Malaya Tribune, 9 August 1946

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    36 1 The Malaya Tribune Paper Of The Pe opk Of Malaya Phone Numbers: Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5813 EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE^ AUGUST 9, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune i HIDAY, AUGUST 9. 1946.
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    BREAD FAMINE IN S'PORE BAKERIES STOP WORK
    384 1 Food Prices Skyrocket lo New Dizzy Heights Pr-[ WORM NGAS* ¥}?1?S S AND PEOPLE WtN r WITH. 'EO WORK "BECAUSE fllM WS^^?^"* 1 o be loaf of bread to the marning loaf fof'thSr who de P ende <l on ««ru»eu breakfast left home
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    UNRRA chief plays chess . . .Marshall Tito head of the Vuooslav Government and Mr. Piorello La Guardia Dtne or-General of UNRRA, travelled to Zagreb recent?* n the Marsnals private train, th y whiled away the time playno chess. Picture thews the game im progress.
    44 1 UNRRA chief plays chess Marshall Tito head of the Vuooslav Government an d Mr. Piorello La Guardia Dtne or-General of UNRRA, travelled to Zagreb recent?* n the Marsnals private train, th y whiled away the time playno chess. Picture thews the game im progress.
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    Attorney-General Apologises
    144 1 N Aug. 8. -Th e British ral. S r Hartley Jaj ient a formal J and r traction to Lord pristor of the (Sonday newspaper and influential C nsi nratlve papers Britain *!n conn?-?-;'ubl c speeches h>> b h eharsss with running si i f calumny and Latum
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    Killearn Takes Over SEA Freight Movement Body
    106 1 Lflrt Killearn, the tanir. has taken nt of the South Movement Com-"-c body which was •he vital amotion ng 30 »j t o ,n--possbile use is ~<nd also of regu«*h use is nade SI oort capacity tn ey do not hay- c ■aa
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    Miniature Armoury Discovered
    173 1 miniature armoury consisting of three automatics, -.wo of wh'ch were loaded German p stols. and the third, an unserviceable Browning, with over 100 rounds of 9 mm. ammunition was discovered o n board a saving vessel lying at anchor i n Telok Ayer Basin, las: evening. The
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    World's Biggest Bomber "Dwarfs Super-Fortress"
    94 1 Reuter. FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. B.—The United States Army has announced a successful in tiai flight of the world's largest b:mber here today. Tht plane was d signed and constructed during the war when there was a possibi! ty thai England might be invaded. USAAF
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    No More Atom Test This Year
    75 1 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. Vcej Admiral W. H P. Bandy. ivho directed the aom bomb test at Bikini, has j left for Pcirl Harbour. "The atom bomb exptn- ment i s finished for ;fu> j present," h e said. Admiral Blandy added t that he
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    Desperate Jewish 'Army' on the Move
    188 1 Reuter. reparation for a 4 t R d S« I»..°' C^ S in in forces over immigration to the Solv land necent reports mat the Brit'sh Navy would turn back all illegal srr'pping and unload illegal lmm'rrants mo camps on thi island of Cyprus
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    Immediate withdrawal Demanded
    120 1 British Troops In Basra Reuter. TEHERAN. AUG. B—THr rnnAF* GOVERNMENT SSr DAY REMINDED THE I Withdraw. AL OF BRITISH AND INRill* TROOPS FROM BASRA IN A NOTE TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY HERF iX WAS OFFICIALLY \N. NOl NCED TO-NIGHT. The note which protested against the presence or
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    RAF Bombers Join Palestine blockade
    281 1 Reuter. A Palestine Government Public lapacer toW Reuters today The Palestm, Gcvernment has no information on Uri, subject" when asked about the report that th B Bri-t-sh Government plan, to stop a M further illegal immigration and diJWj further ill,. cal j, r mifrrant ■atpi
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    HOSPITAL ATTENDANTS ON STRIKE
    106 1 About 750 h')sp tai attendan s attached to four Singapore hospiials went on s;r:ke today demanding 150 per cnt increase in waaes. Nurses and dressers arc now doing the work of the strikers. The demands of the strikers include also second class accommodation in hospitals when
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    11 ON MURDER CHARGE
    45 1 A.P. TOKIO. Aug. 8 —SCAP's Legaj Section charged 11 forme r Japanese soldiers wi:h the murder of an estimated 500 noncombatant Filipinos in the Batangas province between February 16, 1945 and named Manila as the site of their joint trial— A.P.
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    LCT Craft On Fire
    94 1 At U. 35 a.m. an LCT craft *»d been sold to a Chniese sapping company broke into flames alongside Clifford Pier. It was found be nzi»e stored on board had •*en ignited Damage cau«. Ed to the boat was not serious. The brigade was summoned to
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    UK TROOPS ARRIVE IN CYPRUS
    135 1 Reuter. NICOSIA, Cyprus, Aug. B.—A British Army battalion arrived in Cyprus today. The first batch of SOO illegal Jewish imm grants diverted from Palestine is expected to reach the island on Monday with 2.000 more to follow during next week. Since no other camps in
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    $56,000 IN FINES LAST MONTH
    44 1 Fines otalling $56,485 were imposed during the month of July on food traffickers in Singapore. During the period, there were 496 prosecutions of which 396 resulted in convictions. All these cases were brought up by the Food Control InsDeclorate.
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    8 KILLED IN CLASH
    42 1 A.P. LONDON. Aug. 8.-The Exchange Telegraph i n a dispatch from Pauri. India, said eight persons, including six police Were killed in a clash between the stare police and public workers in the village 0 f Tehri Garwal.—A.P.
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      116 1 SINGAPORE DIRECTORY CO.J 'Established in 1936» NO. SI, THOMSON ROAD, SINGAPORE We have started the work of compiling the "Singapore Directory" j for 1947. The Firms, institutions,! j the Government and Municipal Offices as well as individuals are kindly requested to send in their j particulars for insertions free oi
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    La Guardia Reviews UNRRA Progress
    390 2 GENEVA, Aug. 7.—The fifth session of the UNRRA. Council got into its stride this morning when Mr. La Guardia, director general of UNRRA, presented his report on UNRRA work during the past few months. The United States future policy towards UNRRA will be explained by
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    TONGKANG IN FLAMES
    75 2 Singapore, Thursday. A motor-tonkang. berthed alone North Boat Quay. broke into flames yesterday morning. On arrival of the fire brigade it was found that the fire was caused by oil igniting in the engine. The flames were eventually extinguished and damage to the tongkang was not serious.
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    MAKING CIVILIANS OF SOLDIERS
    183 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Many a solditr off duty dreams of ihe time rohen he can go back to "t in y s>reet.' And when the time does arrive, he most probably does not knoto what he can do in the mater of a )°bNot so are
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    Attempted Murder Charge
    111 2 (Our Own Reporter"* Penanjr, Wednesday. Alleged to be a member of the gang which had a runnine gun duel with the police at A boo Sittec Lane on June f>. Leo Boon Kai (S0) was nrrseted yesterday and sent to hospital for treatment. Tcday Lie faced four
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    Hotelier Fined $275
    145 2 Pleading guilty to failing tc enter up particulars of persons on the premises and allowing 'he premises to bo used for Immoral purposes, a Chinese notel:er. Ho Wah Chee. was convicted by Magistrate L. C. Goh yes- relay and fined $200 or si> w_■_■ ks' r-t. on
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    Exported Without Permit, Fined
    110 2 Two motor tongkangs were intercepted within an hour by revenue officers near the breakwater in Singapore Harbour on Wednesday j morning. In one 395 tins of ocally manufactured wheat biscuits rere discovered and in the other about 1.000 yards of white drill worth $3,800 were found.
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    EURASIAN TO DIE FOR BETRAYAL
    15 2 (Our Own Reporter) io toe Kempeitai activities of the accused
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    £1,000,000 PRIZE MONEY AT STAKE
    399 2 Rival Ships Make Port London, Aug. B.—Three ships, involved in a mid-Atlantic salvage drama with £1,000,000 seJvage money at stake for the victor in the dispute, arrived in British ports today. Ear'v this morning, the food ship American Farmer which was .abandoned after a collision
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    YMCA Fund: Donations
    149 2 The following donations are acknowledged with many thanks. Dr. Hu Chee Ing $200. "Ex-Inter-nee" $100, B. P. De Silva Ltd. per Mr C. R. Hoole $100, Dr. Lav Peck Hiong $100, Mr. Tan Hock San $100. Ean Asiatic Coy. per Mr. L B. Suratta $100. Babcock Wilcox
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    Another Trade Union Adviser
    156 2 (Our Own Reporter) Penaug, Wednesday. On a visit here to contact the local unions and the Labour Department b Mr. R. Caddick, the third Trade Union Adviser for Malaya. w ho arrived in Kuala Lumpur last month. Whii c stressing the importance of adult education for
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    5 Japs In Daring Gaol Break
    132 2 (Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday In a desperate bid for freedom, five Japanese prisoners of war under death sentence staged a sensational gaolbreak from Pudu Prison this afternoon. Four were shortly after arr> d. three by prison authorities in the vicinity of the
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    Teachers Told To Be Patient
    63 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. B.—The question of a central residential training college for Indian teachers and a better salary scheme are engaping: the attention of the Education Department, said Mr. H. L. Hedge. Asst. Director of Education. Malayan Union, when the PanMalayan Indian Teachers" Federation entertained
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    Robber Speared To Death
    68 2 IPOH. Aug. B.—Four armed robbers, who entered a rubber dealer's shop in Batu Lintang, held up the occupants and decamped with about $2*9 cash, were chased by a band of Malay villagers. One of the robbers tripped while trying to get away and was speared to
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    On EXtortion Charge
    101 2 (Our Own Reporter) Penang, Stopping a car alone An en June 28. the poli„. person of one of the three 7? passengers a threat n•„ :t> *x them to trace th,. identity victim, Lam Chor Seng goods dealer, who ui&\ ceived a letter of threat Cn th
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      571 2 1 NOTICES Holders of Motor Hackney Carriage Drivers' and Conductors' Licences are hereby informed that registration will commence as from Ist. September, 1946 at the Registrar of Vehicles. Middle Road, under Proclamation No. 17, The Road Transport (Singapore) Proclamation and Sec. 285 of the Municipal Ordinance (Chapter 133). W. A.
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    ARMY'S COLOSSAL JOB IN SINGAPORE
    1435 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Tens of thousands of tons of military <n-innii»« comprising over 100,000 different military depots dotted all over Singapore island for the use of the Army in Malay and other oarts of &>uthtt ist Asia. gigantk task of handling these supplies, sorting them
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    Police Value Of Escaped Jap Is $25
    179 3 The reward of $75 has been given io Choio Lam the Cantonese rubber lapper who on July 27 tackled and captured an escaped Japanese Kempetai sergeant major on a rubber estate near Kampas. $50 of the reward money has come from funds of
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    2 Generals In "Belsen Of The East" Trial
    574 3 Conditions m Outran! Road Prison wore appalling and if any place deserves the name of Eastern Belsen it is this place. It was true there was no lethal chamber but this would have been regarded as a happy release from the hourly
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    Pan-Malayan Labour Union Petitions Govt.
    190 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) After attributing the root cause of all strikes t o th e abnormal ris c in the cost of living, the memorandum mentions other causes such as the failure of th e Government to fulfil its promises; certain trade control measures which
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    Officer Caned Boy, Warned
    172 3 After warning L'cut Thol m Reginald Noxon. officer-■r.-charge of ih e mess a* S- irang Barracks, that the use >/ force in order io ex crt a confession teas not permissible in this country. Magistrate v C. Goh acquitted Tay Whatt Jng yesterday of a charg
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    Chinese Swimming Club Dance
    48 3 The Singapore Chinese Swimmirsr Club will hold its Hrst big pre-v.a: social at Ambe r Road tomorrow nig v There will be dancing from 9 p.m including spot dances for which vrize;. will b fc awarded, a malijong dnv< and a table tennis competition.
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    Govt. Assurance To Malacca Leaders
    64 3 Following an appeal to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, by leading citizens of Malacca on the question of constitutional changes in Malaya. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, C.8.E., J.P.. has received an assurance from His Majesty's Government that "all circles concerned will be given
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    29 3 Mr. Attlee was piped aboard untitled Colossus in traditional naval st.-'.c With him were Admiral Sh ..Vi. Cunningham, First Se a Lord, am Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, Co..\-mander-in-Chief. Portsmouth
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    Rice Dumped Into Sea To Prevent Trafficking
    548 3 Rice sweepings of ships engaged in carrying rice bulk are dumped overboard in Singapore on the instructions of the Government. The object of this is to prevent trafficking in rice as it is a controlled commodity. This disclosure was made by Mr. D.
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    Morning Hold-Up In Shop
    215 3 BOW a pns-ser-hy helnnd to trac* a taxi in which two men made off after a robbery in Joo Chiat Place was related in a preliminary inquiry in the Third PoMce Court yesterday*. The accused. Tan Hai alias Tan Tai, was committed to stand trial at
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    37 3 A.P. Lt.-Gen. Spoor added that even when an agreemem with th" unrecognised Indonesian Republic is r?ach3d. "our irobpl I will have to continue to c->*nba; j the chaotic conditions oend n?r the ct a new order.' A.P.
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    A Free Market
    513 4 The rubber production industry struggling along on controlled income and uncontrolled expenditure Mtfts an indication of official ])olicy towards the immediate future of this very important aspect of Malaya's existence. Gloomy forebodings are frequently expressed (at the consuming end) concerning the meagre rewards the industry may expect
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    ISLE MO BRIDGE CAM SPAM
    1325 4  -  An English M. P. comes under the influence of ulster's unfailing charm. By Beverley Baxter.M.P. We set out on an eighty-mile drive across County Down to reach Rostrevor. There w* were io eat at s x o'clock with our candidate and his local leaders, and
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    LABUAN NO LONGER "LA MOURISH"
    463 4  -  by Paul Lee Labuan is Dorothy Lamourish now? Well, the reply tha: seems to D 2, Heaven spare such a nice oirl as Dorothy Lamcur ever being sent to Labuan! I was toid by an R.A.F. officer who returned from Labuan recently that his first
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    brakes "Golden Hind" softs A half scale model Sir Francis Drake's sh p, the uGolden H.nd," seen sa ling in Plymouth Sound, dv ing the 49$tk anniversary Drake's birth, a – Pit,muith. D ion. on July 29. A pc son representing Drake is seen at the extreme l< ft of memb rs of the "Golden Hind's" crew.—A.P. Photo.
    62 4 brakes "Golden Hind" softs A half scale model Sir Francis Drake's sh p, the u Golden H.nd," seen sa ling in Plymouth Sound, dv ing the 49$tk anniversary Drake's birth, a Pi t ,muith. D ion. on July 29. A pc son representing Drake is seen at the extreme l&lt;
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    £91,000 BETTING CASE FAILS
    655 4 At Lhe end of the hearing Mr. Dunns relerred to information boul ihe case which had reaehec i ger "in a curious and. I think, sinister way—a confidential do cumtatal which should not have been tn his possession. "We Save a copy of the information and
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    Sank in 90 Seconds
    61 4 DAR-ES-BALAAIC, Aug. :._it s DOW learned that the steamer Vipva which founaered on Lake Nyasa on July 31 sank within 90 seconds in a heavy gale. All the eight Europeans aboard were lost including the Captain, the chief officer, a customs c«eer and a well-known tea
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    READERS' VIEWPOINTS
    295 4 Electrical Ins/aliauons Daaitig the occupation, nam m\ •aie houses wet,, electric lieht. Electrical wires and other materia* ••••erp very di:icul t t0 obtain. a* lieu or th e usual connections mmm a -cording to the Municipal Sfaefcfeai Regulations, the ir..-actions »vere carried out in a simple way, c
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    Soviet Press Promise
    62 5 I j W, &%W- 7,-All Soy c r s odav in a footrepons on the Peace Conference carters full reports hail* nge* speech by F. Byrnes, United nary of State, in omm tee of -he rence axuzing M. S lei foreign M.n:s- presentation cf met had challenged
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    INDIA'S CASE AGAINST S. AFRICA
    110 5 I. A B—stanc*~8 stanc »1 ttu Commonwealth Dt-partmcn! of the Gov- iut* ch-rided chat :..&gt; ..il delegation liKiia s CAM agumst befoi t the United Nai on Sept 23 wan African IniWnn is ue us iiyt'iiUa. itet wl.jtti em ists of r tx&gt;m hoHMi of
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    £1,000,000 CONTACT
    74 5 £1, 000,000 CONTACT I. 7. —Nawab Mir the Hyderabad 1 issi In, announced j a £1,090,600 contract mi d In India between rahad Construct'.o.i .nd he Lancashire j d Company. ign II unl k.ly that the ;.d be ready to be Eng and for some have already ith English Elecal
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    More Dutch troops for the NEI
    38 5 8 V AU3 3.— L'.-Gei. mander of rtv ite Netherlands oress roda* I [on of Duteb shortly join th' E_ -iivariy in th* p v d that they wouic Brit sh troens
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    Italian Cars Out To Regain Pre-War Position
    340 5 Reuter. ™roslffoN^S«roNG E their pre PRODI CERS AMUNG tl ROFES FOREMOST Fulfilment of the Ttni gramme is largely deoend-j Car Drodu ct'on prora»terlal and loai U up3n lm^orts of ™w tvr.. 1 &gt; i xie tyr e and inner iub.&gt; si v aiion
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    26 5 BEYROUTH. LEBANON. Aug. 3. —An unknown person last night tnrew an explosive charge outside the pharmacy school of an American university here. No damage was caused.
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    39 5 Reuter. The escape plot followed the writing of, ier.d us home" slogan on the prisoners' hut. The woman has been dismissed ir m her employment because Brit.sh workers at the depots are not allowed to fraternise with German prisoner.;.—Reuter.
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    Million-To-One Escape
    149 5 Reuter. DARWIN. Aug. 8.-A 12-year-old Javanese boy. stowed away in the nacelle cavity which takes the retractable undercarriage of a Dutch Dakota aircraft at Koepang Aerodrome last night. He arrived unconscious at Darwin three hours later, suffering from severe burns, shock and exposure. His presence was not discovered
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    Justice Jackson sums up........ Mr. Robjrt Jatksoti. chief U.S. prosecutor seen dining his '23,000-iiora summing-up of the American case. iv the tight-month war crimes tr al a: Nuremberg. Jus-ice Jackson declared that Hitler's guilt is the guilt of fhe whole dock, and etM rg mun in it.—
    52 5 Justice Jackson sums up........ Mr. Robjrt Jatksoti. chief U.S. prosecutor seen dining his '23,000-iiora summing-up of the American case. i v the tight-month war crimes tr al a: Nuremberg. Jus-ice Jackson declared that Hitler's guilt is th e guilt of fh e whole dock, and etM rg mun in it.
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    German PoW Escape Organisation Smashed
    167 5 „™i UUaKe Berkshire Aug. B.—An underground escape organisation among 500 German prisoners of war in a camp at Grcne near Wantage, discovered through the friendship of one pu&gt;oner with a married woman living in a nearby village, has been smashed by Royal Air Force Security
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    Arabs Mobilise Opposition
    93 5 Reuter. JERUSALEM. Aug. 8—Arabs are mobilising all their diplomatic and political endeavours to defeat the Anglo-United States plan for a Palestine Federation, Ahmed Shukeiri. Director of the Arab Office in Jerusalem. told the prc»oS tcJOav. "Should our endeavours fail, the .nitiati\e for action will be taken by
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    23 5 Reuter. The search fa continuing for tnose responsible for the bombing oi the British Consulate and the united States Legation here last Sunday.—Reuter.
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    Aircraft Carrier On Loan
    46 5 LONDON. Aug. 8 The Rova! Navy's 17.200-ton aircraft-carrier. H.M.S. Colossus has been offically tended over to the French milita».v authorities to wbom she has bee loaned for five years The ceremony was performed on behalf of the Government ov &gt;M Prime Minister.
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    Why Truman Is Delaying His Verdict
    377 5 Reuter. London. Aug. 8. President Truman's delay in defining the United States attitude to tha fedtral scheme for Pales ine is bel eyed by a number of rJ abl? observers in London to be due to his w'sh to avoid prejudicing prospects of further
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    DEEP-SEA DIVER FINDS JAP SUB
    228 5 I LONG BEACH. California. Aug. j 7.—A deepsea diver. Tonga Staini l&gt;rook. says thero is a Japanese I submarine on the floor of the Pacij fie about one mile off the southern ccast. He says he has explored it and now wants to raise it.
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    Atom Heat May Last A Year
    182 5 Aboard U.S.S. McKinley at Bik.ni. Aug. 7 .—Vice-Admiral W. H. P. Blandy today estimated that ships in the lagoon, which were sprayed with radioactive poisoning of the underwater atomic bomb, might remain untenably hot for a year if nothing was done to decontaminate them.
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    Jews Tricked Into Poison Chamber
    272 5 A.P. NUREMBERG, All* 8.-A former SS judge Dr Konrad on Wednesday told the Nuremberg Aar Crimes Tribunal a fantastic of how 5,000 Jews employed at the Lublin extermination camp J 3 L° mard3r 0 her Jews on promises of freedom and a share cf .the
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    Hitler Train Sends Back Hungarian Gold
    158 5 BUDAPEST, Aug. 7.—Adolf Hitler's former private train steamed yesterday Into Budapest with $35,000,600 in gold— the entire captured funds of Hungary's new financial structure. Twenty-two tons of gold bullion and coins were brought from Frankfurt, Germany, under heavy guard and military secrecy, marking ihe
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    1,700 Jews Released: "Frat" Ban Now Lifted
    208 5 A.P. Aug 8,-The m ilitary authorities have rescinded the order bannm* British troops fron .Wish nfehl clubs restaurants and other places of wterTainment. The release of 1,700 Jews taken into custody by the British on July 29 in their round-up of suspected extremists
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    SOVIET SHIP AT COLOMBO
    50 5 A.P. Colombo, August B.— After a lapse of 10 years, a Soviet-Owned ship entered Colombo harbour on Wednesday. She is the 3,900-ton Michurin. manned by an entirely Russian crew and bound for Odessa with a cargo of rubber, plumbago (graphite) c nnamon and tea from Ceylcn.—A.P.
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    Warship Skipper Executed
    84 5 NANKING. Aug. 7.-The newspaper Wen Hui Pao today reported that a Chinese captain, Tah Chi-ung-ehou. of a warship which wag one of eight presented to China by the U.S. as the nucleus of a modern navy, was executed on Aug. 6 for "corrupt practice". The captains of
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    86 5 A.P. GENEVA. Aug. 7.—Anders Frihagen Of Norway was elected chairman of the fifth session of the UNRRA. Director General La Guardia turned ih c session chairmanship over to the Norwegian at the second plenary meeting after Frihagen and three vice-chairman without opposition ft'ere chosen. The first vice-president
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    INDIANS FACE BIG TASK TODAY
    417 7 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM Aug 8 With t T^tr,^** seven wickets to fan f*«% Ah Indla 247 behind and their decision tn i re As a consequence of atKto^M rtair they found themselves day. and when ?Lrivent a allv°b«tfeH th PUch y eSter under a hot sun
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    Derby All Out For 40
    262 7 LONDON. Aug. B—County crickei championship games as w as India's match against Warwickshire were affected by today and there was bar in hours play in the versus Leicestershire r heless. two games d today, brilliant n the part of Glamorgan and Gloucestershire earning wins inside
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    World Swimming Championships
    68 7 c Tiit French S'.vvusaid on Wednesday Citj of Pari&gt;" meeting in -t 31 and September I, 'a writaole world L ---y:oTi&gt;r.ip. W be entries from BnSutes, France. S*e- mar* and Holland. L that Bill Smit h *ho rict.ii 100 metre free ship a t s an Diego
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    Moscow Broadcasts Byrnes' Speech
    43 7 Reuter. MDON Aug. B.—Moscow s nome service this jommg broadcast the text of James Byrnes' speech at ■ym-e Conference. h^y. UmS Secretary 0 f State Wenged Mr. Molotov to t speech was given cu y in the Russian press.
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    Bumper Rice Crop
    64 7 TOKIO. Aug. 7.-The newspaper Yomiuri has completed a survey of Japan's agriculture and predicted a bumper rice crop, totalling nearly 285,000,000 bushels. The Asahi a few days ago predicted the harvest would be 10,000,000 bushels less, but still unusually big. The Yomiuri said the major danger now
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    Truman's Verdict Soon
    59 7 A.P. LONDON. Aug. 7.—A Foreig.i Office spokesman said on Tuesda.that Britain anticipates Presi l?nt Truman's reply on a proposed Ang" jAmerican plan for partition t\r Palestine -very shortly. So far, he said, there has been no communication from Truman, aci' 1 that he did not know whether
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    COLONEL FOUND SHOT
    229 7 Reut er. Wolverhampton. Aug. s Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Victor Davidson. 61-year-old DSO Miown to tens of thousands of British and Allied soldten as tne former olftcer commanding troops in the liner Queen Mary was found shot dead yesierd'y "vert S i ma w V 0"! in wnich h
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    U.S. "SHOULD STAY" IN CHINA
    267 7 A.P. an eSf ?aL°7h^ U f h 8: TT The Washington Post in in Sh U d to steaasaaswa sss? states aH The Post said. Nothing could be mor c disastrous"' to United Statm security than the withdrawal of US Marines. The Post concluded: On
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    412 Killed In Road Accidents
    179 7 LONDON. Aug. 7:-412 persons were killed and 13.420 injured in road accidents ta Great Britain during June, states the Ministry of Transport. There were seven more deaths man in May, and 17 more than June tost year. Among the killed were -06 adult pedestrains, 70
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    Jute Stocks For Sale
    78 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—The United Stetes Government, in a one-d-y countrywide advertising campaign On Wednesday announced that it was offering for sale the remainder of its stockpile of jute, mostly of Indian origin. The Government Corporation, which :s disposing wartime surpluses, offered 97,175 bales—the equivalent of
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    REDS CONTROL DAIREN
    34 7 NANKING. Aug. 7.— The Centra) Daily News said today the Russians still control Dairen, and this is the reason why Japanese repatria* tion from Manchuria has been sucb a slow process.
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    Oriental Rugs In Great Demand
    170 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Aug. 7— Demand for oriental rugs in the U.S.A. is proving stronger than expected and a substantial turnover is being dene, according to Mr. Hilton B. j Hodges, President of the newlyformed Oriental Rug Institute, writI ing in the Journal of Commerce.
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    SWOOP ON PENANG BLACK MARKETEERS
    131 7 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, Wednesday. The Police, the Food Control, and the Health Departments made their first co-ordinated drive on the black market this morning when they swooped on "blackmarket lane" at dawn, clearing all unlicensed stalls by the side of Penang Bazaar. All the-
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    Gloucester's Team Against India
    157 7 CHELTENHAM. Aug. 7:—Gloucestershire will place their strongest team in the field against India in the match opening at Cheltenham on Saturday. The team is W. R. Hammond (captain). G.A.O. Allen, T. W. Goddard. C. J. Barnett. W. L. Neale. A. E. Wilson. J. Crapp! G. M.
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    MYSTERY "BOMBS" OVER SWEDEN
    315 7 Reuter. „JJ5 KHOLM A «g- One of the mystery 2£S£t?£!T&! Ye r Sweden in recent weeks was k2£l s*M by L,eut Lennart Nackman of the Air Defence Department of the Defence Staff lie reports that the bomb looker) hita a a™ koii with a clear yellow
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    French request To America
    80 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—The French Government has asked United States "to use its good offices" to get Siam to submit its border dispute to th e United Nations World Court rather than the Security Council of the United Nat ons, a State Department spokesman said last
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    Wardha Now Scene Of Vital Talks
    163 7 Reuter. WARDHA. Central Provinces, India, Aug. B.—The little central Indian town of Wardha where for years past Gandhi and his followers have lived in austerity in their own secluded colony is today the scene of one of the most momentous political meetings in India's
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    Must Think Of An India Undivided
    248 7 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. The Times I urges the Indian Congress Party to j think in terms of an "undivided Inaia" and to redress earlier errors of judgment of some of its individual members. "The newly appointed Working Committee of the Indian Congress Party", it
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    ORANGES TOO DEAR
    65 7 Because he overcharged for oranges, Tan Ah Ko was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment, and in addition fined $100, in default a month's rigorous imprisonment for failing to display a price list, by Second District Judge Tan Thoon Lip, yesterday. Accused, who pleaded guilty to both
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    Congressman Cables To Mr. Attlee
    196 7 HEW YORK. Aug. 7.-The leading nro-Zionist Congressman. EmaI nuel Collor today cabled the British j Premier. Mr. Clement Attlee. asking I him to allow 1 500 Jews at present in ship off the coast of Palestine ito land. j Mr. Celler's action was prompted ,by
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    GREEK TRADE UNIONS
    118 7 Reuter. ATHENS. Aug. 7.—The Greek Government intends to replace all Trade Unions administrations now declared illegal but will do so "only very gradually because of the commotion caused abroad by the replacement of the General Confederation Labour Executive," Andreas Stratos, Greek Minister of Labour said here tonight.
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    DAILY-PAID COOLIES WANT MORE PAY
    190 7 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, Thursday. The 4.000 daily-paid labourers of the Penang Municipal and Government Labour Unions are understood to have set a two-weeks'ttiem c limit for the final decision on their 15--point petition submitted recently. The comment that they couldn't bea r any longer
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    Largest Vote In Siamese History
    203 7 BANGKOK, Aug. 7:—First returns from Monday's by-election showed the largest vote in Siamese history *oday, with the anti-government L«emocratie Party running neck and neck with the pro-government coalition of the Constitutional Front and Co-Operative Party in Bangkok. Returns from out-country, which continue to come in
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    CHEATED FRIEND
    125 7 Convicted on a charae of cheating a compatriot of $35 a Chinese. H 0 Hock Seng, was V r e at K a l rderea 0y hJh 7' M Byrne t0 0e remanded for one week S o that a check can b e made on accused's record.
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    COLONIALS VS HQ SINGAPORE
    60 7 The following will pl ay cric ket for the r olonials in a match against the HQ Singapore District at Fort Canning on Sunday August 11- A E Delikan, W. Ratnayake, C. Collins R MacHeyzer, L. C. Delikan' Fernando. D. R. Miller, L S Nathanielsz. Albert,
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    THE NEXT WAR—AS BRITAIN SEES IT
    349 8 Reuter. LONDON, AUG. B:—THE ATOMIC BOMB AS WELL AS OTHER LESSONS OF TH* L AST WAR ARE RE \D BY THE BRITISH AS POINTING TO THE NEXT WAR BEING CONTINENTAL IN SCALE, AND THE EMPIRE NATURALLY ASSUMES SUPREME IMPORTANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THIS.
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    185 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Ang. 8 N\, nt* departure in policy is seen m th c Central Ea;-K ot China new order to trie effect that v&gt;o foreign currency will b e allowed for payment oi goods anc services in China, including rent&gt; fees. itisura:ic e premiums etc.,
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    Indian Medical Mission Leaves Malaya
    133 8 A.P. SINGAPORE. Aug. 8.--Nine physicians and three medical assistant* of the Tndian National Congress Medical Mission left M a lay a for India when th e S.S. Talma -ailed from P.&gt;n Swettenham. Their departure brought an end to three and one-half months iti which the
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    CHINA SITUATION "VERY SERIOUS"
    609 8 CHOU EN-LAI ADVOCATES UNCONDITIONAL TRUCE Reuter. NANKING, AUG. B—GENERAL CHOU EN-LAI. IN ANOTHER PUBLIC STATEMENT FOLLOWING HIS RECENT TALKS WITH GENERAL GEORGE C. WARSHALL AND DR. LEIGHTON STUART, NOW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, SAID TO-DAY: THE SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS. IF THE CIVIL WAR CANNOT BE
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    Nurses Strike
    81 8 A.P. SHANG H A I. Aug. 7.—A majority of Chinese nurses of Shanghai's prominent country hospital walked out in strike for higher wages leav ng unattended, parens including newly born babies. Hospital authorities hastily rceruileu &gt; mergency fore gn help, largely private nurses. Pa iint,; iJiJuJe Generalissimo CMonj
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    U.S. Exports
    89 8 WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—Exports from tha United States in 1946 are expected to be nearly double the Imports, according to a siatemmt by the Commerce Secretary. Mr. Henry Wallace. Mr Wallace said he anticipated tha; exports would total bitreen $10,000,000,000 and $10.--5j0.G00.000 and imp, rta .sligh ly over $5,000,000
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    Russia Speeds Up Reparations Deliveries
    93 8 A.P. SCHWEINFURT, Germany. I Aug. B.—German industrial j plants in the American occupa- tion zone are be ng rapidly dis- mantled for delivery to Russia a« advance payments on reparai tions. United States reparations offi- cers have dismantled 60 per cent I of the 145
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    26 Killed In Jap Typhoon
    88 8 A.P. TOKIO. Aug. B.—Belated reports raised the death toll to 26 in a typhoon which hit Japan last week and caused damage exceeding the preliminary estima.es of the Home M.nistry. Over 700 acres of riceland were denuded and the crop destroy:d and several thousand acres
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    LONDON GAS SUPPLY THREATENED
    238 8 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 7 —The strike in defiance of Union advice by 2.000 maintenance engineers at all the Gaslight and Coke Company's 11 gasworks in London threaten gas supplies for the next week. The men are electricians, fitters, and boiler mak I ers employed a B.vkton.
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    Chiang Holds Eight Jobs
    160 8 A.P. NANKING —China's strong man j -Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek-holds eight concurrent jobs in the government of China, plus many j more as honorary or active pre:i--j vent of military and political trainI ing schools. 5 An outline of the Chinese government just published by the international
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    44 8 A.P. TOKIO. Aug. 9 —The Japane c Government said army and i i&lt;t vy losses during eight years of warfare In China. Manchuria and the Pacific totalled 1.174.476 killed. Japanese army dead were placed at 777.076 and navy killed 397 400 A.P.
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    74 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8:-Official sources in Washington tonight described as "untrue" a press conference statement by Peter H. Bergson Chairman of the "Hebrew Commit tee of National Liberation," that the British Administration in Palestine had mined territorial waters around Palestine and that merchant and other fhips were being
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    1741 8 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. B^—The Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, took the Paris conferenc2 completely by surpris3 to-tiay by announcing that the Soviet delegation did not agree with the rules committee recommendation in favour of a simple majority for recommendations from the conference io rhe Big
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    Reg. Whitcombe Leads £1,500 Golf Tourney
    142 8 Reuter. SLOUGH. Buckir.gr... Aug. B.—What may be terir.fi the second half of -he pr I sional golfers season began Stcke Poges course today aH the first of four rounds in the "Lotus" £1.500 tournamtr. I the end of :he day's play R IT Kerne
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