Malaya Tribune, 15 July 1946

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  • 36 1 The Malaya Tribune The Paper Of The Tcople Of Malaya Phone Nos^— Editorial (only) -5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 ,jiGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune MONDAY, JULY 15, 1946.
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  • 45 1 A champion's leap... Yvon Pe'.ra, the gianFrenchman who captured ihft coveted W mbledon tenuis xingi?» title. Sftrw jumping over ihe net to greet the *fcnncr-up GeaPrry 9'c.tc-'. of Australia, immediately after the final. Para won 6—2, 6—I. 9, 6—S. 6 —4 —A.P Photo. A.P Photo.
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  • 101 1 Press. FRANCE), July 15. British Prime Minisn Churchhifli called 'rise from rusing the World a third and fatal holocaust.*' and that a strong as necessary to achieve rmer British prime -peaking at :he Bastille ration marking the iversay of the French said there could be ival
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  • 108 1 SECOND ATOM TEST Reuter. WASHINGTON. July 14.—Vn cAdmiral W. H. P. Blandy. commanding the United States atomic task force, announced today that observers of the underwater atomic explosion arranged for July 25 in Bikini Lagoon will be near than th e 10-mile limit set for the
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  • 376 1 MORE PETROL... BIGGER NEWSPAPERS A.P. LONDON JULY 15.—THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, ACCEPTING THE AMERICAN LOAN WITH RELIEF IF NOT OUTSPOKEN GRATITUDE, BUCKLED DOWN TO THE TWIN TASK OF PUTTING THE TO WORK AND CONVINCING BRITONS IT WILL NOT IMPROVE OVERNIGHT THEIR AUSTERITY STANDARD OF LIVING. Authoritative
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  • 36 1 Reuter. ROME, July, 14.—President Enrico de Nicola, provisional President of Italy's new Republic, swore in the Republic's first government formed by M. Alcide de Gasperi at his official residence at noon today.—Reuter.
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  • 58 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. July 14.—The Government of India has granted the Siamese Government a 20-year credit of Rs. 50.000.000 (£250.000). An official announcement today said the credit will carry interest at three per cent. Prince Wiwattanachai Chinyan, Governor of the Bank of Siam, is now in
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  • 112 1 A.P. A loan of U.S. 18,000.000 t Kthlopin waf Mlnn" r y the united Q tn*e<« F"porl-T:r.;-.."t Bank7h«» loa* is to I use! Cor th. pushes? i ♦he- Trrt<-d States 6t equipment Battfed f or the rehabilitation of Ethiopia's economy. Interest on the loan will
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  • 220 1 China Situation Deteriorates Nanking, July 14 —Twen y thousand Chin se Communist troops attacked the Government's outer defences works near Tientsin and are fighting 10 miles from the city, dispatches from Peiping declare. The initial assault was began by 10.000 troops near P?itsang. eight
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  • 50 1 Postal striker? held a long meeting this morning when the Government offer of a revision of salary stales was discussed and considered. No decision was however reached, and a further meeting has been called for at 1 p.m. today. A decision may be expected then.
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  • 62 1 JESSELTON, Mon—North Sorara today formally came under the control of a Bri+ish colonial government following a ceremony neld her? today, at which the Governor General of the Malayan Union, the Rt. Hon. Malcolm Mac Donald, read messages Irom the P.» g and *he Secretary
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  • 73 1 A.P. HONOLULU, July 14—Bus transportation virtually ceased here because of a labour d spute. Alexander Kirk, President of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Co., said the line was withdrawing buses for two days because drivers had refused to collect fares. The company halted contract negot ations
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  • 153 1 S 'pore's Biggest Blaze Singapore firemen in the hours of Sunday morning foueht a two-hour long battle in the islands bigeest blaze since the liberation. The fire broke out in a copra godown situated among the cluster of olank and attap buildings at Clyde Terrace, and there was danger that
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  • 29 1 A.P. JERUSALEM, July 14.—The police announced rinding of two boxes containing 71 large smoke bombs and five small bombs on thp grounds of Hebrew University at Mount Scopus. —A.P.
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  • 96 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS, July 14.— Mr. W nston Churchill was held up on his way to Luxembourg this evening after his speech at Metz, when the people of the French frontier town of Thionville threatened to throw themselves under his car if he d.d not stop and talk
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  • 93 1 Reuter. JERUSALEM. July 13.—The two Czech Jews kidnapped on July 3 by the Hagana n (Jewish resistance organisation) today walked into Mount Carmel police station, Haifa, a Palestine police bulletin said tonight. The bulletin added that Papanek bore marks of "111 treat ment." Papanek and another
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  • 84 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 14— President Truman is expec L ed to sign the bill embodying the Anglo-American loan agreement to-morrow, the White House spokesman said to-day. This will formally complete the ratification of the £937,500,000 loan to Britain which was finally approved by Congress last night.— The
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  • 94 1 Reuter. LONDON, July 14.—Two petitions addressed to the King pleading for a repeal of bread rationing, one bearing the signature of 165,000 housewives and the other 150,000 were handed in at the Home Office today after a protest meeting in Trafalgar London. The petitions were received
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  • 208 1 "JAPAN WON WAR" Reuter. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14—"Execution Squads" of the Japanese secret society known as Shindo R?mmen' are continuing the terror ampaign against their countrymen who refuse to believe their story that Japan has won the war. They have killed three Japanese
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  • 477 2 Reuter SHANGHAI, July 12.—Although war clouds still hang menacingly over the area, the Chinese authorities have made a start with the rehabilitation of industries and agriculture in once-thriving Manchuria. Manchuria today is partially paralyzed because of the considerable damage wrought to the country's industrial and transportation
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  • 185 2 Pric e Control Position "Terrible" Reuter WASHINGTON. July 14.—President Truman described as terrible" ilie present condition of the price control legislation in the United states when he met United States Secretary of State- Mr. James Byrnes, at the National Airport today on his return from the Fore'.gn Ministers conference :n
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  • 40 2 DAMASCUS. July 14. —The Syrian Home Minister, Sabri Bey Assali. and the Minister of National Defence, Ahmad Bey Sharabatt, told the A. P. on Sunday that "the story of clashes on the Turco-Syrian frontier is utterly unfounded".
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  • 35 2 Reuter. JERUSALEM, July 14—The High Commissioner for Palestine, Sir Ata.i Cunningham, today received the President of the Jewish Agency. Ur. Chiam Weizmann, at Government House. Jerusalem. The subjec of the interview was not disclosed. Reutr
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  • 110 2 TOKIO, July 14.—The trial cf ex-premier Hideki Tojo and 26 other Japanesp aceusfd of war crimes resumed today at 9.30 after a fourday lialt due to the summer heat but it is still undecided if it will order a further delay until air conditioning
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  • 51 2 A.P. Peiping, July 14—Mr. J. Leighton Stuart, the new U. S- AaafeaaaadoT tc China, is scheduled to emplane for Nanking on Monday morning, where he will remain at lea>t three weeks before returning to Peiping; He changed his plan to leave on Saturday when General Marshall, offered his personal plane.—A.
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  • 183 2 NEW YORK, July 13.—A seaside hotel has been taken over, blocks of flats planned and householders appealed to by a letter in a desperate attempt by the United Nations to And homes for their swelling staff in a New York area where housing shortage is
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  • 53 2 NEW YORK. July 14 The American Ambassador to Norway, Charles U. Bay. boarded the NorwegianAmerican liner Stavangerfjord on Saturday, taking with him a number of books on the Norwegian language. Mr. Bay indicated he was aware of Norway's desire to acquire surplus American shipping to replace
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  • 131 2 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, July 14.—More than 280 workers of the bungei Nyok dockyard have asked for a revision of pay as a result of the Straits Steamship Company tailing in line with the Pyke recommendations Workers are asking for a ten per cent, increment on
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  • 78 2 A.P. TARLAC. LUZON. July Twenty Filipino women were kidnapped at the i nearby village of Barrio Mayantoc today by an armed band which the Philippines Mill tary Police identified as members of a peasant irregular guerilla organisation. The Tarloc Police said the kidnappings were apparently the
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  • 338 2 HOLDUP MEN TRAILED (Tribune Staff Reporter) action by a small party of police, and splendid co-operation by victims of a robbery resulted in the discovery of what is believed to be a robbersden in Malay Street, yesterday morning 1 The robbery occurred at 7.30
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  • 107 2 Reuter. ACCRA, Gold Coast. July 13.—Sir Allan C. Burns, Governor of Gold Coast, has invited the Chief of Ashanti. Otumfuo Sir Osei Agyeman Prempeh the Second of Kumasi, to attend the opening of th e Gold Coast Legislative Council on July 23 first in tropical Africa to
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  • 56 2 New York, July 14.—For inserting anti-British loan advertisements in newspapers, the Political Action Committee for Palestine, Inc.. had its tax exempt status revoked today. Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan, Jnr., explained that the committee was "no longer qualified to exemption under the internal revenue law"
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  • 128 2 Reuter. BOMBAY. July 14 —India's postal strike which already affecta over 60.000 men may spread shortly owing to a threatened stoppage by telegraph messengers end linesmen. Arrang'enenta are beintr made to sort teleprams in alphabetical order so that the public can collect them. Official reports say thnt
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  • 77 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, July 14.—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, in a broadcast, told the Ame;kan people their taxes can be cut only in a world at peace, and "that kind of a woila can come only with worldwide economic co-operation, bolstered by political co-operation in
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  • 56 2 LONDON, July 14.—The United States and Britain have a common interest in reviving trade throughout the world and providing a good standard of living for the people everywhere, declared the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dr. Hugh Dalton, last night in a statement on the passing of
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  • 389 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter* Want to become an actor?—lf so, meet Charles Eadone, head of the Singapore Repertory Company who is looking for likely actors and actresses for his first drama "Hawk Island" which he hopes to present to Singapore audiences shortly. Here are the
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  • 149 2 Reuter. LONDON. July 13.—The Independent Labour Party in a statement today blames the "ambiguous and vacillating policy" of the present and previous JBritish Governments for the position in Palestine and views the Government's recent measures "whh grave apprehension." The statement adds: 'The Dlack histories of
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  • 43 2 CALCUTTA, July 14—Heavy floods caused by the monsoon rains liave resulted in damage to dykes tn Bengal and Assam. Reports reaching Calcutta said up to 7.2 inches of rain in a single day were recorded at Chandpur.
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  • 75 2 SEATTLE. July 13.—Several thousands of dollars in U.S. currency and travellers' cheques were confiscated from Japanese deported recently aboard the transport "Marshall Victory." Treasury regulations restrict deportees who had entered the country illegally to 60 U.S. dollars, except for money accrued from detention camp employment. One Japanese had
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  • 1252 3 WASHINGTON, July 14.—The United States House of Representatives has approved the loan to British of U.S. $3,750,000,000 and sent it on to President Truman for signature. The vote was 219 to 155. The controversial loan was passed after President Truman had pleaded with the House
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  • 131 3 MLlay and Chinese lea- der s of Malacca have sent J a telegram to Mr. George i Hall, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, urging upon His Majesty's Govr ernmeni the necessity, J wisdom and justice of con- suiting all sections of Mat lay an
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  • 97 3 A.P. K. L. Punjabi. Joint Pood Secretary to the Government of India on Saturday left by air for Java to resume his negoitations wit the Indonesian Premier. Dr. Sutan Shahrir, on the arrangements regarding' transportaiton of the promised 500,000 tons of rice to India
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  • 552 3 WASHINGTON Congressional approval of the 53,750,000,000 loan to Britain starts the United Nations toward the distant goal of expanding and freeing world trade through co-operative action. The loan, while vitally important to Britain, is but one piece of the giant plan envisaged by the
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  • 74 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON. July 13. —The Price Control Bill, which revives the Office of Price Administration, was passed by the Senate at two o'clock (local time) this morning. The bill includes numerous exemptions, such as grain and poultry and livestock feed made from grain• The Senate also
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  • 61 3 London, July 12—Signor Alcide de Gasperi, Christain Democrat, will be Prime Minister, Ministre ox Interior and Foreign Minister in the Italian Cabinet, the composition of which was announced tonight by Rome Radio. Christain Democrats, in addition to the premiership, will have seven portfolios —Ministers of Interior, Air, Education,
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  • 152 3 A decision regarding resumpiton ot work by the 300 uniformed workers of the Postal and Telecoms Department Singapore, is expected to be arrived at today. The men, who have been on strike since last Wednesday, consider the Government's new scale of pay to be unfair
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  • 465 3 Reuter. LONDON, July 14. —Today's British newspaper opinion on the final approval by the United States of the £937,500,000 loan to Britain was divided with comment generally expressing some satisfaction but also maintaining a critical attitude to some aspects of the loan. The ifluential Sunday Times -says
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  • 241 3 Representatives of 42 Chinese associations and guilds in Malacca voted at a mass meeting in favour of the Malayan Union (inclusive of Singapore) with common citizenship for those domiciled in Malaya and who intend to make this country their permanent homeland. This was agreed to be
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  • 133 3 (Our Own Reporter) Penang, July 14 —Mr, N. Ponnudurai, president and Mr. Yeoh Cheng Kung. Hon. secretary, of the Penang Clerical Union, it is understood. will be Penang's delegates to th e pan-Malayan clerical conference which is to be ntld in Kuala Lumpur during the August
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  • 37 3 A.P. PEIPING, July 13.—C. M. Chao. who was mayor of Changchun, when the Manchurian capital was captured by the Communists on April 18. is reported to have been released from Harbin and to have returned to Changchun.—A.P.
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  • 204 3 (Own Own Reporter) IPOH. July 13 —More than 30C Saka:s from Upper Perak District assembled at Grik on Wednesday and participated in a unique Sakai Jamboree held at the airstrip hal? a mile from the town. Among the distinguished guest? were H.E. the Sultan of Perak, the
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  • 173 3 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, July 13.—Province Wellesley is at present an infected area for rabies and it is hoped to inoculate all dogs on the mainland as a precautionary measure, stated Major R. A. B. Stanhope, Veterinary Officer, in an interview. Outlining plans for combating this
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  • 29 3 A.P. SHANGHAI. July 13. -Press dispatches say that the cholera epidemic, is spreading in central Manchuria. Thirty persons are dead in Kaiyuan, two in Changchun.. .A.P.
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  • 742 4 The more we study the misnamed Leases and Tenancies (War Absentees) Adjustment Bill, the greater ar the complexities which will arise if this i raordinary measure finds a p ace on the Statute Book. Id the interpretation ase" is so loosely exed as to mean practicaHy nothing—or
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  • 1533 4  -  EXPLODED LONG BEFORE ATOM BOMB by Lord Louis Mountbatten (lately Supreme Allied Commander, S.E.A.) The Burma campaign was graphically described by Lord Mountbatten in his speech on July 10 when he received the freedom of the City of London. The capture of Mandalay coincided with the
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  • 171 4 It is girl-meets-bey as well as boy-meets-girl in the love tangle of the Occupation armies. Women in the British forces stationed in Germany are now applying for permission to marry Germans. The ban on marriages between Br;--j tish soldiers and German frauleins is likely
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  • 118 4 Seven airmen, the crew of six of a Wellington bomber and the pilot of a spitfire, were killed at Hutton Cranswick, near here. The aircraft '•nllHort j n t h e r during amok attack by the Spitfire on th e Wellir.":ton. The six
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  • 51 4 Jl*g. Off. Wilfred Frank. n.FC. has been dismissed th 0 R.A.F. by sentence of General Court Martial en Jan. 25. states r suDDlempnt to the London Gazette. Flyer. Off. Frank who Is 27. won his D.F.C in-1945 for corrtuct in a number of bombing attacks against welldefended
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  • 50 4 READERS' VIEW POINTS Pre-war it was the regular practice of the Police Band to give public performances. The mere fact that there was a big crowd present at every performance was mute testimony of the popularity of the band. Where is the band now?_~Sirike up the band."
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  • 83 4 Yesterday officia's of th.- Singapore Traction Co. stooped buses and trolley-cars at stoDpincr places and demanded tickets from passengers alighting. This step has been taken presuambly to stop the alleged practice of conductors tak ng back tickets from alighting passengers for re-sale. To save inconvenience and unnecessary
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  • 75 4 Temporary Sub-Lt. Tom Herbert Kaye, R.N.R., 20, was at a Devonport court martial dismissed his ship, the Cyclops, and reprimanded. He nleadod guilty to a charge of hazarding the submarine Saga by negligence or default. The submarine, of which Kaye was officer of the watch durine
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  • 1274 4 Here is The Official Answer To A Topical Question. Tne Communis s Party 01 cc more applied for afhl ation to (he Labour Party. Labour's Execu Committee has refused t is application and asked Party Conference ai Bournemouth to endorse its decision. Here, in cendensed
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  • 140 5 A.P. I WASH NGTON, July 13.—A commission which died the bombing eflftcta and other factors, told sident Truman that Japan certainly would have urrendered before the end of 1945 even without the mic bomb, Russia's entry into war or any Allied invasion plans.
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  • 87 5 iOar Own Reporter) VNG, July 14.— Living up to atiori, the Chinese Foot.ion. Penangs League er < hamptona, annexed double. defeating the Indian ReCiub by three goals to one cup ti t Anal played before a yd v»n Victoria Green, yesgame was the cleanest witsc tar
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  • 81 5 Reuter. KUR! Tokio. July 12—The Indian j has returned here after ::ig for six days in the aar- ....:•> between Korea and th° anees ma n order u> oreho movement A Korean :nto ns are ntering '."i thru v. most of them landing icastai ccupied w
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  • 20 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 13. Five war veterans will on today to pi'othc British action in P... »1 Reuter.
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  • 151 5 NEW YORK. July 14—The loading of 12 ships with UNRRA i;upohes for Europe and the Orient was halted on Saturday night by a jurisdictional dispute between Lhe Congress of Induftrial Organisations and the American federation of Labo ur Maritime Unions. Three of the vessels are loaded
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  • 195 5 SHaAD, Sunday.—The Rev. B. B. F. Westnn/m?T SC n r? c t!onat ChrlSt Church, GateSn p^rr;? ne K fD^ rham) tha evcryon? should exert cuts Government to prevent further food From the pulpit he said be believed that Britain had a great contribution to make
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  • 134 5 A.P. z, Bolivia. July 14 —Temporary suspension of stations for the renewal of the Bolivia tin ract with the United States has caused grave concern here. In the first reaction to the suspension, the Government ha> increased the capital of the Banco Minero, (the mining bank' to
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  • 46 5 -ADE. July 14—The Ministry of Informanphatically denied on Rome reports that Fito had been wounded any attempt had been n his life. ha Tito is in excellent wring Montenegro and kins -pieches in numerous villages. Min'stry spokesman told r ports were ridiculous.
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  • 201 5 New \urk, Juty 14 The Uin.cu oiu.o Ksovtrfmen: muKca a na, u-htuinu eJluck on iue veto power u«maMa< oy fcuss.a on mt v «*tc i i>aUona jinuie mavnintry jur worid control oj atomc eneruy, hi a memorandum suonnr.ea 10 itie Atomic Energy l om m:±sion.
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  • 77 5 Tokio, July 14. —After a bar of 1,300 years Japanese women today conquered the old Omine mountain, but they had to have an escort of three police to get them past threatening Buddhist priests. The priests said it was dese cration but the women said
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  • 31 5 The Hague. July 13. —Three hundred marines for the bripade of marines at Sourabaya will leave Amsterdam porl. next Monday an hoard Ihe motorship Johan dc Witt
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  • 257 5 GORIZIA, Joly 14.—Two Yugoslav soldiers were killed in skirmishes with a United States Army patrol near Aurisina on Friday night, says an official statement from 88th Division headquarters. There were no American casualties. American troops in the Caporetto and Aurisina area near the Morgan line
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  • 104 5 Manila, July 14.—The Philippines Army used mortars against a besieged band of Hukbalahaps emphasizing the threat of "large scale action" to crush an estimated 30,000 members of that dissident guerrilla organisation. The besieged band of uncertain numbers had been entrenched two days in Pampanga province in Central Luzon.
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  • 924 5  - BRICKBATS BOUQUETS By Michael Williams For the past six years, ENSA have maintained a most unenviable reputation amongst Theatrical, journalistic and musical circles. Nor can it be frankly denied that such a position has been entirely unwarranted. Founded anrj financed by NAAFI. the original organisa tion augmented a progressive policy
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  • 145 5 London, July 14. —Jewellery and money buried by a woman in the garden of her cottage at Barcombe, near Lewes, nearly six years ago—she lai-er forgot the exact spot—have been discovered by a local blacksmith Albert King. Miss W. Gwyn Jeffreys buried :wo coffee
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  • 109 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON. July 13.—Five thousand Jewish war veterans will march to Washington tomorrow to protest against the British action s& Palestme. They will seek to visit President Truman, acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the British Ambassador to Washington Lord Inverchapel. Their spokseman said: "Our
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  • 59 5 U.P. Sofia, July 13—A sentence of j life imprisonment was pronounced Jon Friday on Dr. Georgi Dimitrov. former leader of the Bulgarian National Agrarian Union, after he was convicted of war-time mutiny. Dimitrov was charged with distributing among men at the front such slogans as "peace,"
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  • 904 6 Main interest in local markets during the week was again devoted to industrial shares and attractive bids brought out a number of sellers but offerings were readily absorbed. The end of the week found prices of all industrials at their best with demand fully sustained,
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  • 75 6 PENANG. July 13—Neaiiy 3.000 Chinese whc had migrated into Province Wellesley to become settlers in the Jap-sponsoxcd food growing farms started a year ago are in need of assistance. Letters have been received by the Penang Chinese Victims Committer from thes? people who state that
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  • 491 7  -  Sellers' Experiment (By Learie Constantine) SHEFFIELD, July 13.—A great crowd of nearly 35,01)0 which was probably a record saw Yorkshire make a hurricane start but later slow down on a hard wicket against India here today. The Indians already handicapped by the absence of their
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  • 326 7 > forced to draw in a With Marsh's XI npson Road yesterday cheated Marsh's XI ot the Recs' last wicke ng out unti] time was call- match finished in a br kmg manner w/ien the p ninth wicket fell in ihe r With three balls
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  • 246 7 Playing at the top of their form yesterday the Singapore Rovers beat RE ME 6-1 in a fast game of soccer at Jalam Besar. A large crowd saw good soccer, and the Rovers' snowing yesterday augurs well for their trip to SfcH niban next
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  • 151 7 BISLEY, July 13.—SquadronLeader C. Willott won the King's prize here this afternoon with a score of 280 which is the first time this prize has been won by the R.A.P. Willott tied with Major Maxwell and to decide the winner one sighting shot and three
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  • 40 7 Reuter. CALCUTTA. July 13. Fifty thousand families hav e been made homeless by the floods in eastern Bengal and Assam, according t 0 a message received here today from the Chittagong representative in the Bengal Legislative Council.—Reuter.
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  • 401 7 A.P. Tokio. July 14 —Charges that "certain elements'' in Japan were using propaganda, terrorism and untruths to assume leadership of the Japanese labour movement and re-establish the regimentation of the Japanese masses under leadership of the Left, were made in a headquarters statement answering the
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  • 32 7 LONDON. July 13.—Approximately 5.000 British persons, majority of them civilians, who were believed to be in Hongkong and Malaya when Japan invaded, were still missing, a Colonial official stated yesterday.—
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  • 195 7 Reuter MANCHESTER. July 13.—A man who. his counsel said, had "played the fool by wasting the time of the court by pleading loss of memory wiiea he was charged with wounding a policeman, and with being armed by night with intent to break
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  • 111 7 Zombie, the 230 lb. giant, making his farewell appearance in Singapore, was held to a draw by Stan Garside, the popular Yorkshire grappler, in the main event of the wrestling card at th e Great World arena, Saturday night. No pins were made. In the
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  • 61 7 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. at volley-ball agains* the St. Andrew's School on Thursday, at 5.15 p.m. on the Tennis ground:— Low Kee Choon, Chia Kok Wai, Tang Seek Wai, Au Tat Chu, Chee Su Puan, Lim Cheng Siong (Capt.), Cheng Kah, Cheong Pak Lo, Lee Joh
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  • 98 7 Washington, July 14. —The U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Byrnes, flying home from Paris, had plans for a swift followup of the limited achievements of the Big Four Foreign Ministers' conference. He has disclosed his intention of urging another meeting with M. Molotov, Mr. Bevin and
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  • 41 7 Bermuda bound....the first of 34 yachts compel up in the 635 mile ocean race lo Bermuda, seen jockeying for position before a fresh sou/h~ westerly breeze as they crow i he sianiny tine in Newport, Rhode /</artd, recently.—A.P Photo. A.P. Photo.
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  • 105 7 Reuter LONDON, July 13.—Eton always held the upper hand in the annual cricket match against Harrow at Lords but failed to force a victory. Not enforcing a follow on. Eton quickly hit up 112 for the loss of two wickets in their second innings leaving their rivals
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  • 25 7 Reuter. NAIROBI, July 13. The Aga Khan, who has been ill with hieh temperature here, was today sufficiently recovered to receive visitors.— Reuter.
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  • 180 7 Reuter. London. July 14—The British Colonial Office's recent policy in Malaya can be plainly seen now as a colossal mistake, writes commentator Scrutator in an article on "Our Colonial Empire" in today's Sunday Times. J Tile article says it is a mistake which, if persisted
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  • 93 7 A.P. Poznan, July 13.—The Nazi Gauleiter, Arthur Greiser, on Friday appealed to the Pope to save him from the gallows, after President Beirut had declined to intervene. Greiser, former Gaulieter of Poznan, also sent telegrams to Mr. Duff Cooper, British Ambassador to Paris, and Mr.
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  • 140 7 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, July 13.—Twenty-five new lighters are expected to reach Penang from the Middle East some time next week to augment the present shortage. Among other plans it is proposed t 0 bring th e Penang Harbour Board up to pre-war working efficiency by
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  • 112 7 A.P. Oxford, July 13 A recommendation that the Geneva Convention be revived "to outlaw the atomic bomb and similar weapons of war" will be Dlaced before a plenary session of the League of Red Cross Societies next week, it was disclosed on Friday. The recommendation was drafted
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  • 361 7 SECOND TEST PROSPECTS LONDON, July 13.—Learie Constantine, Reuters Special Cricket Correspondent says India has a stiffer task ahead of her for the next Test beginning at Old Trafford, Manchester, next weekend than she had at Lords for not only will the England team be stronger but
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  • 155 7 Reuter. LOS ANGELES. July 12.—The millionaire film producer Howard Hughes, his condition worsening as he lay in a hospital fater an air accident today, summoned his doctor and told his story of how the accident occurred. An experienced aviator, Hughes— who made "Hells Angels" in
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  • 148 7 LONDON. July 13.—Scores at end play today in County cricket: At Oval, Surrey 390 for 7 (Mr Intyre 127. Whittaker 102) against KentAt Greenock. Scotland 259 (Aiiehison 57, Nichol 56 i. Ireland 14 for 0. At Manchester, Derbyshire 209 (Smith 74, Phillipson 4 for 42). Lancashire 151
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  • 85 7 Reuter. London. July 12 —The posisbilily of Government control of Britain's, ports was mentioned by Lord Amnion recently at the annual meeting of the National Dock Labour Corporation Ltd., of which he is chairman. "The Gvernment is considering the question of the future control
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  • 63 7 (Own Own Reporter) PENANG. July 13.—The market is flooded today with large quantities of tinned goods, including condensed milk, jam, butter, cheese, cigarettes and all kinds of medicines which were difficult to procure during the occupation. Practically nothing if left unpurchased of foreign imported goods displayed at
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  • 56 7 A fire which broke out in the vicinity of the military vehicles' park at MacPherson Road was quickly extinguished by the combined efforts of the military and Municipal fire brigade, last evening. It is believed that the fire was started when a patch of grass which
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  • 771 8 Himmler Still A Hero They still draw the swastika Reuter. SRiT SH Headquarters, Germany, July 14 Terror gangs and underground movements organised by the you in of Germany are upsetting Allied attempts to restore social order. These anti-social youths come under two categories—juvenile deliquents and
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  • 98 8 FLOODED ISOLATED Reuter. CALCUTTA. July 14.—The Government of A sam are considering chartering several planes to send help to the flood-stricken town of Silchar. in Assam, the Premier of Assam. Mr. Bardoli. told Reuter at Bhillong. capital of Assam. Government officers are said to have already been appointed to the
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  • 41 8 Reuter. LONDON, July 14.—The executive of the Jewish Agency for Palestine will meet in London next week and not in Paris as previously arranged. Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organisation, will attend.—Reuter.
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  • 47 8 The sports activities of the National Badminton Party have now been revived and all old and new members are asked to communicate with Mr. Low Hock Chiang, address. 623-A Bedok Road, or to Mr. Loh Kirn Khuan, the hon. secretary c/o The Municipal Consolidated Department.
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  • 48 8 Helicopter in air-bus service trials......A helicopter transferred its passengers onto a bus during first tests of an a rbus service, demonstrated along Willow Run Express Way mar Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., recently. Ptioto shoivs:The helicopter seen hovering near the ous t during the tisf. —A P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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  • 387 8 Reuter. U.S. Occupation Zone, Geimany, July 14.—Germans living in towns are now eaMng slightly less than (heir official rations, accordin? to American enquiry teams who have made exhaustive investigations inta individual dietaries. As the official rations in the MM are only about 1.250
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  • 100 8 A.P. WARSAW, July 14 —Vice-Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk refused to comment on the statement of Cardinal Hlond blaming the Jewish Government officials for the conditions leading to the recent Kielce pogrom and hinted that the Government security police stood by while the killing of the Jews took place. Mikolajczyk
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  • 50 8 Forty three accused Japanese wBl shortly appear for trial in Singapore in connection with War Crimes allegedly co:7imitted while they were in charge of the dread OvJram Road Gaol (Military Section) during the Japanese occupation. The accused include Major General Otsuka Misao and Major Kobayashi Shozo.
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  • 269 8 A.P. LONDON, July 14.—The Police left unsolved yesterday the mystery of the bundle of human hair found in "the chine of the mausoleum" and concentrated on a search for a bundle of missing laundry in their investigation of the slaying of Doreen Marshall whose mutilated
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  • 47 8 A.P. STOCKHOLM, July 14— Replying to a Russian protest concerning Baltic refugees who have been leaving Sewden. the Swedish Foreign Office on Saturday stated that according to Swedish law, no objection can be raised to Swedish or foreigners leaving the country if they wish. —A.P.
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  • 64 8 Rome, July 14. Premier de Gasperi called upon the provincial president, Erico de Nicola to notify him of the formation of the republic's first cabinet. Members of the cabinet were formed last night after 10 days of conferences between Italy's three major parties—Christian Democrats, Socialists
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  • 88 8 A.P. BERLIN, July 14.—The Russian military government today announced an increase in food rations in the Russian occupation zone for persons regarded ncn-essential to industry. Beginning in August, children, nonworkers, and white-collar workers will receive an additional 50 grammes oT been daily and 1,500 grammes
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  • 555 8 England's Bid To Regain Ashes (By Vernon Morgan, Reuters hclitor). LONDON July 14—Walter Hammond is after all io cap am England's team to visit Australia this winter in a bid io regain the -Ashes". One says after all since so many people in the cricket world
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  • 131 8 TOKIO. July 14 —Gen. Mac Arthur. Supreme Ailied Commander En Japar. yesterday called the formaton of the new cab net after Japan's first postwar election an important step in continuing the democratic pn»gr-.*s* which Raffle the Japanese valuable political experience in parliamentary government In a summary of
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  • 170 8 Saigon. July 14. A French military spokesman has confirmed the suicide, following arrest by the French military, ol Albert Thai Van Lung, a member Of a prominent Cochin-China Annamite family and deputy in the Viet Nam Republic assembly. The spokesman denied report circulating in reliable Saigon quarters
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  • 86 8 From U.K.—Mr. J. Mercer, Mr. J. Spurway, Mr. F. B. Drake. Mr. L Morrison, Mr. P. Bauer. Lt.-Col. J. White, F/O J. Cain, Mr. J. Bate. Mr. E. Henlett, F/Lt. W. Spencer. From Australia—Col. C. D. Todd. Mr. O. A. Roberts, Mr. P. J. Noldus, Mr. A.
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  • 185 8 "FREAK" DECLARATIONS VIEWED WITH DISFAVOUR The M.C.C. do no 1 with favour the frea-, clarations by enthu> cricket captains who I to gain a decision one or another even the weather subsfc i restricts play, "freak" declarations started when Glamorgan Somerset "arranged" ,u 1 close their
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  • 79 8 Salisbury, July 13.-An lisb Vicar refused to conda trans-Atlantic telephone riage of an English girl ai American ex-Servicemar. cause the ceremony was n gal in England. Rev. F W. White, the withdrew his services «jnd the vicarage from lj-yea| Miss Chamberlain who have marr ed
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  • 63 8 The Oxford Dinner has defi been arranged for Saturday Ju at 8.15 p.m., in the Roof Ga the Adelphi Hotel. Memo ford University attending the may bring one lady as a must intimate this a fe fore the dinner to Mr. S. K. Ci at 98 Robinson Road.
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