The Singapore Free Press, 4 April 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1949. PRICE 10 CUNTS
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    MANDALAY IS RECAPTURED
    248 1 Reds may join Govt. THF ah i a- j RANGOON, Monday. All-India Radio announced yesterday tha tli j U^ mese Government troop's recapturec Mandalay from Karen and Communist insur gents on Saturday. There was no official announcement m Rangoon, however, although several days ago the Government announced
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    COURT ESCAPE BID
    41 1 COURT ESCAPE BID v >urt Kr-porter Wr .ned Court B 1 made Mff"' oerty Si. lhe I n tne Bile >-verai n he I dock «asc the I. iping I lirec- R. ad I n a cto the I iddi- ptinf
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    POLICE SEIZE BIG HAUL OF DRUGS
    36 1 POLICE SEIZE BIG HAUL OF DRUGS X i-r :zed :llin i my- j ur m r'-'i IT w^re ■I :ed j ).~n a > QRfcar. D-pot .n x ;ed HI A market rigure D Chief, »ald this
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    50,000 HEAR POPE
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    GIRL 11, HAS CHILD
    14 1 L* p girl I ec- pound a Was] "«»t*vrt A.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    20 1 ft *UoikM.. Vlon. ImmitraZ* ]n "'t. Mr Arthur admitted to g" .^tirduv for "a 2 *n d thorough
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    33 1 Extended to its full height of 100 feet, this fire escape ladder now m use with the Singapore Fire Brigade was demonstrated by the suppliers, I'nited Engineer*, outside their oflHees yester day mornin?.
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    19 ARRESTS
    17 1 There were 19 arrests m the Federation during the past 24 hours ended last nisht.
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    SOVIET ZONE CUTS TAXES
    68 1 BERLIN, Moil. I TH E CommunLst-conlroljed German Economic Commission of the Russian zone has announced big ta\ r?ductions for small wan* earners. Anti-Communist paper* m the Western occupied zones of Berlin attacked the change as a move to soak the private businessman." Provisions m the law
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    Communist leader's 'pattern for peace'
    136 1 NANKING. Sunday. 'pHK surrender of Peiping to th e Communists was cited as a 'pattern for peace" m China m a message from th c Communist leader. Mao Tse-tung, read m a broadcast over Peiping radio last night. The broadcast coincided with what was expected
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    TIME FLEW
    48 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE lost his wristwatch m Jalan Brsar last night while oblifinf a stranger with the time. Asked the time. the Chinese pulled up his sleeve to look at the watch. The stranger then snatched the watch trom him and ran awaj.
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    S'HAI PAY 'DISASTER"
    88 1 S'HAI PAY 'DISASTER" THE economics of Shanghai are reaching a stage described by one financial editor as disastrous after a month-end pay day which produced a situation m which workers could not cash pay cheques without taking a 20 per cent, discount. One explanation given was that inflation now was
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    ITALIAN REDS
    32 1 Italy's Minister of the Inirrlor. Slgnor Mario Scelba. hinted strongly yesterday that he wanted the leaders of the rti.lian Communist Party orought to trial for "open vloof the laws." A.P.
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    TALKS ON ITALY'S OLD EMPIRE
    180 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE future disposal of Italy's pre-war colonies was discussed yesterday by the British Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, and his Italian opposite number, Count Carlo Sforza. The disposal of Tnpolitania L seen by observers In Washington as the key to the knotty Interrelated
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    'KEY' TOWN ABANDONED
    38 1 IT is reported that the Nationalist garrison at 3inyang, key town on the Pel-ping-Hankow railway 100 miles north of Hankow, ha> been evacuated. It was said the garrison had withdrawn to avoid fighting the Reds.
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    WILL PRESS ANTI-DUTCH MOVE
    77 1 WILL PRESS ANTI-DUTCH MOVE WASHINGTON, Mon. SENATOR Owen Brewster has announced that he will press for his proposal to withhold U. 5.5400 million In Marshall aid funds from He Hand because of the Dutch military operations against the Indonesian Republic, it learned here. Senator Brewster is understood to have rejected
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    MOSCOW IS TO SPEND MORE
    63 1 RADIO Moscow said yesterday that the Moscow Soviet has approved a 1949 budget of 3.479.000,000 rubles about $650 million U.S.) This compares with an expenditure of 3.222,000,000 rubles m 1948. The oroadcast said "the growth of the budget of the Soviet capital clearly testifies to
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    2 Bandits shot
    47 1 WHEN a party of police approached a suspected aouse m an estate m the v Kuantan area of Pahang veMerday. three or four ChinPM' ran out of it and fired three round* with pistols, j The police opened fire and killed two of them.
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    TORIES HOPE TO CONTROL L.C.C.
    209 1 LONDON, Sunday. SOCIALISTS and Conservatives mobilised their forces this week-end for next Thursday's London County Council elections vital phase of an impending nation-wide party struggle for control of local government. Conservatives hope to end the Socialists' 15--year-domination of the L.C.C. and to start a landslide
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    BELGIAN 'QUAKE'
    25 1 Three earthquake shocks m Southern Belgium yesterday cracked the walls of houses, brought down chimneys and sent people running terrified into the streets.
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    TAXI-CAB ROBBERIES
    67 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Europeans, one armed with a knife robbed a taxi-driver m Thomson Road of $20 cash and a wristwatch valued $50 on Saturday night. The driver was left tied up after the robbery. In Radin Mas last night, another taxi driver was the victim
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    DRUGSHOPS SEIZED
    35 1 The Rumania Government •jpgan seizing all drug stores, chemist dispensing shops, and some types of perfume shops on Saturday, as the start of its programme to nationalise Rjmanla's entire retail drug trade. A.P.
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    India to press S. African issue
    147 1 NEW YORK. Monday. INDIA is preparing an all out effort durirlg the coming session ot the United Nations General Assembly, opening here tomorrow, to get the United Nation to conHon* South Africa for her t of I" m the Union according to circles close
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    34 1 **m* civw ior Singapore Fire Brigade's newest an»l highest fire escape pose for their picture. The ladder i a built on the same principle as those used by troops Inrading Nornvmdy to scale cliffs.
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    E.C.A. Bill held up in Senate
    256 1 E.C.A. Bill held up in Senate WASHINGTON, Sunday. ON the eve of expiry of the first year of Marshall aid. the United States Senate last night adjourned until tomorrow without reaching a final vote on the bill to extend the European Recovery Programme for another year. The adjournment followed a
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    IMPORTANT TALKS ON GERMANY
    74 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. ]yjR. ERNEST Bevin, Mr, Dean Acheson and M. Robert Sohuman will continue today with talks on the future of Germany. The talks may continue all through the week, although it is known that Mr. Bevin wants to catch the Mauretania for England on Friday.
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    REDS LAND IN LEICHOW
    80 1 REDS LAND IN LEICHO W CANTON, Monday MAYOR HO LOH, of Kwangchouwan, former French leased port on the southwest coast of Kwantung province, revealed last r.ight some 300 Communists irregulars from Hainan island recently landed on Leichow peninsula, m sou'h Kwangchouwan. The mayor said the guerillas were well armed. He
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    India not joining any pact —NEHRU
    123 1 India not joining any pact —NEHRU LUCKNOW. Mon. THE Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, told United Provinces legislators here that ther e is no question of India joining the Atlantic alliance or any Pacific pact. He reiterated India s determination to remain aloof from world power blocs and added that
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    Revolt in Costa Rica quelled
    106 1 SAN JOSE. Monday. COSTA RICAN rebels surrendered yesterday aitci a week-end attempt to overthrow the Government >f P-vsident Jose Figueras-. The rebels were hcavii> bombarded m Bella V r ista and many dead and wounded littered the street. There b*4 been no official estimate yet
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    MADRAS LAND BILL
    26 1 Large land estates are to M .'quidated m Madras Provin- c under a bil] which receiv>l the assent of the GovernorGeneral yesterday. A.P.
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    Rubber prices
    57 1 4 SPECIAL Market corrrspon. d«nt gives the price* of rubber (m cenU per lb.) at II a.m today as follow > Buyer«. SHlera. No 1 R.S.S Spot. loo»e I*' Hf| F.o.b. m bales Apr. No. 1 R.S.S IS'; ti% No. 2 R.S.S. 33% 0% No. 3 R S.S.
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    Malaya must grow more oil palms
    1269 2  -  Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By MALAYA ought to produce more palm oil, m the view of the Colonial Primary Products Committee, whose task is to investigate colonial agriculture and guide colonial governments and peoples m the selection of the crops most likely to tincl
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    39 2 To quote from the picture Yum Yum" aptly describes -rhat Danny Kaye and VirQinia Mayo are doing m Samuel Goldwyn's Technicolor comedy **A Song i$ Born." The film, which co-stars Danny and Virginia Mayo. Is directed by Howard Hawks.
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    New methods of teasing the bride
    622 2 By K. S. CHIA MODERN young people who consider the old-world Chinese custom of teasing the bride on her wedding night as a kind of medieval torture are no less guilty of this crime but they have substituted subtle new methods for the old.
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    Bridge Hands
    410 2 WEST had "trapped" when he vv parsed Ills nne hand the first time. Since South/a one sp/ide response wa a force on the opening bidder, West could afford to sit back and see what happened. He hardly dared hope that trie opponents would get so high so quickly
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    Polar teams ran 'can' tneir heat
    178 2 By THOMAS R. HENKI A DEVICE by which future polar explorers will "can" the heat of their own bodies has been constructed at the University of Maryland. At low temperatures, It i> estimated, from 30 to 40 per cen* of the Total loss of
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      215 2 FASFASDF SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency, news from K.L. at 10 d.m. TODAY 10 to 10 10 a.m. News from X.L 10.55 to 12 Schools' Broadcast. 1 Monday Matinee-Ike Carpenter 130 News 1.45 Cowooy Sor.s?s 6 Programme Summary 6 02 Light Music 6.30 Haw Ulan Music 7
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      267 2 Metres and U Metres TODA\ 4.45 p.m. English: Programme Summary; News Headlines; Share Market Report; 4.55 Health Intelligence Bulletin: 5.05 Light Music; 5.15 The Written Word (1) •Richardson Fieldlr.g'; 530 British Concert Hall— l 6; 6.30 NEWS IN CANTONESE (BBC); 6.45 Indonesia r:: News Se Programme; 7.15 News In" Franch
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      296 2 Music for Strings Curtis Bynphonietta 10.15 Talk: Agricultural Bulletin 10.30 "As You Like It" 10.45 Australians on Record Soprano Gladys Moncrtrff 1100 Australian News RADIO CEYLON j (S.E.A.C.) 19 84 Metres and SI ftl Metre* TODAY 4.54 Station Opening and Pro-i gramme Summary; 6.00 Band of the Week; 6 SO
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    FREIGHT 'WAR' IS INTENSIFIED
    269 3 0£ *em no peace" prospects m the freight Jm war between the Dutch shipping lines British and Indian companies on their pa runs. Spokesmen on both sides insisted m uthat the war" must go on. Neither side had *iif pn>po>al s to make. Meanwhile, freights from
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    DIVIDENDS IN TIME
    46 3 DIVIDENDS IN TIME *4 rfvntlv trial he :t ]m ptar> t>uams- fjrn hirmelf 7*:.*+ m time by VWtint a mmuie «t vi his methods idinn »rv»>papri> >\;\± '.ulhu nmoal ami uithi )Rakfa>: r-lu>in; to 'Urts ti> acrom- toiiMi walks and m him^lf to h\f «Wp a ni^ht
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    REPUBLICAN INDIA POSES A NEW PROBLEM
    364 3 REPUBLICAN INDIA POSES A NEW PROBLEM Dangers of a formula »pHE conservative London review "Spectator" warns fm.«. i dan c™e of trvin to find a hard and fast «iTi a *i! m ediately to kee P a "Republican" India within the Commonwealth. "Let India, as she desires, be a Republic
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    23 3 A black satin and moire striped cocktail suit with rravat of nile blue chiffon edged with silver lace is the latest dress fashion.
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    P.I. to have no more divorce
    76 3 J TOTAL elimination of divorce m the Philippines has been approved m a caucus of majority and opposition Congressmen m the Home of Repreeniatives, who have gone on record for allowing only a "legal separation 1 between vian and wife Under this agreement even
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    63 3 Surgeon-Lieut-Commander I.cc Boyd Martin opens the collapsible stove with which he cooked his food during his icy vigil for 60-hours on the six-foot square snowswept run sponson on the farrier "Vengeance" during a recent Arctic cruise. Lieut-rommander Martin. an Australian, was the "guinea pig" m a test which simulated an
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    WIDOW 'BULLIED' THE GUARDS
    242 3 LITTLE Mrs. Harriet Carter, 65-year-old widow, sat a bit uncomfortably at a court-martial at Caterham Guards Barracks, listening to the reverberations of her own attack. If happened like this. Mrs. Carter— who has a daughter but no sons- has lived for 20 years outside the barrack
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    TO CELEBRATE MAFEKING
    111 3 A FEW men, whose ages total nearly 2.000 years, will meet here m May to celebra'e the 49th anniversary of a night when Britain went wild with joy. They are the survivors who took part m the siege and relief of Mafeklng during the South African War
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    JAP TRADE MISSION
    28 3 A Japanese trade mission is expected to arrive m Buenos Aires on April 11 to study a renewal of trade bet«/rpn Argentina and Japan.- AP
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    WOMEN FECERS
    24 3 WOMEN FECERS ,rrik m the triangular fencing match between itUnd i"d Walo at the Amateur Fencing litnd'M) hradquartrrs Enid Parkinson (EngAith hristlne Noble (Scotland).
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    antas delay just routine'
    20 3 antas delay just routine' [Ml v. Departs of a air reo a to to the »n a ppine rarco Reuter
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    Y. TAXI MEN ON STRIKE
    9 3 Y. TAXI MEN ON STRIKE II I the A.P.
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    Married love —or children?
    123 3 WHICH comes first, m*T- ried love or paienthood uas asked a< the National Catholic Conferei w on family life, at San Francisco. The Rev. Thomas Han ley, Professor of Ethics at Si. Martin's College. Olyripia. Washington State, noted that Catholic scholars are reconsidering and re-evalu-ating their
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    25 3 *-ttih a demonstration of one unit dispersal H.Tstera at Los Angeles. Three Hj -two such units will permit landings 1 »t formerly turned planes awajfc
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    Became bird expert after death sentence
    198 3 Became bird expert after death sentence WHENEVER anything goes wrong with a caged bird m America, the owner is likely to look up a 500-page book called "Stroud's Digest on Diseases of Birds." The author is now beggMig to be executed. James Stroud, 51. became an expert on birds soon
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    26 3 Mr. Herbert Morrison. Lord President of the Council, at the wheel of a Thames river bus which are to be increased for the 1951 London exhibition.
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    LOOTING IN CHINA
    57 3 Two thousand Chinese Communist guerillas are looting the countryside along the west river, 120 miles west of Canton.- A.P. (ieno Tierney. Hollywood star with her four-month-•fild daughter. Christina usuig the pre-sterilised disposable nursing bottle invented by Washington nurse, Mrs. Ada Allen who attended Miss Tierney at the
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    Paderewski's will unsealed
    138 3 A FRENCH judge m Paris on Saturday opened the 20-year-old will of the J pianist-statesman, ignaee' Jan Paderewski, but the contents are still a secret. Judge Rene de Goy broke the seals on the document j at a private ceremony m his chambers. He found about 20
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    CHINESE WANT PACIFIC PACT
    316 3 EADING Chinese newspapers now add their voices to the demand for a "Pacific pact." Despite the crisis m the government's affairs, papers on the Nationalist side found time and space to comment on the Atlantic treaty and to put m a plea for a Pacific alliance.
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    INDIA READY TO MEET RED THREAT
    419 3 INDIA READY TO MEET RED THREAT INDIA is looking warily to the North and East, 9 watching closely the advances oi (ommunism that may engulf all the rest of the Asian mainland. But, as yet, she shows neither alarm nor nervousness. Her government, m power for l<*ss than two years
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 4. 1949. IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH
    630 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 4. 1949. IT' S NOT GOOD ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY knocks loudly and insistently at the floor of Singapore's Progressive Party. It has won thirteen of the eighteen seats on the Municipal Commission m the first election to give the Commission a popularly elected ir.ajority, and
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    Things will sizzle in South Africa now
    1031 4  - Things will sizzle in South Africa now NOEL MONKS By Pretoria: JUR. GALLUP, of America, who got a 'headache through inisforecasting the United States Presidential elections, would have had a nervous breakdown ifhe had been operating here during the Union's provincial elections. Even if he had forecast them correctly, he
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    FAITH
    17 4 O death, where is thy Rting? O grave, where is thy victory? I. Corinthians, 15. 55.
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    THEY GO TO LOOK AT BRITAIN
    761 4 THEY GO TO LOOK AT BRITAIN By GUY RAMSEY TWENTY-SIX youn* people one boy and one girl each from 13 different countries have descended on Bri tain. They are the pick of their home -lands: chosen by their own ability, recommended by their schools, interviewed by journalists and educationists Most
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    Progress is good on the way to ruin
    732 4  - Progress is good on the way to ruin Alexander Clifford REPORT ON SPAIN by MADRID: T^HE democratic world's plan to punish Spain for having Franco by making her an economic outlaw is working splendidly—at any rate, from the point of view of those who think it is a good plan.
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    When your clock runs down
    526 4 BY ALTON L. BLAKESLEE HOW long will you live? That depends partly, according to a widely accepted scientific idea, on a strange clock of human life. Barring accidents, a man will live until his clock runs down. It is not set for a particular day,
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    SURPRISE CHECKS TO STOP REGISTRATION
    919 5 SURPRISE CHECKS TO STOP REGISTRATION inquiry into vehicle thefts Committee 's report ready Free Press Staff Reporter gURPRISE checks on numbers and other marks of vehicles under inspection m the Registrar of Vehicles Department, a uniform system of keeping records of stolen vehicles, and the streamlining of certain procedures m
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    ARTIST AT WORK
    73 5 Saptohoedofe the brilliant joung Indonesian artist from Koala Lumpur, who is to hold his second one-man show Of »°!J aintin exhibition m Penan* The show will be held m the Hatchings School for a week from Easter Monday, April IS. aider the patronage of the British Council.
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    Best use it money: give to Varsity'
    138 5 .:gii the :-ve;sity EfiT would be able to f**\. i mutual -asiup which 2* a: :1 >' oi oe mainHan Hoe from ght. ■ad the ;>,-,.. Johore, 0081 I r went BM a:er Mr. sen. -See ai Maafh inhat we tJot- ft attain
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    TAKUAPA TIN
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    DONATIONS TO BE TAX-FREE
    76 5 FE Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, m a broadcast from Radio Malaya last night, said that donations to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund will be free from income tax and estate duty. The Commissioner General, who is the first Chai cellor of the University,
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    TALKS ON SEX
    49 5 Dr Mary Tan, Lady Medical Officer of Health, Singapore Municipality spok? at the Y.W.C.A. tnls morning on Sex and the family." On April 25, me Secretary for Social Welfare, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice will speak at the same place on the "Social aspect of sex."
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    Scholarships worth Rs 200 a month
    333 5 npHE scholarships which the Government of India 1 is offering to Malayans (two non-Indians and four Indians) are worth Rs 200 per month each, exclusive of capitation, tuition and examination fee which will be borne by that Government. This sum of Rs 200. says
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    Ancestors are remembered
    57 5 THOUSANDS of Singapore Chinese yesterday flocked to Chinese cemeteries on the outskirts of the Colony, and. offerrd prayers and sacrifices at 'heir {motors' tombs They were observing the annual Cheng Beng festival, which is equivalent to the Christian All Souls' Day. fr »ie Chinese pilgrimage, which started
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    They put cemeteries on fire
    77 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EIGHT grass tires within six hours on Sunday were started by Chinese worshippers when they burnt joss paper at Chinese cemeteries to observe the Cheng Feng festival. Engines from the Central Fire Station answered calls from about 1 a.m. onwards till
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    'Let's show the world' —Dato Onn
    226 5 'THE legislation passed by the Governments of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya for the establishment of a University did not m itself establish a University. It was only a first tilling ground upon which that University is to rise. So said the Mentri
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    DOG STANDS GUARD FOR PAHANG BANDITS
    112 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rpHREE terrorists were killed today, two m the 1 Kuantan area of Pahang and one m the Gurun area of Kedah. The Pahang shooting was m the Atbara Estate area. Two Chinese were shot dead by police
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    Seeking data on employment
    136 5 AFTER three months m: Malaya, a young American woman. Miss Helen Panaretos. has neanv completed her Job of drawing up a personnel programme for the Eastern Mining and Metal I i Co., Ltd, when it takes ovei Malaya's only iron mine m Dungun. Trengganu. The present
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    Salvation Army needs $63,000
    63 5 rpHE Salvation Army m- Sin--1 gapore needs $63,000 m the next 12 months to meet budget expenses for the continuance of evangelical and social work m the Colony, says the General Secretary ol the Army m Malaya, Brigadier F. Harvey. In launching an annual drive for
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    119 5 The Bishop of Malacca, the Kt. Rev. Monsignor Olcomendy officiated at a pontifical high mass yes torday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd m Singapore to mark the golden jubilee of Pope Pius XII. The Bishop was assisted by the Vicar-General of Singapore, the Rev. Fr. Bonamy, and the
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    Chinese seek more barter
    171 5 FJETAILS of the Chinese move to extend Singapore 17 barter trade with the three Sumatra ports and to obtain a guarantee that the present barter with East and North Sumatra will continue will be placed before Wednesday's meeting of the Singapore-Indo-nesia Trade Liaison Committee. The move
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    Holttum may go to Stockholm
    113 5 IT is possible that Mr. R Holttum. Director of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore may represent Malaya at th-> Seventh International Botanical Congress to be held m i Stockholm m July next year Mr. Holttum told the Free Press yesterday that no delegate to this cc
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      79 5 FASFDAS Airmails axe due to arrive m Singapore today from the U.S. Holland Slam. China Philippines and the N E.I. Clostng times for posting airmails at the 0.P.0. today are: to Padang and Medan: 1.30 pan; to Dabo Sir.gkep: 4 p.m. and to Sourabaya. Palembang. Batarii. China. Japan and the
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    Twelve Rounds Of Slugging With Woodcock
    1583 6  - Twelve Rounds Of Slugging With Woodcock FREDDIE MILLS -by- I IFE for so m c boxers is- just one come back after another. Fortunately, it's never been thai way with me, but there have been one or two occasions when I've had to do some hard thinking, along with my
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    Sands fighting a topnotcher
    156 6 TOMMY Yarosz of Pennsylvania vows to puncture the great Dave Sands boom m a ten-round bout at Harringay arena, London, on Friday. Sands, so the story goes m London, ran out of fees m Australia, where he holds the middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight championships. The 23-year-old
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    AUSTRIANS TRIUMPH
    24 6 Austria bat BtrHmrttmi by too goal> to on 1 m a soccer tiiifTiia' i<>nal m Ia: miuic vpstwdav Reuter and A. P.
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    Big scheme to develop Indian sport
    198 6 Indian portMMB, iporta pfrtrani and promoters at a meeting m New Delhi on 3aturday decided to form a National Spoils Club o( India for developing Indian tport. A scheme for taking over the Indian Gwnkhana at Osterley Park. London, and developing it ra a
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    U.S. CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND
    42 6 THE first American Cricket r e;<m to tour England since 1937 arrived m Southampton on board ♦he Dominion Monarch m Saturday. Later the party left by train tor London. They will rem?in In England for four months. A.P.
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    Winninggoal late in game
    151 6 AFTER a ding-dong struggle Wolverhampton Wanderer* defeated the (up- holder*. MtnthMirr I'nited. by one goal t« ie.ro m ihnr rrpU\cd (up «cmi flnaJ at GoodlM>n Park Liverpool, on Saturday and earned the right to meet Leicester Cttf m Ihe Anal at Wembley on April 3«. The
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    Grim struggles in U.K. ragby
    117 6 OATTRDAY'S rugby games showed I>u sins «f "end of season" feeling and a number nf top-div fixtures were fought out a> grimlx aN it ihe k^l«^ prayinf m November. Cardiff and Swans. fierre battle m which neitl. although Cardiff had a win. John Rees hit
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    PRESCOTT PLAYS PERFECT STROKES
    837 7 PRESCOTT PLAYS PERFECT STROKES bright cricket in SC A games SCINTILLATING cricket by Singapore Chinese Recreation Club and Colonials C.C., bright batting by the Singapore Recreation Club against R.A.F. Changi, a rout of Johore C.C. by S.C.C. and a plucky innings by Indian Association's Mohinder Singh against the R.A.F. Seletar,
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    Teams for today's R.A.F. games
    342 7 tj \ir Force open a new annual sports Lrition-the A.C.F.E. Command Week of Changi and Seletar today with the semi4the and tennis events. For the next five days, .earns from Ceylon (represented by Negombo), Malaya (by Kuala Lumpur), Seletar (by Technical Wing, Seletar) and Hong
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    Choong takes French title
    90 7 Choong takes French title Lv< E«r Leon*, of ki.i. von the men's -ale m the French H Mr** 1 badminton H^ o£p m Paris Ljai his fellow Epia Uu Vat Sun, ™r>: m thf final. t'jr *mi- finals Lav Kjwßaudoin France) K'.wv and fhoon* Km Uu Foo Sun KV>o Sun
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    Sold in the morning, won evening
    238 7 Sold in the morning, won evening Free Press Correspondent RACING is all luck, they say. n It was never more so when Lord Frederick scored his maiden win at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, the concluding day of the Selangor Turf Clnb March-April meeting. His owners had been unlutry with this
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    KLUANG G.E.S. LOSE TO R.I.
    185 7 K LUANG Government English School lost by three games to two In a thrilling badminton match against Raffles Institution on Saturday morning at the R.I. hall In Bra 3 Basah Road. It was the Kluang G E School's first match In Singapore. They are looking
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    Nirgal wins
    33 7 MARCEL Boussac's six-year-old Nirgal, by Goya out of Castillane. won the Prix Ganay (£943) over one mile and twt furlongs on the opening day of the Longchamps flat-racing season yesterday Reuter
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    C.S.C. ELECTS OFFICIALS
    154 7 WORK on the new pool at the Chinese Swimming Club. Singapore, will be started this year, the requisite plans having already been submitted to the Municipal authorities. This announcement was made by Mr. G. H. Klat, presiding at the annual general meeting of the Club yesterday. Election
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    BIRA SECOND IN CAR RACE
    109 7 MANUEL Fangio. of Argentina, driving a 1.500 c.c. Maseratl won the San Remo Grand Prix yesterday covering the 304 kilometres (about 190 miles) m 3 hr 1 mln. 28 3/5 sec. Prince Bira, m a similar Mase rati. was second m 3 hr. 2 mm
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    CHAMPIONS CLASH
    21 7 FERNANDA JANILI Italian welterweight champion, outpointed George Grlspos, middleweight champion, m a ten-round bout at Alexandria last nght. A.P.
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    Permuda too fast for FTC
    159 7 Free Presa Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. FARELF Training Centre sustained their first defeat m the local soccer League when they conceded five clear goals to Permuda on the Istana padang yesterday. Permuda used their speed to advantage. The opposing defence went too far up
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
    727 7 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A pts Portsmouth 33 20 8 ***** 48 Newcastle 34 18 9 7 61 43 45 Derby Co 33 18 8 10 51 44 40 Charlton 33 15 10 10 57 62 40 Arsenal 34 14 10 10 61
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    S'pore attack lacks sting
    691 7 S' pore attack lacks sting Singapore 1; Singapore Chinese 1. OINGAPORE'S probable Malaya Cup soccer team their third tryout yesterday, and against the strongest opposition so far, a picked Singapore Chinese Football Association side, it confirmed the opinion of many critics that the forwards must show better goal-getting ability if
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    11-RUN VICTORY
    37 7 11 -RUN VICTORY RA.F. Tengah beat R.A.F. Sembawang at cricket yesterday at Sembawang by 11 runs. Scores: Tengah 167 (Morehouse 92, Cave four for 3;, Hutton five for 34); Sembawang 156 (Hammond 74, Warren seven for 54).
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    18-RUN WIN TO SINHALESE
    213 7 IN a non-league match at St. George* Road yesterday, the Sinhalese Cricket Association beat the C.V.M.A. by 18 runs. Scores: SINHALESE Wijeweera c. Woodford b Keyt 3; J. N. Fernando b Woodford 10; M. Pereira Run Out Da Bllva 2; C. Seneviratne b. Keyt 2; H.
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    Singapore Cup team: poll invited
    243 7 riE Free Press invites readers to send m their vr concerning the selection of Singapore's Malaya Cup soccer team for the match aga^ist R.A.F. on April 23. The following is a list of the leading Singapore civilian players Goalkeepers: Osman Angultia (8.0.D.C.A.). Arshad iKota Raja)
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      64 7 Today's Sport LEAGUE SOCCER: SRC. v. BE. Reft.— J. Besar; Jnr. A. Grp. 2. 5.11.8. Aux. Police v. P. Branl Utd.— Thomson Rd Jnr. A. Grp. 1, T. Si T.C. (Nee Soon) B'pore Chinese Enf. Assn. Geylang; Jnr. B. Grp. 1, Sport Airport S.C. v. T. Moiic 0.8.A.— C.V.M.A. *md.
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    BIRTHS
    40 8 ON MARCH 12TH. at Gwelo. Southern Rhodesia, to Margaret Eleanor (nee Duff*, late of Singapore, wife of Vere Ogilvie. ft i«;s*hrer. FAY— To Ann !U Brian at K»ndang Kerba-.i Haspital, on Mirch 30* h. 1949. -.on. Brian Jonathan. UIBRIir.E
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    MARRIAGE
    96 8 MAHATHEVA RETNESWARI. C Mahadeva of P.R.0.. Kuala I unMmr. to Retneswari. daughter of T Sivapragasam. M.8.E., Cooperative Dept.. Kuala Lumpur, at Ceylon. April 4. '49. Indi idual invitations not issued. t wountry oapers please copy. OUTTERIIXJE CROWTHER: A y 3O D.m. on 2nd. April. 1949. by the Rev. W.
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    DEATH
    13 8 SEAH KEOK QUEE. at Tan Tv-fc Seng Hospital, on 31.3.49. Pupil regretted.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    35 8 MRS. TAN HOCK SAN. Mrs. H > Seng Soon and the family !-ink all those who helped, loan- 1 oars, paid visits, sent wreaths. md attended the funeral of the I Mr. Tan Hock San.
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    JEWS SIGN THIRD PEACE PACT
    357 8 Syria agrees to open talks RHODES, Monday. ISRAEL and Transjordan signed an armistice agreement here last night after negotiations lasting on c month. It generally "freezes" the demarcation line according to the present truce lines and provides for withdrawal and reduction of forces along both
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    Historic staff for Dublin
    114 8 I DUBLIN. Monday ONE of Ireland's greatest religious treasures, an 850--year-old Bishop's staff, is to be transferred from an ancient County Waterford castle 'to the National Museum m Dublin. The staff, known a$ the Lisniore Crosier, was believed lost for 200 years. It was discovered m
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    GIANT PLANE LEAVES U.S.
    60 8 THE first trans-Atlantic flight of the world's largest air liner began yesterday when th£ Boeing Stratocrulser Flying Cloud left New York for London. The plane is due to arrive m London today. where it will be exhibited to the public and make short demonstration flights. Stratocruisers
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    47 8 photo. The T.S. Army Secretary, Mr. Kenneth Royall (left), chats with the Air Force Thief -of Staff. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg (centre), and the Army Chief-of-Staff, (irn. Omar Bradley, when they appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee m Washington to plead for a 70-group Air Force- A.P.
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    47 8 picture Preceded by Father Bonamy (left). Vicar of the Cathedral of the (.nod Shepherd m Singapore, and Father (■errard. the Bishop of Malacca, Mgr. Olcomendy (m black) enters the Cathedral to officiate at yesterday's Pontifical High Mass held In celebration of the Pone's golden jubilee Free Press
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    Stanley missing-big search by police
    198 8 LONDON. Sunday. pOLICE began an intensive search tonight for 1 Sidney Stanley. 45-year-old promoter and key witness m a recent oflicial investigation into alleged corruption m Government departments. Stanley, an alien, had been ordered by the Home Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede. to report to the
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    STOWAWAYS ELUDE REDS
    51 8 rpHREE Polish stowaways J. were discovered m a German vessel arriving m Berlin from the Russian-controlled port of Stettin. They said they were evading conscription into the Russian army. They made the flve-day trip from Stettin without food or water and were extremely weak when discover- Ed
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    Subs aiding P.I. rebels
    82 8 u>M ''IKMINC; reports that mysterious submarines had V appeared at night off the coast of Infanta In Quezon Province. Philippines, a young woman captive of the insurgent Hukbalahaps. who escaped and surrendered to the Neuva Eclva Provincial authorities, related that she had seen arms, medicine and
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    ARAB NATIONS SPLIT
    137 8 ARAB NATIONS SPLIT BEIRUT, Sun AN ARAB world split on whether or not to attend a further meeting with the Palestine Conciliation Commission, this time with the Israelis present, tonight delayed replies to the Commission's invitation to at* tend such a conference. The Commission, which has been meeting here with
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    YUGOSLAVS SAY SOVIET 'INSOLENT'
    110 8 YUGOSLAVS SAY SOVIET 'INSOLENT' BELGRADE, Sun. MR. Mosha Pljade, ViceChairman of the Yugoslav Presidium, addressing a rally of Peoples Front volunteer brigades m Belgrade, said that attacks on Marshal Tito were •'insolent," especially whpp they came from Russia and other satellites. He rejected as "a fantastic lie and invention" a
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    RAILWAY DEAL
    16 8 Portugal has bought the British-owned Beira railway company m Mozambique for £4 million. U.P.
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    Peron's war prediction
    75 8 BI'K.NOS AIRKS. Mon PRESIDENT Juan D. Prron predicted m a speech here that. If there is another world war. it will start with civil wars m variou> countries. Saying that world peace can only he achieved by internal peace m each country. the President added. "When people
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    DUKE GOES TO LONDON
    37 8 THE Duke of Windsor left Paris last night for London on the night ferry. The Duchess will remain m Paris b»U may go to England for Easier, the Dukes sec- retary told Reuter
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    'Hostile to China'
    123 8 Th« State Department retard to comment, bui some Government official* expressed their private opinions, reflecting hofetUitv Senator McCarran t»aid he would suggest that the Senate Fcreiti. Relations Conimittee invite Mr. Stamen to appear before it to outline his plan. He added I would say th« Slate Department
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    PARIS BLAST
    47 8 PARIS police yesterday found traces of a detonator soon after a mysterious midnight explosion near the Rumanian legation In Paris No one was injured and damage was slight. Police said they thought a grenade was probably thrown by a passer-by m the deserted street. Reuter
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    SWISS HIMALAYAN EXPEDITION
    118 8 ZURICH, Monday. THE main party of the Swiss 1949 Himalaya expedition, leaving by air for Calcutta, ulll attempt to climb a range of 20 unconquered peaks In Eastern Nepal and Sikkurn. situated between Everest and KanchenjMnga. These "min- or" peaks are all over 25 000 Xeet. The
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    SYRIA DECLARES ANTI-RED AIM
    220 8 (iOL. HUSNI EL ZAIM, army .tron^SS who sefzed w.-..., ro tn f s y rialast broadcast to the Middle East last night that his new regime would crush Communism without mercy. Col. Zaim, whom the Supreme Military Council has proclaimed military governor with the rights of
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    MacA studying new Asia aid proposal
    237 8 TOKYO, Monda> r<EN. DOUGLAS Mac Arthur's associates are maintaining silence on Mr. Harold Stassen's •Mat Arthur plan for Asia" to combat Communism, but It is generally believed that he can be drafted to co-ordinate the proposed new IS aid for Asia and that the
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    Mock war for U.s. troops
    27 8 T HF tt exercise >. the vai m «iroprs fla i •■■■^ie hll| N Ay. Kg -*fi th#- 100-mile fZ **'x- It*-' U.P.
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