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BY TROOPS
Kuala Lumpur, August 13. Royal Air Force planes today blasted an important North Malaya insurgent headquartors with bombs, rockets and cannon fire.
Mopping up forces earlier has captured Tong King- nyen, the wanted head man of the rebel village of Pulai and holder of the British Empire Medal. A BAF communique said that, A second group of Kyake, the rebel headquarters-in fearet Borneo headhunters, has North Kelantan, near the been down to Mataya to help in Siamese border wert niso the anti-terrorist campaign. used as a central supply depot and included several large buildings two ní which were destroyed by direct bomb hits while a third was hit by from rockets
The capture of Tong, who won his medal for courage and loyally Bghting the Japanese during the occupation, was the latest success
who
Aussie Murdered
Graveyard Romance
Mexico City, August 12. Margarita Romero Garcia, 22, told police today that sha attempted to commit exiglɗa because her lover, a grave digger, did not appreciate her Camcrifices in tying with him In the graveyard,
She said she awallowed 20 drank xpirin tablets and three quarta of intoxicating pulque after her fover struck her during a quarret.—United Press,
The
TRUMAN RETURNS
TO ATTACK
Washington, August 12. President Truman today branded the 80th Congress a do-nothing Congress and told the press the Republic anti- inflation bill would not stop rising prices.
He took exception to Senator Taft's prediction that rising prices would soon halt.
The President probably
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Yokohama, August 12.
The War Crimes Court today hoard a fantastic story of terror, fortitude and luck from a Marine Mostor Sergeant who was one of the 1.1 sur vivors out of 150 American war prisoners slaughtered by the Japanese on Palawan Is land, Philippinos, in 1944. Douglas W. Bogue of Los Angeles, California, testifying at the trial of, 15 Japanese charged with the responsibility of the massacre at Puerta Princessa POW camp, told how the Jap- anese penned up the Americans in air-raid shelters, then set them afire and shot down the men as they tried to escape.
When
the Japanese charged will the shelter next to his, Bogue and
sign the bill tomorrow and again two other prisoners dashed for denounce Congress for not acting a nearby fence toward freedom. on his proposels for wage con- The two ment were shot down
Four Chinese, armed with Sten guns and revolvere, mur. near Kluang, Johore State, dered 48-year old Australian | raklers
burned down smoke tin mine engineer and wound-houses and wrecked offices and rols and rationing at the special and Bogue was forced to climb ed his companion in an ambush machinery.
down a bordering cliff one ledge today about 20 miles south of
Mr. Truman charged that in at a time until he reached the tin centre of Ipoh.
The Australian, Mr. Baden Powell Wills, of Sydney,
Was
in the tracking down in Kelantan cycling to work with 41-year-old of rebels, based on Pulai,
James
Ritchie, of Angus, Scol- sucked the town of Gua Musang land, when the terrorists opened
July 17.
(121
im-
fire.
Death Sentenco
ression.
1 many Instances the Committee bench.
chairman had refused
Three RAF long-range Beau- consider his suggestions off from Colombo today for tem- fighters, based on Ceylon, took special session. porary duty in Malaya.
The Bea Aghiera heavily-armed
arc suitable sir. operations.
considered the mos craft for anti-guer
Mohamed All
Malay airman
Ramli, 22.
F
the R.A.F. 10-day
even fa at the
He said the record crops la would help bring re- prospect
to consumers but that would take, long time. President Truman ogain de- noticed the spy hearings
There, Bogue wald, he found two laternees dead in the sand after having been shot in the back while they were trying to escape.
Dodging out the line of Dre. Bogue met two more Americans and nil started to swim across
Both of these
men shot and drowned, and Bogue was forced back.
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the bay.
were
red herring to divert attention froin Congress' failure to act on
at Belangor prices. He declined to comment Moscow talks. United
WEB tenced to death. State Assizes for carrying loaded revolver.
was alleged to have been Tong
Mr. Wills was wounded. and withi
the attackers when
took they
cover in a drain, but was truck Gua
Musang and
followed
by the Chinese, who mobilised the town
shot him dead. for some
The police or time, After
British
Regiment, reinforce rested one Chinese suspect in the ments drove the rebels out of the klespread comb-out which fol- town and attacked and razed lowed the murder, the ninth of Putal, Mujor General
European since the terror wave Boucher. The Deitish commander, said that started. the first attempt to form a Com- munkat Republie in Malaya had failed,
Three Mainys, two Chinese and two Indians were wounded aftucks on
rubber estates
Make that 19 hole
two
In
A
the 022 Press.
P.I. REQUEST FOR RICE
The conviction was made under the state emergency regulations.
Ramli admitted he carried the Run while in civilian clothes on leave. The death sentence 13 mandatory
for
anyone cought
with an unauthorised Arearm in Malaya, Reuter and Associated Press.
CROSS ATLANTIC IN LIFEBOAT
Edgartown, Mass, August 12. Six men, a boy and a dog, are en route to New York today after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 15 days in a 40-foot lifeboat.
Washington, August 12.
julting
LISBON TRIAL OF REDS
Llabon, August 12, Verdicts on 106 Portuguese men and a woman charged with Communist and anti- government activities were an- nounced this afternoon at Lis bon's law courts.
Coming around paint. Bogue came face to face with
throo Japaneso with machine gun. Bogue lay down, held his breath and pretended terms of from two years to two were sentenced to to be dead.
When the Japanears and four months, ese left him he got up, sprint- ed for the
The leading accused, Senhor Francisco Duarte, who admitted that he was the leader of the Portuguese Communist Party, was sentenced to four years' im- prisonment.
Four men
machine gun and
two men received 30 month, 67 men 18 months and three inen two months.
that night,
moved them down in the sand. Оп
although
The woman and 30 of the men were acquitted.-Reuter.
The International Emergency wounded in the leg, Bogue man- Food Commission's Rice Com-aged to swim five miles across
the shark-Infested mittee is to meet next Monday
bay clinging consider the Philippines'
to a log, until he reached free- dom on the other side.-United emergency request for alloca Press. tion of 20,000 tons of rice.
to
The Ecuadorean Embassy has already indicated that Ecuador is willing to supply the Philippines' request.
The Embassy said today, "We The group come from Oslo, do not know what the IEFC Norway via the Azores and stop. Committee will do, but we are ped here yesterday for fuel and going to do our utmost to have supplies. Their boat, the Colin, the Philippines' request fulfilled.“ earrled umong its
passengers Ecuador views this as a good Arol Seimer of Sweden, who said opportunity to further cement be hoped to operate as a Broad- Ecuador-Philippine relations. way producer,-United Press. Associated Press.
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INDIA AND PORTUGAL
A
GREEK REBELS DISARMED
London, August 12. Tanjug. Yugoslav поиз Agency, report distributed in London today by teleradio, sald that Greek guerilias, fleeing into Albania before the
Greek
Army drive, are being disarmed
into and Beni
an-
Albania.
and
New Delhi. August 12. The Indian Government nounced today that India Portugal have decided to ex- change diplomatic representatives at Icgation irvel.Associated Press.
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I COULDN'T HEAR
HER!
CAN'T LEAVE HIM, MR. MOOSE. HIS COLD IS WORSE! WHY DON'T
YOU GET SOME FRESH
AIR!
the interior of
"The Albanien Ministry of issued a Home Affairs", the report salt statement saying that a certain number of Greek part- Isons have crossed into Albania during the last few days. They have been disarmed and sent into the interior of Albania."-Asso- clated Press.
ANANDA MURDER
TRIAL
Bangkok, August 12. The • Criminal Court set September 28 ns the trial date of three suspects In the death of the late King Ananda Mahidol.
The three are the King's form- cr secretory, Challew Prat- sumaros,-- and -twn bed chamber- ettendants, Chit Singbasent and Butr Pratamasirind-Associated Press,
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