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CLAMOUR

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1940.

IN

MALAYA

Britain

Chinese Merchants Want Removal Of Price Controls Ahead In

Illegal Entry Will Continue

Jerusalem, Sept. 22.

A Palestine, Government press release said today that the legut Immigrants aboard the ship. Pal-

Claim Benefits

Would Follow

(By Harris Jackson)

Singapore, Sept. 23, Singapore's reduced rice ration-now down to only six and two-thirds pounds per man per month has aroused a clamour from Chinese mer- chants in Malaya seeking removal of Import and price controls on the Oriental staple com- modity.

mnkli, were "violently hatite" Several newspapers have urged the return to a free

after the schooner was intercept-

ed.

She was hailed in French, Ita- Han and Pallsh, rind informed that a boarding parly was being sent

aboard and that force would be

uned if necessary.

rice market and Lien Ying Chow, chairman of Singapore's Chinese Chamber of Commerce, has written to Singapore officials suggesting relaxation of controls on rice.

get

One of Malayo's leading Chin-Malaya should continue to be loya When the party from HM.S.ese. Aw Boon Haw, returned to to the world scheme and Rowena, 2 minaweeper, went the city" from China fu the midst Siamese rice at the international aboard. the official report con of the furore and at once assert price. even ita inndequate tinued, it "was met with a showered if "the rice trade is declared amounts, for without it the cheap- of missiles and very strong reals- an open market, the Chinese mer-rice policy will go by the board tance."

chants can manage the rice in in Mulaya and the whole economy The resistance continued after port and distribution so effelent- of the

country will be tinder. one shot had been fired by the ly that within three months I can boarding party,

confidently say the general price The ship was then hailed and of rice will be 10 cents a catly." warned that if resistance did not erase force would be used. This threat was carried out before the Palmakh Anally passed under con- trol of HIM.S. Itowena

the ration was cut, the black mor-

mined."

Hardly Likely

Other authoritative sources here

Rationed rice now sells at eight cents (Malayan) a catty. When in Singapore point at that Bri- tish policy in the mutter is de- ket price jumped from $1.29 Jelded anally in London, and that (Malayan) per catty to the pre-food authorities there could hardly sent $3.

Jopen up the rice market in Malaya Free Trade Unlikely to free trade without adopting a Meanwhile Malaya's rice ple-sinflar policy for the rest of the Iture has been lightened only empire, an action which they feel The Government announcement [slightly by emergency measures is hardly likely to happen.-Asso-

The Palmakh'a engines had broken down, and the vessel bad

to be towed to Haifa.

Radio Promise

of casualties aboard the Palarukh | jake by British officials. The cinted Press.

Cal

"Briti that the Jews now in campa on Cyprus will come to Palestine."

The Vnad Leunit

Opium Haul In Malaya

Singapore, Sept. 23.

the first First District Court

a

don

GREEK KING RETURNING

London, Sept..23. King Geome of the Hellence is scheduled to leave Lon- on Thursday night for Greece, ending his exile, a spolecaman for the Greek Afinistry of Information said today.

The almost completed ar- rangements prouide for the monarch to go to Malts, where 1100 Greek destroyera, the Themistocles and the Vladu!- lis, await the Royal party. The King will complete his four- ney on the Themistocles.

He will be accompanied by the Crown Prince and Prin- cess and they will probably land at Phalerot Bay-A380- clated ProAN.

Rare Blue Mauritius Stolen

New York, Sept. 22. One of the world's

rarest stamps--the Ger-

man "Blue Mauritius"

is reported to have been stolen from the Berlin Postal Museum.

An 1847 twopenny stamp of Mauritius Island, it is valued at £18,750.

Britain's Students At Prague

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Jet Race

New York, Sept. 22.

America is Ingging in: the race fer future ale transport leadership because the United States military wos Inte and slow in making up ita mind to push jet-propulsion, "Fortune" magazine said fit-on article in this month's issue.

Prague, Sept. 23.

The article said that service Tho delegation of British reads and polities handicapped the Etudents which attended the in-work after it started, and adds: ternational Students Congress "The inescapable conclusion is here played a leading part in that fet propulsion is too Import- the drafting of the statute for ant a matter to be completely con- the new students world organi- trolled, as it now is controlled, by ration proposed name of which generals and admirals."

"International Union ef-Rocket ships will break through the earth's atmosphere at speeds The American delegation at over 3,000 miles per hour this Congress of the students something over 10 years. "For- of 49 nations presented a pro- tune" predlets, while turbo-Jet air gramme which included a de- transports will cruise at almost tailed plan for the control of the speed of sound (770 miles per atomic energy and called for the hour) in less than 10 years. collecting and destroying of all

But in none of the new jet and atomic weapons.

Studenta."

in

It's

Pasq

Invincible

rocket devices han the United ALWAYS ASK FOR

The delegation urged coopera-States taken first honours, "For- tion between the United States tune" points out. Germany and and the Soviet Union demand- then Britain have led the de- ed the immediate neverance of velopment of the turbo-jet engine. diplomatic relations with Fran- Moreover, "Britain has made

the momentous co Spain, and equality of access

decision to drop to education.

the reciprocating engine, bir The Soviet delegation, which airlines going and stack all he

United States planes to keep her like the American numbers 25. chips on turbo-jets for the future concentrated on urging the pro-transport leadership of the world," motion of racial equality and the magazine

| cooperation between students and a world youth organisation. The aims of the International Student Organisation will be to arrange international meetings,

ciated Press.

concluded-Assa-

facilitate travel, help nation Grave Horror

students organisations, circu-

late news between countries and In Borneo better international understand-

to work for a better world and

ing under the United Nations. These aims were thus defined by Ahmed Hussein Sader, of India, who said the students of all countries wished for a Part of the collection was stor-world in which race, religion,

not be a bar to Reuter.

during the war.

When it was brought back to Berlin the sheet bearing, among other stamps, the precious "bluc Mauritius," had been stolen.

Balikpapah, Sept. 23.

A mass grave has been die- covered near here containing the bodies of an estimated 400 persons who were behended by the Japanese in 1943.

Exhumation of 264 bodies

education has been completed and work ia continuing. To date, Iden- tification of the victims has been impossible because of the condition of the bodies.

MAYOR ON A GRAVE CHARGE

was followed an hour later by a area's senfor authority on rice, broadcast from the Haganah-con- 'Lord Killearn, the British special trolled illegal radio "Voice af commissioner for Southeast Asia, in sight to Israel" alleging

brutal says stocks are now that methods had been

the used by the maintain

present ration boarding party and adding: "Im-through September, and he is migration to Palestine will con- hopeful that additional stocks will tique despite all obstacles. Nothing conte forward, either from Siam can prevent the Palestine Jews ar from South America. from saving the remnants of One leading Singapore news- Cerrit Pasmen, chiler officer of peper, the "Straits Times," sees the oil tanker, s.s. Atuirena, which Europe's Jews.

be certain also little chance of rico controls being arrived in Singapore from Abadan.

lifted and free trade in the cereal in the Persian Gulf, described ined in a mine in western Germany colour and economic status will. being permitted. Jewish Na-Defeating World Scheme seizure by customs men of opium tional Council) Sunday published The newspaper pointed out estimated to be worth $$77,000. Its reply to the Palestine Govern- editorially that any such proposal The seizure was made when the ment's request for an explanation would be defeating the world ship was lying at anchor after re- at the organization's plan. to al control scheme and would bring turning from Abadan with a gen- locate £100,000 for the promotion the International Food Council feral cargo.

down upon us. The result would Pasmen was giving evidence in The Vaud Leumi stated; "Pales-be that the whole International a case in which 1 Chinese, de- tine Jewry has openly, time and scheme would collapse. Therescribed as Imboatmen were ul agala, declared that it regards would be that the whole Interleged to have been interested in Jewish immigration es a right and natlonni scheme would coilapae. th importation of 64 pounds of not as a privilège, and the British There would be free-for-all oplum.

legal docu-scramble in the Siamese rice tar- But totalling $65,000 was offer.

ket with the agents of every coun-ed to the men. "Palestine Jewry identifies itself try bidding against each other. It Pasinen stated that on arriving de-may come to that in the end, forin Bukom roads the tanker was

by if Slam cannot full her obliga-discharging her cargo when this aid to them. It tions, why should we go on with noticed a number of sampans which bears the likeness of the will be by a special fund of and why should we not get rice coming alongside. £100,000 to be made up of special where and how we can?

Later, a customs patrol boat ap- grants by the Vand Leumi and the "But for the present it is Inproached and the Chinese in the Jewish local authorities."--Asso- the interests of the consumer assumpan became noticeably excited.

of further Immigration.

white paper us an ment.

with the sires financial

Lo

ciated Press.

humigrants and

express

well as

the Government that

Obscene Cruelty Of Japanese

Singapore, Sept. 23.

Revolting cruelty by members of a Japanese am- bulance unit which had medical charge of In- dian, Chinese, Burmese, Malay and other labourers was alleged when the trial opened here of 12 Japanese who were arrested in Siam on atrocity charges arising out of the building of the Siam-Burma death railway. Prosceution witnesses will eight are tell the court that from 100,000 officers and privates.--Reuter. to 160,000 men and women died

in jungle camps in Stum and Burma. Some of them were the victims of "obscene cruditles contrived by the vileat andiam for the gratification of horrl-

bly perverted sexual instincts,"

non-commissioned

EVA BRAUN WAS

NO LADY

alleged Lt. Colonel E. L. St. J. Taubenberg, Sept. 22,

he

Several who had come on board rushed back to their bonts and a big bundfe tell on the deck.

The case was adjourned to February next year.-Reuter.

R.A.F. Try Radar In Stormy Weather

Singapore, Sept. 23, Royal Air Force technicians here are experimenting with pos sible uses of radar in the chart- ing of dangerous storms.

The RAF found that such storms can be charled from the radar scopes at distances of 100 to 150 miles from ground station. But considering the distances be tween such possible locations in Southeast Asia, they are seekinge now to develop equjpiment smal) enough and light enough to be carried aboard the plane,

Before its disappearance there were only 12 such stamps known in the world.

The British Museum, the Pustal Museum of Stockholm, and the private collection of the King of England, have a complete set of Mauritius stamps, while the rest

belong to private collectors, most- ly in France and the U.S.

The grave, the existence of which was unknown until Aug. Zt is located near Sepinggan airfield, Dutch authorities here believe the victims were resi- dents of Balikpapan, Samarin- da, Taraktin and Bernu-Ass-

Batavia, Sept. 23. II. W. Dachlan Abdullah, the Indonesian Republic's "Mayor of Batavia," has been arrested by Dutch civil police on char cinted Press. ges..he was responsible, for farge-scale procurement of European and Indonesian women "for immoral purposes" during the Japanese

tion.

occupa- The purloined “blue Mauritius,"

Police accuse Abdullah of then young. Queen Victoria, was using his occupation position postal stamps to appear on that the Japanese with female com- one of a set of 500 the first of "assistant mayor" to furnish British Island in the Indian Ocean. panions.-Associated Press.

Larry Adler Returns To England

Hollywood, Sept. 23.

Larry Adler, the amazing young harmonica vir- tuoso who blows Bach and American jazz or boogie-woogie with equal case, will invade Europe again this autumn. Concert audiences always receive him warmly, but this time Ad- ler is also assured a hearty welcome by mouth organ salesmen. It seems that after his first visit harmonica sales in England jumped 2,000 per cent.

in

The Musicians'' Union the United States still classifica the harmonica as a toy. In reality, it would be a symphony instrument if there wore enough musiciana who could

If such eciipment can be de- beloped, pilots can then get a pic ture of the weather many miles

dangerous escape

Coutch, who opened the case for IF Eva Braun had ahead. altering their course RA play it half as well as Adler.

the prosecution.

washed her neck

necessary to more stomIS.

The experiments

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"Atomic" Swimsuits

Paris, Sept. 22. Briefest of a collection of brief swimsuits in a Parin dre show has been named "The Atom."

Designed by Jacques Helm, who warna that it is for the very youthful figure only, the original is made in gay floral tie silk and consists of tiny pants and minute brassteré,

Others are made in pique and printed cottons.

All French current collections Include similar sults.

Some are practical and charm. Ing ruffled broderie Anglaise or in draped silk jersey which -look lovely In an arti lically lighted dress salon, but would not be altogether suitable for sand and water.

Fearsome Enemy Of The Future

New York, Sept. 22.

The prosecutor said that the often and taken shorter

His skill has inspired as im- One atomie saboteur, carrying in his black satchel total number of labourera cin-

Also include preing list of classical compb- the deadly power of 10 raids by the full Eight ployed on the construction of strides, she might have study of tynes of indication shown more to write for the harmoni- Airforce, was pictured as this country's fear-

scope by various ca. Among them ore *Jean

some enemy of the future.

the Burma-Siam railway was been a lady-to her tai- types estimated at 250,000.

forn

on the radar

of

Press.

Adolf Hitler

They were kept in camps But she didn't. along the line and from Aug. apparently didn't mind, but Otto-

storms. Associated Berger, Darius Milhaud, Villa Dr. E. U. Condon, director of the National, Bureau

3 conversation

Before that, Otto had heard

Otto remembers her.

lubos, Ernesto Leguona and Robert Russell Bennett. Adler hopes to add others in the course of his forthcoming tour.

of Standards drew the parallel to illustrate the appalling sabotage possibilities of the atomic bomb.

1, 1943, until March 81, 1945. Kalman Ponalter did. Otto dis who could oben the 19th Ambulance Corps was liked Eva's habits, and there was without Heiling Hitler, responsible for their medical nothing he could do about it.

He pointed out that even if the Dr. Condon warns that the care and attention." The Unit Ho know Eva Braun way back about Eva. Sto worked as he said in an Interview. "Per- his own bomb the loss would be terial could be brought into Am-

"I'd like to visit Russia, too," enemy agent was blown up with atomic saboteur's explosive ma had its Headquarters at Kanax just another girl in Munich. apprentice for a Munich photo- buri and liospitals wors estubhe was pretty, with a gleegrapher, d'arich Hoffman who hapa I could persuade Shosta-militarily infinitesimal, since the erica disguised as "cigar lighters, ished at Kanburi and several agure," Fonatter said in an inter- was Hitler's personal photograph kovitch and Protoftev to com- same dumuge by "old-fashioned" koys, a watch, or shoe nails." other places.

view, but she was what you er for years.

pose a little something for me." air raids could be expected to cost would call a Colorel Coutch Bald that unusual. You never would turn worker on his stuff, too, just as a pretty girl, nothing Hoffman remembers Eva ns a

the attackers, 200 heavy bombers · The Panama Canal could baile- evideres "will be tendered that around to look at her twice."

Omelally, however, his tour and more than 2,000 men. '

stroyed by a, bomb small enough embraces the British Isles and at Kanburl. Hospital out of

Dr. Condon, an authority on to it in a typewriter caso, he said:" Eva never knew what was good

France starting Oct. 2.in Eng-urantum, Joins Prof. Albert Ein- 1200 labourers pinced in the and what, wasn't. Qtto sald. As

Dirty Neck

land. Besides avid harmonica stein and 13 other renowned phy Ho agrees with Dr. J. Robert death house' only 10 survived. for style. Fonatter like most

Adler boasts "In addition to this callous tailors. Io imposes his own ideas that she should make a good ap- tairers" or "fan" clubs in Engling up to a plea for the world the book which is entitled "One

"I never could impress on hur salesmeo,

adicists in a book of articles add-Oppenheimer, ranking bomb au- thority, who also contributed to neglect, Iabourees wero sub-until you let him know about

days Hofman. Her land aggregating 300,000 mom-control of atomic energy World Or None" that the only Jected to other forms of phy-yours. Then he brightens like

rearance," rical violence by way of punish-pitcher who has hit a home run.

neck was never quite clean."

Within the volume of a small means of detecting plated atomic In time, Hoffman introduced

d) watermelon can be stored pent for miner offences. They Ctto kept waiting for Eva to

Now 32 Adler Eva to Hitler.. The Fuehrer wax

the bombs would be a screwdriver' |of old-fashioned high explosive,” the end...

when he won newspaper Condon gald,

rbora in every house. harmonien

"Twenty thousand tons of TNT.

bers.

attracted

Awore stripped naked and tied, express just one "solid though intrigued. "They stayed, together to nationwide attention at 14/energy of more than, '20,000 tons inspection into every box in every

and left in the hot sun as long about style, but she never did

5 72 hours with a beating at

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Penutter wishes that he never (Baltimore Sunther: co- enn de kopt under the counter of bomb is' rigidly controlled that |

Always Escorted who didn't have any. Idea," he had noon, hor, professionally. Gerplaying contest.

Dr. Condon fears that unless the "one" "Cako" a dressor was' ra'd, disgustedly,

mana on short rations in bombed. testants laboured through sime candy store. "anonymous war will come to Bed up fon au long as five daya. EV War seal to Otto by an out cities don't like to think about ple, folk songs white Adler we must accept tim teos that the earth. He foresees Host

tto h En Namen, ju nukhevon chüdren,

BS, or Gostane men al-Hitler or anyone tied up with din played Beethoven's Minuet it in any room where a file caso can bility of one nation planting way were with her when shaScarcely a day goes by without

Parero, sed up in tliqun for wants to ble shop. She never sa samething reminding Otto that he/ G. with un'- sceuracy that; «mó- Un' stóréd a dôtermined effori1can bombs, in another nation, which Claude Major Hall Hider like everyone else, never should have hitched bly tonished the judges. At 16.linerete a bomb capable of killing ravaged itself, altacks a third nás Thus eccleod-basiude – Major rust en morning" or sorapthing wagon to: Eva'rgatar, og was performing on the stage 100,000 people and loving svarte tons on paperitonea vingabar dband) Ligutenants. Talado: like this? Adejun, visho was Chengan can have her, and Hiller hand, in motion pictures -- Aitos to every ordinary structus, within sýrovi

uchi and Taking. The ather lens potion, by Gracelany those days too,, saya Ottori Aspodiated Frun. [ciated "Fross

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