Malaya Tribune, 5 August 1946

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    SHANGHAI'S CRIME WAVE SUBSIDING
    106 2 Reuter. SHANGHAI —Crime has steadily decreased in Shanghai since the beginniapr of the year. It is noteworthy, however, that armed robberies by deserters from the Chinese army are showing a marked increase. In May, this year, there were 75 cases of robbery, compared with 154 in
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    Landing Craft Mystery
    100 2 A.P. NEW ORLEANS. Aucr 3:—Coastguard, aircraft and surface ships yesterday searched the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico fcr three navy landing craft mysteriously overdue on a voyage from Panama to New Orleans. The ships which normally carry 115 officers and men have not been reported since
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    28 2 WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.—The U. S. Senate has adopted and sent to the White House legislation to authorise admission to the United States of Chinese wives of American citizens.
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    "Shabby Treatment" Of Clerks Deplored
    386 2 Shabby Treatment" Of Clerks Deplored (Tribune Staff Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. The hope that a new chapter win be written setting out the terms of employment of clerical workers on a more liberal scale, ruroviding for a better salary scheme, and provident tuna as well as sick, casual and vacation
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    Troops Sail For Basra
    120 2 New Delhi. Aug. 4—One brigade of troops sailed from Bombay for Basra on Friday, it was learned tonight. They are predominately India,i but it is not known whether they included British troops. A London report says the movement of troops to Basra, 40 miles fnm the
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    Marshall Flies To Chiang
    77 2 Nanking. Aug. 4—Gen. George Marshall, United States Special Envoy, flew to the hill resor: ot Killing to talk With Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. President of China, after hearing from Communist leader. Gen. Chou En-lai. he latest details of the air bombardmmt at Yenan by seven American-bull; aircraft
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    CONFERENCE IN SECRECY
    98 2 (By Tribune Reporter). KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Twenty-seven delegates representing various clerical un ons from all parts of the country conferred behind closed doors in Kuaia Lumpur today under the chairmanship of Mr. Khoo Teik Ee. It is understood that the discussions during the two-day conference will centre
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    Singapore's Holiday Exodus
    134 2 Taking advantage of the August holidays, a large number of Singapore residents went up-country during the week-end. The night mail train from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur on Friday was unusually crowded. The night j mail on Saturday night also carried j mere than a full complement of
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    25 2 HERFORD (Germany) Aug. 4.— Tne possibility of increasing rations m the British zone of Germany was discussed on Saturday at Kien by British occupation leaders.
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    S. R. C. REOPENS THIS WEEK
    235 2 The Singapore Recreation Club which was de-re-qmsitioned by the Army authorities at the end of July will be officially opened on Aug. 9 when a general meeting of all members will be held at 5 30 p m In a report covering the period
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    ITALY INVITED
    53 2 A.P. ROME, August 4.—An invitation to the Paris Peace Conference was received by the Italian Government last night, a Foreign Mimstry spokesman announcedThe delegates, headed by Premier Alcide de Gasperi. will leave for Paris by plane en Wednesday. The group held a four-hour conference last night with military
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    U. S. CAR PRODUCTION
    39 2 A.P. DETROIT. Aug. 3.—Production of passenger automobiles and truck s in the U.S. and Canada during the week ending July 20 totalled 76.995 vehicles, compared with 74,015 the preceding week, according to Ward's automotiVp reports.—A.P.
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    CANADA WILL ASK WHY
    70 2 A.P. PARIS. August 3.—Canada will "closely quesiton' t he award of t he 100.000.000 U.S. dollars in reparations to Russia from Italy, said the Canadian delegation spokesman today. The spokesman said Canadians also win ask for full review of the reasons that brought about the cession
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    HK In The News again
    97 2 CANTON. Aug. 1:— Hongkong has again come into prominence in Can- j ton's newspapers. Following a recent visit to the British colony by a party of Chinese newspapermen, the press as a whole has. discarded its former critical and seemingly inspired anti-Hongkong attitude, particularly towards
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    10,000 MILES NON-STOP ATTEMPT
    60 2 WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. —A U.S. Army Superfortress, the Dreamboat", is poised at Honolulu for a IO.OOff-mile nonstop fight over the Arctic to Cairo. The plane, extensively modified to carry a heavy load of .fuel, will start in the "near future," flying the great circle :*oute via
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    36 2 BATAVIA Aug. 4.—A Military Police corporal was killed in Batavia yesterday when he tried to stop British Indian troops from looting, the Netherlands news agency reported. The Indians opened flre w.-th Sten guns, the report added.
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    Peace Delegates Are Protected
    316 2 Sharpshooters On The Look Out Reuter. PARIS, Aug. 3.—Crack French sharpshooters climb to the roof of Luxembourg Palace befor ever? session of the Paris Conference to stand guard over Allied statesmen as they talk peace below. They watch every meeting through skylights scanning the crowd for
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    30 2 CANBERRA. Aug. 2:—Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley announced that King George had approved the appointment of Norman Makin as the Australian Ambassador to the United States, effective from Aug. 18.
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    ATTLEE BACK IN LONDON
    116 2 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 3—The British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee returned to London by air tookfe. He"came straight from the plenary session of the Paris Confc, where he had spent nearly two hoars listening to speeches by ael< from India and Greece. The date of Mr.
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    $379-MILLION NOTES IN CIRCULATION
    67 3 o amount of currency on in Malaya dur- <379.262.738. n invasion issues m Feb. 15, 1942, of i rnpossible to estimate what amount has been yd in the hands of hr public or exported since that dcs approximately inch new :iotes have In exchange and which
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    Javanese Shot Dead
    57 3 A Java v's shot dead by an gunman on Saturday Hock Soad. A gai i v < persons believed to H M I pistols, held mates of i house in Siong Übb ang, on Saturday c t and made oil with Jewellery i at $622.54 *elle*y removed,
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    PETROL PUMP BLAZE
    66 3 A pel imp at the benzine function of Anson Road rd Kep] Road ...ught fire yes- were being filled with petal fln broke out owing I b nud someone smoking in a 19 which were on< lat the time and the gas were roll d n flames.
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    DISTILLERIES SHUT
    35 3 I RSHINGTON, Aug. 4. —Pract:|a? wery distillery in the nation i ken forced to close down for first ttiri since the repeal of -the result of Govn to withhold grain n v allocations.
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    UNO Chairman Assails "Big Four"
    1137 3 Big Fou/ye^tefd^v^fo; of Belgium assailed the paring "he European Pealed T* 1 "t" 0 8 in pre riations for reenrnmlK and for askln S smaller dicapoing [hem ns only after severe 'y ha Nati™ General 1 SSSSSJ of the United little thC battie between b
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    MACARTHUR PRAISED
    102 3 A.P. WA I.LA W ALLA, WASHINGTOX. August 8, —Dr. Andrew Nelson, back from 8 months in Japan Jul Chief of Religious research for the U.S. Army, declared "The choice of General Mac Arthur to rule Japan was definitely providential." A former 'Ah Day Adventist Missionary in Japan, he
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    Naval Officers Scandal
    195 3 A.P. j SHANGHAI. August 3.—Press dispatches from Nanking reported dismissal of a Fleet commander and arrest of two leading officers on a charge of smuggling goods into China aboard the eight American warships presented to China which arrived here on July 19. It was also reported that
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    13 3 London. Aver. 4.—A Swedish Trade Union delegation has arrived in Leningrad from Stockholm.
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    Experts Disagree On Division Of Italy's Navy
    153 3 PARIS, Aug. 4.— The Big Four naval experts committee failed tc agree on the final allocation ot ihe Italian warships to Britain, the United States and Soviet Russia, it was learned ioday. The Big Four naval experts committee completed what became known as
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    NAZIS WHO ASSISTED JAPANESE
    166 3 A.P. thi-5 w August 3. Twentvco who helped in the their Allies in China after Germany s surrender, w II on tnal US 7 S Q] T Edwarti Voung. nn Army TriaI J'-idge advocate announced today. He id the rfef en<Jents belonged to mRn High Command
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    Extremists Driven Off
    85 3 Reuter. BATAVIA. Aa*. --Dutch troops rvtrolhng the ccast of Bali. ea„t of Java, engaged and dispersed for-e of about 1">0 Indonesian txtrvtaisti wr.o attempted a m'ght-landi'.-. Dutch sources reported today. Seve. ]>>- Cciiesians and a quantity of arms were captured, the repcit «a;U Waan harmless-looking native boat
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    Tel A viv: 102,000 People Questioned
    330 3 JERUSALEM, Aug. 4.—The Palestine Government announces that the four-day search in Tel-Aviv resulted in the detention of 762 persons including 22 women. A total of 102,000 persons were questioned the announcement said. The Police declined to confirm officially reports of the arrest of Itzhak
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    Turkish Cabinet Resigns
    56 3 ISTANBUL. Aug. 4.—M. Sar a co glu's cabinet has resigned Unexpectedly. President Ismet Inonu has entrusted Pckcr. a former Minister of National Defence and Interior, with the formation Q f a new cabinet. Pekvr who resigned as Minister 01 Interior for health resaons i n Ma--1943 has
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    SHARE MARKET QUOTATIONS
    705 3 h„ ,l he *l° a 0? Ny are ihe Share Markei Quotations issued by the Sharebrokers' Association for the iveek ended Aug. 2. INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alexandra Brickworks Ords. $2.20 $2.50 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. 2.90 12") Brit. Malaya Trustee Executor Co. 7.50 8.50 Consolidated Tin Smelters 24/6
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    Malaya's Chinese
    498 4 One gratutious insult which had its origin in the ill-conceived Malayan plan was directed against Malaya n Chinese. Genuine Malay fears of an assault on their constitutional rights were needlessly aggravated by suggestions, chiefly emanating from the "old gang" in London, that the community was in danger of
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    BRITAIN'S BURDEN IN GERMANY
    1931 4 (From David Brown, Reuters Correspondent) BERLlN—Behind the faci that the administration and feeding of the British Occupation Zone of Germany is costing British tax-payers some £80,000,000 a year, is the continued failure of the occupying powers to to administer conquered Germany on a basis of economic
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    INDO-CHINA FEDERATION
    412 4 A prelim nary conference to establish the Fed~raron sta us will bp solemnly inaugurated at Dalat, today, under the Pres'dency of General Aiessendri. delegate or th j French High Commiss oner The French Delegation will meet CambcdXan. LacVen and Coc am-Chinese, deputations ana South Annam. and South IndoChlnese
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    GLU RECOGNISED INTERNATIONALITY
    813 4  -  flv A Trade Unionist As the General Labour Union has been officially r?cogn'sed b the Execuive Committee of World Federation of Unions as belonging to thai crgan'sation. it should b- selfevident that th- trade un en movement is both a virile and growing force within the community.
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    THEY WANTED U.S. SECRETS
    154 5 Aug. 4.- The U.S. Ed weetcrday tree Russ an en iy released by *ri lei in Benin n employees S army to del.vcr S. d umt ntt and had n "clandes'in? actihe US. se: tor. time in Berlin, 'is c harped Ike cri7?iih ir detention a
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    Jap Women Tongue-Lashed
    61 5 Japan's women •nost vigorous unbusinesslike handling of -i Progressive tin House of ReHokkaido, com- v t ladies were a- was upposed fot peace nemo-e-ommemorate 15 s .rrender. -ggested the consmemorial monument peace memorial utiy it was introfendninc members r: their party lea-:-td that Japan id re const
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    Month's Holiday For 400,000 Children
    334 5 Reuter. John Talbot, Reuters Correspondent) (Air Mail).—At least 400.000 Italian chiliiom the neediest families, will have a D e tra food by the sea or in the anuer ui\RRA S summer camp programme. arnme has now every orovince in Mil on to the "perwhere the
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    World's Largest Chemical Co. Being Smashed Up
    502 5 Reuter. 'From Lyfora Moore. Reulcr.s Ccrrcwoudentl Germany's T oi b> the world, tentacles stretched aro,,nri^ arb^" Industrie wl s more than a JMPK Z g ing P Ov>{ or:g. uen. William H. Draper Jr.. direcor of the Economics Divsion of Military Government in
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    More Invitations Out For Talks On Palestine?
    109 5 LONDON. Aug. 4.-A decision <• new reliably believed to have been taken by Britain on the basis of the of Jewish delegates ard Palestine Arabs regarding the conference on the future of Pale tine to be called in London this '-onth. This follows
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    Siam's Case To UNO
    188 5 A.P. BANGKOK. Aug. 3.-The United Mates Legation announced it had rcce.ved official notification from WashwmrtOß that the United States State Department stronjrlv denies published reports that it has asked Siam to Withdraw the Indo-China border dispute from the United Nations, writes Associated Press correspondent Alexander Mac
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    Mr. Attlee Tackles Crossword Puzzle
    95 5 PARIS. Aug. 4.—The sixth plenary session of the Paris Conference n in Luxembourg Palace at 4 p.m. this afternoon. The first speaker was Sir BeJBOd Runganadhan, chief Indian delegate. During th c translation of tlic Indian delegate's soeech, the British Premier. Mr. Attlee, began to
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    Nazis' Sterilizaion Plan Revealed
    241 5 A.P. sterilisation or dewSKfL \7~ n cr P la n > s *****11 for Third R,ich wafSpH ,°1 a in th? in a captured Gr™,f Si. s erda> for fht> flrst "me warcnmes trial hTre dOC:unen introduced in the Th, plan wu drafted in March IMZ
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    4 Held For Theft Of Duce's Corpse
    106 5 ROME. Aug. 4 —The Milan police ollicially announced last night the UTtll of two nun in connection with the theft of Mussolini's body lrom its secret grave in Millian cemetery *ast April. Their nanvs were given as Domcnico Leccisi. 26. and Antonio Parozzi,
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    LATEST IN SPORTS CARS
    80 5 New British sports car The Allard. a new British sports car, will appear n the cavalcade of British motor cars, represcning the progress of the industry of fifty years, Which recently passed in re view before th e King and Queen and other dist nguished persons
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    "Majorities" Compromise Suggested
    152 5 PARIS. Aun. 4. A compromi-t to ce t over >ma!i Power opposition to the Big Four demand that the Parts Conference resolution- shall earn a two-third s majority ma g lodged by th c British delegation yesterdai for submission to the Conference Ruks Committee. The new British
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    Coal Nationalisation Will Cost £164 Million
    80 5 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. --The global! sum of compensation tc be pa.d for certain assets of the British coal in- dustry which is to be nationalifted by the Labour Government hu been I fixed tc £1 «4.600.000 by the coal com- pensation tribunal, it has
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    BYRNES DEFENDS AMBASSADOR
    231 5 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The Secretary of State, Mr Byrnes and the Acting Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson, in an extraordinary statement issued 'n Washing on yesterday, declared the complete conof »h"* American Government in Ambassador Arthur Bliss I ane. who has been under attack by the Polish
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    700 lunatics arrive in British zone
    583 5 Reuter. (From Hubert Harrison, Reuter's Correspondent) BERLIN, (Air Mail).—Two train loads of lunaticssome 700 altogether—arrived at the frontier of the Briish Zone mar Helmstead as part of a delivery of Germans being evacuated from the new territories of Poland. The windows of the train
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    To Be Reinstated
    71 5 Reuter. BOMBAY: (Air MaJ) The Government of Bombay has decided that all Government servants who resigned or were dismissed on the around of participation, direct or indirect, in the 'Quit India" movement of August 1942. should be reinstated in their posts. The Government are understood to have
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    RUSHING FOOD TO HUNAN
    219 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.—Despite the crder of UNRRA Director-General stopping certain UNRRA supplies to China, relief cargoes are still poui- ing in. j A total of 64 ships are en route jto ''hina, mainly from the U;;it"d I States, carrying UNRRA cargoes es j timated at
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    Burma Governor Resigns
    73 5 LONDON. Auc. 4.-Sir RefinaKi Dorman-Smith, Governor of Banna, having been advised by his doctors that on mediCa] Grounds it wniild no« be wise for him to return to Burma has resigned. The Kins ha> anprow <•] the appointment ps Governor of Maior-Gen-cral H. E. Ranc c \vh
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    CIVILIANS LEAVE CEYLON
    50 5 COLOMBO. Aug. 4—The former hospital ship. Atlantis, which ;vas diverted from her voyage to Bombay ip order to orovide accommodation for civilians in Ceyion, is now homeward-bound with 434 passengers —the largest number of British civilians to leave the Inland in a single vessel since the war.
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    Aga Khanurges Union with U.S.
    602 6 Aga Khan urges Union with U.S. Reuter. DAR-ES-SALAAM, Aug. 3. —A union of Great Britain and her Dominions with the United States was advocated by the Aga Khan in a lecture here tonight to have a permanent central power for good to leaa mankind not front to back but hand
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    war criminals Escaping
    144 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, August 3. The U.S. War Department official assertj ed today that many war criminals are being acquitted or escaping with light sentences, because American former servicemen are reluctant to return to the Pacific to testify at their trial. Colonel D. M. Dunn, acting chief of
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    RELIC FOR V.Cs.
    43 6 LONDON, Aug. 4.—A broiue cannon captured at Balaclava presented to the G.O.C. Western Command in 1903 has at the request of the Office of Works been sent to the Tower of London to be melted down to provide Victoria Crosses.
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    Irish Horse Wins The Chesterfield
    173 7 Reuter. rOODV. OOD. Sussex. Aug. 2:— •d Irish-bred Sigbest of the three by winning the ued at £1.000, and-a-quarter On the the Goodwood :-.an, ridden by n in a great style, vpveight Maharajah i's Preciptic by two Dorothy Pagcts Sunrth id away third. g arted
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    Singapore Soccer Teams Beaten In K.L.
    40 7 Our Own Reporter rjMPUR, Sunday.—The I r en Bttofl club g H. creation Club Ĕ > .ayed at the Pica g today by 3—l. A: the TP.C.A. ground the home S .pore Chinese soccer today
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    THIRD TEST: EXTRA DAY SUGGESTED
    295 7 Vernon Morgan's Cricket Roundup the -A suggestion has been made in ed fromt nV£^ S^ ha V he third Test shoul <* be extendto. irom tnree to four days to give India a rhanw r.f f'I 68 0f the fact" d nat a on C
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    118 7 An Indian in Bangalore is stated to have been the first man to put £ngiand*s new schoolboy cricketer. 13-year-old Colin Cowdrey. on the road to fame. This Indian by the name of Krishnan is understood here to have hacked a pitch out of Tin undergrowth at Bangalore where young Cowdrey
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    "Boom And Bust" Trend In US.
    280 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Mr. Henry A. Wallace said in Washington hat the U.S. is already bound on a "boom mst" economic trend and that the present full cannot be prolonged, .ceded that the post-war goal outlined in his Sixty Million
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    Eire Seeks UNO Membership
    90 7 X, Aug. 4.—Eir e applim :nber>hip in the Ratio s :x coming the fifth since the organisatorn th* Premier, De d is prepared to ms contained in D ited Nations. r .s(d a recent Un- Dail (Irish ParDe Valera said at the J Britain would supBrc
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    32 7 A.P. untitled Aug. 3.—The untitled untitled announced today announced today ur built merchant I r e to foreign governabove 88 million 75. Netherlands. 28 Liberty ships; of them Libertys of them Libertys.
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    World's Fastest Dog Beaten
    122 7 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 4.—Quare T mes, the tvorUrs fastest racing greyhound who has covered 525 yards in 28.82 seconds ioas beaten into fifth place in the Wembley Summer Cup which race was won by the locally-trained, Bah's Choice, in a comparatively poor time of 29.60 seconds.
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    18 Hurt In Election Battle
    240 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—At least 18 people were injured after an election fight in the little Tennessee town of Athens which is said to be in the hands of "GI partisans." The injured belong to the party to I which Gls are opposed. I
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    Newspaper Defends Rickshaws
    137 7 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Aug. 3._80:h Shanghai and Nanking have taken the first I itefS towards implementing the recent Chinese Government decision to I abolish th e rickshaw in all large cities in China within two years. The Nanking plan calls for the disappearance of the last mandrawn vehlcl
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    ASIATIC YOUNG MEN'S UNION
    47 7 At a committee meeting held on July 26, it was decided to revive the activities of the Union forthwith. A re-organ ization committee. Messrs E. Thirunamam, Ismail b. Abdul Majeed, G. Sreenevasan a n d T. Karthigasu appointed to resuscitate th e union.
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    "ROCKLITES' SPORTS"
    67 7 The following have been invited to pla y for the Rocklites' against the Jolly Brothers Football IX at 5.15 at Telok Kurau Ground today. M. Sobrielo. Guan. Ta n Eng Chia. Sam Fook. Chew Eng. A. K. Pillay. Tan Eng Kiat. Chee Kirn Cheng. Ye v Tim. G.
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    HAMMOND SCORES 178 NOT OUT
    163 7 LONDON. Aug. 3.—County cricket close of play scores:— At Canterbury. Hampshire first Innings 229 (Arnold 83. Holt 90, Dove 4 for 55). Kent 141 for 1 (Todd 73 not out>. At Manchester. Yorkshire first innings 180 (Smailes 61. Roberts 5 for 66». Lancashir c first
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    SRC Beaten In KL
    58 7 (By Tribune Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday.— The Sngapore Recreation Club jeas defeated by the Selangor Rangers i by 67 runs in a cricket match played in Kuala Lumpur today. The Rangers first innings realized 151 <Lee Soon Wee 67 > to which the Singapore Recreation Club
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    Singapore Chinese Lose 4 For 1 Run
    398 7  -  ((By Cecil Wong Chinpl te R U lnning ,he toss and send n e the' Singapore Sp« h f'° n °2 nb in ,0 bat on drying wfcket lead rfn S ese Recreation Club secured a 19-run ni ,v ?L.V .1 innings at
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    COUNTY CRICKET LEAGUE
    184 7 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 2—The following is the Country cricket championship standing including matches ended on Aug. 2:— COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE Ist Innings Lead P W L D NR L D Pts. Ycrks 17 13 0 1 a 0 1 160 Lanes 18 12 2 2 2 1
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    21 Chinese Killed In Clash With French
    173 7 SAIGON, Aug. 4.—A semi-official French stafpMSSSiSf Consul declared himselt saSd A French source said the killing followed a clash the day before in which five members of the French Foreign Legion were captured. The next day their mutilated bodies were found and troops
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    Civilians Win By Innings
    619 7 Army Skittled Out Skittling out the Army for only 57 runs (for nine wickets), Singapore Civilians won by an innings and 48 runs, yesterday on the second day of the cricket match which was fixed for three days on the S.C.C. padang. batsmen found runs exceedingly
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    Threatened Life Of Mr. Truman
    84 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. l.—The Secret Service Authorities reported yesterday that an "alleged selfproclamied executioner" was beheld) for Grand Jury action on charges of threatening the life of President Truman. The statement was contained in a report of the Service's activities during the year ending June 30.
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    Jeff Conda Wins again
    125 7 Jeff Conda retained his unbeaten record when he knocked out Bosca Boa of Selangor in the fifth round of the main even of the wrestling at the Great World on Saturday. Bosca Boa was a substitute for Harry Revel. Scoring two clear pins, Chunky Harman. the
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    3 Knockouts In Last Night's Boxing
    105 7 Following are the results of the boxing contests held at the happy World last night. at h Jimmy Bird (1542) knnMrPri ra J^™ y Ha^<162 i tin <°enr e st 01 a 10 x 3 mm. rounds bout nn 5 W t? lch 134
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    Glamorgan 238 vs Indians
    136 7 Swansea, Aug. 3: Learie Constantme, summing up to-day's play said the Indians could Onfy blame themselves for having to endure an awkward 75 minutes at the end of the day. Lamentable catching at a critical stage lost the Indians the great opportunity of skittling Glamorgan for
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    AMICABLE BADMINTON PARTY
    103 7 Ai a general meeting of the Amicable Badminto n Party, the following wer c elected office-bearers for the ensuing year:— Patron: Mr. Yeo Khe e Song; President: Mr. Sim Yong Mok; VicePresidents: Mr. Ng Aik Koon and Mrs. Yeo; Ho n Secretary: Mr. Robert Tan; Hon. Asst.
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    NEW BELGIAN GOVT.
    46 7 Reuter. BRUSSELS. Aug. 2:--Ca:nille Huysmans, veteran Be» B ian socialist, to night announced the formation a new Belgian Government. Replacing Achille van Acker's coalition which resigned last month it incudes socialists, liberals, communists and non-party "technicians It will take the oath to-morrow. —Reuter.
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    Big 'Quake Recorded
    126 8 Reuter. WESTON. Massachusetts. Aug. 4. A first-class earthquake of the greatest intensity in the d rection of the Caribbean Sea, propably north of Virgin islands, ivas recorded here tonight by seismograph a> Weston College, just after 5 56 p.7ti. GMT. From Birmingham, it was reported that an
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    STRIKERS DETERMINED
    86 8 A letter signed oy epresentatives al various bodies of strikers criticises Government policy with egard JO wages, and sugge:ts that if the Gov'nments inflation fears be well f{ unded. it would be equally logical to reduce wages in pursuit of lower t>r.ces. The letter asserts that the life
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    French Convoy Ambushed, Nine-Hour Battle
    303 8 HANOI, Indo-China, Aug. 4. —Vietnamese soldiers reinforced by armed Annamite civilians on Saturday morning ambushed a French supply convoy at Bac Ninh, 20 miles north of Hanoi, and both sides suffered severe casualties in the nine-hour battle which ensued. It was the first major renewal
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    SUSPECTS FREED
    149 8 LUXEMBOURG. Aug. 4—The Grand Ducal Government of Luxembourg has released all but one of the suspected revolutionaries who were rounded up in a sudden swoop en Friday, it was announced today. The man still in detention is Albert Wingert a school teacher who was a prominent resistance leader
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    Pledge To Stalin
    62 8 Reuter. AIOSCOW, Aug. 4:—Two and a half million Russian ailway workers signed a letter to Generalissimo Stalin In which they nomised im fulfil in four years ome of the objectives of the Russian ae-"ear pian or -aliways. The letter was sent on the occasion of -'all union
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    Johnny King In The News Again
    172 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 4.—At loryr last there is news of Johny King, hoi dor of the British bantamweight title. He is «?oing into light training this week in order to see how he shapes after his long lay-off. Kinpr has made very few ring
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    CHINA'S 'PEARL HARBOUR'
    151 8 NANKING. Aug. 4—Likening the Nationalist attack on Yenan while the inter-party peace talks continue to Pearl Harbour, the Communisspokesman held ;hat the American <.\ere partly re ponsible. "During the mission to Yenan. all planes, gasoline, bombs and ammunition were American made and the pilots American trained. If
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    38 8 ANKARA, Aug. 4—The parliamentary group of the Republican Party—majority party in Turkey's National Assembly—has taken a unanimous dec Lion to support the ie-election of Ismet Incunu as President of the Republic when the Assembly meets on Aug. 5.
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    New Commission-General For NEI
    181 8 Reuter. THE" HAGUE. Aug. 4.—A new Commission-General for the Dir.c-h East Indies provided for in the bill just submitted to the Dutch Parliament may discuss wi h the British authorities the raising of ret ric'.iors en Dutch .sovereignty in the Eas. Indies, parts ot which are
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    UNO Assembly: 400 Meetings Expected
    252 8 Reuter. NEW YORK, Auo;. 4.—The General Assembly of the United Nations and its crmmittees will forge through 300 to 403 meet ing i during the second part of its Hrst session will on B^otember 23, an official' "forrcas"' released here delcared. Its estimated session will
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    Govt. Explains Yenan 'Bombing'
    183 8 NANKING Aug 3-—The Commander of ihe Ch.nese Government'air base at Sianfu, capita, of the province of Shensi, sent a bovib.r to Yenan, Chinese Communist centre in Northern Skenei, yesterday to destroy a grounded Chinese Central Government Liberator, a military spokes'25% a forced landing at ago. It
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    Italian Delegation To Paris Conference
    173 8 ROME, Aug. 4.—The It Ulan delegation to the peace conference which is exp cted to arrive in Paris on Thursday will probably be allowed to express its points of view before two special commissions, one of them economic, the Paris correspondent of the Italian News
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    Kumar Of Bhowal Dead
    134 8 CALCUTTA. Aug. 4 —The death occurrcd last night of the Kumar of Bhowal it was reported here. It was only last Tuesday that the judicial committee of the Privy Council delivered judgment in his favour in an appeal in what had become known as the "Funeral
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    ALL-MALAYAN INDIAN CONFERENCE
    204 8 A.P. 'From Our Reporter). Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4.—More than 590 delegates representing several Indian organ sations and associations in ;h? different States of Malaya, on Saturday attended the opening day of the All-Malayan Indian Conference, at he Chettiar's Hall in Sentul. It was lhe lirst t'me in
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    Ceylon Wants World Break With Franco
    97 8 COLOMBO. Aug. ft, —A demand that the United Nationas Security Council should ask all nations to break off diplomatic relations with Franco Spain and recognLe Dr. Girai's Republican Government in oxile was mad? at a public meeting under the auspices of Ceylon's Trade Onion
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    Governor To Tour Military Depots
    58 8 The Governor. Sir Gim:on. accompanied by Gen. L. H. Cox, G.0.C.. Singapore -District, will make a tour of all military depots on the island controlled by 223 Base ordnance Depot, on Wednesday. The Governor will see at first hand the extent of the work done
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    Persian Papers Attack British Troop Movement
    424 8 "WE WILL FIGHT" A.P. TEHERAN, Aug. 4.—Expressing almost ununimoir approval of last night's "no foreign interference communique, the Persian newspapers to-day a t tacked the movement of troops to the Iraqi ppotr t nt Basra to protect British oil interests in South P-r^ia "Daria,"
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    LANDING A SURPRISE
    73 8 Baghdad. Augus: 4.—The Iraq party spokesman said today that they fear the land*ng of Indian troons at Basra will streng hen Britain's position to imolement hor n?w plan for Pal^st'ne. Official reports, however, indicate that the troops will remain at Basra. The landings caused some surprise, although
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    Reds Smuggled Into British Zone
    67 8 BERLIN. Aug. 4.—Communists in the British and Russian zones of Ormany have established tunnel points along ihe zone border through which members are illegally filtered into the British zone, according to German political sources here. A large quantity of propaganda material i also carried into
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    Albania Accepts
    50 8 Reuter. BELGRADE. Aug. 4. Albania j has accepted the United Nations nvitation tc send a representative 'o N-jw Yo-k to explain her a-)pl-eat'on for United Nations meraberbership, it was learned here tod y. General Enver Hodja. Albanian Prime Minister, has entrusted the task toTuk Yakhov. Mlmst?r without Portfolio.—Reuter.
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    "Hartal" On Aug. 9
    81 8 Reuter. BCttTBAY, Aug. 4.—Gandhi ha? advised Indians to observe (voluntary suspension oi en Aug. 9 —the day on wh <h t** years ho and Other Ctm€po leaders were arrested ia following the dccii "quit India" movement Gandhi wrcte in I H jan"' that any observant- o*her
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    24 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 4.- The British Lf»botir Party < headed by Professor H ki, has rrrived in from Moscow today, report the Moscow radio. —P-
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