The Singapore Free Press, 5 April 1950

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v, i:/M8 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 1950. PRICE TEN i fcfcl*.
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    MALAYA STORM IN THE LORDS
    502 1 MALAYA STORM IN THE LORDS 'Operation Afterthought 9 LONDON, Wednesday. J^ STORM over the British Government's con- j duct of the campaign m Malaya broke m the House of Lords last night. Lord Mancroft said the nature and importance of the anti-bandit struggle had been "completely misjudged." Too often. Lord
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    KLUANG A.O DIES FROM WOUNDS
    112 1 KLUANG A.O DIES FROM WOUNDS Man* Reporter H Girdler, 0.8. E., Administrative ..ing, died m ,:ly today from eived m a ..bush at the Paloh-Yong Johore yesrning. I O.SP.C. was with Mr. injuries to police con- d outright. la progressing I to have been J j went to U cad.
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    4 AGENTS CAUGHT
    28 1 Frtf Prr>> >taff Reporter -relay arrested a bandit agent m another two at Batu Paha* and a Chinese o b* a bandit food a- Kluang
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 J \K.\RTA. Wed. m Alkadri 11. bead ►f th" We*t Borneo State, has b«^n arrested m and charged with n»mp;;. it> m the capture of Bindoen; by Turko U->t*rlin<. Reuter
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    M.P.s PLAN A STORM, TOO
    182 1 LONDON, Wednesday. 4 STORM is brewing m the House of Commons over the campaign against the bandits. Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons.) has secured a motion on adjournment tomorrow, the last day before the Easter recess, and intends to raise the question of the whole
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    Pilgrim is buried in Singapore
    143 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BUFFERING from beri-berl O since the Filipino pilgrim ship Christobal left Jeddah more than a month ago, one Mcro pilgrim died In Singapore durinp the ship's stay this week He was given decent burla tv the Muslims ot Singapore before the
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    A.C.S.U. SALARY CLAIMS STUDIED
    112 1 LOiNDON, Wednesday. THE War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, was asked m the House cf Commons whether he could make a further statement regarding claims for salary increases and housing allowances by the Army Civil Service Union of Singapore. Mr. Strachey replied that certain increases m salary
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    Lab. M.P. hurt —majority 2
    63 1 LONDON. Wed. THE British Government's effective majority m the House of Commons dropped temporarily to two last night when a Labour Member of Parliament, Mr. James Olanville, was taken to hospital with a fractured skull. He was injured during a fall from a tramcar last
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    VARSITY FUND
    13 1 The University of Malaya Endowment Fund amounted to $2,576,348 on Monday.
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    MIGRATING
    14 1 Twenty thousand Indonesian ex-servicemen will mif'rat'". f n nutor iefiinHs fhis year. Reuter
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    LABOUR CORPS
    16 1 Indonesian labour battalions will be formed soon to help reconstruction and to intensify production.
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    Abducted, shot
    51 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Pai Chee, a 46-year-old Chinese labourer on Ong Chum Lam Estate, Kulai, who was abducted by four Chinese three days ago, was fount? shot dead yesterday m Kelan Estate. Kulai. His hands were tied behind his back and he had been shot m the
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    CENTURY'S BIGGEST GOLD HAUL
    151 1 CENTURY'S BIGGEST GOLD HAUL picture BOMBAY, Wed. INDIAN customs officials, going over a 100-ton craft inch by inch, have so far seized 3,000,000 rupees worth of smuggled gold, but think they may have to break the boat up completely before giving up the search. Their haul after five hours' searching
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    Strength through joy
    63 1 A UTHORITIES m China say that some "more corrupt A Communists have been hanging around theatres, cabarets, tea houses and restaurants.** They were "lured Uy material attractions." To correct such "corrupt behaviour during: this state of learning and Intellectual house cleaning," plainclothes men have b-en sent to
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    Burning for a divorce
    49 1 k SYDNEY husband was J\ tired and dozed off m a chair. though his wife wanted to go out. The wife poured methylated spirit over him and set fire to it. He spent six weeks m hospital. Now he has been granted a divorce.- Reuter
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    U.S.I. TO JOIN U.N.
    15 1 Indonesia will shortly apply for membership m the United Nations. Reuter
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    7-point plan for peace in Bengal
    148 1 r FHE Premier of India, Pandit Nehru, yesterday discussed definite proposals with the Pakistani Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, for dealing with possible future complaints about the treatment of minorities m East and West Bengal. The Prime Ministers considered what other points to incorporate
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    U.S. LIFTS BAN
    18 1 The United States has lifted a three -year-old ban on Americans travelling to Yugoslavia. Reuter
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    SECRET REPORT ON POLICE?
    169 1 Free Press StaiT Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. IS THERE another report by the United Kingdom Police Mission? One that is "confidential and not for publication"? This is a belief m police circles m Kuala Lumpur, following the publication of the Police Mission Report this morning. "Old
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    ANOTHER TRAIN DERAILED
    104 1 ANOTHER TRAIN DERAILED Free Press Staff Reporter THE pilot train of thtKuala Lumpur to Penang mail last night was derailed by bandits between Temoh and Kampar. The engine and crash wagon ran off the rails and down a I bank, but the turret vehicle was only derailed. There were no
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    K.L. HEARS MORTARS
    38 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR Wed. THROUGHOUT last night, security forces mortared selected points m the Cheras and Ampang areas on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The explosions could be clearly heard m town.
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    SEAMEN STRIKE
    17 1 A 8-hour seamen's strike yesterday paralysed 98 per cent cf Buenos Aires' port activities. Reuter
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    £ area is closing dollar gap
    285 1 area is closing dollar gap LONDON, Wednesday. CHEERING House of Commons last night greeted an announcement that Britain and the rest of the sterling area "have made a further advance m our long and arduous campaign to close the dollar gap/ The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, giving
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    Mission to USSR
    25 1 Indonesia will send a diplomatic mission to Moscow next week to disuss the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. U.P.
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    4 WOMEN DIE
    18 1 Four women workers have died following an explosion at a chemical factory m Scotland. Reuter
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    Over 40s Should Not Cut Warts
    927 2 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR HUW can remove a a gamii a art, jusi cv?in Lite ce/ure oj my ujl tyeurow. 1 Had a tiny *car m tne name c jor JU years probably as the result of an injury when a small boy. An attempt
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    'Split-second' Clock-watcher
    353 2 'Split-second' Clock-watcher TJhe Chapman Pincher Column r VO shy, soft-spoken HERBERT FRANK FINCH, ten routine years of keeping Greenwich Mean Time m order have offered little scope for fame. Wt m the quiet of his hill-top observatory at Abinger, Surrey, he has stumbled on an astronmical discovery that will affect
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    Flying Saucery
    525 2 Flying Saucery Flying fact or flight of faterf RICHARD GARRETT trace, tfc history of an aerial phenom, lon xchich gave America j|j mm JltUtr^ ♦-riLYING saucers" are back m the news. From New York comes a report that Captain Jack Adams, pilot of the Chicago and Southern Airlines, radioed that
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    YOU CAN SEE THEM
    71 2 pKoM-ssoK K. S. Cotton, of Sydney Iniversity, Has MMBHtag mith his students the inWery of the fl> in< samers. lie asked them to stand still, train their e>es on a point m the sky about a mile away. Within ten minute** 22 nn -nihers of the
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    MEXICAN 'SAUCER'
    58 2 pORRESPONDP Cecil Vj Clark reports from Merlco That he actually saw a "flying saucer"— high the City of Monterey m hern Mexico. According to him the "flying saucer" or v vi,s. appeared at abou: o'clock m the and remained v. ent:-. hour. Tl arrived. <■ WKat mi.- r.
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      254 2 WHICH OF THESE AILMENTS 00 )W SUFFER SJfgJE3 ujjrthese "O"»'"9* wh\ [ie* v —or worse may come Tour ao^Lor -Hi Mi rou that ofta* (hct« «««4 »uch Calcium Pho»phoru» Cc» •r* -jmni it|*» o> "MiNERAL AND p«r. from. urn Food lodin« your* n«« f«tt<n| Mteufk HlMnb an 4 «uir«t r
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      22 2 'V)V Gentle BAIH SO\P Safe BABY POWDEI i^^^feH^^^H So w THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. 33. RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE man who had thrust
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      118 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have an extremely energetic and at times restless nature. Your mental powers are exceptional and you are often so far ahead of others m your ideas that it takes time for them to catch up with you. This tends to make you impatient and
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      203 2 New Crossword No. 14 CLUEfI ross »1. It isn't true »7). ft. Bruin junior <3>. 7. Little hoot»r <S> i. Racy river collisions <6). 9. Pointers who nearly design v torso (11). It Response io 'Move alonK. please" (11). 13. Mainly tidy Welsh town (5). 15 "I must be peiting
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      53 2 Solution To Crossword No. 13 SOLUTION— Across: 3. DOCtCf 7. Johnson. 8. Waived. 9. Herring 10. Hebron. 13, Aileron. 15. Mastua. IT, Trawler. 18. Strait. 19 Ntw Look 20. Dashed. Down: 1. Poker. 2, Introit. 3, Downhearted 4. Onager 6, Tavern. 6. Ridciinc 11. Boswell 12. Amused. 13. Androv I<.
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    68 3 photo. These two men m uniform are Czech airlines fliers who landed their planes near Munich, m the U.S. zone of Germany, after being forced to fly out of Czechoslovakia at the point of a gun. A third pilot is reported to have landed voluntarily. The three planes carried 85
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    VIETMINH REDS TAKE OVER THE ARMY
    301 3 VIETMINH REDS TAKE OVER THE ARMY Nationalists have lost power Sweeping purge LANGSON, (Indo-China Frontier), Wednesday. J*HE Indo-Chinese Communist Party have firmly consolidated its control of Ho Chi Minn's Vietminh Nationalist Army which has been struggling since 1946 against the French occupation of Vietnam. Non-Communist nationalists, who form a majority
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    2 Russians rule a German 'state'
    148 3 BERLIN, Wednesday. run KusNian mystery men are uncrowned kings of xt.ite within a stite" They mine uranium m Genaaaj for Soviet atomic weapons. .nded by Kremlin- like secrecy. Nikolai E>sakia and Mikhail Mitrofanovich .ived m the Sa*ony mountains since their fortress headquarters at Aue
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    STOLE FROM SICK
    18 3 -old Japanese day pecialized m hospi- and nurses has ght anrf spnt tn th<» Reuter
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    War against malaria
    52 3 i teams, equipped with jeeps, trucks, hipravers *nd D.D.T. have set out for the Per- >( Bushire and Bander Abbas to fight malaria. I k part of a seven- year-plan. The t*am s will through sweltering heat, often above 1:53 degrees »heit, to brinj health to this
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    SHAHRIR HITS U.S.I. GOVT.
    103 3 JAKARTA. Wed. SULTAN SHAHRIR. socialist leader of the opposition m the present US I. Government, on Monday sharply criticised the recent monetary regulations. Shahrir, quoted m an Interview with the Chinese daily Keng Po, said the regulations made two weeks ago are "not so sound He
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    'Flying discs designed in America'
    131 3 'Flying discs designed in America' WASHINGTON. Wed. is competent evidence that flying saucers are real aircraft of a revolutionary design developed In the United States, the weekly news magazine, U.S. News and World Report said. Engineers competent to appraise reports of reliable observers have reached the conclusion that *hey are
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    DIVORCED REBEL BUYS NEW ARMY
    226 3 RANGOON, Wednesday. THE rebel Karen chief, Saw Bx t Gyi, who fled from Toungoo to the Siamese bo.der when the Burmese Government opened its offensive against the rebel citadel, is using his looted gold hoard to hire mercenaries to form a new army according to
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    'FLYING DISC' WAS BALLOON
    52 3 SOME Londoners, strolling m the parks between rain squalls recently were sure they saw a flying saucer m the sky for half-an-hour before it moved off toward Paris. It turned out to be an R.A.F. balloon used for paratroop training which had broken lnose from iU
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    Bridge Hands
    439 3 \fOST people agree mat the bid of a new suit at the three level is a forcing nid So when a player skips the threelevel to bid a new suit, as South did when he bid four rl-ibs :t is both a strong bid and -nubo not a
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    Atom bill up in Britain
    73 3 LONDON. Wed. gRITAIN plans to spend £194.000 on radio-active substances for atomic research m the coming year nearly five times more than last year's estimate of £40,--000. This has been disclosed m 1950-51 estimates for the Ministry of Supply's trading services and assistance to industry.
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    Jap-U.K. air service
    17 3 80. AC. will increase their Tokio-London service to twice weekly, beginning Apr. 10. Reuter
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    N.Koreans flee to the South
    172 3 SEOUL, Wednesday. I/OREA'S bloody 38th parallel m the mountainous Kangnung district claimed 397 lives m 49 border clashes during J949 33 wer^ guerillas from Rus-sian-controlled North Korea and 64 troops and police of the Korean Republic. The border raids take place with clockwork regularity. Northern
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    'NO-ONE WANTS A WAR'
    73 3 'NO-ONE WANTS A WAR' Gen. P. Romuio baid recently that a special session of the United Nations Security Council may achieve "a decision for the better m the deteriorating international situation." The President of the the U.N. General Assembly, added "I believe the time is ripe for reversing the dangerous
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    49 3 photo A Muslim theological scholar reading a daily portion of the Koran to his radio audience m the Tel Aviv station m Israel. He sits m the traditional position as he chants the Koran verse over the air to the many Muslim listeners of the Israel Broadcasting Service.- A.P.
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    'COMETS DUE TO VOLCANIC BLASTS'
    225 3 JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday. A GREAT new comet will appear m the skies m 1953, according to Mr. Charles Morris, of Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Mr. Morris, wno has predicted correctly the appearance of lour comets, says that the 1953 comet will form as the result of
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    EX-P.M. GOES
    17 3 Hussein Sirry Pasha, Chief of the Royal Cabinet and former Egyptian Premier, has resigned.- Reuter
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    Christian -Islam alliance?
    166 3 Christian -Islam alliance? CAIRO, Wed. ALARMED by the spread of atheism born of Communist ideological teachings, Muslim political and religious leaders m the Middle East are strongly supporting a movement for a new noly alliance aim?d at combining the forces of Islam and Christianity m opposition to the steady encroachment
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    Ex-convict vanishes at sea
    82 3 AVALON. CATALINA ISLAND CALIFORNIA Wed. J^ MAN identified from a photograph as one convicted of wartime treason has vanished from a small boat at sea. A few hours later a mysterious submarine was sighted off the Southern California coast. The convict, tall, saber-scar-red Theodore Donay, 51.
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    U.S. FARM PLAN
    30 3 President Truman wiT an important farm message to the Senate. urging adoption of an overall agriculture programme instead of attacking the probiem on a. piecemeal basis. U.P.
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    New telephone voice
    42 3 London Post Office is to experiment whh a changed number announcing machine whic h will advise callers that the number they were dialling has been changed and ask them to refer to *h"ir director* for the new number. U.P.
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      113 3 EASTER 1950 11 SEA VIEW HOTEL TRDAY, Bth April EXTENSION to 1 a. OLD VIENNA VALTZINC TO JULIAN FOORMAN'S BAND and the immortal melodies of TRAUSS KALMAN FRANZ LEHAR special continental menu $4. Bookings limited— Tel ***** for tables FASTER SUNDAY. 9th April Popular Morning Concert-Chicken Curry Evening Dinner Concert
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      85 3 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Sunday 9th April, 1950 EASTER (m aid of St Andrew's Mission Hospital) by the JUNIOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Leader:— COH HENC LEONC) SINGAPORE TEACHER'S CHOIR HOVITA ANCIANO Sole Pianoforte CLAN WILLIAMS Conductor t.ll 6th April Bookings at ROBINSONS 7th Bth 9th April for Tickets Telephone 4400 Space by
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      381 3 <SIMP APORE 447 "From the London Editorials- Hour Favourites. 11 Album of V.,T tT.tJt (BBC): 4.55 "Composer of the Australian Songs; 11.10 Everyi!£ L^nri N «1 1 m^m y^-'T O^^ 5 15 rK^VT m n> s Music n 30 News Bulletin; 4R4 and 41.7 Britain" (BBC); 5.30 "Band- 1L45 close
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    BANGKOK WELCOMES ITS 22-YEAR-OLD KING
    399 4 BANGKOK WELCOMES ITS 22-YEAR-OLD KING Pliumiphuu Aduld.u irlH be crowned i IV i> Nei here as he rides m th i i. il eai to the Kovr^l Pal ne after his arrival m Bangkok. d-* ii'hment of the Royal Siamese Guard formed a Guard of Honour for the Boj X
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Apr 5 1950 IT WILL BE A SAD DAY
    671 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY Apr 5 1950 IT WILL BE A SAD DAY L be a sna day /or when all its ipers print the same Items of news, items given f for publication because mebody has decided they what it is opportune J tin people of Singapore be
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    Stalin is Winning Hands Down
    965 6  -  J. L. HA YS By jMIK other day, m Moscow, a handful of Russian ;md Chinese Communists ad justed the luing of the Iron Curtain. They moved it 2,000 miles to the south to cover another 3,000,000 secure miles of the earth s surface. And
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    Support for MrManyam
    293 6 Letter to the Editor IT kl obvious that Messrs. K. A. Kurup and ACSU Merrber are begging the issue. It is equally obrftoud that both gentlemen arc afraid of something. Most of m can make a good guess .is t j what that something is Have no
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    COMPOSING IS HARD LABOUR
    563 6  -  Neville Cordus Talking about Music... by r rHE production of yet another work oy Benjamin Britten (the Spring Symphony. played for th e first time •n England recently by the London Philharn. Nic Orchestra), is ceitaiii to set the tongues wagging of those folk who think
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    Bright Future For The J.S.O.
    594 6 Brigh t Future For The J.S.O. Music Topics By PRESTO ffWB week th c spotlight is switched on the Junior Symphony Orchestra, m many ways Singapore's most important musical asset. They are giving a concert on Sunday at the Victoria Hall with the Teachers Choral Societ> On Wednesday they will
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    NEW RECORDS
    290 6 Krdvrrs l.lewellvn thiritonei ringta| "GMhfcJ round ibis august assembly" (Act ll> and *Oh Star of Eve" \rt III) trom Tannhauaer" (Warner t. lIMY C. 3952. Wagners Tannhanwr ti i vid musical Illustration of iht •sensual and the spiritual: ol I man's struggle between sa red and profane love.
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    Tonga has a Giant Queen
    21 6  - Tonga has a Giant Queen William Borrows By 1 flf" pr fr m I I I and X I I I
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    ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE FOR ASIANS
    326 7 ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE FOR ASIANS Singapore man selected nuv Press Stafl Reporter fHE distinction of being the first Asian officer to be selected by the Singapore Government tor training ln the United Kingdom in colonial administration goes to Mr. Lee Sow Mong, Assistant Controller of Foreign Exchange and concurrently Supervisor of
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    Officer saves to travel
    46 7 Officer saves to travel I importer t probe! c travel 'he R months' I v>pe. Ema- Personal Of I pilgri- I M v 1 bat d on :-.ent Ht»ng 5 erquc haa i p •he .i.tc the Serm He 111 and was j pOSt I of
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    MAILS
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    S.M.C. gratuity rules
    51 7 Nu employee or me singa pore Municipality who ha been, or m the future, is pal a gratuity under the reievan rules should be re-en. M been decided. This is one of the staff re commendation of the Financ Committee which have beei "mcd by the Ifunlcipa
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    Fishing licence may be restricted
    234 7 Free Press Staff Reporter rHE Singapore Fisheries Department is studying: what conditions should be attached to the issue of fishing-boat licences to prevent any misuse. Cases of alleged use of Ashing boats for purpcses other than for flshln* or the transportation ol fish, m the
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    Iraq consulate for Singapore
    26 7 IRAQ ha:; 4tcided la open I a consulate m Singapore. El-Sayed Ibrahim Omar <1Sakaaf will be the first Iraq Consul-General here A.P.
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    GOVERNOR RETURNS
    36 7 picture. THE Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson, shaking hands with Mr. K. Jumabbor soon ifler disembarking yesterday from the Carthage, on which he returned from holiday m the I'nited Kingdom Free Free Press
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    WELFARE PLAN FOR POLICE
    174 7 Wwmt Pres> Staff Reporter /CREATION of machinery m \j thf Federation. *s Polio Force by which members may make representations about pay and conditions of service is recommended by the United Kingdom Police Mission. In its report published last night, the Mission puts forward this scheme:
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    MUSICAL NIGHT POSTPONED
    27 7 MUSICAL NIGHT POSTPONED The Sure and Stedfasi Clubs musical night arranged for tomorrow has been postponed to next Thursday night at 8 p.m. at 77. Prinsep Street.
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    TRANSFERRED
    76 7 MUAR. Tues Inche Ibrahim bin Haji Salam has been transfened to Batu Pahat Land Office as Assistant Collector of Land Revenue. IN their cabin aboard the Filipino pilgrim ship Christobal m Singapore harbour, these two wearers of finely embroidered turbans were photographed by the Free Press before the Christobal
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    SEPARATE POLICE FORGES OPPOSED
    298 7 Free Press Staff Reporter REPARATION of the Malayan Police Service into v two separate Police Services, one for Singapore the other for the Federation, is opposed by the United Kingdom Police Mission, whose report was published last night. The interests of Singapore and the Federation, Says
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    Factory to be sold
    128 7 Factory to be sold Free Press Staff Reporter A LARGE factory building at Pasir Panjang is being ottered for sale. It contains up to date woodworking machinery estimated to cos: $150,000. This follow* a decision to close down the Singapore office of Trollope Sons < London* Ltd.. Interior decorators, furniture
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    'POLITICS NOT A PLAYTHING'
    88 7 Free Press Malay KELANTAN Malay teachers have been advised by their Mentri Besar. Date Nik Mohammad Kami], to leave politics alone and instead concentrate on moulding future citizens of Malaya. In a speech to a meeting of the Kelantan Malay Teachers' Union at Kota Bahru. the
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    STORE PLANE TRIPS FOR $5
    126 7 r rHE Royal Singapore Flying Club will be at home to the public on Saturday. Visitors will be able to become honorary Tnemkers for the day, and if they wish can be taken up for flights m the club's planes for joy rides. The charge*
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    150 KAMPONG D WELLERS TOLD TO QUIT
    362 7 150 KAMPONG D WELLERS TOLD TO QUIT Free Press Stufl Reporter VIORE than 150 occupants of some 10 attap houses m Kampong Bugis behin. the .Municipal (iasworks off Kallang Road. Sin* are ch -^p^i looking for accommodation They have been served witfc notice? to quit area, which is to be
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    SCOUT CHIEF DUE TODAY
    77 7 trrt Pr«*>s Staff Krp... Ml. John Thu: Cliief of the Boy Bcoti quarters m Britain is expected tp land m Singapore Kallang at 4 30 p m today. The Singapore Boy Scout Association will holci a camp ftie m his honour at Raffles Institution at 645
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    41 8 ficture. STUDENTS of standards eight and nine of Fairfield f Girls' School visited the Free Press office yesterday to learn how a newspaper is produced. Picture shows a I group of the girls m the Art Department. m _a Free Press
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    SPECIAL JUNGLE FORCE IS PROPOSED
    443 8 SPECIAL JUNGLE FORCE IS PROPOSED Police mission's recommenda tion KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday ORGANISATION of the Federation police force into two divisions, one for ordinary police work and the other for jungle operations, is suggested by the United Kingdom Police Mission, whose report was made public toda\. While this is not
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    All sections of market quiet
    481 8 LONDON, Wednesday. TRADING m all sections of the London Stock Ex- change is restricted by thr approach of the Easter holidays which, m turn, will be followed by Britain's Budget Day. says Reuter's financial correspondent. Only a handful of price changes were recorded by domestic
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    Prison term extended
    122 8 Free Press Staff Keporter 4 FTER bt-ing sentenced to i l six months" rigorous imprisonment and a year's police supervision In Singapore yesterday lor criminal breach of trust of a bicycle. Ng Chee Beng was sentenced to a further month and 23 days m prison when It
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    U.S. LIBRARY CHIEF HERE
    101 8 MR LEONARD J. Shrrwm. who heads the United 'States Information Service libraries m Indonesia, arrived In Singapore yesterday to assist m the opening of the new USIS library here. During hi s two-week stay, he will also visit the USIS library which recently opened m Kuala
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    N.Y. stocks
    41 8 The New York Stock Exchange finished the day yesterday on a barely steady note. Twice during the session prices reached out tor gains of as much as US$l but each time the advance molted RWajr uk'aln under profit-taking.-- Reuter
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    106 8 SHIHS alongside the Sin^pu'e Harbour Board wharves yesterday igodowos m brackMt) were* Main Wharf: Bronxvtile 1 32 33»: Automedon <34 35 E. Orwell '37»; Sarml 1 38 Buloh (39»: Kedoe 40/41); Meertferk (42/43). West Wharf: Carthage »1 i>; Radnorshire '4/5); Benavon (6/7); Auray (8 9); Beneß (8>: Shlllong
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    Contractor fined
    76 8 rOR misappropriating $1,380 worth of canvas. 29-year-old Chow Hong Heng. of Peck Scan Street, an army contractor, was fined $250 m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. He was also ordered to pay $1,380 as compensation. It was stated that Chow was given 100 pieces of canvas by
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    London tin
    40 8 The London tin ma ket was quiet and dull yesterday. Spot marked >.p 7* 6d. to £582 I5 c and three months was unchanged at £584 7s. 6c Settlement was at £582 10s. and turnover for the day
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    Tapah interpreter
    19 8 T apah interpreter TAPAH. Tues Mr S. A Kanagarayar has arrived at Tapah from Teluk Anson as Tamil Interpreter.
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    Wednesday Short Story LOVE'S WAY
    937 9  - Wednesday Short Story LOVE'S WAY W.L. FANG by v s sr ii t more ;i Omul wii the I mind king surged kit with MnTfl The you I I X>l--i Pea- died rented :ould front that I a. he d obhard to find. Madam." Then I will call m another
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    The clue of the Arabic oath
    1804 9 The clue of the Arabic oath by FABIAN of the YARD it's a gun!" whispered I lie jeweller His breakfast suddenly felt like a slab of .concrete in his stomach. The hroadshouldered voting man who had thrust his wav in from Oxford Street's crowded and sunlil pavements. did indeed hold
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    HENRY
    11 9 have a feeling Henry takes this Anti-Bandit thing too isrlously"
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    COLONY SOCCER NEEDS NEW BLOOD
    596 10  - COLONY SOCCER NEEDS NEW BLOOD CRUSADER Reason for low standard By [)KPLORED not only m Cecil Street, but m sposts Circles generally. i> the poor standard of soccer now being: served up m the Singapore Amateur Football Association's Senior League. There is too much kick-and-rush stuff, and all who hav
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    Upsets in TBA table tennis
    101 10 TWO big upsets marked the Tamil Brotherhood Association's table tennLs tournament, concluded on Monday. P Suppiah beat S. Chandra m straight sets, while Paul Davis snatched victory from A D Ponnambalam. S.R.S. Naidu. laj>t years wtnier. finished m third place. S. Krishnan retained thr vhoolboys"
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    WING HALF HAS NO EASY JOB
    660 10  - WING HALF HAS NO EASY JOB BILLY. STEEL [SCIENCE IN SOCCER I By IF there seems to be ■rrore quod wing halv?^, m soccer than any other position, it is not be ause their job is e-isier m Itself Thr answer I think, is that a wing half who is
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    ONLY MUGS BET ON EVERY RACE
    654 10  - ONLY MUGS BET ON EVERY RACE Clive Graham Xv the next eight months, the racehorse backer (homo-semi-sapiens) will happil\ make play with his theories, his systems aod his hunches. A. P. Herbert once described the racehorse as 'an instrument by God designed to redistribute wealth among mankind." The fickleness the
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    Tommy Best transferred
    379 10  -  BRCE HARRIS U.K. SPORTS TOPICS \U r)MMI BfcSl. the coloureri was lent by Cardiff itv t,, Om •<•>. b \>A*lr last December, has been tran>i ,***n club. Fee undisclosed U^K The transfer was i umpn H uson's deadline foi tran inline became effective Best who has played
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    Details of J.B.R.A. Easter shoot
    254 10 DIX competitions will be held at the Johore Bahru Rifie Association Faster meet at the miniature lange. Jalan Kolam Ayer. lohore Bahru, on Saturday •ft t m I V n i\/l i i They include' the .1 li.X A championship, other r tions being Class
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    S'pore Chinese team for Ipoh
    121 10 EIGHTEEN players have £j been chosen by the Singapore Chinese Football Association to make the trip to Ipoh during the Easter holidays. They v/ili play Perak Chinese on Friday and the Perak State XI on Sunday. Mr. Yong Ngim Djin will accompany the team as
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    LONGCHAMPS OUT OF BIG RACE
    351 11  - LONGCHAMPS OUT OF BIG RACE ALLAN LEWIS 'Derby horses again attract From IPOH, Wednesday. LONGCHAMPS 11, winner of the Singapore Gold Cup last year, will be a non-starter for the "Perak Derby," the big: race of the Perak Turf Club's Easter meeting, to be run over a mile and a
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    DAVE SANDS DUE HERE ON SATURDAY
    97 11 DAVE SANDS DUE HERE ON SATURDAY £)A\E SANDS, middleweight 1 tmpion of the British' Empire, and his mana^erner, Tom Maguire, Snr., will arrive m Singapore one r than expected, for Sands' fight against the, Orient triple champion. Boy A ding to a cable red by promoter A. Raz^k jestentaf from
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    IAAF accepts Soviet records
    81 11 THE International Amateur 1 Athletic Federation has mnced recognition as .d records for performM by two Russian athletes c men's 30.000 metres and ;hr' women's shot put. The records are: One hr. 39 mins. 14 6 sees. Jor res by F. K. Vanm at Nov. previous
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    MONTE CARLO TENNIS MEET
    51 11 T'HE A Budg? P :>orfman. las nd Rolando de Bello of Italy m the doubleH .e Monte Carlo :rnament yesterday. Italians won 6 l; 6 3; I irdinelli 4e~ i Jouffret 'Francei 7 5: k 'Kkypt defeated I 2: Caccia v> defeated Abdessalam -6, 4; 3
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    Today's sport
    39 11 SOCCER: Snr. Ige: Kola Raja v Indian B.C. at Jalan Bt '.ii Jnr Al: I'usioms K\rt Nee Soon at (ieylang; Jnr Bl Spore Uist. Sig. Regt. v 61 Coy. RAM Hi T) at tVMA. TENNIS: VMC.\ championships.
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    Danny O'Sullivan wins an points
    214 11 THE Britisn bantamweight champion, Danny O'Sullivan. m his first featherweight contest last mght, outpointed Francis Bonnardel French featherweight champion over eight rounds before 5,000 people at the Albert Hall London. Bonnardel, at 125^ lbs. *as heavier by 33 lbs., ana had a longer reach, but
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    INTER-CLASS BADMINTON
    103 11 THE Post Senior Class of St Andrew's School beat the Post Senior Class of Raffles Institution by flve matches to nil at badminton at the Raffles Institution hall yesterday. I Results <St Andrew* players; mentioned first): Singles: Leow Jwee Hew bt. Heo Seng Kce 14—18. 18—14. 15—12; Dennis
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    Rugby results
    27 11 yESTERDAY'6 Rugby JIMCIJ resuits were: Newton Abbot 0. Heath 12: S\int 1 Qroai Keys 3. In Rupby Lez_ tl toe ftfiitley Aftr, iiuddc:Bfieicl 11-9.- Reuter
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    S.R. C. start well, but go down 3-1
    314 11 Senior League soccer QNE goal up within the first three minutes and it looked as though S.K.C. would leave Jalan Besar stadium easy winners over K.A.F. Seletar yesterday, but they cracked up badly as th e game continued and Seletar emerged worthy
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    Rees beaten again
    134 11 BRITISH match play champion, Dai Rees was beaten two and one m Sydney yesterday by the Australian professional golf champion, Kelvin Nagle. Poor putting caused by waterlogged greens cost Recs the match. Rees, whose last match m Australia was this, leaves for home by air today. Rees
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    INTER-PARTY BADMINTON
    124 11 T AM Chcxm RuUbtr Liv t>.l feated Superwmg B.P. by live games to two m a friendly badminton match last Saturday nl;. lit. Scores iLam Choon players mentioned first I Singles: Tan Chin Jin bt. V b. Osman 15-8, 15-4, Chia Eng Hin bt. Edward Tan 15-10, o-15,
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    MANCHESTER U. TO TOUR AMERICA
    70 11 jyjANCHESTER United, the present Div. I leaders m the English Soccer League, announced, yesterday an 11--game vhedule for their tour of the United States and Canada. The team will ieave on the Queen Mary on May 2 and will arrive m New York on May
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    Egypt accepts Drobny, Cernik
    56 11 TAROSLAV DROBNY yesterday confirmed that he and Vladimir Cernik, former Czech tennis players, who went into telf-exilp, have accepted Egyptian citizenship. Drobny said that henceforth he and Cernik would play for Egypt. However, officials of the Monte Carlo international tournament. where they are now playing, ftill
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    Jockey collapses, dies
    121 11 CJOUTH Africa's champion jockey, Harry "Cocky" FeldO man, collapsed and died m Johannesburg yesterday, after a training gallop. He went to work yesterday on the horse he was to have ridden m the Autumn Handicap next Thursday. Returning to his home, which was near the race-track, he
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    ....HOLIDAY WHIRLIGIG OF SPORT....
    34 11 This is our cartoonist's impression of the "whirl" of sport m Singapore and m the Federation during the coming Easter Holidays when practically every sport m season will be played.
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    C. A. lead in Senior League
    488 11 C. A. lead in Senior League Free Press Soccer Reporter CHINESE Athletic, last year's champions, are leading m the S.A.F.A. Senior League, with ten points the maximum from five outings. Kota Raja, with eight points from four games, a? 8 next, followed by R.A.F. Seletar, with the same number of
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    BILL WEBB-JONES' MISSION TO LORDS
    323 11 BILL WEBB- JONES MISSION TO LORDS \\R. Bill Webb- Jones, retiring secretary of the Singapore Cricket Club, is leaving the Colony for the United Kingdom by the Carthage on April 20 on six months* holiday. He hopes to return to Singapore at the end of that period. He will be
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    25-M. cycle race
    60 11 fVHE Singapore Cosmopoii'an CyA cling Club will hold a 100-l.ips (25 Biles) Gias Track race for men and a hali-milo race lor women on Wednesday, April 2(3. Entries f«-r both events close on Sunday, Apri 16 an.l should be MSt to E. Peters, Honorary Secretary. C o
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    F.E.A.F. boxing
    27 11 J'HE Far East Air Force individual boxing championships will be held at the Technical Wing hangar. RAF. Changi on Saturday April 22 at 8.30 p.m.
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    Ceylonese score a run a minute
    164 11 Ceylonese score a run a minute SCORING at the rate of a run a minute, the Ceylu.i team hit up 236 when U began a two-day match against Montgomery District Sport Association at Montgomery. Punjab, yesterday. At the close the homr had replied with 77 for two wickets. Winning the
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    YMCA tennis fixtures
    77 11 'T'JTE following he to A m the V.M.C.A termnament: Singles: H.K. Yajj B A.G.B. Pakir v Cma Chin G.H. Hollaway v Y.P Ket- Pow v A. I Peui:a H. Kan;:.^ v J.L. Wh Thivy v On^ Chew Women's vinul. Greenhi!! v M.s j. Men- doubles: C:im Ah
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    PUNJAB WIN HOCKY TITLE
    34 11 piIE Punjab bec-ir.e champion hodb f jf India for the second m succession by beating B: pal by four Lhe final of the nationa tey champiuiiiships m B on Monday.
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    H.K. XI WIN AGAIN
    18 11 THE collegians last wnn their third soccer victory sin beating Ateneo to nil. Reuter
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    BIRTH
    47 12 at Singapore, to Ann. wife of I Gaunt a son. Franklin. ENGAGEMENT THE ENGAGEMENT is aned between Mr. James Wong M. son of Mr. Wong Ah :rd the late Mrs. Wong Ah X of Kuala Lumpur, and M Yean, daughter ot Saw Yong. of Parit D
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    DEATH
    22 12 HASSALL: Mrs B. A. Hassall. :>ur b^lov^d mother and grandly passed away at General tai, 4.4.50. Funeral took <irr.e day. J
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    RUSSIANS FLY CHINA PLANES
    217 12 Formosa charge on air clash HONG KONG, Wednesday. THE Formosa air command yesterday charged that Russian-built planes which feho» v <f two Chinese Nationalist fighters near vrumitai were operated by Russian pilots. This opposition m the air— tne nrst the Nationalists have encountered m four years
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    P.I. EXPANDS ARMY TO FIGHT HUKS
    86 12 P.I. EXPANDS ARMY TO FIGHT HUKS MANILA. Wed. AS Communist-led Huk rebels stepped up their offensive m the provinces, the Philippines army yesterday issued a call to former trainees to enlist. The Army is bringing its combat units to full strength to cope with the rising Communist threat. Some 500
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    LADDIE COME HOME
    29 12 A nine-year-old collie dog who served as a messenger and scout for General MacArthur's staff m the Philippines, is missing from his U.S. ranch home. A.P.
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    Flying saucers and 'a wonderful tale'
    149 12 Flying saucers and 'a wonderful tale WASHINGTON, Wednesday. IGNORING President Truman's denial yesterday of any knowledge of the existence of "flying saucers,'' a radio commentatoi. Henry J Taylor last night said these "utterly harmless discs" are two types of top secret U.S. military inventions. ouying inai inese saucers are "very
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    'DIGEST' ROBBED
    29 12 Four New York bandits critically wounded a messenger m a Readers Digest magazine van yesterday and escaped With U S $37 2fifl In rn«h onH cheques U.P.
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    Polio scourge in India
    137 12 GENEVA. Wed. OVER 20 per cent, of India's crippled children are maimed by infantile paralysis, accoiding to a World Health Organisation report published here. A team of polio specialists, sent out by W.H.O. after an epld?mlc In Bombay last year, reported tiiat the disease was strikingly
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    19 12 Food m France costs near--1 ly 20 times as much today as I it did 12 years ago. A.P.
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    WHITE UNIT AIDS VIETMINH ARMY
    137 12 LANGSON (North Indo-C hina), Wednesday. REBEL Vietminh sources claim that European volunteers have been organised into a Vietminh led 'white commando battalion" to fight against the French forces. ~T77Z^~ r ~^7Z~ :hat Europeans are serving m the Vieminh army. Most of them are deserters from
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    HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION
    59 12 RUSSIAN and Comnv secret police m tne Soviet j zone of Germany have start ed to arrest leading members of the Christian Democratic I Political party. The arrests are believed n be part of a Russian Communist campaign to eliminate all o;.; tlon to the
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    Anti-Nehru plot is smashed
    22 12 Anti-Nehru plot is smashed smash. the s *"«s Nehru, v leaders orga f ise am. hac gat; of y Thi i A.P.
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    Aiding Asian children
    67 12 MR MAI RICK P\Tl txt utive effieri „s th. (l Children's Kmergen<> Fund I. n d, ni?ht for Indonesia where he will hold a government level to discuss relief South-East Asian children. Mr. Pate, uho Hill also visit Bin India, but not hina because »f un o^^tta
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