Morning Tribune, 7 June 1946

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    14 1 MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 1. No. 33 tNciv Scries) 10 CENTS FRIDAY. JUNE 7. 1946.
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    MALAYA'S GOC SAYS CRITICS 'UNJUST'
    197 1 Gangsters, Police In Gun Duel (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June '6. One armed Chinese was shot and later died in hospital, another was arrested while scouting in the vicliiuy, and two others were apprehended after a hectic chase by the police, in the neighbourhood of Aboo Sittee Lane today.
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    24 KILLED IN SKIRMISH
    77 1 MANILA, June 6. A three-hoar skirmish between 1,200 Filipino military police and 300 guerrillas who ambushed them in the mountains of Nuftva Ecija Province has been re ported by Major Maximo Nocete, provincial provost. He said the polic killed 24 guerrillas and lost two of their
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    30,000 Mines Adrift
    116 1 Pearl Harbour. June 6 An estimated 30,000 Japanese mines adtift in the Pacific are a contnual threat to shipping, says Rear- Admiral Arthur Struble, commander of Pacific Amphibious Forces. Simultaneously, the Star Bulletin said six ships, including five American vessels, have been damaged by mines since V-J
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    FOR INDIA PLAN
    402 1 NEW DELHI, June 6.— The Council of the All-India Muslim League tonight passed a resolution accepting the British Cabinet Mission's proposals for India, This means that unless there is a last-minute-hitch, the League will join the interim government. Earlier in the day, at a secret session, it
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    Chiang Orders 15-day Truce
    156 1 Nanking, June 6.— Marshal Chiang: Kai-shek has issued his "cease-fire" order. The statement reads: "I am issuing an order at noon today to all my armies in Manchuria to halt all advances and attacks for a period of 15 days, commencing noon Friday, June 7. "I
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    Food For Germans
    115 1 LONDON, June 6...Considerable quantities of food and goods for the German civilian population have been unloaded Ji the North German port or aamburg in the British sone. 3erlin Radio repor-'cd. The food included 2,000 tons )f wheat from Canada. 5,000 oris of barley and 1.270 tons of
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    Chinese Massacred: Envoy Tells Story
    254 1 Batavia. June 6. British Headquarters in a statement this afternoon said approximately 600 to 700 Chinese were murdered by Indonesians west of Tangerang (15 miles from Batavia) and 1,000 were held prisoners near Kesambi, a village a few miles to the west. A Military Headquarters
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    POISON GAS GRAVE MILE UNDERSEA
    54 1 SAN DIEGO, June 6 —The floor of the Pacific Ocean off Southern California will become the dumping ground for large stores of poison ga» developed but never used in the war. A coastguard announcement said there are two djumping areas, both in water over a
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    Quick Substitute For Refrigeration
    649 2 Quick Substitute For Refrigeration Boon For The Tropics AKRON, Ohio A quick substitute for refrigeration which would keep ripe fru its, vegetables and meat and fish fresh has come out of the war and is expected to prove a great boon to residents of the tropics. The substitute is a
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    RUSSIAN MISSION
    39 2 SEOUL, Korea, June 5. A Russian Army liaison team of two and three I enlisted men are here to negotiate for equipment to repair the brand plants of the Seoul Electric Company, located in the Russian-occupied A.P.
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    Li'l Abner
    27 2 - Missed the 'bus yes- terday, arriving too < late for this morning's paper. This powerful comic strip will, however, be resumed in the "Morning Tribune" to-morrow.
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    RATS ARE AFRAID, SHE SAYS
    173 2 RATS ARE AFRAID, SHE SAYS Twenty-year-old Dorothy Rosemary Allen, of Union Road, Clapham, is not in the least afraid of rats. As a land girl she has been catching them for the Northamptonshire War Agricultural Committee during thj past two years. She did the job so well that Wandsworth Borough
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    22 2 LONDON, June 6.— King George received the Maharajah of Bunch at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday and awarded him the Military Cross.— A.P.
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    Colonel's Daughter In Death Drama
    329 2 Colonel's Daughter In Death Drama Using hi.s puss key to enter a locked bedroom, I lit manager of a Birmingham private hotel found a young man lying unconscious and seriously ill on the floor. Lying on the bed was the untouched body of a girl. The man, Desmond Kershaw. aired
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    TO LEAVE TOKIO
    50 2 TOKIO, June B. —Lord Wright who has been observing the proceedings of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, as Chauman of the United Nations war crimes commission, will leave her« for the U-S. Thursday. He ha* been here for the last five weeks A. P.
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    Soviet Ignoring Potsdam Spirit
    318 2 LONDON, June s.— Mr. Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, speaking after Mr. Winston Churchill in today's House of Commons debate on foreign affairs said the difficulty with regard to the Potsdam agreement was that whereas the British regard Potsdam as laying down some guiding principles to
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    BIG STARS AND STARLETS IN HOLLYWOOD'S FIRMAMENT
    36 2 From left to right* Anita Louise. Rita Hayworth, Jeff DonneV, Lynn Merrick and Marguerite Chapman, all of Columbia films, to be seen in Malaya soon in new current-year productions.
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    A New "Dress" For Betly
    22 3 Betty Grable. in a new "dress", in a new dance, in a forthcoming film attraction for Singapore.
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    GIRL WAS WARNED ABOUT LOVER
    570 3 GIRL WAS WARNED ABOUT LOVER A young girl who ignored the warning of her parents and, in the words of the prosecution, "fell under the complete dominance" of a married man, was rebuked at Liverpool when the couple answered charges arising out of a false declaration. The man, s?tephcn Vincent
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    TROUBLE BREWING IN BURMA
    115 3 TROUBLE BREWING IN BURMA RANGOON, June f>.— The Burmese Anti-Fasi-ist League called today for volunteers to "take effective action against the Government's repressive measures." The announcement said the Government had not yet withdrawn the defence of Burma rules which restrict the freedom of th« people despite repeated requests which had
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    £1,000 In Worthless Cheques
    76 3 NEWCASTLE, June 5.— A twenty-five-year-old West African. Olayimika Sasanya. who described himself as an editor, was sentenced to \2 months' imprisonment here for obtaining money, railway tickets and a typewriter by false pretences. Sasanya. who has a wife and children in Lagos. Nigeria, was stated to
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    THROWN INTO RIVER
    41 3 TOKTO. Juno s— At least ■tudent was killed wh^n the «loor of an overcrowded passenger car cave way as the train was crossing rhe Kanda River !n the r.uburbs, ?.'in several passengers were thrown in the river. A.P.
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    Australian Railway Equipment For China
    191 3 SYDNEY, June 4. Railway equipment and ten thousand tons of other needed supplies for China are being shipped from Australian ports to help in a huge reclamation project in the Yellow River area. The shipments are being rushed In a race against time, for 100,000
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    Mountbatten Discloses A War Secret
    158 3 Mountbatten Discloses A War Secret In London, Admiral Mountbatten yesterday revealed one of the closely guarded secrets of the war the existence of **Mercury,T one of the :nost high powered portable wireless sets in the world, designed and built l>v himself. lord Louis, who is one of The foremast authorities
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      314 3 Clues- Try This AMERICAN ACROSS 5-l££ing in State ofbbr) W^ llfg 36 Study period 9— To no avail 39— Famed Presi- s— Stupid persons 15— City in Pa. 2b— Noun suffix 46— Horace wrote 11— What Congress- dent's initials 6— Rupees (abbr.) 10— BenPranklin's31— What Lou was one man rolls
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    Churchill Supports Bevin's Denunciation Of Russia
    786 4 Churchill Supports Bevin' s Denunciation Of Russia LONDON, JUNE S.— BRITAIN'S WARTIME PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, SPEAKING TODAY OF RUSSIA'S "IRON CURTAIN SAID: "IT IS HERE THAT THE SEEDS OF A NEW WORLD WAR ARE BEING SOWN." Not only had the curtain descended from the Baltic to the Adriatic
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    Advice To Russians
    187 4 LONDON, June S.—Referring to Soviet-U.S. relations, Mr. Churchill said in the Commons to-day: "It would be in the interests of Soviet Russia to go on being friendly nith the United States. There is no people in the world so slow in developing hostile feel- ings against a
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    GOVT. TROOPS TAKE HARBIN
    63 4 NANKING, June s— Chinese Government troops have captured Harbin, key railway junction of central Manchuria from th^ Communists and are pushing nortlywards,, jaccordjng |to Chinese reports here tonigh't* The Chinese- Communists took over Harbin from the evacuating Russians in April. Seven Nationalist columns wtre earlier this
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    Break With Vatican Urged
    97 4 WASHINGTON, Juno 6.— Eleven Protestant Church loaders urged President Truman on Wednesday to sever all diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Resolutions from seven denominations termed the assignment of Mr. Myron Taylor as the President's representative to the Vatican as unauthorised and inconstitutional. The churchmen said they
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    Russia May Veto Spain Recom mendations
    240 4 CZromyko Is Nfot Satisfied NEW YORK, June 5. A Soviet spokesman declared today that Russia is strongly opposed to the conclusions leached by the United Nations Security Council SubCommittee investigating Franco Spain. He declined to comment on the tortl that Russia Might *ote ilgftflWi
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    Ceylon's Food Crisis
    133 4 Ceylon 's Food Crisis COLOMBO, June 4. Ceylon is facing an unprecedented food crisis with stocks of rice and flour sufficient to last for only a week at the most. Giving this news over the Colombo radio last night, only one week after the announcement of an increase in the
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    24 4 DOVhR, June ">. Twenty-one guv* fired a salute from Dover Castle us younK Kin*? Feisal of Iraq arrived in a destroyer from France today. Reuter
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    29-Day King Goes On Exile Tomorrow
    189 4 KOME, JUNE S.— KING UMBERTO II LEAVES ITALY FOR EXILE ON SATURDAY AFTER 29 DAYS AS KING. Thus ends the 85-year Savoy over united Italy. King Umberto who is aged 41 will leave as the final result of the weekend referendum in which the
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    Higher Taxation Likely For Malaya
    349 5 Higher Taxation Likely For Malaya Penang* June 5. The title deeds of Chinese konglb and Associations held by (he Yokohama Specie Bank during the war and taken over on the re occupation by the Custodian ot Property are to be retained by the Custodian until the question of reparations is
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    Battle Saved Hundreds
    112 5 Battle Saved Hundreds ISTANBUL, June —A weird story of how j a battle between two feuding clans saved hundreds from death in the east Turkey earth- quake on Friday reach ed Istanbul from the stricken area on Wednesday night. A lons with reports I that the known death roll had
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    Giral Expects Franco's Fall
    87 5 MEXICO TITY, Juno B. Premiei Jose Giral of the Spanish Republican Government in Exile, predicted Wednesday that the Francisco Franco regime would fall and a now government might be established in Spain hofore the next meeting of the United Nations Assembly next fall. Giral did not
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    TEXTILE INDUSTRY SURVEY
    77 5 TEXTILE INDUSTRY SURVEY MANCHESTER, June f>.— A British Government plan for un immediate survey of the textile industry and manufacturers of textile machinery as a preliminary step toward revi talisation the declining industry was approved on Wednesday by employers and union representatives in all hrnnrhes of the British cotton industry.
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    Rumanian Reply Unsatisfactory
    106 5 LONDON, June 5. The Rumanian Government's reply to the recent British note of protest against the Rumanian Government's failure to prepare for general elections and against certain other alleged curtailments of democratic liberties was described as "thoroughly unsatisfactory" by the Foreign Office spokesman here today. The Rumanian
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    New Air Service
    62 5 LONDON, June s— Mr. J Evans letained the seat for Socialists at the by-election in Ogmore division of Glamorgan, Wales, by a majority of 7.947. it was announced today. The Socialist majority at the general ilection was 25,003. The vacancy wa? caused by the appointment of L.
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    The Morning Tribune FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946 Excuses Worn Thin
    351 6 The Morning Tribune FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946 Excuses Worn Thin Were Mr. Herbert Hoover, President Truman's fact finder, to touch down at Kallang Airport and walk to town by way 01 Kallang Road and Rochore I Road, he would be justified in reporting back to his chief that Singapore was
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    New National Coal Board
    908 6  - New National Coal Board Robert Mackay By A group of experts have been chosen to manage Britain's drive for increased production So smooth is the working of i the democratic process in Britain that even those who are most keenly opposed to the principle of nationalization no; only accept 'he
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    ZABOTIN DIES FROM "HEART FAILURE"
    132 6 ZABOTIN DIES FROM "HEART FAILURE" OTTAWA. June 6-Th j Morning Journal report^ that word has bren received here of the dea h in Russia of Col. Nicolai Zabotin. former military at ache at the Soviet embassy in Otawa, four day s after his return to Moscow from th.' Canadian capital.
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    Chinese Envoy Sees Truman
    82 6 Chinese Envoy Sees Truman WASHINGTON, Jun e 6.— Chi. nese Ambassador to the United States, Mr. Wei Tao-ming. visited Preftden Truman preparatory to his departure on Friday He said President Truman sen "his best regards" to Gene. ralissimo Chiang Kai-sh<k. The Ambassador told newsmen he was convinced a united China
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    Tea Committee
    61 6 LONDON, June 5— The International Tea Committee has resumed publication of Its bulletin of statistics. The introduction mentions that the international export quota of 125 per cent since 1942 was fixed deliberately in order to ensure unrestricted production. The total tea exports in 1945 are as follows: India
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    U. S. Indian Immigration Bill Approved
    206 6 U. S. Indian Immigration Bill Approved WASHINGTON, June s— The Indian Immigration Bill was approved by the Senate Immigra. tion Committee today with only one member voting agains; It. The measure now goes to th<> Senate for ratiflca'lon. Th" supporters hope ;he Senate will pass the bill without a debate.
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    Telok Anson Rubber Good Condition
    487 7 Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Limited benefited i>n i\w occupation rest and hark reserves are very Rood, states (he first report for the period ended Dec. 31. 1 In- Company's estates Wttt re occupied early in October, l'jl.'. on the return of the manager Llttti <
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    55 7 LONDON. June s— The first aircraft linking London and Johannesburg on he regular BriMsh Overseas Airways and South Africa Airways Springbok route left London airport at Heathrow on Tuesday afternoon. In future, there will be three services weekly in each direction, the planes leaving for Johannesburg on Tue s d
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    PARADE IN JOHORE
    158 7 Johore Bahru will combine its celebrations of the victory and the King's bir hday wi'h a full scale inter-service parade at 8.30 on Saturday June 8. followed by a Victory March along Jalan Ibrahim and Jalan Wong Ah Sir Montagu Stopford, C-in-C Allied Land Forces, will take
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    Stole 12 Bottles Of Whisky-2 Months' Gaol
    230 7 Stole 12 Bottles Of Whisky2 Months' Gaol Convictions were recorded in two cases in the Fourth Police Court yesterday where persons in respon sible positions in military stores were involved in removing: Forces' property. In the first case, two Chinese Ong Tong Lam and Tan Kee Heng and two Indians
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    55 8 WASHINGTON. June 5. The Combined Tin Committee have announced additional allocations for the first six months of 1946 totalling 9.476 long tons and include 2.350 tons for the United States. 2 840 for France. 1.070 for Canada and 640 for India with the balance scattered among other European Middle East
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    "SUB-HUMAN TO POINT OF BESTIALITY"
    703 1 Death Sentence In Siam Railway Case After a hearing lasting more than a week, Major Mizulani Totaro, Japanese Commander of No. 5 Branch Camp of the infamous Burma-Siam "death railway," was, in the Sixth War Crimes Court here, yesterday unanimously found guilty on all three
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    Chinese Rubber Owners Want Price Revised
    118 1 The Chtnese Rubber Es?a e Owners Association met in Kuala Lumpur on June 3 in connection with the negotiations between the British and American Governments now proceeding in London on the question of a new rubber agreement. The Colonial Secretary was requested to transmit
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    SINGAPORE HOLD-UPS
    107 1 Of the 23 calls the radio patrols attended to during the 24-hour period ending midnight on Wednesday, two were cases of armed robberies. The first of these calls came at 8.45 p.m. when four Chinese armed with pistols robbed three Chinese passengers and a Malay driver of jewellery
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    WANT TO BUY A NEW CAR? HERE'S HOW YOU GET ONE
    319 1 Up to date, about 1450 applications for permits to buy new cars have been registered in Singapore. Sixteen ships have arrived, carrying a total of 795 cars, of which 110 went to the Malayan Rubber Estates Owners Company which
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    Japs To Compensate War Internees
    222 1 Japs To Compensate Wa r In te rnees WASHINGTON, June 6. Survivors among an estimated 35,000 American prisoners of war held by the Japanese and relatives of those who lost their lives while held by the enemy eventually may receive some monetary rewards from the Japanese government. A State departmen:
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    24 1 TOKIO, June 6.— Three of the lar jrcst Japanese shipping firms and their subsidiaries including the wellknown NYK line have been placed A. P.
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    ORDNANCE DEPOT BROKEN INTO
    77 1 Six Chinese who were alleged to have broken Into a godown of Sub-Depot 223 Base Ordnanc Depot. Mohanved Sultan Road. at 5 a.m.. on June 5. and commlted th€f: of four gunny bags of "Mazri" clothing, and four 1.0.R5. who were alleged to have abetted the
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    Rice Dealers Fined
    153 1 As a result of the discovery of bills for the sale of rice at "black market" Prices, the proprietors of two Chinese firms, Chew Eng H aa n of Thong Seng anil Co., Market Street, and Tan Chj n L ye o f Thong Hoe an* Co.,
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    Ceylon Univ. Exams
    171 1 The University of Ceylon has deci ded not to hold a Special entrance examination in Malaya as the nnm ber of Ceylonese candidates who will ultimately benefit by such an examination does not justify it, says a statement issued by the Representative of the Government of Ceylon
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    Our Dumb Blonde
    24 1 DUMB BLONDE: "Tony is mean he caught a crab when he was rowing, but he didn't bring it home for us!"
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    Sugar Sold Above Controlled Price
    125 2 Teo Eng Teng, described as senior partner, and Lee Chen Hock, manager of a liquidated firm, Ban Kheng Chuan, Tel ok Ayer Street, were yesterday each fined $1,000 in default, wn months' ri. for a transaction of sugar which took place on Nov. 7. 1945,
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    Cost Of Living Allowance For Govt. Servants Fixed
    285 2 Cost Of Living All o wance For Govt. Servants Fixed $45 Flat Believed Target Figure (Tribune Staff Reporter) June 15 is the target date for the interim report to be submitted by the Combined Malayan Union and Singapore Committee, set up to investigate the question of the cost of living
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    JAPANESE DUD
    57 2 SAN FRANCISCO, June 6—A beachcomber has discovered a torpedo near the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge. Navy ordnance experts said it appeared to be a dud fired from a Japanese submarine, probably at a U.S. ship during the war, when merchant vessel sinkings occurred within 100
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    More Rice Is On The Move
    473 2 Singapore, Thursday. If "all goes weir, this month's shipment of rice in the South East Asia area should be well over 100,000 tons, says a statement from the office of the Special Commissioner, S.E. Asia. About half of this will tome from Siam, and
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    Malacca Court News
    122 2 (Tribune Correspondent} MALACCA, June 4. For stealing a wheel complete with tyre and tube, an Indian, Retnam, was sentenced to two months' r.i. in the District Court when he appeared before Mr. J. E. M. Cave. The property was stolen from a jeep-trai-ler parked in the vacant
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    $5O BILLION CREDIT FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA
    69 2 WASHINGTON, June I— The Foreign Liquidation Commission announced on Wednesday tha ihe United Sates has extended a credit of $50,000,000,000 to Czechoslovakia for the purchase of Surplus American war proptT y in Europe. The statement added :hat the agreement was one of a series to
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    Japs Hanged 281 In K.L. Prison
    44 2 Japs Hanged 281 In K.L. Prison Eleven Japanese are to answer for the notorious Malacca Massacre. Evidence of their crime is approaching completion. From 12th April, 1943 to 15th Sept., 1945, 1,654 people died in Pudu Gaol, Kuala Lumpur, including 281 who were hanged.
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    ALL SET FOR SATURDAY'S EXHIBITION
    330 2 ALL SET FOR SATURDAY'S EXHIBITION (Tribune Ftaff Reporter The Happy World park has ben, transformed into an armoury in pr»paration for the Victory Exhibition to be opened on Saturday evening l.y H.K. the Governor, Mr. T. C. Oimson. All types of puns and other war material are boinp tastefully displaved
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    MAJESTIES VISIT MALAYAN TROOPS
    437 2 Their Majesties the King: and Queen yesterday morning visited overseas troops in London for V-Parade, at camp in Kensington Gardens. Among the men they met were the members of the Malayan Contingent. The Secre ary of State for the Colonies. Mr. George Hall visited the Contingent
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    Union Welfare Council Meets
    345 3 Union Welfare Council Meets (Tribune Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, June 5.— 'You are rightly not only a representative council but a council free from olliciul control. You have accepted the responsibility of leading the welfare work of Malaya. You carry with you not only the promise of myselt and the Government
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    TONIGHT'S BOXING
    113 3 The first card approved by the Boxing Board of Control since Mi revival, brings together Dennis Collins and Baby Eagle in the main <«vpnt. The first fl<?ht between these t*.vo lads was a rlose and an interestIng one and although the decision went to Collins who recovered well
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    S.C.R.C. Cricket
    63 3 The following are invited to repMMnt S.C.R.C. at cricket at TenKan on Whit -Monday;: Eu Chjeow Chye (Capt.), Swee Lim Swang, Onp, Swee Law, Cheong Thiam Siew, Khoo Ong Lee, Low Kre Pow, Ong Chew Bee, Ong Swee Keng, Seah i Keng SiPW. Cpcil Wong and Evan Wonf.
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    Recs Beat Police
    127 3 Fielding four substitutes the Police were beaten by one goal to nil in a hockey match against the Recs at Thompson Road yesterday. The Recs scored midway in the first lxalf through right-winger D "loss. The game waa in^resting, both sides showing improved form after their recent
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    Boxer vs Wrestler At Great World
    277 3 There will be all-in wrestling at ♦he Great World Arena this Saturday, this being possible because the wresders will not be making the tr<p to K. L. until the following week Heading a special Whitsuntide is another boxer versus wrestkff contest. This time the
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    Cochin Chinese Provisional Govt. Powers
    225 3 Cochin Chinese Provisional Govt. Powers PARIS. June 5. -The convention fixing the powers of the Cochin Chinese Provisional Governmen: and it 3 relations with the French High Commissioner in Indo-China was published in Saigon today, the French agency AFP. announced. On the internal structure of the Cochin Chinese Government, rhe
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    EAT LESS APPEAL
    65 3 WASHINGTON, June 6.— ln the midst of a national bread shortage, President Truman's Emergency Committee appealed on Wednesday to all consumers to eat at, least one-third less flour bread and other wheat products. The Committee disclosed that more than 81,000.000 bushels of the 1945 wheat crop had
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    GEC To ConductAtomic Research
    169 3 GEC To Conduct Atomic Research WASHINGTON, June 5.— A major step towards putting the atom to work for the benefit of humanity iias been taken when the War Department announced on Wednesday its contract with the General Electric Company for extensive research programme in atomic energy. The announcement said: "It
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    Profiteer Fined $250
    106 3 Profiteer Fined $250 Lim Thiam. who sold fish and prawns at a stall in Beach Road Market, was fined $250. in default, hree weeks' si. when he was found guilty by the Second District Judge Mr. Tan Thoon Lip of selling prawns above the controlled price. Food Control Inspectors visited
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    SPY CASE
    80 3 MONTREAL. June Docu ments he took from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa provided all the information for Igor Gousen. ko, chief witness in the espionage trial in Mon'real. to link Fred Rose. Canadian Communist Member of Parliament, with the case, he testified on Wednesday. The former code clerk
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    Table-Tennis Win For Y.M.C.A.
    127 3 Table-Tennis Win For Y.M.C.A. The Y M C A. beat Yayu in a tablo-tennis match played at the Y. M.C.A.Tennis Pavilion on Wednesday evening. The Y. M. C. A. won three singles and one doubles to Yayu's two singles and one doubles. The following are the results: (Y. M. C.
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    Latin Countries Promise All-Out Food Aid
    555 4 Latin Countries Promise All-Out Food Aid Cuba Will Contribute A Lot Of Sugar MEXICO CITY, June s— An UNRRA mission headed by Mr. Francis Sayre, personal representative of the Director General of UNRRA. which has just completed a tour of Latin American countries, has come back with its hands full
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    30-MILLION FACING STARVATION
    127 4 30-MILLION FACING STARVATION WASHINGTON, June 6— Mr. Thomas S. T. Yang, Chinese delegate to the recent, international food conference here, declared that 30 million people were threatened with starvation, and described the Combined Focd Board's allocations as totally inadequate. "We cannot expect to save lives by feeding with paper allocations."
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    49 4 CANTON, June 6.— Police, provin cial guards and civilian officials on Thursday raided bookstores, seizing leftist books, magazines ajid newspapers' most of which have been published in Hong Kong. One proprietor demanded the visitors to show their authority and received a quick answer a revolver pointed at him.— A.
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    Jap Monarchy May Go
    65 4 I WASHINOTON, June 6.— A com mittee of the Far Eastern commission haft taken under consideration the question of abolishing the Japanese monarchy. The commission's weekly prea* statement said the question of "aboli tion of the emperor institution" ana the issue of democratic reform in Japan
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    281 4 the massacre were "under nobody's control" and were "pure gangsters witn no motive other than thirst tor blood.' He said Java's Chinese "are horrified and aroused. More than 1.000 of 10,000 who are in Allied-held Tangerang have requested arms for seif -protection. Mr. Tsiang said he told Dr. Sharii that
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    $500,000 PERAK FIRES
    89 4 $500,000 PERAK FIRES Ipoh Loss through fire in the State of Perak from November 1945 to April this year has been estimated at about $500,000, says a report issued by the Perak Fire Service of the Malayan Union. Fire which broke out at a B.M.A. Rubber Buying Unit godown, 3rd
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    BEWARE MINEFIELDS
    137 4 The Military Authorities have informed the Malayan Government tha; there are no records! of the mii| jfle lds that may i have been laid by the British Forces during .the operations in I Malaya in 1941-42, and it i.sl not possible for the Forces now in the country
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    Laski Going To Moscow
    69 4 Laski Going To Moscow LONDON. June 6— The Labour P-jrty Executive has decided to send its long-planned delegation to Moscow this summer in an effort 10 improve rtlations by direct contact with Russian Communist Party leaders. The delegation will consist of Prolessor Harold Laski, retiring Chairman of the Party Executives,
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    WITHOUT CHEERS
    52 4 LONDON, June 6. —The Pood Minister Mr. John Strachey was answering questions in Parliament about food rations at Epsom when Mr. Tom Driberg put this supplementary question: Can you tell us what won the Derby? Mr. Strachey replied: I believe it was Airborne. The announcement was received without
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    SARAWAK'S INDEPENDENCE EXTINGUISHED
    220 4 SARAWAK'S INDEPENDENCE EXTINGUISHED Says Tuan Muda LONDON. June I.— A denial of the Rajah of Sarawak's statement tha*. the "independent character" of Saia wak has not been extinguished, is made in a letter to THE TIMES this morning by Mr. Bertram Brooke, the Tunn Muda of Sarawak. "If this were
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    Russia Not Contributing
    111 4 CHILE, June 6— Mr. Herbert Hoover, who Is on a world food surrey lor President Truman, told presmen that Communists "like to see the peoples of Europe hungry, in order more easily to establish their political ideals." He accused the world Communist ness of perpetrating "slanderous re
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    58 4 cil yesterday, Mr. Jinnah said that U the British and Hindus do not ajrree to establish a separate Muslim State. "we shall have it in spite of them.' He told the Council it was completely free to take any course it chose but "as far as Pakistan w.i concerned, Muslim
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