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HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948.

JEWS BOMB ARAB CAPITAL

British Airfield Also Attacked

Wants End Of Treasury Control

Arab Reply To UN Awaited

Ammon, Transjordan, June 1.

Jewish oirmon dropped explosive bombs and in- condiarios today on Ammon, capital of Trans- jordan, and killed six Arab civilians, officials. announced.

The Hon. Mr. D. F. Lan- dale is to move In Legisla-The tive Council this afternoon representations to the Secre- tary of State for the imme- diate termination of Treasury control over the Colony.

Mr,' Landale's motion reads: -

That living regard to the! financial difficulties with which the United Kingdom

British Army in Haifa announced Jewish wor- planes also bombed an R.A.F.-airfield_bear Amman. The British announcement said 12 Arabs were killed and 30 were wounded and a number of grounded aircraft were damaged in the raids.

The boiling aroused bitter- All yesterday afternoon

ani

They

military and political,

reviewed all the aspects, both

Doctors Threaten Boycott

Sydney, May 31.

The Australian Govern-

ment's free medicine plan will be inaugurated to- morrow despite fierce opposi- tion by physicians, who say they will boycott it.

Under the plan, druggists-will- dispense free of charge medicines prescribed by doctors and wili debit the cost to the Government, Even the wealthiest may obtain medicine tree.

The British Medical Association

be-

to boycott the plun, partly criptions in duplicate on Gov- cause doctors must write pres-

bir- ernment forms and partly cause certain drugs are exclud- et specifically from those plied free.

sub-

faced as a result of losses incurred, Ness here as the Arab Lengue leyebing they me! Informally and advised its members in Australi during the war, and having rc-opened formal discussion of talked until 2 a.m. today. -gard to the heavy burden which the United Nations Security called in the military committee the United Kingdom inxpayer is Council order for a four-week called upon tu bear, this Council, ¦ cease-fire in the Palestine war, On behalf of the Colony, accepts;

The Aruba stuff the rald meant the proposals contained in Majesty's Government announce there was virtually no possibility nl the cease-fire 1946, of acceptance iment of the 27th April,

as order. They any a truce would be which this Council

regards representing a great effürt and accmpletely to the Zionist atvan- very real proof of sympathy al lage, allowing Le State of Israel goodwill of His Majesty's Governe four-mere ment towards the Colony.

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If the Arabs refuse the proposal they believe they would draw worldwide crillelam as well as the possibility of the United Stater Bling the arms embargo to allow guns and planes to reach the Jews,

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week! in which to The Arabs also fear that if they jetrengthen itself for further con-accept the Jews night exploit the situation. They, reportedly. with inceting difficulties

opinion which now virs An all-out offensive be- lieving the Arabs can win major victories-Associated United Press,

That this Connell respectfully ficts. requests

Excellency. the

Meanwhile heavy fighting con President, to nequaint the Secreted on the lifeline road he ary of State with the above res

and Jerusalem solution and of the same time to tween Tel-Aviv

nt and on the sharon constal plain

make the necessary represento. tions to him with a view to:-

i pence talks continued.

A late traca roinmunique from

(0) the immediate termination glad att trugl forces cag- of Treasury control over the

hared Kfar Yona, four miles east Colony: aud

ex-

Ensuring the speedy (b) amination and decision on the

of the Jewish ajumond centre of

a drive in Nathomya

cat to hruth to the sea and seal off

part f the Services concerned viv from the northern port

in respect of the denial claims.

New Water Supply Hours

of Haita.

A

"Iran: jordan communique sakan nithek by Jewish forces on Arab Legian positions near Batroun was repulsed with the Jews leeing 114 dead and large quantities of war materiala.

The Hagabal communique to- By made no mention of activities in the atrium area where onU

of the most bitter battles of the Jewish-Arat, war has been under way for days for possssion of

As a result of the recent the highway. rain there has been some im-

provement in the storage of Arab Talks

chiefs of

the

public

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Press and

Transport Workers To Strike

Berlin, May 31.

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that

The Government replies the real objection is fear that if the free medicine plan succeeds, the Government will `nationalize doctors.-United Press-

MEDICAL

Prico: 20 Cents.

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PICTURE OF THE DAY PROFESSORS APPEAL TO A Trifle TRUMAN ON JAP AID

Upset

Acrobatic dancer, Betty Rose, of Bydney sitting

on

her head, rarely performed aven by an expert. We can, of course, think of better things to do.

ASSISTANCE

TO RECOVER GOLD Eighteen women smugglers went to the Queen

Mary Hospital last night, to have more than 100 gold bars, which they carried from Macao in their bodios, extricated, after X-ray.

Old Ruse

Used In P.I.

Manila, June 1.

One woman had to have an-

Shanghai, June 1. Three hundred and thirty-eight Chinoso university professors hore sent a joint appeal today to President Truman and the Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, requesting the United States to stop aiding Japan but instead to help build up China to be the stabilising fac- tor in the Far East.

"MABEL" MISSES OKINAWA

Tokyo, June 1. The 00-mile - per - hour typhoon "Mabel" swerved suddenly this afternoon and just barely missed Okinawa where the U.S. Army Installa- tlons had made preparations to withstand the destructive wind-

Communist Advance Continues

Shanghal, June 1. Following their capture of. Taian, strategic Tientsin- Pukow railway city, Com- munist troops in southwest 'Shantung today began an ad-

The appeal coincided with the statement issued by Mr. Pan Kung-chan, Chairman of the Shanghai City Govern- ment, urging his countrymen not to blame the United States for their country's troubles. and asking the Chinese people to band together in an effee- tive and all-outanți-Com- vance against, the Government munist drive, so that the stronghold_of__· Tseyang__(for- nation, united and at peace, | merly known as Yenchow), 40 can take its rightful place as the stabiilsing factor in thai part of the world.

Sook Friendship

Harbour

miles to the south and also on the railway, according to pro- Government despatches.

At the same time, fresh Red

In their message to. Washington, columns are said to have crossed' River to threaten the

that the Yellow professors emphasised the Chinese people eagerly seok Tsinan, provincial capital, which to be friends of the American is already isolated except by air. Earlier today.

but deplored

With further stretches of the General Mac- | people

that the:

and Jorge wheat Arthur's headquarters finshed ty- United States had often failed to vital railway

стора in danger of falling into phoon warnlags in Okinawa and observe thoroughly the Far East-

ern situation.

Communist hands, the Nationalist the Hyukyus which were in the ern

to be reported of

They onrushing."Nabel"

pointed out that if the Command Path

reinforcements into south nickname of the latest Far East present poilty continues in Japan,

areas, nearby antung from repetition of Pearl typhoon

where The typhoon had been expected could be expected. The profes especially north Kiangsu, to hit Okinawa during the after-sors, it

It is believed, had decided a greater part of the Government noon but suddenly

the sending appeal in

In order to forces are at present engaged in the northeast

movement against and left the in- impress the United States that a converging stallations unharmed.

while the recent anti-Amarican the Red army trapped in the The typhoon is now down to agitations among certain students Haichow area.

all other fronts - Chang On all storm intensity" and is here might be. Communist in- sipating

and heading for the spired, they also feel concerned chun in Manchuria, south Jehol, opan sea, according to weather over the American policy in Honan, Hopet and north Shansi uficials here.

Japan.

a lull prevailed in the past 24 Weather observation planes Mr. Pan Kung-chan made it hours. Torrential rain in south went out and charted the course clear in his statement that the Jehol has brought all troop move-

storm.

majority of the Chinese people ments to a stand-still, and further warare against the present attempts delaying the Nationalist columns in this to stir up anti-American senti- advancing to the relief of the

of

the

swerved to on

Smice the end of the

Lveral army outposta part of the world have suffered rents and charged that the pre-hard-pressed garrison of Cheng- Fevere damage by typhoons which asually are most numerous dur ing the autumn-United Press,

unaesthetic before the gold SIGNIFICANCE

could be removed from her body.

OF WANG'S APPOINTMENT

went campaign is a deliberato at-

under fumpt by the Reds to incite bad teh, which is at present

slege. feeling between the American ayıd

Meanwhile, Communist agents Chinese people.

in Shanghai are reportedly using

a new trick to food the city withi

en Apprehensive

However, he explained that the anti-Government slogans through" Chinese people are naturally up- the

the malls+ pieltensive of any action which

out large They are sending would aid the revival of Japan-numbers of invitation cards to a. ese militarism and expressed the wedding and on the back of the

statesmen cards are hope that American

printed the usual will take a long-range view of slogans and messages against the Japonese economic and other de Government.

It is understood that most af velopments.

He warned that a short-sighter the recipients of the cards have Nanking, May 31,

endanger During a search on the dock-

hitherto been Government'em-. The appointment of Wang pelley would eventually side 17 gold bars were extricat-Yun-wu as Finance Minister of United States, Chinese and world ployees and higher staff member ed from two woman and one the first constitutional Govern security. Mr. Pan said that many of Chinese Industrial

Revenue officers under Inspec- tors Redman and Croodake ona routine search arrested 21 women and three male passengers of the Merry Moller when she arrived

from Macos at 6.30 p.m.

mam

establish-

A final decision to call a sirike of 18.000 Berlin bus, train and underground-workers was taken today at a meeting of transport union leaders. The

Certain importers, both Filipino workers will walk out on Wed-

and alien, havo reportedly re- work

moved lubels or marka on goods nesday and resume hours later,

imported from Japan and are The strikers will include 170 noising off the merchandise as water in the reservoirs, and

bus drivers running a special bus American-or European - made. the Water Authority has an-

The other suspects were sentment was regarded here as would recall how Japan was once ments in the city. Reuter. service for the British, taking The practice is believed due to The political

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restoration era and how that with affect

changes in Meiji Stub Stales today met officiully Control Commission employees to fears that Filipinos will boycott to the hospital for X-ray and 102 especially significant as it might alded by the British during the

the articles.

mentioned gold bars were extricated from presage major

asalstance their offices. frain today and until further to decide on the Security Coun-

British authorities in tho Officials Issued waming Their bodies by women

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doctors China's present economic policy. this well

Anally turned by Japan against notice the hours of supply cil's appeal for a four-week truce city sympathise with the demands that fraudulent labelling is A Wong and Coombs, assisted by Wang was known to favour u will be from 6 a.m. to 9 pm. in Palestine.

Fr the first time Saudi Arabia for a 25 per cent wage increase, a violation of the patent law and five nursing aids in the operation more liberal export-Import and England herself.—Reuter.

foreign exchange control system. Faul coupon-free midday meal and a punishable. Mislabelled goods in theatre. Fruit A representative,

He once suggestil relaxing the British lude toys, neckties and fans. higher ration category,

system to one-third controlled 119 Bars Found

and two-thirds free policy, but The bars were wrapped in cot- this was refused by Chang Chun. Hollington Tong was appointed ton cloth and were tied together as Minister without Fortfolio. In There were addition 10 five Ministerial with rubber bands, three, four or five bars in each

one Ministry changes, tunale.

Previous to today hours of

Tlau

souply were 6 to 10 am, and 4 19 Hamza. There is still no Indich: spokesman staled today,

tion what the Arab answer will be.

13. The reservoirs are still far from bring

full and it is necessary that they should be filed before the end of the summer months in order to provide sumelent stored water for use during the next dry winter months.

Although the day time restric tions have now been removed this floes not mean that water con be used lavishly and the public is requester

Telephone

To Canada

Montreal, May 31. Telephone service to Nanking

to continue its much and Shanghai, China, will go into appreciated cooperation by econo-effect tomorrow, Bell Telephone mising in the use of water untli of Canada all reservoirs are full.

announced. Service between Shanghai and

The British view is that the strike cannot accomplish anything since any decision on the demands must be reached by the four- power Kommandatura, which is already giving them sympathetic consideration-Reuter.

Stevenson Suggestion

Conversations looking toward expansion of Philippine-Japanese trade will be held this week by. American and Filipino officials. Filipino experts will advocate a rade plan which will not thow Philippine Industrialization the

Press.

programme_off_balance-United

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WENT UP IN SMOKE!

Macclesield, May 30, Parishioners of Wincle Church learned today during the centen- ary celebration why the early If the rains which may now be Canada was discontinued when

Shanghai, June 1.

history of their church is. anticipated during the next few the Jupunese attacked Pearl Har- The British Ambassador, Sir known. The records went up in months should fall much below bour, while service to Nanking Ralph Stevenson, has suggest-pipe smoke. averago and if consumption has never been available pre- ed the opening of the inland Reverend W. S. Elliott revealed reaches too high a level it may viously. be found necessary to re-imposo An official said a three-minute waters to foreign shipping as that 100 years ago, the village day time restrictin

call to either of these Chinese an effective measure to boost innkeeper who was church war- Much can be done to nyold this cities from Montreal would be China's foreign-trade, accord-den used the 17th century re- cards to light his customers' It everyone will continue to use US$12 on week days and $9 on ing to the Central News pipes-United Press.

water In moderation,

Sundays.--United Press.

Ruhr Union Leaders

Call Off Strike

Dusseldorf, May 31,

Union leaders today_concelled a strike of 100,000 Ruhr metal workers which was to have started at midnight.

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Agency in Chungking.

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At a press conference yesterday, Sir Ralph, who is on a tour China's northwest, said that by waters, ho opening the Inland mearit the opening of the two im- portant Yangtse river ports of Nanking and Hankow to foreign shipping,

Once these ports were declared open, he sald, the volume of Sino- British trade will be greatly in

creased.

The Ambassador said that there

bo was no direct trado -relations

and Tibet, but tween Britain

between Inila

The strike was to have pro--Hans Boeckler, union leader added that trade tested the appointment. of in the British zono, aald Hermann Reusch, pre-war Ger-walkout was called off pending and Tibet was rapidly expanding.

Sir Ralph refused to comment

An

Bars were also found on an- other of the men.

"Euch"bar"weighed 'five tacle and

messured half an inch by three In all, 119 bans were found.

inches.

·Value of these at current oport market rate is $195,100. The women smugglers' ages ranged

from 10 to 47 years. They were .typical country women 'except for five who are

hair European

styles. They were' taken to Central Police Station' and charged but all were balled out at $1,000 each. They will appear at the Central

with illegal"Importing of gold Magistracy this morning charged into this Colony.

To Remove Doubts

On Wartime Marriages

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-KILLED FOR REFUSING DRINK

BURMA MISSION IN PRAGUE

Prague, May 31, The Burmese trade delegation which has been visiting Prague left today for Czechoslovak indun- trial centres to continue their Manila, May 31. For refusing to accept_n_cock-study of industrial and nationall- The three-man delegation, head- was orrated with Hsu. Kan as the tall, Ricardo Lorenzo paid with sation-methods

This life. Minister. Hsu was the Comp- troiler-General of the old Gov- rnment. Other Ministers remali In the same hands.-United Press,

Audits

Cardinal's Cousin Died In Brawl

New York, June 1. John Dyer Spellmun, Jur 2 20-year-old cousin of Cardinal Spellman, was killed in

brawl tavern

at Rockville) Centre, Long Island, according to the police today.

The police said Spellman start- ed a juke box while Alfred Jojo Miller, 38, was playing the plano loat night at a Park Avenue cafe. Miller, 207 pound-truck driver, knocked Spellman to the

Noor

the

Lorenzo was attending a luned by U Mia, Vice-President of State Planning Commission, cheon party in a Manila suburb talked with various members of

guest offered him the Czechoslovak ministries Another drink. Lorenzo refused.

on

trade between the two countries.

Tho gudst with the cocktail was It is expected that after these so angered by the refusal that he exchanges the Czechoslovak trade fatally stabbed. Lorenz-United delegation now in India will bo

'sent to Burma.--Reuter.

PI008.

Rehabilitation Of

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Soviet Industry

Washington, May 31.

official Soviet Embassy information bulletin, "USSR," said today that 1,900 industrial ontor-

prises "WOTD "TO- habilitated and built

in the Soviet Union during-1946 and 1947.

The Weather

Forecast-Light

· variable the morning,"

Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity autopsy disclosed death was

„At -0600 „OUTūļā p.m. H.K. Bummer An caused by haemorrhago at the The article, signed by the time) the typhoon was centred about 100 of certain marriages celebrated in the Colony

niles of Okinawa› moving NE`at 10 base of the brain 5 from › weak | Deputy Construction Minister knots. It is weceiurating and pilly after war had broken out in Decomber, 1941,

blood vessels and Spellman pro-A. 5. Vishnlovsky, predicted | taler intamalia. A weak, ridge extende comes before Législative Council, today," bably would still be alive if he that "the scope of Saviat contos Central Chiha from an antiselend had normally strong blood vessels.struction will be greatly aug ver Hokkaido The remaining land and are, doralsused · by complex "The period affected by the doubts us to the validity of such Miller, was arrested later.

mented in the coming year."

depression systems. man steel magnate, as chairman talks in Frankfurt tomorrow been reports that Britain had start Ordinance is from Dec. 8, marriages and to make pro-

Both he and Spellman', were He said that under the slogan Inbour leaders of a committee on Ruhr stoel tween

and the ed the construction of a highway

vision for relief from penalties navy veterans-United Press

Today's "more, steel, for the country," German Economic production.

Administra from India to Ching, and stated:1941, to Oct 16, 1940,

workers completed the following winds. Bbowery during tion. He said he

Over 600 marriages took place applicable under the Ordinance. expected a was for the Indian Embrany.

period come in and for the furnishing of mar-

projects: Rehabilitation of the otherwias falte compromise, but that the unions in Nanking, to answer. Reater during this

first of six, open-hearth_found- *Yesterday's 'Wanthuram some in In- ciage certificates and their licenced churches, would not accept Reusch REAAP.

ternment..camps, some in hotels, missibility as evidence.

The Ordinance explains that considerable authority exists, for saying that where statutory re- quirements become 'impossible of fulalment,

the right to marry in The Foreign Under-Secretary accordance to the commión. „Law,

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chairman.

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MORE GOING OUT Washington, May 31.

Maximum 1 (KT deu. Pah.

In Zaporozhye" steel Past Ausahine:^0.2 hourn.

Copion of severalypow ̧

furnaces scheduled

Minimum: 77,3° đưr. Fak. -

16 go into Rainfall Nil. Total: aines, Jan. T

* Washington, May 31 operation this year, reattying for 19448,4 mm/m17.43, ind, so geriat an The forthcoming trip of the operation of the Brst departments Russian Ambassador)" Airxander of the Trans-Caucasia metallurgy

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Boeckler said there. Communist Doy ́Recruiter. | pressure from the military Gov- Page Three

ernment. General ... Lucius D. Government Hauss investi.. Clay, U.S.Military Governor, said last week the projected ture,

A Governinent-sponsord cost of 5. Panyushkin, to Moscow is ex-works, rehabilitation of the tube- strike would come close to being Mr. Christopher Mayhow, told revives, sihat marriage celd-living survey today showed fiat perted to produce a Russian rolling shop at Dolegrovetrovsk, Bero, es mal Page Riva

Paul a strike against the occupation the House of Commons today brated to compliance with the one out of four American: fami posal for liquidating the $11,156-

construction of that Britain believes the restricti latter is valideyn k

Illes in spending money faster than 500,000 Suvlet; land-leuse debt, Stalingrad, Khastor blanta' in Hal, Kumidity, A VE

Lipetsk and Dww. Potakos trake when T. State Department billeials sald Vladmir, can, corn. It

Mind · Direction qua

(wał WW, by N Boeckler said the unions options on Japanese merchant ship

pping should be confined to those Common Law,

that -in-1 The report said, In 1944 today. posed Reusch because he belong required for security,

The United States has Insistor He said also that during 1948, wind here

Time a schema: to the old order, which « caused

In the Colonies a valid man this was trus cepecially of fami marle

organizations were This view · haa,¿ boen Mason Last Jostaiment of Churchill the war Reusch is not Nazy known to the United States. In: riage, can at common law, bs cs carming $3,000 or less. But that Russia Daya bercentage of

square-mile', houting area for me- L** but Doeckler fraid he ignored the er. Eastern Caunladion, he contracted per Derba de present at, present out all lond-lease supplies with duled to complete 1,100,000 after Page Forteen":

union views and oppoect the Bri- aid ch but the comunitasion has whare, compliance

of familiei isthing up to, $7,500. N Britain and Fraâce darecă te tallurgists, minera, eta machine fromriure in tant situation United, thin principiogging filing is that builder @moond'tish poller "of, þrosking up), cart! venched - nó

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