Malaya Tribune, 27 March 1947

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    51 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE W THE PEOPLE THE ONLY NATIONAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Now printed simultaneously in SingaporeKuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone Numbers: Editor 5813 Editorial 5811 Advertising 5812 Circulation Accounts 5815 ,,Ml. I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1947 PRICE TEN CENTS. The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY. MARCH 27,
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    ALL R.A.F., 100,000 TROOPS STAND-BY IN PALESTINE
    269 1 JEW TERRORISTS THREATEN MORE REPRISALS Reuter U.P. Jc!csalem, Mar. 27—A1l RAr' men and 100.000 British in Palestine were ,jiy- v standby orders and i/itse off duty were confined tr, barracks l&s* nigfct almost iimediately after the news of the Privy Council's rejection ct
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    'BIG 4' BREAK RECORDS
    60 1 Reuter. MOSCOW. Mar. 26.—The Council cf Foreign Minister.; broke up at 8.40 p.m. local time tonight after a session iast*r.g four-and-th re:-quarter hours, whicn broke all records; for the conterence .>o tar. The Ministers made little progress today. They referred several matt rs back to the
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    British Destroyer Rescues Jap Vessel
    62 1 U.P. KURE, Mar. 26.-The British Headquarters here announced that the d stroyer. HMS Comei had rescued the disabled Kohu'n Maru. after the stricken vessel had radioed an SOS while in the i Japan Sea, 1 The Comet had just arrived from Tsingtao, China, wh!n the
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    ATOM BABIES
    50 1 U.P. TOKYO, Mar. 26 Occupation Health officials fla ly den ed a Washington report that abncrmali ies and malformaj t 4 ons were occurring among *> ldren recently born to victims of atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki One h'gh offlc al said "it simnlv is no- so".
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    MASSACRE TRIAL: TODAY'S HEARING
    124 1 I Hi unatsu, wa mi: morning in ..1 .s a.-iv ITiul by tid t:_. actual serf rung at 1 anion* Pasur *a.-> rtrrti ll and influential citizens uftit, and tlnaliy culJinnetl uy the NLUs. He; tid the Japanese army did not relea; convicts They were i
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    7 Killed In New Calcutta Riot
    110 1 U.P. CALCUTTA, Mar 26 A riot II by rumoured stabtar mgh Calcutta's iwn streets today and ibsided as quickly a* it ng the deserted >u*ewn with missiles and and Hindus. Jfoe riot si ted in a northern morning over a that i Muslim had
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    CUNNING AS A...
    37 1 U.P. Mar 26—Eleve i to the Heyth- in full cry on the i v when one j y ran into a fwitfd n ce w alld Wore elec_ I p p fos escaped j
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    Ambassador Cites Consul As Co-respondent
    69 1 U.P. LONDON, Mar. 26—Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, the British Ambassador-designate to Brazil and former envoy to Poland, today asked for the dissolution of his marriage to Mrs. Clothilde CavendishBentinck an American, in a divorce court here. In a counter-suit Mrs. Bentinck sought ijudicial separation. Both suits charged
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    Anglican Priest Fined Lived In Negro Location
    120 1 Reuter. Johannesburg. March 28—The Reverend Michael Scott, an Anglican priest, was fin d $20. with the option of serving 14 days imprisonment here, on a charge of living in Orlando, a Negro location without permission. The optional sentence of imprsonment wa? suspend-d for
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    18 1 HANOI, Mar. 26—Six hundred Trench reinforcements arrived ii Hanoi today aboard tic former luxury liner He de France.
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    IN A FEW LINES.... CHINA TO untitled HUGE LOAN
    63 1 U.P. NANKING. Mar. 26. Tne Supreme National Defence Council Standing Committee and the Kuominiang Central Executive Committer, in a joint meeting today, passed a resolution calling tor the is>uance ol US$3OO. 000.000 for short-term threeyear debenture* bearing two per cent. annual
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    JAP REPARATIONS FOR CHINA
    45 1 U.P. NANKING. Mar. 26.—Chinese personnel dispatched to Japan to negotiate the transportation of the first reparation to Chin.i are expected to depart month. Tte group will include representatives ol the Ministry of Foreign Affair- National defence. Economics. Finance and Communications U.P
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    18 YEARS' MIL FOR 18-YR GIRL.
    48 1 Reuter. Ba avia.—A Republican court mart al stiing at Garoet. West Java, has sen enced an 18-year-old Indones'an girl to 18 years' imprisonment af er she haa been fourd gu hy of hay ng disclosed information about Indonesian mil ary positions. Reu'er.
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    U.S. PUBLISHER DIES
    32 1 U.P. Lyme, Connecticut. Mar. 25. Died here today Fred Allan Walker. 80. former publ sher of <be "New York Telegram,' the "New York Sun" and 'he "Washngion Pest."—U P.
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    BORMANN AGAIN
    36 1 BERLIN. Mar. 26.—Dena. the American-licensed German News Agency, reported today that an Am rican mil'tary government spokesman said that the American authorities were investigating new reports that Martin Bormann, Hitlers deputy, was in Spain—U.S.
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    401-LB BOY DIES
    21 1 U.P. ROME. Mar. 26—A 15-year-old boy. Walter Vandelli. who weighed 401-lb. died la«,t night of glandular malfunction.— U.P.
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    WHALE CATCH
    32 1 U.S. U.P. LONDON. Mar. 26—The United Whalers announced today that the factory ship Ballaena in the Antarctic has taken 166,450 barr:ls of whale and sperm oil through March 23— U.P.
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    New Nazi Scheme Smashed
    88 1 Reuter. FRANKFURT, Mar. 26. Another attempt to form a Nazi underground group has been smashed the United States Army headquarters here announced today. Four nng-leaders, iormeri> high officers of the S A. Brownshin Storm troopers, have Often rounded up tne announcement added The lour, now scheduled
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    INQUIRY INTO YORK CRASH
    105 1 Reuter. NEGOMBO. Colombo, Mar. 26An inquiry into the crash of the Slngapore-bjund RAF. York aircraft on Mar. 19 when 11 peopl? were killed started h« j re at the Magistrates Court today The plane developed engine trouble soon after taking off from Nogombo and crashed two
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    They Were Tying Up Lorry Driver
    71 1 Three Chinese, tying up a lorry driver in Bartiey Road yesterday, took fright and ran away when they saw a British soldier approaching. The soldier released the driver and when the police arrived on the scene later they arrested one man. ASP Johnson of
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    CRITICISED BIDAULT—SUSPENDED
    28 1 CRITICISED BIDAULT —SUSPENDED U.P. BERLIN, Mar. 26.—The Soviet authorities suspended the Rus-sian-licensed newspaper. Mittag. today for a critical frontpage editorial against the French Foreign Minister. Georges Bidault. —U.P.
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    WARS CAN START 'STUPIDLY'-IKE
    136 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mar. 26. General Dwight Eisenhower, United States Army Chief of Staff, said that in his opinion there was "no immediate danger of deliberaely provoked war" but warned that "because all wars are stupid they can start stupidly." He told a national press conference that
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    Colour Bar In British Boxing To Go—Official
    244 1 Colour Bar In British Boxing To Go —Official Reuter. London, Mar. 26.—The British Colonial Secretary Mr Creech-Jones stated in Parliament today that he regarded the colour bar in British championship boxing as quite unjustified, and he would make further representations to the British Boxing Board of Control to abolish it.
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    COAL PANTIES TO KEEP WARM
    118 1 LONDON, Mar. 26.—Britisn industry, making every effort to avoid a repetition next y£ar of widespread suffering in fuelless homes and offices, believed today that it had developed the warmest panties in the history of lingerie. They are made from a new fabric called Terylene, wn!ch
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    STC Inquiry: 'Squeeze' And 'Corruption' Defined
    555 2 At the continued inquiry into the Traction Company dispute before Mr. Justice Jobling yesterday, counsel for the company. Mr. J. Laycock. suomitted that the company was prepared to make alterations in Bedford bus windscreens to eliminate excessive heat in drivers' seats. Elimination of heat
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    Revelations
    436 4 For China, if for no other country, the Three Power j agreements reached at Te- heran, Yalta and Potsdam J are not quite dead mutton. Publication of these agreements has confirmed the suspicion that the bribe which brought Russia Into the Far Eastern war was s j promise to
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    WE MUST HELP, AND THE GOVT. MUST ACT
    865 4  -  By Lim Keng Hor Nearly two months a?o, the Singapore Association levelled very serious charges against th 3 local authorities. It accused the Ac* ministration cf inability to maintain peace aiwf order with being inept and on the verge of collapse. At
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    The Problems Of Atomic Energy
    938 4 Nuclear physicists, concentrating heavily on the atom's civilian potentialities, have bee.i working on a shortcut to the earliest possible harnessing of atomic power for cities and industry. Theoretically it would be Teasible to develop the popular conception of the use of atomic energy—a tiny pellet
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    U.S. China Trade Experiment
    230 4 HONGKONG. A ChineseAm: ri can barter trade experiment which the Export Import Bank is "watching with interest" as a possible method ot getting China back on its economic feet will soon be instituted in Kwangtung and provinces. The plan visualizes the export from South China of
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    Polar Oasis
    163 4 SYDNEY.—Volcanic heat may be causing the Polar "oasis" discovered by Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition, said Robert. N. Davis, a scientist member oi the expedition. He brought with bin samples of water from lake s in the "oasis" when he arrived in Sydney. An analysis of this water supported
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    Nations Bid For Nazi Ex-Slave Labour
    496 4 Reuter. HERFORD (Germany).—Cover nment delegations from all parts of Europe and America artarriving in the British Zone of Germany to tap the skilled labour lying idle in Displaced Persons camps. Nearly two year> after the end of the European war, Britain. France and a
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    NINE ESCAPE IN DARING CELL-BREAK
    291 5 i From Oar Ow n Reporter.) Mar. 26.—A sensational cell break is reported police station in Simpang Ampat in the trtct, In trie early hours of this morning jjinese, all desperate characters, made a h:d for freedom after overpowering their S A statewide search has
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    N.Z. TIDAL WAVE
    62 5 Reuter and A.P. NEW ZEALAND. Mar. 26Bridges and buildings in Gisborne, on the east co.tst of New Zealand's North Island, were wrecked this morning when huge tidal waves, caused by an undersea earthquake, rolled into Poverty Bay. The first wave crashed on the shore about half an
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    34 5 Clerk since 1910 to the Blackheath Licensing S'ess:'on>. Mr. J. W. Alton Batchelor. of Shooters Hill-road. Blackheath, is retiring. His father was Clerk from 1869; his nephew, M*. L. J. F. Batchelor, takes over.
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    Mountbatten wants talk with Gandhi, Jinnah
    47 5 Reuter. N DELHI, Mar. 26.-AD-M!K\I LORD MOUNTBATjy\ in-fit s ne* Viceroy, has invl ie<! Mahatma Gandhi and il htflie iU> J'"«*h leader I ttl< lluslkn League, to pdki t i l,ks Mal,!l,m,i (oWhi is c •'•<• led arrive ,t the <» 'nd Reuter.
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    Police May Take Over Coaches
    123 5 PiV€ coaches Singapore-Malac-i mpanj might be lice custody if the roller of Road ..'iitjons such an n arises out of a litigation brought r of the Comiliaa Chiang Chiproduccd in the Districi C Ml before Mr. E. 'A. D a charge of theft of aging
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    New CJA Protest On Constitution
    312 5 (From Our Own Correspondents) KuUa Lumpur, Mar. 26. —The imposition of a new ititution on Malaya without taking into consideration views ol the Pan Malayan Council of Joint Action and itera (United Peoples' Front) and without giving sufficient tim< to these organizations to clarify their
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    FLOODS CAUSE WATER SHORTAGE
    166 5 As an area of Britain 130 miles from north to south and 100 miles wide had normal life disrupted by floods caused when rivers wore swollen by melted snow and heavy rains, a million people living in east London districts and the western borders of Essex
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    INDONESIA TO IMPROVE MALAYA RELATIONS
    177 5 Reuter. BATAVIA, Mar. 26. One of the first moves to be undertaken by the newly-recognised de facto Indonesian Republic will be to improve relations with Malaya ■and Australia. Premier Sjahrir Raid to-day i that he intended shortly sum- moning Mr. C. H. Campbell. Ini dOEfc&ian
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    DUTCH DAK MISSING
    69 5 Reuter. Brisbane, Mar. 26—A Dutch Naval Dakota, carrying seven Dutch personnel, wa s reported today to be missing between Long Reach <Central Queensland) and Darwin, on Australia's north coast. Dutch sources said the plane left Long Reach yesterday and there are fears that it may have crashed
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    CO-OPERATION AMONG ASIAN COUNTRIES
    128 5 Reuter. New Delhi. Mar. 26.—A serious study of problems common to 30 Asiatic countries is today engaging the attention of 200 delegate, attending the Inter-Asian Relations Conference hereThere was a general agreement that closest economic cooperation among Asian countries be maintained compatible to national sovereignty. Pandit
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    Atom Bomb Spells End Of Dreadnought
    115 5 Reuter. London. Mar- 26.—The atom bomb has spelt the end oi sup- j r dreadnought battleships, tne Admiral o£ the Fleet, Lord Chatfleld, former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff and for the first years of the war. Minis ter for
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    56 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 26.-President Truman has accepted the resignation of Arthur Bliss Lane. United Stages Ambassador to Poland. White House authorities published the ex- change of letters In which Mr. Lane expressed his desire to 1 become a private citizen so that he might speak and Writ* j openly regarding
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    TRAVESTY OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES
    283 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mar. 26—Bitteriy criticising tne constitutional proposals, Dr Lee Tiang Keng, President ul the Straits Chinese British Association, Penang speaking at today's annual general meeting of the Association, described the proposals as "a travesty cf Democratic principles seeking to perpetuate or revive
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    40 5 The detailed results of the Cambridge School Certificate Examinations held in December. 1946. are being sent by air mail from Cambridge and should arrive very shortly. All results will.be made available at local Education Offices as *oon as they arrive.
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    SOVIET IS BERLIN'S BIGGEST PROPERTY OWNER
    190 5 Reuter. BERLIN, Mar. 25.—A study of the real estate registry here disclosed today that the Soviet Unicn, through its manifold subsidiaries, has become the largest single property owner in Berlin, states the Chicago Tribune Correspondent, John Thompson. Using German markets, which cost them nothing,
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    SIR E. GENT'S ADVICE TO CEYLONESE IN MALAYA
    487 5 KUALA LUMPUR.—The need for unity and patience on the part of the people of Malaya was stressed by Sir Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan Union, in fr's speech at a tea party given by the All-Malayan Ceylm Associations' Federation. tir Edward
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    "Disturbing" Political Trends In Japan
    102 5 Reuter. Canberra, Mar. 26,—Warning that there were most disturb- ing" political trends in Japan was given in the Commonwealth House of Representatives today by Dr. Herbert Evatt. Mm ster for External Affairs. Winding up a foreign affairs debate, he said: "We are not convinced that
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    MERCY TRIPS END
    51 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Mar. 26.- The largest reliel airdrop ever undertaken in the Far East- nearly 1.000.C00 lbs of UNRRA clothing and medicine were dropped in bundles by Unitea States Marine planes In tne North China Communist border region ends today with the last successful 94th mercy trip.
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    UNRRA Ship Strikes Mine
    72 5 Reuter. 1 BELGRADE, Mar. 25— The UNRRA ship "Saint Lawrence Victory", carry- ing 6.500 tons of potatoes 2 from the United States for I the- relief of starvation m areas in Basnia, struck a mine within sight of the i Dalmatian coast today. The vessel was
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    PATNA POLICE FORCE IS DISARMED
    164 5 Reuter. Patna, B har Province, Mar. 26. —The entire police foroe of Patna town were disarmed and the reserve police force confined to barracks today after an incident last night when Gurkha troops wtre called to break up a meeting of a section of policemen
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    BIG JUMP IN DRINK DUTIES
    99 5 Duties on imported "haru rinks, recently increased 10C per cent, are increased a furthei 25 per cent from today. Certain biandies and wine ol iLinpUe origin will .tnieto benefit from a relatively lower duly, but the increase in this case is also 25 per cent.
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    CASUALTIES IN YORK CRASH IN CEYLON
    89 5 Raipro. I An Air Ministry Communique I issued on March 20, 1947, lists j the following persons as fatal I casualties in the York crash at N.'gombo, Ceylon: Crew: F/Lt. S. A. Arming, D.F.C., W/O. W. Taylor. W/O J. W. Tait, F/Sfgt. Grant. Passenger^:
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    Malayan Rice Situation "Still Very Difficult"
    777 6 Thq situation is still precarious, and a more conservative view than hitherto must be taken of the amount of rice which will be available in the first six months of 1947: further, we must prepare for possible lean period later in the year. In
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    14-HOUR CURFEW IN CALCUTTA
    71 6 Reuter. Calcutta, Mar. 26.—A 14-hour curfew from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., had been imposed for T wo days in parts of Calcutta where communal tension resulted in six cases of assault. A: one place t tSe police used tear gas to disperse a crowd. Police
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    S'pore Food, Produce Markets
    334 6 Prices quoted beiow are per picul weight except where otherwise stated. Foodstuffs:— Yesterday's quotations were "Meehoon": Kedah $70: Siam No. 1 $90; Indo-Cnina Rice: Siam No. 1 $94: No. 2 $88: Rangoon $60. Glutinuous rice: Slam No. 1 «75: Rangoon $50. $75: Rangoon $50. "Gula" Maiacca:
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    63 6 The L.C.C. has introduced a system of "driving licences" for children who travel daily to and from school on bicycles. Every child has to prove that his bicycle !s in good order and that he can ride properly before he can receive a licence. Headmasters can endorse the licences or
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    Truman To Visit Canada?
    55 6 U.P. WASHINGTON, Mar. 25. —White House Press Secretary Charles Ross said today President Truman intends to visit Canada, but no definite arrangements have been made and no date has been set. Re said it is possible the President wiU return to the submarine base at Key
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    SHARE MARKET REMAINS FIRM
    381 6 The Singapore share market opened firm yesterday for the ±naustnai and tin mining sect:on with iainy ohsk inquiries in all tne sections. Towarus tne close ot tne day, however, there was a tendency to tase pront-. on a few i:n snares. In industrials. Umteers came in
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    Rubber Prices
    131 6 The rubber commodity marI ket opened steady yesterday morning with no sellers in evidence. Buyers increased their prices by a quarter cent but sellers continued to hold off until later in the afternoon when they met the market at the higher level and continued to offer very large
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    MORRISON LEAVES HOSPITAL
    41 6 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 25.-Herbert Morrison Lord President oi the Council who has been ill vith thromoo4s of the leg, ">ft hospital today He will take a ie'* days' rest before going to soutr of France for convalescence Reuter.
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    RANK OUTSIDER WINS LINCOLNSHIRE
    722 7 Classic Decided In Last Few Strides Boy Jockey's Great Race Reuter. Carrying the oottom weight U 6 stone l pounas ana nauen by Eddie Mercer, probaoiy tne smallest apprentice in tsntsn racmg. this nve-year-oid colt by Dubonnet out ot tnriek got up in the last lew
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    McGrary 6 Goals Seaforths Trounce GHQ, SEALF 60 In Soccer Final
    158 7 Seaforths (J GHQ, Sealf 0 The Ist. Bnj Seaforth Highlanders won the honours in the Army football tournament whc-ii in the final at Victoria School, oi; Tuesday, they trounced GHQ, SEALF, by six goals to nil. The Seaforths attacked
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL O.B.A.
    27 7 The second annual meeting of th? Old Boys of Victoria School. Singapore, will be held on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m at the School Hall
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    11 7 The International Labour Organization delegation left Singapore thi morning for Pangoon,
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    Pakistan Day In Kuala Lumpur
    246 7 ol Indiav. impui was si re f Mosk ;tan Day hip ol Hazmmad Sa> ed ii d( livered by I. at I he eon ■i- un mimoustf re- i 11 i illowini tele- I q \zam Janata i iou mil- |f, i India: j [ncttan
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    INDIANS-RECS MATCH TODAY: KEEN TUSSLE EXPECTED
    399 7 (Tribune Soccer Reporter) agile football is promised to-duy at Jalan rising young Indian Association team Ik fcvi'-L ur stl, J in the a middle place fate] le üb!( with the iQd the" pr W -i sf v n P o, nts Ng" 1 swD
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS
    13 7 FOOTBALL LEAGUE lnrt.an Aasociat ©n vs. SJM a Jaian s adium.
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    HAMMOND PROTEST DENIED
    101 7 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Mar. 26. -Commenting on a London new-paper report that in the middle T st series Walter Rammona. England's captain, had lodged an official objection w*th the Special Umpires Committee to the re-appointnunt oi Umpires Hcott and Borwiek. Dr. R L. Morton, a member of that
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    Jollilads Soccer
    91 7 The follow.ng will play football for the Joll lads At'ile ie Union against the Puloe Bukcm Spcr s Oubon Sa urday at the Bukom ground. Kanapaihy. K. Thambyrajah. iv.urugasu, M. Ghani. Abdul Rasak. M. Sintha. Arumugam. G. Rupp ah. Muniyandi. Sulong. P. Vai;hy, Salavedin, R. Govindasamv, Govinda, M.
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    Inquiry Into Death Of Estate Labour
    256 7 Malacca, Mar. 26.—An echo of the death of Soosay Mamckam. an Indian estate labourer, was heard at a preliminary inquiry before Mr. T. F. P-nny. wnen two Chinese. Tia Teng unu and Cheong beow Seong. were commuted to the Assizes on a charge of
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    CHIANG NOT GOING ABROAD
    59 7 Reuter. Nankin. March 26.—There wa no confirmation here today of reports said to hay? appeared in a Chinees newspaper in Peking that General Chiang Kai-shek was planning to visit London and Washington. It was considered most unlikely that General Chiang would b;; able to make any
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    Dalforce Squat Over: Wartime Leader Sees Army Hq. Today
    577 7 (From Vernon Morgan) About 406 survivors and widows and orphans ot members of wartime Singapore's Chinese Arm'- th Ddlf )ice. whc L;.d been squatting at th? Chinese Secretariat since Monday, gave up squatting this morning, wnen they marched away in double
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    DIFFERENT SKIN, BUT SAME BLOOD
    147 7 The Singapore Oversea Chinese Anti-Japanese Vo!unteer Army or to give its popular name "Dalforce" recently addressed a letter to the War Department, expressing dissatisfaction and "seething: indignation" at the Government's reply to their requests. They are demanding payment for the three and a half years
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    MALAY GIRL GETS PRISON TERM
    187 7 Constant vigilance by the Police, the Military Police and the Department of Social Welfare, in the streets of Singapore has had a very good effect in certain areas of Singapore, especially the Esplanade area where there are now fewer street women. This was revealed by
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    CHINA PROTESTS TO FRANCE
    66 7 U.P. NANKING. Mar. 26—-Cnina has protested to France about the casualties inflicted on overseas Chinese early in March In the bombing attacks in IndoChina. asking for th? punishment of the and compensation, it was reliably learned today. The French were said to nave accepted the Chinese
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    117 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Mar. 25 The marked plodded through another dull afternoon with prices on balance showing a majority of losses in leatureless trading. Some leading analysts say the general stockmarket situation is too mixed to justify aggressive optimism but at the same time there seems no
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    INDIAN STUDENTS FOR CHINA UNIVERSITIES
    49 7 Reuter. New Delhi.—Twelve scholarships tenable in Chinese univers ties have been offered with the aim of strengthening cultural relations between China and India and w 11 be for studies 14 Chinese language and literature, history, ar s and crafts, archaeology sociology -md philosophy —Reuter,
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    M.P. Withdraws 'Newspaper Bribes To M.P.s' Statement In Parliament
    641 8 Royal Commission To Inquire Into British Press Named Reuter. London. Mar. 25 —Mr. Attlee today announced in the Commons the names c? the members of the 17-man Roval Commission to inquire into the central management and ownership ot the British Press.
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    Today's Advisory Council Meeting
    176 8 -It has ofuen been said that the ft; moers vi tn s c ounc i r v :e.-e native of the public." declared Mr. Tan c*ai) iuai ~i tne n ten ig 11 Council this morning, when he v -i#yi neral'a Bict.oa that tne Merchant Snipp
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    Communism Danger In India Exaggerated
    107 8 Reuter. Washington, Mar. 26.—Danger of Communism in India is being -unduly exaggerated declared Dr. Anup Singh. Secretary of the "National Committee for India s Fre-dom." when criticising United States' policy regarding Greece and Turkey. ■'The United States' view that unrest everywhere Is largely created by
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    OPIUM TRADER EXECUTED
    43 8 U.P. SHANGHAI. Mar. 26.—Msu Kwang-cho. the first narcotics merchant sentenced to death :ince the enforcement of the strict anti-coium law was executed by firing squad t:day. Originally sentenced to fifteen years impiisonment, Hsu appeal(d and received the death sentence instead.—UP.
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    Former Jap Cotton Mills Now Earn For China Government
    234 8 U.P. Shanghai, Mar. 25—Thirty-eight former Japanese cotton mills totalling 1 758,480 yarn spindles, 330,256 thread spindles and 38,591 looms yielded to the Chinese government a net profit of CN$l,OOO billion (about U5583,400 000) auring the past year, according to the Covernmentowned
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    ATTLEE MAY YET GO TO AUSTRALIA
    97 8 U.P. London. March 26. -There w3s still a possibility that the Prune Minister. Mr. Attlee. would accept the invitation to visit Australia and New Zealand this summer and that he would travel via India, according to a high government source todajl. The invitation was
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    YOUTH DELEGATES FOR INDONESIA
    50 8 Reuter and A.A.P. Batavia Youth delegations from U.S.A.. Russ.a. Britain, F nland France. Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia and Greece who w U a tend the Asiatic Youth Conferer.ce at New Delhi are being invited to vis t Indonesia by the Indonesia i You'h deieg.*--l on.—Reuter and A.A P.
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    SURETE SUSPECT DRUG RING, COMB WATERSIDE
    130 8 Reuter. Paris, Mar. 26. —Marseilles police were today searching for the headquarters of a suspected international drug ring believed to have connections in Liverpool and New York. The American officials were repcrtcd to have informed the French authorities that interrogations led them to believe
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    Caught With Opium, Tried To Bribe P.C.
    168 8 After Abdullah, a Malay con stable found a pound ot opium concealed under tne inner sole of a shoe of a Chinese wno was about to liave the Singapore Harbour Board premises, tne Chinese said: "No go to police station. You take $200."
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    UNRRA workers' strike threat
    46 8 SHANGHAI. Mar. 20.-Chines > papers here reported that 1600 locally employed UNRRA p;rsonnel voted to demand a 42 per cent, increa.se in pay before the end of the month on the threat of a sit down strike, if th? demands are not met.
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    DETECTIVE CHARGED WITH CHEATING
    66 8 Wong Sim Lim. a detective attacned to Cantonese subbranch, C.1.D.. who was alleged to have cheated a compatriot by taking a diamond ring from him and pawning it for $1,000. claimed trial when he was charged before First D'strict Judse Paul Storr. y sterday. The case
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    26 8 Reuter. Lisbon, March 26. —Emigration of Portuguese was suspended by a decree announced today, the main purpose of which ?s to safeguard the country's manpower. Reuter.
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    MACARTHUR WANTS to STAY ON IN TOKIO
    102 8 U.P. TOKIO, M..r. 2C—Commenting on a suggestion in Washingtun thai Gen. Mac Arthur was returning to the United States to advise the administration on questions of security m the foreign intrigue, informed quarters state that Mac Arthur has not received any such suggestion
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    AINTREE COURSE DRYING UP
    80 8 Reuter. AINTREE, LIVERPOOL. Mar. 26.—-Sunshne and keen w.nd today, following fairly good weather at the week-end. has contributed materially *o the drv'ner of the Grand National Course here. T:e ground in he vicinity of the 13 h and 14 h jumps, whch t was suggested nvgh
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    'THE U.S. PRESS HAS FAILED'
    222 8 3-Year Inquiry Finds Reuter. CHICAGO. Mar. 26—The United States press is not meeting the needs of presentday society and this failure constitutes the greatest danger to its freedom, declared the Special Commission of Investigators today, after a three-year enquiry into the status of the freedom
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    Dutch, Indonesians Hold First Talks After Agreement
    188 8 Reuter. Batavia. Mar. 2G.- Co-operation between the Dutch and Indonesians as equal partners in the spirit of the Linggadjati agreement took tangible form today when the two negotiating delegations met for the first time i Ince the signing of the union agreement. A
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    100,000 TO EXCHANGE HOLIDAYS
    80 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 26— Plan s for the exenange of luu.Ouu people between Britain and the Continent this year were announced by the World Friendship Association In London today. From tomorrow until after Easter, mor; than 2,300 Association members will exchange friendship holidays ot two or
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    Tribute To ATS
    61 8 LONDON. Mar. 27.—Tribute to ihe A.T.S. was paid by Ge neral Sir Ronald Adam. Adjuant General of the Army during the wu/r. whe.i he spoke at ihe first annual meeting of h° AIS Benevolent Funa. He said tha from the woik done by the ATS dur ng
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    Mine Explosion Traps 131 Men
    98 8 U.P. CENTRALIA (Illinois) March 26.—A Gas or dust explosion trapped 131 miners 500 feet underground in No. 5 mine of Centralia Coal Company near here, yesterday. Nearly nine hours after the blast rescue workers and officials said 16 miners bodies had been recovered and identified,
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    RED PURGE IN UK DENIED
    160 8 U.P. London, Mar. 25. —A high government source today denied reports that the British Secret Military Intelligence MIS was conducting a purge of communists in the civil service. He said a directive to all deparments ordered that 60,000 to 70,000 civil servants be si shed
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    INTER-ASIAN MIGRATION
    92 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Tho ference delete es L: ciai ana inter-A* and common t 0 he rw DoctorWjfift tier oi eh Save the rotiowi^r^ c Xi Dies. >hlch shcuM 2 rela ions of the d ci??? erouos in all As-itS 1 Legal eqAlfe-4 f ns J2. CompleteV?- 4
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    MARGARET HAS A CHILL
    66 8 Reuter. ERMELO. TnmtruL M» -Princess Itojaa f bed with v ,li ght chiU the Royal train today while King and Queen ud Prims Llizabi th drove to bm&i a* Standertoii the first Ti towns to L> visited dm Roy.a tour. Nineu -eight farmeri r ,<| r
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    "PIFFLE" IS NEW CBS PLAY
    69 8 U.P. LONDON Mar. 26 0:■ Bernard Shaw has pr ally" nam d h\t new not zpleted play "Piffle" today "It is tne sort of sjper unfinished symphony.* tf* pfaq wright told a reporter. 1 leave it to the future Bernard Shaw to finish. Pro; you
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    Paraguay Revolt Almost Over
    39 8 BUENOS AIRES. Mar 26The Paraguayan G today claimed that tne:: tion in the north country m been brought under comm. and announced the immediil ing of a state of war prodaij soon aft:r the rebellion
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    BEVIN REPORT 'BASELESS'
    40 8 LONDON. Mar 26-Ofica. Quarters In Uo idon describe w thou foundation a J Dort here today that FernSecretary Ernes Bevin is to ne; come Britain's eh ef ecorcaolanner. writes Frase: J ton. Reuters pel teal coma* den
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    VISIT NELSON'S FLAGSHIP
    37 8 Reuter. PORTSMOUTH. Ma.'*' Members oi the Supra* v.el of the USSR vis tan. were today goes Royal Navy They were conducted me sons Dags-Hp. visied tw tory Mlseum and hadl lunct the Navy barracks
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