Malaya Tribune, 11 August 1947

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    55 1 The Malaya Tribune TH E PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE MALAYA'S NATIONAL NEWSPAPER Now prinUd simultaneously in Singapore, Lumpur*, Ipoh Penang. 'Phone 5811 (Three Lines) 7*l*7*" 1 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1947 TEN CENTS The Malaya Tribune London Agents: Messrs. c,i ,i Turner Ltd.. Talbot Hons* 98, Bt. Martin s Lane
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    PREMIER'S FOUR 'MUSTS' FOR BRITONS
    566 1 WE MUST STAND ON OUR OWN FEET L-Rcducc overseas 2— Increase food 3—Make transport 4—Produce more Expenditure production fully efficient for export Reuter. LONDON, AUG. 10.— Mr. Clement Attlee, British Prime Minuter, in what he called "simplo and straight forward words" tonight called on Biitons
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    First Sing Tao Players Arrive In Britain
    75 1 rcotballers t*»'«f I" Ww blazer.: in* A l I trousers arsr4 boat J h V h, k'- f? Sinn Tao r a rirb tearr and during s>,: r.J stay in this n blav n»ne fu,r i v h -Thi h tour". vsi r
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    Rail disaster: 18 now dead
    38 1 DOUBTER Aug. 10.—The ra crash hew matin In which oi c crowdra n rua irto A back el anotner. rase U»th in hosI 70 I |ureH. into Rangs had cleared afternoon tola; ter
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    Russians Strike Rich Oilfields
    44 1 10 An author:ra "vf tr,an CiCVf rn mert cffithat the Soviet Sjp«i cf the Liaterodorf a new and iflieP rtaK and Prom'sing" f y ;Vr -;ft::e new field is Wnction present ONe < J 000 tons f ;.'d.j- jjp m>nt "consider
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    Attlee 'not man of moment'
    206 1 U.P. London. Aug. 10.-The News of the World, with an over seven million circulation, said bluntly that Prime Minister Attlee was not the man to whom the nation can look for inspiration and leadership wh'ch it so desperately needs. We believe it is in the
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    round the world in three days
    206 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Captain William Odom landed tonight at Chicago after encircling the world in bcmber "Reynolds Bombshell" .in a little more than three days. He touched down at Douglas airport at 1856 GMT to set a round the world solo flight record
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    GOLD VEIN IN ALPS
    36 1 Paris, Aug. 10 Geologists reported the discovery of gold in the Savoy Alps near the French border. They said they found an exceptionally rich vein running through a strata of fine marble.
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    15 Accidents A Day In S'pore
    320 1 (Tribune Stair Reporter) An average of fifteen accidents are reported daily in Singapore—not taking into account the minor slips in the office or in the kitchen. Road accidents top the list which includes falls from heights, shooting, drowning, electric shock, poisoning, and assaults by
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    U.S. Apologises To Moscow
    76 1 Reuter. Moscow. Auj. 10. —The foreign commentator of the Moscow paper Pravda stated today that the United States State Department had apologised to Russia for placards sayirg Beware" posted on trees outside the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The State Department emphas'sed the United States Government categorically
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    'Second-hand Tombstones' Charge
    41 1 LONDON:—A stonemason faced Wolverhampton magistrates of stealing tombstones from a churchyard, putting on new inscriptions and using them for other graves. The man, Cyril Ross Pugh, 45, of Lea-road, Wolverhampton, was committed for trial. He pleaded not guilty.
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    50,000 Face Starvation in Chittagong
    118 1 Calcutta. Aug. 10,—East Bengal rfficials told the Government tonight that 50.000 persons in the Chittagong district face "certain death unless relief supplies are flown there at once Berajul, Islam representative of Bast Bengal Peoples Relit i Committer, told i-'Wsmen that the government relief had so
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    Farewell Party to Mr. Chettur
    80 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr S. K. Chettur, Representative of the Government of Ir.cia in Malaya, was the guest-of-honour at a tea party held Lv Mr. K. P. K. Menon. the v/ell-krown Singapore lawyer, at his residence in No. 12J, Kirgley Road, jyesterday evening. The function
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    S'pore Chinese may stop aid to Indonesians
    318 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Prominent Chinese quarters reveal that future Chinese aid to the Indonesians from Singapore and Malaya may stop as a result of unfavourable reports lece/ved by them from Chinese merchants who had escaped from the Netherlands East Indies. Reactions reveal surprise,
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    TWO SUNDAY ROBBERIES
    70 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) There were two armed rob beries on Sunday. The first was committed at 2.30 a.m. when six men, one of whom was armed, entered a house in Lorong 3, Geylanr:, ard robbed the inmates of $700 ID cash ard jewellery. The second robbery took
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    Indonesians accept Australian offer
    81 1 Reuter.AAP. BATAVIA, Aug. 10.—The in- donesian Republic has fully ac--1 cppted the offer made by the Australian Government to bring about an early and just settlement or the Indonesian c.orfl c: i by the Security Council, the R«-»--i publican Premier Mr. Sjarifudl cir said in a
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    'Cease-Fire' Call Approved
    69 1 Batavia, Aug. 10.—The Working Committee of the Indonesian Republican Parliament last night approved the Republican Governments acceptance of the United Nations Security Council call for a cease fire in Indonesia, the Netherlands East Indies news agency reported tonight. The Committee also approved settling the Dutch-Indonesian dispute by
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    ARMED ARABS RAID CAFE
    34 1 U.P. JERUSALEM, August 10. Twenty armed Arabs tonight attacked a cafe on the banks of Yarkon River in Tel Aviv. Two Jews were killed and sever wer? brought to hospitals.—U.P.
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    Cinema Crowds May See Royal Wedding Televised
    155 2 ttondon. (By oir mail). Princess Elizabeth's wgddiny niuti be one of the first television broadcasts for cinema audiences Indications arc that the marriage will be in October. Mr. Rank expects his tele-cinemas in the West End to be operating by then. Copryi ight
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    32 2 B'WORTH, Aug. 9. one hundred labourers of the Stan-l-ard Vacuum Oil Company. But j terworth. hr.ye submitted a list j 01 five demands to the management through tne Bu: terworth Labour Union.
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    "TREMENDOUS BUDDHIST REVIVAL" PREDICTED
    230 2 <Tribune Staff Reporter) An informative lecture Mi: "Buddhism, the Sciei.cc or Deliverance" was g>v«*i as_ night by the founder and de? of the World Buddhist M« sion. the Yen. Lokanatha. wno ia on a Far East-Pacific tot r. He intends to convert a*;man> people as possible
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    Russians Sorry For Britons
    262 2 Reuter. MOSCOW. Aug. 10. Many well Informed Russians, accustomed to reading of America as leader in a dollar imperialist drive and Britain aa junior partner, were surprised this week to learn the severity of Britain's economic crisis. Until reading the full report of Mr. Attlee's speech
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    'Monty' To Visit France
    76 2 LOUDON, Aug. 9' Hsid I i Manual Lord Montgomery, Chief of Britain's Imperial Gc- I perai Staff, will visit France 1 1 from August 27 to 30. at the invitation of Monsieur Coste Flc- i ret. French Minister of War, and with the concurrence of f
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    GIRAL REJECTS
    42 2 UP. Paris, Aug. 10. -Spanish Republican President Martinez Barrio announce* 1 that former premier .lose Giral had rcpccted Barro's offer to form a new Republican government in exile, -to replace that of Former Premier Roclolfo Lopis, who resigned last Wednesday.—UP.
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    Ricksha Coolie Seeks Election
    64 2 U.P. Foo Chow, Aug. 10. Ricksha Coolie Kiang Yuen Ching, 30, who is a former high school student. has entered the election race for a seat in the National Assembly. Kiang is reported to be campaignhuj among ricksha pullers and other workers, promising them a new
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    Super-Bombs Under Test
    553 3 igust 10. The world's greatest exl bombing approached today as Amered to drop the biggest bomb easings aerial warfare to see how far they tl to tl 1 kind of structure man may atomic war fare comes, construct operation is Th* 7* second In to* ronsidf red
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    Missing Jewels, Dead Empress Set Mystery In Berlin
    192 3 U.P. on n Invest' a*** disclusi?cl to J ay j n be acted fa sth int.) i iie.a; a< r, t r ,n Empress i *lht h<v?! °J rcuort s that I :hi,f: a c been Poisoned •flfin-J 00 le about 52
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    TAGORE REMEMBERED
    31 3 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 9 Indian and 3ritish jcired together iB London ronight to commemo a;e the Eighth anniversary 0( Rabmdranath Tagcre. the IttKCrc, the Indian poet, philosopher and statesman.—Reuter.
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    'life with her was penalty'—judge
    187 3 killed amazon wife, freed a cV O CD XKW \ORK. For three years, babv-faeed ex-Navy man Halcohn Woolridge, aged 22. of Vancouver. British Columbia, paticntlv bore the brutality of an Amazon wife. One she threw him itown a ftkjki of stairs. Another tin,' a neighbour
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    Ceylonese Plight In Britain
    103 3 Reuter. LONDON. Aug. 9.—Two hut! rred ceylonese students are lining in London without a plac: Of their own to rDcnd an evening together, sad Dr. Griffith S. Rockwood in his address as retiring Preside: t at the annual meeting of the Assoc a t; on of
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    TRAIN DERAILED, 4 KILLED
    65 3 Reuter. LAHORE. Aug. 10— Four pa bengers were killed and 20 a lured when two carnages of Special train carrying person" 1 cl" the Pakstp.n Gov en me t from Delhi to Karachi was de railed after an explos on on ffe fl track between the
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    24 3 SHANGHAI, Aug. 10.—Dr. H. J. Kveg, former Premier v^ r i Finance Minister, left here for New York this mornirg aboard a Pan-American clipper.
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    SINO-SIAM TRADE PACT CONCLUDED
    142 3 Reuter. HONG KONG. Aug. 10 The belief thai the conclusion. 1 of a trade trenty between China and Siam will further cement friendly relations between, the two countries was expressed by the Chinese Ambassador to Siam. Li Tieh-sero, i n a statement here yesterday before his
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    French Cabinet Split Averted
    133 3 Reuter. Paris. Aug.-10.— A threatened split in the French Cabtl :t over the proposed statute for Algiers was averted tonight by a compromise—outcome of a quiet talk between M. Pau l Ramadier. So cialist Prsrrrfer, and dissatined RadioJl deputes. Controversy had arisen over M. Ramadier's demand
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    INDIAN Y.M.C.A. DELEGATES FETED
    83 3 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 9— Rajuh S»r M.uharai Sing, chairman of th* Indian Young Men's Christian Association, and T. D. Santwan, General Secretary, today attended a reception given ia their honour by the Indian students union and hc-stel <YI\ICA> Ui London. are on the way to r
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    HUSBAND CLAIMS RIGHT TO SPANK HIS WIFE
    103 3 LONDON.—A husband at Luton i Beds) Domestic Court maintained that he had the right to punish his wife by putting her over his knee and slapping her Mr. J. riayton (for the wife) commented: "You had better bring your ideas up to date."
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    Further Thoughts On Mr. Attlee's Speech
    558 4 Critics of tho measures proposed by the Prime Minister to overcome the economic crisis base their contentions on the circumstance that the remedies to be applied are insufficient to cure the ills of the situation. Newspapers usually sympathetic towards the Government have on this
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    MALAYA CAN BE BETTER FED
    1194 4  -  Malaya is well provided with wholesome if rather expensive foods which could make for a better fed people. But for lack of knowledge, says our contributor, malnutrition ranks with tuberculosis and malaria as one of Malaya's greatest scourages. by Francis Cooray Does malnutrition, or subnutrition,
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    The People's Postbag Civilians In Army Service
    622 4 The People 's Postbag Civilians In Army Service Letters' To The Edilo? Sir, —Mr. John Pung's letter though written with good intentions leaves much to be said. I am one of the few who attended the last general meeting of the Army Civil Service Union, but was not at all
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    'Asian' Or 'Asiatic'
    291 4 Sir,—Since yours is an "Asian" newspaper, may I air my views regarding the substitution of the word "Asian for Asiatic"? For years now I have wondered why this was not done by the English, as the form "Asian" is more in conformity with English language usage: but
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    Tip To Food Dept.
    122 4 Sir—The Food Control Department people should take a walk along that very busy centre of retail trade—Rochore Road. Yesterday I saw retailers throwing damaged oranges and apples Into the gutters despite the fact that a number of poor looking people were standing around asking for the
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    Talking Drums Of Africa
    349 4 When Gordon was slain at Khartum the news was bazaartalk In Mombast and Kilwa, more than 2,000 miles to the south, on the following day. When King George the Fifth died the fact was known In many distant villages in Afric i even before the district
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    Germs From Outer Space
    101 4 The recent report ct a WtĔ rite landing in {Siberia redil mind another meteorite fell near San Francisco sea years ago. It weighed sevei j pounds, and it was still *Ntj hot when found. This was examined by sp?ci lists from the celebrated Otservaury at Mount
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    Malacca M.P.'s Civil Police Hunt For Army Escapees
    190 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) kk^ L Sunda y--Held on a charge of gang 2 p h m^ 0n a tidier attached to the Field Regiment stationed at Tampin, is reported to have escaped from mill tary arrest Thompson was arreste d by the
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    Russian Portrait Painter Plans Exhibition
    83 5 A— -tar un U known to portra' {)a: t0 n d an CX~ grift)* ll3 rvT* -~c e. -t works •rbi'ion N v til the mhabidc?l;ng n*"*"- dutiful \s;e of rants 0"* _i oj:: be held z r to tember at Ro pMB» "JyS the
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    HE SAVED RAFFLES COLLEGE LIBRARY (Worth Thousands)
    586 5 (Tribune Staff Kenorter) II a c.: p in of a morning at the Indian Chamber t Co.Tnitn 4 in Raffles Quay you will see a quiet, ;]iiu:.-i!!Tuni{ -;.'un;an seated at a desk to the left of The doOi way. On- nuuh' .imost imagine
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    Mobilization
    74 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Aug. 10. While tcp-rai king nationalist leaden 're still discussing implementation of the recently promulgated anti-Communis; national mobilisation order, Communists in Manchuria have countered ith a general mobilization decree of the r own. The entire area north of the Surg.n-i River has been declar *<« a military
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    BROOKE TOLD: "YOU CAN'T FLY TO LABUAN
    194 5 Mr. Anthony Brooke is understood to have been refused permission to fly to Labuan on Aug. 14, returning to Singapore by S.S. •'Darvel" on the 18th. The proposed journey would have made it necessary for Mr. Brooke to transit Sarawak territory by air
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    DEMONSTRATIONS
    27 5 PONuiCriERRY, AU-. 10.—Thousands of Indians defied the government ban to continue the weekend demonstrations, demanding the French quit their colony in Sc-th-ea.-t India by Auj;. 15.
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    SHARIR TELLS U.S. PRESSMEN DUTCH USED FLAME THROWERS
    456 5 NEW YORK. August 9. —Sutan Sharir. former Republican Prime Minister of Indonesia, who has come to New York to put his country's case ftgairst tr e Netherlands befcrc the Security Council, told nreaamen t, c ry that the recent Dutch attack was
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    BMHS Old Boys Form Assn.
    140 5 The Bukit Mertajam High School Old Boys at present residing in Singapore held a re-union yesterday at the Katong Rest House. Marine Parade, and a resolution was passed to form an Old Boys' Association in Singapore. Mi. Ahmad Hussein was elected president; Messrs. Oh Ah
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    Bikkhu Sees Bright Era For Buddhists
    122 5 The Yen. Blkkhll founder and leader of the World BuddhieJ Iflaaloit, who la here j on his way to the United States of America, delivered an Inform* a! talk to devotes at the Bud- dhlat Union, 85-A, Marine Parade, yesterday morning. Taking for his
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    Next War Will Be Fought With Bacteria
    144 5 GENEVA. Aug. 9.—Dr. G Brock Chisho-m. Canadian p*v chairist ard Executive Secretary of World Health Organisation, said today that the nexi war "will be a bacteriological war." Dr. Chishclm, who was speal:ine- *o students at the Summer School of the World Federation of
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    BULGAR TROOPS ON GREEK BORDER
    26 5 ATHENS, Aug. 10.—A sp<>K?sm*n of the Greek General Stair said today that Bulgarian troops were being concentraten along the Greek frontier.
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    Ipoh Convent Welcome For New Bishop
    244 5 (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, Aug. 7.-Rt. Rev. Michael Olcomendy. Bishop of Malacca, was given a fitting welcome when His Lordship visited veoterday morning, the Ipoh Convent. His Lxcellercv arrived at 11 a.m. accompanied by Rev. Father Francois, parish priest of St. Michael's. The
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    Taxis Called- By Radio!
    136 5 Taxis CalledBy Radio! Reuter. CAMBRIDGE. Aug. 9- A short-wave radio system, believed the first of its kird. was introduced by Mrs. A. M. Stevenson, a Cambridge car hire proprietor today. Her twelve cars have been fitted with high frequency equipment and when a customer phones, the head office controller picks
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    CHINESE SCHOOL HOLDS CONCERT
    239 5 (iiindai/ Tribute Reporter) Students of the- Chinese National Language School staged an enjoyable musical programme yesterday to mark the close of another school term. The concert was held at the Social Hall of the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor. The programme began with "The School
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    TSINGTAO AIRFIELD RAIDED
    39 5 U.P. NANKING, Aug. 10.—A National Defence Ministry spokesman today confirmed a Hsin Mm Pao report that Tsingtao airfield was raiced by unidentified black planes yesterday. Four were dropped on the airfield, but did rot explode. —UP.
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    She hid a PoW in her wardrobe
    169 5 LONDON. By Air Mail):— Police called at the flat cf thirty-eight-year-old Mrs. Eilem Gleave, in Talgartfi-mansion?:, West Kensington. London, looked in a wardrobe and found a German prisoner-of-war. A few minutes later they left with the man—Joachim Kirns<\ 37, missing from a camp
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    20 Absent At First Pakistan Assembly Session
    171 5 Reuter. KARACHI. Aug. 10. Mr. Jlnnah, Covernor-General Designate of Pakistan, pale and dignified in the glare of newsreel arc lamps, mounted the dais in the old Sind Assembly Chamber today and sig-ned first in the register when the Pakistan Constituent Assembly held its
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    WITHIN THREE MONTHS
    33 5 LONDON, Aug. 10.—Whitehall I c-ircles predicted the Labour Gcerni BMIlt Will Withdraw troops from j Italy a:id Greece, w.thin three months, in order to conserve I Britain's dwindling aconecttic reources.
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    BIG ROUND-UP IN PALESTINE
    107 5 Jerusalem, Aug. 10.—British police began a new roundup of Revisionist leaders in Palest'.ne on Saturday night a few hours after bombs blew up a CairoHaifa express as it sped north with a load of troops returning from leave in Egypt. The engineer was killed and the
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    Coffee Spoilt In East Java
    98 5 Reuter AAP. Singapore, Aug. 10.—Twenty thousand tons of coffee have been spoilt in East Java and 10,000 tons of quinine bark and 30,000 tons of rubber have been destroyed by fire by Republicans following Dutch failure to obey the Security Council's -'cease fire" request, according
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    Martin Berhmann: $3-Million Claim
    89 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. -The owners of the American freighter Martin Behrman seized by Dutch warships last March in Java have asked the State Department to obtain immediate payment of $3,084,240 in damages from the Dutch. In a letter to the Secretary of State, the company
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    Three Two-Gun Robbers Take Cash, Belts
    45 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Armed with two guns each, three Chinese robbers held up inmates of a house in Kirn Kiat Road at 8 p.m. on Saturday and robbed the Chinese occupants of $16 and two silver belts worth $30.
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    36 5 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 10.—Sir I George Cunningham, Governor designate of the Northwest FronJ tier Province, which recently voted in favour of joining Pakistan, liew from London airport today for Karachi to take up his post. Reuter.
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    "Synthetic" Rumours Have No Effect On Rubber Market
    377 6 (Tribune Market COCT.) While tiic Singapore rubber market wa< closed during the recent holidays overseas markets took the opportunity to reduce prices and on the reopening on Tuesday prices dropped heavily While there was no selling pressure, operators met reduced buying prces
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    DEPLORES TALK OF NEW WAR
    62 6 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 10The United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie deplored fine talk of new war declaring that despite the conflict between Russia and the western powers the world situation was not as threatening as it olien is made cut to be. He asserted
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    Prices Drop To Sensible Levels During Past Week
    610 6 PRODUCE MARKETS ROUND-UP (Tribune Market Corr.) While most sections of the oroduce market able coohng off from spectacular rises during tlic imm period following the Dutch-Indones'an war. they had»• main been quite steady during the past week although shortages in NEI commodities
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    Husband Watched Wife's Attempt At Suicide
    77 6 U.P. Rome. Aug. 9.- Adele Coppole got mad at her husband today and decided to commit suicide. She ran into an uncleared German mine field and jumped up and down for a half an hour while her husband watched from outside the mine warning
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    No Trusteeship For S. W. Africa
    203 6 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. New York, 9._ Mr. H. T. Andrews, the South African Minister, has Informed the United Nations by letter that South Africa is noplacing Southwest Airica uDcer trusteeship, but is continuing the present mandate. The letter said: 'The wsh. clearly expressed by
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    WEDEMEYER NOT SATISFIED
    56 6 U.P. NANKING, Aug. 10.—United States' envoy. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer is "not entirely satisfied" with what he found in China according to Chin's Vice-P resident Dr. Sun Fo. Wedemeyer found conditions worse than he had antic:pated, and to an extent he was critical at some of the government's
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    Nehru Lashes "Foreign Armies"
    188 6 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Aug. 9.—Par"' Nehru. Exicrnal Affairs member of India's interim Government, said here tonight: "Let me make it clear once and for all that we will tolerate foreign armies operating in Asiatic countrier.." Pandit Nehru said the exploitation of India had given some foreign
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    Malayans Will Have Limited Funds For Holidays Abroad
    126 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter' Government's move to curtail imports will affect Malayans desiring to travel abroad because the amount of morev they can take With them will be restricted. This will probably deter man ueople from taking a holiday in countries outside sterling
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    Army Scandal
    119 6 U.P. Trieste. Aug. 10. —A reliable informant disclosed today that the books of a Trieste contractor who tried to deduct money al legedly paid to army officers for bribes from his income tax tipped off the Allied Military Government to one of the biggest army scandal? in Europe.
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    NEW U.S. ENVOY
    45 6 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA, Aug. 10.—Char: c, j Livengood who is to succeed Dr. i Walter Foote as American Con-sul-Generai in Batavia arrived here today by air from Amsterdam. Because of the uea or. Dutch planes in India. Livenuood's Plane flew direct from Colombo—Reuter-AAP,
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    PUNISHED BY HUSBAND— SUICIDE
    84 6 PUNISHED BY HUSBAND SUICIDE U.P. Shanghai, Aug. 10.-The body of Mrs. Chen Chin Liang was recovered from the Whangpoo rver today. Police investigating 1 the cause of death found the 18- year-old girl had committed sui cide because her iiuband made her kneel down for the duration of the burning
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    INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN BRITAIN
    97 6 U.P. LONDON. Aug. 9.—it was reported that cases of poliomyohLls have increased by almost 50 cent, in Britain during the week ended August 2. the Heahn Minist r y announced today, reporting that 448 ca«e s of dread infantile paralysis in England and Wales. The weeks
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    Conservatives Expect To Be In Power Soon
    105 6 U.P. NORTHAM. Sussex. Auc 10.™ j Conservative Oliver Lyttfe«on, Production Minister in Britain v wartime cabinet told a party audience that he expected to Lee a Conservative ttf><kr Mr Winston Chureh>ll in office (q a few months. He said it was clear that
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    MRS AUNG SAN UNOPPOSED
    92 6 Reuter. RANGOON, Aug. 10. Mrs. Aung San. wife of General Aung San." deputy chairman of the Burma Executive Council. who j with six oiher Ministers was as- —alnatcd during a cabinet meettag on July 19. was today re- j turned unopposed to the Burmese I i
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    Shares Recover From The Lowest
    604 6 (Contributed) The chief feature of an unsatisfactory and unsettled week was the speech of the Prime M:n_ j istcr in the House of Commons > on Wednesday setting forth the Government's proposals to prevent further deterioration of Britain's present financial and economic predicament. In spite
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    FIRST RUSSIANS QUIT CHINA
    41 6 U.P. SHANOU \I Au; M -fr thousand Soviet reskfeati km the 2.000-ton luxury |fa this morning sailing for \T* wot ok. They ai" the citizens 10 leave Shanghai repatriation programs ulmc ed by the Soviet g<wenadw UP.
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    50,000 See (Era) Gerard Win Ulster Trophy
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    Jollilads Beaten In Return Soccer
    48 7 J 11 rir the i ft winger r*n t till 2>t»*l 41 it"U 1 1» me Dai I:. Dd I the JoU' red nic:ij lore tru en 7, M r the S R .1 N Salahu Sup] or. 1 3 112 .»t n
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    C.S.C TROUNCE S.S.C AT WATER POLO
    335 7 (By Our Snorts Reporter) The Chinese Swimming Club swamped the Singapore Swimming Club by six goals to nil in the first team match, and by four goals to nil in the second team encounter, at water- polo played at th? Singapore Swimming Club pool
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    Six-Day Cycle Marathon Ends
    96 7 Reuter. GLASGOW, Aug. 9,—George Kessock cf Par!s cycles, London won the British League of Ra ring Cyclists six-day marathon o\er 571 miles from Brighton ty Glasgow in 25 hours 37 minutes 20 seconds. The race enr'.--«d today, Saturday, with the 69 miles from Edirburgh to Gla--i:ow,
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    Middlesex 537 for 2 against Surrey
    367 7 Reuter. LONDON. AttgUflt 9 —Middlesex barmen domi rated tht county cricket programme ciav when they ran up a hug>' total of 537 for the lo<.s of onl;. two prickets against their neighbour;. Surrey. Robertson 127 ami Browr.. who was ur lucky Lo be out
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    Canada To Play In Test Cricket
    70 7 Reuter. TORONTO, Aug. 10. Canada hopes 10 enter the areas of t«*st match cricket in I9lt> and toward* this end the authorities have planned a three years programme in an eiioit to devloptalent. An Inter-provincial tournament was part of the plan anil this ended
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    TWO MONTHS MORE
    42 7 U.P. MANCHESTER. Au£. 10. Dado Mariro. Hawaiin flyw.-ight who took a ten round thumping on Friday night from the English blacksmith Peter Karre sa;ci today it would he two months before he could recover sttftV ciently to tight again.—U.P.
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    Lancashire Dismissed For 218: S. Africans Get Into Stride
    266 7 MANCHESTER. Aug. 9.—South Africa would appear *o have a measure of Lancashire hi their match which opened aOld Trafford today, for after dismissing the county for a modest score of 218. the tourists had scored 84 without the loss before close
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    EDRICH OUT OF FINAL TEST TEAM
    161 7 Reuter. London, Aug. England it am for the fifth and final Test cricket match of the §eaSon (townst Bouth Africa S*artIng a' Kenning* on Oral. London 'ot Ait()>t*' If, MpOĕ announced today as follows: Norman Yartßeu < Captain i. Kenne*h Cranston, hen Hu*ton, Douglas
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    Big Entries For K.L. August Races
    557 7 (Frcm Our Owti Reporierj Kuala Lumpur, Sunday.—The following are entries for tho Selangor Turf Club August Meeting which Is to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 23, 27, and 30:— HORSES CLASS X (three runs) S i/2 frus. 9 furs, 'j furs. Ballymun
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    STATISTICS FOR PENANG RACES
    397 7 PFNANG. AVC. 9.—With three Brats, tv.o seconds and one third, Mr. Lim i/'nuati v oi (Singapore t-.tCo i.ho winning owners of tac Penang •••<■ meeting concluded last Monday. Mr. Lim wo n $5470 in addition to ..uoi\i niuniv por»i. OWNERS Ist 2nd 3rd Upp. Bialtca. Air.
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    Gromyko Replies To U.S.
    263 7 U.P. lake success. aiuj. 10. Soviet Delegate Gromyko has replied to Aineriean charges of Russian delay in the United Nations atomic energy negotiations by accusing United Stat<\s representatives of dodging Russia'a atomic control proposals because they would prevent a permanent American monopoly in th': field of
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    U.S. Consul To Fly To Jogjakarta
    124 8 U.P. BATAVIA, Aug. 11. American Consul (General Dr. Welter Foote will riy to the Indonesian capital of Jogjakarta early on Monday morning, it was learned here from unimpeachable sources. This will constitute the first .iiiei t contact between the United Stat*.-* and the Republican
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    ZIONISTS TO FIGHT TERRORISM
    56 8 U.P. PRAOUfc. All* 10. Lou n Segal, General secretary of ttte j Jewish National Workers Ail.ance of America, reported that a corierence of Zionist pri ganization delegates would cptn Tuesday at Karlsbad to smiy I means of combatting Jew sh terrorists ard of bieakirp; tt.e i
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    Storm Clouds Gathering On U.K. Soccer Horizon
    459 8 Reuter. LONDON, Aug. 10.—In less than three weeks, the 1 C 00,00( I -odd fans who religiously follow Engnsn league football will be roaring themselves hoarse .win food cuts and housing worries forgotten in tne nurijr burly of the opening of what is
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    Jap calls rally to overthrow Govt
    93 8 U.P. TOKIO. Aug. 10. The first public posters of their kind, signed by a Tokio resident named Masao Uchiyama. Advertised for a "peoples rally for the overthrow of the Katayama cabinet" on August 20 in the Plaza, in front of the Imperial Palace. The
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    LUSTY HITTING IN TANGLIN CRICKET
    300 8 The Singapore Recreation Club beat the GHQ i SEALF at cricket at Tang lin yesterday by one wickei in a rr.a'ch notable for lusty hitting. I GHQ batted Arst for 194 which included four sixes and 17 boundaries. Lt. Ledbetter with 55 (two Qs seven
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    Mary queued—and queued—and queued
    343 8 Mary queued —and queued—and queued London (By Air Mail) MRS MAP.V K«K S 1 wanted to renew a priority cmmm "ft tt SSL. one an.. ky moved forward. As Mrs. Kirkham reached the counter, the gui clerk looked at he, watch, said: "Horry. H*f for my break. You'll hair to
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    ARMOURED CAR FOUND
    25 8 Verona, Aug. 10. Italian police seeking arms caches found a completely equipped French armoured cai In woraing condition in a nearby village.
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    Black-Market For Sterling Possible
    246 8 Reuter. LONDON Aug 10.—Responsible comment in London tonight on the latest sterling news from Washing ton was that things have gone beyond the stage p. asking whether Washington should releam Britain from the sterling convertibility obligation. As London saw it. the impera- "j five nerd was
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    A. DENIAL
    52 8 NANKING, Aug. 10.—Dr. to Lo Lung-chi, spokesman nf the Democratic League Clvna's th rd largest political par*v v.h'ch refuses to co-ooerate wi*h the Nations 1 Goverrment —10--day den ed local nress reports ihat the League has or*»sent<*d M memorardum appealing to General A C. Wedemeyer *0 «top aid
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    Special 'Crisis' Allowances Demanded
    77 8 U.P. TOKIO, Aug. 10. A thousand employees throughout he nation of the Japan B Corporation have that the management pay "crisis" allowances. 7 non yen per worker by Aug. i». 'TheTnion also is demanding an increase of the basic wage scale, from the present 1.800 yen
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    Underground Movement Plan Destruction Of Palestine Lines
    176 8 U.P. JERUSALEM. Aug. 9—A Br Ush ras derailed today by an explosion reported to be the opening m4e of an underground campaign to destroy all rail ln.s in paWir.e befae the fruit crop is r.pe. I The train, brlnigrjX troops j back from
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    Scout Jamboree Gets Underway
    282 8 MOISSON, Aug Jp.~Huge crowds Protestant and Catholic faiths worshipped in<? in open air services as the Seoul i Jamborso of peace went into its first fuliciav >,« An estimated 15.000 of the 35 00 Scouts and delegates from more than 40 nations attended the -iant bi-lingual
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    Soviet Seeks Workers For Uranium Mines
    86 8 Berlin, Aug. 10. The official American German language newspaper Neve Zeltung reported today tha' labour offices throughout the Soviet occupation zone had ordered about 20,000 men for work in uranium mines m Saxony. The newspaper said that directives calls for men between the ages
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    RIOTERS KILL CONSTABLES
    102 8 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Auk. 9. TWO •aimed policemen were killed and s'x other people, including another nolicemar. were injured in a shar} exehansc of fir« between police ard an armed ptoup of roters who had taken up positions in a vacant house in a northern suburb of Calcutta
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    one-legged, he saved 3 in canal
    57 8 Reuter. PROTON. Lanes, Aug. 9 A man with only one leg. Eric Ellison of Chipping, Lanes, swam to safety after his car had crashed into a canal at Myersough, near Preston, last night. He then dived in the water again with an injured back
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    Jew Ship May Sail To Gibraltar
    64 8 Reuter. Paris. Aug. 10 Three British ships carrying 4.500 Jewish refugees which arrived at Port Do Bouc from Palest'ne 12 days $QP may leave tormrr uv morning and sail in the direction of Gibraltar, it was learned tonight in usually wellinformed circles close to
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    French Moves To Appease Indians
    156 8 Paris. Aug. 10. The fw General of French IngT Z Baron, is on his way bfcj, Pondicherry after rone** here with government anti-French agitation by theh population in France's tin 2 possessions. Baron left here on Fridatj after the French cabin* hKj proved of a
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      87 8 TODAY'S LEATHER MM MM ilu|y> Occasional Showers Singapore weather forecast for 24 hours, horn noon today, compiled by the R.A.F. Central Forecasting Station, Air Command. Far East. Bright periods w:th occasional thundery showers. Wind south' easterly, light to moderate, but squally and moderate to fresh in show. rs. Sunset: 1843
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