The Singapore Free Press, 18 June 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE h '71. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    EIGHT JAP CRIMINALS HANGED AT CHANGI
    454 1 EIGHT JAP CRIMINALS HANGED AT CHANGI r ree rress Keporter Japanese war criminals, sentenced m Singapore among whom was Vice-Admiral Har a Teizo lormerly commander of the Japanese naval forces m the Andamans, were hanged m Changi jail this morning. our of them were former members of the Oxlev Kise
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    Seaforth Piper
    21 1 Seaforth Piper the Seaforth Highla nr'ers pi tured by the Arrm Film I nit at the Kin;s Birthday Parade m Batavia.
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    BRITAIN TO UNO: HANDS OFF SPAIN
    149 1 TNEW YORK, Monday, delegate to the UNO Security Council, Sir < adogan, tonight said: "My Government has doubts indeed as to the judicial rights of the Cil m intervening m the internal affairs of a is there is a clear threat to the maintenance
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    HOMES FOR HEROES
    20 1 n homes to be H parts of Britain ton for aged Itatfd ex-Servicemen m opened at I
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    DACOITS KILL VILLAGERS
    42 1 In one village m central Burma, five dacoits killed 11 villagers and burned down six houses while another village was ransacked by 50 dacoits, says Reuter lrom Rangoon. Five dacoits surrendered m Shwebo operations by the 2nd Chin Rifles.
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    INDONESIANS TAKE HOSTAGES'
    116 1 DATA VIA, Mon. BOTH Chinese and European hostages are being held m captivity by Indonesians, accordtaTto a Dutch News Agency renort ?oday. The report quoted Chinese refugees arriving m Ba tivia for a statement Ujat J>uu Ch're/e are being held at Beica*. Sse are being iiUU lilt
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    BIG 4 DISCUSS REPARATIONS
    43 1 On a motion of Mr. Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Minister, the foreign ministers broke up their Pans session yesterday while considering the difficult question of reparations says A.P. It is understood a special'commission will negotiate compensatim to allied nationals
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    'THE KING AS A CIVILIAN
    10 1 The Kin? wears civilian clothes
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      WHY VOLUNTEERS DID NOT MARCH PAST
      481 1 WHY VOLUNTEERS DID NOT MARCH PAST I HAVP l lf°^ C K EditOr f Sin g a P'"e Free Press I HAVE not y;t been approached ior an explanation of the feeling has been engendered by ignorance of them. The first point I must make is that the Corps was
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    JEWS BLOW UP RAIL SHOPS
    325 1 JERUSALEM, Monday. PALESTINE firemen aided by military searchlights were this morning fighting the flames at Haifa central railway workshops, blown up by Jewish terrorists at 9.30 p.m. last night. There were a series of explosions and it was reported the Haifa-Acre road north of the
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    GEORGE CHISHOLM Writes For FREE PRESS
    115 1 GEORGE CHISHOLM Writes For FREE PRESS PEORGE Chisholm, star sports U columnist of SEAC Services Newspaper for over two years, has reached his home m Coombe Hill. Surrey, after a 32-days-at-sea voyage from Singapore with Rcleas? Group 28, and has premised to write All m the Game for the Singapore
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    ONE-DAY TO QUALIFY FOR MEDALS
    327 1 ONE-DAY TO QUALIFY FOR MEDALS F 1 is announced m a Wh.te Paper that the qualifying period tor the campaign stars is to be cut from six months to one day. This is to allow awards to the men of Arnhem. Here is a guide to 'the changes as reported
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    FARMERS WARNED
    25 1 Farmers m the British zone cf Germany have been warned that Ihe food situation "may result ::i serious disturbances," says Router from London.
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  • FEAURE PAGE
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      Geishas can still be found outside Tokyo
      1018 2  - Geishas can still be found outside Tokyo LEO SKES By THE survival of the Geisha is a sign that Japan's traditional ideas have weathered the war, but it is obvious that the Geisha business is not what it used to be. The war lhas driven most of the Geishas, at
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      Disquiet over Tudor planes
      355 2 |N lace of the new American types of passenger aircraft already m service, official British circles are considerably perturbed about the future of the Tudor I. and 11. planes. Modifications have had to be made to the first, which, at best, was intended only as a
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      Russia's complex economic system
      489 2  -  ALEXANDER CLIFFORD By rj Soviet Union's vast economic establishment is almost as complex and owildcring to foreigners as are the political alignments of .the U.S.S.R., and subdivisions of the land which occupied one-sixth of the earth's surface. This correspondent- v ho has just returned from nearly
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      101 2 INDIAN PAPERS PLEASE COPY! The United Exhibitors Syndicate proudly release a Hindustani Hit: JHOOLA A Super-Coloual Film vi 18 reels C HOURS MORE OP BEATIFIC SNTERTAINMEM I Starring Leela Chitnis a.d Ashok Kumar (of Kismet fame) and cast of Movie Celebrity A gripping story of tangled love A new angle
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      63 2 Wv i^^f i I ill •Surprise! Sorprls*!" m3nQrdK6 Exclusive m Malaya to the Singapore Free Piva SPEAKING OF CLEVER PEOPLE, L I HF"' I 5^^^!II!IT!! I ?I!?W I A tt W uniUTK LATER WE'RE STILL AFTER THE MAS TmH GOOONiGHT, M h MWI/f lA?t I SAW THE STRANGEST BUND MAN
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      600 2 RED ir.tr 2 p.m and •3Pto l metres from Boon to 2 ptn M 2 mes sec In *i metre oa,.j 4nd „T 7.45 to S-3* p m «r» < w €1 metre hand CHINESE nouc vo i m In Hokkien at 1 pn. C*mo2 at 1 10 pin) and
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      NIPS TOIL ON MALAYA'S RICE ROUTE
      152 3 P)R three y.ars the Nip task masters sla\ed thousands of British and Asiatic people on the Siam death railway. Today the Uttrii \rmy using; labour from the prisoner--i r camps, is organising the repair of >iams railway* the life-lines which lead from Mm padi
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1946.
      673 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1946. is far from good LET'S talk shop this afternoon. Never before has Singapore had such a wealth of news, both coming m and going out of the coiOny. The big London papers, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and the News (Chronicle
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      Army Police in Malaya help civilians
      568 4 Army Police in Malaya help civilians DURING the nine months since the first landings of. the British and Indian liberating force, the Corps of Military Police (India) has played an important part m the rehabilitation of Malaya. In Kuala Lumpur, capital of the 'Malayan Union, it has its headquarters m
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      470 4 CLEVATED to the peerage: S'r Walter Citrine— his new title has not yet been announced who has just arrived m Moscow to attend the executive meeting of the World Trade Union Federation, speaks Russian. This is a most useful accomplishment for a peer of the realm thrs?
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      Raid robbed Nazis of atom bomb
      806 4 A WAR operation with which General von Falkenhorst, Germany's Supreme Commander m Norway, described as "the best coup I have ever seen," destroyed the possibility of Germany producing an atomic bomb before she had been beaten, and thereby played a large part m the
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      Factory In Smoke
      15 4 Factory In Smoke A German-held factory m Norway m smoke af:«r an All* commando raid.
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        Major TELLS OF DEMOB SCHEME
        268 4 Major TELLS OF DEMOB SCHEME JHAVE just arrived h from SEAC on pythcr find I am immediately duel; A" release uv.-v eminent scheme teer from Uruguay rica. I know There South Amor. SEAC who must this new policy, ar.d I experience boy Army Order to :*4MU m the field. I
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    • Miscellaneous
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      59 4 QUIZ 1. The Deccan States are to form a Union. They are in— Burma, Malaya, Africa. Russia India? 2. If someone mentioned "an aiglet he would be referring to— A shield, young ea°le, precious stone, carpenter's tool? 3. Plays are licensed m Britain by The Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Pro:urator
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      JAPS TO LEAVE REMPANG PRISON ISLE
      351 5 JAPS TO LEAVE RE M PANG PRISON ISLE Bi-weekly Exodus Free Press Reporter DEMPANG Island, Japanese prison island 40 miles from Singapore, home of surrendered personnel from Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Burma, will probably be empty by the middle of July, and handed back to the Dutch. The repatriation of
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      GOVERNORS TO CONFER TOMORROW
      102 5 GOVERNORS TO CONFER TOMORROW xs Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. "•Hi -T.or of the Malayan i Ur. ion. Sir Edward Gent, is fui Sir.eapore on Wedn^simyfr 1 for important dis- on administratiTe prorith the GovernorI Malaya and the I Singapore. Mac Donald. m an nent m Penang toed the removal "m
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      CHINESE APPEAL FOR RELIEF
      79 5 Press Correspondent ILA LUMP JR. Mon. A tta| or Pan-Malayan Chi-s'..t-f associations held .mpur on Sunday unrman^hip of Mr. Tan icsolfti to approach I Consul General at effective action to r the repatriation of mechanised corps t present stranded m feting elected five repre- proceed to
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      Malayans at Chiswick
      64 5 The mayor met the Malayan contingent to the Vie o.y larade, when the men paid a visit to his wit k. England. Pic.un shows the mayor bein? introduced by (apt. Ong Enc Lian (of the MAS. Siniapore) to Lieut Lim, a liaison officer attached to SEAC. HQ.
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      WILL CHAMPION FOR SARAWAK
      81 5 MR Anthony Brooke, Rajah Muda of Sarawak, on Monday supported his father, Captain Bertram Brooke, m criticising the cession of Sarawak to the British Crown, m a letter to the Times, .says 'the people of that bewildered country still apparently look to me and my father
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      Major's defence at Court Martial
      374 5 Major 's defence at Court Martial U MY client will deny any evidence of the alleged loan and evidence will be given that at all material times he was not m financial need," said Mr. G. M. Coltart yesterday. He was dealing with some of ihe main points on which
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      U.M.N.O. MEETING
      54 5 Free Press Correspondent IPOH, Mon. The United Malay National Organization is preparing for a big meeting on June 29 and 30, over which Dato Onn bin Jaafar will preside and at which it is expected the delegates from all over Malaya will take important decisions over the future
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      FATAL ACCIDENT
      32 5 Free Press Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— Three persons were killed and one seriously injured when a car m which they were travelling collided with a military truck at Bagan Ajam, Butterworth
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      LABOURERS THREATEN TO STRIKE
      131 5 Free Press Correspondent TPOH. Mon THE Tamil labour forces ot nine t European estates m Sungei Siput area have presented then employers with seven demands which, if not met by six o clock next Monday evening, would see them go on strike. These demands are lor
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      K.L. Trial For Kempei Man
      44 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. SGT Nishi Yoshinobu. prominent member of the Japanese KemoeUai both m Singapore and KuTla Lumpur, will come up for trtel here on Monday June ,24 Uary to the laws and usages of war.
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      TALKS ON BORNEO'S FATE
      173 5 Free Press Reporter THE fate of British North Borneo vis-a-vis the Chartered Company, which m pre-war days reigned supreme over the territory, is not known yet. Discussions are at present going on m London between the Chartered Company and the Colonial Office with regard to the
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      PoW Island
      87 5 This picture was taken by the Army Film Unit when the first Japanese prisoners arrived at Rempang Island, sou.h of Singapore, uhent at one time 200,000 Japs were concentrated prior to r^patria* on. liber y ship, loaned by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, are being used to repatriate the
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      Hindus Jailed For Unlawful Assembly
      271 5 Singapore Disturbances 1 SEQUEL to the Hindu-Muslim disturbances m n Singapore was heard yesterday when 41 Tamil Hindus, their ages ranging from 16 to 35 years, were produced before Mr. R. C. Hoffman m the Fourth Court, and charged with holding an unlawful assembly while
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      JAP WAR SUSPECT ESCAPES
      102 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. IT is reported that the Japanese war crimes icspect, Sgt.-Major Yuichi Minami, escaped from an armed escort by jumping from the train while being taken from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Bahru for an identification parade. Minami, who is stated to
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      GUERILLAS DISBAND
      199 5 GUERILLAS DISBAND Free tress correspondent IPOH, Monday Pthe little township of Lc.vgong m Upper P« rak, about 150 guerillas returned their a n na to the British on Saturday. Present at the ceremony were Wing Commander D. Thomson and Hui Mcng Hoong. Chinese Consul of Kuala I ''mjur, before whom
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      WEST END STAR TO PLAY HERE
      153 5 WEST END STAR TO PLAY HERE TOMMY— is it's laughter you r* after— Trinder. London's star West End comedian, is due to arrive m Sir.enwo aboard the Empress of .Australia on Thursdrr\ Wh-»n Tommy ri'sembarks m<* of the first peonle to rreet him will b* his brother. Freddy ftfn« wbo
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      SEA SCOUTS
      85 5 The first Catholic Se* Scouts (St. Peter's) Troop nas b?en formed m Kampong Baiiru. On Trinity Sunday, at an impressive ceremony. Rev. Father J Fox. the Scoutmaster of this Troop, before the Investiture, spoke of the significance of the occasion. The Troon was named Si PeUr's Troop and
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      THE YARD GETS BUSY
      35 6 Scotland Yard has its work cut out to cope with Britain s post-war crim? wave. Here Yard photographers are busy on a footprint left by a burglar In a rifled office.
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      Bid to clear service divorces in 2 years
      195 6 /COMMISSIONERS to help the judges clear the growing \j accumulation of divorce cases are to be appointed m time for the opening of the next law term. They will be barristers with the powers of divorce judges. Their appointment will be only
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      Used 'blue pencil' laughs, fined
      81 6 Used 'blue pencil laughs, fined rREE Incidents m a rente at a Barnsley. Yorks, theatre which were the biggest laughs of the show* cost two actors and an actress £37 m fines. They used material not submitted to. or "blue-pen-cilled' by, the Lori Chamberlain. The incidents were a bathroom scene,
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      HON. EMPEROR IS INSULTED
      69 6 The ques ion to what extent t' c Japanese can insult the Emperor nowadays may be decided m the litigation over a placa'd wMch the Japanese authorities look upon as cons ituti"g a case of in-! suit against the Emperor. Japanese newspapers parti ularly are watching
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      INVITATION TO CRIME NOVELISTS
      59 6 Detective story writers have been invited to have a look at the Police Exhibition at Brighton by Mr. Chuter Ede, the Home Secretary. "They are ant to fall into major errors when they come to describe how the r:olice actually do their wouk. I hope they
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      £60,000 COURT MARTIAL
      185 6 £60,000 COURT MARTIAL NEARLY £60,000 is being spent by the U.S. Navy m establishing the guilt or innocence of Joseph J. Hagins. curly haired sailor, aged 22, charged with the manslaughter of two British marines m Greenock Red Cross Club 23 months ago. It will be one of the costliest
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      BUFFALO HAIR
      38 6 Plaits, snitches and chignons are now being made from buffalo hair, which looks and feels like human hair. This lady got her buffalo hair crown at a West End hairdresser at a cost of five guineas.
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      British girls more likely to wed than U.S. women
      324 6 British girls more likely to wed than U.S. women 6,000,000 SURPLUS PROSPECTS of finding a husband are far brighter for British girls than for American. And they will stay brighter for some years, according to the marriage experts. There are likely to be 6,000,000 surplus women of marriageable age m
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      Tried to wreck locomotive, gets 5 years
      154 6 Tried to wreck locomotive, gets 5 y ears AN L.M.S. engine-driver was sent to penal servitude for five years at Chester Assizes for starting up an unattended locomotive which ran away and was derailed near the main line at Crowe. He was Josepn Henry Harley, a<*ed 46, Medeley-street, Crewe. He
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      ULSTER BANS MORE TRACKS
      45 6 Ulster is not to have any more preyhound racing tracks, said Mr. J. Warnock. KG. Minister '.of Home Affairs recently. He added: "There is dog racing on six nights a week. I regard dog racing as the root of social disintegration."
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      MORE COMFORT FOR RATINGS
      201 6 THE ROYAL NAVY, is planning more comforts of the men of the lower deck. A new and more comfortable working dress, an improved cap, paint schemes more appealing to the nautical eye, more cinemas and laundries aboard warships have been ordered by the Admiralty. Arrangements are
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      11-yr GIRL'S 'BABY' STORY
      131 6 A DEMURE-LOOKING girl, aged 11 stood m £alford, Lancashire. Juvenile Court while a story was told of how she repeatedly rang up a fifty-year-old man, whom she did not know, and accused him of being the father of a baby she said she was expecting. She
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      PREFABRICATED PLANES NOW
      39 6 The Bristol Aeroplane Company is producing 'planes with four prefabricated section. These are built m steel panels and backed with a layer of bitumen and aluminium. The plane is assembled m two and a half hours.
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      BOOM MONTH FOR CARS, RADIOS
      154 6 BOOM MONTH FOR CARS, RADIOS TWO hundred rr. iii on tui]fl> 1 ing bricks were produce m Great Britain m Apri increase of 21,000.000 «T pared with March. figures are disc!' ied n Z monthly Digest of St. issued by the ft* Private car prodiu-. ing Service veh: jumped to
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      75 6 J .ANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya jTUSTEM, SYD/--\ 'THEY'RE DUMPING THE^^ MfeAH-BUT WE'LL HAVE PLU^HAWf HAWfSHE'LL KEEP TILL WE SUGAR THERE TOMORROW-) WHAT ABOUT I— TAKE IT— SAY YOU THJMK .CRACKED THE JUG I WE'LL LIFT IT THE SAME HER GYM /^£iil JANE'S SICK OF EVERYTHING
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      10 6 QUIZ Answers 1. India. 2. Young Eagle, 3. Lord Chamberlain.
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      PATAUDI 101 NOT OUT, MERCHANT 86
      503 7 NOTTINGHAM. Mon. iIMOSI the eve of the first Test match between A Knirlaiui md the Indian cricket tourists, the Indian ha^nun showed heartening form against Nottingham toda> Merchant played a polished fanmfy of 86, but b < 'nance was emulated by a fine unbeaten
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      BIG FIGHT
      55 7 Co;;// To Take The Ring "Hot" ERSEY, Mon. er'ain that mes into the Joe Louis on it, Conn's Ray. will ask the to delay his ring. is due to is a slov: eed, requlr- ur.ds to get will shadow rounds m nls re soing into I the arer.a
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      Louis Counts Un K.O.
      35 7 as :f he world, went Ida on Sur-'wiy rrfog partners m wjrl:-out. ru thu: he ;.avc to ru dneaday nL>ht. :.t' Gra-ie 5 000 jamrrmz he was int it fast. U.P.
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      ATHLETES WIN AT JOHORE BAHRU
      38 7 T Athletic beat bni by three ro.tls match r.l-^ypd ru on Surday. 1 lor t^ie Afh- :-oi! and Doli a few nrl'iutes f^r%\:l Chye scored lor ihe No goals were r.d half i
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      HOLLYWOOD RACING
      64 7 INGLEWOOD. CALIFORNIA, June 16— The three-year-old fllly Honeymoon, won the £6,250 mile and one-sixteenth Golden State Breeders' Handicap at Hollywood Park m one mm. 43 1 5 Double F. another filly was second and War Allies, third. The victory was worth £5.100 to owner Louis B. Mayer and
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      Champion
      34 7 Jatr.c.s Bruen, 26->ear-oH insurance boker irom Cork, von the British onen Amateur Golf ChampionsVi^ on the Birkdale links on June 2. He is here seen playin? m the semi-final round m heavy rain.
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      SERVICES RUGBY TOURNAMENT
      229 7 THE Singapore Inter-Services international Rugby 1 tournament, between teams representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, will begin early next month with a game, bet ween England and Wales at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday, July 6. Subsequent matches, which will all be played at Jalan Bc>ar, have
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      PORTUGAL DEFEATS IRELAND 3-1
      92 7 LISBON, Sun. PORTUGAL beat Ireland by three goals to one after leading three nil at half-time m an international football match here before a crowd of 60,000. This was the first time an all-Ireland team, embracing Northern Ireland and the Free State, had played an international
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      Y'S MEN'S CLUB
      35 7 The V's Men's Club of Stigapore win hold their fortnightly luncheon meeting at the Capitol Restaurant on Saturday. June 22 at 1.15 pm.. after which a general meeting will b 3 held.
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      EX-TENNIS CHAMPION FALLS TO DEATH
      138 7 LONDON, Mon. roRMER International tennis champion and Davis Cup player, Horace K. Lester, fell to his death from the roof of a Victoria Southwest block of flats yesterday. His body was found soon after 7 ajn. m his night clothes m the area at Chesham
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      RUGGER
      38 7 A rugger match played at Ja>an Besar Stadium on Whit- Monday end«>a m victory for the 13th Paxachute fin. who beat the R.A.F. (Pava Lebar) by 17 points (one goal and four trUs) to three (one try).
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      The Road To Wimbledon
      168 7 LONDON Mon THE London grass courts tennis tournament at Queen's Club, a dress rehearsal for the Wimbledon championships starting on June 24, brought out a full array of big time European tennis stars today. Both of Sweden's Davis Cup nlayers won their first round In the
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      DAVIS CUP: L.S. WINS 5-0
      64 7 ST. LOUIS. Missouri, Mon. THE United States Davis Cup tennis team made a clean sweep of its international match with the Philippines without losing a single set. Frankie Parser, top-ranking American player, downed Amado Sanchez, 6—l, 6 4, 6—o, m one of the two final
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      DANE GETS FIRST PLACE, SWISS SECOND
      223 7 International Amateur Cycling AMSTERDAM, Mon. THE international race for amateur cyclists, the last test before the 1946 world championship, ended yesterday m a victory for Denmark. Though Halle Janemar (Sweden) finished first, tall Borge Nielson (Copenhagen) was proclaimed winner by the judges because his
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      WASHBROOK INJURED: DISMISSED FOR 'DUCK'
      153 7 LONDON, Mon. P YRIL Washbrook, Lancashire, and England batsman who is m the England team to meet India m the first test on Saturday, was injured today at Manchester. In the match with Surrey the first hal of the day, bowled by fast bowler Alf
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      FRENCH DERBY WON BY FAVOURITE
      108 7 PARIS, Mob. M. PAUL Boyriven's Prince Chevalier, which started favourite, won the Prix Dv Jockey Club (French Derby) over a mile and a half at Longchamps racecourse beatin Elsenur by three-quarters of a length, with the French Guineas winner Pactore third. Prince Chevalier, by Prince
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      CRITICS SAY TEST TEAM STRONG
      260 7 CRITICS SAY TEST TEAM STRONG LONDON, Mon. ENGLAND'S Test t^am attracted far less criticism m the Sunday press than might -have been expected probably because, with a night m which to s'.udy the Question thoroughly, there is less ground ofr criticism than immediated after the team was announced As R.C.
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      37 8 ICSl C S' a f d L ndSCa r J'" S Pillure W3S laken at Kirkt Lonsdale and shows one of Wcstmorlands f, rs t crops of seedgrass seeds grown to replace what was formerly Sported
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      U.S. Used Cap Prices Drop
      125 8 TIIK Det.oit News saij yes er- da> second hand car ceilins: pri.es will be reduced 4 per cent, every 3 months, instead of monts as has been the pHM tice. The current used car relinks a-e scheduled tj drop 4 rcr cent, on July 1.
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      NAZIS TRIED
      159 8 WUPPKRTAL, Moiv DETAILS of secret parachute operations "loyton" and "pistol" behind German lines m the Vosges mountains two years ago were di. clcsrd pablicly for the first time today nt the war crimes trial m Wuppertal zoological gaftk*;«s. In the dock and pleading not guilty were generals and
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      JAP HANGING
      90 8 Continued from page 1 > marked: "It is a flaw m my character that I didn't th!nk cf kindness." Sgt. Takayanigi and Leading Seaman Awakuni were sentenced to death on April 25 for beating to death an Indian, Chet Ram at Port Blair m the Andamans, about the
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      1,000 SWEEP MOORS
      150 8 OPATELEY BRIDGE. YORKS. Mon. NE thousand hunters including: 150 soldiers from Catlerick Camp with walkie-talkie radio were outwitted yesterday by a "killer" do? which has killed more than TOO sheep on the West Yorkshire Moors. Foxhunters and gamekeepers were assisted m the mass hunt dv shepherds and
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      NEW BRITISH NOTE TO RUMANIA
      103 8 NEW BRITISH NOTE TO RUMANIA THE reply of the Rumanian Government to the British note In Ma,v protesting against Rumania's lailure to prepare for general elections is characterised m a lresh British note published today as not only containing inaccuracies but as giving a "completely inadequate and distorted picture" of
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      'NYLONS' AT 7s 6d
      39 8 'NYLONS AT 7s 6d The Office of Pri? e Administration has nxed a retail ceilin 3 price of 7s. 6d. for a pair of sheer nylon hoisery which is a\\e to reach the makct soon, says A.P. ;rom Washington
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      20 FOREST FIRES RAGE
      108 8 A SAINT JOHNS, Mon VAST area of Newfoundland is a flaming mass with forest arcs— as many as 20 are reported raging irom Clarcnville to Grandialls Last night Gander airport, an important link m the Empires deiences until last month when it was re-transferred to Newfoundland
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      MIHAILOVITCH AND SLAIN REPORTER
      195 8 BELGRADE. Mon. GENERAL Dragomir Mihailou vitch former Yugoslav war minister and Chetnik leader on trial before the military court here, said today that a British officer, Major Terence Atherton (former Balkan correspondent of the London Daily Mail>, who entered Yugoslavia ,o contact the Chetniks, and an
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      BRITAIN GETS FIRM HOLD ON CHINA TRADE
      393 8 BRITAIN GETS FIRM HOLD ON CHINA TRADE SHANGHAI, Monday. CTUONG competition has developed for China's import O market as Britain and other European countries make a determined bid to recapture their pre-war trade position here. Since the start of the British world-wide export drive some weeks ago, more and more
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      3 TOWNS 'FREE TO' REGIMENTS
      199 8 3 TOWNS 'FREE TO' REGIMENTS LONDON. Mon. THREE towns— Ayr m Scotland. 1 Wrexham m Denbighshire and Stafford m Staffordshire —on Saturday presented the Freedom of the Borough to their home regiments. Marshal of the Air Force Viscount Trcnchard at Ayr received a scroll on behalf of the Royal Scots
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      EUROPEAN JAILED
      128 8 AN pleading guiity to charges of v possession of an automatic pistol and seven* rounds of ammunition, 32-year-old Ronald Charles Marriot who appeared before Mr. Paul Storr yesterday, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined $50 or 14 days' imprisonment respectively. In passing sentence Mr. Storr
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      MONTY IN DELHI
      41 8 Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery arrived m New Delhi yesterday as Hindu and Moslem leaders hotly debated tlv momentous question of accenting or rejecting the British plan lor a 14-man interim government Montgomery arrived from Kirn chi. U.P.
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