Malaya Tribune, 30 May 1946

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    35 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya Phone Nos:—Editorial 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 I GiT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, May 30, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Thursday, May 30, 1945
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    NEW JOB FOR THE SUPREMO
    109 1 A.P. 'DON, May 30. A Government man said yesterday Admiral Lord Loui< batU n. Supreme AlCommander in Sou hisia, will not re urn at post after he come don for the June S jet libra t ion. r ie spokesman said thai main job in
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    Six Years For Palestine Naval Rating
    121 1 Reuter. "SALEM. May 29—The tary Court here today sentenced sh, 51-year-old Paiesrat ng to six yean imm t with spct ial treatment of tWo Ol poSgun cotton and detonators bard the British deStrOm on Apr. 30 this year, ntencej are to iun ronCvrently. vho
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    Soviet Criticise India Plan
    61 1 v May 29.—The official aper "Izvestia" said toBritish Cablet Misfor India's future conBritain "new possibining India's national r.ivvement." Ive quarters point out hole programme is not Ui- > promote independence but' coming," the newspaper^ tear that the plan will strife between comI increase the strength a
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    U.S. Soft Coal Strike Over
    130 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, May 29.—The United States soft e !>a' strike has been settled, it was announced ottiin Washington to-night. Mr. Julius Krug, United Stat.s Secretary of the Interior, annou'.U ed the end of the strike. He told correspondents HhaL IM United Mine Workers' President. Mr.
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    Govt. Troops Take Kirin
    53 1 Reuter. Ranking, May 29.—Natkmanment) troops ContinuCwuri r driv e against the fcDL, V in Manchuria have ,Kirm, about 70 miles Changchun, Chinese headn Manchuria, it was rerj;" l, "lay. Vl it troops may also X apt„ r ed the power station at 1 j« Alan near
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    Morrison Tells Commons: "No Misunderstanding With U.S."
    734 1 'Incident 9 Now Considered Closed: Sharp Exchange With Churchill Anglo-American Food Pledge Reuter. LONDON, May 29. Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, told the House of Commons to-day he had the authority of Mr. William Clayton, United States Assistant Secretary of
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    Floods Sweep Pennsylvania
    74 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, May 29—At least ten persons lost thier lives and sJc are missing as a result of floods sweeping Pennsylvania and the south-western part of New York State. Thousands of people are homeless and damage to property rum into millions of dollars. The town of
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    Big Gun Battle In Philippines
    120 1 A.P. MANILA. May 30.—A twelve-bom gun battle involving 2,00(1 guerrillas and Filipino MPs wa? reported as Manuel Roxas discussed at his first Cabinet meeting "pressing problems on which we intend to have immediate action." Two policemen were killed anu several wounded as well and an
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    Govt. Will Not Accept Lords' Decision
    137 1 Reuter. LONDON, May 29—Thj Government has decided not to accept the oppos'von amendment passed by the House of Lords last week t which led to the Govern, merit's defeat- The ai/mendment which was carried by the opposition in the Lord; where the ConservaV yes
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    Fresh Hopes Of New Rubber Price
    162 1 Reuter. LONDON, May 29—The Times' City Editor commenting on the expiry on June 30 of the "much criticised" agreement for sale of Malayan rubber to the United States at 20-i, cents per pound, says that the price agreed with the United States for July
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    British Officer Killed Near Dusseldorf
    109 1 A.P. DUSSELDORF, May 30.—A British Army captain of a special force combing gane/s of desperadoes roaming the British zone was shot dead near here on Tuesday night. The officer, whose name was not disclosed, was killed while inter cepting a gang about to raid a
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    TOKIO HAS ENOUGH FOOD FOR ONLY 11 DAYS
    75 1 A.P. TOKIO, May 30.— There is only enough food reserve left to fee-! Tokio a day and a half, while some Japanese districts are as lar behind as 19 days in food distribution, the Central Rationing agency r?portid, according to the Kyodo"
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    301 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. May 30—Mr. Wei Tao Ming, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, will receive an honorary Doctor of Civli Law degree from Waynesburg (Pennsylvania) College when he goes there to deliver the college's Commencement Address June 2. Mr. Wei will speak on "Sino-American Friendship and
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    Siam Case Not Likely To Go Before SECO
    656 1 BANGKOK COMPLAINT NOT OFFICIAL Reuter. NEW YORK, May 30. —A spokesman for M. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said yesterday that M. Lie would not put before the United Nations Security Council the Siamese allegation that French troops had seized
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    "Nutritional Lunch" For Lord Killearn
    67 1 Lord Killearn, Spec I C missioner, South-Eas whose big task today i Asia's food problem, v entertained to a uu lunch today by Dr. J nutritional expert, sta*ff of the Special sioners' Office. The menu will ccv substitute foods in demonstrate how a in vitamins
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    U.S. Pressure On Spain
    88 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. May 3 ted States has challemake good her promi Nazi refugees to Gernis a ship to Bilbao for (J The State Departme- announced that the ship. Perch, would arrive at E: June 0. The Spaniards have ebdmed past that they could not o Nazis
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    STOP PRESS
    198 1 A.P. JERUSALEM, May 29. —Submission of the Palestine case to UNO is favoured by leading figures in the newlyformed Arab Higher Front, which rivals the Arab Higher Committee. Two prominent members, Auni Bey Abdul Hadi, Palestine Arab Independence Party, and Dr. Hussen Khalidi, leader of the Palestine Arab
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    How Condemned Japs Spend Their Last Days
    378 2 Appetite Good Even On Eve Of Execution (Tribune Start Reporter) What is the treatment meted to Japanese war cr minals condemned to the death sentence, from ths time they are sentenced up to the moment of their execution? That was what I set
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    Dismantlement Of Plants In Germany To Go On
    160 2 Reuter. BERLIN, MAY 28.—A senior British Military Government official sad today that there would be no halting of dismantlement of plants for reparations in the British zone similai to that announced yesterday for theUnited States zone. Such an order, the official Stid.
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    FIRST LABOUR MINISTER IN JAP HISTORY
    78 2 A.P. TOKYO. May 29.—The Conservative Coalition Government of Premier Shigeru Yoshida today added to its ranks the first Labour Minister in the history of Japan. The Government also approved the creation of management councils to give enfranchised workers a voice in the affairs of
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    26 2 A.P. TOKYO, May 29. —The Japanese Cabinet today announced it had decided to ranrel payment of compensation to munitions industries for contract terminations and war damage.—A.P.
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    Washington Silent On 'Morrison Case'
    351 2 Reuter. WASHINGTON. May 2*.—Pendin;: the expected statement on the question of food for India and Germanj in the House of Commons tomorrow f"-n the Lord President of the < oumil. Mr. Herbert Morrison, the 3ri»ish En; Sassy and the State Department Kf s maintained official
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    Hated Step-Child Comes Of Age
    187 2 Hated StepChild Comes Of Age A.P. TOKIO, May I*o .—Labour, a hateo stepchild of militarists, came of age in Japan today. The Japanese Cabinet has decided to establish a labour ministry giving official recognition to a massive unionisation movement which rolled in with the post-surrender tide and washed out all
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    32 2 A.P. NEW ORLEANS, May 29.—Four touring Egyptian newspapermen visited the agriculture, industrial and education projects in this regior on Tuesday. They will depart soor. for a tour of the American West Jap.
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    "World Conditions Worried Grumitt"
    400 2 "Grumitt appeared very worried about world condi'ions in general and seemed to hink that he atomic bomb of the Russians would soon make chaos of all the world, sated Mr. J H Phillip, a chartered accountan ,at the continued hearing of he inquiry concerning the death
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    PAYS TRIBUTE...
    60 2 President Eduard Bene* of Chechoslovakia, pays tribute to patrots tvho fell in the Czec'i uprising against German occupation forces on May 5. 1945. during first anniversary memorial ceremon es in Prague. In background is the Union Jack which with colours of the Allied Nafrons flanked the speakers' s
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    U.S. Reiterates Ban On Communism In Japan
    223 2 Reuter. TOKIO. May 29.—Reaffirming that the United States does not want Communism in Japan. Mr. George Atcheson, American Chairman of the Allied Control Council for Japan, told the Council to-day: "The United States does not want to see the people of this country
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    Lords' Question On India Plan
    248 2 Reuter. LONDON |f»y iS I", the House ol Lords, Lord Rankeillour ?sk°d trie Government whether proposals of the Whit'- Paper for I eouatituaa? :-.-> semblv in India would require or be submitted for the approval of the imperial Parliament and whether adoption of all or
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    Indonesians In India
    75 2 A.P. CALCUTTA. May 29. The Calcutta branch of the Indonesian Youth a>SJC-.ation lias adopted a resolution asking that India s 10,000 Indon sians be repatriated ill neutral ships and handed over today at *ac Army Education authorities rather than the Dutch. The asso. iation said Indon s[ant
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    Indians hung upside-down and burned alive
    262 2 ALLEGATIONS IN WAR CRIMES COURT Alleged to have been concerned in burning alive three Indian labourers of Port Blair, Andamans, between Dec. 1944, and July, 1945, two Japanese, u Hashimoto Minoru and Cpl. Kuosawa Sadao, ar«« on trial in the War Crimes Court before
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    OBSOLETE PLANES MELTED DOWN
    54 2 A.P. WASHINGTON May 29 —The U.S. Navy Department announced that battle-weary and obsolete navy aircraft are being melted down for aluminium. It was announced the programme will reclaim over two million U.S. dollars worth secondary aluminium for commercial use. The Navy expects to obtain 35 million
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    Penang Tea Party
    97 2 ("Tribune Correspondent) PENANG. May 29 The biggest social party since the re-oCCupat on Was a tea party given by the GoV-ernor-General Mr. Malcolm MacDonald in honour of the two Visiting M.P.». Captain L. D. Gammans and Lieut.-Colonel ReeS Williams at the residency th s afternoon. It was
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    Soldier Hid In Cistern
    242 2 Reuter. LONDON. May 87 So been found in a cistern wi< on and his head just bef water, James William Car years old soldier in the Rjfj,. Br ade, appeared at North Lon court yesterday. Carroll and T Edward Bishop, 23. Dirinnn 5| Islington, were charged
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    No Threat To Food Supplies
    98 2 Reuter. LONDON. May 28.—An assurance that Britain's food supplies are not in danger as a result of the strike which stopped work on 20 ski London docks was given to<ia\ official of the Port of London ity. "There is no threat to food n plies.
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    Position Of Singapore's Water Supplies
    677 2 NO RESERVE AVAILABLE The public can rest assured that steps are being taken to do ail that is possible to maintain water supply and improve the condition |>f existing facilities. Though the amount of water available for this city at the moment is limited, efforts
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    FLAG PRESENTATION ON PADANG
    799 3 NOT WAR TROPHY BUT TRIBUTE Union Jack thP n»„ U,S M°"itbatten, oresented ,i union jack BO the people of S'r- nam arr\ ■> nese gun to H.E. the Governor of £i» a Japa ine ceremony which lacked •h.ing in mil t.iry gra-deu-colour was watched by a
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    Road To Be Named After Supremo
    300 3 The memory of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten will be perpetuated in Singapore with the re-naming of Grove Road as Mountbatten Road, announced HE the Governor. Mr. F. C. Gimson. in his farewell address to the Supremo at the presentation eeremonv yesterday evening. H.E. the
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    Summons Against Amusement Park
    111 3 Withdrawn The Happy World Ltd. was summoned to court on April 12 this year because it was alleged that persons entering the Park on the night of March 28 were not given their half of the admission ticket and that the tickets issued had not the
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    ROTARIANS ON TOWN PLANNING
    182 3 'nesting discussion abou' roveraeat was tak?n up b> following a short talk by G. Wakeham about the open•chitects and engineers in tbilitation of Malaya. S. H. Peek said that as most iteruled to live in Malaga h>ng time, since the bird-jf 'a>hion is now outmoder hiteete
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    Penang Trade Delegation Meets MPs
    266 3 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, May 29.—The assurance that they would sec the GoVcriior-G neral, Rt. Hon. Mi. Malcolm Mac Donald, on the matter regarding Customs duties still being Collected in Penang, Was given by both Capt. L. D. Gammans, M.P., and Lt-Col. D. R. Rees Williams,
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    A Treasured Possession
    414 3 "Singapore owes to Ycur Excellency a deb* of gratitude which will never be forgo' en for your great share with fht (;allant forces under your command, n humbling the pr dc and breaking the military power of the ruthless and bru'al aggressor," declared Mr. WBartley, President of
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    FUTURE OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA COMMAND
    295 3 Admiral Lord I.ouis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South Baal Asia, leaves feHagapore tonight for London. He Will l c accompanied by Lady Louis Mountbatten. The Supreme Commander anil break his journey at New Delhi, where he first set u;> his hcadquaiters, to see the Commander-in
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    MacDONALD HERE TODAY
    60 3 KB. the Governor-General of the ivfalayan Union and Singapore Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald Ls due here from Penang at about noon today, pxactly a week after he left this city for his headquarters at Penang. Mr. Mac Donald will arrive at Changi airfield. Per the moment it
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    Gift To Malayan Chinese
    146 3 The Radio Australia reports that former Australian prisoners of War In Malaya nave given £5.000 towards a £15,000 Australian Imperial Fones Malayan Nursing Scholarship Fund. The scheme originated in Changi Prison Camp when a Committee of Six PoWs met to discuss how the prisoners could repay
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    All The Rulers Going To London
    560 3 'T? bu*'G Co;iTesp-jndent) TVOn. Rfay 29—In a -fatcmr rrii:"-- to tho 1 xs> after ihe dinner at 'ir Palace in rjt'e. Kangsar. yesterday *i'k'*t 1 D. Gan--1 7 p 'bat be t:v v 'i-ai- opportunity under?tatiding the view )fj!nt of th: Malays on the
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    Gent Visits Hospital
    87 3 ("Tribune Correspond, nt/ PENANG. May 29—Sir Edward Oent, Governor of the Maisy»n Union, accompanied by Mr. A. T. Newboult, Chief SeCrei&ry. i«d Mr. S. N. Kitig. Penang s rK m Commsjiotier, visited Periarife 1 General Hospital to<iay. The pi-tv was conducted round Che hosp by Lt.-Col. A.
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    Talk On Confucianism
    44 3 The n.xt nuvting of tin F*i3t 1 West Society will t3k.* pia.e today at the Army Educate" Centre Armenian nt i\. Mr. Homer Chen of the gWitteftP Q erretar at Will leCtuß' on Th/* influence of Co-fucianism on Modern Ch'nese Thought.
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    21 3 A.P. TOKYO. May 29.- untitled group of repatriated Japanese diplomats, who fen* int'iii'-d by thRussians, was scheduled to arrive today—A. P.
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    Wage Levels
    448 4 Overboard goes the reoccupation fiction of No Inflation. Tne man who has upset the applecart is Mr. C. J. ficonomlc Advisor to Singapore ana he U.-J >n. Mr. Pyke told Prersmen on Monday thain his opinion "prices will newr go back to 1941 levels." Ihat i 3 the
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    HISTORY from STAMPS
    929 4  -  by K. Allan During World War I a number of British Empire countries publicised then respective "war efforts special issues of nuresti j postage stamps. Tnese provided a great documentary to world history In 1919 the Domirioa of NCWh founrttand Issued twelve Stamps to record the services
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    Norway Defeat Report Out
    154 4 Reuter. LONDON, May 28.—Almost exact!;, six years ago the British Imp tj Staff sat down to ponder a doeßtntoit that was to be the key to Allied vie tory. lt was a reasoned report or. 'hv defeat of the British in eentr 1 N r way—a
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    MADAN SHOOTING
    38 4 Reuter. BATAVIA. May 28—One British Indian officer and one soldier were killed when Indonesians fired on a British patrol at Medan. Sumatra, it was .officially stated yesterday. One British Indian officer and one soldier were wounded.—Reuter.
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    Mathatma Gandhi On the UNITY of INDIA
    714 4 Everybody is agreed abut lb: ne ed for communal unit v. Bu everybody does not know ha unity does not mean politica' unity wh'ch may be imposed. It means an unbreakable hear uni y. The first thing essent al for the achievement cf
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    Preferential Treatment To Japan In Food Imports
    483 4 Wasrrng' on.- Th? Far Easi m Commission a its meeting nere recently approved a food P ley for Japan to the effec tha. no food impor s shall be perm* 1 ted which would give the Japanes■ preferen ial treatment over the requiremen
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    554 5 v d \v and ihen one hears aims parens abou, anesc metneds of corpopunishment mc.cd out to n s. Face-sl?ppirg and lay. hand heavily on the c'.iest back appear o be favour- me teachers when their re s he better cf themChinese especially abhor at'ng cf chi.dren
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    Food News
    199 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, May 29.—Government took priority on canned me»t» needed for UNRRA, effective from June 2. The estimated order will require 80 per cent, of all mmt«o meat produced in the United Stafea —A. p. WASHINGTON. May 29 —Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced that Government has boutrht enough
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    CHIANG'S MESSAGE TO ROXAS
    133 5 A.P. NANKING. May 28. —Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sent the following: message to Manuel Roxas of the Philippines: "On the occasion of your inauguration as President of the Republic of the Philippines, I wish to offer my congratulations and best wishes for a successful administration. "The peoples
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    Ban On Transport Of Gls' Babies May Be Imposed
    253 5 Reuter and A.P. LONDON. May 29.—The United States may bar for six months the transport from Britain of very voting baMes belonging to British wives of American soldiers following the dead of 14 babies and illness of many others, according to
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    Bangkok's Complaint To UNO Raises New Poser
    368 5 France And Siam Still Technically At War Reuter A.P. THF 29-STAM'S COMPLAINT TO TROOPs'T^ 0 10 55, CHARGING FRENCH AC?RFI«.nxT'^ D D CHINA Wl "UNJUSTIFIED pKrKn„ POSED A N£ W QUESTION ON PROCEDURE FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL. n-niPd^ S ,l rs L time
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    Pacific Aerial Defence Plan
    67 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, May 29.—Air Chief Ma. shal Sir Keith Park, former Alliei Air Commander-in-Chief, South-East Asia, said on arrival here that Allied governments in the Pacific were consilering a plan for re-operation in aerial defence training. He is flying to New Zealand on Monday to .h>
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    Son's Blood-Letter Appeal Fails
    229 5 Ten-Year Sentence On Korean Upheld A.P. TOKIO, May 29. —An a ppeal written in his own blood by a Korean Lee Kun Moh failed to obtain remission for his faher Lee Ku Shun of a sentence of 10 years imprisonment for the murder of a Japanese.
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    CASTING HIS BALLOT
    69 5 Victory of the Catholic People's Party in the Netherlands' first general election since 1937, May 17. placed responsibility for :h e formation of a new government upon Dr. Carl Romme. leader of the Dominant party. His party won 32 seats out of ILO in the neio Parliament.
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    Spanish Republicans Demand Action
    266 5 A.P. NEW YORK, May 28.—The United Nations Security Council si'b-comniitteci rs weighing the challenging suggestion from Spanish Republicans that they and unspecified Allies might seek to overthrow the Franco regime by force unless the United Nations take action against the Spanish dictator as a uireat to
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    30,000 Teachers May Strike
    95 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. May 28.—Ceylon's 30 000 vernacular zchool-t£ achers ha ,s e threatened to strike if they are not paid adequate wages. They kmffl made a last appeal to the r: nister of Education. Mr. C. W. W. Kannangara. Meanwhile, they will hold meetings throughout the
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    Arab Leaders Hold Talks
    94 5 A.P. CAIRO, May 2!).—Kings, Princes ami Presidents of seven Arab States gathered here Wednesday in the first modern meeting of the rulers of Arab millions. They are determined to organise a united front against Jewish immigration into Palestine. The two-day's conference will concentrate on Arab opposition
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    Report Denied
    65 5 Reuter. LONDON, May 28.—A report (published in a British newspaner) that Field-Marshal Monteomery is flying to f'airo to take nart in discussing on the military side of the revis-on of th«» Ansrlo-Egyptian Treaty of IU3H we-e officially denied by a Bntish Government spokesman today. The spokesman said the
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    BIG THREE DRIFTING TO WAR?
    232 5 Reuter. LONDON, May 29.—The Labour (Government) "Daily Herald" declared today that a few years only at the present rate would suffice to bring suspicions between Britain, Russia and the United States "to explosion point—and the explosion will make a wilderness of this earth." "Let us
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    STRONG RED PRESSURE
    75 5 A.P. TEHERAN, May 29.—An anonymous member of the Iranian Parliament expressed the belief that Iran is "under strong Russian pressure." He said Iran deliberately is playing a "two-handed diplomatic game to prevent everything we own from fai'ine into Soviet hands." "Regardless of public statements by Government. Prime
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    Lckes Criticises Truman
    57 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, May 29.—Harold L. Ickes, former Secretary of State for Interior, called Truman's legislations request "the heaviest blow ever struck in America against the fundamental rights of labour and democratic traditions of our country." The statement was issued in his capacity as Executive Chairman of the
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    TRUMAN ADVISED TO WITHDRAW ANTI-STRIKE BILL
    84 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. May 29.—Two Senators friendly to President Truman were reported to have urged him to withdraw the strike emergency legislation should the expected early settlement of the coal strike materialise. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming, both Democrats, declined
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    CANADIAN MP ON TRIAL FOR SPYING
    122 5 A.P. MONTREAL, May 29 The prosecution charged Fred Rose, Communist Member of the Canadian Parliament, as contact man between Soviet agents and potential spies in wartime Russian espionage activities in Canada. F. Philip Brais opened the Rose conspiracy trial by sketching the espionage operations
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    SURPRISE ARRESTS IN SPAIN
    63 5 Reuter. MADRID. May 29.—Spanish police in the last few days have arrested 28 prominent Republicans and seven Socialists. The arrests have Caused some surprise as these opposition leaders are moderate Socialists, and Pre opposed to Joseph Giral's Republican government-in-exile. It is assumed that by removing these
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    New Cable Rates
    38 5 Reuter. LONDON, May 28 —Prom June 1 cable rates between Malaya and the United States are halved, the new rates being 65 cents (Straits) for one word, deferred 35 cents, night letter rate 20 cents.—Reuter.
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    Talking about Sport
    1253 7 Special To The Malaya Tribune The Empire Stadium and tin Empire Pool and Sports Arena at Wembley will be the home of most of the major events of the 1948 Olympic Games, to be held in London. Ann uncing this, Mr. A. J the managing director, thai
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    Indians'Easy Win In One-Day Game
    227 7 Indians'Easy Win In OneDay Game A.P. I LEY, Middlesex. May 29.---tourists beat the Indian Ghana by fi wirkets on a one-day Uthoogb the tourists passed G khana score after 4 wickeU en, play continued for the tnenl of the crowd. INDIAN GYMKHANA Gul Mohamed 14 N'imhalkar b TTankad i 2
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    37 7 untitled will represent the CtirfCt't mitcil ag.jmst .1 Thompson Road Th< i»jmt )mmencrs w Ke. Pow fCapt.), K. c Tinn, Lnu Hnrk r Av,- Kmg. Ong Swe* 5»»g Bve, Sch K- ue" L.m Swang. CvOil Moofc Kim.
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    S.C.R.C. TEAM
    49 7 in* have been asked to for the Rees aganlst at Tnom P SOI Rtrnd on fi BarlcJ^J 2 P- m —D'aJmei**, I &>Z\ r G ol clarke P. Ohopard, i C p S Hope R Hoffman, r Schuv' Mercler. D. Ross, L *Pire ft 1 and Westerhout.
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    Royal Car To Drive Along Racecourse
    422 7 DERBY DAY PROGRAMME Reuter. LONDON. May 28.—The King; and Queen and Princess Elizabeth "will drive along the racecourse at Epson l from Tattenham Corner just before the first race on Derby Day, June 5. This popular innovation will be much appreciated by an expected
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    Former Champion To Meet Title-Holder
    448 7 BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF TOURNEY SOUTHPOKT (Lancashire), May 28.—Another long day's play in the British Amateur Golf Championship took place in mixed weather on the Birkdale Club's links here today, but the third round will not be completed until to morrow when the whole fourth round
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    County Cricket Closes
    102 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 29.—At Manchester, Lancashire 271 (Edrich 55, Phillipson 58, Jenkins 8 for 92); Worcestershire 80 for 7. At Lords, Middlesex vessus Nottingshire no play today owing to rain. At Kettering, Northamptonshire 126 (Parker 4 for 8); Surrey 90 for 3 (Gregory 51). At Oxford, Oxford
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    K.L. HOCKEY TEAM TO PLAY HERE
    246 7 Tne hockey team of the Railway Institute K. L. will come down to Singapore this Whitsuntide and play three matches against local sides. On Saturday June 8 they will meet Pillay's XI to be followed by a game against the Rees on June 9.
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    Table Tennis
    110 7 The Chinese Swimming Club beat the V.M.C.A. in a table tennis match held at the V.M.C.A. Tennis Pavilion on Wednesday evening, by four games to three. The following are the results:(C.S.C. names first) Loke Seek Cheong beat Lav Kieng Hiong 3-0; Leong Vat Choon lost to Fung Guan
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    PUBLIC WON'T BE TOLD MORE ABOUT NEW SECRET WEAPONS
    226 7 Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 28 —House Appropriations Committee Members shouted an emphatic "no" to suggestions that the public te told more about major secret weapons. At the same rime they were considering an increase in Army funds for further scientific research.
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    Motor Racing
    76 7 A.P. INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 29.— Gipri Villeresi of Milan yesterday qualified for the 500-mile Indianapolis track race tomorrow in a new eight Coliner Mascrati, at a speed of 121.249 miles an hour. Fifty-year-old Rid Caracciola of Berne, the European champion, was injured when his car crashed into a
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    Inter-Y.M.C.A. Games Results
    184 7 Playing badminton the i MR, Y. M C. A., the local X.M.CA. I«n out winners by three games to one, but in a table tennis match against' the T. F. K. Y. Dramatic Assoe ation they were beaten by five games to two. The follow.ng are the
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    Boxing BRITAIN BEATS U.S.
    64 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 29.—Great Britain beat the United States by live bOuts to three When tile [titernatonal AmuUur Boxing was resumed between the two cOutltri -s at Wembley, Middlesex, tonight after a lapse of ten yearS. Briatin Won in the flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight and middleweight
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    Peace Terms
    105 7 Reuter. NANKING, May 28.—The Chinese Central Government is now insisting on taking over the whole of Manchuria before resuming peace talk with the Communists, according vo reports in the Chinese press today. The Government, it is added, intends to maintain this attitude, irrespective of a fresh cease-fire agreement
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    DUTCH OCCUPY TANGORANG
    49 7 Reuter. BATAVrA. May 29.—Dutch troops occupied Tangorang near Pesing, west of Batavia, yesterday, it was officially announced today. There were no incidents and no casualties. Roads, bridges and the electricity supply were found intact. Extremist* had already left the town, taking with them 40 European hostages.—Reuter.
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    UNEXPLODED BOMBS
    49 7 Reuter. SOUTHAMPTON, May 28.—Two bombs, dropped by German raiders, were discovered aCCidentially today by a workman who was digging the gravel path near the city's memorial plaqm to American Soldiers stationed in Southampton during the War. A bomb disposal squad is now at Work removing them. —Reuter.
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    ALLAHABAD CLASH
    44 7 Reuter. ALLAHABAD. May 29.—Three persons were killed and 20 injured when the police opened fire on workers at Cheoki, near Allahabad, last night. The total nuinher killed since disorders started in Allahabad after a clash between Hindus and Moslems Is now 7-—Reuter.
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    Speaks 21 Languages, Wants To Learn Half-Dozen More
    476 8 Esperanto Is "Colourless" Russian Hardest To Learn Famous Interpreter Thinks English Will Be Universal Language A.P. (By Kit Stoddart) LONDON—lnterpreter S. L. Salzedo, who speaks 21 languages and plans to learn half a dozen more, foresees the day when the w hole
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    Musso's Body Taken By Air To Spain?
    91 8 A.P. ROME. May 29.—A large air transport was stolen from Foricviine airport in Milan on May 27. and a d ispatch to the Rome newspaper Espresso suggested the nlanc might have carried away Mussolini's body possibly to Spain. Five men in flying suits
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    Johore Sultan Visits Malayan V-Parade Troops
    101 8 Reuter. LONDON. May 29.— The 72-year-old Sultan of Johore yesterday visited the Malayan contingent which will take part in tfce march through London on Victory Day and inspected a trunrd-of-hoiuiur formed by the Johore national forces. Tbe Sultan, who wore a Major-General's uniform, came
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    Mihailovich's Complex Character
    279 8 NUREMBERG, May 29.— A secret report recovered by the Allies from the German Foreign Office files portrays, with surprising information, the complex character of General Mihailovich, the Chetnik leader, scon to be tried by Marshal Tito's Yugoslav court, writes Daniel Deluce, Associated Prcjs correspondent. The doCurnr it
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    Millionaire Shoots His Gardener
    223 8 Doctor Gaston Dugatte. 7:5 yvar-old multi-millionaire, told the court at Auxerre France, how he lay in wait and shot one of his gardeners betuM the man had made love to his beautiful 16-year-old daughter. The doctor and his 22-year-old son Jean are accused of the murder
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    Passage To Cape Town Cost £300
    203 8 Twenty-s X passengers who paid £175 each to work 5,000-mile passages ft Q Britain to Cape Town in a motor >acht had eventually to pay £300 each for the voyage. They told their advent ures on arriving at Cape Town in the Dut. h
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    Jolt To Manchuria Peace Negotiations
    317 8 A.P. NANKING, May 29. —Optimism over an early settlement of the Manchurian civil strife received a sharp setback to-day as General Chcu En-lai, Number Two Chinese Communist, charged that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally assumed direction of the Manchurian campaign and the situation in the warravaged
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    Queen Opens Conference Of Women's Inst.
    139 8 Reut er. LONDON, May 28. F-. h women made the trek from the provinces toda the opening of the c Women's Institutes by th. Queen Elizabeth is li ber of the Sandrin j and she told members tha ringham they had' jus* "good neighbours
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    31 8 A.P. NEW YORK. May 29.—untitled Gandhi, son of the Ma clared yesterday that on the United States and C he had got ei.ough n< v, India "just to keip above water.''—A.P
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    Sequel To Walk-Out From Troopship
    450 8 Reuter. ALDERSKOT, May 29.—Desertion with intent to avoid proceeding overseas in the troopship Con alleged against Lance-Sergeant Roy Peach, aged 21, York and Lancaster Regiment, whose hope is al Whiston Street, Derby, at a court-martial which opened here yesterday. The court-martial is concerned with charges
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    27 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM. May 29—The World Zionist Congress scheduled to pc held in Jerusalem on Auk. 7 has been postponed until December, it ls officially stated here. —Reuter.
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    Had Revovler Strapped To Leg
    106 8 A revolver and an automat recovered by tho Custu:as Iday and one arrest has The revolver was found s1 the lep of the man arr.>sl Three robberies were report Tuesday the first of whkk tool Dlace at four in the a r Bussorah Street where
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    Australia Plans to Improve Mines
    61 8 A.P. I CANBERRA. May 29—A 0 ment spokesman announced mat Australia would rpend oi" pounds in a 10-year plat coal-mines more attractive and enu unrest in the industry. The Commonwealths war indnstries need 14.500,000 tons of coa! i year, compared with 10,000.000 tons Before the
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    U.K. Coal Output
    90 8 Reuter. LONDON, May 29 -Br v rrnriers have raised two the extra eight millions tons Minister of Fuel Emma;.;. Shmwell demanded of them 1 have been better pleased If got the other six mill: Sh in well in announcing th ment. Stocks on April 30 too and
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