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1. No. 61. Tuesday, November 20th, 1945.

Britons Killed

In Semarang Situation Giving

For Anxiety

Cause

De Vern Hanglamal

Damage Was

- SOURABAYA, NOV, 19

On the past, British faceges te

shage it for eats and to shing village of Sonkobilo

on the Java roust, live mules ena! f Somaha They enroualer

Ford Findin

Fratting Not Liked

Csaku. Nov. 19.

The bodies of an American valdker and Japanese pul we found Rent #stream

tite Oraku

westertia. Sarth Army

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and they apportip braten to death with a clut

The moldier's way we ant releaned. Aanocrated Press

Situation In China Serious

Price 10 cts

CRIME WAVE SWEEPS BRITAIN

GANGSTERISM ON CHICAGO MODEL

LONDON, NOV. 19.

ANOTHER “BIG TÜRER" MEETING IS PLANNED THIS SPAIN HUNTS FOR

TIME TO DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL CRIME OF AN ILLEGAL KIND. THE CHIEFS OF BRITAIN'S CLD, AT NEW SCOTLAND YARD IN LONDON, THE U.S. FRI. IN WASHINGTON AND THE SURETE IN PARIS WILL SOON MEET HERE TO PONDER THE TRICKY METHODS OF GOLD CURAENCY SMUGGLERS. MEANWHILE AN ALL-TIME RECORD CRIME WAVE IS

De Gaulle Makes Enemies Moscow

PARIS, NOV 19.

OPEN CONFLICT BROKE GUT BETWEEN THE COM

MUNISTS AND THE FOLLOWERS OF GENERAL DE GAULLE AS THE COMMUNISTS ADVANCED FELIX OF THE CONT GOUIN, SOCIALIST PRESIDENT STITUENT ASSEMBLY AS CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED DE GAULLE IN THE PRESIDENCY. THE COMMUNISTS THUS BECAME THE FIRST ACTUAL- LY TO PROPOSE ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL CAN- DIDATE IN A BITTER DISPUTE THAT HAS DE- TELOPED OVER THE COMPOSITION OF AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT.

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SWEEPING BRITAIN, AND LONDON IS PACED FORİ THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE EARLY 1920'S WITH

·GANGSTERISM ON run CHICAGO MODEL. The Metropolitan and City palice forces, the twin bedien which

throughout keep order the 800 square miles of Greater London, are battling unarm- ed with a fierce outbreak of sale-breaking smash and grih cuits and armed hold-ups.

Thousands of pounds worth of jewels have been stolen in recent weeks. Murders 37343 woundings of men and women are almost daily reported.

'The over-noterious distret

of Pintien, which includes Vic- forin Station, arrival and depar- ture point

MEN OF HONOUR

Madrid, Nov. 10.

A "now and complate" pq- don is to be granted all tho who fought against Genera Franco in the Spanish violi

war.

Recipients are to be on thons who were induccil P. become delinquents through" "their own error, through thi influence of evil propaganda or through apcotul grav circumstances,” or those" w04.

not

commit

(1)/ 00 considered repulsivo by "mes of honour,"

did

No definition

of "men honour" is given-Reuter-

Bigger Pests Than Churchill

LONDON, NOV. 1

YOUTH ARI DEFINITELY SWINGING TI THE LEFT. AND PROMINENT IN THEIR RANKS IS TH

BRITAIN'S for the Continent, has hevonen laul that bar. riera are to be thrown aroun dark squares by night.

Hundreds of Polish deserters have terrorised even habitud Prooks who have been driven to week "business" elsewhere.

While the latest screuatific re

been invoke it colarments have

by the criminals the London par lice, who beat the 1920 gange. are up to date ton.

int

YOUNG SOCIALIST PART WHICH HAS

ACHIEVE SOME NOTABLE VICTORIES

They refused the late Coal Government's civil aviation polk put before them by their leadre - made them take it back and → plan and socialise it.

Then, when told that the nor increased old age pension coul not be paid until March 1947 the

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BRUSH AND INDIAN PROUPS ADVANCED 1,000 YARDS ON THEIR WEST PLANK THROUGH THE SUBERR OF SAWAHAN YESTERDAY, CAPTURING THE LARGE THE LEPRO JMM X ACTIOOL, AND OVERRUNNING

for Apparently. hopes the, prompt reaction among Com SARIUM AND QUARANTINE STATION

TSINGTAD, NOV, 19

formation of a compromise Ca munist spokesmen and apparent- THE THE RONT LINE ON THE RIJIT SOB EXTENDS 1500

PUBLIC AMERICAN GOVERNMENT BUILDING YARDS SOUTH OF THE

GENERALLY IS NOT AWARE Janet under General de Gandlely ended all hope of a compro-

rige t'abinet. MORE TO ALMOST THE SAME DISTANCE DUE WEST

OF THE SERIOUS SITUATION Jave ended.

Speinlits A the

from Meanwhile,

Masow. message Pos AND

AND THE IN CHINA OF THE INDONESIAN HELD ORANIE HOTEL

quotes -informed THE LINE SLOPES PROM STRILITY OF INVOLVEMENT stood at their muller position meanwhite. OTHER HOTELS

sources A saying that Genel that they will join only a gov. THIS POINT NORTHEAST MD TO THE KALI. BauGE UNITED STATES FORCES, OF UNDER SECRETARY

erned which has the hacking de faulle's clash with the Regel YARDS SOUTH OF THE GOVERNMENT HU ILDING,

ARTEMIS NAVY

GATES

Communiat, Comarusts whether justified TOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE of all thres parties

red him waquestionably mide Socialand reati Popular Repeald: BERE TO DAY

enemies in the Soviet Vase and n

dees in un bon van

These sources said Thad, en The public, asked to report agitated until a promise was The mits contentum to flar astute withdrawal anule an

thur Gorn should the situation straighters maything that s

come Hu, tracted that it would their proposal was Marines and declined to

was the only other man capable | suc, the reflections on the Com-slightest degree suspicions, mas mths earlier. Comment t The suggesties. 295

# better

they Ia foreign affairs to only to dial "99" on the amine und handof bending tiovernment of ma verning The Marines

Sighed a WEBIN Civil

Maurice Thorez, Secretary ventrafic telephone system to set yqually restive. life

Kaid that

tional madly expreted to make a detailed retort

Popular Republican leaders, eral of the French Commnant into motion an intrient device Labour Cabinet Minister "They

bewer

Churchill and to Secretary of Save Forestal

Party, will leave de Gaulle with

Desis than which will send endins-dire atend

his tale." He also stated that the Nave od however, reserved judgment on

launches (if the War Bertments were aware of the proposed which they were tout my great admiration from police cars or

Associated} River Thames is involved) the patyle Russian Hed Eu Ada The problema

executive committer later in the Press.

speeding to any dunger paint. poklon in

Reuter. Vive Admiral day commended Daniel Barbey, new Seventh Fleet

who revotamemle American forces be used only for disarming and repatriatine daon

rearing Allied wor nese troops, wrisoners and protecting nud patrinting eixillon interses

Pouley. Galers

Klein arm Shecal S Reparations C'ammis

Admiral sioner, renferred with Barbey and with Mai Gen murl Shealer. Sixth Marine utin on British

allite Davirion Commander. They plan 【74tat! ༄t towaria Capurong a

te to Peipine and then return Associated Dunam indowsian confermata the Quited States.

200,000 Pounds

TION.

TEL AVIV, NOV 18 RMENT

THE

PACTS OF SABGPAGE." IN TEL AVIV WERE WITHOUT JUSTIFICA SHAW MIV. W

COMMIS

STONER

15: PALESTINE SAID IN AN OFFICIAL STATE MENT MAPE AT THE TOWN BARE PEDAY.

ALTINI

eve Poznasaraben

The mean statement in the

Maj-General Hos the Sixth An berte Ifivision; Bragdier Lath

Third bury.

thr emandang

Para troan Regum nt; the Mayo or Tel Aviv and th Mannerspa Cei

Mr Sanw sa1<! *This

ang I saw, with regret, the dagege

rily.

T

dune by mobs to the Lopes at allies in Tel Av

were established for the beneli,

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same time, Malesita pal modtage

Suna Taboaortats of whom they killed

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To reach any kind of 2011 agree-] Press,

Fakkan b

one of keen mianopol & LEADE

ishi main the Factories Alana Laka ungrot put cu 19 Parfyr

tealive COMBRUTUBET

veir lu MHW THER

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of the cay's pegadation, and bu ility of

gerty of their employees

wey

Jews

Now that all the base been at skroved, the District Other this Transitie Tax filler, Ulire and the ships,

b

the twith the Butch

Te trities hamber of Com 1/4 14 Luy #ppened Um se verament to "take u KYA hips' praveet the 0,0 24 JA Briti

bolh

ital Un andenen shettung "seteaed enith penny."

merer Mayor ! the white runterpal Council re Particularly re gret the grettably

Chul then The damage

Pools is the 1L were Lyses of haves,

is estimates! at about £200 or Decoratin

to one newspaper, an

at will have to bar

to cover il red w

Me, has added that be hopeal when the new High Vanngisse Arrived Patestone shartly. To Aviv wiht have restined its 201

Rentor. mal life.

ALICE JUST FILLED IT IN

LONDON, NOV. I ALICE DAWSON, 20-YEAR- BLACKPOOL SCHOOL- TEACHER, HAS WON A FUR- TUNER ALMOST NOTHING BY SCR PING A BIG FOOT- BALL POOL THIS WEEK-END. For her d. s.ake she received £17,0.0 ar unda of 2,480,496

to

Of course Alice knew nothing about football or she would never have forecast the correct results.

* 304 to Lionic saad very Wet casual ins

EVRY

"nghting

25

SURAT All." to unlikely

Dare importants estimated 19 Chinese had been kuled and 600

Worcest ca £11

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rage winle British Clearing 2 Indman troops were

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WONT BUDUE ENDED HOPES

No decision had been reached on Interpreted as a Communist the r of the new extidalle an Government bead of the French bid for Socialist support,

when the meeting of the la repre- was immediately pre, sal

the f

three mam sentatives aries fo Gouin by Vincent

Communists. Sucialists parties Aurial

Mayer. Daniel and

up early and the M.R.P. Broke Socialist traders. Shortly after.

this warning, wards, the Socialist Party ex war-

Reprehentatives of the parties tive emumittee went into session

are to meet again before the Con- this Kathers stituent Assembly to discuss the proposal.

General de Coulie's radio afternoon. At an carter meeting night, implicitly of the three parties yesterday, the perch last randing the Communist Party Communist Party proposed as the

head of the new Government M as a tool of Mineow, evoked a

Peha Gouin, the Socialist Pre- sident of the Constituent Assem-

HAB been buy. So far there reply from the Sveasts to this Druposal.

LASKI SAYS

BUSINESS

PROFESSOR IT'S NOT OUR

LONDON, NOV. 18. PROFESSOR HAROLD LASKI, CHAIRMAN OF THE BRI- TISH LABOUR PARTY, IN THE LEFT WING PAPER "REYNOLD'S NEWS." TO-DAY SEVERELY CRITICIS- ED THE USE OF INDIAN TROOPS IN JAVA AND INDO-CHINA.

"THE JAYA WAR IS NOT OUR BUSINESS."

PROFESSOR

LASKI ADDED AND SAID THAT HE DOES NOT WON- DER IF THE USE OF THESE TROOPS HAS "PROVOR ED AN ANGRY OUTBURST OF CRITICISM FROM IN- DIA

"We stand there face to fare) the maintenance of

which, whatever other empires."-Reuter. with mution its division, is at least agred on demanding its own freedom) xtremists from the and its right to self government congested area between Semampu We are committed half-heas duri canal and Sunelope railway, largely perkups, but still committed ly hated by t-ainese.

It was officially announced two were kles and Brush heers

officer and Dute

13 one British WOING Wounded in a altek un the party s stali automotii at Semarang pesterday. It was the first reported vence at Semar

ung in Bomu

weeks.--Associated

GOVERNOR ARRESTED

Batavia, Nov. 19. The situation in Semarang given cause fur anxiety in view of the

She admitted sae knew very little extreme aggressive attitude of the

Kudr

about never stinted form.

and

certainly

"I just filed in the coupon hop- Ing I would win a prize." In what she si vsterday.

No wonder there is hardly £ home a aranin where football pools are mal regularly entered for "Just in case."—- Keuler.

LASKI TURAS

ON THE PRESS

LONDON, NOV, 19. PROFESSUR HAROLD LASKI, LABOUR PARTY EX-| ECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR- MAN,

TO-DAY ATTACKED THE BRITISH PRESS AND

RADIO AS A PART OF BIG BUSINESS" IN A SPEECH BE- FORE THE LONDON CO- OPERATIVE SOCIETY.

Indonesian

reports

Extremis18. Noel Mackiey, Reuter's specul

Correspondent.

W

The Indonesian broadcast, de claring "war on the British" and cading on the Jugjakarte Nation- reinlurco thosc in alista Semarang has been picked up by a brilian radio stening post.

British troops are steadily clear- ing the disturbed areas in the town. The Indonesian Governor,

to the duty of making that free-t dom and self-government avail- able to India with the least pos-i sibir delay.

alums

Prayers before Psyche

Maurice Schumann, leader of the M... Mouvement Itepubli coin Populaire) sa fast aught: "we shut not budge an inch. We are a party of fluchty."

Suciatin Parliamentary Party, after its meeting last night said that the party was opposed to the forination of any two-IRELY Government and appealed to the Communis

Catholics talking to unite in the higher interest of the country,

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STRAIGHT VOTE

Labour lenders themselven mes sometimes more disconcerted h These youngsters than by the Com servatives. Heuter,

Eternity Through A Mammoth Telescope

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NOV. 19.

DRIVEN BY AN INSTINCT WHICH HE CLAIMS IS IN HERITED FROM THE APES, AN AMERICAN SCIEN- TIST NAMED BERELL SOMETIME NEXT YEAB WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SATISFY HIS "INSAT) ABLE CURIOSITY."

Squatting like a glant toad- Fatoul on the floor of the dustless specially heated aterophysics laboratory of the California In- stitute of Technology in a piece of pins with which he hopes to peer eternity.

is being

Washington Not Keen

WASHINGTON, NOV. 18. SUGGESTIONS FOR AX EARLY MEETING OF PRE SIUENT TRUMAN, STALK AND ATTLEE ARE GETTING A VERY COOL RECEPTION AT THE WHITE HOUSE AN THE STATE DEPARTMEN).

INDICA THERE ARE SOME and the ob-TIONS THAT WASHINGTON house It rast | WANTS SUCH A GATHERING LESS THAN EITHER LONDON OR MOSCOW. British of

officials gave newsrad. impression that Attlee has Truman know he would conside a big-three meeting as potentian very valuable

Following the announcement o

unly

3

he

The 20-foot Jena ground and polished by a pro- cess that will go on until some time next year when it will be tagged up the side of nearly Mt. Palomar and fitted into a tube 60 feet long to form the world's A statement of the Socialistbiggest telescope.

The instrument Party said that the Party had

to servatory "Copie to the conclusion that des- for pite the efforts on the part of the $10,000,000.

Seinst delegates and in view of

Secretary of the Institute General de Gande's speech and of

forecasts "Hitherto unreachable of the statement by the Burend

will' the mysteries of the universe the Communist Party, irrevocably

Into the focus of laying down as atutude In this be brought

matter of man, It'u matter, it is impossible to form Government of national unity time." based on the three principal par- Dr. Max Mason, of the Cali- the Anglo-American atomic

coo Lies and headed by General defornia Institute, goes even fur-trol proposals word came fr Goalie."

ther "We seek,

caya, Moscow that diplomatic auther If there is no agreement between LONDON, NOV, 19.

big-three the three big parties, leader of the "nothing less than clues to the ties reported preliminary inves meeting WEE WHILE BRITAIN'S POLICE

A news despatch Communist Party, Muurice Thorez greatest mystery, existence it for a "submit that it is not a

FOR CROOKS HER will in all probability be the self. We grope dimly through that the aim would be to solv

A ARE SEEKING

deadlocks good advertisement of the sin- LOOK

official candidate in opposition to ignorance driven by insatiable the current

on ht IS A

new let curiosity General de Gaulle, In

inherited from

our policy. cerity of our intentions to use CLERGY

SAINT the troops of a nation, aspiring

WHO WANTED

Inquiry shows that some... et · OF A "BISHOP

GREAT General de Gaullo challenged the

the highest officials in Washington А

know of no plans for a conferen A CRU SOLDIER" TO LEAD

WHAT members of the Constituent As- Kapira-SADE AGAINST

sembly to declare publicly whether

However, should either Attlee TERM CHURCHMEN

Stalin take the position that they are for or against him in his dispute with the Communist Party

gathering is urgently desirable Professor Lask! continued: "Re- CURRENT "SPIRITUAL BANK-

the control of France's

will almost certainly be held.

The ferring to law and order in French RUPTCY" OF THE COUNTRY.

The August Parliament of Bri- foreign volity. Indo-China and the Dutch East

He invited the Assembly to (those Indies, no one can quarrel for one tain's Anglican churches

the Jurisdiction of the decide whether his resignation is Instant with the humane purpose under

has to be accepted or not. This means of Canterbury) of evacuating to safety the pry Archbishop

straight vote for or against de soners-of-war and internees of the been meeting in London.

But it in One speaker at the meeting Gaulle instead of by-passing the Japanese occupation,

sven tho

"waiting question simply by electing some- difficult to believe that this could sald he had not have been accomplished by rooms of neurologists and pay-one else as the head of the Govern-ent and little to do bat there is Press. people ment.--Reuter. crowded with ungotiation with the leaders of the chiatrists Nationalist movements in both ter- who should be told to take not

another round of golf or another NEW VETERANS TO riterles.

week-end at the seaside but to go

to freedom, to crush the aspira- MAN WHO CAN BE EITHERter to M. Felix Gouin last night. simian ancestry."-Reuter.

of two other groups of tions people with the same tion."

"What we are doing 'th a very

THE

crem

Over

has been placed under arrest. different thing of making the pro and say their prayers."-Router. HAVE THEIR SAY

Reuter.

IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERENCE

Sofa, Nov. 19.

can

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WELL-DISGUISED BLESSING

FIGMENT OF IMAGINATION

PARIS, NOV. 19. EVERYTHING IS SCARCE IN PARIS TO-DAY EXCEPT AS EVER-LOVE!

There may be no coal, little to Even then

A boom in marriages.

under way.

attitude of the White House, as well the State Depar ment, seems to be that problem now requiring big powers' de slon can be solved by diploma representativas.Associatej

tic

there is not much encouragement. RENEGADE HUNTS

FOR A WILL

Each couple receives 400 textile" points which gets one blanket, a couple of sheets, some towels and kitchen cloths.

There is no allowance for mat- coss of evacuation the bridgehend

London, Nov. 18. Chicago, Nov. 19. treas casings, which means sleep- by which the French and Dutch

Former officer in the Seafortă market Milo Warner, former American ing on black

bosh or return to their relentless

Highlanders, Norman Baill London, Nov. 19. Logion Commander told the straw. exploitation of many million ofj

Winston Churchill's friends - Organization National Convention Novor have the French had Stewart, has hopes of coming people,

"Anyone who looks at the suro him that Labour's victory to-day that the first world war greater opportunities for their into a small fortune; enough to pay for his trial... defenco... when economic pattern of the Indonesian may prove for him a bloaning in voterans should support. not dic peculiar humour and ability to

ho faces a charge of high treno

A search is being made for hi. The Bulgarian Government has life can realise that the sole Dutch | disguise. But he atili rotorta "Ro- tate. the course to be taken by the | decorate a shop-window with next Visitors are constant- increasing number of World War to nothing. pre-occupation in Indoucala is pro-markably well disguised." ft. This view is reinforced by the Britain's former Premier, II veterans who are joining. Hely intrigued by fascinating win- mother's will, in which he believes legacy. His 120- epiled to the Washington criti- clam that important democratic differences which have emerged whose 71st birthday In on Nov. Bald "Our desire is to make the dow displays which turn out too was left a

their consist of nothing but artistry last year.

thor 'died In a Cornish cottags elements were excluded from the between Dr. van Mook in Batavia 80, io again radiating vitality. Legion a free volilcle for

Sho had been lets and good taste. national elections scheduled there and the Dutch Government at the It's his family who are hurt. Aviews and action."

£4,876 by her husband. for to-day.

woman relative

Ho warned the Legion it must Artistry and Gallic taste aro Hogue.

told a visiting

Ddinle-Stewart could not clatos "It is the business of the prena

The Communist-dominated Fa-

What may appear to us as to American intellectual "Britain is fight against "treacherous apath evidenced in a well-known Parl-

window. Eloquent en tie estate earlier becauso De to discover facts, but they give therland Front appeared; to hold more than large police operations. a most ungrateful country." and restlessness which acema te alan tailor's answers before they illscover

of the situation to which it has was in Germany, had not heard o an overwhelming advance.

overwhelm us when the Immediat is to the peoples concerned the Router. facts."

The British

been reduced through lack of his mother's death until charges nate, which was

danger passes." He called for Ho cald that the major pro sont in August and

destruction of their hose and the which was return to virtual bondage in the

universal military training and material is a handsome life-size with reason-Associated Proes paganda of Britain is "under the the direct cause of the postpone hands of Europeana.

strong preparedness measures status of a man. The examplo control of a few people who are

displayed of the tailor's art is- moht of the elections, showed no "It makes the British claim to

Associated Press. able to shapo. the mind of the indication that the British intend-hawn been engaged in a war for individual"--Associated Pross,” ed to join in the American pro-democracy and freedom seems hol-

"GRAF SPEE" VICTOR low mockery all over South-East Asia.

London, Nov. 10. Vico-Admiral Henry II. Lock "I should have thought that we had earned enough ill-will: Trom the United States and Briwood: who defeated the German gressv

dela the oxone more Vinth o of our Imperial slums without soon to release Greek private coast of South America, concorn Anglo-American Russian Bulgaria

with the rank of full questions on the stopalo bomb prior to thunday elections adding to it. by what objectively deposits in British and American rotired.

Is making possible no more than banka-Associated Press.

Admiral-Associated Press

Associated Prose.

Ansociated art.

PAOTOW FALLS

Changking. Nov. 10. report fald Communists have captured the National a stronghold of Paotow in Innor-Mongolia, Router.

test.

Present developments Indicata that there is a strong school among the Fatherland Front that whether they have American and British recognition-Associatod Prens.

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Athens, Nov. 10. Flaanco Minister Gregory Kan- simatis said to-day the Greek foreign exchange reservo now was unfrozen and can be used without restrictions, Plans aro now roady for the import of raw materials and manufactured goods, mainly

a single fig leaf-Router.

Nov. 19.

Moscow, Nov. 10.

Mark Ethridge, U.S. Secretary of Stato Byrnes' personal obene ver in the Balkana, loft Moncow The Canadian

lian ambassador to yesterday by air for Buchar

He will study, the Rumanian the Boviet Uplon, Mr. Dann Wil-aituation and later renort to

will-leave-fos-London on Weaty on Ethridg

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