The Singapore Free Press, 14 December 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    CHIANG TROOPS MAY FALL BACK
    275 1 CHIANG TROOPS MAY FALL BACK Four armies face disaster NANKING, Tuesday. RATIONALIST military quarters said last night that new Communist rmrcciflfi east of I engpu and the gradual liquidation of four trapped armies might soon force Nationalist troops to fall back to the Yangtze River line opposite Nanking. Well-informed military
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    SCBA 'DISMAY' OVER PENANG
    135 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE debate on the proposed secession of Penang lAlacca from the Federation, to be held at lal meeting of the Straits Chinese British elation on Friday, will be led by Mr. T. VV. Ong a. motion that "this meeting views with dismay
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    4 ADMIRALS SENTENCED FOR MURDER
    114 1 YOKOHAM I7OUR former Admira F the Japanese Navy were today given sentence b ranging from eight to 20 years' imprisonment for the murder of 800 passengers and crew f Allied ships during the war. They commanded Japanese submarine forces, which operated in the Indian Ocean
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    SEVEN'SOCIETY' MEN HELD
    60 1 hree Pr^* Staff Reporter SINGAPORE police detained seven Chinese suspected i or secret society activities after "screening" 956 people security checks in various parts of the Colony yesterday. Police found that all people had identity cards. The checks were carried out in Holland Road. Mandai Road. Balestier
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    BANDITS KILL CHINESE AT BATU ANAM
    7 1 BANDITS KILL CHINESE AT BATU ANAM I
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    Income tax: 'thousands collected'
    63 1 Income tax: 'thousands collected' Free Press Staff Reporter INCOMI uent forms jLTt now being the rate <>i -i week, the acting Comptroller of Income Tax. Mr. 1 R. Robertson, told the r ree Press this morning:. The department had alllected many thouf dollars in tax. added Mr. Robertson. tst week
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    40 Burmese rebels killed
    106 1 Inquiry story In Page 8. RANGOON, aijnnay. BURMf.bE military police killed 33 insurgents in a three-day battle with a gang who attacked Tavoy police headquarters In the Tenasserim division of Southern Burma, a communique stated today. Government forces killed seven other rebels and wounded 20 when
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    MUCHINE GUN FIND
    33 1 Corporal Keegan of the Singapore R.A.F. while fishing in the Lim Chu Kang area :day evening came upon a Japanese machinegun and 40 mortar shells in a badly rusted condition.
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    ARAB KINGS SPLIT OVER PALESTINE
    164 1 CAIRO, Tuesday. KING IBN SAUD of Saudi-Arabia has sent a message to King Abdullah of Transjordan declaring the "invalidity of the alleged Jericho resolution" which called for a,unifled Arab Palestine and TransJordan kingdom. King Ibn Saud also sent a message to King Farouk expressing his
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    Speeches were golden
    45 1 THE French newspaper "France Soir" estimated day ihat each word at the 12- week Pari s session of the United Nations Assembly, cost. S3 cents (V.S.). It said the total oratory amounted to 10,000.000 words. Total expenses were 1 700.000.000 francs.- A.P
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    'Biggest battle' in Greece
    53 1 A GREEK General Staff spokesman said yesterday that 2,500 to 3,000 guerillas had been repulsed in a violent rebel battle to capture Kornitsa, north central Greece. Reports said that Communist supporters within the city aided the guerillas and that the battle was the biggest rebel attack
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    Roval baby baptism tomorrow
    137 1 nRINCESS Elizabeth's son will be baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Fisher, at a service in one >f the <=tate rooms in Buckingham Palace tern on. The Di'kP of Gl vlll Bin the chi-isuxiiiig— all be- cause of a long-standing plan to hunt wild boar
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    ARMED MEN STEAL TILES
    54 1 A SIKH watchman of a building site in Holland Road reported that two Chinese stole 2,000 roof tiles on Sunday night, after threatening him with death if he raised an alarm. Hi alleged that one Chinese pointed a pistol at him when he shone his torchlight
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    Diet uproar over amorous Minister
    275 1 TOKYO, Tuesday. THE Diet Japan's Parliament was thrown into an uproar last night when a 47-year-old woman member mounted trie Speaker's rostrum and charge* that the Finance Minister, Sanroku Izumiyama, had made "improper advances" to her in the lobb The House Speaker declared a recess
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    A-BOMB WING NOT ALERTED, DECLARES U.S.
    124 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. I^HE U.S. Air Forces Head- quarters here yesterday denied a report that the Eighth Air Force Americas worldranging bomber group including the atom-bomb carrying wing—had been placed on "readiness alert" and that only 25 per cent, of its personnel would be allowed
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    More 'wedding murder' arrests
    61 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Indian and Malay Branch of the Singapore CJ.D. last night arrested two more Indians, making a total of six, in connection with the killing of two Indian guest, after a wedding party at the Singapore Dairy Farm, In Bukit Timah Road
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    POLICE OFFER $3,000 REWARD
    65 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANO, Tuesday. PENANO police today offered a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of two Chinese wanted In connection witl) the murder ct a detective, Kok Kee Telk, in a coffee shop at Balik Pulau V.llage on Nov. 30. Kok
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    4 MORE DETAINED
    32 1 Two Chinese and two Indians, suspected of being members of the Malayan Communist Party, were detained under the Emergency Regulations in Singapore yesterday. icj intentions totalled 247 this morning.
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    CLASH SOON IN INDIES, SAYS JOGJA
    263 1 CLASH SOON IN INDIES, SA YS JOGJA BATAVIA, Tuesday. JOGJAKARTA Radio, attacking th e Dutch decision to break off negotiations with the Indonesian Republic, said yesterday that Republican political circles consider an armed clash with the Dutch in the near future to be "very probable." In Amsterdam yesterday, a left-wing
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    STOP PRESS
    92 1 Free Pr» w Maflf Reporter Kl \I I IMPIR. Tu A THOROIGH exam tion ij» being made hy doctors and police of a skeleton found in the ruin* of the headmaster^ house at Serendah Bnu Home, which was burned by bandits last night. The headmaster. Mr M. Blake,
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    New Prince Is Not Seen—But Heard
    612 2  - New Prince Is Not Seen But Heard Ed L. CAMPBELL By VICTOR l ANS said children should be Been and not heard. Queen V i c t o r i a's .meat great great grandson reverse.-? the rule. The son born to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on Nov. 14
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    Pocket Pain Killer
    146 2 Pocket Pain Killer BESIDE Princess Elizabeth's bed when the Royal baby was born was a pocket pain kill tha f looks like a torch and weighs 7oz. [nhaltr, and although hun- motht pain, it ha c I been of ciai d (or the n :ie feels l .hood. a: This
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    Bridge Problem
    314 2 Ing openlnK no-trump bi-. precisely prefer L.-d strength is that it makes it j>o easy for a partner who holds a good hand to visualise t) able holding. ire to correct mental picture off the partner's bddlng Is likely lo -how. Is the greatest fault of many players.
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    Teen-age Upset
    7 2  - Teen-age Upset BARBARA GORMLE DLDMLD, t > A.P.
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      73 2 LUCKY STAR BORN today you are fnJ. a??res>iTe and independent in both thought and fit- qnalit. lifled by a love of humanity and a desire to ne of help to tfa fortunue than yourpropa^andist or proponent I reform, there ran be no more ardent backer. However. >ou do not only
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      432 2 7.45 Pnj. Crew 8 Featu-' SINGAPORE aw ♦85 metres: 41 imtr.s '12 pm. BFEBS (Singapore) United >: 61 metre* p m to 7 45 RB L-Jt. 2 <_T- r7 «i 10 Worlds Grrst nd «.l«p B t« H 4! 31 Metres 3t9«Jt*<r«. 25 31 R;chard strau^-Suiu- fro, TOD\v >l«u >
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    RANDAL-RIDDEN JAP POLITICS
    218 3 RANDAL-RIDDEN JAP POLITICS Wes meet election expenses |MIE Japanese public is gradually beginning to re alize why professional politicians ha£ k spending large sums for election to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, himself who ned the cabinet last October asaStofa bribery scandal which caused the downfall of the vernment, and who
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    Atlantic pact — then 'Med' treaty
    218 3 Atlantic pact then 'Med' treaty IIHEN the Atlantic Pact now under discussion in Washington has been concluded the Western Powers are expected to turn their attention to a Mediterranean defence treaty. A London spokesman says: It is felt that the Mediterranean area represents a gap in the global security system
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    4-million-mile pilot retiring
    142 3 \FTER 26 years with K.I. M Royal Dutch Airlines, :iander Van Smirnoff, .m-born. furmerly of the Czarist Army and an ExR A.F. pi: -iring having flown over 4.000.000 air miles. While in the R.A.F. he shot down six German planes Smirnoff, who became a naturalised Dutchman some
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    65 3 were hurt but no one, miraculously, too* killed. There were nine passengers and five members of the crew on board. A fire engine can be seen standing by. T/if pU'ces of wreckage on either side of the road in this photo belong to a Dakota plane which disintegrated after crashing
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    R.N. CARRIER FOR AUSTRAU
    71 3 R.N. CARRIER FOR AUSTRAU THE Royal Navy's ngnc neet aircraft-carrier, HMS Terrible is to be handed over to the 'Royal Australian Navy and renamed HMAS Sydney She is the nrst aircraft carrier to be built and completed at a Royal Navy dockyard, and the first large warship to be completed
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    9 LOCOS WRECKED
    30 3 Nine Austrian locomotives, er to Russia as rations, fell into the river i (Thelss) when a bridge •cording to a reHungary Hun t n au- suspected Reuter
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    Italians in Moscow
    21 3 An Italian mission nu^ been in Moscow for several days working on a commit with the Russians.- A.P.
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    GOOD RESULTS FROM NEW LEPROSY DRUG
    161 3 GOOD RESULTS FROM NEW LEPROSY DRUG TWO Japanese doctors say 1 that injectional treatment with a new American drug, promin, may be a cure for leprosy, according to the Mainichi. The newspaper say* that Dr. Ryoichl Yajlma, or the leprosarium in Kusatsu. in Central Japan, injected an 18-year-old patient with
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    U.S. 'AID' GROUP LEAVING NANKING
    290 3 CI'NDAY, December 19, will be "D-day" for the joint U.S. military advisory group in Nanking on that day they are to pull out of the Chinese Nationalist capital and move to Shanghai. The announcement signifies that the group has written itself off as a war
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    42 3 French troops marching through the dock orea of Dunkirk after "retaking" the docks from striking dockers. The operation was concluded without incident The Army were supported by armoured cars. The strikers had erected barricades but no attempt was made to defend them.
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    'STALIN'-A U.S. VIEW
    132 3 'STALIN'-A U.S. VIEW MR. Bill Johnston, famous Hollywood film 'Ambassador/ who recently saw Stalin has come to the following conclusions: Stalin makes the big decisions. Stalin is remarkably well informed statistically on how his own country's production compares with that of the United States. Stalin believes a devastating depression in
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    Czech-Soviet trade deal
    99 3 MLUDWIG Kalina, Dir tor of the Czech State Textile combine, announced a 4.500.000.000-crown (£22,500.- 006 > textile deal with the Soviet Union— the biggest single deal in the history of Czech foreign trade. The Soviet Union will supply 45,000 tons of raw cotton and will receive 8,000
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    ACE-PILOT TO BE ASSESSOR
    60 3 WHEN Mr. T. Pringle Donald opens the judicial inquiry at Ayr (Scotland) on Jan. 10, into the K.L.M. Constellation disaster near Prestwiok airport, he will have as assessor Captain B. C. Frost, ace trans Atlantic pilot. Forty people on board were killed when the airliner, flying
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    PAKISTAN JOB FOR R.A.F. MAN
    82 3 AIR Commodore Richard N Atcherley, Commander of the R.AF. College at Cranwell, has been appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Ch'ef of the Royal Pakistan Air Force with the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. He will take up the appointment at the end of January. Prom 1925 to 1928
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    REDS PROTEST ON UN BUDGET
    53 3 fVHE United Nations Gen- eral Assembly has completed action on its 1949 budget by approving a gross estimate expenditure of $43,487,128 (U.S.). The vote was 48-0 with the Russian bloc abstaining in protest against including sums for the Balkans Commission, the Korean Commission and the
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    First Indian Envoy
    24 3 Mr. N. Raghavan, first Indian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, presented his credentials to President Klement GottwaM at Hrndcanv rastle Prague, yesterday.- Reuter
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    ARAB LEGION READY TO RESUME WAR
    294 3 I/I.\G Abdullah's crack Arab Legion is ready to resume the war in Palestine if all the Arab states decide to restart the fighting against the Israeli forces. In any case, the Transjordan forces are determined to defend every inch of territory they now: hold
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    Drastic moves to halt Soviet deserters
    112 3 Drastic moves to halt Soviet deserters RUSSIA has taken a: measures to halt d> tlons from her armed for non-Communist countries according to reliable s< here There has been a st trickle of deserters fi sian armies, especia stationed in G^r: Somt claim 10,000 have fled. Many deserters are believed
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    NEW RACING CAR FROM U.K.
    68 3 NEW RACING CAR FROM U.K. r O R T Y F I V E car and component organisations are co-operating in production of a star. I h racing car to challenge foreign types. Assembly of the prototype of this car— the B.R.M.- U expected in January. The parts are being
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    JAP APPEAL CASE
    52 3 The U.S. Supreme Court day refused to allow d counsel more time to prepai appeal orr behalf of the cc Japanese war criminals, case, to dicld« whether or i. court has Jurisdiction to h appeal agalm an Allied r courts decision, has been set down for Dec
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      68 3 w not hold any Sale but we are out to sell you ur Money's Worth WEST MATERIALS IADIES 6? GENTS :cous Fabricolour T. CHANRAI 3RIDGE RD SPORE MI 7238 —i^ BEHOLD [jPll APPLIANCES IRON STAND $3 5( t int^d for six months. Ok Ui B «bi« from aU Author tsed
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      166 3 Baby's first year how vital it Is. In thk H short period, what hopes and fears are sP 0^ crowded Is he gaining weight is his flesh firm and healthy are sound bones forming in that little body miniature of the man to be Happy Mothers all over the world,
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    The Singapore Free Press ECAFE and Realities
    365 4 The Singapore Free Press ECAFE and Realities THi >niic Cujii.'Tiission fo~ Asia and the Far East has roniDleted foil e, hu: it is clear that the pr hievemer.ts of the La ng are lir nos^ obtained other thi lea had r grandiose. of Asian >duced tv a <in«? pa of
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1047 4 Don Iddon's Diary WASHINGTON: THE American capi tal is asking: What would the work! do if there were no United States? During the past few days the queue of dollar demanders. aid appealers, credit cadgers, borrowers, panhandlers, and wallet taopers has got out of hand. Mme. Chiang Kai-i>hek flew In
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    A GHOST OF THE CAY NINETIES
    542 4 A GHOST OF THE CAY NINETIES 'THE ghost of Edward 1 VII, of the chorus beauties and the sporting peers who frequented Romano's restaurant in London in the Kay days at the beglnnincentury turner. shade paler recently. In a diiiKy, dark hall where earls, actresses and other habitues once pelted
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    A Malayan Postscript
    482 4  -  LACHIE MACDONALD ey THIS is a Malayan postscript and not altogether comforting although the situation today is better than live mont when 1 arrived, ju c t after the Commun: Chibandit? their terror campaign. Planters and miners are still worried, and many are showing the months. m
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    FAITH
    18 4 Bfhoid, how food and bow pleasant it is f«r brethrrn t« dwell tog^thrr in unity! PMhrs 122
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    Maker Of History
    11 4  - Mak er Of History JAMES D. WHITE DLDLDE, a wk -ji
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    100 MORE HOUSES FOR
    245 5 L/ this month I" Matt Keporter iRLV lins l uarters aQ d 27 single\^ed -hophouses in Balestfcr, making fS housing estates created by jLnore Improvement Tnxst this year, are by the end of next month. oeen made try him to and electric supplies in J Tan.
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    BAN MOTOR HORNS IN CITY' PLEA
    7 5 BAN MOTOR HORNS IN CITY' PLEA DL;D,;D,
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    Xmas treat
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    TEACHERS TRAINED BY POST
    232 5 Free Fre» Stail Reporter THE first batch of Normal Class student-teachers to complete their training by a correspondence course take their final ex nex: July, the Singapore Director of Education Mr A the i Press yesterday. Mr. Frisbj said a correspondence course for studentln isolated area:>
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    Colony may get more eggs
    117 5 THE Superintendent of Australian exports of eggs. Mr. R. C. Blake, said in an interview yesterday that Australia was hoping to supply whatever Singapore mignt require. "One of my jobs here Is :> see how eggs are handled. 1 are satisfied that 'he quality of
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    44 CARS ARRIVE
    28 5 The iu.uuu- on uien Line ship. Glenorchy making her maiden voyage from the United Kingdom to the Far East, brought 44 motor-cars far Singapore yesterday.
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    5 Indians charged with murder
    230 5 |X)UR Indians appeared before the Seventh Police Court Magistrate (Mr. R. J. C. Wait) yesterday charged with the murder of two Indians, Doraisamy and Maiimuthu shortly after a wedding party on Sunday night. Thej were Rathnaxn Kail- > i,n. aged 29. Gopal. aged 11. Supurayan.
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    THE FIRST THREE
    79 5 jyiciurf The first three in the one-m.le cycling race for women organised by the Cosmopolitan C.C. and held on Sunday. From left f o right: Miss Shirley Such, Miss Mary Lee and Miss Lillian Chan, who finished the race in that order. Shirley Such is a daughter
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    Hroke Into Store
    46 5 Two Chinese boys, Lim Tee Tee, aged 17 and Tang Hang Chew, aged 16 pleaded guilty yesterday in the first District" Court of having broken into a store in Ford Street on Sunday morning. The case was postponed to Dec. 22 for sentence.
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    Two surprises—both pleasant
    252 5 Two surprises— both pleasant TIGHTEEN-year-old L/Cpl Gerald Mag«s. who lived for many years with his aunt at her dairy farm at Chisenbury near Salisbury had the surprise of his life wh?n the Troop Sergeant for No. 3 TrooD of "B Squadron of the 4 h Hussars, tolned the reptfot in
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    CHINESE, MALAYS TO CO-OPERATE
    257 5 CHINESE, MALAYS TO CO-OPERATE Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A CENTRAL State Committee has been formed in Kelantan to forestall any possible clash jetween Malays and Chinese during the present emergency. This follows a meeting of Kelantan )fficials and prominent residents representing Joth communities, at Kota Bahru on
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    Utusan fells Dr. Wu 'Concern over Malay students
    334 5 Utusan fells Dr. Wu 'Concern over Malay students Free Press Malay Correspondent THE Chinese Consul-General at Singapore, Dr. Wu J Paak Shing, is asking the Chinese Government for full information regarding the two Malays who are studying on a Chinese Government's scholarship in the National Central I" liversity in Nanking.
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    Malay plan to help vagrants
    133 5 Malay plan to help vagrants F. P. Malay Correspondent rHE Malay Welfare Council is trying to find employment for Malay vagrants at present under detention or to return them to their kampones in the Federation The n*Quest for help waa made in a by the Com:oner of Prisons to Inche
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    Malay 'No' to Songkhram
    102 5 tree Fress Malay Correspondent THE Utusan Melayu reports from Kota Bbaru that the Greater Pantani Malay Organization Gabon sjan Patani Melayu Raya). which claims to represent Patani Malays, has rejected the latest concessions of Siamese Prime Minister. Field Marshal Phibun Sonrkhram to the Malays in Southern
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      97 5 You will Find-later that FINDLATER'S WINE t'^y yf m* flp J| /By \S *v^^ v Km/ Give Wines this Christmas SHERRIES DRY FLY. Pale Amber in colour; possesses the bouquet of a true fino $9.00 bot DRY CLUB. An exceedingly pleasant wine, on the dry side, which will be appreciated
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    Firm charged with keeping U.S. currency
    479 6 A TOTAL of IS. S>os,Blt> was brought into Singapore by the firm of Montor, Ltd., between September, 1946, and October, 1948, It was stated yesterday in the First District Court. The statement was made during the second day's hearing into the case against the
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    PENANG GIRLS SCHOOL BAND
    40 6 picture*. These pictures show the band of the Penano Fukien Girls' School on parade on Thursday evening when a farewell party and concert held for the students of enior and junior middle third classe Free Press
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    Dutch tighten control over barter trade
    98 6 DENANG merchants who run ships to North Sumatra for Indonesian barter will, from tomorrow, be re/used sailing permits from the Dutch authorities at Sabar.s: and Belawan unless have first obtained a l< 3f Introduction from the Netherlands Consulate in Penang. Ships going out from
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    ALLEGED CONFESSIONS READ IN COURT
    128 6 confession* alleged to have Km !e by the four airmen, accused in R.A.F. gen* case judge rment bv 9haw »r» In t«th ot Uie conf«««.o!.--men admitted theft of w and <enerator« mthe charjw. rial, ho'j v tracttd the conf*^ 1 1 declared -ha- th«". •hem
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    1,353 SMC VOTERS ENROL IN THREE WEEKS
    198 6 1,353 SMC VOTERS ENROL IN THREE WEEKS '16 days left,' says Supervisor Free Press Staff Reporter THE most welcomed Christmas gift on» iptrc woman could receive is for 20.000 per in the Municipality to come forward place their names on the Singapore Municipal Electoral Roll. At the moment, the Supervisor
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    BRISK TRADE IN NEW AUSTINS
    406 6 London Stock fcxcnange LONDON, Tuesday. PREMIUM of ss. per share irmi established wher dealing:;! started in Austin Motors new shares or he London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuter'i Inancial correspondent. Trading was active anc >r<»\ided what was almost the one bright feature ir in otherwise
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    COLONY GIVES $175,000 TO U.N.A.C. FUND
    53 6 SIXMO tWKjnCj ii<*o iiM**** contribution of $175,000 to the United Nations Appeal for Children. Over £56,000 has been coled in 20 British cole All organisations ?apore to be an Singapore the;: aions along tails «ork and the names of their officers an<j comi; n.
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    Assisted to his corner
    27 7 picture. f to his feet by his manager, d his brother, Bill, after being fouled ■t at Harraumm arena. LntLdcm on Dec. A.P.
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    S.C.C. RUGGER
    19 7 loUovag ill reprrv in a f« rugger against the S.Ci padacg tor. er, Pronei:. (ytalHVd toe B
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    MALAYA'S CHANCES NO LONGER ROSY
    511 7  - MALAYA'S CHANCES NO LONGER ROSY VETERAN U.S. team a real threat By jyirn^ii*^ naaminion ioiiowers musi nave got a rude shock this morning when th?y read the results of the United States v. Canada Thomas Cup tie, which the United States won convincingly by eight games to one, although a
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    M.C.C. bowlers toil all day
    195 7 p.\.>>>» aal *epi me ji.c.c. oowiers ionni£ ail aa\ in Johannesburg: yesterday when they gained a I innings lead of 47 in the match, which ended in a draw the third drawn fame of the tour. ps were drawn after Cliff Gladwin had d off
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    India's Test XI chosen
    55 7 IS cricket team for thirtl Test against the West Indies starting at < irdrn grounds. I on Dec. 31 was fd last night as Vmarnath (captain V ft. 1 ft. 8. kaA H K. Adhika p Mushtaq Ali. P. i nrahira. Ghalam Ahmed and S. fUarrjee.
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    TAN KIN HONG DEFEATED
    29 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent "T": ,-7 r ng. proved yesterce to -holder of .>f tH» senior inter- team the close ol i ach side **u
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    NEW MANAGERS MAKE PROMISING START
    140 7 VTHETHER or not it is due to an old English savin* that a new broom sweeps clean, it I outstanding fact that many English Football 1 flubs have won high honours in their first season with a new manager in control. This lias been a
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    CANADA LOSE TO U.S. BY 8-1
    82 7 I*HE United c B—l in Thomas Cup badu the An.single*; Dave Pfotmaa beat Richard Birch 15-4. 15-3; Daw mac beat J. Samis 15-1. 15-5; [if. M-r.dea beat R '.5-4: Lov«Say beat D 15-9. 15-7; ilarlin John Bam is ioS. 15-10. p— Mr- Da -i
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    Urn leaving on Dec. 23
    79 7 MR Lira Chuan l»e«»fc. manner »nd non pluyin* eapUia ef the Malayan Thomas (up bad minton team, m Iravm- l-.r London by plane on I>< 23. He is doe to reach i !.md on Dec. ?6, on the rv«Of the tram's arrival h\ the V
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    INDIA FORCE DRAW WITH W. INDIES
    189 7 pE.VTURIES by Modi (112) V. and Harare (134) in Bombaj ibled India to draw the second 1 affair^: the West Indies. t making 273 in e West first innings total of 629 6 declared— lndia, rec n an early setback In jaecood innings and
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    India Cup men in exhibitions
    35 7 i ir exhifa on Sunday night. I citmbles \kat and k Kochler 17-18. and B. E 17-18, li-2. 15-2 and B D SchrofT aid G. Bill Butler int 13-6. Reuter
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    TABLE TENN'.S
    28 7 Medical Collet' Lini Tei^ Qui K I,oe M-ng Kong. Lee Soo Choon P.ing. Leong B hum Puck Choon, I'° -jan. Lau Bu o, L«u Buoi^; I>«r«.
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    A.A.A. to expand coaching scheme
    126 7 T Asm viaB Ls to promise -rere hern. Bcuthem a eI I irea coaching coauni pointed a. xw hing r» Any athlete flMtriog cotichin? xnild obtati thry coach and if or.' not avaibble irr his vicini'y he »et In touch with g for a< fully
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    Mayfoong Cup to Dr. Cheah
    133 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Uuna. rE first wlniiex of tiae Mayloong Cup for jjolf competition at the Royal Johore International Club k Dr. T. h Club'e captain, who beat W. H. Brocfcett to the final by 3 and 2. Results were: Fir* Rouad: C J beat P.
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    HOCKEY FIXTURE
    45 7 T'HE Victoria Sciiool w.U piay I Customs team it h tomonow at 515 p.m. at Farcer Park. The aclaool XI chewen from Suan Tim Aran, Harbhan Singh O. Chi Bala, Zainal. Mahadeva, Kwootf J3o, Bnn C. i H■ Ya^in, Soon Hock and Hi
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    ALL-MALAYAN GOVTPENANG PLEA
    510 8 Big vote for secession Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tuesday. DENANG should never have been included as part of the Malayan Federation until the people of Penan* had agreed gladly and willingly to be part of that Federation, said Mr. J. P. Souter, president of the Settlement
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    17 Ib. baby tor 248 Ib. mother
    47 8 COSWAY Arakansas). Tuesday. i 248-POVSD mother gave birth to a 17 X 2 Ib. sort, her third child. The mother is 36, the father 63. The child at birth < the size of a normal infant five or six months old.
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    'Russia has improved V-2 rockets'
    119 8 'Russia has improved V-2 rockets' LONDON, Tuetda; in:reased range into a new version of the German V-2 -ockets which fell on London. Mr John cite* e its id in ar" the firs' i.v>ue of tew "Aircrafis Annual. vegian pilots have s«t?n and im^d moviirg objec's tr-ii«ved to >e Russian rocket
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    JET FIGHTER ORDER
    24 8 The South African Ail Force has placed an order with Brl*. Jel tighten 11 was learned In Pretoria terda A. P.
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    Players' grouses discussed
    88 8 rNGLISH Football An tion and Football League officials yesterday met representatives of the Players Union to discuss the grievances of soccer players. There was an exchange of views "ranging over a number of matters," but no final decision was reached other than that there should be a
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    Diplomats now more optimistio
    162 8 Diplomats now more optimistio PARIS, Tuesday. DELEGATES to the United Natloni General Assembly i ivhich adjourned on Sunday until April, said they had arrived in Paris in September fearing war might break out, '.hey were returning home now feeling more optimistic about peace. However, the East-West rivalry, which split the
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    Foreign arms, troops sent to aid Israel
    93 8 Foreign arms, troops sent to aid Israel >NDON, Tuesday. THE Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, told th« se of Commons yesterday. ir information leaves us no doubt that Skoda arms plant in Czechoslovakia has sent weapons to Israel McNeil, however, declined to reply to a question about the alleged
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    RED AGENT IN U.K. GOVT. CODE ROOM
    279 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, a self-confessed former Communist and a member of an alleged Soviet spy ring in the United St. jave information to the authorities in 1939 that lrd to the rapture of a umunist spy in the code room of
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    Rubber prices
    164 8 A SPttlAl Market oorrc»i dent fives the pri< of rubhei (In cfnt« per Ib) ti II a m UxU\ i* follows: Bmeu Sfllfrs No I K S s Syol looi* 38 J F.o b in bait-. t»ct So. 1 K .s > .38 18 No. t R.S.S. 36'.
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    Korea may join U.N.
    20 8 The Republic of Korea asked yesterday for United Nations membership, says an A.P. report from Paris.
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    5,000,000 TRICKS
    33 8 This year's car and truck output in the United States topped the 5.000,000 unit mark yesterday. If Canadian factory output is added, the year's total to date Is about 5,248.000.- A.P.
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    Bashed rival with wrenci
    34 8 BIRMINGHAM. Tuesc MR JUSTICE B month* beca and their heads tl assault adulter- Wit punr lUyncr 32 pl«adt-d beatlna up Marsh&ll B xmur-0.-' jud«e said wu l.vinf %Mh 1 U.P.
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    Indian President to serve 5 years
    91 8 NEW DELHI. Tuesday. 'THE Indian Constituent Assembly decided yest that the term of Indian presidents under the new conon they are drafting will be f.ve years. He may be re-elected for any number of terms. The President shall chosen by an electoral college consisting
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    ROTARY FAREWELL
    80 8 ROTARY FAREWELL pictures. More than 200 members and guests attended last night 6 Rotary dinner at Raffles Hotel to bid farewell to Mr. T. H. Stone, past District Governor, who leaves the Colony on retirement today. Picture above shows Mr. Angus Mitchell, first Australian President of Rotary International, shaking hands
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    'Oust Russian mark' call
    288 8 DKITISII. French and I'nited States Military Com- mandants in Berlin have discussed German demands for use of the Western deutschc mark as sole legal currency In their sectors of the citv. Protestor Ernst Reuter, the "Western" Lord Mayor, stated yesterday. At present both Eastern and Western
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    Traditional
    37 8 reserve LOSDON. Tuesday. 'TALK about the KnglUhman's traditional Tht Royal Air Force says only one pe r son in I five eligible to wear campaign stars and medals have so far entered claims for then A.P.
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    Australia may not compete
    93 8 doubfful w: Australia. runners-up las will contr- .49 Davu oup The uncertainty on this point expreased earlier by tome waa confirmed a: a mee' tn« Lawn Tennis Association ol Australia yesterday. The president. Sir Normar Brook*, told tlie meetlr.,. would show a luas. uh.ch woulc cnpple
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    ENGLAND ENTERS WORLD TOURNEY
    27 8 The English Football Association yesterday pro visionally decided to entei an England team for th< world cup competition 1e Brazil in 1950.- Reuter
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    Umscript bill pasted
    63 8 The House of Lords lasi night approved without t division the second reading of a bill to increase the tenr or conscripts in the armed forces from 12 months to 18 A.P. Two great United 8 airlines. Pan American Airways and American Overseas Airlines, are to amalgamate
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    Wulkan asks Churchill to raise his case
    245 8 U.K. corrupti 0n Dr k j *0 \fARCrS WILK AN A?1 central figure in t!:. gation into alleged corruj nl>u n4 JJJ circles announced in k ''^n^l had appealed to Mr. the House of Commons i made against hit rood il^ atu* In
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    Four B.O.T. convictions
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      323 8 BIRTH OWEN To Rosemary, wife of (Owen on 12th December, at Hoepi'aJ. a dau«?ht«r. Carol ENGAGEMENT The engagement between Miss \h Lul «Tan Ai Llan) eldest ntar of Mr Tan Tlong Swec. and Mr. Lau Tien Sion«. eldest if Madam Nz H^ng Lee took on 12th Dec 1948. DEATHS Madam
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