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THE CHINA MAIL, HONG KONG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1948.

Shanghai LureMakes KAMO MARU HITS

Chungkingites Fret

ACTIVITIES OF ATIS

TOKYO, OCT. 14.

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THE ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION (KNOWN AS ATIS), COMPOS- ED PRINCIPALLY OF JAPAN- ESE-AMERICANS, STUDIED EVERY

RY DOCUMENT SEIZED IN THE PACIFIC WAR, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TO-DAY.

American-born or

educated

youtha

ATIS, made up primer can of of Japanese parentage, know the location many Japanese and their ofBeers and rosters. Captured by

name

of

enemy documents sometimes prov ed of value within 20 minutes after seizure.

This in the first disclosure of the extensive work down against the Japanese by the Japanese-Ameri-

слов

The Nisei included KONC

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who

CHUNGKING, OCT. 15.

THE PROSPECTS OF SPENDING ANOTHER WINTER IN CHUNGKING LOOK A BIT DREARY FOR AMER(- CANS, BRITISH AND CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO HAD LOOKED FORWARD TO A SPEEDY TRANSFER TO NANKING OR SHANGHAL NOW THEY SEE, INSTEAD OF A NICELY HEATED.

SHANGHAI FLAT, THE PROSPECT OF HUDDLING IN OVERCOATS AND RUBBING THEIR HANDS FOR WARMTH, AS MANY OF THEM HAVE DONE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

Grim Tale

From

Austria

Vienna, Oct. 16. The Austrian Provisional Go- were removed from Carregidor be-vernment has made an urgent appeal to the Allies to save the country from the "locust cloud" of refugees, numbering almost one million, about to descend on Lower Austria.

fore the Japanese scizure.

ATIS commander Is Col. Sidney Mashbir, who said: "If the Japan

esc

Japan

had captured them, it would have meant ludeneribable horror to thom and their relatives in Japan.

The

classified documents. 2,000,000 minde 20,000,000 translations, ques- tioned thousands of Japanese pri soners. Many war crimes are link

by to Individual Japanese captured diaries. AnRociated

ed

Press,

Many, factories in Chungking, unable to meet the strain of mounting production against coats and scarcity of supplies, have closed down, and for the first time since the seat of guy- ernment Was established in Chungking in November, 1937, the city is faced with the pro- bability of large scale unem ployment.

Foreigners who and their ranks greatly depleted by the | impending transfer of General Wedemeyer's headquarters to Shanghai, drink their synthetic Chungking vodka as of old, but it tastes even more unpaintable in the face of accounts from the coastal cities of plentiful sup- plies of good whisky, beer and other things that gladden the

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MINE AND SINKS

Tokyo, Oct. 15.

Tho. "Kamo Maru" bound: from Kyushu to Honshu with 600 passengers on' board, struck“ “ nomino, ant: sank vory quickly. "It is feared that at least 500 liven were lost-Reutor:

90,000 Chinese Troops

Pass Through

NEARLY 90,000 CHINESE TROOPS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH HONG KONG TO DESTINATIONS DESIGNATED BY THE CHI- NESE HIGH COMMAND, IT WAS REVEALED YESTER DAY.

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RUSSIANS SEEK OPEL PLANT

LONDON, OUT, 15% INFORMATION RECEIVED IN LONDON CONFIRMS THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE ASKED FOR THE EQUIPMENT : "OF THE OREL MUTOR WORKS, OWNED BY THE

· GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, AS PART OF THEIR REPARATIONS FROM WESTERN GERMANY. THEY ARE KNOWN TO HAVE ASKED FOR OTHER: PLANTS OF THE HIGHEST IMPORTANCE, INCLUD- ING THE I, G. FARBEN CHEMICAL AND DYE TRUST, BUT IN THE CASE OF THE OPEL WORKS, THEY REALISED THAT AMERICAN PROPERTY WAS IN- VOLVED AND OFFERED TO BUY OUT GENERAL- MOTORS FOR A LARGE SUM IN GERMAN 'MARKS. The main plant is at Ruessel- sheim in American occupied Germany and, contrary to popu- lar belief here, was not spared by R.A.F. bombers. Russel- sheim was severely twico. Half the buildings were totally destroyed and the rest partially but ninety per cent of the equipment remained intact, which makes it such a valuable prize.

bombed

The Opel plant at Brander burg was largely destroyed in bombing raids and being in the Russian zone of occupation, everything movable was moved and taken to Russia, in accor- dance with the polley being pur- sued

Russian zone.

throughout 'tho

It is understood that General Motors is putting in a claim for what was taken.

Stopwatch Soccer

Revelation

London, Oct. 16, Albion, Councillor Norman Bassot, A director of West Bromwich went to his own club's match against Brentford with A stop watch to prove to football patrons that they do not got a full ninety- minutes play for their money,

He proved his point showing that the ball

only Was

the in ploy for fifty-five

minutes while thirty- Ave minutes was lost on gaol kicks, thrown-ins, fouls, kicks and off-side stoppages.

Mr. Basset contends that foot- greatest time waster is the throw-in and that the ball is so often kicked out of play by defond- ing halves and backs that throw- in should be abolished in favour of a

froo-kick.

feels sure that this would stop deliberate kickinga

ball's

corner.

Seven thousand are quarter- ed in Kowloon Tong, but far larger numbers are waiting in the districts beyond Shumchun. Officially indicated was that delay in transhipment would not be remedied for about week. Transports expected at about the time Admiral Buck Three to four hundred thou-heart.

master's -units steamed into sand Germans from all the Bal-. CHUNGKING PRICES Hong Kong, are not now com-

been 49-| While prices of some commo- kan countries have

ing until October 23. Austro-Hun-dities have declined, the cost of on the

A visit to Kowloon Tong re- sembled garian frontier for dumping food has remained at the same vealed that the 18th Army on Austria.

Another 600,000 high level it was when war end-units are contentedly housed in ure expected to spill over from ed, and luxury goods are quot- the area from Suffolk Road

NOTHING DECIDED the planned expulsion of Ger; ed at suspiciously reminiscent back to the foothills, with che mana from Sudetenland and wartime figures.

railway reserve in use as B The whole question of what Czecho-Slovakia.

parade ground and sportsfield. constitutes reparations and what Sentries armed with tommy-must be restored to previous guns are posted at the entrance owners was fought over here dur- to the camp compound, and in ing the meeting of the Foreign- His watch certainly produced front of each billet. Many of Ministers and while much pre-some surprising figures as the re- Dog owners are warned that

nothing was cord of throw-ins for Saturday's all stray dogs will be shot by and now in addition has to supa can of milk $1,600; a packet them wear steci helmets of the gresa was made,

decided at the end, in acce:- gave shown that West Bromwich dance with Molotov's dictum put the ball over the line thirty- that "there were no decisions" one times while Brentford kicked

out on forty-three occasions. ад Consequently, although

Bassot hopes to get his proposalI agreement has been reached in on the throw-in law before the principle and on paper, nothing rules of the Committee of the has been changed in practice. Football Association. HOWATOT It is one of many problems cry- the suggestion is not generally ing for solution but which were favoured as most people consider left suspended by the breakdown English football quite fast enough. of the Council of Foreign Minia--Router. ters.--Reuter.

POLICE NOTICE, STRAY DOGS.

police or service patrols.

W. LA B. SPARROW, Commissioner of Police,

13th October, 1945.

BRITISH MILITARY ADMIN' ISTRATION, HONGKONG PROCLAMATION NO. 6 MORATORIUM ARTICLE 3 (2) AUTHORIZATION

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In pursuance of paragraph (2) of Article 8 of the above Proel Amation I hereby authorizo follows:--

500

As from Wednesday, 17th of October. 1945, any inancial institution previously authorised to circulate currency may reopen for the purpose specified below

SPFCIFIED FURPOSE

The receipt and withdrawal in

treated as legal Currency tonder by the Britia Military Administration of now deposits and the making of now advances.

DATED this 12th day of October, 1945.

0. G. FOLLOWS

Finance Controller

CONTROL AND ALLOCATION

OF LIGHTERS

As from Monday, 16th Oatabar, all applications for the usa of lighters and tugs should be made to the 1. W. T. Lightorage Office (Tal. No. 60642), situated in the Boa Transport Ofico, Peninsula

Already, there are more than 300,000 German refugees in Lower Austria, which had

population of 800,000 normal

port Russian forces numbering more than 500,000.

The Austrian authorities feel that unless a halt is called to the coming of these Germans. it will be impossible to prevent terrible epidemics this winter.

The typhus problem appearing.

An egg costs $40 (roughly Hong Kong about one-third of dollar). A modest three-course Chinese meal $2,000; a pound of coffee $8,000 to $6,000 a can;

of American cigarettes $1.500.

A pair of wearable shoes costs

from $8,000 to $12,000. Moat people dispense with luxuries and curtail

as possible their purchases of necessities.

as far

to the in-

coal. Water

most modern type, and all of them look fit and aturdy. Much work has been done cleaning up after the Japanese, and the appearance of the bil- leting area generally is notably spick and span..

WATER SHORTAGE But the rich and poor suffer realike when it comes

Many houses were badly conveniences caused by present damaged by looters during the A train started sixteen days ago

the from Maribor in Yugoslavia with water shortages brought about by Japanese occupation, but

Chinese troops have made th 850 German women and children the conservation by power plante and a few men from South-Westf limited supplies of con Hungary. Since they left Maribor carried by hard-working coolico beat of things and the sight of in cattle trucks on September 27th who sell it for $850 a bucket. In cheerful facea almost without

exception told its own story. house occupied by a group of they have had no food apart from United

officers there what they brought with

with them. United States

naval has been no water for the past through fortnight. Correspondents in the They were shunted

Hungary and press hostel are more fortunate. Soviet-occupied brought into the Russian zone of

They have running water for three TA Austrin. At Vienna it was turned to six. hours a day, but it is back again as there is nowhere for liable to complete interruption at

and la still in a siding at people and, while children and any time.--Associated Press. women go insane.

The Russian Commander has ordered the Burgomaster of Bruck to fec

feed them but he has no food to

opare. Millions of Reichsmarks from Germany,

Czechoslovakla and Hungary are also being dumped since the Russians vetoed any cur- rency conversion scheme and this threatens Austria with inflation.-

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British Dock Strike

LONDON, OCT. 15.

Britain's Huge Wool

REVOLT TRAGEDIES IN JAVA

DAVIS CUP AGAIN SOON

London, Oct 18. England may enter the field for the Davis Cup which the holders (Australia) have put up for com- petition

H. A. Sabell, Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association for thirty-four years, Bees no reason] why Britain should not take her chance. He states: "We have to make a start some time and we in

would have everything to gain Accumulation

800

respondent. Bald Britain and the Dominions

new side.

POLICE ARRESTS FOLLOW PIRACY

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SOVIETS DEFEAT BRITISH AT SOCCER

Vienna Oct. 14. The British Soccer, tenth was beaten by six to one by the Soviet "in the International match played at the Prater Sta- dium here this afternoon before about four thousand spectators.

The commander of the Bri- tish occupation forces, Lie ten- ant-General Sir Richard Mfc- Creeny, and the commander of the Soviet occupation forces, Marshal Ivan Koniev, attended the match Router.

FRIENDLY FOOTBALL

In a friendly football match on St. George's Hospital ground yes. terday, 5026 A.C. Squadron, R.A.F. beat a team comprised of senior N.C.O. by six clear goals.

Lannox

and Bord

ord scored for the winners in the first

and after. the interval Lannox, Cunningham, Soutar and Cooper added to the score. For the losers Walters, Cairns and Glmora were pro niinent.

·half

Moscow, Oct. 15; The Moscow Dynamo won the Saviot Soccer Cup final before ten thousand spectators in the Dy- namo Stadium here to-day, beating the Central Bed Army team by two to one after an oxciting game. won the Soviet League Champion- ship-Router.

Hotel, Kowloon. At losat 24 hours SPREAD TO HUGE PROPOR growers will find the world price Forces in Java has issued Allied the total value of $2,500 Was The Moscow Dynamo: had earlier

notice of requirements should be given if possiblo.

CAPTAIN W. J. MOORE, B.N.R. Divisional Sea Transport Officor,

TIONS."

a pro

All docks wore idle Sunday in and the best market the United Law and order, publicat about & pim. on Saturday,

the normal Sabbath shutdown but the war office announced that the number of soldiers assigned to unloading food ships would be nearly doubled Monday.

Kingdom will have for

a Belfast strike meeting substitutes th to reduce the pricacorns, refusal utility con- fired on her and forced her to

RADIO

(Continued from Page 1) port immediately to their barracks in South Holland from where the battalion will leave immediately for the Netherlands East Indies, According to the Dutch radio. The Netherlands Overseas Minister, Professor Logomans, to-day stated that the Netherlands Government letting our players make the Davis was sure the occupation forces at Cutter six years of war England

bid." WASHINGTON, OCT. 15. present in Java could intervene THE UNITED KINGDOM immediately if the Indonesians would be putting in the Beld an

4,000,000,000 STOCKPILE OF

out their threat of waging almost entirely if not, completely POUNDS OF WOOL IS CAST- war on the Dutch, Eurasians and ING A DARK SHADOW Ambonese.

It is not yet possible to say ACROSS THE RANGELANDS Plans for the immediate ship- whether Wimbledom will be ready OF AMERICA.

mant of a number of battaliona of for action next Summer but the Wool growerB

court is in an excellent the hugo Dutch troops who are still in Bri- centro accumulation as a threat to prices tain were made when the Dutch condition and the tournament in their industry. They intend to Foreign Minister, Professor Van would undoubtedly bring teams from America and the Continent. THE GOVERNMENT WAS try to do something to prevent it. Kleffens, was in London last week,

Congressman Barrett of Wyom writes Reuter'a Diplomatic Cor-Reuter. PREPARING SUNDAY TO

TROOPS MOVE MORE

Toing, a big wool producing State,

BARRICADES IN BATAVIA REPLACE BRITAIN'S STRIK-

A despatch from Batavia to- ING DOCK WORKERS WHILE have an agreement under which

COMMUNIST the British purchase all wool pro-night said that the city had been 4 BRITISH

within empire.

placed under allied military ad- Normal consumption of wool in ministration as from to-day. SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT

DELAY IN. FORCING A the United States is expected to SETTLEMENT OF THE LA: be 700,000,000 tons a year.,

Clashes continued to take place in the

and road blocks and BOUR DISPUTE IS "PLAYING

Barrett predicted that for

Cargo and money ($800) to have begun to reappear. about FIRE THAT CAN WITH

13 years the United States wool

Commandor

stolen when four men, masked controlled by the United Kingdom, clamation taking over control of and armed with revolvers, and pirated a Chinese trading junk its wool health

Ith service and food

off San Mun, in British waters, will bo the United States.

Offences against the FORCING PRICE DOWN Administration listed by the

The Junk was en British feel clamation includes: Sabotage, loot Hong Kong when another junk route to Barratt said the the best way to compete against ing, strikes in

to sell the neces- cu racial grounds of wool, so they intend to forco

onda stop. Harry Pollitt, secretary of th

The haul comprised peanut that the government should have buyers in this country will purone, except the allied forces and oil, eggs and beeswax Police British Communist party, absorter the price of wool down and wool and the carrylug of arms by any All persons who can furnish any union representatives to seek d

forced employers to meet the dock

chase British offerings at floor uniformed

All public recovered 800 eggs, 45 cattles H.K.T. information as to the present settlement

meetings inclin

to disorder or of beeswax and a pair of shoes 14.30 p.m.-Wagner Tannhaugor Oret declared that wool protine- which the ibited become dieorder- and three suspecta were arrest- the

Ho three-week-old whereabouts of any property vosted dispute.

tion costs in the empire arò much ||ly are In the CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY

BANDOENG RETAKEN is an urgent need for lower than in the United Staten,

Investigations are speeding up of all trade and British floor prices will be city and airfield of Bantinuing

the cont of

doons

back In Japanes are now! U.8.

hands after a series of clashes but aDy paper documents, etc.,

Baduction he thought the the Japanese garrison' at Serang responsibility for

INCENDIARIES GOOD belonging or appertaining, to the the fature course of industrial. solution, could be found in creation sixty miles North-East of Batavia

FOI GRASS I25. oflow of the Custodian of Enemy relations now depends upon the of a wool purchasing agent for has had to withdraw to

to Serpong. In the Sourabaya area, extrem- Property, Supreme Court, are closest cooperation between the wool-foreign and domestic. He

London, Oct. 15. required to communicate with the working classes, their trade unions proposed to Implement the pro-ats ara rialng not only against the

0.80 p.m.--Musical Comedy Galactions. Japanoso

Germian incendiary bomba Importation and the government Associated gramme by control.

bat against undersigned.

the Nation of wool fabrics,--Associated Press. aliate as well. jinuten plan Press.

have acted as excellent fertilluer 7.00 p.--News & Announcements. AN Netherland's news agency cor on Kent County Cricket Club's 730 pm A Dance Programme. B. A. WICKERSON

London, Oct., 15. While

o notdiers worked on Lon

CHINA'S NAVAL respondent reported from Ban- St. Lawrence ground at Cantor- ACTING CUSTODIAN OF

NEEDS

doong to-day that about fifty bury. Tho, club's war roport don docks to unload badly needed food supplies, it was reported Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 15. killed in clashes in that town over bombs fell on the property, 188

Japanese andi

and Indonesians were states: "About 268 incendiary PROPERTY

some striking dock workers would Commander Hui Ping Lin, in the wook-oud. Reitor return to work at once, to relieve specting shipyards hero with 211 what has become a critical situn Chinego naval offcors, said "I'

HOPES, RAISED

of them on the playing area. agy Batavia, Oct. 15. Luckily, damage was negligible. tlon-Associated Press.

don't know what government will The arrival here on Sunday. In fact, their Ingredients ap decide, but I think we should of Lieutenant-General Sir Wil peared to be good for the devote our attention mostly to Ham Slim, famous Commander grosa" and the turf is now in 10,000-ton cruisers and destro of the 14th Army in Burma, has excellent condition-Router. yors Renter

raised hopes of an early bottle-g" Wa Washington, Oct. 16. ment of the trouble" "through" The Joint Congressional Com-out Java Japan Ped A soccer match has boon-ar-surgi mittee, set up in response, to the One of his firat ordora is ex- ranged ・ between 44th (Royal | widespread domand for a Invernration on the thorough pected to to to the Japanone Marines) Commandos and a Printed and published for

Har commander, Lieutenant General team from Eastern Athletic Proprietors. The

Newspaper bour disaster has began its pro-Nagamo Tushinghi, to jonforos Association at Club de Recreio, utarprise, Limited, by Compone liminary review of the vidence the urrender conditions, Kowloon, on Thursday next, at CADHURWIT, Windsor Home, submitted by the Wailand-Navy DepartmentsRestor

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NOTICE

PROPERTY on the 26th day otiations and arbitration considerably ander

Decomber, 1941, or of the records

- Mercantilo` Bank Building,

2nd floor.

whot litt sold.

Save Your Lights

FUEL IS SCARCE - SAVE ELECTRICITY

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saries of life

ed.

5. p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1945. ZBW HONGKONG Broadcasting on Frequencion of 680 Klocycles and from. 9.00-10.80 p.m. on 9.47 Megacycles. 19.00-1.80 p.m., 6.80-7.80 p.m. salī

Lure-Moimiwitah (Piano). con- 19.30 p.m.--Bong by Gigli.

1.00 p.m.Nows & Announcements. 1.10 p.m.-Hawallan Solections, 1:00 p.m.-Loello Hutchison in a Var-

Lety Programme.

9.00 pmClose Dowa,

8.00 pmAn Hour of Popular Olsu

pica.

9.00, p.in.--Nows & Announcemen to r 0.30 pm Peter Dawson (Baritono). 9.10 p.m.-Roglasid Foors at

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9.60 p.m.Military Band Marc. 10.00 p.m. New from London, 10.00 p.m.-Voy Fox's Orchamión. 10.00 pmClose Down.