The Singapore Free Press, 12 November 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFLERNOON SALE IN MALA YA %\;0- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Mrs. CUMING'S DEATH FALL DESCRIBED
    67 1 Mrs. CUMING'S DEA TH FALL DESCRIBED f!W Prr*. Mall RcpWlCf of the Adelphl i Burns ralian am i way to W€IS I resl;med Mr W G Mrs. Cumins lyung i open, tk i en he Hi 7 35 "saw w and tel as road. that it > dent out whose
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    32 1 Princess Elizabeth and Lieut Philip Mountbatten enjoying a '°*f a sewing machine fa l f* J rom the townsfolk of Llydebank). which the Princess received when she visited Clydebank in Scotland recently.
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    MID-AIR SMASH
    17 1 when a JJJ 81 bomber ana a U-d in d crashed iber beiV injuries. hissing.—
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    POPPY DAY FUND NOW $23,395
    83 1 CINGAPORETS Poppy Day Fund d now stands at $23,395, and there are many contributions still to be added, said Mrs. J. Egerton, wife of Rear Admiral Egerton, speaking last night at the supper dance of the Ex -Services Association Expressing thanks for "a grand effort."
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    AUSSIE PM's 'NO' TO OPPOSITION
    71 1 THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, rejected yesterday in the House of Representatives at Canberra a demand by the Opposition leader. Mr. Robert Menzles. that Australia's Labour Government should submit its bank nationalisation programme to a national referendum. Tho Victoria State Labour Government
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    ARMED GANG TAKES $1,800
    43 1 Free Press Staff Reporter f^OUR armed men, two Indians I: and two Chinese, entered a house In Keng Lee Road at 9.30 p.m. yesterday and robbed the occupants of $1,800 in cash, a gold ring and a brilliant earing.
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    TAXI HOLD-UP
    53 1 Free Press Staff Reporter k CHINESE taxi driver at 11.15 A o'clock last night was stopped iat Changi Road by two Chinese. 1 one of whom was armed with a pistol. They took his $25 wristwatch. $10 in cash and drov» away with his taxi, which has not
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    Royal couple get London home
    224 1 Royal couple get London home LONDON, Tuesday. /^LARENCE House, which adjoins St. James Palace, is to be the official residence of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten after their wedding, it was announced from Buckingham Palace today. It is understood that repairs and redecoration of Clarence House will be effected
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    BRITAIN PUTS SPIVS TO WORK
    386 1 Slavery* cries Tory critic LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN'S "spivs, drones and butterflies" are to be drafted for essential work, adding: half a million men and women to the nation's labour force, the Minister of Labour, Mr. George Isaacs, announced in the House of Commons today. All
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    68 1 picture. The leader of the Polish Peasant Party and former Prime Minister, M. Stanislas Mikolaczyk, smiles on landing in England after his flight from Poland. He fled because he had received word he was to be tried and sentenced to death by a military court. Mikolaczyk would not disclose the
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    RUBBER HIGHEST SINCE JAN.
    106 1 RUBBER HIGHEST SINCE JAN. RUBBER prices touched their highest levels on the London commodity market yesterday afternoon since the commodity was decontrolled in January. The move was attributed to renewed trade demand from Britain, and. tlie European continent wnicii failed to find satisfaction, as the Singapore rubber market was closed.
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    S'PORE PRICES UP
    48 1 In the Singapore market, the price of rubber rose from 42 cents for spot loose on Monday to 43i cents per lb. this morning. No. 1, R.S.S., fob. in bales also rose from 42| cents on Monday to 44* cents this morning. Details— Pa*e 8.
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    CHOLERA DEATHS FALL
    18 1 Cholera deaths in Egypt yesterday dropped sharply to 112 and cases hospitalised fell to 182.
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    NO PRIORITY FOR TIN INDUSTRY
    62 1 Answering a question in the House of Commons yesterday about the delay in sending machinery for the Malayan tin producing industry, a Government spokesman said it would not be desirable to give special priority to the needs of one of many dollar-earning or dollar-saving industries.
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    FREE PRESS FORM GUIDE
    50 1 mOMORROW the Frc« Press X will publish a guide to form for Saturday's races at Bukit Timah. The guide gives details of recent race form, breeding, ace and names of owners and trainers. In the case of new horses their home records are published where available.
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    INDIA GOVT. MAY CONSCRIPT YOUTH
    228 1 THE President of the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee, Mr. S. K. Patel, yesterday told a mass meeting in Bombay celebrating the Indian occupation of Junagadh State that the Indian Government might announce within a fortnight a programme for conscripting youths between 18 and 21 for
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    $300 MILLION FOR CHINA
    264 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. ITNITED States economic aid for China will total y $300,000,000, Mr. George Marshall, Secretary of State, told the United States Foreign Relations Committee today. Marshall hinted that this aid, part of the $2,657 million stop-gap commitment up to the end of June, would be
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    Phibun sees the foreign envoys
    269 1 Phibun sees the foreign envoys BANGKOK, Tuesday. ]Y|ARSHAL Phibun, pocket dictator of Siam and leader of Sunday's coup, today received the British, Chinese and American Ambassadors. An official Siamese statement said that "the talks were cordial," but gave no further information. There is no news of the reported fighting between
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      CHRISTMAS IS COMING..
      1042 2 CHRISTMAS IS COMING.. Around Singapore Shops \O\V thai Christmas is approaching it would seem a good idea to keep your weather eve open when going round the various Singapore shops. In fact/ in the last few days I've wished that I could be a child once more. Did you ask
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      861 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune lorecast fur people born today DOItN today, adaptability ie» u >our middle name. It can prove a handicap rather than an asset unless you learn to stick to one thing at a time. Although you have some business ability, ;©y <J iini M iilid a partner
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  • NEWS
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      COMMUNISTS' NEW MOVE IN EAST EUROPE
      407 3 COMMUNISTS NEW MOVE IN EAST EUROPE HPHE Communist parties of all Soviet bloc countries in A eastern Europe are systematically taking over full control of foreign policy, which they originally left to their non-Communist allies while concentrating themselves on police and propaganda machinery, according to British experts on the Balkans,
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      China's first 'Industry Day'
      89 3 CHINA'S first "Industry Day" was celebrated in Shanghai yesterday by local factories and industrial circles. Marking the first occasion of its kind in China's history, all the city's plants flew the national flag and the newspapers issued special supplements. All factories, however, carried on operations as
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      MANCHURIANS PREFER JAPS
      66 3 "pARPET-BAGGERS from the Vj South are milking and ruining Manchuria." a foreign relief worker who recently returned from the North told the "North China Daily News' in Shanghai. They were army officers and Govern. ment officials who were welcomed two years ago, but the temper of the
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      TORY MP RESIGNS
      36 3 Sir Archibald Southby, Conservative M.P. for Epsom, Surrey, since 1928, is resigning because of illhealth. At the last election he had a majority of 6,549 over his Labour opponent in a threecornered fight.
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      MUFTI THREATENS 100 YEARS WAR
      668 3 MUFTI THREATENS 100 YEARS WAR Arab rebel breaks three year silence BEIRUT (Lebanon), Tuesday. T*HE exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem broke a three year silence to deny charges that he had collaborated with the Axis powers and predict that partition of the Holy Land would bring a "hundred years was"
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      UK plan to lead world aviation
      194 3 hich would cost many millions of pounds, at the head of world aviation are made by >ry Committee on Private Flying whose lias just been published. There are plans grants to build 1,000 aircraft and 200 utryuide network of one hundred aeronging the cost
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      S'HAI THEATRES STAGE 'STRIKE'
      64 3 CHANGHAI theatres will close, beginning Nov. 16, when the Government's new 20 per cent "winter relief surcharge"' will be levied on theatres' gross receipts, a spokesman for Foreign Film Distributors told Associated Press. H^ said the film distributors remained firm against the tax, which they considered
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      SOME CONFUSION?
      34 3 picture. Robert Percy Hollocks. 31-year-old farm labourer, charged at Suffolk Assizes with attempting to murder a police sergeant, was found unfit to plead. He claimed that he was King Farouk of Egypt.
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      WHITEWASH FOILS 'SPIES'
      71 3 THE windows of the room in Bruton-lane, in the West End of London, in which Prin-t-ess Elizabeth's wedding dress Ls being completed by Norman Hartnell. have been blotted out with whitewash to foil fashion spies operating with binoculars from nearby buildings. Tb* windows had already been draped
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      IRAQ ARMY MOVE! DENIED BY GOVT
      84 3 rpHE Iraq Government was obligX ed to issue a communique on Monday correcting rumours that the Regent. Abdul Ilah. and the Government had ordered the Iraq army to march into Palestine and take up positions on the border. There was great excitement following the
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      CHINESE PILOT KILLED
      48 3 A aiineso Air Force fighter pilot was killed in Nanking s military aerodrome, where bef(Jt*e landing the plant' drifted in a lew feet course and struck a heavy steamroller, gravely injuring ttie vehicles driver. The warplaiie smashed into dozen, pieces exploded and burned.— A .P.
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      ITALY REBUILDS MERCHANT FLEET
      263 3 rpHE Italian Merchant Navy, reduced to some 300,000 tons ■I at the end of the war, has made substantial strides towards recovery in the last two years. Italy had about 3,500,000 tons of shipping before the war. She now has about 2 000 000 tons and
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      Silencing the opposition
      108 3 BKITISH Communists pulled a fast one on Britain's Fascists and as a result there were no riots for a change in London's East End last Sunday night. For three months the British League of Ex-Servicemen have boomed at Sunday night crowds from a shiny silver mobile truck
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      CATHOLICS WILL ADDRESS KING DIRECTLY
      152 3 CATHOLICS WILL ADDRESS KING DIRECTLY T^OR the first time since 1688 I? Roman Catholics of England and Wales are to join with "privileged bodies" in a direct approach to the King. On Thursday. Cardinal Bernard Griffin, Roman Cathoiic Archbishop of Westminster, will go to Buckingham Palace after the Archbishops of
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      'CHAOS LOOMS IN WEST PACIFIC'
      96 3 THE New Zealand Minister to the United States. Sir Carl Berendsen, said in Cleveland that the Western Pacific was an era of "menacing phenomena" and that great differences in the living s andards of the Orientals and Occidentals living there 'will bring on an impact
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      CHINESE FLEE PORT ARTHUR
      65 3 CHINA'S Mayor-designate for Dalren mid Port Arthur, Dr. Kung Shuch-shui who was appointed last June but was refused entry by the Russians and has since remained in Mukden, said in Nanking that more than 50,000 refugees have escarJed from these two ports and taken shelter in
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      China's attitude to German peace treaty
      179 3 China's attitude to German peace treaty CHINA'S renewed claim to join Britain, the United States, France and Russia as a convening power for the German peace conference may have repercussions on her attitude towards the Far Eastern peace settlement, diplomatic observers in London believe. In the Far Eastern settlement Britain
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      China League's call to 'struggle'
      118 3 THE southern branch of the China Democratic League, which was recently outlawed by the Chinese Government and then "voluntarily" dissolved, has issued a statement calling on all members, both in China and abroad, "to rise and unite themselves as one man against a dictatorship which
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      EMPHASIS ON THE MARRIAGE NOW
      90 3 A CHANGE in the ceremony or marriage at the Registry Offices, emphasising the "solemn and binding character of the marriage vow," has been instructed by the Registrar-General in a circular sent out from Somerset House to all Marriage Register Offices in England and Wales. The
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      MOTHER SEEKS LOST PILOT SON
      53 3 MRS. Hazel Moore is visiting Tientsin to talk to CNRRA officials about her son Harley, an American. pilot missing in Red territory since Oct. 18 She told the Associated Press, "I am still hopeful," but asked to be excused from further discus- sion as she
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      ITALY'S REQUEST
      30 3 The Italian Foreign Office revealed on Monday that Italy has asked the big four powers "that she be given the trusteeship over her former colony of Eritrea. A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1947. The Gangster and His Gun
    758 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12, 1947. The Gangster and His Gun MORE drastic penalties for the armed criminal who is a constant menace to the life of the community in Singapore are provided for in the Arms Offences Bill, 1947, which is to be introduced into the Advisory
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    THE MALAYAN BUFFALO
    819 4  - THE MALAYAN BUFFALO D. H. Witherington plays an important role in the country's xural life By C I N C E earliest times, the Malayan buff a 1 o has played an important role in Malay rural life. The farmer, whose major occupation always has been padi growing, and still
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    The Sea's False Bottom
    408 4  - The Sea's False Bottom Thomas R. Henry By r rHE sea's "Phantom Bottom" which rises at sunset and sinks at sunrise, probably is due to great hosts of Jet-propell-ed squid, extremely sensitive to light. This hypothesis is supported bv findings of the American Navy's Antarctic expedition last winter. The expedition
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    HOW STRIKES ARE PREVENTED
    797 4 any strike or industrial dispute pets immediate publicity, we hear very little about the umpteen cases in which the machinery of negotiation between contending parties nips an incipient strike in the bud. Perhaps the most important trouble-prevention body in Britain is the National Arbitration Tribunal, whose
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    THE LISTENERS' MIND
    776 4  -  EGON LARSEN By A N exchange o f letters took place recently between the British Government and the Board of Governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation on a rather unusual subject Shorn of its official terminology, the correspondence ran more or less as follows: The 8.8.C. asked
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    LOCAL NEWS
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    BANKING CLAIMS FOR S'PORE CHINESE
    395 5 I separa tions from Japan Fr«e Press Chinese Correspondent JHE Chinese Press in Singapore has given prominence •!Z k ?iP O 2k* I S M 8 in life and Property sustained by t/»e Chinese during the Japanese occupation Se SpTnSe 3 S reparations against Information
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    DR. SUN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY
    67 5 DR. SUN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY staff Reporter J^L services wew morning at the KUdquarters and rr Chinese public Cb the occasion oi the )(Dr. SunYatEJ schools and the pUss are observing ftfloor a memorial !f^'pia:c at B'n i£J T-. Sin Road, ,?siic,.ce look refuge ng revolutionary Xs>* before the jided. rjes
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    FUNERAL ASSCN. ANNVERSARY
    16 5 FUNERAL ASSCN. ANNVERSARY '.ub pre- I ■B'?E. Bill 'flfrtarer* fx INI at 2 te»« foe man.v-.ment
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    UNKNOWN
    32 5 ■alre- The- l L* f> Mr. *«Mr«ad< pacfw Mr> K t* N ..nbu. g* D RaJoo. Asst J2f. Mr S Samidurai. r and JJjfcSec Mr S. M Hon. Auditor. Mr O
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    WORLD TO HEAR N.I. ECONOMIC REPORT
    180 5 K<» rt r formation on the R?»urces and vast on*la U i be nati cnal Trade M Havana on Q. the and Wairs, Dr. is way to H five^ m.p^dth b lri a KLM after w.rc 8 Airport Free •Phased that needed I technical
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    NEW MOON DAY
    36 5 VEWmoon day today will be R^HHL e b r a I ed at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple 96. Outram Road Singapore. All are invited. 6pm Illumination: 7 p.m. Buddha puja; 7.30 p.m. sermon.
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    Move to improve trade with NEI
    343 5 Move to improve trade with NEI Free Press Staff Reporter r TO avoid further contravention of Dutch regulations for trading with the NEI, the Singapore Chinese Importers' and Exporters* Association proposes forming an "Export Inspection Committee which will be responsible for seeing to it that no prohibited goods are included
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    68 5 pictures. These pictures were taken at the Remembrance Day wreathlaying ceremony at the Cenotaph yesterday. Above is a general view of those who took part in laying wreaths and the crowd who ga tneredto watch the ceremony. The picture below shows Mr. w. bmtth, president of the Ex-Services Association of
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    ON WAY TO HAVANA
    76 5 picture. Full o/ amilcs ana confidence over the outcome of Indonesia's fight for freedom WOi Dr. A. K. Gani, the Republic's VicePremier, who passed through Singapore yesterday by air on his way to the International Trade Conference ichich is opening at Havana on Nov. 21. Dr.
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    NCO ACQUITTED IN JOHORE
    96 5 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Tuesday. /VDRPORAL K. Grant, of 25 Brigade HQ at Klua*ig, was acquitted and discharged by the District Judge, on a charge of causing the death of a Chinese woman by driving an army truok J rashly. Grant said he had been
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    INDIAN OFFICERS FOR GURKHAS
    77 5 INDIAN officers will shortly be 1 posted to tihe six Gurkha regiments wfaich, by common agreement among the Governments of India, Nepal and tine U.K., are to be retained in the Indian Army. These regiments, namely the Ist, 3rd, 4th, stlh, Bbh and 9th, have a
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    CAR EXHIBITION
    32 5 An exhibition of British motorcars and motor-cycles will be held at ttie Happy World from Nov. 18 to 30. The exhibition will be openect by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson.
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    MPAJA CONCERT
    26 5 A concert, organised by the Singapore branch of the Malayan Peoples' Anti -Japanese Association, was held at the Happy World Stadium on Monday night.
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    PRICELESS SCRIPTURES FOR INDIA
    154 5 SIAM has presented to India .the. priceless Siamese version of the complete set of the Buddhist scriptures "Tripataka" It will be kept at the Archaeological Museum in Delhi In an impressive presentation' ceremony at the National Museum in Bangkok, recently, Phy Anuman Rrij.idhon, w^o led the
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    Chinese register at 260 centres
    244 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. TN 260 centres distributed throughout the Malayan Union, special offices have been set up by the Chinese consulates for the registration of the overseas Chinese community. The registration is now in its second week, and in Kuala Lumpur
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    JAP ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN K.L JAIL
    154 5 JAP ATTEMPTS SUICIDE IN K.L JAIL I Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. yAMADA KAZO, a Japanese I civilian facing trial at the War Crimes Court in Kuala Lumpur in connection with the beheading of a Malay Haji during the occupation, attempted to commit suicide in Pudu Gaol on
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    $8,000 FOR RELIEF
    34 5 TOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday.— The Pergerakan Melayu Seuy?nanjong, Joihore, had collected up t*> Nov. 1 a total of $8,154.98 for the Indonesian Relief Fund, tihe treasurer, Ibrahim bin Abu Bakar, aninpuinced yesterday.
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    'Must spend $100 million on health'
    282 5 'Must spend $100 million on health' Free Plress Staff Reporter OINGAPORE'S Director oft »J Medical Services, Dr. V. J. Vickers, returned by th9 P O ship Canton yesterday from five months' holiday kl UK, firmly convinced tho colony should embark on his five-to-ten-year $100 million plan for better hospital and
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    NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
    163 5 THE following new books have been added to Raffles U^ brary. Ursula Bloom, You and Your Holiday; Ivor Brown, Say thci Word; Grahame Clark, Archaeology and Society; John J. Espey. Minor Heresies; AWous Huxley, Verses A Comedy; C Day Lewis, llhe Poetic Image; Richard Livingstone,
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    ENTERTAINMENT
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    PRODUCED LOCALLY
    545 6 Films in Singapore By Our Film Reporter ANSWERING the growing demand for Malay films Mr. Runme Shaw has produced at his- Singapore Film Studios a Malay Musical Comedy Romance which will be shown at the Alhambra at midnight on Nov. 15 and generally released on Nov. 20. The
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    Romantic Novella
    479 6 By A Special Correspondent THE handsome, masked highwayman waylays the beautiful heroine and forsakes robbery for a tender love scene. The young Tyrolean composer, garbed in velvet shorts and embroidered shirt, captures the heart of the famous musical comedy star who brings him fame and fortune by singing
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    BRIDGE PROBLEM
    361 6 WEST made the surprising (to declarer) opening of the club king. Dummy's ace won and a trump waa led. South'* jack being taken by the king Now West shifted to a heart and declarer began the series of plays by which he managed to lose the contract. He
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    Royal Variety
    57 6 Royal Variety dinner w escorted^ He tl!? ssrxA <i^ ro > al box to Iv v "National v^^ spect ac:e had Vv wmersault oJJ \**M The b the one r. The Crazy Gang as Prefabs- and bV^K the chc: time and. much of the mind, two-aad-a-- f vttb "No MS."
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      139 6 mSndrSkG Exclusive to tho Singapore Free Press in Malaya ~T rmTOTirrmamJ I 6^ J 1 SEGRIO WILL 11 NO, HE PROMISED I I INDEED? HOW NICE OF HIM/ I t wac vnn SE6RID-S CORONATIQNjV— i HANG ME THE^t-i TO SEND YOU MY WAY IS SIMPLER/ n/ WlW*^ j^ATONa:rVPO[ MOMENT H£-$l
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  • SPORT
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      Seremban Notes FRAME PLAYED CLEVER GAME VERSUS NEGRI
      270 7 Seremban Notes FRAME PLAYED CLEVER GAME VERSUS NEGRI Free Press Staff Correspondent THE Singapore Civilians completely outclassed the Negri XV at Seremban on Saturday In the H.M.S. Malaya competition (Southern section) winning by 42 points <six goals, four tries) to 9 point! Uhree penalty goals). Singapore held almost continued advantage
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      HARR'SON LEADS IN HAWAII GOLF
      45 7 E. J. HARRISON of Little Rock < Arkansas) held a three stroke lead after the semi-final round in the US$lO,OOO Hawaiian Open Golf tournament. Iloyd Mangrum and Johnny Bull tied for second place, and Dai Rees. British professional was fourth.- U.P.
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      CZECHS BEAT RED ARMY
      37 7 Brati.-lava beat the Red Army. 'Soviet Russia's champion football team, 3-2 yesterday before a i crowd of 31,000 at Bratislava stadium. It was the Russians' defeat on their current Czecho- Slovak tour.- U.P.
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      Won Annual Hockey
      8 7 The Combined Services hockey team
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      SERVICES WIN 2-1 IN SEASON'S BEST GAME
      615 7 Free Press Staff Reporter Services 2 Civilians 1 IN a game in which fortunes changed by the minute, the Combined Services defeated the Combined Civilians by two goals to one at hockey on the S.R.C. padang yesterday. It was a fast and exciting
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      MORE FIGHTS FOR MONAGHAN
      83 7 MR. Frank McAloran. manager of Rlnty Monaghan. world flyweight champion, said en Tuesday that he favoured a meeting with Jackie Patcrson. McAloran said Pat Collins Paterson's manager in Glasgow, had received an otter of a match from Madison Square Garden, New York. McAloran had previously been
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      NOTTS HOPEFUL OF GETTING LAWTON
      92 7 MRS. Tommy Lawton— wife of the England and Chelsea centre forward went to Nottingham yesterday and looked at V houses. Notts County Football Club, who are after Tommy's signature, is prepared to buy the one that suits the family. But it was not revealed whether
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      SECOND DAY HORSES IN SLOW WORK
      282 7  - SECOND DAY HORSES IN SLOW WORK CALL BOY By HORSES running in the class one, seven-furlong races next Wednesday, Nov. 19. 'he second day of the Singapore meeting, were given slow work at B'ikit Timah this morning. The going remains ftood in spite of the rain. The fittest looking frorse
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      TODAY'S HOCKEY
      62 7 The following uill represent the Ceylon Sports Club against the Singapore Cricket Club at hockey today at 5.15 p.m. on the S.C.C ground; V. N. Pillay; K. Muthucumaru. A. Ponnampalam; S. Ramalingam. E. Doraisamv. A. C. Shegaram: Viiesingam; S. K. Sundram, S. Kulas* ingam; W. Ponniah, C. Thuraisingam.
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      WEIGHTLIFTING TITLES
      71 7 INTENDING competitors for the open Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting and Body Beautiful contests to be held at the end ot this month are reminded that tha closing date for entries is Nov. 15. The contests will be staged at the New World on Nov. 29 and 30. Forms
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      INTERNATIONAL SELL-OUT
      33 7 A rush on tickets this week for the soccer international between Sweden and England at Highbury, on Nov. 19 has resulted fa a sell- out of all reserved seats. A. P.
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      INDIANS NOW KNOW ASK BEFORE THEM
      343 7 Fn in K. S. Duleepsinghi bfcfakhof l^ match against New South Wales at kfctyesterdaj in which the Indians were beaten by lint's, the Indian cricketers have now faced all topblstnliaii players with the exception of Brown, i and Wlob of Queensland. They now have
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      ARSENAL SUFFER THEIR Ist DEFEAT
      211 7 Racing Club Win By Odd Goal ARSENAL'S unbeaten record went at the Colombes Stadium. Paris, yesterday, when they were beaten four three by the Racing Club in their annual Armistice Day match. Ronnie Rooke scored two for Arsenal and Leslie Compton headed the third from
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      Charlton Beaten 5-0 At Liege
      71 7 At Liege. Charlton Athletic. playing a team which included several reserves, craoked badly after the interval against Liege and were beaten by five goals to zero. The Charlton forwards were wriik against the formidable Liege defence, and their defence failed to hold the lively front
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      Chelsea Win 3-2 At Antwerp
      82 7 At Antwerp. Chelsea defeat Antwerp three-two after dominating the game with superior skill and ball control. Only some brill/ant saves by Antwerp- goalkeeper. Deckers, prevented Chelsea winning by a bigger margin. Bowie, who was outstanding in the attack, scored two goals for Chelsea and Machin
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      R.A.F. Win 6-1
      83 7 At Brussels, the Royal Air Force overwhelmed the Belgian Air Force. Taking play to the Belgian goal right from the start, they scored a convincing victory by six goals to one. The score against the Belgians would have been even higher had it not been for some
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      KOREA NEEDS FUNDS FOR OLYMPICS
      77 7 ITOREA needs $150,000 to Held iU athletes in the 1948 Olympic at London, the chairman of the Korean Olympic Committee declared in Los Angeles on Monday. He said his country hoped to enter teams ta track and field 'events, weight lilting and soccer. He hopes
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      MEDICOS WIN 12 0
      58 7 THE Mfdu al College Union proved to be too good for the Technical College of Kuala Lumpur whom they beat in a rugger game Dlaved on the MCU ground yesterday evening, the Medicos winning bv 12 points (four tries) to nil. Scorers were C. Navaretnam. G.
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      S. O. S. C. MEETING
      27 7 A meeting of the committee of management. Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, will take place at 5.30 p.m. at the Y.M.C.A. tomorrow.
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      SELANGOR RUGBY VICTORIES WELCOMED
      420 7 SELANGOR RUG BY VICTORIES WELCOMED Free Press Staff Correspondent LAST week's double triumph for Selangor's Rugby players was received with more than ordinary satisfaction in Kuala Lumpur. Although there was confidence that bo.h the HMS Malaya team i and the Asian All Blues Cup j side would give of their
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      TITLE FIGHT TO AID BOXER'S WIDOW
      75 7 MATCHMAKER Larry Atkins said in Cleveland that it was "practically certain" that Ray 'Sugar' Robinson will detend hii world's welterweight title on Jan. 16 against Tommy Bell of Youngstown (Ohio). Both boxers must agree to give a share of their purses to the family
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      45 7 Today's Sports Events HOCKEY: S.C.C. vs. Ceylon Sports Club, padang, 5.15 p.m.; Medical College Union vs. R.A.P. Seletar, at Seletar, 5. 15 p.m. ATHLETICS: Bth Annual Singapore Chinese championship meeting, Jalan Besar Stadium. 9 a.m. RUGBY: S.C.C. vs. 711 Army Troops Squadron, padang, 5.15 p.m.
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      296 7 Free Press Crossword No. 236 i i 9 I CLUES ACROSS 1, Part songs for several voices without instrumental accompaniment (9). 6. Signature of Archbishop of York (4) 9, First stage appearance < i). 10 and 3 Down, Welsh mountain (5. 5). 11. Chesterfield (41. 13. Prescribed order of performing
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      TRUMAN'S WREATH
      32 8 President Tiuman led the nat»an in observing the 29th anwar No. 1. placing a wreath on dfc l T^ f the Unknown s£l«ier a t Arlington Nati-nil n etery. Reuter
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      HOME..
      43 8 A view of the proposed new site of the City of London Textile Centre. The area will cor*; some nine acres and will be several times the size of Trafalgar Snuare, and Is bounded by Aldersgate, Barbican. Red Cross St., and Cripplesgate.
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      Scientists scoff at Soviet A-bomb
      435 8 r l HI Soviet Union's first atom bomb, weighing only 124 lbs. A was exploded on June 15 this year in a remote area of Siberia, "near the Amur River not far from Irkutsk/' according: to the Moscow correspondent of the Paris newspaper 1/Intransigeant. The
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      At the Cinema CHAPLIN SCORES IN NEW FILM
      134 8 fHARLIE CHAPLIN'S new v production "Monsieur Verdoux" was screened last night at a press show at The Cathay and Chapkn was !ou*nd still to provide a wealth of entertainment. HU silent film talents are all there to enjoy with the added pleasure
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      MALAYA LABOUR IS WELL OFF
      131 8 Free Pres* Staff Reporter LABOUR conditions in Malaya are better than in mosi other countries in Asia, the Malayan Union Commissioner of Labour, Mr. R. G. Houghton, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Houghton had returned from New Delhi with the Singapore Commissioner of Labour. Mr
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      EX-LORD MAYOR DEAD
      36 8 Tlie <k».th was reported at FrisUin <SufToik) yesterday of Major Sir frank BowaWi r, 81, former Lord Mayor of London' from 1938 to 1939 and SncrlfT of ixmaon from 1921 to 193C U.P.
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      REDS CAPTURE N. CHINA TOWN
      221 8 T™ SHANGHAI, Tuesday HE Communists have captured the town of Chengting six miles north of Shihchiachwang south-west of Peiping as well as the airfield at Takusan, four miles to the west. The Communists in Shihchiachwang are said to be without electricity and water supply as
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      DICTATORSHIP CHARGE BY MR. CHURCHILL
      514 8 General election challenge again T ur LONDON, Tuesday. HE Opposition leader, Mr. Winston Churchill, appearing unexpectedly in the House of Commons today, declared that the Labour Government was aiming at a single Chamber rule. This was a dangerous precedent for Britain because her constitution was
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      THE TORIES PUT ON WEIGHT
      87 8 LONDON, Tuesday. THE mayor and 28 councillors of High Wycombe. Buckinghamshire, weighed in at a ceremony in observance of a 700--year-old custom, based on determining whether town officials have been slacking during their term of office. The Daily Herald, Labour Party newspaper, reported that nearly
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      EX-MINISTERS IN RUMANIA SENT TO JAIL
      179 8 EX-MINISTERS IN RUMANIA SENT TO JAIL BUCHAREST. Tuesday DR JULIA MANIU, 74-year-old leader of the (Opposition) Rumanian National Peasant Party twice Prime Minister and the man who orought King Carol back to his throne in 1930. was sentenced to hard labour for life today for treason. lon Mihalache. vice-pre-sident of
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      URGENT NEEDS OF ASIANS
      78 8 DROBLEMS involving ur?ent needs of the Asian people and Far Eastern nations, and po Y i cal and economic issues invc* ing Japan will be included on the agenda of the forthcoming plenary meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East scheduled to
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      CONVICTS FLEE ON 25-ft. WALL
      66 8 DEOPLE In the streets round Strangeways Prison, Manchester, on Monday night saw five convicts running along the top of the 25-feet outer wall. Three of the men were captured within a few minutes- two escaped This was the second break from Strangeways Prison in four
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      PALESTINE JEWS ON WAR FOOTING
      303 8 PALESTINE JEWS ON WAR FOOTING JERUSALEM, Tuesday. THE Jewish National Council called tonight for the immediate mobilisation of all Jewish manpower and financial resources in Palestine in readiness for an 'emergency hour," expected to arise with the setting up of a separate Jewish State Coupled with the call, placing Palestine's
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      GERMANY: BIG FOUR DISAGREE
      117 8 LONDON, Tuesday. DEPUTIES of the Big Four Foreign Ministers ended their fourth meeting here today, still not agreed on membership of commiU^ess ajxi sub-committees to draft a German peace treaty. After more than two hours of discussion the Deputies emerged! agreed on one proposal- to begin
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      U.S. FILM STARS GO TO LONDON
      71 8 FIVE Hollywood screen stars, who will represent the American film industry at the second Royal Command performance in London before the King and Queen sail from New York today in the Queen Mary. They are— Bob Hope. Robert Montgomery, Loretta Young, Alexis Smfth and
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      BURMA TIN DEPOSITS
      50 8 The Burmese Minister of Education. Saw San Nu Thin, told the Rangoon press yesterday that rich deposits of gold, tin and wolfram are In the soil of the Karen States of Central Burma but the prevalence of malaria in those regions is pre- A. P. venting mining.—
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      4 VICE-PREMIER FOR INDONESIA
      115 8 BATAVLV ?a«d TWO new Vice-Prenue.-s been created the Indonesian RepubUc'i Cil under Dr. Am.: making a total 0< Prem The new Vice-Prtaiiers Samoezjn, chairmar joemi Republican M'^ja P Political Committee ui I Anuseno the PNI tional Party leader come the first and second Premiers, with Dr
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      INDO-CHINA CAMPAIGN
      20 8 Thf month-old Frenaj kt£ Nationalist M Vietnam R^^^Jl ,ander in-CU !i Foreign Forces .u Ueul-Gen. Jwn >terday. A.P.
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      RECIPE FOR PEACE
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      MALAYA TO TRAIN JUNGLE FIGHTERS
      277 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesda?! •THE main tasks of the Army 1 in Malaya today were to build up a garrison for the defence of th e country and provide a nucleus of troops, trained to fcght in jungles, h-lls, plantations and padi
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      FOR ECAFE MEETING
      36 8 FOR ECAFE MEETING Asia and the Far East (EC \1 Econo^c Cam- fSB the Philippines shortly, Mr. p a* jSHj with Lord Killearn Mr. LotanathaTwhStt u > h <*SM& yesterday for the Philippine*. Free Am m -''"SBP
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      TINS IN NEWS ADVANCE
      421 8 Loim *op StoclTiichaii; QN the London Stock Exehun., todJ£s2fa2*s Y the main interest in often*. m e sharp rise particularly in Consols and Treasurv" says Reuter-s financial correspondent. Tin "sham Industrials were Quiet throughout, although a firm tone vailed, assisted by some covering. Australian banking shares
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      N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGI
      16 8 All New York stock bond were closed yesterday for Armi.s 1 Day A.P.
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      S'PORE HIGH TIDES
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      RUBBER PRICE
      57 8 A SPECIAL Market cormn ent gives thf prutjo'ri at 11 a.m. today as folloir i'u C per It No. 1 B.S.S Spot loose J Ml 1 R.S.S fob in bales Dpc |M J So. 2 B (ob in baks Dec 43S I No 3 B.>S tot in bain
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      51 8 WE A THER Moon eclipse* U/EATHCK report for the next 84 hoars compiled by the R.A.F.: Cloudy, with rain at first, becominc fair. Showers in lat« evenJn* and early tomorrow. Rather dull with rain likely tomorrow morning. Wind lulu south-westerly. Annular eclipse of the moon Temperatures: Max. 91 dec. min
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