The Straits Times, 12 June 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1346. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    ITALY'S NEW REPUBLIC FACES CHAOS
    352 1 King Clings To Throne As New Regime Is Proclaimed ROME, Tuesday. THE Italian Prime Minister, Signor Ale ide de Gasperi, today proclaimed ana- tional holiday marking the birth of the Italian Republic, but King .Umberto still clung stubbornly to the throne as th c country
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    Monty Arrives In Cairo
    76 1 CAIRO, Mon— Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery arrived here this afternoon. He left Black Bushe aerodrome, Lon- don, yesterday and stopped at ."Malta on the way A British Embassy statement announcing the Field Marshal's arrival said LorJ Montgomery was m the "studying on the spot vaiious military
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    Pacific Command Change
    299 1 Pacific Command Change YESTERDAY with traditional 1 naval cercmeny, Marine bands playing and bosuns' pipes shrilling, Admiral Lord Fraser. C-in-C of the British Pacific Flset fcr the last lJ ghtcen menths, bail ed d »wn his Hag m the battleship Duk» cf York at S ngapoie and handed over command
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    Azerbaijan Problem Settled
    74 1 Azerb a i j a n Problem Settled TEHERAN, 'lues. -A Persian Office spokesman said today that the Azerbaijan problem has been settled on the basis of a seven point programme advanced by Premier Quavam-es-Sultaneh. He said the Government commission was headed by Prince MozafTar Firouz, propaganda minister of Persia,
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    Chinese Mourn In Batavia
    75 1 DATA VIA, Tues.— One hundred thousand Chinese throughout Batavia observed a "day ol mourning" today, protesting the Tangerang Massacre and the alleged allied failure to protect Chinese lives. Chinatown streets were deserted and all shoos, restaurants and amusement places were closed. All Chinese workers were on
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    "Synthetic" Plants Sale Urged
    100 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. The \7;ir Asseta administration, m a report to Congress yesterday, recommended that ten synthetic rubber plants, which cost ihe United States Government $182.CCO.OOO, be disposed of at an early tin'". Tl-o administration also recomnierded that assurances bP secured that the supply of synthetic rubber
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    DOUBTS OF "ACCIDENT" TO KIING
    190 1 DOUBTS OF "ACCIDENT" TO KIING Bangkok, Tuesday. RUMOURS were en m lhons of Siamcsa lips today as the mourning nation awaKed final ceremonies for King Ananda Mahidol. •It was an accident, 1 held the loyalists, who refused to consider anything worse. They pointed out the King was m high spirits
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    Congress Still Undecided On India
    160 1 Congress Still Undecided On India New De:hi, Tuesday. WHILE tha Standing Committee of the Chamber of Princes, meeling m Bombay has approved the British Cabinet Mission's plan for Indian independence, Congress Party leaders here conferred again with the Viceroy, Viscount Wavell, and members of the mission. They announced r.o decision
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    SPAIN POSTPONED
    212 1 New York, Tuesday. THE Chairman of the United Nations Sscurlty Council, M. Alexandre Parodi, has postponed the session of the Council which is to debate on the Spanish issue from today until Thursday m response to the British request, it was disclosed last night. The British representative on
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    A Tank In Whitehall
    41 1 Londoners turned out early on the Sunday before V-Day to watch a full-dress rehearsal of the mechanised part of the Victory Pa;ad«. Picture shows the early mo nin» crowd watching the mechanised procession comi k up Whitehall.
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    Bidault Chosen By Party For Premiership
    90 1 Bidault Chosen By Party For Premiership Paris, Tuesday. rE Executive Committee of the Popular Republican Party today unanimously nominated the pressnt French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, as the party's choice for the Premiership. This virtually assures M. Bidault of the post. v Popular Republican Pnrty (MRP or "Progressive Cathorcs"i
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    GRAND MUFTI'S MOVEMENTS A MYSTERY
    431 1 JERUSLEM, Tuesday, ARAB leaders have thrown a veil of mystery around n their spiritual leader the Grand Mufti Haj amin el Husseini of Jerusalem and the whole of the middle East is stirred by reports of his presence m Damascus. Telephone messsages from Bludan near
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    3½lb Nugget In Siberia
    44 1 MOSCOW, lurs A cold ru;«.t vatfklag jus', over three and a half rounds has l>e?n found m Ara-ino goldfield, Siberia, 'ihis is cne of th; biggat nuggits to b? found m the gol^fieltfs alonj the ri.er Yene- i.— Rcu er.
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    Millionaire Murdered In His Office
    122 1 Millionaire Murdered In His Office Ecsljn, Tuesday. r. William A. Whit comb, millionaire head of the great Horiheni Paper Company, was shot dead by a man who entered hs office under the guise of a U.S. Tiv agent. The killer pulled a pistol from his brief case, shot Whitcomb point
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 From Straits Timrs < orr LONDON. Tuesday. Rubber discussions experted to continue til end of week. Americans are adaivnt m rrfusal to dUiuss anvthini: higher than piesent IMalayiu pric-s. Straits Tinir* copyright.
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    "WE SEEK TO HELP INDIA"-Attlee
    395 2 "WE SEEK TO HELP INDI A"-Attlee Review Of Labour Govern menVs Work BOURNEMOUTH, Tuesday. IF the Indians decide to go outside the British Commonwealth the British Labour movement would stretch out a hand of friendship to them, was the sentiment expressed today by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee,
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    Nationalisation Plans In Hand
    42 2 BOURNEMOUTH, Tues— Mr. Hubert Morrison told the I abour Party Conference today that a scheme for nationalisation of the Chemical Industry and of the Fishing Industry, Petroleum and Agriculture "was actively b-fore the national execu ive committee."— A.P.
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    Allies Had Aid From Portugal
    175 2 Allies Had Aid From Portugal WASHINGTON, Tuesday. OFFICIAL documents published today reveal an agreement by which the United States helped Portugal build a war-time airfield on Santa Maria island of the Azcres, on the understanding that Portugal might have entered the Pacific war to help drive the Japanese from Timor.
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    Army Revolt In Paraguay
    105 2 Army Revolt In Paraguay ASUNCION (Para[juay>, Tues.A prc-dawn barracks revolt In Tvhich five Paraguayan soldiers were killed on Sunday appeared quelled yesterday after the President Gen. Morinigo, had •'returned' control of the Army and lour high cavalry officers had fled to the Brazilian Embassy. The noisy but futile revolt appeared
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    Occupation Policy In Japan Stands
    122 2 TOKIO, Tues. -Lieut. Gen Robertson, new commander of the British Occupation forces m his first Toklo Press conference said he v.-as proud to receive the command and intended to cooperate to the 'fullest possible extent" with American forces stationed m Japan. He said he contemplated
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    Regular London-N.Y. Air Service
    104 2 Regular LondonN. Y. Air Service LONDON, Tues— The new British Overseas Airways Corporation services to New York is to open on July 1. The schedule provides for a I night time of \l\' 2 hours (journey t me 19V4 hours) from London via Itineanna, and 14 hours (Journey time 16V2
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    Dutch Always Complained -Seyss Inquart
    164 2 Dutch Always Complained -Seyss Inquart NUREMBERG, Tuesday. SHIFTING the blame for the v atrocities m Hollar. d tc the SS and the Gestapo, Seyss-Inquart, former Gauieiter of Holland, told the international military tribunal m his own defence here on Monday that he was powerless to intervene. "Whenever possible I tried
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    Gang Attacks A Police Station
    83 2 RANCOON, Tues.— One police j i constable was killed and five wounded when a gang of 100 at- j tacked Tawlate police station. In Insein district, with sub-machine- j guns, revolvers and grenades. Verey lights and tracer bullets were used m the attack, vhkfc lasted
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    Truman Unable To Visit Philippines
    82 2 WASHINGTON, Tue*.—President Truman has abandoned all hops of being sufficiently free to /isit Manila m July for the ini.uguration of Philippine independence. A White House Press Seen tury said the President cannot ko because with Congress likely to ba in session through t>. e iridci!?
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    Visit To Russia
    62 2 LONDON. Tues.— Moscow Radio ;ays the Soviet Government has igreed to the British Labour i Party delegation visiting Moscow i The delegation will consist of 1 Prof. Harold Laski, Chairman of ;he Labour Party, Mr. Morgan Phillips, Secretary of the Party, Vfr. H. Clay, Assistant Secretary )f
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    LORD WOOLTON IN NEW CAPACITY
    33 2 Lord VVoolton (centre) as Chancellor of the University of Manchester, conferred honorary degrees on Miss Ellen Wilkinson and Commodore Frank WhitMr, the inventor of the British jet-propulsion engine.
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    "HOTHEADS TO BLAME FOR N.E.L"
    263 2 NEW YORK, Tues. THE New Yoik Times m a leader today entitled "Indonesian Volcano" sa.d j the Netherlands Imperialists and the Hague and native I extremists m the Nether.anis Indies appear t o te al ke tr, blame for the present state of j affa.rs
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    CHINA AND INDIA ASK FOR SHIPPING
    286 2 C nt SEATTLE, Tuesday. lU\A and India demanded a fair share of the world's shipping tonnage to permit them *> compete m world trade, when their spokesmen addressed the plenary session of the International Labour Organization's Maritime Conference here on Monday. Thirty-two nations are
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    Profit Men Halt Siam Rice Plan
    346 2 Profit Men Halt Siam Rice Plan (HONG KONG, Tuesday. ORD KILLEARN, Special I Commissioner for SouthEast Asia, at a Press Conference today said that Chinese millers and merchants in Siam are partly responsible for the inadsquacy of reshipments, because they are trying to send rice to Ch:na privately. Famine, which
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    WomenHelpTo Blow Up Train
    82 2 JERUSALEM, Tues— A gang, includin? a number of women armed with tommyguns. blew uo Monday evening's train frcm Jaffa to Lvdda near Tel Aviv. The train was exploded by a heavy mine. First reports njp that one Arab policeman who t r ied to resist the
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    Eden Flying To Bermuda
    44 2 Eden Flying To Bermuda NEW YORK, Tiies— Mr. Anthony Eden and Mr. John Wilmot, Minister of Supply, left by air yesterday for Bermuda, where t^ey will take part m the Empire Parliamentary Conference. Mr. Wilmot said India mi-ht be renresented at the conference -U.P.
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    STILL HOPES OF PEACE IN CHINA
    569 2 NANKING, Tuesday THE newspaper Hsin Min Pao has reported that the 1 Communist Leader General Chou En Lai says that although the situation in China is critical he is still hopeful of a settlement within the fifteen day truce. He said that it was
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    Fence' Had The Crown Jewels
    158 2 CHICAGO, Tuesday. 'TIIE Hessian crown jewels I were in the hands of a "fence" (<l?aler fa stolen pjoods), when Cd Jack Durant and his former WAC captain wife wcr aneoled In connection with the n b':cr<\ From Germany comes a report that US. Aiirv inv
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    British Soldiers Attacked
    62 2 ALEXANDRIA. Tues— A srorp of British soldiers was attacked ay Egyptian? when returning to Sidi Bihr camp, Ramleh, on the outskirts of Alexandria, late last night. One was injured and taken to hospital. The attack followed an explosion of one of three hand nades thrown at a
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    39 2 LONDON. Tues- Field-Marshal Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, left London yesterday by air for Pretoria. He has been taking part In the rHsetmtoni between the British •Government and Dominions on 'he future of Europe and Dominions security.— Reuter.
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    Loan Decision Postponed
    168 2 WASHINGTON. Tues. -Final articn by thr> Hous? of Repreccntattves Banking Committee on the Eriiich loan wrs postponed at the hurt minute m d to the wishes rf menbsrs <>' 1 d to be abtsnt from the capital i:i tcnnectlon wi f h pr-rtv primary contests In prcparr.tion
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    War Crime's Go Hack To 1931.
    165 2 HONOU'tu. Tm*. V* Joseph B. Keenan, who is el nrosecutor at the Tckio trial?, *^as said here that Japan* wartime leaders will be tri-d frr alleged international crimes dat•n«* from the Invasion of Man?h"ria m 1931. En route to Washington to c-on-Vr with US.
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    Malaya's Aid To Empire Dollar Pool
    446 3 Record Export Figures With U.S. MALAYA is exporting to the United States nearly fi six times as much as she imports one of the few countries m the world to maintain such a favourable position. Statistics just released by the U. S. Department of
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    Stevedore Was Caught Napping
    105 3 When (hu Chonj, a 'iO-yeai-old stevedore was loading the s.s. Glenapp m Hong Kong, on June 1. he decided to have a nap. So he told Mr R. C. Hoffman m the Fouith Court, Singapore, yestert'ay, when be was charged with bring a stowaway. He said
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    Prisoners In India Are Leaving
    145 3 Prisoners In India Are Leaving AMASS "perso:ially-con-.' ducted" exevus of thou-! 4 sands of war prtMoen Interned to India is under way, the Government of Ind a has anj nounced. The first step m abiding by i rules of the Geneva Conven ion was taken several days ago *itn the
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    24 3 Singapore radio will broadcast the King's birthday parade to- morrow frcyi 9 to 10 a.m. on 41, i 61, 225 and COO metres. I
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    'PROUD' RESULT OF DEMOB PLAN
    151 3 LONDON. Men. The War Minister. Mr. Jack Lawson, speaking at the reunion dinner of Headquarters, 14 h Army Lnos of Comxunications Command, S.EA.C, sa'.d: "Th?re <s one thing we ar? proud of m this country— in spite of our difficulties at proven', domestic and forrign.
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    28 3 nel Charles I. Davis. U.S. Army Liasion Officer m Singapore, who was recently awarded 0.8.E.. by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, sailrd for the United S;aies yesterday, reports A.P.
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    Jap PoW Gaoled For Camera Theft
    103 3 A Japan::e PoW. Tanabe Kat- i suyasu, was sentenced to six I weeks' ri?c~ous imprisonment by Mr. R. C. Hoffman at the Fourth Court, Sinsanore. yesterday, when K>i rcleacW Guilty to a dh^r** having stolen a camera valued at j $50, the property of
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    47 3 Alleged to have driven away a i jeep while it was standing before < i house No. 83 Pasir Panjang Road at 9 p.m. on June 10, a i Sikh named Shajan Sin?h, will he tried on a charge of theft In the Fourth Court on June 19.
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    Interest In All Sections Of Share Market
    407 3 INTEREST m all sections of the share market continued I to broaden, says the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association, m its latest report. Particular confidence was displayed m dollar and Australian Tins and m dollar rubbers, and appreciable advances were shown m all three sactions
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    'MARQUEE OFFICES' AT Ho. 1 AIRPORT
    46 3 Single canvas ttntase is all that Is provided at London's newest a'.rror', Heathrow— the largest m the country— for passengers from America. In these tints, forty Americans will work. Ameriran air-crews will be takn into London for hotel accommoda 'ion.
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    Signed 'Confession' After Five Beatings
    271 3 HOW a Ceylonese member of the Straits Settlements Civil Service was alleged to have been severely beaten by members of the Japanese Special Branch and forced to sign a confession which purported to be his proposed plan to cabotage St. James' Power Station, Singapore, was
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    Information Wanted Over Woman's Death
    114 3 Information Wanted Over Woman's Death War Crimes ir.v:s-igat-rj are seeking information con cerning a European wonun named Mrs. Doris Svra'ton I about whom, it is stated, s >me time m September or Cc.obe;\ 1943, when coniined hi th? j Kempeitai Headquarters m j High Street, Kuala Lumpur, her body was
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    SIXTH JAP SUSPECT HELD: MORE SOUGHT
    255 3 Singapore's 1942 Massacre IN addition to the two Japs arrested m Singapore and the three others traced to Japan, a sixth Kempeitai man, Capt. Goshi, has been detained on suspicion of beinjc concerned m the February 1012 massacre of Chinese m Singapore. Goshi was
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    Back-Pay, Pensions Payments Urged
    112 3 Back-Pay, Pensions Paym en ts Urged From Our Own <>rre>t>nndrnt. KUALA II MPfJR, Tups. A succr-tion that the (.nvr iinirnl should give hMMihtt and l.ivouralilr ronsiU?rali'»:i to the question of hack pa > for all (•ovrrnmrnl servants m vi'iv of their trrrihle suffr i:i?s BJBMtCf the Japanrsr whrn most of
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    'Meagre Help' To Indians In Malaya
    231 3 'Meagre Help To Indians In Malaya DISAPFOINTMEN T ovr tha "meagre h?!p" re:d r d by the Ind an Government anJ ih? pub! c f r tbeir n^tui a a in S.E. Asu\ was expressed by G. Saran^apani, of Singapore, in an interview i:t Ca'cu;ta. SaranRapanl said in an interview
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    Dental Surgeons Meet In Penang
    64 3 From Our Own Corresponder'. PSNAivG. lues Deiual fciurMM who have been holding a two-day meeUng at Penan» concluded tb*ir pro»r?mm: 1;< night, with a reunion dinner at the E and O. hotel Th" gatheuns Included Prof E. K. Tratman. Piotessor of Dental Surgery, Singapore Ifsdlnl
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    Penang Kempeitai Thief To Be Tried
    57 3 Penang Kempeitai Thief To Be Tried From Our Own (,'orrrspov.Jent PENANG, Tues— Maj Yoshinobu Hteaihikav/a, former Penan;: Kempeitai chef, whose arrest was ordered last week by Gei Mac Arthur. will b? brought V* from Japan to Penan g to stand trial on a number of charges, it "•as announced toc'^v
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 12, 1946. Malaya's White Services
    967 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed., June 12, 1946. Malaya's White Services The heading on this article has only an historical Interest turn. for the particular phase of the development of Malaya's public services which it describes cannot conceivably be perpetuated m thp era that lies ahead; but it is still
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    Carrying Arms
    186 4 Attention should be directed to ihree death .sentences passed in Ipoh last week. The offence for which tne extreme penalty was imposed was carrying arms. The ccnvicted persons were members of a Chinese gang which committed a ro vu ?ry in the Knan ui.j.rict. H». in Singapore there
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    113 4 Mr. Tan B.n Kl t A family t ndr U-eir s ncere Ihenks to frle.ds and relatives who s^nt wreaths, senglays A att-ndd t^e n'ght 1 s A fungal of h s be oveJ father Mr. Tan Ee Joon Ai'ii i;l as Jolm who passed awav pea e u
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    Nationalism Inflamed In The Union
    1577 4 This art rle, which is reproduced from The limes, I onion, records impressions ret rived dm in* the tour or the Malay Peninsula hy the British Pailiamentary delegation and Sir Theodore Adams some days axo, which tuhninated m the conference wi h the Mafa> Rulers
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    Seaside Park Needed
    50 4 DEGARDINO Mr. Chua Chin Chyc's letter on the reopening of Katonpr Park, T for one would like to voice my support. I trust, that thi authorities will In ihe near future resurrect Katong P.iric )H for the benefit of the local inhabitants. ALICE WEE. Singapore. June 7.
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      A Citizen's Reflections On Back Pay For All
      444 4 THE c.amour by Gjvernment employers fcr "La?k pay has rebounded throughout UM Island and the Union, so that one cannot but ponder over the subject and consider whether tne demand is reasonable. In view of the fact that such a demand .nvolves
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      90 4 1 FEEL sure the Municipal rm1 ployees are thankful for tne sympathetic consideration shown by the senior staff, as stated ->v jour correspondent. "Grateful. 1 and the improvements enumerated by him. But— 'To Cerberus they give a sop His triple barking mouth to stop." This will never solve th» problem.
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      The Parable Of The Servants
      476 4 ONCE upon a time there was a very rich landlord who engaged a great number of servants to look after his house. There were white servants who. like the master, ats bread, and there were coloured servants who ate rice. One day the master was
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    GEN. STOPFORD TAKES A LOOK
    57 5 |l Aftrr opening: the Victory Exhibition m the Happy i Wold, einiaporc. on Monday, I- 1 Lieut -General Sir Montagu Stopford, Acting Supreme Allied Commander, S.E. Asia, showed a ken interest m the e\h bits, lie is seen studying pkturrs nf the European war. which
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    British Officers Beaten For 45 Mins.
    743 5 British Officers Beaten For 45 Mins. Jap On Inhumane Treatment Charge 1 JAPANESE railway engineer who is alleged to have sat calmly in his office while two of his men were using two British officers outside for bayonet practice with bamboo sticks, appeared before a Singapore War Crimes Court yesterday,
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    INTERNATIONAL CLUB FOR PENANG
    165 5 From Our Own Correspondent. PENANG, Tups. WITH the suppo.t of the Governor Gknera', Mr. Malcolm Macßonald, and the Resident Commissioner, Mr. N. King, plans arj now rder way for the formation lof an International Club m Penang. Mr. A. J. Drake, a prominent Penang lawyer, who
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    43 5 Th*re will be no ceremonial opening of the first Singapore Assizes m the Supreme Court today. Scheduled to commence at 11 am., nine cases which Include murder, abetment of murder and robbery will be mentioned before Mr. Justice R. Moor, the presiding Judse.
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    GOVERNOR VIEWS ALLIED ARMOUR
    36 5 Ii Us tour of the exhibits aft~r op-nine the V-ExMbUinn m the Happy World on Victory Ni-ht. the Governor, Mr F C. Gi.-nson, stopped to examine Allifl weapons. Army Film Unit picture.
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    Contractor Hoped To Make $20,000 Profit From Scrap Contract
    644 5 1 GIVING evidence on oath, an ll Indian coiuractor explained how he hoped U> make a profit of $20,000 on a (contract to remove scrap from the farmer Po o Ground, Singapore, m November last year, at the resumed hearing cf
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    Detective Shot Dead
    66 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENAN<;. Tuet. While cyrlin^ home to Butterworth last night, a drtrrtive, Chrow Fook Chronj. a lorißse \icr member of the police fore.-, was shot drad h> an unknown gunman, a short distance from the Ullage of Bacan A 'am Arrordint to a police
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    Jap Nurse: 'I Beg You To Free Him'
    285 5 Jap Nurse: 'I Beg You To Free Him' TWO Ut'crs, (mo from an American ex-PoW and the other frcm a Japan's? Rod Crass nurse we c p.'cduc rd as evid^nc > ye trrclay 101 support of the defence for ('apt. Wakarmt v. ore «>f four Japs charged In th' Singapore
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    17 5 Mr Roland Bnddcli. TV "im lawyer, h~s r?turnrd ti> Maln^a from Inciia. areomp.mi -ci by his wife
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    SURPLUS RUBBER PROBLEM
    179 5 SURPLUS RUBBER PROBLEM From Our Own Got*re*pomk>nt KUALA LUMPUR, Taes. FHE difficult situation wli eh Jias ari en with m>;; rd to rubber, btCUH of lacx of [;odown accommodat on an J ■hipping to ivmnw th 3 iubbcr. was referred to nt today's meeting of the S lM'g r Adt'isiry
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    19 5 Lord X"l an Ppcc'el Comml^\onr r BJ! AJlta, n'trrned to I ooen the Vic'orv Exhibition ll 1 toni :lit.
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    Britain Emptying Egypt Base
    607 6 Immense Problem Facing Three Services is to be paid to the cost to the British taxpayer. If it were only a question of evacuation to the Canal Zone, it would be simple to build accommodation there from the stores and with the labour available, but with
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    157 6 MONOPOL Y IN GREECE ITEW YORK, (By Air Mail). 11 "Britain is attempting to establish complete economic ccntrol m Greece through the creation of a far-reaching ex port and import monopoly," .^ays the New York "Herald Tribune." "The United States State Department has despatched terse but emphatic instructions to the
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    42 6 r.ince William Andrew Frederic's, elder son and heir of the Duke of Gloucester. Governor Geneal of Australia, is now four-and-a-half ytars old. Here Prince William is seen going for a drive .n his boy-po-.ver car m the grounds of Govt. House, Canberra.
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    Soekarno Holds Up Indonesian Pact
    222 6 Soekarno Holds Up Indonesian Pact Prospects of a settlement m Java, which seemed so hopeful six weeks ago, have again clouded over, according to Dutch information, writes the Far Eastern Correspondent of the Observer, London. British and Indian troops are still m Java m some numbers, and encounters with the
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      683 6 SULOH RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. (Incorporated m the F.M.S.) NOTICE 1O SIIAREIICLDERS. SHARE REGISTKR The Share Register jf the Company ha? b.rn lost At present the only lnrormatlon [\v.ul.'il>Ke to the Company relative to later la a copy of the Annual List and Summary dated March. 1940 and ns inad.-quato ad'lros^es
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      877 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY SMALL POX Owing to the occurai.ee of Small Pox among children In Singapore the Municipal Health Officer Strongly advises that all children under five years of nge should be vaccinated, whether they have been vaccinated previously oi not, as much of the VMOtm used during the Japanese occupation
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      393 6 SINGAPORE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 1. Recruitment for the Singapore Special Constabulary Is now open to all persons born m Malays 2. Conditions of eliglb l lty are as follows: (1) Ags limit for ai plicants is 18 to 30 years. (11) Applicants will be required to p*sr a medic il examination.
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      859 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES QTNrAPnPr I D-™-— 12-22 am USN 25 M Meet the grtc. 2 p.m. Ntws. 2.01 OlIUjArUttL metres. p.m. y 0U rs for the asking. 3 p.m. RED SKI WORK from noon to JUNE 12 Spotlights for two. 3.30 p m. News. 2 pjn. and 6 30 to 11
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    FOUR BRITISH PARACHUTE GIRLS BURNED ALIVE
    738 7 FOUR BRITISH PARACHUTE GIRLS BURNED ALIVE Terrible Story At German Trial WUPPERTAL (By Air Mail)— For burning alive four British women parachutists two W.A.A.F. and two F.A.N.Y. officers one Germanout of ten charged was today sentenced to death by hanging. Five more were jailed, one for life, and three were
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    FOUR YEARS FOR EGOTIST
    216 7 HENRY WILLIAM WICKS, the man who faked a Churchill interview over the German radio, pleaded for mercy m the deck at th c Clrl Bailey after being fcund guilty of aiding th 2 enemy. Mr. Justice Croom- Johnson. sentencing him to four years' penal servitude, told
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    Answer To The Atom
    67 7 A n swer To The Atom WASHINGTON. Mo:v— Rear Ad- 1 miral Albert Read, senior commander of the first Naw pla le t fly the Atlantic, siid t'io potential c'.ef->n?es against the atoi-i? bomb wore already m the outline stage. The wartime commander of the Fleet Air Arm Command Foi:es.
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    359 7 camp The prisoners nodded to one another. "The SS. have ousiness to do tonight." At 8 o clock all prisoners were sent to their barrack huts An order was given that on r&\r. 01 death, no one was to loo* OOft of the windows. At 9 o'clock the S.S medial
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    GEN, FRANCO SENDS CULTURE AND WINE
    235 7  -  RASIL CARDEW Bf PANCO is opening a luxurious Spanish Centre m London m a former millionaire's m: nsion. The "Institute de Espana." promoted by Spain's Fascist Foreign Office, will be m Eaton-square, Kelgrave-squar*. W., becking on to the Spanish Embassy. It is a 65-room
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    389 7 In every session there are at least a few hands— not necessarily freaks with seven or eight honor tricks— which provide excellent i opportunities for huge profits. Almost invariably, however, the player needs a little boldness, as well as the normal requirement of t imagination, to cash
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      110 7 CROSSWORD H|^ I ilve> 10 Humiliate,] H2/ J7^|~~] I Wt formation. 19. Ships. wW& LJiT^P Robus^M 53 Jt jtlT Jt So far, 38. DisCLUES DOWN. 1. UnbU ached coloui, 2. Invest ■v .i HfT. "LAL v ith power, 3. Science, 4 Vocal coin nosiUi n. 5. H'4l L 'rv jr
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      SCFA MEET SIGNALS TODAY
      430 8 Charity Soccer At Jalan Besar Stadium TO-DAY at Jalan Besar Stadium, the Singapore Chinese Football Association make their second appearance since the liberation when they meet the R.A.F. (Signals) m aid of St. Dunstan's Fund for the Blind. The game is be ng held under the
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      Jack Johnson Dies
      60 8 RALEIGH, (N. CAROLINA), Mon. Jack John* on, 1.8, woild's heavyweieht boxing champion from 1909 to 1315, died m Stagnes Hospital here tonight fom injuries received when his car overturned and crashed into a pole on the highway near Frankl nton, N.C, He suffered severe Injuries m the
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      40 8 The Colonial Secretary. Mr. P.A.I!. McKerron, being introduced to th? Chinese Athletic Association soccer team befors the charity ?ame at Jalan Resar stadium on Sunday m which the C.A. Leat the Secon 1 Piv. (Crosskeys) by two goals to one.
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      Ortiz Stops Contender
      46 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues OWIFT-moving Manual Orth j retained his N.R.A. world bantamweight championship last night when he floored Jackie Jurich for the full count m the 11th of a scheduled 15-rouni fi?ht. This was Ortii s 15th sucrrssful defence of his till*. U.P.
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      YUGOSLAVS NARROW FRENCH LEAD
      82 8 PARIS, Tues:— The Yugoslavia i Davis Cup team fought back in- to the running m the European j semi -finals yesterday by taking a bitter fought flve-set match from France. The score was B—lo, B—6, 6—3, 5—7, 10—8. The French players were Pierre Pclizza and Bernard
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      62 8 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. at table-tennis against the Chinese Sports Association on 730 p.m at the tennis pavilion to-day: SINGLES: Wee Swee Lee, Ang Sam Guan, Toh Shung Chee, Fung Guan Swee, Lav Kieng Hiong (capt.). DOUBLES: Tang Seek Wai and Teo Teck Seng; Sim Soo Juay
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      PENANG HOCKEY
      62 8 Straits Times Corr., PENANQ. Sun. Kuala Lumpur Civil Services narrowly deflated the Pc.iang C.R.C. by the odd goal In three m a game 1 of hockey plbyed here to-day. The 1 visitors combined better and had the c i of the exchanges. Ecorers were i Hnzalli and Reutens
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      IPOH STATE CRICKET ENDS IN DRAW
      515 8 Up'Ccunt?y Holiday Sport (From Our Own Correspondent) IPOH, Mon. THE Slate cricket match between Perak and Ncgrl Sembilan petered out into a tame draw. There wrs only 120 minute^ left for play when Negri started th?ir secord innings with a lead cf 32 runs.
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      Hockey Victory For S'pore XI
      83 8 St.aits Tunes Corr., MALACCA. Mon. Muthucumaru"s XI had no difficulty beating the Malacca Indian Association a* hockey this evening by three goals to nil. The visitors domlnatei play but many pretty moves of thoir forwards were frustrated by the stubborn home defencs. Ponniah and Scheerder
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      Penang Chinese Defeat Selangor Govt. Services
      496 8 From Our Own Correspondent) 1 PENANG, Mon. THE Penang Chinese Recreation 1 Club defeated the Selangor Government Services toy ten wickets m a two-day cricket match played here to-day and yesterday. An innings of 81 by Lee Soon Wee, the Selangor State batsman, saved
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      Amarnath Returns To Form
      175 8 Amarnath Returns To Form CARDIFF, Monday. THE Indian cricket tourists de1 clared their first innings closed with 376 for six wickets at the tea interval m the second j day of their match with Glamor- I gan today. Glamorgan had scored 77 for three wickets when rain, which had delayed
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      98 8 INDIANS— M IXXS. Merchant b V.oo l~r 52 Mushtaq All c W. E. Jones b E. Daviri IS Mnn':a 1 b KoMnson 8 Hazarr b Clay 7 Amarrata not ort 10 i J a'fpz r Jonrs b E. Divl i 0 Cmnrj't c la-.lj b Clay 13 Sthonl not
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      187 8 LONDON. Mon. ANCE asain rain seriou^lv inter- f:red with County cricket today, but this did not prevent three century innings being scored. At Lord's Middlesex scored 317 for ei^ht aeninst Sussex. Robertson getting 128 and Edrich 109. The th'rd century was scored by Walter Hammond against
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