Malaya Tribune, 25 April 1946

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  • 29 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya Telephone: $811. FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Thursday, April 25, 1946.
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  • 1055 1 DELIVERY OF 290,000 TONS PROMISED THIS MONTH A USTRALIA WILL CONTRIBUTE QUARTER-MILLION TONS Reuter. The additional 10,000 tons is being exchanged with another country for barley and this will also given to UNRRA. The Board said
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  • 65 1 ANY MOMENT NOW A.P. LONDON. Apr. 25. A 1.000-lb. unexploded German time bomb buried a few hundred yards from Bucking)iam Palace. St. James Park, began ticking on Wednesday night and disposal squads said it might detonate at any moment. The Mall was closed to traffic. King George and his family
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  • 151 1 iTr bunc Cor respondent) KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 24.— close to the Sultan of r today disclose that the iters have decided to send .1 joint pet.lion to H.M. the Kins protest ng agamst the Malayan Union plan. The dec.sion. It is understood, was taken
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  • 125 1 Reuter. RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr. 24 Sao Paulo police yesterday ar- d Tsugio Kishimito, known s "tne Snadow," who is leader t the Japanese seere t Shinno '-ang which has been terrorising Japanese residents in Brazil. Eight hundred Japanese have already been arrested, all members of the
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  • 163 1 Service chiefs join talks Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 24.—Service chiefs including Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke and Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder joined in the Empire Premiers' talks which were continued at No. 10 Downing Street to-day, the British JP r e m i e
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  • 45 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 24 The Cabinet at a meeting lasting nearly two hours tonight is believed to have decided against bread rationing for Britain In its place other wheat economies are expected to be made. An official announcement tomorrow is anticipated. Reuter.
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  • 115 1 LONDON. Apr. 24.—The mutiny at San Vniorc jail, Milan, was completely queued ton afternoon when the rioters hotted a white flag, Milan radio stated tonight. Communiques issued by the Prefect of Milan and quoted by tne radio said after hoisting a white flag the mutineers flung
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  • 51 1 A.P. PARIS, Apr. 25.—Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, hj rived at 5.26 p.m. GMT yesterday by plane from Berlin, to attend the Four-Power Foreign Ministers' Conference. He was accompanied by Vice Commissar Andrei Vyshinsky. U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes had arrived earlier in the
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  • 81 1 A.P. MILAN, Apr. 25. An anonymous phone call to the newspaper Corrite Lombardo declared: "This night at 3 o'clock, Mussolini's body passed the Po River at Caorso,'' a town near Piacenza. The caller gave other details of the river crossing by boat and newsmen said the voice sounded
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  • 122 1 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 24.—A £oJ,uuu,ouu five-year programme for the creation of new towns Ihrougn lhe agency of development corporations, esmoiished and financed by {tie Government, is disclosed in the Government's New Towns Bui text Which is issued today. The development of one new
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  • 105 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Apr. 23.— Admiral J. Godfrey, Flag Officer at the time of the disturbance in lie Royal Indian Navy early this veer, told the Commission of Inquiry today that among the contributory causes were dissatisfaction over the number of permanent commissions offered to officers and
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  • 652 1 MP's Warning Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 24.—Brigadier A. H. Head, Conservative Member of Parliament, who with Labour member of Parliament Michael Foot formed the British Parliamentary mission which visited Persia rer?ntly, to-day urged in the Daily tFelcgraph that United Nations should send a commission to
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  • 50 1 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG. Ayr. 24.— Brokers' telephones were again jammed with calls today in a fresh rush of business in connection with the demand for Free State gold shares. Although business was still active on the Stock Exchange the turnover was considerably less than. yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 265 1 Iranian Question Will Stay Reuter. NEW YORK, Apr. 25.—After a tense two-hour session last night the United Nations Security Council in efleet rejected the demand by M. Andrei Gromyko, Soviet delegate, "or the removal of the issue from IX3 agenaa. M. Gromyko announced that he would not
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  • 119 1 Associated Press. CHUNGKING. Apr. 23.-<ien t rallsstmd Chiang lvai-sneK'o major concession to Communists is a postponement of National Assembly and ho was reported also ready to compromise on Manchuria. A Kuomintang source who ro> fused use of his name asserted: "The Generalissimo appears M a
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  • 65 1 Reuter. FRANKFURT. Apr. 24. Gen. Joseph McNarney. commander ol the United States occupation i. ne in Germany, today ordered the immediate tightening up in discinline of al! American troops in Europe. 'Discipline in certain localities and commands in this theatr.." *h« Uneed States Commander Said, "has
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  • 616 2 Watte wond attention been loeusaea on rer*i», m 0... ana .ac cris.s, events nave moved rapiaiy in Mancnuria, ana lue turner auvaniage wuicn the cemrai Ciovciiime.it appeared ;o Doia seems lrievocuoiy io6t. wiui tne virtual wi.narawai of tne Kussiuns, the lour norinern provinces are in ComflpUOlfit nands, ioliowing 'ineiden.s"
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  • 735 2  -  But Failure Looms A head By J. M. Hightower Associated Press Diplomatic Correspondent A.P. United Stages Secretary of Si ate James W. Byrnes set ouc for Paris on Tuesday—and another try ai world peacemaking —gravely aware, by his own account, of the possibilities of failure. The
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  • 274 2 BLACK DRAGON OFFSHOOT IN BRAZIL Reuter. tilO DE JANEIRO, Apr. 23.—New aires** were reported io-uuy by the bra/wiian police, in the cotton township of Marilia in their drive against Uie Japanese secret society Shindo Kommie —an onshoot of the ultra-nationai-iSL Black Dragon Society m
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  • 108 2 A.P. WASHINGTON. Apr. 23.—Immediate construction of a $3uu.Ouu.ooO air engineering development cen.re ;o fashion fantastic aenal weapons for atomic warfare is revealed by the U.S. Army and Air forces. Disclosing, heretofore connden ::al plans, Maj.-Gen. Curtiss LeMay asserted thai the centre 'is necessary to the defence
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  • 434 2 Reuter. BERLIN. Apr. 23. —A secret German invention, used by the Nazis in U-boats and reconnaissance patrols and for recording: the private conversations of foreign diplomats, has been found to have many potentialities for peacetime use. Known as the magnetophone it is a
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  • 205 2 A.P. Holjywood, Apr: 24.—This mov,f capital's dearly beloved aura of glamour and glitter, carefully packed away for tare years, emerged from Its wartime wrappings recemJy for the pre* a mation of 1945 Screen awar '.s md now the Academy of Motio.i PiCtur.' Arts Sciences is
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  • 196 2 A.P. MIAMI, Florida, Apr. 23.—1n his creasure hunt for $30,000,000 worsh cf Aztec gold he believes sunk in the Spanish galleon Santa Rosa. Irwin Williamson has armed his expedition racketeers. The 42-year old leader of thrtrove quest said that his defers? armoury includes a new seer- 1
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  • 442 2 LONDON, Apr.—Five resolutions on scientific development and research in industry were passed recently at the close of the Federation of British Industries at Kingsway Hall. Sir William Larke, chairman, declared in moving the resolutions: "We have a very grave responsiblity to industry resting on our shoulders."
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  • 24 2 Reuter. JERUSALEM. Apr. 23.—The general strike of 50.000 Palestine Government employees will end at midnight tonight, it is officially announced.— Reuter.
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  • 228 2 Writers of letter* intended for publication are requested to append their names, not Noms-de-plume. f*oW Rations Thank you for your Sunday Tribune leader of April 21. w.th which the writer is in complete agreement. Prom Brigadier Chaudhuri's letter it appears that the rice raUous of Japanese POWs will
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  • 145 2 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 24.—Evidenre of the huge crowds which may s° expected on Epsom's renowned downs when the Derby returns there on June 5 for the first tim* 1 +-r war can be gauged by bookings for adjacent car and charabanc parking
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  • 42 2 JUST A WIFE Heard in the Singapore Superior Court: Counsel to witness: You are not on good terms with your husband, the accused? Witness: Neither on good terms nor on bad terms. Prosecutor: (smiling/ Just a wife, in other words, your Honour.
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  • 302 3 1945*10 MODELS THIS TIME (Tribune Staff Reporter) New cars and trucks of 1945-46 models have arrived in Singapore—the first shipment of motor vehicles of the latest models. Numbering in all about 700, these vehicles had been ordered by Universal Cars Ltd., and will be
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  • 160 3 A West African. E. E. Ekpenyon (27), claimed trial befor,Mr. H. A. Forrer, m the first polio court, charged with stealing $38 from a Malay taxi drhvr ai the Fleet Canteen, Anson Road Tho case was postponed for mention on May 1. and ball was offered
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  • 111 3 A graphical review illustrating he development of some of the c v Lan departments during the ;ix months period of the B.M.A. is on display at the Information Centre of the Public Relations Department. Singapore at Bata Building on North Br dge Road
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  • 81 3 The Malayan Union Contingent to the Victory Celebration in London consists of 3 majors, 19 captains and lieutenants and 118 other ranks. Of this list the 3 majors and 105 other members will take part in the parade, the remainder are reserves end administratis tive
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  • 133 3 The Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, has left Singapore for the Cocos-Keellng Islands. This is the first official visit to be paid since the establishment of Civil Orovernment in the Colony of Singapore. The object of the visit is to survey conditions in
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  • 156 3 Arrai-m d on a count of murder, eld. rly Tan Boon Tong was yesterday acquitt-d by the Superior Court al the conclusion of tne tria*. A quarrel at a house in Silai Road on November 22 whch arose out of aspersions cast at Tan's 15-year-old daughter
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  • 417 3 Tan Kah Kee Voices His View on China Situation (Tribune Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 24.—The future of China depends on a compromise being reached between China's two major parties—the Kuomintang and the Communists. If such a compromise is not possible, "the only other solution
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  • 95 3 A.P. TOKYO. Apr. 24.—The 30.000,--000,000 yen f2.000.000.000 dollars) cache in Tokyo Bay has shrunk to a 43.000 dollars platinum bar and 32.400 dollars in silver ngots, plus the prospect of a few thousand dollars more. Lt.-Col. R. Carleton looked at a heap of 49 ingots,
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  • 858 4 More Evidence Piled Up Against Eight Japs Further evidence of ghastly tortures suffered by Indian residents of Port Blair at the hands of the (Japanese military police, and especially at the hands of the chief of the police (Mitsubashi Mataichi), was given at the third
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  • 148 4 A porposal to form an association of ex-prisoners—internees. POWs and political prisoners—was agreed to by a mmeting on Tuesday at the Adelphi Hotel The attendance Of between 100 and 129 represented twenty-eight communities and included several women. Mr. J. C. Cobbett was elected chairman. After a brief
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  • 68 4 A British seaman D. Parkin son (22) wa.i snntfnci d to w r.i. when ho pleaded entity in :re Four h Court yesterday to wilful disobov'ng lawful com nand of his chief officer, on board s.s. "Samrield 1 Parkinsor stated tha' he hid .lust finished
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  • 92 4 (Tribune Corrcspondeni) PENANG. Apr. 23—Two Members of Parliament are making representations on behalf of pensioners in Malaya who seek payment of arrears of pensions. In reply to a letter sent from Penang on Feb. 2, Mr. Lester Hutchinson wrote to say that he was taking up
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  • 49 4 At a meeting of the New Democratic League of Indians on April 21, at the Singapore Municipal and Government Employees Labour Union, Race Course Lane Mr. A. N.- M tra, was elected President in place of Mr. C. D. Nair who is leaving for India.
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  • 40 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, Apr. 23.—A Chinese was arrested in Love L;ine last right when the police found a Japanese automatic pistol wrapped inside a handkerchief. Sixteen rounds of ammunition and two magazines were also found.
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  • 166 4 Reuter. BOMBAY, Apr. 23.—Sir Cowasji Jehangir,. multi-millionaire baronet of Bombay was today ordered by the Ch>f Presidency Magistrate to surrender to the court an original manuscript of great antiquity which, it was Ktated. came into the baronet's possession <n 1945. The manuscript is of
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  • 103 4 Reuter. BANGKOK. Apr. 23.—Ratifications have now been exchanged of the recently signed Treaty of Amity between Siam and China. In the near future diplomatic representatives will be exchanged, and a Chinese Government official is already negotiating the acquirement of a site for the Chinese Legation in
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  • 60 4 A .45 Thompson sub-machine yun and a .303 rifle were d;scovered in the house of an Indian at the 6ih mile of Bukit limah Road by a party of officers and desectives from the C I D. who. acing on information r c v< d raided the
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  • 154 4 Alexandra W.lham McPherson < 29>, a Canadian who told the poLce he was employed on a ship as a steward, and who was alleged to have broken into St. Andrew's Cathedral and stolen a radio and a gramophone St 10 p.m. on Apr. 18, appeared
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  • 203 4 A.P. CHUNGKING, April 24.—A projected new constitution designed to unify China and having similarities to both the British and United States constitutions is a! most completed, Dr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative van declared. He said a tentative agreemen, has been reached on the
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  • 110 4 Reuter. CAIRO. Apr. 23.—Definite progress appears to have been made in the Anglo-Egyptian talks, says Reuters Cairo Correspondent Mr. Martin Herlihy. The Egyptian Prime Minister Sidky Pasha met members of the Egyptian delegation to submit to them the results of his conversations with numbers of the British
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  • 20 4 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 23.—English film actor Lionel Atwill died last night at his Hollywood residence —Reuter.
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  • 121 4 Reuter. BANGKOK, Apr. 23.- The Royal Siamese Railways has announced that it is hoped to resume the Bangkok-Singapore express train service soon. Th;service was discontinued during the war, and resumption has been found to be difficult because may bridges were damaged through bombing in the latter
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  • 394 4 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG, Apr. 23.—The appearance of visible gold in not one but several other state boreholes over an area of many square miles suggests that this is a deposit of exceptional richness and the possibility too of it being the principle source of gold in
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  • 67 4 A.P. LONDON. Apr. 24 —Ever since the blitz, the little figure of Eros. God of Love- has been missing from Piccadilly Circus —and in hiding in Egham. Now Londoners want Eros back again. But many say Eros is better off in Egham until after the
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  • 79 4 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 23.—0n1y a oner.mn mission left here for Sarawak today in the form of Labour Member cf Parliament Lieut.-Col. D. ReesWilliams. Capt. L. L. Gammans, Conservative, who was to have accompanied him, is indisposed and will follow later. They are visiting Sarawak on behalf
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  • 44 4 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. Walzen. considered the second best welterweight in France, gained a points verdict over Ernie Roderick. British welterweight and middleweight champion, today at the Albert Hall. After the first fight Roderick said he would like to meet Walzen again. —Reuter.
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  • 100 4 Reuter. FRANKFURT, Apr. 23.—Coun-ter-intell;gence agents are setk,ng four former concentration camp inmates in connection with [he poison ng by arsenic of 2.283 German SS men in the prisoner of war camp near Nuremberg. Allied military intelligence officials said here today. The United States intelligent spokesman sa d
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  • 60 4 A.P. BATAVIA. Apr. 23.—50 many of Java's sugar refineries were converted by the Japanese to product on of such things as cement, alcohol, benzol, paper and lubricating oil that production of sugar will be delayed, thgovernment reported after a recent survey. The report opined It was doubtful
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  • 106 4 (Tribune Correspondent) BAGAN SERAI.—A large C mopolitan crowd gathered in the Indian Temple compound at Bagan Serai to witness a fire walking ceremony. As soon as the eight tire -walkers reached their destine they slowly treaded their way across the burning bed of char
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