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SHANGHAI INFLATION CRISIS

Labour Demands Rejected By Social Affairs Bureau

New Strifes Now Anticipated

Shanghai, Apr. 30.

Shanghai Jabour, taking into consideration the ar- rival of the end of the month and pay day, has resumed its drive for revival of the monthly cost of living index by submitting petitions to that effect to the Bureau of Social. Affairs, pointing out that the freezing of the index could do little to halt the upward rise of com- modities.

Petitions so far received include a plea by the Newspaper Workers Union, the Cotton Work- ers Union and workers from the Chung Hwa Book Company. These petitions have been forwarded to the Ministry of Social Affairs

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GOVERNOR'S DEPARTURE

It in, announced that Hin Excelleuru the Governor it leaving Hong Kong with hia family in the no. "Struthnu- ver," which is expected to mil for England on or about May 14.

Nanking Talks

Disappoint

Three Million Dollars Dumped

(By Margaret Bradbury)

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STUDENTS UNDER ARREST

Lisbon, Apr. 30.

A Government communiquo aunouneed today that sevorni Lisbon University students have been urrented for sub- versive activitier.

It promised the strongest" kind of measures to keep order among students teha, according to the communique, Tintin for some weeks heen holding demonstrations.- United Preka,

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BIG WAR DUMP "GIVEN AWAY"

Tientsin, Apr. 30. Brig.-Gen. Samuel Howard, Commander of the U.S. Marines in North China, confirmed today that the ammunition dump at Hsinho, site of the April 5 Chinese Communist attack in which five Marines were killed and 16 wound- ed, has been turned over to the Chinese Na- tlonalists.

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Brig.-Gen. Howard explained the transfer was

made on the "basis of expediency." Before the depot was turned, drawal of Marines from the arra, Gen. over to the Chinese forces un- Peiping-fientaln

Regi- der Gen Sun Lien-chung, Hope! Howard and the Fifth Pacification Commander, onment will complete withdawal April 21, the Marines removed from Pelping to Tientsin before a "greater part of serviceable May 30. He said about 3,500 ammunition from the Tangka Marines

remaining in area for the Marines' own use, Tringtno. Gen. Howard said.

The Marines are taking their He said the "amount the equipment with them **except Chinese could inake use of ex-old, demilitarisch und scrapped cept as scrap iron was com-Japanese tanks" which paratively small

been turned over to the Chinese ~Gen~~Howard admitted the Nationalists-United Press. transfer was outside the frame work of the Sino-American transfers. agreement on surplus property

"The premeditated. unpro-

Three million dollars worth of opium and dross was sunk 192 feet, below the surface of the sca some distance outside the Harbour yesterday afternoon when Revenue and Police officials on board No. 1 Police launch threw 2,200 lb. of the drug overboard. Within a space of 30 minutes, hundreds of smail metal tubes, packages and jars containing the drug were sunk over about half a mile of sea Washington, Apr. 30. in the biggest dope-destruction job of this

The House of Repre kind to be carried out in Hong Kong.

sentatives today voted to One by one the small oblang trim a Before the war it was usual

US$350,000,000 valued at Foreign Relief program for confiscated opium to be shaped packages, Nanking, Apr. 30. burnt by the authorities, but $6,000 cach splashed Into the Observers tonight ex- the huge quantity which had sea and sank under the fasci. me to US$200,000,000 and pressed grave

heen stored in the strong room anted gaze of the Chinese crew, tr deny aid to Russian-voked attack on the Hsinho am- disap- pointment over the re- Department since it was seized a will. As one of them said less they agree to rigid alternative except to turn over of the Imports and Exports as the oficials set to work with dominated countries un-munition, supply point by the Chinese Communists left us no The "China Mair undebe xfands that honge Kuuro,

sulis of the two-day from the Japanese at the reafterwards: "That was the

United States supervi- the ammunition. otherwise known as "Stap

I have ever price control conferenceureupation of the Colony, would quickest method Happy" and "Kamloops Kid"

have taken too long to dispose seen of getting rid of so much sion, called as an emergency tatlar 1 for putin of

of that way.

frey at once!" High Treuzen and aratepect

measure

Premier

At 11.15 yesterday morning, to death by Sir Henry Black.

cope No. 1 Pulice launch, which was alt, Chief Justice, ou Apr. 22.

measures prices of essential with the latest upsurge beginning the usual four-day and tho is reparted to have attacked a warder on

commodities have continued to in China's runaway in-Water Police patrol, was loaded Apr. 25. is Iudging

rise, the petition stated, adding appient

flation. against the sentence.

it workers are finding it dif- ficult to maintain thel live-

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workers, The paper their petition, scored the

trend of word

commodity prices during the past month. They pointed out that the mais reason for freezing the index

to the January level was 10 stabilise prices and devtał serious hikes in essential com miles.

In spite of the freezing of

Govern wore part of the it's

emergency

by Chun to Cenomic Chang

Observers said the conference

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with the drugs under the super-

likoud en the Basis of monthly wound up after drafting only alice officials. As the launch left

wage compensation, which is termed tap too inadequate to take care of rising prices,

"aketeby pla" to rest the violent price fluctuations.

The Executive Yann spokes

from the con- The petition stated that the man. emerging past month has shown that the ference, annoured terarly that freezing of wages has had little the conference "drew up plans" offers a stabilising prices, and to solve the rice shortage within

Report On T.B.-Curing Wonder Drug

vision of Government auditing representatives, revenue and po- the Harbour these officials be kan removing the wrappers of the packages and opening the tin containera and Jara. wrappers were strewn

on the tho over the sile of

water

The

launch to prevent them Roating

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Funeral Of Late King Of Denmark

of

a large part of which vans finserviceable and in many cases so inatuble that it could not be moved. to the

Copenhagen, Apr. 30. Chinese Government," Gen. Ho-

Silent thousands ward said. "Actually, it was not so much a transfer as a case in Danish subjects lined House voted 136 to 72 to specify left it to them, notifying them watched the long funeral which we just walked away and the streets today and

Both actions were tentative- on teller counts of 156 to 13 votes and 135 to 110-and were subject to a rollcall vote later.

Likewise, tentatively,

the countries entitied to air July, Greece, Hungary, Austria.

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Poland Chine.

Representative Smith, Repub- ficun of Wisconsin, who offered this Amendment, told a question

the ummunition was dangerTIS,”

Amings.

Big Supply Point jcortege of King Chris- The general did not disclosetian leave for Roskilde :. how much ammunition was left Cathedral, traditional in- behind except to state the dump terment place of Danish ing member that it is aimed at

was the supply point for two preventing any of the relief KB- divisions of the Third ing to Russia.

The House actions came on the phibious Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee animously endorsed the

The Committee. specified "Made in America" tag on relief

Reprezentative Jonkman, Re- presented publican of Michigan, the fund-slashing amendment in the House, saying that the pro- gramme submitted by the State Department, might lead to "per- manent relief." - Associated Press,

Chicago, Apr. 30. A preliminary report in view of this the Government the next three months, importer, and revealing, the spot urst drug ever to affect ussab0,000,000 Brugramme.

on streptomycin, the should re-install the cost of livmore cotton front abread. In-chosen for the dumping. Ing index isaned previous to crease the subsidy to public

The opium, a dark brown and

apparently cure Nanking, Apr. 30.

Jantry every beginning of afflities by 10 per cent to enable hic-like substance which stuck tuberculosis, has been supplies. China has replied to the month

then to carry on without a price to the

paper folders sent made to the American Geins of the Bureau of So-bike...

pungent smell over the Men as Britain's note of protest

eial Affairs, when contacted, by The spokesman WIEN most the ofllelals worked. At

College of physicians against the firing on. Reuter, stated that there ap reluctant to talk to reporters when the inaneh reached

here. British training plane at pears to be little chance that who walted for promised news area 32 fathom above the sea Macao on April 15, Dr. Dhe demands of workers will be of the conference on economie bed, the dope was thrown over George Yeh, new vice-granted. They point out that plans-Unitel Press. minister for Foreign Af-the freezing of wages is part of a Government policy which has fairs, revealed at a press shown little wenkening since its conference today.

Implementation in February,

Govern- Any change in the ment's regulation will have to come 1rom the newly reor. ganised State Council.

Effective measures are being taken to prevent similar occur- rences in future, he said, add ing that the Chinese forces had attempted to contact. The Bri-

Nanking Talks

tish training plane, which These sources state that the

bourd.

Russia Abandons Arab Bloc

Flushing, Apr. 30.

"apparently was not equipped | bend of the Bureau is at pre-Five Arab nations fought a losing daylong battle

with radio."

The takes a serious view of the In cident, Dr. Yeh said, for it is not desired to attack planes "In Innocent truftic."

sent in Nanking attenting con-

Chinese Government ferences of the Government's

for immediate debate of their demands for termination of the British mandate and inde- pendence for Palestine,

Of 60 enses at the New York hospital in New York City cover- Ing all types of tuberculosis treat

20 are well, apparently cured,

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all signs of the disease are gone;

12 died; but in n}] 00-the strap- tomycin had definite effecta oven when

the improvement was only temporary.

Whatever good streptomycin does, has to happen within a very short time—one to three months,

After that, the human tuber-- cutosis germs remaining become resistant to streptomycin and the

is no longer useful. One of the Important pro- mises of streptomycin appears to

Food Price Riots In

Italy

Rome, Apr. 30.

be in the treatment of early New demonstrations Luberculosis.

The New York studies

were

against rising food prices reported by Dr. Walsh Me and high cost of living Dermott, Associate Professor of swept Medicine of Cornell University

southern Italy Medical College, New York City, yesterday.

Associated Press.

Washington, Apr. 20. President Truman today signed legislatien suspending until March 31, 1949 the four cent per pound

Price Control Committee, and believed that the problem "ef rising prices in Shanghal and As the debate in the Steer- inquiry commission if their labour's demand for an adjusting Committee was interrupted | own move is defeated. Dr. Yeh also stated that last ment of wages would form the by nightfall, the British, and Russia and Poland expressed week the Foreign Office gave minis topic at the Abssions. American delegations, support themselves as favourable to the Instructions to its representa- Observers. In the meantime, ed by the Rusians, appeared to widest possible discussion of tive in Hong Kong that every point out that the Government's have concentrated sufficient the mandate and independence, nid should be given to the attitude, on the question of ris- strength in the 14-member but, in the santo breath, both. BOAC plane forced down ating prices and frozen wages general committee to defeat the said they preferred such a de. Hainan and, that the plane may bring new strifes on the Arab effort to force the issue, bate after an inquiry, not be- should be permitted to leave as labour, front.

Russia abandoned the Arah | fore---United Press. Boon as the weather cleared.

Reports that essential com- bloc even though M. Andrei (Earlier News in Page Three) | Import duty on copper-stoufer. Commenting on the Chinesemoditles, on which the month Gromyko expressed sympathy Government taking over Dairen ty wage compensation is based, with the aim of giving Pales and Port Arthur from Russia, will rise by 60 to 70 per cent tine an independent, democratic Dr. Yeh stated that on April 17, were denied by the *Social government. the Forclyn Office handed a Affairs Bureau. The monthly The move, combined with the memorandum on the subject to wage compensation at the end of Latin-American- shift to Aup- the Soviet Ambassador in Nan- | April wili continue to be com | port of American leadership, king and is awaiting a reply,~' plied on the basis of the six practically Insured defeat of Reuter.

essential commodities rice, the Arab motions when tho cotton, con briquettes, oil, salt Steering Committee votes tu and sugar-Router.

day.. Brink Of Disaster

An Arab Longue caucus is Shanghal, April 30,

discussing the possibility, of an The souring cost of living in Arab voto against creating an the past five months brought Government officials with their

Smuggling

Squadron Broken Up

Macno, Apr. 29.

of disaster. in their desperate-

salaries unchanged to "the brink Sunda Revolt

(Continued on page 0) In Java

The vigorous measures taken Dr. Benes On

by the Chinese Maritimo Cua

K tome in the past wook has ros

aulted in the smashing up of the Palestine

emuggling squadron" which

Prague, Apr. 29.

Sir Edmund Crane Heavily Fined

London, Apr. 30.

Sir Edmund Crane, managing director of a big British bicycle concern, was fined £9,852 In the Magistrate Court today, in the latest and largest series of British Treasury cases crack- Ing down on currency violations abroad.

At Potenza, one person war killed and 14 wounded when the police opened fire on a crowd of about 1,000 farmers who at- tempted to storm the local pre- Tecture during a violent de.

monstration.

At Naples, some 40 persona were injured when thousands of citizena marched the centrai streeta,

The police intervened and at- tempted to quell thu, demonstra tion. Four policemen were at- most lynched by the mob be.. fore reinforcements succeeded in saving them,

As the result of the PotenLA shooting, the Chamber of La- bour, has ordered a 24-hour general strike ansa Vign of pro- test against the "facility with

Evidence showed Str.· Ed2 In the second case, heard at | which the polico.ard using fire- mund's, caso came to the atten-Southend. Mrs. Ann Rankin was arma ngainst the people.”—

on of the authorliles when one fined ddo 58. for sponding United Press.

of his cheques for 4400 was sterling at Monte Carlo' during Batavin, Apr. 302 takou from an American noliter her holiday. One of her cheques The Indonesian Republican at the Swiss border with France gut into Intrator'a account. Ministry Information today during a routine ch denied there la any revolution by the soldier was and how he got Business Entertainment Sir Edmund, in a statement Sundanese Wastorn Java it was not revealed.

THE WEATHER

A moderate anticprioga „ima developed

over Mongolia, and fa, køreading south-

Ipg the day a rather warm. S

Yontarlayn-Withering

when the

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Corps

Shortly before noon GMT the Marines landed after VJ-Day coffin carrying King Christian, ready for possible cument who died ten days ago. against the Japanēše.

borne by six colonels and six Commenting on the with. commanders to the horse-drawn

hearse.

The procession then moved slowly through the streets. The

King's favourite

horge,

ON OTHER PAGES Roll, which he used to ride in

ban beon most netive; in recent Dr. Efouard Benes, Fresident but Sundanese leaders reiterated The case was heard at Henly-read in court, explained he went ward. Fraw remains spoderately hívh weeks along the South Chian of Czechoslovakia, said today: that one fa in progress with In-Arden. Bir Edmund, who is to France on business and spent to the 8 of Japan, and low ever. ** Const between Macao and consider the setting up of a 200,000 armed men conducting managing director of the Her-considerably entertaining per- Chink Adelon, l'approche Ho

| kaldo from W; moother popsure) to" ka. Canton.

Jewish state in Palestine the only guerilla warfare against the cules Cycle Company, pleaded sous in the same business developing over the Kantern Gene Well equipped and matured, possible and just solution of the Repubilean Army. pulity. He told the Treasury he Cannes. One count involved a Today's Forecast the Moderated and SF the smuggling squadron was Jewish question, the Czech The Dutch now paper, sught his dealings were "In cheque made out to a hotel to winder dandy with partial sheering, duce- smashed in recent engagements, News Agency reported tonight. "Algent Indische Dalblad at order" and was unaware of any, cover expensesiza and four yessols have been. Dr. Benes was addressing do. Bandung, which is in Bun- viclation of the British, ro-. The other, two counts against captured, including Heng On, legatds of the World Jewish Con- danese territory, said that units gulationà against cashing ater, him were based on cloques for Wing Hang, Wing On and the gress, European Council, who of various Repúblicas. Army, leur cheques "broad.

42,300 and 22,000, Chuon Locks Tho÷ (alpsintel, called on him in Prague today foreva: have broken away from IzỰThe which the smugglers fretto He promised to halp to bring President Boskarno

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Price Control Fines Pupe Threa

Palestine Argument, Page Four

London Manhunt: Fuge Five

Tanaka's Defence, Page Six

H.K. Income Tax Puga Savon

Loan For China?

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