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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947,

GRAND OPENING SIR VANDELEUR GRAYBURN

TO-DAY

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'M-G-M's MUSICAL SENSATION!

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KATHRYN

GENZ

SINATRA GRAYSON KELLY

·

H.K. NOTES IN Died Just As Due

CANTON

Canton, Apr. 17.

The presence of a Targe quest of Hongkong Bank notes has influenced commo dity prices here, neemding to President Lin Eching of the. Kungtung Council.

He declared that Nuuking prices of meat and chicken droppid

per cent Just the Com

during March

fur prices foilvei to pomer sfoara,dumaciated Pre

ANCHORS AWEIGH Minami

AN

M-G-M

PICTURE

with JOSE ITURBI

and DEAN STOCKWELL

PAMELA BRITTON "RAGS" RAGLAND BILLY OILBERT

Screen Play by bobet secur

HENRY O'NEIL

Moncler

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A Parent Picture. At Reduced Prices

QUEEN'S

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STAN

LAUREL

OLIVER

HARDY

in

At 230; 5.15;

7.35 & 9.15 p.m.

Claims He

Ended War

For Release

|Lieut.-Col. Kogi Kazuo, in the witness-box before No. 7 War Crimes Court yesterday, said that he remembered Sir Vandelent Grayburn beg cause he had been the prosecutor in a trial before a Japanese Military Court which sen- tenced Sir Vandeleur to three months' impri- sonment,

Kogi was in the box the whole of yesterday as the first witness called by the defence in the case against Dr. Sato Choichi. Sato is on trial for having failed to provide patients at the Stan- ley Prison Hospital (of which he was the medical officer-in-charge) with adequate medical attention, medicines, drugs, and a suitable diet.

O.K. FOR AID BILL

Washingtm, Apr. 10, The House of Representa tives Forcion Affairs Com- mitter tonight approved the menure to give ail to Greece and Turkey, The Senate Com- mitte, has alrendy approved the mensur-Renter

periul in mid-1943 when he was resident there for

days.

Prison Rules

Home 20

After undergoing an examina- tion from the Court monitor. Mr. George Tong, on his ability to interpret Chinese elaracters, As the prosecutor Itt Sir rangement that he waM not Kag klcntled a Chinese tran: | Vandefear's trial, it was his wholly attached to the hospital station of the Governor-General's duty. Kegi anid, to prepare the fe had requested a full-time regulations governing Stanley ander to the Commissioner of doctor to advise him with Prison. He said he drafted them the Prison in regard Tokyo. Apr. 17.

to the gard to patients umong the himself. Jerrying out of the sentence sonera, General, Jiro Minami, and be would normally be in-

The Court retired for about Applications for medien sup half-an-hour to consider an up. former War Minister and formed if the prisoner died. He plies for the prison hospital pliention from defence counsel one of ex-Premier Hide-Was notified of Sir Vandeleur's were made by the

Commis that a Chinese translation of ki Tojo's 24 co-defen-hard afterwards that Sató had were sometimes not issued in available to the defence) be put death and recollected having loner of the Prison, These these regulations (the only one dants, before leaving the rushed to the hospital and the quantities requested. There to Kogi for indetification, and witness box today claim-trented him, but could not save were some medical supplies in lan objection from the prosecu ed that he was instru-im." Sir Vandeleur had died the prison hospital left there by ting officer that the identica mental

in bringing the rust-us-his- sentener-was-to-ex-the-British-He-wan-told-by Satotion could not stand as there That there was n insufficient was nothing to show that Kogi Pacific War to an end.

Under examination-in-chief | quantity of Rome particular could read Chinese. Msami said that on August by Sato's defence counsel, Mr. jituma.

The Court returned with the .9. 1945, he visited

then ass gawa, Kogi naid that the Sato's predecessor as prison decision that the monitor protuber, kanturn

Prison doctor had told him he wished should select different passages Suzuki, and ¦ d'ommissioner of the eltarted in detal price or would be responsible for the to remove some of the medical from other sections of the re- In hosutal. The duties of the supplies from the hospial to thegulations for Kogi to translate department Minami előmed; "" advised bedfeal oflleer-in-charge were to medical

of the into Japanese as proof of his him that t my, pinion if was visit the hospital when necea. Governor-General's

office.

He ability to interpret Chinese better to seek pence,, has#Fitles | ** In treat patients

did not know what was moved writing. The monitor said that amonk ended one werk Inter."

The prisoners. Some members of but was told it included a quan Kogi hnd interpreted correctly. He claimed that his Poluted the prison staff were detailed to tity of apparatus,

Except for some hesitation over Association of Greater, digan, ist the medical officer. with 300 to 920 Diet menubers, 1

the second of the three pas.

enjoyed maj rily control the Japanese Parliament,

continued war.

A

to

uire.

Almost A Doctor

said that

have

[aupes,

In answer to another ques tion from the Prosecuting om.

Kogi said, that the regula Fions did not provide for any special food for sick prisoners. Hearing of the case continuca This morning.

Prisoners Of Gendarmes

Questioned farther by de- One of these assistants select. fence counsel. Kogi At the titer of the surrender. ed. h eald,

Indian before entering Stanley Prison leontinued, "they followed my tamed Kinder Bux who, ne-most prisoners wand orders without

confusion, Fording to the opinion of the undergone a long period under white B was badeed gratifying. medical officer preceding Sato, detention by the *

Gendarmes thus accomplishing the aims of was "almost a doctor." He had and that by the time they en the Asserati. ".

requested the Officer Command- tered the prison they Minami nemmad the Assclic fing the Medical Department of generally very much weakened tron's presidency early in 1942, the Governor-General's Offeer | in ftulth. Many of the patients The testified earlier that then. In appoint a doclor to the pri.at the gand hospital were Jul- there already WOTE definite son specially. Kogl continued, mitted there immediately upon signs of Japan's defeat and he bit was told that there were being handed over by the gen-Forrest, the case against Wong. | felt something should be done fiel enough doctors and he durmeries to the prison.

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S STAR S

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THE HONG KONG STAGE CLUB

Presents

(BY COURTESY OF C, S, E.)

PRESENT

LAUGHTER

other duties as well.

were

•

Seers In Court

On the application of DSI J. 31, Tak. 60, and Ting Kin-kwan, for-

at the proper time to being the Would have one appointed to Some of them died in the tune-tellers, charged with obtain- war to an end". United Press, the prison who would have gaol hospital. He was told bying $1,000 from Wong Hei-ghuen.

[the medical 'officer and the chief It was not the responsibility warder In well that most of of the Commissioner of the the prisoners dying in the gaul Prison to supervise the medical hospital were admitted there ofleer, who would be in charge immediately from the Gendar. of sanitary affairs at the prison.meries. Because of his other work it

Japanese Fabrics

Tokyo Apr. 17. SCAP's Foreign Trade Dis

sion

140,000

Japanese Cotton

of

today that ihear yards

fabrics had heen sold to the United King- dom, Turkey, and turmus

female, by false pretenter WAS remanded for one week by Mr. DSI Forrest told the Court tha: Blair-Kerr at Kowloon yesterday. first accused was in hospital.

The chatge against the two de fendants is that "(you) falsely Under cross-examination by represented to have the power to was not possible to fix a special the Prascenting Officer, Major rid her husband of the evil spirit time for Sato to make his R. C. Lai. Kogi agreed that he responsible for his bad fortune. visits. He consulted the officer was Commissioner of the Pri- whereas

with Sato's

an-

Given

In the

commanding the medical de-son for only some four months such pow in fact you had no partment about this and was concurrently

full publicity out that the situation was auch pointment as prison doctor. Tie Chinese press, the case attracted that the frequency visits could not definitely be set self. He was at Stanley Prison They were, however, disappointed of Sato's had other duties as well him- urge umber of curious specta- tors to Mr. Blair-Kerr', Court down.

only some three or four after-at not having another sight noons a week except for a Wong Tak.

Not Enough As fr as he The United Kingdom bought

remembered, |G1,000,000 linear yards, which Sato visited the prison hospital Britain expected to process for two or three times a week. It export to her colonies, and na-1 was a very juconveniont' ar. ministrative areas.

The Japanese Board of Trude was told to prepare

to ship shortly about 36,000,000 linear yards of this lot to Manchester. Most of the fabric involved was woven from cotton Import jed from the United States,

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The Netherlands East Indies pa recerly contracted for the pur clase of $85,000,000 linear yards of cotton fabries; Sweden | 44 purchase over 11,000,000 yards; and the Philippines and Stam each took delivery of 13,000,000 linear yards of cloths.

some

Under the sale announced to lay, the Japanese cotton fabrica will go to Italian North Africam

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