The Singapore Free Press, 23 January 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1950. PKIC'E 10 ChMS
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    'U.S.I. PLANS TO GRAB N. GUINEA'
    363 1 Turco taunts Government BANDOENG, Monday. JHK Dutch leader of the outlawed 15,600--strong "army of the Heavenly Host", (apt. R. P, *Turco M Westerlinii, yesterday defied the 1.5.1. Government to carry out its order for his arrest, claimed that his army and powerful following could
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    58 1 pit tnif* liinu took place i. i, at thr < hun h i lv of Lour des I Put II and his Ihf r»-sa I tuna i»-- -it. >on and Mr and Mrx l» t it. were married Angelina tnd Mr >l I) \u\u rcNpfctivelv. «t the weddsiu f r
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    Glacier buries whole village
    18 1 ERAS dtsv!.' :anllng dow:; a Kurdis- fr<tn b been found ilgi.'*er being at Reuter
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    French deny Red Tongking attack
    140 1 SAIGON, Monday. FRENCH military oflicials last night denied reports 1 circulated b> the Central News Agency at Taipeh. Formosa, that 30.000 Chinese Communists had invaded the Tongking province of Indo-China. The officials said they believed the report was intended to stir up the Indo-Chinese population.
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    S'PORE MAN FIRED AT IN JOHORE
    190 1 Krre Fr»*s> Stall Reporter JOHORE BAHHU. \i</u. Bandits fired 15 to 20 shots at Mr J F Cooper. Singa mi engineer, at, the 37th mile on the H.'am Road In Jol terday Cooper *aj beini drum by a iyec m the direction of Johore
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    Chinese murdered
    37 1 Free Prej».s Stuff Reporter A Chinese wai> abducted by i'onr bandits on the Bekok Cha'ah Road m Johore yesterday His body was, later iound half a mile away with two btlllei holes m the back.
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    Take new flag
    25 1 Forty-eight Chinese owned and registered ships have completed arrangements with the Panamanian Consulate m Bong Kong for registry under its flag. Reuter
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    2 BANDITS DEAD
    25 1 Free Pre^s Staff Reporter Two bandits, a Malay and a Chinese were shot dead by a police party m Malacca yesterday afternoon
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    Soon be hot enough
    63 1 A ELECTRICITY (ompjtn m Sch<nrctady, U.S.A., has developed an electronic torch operating at a temperature high enough to cut holes m fire brick or melt tungsten. The torch combines hisfli freqiienc'T radio waves and v.irious >??t^< to raise temp** r itures higher than ;.!7t» ic<WCi rentiirAde.
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    Kongsi raided
    32 1 A party ol U1 Beafoi I i raiden a Chinese kongsi m the Muar arra yesterday and arrested Hyp Chinese, itispects who were not registered aa residents of the arra
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    20,000 acre cocoa report mystery
    328 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AGRICULTURISTS and interested businesses are mvstifh d by an official report published today that an Ar erican firm is to plant about 20.000 acres of land In Dungun. Tren^ganu, with cocoa. The report was included In the monthly
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    22 1 H>ii»K through the watrr. these two Snipes battle for vktory m one of the events at yesterday's RAF. Thanui Yacht Huh regatta.
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    S'PORE RUSHES FOR AUST. £
    271 1 S'PORE RUSHES FOR AUST. Free Press StalT Reporter 'TIIK Free Press was informed this morning- that speculation m the Australian pound m the hope of imminent appreciation is to be discouraged. This statement followed the wave <»f buying of Australian pounds which started on Saturday. However, the action of banks
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    Chapel for one franc
    57 1 IMII Municipal oumil 1 of Dijon (France) detided at a recent meeting to sell for the nominal pru-r •>f one franc (he historic St. Anne Chapel attached to the local hospital Snag is that urgent repairs Mould cost so nun I) that the city no longer
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    SPITFIRE CRASH
    42 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SPITFIRE, flying from Tengah to Kuala Lumpur, crashed near Kampong Solok. 15 miles north-west of Malacca, yesterday. No trace of the pilot was found near the wrecked plane and a search is being conducted for him.
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    BANDITS MOTHER
    19 1 Mrs. Maria Lonv>ardo mother of Italy's bandit chip;. Salvatore Guiliano, has been frf^d from iail. A. P.
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    MINERS RETURN
    15 1 Seventeen thousand striking miners la W» st Pennsylvania will return to work today.
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    POLICE IN BIS FIGHT BANDITS
    66 1 Free Press Start' Reporter POLICE constables m a bus engaged armed bandits m a ten-minute battle as the vehicle was on its way from Sungei Siput to Kampar m Perafc yesterday. The bandits, who had stopped the bus. wounded a police constable and the bus
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    TREMORS IN CHILE
    20 1 A wnrtre earthquake shock i shook central Chile, from' Valparaiso to Temuco. yester- I day morning. U.P.
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    LEFT-WING BAN
    21 1 Thf Pakistan Government lias forbidden civil servants to take part hi activities of the !?ft-wing ProgiTsslT#| Writer* Association. Reuter
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    69 1 Malaya's team to tin* Km pirr GMKI Has entertained '<% tea at Government House on Saturday hv the OfU Administering the Government and I. ad* M<K<tn»n I.r-r c to right: Mr. K. Strickland (manager) 1 hong Saw P:«k. Tan Kirn Bee. Tho Fook Hunt;. I adv Mcßerron. Sir Patrick McKerron.
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    Russians stop Berlin trucks
    171 1 BERLIN, Monday. DKKIJVS three Western Commandants y^stiidav the Soviets with violating the four-power agreement guaranteeing the Western Powers free i access to Berlin. The British. French and United States Zun** commandants sent a letter to Major-General Alexander Kotikov. their Russian counterpart, strongly' protesting against Russia's haltiim
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    12 LOST IN SHIP SINKING
    38 1 TWELVE out of 70 pas^e Including two Dutch p: aboard the LCT Isidrito are missing afler the 233-tun former U.S. Army re Mcl sa..k off the Philippines In bad \\t\i i her.- Reuter
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    ORWELL BEAD
    27 1 Mr. George Orwr 1 author of th« b^st seller "1948. died m a London Tiospital on Saturday. H- is 4»i rean of age A. P.
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    MOTHER LOSES FIGHT FOR CHILD
    67 1 PORT OF SPAIN Mon yfRS. Mere McCar'r. lost her >gal fight 10 w gain custody of her l_ old daughter Man,- Vfoit after Syißf to Jam:. London. The Sultan of Joho:r read of her case m the paper, had donated rover part of her expe:
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    TRIED TO BLOW UP EMBASSY
    37 1 ROME police l:.ta P year-old Ualii i m pottesrion of a land n I was going to ll the Spanish Embassy to vlndicate the oppre.ssed martyred Spanish people told 'he police Reuter
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    Cut Out Cocktail Parties
    732 2  - Cut Out Cocktail Parties JohnKirkNelson pleads A MAN came lo see me the other day whom 1 have not met for 20 years a lonely man who has never married and who lives h\ himself on a very modest income. T pulled his leg about hi> unsociability, but he took
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    6 2 *V«re giving i w«e Kjlf m
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    THEATRE MOVE
    61 2 The Australlin Government has derided to grant >>: 50 000 to help In establishing a National Theati Com par.;. In Australia State Governments are beh.ti a.skf-ci to contribute i:3oooo The fund will llnance 'hr bringing of high-class productiona to Australia, and provide a reserve f<>t the National Theatre
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    20 2 I've always been lucky. The onet proposed to said Wo.' and I never asked the ones uho'd have said Yes"
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    WROTE A BEST-SELLER, DIED PENNILESS
    473 2 WROTE A BEST-SELLER, DIED PENNILESS By A Special Correspondent r rHE first book John Worby wrote waa a best -seller. His second book did not do so well. The third did not Ret published. He died recently leaving a wife, three children, no money. It was In 1937 that Worby
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    7,000 MILES BY JEEP
    130 2 AN v\p* m dat»- culture, Mr V H w Dowaon is driving his jt-tp 000 ml from London to the Somaliland Protectorate where he la •<» establish experiment da c piantatloni as pilot schemei before developing sc i (i;ii (1 cultlva! d here. m a two
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    Rue Siaghine, The Street of' Racketeers
    460 2  - Rue Siaghine, The Street of Racketeers G.D.K. McCormick By THERE is one street m the world today where you can have complete financial freedom. It is situated, not unnatur ally, m a no-controls city You can buy any currency you wish m one of the many booths m this street.
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      428 2 werwerwe QIMrAPOPF l Ku<nu KB< 93 I: dinunrUAL IiBBCi: 9 45 Programme Bummary tBII'F NFTUORKt I* Inlerlude: l»oo Radio Ue** R»el 'BBCi; 10 15 'Travellers' 484 and 41.7 metre*. I(>y 4 Swlss R(J r M 5 fe Enurjcenc> news from K.l-. In Britain" BBC>: 11.00 Dance I m Muate; 11.11
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      182 2 Orerseaa ao4 Australian New*. 6.4.S Melody on the Move. Masters <'f the Piano Wa >■ Kicseking; 7.15 Music o! Urn British Isles; ISO Light Einc:-- talnmeni show (BBC>; 8.10 He 1 siune ii! Sydney Boxing oy nBC\ coinnientatoi Bernard Ken 8 \H) Singers and Theii Songs bassBaritone, Peter Dawson. 8..'i0
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      349 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DnK\ today. m»u have a •tlltri and rarHy can h«- fort eful and rather at- pursuaded to dv anulun:; IffWJH nature Ba.su ll v against \<»ur w ill You mat an individualist, you dis- bf infiuenrrd m \our <>i i l'k»- taking advirr tr»nr» tmal AbcWmh hv
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    A 178-YEAR-OLD JOB ENDS THIS WEEK
    215 3 A 178-YEAR-OLD JOB ENDS THIS WEEK Raja is last m the line NEW DELHI, Monday. /JNE of the choicest and yet most arduous jobs m the British Empire will cease to exist when, on January 26, Mr. C. Kajagopalarhuri, last of a long and distinguished line of governors-general, proclaims India
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    27 3 i .^.p 1 iti» <ris:h!» i:idr I R.I il Mlnfcifei of listen to Ml ,ii If— hii h> ||m M nislrf Mr. duriiu th- \usjonUv -\.P. photo.
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    Lampshades are now unbreakable
    11 3 Lampshades are now unbreakable ISTU M I np- > ai 11 .i
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    MARSEILLES'S AIRPORT BID
    169 3 MARSEILLES'S AIRPORT BID MARSEILLES, Monday il 1 i v tjtt'tl with increasing competition Genoa aa i tcapit, is making a hid |o greatest airport foi handling freiuht m m n Ku»ope. been approved for the acquisition .and to add to t he already existing M irignane field. Gas tanks and
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    Longer life— more blindness
    206 3 Longer life more blindness NEW YORK. Monday I OKI-! blindness is one of the prices bring paid for longer life and for control of diabetes and certain heart troubles, an eye specialist warns. The longer people live, the more chance there is vf developing eye troubles that can blind them.
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    A baby's vigil
    49 3 i OI.OMBO Mon ALL persuasion by villagers m distant Chavakacheri. North Cey!on. failed »o make a baby elephant leave the body of its mother. v.hich was shot dead by a forest officer, when it Has about to charge. Later the youn* one was found dead.- Reuter
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    HOLD BACK AID TO KOREA
    35 3 REPRESENTATIVE Harold South Dakota •mbliran said yesterday I thai mic aid to Kore*, mid be withheld "until n iv from the State Department ilng US. policy In he Far B
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    BOY TRUANT IN REFORMATORY
    61 3 BOY TRUANT IN REFORMATORY JOHN Outhrle, a 14-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to stealing the 50-ton Scottish motor-fishing boat. Girl Jean, •.vas sent to reform school His long trip !n the Girl Jean began on Jan 10. when he left Arbroath. Scotland and ended three days later when a trawler
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    'Never-Befores' do well as farmers
    141 3 'Never-Befores' do well as farmers TEL AVIV, Monday JEWISH immigrants who never put hand t<> the plough before are now doing quite well for themThat is the report of Itzhak Korn, SecretaryGeneral of the Smallholder Settlers' Association. I who has watched many "never-before" farmers develop into good agriculturists. Mr Korn
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    Workers refuse pension offer
    44 3 W orkers refuse pension offer THE United Auto Workers Union has rejected the Chrysler Motor Corporation's pension offer md handed In a seven-day .strike notice. The Detroit corp» ..tion b*s proposed a US$lOO a month pension for employees at the as of f»5.~ A.P.
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    ONLY A SIMPLE CEREMONY
    83 3 ONLY A SIMPLE CEREMONY NEW DELHI, lion ARRANGEMENTS fur the celebration of the inauguration of the Republic ol India on January 26 are being made m strict observance ol a government decision to hold it "with simplicity bui with dignity." The plan to invite the heads of Statea had been
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    U.K. envoy sees Nahas Pasha
    79 3 CAIRO. MOD '■put. British Ambassador to 1 E^ypt. Sir Ronald Campcalled on the new Pre 1 mier. Nahas Pasha, recently to "renew contact" with him and to inform him officially ol the British Foreign Minister Mr Ernest Bevln's fortl Ing visit to Egypt Mr. Bevin
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    Wallace may answer charges
    79 3 Wallace may answer charges IMIE former US. Vice-Pre-sldent. Mr Henry A Wallace, will t>- given a chance this week to answer charges that he had cleared war time atomic shipments to R m defiance of a security ban Mr Richard M- Nixon. Republican Representative, said Mr Wallace win be invited
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    55 3 photo. Emperor Haite SelaJlK of Ethiopia recently attended the opening of the l\S. Infoi ■nation and Education Service Centre m Addis Ababa. Mr. Rogers B. llorgan. Public Affair Officer at the I.S. Kinhass.v. shows the Emperof photographs of American schools. The Emperor has .shown special interest m the education of
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    Films used in teaching
    72 3 BRISBANE. Mon. BLACKBOARD and cha.K are making way tor til. us and radio as teaching aids m Queensland Education Department A- 'Little Hollywood," ihe department ha s produced 25 film* with local tiara." Most are talkies. Some are m colour Episodes m the hlming programme lndud<
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    U.S. PLANTS CLOSE
    37 3 U .S. PLANTS CLOSE rnrt-i- hundred big industrial plants m Pittsburgh 'I. r. have to shut down berause o| ihe coal shortage due to a strike ol more than 81.000 soft coal miners In six states Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    209 3 'THE double o: the tlaon '->id called for .i diamond opening, 10 West ted the diamond uuet-n. Dummy ducked and Ean ruffed. returning the Hib nine. Declare* won, yanked the trump* m two leads, cashed his diamond king and l'Hi another diamond, taking the marked fim-s-e of Hummys
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    40 3 photo. Princess Euphrosine Mourosi. of (ireece. as she appeared m a Paris court charged with black market deaK with the Germans during the occupation of France and with denouncing several persons to the Gestapo and the Vichy police. A. P.
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    Police seek Nazi 'spider'
    252 3 Police seek Nazi 'spider' VIENNA, Monday. AUSTRIAN police have been hunting an elusive A and intangible 'Spider", alleged to be a dangerous organisation which many people here including the Soviet High Commissioner m Austria. Colonel (ieneral Swiridow, believe to exist both m this country and m Germany. According to those
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    KOBE TO HOLD WORLD FAIR
    144 3 KUKI. .ilondav. IN drixe to regain its position JS ihp |>«m of the Orient. Kobe, on Japan'- inland s«a. h.»> planned a 1950 World Fair. Kobe city officials have invited all trading nations to show their goodf at the Fair and '■> come and see
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    Jupiter temple found
    132 3 ROME, Monday. WORKMEN rebuilding 'l^ lamous Benedi Abbey of Monte Ca 1 shattered by Allied bombers during the war, have found remnants of an ancient Temple to Jup^ The mini bear Ottl an < pigraph found Inscribed <>n he ba>e of ihe Abbey tower which spraKS) of
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    S.A. TO BOW TO WORLD OPINION
    57 3 AN Indian pastor ha< dieted m South Al that world opinion vv ii tally force \t*t mcii! to chance her poll j Th<- ii.and Pakistan had the on look of poli'i^. i y minded Indians m §au Africa, he said, and ihtj <>■ Importance
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    NAVY ON PATROL
    17 3 The Royai Navy h h pan In ibe Ph«: R;\. Nail mboatt fie- U.P.
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    CALL TO GEN. LI
    21 3 The Coi an «Ta .> >• nding a Li Ts alist Pi >.■■> iru ne him > n to Ctl Reuter
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    WHEAT TALKS SUSPENB.
    44 3 LONDON >K>TIATION r>'r a I B: .>'. purchase oi traliAn rtiemi ha pcnri< j ci and way DO| b uimed until Eh nllkely to get any funh shipments liuti tt untU July or Ajiius 1 16s. id. per bushd .'.ud Britain i
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      50 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. Ill©* X r.d Heu tnd M l> X x X f Bond .> r o\ a rd i-n l u\ '.v Un i-.\ i 1 IMPIRI. F MHEMDAN :i raorou ITH%¥: B PEN IM ol I Him x I r.LOBI IPOH KI'FI M\LACCA i;» Dm] i
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Jan. 23. 1950. THE VETO IS ENLARGED
    520 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Jan. 23. 1950. THE VETO IS ENLARGED i.vs multiple walk-out n various United Nations bodies and from the Eastern Commission is \he veto enlarged to cover! t very aspect of international relations. It is a blatant i .Tort to stop all interna- al discussion m
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    Liberal Policy for the Colonies
    1412 4  -  Hall Romney t London Letter by i "JF the Socialists get back for another five yeans Anemia Bevan will certainly be Prime Minister within two years; and if tluit is not enough to make you wake up screaming m the night I rlon't know what
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    America's Poor Are Eating More
    248 4  -  Thomas Henry rwr I T NCLE Sam is eating better, especially In uoorer homes. But, rich or poor, the average of the American home still falls below standard. The diet of the poor has shown considerable advance during and since World War 11. The average
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    25 4 sinner'T f/J c Sia Chats With Lily Pon *< f amo operatic singer, m her dressing room <iurin u a performance at the Metropolitan opera house
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    Beautiful Britain—7
    5 4 Beautiful Britain 7 kitchen dresser.
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    An Old Racket Hits The New Republic
    594 4  -  McDONALD LACHIE r**"*" By i JAKARTA, Indonesia. THE elderly Chinese looked over his shell spectacles ;in<l disked softly: "You :\iv the gentleman from Singapore?" My ijiiidc, the gentleman, nodded. The merchant re-read a scroll of Chinese WritIng In which the only thing understandable
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    THE WIDOW WHO BARKS
    86 4 ]yjRS. Margaret Raffeny. 57-year-old widow, left her Leeds home and went to a BBC studio. There, for ten minute?, she barked like a doji. Then she went home to ihe housework She hopes she will b^ selected from 20 other impersonators to play the pan of
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    'SACRIFICE'
    101 4 Letter to the Editor Irkad with knterHl 111 V.-.r. Ramakn abou* I\. > .entice You M] Our correspoi. dt-nt wag status a to fxpressing an vpini< fOV rorresj>>:ident mcniod •"The tj TsgOrt play larked 'he fl 1 inovemci>. IPestern drama the .setting, ihe temple Qoddesg demanding human never chanp»
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    The Jap P.O.W. Mystery
    36 4  - The Jap P.O.W. Mystery RAY FALK By yATE r an< missing troll* d Man mor< ling I Japan* Am* how man inn fate <<: Bu: b pected Thr 576 I v.. h b. W bread KAN A
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      25 4 JEWELLERY 01 UNSURPASSING QUALITY AT 45. HIGH STREET SINGAPORE THE EMBANKMENT K. LUMPUR 43 STATION RD. !POH S.P.HdeSILVA OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY'S EXPERIENCE
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      46 4 tmi floor 13 latter; IM Sale now on of Monti Afternoon and evening dresi COMMERCIAL TRADERS LTD. HOUSE OF HIRE-PI Re FOt RADIOS and APPLi .'ACES Terms;— THE EASIEST! Service- TH£ RING 6688 or »M Head Office 17-18, Bonham Bldg Branch 18 En* Hoon Street Ti<
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    MALAY FIGHTS GHOST IN GEYLANG
    307 5 Medicine man loses Ist round Free Press Malay Correspondent INCHE Omar bin Haji Ismail, an elderly Malay clerk with 12 dependants, is at present engaged m a small war of his own with a ghost which is haunting his house m Geylang Serai, Singapore. The
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    passages for 400 Malayans
    42 5 I.i Kr\.»rter vho P M i U) liisa of A ar--900 Singapore .jod news I civen up c to this r r'.viliar. Worn ".,'dafroni AP A O v g< who ing j. idhf»ro I for tan ravelling on
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    DINNER PARTY IN SINGAPORE
    10 5 DINNER PARTY IN SINGAPORE blew a dinner ate of the
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    Power to ban unsafe cars
    275 5 Free Press Staff Reporter nOWBKS to enable the Registrar of Vehicle*. Singapore, to suspend or cancel the licences of motor vehicles which he considers unfit or dangerous for the road are being sought by the Municipal Commissioners. A Municipal committee has agreed m principle to
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    MAILS
    41 5 pore today trotn South Ir Sarawak 'except Miri>. Thailand' and ...e Federation. I hce I -v at the OJP.O. are I noon for Hong Kon^. China, .'.par. ?nd thf P!::l:pp:r,t^; 545 >.m lot the Federation 6 p:n for Mod vi
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    REPERTORY PLAY IS GOOD FUN
    321 5 REPERTORY PL AY IS GOOD FUN 4 COMPETITOK m thr Snipe class photographed at the R.A.F. Chansi Yacht Club's annual regatta yesterday. Free Press picture. IN his farce "The Anonymous l.over", current offering at the Victoria Theatre by the Singapore Repertory. Vernon Sylvaine invites us to believe that a wife,
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    'Malaysdeep in the mud'
    134 5 'Malaysdeep in the mud' Free Pr»->s Staff Reporter GIVING hi. 1 observations on Mie Malaya In Malaya, Dr. M P Drahman. who re- j presented Ceylon Malays at the <ecent transfer of sovereignty m Indonesia, said m Singapore tiiat the Malayan were "deep In the mud because of the system
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    HOUSING RING; IN ESTATE AREA ALLEGED
    175 5 HOUSING RING IN ESTATE AREA ALLEGED Free Pkm stu/r Berorter estate managers anxious to put up build- Ings are often quoted exorbitant prices by contractors, says the Federation's Labour Department m its latest report issued this morning. Reporting on estate housing problems, the Departmcni says that m one locality there
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    More mouths, less food in Asia
    177 5 Free Press Staft Reporter AGRICULTURAL production m Asia and the Far Fast is lower than pre-war level by about six per cent while the population has increased by more than 10 per cent. Tins is stated In a report on a preliminary survey of
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    87 5 I l\ I of the six Europeans picked up by the P O Strathaird off Cocos Island are (from left) Leslie Lerpiniere, John Clunies-Ross ("King of the Cocos"), Cecil Millar, D. Jones and Paul Barket. The men. with 12 Malays, set out i' 1 un boats m rough weather for
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    HINDU MARRIAGE LAW MOVE
    216 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN order that Hindu marriages m Singapore may be placed on a sound legal footing, the Hindu Advisory Board has appointed one of its members, Mr. A. P. Rajah, to study the question with a view to recommending to Government the introduction
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    HE IS PAID TO SLEEP
    61 5 yHK Federations latest monthly labour report tHIs a story of a ->! in^or Chinese miner's henevo- lence towards an employee. An old man who has worked on his mine for more than 30 years is still employed at the rate of $10 a month with
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    MASS WEDDING NEXT SUNDAY
    100 5 MASS WEDDING NEXT SUNDAY FIFTY Chin .'.r regH i' Maylair Musical and Dra Association to tak< part wedding which v i held a* the Victoria Men i Hall on Sunday Jan. L' noon. i will b» th< U i.llg to be the association since the and the numtx part m
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    U.S.I.S. OFFICER
    41 5 COCKTAIL party vasfiv^n by the Director ol s\ et [nformatlon re. Mr Henry Laurence, •igapore iast night tor Mr James Hatoema n« v nj formation Officer from Wi^ shmgton. Mr. Halsema was a former newspaperman MkJ Usskh Press DORMpoa>
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    One punch—and I sought Mills
    1139 6  - One punch and I sought Mills TED BROADRIBB wewerrwerw By "I 1 11 INK you shook 1 him IhenP When I spoke those words lo Fmltlv Mills niter one round of his first rhampionship light with Leu Harvey at Tottenham football ground on June 1942. 1 think 1 struck one
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    GOVERNOR'S XI 248 FOR 4
    136 6 GOVERNOR'S XI 248 FOR 4 THE Comi onwealtta touring crickel team were all for 323 m their first Innln ,on thp second day of their three-day match againsl Central Province Governor's I IXI at Nagpur ar.d by the ilose the Oovern< I I XI were' 248 for four m reply
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    Lindwall not so good as before
    123 6 THOUGH Australian 1.:: 'Mt lean not to;;South Africa li winning most matchfi >b•enren there declare that the Australian's attack is not 'he fore** it has been In receni years. i- ipei i!. i poi judge say t:. linf I I pot as powerful a>
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    Hid for Games
    9 6 DOME hMM put m a bid
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    Betting on jockeys introduced in U.K.
    273 6 ANTE-PO6T betting on jockeys b—tlmj of hors« s is a novel scheme introduced by an enterprising I.K. bookmaker to fill m the slack winter period while punters are considering their wagers on the Grand National and the Lincolnshire Handicap The race chosen is the
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    MAXIM IS 1-2 FAVOURITE
    233 6 i\ American who was almost unkimw n, I «*ndon A three weeks ago rul^v :«s 1h»- favouritt m un worlds light-heavyweight championship tonioi niglit. Joey Ma\im was iw^t anoifi er when he landed m England for t»n with Ireddv Mills. But one reputable km n l
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    Drobny beaten
    18 6 TWESI > *i: Drobi iian trni is < h«n:; H' won 1 <• 111 tIM fendtng I 6-3 A.P.
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    Deyro and Washer in tennis final
    17 6 Deyro and Washer in tennis fin al R i giun. of Urn Spa 6-4 G MM I
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    IPOH RACES REVIEWED
    890 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By i nrxrr iaxutiriies and one second favourite were 1 successful on Saturday, when Perak Turf (lufc opened its three-day January meeting, giving punters a fair start for the 1950 racing season. Thh v.ix $ood picking from what appeared to be a very diUuult programme.
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    Test for referees
    31 7 BOXIXCi uno m n Tort v o > have their eyesight ed within n bwi: before ofl j.- d teh undrr •rq- m I Mil ItuUonuced m tb« Mbano]
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    'Hat-trick' by Dollah Don
    117 7 DOLLAH Don. centre-for-ward, and Chu Chee Seng. goalkeeper, were m brilliant form for the Sino-Malays m Hjng Kong yesterday, when the Sino-Malays defeated Hong Kong Combined by four goals to two— Dollah Don scoring three goals. In the defence. Kai Sow was prominent with his I
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    Liverpool on top again
    425 7 From JIM CHAMBERS IVFIU'OOL returned to the top or the first IflVl- sion of tiie English Football League on Saturday by hrating bottom of the League. Birmingham. SI City played the best soccer of the season to trounce Manchester United 3-1. Manchester United had deposed Liverpool
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    NJOO TO FIGHT AS LT-WEIGHT
    261 7 NJOO TO FIGHT AS LT-WEIGHT Too light for welter class gOBBY Njoo, All-Indonesia's light and welterweight boxing champion, decided yesterday that he will not fight m the welterweight division m future but will campaign m the lightweight and junior welterweight class. NJoo. who weighed 140J lbs. for the fight against
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    SOCCERITES WIN
    32 7 The Young Soccer:t<?s Ciuo btai the Young Companions Yc-uih Club by two goals to nil m a soccer makh played at Jalan B> Stadium veverdav A'.v.har S;nsh and Z'::*i >coring.
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    Weights for 12 races at Ipoh
    538 7 tI'KK.HIS tor all 1 »-lght race* for v. r oiul day. Wed. Lan tt, at Ipoh are: 1 !>iv. ?-6 Furs Power ihift *\OO Frnton 8.11 lo\elv Bore 8.11 Itiu Dear 8.10 (irecian Prince i.ff loch Hyde X.OX Kakama 8.08 Dark Romance 8.07 Kint*
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    Best worker today Jade Princess
    229 7 Best worker today Jade Princess From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Monday. 'PHE going was fast when 1 horses went out for training this morning. The best gallop was by Jade Princess <Harper». who ran 31 m 38 sees Chastity Wood* and Briany < Healey I paced to- I gether about four
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    CHARLES TO FIGHT THIS MONTH
    50 7 NEGOTIATIONS for a Utk fiidu between the world heavyweight boxing chamd Charles. Freddie Beshore were m progrea yesterday. Matchmaker Charlie Pinto said that he hoped to complete arrangements this week for the 15--round bout to be held m Buffalo <U S on Feb 28 Renter.
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    33 7 pirtur* SIR FRESCO (Tulloh) bring led m by trainer H Sleijh after winning the second rai at Ipoh on Saturday. Sir Fresco paid the second highest dividend (%'%> on a win ticket Free Press
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    Singapore's bid for 1958 Empire Games
    374 7 Singapore's bid for 1 958 Empire Games SINGAPORE will apply foi the 1958 Briiivh Empire Games to be held here. Mr. E Strickland, manager of the Malayan contingent, told the Ffcet Press last night. By 1958. he said. Singapore would have the necessary facilities for the staging of the Games
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    BIRTHS
    69 8 EDOCLMBE: To Anna-Marie, wile of Charles Edgcumber. at Kandan? Kerbau. a daughter. Rirh Margaret. WILKINS. On 18 January to Nor=l.. wiie of John A. Wiikins, tOB. TO ESME. wife of Henry Lew m. a: Singapore, on January 21st. 195 C a son. ALLBI: On January 20th. 1950. at tin
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    ENGAGEMENT
    55 8 ENGAGEMENT is an- bt tween Scan Hong Meng. MB of Mr. Mrs. f Sc md Tan Ching San, a daughter of Mr. Tan Tee Batu Pahat KAY-CHAPMAN. The enannounced between -on Murray, younger Mr. and Mrs. J. W. .on on Bowmont, I \r.d and Geraldine .writer of Mr. and
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    35 8 photo. Twenty people were drowned when a bus parked with 48 workmen plunged int.» a canal near Mulhouse, France. Picture shows the bus after the canal had been partially drained to aid rescue operations. A.P.
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    Chinese have no say in Manchuria
    199 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Monday. II Mil X Moscow and Peking both heatedly denied the I.S. charge that Russia is m the process of annexing half of China. the President of the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce confirmed yesterday that Manchuria wa s being sovietized
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    QUIRINO WARNS OF RED CHINA
    94 8 BALTIMORE *farrvTand i, Monday. PRESIDENT Elpidio Quirlno. 1 m a speech made from his hospital bed here for the opening of tht- Philippine Congress m Manila, sounded a warning on Chinese Communist expansion Ii» the rapid development* taking place m the Far Ehs 1 today,
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    'Panties are Victorian'
    135 8 LONDON. Mor. rORGEOUS Gussie Morans U prospective father-in-law said yesterday that the iace 01. her famous tennis panties seems rather Victoria me Mr Nickoia^ Davenport. right-economist father of 27-year-okl Anthony Davenport who became ongaged to rhe American tennis p::»y**r m Calcu'la, tolrl re -or 1 practice! gii
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    Ruhr dispute
    36 8 A wai?f dispute In the Ruhr coal mines, which resulted In .sporadic strikes over the past two months, ended yesterday when the miners accepted a compromise proposal for a nine per cent wage increase.
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    BORDER TO RE-OPEN
    22 8 The border between Egypt and Cyrenaica. rinsed sinre kSi dimmer by the Egyptian Government, will b«> re-open-ed shortly. A.P.
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    ALGERHISS CONVICTED
    79 8 NEW YORK MOD. \LOER HISS, former UB. Stau> Department oft': > was convicted of perjury <>n Saturday A jury branded him a traitor by Iti rerdict. It found hhn fullty ol lying m hli riuiia! that he jave away Sta^ Drpartm^m secrets to prewar Communist sp:-> Sentence will
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    The robust model
    97 8 TOKIO Mvii P>LJCK, alter week-long •earcta for The Bosom."' a 22year-year-old Japanese accused of robbing artists after posing for them m the) nude, expect an early arrest. rha iiK^iei Kc4i.su Kawafuncul has been wen at a railway station near the famed Sugamo pi 1 i weanng ;ui
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    Man-eaters kill 50
    57 8 MORE than 50 villagers have been killed m recent weeks by man-eating timers, panthers and cheetahs m Orissa Province, near Calcutta The Orissa Ciovernment has offered bounties for the shooting of the man-eaters, which are terrorism ih,. people and hampering food production. It has mobilised groups of
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    47 8 photo. Britain s first Minister to the United States of Indonesia. Mr. D. W. Kermode. yen with his family just before hoarding the Oranje on Jan. 13 for Batavia. Picture shows (from left): Miss l-oi.s Kermode. the Minister and his wife, and MfeM Deborah Kermode. A. P.
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    Egyptian claim of hydrogen bomb
    157 8 CAIRO. Monday. 4 Egyptian scientist claims that he and a fellow A scientist invented a hydrogen bomb two years ago and turned it with complete details over to their (Jovernment. Although for "Sty. reason! the authorities had asked that the identity of the two sclentistf
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    KING PRESIDIOS
    21 8 Kuim Gustav presided over Lhe Swedish Cabinet Council* on Friday for the first time' his repent Illness A p
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    CITY OF 1,352.000
    15 8 The population of Canton is nearly 1.352.000. according to the Chinese press
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    INDIA ALARM AT RED ADVANCE TO TIBET
    238 8 New bid to invade Hainan claimed HONG KONG, Monday. DEKING claims that Red forces had pushed through Sinkiang Province to the Tibetan border, indicating that the Peking regime intends immediately to implement its pledge to invade Tibet, are causing anxiety among Indian leaders
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    JAP SUICIDES
    12 8 JAP SUI CIDES Japan's suicide rate has increased to 20 per day.-
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    He spoke too quickly
    77 8 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon REALISING that he had made a slip by «ivin^ too quirk an answir. (ienrge K.t/ef. held on a charge of «ii .i, addiction, jumped out of i third storey window of pohi r headqu.'.i t*Ts to his death. Ka7^e w.i> heini; gue>tioned on
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    SOILED SHIRT LED TO LOVE
    161 8 lOKIO, Monday. r rHE Japanese transportation Minister, Mr. Shinzo Ova. 57. has decided to divorce his present wife, Ins second, and marry another comely 29-yemr-oM MasakO Morita, who is a popular Singer and president of a wholesale vegetable company, reports the Yomiuri Ova met M*tlfrff
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    Bonn overruled
    20 8 Tin- Allied High Commission for Germany has overruled the plans of West Germany to •nd patrol rationing U.P.
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    BEATIFICATION
    27 8 Vincent Pallottl was raided Ito tin* Blessed of t lie Roman Cat hoik* Church on Sunday m the first beatification of the 1951 Holy Year. A.P.
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    Bankers to study Far East loans
    111 8 TOKIO. M'.n AN international mi>. irom the World Bank will the Far East shortly to check on loan applications hy Ork-nt a] nations The mission will check or. S*-: application for US$75 million m loans and possibly on request from i he Philippines lor
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    SIAM'S SEARCH
    17 8 SUm is seeking elephant] for an i. n th<* coronation prorps sion of Kir.e Phunlptv
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    PAK., USSR TRADE
    17 8 Trade between PaY. And Russia during 1948-50 amoun^'d to Rs 68 900 000 A.P.
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    Ten held for jewel robbery
    54 8 THE Pans police have imit* 1 cd four more men believed to be members of a crack pang which robbed the Aga Khan and his Begum of (US> $710,000 worth ol leweb last Aueust This brings to 10 the number of persons held m connection
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    HK WOMAN SUES Dr. SUN FO
    25 8 HK WOMAN SUES Dr. SUN FO NAN< 1 I mi:" aga Dr Bun F Ifl the i!.£ I H Dr Sun ha uuab> A.P. lo
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