Malaya Tribune, 8 July 1946

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    42 1 The Malaya Tribune The Paper Of The People Of Malaya 'Phone Nos: —Editorial (only) 5811 Advertising, Circulation I f Z. t Accounts 5812 j jflf EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune MONDAY, JULY 8. 1946.
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    300 SINGAPORE POSTMEN THREATEN STRIKE
    584 1 Ultimatum Expires 4 p.m. Tomorrow $50 ALLOWANCE DEMANDED A STRIKE THAT WILL PARALYZE THE CITY'S POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM LOOMS AHEAD IN SINGAPORE AS A RESULT OF INCREASING OPPOSITION TO THE PYKE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES TO BE PAID TO GOVERNMENT
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    10 Tommies Take On 1.000 Italians
    142 1 Reuter. July 7 About 40 .< rj from various British ■■merits in Trieste left a ma Queue when pro-Ita-crowds began stoning a i arrying Allied personnel ing demonstrations last against the Big Four jn Ministers' decision on c and Venezia Giulia. Taking the law
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    CANADA STRIKERS' RANKS SWELL
    44 1 A.P. OTTAWA. Jn'y 7.—Striken Wir: the inCftMM ii Canada with o«ai voriccn idle Picket line.- ai intn across Car.ad i 4.000 Canadiar Westia* ri went on strike a* ha<ty of the unions invr' :ited with the Canadian of Labour. —A.P.
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    32 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, July 7.— untitled and the United States have agreed t> the black-lists oi :.hou d rriirn firms ac'used ill collaborating with the Axis duri».j «raa learned in Wa.-hi.-.g-iy r.ight-—A P.
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    A-BOMB PILOT NOW IN RACE WITH Dr. STORK
    96 1 Associated Press. KWAJALEIN, July B.— The superfortress "Dave's Dream" whch dropped the atom bomb over Bikini Atoll t took off for the United States on Sunday where the crew have been reassigned. For the pilot. Major Woodrow Swancutt. the return flight will
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    New Soviet Charges Against U.S.
    236 1 Reuter. MOSCOW. July 7.—The United States is accused by the Soviet commentator, Boris Isakov, in Pravda today of assisting the Chinese National Government in violating the Chinese civil war truce and preparing for a new anti-Communist campaign that would ,4unleash a civil war on a
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    VC Leads Jewish Demonstration In London
    93 1 A.P. LONDON, July 8. —Thousands of Jews including 200 European orphans with concentration camp numbers tatooed on their arms, marched from London's East End to Trafalgar Square in protest against the Palestine raids. Led by a Jewish holder of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest
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    Coral (100 Feet Under Sea) Smashed By Atom Bomb
    256 1 A.P. ABOARD THE USS APPALACHIAN, July B.— The atom bomb smashed ihe coral of the bottom of Bikini lagoon 100 feet below the surface. This was one of the many unexpected blows struck by the air bomb released on July 1.
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    U.S. Moves For Healthy Trade With Soviet
    96 1 A.P. MOSCOW, July 7. Two Unu.d States Commerce Department officials are here to present to the Russian Government proposals by Secretaiy of Commerce Henry A. Wallace stablised import-export trade b*i* ween the two countries, which may total 500 million dollars (U.S. annually by
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    FINAL DECISION ON LOAN TO U.K. THIS WEEK
    479 1 THE FINAL CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE ON THE BRITISH LOAN OPENS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO-DAY, —EXACTLY SEVEN MONTHS TWO DAYS AFTER THE LATE LORD KEYNES AND LORD HALIFAX HAD PUT THEIR SIGNATURES TO THE ANGLO-AMERICAN FINANCIAL AGREEMENT LAST DECEMBER. BOTH
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    Bare-Footed Coed's Kick
    68 1 A.P. DETROIT. July 7—Pretty Wanda Zebrowski, Michigan State College student, planted a barefoot kick in an armed robber's stomach, then overpowered him and tied him up With her mother's apron-strings. Barefooted, payjama-clad Wanda Intercepted the culprit escaping from his father. She then kicked him so accurately that
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    Robbers Busy Again
    311 1 Five armed robberies were reported to have taken place over the week-end in Singapore. In addition, an armed robbery which took place on Thursday night, last week, was reported to the police on Sunday. On Thursday night, it was reported that a Chinese was held up by
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    Goering's $50 Million Investment In US Plot Exposed
    346 2 Plan fell through when Japan entered war PREPARED FOR A RAINY DAY Frankfurt, July 8. —A pr3-wa? pot by Reichmarshal Hermann to invest $59,000,000 (£12,500,000) in American I-a> been uncovered by the U.S. Department c? Justice investigations, it was learned on Sunday.
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    Half Ship To "Meet" Other Half
    143 2 A.P. LONDON, July 6 —Half of the J4,000-t6n torpedoed tanker Thor- r shovdi is expected to meet the forward part of the ship in the Tyne tomorrow, ending a remarkable voyage from Bone. The Thorshovdi was torpedoed off Gibraltar during the war and broke
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    Palestine: Free Negotiations Called For
    78 2 LONDON. July 6.— Col. Walter Mil tot. former Conservative Minister of Agriculture, in a letter to tno Times today asks whether the recent actions of the Government Hie likely to end the terrorism ii j illegal actions with which we w*.rc familiar in Ireland- These
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    Gandhi Speaks On Britain's India Plan
    187 2 Bombay. July 7.—Mahatma Gandhi strongly backed the proposal made by the Indian Na'icnal Congress High Command to accept the British Cabine,. Missions leng-trrm proposals for India's constitutional future •*hen he addressed the meeting cf the All-India Congress Committee here today. Gandhi also urged Congress
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    Indians Now Convinced
    137 2 Brighton. July 7. The lnd.un neuple have been at least persaaio ihat "we have no desire for their. >o l ve in anything but complete intf rem and such independence as W.oy ftbo+M -vithin or without the Bi!t'.i Commonwealth declared the Pl»> Lord! of the Admiralty. Mr.
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    22 2 WASHINGTON. July 7.—The fifth session of UNRRA will begin in Geneva on Aug. 5, the Director-Gen-eral. M. La Guardia. announced last night
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    Flight Of Polish Jews
    109 2 WARSAW, July 7.—The flight of Jews from Poland was reported yesterday to have increased in the ?jiake of the pogrom at Kielce and many were said to be trying to cross the frontier into Czechoslovakia or to stowaway on ships enroute to France. In Warsan frightened
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    Jap Night Club Owner Gaoled
    267 2 TOKIO. July 7.—Akiro Ando. a Japanese contractor, who was recently taken into custody in a raid, was found guilty on Saturday by the Provost Court on charges of refusal to close his night club, illegal posession of Army supplies and failure to surrender arms. He
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    IRAQ HAS 10-YEAR PLAN
    57 2 BAGHDAD. July 7—The Council of Ministers has approved a ten-year plan to rebuild Iraq economically from the point of view of Irrigation, health and education. The plan will be put into operation immediately. A workers' demonstration yesterday was dispersed by the police. Four men were injured.
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    RUSSIA SEIZES BULK OF AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES
    554 2 A.P. VIENNA, July 7. —The Soviet Command in Austria Another letter sent by General Chuk in a sudden unilateral move announced yesterday that to tho Austrian government assert; £50,000,000 worth of industrial property In Austria had passed into Soviet ownership along with man asset
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    Moscow Attacks Kuomintang
    99 2 London, July 7.— According to Moscow Radio, the newspaper Pravda today accused the "reactionary clique of the Kuomintang" (Chinese Government Party) of contnuing to conduct military operations against the Chinese (Communist) People's Party in spite of the agreed decision about arm stice. The Kuomintang Army is receiving
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    STARVATION SOON
    78 2 A.P. WIESBADEN. July 6—A United States health offider told 12 visiting American newspaper chiefs there would be serious starvation within a few months in industrial Grcate. Hesse unless it gets more food immediately. Visiting executives at the Greater Hesse's military government heao suarters were told by Major B.
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    Uranium Ore Unearthed
    53 2 Reuter. ESSEN. July 6.—British military government officials have found three-quarters of a ton of uranium ore under the ruoble of Krupps factory at Essen, it was reported this afternoon. The ore is being shipped to Britain. Uranium has been used experimentally to produce hard steel for tips
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    28 2 SHANGHAI. July 7.—The United States Secretary for the Navy. Mr. Forrestal arrival yesterday from Tokio. He intends to visit Nanking for conferences with General Marshall, and Generalissimo Chiang.
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    Bevin Receives Second Visitor
    87 2 Reuter. PARIS. July 7.—Mr. tec o British Parliamentary Undertary for Foreign AHair>. Mr by air this morning on a Foreign Secretary. Mr. En it is expected that Mr. M report generally on foreign affaii ve.opments in London frith reference to Palestine. Mr. McNeil is evKcted London
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      366 2 NOTICES SALE BY TENDER '.The Custodian of Property. Singapore, invites tenders for the purchase of the following particulars cf which are as follows: Lot 1. comprising about 20 bags dried cement 3 cases tar and fibre sheets, 1 seething felt and 5 cases brass propellers etc. lying at 166. Boat
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    Keen Demand For Local Industrials
    978 3 The main feature of the week's trading was the tr- ordinarily keen demand for local industrial shares hit'h carried practically all market favourites to higher levels, some of them appreciably so. some of the buying enquiry -tied by profit-takers but this I but small impression
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    825,000,000 LOAN OPENS TODAY
    713 3 loans will have the effect of reducing the cost I sa?d Mr Nelson Jones, Singapore Financial :v. in a radio talk last night. rM very young I RCatfi I people in Scotland wex« I something they c- Ilcl I So I went to Sco I ftet
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    Congress Ratifies "Yes" Decision
    50 3 Reuter. BOMBAY, July 6.—The AllIndia Congress Working Committee yesterday ratified its decision made at New Delhi 11 days ago to accept the British Cabinet Mission's long-term proposals for India. The decision has still to be ratified by a full meeting of the All-India Congress Committee. Reuter.
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    PAPAL POST IN CHINA.
    45 3 VATICAN CITY, July 7— The Pope has appointed Monsignor Antonio Riberi. Archbishop of Dara. as Acting Papal Nuncio in China, it was officially announced here. So far the Holy See has had only an apostolic delegation in China without diplomatic status.
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    Firemen searching through the ruins of houses in the River Rouge Section of Detroit. Michigan, which was recently struck by tornado. The tor. nado brought to a climax two days of violent rainstorms. The River Rouge suburb, home of the Ford Motor Company, sustained fhe first shock of the tornado, which swepl through this part of Michigan and on into the Canadian province of Ontario, leaving a trail of destruction and a heavy death roll—A.P. Photo.
    80 3 Firemen searching through the ruins of houses in the River Rouge Section of Detroit. Michigan, which was recently struck by tornado. The tor. nado brought to a climax two days of violent rainstorms. The River Rouge suburb, home of the Ford Motor Company, sustained f he first shock of the
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    Bomb Ship Explosion Killed 4
    96 3 (From Our Own Reporter) PENANG, —An explosion on a Z craft at sea off Pulau Rimau on March 30 killing four and injuring several others was recalled in the Pfennig Coroner's Court before Mr. W. Foulsham yesterday it a joint inquiry. The \essel was proceeding
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    Wheat Stored In The Open
    147 3 A.P. KANSAS CITY. July 7.—Millions oi" bushels of wheat lay piled on the ground throughout the United States grain belt on Saturday a s farmers cast worried looks, fearful that rains would come before the railway cars in which to ship it. With the harvest
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    U.K. TRADE IMPROVES
    153 3 Reuter. LIVERPOOL. July 6—Britain's adverse trade balance between imports and exports is likely to be less than was expected, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Hugh Dalton. revealed here last night. "I estimated hi my budget speech that the deficit in our external trade account this year
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    Greek Soldiers Attacked
    125 3 A.P. ATHENS. July 6—A thens newspapers on Saturday reported that a band of 150 Communists attacked a company of soldiers encamped near Kilkis. east of Salonika, killing seven. The attack, which the Ministry of Public Order said had not been reported to the bureau, was reported after
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    Cost-of-Living Allowance Paid
    102 3 (Our Ou-7i Reporter). Penang. Sunday. The cost of living allowance for Government employees for the period April io June 1946 is new being paid, it is understood. Members of the Junior Civil Service Association, reluctantly accepting it- commented: "Half 1 loaf is better than no bread, but
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    "Dai Nippon" No Longer
    89 3 A.P. TOKIO. July 7.—Minister without Portfolio Tokujiro Kanamori told tht Diet House Constitutional Revisioi Committee that Japan, once know: as "Dai Nippon Teikoku" or Great Japan Empire, henceforth will be called "Nippon Koku" or Japan Coui try. The latter name henceforth will bt used in official
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    Canteen For Shipping Employees Open Today
    402 3 As urged in the recent Committee's Report on the high cost of living etc. the Singapore Straits Steamship Co Ltd., collaborating with Mansfield Co. Ltd., are to-day opening a canteen situated on the ground floor of Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, together with a dining
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    Portugal WhiteBook
    173 3 A.P. LISBON. July 6.—Portugal published hor first White Book or hei policy in war as newspapers praise:« the foreign policy of Dr. Antonio <'c Oliveira Salazar on the 14th anniversary of his premiership. Dr. Marcello Mathias. Secretary General of the Foreign Office handed nowf men first copies of
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    Red Thumb Nails Mystery
    98 3 A.P. MANILA. July 6 —The police ad mitted on July 4 that the "'Thu.-iu-nail mystery" has not been solwt and release 40 youths after 24 hours of questioning had failed to est*t liah any subversive intent. The police said all the young Filipino*, had insisted they
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    CHINA RECOGNISES
    21 3 NANKING. July 7— The Chines* Ministry of Foreign Affairs announc ed today its formal recognition of th< Austrian Government.
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    Control Suggestions
    403 4 It is evident that the authorities mean business towards the black market. War has been declared on the roadside stalls and pitches while Government has committed itself to a definite tightening up of the price control regulations. It must inevitably happen that certain commodities will remain outside the
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    Is It News?
    124 4 It is seldom that the entire Press voluntarily suppresses what may be considered "news" in times of peace whe". there is no cen orchip beyond that demanded by the canons of good taste and the laws of decency. In Great Britain there are many obscure publications which
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    ENGLAND THROUGH A BEER-GLASS
    1284 4  -  A Frenchman's guide to London's Publand by Jean Oberle People look for England in various places: in the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, at the Wembley football matches, at the Changing of the Guard in front of Buckingham Palace, or the Lord Mayor's procession in the
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    New Party Rises In Franco Spain
    427 4 Reuter. MADRID ,Air Mail)._ An energetic attempt to obtain political control of the Anarchist sympathisers *ho under the Republic numbered over a million, in the ranks of the National Labour Confederation is being made by the Syndicalist Party wnich is intervening now in the
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    Airman's Heroism In North Malaya
    700 4 POSTHUMOUS V.C. AWARD A R.A.F. corporal, greying as the result of his war experiences in the Far East, walked into the Air Ministry. Aldwych, three months ago and asked "permission to speak about Sqdn.-Ldr. Scarf, sir His story, fully told for the first time, was
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    An American's Gift To Britons
    311 4 An American, whose home <s in Vermont. US.A. has been so deep v 2fL h ßntons ha ve endured 22* £5 f S^nt a Rift of 000 with the following request: —i h ave in mind there must be thousands and thousands of people in
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    Untouchables Demonstrate
    78 4 I Bombay, July 7.—The police stopped "untouchable" demons'raters waving black flags and shouting slogans outside a hall here as leaders of the Indian National Congress arrived for a meeting of the All-India Congress Committee this afternoon. The demonstration was staged ty 100 members of the scheduled untouchables) supporters
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    Woes Of The Attap Householder
    621 4 Every day people are clamouring for houses, but whett have the authorities done to help solve this problem? Owing to the pressing needs, many people have already erected attap houses in the suburbs. To their dismay, they are being served with notices to demolish them
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    WOMEN GIVE A PLEDGE
    169 4 Women found their place d the WW, and must keep it no peace is here."' Mrs. Attlee. the Premier, told 2..">00 woim I j ing th? West Llidlands W»m< i hour Party victory rally in Eii ham. They assured her that a' t >■ general ei?ct>ion
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    Secret A-Bomb Film Missing
    63 4 Reuter. New York, July 7.—Aft*', denial by the U. S. Fed< Bureau of Investigation G-men were investigating reported theft of a 40-fx package con aining- a "top s* atem-bemh fi!m, the Ui State* War Department ihrt 1,275 feet of "aaimport film exposed three weeks befor the
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    Union: Gov-General's Report Under Consideration
    621 5 The Colonial Office in London has issued a statement in London on the Malayan Union developments It says that the reports submitted by the Governor General (Mr. Mac Donald) and the Governor of the Malayan Union (Sir Edward Gent) are still being carefully considered in
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    ATOM SMASHER
    94 5 Modernizing un atom smasher Silhouetted against a white cloud, workmen beg n th e task of modernizing the huge Westinghouse atom-smasher at Pittsburgh. Pa-, for pure science experiments. Dr. L. W. Chubb, Director of the Westnyhouse Research Laboratories, where the atom was first put to useful work six
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    A-Bomb Secret Film Stolen
    78 5 Kwajale.n, July 7 —The ft of a large packet of secret atomic bon.b a'cr t reached the f< States urns unoffily out reliably reported re 'oday. A vouner was reported aye relaxed his ing c otn r the film at New when he was mak'.ng hone
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    Rival Radios In Indonesia
    96 5 Reuter. LA, July 6—A number of d radio Rations have been ail fa Java during the last Nationalist Radio" has been I violently attacking Jogjakarta &ns and directing propaganda i-heid perimeters. The stay aims k> be emitting "from re in the sawahs" triceRi publican radio at
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    PLANE FLIES THROUGH "DEATH ZONE"
    235 5 Aboard USS Appalachian, July 7. —An invisible form of death filled the air for many miles around and far outside the great mushroom cloud which arose from the Bikini atomic bomb. What happened is still a mystery. One of the planes circling the cloud at
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    VON BOCK'S DAUGHTER CAUGHT AFTER ESCAPE
    57 5 A.P. FRANKFURT, July 6.— Tamara yon Bock, 25-year-old daughter of former German Field Marshal Fedor yon Bock, has been arrested in the American zone after escaping from a Russian internment camp, American army authorities reported on Saturday. She was arrested on Wednesday and will
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    Egyptian Cinemas Hit By Bombs
    365 5 Reuter. CAlRO—Cinema owners in Egypt are complaining itterly—too many bombs are exploding. ry new bomb explosionbeen fifteen in the last ns _box omce receipts crop to depressingly low levels f the scene of the outtag ma. first explosion in Cairo in March, at the Miami
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    BRITISH CROSS BEKASSI
    262 5 A July 6. —The Batavia again in dispute and troops have made a further to occupy the east bank Bekassi River which runs nd pbout 12 miles Batavia and had formed the pi i limilil ever since British cupted the west bank on An :Th ml statement
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    Preparing For Second Test
    79 5 A.P. ABOARD MT MCKINLEY AT BIKINI. July 6—The Navy began respotting the atomic target fleet for the second test. The Nevada which was the target luilseys in the first was towed to a temporary anchorage several miles away. Admiral Blondy said the Ne/aua would not be
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    14 BREAK GAOL
    32 5 FRANKFURT. July 7.—Military police searched the American zone ot Germany for 14 escaped American soldier-prisoners following a fifth Jailbreak within a few weeks from the Army's stockade at Wuerzburg.
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    Bandit Terrorism In Philippines
    410 5 Dismal "Independence Day" Picture Reuter. LONDON. July 7—Many Filipinos, perhaps the majority, and an increasing number of outsiders are convinced the drama is an elaborate farce." declares ►he special corresoondent of the Sunday paper News of the World Mr. A. Noyes Thomas, cabling from Melbourne on
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    Meat Fumes Kill Five
    98 5 Cairo. July 7.—Five Egypt an dockers who were unloading meat today from the 10.000-/0« cargo ship Ripping>iam Grange damaged last weekend in a collision with the liner CUy of Hongkong at Port Said were overcome with fumes and died almost immeaiateiy. About 750 tons of meat
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    Second Pledge In Month
    110 5 A.P. Manila. July 6. Filipino Congressmen took their oaths of office on July 6 for the >econd time in a little over a month. Today at a mass ceremony they pledged their allegiance to the new republic of the Philippines inaugurated on July 4. The Senate's
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    GRETA GARBO OFF TO SWEDEN
    59 5 NEW YORK. July 7.—Greta Garbo boarded the liner GriDsholm yesterterday for a visit to her native Sweden. Posing for photographers with the ship's captain, the film star declined to make any conkment because she was "very tired"i' 'An official oi the Swedish-American Llrte said he
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    GOVT. SURVIVES TWO CHALLENGES
    751 5 Reuter. London, July 6—Britain's Labour Government has just faced two of the most serious challenges during its existence. The first came from its own supporters on the Palestine issue and the second came from the Opposition on the bread issue. The government faced both successfully but
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    TENSION IN HANOI
    128 5 A.P. HANOI, July s.—(Delayed)—The Viet Nam Government has ordered tht evacuation from Hanoi of all I Vietnamese civilians in what informed quarters termed a move to influence the Franco-Vietnamese conference in Fontalnebleau. The Viet Nam defence chiefs also ordered civilians to pierce their house walls 'for underground
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    Ikin And Washbrook Score Centuries Against Indians
    363 7 (By Learie Canstantine) Manchester, July 6. Weakened by enforced absence, India's attack received a continuous hammering from early Lancashire batsmen at Old Trafford today. The failure of Mankad, Nayudu, Sarwate, Hazare and Sohoni to cause the batsmen any trouble till late in the
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    Schubert Takes 8 For 20, But Recs Beaten
    256 7 E a bowlers' day yesterday 1 CR C. A' beat the Recs B coring cricket match W Road. The Chinese I but found Schubert in I :d only muster eighty 1 Schubert bowled twenty c turned the very good Recs batted however,
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    Son Of Kong Knocked Out
    134 7 Singa] b at Selangor by p. bus to one at the inter ag card staged at rid on Saturday. Ir. the main event of the evenr.- J C nda chalked up his n he knocked out X ng in 'he fifth round. Chin se supporters
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    FAVOURITE WINS NATIONAL HURDLE
    132 7 Reuter. FELMINGTON RACECOURSE. Melbourne, July 6 —The Grand National hurdle race over three mils* fcr £2.500 was won by favourite Solvent, owned jointly by Mrs. J. Pierce and Miss. J* Parish, bp six lengths in fine weather on «a slow track from Hiatus, jointly owned by
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    America Takes Four Wimbledon Titles
    304 7 :bledon, July 7—Headed by golden-haired Pauline Betz, California's sun-tanned tennis brigade irough to four championships as the AllEn" land Tournament wound up its first postwar fortnight before a crowd of 14,000 including the Queen Mother Miss Betz started the California avalanche with a straight 6-2,
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    BIG SCORING IN COUNTY CRICKET
    286 7 LONDON, July 6.—County cricket close of play scores:— Leeds: Surrey first innings 167 (Watts 61. Smailes 6 for 40 >. Yorkshire first innings 125 for 5. Nottingham: Somerset first innings 209 (Watts 56. Voce 5 for 86. Butler 4 for 35 >. Nottinghamshire first innings
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    Lieut. Cleared Or. ATS Girl Charge
    164 7 On two charge* r!l«£.ne itv.vioper association with I private in l«s t s 0r.,1 irnnrop* r use of An Army vehicle. Lieut. -Douglas Webster St. Aubyn Berneville Clare, e*ed -S. of the West *orkiltu« Regiment, "as cV->red by a eoutlnmrtial at Newcastle. He was
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    S.C.R.C. BILLIARDS
    119 7 The following are the results of the first round ties in the S.CR.C Open Billiards Championship which btcan last week: Chua Yam Bak (30Ch beat WO»S Chiang Teck (298), Ho Kian Bin (300) beat Tan Yong Poh f274). Ng Peng Chet (300) beat Tan Siang Kiat (205), Scow
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    INDIAN CREATES RECORD
    44 7 MANCHESTER, July 7.—An Indian student. S. R. Prasad of Manchester University has created a record by achieving the unique distinction of being the only student who passed in the First Division this year and secured a postgraduate certificate in industrial administration:
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    British Successes In Royal Regatta
    618 7 (Bu Vernon Morgan, Reiner's Sports Editor). Kenley-On-Thames. Oxfordshire, July 6—Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret with a record crowd saw Britain overthrow the overseas challenge in the finals of the four-day Royal Regatta here, the Leander Eight beating the See Club of Zurich by three-quarters of
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    RED CHARGE DENIED
    115 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, July 6. —A Department of Commerce spokesman today said that it was not true Lite United States was flooding C hi.ia with cheap textiles. Arthur Paul. Director of the OOi.-i of International Trade Relations in the Commerce Department, told a reporter that allegations by tne
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    Reds Won't Quit Harbin
    69 7 A.P. PEIPING. July 6.—Gen. L n Piao. commander of the Communist forces in Manchuria, told newsmen he has consented to meet Gen. Tv Yu-ming. Chinese dispatches said. But Gen. Lin Piao declared that the Communists could not aeree to withdraw from Harbin. Gen. L'n's headouartcrs is
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    SCFA Beat Airmen In Thrilling Soccer
    526 7 Showing marked improvement on their previous outing at the Jalan Besar Stadium, the S.C.F.A. beat the R.A.F. (Seletar) by three goals to one in yesterday's charity soccer match. A large crowd saw the R.A.F. defence tire in the second half after holding the Chinese
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    NEW MOVE TO GAIN PEACE IN CHINA
    219 7 Associated Press. NANKING. July 7.—Rival Chinese government and Communist commanders in Manchuria have agreed to meet soon and try to cement a permanent truce in the Northeast, it was reliably reported here today. United States Brigadier General Thomas B. Timberman talked the rival
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    Battle Of Words
    190 7 Reuter. NANKING, July 6—As China's protracted peace talks drag on there is an uneasy lull in Manchuria with a feeling at Communist headquarters that fighting may flare up "at any nrnute." Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Gen. Chou En-lai Communist representative in Nanking MO Gen George Marshall. special United
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    CHILE WILL ELECT NEW PRESIDENT.
    28 7 SANTIAGO (Chile), July 7.—The Chilean Government has set Sept. 4 lor the election of a successor to President Juan Antonio Rios, who died
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    RUSSIANS HOLD 4 AMERICANS
    70 7 Berlin, July 7.—Four Americans—three officers and the wife of one of them are being held under arrest by the Russians for entering their occupation zone without authorization, the Associated Press was told last night by Major General Frank A. Keating, Amer can commandant in Berlin. Keating
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    Married Collegians Can Still Study
    114 7 (From Our Own Reporter* Kuala Lumpur, July 7. Spcakinc over Radio Kuala Lu:i pur tonight Mr. W. E. Dyer, Frit, eipal of Raffles College, assured undergraduates that no one who *aunable to continue his studies o»;i; to financial difficulties would be de barred from the
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    Nehru Assumes Leadership
    126 7 A.P. BOMBAY. July 7.—Pandit Jawaharlal yesterday formally assumed leadership of the Congress Party and urged his followers to maintain intact the "weapon with which the nation has fought the Britishers all these years—the Congress machinery." Nehru was inducted by his predecessor Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad. at the
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    New Chinese Envoy To Britain
    50 7 Reuter. NANKING, July 6.—Dr. Cheng Tien-hsi. 62-year-old judge of tht Hague International Court, h*s been appointed Chinese Ambassador in London. St was officially announced today. He will succeed Dr. Wellington Koo, Ambassador in London for five years, who has been appointed Chinese Ambassador in Washington-—Reuter.
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    PALESTINE TERRORISTS: "WE HAVE MANY PLANS"
    448 8 British Operations 'An Utter Failure' Reuter. JERUSALEM, July 7.—The Jewish resistance movement secret radio "Voice of Israel" today described as "completely untrue" yesterday's official statement by the Palestine Government that two Jews, Otto Freund and Benjamin Parpanek, has been executed. The official statement said
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    "FRAT" GIRLS STRIPPED OF CLOTHING
    377 8 Trieste, July 7: Tear gas boraw and truncheons were used to <ii.> a big demonstration by ita lian dements against the Alliv her- last nieht. Three girls .;<?e.i vr-.lking with \llicd soldiers we«t •stnoning of their clothing. Military and Venezia Oiulia p» lice on Friday
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    Strong Viet Nam Protest
    222 8 PARIS July 7.-At the opening memmm of the Franco-Vietnam ron ference at Pontainebleau the Vietnam rl-ime Minister, Pham Van Dong, said: Wei are determined to protest with all the forces cf which a nation of 20,000 000 is capable against the mutilation of our country. We
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    "BETTER TIMES" IN SIX MONTHS, SAYS CHIANG
    62 8 NANKING. July 7—Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek promised "better times" within six months if every body in China worked hard a n d fulfilled their "full duty", when he addressed over 20,000 soldiers and civilians at a memorial service on the occasion of the ninth
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    ITAUIAN CABINET DIFFICULTIES OVER
    41 8 ROME. July 7—Signor Alcide d? Gaspert announced last night difficulties over the program me for the constitution of the new Italian Government had been overcome, and distri button of portfolios among the parties would, now be discussed,
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    Hollywood Throws A Challenge
    160 8 Reuter. PARIS, July 7.—American film magnates by their decision to limit to 124 the number of American films to be sent to France in -he next 12 months have thrown out a challenge to those producers in their own country who dibble in 'B" category films.
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    YUGOSLAV WON'T ACCEPT TRIESTE DECISION
    125 8 Reuter. Belgrade. July 7: Kdward Ktmiclj. Yugoslav Vioo Prenr'p-. declared tn day at Ljubljana, 60 miles from Tnest?. that Yugoslavia was unao' to accept the decisions of the Par.s conference of the "Big Four Foreign Ministers to internationalist Trieste and the surrounding area. Speaking to
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    Italians Stone Allied Personnel
    110 8 ROME. July 7—A screaming mob of several hundred Italian youths inspired to hostile demonstrations by a mass meeting protesting against the decisions of the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council in Paris—last night attacked several automobiles bearing Allied military personnel and civilians. The mob hurled large timbers
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    REDS SEIZE HISTORIC VIENNA HOME
    285 8 VIENNA. July i.— The Socialist newspaper. Arbeiter Zitung. m an editorial Sunday asserted that th 3 Soviet Un on had assumed ownership of the historic Pavouriter Workers Home in Vienna along Ir!n almost every other workers home- Un the Russian zone. The paper said that
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    Patiala Gives Green Light To Amarnath
    148 8 Reuter. LONDON, July 7—Reuters correspondent at Manchester understands the Maharajah of Patia a has granted Amarnath, a Captain in his state Army, permission to &gn a contract with Burnley, the Lancashire League Cricket Club, for the next season. Final acceptance, therefore, would depend on
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    WEST INDIES CRICKET TEST
    83 8 Reuter. KINGSTON. Jamaica. July 7. Jama ca and Trinidad .drew in tncsecond cricket Test with the following final scores: Trinidad 336 and 196. Jamaica -06 and 267 for seven. Jame. ca. who won the first Tesl last month, appeared likely to the pnsent one until the
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    31 8 THE HAGUE. July 7.—Six miners were killed and another died in hospital as the result of an explosion In a state mine at Heerlen. Holland, according to latest reports last night.
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    CHINA ASSERTS RIGHT TO BE INVITING POWER
    1230 8 Nanking, July 7.—The Chinese Government is demanding that the full Council of Foreign Ministers, rather than only the Big Four, should convene the Paris conference to consider peace treaties with enemy countries. The Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Shih-Chieh said in a state, ment:
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    Gate-Crashing May Be Offence
    468 8 33 Killed At Soccer Match Disaster London, July 7.—Legislation to bring big football grounds under the control of, local authorities and ln make "gate-crashing" a punishable offence is anion? the recommendations of R. Moelwyn Hughes, Kings Counsel, in his report on the disaster at Bolton Wanderers
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    Wartime Blacklists To Go
    175 8 WASHINGTON. July 7— The United States and Britain will announce next week the abolition of wartime blacklists of foreign firms suspected of enemy connections, it is learned authoritatively here. The announcement, be made simultaneously in London" and Washiteton, will enable British and American firms to resume
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    "OUT OF ITALY" CRY
    64 8 ROME, July 7—Shouting 'out of Italy," crowds hissed the French flag outside the Plaza Hotel here last night after attending the ex-service-men's demonstrations protesting against th e Big Four's decision on Trieste and Venezia Giulia. Allied street signs were torn down and thrown at Allied soldiers
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    Wine Dear In Spain
    244 8 Reuter. (From Henry Buckley, R Correspondent LONDON. July 7.— P, are drinking only about wine they used to drink m tl days before the Civil War The main reason is the cost. r>« litre of red wine costs one half pesetas in Madrid c... which is
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    Arabs Reply To Truman
    62 8 Jerusalem. July 7.—Th P*l» tine Arab Higher Committee i> a reply—made public today-jj President Truman's on July 2 that the United StaW was prepared to assume technic* and financial mpnusibility the transport of IOO.OUu Jei immigrants into Palestine >»ld"Palestine is not a parcel oi chandise which
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