The Singapore Free Press, 6 April 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1949. PKK F in (IMS
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    'WILL CROSS sHE YANGTSE'
    248 1 Reds warn of new moves THFP NANKING, Tuesday. |HL reiping Communist radio announced tonight that Communist troops would cross the |feouth Yangtse River, whether there was a peace agreement or not. The radio said that the Nanking peace delegates "must make up their minds within the
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    NEW GREEK FLARE-UP
    9 1 NEW GREEK FLARE-UP I but 9 Tt- FSFASFSADFAFSAF A.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    22 1 f**» P^tjtr urar Ku J.i r M I nVltnk ims I v tartWff drt «ii," Viiljhlr II P»-.p-MK I U.P.
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    40 1 This safety landing beacon near the Templehof airport. Berlin one of several erected recently to aid airlift pilots m bad weather —is situated m a cemetery. The pilots brinf their planes directly over the cemetery as they approach the runways.
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    QUADS BORN IN CEYLON
    50 1 QUADRUPLETS, all °irls. V were born to 23-year-old Mrs. A. W. Martin, the wife of a labourer, m the Kandy Qlvil Hospital, yesterday. The weights of the children ranged from 2 lbs 12 oz* to 3 lbs. 5 ozs. The mother is m good health.— Reuter
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    'Unions not suppressed'
    218 1 T.U.C, REPORT ON MALAYA LONDON, Tuesday. r FHE General ouncil of the Trades I nion Congress today rebutted allegations that trade unionism m Malaya was being suppressed. Communists were behind these and other allegations that the presence of British troops In Malaya was "an affront to the
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    FRENCH AWAIT CHINESE ATTACK
    126 1 HAXOI. Wednesday. ji»\||-: 10,000 uniformed and well-armed Chinese Communists are poised on the northern frontiers of Indo-China awaiting the order to attack French positions, a highly-placed French source said here yesterday. All these Chinese troops are under the command of 1 Communist General Tehow Kla-pi. commander
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    'Not impossible to stop Reds'
    74 1 OMAR BRADLEY NEW YORK. W6d GENERAL Omar N. Bradley', Uniied States Army Chief of Start said he flatly rejected the Idea that it would be impossible to stop Russia from conquering all Europe The best the United Slates could do. he said, would be to
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    37 1 Mr. Anthony Eden, the deputy leader of the Opposition m the House of Commons, giving a speech at London Airport on his arrival back by air from his tour of Canada. New Zealand. Malaya. India and Pakistan.
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    'TIGER' HELD
    25 1 THE notorious leader of the Harimau Liar" "Wild Tiger Organisation" has fallen into Dutch hands m West Sumatra, according to reports reaching Medan.
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    U.S. BANK IN SIAM
    25 1 The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has granted the Bank of America permission to establish a branch m Bang- kok, Siam.- A.P.
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    Shinwell Ways 'I'm ausfied'
    16 1 ,UON Wed. i .■nuns oweU, .^d by Ma ava Mj I il
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    ROYAL GUESTS
    29 1 pRINCESS Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh were guests of Dr. Cheng Tien-hsi, Chinese Ambassador m London. *t a dinner at the Rm- bas*y last night. Reuter
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    TAX TOOK 30 p.c. OF THEIR PAY
    160 1 LONDON. Tues. BRITONS paid 30 per com of their personal Income .n taxation last year, com flared with 19 per cent In i 938. according to estimates published tcday m a British Government Survey of National Expenditure. Spurred by Government calls for ttili
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    MPs nearly come to blows in debate
    414 1 LONDON, Tuesday. pAKIJAMENT had one of its most angry scenes for many years tonight. As members crowded out of the Chamber to vote after a heated debate on Britain's meat position there were heated altercations and some jostling between Government and Opposition supporters...
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    Dakotas for Persia
    15 1 Seven United Stales ('-47 Dakotas, are due to arrive m Teheran today.
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    BANDITS HAD STOLEN CARDS
    50 1 BANDITS HAD STOLEN CARDS Free Press Staff Rep. A POLICE patrol from Kapan who battled with bandits at Sungei Ramal estate, Kajang on Saturday i recovered Identity cards re- cently robbed from labourers. A pellce party at the Wee Hock Tin Mine m Kundang, near Rawang found two shot, guns.
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    MUNICIPAL WORK UNHAMPERED
    219 1 Free Pres> Staff Reporter THE composition of the new Singapore Municipal Commission, with 12 members of the old Commission returning las elected and nominated Commissioners, will ensure continuity of the work of two important committees, Establishments Board and Salaries Revision Committee. The Salaries Revision Committee, m its
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    MORE SOVIET PROTEST NOTES
    30 1 RUSSIA has sent notes to the big three western powers denouncing as unlawful the changes made m Germany's western borders, the Soviet Tass Agency announced yesterday.
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    KAREN REBELS SURRENDER
    170 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. OAW BA V GYI, president of the fighting Karen tribesmen who have been revolting against the Government since the end of January, went to Rangoon under protective escort yesterday to sign surrender terms, a Government report stated. A "cease-fire" was ordered at Insein, Karen-held rail
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    Dutch grants to Kian Peng dependents
    547 1 Dutch grants to Kian Peng dependents Free Press Staff Reporter IT IS authoritatively learned that the Government 1 of Indonesia has agreed to compensate the survivors and the dependents of the men of the Singapore vessel Kian Pen; who died m the attack on Hrn ship by the Dutch-Indonesian Air
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    BULGAR SPIES 'NOT PRO-TITO'
    56 1 THE Yugoslav news agency, yesterday reported that about 300 "high Communist Party and State officials" involved m an "imperialist spy plot had been arrested m Bulgaria. The agency said Bulgaria claims that the arrested men were 'nationalist deviationists"— and presumably therefore pro-Tito were false and were
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    Rubber prices
    58 1 A SPtiIAL Market ■SHMBaa* dent give* the prices of rubber (m cenU per Ib.i at II am lod<iy at follow Buyers. Seller* No. 1 R.S.S. Spot. loo»e 3.V\ U?i F.o.b. m bale* Apr No 1 R.S.S. 33 -v t No. 2 R S.S. 3*** MVi No. X R.R.S
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    Hamlet gains the lead
    831 2 NEWS FROM BRITISH STUDIOS By OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER VKWS that Ihe American Academy of Motion Pie ture Arts and Sciences has ad indeed the British film, "Hamlet", as the best nictnre >f the year and has awarded S' 1 Laurence Olivier an "Oseir" for the
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    At The Local Cinemas A MIXED BAG
    258 2 At The Local Cinemas A MIXED BAG TWO revivals, one Javanese film one Chinese film, a musical romance a strong Western, and a real live play is the entertainment fare tor this week. The revivals: "The Red Shoes" (Cathay) and "It Happened On sth Avenue" (Pavilion), oiler diiTerent kinds of
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    Maria loves simple life
    498 2 By A Special Correspondent OENORITA Maria Felix 27-year-old Mexican film star, owner of 12 mink coats', varying from pure white to near black, 60 evening dresses, 100 day frocks, and over 40 hats, rested In her spacious suite at Claridge's Hotel W. But her dress designer,
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    Jack-of-all trades
    160 2 JACK WARNER has been doins some intensive training as a railway engine driver, barninj? m a few days the rudiments of a lob which it. takes the repist?red driver 20 years to l?arn. Tlie real driver has to serve as a cleaner, then as a fir. man. and
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    Bridge Hands
    292 2 'pilE four and five notrump bids m this auction were not BHckwood. (Blackwooders would have beer hamstrung by East's preemptive four ht^rt bid.) North was merely announcing his strength m hearls at the same time that he denied the spade suit. Of course, North also showed a good
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    The magic of MAKE- UP
    388 2 The magic of MAKE- UP rpHERE are .nany jokes about the time a woman takes to make up her face, but at a film studio the j'>ke becomes a solemn oalit>. It may take anything up to three *iours to |Xi pare an artist for Che exacting eye of the
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      99 2 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint St.inn, OEANNA DURBIN O-l. HOUVWOOD -To« 9 obov. ymf oom '"9 prOftisitt rt MMrry m ditillw noninf at hooitf tK«w w.t»*« M d by o«--l«oh«,« b«fer» ttry> #y or t9mp^ mtmi i fr^ »uth a <on»trton«fi M bn«f that it -o.»a I Kopp.« I. bor, li,t«,, r
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      217 2 B^^^BBBiSuuffklv''- r3^Sftffi%y>j!iBi vSL^^££33BStß^B^^^^^^^B^B^^^B^BHßSs!S^ywfr^ SINGAPORE (BIX'E NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m. TOOAI 10 to 10.10 News from K.L. 10.55 to 12 Schools' Broadcast; 1 Dance Music Earl Sheldon ft Phil Moore; 1.30 News; 1.45 Waltz Time; 6 Programme Sum mary; 6.02 Children's Programme. 6.20
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      238 2 StnniTs; 10 JO Dmaot Music. BFEBS (Singapore) (including BBC Kelay) 19 Metres. 25 Metres. II Mrtre» and 44 Metres TODAY 4.45 p.m. English: Programme Summary; News Headlines; Share Market Report; 4.55 Music; 5.00 Jane Eyre (10>; 5.30 Light Music; 6.00 Plain English (14); «.15 Report from Britain (BBC); «5.30 News
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      133 2 Ed); 930 "As You Like If; 10 Australian News; 10.10 Bras Bands, 10 30 Mastfr Pianinst; Edwin Fkcher; 10.46 Dance Bands; 11 Australian New.?. RADIO CEYLON (S.E.A.C.) 19.84 M?trr> tno SI 51 Metre* TODAY 455 Station opening and Programme Summary. 5.00 Over to You; 530 Report from Br tain (r-cord
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    Shelter To Be A Church
    27 3 had tc» Vhovf I, wtttmamai rji, '-din »lv fo. m In iharg* of hf •■H i% .m |i \\-< \\h«» m rr> i>l«<ne
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    ONT CLENCH OUR TEETH'
    16 3 ONT CLENCH OUR TEETH' I .arM tha! H pn F pie who ■He Ad Insao«Uu and
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    GOSLAW TRIAL
    13 3 I > »nd ne I f. -i m I »pyI I U.P.
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    SENATOR GETs HARD LABOUR
    76 3 SENATOR GETs HARD LABOUR SENATOR Glen Taylor of Idaho. vice-presidential candidate on a Wallace ticket m the last presidential elections, said he was pleased when he was found guilty of disorderly conduct and sentenced to 180 days hard labour and fined U.S. $50. Taylor was arrested when he attempted to
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    INFLATION: ARE REDS TRAPPED?
    106 3 ■hat the Communists are being i I roaring inflation. For several .ill of Peiping to the Reds, bank •ng could be made at a favourThat meant Nationalist money., ild be paid into a Shanghai or i the recipient m Peiping couJd'i ount of Communist money that
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    'KRAV' WINS
    34 3 A FRENCH court has awarded £2.272 damages to Russian refugee author Victor Kravchenko m his ten million franc libel suit against a French Communist weekly and two of its cdi- tors. U.P.
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    MISED TO RESIGN
    9 3 I -.wan I "^fprijv to A.P.
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    U.K. MEAT CUTS DON'T WORRY THEM
    219 3 MOST of Great Britain is wonying about the SIHXXHte of raeat. B'U a small, self satisfied and apparently well nourished minority is complacent aiid unconcerned about w all They are the fCgetarian> of Britain. asso<iated In about 40 societies. Due io failure of meal
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    PESTILENCE MENACES ARAB 'BELSEN'
    406 3 PESTILENCE MENACES ARAB 'BELSEN' 26,000 live m squalor From ALEXANDER CLIFFORD A Refugee Camp, Joricho. pERHAPS this is the ultimate m human squalor. Here on a flat, bare slab of desert beside the Dead Sea there is a garbage dump for human beings Twenty-six thousand Arab men, women, and children—
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    Burma party call to rebels
    98 3 'THE Burmese Democratic A Party today pledged suppor: to any Burmese government "which will ensure Just and democratic admin'straThe Party is led by ThaKin Ba Scan, former me.nber the Burmese interim government under U Aun< San, who was assassinated m July 1947 The Party today
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    AFGHANS ARE ANNOYED
    64 3 AFGHANS ARE ANNOYED AFGHANISTAN na> susked Pakistan to take a dispute between them to the United Nations, an official of the Afghan Embassy m Karachi said. The reason was stated to be the Pakistan Governor-Gen-eral's speech charging that the tribal areas are an Integral part of Pakistan." The Afghan official
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    HIROHITO PLANTS TREE
    38 3 FMPEROR Hirohito and his Empress, Nagako. have planted two Japanese pine seedlings on the north shoie of Lake Ashinok. below Mount Fuji, m a ceremony to conclude the week-long ob- .servanct of Green Week U.P.
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    FIRING IN CAIRO
    26 3 A number of member.* of the dissolved Moslem Brjh^r- d yesterday flred on p Aiv m Cairo who tried to arrest them.- Reuter
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    Boy friend 'changed' after crash
    193 3 Boy friend 'changed' after crash Margaret white. 20- year-old shorthand typist, of Aberdeen-street. Hull, told Mr. Justice Pritchard at Leeds Assizes that the boy friend she had known since sehooldavs lost all interest In her after a taxi accident, which changed his personality. She left the court prepared tc wait,
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    BANGKOK HAS 675,929
    60 3 UNOFFICIAL census figures, for Bangkok show that of 675.929 permanent res' dents more than two-thiid3 are Siamese and less than a third Chinese. The breakdown Include* Siamese. 228.369 males and 233.161 females: Chinese. 128.624 and 81.665: Indian*. 1.652 and 346. English 863 and 310; Dufe'h 175 and
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    BIG SALARY FOR DOG
    23 3 Chinook, a two-year-old d•* has been given a movif u.ntract that pays from $500 to $1,250 a week. U.P.
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    28 3 Zorro, a Greenland m*laniute demonstrates one of hi* tricks: hold m k the bottle for his masters daughter, Lavenia Joy Griff en, 8 months old, of Glendale. California.
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    'T.B.' SPREADING IN TRANSVAAL
    271 3 TUBERCULOSIS, which has been considered a serious scourge confined to the native population m the Transvaal, is now. according to doctors, spreading among Europeans, largely owing to lack of hospital accommodation, facilities for proper treatment and means of isolation. There is not a single Government institution
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    28 3 RHa Hay worth, the film actress and her fiance Prince Aly Khan at the Carlton Hotel, Cannes. Keen tennis players they play on the hotel courts every day.
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    Women take to politics in Latin America
    435 3 Women take to politics in Latin America SINCE the Spaniards began their conquest of Central and South America nearly five centuries ago women have kept m the political background. Now tilings are changing and the day may dawn when a woman is elected president of one of the Latin American
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    DEAD WRONG
    47 3 RETURNING to his home near Nantes after eight years service m the French Foreign Legion. George Derthier read his name among the dead on the local war memorial. Since he had not written home his parents had concluded he was killed In the war. A.P.
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    Dutch are 'disappointed'
    128 3 CIRCLES clo&e to the j Netherlands Government sa.d yesterday they were dsappolnted" that Indonesian Republicans' acceptance of the invitation by the United Nations Commission for Troonesla to attend a preliminary conference at Sa'avla had been "conditional.' They said the invitation had been issued unconditionally and Dutch accep
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    MINISTER'S SALARY: $ 2.50
    47 3 MINISTER'S SALARY: 2.50 MR. George Yen claims i that he is the worlds lowestpaid Deputy Foreign Minister. Yeh. who is acing a s Chinese Foreign Minister unul the return of Fu Ping-crifuig from Moscow, said h; s salary lasi month wa s equivalent to $<U.B.> 2.50. A.P.
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    'Keeper of the flame' honoured
    321 3 'Keeper of the flame honoured ft 56-year-old Frenchman who has shik.ii hands with Kings Princes and Cardinals without their even knowing his name hr.s jus: been made a Knight »>r France's Legion of Honour He is Marcol Caudin. vln left Burgundy for Paris hi 1913 to serve m the Annv.
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    He dropped the first bomb
    85 3 He dropped the first bomb THE first man to drop bombs on German soil m the last war, Air Commodore William Ernest Staton. has been appointed Air* Officer m charge of Administration, R.A.F. Technical Training Command, with the acting rank of Air Vice Marshal. Air Vice Marshal Staton, now 50
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    ISRAEL DENIAL
    34 3 AN Israeli Foreign Oftlop spokesman denied emphatically that the armistice with Transjordan m any way implied Jewish recognition that the NbSlm triangle was to be lncorpo-i?t<-d into King Abdjilin's iia^nemne Kingjom. A.P.
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    FENNA A-HOLIDAYING BY AIR
    655 4 FENNA A-HOLIDAYING BY AIR 1 5 other mtm SingapCMc-^i.i'd NUMBERS of girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 17, who are at school m England or on the Continent, are thrilled because for the first time they will be travelling by air to Singapore to spend the summer
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    BARONESS WHO BECAME A NUN
    496 5 Gave away a fortune rttß Ud> Lyveden. a shopgirl who married a A haron and later gave up a fortune to become a died m her convent cell, her brother, 80-year-Si Mr Herbert Emary of Staines, Middlesex, said: i never discovered what happened to the
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    MY OFFICER CASHIERED AND JAILED
    55 5 ird Row- Ist Bat- s Shropshire as seniencirt martial to serve c of IS lard labour .v on fraudu>\g 1173 m met not •:>• :erred to paybc mipres' jeen made i referred repaid < re-eng-itkm of > of £1 to :di:ion of a aa.ount £10.
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    Five young officers win a dare
    113 5 Five young officers win a dare officers who bragged We can do i:ev did m the *or a dare But not I way -hey planned it. J«y go' :<) :he Spanish :r «i«: and back to Boving:oc »i.*por. Her -o m 10 days C 2 a But only be--IJe Brr.ish
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    THE 'DUMMY' THAT WINKED
    73 5 T HE 'DUMMY' T HAT WINKED UCBIM m WaUalJ,' a tailor s window T»\ f V dummies inside.' »>sed again ana v dummy Kenun said, -you i**r arrest; and the; -epp«*d -.hrough a| *indow and gave -ph Doran, 24. Hp had broken because "I some more prison for burglary and
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    ITALIAN REDS ABANDON ARMS
    70 5 THE Italian Government has disclosed that large amounts of abandoned arms and ammunition have been found throughout Italy after Parliament had authorized Italian participation m the Atlantic Pact despite strong Communist opposition. Interior Minister Mario Scelba said tht arms were tfiund by the polict and troops
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    72 5 photo. The memory of 335 Roman hostages, shot by the Germans m the Ardeatine Caves Massacre m 1944, was handed to posterity on the fifth anniversary of the crime when the notorious site of the shooting:, transformed into a mausoleum, was formally opened. Picture shows the ceremony at the Ardeatine
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    39 5 Housewives oi the village of Olney. Bucks, lay their frying pans containing; pancakes at the foot of the church font after competing m the 500-year-old Pancake Race, which was revived last year by the Vicar, the Rev. R. Collins.
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    Triplets wed —are parted
    80 5 Triplets wed are parted TRIPLETS John, Wilfred and Joseph White. 24, of Bridgend, Giam. went to school together, worked m the same shop and served m the RAF together. They had the same rank, aircraftman, Ist Class, and were together m India Burma and the Azores A few days ago
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    'BROWNED' MAN TURNS UP ALIVE
    96 5 «*H RAINEY. an *sh-i has turned up ht months had recorded M: adventure. n Derbyshire, ht !d last July on a man found dead m f h? river. A lodge keeper at Bakewell Institution said he thought the man was a Mr. Rainey. A photograph
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    OFFERED TO KILL PREMIER
    74 5 ANTONINO Grillo, 21-year-old unemployed labourer from Calabria, Southern Italy, who wrote to the Communist Party offering to assassinate the Italian Prime Minister, Alcide De Gasperi. has been removed from police head- quarters m Rome to a clinic for mental observation. Grillo is not likely to be
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    JAP REPATRIATION
    40 5 G^n. Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced that Russia has been requested to steo ud the rate and resume repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war at an early date "m view of th^ unusual mildness ol current winters- A. P.
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    JUDGE CRITICISES 'HOTEL' WIFE
    215 5 A SOLDIER'S wife who would not leave ncr momer to go to the home her husband had ready for her was told by the Judge m Liverpool Divorce Court. "If you choose a man serving m that walk of life, you have to put up with
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    29 5 Lulled Nations obserrcrs inspect a lonely spot on the jungle road near Medan, Sumatra, where a UN jeep was recently ambushed and its three occupants wounded by guerilla fire.
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    Soldier cleared: met witness in jail
    271 5 i CHANCE meeting m jail with a former Army colleague m Burma enabled 39-year-old Sergeant-Major William Dolman to-clear himself if a charge of bigamy and leave the prison. Dolman. sentenced to 12 months, told the judge that his first "wife," Florence, was already married.
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    THEY KILLED FATHER TO SAVE MOTHER
    170 5 THEY KILLED FATHER TO SAVE MOTHER TWO brothers who were said to have killed their drunken father on Christmas Day to protect their mother were j jailed for manslaughter at Birmingham Assizes last week. George John Patchett a^ed 20, of Menin-road, Billejley, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude, and
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    FOOD SHORTAGE TO BE WORSE?
    252 5 possible to forecast the worlds population over a long period. "It is impossible to estimate the rate of agricultural progress and therefore impossible to suggest a safe rate o F Increase of human population" Sir John writes •'The possibilities of scientific advancement are incalculable. What
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    Don't boss the public' advice
    303 5 A CRIPPS SPEECH A PRIVATE speech by Sir Stafford Cripps to Civil Servants, when he was President of the Board of Trade, urgin? them to gei away from chilly formalities when dealing with the public "to serve them, not to boss them" was quoted by
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    UNRRA ENDS
    39 5 THE United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration has wound up its vast postwar relief scheme which cost just under $4,000,000,000 and continued for 5*2 years. Remaining funds already have been turned over to succes- sor organisations.— Reuter
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    ATOMIC ENERGY COST TO U.S.
    83 5 ATOMIC ENERGY COST TO U.S. ATOMIC energy nas cost the United States $1,360,000 a day since September, 1942, but, said Wilbur Kelley. manager of the United States Atomic Energy Commission's New York operations office, it has been a bargain m view of the results. He said these included the atom
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    R.A.F. HUNT FOR ART TREASURES
    201 5 R.A.F. HUNT FOR ART TREASURES THE RAF. has ordered all stations m Britain to 1 hunt for ten lost paintings, including four Land seers, which were among 35 borrowed from the Tate Gallery m 1935 to brighten R.A.F. quarters. The scheme was arranged by Sir Philip Sassoon. Six paintings, including
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    VICTORY NEAR, CLAIM HUKS
    67 5 THE Huks. who have invariably been beaten off m skirmishes with the constabulary, have resorted to a propaganda offensive, according to press reports from Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecl]a, where dissidents resumed their operations. The Huks are distributing leaflets appealing to the armed forces of the government to
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    Java smallpox
    37 5 DEPORTS from Lampoag, Southern Sumatra, say ihe smallpox epidemic which has oeen raging there for several months and which has spread to Java— is now under control and the health situation is generally good. U.P.
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    FOR SINGAPORE
    36 5 DR. Balakrishna V. Kaeskar. Indian Deputy Minister for External Affairs, will shortly pay a "routine visit" to places m South-East Asia wnere Indian representatives artr stationed. These include Rangoon. Singapore. Bangkok and Salgon.—l Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1949. JITTERY YEAR AHEAD
    639 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 6, 1949. JITTERY YEAR AHEAD r'ELVE months of jitters lie ahead of the world. The Atlantic Pact is signed, latest session of the United Nations Assembly has opened, but nobody feels safe and throughout the world rush rumours of war, preparation for strife and
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    1196 6  - Unions must learn to look after themselves SIT YIN FONG FSADFSAF AT this time of the year, Singapore trade unions are busy, and if there are not, they should be. Reason— this is the time when unions have to submit yearly returns to the Registrar of Tiade Unions, Mr. S'ng
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    P.I. will fight tor U.S. in Far East
    426 6  -  RAY FALK REPORTS from Manila JF President Eipidio Quirino's philosophy predominates, the young Philippines Republic will pay off m the years to come the dollars and motherly love the U.S. has showered on the islands during the last half century. The East
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    They will NOT leave Malaya until....
    745 6  -  KUALA LUMPUH: \yHAT is most needed m Malaya today isn't more soldiers and policemen, but something only Westminster can provide a firm, clear statement that the British intend to remain m Malaya for 20 or .'JO years at least. For a week now I
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    Tons of coalwaiting...
    61 6  - Tons of coalwaiting... EDWARD BISHOP By Free »V SS ATHOL. BLAI H H foal area. apa£ the surf ••.ecoi. they j one-r-Mttk T 1 22. I I 1936 thai T I arheci a aboir feet r c AMi.l men are The ai sboidi. lorrit j: I ration of rai: after
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    Village guards help keep peace
    280 7 Village guards help keep peace Free Press Malay Correspondent 'pHE formation of kampong guards has averted communal clashes, said Captain Hussein Onn, deputy commander of the guards m Johore m a farewell speech to representatives of the guards from all parts of the State at a meeting m Johore Bahru
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    They fight bandits
    18 7 fjfrSlkN b4nditS f!Z %hr Imminent. fi „,u i b the? heip Ibis pntu r?> 1%
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    Police capture Fleeing bandits
    195 7 Free Prt Stafl Correspondent MALA Ll'MPl'R, Tuesday. ndits fleeing from an R.A.F. raid on a cup m the coastal area of Selangor ran into v 1 and were caught, it was stated m an (■■and lomni unique. •liquidated" the camp with bombing and strafing. Twelve graves
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    $2 PER H.P. TAX URGED IN COLONY
    66 7 $2 PER H.P. TAX URGED IN COLONY Itar.c.pa. Coma 1 s \irs rv sti- uld r of city oils- j pay- :> more, I their •a those nttlfti m Mr did not pgapow •he one Municipal had day from March 1.1947. It six A MuniI -"i f xtra rtimej 2*
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    NAVAL OCCASION
    41 7 Guests Invited to the otticial transfer ceremony of M.S. Pelandok to the Government for use with the Malayan Naval Force on Friday. are requested to be at the Red House. H.M.S Terror. Naval Base, not later than 10.45 a.m.
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    SEAMEN'S BOARD DISPUTE
    207 7 rr\HE nomination of Mr. i JL Yacob bin Abdullah, pre- sident of the Malay Seamen's Union, as a seamen's representative on the Seafarers' Administration Board was crii:<**ed yesterday as "a Goverr u*ent move to divide seairen s board representation. The criticism was made oy Mr. M. A.
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    7 YEARS FOR GRENADE
    85 7 NG CHUN HUI found m possession of a hand grenade at a coffe shop m Tanjong Pagar Road, was sentenced at Singapore Assizes yesterday to seven years rigorous imprisonment. He was sitting m the coffee shop with Lai Chen? Seong when the police entered and held
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    INDIAN ACQUITTED
    33 7 KLUANG Tues. An In dian. Nelson who was charged with failing to register himself *as sent to the Kluang H«>sp t^< and found to be insane. He vas acquitted and discharged.
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    Governors nominees
    41 7 Five >f the nine mea nominated by the Governor to serve on the new Municipal commission ire pictured below. DR. C. J. POH MR. F. L. LANL m*. J. V. WEST PROF. N. S. ALEXANDER MR. S. F. HO
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    Award to magician
    74 7 JVEWS has been received 1 that the well-known Singapore amateur magician, Mr. Tan Hock Chuan, has been given the Sphinx International Magicians' Award for 1949. The distinction was made for his art of stage magic and outstanding feats of magic during the past year. Mr. Tan won
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    Fewer pedal trishas for a living
    154 7 Fewer pedal trishas for a living Free Press Staff lieporter THERE are today 1,051 fewer trisha riders and 286 public trishas m the Colony than there were three months ago, according to the latest statistics from the Registration of Vehicles DeDartment. Up till December last yeai. there were 10.492 registered
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    WEATHER TO BE RECORDED
    76 7 The Meteorological Department In Singapore has completed arrangements to restart recordings of temperatures and rainfall. Publication of these recordings was temporarily suspended on the outbreak of the war. Details would now be available of rainfall, and maximum and minimum temperatures for the last 24 hours, it
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    TWO HANGED
    51 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Two bandits convicted of possession of arms and ammunition were hanged at Taiping Prison this morning. They were Teh Slew Huat and Lee Kirn Yin. Teh was captured near Matang asleep with a sten gun and a pistol beside him. Lee was arrested m near
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    OEHLERS CASE HEARING
    45 7 Three days. April 27, 28 and 29. were reserved m the Third District Court yesterday for the case against Frederick Bernard Oehlers who is claiming trial on a charge of giving false information against Al Rivers. Oehlers *l on bail of $2,000
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    SQUATTER-GOVT LIAISON DISCUSSED
    192 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI/R, Tues. IMPORTANT matters conI nected with the Emergency were discussed today at the first meeting of the Emer gency Chinese Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Mr E. D. Flem ing Secretary for Chin^sr Affairs. Federation. The meeting was confidential, but
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    $700,000 TO BE SPENT ON ROADS
    317 7 Biggest single vote to date Free Press Staff Reporter QNE of the final acts of the old Municipal Commission yesterday was to confirm the expenditure of $700,000 for resurfacing the Colony's roads. This is the biggest single vote to date for better roads. The
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    45 7 picture. Three mnnbers of the British Military Mission m Burma chatting with Miss A. Grinlinton, manageress of i,he Rnnnym-'itc Hotel where they are being billett<*d. Thirteen officers and men of the Mission had a happy reunion with their wives and children m Penang Free Press
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    FOR U.K. TALKS
    45 7 Air Marshal George Jones, Chief of Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force, arrived at Tengah yesterday afternoon on his way from Sydney to London. The main purpose of his mission to London is to attend the British Commonwealth Air Conference.
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    Jap trade talks still in progress
    141 7 T*HE Secretary for Economic A/fairs, Singapore, A Mr. Andrew Gilmour, returned here yesterday from Tokyo where he attended a high-level conference relating to trade between the sterling areas of the British Commonwealth and Japan. Mr. Gilmour said last night j that the talks were
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    New bank to open in Sept.
    176 7 /put" Board of Directors of the Chung Kiaw Hank, 1 J- which has just been incorporated m Singapore, held its first meeting at ten o'clock at th e Singapore I Weekly Entertainment Club haU yesterday. Those present were Messrs. Aw Boon Haw (who presided),
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    5 years for taxi hold-up
    111 7 JOSEPH Tan Kirn Sai, Eng-lish-educated Chinese youth, who pleaded guilty m the Singapore Assizes yesterday to holding up and robbing a taxi driver m Thomson Road, hung his head as he was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith. Asked if he
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      94 7 Airmail- are expected to «irr; c m Singapore today from 'he U.K., Africa, Holland, Australia, Boru<o. Indo-China. Siam and the N.E.I. Closing time? for po&iiag airmails at the G.P.O. today sre: to the UK., U.S.. Africa. Holland. Australia and Medan: C p m Padang: 1.30 p.m. and Paleml.au?. Batavia and
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    JAP GOODS: 'MALAYA WILL REGRET'
    544 8 JAP GOODS: 'MALAYA WILL REGRET' Warning by the PenangCham her ADDRESSING the annual meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce this afternoon, Mr. J. P. Souter, described the proposed re-admission of Japanese goods into Malayan markets as "a damaging procedure," and warned that if the people of Malaya clamoured for
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    Worst type of rubber went to Russia
    194 8 Worst type of rubber went to Russia PENANO, Tues. RUSSIA last year received "probably the worst shipments of rubber ever to leave the shores of h Penang Chamber of Commerce's annual report presented today. Describing Russian buying as the main feature of the local rubber market, the Chamber records that
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    JAILED FOR BRACELET
    108 8 A YOUNG Chinese woman. «r\ who was known by three names, left the Third Police Court yesterday to begin a term of two months' simple Imprisonment She was 23-year-old Mrs. Agatha Chong. alias Lily Lee. alias Ec Eng Kiat. convicted on a charge of misappropriating a diamond
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    PENANG TRADE BETTER
    138 8 PENANG Tuesday. DESPITE the emergency arid "too long delayed" action aga'rttt terrorism. Prnang's trade last year showed a marked increase, acConUnc to the 1948 report of the Penang Chamber of Commerce. Imports rose by 40 83 per cent, exports by 3.V36 per cent, over thos*> of 1947
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    16 ROAD DEATHS LAST MONTH
    31 8 Sixteen people, including five children were killed m! 16 of the 639 accidents m Singapore last month. All fatalities were asso'iat-| ed with road t raffle.
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    'MUNICIPALITY LACKS FUNDS'
    170 8 ItHE Municipal President. Mr. V L. Blythe. m his la.st address to members of the old Municipal Commission yesterday, said the fundamental trouble of the Comm ssioners m the past was lack of finance But." he added, "this question has been tackled, and I h pc that
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    Farewell party
    50 8 picture This picture was taken at a dinner at the Tiong Hou Hotel, given by the Audit Staff to bid farewell to Messrs. V N. Michaelson and E. A. Sample of the Financial Adviser's Office H.Q.A.C.F.E who --are leaving the I'olony on expiry of their duty tour.- Mobile
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    Rubbers, tins fall further
    420 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE London Stock Exchange generally was quietly steady yesterday with occasional firmness, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers declined further and tins were irrezularlv lower. Speculative buying of foreign utilities provided one of the few bright spots. Brazilians and Argentines were m good demand with
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    90 8 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE Ipoh <15> 23 6 Kamunting < 5 10 1 S j London Ord '5 4 1 2 I Malayan <5 22 Pahang 88 3 Peraling <$1> 20 9 Sione 5/ S. Malayan 22 6 ,8 Kinta «5 -> 11 3 Tronoh 13 9 Sungel Best 15 Tavoy
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    45 8 ACCOMPANIED by occasional expansion In activity. th* New j York Stock Exchange advanced yesterday, with unproved d>emaii(i j for selected motors, steels, rails. chemuals and utilities Lat« dealings produced few outstanding changes and th# market closed steady *uth afl averagos modestly high Reuter
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    SAVED FROM GALLOWS
    134 8 MALACCA, Tues TWO weeks after th« arrest of two youths m company ot armed bandits at Kemendore Jasin, the law was amended to make death the only penalty for that offence. That was pointed out by Mr. Justice Pretheroe today at the Malacca High Court when sentencing
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    SILVER GIFT FOR CUSTOMER
    47 8 The 35.000 th customer to attend Robinson's sale yesterday afternoon was a European. He was presented with a silver cigarette case at 3.20 p.m., by the manacer. Mr L. C. Hutchings. The sale, which started on March 30. will continue until April 14.
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    'U.M.N.O's Responsibility Will Increase'
    181 8 'U.M.N.O's Responsibility Will Increase SEREMBAN Tuesday WHE Mentri Besar, Dato Abdul Malek bin Yusuf m a message read last night at the annual general meeting of the N.S. branch of U.M.N.0., said the responsibility of U.M.N.O. would increase with time and appealed to all support it. The Mentri Besar's message
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    $7,000 bribe allegation: 2 men charge
    312 8 AN alleged offer of as? imio k l I Assistant Executive ontroiu l(j Imports and Exports Department V Wood, as an inducement for htm to L m declarations without endorsinir Pa^ lln Niß reference to the Customs Office 1 '<| m the First District
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    CHILDREN GET $ 25,000
    9 8 CHILDREN GET 25,000 J •So.MO hy S. I i
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      150 8 m3ndr3K& Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I'll PH I I TAKE HER OOWNSTAIRS TO THt I I WAIT HERE ANO WATCH, LOTHAR. THOSE I liVE COMC FOftß O^YfS. STEP 1 1 L 1., 300 M ANDGJARDHERCAREFULLYj KIONAPPEAq MAYBE AROUND. THE LADY^HOH RIGHT IN. SHE'S THERE ARE HEADLIGHTS
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    Fingerprint Sleuth
    1850 9 THE 9£SE™9!' THE CHEEKIEST CRACKSMEN I KNOW by Chief Detective Inspector SYDNEY S. BIRCH former Second-in-Command of Scotland Yard's Fingerprint Department tinfl to tell you the story of the 1 1 ;uksmen I ever came across. i schemed to rob one of the London. Their plan combined skill
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    Marathon marriages of Morocco
    637 9  -  G.D.K. McCORMICK by rANUIER: "I'VE got a new sort of assign men I for you/* said my wife one day. "You are to come with me to a M o o r i s h midnighl marriage least." Our Moorish servant had announced that iei favourite
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    Burma must get helper else....
    758 9  - Burma must get helper else. DICKSON BROWN by News Chronicle Correspondent BURMA needs help and needs it quickly. Wallowing deeper m mud every day, conditions generally are rapidly approaching a chaotic state and assistance must come, not so much m the forYn of financial help as m the form of
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    COLONY'S FORWARD LINE IS STILL WEAK
    676 10  - COLONY'S FORWARD LINE IS STILL WEAK PHOENIX Important game m League today By A LTHOIiiH the positions 01 menan-oai^ m A practically settled, the composition of Singapore's xMalaya Cup team still presents difficult problems to* the S.A.F.A. selection committee. Big headaches to the selectors are th e choices of full-backs
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    6 10 CHOO SENG QUEE Only cue regret
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    St. Patrick's sports plans
    550 10 By A Special Correspondent MOST popular games played at St. Patrick's School, Singapore, are soccer, badminton, cricket, hockey, volleyball, tennis and table tennis. Plans are being made to lay down a concrete pitch for cricket and to build a court for basketball. All boys are being
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    INTER-CLUB BADMINTON
    125 10 QANTAS Airways Sports Club beat Catholic Young Men's Association <Katong> bj six games to one m a badminton friendly at 3t. Patrick's School hall. Results <Qantas S.C. play ers mentioned first >: Tan Cheng Thye b* Tan Kirn Swee 15 10. 15 8: Suhamy lost to Lawrence Ong
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    UNIQUE SPORTS MEET
    46 10 MORE than 500 deal and dumb athletes from 15 nations will me t in Copenhagen In August for the sixth world .sports met ting of d'-af mutes The fli>t sports club for d?af n lite! wa founded Id Stockholm m 1892- A .P.
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    CYMA PLAYERS
    72 10 4 -am will be selected liom the following to represent the C V MA. If a fnendiv &occer man h against the Singapore Cttcket Club -A today m tht Padarg Tony Acialia, Vivnn Fian>. Lawrence Urn. G F Pirrto, Henry Lim. Boot Yoon Cheong. IJm Eng Siai-.g John
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    SCC v SAOBA
    64 10 THE Singapore CHcaVt Club XI agamst St. Andrrw Old Boys Association on the Padang on Saturday at 2 p.m. will be. A. Baker Col J. W. L Seel; I W. Ra X C Giaham C Milton. S Ldr. g C Winton. G Darke. D X Daniel.*. A
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    SEGAMAT SOCCER
    35 10 Vrt* Press Stall Reporter SEGA MAT. Tuesday F r O goals by their c ntiefoittard Omar Abdullah, enabled Malay Youngsters to beat the PW D two-nil m a Segamat DLvtikt soccer league flxiwre
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    Missedplace in Olympic XI
    378 10 Soccer stars... 3 16-year-old boy who forsook the violin for football became centre-half In Singapore's Malaya Cup side. He is. Choo Bent Quee, coach of this season's Singapore Malaya Cup side. He is also coach of the SCFA. Chinese V.M.C.A. and Raffles Institution teams. Wh< n
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    U.S. BOXERS TO 'INVADE' EUROPE
    233 10 'PHE exchange of box- ers' agreement recently concluded by Jack Solomons of London and Lew Burston of the New York 20th Century Club is at last working m an eastward, as well as westward direction. Up till now Europe has sent all the fighters. Few
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    91 10 ALTHOUGH a iarge lumbi i ft of Scottish footballers are playing *ith English teams the Scottish selectors have chosen only one of tbete Billy Steel, of Derby m the team to m. et England at WembJey on Apr. 9 This is not surprising one considers tiie B
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    MONAGHAN AMAZES EVEN ADMIRERS
    498 11 MONAGHAN AMAZES EVEN ADMIRERS Wins title from Sandeyron R INT lona S h an, of B«tfa«t, retained his world flyweight title m Belfast last night and at the same time won the European crown from Maurice Sandeyron of France, when he outpointed the Frenchman over 15 rounds Monaghan no., holds
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    Tigers lose grip after leading 2-0
    476 11 j -N 3; Tigers 2. he better of the exchanges, Tiger *rtin» A^ 'uution faded away m the last i m h.»ur and Royal Signals took advant4this N >tage a magnificent recovery and r three goals m U minutes, notching the on one le^
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    GERDAN WANTS TO MEET ZALE
    71 11 |O Longman, manager of Marcel J Cerdan, world middleweight ■?ior>.. said yesterday thM C rdan had refused an offer to go Cleveland, Ohio, because he wanted to fight Tory Zale m Longman said he Is negotiating for a fight between the two men. which he
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    TPCA HELD TO DRAW
    45 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. I AST year's league and Cup champions, the Tamilian Physical Culture Association, were held t^ a one-all draw by the second string of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club In a First Division League game a» Princes Road today
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    IPOH RACE WEIGHTS
    280 11 IPOH, Tue.s. WEIGHTS for Saturday, April v 9, the first day of Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting are: CLASS 1, DIV. I—6 FURS. No Regrets 9.04 Bright Kinder Eyes 7 10 Gold 9.04 Liberty Permita Man 7.10 Dormez 9.02 High Some Street 7.03 Class 8.10 Cabaret 7.05
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    Negombo put up hard fight
    689 11 deron 19- Short lbw. b Wood 7: Winskill b Hendrson 0; Wilson c Murray b Henderson 1; Colebrook c Murray b Mellor 16; Robinson l.b.w. b Mellor 11; Fogden not out 13; Hainsworth c Leggett b Henderson 0. Extras 5Total: 81. Bowling: Murray 1 for
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    No tie, so no lunch
    107 11 BRITISH aeavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock walked into the grill room of a hotel m Johannesburg to have lunch. The manageress took one look at his open-necked shirt 4nd headed him off. "I'm sorry, sir," she said. "I'm afraid you cannot sit down without a tie."
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    Heightlifting tourneys
    29 11 >- Men: ar. n 3 unced tiQ B ifor I hay*» and i year, F-"le- permit held on I the iling. IiBQQt--.: nsl) p* the nshiDs m French
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    BARROW WIN
    31 11 T>ARROw belt Crewe Alexandra 13 1-0 m the English league Div. 3 (Northern) yesterday. In Scottish League Div. f A Ra sers beat Hearts 2-i- Reuter and A. P.
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    Permuda trounce Johore Rovers
    229 11 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday STARTING shakily with a man short, Johore Rovers never recovered from an early setback and took a 7 o trouncing from Permuda Club m their League soccer match here yesterday. The game was on the dull side and towards
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    GALLANT LOSERS
    45 11 picture. The XegoniDo (Ceylon) cricket team, which lost to Hon? Kong m the A.C.F.E. final played at Seletar yesterday. I pf» to right, from back row Harris, Short. r olebrook, Winskill, Hainsworth, Wilson: front row: Hunt, Richens Kerr, Robinson and Fogden.- Free Press
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    Why Chu Chee Seng was excluded
    215 11 MR W McGregor Watt, president of the Singapore Amateur Football Association and chairman of its selection committee, told the Free Press this morning the reason why Chu Che e Seng, a member of China's Oympic team last year, has not been included m the
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    ORTIZ RELEASED
    53 11 TV/TANUEL Ortiz, world bantamweight boxing champion, was fined $100 and released from gaol after he was found guilty of disturbing the peace and carryins a concealed weapon. The last charge ws tiled against Ortiz when he allegedly fied to hide a S.B calibre revolver. Ortia spent a weekend
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    'Try out Salleh and Rahman'
    403 11 'Try out Salleh and Rahman Malaya Cup Selections A READER, F. Chua C, setting out his xiev i concerning the composition of Singapore Malaya Cup team, suggests that the Abdul hah mm Salleh combination at full-back be given a tria.. He adds: "Salleh is definitely better than Q Chin Lye.
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    Draughts contest
    47 11 rpHE New World management proposes to hold a "Dum" (draughts) competition, which will be divided into three cVs-es —"A". *B >f and "C". There win be three prizes for each class. The date will be announced. Entry forms fere obtainable at the New World office.
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    4-0 win to Tengah
    39 11 TN one of the keenest Junior A A Group One S.A.F.A. league games so far this season, R.A.F. Tenpah ran out winners over Kota Raja "B" by four goals to nil at Geylang stadium yesterday.
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    MACAO TEAM'S VISIT
    21 11 rpHe Macao table tennis team is due m Singapore by the Canton "ran Hong Kong on April 20.
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    Singapore sportsmen get ready
    172 11 Singapore sportsmen get ready THE Coiony^ ■IhiKft -..-i s por ismen are sr 0 win great keenness In their pi jjaration lor the Umpire Games which are scaedu.cii to be held m Auckland. Hew Zealand, next February,' llr. E. Sirickiand, honorary ia, retary of the Singapore 01y... pic and Sports
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    NBA RANKS BOXERS
    145 11 THE National Boxing Aii>cciation (U.S.A.) yesterday classed Joe Walcott, Ezzari Charles and Lee Savold as logical contenders m that order for the world heavyweight title, officially vacant for the first time m 21 years. Bruce Woodcock oi Bniain was listed among six outstanding boxers m that i
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    Perak Cricket XI
    56 11 nnHE following wJi itpics.nt Pent at cricket against Penang at ipoh on April 17 ar.d 18. A. H. Phillips (Capt.), Major A. L. A. Atkinson, S. R. Chelvanayagam. E. Daniel. Cap K. Fabricius, R. Kcllett, T. B. Koenitz, D. E. Martinz, W. H. Spiers, S. V. Suppiab.
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    U.K. RUGBY RESULTS
    19 11 YESTERDAY'S Rugby Union results were: Cambornc 3, Newbridge 6; Peneance and Newlyn 3, Newport 11. Reuter
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    BIRTH
    16 12 IoHEKVVOOD- To Joan and Ciiarles, a son NigeJ^ on Aiiril Srd. at Kandang Kerbau, llv»pital.
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    ECONOMIC HELP FOR FAR EAST
    448 12 Truman plan taking shape XKW YORK, Wednesday. IN furtherance ol l'rrsideui Truman's proposal for aiding the development of i ndustrially backward areas of t"he world, including Asia, the United Nations Economic Development Administration (l-NEDA), a new international finance agency, is taking shape. Among proposals made
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    Assembly blow to De Gaulle
    75 12 THE French National Assem- bly yesterday rejected by 358 votes to 46 a Gaullist resolution for dissolution of the Assembly and holding of Parliamentary general elections. The Communists abstained. The Gaulllsts claimed the French County Council elections of Mar. 20 and 27 had confirmed previous
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    BRITISH JAIL NAZI WOMAN
    75 12 MRS Savitri Mukhen: 54--year-old wife of ar. li.--dlan Brahmin and da of a French father a: Greek mother, was sen 1 prison for three years I Bii'ish military cou: Duesseldorf for disirio 10.000 Nazi leaflets whi serttd that Hitler was itUJ alive and that he wouk:
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    NO MAN'S LAND MEETING
    171 12 NO MAN'S LAND MEETING TEL AVIV. Thurs. ISRAELI and Syrian delegates held a three-hour meeting m the no man's land between their frontiers m northern Palestine today to open negotiation* for a fourth Jewish Arab armistice. Torrential rain was falling when tht representatives assembled In a tent for the conference
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    Federation arrests
    27 12 In the past. 24 hours endod last night there were 31 arrests m tho Federation. 19 m Perak. six m Selangor and six m Pahang.
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    COAL OUTPUT UP
    18 12 British miners dug 4.J77.100 tons of coal last week— their best output since December. A.P.
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    World-girdling bomber
    105 12 ANKW aeroplane engine, called "Turbo Cyclone 18, has been perfected which will make it possible /or a bomber to fly around the world without refuelling ac cording to the Curtis Wright Corp., which announced m New York yesterday that the first deliveries of the engines will be made
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    HINT TO EGYPT
    49 12 THE British Foreign Office yesterday declared its readiness to revive long broken treaty revision talks with Egypt— if Egypt makes the rlrst move. A spokesman told a news conference that Britain will "favour" any approach Egypt might make to restart negotiations, which collapsed m 1947 A.P.
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    George Cross for WAAF officer
    150 12 LONDON. Wednesday. rphE George Cross has been awarded posthumously to Nora Nayat Khan, a Women's Auxiliary Air Force section officer, who was the first woman wireless operator to be infiltrated into •nemy-occupied France, it is officially announced. The George Cross is an award for acts
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    GOV-GEN OF CEYLON
    29 12 GOV -GEN OF CEYLON Sir Henry Moore, Gover-nor-General of Ceylon, will leave for the United Kin.? dom on June 29 at the conclusion of his term of oillce A.P.
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    79 12 picture picture. FRENZIED CROWDS roar a welcome to Lord Baldwin Governor of the Leeward Islands, as he drives from Antigua harbour to his residence. Lord Baldwin returned on March 23 from England, where he held consultations with Mr. Attlee and Mr. Creech -Jones A. P. LORD BALDWIN is greeted by
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    Rate war: India hints at intervention
    244 12 NEW DELHI Wednesday. A SPOKESMAN of the Indian Ministry of Com merte sai<l here ester day that the Indian Government i ould not afford merely to look on while Indian shipping suffer* -in the freight rates war, begun on Mar. 10, involving Dutch. British
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    AUSTRALIA'S VAST CATTLE SCHEME
    146 12 LONDON, Wednesday. 'THE Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Joseph Chif- ley, will bring to London next month the outline of a vast long-term development plan to step up Britain's meat supplies. It visualises great new cattle-rearing projects m Australia's undeveloped Northern Territories Australia can go ahead
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    'Cut red tape' plea to SCAP
    238 12 TOKYO, Wednesday. BRITISH traders have called on Gen.' Douglas MatArthur to cut the red tape involved m Japanese foreign trade transactions and permit British banks here to open yen accounts. These are among the series of proposals and complaints raised by British representatives during
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    Iranian protest to U.N. likely
    86 12 TEHERAN. Tu-s. IRAN mi protest to th* United Nations Security Council ab< iit an exchange >1 shots between Soviet and Iranian bi rder patrols, <n which sev*»tal soldiers on .'am side were reported injured, political circles here said to day An Iranian military source said
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    Pathans want own State
    108 12 ABBOTABAD .Pakistani We<i NORTH WEST Frontier tribal leaders yesterday appealed to the Pakistan Oovernmen 4 for facilities to visit ex King Amanullaii Khan of Afghanistan, now living m exile m Rome, to obtain his support for complaints they are making against the alleged nntiIslamic attitude of
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    'Europe's hope lies in Africa'
    47 12 'Europe' s hope lies in Africa' WASHINGTON. Wed A LTHOIGH colon ic> ue .A "thing* of Hit- pj« Europe must develop Africa as the salvation of lump. said Count Carlo Sfor/a i Italian Foreign Minister, at a National Pres* Club lun cheon m Washington yr terday— A.P.
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    New rebel 'Govt. in Greece
    14 12 New rebel 'Govt. in Greece i i 4'iluy battle A V. N V. Reuter
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    'World peace rests on UNO alone'
    10 12 'World peace rests on UNO alone' M THF. I U.P.
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