The Singapore Free Press, 21 May 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE N leV»!7. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TEHERAN DENIES, THEN ADMITS CIVIL WAR IS ON
    402 1 I^HE Persian Government have denied that their forces in Kurdistan were attacking; the province of Azerbaijan and said no orders had been sent from Teheran for the commanders to attack. But the radio at Tabriz, capital of Azerbaijan, repeating last night's report
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    PASSAGES HOME
    112 1 ivilians Granted Troop Berths London, I.lon. The authorities in India were irjop ac:ommoda- re possible for the passage of civilians .:i:a said the Minister of Mr. Altred Barnes. to a si^estion in the f Commons today that method should be used. G y Nicholson. Conser- he regarded the
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    BRITAIN OWNS THE MINES
    46 1 LONDON, Tues. e of Commons adopted bom Government Bill ing Britain's coal mines SM to 143 The Bill aits House of Lords apRoyal assent. ■well the Fuel Minister > ate advocated more of reor^aniza- nalizaUon if not WC can retain industrial race." A.P.
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    BEATS SEA RECORD
    35 1 t-v.ar Amcri- <'■ signed for South de has reached Table Tcwn, art i beating Yort to Cap* c°rgo iiner by fcur h rs. *ayj A. P. was made in 16 days and J
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    CUTS UNO
    140 1 NEW YORK. Mon OEVERAL delegates to th? O United Nations Security Council indicated there was only a remote chance the J'ouncil would be able to drop the controversial Persian cas? when the Council meets on Wednesday. The delegates are still without definite information whether Soviet troops are out
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    Govt. will face Egypt challenge
    239 1 WHILE Ronald Campbell, British Ambassador to Egypt, conferred with Ismail Sidky Pasha, Egyptian u premier," yesterday on the revision of the 1936 A-iplo-Lgyptian treaty, the House of Commons discussed plans to debate the British Government's decision to withdraw all British forces from Egyiit First Mr.
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    MILK FREED
    21 1 Milk has been decontrolled in Pcnang but controlled prices remain. Milk in all forms is now permitted for sale.
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    PENANG WOMEN HELD
    128 1 Free Press Correspondent! PENANG. Tues. TWO prominent Penan" women have beer, arrested by the War Crimes investigating team here and are among thosD- awaiting trial, it was officially stated today. The announcement adds that the women are alleged to have been members of "the Hooded Terror" society
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    PALESTINE 'NEAR CIVIL WAR'
    59 1 Palestine is in a state of Imminent civil war. said Mr. R. H. S. Crossman, British member of the Anglo- Ame-ricr»fci Committee of inquiry into Palestine, addressing the Anglo-Jewish Association in London. "With every week, tension will «tow because of the exasperai oi British troops with
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    Singapore Today
    65 1 NEVOt sinre RafPe* lir >t saw i s impoitance n.ore than a hundred years ago has Singapore heen visited by so many Retter than ?nv story tan hope to tell, this picture, taken from the top of Singapore's Fu'.leiton Building, by a Free Pr?ss photographer. shows the port's
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    POLICE FIRE ON PURMA PARADE
    123 1 POLICE FIRE ON PURMA PARADE RANGOON. MOD. TWO people were killed and five injured when the police fired on a procession of several thou- sands of people demonstrating: igltntt the arrest of members of the "People's Volunteer Organisation" at Tantabin. in Insein dis- trict The arrest by the Burmese Gov(nment
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    SHOTS IN NAPLES
    42 1 The Rome press, quoted bv U.P., reports that one sailor and two civilians were seriously injured by uunfire when Reoublicans attacked Monarchist demonstrator^ in Naples. Several arrcsS were made at Florence when another attack was made by the Republicans.
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    WORLD FOOD CZAR
    202 1 WASHINGTON. Mon THE establishment ot a world food administration under the direction ot a wo: Id food czar" was ur,ied by President Trurrans lood envoy Mr Herert Hoover, at the opening s?s<=ion here of tti. j conference of United Nations Food Ministers. Outlining his plan '.n detail
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    PLAIN HITS WALL ST.
    115 1 NEW YORK. Tu I AT least thr:e US. Army officer? and one woman clad in Amy uniform were klled when an airplane crashed into the r>sth f.oor of the rreat Eank of Manhattan skyscraper on Wall Street in the heart of New York's lkiar.ci.U ttstrftct A
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    KILL OR CURE
    53 1 Streptomycin, a remarkable ew drug for the treating of infectious diseases, can kill as well as cure, scientists have disclosed in Washington says UP. Research men In the United States di^overed tha* in their experiments on muv. certain dosages of the drui actually increase the number of
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    VAN MOOK PEARS JAVA FAMINE
    61 1 Dr. van Mook Governor-G lal of tbe net. jresterdaj criticised the rice oiTcr md^ 'o India by the Indonesian Premier. Dr. Satan Btahrir, and ac ept d by Pane' it Nehru. Dr. van Moolr fears famine will reftott a iv.o narts ol Iw I^oo.ooo tons
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    India is Britain's 3rd best buyer
    303 2 India is Britain' s 3rd best buyer DKi ;m>; is concentrating a tremendous effort on her export LJ industries and the number of persons new workmo 01--i,oods for export is well above the mid-1939 figure and* 2 1 2 times greater than in June, 1945. British and non-British countries are
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    1/1000th Of A Second Clock
    240 2 1/1 000th Of A Second Clock Britain Is receiving a number .of inquiries from abroad for her quartz crystal oscillator clock, which is accurate to within one thousandth part of a second per day. The clock is the result of wartime research work (in connection with aircraft equipment) carried out
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    NEW PLANTS FOR KEW
    62 2 There are some new arrivals at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew London. They are 50 or 60 plants, complete in their pots uhich the City of Auckland New Zealand has sent to Britain as a Rift to help Kew Gardens build up its New Zealand collection
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    NOVELIST DIES
    19 2 Booth Tarkington. 76. novelist and playwright, died on Sunday at Indiannapolis. U.S.A., after two months' illness I
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    BRITISH HELICOPTER TO BE LATE RUT SAFE
    898 2 BRITISH HELICOPTER TO BE LATE RUT SAFE A British aircraft firm has just announced that it is engaged on the construction of Helicopter of a new design. That may appear of slight consequence at a time when six different types of Helicopter have already been flown in the U.S.A. and
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    Original "Jet" Is Museum Piece
    103 2 The original Whittle Jet engine and a flying bomb elaborately sectioned and illuminated Ito show the technical features ■are among the new exhibits at I Britain's National Aeronautical Collection, now re-opened at the Science Museum, South Kensing- ton, London The Collection also includes a unique
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    GENERALS RETIRED
    21 2 The two highest-ranking generals in Argentina's army both of whom served as military attaches in Germany, have bren retired.
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    Rebuilding Is 20 Year Job'
    307 2 NEW YORK, Monday. DEGUILDJXG German industries, housing transportation may take twenty years, in the opinion of Clifford S. Strike, UJS. "engineering !*rm executive who was chief of the building materials, construction and forest r\ of th» military jrovernment for Germany. Mr. Strike, who has resumed
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    BRITAIN'S TAX RISE
    60 2 j The tremendous Increase In Britain's taxation per head of the population during two wars and the uneasv peace' between were given by Mr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 5?i r i l^? ent recen «y- to 1913--1914 the rate per head was £3 US.
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    LAMBING RECORD
    35 2 A remarkable lambing record comes from Cradley, near Malvern. England, where six ewes belonging to Mr. Ambrose Hitehmgs. of Ridgeway Cross have produced a total of 17 offspring this season. y B i
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    Giovanni Goes Sour
    212 2 lost war and lon<? year^ prison camps abroad to 'find I job awaiting him. shovs s ;cf turning uglv Al p\ Milan. Nnples. Bari. If** nsewheie. mobs oj retort veterans, ex-inmates 01 In ire-it canv.i? ?»ntf tCtter RTtn ,ploy?d. have resorted to i In several ins'amrs ventej
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      172 2 H klen at 2 om ln Cantonese -10-35 pan. CSV UB4 On 19. and 49 metres 2p m iw, w P 'J?- Top BUlin at 1.10 p.m.). and from 7. p.m. to metres. 8.20 pm-]2 20 M *v 9 YoJn ?'f™ tL H A ea L dllnes Pm. 9 Pm.
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    THE ARMY GOES 'COED' AT SINGAPORE
    165 3 FORCES ARTISTS at the Army Edu J cational Centre in Singapore where Service people -can prepare for their next battle; the return to civilian life. Here, Alma Woolf of the A.T.S., from 'Hoke Xewington, London, poses for the Life Class. -::i STUDENT absorbed at
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    The Singapore Free Press TURSDAY, MAY 21, 1946.
    489 4 '\.ICES both cf fool am' other comiroditijs aie atill Ui tco h.gh in Singapore rd all Ike blame cannot b, Vi-cea en the authorises nor i n high charges be attri butef completely to the "economic -ituit'on" anc* horiag< bear o: dtarettes
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    MEASURING PUBLIC OPINION
    858 4  -  By John Hughes DUBLIC opinion ueier--1 mines the actions oi: domocratic governments fear of public opinion prevents abuses of trust both on the part of large corpo rations and the least im portant citizen. That is a truism almost a cliche yet it is only within the
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    589 4 ATHER PEOPLE S Property which drifted into Geiman hands during the war is gradually being sorted out by British looi experts. The diversity of the loot is amazing and ranges from the remains of a train load of scientific books and. laboratory equipment from Lithuania to millions
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    PRESS-ABUTION GARAGE
    267 4 PRESS-A-BUTION GARAGE OVERSEAS buyers will witness a de mo nst ration, on a bl.tzed siLe in London, of the system of mechanical car paring inveiUed by two British engineers. Mr. W. W Baldwin and Mr. Haroid Auger. When using this < system. the mctorist dimply drives into the park, takes
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    LYME MALL FOR NATION
    65 4 Britain's National Trust, has accepted Lord Newton s offer of Lyme Hall, his estate in Cheshire, England. uroviding arrangements can be made to lease the property to Stockport Corporation on satisfactory terms. It is stipulated that the park, a strip of country between the industrial areas
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    Work On The New 'House'
    328 4 Work On The New 'House' LONDON, S. WHILE Lords and C debate the rebu. war- wrecked Britain socialist state, workn busy in the Palace of minster rebuilding th scarred buildings, whir: damaged by Hitler's on 12 occasions bctw t < tember 11. 1940 and U 1941. On the latter House
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      66 4 QUIZ 1 What new inde->» was r?co 'iis^d by this mon h a'd its former I 2. Can a barrister fees Yes. no? 3 The Privy C«>u the control of The Kin-i Prime Lo-d Privy Ser.l. sident of the C bishop of Canterbi 'Answers in pacr FAITH The eyes ©r
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    SHEATHED SWORD LASHING FOR POWS
    498 5 Death Railway Story Of Fit For Work Tes A JAPANESE officer's method of picking out tit men among sick PoWs for working parties by lashing them with a sheathed sword and kicking them and then detailing for work all those who remained standing, was described
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    M.P. Is 'Distressed' At Union Proposal
    221 5 M. P. Is 'Distressed' At Union Proposal D. GAMBIANB, visiting British M.P. in Siji-apoiv sa 1 he was very distressed a t much ol what connection with the Malayan Union. "1 taink ousand pines that the Government did not take p> to find out what the people of Malaya ited
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    BRITISH SEAMEN TO SERVE SENTENCE
    76 5 SYDNEY Ellis and .in Elliot, two British members of the crcu, of the Sam Finn, appealed unsuccessfully for leniency belore Mr. Justice Richard Moor in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Each had been sentenced in a police court to three mjnths' rigorous imprisonment on a
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    EUROPEAN WITH GUN IS JAILED
    171 5 EUROPEAN WITH GUN IS JAILED IJRANCI3 GRAHAM THOM- SOX, European manager of the Coastal Transport Company, was senterced io six months with hard 1 .boui om charges of carrying a revolver bv Mr. Paul Stsrr y sUTday. On charges of teine IB pjs. ci on of iMUMHiition f\- Tnused «M
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    FINED $1,000 FOR MOVING RICE
    89 5 FINED $1,000 FOR MOVING RICE Revenue officers oti duty at Tanah Merah Besar in Cl on May 17 in'<"rreot< i i lor" and tound abo*t 4a p'culs of rice in it. In the WffOni' T.strit Court before Mr T L Twi yestrrf ay. Lee Kim Che^ rlje owrer ii the
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    IMPORTED HEMP
    70 5 A BUMtB, named Sfn? Choo, who arrived here from Bangkok ju a tongkan« on Ma- 10. was fined *****. or ;>: no>/. ous imorisonment. by Mr K M. Byrne in the Third Court yw erclay on a charge ol import. ng Indian hemo. While the tongkang was disetergtef
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    V.P Camp
    98 5 ..lures of he camj) in t«>n (>r»r.'c ns wh rj in.in .Va!a\a an. l nr.rt* cf (omiv.o.iart l«\irji; in Loncans -nrin^ tor yt ;r> irv tiaideiii v.ere v.2 •ig Un i t:rrnation. tnVCVi lcrmid vwtli Vn >t ik l lie present nf 1 i hnpirai i?tiers o; I
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    MORTUARY HOME
    30 5 n'a !^i.' i rings Melksi :mer mortn Wiltshire wlicre Victor a factory hand, has sett'c 1 Ida .v:ft\ thire small n and on^ evacuee tc make l:ome. I
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    DOPE PEDLAR FINED $1, 500
    146 5 DOPE PEDLAR FINED $1, 500 FINES totalling $1,500, or 38 months' rigorous imprt-l sonment in default, were imposed by Mr. Paul Storr in the District Court yesterday] on a 32-ycar-o'd Chinese, Tan Chan Kim, who was convicted en charges of being in possession of deleterious dru:*s Tan was stopped by
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    Gov. General Here Today
    114 5 Gov. General Here Today THE Govcinor-Gcr.cral of the Malayan I'liion and Singapore. Mr. Malcolm Mnrltonnld, arrives at Singapore this afternoon The RAK. aifeimft in whiih lie is travelling is exlieclcd to land at hangi airfield at 9L15 p.m. The Governor-General will he met by the Governor of the Malayan I'nion,
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    INSTRACTED TO BEAT, SAYS JAILER
    244 5 A MALAY jailer, who admitted that he beat one of two men I caught stealing in the Singapore Reformats a^d that one of them died, told Mr. H. A. Forrer. t*e Police Magistrate yesterday Quit he did so on instruct jns from tht then superintendent,
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    NIPS DELAYED OFFICER'S DIVORCE SUIT
    112 5 NIPS DELAYED OFFICER'S DIVORCE SUIT A DECREE nisi, which was to have been made absolute for a British office rof the Indian Medical Service but for the Japanese occupation of Singapore, was made absolute by T Lr Justice C. W. V. Carey, acting Chief Justice, in the Singapore High Court
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    Air Service Mere Being Stepped-Up
    344 5 FIVE air services to and from England and Australia \>as< 1 through Singapore now every week compared With the three in each direction before the war. Last week tin saw the pre-WW flying boat service between the United Kingdom aim Australia via Singapore reopened. Flying
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    GAOL FOR SEAMEN
    48 5 Two. seamen from the s.s. Empire Gardener, Albeit Newton and Mathew S. Black, wen each sentenced to eight weeks' rigorous Imprisonment bv Mr. K. M Byrne in the Third Court yesterday for wrongful possession of beer and pieces of pipes which belonged to the Forces
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    Paratrooper On Charge
    61 5 Alex Hay Mckobbie of Ihr Seventh Paratioop Res'^n^r.t claimed trial before Mr Paul Storr in the District Court yesterday on a charge of disposing of a Japanese automa tic pistol for SI 4O in tieylang pn May 17. The accused was remanded for a week in police
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    EMPHASIS ON YOUTH IN OUR NEW ARMY
    860 6 EMPHASIS ON YOUTH IN OUR NEW ARMY PROWING apace in Britain today is the Army Cadet Force, under the guidance of the Army Council. The force has a pressing need, however, to recruit into its ranks young and war experienced officers. This need becomes more pressing as the help, which
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    Dresses From U.K. Sent Overseas
    243 6 Dresses From U.K. Sent Overseas It b no oJ-ibt s'iuiv!.- irritat- j D a in Britain to know that women overseas will b? tne new Loa-'o.i i.5..i:..s bel< r« they Co. i i.t m by foreign buyers to the cir.ss collections doi being shows b an i-icH a lon ot
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    SPY CHARGE
    66 6 Rif Res?, the c nly Gaxcmunlst Bwubei of the Canadian FsrtiaHi t is due to sta^d tiial in 0 vi todnv on r\ charge fo ccasircv in thr Sovi?t espion- Ti^r fofcinmcnt rlnurxtfl t he was totermedtenr .vho oii« r -1 secret Inform* ion fr.^m rth^r O9V9nd ans
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    5,000 Forestry jobs This Year
    476 6 There will be [,000 jobs in forestry for skilled and unskilled workers under the re-afforestation scheme. Wartime timber consumption caused a depletion that it will take fifty years to replace. so that nearly -ill the existing woods must be made productive or replanted, and new
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    Modern 'G-man's' old-time arsenal
    446 6 IN a world caught up In a crazy search for bigger and better weapons, it is nice to meet a man like Mr. Albert Mills. For mild mannered, foriy-two year old Mr. Mills collects weapons too. and his private tnenaJ is as jealously guarded as the
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    105 6 The destroyer "Zest one of four which will li a o.T Woolwich and New Charlton for London's Victory celebrations is under the command of the son of a former Lord Mavor of London Commander R. V. Jenks, D.S.C. Most of her crew come from the London area, and they are
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    WIVES & HUSBANDS TO MEET
    376 6 WIVES HUSBANDS TO MEET Reunions In 4 Continents WIVES and families of I serving abroad can visit them in four continr Australia, Africa, Amand Europe, writes the Da Mail parliamentary coir dent. Soon it is hoped to complet. biggest missing link by arra visits to the men ga'n Germany. Already
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    Penny Plain, Tuppence Coloured
    198 6 A LONG timp ago— when prell i y"> grandfathers and grandmothers were boys and children's favourite playthinn 111 Britain were toy theatre 1 here was an old gentleman called Mr. Pollock who kept a any little sweet shop In a shabbv suburb of London, and he
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    IOR's Sports
    42 7 Lt Gen. Montagu Stopford, C-in-C Alfsra. pave away the prizes at sports meet held by lOß's in Singapore. Above he is seen contiratulating the me:nb:is of the winning relay Below, lOR s gel great fun out of the sack rate.
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    SUPERIOR FRENCH TEAM BEAT ENGLAND
    176 7 PARIS. Sun. LAND completed her soccer international programme the season here at Colombes Stadium this afternoon ing one-two to France before some 55,000 spectators. 5, In the England goal, do :har. h s counter- Da Russ. and France win They were and tni ttirti defence,
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    CRICKETING FOSTERS WRITE A LETTER
    573 7 Congratulations to County Captains From Reg Foster, Forces Reporter in London. HEMEMBER the 'Fosters," the cricketing Fosters who I\ once caused Worcestershire to be named "Fostershire?" In a letter to the London Times, headed "Good Cricket" five members of this famous family, H. K. Foster,
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    HARRINGAY FIGHTS
    127 7 HARRINGAY FIGHTS BOXING promoter Jack Salomons annorn.'es that liie fight between Emit Rod( rick, British welterweight and miduuweight champion, ani Omar Kouidri ot France at Huringay on June 4 v. ill be o\rr 15 rour.ds for the welterweight championship of Euune. It wll be the main supporting rvut to the
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    BOXERS FOR AUSTRALIA IN FRIDAY'S FIGHTS
    426 7 All live boxers sailing for Australia on Saturday will light at the Happy World stadium on Friday night, thus providing, after a series of postponements, the card thut all local fight fans have long wanted to see. Tiger Aman win n;eet Kid Pancho in
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    SIX-WKT WIN FOP COLONIALS
    309 7 The Colonials cricket XI bat th" Hq. Apsfnlte War QfMtt Gn^p b six v.ickets it a match j\:iycd on Sunday. Scores were Ilq. Australian War Craves <«icup Fiber c Perry b iMKVtratat 2!: Stringer b S-.ncv.ratn? 4; Lorin-,fr Ij* Rata::ayake 5; Bedford c Vvijtwce.a b Benerlratne
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    FORM OF DERBY HORSES DISCUSSED
    327 7 LONDON. Mon. pOLLOWINO the disappointment of Fleet Street in the Newmarket Stakes run over one and a quarter miles on the famous heath last week, it appears obvious that if Lord Derby is to win the Derby next month it will after all have to
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    CENTURY
    382 8 SCOREBOARD INDIANS— Ist inns. Mushtaq Ali lbw Sp?rry .12 V. M. Merchant not out ill Ilazare b Jiokron 27 Amarnaih b Jackson 1G Nayudu c Howard b Prentice 6 Hafeez b Tilley n Sohoni lbw. lilley 0 Hindlekur b Tilley 0 Extras IZ LEICESTER, Mon. TLASS and experience told
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    CIVIL WAR IN PERSIA
    283 8 (Continued f r om Page One» "no more than local skirmishes'" between the central government and Azerbaijani forces so far. The spokesman told United Pnn that Premier Ghavam was determined not to give in to the Azerbaijani autonomist] if their demands would violate th? Persian constitution.
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    Magic Carpet men Raid U.K. homes
    186 8 CTOLEN carpets worth have been sold in Londc the past few months, write reporter. The Metropolis many aj rests but the me known as the 4 Magic Carp The operators of this new well-paying racket are concentrating more than ever on thefts of easily
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    PROGRESS IS 'SMALL'
    83 8 PROGRESS IS 'SMALL' WASHINGTON, Mon I STATE secretary James F. i Byrnes in a broadcast to America tonight announced that !if the peace conference is not 1 called this summer the United States will ask the United Nations general assembly to make recom- j mendations for peace treaties in >
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    NEW DERBY CALLOVER
    194 8 NEW DERBY CALLOVER LONDON, ifon. fIAPPY Knight, favourite for the Derby on June 5, was in great demand at the callover held at the Victoria Club today despite his recent inactivity following a chill. But, having recommenced training, Happy Knight remains a firm favourite ar.d is backed to win £25,000
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    WOODCOCK BACK, SEES FIANCEE
    62 8 London, Mon. Bruce Woodcock. British heavyweight champion who flew back from America, where he was knocked out In 'he fifth round by Tami Mauriello las* Friday. reached his Doncaster home at two o'clock BST this morning Before going to bed Woodcock railed on his fiancee, Miss
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    INDIA, DON'T DELAY'
    149 8 THE British Cabinet Mission is^undcrstood to be trying to speed-up the reply by the AllIndia Moslcn League to its proposals lor India's future, says ivoir.er from New Delhi. Congress acceptance of the British proposals with some reservation* is now taken lor granted In Indian political iarters. Meanwhile
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    BRITISH SOCCER TEAM IN U.S.
    76 8 NEW YORK Mon. rE Liverpool Football Club the British team that is touring the United States, played smooth soccer to heat the Air.erican Soivei League All stars five-nil, in a same that left no doubt of the British team's superiority, because of its fine team
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    YORKSHIRE BEAT KENT
    359 8 London, Mon. THE weather curtailed play in j most of the county cricket j matches today, but tricky pitches assisted the progress of p]ay and despite the interruptions several matches should produce decisive results tomorrow. Yorkshire found two days sufficient In which to beat Kent at Canterbury,
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    S. AMERICAN TENNIS
    32 8 BUENOS AIRLS, Mon.—Enrique Moria of Argentina eliminated Frank Shields of New York, 11—9, 6—l, 6 to enter the finals of the Rio de Lm Plata tennis tournament.-— A P
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      24 8 J||> HAPPY WORLD BOXIKG Friday 24th MAY 1946. X FAREWELL APPEARANCE %f TIGER AM AM KI^ upp fAN CHO ■^F*^' All Australian Round Boys
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