Malaya Tribune, 6 June 1946

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    33 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya 'Phone Nos:—Editorial 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 GIT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, June 6, 1946 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY. JUNK 6, IMC
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    Churchill: Seeds Of War Being Sown Behind Russia's Iron Curtain
    796 1 BEVIN'S DENUNCIATION OF COMMUNISTS PRAISED Another Uproar In Commons Reuter. rHimrun?- 'JS&i ,?77^ RITAIN S WARTIME PRIME MINISTER. MR. WINSTON 1« ES£§%A2TI&ir TODAIf OF RUSSIA'S "IRON CURTAIN" SAID: "IT IS HERE THAT THE SEEDS OF A NEW WORLD WAR ARE
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    THIS BATTLE SAVED LIVES
    126 1 A.P. ISTANBUL, June f>. —A weird story of how battle beiween two tiding clans saved C uireds from death in i he east Turkey earth- 1 v quake on Friday reach \ed Istanbul from the 1 it ken are on Wednes- laj night. V <>»m with
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    Rumanian Reply To British Note Unsatisfactory
    110 1 Reuter. LONDON. June ">.—The Rumanian Government's reply to the recent British note of protest against tne Rumanian Government's failure to prepare for general elections and ■gainst certain other alleged curtailments of democratic liberties was described as "thoroughly unsatisfactory by the Foreign Office spokesman here
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    Mountbatten's High Tribunte To "The Auk"
    228 1 Reuter. LONDON, June s.—Referring to the Burma campaign niral Lord Louis Mountbatten told a press conference i'day: "The keypoint in our victory was that we hi through the monsoon. Everyone said we could fight through the monsoon and the Japanese believed and stopped fighting
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    Lord Louis Reveals A Secret
    157 1 Reuter. In London, Admiral Mountbatten yesterday revealed one of the closely guarded secrets of the war —the existence of one of the most high powered portable wireless sets in the world, designed and built by himself. Lord Louis, who is one of the foremast authorities
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    Thrown Into River
    42 1 A.P. TOKIO, June 5 —At .least :>ne student was killed when the door of an overcrowded passenger car gave way as the train was crossing the Kanda River n the suburbs, ana several passengers were thrown In the -iver.—A.P.
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    Advice To Russians
    206 1 Reuter. I LONDON. June s.—Refcr- r>ng to Soviet-U.S. relations. Mr. Churchill said in the r Commons to-day: -It would be ?n the iiitercsts of SovU t Russia to go on being friendly I 'Mth the United States. There is no people in the ivorld so j I
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    Attlee On Potsdam Difficulties
    318 1 Reuter. LONDON. June s—Mr. Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, speaking after Mr. Winston Churchill in today's House of debate on foreign affairs said the difficulty with regard to the Potsdam agreement was that whereas the British regard Potsdam as laying down some guiding principles to be
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    Giral Expects Franco's Fall
    85 1 Reuter. MEXICO CITY, June s.—Premin Jose Giral of the Spanish Republican Government in Exile, predicted Wednesday that the Francisco Franco regime would fall and a new government might be established in Spain before the next meeting of the United Nations Assembly next fail. Giral did not
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    22 1 A.P. LONDON, June 6—King George received the Maharajah of Bundi at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday ard awarded him the Military Cross.— A.P.
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    UMBERTO LEAVES FOR EXILE
    189 1 29- DAY KING Reuter A.P. ROME, JUNE S—KING UMBERTO II LEAVES ITALY FOR EXILE ON SATURDAY AFTER 29 DAYS AS KING. Thus ends the 85-year reign of the House of Savoy over united Italy. King Umberto who is aged 41 will leave as the final result
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    CZECHS WILL RECOGNISE GIRAL GOVT.
    75 1 A.P. OSLO, June »?.—An authoritative ure *a;d tonight (Wednesday that Crechoelovaki* wo U a recofnui the I-.xile Spanish Government oi Sen or Jose Giral -ant! break relation,, with Franco Spain if Norway did so first. The source said the Czechs felt that if Czechoslovakia took
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    TEXTILE INDUSTRY SURVEY
    77 1 A.P. MANCHESTER, June 6.—A British Government plan for an immediate survey of the textile industry and manufacturers of textile machinery as a preliminary step toward revi talisation the declining industry was approved on Wednesday hy employee and union representatives in all branches of the British cotton industry.
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    Truman Urged To Sever Relations With Vatican
    102 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, June <*>.—Eleven Prote ttant Charcfa leaders uryed President Truman on Wednesday to ■ever all diplomatic relations with th" Vatican. Resolutions from seven denomin.;termed th-- assignment of Mr. Myron Taylor at the President's re preventative to the Vatican as unauthorised and ineonatitatioaaL
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    Ceylon Has Food For Week Only
    137 1 Reuter. COLOMBO, June 4. Ceylon is facing an unprecedented food crisis with stocks of rice and flour sufficient to last for only a week at the most. Giving this news over Colombo radio last night only one week after the BMNNM ment of an
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    DEMOBBED AFTER 31 YEARS' SERVICE
    248 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 5— Fifty-one-year-old RAF Warrant Officer. W. C. Bay is "looking forward to Civvy Stieet as an adventure," for today he was demobbed after 31 years' service in tne Royal Flying Corps and RAF. In August 1915, he packed up his books in
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    HARBIN FALLS
    64 1 Reuter. NANKING. June s—Chi Government roops have cap ed Harbin, key railway junci of central Manchuria from Communists and are push uurtr/vards, according 0 Ch nete reports her e tonigh', The Chinese Communists too over Harbin from the evacua <n Russians la April. Seve Na ionaiist columns were
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      83 1 I Arrived! Just Arrived! j Visit of Their Excellencies Generalissimo and Madam Kai-shek to India, revealed for the first time to the people of Malaya, in "IXDIA'S HEART IS OXE IV IT II CiHIWA* illy illustrated book which gives a vivid account of the Ption that India give tc Their
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    EXTORTION ATTEMPT FAILS
    292 2 A 21-year old Chinese. Kwan Cheng Wah, was convic ed and sentenced o four months' ri in Ihe Fourth Police Court yester day for attemp ing to ex ort money from the proprietress ol the Mount Blanc Cafe, Lim Ah Moy. The accused wrote a le ter
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    ASSIZES OPEN NEXT WEEK
    138 2 The first official co?vmo.iy since the surrender, to mark tte op.'nuw of Assizes will he held at the Supreme Court next Wednesday at <"» a.m. The Chief Justice of S ngti pore. Mr. Justice Murray Aynf-iey will preside. The Judges will march in pn.r< sion to
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    Latest Racket-Theft Of Cows
    131 2 A man leading a cow along the streets of Singapore is a Commonplace event but a man with a milking cow walkinc along Jala: Besar at 5 a.m. in the ttoriting needs some explaining. So thought a Police Corporal on the morning of Feb. 16 when
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    Switzerland Will Feed Million Children
    461 2 Reuter. BERNE, June 4.—Tralnioads of food, guarded by pi-ked Swiss Army units to protect them from plunderers, will leave Switzerland shortly for famine area* in Germany, Austria and Hungary under a government sponsored relief programme called "Switzerland helps 1,000.000 hungry children." There are about 1,000,00
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    Chinese Technicians Study In Britain
    72 2 Reuter. LONDON. June 4.—Sixty Chinese 'engineering graduates have recently nrrived in England for training under a scheme arranged between the Federation of British IndustueS und the British Government. They have been allotted to 30 engineering works in various parts of Britain, including London, Bristol and
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    Atom Research In Spain
    154 2 Reuter. Mexico City. June 5. Spain has all the elements necessary for the manufac ure of the atomic bomb, including minerals and technicians said Doctor Jose Giral. Prime Minis er ol the Spanish Republican Governmen -in-Exile. Five top-rank German technicians entered Spain m May 1945 and
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    Mountbatten On Indonesia
    270 2 Reuter. LONDON, June 5. —Admiral Mountbatten, who has arrived in London for the Victory parade, told a press conference today he did not expect any organised warfare between Indonesian patriots and Dutch forces, if there was any trouble between the two over the future of Indonesia as
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    S.D.U. Handing Over To Importers
    676 2 Joint Supply Board Established (TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER) THE SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTION UNIT, MALAYA. IS BEING WOUND UP, AND WITH»N A MONTH OR TWO IMFORTING HOUSES AND INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSMEN Wii*t BE HANI/LING THE CIRCULATION OF THEIR OWN GOODS. Since the re-occupation of Malaya in September last year,
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    Shot Dead
    78 2 A Hokkie'n Was focrid lying deal r»fi BfMcH Road, on Tuesday nigl.t hy police radio patrols, Closer examination revealed he had been shot Ihrough the right side of his i"hest. Some money was found on his body. Among 11 other cases that rac!i:> patrols attended to that ni"ht
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    Mr. John Strachey Parlia
    5 2 A.P.
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    GOVERNOR WILL INSPECT TROOPS BY CAR
    315 2 Kings Birthday Parade Singapore's parade in honour of <he King's birthday on June 13 will be so big that the Governor, representing ih? King, will carry out his inspection from his car. and the G.0.C.. Singapore District (Major General C. H. Cox) will have
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    Additional Loan To China Likely
    122 2 A.P. Washington, June s.—The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Wei Taoming, conferred with U. S. Secretary of State James Byrnes after which he he expected an additional American loan would be made to China soon. Mr. Wei said: "Only few details remain to
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    CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR FOR STALIN
    716 2  -  (By Eddy Gilmore A.P. New York. June 5.— Generalissimo Stalin is a highly respected and almost hallowed figure in Russia today and is regarded by his 193,000,000 people as probably the greatest Russian ot all time. At G6, Stalin is still vigorous <*ntl still in
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    Modern Furniture
    99 2 -B C Style Basing heir research on the suggestion tha: "when in doubt go back to the ancien's for an idea", a South African firm managed *o produce neatly designed furniture ivrougnt from malleable iron after studying the iron utensil; and furniture made i« Egyp- in the fourth
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    500,000 EXPELLED
    22 2 A.P. WARSAW. June o.—The Government has announced that 600,000 Germans have been expelled from Polish territory since March I. —A.P.
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    Talcum Powder Death
    39 2 AUCKLAND. New Zealand. June, C. —The death on Tuesday of a nearly born infant from tetanus a& cribed to spores in talcum powdei brought the total of deaths from this cause in New Zealand to six.
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    15-DAY TRUCE IN MANCHURIA
    231 3 A.P. rrv NANKING, JUNE b.—IHE SINO-AMERICAN UNiTYt committee of three will tomorrow sign £\N AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR A 15-DAY TRUCE IN MANCHURIA. Thi; follows a series of length talks with bo f h Govern leit ard Communist re "ova a !ye«, by General v a ,7
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    Jeeps For Rubber Estates Arrive
    82 3 i Tribune Staff Reporter). The first je3p 3 for commercial se in Malaya have arrived. The consignment of 100 jcepj and a number of mot:r-cyc es. For use hroug'ncu Malay, by MAKEOC (the Malayan Rub ber Estate Owners' Company): It is believed ihe Jeepj hay
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    Hiding Trick Not Quick Enough
    84 3 possessing 10 lbs. of opium, a 55-year old Cantonese Han Ah Ti cfc was sentenced to six months' r.i. in the Third Police Court yes- may. A Customs patrol boat on unda in the roads saw the accused :.t dly take a parcel into his
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    Killed U. S. Airmen Under Orders, Get Year's Jail
    414 3 For what was characterised by the American Prosecutor as "a case of wilful, wanton murder, the type of murder so shocking as to make civilized people all over the world cringe," two Japanese Kempeitai officials. 2nd. Lt. Tsugio Kawahata and Sgt.
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    New Prices For Fish, Vegetable?
    103 3 Reirted vegetables and fish prices s .i come irj*U ett'ect tomorrow as f mows:— T.ong Beans 20 cents a ka'ty iJpiouts < Soya Bean) 23 3±mjals. white or green 25 .i:<;als purple 20 .-hifiiea, red 60 "•lii'.ia;. g:cen 40 Colocasia 18 Cucumber 25 (Jourd <b
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    Extortion "Very Mean" Says Judge
    164 3 "Extortion is a very mean kind of offence.... It is such a despicable crime"' remarked the First District Judge Mr. Storr when he passed r.entence of twelve months' rigorous imprisonment on two Chinese, Lee Len (30, and Lam Say <29>, who admitted receiving $10 from
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    SALAZAR ILL
    16 3 Reuter. LISBON. June s.—Dr. Antonio Salaaar, 57-year-old Prime Minister >t Portugal, is seriously ill.—Reuter.
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    Most Loathsome Form Of Parasite
    449 3 Two men, described by Mr. Justice Hilbery as the most loathsome form of parasite from which modern society can suffer, were sentenced at the Old Bailey to terms of penal servitude for blackmailing an Army officer, called throughout the trial "Capt. X." The judge appealed
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    Rape Charge
    91 3 At the ettd of a lengthy inquiry in the Fifth Police court yestcrdav Indian soldier Akram b. Ayat Mnhamed was committed to stand his trial at the BSXt Assizes on a charge of raping a Cantonese girl. Leung Yin Cheng at She Botanical Gardens on the night of
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    Army Helps To Restore Malayan Public Works
    404 3 An impressive record of constructive achievement Hps behind the Royal Engineers and the Royal Indian Engineers of Malaya Comm and. British and Indian soldiers have already done much to put Malaya back on its feet and remedy the general deterioration of public services
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    Hiker Lost 6 Days In Jungle
    307 3 Aft:r six tliys of wandering lo t throufij heavily un;c! mo rntaias near (he Ca vr n Otrh ands leave: centra, an R AF. cflicer, Flviiir-Oif; .*v\V Vi«m Inslie M. la Mvi (of 37 Derwent R a Fa 1 G -c:\ L.i don) has
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    American Conscription Bill Passed
    128 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, June, 4.-The U.S. Senate voted 54 to 36 to make 18 and 19-yacr-old Americans subject to conscription. The vote vas taken after Republican Senator Gumey said their induction into the services Was lu-Cessjry if fathers and other soldiers with over 18 months service are
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    ONE MONTH FOR OPIUM SMOKERS
    215 3 A *aekot of op:".i. opi'im prv> and lamps were produced in Ute Relief Court yesterday when t" Chinese were each sentenced to one month's rigorous ihrprrSoflaicr l for smokinc opium in a private den In North Bridge Road and of possessing opium. A.S.P. Grose of
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    Australian Liaison Officer
    139 3 Mr. Henry Stokes, a sen'o officer of the Australian Decanmen: of External Affairs, ha been appoin eri Australian Political Liaison Officer to be attached to Lord Killearn's Office the Tribune understands. In addi ion. he will be nolit s .cal adviser o the Australian Coir.micsicner fc-r Malaya.
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    Malaria And Dacoits Plague Irrawatldy
    298 3 Reuter. RANGOON, June 3.—Malaria and dacoits are two ol the principal factors affecting attemnts <o increase the cultivaton of rice in the Irrawaddy delta, states an who has just returned from an extensive tour of the area. 'Thousands of lives will be lost and hundreds
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      407 3 ON THE A1R.... RADIO MALAYA—SINGAPORE. 1100-***** hrs.) Malay Schools Broadcast every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 01)00-1000 hrs.) English Schools Broadcast every Monday. 1100-1200 hrs.) English Schoo.s Broadcast Wednesday an.'. Friday. 1200-1400 hrs.) 300 metres in tht medium wave band and 7.22 megacycle:; per second in the 41 motio band. 1800-23CQ
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    38 4 DZATH—Tan Soon Teck. aged 48 passed away on June 6 at 128 Amber Road. He leaves behind his beloved wife and mother, four sons, four daughters and one daughter-in-law. Funeral will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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    China Today
    509 4 It is possible to see more than one instance of recent history elsiwnert repeating; itself in tne Celestial Empire. Chiang, like Uhurc all, Che war-time leader of every i-mn *and woman of his nation, still commands universal respect but Is oppose by some whose mem rise are short.
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    Off Duty In Germany
    1349 4  -  The Army Education Scheme is assisting soldiers in the British Army of the Rhine to pass the time when they are By J. E. Prebble cf the British Army of the Jlh'.nj By tne autum of 1945 he Bri. tish Army of the Rhine had taken
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    Badoglio Biamed Nazi's For "Catastrophe"
    543 4 A.P. ASSERT-, Germany —Mussolini oaid "protection money" at the rate of 7.000.000.000 lire a month to Adolf Hitler a f ter his rescU3 by Nazi oaratroopers, says Rudolf Hermann Rahn, who was German Ambassador in Ro no at the time of Italy's armistice. This 4«-y.^r--
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    Recovery Of Alexandria After Six Years
    225 4 A.P. ALEXANDRIA—AIexan Iria Harbour, once centre nf thTcreatest tonnage in Mediterranean maritime ?rafflc,^ activity after six wartime years. The Port Of Alexandria at Pi P■am m receding about 40.000 tons of cargo each month, ami the total is increasing. Part of the increase results
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    Hotel Fire Kills 55
    137 4 Chicago. June- 5-—A sp n c ftCUlar lire here sweDt through th 2 23-storey La Salle Hotel in the early hours of this morn ng. The number of deaths so far known is officially s a ed to b fifty-five with abou two hundred injured. Many
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    TURKEY QUAKE DEATH TOLL
    57 4 Reuter. ISTANBUL, Jure 5. —Cawaltiea in the Saturday earthquake in east rr. Terkey are daily increasing. Thi latest official f.s ires are 1,200 ki le<i and 303 injured. Thirty-five vilagcs have been «>*- most entirely destroyed, whiie L«RM houses have colla; sed. rendering 2.000 peof'c homeless.
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    INDIA'S FUTURE
    32 4 Reuter. NEW DELHI. June 5.-The final •cs'ilts of the negotiations on India's future whic'i ocr n:':ie weeks ago. are now expected to be known by the middle of June. —Reutsr.
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    16 Years In The Life Of Mrs. Wearn
    153 4 For Hilda Max Woarn life has 1 chequered by a long- series of tragedies which led her to the dock at Havant yesterday. Hilda a 37-year-old domestic servant of Lovelean near Portsmorti, pleaded for a lenient view to b. taken of her
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    20 ft. Fall
    140 4 And last nieht Mrs. Weara told her own story of the "fair share of wrr; •\nd trouble." "Pne d;iy I was cycling home from work .-it Portsmouth Dockyard." »he said, "when T raw my daughter Edith fall from a window of our hou.e more than 20ft. from
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    CANDY FOR ARMY
    55 4 A.P. HONOLULU. June 5. —On the way to the United States Bth Army of Occupation in Jar>.in are 202.000 candy bars, 247 000 one pound boxes -A Cftbdy, 40,000 b xes of potato rh.ps. and 65 000 boxes of pretzelz. 'me candy was discovered on Saipan during
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    572 5 he saddest survey of the lives teachers in Chinese schools in Unlay* WM made by the princiI the largest Chinese girls' I in Singapore in an article *ring in the local Chinese survey covered a period of 3ve years v/hich coincided with bar tenure or office. It
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    Siam, Russia To Exchange Diplomats
    325 5 Associated Press. BANGKOK, Jane s.—Soviet Russia will soon be represented in the rapidly growing diul niaU: colony of tins observation post of Sout!i-Easl Asia. Siamese Foreign Minister Na] Direk Charjanam told th< Ass o ca ed Press tha, Siam and Rus sia have agreed to
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    31 5 Reuter. ROME, June 5.-victory of Republic in the Italian election plebiscite is regarded as a "certainty." Latest unofficial reports estimate a majority of about two million voU:> for the Republic. —Reuter.
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    TRUMAN RECOMMENDS MORE AID FOR PHILIPPINES
    165 5 Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 4. —President Truman today recommended an additional $66,000,000 (U.S.) appropriation to assist in Philippine rehabilitation during the fiscal year beginning July 1. The President said that $10,000,000 would be needed to carry out ;he provisions of the Philippine Rehabilitation Act
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    1,500-MPHJet Planes Next
    87 5 A.P. DAYTON, OHIO. June S—U.S. Army Air force engineers today tall-ed of future speeds of 1,500 miles per hour for mil.tary aircraft, in announcing a new type of jet engine and the start of work on a Wet of jet bombers and fighters. An official announcement said:
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    Italy Protests To Japan
    48 5 A.P. TOKIO, June s.—The Italian Government has lodged a protest with 'lie Japanese Government on alleged damage to property belonging to the :talian Embassy and its personnel In »Ios"OW The protest was communicated through the Swedish diplomatic mission to the Allied Headquar ters.—A. P.
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    MALAYA'S G.O.C. REPLIES TO ARMY CRITICS
    840 5 sfsfsfsfs REQUISITIONED PROPERTIES (From Our Own Correspondent)KUALA LUMPUR, June 5. Rei'l/ins to what he described as "a campaign ajainst the presence of the Army in Malaya" Lieut.Genera! Si- Frank Messervy (General Officer Cornman ling, Malaya) told a press conference today that the campaign was
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    EMBASSY DOORMAN WAS SPY
    127 5 A.P. MONTREAL, June 5 —The Russian directors of the alleged esoionai.c electrical engineer in a job as a electrical engnieer in a job as a doorman at the Soviet EmbaSsy in Ottawa in their search for Canadian and American wartime scientific secrets, it was testified at
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    50 p.c. Pay Rise
    77 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. June s.—The U.S Senate voted pay increases for c»listed men today, boosting private pay from 850 (U.S.) monthly to li* Other raises were: Corporals, $90 from $66; Sergeants, $100 from $7<% The measure was proposed by Sena tors LaFollette and Johnson. Corresponding pay increases
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    TO BE TRIED
    29 5 A.P. SHANGHAI. June s.—Thirty-four Japanese accused of atrocities at Japanese war prisoners camps in Formosa are beta*; shipped aboard two British destroyers to Hongkong lor trial.—A.P.
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    ONLY ONE OF 1,265 LIVED TO TELL...
    142 5 A.P. San Franoisco, June 5. A i chaplain who endured torture of fire, electricity and beatings, L it the only survivor of 1,265 1 prisoners who were detained in a cajnp in Java. t John G. Breman, 41. of Ca- lifornia, now back
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    CEYLON GOVT. CONDEMNED
    101 5 Reuter. COLOMBO, June 4.—A strong con demnation of the "repressive policy" pursued by the Ceylon Government against Indians in Ceylon was voup at a well-attended public meeting this evening presided over by the Honorary Joint Secretary of lh« Ceylon Indian Congress, Mr. G. R. Motha. The government
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    Dock Strike Off
    41 5 Reuter. RANGOON, June 5. —Dock labouren here today called off their strike when the port authorities assured then that their grievances would be redressed. They had gone on strike yesterday because of dissatisfaction with their food rations.— Router.
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    PUPPET OFFICIALS
    25 5 A.P. FEIPING, June 5.-l-The arrest oi 23 ChinMC charged with military activity under the Japanese pup} c' government was announced here to day.—A.P.
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    General Hospital Reopens June 12
    295 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The General Hospital will re-open for the reception of civilian patients on June 12 after an interval of four years and four months. The facilities afforded will be on a strictly limited scale at first, but after the initial opening it is
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    Killed With Grease-Gun
    45 5 TOKIO, June s.—The Yokoham Provost Marshal's Office has announced the arrest of an American soldlti on a charge of killing a Japanesecivilian with a grease-gun. His mo tive was said to be the victim's watcn was allegedly sold later for 300 yen
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    Labour''s Roles Finder In Every Pie
    403 5 Mr. Shinwell, Minister of Fuel sneak'ng at Leed i recently said that there should be no department of public activity, whether national or local in which Labour had not gui to have "a firmer in the pic." "We must be in everything—because we are
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    875 Receive Commissions
    100 5 A.P. WEST POINT, New York. June 5. —The largest graduating class in the history of the U.S. Militaiv Academy—B7s cadets—received second lieutenant's commissions yesterday. Secretary of War Patterson in a speech at the ceremonies B&fd: "Sharp criticism of everything th» Army did in waging the war is
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    'UNLUCKY' 13 WINS THE DERBY First Classic Success For Air home's Owner
    817 7 DESCRIPTION OF RACE Reuter. OM June 0.-Tne cO-1 outsider Airborne who only $rey in the race and carrying the 4 unluck- iteen won a thrilling race for Britain's frrV pier assic, the Derby, on the famous do.wns here
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    Army Beat Malays 3-0
    159 7 Showing marked improvement on their outing against the Chinese Athletic last Sunday, an Army XI beat the Malays 3—0 at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. In spite of the margin of defeat, the Malays played well and the game produced some good soccer. The first half
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    RECOVERY IN UKRAINE
    107 7 Reuter. MOSCOW. June s.—Despite the threai of drought to the rich grain b~lt the food and rehabilitation position is better in the Ukraine than in Belo-Russia. This was the impression of foreign correspondents who today returned to Moscow from erst visits to the U.N.R.R.A. missions operating in
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    42 7 Associated Press. SEATTLE. June 5.—A. L. Hos. tak 168. twice holder of the Naional Boxing Association middleweigh b championship, launched his post-war comeback with a four round knock-out of Roman Starr. 169, of Oklahoma in a scheduled ten-round bout—Associated Pr es s-
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    County Cricket Closes
    85 7 Reuter. LONDON. June s.—County Cricket Scores: At Horsham. Sussex versus Somerset, no play today due to rain. At Manchester. Warwickshire first innings 100 (Phiilipson 6 for 30); Lancashire first innings 124 for 1 i.Washbrook not out 50). At the Oval. Northamptonshire 321 for 7 tßarron 110 not
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    Victory Parade Costs
    195 7 Reuter. LONDON. June s.—Mr. George Tomlinson. Minister of Works. replying to Mr. Marples (Conservative for Wallasey I in the House of Com ■BOBS, said that works expenditure by his department on preparations for the Victory celebrations would be in the region of £100,000. "This does not include,"
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    Japan's Food Problem
    186 7 Associated Press. i.iX'Jwtcd Press. TOKYO, June 6.—The food problem in Japan is difficult to assess. There is little, if any, evidence of actual starvation and there appears to be sufficient food in the rural and suburban areas. However, food is a favourite topic in most of the
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    First pictures of the new Miles "Marathon.." one of the firuf post-war air hners butt' to the requirement* of the Brabazon Committee- The "Marathon" is a font-enQbiod med inn sized air liner dcsiutied to feeder work ur:th a ratine of 1.000 mile* i ruhiny at i"b vi.ph. it can carry 14 IS or 20 passenger*i. Top picture s<houw it View of I he low-slu iifj nose of lh•* machine showinii the 'tlcyehundercarriage, w/l'le the nn'i-r picture shows the UMarutlwn" n fUtjht Central Prcsa Phot ''
    85 7 First pictures of the new Miles "Marathon.." one of the firuf post-war air hners butt' to the requirement* of the Brabazon Committee- The "Marathon" is a font-enQbiod med inn sized air liner dcsiutied to feeder work ur:th a ratine of 1.000 mile* i ruhiny at i"b vi.ph. it can carry
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    ADMIRAL CHARGED
    122 7 Associated Press. TOKIO. June s.—Four Japanese ex-naval officers—one an admiral —are accused of a roei- ie s which led to the deaths Ol 12 identified and 'numerous' unidentified American war pn soners. Former Rear Admiral Inok'chi Matsumoto. ex-cap am Keni Iwatika and two former navai lieutenan's are charged
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    $3 MILLION GATE EXPECTED IN LOUIS-CONN FIGHT
    425 7 Associated Press. NEW YORK.—The promised postwar boom in American sports that began even before the war was over is destined to include an all-time high in boxing gate receipts. With the heavy weight championship battle between Joe Louis and Billy Conn just a
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    France's "War Veterans" Present A Big Problem
    368 7 Reuter. (From Boya France, Reuters Correspondent) PARIS (Air Mail).—Getting her 4,000,000 war veterans back to the plough, the assembly line, and the office is a harder job for France than for Britain or the United States because of the difficulty of defining who
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    MONTY'S TRIBUTE
    172 7 Horsham. June 5— Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery declared that he owed a preat debt of gratitude to the British soldier. When predentin*: pi i/es at Collyers School here, he said: "I have Baei him triumph over the dangers and discomforts of living. I have seen him in the jrrcat
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    MCNUTT TO BE FIRST U.S. ENVOY TO PHILIPPINES?
    76 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, Juno a—Authoritative but unquotable Filipino circles said that Whitee Hous has indicated Commissioner Paul V. IfcNatt will be the first American Ambassador to th" Philippines and that lfcNutt will accept. Filipino and American circles cloSe to Carlos Romulo said President
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    More "May I? For Hirohito
    77 7 A.P. I TOKIO, June s.—Emperor Hirohito must have auto- mobiles of his household re- •pn'red by a firm in good standing with Allied Powers, SCAP authorities have dei crctd. They disapproved the rej guest of the imperial house hoti to make a contract with i
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    Drive Against "BM" In Japan To Be Intensified
    119 7 A.P. TOKIO. June 5. —Japanese authorities have been told to adopt a more stern attitude" towards black marketeers and to "place emphasis" on leading black market operators by imposing minimum fines of 50,000 yen or ten-year jail. A strict new order went
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    49 7 The Racs drew with Pillay Xi in a hock'y match at Thompson Road yesterday• The Rocs opened scoring in tne first half and the equaliser came "r&m Victor John who was playing right half for Pillay's XI, early ;n the second half. Play was not of a high standard.
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    FORMER US.SECRETARY'OF COMMERCE OPPOSES LOAN
    395 8 "Credit Will Take U.S. Along Road To Financial Ruin" "Britain Helped Enough Already..." Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June s.—Jesse Jones, former Secrc a y of Commerce and one-time head of the powerful Reconstruction Finance Ccrp!, spearheaded opposition to-day UTaiM* the 3,7 50,000,000 dollar British loan. Jones
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    THE TOKIO TRIALS
    160 8 A.P. TOKIO. Juno r&gt;.—Another defor.ee attempt to prevent the Allied trial of Japan's war leaflers has met a quick death. Mr David F. Smith, counsel for Foreign Minister Hirota. says the Chief Justice Sir William Webb (&gt;'' the International Military Tribunal has denied his application to file
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    MORE AUTHORITY FOR MARSHALL?
    292 8 A.P. NANKING, June 6.—Assurance of the 15-day truce in the Manchurian conflict gave Gen. George Marshall badly-needed time in which to try for a permanent settlement of China's civil strife. Referring to the failure of January's truce agreement. Information Minister Peng Hsueh-pei raid more authority for
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    New Service Leave Qualifications
    636 8 Reuter. LONDON, June I.—Details of the new qualifying periods of service for leave for forces in the United Kingdom and Overseas were given by War Minister Jack Lawson in a written reply in the House of Commons today. PJCHARD DE SILVA 7-6-46. During the period July
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    76 8 A.P. LONDON. June 6.—King Faisal II of Iraq arrived in London yesterday on a visit of several months principally to undergo dental treatment. He was met by the Repent, Abdul Illah who arrived in Britain recently At the Victory Parade on Saturday they will be at the saluting bast in
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