The Singapore Free Press, 24 April 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA to IT7K3. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 34, 19#«. PRICE TEN (BIS
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    AUSTRALIA TOLD NO MALAYA AID
    308 1 Prof. Ball on racial 'insult' AUSTRALIA'S role m South-East Asia, particularly Malaya, was again discussed over the week-end. Professor William MacMahon Ball, former Commonwealth member of the Allied Control Council m Japan, came out against the idea of .tending Australian troops to fight the bandits.
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    42 1 Boys of the Bukit Timah Boys' Home, with ('apt. Ridley. Superintendent (left background) and Mr. M. Boyle. Asst. Sup*. Singapore Police (right background >, who cleared the site of the new youth holiday camp at Ayer Biru, Johore. presented by Singapore Rotary Club.
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    M.N.P. talk of protest to United Nations
    41 1 t r. he po&si- .i pr Human against •rnment's UM party j > Ordinan need by the -dent today idded that :nittee was ."i brariches Instrur- to ordingly. Malay NaU continue tot regis- G Governor-
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    'SPY TO DIE
    18 1 sky. i of a Prime nbei r■: In Brin P: lor me U r Reuter
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    UNION BOSS SNUBS U.K. STRIKERS
    119 1 UNION BOSS SNUBS U.K. STRIKERS LONDON. Monday. SNUBBED twice m 12 hours by their union chief, unofficial London dock strikers yesterday threatened to extend the stoppage m which 8,000 men are idle, holding up 47 ships. A strikers' delegation called yesterday at trade union headquarters to talk over their case
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    Pakistan support
    40 1 Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, has pledged bit country s "fullest support'" for Sir Owen Dixon. recently appointed by the United Nations Security Council as mediator m the long standing Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.
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    MALAYAN TIN OUTPUT DROPS
    163 1 THE HAGUE, Monday. WORLD production of tin increased from 12,300 long tons m January to 12.600 tons m February while Malayan production decreased from 5,180 tens to 4,361 tons, advance statistics of the International Tin Study Group reveal. The world increase was mainly caused by a
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    Better atomic defence urged
    73 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. rnHE atomic scientist, Dr. x Harold Urey, said yesterday that the United States should do "much more" to guard against the danger that submarines will mine American harbours with atomic boms. The University of Chicago scientist, discussing the problem m a radio interview, said
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    FOR RESEARCH
    21 1 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has given $1,000,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to "strengthen its financial condition." U.P.
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    TORIES NAME 'SHADOWS'
    142 1 LONDON, Monday. /CONSERVATIVES, on the eve of a critical week which will include the budget debate, last night published an additional list of chiefs m their 'shadow* cabinet. Mr. Winston Churchill himself h?ads the Defence Committee, witn Mr. Anthony Eden as his deputy. And he has surrounded
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    Boieh reaches Mauritius
    68 1 JJEWS was received at the Singapore Naval Base at ihc week-end thai Commander R A. Kiiroy In his yatch Boleh has reached Mauritius safely after calling at the Seychelles. He arrived there on April 15 and is due to sail for Durban, South Africa today. Commander Kiiroy
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    DISEASE WINS
    39 1 A report issued m Nairobi has dashed hopes that the new drug antrycide was a sure remedy for the cattle disease spread m Africa by the tsetse fly. The disease has learned to resist the drug- Reuter
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    'OUTLOOK—GOOD'
    34 1 'OUT LOOK— GOOD' Mr. Henry Grady, U.S. Ambassador to Greece, said last night that "the Greek Government, although topsy-turvy after the elections, is now stable and the outlook looks good for the future." A.P.
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    Bao Dai's sister robbed'
    56 1 AM attractive young girl, who said she is the sister of ex-Fmperor Bao Dai, was robbed of USSIOO and an aeroplane ticket to Paris m Macao on Friday afternoon, said a dispatch to Hen? **>"*• The report said the beautifully dressed 2.» -year-old w^ter m her
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    70 1 Britain's challenge to the Continental mo tor- racing "cracks" the 16-cylinder 1 12-litre B R M recently underwent test runs at Folkfngham airfield, near Grantham. Lincolnshire, watched by representatives of the 160 British Arms who have backed the venture. Ken Richardson, the racing motorist, was at the wheel. Over three
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    PUNCHES AT RED DEANS PEACE RALLY
    105 1 SYDNEY, Mon. FACE-SLAPPING and fisticuffs marked a "peace 1 rally yesterday at which Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury. addressed a crowd of 7,000. X young man who shouted to the Dean 'Go back to Russia' had his face slapped by a woman. The
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    Heds hurt
    26 1 Three persons weiv seriously surt and 20 others lightly Injured when iwo grenades exploded during a Communist meeting m Puimj per, France, on Saturday.
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    LIQUIDATION
    23 1 A peoples congress for East Sumatra will be held m Medan on April 27 to discuss the liquidation of East Sumatra. Reuter
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    The red light
    41 1 Russia's renewed campaign for bases m the Dardanelles was viewed m Istanbul yesterday as "a call to the Turkish people to be more awake and united," said an editorial In Ulus, organ of the ruling >lea Party.- A.P.
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    LONDON VISIT
    15 1 Mr. Ghulam Mohamed. Pakistan's Finance Minister, arrived m London by air from Karachi ?£&<£**&#.
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    'Red China has 300 planes'
    161 1 'Red Ch ina has 300 planes HONG KONG. Monday. THE Chinese Red leader, Mao Tze-tung, bargained for and got an air force of 300 planes during his long stay m Moscow, a Nationalist report says, quoting a former Nationalist officer who "had access to top secret documents during his long
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    MrsO'Keefe 9th baby
    69 1 Free Press Correspondent MELBOURNE. Mon. MRS. Annie O'Ketfe today gave birth to her first child by her 68-year-old Australian husband. John William O'Keefe of Melbourne. The baby, an 8 Ib. Bo*s girl, will br named Geraldine. Mrs. O'Keefe. who recently won her battle with Mr. Calwell to
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    Pacific union invitation sent out by P.I.
    89 1 Pacific union invitation sent out by P.I. MANILA, Mon. JNVITATIONS to the Baguio conference of Western Pacific and South East Asian countries, scheduled to start m Baguio m late May. have just been sent ou< it is learned. It la believed that at least eifc'ht countries have been invited, but
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    RATIFIED
    10 1 Th«» Iraqi Pari ratified the .iid nlli&ncs sisn Reuter
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    POLICEAMBUSH TWO BANDITS
    46 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A POLICE jungie squad have ambushed two bandits who went, food collecting m the Alor Oajah area of Malacca yesterday and killed one of them. One .32 automatic, two magazines and eight rounds were recovered from the dead bandit,
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    BANDITS FLEE
    37 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE. Mon. Bandits opened fir* yesterday afternoon at a police j vehicle at the 12th mile Kluang-Mersing Road When the police returned the fire the bandits withdrew. Police suffered no casualties.
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    Port riot
    33 1 Twelve dockers were slightly hurt m Antwerp yesterday when police baton charges dispersed a Com-munist-sponsored demonstration against unloading of American arms ships, due to arrive soon under the Atlantic Pact programme.
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    PATROL SUCCESS
    35 1 P ATROL SUCCESS Free Press Staff Reporter In the Buklt Pasir area. Muar district, last night a policy patrol encountered five bondits and opened fire on them. It is believed that one btndU wa* wounded.
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    OFF-RECORD CONDEMNED
    50 1 an Society Nev bpaper Editors went on record yesterday against off-the-record press conferences. The society adopted a resolution asserting that it disapproves of any attempt •'withhold the news to whicu the public is entitled, particularly if it is made under the guise of providing news m confidence." U.P.
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    Vietminh train attack
    136 1 SAIGON, Mon. INDO-CHINESE minh insurgents un Saturday night attacked a military train on the Nhatrang-Saigon line. 45 K'lometres east of Saigon, according to an A^nce France Presse report. Train guards aided by aircraft drove off the raiders A French headquarters corr munique said the alia suffered heavy
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    Court fines racial bias
    71 1 CHICAGO Mon THE American Boy Congress has been ft; $2,500 for restrict ins menbcrship to white tV Superior Court J ad-re Johi") Scarbaro originally duevt-d the State Charer of M should be re- oked He lal f^i ihe fine to allow the < convention next month
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    JEW PREMIER 'BOYCOTTS'
    37 1 JEW PREMIER 'BOYCOTTS' Members oi the pi boycotted an reption given m last night by the Israeli P mie? I k the second ul Israels forma The reason refused 1<» rec lem as caoital ol I Reuter
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    WANE OF ARRESTS
    18 1 The Belgrade newspaper Politika yesterday reported a new wave of political arresU m Albania Reuter
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    U.S.I. HOLIDAY
    17 1 By presidentiaJ da 1 has been declared a h In the whole of Ind' U.P.
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    14 REDS JAILED
    17 1 14 REDS JAILED Teheran police have seized 14 more members of the otulawed Communist Tudeh party- A.P.
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    Spotlight On Drinking
    577 2 Spotlight On Drinking ITALIANS are a tern* perate people, and, outside the great port cities such as Genoa and Naples, it is rare to see anyone drunk. One or two martinis or vermouths before lunch or dinner and a hUle cognac with coffee afterwards is all the .rit" indulgence that
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    HOME FOR A CLAN
    223 2 THE Clan MacPherson Association is to erect a building which will be ntlf owned by thousands of Macphersons m all pars of the world, and which will be both the headquarters and the ahowpieee «>f thus famous Scottish Clan. It will house such treasures as the
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    RAMMED-EARTH HOMES FOR MALAYA?
    609 2  - RAMMED-EARTH HOMES FOR MALAYA? C.C.D. HRAMMALL By \fODERN homes are 1?1 being built m Australia m one of the worlds oldest building materials- rammed earth, or pise de terrei but the Ingenuity or officers ol the Australian Commonwealth Exlmental Uuildi::.; Station has. brought mv* methods to sp» uu the ancient
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    125 2 Penny uoesn I like b*m X so |my but the it very glad when Kom eait tf«e magic apple and shrinks like *»«rteH and Jtan. It very odd loo*, •ng at the schoolroom from down on mmjJSrSSP Suddr/|y. there it a loud not*! Thtincier again cnti Jean. Bui it it
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    Czar of the Saar Rules 900,000
    434 2  -  SAM WHITE By. MAKE a note of the name of Colonel Gilbert Grandval. He is one of whom you will Hear more. He is the virtual ruler of 900,000 Saar landers. Their fate is now linked with that of France as a result of
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      234 2 N I Hf few icsow w»*Arr tr L.CX>cj LKE... .a* t-*+c c^-ou \o flUUiiii =VNNc...^y a. U*5W) rac^CN SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] rooAY BILL NETWORK) 445 p,,, Prctjramme summary; 454 and ill metres. ;4.47 "Prom the London Edif.>riaLs' BwrnfH] news tram K.L. '< BBC r. 4i5 Interlude; 5.00 "Sweet ih m
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      164 2 New Crossword No. 29 < LI tS A( ROSS 1. A North Briton m 3u;ie\ -5» 4. Product of orange a;. a I 5». 7. 1 report on B.A. as novice dl). 8 Bombard peas ou> of pod«? (5). 9. Siie of sunk cour: <4>. 12. It's round at the
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    STUDY OF S.E. ASIA NATIONS
    278 3 STUDY OF S.E. ASIA NATIONS New books tells importan t story 1ONDON, Monday. MIDI of the nations of South-East Asia covering their recent history, economic development and struggle for independence is contained in "The New Horld of South-East Asia", Geoffrey Cumber ledge. Oxford University Press price 40/"). Compiled by professors
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    U.S. pickets at U.K. car show in New York
    111 3 NEW YORK. Mon. T*HE '•American-Irish Min- ute Men of 1949" on Friday night threw a picket line up before Grand Central Palace and urged visitors to a BriiLsh motor car show to Buy American Goods." The sign-carrying pickets re confined to
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    Gandhi plan to be carried out
    104 3 Gandhi plan to be carried out INGUL, Orissa. Monday. M-lndia »rganisaU*n has been formed i ill direct and control the activities i carryinf constructive work as M ih itnui Gandhi In his programme of GandJ usination, ..> prc ae of "Sanredaya", >1 all"" :.corporated hi< live programme, which was priie
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    Germans taking to American ways
    97 3 FRANKH RT. Monday. S'ERMAN youths in the I'nited States zone are I* copying the American way of life in spite of resistance from the older folks. Thousands of young Germans, mainly men. but also a fair number of girls. In Frankfurt and other towns in
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    Bridge Hands
    70 3 Bridge Hands -t South Jk P;m 4. All Pas* n 4 the lr. i-Tipionslup^ Chicago v hl5 ur b lOllO^ it now When ■■Tie h.inds in rr.av u e ..,pe« i nnv the tau it :ed in v it BANS i the S' I It doeont he He draws ids
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    UK FEARS LOSS IN RED CHINA
    199 3 LONDON, Monday. DRITISH busiues&meii, fearing that the new Sino■*Soviet trade treaty will endanger their investments in China, have urged the Foreign Office to speed the establishment 9i diplomatic relations with the Chinese Communist** L'nder the newly-announced trade agreement, Russia will supply to Peking capital
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    10-YEAR DROUGHT PREDICTED
    78 3 1 0-YEAR DROUGHT PREDICTED SYDNEY. Mon WEATHERMAN Inigo Jonas predict* a terrific 10-year drough: will hit Australia from 1983 Lo 1993. Mr. Jones, research director for the Long Range Weather Forecasting Trust, said "a study of Australia's great droughts shows they fall into a pattern with sunspou The position of
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    'SEIZE RUSSIANS AS HOSTAGES'
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    Man, 88, has a 20-year job
    147 3 CANTERBURY. Monday. DAMIEL Caldwell, 88, works six days a week at hie D new job, which he predicts will take 20 years. The job is to restore those of the more modern of the stained-glass windows of Canterbury Cathedral that were damaged by wartime
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    TRIPLE WEDDING
    31 3 Th*> small town of Arthur, 200 milee tram M bourne, had Hi first t: wedding r*»c*»ntly when tl sif>' r*> married in St. Ma 1 1 h\* church.- A.P.
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    U. S. belief in sky saucers
    168 3 U. S. belief in sky saucers WASHINGTON, Monday. VI ANY Americans no longer ridicule stories of "Flying Saucers" and there is an increasingly widespread belief that, in spite of emphatic official denials, the strange disc-like objects are a supersecret United States aeronautical development. Some radio and press correspondents, claiming the
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    CENSUS OF LIONS IN W. INDIA
    110 3 CENSUS OF LIONS IN W. INDIA RAJKOT mm liHia. INDIAN naural fcteOt? enthusiasts have annou. plans for a cer. Indian lions in the Gir l« of Kathiawar peninsula, on the country's wes\ ocast. The census panv -v unenviable task will be io count the .ions in thi—will be led bv
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    STUDENTS FIND A SKELETON
    51 3 ENGINEERING and surveying students of L University working on the rock bed of the harbour &t Whiiby have found thf» petrified skeleton of ichthyosaurus, a prehis: marine reptile. The students cut the which is 12 Jeet lor. :he rock and took it bark i the university
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    STRONG OlTLOOk
    24 3 America s business outlook for the next six months is 'very strong" despite the unemployment problem, It wu reported in Washington. A.P
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    MORE & WANTED
    21 3 MORE WANTED The U.S. StaU" Department may ask Congress soon lor more millions of dollars to combat Communist propaganda abroad.— A.P.
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    Swastikas again
    19 3 Naai swastikas were drawn on houses and walls in Florpshpim (Germany) nn Adolf Hitler's birthday. A P
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    US OFFICIAL QUITS
    18 3 Mr Arthur S. Barrows has resigned as Under-Seoretary of thf TTnif-ttW States Air Force.- Reuter
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    Social secene
    33 3 O^'-r OfflB yi% thd r the younf nien will nut a w.u-- fancy the ind soefcs and the *iae bnin'ed hats now seen so which omy a few years •■•cans.- Reuter
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    CHIPS & CO.
    24 3 CHIPS CO. The Ausiraliun film actor, ,<v RTtfprtv is forming a fitrw in Australia. He win g$« work m Jun. producms two films.— A.P.
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    'SEIZE RUSSIANS AS HOSTAGES'
    47 3 Toe United States sh seiz^ 10 Russian soldiers an:! •rs in the United Sta M "hostages" tor the 10 terican navy Bier* killed in the Balitic plane incident. Major General William Donovan, war-time chief of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, said in Philadelphia !a.u v U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 24, 1954. KNOCKINC ON THE DOOR
    446 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 24, 1954. KNOCKINC ON THE DOOR I^| ::;munis c; amour foi it In i he councils of the I died down, tl Tse-tur.g o men ioi a Eeo- I being left to X Htcs x.ng out of rommicviio::- of the i ihc k U
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    Malayans in Tory 'Shadow Cabinet'
    980 4  -  HALL ROMNEY LONDON LETTER by fHKRE is a hint m a recent Conservative Party announcement that, wck the present Socialist Government to frill and be succeeded m due time by a Tory iidministration, Malaya would be well represented Such a possibility fcoulti have appeared somewhat
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    ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
    643 4  -  G. Ward Price By CHLMBI VALLEY: 4 single telegraph A line winding uway over the mountains on series of slender poles is the sole connection between this place und the outside world. There ate no telephones. Do vwreless. no newspapers. Twice a week mail
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    Fear Stalks Red Rumania
    961 4  - Fear Stalks Red Rumania DAVID LEE -Hy 4FTKH live \</;irs of Communism, Rumanin's man m Ilie v lf e*t is worse «>fi" Hum :ihv other European, although his country is fabulously rich ami is spilling o- t'i with ffxxi. oil ;ui(l mioeral wealth. rii.< lif»» i>s a nightmare. His monthly
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    FILM MORALS 'PUTRID'
    55 4 FILM MORALS 'PUTRID' jMiL m ftim maga of no o flare i n Of ;t> public i yo doub A Ml as i man dire a!T. -<■ KaudK kc 4* N no* In youi cor. thai r< •F the b inp tion ing ton I th<. vice. I work. whoder...
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    WINK' AND 'FLIRT' IN OPEN AGAIN
    223 5 picture. Qovt undecided on sex books Frw Press Staff Reporter -hi*", and "Beauty Parade" are on F w ,r *:i!e in Mntjapure again. These are I li>t of illustrated sex maeazine! «l the («!«„>, hi s year off rtcr publication of a Free Press
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    GOOD STORE FOR S'PORE DOG SHOW
    127 5 GOOD STORE FOR S'PORE DOG SHOW Fre« Pt«*« st*iT Reporter THE response to the 19*0 Singapore Alsatian Dog Show in aid of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and St. John Ambulance Association has exceeded expectations. The secretary of the show, Mr Tan Tee Seng of the
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    GO-OP AND UNIONS TOLD TO QUIT
    351 5 Free Press SUIT Keoerter VOTICE to quit their premises in North Bridge Road has been received by the Singapor< Co-operative Stores Society, the Singapore Teacher; Union and the Army Civil Service Union. The Society and the two unions occupy th< first floor of the
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    S.M.C. DISCUSS PIPELINE
    104 5 CINGAPORE Municipal Com- sioners are considering what action to take now that the Johore Bahru Town Board has disapproved of thr giant water pipeline which has been laid acrow thf Causeway. The board last Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution disapproving of the pipeline. The board* letter was
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    Fishermen's problems
    31 5 Fishermen's problems tv porl<rr I tO .nouiftc- proArchipe- r:rms to re- be- 1 Ml T mebad "o an-. indu Ba i B irdoQ, and i i d In n the d
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    S'PORE STUDENTS LEARN FRENCH
    214 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOUT 50 students arc attending French classes leld twice weekly at the 3ingapore Y.M.C.A. The classes are conducted by Dr. J. F. Kalkema Kohl, who also Reaches German an'l Dutch. Dr Kohl toid the Free Press that the great majority of the
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    Pamphlet 'War' among Muslims
    219 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A PAMPHLET "war" is at present being: vagei bf the All-Malaya Muslim Mi>s<nnarv Sorieix and the headquarters of the Ahmadiah Movement in Onan Road. Singapore. The All-Malaya Musiiiy Missionary v represents one sect of Muslims in Malaya: I Ahmadiahs or Qadianis are
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    FILM ACTRESS NOT COMING
    49 5 FILM ACTRESS NOT COMING THE American n\m Linda Christian, viir f Tyrone Po*er. whc I scheduled to j>tay m H pore for a lew a ays on way to Bali, has car. her visit. She was due to arm Sunday next No the rancei T at'on of her v
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    Oyster woman hates the things
    254 5 Oyster woman hates the things Free Press Staff Reporter jyjiJS. Chew Chee Tin has been opening from 30 to 40 dozen oysters each day for the past three years. Now working at the Capitol Restaurant in Singapore, she lives and breathes oysters. For six hours each day, Mrs. Chew is
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    Johore case to be retried
    112 5 Free Press Stafi Reporter JOHORE. BAHRU. Sun. rE case against S.I. Seenapatty. storekeeper, Johore Medical Department, who is charged with criminal misappropriation of 14 cases of D.D.T powder came to an abrupt end today, when Mr. D. K. Walters, his counsel, said that a statement
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    WINATION SHOWS MUCH PROMISE
    626 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS Never m danger after taking lead From KUALA UMPI R, Monday. started a forward move from Lhe three-furlong post, which he maintained to the past to defeat Devon by threequar'ers of a h Jaunty Waa splendidly ridden by Flannery. who completed a winning double
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    GIFT TO 'POP' SLEIGH
    154 6 jjarry Sleigh, Malaya'a ve-•••:-.m trainer who celebi his TO'li birthday, on h^s boeti p > Ith nrrist let watch by th»- ti and )ock n for m< to thfl i igh the ;i .aid f roua e^s'ure At aO ttan I I A ill Polo At
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    SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL
    64 6 |y|R J K. Oliver, riding h»s "*i> San vina yesterday won thr tidl Grand National at Bogside over three miles seven furlongs. Second was Mrs. L. Bretherton's Q. E. D. and third Sir A. Pikington's 12 year 01.l Ciailny, whim (anit-d the top weight of 12 stone
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    BRITISH CUP TEAM
    41 6 A .P. rut British team to meet Italy In th. ir Davis Cup tennii lie at BBstbourac <>n May 8. 8 and 9 is: J. C. Gregory (captain), A. j. Mottram, G L Pti h and Hr. r.
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    Liverpool's hopes of double dimmed
    235 6  -  From JIM CHAMBER draw. Bai d Lm pro- wn i A .P. POKTSMOITH, making a bold bid to retain their Div. 1 championship m the English Football League, drew away two points ahead of all rivals on Saturday by beating Liverpool 2 l. Liverpool, who
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    3 cup finals decided
    28 6 Ar i "J. OL. I I Cup J I 4 >• rford, nd Armstr< tic In r 1-1 m the Cud final at Wu A.P.
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    Spurs Lose Again
    143 6 Tottenham Hi-l-^.ui' wno ilncc naaklni sure of th«- Div. I i-iiara-mon-hiD and promotion have j dropped i>oint.s. wero again beaten nt home, this 2-1 by QrlQiabj Town Sheflit-ld Wt'.liuv and Southampton are out an their own m the bid to accompany Spun to th<* upper biancet. S'.iefT-eld
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    Italian wins motor rarr
    36 6 QIANMNO MAR7.OITO. one of I ai> s four lamous othen ay won afille Miglia :».»d lace, m vhich 383 iLu-r.^ lei In M me! I I it. Dor: 1 uf 14 A.P.
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    Barder wins golf
    12 6 r v two ai cup ho 36 h A.P.
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    New swim record
    19 6 'Till Va up In 17 4 The :ield by -id-. was 1 mm lft '2 A.P.
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    HEAVY TRACK SWTED MAETRO
    417 6 'jnih tricky seven-furlonj rse at Kuala Lumpur fust horses' track. The ■n Saturday were von by horses which led front] ■tar! to finish. The Div. l race, the main event of the afternoon, went he ueil-handicappert MacThis horse hnd finished >»•<-. >nd m his last start
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    AIR FORCE BOXING FINALS
    9 6 AIR FORCE BOXING FINALS I on So I I
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    JOCKEY'S RECORD
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    Lady Luck most unkind Pulau Brani
    205 6 RF: Pulau hum Itd pLEVEN Uppers, and the most w L tH could have MBM the Wa „j took two Senior league point iron, I' nited at Jalan Besar resterdi; v B^i.i And the most bitter pill 01 was that one of the four
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    NEW DIVISIONS IN BOXING PROPOSED
    281 7 NEW DIVISIONS IN BOXING PROPOSED IAEA Congress to decide PROPOSAL which, if adopted, may have a far-reaching effect on boxing Ls to be put to the Congress of the International Amateur Boxing Association, at Copenhagen in June. The Association's executive committee is to propose, following a motion submitted by Ireland,
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    SPORTS LETTER
    161 7 Why referee disqualified Boy Brooks JN the report on Friday night 1 T^S? h LJ! wa 8Uted T^KO verdict would have been better for Sand*. I agree it would be for record purposes, but In view or the circumstance*, tte only verdict applicable was to disqualify Brook*. When
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    Weights for 2nd day at K.L.
    314 7 rE weight* f«r ail tight races for Wfdnfsdiv, the s^ood da> of the SHanf«r T.C. April raeerinc are: CL. 1. DIV. S— AH TF Content 9-M Larky SUr II %Xk Some Bt»im 8 11 Totland >H Gleodale »-H LMt DonM« 8.1§ Dobra S10 Coartesan
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
    883 7 n k Fuo.ba.i League 6ianaingsafier Saturdays Wtches are: [M.lhH Lt\»l t-Div. I p W D L F A pts Eblliiiili s 8885m |gkj|ii!8f Chelsea 40 hi jo 37 W. Bromwich 40 13 11 jj 35 Stoke C JO 11 II gl 32 Charlton A. 41 1
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    NBA backs BBBC in Ortiz dispute
    456 7 'PHF National Boxing Association said at Washington yesterday that it would uphold any British suspension of the world bamtamweight champion. Manuel Ortiz for California. The NBA. executive of 20 members voted to concur with the British Boxing Board of Control in suspension of Ortiz
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    He wants to 'hook them'
    167 7 He wants to 'hook them SAM Burmister. the 245-lb Jewish heavyweight wrestling champion of Australia and the British Empire, arrived in Singapore by plane from Australia yesterday. Sam has been in professional wrestling for over 25 years. 'I am eager to get hold of anv of the mat men in
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    May fair and Sanlana best
    171 7 Kroni ALLAN LEWIS Kuala Lumpur, Monday. SANLANA Chark-s > and Mayfair 'Farad) did the best gallop on the No. 2 track, which was still soft, this morning. They went from the five to two in 39 3 5 sees. Double Nine Little covered 1 31.
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    YESTERDAY'S WATER POLO Deserved in for S.S.C.
    265 7 YESTERDAY'S WATER POLO Deserved in for S.S.C. I I lub 4; t swimming i i defeat I Swim t the S.S( [fe fully d ttcr ream .::der ta I 000 I s red four .'.at ao~ the b y *:al adand they himself r~c>e:ved a .n the ->^'. Ch«c.w 8
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    Y. Madari in great form for Indians
    543 7 SINGAPORE Recreation Club, last years Singapore Cricket Association tournament champions, were defeated yesterday by the Indian Asso< iation af i*>r they had gained a first innings lead of eight runs. The Indians batting first made 89 runs in the first innings, the Recs
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    Charles may retire
    127 7 IJT'ORLD heavyweight champion Ezxard Charter was ordered by the National Boxing Association yesterday to undergo two physical examinations, the first within a fortnight by an N.B.A. hoard and the second in Maj by a New York board. If he successfully passed both, he will have to so
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    Winning goal by Soon Teck
    64 7 SEREMBAN Monoav. AS expected, last weekend gn Sembilan FA Sem< eue match between N.S. 1 v S. Chinese produced t> football. Chinese emerging wlnm three goals to two but it v. Indians who **ole the show. Aft^r trailing two goals Brat half. Indians the scores,
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    OXFORD TRIAL
    63 7 TM. B. HUtMtYR scored 25 A when his eleven met D.B. Carr's XI on Saturday in the first Oxford University cncket trial. Indian fast bowler R Divecha claimed two wickets furSi for Carr s XI includiiig that of Hofmeyr M G. Wrisht of Ceylor. 66 for Hofme3.Ts XI
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    BROWN WINS
    26 7 OBOFP Brown (Australia) won the men's singles in the Cumberland Club tenni* lod nament ori Saturday, bv defeating Hodto? B«zter <Biiui») ft- a, *-l
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    Straits Times & Free Press
    28 8 Straits Times Free Press tat eon*ei»««nce or ad. «ertisers our K«pr«s«f«t«fiv* at Itt Floor. S«f*«apor« CoW Srorjge Orchird Ra«4. will receive sit*« 4 •dv«rt«aem«nts •«d answers t« numbers.
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    BIRTHS
    46 8 \CKEKZIE: On April 14th, at ng Ma em i» y Home, to M-norie 'nee Murdoch), wife of MacKenne. formerly of van Tobacco Distributors a daughter, (Nicola Alexandra Thereat a sist«»T for Jock. \RK: To Catherine (nee ft nd Ernest, a girl, Su^an. D'CotU's Clmic. 4
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    MARRIAGES
    64 8 COL'GHLAN FALLE: At the >lie Church. Tanglin Bar- on Saturday, 22nd April, trtek Coughlan to I NU-KNIGHI On Friday, U 14th 1950 at Christchurch, nj?ton. Salop. r>maid Michael anger *on of the late D. w rCina Mr-, M W King, of CamUN. 'o Margaret Christie KaJfbt. mi > daughter
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    20 8 A- HBB R FOENANORR t. all friend* and relatives q^] nifii wedding and .r v ..>• d i?ifts and ttltfll
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    HAINAN VICTORY BY MAY 1 SAY REDS
    378 8 HAINAN VICTORY BY MAY 1 SAY REDS Defenders flee N. Hainan HONG KONG, Monday. yy ITH the collapse of the Nationalist defenders on Hainan's northern coast, the Reds, who now command most of the 12-mile- wide strait to the mainland and are now fanning out inland, have fixed May 1
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    13,000 flee from floods
    55 8 13,000 flee from floods CHICAGO Moi. J^ORK tl*an 13.000 had b«t?n forced from their homes yesierday or otherwu^ lifcrasneci by bulent flood wators N Dakota and W^stprn neftota In CroikAlon V it families doubled up i tees or wrr* \w\ns. m ary quarters a* a 'a flooo that ripprd tl\r<>v^h
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    Enterprise
    36 8 (M AL in#-r< luni untk f«fl advantac*' trrda> W an unf^ ed iaH of <tno» b> puttuiff *U h«A >t««k of < hristm^s «Nl.s and Yarr wrap^ine W*Pf Mi **lr at red«rrd pncrs. Hr s©ld o«t.
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    Free wine in Pans
    50 8 "■Mil-. Hill,. U.tv -,||h j I daiurd .iiirf nUHi; >>> tile s lr< ri« roller" p^uired down win* ft«Ht th.iR*>mond Kod«*l. our of U» publicise a nr« table win*'. s.mi i;lam m his hand tan have M mv. i; nirrrt vt*nd<»r >old 3.000 pa p< r
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    AROBINSON CRUSOE IN THE PACIFIC
    238 8 LONDON, Monday. tJOMEWHEKE m the Pacific Ocean, on a tiny uninhabited bland where ships never call, a former New Zealand army sergeant. Edward ("Kiwi") Sanders, is living the life of a modern Robinson Crusoe seeking Captain Kidd's !\S.$5O million treasure. The journal Recorder say.s that,
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    Burma Reds beaten in grim fight
    105 8 RANGOON. Mon I OVAL Burma irooos taught for 11 hours yesterday against Conununists trvint; to occupy Banmauk. m fhe Ku'ha district of Nor'h Burma, before repr.'hn^ the enemy Fighting begau before cu'un and continued thioiiKhou: the day Defend*-: mv cnunltU carri"d a their dead
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    Sabotage trial in Germany
    60 8 Sabotage trial in Germany |/a*>t Germany's first may sabotage trial will begin today, when nine men. including a former Christian Democrat minister, face a court at Dessau. Saxe-Anhalt Tho men face charges thai "since December 1945 they conaMenUj and actively, with intent to sabotage, frustrated German economic measures, thus causing
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    U.S. IS WELL IN THE RED
    30 8 >ional experts predlct a U556,700,000,000 American Government deficit for the year ending June 30. ThU U551.200.000 OX) more than President Truman's January estimate- A.P.
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    DEARER MAIL
    22 8 Sidm is reported to be considering the increase of postal, telephone and telegraph rate* by about 50 per cent A.P.
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    VID FOR BURMA
    22 8 Under an agreement signed on Saturday, Burma will receive aid through the United Nations International Children'i Emergency Fund. A.P.
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    Russia talks of peace
    105 8 MOSCOW Mwn IN commemoration of the '•lghth anniversary of th<* birth of Lenin, the Communist Party newspaper Prmvda yesterday published declaration by the Bolshevik leader on Russia's desire to live m pearo with t.hr capitalist nations. These .statement*'; by tho Father of Russian Communuin w^re pubUshM
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    'Big Buccees'
    27 8 Sir William Rootes, Chairman of the British Motor Manufacturers' Association, yesterday formed the British car show, which ended last night, an 'mi standing success U.P.
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    Duke to sell petrol
    80 8 11HE Duke of Norfolk. England's top-ranking noM«>m.m has applied for a licence to open a patrol station near his sumptuous Arundel Castle estate. The Duke's scheme was the latest of many moneymaking projects dreamed up by the nations impoverished aristocracy m a bid to meet taxes
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    12 TELL OF CHINA CELL HORROR
    145 8 HONG KONG. Monday. HPHE 12 -man cren of the two-masted U.S. motor yacht Volador yesterday told a Kiirn tale m Hong Kons of 64 days' detention by Chinese Communists during which one member of the crtw was drowned accidentally. The surviror.s said Itiey were
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    BACK TO WORK
    21 8 Melbourne tramwaymen. on strike .since Feb 23, decided ;it a mass meeting yesterday to resume work this morning.
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    Asia trade can be expanded
    165 8 TOKIO. Monday. 4Si A can i*#re**r iU Uadr and achieve more economic "wi*iiout too much difficulty," a conference ©f American experts here has concluded. A U.S. Army announcement at the end of a week -long secret conference of specialists from Washington and 12 Oriental capitals,
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    People don't like strikes
    51 8 IXiriLM> X«ii ryUE UavrUittc public m 1 the Tukk) at*a has >huv%u iUrlf »4roiurly op|H»>rd lo railway s(rNies. Th^ National Railway Workers I nmn distributed ?00.0#0 Q«fflHiau«ir^ M p.ivsfr^rrs truTfUmc on thre P Hn#K. wilh t^rminaK m Toki«. Of rr**»>« per r«'ut "no" to railway *trtke«
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    I am unworthy, says Catholic priest
    186 8 VIFNN Miniij 1 N Austrian Catholic priest yesterday made modern A church history when, dressed m ceremonial robes, he walked the altar of Vienna's lumous St. Stephen's athedral. refusing to »>e ele\at<d to bishop because he considered himself unwortln her Franz Jachyni. who only
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    Clue to U.S. lost plane?
    66 8 STOCKHOLM. Mon J^ LIST o{ radio location stations and wooden block btlieved to bo connected with the recently lost American Privateer plane, have been found ott tho southeastern shore of Oeland Island, near the south-ea«t coast of Sweden. They are being sent to Kastrup airfield
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    TROUBLE ON LINE
    23 8 A nation-wide strike of U.S. telephone installation workers appears inevitable unJtM :i settlement is reached within a few hours A.P.
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    OFF THE RATION
    27 8 All tinned meaU. milk, beans, and shredded suot v. t re removed from the ration by tho British Ministry of Food last nteht- U.P.
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    US speeds up arms output
    17 8 US speeds up arms output wash:\ THE 1 Defe 3 I I ence Z He ft A.P.
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    U.S.I. ENVOYS IN CAIRO
    6 8 U.S.I. ENVOYS IN CAIRO AFSSFGSDFGFDGFH A.P.
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    AURIOL CALLS FOR ORDER
    6 8 AURIOL CALLS FOR ORDER asfdasfasf U.P.
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