Malaya Tribune, 20 January 1949

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PFOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya. Printed Simiiifaneousiy Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover, c/o Newspaper
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    ASIAN CONFERENCE STARTS TODAY
    451 1 19 Nations To Decide Action On The Dutch Reuter. A.P. and U.P. NEW DELHI, Wed.—Tne meeting oi nineteen Asian countries in a conlerenee tomorrow may be the birth of a permanent Oriental bloc to safeguard the interests of Far Eastern millions, according tc #eU-inionne*i diplomatic sources.
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    Nehru Elected Chairman
    105 1 A.P. NEW DELHI, Wed.—Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Prime Minister, will be elected chairman of the 19-nation Asian conference beginning in New Delhi today. An official source said that this had been decided on Wednesday night by about 50 delegates conferring in Pandit Nehru's lounge. The source said
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    FREE TO MOVE
    35 1 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA, Wed.—The Dutch Government will not prevent Republican leaders from travelling to Lake Success or New Delhi, if they wish to go, authoritative sources told Aneta News Agency here today.— Reuter-AAP.
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    Inquiry Into Lost Tudor IV Starts
    162 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed.—Lord Pakenham told the House of Lords today: "A preliminary investigation has already begun into the loso of the British South American Airways Corporation plane in the Carribean Sea and a representative of the Chief Inspector of Accidents left for Bermuda yesterday.
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    DURBAN INDIANS GO HOME
    97 1 Reuter. Capetown. Wed. The secretary to the Indian High Commissioner, Mr. Chari, stated in Capetown that reports from Durban said Indians there were gradually returning to work and to their homes. Any report Mr. Chari might make about the riots to the Indian Government would have
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    TRUMAN RECOMMENDS TENTH COMMANDMENT
    117 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed.—President Truman recommended the tenth commandment for particular study in the nation's capital. The tenth commandment says "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shait not covet thy neighbour's wife nor his manservant nor his maidservant nor his ox nor anything that is
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    TRAGEDY AT SEA
    32 1 NEW YORK. Wed. Ten United States coastguardsmen were reported killed and scores burned and injured in a collision between two American ships in fog off the New Jersey coast.
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    Broadcast
    71 1 ALLAN LEWIS, Tribune racing tipster, will broadcast over Radio Malaya the first four races of the second day of the Selangor Gold Cup Meeting to be run on Jan. 26 at Kuala Lumpur. He will also broadcast four or five races on the last day of the meet. Allan
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    SECESSION
    41 1 LONDON, Wed.—Lord Mancrcft, who recently spent six weeks in Malaya, will ask in the House of Lords next Tuesday whether the Government are aware of any proposals for the secession of Penang and Province Wellesley from the Federation of Malaya.
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    AIR ABU FLYERS APPEAL
    85 1 STOP PRESS A.P. MANILA, Wed.—Attorney i«. said today he has filed appeal with th«- llutcn Court o. cessation ir. I'atuvia on behalf ol the A neruan liier-» convicted of arms smuggling. The decision on the appeal is expected within ds»: r s. It was filed on
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    Former F.M.S. Official Lauds Dutch
    99 1 LONDON, Wed. Britain's I pc:ic towards Indonesia was ustaneu tonight in tne House ot uo*~s Dy ix>ra Mdverton, presiucnt ui tne Association ot Britisn .vlaiaya and a tormer i null t>etitk.ary oi the C»ovtinmenc oi tne Federated Malay States. l,oiu ivniverton said: "The action ot
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    COPRA BAGS RECOVERED
    74 1 Marine Police recovered 50 hags ot copra out of 80 bags •>iu»en froui a cargo vessel anchored in the Kauang River lust night. tour C hinese—one armed with a revolver—boarded the boat and looked up the chinchew and a memoer of the crew. Then they transferred the
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    BANDITS AMBUSH TRUCK
    58 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Today. —Ueven out of 12 occupants of a Government truck were ki'lej when it \vu> ambushed by bandits at 5 p.m. yesterday se\ t*n miles Irom Mentakah, 1'ahang. The wounded survivor is the Assistant Penghulu of Linchang. Among those killed were four British soUlers. two
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    Chairman
    4 1 PANuiT 11 ■taTTT
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    Attlee Says That Call Up Essential For U.K.'s Safety
    160 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—The British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, broadcasting tonight for recruits for the Armed Forces, Britain's record since the war had shown her earner,: desire for peace. "No one can accuse her of any aggressive decisions," he said. "I
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    FIVE KILLED IN CALCUTTA
    57 1 Reuter. Calcutta, Wednesday. Five people were killed and 60, including 15 policemen, injured in clashes today between crowds of young men and police. Quiet was restored by nightfall but police, who opened fire twice after tear gas charges had failed to disperse crowds, were still patrolling
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    GENT CRASH REPORT
    37 1 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.—The report of the inquiry into the air crash at Northwood near London last July when Sir Edward Gent, High Commissioner for Malaya vas killed is expected to be published on Friday.—Reuter.
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    JAP RICE IMPORTS WONT AFFECT US
    94 1 LONDON, Wed.—Colonial Secretary Arthur Cre-ch Jones told the House of Commons today that the allocation to Japan of 15,000 tons of rice from Siam would not reduce supplies to Malaya. Mr. Walter Fletcher, Conservative, had asked whether he was aware tjmt there was disquiet
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    THIEF REPENTS, RETURNS PAINTING
    131 1 U.P. NEW YORK. Wed.—The Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed today that a valuable painting torn from the wall of the museum nearly five years ago has been returned mysterious'y by mail. The stolen painting valued at about US$5.OOO arrived at the museum by parcel post last
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    Peace In China May Cause Chiang To Quit
    239 1 U.P. NANKING, Wed—The Chinese Governments decision to ask for a peace conference almost certainly foreshadows the resignation of G -r.eralissimo Chiang-Kai-shek .as Presidenc and his retirement from the leadership of China. Earlier the Chinese Government had proposed an unconditional bilateral cease-fire and
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    Soong May Leave
    119 1 U.P. CANTON, Wed.—T. V. Soong, brother-in. law of Chiang Kai-shek and Governor of Kwangtung Province, will shortly be named a special Chinese envoy to the United Stytrs, according to persistent reports here. Reports said the arrival in Canton of various Nanking Government officials, who always have opposed
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    U.S. CONSULTS EMBASSIES ON CANTON
    67 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed.—Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett said the United States would consult with other interested governments before deciding whether the American embassy in Nanking should be moved to Canton. Lovett said the embassy reported early today that diplomats in the Chinese capital were
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    CREDENTIALS
    23 1 Reuter. Stockholm, Wed. —Mr. Ratan K. Nehru, the first Indian Minister to Sweden, presented his credentials to King Gustaf here today. -Reuter
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    TRUMAN INSTALLED TODAY
    137 1 Washington. Wednesday.— Thousand of sightseers are flooding into Washington from all parts of the country to take part in the mammoth four-day celebrations making President Truman's inauguration tomorrow for his four-year term of office. A seven-mile long parade, a huge military display, and scores of receptions are
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    TARAWA MOVES
    38 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. The 27.000-ton U.S. aircraft carrier Tarawa and twin destsroyers Hawkins and E J. Buckley called at Jidda, Saudi Arabia, on January 16 and 17 01 a Good Will mission. U.S. Navy headquarters announced.—A.P.
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    Burmese Celebrate Their Independence Day In London
    37 2 THESE Burmese, dressed in their national dress lined up outside the Burmese Embassy in Charles Street, Berkley Square, to pay tribute to their flag in commemoration ol their Independence Day.
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    DIPHTHERIA CAN BE CHECKED
    74 2 U.P. PROPER precautions cettM ettnrftrate tUphthcria ci m,d< tHy, according to Dr. Arthur K. Lien, Spokane County, Washington, health officer. Dr. Lion said there is no reason why even one case of diphtheria Should occur among j children, "If all children wore given immunization shots, if
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    Heinkel Cleared
    56 2 A.P. ANSBACH, Germany, Wed. A German denazification court of appeal on Tuesday cleared Professor Ernest Heinkel. once one of Germany's leading airplane builders, of Nazi charges. He was a member of the Nazi Party since 1933. The Ansbach Court of Appeal cleared him because, it 1 said, he
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    HOUSES MOVE IN HOLLYWOOD
    260 2 THEY SHIFT EARLY IN THE MORNING U.P. THE houses In tin* planter city—HaHywood— look like phony movie sels, and tin y move around like movie sels, U*j. In tliis land of ever-changing scenery, a house built to last a week makes way for a super-colossal shoe-shine
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    ATOM CHARTS PREPARED FOR PUBLIC
    87 2 U.P. WESTINGHOU3E Electric is helping the public get a better understanding of just what atomic energy Ifl all about. Westmghousc's staff of atomic scientists has prepared for public distribution six big coloured charts showing what the atom is, how it works and i what it
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    Mr. untitled W untitled i i a m IVSouza, j ■ >on nf Mr. and Mr*. W. j ! I. D'Souza, and his bride ■ the former Miss Mable ■ Kmi'v Pereira, daughter Zof Mr. and Mrs. F.A. J Pereira who were recent■ ly married at the Church ■of St. Joseph, Victoria ■ Street, Singapore.
    50 2 Mr. untitled W untitled i i a m IVSouza, j >on nf Mr. and Mr*. W. j I. D'Souza, and his bride the former Miss Mable Kmi'v Pereira, daughter Zof Mr. and Mrs. F.A. J Pereira who were recent- ly married at the Church ■of St. Joseph, Victoria Street, Singapore.
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    Drive To Aid GI Babies
    136 2 Reuter. 1 MANILA'S current drive for helping GI babies is meeting with favourable respon.se from the city's cosmopolitan elements, it has been disclosed by Judge Natividad AlmedaLopez, first vice-president of the American Guardian Association under whose auspices the campaign was launched I sometime ago. I
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    CROONER CHARGED
    25 2 U.P. HOLLYWOOD. Tues CrooMT Dick Haymes today faced divorce suit brought by actress Joanne Dru, who charged the singer with mental cruelty. —U.P.
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      350 2 On Your Radio Today BLUE NETWORK Richard Strauss new work for strings "Metamorphosen". PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH Close Down. 10.55 a.m. to 12 noon Eng- PROGRAMMES IN MALAY lish Schools' B'cast; i.OO p.m. 7.00 p.m. Programme SumRadio Orchestra; 1.31 News; mary; 7.05 Religious Hour; 1.45 Dance Music; 2.00 Close 7.30 Malay
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    Jungles Preferable Iron Curtain-WHITE RUSSIANS
    377 3 WHITE RUSSIANS A.P. MANILA Wed. HARDSHIPS and privations on the sunbaked little island off the southern Up of Samar Central Philippines will be the lot of 6,000 White Russians uprooted from their hone* by Communist victories in China. But jungles are preferable to the iron
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    Unclaimed Swindler
    83 3 A.P. Rio De Janeiro. Wed. Charles Ponzi, whose financial swindles robbed some 40,000 Americans of more than <>ir>.Ooo.ooo a generation died on Saturday in a bospital charity ward. His > dy lay unclaimed until Tuesday* in a public morgue. When tlcath came the 71- hi-old financial hoaxter was
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    Miss untitled second daughter of Mrs. untitled Yijuya!akshnii Pandit, Indian Ymu.issador to MqkcoWi was Miarrhd to \lr. Gauliuu Bengal, soil <>! Ral Bahadur Bashl Ram, retired efcfef engineer of Punjab, recent!} inc. \>'«-'ld Ing took planr al tin- Allahabad, home «>i Indian Premier Pandit Nehrii. Photo Show«: Miss Tara Pandit ami Oadtuiit H bgn! v..»'u round th.- siicrcil tin: as p:irt oi the VediC RcllgtoU» wedding ceremony.—.\.ij. Picture.
    70 3 Miss untitled second daughter of Mrs. untitled Yijuya!akshnii Pandit, Indian Ymu.issador to MqkcoWi was Miarrhd to \lr. Gauliuu Bengal, soil &lt;&gt;! Ral Bahadur Bashl Ram, retired efcfef engineer of Punjab, recent!} inc. \&gt;'«-'ld Ing took planr al tin- Allahabad, home «&gt;i Indian Premier Pandit Nehrii. Photo Show«: Miss Tara Pandit
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    Double The Price
    83 3 Reuter. Dorchester, Fmgland. Fot tiling ducks at nearly Govern-ment-controlled price. Alien Benjamin Lucas rice, a Bournemouth poultry dealer was fined a total of £4,000 and sentenced to one year's impi isonment today. Justice Oliver said at A&gt;sizes that if the line couhl be paid within a reasonable
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    Windsors Want To Sell Off
    81 3 A.P. Cannes, Wed. The 17--room chateau In which the Duke and Duchess of Windsor have been living on the French Riviera has been put up lor sale. The Duke's lease* on the Chateau will expire in February and already furniture is being moved to Paris
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    Russian Commander Dies
    44 3 A.P. ROME, Wed.-A Russian Naval officer in Sicily to take command of Italian warships assigned to Russia died today after a cerebral haemorrhage, Rome newspapers reported. The officer, 56-year-old Captain Jurio Constantinovitch, was rushed to hospital in Augusta! Sicily yesterday.- A.P.
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    French Will Woo Bao Dai Again
    277 3 Reuter. PARIS, Wed.—Ex-Emperor of Annan-, liao Dai, may be invited shortly to meet th President of the French Republic, M. Vincem Auriol, it was reported in the Parliamentary lobbies today. The President of the Republic would endeavour, it was stated, to overcome the reluctance
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    WOMEN'S RAF FOR ENGLAND
    98 3 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. Woman will be enlisted and commis sinned in the Royal Air Fore, i from Ftb. 1. the Air Ministry a mounted today. The title "Women's Royal j Air Force will be used as a collective term to describe the same serving with the
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    U.N. Convoy To Aid Egypt's Wounded
    183 3 U.P. TEL AVIV, Wednesday, j I spokesman announced today that a United Nations eonvov i* of Egyptian nmbulnnees and two truck loads of food and medicine will cross the Jewish lines on Thursday for the bo- &gt; sieged Egyptian force* at Faluja. The convoy
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    Penknife Operation Saved A Baby
    176 3 Reuter. ABINGDON, VU&Gt- I NIA, Wed. —A surgeon i at a hospital here by performing an emcrgency operation with a penknife delivered a live &gt; baby four minutes after i the mother had died. The baby weighed 4 lbs. 4 ozs. when born and was
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    Priestly's Daughter To Marry Violinist
    61 3 A.P. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WRIGHT, Wed.—Susan Mary Priestley, daughter of J. B. Priestley, the author, will be married at the Kingston Church, near here, to Sigvald Michelsen, Danish violinist. I Michelsen said today he and his bride will make a honeymoon tour "in one of
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    'OPERATION BOOTSRATP' IN TAIWAN
    990 4  -  By JAMES D. WHITE A.P CORRESPONDENT TAIPEI, Taiwan. THIS island may be "China's richest province," but If, as is commonly believed here, the Chinese Government takes refuge here from a Communist-dominated mainland, it will move in on an insular economy which has been trying to pull
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    THE VOICE OF ASIA
    517 4 THE Asian Conference, now meeting a: New Delhi, has Indonesia as the top item on its IndQnegia ig Qnly a on w hich to focus the force of Asian opinion against the policies of the Western powers. For it has only just been announced that Britain,
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    ENIGMATIC JOE
    408 4 JUST what kind of man is Premier Joseph Stalin, and what does he really think and want? Is he a kindly, pipesmoking. good old Joe? Or is he the cold and crafty brain behind everything Soviet Russia does? Stalin has talked to outsiders just a few times, in
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    Wanted Another Sherlock Holmes
    421 5 U.P. LONDON. \\&gt;d.~ Ip Sherlock Holmes could only waik tec few I ps from Bakej Street to Grosv*no.' Sqc.Mra lid find a mystery worth his laettu iat goes for other fiction*! wiincluding Parry Mason, Html&gt; I*oirot, ;hadow and The Saint. il might be unfair to ox
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    Housewife's Old Ally May Surrender
    164 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. The housewife's old ally, soap, may have to surrender a large share of its populaiity to other chemical compounds. Agriculture Department experiments show. The department's textile chemists have been trying to find out what kind of laundering job various kinds of soap
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    Humble Truman
    104 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. On the eve of his inauguration Truman said there probably are 1,000,000 Americans, who could do his job better than he. But, Truman said, he has the job j now and he is going to do it. j To the guests at the luncheon in
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    THREAT TO PASHA'S WIFE
    60 5 U.P. CAIRO, Wed. -Madame Nokrashy, widow of the assassinated Egyptian premier, has received a letter threatening the lives of her two children if her husband's killer is executed. Nokrashy was shot on December 28. Police charge that the crime was committed by a student named Abdel
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    Washtub Wizard
    48 5 To the lay eye the connection between these electrical gadgets and laundering would seem to be remote. But the m*ti u.nenls are playing an important part in the improvement of !aundry techniques. They are used in connection with research into the amount of electricity in materials.
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    Nylon Yarn Shortage Causes Unemployment
    285 5 A.P. BRUSSELS, Wed.—A shortage oi nylon yarn is responsible tor the addition of C 000 hosiery workers to Belgium's total of about 150,000 unemployed. A Belgian hose manufactuier vxid Belgium is not receiving nearly enougn nylon keep her hosiery industry going. He said a French
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    Drop In US Cotton Exports
    182 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Wed —A sharp drop in export business has caused some American cotton manufacturing centres to slacken operations, the Cotton Textile Institute reported. The institute estimated the decline in 1948 from 1947 at 620,141,962 square yards of cotton cloth and 64.552,000 pounds of
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    RAREST RUBY IN THE WORLD
    416 5 NOT FOR SALE A.P. NEW YORK, Wed.—The raiest ruby in the world, a g?m as startling as a man two faces, is on display at the American Museum of History. It's unique and priceless be-1 cause you can see a 12-ray star reflected in it.
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    HE WAS BORN A NEUTRAL
    130 5 A.P. LOS ANGELES, Wed. —A Los Angeles youth born with both male and female sex glands is "responding well" to surgical treatment to make him completely male, his doctor said. A third and perhaps final operation has be* n performed. The unidentified youth is now
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    Tony (13) Had Enough Of The Sea
    102 5 UP. WASHINGTON, Wed. Russell Latona, 13 year old cabin boy. who battled sharks for two days in the Caribean. sets out today on the last leu I of his journey home to Sacremento. Califorhia. The Red Cross brought him to Washington yesterday from
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    Scholarship For Music Students
    300 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Wed.—Fritz Kreisler, the distinguished composer and violinist, and his wife plan to establish a perpetual scholarship undt* which talented European students will iw able to study music in the United States. The scholarship fund win be one of several charitable bequests provided for
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    Conductor Lashes Out At Chicago Artists
    135 5 A.P. j GENEVA, Wed. Dr. Wilhelm Furtwaenger withdrew today from his engagement a? conductor of the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestia. In a cablegram to the Board of the Chicago Orchestra Association Furtwaenger reported his protests against artists for 'perpetuating hatred indefinitely while all thf
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    Sleeping Students: Teachers To Blame
    94 5 U.P. MINNEAPOLIS, Wed.— Teachers whose students fall asleep in class often have no one but themselves to Mane, according to a Unive/sity of Minnesota specialist. Kalheriiu- Thorn, .senior clinic'an at th" university's speech clinic, says teachers with unpleasant voices not only can put their students
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    Americans Invade Italy's Free Zone
    309 5 U.P. ROME, Wed.—Walk through Rome's Piazza Mignanelli and you hear to much En&lt;;li.;h spoken that you scarcely realize you arc in Italy. Piazza Mignanelli has had a sort of extra-territorial status for centuries and the American tourists who have taken it over are merely continuing
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    38 5 A.P. BENARES, India, Wed.—The police recovered a large quantity of Rashtriya Swayarn Sevak Sangh (R.S.S.S. &gt; propaganda leaflets, and stencil papers from the room of a Sadhu (holy mendicant* .rear a temple. The Sadhu was anested.- A.P.
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    ENGLAND COLLAPSE AGAINST SWEDEN
    201 6 Danes' Hopes Revived Reuter. A.P. COPENHAGEN, Wed. Although England's defeat at badminton in Malmoe last night was not entirely unexpected here Sweden's easy win by seven matches to zero has surprised Danish experts. The secretary of the Danish Badminton Association, N. Christensen, said today: "Now we
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    TO RUN WITH THE 'FLYING DUTCH WOMAN'
    110 6 A.P. MELBOURNE, Wed.—J King, who was one of the Antralian women Olympic runners, will compete against Fanny Blanker?. Koen in Mcl j bourne on Saturday. Miss Kin« holds the Australian 100 yard! j and 220 yards title. Shirley Strickland, who w.t third in
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    CUP FUND WHISKY
    55 6 Going, going... ANOTHER of the F* bott'es of "Challenge" Scotch Whisky has been claimed. There now remains only four bott'es. The total for the fund stands at 14,738 90. Contributions, hou&gt; cvrr small, should be addressed to the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund, c o the Ma'aya Tribune
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    ANOTHER MALAYA SUPPORTER
    60 6 LONDON, Wednesday. H. J. Wingficld. England International, strongly fancies Malaya to win the Thomas Cup badminton competition. In an interview here he said he thought there was not much any team could do against Malaya. Tne Englishmen had bad leek, especially Marsland who played tnree niches, in
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    Challenge Cups For Motor Meet
    212 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Two Challenge Cups will highlight this Sunday's Time Trial for motor cars anci motor cycles. The meet is being organised by the -Sin gapore Motor Club at Lim Chu Kan.j Road. The Dunlop Rubber Co. (Malaya) Ltd., are presenting a cup for
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    FIRST POST-WAR DOG SHOW
    125 6 THE first post-war dog show to be organised by the Malayan Kennel Association will be staged at the Happy World on Mar. 26. The judge will be the world famous Mr. Leo C. Wilson, F.R.Z.S., who will be in Singapore on that date on his way
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    HUA YU
    79 6 The following were elected office bearers of the Hua Yu Association for 1949 President, Mr. Tan Kok Keng; Vice-Presi-dent. Mr. Tan See Mcc and Mr. Ho Ann Wah; Hon. Secretary, Mr. Lim Tsung; Hon. Asst. Secretaries, Mr. Chang Mong Lvi and Mr. Gee Teck Van; Hon. Treasurer. Tan
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    OWNERS ADDED MONEY TO BE DIVIDED
    410 7  -  CAMDEN KILLED PERAK TURF CLUB'S DECISION From ALLAN LEWIS Kl ALA LUMPUR, Wed Till most widely discussed topic the racing fraternity at the moment is the Perak luri Club's decision to divide the owners added monrv pool pro rata to the stakes at the
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    Weak SCC Women Go Down To WAAF
    253 7 PLATING without their stars Sewcll and SLdl. the Singapore cricket Club Women': XI went down righting to the W A A.F.'a by two goals to one m their second hockey cneooatcr on the Padang vester- (lav. M«ry Holiday was the out-j standing defender
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    EUROPEANS BEAT JOLLILADS 4-3
    229 7 The European XI beat ihe JolMads Sports Club by four goals to three in a noccer match at Farrer-Park yesterday. The JoHilads were award gift goal midway m the first half, win n a defender In an i&gt; tempt to dear the ball* slannn ed it
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    41 7 HOCKEY: G.S.C. "A" v. Naval Basr Ladies—S.R.C'.; S.C.C. Women "A" v. in FES Staff—S.C.C.; S.C.H.C. v. Shell S.C.—Farrer Park; B.O.I J. C.A. v. G.H.Q. Signal. R«'gt.— St. George's Road. S.R.C. v. I.A.—S.R.C. SOCCER: C.A. v. Nava' Stores—Jalan Besar Stadium.
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    Two Birds With One Stone
    69 7 MELBOURNE. A S Ixdl bowled in a Mclbourne s v b-d is tri c t cricket match recently hit a flyiny ajssntiie on its way to Mo idtdMt, i where tt etrm k tin bats- 1 num. on the SSMfs. The pirfswuo, aowM d i
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    Johore to Organise State Competitions
    196 7 WITH the object of encouraging, developing and organising sport in Johore it *as do en decided, at a meeting held m Johore Banm rppentlv. to form a Johore Sports Council It was pointed out, However, that certain sports, notably athletics, Swimming, basketball. table-tenni;% boxing, wrestling,
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    BARNES THREATENS RETIREMENT
    123 7 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Wed. Sidney Barnes, the Australian Test cricketer, announced today that he wou'd retire from firstclass cricket if the New South Wales Cricket Association did not change its attitude towards hini. 0 The New South Wales association had announced that Barnes would not be invited to
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    Chang In For Oslo Skating
    102 7 Reuter-AAP. SEOUL, Thurs Miss Chans In, South Korea's leading women ice skater and holder of the r&gt;.ooo metre speed record in the Far East, left here yesterday for Oslo. Norway, to paitieipate in the international ice .skating championships. The sturdy 19-year-old pi I was extended
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    Rocklites Week-End Soccer
    128 7 The following will represent the rocklitĕs in a friendly j Soccer match against the j Chan»i Prisons XI at the Changi Prison Ground on Saturday Janucry 22. 194«». ;d p.m. Players arc requested .o at No. 242 Tcmbcling rtoad for transport at 4 p.m Anthony Yong, M.
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    I. A. HOCKEY
    44 7 The following will represent the Indian Association against the Singapore Recreation Club at hockey today: Anthony. Charan|it Singh, Sulakhan Singh. Sewa Singh. Sion, Bajua. Bassan Singh. Dass Jerome, Ibrahim Isa, Mohinder Singh. Reserves are Fernandes. Satindar Singh. Veeratan and Rudh Singh.
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    Player Hurt In First Min.
    339 7 The soldiers sprung into action cept up a sieady attack for evcral minutes. Breakwell at his stage attempted to bicak hrough but was grassed. A penalty awarded the aletters, taken by Smith was msuccessful. Just before halfimc Edwards attempted a Biiliant drop kick but the
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    German Boxer Gets Mixed Reception
    151 7 U.P. NEW YORK, Wed.—German &ea?ywei&lit boxer He in Ten HofT got a mixed recepti &lt;i\ trom the New York press. The New York Post devoted it- story to the fact that Sol Stiau.ss of Twentieth Century Club lefused to speak to Ten Hcff because Hem
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    Ann Turns 'Pro'
    53 7 U.P. OAKLAND. California. Wed. Ann Curtiss ofheially becomes a professional swimmer on Thursday when she flics to St. Loyis to begin a six city tour as star of sport shows. She will swim exhibitions in J each city and hopes eventually to get into movies and televi-
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    MORRIS'S RECORD PRE-LUNCH HIT
    223 7 Arthur Morris, using a pull shot perfected on slower wickets in England during the 1948 tour by the Australian team, hit up a whirlwind 108 before lunch for New South Wales against Queensland on Sydney Cricket Ground early in the New Year to give his side
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    DAVIS CUP
    46 7 MELBOURNE, Wed.—lf an Australian team goes to America for the Davis Cup contest, it will go Jirst to Wimbledon. If so the Lawn Tennis Assn. will ask Wimbledon authorities to give greater linancial assistance than usual in order to help finance the American tour.
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    U.S. TENNIS STAR LEAVES FOR SWEDEN
    91 7 U.P. NEW YORK. Wed.-Frank Parker, third ranking tennis player in the United States, left via Scandinavian Airlines for Stockholm at 3 p.m. New York Time. Parker will compete in the Royal Indoor tournament, start- &gt; ing at Stockholm on Saturday. He will also spe:id
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    AUTO RACES POSTPONED
    73 7 U.P. BUENOS AIRES. Wed Race officials have postponed the start of the international t auto races until January 30 to allow foreign entrants, especially Italians Louis Villorcs and 1 Alberto Ascari. more time to get their cars in top shape The second race will be held on
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    La Beach Equals Aussie Record
    75 7 A.P. SYDNEY. Thurs. Lloyd L. Beach Wednesday night equalled the Australian record of 10.6 seconds for 100 meters at the Sydney spoils ground. He showed mere convincing form than at Hurstville in the previous race in which he defeated over 100 yards in sow time
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    USEFUL B.F.
    33 7 i'hr men's singles final of the Useful Dadminton Party between Goh Tian Chye and George Chen will be played off tonight at 8 p.m. at the Clerical Union Hall. Rangoon Road.
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    Release Of Cardinal Urged
    91 8 LONDON, Wed.—The British Mnister of State, [lector McNeil, urged the Hungarian Got eminent today t&lt;&gt; release Josep Cardinal Mindazentljf from the Budapemi jail, uhere he is held on charges of e-ujtionaye and tdnrk- murketeermg. He told the Honse of Comtii'rius th it the British itient "profoundly
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    Singapore Official Released
    134 8 THE good offices of the Secretariat for Economic Affairs of the Singapore Government and the local office of the Indonesian Republican Government were jointly responsible for the Dutcn release of Dr. S. Zain, an Indonesian Government official. Dr. Zain returned to Singapore yesterday by KLM plane. He
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    Colony Gives Medical Advice To Ships Out At Sea
    195 8 DADIO Medical Advice Service from Singapore for ships at sea needing such assistance has been introduced in the Co'ony. Ships wnich require this advice are requested to send a radio telegram stating briefly and clearly the symptom of the illness of
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    CHINA, N.E.I. AFFECT EMPIRE CONFAB
    185 8 CEYLON MOST SUITABLE VENUE U.P. LONDON, Wed. IT was learned authoritatively that the cooler enee of Common wealth I oreign Ministers will depend on further developments in &lt; hina and Indonesia. At last October's meeting of Commonwealth premiers in London, a foreign ministers nwting was
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    KATONG PARK 'GETS ITS FACE LIFTED'
    88 8 KATONG Park, three yeari after the liberation, is in use once again by the Singapore public. According to the Municipal Architect, Mr. D. C. Rue. ;vork is still in progress to improve the park. There will be many ad ditional attractions In the park
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    Sold $2,200-car for $1,000—charge
    62 8 TANG Peng Yew, a young businessman sold a $2,200--car to Major Samuel James Morley Gregory for $1,000 as an inducement for favouis in connection with his official duties, it was alleged in the First District Court yesterday. This was alleged to have happened on July 19.
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    He Will Walk Soon
    45 8 MX. A. T. MELLOWSHIP, Superintendent of the Artiiicm! !Jmb Orthopaedic Apphauee centre in Kuala Lvi ,)ur, make* sure that an artificial limb, fits correctly lor Mr. V. Se!vanuyagani. Ibis Centre is the only place where artificial limbH are made in Malaya.
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    Strong Police-Army Force Round Up 620 Johore Squatters
    405 8 CIX-HUNDRED and twenty squatters war snzed when a strong force of police and troops raided the village of Hylam Kam. on the Mncr i Bahru-Ayer Hitam road y3st3rday in rirot anti-squatter operation in Johore. No resistance was met and no arms c:
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    MR. G. R. LIVETT
    32 8 Mi. G. R. Uvett. Deput Com missioner of Police, Si igapcro Pallet Force, has been ap pointed to be the Chief Pokcc Officed tor the Colony j: Singapore.
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    JUSTICE BROWN
    20 8 Mr. Justice Brown, one of the Singapore judges, will be leaving tor England on furlough on February 12.
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    HYDERABAD
    36 8 A.P. BOMBAY, Thurs. Bubonic plague has broken out in Hyderabad state. Military government figures released on Wednesday from the Indianoccupied state 'said 59 deaths occurred there in the week ending Jan. 1. carried out. —A.P.
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    S'PORE TRADERS WON'T BARTER WITH SUMATRA
    333 8 THE barter trade between Singapore and Sumatra 1 na« fallen off because Chinese traders here are reluctant to send barter ships to Sumatnai- p &gt;-ts. They f *r they may not be able to bring bah ruTOcient native produce since the lecent uncr rJiirjreports
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    Police Clash With Reds In Selangor
    341 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. ■OUR bandits were killed and three were capr tured, including two woman bandits, as security forces went into action in the Fed« ration yesterday. Three bandit camps were located and destroyed. Security forces screened 3,678 persons in the Teluk Anson and
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    SHIP SAILS WITH WALK-OUT SAILORS
    250 8 THE Isbrandtsen Line's Flying Arrow, which was held up in Singapore for two days because of a protest walk-off staged by the crew, left Singapore last night for Bombay. The 21 sailors and two stewardesses who walked off in protest against the reinstatement of an
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    Contact Committee
    48 8 A.P. Amsterdam, Wednesday. Chinese, Indonesians and Indians living in the Netherlands Wednesday founded an Asian Christian Contact Committee, whose aims are to further the movement of making Christian churches in Asia selfsupporting and the movement for freedom of Asian naUons. the committee's spokesman Mr. Sigar announced.—A.P.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    69 8 SINGAPORE vHEOSOPHi CAL SOCIETY: 8 Cairnhill Road—16.30 p.m. EAST WEST SOCIETY: D&lt; bate on "Are Marriages between different races of Malaya essential to produe&lt; true Malayans?" British Coun cil Hall—8.30 p.m. Y.W.C.A: Wayfarers' meet ing, 5, Raffles Quay —4.30 p.m. Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road Male voice choir
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    Cinemas
    219 8 CATHAY: "(Jood San" with CJary Cooper and Ann Sheridan —1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "Son of Robin Hood" with Cornel Wilde —1.45. 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "The Wins.ow Boy", with Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke and Margaret Leighton—1.45 4. 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. REX: "Mr. Peabody
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    Entry Permit Rules Affect Newcomers
    207 8 NEW immigration rules under the emergen* 11 regulations, which will cmc intc foi simultaneously in Singapore and the Fee ation on February I, will only apply to n v timer into the country. The Officer-in Charge of Immigration n Singapore (Mr. J. L. J. Haxv/orth)
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