The Singapore Free Press, 5 April 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA F SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 5^1949. PKKi 10 LKM*
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    WE WILL NOT BACK FROM AGGRESSION'
    329 1 Bevin sounds grim warning WASHINGTON, Monda>? British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, said at the signing ceremony of (he Atlantic Pact today that the pact peoples* "do not glory war, but they will not back from it if aggression is threatened. "We have all
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    'Jap role in Pacific anti-Red alliance'
    197 1 MOSCOW ACCUSES U.S. LONDON, Tuesday. r rilh Ku>sian ommunbt l'arty newspaper Pravita 1 yesterday accused American "ruling circles of working for a Pacilit- alliantt aimed at the unleash ing of n war against Kussia imultaneously m Kurojn* and Asia Ameiitan slraiegists dt counting on
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    MALAYAN WAR FILM SHOWS SNIPERATTACK
    90 1 LONDON m- di.v ACiAUMONT British rev.sreel of the war m Maiaya o<-*\*een British troops and ir»suigents. show^ the D'von*:\:tp Regiment and the In--1 :>killing Fusiliers m.ik .i:g tleir way through d* -i sp iurgle under ftr-^ from ib|p< rs>. British aircraft are gnow>i l~i mbing
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    ESTATE SHUTS IN SEREMBAN
    60 1 Vrer T99M l-o»d«n <«rrr!»pondenl *THE Padang Jawa Rubber Estate m Bukit Seremban has ceased production because of terrorist activities and may have to remain closed for the period of the emergency. Announcing this m London yesterday, the secretaries of the company said that the estate had
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    'World citizen' pact next
    81 1 PARIS, Tuesday. WORLD CITIZEN" Garry Davis has announced that on April 15 he will call upor mankind to sign a pact of world citi/ens as an answer to the Atlantic Pact. 1 I speak for neither bloc." said the iormer U.S. Army flier who renounced his
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    PAKISTAN CLASH COMING
    77 1 PAKISTAN CLASH COMING A CLASH seemed inevitable last night between Pakistan's two major political parties, the All-Pakislan Mosiem League. representing the parts of former BritishIndia now m Pakistan, and the States Moslem League, established In the princely states which acceded lo the Dominion. The States Moslem League working committee decided
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    'DEAD' MANS NEW JOB
    93 1 ONE-EYED Communist General Liv Po-cheng. the name whose death the Nationalists have claimed at least eight times, is now principal of "a woman's college of the Central Plains Field Army." the Communist Radio N.»id last night. Gen. Liv and his armies defeated the Nationalist force* on
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    U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TODAY
    149 1 U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TODAY I NEW YORK. Tues. f |Ult third regular mtiOfi of A the United Nations General Assembly resumes here today with a heavy agenda of unfinished business, topped by the question of disposal of the former Italian Empire The four victorious pow»-r> Britain Franc*, the United
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    BANDITS SHOOT AT BUNGALOW
    47 1 KreV Press Staff Reporter THREE shots were fired at a manager's bungalow on Rinl Estate. Scudai. Johore, yesterday morning. An hour later four more shots were fired at the bunglow. The special constable* replied. No bandits were seen and there were no casualties
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    NEW ALLIENS MOVE
    4 1 NEW ALLIENS MOVE reto
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    NO soldiers arrested
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    RAEL BATE
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    PREMIER ARRESTED
    14 1 Trajcho Kosiov, Vice-Pre-rr.:**r of Bulgaria has been pi -*d under arrest. Reuter
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    75 1 picture h V re i ini S* l 'Assistant Naval Attache for Singapore t < mdr. S. Lee Smith (centre, m uniform) and Mrs smith garr a cocktail party at the Mountbatten Club xeNt.Td.tv to introduce the new Assistant Naval Attache Lt.-I mdr Gordon Cornell and Mrs. Cornell to Singapore
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    TEST FLIGHT TO S'PORE
    65 1 AN lnd.an Oversea^ Airline Skymaster left bom hay for Singapore yesterday jv a testing night for a pro- >*>d Bombay-Sydney s'T- vu t Owing to the Ind >iirslan *iti>ation. the service will operate only If far a s Strsapc»e at present, calling at Calcutta and Bangkok.
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    UK EQUIPS 5 SIAM BATTALIONS
    121 1 LONDON. Tues. BRITAI is selling sufficient arms to the Siamese Government to complete the equipment of five infantry battalions stationed In Southern Siam. the Foreign Undersecretary. Mr. Christopher May hew. told the Commons yesterday. Agreement for this transaction had been reached through normal diplomatic channels,
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    NIGHT STARVATION
    32 1 Siam's Premier. Phlbun Songgkram, is expected shortly to sign a measure banning the sale of cooked food between midnight and 4 a.m. m the morning In Bangkok and Thonburi. A.P.
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    BIG VIET MINH ATTACK FAILS
    118 1 HANOI, Tuesday. pRENCH troops inflicted a "severe defeat" on two 1 battalions of Viet Minn nationalists, who attacked the French post of Luodien, about 30 miles east of Hanoi, on Sunday, according to a French military spokesman. He sale, the French immediately counter-attacked and "drove
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    URANIUM FIND
    23 1 Press reports m Buenos Aires yesterday said that "large deposits" of uranium had been discovered m the Sierra Ambato mountains. U.P.
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    Federation arrests
    25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter In the past 24 hours there were 18 arrests m the Federation—l 2 m Selangor and six m Perak.
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    3 1 MR. ERNEST BEVIN
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    USSR WANTS SIAM TRADE
    164 1 BANGKOK, Monday. r rHK director of the Bangkok branch of a Russian State trading organisation N.N. Bogaty, said today that Russia wa s able to supply Siam with all she wanted m the way of scarce goods. He said that Russia could send Siam wheat, animal
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    ALLEGED RED ARRESTED
    54 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese, believed to be a member of th^ Malayan Communist Party was the only emergency arrest In Singapore yesterday The C.I.D. arrested seven Chinese alleged to be members of secret societies. All 47 persons "screened" by police m Upper Thomson Road last
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    Russians clash with Iranians
    188 1 TEHERAN rues A RUSSIAN regimp/i: is reported to have attacked an Iranian a.;i\y post m north-western Azerbaijan m what h reliable military soi v<» described yesterday M an "important incident Iran is believed bo protested against tbii I the sixth this year. This incident is regarded
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    TALKS ON GERMANY
    58 1 GENERAL Sir Brian RobertU son British Commander m Germany conferred yeslerday with Lord Henderson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, on 'general" German affairs. In ten days Sir Brian will attend a Frankfurt meeting of the Western zonal commanders to discus* difficulties which have arisen between West
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    Rubber prices
    55 1 4 SPECIAL Market cftfratpMU dent tires the prices of rublW i in cents per lb.) at 11 am \o6mf as follows: Buyers. Seller*. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot. loot* K9f Itjf F.o.b. m bales Apr. No. 1 R.S.S. 35* 3«'* No. 2 R.S.S. n% 54'n ih t t.i.l. u%
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    Mother of seven must learn about MOTHERCRAFT
    604 2 Mother of seven must learn about MOTHERCRAFT I 36 Mrs. Ethel Green, mother of s^en children aged 1 m 16 months to 15 years, was ordered oy iaai mag; rates to go on a training course to learn mothercraft acd house management. :\s soon as arrangements can be made by
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    PARIS: now it can be told...
    60 2  - PARIS: now it can be told... IRIS ASHLEY Commentary by ;ng prices through department stores everywhere. A bouquet goes from this department to one wholesaler especially. His own designs were so well In in<* with the Paris dress housrs that he was able to give a show at a Regent
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    Soviet women made Stalin change plans
    645 2  -  GORDON YOUNG by STOCKHOLM: IN all the spate ot speculation about recent events m Russia one highly sensa tional item* has gone almost unnoticed. That is that, m one respect, th e ail-powerful dictator Stalin ha s been forced to change his policy, climb
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    DELAYED BLOW
    58 2 fVLM actor George Sar.di r* and Hungarian ac Sari Oabor Hilton have flown to Las Vog-as. Nevada, to be married. The L'9-year-old Bunt Oejutys name has been link- with Sanders for sever.*' /ears. In June 1947 after i r*. orted rift, she told pnss: "I will marry h:r
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    Bridge Hands
    396 2 rAT Is BertWi cornet bid. 1 Itwrt are several possible bids available. He can bid two hearts and try to find out how good a fit his partner has for that suit. This bid isn't at all risky for It Is inconceivable that with North's outlandish distrlbu tlon
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    'UNWANTED' IN 'DRUDGE' SCHOOLS
    168 2 'UNWANTED' IN 'DRUDGE' SCHOOLS 4 LONDON col ence heard a woman tell about a mo doin *'Dotheboys Hali *here the unwanted legitimate children wealthy or proiessiunai people are living squalia lives, hidden from the the world. Miss Peggy Armsi children's officer for S. County Council, macit accusation at the conference
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      51 2 MODERN LADIES TAILOR'NC Kxpert Shanghai Cutter tie i<iu made dresses on Sale. I■< u\< men materials make to order U Buitrrj Rd. Phone BiOBl (uticura < ottcura has an almost medical efltcacY w«fT(«tii^itcbN| irrita t»n and Hnaftrnf. In drawing out mlimiutiQii aad mii^u and cteamnf up Am trmbtn COMFORT FOR
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      54 2 r z^^^^i TONIGHT THE COCKTAIL «W" 7 tn h m. INFORMAL DANCE < ftDri FST( ,j FRANK PICKFORD his ORW»' fiOOK NOW^fOR THi SPECIAL CONCERN No. I REGIONAt ROYAL AIR FOJJ (inductor Mr. H E. Whetlf >'«* SUNDAY 10th APRIL fi, f, IN AID OF d) (Food Parrels for HriUW
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      245 2 YOUR i LUCKY I STAR > BORN today, you have a calm, methodical nature which allows you to progress without making a > false move, as a rule. You have imagination and determination, how- ever, which shows up if you are crossed m any important objective. You are not one
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      379 2 FDSFA SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m TODAI 10 to 10.10 News from XL L. 10.55 to 12 Schools' Broadcast 1 Radio Orchestra I.SO News 1.45 The Brighter Side-George Barnes 6 Programme Summary 6.02 Listeners' Past 7 News 7.10 Shares 6 Anncts.
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      243 2 Mary; Question Time Address Letters to the Far Ea-t*m Service BBC. London <BBC>: 8.00 Sla mese: Programme News; 8.15 Siamese <BBC>; 8.30 News (English— BßC); 8.45 Dutcu (BBO; 9.00 Kuoyu (BBC); 9.30 Burmese (BBC): 9.45 English News; 10.00 Radio News Reel (BBC); 10.15 Grand Hotel (I). 10.45 British Industry— William
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      270 2 News; 6.45 Keyboard Scrci;ade; 7 Records Seldom Heard Famous Songs of Yestery'**".* 730 BBC Production; 8 On the March, with the Band of the Royal Artillery; 8.15 Talk: Background to Australia; 8.30 Australian News Bulletin; 8.40 News from UNO at Lake Success, 8.45 For the Music Lot r. Philadelphia Orchestra;
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    CHINESE SWITCHING TO INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY
    154 3 Communist policy change Wcom^nT^** Ob l e rvers beli eve the Chinese Communists are shifting from an agrarian to a proletarian revolution. They say rectnt Chinese The committee further an- C> nouncftd that it expected the am of the powerful world ahU-imperialist front headed by
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    No substitute for UN-EVATT
    100 3 DR. Herbert Evan. Australian Minister for External Affairs, has arrived m New York from London to preside over the United Nations General Assembly opening -i.V. Hi told reporters at the eld that he regarded the > f -mbly meeting as of exUcflM importance. Some of the
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    3,000 DOCTORS WITH NO HOPE OF A JOB
    154 3 the world has areas where doctors it Mfd only apply to the International j|Ors.ini/atitm. Nearly 3.000 highly-qualified j. I surgeons are living among displaced m m European refugee camps, with little hope hem* allowed to help m th c battle jgiNuv and
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    BABY 'MILL' FOR U.S. NURSES-STORY
    177 3 4 NATIONWIDE baby "mill' to dispose of illegiti- mate children of Army nurses wa s alleged m an affidavit presented by counsel for Mrs. Alice Satterthwaite, 56-year-old corset saleswoman and former social worker, facing baby adoption charges. m New York. The affidavit accused the Army
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    Drink cure test successful
    94 3 J DRUG that shows "prom:se m curing alcoholism is reported by the American Medical Association It acts by producing a premature hangover" so interne that the patient does not want to hare anything more to do icith alcohol The effects of the drug. Ay tabus, were
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    U.S. RENT CEILINGS
    22 3 President Truman haw signed the new bill whlcn will keep ceiling rents ?oing until the middle of nex» month.
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    Suedes protest
    28 3 THE Swedish Foreign Office sent a note to Israel protesting against the failure of Israel authorities to nnd the murderers of Count Folke Ber-' nadette. U.P.
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    Most powerful U.S. cruiser
    56 3 T^HE powerful new cruiser U.S.S. Roanoke joins the United States' growing peace-time battle fleet now m commissioning ctremon^s at ihe Philadelphia naval shipyard. The 680-foot flagship, built at a cost of more khan $30,000,000 (US'. will join the recently commissioned aster-ship u.s.s. Worcester as the world's
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    Germans demand to revive fleet
    382 3 (JERMANS of the North Sea ports have launched a vigorous campaign to rebuild the merchant marine Hamburg newspapers almost daily are S-Sng h<i mting f reStriCU ns n G rma The once proud merchant fleet of 4,500,0-JO gross registered tons ha s been reduced to
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    He wanted to see girl's beautiful eyes
    150 3 He wanted to see girl's beautiful eyes ACCUSED at Horsham jf aA breaking into a girls bedroom at night. Juraz Olen 22-year-old Czech, said he wanted to see her beautiful f-ves and have a few words to make me happy He added: "I just could n»t slop It. I felt
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    INDIANS TOUR FOR DEFENCE
    51 3 AN Indian Defence Mission is expected to leave New Delhi next week for a tour of the United Kingdom. United States, Canada. Switzerland and Germany. Sources said the tour is designed to speed up the current drive by the Indian Government to streamline the Indian forces.
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    TOMB UNEARTHED
    25 3 Chinese soldiers digging military fortifications near Changchow, 110 miles east of Shanghai, have unearthed a tomb estimated to be 1700 years old. A.P.
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    61 3 When Mr. Churchill arrived m New York on the Queen Klizabeth he wa> with cheers by supporters and with placards hv demonstrators who stood across the street hantiim "Cio home. Mr. Chun hill. We want peace." Their placards urged a SovietAmerican peace pact and opposed the North Atlantictreaty. Left: the
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    8 million Chinese face starvation
    196 3 4JOME 8 000 000 Chinese tace death by starvation this vear'as the result of a new senou s famine threa enfng the war-devastated country acctjrdirg to the China Press, quoting a group of ta J« tl "anj m the research department of a high government
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    AUSTRIA HAVEN FOR ANTI-REDS
    27 3 Z. Big Four BXI ---on the <"*"' George West i -Soviet I We.it to persons -oils" rehelp 1■ r Mr ree:r own peace U.P.
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    $18 EACH
    13 3 <: to >ods for uad child d v I the ProI announced
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    5-YEAR PLAN
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    Her kiss meant death
    124 3 AN attractive young officer of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force got 'dates' with many of the fliers m the nearby RAF bomber squadron during the war Then one day the "dates" stopped. Two airmen who had been out with her got killed on an operation. Others
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    MOST TIGER-CHEWED MAN ALIVE
    408 3 (1 API Roman Proske of Flo- rida has spent most of nU life trying to get inside the heads of wild tigers— to understand them better. And at l?ast a dozen tigers m the last 34 years have obliged him by trying to vet him into
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    HARLEM BOASTS MANY MILLIONAIRES
    308 3 rpEN milliard dollars of United States' wealth is reportedly concentrated m the hands of America's Negroes. Ebony, a magazine published by and circulated for Negroes, claims: "Negro America can boast of more millionaires than half the nations m the world." Basically, says the magazines April issue,
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    U.K. 'SHOULD EXPORT RADAR'
    64 3 SIR Robert Watson -Watt, known m Britain as "Mr. Radar", said at a press conreience m Washington that Britain could provide as much radar facilities as Scandinavian countries wanted. British radar material co aid be an important export for Atlantic Pact countries, he added. At the
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    SAKE DE-RATIONED
    20 3 SAKE DE-R ATIONED The Japanese Government plans to take sake the Japanese rice wine, off the ration from May 1.
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    Defending the married men
    48 3 f^RED WVRMVLL, founder of the Anti-Women Society, uhich collapsed \pon his marriage last year, tnnounces that he has started a new organisation the Married Men's Association. 11 will oppose o>l inroads into a jnan's rights made by the Married V.'o- vim 6 Asscnanov U.P.
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    MERLE OBERON NOT TO WED
    53 3 MERLE Oberon Hollywood film star, says there n°ver ha s been any cniestion of her getting married to Count Giorgio Cino. Italian businessman "We like to see one another and be together." ahe said. but we have never talked of becoming engaged or get- t
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    MacA expert favours Jap birth control
    137 3 DR. Warren Thompson, who has been acting as adviser on population to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. has recommended introduction of birth control m Japan as the one possible method of checking the population increase. He said enough food could not be produced within Japan
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    BURMA 'STAB IN BACK' MOVE
    82 3 THE Burmese #Hme Minuter. Thakin Nu. said m a o*\adcast thai the Government had uncovered "well laid plans by a certain political group* m North Burma to stab :t m the back while an offensive for the recapture of Mandalay was under way. That, he
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    Israel-Syria talks soon
    71 3 |SRAELI talks with Syria will probably begin next week, an Israeli spokesman said m Tel Aviv. The talks are expected to be held m the Mettulah area of Northern Palestine, with M. Henri Vigier. Palestine mediator Dr. Ralph Bunches personal representative, m chairman. Meanwhile. Gen. Walter Eytan,
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, April 5, 1949. INVEST IN THE FUTURE
    582 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, April 5, 1949. INVEST IN THE FUTURE DURING *iis last days m, Singapore. Sir Stamford Raffles called for the t v-ablishment of a college, He said: "Education r.uist keep pace with t unerce m order -Jilt I benefits may be ensured d its evils avoided
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    976 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: IT'S springtime for Harry Truman, but Congress is gripped by the winter of discontent. Almost everything that Mr Truman has recommended has been rejected or stalled. The Fair Deal is m tatters only two months after the President introduced it The prophets who said the
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    Cleanliness won't stop polio
    448 4  -  CHARLES CROOT By COPENHAGEN: AN increase m the standard of cleanliness among its people makes that community more likely to be affected by poliomyelitis infantile paralysis according to Dr. J. Oerskov, Director of the Danish State Serum Institute. Recalling that some years *go a very serious
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    No Japanese Wives For Them
    664 4  -  DENIS WARNER By REPORTS from Australia that troops returning from BCOF have expressed their determination to return to their Japanese "wives* 1 have revived the whole question of fraternisation m Tokyo. After 3£ years m Japan BCOF retains its rigid rule of no fraternisation. Troops
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    Record-breaker
    65 4 Piero Taruffi demonstrated the lightness of his strange twin-torpedo car after breaking two world records for cars of the 500 c.c. class at Tetracina, south of Rome, Italy, recently. The strange vehicle, housing the driver m one nacelle and the engine m the other, covered the five-mile distance m
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    Reds issue new trade policy
    605 4  - Reds issue new trade policy GEORGE IVANOFFMIMJIEFF SHANGHAI STORY By SHANGHAI: A BRIGHT future for foreign trade m Communist controlled China is predicted by the Far Eastern Bulletin, proCommunist pamphlet published m Hong Kong, which writes that the recent pro limitation by the Provincial Govern ment (Communist) of Shantung of
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    SCIENCE Mass X-ray ½ yearly for cancer
    18 4  - SCIENCE Mass X-ray yearly for cancer FRANK CAREY H\ A 5 ;ai tnose ort»an.s B i food .v^twbl^
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    Air-cooled engines now
    46 4 lIR-COOLE: for past xtured as a distort .:;ce C F Bachlc. r» charge 4 cxUnoal He that r car. be IrfMJ ha: >s.- r co A. cooled >r e 'JLi Inn as such is D the Mi' 1 rd endw ■j I A.P.
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    DUTCH ARE UNDER-SELLING
    225 5 DUTCH ARE UND ER-SELLING Europe charged £12V* a ton less Kree Press Staff Reporter N( \lvKK businessmen are annoyed with t he Dutch m Indonesia for selling copra tr at Cl 2 10s. cheaper per ton than fcprifl < nich the > T ar selling to the Colony (ing to
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    47 5 i pictures. the Vi c t£i* tW °i 1 a 2 C T. numbers a concert at the nJnS? *f erno ial yesterday. The occasion was schoor^HH^n Day F Wentyflve thoonand Chinese school children were jiven a treat at the thn>* amti*.ment parks m Singapore.— Free Press
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    U.K. LAND OWNERS MAY CLAIM
    167 5 U.K. LAND OWNERS MAY CLAIM RESIDENTS m Singapore, who, on July 1. 1943. owned or leased properties m England. Wales or Scotland, may submit claims under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947. If any person has land which could be made nore valuable by beins built
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    C.G. ON VISIT TO SARAWAK
    45 5 er-Oeneral, i Mac Donald, MM for a i Sarawak. I Kuching. he Rejan? and -raying far Ibta chiefs •he re- I ta some of; he will visit the parap loans on |RS oanied on 3*i*i by HirlstoDh?r •r Adminirnment. of
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    'MOYOR' WINS
    20 5 If™^ M -For giving A. Hyde. ■^tte cake m a guession at Saturday m aid of; -13 fund.
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    THEY'LL MEET FORLAST TIME
    257 5 THEY'LL MEET FORLAST TIME Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE'S new Municipal v Commission, which hclas its inaugural meeting tomorrow, is likely to have a majority of Chinese members, with Indians, Malays and Europeans being next, m order of numerical strength. The old Municipal Commission, which meets for the last time
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    CHINCHEWS MUST BE TRAINED
    128 5 CHINCHEWS MUST BE TRAINED F. P. Chinese Correspondent FROM January next, Chinchews (compradores) employed by motor fishing boats registered In Singapore and the Federation must possess quartermaster's certificates; otherwise, the fishing boat licences will not. be renewed. Singapore poat owners have been officially informed. This ruling, framed shortly brfore the
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    CAMERA BAN
    51 5 IPOH, Mon. None of the guests attending the Installation of the Sultan of Perak will be permitted to carry a camera Into the Throne Room of the Istana Iskandriah. it was officially stated today The Press and official photographers m possession of permits will oe allowed to take
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    PACT SIGNING
    36 5 Ac 830 tonight Radio Malaya's programme has been altered, and 'Talk of the Town' will be replaced by a recording of the BBC's account of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty In Washington.
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    RADIO DOCTOR
    31 5 The Radio Doctor will be answering listeners' questions at 8 o'clock tonight over Radio Malaya. Singapore. Questions should be sent to "Radio Doctor", Department of Broadcasting, Cathay 3uilding, Singapore.
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    Youth leadership training scheme
    283 5 TWO student scholarships, worth about $7,500 x each, are being offered by the boys' and girls' sub-committee of the Singapore Social Welfare Council to a man and woman for training m youth leadership at one of three universities m the United Kingdom. Appjicants should be British
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    CHINESE PLAN TO AID GOVT
    215 5 CHINESE PLAN TO AID GO VT F. P. Chinese Correspondent THE Malayan Chinese Asso- ciation, at a general committee meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, cLcided to appoint a 13-man working committee which will be vested with powers to act under conditions the General Committee may deem Drover and fit.
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    BIG OPIUM SEIZURES
    77 5 r'O large seizures of opium were made recently by the Singapore Customs. On the March 24, 419 lb of opium were found hidden under a bed m a house at Geylaag. No arrests have yet been made but investigations are being made to discover th* owners of
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    JOHORE AHEAD WITH UNIONISM
    258 5 JOH ORE BAHI.J, Mon. fOHORE is far ahead of J other parts of the Federation m the development of informal negotiating machinery within Government departments, according to Mr. K. Caddick, Assistant Trade Union Adviser for the southern division of the Federation. Mr. Caddick, who has been
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    Doctor states case for birth control
    385 5 CTRONGLV advocating the introduction of birtn control m Singapore, the Municipal Lady Health Officer, Dr. Mary Tan, speaking at The International Fortnightly Club yesterday, said: "A campaign m introduce contraception imong these families, will prevent sorrow m the family without necessarily breaking up a
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    FINE EXAMPLE BY 7 MEN
    118 5 rS Supervisor of Elections, Mrs. A. S. M. Hawkins, yesterday paid tribute to the work of Mr W. W. Duncan, the returning officer, and his six assistants. Messrs. H. S. Bull, Chan Bak Hoe, J. G. Aspinall, A. B. Sewell, T. M. Stevens and Dr.
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    CASE WITHDRAWN
    36 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The prosecution today withdrew the charge against Soon Chief Siew and Annamalai Chettiar who were charged m the First Magistrate's Court with assisting m the management of a common betting hmise.
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    19 5 picture. Some Chinese school children taking part m the Duckling Dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. Free Press
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    To press for the revival of S.V.C.
    278 5 To press for the revival of S.V.C. FE Singapore Government is being asked to expedite the revival of the Si.iaajore Volunteer Corps by Inche Sardon bin Jubir. Rural West representative on the Legislative Council, who draws attention to what he considers the "critical situation ir the Far East." Among questions
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    OLD VICTORIANS
    22 5 The Old Victorians Associar tlon will ..old its annual mevting .on Saturday, at 200 pm at the Victoria School Hall
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      53 5 Airmails are due to arrive m Singapore today from the U.K. Africa, Australia, Ceylon, Burma and Paiembaiiw Closing time for posting airmails at the G.PO. today is: to th* U.K., U.S., Africa, Holland. Australia. Burma, Indo-China and Slam: C p.m. Surfac? malls are expected to arrive here today from China
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    COURT RULING ON SWEEP CLAIMS
    769 6 Only members have a claim RULING that a non-member cannot enforce a claim on a winning Singapore Turf Club sweep ticket, ihe Singapore Chief Justice Mr. Justice Murray- Ay nsley, m the High Court yesterday, said that any other course would amount to the Club
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    77 6 British and American aviation experts met at Kallang airport yesterday. They are (left to ri>;ht). the Kngineering Licensing Officer. Department of Civil Aviation, Singapore. Mr. A. F. W. Andren: a IS. Civil Aeronautics administrator, Malayan Airways oflicial, Mr. Rex. L Carpenter; a M.i la> .m Airways oflicial, Mr. K. L
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    6 in court on rice charge
    139 6 OIK Chinese appeared bef >n the Fourth Police Cm irt yiugietrate. Mr. M. H Vac Dc ugal. yesterday on eh < ;e •dating to the wrongful ?>- -n oval of 10 bags of xlce vjJued at $499 from p Sii'.'/apore Harbour Board godown n
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    Rubbers and tins lower
    512 6 FASFD LONDON, Tuesday. Ik\ the eve of Britain*! luidget, due tomorrow In- trrest m the London Stock Fxchann:e has brfllll to fade, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Major price nio\ei)i *nts cannot le e\pe<ited until details of the buvl^c* arc known and, with interest at a low
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    Progressives to oppose Bill
    274 6 Radio Rediffusion Till! President of the Progressive Party, Mr. i C Tan, announced yesterday that the Party "will oppose the Telegraphs (.Amendment) Bill when it conies up for discussion m the Singapore Legislative Council The Bill had its first leading at a recent meKJi« of the
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    FINED FOR CRUELTY
    22 6 X Abdul rCadn who carried a fowl upside down In South Bridge Road on Saturday was yesterday fined $2.
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    FOR RETRIAL
    43 6 After iwo ietirement.s y^sterday. the jury failed to agree on a verdict m a ca^of unlawful possession of ammunition, m the Singapore Assize Court and Mr. Justice Gordon -Smith ordered a retrial. The accused Is a young Chinese. Lee Leng Hong.
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    Nurse sent to jail
    99 6 rpWENTY YEAR OLD lai I Seek Hoe. a former Sin qapore General Hospital tiurse left the Third PoWc*Court yesterday to begin two months" simple Imprisonment t>r having cheated another on, an. Yong Ho Seng cf $150. Tan a^ked for permits. on to telephone "a Iriend." The
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    Don't sell out to Communists, Union is told
    302 6 I^Hi: Assistant Trade Inion \dvi><r A yesterday tuld mcm.Ws of t|, e N, Government Printing (Mine stall Inkn like WMM tiadt* unionists ii. the < their rights for v mass of Communist nmJH Instead, they should itvcptth*-;! |Miia and lace up to.cheir
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    PA.A. PLANES MAY USE BUTTERWORTH
    22 6 PA.A. PLANES MAY USE BUTTERWORTH SI NO be strip two G two I an A R.AI ral b\ Pan A viai E
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    OKEN DOES BEST GALLOP IN IPOH
    311 7 OKEN DOES BEST GALLOP IN IPOH PermitaDormez also m form Free Press Racing Correspondent rpniTv nn IPOH, Tuesday. JOKEN (J. Donnelly) did the best gallop at this pJ!L Or T in S^. tr u! nin L g m Preparation for the Perak Turf Club's three day Easter meetin« BrViS? 9
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    22 7 picture. uvil so.ier team. They beat St. -l at Woodsville yesterday. The St. I ..it St. Anthony's 2nd XI 3—o.- Free Press
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    Over ten shields For St. Andrew's
    356 7 js\ Special Correspondent shields have been presented to e«> School. Singapore, for inter-House I games played at the School and it series m cricket, soccer and served to stimulate the interest School's sporting activities. j astic Old Boys, including A. J. Vai This year
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    Recs fail badly against Sappers
    318 7 R.E 3; S.R.C 1. YIELDING a more balanced side, Royal Engineers j fully deserved their full points m yesterday's S.A.F.A. Senior League game at Jalan Besar Stadium. They would have won by a bigger margin had their forwards not frittered numerour openings presented them m
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    U.S. TEAMS WIN AT RUGBY
    52 7 MAKING their first appearances m Bermuda's annual rugby week. American teams from Harvard and Yale universities defeated British and Bermuda fifteens m rough games Harvard defeated the Barbarians —representing the combined British Army and Navy shore Installations 16 3 Yale boat Bermuda Athletic Association 11—0-
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    PERMUDA WIN
    52 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. [N a closely-contested League soccer match played yesterlay Permuda heat Majedie Garison 2 o. There was no scoring m the Irst half. Midway m the second e^sion Ismail Satif scored with a wll-placed kick and later Dollah Xra worked his way through shiit m the
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    IRISH CUP REPLAY
    20 7 GLENTORAN beat Portadown 3-0 In the semi-fu.al r.play of i the Irish Cup soccer competition yesterday Reuter
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    Clyde qualify for Scottish Cup final
    149 7 DV beating Dundee m the Scottish Cup semi-final replay at Hampden lark, Glasgow, yesterday, Clyde qualified to meet Rangers at the same venue on April 23. Clyde fully merited theL success before a 51,000 crowd. It was a hard punishing game, with thrill abounding
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    UK league soccer
    38 7 "DESULTS m yesterday's English league soccer (home team named first > were: Division II: Bradford J, Southampton 0: Cardiff 2, Bury 1. Division 111 (Northern). Rochdale 1, Mansfield 0: Rother- ham 2. Oldham 1.- A. P.
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    Referee is knocked out
    104 7 of fight fans JL stormed the ring hi Leipzig and knocked out the referee, Rudolf Drust, when he stopped a non-title bout. Incensed local supporters invaded the ring and beat up the referee so severely that he was carried unconscious to the dressing room by the
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    CYMA ELECTS OFFICIALS
    175 7 OFFICE-BEARERS for 1949 of the Catholic Young Men's Association (Church of St. Pet r and St. Paul) have been elected as follower: Patrons. Messrs. Chan Peng Bim. MB.E.. Lee Kia Wah; Lim Kh ng Joo; Yeo Kok Wah: Wee Hong Gnee and Lee Kheng Guan; president. Mr.
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    80 ENTER FOR SAWLF EVENTS
    73 7 "EIGHTY entries— a record— have been received for the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation's junior weightllfting and body beautiful championships to be held at the New World on April 16 and 17. Thirty-six of the entries are for the weightlifting contests. The weighlng-in will be at
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    ATHLETE TURNS MUSICIAN
    67 7 MICHELJNE Ostermcycr. who won the women's Olympic shotput and discuv championships for Prance last summer, has successfully started on an entirely j different career as a concert pianist. Miss Ostermeyer, 26, who has been studying music ever since she was four years old, made her first important
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    NBA RECOGNISES TITLE BOUT
    76 7 THE National Boxing As relation's 1 executive committee voted yesterday to recognise .he winner of the Ezzard Charles- Jerey Joe Walcott fight In Chicago next June I as the new world heavyweight boxing chamDion. President Plamen B. Adam announced that the contract for the title bout
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    RUGBY LEAGUE GAINING FAVOUR
    183 7 EFFORTS to popularise Rugby League onfesslonal football which have been made m recent jeara are evidently bearing ir.lt News that two prominent South Wales clubs are almost ready to turn over tne|r grounds ana teams n the Rugby League code as distinct from Rugby U' ion
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    Only winning favourite
    38 7 Only winning favourite First Fancy (Ellery) being led In by the owner after winning: the third race (over nine furlongs) at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. First Fancy was the only favourite which obliged. Picture by Scoop's Amateur Service.
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    H.K., Seletar in two RAF finals
    448 7 HONG KONG and Technical Wing (Seletar) must have been feeling m rather Uigh spirits this morning when they started on the second day of the A.C.F.E. Command Week of Sport. For yesterday, the two teams each won their semi-final ties against Kuala Lumpur and
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    Sands beaten in his first bout in Britain
    381 7 Sands beaten in his first bout in Britain FIAVE Sands, 23-year-old Australian middle, cruiser and heavyweight champion making his English debut before 10,000 spectators at Harringay arena, London, last night, was outpointed over ten rounds by Tommy Yarosz, 27 -year-old American cruiserweight. It was not a spectacular fight and at
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    Golfers must speed up
    118 7 US. golfers have received another order to speed up their play The U.S. Golf Association explain*; that effective immediately a golfer delayin? the game may be penalised two strokes m medal play or lose a hole m match play. And if the player persists m slowing
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    INTER-PARTY BADMINTON
    123 7 A friendly badminton match between Useful B. P and Diehard B. P. will be played tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Clerical Union hall The match will ronsi- 1 of three men's singles, two women's singles, one men's doubles, one women's doubles and one mired doubles The teams
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    RUGBY RESULTS
    50 7 RESULTS of yesterday's Rugby Union fixtures were: Coventry 8, Rugby 0. Falmouth 3. Newport 10, Redruth 15. London Hospital 13; Talywain 3. Pontrpool 6 Rugby League results were: BellevUi Rangers 8, Barrow 2: Huddersfleld 12. Wakefleld Trinity 5; Oldham 2. Salford 2; SwlntOD 2. Widne- 5.- R euter
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      26 7 TODAY'S SPORT B.A.F.A. LEAGUE: Senior*, Tigers v Signals, J.B. Stadium; Jnr. A. Gr. I: RAF (T) K. Raja, Geylanc; G.T. Coy 8.A.8.C. v 8.0.D.C.A., St. George's.
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    MARRIAGE
    16 8 NEWTON-MARTlN— Quietly m Singapore Ronald A S to Joyce E Martin m list March. 1949.
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    DEATH
    43 8 WILKIE, Marie. Lucy, (Nee fvbv) wife of Donald Cook Wilkie ■4 4. Moorfield Road. Johnson ville, Zeylard. fell asle p on the Urn June 1948. at 20. Hillside O-»rd°ns Highg3t°. London. N. 6., and She leave- two daughnd thr c R IP.
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    CEASE-FIRE' IN CHINA TODAY
    416 8 Reds said to have agreed NANKING, Tuesday. A "CEASE-FIRE" along the 1,000-mile Yangtse River is expected to be issued simultaneously by the Nationalist and Communist high commands today, according to an authoritative source at the office of President Li Tsung-jen. Formal peace negotiations between the Nationalists
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    World-wide drop in death rates
    265 8 GENEVA, Monday. I ARGE areas of the world are enjoying the lowest death rates ever recorded, the World Health Organisation reported today. The organisation said that although Russia and her Eastern satellites had sent m no statistics, there was an "astounding drop" m the death
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    NEW U.N. MOVE IN MID-EAST
    93 8 BEIRUT, Tuesday. THE Palestine Conciliation Commission last night decided to call a meeting m Furope for an 'exchange ->t views" between Jews and Arabs according to an autentative United Nations' source. The MUTCi said that thiee Arab rountrie* Ti ansjordan. Egypt and the I^banon— h^d
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    CHINA AID TO GO ON
    160 8 CHINA AID TO GO ON WASHINGTON. Tuesday THE United States Senate last night approved a proposal to make available to China at the discretion of President Truman the unexpended balance of last year's Aid to China Fund. The Senate stipulated that none of the available funds should be spent m
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    SOUTH AFRICA DEFIES UNITED NATIONS
    120 8 SOUTH AFRICA DEFIES UNITED NATIONS CAPETOWN. Tue^ I^Hfc Boath-Wcst Africa Atlairs Amendment Bill j amending the constitution of the mandated territory and giving it representation m the I Union Parliament had its third reading m the Union Assembly here yesterday. The Prime Minister. Dr. Daniel Malan. said enactment of the
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    If Stanley is in Israel....
    115 8 TFL AVIV. Tuesday. IF Sydney Stanley arrives m Israel he will be detained and held for deportation, the same as any other illegal immigrant who enters the country without a visa, a government spokesman said m Tel Aviv yesterday. Stanley, stateless Jew who has been
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    Headless rooster walks
    83 8 A ROOSTER, decapitated on Saturday m Los Aneele* Cal., stood up on Sunday, when Mrs. Martha Green puked it up to pluck Its feathers, stretched its headTeJi neck and began walking. It was still alive yesterday anH being fed with milk and egg yolk through an eve
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    Another paper sued Mirror
    79 8 k LONDON, Tuesday. rnHE Attorney General. Sir A Hartley Shawcross. said m the Commons yestird^y that he understood an j, her newspaper had financed the proceedings against the Daily Mirror m the recent court action connected With the "acid bath murder.'" A Labour M.P. Mr, Tom
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    49 8 photo. Hollywood film star In-rid Bergman, who plays the role of Joan of Arc m a film due m Singapore soon, is here seen m Rome with Italian Director Roberto Roselinl. famous for hi> "Open City" and "Paisa" who will direct Miss Bergman m a new production.- A. P.
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    BBC ROMANCE ENDS IN TRAGEDY
    189 8 LONDON. Tuesday. DROP. VLADMIR TCHER- NAVIN, brilliant Russian refugee scientist, killed himself with gas after watching the woman to whom he was devoted die of cancer. This coroner's verdict was returned yesterday on Prof Tchernavin. 61. who was found dead In a West End flat
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    60 8 photo Western Berliners exchange Russian zone marks fur Allied zone marks at a food ration office m Berlin. Ha< h person may exchange 15 Russian marks for 15 Allied marks on receiving new ration cards. Russian marks were legal currency m all Berlin until a recent Allied edict banned their
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    U.K.'s healthy chidren
    62 8 U.K.'s healthy chidren SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. I\R J. (7. GEIGER, San Fraiicisco's Public Health Director and an internationally known public health authority, has returned from a four of Europe full of praise for the health standards of British children. "Children m England are remarkably well", he said "Never before have
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    WEST AND RED BLOC ON A PAR
    230 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. 'PHE North Atlantic treaty unites 12 Western countries with a total population of 332.439.000 while Russia and her allies, Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Albania, hav e a population of 274,739,000. Measured In manpower. |he present armed strength of the
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    Little tax relief is expected
    347 8 BRITAIN S BUDGET LONDON, Tuesday I ON'OON political observers predict that the h m*i cellor of the i:\chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps. will "woo the housewife" m his record peacHim*' £4000,000,000 budget m Pailiament tomorrow Hut the prophets, mindful of Britain's still ■Marfnj dollar deficit, are
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    Smallpox death is big liner
    100 8 LONDON, Tuesday THE M.nistry of Heailn re- vealed yesterday that a passenger abroad the liner Moolian who died at sea on Apr. 1 had been su;7ering from smallpox and warned that further cases might develop among those who have since left the ship. The Mooltan
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    EGGS FOR BRITAIN
    24 8 Britain will receive £1.500 000 worth of fresh, frosen and dried eggs from the United States under European Recovery annroDriaiionn A.P.
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    'WORST NOW OVER IN INDIA'
    43 8 NEW DELHI Tuesriav INDIA S Firanre V < Dr. John Matthai. saic terday that he was cert a i: India would not back to the serious dislocation and disorganisation riK had pas.^ed through m the past I?* years. A.P.
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    Fighting flares up in Greece
    17 8 s 5 Da:. AbH Han "Our I ion 2-day kittle Reuter A.P.
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    NATIONALISE RUBBER PLEA
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    UK TO RETAIN SOMALILAND
    11 8 THt t' I S FASDF A. P.
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    Red roundup for Syria
    76 8 TURKISH nempapen terday quoted Col Husn; Zaim. army leader heading the new regime m S\ saying m Damascus tha he planned a largescale ra of Communists before elections he proposed within two months Col. Zaim, they added, denied that last Wedn- i coup de.a uas conneo.'
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    Israeli envoy in U.K.
    19 8 Mr. Mordeca: Elia*. Israeli first Minister to Brita expected to arrive m London today A.P.
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