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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.

INCREASE IN STANDARD RENTS

New Ordinance Passes First Reading

Extra Increases Allowed

In Certain Cases

An increase in standard rent for domestic premises of 30 per cent and of 45 per cent for business premises is one of the main features of the Land- lord and Tenant Ordinance, 1947, which came up before the Legislative? Council for its first reading yesterday afternoon.

Viscount's

Case Of

Puppy Love

London, Apr 10,

Relief or exemption is afforded in the case of new buildings and those in which extensive repairs are made. It is hoped that this provision will afford encouragement to the problem of reha- bilitation and development. Under the new Ordinance, where a landlord spends $1,000 or more on additions and im- provements, whereby the rateable value of a tenement has, in the opinion of the Tenancy Tribunal, been increased, an increase by an annual sum equal to 8 per cent on the suni ex- pended is permitted. The Hon. Mr. 4. B, Griffin The Bill neoviles that the General 4, intre standard rate should TOW be Being the Bill said:

interpreted as the rate re-

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The reported romance tween a British, nubleman and n pretty Hollywood actress was today described as just a ense

ed puppy. Tove, mil the mobles Attorney

that indiented

mall

raise the roof when she learned "The legislation on this im-coverable on or before Decem

American-bourn mother

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of it.

confessing his sins.

to

might portant

a beautiful friendship," young

He added

and difful! subject her 26, 1941. which at present exists is sith-

KING CHRISTIAN

Copenhagen, Apr. 10.

An officiat bulletin said to- day that the condition of King Christian, who mifertif a severe heart attack on St day. "in *Fill marked by fatigue, but his strength in

tairly pood," Associated Prest

Woman

Guilty Of Murder

Trieste, Apr. 9. Maria Pasquinelli, the Italian school teacher, was found guilty at a general military

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NANKING AGREEMENT

TRAM FRANCHISE EXTENDED

Shanghai, Apr. 10. The Municipal uveon buredit an official notier рез The firitish-owned Shanghai Electric Construc- How Cowpany--whičk rum! the tram and trolley bun #er•, pices in the former interna tional sitement heter tending ita franchise, expir ing an Oet, 10 this year, for another seven jera.

The decision in described as bring in line with the Chinese Gavernment policy of en- couraping foreign capital in- realmenta in public utilities. -Reuter,

Reds Head here today of shooting Nanking Air

For Outer Mongolia

dead Brigadier R. W." de

Winton, the British com

mander of the 13th In- Tragedy

fantry Brigade at Pola | last February.

elreunt.

three week before ene British and

After

in

Kuomintang & The Minordes

Nanking Apr. 10: The protracted reorganisation of the State Council will be brought to a successful conclusion within the next 48 hours with the signing of a 12-point agreement between the National Goy- ernment and the Democratic Socialist and Young China parties, Reuter learns authorita- tively today.

Int

were

This agreement-the prerequi- days of the Sino-Japanese war. site to participation demanded by when its infor functions these two parties--will record the taken over by the Supreme Xa- Government's promises to allow tonal Defcuco Council, the miporities a voice in the foca'

K.M.T. Votes for provide administration, will complete separation of the civi and military oflices and will comet only twice yearly. The new affirm the assurances that civil State Cinineil; to replace the Su- 1lberties will be guaranteest and preme: National Defence Council organisations such as those of the und formalaty Chinese polley an spacial police, abolished,

til the enforcement of the cont

and including such well

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Since then it has customarily

reserved

It will subordinate the Execu-tution, will be composed of 23 tive Yuan to the State Counell active members, Eleven seats wit erved for the Communists Nanking. Apr. 10. und require all-party agreement be Two P-51 fighters of the

to the President's appointment of and Democratic League without The trid was adjourned until i

a new premier.

any bumedate possibility of theses Chinese air force collided over

the State partie, entering the Government. the defence tomorrow To that Nanking, Apr. 10.

outalde

Reorganisation of airport

Nanking Council into the highest polles ant the Young China Party will

Both the Democratic Socialist could plead mitigation The Communists to-stances. Sentence was rint rassed. we stuntlast and crashed, making body of the nation, with

The court rejected the defencelling the two pilota, farmer the minorities taking part in its each have four representatives, day appeared to be try-

argument that accused acted to and his wife and seriously in-activities, will mean litle relia while of the remaining 21, twelv

will be from the Kuomintang.. Standard Rate ing to break through the and the lives of Hatians whjulug the emple's child. quishment of newer by the densin-

fouï from The Suelal lenders and William Anthony, second Visstantially contained in Pro- The Bill bringe relief to Great Wall opening for might be in langer should they One of the planès crash-dived at Kuomintang.

The third parties, whose lead-

five from the Yuan presidents, CORNI Furness, Weir theclamation 5 made during the landlords who may be accepted an escape route into So- pass er foreign domination.

into a rivulet, killing the onlyers are preparing to take at la

Toimi party suurees ure *1,500,000 fortune of the period of the British Military in the majority of cases as

pinion that the Kuomintang esu Furness Shipbuilding Company, Į Administration and sulusequent de serving of such relief, andviet dominated Outer Daring the trial, which lasted foreupant--the pilșt.

the Council, feel that from The other crashed into a mud total of 29 votes the Kuomintang count on the votes of five Yuan talked abou! his acquaintancely amended,

adłows an increase of rout Mongolia as part of a two American offlects, the Per hut. The pilot perished with can count on at least 10. The president. One of these pred- with Peggy Ann Garner in the "It will be recalled that a above the standard rate as to long-established plan, chiatrist Commitee which ex. the plane, while it crushed to present State Counell, headed bydlencies is offered to the Young worried tore of a wayward boy Committee under the chairman- domestic premises to the ex-military dispatches in- aminted Pasquinelli reparted that death two of the occupants-a Generalissime Chiang Kai-shek.oratic Socialist leader Dr.

ship of the Hon. Mr. Leo tent of 30 per cent, und as to

i could n evidence that she farmer and his wife-seriously namen

Carson Chang Miss Garner is 16 and the d'Almada was appointed by His business premises to the extent dicated.

T. V. Soong, H. H. was insane but agreed that she injuring the child, Associated Kung and Maiame Sun Yat-referring to devote his energier Dr. Chang refused to accepli Communists' in Routh and 18th Excellency to consider the work of 45 per cent, Viscount celebrated his

Press, birthday ten days ago,

iing of such legislation and to

The Important provision of cast Suiyuan Province, border. had "exaggerated impulses in n

has been inactive since the early

to party activities, and the Young Chinn Party followed his lour, in "Peggy is a nice girl. You make proposals for legislation the Bill is summarised in para. Ing Outer Mongolia, were trying state of limited responsibility."

and to gain control of the western quinelli produced

her nerest, Maria, Pas

ordeyta mpintain third party conid call our Association Just of a more permanent character. graph 17 of the objects

letter The objects and rensons reasons, wherein are set nut section of the Pelping-Suiyunn which alte said she intended to

rolidarity; har- which are annexed to this 131 ja list of the premises to which railway. threatening Taining, shoot a senior Army officer as a Furness said.

endeavour rent restriction will no longer 86 miles weat of Kalgan, pro- potest against the former tallan riedly "There is certainly noth are very full. As

vincial capital of Chahar ing serlons in it and marringe has been made in paragrahpe apply.

Pro-port of Fom being transferred in 1 to 11 of the objects and *Honourable members will vince, is quite out of the question."

Yugoslavia under the pence Other, forces were trying to treaty The Viscount met the juvenite reasons to summarise the more take note particularly of the re- star while visiting in the United important aspects of the exist. lief or exemption afforded in brei Gen. Fii Tso-via delence Dialer de Winton, who was States with his mother Lading legislation. Thereafter the the case of new buildings and line inspecting a guard outside his

objects und Persons discuss the in the case of bulidings where

A force of 80,000, Including headquarters at lola on February Thelma Furness, daughter of provisions of the Bil now be extensive repairs are made. Inner Mongoliana, the American Consul-General at fare Council. It is thus possibly Such pravision is included in be attacking a number of Hor-inly been in "ote a few weeks reported to when he was shot dead, had

• Buenca Aires, Harry Hays

that recognition of the necessity to erument-held villages 60 miles and a wife and two months old very necessary Morgan.

|should detain Counci) very longe afford chemiragement to

the south of Kweinul, capital of shit have jirt left for Reitnin.--- There they wore photographed in my introductory remarks in alt important problem of re- Salyutan Province. Fifty thou-Reuter, together at ʼn night club and at the first reading of this Bill, Į babilitation and development lenst

attacking gossip 1 would content myself with ↑ which newspaper

fare the Colony at the and others were

miles .cast Fengaben, 95 columnist reported the mukings | reference

to the

present time.

Kwein, * proph 18 of the ob- jects and reasons, there is din. "eussed provision which the Bill makes for change in relation to the question of the enforce- ment of agtermenta to vacate, In future. if the BH is panned, ruch gements under proper safegourds will be impossibile..

Penalties

ofic

not

of romance--Uffited Press, portant provisions.

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Moscow's List Of U.S. "Fascists"

London, Apr. 9. Commentator Borisova, broadcasting over Radio Moscow, said today that an American "reac- tionary campaign" Intensified by President Truman's recent order of weeding out the civil service was shaping up as a form of "state per- secution."

"The full impact of this order," he said. "will, of course, fall on the heads of all progressive Government employees." In the same broad- cast Borisova branded as "American Fascists" the following:-

life-

China's Answer To Soviet Charges

Nanking, Apr. 10. China officially denies that American aid since the end of the war has taken the form of military assistance or infringed on her sovereignty. A Ministry of Information spokesman took offi- cial cognizance of such an assertion by Tass and published in "Pravda."

:

One Foot In

In addition the minority groups believe, that, at least two of the four bofal lenders wit vate' with the Kramintntig

leader.com

On third-paILY

menting on the 19 to 10 majority for 1hF, Kuomintang: 16 the State

anell, declared that the minori ties only hope to win victory in the State Council, would be through "political consultations" that negotiation and com- promise with the Kuomintang.

In case political consultation should fall the third parties re: of entered north Shansi and

serve the right to withdraw from sumably are planning to reach

The spokesman sold: "Thattary schools and is training no the Government. He said a Kuo- The bulk of the Communist's the north when an escape route ineticle is so far. from the truth Chinese troops, The Chinese intang-ied government 18 from north Shenai already have is opened.--United Press. that withung undertaking to on-"work at Tsingtan without ex- decoration of demency" to im-

swer all its misstatements, it is ternal obstruction.”

mess foreign governments, and Vicient to point to some of the No United States bases have valve Anancial assistance, He.. Aranjeno retions during and been established in China, he said, anded, however, that rather than store the war which are openly adding that during the war, revert to arms the Young Chiná spread on the record before all several were used jointly by the

Party and the Democratie Sucial- nations."

United States and China but "the str were pulling a foot in the Americanu rapidly " evacuated¦ "half-open door" in the hope they these airports after the war. may be able to force it open

Associated Press,

wider-Router.

"Faragraph 20 of the ob- jeets and reasons discusses the question of penalties and, for A instance, provides for the offence and for the punishment of attempts to

rint evade restriction by various methods such as the payment of ten

money.

"Provision is made in the Bilt for the perpetuation of the Tenancy Tribunals which have existed under the existing law and which have well proved their value.

At

Tornado Takes A Heavy Toll

Oklahoma City, Apr. 10. whirling tornado cut a path of death and des- truction through the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle regions last night, striking at least four towns.

least 114 persons were reported dead and hun- dreds injured and Red Cross officials said the death toll undoubtediy would run higher. Hospitals throughout the area were jammed to overflowing with injured.

invite made.

the

t

the

The spokesman denied United States trained 40 Kuomin tang divisions and. 50,000 Kuo- mintang police troops, set up 27 military training schools, estab. shrd "strong United States als bases near almost all the 'large rities" or "separated' the port of Tsingtao from China."

The spokesman objected strong- ly to the terms "Kuomintang divisions" and "Kuomintang

police."

He asserted the

only Chines

political party with an army li te Communist.

The spokesman said during the

Damage was placed roughly buildings converted into mor-war. The United States trained Senator Theodore G. ("The | The broadcast said the "no

at over $1,000,000 but officialsgues fear that 100 or more may Chinese Man") Bilbo. of Mississippi: forious reactionary" William

divisions numbering There is provision for apaid it would be days before an Herman Talmadge, Georgia's Bullitt, one-time United States poal to the Supreme Court, and accurate

be dead. There is no way of les, than 400,000 men. estimate could be telling for certain if their es- He said six were trained in recently seated "second goy- Ambassador to Moscow, told would in particular

timates are correct.

Indila and totally equipped by the erndr," and Gerald L. I. Smith. the Un. American Affairs Com-|attention to pyrograplı 22 of Moving onto the plains of cleric disciple of the late Huey mitter he believed the Amerieun the objects unit reasons where-

A look at the wreckage gon-United States. The remainder the Texas Panhandle, the vinces one that 100 or more artially equipped by the United trained in China and only Pierce Long.

Communist Party, should be in is discussed the procedure tilater Borisova effed Bilbo. Tal banned but not at the present which, is being introduced of Canadian, Texas, and then took building left standing in

struck the edge of could be dead. Every alzable States. madge and Smith as, passing time.

They were organised appeal by the cares stated for

for. a donth-dealing northeastward town--the community Borisova said Bullitt's unmolested by the Un-Ameri-

hall.counter.etlenive, he said. C1- the purpose of making more dorsement of continued investi- precise and clear the grounds Glazier and started a raging storey hatol-are jammed with ed Stoles has established no mili.

course that levelled the town of several, churches and the four- can Affairs Committee white a

Since the war ended the Unit. group han "started

the actlongation of

the injured. Even then they against world-famous Ameri. Party bolled down to "that na-n which an appellant socks fire at liggins.

redress.

It then wept into Oklahoma apilted into the neighbouring Shuttley, lonal funds be appropriated "Cinture 32 of the Dill per- against former head of the Na for the kind of provocation petuates the provision

and whipped with devastating towns taxing medlient facilities which fury tional Council of American that was uned by German fas-xists in the preant law in Soviet Friendship Lamonte, cinto who prepared the way to that it provides power for the of the Inited banning the first of the Com-exclusion of operation of the against hond Council of Ald to Anti-Fascist munist and Inter all other de Ordinance in cortain Refugees Borsky, General-mocratic parties In Germany." Sceretury of American Com- United Press; munist Party Beenas ani others."

can astronomer

Among the organisations the commentator named the Ku

and

Communist

THE WEATHER

A moderate malleycione centred

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CAFER,

city of about 7,000 popuation.

through Woodward-a

everywhere in this area. Crooner

The area of destruction is blocks deep. It includes the west roughly 20 blocks long and five

half of the business -district i and the north and northwest residential districts.

Got Tough

that at Canadian were treating The hospital at Shattuck and almost 200 persons at midnight. Such provision, however, is The Woodward hospital said it made more elaborate than that was filled with injured and that existing under the present law other victims jammed the hos Trucks of all manner. and and the procedure to be follow-pital at nearby Moordland make-even cattle tracks own. Crooner Frank Sinatra ed to request, for exemption Hospitals in other nearby ed by livestock men-upent the has been arrested on a from the provision of the Ortown also were pressed Into night baufing away the dend dinance is laid down...

"With such remarks. I feel

1150.

Klux Klan among the "fascist Mongolfe now cover N China. A rough bodies" which not only enjoy extents across SE Chinx but a ridge of complete liberty to pursue their pressure perelais on the 8 went Anbversive actlvitles in the Deen depressions, to the E of Hakkodea] that. I have placed before reported to be killed at Higgins' | once marked homes.

the E of Japan continue to more honourable members the more United States but are

even EHF. Pure remains relatively lowoutstanding features of the utillagd in the struggle against over the equatorial regions."

Bill which they will · wish to Tmleri Forecast:-Moderate E winds. American progressive elements.

consider in due course?! tending to reet Inshore: moderate er "Reactionarica soe red In fresh & winds and NE offahom; tale at

(Continued on Page:9) evory trade union organlage, Amal cloud incremina ister; murulmu

public speaker every

Who cousin) indić gr han; continuing warmer.

Yesterday's Weathers--

sneaks up against the anti-So-Maximum 72 dex, Pab viet hysteria and avory progres-Minimum: 69.1 den, Fam. sive. Intellectual desirous of the nunshine: 9 hours establishment of lasting demo- Rainfalle Nit. Tutai álnén Jan. Bina cratic peace," Borisova declar ̧109,3 men.^ na'ngainst an oversee at

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194.8 mm.

Reading t Ho maid: "The anti-Com-

10 AIN muniat: banner is the only sub, Varo, at mal. ...,1672.1.10/3.9 m.b.

|00,01 20,94 inches. terfuge, for American rotation- arles whose real goal is to Rel. Humidity 10 NE 4

Dew Points, bob, ha digm. 7. stifle the democratic, rights of Iwind, piration EHS Boy B 17 the American people."

Wall Fores

10.

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Hollywood, Apr. 9.

complaint for and Injured from the pitiful battery. Twenty persons "Inter

were heaps of twirted wreckage that punching the New York where a fire was still sweeping cases they hauled the dend

In most columnist

Lee

Mortimer. through the debris at midnight and injured way together.

Conviction. on the charge would mean a maximum Ben Wrecking a freight train and At medical stations if

#ix A téńce, cf. US$1,000, fing' or causing a Lioup of the Santa person was alive, someone tried months in gaol. Fe, railroad traffe, the twister to take him comfortable. If

Sinatra was arrested at the step off the plains, and onto not they covered the body and ON OTHER PAGES the adre of Canadian shortly moved it off with the other radio studio where he was re

before 'p.m. An ominous black dead.

hearsing for a broadcast Haul- cloud moved·

he pleaded northeastward he gas anil electric planted away to court, enching Woodward, about 100 which suppliest the city with not guilty to the charge, u miles away, one hour later light was among the ruins."

Obliging newsther,' lawyers United. Press.

Emergency power was gencrat and court spectators dog up ed for, the city hospital and the US8000 for ball when the bob- community hall but elsewhere by soxers idul admitted with a doctora, nurses and Just piningin that he did not have that citizens who tried to help and much cash with hith. The trial a work by candlelight,United was set for May 20-United

Pann, Two

Prisoner's' Dramatle Escapo. Papo Five

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A Mockory Editorial on Renta

Ordinance. Pagi Niue

P.D.W. Catnip Omeinik Pane Ten

Home and Local

Charged

Scene Of Ruin -

"Woodward, Apr, 19.

A hundred squaro blocks lay o ruine and persons who spent Bait:= night? Svisiting S Beyoral-§.

HENNESSY

COGNAC BRANDY

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