Malaya Tribune, 5 May 1949

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    62 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR TIIK PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune" i Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Mala.\ a Phone: 8811/3 Nine Llano, Pubhshed at *nyapore, Kuala Lumpur, tpah, and Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Olover,
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    BLOCKADE TO END
    397 1 TRAFFIC STARTS NEXT WEEK The Big Four Agree Over Berlin After Ten Months Gold War Reuter. New York, Wednesday "|"HE "Big Four" agreed tonight to end th, ten-month-old blockade of Berlin and call a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. »—*T was announced office of the
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    M. P. Challenges The Hanging Of Ganapathy
    238 1 Reuter. •OnS te deral '°n of Trade Tnions. near Ruwang in Se <*«»enged constabiesThowedfigl? and a S f SP T' al which he had m his t£l h S 8 eV Ver After a short struggle he was overpowered and the revolver wa
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    HANKOW MAY BE LEFT TO REDS
    152 1 A.P. SHANGHAI, Wednesday.—Chinese Govern ment forces weie today reported preparing abandon «ankow before the growing P rH Va Communist envelopment to the south-Vi I \Lu threatens to isolate the C?i^ A Chinese Communist broadcast from peintag announced fee capture of Lopin" ondv 80 miles
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    DRIVERS FINED
    42 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. —I Sever drivers appeared in the! Magistrates' Court thi s mom-1 'ng for traffic offences. AH ex- i cept one pleaded gu'ltv to the' charges preferred agaust then and a to'al of 5219 in' n*t»q v/as collected.
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    INGRID SAYS 'NO DIVORCE FOR ME'
    90 1 A.P. ROME, Wed. The RK O office toaay issued a statement from Ingrid Bergman saying she would finish her work on the film "God's Earth" and then join her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom. either in America or Sweden. Miss Bergman said she issued the
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    EXPECTANT FATHER
    40 1 A.P. SHREWSBURY, Wed.—Mrs. Mary Emily Adams, fined £2o yesterday for using forged food ration books, was caught becau.' tiie book she usea for her husband was stamped "expectant mother. The prosecutor, stating this, explained she could not read.—A.P.
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    "INJUSTICE" SAYS MADRAS
    95 1 Reuter. BOMBAY. Wed. Newi of the execution of the Indian labour leader of Malaya A Ganapathy. was prominently published in Indian eveningnewspapers today under such headlines as "Ganapathy exe cuted: Malay Sultan ignores Indie's appeal." No immediate reaction was available in the capital but in Madras. Ganapathy's
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    MALACCA MEETING
    26 1 MALACCA, Wed. The monthly meeting of the Malacca Municipal Commissioners will be held on Wednesday. May 25 at the Municipal Office at 10 a.m.
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    FREEMAN CAN'T MAKE IT
    69 1 LONDON, Wed.— Dave Freeman, winner of the All England Badminton Championships, has regretfully declined the imitation from, the Badminton Association of Malaya wi visit IWaiaya for a demonstration tour, owing to the pre*- y sure of his sional duties. Dr. Freeman has I already been away
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    Cup Team Leave For Home
    138 1 £.</ JIMMY GLOVE I: LONDON. Wed. The Malavan Thomas Cup Badminton team left London today by train for Southampton to board the Corfu, first stage of then journey home after their victorious visit to Europe. Sir George Thomas, donor of the famous cup. was one
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    HOLY CROSS FEAST
    37 1 MALACCA, Wed.—Catholics will observe the Feast of the Holy Cross on Sunday May 8 fj the Santa Cruz Chapel at Mahm, four miles from town. High Mass will be sung at 8 30 a.m.
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    "S'PORE RADIO TOO WEAK"
    150 1 Reuter. LONDON. Wed. The possibility of mci easing the power of the Hongkong medium frequency broadcasting station is now being examined British Colonial Under Secretary David Rees-Williams -said in a Parliamentary renlv today. y Mr. Walter Fletcher. Opposition Conservative, had asked what was being done to
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    CHINESE MURDERED
    70 1 Muar, Today. The body of c 1 30-year-old Chinese slashed in the head, amis and legs was found at the edge of the road at 15th mile. Muar-Tangkal: I Road, yesterday. Three eoir.munist documents printed in I Chines**. Tamil and Malay were found near his body. Special constables
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    "$ Thanks, Malaya"
    115 1 Thanks, Malaya" Reuter. JjONUON Wed. colonial production could make m Z! porcant contribution to balane Jjj Hnlams trad, with the western hemisphere, Pakehw i. If mister ul Civil Aviation, told a House of Lords debate tonight on Britain's economic position. The great colonial development projects were undertaken to increase productive
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    13 Girls Die In Fire
    80 1 Reuter. GLASGOW, Weil .Screaming women U aped lioni the blazing roof of a Glas:. ,w i ashion store today to escape a blase in which at least 19 sales girls died. Two girls jumped au feet to then deaths. Three others who jumped with them
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    WILL FIGHT OFFICE EXTENSION BID
    432 2 Labour Charm 'Shameless Opportunism' (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE President of the Singapore Labour Party, Mr F 1 an c is^*" *l 1 statement yesterday described the Progressive sion of the term of office of elected Commissioners as "a piece of shameless op- portunism." The Labour
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    Sultan Unveils Kedah Memorial
    157 2 Kuala Lumpur, Wed. —His Highness the Sultan of Kedah unveiled the Kedah Volunteer Force War Memorial today, before a gather, ng of several hundred spectators. The memorial is a simple granite obelisk bearing an inscribed bronze plaque, surmounted by the Regimental Badge of the K. V.
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    Sick Sailor Put Ashore From Athos
    86 2 Greaser F. Pierre, a French sailor of Messageries Maritimcs' 15.000-ton Athos 11. who was put ashore in Singapore yesterday because of suspected appendicitis, has not yet been operated on. He is still under I observation in the Singapore Civil General Hospital. Pierre, who was
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    HEARING CONTINUES IN OPIUM CASE
    235 2 MR. LAI PENG YEE. the Assistant Supervisor of Customs, was yesterday asked in the Second District Court, during the hearing of the 1,109 lb. Opium Case, Mr. D. K. Walters, the defence counsel, if all Customs Revenue Officers carried offiI cial notebooks. Mi. La lephed
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    D.P.P. Seeks Bigger Fine
    158 2 rlE Dcputv Public Prosecutor, Mr. A. D. Farrcll, hgured in the Singapore High Court yesterday as the appellant in a Police court case in which Mr. Isaac Elion, managing director of Oversea Traders, had been prosecuted on two charges for infringement of Foreign Exchange Regulations and
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    FINED FOR POSSESSING COCAINE
    118 2 Aw Yam Siong. a ship's' second carpenter. yesterday pleaded guilty to possessing 25 ounces of cocaine valued at $625 on board the s.s. Hong Siang on April 12. District ,Judge E. P. Shanks sentenced' him to three months' rigorous imprisonment. Mr. J. E. Jeans, prosecuting A.S.P.
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    CLAIMED TRIAL
    43 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.- j Varghese, a 37-year-old factorv labourer on Midlands Estate, Kulai. claimed trial in the 1 Magistrates' Court this morning! when he was charged with at- J tempt to cause hurt to a 1 Special Constable on March 4.,
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    MR. THOMAS IS WRONG ABOUT THE M.C.A.
    1400 3  -  Mr. Frauds Thomas, President of the Singapore Labour Party, challenged Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, President of the Malayan Chinese Association, in an article in the Malaya Tribune on April 19. The challenge was based on a speech Mr. Tan was making when he
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    501 People Deported In April
    109 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. During the month of April, approval wa s given by the Government of the Federation of Malaya for the deportation of 190 aliens and 11 British subjects under Emergency Regulation 17C. This brings the total number of deportations under this regulation, since
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    Bandits Pin Posters
    52 3 Mi. AR, Wed. Communist bandits appeared at the 32nd mile Jementah Road last night and pinned posters on lubber trees, telephone pylons and several houses in the village. The Police tore down the posters which were of a propaganda nature and destroyed them. They searched the area
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    WAR DEAD REMEMBERED
    56 3 I Wreaths were placed before I the War Merooria' at Connaught Drive yesterday in remembrance of the war dead in I Holland by the Dutch Consu'1 General Dr A. M. L. Winkc'man, Lt. Commander Naval Liaison Officer F. van Dapperen and Mr. F. F. van de r
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    OPIUM CHARGE
    51 3 MALACCA, Wed. Koh Chang Neo. a 35-year-old Hokkieti woman living at Tranquerah Road, appeared again in the Malacca Sessions Court before Mr. F. A. Chua on a charge of possession of 10 lbs. of opium. Her case was fixed for hearing on May 17. bail of $5,000 being
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    33 ARRESTS
    29 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed There have beefi 33 arrests m the Federation in the last 21 hours, 24 in Perak, five in I Selangor and four in Penang.
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    Malnutrition Is People's Fault
    352 3 Says U S. Adviser GOVERNMENT "Rice Reform Programme," gra1 o„ dua y.reducing imports of polished white rice and replacing it with unpolished rice, was suggested p y M J; f Art lur Eveleigh, adviser to the U.S China Kehef Mission in an address to Singapore Rotarians
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    Shopkeeper Loses Appeal
    99 3 A Chinese shopkeeper, Lee Teow Hong, yesterday lost his appeal in the Singapore High Court against a Magistrate's line of $1,500 for selling foodstuffs without a label and short weight. Lee had pleadea guilty in January to the charges. In his appeal he argued that the total
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    Pig-Hunters Warned
    57 3 i i MALACCA. Wed. -The Chief j Police Officer. Malacca. Mr. R. W. E. Harper, states that pig- I hunting parties have become more prevalent lately. He directs that no hunting parties should operate at night as there is danger of hunting- parties coming into contact with security
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    SCHOOL DONATIONS
    20 3 The Opnar Pulavar Tamil School announced yesterday that contributions to its school building Fund now totalled I $3,601.75.
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    RED RUBBER
    557 4 \'Y is a measure of the growing desperateness of the rubber industry in Malaya that it should regard Soviet Russia as an important fa< tor in postponing the crisis that threatens I overwhelm it. A member of a local rubber mm stated recently that Malaya would have lost
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    RED AIR FORCE PILOTS IN U.S.A.
    269 4 U.S.I.S. THE Soviet Air Force pilots, Lieutenants Peter Pirogov and Anatol Barsov, crash-landed their airplanes last Octo- ber 9 near Linz, Austria, and asked United States authorities for political asylum, explaining that United States Government "Voice of America" radio broadcasts describing life in the
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    STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER
    1506 4  -  By MENCIUS TOO many Singaporeans is Singapore's big headache today. Half our troubles spring from over-population, and the other half would be very much easier to solve if we had fewer people in our crowded little island. Our new Municipal Commissioners gave a good deal of
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    CONSERVATOR OF PRICELESS MASTERPIECES
    123 4 Reuter. LONDON AN American, Mr. Richard Buck. conservatn r of the Fog g Art Museum. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massacnusetts. has come to London to restore paintings at the National GalleryHe is a specialist in restoring old wood on which most pictures were painted before the year
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    HAM AND JUNK FAIR
    434 4 A.P. PARIS IF you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, you can buy both at Paris' traditional "ham and junk fair." The 60-odd sausage-festoon-ed booths that accounts for half its name are back this spring, the first time since the war. The
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    BLOOD BANK
    223 4 U.P.S. Sir, One feels that more publicity should be given to the work of the Blood Transfusion Service. Admittedly, an occasional short article and perhaps a photograph or two have appeared in the press plus an odd poster or two. These are hardly adequate, however, to judge by
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      35 4 The opinions expressed by Mencius in this column are not necessarily those of this paper. If you agree or disagree with Mencius write and tell him so. Address your letters to:—Mencius c/o Malaya Tribune, Singapore.
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    WE DID NOT KNOW OUR ENEMY
    2026 5  -  There was in certain respects an under-estimate of the Japanese army and air force. by Lieut-Gen A.E. PERCIVAL G.O.C. MALAYA 1941-2 FOR Intelligence from outside Malaya we were mainly dependent upon the Far East Combined Bureau, an inter-Service organization under contiol of the naval
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    REDS GET AN AIRING
    467 5 («OMMUNISM hi having an airing in Australia today. First results are signs that some red union bosses are in danger of losing their grip on big and important unions. Interest in red influence in Australia has been pepped up by: 1. A tougher policy to communists
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    £6 Million-plan For Indian Rubber
    140 6 Reuter. DANGALORE, Wed. The Indian Rubber Board D has approved R580,000,000 (£6,000,000) plan for the development of rubber industry' in the country. The plan will be spread over a period of twenty years. The Board has asked the Indian Government to grant a subsidy to
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    Along The Godowns
    71 6 Kainpar-Sandvikon (45): Muv. -i S( hiedijk (14); Empire Hu&bta (Sheen Wharf); (42 43); Landbris (40 41): As phalion (31/39); Dolius <8f); Titan »33 34); Samarinda (31 32); Orestes (17,18); Loetoeng-Sinje-kep (19/20); K&JjUlg (21 22): Nimrod (2S/24): Salfctlga (25/26): Ettrickbank (27 28): Benmaedhui (29/30); Manuoia fl6); AjjtyanaxRoebiah (14
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    ECA QUOTAS
    37 6 U.P. WASHINGTON. Wed. The Economic Coopeiation Administration allocated $"66,000 to Korea for the purchases rf| iron and steel mill mater inland their products, but rr duccd an earlier allocation for petroleum products by .$30,000. —U.P.
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    Jap Cotton Threat Flayed In Commons
    125 6 I ONDON, Wed. Charges that Japan was dumping cotton goods in British colonies were made in the House of Commons today without extracting any comment from the Government. John Edwards, Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Board of Trade, replying to the questions, said that discussions
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    Mail Time Schedule
    144 6 Air mails arc expected to arrive today from U.K., Aden. Arabia, Canada. Europe. India. Iran. Iraq. Pakistan. Palestine, U.S.A.. Central and South m a. Australia. New Z.-aland, i vvlon. Siam. Indonesia l'ruav i.i. Medan. Sourabaya. and Padam r Latest time of nesting at tK« 0.P.0. la at
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    QUIET
    15 6 The share market was again quiet and featureless with business mair.lv oniined to industrials.
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    Rubber Market
    96 6 THERE was poor incentive to trade in the rubber commodity maikct yesterday. Though the amount of enquiries was fair dealers were taking very little interest. Closing prices were Buyers Sellers No 1 June RSS 35% 35% No 2 June RSS 33% °»3 7 s No. 3 June RSS
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    REDS LEND
    74 6 Hongkong Wed. Tiie Communist North China Government has signed an agree mem w'th the C '0-3r:t's:i-owned KaUS.ii M'ning AdminisI ration for p loan cf 800.000.000 Communist People's Bank dollars to settle an industrial dispute with thp miners and increase coal output, the Communist Now Ch«n i news agency
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    The Produce Market
    156 6 MOST pioduce markets were quiet yesterday with little pi ice 'changes. Sellers were too at $33 1.0.b for buyers in the copra market. Little business was done. Sago flour was done on i limited scale with very little arrivals reported recently. Som buying for India was in
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    832 6 SINGAPORE, Wed. Buyers. Sellers. Atlas lice 16.50 16.50 a lev. Brtel Pref 2.87'- 2.95 Ords. 2.22', 2.30 B.B. Petiol 40/3 41 3 6. M. Trustee <-6*> Cons. Tia Ord 15/6 16/6 do. (P) 23/6 24/6 E. Utd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 6.75
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    SILVER STAR PAYS $57
    2174 7  -  Gaucho wins by 3 lengths By ALLAN LEWIS gILVER STAR paid the highest dividend at Bukit Timah, yesterday, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) Meeting when she returned punters $57. Allworth well ridden by Ellery won the race for Class Two
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    SINGAPORE v. R.A.F. CHANGI
    111 7 The following will represent ,S. A F. A agair.st R.A. F- Cnangi at Changi at soccer to<ia> Chu Chee Seng; Foong Wai Mun; John Hon; Patrick Yee (vice capt>. Tan Chin Lye: Boon So;m gan Wee H'r> Leor.g: Choo Kwan Le ong; Foo Hee Jong; Chiam
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    NEW LEG EYE RULE USED FOR FIRST TIME
    204 7 LONDON*. We4. Thjl Hircorded Instance of the Of the MCC amendment <>n l*e nv.s. dealins.' with th« deliberate deflection by the batsm-"> n.rurred during yesterday* play In the match between Yorkshire and the New Zealar.d to-irin-tetac When Wallace, the tourist* vice captain,
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    TWELVE FOR JUBILEE H'CAP
    79 7 Reuter. LONDON Wed. Acceptances with weights for the Jubilee Handicap to be rim over one and quarter miles at Ken" Iton Park on Saturday. May !4, were announced as follows:— Royal Tare (9 stone 6 pound--> Ottoman (813). Signalman <8 B>. .Tuhan (8/7). Hyperbole f§/ai Native
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    F. A. Cup Winners
    47 7 BILLY WRIGHT, Captain of the Wolverhampton Wanderers team, is chaired by his teammates alter oetng presented with the Football Association Cup by Princess Elizabeth at Wembley Staa.ui.i. The Wolves beat Leicester City by three goals to one in the Fina'.—A.l\ Photo. A.P. Photo.
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    CHINESE TOP CRAVEN 'A' SOCCER TABLE
    186 7 MALACCA. Tues. The Eura sian Association registered ;heir second victory in the Craven '"A" cup soccer competition by a 3-' win over the Indian Sports Club on Saturday. Whereas in thr: first half they completely -lo''"inated play and scored thrice, the Eurasians wen made
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    WIN FOR MRS. MOFFETT
    135 7 The Ladies" Competition for May (Bogey 1 was played las; Monday anrl resulted in a Win for Mrs. O. T. Moffett in "4" Division with a score of 11 square and for Mrs. H. 0. Shay in "B'* Division with a score of a)' square. The
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    HOSPITAL XI
    94 7 The first inter-Hoapltal Football match between Genera] Hospital and the Govt. Mcd; al Stores against Tan Tock Seng Hoapital and the Rest will b« played off at the Farrer Park on Saturday at 5.15 p.m. Dr. R. J. Grove White hn< kindly donated the Challenge Cup. The nlayers
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    DOCUSEN WINS
    30 7 A.P. HONOLT 7 LU. Wed. -ernard Docusen, New Orleans Filipino American, won a cleanut welterweight decision over Frank'e Fernandez of Honolulu In ten rounds last nisht.— A. P.
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      103 7 1 uAn L,^?,l,\^P oN T SURE OF THATI f Mkfc rA HAPPY- UOU I A GRiM, DETERMINED CURLY KAYOE ANSWERS THE I CURLY DIGS IN AND NOW THEY'RE STAf 4III* l> Sfl? SSS? DVN O AM,T£ REMEMBER- 0.X., COILY-TwORRV... I'M F-RNE BELL FOR ROUND 4.'/ CAUTIOUSLY, HE OR- IN 6
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    MAC DONALD PLEDGES UNSTINTING SUPPORT FOR VARSITY
    291 8 1IIS Excellency the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malt- 0 1 in Macdonam, nl-d-1 the Government's -unstinting support in ail the nj J; 5 sj ambitious plans ol the new University when he ad :ire>sed over ites, undergraduates and guests of KafTles Coliogt- at their last
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    Agreement Reached On Europe
    178 8 Reuter. LONDON, Wed.— Complete agreement was reached on the statute of Europe at this morning's meeting of the conference of ten Foreign Ministers in London, it was learned from an authoritative source. A drafting session was to be held this evening to prepare tor tomorrow's lormal
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    NORTH BORNEO SUFFERED MOST DURING WAR
    328 8 \0 pari of the British Empire has suffer 3d veater loss during the war than North Borneo. This was announced yesterda\ Apart from the loss and damage due to Jap nese occupation, a considerable amount of damage was inevitably caused by operations proceeding and
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    SALARY CONFERENCE
    36 8 MALACCA, Wed. Thp firth luaitcrly meeting of the .Talacca branch of the Interpreters' Union will be held at G2 Wo'ferstan Road on May 8 at 10 a.m. The new salaiv scales will be discussed.
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    MISSIONARIES WON'T QUIT RED CHINA
    80 8 U.P. NEW YORK, Wed. Missionary workers in China wi'l 1 stick to their posts despite com munist occupation, the Rev. Dr Robert Magill, chairman cf UM National Council of the Protef* ant EP^c°P al Church. sa d In New York, speaking on benai.' > of
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    COMICS CENSORED
    51 8 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Wed. Comic strips in Japan are coming under Government censorship for the first t m The step wa« taken at uhe insistence of vice-conscious Japanese who are demanding pur fication cf comic.? which they believe have been contribu*in*, to the high rate of iuvenile dehquencv in
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    Bandits May Play A New Role
    206 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 01R Alec Newboult, Chief Secretary of the Fedbration of Malaya, in a letter to various public bodies and associations in the Federation warned that there were strong grounds to believe that, as a result of the pressure being exerted by Security
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    London Share Market
    180 8 Reuter. princess Elizabeth and the Duke cf Edinburgh watched dealers at work on the London stock exchange today. The Royal party toured the floor of the house an at their specia: request bus noss continued normally. Sta:t ni the new account ra''ed to bring the i XfMCted
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    U.S. To Pay Swiss War Damage
    66 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Wed. rtir House Foreign Affairs Committee today approved legislation to let United States pa ;\«$i6noo.ooo to Switxerlanc! f*»r I !licted by United State* planer; daring the w;m Bombs were inadvertent! dropped on 36 Swiss eitie., and towns in violation of BCUtral rights"
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    KING ARTHUR, GRAND DAY FASTEST TODAY
    409 8 TODAY'S TRACK NOTES-BY ALLAN LEWIS nay tvv.rrv) and King Arthu. (Brosnan), were the best of the rtA. i) DAY <f''f r >> a thl when the second track was open- horses at B ikii umai m»> ff in no which was cd for ;ast
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    P. BRANI CHECK ROYAL NAVY
    179 8 Playing f; M and clean .-oc< er the Pulatl Urani United defe.'t ed the Royal Navy in an S.A. F.A. Senior Leauuo 1—trh M Jalan Besai yesterday. The result was a fair indication of the run of play. Navy opened the scorinthrough Wood irate who
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    TRADE LEADERS MEET GOVERNOR
    154 8 1 A six-man delegation repres enting Singapore three Chat' bers of Commerce yesterda met Singapore Governor Si Frank in Gimson and made rt presentations on the problems -> 1 Jie. CcV nys trading comnr.mit Theie was spec a' reference t Ihe trade with Indonesia. The Governor
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    S.C.C WIN 4—1
    37 8 In a soccer match played or* the Padang yesterday the S.C.C. XI beat the Hotspurs i y fur goals to two. Scorers were Noble (21 and Taylor (2) while Ley.nan netted for the Hotspurs
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    MYSTERY FIRE
    37 8 U.P. GLASGOW. Wed. At least i 3 women were killed and a score injured today in a mysteious tire which burned out an "*tfre bioek of stores and a cinema-hall in the heart of ziasgovv.—U.H.
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    SOCCER XI CRASH
    31 8 Reuter. ROME, Wed. Twenty-six nassengers including an entire Turin football team, were killed today when a plane in which they were travelling crashed on the outskirts of Turin.—Reuter.
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    124 8 M.(..A.: Commercial C 5.30 p.m.: French Class 5.30 V W( Art Design Class 1 SO p.m.. 5. Raffles Quay. COMMINITY CHIRCH: 12« Balestier Road. Gospel »enri< conducted by Sadhu J«evarutnam 7.30 p.m. SINGAPORE I KB.A.N CO OPERATIVE IMO.N Manage ni"nt committee mcetim;. Cooperative Societies Departmem. Fuller!on
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    Cinema*
    223 8 CAPITOL: "The Pal. far e' with Boh Hope and Jane K se l. ii a.m.. 1.45, 4. IwSU, and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "Jungle Godd-.--1.45, 4.15. 6.45 and 9 30 p.m PAVILION: "My Own Tr Love." with Phyllis Calv. r si I Melvyn Douglas 2. 1.15, 8.30 and 9.30 p.m.
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    Sport
    49 8 GYM ANASTIC8: Y. M. C. A. Orchard Road 6.30 p.m. TENNIS AND VOLLEY BALL: Y.M.C.A.. Bras Basal; Rd. courts —5 p.m. S PORE LAWN T E N N I K CHAMPIONS: Mens' Singles (Contd.). LEAG1E SOCCER Junior A Group 2: H. M. Dockyard v. Pulau Branl United Stadium.
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