Malaya Tribune, 21 June 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 [IT PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, 21, JUNE 1946 PRIOE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune FRIDAY. JUNE 21. 1946.
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    14 PENCE RUBBER AGREEMENT REPORTER
    509 1 America Will Now Buy Direct From Malaya U.S. CONTRACTS FOR 145,000 TONS FOR NEXT 6 MONTHS A.P. WASHINGTON, JUNE 20.—THE UNITED STATES HAS AGREED WITH BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS TO PURCHASE 145,000 LONG TONS OF NATURAL RUBBER AT ONE SHILLING TWO PENCE A POUND
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    RUBBER: LATEST
    129 1 i r 7iicssage from Wash, state* that the new ts. 2d. ivill replace the price of Is. payable by United States. not certain whether the cc represents a net inoj 4d. to the pr'.mary of the market, publish below the. latest ibled oy the Associated Press. IHINQTON, June
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    Speer Planned To Gas Hitler
    64 1 Reuter. I i BERG. June 20 Speer, Berlin architect became, Hitler's arms old the war crimes th s afternoon that two before the war ended :.ned to kill Hitler in underground shelter in i with a nej v po'son gas ced a month earlier. plan
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    Action On Italy's Colonies Deferred
    145 1 A.P. IS, June 21.—The four Foreign ra virtually agreed yesterday pone action on Italy's colonies year, an American informant vment came on a proposal ricarj Secretary of State James which had been offered at ier sessions of the Ministers' conference. Italy would renounce nty for
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    Debate On India
    47 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 20.—A full House of Commons debate on the recent happenings in India will be asked for by the Opposition as soon as the British Cabinet Mission returns to London. It will take place before the summer recess, it is understood. —Reuter.
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    Canadian M.P. Gets Six Years' Gaol
    39 1 A.P. MONTREAL, June 21. —Fred Rose, Communist member of Parliament who was convicted of conspiring to send information illegal to Russia, was sentenced on Thursday by Justice Wilfred Lazure to six years' imprisonment.—A.P.
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    MOVE TO END DRUG HABIT
    63 1 Reuter. TEHERAN. June 20.—Qavam esSultaneh, Persian Prime Minister, has ordered the dismissal of any Persian Government officials and employees found guilty of smoking opium without a certificate from the Special Medical Committee appointed by the state. This new step to suppress the drug habit in
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    Longest Arm Of The Law
    97 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 20.—Donald Jack Stevens, of Midholm, Falloden Way, London N.W., icho is six feet eight inches, is to be the tallest policeman in the Metropolitan Pol'.ce force. He served with tha R.A.O.C. during the war and ivas captured by the Japanese Stevens completed
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    Unlimited Truce Urged
    116 1 NANKING. June 21.—The chief negotiator for China's Commun.sto urged that hostilities in China Proper and Manchuria be terminated '"wiihout a time limit" as the June deadline approached for expiration of the 15-day truce. Peace agreement apparently is .>tili far distant. Gen. C'hou En-lai. the Communist negotiator, reiterated
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    Women Diet Members Tell Mac A: "We Are All Hungry"
    251 1 A.P. TOKYO, June 20.—General Douglas Mac Arthur cautioned 39 wemen Diet members who called on him tcday against forming a women's bloc to influence legislation, and urged them to meet the men on the floor in complete equality. However, he
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    Greece Demands $2,000 Million Reparations
    89 1 Reuter. PARIS, June 20.—Greece, in a memorandum to the Big Four Foreign Ministers, today demanded more than $2,000,000,000 reparations from Italy—ten times the figure suggested by the Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Vyacheslav Molotov, for division between Greece and Yugoslavia and 20 times greater than the
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    Congress Volunteers to Force Nehru's Release
    226 1 Tension In Kashmir A.P. Reuter. SRINAGAR, Kashmir, June 21.—Thousands of volunteers were called by the Punjab Youth Congress yesterday for a possible march into Kashmir in sunport of Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress Party leader, who was arrested by the Kashmir authorities. Tension was high despite
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    Egypt Will Protect Grand Mufti
    536 1 Reuter. CAIRO, June 20.—The Egyptian Cabinet met this afternoon to discuss the situation artsing from the arrival of the Mufti of Jerusalem to seek sanctuary m Egypt and at the close of the meeting the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sayed Loufty Pasha, said: "Britain has made
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    STOP PRESS
    123 1 NEW DELHI, June 21.—The AllIndia Congress Working Committee postponed indefinitely its decision on acceptance of the British plan for interim Government in India in quick protest at the arrest of the Party's president-designate. Ja vaharlal Nehru. "When we meet again depends on Pandit Nehru's return," said Congress President
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    Kidnapped Maj. Makes "Miraculous Escape"
    465 2 Reuter and A.P. TEL AViV, JUNE 20. —MAJ. CHADWICK, KIDNAPPED BY JEWISH TERRORISTS YESTERDAY MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM A HOUSE IN THE BUCHARIN QUARTER IN JERUSALEM THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH TIED HAND AND FOOT HE SUCCEEDED IN UNLOOSENING THE ROPES AND WHILE THE SOLITARY ARMED GUARD
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    Cigarettes "In Abundance" In Penang
    97 2 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG. June 19.—When told that some shops in Penang had given preference to Europeans in the matter of purchase of goods. Mr. S. N. Kiner, Resident Commissioner, remarked at a press conference that there should be no discrimination In the sale of goods
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    Jap Sergeant On Torture Charge
    250 2 Alleged to have ill-treated and 'ortured three Singapore civilian re «idents, Joseph Hoedon, W. D. Dail* and Mohamed Maideen at the local Kerapeitai. a Japanese official, Sgt. Ishimura Gonhiro pleaded not gunty :o the charge at the 3rd War Cnm.s 'ourt here yesterday. Dally contracted
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    Military Dump Blaze
    55 2 Fire which could be seen for miles "around, gutted a military dump in Alexandra Road, ntar the Singapore Steam Laundry, last night, when considerable quantities of rolled rubber went up in smoke. F re engines were immediately rushed to the scene and the fire was brought under
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    Governor-General & Governors Confer
    94 2 Governor-General Governors Confer The Governor-General, the Governor of the Malayan Uiuon and the Governor of Singapore conferred at Johore Bahru yesterday ynorning and afternoon. This was one of a series of conferences which will take 7)lacc periodically to keep under rrv:cw problems of the tivo territories and to co-ordinate policy
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    Judge Sorry He Can't Order Youth Thrashing
    179 2 "I am sorry I cannot order a thrashing which you deserve". Mr. Paul Storr. presiding in the First Police Court, told Ho Teng Hock 118> who was convicted for attempting to steal, by picking the pocket of seaman William Jones of the s.s.
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    Shots Fired In Robbery
    123 2 Seven Chinese, five Teochew ar.> two nntonese. broke intc« a hoa>c at the \'2 l -j milestone Jurong at 8.3« on Wednesday night and robbed j. Hekkie.i of $400. two gold rings. wmtch and a fountain pen. All the seven were armed ane r entering the
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    QUAKE RECORDED
    38 2 Bombay, June 20.— Seismographs have recorded an earthquake shock ol moderate intensity at 06.09 hours today, local time. The epicentre was indicated as about 655 miles away, but it was impossible to say in which direction.
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    Lieut. Jumps Out Of Court Window
    394 2 Condemned Jap's Bid For Liberty A sensation was caused in the Singapore sixth War Crimes Court yesterday when one of two Japanese accused, who were condemned to death for inhumane treatment of British, Australian and Dutch PoWs in Siam, made a dash for liberty—or
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    Indo-China Independence Likely
    182 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter). The prospects of the people of Indo-China attaining some form of independence within the framework of the French Commonweal: h were bright, declared M. Gabriel Morand, newly-ar-rived French Consul in Singa. pore in an interview yesterday The French Consul, in a frank exchange of
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    FORMER MALAYANS RETURN
    1195 2 ihfch came h re afternoon from the Empress of Australia have £rMi£L K „T d S m and fhe Middl East Th Passengers were sa dto a^^°a%vaTinMSa^ 1 that they were assured of accommod Mrs. I. Ackrill. C. P. Ambler, H. <istin, M. W. Armstrong, A. H.
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    Token Strike Costs Three Hours' Pay
    187 2 Reuter. ROCHESTER. June 19.—Five thousand workers in the three Short aircraft factories at Rochester. Kent, who staged a walkout and marcn yesterday afternoon against Governments' plan to move the industry to Belfast were back at work normally today. The leaders had appealed ;0 them,
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    Court Too Noisy
    90 2 (Tribune Correspondent! Penang. Jure 21. The Folica t ourt was packed to capacity fCSterdmy when the cases of 10 accused persons, transferred from th* War Crimes Commission. w-re brought up before Mr. W. Foulsham. Public interest was in the ease of Yuen Chee Wan. former Chinese school
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    NOT HARA-KIRI
    48 2 Tokio, June 20.—A 68-year-old retired Japanese Army major, bewailing the condition of Japan and the "woes of the Emperor", unsuccessfully attempted hara-kiri at the entrance to the Diet building, where a few hours earlier the ruler had exhorted his subjects to deliberate consideration" of Japanese problems
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    Italians Leaving Singapore
    105 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter Several hundred Italians h Singapore are leaving 2 their homeland i n a few aZ time. ayi Their registration is now h» ing completed at the Regis-™", of Aliens Department V C I.D. ai I spoke to on e Italian day and he told
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    London-Singapore Army Air Mails
    110 2 London, June 20.-1--the House of Common- I by Mr. Charles Tayl< n, tive. Eastbourne), the War kg Mr. Jack Lawson said: "Th transit time for air mail from bate army post office at S London was six and a half enduring April, and just ur.dci lit
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    Indians On Arms Charge
    99 2 A charge of being found armed public was explained to two latin in the Police Courts yesterday. In the First Police Court the case against Ahmad Meera Lebbey who was allegedly found armed with a dagger at 9.10 p.m. at Telok A m Street, was postponed
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    Robbers Fled From Woman
    61 2 (Tribune Correspondent 1 PENANG, June 19.—Seven robber two armed with pistols, enured shop of a Chinese woman in Butterworth and relieved her of cash anc Jewellery worth $603. Three robbe:> kept watch on the five-foot way mm four entered the shop. After collecting their loo: tne.
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    LAWYER APPOINTED UMNO SECRETARY-GENERAL
    185 2 (Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, June 20.—Haji Abdul WaWj 41-year-old England educated Perak Malay, has iW» appointed Secretary-General of the United M»W National Organization, by Dato Onn bin Jaffar, Fresi dent of the UMNO, to-day. It will be recalled that at the UMNO session held on
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    WOMEN WILL SEE MacA
    31 2 Tokio, June 20—Thirty-eight women members of the Diet will see Gen. Mac Arthur this evening to appeal for more imports of grains and milk products for babies.
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    Back Pay: Local Govts To Review Question
    235 3 A mutake the Government made on the question of back pay for Malayan Government servants was admitted in the House of Commons yesterday. It concerned the payment of full back pay to certain European Government servants who were not interned during the whole
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    Farouk Receives Mufti
    317 3 CAIRO, June 20.—King Farouk cf Egypt has announced that he has rereived the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem who a ked for s mctuary. rommunique issued at Abdir said the Grand Mufti Ha Lined Amin El Hussein called M c and siened in the Royal ra book and
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    Palestine: Tension
    143 3 Jerusalem, June 20.— Tension ned in Palestine today as lice and troops intensified their urcb for the six British officers red kidnapped. Despite house-to-house searches, no trace of the officers —seized in T -Aviv by members of an illegal i ish organisation—has been uncovered. Reinforced police and military
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    News in Brief
    48 3 PENANG WILL BE FREE PORT London, June 19.— Mr. George Hall, Colonial Secretary, stated in the House of Commons today that it has been decided that Penang shall be a free port, said that the whole island shall be included in the free port area.
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    SHIP DEFIES ORDERS
    53 3 Rome. June 20.—A1l touch had been lost today with the ship Beauarnois flying the Panama flag which yesterday cut her cables and sailed from th e httle port of Vado. Gulf of Genoa, m defiance of Italian orders in the direction of Palestine with nearly 1,300 illegal
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    DE VALERA SPEAKS
    33 3 DUBLIN. June 20—"Mr. Eamon de Valera. Eire Prime Minister, told the Dail last night that Eire was a republic in association with the Lritish Commonwealth of Nations for external purposes.
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    JAP NATION WARNED
    46 3 Tokio. June 20. The Japanese were warned by their government to day that enforcement of the Imperial ordinance punishing acts injurious .0 occupation forces will begin on July 15. with penalty of up to ten years Imprisonment and fines up to 75.000 yen.
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    REPRESENTING SIAM
    21 3 Bangkok, June 20._Thaw> Bunyanet. Minister of Agriculture, ha, been appointed Siamese representato attend the celebrations marking the Philippine independence.
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    US General drops dead
    42 3 Washington. June 20-MaJor r-onprai Allen Gulhon. the U Army™ wartime provost marshal !S. dropped dead while -fisfening to a broadcast of the army judge r Sef S Eisenhower's SfalT J m Euro?e He retired on Jan. 1. 1946-
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    India: A Stalemate
    276 3 NEW DELHI, June 20—Negotiations for setting up the interim government in India appeared to have reached a stalemate today. It is now doubtful whether the Congress Working Committee will oe able, as was expected, to conclude 'ts discussions today and announce its decision on the British Cabinet
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    HIROHITO WANTS NO MORE WAR
    148 3 Tokio, June 20. Emperor Hirohito opened the 19th session of the Diet today with the reading of a one-minute Imperial Rescript in which he expressed the desire for Japan to renounce war and dedicate herself to the cause of peace. The Rescript said: 'It is
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    Chettur Leaves For Borneo
    95 3 A.P. SINGAPORE. June 20— the initial start of his special mission to South East Asia territories, Mr S. K. Chettur, Representative T the Government of India in Malaya, is leaving to-morrow for British North Borneo and Sarawak, on a week's tour, it was officially learned here.
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    FRENCH POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES
    205 3 PARIS June 20.—The former Premier M. Herriot. leader of the Radical Socialist Party, announced today that President Bidault had offered him a post in the new French cabinet. M. Herriot declared that before accepting he would have to confer with members of his party to see whether
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    Nehru Arrested In Kashmir
    132 3 New Delhi, June 20. Pand.t Nehru was arrested this morning at Domel in the state of Kashmir alter defying the ban on his entry into the State. Earlier, Mr. Nehru had ben slightly injured by a native soldiei's bayonet when he reached the Kash.m.border. He had
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    Chinese Reds Want Truce
    143 3 Nanking, June 20. Genera' Chou En-lai, chief Communist ncgo tiator. today called for an end to "all hostilities, both in China pro per and Manchuria, without a tin.c limit, pending readjustment". At the same time, he flatly reject ed a government proposal that General Marshall should
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    Panis: Agreement On Evacuation
    92 3 Paris. June 20 —Tho Foieign Ministers' council agreed today th-tt British and American troops in and Russian troops in Bulgaria should be evacuated within 90 day.? after peace treaties with those vo countries had gone into effect. A British source said that, work ing in an
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    $50,000,000 Treasure "Hunt" In Java
    434 3 Search For Jap Col. BATAVIA, June 28. —Investigate*3 to-day were reported to be hunting a Japanese Colonel who is believed to be in possession of the majority of the $25,000,000 (U.S.)—that's $50-million in Malayan currency—worth of jewels, go let aid currency still said to be
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    Artillery Action In Bekassi Area
    95 3 Batavia, June 20.—A British military statement today reported artillery was engaging extremist positions on the east bank of the Bekasi river. British patrols from bases along the Batavia-Bandoeng road were repeatedly meeting fire from Indonesians. A spokesman of the Chinese Social Welfare Department said Tangerang
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    Malay Rulers' Council Planned
    133 3 (Our Own Reporter I Kuala Lumpur. June 20.—The Of: ited Malay Nationalist Oreranisatio: at its sessions on June 29 and 3f will dicuss the framework of thf federation plan for the Malay It is reliably learned. This plan, it is understood, wll be placed before the
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    80% BUDGET ON ARMIES
    30 3 Nanking, June 20.— The Ch.ne/x Government is snendinfr more Ln«n 80 per cent of its income on at mies. Premier T. V- Soong OSclOl ed today.
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    Gaoled For Having Arms
    165 3 For being in possession of a .38 revolver and two Japanese automatics. a Malay, Abdu 1 Samad b'n Jaffar. who claimed to belong to the Malay Regiment, was sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Moor in the High Court yesterday, when a jury
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    Egyptian Press Welcomes Mufti
    117 3 CAIRO. June 20.—The Sgyptiar p:ess today gave a warm \velcom< to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem now taking refuge in Abdine "'aiaco "The Mufti is now in absolu» safety and nobody can ever toucl him or do any harm to him.*' .-.air" the Muslim Brotherhood newspape
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    TNT Explosion Kills 100 Japs
    131 3 TOKIO, June 19.—The mine explosions and a railroad wreck left possibly 185 Japanese dead or in.iuivc, today. More than 100 persons are believer killed or hurt by the explosion oi 2,000 pounds of dynamite at a miiu cable terminal near Nagano city. Meanwhile. Kyodo news
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    Malaya's Notoriety
    542 4 Malaya is becoming better known to the outsideworld —but the piibikicy is of the wrong kind. The Union plan has laid this country open broadsid 2 (to all kinds of shafts, and in particular to the Chinese of Malaya is baing ascribed all kinds ci dupli city which
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    LEADERSHIP FOR FULL PRODUCTION
    1529 4 This article reproduced from the London Sunday Times is by Authur Bryant, whose articles on Sarawak have recently been widely quoted. Britain's problem on he economic front is to evoke and organise :o the full the working capaci y of her people.. Having scld her overseas
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    One Of The Missing Legion
    611 4 When R. B. Coi Almost Became An echo of the $50,000,000 "voluntary" ecrXrioution reeounded in Penang recently when Chinese kongsis and associations inquired from the Resident Commissioner as to when they could regain possession of their title deeds originally lodged with the Yokohama Specie Bank
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    READERS' , VIEWPOINTS
    235 4 READERS' VIEWPOINTS Back Pay It is recessary to ronskj other side of the question of th- 0P ment of back pay t Government servants. close one's eyes to the fact will involve the issue o< a (V <, amount of currency notes v likely to raise prices twofold. S There
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    KILLED BY STICK OF V-ROCKET
    247 4 Miss Megan Bonner. M-year-oid i-admis :res?. up for Y-Day from Gilfach Goch. Glamorgan was one af hundreds of thousands of people vno watched London's gn il ■ajrik display on June 3 She stood on the embankment v Westminster, her i"ace turned icitedly towards the sky.
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    AVM Walmsley Gets India Post
    78 6 I I London. June 20.—The Air Minis- try anndunces the appointment of Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Sydney Porter Walmsley to be air officer in charge of administration. Air Headquarters. India. Air Vice-Marshal Walmsley has been AO.C. number 232 group. Air Command, South-East Asia, sine s April
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    Century By Ames: Simms In Good Form
    266 7 County Cricket Reuter. )NDON, June 20.—Good promade at Swansea .n the d Middlesex and Gla winch Middlesex won with rigs to spare, mainly due to b twling of J. Simms who for 72 in the match. Giabit up 86 for 3 -n the
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    Oslo Walking Championship
    83 7 LONDON. June 21.—British entries 50 kilometre walk at the in Tames to be held in Oslo I August 23 and 24 have been chosen. The Amateur Athletic Association of Britain has officially requested Ifegnta of the Highgate rs and Harry J. Forbes of the -ham Walking Club
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    ROCKLITES SOCCER
    60 7 (oliowing have been invited io play soccer for the "Rocklites' Saturday against St. Patricks' Bchj at Telok Kurau Ground at Maurice Sobrilo, Sydney *ti F. Gomes. Tan 3ng Chia. J Pillar. A. Yong, Y. S. Foo. K. r.dran, Michael Phang, r ,:e H. H. Kemat. N. Kanal. Roland
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    Big Fight Sensation: Congressman Demands Witholding Of Purses
    275 7 A.P. JIINE 20 —DONALD O'TOOLE, NEW E S OCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE, HAS DEHAT THE NEW YORK STATE BOXING Ro™ lf^ S J° N SHOUL D WITHHOLD THE PURSES OF v?J?^ C ,S^ OIJISANDBIL^Y CONN UNTIL AN INjf£i™£TJON HAD BEFN MADE INTO LAST HEAVYWEIGHT
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    Table Tennis
    99 7 In a friendly game of Table Tennis at the former Singapore Cricket Club premises on Wednesday, the Chinese Swimming Ciub the Army V.M.C.A. by eight e-mes to one. The results are as follows: Singles: Lim Siew Nghee beat Woodcock 2-0; Lim Thye Hock beat Oalletly 2-0; Chen Tien
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    PADANG RIVALS to MEET at CRICKET
    86 7 The old "Padang rivals" mctr at cricket once again after a lapse of five years, in a whole day match *i Thompson Road on Sunday. The following are asked to turn up Tor the Recs for a cricket match an S.C.C XI:—E. W. Barker,
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    BRITAIN'S NEW FACTORIES
    49 7 London, June 20— Altogether 1 453 new factories are to be built in Britain. They will cos, just over £62.000,000 and will find employment for 218.000 men and women. There, were 262 new factories actually in tne course of construction in these areas on May 31.
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    1,600-MILE CHESS GAME
    102 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 19.—Twelve lead ng British chess players began today in London a 4-day match by radio with a team of Russian chess masters —the first to be played between the two countries. The British team is playing from the country's "chess headquarters" gambit rooms n
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    CONN: "I'LL NEVER FIGHT AGAIN"
    748 7 NEW YORK, June 20.—After the match between Jt c Louis an:l Billy Conn, the latter tried to smile for his fans as h3 forced back (ears. I am quitting the ring," he lailL "They are not g< ing to kill me cr knock me punchy.
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    "Flying Finn" Predicts: Mile Under 4Mins. Soon
    478 7 A.P. ,By Pskov Vattama, Associated HELSINKI-Paavo Nurmi,i vi W Finn." predicts mnners of last year as 'The nn hav bee n that once the physical handicaps of *»r have overcome yourgs'e-s will appear who can run in less th.m four minutes. ~i,n„. He
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    Louis-Conn Fight Film
    54 7 RKO Radio Pictures (Malaya) Inc., announce they have the exclusive distribution rights to the Louis-Conn fight film. They expect to receive prints by air from New York within the next three weeks and Immediate s/reenings will be given in one of the local theatres. The film will
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    Waterborne roadsters A huge barge, with some 175 new saloon cars aboard, arrives in New Orleans, La., after floating down the Mississipi River from Evansville, Ind., en route ** to Houston, Texas.—A.P.
    32 7 Waterborne roadsters A huge barge, with some 175 new saloon cars aboard, arrives in New Orleans, La., after floating down the Mississipi River from Evansville, Ind., en route to Houston, Texas. A.P.
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    ANOTHER HUGE CROWD AT ASCOT
    425 7 Reuter. ASCOT, June 19.—Another huge crowd including the King and Princess Elizabeth trekked to Ascot despite the torrential rain and dull skies for the Royal Hunt Cup, big sprint race of the meeting, which was won in the easiest possible fashion by Mr. Watney's five-year-old
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    O'Reilly To Choose.....
    101 7 Reuter. SYDNEY. June 19 Bill I O'Reilly, one of Australia's j greatest mate h-winning j bolder s of all time, fs, seriously considering a tempting offer from an Engl'sh firm to write for them. He said that whether he would be available to play against England next
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    Siam Rice For Malaya
    84 7 Reuter. SINGAPORE. June 21.—Reports F rom Bangkok (not carried by Reuter) of the shipment of 37,600 tons Ojf rice destined to Singapore, the N.E.I, and Hongkong were described by an official of Lord Kilieain'.s ttaff tiiis morning ns 'misleading. Of the total shipment, he said, about
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    Burma Legislature Bill's 2nd Reading
    107 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 20.—The Burma Legislature Bill, the principal object of which is to provide adult suffrage for Burma, will have its second reading in the House of Commons to- I morrow. The Under-Secretary for India and Burma, Mr. Arthur Henderson, will open the debate
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    Mountbatten's Thanks
    73 7 The following messages have been exchanged between H.E. the Governor of Singapore and Viscount Louis Mount batten: From the Governor: "May lon behalf of the people of Singapore congratulate you on His Majesty's recognition of the meritorious services you have performed on behalf of the Allied cause." From
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    PAULEY IN MUKDEN
    32 7 Tokio. June 20.—-Mr. Iklwin Pauley and eight members of the U.S. Re parations Commission have arrived from Mukden and expect to stay two days before returning to the U.S.
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    Elected Head Of Health Conference
    56 7 A.P. NEW YORK, June 21.—Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, was unanimously elected president of the World Health conference. Delegates from China. Britain, the Philippines and other powers called out for a global war on disease. The body will
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    LANGS HOLD LEAD
    184 7 Reuter. LONDON, June IS.—The following: is the bounty cricket champion ship standing including matches ended on June 18. Ist Innings Lead P W L D NR L D Its. Lanes 9 6 10 2 10 7 Yorks 8 5 0 1 2 0 1 64 Worcs 8
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    French Horse Wins Ascot Gold Cup
    133 7 Reuter. ASCOT, June 20.—The Ascot Gold Cup was won by Caracalla, Chanteur second and Basileus third. Seven ran. Caracalla started favourite at 9—4 on. Chanteur at 33 —1 and Basileus at 15 —2. The French horses filled the first three places, the best of
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    Food Outlook Brighter —Hoover
    87 7 Food Outlook Brighter Hoover A.P. WASHINGTON, June 20._Pormer U.S. President Hoover, returning from his South American food survey reported improvement in the world food outlook as a result of Latin American co-operation in providing 800,000 tons of cereals and beans for the next few critical months. The former President reported
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    Racing Prince's Glider Flight
    85 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 20—Prince Lira dongse of Siam, racing motorist known as "B. Bira," has scon i a distance of 187 miles, only 22 short of the British Emprie r l»djnv record, on a sail plane. His iueky mascot, a sealyham dog without which the Prince
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    U.S. WIVES FOR JAPAN
    43 7 Tokio, June 20.—Three ships carry ing dependents from the U.S. will arrive within the week, the first being the Navy transport Charles Carroll bringing wives of navy and marine corps personnel, which is scheduled to dock at Yokosuka tomorrow.
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    1,250 Buildings Already De-requisitioned
    509 8 Statistics of the progress made in derequisitioning property were provided by the Service representatafives when the question of accommodation in Singapore was d at the firs! meeting on Wednesday cf South-East Asia's new Defence Committee, und r the Chairmanship cf V c Governrr-Geneal. These staiiscics, which
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    "Britain, U.S. Aiding Franco"
    124 8 Associated Press. NEW YORK. June 20.'—Senor Jose G'ral, premier of the Spa. nish exiled Republican government, said Wednesday that the British firm of Vickers and Strong is "contributing to Franco's m'litary plans" by the sale of optical instruments and cannon for battleships. He declared the United
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    Russians Control Azerbaijan Rail Traffic
    118 8 A.P. TEHERAN. June 21.—An official ot the Iranian state railways said on Thursday that the railways in Azerbaijan province still were under the control of the Russians. He said his information was based on a report made to him by a commission which had gone
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    Chifley Rebukes Dutch Minister
    175 8 Reuter. r ANBETtRA. June 20 —Mr. Joseph Chifley. Australian Prime Ministe* in the House of Konrcsentati/ts today strongly rebuked the Ne ho? land? Minister in Australia. Bui on van Aershen, for making the stal* ment to the press recently on tV: treatment of Dutch shipping in
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    CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    71 8 Flight- Sergeant Frank Albert Wil liam Jackson (211 had a charge o.' causing the death of Goh Ah Cho. by negligent driving explained it him in the fifth Polio* Court yeste/ day- The case was postponed t< June 27. It is alleged that Jackson wa« driving a
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    FRANCE WANTS BETTER TRADE RELATIONS WITH MALAYA
    259 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter). "Malaya is indeed a beautiful country and its people are courteous and sympathetic. We wish to improve our commercial r3lations with Singapore, thouerh this will not be immediate," says M. Gabriel Morand, the new French Consul in Singapore. M. Morand
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    Governor Given Full Powers To Fight Crime
    61 8 A.P. SINGAPORE. June 20 Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, announced today that the Colonial Office has given him full powers to take measures necessary to crush Singapore's continuing crime wave. He has appealed to the public to give up firearms, and announced
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    18,755 DESERTERS
    80 8 London. June -0 —In the Hou C <•♦" Commons. Mr. Jack Lawson said t i day that at the end of April uiis year the total number of soldier at present posted as deserters OM 18,755 of whom 15 185 had been n corded as deserters for at
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    Jap Capt. Hanged In Rangoon
    147 8 i "Please give my medals to lhe prsoner in cell No. I 6" were the last words I spoken by Captain Uneyy Masakaru, before he was I led, shrouded head to I j foot in white, to the gal- lows in the quadrangle of Rangoon
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    Bidault Elected French President
    112 8 A.P. PARIS, June 20. —Foreign Minister Georges Bidault was elected President of the Interim Government uf France by the constituent assembly. The unofficial tally showed he received 389 votes. Bidault's election was virtually assured when the socialists planned to give their 128 votes to him. No
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    "We are living in Dangerous World"
    355 8 Smuts Fears New Division In Europe Reuter. CAPETOWN, June 19. —General Smuts, South Afrit a.l Prime Minister, told the Union House cf Assembly tad Ay that if difference* among the Foreign Ministers on Italian settlement persisted a very grave is>ue wo"H arise. A new
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    To Check Foreign Propaganda In UK
    185 8 Reuter. LONDON. June 20— The British Home Secretary. Mr. Chutcr Ede. informed the House of Common* to day that he had under consid r-tt; thp question of introducing a legis lotion to render criminal the acceptance of money by British subject« from a foreign
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    Indian Troops' Berlin Parade
    136 8 Reuter. BERLIN, June 20.—Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Sholto Douglas, British Commander-in-Chief lb Germany, took the salute in Berlin today at a march past of a detachment of the Fifth Brigade of Guards headed by a contingent of Indian troops. The Indian contingent was
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    Water Treatment And Beatings Described
    772 8 More evidence of the water treatment and inpq was eiven by witnesses at yesterday's he the inauiry into charges against Hussein bin Mi AJ fiacofl lenatious Carvalho and P. Suppiah. ernpioyed in the Japanese Special Branch darn occupation. Dr. Lee Keng Chin, a Health officer
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    Victory Parade In Technicolour
    164 8 The Gaumont British News, in conjunction with Eagle-Lion Distributors Ltd.. London, produced a brilliant 2,000 ft. technicolour film of the Victory Parade in London on June 8. A copy has just arrived In Singapore and was shown to a Press audience at the Pavilion Theatre yesterday.
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    Batavia Chinese Assn. Delegation To Nanking
    96 8 Reuter. BATAVIA, June 20.—The Chinese Association in Batavia has decided to Bend a delegation to the Chinese Government in Nanking to discuss measures for the protection of Chinese in the Netherlands East Indies In view of recent incidents at Sourabaya, Tangerang and other places
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