Malaya Tribune, 12 February 1949

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PF.OPI.fi Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper m Malaya. Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh dt Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune B'pore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines J. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON RBPRBBBNTAT1VB: Maurice Glover, c/%
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    CHINA REDS AGREE TO TALK PEACE
    197 1 Chiang May Go Free' U.P. an mt^^ Fvi^ communists told toev delegation that l?r talks witn nation- communist comim i to ?J has also the delegat 5 will not attack the Yangtze River line guarding Nanking and Shanghai before or during the talks 111
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    Ambushed Officers Named
    63 1 STOP PRESS the Vr ,i> lias released the lia: „rs <•» »he ,vxu ottirers fit hi It*. uiiit»u-.i i.t *!0tt«. iuov. aI >a on I »iiirsda>. K.o.-il was I.t. Henry (ten.lall, Kov~l Artillery, aven 41. II, h-avi'S a wile in Bournemouth, l.liglalid. Ilir uther orticer, who was
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    AMERICANS TRAPPED
    55 1 A.P. TslXC.TAO, Frl. ViceAdmira! Oscar W. Badger, commander of the West l'acilie, disclosed today he mav In- called upon to exaeuate about one hundred American* trapped along the Irrawaddy K!\er in Burma. Badger has been requested to make plans for the airlifting i»r surfacing for Burtnr. of Americans,
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    RHODES TALK NOT MAKING PROGRESS
    92 1 Reuter. RHODES, Friday. Dr Ralph Buacbe, acting Palestine medialtt| U*lu> warned Israeli and Egyptian armistice talks delegates that their "uncompromising attitude i.s jeopardising chinees Of agreement. accordia| to United Nations sourceshe re. Dr. Lunche was described as "inpatient and discouraged" iftei a month of negotiations
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    INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS NOT ENOUGH
    71 1 A.P. WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Fri.—Anthony Eden at a state luncheon in We' lington on Friday that he did not believe meetings between statesmen, however illustrious their positions might be, would bring about a lasting improvement in international relations. Until the world is prepare to accept the
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    SECURITY PROBLEMS
    44 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. Norway and the United States today completed "full and frana" dtocuariona of the proposed North Atlantic Security Fact and Norway's security problems. "No decisions were contemplated or reached," Nor v/ogian Foreign Minister Halyard Lange and Secretary Dean Acheson said.—U.P.
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    Burma G.O.C. Says, No Aid For Karens
    96 1 Reuter. RANGOON, Fri.—Maj. Gen. Nay Wan, general Officer Commanding the Burmese <™y, announced today that Karen reinforcements advancing southwards from Prome and joungoo to join insurgents at Insein had been cnecked and repulsed. JJe General told a press conferva, "The Karen, at who
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    JUKEBOX LEVEL
    54 1 U.P. LOS ANGELES. Friday, "ornposer Igor Starvinaky said n a quarter million dollar i?mage c ;uit that he does not /ant his music descending to iulcebox level without his permission. He charged that Leeds Music Corporation ha 1 adapted -•art of his firebird music into the popular song
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    U.N. Mediation Only Way To Peace—SUN FO
    216 1 Reuter. CANTON, Fri.—The Chinese Prime Minister, Dr. Sun Fo, said today that the Chinese Government welcomed the recommendation of United Nations mediation in the civil war made by Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian External Affairs Minister and Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly.
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    GOOD STICKWORK
    36 1 Konnie liar*'-. SJtC p'-»ve Meft), and Kthvin Dora'samy (Tea.-lu»rs) striving for Wtmtmlmm of the ha!! in the Iwckciy match i>etween the S.R.C. a.id the Singapore Teachers XI. The RecH won by a solitary goal.
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    Empire Talks In Ceylon
    127 1 LONDON, Fri—Commonwealth countries are working on plans for a dominion Foreign Ministers' conference in Ceylon in May on questions of common dominion interest. A switch of venue to Canada, however, is not ruled out by parliamentary quarters here. The conference, would be confined not merely to
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    NEW MAN
    26 1 A.P. TEL AVIV. Fri Professor James G. Mac Donald, special U.S. representative in Tel Aviv, has been appointed first American Ambassador to Israel. A.P.
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    Where Is Earl Baldwin?
    137 1 Reuter. BRIDGETOWN, Barbados. Fri*. —The mystery of why Earl Baldwin. Governor of the Leeward Islands, has been recalled to Britain was eclipsed today by the mystery cf how he is travelling and when he will arrive. The Colonial Office in London believes he is returning on
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    Jap Silk Feared
    45 1 U.P. LONDON. Fri.- It was l?tned that evidence on the potential dagger of Japanese competition jn the silk industry will b3 presented to the B irri .if Trad;., next week by J i parliamentary committee I representing British i ilk in[dusiry. UP.
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    BRUTAL MURDER
    75 1 a .v.v -old naarried wo l>ioo A p<- ">r > r #>! 'vni' t Mv murdered in her home at Tuas Village. Jurong, yesterday afternoon. She had several stab wounds and her head had ;,or>i serevered. Her husband, a fisherman, is being detained by the C.I.D. for questioning.
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    FIVE DAYS MORE
    76 1 A.P. BATAVIA. Fri.—The lI.N. Commission Friday reminded the Dutch and Republicans tha*. only five days remain for tho parties to reach agreement or. an interim federal Government Government before the Commission must report to the Securit" Council. So far, only the most infornal talks involving exchanges of
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    PACT
    28 1 U.P. LONDON, Fri —British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin wul discuss Implications of the North Atlantic Pact with the Norwegian and Turkish For eign Ministers next Monday.— —U.P.
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    More Breakaways From W.F.T.U.
    229 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri —Mr. Albert Edward Monk, Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, announced today that he had made unsuccessful efforts to conciliate between the British Trades Union Congress and the Com-munist-led World Federation of Trades Unions. Reconciliation, he admitted, now appeared to him
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    JAPAN NO ASSET
    30 1 U.P. LONDON, Friday. Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Gairdner said Japan would not be an asset to the United States in the event of a fat with Russia.—U.P.
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    ELISHA EPSTEIN
    48 1 A.P. OTTAWA, Fri. Eliaha Epstein, special representative of Israel in the United States, has had talks with Cabinet Ministers aimed at the establishment of "normal relation" between Canada and the Israeli Government Epstein was mentioned as a probable Israeli Ambassador to Washington in diplomatic exchanges. A.P.
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    FIRST TRAIN
    45 1 A.P. ROME. Friday. The Italian lews agency reported from Genoa that the "Needgieand express," the first train since the war to connect the Netherlands and Italy directly, arrived in Genoa on Thursday from Amsterdam. The train carried 500 passengers bound for Indonesia. A.P.
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    PACTS APPROVED
    35 1 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Friday. Trygve Lie, the SecvretaryGeneral of the United Nations, said Friday he approves the regional alliances as long as they remain subordinate to the U.N., he told a press conference—A.P.
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    ANTI-DUTCH SANCTIONS MAY BE DEMANDED
    235 1 NEW YORK, Fri.—The Asian countries which attended the New Delhi conference on Indonesia may soon be asked to apply economic sanctions against the Netherlands should the Dutch "continue to defy world opinion," according to Dr. D. Soemitro, Indonesian Republican delegate to the United Nations, who
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    FOREIGN BAN
    39 1 U.P. LONDON. Friday. Russia, howing increasing concern over Vmonean military aid abioad ought to bar foreign military utviaera and technicians for \ustna. The Soviet insisted a Kin be written into the Auarian pe.icr l treats. U P
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    SASSEN RESIGNS
    25 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Fri. The Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories Mr. E.MJ.A. Sassen tonight submitted' his resignation it was officially announced here. Reuter.
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    Aid Halt Would Hurt
    102 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Friday.—Dr. 1 Alan Valentine, chief of the Economic Co-operation Administration mission to the Netherlands, said in an interview h?re today he was convinced that the halting of economic aid to Indonesia would have very serious effects on Dutch economy if it lasted a long
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    NEHRU'S REPLY
    34 1 U.P. new delhi. Fit—Premier Nehru replying to a question in parliament disclosed today that a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation was r>e ing considered by India and the United States.—l J.P.
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    'DELHI CONFAB —A SUCCESS'
    290 2 U.P. COLOMBO, Fri. •'THE Delhi conference on Indonesia was entirely successful and we did 1 all that in the circumstances of the case, it. was possible to be done," said Mr. W. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Leader of the Ceylon House of Representatives and Minister of
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    MORE BEER SUNK IN AUSTRALIA
    98 2 U.P. CANBERRA. AUSTRALIA. Fri. —Australians are smoking more cigarettes and tobacco and di inking more beer than ever before, but are producing less butter, jam, steel and pig iron, and fewer copper ingots. In the 12 months to last November Australian beer production rose 10
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    PASSENGERS WALK
    23 2 U.P. PHILADELPHIA. Friday. A strike throttled Philadelphia's transportation system today and most of the city's 3.000.000 daily passengers walked to work.—U.P.
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP CATHAY
    306 2  -  by OSWALD HENRY RATING: FILM: "The Pirate*. STARS Judy Garland, iene Kelly, Walter Slezak and Gladys Cooper. FRANKLY, I expected .;omcthing tar move spectacular in "The Pirate" than mere colour. Had the plot been a strong one, I would have been very satisficld. As it is,
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    REX
    205 2 RATING FILM: "Tarzan the Ape Man" STARS: -Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'SuIIlvan. rpHE first of a series is usually the best, hence the opening chapter of adventures in the Tarzan story holds a fair share of thrills and action. Johnny Weissmuller (a very much lithcr and younger man. Incidentally)
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    PAVILION
    233 2 RATING FILM: "The Velvet Touch" STARS: Rosalind RuiHfll, I-eon Ames, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor and Sydney Grtenstreet. AFTER her reccnt success in "Mourning Becomes Elcctra" in which she played the part of a psychopathic victim, Rosalind Russell breaks new ground again In a fine characterisation of a Broadway actress
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    ALHAMBRA
    222 2 HATING nLN: "Wandering Ministre's". STARS: Pai Kwang and Chun Chiu-hsia. TECHNICALLY, there arc three defects in this picture. Barring these, however, "Wandering Minstrels" is a film that will appeal to the man-in-the-i-trcet as a song-filled Mandarin musical. There are no fewer than 15 hits in it. The story is
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    CAPITOL
    245 2 RATING FILM: "Nightmare Alley" STARS: Tyrone Power, -loan Blondell, Coleen Gray and Helen Walker. YOU'VE seen film-hero Tyron a Power in all sorts of roles before, but you'll admit that the one he plays in "Nightmare Alley is a new one on you. He is cast as Stan Carlisle,
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    Border Sweeps Still In Progress
    76 3 AN ararj communique h ased last night that during the I operations in North I Kedah British forces I imvc centacted by Siam,s,- farce* at several points along the horde-. v> ftwadMs hay yet be -r» seen. It v. as continued that the items of
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    TRISHAWS: NO PROTEST
    59 3 I MEMBERS of the fMagfeporc 1 Trishaw Owners' Association will nut renew their protest to the Government regarding the bercased licence fee of *48 a with a quarterly pivrncnt But the Association will to Government to hold yearly inspections as was done before the war. This, a
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    DEATH FALL IN LIGHTER HOLD
    65 3 Aw Kirn Sai fell to his death down the hold of a lighter on Pebraary 7. He lost his balance la he stood with one foot resting on a slippery pole which ran over the hold. He was seriously injured and died shortly afterwards on
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    A YER HITAM RED LEADER KILLED
    241 3 CECIJRITV forces killed two Johore han.n, i« S* identified as Ng Beng, 32-year o-d Khehwt,'* °ft he m Uer Hitan.. He was shot dead to an enem ntil 2? the H"** of bandits to Slth mile Ayer Hitam Koad encounter w,th security forces half
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    Liaison Committee Agenda
    154 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A comprehensive survey of "matters of importance for the welfare of Malaya" will be discussed at a three-day meeting of the Communities Liaison Committee to be held in Kuala Lumpur on February 18. 19 and 20, it was reliably learned tonight. The meeting will
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    CARELESS SHOT KILLED MAN COURT TOLD
    78 3 (iTL. Owimii bin I >in was ehargfd in th<- First 1 11 :rict CotJfft yesterday With legligently discharging .1 revolver killing Pte. Ahmad bin Zain Thr incident took place in Urn 3uard Tent at Blakan Ifatl on February the court was told Osman and
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    Navy Chief To Visit Hongkong
    51 3 Vice Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, Commander-in-Chief Far East Station, is to visit Hong Kong Hying his Flag In his despatch vessel H.M.S. Alert. He will leave Singapore on Saturday, February 12 and arrive in Hong Kong on February 18 where he will transfer to H.M.S.
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    CHILDREN SEE REDS KILL MOTHER
    60 3 IPOH, Friday. THREE Chinese bandits yesterday Khot dead Chinese mother in front of her two young chi'dren. The haaftHl forced (heir way into Ihe woMt*! housi', drugged her and the children outside, and shot her. The children, h boy and a girl, anaged to escape
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    Flying Club's Only Auster Damaged
    67 3 JUK Royal Singapore Flying Club's only serviceable aircraft- an Austcr was damaged in a faulty landuig on Kallang airstrip yesterday. The Austcr was being flown J>y a "pupil under instruction, it nose-dived on the strip as it landed. The propdlor was damaged, i he Auster
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    Welfare Home For Malays, Muslims
    157 3 THE Singapore Malay Welfare Council has decided to establish a welfare home, jx>ssibly in Kampong Melayu, to accommodate and take care of Malay and Muslim aged, poor and orphans. A two-man committee Inche Sardofi bin Hiii Zuzir President of the M.day IWoa, and Inche Ahmad
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    Malaya May Join Tin Agreement
    73 3 KUALA* LUMPUR, Friday.waiaya will participate In the «i.aw.n- up of an International to ensure the stability of the tin industry if an official motion to that effect Is approved by the Federal legislative Council on February The agre.-ment is to be drafted by a commodity
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    TWO ELEVENTH HOUR MEN REGISTERED
    117 3 I AST month's fi«uie of 8.65,j for the Municipal Electoral Holls was increased by two during the twenty day period of grace set aside for claims and objectors. The two eleventh hour entries were people who proved that they were qualified to vote. Yesterday the
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    Talks On Import Of Jap Textiles
    142 3 FURTHER discussions on the proposed allocation of quotas for the importation of Japanese textiles will be held here today between representatives of the Singapore Government and the Government of the Federation. This follows the meeting of the import and export advisory panel yesterday when
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    ELECTION PRIVILEGE
    23 3 Byclaws in connection with bi'f-sticking are being amended for the forthcoming municipal elections to allow election instniction.s to be posted up.
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    Rent rise sought
    107 3 AN application by the trustees of the estate of the late Mr. Alan Loke to have the rent of Winchester House, Collyer Quay, increased fromj $3,100 to $4,500 per month, came for hearing before the; Rent Conciliation Board yes-' tcrday. The application for increase was made on
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    NEW RAF CHIEFS NAMED
    156 3 TWO senior R.A.F. apooiut- ments were announced in Singapore yesterday. Air Commodore W. A. Opie has taken up the appointment of Senior Technical Stan Officer at Headquarters, Air Command. Far East whiie Air Commodore H. J. O. E. Prcud will shortly become Base Commander R.A.F. Maintenance
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    NOT BY BULLETS ALONE
    508 4 AF late increasing emphasis has been given, v both in this country and in Britain, to the political and economic aspects of the war against Communist terrorism. Eight months of struggle against the Malayan Communists have convinced a great many people that the enemy cannot be
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    WAR DAMAGE
    1361 4  -  No. 3-1 Offer Twelve Proposals There is not the remotest connection between the gifts which Malaya has made from time to time to Great Britain and Malaya's present claim upon His Majesty's Government for War Damage Compensation. BY SIR GEORGE MAXWELL THE statement in Parliament held out the
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    50 Years Struggle To Improve Living Standard
    660 4 DURING the first 50 years of this century, the world has been struggling with the problem of improving the living standards and security of people everywhere. The Russian experiment of political dictatorship and communism is at one extreme; the American system of democratic
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    He left hospital without a stomach
    201 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Ft iilay. A t man walked out of a i.ii ecently with tomach. Doctors liad a normal "1 lite. with ins stomach he would have to riormal rating habits line only small quantities of foot I every two ifj doctor said the
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    New Fire Detector
    69 5 MELBOURNE, Ftiria.'. A Be* lire detector toi aircraft \m a demonstrated In M -Ibourne. Representatives makers, Bfetei Maidstone, Victoiia. it is a now lnver.- that local and ovo:--s have shown considerable interest. The equipment weighs three pounds and comprises installation at low points of Ihe lino coup;.
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    Beef Steaks—Atom Style
    340 5 WASHINGTON, Friday. American scientists are trying to use atomic and othti scientific tools to cut patterns for now and more profitable farm crops. David E. Lilienthal, head or the Atonic Energy Commission, says some experiments even may untovt I ways to change cattle, possibly making them produce
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    SCIENCE ADDS 25 YEARS TO THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN
    790 5 TRIBUNE SATURDAY SCIENCE PAGE ediCal Profession ha worked itself into an embarrassing situahum™ I 1 success in preventing and curing disease—in prolonging: has Created new high in often-fatal diseases that, a or so ago were not partlcular|v important. In the
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    BUBBLE TURRET FOR POOR-EYED
    446 5 LOS ANGELES, Fri.—The lucite that made the bubble turrets of combat aircraft is now beinp; turned into a sort of bubble turret for the poor-eyed public. It is the materia] ;rom winch liny in A plastic kfc&ses, covering only the cor ilea oj me e-yi. Are
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      86 5 VIT FLINT- By Michael O'Malie? and Ralph Lane Mo(?nin6 R.INT/ I I/" iT'5 HARDLY NORMAL Y°H, I'VE GOT A NURSE T 1 WANT T YCAH, I CAN SEC- THIN6S V OR. ARCHER. /ALMOST A BACHELOR WW IK# A BACHELOR TO HAVE J FOR CHRIS, AND THEY'RE I Mr* ARE GOING
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    Cup Team Confident Of Victory
    89 6 Reuter. TORQUAY, Devon, Fri.—The Malayan bad- j minton team, which i meets England in an in-S ternational match on the! Torquay covered courts tomorrow, arrived here this afternoon. All seats have been taken for the match which is expected to attract about 1,000 onlookers. The
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    I. A. CRICKET
    86 6 Thf following will play Cricket for Indian Association against Raffles College tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. on the Coilege ground. Players are kindly requested to meet at No. 50 Market Street at 10.00 a.m. N Abbasbhoy (Capt,); Dr M Abraham; Hussain Shah. R. Sitharam: Eudha Singh. C. S.
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    Willie Pep
    42 6 NEW YORK. Friday.—The strangest fight betting in m o ny years today favoured Willie p ep at six to rive to recapture the world feath WI eight champ'onShip from Sandy Saddles at the Madison Square Garden Bout on Friday night.
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    Webb Knocks Out Dawber In 2nd Rd.
    290 6 ARMY BOXING (Tribune Staff Reporter) THRILLING and hard-hitting bouts were seen 1 in the 1949 Singapore District Individual Boxing Championship finals at Tanglin Barracks, last night. In the major event of the evening, Sgt. Webb, A.P.T.C. (G.H.Q. FARELF), scored a sensational knock-out in
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    ROBINSON WINS
    34 6 WILKESBARRE. PENNSYLVANIA. Fri. World welterweight champion Ray Robinson knocked out Gene Buffalo, of Wilkesbarre. after two minutes 55 seconds of the fitst round of a scheduled ten rounds contest here last night.
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    S. Africa's Team For 4th Test
    123 6 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG, Fr«— South Africa's team to meet England In the fourth Test starting here tomorrow shows five changes from the ide which drew the third Test in Capetown. The team is as follows: A. 1). Nourse (Captain). B. Mitchell, E. Rowan, W. Wade,
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    R.A.F. XI TO PLAY SIAMESE AIR FORCE
    133 6 AT the invitation of the Royal Siamese Air Force, the R.A.F. Malaya Association football team will leave by air for Bangkok on Feb. 18 to play against the Siamese airmen. The match will take place on Feb. 19 at the Bangkok Stadium. Team
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    RACE CARD
    1039 7 The following are the acceptors and non-accep-tors weights and probable jockeys for today's races, he first a*J of the Perak Turf Club's February MeetI c ft> he run at Ipoh. The Big Sweep will be drawn JJ kj, c p 1« and the Double Totes on Races 1
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    PUNTERS ADVISED TO GO SLOW
    1214 7  -  HEDDLE'S HORSES MAY PAY WELL PERAK TURF CLUB FEBRUARY MEETING (From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Fri. JilY advice to punters for the first day of the Perak Turf Cluh'H F®hrii;»*v is: "Go slow, until the horses show their form." I will, however, recommend the following a*
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    TEACHERS UNLUCKY TO LOSE
    62 7 The Teachers' Association wag unfortunate to lose by m e nil to the S.R.C. hockey earn at the padang yester lay. Staving put up a fln showing throughout they were unlucky to concede the only goal fci the lait five minute of the play. wSculiy Immediately
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    81 7  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS Race 1—PETER CON Dale VI ten Golden Gate Race S—TRUFINE Heart of Oak l/K-h Clyde Outsider: 8lr Fresco Hare S—MI'SKKTEER New Era Wlnation Outsider; King's .Mace Race I—WADDLE Minerva Princess Beau Race 5—GOLDEN NEWS Hartraan Bright House Outsider: Free Frenchmen Race (i—DO BRA Fasterii Girl
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      42 7 r LOSE CALL WITH *A S 1 F/ ORGeT DAT DAME, «"l FwELL-'OU NEVER CAN TELL ABOUT F—-< j^^^ggg? i ?^v STe S TON| sht, Isi sntfy uT j srte PROB LY Realizes! people like her she said isv£a 2,V^^^^~"^^ HE 5
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    DUTCH ADVISED TO FREE LEADERS
    288 8 'Resume co-operation with United Nations' A.P. LONDON, Fri. DItITAIN has advised Holland to release captured Indonesian Republi--1 tan leaders as quickly as possible and to comply with the United Nations directives for an Indonesian settlement a Government informant disclosed today. The informant said that the
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    U.S. TO AID AFRICA PLAN
    55 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Friday. Plans are being worked out here to .supply United State, technicians to help in at leas', four British development scheme in Africa, it was learned today. Their salaries would be paid from a special Mai shall Plan fund tor providing technical assistance
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    "KING OR REPUBLIC" ELECTION
    63 8 Reuter. BELFAST, Friday. Northern Irei&nvi's Unionist Oovemuieni party, opposing absorp lion into til..- indepenck at Re public ol Km-, Was tonight sure oi an absolute majority in th»- "Kins oi Republic general election. The Party, headed by Prime Minister Sii Basil Brooke, nail a cleai lead
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    Huge Tax Evaded
    97 8 U.P. MONTREAL, Fri.—A textile wholesaler Albert Sanscoucy faced with fines and costs i(mounting to five million dol 'ars lor income tax and excess profits tax evasion on every major regulation in the Canadian Income Tax Act. He was ordered to appear in iie criminal court on February
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    HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT EXPELLED
    53 8 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. The United States retaliated today j against Hungary for the expulsion of two American offiI rials from Budapest by orderI ing one of Hungary's highest diplomats to leave America as soon as possible. The pilomat is John Florian. the Hungarian Legation's First j Secretary
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    Britain Flays Red Assault On Church
    239 8 A.P. LONDON, Fri.—The British Foreign Office charged the Communist Governments of Eastern Europe today with having launched "a concerted assault" on churches intended to wipe out ideological opposition. A spokesman made the charge at a daily press conference during a statement on the indictment
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    Sonja-Very Depressed!
    60 8 SONJV Henle, Queen of the ice rinn, and one of Holly wood's highest paid stars, looks dismally at her wardrobe after two of her mink oats had htm stolen. The thieves were presumably after her jewels, which were safely stowed away in the hotel safe P.ut Sonja beamed
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    BRITAIN ASKED NOT TO PROVOKE RED CHINA
    215 8 U.P. LONDON. Fri. P EPRESENTATIVES of an important British 11 interest in China approached the Foreign Office this week and stressed the "unwisdom of any action, which would be provocative to the Chinese communists, informed quarters said today. British representatives told the United
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    University Club Favoured
    106 8 A UNIVERSITY club is ta- voured by nia.iy eof.ege and university graduates ir. Singapore, according to tne findings of Mr. Tan Thoon Lip and Mr Soah Yun Chong. This should not b<. taken to mean that the various alumni associations in Singapore are going to com into
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    JUMBOS INVADE S'PORE
    82 8 ■TWO hundred and forty elephants are todu\ crowded in a Singapore jeweller's shop. The animals arrived here recently from Ceylon. They are for sale. Some of th. in are black and others are brown. They are all tuskers and their heights range from one i.ieii to 10
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    'I AM NO RED SPY'
    178 8 A.P. PARIS, Fri.—A naturalise, Englishman, Gunthor Stein, 48, author and ncw<--i puperman in Paris, said to j day that American army charges that he had been n I Russian spy "are false from I the beginning to the end". The charges, he said were based
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    'U.S. To Quit Japan' report denied
    292 8 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. DRITAIN is expected to ask Washington what D official importance to attach to today's reports from Tokyo, attributed to high United States military authorities, that America is considering withdrawing from Japan because it would not be defensible in a war against
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    INTERNEES ARRIVE
    50 8 A.P. HAIFA, Fri.—Flags were flying in Haifa harbour today when the last of the Cyprus internees arrived. A crowd of cheering, men and women lined the dock! and ships, including three British merchantmen, sounded their sirens as the Jewish transport carrying the 1.600 men, women and chiidren ducked.—A.P.
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    Children's Charter To Be Introduced On Tuesday
    269 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE, welfare authorities who have worked painstakingly for over two years in preparing a Children's Charter for the Colony, will find their labours rewarded when the Children and Young Persons Bill comes up for its first reading at the Legislative
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    NEW AMBASSADORS
    30 8 A.P. LONDON, Friday. The Foreign Office announced today the oppointments of Sir David Kelly as the new Ambassador to Moscow, and Sir Noel Charles as ambassador to Ankara.—A.P.
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    SARAH (52) SETS AN EXAMPLE
    137 8 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. The perfect landlady has conn- to light here. Mr*. Sarah Mateoim, St, <larr.-> Mocha ior her nalr tenants and snips n«-r \io..:i-:i buOidfVa to wash up. Dm* her oontieicnee Kill! foanhted tier. Putting on ller ln-sl hut she Went to the loea!
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    T.B.-CAUSE OF MOST DEATHS
    64 8 HEALTH statement foi the week ending February 0, issued by the Singapore Municipality show the total deaths in town areas to be 210, as against 648 births. The death figure indicates a rise by lil deaths over the previous: week's mortality rate. Tuberculosis was again responsible
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    85 8 CHINESE ISSOOAItai 1230, Serangoon R Qll General Mooting- _> .so jnion dinnei WESLEY METHOik. YOUTH FELLOWSHIP 7 ict meeting, i Road —3 p.m. THE KINGAPOEI RAft LION Ol THE KOVs \I>E: «>,'.. 2 f.M.CA., Orcii; p.m. sl\<. I PORE < in v S Opening ot lh<
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    Cinem.l,
    181 8 CATHAY: ri techiiK oloi'.r) With land nnd »iene Keii v i.4. r >, 4.15, i.4S "Southern Yankee Saelton —Midnight AI.II AM UK v Minstrels' (in Mandarin m Pal Kwang and dim plain -1.44, l ir». 6.45 p.m. P.W lIJON Touch," with ii kKaiiud Ra l«-o Uena, daii ftm. Sydney
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    Sport
    51 8 RL'GBY: S C. C S.C.C; R.A.F.—Cha GHQ Sig. Re R.F.C. v. S pon iil burn Park; Police v. NM Baae Seletar. HOCKEY: A.< 1i.0.D.c.A. -Barkei i:i CJ v. FARKI> I 'R.A.F. Sembawang I V Colts—Sembawang SOCCER: 8.0.D ■Dockyard Asians St >'■■ 1 Road. CRICKET: Raffli v. R.O.YSC (V.llt j
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