The Singapore Free Press, 18 May 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press ARGEST AFTERMOOM SALE IM MALAYA m, II SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 19M. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    AID FOR ASIA IN NEXT 6 MONTHS
    365 1 Agreement at Sydney lPD ntl VT SYDNEY, Thursday. A \<.Khh.MhNT reached at the Commonwealth conference here yesterday will result m the seven countries sending aid to Asian nations within the next six months from a fund of ahout 1n.000,000, an official spokesman said
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    JEWS FORCE DOWN R.A.F. SUNDERLAND
    12 1 JEWS FORCE DOWN R.A.F. SUNDERLAND I tnd :r: I>eu- he A. P.
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    13 1 M,L;DFGKOPFDSHTFJG of jet ptveri\ ex- with th»ht '.I is 9 Air •hers. A.P.
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    INDIAN BISHOP
    8 1 ta Anglian hisBLshop of A.P. U.P.
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    NAVAL BLOOD
    13 1 8 Seventh to make a today on ippin* Na- A. P.
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    Benham: Reds try to 'cash in'
    259 1 Benham Reds try to 'cash in' Free Press Staff Reporter pOMMUNISTS m Singa|>ore are trying to exploit > dissatisfaition with th e Benham Report on sala•vieN to stir up A.ian workers against the OovtTnment. Copies or a cydosty lech circular letter addressed to "peons, technicians, clerks and teachers." received many
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    New China boycott by Russians
    162 1 BANGKOK, Thursday. SOVIET delegates walked out of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East on Tuesday for the second time when they failed to have Nationalist China representatives excluded from the meeting. Their resolution to ban the Nationalists was adopted, but the Russians
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    TALKS ON JAPAN
    23 1 Commanding officers m the British Commonwealth Occupation Force m Japan met last week to revise their plans for withdrawal. Reuter
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    Dunsford resigns
    85 1 Dunsford resigns CIM.APORE'S chief pro- fessional boxing referee, Mr. Eric Dunsford, has resigned his job as third man m the ring His resignation, he told the Free Press yesterday, followed "abuse by certain members of the boxing public after I had given the Cinto-George Sands fisht a dnw at the
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    PROME SHELLED
    27 1 The Communist city of Prome. 160 miles north of Rangoon, was shelled by Wh«t* Band PVOs from the p-:i bank of the Irra- A. P.
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    More rubber for Japan
    70 1 TOKIO, Thurv The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is preparing to make an additional allocation of about £600,000 for rubber imports from the sterling area und?r ;.he April-June foreign exchange budget Additional allocation uas necessitated by the rise of recent raw rubber prices. Japan is
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    CHOU SEES ENVOY
    32 1 Radio Peking yesterday reported that the Indian Ambassador. K. M. Panikkar. was received by the Red China Foreign Minister, Chou En-lai, to discuss "the forthcoming presentation of credentials." U.P
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    ELECTION MONEY
    27 1 President Syngman Rhee of South Korea has accused Communist North Korea of pumping money into South Korea to Influence the May 30 elections. A. P.
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    NOT LETTING GO
    27 1 Russia has refused to reduce the strength of her occupation army m Austria or to reliquish controls on Austrian affairs m any way. A.P.
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    56 1 photo. i: i:uest addition to the West Berlin police force is tliis two-stream high preswre water truck, which ttains enough water m Its tank to deliver ;t knockdown blow to persons »;0 feel away and discourage others at 100 feet. Th*» k has been specially i i -.-(rue ted for
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    THE DUKE DEVELOPED 'BAD HOOK'
    122 1 NEW YORK. Thurs r piE Duke of Windsor once developed a bad hook In bis game out of courtesy to the Emperor of J ipan, the Duke says In a Life magazine article. As Prince of Wales, on one of his grand tours r.e golf
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    Elections for Burmese Parlt.
    45 1 By-elections ;>»r 44 vacant seats u\ tli** Burmese Parliament is likely to be held shortly. The seat* foil vacant last year when :he Parliament dismissed 44 members, mostly renegade While Band PVO's and Communis'.s. for absence v Ithout leavr. A. P.
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    Brisk action in Vietnam
    67 1 PARIS, Thurs. BRISK military activity between French troops and Vietminh rebels m northern Vietnam during the past 24 hours is reported from Hanoi. The French recaptured tf c pu6t at Ho Tao, north-east of Laokay, which they were forced ;o evacuate several months ago. Vietminh forces
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    U.S.I, to sue Dutch govt?
    94 1 THE HAGUE, Thurs. j AFFICIAL Dutch sources JTdS- terday expressed "great surprise" at a Jakarta report that the Indonesian Governj ment was considering sum? the Netherlands Government j for 200.000.000 guilders dam- ages for the part played by I "uncontrolled Dutch forces m recent risings.
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    Govt. car stolen
    29 1 A U.S. government car eaiirints to the construction ol an atomic pile" was stolen m Brooklyr today, but the papers v. not classified as fscret. U.P.
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    Two large quakes noted
    61 1 BERKELEY, California, Thursday. r PHE University of California seismograph registered two large quakes yesterday. Seismologist Don Tosher said the first one was centred m southern Honshu Island, Japan's main island, and the other probably m the South Pacific, North Fiji IslandThe Honshu disturbance vi "very deep
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    Police action
    31 1 Police have broken up a demonstration by nearly 2.000 Indonesian students m Kotaradja, capital of Atjeh, Sumatra's northernmost tip confiscated their posters and gaoled several of their leaders. Reuter
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    TURKEY TOUGH
    35 1 Expressing more than ''passing interest" m Turkish elections. the Washington Post said yesierday, m an editorial that "the fighting heart of Turkey ks without a superior among the nation* m Russia's path." A.P.
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    RED GANGS SHOT
    28 1 Hyderabad police headquarters announced yesterday that six Communist -led bands of "desperadoes" operating m forests were killed m encounters with the Doli^e this month. Reuter
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    'Purely non-political'
    36 1 BURMESE Marxists, wanting stronger cultural relations with the Communists, have formed a Russian Chinese -Burmese Friendship Association m Rangoon. A spokesman of the new association said that its aims are "purely non -political" A.P.
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    NEW BULWARK AGAINST REDS
    181 1 LONDON. Thursday. T*HE North Atlantic Fact nations yesterday set uj 1 a new executive agenc-v and instructed it t< weld the armies and economics of the Westerr world into a bulwark against Communist aggression The Foreign Ministers of the 12-Pacr nations decided they needed a strone
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    Bus men not asking for police guard
    82 1 Bus men not asking for police guard Free Prey, Staff Reporter r pHE Singapore Bus Owners Association |g not to seek police protection at prerent. a i\ .n of the Association told the Free P A burring of the bus m Singapore on Tuesday is MM v threat," he said
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    Griffiths to visit estates, mines
    78 1 LONDON, lhurs. T*HE Colonial S *Mr James Griffith*, told the House of < moos during his fort: visit to Malaya h go to rubber i tin mines. He and tlv Mr. John S I ion m They are due on M and will at oner
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    U.S. removes code machines
    45 1 U.S. removes code machi ne s 'pHE US S has i' moved i oi" ru. from the Moscof I Newsweek mi *y. It o&, the Qni has i super ing Embassy In Moscow md Id NTfU niiich a mixer words inlo nu: limi U. P.
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 Last night* Kuali i.iim-pur-Singapore mail manned to ne^.it sabotaged stretch v in.ei?ht mile*, out of Srrrniban. I rail had been MM hv an explosive char^. 1 h j Here no casualties
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    Sinister-But Very English Too
    623 2  - Sinister-But Very English Too PETER QUENNELL Reviews New Book In U.K. •^|X)O tranquilly Eng- lish". once explained an American pubiher, politely refusingthe manuscript I had seni him. Henry Green's novels are not tranquil the atmosphere is alu\. electric, often .ihtlv sinister; but extremely English they remain both m their sub-ject-matter
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    UNDER REVIEW
    24 2 Nothing, by Henry Green. (Hogarth Press. The World My Wilderness, by Rose Macaulay. Collins, The Isles of Unwisdom, by Robert Graves. 'Cassell).
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    'Chopper' was Muslim Sword
    171 2 'Chopper was Muslim Sword EIGHT yean ago. John Buries. 24. of West Gravesend Kent found an old sword which had been used for chopping wood. He probed its history and found it had probably been carried by the Muslim invaders of Europe centuries ago. This set him off on the
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    QUICKLOOKS
    101 2 Elephant Bill, by LieutColonel J. H. Williams. With a foreword by Field Marshal Sir William Slim. 'Rupert Hart-Davis. 18s. > An artless yet graphic record of his happy life v tth elephants, produeec hu the former "Elephant Adviser" to the XIV tn Army. Plenty of fascinatinc anecdotes, and admirable
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    IN BRIEF
    512 2 IHl\ nit LABYRINTH. Norman Lewis. Cape. The story of a soldier who. -pent the whole of hi& war isolated from activity of any k.nd is demoralized by his sense of frustration. Salvation comes as he hinfcs when at the end of the vuir he li sent to Italy
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    101-DAY 'JAUNT' ON A RAFT
    365 2  - 101 -DAY 'JAUNT' ON A RAFT EVA PERRICK mmr^mmmmmmmm D jf mmmmmm^^ m A YOUNG man slipp- ed quietly into London recently and checked m at one of the more sedate hotels. His pretty, smartly dressed wife came with him, and to the receptionist the couple who signed themselves Mr.
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    Excitement Of The Bull Fight
    532 2 Excitemen t Of The Bull Fight MODFGU908SDYSD,J /^AN bull-fighting be morally defended? Ernest Hemingway thought so. It gave him "a fine feeling", and he wrote a documentary classic about it. Now corner Tom I-'-a with a novel. The Brave Bulls, peopled by reckless Mexican toreadors who face death m the
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    HOLD-UP 'DONTS'
    203 2 SPHERES a Dock m the A lowa Municipal Library that is becoming dog eared before its time, and has a waiting list of all the female cashiers m the city. 1 1 is entitled "Armed Robbery" A Manual for Persons Likeiy To Be Held Up" and is full
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    Allan Poe masterpiece
    14 2 of tagu I ed U i which a:i The C< 9
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    Great U.S. Trek
    117 2 The Ha>. b> A B duthric. Board man. rE great American trek to the West about a hundred years ago. which ned to promise a new world to the people of Independence, ll the story told m this ne* novel by the author of THE BIG SKY
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      29 2 DO YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COST TO YOU, MAKE PROMPT DELIVERY TO YOUR HOUSE OF PHOENIX ORiKKS PHOENIX AERATED WATER CO., Ltd. SINGAPORE. 3709 3700
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      260 2 New Crossword No. 50 U ROSS 1. Here puss is a poetic wreck (8). 6. Palind romic silencer (3). 7. Like trie Rah that yot away (8». 10.' Who robs Charmian of her charms? (8). 11. Not a nice word (s>. 12. An Etheired is remembered for being «7>. 15.
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      242 2 Solution To Crossword No. 49 SOLUTION.— Actww: Wi,^pering. t. Nil. 8. Oallery. y ob. n. Starlit. 12. Servant. i 3. I 14 Bmjfrea if>.. Fie. 17. i marks Down: I. Wind';. 111. 3, Pig. 4. Rt-iiant. 5. Nee* 6, Byst.tnutrs. hi. Barriej Starrt-d 15. Sam. 1«. For. YOUR LUCKY STAR
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    PEOPLE OUT-RACE FOOD SUPPLY
    297 3 PEOPLE OUT-RACE FOOD SUPPLY Food expert 's warning HONG KONG, Thursday. A FOOD expert m Hong: Kong sounded a warning that the world's population is steadily out-racin^ its food production. He estimated that half of the 2.2 million people m the world are now under fed He suggested that the
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    35 3 phot* Beardod Mexico Pavlov, the new Soviet Ambassador to France, returns the salvte of a French guard of honour at the Elysee Palace when he arrived to present his credentials to President Vincent Auriol. A.P.
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    Government by firing squad
    187 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. R appearing m Shanghai's controlled press th.it the Chinese Communists there have u[>r>n I regime of government by firing newspapers there print daily utions ordered by the city's Military Control Commission. The Tictlms are Invariably ribod as Nationalist underground agents." The .mon charges
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    Truman flays obstructionists in Congress
    81 3 Truman flays obstructionists in Congress CHICAGO, Thins. PRESIDENT Truman kicked off his party's fight In the 1950 Congressional elections here by calling for the defeat of "obstructionists" In Congress who have blocked his "fair deal" programme. Conceding that p«rt of his legislation has failed «o fai because "there art ftttlJ
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    EAST GERMAN POLICE JAILED
    54 3 UKRR Gerhart Eisler, chief of the Communist-domin-ated Last German State's information office, said on Tuesday that the American imprisonment of six East German People's policemen would have 'bitter rrsults." Herr Eisler called Judge John Saro a gangster** for ruling that the Ea^t German police "alert units
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    H.K. WANTS MALAYAN LIVESTOCK
    39 3 H.K. WANTS MALAYAN LIVESTOCK i, Wed. I. *ock dealers Of to per- Governv? cows and xported to Hong '.jny's meat r.e from md :hLs source T .nee the Red island r a dm said to be exnect- AAP AAP
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    Biggest plane in Formosa
    27 3 Thurs. v- II pu: ■>e l ongin«s Air Lines i Manila. of the flight it SunsI contemplated In DC-6 flli .tnd Tok A.P.
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    1st JAP SHIP TO AGRENTINA
    44 3 1st JAP SHIP TO AGRENTINA i| ttei Kuti Mojl i on June 6 Airea via CapeJ >' Argentine 9 .000 tons of I will return I of Argentine r The Kori U> :he Daido! -hich Is h the Con- any of *o transnort thpir Reuter
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    SOVIET SHIPS INTRUDE
    29 3 South Korean navml autho,:d on Tuesday thai Korean patrol craft fired on i two Russian ships on Sunday :ng them from South Koren.il territorial wat<»r. A.P.
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    SOVIET TRY FAILS
    41 3 The Soviet attempt to remove Nationalist China'a delegation from the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East and replace it with a Communist China delegation failed at the opening session of The ECAFE Conference In Bangkok- Reuter
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    JAP AGENCIES
    36 3 The Brazilian Government ha* approved the establishment of Japanese Government trade agencies m Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo on j the same basis as m the rities I of the United States. Reuter
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    Some Japs don't know war is over
    79 3 Some Japs don't know war is over TOKIO, Thurs. gOMZ Japanese soldiers .still do not know tbt v-:«r is over. Word reaciwsd U\a Jai».inese Government r«cen'.ly tont a handful of Jap ma ines are still holding out on the island Of Anitahan, afco'it 100 miles north of Saipan ill the
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    25 3 photo. A.P. As British. French and U.S. troops massed m West Berlin. Communist Berlin celebrated its May f>av with parades which included these sports Rirls-
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    Red China envoy problem in Malaya
    191 3 LONDON, Thursday. SIX Eric MacFadyen, chairman of Lanadron Rubber, m a statement to shareholders, comments that the post-war administration of Malaya had been without the assistance of the pre-war Chinese Protectorate officers, who were acknowledged authorities o n Chinese matters. On the liberation, the
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    PLANE EXPLODES
    27 3 A United States jet-propel-led Shooting Star exploded m the air about 3.500 feet above Yokota air force base. Tokio killing the pilot. Reuter. A AP
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    Crude oil output
    21 3 Japan is expected to produce at least 2,000.000 barrels of crude oil durine the current fiscal year. A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    195 3 UOl MOVf league discussions of this years Vanderbtlt team of lour thampk>ru>hip, won by the team of Howard Sohenken. John Crawford, Sidney Sllidor. Sam Stayman and George Rapve. highlighted this hand which helped defeat the runnerup team of Mrs. Helen Sobel, Crtiarles H. Goren. B J. Becker and
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    Flare-up in Macassar
    76 3 JAKARTA, Wed TNDONESIAN troops under 1 Dutch command and Indonesian soldiers of the USI Army have clashed m Macassar resulting m more than 30 casualties, about half of then civilians. Tho number killed has not been reported. After the shooting which started ou Monday morning th* Dutch
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    CABINET QUITS
    26 3 The Turkish Cabinet submitter its resignation to President Ismet Inonu after in* overwhelming defeat of the Republican People's Party In the parliamentary elections. U.P.
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    Formosa—a little England
    269 3 Formosa a little England TAIPEH, Formosa Thursday. r)RM()SA has become England of the China War, a "tight little isle" where the Nationalists have dug m for their last stand. It is a mountainous island where sentries are aided by radar m scanning the 100-mile straits for the first signs of
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    40 3 photo. Young people of the Upper Bavarian town of Bernan. near Rosenheim, Germany, open their May Day dance Aefore a 100 -feet tall May I>ay tree, decorated with sign* depicting the work of the town's various trade associations A. P.
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    ROCKET FLEET NOT YET
    132 3 ROCKET FLEET NOT YET PEARL HARBOUR. 1 iur.s. T»HE US. Navy is not u-ady yet 10 build ro:k ■■> h>uncr.mg combat *h.j>s Captain John Quinn of the VSS. Norton Sound *a.d M a new* conference 'More iniorma 1 *i 11. .n we got on this cruise will be necessary oefoie
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    EX-AGTRESS TO SUE KONOYE
    91 3 roKio MISS Ranko Sa*a p«>p movie acti' cades ago, will fll^ i of pror. maro Kotu deceased ton: Prince Fumim?Konoye *as rcpi have lived sin<"e 1937. rirst ir^ and then In Germany. A baby was born m 1940 was adopted into th^ I family Wm Sa*a.
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    U.N. meeting on the press
    65 3 r rHE Anrt working tei the Unite- N :u Own million on tli of inl<»prev has adopted a pi by Vice- <"'..■ Binder, foreign Chicaco Daily Neu !.da arawn up at the mee»in« ihould bo foil i n 'in.-* ac"!ida Is f hr of new.v
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    MORE JOBS IN U.S.
    33 3 The U S Labour Department said v looks like more people will have jobs this year than last but unemployment will still hang heavy ov*r some areas A. P.
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      451 3 rrur<iiDnDC mBBCj; 455 "Composer 01 0 Variety Billboard. 11 30 New? Olli\*J\r\JM\t» Wee4'— John Ireland, 5.15 Bulletin;; 4 p.m. Music For Tea,Bl Mi-TwnßKi "Stock-taking" (BBC)- 5.30 "The Ume-M»rek Weber and his Or(BLUE NKTVVOKRI Adventures of P.C 49"— 4 The chestera. 4.30 News Bulletin, 484 and 41.7 metres. Case of the
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  • The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 18. 1950.
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      EXPORTS OR HOUSES?
      241 4 Yh i call lor the ..rrol of timber exports ir t is being made •ac by Mr. 1 ::un Be N -d mt'in--8 ni ip re id h.- \< O tinci] At next T he will i the Government j«bmu the |C Of timbe used loc buikttng
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      THE TEST
      268 4 IT was generally thought Generalise C: Kai-shek was no n a position to spr .rprises. But he produced one yesterday Bouncing that he had withdrawn his 150.000 js trom the Chusan Islnnris 100 miles 9outh of Shans": n point of view. this is probably Chi inspired act m
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    Malan Turns The Screw
    1485 4 CAPE TOWN: A BEWILDERING racial problem, the separation of whites and non-whites and regulation of their relations, overshadows aH other political questions m South Africa today. The South African government is seeking to solve the problem by a policy of "apartheid". The word is used loosely
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  • Letter to the Editor
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      FABIAN SOCIETY
      220 4 THE organisation m Singapore of a counterpart to the Fabian Society of Britain, sugggested by Mr. M P. D. Nair, Secretary of the Labour Party, Singapore, m the Free Press of May 15, is very welcome. If Mr. Nair himself would *^ke the initiative to undertake the preliminary
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    20 4 Mr. Tony Martin. U.S. film star, and his tvife CytL Chariue, the dancer, Tony m appearing at the London Palladium.
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    IT SEEMS TO ME
    848 4  -  POLITICO BY 4 N extraordinary, and m places inaccurate, article about the Malayan campaign has been written by Major A. G. Hayter, former Chief Instructor m Jungle Warfare, farelf Training Centre. Writing for the Kemsley Press m Britain (which has extensive services 'overseas) he casts doubt
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    10 4 "AHEM I HOPE I OONT COME AT AM INCONVENIENT MOMENT"
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    'Tired' warships take rest
    38 5 erafi ot whlcn skbnnUlttroops River lain Si: :.ar. nauuH Vincent, tfday 'very cli op- -.1 c not c but for at E .t iong i u>ed a c hours he -.iTI but i am-
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    Envoy to talk on Siam
    14 5 on J on i D<--I d C--11 as a
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    BENHAM REPORT: COUNCIL NOT READY
    351 5 BENHAM REPORT: COUNCIL NOT READY Discussion next month likely Free Press Staff Reporter pHE much-criticised Benham Report on salaries m the public services of Singapore will not come up for adoption at the meeting of the Legislative Council next Tuesday. But another important report that of the Select Committee on
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    Film society may have to close
    210 5 Free Press Staff Reporter PHE Singapore Film Society, which has a membership of over 100 film enthusiasts, is facing a irisis. It may have to close. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, the society's president. He said that the high hiring-cost
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    33 5 picture. T* V f the Many visitors <n the British Council Hall, A Munford Road, admiring the pictures drawn by the Australian srhool children displayed duriiw th* THmrmm^m Inter-School Art Exhibition.- Free Press
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    5320,000 GIFT TO PEASANTS
    107 5 Fre<* Press Mala\ Correspondent A 5320.000 gift b> the SefaUifW (Jovernment to Mi lav peasants m TanJMlf K.ir.mti is bring t^»nsiderrd. the I tusan Melayu reports. No dei istoii has as fti hrni re.n hed hut the matter has been agreed to m principle by th<-
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    EMPIRE DAY PROGRAMME
    69 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A special programme for English schools will be broadca>t over Radio Malaya at 9.30 a.m. on May 24. Empire Day. The programme will include a recorded speech by the King on opening of Colonial Mi nth m London. Speeches by the Governor uf
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    SOCIETIES RUN PICKPOCKETS
    178 5 Free Press Staff Ke|K>rter LMU'K Chinese secret societies control Singapore's pickpocket gangs, whose members are estimated to number about 80, including women and girls. The societies are the I^okkien 303 society, and the Cantonese Kwan Kri. Tai (hap Wui and I o Kwan societies. This was stated
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    S.V.F. AWARDS
    65 5 The following awards fcave oeen authorised to members 01 the Singapore Volunteer Force: Efficiency Deconuion: Major; Fam Poong Hee. CapUia T. M. Winsler. Efficiency Medal, Captain P. W. Holt, Lieutenant R. J. Minjoof. i Lieutenant J. B. Stoddwt. Efficiency Medal and ono clA.^p: La nee -Corporal N. A.
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    ON TRANSFER
    30 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mr. T. M. Duncan, Works Assistant. PWD. Johore, has loft on transfer to Seremban. Mr. C. W. Russell has been appointed Mechanical Engineer, Johore Bahru.
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    JOB-SEEKERS PLAY FOR SAFETY
    146 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IT will be another month before the Singapore Social Welfare Department can draw up its list of successful candidates for the 53 jobs it offered three months ago. A total of 432 people from Singapore and the Federation have applied for the
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    18 5 picture. A(JKEAT Dane, which arrived m the "Nieuw Holland" this week for a Singapore dog fancies.- Free Press
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    Singapore school art for N.S.W.
    303 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE has been invited to send a selection of the Colony's school art to New South Wales. Australia, for exhibition there m August this year. Dr. C. A. Gibson-Hill, one of the organisers of the Ninth Inter-School Art Exhibition, said yesterday
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    Advice for fanners
    138 5 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. A NEWSPAPER m Chinese which will bring the farmers m closer touch with the authorities made Its first appearance last Sunday. With a circulation of 20.000 the Noong Man Siu Poh or the Farmers' >Jews. a fourpage paper of tabloid size, Is I published
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    MAILS
    40 5 Surface mail ii Singapore tod. a from M«i;in. Hor.g Konp. China. J.ipsn and tbc Fcdtration. I utest tunes for pot-tmc surface mail «t the G.P.O. today are: noon for P t and J 5 45 pm ft>r the Federation.
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    45 5 picture. GEN. Carlos P. Romulo. President of the United Nations General Assembly addressing a tea party given by the Singapore Filipino Association at the Cathay Restaurant yesterday. From left: Mr. G. G. Thomson. Mrs. James Halsema, Gen. Romulo. Mr. Fermin Benig. Mrs. Romnlo. Free Press
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    COMMISSION MAY SELL STEEL
    206 5 COMMISSION MAY SELL STEEL Fret Press Staff Importer RATHER than carry ox. further i ilments 1 the junor staff building programme at M Sinore Municipal Coma ■toners ha' led to nearly $5,000 lor one month storage of for this woi k. look for possibly buyers of thf The $5,000 U
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    RADIO COSTS 'SHOULD BE PRUNED'
    184 6 RADIO COSTS 'SHOULD BE PRUNED' $53 per listener m Singapore Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE broadcasting expenditure should be pruned "until it reaches a level commensurate with the resources of the Colony", says the Singapore Association m a letter to the Government. Stating that the proportion of the Colony's revenue
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    42 6 rO Malay rulers pictured at the Malayan Timbers section of the British Industries Fair. They are the Suit m of Pahang (second from left) and the Sultan of Peruk third from left), on the extreme left is the Raja Muda of Perak.
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    Detainees: one more year
    82 6 Detainees: one more year Free Press StalT Reporter \LA LUMPUR. Wed. i\ i.MNEES held under the 1/ Exnergeo Regulations nuy now be held for three I urs Instead or two years by an amendment made to the I Regulations by the r. It is efi •ement says -.dment is i
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    MAXFLJ B.P. OFFICIALS
    45 6 l anaal general held recenUy the da of BP tor the year:— raj Swee Lenir n SooLiew; viceMr choo P':ck Hoe; h.,n seer Mr. Tay Swee M.- Chua n -i-asurer— Mr. treasurer— Mr. i sv« Cheng: hon. auditor— committpes Simon Tay inf.
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    U.K. Army draw
    37 6 THE Hong Koru? Army tourists I draw by .it ion Club m a y soccer match at Farrer V '< ves'erday M 1 Osman and Salahuddin fort! Indians while Brown Marsdcn scored for the s:s.
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    IRISH 2,000 GUINEAS
    86 6 |L|R. A. W. Gordons three- year-old colt, Mighty Ocean, a 10-1 shot, readily beat even money favourite Abadan m the Irish 2,000 Guineas run over one mile at the Curragh. Eire, yesterday. Ridden by Aubrey Brabazon, famous for his exploits on Eire's champion steeplechaser Cottage Rake. Mighty
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    OAKS RUNNERS
    85 6 rpWENTY -THREE fin.il ace ptors were a:i:i >un oil lor 'he li. classic, the Oaks, which is to be r'm ov»»r the D^rby rour.v of 3 rr.:!t> ar.d a half next fhUl i Ifajr 25 AbOVC Board, .ismenli. I. Jessamine. One lot the Pead. C.i hit. Don Dv
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    ENGLAND 'B' LOSE AGAIN
    77 6 A Dutch XI beat England's •B" team m a soccer match at Amsterdam last ninht by three goals to nil. This was the second clear-cut defeat sustained by England •B within a few days as they had crashed five-nirto Italy earlier. The Dutch defence was always
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    Yorkshire Cup
    61 6 MR Harry Halmshaw's Miraculous Atom won the Yorkshire Cup (two miles at York yesterday Mr H Blaerave s Vie Day was second and Lord Allendale's Wood Urn tiird. Five ran. Betting was: 6-1 against Miraculous Atom: 5-1 Vie Day: 11-2 Wood Urn. Won by a hVad. with three
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    Crack Filipino team here next week
    356 6 BASKETBALL By KOH PENG 1 KONG lV r ITH the arrival of the liiiversity of Santo Tomas basketball team m Singapore next week, the Colony's fans can expect to see 3 very high standard of the jjame. The University team were originally scheduled to
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    Kota Raja tried to be too clever
    482 6 Kota Raja 1; S.C.C 0 4 T the end of yesterday's Senior League match at A Jala n Besar Stadium. Kota Raja had kept their unbeaten record and Singapore Cricket Club were still at the bottom of the table without a point. Although
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    44 6 ONE way of Roing to the British Industries Fair was by helicopter as illustrated m this picture. Buyers from the Olympia and Earls Court section of the 8.1. F. leave for the Sastle Bromwkh section m Birmingham from Barns Common 75 flying minutes away.
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    KOTA RAJA "A" SCORE 3-1 WIN
    96 6 T^OTA RAJA A" Team Deal Cosmo6 Sport Club >y three goals to one In a BJLfJk, Junior A Group 2 soccer match at Geylanu stadium ves'erdav In the sth minute after the kickofl Jafifar openfd the scorinu for Kota Raja off a pass from
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    S.H.B. POLICE WIN
    41 6 '"THE SHB AuxiLuy Police 1 defeated R N K'-ppel Barra <6 by three iioals w nil m i S A FA Junior A-2 \<M#\xr p»m* on the CV M A ground ye*KMTlay. Sorers were Roaario ii> ar.d Robimoo.
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    LONDON TIN
    53 6 The London nn market was featureless yesterday. Closing prices at the afternoon session were: Spot. £595 10s. buyers and £595 15s. sellers, with business at both prices: three months. £596 10s. buyers and £597 sellers. with no business Settlement was £595 10s Turn over for the d*y was
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    Speculation in Jap bonds
    298 6 mf7Jm n23tSi2«2 KmEZ^ LONDON I OTART of a thre«-week attouni m Stock Exchange yesterday »»i ought no of business, says Reuters RnaaciaJ < Price movements were small ana Mil Heavy over-subscription ul I debenture issue absorbed mu -h > might otherwise have been 1 at the
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    Old rivals to clash in final
    20 7 I the I be be- Va «*n- rhiai .ftng tltk In B Lux- M
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    IOC accepts colonies
    15 7 IOC accepts colonies I rlj lOC v the ,:aed I a d to 33 Reuter
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    Cricket teams for week-end
    158 7 i ms for this week-end's games are: i > t c. Lim r Singh; Scorer Miss X >unili> 8.0.D. m the jun;»»r ind:— N. I M. Abraham. r Z. Bhatn. M. S. Gill. R. Sandosham. V. Gill. S. Ally. S. Thar J x Canrallio. J. Arvinrai.
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    25 7 photo. "L. uVth T r OF BAR ODA'S Derby entrant. Prints (hoM-f HithT. Burn m the saddle Prinr** r<w~ v trained by George D-iHrr.- Reuter
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    Nessus does best gallop
    844 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By PHE best trial at Bukit Timah this morning was done by Nessus (Ellerv), who worked on the inside of Flying Arrow II (Flannery). They ran half-a-mile m 52 sees., the last, three furlongs taking 38. Nessus is engaged m the Class I, Div.
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    Grazfono wins
    31 7 ROCKY G *•>* IOMM k d cut 1. n rh^ fourth d of theii :ound The kD lllv !i: Gra rack -\t mi< rhamn.on Jake Lam tU I A. P.
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    Blue Flash B.P.
    61 7 The following v. ill Blue Flash B.P. m a friendly match against the Itoxy B.P. at the latter's court. Lorong 27A -it 7 p in. on Friday: Poh Choo Sam, Sons 800 Lat. Steven Lira Quek Kok ChU« Kar Goon Lhn. Ang Ann Beng. lee Kirn Senp:
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    Brooks leaves
    32 7 BOY BROOKS, Orient triple champion. and his manager Max ralipati-. lefl Singapore for Man. la M plane this niorning. Brooks mi-ht be matched with middleweight contender. Clever CUn* Manila shortly.
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    SWIFT B.P. WIN 5-2
    106 7 .IN a reluru friendly mau-h at the S.H.B. Fir* Bng«d«? hall last Sunday. Swi/t B P defrat**! Merry .me b P by rtre eatnn to two RMUlli S*i/t players meutjoned flnt) N« Heiig Kwan« bt. M Sadah I.^-10. 15-9- Tan Kee Lin bt. lun Kirn Peow
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    SPORE BOXING REFEREE QUITS
    588 7  - SPORE BOXING REFEREE QUITS PETER HILL Sequel to Cinto v. Sands fight By ear-old Eric Dunsford, Singapore professional boxing referee, yesterday tossed m his own towel. "I'm through with refereeing m Singapore," he said to the Free Press "and through with all the public insults that have come my way
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    45 7 piciurr. Hardly the convention.il picture of the rough-and-tough battling hraw weight \merican boxer I.cc Savold. shown here h«makes friends with S Lake, aged one. of Scarborough. Yorkshire, where he is training for the world title fight against British champion Bruce Wood< «>» on June 6.— Reuter
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    School sports
    29 7 OAFFLES Institution*! annual athielic sports will be held on Saturday. July 8. on the school ground. Raffles Girls School* will hold its sports on Wednesday. July 12.
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    42 7 SO((lk. Snr. Ige: < bines. Alfcl«te« v. Tamil Brotherhood Am*, at Jalan Beur; Jnr. A2: Indonesian A v RAF Tengah. (ievlang; Jnr A2: Tuan Mnnj ()RA v. Signals Spore DUt. at i'YMA. Friendly: Tlone Bahra Rangers v. S.R.C on S.R.C. padang.
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    R.A.F. TEAM v. N.S. PICKED
    52 7 R.A.F. TEAM v. N.S. PICKED THE following players have been chosen t4) represent the Royal Air Force against Neffri Sembilan m their Matoya Cup soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday: (irant; White, A N Other; Robinson, Dover, Scais; Brllinffer. Duckhouse, Dixie Lee, McLaughlin, J. Lee. Reserves: Shepherd, Caruill
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    36 ACCEPTORS FOR DERBY
    386 7 36 A CCEPTORS FOR DERBY 'PHIKTY-SIX final acceptors for the Epsom Derby. to be run over one mile and a half at Epsom on Saturday, May CT, were announced yesterday. The rare this year will De the richest m the long history of the big classic, which was founded m
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    Butler routs Leicester
    357 7 OUTSTANDING batting and bowling feats were commonplace m all the first-class English cricket matches which began yesterday The best bowling performance m the county matches came from Harold Butler, the 37-year-old Nottinghamshire and former England fast bowler. He came into his best form at Nottingham and. by
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    First-wicket stand realises 343 runs
    198 7 JACK Dewes. the I left-hander ,and David Sheppard, 21-year-old Sus>< x player, yesterday put oil 343 lor the Cambridge Unive: first wicket against the v, Indies a world record partnership agamsl the V. Indies and the highest m history for the Cambridge first wicket. The
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    JOHORE TENNIS
    50 7 THE annual Joh< ii. w District tennis championship will be held on Johore Civil Serwce Cub courts, beginning today 'THE heavyweight Rghl tor the European title b*tween Stefan Olek ot Fr: and Jo Wekien of Au r will be held m the Vi^i stadium on June 3 A.P.
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    CHIANG MAY FLEE FROM FORMOSA
    310 8 CHIANG MAY FLEE FROM FORMOSA Families plan to evacuate HONG KONG, Thursday. IGNORING Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's pledge to 1 defend Formosa to the death, foreign observers now predict that the Generalissimo and his close associates will flee abroad when Chinese Communist forces attack their last citadel, probably next month. Families
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    54 8 photo. To wind up His campaign oratory for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of jiiiMiininjUoii. Indiajia^ Maude Strange. 58. had to mak* a transcription for radio broadcast from a jail cell He is serving 30 days for public intoxication and could not cast his own vote m the priuiarv election
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    All ships from China are filled
    197 8 HONG KONG. ThllTS. THE exodus of foreigners from Shanghai by way of Tientsin Is continuing unabated as the once world's fourth largest city et.di trade stagnation and finds itseif m 'he path of famine. Two vessels arrived In the colony from Tientsin yesterday with
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    Briton pleads not guilty
    85 8 NEW DELHI. TOUTS BEARDED Londoner. John X Edwards pleaded! not guilty m a Nov.- Delhi court yesterday to criminally assaulting the Argentine Ambassador. Senor Oscar Tashceret. m a New Delhi tavern. Edwards, a young Calcutta businessman, was charged with drenching Tashceret with iced water and throwing
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    Hungry wolves
    27 8 A pack of wulves has attacked a town m Western Persia and devoured three children. The wolves also ate a cow and a donkey. U.P.
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    SPEARS HUNT
    23 8 Police yesterday combed several villages In downtownJakarta for firearms and spears m a move to stamp out lawlessness m the city.-
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    Higher rubber profit for U.S.
    65 8 Unit, d States Rubbt-r Co. reported net earnings for the ftr>t three months of 1950 of U553,927,375. equal to US $1 49 a share Thus compared with U553,375,069 or US$l 18 a ihare .'or the .same period last I nalw for the quarter were U.
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    Took along her 47 maids
    41 8 NEW DKLHI. Thurs. THE .Maharajah of Jodhpur, admitting that his sister took along; 47 maids when she married recently, denied that the girls were slaves given by him. as *oine Indian newspapers had reported. A. P.
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    HINDI A 'MUST'
    17 8 Hindi is to be a compulsory subject In all Anglo-Indian schools In Madras. A.P.
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    Atom bomb precaution
    71 8 EVERY bane may soon be carrying a small, speciallywrapped photographic film m his pocket making it possible if an atomic bomb is dropped over Denmark, to know almost immediately how seriously any person has been hurt by the radioactive rays following the explosion. Proper treatment can then
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    INDIA WANTS TO HIRE MORE JAPS
    108 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. T*HE Government of India has requested SCAP to release more Japanese technicians for employment in Indian factories, a spokesman said here yesterday. Seven Japanese ici already here installing cottage industry machinery purchased from Japan and teaching displaced persons how to operate
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    113 8 U.S. TO GO ON AIDING S. KOREA SEOUL, Thurs. \ISPELLING South Korean J fears, the U.S. AmbassaMr. John J. Muccio, who has just returned here from Washington, yesterday gave an assurance that America would continue to give support to the Korean Government. He said that the determination ol independent nations
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    JAP SHIP PLANS
    26 8 The Mitsui Steamship Line has made an application to the Japanese Government to operate a cargo service to *he Philippines and Shim AP
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    20 8 Pope Pius XII received 30.000 pilgrims from 14 countries m .uidirnce m the basilica of St. Peter's yestordav.
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    West German Reds to start riots warning
    129 8 FRANKFURT, Thursday. 1 1 Kill Allied sources said yesterday that Russia has ordered the West German Reds to prepare to go undvrground, link up with extreme Nationalists and neo-Nazis and foment disorders to discredit the occupation powers. The shift m tactics is ex-
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    Tigris in flood
    39 8 Soldiers, police and homeless civilians worked to plug a 135-foot gap m the left bank of the Tigris river with the crest of one of the worst floods m Iraqi history expected within 48 hours- U.P.
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    'UST DROP ATOM BOMB'
    47 8 WINNIPEG, Thurs. SUGGESTION for solving Winnipeg's serious flood problem, received by the city's harassed flood control commander from a man m Detroit, read: "Drop an atom bomb on a deserted area near Winnipeg, then drain off the floods into the crater." A. P.
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    German arms groups barred
    66 8 German arms groups barred THREAT German arms com-! bines like Krupps are barred forever under a law promulgated by the Western Allies yesterday. Reorganisation of West German heavy industries under the law will prevent huge steel, coal and other heavy jindu s t r y concerns like Krupps, Koeokner and
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    'GUSSY' GETS NEW GARB
    55 8 'Gorgeous Gus^y' Moran will play tennis at Wimbledon next month dressed 'like a ballerina." she said yesterday. Her new outfit, designed by Pierre Balmain, one oi Paris's leading oourteriers. j has a tunic styled top of transparent white silk chiffon m plea's and bloo'ii?r panties of
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    P.I. claim to the Spratleys
    78 8 P.I. claim to the Spratleys MANILA. Thurs. PRESIDENT Quirino is considering occupation of the Spratley Islands a potential Philippines defence outpost. H*» told a press conference pace for the in— of Palawan m the last »ar. Recalling lh»l hi^irgS >^aaonallaw-mchnano^. i"> country whicn r^m* sl for defonro purpose* B-fore the
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    234 8 Princess won 't renounce love SAN FRANCISCO. Thursday. T»RI E love's path is running into a pyramid of 1 obstacles for Egyptian Princess Fathia but she is determined to hold her man despite being stripped of her title and her property. Fathia 19-year-old sister ol Kin* Farouk, has announced' flrmly
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    62 8 He'll launch 'Point 4' aid WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Mr. Capus Waynick, is being recalled temporarily from his pojst to launch President Truman's point four' programme of aid for the backward areas of the world. Announcing this >< sterday. the U.S. Under-Secretary of State. Mr. James E.
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    62 8 London. Than. Church of Scotland Foreign Mijmui: Committee said yesterday that individual missionaries who wish to work In China "may have to forfeit security and family life." The Committee declaied. "We must recognise that Communism will be a fightIng creed involving a new mode of living
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      211 8 BIRTH \CKENZIK-6MI l*H: At Batu ih. on 16th May, to Mary, wife of M J Mackenzie-Smith, a son. ENGAGEMENTS CHIN- WONG: The engagement anounced between Mr. Jhin Khee Tet. the eldest son ol Mr. ti Mrs Chin Yong Lock and Miss Wong Khioek Tjhin. the daughter of Mr Mrs. v.
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