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HONG KONG, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1948.

ISRAEL MAY BE CUT IN TWO Putting Jap Tanker

Arab Thrust Eight Miles From Coast

Arab Assurance

Lake Buccess, May 29. The Transjordan Foreign Minister, in a cable to the President of The Becurity Council, today assured the United Nations that there was

no further danger to the holy places in Jeruzalem.

The cable said:

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"Arabi

continue the protection

of holy places as have been done since the day of Caliph

DAY! Omar. No better proof of thie Intention can be found than in King Abdulian's visit to Jerusalem, His Majesty visited the sacred Mosque and the Holy Sepulchre to make sure no damage befell it."- Router,

Dame May Whitty Dead

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Hollywood, May 29. Dame May Whitty, grand old} lady of the English stage, died. here today at the age of 82. She had appeared

stogu and screen for more than 60 years,

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married to Ben Webster, also a well-known actor and barrister, who survives her together with a daughter, Mar-

Webster. goret

who made her own name on the stage-producing Shakespeare productions for the Theatre Gulki,

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Dare Whitty was awarded the

1018. She was

pro-

D.B.E. In minent in Britlah War Rellet

Fifteen Miles Ministers

Tel Aviv

From

London, May 30.

[Iraqi troops were last night reported by Arab sources to have thrust within eight miles of the Palestine coast,, threatening to cut the Jewish stato in two and isolate the northern settlements.

They seized Kilkelya, only 15 miles from Tel-Aviv,

Israel's capital, these sources said. In Jerusalem, meanwhile, [ Arab Legion artillery WON sending Incendiary shells into the Jewish-held New City

while pillars of black smoke still rose over the Old City, "occupied by the Arabs on Fri-

day.

At Latrin, half-way, along the winding rock-onked Tel Aviv- Jerusalem road, a fierce buttle still raged for the control of the Jewish lifeline blocked by these Araba siner their forces invaded Palestine,

Fanatical Maganah gunmen, In inst-minute attempt to prevent the würrender of 2,000 Jews in the Old City, threaten. ed to shoot the Chief Rabbl and Mayor, Dr.

walked to the chalrating Arab Legion lines, according to latest reports. Dr. Webgarten sald "The Haganah held me a virtual pri-

To Be Named Today

Nanking, May 30. President's Chiang Kai-shek will issue “deeree tomorrow appointing different mlatsters and political commissionera (ministers without portfollo) whom the new Premier, Wong Wen-hao, had nominúted as his Cabinet, according to re-

suner, knowing I abhorred fight-liable sources today. Ing and the destruction of the Reliable sources sük! there are of city und wished to negotiate no major changes the cabinet an honourable surrender and save except Wang Yiwu as Finance our lives and the historic and Minister. sacred buildings,"

Jews

Counter Attack

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The cabinet is expected to be one since the ministries

for the Young China

ure still unfiled.

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The Generalissimo called meeting at his residence this afternoon when final decision on? the cabinet appointments was torny made.

Israel Army The | wunter-attacked on the norther

capturing the Lebanese Mordecal front,

Weingarten and take ropriazia Army camp at Mujakich village, was reported

on his family, when he seized the white flag of surrender and

More Gold Located In Bangkok

winch; numerous charitable worits, 1

Changchun To Be"Dry"

- tyyBangkok,, MBF-29.

With the Democratic Socialist definitely out of the Party cabinet, the Young China Party today to be still withholding purticipation in the

over government until their conditions. were accepted,

a Jewish renumurique said.

They also claimed the capture of the Plice

station there. The neighbouring village of

Lel-chen brought the party's Kalls was also occupied by the

conditions this morning from Jews after the destruction of three Lebanese urmoured cars Legislative

for settlement of the Shanghal

Yuan. membership and several inicks.

The Jews today claimed other dispute.

The conditions were reported operations on Lebanese territory. Jewish infantry units, they sald, mediately on receiving the con- to be "very excessive." Im- penetrated

into the village ofditions, the Premier called on the Allakun. The Penetration was president at 9.30 am. this mom- effected after nir raids on the Ing to discuss the term.-United

villages of Bin village and on

added that the Jewith settlement of Ramoth Najihall, on the Lebanese border, was begulged by the Arabs.

...

Her film successes included "Mrs. The police today, discovered

on the Miniver" and Emlyn Williams more than half a ton of stolen northeastern tren "Night Must Fall"-United Press. gold in 17 crates hidden in ani in u Jewish

reported communique los ice factory near Bangkok rail night. Two Syrlan border police station.

posts were attacked and destroy- Heavy casualties The gold is part of the looted, they said. from the $2,500,000 robbery were

inflicted on the chemy and which took place when bijackera farms _were_captured,liwas seized 38, crates of bullion from claimed.

truck a tru on May 25. Twenty- The cornmunique three crates at present have been recovered. Nanking, May 30. The robbery was the biggest Changchun, the Communist-In Slam's history. It took place the satened capital of Man- while the gold truck was trans chuck, will become a city of porting the shipment to the air-

port to be flown to Macao. prohibition, beginning June 1.

United Press. omeports from the North Eastley sald the local author- the In Changchun have pro- relaimed # special set of orders "banhink the manufacture; sale anet drinking of wines, to ensure a sufficient food sup

supply for the

Czech Elections Begin

Threatened

With Gun

SLURS AGAINST CHIANG KAI-SHER

ALLEGED

Price: 20 Cents.

On The Right Side

"Work on uprighting the capsized Japanese tanker, towed upside down to a point off Stonecutters' Island a few months ago after being solvaged opposite the Harbour Office by the Marine Department, began yes- terday.

The former whotstrals ima Maru" was hit by American bombera in attacks during the war. After being salvaged it was turned over to the Chinese authorities.

The task of #prighting the craft was assigned to- the Universal Euineering Company whose men havo been working on the ship for two months preparing it for the final effort.

The picture above shows the ship slowly uprighting itself while air was being pumped into It for buoyancy. When the job is completed, the vessel will be towed to Shanghal where it will be broken up. (China Mall, Photo)

SHANGHAI STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE TODAY

Shanghai, May 30.

University students today postponed their May 30 incident demonstration until Monday when they are expected to convert the anti-British and anti-Japanese anniversary into anti- American sentiment.

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MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATED

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The local American community led by the U.S. Cones

sul-Ġeneral, Mr. J. McKenna, yesterday com- memorated Memorial Day at the foot of the obelisk Kuhlan Monument at Happy Valley. After a short service, conducted by the Rev. John Bechtel, the gathering adjourned to the nearby cemeteries to place wreaths on the graves of American dead.

Addressing the assembly at the Monument, Mr. McKenna said: "Today at home our countrymen in every city, town and village are going to their local cemeteries to pay tribute to their dead. And through- out the world, wherever there at least two or three Americans, gatherings similar to this are taking place."

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Homage

In added: "We have a small number of Americans buried here in Hong Kong and to them we render cur homoge...We pay tribute to them act for Thoir descendants and friends...

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if we were remembering our own deau

dead."

Others present at the ceremony Included Messrs. J. C. Thompson (Vice-Consul), Richard Service Vice-Consul) Fred A HW (Vice-Consul), D. A Middleton, Col. Hume, Roy Pearson, Mixs Sutherland, Miss Zimmerman, Miss Lambert, Wayne Richard-

Mr. son,

Jacobsen and many

others.

The

obelisk monument which, yesterday's ceremony was held

was erected in memory of American and British navel mon who lost their lives in an ex- pedition against pirates ON

Kuhlan,

one of the potorious

Typhoon Brewing

Manilla, May 20, The Weather Bureau inld' today 'that a typhoon is developing off the amet coast of the Philippines.

Barometric

depression

"building up to typhoon Intensity" about 500

miles northeast of Bamar, leland, #ccording to the Bureau. The depression is moving north- easterly six miles per hour with maximum 'winds of 66 miles per hour.

It gave the position 13.1 N. and 130.1 E-United Pross

American

Floods Spreading

New York, May 29.

Flood waters spread in an

buccaneer strongholds on the is overwidening path of des--

land of Tyle.

Following an

unsuccessful ex- pedition against the pirates.

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truction over Northwest.

1845, a large-scale combined Bri-

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the Pacific

Governor M. C. Wallgren of tish and American naval assault Washington State declared destroyed the pirate stronghold. | state

of emergency, Governor Hundreds of buccaneers were C. A. Robins of Idaho Indicated killed in the attack fed by U.S.6.that similar action had been "Powhattan" and HB.M. "Rat-planned. tier, Nino Britons and Ameri-

The situation in Eastern Wash- MEN calu were killed and 20. wound-ington, Nbstranis Oregon, Nottatá

ern Idaho, Western. Montane and British Columbia, was described by the Ited Cross as a "regional disaster."

Stardom planried to gather a base to, enslave other Asiatic at St. John's University where nation." in 1925 the day after the kill- Ing of several Chinese students: Yesterday

the United Press. Nanking Road in downtown centre their pre-, decessors demonstrated against the American presideilt of the University, Dr. Fenncia. 27 Hawks-Pott.

Students demonstrated at Amoyed.

without Incident.-

on

Pett allegedly prohibited dents flying the Chinese fig.

It is expected the students will make the flag incident another evidence of American Imperial-

ese demonstrations.

Peiping Students Active

the

J.

Killed By Pirotos

In

The monument was first erecti ed in the Wanchai District. 1934 it was removed to Happy Valley, opposite the Police Re creation Club.

VICTORIA'S NURSE DEAD

Deaths numbered 15. Damage to crops and property grew into uncounted millions,

Primary railway and main road routes were either closed, or dis-,- rupted.

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EIGHT WORKERS KILLED

Annecy, France, May 29. Eight workmen were killed and | Afteen seriously injured today when an explosion went off pre- maturely in a tunnel they were building between Les Houches and Chedde, neor Chament

The tablet on the Monument reads: "Erected by the officers A protest has been 168ged

Thousands of refugees fled and crews of U.S. Steam Frigate from their homes along the tri- with the Hong Kong authorit

and H.B.M. Steam butaries of the Columbia river.- ius against the derogatory re-

Peiping, May 30..........

attler--in-memory -- ct Associated Press. marks against President Chiang

Student activides directed their shipmates who fell in Kai-shek printed in local' Com- ist."

against "American support of combined boat attack on a fleet munist publications, reported Police To Attend Japan" today began at Pel-of piratical junks off Kuhlan, the Kuomintang newspaper, Students of Kwanghua Uni-ping's. three principal univer- August 4, 1855." National Times, yesterday.versity, which was formed by sitles, including the American- The names of those who fell The newspaper sald that the undergraduates and faculty mem- supported Yenching Univer- are inscribed on a separate tablet. Dr. Weingarten continued: protest was lodged with Mc. D. bern of St. John's who revolted sity whose president is When two of my Rabbis on be- M. MacDougall, Colonial Secre- against Dr. Fott, will attend American Ambassador, half of the non-combatants, tried tary, by the office of the Special Monday's ostensibly i anti-Japan- Leighton Stuart. to contact the Arab Legion and Commissioner (Foreign Affairs) seek larms, the Haganah shot one for Kwangtung Kwangsi, Mr. T. through the face and shoulder, W. Kwok, with

Tho gun at my head I was

that as a report added fold

would be shot if

I at-result of the protest, the Com tempted to surrender and that, if munist publications concerned Prague, Muy 30..

escaped, my family would be have been warned by the author Al National Assemblymen, now Voling-in several places half-mede to suffer.

itles to desist from further "I told

Haganah they could publication of inulting remarks Ministry of choslovak Lengrat

elections. shoot me if they liked, but they against the President of China. National Defence, urging the Steady rain possibly reduced the would have to face an immediate Goverment to give its allention strength of the polling in the revolt of religious Jews and non- to the veriousness of the military first hours. It did not, however, combatants. situation in the North East and provent a fairly regular line of "I then took the white dog and prompt action to defend Chang-votors presenting themselves be- and walked toward the Legion chun from capture by the Com- fore the election committees in machine-gunners who brought mmunists.-Kauter-AAP,

the capital, Reuter.

me to their commander with I discussed surrender

civilian population.

The milliary and the police are being mobilised to enforce law and order,

ler, effective next month.

Meanwhile, delegates ropre- Banting Manchurat

in

legislators

73, last night presented | sceret~-opened, today in the Cze

to

Ruhr Workers Vote

For Shutdown

Hamburg, May 30.

Moro than 96 per cent of the Ruhr-workers-voted-to-- day to shut down Europe's Pittsburgh for two

✨ days in protest against the appointment of a former Nazi industrialist to the Steal Produc- tion Board.

Over half a million inen, Breckler, Union chairman-in-the

7

On the Egyptian front, mean- while, Jewish forces aro 50-

-Arsb villages, some”?i0 miles

BRITAIN

United

Yenching, Poita and Tsinghua Included in the programme

is Universities sponsored polls while free

discussion on the current

speeches criticizing the American policy in Japan. The intra policy toward Japan were police is expected to turn out to delivered to a meeting-at-Peita

nesuits of the Pelta "poll" fol- lowed the studen: line:

bresérvo order.

Fuhtan University students voted overwhelmingly in a "poll" to condemn United States im perialism which is using Japan as

HEADING

FOR NEW CRISIS?

London, May 30.

San Francisco, May 30. Mrs. Emily Richards, who once

The tunnel is part of an elec served Queen Victoria of England as a nursemald, dled here yester tre power project which when 1. Japanese. impertallam

is day at the aged of 105. She was finished will bring water in the being reborn as a result of the nurse to a

grandson of the

summer months from the Alpine American grooming of Nippon with her husband 60 years ago. Lucotville dam,

Queen before going to Canada ice Colds to the still uncompleted

the bulwark against Russia. 2.

China must take on "Indepen- She had been a resident of San About 800 men were on tha dent" stand on Japan since she Francisco for 27 years Associat-Job at the time of the blast. would be the first to suffer fromed Press.

| Associated Press,

Japan's Press.

resurgence. -- United

CORPUS CHRISTI..

OBSERVANCE

Cathedral

ported-to-have occupied two | |Financial quarters feared today that Britain is "The feast of Corpus Christi was

solemnised heading rapidly for a now economic crisis.

yesterday at the southeast of Gaza. An Egyptian They said bluntly that once again the Government

of the Immaculato Conception by a Pontifical High Mass n the morning and an all- day exposition of the Blessed

train coming from the Egypt border to Gaza was blown up by Jawish forces in Negev,

As the third week of the Arab Invasion of Palestine began, latest Jewish and Arab claims gave this account of today's positions on the battle fornts:

Arab Grip

voted and as the counters work British Zone, sald, "We will go Tightens

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continued it became increns-through with the protest. ingly evident that the men are not so much interested in the Individual case of Hermann were determined to strike, on

liqusch's appointment to Fine F-and-ēr

at

| Sacrement followed by a proces- slon and Benediction in the after-

The Weather

has over-estimated its ability to reduce Bri- tain's trade. deficit. Even Marshall Plan aid, they said, cannot close the yawning gap. And the country's dwindling gold and dollar reserves are shrinking near the danger point..

The Influential Manchester,would total £137,000,000, or 50 Guardian was BO concerned percent more than is envisioned AL ¡9860. GMT" (# p.m. Jocal time), the about the worsening situation in the economic survey. The typhoon was.centred about 600 mile BE that devoted a column-long nancial editor of the London of Formosa moving NNW at LE kuola.

News Chronicle placed. It

A well developed trengh of law pressure editorial of its precious space £160,000,000, which is

sitchen southwards from: •” depression only lo lender

entitled "Nearer £10,000,000 lead thing the survey: depression over Tonking,

Jover Bhanel, nerowe Central Chlàm to the the Rocks." Similar warnings estimated for all of 1948. Southern Front (Egyptians) appeared in the

A ridge of high pressure istanda south- financial the Stalemate Duly-pofrol-gelio columnus of London news coming the

Taking "invisible" necounts into plants from the animalone ser

eNews Chron-Japan to Formona, Central Front American and British Zend wish to make clear once and for Egyptians)-Arabs are tightening (Arab Legion,

.... "Today's 'Forecast r-aföderite vladi, worked dosperately to all the position of the Unions in their

papers,

i extimated the Treasury would grip on the New City.of.

Chancellor of the Ex-Save

have an overall deficit by the end fombat Umon-radually verring to a pr bep them in the job, but the matter of thear her appoint Juretom nerd by the Jews cheque, Sir Stufford Cripps, took of June of £200,000,000 The fair intervals to attersson lak. Bome

| following the fall of the Old City cognizance of the cry of alarm como survey so the gure at Yesterday's Weatheri Tho one bright noto is the yesterday. Overnight Jewith at- by scheduling a press conference 138,000,000.

Maximums 82.4, deg. Palu worsening. Ruhr situation, so far tempis to break into the decupled for next Wednesday to discuss But the overail drain on Bel-Misimuts: 18.4 deg. Fah is that workers in other Indus- Old City were beaten back. Heavy Trade Returns and the Balance will be greater even than that, Rainfalls 18.8mm1:00 in. Total since

gold and dollar reserves Bunshines Le boura tries in the vital, arex have said fighting is continuing at Lafirun, of Postal circles asid Crippa friancial circles said. The Man UK Civil Defence To Join they will keep on working, half-way between Jerusalem and Financial

-Military.

Arnold Duner, chairman of

of the Tel Aviv The Jews have en- economie survey for 1948, cala, would have to dip into its

chester. Guardian estimated Bri- g), meninak ́ ́ars' average (of 350,0 mm.m

•Railway" Duratdan oof ston) and Iron according to Arab report 999 voy:estimated;"Britain'a,vis,kia | "We Worel buvo suffered - way on nyt publlahad only in March, gt- Ag' hdvised to the nud Lobaneda)~~~~Iraulsdinim to

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nomination

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serualtica. ** roady in out of date The Aur reserves for at least

during the

That would trade deftols at 89,600,000 for

run the Front (leng), Syriana the first half of this year. In 2 490,000,000 estimated in the Dew: Pelak

to £170,000,000 Instead of Tal Homesdfty have advanced within 10 miles of this first pur months alone survey. At 200,000,000, the rur Wind Direction, grel: Apiw.. and occupied. Kilzelyn, khina-nutually

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to stop the drafts, even at the cost

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As of June. 4, 1948, all bottles, and trays be redeemed at the new deposit chargo, which as follows:

Trays

Bottles:

$1,20 each 20 each

-Beginning Monday, May 31, all bottles and trays will be, iszûed by the Company of the new reduced, deposit charges. · Such containers will bear a distinctive märklig to designate that they are redeemable at the new charge,

All bottles and trays outstanding, prior to May Si will be redeained at the old deposit charge of $5.00 for each tray wid $0.30 tor koch bottle until and, on Juno'

Consumers are urged, to turn in all empty con dainers, to, their dealers' “before. June a. ilkowlo dealers should redeem all empty containers With us in order, to collect the previous deposit charge. After June 3 the new deposit schedule will be in full affect and no redemptions can be made at the old schedula

The management takes pleasure in announciat this deposit reduction is the bellet that, asalat dealers and consumers, in maintainin adequate stocka: by reducing)

cash outlay.