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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1947. `TI
ANOTHER VICIOUS CYCLE IN SHANGHAI LIVING COSTS? May Indices Three Times The April. Figures; Black Market Jumps
Many Employers Caught Short
Shanghai, June 1, Financial observers see the beginning of another "vicious cycle" in the new living cost indices, which give labourers almost three times their April wages.
giving a worker that many times his basic pay--would considerably increase production costs forcing manufacturers to increase prices enough to cover losses sustained on May output as well as the continued high labour costs for June. Higher prices would further boost the cyst of living Index which, in turn, would cause an- other price hike, keeping the vleious cycle" going tơ,
The new living cost index. of 23,400
er
New Cabinet
The May index is much high In Siam
than the authorities
Tizi
Bangkok, May 31.
TURKEY PLEASED
Ankara, May 31, Turkish political circles ex- prented great sulisfaction" to- day at the references to the Dardanelles by the Britishi Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ertj est Devin, at the Margate Labour Conference:
Never befors had Mr. Bevin used auch strong language, they commented.”,
(Mr. "Bevin said that Bri- tain seen willing for a meet-· ing to revise the Montreux Convention concerning tho Straits but that Rust an de- mande for a bang in Turkey would mean Turkey losing much of her independence & position the British Govern- ment would not accept}. Renter.
:
hinted prior to the end of the A new Siamese cabinet, hend- month nad
many employersed by Prime Minister Luang were caught short when jay day arrived yesterday, Many banks working half day due to Saturday found their clients lined up threy of four deep at the counter all wanting to cash huge cheques to meet the pay- roils.
New Air Service
Dhamrong Nawaanwat, has been our 17A2 formed to replace the one that resigned last Wednesday.
Lower Yet?
The new Government retains four former Cabinet members. and three new ones.
"to the
Seattle, June 1.
The Northwest Air Lines an..
and
"Moscow
Mary" On The Air
оп
Washington, May 31. The appearance, of A foreign female propagandlat
Radio Moscow has given Americany 'a chance to enter a guossing game. "Morcow Mary," as she is call.
of the led by Albert Warner
Mutual Broadcasting System, who discovered her, may be an Ampri- can. Sho has either a British or a cultured American necent, bui difficult reception from Moscow makes it hard to determine which.
Warner- sald perhaps sone Hsteners will recognise "Moscow" Mary" us 蠲 former high school playmate and give a clue to her identity. He pointed out that American managed to Identify. the volces of several Azis pro- pagandists during the war,
In recent broadcasts 'sho has charged American newspapermen with writing "preconceived
lic4" about the Moscow conference nt the instigation of their "mons- polistir proprietors."
The Prime Minister will renounced today that its four ca-Press. tain the Justice Portfolid him-gined DC-4 liners would start self. The new Foreign Minister carrying passengers, mail is unnz Arthakitt, until re-cargo to the Orient via the great
Siamese Minister contly
Minneapolis and and brother of
United States Sweden
Pacific Northwest. Stanese eller stuteman, Prid
The scheduled time for the Panamyong.
Puget Sound-okyo flight is 28 Other Cabinet appointments hours 50 minutes. were Phya Prakit, Minister-of Communications, Phya Charn-time will be reduced to about 18 vidaiye, Minister of Health, and hours with the first of a fleet of Dr. Duen Bunnag, Minister of Bocing stratocruisers next year, Education and Commerce.
circle route on July 15 from both De Gaulle
The United Press Bureau mobilized three messengers to carry loads of dirty notes from the bank located on the ground floor of the same building. At the end of the day's work the Bureau manager found a cash withdrawal slip for $6,000 for n bucket to carry money,
Market observers expect fur- ther devaluation in Chinese cor- rency Tulowing the nounce- ment of the indes showing that Chineye money today is worth unly 123,000th of the prewar value in purchasing power. -Router.
The black market greenback | leaped from CN$33,000 to "CN$35,000 for each US dollar. |
Gold rose from CN$1,700,000
por punco 1o. CN$1,850,000.
The city authorities were bc- lieved to have given the la- bourers full benefit of the liv ing cost index.as one of the measures to induce workers to refrain from participation in the plotted June 2 demonstra- tions-United Press.
RICE LOOTING
Rangoon, May 31. The Burmese press reported today a series of cases of rice footing by armed bands of Com- munists in the Myaung Mya district of the Irrawaddy, delta. At one place, 600 Communists held up a convoy of nine rice boats and carried away about 2,000 bags of rice. At another locality in the sume district, 300 Communists looled e "than 1,000 bags of rice from invoy of six rice boats.—Reuter,
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The route via
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General
Paris, May 31.
Gaulle Charles de
revival in
; The former cabinet, led by Alaska, has been down 10 times said here today that an econo.
social Nawasawat, by NWA planes in preparation for mix and Luang Dhamrong resigned following charges by the regular .commercial service. France was imperative and that the opposition of Incompetence The Orient route includes Shang it would depend on help from and administrative corruption.hai and Manila with a sido links America as well as upon an all- out effort by the French pega
with Seoul Associated Press.
Cabinet Kakayama
Takes Office
Tokyo, June 1.
The Tetsu Katayama Cabinet officially assumed office today in the presence of Emperor Hira- hito at the palace.
ple,
He declared: "This revival will require the help of those, who can make loans to France, that is to say, the Américans. This aid would bring immediate ad vantages to France and ad- vantages to the United States in
time. But this should be a loan assistance by one power to nn- other and with complete amity." General de Gaulle said that The 17 ministers selected by but this is expected to be au- Europe. "In a western form and, it would be necessary to restore the Socialist lender and anthorised shortly. nounced yesterday all accepted One of the most difficult posts spirit"
will place their posts in the first cabinet director of economic stabili-This restoration under the. new constitution. ration has been filled by an a third weight on the world's Immediately after leaving the Independent, Hiro Wada. Wada scales (the others being Rus- for the was agriculture minister under sla and the United States), and palace they convened first session.
the outgoing governinent.-As- | Iri-view of this France should rociated Press.
remain western.”—Router,
Three of the most important ministries-Forcign, Home, and Finance went to Democrate. To some observers this repre- sented a portion of the price the plurality party of Social De- mocrats had to pay to obtain the Democrata.
how-
The Social Democrata, ever, held for themselves two of the ministries whose actions have a major effect on their countrymen Agriculture and Commerce-Industry.
Minlater without portfollo is veteran leader of to be a Japan's seamen's union, and has been rumoured as the country's
first Jubour minister. At pre- isent there is no labour ministry:
"MOSCOW SAYS:-
No Dirty Linen Was Washed At Margate
The
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Soviet commentator Mikhail Mikhailov said
Moscow: May 31. over Moscow radio today that the British La- bour Party leadership put on pressure" at the party's Margate conference, thus confirming "inner contradictions:
"The pressure of leadership, the internal policy because they on the course of proceedings did not want to wash their and decisione was particularly dirty linen in public." TRAIN MINED
strong," he said. This syng in- Tha-British people-can--seo Saigon, May 31.
dicated, he added, by the limit with glowing clarity that in A train, carrying about 200 ed number of resolutions dis: their foreign policy the Labour military personnel and some cussed, and the limited time ac- Government are diverging very civilians was mined and looted corded to opposition speakers. far indeed from their election on Wednesday by an armed "All this, however, simply promlees," he said band near Xuanloc, 60 miles; confirms the fact that the La- north of here.
boor Party leadership has to The explosion derailed the fight against many aspects of train and dlled the engine-ité policy. And first and fore driver. Five puasengers were most, the present line of Bri-
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