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Grim Story Of British P.O.W.'s

Tokyo, Sept. 12. In cold, precise words, a British Colonel related the International to Military Tribunal here today the Japanese mis- of United treatment

prisoners Kingdom

which resulted in the deaths of 3,000 of 7,000 men in seven months.

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Washington, Sept. 12. Field-Marshal Lord Mont- gomery, Chief of the British Imperial Gencrut Staff, dis- closed today plans to mould the post-war British Army on the American pattern in im- portant respects.

AC a press conference, he the American mentioned Chief-of-Staßf system as one he was introducing into the British Army, having seen its 切れず。 advantages. during the -Associated Press.

Emma Sees

Her-Man

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1946.

Naval Officer Criticised In Boarding Incident

Singapore, Sept. 12. Incidents connected with the embarkation of 300 first-class passengers on the steamer Cam- eronia, under the command of the Divisional Transport Omcer, have drawn a statement.] from the Government of India's representa- tive, Mr. S. K. Chettur, which criticises the bo- haviour of the naval officer conducting the em- barkation.

In a written statement, Mr. Chettur said that passengers assembled an instructed at 9 am. on Sept. 9 but were not allowed to

until ombark Aweepera were signed on,

"At 11.30 a.m. I learned from the shipping agents that sweepers would be signed or at 4.00 pm. I immediately sent a representative to the dock to inform the waiting crowd of first-class passengers of this change in arrangements. About 5.16 p.m. the embarkation be-

gon.

Colonci Cyril Dalrymple Wild told the court that within weeks of leaving Singapore for Burina- Japanese jobs on e

Nuernberg, Sept. 12. Siam railroad, more than 1,500 of

Frau Goering saw her husband the 7,000 man contingent had died; Of the remainder, he said, "only today for half an hour and is to 700 were still going cut to work, have daily interviews of 30 min- utes with him until the Interna- of whom half were sick men."

Men who fell while working tonal War Crimes Tribunal meets on the raad we given the on Sept. 23 to pronounce its judg-

"The Indian public naturally most primitive medical treatmendment on Hermann Goering and 20 Dalrymple said that 1,000 British other Nazi major war criminals. revented being made to wait in prisoners this manner from 9.00 a.m. to wives of ther The troops were marched into camp In

had no their 7.00 p.m. and many expected to sec who are May of 1943 to begin work, "More than 1,200 were dead by Novem-husbands under the Tribunal per- transport to go back and come 30-minute again. The process of embar- mit, providing for " her," he said.

of kation was very much compli- daily meeting, include those

cated by the unfortunate atti- Frank, Drenitz, Raeder and Ribbentrop.

tude of one of the officers of the Principal Sea Transport Ofcera Office (said to be of a rank), at Heutenant-commander's

who was consistently rude to the Indian passengers.

The Colonel told how sick men were piled together, how trpical with treited only ulcers were hanna leaves, how men awoke in the morning to find companions next to them dead.

Common Sight

Fratz von Ribbentrop, wife the former Nazl Ambassador already arrived Britain, bas Nuernberg.

ron

of

Hitler's

Rudolf Hess, who, as "It was a common sight to Ret dead men lying across live aneseptly, made a solo flight to Bri- and 1 regularly saw from six totain in 1941 and who is generally 10 dead bodies lying outside the regarded as being near insanity. hut awaiting dispersal after having has refused to see his wife-Reu- died during the night," he told the ter.

court.

Earlier, Wild had terlifed that while thousands of prisoners died In the gruelling work amidst the Jungle heat and filth, only one of the 250 Korean guards perished.

British prisoners who (Other lived through this ordeal said the Koreans were far more suvage and brutal in their treat- ment of prisoners than the Jan- anese.)

Japanese

have

commanders Ignored Allled officers' plens to move the elek men so they would not have to toll in the jungle, Wild told the The sick prisoners were court. treated as if well and forced to "work on jobs that killed them," he declared-Associated Press.

Mr. Jinnah Seeing Viceroy

sad

of

Istanbul, Sept. 12. Large detachments of police and military today broke up a demonstration of several thou- #tudents Istanbul University, in protest, accord- ing to the leaders, against the alleged killing in Yugoslavia of Mualem Yugoslavs of Turkish origin-Associated Press.

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alleged to have jumped from the gangway and attempted to assault the passengers. was luckily prevented.

This

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10. ICE HOUSE ST.

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CTION

Huddersfield's Big Win Over Derby

NORTH-SOUTH MATCH

Reuter.

Woodcock To

Meet Gus

London, Sept. 11. Huge crowds again flocked to Football League

matches played today.

Over 50,000 were at Wolverhampton, and the games at Manchester, Everton and Newcastle each attracted over 40,000.

"The second incident was be- tween Mr. R. K. Bannerjee of. the Congress Medical Mission and a European officer of the om. Principal Sea Transport cers' Ofce, who holds the rank of a lieutenant-commander. The latter is alleged to have assault- ed Mr. Bannorjee while he was going up the gangway with his luggage in both hands. chught Mr. Bannerjee by the neck and knocked him against the iron rails of the gangway. S. He was rescued by Mias

London, Sept. 11. Ryan, a Government of India

Gus Lesnevich, world officer of the Welfare Bureau, who informs me that the crowd cruiserweight champion any were:

impressed of passengers would have re-boxer, sequence of this assault but for the intervention of other dian passengers.

Barney Ross In Trouble

Scarborough, Sept. 11. Close of play scores in the cric-

Huddersfield Town, the only ket game between North of Eng-

team in the first division with North of England 277 (Sellers out a point before the match land and South of England were: 50, E. Edrich 53 not out, Young with Derby County, showed marked improvement. McShane, six for 60).

South of England: 21 for one-signed from Blackburn Rovers yesterday, scored Huddersfield's

New York; Sept. 12. opening goal in the 12th minute, which laid the foundation for à Barney Ross, 37-year-old former | holder of two world boxing cham- big win:

Manchester United and Black-plorabips and as a marine cor pool maintain their positions atporal, a hero in the Guadalcanal the head of the League. The campaign, today voluntarily sur United played attractive foot rendered to Federal authorities in ball in out-playing Liverpool, cure at the Public Health Hospital order to take a drug addiction while Blackpool scraped home

at Lexington, Ke

Kentucky. at Portsmouth,

Ross told

nowamen that "through no fault of mine," he began tak ing drugs after being hospitalizod at Guadalcanal for shock and of malaria. He said "a couple friends of mine, corpamen in the service, who meant me only good, began giving me treatments for the shock I

Buffered." Ross, who won numerous mill- for his Guadalcanal honours tary services, was alseed under techni cal arrest on charges of illegal possession of drugs. He was then brought to the office of United States Attorney John McGohey, who said he would expedite the fighter's admission to Lexington Hospital.

Lesnevich

has

Newcastle United, by virtue of their win against Coventry, went to the top of the Second League.

Results of games played to

First Division

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Stoke Sunderland

2

taliated on this officer in con- British sports writers

In- with his fine shape as he Bolton

tunes up for next week's Charlton bout with the British Everton heavyweight champion, Manchester U. 5 Liverpool Bruce Woodcock,

Huddersfield

3 Arsenal 2 6 Derby

Portsmouth 0 Blackpool

1 Villa

Second Division

Stowaways Found "It is quite clear consider able blame is attached to f

for their shipping company

They still remember the great Wolves inability to make satisfactory

battlo earlier this year. when arrangements to ensure the em-

Lesnevich scared 5 technical abarkation of the passengers at

Freddie Mills, a proper time and secondly, knockout over against the staff of the Prin- Woodcock's foremost British rival. Luton

Lesnevichi's manager sold today Newcastle cipal Sea Transport

that Gus had never been better Plymouth Office present at the gangway in his life-Win or lose he will I watched their behaviour my- self and I um satisfied their put up the fight of his life against

Woodcock." general attitude was one of in- difference to the comfort of the passengers waiting and there

Hit Child **The first incident was when

officer pushed the naval sweeper who was leaving the Ahips and the latter left his sandals on the gangway. One of the staff unwisely threw the sandals at the Indian passen- gers and hit a small child. The Indian gentleman, who natural ly resented the injury done to his child, got very annoyed and threw the sandals back into the gangway. Thereupon, one of the European staff with a lathi is

Shipping Strike May Hit India

New York, Sept. 12.

Officers'

was a lamentable lack of cour- teay on their part towards the respectable passengers."

The Cameronia sailed frem Singapore on Tuesday morning but was back in port late in the afternoon to land . 155 Balling stowaways 'afterwards

night. Tuesday

Tho stowaways appeared today in court when the majority claim- ed trial and

were ad- A few pleaded guilty journed.

on

Casca

3 Millwall

3 Coventry 1 Chesterfield

Third South

Lesnevich plans to return to Palace the United States us soon as pos- Exeter sible after Tuesday's fight-Beu- Notts Co.

Queen's Park Reading

ter.

1 Brighton

4 Alershot

0

Bristol C.

2. Orient

2. Torquay

Cardinals Lose Irish Cup (2nd Round)

To Phillies

New York, Sept. 12. Southpaw Oscar Judd pitched Philadelphia to a 9 to 4 vietory over the National League leading

Louis Cardinals,

St.

The second place Brooklyn Dod- India, already facing possible collapse in her and were bound over-euter.

gers and the Cincinnati Reds Washington, Sept. 12. rationing system through lack of grains, may,

Agriculture Secretary Clinton battled to a 19 inning scoreless tie before darkness halted the game. as a result of the shipping strike here, lose

It was the longest scoreless game much of the 234,000 tons scheduled for ship-F. Anderson today confirmed re-

ports that the Office of Price Ad-ever played in the major leagues. ment from the United States this month-at a

ministration will increase sugar Playing over the last 12 innings Asso- Boston and Chicago battled to a time when America is reaping the biggest prices "in a day or two."-

3-3 17 inning tie which also was aggregate grain harvest in history.

called because of darknesA,

Pittsburgh handed the

Half a million

circlea a large one and some geamen are

say that it will be very near to the former record,

Bombay, Sept. 12. Mr. Jinnah, Musiem League President, has accepted an invitu- tion

from Lord Warell, the Viceroy, to discuss the political probably situation in India. He going to Delhi on Sunday.

Well-informed quarters said that out and have been striking for the Viceroy was very anxious to a week. The dendlock is com impress on Mr. Jinnah the serious- plete, and box-cars, once ness of the situation created by sidered the hottleneck, are roll- the United the League's threat of "directing grain across action" and by the recent Calcutta States to the ports where none disturbances, which resulted in of it can leave. reported deathroll of over 3,000.

It is also believed that the Viceroy wishes to place before Mr. Jinnah the view that the re- cent breadcast appeal for coopera- tion by Pandit Nehru, Congress President and leader of the new all-Indian interim government which the Moslem League refused to join, deserves serious considera tion-Reuter,

RADIO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1944. VARIETY REQUESTS ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting on a frequency of 845 kilocycles and from 12.30 to 1.80 p.m.. and 7.30 to 8.30 p.m., and 9.15 to 11.00 p.m., also on 9.62 megacycles. H.K.T.

12,20 p.m.-Dally Progmeine Summary.

chesten.

con-

The India Famine Emergency Committee here issued a special bulletin tonight to spotlight the crisis. "It is estimated that at least 224,000 tons of grain in addition to the present commit- ments must be loaded for ship- ment to India this month if a general collapse of her ration ing system is to be averted," the bulletin said.

The total grain production may reach two per cent higher than the previous peak year of 1942--Reuter.

French

clated Press.

New

Irish Cup (2nd Round)

3 Cliftonville 5 Derry

Coleraino Linfield

Partick

Glasgow Cup (Semi-Final)

2

UCKY,

McGuhey explained that because the hospital was crowded, volun- Otary submission to arrest was the 1only means Ross bad of gaining of admisslor. He said Ross would not be arraigned and no ball would be asked.

1

3

0

2

3

2 Third Lanark Scottish “B” Cup Final

2 East Fife Raith

(played on a home and away basis)Reuter.

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"It required a lot of moral courage for a man in Ross' posi tion to have taken the step be has," McGohey said.

Ross, who won the world's light

weight championship in 1933 and the welterweight crown in 1934,

"About

axid

a year after I was

discharged, the awful beadachco came back and I had a return of malaria. I resorted to the old treatment (begun by his comrades in the service) but not being. A doctor, I soon began to feel I was getting into deep water. For that I want to be cured. "Decause I have been a cham Dion,

suppose I am the idol of

a-large number of kids, and I don't want to dillusion them by winding up as a drug addict," he declared Associated Press.

CHESS DUEL IN Bobby

MOSCOW

MORCOW, Sept. 12.

Locke Heads Field

London, Sept. 12. Lord Brabazon of fara, former Minister of Aviation and the first English aviator, was elected Pre- Aero-

test here today in the "Nows of In the American League Detrolt gantie of the United States-Russia in the Southern climinating con- play sident of the Federation

Keres wen in 32 moves, the the World" £2,000 match nautique Internationale today, staged a five run uprising in the chess dual.

first inning including Hank Green- berg's 33rd homer with two on garne lasting four and a half hours championship, which begins at buse to hand the League Lending with Fine resigning the game at Hoylake on Sept 25. Boston Redsox third fifth straight the 32nd. move. defeat, 7 to 3.

have one point Another fivo-ran blast, this time Americana.

The Soviet chess-master Paul Sudbury, Middlesex, Sept. 11. York Giants a double defeat, win-Keres today outplayed the Ameri- J. R. Kean, of the Royal Cal- ning the first game 7 to 8 and the can, Reuben Fine, in the opening cutta Golf Club, failed to quality second game 7 to 6.

Associated Press,

Assembly Vote Of 273 To 273

Parls, Sept. 11.

By a dramatic 273-273 vote, France's Constituent

caro

Tho Russians

Playing below his best form, he none for the, had a second round of 80 for an aggregate of 158. He was in good

in the sixth inning, gave the Chi-¡ The main match opens here to company for two former British Whitesos a 6 to 1 victory merrow. Kercs' duel with Fine Open champlons. Alf Padgham over the Washington Senators. began one day early because Fine and Arthur Havers also failed to Cleveland casily beat the New received word he should return get inside the limit aggregate" of York Yankees, 11 to 2.

home immediately. Associated 150. Press.

Scores:

Assembly are deadlocked on the question of St. Louis .. whether to let the nation decide, in a referen- Philadelphia dum, the method of selecting its legislative Brooklyn (Called 19th representatives. The commission's report op- Cincinnati poses such a referendum..

CONTROL BOARD' DECISION

The South African champion, Bobby Locke, hended the 25 quali- ners with 140, having a final et- tert of 69, todoy, which 'equalled the course record.

Henry Sydney, Sept. 12.

The number of matches the In-69, was

Cotton, who also took second with 141, while

dian cricket team will play in the Australian, Norman von Nida, Australia in 1947 and 1948 is still with 72, was third with an ng-

1 under consideration, it was an-gregate of 142—Reuter,

nounced today at a meeting of the

Australian Cricket Board of Con-

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HOCKEY GAMES WANTED

This is almost as much again as the United States September quota, which, the bulletin said, was the only large shipment this month booked for India

The Radical-Socialist and, of France's big three partles from any country.

MRP voted in favour with the at the ballot box. Meanwhile an Agriculture

France's present deputies Department spokesman In New Communists and Socialists In

were elected by single list bal- York said the strike made the opposition. The vote sent the 12.32 nm Vietos Young and. His or prospect of meeting the quota proposal back to the commis-loting. That is, the voters were confronted by a series of lista "more and more dubious every ston for re-study.

of candidates from various par- day," and the Department in "The people want to be con- ties. The voter could only vote ironi-aulted on a question which 80 for one list, or in other words, Funnier Washington announced,

cally, that the final harvest ca- gravely involves their destiny,”: for only one party. 1. p..Ninon Vallin andtimates showed an all-time ro- warned

pre-war Premier Supporters of the referendum cord of crops of wheat-almost Edouard Herriot,' Radical-want mixed list voting. In this

·8,80 p.m.--Glenn Billier's Orchest all gathered in and corn, Socialist leader,

case, the voter could, if he de- sired, vote for several dates from different partica. Associated Press.

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London, Sept. 12.

On the invitation of the

"If you do not give them the occasion to speak out, you will have only confused votes on the constitution."

"As a matter of fact, the

Royal Danish Aero Club, 51 hostile votes will be, for tho

The Board decided to reimpose player-writer and player- broadcast ban for the forthcoming tour of the Engilah team.

The

PREPARING FOR

OLYMPICS

London, Sept. 11.

The sub-committees preparing

ban also applies to the Australian for the

1948 London Olympic

1 test selecters, Bradman, Dwyer Games have settled down to rapid

and Ryder Router.

work on their tremendous task,

Mr. E. J. Holt, Secretary of the Amateur Athletic

100 MINIATURE SOCCER International

AID FOR INDIA

An invitation has been received Washington, Sept. 11. by the Officers Hockey team Aero Club will fly to Deimagert the glection law to wheat will be shipped to India visit Macao for games against the to take part in a Flying Day which the people do not want the month. Mr. A. L. Gupta, the Macao Hockey Club.

members of the Roynt -h most part, only a protost

The Hong Kong Miniature Foot Federation, told reporters today.

The committee. Include those ball Association are organising a number of football gamer in aid responsible for tehnical arrange- of the Chinose Women's Welfare ments, reception and hospitality, and Association (Hong

Kong and finance, entertainment; arts Macao) Funda.

the housing committee, which The following are the games facer one of the toughest assign-

ments in post-war Tondon. arranged:---

Sept 20. Canton.

Its. primary taste buti no mā accommodation for at least 6,000 athletes. Mr. Holt was confident thit; with goodwill trim the Bri- tish Government, this would, pe

Fifty thousand tons of Canadian of 160 Indian Infantry Brigade to woon (o P.may

on Sept. 22-Associated Press. to submit any longer, now that Food Adviser to the Indian Local, teanis or: representative they understand, Harriet guld. Agency-General said that Canadel xides, wishing to play friendly

Bebind the assembly's debate allocated six shiploads of wheat

feld for die Blace the cafe with the Education Oder was the important` queation of

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