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Vol. II. No. 100. Tuesday, January 8th, 1946.
PROGRESS MADE General Marshall Holds First Conference
CHENGKING, JAN
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LONDON, JAN 7.
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GANGSTER TOLD HIS STORY BEFORE DEATH
The Weather.
1 gothy's forecast:--Mainly fair with morning haze, variable winde mild day temperatures: --
Yesterday's temperature :-- Maximum: 70 degreen at 230 p.m. Minimum: G1 degrees at 7.15 am.
Large-Scale Raids On Black Market Dealers
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SEVERAL RAIDS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE POLICE DURING THE WEEK-END IN THE GEN- TRAL AND WANCHAUDISTRICTS, IN AN AT TEMPT TO CLEAN UP BLACK MARKETING AULITARY GOODS.
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the Summary Military Court yesterday morning. Tok Luk, of Nu 24 Wix Luk Street, ground fair, was charg ed before Mr. C. Y. Kwa with being in possession of 318 pae- ikits
of British cigarettes, 60
Lucky Strike. cartons of
62
| parketa of pipe tobaern, B8 pue
kets of "Raleigh," all of a type provided to the Forers,
According to Sule-Inspetor 131ackenzie, h raided No. 21. Wing Lak Servel, at about 4.30
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Wall Street
Has A Conscience
IN
NEW YORK, JAN, 7. THE FACT THAT A LI
UNINFORMED
CUSTOMERS
OF Saturday, by virtue of warrant, and the gods men tioned in the charge were found.
Acensed denies the
Frand that his premises were used: For a shipping business, that the goods were left ther by a | 12688eRuer. and that h jord
with the riga nothing to de rettes.
MACAO, JAN. 7.
MACAO AUTHORITIES SAY THAT WONG KOON-
KIT, THE NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER AND TA- PANESE COLLABORATOR WHO WAS KILLED BY POLICE BERE ON THE NIGHT OF JAN. 2, DIS- CLOSED MANY OF THE DETAILS OF HIS SORDID WARTIME CAREER DURING THE WEEKS HE WAS IN CUSTODY, AWAITING TRIAL.
THE OFFICIAL REPORT ON WONG KOON-RÍT'S SUD- DEN DEMISE RELA VES SIMPLY THAT THE POR- TUGUESE AUTHORITIES DECIDED TO MOVE HIM FROM ONE POLICE STATION TO AN- OTHER.
A small guard accompanied the prisoner, it was reported. and he was riddled with bullets. when he leaped from the Chr into the darkness in an escape attempt.
If there is more than that to the story of his death, the re- cords fall to show it. Hutt in
4 fertile case for rumours breed un
to
Spectacular Meteor Over
Sydney
The story he told to the au-
SYDNEY, JAN. 1. thorities was of wolfram smug-
A METEOR EXPLODED gling. of getting more, deeply
OVER NEW SOUTH · WALES SATURDAY NIGHT WITH and more deeply enmeshed un-
SPECTACULAR BRILLIANCE, der the Japanese gendarmerie, ACCORDING TO MANY EYE with his gang etivities, of once WITNESS REPIRTS being detained by
Chinese The explosion took the capital Koerflias tear the border be by surprise ai
7.45 p..
resembled a tween free and occupied China, residents saw what and of bribing his way to free-
belliant ash of lehtning. They dom.
ઊંટેની the Canberra CUFTITION- Wong Koon-kit, avearding tfnd details and were informed by wealth observatory with calix lo
an officer there that, accordirak Saya and to be calculations the meteur
the authorities, said tha! the demands of Colonel
en-
wad
when
the Japanese gendarmerie bes was 60 to 70 miles high when ¡ ¿ came ever more exacting; hut exploded. NEW the demands required an ever- Commonwealth natronumer Wo
in his bath at the int ARE LINING "xpanding gang to eat inter his ley Wan
and wam 51 few Ponds Sou late UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE ranurces: that he becam
reaching the window per the THEIR FIRST PLUNGE IN Tangled in the octopus-liko rins
Broworks. However, he still was Intrigue MARKET
of conspiracy, 18 THE STOCK
ahle to see a trail of anoke and WORRYING OLD-LINE WALL,
estimated it was a large metear STREET FIRMS.
He said it coul bave done a considerable amount of damage if i had fallen to the earth.
Wooley sit there is no record of a meteor landing in Australia since pre-historic Linen Aa clated Presa,
time until life was a terrible nightmare, and his fate was tied ever more closely to his Tapun- ese laskmasters.
It's that they don't want new customers. They're inter- ch the full bara 1r of their GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
"ORDERED TO KILL" talles new but he prodi vend a ful] APPEALED TEBAY
rated in anyone who wishes to TO THE
After hearing evidene. Mr | buy securities for investment The Japanese blamed him for GOVERNMENT wan statement would be auch when HAITISH
TO
the escapt discharged de ferment purposts.
of four American! APPOINT tive feed!
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COMMITTEE TO
His But they want to be sur that airmen from Macmo. DRAFT A NEW ALPHABET Rnd ordered the cigarettes to be "WITH WHICH EVERY confisented,
newcomers do not look upon was ordered to kill meh against wn-stock market dealings an
Ja. net whom they had no grudge. SOUND IN OUR SPEECH CAN WRITTEN WITH ONE
rich quick game" withone care. panese promised him rewards. GRAPHIC AND BASILY WRIT
fully considering what factors but payments always felt behinu TEN SYMBOL, WITHIN EVEN CROSSES OR DOTS."
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THREE-PARTY MEETINGS
REPRESENTATIVES O
CHUNGKING, JAN 2 THE GOVERNMENT, COM ALUNIST PARTY AND DEMOCRATIC FLAGUE WORKED HEALY EVEN CHEERFULLY, BEHINDE
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With trace in effet,
hardie wil have been rieared, burj dozen scattered pointa there นาง IF Y lets before) ed almost as a humerot paradox China can traverse a roud of unity and peaceful reconstruction.
Hopes for K final settlement
between the Government and Cont muni-ts, who have been quarrel in sines 1927 and exchanging hlows off and on, have reached a new high mark although the more cautious prefer to wait and see it achieved before casting aside their present doubts,
Representatives of the different parties are trying Wrench the widest measure of agreement pos- sible beFuse
the Jung-deferred:
sturis, Diseus
unity conference
At a mixed party here a jend ing Communist phyfully Government official as the ribs and
with beaming face burned to a foreign correspondent and said:
"We used to Losenol to
Now wether.
are fightn each other." Then he laughed.
Correspondenta in Chungking have found senior Communist de legates here disma vingiy clusive in the past few days.
Chou En-lai practically los fir he wafaid before he can be ap- proached. Communist secretarie smile bloukly and spy: "He's
sions are proceeding in an atmos- t," when asked if Chou En-lai
Execution Of
Commandos
CONCERNING THE MURDER
TO-DAY.
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Buy other Communist leaders, Bre home. This is the reply de- spite the fiet that the sort- afler persona IPER are very much
at home.
caused
This clusiveness bua come litterness among correspon. denia who recall how ensily neces sibles Chou Enlai and others were
firm ""
He urged fimt "erundes" such as the advocates of a universal lan guage should he expressly manlified from the deftin mem mitte of its proposed alphabet Aviated Presn
A well-dressed Chiner an man, Lam Sau king, was charg ed with being in possession of
12 packets of tubacen nd three vaus securities to LA ap ut the needs of supporting the
packets of cigarettes at the same address,
She told the Court that she basaght the cigarettes intending to take them to Canton as pre- sents to her friends.
down.
For
GLOSTER TO TRY IT AGAIN
HITLER SALUTE NEW STYLE
BERNE, JAN, 7
THE "JOURNAL DE GENEVE
Some groups of former soldiers who call themselves Landaeche- have started £1 gruup векилк somewhat reminiscent DI The Stahlheim after the last war, the
vur sale
Members of the group sulate ulher holding their can in
each
stretched aut in a ramouraged
Hitler greeting.
A
Such an alphabet, the drama
thin reason brokerage in plundering, cobbing and THE EMBERS OF NAZISM 1141 wrote in a letter to the
houses are re-emphasising that pillaging in occupied Chine. ARE STILL SMOULDERING IN "Tamas," would xorn pay for the
their clients should learn some-l Pate seemed to turn against | GERMANY, ACCORDING wt of the war in time saved
thing about the stucks they buy,, him, he said, after a Chungking phonetic spelling in
Emil Schram, president it agent was shot to death intr
·Ten 3
Juhnson's monu
She was hd $5 and the the New York Stock Execange, pressure from the Japanese mental mis telling which is now
many times this year unged in- Stormy BUCHEN followed with much roure sacred than the Crom Cigarettes and tobacco were or
He vestors to consult all available Colonel SawB. and the entorhism. Staw declardered to be configcated.
Kul Ingre fucts HENNESSY ROAD HAUL
in Judging
involved ed that the word);bmunt" should
securities' deeply
with
Macapate be spelled "bom dropping the Chung (hour,
police. 29, manager | values,
He could not even trust of the Lucky Storr, No. 24, 1-3 Hareid L. Bache, senior part- his own henchmen. "I can seribble the word "bombnessy Road, was charged before ner of Bache and Co., in a me- As authorities related the one hand with the other 1 barely legibly 1k times in Mr. A. el Aremli with posessien morandum to brauch managers story, Weng Koon kit continued minute, and "m" 24 shoes, at 300 packets of " eiga cited the "indiscriminate buy with this narrative: saving of 25 per cent,” the draina
"This is an affair which should rettes, list declared
x4 tablets of Protist ing of speculative issues" in He decided to contact Chin-
be watched closely," the Da per up. four CAN AS of Barley the recently rising market. ene Communists and try to hide concluded. Associated Press. sugar. 35 slabs
Nestles's Associated Press.
his identity in their ranks. He
Macno on Ort. 4 by motor jank. chocolate. 287 slabs of "Mas- de
was about to join them when he
NO REMORSE Robertson" cholate, three tins
wife were and his
wounded} of condensed milk. 26 tin of
when Macno police Bred ist
British putrol neurly tobacco, seve roils of "Li
their car. It was reported to caught him but he sventually Saver" sweet, six parketa nf
have been accidental.
landed safely in Communist ter Spearmint chewing gum and 11f
The police detained them and ritory. A banquet in his honour Ims of British eigärelles.
be thought the game was up was a trap for his capture, ad- but Japanese pressure brought though some of his men escaped. THE CLUSTER AIRCRAFT freedom again. Sava suggested] The Chinese turned him over COMPANY, WHICH PRODUC
they might escape to San Choto Macao authorities last month. ED THE WELL KNOWN JET land after the surrender and They said the notorious bood PROPELLED METEOR, THE
Pormons, but Wong man, without remorse, realising FASTEST PLANE
THE then to IN the nation's movie - Court that the shop was raide: WORLI INTENDS LAUNCH decided to join the Communiats he had backed the wrong horse ING A NEW RECORD BREAK- in the Pa On district. He con- and that his luck had run t Accused was fined $200 and ING FLIGHT.
verted his gold into opium and completely, was ready to accept Van Johnson was ranked second, the goods ordered to be con-
The
frew mark aimed at la 1,000 took 100 catties of the drug with whatever fate awaited him. It followed in this order by.
kilometers Greer fented,
hour per
(625 miles him for use as currency, With did not take long in coming- Garson. Betty Grable, Spencer Ho Tak-ching, was fined $10 per hour). Tracy.
Green- Chief Gloster test-alfot for having in his possession of Humphrey Bogart suresh Gary
45 packets of three "K" ciga- wood, who holds the world's air- fter Choper tied
sixib place.
rettes at No. 24, Wing Loked with the task of bringing home speed record, wi'l again be entrust- Next in order were Dub Hone July Garland, Margaret O'Brien
while Wong Sui-luen,
Le Britain at another record. And
Roy
Rogers,--Associated was cautioned for a similar of-
It will be recalled that the jet- Press
fence.
propelled Meteur flew at over 600 m.n.h recently at Herne Bay on
coast.- English south-east Asociated Press.
BING TOPS THE LIST
Hollywood, Jan. 7 Ring dewby has been named
again this year in a pull of es Ribitors candorted by the "Motion Picture Berald."
Accused, admitted possession A said that he bought them from saildrs who brought them to his shop.
Inspector Goddard rel
on information.
Street,
Ankara Demonstration Against Soviet
Ankara, Jan. 7.
the
Students of the Ankart University paraded in a demonstration that was finally broken up by the police after the Minister of Education had made an appeal to the marchers to disband. The demonstration was similar broke up the meeting and tog into to those which occurred in Turkay custody two alleged. Inders.
Associated Press.
The
the
LONDON, JAN. 7.
JAP. WALKS IN ON POLICE
A Japanese merchant, named Mats Misuo, gave himatif up to the Police at about 4.45 p.m. yesterday, and was sent to Stan- ley internment camp.
numerous henchmen, he left' Associated Press.
Congressmen Sore About Something
Washington, Jan. 7.
Representativo Reid F. Murray, Wisconsin Republican, to day de clared "everyone know" that the proposed loan to Britain "will be used for bombs and bullets to take lives of indoreat people in. Java, Indo-China and other countries." Asserting that the United States voto to bankrupt America in order was providing $2,700,000,000 for to finance the world. Why should the United Nations Relief and Ro American taxpayers be forced to habitation Administration, Mur underwrite a loan to Great Britain when Britain owns billions in gold on board the B.. "Cris" and these Christian objectives, by now and diamond reserves nad DORS
providing Britain or any other emes many assets in the United it was his first visit to the Co- country funds with which to carry Stateo?" Amsociated Preza. lony. He had been in Macao on an imperialistic war to destroy for the past two years.
He arrived here from Macaoray added: "We should not nullify
MACAO GOVERNOR'S YACHT SUNK
human beings.
"The time los come to tell BTOLL OF THE
tain and all countries that the American veople are
give further from their depicted TORNADOES
NUREMBERG, JAN. 2
when they had verbal attacks to DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE launch ninet the Government.
HOPEFUL SIGN OF A BRITISH COMMANDO Communist
Even Kung Peng, the attractive COMMANDER, IN CARRYING;
woman employed In OUT HITLER'S ORDER OF 1942 the party's office here, no longer a month ago. when more than crowd was orderly throughout, - THAT ALLIED COMMANDOS welcomed correspondents with the 20,000 persona swarmed through MUST BE SLAUGHTERED "TO heartiness of old. Kung Peng, Istanbul, damaging newspaper
CLAIMS DENIED THE LAST MAN," WILL BE who could talk with facility about shops and book stores in an out-
London, Jan. 7. PRESENTED AT THE NUREM. Kuomintang troops raping and hurt which brought an official pro- Turkish Prima Minister Sukru BERG WAR CRIMES TRIAL ng innocent women. or de test from Russia. The demonstra- Saracoglu denied over the Ankarn uneo "the Kuomintang'a one- tion reflected hostility to the So- radio to-day the official validity of party rule," or clamour for "a victs.
Soviet demands for Kars and The execution of a British com- democratic coalition government," About 1,000 studenta marched Ardahan provinces, which were mander and men of a midget sub is now minding her P's and Q's. "Into the centre of the town after published in Moscow last month.
The yacht "Jessica" belong- try that does not subscribe or sup maring in Norway and of three In other words, she apeaks with first visiting the Ataturk monu- He contended a plebiscite after ing to the Governor of Macao port to the principles of the At- British Commandos, who wore feminine caution.
World War I gave the former overturned and sunk on Satur-lantic Charter." given "special treatment" (formu- But to some old-time corres Mounted police and soldiers with Armenian provinces to Turkey. He day after hitting a breakwater Ja already known to the Tribunal) pondents. at Pescara, Italy is expected to be while disappointing
ovidences. Axed bayonets kept close guard as declared: "Not a single Armenian at the entrance to Macao Har to them in student speakora yelled: "We shall lives in those areas." Associated bour. among the examples quoted.
their work, are a hopeful sight, fight and guard Turkey's territory Press. The meaning. they sav is that she is attacked by anybody” the Government and Communista There were no placards and na
A supplementary brief on the Nazi persecution of the Church,
theso
mont.
MURDER ARREST
Cairo, Jan. 7. A 25-year-old youth, son of an Egyptian government official, was reported arrested to-dar in con nection with the assassination of Amin Osman Pasho, former Eavn tian Finance Minister.Associat-
an analysis packed with quotations are on the road to a compromise, mention was made of any foreign by Moigr Elwyn Jones. M.P. of the If the unity conforence fails and power, British prosecution team, from the tactics require invective against Nazi bibla "Mein Kempt" la also the Government, the
One and a half hours after the correspon- demonstration boran, Education on the programme.for to-day.
dento feal Chou En-lal and Kung Minister Yucel, supealed to the Peng and the rest will become students to disband. The appeal their old selves' again--Associat was ignored. ed Press.
Shortly afterwards the volles éd Press.
It is not likely, howovor, that both will be aueezed in before, the Tribunal risos-Router.
Toronto, Jan. 7.. A group of Indians has formed a Canadian Institute to promote goodwill between the two caun trlos, as the result of the good impression made by Canadians fu! India, during the war,
This was announced to-day by Profensor II; V, Gokhabo, the founder of the Institute Router.
resources and money to any coun-
Nacogdoches, Texas, Jan. 7. A Red Cross team froin St. Loula joined local relief, agen- Administration leaders admit a eles to-day in caring for 500
$4,400,000,000 loan to Britain families made homeless, and more „Rep. Gerald W. Landin. Indian than 300 persons injured by the Republican. declared yesterday tornadoes which tore gorces five that "a confidential poll of Con- eastern Texas countries on Fri gressmen showed enough votes to day night. Meanwhile, with defeat the $3,750,000,000 loan to four, additional deaths the total Great Britain.
casualties reached 29. Congressform? Republican and
at $2,600,000, le likely to be re- Property damage, catimated Vised upward when a survey of damage has been completed.
Democratie leaders have acknow lodged the loan would meet strang opposition and might be defeated If an early voto were taken.
Landis sald: "Congress will not Associated Presq.