Malaya Tribune, 10 January 1949

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  • 64 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya. Simultaneously utuala (Lumpur, Ipoh Penan (j. i y \S Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). FIGHT PAWf SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice
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  • 214 1 First Party Flown To Cyprus HAIFA, Sun.—British citizens in Israel are evacuated at the request of the British Consul General, iVIr. Cyril Marriott, usual.;/ reliable sources said here. The first party was reported to have flown from Haifa at noon for Cyprus. Mr. Marriott, according to
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  • 223 1 Reuter. An Israel protest demanded that United Nations observers should be sent immediately to Akaba to ensure British troops did not cross the Israeli frontier. In Amman today a Transjordan spokesman said his Government had invoked last year's Anglo-Trans Jordan treaty as a precautionary measure.
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  • 199 1 Discussing the shooting down of Ruyai Air Force planes and the representations made by the British, Dr. Ralph Bunche commented. "The British have filed a formal complaint buY I am not in a position to discuss it as try copy is marked 'confidential." "I have
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  • 185 1 A.P. LONDON, Sun. Britain moved warships and troops in the tense Mediterranean area Sunday to back up her "strong protest" to Israel against the shooting down of five RAF fighter planes on Friday neat the Egyptian—Palestine border. Two Royal Navy frigates sailed from Malta for
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  • 69 1 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Sunday. Thousands of boy scouts attendin- the Pan-Pacific Scout Jamboree at Wonga observed a minute's silence today in memory of the late Ix)rd JJadenPoweß. The 11,000 scouts attending the Jamboree began breaking camp today after 12 days. Boys from Malaya, the Philippines, Fiji, Pakistan and
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  • 49 1 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Sunday.- About 150 more corpses were picked past two days as the cold wave continued unabated, according to semi-official reports. The total number of Street deaths has thus been pushed up to over 1,000 during the first rune days of this year. —Reuter.
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  • 29 1 A.P. FRANKFURT. Sunday. President Truman was asked Sunday to intervene in the Allied military plans to dismantle one of the Ruhr valleys' big steel plants.- -A.P.
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  • 20 1 The C aronia, Britain's latent liucr, slips away from Southampton on her maiden voyage lo New York.
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  • 300 1 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA, Sun.-—Republican circles here today reported tentative moves by Netnt' Umds authorities to open unofficial disciissiot with Republican leaders. They believed similar appreaches were being made to Republicans in Jogjakarta. So far these moves have not progressed very far in Batavia. though a slight change in
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  • 91 1 A.P. SHANGHAI, Sunday. The Chinese civil aviation authorities today suspended airlifts evacuating displaced persons from Shanghai because of a dispute with the airlines who do the lifting. Pan American. Northwest. Chinese National. BO AC. KLM and Air France all protested against the exclusive contract to carry
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  • 98 1 Two Views On Asian Confab NEW DELHI. Sun.—Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Prime Minister, told a Congress Party Working Committee Sunday that the "broad objectiw of the Asian Conference on Indonesia is to demonstrate the sympathy of the Asian countries towards Indonesia <n a practical and creative way." The
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  • 80 1 Reuter-A.P. MELBOURNE. Sun.—Mr. R. G. Menzies, Opposition loader in the Australian Parliament, said today it was a great blunder for Australia to be involved in the forthcoming Asian conference on Indonesia, to which Britain had not invited. Mr. Menzies, who was commenting on the Commonwealth Government's decision to
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  • 33 1 A.P. KARACHI, Sunday.— Pakistan's Foreign Minister Sir Zafrullah Khan will lead the Pakistan delegation to the Asian conference in New Delhi on Jan. 20, it was officially announced here on Sunday.—A.P.
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  • 27 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Sunday. Di. A. Maraims, Finance Minister of the Indonesian Republic, and Dr. Socmitao, acting representative in New York, arrived here today.—Reuter.
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  • 171 1 A.P. NEW DELHI, Sun.—"The Malay has loni? been characterised as "the gentleman of the East" and what he wants today is only selfgovernment," Sardar Budh Singh told correspondents here recently. Budgh Singh is the Residentwould be wrong to dub the of the the Malayan
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  • 257 1 Reuter. LONDON, Sun.—Mr. Tommy Handley, famous radio comedian, died in London today after a seizure. Mr. Handley's age. not listed in any reference book, was believed to be 55. He collapsed shortly before noon and died a few hours later. Born in Liverpool, he
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  • 477 1 1 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter* THE American vice-consul for Singapore. Mr. Joseph E. Jaques, a European planter from Johore and two Malay seamen are missin? in a sampan off the island of Pulosebarok. A large force of Marine Police, headed by A.S.P Jonnson, began searching the
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  • 114 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. TEL AVIV, Sunday.—Flying Officer Timothy McElhaw and Flying Officer Close, R.A.F. pilots taken prisoner by the Jews after their planes were shot down along the Egyptian-Palestine frontier, are expected to be returned to British bands, it was understood here last night. It was
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  • 32 1 Marine Police this morning stated that five persons have been reported missing on the sa —'l. They are: Mr. Jacques, Mr .iov.ii, two Malay seaman and a Chinese.
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  • 325 2 Reuter. NEW YORK, Sun.—Dr. Julius Hirsch and Mrs. Edith Hirsch, leading New York economists for industrial interests, believe that "the world is coming back to normal, fast". In a recent report they state that world production of six of the seven main foods in
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  • 98 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sun.—The American Red Cross spent U5516,852,309 in giving aid after 619 domestic disaster* in the past two years, it reported. That was the greatest number of relief tasks undertaken in any comparable period ir. the 67-year history of the or ganisation, said
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  • 79 2 A.P. TOKYO, Sun.—Kyodo News j Agency reported that former Agricultural Minister Rikizo I Hirano had been sentenced j to 10 months' imprisonment I lor violating Government i purge orders. Hirano was convicted in I District Court here of failing j to report his association with I Kode
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  • 266 2 Reuter. VATICAN CITY, Sun. Vatican circles here believe that any definite step by the Holy See regarding the arrest on December 27 of Cardinal Mindszenty, Catholic Primate of Hungary, may be postponed until the position has clarified. The Pope has been deeply shocked by this
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  • 254 2 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Sun. An Australian car of French design, at a price within the reach of the average man, is the aim of leading industrialist, Laurence John Hartnett, wartime Director of Ordnance Production and former Managing-Director of General Motors-Holden's Limited. His proposed "People's" car
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  • 104 2 Air view of the (47 which cracked up some Ume ago on the Greenland ice cagi, stranding its crew of seven men. Crude igloos and shelseven and four men marooned ters built by. the original may be seen near the tail of the plane. Square patch is
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  • 77 2 A.P. MADRID, Sun,—Spain l and Italy plan to strong- J then their cultural r«-la- i S tiom by exchanging their i students,, starting early this year. > WhUe 26 Madrid I ni- t versify law students are to go to Italy, the Ita- iians wiU be represented i
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  • 102 2 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. Mr. Frank Roberts, principal private secretary to Mr. Ernest Bevln, will leave Britain shortly for India to take up his new post as British Deputy High Commissioner, it waa learned here today. Thp High Commissioner is Gen. Sir Archibald Nye. Mr. Roberts, who was
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  • 224 2 A.P. EVANSTON, Illinois, Sun.—A new Irisiilin combination that eliminates "hundreds of injections a year per diabetic patient" was announced by a Northwestern University medical specialist. Dr. Arthur R. Coiweil. associate professor of medicine at Northwestern and President of; the Chicago Diabetes Association, said the
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  • 39 2 A.P. BERN, Switzerland, Sun.— A new Swiss-made pistol with a nine millimeter (0.354 inches) bore is to become standard equipment for all Swiss Army officers, replacing the 7.65 millimeter (0.301 inches) pistol in use at present A.P.
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  • 489 3 A.P. NEW DELHI, Sun. The Andaman Islands 204 eastern outposts of India in the Bay of Bengal appear to have many lessons to offer to India. H. V. R. Iyengar, Secre- tary to the Home Ministry, who visited the islands to investigate the possibilities of colonisation
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  • 62 3 Reuter. LONDON Una.— The Ministry of Supply announced today the interim allocations v 28.740 tons of tin metal for the first .half of 1»49. n>ade oy the Combined Tin Committee. Allocations were: Australia 230 tons: Canada 1.77TJ; Denmark 290; Egypt 70: Fmland U0 France 4.540; India L
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  • 29 3 Reuter. •BOMBAY, Suo.4Sye«i Abdul la .Brelvt, 57.ye«Tr#M ihe rationalist [Bombay Chrpfticle and of the.Alli India Newapaper ,'JEditops Qonference, died here ton ight after a heart attack. —Reuter.
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  • 172 3 Reuter. MANILA, Sun. Whether the Philippine trades with Japan or not, Japan will attain her pre-war industrial level in five years through the aid of SCAP. according to Nicolas I. Misa who recently returned from a business trip to Japan. Misa added, however, that Japan's
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  • 85 3 A.P. PITTSBURGH, Sun was just trying to get away irom. it all, Gilbert Diggins, 55, told police who. found him banging irom, a roof ledge, three j storeys,, up. His wtfV was clinging ito his wrists, trying to keep. him irom falling. Police rescued; him after handcuffing
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  • 78 3 A.P. i NEW DELHI, Sun.—GovernI ment officials say Pakistan has .so far delivered only one third 'of the five million bales of jute promised under an agreement f reached at Karachi last fall. They say not more than 1,600,000 bales have been delivered, although the last quarter of
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  • 188 3 A.P. WARSAW, Sun.—Polish women are playing a big part in advancing the propaganda campaigns of the Polish Communist Workers' Party among this country's 24,000,000 people. Figures released by Communist headquarters in Warsaw show that, women make up nearly 20 per cent, of the party's entire
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  • 138 3 Reuter. LONDON. Sunday. An antiscientific movement might arise as a lesult of the dangers to human life presented by the atcm bomb and possible bacteriological warfare. Mr. Bertrand Russell (Earl Russell», the philosopher, said in his Home Service broadcast tonight. "But whatever people may feel
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  • 231 3 U.P. GENEVA, Sun.—A total of 26 countries now recognize a special international document which is the nearest thine to a passport for thousands of refugees and displaced persons. Officials of the International Refugee Organization describe the travel document as a boost not only to the morale of
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  • 46 3 A.P. RANGOON, Sunday Plans to end the Kraen disturbances in southern Burma are now being discussed between Burmese military authorities and Karen leader*. This follows meeting this week-end between Burmese Premier Thakin Nn and Saw U Oyi. president of the Karen National Union. —A.P.
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  • 81 3 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sun. -William Langer said he will renew his fight in the new Congress against segregation in ihe urn. Ed services. Langer said he -would reintroduce six amendments which he submitted when the Drau Act was being debated in the Senate last year.
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  • 137 3 Reuter. LONDON, Sun.—Nationalisation of the chemical industry, some branches of Insurance and the distribution .of agricultural produce may form part of the British Labour Party's programme for the 1950 general election. A section of the Labour Party has been seeking the inclusion of these measures in
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  • 90 3 Reuter. FRANKFURT. Sun.—Rudol. Piaueln. who in 1938 escapee oeath by denying in a Nazi tuurt that he had been tne author oi anti-Hitler pamihlets. is on trial bfcfor e a German court on a cnarge ot The Frankfurter Runds chau. protesting that more than halt the
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  • 449 4 (JEORGE Catlett Marshall, architect cf the Marshall Plan, resigns for reasons of health from the post of America's Secretary of state, which carries the vast responsibility for America's foreign affairs. He takes with him into retirement the good wishes and the gratitude of millions of
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  • 1132 4  -  By ROBERT BROWN Rcuter's Correspondent) IF the dramatic events which, in 1936. led to the abdication of King Edward VIII from the British throne, had moved less swiftly, two of this country's greatest statesmen might have thrown their joint influence into the
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  • 894 4 A.P. CUPID had a busy year in 1948. His list of marriages includes the names of a Rockefeller, a Whitney, a Roosevelt a Churchill, a Hearst, one of England's richest peers, a king, and others prominent in society, banking, sports and on the stage and
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  • 156 4 Sir. —For a century Sarawak was an independent sovereign State under British protection. On July Ist 1946 it was an nexed as a Crown colony. Whether the voice of the Sarawak peoples has agreed gladly or willingly to the cession is open to doubt. Ever since the annexation
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  • 150 5 A.P. HOUSTON. Texas. Sun. Some independant American oil producers are alarmed over increases in imports of crude oil. They say the mounting imports are being emphasised at the expense of curtailed domestic production. Russell Brown, General Counsel for the independent Petroleum Association of America, recently
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  • 106 5 In the Atlantic south of th Azores units of the Home Fleet took part in Exercise "Sunrise", the most ambitious air-sea operation to be canted out since the end of the war. From the Azores, Sir Rhoderiek Mcfirigor, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, set a secret course towards England with
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  • 421 5 NEW YORK, Sun.—There is an ominous sound in the roar of protest from German political leaders over the Ruhr agreement of the Western Allies. It is disconcertingly reminiscent of the situation after World War I. Then a bitter Germany, defeated physically but not in spirit,
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  • 108 5 A.P. PHILADELPHIA. Sun. A conference of the Presbyte rian Church in the U.S.A agreed that Whites and Negroes should worship together ;n "brotherly religion," it was announced recently. The Church reported that 30 Negro and white delegates conferred for five days here at a meeting arranged by the
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  • 60 5 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA, bun.-A report on a £180.000.000 scheme to harness the Snowy River and other rivers of the Australian Alps has bee sent to the Federal Government. Prime Minister Chiflcy annouced tonight. The scheme would diver' River Snowy, which rises in New South Wales and through
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  • 388 5 A.P. TAIPEI, Formosa, Sunday. Who are the Formosans or Taiwanese, as they call themselves? The answer to this question can affect seriously the strategic balance of East Six million human q"'' marks who live on this strategic is'and off Communistthreatened China are not sure of
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  • 88 5 NEW YORK. Sun.—lf there is another war the American soldier may go into battle like King Arthur's knights, wearing armour. A sample of plastic body armour described as able to, stop .45 calibre revolver bullets was revealed by the U. S. Army to the Textile Square Club
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  • 170 5 Reuter MOSCOW. Sun. —Cp to 05.000 calorics of heat fan every year on every square centimetre of the surface of the Caspian sea. according to the findings of an expedition of the Soviet State Occanographic Institute. The expedition has oecn m--1 vestigating the distribution of
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  • 107 5 A.P. MONTREAL, Sun.— i For the Hrst Urn» in the I anna'.s of the Roman J Catholic Church In t ana-da a blind person has been ordained to the priesthood. MghliesH since birth, Jfu—' nM ttev. Holland J v jpbeß of Stnnbridge j Station. Qnebee. read liturgical
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  • 52 5 U.P. Washington, Sun. Defence Secretary James Forrcstal announced recently that a committee of top Army, Navy and Air Force officers is standardizing clothing and personal equipment for the three services. More than 400 items of clothing and equipment on which the services spent almost $247,000,000 this year are
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  • 48 5 U.P. LONDON, Sun. Eleventh Century Horseshoes in a perfect state of preservation have been unearthed by workmen at Chiddingfold, Surrey, seven feet below the main coast road near the Ancient Crown Inn. Some were complete even to the nails. They probably belonged to War Horses. U.P.
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  • 294 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Sun. There were cynical laughs when President Truman opened his recent election campaign with a bitter onslaught against "the profiteers of Wall Street" before an audience of lowa farmers who arrived for the occasion in private aeroplanes and luxurious motor cars. The
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  • 44 5 U.P. BOGOTA, Colombia, Sun. Press reports said the business sector of Lorica, in Cartagena state has been destroyed by fire. The dispatches said material losses were heavy, but that no lives were lost. Lorica has a population of about 7,000— U.P.
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  • 31 5 A.P. VIENNA. Sun—Less than one per cent, of Austria's working population is unemployed, recent Government figures show. The figure is described as the "absolute minimum" by Government authorities. A.P,
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  • 418 5 A.P. NEW YORK Sun. Movies taken with black and white film become colour movies on the screen in a new process developed by Dr. Warren Millais. The- colours In his movies look natural, but somewhat pale compared with the colours of present movies. The colours
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  • 44 5 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE. Sun. The Australian Flying Doctor Service Committee has asked New South Wales wool growers to give wool to aid its f unds. The Service—which provides medical aid by air in emote areas—hopes to raise A €40.000. —Reuter-AAP.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 112 5 VIC FLINT— By Michael O'Malley and Ralph Lane r^r y ■■■HTvOO'D BETTER OCOPIT.COCOA. JjFfg emptied his gun into /7T V ZjXiiEJj/r 1 SHA > L 1) the dead snake. Then... Jj I^^^^^^^^ MP hot DVTLicD > f >PU SETTEE. SEE IT gTAVS L.JUSTJKCAXgE YOU Vu/J KaPSSIS TM' FOTL^X Idl 7
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  • 224 6 M&epimg ftwss At U.P. GST A AD. $^L-rffti>a4Jaj» or th tee* yof cowcse. IrM'^^to.^Q^^k•^iiwUy woOll But Rita fiHoilywQdd here I eGtsxv" statement with,another'whwh piuuie the date of her return vary iaiikfJrute. "You know l t am talcing .myJust skiing lessons here I like it
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  • 109 6 TRINIDAD, Sun—The posi- j tion. regarding the sending of Indies touring team in India as i an extra player for the West j that the President of the West reflected by the press here is Indies Cricket Control Board cannot act on a request by the President
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  • 143 6 The Pencheff-Kong fight wont the full distance at the Great World on Saturday. George Pencheff giving his farewell performance in the Colony was unlucky to lose by the oniy fall of the* fight. Pencheff displayed his usual catlike agility and was up on Kong's back in
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  • 66 6 Reuter. OSLO. Sun. Two X speed skaters. Hiyo Chiang Lee and Chang Nam Pyun. took part in the two days in- ternational speed skating conI test which finished today it was merely for training putposes and they did not achieve anything outstanding. The contest was won
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  • 26 6 Harrison* CtoOMfitkl Sports Club beat the Cable Wireless Sports Club b> frames to 1 when they met in the Clerical Union Hall on Thursday.
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  • 381 6 (By ALLAN LEWIS) Harry Gentles had a good season last year as a jockey. He also has a very good record. Enlisting in 1939 Harry saw service in the middle East with an Australian Unit. At the outbreak of hostilities in the Pacific he returned
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  • 204 6 Reuter. London, Sunday. further proof of the desire to 'catch them young" cpmes from a comment, of athletic officials that something could well be organised to giye youth athietes the opportunity to participate in events outside their wprkinir hdurs. *"he matter concerns youngsters who may not be
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  • 145 6 Reuter. MELBOURNE, Sun.—Marylebone Cricket Club has sent to the Australian Board of Cricket Control an exact replica of its most treasured cricket relic— a small pottery urn presented to the Hon. Ivo Bligh in Australia in 1883. The original urn contained the traditional "Ashes." It was presented
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    • 564 6 TUITION i MERC:ANTILE INSTITUTION 209, Queen Street Phone 9990. DAY COMMERCIAL CLASSES for all commercial subjects. EVENING CLASSES for Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-Keeping and Higher Accountancy, Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry for Laboratory Assistants and for Senior and Matriculation Examinations. NOTICE TAN CHYE HOCK is no longer in our employ and consequently
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    • 341 6 Holland East Asia Line S-S. "MOLENKERK" due Singapore about Kith Jan., 1949. leading cargo alongside S.H.B. wharves for Continental Ports For cargo and particulars please apply to: NEDERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Agents: Holland East Asia Line 41. Robinson Road. Tel: 3443/: NEpERLAND LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL •M.V. "TAWAXI" due
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  • 412 7 All Tickets Sold Out U.K., SCOTLAND 'HOME'SOCCER INTERNATIONALS Reuter. LONDON, Sun ENGLAND and Scotland, who meet in *hat is B pernaps the most attractive of the home soccer internationals at Wembley on *pn! are both taking steps to give their near international players
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  • 60 7 The following are the soccer fixtures of the Jollilads Athletic Union: Jan 13—Vs. Singapore Improvement Trust Sports Club at Farrer Park. Jan. 16—Vs. H.M.S. Michael, Geylang Stadium. Jan 19 —Combined Europeans XI, Farrer Pack. Jan. 23—H.M.S. Alert, Geylang Stadium. Jan. 30—H.M.S. Consort, Geylang Stadium. the match scheduled
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  • 112 7 I £fX* oi the twelve bottles of !»3 "Challenge" Scotch Whisky donated to the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund by a well-known Shy gapore sportsman are still unclaimed. So we are reducing the target of $50 and a bottle will go to everyone who gives $25
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  • 81 7 The Singapore Police rugger team left for Kuala Lumpur last night for theii annual rugger match against the Selangor Police. The team will be selected from R. P. H. Shelmerdine, B. C. Fay, D. C. Thomas, E. M. Glossop. M. L. Abrams, A. T.
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  • 82 7 Reuter. BOMBAY, Sunday.— A testimonial fund fot Everton Weekes, West Indies batsman, has been opened by the Sunday News of India, leading Sunday newspaper of Bombay. The paper said: "None of the famous cricketers ef the past, Grace, Hobbs, McCartney or Bradman himself" equalled Weeks' record of
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  • 229 7 A.P. (By JOE IVES, A.P. Sports Writer) WASHINGTON. Bicycle racing's Greatest all-time combination—Gustav Killian and Heinz Vopel will makft their Dost-war debut in early March. looking Kilian exclaimed, "Why not?" The sports world on both sides of the Ocean is waiting to see whether this famed
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  • 107 7 Reuter. MARSEILLES, Sun.—lnjuries were •.roqucnt in a hard game and the players of both sides were once called together and warned !)v the referee about rough play in today's RUgoy League international in which Australia defeated France by 29 points to 10. A section of
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  • 114 7 U.P. NICE, Italy, Sun. Although beaten by Monace today, Spain finished the International basketball tournament In second place. High scoring and tight basketball in the first half featured the game between the Spanish quintet from Catalan and the Monacan team. At the halfway mark the Monacans
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  • 35 7 A.P. VIENNA, Sun.—The 1949 Austrian ski championship will be held at Villach, in the British zone of Austria, Feb. B—l3. Events scheduled Include the Alpine combination, the Nordish combination and the distance jump.—A.P.
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  • 359 7 (From VERNON MORGAN, Reuters' Sports Editor) LONDON, Sunday.—England's cricketers touring South Africa have already confounded their critics by *beir sterling play in tnat country. Bet ore the tour starred it was reported in London, that South African sportsmen were prepared to lay odds of 3ix to
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  • 69 7 The Singapore Chinese Amiteur Athletic Association beat the Selangor Chin Woo Athletic Association by 58 points to 49 at the Jaian Besar Stadium on Saturday. ABOVE picture shows the finish of the 100 Metres. First van Yeo Meng Poh (Setangor extreme right), second Yip Per
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  • 100 7 Reuter. JAMSHEDPUR, Sun.—Tfce West indies touring cricketers gained their victory m 15 matches by beating Bihar today by an innings i and 98 runs. After declaring their first innings at 445 for five wickets, the West Indies dismissed Bihar for 156 and 191 in less
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  • 42 7 Reuter. PARIS, Sunday.—Ocean Blue 11, the French six-year-old who has teen entered for the Liverpool Grand National, finished fourth at Pau today in the cross-country steeplechase, over three miles and one furlong. He finished 12 lengths behind the winner, Fanny.—Reuter.
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  • 536 7 Reuter. (From VERNON MORGAN, tor > SPORTS writers are usually asked about this 0 time of the New Year, "What was your greatest thrill of last year?" Now that is a very difficult and trick; question to answer as a sports writers Iffe is PaCKeoi
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  • 67 7 The following will represent Singapore CricKet Club "B" XV against R.A.F. Changi "B" today at 5.15 p.m. at the padang. J. V. H. Geeks; H. M. Gartside, jI. Mclnroy, D. Darroch. J. E. Burnett; P. A. Mac Queen, D. S. Goldie; M. Slade, P. M. Pascoe. !I. Gilchrist;
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  • 111 7 Getting op Rights, burning nq>Mi tion of orcuns, whitish discharge, dull a< !i< .it ba*e < l -pine, groin and leg pains, nervousness, weakness and \<<: i of manly vigour are < ausi d by a dib>;iM >>i the Prdjf.it* Gland (a
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    • 79 7 wE GOTTA **mi MOPE I'LL MEET Wo.X. PEANUT -*MUOE RT H J]T ;/wr t n _?i v IM S 60 DOWNTOWN fTHE PERSON WMO IS HUBERT TBUT ITS A WASTE NOW ™E DOCTOR IS i C£< NGAT C J O S FfR D OFFICIAL TRYING To MAKE ME IT'S TIME
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  • 199 8 Bullitt Urges Swift Action By W. Powers U.P. WASHINGTON. Sun.—William C. Bullitt, recently returned from China on a Congressional mission, said that British experts with whom he talked were fearful of the fate of Malaya and Hongkong if the Chines'- Communists reached the southern
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  • 116 8 Wounded Seamen In S'pore Hospi tal TWO Chinese and three Malays suiferin*; from 1 bullet wounds were landed at Clifford Pier yesterday by the Master Attendant's launch and rushed to the General Hospital. They were the crew of the 160 ton motor vessel. Klan Peng, which was machinegunned by Dutch
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  • 35 8 Three Chinese and a Malay were arrested in a house at lo'j mile Seletar on Saturday night in connection with the recovery of technical equipment. The arrests were made under the Emergency Regulations.
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  • 49 8 An Indian member of the "strong arm section" of the former Singapore Harbour Labour Union was arrested last night under the Emergency Regulations. A Chinese I Communist was also arrested. This brings the total number of people detained under the Emergency Regulations to 229.
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  • 33 8 A shopkeeper in Ah Hood Road was relieved of cash and Jewellery to the value of $270 at 11 o'clock last night by three Chinese robbers. Two suspects have been detained.
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  • 99 8 A.P. COLUMBUS. Sun. Eugene C. Pulliam, Indianapolis publisher, declared in Columbus. Ohio, that socialism could result in civil war in England- "if there was not an election prc'.ty soon." Pulliam told the Columbus Advertising Club that the So cialistic programme in England had so strangled the
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  • 80 8 Reuter. LONDON, Sun.—Pioneer airman F. Sidney Cotton, 54-year-old Aust r a I i a n businessman <«'rm*e flying licence was suspended last summer on ins re. urn from Hyderabad, arrived In London by air from Cairo thl v. eekend. Summons ar;;dii*t him and the Aeronautical
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  • 94 8 A.P. THE HAGUE. Sun. Orderly conditions will come to Indonesia "within a short period." said Dr. Dirk U. Stikkcr, the Netherlands Foreign Mmts tor tonay. He was predicting developments in Indonesia in reply to a series of question submitted by the Associated Press. He added that
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  • 35 8 A.P. ROME. Sunday. A mountain landslide more than a mile wide threaten* three small villages near Modcrna in northern Italy. Many residents have abandoned their homes in advance of the slide.—A P
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  • 131 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Sun. Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington in the Air Force's first annual report said the United States must be ready for instantaneous defensive or offensive action in the era of supersonic planes and atomic weapons, and noted that lack of radar air watnirtg network
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  • 48 8 CANNES. Sunday.— General Nguyan Yen Xuan, head of the Provisional Gentral Government in Viotnar arrived here today to meet the ex-Emperor Bao Dai. He will be the gues of Bao Dai for 48 hours at the Chateau here where the excmpcror of Annam is staying.
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  • 41 8 A.P. ROME. Sunday. A tribute to Britain's "severe and stoical effort to obtain recovery" was paid by Italy's Premier Alcide de Gasperi. He spoke in English at the end of a lunch offered to British Parliamentary delegation visiting Italy.—A.P.
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  • 152 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THIS morning s rj.in did nothing to help 35.000 boys and girls to evade Black Monday. In cars, taxis, buses, trishaws and on foot, they trooped back to school. To some 2.000 small children today's experience might seem terrifying. They are the
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  • 215 8 U.P. LONDON, Sun. Colonel Robert Gayre is pleased to announce that you too can have the same hangover that made Robin Hood hate the rustling of trees when he avowed those grim mornings in Sherwood Forest. If you want to indulge in
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  • 67 8 The capsule stated by the Hungarian Ministry of the Interior to contain documents proving that Cardinal Josef Mindszenty, Roman Catholic Primate of Hungary, was plotting with the Western Nations to overthrow the present regime in Hungary is seen with two members of the Cardinal's staff. At left
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  • 47 8 ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION: Drill, women nembers of Nursing Division, Raffles Girls' School— 5 p.m. TRINITY COLLEGE: Chorus Choir rehearsal, Wesley Church Hall—5.30 p.m. INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' ASSOCIATION. Life ~lass, British Council Hall, Stamford Road—6 p.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road- Male Voice choir practice—8.13 p.m.
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  • 234 8 CATHAY: "Th<> Rod Shoes" (in technlcolour) with Anto»"* Walbrook. fl alius Goring, Moira Shearer, Leonide Mas- sine, Robert Hclpmann, Esmond tCnight, Albert Basserman and j Ludmilla Tcherina—1.30, 4, G.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMBRA Incendiary Blonde" (in technicolour) with Betty Hutton and Arturo de Cordova—1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m.
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  • 20 8 HOCKEY: S.R.C. v. S.C.C.— S.C.C.; S.R.C. "A" v. Khalsa— SRC SOCCER: C.A. v. V. R. Burton's XI.—Jalan Bcsar Stadium.
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