Morning Tribune, 27 June 1946

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    6 1 MORNING TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946.
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    $10 FLAT RATE ALLOWANCE, 10% 1941 BASIC PAY, MAXIMUM FIXED AT $35
    353 1 WAGES CaST-OF-LivlNG^ COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS A temporary allowance of $10 per month, plus ten per cent, of the 1941 basic wage, or salary plus increments, with a maximum of $35 per month, retrospec'Jve from April 1, is recommended by
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    G-G, Governors Accept Certain Recommendations
    192 1 G-G, Governors Accept Certain Recommendations While no official coiflrm-itior can ty obtained in Singapore 'hat the report has already been accepted b\ the Governor. Sir Franklin Oimson our Kuala Lumpur repo't.-r cables that the report has alrea 1v been considered by the Governor General (Mr. MacDonald) and th" Governors of
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    110 Points From "Singapore Assignment"
    288 1 1 10 Points From "Singapore Assignment" 1. Ft would be wrong to t think, however, that the Bru tizh authorities were not coq- vuant of the Singapore Herald J as a danger to their security i a"id defence. 2. (On the cloning down of I i the Singapore Herald): Thus
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    Mahidol Murdered, Medicos Think
    306 1 Bangkok, June 26.— 1t is r-liably leanrH today that medical evidence secretly studied by the board of 18 physicians in the death of King Ananda Mahidol supports to a considerable extent the theory that the youn< r monarch was a victim of an assassin, writes Alexander
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    JOHNNYFUJI (EX-JAP AGENT) FREE IN S'PORE
    1049 1 JOHNNYFUJI (EX-JAP AGENT) FREE IN S'PORE (Tribune Staff Reporter) AUTHOR OF THE NOTORIOUS, NEWS-DISTORTED BOOK ENTITLED 'SINGAPORE ASSIGNMENT", JAPANESE-BORN JOHNNY FUJI IS BACK IN SINGAPORE AND TO A CERTAIN EXTENT FREE. He lives in his own quarters, has a car to take him to work, can communicate with friends without
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    India: British Statement Soon
    119 1 I NEW DELHI, June 26.— The Brv tish Cabinet Ministers announced I today they intend to issue a'stat* 1 ment "within 24 hours and possiblr to-nipht," which observers belie**" 1 may outline the framework to> India's independence. "It will be the final and conclusi-;* statement of
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    The Morning Tribune THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946. $65,581,462,000
    298 2 The Morning Tribune THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946. $65,581,462,000 In America they go in; lor statistics in a big way; a man who stuaies thu form of literature— if it may be termed literaturecan determine the change in his poverty or wealtn down to a decimal. The astronomical looilns figure at
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    Cost of Survival in atomic age
    1402 2  - Cost of Survival in atomic age Harold Fair /*>-<>/* <*s<*i /<\>t- Partial ZJetegatioit of Z7.S. Na tiona I S overeign ty. by v Reuter's Neiv York J Correspondent. j s s Partial delegation of national sovereignty to an International au.hori'y to preserve mankind in the i atomic age has been
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    CHINA'S EXPORTS DOWN
    246 2 CHINA'S EXPOR TS DOWN SHANGHAI, June 24. China's adverse trade balance, which totalled nearly £8,500,000 for the first quarter of the year, went up by another 11,000,000,--000 Chinese dollars (about (£1,600,000) in April. Imports that month were $15,000,--030.000 (about £2,200.000 > :u>ainst exports worth only $4,000,*****0 'about £600.000 >. Although
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    Surprise For Von Neurath
    168 2 NURKMBKRG, June 12«> 1. prosecution produced surprise documents at Tuesday's session o r the Nuremberg WM crimes trial.-.. TkflM papers declared that COM tantine von Nourath, first Rciich protector of Bohemia and Moravia, hud advanced a plan for destro.. iiiff the Czech race by symtematu elimination
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    George Medal for House Servant
    50 3 George Medal for House Servant LONDON, June 25.— The George Medal has been awarded to Edmund Perera a house servant in Kimbulapitya estate, Negombo, Ceylon, who rescued four airmen from a blazing aeroplane, the London Gazette announced today. Perera defied 60-feet flames and exploding petrol tanks, the Reuter announcement stated.
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    15 3 Who's she gonna paddle? Maggie Chapman will also be in "Gilda," Rita Heyworth's latest film.
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    U. S. Farm Missions To Far East
    86 3 WASHINGTON. June 25— UnU *l Siates agricultural missions have been I appointed and will leave soon ior China and the Philippines to collaborate with the governments of those countries in studying immediate action for their solution. The U.S. members of the missions will
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    Hata Claims "Mistaken Identity"
    172 3 Hata Claims "Mistaken Identity" TOKIO. June 25. Counsel f»l former Field Marshal Shuro'iu H.ita declared today that some oi the war crimes charges against th; one-time commander of Japan's peditionnry forces in China represented a "case of mistaken identity writes Morrie Landsberg, Associate u Press correspondent. A jit-tition filed by
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    58,000 Japs Already Evacuated From Java
    57 3 BATAVIA, June 25.— Fifty-eight thousand Japanese have now oeen evacuated from Java, Dutch sources reported today. Nine thousand more are being retained as labour in the West Codot and another 2,000 are remaining at the East Coast port of Surabaya and on the "paradise
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    Hoarded Arms Discovered
    61 3 JERUSALEM, June 25. The Palestone police have arrested three men and a woman following the discovery of hoarded arms, ammunition and explosives in a house at Rehovoth. a Jewish village near Tel Aviv, it was announced officially today. The dump included grenades and a number of booby
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    NEGOTIATIONS FOR KIDNAPPED OFFICERS
    63 3 JERUSALEM, June 2«.— The British authorities, still without a clue to the whereabouts of the three kidnapped British officers, disclosed they have attempted unsuccessfully to obtain release of the trio by negotiating through intermediaries with their captors. High Government officials said nowever no negotiations are sow
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    PARIS TALKS: TEN UNSOL VED ISSUES
    373 3 PARIS TALKS: TEN UNSOL VED ISSUES &RTB, Jane 26. -The Foreign Ministers 1 Council on Tuesday began re-examina»j. on M |>utstanding issues in the projected treaty with Italy amii indications of a continued deadlock on the vital Trieste issue. The deputy ministers in their session Tuesday morning did not draft
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    Manchuria Loot: Machines Destroyed
    264 4 Manchuria Loot: Machines Destroyed SHANGHAI, June 25.— Nine-tenths of both light and heavy industrial equipment installed by the Japanese in Manchuria during the past 14 years was destroyed before the Chinese Government regained control of the North-eastern Provinces. This revelation was made by however, failed to name the General Hsiung
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    Eden Calls For Understanding
    124 4 Eden Calls For Understanding OTTAWA, June 26 Mr. Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Minister, said on Tuesday that much of the atmosphere of mounting "misunderstanding," among the Allies would be dissipated if the nations could come to an international understanding on the future of atomic energy. Addressing the Canadian branch
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    Chiang To Visit Manila
    65 4 SHANGHAI, .Tune 33 .--Generalis-f-imo Chiang Kai-shek will probably attend the independence ceremonies of the Philippine Republic at Manila on July 4. In a report to the People's Political Council Resident Committee Foreign Minister Wang Shih-chieh s»aid that President Manuel Roxas bad invited President Chiang to the
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    35 4 James Mason and Ann Todd n a scene from Eagle-Lions <Um, "The Seventh Veil," which is having its Malayan preat the Pavilion Theatre tonight at 9.30 p.m. His Excellency the Governor is to a ttend.
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    World Radio Organization To Be Set Up
    177 4 World Radio Organization To Be Set Up i BRUSSELS, June 26— After J a two-day session held in l complete secrecy, reprcsenta- l I lives of the radio sections of nations issued a statement in Brussels on Tuesday to I the effect that they were eni~ J i deavouring to
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    Swiss "No" To Seco Meetings In Geneva
    313 4 Swiss "No" To Seco Meetings In Geneva LONDON, June 24.— The Swiss Government has told the United Nations that It cannot allow meetings of the Security Council or Military Staffs Committee In Geneva because of possibility that action ordered by the Council from Swiss soil might be considered a breach
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    Muslims Agree To Join Indian Interim Govt.
    412 4 NEW DELHI, JUNE 26.— THE ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE HAS AGREED TO JOIN THE INTERIM INDIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSED BY THE BRITISH CABINET MISSION AND VICEROY LORD WAVELL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE LEAGUE SECRETARY NAWABZADA KHAN. M. A. Jinnah, president of the league, talked
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    NEW CHINA AGREEMENT
    81 4 NANKING, June 26.— An Informed source reported on Tuesday lhat Chum's peace committee had agreed on the means to end hostilities and restore communication, but has not 1 cached an agreement on the inost difficult problem, how to mould the government and communist troops ;»:ic r»:..; army.
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    NEW GLIDER RECORD
    49 4 PARIS, June 26. Miss Madeleine Ri'naud claimed the new women's world record for gliding when she staved aloft for twelve hours and W minutes on June 13 in Southern France. The previous record was 12 hours 30 minutes set by two Russian women in 1939. A.P.
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    CONGRESS DECISION WELCOMED
    234 4 CONGRESS DECISION WELCOMED LONDON. June 25— Mr. W. O. Cove, labour, who has been promin cntly associated with tho Indian Ma tionalist movement, said he was very pleased with Congress acceptance jf British Cabinet Mission's long-term I-lan, but admitted he was worried i« bout the delays in the formation of
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    Why Grow Old?
    45 6  - Why Grow Old Josephine Lo wman By Vitamin A is responsible for inprovement in hair and skin beauty. You can more nearly obtain a beautiful complexion and hair to match Actress Dorothy Malone's (above) if you make sure you have ample 'A" in your diet.
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    "A"ln Beauty
    320 6 "A" ln Beauty Sometimes we forget that the skin and our scalp are part of our whole living organism and can be only as healthy, and therefore, as lovely as our entire body is healthy. Our scalp is not a separate part but must depend on our diet for its
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    Java Rice Awaiting Shipment To India
    199 6 Java Rice Awaiting Shipment To India BATAVIA. June 25.— With large stocks of rice reported awaiting shipment I in East Java, India's food I envoy to Indonesia, Mr. K. L. Punjabi, flew today to I see Dr. Soekarno, Indone- j sian "President" at his j headquarters in Jogjakarta, Central Java.
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    Another Exhibition For 'Palace' Centenary
    343 6 Another Exhibition For 'Palace' Centenary LONDON.— Britain is to hold a great international exhibition in London, if possible in 1951— hundredth anniversary of the Great Exhibition opened by Queen Victoria in Hyde Park in 1851. The new show will not be held in Hyde Park. Recommendation for the exhibition was
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    Jew Terrorists Quote From Old Testament
    202 6 Jew Terrorists Quote From Old Testament JERUSALEM, June 25.— A hushed military court here tonight heard two of the 31 young Jews quote from the Old Testament in their defence at Palestine's biggest mass trial Speaking in Hebrew* 20-yearJild Mordechai Lampert quoted from Deuteronomy, Chapter IX, verses 23 and 24
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    Malayan Film Premiere
    150 8 Malayan Film Premiere Hi B i I ..nkJm Ctim■on (Goi 111 bo dins ihc All*Ma]ay«a Pnmini of "Thi- Seventh Veil" at the 9.«0 show U>-niffllt at the Pavilion, Silica pore. Included in the Governor's party will be His Kxoelleney Tho hi. Hon. The Lord Killcarn and Lady Killoarn, Cnpt. B.
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    Passive Resistance Leaders Sentenced
    66 8 DURBAN, June 25 Tjiree leaders oi trie Indian passive resistance movement, Mr. Naiker, Mr. Naidoo and Dr. K. Ooonah, were feodaty each sentenced to seven days' hdpeison* njcrnt with liard labour at the magistictLe's court on charges under the nuts and assemblies act. The sentences were
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    Yale Honours Trygve Lie
    89 8 NEW HAVEN, Connecticut. June 25— Trygye Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor ol Laws on Tuesday by Yale University. President Charles Seymour conferred the degree, saying that he was "conscious of the great and good fortune that brings
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    Yorks Win By Innings
    153 8 Yorks Win By Innings CToLjrily Crickcl l ONDON, June 25. Yorkshire collected easy points with an Innings win over Nottinghamshire, while Middlesex also took full points from Gloucestershire. Results: Somerset beat Kent by 88 runs.! Somerset 194 and 1,93. 'Kent 125 and 174 (Buse 4 for 16 Hazall four for
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    Chinese Puppet Govt. Officials In Japan
    67 8 Chinese Puppet Govt. Officials In Japan TOKYO. June 2."> The arrest and delivery to Sugamo Prison of 20 Chinese puppe. government < Mieials believed to be in Japan was ordered by SCAP. Among those ordered to be «ir"d wt'io the former consul preneral at Yokohama and other former consular oAciali
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    COSTA RICA SHOOTING
    62 8 1 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Juno ?G. One person was killed and two wounded after police yesterday Bred on a band of revolutionaries who sviml liio radio station here. I The President, Ueencido Ttoodoro j Picado Miehalski, claimed the group •kic! seized the station to l J8lW!
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    35 8 Oxford University 319 and 113 for five. Cambridge University boat the Royal N&vy by six wickets. Cambridjro University 156 and 153 (Lacey not out 51). Royal Navv 149 and 156 (Mills six for •11).- Reuter
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    Labour Shortage Handicaps Singapore's War On Filth
    481 9 Labour Shortage Handicaps Singapore's War On Filth lie if* r i\> M<L€?t*jy Y'ottr CJuvit City liJci^tr (Tribune Staff Reporter) "The "City of Smells" is no longer an appropriate appellation for Singapore which is slowly but surely reverting to pre-war conditions of cleanliness. There has been a notable decrease in the
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    CAPTAIN WAS 80 DAYS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
    183 9 The trial bepan In the Singapore] War Crimes Court yesterday of Noguchi Higeji, the former commandant of the Kanburi PoW Camp. Siam, on a charpe of inhumane and brutal treatment of PoWs under his charge. The accused was alleqed to have 111-treated, particularly.
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    Jap To Die
    72 9 (Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. June 26.— Handcuffed to the railings of the dock, Mishi Yoshinobu, Japanese war criminal, popularly known as the "Scourge of Selangor". calmly took the sen. tence of death by hanging passed on him by a Military Tribunal this morning. Mishi was found
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    TEA FOR MALAYA
    42 9 An allocation of 600 tons tea has been made available to Malaya from Ceylon and import licences will be issued by til e Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore, up to a total of this quantity against firm offers.
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    BONFIRE NEARLY STARTS BIG BLAZE AT AIRBASE
    104 9 A bonfire believed started by children nearly caused serious damage at Changi aerodrome on Tues- The fire was first noticed spreading from the bonfire to the lallang at the southern end of the runway, and as the RAF. men feared that It would
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    LARGE-SCALE PILFERAGE ON SHANGHAI WATERFRONT
    263 9 LARGE-SCALE PILFERAGE ON SHANGHAI WATERFRONT Shanghai. June 25. Organised large w terfront pilferage is for. ing local underwriters steacily to increase their premiums, and may eventually rirlve them to refuse to insure against losses from theft Pilferage has reached such proportions that consignees frequently find five or six per cent,
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    COFFEE & MILK TOO DEAR
    62 9 COFFEE MILK TOO DEAR (Our Own Reporter) Pcnang, June 26.— With a view to reducing the price of coffee coffee shop proprietors are understood to be calling B meeting. The suggestion that the pnc of black coffee should be 10 centi a cup charging five cent? extra for milk was
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    Hong Kong's Trade With Malaya Shows Improvement
    470 9 KONG KONG, June 25.— Trade figures for the firs' five months of 1946 show that Hont* Kons: is regaining it's pre-war eminence. Imports are already higher than in 1939. An improved trade with Malaya is recorded. Imports for the January-May P--,riod totalled £18.968,750,
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    INDIAN BELIEF COMMITTEE, JOHORE
    71 9 INDIAN BELIEF COMMITTEE, JOHORE The Indian Relief Committee, Regional Branch, South and Central Johore has been formed and its office Is at the premises of the Indian Association, Johore Bahru. The office bearers are as follows: Dr. N. Moota Tamby, Chairman; Mr. M. B. Dass, hon. secretary; Mr. Nadaranjan Chettiar,
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    GHEE FOR MALAYA
    52 9 An allocation of 225 tons of ghee has been made available to Malaya from Australia. Import licences will be issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports. Singapore, up to a total of this amount against firm offers from suppliers in Australia. Satisfactory -evidence of offers should
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    Inquiry Against Inspector
    275 9 Inquiry Against Inspector The preliminary inquiry into tentative hurt charges against P. P. Webb an Inspector of Police, commenced before Mr. H. A. Forrer, in the Se\enth Police Court, yesterday. The offences were alleged to have been committed during the Japanese occupation. At the commencement of the Idqulry, Chief Inspector
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    Major Denies Charges At Court Martial
    532 10 Major Denies Charges At Court Martial Major F.T. Metherell, R.E.M.E. who stands charged in the General Court- Martial on five counts of fraudulent conversion of enemy property entrusted to his care, yesterday denied all the charges against him. The charges related to motor chassis, bicycle tyres, rims, axles and other
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    GENT & ONN ON TOUR
    142 10 GENT ONN ON TOUR t (Our Own Reporter) t Penang, Wednesday J Sir Edward Gent, Gov- I ernor of the Malayan i I Union, arrived by air at 1 Matang Kuching today where he zvas met by the I Resident Commissioner UP. SJt. King, and the Deputy Commisn'oner I i
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    ''Water Pistol" Said Used To Extort Money
    128 10 ''Water Pistol" Said Used To Extort Money (Our Own Reporter) PENANG, June 26.— Two Cfc'ntftt youths alleged to have exloittd money from sauce manufacturers 111 the town by using a "water pistol,"' wore arrested by the police y.stcr day evening. They were trapped by detectives at the sauce factory in
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    Shidehara Testifies At Tojo Trial
    331 10 TOKIO, June 26. The Japanese Government did not discipline or recall any of the army officers who brought about the Manchurian incident in September 1931, Baron Kichiro Shidehara testified at the war crimes trial of To jo and other Japanese officers here today. Shidehara, who
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    TRADE UNIONS, PLEASE NOTE
    49 10 Mr. S. P. Garret, Trade Union Adviser for Singapore, wishes to get in touch with all Singapore Unions, and desires all Unions to send the following information to him at the Chinese Protectorate Buiding: their ♦Ule and address and the name of; their Secretary. i
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    BIRTHDAY HONOURS FOR S.E.A. AIRMEN
    278 10 Th^ King has be°n graciously nleused to approve the "ollowing awards in Air Command, SouthEast Asia: MILITARY AWARDS C.B. Air-Vice Marshal C. fi. N. Guest. C.3.E. C.B.E. A/G/Capt. N. T. Goodwin, 0 BE., A/O/ Capt, C. L. Stubbs, 0.8.E., G/Capt. A. W. Gray. O.BE. A/W'Cdr.
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    Nanking Now Open To Foreign Vessels
    288 10 Nanking Now Open To Foreign Vessels NANKING, June 26.— Modifying the law prohibiting foreign ships sailing in inland waters, China has decided to allow foreign vessels to call on four Chinese inland ports— Nanking, Wuhu, Kiukiang nnd Hankow, all along the Yangtse river for a period of one year. However,
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    "Kill All Chinese" Order
    119 10 (Our Own Reporter) PENANO, June 26.— The story of how a Malay fireman led a party of about f»0 to 80 men to a Chinese house in Suntfei Pinang Road on Doc. 14, 1041, and pave the ord, •< l<i'! nil ChiltMi there, was relaUMi Kfcre
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    Malacca News Briefs
    106 10 (Tribune Own Correspondent) MALACCA, June 24. The Uovt inEnglish School Muar and the Malacca Combined Schools drew 3 all In a soccer match played hero. .Score at half time was one all. Inspector Mohana Krishnan. :ounerly attached to the S.S. Police, was committed to stand trial before
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    BURMA-BORN CHINESE CHARGED
    72 10 (Our Own Reporter) PENANO, June M.—Ottf Ban Lee alias Barney Onp, a Burma-bo.-n Chinese, appeared before Mr. W. Foulsh.un on a tentative charge of assisting the enemy to prejudice the efficient prosecution of the war by beinpr nn informer to Capt. Eda A the Japanese army intellijfenor
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    More Honours
    59 10 The Kng has approved the following ndd'tionnl Honours on the occasion of his Birthday: M^K (ClvH Divi on>: M ss Nma Baker, late of Sunwi Lembng. Pahang. Thp King's Commendation: Ch<- Bah-rum b'n Mat fCflice Keener. Head Quarters, Postal Drpartmont Kuala Lumpur; Mr. Matthew Cn^ico (Lighthouse Keener Riffles
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    Chinese Athletic Just Beat johore Bahru Xi
    366 11 Chinese Athletic Just Beat johore Bahru Xi Giving a good account of themselves, a soccer team drawn from players In Johore Bahru fully xtended Ihe Chinese Athletic in a charity match at Jalan Besar yesterdday. Recovering from an early setback the Chinese Athletic just managed to win bv 2-1. For
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    Soldiers On Theft Charge
    82 11 Two British soldiers. E. D. Taylor and Morral <24) claimed trial to a charge of theft of a wrist watch belonging to Song Kai Fok. when they appeared before Mr. L. C Goh in th Second PoVce Court yes er day. It ta alleged that they
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    BACK FROM CHINA
    69 11 (Our Own Reporter) PFNANG. June 26 —Mr. Ong King Scntr. rhtfrnmn, China Distress He lief Fund 'Pen.inj* Brunch), who ieturned from China yesterday, sa C thut he found everything there "in jrood order" Mf> i« shortly I»«avinK for Sin«:u pore to tttond tho Chinese Oovernmtri Oversea Educution
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    Failed To Stop At Customs Barrier
    104 11 A Malay driver Eunos b. Aman was fined $50 in_ the Third Police Court yesterday when he was found guilty of failing to stop at the Woodlands Customs Barrier on the afternoon of April 29 when he was driving a military lorry. As this
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    AMICABLE BADMINTON PARTY
    44 11 Members of the Amicable Badminton Party are Informed that the Party will commence sports activities as from July, and all old memDers are asked to communicate with Mr. Robert Tan or to Mr. Tan Chwee Yong c/o Singapore Municipal Rates Department".
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    JEFF CONDA MEETS STAN GARSIDE
    224 11 JEFF CONDA MEETS STAN GARSIDE Having knocked out Dara Singh in the fifth round last 'Saturday Jtff Conda takes on Stan Garside in a fight-to-a--doci.sion contest this Satuday at the Oreal World arena. It will b e romembcrod that Garsidf, like Dara Singh, drew with Conda in his previous contest
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    Jap Kempei Men In Penang
    83 11 (From Our Own Reporter) PENANG, Wednesday. Twelve members of the former Japanese Kempeitai were today brought to Penang where they will face charges in the War Crimes Court, expected to be opened shortly. With hands tied behind, they were escorted under heavy armed guards, a
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    SHIP INTERCEPTED
    45 11 HAIFA. Juno 15. A shr. with ntorr than I#°oo1 °00 immigrants op hoard has b'«cn i* i tercet> f ed by a British destroyer and is tornp-ht ocJn)? psoortrd to Haifa where *hp na«s("-"i'r u n ro expected to land to- Reuter morrow.—
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    BUDDHIST CEREMONY
    21 11 Tht: New Moon Day celebrations Wtt be held at the Biddhlwi Temple. 96 Outram Road, tomorrow ai 7 p.m.
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    Another Test Trial 10 Days
    534 11 Another Test Trial 10 Days (By Vernon Morgan) LONDON, June 25.— 1n view of the forthcoming England cricket tour of Australia, the holding of another Test trial match ten days before the second Test match against India, which begins on July 20, is significant. This will provide the selectors with
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    Experiments On Cats: Professor Fined £25
    341 12 Experiments On Cats: Professor Fined £25 Oxford, Jim 26. Professor Edward George Tandy Liddel of The Hermitage, Old Headington, Oxford, in charge of the Department of Physiology at Oxford University, was fined £25 by Oxford City magistrates yesterday on a summons relating to his treatment of cats on which he
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    MONGOLS WANT UNO MEMBERSHIP
    25 12 NEW YORK, June 26.— The Mongolian Peoples Republic has asked lted Nations in a telegram to the Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie.
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    CHOLERA KILLS 650
    61 12 SEOUL, June 26. The death toll in the Korean cholera epidemic has reached 653, Lt.-Gen. Hodge, U. S. commander, announced today. About 30 new cases are reported daily. No American troops have contracted the disease. A cholera epidemic is raging unabated in Shanghai. The latest official count
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    PACIFIC BASES
    108 12 SDDNEY, June 26.— Britain is backing Australia in her refusal to grant United States bases under the Commonwealth jurisdiction unless she allows the Empire to use Unnori States Pacific bases in return, it was officially stated today. A "Wellington message says: the Government of New Zealand desred close
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    Cost-of-living Report
    176 12 (Continued from page 1). tions, and the problem calls for unusual and aggresive action by the Government to bring prices into nearer relation to wages. They therefore recommended <1) Price control over practically the whole range of essential articles; (2) The establishment of Governmet shops in the larger
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      REFUSED TO STAND TRIAL
      48 12 REFUSED TO STAND TRIAL JERUSALEM, June 26. --Some prisoners of the 31 alleged memtxis of the Irpun Zvai Lcumi. the secret Jewish military organisation, vno are accused of carrying arms and explosives, refused to stand trial ■which entered its third day today The verdicts are expected later today
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      WHEAT PACT
      57 12 OTTAWA, June 26 The British Food Minister. Mr. John Strachey confirmed, before leaving here by air ior Britain yesterday, there would tv a wheat agreement between Britain and Canada though each side was not yet Quite ready to sign. "It would be just bad for both of us
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      BANK WORKERS STRIKE
      65 12 BOMBAY. June 26. Clerks and other employees of the Bank of India, the second largest bank In Bombay, were today picketing the banK premises following a strike by 800 members of the bank's local staff. The strikers are disputine: the decision of Bombay's Congress Government that their
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      US CONSCRIPTION
      47 12 WA^HTNOTON. T un» 12<5 Th- l extending United •StafcM conscript;..until Marrh 31. 1047,Vas passed last nierht by thp Senate and goes to resident Truman for "his signature. TV., hill, approved l>v the Hnn«e <f "Representatives earlier today, limit* the service of conscripts to in months.
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      EVACUATION OF EGYPT
      49 12 CAIftO, J-ino 2fi— The Kpyp.uii Proinior Sidkv Pasha told reportr *oHny there wou'r! "rot be one mnrU Bri+'sh soldier r Ecynt" after Lhi conclusion of British-Egyptian .i<gotiations, expected to be resumed soon. He decl«re<' all Br\t'*h "stal l'shments would be turned over to the Egyptian Government.
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      SMALLPOX SCARE
      49 12 SYDNEY, June 26. Australian 'loctors are vaccinating as many 83 70 air passengers weekly from Asiatic ports who have failed to take precautions against smallpox. Ihe Commonwealth fiealth authorities j pard the danger of smallpox infection so seriously that all passengers from the north are strictly v.amined-
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      GIVES IMMUNITY
      43 12 BERLIN, June 2f». Ra«lio-activ.-nitrogen phosphates have b«>?n ttict: out with jfreat success as a new fertiliser iin Berlin suburb in the Municipal Nursery of Lichtenradc. The plants treated «*how three week* pain on other field crops and unusual immunity from disease.
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      NSW GOVERNOR
      40 12 TOKYIO, June 26. The Australian. Lt.-Gen. John Northcott, retir lnf? C-ln-C of the British C^rrw wealth Occupation Forces, is schrduled to leave on July 2 for Aus**e'.a where he will be governor of Ni v South Wales. 11l
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      KAIL STRIKE CALLED
      21 12 BEIRUT, June 26. Railway fv ployees have declared a throughout the Lebanon and Tyia it Is announced today.
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      TEACHERS THREATEN
      26 12 PARTS, June 26. French -se'ruv teachers will strike if tht? clfmairi for a 25 per cent Mitt? not accepted, it was MUMWcH ft* terday.
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    Indians 112 For 1 Against Notts
    269 12 Indians 1 1 2 For 1 Against Notts Northampton, June 26. Merchant won the toss for the Indians today agai ns t Northampton and decided to bat on a pitch likely to play easily early in humid conditions. Test openers Merchant a nd Mankad began the innings to the bowling
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    Revolt Plan
    50 12 San Jose, Cost a Rica. June 26. More than 70 members of op. position parties were under arrest following a gun battle 1 between government police and an armed band, which seized the San Jose radio station on June 25. in an alleged plot io overthrow the government.
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    Tel-Aviv Situation
    49 12 JERUSALEM, June 26. The redisposltlon of British police forces is being carried out in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv, according to a police officer. He said that the re-disposition was designed to leave the Jewish police forces to fight the increasing crime wave in the city.
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    TITLED WOMAN'S SUICIDE
    190 12 TITLED WOMAN'S SUICIDE London, Juno 26.— A verdict of suicide while she was not of a sound mind was recorded at the resumed inquest at St. Paneras today on the Hon. Miss Leslie Gully, aged 48. thf- halfsister of V'scount Selby and grand-daughter of a former speaktr of the House
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    Another Cruiser Trieste-Bound
    83 12 Washington. June 26— The United States 10.000-ton cruiser Fargo is on her way from Malta to Trieste, the United State* Navy department disclosed last night. The Navy Department spokes, man did not give any reason for this movement which will in. crease the already considflrabh number of
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