The Singapore Free Press, 14 April 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    NEW RICE PLAN FOR SINGAPORE
    318 1 '3 grades on the ration' Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S rice rationing system may be changed soon. Under the new plan rationed nee would be sold m three grades at different prices, according to well-informed sources. ihis new system will begin m the Federation :is
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    FOLLIOTT FLIES TO AUSTRALIA
    39 1 M.iiY Reporter Kolliott. l\ tang, who wounded m ibush m ril 4. left by .stellation D route tment m Hos- -jury. -i warded for a Mcl -.pa- Their bod m I MR. G. B FOLLIOTT
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    30 KILLED IN GANGES RUSH
    34 1 Frt. i:. eluding v re crushiHd 50 injured j :ms at Ganges city of -v-irdSj Hindu pool— 1 r tops were I the heavy i more than na.— U.P.
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    1,810 CHILDREN OF THE WAR
    18 1 agencies I C 1.810 769 have 621 RusBritLsh nd 130 French fa- A.P.
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    UNANIMOUS
    6 1 Mi .ster, revote of Reuter
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    41 1 picture. The eleven members of the rrew of an Australian-built Avro Lincoln, photographed on Chansi aerodrome yesterday after their arriv.il from Australia. The aircraft took off this morning for Britain where it will take part m an R.A.F. display.- Free Press
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    FIRE HAVOC NEAR TOKIO
    37 1 ands fled last night wing through the busi- of Aumi. sou h-. of T> P sa'.d the fii' 6)0 houses and wt M 'control up the hills of the wa jrt. A. P.
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    U.K. to see Malaya food
    110 1 LONDON. Thurs. j jyiALAYA's stand ut the Britisli Industries Fair which opens simultaneously In London and Birminuham on May 8 will give special prominence to panels of at least 14 different kinds of timber, used chiefly for furniture making Export of these timbers to Britain
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    TROOPS MASS TO FIGHT AZIZ
    219 1 E.^ v^ v JAKARTA, Friday. H.HT battalions of Federal troops— over 7,000 men altogether— were today iead> to embark from North Java ports to carry out President Soekarno's order to smash the Macassar revolt. Twelve tank landing snip- and two landing craft tanks, recently handed
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    A hot-head in court
    81 1 P«K judge frowned at the A witness m Penzam-e (England) County Court yesterday and demanded: "Are you smoking?" "No. sir." said the man. "Then your head must be on fire," said the judge. It was. Smoke was pouring from the top of the witness' head. A
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    AUST. AID HINT TO MALAYA
    69 1 SYDNEY, Frl THE Minister of Defence. Mr. John Harrison, said yesterday that the Australian Cabinet would give sympathetic consideration to any appeal from Britain to Australia for military aid m Malaya. Asked whether the Australian compulsory national service force could or would be used "n
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    '15-ROBBERIESA-DAY MAN
    36 1 '15-ROBBERIES-A-DAY MAN Police say that Karl Kodnar is either the champion burglar or the champion liar or Vienna. Kodnar told them he committed 620 robberies within jil weeks— an average of nearly 15 a day. A.P.
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    TO TRAIN KOREANS
    16 1 Thr United States Army m Japan will train South Korean Army officers. Reuter
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    Bandit shot
    35 1 Free Pr«*ss Staff Reporter A bandit was shot dead m the act of throwing a handgrenade at a police party m the Segamat area of Johore yesterday. The grenade exploded m his hand.
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    SEVEN STAY ON
    19 1 Hushemitp Jordan s new cabinet contains seven mem-bers-of the old cabinet which resigned on Wednesday. A.P.
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    RED CHINA WANTS RICE FROM SIAM
    99 1 BANGKOK *!i CHINESE merchant m Bangkok has contacted the Siamese government asking to start negotiations for the purchase of Siamese rice m behalf of the Red China Government. Mr. Ho Min-wa the merchant, wrote directly to Premier Phibun Songgram asking for the rice to
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    TOKIO ROUND UP
    25 1 Tokio police hay.* rounded up i.778 suspects anrl various weapons, Including f wo spears. i m i drive against gaiUTSters. A. P.
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    New Delhi cabinet disagrees on Bengal
    159 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. THE Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, yesterday confirmed that the Industry and Supply Minister. Dr. S. P. Mookerjee, and the Commerce Minister, Mr. K. C. Neogy, had resigned because of differences over the government's policy on the Bengal issue leading to
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    U.S. MAY FREE TIN
    65 1 U .S. MAY FREE TIN WASHINGTON. Fri. THE U.S. Commerce Department said yesterday that posi-war controls on tin may not be extended beyond the expiration date of June 30 because supplier are exceeding demand. "The increased availability of tin during recent months has removed much of the earlier concern over
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    VIETMINH DEFEAT
    57 1 VIETMINH DEFEA T JpRLNCH forces have smashed an attack by Commu-nist-led Vietmmh forces, 120 miles southwest of Saigon at Soc Trang, a French communique said last night. The Vietminh attack began on April 6 The communique said aircraft played a decisive role m defeating the rebels, who failed to penetrate
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    S.E. Asia subs?
    33 1 Russian submarines may b( operating off South- East As, a but the U.S. Navy has no "actual" knowledge of this. Admiral R. Stanley Berkey said m San Francisco yesterday. U.P.
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    29 1 These Chinese youths, among the first to join up the regular Singapore Police Force, are learning how to handle revolvers at I the Police Training School m Thomson Itoad.
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    PEKING APPROVES
    25 1 PEKING APPROV ES The People's Government Council m Peking has officially approved Mao Tsetung's 30 years' agreement of friendship and mutual assistance with Soviet Russia
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    MEDAL FOR VEDELA
    31 1 President Truman yesterday presented a specially struck 20-ounce gold medallion to President Gabriel Vedela of Chile at a dinner honouring the South American leaders's visit to Washington. A.P.
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    For crow, read heron
    45 1 A CROWS nest, jutting out of the water on the aftermast of a partly sunken Italian ship off Eritrea, is li'-ing up to its name. A mother heron ha 5 built her aest there and i* hatching out her eggs.- A.P.
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    Seretse may be banned again
    201 1 LONDON, Friday. r PHE British Government last night hinted that its attitude towards the return of Seretse Khama, exiled chief of the Bawangwato tribe, to the tribal reserve in Bechuanaland, might have to be reconsidered as a result of disturbances there this week. The Commonwealth
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    POINT 4 NOT RELIEF
    60 1 PRESIDENT Truman >es--1 terday told the National Commission of the I N Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation, nifpiiiiK m Washington, that his Point Four plan may sound like a worldwide relief project, but it is "nothing of the kind." He said it is an effort to
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    Lower tariffs
    33 1 The United States gave notice yesterday that it wouiu try to lower American tariffs on 2.500 items as part of its campaign to help other countries earn more dollars I A.P.
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    'Taught America a lesson'
    231 1 AIR FICHT —MOSCOW LONDON, Fri. MOSCOW newspapers, which now say that che missing U.S bomber is me one that figured In the air encounter over Latvi a on Saturday, declare that "the spies m that plane have got a proper lesson." The Russian press campaign over
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    BAD GIRLS DRESS UP
    42 1 Concerned at their declining trade In Japan. prosUlutes revived the ancient ritual of the Giran, m which the girls parade through the streets dressed as famous Japanese characters The Oiran also serves to vaunt the girls' attractions. A.P.
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    Talking again
    17 1 India and Pakistan will reopen trade talks next Wed nesday after six montfc deadlock- Reuter
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    FILM STAR MAKES HER OWN DRESSES
    459 2 FILM STAR MAKES HER OWN DRESSES CHRISTINE VESEY posses <>n some hints from Susan Sksw, yomtti British star. FnEK met a film star who makes her own clothes? No? Nor l^ad 1 until I lunched with >oe Shaw, who is as -mmdi about hai personal wardrobe I ou or 1.
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    Jeanne In Velveteen
    96 2 VELVET unn vt ivete* vtd f<.» r Jet CrmJ Pinky, *ias bi>uf play shorts which sbt*H D •unging around b .d f'»r %.»-*k-er n Springs Tne e:»v--ol cnght r cut very brief, h square notches at I raised p ace by of ny m blo. red and
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    No Jap'dole'if
    48 2 - SESSION of any of •he following goods :s a Japanese family gible for relief by a re- G vern merit order: >, a camera, a Bel a clothing and or an electric fan. Wei- "*':cials, ''must M r otherwise disposed o r re rellel can be ob-
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    U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY
    234 2  - U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY KAY MURRAY By do you th: the favourite I lome of the most famous i best dre-sed women m rica? »r-made. n dress, not even lotmgl P> r Is -a gov A '.vn p» itie I Trum Mrs Roosevelt and Lily P i.s and others ci: ihe
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    117 2 Poor Koni the monkey hat b«en ihut out o( the magic tunland nidden m«ide the mountain. So He sits alone on (he mourrt.nnsidt. and all the tim» it darker znti colder. He is very frightened anrt lonely as h« wonders if *iii ever ftrny agair^y 1 1 But on the
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    School For Farmwomen
    153 2 THE nrily admitted i" D^nman Colonc ol the num unus ia] educational ettaWUhI m Brit :iiri a:trywomen. < Just over a y*ar Ago by Britain*! Natb P leration ol Women's Institutes. and more tha.ii 1200 wtfea ol farmi nn workers have air ••■nd-'d courli.- Ln the tpt
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    Love and Marriage WIFE'S BEST FRIEND IS HER HUSBAND
    516 2  - Love an d Ma rriage WIFE 'S BEST FRIEND IS HER HUSBAND Andre Maurois says \|HX md women do not go alone to Iheur weddings Each of them is accompanied by ;t stream of friends. Are these friendships going i<> survive into married life? It is a serious problem Complete
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      2 2 Introducing Ji
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      47 2 If II feline i Exclusive fiowns I and accessaries 278 OrcfurJ Rood Tel. Jape Ml Tradp enquir.rs— SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD. Singapore WOW AVAILABLE I \r>\ Shipmenl < l f/g/n American Coirpoch I m a range of unusual A I KHALIK JEWELL r J II The Arcade >mu'hi' t*ttttttttttttftttttltttttt«
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      283 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOIJ.N today. \dii arc your huthu, for even if a fairly eqpttaMe com- considered reason gives binatiun of scrlovsncH y° u multiple tSCVSCS ior and ratty. When you changing your mind, you work, you work hard and iM nml Uiat m lni> l<m? achieve evcelhnt remits. >»
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      126 2 New Crossword No. 21 (l.i ks %€BOBI 6 7. When dorks and dials disagree »6. 4<. 8. Cf.rl who daily job *'.<•. 9- How to rest m a onid Stand quite a liainuKn-ing (4). 11 When to hear the miu-r 1 2. J). IS. Unorthtxiox ionn ot potato <5) 15.
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    CHINESE TIRE OF THE REDS
    208 3 But rising unrest lacks unity THE Chines r* .HONG KONG, Friday. information. Travellers have brought from Nanking the words of a new folksong which, they say has become widely popular because of its true reflectu-j or the current sceoe The words are: "The Nationalists fled
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    Brazil Reds take over a plantation
    35 3 Brazil Reds take over a plantation WEIRO. Ft i raid Dy j fana •ho iock over ted toy oldiers id CJb?rland- no r tn-ea>t rertd Qm iriei F nlan.ation Communists ie plane land A. P.
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    INTER-ARAB TREATY
    14 3 political I unani- j an InterI ict Arabia Iraq, the rLeaev A.P.
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    'Give us bread'
    9 3 ye :ors AineTurin .vant m A.P.
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    SMALL SUBS TO AMBUSH ENEMY
    97 3 SM ALL SUBS TO AMB USH ENEMY SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Friday. *-X should come, the I S Navy is counting "ii nifmy submarines being ambushed of American submarine small enough s production. C C. Momaen, Assistant Chief of ions m charge of undersea warfare, hi a speech prepared for delivery at
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    Happy Easter
    31 3 JM>\VIN Easterdav «f Munj vt»T Indiana, passed out cigars fast week to anIlllfi the birth of a son. Edwin Barret Easterday. who arrived Easter Sunday, hU father's birthday. U.P.
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    WEST MAY GET MORE ARMS AID
    73 3 W EST MAY GET MORE ARMS AID THF: V S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. has announced that the U.S. Congress would be asked soon for more money lor the arms aid programme. launched last year with U. 5.51.000 million. Mr Acheson mentioned tnis in' a statement issued to
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    Reckless driver
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    59 3 photn. Baa I) ii. Vietnam Chief of Staff, drinking a n in.tdf from rin- in 4 tradition il welcome Indo-Chinese tribes. The liquor is kept in uhirh the drink through lorn; hol- eremony took plare during a tijjer hunt 1 N Id mini Ku>sel S. Bt-rkn (on Bao I)ai\s rijjht
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    Surplus for Australia
    64 3 LONDON, Thurs AUSTRALIA will have al substantial budget sur- plus at the end of the current financial year on June 3i>. according to the revenue figures for the past months. The customs revenue is already only A £3.000.000 short of the year's estimate of A €60.500.000. In
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    Pre-war food level sought by Europe
    242 3 GENEVA, Friday. \LTHOr*GH rationing of various commodities has A been eased m most countries of Europe m the past twelve months, pre-war food standards will not be reached m 1951 or even m some cases m 1952, according to usually well-informed United Nations agricultural
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    Bridge Hands
    319 3 WHAT do you bid 1 1 There are several choices open. You might pass and convert the bid into penalty double; you might bid three clubs; you might bid two spades, or you might bid two notrump. Of all these choices, the last is by far the best.
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    Pilgrims bathe in the Ganges
    61 3 \IORE than a million Hindu pilgrims from India, Ceylon and South-East Asi i gathered yesterday m a small city m the Himalayan foothills for Kumgh Mela the sacred Hindu ceremony ol bathing m the Ganges. All the pilgrims entering the town were requested to carry
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    REDS USE H.K. TRADE ROUTE
    65 3 RED S USE H.K. TRADE ROUTE arts from valley China Canare realise the n ci Ltaan f ,sm port molon. Ea.st I ade Corporanunced it sen! raw ed ('il via Kong m a: m 1.000 oil over tha* A.P. A Sheffield. England, Fri 40-ye»r-old infantile paralysis victim was found suilty
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    Bomb tick was B.B.C.
    83 3 UfMil ST defusing a 2,0001 b bomb at Bedmi»<>tt>r. Bristol W H Se r Jean Don.ld Smith, of the Army Bomb Disposal it_ii liitMied iv on an amplified stethoscope for the tick.*n V^t tht Halrr Lm theme from "The Third Man. lUg A wiSdle of tne
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    Develop Asia trade call
    84 3 CALCUTTA. Thurs. gRITAIN. Australia and the United States stressed the importance of developing trade between the area coverjed by the U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East and outside countries when the Commission's iron and steel sub-commit-tee concluded its three-day session here yesterday. The
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    48 3 When workmen arrived m St. Bride Street. London, to tear up the road they found this car but no driver. Even if the tar could not be moved, the road had to be. The men removed the pavine blocks around the car, leaving it stranded on an "island."
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    CHINA TRADE TALKS
    23 3 CHINA TRAD E TALKS Trade taiks m Moscow be- i tween the East German Republic and Communist China j are nearing conclusion. A.P.
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    'SPIRIT' IN THE BRAIN
    175 3 BALTIMORE, Friday. QNF of the world's leading brain surgeons says 9 scientists must still visualize a 'spiritual element" m man which controls \\U complicated brain mechanism. Th e statement was made by Dr. Wilder Penfield Professor of Neurology at McFill University and director of the Montreal
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    Train wreckers kill 32
    44 3 LUCKNOW. Thurs. Sabotage caused an expr-ss train crash near Bitroi station United Provinces, m which 32 people were killed and 76 injured A railway statement said fishplates and dogspikes on the track had been removed and both rails displaced. Reuter
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    SHIP TOLD TO PAY FINE
    69 3 The Chine.se Nationalist Foreign Office have notified Ihe British skipper of the steamer Swallow that his ship would be released on payment of a line. th<> amount of which had yet to be fixed. Hying the I manian flag, was arrested by a warship on
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    MINISTERS ESCAPE DEATH
    59 3 k LAND mine imendwi lor vo Burmese ministers Tiiakni Muang and Khm Maung Gale— bie/? uj) a lorry 12 miles South of Toungoo. killing one man, two women and one child. The ministers were returning to Rangoon from Toungoo where they initiated the first phase of a
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    Dutch recognition
    22 3 The Dutch government has recognised Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as associated states within the framework of the French Union. A.P.
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    Controversy in Saigon over censorship
    229 3 Controversy in Saigon over censorship SAIGON, Friday. SUSPENSION of six leading Vietnamese newspap t X m Saigon recently for breaches of political censorship and publication of "t< ndencious report > has revived a bitter controversj inherited b y the Bao Dai regime from the French military administration. Although to the
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    HE SELLS LAW AND HELMETS
    111 3 HE SELLS LAW AND HELMETS RANGOON. Fn KG. PILLAY. a 62 -year-., 1d South Indian. month augments nis Income as a police court pleader Oy selling reconditioned BritiMi army helmeis to the Burmese army Hi.s 'office' and shops are m the shell of a bomb-dam-aged building m central Rangoon. Here
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    Up and down
    44 3 Mr. Maurice Webb, British Minister of Food, announced on Wednesday that the weekly butter ration m Britain was to be increased from four ounces to five per person, while the bacon ration was to be reduceed from five ounces to four.
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    F.D.R. HONOURED
    31 3 F.D.R. HONOUR ED The United Nations Securrv Council opened its 1;. sion on Wednesday by serving one minute* of gi to commemorate the nf niversary of Preside I velt's death.- Reuter
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    Church goes racial
    48 3 r pHF '(ingress of Federated Dutch Reformed Chun of Southern Africa has endorsed the government's policy of total racial segregation on the Dark "ontinThe Congress, rerun mended that Africans he kern out of Furopean industry and he made to attend separate churches and schools.- A.P.
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      563 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: The Three Musketeers. ODEON: Merry Widow. REX: Slattrry* Hurricane. COLISEUM: Wake Of The Red Witch. CATHAY: Vichitra Vamtha (Tamil). MADRAS: The Prince And The Pauper. HINDUSTAN Lai Dupatta (Hindi*. CENTRAL: Life (Tamil). VENUS: H»rtfcchandra (Tamil). PENANG LIDO: Chitra (Malay). ODLON That Midnight Kiss. CATHAY: B-Men
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Apr, 14, 1950. DOING THE JOB PROPERLY
    428 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY Apr 14, 1950. DOING THE JOB PROPERLY igoQl detenuina- I nun which the Singapore 1 fcrnßMnt is displaying evicting 1.000 squats m 325 acres of rubber nit any apparent move to find them alternis m contrast to the picked m the White per, lust published,
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    No-But We Could Use Her Men
    730 4  - No-But We Could Use Her Men SIR GIFFARD MARTEL LET GERMANY REARM? C la Jdy j L»I"XJ"II. JHERE can hardly be any subject more importanl Ihan that which (U*;ils with the question of rearming Germany a sul> led raised m the House of Commons recently. fn the East we have
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    'Rice BowL' in Danger
    382 4 Rice BowL' in Danger Letter to the Editor f HOPE that Mr. J. L. Hays' article, which uppeared In your Monday's issue, will have :ne close attention of he governments and peoples of all of S.E. Asia and that it will accentuate prompt and active steps beine taken to meet
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    SAFER TO ARM THE SPANIARDS
    645 4  - SAFER TO ARM THE SPANIARDS LORD VANSITTART says GERMANY obviously cannot rearm herseh so long as the Allies prevent the armaments industry from Rowing lip a^ain m Western Germany. To this at teas! they have •d the: ?.ncf we not break our word pledged n< I only to people of
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    66 4 Confectioner Luigi Maggi of Milan. Italy, has made a I hca of St which he will present to the Pope as a Holy Year qitt W? h tht son Luigi has worked during hit spore time for more than fi>: son (left) work on the small svgar-statue* which mil ndnm
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    Siam Comes off the Fence
    204 4  - Siam Comes off the Fence JAMES TAYLOR r BY BANGKOK: r>Y his decision to "direct his government to recognise the rv^ly-independent nonCommunist regimes of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Marshal Luang Pibul Songkram. the Thai Prime Minister, has committed Thailand to supporting Westernsponsored diplomacy m opposition to Communist expansion m Asia.
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    Rent Still Too High
    246 4 Letter to the Editor \FTFR wait so long, I am d to read m your Issue of yesterday that the Smapore Improvement Trust may reduce ren by just \2\ T h 1 *> ca^ Of U. rent at present, o cents— just en >ugh I two
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    Direct to YOU by air
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      14 4 ATTRACTIVE Sil%£h BRUSHES FOR MEN P. H. HENORY Itwilcr SI N»nth Bridge Kd S'porr
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      76 4 German Youth again nimi i mif. MwidA. Ctrrman Nationalist lradtr« have foundrd a new youth movement the Biinirck > <Hith to Jrbratr tbe IJitk annivrrsarv of the Iron (han cclloc's birthday It 19 part of lot (»«rman National froplr's Party. »nd it open to alt vovng Grrmtirt brtwprn Ib and
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      73 4 COLD STORAC AIR FREIGHT SER i ■I tj; i jr,; only tvven* means less delay, m sonmarket and the Moreover only etables are acce> •c first cho i The choice vanes acc^ look at the showcase every vu COLD STORA3E ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH Milliard WORLD £XPlOP >cs^ Model Mat/My. 230
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    'BAN LAND REQUISITION BY SERVICES'
    366 5 'BAN LAN D REQUISITION BY SERVICES' C. C. Tan 's call to Govt. Free Press Staff Reporter gO that the housing situation m Singapore will not become more acute. Mr. C. C. Tan (Municipality South-West) will suggest to the Government, at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on April
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    SAYS IT WITH FIDDLES
    34 5 SAYS IT WITH FIDDLES 5 if Krpurter I, a. lead t hina vp a Chinese ChiBi l We have born, when die. uifferent Chinese :d and i it he e play ariied: music you
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    Quotas for more Jap imports
    134 5 Quotas for more Jap imports Free Press Staff Reporter ALL Singapore importers v. he are eligible for the share--1 out of the Japanese good: quota under the U.K. trade agreement with Japan are being issued with a second allocation equal m value to the first allocation released b\ the Singapore
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    $2,500 RAISED FOR HOSPITAL
    37 5 The President of the Inner Wheel, Mrs. M. R. Anciano. announced yesterday that 52.500 was raised for the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital by an Easter Concert given at the Victoria Memorial Hail, Singapore.
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    Council query on rice trade
    280 5 Council query on rice trade /AFF*Tinv/ ree^ Press Staff Re P° rt^ f)l LsriONS on the procurement of rice for Malaya ?u H J? f t x abled by Mr C C Tan (Municipality >outh-West) at the next meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council on April 25. He will ask
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    MAILS
    66 5 Surface m<«;l is exptcted m Singapore today from Great j Britain, N. Ireland. Eire. Europe: North and West Africa. West Indies. Egypt. Ceylon, Hong Korg; Chms. Japan. Burma. North India: Pakistan, Siam and the Federation Latest tunes for po'tio* i mail today at U"e G.PO. are noon for Java
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    THEY READ FOR 48 HOURS
    227 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE 48-hour non-stop reading of the Granth, the Sikh bible, by a relay of priests concluded at 9 a.m. yesterday at the Central Sikh Temple. Singapore. It marked the close of the 251 st anniversary celebration of the birth of Khalsa
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    Fees for fishing vessels revised
    164 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rHE Indonesian Government has revised fees chargeable to Singapore licensed motor vessels whic,h fish m the Rhio \rrhipelago or collect fish from Indonesian fishermen This follows negotiations between the Singapore Government and the Indonesian authorities. The new fees, effective immediately are
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    Few welfare volunteers
    129 5 Few welfare volunteers '"THERE h as been no big response to the appeal made last week for more voluntary workers at Singapore's 15 Children's Social Centres. The Free Press was told yesterday that only a few women had indicated their willingness to work at these centres, where 2,000 needy children
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    BIG TALKS ON SMALL FRY
    251 5 Free Press Staff Reporter jyiSCUSSIONS on the fishing of Ikan Kambong counterpart of the European herring fish in IndoPaciflc areas will be a feature of the Indo-Paeific Fisheries Council meeting to be held at Sydney and Cronulia from April 17 to 29. Ths Ikan Kambong
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    38 5 Mr. A. R. Jumabhoy. eldest son of Mr R Jumnhhov. Singapore Legislative Councillor who was miirtri at Bombay last month to Miss Amini I>h:iramv>> thousand quests attended the wedding, im inding the Hom<> Minister. S hre»- Morarjl Drsat
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    45 5 picture. 'pHF Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, m happy mood at Kallang Airport on his arrival from Britain yesterday. The "Red Dean" is wearing a diamond studded pectoral cross which was presented to him by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Free Press
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    Staff housing survey by Commission
    237 5 Staff housing survey by Commission Free Press Staff Keporter A REVIEW will be made »>\ Singapore Municipal t* Commissioners of the position relating to (he housing of the junior Municipal staff. This review, employees hope will ea?" the future position of staff quarters and reduce the number on the waiting
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    JAP DIES IN MISHAP
    70 5 Captain Matsuzaki Minora. a Japanese prisoner m the Outram Road Gaol Singapore, was accidentally electrocuted yesterday. He wa s working m the ironing room when he tampered with the iron while the current was still on and was killed instantly Daring the war h^ was m
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    NEW COLONY J.P.
    17 5 Mr. James Heron Newbigging has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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    New hearing for detainees urged
    162 6 Fret' Press Staff Reporter QOVERNMENT should £iw a second hearing Ito detainees on expir\ of their first year's period of detention, according to a resolution adopted by the Kedah and Perlis branch of the Malayan Chinese Association. The association, meeting m Sungel Patani on Tuesday,
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    THEY BLAME THE WEATHER
    66 6 Two men, i tinner and ire 1 tpi i \u the Singapore f.:.-r C urt ty becmuse thfir id»>ntlty cards were de-, iac^-d b!:i:)>»-d the weather T! A!i T. 'vho.sp card v > bey i) $10. He explaine I he 1 alt* woi m« :n the
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    79 6 SINGAPORE SH IPPING Harboui Bo !td whan- Main Wharf: Kustbrta 31Prince 33-34 > Steel R M I (41), Kampar 143 West Wharf P itTOCIiU ■■'ox BhiUoog «iit !-1 4 '15-16. Kmpire Dm h (>/<•< Bumpltan 1 21-22) Asphallon J7-JB>. I jnl Utuil |44>. <><tl I'lant 1 1 Ti4aj*t iitrf Arrivals:
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    Food parcels campaign to cease
    152 6 Kree Prr»s Staff Krporter THE Spate Tune and Taler.i Bnterprifei aii org sat ion which for two y m raised funds for i parcels to dependants of men who died or were wounded m Malaya during the 'ur and Mdants of men Injured In tiie
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    N.Y. stocks up
    19 6 the New York B I R < and i foU nthM ctrwlra <r*in*H nvvr IT S A.P.
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    BUILDING LOANS TO GOVT. WORKERS
    273 6 BUILDING LOANS TO GOVT. WORKERS Proposal by Fed. Councillor Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THK Federal Government is to be asked to consider loans to locally domiciled pensionable officer! and clerks to* enable them to buy land on which to build their own homes for use when they
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    53 6 pi»tim DIKING the three-day Sikh HUnttMi if the Birth of Khalsa m Singapore uhirh cotu-lud>d v free food was distributed i,, all who visited tkf t pics. Picture shous a fen Sikhs rn)o? .j, M r roriMstinf of rhappatiev. dahi. \*-k< id tea m tl tempi*" pren isps m Uuren
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    THE BIG CAT STEALS THE SHOW
    133 6 THE BIG CAT STEALS THE SHOW THE BIG CAT fat the ULinbrai star:: M Callister. Preston Foster and Peggy Ann Gamer gripping film— not becauf The plot, which is feeble, or the acton but became ol the cougar, or Big Cat The cougmr iteal ->*■ A cat-like, raparious beast the
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    Large electric issue soon
    71 6 LONDON I ALTHOUGH vilt-edij»'dv pen bumai.i M London Murk tedUMgC \rsirrd.n \Ue uptrnd v.is less marked than ol lat» and ».ir|\ fractv gains wen* not always held. Opinion is gaining being groon ;nrial c I ecti 1-7 ICtfa Uifhed by I buy:: t >s'.ng middle pncei
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    S.M.C. staff get holiday homes
    160 6 Ot'IIT a t a cost of $160,000 six holiday bungalows will be opened officially towards the end of next month for the subordinate staff of the Singapore Municipality. Site oi the new Municipal holiday bungalows If at Te- lok Ifata Ikan a' Lhe 10th I
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    23 6 picture. 1| T KE( KAC.K of r» small oar which crashed into a lamp If poM on Thompson Road on IVrdricsday.- Free Press
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    LONDON TIN FIRMER
    67 6 r piir: London tin mark.! Brand little yesterday afternoon With spot up 1 7s. tid. to £s<r and three months up Marl) r; 10 £592 m. Closing pi -ices were: Spot £591 buyers and £591 10s. tellers, with no business; three months, buyers and C 59^ I
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    S.A.F.A., R.A.F. GET READY FOR CUP-TIE
    477 7  - S.A.F.A., R.A.F. GET READY FOR CUP-TIE CRUSADER Coach talks on soccer tactics By M§: R B Pates, honorary coach to the I Singapore Amateur Football Association, Rave a 40-minute talk last nijrht to the Colony's probable Malaya Cup players on general soccer tactics. Following the general practice m Britain he
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    23 7 picture. Swtf Lim Swan?, Casuals' centre-half and captain, kicks the ball away from thp danger zone during an RAF. Seletar attack. Free Press
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    22 7 pitture. 4 r^. i.c.-k. nou»rtr\ i\trN Um rnrrett tactics to adopt in iv i Tup match against R.A.F. Tom. J.— Free Press
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    Pakistan gain upper hand
    254 7 j Urn fir>t -5 In as many minutes, n ran into trouble m their second m on the Karachi Gymkhana IV. inch. Iri which they lost six Ceylon all out for 162 At the m had replied with 27 for no wicket. tr the early promise
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    Adverse comment on Longden
    126 7 l MFHir m iockey Johnny Longden hopes to SSfflwssa x: szjssxs. iM "rigged" to help him to win. Having his first ride on the course. Longden won the race on Wednesday on the Groom at 12-1 against. Longden's first impulse on inertlng adverse P»Wicity was to
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    Indian tennis stars beaten
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    IP LOSES TO AHMED
    124 7 JFTIKAR AHMED. Pakistan's Davis Cup player, gave Hong Kong tennis enthusl a display of first-class tennis yesterday when he beat Ip Koon-hung 8-6. 6-4. Ip Kum-hung is the Hong Kong, All-China and Maiayan i-liampion and plans to p\ay at Wimbledon this year. Setting a forceful pace
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    NON-BENDERS CC v. S.C.C.
    59 7 'T'HE toilowiac represent Nor.-B«nders C.C. Singapore Cncket Club on the Pauane on Sunday at 11 a.m.: T J. Leijssius tcapt.i. H. 1.. W.ird. Ev.m Wong. H. B. Noon, J H. Sir.ihan. D. K. Djr.ie'.s. P. Holt. V C *out. N. Bradbury. J. W Ewart and G.
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    T. Bahru Rangers team v. S.C.C.
    54 7 :i Ranters XI Co poi»» Cricket, ma :.e padang on Monday wtol be chosen from: Cheon^ Loh Feng, Hum Chun Hoong, Lao Fook Sin?:. Ooi ui*n< M Lir.. V'p X d Kai .Seng Lum Chong I Chan Ah Teck (Capt), lim 1 Pook lOf
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    127 7 > LOW hi Inn* Makiu Salili C Imtia* b hipp* v Kodrigu Ibw Khan Mohammrd J'J (.uiim-viia c \V*44*r Hawaii h Khan Mohammed I .layasinghe o Dinshaw b Khan Mohammrd JajgfillMM liulia* b Chippa l Wijoingh* c Iralia* b I '/.il Mahmood (oomaraswaray lhu I ai.il Mahmood Kelaarl b
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    H.K. BANK XI KNOCKED OUT
    95 7 JJONG KONG ond Shanghai Bank XI were surprisingly beaten by Praser and Heave by six goals to tidir m a SAFA i bouses knock- I out Ition .soccer lie on the Padarig yesterday. Awang Gabos. the Pw. Brani United star forward, was mainly responsible for
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    CUBAN BOXER PROTESTS
    58 7 CUBAN BOXER PROTESTS ANDY Martin, manager of the Cuban boxer Biuck Pico, wants him to get a chance at Rinty Monaghan's vacated world flyweight title. Martin yesterday cabled the British Boxing Board of Control "'Strongly object to the Pratesi-Allen match being named for the flyweight title. Consider Black Pico, fly
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    U.S. horse is new Derby favourite
    282 7 JJKIML Simon, an American-bred colt who won his first race yesterday, is the new favourite for the Derby on May 17 at Epsom. The colt, by Princoquillo out of Dancing Dora, so impressed experts m his recent gallops that odds of three-to-one were laid
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    Casuals no match for R.A.F. Seletar
    269 7 IF the ground at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday had not been so water-logged, R.A.F. (Seletar) might have scored more than six goals against Chinese Casuals m their Senior League game. Casuals had'nt a clue, and it was not surprising that they did not score
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    OUT OF DAVIS CUP
    38 7 J-JUNGARY will not take part In the Davis Cup competition this year. Though there is no official confirmation so far. tennis circles ir Budapest already know of this decision by the sports authorities. A.P.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    60 7 SOCCER: Snr. l.jje: Tffcen A v S.C.C. at Jatan Besar. Ku»iiiev< Bat. (omp: Chartered Bank v Malayan Airways at CYMA: Kuthrie v(. v lliu nen Motors at (Jeylant: Jnr. HJ. Star Soecerilt> v itli Suppl\ 11« I». RASC at BODCA. Friemlly RAF Combined v EvarfUH »»n padans; Haikowyu
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    UK SOCCER MATCHES
    120 7 ADDITIONAL U.K. soccer fixtures for tomorrow are: International maU'h: Scotland v England at Hampden Park. Glasgow. Scottish League "A" Div. Clyde v Celtic. 'B" Divitton: Slenhousemuir v Dunfermline Ath. Other match: Hibernian v Airdrie. Fixtures lor next week are: Monday. April 17 Second Division: Cardiff City v
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    Cup polo in Penang
    200 7 PENANG. Fri. A POLO team led by Mr. J. W. Clark won the Heah Lep cup. presented by Mr Utah Enu Tat m memory of his grandfather, who wa a keen supporter of the Penang Polo Club. The Tournament was run on the 1 an American
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    RADAR AS AN AID TO SPORT
    216 7 RADAR, that once ultra- 1 secret electronic device, may soon come to the aid of the sports fan and the sports promoter m determining ireuther conditions. Studies at the Airborne Instruments Laboratory at Mineola. New York, have shown that specially adapted radar can detect
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    Boy Brooks is fit and back in training
    276 7 Boy Brooks is fit and back in training BOY Brooks, triple champion of the Orient, who fights Dave Sands, British Empire middleweight champion and triple champion of Australia, at the Happy World arena next Friday, has recovered from his cold and started road work this morning. Brooks' manager, Mr. Kalapatia,
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    Visitors beaten
    42 7 JNITED Overseas Chinese basketball team lost to I -long Siong, Singapore cham- )ions, by 39 points to 35 at tht .iaDpy World arena last night. The tourists will play Singa- pore Combined at the Happy i World Stadium tomorrow in^iht.
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    QUICK WIN FOR BARI
    86 7 BARI of India scored a quick win In the first round of the British open squash rackets championship at the Lansdowne Club, London, yesterday. He beat his amateur opponent, Peter Phillips of Middlesex, 9-1, 10-8, 9-3. Bari's speed and hard, low tutting kept Phillips mostly on
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    BIRTH
    22 8 PARKER On 12th April *50 i- BM.H.. Singapore, to Barbara. w:fe of Capt. S.J.N. Parker. RE.. (Robert John*, a brother ennifer.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    53 8 THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced between S. C. Zakoo ol pore and Miss Ramona Japh•i Bvculla. Bombay. Bombiy m copy. LNGAGEMENT h ar.- -en Frank H. Tardif. Pol .c. only son of Mr Mrs. c H. Tardif. of iledou 1.-r.don ;md Pamela A I daughter of Mr >T O. V.
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    DEATHS
    65 8 INCUIs Ji Rankin Road. h, on 15th Feb.. 1950.1 Engineer. MRS MANUF.L MIRANDA. t r of Mr. Pius Miranda ot M I Sungei Butoh. Mrs. O oca. peacefully at I' S. India, on Apr. 10 d CTCiI I A 'AYAKODJY 49 v peacefully on 13 4. 50. Cor [tl
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    REDS MASSING SHIPS FOR INVASION
    254 8 5,000 craft for Hainanattack HONG KONG, Friday. DEPORTS from Canton sa> that 5,000 vessels 1 had been assembled by the Chinese Red army for a forthcoming assault on Hainan by an estimated 100,000 troops. This follows a claim by the Communist invasion C.-in-C, Gen. Lin
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    58 8 photo. An urn. containing the Tavourilr Bufldh.i of the late King Ananda Mahidol of Siam is placed m the pr<xe>sion which carried the ashes of the Kin^ t»> the palace m Bangkok following the cremation ceremonies This urn containing the Ruddha has been placed alongside the aibrj »f the Kin«
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    'Don't relax' plea to sterling area
    143 8 'Don't relax' plea to sterling area LONDON. Fri. ljritain has asked i Dumber of other sterling area countries not to relax their special measures to reduce the dollar drain, though the area's .;old and dollar position has recently improved The** 4 special measures were amended by the O BlinonItb Finance
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    Bixbys arrive 10 days late
    81 8 SAN FRANCISCO. F. i r rUE Flying Bixbys lh< ;m? California!! couple here on April 1 m an attempt to beat the round-the-world speed record, landed buck here jresterday ten days too late. Their hope* to shatter the record of 73 hours 5 Btfnutea 11
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    BUSY PORTS
    14 8 Israel's Mediterranean ports expect to handle 2,000.--000 tons of cargo during 1950
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    US Govt faces $200 million damage suits
    170 8 HOUSTON, Texas. Friday. 4 FEDERAL Judge yesterday ruled that the Is. Government was at fault m the 1947 lexis it> disaster and that the 8.18.'> persona who sued the government for TSS'UO million damages are entitled to judgment." The i ullng came thi
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    INDIAN 'LOAN' TO BURMA
    43 8 T\\>- newspaper, The Statesman, reported yesterday that India had agreed to advance Burma Hs. 5.000.000 against 1950 imports ol Burmese rtc It said ih^ "rirr loan" was exclusive of India's share °f the rrcpm Commonwealth loan to Burma.— U.P.
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    DOUBLE TROUBLE
    12 8 Japan's rural population is twice what It should b.- Reuter
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    Israel's 'no' to Arab terms
    184 8 TEL AVIV, Friday. ISK.AKL yesterday rejected the proposal to negoj tiate peace with the Arab states on the basis of the IN. 1947 partition plan foi Palestine, which inj eluded the Intel-nationalisation of Jerusalem. Israel's derision is regarded here a? tantamount to a complete failure
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    Gift of palace to a girl
    65 8 LONDON. Fri KING FASOCK or Igjpl ha s gtVMI 4 palace to hi -year -old Miss Narriman Sadek to mark their approarhing marnagf r^p«>rt> the News hronicle. The hroniilr di>pati h. dated from Paris, said that Miss Sadek has moved into Koruhra palace. one
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    JAP TRADE TALK
    12 8 11 proposed Jap 11 ese-Flllplno bai U have A.P.
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    NARROW SHAVE FOR TYRONE
    100 8 NARRO W SHAVE FOR TYRONE MANILA Frida\ ipYRONE POWER and members of Ins cast-crew of "An American Guerilla In the Philippines*' narrowly escaped death m Subic Bay yesterd when a Philippine Air Force plane crashed a few I yards from the camera barton which the actor and his men were
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    SIAM PAYS FOR WAR DAMAGE
    56 8 [{Krusti ami Australian claims for war rlarapffp to i in mines m Siam h;i\» been settled with an agre\»niPiit by which Siam pays a lump sum of £5.000.000 from its reserve fund m London. The British and Australian claim", had sought £10.000 000 for damages
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    World is better -Truman
    113 8 World is better -Truman WASHINGTON, Fri. pHESIDENT TRUMAN said yestorday that the international situation is better than it was m 1946 and that there has been a gradual improvement m the I four years. Reviewing the 1 1 vi since he succeeded President Roosevelt m 1945. Mr Truman told his
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    'Plan to kill 200 mil. Chinese'
    104 8 HONG KONG DELEGATES to Ci^n. Chiang X i National s^mbly have wired the US. Cong] .rgiriK "mimed rira to on-- of the ercatPST fam Chir. Th« tcl^Kran. spokt- <»f "millions of people on :i In R^d China ThU. :t said, resulted Soviet pulu'y. which
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    Truman jeers at poll
    30 8 WASHINGTON r PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday that thr Gallup today rat m 1948 A flcure> put port t.> >h I riv p I I In po U.P.
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    Radio war by Reds in P.I.
    54 8 MANILA. Fri r ]"HE Department of Public Works and Communications has disclosed that underground Communist radio stations are operating m the Philippines Male and female announcers, speaking English with a heavy Chinese accent, are conducting a Communist propaganda offensive co-or- i dinated with the
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    DIPLOMAT KILLED
    29 8 The body of a Danish diplomat wa.s found at the bottom of a COO--foot cliff near Nut. Police said he had been ktllrd tn fall A. P.
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    TINLING HAS NEW IDEAS
    118 8 TINLING HAS NEW IDEAS LONDON. F:i MTEDDY TINGLING. British coutourier who thought up j "Geoi'geous Gu.ssie" Morraa's tennis playing lace pantu^ demonstrated at fasti show at the Empress Ciub yesterday I to happen to tennis. Dedicated to the T Dress Ol the Future.' T.: models showed Dainty nhich are fetching
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    CAMEL MILLIONS
    16 8 Sudanese camel sales to Eeypt are estimated at more than £2.000,000 (Egyptian* yearly.— AP
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    Houses given to tenants
    61 8 MISS Emily Short, who died m Hobart (Tasmania) recently, left nine houses to the tenants occupying them, her solicitors have announced. None of the tenants suspected that the hwci would »»f left to them. All the hou s e s are substantial residences for which tenants
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