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No. 34785

Singapore Riots Cost Millions In Trade Losses

Singapore, Jan. 3.

Millions of dollars in trade were lost in the Moslem riots touched off by the handing over by a Singapore court of 13-year-old Maria Bertha Hertogh to her Dutch parents.

Tho transport, entertainment, catering, shipping and retail trades sustained the greatest losses owing to a suspension of business during the fighting. But the cur- and order few which followed the reimposition of low brought an end to night life and hit restaurants, hotels,

cinemas, dance halls and shipping.

HARASSING

TACTICS

A

Saigon, Jan. 3. The French Army said in communique today that Com- munist-led Vietminh troops have harassed three French posts and attacked a village in the region

It noted north of Hanol, lessening in the intensity of

Show Brothers, operators of a chain of cinemas and amusement parks, estimated a loss of S$100,000. Takings at one of their Arst

cinemas, for Instance, fell from S$2,000 a day to S$150.

run

Dance bolls and cabarets were idle. And more than 500 dance hostesses who depend on them for a livelihood were

the on point of starvation.

Twelve ships were delayed in the port because loading and unloading which used to tinue until midnight, had to stop

BUS LINE'S LOBS

con-

enemy offensive action, however, at dusk. Two American luxury liners called during the rioting The Army also claimed im- but tourists could not disembark. provement in the situation around the Tlenyen-Moncay sallant on the northeast frontier of Indo-China. The frontier coastal area has been under constant attack for over a week,

The Singapore Traction Com- pany, which operates a number of bus lines into the clly from the suburbs, reported a loss of French fighters and bombers | S$100,000 in fares during the sald to have struck at rioting. The company also Vietminh assembly areas both in lost three buses destroyed and the region north of Hanoi and in eight damaged, the Moncay-Tienyen area where new Vietminh troop movements Singapore's privately-owned were reported west of Hanol-taxicabs reported a drop iri Associated Press.

were

Movie Empire To Split Up

S$10,000 dally

carnings from to S$5,000.

Department stores and retali merchants, stocked up for Christmas and New Year, sus- tained considerable loss when they had to shut up. However, they declined

their to reveal losses.

Established 1845

THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951.*.

UN Fleet Standing By

For Action

With U.N. Naval Forces off West Coast of Korea,

Jan. 8.

United Nations Naval forces are ready "to redeploy our ground troops by sen," should Korcan war developments make that necessary, Rear- Admiral I. "A. Thackrey said tonight.

He said ships of several UN nations, including those of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia, are lying off shore, waiting to do whatever they can to aid Allied troops. Meanwhile, Adm. Thackrey said, UN vessels are evacuating tens of thousands of Korean refugees from Com- munist threatened areas South of the 38th Parallel.

He said many of the refugees taken out of the danger zone were Republic of Korea officials and other government workers and their families.- Associated Press.

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SEOUL ABANDONED

City In Flames New Exports SOS

As 8th Army

Withdraws

Tokyo, Jan. 4.

Allied troops today were abandoning flaming Seoul ahead of assault waves of Red Chinese troops which swept to the outskirts of the old Korean capital.

A dispatch from Associated Press corres- pondent Stan Swinton said the US Eighth Army gave the order to quit the city Wednes- day morning.

Long columns of trucks and other vehicles, clammed with troops, moved south out of Seoul.

Record

-London, Jan, 3. British exports of tron and steel products during Jast Novemben were 30 per cent over the average in the same month in 1949.

The Board of Trade sajů British exports in November hit a record high

US$803,040,000 worth.

Iron and steel, machinery and textiles contributed most to the record Novem- ber figuro. Iron and steel manufactures exported to- talled $42,840,000, an in- crease of $1,680,000 over

October and 20 percent more than the average for the third quarter,-Asso-

elated Press.

6,000 Men Left

Some UN troops still were in position north of Men

Seoul facing the Red tide.

A grave flanking threat arose simultaneously 50

New York, Jan, 3. Anti-aircraft gunners and radar operators guarding the nation's largest city offered 100-1 odds today that they could knock out any flight miles east of Seoul. North Korean forces were striking of planes attempting a sneak attack over Newswiftly southward toward Allied lines of retreat in Cen- York City.

The Amazing Ilse Koch

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she was egocentric sadisti with a "raging passion for the satisfaction of all sorts of sexual requests" and she experienced an erotic excitement through torturing people.

tral Korea.

Hard-riding

enemy

Whether they were

hour

WHE

Fierce

Rearguard Battles

Jobless

From

P And O Freighter

Seattle, Jan. 8. The 11,000-ton British freighter Falana flashed a distress signal today, re- porting that she had struck a reef and was sinking off› the Coast of Australia.

Coast Guard Headquarters! here sald the distress signal, re:. celved at its siatlon In Keti chikan, Alaska, gave the ship's posliton us five miles northwest of Peait Island in the Percy! group.

Earlier, the Coast Guard sald. a bearing taken at Guam had fixed the source of the signal at: Pine Peak in the Samoan Is lands. Coast Guard Headquari ters in New York found Pine!* Peak Island in the charts of Australian waters and a second signal received from the Palann at Ketchikan confirmed that was the island.

The Merchants Exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, reported that the Palona left her home port of London OF

20

arrived at Melbourne on Nov. 16. Tho vessel was scheduled to leave Melbourne for Brisbane time after Nov. 10,

May Mean Trouble Oct and

In Manila

Manila, Jan. 4, Constabulary troops and special police kept the under close waterfront surveillance today to pre- vent rioting between stevedores of two rival unions after six men were injured in a brawl result- ing from the lay-off of several thousand men

The dismissal of the men

of

came after a change-over cargo-handling control to a now firm.

the

com-

cavalry The 80th Regular Army A¦was reported with this Bank Group with 32 big guns haveing force. taken over the responsibility the feree Mongolian cavalry- for anti-aircraft protection in men or simply North Koreans

arca. the metropolitan

The was not indicated.- group has iwo 16-gun bolta- The question of the lions, one with 120

Im

Would guna was:

the powerful end the other with 00 mm Chinese Communist and North Korean offensive sweep the UN guns.

Lieut.-Col. Oscar Lancaster, Army entirely out of Korea? Augsburg, Jan. 3.

The storm of battle was CX- of Commander, Commander of the Ice Koch, the "Witch

to break over the Buchenwald". had "an extra- 520th Battalion at Fort Totten, pocted ordinary sexual urge" and "un-offered $100 to $1 that his gun ancient Korean capital of Seoul

The city

(By Selkirk Panton) Any hour. controllable

desires",ners could pick off any plane at sexual a paychiatrist testifled at her

fying overhead. He said, "We paralysed. It waited for the

Tokyo, Jan. 4. have been

for trial for war crimes here today.

so busy that we do

to come

the conqueror

Seoul, the deserted South not even have time to

second in kix months... Dr Albert Sieghart said that that we are vor sit on to

Korean spital to this Associated Press correspondent morning in-flames as British The A Group

arrived here from Fort Bliss at El Paso, Stan Swinton sald only a thin and United Nations, forces

on Sunday, two days US and Allied line stood be Texas,

The award by a Court of a and elements of move southward through

to ahead of schedule to set up part tween Seoul

Communist the city. Chinese

cargo servicing contract of a ring of guns that will seven

Brothers Delgado armies at Seoul's outskirts.. guard the city.

So far full news of action is pany threw the Lieut-Col Robert

old labour Connor

depende The stricken elty's fall depen Dr Sieghart said that the said the two battalions could upon how soon the Chinese can being withheld by the tightest unlop out of power after 30 news blackout and Tokyo cen- years on the docks and leaves multiplicity of evidence showing combine their efforts and offer reassemble for a ayaga senush

sors are not permitted to pass 6,000 men jobless unless they 4hat she reported countless a good umbrella to New York, at this holding line. The enemy reports brought out to Japan by

absorbed into the rival CAN'T GRUMBLE

afrontline reporters who prisoners on the slightest provo although other A units would suffered bloody losses cation led to the conclusion that have to be called in to lead aid tornado of fire from Aled guns but of Seoul in the last minute. indicated their own men would HOW union. The new contractors

Warners is one of five major

The rubbermen, however, say she took a special pleasure in it. in the event of ruids by more and warplanes

Fierce rearguard battles are be employed. than 100 planes. defendants in

ties also were heavy. government they can't grumble. Д

docks The

faced Their godowns

Three witnesses sald that the stocks

The Korean Police rounded suburbs of the blazing capital

partial Guns and radar equipment are

of were untouched. An estimate accused had

Cessation herself

today operations struck set up at Fort Totten, in Queen's up the few able-bodied citizens in an attempt to stem the Red of their losses could not be ar- them

because the new contractors with her riding whip and Fort Tilden on Rockaway still left in Seoul and set them Chinese drive on the city.

with rived at immediately.

have not been suppiled. after some petty provocations Beach.

digging entrenchments on The

power-to

his nightly communique the essential equipment to The

dollar other

earning such as seating on duty or operated and aim with the aid the south bank of the Han River. General MacArthur commodity-tin-held Arm with lighting an unauthorised fire. of automatic computers sa per- The Han flows through Seoul. that Scoul was "a major, if not carry on work since the former dimeulty during the riots.

fect that All gun crews have to Normally a good defence line, the major, objective" of the Red contractors removed their Ilso Koch pretended not to do is to "pass the ammunition." it now is frozen. It is no more push. And in The principal feature of the Orders were received, but there

the

early dawn Judge when

Equipment Are-control than a bridge for the swarming light of this morning it seems from the United

borrowed! sensitive consent decree in the Warner was a little delay in shipping. hear Bros. case is separating the

States Army If she had radar equipment can plek Shipping lines and airlines Maginot asked her

likely that the Reds may reach | H I watched

Two for- of were unable to operate during distributing

prisoners making and

hanging

aircraft at distances approcahing

Fires broke out in almost their objective before the Far for temporary uŝe.

elgn vessels with 5,000 tons of movies from the operation of the standstill. But after the from pine trees by their wrist

The 120 mm descried Seoul, once up to 40 miles.

a city of eastern sun rises vory high

impart cargo are awaiting un- guns fire 30-pound projectiles 1,500,000 population. theatres. The Warner chain situation clarified they put on as testified by Kurt Krisch, 31

The fires over the sea of Japan.

at and cleared who had a lame leg and

the pler-United up to 20 miles and are effective

Out in now operates about 430 theatres additional services

unheeded.

the Buildings

Yellow Sen be Icading

Press. throughout the country.-Unit-off the backlog of passengers tired, worn face of a man of 65.

---Reuter.

Washington Jan. 3. The

Justice

Department agreed today to a plan to split the huge Warner Bros. motion picture empire. The arrange- ment, also accepted by the com-

will be submitted to pany, Federal court in New York at

4 p.m. tomorrow for approval.

anti-trust action started in 1938 for the purpose of breaking up alleged unfair practices in the

industry. movie

The other four are RKO, Loew's, Para- mount and Fox.

ed Press,

The rubber trade suffered a littic. Some rubber was stored in danger areas and could not brought out. Government be

ex- offices porters

could not get export icences. They

Incurred additional storage expenses,

were

Assocfated Press.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

shut and

also

and

Coalition Possibilities

WHAT might be regarded as a sign

going on in England for a coalition go- vernment. Up to the present the political parties have certainly retained their distinctive principles--and are proud of it. Nevertheless, there are certain lines on which thought in the principal parties coincides, or at least runa parallel. While there is some confusion in what may be called the outer wings of the parties about im- mediate political questions in interna- tional affairs there is no fundamental difference over opposition to Commu- nism, or over co-operation with the United States and other democratic Powers in defence of democratic prin- ciples. Indeed, Mr. Attlee has no reason at all to doubt that his government's present actions in going on with defence preparations have the fullest support of the country. In due time this can be expected to be demonstrated In Par- llament when it reconvenes on January 23. At the moment the whole defence programme is undergoing an overhaul. When the government in the autumn declared that, given a certain amount of American aid, It could commit the country to a defence programme in- volving expenditure of £3,400,000,000 -later raised to £3,600,000,000--that was the result of the best quick cal- culation that could be maɖo at the time. Now, while orders for munitions are boing "placed and the economy of the country runs on the assumption that defence will atmoch at least 10 per cent of the national income, the de- fence needs of the country, and - her contribution to Western "defence taken;"

on

George

At

th.

as a whole have to be reassessed. this stage no

can estimate ac one curately what may be the military de- mands nor what their impact may be

the nation's

economy. This is something the experts must work out and it will be necessary for them to accomplish it during the next few weeks. Superficially it may appear that it is the government's inten- 'tion to see what can be done without upsetting the government's plans for the population's well-being. It is prob ably more accurate to observe that the government having assessed the needs both of defence and of internal stability, aims to strike the best balance it can between them. But the manage- ment of all this must put some strain on national political unity. Either party might reasonably consider it could order these things better than the other. And there are undoubtedly many people in Britain who believe that now, or soon, the country would be best served by a coalition govern- ment. But it is unlikely that a conll- tion will materialise until the nation's special onda seem unattainable by any othor means. It seems to be likely that a general election will be called in the early Spring and if this should ro ault in a stalemate between Conserva tivos and Socialists as well it might the possibilities of a coalition would bo strong. But for the moment it ́la probably a true bumming-up to observo lightly mysterious though it may room that there is enough unity In the country on fundamentala foreign policy to make a coalition for the moment unnecessary valaki ngan kemudia

The

guns

are

000 feet.—United Press,

Newsman

Found Dead

enemy.

went

A

in

Allied casual-

New

now raging in the northern

In

The

ments

Tour

of

their

declared

north

PRES

use

tools.

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The Palana was listed 1.3

532 feet long and described as an oil burner. She is owned b

the Peninsular' and Orientat Steam Navigation Company.. London-United Press.

TWO IN DISTRESS

1

San Francisco, Jan. 8. Two American, ships weTE called to the aid of two Japanese vessels in distress less than 120 miles apart in gales east of. JADER

today.

The Pacific Far East Lino reported that one of its ships Edward Luckenbach, radioed that she was en route to a 2,000- ton Japanese ship which was in

becauso of serious condition fierce winds and mountainous, ECOS.

Another company vessel zen.. ported that she was standing, by the '2,200-ton Tetsu: Zán Maru, but was unable to give aid because of the gale force of... winds. The ships were reported. about 400 to 500 miles cast of Japan. United Press.

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Thailand

For

Manila, Jan. 4. The shipment of 6,000 tons of Philippine sugar to Thailand President was approved by Elpidio Quirino following word from the United States State

to the sale.

The Cabinet had delayed the shipment of a private Filipino porter charging it to be a violation of a Philippine-United States trade agreement,-A580- ciated Press.

at an altitude of more than 40,- crashed in smoke and fame, tween Korea and China British All but about 200,000 of the and other United Nations war- city's population had died. The ships lying off Inchon, the scene TRUCK V. TRAIN Department it had no objection

of the South of the successhil landing last government Korean Republic had moved September, are pouring wither

Hollo City, Pandy, Jan. 4. south, just as it did when the ing naval

gun-dre into

A truck crashed a train near North Koreans seized the capi- Chinese Reds attacking Seoul here yesterday, deralling two tal last June.

shells passenger cars. Twenty-two In just four days the Chinese punctuates the mortar, machine train passengers were injured. horde had hammered 35 miles gun and small arms are in the Associated Press. over mountains and down the city like big drums drowning Cairo, Jan. 3.

Δίνει valley roads from the kettle drums rattle.

DE LEDS Zerard Kamphealsu, cor- 38th Parallel to Seoul.

SUICIDE ENVELOPING THREAT

From the streets of the burn- respondent of Amsterdam's Socialist paper, Het Vrye

enveloping threat ing city one eyewitness said the retreating Allies flares on barbed wire entangle- Volk, was found dead in his against

three miless

of aroze the east along the 150 Seoul's suburbs could be apartment in the Cairo milles front. Two anchor cities district of Zamalek this were believed to have fallen, blazing in the darkness

Laid as a warning trap by the afternoon.

United Nations forces they were Kapyong and Sprung by suicide Chinese Reds the and highway who throw themselves on

barbed wire to act as a truman miles bridge for following troops.

The only light in the deserted spearheads hath Korcare

37 ghost city came from over 200 driven approximately milos down the Chunchon-

in the rubbled South A Dutch consulate source sald | W

capital, the were Korean he was a bachelor who lived Wonju highway. They

racing to crank the UN forces, naked city of Korea and now Later, Police said Kamphuis Wonju is 60 air miles south the frontline city for the third

of Scoul. It cast was found in a ground floor room with veins in both wrist strategie road and rail

in Central Korea slashed and a head wound prob- ;

to

air

an Eighth Army spokesman re- ported. Police said Kampheulan Was

Thesa дго found by the janitor. Investiga-Chunchon, rail tions are in progress to establish cities, 35 and 45 whether it is a case of suicide or northeast of Seoul murder.

Kampheulen has been here for more than four years,

alone.

Dres raging

time.

tragic

centre Electricity and all other publie utilities are out of action, South Some enemy troops were re. Koreans, making a last minuto

ably inflicted by heavy object of ported operating cast of Hong-evacuation of the city, had a

percussion.

The Janitor is being Inter-chon. It is on the rugated, they added.

highway feast of arson before they left. only

They burned their bearded-up 24 air miles north of Wanju.

shops and homes rather than let Dutch sources said they knew

This was one sector where them fall into the hands of the of no reason why Kamphuisa the Eighth Army

reported Rods Big fires were burning at Seoul'a Choson cncny cavalry won in action. Chinese Ited troops also were Hotel, the Press Headquarters, reported in action farther cast and the Bunto Hotel, seat of the

United States Embassy of this acctor-Associated Press. LEAVE AIRFIELD

would commit suicide-Asso- ciated Press,

Malaya Short Of Doctors

Bittor reaguaro action will Tokyoud to bridges,

Jan. 4.

be fought to three pontoon the only available The Air Force

route for the forces day

that Air Force tactical escape units-fighters and Ight bomb- trapped north of the south Han

Hliver

|ers were no longer operating the bitty running through

“Singapore, Jan. 3.

.capital. There is a grave shortage of from Kimpo, airfield, located on

Bridges are already threatened doctors and surgeons In Malaya river 10 miles west of Seoul.

south bank of the Han the

by fen flows in the swift-Howing und- there were « 100. vacancies A TEAT spokesman

ald river. But they are now within for qualided hon, sald Dr R.

the Chinsed Reds

aðis

B. MacGregor, refring Director We have no objection to say range of

of Medical Serviços, MŘIKYR.,

not

be

of

that tactical units aro · bo

It ales reported that major He seld young doctors would longer in operation at Kimpo."

ty building being fired on. (bez could... say Asked if coming out for the new whether Kimpo

remained in part of the scorched "werch University Malaya before

friendly hands klamerning, posky to deprive the Chipwre 1982) or 1993. "And" praemily fire spokesman replied, so I'W and North Korean Communi the whole question of maintain- vienot fata pondon, so may of shelter in the bitter cold thorn SAR ADAME SWOLF cruding a great whether, then neid l in enemy which to launch fresh KLACKAGE

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