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VOL. III NO. 157

FILM STAR

DIES

TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1948.

STERLING IN DANGER

The

Hollywood, July 5.-The blonde film actress, Carole Landis, was discovered dend at her home today. police said she had apparently taken an overdose of sleeping tablets,-United Press.

Marshall Aid Required To Save Pound

CRIPPS ISSUES WARNING

London, July 5.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps. solemnly warned the House of Commons today that Britain needs Marshall aid to save the pound sterling. Even with the first instalment of Marshall funds, he said that Britain ran down its gold and dollar reserves by £232,000,000 in the first six months of this year.

Sir Stafford Cripps said: "Including the actual ERP receipts; our re-

He said the government hopes to. serves stand at the moment at £473,000,000." maintain its reserves with ERP assistance at about £500,000,000.. But if the dollar and world prices continue to soar, the position will be difficult.

He said: "It is possible that with good harvests and the absence of adverse conditions of the last year or two in the way of drought, we may see some reduction in world prices and also in the exceptionally high prices we had lately to pay for certain raw materials.

Students Riot

Riot In Peiping: Five People Killed

Peiping, July 5.-Nearly 5,000 Chinese students wrecked the City Council's offices and battled with police today in a riot in which five persons were reported killed and a score seriously injured.

The outbreak followed a Council proposal that refugee students from captured areas be sent to summer camps for military training.

Communist.

City officials ordered a

9 p.m. curfew, closed all places of amusement and said martial law would be strictly enforced.

over

Some rioters spilled

Into only by the Highway Bureau, thinking it also was the Council premises, and wrecked it too.

Chinese reporters, who obtained The casualty Agures checking hospitals, said four of the dead were students and one was a 10-year old boy bystander. They said two others were expected to die from injuries.

Five thousand students, the majority" refugees from Manchurta studying in Peiping universities, rushed the police cordon in front of the Council Chamber.

front of the municipal building. Every 'window inside was smashed, so was the furniture. All wiring was ripped out.

Two

OFFICIALS BEATEN UP

officials trapped in the building were beaten. Police Super- intendent Koo Wen

Was

reported badly injured: Two policemen were mauled and four others bruised.

An automobile belonging to the was wrecked as Highway Bureau were

workers.

die."

said: "Hsu Sui Tung must their placards demanded that Imits on remittances from Manchurla be withdrawn. The Council has no authority in this matter.

to main that recovery which we all desire "We could not hope tain either our present standard of and which we are engaged in this living or our present level of pro- co-operative effort with our Ameri- duction, unless we were able to can friends and with the partielpa- get some share of that outside aid ting countries to achieve as rapidly

50 Kenerously as possible." United States 10

been hns

which offered Europe."

by the

HOPEFUL PLAN Sir Stafford Cripps said that the the most favoured extension of a resolution He formally moved

nation treatment to Germany would the asking the House to approve

help the Government make Western Anglo-American Marshall aid agree Germany independent of both Bri- ment and an exchange of notes on tain and the United States.

nation treat- the most favoured

This

ment for Western Germany and the House to

Trieste.

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of her prizes. She's 19, .. five feet, two inches tail, has a 23-inch waist and was described by a contest judge as "shy and over. whelming."AP Picture.

Reservations

agreement to which I ask "to give unanimous ap- step in 1 an essential proval, is

Immediate He said that the country must progress without which

look keep the drain on its reserves to a prospects of recovery would

maintain bare minimum to

both, grim." he said.

The United States of America of the and the integrity Britain

has

come forward with their great. when Sterling area as a whole

economie and productive strength to Marshall ald ends.

help in this new and hopeful plan "Without a considerable volume which sets the eyes of the Euro- an objective pean people of reserves," he said, "we should soon find ourselves unable to sup-

which is

is economically soloid, poil- port the international position of cally wise and morally right." sterling and so slip into a position The House will vote on the np- where we could no longer function

Naples, July 5--The Follee as a centre of what is today only proval of the agreement on Tuesday a large multilateral trading group night, and the government will sign arrested today, Silvio Romanie of with "defrauding Naples, charged in the world.

upon

the agreement immediately the vote.

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MALAYA LATEST

Terrorism Likely To Increase

Kuala Lumpur, July 5-The British expect major terrorist activities In Malaya on July 7, the Federation Army Com mander, Major-Gen. C. H. Boucher hinted to the Federa tion's Legislative Council at Kuala Lumpur today.

"The seventh day of the seventh month is a big day for Communists," he told the Councit in a review of mensures being taken to combat the terrorist wave which British offeinle

is Communist-inspired.

say

"I mention this here because I want it to have tion and this is n

EL

round

Food

ת

wide circula-

od way of getting to outstations" (where

British managers and Chinese have been murdered recently),

General Boucher and the acting High Commissioner Sir Alce New- boult revealed that these additional actions are being taken to combat the terrorists.

COAST PATROL

1. A Royal Navy ship 18 patrolling the Malayan coast to halt incoming reinforcements for the terrorists. "More' ships are mediately becoming available," Gen. Boucher added.

im-

Wo

2. RAF reconnaissance aircraft Are working in close liaison with the Navy. "We have all the RAF require," Gen. Boucher said and re- vealed that Air Vice-Marshal A. C. Sanderson, commanding RAF, Malaya, is personally directing air operations.

3.

A system of registration and Identity cards will soon be

Intro- duced throughout the Federation.

4. Quantities of firearms of all the kinds are being brought into country for

5. The trial volunteer forces.

of persons arrested under emergency powers and carry- Ing out of sentences

thoso passed on convicted is being speeded up.

Gen. Boucher fold the

Council, "the attacks which started on the European population are now be

the mainly the Chinese, because planters are now better organised and a great deal tougher to deat with."

ing shifted to their supporters,

VERY APPREHENSIVE He warned that the Government was "very apprehensive" that at-

Sir Stafford Cripps said that the thousands of peasants of 2,000 lire tacks would be niade on Kampongs "Such an event would be disas put forward requirements to ensure Argentina and obtain a piol of land í "This" would" give them" the chance"

our

to

of stirring up race hatred and

difficulties." greatly increasing

The Council adopted without op- bill empowering the High position Commissioner to declare и state of emergency and make any regula- tions necessary.

Chinese students consider them- selves in the privileged category and are always Indignant at suggestions they be made to serve in the Army,

-POLICE-FIRE-INTO-AIR-... ---DISASTROUS. POSSIBILITY...................

for them there. Later, the students marched to the

Police said and the Marshall old funds are used to ac- to ourselves

The

Romano tried

trous both former Legation Quarter and

We must complish their purpose.

organised the bogus "Saint Isadore WISE PRECAUTION They pulled up the iron rail in bicycles belonging to municipal to break into the home of Council whole world as well.

Co-operative" to handle applications Chairman Hsu Hul Tung but police then accept as a basis for

emigrants. "That is not only reasonable, but of prospective

The The students plastered the build-kept them at bay by firing into the economic planning, a need to pre- our reserves in gold and

"No participe- candidates

instructed were gcrve ing with placards 'calling the coun- air.

It is the fact that these prudent," he said.

The law replaces clilors tyrants. Some placards rend: The police also exchanged fusil dollars.

reserves have been slipping away ting country can have the slightest enclose 2,000 lire with their appllen-

the British Military Administration "kill every Council member." Others lades of stones with the students,

The Police said that the applica- writ, under which the present state Gendarmes

that makes it essential for us to objection to such a wise precaution tions to "cover initial expenses" with sicel heimels

Join

In some plan whereby that provided the provisions insisted up-

never went beyond tho of emergency was declared. and rifles reinforced police guard its drain, which would. It continued so on do not in any way infringe the ions

(Continued on Page 5) Hsu's house, which is situated in gravely damage our chances of re- sovereignty of the participating na "inlii" state-United Press. Legation Street, opposite the Pol-cuperation, can be stopped." ping branch office of the Economic

Mr Oliver Lyttelton, Chlef Op- He said that Britain received its Co-operation Administration. That

first "very welcome payment of position Speaker, expressed

the effects office was unattended because of the dollars" under the Marshall plan. in givings over

of the £22.000,000 agreement on Imperial Preferences Shops in the vicinity put up shut- late June. It totalled ters and police diverted trame from and partly reimbursed the country and Empire Interests generally.

"I shall vote for this agreement," for

in its purchases

he said. "But I shall vote for it what they called the danger zone," -Associated Press.

quarter of 1040.

"The total amount of grant in with reluctance and some sense of

...May humility

expread the hopa respect of that second quarter will that at not too for a distant date,

The £75,000,000.

EDITORIAL

20 Years Behind The Times holiday for Americans.

It would

seem

favourable

that despite reaction public to the early morning programme from ZBW and ZEK a few weeks aro, Hongkong is as far from possessing regular early moralug radio from its DWI stations ever.

fact, In

no serious tempt has

been made to bring about, much-needed Improvement in the Colony's broadcasting. first demanded by public opinion through

Hongkong Tele- the traph's quesilonnaire in October

Inst

year. Listeners

of

meris,

nounced In pairs and then slapped on the furntable by "a mechanic. No attempt is made to weave a theme or a story into the 15-minute or 10-minute pre- records have to sentation. The stand or fall on their Own and

given to are value or attraction by nouncer. An expert script writer could take the samo records, develop around them a theme, and present a programme

be mistaken for a performance.

could almost

then

Ive artist

poar

revealed titat they considered ZBW's announcers were Bod that the stallon should engage trained announcers; they dearly wanted bright early

that

To

morning programmes; that they feit ZBW programmes were, on the whole poorly presented. the ZDW programme staff goes the credit for having made gallant effort to introduce mure the vartely and better balance to dally

and a not programmes, unsuccessful attempt to find more local "live" talent. But generally and pre- speaking sentation fall the average radio stailon: The engage- remedy is simple-the

ment

cously short of

of at least one trained script and continuity writer. would probably be necessary go outside of the Colony for the proper person, with Austraila a the best hunting ground. But

the appointment of a qualid man would be

Arst-rate vestment. Ninety

percent ZBW's broadcasting time is filled

with In

commercial records,

of

which is marmåt för a'station of its size, but It pannot be claimed that ZW. pinkes, the most of ita Usually recorded, programnunes. the records · aro

casually

Ail-

the an-

that

The

cni-

"IKE” FOR PRESIDENT

· MOVEMENT

Washington, July 5. A Truman-Eisenhower showdown

be amount

the

second

maximum

tions."

mis-

unt offered for loan during this we may also on July & celebrate our period is equivalent to £25,000,000." own independence."

Without Marshall aid, he

said,

MUST CONSERVE

Apart from the ERP aid, he said, Britain would probably have to cut the net drain on Britain's gold and

its meat railon froin a shilling's dollar reserves for the first quarter worth to eightpence, its sugar and was £147,000,000 and in the secoud fat rations by

its one-third and quarter £107,000,000.

bacon, Sggs end

rations cheese

he severely, Furthermore,

sald. there would be no gasoline_ration, very te tobacco and 1,500,000 un- Sir Stafford Cripps said that gov-employed.-United Press.

is reviewing its import ernment

to see if it can be programme production.

at the Democratic National Con- pruned further without endangering Heavy Bombay

His offco at

18

ther

upon our reserves.

was

Riot Casualties

J

Forty-nine persons were arrested and the Police have been ordered to shoot on sight anyone creating a disturbance. Armed Police including plainclothesmen are putrolling the

fact is that both ZBW and ZEK are 20 years behind in pre

in presenta- tion technique which means that, often well though records arc selected, they lose much of their value as

radio entertainment be-

vention appeared all but Inevit

"By one means or another, cause they are presented exactly

able today

new recruits as if they were being played on

scrambled on the "Ike for Pre- must see that we do not draw fur- We must have acramophone.

Bombay, July 5.-Casualties in phasised

before

the importance

sident" bandwagon.

continuo all out to produce and the Bombay rioting that broke out this aspect of broadcasting It locked as if only one thing could export all we can, especially to hard on Sunday increased to 35 dead and and It is something on which the stop the movement before the Concurrency area...and most particu- 05 injured on Monday night t

50 much officially announced today. vention opened next Monday- flat larly to Canada whence Broadcasting Advisory Com mittee should make the strongest statement from Mr Eisenhower that of our dollar foodstuffs are drawn."

he said. he cannot be drafted. recommendations to Government.

ERP He added: "Without ZBW and

cannot ZEK

There was absolutely no indication Do radlo converted into first-class

whether any statement from him should have to face such immediato would be forthcomumbia University it overnight, but much

ruts in our imports as would make .stations

could by done to Improve

them

and or production

to be quiet but tense. Ünited outlay by a comparatively small of expendilure. Moreover, we

set us right back in our Press.

balance day on the golf links and would be attempt to convinced that listeners. are in thic are, in

willing main,

The ERP is in fact, an es- 'back at

trado. his desks on Tuesday. contribute

to sential to additional

The latest to join the drive costs

pre-requisite of our own discard President Truman as the

New York, July 5.--America's through increased llecure fees, Bo

teady recovery." Governor long as the money is spent in the Party's choice against

He said that American investiga- holiday death roll stood at 356 to- direction. Taking

Thomas E. Dewey in November

wn themselves most un- day with the three-day Indepen- proper

tors had shown Governor Jim McCord of Tennessee, derstanding on the question of en-dence holiday weakend, which be- things Arsi ZBW should engage

still not com- a competent script-and continuity who said in Nashville that Mr Elsen-croachment on national sovereignty, gan on Saturday, writer; ahould obtain

hower's nomination would be the the ser-

"I recommend the agreement to pleted. answer to all

Traffic fatailles reached 200, only the the House," he said, "as a fair

and sensible document in no way in- 20 less than the 235 which the Na- Coincidentally, the Nashville terroring

with

Safety Council our right to regulate tional

predicted.

41 Tennessean reported that a poll of our own affairs, and as designed to Drowning caused 100 deaths, 27 of the State's 40 delegates to the assist the United Kingdom as one of people died in miscellaneous *C- Convention showed that 21 favoured tho. participating countries to eldents, and two from Breworks--t Mr Elsenhower.-United Press. maximum effort in bringing about Reuter.

10

10

first

vices of at least one announcer who can Intelligently read script; and should

without introduce, further

morning delay, early programmes.

said Mr Eisenhower was finishing sta possible to maintain our living, troubled areas which were reported

week-end with another

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is

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