Morning Tribune, 26 June 1946

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    25 1 MORNING TRIBUNE VOt. 1 NO 49 V'&i&ries) 10 CENTS WEDNfeSPAY: VVNB 2t. 1946. 1 i, T>. B 1 Woman had 1,000 capsules of drugs jg%i
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    Surgeon Questioned On £25,000 Legacy
    332 1 London, June 25.— The legoc^f £25,000 i^atjM payminii of £lQ,Ooo^nspne year W a. Harfey Street sur^(fe'V&^wrttAnkd*at ja St.. Pancreas inquest on the Hoa Leslie <^v l)y^ s h^frSlster of. Viscount Selby *a& trie grand-daughter a former speaker of the 1 House of oftmdhs. r, Wcdbecl^
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    NEWSMEN HONOURED
    24 1 21 British war cgrrpapo^ei\ta *wft|4--ed 1 trie Order df'the" BWlph EmpJ'6 dvn dlvteldh, lYichides Oeorire Kinnk>ar ot tMe' Batt AH lean aunOarcl.
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    COMMONS SIT 20½ HOURS
    68 1 COMMONS SIT 20½ HOURS I kCWDpN, June. .2s. A marathon teittlHg>f 7 tlie ifejie of* Commons *Bs'p'g 2Q fcoo'rs and 2$ minute* brHitlf memf^ft of Parliament wr*n|fl B&'wiMi t^ttfhjr' tar questions, ende* n adiournttfint *jt .S.GSft today. .'tl'Vaa^fiU'^oVilfeit ieitibn sine, f f?Jf Jrlf l/2iRVrV e«tabl(afeea., .Irt TleM.t^^a^vi^y :< tried. vy/MS
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    30 1 bomb, ihe teat did some damage. Fragments pitted the hardwood of the deck, an army truck on board was damaged, and "a plexiglass" seclon was blown from a. navy bomber.,
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    Our Share: 100.OOO Tons Of Rubber
    42 1 Reuter leerrn that ii Malaya's share off the S >• 145,00^ tons or Brttisif, V I Frejtich". a ritf. triltch f i rubber tp the United States will be about |V 100,600 lons. i I I^^^^ m,^^^* >
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    RECOUP WHEAT OUTPUT
    27 1 'other ;«^tt^<fe^^«^^^?£J days' of Jtine. tt t^m^.^*!,™>J 'export so far to 'WCOW'Ton^ *na the total since the beginning of the year to 4,715,000 tons
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    26 1 1 British masoer bataers. at..a. ro^etjpg of their national association Jnere-tcv-day,« unanimously resolved to t urge, the Government not to start ..bxe^d rationing,,, 0 fi ,<„ ,;ij ■>.-.
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    PoW Who died In Malaya Remembered His Friends
    191 1 PoW Who died In Malaya Remembered His Friends RAYLJSIGH. K>SK* Jun? Warrant Officer^ 0.C., who died a..^^"W^ "pn-, iop eamjV m mi&ftsJ.W *?*t.ftj <hfa ago of ,26, niadr a. \Vin'bef^e Jafc, ihfe: his .l)iwno ip /W^tttn Road, i Rayi'flgft. for T loft £75 "m ■|W^ry. Ji^C\h fi pood t!*ncs ve
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    INDIA:CONGRESS PARTY ACCEPTS LONG-TERM PLAN
    396 1 INDIA:CONGRESS PARTY ACCEPTS LONG-TERM PLAN Stfew Delhi, June 25.— A new Official statement- on dla's constitutional, future, m the light -.Congress acceptance of the long-term p^nwd rejection of the plan for the interim government, i§ evicted either late tonieht of totAdrftfa. j W W Z Ww 9 tti^c#|^ acceptance.^ the
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    England Win Test By 10 Wickets
    101 1 England Win Test By 10 Wickets England won tht fi^st >JW( match against the fnmaj* tourists yesterday }f W yesterday, indto Mdj SJK3 another wUh st^ i mtaKi9im hand, i^a*©<<ra^te*«pr4H Jl« fighting inning* bit &**H nath mho madm 5f flwaMiW fium te»«il^^ th **m lire tide were *U <»* 19?****
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    UNKNOWN
    22 1 LONDON^ Jyne v .^sc.i»ifil HrMWfff committee of enquiry It PikrttoC Tbe net-, H to r^itfaly oiKkrstoo* country at once. «r^rr««fviAft IfttcMMMfb
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    HOME FROM PRISON
    19 1 Mayor W-W#MM «f >|»i^HiWif| y«alerda^Jwelao*Njr.#iodltrft4P of the Cyprus Regiment wh*3WM l*to J 4nl|prtW|e*l|m«talßif*iJ Hfi^fw P«irtgiH«t-*mtt|iy34tt INWfl«^
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    28 1 j LONDON, June 26 The mJM*n| of m^>r -OM9 tHforW* tffi t *Nmfa the year ended May 1946 was 1,306 Kncluding leu uaed cais U was st*»cd
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    The Morning Tribune WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1946. Pacific Defence
    389 2 The Morning Tribune WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1946. Pacific Defence Outside occupied areas it nas long been known whai has only since tne war been realise j here namely, that Malaya is assuming a greatly enhanced strategic importance. In an interview with the Morning Trioune, the G.0.C., Singapore, this week explained
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    Marginal Comment
    1360 2  -  Harold Nicholson > s I Copyright In Malaya By (BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE LONDON SPECTATOR) I* i Versailles Defended I have often asked myself why the British public, who during the war showed themselves impervious to every form of propaganda, should between 1919 and 1938 have absorbed
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    China's New Warships At Honolulu
    257 2 China 's New Warships At Honolulu HONOLULU. Hawaii's Chinese community gave a gala reception to countrymen manning ei^ht lormer United States war vessels now flying (he flag of China. The ships, first a fleet of American vessels to be transferred to China under lendlcase, docked here before continuing on to
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    Food Shipment To China Tops New Peak
    148 2 Food Shipment To China Tops New Peak I SHANGHAI. June 24.— A new ie cord of 63,681 tons of food was shipped to China's famine-stricken areas m May by T7NRRA and lU sister Chinese Organisation CNltflA (Chinese National Relief and Rent; bilitation Administration), it is >>! filially announced.. Tins food
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    Truman "Mystery"
    62 2 WASHINGTON. June 24.— White House aides mir> something of a mystery ol President Truman's weekend movements. To questions whether Mr. Truman Fsppnt thp nl^ht of June 22 and the morning of June 23, at the late President Roosevelt's old ShanErila hideO'U ne^r ThUtmOnt Mar/land. Assistant Press Secretary Ebon
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    KelaniStrikersTold To Return To Work Today
    138 3 KelaniStrikersTold To Return To Work Today I -The C T-idum C«».. :ty, which called strikes m Ceylon rubber and tea plantations on June 22 demanding c juul political and economic rights for Indians, today told 40,000 Indian labourers striking on Kelani Valley rubber plantations to return to work. Wednesday next.
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      114 3 ft 4 Shows 1.30 -4 6.30 9.30 p. m. Eagle Lion Presents A Stirring Vivid Dramatic Hit! **Xoel Coward Scores Again" EXIXUMIVC! to the Pavilion Eagle-Lion's Technicolour "VICTORY Film Showing Victory Celebration Scenes m London and the Victory Parade and Fireworks at Night All m Technicolour All Malayan Premiere On
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    Shanghai Orders 1,500 Prefabs
    244 4 Shanghai Orders 1,500 Prefabs SHANGHAI, June 24.— The prohibitive cost of construction materials and labour has compelled Shanghai to shelve all building plans and to resort to the wholesale importation of prefabricated houses from the United States to ease the acute housing •shortage. Various Chinese commercial and co-operative organisations have
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    REDUCED TO RANKS
    31 4 ALDKRSHOT, June 24. Courtmartial sentences of reduction to the ranks have been passed on the remaining seven of 37 N.C.Os found guilty of deserting the troopship Corfu— Reuter
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    MARITIME CONFERENCE
    73 4 SEATTLE, June 25. A nine-man committee prepared a report for tho world maritime conference wajre «ad hour committee, which delegit*** hoped would settle disputes thieatening the conference programme. The committee comprised equull/ of employer, worker and Roveinment members was expected to tone down the proposals for an international
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    A LARGE FAMILY
    55 4 AZUSA. CALIFORNIA.—Muffet. a white cat belonging to Mrs. J. Walter Ferguson, has reached the 100-mark-Mnffct's 99th and 100 th kittens arrived recent'y, the owner of the 11-year-old cat said. Bui there's a problem connected with eventual disposal of the new arrivals. All the neighbours are already well
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      97 4 FEB. 19, 1945 FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ'S TASK FORCE Landed on IWOJIMA SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY MILES FROM THE j HEART OF JAPAN IN TECHJN II OLOR ON STANDARD 35 MM- EQUIPMENT THE ENTIRE AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION WAS FILMED NOW THE EYES EARS OF SINGAPORE WILL SEE HEAR THE CHRONICLE OF INCONCEIVABLE
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      135 4 El DAILY: 3 SHOWS 3—6—9 CAPACITY HOUSES! "JIIOOLA" It's a HINDUSTANI super of 18 reels more than 2 hours of gripping absorbing entertainment! Starring Leela Chltnis It Ashok Kumar. From the same studio that gave you KISMET— the miracle! -JIIOOLA" Released thru the United Exhibitors Syndicate for a Record Run!
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      398 4 1 1 Radio I I Programme 1100-1200 hrs.) Malay Schools' Broadcast every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 0900-1000 hrs.) English Schools' Broadcast every Monday. 1100-1200 hrs.) English Schools' Broadcasting Wednesday and Friday 1200-1400 hrs.) 300 metres m the medium wave band and 4.78 megacycles per second m the 61 metre band
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    35-CENT MEALS FOR THE PUBLIC
    297 5 35-CENT MEALS FOR THE PUBLIC Hirst Canteen Opens On Saturday (Our Own Reporter) Thirty-flve-cent meals will be served at the "People's Restaurant"— the first of several public canteens to be run for the be neflt of the working class most affected by the present hi^h cost of living. Organised and
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    $1,500 Breach Of Trust Alleged
    268 5 Criminal breach of trust of $1,500 was alleged m the charge against a 29-year-old Englishspeaking Ind'an, M.T. Vtrgnese when he appeared on trial before Mr. A. P. Jack m the Relief Court yesterday. Complainant m the case, Dillbagh Singh, a contractor, said that on Oct.
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    Retiring British Ambassador Here
    49 5 Sir Horace Seymour, retiring British Ambassador In China, arrived yesterday aboard H.M.S. Anson. He is on his way to England and during his brief stay here will be the guest of Lord and Lady Killearn. Sir Horace will continue his Journey home on the Anson.
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    MAJOR GENERALS' MESS
    50 5 In our report of the interview with the O.OC. Singapore on the housing situation, It was stated that eleven major-generals were living m throe houses In Gallop Road. It «hould read eleven officers, including three major-generals, are living In what is known a« the major generals' mess.
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    Saved Hundreds Of RAPWI Lives-OBE
    434 5 The award of the D.S.O. to Wing Commander Thomas Stuart Tull, 0.8. E through whose courage and resource hundreds of R.AP.W.I. lives were saved m Java, was announced m the King's Birthday Honours List. Dropped by parachute on Magelang m September, 1945, from a Liberator
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    Life Of Raffles To Be Filmed
    134 5 Scenes to lend authentic local colour to the new Brit sh film, "Raffles of Singapore" may be filmed here shortly, the Tribune understands. It it not known however whether it will be necessary to call upon local talent as the main body of the
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    MURDER CHARGE
    55 5 A BMrdmr charge was cxplaincu to a Tamil Hindu Mnriappan aluuj Gurußamy C 2 mi n the Fourth Pohre Court yesterday. It is allepeu that he niurdorcri P. Kandiah With n knifo at 10.30 p.m. on June 23 at tho Cooly Lines. ft.A.F. S?letar. The case was postponed
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    Oil Theft Alleged
    72 5 A 31 -year old Hokiclen Quek Ho Yeoh claimed trial m the Fourth Police Court yesterday to a charge of theft of 43 drums of lubricating oil, valued at $1,290. the property of the Custodian of Property. The oil was removed at 11.55 a.m. on June 24
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    Four Years' Prison For Torturing 3
    152 5 For ill-trcatincr and torturing throe Singapore civilians, Josenh Hoedon. W. D. Dally and Mohamed Maideen, ;tt the local Kempeitai station m the Y.M-C.A. building, m the latter part of 1944. Set. Ishimura Gonhiro, a former member of the KemDeitai. was sentenced to four years'
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    RAFFLES, QUEEN VICTORIA STATUES will RETURN HOME
    312 5 RAFFLES, QUEEN VICTORIA STATUES will RETURN HOME I (Tribune Staff Reporter) i The statue of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore. will go back to its site at Empress Place within the next ten i (leys. I Preparations for ths statue's removal began yesterday. Raffles statue was removed by the
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    S.S. Lines Resume Main Services
    169 5 Crowds of people elbow one anothet at the counter of the .Singapore Straits Steamship Company's booking office to obtain passages. These passengers are either returning to their homes m Borneo, Sarawak, and, the feast Coast of Malaya or going to those areas to inspect their
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    sec to re-open
    51 5 The Singapore Cricket dub wil re-open on July 1, after being derequisitioned. Since the liberals the premises had been used by tnt Army V.M.C.A. The first general meeting will be held on July 5 at 5 p.m. and ill those interested are invited to at* tend the
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    TANK ROAD-KEPPEL HARBOUR BUS RUN
    62 5 The Singapore Traction Cempany Is reinstating yet another bus route. From Friday an omnibus service, with a frequency of 10 minutes, will operate between Tank Road and Keppel Harbour. The route taken is via Tank Road, River Valley Road, Hill Street, Hieh Street, Fullerton Road,
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    Why Grow Old?
    339 6  -  Josephine Lowman Straight Pretty By And The term "dowager's hump" was no doubt first coined because the hump at the base of the neck, m the back, is a rather usual physical trait of middle or older tge. However, this is not neces«arily confined to this age
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    Halo-Greek Relations
    25 6 ROME, June 24.— The Italian foreign ministry announced Monday that the Italian and Oreek governments had decided to restore diplomatic relations. Associated Press
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    Price Control In America
    86 6 WASHINGTON, June 24.— The fctnate and House of Representatives Committee, conferring on divergent versions of the bill extending the price control legislation which was due to end on June 30, has announced agreement on all but four major points. These were length of extension, Senate amendments
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    NIBS From FILMDOM
    83 6 NIBS From FILMDOM (By Howard C. Heyn, Associated Press Writer) HOLLYWOOD— The recent death of British actor Philip Merivai.created a casting problem which has not yet been solved. Merivale was to have portrayal the Hindu holy man m the screen version of W. Somerset Maugham' 3 story "The Razor's Edge."
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    41 6 HOLLYWOOD. Geoirfe Chong. I Ihtatre owner from Hangchow, China. and C. C. Yang. Chinese Consul at Seattle, Washington, were recent studio visitors. They met Peter Lawlord, Wallace Beery and the newlydiscovered child star. 'BttiCli" Jenkins, at Meno-Goldwyn-Ma.ur s j studios.— A.P.
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    92 6 HOLLYWOOD.— L Wechsler, the Swiss producer of "The Last Chance." has been visiting Hollywood witl 1 L. Lindtberg and R. Schweizer, dir ctor and scenarist, respectively, of ihat film. Schweizer came here to accept tne "Oscar" trophy awarded him by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts end Sciences for the
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    55 6 HOLLYWOOD.— Victor Varconi. a| Hungarlan-bom actor, will portray Capt. Simeon Eguyer m Ceoil B. de Mille's "Unconquered." a story of early-day America. Ecuyer was a brave Swfss officer who commanded Port Pitt m 1763, during the bastion's 90-day siege by the Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac. This was a celebrated battle
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    78 6 HOLLYWOOD. Twentieth Ccn-tury-Por ha^ announced that William Eythe, one of its younger stars featured m "The House on 92nd Street" and "Centennial Summer", will leave for England m June to play the leading male role m "Meet me at Dawn," to be filmed kf Pox studios m London. ProducI tion
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    Wife Cries Over 'Darling' Letters
    385 6 Wife Cries Over 'Darling' Letters MRS. CECILIA EMILY STANLEY, aged 47, mother of seven children, ana a grandmother, wept at military cour", at Maiclstone, Kent, when letters she wrote to an Italian prisoner begining "My darling sweetheart" were read. The Italian, Filippo Rnfgicrio, aged 32, was found Not Guilt> "establishing
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    Another Mysterious Phone Call
    135 6 JERUSALEM, June 24. The Hebrew language newspaper "Haaretz tonight received another mysterious telephone call purporting to br from the Irgun Zvai Leumi (Jewish terrorist organisation) saying that a pian to free the three British officer* still held hostage by the organisation had not been carried out.
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    FOOD GIFTS FOR CZECHS
    49 6 BREMKNHAVKN, June 25,— Tw^n k > thousand food packages for CsbcKo..lovukiu arrived here on Monday aboard the vessel the Ameiuan Ban ker. These, each weighing 30 pound:-. were s«nt by .individua's m f he U.S. Cztcho.slovak guards will escor'. the food to distribution centres A. P.
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      157 6 UFL ABNER exclusive m malaya to the morning tribune] j Ignoramus Abroad By Al Capp ILI'L ABNER HAS COMPLETED FO&GOTTEM I OH, HOW FASONATIN' WONDER V NOT W A -JA&BERIN'AWAV IN THAR r^—-^~L TOE CHEWING GUM STUCK IN HIS EARS, I S T'SEE FURRIN LANDS, J IF*DEM /AGAINST NATIVE TONGUE,
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    U.S. to RESTORE NAZI -LOOTED PROPERTIES
    369 7 U.S. to RESTORE NAZI -LOOTED PROPERTIES PARIS, June 25.— American Secretary of State Mr. James F. Byrnes announced on Monday night that American military government authorities had been instructed to restore to Hungary, Italy and Austria all goods and property forcibly removed by German trooos from thos? nations, writes Joseph
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    To jo Betrayed His Foreign Minister
    229 7 TOKIO, June 24.— A Japanesj newspaperman tes.i iled today that the former Premier Tojo broke his pledge ana "betrayed" th Foreign Minister when he sent Japan to war against tho Uni l^ Pt^eThe prosecution witness, Tomin Suzuki, told the International war tnbunal that less
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    U.S. Sole Trusteeship To Pacific Bases Urged
    88 7 HONOLULU, June 25.— The U.S. should open immediate negotiations ior sole trusteeship to Pacific Islands vital to American defence, said Representative Izacs, Democrat of Cali fornia. of the Hou^e naval affairv committee. Strategic and particularly populated islands from Okinawa to New Caledonia should
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    HAD REVOLVER ON BOARD SHIP
    54 7 (Our Own Reporter) PENANG. .Tune 25. Chean Hwa, a 22-vear-o'd Chinese who claimed to have come from Shanghai, was arrested on boa»-d "Tak Sane" yesterday for possession of a service revolver and 16 rounds of ammunition. The man was not a nassenerer of the ship.
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    Burma Rice Crop Estimate
    106 7 RANGOON. June 24.— Mr. B. 0. Bums, Financial Commissioner, told Reuter today that the Burma rice "rop estimate Riven by the Royal > Air Force suivey m Singapore iadt wnk, which was stated to be m roopect of ti.c rice harvest at the c:ui of 1940
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    CANTON'S POOR TAX REVENUE
    112 7 CANTON'S POOR TAX RE VENUE CANTON, June 24— Though in;--j ports are beginning to flow into Canton, the Chinese Customs arc re- 1 ceiving little revenue from for.'ten trade. The Customs administration h^v drawn the attention of the military authorities to the smuggling of goxlf from Hong Kong on the
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    Jewish Charge Against Arabs
    114 7 Jewish Charge Against Arabs JERUSALEM, June 25.— An Arab plan for increasing the Arab Legion to 100,000 men and establishing a provisional government for Palestine under the Mufti of Jerusalem, was alleged on Monday by the illegal Jewish radio. "The Voice of Israel." The broadcast referred to the proposal adopted
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    Pravda Denounces U.S. Atom Plan
    207 7 Pravda Denounces U.S. Atom Plan MOSCOW, June 25.— Pravda on Monday flatly declared Soviet Russia will never surrender its veto power m any atomic control plan and said the U.S. proposal for control of the weapon "reflects her aim of striving for world rule." f It added In a lengthy
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    POLISH ELECTIONS DELAY CAUSES CONCERN IN U.K.
    100 7 POLISH ELECTIONS DELAY CAUSES CONCERN IN U.K. I LONDON, June 25. Minister uK i State Philip Noel-Baker expressed I "grave concern" m the Commons lon Monday at "the delay m hold. I inff elections m Poland." Declaring there were signs that I this delay i> beinjr used to undtr mine
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    Srinagar Disturbances
    56 7 SRINAGAR. June 24.— The death roll m two days of disturbance!! which broke out as a result of Pandit Nehru's detention has now risen to seven. Thirteen are m hospital, seriously injured' With the return of Pandit Nehru to Delhi, it is hoped that the political disturbances m
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    HELD INCOMMUNICADO IN LONDON
    78 7 LONDON, June 25.— Earl Brow tier, former head of the Communist °aity m America, was held incom- mui.icade on Monday, pending his departure from London for New i York following his visit to Moscow, Br.tlsh security police said m Lonaon. A security police officer said Browder
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      312 7 Clues:- Try This AMERICAN I— They go about 20— At the very k^ ff ML^MLW neck end s— Brings about 22— Auto 32— Our sixteenth 42— Literary Answer To Yesterday's 9 Topics for 23 Waste land m President collection discussion England 36 Rest spots 43 It covers arm PIIZZIC. 11
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    "Revolution In India Narrowly Averted"
    276 8 "Revolu tion In India Narrowly Averted" LONDON, June 24. India, m the opinion of many, was on the verge of a revolution before the British Cabinet Mission arrived, said Mr. P. J. Griffiths, leader of the European group m the India Central Assembly, addressing the East India Association here today.
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    Some Hope Still Held To Save India Plan
    200 8 Some Hope Still Held To Save India Plan NEW DELHI, June 24.— New talks today between Indian leaders and members of the British Cabinet Mission are believed to have pointed the way to salvaging a good part of what looked like being a certain wredf of the Cabinet Mission's plan
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    NCO Sits Between Queen And Duchess
    112 8 NCO Sits Between Queen And Duchess LONDON, June 24*— Sitting between the Queen and the Duchess of Kent m the Royal Box at a gala concert night at the Royal Albert Hall m aid of the Commandos Benefit Fund, Quartermaster-Sergeant Q. Brown from Stockport talked to them about music and
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    No Despondency In U.K. Over India Deadlock
    176 8 No Despondency In U.K. Over India Deadlock LONDON, June 24— There is no despondency m British Government quarters over the present deadlock m India, according to an authoritative spokesman m close touch with the British Cabinet. It is still strongly felt that the efforts of the Viceroy and the British
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    FLOODS RENDER HUNDREDS HOMELESS
    34 8 ASHALAND, Wisconsin, June 25. —One person was drowned and hundreds were rendered homeless m a raffing Hood of the White and Bad rivers, following five inches of rainfall.- A. P.
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    U.S. Troops In China "A Menace To Peace"
    290 8 U. S. Troops In China "A Menace To Peace" NANKING, JUNE 25.— COMMUNIST LEADER MAO TSE-TUNG ON MONDAY' DECLARED THAT THE CHINESE PEOPLE BELIEVE THE U.S. ARMY AND NAVY FORCES IN CHINA HAVE BECOME A GRAVE MENACE TO NATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY OF THIS TROUBLED NATION. The head of all
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    NEW DUTCH GOVT'S. POLICY, WILL PRESENT DIFFICULTIES
    286 8 THE HAGUE, June 24.— While it is felt that the new Dutch Government, when formed, will stand a good chance of remaining m office a long time, per- j haps a four-year term, it Is recognised t 1 at its policy on Indonesia
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    31 Jews In Latest Trial
    149 8 31 Jews In Latest Trial JERUSALEM, June 24— In the trial of the 31 members of the Irgun Zval Leumi, among the accused was a woman, 21-year-old Deborah Kalfus, who sat smiling beside her 19-year-old brother, Mosse Kalfus. The 30 men. whose age range from 17 to 28 wore the
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    SCHEME TO MAKE YELLOW RIVER SAFE
    193 8 SCHEME TO MAKE YELLOW RIVER SAFE SHANGHAI. June 24— A thorough study of the Yellow River— "China's Sorrow"— -w il l be conducted by a special Board set up by the National Supreme Economics Council. The Board will recommend permanent measures to hold the Yellow River In check, and will
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    INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN NEW JAVA AMBUSH
    70 8 INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN NEW JAVA AMBUSH BATAVfA, June 24.— Two Indian sr.Wers were killed m ambushes when four companies of British troops were returning from occupying an Indonesian concentration camp m Sumatra last Wednet>day, Dutch sources reported today. The troops released 52 women and children from the camp which
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    MODEL VILLEGE
    38 8 SYD N E V.-The Australian Government plans to build a model native village of 500 homes near Port Moresby, New Qulnea, Eri<vard J. Ward, Minister for External Territories, an. nouncrd. If wM] con $185 000.— A.P.
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    HEALTH INTELLIGENCE BROADCAST
    58 8 For the Information of master mariners and shipping ro-npn- H is announced that as from June 27 t* weekly health Intelligence will be broadcast from Kranji RNWP station m AA cable code and clear at 1400 hours G.M.T. on call sign GYL, simultaneously m three fre-. quencies
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    Singapore Harbour Facilities Greatly Improved
    625 10 Singapore Harbour Facilities Greatly Improved 220 000 ~Tons AAonth /Vow (Our Own Reporter) Singapore's port facilities are now capable of handling three times the tonnage of September 1945. Then the port was capable of handling about 2,500 tons a day; now the figure is 220,000 tons a month. When the
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    INDIVIDUAL RATIONING OF CLOTH
    202 10 INDIVIDUAL RATIONING OF CLOTH Impracticable j v ITie Government of Blnga- I pore has given caTeful con- I sideration to the problem of j textile distribution within* the I Colony and has decided that juy scheme of Individual r% I tinning Is impractica'bie due f to the uncertainty and slowI
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    TIN SHORTAGE WARNING
    176 10 OAMBRXDOB. June U.— A warnto* of coming shortage of lead and tt» w«s given today by Professor W-, R Jones. Dean of the Royal School of Mines, who charged Empire Governments With f aUure to appreciate the importance of longtern planning ot mineral retturcet, Lead was In
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    "SILENT" HERO DEAD
    40 10 LOS ANGELES, June 24.— William 8. Hart. 83, first of the screen's wes-' tern heroes died m the hospital late on Sunday of lingering infirmity. He has left behind an estate valued at a million dollars,- A.P.
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    JUJTTSU THROWS ALLEGED FORM OF TORTURE
    388 10 For the first time m the Singapore War Crimes Courts, a Japanese, charged with committing a war crime, tendered a plea of cuilty but as he declared m his rtttement he was forced to commit the act, the court did not accept his plea
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    Gen.Messervy:' We've A Right To Be Proud'
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    Alsagoff, Carvalho, Suppiah For Trial
    169 10 Alsagoff, Carvalho, Suppiah For Trial Hussein bin AlsagofT, Oliver Ignatius Carvalho, and Perinnan Suppian, were committed for trial on niir« charges of voluntarily causing nur* to nine local people m order to extort confession from them during the Japanese occupation, when Utf preliminary inquiry which com monced on June 8
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    TWO MORE ROBBERIES
    79 10 Two more cases of robberies were reported m the past 24 hours. In both cases no arrests have been effected. In the first case, three Chinese, two of whom were armed with pistols, held up occupants of a house m Hill Street and got away with $900
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    CHILDREN HURT IN TORNADO
    71 10 PORT FRANCIS. Ontario, June 25. Eleven persons, ten of them children, were taken to hospital yesierday after a 60-mlle-an-hour tornado struck this north-western Onfaiio town. IRO miles east of Winnipeg. The ten children belonged to one family whose house on an Indian reservation was blown down.
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    "YOUR CHANCE NOW" UNION GOVERNOR TELLS CHINESE
    177 11 "YOUR CHANCE NOW" UNION GOVERNOR TELLS CHINESE (Our uu-n Reporter Kuala Lumpur, June 25.- -Speaking at a dinner given by the Chinese community at the Chinese Assembly Hall last night, Sir Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan Union, exhorted the Chinese m Selangor to seize their great opportunity and fulfil
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    S'pore Police Beat Johore Police 2-1
    83 11 The Singapore {Police scored a! victory over the Johure Police m hockey match played at Thomson Road on Monday. After a goalies* first half three goals were scored In the second with the Singapore team getting two of them through Tnha. Singapore scored first
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    Today's Soccer
    129 11 Today the Chinese Athletic soccer' team meets Johore m a chanty match at the Jalan Besar Stadium There will be admission charges and the proceeds will go to the Nunyantf Academy of Pine Arts. Two Sui.days ago the C.A. went to Johore Bnhru and beat a Johore side,
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    IPOH RACE HANDICAPS
    82 11 I IPOH, Tues. The following arc handicaps for Saturday's races Horses Clas3 One, Six Furlong Goat's Hkin 9.13, Ballymum 9. 1T, Mickey Rooney 8.7, Remembrance «-5. Remember Me 7.1 Z. I Horsen Class Two, Six Furlonp.- Harlequin 9.3. Oentian 9.0, Disl.n-j CVifched 8.11, Houlichan 8.9, E-inu Star
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    NOT A CUE
    90 11 JERUSALEM, June 25.— Mititai> nnd police authorities said today they were "absolutely without a hint" a" to the whereabouts of the three kidnapped British officer*. Extensive checks failed to confirm reports that Irjrun members hau broadcast threats to kill them BftltM two Irgun members, who had k»ee"
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    WOMEN BETTORS MAY LOSE SEATS IN ROYAL ENCLOSURE
    803 11 LONDON, June 24.— The fact that the Royal Ascot this year was an austerity one at the King's request did not prevent the meeting having much of Its pre-war grlamour and social flavour, writes Vernon Morgan, Reuter's Sports Editor. Men wore lounge
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    Armed Robbery Cases In Court
    208 11 Armed Robbery Cases In Court Ti i In which armed robbery charge* were explained, came up m the Police Courts yesterday In the Second Court an Indian Ramalinghara was charged with having on June 3 at 1.45 a.m. with two others robbed Osman b. Mohd. of 23 motor car tyres
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    Malay Regt. Trains For Re ace-Time Rale
    258 11 Malay Regt. Trains For Re ace-Time Rale The men of the First Battalion Malay Regiment under the command of MaJ. G.E.C. Ash, who arrived recently from Port Dickson m Kuala Lumpur, have good reasons to be proud and happy. Their arrival m the Union capital to assume military duties m
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    TROLLEY BUS "GANG" PESTS
    223 11 Six Chinese youths, Ng Ah Huat (20). Leong Ah San (16), Tham Weng Chin (18), Fung Ah Luk (17), Lian Chlew Chuan (17) and Sim Teow Koon (13) were found guilty m the First Police Court yesterday, of loitering and frequenting trolley buses with intent to
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    Indians In Malaya: Question In Commons
    233 11 LONDON, June 24.— Reginald Sorensen, Labour, and Member of the Parliamentary Committee of the Indian League, asked m the House of Commons today what were the latest estimates of the number of Indians m Burma, Malaya, Ceylon, South Africa, iSast Africa and other parts
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    Chinese Education In Malaya
    118 11 SHANGHAI, June tft TThinooo who returned to Chin* during the war from Malaya, Burma and IndoChlna are being assisted to return to their overseas homes by the Chinese Government and UNRRA. While UNRRA has undertaken to send them out of the China border free of charge,
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    ENGLAND WIN TEST BY 10 WICKETS
    249 12 BEDSER ROUTS INDIANS' TAIL: FIGHTING 50 BY AMARNATH wfettrtfriJodftyMhr r tmWH«fr cWkfct Test match at Lords. Tnrite's annlja^Ji ctef d Vshth" 275 nifis^ori' .stie ta&lcCJJfciiing: g^t 4,8 to win. They had 37 minutes m which to knock tip thiV total before lunch, and Waahbroote
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    563 12 jSmMH^BJU&JKCtetors tH out at the nets. Though Utnping tftLa^g£il|U^ d&Bt* g&s ft^tofefcr^J trying ft drive, caught In the slips *n||WUt*i+oOtaHtitl» til* l^ttj* muftgtfofer WH fe4**« tan*** 4fcoH»!4t MlßMtat lo MJqionnq ni -«MMKohMtte4»t Utthm**. but trying to rtpeat the et«dt«^H»» the w«t »wy W log helprcftt 183. Wftiifie/fej^^^^fAl^^P rash^ batting. feoWfes
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    264 12 INDIA, Ist INNINGS V. M. Merchant c Gibb h B<-dsf r 1> V. Mankad b Wright U L. Amarnath Ibw Bedser 0 V. S. Haiftpe h Bodser >5i R. S. Modi not out 5" Nawah of Pataurti c Ikin h Bedtor '9 Ou; Mo h im ed b
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    NO DECISSION ON FRANCO SPAIN
    43 12 NO DECISSION ON FRANCO SPAIN NEW YORK. June. ■M'-- After debating on. Franco Spain for. the fourth time, the United Nations Security Council last night -again postponed the final decision. It Was agreed to set up a' committee to work out compromise proposals.
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    BIG 4 MEETING
    66 12 PARIS, June 25. The Big FW Foreign Ministers agreed on some points during yesterday afternoon's formal session but did not finally agree on any of the ite»i» discusßtfl. Xhe6e ware the Franco-Italian frontier, the limitation of the Italian Navy— deferred— and the freedom of navigation on the
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    Sharir Off For Talks
    28 12 i a iwif ta /'^l Ctln^^l A V H Mr VJtsV* M theV'ttesidUtl JrlljUU Soekarno, and a member of the natidhal working qpmitrit t*o
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    FRIENDS AGAIN
    25 12 ROJfir, Jijne 25^.^Th^ 7 resumption of diplomatic relations' bet wr<>n Italy and Greece; is announced m An Italian Foreign Office statement. xzvcxvcb Reuter
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    £900,000 Loan For
    178 12 (Our flicn JLeporter) ftSMi*,- IW' Peru* lifting Association at an extraordinary meeting this afternoon, presided over by Mr. Lav Pak Huan, discussed the loan terms from money totalling £900,000 from the British Government. The meeting adopted several proposals tabled, by Mr. New Niaw, a. prominent local miner.
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