Malaya Tribune, 6 December 1948

Microfilm: NL2148
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    Masthead
    65 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya. Printing Bimu Itatwousli Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh 4 Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines J EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1948 PRICE TEN CFNTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Messrs. Colin Turner
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    THOMAS CUP MEN AT SEA
    58 1 exclusive IMHM pictures from the ss Carthage showing our Thomas Cup players at deck quoits. From left: Oii£ Toh Law Mrs. Leong (c supporter who is travelling with the team), Teoh Seng Khoon, Lim Kee Fong, Chan Kon Leaag and Ooi Teik Hock. In background
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    100,000 TO QUIT NANKING
    293 1 50 PLANES ALER T A.P. NANKING, Sun.—The evacuation of more than 100,000 deoender.ts «»f civil servants in Nanking is planned by the Government, it was officially revealed tonight. They will be moved by air, water and land transport to Hankow. Chungking, Canton and Taiwan. Sixty thousand
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    NO MAJOR ACTION IN HOPEI
    89 1 A.P. PEIPING. Sunday Many licie think the Reds won't -tart a major action in Hope' until they bring heavy artillery from Manchuria. There is no evidence so far that they have done so. lt is common knowledge thai the North China Commander, Gen. Fu Tso-yi
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    BOUGHT MEAT BUT LOST 4 FINGERS
    98 1 U.P. SHANGHAI. Sun. Tin mad rush fo r the limited amount of meat available a: i the controlled price of 55 Gold Yua n cents a pound almost j resulted in fatality the othei j day. j When the clock chimed eight times, a
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    SHIP BURSTS: 6,000 DIE
    87 1 A.P. Nanking. Stm A Hiineac merchant Fhip exploded killinr 6.000 Chinese, mostly troops. I during the Chinese Govern I ment's evacuation of Yin<rkow in Manchuria, Nanking officials difiplpJed today. They said the boilers of the vessel burst, setting off ammunition, and everyone on board perished. Mditary
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    FOUR TO FACE MURDER CHARGE
    92 1 Four persons were detained by the Singapore C.I.D. yesterday in connection with the murder of a coffee shop assistant at Aliwal Street on May 7. The C.I.D. also ai-rested three Secret Society members and 25 gamblers. Chinese Nationalist* lost Tenting (1), capital of Hopeh Province
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    Kiangya: Jap War Mine Blamed
    121 1 A.P. SHANGHAI. Sun -The conviction is growing in Shanghai that a Japanese mine was responsible for the explosion which sank the steamer Kiangya with an estimated loss of 3.000 lives. Crews of rescue ships reaching Shanghai said a diver, inspecting the hull of the illfated
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    Chandernagore Undecided
    54 1 The Municipal Assembly of Chandernagore. Indo French city Calcutta, bordering which was due to decide whether to merge with India on Saturday night, has postponed debate or the matter because permission had not been received from the Governor of French India. Mr. Baron. A decision is expected by
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    Military Talks To Begin
    203 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sun. After prolonged delay, actual negotiations for a military alliance between Western Europe and North America are due to begin in Washington this week. Diplomatic informants said that the detailed spade work is now being done by military leaders in Washington on the problem
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    REBELS & TR OOPS CLASH
    178 1 REBELS TR OOPS CLASH BATAVIA, Sun—lndonesian suerilias and Ducth troops clashed today as political observers reported a crisis in the Dutch-Indonesian dispute alter tne deadlock in yesterday's peace talks. The Dutch news agency, Aneta, reported tnat troops fought with Indonesian terrorists about 30 miles south of Batavia as tne Dutch
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    'Royal Problem Child'
    452 1 A.P. LONDON. Sunday. Is Princess Margaret too much of a plavgirl? Is she staying up late at night, dancing a lot. doing what she can to make her life that of other highspirited 18-year-olds? The mass circulation Sunday Pictorial which earlier in the year suggested that Princess
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    HIS FIRST OUTING
    53 1 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday. Princess Elizabeth's baby son, three-weeks-old today, had his first outing in mild weather this afternoon. For about half an hour he was wheeled round the gardens of Buckingham Palace in his perambulator—the same one which Princess Elizabeth used 22 years ago. Princess Elizabeth did
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    CRAWLING BANDIT HAD A GRENADE
    194 1 STOP PRESS hl.l A.Mi, Today:—ln tne three day operation against terrorists in the jungle easl of the railway line bi'twven Niyor and ChameU, a eombiiied ponce-military party killed one bandit, wounded another, and recovered a llri tish hand grenade and tour bags of rice. A
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    RUBBER BLAZE
    27 1 Muar, Today: Several thousand doMars worth of rubber went up in smoke hen a hand of terrorists raided Tangkak Estate and burned down a store-house.
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    WESTERN EUROPE FOOD PRODUCTION
    270 2 But People Still Don't Eat Enough A.P. pARIS, Sun.—Agricultural production in We&i- em Europe is almost back to the prewar level, but people are still eating lf>ss because there are about ten per cent more mouths to nn A An AAA M About 33,000,000 metric tons
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    Oasis Near South Pole Is Ice Free
    164 2 U.P. LONDON. Sunday.— The Sun day Empire News said today that a three-nation team of Antarctic explorers would set out in 1949 to explore a warm oasis within 100 miles of the South Pole, kept secret for 10 years in the records of
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    RUSSIAN DRESS FASHIONS
    57 2 A.P. LONDON. Sun. Embroidery on sleevea, hems and bodices is attracting consideratle attention in a display of lateat fashions !n Moscow, according to Moscow Radio. The fashions, said the report, were designed by the finest modistes in Moscow dress shops. Folk art is reflected in the design
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    UN RETURNS to NEW YORK
    100 2 Reuter. PARIS. Sun. The United Nations steering committee tonight decided to recommend that the General Assembly continue its present session in New York in the New Year. Tomorrow morning a subcommittee will decide dates the budgetary committee will discuss the financial aspects and the whole
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    "THEY DRINK TOO MUCH"
    78 2 U.P. GOLCUK TURKEY: A correspondent, while visiting the Turkish naval base buiU here with American money, tasked a young Turkish sailor I what he thought was the greatest fault of the Americans he had met here. "They drink too much", said -Shahim Shimshek promptly. "Sometimes we
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    FOUR IN ONE
    14 2 This Four piece Black and White Sun Suit is by Horrockes.
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    Hoffman Arrives In London
    189 2 Reuter. A.P. U.P. LONDON, Mon.—Paul G. Hoffman, Econor-.ic Administration chief, arrived in London \>v air on Sunday on a short visit to Europe before flying to Canada. The administrator said before leaving New York on Saturday night that he hopes to spend three days in London
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    Stalemate in Berlin
    188 2 A.P. PARIS, Sunday. Britain. France and the United States declared last night that the Communist regime In the Russian sector of Berlin is illegal and made the Berlin crisis worse. They alleged, in a long memorandum, that Russia took steps to set up the Communist administration in
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    GREEK MEETS GREEK
    179 2 When Mr. Reeee saw an olive-skinned and languid lad standing vaguely in the dock of the Bow-street court he lifted his powerful eyebrows. Was this not the lad called Savvas? The same Savvas who had sailed from the far island of Cyprus to seek his fortune in
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    MALAY COLLEGE NOW OPEN TO ALL CLASSES
    101 2 The Malay College, Kuala Kangsar (Perak), whose student population pre-war was predominantly aristocratic, has now opened its door to children of Malays of all classes. The Selection Committee, headed by one of the Mentris Besar, recently decided that the number of pupilB to
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    More Joyrides For YMCA
    34 2 Members of the Chinese V.M.C.A. and their friends will celebrate the Christmas and New Year with joyrides in airplanes. They say the charges are moderate enough to warrant such celebration.
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    Borneo Company Post-War Dance
    52 2 The first post-wa r dance of the Borneo Company was held by the staff at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. It wa s also the first time in the season that programmes for "hitching" partners were used. The occasion was intended as a X'mas dance
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    DIPLOMATIC SWOP
    45 2 A.P. NEW DELHI, Mon. Tho Government of India on Sunday night announced the decision to exchange diplomatic missions w i t b Yugoslavia. A Yugoslav trade delegation, which arrived in New Delhi o n Thursday, began talk. wi*.h Indian Commerce Ministry officials yesterday.—AP.
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      237 2 BLUE NETWORK News in Malay; 1 p.m. Close Dramas; 8.45 News in Can- Down. tonese and Amoy. 1 p.m. Lunch-time music Pm. Programme Sum- prdpr a vta/tit* tm tmhtamo by the Radio Orchestra; 1.30 mary 6.05 Children's Hour- V,r INDIANS News; 1.45 Dance music by 6.30 Sports Round Up- 645
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    Through Asian Eyes
    599 3 Rv (-ANDIDUS i Jan Christiaan 78 year old statesXuin Africa, has developed great the plight of the mderdof in his dne concern for 1 loerdog oi is it mere that has caustburst from the ;Z ip leneral? should not forget that General himbeen no less .m. t
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    WESTERN BERLIN GOES TO THE POLLS
    199 3 Reds Boycott Party Tussle Reuter and A.P. nno' S J n Three of Western Sf vrSf i snd.5 nd a half million v °ters Wticfed to h?nni.c i ay S ™™ipal i-lections had (rone until 7 p m P m S Were Staying op
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    Warship Takes Blankets
    100 3 U.P. PARIS. Sun. Admiral Richard Conolly, Commander-in-Chief of United States Naval Forces in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, has donated the services of the destroyer-tender Hamul to the United Nations to carry 120.000 blankets to needy Arabs in Syria. The mercy mission will take 360 officers and
    U.P.  -  100 words
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    Nagging Wife Kills 7
    70 3 U.P. HONGKONG, Sun. A nagging wife caused deaths of seven persons here. Ho Fai-sheung told a I court of inquiry that he I went to bed and pulled I the bedclothes over his head in order to escape I his wife's nagging. She persisted and pounded
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    NO-MAN'S MEETING
    45 3 U.P. JERUSALEM, Mon. Aral and Jewish Jerusalem commanders held their third meeting under United Nations supervision in no-man's-land today and discussed the Arab evacuation of Latroun, the restoration of water and electricity in the Holy City, and access to holy places. —XT. P.
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    PRODUCTION RECORD
    45 3 A.P. DETROIT. Sun -Motor vehicles production in the United States and Canada this week will total 125,156 cars and trucks for a new postwar high. Wars Automat!ve reports estimate. The previous postwar record was 123,185 units during the week ended last Oct. 16.A.P.
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    SUNDAY WORK
    23 3 NANKING. Sun—Government office* in Nanking will in nature open on Sunday mornings in accordance with a plan to increase administrative efficiency.
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    STRENGTH THROUGH JOY
    70 3 U.P. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. Sun.—James Murray was indignant when police ended his pre-dawn joy ride. When he was arrested for drunken driving and as he was leaving the scene of his accident and destruction of property, Murray floored one of the police officers. Three more officers were
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    SECRET DATA IN PUMPKIN
    197 3 Reuter. MADISON, South Dakota, Sun.- Representative Karl E. Mundt, Acting Chairman of the Hov.se Un-American Activities Committee, said tod«ty he felt certain Communist agents got all or most of their secret information recorded on microfilms from State Department papers and hidden in metal tubes in a
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    FILIPINO CLASH, NINE KILLED
    108 3 Reuter. Manila, Sun.—At least ninepersons were reported today to have been killed and four civilians wounded in two separate clashes in Laguna and Nueva Ecija Provinces between Government forces and dissidents during the week-end. The Laguna town of Paete was raided by Huks on Friday night
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    PAPAL AUDIENCE:
    33 3 A.P. VATICAN CITY, Mon. Pope Pius XII complimented Foreign Minister Dr. Juan Bramuglia on his "work in the great cause of peace" during a 40-minute private audience at Vatican City yesterday.—A.P.
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    Guerillas Being Mopped-Up
    114 3 A.P. ATHENS. Mon. Pressing through deep snows. Greek national forces killed 77 guerillas and captured 55 in two actions on Saturday. The communique said the killed and captured had been surrounded on Mount Siniatsikin, south of Fior ma. Army unites pursuing guerillas for the fourth day west
    A.P.  -  114 words
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    ABDULLAH'S THANKS
    41 3 A.P. AMMAN. Mon.—King Abdullah of Transjordan personally expressed his appreciation yesterday to Dr. Ralph Bunche. acting Palestine mediator, and his predecessor. He said he hoped that the mediator's work would bear fruit despite the lack of success so far.—A.P.
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    STUDENT RIOTS
    48 3 U.P. ALEXANDRIA, Sunday. Six policemen and one police officer were wounded today when a student tossed a grenade into a police truck. The police made several arrests. Heavy police forces patrolled the streets to put down any student riots such as the recent ones in Cairo.—U.P.
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    FOR WASHINGTON
    37 3 U.P. ROME, Sunday.—The United States has formally invited Dr. Bramuglia, of Argentina, to visit Washington for political talks with President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall, it was learned tonight from official Argentine sources. —U.P.
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    Prison Or Chateau For Marshal?
    106 3 A.P. PARIS, Mon. Marshall Philippe Petain's condition "does not justify any reason tor concern," a communique from the French Ministry of Justice stated oh Sunday on the latest medical examination. The communique denied that both Premier Henri Queuille and Andre Marie, Minister of Justice, had
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    CZECHS MAKE OVERTURES TO RUSSIA
    129 3 U.P. PRAGUE, Mon—A Czechoslovak govern ment delegation left last night for the Soviet Union. Headed by Premier Antonin Zapotock/ and including Foreign Minister Vlado Clementis, Minister of Industry Augustin Klimet and Minister of Finance Jaromir Bolansky, the group was believed to be going for economic
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    KHURRO PARTY PRESIDENT
    48 3 A.P. Karachi, Mon. Dismissed from the premiership of the province of Sind by the then provincial governor, the late Sheikh Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, in April last. Mohammed Ayub Khurro was elected by an overwhelming majority as president of the Sind Province Muslim League Party yesterday.—A.P.
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    DEATH
    43 4 Indran. aged 1 years, son of Insp. S. K. Sundram, of Beach Road Police Station, Singapore passed away at 5.45 p.m. yesterday. The burial will take plaee at 5 p.m. todav, at the Hindu Cemetry, Chua Chukang Road. Upcountry papers please copy.
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    PENANG PIPE-DREAM
    513 4 I ESS than a year after joining the Federation, L Penang is hungering to revert to its prewar colony status. A secessionist movement is afoot in Penang led by the various Cham bers of Commerce. lt all began with the Penang Chamber of Commerce sending a private circular
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    HEADACHE FOR INDOPAKISTAN LEADERS
    787 4  -  THE PROBLEM THAT GIVES By B. STAKOPAN A.P. CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI THE exodus of millions of non-Muslims from East Bengal is developing into another serious throat to IndoPakistan amity. O-RciaJ Srurea siv about 2.000.000 Hindus have nlready left their ancestral homos in Eastern Pakistan. The one-way
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    VACATION WITH PAY FOR ALBEN BARKLEY
    607 4 A.P. TO Alben W Barkley, the U.S. vice presidency to which he was elected on November 2 will be like a four-year vacation with pay. He has been a hard worker in politics for 43 years. As Democratic Party leader In the Senate for
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    Films For 'Colony-Conscious' Drive
    120 5 Sun. Films are to knt of a determinColonial Office knowledge in Briber colonies t\nd Million inhabitants, the war did much i itcr understandlohn Citizen of Bripeoptea of the EmDt Kovctnmcni Mif' surprising ignorooi ml affairs, tample was given by ickburne. Colonial irtor of Information. t th;it
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    LOVERS ON TRIAL
    36 5 that courting dancers poon" in sight of omc residents of Gate-lane, connecting End and Higher DcnpetttiOßCd against ace for a new village i temporary acence was it Lovers are on trial till Jatv
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    'Keep Away' Dogs Told
    39 5 I.• in Kedah lost part of theft liberty recently when the Government announced that loji we prohibited to enter government offices. Ifce announcement followed ilaints from some quarThe nature of the comfiunts was not disclosed.
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    TWO 'QUAKES IN SYDNEY
    69 5 Reuter. >NBY, Sun. The River observatory here record* two "moderately severe" luaite shocks at b\3l a.m. inrl 7 »H am. GMT today, and p snock at 9.30 a.m. observatory said the of the earthquake was 1 800 miles from Sydney probably near the Solomon is--1 uthquakea
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    Britain Disperses Atom-Jet Research
    279 5 Reuter. ATT AW A. CANADA. Sun. Canada and Britain are building up a close partnership in two great new fields of science energy and jet propulsion. This partnership may well overshadow m Importance Canada's announced intention of abandoning British designs for many of her conventional armaments
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    Palace Prisoner Awaits Trial
    193 5 HYDERABAD CITY, Sun.- Former Hyderabad Prime Minister Mir Laik li. still a prisoner in his luxurious home here, is expected to leoun his fate soon. Preparation of criminal charges against Laik Ali and other top figures of his fallen regime is reportedly nearing completion. The charges
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    MARSHAL LI GIVES BRITAIN A PAT
    297 5 'Uncle Sam Is Anti-Chinese 9 Reuter. HONGKONG, Sun.—Marshal Li Chai sum. one of the leading membars of the anti-K'n-mintang bloc living in semi-retirement in Hongkong, expressed the leftwing groups' apprern Man of the British Government's open-rrnr.d-ed" policy towards the civil war in China, wh«n
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    No More 'Cheap Jap Goods'
    211 5 Reuter. TOKIO. Sun. The stigma of "cheap and inferior quality." which for many years was associated with Japanese sundry goods, has been eradicated with Occupation control; and the industry seems assured of a prosperous future, the Nippon Times says in a supplement devoted to foreign
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    Trouser Is Key To Gem Raid
    112 5 nHARLES EVEIZS. 76- year-old jeu:e-Uer's porter, awokr in hit Ham- J mersmith flat rceently to j find Ma trrruserx missing. In thf pickets were the 3 keys of him firm'a S and safe, ma he warned J i the police. I S But with
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    Arabic To Be Official Language In Pakistan?
    88 5 The possibility of Arabic one day being made an official language in Pakistan along with Urdu was forecast by Mr. Hatlm A. Alavl, leader of the Pakistan Goodwill Mission to Indonesia, at a prayer meeting in Sultan Mosque on Friday. He said the
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    Double Whiskies Cost Him £25. 10s.
    62 5 Guy Paul Marie Monceau de BergendaJ. aged 30, 8.8.C. foreign broadcaster, of Beech-wood-close, Mill Hill, at Hendon was fined £20 with $5 10s. costs and disqualified from driving for one year for driving car under influence of drink. Bcrgandal said he had a beer
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    Bureau To Advise On 'Hard' Fathers
    311 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Sun.—Not since before the war has New York City been host to so many foreign f artists writers, dancers, .singers, violinsts, j pianists, conductors and musicians. But of the host of personalites. of all nationalities now on view in Manhatton, no
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    U.S. To Scale Tariff Wall
    83 5 A.P. WASHINTON. Sun. The United States is taking Vtl\ j irst, slop toward tariff cutting lgrecments with 11 mon foreign nation*. The Inter Departmental Thade Agreements Committee announced It has set December 7 for the start of the usu«: Dublic hearings by the Committee fo
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    Spy Find Inside Pumpkin
    85 5 U.P WASHINGTON. Sun. Two Communist spy investigations have been ordered resumed on the strength of sensation- new evidence found hidden <n a hohowed-out pumpkin on a vf*iryland farm. The evidence constat* of micro-filmed copies of top secret documents stolen from the Itate department for transmis ;ion
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    TWO WOMEN & A PASTOR
    30 5 TWO WOMEN A PASTOR Foi failing to give a righl-Of-way to two women at street croadng. the Rev. Prank Chamberlain, of Bounds Oakway, hnnUihorough. was teed 10s. at Bromley, Kent.
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    DERBY COUNTY BACK TO FORM
    168 6 Gain 5-1 Victory Over Charlton A. LONDON, Sun.—Derby County, beaten in two of their last three games, returned to form in n«i uncertain manner today, gaining a s—l victory over Charlton Athletic—their biggest success of the season. Charlton held their own during a first half
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    DOCUSEN TKO'S RANSOM
    71 6 A.P. .SEATTLE. Sunday. Per iani Doeuaen, 110 lbs., Filipino .lfciitvr tit.ru NYw Orleans hopelessly outclassed Buford Sanson, 1-4 7. hading welU-i weight of the Pacific North west, on Fiiday night The referee stopped the fight in the tenth and final round after Docusen cut up the Seattle
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    Patton's 100-Yard Record Approved
    87 6 A.P. S tlr T f r »h" 100* I J r, ,,r,l T, I the National ZmmZLl Ath.etie Vmm *f> lts fronds tee reversed its aJjT i 24 mmn after r -77, n I the application. i time at Frmam, J nia, on Max J r
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      570 6 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. LIM THIAM BOCK of No. 136, Onan Road, Singapore, formerly employed as the Manager of MALAYA LABOUR CONSTRUCTION CO." of No. 76, Nelson Road, Singapore and also as the Manager of "LIM KIM LEE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD CONTRACTOR of No. 78A, Robinson Road,
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    CANADA'S WIN DOESN'T IMPRESS SINGAPORE
    126 7 "Remember Chan Defeated Mohan" |M>lV N defeat by Canada in the first round of the Thomas Cup competition has not shaken lata] badminton critics' confidence in the Malay in team's chances of bringing the Cup home. believe that the Malayan team would ily accounted for
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    Siamese Boxers May Fight Here
    115 7 PROMOTER Row Kirn Lin Is ing great guns in Bang- He is handling two Siahampions and, accordI> a recent letter from Xi lie had a financial tain a huge sports enterKirn is willing to let his teges hk'ht in Singapore, t the purse demands, while
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    SELANGOR WINS
    22 7 l-A LUMPUR, Sat. beat Penang by 8 goal and a tryi to 3 try) at rugger at the Padang today.
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    Lim feels better
    132 7 Mr. Lim Chuan Geok, skipper and manager of Malaya's Thomas Cup team who was unable tc make the trip with the team last Thursday on account of ill-health, plans to fly to London to meet the team as soon as the doctor will permit him to travel.
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    Danes Confident Of Entering Finals
    242 7 Reuter. COPENHAGEN, Sunday— Denmark's badminton experts are completely confident that the Danish team will defeat Sweden in the second round of the Thomas Cup, which is being held here on Dec. 7 and 8, and thus enter the Europen zone final. A Danish sports writer
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    NO MID-WEEK SPORT FOR UK?
    68 7 LONDON. Sun. A new move to secure a ban on midweek sport in Britain is to be made with the presentation to cabinet ministers of a report on the effect which absenteeism, alleeedly caused by the holdsports fixtures, has upon production. The report is to
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    Clemencean XI
    40 7 The following players will represent Clemenceau Youngsters at soccer against KIWI XI, at Farrer Park today. Cheok Hoe, Siew Lee, Ken> Wah. Chow Keong, John Loh. Shazali, Sunny Tan, Leonard Voon. Teek Yam, John Hon and Choon Kirn.
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    Canada, England Score Easy Wins
    300 7 Reuter and A.P. ENGLAND and Canada won their first round ties in the international Thomas Cup badminton competition over the week end easily. At Toronto, Canada beat the Indian team by seven matches to two, while at Leicester, England beat Scotland by eight matches to
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    DANES WIN
    31 7 A.P. ZURICH. Switzerland, Sun— The Danish "NB" soccer team defeated the Zurich "FC" combination with little difficulty two to one in Zurich on Saturday, Half-time score also was 2—l—A.P.
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    DANE-BELGIAN WIN 6-DAY CYCLE RACE
    128 7 A.P. I WAbHINGTON. Mon. The banish -Belgian team of Irno Pederson and Emile Bruneau I won the- six-day bicycle race Ii n Washinton o n Sunday. The Dutch team or Chris yo n Ockt and Ben Remke; was second one lap behind. During the last
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    Von Nida 'Shocked'
    145 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Sun. Norman To n Nida, dimlnutivr Australian professional golfer Mho was refused admittance at the bar door of tho Metropolitan Golf Club, Melb mine, on Saturday, declared today. "My high esteem fo; all people and regulations connected with the- world of golf has suffered a
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    Switzerland Score 1-0 Win Over Eire
    219 7 DUBLIN, Sun—A goal after seven minutes in the second half gave Switzerland I—o victory over Eire at Dalymount Park here this afternoon la an international soccer match in which Eire dominated the play for a long period. I v I %l The aggressive Eire
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    RACEHORSE OWNER DIES
    70 7 Reuter. CAMBRIDGE. Sun. Mr R. H. Nicholson, well-known i n English racing as a breedeand owner of Vicars stud farm. Cambridge, has died suddenly here within a fewdays of his 61st birthday. He the father ol "Fit nchle" Nicholson. the National Hunt jockey anc trainer. Mr. Nicholson
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    M.C.C. winby Innings
    207 7 Reuter. BENONI, Sunday. The M.C.C. cricketers beat Northeastern Transvaal here today by an innings and 203 runs and with an hour to spare. The victory was a combination of some superlative batting followed by brilliant bowling To take mattes in order of happening. Denis Compton and R.
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    SCRC to MEET SRC and V's
    112 7 The SCR C. hockey teams for this week's fixtures are: Tuesday, against S.R.C. at Padang: Lee Ah Chio; Lav Hock Chye. Cheong Thiam Siew; Gan Kee Siang, Goh Chm Chye, Cheah Kirn Swee; Swee Lim Swang, Chai Hon Yam, Khoo Ong Lee. Wong Kirn
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    Dane Soccer Star To Turn Professional
    86 7 COPENHAGEN, Sunday. Carl Aage Praest, Danish amateur soccer star, would like to join the Italian professional Club Juventus—but not until next summer. Juventus recently bought Denmark's John Hansen for a cash payment of $5,000 and a monthly salary of at least £60. "If juventus
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    BRUCE NOT FINISHED YET
    51 7 Reuter. LONDON. Sunday—Bruce Woodcock, Doncaster-born British heavyweight champion who 18 months ago was considered by many people to be finished as far as championship boxing is concerned, may before another year is past be within striking distance of the world's richest boxing prize the heavyweight championship.
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    Filipinos to play in Carlifornia
    42 7 A.P. NEW YORK, Sunday-The Foreign Relations Committee of the National Amateur Athletic Union reported that the Philippines Olympic basketball team from Manila had been invited to play in California. An itinerary has not yet been decided upon.--A.P.
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    Fast times at Ipoh today
    241 7 Today's Track Notes From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, To.day. I ONGCHAMPS 11, Saidan, Martini and Sister Cill v returned fast times here this morning when runners for the second day of the Ipoh Turf CluVs December Meeting were piven their final gallops. Longchampa II (Spencer) finished
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    "CITATION"
    61 7 Reuter. SANBRUNO. California, Sun. Citation, America's champion thorough-bred, Increased his all time winnings to $833,--350 with an easy victory over four other three-year olds in a six furlongs sprint at Tanforay. His time one minute 12 sees, on muddy track and he won comfortably by a length and a
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    Cumberland Badly Beaten By Lanes
    237 7 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday.—Three Rugby Union County Championship matches were played today and all the home teams were successful. The biggest victory was at Fylde, where Lancashire overcame Cumberland and Westmorland by 4 tries, one dropped goal and three penalty goals (24 points) to one goal
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      58 7 I TH T YCXJ KNOW.TmS i«« S JJS?^! 1 L G0 10 ALL I 3KOLC- ON, MISS MiNOOT -Pi PLET Me 3c THE JupgP Of Mv-YEAM' 1 C»rly WHOtVaATWKW N <f DID.N'T REFUSE T FIGHT THAT M piANur WStTw l&iS -orv'jf WA O NT£P TO INjjRE VtHAJ 2S L£ LE
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    LONGER DRINKING HOURS WANTED IN BRITAIN
    271 8 Bid To Raise More Dollars Reuter. I ONDON. Sun—Tho British Government ji beInn pressed by th" tourist industry to help the country's drive for dollars by extending the let*;*! hours for alcoholic drinking. lUta year's tourist season made record doifar and other haul currency
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    IBRAHIM WAS THE SMARTEST RAF CADET
    192 8 (Tribune Start* Reporter) Ibrahim bin Chs Mat who comes from Safari Dalan in Frovince Wellesley was the smu 1 t-st all-round cadet of No. 15 Corp of the RA F. Auxiliary Police Training School at Changi. fie received a prize from the Command Provost
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    THEY ALL HAD CARDS
    35 8 In security sweeps made on Saturday. Sunday and daybreak today, Singapore Police screened 1.116 persons in three areas in the suburbs of Singapore. All had identity irda and none were detained.
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    BROKEN LEGS
    38 8 An Indian railway employee was knocked down by a taxi driven by a Chinese at the junction of New Bridge Road and Outram Road, last night. The Indian was taken to hospital with both legs fractured.
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    MALAYA LENDS A HAND
    98 8 Food parcels destined for deserving cases in Britain are handled by committee members and helpers at Malaya House, London. Left to Right are Mr. Harry Walker, Miss Sheila Newark, and Committee Members Mrs. W. Fulcher and Mrs. F. Lee. The parcels, Australian in origin and containing
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    Chinese Y.M.C.A, Membership Drive Bears Fruit
    202 8 Miss Yong Nyuk Keow, the oretty girl (n charge of the Lucky Dip at the Chinese V.M.C.A. on Saturday, induced a crowd of boys to collect round her booth to try their luck at a dio On Sept. 18. Mr. C. T. Woon told
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    Conciliation Commission
    75 8 A.P. CAIRO. Mon. A source at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that Britain has askeo Egypt, to support Britian's recommendation i n the United Nations for creating a conciliation commission for Palestine. The informant told th* Associated Press that Chapman Andrews. Britain's Minister to Cairo, made his government's
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    PRESSMAN LOSES TEST CASE
    192 8 MANILA, Sun.—The Philippine Supreme Court, in an eight to two vote, sentenced a Ma nila newspaperman to 30 days in prison for contempt of the high Tribunal The court's ruling formed a hist test of the press freedom law. passed atter the Philippine independence, to protect
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    Six-Foot-Six Star Was Coal Miner
    325 8 AUSTRALIA'S six-loot-six film star rv ferty. of -The Overlandcr*- feme j* R; over the Chinese hotel boy s when Raffles yesterday evening' from T H? is on his way from Australia t to attenri th- world premiere of hi The film was recently competed in
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    English Education For Malay Children
    74 8 The Selangor Education Department will tak e steps to admit a satisfactory Dumber of Malay children intq Engi'sn schools in the state for next year. Inche Satteh Hakim Selangor State Councillor, revealed thl s i n a n Interview with Utusan Melayu representative in Kuala
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    WHATS ON TODAY General
    69 8 IAI. IHSM.A» elusive fashion nvnic dame Theodore. p r j tl) taurunt. Oroh..r„ LW.( In{«'rn;it;„., ,1 nightly Club. Mrs will speak on Canada .j p,* Quay. 5 p.m. ANSON ATIILKTU NMl CIATION, monthly m-din-Nelson Road. 7.30 nm INTERNATIONU. I. TISTS ASSOCIATION class. College of Medicine y*
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    Cinemas
    169 8 REX Dr. Jekyll an*) y. Hyde", with Spencer Tran Indgrid Bergman and Lu, Turner—1.45, 4. 6.30 and 91$ p.m. CATHAY: "Man-eater ofKumaon." with Sabu—1.45. 4.15 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. A LH AMUR A: "Dick Tracv" (Full Serial)—1.30. 515 tad 8.45 p.m. CAPITOL: "Life with Kithcr," with William Powell(in technicolour)—2.
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    Sports
    36 8 I HOC KEY: S.CC Wow* v Naval Base Ladies H S.C.C.: S.R.C. v. St. latr'ff' School- S.R.C.; 2h«J k» ,r v. G.H.Q. Signal Krtf- Soon; Khalsa At' n- v Police—St. Georges :<*'• RCGIIY: S.CC. K M.E.—S.CC.
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    STREET HOLD-UP
    27 8 Shortly arte, U 4 night, a Chu trishaw »1 was stop,-: who- robbed bin ol v** and a wj isl w The robbers I* bicycles.
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    SWEDES WIN
    32 8 A.P. COPENHAGEN Sweden boat Drni victories to on« tennis match in Sunda\. After the nytebj day an t Sal a 3-0 lead and m f"* aide one match A j____^-
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