The Straits Times, 8 August 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I.H.HT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    NAVY MAY CLOSE COAST OF PALESTINE
    309 1 Whitehall Spokesman Speaks Of Blockade LONDON, Wednesday. A WHITEHALL official said today that the British Government was planning an all-cut drive to end illegal immigration of European Jews into Palestine, and that the necessary operations involved may include a full-scale blockade of Palestine's Mediterranean
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    Officers Arrested After Girl's Death
    81 1 QEYNHAOCtBN, Wed. Two young British officer^ attached to the headquarters of the British Army of Occupation were arrested today in connection with the death "f a 10-year-old German «\r\ who v.as k lied by machineg»". bullets on Saturday night. The Germans alleged that the pirl
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    2,174 Miles By Remote Control
    66 1 MIKCM LAKE AIRBASE, (California) Wed. TWO flying fortress drone planes, controlled by radio beam from a mother-aircraft, landed here after a 2.174 miles flight from Hawaii which set a new long distance record for guided missiles. In a further test, th« drones' homh-door^ we-o npfnM
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    EX-EMPEROR OF CHINA TO TESTIFY
    144 1 EX-EMPEROR OF CHINA TO TESTIFY TOKIO, Wednesday. HENRY PU YI, the last Emperor of China and Japanese puppet Emperor of Manchukuo, will give evid ence before the International Military Tribunal in Tokio. The Russians have agreed to bring him to Toklo from Vladii vostok together with four others 1 held
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    Peasants And Police Fight Over Crops
    173 1 Peasants And Police Fight Over Crops ROME, Wednesday. DESIEGED peasants of CaDccamo, fighting the Italian police in order to keep their crops from Government granaries, were estimated in a despatch from Palermo to Rome to have suffered over 100 casualties. The number oi dead, if any, was not known. Four
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    WARWICKSHIRE 101 FOR 2
    54 1 BIRMINGHAM, Wed.— Warwick, shire batting first against the Indians here today on a wet pitch have scored 101 for the loss of two wickets. Houghton lbw Mankad 14; Sale not out 54; Mills c Hindiokar b Mankad 18; Dollery not out 0: extras 15: total for
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    NEW 'QUAKE SHOCKS IN CARIBBEAN
    97 1 CIUDATRUJILLO, Wed. FOR the third successive day, earthquakes and tidal waves battered the coastal towns of the Dominican Kepublic causing many of the people to flee in panic to the interior. The shocks which began on Sunday caused 20 deaths in Bajio and Cabrera, on
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    INDIAN POSTAL STRIKE ENDS
    28 1 CALCUTTA, Wed— Postal, telegraph a.id telephone workers m the north-eastern Indian provinces of Bengal and Assam are to end their 25-day-old strike today. Reuter.
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    TRUMAN VOTES
    27 1 INDEPENDENCE. M ssoui*. Tues.— President Truman and his daughter voted m the Missouri state primary electons today and then returned to Washington by plane.— U.P.
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    Montgomery Plans Visit To Malaya
    233 1 CIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, is to visit Malaya. He is starting a world tour on August 17, and will come to Malaya after visiting Egypt, Palestine, and India. The purpose of the Field-Marshal's tour is to see British troops "doing
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    MRS. CHOY AT THE PALACE
    68 1 A silver casket made by three generations of Malayan crafts, men was presented recently to Princess Elir-beth by Mrs. Elizabeth (hoy. who received the 0.8. E. m the Birthday Honours for her work for British internees, and Mr. E. N. T. Cummins, on behalf of
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    HORRORS OF HANKOW TOLD
    341 1 TOKIO, Wednesday. MR. ALBERT A. DORRANCE, formerly Standard Oil representative and President of the American Chamber of Commerce at Hankow, testifying for the prosecution at the War Crimes trial here today described atrocities by Japanese army personnel after th£ fall of the river city m 1938.
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    BRITISH VOTING PLAN BREAKS PARIS DEADLOCK
    243 1 BRITISH VOTING PLAN BREAKS PARIS DEADLOCK PARIS, Wednesday. THE Rules Committee of the Paris Conference. shortly after 2 a.m. local time this morning, adopted the British compromise proposal on the voting procedure by 15 votes to 6 thereby solving a deadlock that had kept it in 24 hours of almost
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    Echo Of Batu Malim Fair Murders
    249 1 ANE of the biggest murder U cases ever heard, in connection with the massacre of Chinese at Batu Malim Fair at Raub on February 11 this year, is the subject of a petition for review as a sequel to the sentences of death passed
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    Indians Drowned
    34 1 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Wed. The Aga Khan has received messages confirming that six of his Ismaili Indian followers were Jrownrd when the Lake Nyasa steamer Vipya overturned m a storm on July 30— Reuter.
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    ROCKETS CROSS INTO SWEDEN
    39 1 STOCKHOLM, Wed— A Government communique this morning said that the light phenomena observed m Sweden during the past three months, was m all probability caused by rockets which crossed into Sweden from the South.— U.P.
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    Student Federation Greets Indonesians
    86 1 BATAVIA, Wcd.-In the current issue of The Voice Of Free Indonesia, an official Indonesian publication, a letter from the Student Labour Federation of 21 Bedford Chambers. Covent Garden, London, 's reproduced In full. Among the boo. vice-presidents ri the Federation are Sir Stafford Cripps, Professor J.
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    REPARATIONS CAN NOW BEGIN
    339 2 U.S. Zone Ready For Payments BERLIN, Wednesday. THE American zone of Germany is ready to begin large-scale reparation shipments as soon as the problem of Germany's economic unity is settled, American correspondents learned today after a seven-day 2,500-mile round trip of the zone. A handful of
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    U.S. EXPORTS DOUBLE IMPORTS
    85 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.— Exports from the United States in 1946 are expected to be nearly double the imports, according to a statement by the Commerce Secretary, Mr. Henry Wallace. Mr. Wallace said he anticipated that exports would total between $10,000,000,000 and $10,500,000,000 and imports slightly over $5,000,000,000.
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    FORMER GERMAN CHANCELLOR
    100 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— European Radio reports that Dr. Wilhelm Marx, four times chancellor of Germany between 1923 and 1928 and leader of the minority in the Centre Party era between Versailles and Hitler's advent, died yesterday in Berlin, aged 83. His last political act, a year ago.
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    Russia Not To Join World Bank
    116 2 WASHINGTON. Wed.— lt wa^> learned yesterday that Soviet Russia would not become a member of either the World Bank or the Monetary Fund Authorised sources said tnerc would be no further delay beyond Dec. :U, the deadline, to allow Soviet Russia or other nations
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    LATESTPLAN REJECTED BY CHIANG
    242 2 LATEST PLAN REJECTED BY CHIANG NANKING, Wednesday. TENERALISSIMO Chiang U Kai-shek has flatly rejected the latest Communist proposal for an unconditional cease-fire and Government reorganisation by political consultations. He is reported not to have opposed the proposals in principle, but to have rejected the Communist conditions for the solution of
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    FIRST HANGING IN SHANGHAI
    74 2 SHANGHAI, Wed.— The Chinese court here carried out its first hang.ng with the execution ot Hsuan Chang-kan, convicted of robbery and murder. Formerly death sentences were carried out either by a firing squad or by strangulation. Members of the United States Military police assisted m the
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    Chinese Kidnapped By Indonesians
    115 2 BATAVIA. Wed.— The Chinese daily, Gin Po, publishes a letter from Law Liong Hoey, who claims to have been kidnapped with his family in Buitenzorg and to have escaped when the truck in which tl.ey were being carried broke down. Lim Llong Hoey states that Chinese
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    MONTY'S REFORMS
    269 2 LONDON, Tuesday. FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, proposed today to abolish such centuries-old British army traditions as barracks, roll calls, short-term passes and "lights out" to make army life more attractive. He revealed his plans for modernising the British Army at a press
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    BOUGHT THE SHIP HE COMMANDED
    59 2 Lt.-Cmdr. Vernon Srwell. B.N. V.R., has bought the ship bs commanded during the war Sh c is the Gelert, a former luxury yacht, which on Admiralty orders he fitted out for war <ervic e m 1939. Lt.-Cmdr. Sewell is shown at work converting the Gelert
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    Hiroshima Beaten By Bikini
    232 2 BIKINI, Tuesday. AN the anniversary today of the atom bombing of v Hiroshima, Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, commander of the Operations Crossroads task force, declared that the submarine bomb was more effective than any used in Japan or the first airburst in the Bikini test.
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    Angry Crowd At Murder Hearing
    301 2 LONDON, Tuesday. CROWDS swarming round V the We3t London Magistrate's Court shouted angrily and police had to lock arms today when George Heath, an ex-Air Force pilot, was rushed to a prison van after being accused of two of the most gruesome sex murders in
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    11 INJURED IN ANTI-JEW RIOTS
    66 2 PRAGUE, Wed.— lt is learned here that 11 Jews were injured m anti-Semitic attacks m Bratislava at the time of the four-day Slovak Partisan Congress. The riots culminated on Sunday with knifings, street attacks and housebreakings. The Partisan ceremony on Sunday, at which the Minister
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    RUSSIA WANTS UNRRA TO STAY
    397 2 GENEVA, Wednesday. THE fifth session of the UNRRA Council got into its stride this morning when Mr. Fiorella I>a Guardia. the Director-Genera), presented his report on UNRRA work during the past few months. United States future policy towards UNRRA will be explained by Mr. William
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    AUSTRALIAN RULE IN NEW GUINEA
    74 2 CANBERRA, Wed.— The Australian Premier, Mr. Joseph Chifley, told the House of Representatives today that Australia was insisting on complete and exclusive control of New Guinea. Mr. Chifley said it was intended to provide naval, military and air bases and to erect forti'leations. No agreement
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    Protest Against Rubber Export Duty
    778 3 Protest Against Rubber Export Duty Annual Meeting Of Ulu Be nut DROTESTING against the increase by Government of the export duty on rubber from the prewar rate to four cents a pound, Da to S. Q. Wong declared m Singapore yesterday: "On the one hand, producers are compelled to sell
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    No Rice Bran From Siam
    88 3 MALAYA will not be receiving an^ more ric e bran from Siam in future as a result of the latest ban on rice bran exports imposed in the latter country. This was the subject of a .signal yesterday from the Combined Siam Rice Commission to
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    Jap To Hang, Properly To Be Confiscated
    280 3 Jap To Hang, Properly To Be Confiscated IN acdition to a sentence or death by hanging passed on a jap doctor. Capt. Kamoi. who used an Indonesian labourer as a liv e exhibit Tor the purpos? ol anatomical demon.- tratio" the President of the Wai Crimes Court, Lt. Col. ri.
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    Chinese Had Navy Property
    126 3 1 29- YEAR-OLD Chinese. Lai n Kok Ying, was sentenced to ore days simple imprisonment and fined $500 or m default three months' imprisonment, for d'shonrstly receiving two tins of 'Panchromatic' films and one box of bromide paper, belonging to the British Admiralty, m the Third
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    Raid On Hawkers
    44 3 A inrther raid was carried out on Aug. 6 on hawkers m the Banda Street-Sago Street are.i. The raid passed without Incident and one lorry load of fresh fruit, vegetables and poiv was confiscated together witn one lorry load of equipment.
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    GROW MORE FOOD SHOW PLANNED
    161 3 GROW MORE FOOD SHOW PLANNED THE Public Relations Office :n 1 conjunction with the management of the Happy World is organising a special "Grow More Food Show" in the Happy World from Sep". 20 to Sept. 23. The exhibition will be divided into two main sections. The first section will
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    Drunk, He Telephoned Police
    116 3 Drunk, He Telephoned Police A TELEPHONE call to the Gey- lang Police Station at about 6 p.m. on Aug. 6 giving information that armed robbers had broken into a house at Joo Chiat Road had a sequel m the second Police Court yesterday. The police answered the call immediately and
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    SHIPPING NEWS
    46 3 Marian Bee, British, 187 tons; from Faiembang. Aug. 7, destination and date of departure unknown. Edendale, British, 933 tons, from Eaiigkok Aug. 6. destination and date of departure unknown. Empire Maytree, British, 112 tons; Crora Malacca, Aug. 7. destination and da'.e of departure unknown.
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    I FIFTY-TWO TODAY
    8 3 H.H. The Sultan of Kedah
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    SULTAN OF KEDAH IS 52 TODAY
    166 3 3y anile Joseph THE Sultan of Kedah. celebrates his 52nd birthday today. All Kedah is in festive mood for the occasion. Special prayers and feasts in all mosques and public places will be held throughout the state. Known as H.H. Tungku Badlishah C.M.G., before
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    M.A.S. Payments: Of fieical's Statement
    453 3 AN appeal to members to understand that m the past few months "conditions had been unfavourable for strict accuracy m dealing with pubic matters" was made by Mr. T. P. F. McNeice to the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Medical Auxiliary Service on A- a.
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    7,500 Service Personnel Leave Singapore For Britain This Month
    300 3 APPROXIMATELY 7,500 officers, servicemen and women n are expected to leave Singapore by three ships this month for the United Kingdom as part of the Services repatriation and demobilization scheme. The first of these vessels, the Monarch of Bermuda is expected
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    Misappropriated Motor Car
    114 3 A CANTONESE, Wong Nam "*on, was fined $500, in default three months' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim in the Fifth PoLce Court yesterday when he was found guilty of misappropriation of a car. Wong faced an original charge of theft of a car. In defence,
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    JUDGES INCREASE SENTENCE
    357 3 JUDGES INCREASE SENTENCE TWO young Chinese who appealed against their sentences of three yea;s' rigorous imprisonment each imposed on them at the recent Singapore Assizes for carrying firearms in public, had their sentences increased to five years rigorous imprisonment each when they appeared before the Singapore Chief Justice, Mr. Murray
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    Air H.Q. Malaya
    57 3 Air Headquarters Malaya, previously based m Kuala Lumpur, has now moved to Singapore and is accommodated at R.A F. Station Tengah. The move has released a considerable number of civilian houses m Kuala Lumpur, but has not necessitated any extra accommodation m Singapore sine? sufficient spac P
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thursday, Aug. 8, 1946. The Civilian In Uniform
    1011 4 The S traits Times Singapore, Thursday, Aug. 8, 1946. The Civilian In Uniform Recently the Straits Times allowed a correspondence to run for a few days on "fraternisation" between Service men and Malayan girls. It was interesting and amusing up to a point. This feature of the present-day social scene
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    Negroes Parade
    84 4 WASHINGTON, Tues.— About 15,000 negroes, many m service uniforms, paraded Washington streets to the Lincoln Memorial, where a memorial service was commemorated for the recent victims of lynchings m the Southern States. Demonstrators sent a resolution to the White House asking for a special session of Congress to
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    Sultans as sovereign rulers in Malaya
    1846 4  -  JOHN EBER THE CASE FOR THE MALAYANS— I -By I)ATO Roland Braddell, the legal adviser to the United Malays National Organisation, today and to several of the Sultans in the past, stated in his recent article that "the fundamentals of the Malay case are
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    Man In The Street The Last Journey Of A Johore Pig Meals In Beach Rd. No Nostalgia No Nostalgia The Navy Ashore Sir Stamford Raffles
    622 4 Man In The Street The Last Journey Of A Johore Pig Meals In Beach Rd. No Nostalgia No Nostalgia The Navy Ashore Sir Stamford Raffles WE hope that those residing in the thickly populated area between Crawford Street and Beach Road will be given facilities to ;et a 35 cents
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    Governor's 5-Hour Tour of Base Depot
    551 5 Governor's 5-Hour Tour of Base Depot Completely Satisfied With Army Help By A Special Correspondent CJR FRANKLIN GIMSON, the Governor, expressed satisfaction yesterday at the way in which the military authorities in Singapore are ensuring that the rehabilitation and commercial development of the port are in no way being retarded.
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    Market St. Murder: Two Men Charged
    215 5 Market St. Murder: Two Men Charged A DARING attempt to rob a moneychanger of $4,000 in his premises In Market Street on Friday night had a sequel in the Third Police Court yesterday when two Indians. Govindasamy (26) and Abdul Hamid (28) had a charge of murder explained to them.
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    Day's S.I. And $750 Fine For Maj. Rothwell
    424 5 MAJOK William Henry Rothwell of the Road Transport Department was srntenced to a davs simple imprisonment and lined $750 or two months' rigorous imprisonment In default in the Fifth Pol ce Court yesterday by J"rhe Ahmad bin Tbrahim on three counts of
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    Colonial Secretary To Visit S.C.S.C.
    68 5 MR. P. A. B. McKerron, Colonial Secretary, and Major-Gen. L. H. Cox, G.0.C.. Singapore District, will be paying an informal visit to the Singapore Chines? Swimnvng Club tomorrow. Also invited to bo present are Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Con-sul-Genera!, and Mrs. Wu, Mr. A. C.
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    Outramßd. Gaol Case Opens Today
    66 5 FOKTY-Four Japanese alleged to be responsible for the appalling: conditions m Singapore's fcrimest occupation prison On tram Road r. tol will be arraigned on war crimes charges to-day at the Robinson Road War Crimes Court. The President of the Court will I It Col. R.
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    Malayan "Pink 'Un" Returns
    75 5 Malayan "Pink 'Un" Returns ANOTHER link with prewar Singapore is restored with the publication aga n today of the Straits Budget popularly known before th e war as the Malayan "Pink Un,'» b> reason of th e colour of its cover. The last copy of the Budget appeared in January,
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    Sale Of Tyres And Tubes In The Union
    252 5 Sale Of Tyres And Tubes In The Union T"HE Commissioner of Road Transport, Malayan Union, has introduced a system of control f r the sale of motor tyres and tubes within the Malayan Union m order to insure, as far as possible, that the limited quantities of tyres which at
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    MUSLIM CHINESE FOR MALAYA
    114 5 MUSLIM CHINESE FOR MALAYA From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. THE Chinese Government Is to 1 be asked to send Muslim Chinese officers to Malaya m order to improve Sino-Malay relations m this country, the Penang Chinese Consul, Mr. N. K. Lee indicated on returning from Singapore where he attended
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    Mystery Death Of Woman
    194 5 I PONFUSION as to the cause of death was revealed by a medica oftVer at a Coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death o. a 19 year-old Chinese girl, namea Toh Boh Tan. Dr. H. C. Stubbs, medical officer attached to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital told
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    410 Years For Malaya To Be Out Of Woods'
    140 5 4 10 Years For Malaya To Be Out Of Woods' Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. AT a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, Colonel O. A. R. Beadles, the Controller of Supplies, Malayan Union, expressed the opinion that the present food position in Malaya was not too satis, factory. Th e
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    Govt. Goods On Sale At Low Prices
    217 5 Govt. Goods On Sale At Low Prices THE following is the second of a series of lists giving details of the distribution of Government imported goods and the prices at which they are bevng sold. Messrs. Sime Darby Co. Ltd., acting as agents for Government, on July 26, sold 15
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    Strike Of Hospital Attendants Likely
    264 5 FIVE hundred Indian and Chinese Hospital servants are likely to go on strike tomorrow, following the refusal of the Singapore Medical Labour Union to which they belong to accept concessions made by Government m answer to demands. The men claimed a 150 per cent increase
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    Black Market In Bread Stopped
    185 5 Black Market In Bread Stopped WELL aware that some bakers may shortly attempt to create a black market in bread in Sinffanore because of a temporary shortage of flour. Food Control officials have taken the necessary steff U> make short shrift of any effort to sell above the controlled price.
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    Malay On Arms
    35 5 YOUNG Malay. Mourned bin Ilashim. was produced bo'.ori Mr. Paul Storr yesterday when a charge of unlawful possession nl ft 32 revolver loaded with six rounds of ammunition was explained to him.
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    ARMY HELP FOR SINGAPORE
    922 5 WHAT might be described as an impressive document out* lining the part played by the Services in ItatOTiag trade and the normal conditions of life in Malaya was issued yesterday from headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia. Its purpose, it is stated, is
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    Is Penicillin Losing Its Power?
    116 6 Is Penicillin Losing Its Power? LONDON, (By Air Mail).— The question is being widely asked by scientists whether the wonder drug penicillin has already become a "has been." There have been numerous cases m which the bacteria it is meant to destroy has developeJ partial, sometimes full, resistance to its
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    Cotton Board Opens Style Centre
    134 6 Cotton Board Opens Style Centre THE British Cotton Board has opened a Colox Design and Style Centre at Yorkstreet, Manchester. It consists of hundreds ot fabric patterns from 10 different countries which are normally markets for Lancashire goods Sweden, Prance, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and the United
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    India Heading For Another Crisis
    347 6 MEW YORK, Wednesday— India is striding steadily towards another crisis in her relations with Britain, with an extremely bad situation in prospect unless at least a partial solution is found, writes Preston Gr over. Chief of the Associated Press staff in India, who just arrived
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    Britain Gives 12 Warships To China
    150 6 Britain Gives 12 Warships To China NANKING, Wednesday.— The Chinese Government is shortly taking delivery of twelve British warships, the gift of the British Government to the Chinese Navy, said a government spokesman here. Press reports state that the ships are already m Hong Kong, where they will be handed
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    PHILIPPINE CHINESE RECOVERING
    145 6 PHILIPPINE CHINESE RECOVERING QHANGHAI, Wednesday.— An 3 optimistic report of the condition of Chinese in the Philippines was brought back here by Mr. Kan Naikwang, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, from Manila, where he was one of the Chinese representatives at the Philippine Independence ceremonies. Stating that Chinese nationals In the
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    Fishing Fleet For China
    113 6 SHANGHAI, (By Air Mail.'.China is to have the laigest and most modern flshins; flpft In he: history The scheme envisages the acquisition of 750 vessels of the latest type, 12,000 wooden junlts and between 40 and 50 cold storages depots. In addition, 30 dockyards are to
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    198 6 CONVERT your Gold Ornaments. Jewellery. Diamonds etc into Cash Good prices offered. Consult The Gold Company (Tong Lee) 90 High Street Singapore. Phone 3018. WANTED: Reliable second-hand car. Reply Box 682, S.T. Telephone No 5476. CONTINENTAL lady (British subject) seeking position as Housekeeper m Hotel or Boarding House. Exper-
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    74 6 NANKING, Wednesday -China's Economics Minister, Mr. Wang Vun-wu, has dispelled fears of a cotton shortage, reporting that China now has a stockpile of 800.00° bale&, including imports through the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin stration. He said China :s expecting a new crop of between
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    180 6 Fight Against Locusts PHINKIANG, Wednesday.— v The old-fashioned Chinese methods are proving to be effective in controlling locust-threatened crops in central Kiangsu province, an UNRRA spokesman reported after an inspection :our ot this area. So far the locusts have not bothered the cultivated crops, said Mr. H. C. Holmes, UNRRA
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    53 6 The two youngest members of the Mussolini family, Anna Maria, aceci IP, su-o Romano, aged 17, have oper ed a dance-hall cafe on the island of Ischia. where they have been living with their mother as political detainees. Romano said:. "l play the accordion and Annr
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    454 7 GERMANS ALLEGE CRUELTY IN EXPULSIONS Aged And Sick People Sent Without Help By GUY BEIT ANY, Reuters Special correspondent CTUTTGART: (By Air Mail)— Inhumanity and illtreatment, as well as neglect of accepted obligations, are alleged in reports reaching the U.S. authorities here on the condition in which thousands of Germans
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    81 7 TOKIO, Wed— Allied Headquarters still term as a mystery the whereabouts of some 2,500,000 Japanese who supposedly were m Russian-occupied territory at the end of the war. Gen. Mac Arthur's Intelligence Section said recently that no information had been received from Russian, Chinese or
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    192 7 CANADIANS DIFFER OVER FLAGS CONTROVERSY over the I* choice of a distinctive national flag for Canada has ousted dollar parity and labour difficulties as the primary topic of serious discussion throughout the country. Empire loyalty, racial pride and growing national consciousness are combining to produce a Parliamentary dispute which may
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    111 7 Ban On Return To Germany A ban on living in Germany for the next five years has been imposed by a military court at Krefeld on a former sergeant of the Pioneer Corps who returned illegally to Germany after only three weeks in England. He is Arthur James Avery, of
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    163 7  -  Dr. Fisher THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Fisher, speaking in London at a public rally of the Council of Christians and Jews, criticised aspects of the Russian policy. He has been speaking of the problem of de-Nazincatio n and Germany saying Nazism was too long tolerated among
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      Black Market Milk For Babies
      295 7 Black Market Milk For Babies CAN the authorities do something about issuing condensed milk through the ration card system for babies. I am drawing a salary of $110 (including cost of livir.p allowance) and have i family of five to support. Since my office does not supply any rations at
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      113 7 I ENTIRELY endorse the protests publish d in your columns on the subject of the Japs' request to remain in Singapore. As one who endured three and a half years or suffering and misery, and who also witnessed the indignities and humiliations meted out to our Chinese community
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      55 7 WILL the distributors of "Oval- tine" please inform the public through the medium of the Press of the nar.es of their stockists. So far as my experience goes, this product is only available in the black market, although "Klim" and "Horlick's"' are readily available at most leading stores
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    75 7 CHANGHAI, Wed.— A young man was offered a girlfriend here the other day quite a rarity in these days of GI's in town for being courteous to a middle-aged woman on a bus. She advertised in the "Personal'' column of a local paper that she
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    295 7 NEW York, Wednesday.— The veto right of the five great powers will be a big issue m the September session of the United Nations General Assembly. It seems almost ce r tain that the veto power will emerge unchanged. This same veto power was the principal
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    163 7 BRITISH firms have orders for £4,500,000 worth of television sets but, owing to ma n v facturing difficulties, production has hardly begun. The Russian Government has inquired for 10,000 Pye sets. Mr. CO. Stanley, chairman of the Television Committees of the Radio Industry Council and managing
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      NORTHAMPTONS REPEAT VICTORY
      491 8 Northamptons 1. C. A. 0 TOR more than 50 minutes at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, the Northamptonshire Regiment produced every trick of clever soccer they knew, but could not do the one thing that really mattered. Then, six minutes before the end, came a mad scramble in
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      Benny Lynch Dead
      51 8 GLASGOW. Wed. BENNY Lynch, former world flyweight boxing champion, died last night in Southern General Hospital, Glasgow. He was 33. At five o clock yesterday afternoon Lynch went to the h<vp tal and said he was feeling ill. Three hours later he was reported to be dead.
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      KLUANG C.C. WINNERS BY 10 WICKETS
      375 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) KLUANG, Mon. ALTHOUGH they secured a first innings lead of 11 runs, the 5th. Paratmop Brigade of Kluang lost to the Kluang Cricket Club by 10 wickets, in a game played u Kluang on Saturday. Batting first the Parairoop Brigade
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      TABLE TENNIS RESULTS
      95 8 rURTHE ties were played yes1 terclay m the V.M.C.A. table tennis championships, and among the winners was J. Badmar., who is reputed to have been b2atc.ll world champion Sabados. The results were: Open Singles Championship: Fung Guan Swce beat Lim Th-eyo Hock 3-0; Soh Teow Kens beat
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      TABLE TENNIS
      45 8 A FRIENDLY table tennis match played on Sunday between the Canton Alumni Association and Queen's Photo Studio resulted in a five-nil victory for Queen's. A match has been arranged between the Shackle Club and Queen's for Wednesday. Aug. 14 at the Shackle Club
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      NEGRI SOCCER
      40 8 From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Mon--In the Yam Tuan Cup Soccer Competition the Kuala Pllah Malays defeAfd Seremban Malawi and have qua lifted to meet thr Jrlebu Malays m the final which will h* played at. Sri Menantl
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      ARGENTINE OFFER TO JOE LOUIS
      82 8 MIAMI, Mon. MARCUS Kimiriez, of Buenos Aires, said today he was en route to New York with an offer of half a million dollars for Joe Louis to defend his heavyweight title in the Argentine capital in December. kimiriez said he represented a group of
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      INDIA v WARWICK
      63 8 BIRMINGHAM, Wed.— A great deal of rain fell during the night and the Edgbaston ground where the Indians meet Warwickshire today is soaked. Although the rain has now stopped, the outlook is far from promising with a dull sky and no sign of it clearing. Hafecz is
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      Mankad Signs For Lancashire League
      44 8 ROCHDALE, Tues. UINOO Mankad, left-handed Indian Test player, has signed professional forms for Castleton Moor. Central Lancashire League Club. The agreement is subject to Mankad obtaining permission of the Indian Board of Control and his employers m India. Reuter.
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      CALLOVER ON ST. LEGER
      121 8 LONDCN, Tues. UICTO..IA CLUB callover on the Lcger this evening was: 3 to 1 Airborn; offered, 7 to 2 wanted 11 to 2 Gulf Stream, 6-1 Steady Aim, 8 to I White Jacket, all taken and offered; 10 to 1 Nirgal offered 100 to B, taken;
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      RECS WON LAST GAME OF TOUR
      66 8 FE S. R. C. won the last match of their tour up-country during the Bank holidays when they beat the Selangor Eurasians at hockey by three goals to one. Play reached a high stanasad with the Recs doing most cf -he attacking. Scorers for
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      Mushtaq All's Hitting Gives Indians Victory
      249 8  -  Learie Constantine BY SWANSEA. Tues. INDIA beat Glamorgan by five wickets with 55 minutes to spare after being set to make 273 m four hours. Mushtaq, who m Lum has been the most brilliant •nd most disappointing of India's utsmen, gave a great display
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      474 8 LONDON, Tuesday. THE "Battle of the Roses" at Manchester found Lancashire unable to inflict defeat on unbeaten Yorkshire and consequently Yorkshire stiJI hold a slight lead at the head of the county championship table, with Middlesex third. Yorkshire were largely indebted to an unbroken
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