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VOL. III NO. 142-

FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1948.

Train Bandits EARL CARROLL KILLED

Foiled

Canton, June 17.-Pro- vincial troops frustrated

attempts by bandits to hold up a Canton-bound train from Hankow carly. this week after a three-hour gun battle, according to ports reaching Canton.

A number of "bandits" were killed and three were captured.

A message from Wai- chow, about mid-way be- tween Canton and Hong- kong, says that "bandits" raided two villages in that area, and left after looting the villagers.Reuter.

Recognition For Dutch Sovereignty

London, June 17-A Foreign Office spokesman sakl today that Britain has accepted Dutch sovereignty over Indonesia.

The Foreign Office has given nil British diplomatic missions in the area instructions no longer to honour Indonesia Republican passports, he said.

In official Whitehall circles, this was seen to mean that Britain in effect has withdrawn previous in- formal recognillon of the Indonesian Republic. The

WITH 42 OTHERS IN PLANE DISASTER

Aircraft Burns After Hitting

Mountainside Building

Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, June 17.-Earl Carroll, who went to Manila in 1908 at the age of 16, then to Hongkong where he edited an English language paper, died today with 42 other persons in the crash of a United Airlines four- motor DC-6 transport plane.

Carroll, who was 55, gained fame on Broadway with his "Vanities", and had been operating a Hollywood night club at the time of his death. He was on his way to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia.

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With Carroll was Beryl Wallace, leading lady in his floor show. Also aboard was Mrs Venita Varden, divorced wife of film star Jack Oakie.

attempts.

The airliner, carrying 37 adult into fames, starting a brushfire It was the third domestic artine passengers, two bobles and four crew which prevented

crush this year, rescue

brining the total members, crashed in excellent flying The plane was demolished.

death toll to 60 for the year.-United weather on a mountainside in the With the exception of two motors. Pre53. Northeastern Pennsylvania COA] there was no piece of wreckage fields. All abourd were killed. larger than fow

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squnte feel. The plane, on the Chicago-New | Charred Iragments of bodies and York leg of a flight from San Diego, luggage were scattered over the hill- California,

struck transformer ulde for 600 feet around the scene three

2 station on the mountain and burst of the crash.

Malaya Emergency: 20

Bandits Attack Station

Singapore, June 17.-Emergency powers were ex- tended to cover the whole of the Malayan Federation tonight to meet the mounting wave of lawlessness and murders in the country, it is reported unofficially here.

Federation has beca cancelled, and All police leave throughout the

European officers, now on leave in England, are being recalled by air,

Foreign Office spokesman ex- plained that Britain's attitude to wards the Republic was based on the terms of an agreement signed aboard the American merchant ship Renville „ - Just January, which sought to end the Dutch-Indonesia dispute. Britain never actually accorded full di- plomutic and legal recognition to the Republle by exchanging diplomatic missions. Other

countries did, however. The latest serious incident In the They included Russia, the Dominion disturbances occurred 20 miles north of India and most of the Mideastera o Johnce tonight, when 20 Chinese Arab States, all of whom set up con-Bandits attacked the police station sulates in Indonesia's capital, Jogat Jeran, on the Pontian rond. jakarta.-Associated Press.

SILK CONGRESS

the Straits Times stated.

Pollee reinforcements were being rushed to the aren

estate Two European

managers

in Perak narrowly escaped death Paris, June 17-The chiefs of the today from "Communist"

gangs

EYEWITNESSES' STORY

Mount Carmel, June 17-Forty-

persons were killed when huge DCO airliner struck a high tension wire carrying 00,000 volts and plunged in flames on lo a sparsely wooded area five miles from the coal mining town today.

Eye witnesses anid the alterati "completely disintegrated" after hitting the wire, scattering a mass of wreckage and bodies around an. aren of 1,000 feet.

A new papo: reporter said the scene was one of "gruesome tragedy and desolution." He added "bodies were blown to the very top of the mountain at the foot of which the plane crashed.""

An area of more than an acre of their estates

European planters are staying on scrub land wax set ablaze by the

under military and

Baming wreckage. Scattered about police guards.

ware pieces of luggage, urticles of Meanwhile, Gurkha troops were

clothing and a number of photo- searching for the gangs who yester-

graphs of Hollywood stars. day killed three Britons and two Chinese. Earlier, the police had arrested 40 persons in a roundup which began with a raid on the wh Communist newspaper offices nt Kuala

20 persons Lumpur, where were detained, the paper seized und the building seated.

The police have arrested at- together 70 people in Kuala Lumpur,

the headquarters of the | People's Anti-Japanese Army,

25 delegations of the recent Inter-one armed with "Sten güns and res") inchiding "eight" seized in a raid on national Silk Congress gathered involvers. Paris today and constituted an Inter-

national Silk Burenu,

This ollee will help promote silk Industries throughout the world. The

PLANTERS STAY ON

More women and children

were

site of this international body has evacuated from the "murder area" been Axed in Lyons, France.--Asso- of Sungel Siput to Ipoh, roughly

300 miles northwest of Singapore, ciated Press.

EDITORIAL

Early Morning Radio

YESTERDAY'S carly

morning

sessions from ZBW and ZEK, pul on specially in connection with the March Past, can be rated deelded success, and

der again

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who latened-in will wonder Just

those

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why similar programinica cannot become a daily part of the Colony's broadcasting

services. Early morning sessions can fulfil two purposes-entertain and In- morning form. Wherever early programmes are on the air majority of steners automa- leally tune in and are always well

rewarded with Bght atirnctive programmes, deftly quite often amusingly announced. The

starta BBC

home ita

6.30, overy day programme giving listeners the News, weather report and an assortment of music. Many -stations in Australia make a big feature of their early morning programmes, some devoling five minutes to the children. reminding them that it is time they started off to school and giving them injunctions to be careful how they cross the streets. Frequent reminders of the time Bro boon to businessmen and housewives alike, while overnigh

Intest bulletins and the weather reports add informative spice

to those two hours between waking up and going to work. There is veritably no reason why Hongkong radio listeners should hot enjoy a similar service. The vast majority of receiving licence holders have already Indicatedl their desire for early sessions, and, let it be noted, are prepared to help pay for it in the form of increased licence ices. Only the

on

revenue

from

the

Malayan

A gang, armed with Sten guns and revolvers, today raided on os- tate neur Ipoh and naked for the mannger. Finding he was out, they disappeared into the Jungle.

Other

"Communists" placed barrier across the road to intercept the manager of another estate close by. His wife managed to warn him, and police were summoned to estale.

SECOND MEETING

Tho Executive Council of Mulayan Federation today held second emergency meeting to day's.

the

Another eyewitness said "I turned to look up and saw a mass of fire,

plane wreckage explosions,

and bodies hurtling through the air."

LIKE LIVING HELL

"Flames and smoke flew about 90 feet in the air. The whole scene looked like a living hell."

Two and a half hours after the crash Coroner John Evans said 10 bodies had been recovered. "We do not expect to get any more," he said.

Ed Darlington of Radio Stallon WCNR at nearby Bloomsburg, said there was no sign of life and ap- parently everyone was killed.

and

He said "bodies and arms legs were strewn all over the place. The plane just broke up into little pieces, Ono of the engines was the biggest

left." Associated thing Press.

In 1928 Carroll paid $2,000 fine and served four months of a one- in Atlanta federal year sentence the prison on a charge of perjury in theatre Its connection with a bathtub ave party

of and

It was asked by the Perak State Government to declare a state emergency throughout Perak, not only in the area around Sungel Siput.

The High Commissioner, Sir Ed- ward Gent, has already given emer gency powers in Ipoh, Sungei Siput and some areas in Johore (Southern Malaya) to deal with the "Commu- pist" strong-arm gang, Lui Pong Pai, which the police claim killed the three planters yesterday.

The authorities in the disturbed arcas inve been empowered fo exact the death penalty for illegal possession of arms.-Reuter.

Blind Man Graduates

Retreat

AP

Holding the harness of his seeing-eye dog, Morton Wagman of New York City walks in academic procession at the 194th commencement exercises of Columbia University. He received one of 7,995 degrees awarded by the institu- tion.-AP Picture.

Reservations.

FIFTY UN GUARDS

FOR PALESTINE

Lake Success, June 17.-The United Nations decid. ed today to send 50 uniformed United Nations guards to Palestine to aid in carrying out the Jewish-Arab truce.

The guards, at present on duty at Lake Success as part of the United Nations Headquarters Securi- ty Polico, will leave

on Saturday by-chartered plane-for-Cairo.

They are being sent in response to n request from Count Folke Bernadotte, the U.N. medialer,

United Nations' officials said Mr o! Trygve Lie, Secretary General the United Nations, consulted with Mr O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York, about the possibility of sending Now York policemen for the Palestine assignment, but later decided to use United Nations' guards,

This is the first time the United Nations' Security Force has been used for any assignment excepl guard duty at Headquarters.

Almost all the guards are Ameri- cans. They will be headed by Jolin Cosgrove, a Lieutenant Caroll's conviction followed police Security Force-Associated Press,

ndation which disclosed that a

showgirl

served male guests with champagne from a wine- Alled bathtub.

Carroll frankly admitted that women were his lfe study.

Miss Wallace, leading lady of his show since the restaurant opened in 1938, was rated as one of his prize discoveries.-Associated Press.

CARROLL'S CAREER

New York, June 17.-Earl Carroll Plitsburgh, Pa., in was born in 1893. As a boy he joined the Mer- chant Navy and for a while served as a scaman on a British ship.

Returning

to New York In 1012 he launched out as a song writer with a large arm of musle. pub- lishers. Later he appeared in vant deville and started on a career that was to make him one of the known showmen of his time.

of the

TRUCE BROKEN

Damascus, June 17----An oMcial announcement here tonight sald Jewish forces broke the cèose-fire in Palestine today, destroying an Arab village nine miles north of Caper- naut

Capernaum is on the north shore. of the Sea of Galilee.

The village, Zingaria, was attacked and set on fire, it was reported,

Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations Mediator for the Holy Land, in Syria were and his observers being notified. No official was yet available but the Arabs are expected to take a firm stand.

reaction

radle stations are not kelf-

This may supporting.

appror Incomprehensible to The public when the estimated expendliure current for broadcasting for the Anuncial

18 shown year

as $233,000 while licences alreally exceeds $300,000. It is a typical Hille

conundrum Government's which arises from mysterious method of preparing the estimates, Hidden somewhere away in the Telecommunications estimated expenditure remainder of the, radio stations overheads, though Just what they Intal only a select few can say, Apparently, however, the amount net Is suffelent to produce deficit

the

broadcasting account; wherefore there must be no further expenditure, and hang the public's Interests. Strangely enough Government accountancy does Hot appear capable appreciating that there need be no deftell and that additional revenue could casily be obtained to finance broadcasting develop- ment, projects. Today, receiving licences cost what they did

before the war-$12 a year. There

for which he wrote both music and would be few, if any objections,

lyrics, mado him famous, Best I this

io were raised

$20.

shows known of his

were his Ho spent the afternoon in con- equivalent to $1.75 a a month; and

"Eari Carroll

Vanities," most of ference with Israel's Prime Minister, by the end of this year there will

bimself.

Mr David Ben-Gurion, and Foreign which he wrote

Mr Moshe Sherlok, both His first production under his own Minister, which телия

Income

of

The Laby of the anagement was

of whom are expected to report on 5600,000 quite sufficient to cover

in 1912.

the talks to the Israeli Council Inter all ZBW and ZEK charges and

He bulle The paper adds that the triko Ho

the Carroll Theatre- tonight. bring about some much needed

No oMcial renction was may spread if there is no settle-Restaurant in Hollywood which he

as yot Improvements in our radlo ser-

soon opened in December, 1938 with a forthcoming from the Jewish capital vices. That is why wo

ment of the men's cialms repeat,

vue "Broadway to Hollywood" Reuter.

on the Damascus report that Israell why there is literally no reason

During the first world war, he troops lnd broken the cease-fire by ZBW and ZEK should not pui on

THE KOWLOON SITUATION

served as US plict. He was long attacking Дл Arab village and 'dally carly morning programmes,

fomed

of the "Most setting on fire. as a proponent and for that matter woollyheadedness of

afternoon

Mr A. E. Perry, acting General beautiful girls in the

World." Government prevents the public

sessions from to 6. There Is a

Manager of

Kowloon-Canton After years of glorifying women from receiving a service to which legitimate demand for more and

Railway, sold that there were no on the New York stage Carroll It is entliled. The bugbear about belter Hongkong radio; it is the

signs of trouble or disunstisfaction created his Hollywood restaurant radio development in

duty of Government to meet that Hongkong

nt this end of the line.

mecca for movieland visitors. tian always been

finance. demand. And the fast thing the authorliles need be frightened Increased expenditure is not only frowned upon. It is invariably about is to ask Heenco 'holders to

the refused, principally because

finance those Improvements,

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morning

be 30,000 lleences In existence

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CANTON RLY. “GO SLOW” STRIKE

Canton, June 17-Eight hundred mechanics of the Canton-Kowloon Railway have started a "go slow strike, following a request for pay- ment of wages due to them, reports the Tol Kweng Pao.

the

He did not know to what extent

best

His many musical productions,

4. B

"Through these portals pass the the Cunton trouble would affect most beautiful girin in the world," the Kowloon-Canion train services was the slogan of his restaurant and as he had not received any direct the girls seldom belled his claims information about it from Canton. Associated Press.

The Count, meanwhile, bogan consultations on the Palestine issue with the Israeli Government short- ly after his arrival in Tel-Aviv from Cairo today.

RHODES PREPARING

Count Bernadottee, who has niready met Arab League leaders in Calro, will go on from Tel-Aviv to his neutral headquarters in the Aegean island of Rhodes

Experts and secretarial staff were preparing in Rhodes today for the

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Count's arrival and for possible peace parleys, Reuter despatches sald.

Both Arabs and Jews have agreed to send representatives to Rhodes. The Arab League has assigned four experts, expected to leave Calro next Tuesday.

Observers in Cairo were today discussing creation of a Jewish state and division of predominantly Arab of Palestine among the portions neighbouring countries as one possi- ble solution in the Holy Land.

Lead

To War

MARSHALL'S WARNING

Washington, June 17.-The Secretary of State, Mr George Marahall, warned the House of Representatives in the midst of the draft debate that retreat from the firm foreign policy on which the United States has embarked might lead to war.

Mr Marshall made the statement at a closed meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee while festifying on a bill aimed at streng- thening the peace-making machinery nt the United Nations.

The Commitice Chairman (Rep Charles Eaton) relayed it la the House Difs afternoon in a dramatic bld to stem the rising tide of anti-draft sentiment that threatened to kill or emasculate

draft bill.

the Senale-approved

Rep. Eaton sald Mr Marshall authorised him to pass on the war- ning after two foes of the draft had declared in the House that the there Secretary of Stalo believed was no danger of war.

STORY DENIED

Rep. John Rankin told the House that Mr Marshall made a "no war danger" remark, at this morning's Committee meeting. Rep. A. L. Miller later gave out a similar ver- slos of the Secretary's private testimony.

Rep. Eaton then took the door and announced that he had telo- phoned Mr Marshal and obtained permission to deny the story.

Rep. Enton said: "In response to an inquiry 1 addressed to Secretary Marshall this afternoon by telephone, I am authorised to say that in the Secretary's judgment "It is quite elear that recessions from our pre- sent line of action for the security of the United States would be most unfortunate and 'might lead to what

we are

are trying so hard to avoid that Is, war',"

Later, Rep. Rankin insisted,

In

an Interview with the United Press, "Marshall said something along the Hine that I suggested. I am not at liberty to reveal my authority, but

am sure of it"

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Representatives Ranking and Mil- ler are not members of the Foreign Relations Committee-United-Press.

Sir Mark Young's

Story Of H.K.

Young.

London, June 17-Britain will coon tell another story of the events which led to the fall of Hongkong Two substantial Arab areas in the Fon Christmas Day, 1941. south and gast would be given to Dispatches of Sir Mark

and Egypt

while Transjordan,

the Colony's former Governor, Bre to be released simul- smaller ones would be handed over scheduled

taneously in London and in long- to Syria and the Lebanon.

The scheme would give the Jews kong on July 2. autonomy in the Jewish dominated A Colonial Office spokesman de- on the condillon | scribed Sir‘Mark Young's dispatches part of Palestine that they joined the Arab League-as moving

significant.-Asso- Reuter.

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ciated Press.

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