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Confession Was A Phoney

London, Feb. 20. The Government to- day rejected 2 prisoner's purported confession to the murder of Olive Bak chin in Manchester and announced that Walter Rowland, already con-

the victed of

crime, would hang, tomorrow.

An Inquiry hard said David John Ware, now in Prison, claimed to have mitted the Sitz-alte-slaying last November for "exhibitionist

reasons".

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The Inquiry Board released Ware's repudiation of bin fer- mer rial in which he sale, "I thought was putting myself in the position of a hero. I'what-

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SHANGHAI FACES CRISIS

Dissatisfaction Of Labour Unions

Serious Unrest Predictions

Shanghal, Feb. 27. Shanghai faces one of the gravest crises in decades within the next few days as millions of white- collar and manual labourers restlessly await the City Government ruling on the amount of compensation they will get as a result of Nan- king's insistence they be paid for February ac- cording to the frożeń Jan. 31 cost of living in- dex.

During the month commodity prices spiralled an average 50 to 60 per cent, and even well over 100 per cent in some categories, while pro- speets of the promised rationing of essentials appeared remote.

/ Shanghai's mavor, Dr. K. C. past concessions ed to see myself in the head-Wa. who returned from a hur-, mund aml Hines,

rled conference with Gencralia-, disanliefhetion

TANKER AFIRE

Nela York, Feb. 26. Radio signals picked up by the US Coastguard Service tolight reported that the United Stated oil tanker

"Royal Oak" (10,206 ton)

wua ninking in Names in the Pacific, 50 kilometres' off the 'caust af Peru, after the, creio

of 40 hud abandoned ship:

The Grace Lind

steamer “Lookout" (6,215′′ tone), 80 kilometres away at the time, was speeding a full steam to the rescue.

An far na was known, none of the crew had been lost.-———

Reuter.

Smuggling Of Drugs From H.K.

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Swoop On Changchun One-Wheel

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STATEMENT ON MORATORIUM

· London, Feb. 27.

It is not possible to consider the general lifting of the moratorium In Hong Kong, declared the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech-Jones, in reply to a question in the House of Commons today,

Mr. Creech-Jones added: "I have been in corres- pondence with the Governments concerned (of Malaya and Hong Kong) about the introduc- tion of such legislation and anticipate that they will shortly be in a position to take ‘ac- tion."

Mr.

The subject of the moratorium "The cast of constructing WIN raised by Mr. Walter auch airports at Singapore and Flatcher (Cuns, Bury) who Hong Kong, together with the asked when it was proposed to cost of providing the necessary either raise the moratorium in ancillary facilities, will be a Malaya and Hong Kong which heavy burden in view of the existed at present regarding prosent financial altuation · of from the south, semi-

debts contracted before enemy those territories. official Nationalist dis- A Dakota of the Cenor to enact legislation to deat Occupation of these territories

R.A.F. Quarters patches reported today. iral Air Transport Cor-with any portion of the debts the governors crncorned on, this "I am in consultation with These dismatches dao

poration,. with one wheel which had been affected by matter", he added. ported the Reds have captured

Mr. Jones wan to every de

h number of,"key

replying to railway of its undercarriage out this moratorium and by pay-

made during shaken by 210332

anked stations within 20 miles of the of commission, yester-ments

enemy Mc. Fletcher, who had occupation of the territories. what steps were being taken to with the

Government's most advanced day afternoon made al "In the past I wanted to besimo. Chiang Kai-shek, satd ancronomic

programine which, I

Creech-Jones replied: ensure that Singapore and hangyd. I was worthwhile be; additional compensation will be many wage earnets charged in

The Central News said Yin. Laultless landing at. Kai "Pending" the nnctment of Hong Kong were made adequate ing banged to be a hero in a life given in Shanghai to cover the ter

Tak airfield, all. newspapers,

its legislation dealing with to

thefor the reception and dispatch that was not really worth Nv-difference between the average | dexigindo "to scalp the poar Ing."-Unlied Press.

Changchun. Mishatzu. 20 miles seventeen passengers ob- value to be accorded to pay of civil aircraft, both land and Kobe, Feb, 27. north, In Clittle mant rather than January prices and the averave

and Wanpaoshan, 20livious of the fact that a ment in Japanese occupation sea planes of the largest and February prices of six basic restricting the big shots." Alert army criminal northwest, have all fallen to the grim accident had been contracted before occupation, I soon these steps would be taken, currency in respect of debts most modern typo, and how efforts are still commodities-rice, coal bri- The Influential,

"Ta Kung investigation division Communists. being made by his counsel. The quettes, edible oil, cotton cloth. Ino" editorialty

Other reports claimed Gov. narrowly averted.

į regret` that it is not pogalble tą (Continued on Page 8, C'ỚI execution is fixed forum. to salt and sugar, The City Gov-Goverment "not to make the agents smashed a Japan- érnment officials are evacuating The alreraft, which was do- consider the general lifting of morrows irt Strangeway's Jail.

people sacrifice to much" Hong Kong black.mar- Changchun as the Nationalists in the routine passenger run the moratorium. throws insistent policies ket ring dealing in mo- rushed in reinforcement from Canton; was piloted-he to be announced shortly.

Crisis Day

Airport Facilities Semi-official reports daid.half Captain T. S. Wong who, half- dern drugs and arrested Meanwhile the City Govern-

Kure, Feb. 27. The concern of that branch

a million Communists are in: way to Hong Kong, heard. 53 Chinese crewmen

Mr. Fletcher curlier told the

Admiral Sir Deals Boyd, ment requested employers to of the Kuomintang in charge

of the pay February

equipped tanks, amoured cara miki report. wages on the toiling labour at the

upon the drive with well above the roar of the engines, House that he understood that

Investigation existing faclities for flying-Commander-in-Chief basis of the January Index with widespread dissatisfaction was

and artillery." They said the divulged that the yrs of the boats at Singapore and Hong British Pacific Flast, arrived by David John Ware in Liver-the-promise of additional com-| reflected in the recent anti.

Reds are using the same ta starboard wheel had burst, Kong were adequate for any here from Hong Kong today. publ, said, indita,retport published pensation when the scale has T. V. Soong campaign

tics employed by the Soviets today he was satisfied there are been fixed by the City Govern Shanghai newpapers and hur.

But for the extraordinary types now operating or likely to aboard H.M.6. Belfast on a in driving out the

Japanese skill of the pilot, another air operate in these two places. tour of the fleet's Far Eastern no grounds for thinking there has

ried trips to Nanking by Kuo-

near the end of the war been any afscarriage of Justice, ment. in the conviction of Rowland for

bor imion otheinis believedly mintang-controlled general la

United Press.

Mr. Jolly said Ware spent three a mental hospital in Week 1941. with a dingnosis of "manine;

་ rupressive psychosis.

Public Enquiry

Last minute

- Manohoslur,—hue hja dounget hus.

ernment is working out details

Manafest of of a plan which is schedule

Parliament urging public un

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Jolly, KT, who con-

the enquiry into the con- fession of murder made in prison

the murder.

in

The report quoted the text of Ware's statement to the poles denying his earlier "confession and saying: "I wanted Rowland 1 to be either sentenced to death |

based on the difference between That the compensation, to be

January and the

prices of six commedities, will be far below the real February cost of living figured on the same basis aba January in ex is a foregone conclusion.. Unrest Prediction

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warned the

on

a British ship for alleged implication in a project- ed sugar black market- ing.venture.

credited

Lleut-Col. John H. Schmidt,

nouneed this today! base provost marshal here, an-

February for conferences on means

Licut-Col. Samfat to

G.L.D. agent Jessic D. Rice placate lacbourers.

Circles close to the Kuomint with the major role in break- sang the claimed the Coming up as drug smuggling and mumists were actively fanhing black market ring which had planned to sell in Japan 890 labour unrest.

It was generally expected the bottles of penicillin. 176 bottles City Government sources are crisis will me immediately on of soldium sulfadiazine solu. announce cans ef sacharin crystals, and

three boities of sulfadiazine, according to price fluctuations City overament

The penicillin alone would have netted the operators about 100,000,000 yen on 'the bluck market. Assoclated. Press,

U.S.-SOVIET CLASH

Seoul, Feb. 27. Korean sources reported today that American and Russian troops exchanged shots for 14 hours, on their demarcation line-Assoclat- cd Press.

He added:

C-IN-C IN "KURE

THE WEATHER

disaster might, have occurred:

"The provision bases-United Press. Meanwhile, a Salgon-bound of airports at Singapore and Dakota aircraft of 48 Squadron Hanje Kong adequate for the engaged on the first leg of the reception and despatch of large reheduled run to Hong Kong, modern, Jend, planess, presents was reported by Singapore Aren, fermidable techileal and Anand Northeastern Chine. -- Depressio Control yesterday afternoon to enl difflenlties." be overdue in adverse weather. and full-scale search operations were immediately tinted.

Dr E nuke my confosalon Just mit past indices were compiled / pay-day, but may follow the tion, 17 bottles of sacharin, elght Tuesday without casualties along Dakota had been made up to 10 existing aerodromes und alter. fresh NE oftebore; clauis with mornin.

before he was hanged so as th make it spelacular in the way snatched him from the gallows,” -Reuter.

of added 19 commodities, all of whichment of the inpunt have soared, far above the verapensation - probably next

week.-United Press, January level."

SERIOUSLY ILL The question now la: "Will } Inbour take the blow lying] ON HONEYMOON down?". Those who have con- Landon, Feb. 26. tart with Inbaur organisations Captain Christopher Soumes, I doubted it would, and, predlet- who married Miss Mary Chur-erious unrest which, unders chill, daughter of Mr. Winston handled tactfully, might flare Churchill, and is on hơney-up into major disturbances des moon in Switzerland, is serious- pite the Government ban on Tly ill, Mỵ Churchill's secretary | strilo or 'slowdowns,

stated today. Mrs, Churchill Kuomintang

sources frank- вгон-

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Prodigal

Central News gives the ship as "Lok Sang.”

Sun Returns PRICE OF Britain's shivering mil- RICE UP.

London, Feb. 277-

AGAIN

loft Londos today for Switzer- | 1y, voice:t concern over lions brightened today] land to be with her daughter', peets of losing the solid grip | as -temperatures rose on labour unions bought by and vital coal convoys got moving by rail and

It is officially announ- sea again, although near-ced that as. from March

50 rail lines were still

1 the retail price of Gov- blocked.

there crnment rice will be in. The National creased from 30 cents Union of Mineworkers' secreto 44 cents per catty.

With Bigamist Back

Illegal Wife

Faversham, Feb. 26.

The 22-year-old ex-sailor who amputated his left arm beneath the wheels of a freight train to prove his "fidelity" to the girl he married blgamously, was back with his illegal wife to- day with the judge's consent. The Judge at Kent Assizes released one-armed William Horsfield on two years' probation to return to Wife No. 2 and their baby, pending divorce action-by-Wife-No-1. Said the Judge: "I am not "I want to get an artifical going to do anything to in arm fitted soon and then want erèase your hundicap. You to train for a job that will have inflicted upon yourself a bring in enough to give and most appalling nenalty."-

Horsfield married, 19-year-old all the things she and the baby Betty Wildish on the mistaken deserve." Horafeld said.-- advice of shipmates in the United Press

Navy that his firet marriage

B really comfortable home

On the political front

is still trouble.

No sightings of the missing

o'clock yesterday morning.

Thirteen Dead In Air Crashes

:

London, Feb. 26.

Three air crashes, in which 13 people are feared to have been killed, were reported in Reuter cables from France, Australia and Brazil to- day. An unidentified aircraft, believed to be a Curtiss with five passengers, is reported to have crash- ed into the sea, exploded and sunk off Cape Ferret, near Bordeaux, this afternoon, leaving only a small notebook floating on the surface, a Reuter despatch said.

A woman and another becu

pant of a small civilian train.

tary, indiented, he is preparing This decision has had to being plane were killed when it a minimum wage enmpaign for taken as result of the details crashed, in Rio de Janeiro this miners to try and get recruits now avaliable concerning the re- afternoon.

Kong's rice allocations for the

to hercase th: conl output. vised price of rice recently de- Earlier today, a Netherlands Britain's Lybarite Govern. termined by international agree East Indies, Air Force "Dako- ment is plotting a now-drive ment and the sources of. Hong ta," seeking to land at Strad.) to gut men into the pite to pericd January to the end of July, broke Island. brlugup production.

- 1947. Many lied in winter ac- In view of this increase, it has cidents. In London, four-year, been agreed that an adjustment uld Lilian. Elile Tuckwood in the Rehabilitation Allowance danced too close to a gas shall be made with effect from

the same date. fatally urned.

Goering Letter Revealed

fatal

off Brisbane.. after a test' fight crashed into the sea in flames with the loas of fix lives three Dutch and three Australians.

Frankfurt, Feb. 17. “Smoke__was reported to be. Herman Gearing's deathbed-lct.. burner to keep warm and was The most recent food and fuer sech pouring from the aircraftter to the commandant.cf Nuern figures have been amended to when, it began losing height berg Prison absolved his guards A family of three were trap: low fer the increased price of tira rapidly three miles from the er responsibility for his

burst polson capsule, an Army spikes. 'ped by ¿ sưow avalanche in and the figure on which the Re island. The "Dakota" Wales, hint, were dug out by habilitation Allowance for March into flames and dived into the men sald today.

sea a mile from shore, ond The letter did not reveal how rescue who tunnelled 26 feet to be tased is $14.09. Two personq-"ware-

It has been agreed to increase wing coming off before she hit he hid the poison, the official. killed in

the Rehabilitation Allowance ure-water... Small boats went out who is familiar with the letter. Biralugham and another 100 portionately and the Behabilita- immediately to attempt rescues, and the subsequent Investigation, ovncunted from their homes ton 'Allowance for the month of when a gas main burst in March will therefore be

sald

to Colonel Dally paid workers: Artisans Forced Landing "Goering's letter to

Burton C. Andrus aald he had But a Trafalgar Square news 23.20, Coolles $2.58, Females $1.95

Dakar, Feb, 20. vendor voiced the nation's per day,

Monthly paid workers:-Males Achille, Cardinal Lianart, Arch-when he died. And he said the A military plane carrying been successful in hiding the That was quite evident feeling, chulking on his typical- ly. British placard "Welcome 300.00. Females $64.50 per month. bishop of Lille, made a forced guards on duty were not respon

It has further been agreed that to prodigal nun.in future the Rehabilitation Al- landing, in the brush last night alble for his having, the capsule United Press. -

lowance will be revised monthly batween. Abidjan and Kankan instand of every two months?

In French Guinea, but nobody how he managed to keep the was injured. SERIA PA

pcison coprile, hidden, Can

was volded when his wife bore Ex-P.O.W.'s residential strett

a child by another man.

The police caught up with

Horsfield, Inst November and Run Riot

questioned him about his two marriages. Fearing he, might

Brussels, Feb. 27.

loso, his second wife, and to Armoured cars were ordered prove his love for her, Hors- | out and firemen directed Jets field went to a railway line of water - from the roof of near, his home, stretched out | Parliament House todayo - close to it and let the 6.40 | former prisoners-or-war strug-

am train, run over his arm. Egling with the police.

In A Frenzy ment and the Ministries were

The approaches to PRAY

WHY BAUDOUIN, STAYED

Athens, Feb. 27.

—Router.

A bad petrol pump is report

-"But Goering did

!

Coering died a few hours be fore he was to be hanged with

the other ten convicted Nubrr berg defendants last. Oct. 16.

An auxiliary vessel struck a

ed to have caused the pilot to Vorsallion, Fob.. 20.

mine, two miles off Capa Pappa, come down. A rescue plane Paul Baudouin, former For west of Paul. 15 ans with it was sentant "Gotring's a letter to Colonel

Ministerunder Marshal passengers, and, Ave, arawment

The Cardinal was en route | Andrus, said nothing moreton, the dit was in a frenzy when 1 jammed by a solid mass of Philippe Potain, fold the ligh were missing Ausciated Press to a distant inland point to subject of the polmon did it, and afterwarde was so Gondarmerie as a shouting and Court today that he remained, in

Ofbciate at a Bishop's Conse, he had it and

emphillerd Killed The Investigation

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Win hospital nearly died banner bearing maar of Vent ON OTHER PAGES rationect

cald. But it was worth it, former war priadders, who had vent Flörre Laval from declaring

Jhas forgiven me and flocked into the capital, today, war on

the

marry me propor, irfed to force their way

my wife divorces through

pe of his trial princi 4724 delegation of the demonsnational defence,BA

was allowed infloration with; Emalita he had favoured tis ment, Houre, to, present Gould: contribute:

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Seathen on Manslaugh-

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that

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* Frankfurt, Feb. 26.- cluded-ité probe-en

The US Army announced surmise ands implicati tonight that Captafh Harold N. che Ume Goering hid the

Burkhardts of Los Angeles, in his alimentary CAPRICAN

killed in the brain of the time he kept

near Bamberg-Unit.

A moderato Biddyclone Jaspis Cential

over the Ryukyu and over Hasshu "The Minister of Civilbably more ENE. Pressure in love

the N', and of Japan and uver the Aviation. has

des- recently

eqistoriai, rezione eastward from Burnet, patched a technical survey party Today's Forecas! ¡—Moderate easterly to examine the suitability of ur arable winds Inchures maricenter hase and fox, becoming partly clouty native sites on trunk routes to during the day: M. Australia and the Far East for the reception of modern air. craft. This party including officers experienced in all talafalls Ni Total lace Jan. 1–70. xi.

ka királźni, An averago of 18,0 mm; pects of aerodromes construc. tion and operation and main- tenance of anelllary facilities, taru. tm.nl. will arrive in Singapore Intel, Humidity March and in Hong Kong in April,

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