Malaya Tribune, 22 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 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1946
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    MALAYAN PRODUCERS CAN SELL "AT ANY PRICE"
    563 1 But Only To Countries Outside Agreement TWO PENCE BENEFIT TO GO TO SELLERS HERE Reuter. LONDON, JUNE 21—THE BOARD OF TRADE, INTERVIEWED BY REUTER STATES THAT ANY COUNTRY (OUTSIDE THE AGREEMENT) VY HICH OBTAIN a ALLOCATIONS FROM THE COMBINED RUBBER C OMMI TEE
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    Angry Demonstrators Burn Military Trucks
    66 1 A.P. CALCUTTA, June 22—At least two military lorries, said to have been British were reported by the police to have been burned here on Frdiay, in connection with demonstrations protesting against the arrest of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Tram and bus services remain at a complete
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    FISTICUFFS IN JAP DIET
    172 1 A.P. June 22.—Fist fights J \>rd(T among almost 1 SJ a result of heck-<P'-akrr broke up the first on of the Japanese R >-< sentatives in conI iter day. Friday, to control the situation. Senzo Higat, target t outburst, rang the t bell at 5.40 p.m.
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    Nebru To Return To Delhi Today
    108 1 Reuter. i:AR. Kashmir. June 21.— 7 J iwaharlal Nehru is free to India and the Kashmir v ill give him an aeroQj to Delhi. Rai Bahadur ra. Prune Minister of Kashounced today. tiered Pandit Nehru will reDtlhi tomorrow following ■on to postpone the trial
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    24 1 Reuter. untitled AIRES, June 21: ,>tiations which began month, China has pur--1,000 tons of wheat from a at 30 pesos per hun- t'.o.b— Reuter.
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    MacA Calls For "Free Air" In Jap Diet
    98 1 Reuter. TOKIO. June 21. —Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, called on the Japanese diet today to '-assure all members a free air and untramelkd right of discussion in the debate." He told them to give thoughtful consideration to
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    America's 25—Year Plan To De militarise Japan
    286 1 Reuter A.P. WASHINGTON, Jure I -H i,as proposed that Br ta.n Russia a C 5;; y t e^eace y the state D&ment disin"; a t re it peace, (1 s d. traety on lines similar to d late in April for disd demilitarising
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    RUBBER PRICE—23½ CTS. U.S. F.O.B.
    33 1 4 copy of the rubber agreement handed out in Singapore last night gave the price agreed upon as 23h U.S. cents per pound f.o.b. Far Eastern ocean ports.
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    Argentine 'No' To Russia
    103 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, June 22. U.S. Under-secretary of State Dean Acheson reported yesterday that Argentina had refused the Soviet Union export licences for 9,500 tons of vegetabie oils and fats. The Soviet Union had already purchased the 9.500 tons, he said, but Argentina had taken the step
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    BREAD RATIONING FROM JULY 21?
    69 1 Reuter. LONDON, June 21—July 21 has been fixed as the date for the introduction of bread rationing in England if the Cabinet decided i is necessary, according to informed sources here. The Cabinet has not yet reached a decision but is bkely to before the
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    Soviet Defeat In UNESCO
    201 1 A.P. NEW YORK, June 22.—The United Nations Economic and Social Council on Friday voted 12 to five against a Soviet attempt to give the World Federation of Trade Unions a voice in the council's deliberations. The Ukraine. Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia and Peru voted with the Soviet Union.
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    Heavy Armed Guard For Grand Mufti
    192 1 Reuter. CAIRO, June 21.—Egyptian Army forces with Bren-guns and armoured cars are guarding five residence* in Egypt in any one of which the Mufti of Je'usaTem may stay until a permanent heme is prerarsd for him. No unauthorised person is allowed near any of
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    Wants Permanent U.S. Base In Japan
    75 1 WASHINGTON, June 22.— Representative Joe Hendricks, P'orlda Democrat, said in th<- House yoste:day that "regardless of what anyone says, the United States should maintain a permanent military base on the Japanese mainland." Emphasizing that he spoke only for himself and rot for the War
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    Life Term For Franlein Who Shot GI Lover
    112 1 Reuter. NUREMBERG. June 21.—Twentyone year-old Fraulein Erika Krehs was today sentenced to life impr.son ment for the shooting and ki'l.ng of an American sergeant, Robert Flanitran. whom she alleged Ml th" lathe-->r her unborn child. Krebs Is stated to have laid unarrested
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    PARIS TALKS
    69 1 A.P. PARIS, June 22.—Tne Foreign Ministers' Council opened its discussion of the crucial issue of Trieste and the Italo-Yugoslav frontier on Friday, but adjourned after a twohour session with no decision, an American informant said. In a free, general exchange of views on the Trieste questions, the ministers
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    Germany's Aton research
    28 1 Reuter. NUREMBERG, June 21.—Albert Speer, Hitler's armaments Chief, told the War Crimes Court today that Germany was one or two years behind in atomic research.—Reuter.
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    BRITISH NURSE NOT KIDNAPPED
    316 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, June 21.—While news of a Jewish terrorist plot ta kidnap Lieutenant-General Sir Evely:« Hu;h Barker, Ger.eral Officer Command ng Bit s i troops in PaLsine, was revealed today British troops and police searched the Falestine potash p ant on the northern shores of the
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    No Fresh Violence In Palestine
    48 1 A.P. JERUSALEM, June 22.—N0 fresh outbursts of violence was reported in Palestine on Friday, but the vigilance of British troops and police remained undiminished. At Kallia, a settlement of potash workers near the Dead Sea, troops made an inch-by-inch search for illegal arms.—A.P.
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    FOTASH PLANT WORKS MANAGER ARRESTED
    44 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, June 21.—The Palestine police today arrested Sweldoil, works manager of Palestine Potash Plant, on the north shore of tne Dead Sea after troops had found a considerable quantity of arms hiuuen in the Company's concession area- Reuter.
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    REMAINS OF SIAM KING X—RAYED
    51 1 Reuter. BANGKOK, June 21.—The urn containing th e remains of 21-year-old King Anandu Mah:dol of Siam who was found shot In his Palace on June 9 was opened here today before th? Commission of Inquiry and Medical Committee. X-ray photographs were taken. Mcd*cal examination is
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    39 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM, June 21,—A British officer h&3 been arrested in connection with f he death of Amram Rosenberg, a 35-year-old Jew, shot dead in a street in Tel Aviv after midnight on Wednesday, it was officially stated here tonight.—Reuter.
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    Senator To Sue Mike Jacobs
    110 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, June 21.—Re preventative Donald L. O'Toob, Democrat of Brooklyn ar.no/<_d at the Louis-Conn fight rlflMMrd the day with a verba- battling with promoter Mike Jacobs threatening to sue him for 100 000 U.S. dollars damage. O'Toole landed the fi.st licks when he said
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    Burma Elections Possible By April Next
    278 1 A.P. LONDON, June 22.—The British House of Commons on Friday gave the second reading to the Burn.a Legislature Bill, providing for a Burmese general election and the creation of a democratic government in the country. The Bill already had passed the House of LordsMr.
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    34 1 A.P. ROME, June 22—The Pope on Friday received in private audience the Apostolic Vicar of Finland, Monsignor William Corbon. Mgr. Cor ben gave His Holiness a comprehensive report of Catholic activities in Finland. —A.P.
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    Administrative Jobs For Local People—MacDonald
    483 2 Administrative Jobs For Local People —MacDonald BRITISH POLICY IN MALAYA TODAY— Tiie steady development cf Singapore and the Malayan Union towards self-government by the pecples who live in these parts is the primary object of B iti?h colonial policy, said the Governor-Genera 1 (Mr Malcolm Mac Donald) at his press
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    Lie Invited To Atom Tests
    65 2 Reuter. NEW YORK, June 20.—The United States Govermnent has invited Or Trygve Lie as SecretaryGeneral of the UNO to be present at the atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in mid-Pacific, it was announced today. The invitation said: "This undertaking is not a combined or
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    Irresistible Age Is Over Thirty
    235 2 A.P. HOLLFWOOD—A woman doesn't nave to be 21 and wear sweaters to have sex appeal, says film star Bette Davis, who is 38 and rerelv wears sweaters, and nevertheless remains attractive. "If a woman keeps her figure, her complexion and a youthful outlook on life,
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    STATEMENT DISOWNED
    83 2 Reuter. WASHINGTON. June 20.—Mr. Scl Bloom. Chairman of the U.S. Hou=> of "Representatives Foreign Relation Committee, has disowned the state ment published by four members of his Committee calling for an end ii. the "appeasement of Russia" and. urging an early meeting betwc ra President Truman and Generalissimo
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    Awakened 20 Minutes Too Early, Fought
    133 2 Losing his temper because lie was awakened twenty minutes too early, Chinese sailor, Pao Sing Zai had a tight with a compatrioi of his, and wounded him with a knife on the Head. Yesterday in the Fourth Police Court he said he was sorry
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    Malayan War Damage Claims Commission
    155 2 It is announced that a Commisioner with icide experience of •War Damage compensation claims, in the United Kingdom fias been selected to head the Malayan Claims Commission. He is expected to arrive in Malaya about the end of September. His name will be announced soon.
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    Mufti: Egyptian Action Flayed
    536 2 London. June 21. —The action of the Egyptian authorities in granting smctuary to the Mufti of Jerusalem is bitterly condemned in leading British newsnapers today. They consider his arrival will not only exacerbate trouble in the Middle East but may have an adverse influence on the
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    ANANDA'S HEAD WILL BE X-RAYED
    87 2 Bangkok. June 21.—The Commission of Siamese dignitaries investigating the mysterious death of King Anan.ia Mahidol startled w ne nation last night with an announcement that the remains of the late monarch would bo removed foi examination from the great goIOCi casket in which they have
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    GERMAN SUICIDES
    38 2 Reuter. LONDON, June 21.—Heinrich Siemer, one of the five Germans accused of murdering an Australian flight-sergeant who oaled out near Hamburg in 1945 hanged himseif in his cell, the British news service in Germany said Reuter.
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    Preparing For "Demob"
    99 2 Reuter. NANKING. June 20.—1n tun for demobilization, members the hinese Youth Army are orj..uii.s ing a development corporation pit s.ised at ten billion dollars ab' $10.000.000 Straits). The company is expected io \*iy a part in the economic development of China, and its activities Will rlode the
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    Favours Conscription
    71 2 WASHINGTON, June 21 The War Department said today that the poll of soldiers in the United States showed a decided majority of enlisted men in favour of continuing the "Draft" in peacetime. Sixty-one per cent, of the men questioned said young men should be drafted for training to
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    $319 Million U.S. Plan For Overseas Bases
    194 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, JUNE 21. THE ARIVJY IS READY TO LAUNCH A $319,00rt.009 PROGRAMME OF BUILDING OVERSEAS BASES. H include $57.69Q,34S expenditure for the Philippines. The funds also would be spent on repairs and :najn tenance in China. Korea. Japan ;ir,d numerous Pacific islands.
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    Alsagoff Case: Prosecution Witness Called A Liar
    1274 2 Chief Inspector A.H. Frew called a detective, *'ho is now under suspension, a liar at yesterdays hearing of the inquiry in the Seventh Police Courc against Hussein bin Ali Alsagoff, Ignatious Carvalho arid P. Suppiah. Inspector Frew also asked that the witness be
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    ONLY THREE ATTENDED ARMY CHURCH SERVICE
    272 2 Reuter. CHATHAM. J une -•astern District H •ontrols thousand, of troo irge area of Kent, fa DuVsory church parade stood that no Army Couaeil tion to. this effect has been iff and the question the district?? 1, m be.ng raised at the Wi 0«!
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    Australia's Hardest Winter
    70 2 Reuter. SYDNKY. June 20 rinving one of the harues! or. record with narts of Ne>" Wale* and the Victor a kljt \v snow blizzards. Snow has also fallen outsuu Canberra, where the Gaaberra ktils v lrder a white blanket. Some Aus tralian Ministers are seeing snow m
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    Rubber Exports Under Licence
    97 2 Reuter. LONDON. June 21— The B Government will oease fl* present arrangement of purchasine all Malayan rubber exports and reselling to other governments Between July 1 and Dec. 31. the United States will be able to purchase Malayan rubber as desired. The governments of the Malayan
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    MCC MANAGER
    31 2 Reuter. LONDON. June 20.—Th bone Cricket Club have i Major R. Howard. Lancashire County Cricket Club Secretary, to accompany the England tourina tean Australia as manager, sub committee's concurring-—Reuter
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    PRESENTED WITH BALL
    45 2 Reuter. PORTSMOUTH. June 20 Knott, Hampshire's rignt-«n break bowler, has been pn the County's Captain E. B. E*B with the ball "with which he seven wickets for 36 at Southamp earlier his month. The ball ta JJ ted and suitably inscribed att
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    Rice Transport Problems Nearing Solution
    391 3 Major transport problems in the transportation of rice from Siam to the scarcity areas both inside and out of South-East Asia are on a fair way to solution. This is the heartening news given in the food progress report issued by the office of Lord
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    Sun Is Doctor Says G.G.
    44 3 "I have fallen in love with your climate", said the Gover-nor-General Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald at his Press conference last night. The sun is my doctor. It is something to have a doctor call unfailingly daily, free d charge."
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    AIR VC WON IN MALAYAN
    153 3 The Kintr has approved thI -thu rr.ous award of the Victor.a tsi to Squadron Leader Scott, of Squadron. RAP. for great In Malaya during operations gainst the Japanese. The VC was won at a time whe.i .1 small air force in Malaya wao desperate effort
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    Mr. K.G. Hamnett Gets O.B.E.
    84 3 Mr. K. G. Hamnett now of Kuala Lumpur formerly of the Rubber Restriction Department who helC the office of Director of Government -port Services, Government of Bombay, from 1942 to 1946. has r* eeived the 0.8. E. in the Birthday Honours (Indian List") for his
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    Jap "Never Heard" Of Water Treatment
    191 3 A denial that he ever subjected Joseph Hoedon, W.D. oilly and Mohamed Maiden to the wat^ Mj ment or any other form of torture at the Headquarters here during their dTsMmura 1944, was made in his defence by Sgt. Gonhiro in the Third War
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    Six Died In Lorry Crash
    107 3 Taiping An inquest was held here into the deaths of six people killed in a motor accident on U« trunk road between Kuala Kangsai and Taiping on March 2*3 last. They were travelling in a military lorry with 19 others at the t.n.e oj an
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    U.S. Coal For Europe
    55 3 A.P. WASHINGTON. June 20 Goyernrnal experts Jednesday said the United States hopes to ship U50.000 tonj Ir coal to Europe by the end of June and ?lise the goal to 1.500,000 tons fn July Of these totals, they added, France will about 350.000 to„s m June
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    "Rumour" Says Mr. MacDonald
    190 3 •No. Pa not going to stay in liic Liana Besar at Johore that is a laughingly retorted Mi .dm Mac Donald in reply to a Malay newspaperman's query during his press conference yesterday. The Governor-General pointed cvi that at present he was staying at residence of
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    Political Committee For S.E.A.
    649 3 The formation of a Political Committee for SouthEast Asia was announcec by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Governor-Gen-eral, Malaya, at his press conference yesterday. The committee will consist o; Lord Kilkarn and himself. This is the third important boa\ to be announced this week. The ether two
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    Scalded, Then Thrashed
    216 3 The last of the scries of war crimes trials concerning the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was taken up at the Sixth War Crimes Court yesterday before Lt.-Col. G.A. Peacock and twc other British Officers. Three Japanese, Lt. Sasahara Hidiaki. Petty Officer Yatsuzukn Minoru and Chief Petty Officer
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    TALKS WITH AUSTRALIA, N.Z. LIKELY
    122 3 The hope that closer relations would be estabished between Singapore and the Malayan Union and ether parts of the world, especially Australia and Now fiajnd, was <xpressed by Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald the Governor-General, speaking at his press conference yesterday. Commenting on the establishment of
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    Rice Crop Figures
    300 3 Following the recent successful surveys by photo reconnaissance aircraft of ricp areas in and French Indo-Chma. undertaken by Air Command. South East As**, an aerial surhas now been carried out )vet Java. The object of these surveys was to provide the basis for a report on the
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    74 3 A 31-year-old Chinese. Aug. Ho was acquitted on a charge oi knowingly harbouring two civilian Formosan Internees, Teh Chong Kay and Ong Chuan Hock, without his defence being called upon in the First Police Court yesterday. The two Formosans were never Interned according to the evidence of the prosecution and
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    Housing
    529 4 Immediate and drastic action to relieve the Singapore housing situation is imperative. A great deal has been said regarding the number of premises now occupied by the military and semimilitary departments. An official statement now discloses such buildings, which include hospitals and godowns, the number only 1,510. Even were
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    Man Who Led The Eighth To Victory In The Desert
    1502 4  -  By Capt. Robert Jackson Is there >uch a person as a typ.:al English general? T have just b..;n talk.ng at the Cavalry Club in London to Lieut.-Gene ral Sir Richard Luiidon a€c Creery, X.C.8., K.8.E.. D-SO, M.C-. who this summer
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    Britain, Egypt & The Canal
    679 4  - Britain, Egypt The Canal By W.M. Towler (Fo-eign Editor of the Daily Herald I Egyp's unique position on the globe has made her during the past century an object of vital a rategic interes. to the British Empire— par icularly since th I Suez Canal, completed 76 years ago. became
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    READERS' VIEWPOINTS
    573 4 Yusolf. RAGS AND TATTERS! The Chinese girl*, eleai "heerfel, bar* neat patches til their., but the Malay patch their raps any more so rotten. Of course, th -1 sticky rubber which ran I vcu do when you pat?h a t. This T.er.:-eful 111tr]«• rivei so beautiful, and thp
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    60,000 Poles Won't Stay In Land Of Kilts
    608 5 Reuter. col Mary S:aton, R?uter's Corrc3ponient) KOINSURGH, (Air ilatl) :—Although ov r ***** now left Britain for Poland there sre t m WW of them left i n aeottel Bu? hey d I ot them, want to stay there. who do not
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    Occupation Of Japan: "3 Years' Minimum"
    216 5 Occupation Of Japan: "3 Years Minimum" A.P. WASHINGTON, June 21.—General Dwight Eisenhower told th.it he saw "a (hree years' minimum" for the occupation of German y and Japan, it was revealed yesterday as the Army askei the legislature for $500,000,000 (£125,000,000) to m et expenses next year in countries where
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    Possible Rationing Of Bread In U.K.
    218 5 Though theie will be no decision for some weeks on whether tne scheme for bread and flour rationing to be prepared by the Food Ministry shall be put into operation, the impression left on the House of Commons by the speeches of Mr. Morrison
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    OUTRAGES CONDEMNED
    49 5 Reuter. LONDON. June 20.—The AneloJewish Association, in a statement last night on the outbreak of violence in Palestine, says: "All Jews who care for the welfare of Palestine and the future of the Jewish national home are at one in condemning these wicked and senseless outrages."— Reuter.
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    A TEA ADDICT
    24 5 Spoon-fed Scatty Scatty, the London Zoo's Australian Crested Cockatoo, is a confirmed tea addict, and takes it neat from the spoon.
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    JAVA'S CURRENCY PROBLEM
    339 5 Reuter BATAVIA June 20. —A > the Indonesian national lean cf a mill'ard rupiahs ms b-en successfully Poatcd to report« from the interior, the krag-«xpe N ted is ue of an Indwie ian nat'onal currency »ray be exnected soon, In effect it will amount to a l'U'e
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    Indians Want Equal Rights
    113 5 COLOMBO. June 20 A cable urging equal rights for Indians in Ceylon in the Election Order-in-Council now being prepared by the Colonial Office has been addresed by the President and Secretaries of the Ceylon Indian Congress to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Ceylon
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    $750-Million For Atomic Research
    78 5 Washington. June 21.—A sum of $375,000,0000 ($750-million Straitsi for atomic energy development ?s included in the United States Army's peacetime budget submitted to the House of Representatives. President Truman has rejected by implication M. Gromyko's plan for international control of atomic energy submitted two days ago
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    RECEPTION CHILLS RUSSIANS
    177 5 Ottawa. June 21 —llya Ehrcnburg, noted Russian writer and two feilow Soviet journalists, who arrived a week ago in Canada in the course of a North American tour, said yesterday that tht-y were cutting their stay short after having found the country "cold". "I have been impressed
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    China Truce Is Extended
    54 5 NANKING. June 21—The Chinese Government has extended the 'Manchuria truce until noon, June 30, It was announced today. The original 15-day armistice would have expired tomorrow < Saturday Action was taken as negotiations with the Communists appeared deadlocked. No progress is reported from the frequent conferences
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    Pearls and Emeralds—For Heart Trouble!
    337 5 Associated Press. (By Walt Mascn) HYDERABAD ißeccan), India —(AP) —Pearls ana emerald*, p.-tperty prepared, are very tasty. I know. I ate 'em. And silk cocoons, mixed with a little emerald dust and some gold and silver, aren't too bad. Ordinarily these expensive medicines—costing about eight
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    Truman Favours Civilian Control Of Atom Energy
    63 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, June 21._ President Truman declared emphatically he favours the civilian control of atomic energy. He told newsmen that the atom control measure approved by tne Senate suited him exactly. This was in reply to a question about a House Committee amendment
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    $12 Million Treasure Recovered In Java
    322 5 Associated Press. (By Stan Swinton, Associated Press Correspondent) SINGAPORE, June 20.—British special agents have recovered a fabulous £1,500,000 cache of gold, jewels, and currency and smashed a ring of Bri ish officers o her ranks, Dutch c.vUiaos and Japanese who conspired to conceal the
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    FIRST TEST BEGINS TODAY
    558 7 'B, Lcaric Constants, Renter's Special Correspondent, They are likely to encounter yet ano:her soft wicket ia their Tesc for the Lords turf has received such a soaking these lai*, few weeks that therwill not be time for it to become really hard even if no more
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    TONIGHT'S WRESTLING
    81 7 To-night's main wrestling event at the Great World arena is a ton round bout between Jeff Conda and Dara Singh again. Supporting this bout is another leu round bout between another Chinese wrestler, Bosca Boa, and Stan Garside. *This fight is atso an elimination fight for the Malayan
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    Fight Dull—But It's Not A Fake
    196 7 A.P. NEW YORK, June 21—As the fellow who picked Louis to knock out Conn i n the first ■:d, I hare one consolation. He actually did it in the first l of fighting. The seven other rounds were a May Pole dance. l n
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    YMCA Table-Tennis
    251 7 VMC A. were beaten 6-1 In table tennis match against the os Photo Sports Club on ineaday bur they made up u r defeat when they beat the Democratic Youth League team a similar margin the following nkug. The following are the results VMC.A. names On*): vs. Queen's
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    9—GOAL HOCKEY
    22 7 V H. Pillay*i XI beat HoiI•>• 6 goals to 3 in the hockey played at the Police Depot U rday.
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    Truman's triple hand shake President Truman (centre), grips the hands of Fred M. Vinson (left) and John W. Snyder (right) at the White Hjuse, after norn nating Vinson 'o be Chief Justice of the Un ted States Supreme Court, and Snyder to succeed Vinson as Secretary of the Treasury. A.P. Photo.
    53 7 Truman's triple hand shake President Truman (centre), grips the hands of Fred M. Vinson (left) and John W. Snyder (right) at the White Hjuse, after norn nating Vinson 'o be Chief Justice of the Un ted States Supreme Court, and Snyder to succeed Vinson as Secretary of the Treasury. A.P.
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    HARDSTAFF, IKIN IN GOOD FORM
    378 7 LONDON, Jure 21 batsmen Joe Hardstaff and J. I in showed goad torn when playing for their respe?t v? counties today, bct'i s cori g unfinished ha 7 f-c nturies. Cambridge University were dismissed for one of the lowest totals of the season when they
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    Today's Penang Race Scratchings
    98 7 'Owr Oivn Reporter) Pcnang, Friday: There are heavy scralchings for tomorrows races. T hey are: Hacks' Race: Singapore. The Winner. Sowat. Race 2 (Horses class 3. if*. 2. 5 1 Cornshcaf. Moon win, Kamalaventee. Race 3 /Horses, class 1, div. 2 7): Moonlight. Bxiranecr. Wew Zealand.
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    Detectives Turned Highway Robbers
    450 7 Two youthful C.I.D. detectives, Chua Kirn Keng (20) and Son Boon Kang (21), were respectively sentenced to three years r.i. and 18 months' r.i. in the Relief Court yesterday when they were found guilt Tr of daylight robbery of $400 from a lorry driver on March
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    1,500 New Factories For Britain
    218 7 Reuter. LONDON, June 20.—Altogether 1,453 new factories are io be built In B'iiain. They will cost just over 16? 000,000 and will find employment for 218,000 men and women. There were 262 new .actories -actually in the course of construction in these areas on May
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    COLONIALS' CRICKET XI
    72 7 The following have been invited to play cricket for the Colonials in Johore Bahru on Sunday. They play against Foxon's XI: A. E. Delikan, R. Delikan. J. H. de Souza, Tham Koon Poh, W. Ratnayake, C. Collins, F. van Rooyen. J. N. Fernando, R. H. Perry. L.
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    BURKE RETAINS IRISH TITLE
    94 7 Reuter. DUBLIN, June 21:—Burke retained his title of Irish native amateur golf champion when in the 36 holes five on Dollymount course near Dublin he beat Cecil Ewing by two and one. Both men are former British Walker Cup players and Ewing was runner-up for the
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    Italian Republic Frees Political Prisoners
    78 7 Associated Press. ROME, June 22—The first act of the new republic has been the granting on Friday of a broad amnesty, calculated to free thousands from Italian prisons. The council of ministers approved a complete amnesty for political prisoners. Anyone serving up to five years
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    Another French Success At Ascot
    157 7 Reuter. ASCOT. June 21 .—The Bug won the Wokingham Stakes today, with Commissar second and Cha»eau Madrid third. Twenty-one ran. The Bug started at 7—l, Commissar at 100 —5 and Chateau Madrid 7—l. The Bug, a three-year-old chestnut by Signal Light, owne.l and trained in
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    TYPHOON HEADING FOR HONGKONG
    49 7 Honpkonjr, June 21. —The Harbour Office here warned shipping of l typhoon 200 to 300 miles off the north-east of Luzon. The typhoon is moving in a north-westerly d,rci tion and it i* believed it might Kadi the China coast in this vicinity on Saturday.
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    284,380 DE MOBBED LAST MONTH
    227 8 Reuter. WESTMINISTER, June 20.—Minuter er Labour George Isaacs in the House of Commons today issued a statement of releases and dis-harges from the forces In May. the number of men auo women released from the three wi< vices was £84*89 This ihelodtJ riatl A Naw
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    220 8 Reuter. Westminister, Juno 20.— Lieu. Col Si»- Thomas Moore. Oonservativ; tor Ayr. asked the Under Secretary fer Air, Mr. do Freitas. if he would state the number of serving «ir officers and men who have volunteered for evtend service in tnc R.A.F. up to date,
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    America's Foreign Trade Fears
    94 8 NEW YORK. June 21.- -The volume of America's forebtU trade may be reduced in a few wars if present international political trends continue. Mr. Clinton Davidson. p"<*sident of the Management Plan nine: Incorporated, said today. He added that de-industrialisation of Germany and Japan can slice United
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    TEMPORARY RATION TICKETS
    91 8 Emigrants who have had their ration cards cancelled m receipt of their boat ticket, and are still p.waiting passages, may* io thfl Rariorvinf Offi' ?itioning Ollee, Maxwell Road Singapore, for Temporary Ration Cards. Ihe public of Sim. q re were infornaoi that all pel ona drawing Illegal
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    THREE ROBBRIES
    102 8 On Thursday, the radio patrols a iswered 25 calls including three robberies and a fire which destroy ci a military dump near the Singapore Steam laundry in Alexandra Rm 1. The first robbery was at GeVa'. where a Hylam robbed another Hylam of $1,000 cash, in the afternoon.
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    SHANGHAI CHOLERA
    18 8 Cholera exists in an epidemic p ate at Shanghai, which has beer declared an infected port.
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    ATOM-BOMB NEGOTIATIONS LIKELY
    127 8 Washington. June 21.— resident Truman commented at a press conference that American and RUMI plans for atomic control submitted to the Umted Nations will 'injects for negotiations and thai 'We may reach an agreement." He emphasised the word 'may". The American plan presented by M wnlcH President
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    5 KILLED IN HOTEL EXPLOSION
    117 8 A.P. DELLAS (Texas). June 22.—An explosion ripped through the basement and lower floor of the Baker Hotel here on Friday, killing at least five persons and injuring scores of others. Many hotel guests, some of them seriously hurt, trapped in the upper floors, were rescued
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    STILL CONTROLLED BY RUSSIANS
    61 8 Tiheran, June 21.—An official of the Iranian State railways said day that the railways in AUerbaij** province are still under Russian control. The official who refused to use his name, said his information was based on a report made to hnr. by a commission which had
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    Britain's untitled Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee told the Labour Party Conference at Bourne, mouth, that the Nationalisation programme was an essential part of the Government's planned economy and that more big Bills were on the way. Photo shows:—Prime Minster Clement Attlee addressing the Conference. Lefi to right are—Mr. Herbert Morrison. Lord President of the Council; Mrs. Attlee; The Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Robert Old: Mr. Attlee; Mr. Morgan Phillips, Secretary of ihe Labour Party; Prof. Harold Laski; and Mr. Ernest Eer'n. British Foreign Secretartj.—Af. Photo.
    87 8 Britain's untitled Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee told the Labour Party Conference at Bourne, mouth, that the Nationalisation programme was an essential part of the Government's planned economy and that more big Bills were on the way. Photo shows:—Prime Minster Clement Attlee addressing the Conference. Lefi to right are—Mr. Herbert Morrison.
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    GUN DUEL IN S'PORE
    80 8 Shots were exchanged between two detectives and two Chinese at Kiong Saik Street on Thursday night. The detectives Wttt on rounds and saw two lUillMiT biding in doorway. They flashed a torch at the Chinese and asked them to put »he:r hands up. The Chinese opened
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    CHINA PLANS FOR MODERN 300,000-TON NAVAL FLEET
    920 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI, June 20.—China plans lo have a navj of 309,000 tons, manned by 50,0C0 well-trained officers and ratings. It will be a fleet of small ships. The Government has decided to concentrate on building and buying cruisers, destroyers and patrol in fairly
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    Germany Had No Atomic Weapons
    208 8 NUREMBERG June .*!l—Alfred Speer testified today at the war crimes trial that Germany had virtually no experiments in atomic energy under way during the war. Examined by Mr. Jackson, American prosecutor, Speer acknowledged that Nazi propaganda about new and secret weapons, was never backed up
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    22 8 untitled June 21.untitled—By orders of the French government, all copra shipments from French Indo-China to the United States West coast have ceased.
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    Anglo—U.S. Troop Movement Denied
    80 8 Associated Press. ROME, June 22.—A man for (Lieut-Gen. John C. 11. Lee. Deputy Commander of Allied Mediterranean F last night categorically Belgrade newspaper repor Anglo-American forces aloi g Morgan Line have been thened. There had been M i»b troop movements of an: tance," he said. "Nothiri
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    14d RUBBER BAIT FOR LOAN?
    710 8 (By Sidney Gampell, Reuter' City Editor. London June 21.—Stripped of its rather irksome offlcKwm about the U.S. Government "applying to the Combined Rubber Committee, and about the of Malaya, Singapore and Borneo haySSbeen control exports in accordance with the Combined Rubber Committee allocation, the SndoS
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    Pilfering In Millions
    52 8 SHANGHAI. June 21— In., here said today that pilfering cargoes on the Shanghai front had risen to several h million Chinese dollars m One London Insurance cos has notified its Shanghai bran raise the premium on pill I five per cent, the pre-war rat one-fourth of one
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    COAL SHORTAGE
    27 8 Reuter. SYDNEY. June 7». —Then no Sunday tramcar service. ney or Newcastle because shortage of coal. Maurice G> New South Wales Minister I ed today.—Reuter.
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