Malaya Tribune, 19 April 1948

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    65 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printed Si )n ultnneously Kurtiii Lumpur, ipoh d. Pouting, T* U.<rrams: "Tritrun' Spore." Telephone: r,Bll (9 lintvri. Height pages SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs.
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    VIOLENCE IN THE DOCKS: NON-STRIKERS STABBED
    489 1 PICKET PARTIES NOT THERE THIS MORNING (Tribune Staff Reporter) Violence by pickets and determined Police vigilance characterised the partial strike at the Singapore Harbour Board when it entered the second day yesterday. Two Chinese labourers were stabbed by pickets after work at Gale No.
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    90 P.C. BACK AT WORK
    25 1 A Harbour Board official informal the Tribune this morning that 90 per cent of the men were back at work.
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    GUERILLAS HIDE
    38 1 ATHENS, Apr. 18.—Guerilla forces in Central Greece were reported today as breaking Into small groups and taking refug«i in railway tunnels and caves to escape annihilation ly Government troops, pushing forward in their biggest offensive to-date.
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    COD FLEET BLESSED
    32 1 U.P. LISBON, Apr. 18—The Patriarch of Llsl on, Cardinal Cereieira. this morning b'essed a Por- fcoiraeat cod fleet about to aail for I Newfoundland a«d Greenland I banks. —U.P.
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    Smelters To Be Paid Off Today
    132 1 i.n .smelt, rs at the Straits Company's worK S a Brani who went on k la t Wednesday and dl: not return to work at xpirJtlon of Uu- second ttum" will be paid ofl tl afternoon. Ihe Assistant CommissionLabour. Mr. CRD. wIH be present
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    SFTU CALLS CITY-WIDE STRIKE
    112 1 A call for a on<'-day city-wide .strike w v i made by the Singapore I Federation of Trade Unions at a general meet ing last night which was i attended by n-prt s> nta- tires of about 7if unions, j The meeting unartm- i ously derided
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    New Russian Climb Down In Vienna
    211 1 U.P. VIENNA, Apr. 18—Russia retreated again in the battle of traffic control today, as Western military moved freely on all highways out of Vienna. Shortly after noon today. Russian guards first walked ofl the barrier on the road leading to the British Airoort at
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    GI'S IN NEW INCIDENT
    69 1 U.P. FRANKFURT, Apr. 18.—Two hi ertcan soldiers smashed ilheii •kj lata the billets of the Soviet ResUtuUon Mission at Frankfurt, ii'-d insulted two Russian officers md a female interpreter, the d States Army announced tonight. Au Army Spokesman said the Dt oc.urred last niimt and tkst
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    70 PER CENT CAST VOTES
    50 1 Reuter. Rome, April IS. About 70 < i» sf. of the Italian electorate hud east their votes '''Hi the closing of the polls tonight, according to the Ministry of Interior. V t lolence had been rer it'tl from anywhere. Polling will start again to- morning.
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    Arabs Claim Capture Of Jewish Fort
    307 1 JERUSALEM. Apr. 18 —Arabs in Jerusalem claimed tonight that their forces had captured the Jewish settlement of Neva Jaacov. a strong point north of Jerusalem from whK'h Arab traffic has been under fire. Fifty Jc wish dead were claimed. Haganah .the Jewish de tehee
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    VICAR APPOINTS "DOG—WHIPPER"
    74 1 U.P. LONDON. Apr. 18. Rev. R. D. Meredith. Vicar of ChisIti Parish Church, ditcloscd today he had appointed v "dog ichipper" for ten shtllintis salary a yeAtr. Reverting the custom of the 17th century, Meredith hired BUI Jell, chunk .stoker. Like his predicossors of Charles f/'s days.
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    28 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    55 1 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Apr. 18.—Twentyeight people were believed k 1 ed today when a Lockheed Hudson plane crashed on taking off from Lae #< Ntw Gu-nea. Press reports here sa d 2i coloured passenge s and a white crew of four wee beieved to be on
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    NO ACCIDENTS
    28 1 The Traffic Police experienced the quietest period for two months yesterday, theft being no reports of accidents between 6 a.m. yesterday and 6 am. this morning.
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    NEWSMEN PROTEST
    30 1 Reuter. TEHERAN, Apr. 18—Sixty six Persian editors and 15 journalists—including left wing party newspapermen—tonight signed a declaration protesting against the arrest of < ditors and the suppression of newspapers.--Reuter.
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    3 RESCUED from LYNCHING
    182 1 U.P. HAIFA. Apr. 18. The timely arrival of a British armoured car sa\?ed three British guards at an internment camp from death yesterday. Eighty Gentians were being held in two small rooms at the Waldheim Internment Camp by Jews, who swooped down on it yestt rday
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    OLYMPIC SOCCER TRIOLEAVE
    253 1 CHEE SENG FORGOT HIS BOOTS Tribune Staff Reporter) Three Malayan Cnlnese soccer stars for tJhe World Olympics left for Hong Kong early (this morning by 8.0.A.C. plane to join the China Olympic football team. They were. Chin Boon Leony and Chu Chee Seng of Singapore, and Yap
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    BANISHMENT ORDINANCE DEPLORED
    118 1 At the annual genera) meeting of bile National Council lor Civil Liberties (London >, attention was drawn %o the continued use of deportation and banishment ordinances and enactments in various parts Of the Colonial Empire. Mention was made of reeeDt cases in the Federation of Malaya Where
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    CHIANG GIVES AN ASSURANCE
    137 1 Reuter. NANKING. Apr: 18.— Shantung delegates attending the Nationa. Assembly today obtained a personal assurance from Gen. Chiang Kai-shek that the Government wid despatch immediately all possibly reinforcements to the Shantung front. The Generalissimo was reported to have satisfied all their demands which included the two
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    GUN DUEL AT CHANGI
    57 1 Revolver shots were exchanged between the Police and a gang of Chinese suspects in Changi Road, near the fifth milestone, shortly after midnight last night. The Police were «vr»i*ing to ambush the party an.! had called upon the men to halt, when the latter opened fire.
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    STRIKE SPREADS
    86 1 STOP PRESS (Tribune Staff Reporters. The mocker*' strike spread to the waterfront this morning when stevedores hated work after thxir Union had submitted a seve.n-p<dnt demand for more pay. All work on ships was at a standstill, although the strike does not affect lice ships. The seven demands
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    TODAY'S TRACK WORK
    795 1 (By ALLAN LEWIS). Tracks Nos. 2 and 3 wore open for work this morning but most horses were confined to slow work with a few doing pace work. Only three horses were sent against the watch and these from Maj. Heddle's stables. The Hacks at present look
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    HACKED TO DEATH COMPATRIOT: INDIAN SENTENCED TO HANG
    560 2 IPOH, Apr. 18.—At the conclusion of the retrial of the Kuala Kangsar Reservoir murder case before the Hon. Mr. Justice L. E. Cox Evans in the Perak Assize Court, 38-year-old Govindasamy, known by his fellow employees as "Govindasamy with the Mustache," was
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    FOREIGN CAPITAL IN JAPAN
    102 2 #AAP. TOKIO. Apr. 18:—The need of a legislation providing an adequate guarantee of security of foreign capital was stressed by the Finance Minister, iokutaro Kirnura, in a press interview yesterday. The proposed legislation outlined by Kirnura included: Firstly, abolition of thj divergencies existing between the treatment
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    Dutch Govt. Now Fully Satisfied
    152 2 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA, APR. 18.—Full j satisfaction has now been given by the Indonesian Republic over the Jogjakarta railway station incident, the Netherlands Indies Information Service stated tonight. There were no lurther impediments in th e way of continuing political negotiations netween the Dutch and Republicans,
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    YWCA Specialist To Conduct Perak Work
    582 2 IPOH, Saturday.- Back in civilian guise and eager to resume its good work for the welfare and recreation of Malayan women, the Young Women's Christian Association this Week discussed plans for its work in Perak. Three important YWCA personalities visited Ipoh during the week,
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    DE GAULLE WILLING
    33 2 U.P. MARSEILLES, Apr. 18.—General Charles de Gaulle today demanded an election as soon as possible and said he was willing to share power with other parties in an anti-Com-munist Government.—U.P.
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    World Military Pact
    38 2 U.P. LONDON. Apr. 13.— Immediate creation of a military alliance including states of Western Europe and the British Commonwealth was urged jn a statement issued by 32 prominent British political, military, religious and literary figures.—U.P.
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    S'pore Juvenile Delinquency
    352 2 SEVENTY CASES WERE HEARD IN THE SINGAPORE JUVENILE COURT IN MARCH IN COMPARISON WITH 66 IN FEBRUARY, THE INCREASE BEING DUE TO POLICE ACTION AGAINST PEDAL CYCLISTS CARRYING A PASSENGER, FREQUENTLY ON THE CROSS-BAR OF THE BICYCLE. FORTY-SEVEN WERE CONVICTED AND 30 FINED. THE GREATEST NUMBER OF
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    KEDAH TEACHER GETS FIVE YEARS FOR RAPE
    225 2 ALOR STAR. April 18:KolAndaiveloo. a 26-year-old Tamil school teacher ol Bandar Bahru. Kledah brought before Mr. Justice Hill at the Kedah Assizes on Friday morning to answer a charge of rape which he was alleged to have committed on v 9-year eld Tamij
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    INSTITUTE FOR MALAYAN STUDENTS IN U.K.
    415 2 IPOH, Saturday.-The provision of a central place in London at which Malayan students pursuing further studies there would be able to stay, is one of the schemes which is now under consideration by the Colonial Office and the Government.: of the Malayan Federation and
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    Not An Orchid....And Critics Screamed
    276 2 NEW BRITISH FILM U.P. LONDON. APR. 18.—A NEW HRitich ING SEX. GANGSTERS. AND PHONFY vSmH. CENTS, WAS ASSURED OF A BOX n i ME, J( S I TODAY PROVIDING IT SUR VIVES TH E 17' THERE WAS NOT AN O RCHin ,v 2?*** ORCHIDS FOR
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    HAILSTONES IN IPOH
    73 2 (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, April 13. After seme days of ttfiag heat, the weather cooled ..ff consideribly when a severe rainstorm nit Ipoh on Siturd iy after, noon at about 4.30 p.m. In the vicinity of thr Perak Turf Club, in Road, and in Ashby Road,
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    LADY GIMSON ON HOLIDAY IN H.K.
    44 2 Lady Gimso n and the Misses Margaret and Judith Gimson left Singg 4 pore by ship last week for a short holiday in Hong Kong. It is ?xpected that they will re. turn to Singapore early next month.
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    POLICE OFFICER HURT: SCUFFLE WITH CHINESE
    148 2 POLICE OFFICER H URT: SCUFFLE WITH CHINESE Inspector k the I was slightly m JU d r; a stru gg rest^r rested m connection 4 £f f >'esterdav «5 The incident occurs the Bin Sen* nu,ZW! inspector Shea*, hun to the man factory wurker-wh, I injured in the muffle man
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    Preview Of Royal Silver Wedding
    40 2 Reuter. LONDON, Apr 18 Londoners saw a colourful pmiew* of the forthcom-.njr Royal stlv* wedding day slate Jnve In bright sunshine *.arly (to morning. A full <ire.v« rehena! of the Royal carriage drinwi staged. Reuter
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    Weekly S'pore Market Report
    948 3 Rom A Market Coir i in spite of world political uncertainties then W3s a rj turnover on Malayan markets during the week Even so. save for Industrial which Were steady t r aghout. there wa s a feral easing in prices and Ihe period closes with
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    POLAND SHOCKS CZECHS
    44 3 Reuter. WARSAW. APR. 18. Poland defeaUd )y thre- r .c«!l to one in an international soccor match here today Poland's surprise win. their first asamst the Czechs. tfas gained by vigorous shock tactics aga'nst a more scientific, but loss lucky team.—Reuter.
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    Nationalist Troops Take Two Towns
    243 3 U.P. Nanking April 18.—Government forces striking out from beleaguered Chengchow have recaptured Jnngyang and Szushul, 15 and 18 miles west of Chengchow according to unconfirmed pro government dispatches today. The reports said the Third I and Bighth Communist columns had been repulsed and were now
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    BRIDGE:
    390 3 Where Psychology Beats Convention 'By YARBOROUGH) A stage is reached in the bidding of most hands when psychology is of greater importance than convention. The i more abnormal the distribution o' the hand the sooner this stage ;is reached. The conventional bidding on normal distributions j has long since
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    Educational Films For Trade Unionists
    172 3 Members of the Municipal Service Union have approached the Public Relation Office for free educa- tional film snows on j elementary hygiene, popular Science, and current affairs, i The first of these shows will I be held on next Friday. 23rd j April. 1948. On
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    "Last Of The Lanes" Gets £947
    127 3 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 17:-Mis Mary Elizabeth Lane of Arcachon Gna-onde, France who died in 1932. has left £947 in England, according to her will be published only today. She left her property to her son. Charles H. Lane of Crowborough. Susstsx. saying: "He is
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    More Americans Leave Berlin
    93 3 U.P. BERLIN. Apr. 18.—United State 3 Military Government announced yesterday that 63 applications to leave Berlin were made by Americans here, since March 17. The applications cover about 125 women and children depenoents of military government personnel. Approximately ninety will fly te Bremcrhaven next week, where
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    Chinese Fatally Scalded
    315 3 PENANG. Apr. 18. -How he found the skin of the deceased peeling off at the abattoir in Cecil Street and that the man told him that he was going to Ac as he had no money, was i related by a Malay. Pawanteh bin Ishak, a peon
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    ARAB CALL FOR AID IN PALESTINE
    103 3 Reuter. BAGDAD, APR. 18.—More than 15,000 demonstrators demanded immediate military aid for Palestine here today as lead-.ng Arab military experts prepared for important Help Palestine" talks at the palace of the Regent, EmuAbdul Ulah. All day' the demonstrators staged marches through the city's streets.
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    GIPSY IS REPRIEVED
    154 3 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 18. Home Secretary Chuter Ede yesterday recemmended a reprieve for Joe SmUn (23) a Gipsy sentenced to death at the Surrey Assizes on March 3 for the murder of William Bissett. a retired business man of Staines, Middlesex. Smith is the first condemned man
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    JAPS TO ARM RLY. POLICE
    121 3 Reuter. Tokio. Apr. 18. The Japanese Government is considering arming the railway police to maintain peace and order. the Transportation Minister. Setichi Okada. said yesterday. Japan's transportation sys tern, known as one of the j world's most efficient before i the war li today suffering;
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    REDS CAPTURE 6 PRIESTS
    77 3 U.P. PEIPING. Apr. 18.- Missionary quarters reporter! the Communists had captured six Canadian priests and five Canadian nuns of the Szepingkai diocese. The missionaries apparently were taken during a recent Red action at that important rail centre. The capture 1 priests and nuns may have been
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    Sit-Down Strike Ends Assn. Revival
    48 3 U.P. Nanking. April 18.—The sit-down strike on th Assembly building steps by National Assembly member* of the "Association of Popularly Elected Delegates" ended Saturday afternoon when the Presidium committee guaranteed the strikers that the dispute would be settled Sunday oy Chiang Kai.shek -U.P.
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    Air Map Of Indonesia With U.S. Aid
    113 3 U.P. Batavia. April 18. Three officers ol the Netherlands Indies lope graphical Service and several officers of the Dutch Army Air Forces anleaving for Tokyo and Manila early in May for discussions with American authorities on American aid in airmapping Indonesia. A large
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  • Obituary
    DEATH
    38 4 On April 17, 1948 at 29, Church Street, Malacca oi Madam Kuan S< at luc oi 74, beloved mother of L:*>iv; Soo Kan of Poh liin Ruboer Co., Muar Funeral on Apnl -1 si at 12 noon.
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    Chinese League
    921 4 i The suggestion for the formation of a Malayan Chinese League has been criticised by both Left and i Right opinion in Malaya on the grounds that it is likely !to result in a fostering of the communal spirit. This view hardly does justice to the declared intentions
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    'TRUTH' ANALYSES SARAWAK 'RISK'
    1062 4 "That a British Government should refuse to allow a British citizen who has committed no crime -to enter a British Colony is in itself serious enough. That it is legally entitled so to refuse entry only adds to the seriousness of the situation." writes "Truth", the
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    WAS OUR READERS SEE IT "Wine, Women & Song"
    981 4 WAS OUR READERS SEE IT "Wine, Women Song" Sir, —With due respect to anyone who comes out to Malaya from home whether as an expert 'rom the Colonial office or as director of companies (and we seem to have had a flood of them lately) I suggest that in some
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    Untitled
    57 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, (Air Mail): untitled tribute to Helen Keller, famous blind and deaf American authoress who is on a visit to Australia, a "Helen Keller Hostel for elderly blind women will be built at Woollahra, a suburb of Sydney, by the Royal Sydney I Bdnd lnsiitution. Miss Keller will set
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    Allies To Join Stand At Berlin
    376 4 "Russia is playing a game of bluff in Berlin. Bluff is dangerous; it must yet be called. Berlin is still the capital of Germany and the Control Council exists to rule the country by virtue of the Yalta Agreement. Britain, America and France must
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    SHE POSED AS MAD
    1071 5 So Cheat The Gestapo And To Save Her Husbands' Life The Story Of A Very Brave Woman ssible for a person to mating H, fool specialty ha apply the most modentitle tests and then foi months in an asyundetected? |n dramatic style, the has been given.
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    20 Women Walk Out On Lady Astor
    270 5 NEW, YORK, Sat.—Lady Astor, famed for her provocative speeches on both sides of the Atlantic, has upset Washington socialites by telling them they think too much about food and clothes. Twenty of them, led by Mrs.. Perle Mesta, a friend of President Truman,
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    VOWS NOT TO DRINK
    70 5 Bogota. Apr. 18 Carlos Monroy (40). has been a nondrinker since last week and vow-; he will stay that way for lift-. During the height of the revolt, Monroy dran*c several bottles of rum and passed out. Men fell dead around him and government hearse was
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    JAP MINISTER ARRESTED
    18 5 U.P. Tokic). April 18.—Japanes. police today arrested ViceMinister of Transportation Shigejiro Ino en graft charges.—UP.
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    DELIGHTFUL CONCERT
    197 5 The Chinese Amateur Orchestra presented :i delightful variety concert at the Gan Eng Seng School Hall last night. A large crowd *njoyed the 12 items which varied frcm orchestral music to WCil solos, piano forte nnJ flute -enditions. Miss Maru Arocz)o. a puail of Mr, David Ape), featured
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    998 5 As a move to tighten up the rationing system in the Federation, of Malaya, the Controller of Supplies has decided to withdraw bulk ration cards which were issued to certain estates, tin mines, and other large industrial groups. A new Malay* school was declared open at Paroi
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    TB ON THE "UP" AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN
    609 5 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Tuberculosis among school children is on i'he increase, and the age group which was formerly confined to adolescents, now includes the younger ones. This was leveaied in health reports compiled by the authorities following a thorough medical examination of boys and
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    Rotary Talk On Sierra Leone
    501 5 IPOH, Apr. 18. The Hon'ble Justice Cox Evans was the speaker at Wednesday's luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club held in the Jubilee Restaurant at 1 p.m. His subject was "Early days in Sierra Leone." He referred to the characteristics of the country which is
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    FRANCO SPURNS UN
    40 5 Reuter. Manila. April 18. Gen. Franco in a Madrid interview with Manila Chronicle correspondent Vincente Arenas, called Spain's exclusion of the Marshall Plan a "frank stupidity. He said Spain is not interested in the United Nations membership.-Reu-ter.
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    ALL YESTERDAY'S CRICKET Thiam Siew Misses Century By 4 Runs
    712 6 EXCELLENT BOWLING ENABLED RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION TO BEAT THE SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB IN A TWO-INNINGS MATCH BY 44 RUNS ON THE PADANG YESTERDAY. BOWLERS DOMINATED THE PLAY. FOR THE R.C.U.. CARL SCHUBERT AND M. C. KAILASABAPATHY TOOK THE HONOURS. TOGETHER
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    CHINESE BAT MERRILY
    349 6 Ihe Singapore Chinese Recreation Club drew with the Indian Association in a cricket fixture at Hong Lim Green yesterday. The Chinese batted first and piled up 195 runs for seven wickets before declaring. The Indians had obtain ed 53 runs fo r four wickets when the gam
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    GRAND KNOCK OF 84 NOT OUT
    49 6 A grand unfinished knock of 84 runs by Corporal Robinhon, helped R.A.F. (Sembawang) to score a 41-run win over the Singapore Recreation Club, at Sembawang yesterday. The Recs put up a total of 143 runs to the Sembawang Airmen's total to 184 runs.
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    MATCH CALLED OFF
    38 6 The cricket match between the Johore Cricket Club and the Singapore Indian Association at Johore Bahru yesterday, had to be called off due to rain, after the game had been in progress for some time.
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    Ipoh Firm Entertains
    339 6 IPOH. April 17.-The loc?l branch of Messrs. Kiaw Thong Exchange, one of the largest Chinese businesses \n the country, played hosts to well over 120 guests at a Chinese dinner held on Wednesday night at No. 75. Brewster Road in celebraition of the official opening of the
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    Memorial Service For Roxas
    94 6 The Deputy Governor of Singapore, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, C.M.G., consular representatives and leading members of the various communities have accepted invitation to be present at a memorial service to be held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Tuesday at 8 a.m. in
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    Penang Teachers' Annual Dinner
    380 6 PENANG. Apr. 18.- That they should try to raise the I status of the teaching profession in the country and that on the future of the children re.st- Ed the future of Malaya which j they all loved, was emphasised i by Mr. G. L. Bayliss.
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    AIR untitled RETURNS
    73 6 ah Manual s„ h,,..,, Oomtnaader-in-Clutf a man.!. Far Bast, from Ceylon on Sat u ,„av be present at the Para-lo of Sot y J Rifle Squadion* t|, r Squadrons ol the R \y J ment (Malay.,, at Kb* 5 pur on \Ve.Jn-.s.l:iy The Command, -in-Chief be [expecting
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    16 TEAMS FOR NEXT SEASON'S FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE
    897 7 FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS....by SPECTATOR S.R.C. THE S.A.F.A. will increase the number of teams participating in the first division leagiic next year. The probab'e I trei.gth will bo 16. and the new teams will be selected tmong the best in the second,
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    S'pore Picked For Track Honours
    133 7 Reuter. Shangha.. Apr. Ift. SinKap. w,' picked as the .'lkeiy winners at the held md track championship and Hongkong the swimming crown by local sports ex pecs •"day pi th t Overseas Chin- c athletic delegations be. -in arriving for itv- National athletic meet and
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    NEGROES BREAK 2 RECORDS
    92 7 Reuter. Laurence, Kansas. April 18 Two American Negro athletes. Charles Fonville and Harrison Dillard. broke two world records here today. Fonville, who weighs 18a lbs. heaved a 16 pounds weight 58' 0}" to beat the recognized world record of 57' I" set up by CM American
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    PROMOTION, RELEGATION PROBLEMS SETTLED
    683 7 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 18.—More football League promotion and relegation problems were settled as a result of today's matches, watched by 900.000 people despite the rain in most j parts of the country. Birmingham, winner's over Cardiff, regained their place in the First Division which they lost
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    GOLF CHAMPION REGAINS TITLE
    55 7 U.P. PINEHURST, North Carolina. April 18:—Louise Suggs ol Georgia won back netNorth South Women's goii championship by two and one margin after a seesaw battle with Grace Lenczky ol Hartford. Conn. The diminutive national champion regained the crown she lost last year to Mrs Batoe Didrickson
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    2 WALK-OVERS
    41 7 There were two walk-overs in yesterday's fixtures in the B.C.FA. Inter-District League. Mackenzie Footers XI received a walk-over from Bukit Timah XI, while Kampong Java XI obtained two points at the expense of Upper Pickering XI on a walk-over.
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    News from the Mews
    231 7 (By ALLAN LEW/.Si Penanc. A circular issued by the Singapore Turf Club to all those concerned states that the starter will be instructed as follows any ho»se that is fractious at the starting gate in any race during the forthcoming meeting will be started behind the
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    FIVE TO ONE
    24 7 Shortly btfore midnight on Saturday, five Bengali?, waylaid a compatriot ia Jeck Guan Street and robbed him of $145 in cash.
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    Good Riding At Polo Club Gymkhana
    303 7 Good riding, despite a few j falls, which happily did not result in any injuries, were seen at the Singapore Polo Club's Gymkhana, which, interrupted by rain on Saturday, was successfully concluded at the Singapore Polo Club ground in Thomson Road yesterday. Lady Ritchie,
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    OLYMPIC SPRINTER UNFIT
    77 7 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 1 Maedonald Bailey, Jamaican sprinter ami BriUah hope for the Olympic Games who has been suffering from hip trouble, today saw Sir Adolphe Abra hams, the specialist who expressed the opinion that Bailey would not be exactly 100 per cent fit for the Olympics.
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    AUSTRIA WIN
    43 7 Reuter. VIENNA. APR. 18—Austria beat Switzerland by three goals to one in an international soccer match here today after leading by 2-0 at half-time. Malchior and Epp scored before the interval, Epp netting again aftei wards when Fatton scored for Switzerland.—Reuter.
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    154 7 Sir, —It is very disheartening to read in the papers of so much /uss I made about the Malayan Chinese Football Team. If the officials of the M.C. I O.C. will do less talking and do -a litVe more hard j work, I am sure every- i thing
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    52 7 KLANG, Apr. 18.—A female Chinese named Mah \h Meng. aged about 27 years, was brutally stabbed with a Knife about 11 o'clock at night when she was returning home after the second show at the Regal Cinema, Klang. She was immediately taken to the Hospital where she later succumbed to
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    POST-MORTEM
    136 7 On Saturday's game ROVERS, although w ithout Boon Leong, were probably inspired by the presence of their Olympic star, and were not flattered by their margin of victcru they were that much better. FORMER Singapore laft-winger Gan Kee Siang showed glimpses of the form that gave him his numerous
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    China Olympic Tennis Skipper In Top Form
    155 7 Tribune Staff Reporter* Sparkling u-nnis was seen at Mountbatten Road yesterday when the Chansville Party met the Malay Sports Association and beat them by five matches to one. Chin Kee Onn, manager and skipper of the Malayan Chinese team to the China Olympics,
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    ITALIANS GO TO THE POLLS
    171 7 U.P. ROME, Apr. 18 —Under grey skies and an atmosphere tense but so far peaceful. Italians lined up by thousands at hea-vily-guarded polling stations to cast their ballots which will determine whether Italy will be allied with the West or East. A tight-lipped solemn vanguard
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    Frisco Basketballer For China Olympics
    56 7 U.P. Shangnai. April H. The Committee in Charge ol the national athletic meet voiced the warmest welcome for San Francisco Cntnetc buSkctballer We e Willie Wong, who was reported to be planning to go to Shanghii shortly The committee also piomlsetl Wong a berth :n
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    Every Comfort For Olympic Athletes
    1273 7 LONDON. APR. 18. BRITAIN MAY STJLL BE RT N ON "AUSTERITY" LINES AND THERE ARE STILL SHORTAGES OF PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING. BUT ATH LETES AND OFFICIALS VISITING LONDON FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES THIS SUMMER LOOK LJKJS HA VINO EVERY COMFORT. WRITES VERNON MORGAN. REUTERS SPORTS EDITOR.
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    TANKS, ARMOURED CARS ROLL AS ITALIANS GO TO THE POLL
    359 8 Reuter and UP. ROME, Apr. 18—Tank and armoured cars patrolled Rome today as Italians—in their first general election for 25 years—voted lor or against Com-munist-dominated rule. Then was complete calm throughout the country. Reports from all districts stated that polling,
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    BEAT UP NEGRO — SET FREE
    94 8 BEAT UP NEGRO SET FREE Reuter. MOBILE, Alabama. Apr. 17. —A 20-year-old White mechan>c who. according to the police, signed a statement that he beat a Negro with his fists and kicked him in a distpute over the United States President's "civil rights" programme was freed today of a charge
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    £10,000 SWORDS ARE STOLEN
    63 8 Reuter. London. April 18. -Two valuable piesentation swords —both gifts to the Duke of Wellington, one from the inhabitants of Bengal in 1804, the other from Empeior Alexander of Russia in 1814 —were stolen from London's Victoria and Albert Museum last night. The swords, in scabbards
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    MRS. ROOSEVELT HONOURED
    50 8 U.P. Brussels, April 18.—Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was guest of honour today at a luncheon given jointly by the Association for United Nations Co-operation and by the National Council of Belgian Women. A special dish teas created to commemorate Mrs. Roosevelt's visit, and was called Roosevelt Chicken." U.P.
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    Pretty Wedding
    110 8 A pretty wedding took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd this morn ng when Rev. Father Bonnamy jo,ned in wedlock Joach.m Edmond Sua res. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Jose B as Suares of Ipoh and Miss Yvonne Barbara Fernandez, fourth daughter 01 Mr. and
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    Confiscation Of Factories To End
    230 8 U.P. BERLIN, Apr. 18.—Soviet military governor Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky has ordered no more confiscation of German factories and real estate in the Russian zone. Ihe order was published in rlu Red Army's organ Taegllche Rundschau, which said all pr< pertles formerly owned by Nazis and
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    28 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI, APR. 17.—The Un.ted~ Nations flag at Shanghai headquarters was flown at half mast today in honour of the late President Manuel Roxas of the Philippines. Reuter.
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    $280 Million Gift Of Goods To France
    142 8 Reuter. PARIS, Apr. 18.—M. Robert Schuman, French Premier, told a political meeting today that France had received $280,000,000 worth of goods free from America since the end of December. Speaking in southwestern France. M Schuman said American a d was an "unprecedented act
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    Cyclist Collides With Motor Car—Dies
    376 8 Cyclist Collides With Motor Car —Dies PENANG, Apr. 18. -A verdict of death by misadventure due to the deceased colliding with a motor car while riding a bicycle was returned by the Coroner, Mr. A. M. I. Austin yesterday morning at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of
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    International Entry For Golf Tournament
    233 8 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 18 —An international entry for the British amateur goh championship is assured as the names already received by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews (Scotland) include some from America. Calcutta. Colombo, Brazil and Holland. The championship opens ion the
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    Wants Right Of Way
    46 8 Reuter. Peshawar. Apr. it Two hundred tribal chiefs of th, North West Frontier tonlgnl demanded a right of way through Pakistan territory to help their "MosVm brethren" in Kashmir They they would not rest until their state oas been ot troops.— Reuter.
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    Fisticuffs In China's Assembly
    96 8 Reuter. NAVKTNO Apr. 17. Chiang Kai-shek's appearance in the National Assembly hall this afternoon averted possible violence in the most turbulent debate witnessed since the Assembly opened three weeks ago. A few minutes before his entry delegates discussing constitutional amendments started a free for all fight
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    H.C. VISITS KLANG
    96 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Apr. 18. His.Excellency the High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, Sir Edward Gent, accompanied by his Aide-dc-Camp paid an official visit to Klang on April 16. On arrival at the Klang District Office. His Excellency was met by the Hon'ble the British Adviser. Selangor,
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    JEWS RUN BLOCKADE
    85 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM, Apr. 17. The Arab blockade or Jerusalem from the west was raised today when a Jewish food convoy of over 100 vehicles got through from Tel Aviv, it was officially reported. This followed yesterday's bitter battles along the western highway, when Jewish forces out to
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    Gold Discovery
    67 8 Reuter and AAP. SYDNEY. Apr. 17 Sixteen days after he had pegged out a prospecting area at Kunanalling. near Kaleoo»lje. Western Australia, William James Ayton found a 30 oz. patch of gold worth £300. Ayton has broken out five tons of stone, from which he expects to get
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    41 8 Reuter. KARACHI, Apr. 17. Mr. Mohamed Ali has been appointed Pakistan's Ambassador to Burma it was announced by the Pakistan ministry of Foreign Affairs tonight. He is now a memoer of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly and East Bengal Legislative Assembly. Keuter.
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    Lana Turner To Wed Millionaire
    65 8 U.P. Hollywood, Apr. 17. Movie star Lane Turner and millionaire Bob Topping plan to marry within the next two weeks and take a European honeymoon, United Press learned today. A top designer revealed that the blonde beauty had ordered a $30,000 trousseau on Wednesday. Topping
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    Jobs For Indian Ex – Servicemen
    60 8 Jobs For Indian Ex Servicemen Reuter. MADRAS, Apr. 17. Over 000.000 ex-servicemen representing nearly 22 per cent, of the total number of persons registered in the various employment exchanges in India had been provided with employment up to the end of Febif|ary, 1948, said Dr. Das. Direc-tor-General of Resettlement and
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    de Gaulle Calls For General Elections
    233 8 U.P. PARIS, Apr. 18.—Heavily guarded by police and detectives Gen. Charles De Gaulle for l he second time in less than, 24 hours today called for general elections to change the present French Government of M. Robert Schuman. He told 90,000 people at the
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    Seen And Heard At The Races
    422 8 (BY ALLAN LEWIS) Owter»t« tn T» on breaking his luck on First In on Saturday. Ted rode him in first class style and his smartness at the pate gave him a winning advantage After this Ted gave him every chance and iust had enough
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    S'HAI FLOW of REFUGEES
    158 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI, APR 19 fie Shanghai Municipal author*ties have requested nriai North China c Uej to dktt the flow of war reran Shanghai, "when they be unable to find cmpkifatui j and will only constU h 1 problem for the city according to Ch oei today.
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    5 Power Military Committee
    57 8 Reuter. PAKIS. Ant 17 manent hve-powei committer will form pill of the permanent council adm i ing the teams of the Bnw*l« Western Union pact, it nounced here today meeting of the five poawi eign ministers The coaaaaunhaai ■*> tn the permanent council hold Am Bral
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    Italy Recognises Yemen
    56 8 Reuter. ROME, Api 17 recognised the new J of the Arab state ol X was announced here tjWThe Bmii Sell B 1 mcd prodairoed f'f* f *S last month Stei def< dullah EJ Waxii who ha« ered the previous MngJ tf ed the throne EmJi Atin» the
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    S'HAI RUMOUR
    90 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Apr. 19.—City Government circles last night 1 scoffed at current rumours that Mayor K. C. Wu will be transferred to head the Ministry Communicat.ons, according to the China Press. City Government offic.als said that pend ng the election of China's first President and Vice President, no
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