Malaya Tribune, 2 July 1946

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    35 1 The Malaya Tribune The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya 'Phone Nos:— Edi'orial (only) 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 I PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune TUESDAY. JULY 2.
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    ATOM BOMB TEST SECRECY PLEDGE
    536 1 "Enemy Ears Are Still Listening" Explosion Less Spectacular Then Pearl Harbour Assault Reuter. ABOARD U S.S. APPALACHIAN OFF BIKINI, JULY 1 —THE CREW OF THIS PRESS SHIP WAS TO-NIGHT FORMALLY CAUTIONED AGAINST DISCUSSING THE ITOM BOMB EXPLOSION IN LETTERS HOME BECAUSE "ENEMY EARS ARE ST!LL
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    23 Killed 160 Hurt In Hindu-Moslem Clashes
    57 1 Reuter. AHMEDABAD. Bombay Province. July I.—At midnight tonight the casualties in todays rioting between Moslems and Hindus were stated to be 23 killed and 160 injured. The police opened fire nine times during the early part of the day. A curfew has been
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    ANTI-ATOM PROTESTS IN LONDON
    93 1 Reuter. LONDON, July I.—ln Trafalgar Square there was a minor "anti-atom" demonstration today at which protests were made against the use of atomic eiu rgy. Wireless telephony i mications of the British Post Office over thousands of miles of circuits to Australia and across the Atlantic
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    LONDON NOT IMPRESSED
    131 1 Reuter. >N, July 1. —While reafom bomb guineaBikini under huge U ::don evening re no< greatly impressresults announced 10 Star, saying the Amt. he experiment characteristic showi rote: Nobody really men about the exact i ild warships sunk d nary citizen of Hull n it is the
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    THREE FIRES IN S'PORE
    108 1 were three fires in surday. which ing down, a house and a ree fires were quickly be Fire Brigade which great damag was averted. d wn fire occurred a Quay where twenty aba mots and a numbaskets were found In the same store were nd >ther
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    RIOTING IN TRIESTE
    58 1 A.P. I E July I.—American and P6 were called out to help by pro-Italian residents In which about 25 Yugo>torea were attacked, ting ceased when foreign irmed with tea.- gas and guns appjared, but the mtinued milling through street. said one man so badly inh»t he may
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    Two Robberies
    63 1 robberies were reported v» taken place in Singapore rday, One occurred IB the Ing and the other at night. -V 8.30 a.m. yesterday, three se, two of whom were arm*r] with revolvers, robbed $500 a house in Tomlinson Road and at 7.30 p.m. five Chinese 1 with revolvers
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    HONG KONG PAYMENTS TO PASSIVE DEFENCE WORKERS
    174 1 •Reuter. HONGKONG, Juy 1....A11 male civil defence worers who were interned in Hong Kong are to receive ex-gratia payments in respect of the whole period during which they were interned. This was announced by the Financial Secretary, Mr. C. G. S. Follows. Such
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    JEWISH LEADER ON HUNGER STRIKE
    51 1 Reuter. JERUSALAM. July 1. Rabbi Jehuda Fishman, 73-year-cld acting Chairman of the Jewish Agency who was arrested on Saturday and taken to Latrun detention camp where ne declared a hunger strike, was removed to a hospital in Jerusalem tonight. He is reported to be "graveiy
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    ATOM ENERGY: U.K. URGED TO GO 'FLAT OUT'
    98 1 Reuter. OXFORD. July I—Professor P. M. S. Blacken, a leading British a l omic scientist, today urged thai Britain should go "flat out" in quest of possible utilisation of atomic energy and make sure that when it was developed i' was used
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    Truman Signs $247 Million Bill
    71 1 WASHINGTON, July 2.—Presi-de)-1 Truman has signed the 247 million Interior Department Approbation Bill. It provides funds for 1947 fiscal year which began today. Although one of the largest interior grants in history, lt fell approximately a hundred million below the department's budget estimates. With his
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    Action 'Means War In Every City'
    320 1 Labourite Attacks Palestinian Clean-up A.P. LONDON, July 2.—The British Government was accused by one of its own supporters in the House of Commons last night of making a plain, naked war on the Jewish national home. Initiating the debate on the mass arrests and
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    Correspondents: Test Disappointing
    115 1 Reuter. ABOARD U.S-S. APPALACHIAN, July I.—Disappointing was the verdict passed by correspondents on the fourth atomic bomb to explode on the earth, in Bikini Atoll. Marshal Islands, early today. William Laurence, science editor of the New York Times-who witnessed the earlier atom bomb explosions at both New
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    ANOTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SHIP
    58 1 Reuter. HAIFA, July I.—An Illegal tarn; grant ship carrying about 2,000 Jewish refugees wss spotted by aircraft to be making for Palestine, it was reported here today. Haifa-based destroyers went out to make contact with the vessel and escort it into Haifa where it Is expected
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    JEWISH THREAT
    241 1 Reuter A.P. JERUSALEM, July I.—Delegates of Jewish institutions meeting 1 here today passed a resolution that Palestine Jewry will not co-operate with the Palestine Government as long as its leaders are held prisoner and attack on Jewish settlements continue. Isaac Ren Zevi, President of the Jewish National Council,
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    HUGE ARMS HAUL NEAR HAIFA
    83 1 A.P. JERUSALEM. Ju;y 2.—-The Britisi I Army announced today that a cache of munitions so large that "it is no! yet possible to count or even e>timau the amount of ammunition and arm it contains" was discovered in an underground chamber at Mashec Yagur, Jewish
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    SECOND TEST THIS MONTH
    252 1 A.P. ABOARD USE APPALACHIAN IN BIKINI LAGOON, July 2.— The atomic bomb its wrath pitted against a fleet for the first time sank four ships, wrecked seven, damaged 25 and possibly damaged every other vessel in KikinVs target fleet of 73, official and unofficial surveys showed
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    PUPPET MINISTERS TO DIE
    83 1 Reuter. BUDAPEST, July I.— Five leading members of the Sztojay puppet Government in Hungary during the German occupation were today sentenced to death by shooting. They were: Doeme Sztojay, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Lajos Remanyi-Schneller, Finance Minister, Lajos Szasz, Minister for Industrial Production, Kunder, Minister
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    Mr. Alexander In Athens
    54 1 ATHENS. July I—A member of the British Cabinet Mission *0 India. First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. A. V. Alexander, arrived here by air from India on his way to London. After lunching with the British Ambassador in Greece, Sir Clifford John Norton he is resuming
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    MANILA PREPARES FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
    201 2 A.P. MANILA, July 2—The war-blasted Fhittp&nes cark al today oreoared for its greatest day since Spanish landings, tour centuries ago—its independence inauguration on July 4. The events of the day will culminate 'he three centuries of blccdy struggle against feudal Spanish ruU and Japanese con.
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    ARMED GANG ROBBERY ALLEGED
    90 2 i charge of armed gang robbery was explained to three t■ nt mes i Yip Sin Choy (22». Fofii A.i Chin (21) and Y:m ping Kuan <2C> in "be First ?0..1\- Court yesterday. Ii is alleged that they robbed Moh Chebk Kang of 5250 cash, a
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    THREE HOLIDAY MAKERS DROWNED
    140 2 London. July I.—Heavy seas round the coast of Britain during the weekend exacted a toll of rive lives in bathing and boating accidents. Three Londoners holidying at Bay Dockland Settlemeni Holiday Home—Erne* Black. 42 Lewrenee Street, Canning Town; Mary ICoaster, 02 Gwendoline Avenue, West Ham and
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    Had Military Tyres, Gaoled
    163 2 When a rarty of police raideu i house in Upper P.ckerinp Sti*<-t on information that there were noi litary tyres thi re. they found 1 > new tyres with military maiking* and seven other tyres and one mi.: They arrested the man and tooK the tyres
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    Will Bradman Be Fit For Cricket?
    64 2 SYDNEY, July L —Don Bradman rtsumed his regular squash rackets, causing speculation as to his physical fitness. It is considered in some ouarters this is a "tryout" for the coming cricket season. Bradman refused to confirm cr deny his availability for the Tests versus
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    C.I.'s in Shanghai Keep To Barracks
    101 2 SHANGHAI, June 30.—A1l American Army personnel in Shanghai were restricted to their quarters until 11 aan. today following rumours that a big anti-American parade was brewing. The parade failed to materialise but the military police kept vigilant guard over American establishments. Uneasiness over the
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    AMARNATH SIGNS UP
    36 2 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, July I.—The Inai*-i all-round cricketer, L. Amarnath has signed to play next season for Burt ley in Lancashire cricket league. Amarnath played for Nelson in the same league before the war.—Reuter.
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    Tokio Trial Losing Its Audience
    301 2 TOKiO, June 30.—Tne trial of potentially Asia's greatest drama is auia to nave oecorne a second-rate oiiow wmcf] 16 rapiaiy losing ks audience, writes Kusseii prints, Associated i-ress correspondent. Tne criticisms oy Commander Bemiey M. McMullln in bis San Francisco statement has resulted in genera]
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    Opposition In Rumania Being Repressed
    240 2 BUCHAREST, July I—Opposition parties in Rumania are again going through a period of repression. I Lis situation was supposed Lo have been dissipated by the Big Three MOSCOW accord laal December which recognised the wo chief opposition parties as "democratic and anti-fascist.' Under that accord
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    Shahrir Explains Disappearence
    101 2 Reuter. BATAVIA. July I.—Stepping with a cheerful grin out of Royal Air Force transport plane which arrived here irom the interior the Republican ••Premier" Docto- Sutan Shahrir gave a first-hand explanation of his mysterious 75 hours' uisappearan-v. T was kidnapped by fbottsn young men who were possibly
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    Moves To Strengthen Sino-Filipino Ties
    158 2 Reuter. Manila, June 30—Moves to promote stronger Sino-' Philippines relations after Independence of the Philippines on Jul/ 4 were decided on at the tenth convention of the Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang) Parly In the Philippines. The party claims a membership of 15.000 throughout the Philippines. A
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    ANZIO HERO IN NANKING
    39 2 NANKING. July I.—Maje Gen. John P. Lucas, wartime commander of the combined BritishAmerican Sixth Corps at the Anzio landings in Italy, arrived on July 1 to command the United States military advisory group to China.
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    "SNOW' IN MANILA
    74 2 Reuter. MANILA.—Snow, or a reasonable fascimile there, came to this tropical city one sunny afternoon in May. Hailstones, the size of a man's .thumb, fell for fifteen minute-., in a iTP'p-souare a*ea. Weather experts, at a loss to explain this phenomenon, confirmed the rtported and were doubly
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    S. AFRICA FIRM
    40 2 Reuter. PIETERMARITZBERG. July I.— The Asiatic land tenure and Indian representation bill is going to be administered as. Parliament intended, notwithstanding am protests that may take place, said the Minister of the Interior. Senator Clarkson. here today.—Reuter.
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    Why Fish Is Dear
    195 2 (Our Own Reporter) Though fresh fish appears to be plentiful in the markets, the price nevertheless is still expensive. This is what Mr. D. W. heMare, head of the Fisheries Department, said: 1 Local markets produce less pork, mutton and beef than previously. 2. Fishcrmcm are
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    Sarawak Hand-over: Kticking Ceremony
    242 2 Kuehinq. July I.—Sarawak, the Kingdom of the White .'Ui-iahs, became a 3ritish Colony this morning:. Tn the sombre white and brown court room, where oortraits of the three Rajahs formed the only decoration, the Under-Secretary, Mr. D. C. White, read the "d rmant ciKumissioir'* that ended
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    ITALY APPEALS TO TO CONFERENCE
    142 2 A.P. ROME. July I—"The Italian republic feels more than ever." a ui> pram from De Gasperi. the Italian Prime Minister, to the Foreign Ministers at Paris said, "the solidarity which binds it to all the democracies in the aspiration towards the toilsome search for a
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    BREAD RATIONING MAY END SOON
    77 2 A.P. LISBON. July I.—The British rationing of bread and other essentials is "indispensable at present, but may however be lifted very shortly. Sir Wilfred Eady, leader of the British commercial and financial commission to Argentina, told pressmen on the airfield here yesterday. He termed the
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    S'pore Did Not Feel Atom Shock
    84 2 i Tribune Staff Reporter) The dropping of the four'h 2om bomb over Bikini was no: felt here. Singapore only knew 'hat the atom bomb had been dropped 'hrough 'he press and radio not a •remor icas felt. Commander Moorhead. head of the Me.eorological Department
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    Torture Of Dutch Woman Related
    482 2 (Our Own Reporter). Kuala Lumpur, Monday. How 30-year-old Mrs. Deris van de Straaton, suspected by the Japanese of being an Allied spy was tortured by 2nd. Lt. Murakami Shuji, the Kempeitai "confession" expert, and was subsequently flung out of a window on the top floor
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    VOTING OFFICIALS MURDERED
    138 2 WARSAW. July I.—A Foreign Mill -try Spokesman said outlawed armed gangs roved the Polish coun.ryjide on the night of June 30 "beating, wounding and killing hundreds, probably thousands" of voting officials appointed to direct Sunday's referendum. He said terrorist activity is mcc easing greatly" with bands striking
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    Bumper Tea Harvest Expected In Russia
    258 2 Reuter. Moscow, July I. —Tea harvest in the USSR is expected to be bigger this year than last. Planters in Ihe Georgian Republic, which is Soviet Union's biggest tea producing area accounting for 95-percent of the total crop, have already begun shipping leaves to
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    NEGROES JOINING UP IN LARGE NUMBERS
    147 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, July I.—The War Department disclosed without comment that Negro volunteers were ot ;ng signed up in the regular Army intensive recruiting campaign on a vutio of one to five white soldiers. Under the official policy announed in March the ratio was to
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    GOVT. WILL DEVELOP FISHING INDUSTRY
    452 3 20-Year Research Plan Announced A plan of research work, laid down by the PanMalayan Department of Fisheries established in Singapore to cover a period of from 15 to 20 years, will seek to bring the fishing industry to one of the greatest importance in the
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    Cordite Trail Led To Find
    94 3 A Chinese couple Tay Ah Bee (50) and Ang Ah Yin <46> were chargtd in the Fourth Police Court yesterday with being in wrongful possession of eight empty shells, four unexploded shells and 15 cordite and safety fuses. It is alleged that a cordite trail
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    35-CENT CANTEEN SELL-OUT
    53 3 Tclok Ayer People s a n did a roaring s-crday and "soul long before scheduled 1.500 people conapproxtma tely 210 so/ rice, 2SO katties esh vegetables and a' 6i of fish, pork anticipation of a r crowd today and m not to disappoint omer, 'he canteen ng
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    Awards For Two RAF Officers
    206 3 haa approved awards in i South East Asia to A R. T. Beddow (*****' Squadron' and F Lt. S. A. No. 267 Squadron >. A i lipment officer who trans- duties in 1940. SquaBeddow completed 60 flights with R.A.F. Coasmand as an air stunner, and
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    Pork Sellers Gaoled For Overcharge
    78 3 rk >tall keepers were btn td to three weeks' r.i. each by r Judge Tan Thoon terday because they s">id the controlled price, re: Ho Meng Kir. I* market, who sold a for $4. which was fJ f.f the controlled prico. K*ng Chee Kuai. also
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    FATAL ACCIDENT CHARGE
    55 3 tmil Hindu lorry driver Lathmaniam had two charges d lo him in th e Fifth Court yesterday. The first ausing the death of N.S. while driving a military The second charge was I tailing to report the case was postponed tc I r mention, and bail in
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    Philippine Celebrations
    140 3 Vice-president of the Singap«.i Filipino Association, Mr. Paul Ct Peralta. left by plane this mot for Manila to attend the Fillpiiio Independence Day celebrations to be held there on July 4. He carried with him personal messages of congratulation to U.C Philippine Government from all community both in
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    Ghost Blamed For Suicide Attempt
    136 3 When Pek Huang Kwoe t :>8 a i hawker, was charged with attenp* i icr to commit suicide, he Ulll Maeistrate L. C. Goh that a ghost had compelled him to cut himself on the right side of the atad while he was in n
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    100 men on a raft....Actually there were 104 men, who are seen trying out a new lifesaving raft. designed and developed by the United States Army Air Force for use in Hie event of a major disaster at sea. The raft is 38 feet in circumference and weighs only 79 pounds.—A.P. Pho'o.
    54 3 100 men on a raft....Actually there were 104 men, who are seen trying out a new lifesaving raft. designed and developed by the United States Army Air Force for use in Hie event of a major disaster at sea. The raft is 38 feet in circumference and weighs only 79
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    Defence Opens In "Death Railway" Case
    168 3 Denying responsibility regarding the selection ot Allied PoWs for work on the Burma-Siam Railway construction. Lt. Nagatara Kokubo. first accused in the Death Railway Case before the Third War Crimes Court made his defence yesterday. He admitted he was responsible only for the supervision
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    SENTRY'S ACTION 'RASH ACT'-Coroner
    351 3 will not issue a warrant in view of the proDosed legislation dealing with eases of this nature, but I direct that the recordings of this inquiry be forwarded to the Deputy Public Prosecutor for his consideration", said Singapore's Coroner Mr. W. G. Porter when he returned
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    Volunteers Preparing Back Pay Petition
    316 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Disappointment was expressed by a number of volunteers when asked for their comments on the volunteers' back pay rates as published yesterday. The more cynical ones "consoled" themselves with the thought that their worst expectations and fears had been well founded. Saying
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    Metherell Court Martial Ends
    692 3 The court martial proceedings against Major F. T. Metherell, R.E.M.E., till recently officer commanding of the Base Workshops at the polo ground in Balestier. Singapore, who stood charged on five counts of fraudulent conversion of enemy pro:.:. mtrusted to his care, concluded yesterday. TJye findings of
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    Nurse On Negligent Act Charge
    116 3 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG. Monday Alleged to have caused the death of three babies by a negligent act. Mercy Sledge a 29--year-old nurse and Arujiva a 30-year-old ayah were charged before Mr. G. H- Conaggan. in the Penang Relief Court todayAccused are said to have
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    Alleged Robbers
    137 3 Yong Heng Mentr (25) and Iff* Ah Lam (25), two Hylams, appeared yesterday before Mr. L. C. Oo&. in the Second Police »'ourt, on U a tative armed lobbery charges. Both were alleged to have t>"e jointly concerned in a robbery which took place at Kallantr K-jad on
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    Siamese Affairs
    419 4 II is hardly surprising that of the various theories lo account for King Ananda Madihol'S death that of assassination commands the greates, credence: Speculation as to imotive offers nothing very 'conducive to an understanding of the situation. 'Fears that Siam is on the verge of a revolution appears
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    KELANTAN FISHERS
    1378 4 Malay Fishermen: Their Peasant Economy By Raymond Firth, Illustrated, Kegan Paul Trench, Truhncr and Co. Ltd., 255, Net. Fishermen's beliefs—ov superstitions, If yen wul- are legion In purts Of Malaya, win rtradition dies hard among the Ashing communities, r'tual acts Include avoidance of the use Oi animal terms
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    Russians DO NOT Want To Tight Anyone
    726 4 (By Eddie GUmorc NEW YORK.—"Are not the Russians about ready to fight us?" "Should I not re-enlis! a. once in the army and try to get my captain's commission back again." Those are the Startling questions that faced me from all sides as
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    HATCHES OPENED AFTER COLLISION
    124 4 Reuter. PORT SAID, June 30— The British liner City of Hong Kong (9,606 tons) bound for the United Kingdom from India with more than 250 passengers collided early this morning after leaving here, with the 10.000-ton British cargo ship Riplingham Grance Witt) a cargo of meat
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    READERS' VIEWPOINTS
    104 4 "Safety Conscious" To the travelling public of the Singapore Traction Compar.y bu s an appe.il on behalf of our Unic; that the public should not hastand on ihe platforms of the bust lor their own safety. On nu.!. Baton* I have witnessed pas..:, lorries kn. ek down th«-
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    U.S. Jewish Leaders To Visit Palestine
    150 4 Reuter. NEW YORK, June 30.—The decision that United Starts members of the Jewish Agency Executive iho proceed as promptly a s possible to Palestine wa b reached at a special meeting this morning. Dr. Stephen Wise, co-chairman of the American Zionist Emergency Council, announced
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    INDIAN LEADER ARRESTED
    49 4 DURBAN. July t.—Sorabiee Ru--tomjee. leader of the delegation of the South African Indian Congress which visited India last March, was one of the 49 men arrested durinsr the Indian passive resistance demonstration In Durban arranced to protest against South African law restricting land purchases by Indians
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    URGENT RATE OR ORDINARY?
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    THREE SHIPS SUNK, SIXTEEN DAMAGED
    1278 5 ATOM BOMB TEST RESULTS \E V S.S. APPALACHIAN OFF BIKINI, July 1. bservers today re-entered Bikini lagoon after the world's fourth atomic bomb had ii niulti-coloured brilliance on the guinea pig old warships. They found most of the ships a' bat inrnmr.ieto toll shewed that
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    REQUEST COMPLIED WITH
    231 5 A.P. UNGTOS —The U.S. Govern'•Mupleted a transaction I lis who thinks ti.o Interior is a very in very wonderful M. p. Sha rasa, arrote tary J A Krug a letter boTant introdnct.on. Kind-hearted and g great, and big:. respectable 1 the United States DeInterieqr, an immense of
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    untitled boar testea on River Thames A jet-propelled boat wai tested out on the River Thame* a: Kew% London, recently. The craft 5 tqu 1 ed along bp a powerful jet of water .ssuing from a nozzle In the stream-lined undericater housing of an outboard newer unit. Photo shou-s: The jet-propelled boat seen during the :rials. Water is sucked into the device and to'ced out in a jet thus creating a propu'sion force.- A.P. Pho to.
    78 5 untitled boar testea on River Thames A jet-propelled boat wai tested out on the River Thame* a: Kew London, recently. The craft 5 tqu 1 ed along bp a powerful jet of water .ssuing from a nozzle In the stream-lined undericater housing of an outboard newer unit. Photo shou-s: The
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    Camp Shows Flop In Civvy-Street
    303 5 Hundreds of ex-Service Variety artists aie finding that "turns" which got a big hand on camp sites and in desert shows are not ma kin the grade at home. Civilian audiences tre demanding higher standards i f entertainment than the E X.s.A. type which was
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    27 5 SEOUL, July 1.—The floods in Korea reached a se-ious static last week with disrupted road and rail communications necessitating aii drops of supply to some American Units.
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    SIAM: STAR WITNESS GIVES EVIDENCE
    211 5 BANGKOK. July I.—The star witness in the investigation into the death of King Ananda Mahidoi appeared beiore a Commission of Inquiry 'his morning and testified that he reported to the Quten Mother upon finding the monarch dead that he had killed himself. The witness was
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    400,000 THREATEN
    34 5 TOKIO, July I.—Four hur.dre' thousand communications worker, have instructed their union leaders to plan a "powerful struggle" unless the government pays them 100 yen additionally monthly for each member of their families.
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    SHAHRIR FREED BY KIDNAPPERS
    135 5 Batavia, July 1. —Dr. Sharir, kidnapped by an armed band at Soerakarta early last Friday, was delivered unharmed and "in good health" today to Djocjakarta, seat of the Indonesian government. He was taken to Djocjakarta b ,T an Indonesian army detachment. Dr. van Mook. Lieutenant-Gover nor
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    35 Casualties In Hindu-Muslim Clash
    77 5 AHMEDAEAD. July I.—One person was killed and thirtyfour toured in a Hindu —Muslim clash today. stoning of a Hindu religious ion passing through an area of mixed population led to the discurbances which soon spread to other parts. The police opened fire wounding people. Troops
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    Goats Alive After Test
    198 5 Goats taken board the warships In Biidni lagoon for experimental purposes were found stand'ng at ease and munching hay when investigators entered the lagoon after the atom bomb had exploded. Rear Admiral C Sollberg, Director of Ship Material for Operation Crossroads, made this report to Admiral
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    21 5 MOSCOW, July 1.-Prince Axel of Denmark prepared to, leave Moscow yesterday for Copenhagen, as the trade talks came to an end
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    ITALY SEEKS BIG FOUR HEARING
    233 5 ROME. July I.—ltaly has asked rhe Big Four Foreign Ministers for 1 hearing, it was disclosed yesterday. Prime Minister de Gasperi has instructed the Italian representative in i°aris Marches Antonio Lupi di Soragna to forward, an official note conraining the request for a hearing to
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    JEWS TO PROTEST
    169 5 JERUSALEM. July I—Jewish leaders met today to draft a protest against the British seizure of the Jewish Agency Headquarters on Saturday. The session, a joint meeting of the action committee of the Zionist World Organisation and the General Council of the Palestine Jewry, is expected to adopt
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    MR. R. R. SHAW IN HOLLYWOOD
    59 5 Mr. Run Run Shaw, the weliknown local shownman, who left for Australia a month ago on a busi-ness-pleasure tour, is reported to have arrived in Hollywood. Mr. Shaw will be visiting New York, from where he will fly to England and he is expected
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    Indians Dismissed For Lowest Total Of Tour
    495 7 Pollard Takes 7for 49: Lanes Collapse Again (By Learie Constantine, Re titer's Special Corres.) LIVERPOOL, July I.—Splendid bowling by Bannerjce and Amarnath enabled India to dismiss Lancashire, English county leaders, for 140 but irresolute batting caused India to be all out for 126
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    289 7 Lancashire lanings Place b Bannerjee '> Ikin Ibw Sarwate I Kfrlier b Hazare Edrich c Mankad b Amarnath > Washbrook run out S6 PhiMipson b Bannerjee S BrierUy b Bannerjee 0 Pollard b Amarnath Garliek b Amarnath 10 Price c Nayudu b Bannerjee Roberts not out Extras s
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    KILLEARN LEAVES FOR MANILA
    69 7 Lord Killearn. Special Commissioner. South East Asia, who has been named Britain's Special Ambassador at the inaugural ceremony of Philippine Independence on July 4, left by air this morning for Manila. Accompanying Lord Killearn were Mr. R. H. Scott, his political counsellor, and Capt. David Noel,
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    AVERY HITS 210 AGAINST SURREY
    313 7 untitled SCORING IN untitled CRICKET Reuter. I LONDON. July I.—Essex ;oday I piled up the season's highest I date, when thanks to a I i tury by Avery—select. I forthcoming Test ;rial I ntories by Dedds and I they scored 597 runs I of Surrey
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    Frenchman Surprises Dinny Pails
    531 7 MEN'S SINGLES IN SEMI-FINAL STAGE WIMBLEDON' TENNIS Reuter. WIMBLEDON, July 1. British-born Australi Dinny Pails seeded number one and favoured to win the singles title, was surprisingly defeated in the quar-ter-final this afternoon by the gianl Frenchman. Yvon Petra, 7—5, 7—5, 6—B, 6—4. It was a
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    PAID £35 FOR DOG WON £40,000
    151 7 Reuter. LONDON, July I—Mr. Donald Stewart, a London hotel proprietor, icon the Greyhound Derby on Saturday evening with "Monday's News" which cost him only £35 at White City (London) over 525 yards. Monday's News, which broke ivell and was never headed, started at 5-1,
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    Cleared Youth Spent Night On Mountainside
    283 7 Giving evidence nt Ebbour Vale, a 1 ."—year-old girl told the magistral :s that she spent a n ght Ml a mountainside with a tl-year-old Bey i v bey whose home is in Kssex. The Beneil derided that there wis >. sufficient evidence to
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    53 7 A.P. SAN ANTONIO. (Texas). June 30. -—Robert Fitch of the University of Minnesota, bettered the world record for discus throw with the tos- of 179 feet 1/8 inch in the national track field championship. The old mark was 174 feet 10. 3 4 inches made by Adolfo Consolidi of Milan.
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    CLEARED OFFICER'S AWARD
    140 7 Lett than eight weeks after a naval court martial had honourably acquitted Lieut-Comdr. Rupert Lonsdal. on charges ip connection «v.th the loss of his labmarine, H M S. Seal, the announcement is made that he receives a TJention in Dispatcher. Th London Qazette," state utst the mention
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    MacARTHUR'S S.O.S. CALL
    180 7 A.P. WASHINGTON. July 2. Congress learned today that the food situation in Japan is such that on one occasion General Douglas MacArthu- telegraphed to General Dwigh t EtM nhower. American Chief of Staff, "Send me food or send me soldiers, and if you do not lurry you
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    Outsider Wins Grand Prix
    152 7 Reuter. PARIS. June 30. S. R. Schmitt's Scuverairj won the Grand Prix De Pans this afternoon from M. P. Beyrive'a Prince Chevalier with If. L 2 Baron's Pirette third. The first two finished so near togethe." that a photograph decision was necessary to decide the winner.
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    Ex-Student Denies Young Wife's Story
    496 7 When answering at Cardiff a com- plaint by his 20-year-old wife a former nurse and now a member of j the Women's Land Army—a 21-year-I old husband revealed that he had i been a theological student at a St. I Francis of Assisi home with
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    King and Queen at untitled The first day of the Royal Ascot race Meeting opened m 'rani' cual manner when the /.' Rf and Queen wi h heir party drove down the course in open Landaus before racing commenced.—AJ*. Photo.
    41 8 King and Queen at untitled The first day of the Royal Ascot race Meeting opened m 'rani' cual manner when the Rf and Queen wi h heir party drove down the course in open Landaus before racing commenced. AJ*. Photo. A.P.
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    SUSPENSE HANGS OVER CHINA
    185 8 Assciated Press. NANKING, July 2. —Suspense hung; over China like an atomic bomb because of the failure to reach an agreement within the formal truce period to end the country's long-drawn-out civil strite. The Government extennded its orders against military action after the truce expiration at
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    $50 Million More In Pay
    81 8 WASHINGTON, July I—President Truman's signature bite on June 2* on the increased pay bill for serv'ie men meant approximately $"30.000.JO" more in thoir July paychecks. If the President had waited uih.l July 1 to sign the measure, paj increases would not have gone into effect
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    Equador President Offers To Quit
    87 8 GUAYAQUIL. Lquador. July I.— Voter- elected members of the ne* assembly on June SO in a noh.ng notable for the lack cf vilcr.ee. The turnout vas light despite a povernment measure prov.d'.ng let heavy f!nes and imprisonment lor non-voters. The new assembly is scheduled U»
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    ALLEGED POSSESSION OF ARMS
    51 8 Charges of being n possession of a .38 revolver and six rounds of .38 ammunition in a house in Upper Ser;aigoon Road were explained to a .'7-year old Chinese Wong Ah Chai, In the First Police Court yesterday. The case was postponed to Ju'y 8 for
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    ATTLEE'S STERN WARNING TO PALESTINE JEWS
    508 8 Opposition Supports Latest Govt Action TERRORISTS CAUSE £4 MILLION DAMAGE A.P. LONDON, JULY 1. —"I WISH TO iVl \i\E\T PL\!N," S AIL- i'tf i£ PtvifllE MINISTER, V-K. CLEMENT ATTLEE, "IHIT H.S MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ATTEMPTS BY AN? PARTY TO INFLUENCE THE
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    Ships Not Proper Targets For A-Bombs
    89 8 KWAJALEIN. July 1 -Major Gen. Curtia E Lemay whose 829s dropped the atomic bombs op Japan, described the July i tost as an 'excellent performance" but sad the bomb did not appear >o be as powerful as that dropped on Nagasaki. Mrtj. Gen. Lemay
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    Britain Is Invaded—By Colorado Beetles
    194 8 Britain Is Invaded By Colorado Beetles A.P. LONDON. A bg hUU across the pota'o growing areas of Br 'am started following the discovery of the firs' Colorado beetle f o i7ivc.de England for two years. The invader was found 'nside a lettuce from Holland bound for Woivcriiampton. Hundreds of farmworkers
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    Govt's Demands Unreasonable
    106 8 NANKING. July 1 .—A Communist npokesmu sai<l today that the Government's "unreasonable demand*" were responsible for th failuiv t > achieve agreement on the army reorganisation. He added that I lie Communists sti'l desire a continuation of Gen. Marshall's assistance to reach a political settlement. The chief
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    Outer Mongolia Seeks UNO Membership
    278 8 San Francisco, July 1. —T!:ree small n:'Lions Siam, \:bani;i and Outer Mongolia—seek admission to th** United Nations. As both Siam and Albania VC members of the o'd Leacrue of Na tions. it is Outer Mongolia which ii coning up in the world. Until recently it
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    U.S. NOT TOLD UNTIL AFTER RAIDS
    96 8 Associated Press WASHINGTON. July 2.— The U.S. Department spokesman yesterday reported that Britain did no l inform the Un ted States of Us pan >o raid th e Jewish Agency in Palestine until after the action took place. The spokesman sia'ed that the department
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    U.S. Gen. For Harbin
    201 8 A.P. PKIPING. July I.—Brig. Ocn. Thomas g. Timberman. Acting Director of the Executive H- adquai tci s. Will emplane for Harbin on Jul.,' 2 to interview Gen. I-in Piao. C 0... mander of the Commaaist arraioi la Isaneheria, Chinese press dispateaej from Chanirchan announced. They said
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    FLIGHT DELAYED
    42 8 A.P. SHANGHAI, July I—Kan Naikaanga China's special envoy to the Philippine independence ceremonies., delayed his flight to Manila one day untii July L' due 0 the fear that the weather might be affected by Lhd Bikini atomic bomb burst. —A.P
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    German Reparations Shipments Near Halt
    413 8 Reuter. Berlin. (Air Mail).— Shipment of industrial plants from Germany for reparations is drawing steadily nearer a half as crews of engineers and dismantling workers approach the end of the British and American "first reparations list." Further shipments beyond those contemplated on the list for
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    Scheme To Modernise Chinese Agriculture
    487 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI, (Air Mail): A China self-sufficient tn food supplies for the first time in her modern h (cry looms as a distinct possibility as a result of the success achieved by the C dnese Government in initial efforts to modernise Chinese agriculture. In parts
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    NO ISOLATION FOR CANADA
    74 8 Reuter. LONDON, July l._A (ft Canada is drifting into i ric isolation" away from the Bri Empire was made tonight by High Commissioner for Can London. Mr. Frederick Hudd si Dominion Day dinner of th. C Club. "It is the doubt of minds oi faith who
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    British Demob Half-way
    97 8 LONDON, July I HY Hi I ILiakna, the House of Commons' Labour Party leader, in a D/oadcast to the nation, praised :> tains progress in demobilization l reconversion but warned that stocks of coal are lower than i nave been for a good many peers. He said:
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    GI's Clash With German Police
    84 8 A.P. FRANKFURT. July L—American soldiers were engaged in the first Qght with German police early yesterday In an effort to prevent questioning of frauleins suspected of prostitution in the neighbourhood of railway Bta tions. The police who failed to Ye th* ir pistols, reported to
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