s model, ex-New York :i:
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    'Song Of The South'-Another Disney Wonder
    701 8  - 'Song Of The South'A nother Disney Wonder DAVE DOUGLAS by REMARKABLE COMBINATION OF FUN, FICTION, FANTASY "Song of the South," Walt Disney's lati S1 i flfon as a producer of real life .nusicai drama, marks yd another i i in motion pictures. For the first time since the first movies
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    L'Dietrich Returns To Hollywood
    179 8 L 'Dietrich Returns To Hollywood After devoting the war years to entertaining Allied troops in various parts of the world, Marlene Dietrich returns to her American motion picture Career as co-star w.th Ray Milland in Paramount's 'Golden Earrings,' 1 a romantic adventure drama from the best selling novel bv Volanda
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    Orson Welles Has New Camera Angle
    243 8 A mirror device which allows a regular movie camera to actually shoot around a corner has been devised by Orson Wells and Cameraman Larry Butler for a SlSShal'?** ffeCtS fOF C lUmbla s Lady ion The 8 x 10 inch mirror is hinged on
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    Woolley'S Safety' Rules
    114 8 Monty Woolley has some simple rules ior .staying Single which he personally guarantees. "Marriage is for married people rays Wolley. "Most bachearc raught even before they consider getting married. Hero are my rule lor staying Mngl". "Tell h*r you've lost all your money. That's the acid test
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    A FAMOUS HALL IN WHICH THE FAMOUS PLAYED
    423 8 Does Hollywood enjoy an undisputed monopoly ua the production of bi^ scale motion pictures? In recent years the qu tion was I on several j but nevei really c xrered. Today, there emerges irom Manhattan the answer !o ihe question and it
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    ONCE A STAR!
    110 8 j As it mm! to all starv S€ has it come to "ThunS derhemd,* 1 famed Him fqnine, who only twoshor. yean ago eo«tM boast an opulent "dressing room 1 itall, a eoupl< of stand- Ins, ind !)is name In lights. T«d;i.\ he's satis- Bed with bit
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    THE DEATH OF BLACKBURN
    1479 9  - THE DEATH OF BLACKBURN JOE LOUIS "My Life Story"-By Billy Conn had joined the army shortly after me. So' a few days aft< r my fight with Simon the papers began talking abo-.r the "heavyweight battle of the G.l.'s." Uncle Mike was quoted as saying- that the fight would take
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    American To Claim $100,000 From Japs
    125 9 American To Claim $100,000 From Japs New York. April 5. Thomas F 1 lilagee. wnoae son Gerald was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, tiled a claim with the State Department for $100. 000 damages from the Japanese Government. Magee's attorney cited a- preced* nt the claim for
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    ROYAL FAMILY TO GO DOWN GOLD MINT
    33 9 i Johannesburg April 4.— The Royal Family will BO down B tfnld mine \\v \r Johannesburg on Saturday anci will probably remain about 90 minutes under-
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    Songgram Says He Made Plans To Fight Japs
    546 9 BANGKOK, Apr. 5. -Field-Marsai Pibul Songgram, Siam's wartime Premier, who once faced a charge of collaboration with the Japanese, had planned to fight Japan during the war and hud contacted the Chinese. This was revealed by i. Field-Marshal himself to i reporter
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    PENNIES FROM THE KING
    212 9 London, Apr 4.---A Yeoman of the King's Bodyguard, resplencent In Tudor uniform of scarlet and white, yesterday bore aloft a great golden i piled high with purses of and white In the nave of \V muster Abbey. Bv his sice walked the Kii hiprn almoner Lhe
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    ARMY BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
    231 9 ARMY BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS London. Apr. 5. The results of the Boxing Championshpis at the Albert Ilnll are as follows; (Semi-finals: Lighweight: Corporal M. Fcrreslcr, Royal Signals, ben CSM I Jones, A P.T C: Gunner Scannell, R.A. beat Corporal Tucker. Royal Sussex Final: Forrester boat Scannel. Semi-finals: Welterweight: C.S.M. I.J.
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    Your Radio Listening — This Week's Highlights
    776 10 Your Radio Listening This Week's Highlights A New Feature (By a Radio Correspondent) For the week commencing today, Sunday. Rudio Malaya <;Her their listeners quit3 a variety ol progrnmrnes. T night at 9.45 Radio Theatre. presents "Hemlock lor Eight." This gripping play by Clifford Bax and Leon. M Lion was
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    Monty Appeals To Youth
    119 10 London, April 4.— An appeal t i the youth of the world was made by Field Marshal Montgomery. Chnef of the Imperial General Staff, when he was the guest of the Foreign Press Association in I London. 1 'The youth of a nation," he I said,
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    Hotel Says 'No' To Coloured British Welfare Official
    180 10 LAGOS. Nigeria, Apr. s.— Mr. Ivor dimming*, of the Colonial Office Welfare Department, was refused accommodation at the Greek-owned Bristol Hotel in Lagos because he is coloured. Cummings had arrived from England on a Government mission with Mr. J. L. Keith, director
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    30 Years' Jail After 73-Day Trial
    173 10 ROME. Apr. s.— The Italian Republic last night convicted three men of the 23-year-old political murder of Giacomo Matteotti. The court aeimcrated for four hours after the 73-day trial into the crime which almost brought about Mussolini's downfall. The throe men. each of whom
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    Adrift 72 Hours On An Icefloe
    169 10 St. Johns, Newfoundland, Apr. 5. After 72 hours adrif<on an icefloe, a seal hunter named Christopher Cobb was picked up last night by the auxiliary schooner Duke, and landed safely tcday at Seldom Come Bay in Newfoundland. He was suffering from exposure. The hunter
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    Nurse Washed Overboard
    64 10 Amsterdam, Apr. 4.— Three people were believed to have been washed overboard and drowned when the 20,017-ton Dutch ship "Orange", bringing repatriates from the Nether- i land Indies back to Holland. ran into very bad weather in the Buy of Biscay yfv.Uvday, n was reported here today.
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    JEWS HOME FROM RUSSIAN CAPTIVITY
    90 10 JEWS HOME FROM RUSSIAN CAPTIVITY Vienna, Apr. 5.— A group of 208 Jews relumed home today after allegedly being held by Russian authorities for six years in an internment camp at Kokosak, Karaganda. The group included 108 men, 60 women and 40 children, who had emigrated from Austria in 1938.
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    Co-ed On "Parents Murder" Charges
    63 10 SANTA ANA. California, Apr. s.— Superior Judge Franklin West today ordered Beulau Bruise Overell 17 and fiance George Gollum 21, to be tried together on May 26 on charges cf murdering her parents. The co-ed heiress and her student sweetheart pleaded not ?uilty to charges
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    Mopping -up In Hanoi
    54 10 Mopping -up In Hanoi Paris, Apr. 5. French troops continued mopping-up operation in the Hanoi and Haiphong areas, despite strong resistance from Tonkinese armed bancis, Agence France Presse said today. Vwo villages were occupied south cf Radon* and inhabitants placed under French protection. The arms depot south of Nam Dinh
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      PENG SOON JUST SCRAPES THROUGH into SEMI-FINAL
      513 11 MALAYAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS S.A. Durai Also Wins om Our Own Correspondent) Kl hfIPUR Sat.— Siiigapore'g champion and •ar holdi r fc< Mali Wong Peng v hard to-day remain in the Malayan badminton chamhips wJ i.hrw semi-final stages tomorrow. after t( n Iflc !ti
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      CHINESE OLYMPICS ON 'DOUBLE 10'
      89 11 CHINESE OLYMPICS ON 'DOUBLE 10' SHANGHAI. Apn; The first post-war national Olympl \s scheduled n October 10 Shanghai's civic s t;i<iium—the site ol he munition's dump ex] which rocked Shanghai last December. The decision to hold the naoiympiad in Sh mghai was approved by the Executive Yuan and the General
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      International Scores 5 Tries
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      TO DEFEND TITLE
      36 11 Cleveland, Roe".i, world eight .1 a i.i* t to to defend his title on May :*o in a 15-round bout agai lat J mmy Doyii i a- gele i conic kdi U. P.
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      WORLD TITLE FIGHT IN MAY
      42 11 I is Angeles, Apr 5 Hie manager said that, bantamweight champion Manuel Ortiz will mee! David Kui Kong You m. In u world title mr.;, ou May 28 a< Honolulu. Oi I Kd a US$l5,OOO guarantee U.P.
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      PAMADASA FUND
      32 11 av^ dl !i sr will present iheatr!"-, Shmv Victoria l^ Pain H> dona| ed towards *»S2iti^ h! ch lsto extend larca tefititutioi aI,- 9 Re »taurant Chulia at 12 noon
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      Minor Upsets In K.L. Races
      807 11 KUAI A LUMPUR, Sat.- Two minor upsets featured to-day's races here, Perambulator paying 554 in u i fourth race and Campanile returning $57 in the event. a mild sensati n was caused when fciiery tell it Iron Duke at Hie fourth furions post m the
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      Yong Hits 75 For Perak
      109 11 Yong Hits 75 For Perak IPOH. Bat Pera* leads Penang i>v (>1 run at the eln se ol p] iy in their inter-State crickei lixtur. played here today. Winning the toss tho homesters batted on a perfeel w.'cket and collected 115 runs bo which j Penang replied with 54 for
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      82 11 Race I—Wonder1 Wonder Bird SiB, ST. Theo West S7, Ski^als S6. Kate I— Firs/ Fancy $25, S7, KontoHa SB, Lovely Bore SB. Race Tricolour Sl4. SB, Shubel S7, Race 4 Perambulator $54, Sl.', Skipper S7. Victory S2O. Race 3 Campanile 857, SlO. Pathfinder S«, Sans Ame
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    370 12 New Tests Will Guide UK's Naval Building Programme Pride of Nazi Fleet to be bombed j LONDON, Apr. 5. German destroyers, U-boats and E-boats, which w< re mice the pride ol the Nazi Navy has been drafted to Britain's "guinea-pig fleet," and with obs lete I warships will take part
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    53 12 I ndon, Apr. 5. It Is officially announced that Britain and Spain have concluded a mineIt will run for two vein's but be term 1 na ted on three m« r y time. The new r mem w»ll give pe for Bpanisii balances wJtnln the sterlini
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    74 12 NEW YORK, Apr. 5— A man (in the top of a ten-story building on East River Street dropped tgp to the sidewalk below, but the eggs did not break but bounced back as foot into the air. The secret: The eggs were dropped on a new kind of
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    39 12 Kyrenica. Cyprus. April 4. The police confirm- thai youn:-, Jew has been am.ted and is t be charged with placing a limpet nrne on the Ocean Vi^eur ferrv -hiv> which bn,us:ht illegal immigrants for internment here
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    43 12 Shanghai, April 4- A 250-ton Communist junk was sunk by a Nationali>t gunboat at STiihchiusho, in Southern Shantung on Wednesday night, after a five-hour running battle, with many Reds wounded and 31 taken prisoner. Chinese press re- ports claimed today.
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    41 12 Jerusalem. April 4. Jamal Husseini. head of the Palestine Arab Party (biggest Arab political faction in Palestine) has asked the Palestine Government for permission to form an "'Arab national guard to protect Arabs against Jewish attacks in Palestine."
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    40 12 Wi.ishin^ton. April 4. PTeNideiit Truman told a news conlerence that he had no information at the present t:me whether the United States would extend financial aid to Southern Korea as he proposed to do for Greece
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    38 12 The C.vil Service Clerical Association <Air Dept. Sec ion) will hold its firs* an lual general meeting on April 7. at ihe Uueefi's Theatre, Geylang. Mr B.P Garret. JTrac e Union Advisor, will deliver an address.
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    Jap Renegades May Try Final Death Charge
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    55 12 PARIS. Apr. 5: Duong BachMai. Deputy Leader of the Vietnam delegation, who was arrested here on Mar. 20 on a warrant ise ied in Saigon, was put ashore at Djibouti. French Somaliland yesterday and interned on the outskirts of the rit;.. a semi-official French press
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    32 12 Birmingham. Apr 5: Television may be extended to the Midlands Boon as B result of x;)« Lit-nts now being undertak- n by the 8.8.c. and Post office engineers.
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    46 12 Rabaul. April 4. The military court today found Major General A:J'Ha Hiruta. formerly Supply Commander of the Bth Japane-e Army, guilty ot responsibility for I war crimes committed by h\< subordinates in New Britain. Hirota was sentenced to seven years imprisonment
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    65 12 QUAKE SHOCKS IN TAIWAN Bhang*ia>, Apr. 5. According to a Central News dispatch, sev< minor earthquakes orcuired Friday morning' at Taiwan. Formosa. Persons were awakened from the r sleep by he shocks but no damage was reported. Th e Taiwan meterological bureau said that only the first and ,he fifth
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    76 12 The submarine "Acheron" was launched at Chatham on Mar. 25, by Mrs. Middleton, wife of Rear Admiral G. B. Middleton, C.8.E., Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard. The "Acheron" is the seventh ship of her name, and the seventeenth "A" class submarine to be laun- The vessel takes
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    19 Killed, 9 Missing When Violent Storm Hits French Coast
    334 12 19 Killed, 9 Missing When Violent Storm Hits French Coast LONDON, Apr. s.— The Dutch motorship, Oranje, 20,017 tons, one ol whose crew was killed and three swept overboard during a violent storm in the Bay of Biscay, arrived in Southampton early to-day with her flags at half-mast* Reported missing
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