Malaya Tribune, 5 October 1949

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    72 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE ERY HIE, prom FOR HIE PEOPLE I I I g LARGER SA/ES 11 tAN ANY AFrERNOON PAPER IN MAI A YA Phone 3*ll/3 Nine Lm fublitihed nimultantuunly at B<nyti>u,t, Kuah, Lumpur, lpt>*» and Ftnutaj. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1949 PRICE TEN CEN IS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE
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    DOLLAR LEAK FROM MALAYA PLUGGED
    289 1 Devaluation Brings Siamese Rubber Exports Back To Us LAWRENCE G. MANI I *"»ugK»ng of rubber from Malaya into Siam which caused the te&ic* ol mi'hons rf' American dollars from the Staling are* in the hi* f*w ve-.irs. ii »s now pr»etir:«My ceased. Riibber mer. bunts
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    VIOLENCE BEGINS AS STRIKES SPREAD
    147 1 U.P. PITTSBURG. Tues.—Unemployment resulting from the great steel and coai strikes mounted today while reports circulated that John Lewis may make a new pronosal for a settlement of the United Mine Workers' 16-day walkout. The industry watched the reopening of negotiations between the mine union
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    PACT DEFENCE MINISTERS MEET TODAY
    82 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. Dcience Ministers of the Atlantic Pact countries are scheduled to meet the United States Stcreta/y of Defence. Louis Johnson, tomorrow, to begin discussing formal plans for defending Western Europe against any possible a'tack. Several sub-committees assigned to study specific problems will probably
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    SENATE PROBE
    31 1 Reuter WASHINGTON. Tars. The Senate Agriculture Committee today ordered an investigation into the recent agreement allowing Biitain to use Sl7rj.oUo.ooo in Marshall aid funds to buy Canadian wheat. Rcutei.
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    Garry's In Trouble Again
    120 1 A.P. I PARIS, Tues.—Garry Davis, self-»tyl*d "World Citiien Number One", I was sentenced today, to t eight days in jail for be- S ing in France without proper papers. 1 As he had been in jail I for that time, awaiting trial, he was ordered to
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    OBJECTIVITY
    27 1 Reuter WASHINGTON. Tues. Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer. «aid todarv'that the United States itself would benefit if living standards of the world's under-developed countries were raised. —Router.
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    JEWELLER CHARGED WITH WIFE KILLING
    140 1 Reuter. QUEBEC. Tuesday.—Hundreds queued in vain I outside the Magistrate's court here today when J. i Albert Gury. 32-year-old Quebec City jewellery I salesman, appeared on a charge of murdering his wife by dynamiting an airliner in which she was a I passenger. > Madame
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    MORE WORK
    38 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues. The Senate Foieign Relations Committc today approved the appointment of Mr. Myron N. Cowcn Ambassador to the Philippines, as American representative on the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far KasL—Reuter.
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    TITO FREES COMINFORMISTS
    116 1 U.P. BELGRADE. Tues. It was officially disclosed to- i i night that Marshal Tito has freed half of Yugoslav Cominformists in jails. The Amnesiry for 71? i persons signed on Oct 1 by General Alexander Rankovie. Minister of the In- terior. said tli 1 purdoos j had
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    TRUMAN SEES WAR GAMES
    69 1 U.P. FORT BRAGG. N. Cai'onia, Tues. President Truman today watched the topsecret combat equipment of the army field forces in action at war games staged here for ni.-- bench.. The chief executive came here by plane. So secret was the demonstration at the amiy icsearch centre
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    ASIA NEEDS TECHNICAL EXPERTS
    191 1 LOKANATHAN Tribune Staff Reporter. Dr. P. S Lokanathan. Executive Secrc'arv of the U V. Economic Commission for Asia ami tho Far East, this morning opened the meeting of Inland Transport Exoerts in the Victoria Memorial Hall. The meeting, part of the ECAFE programme, is attended by
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    SHIPMENTS OF CEMENT TO BE SPEEDED UP
    133 1 Tribunp Staff Reporter. Mr. K. E. Mackenzie. United Kingdom Trade Commis si onei in Malaya met members of the Singapore cement trade yesterday in connection with the temporary cemenl shortage in the Cojony. He has asked them for fact- J and figures on
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    NO MOSCOW TRIP FOR U.N.
    100 1 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Tues.— Trygve Lie, Secretary-Gen-eral of the Lmited Nations, said today that there is no move to hold future sessions of the General Assembly in Moscow or any place except New York. Lie was asked for comment on published reports that Soviet Foreign
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    KINGS MEET
    26 1 Reuter. ATHENS. Tues. King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia was greeted by King Pau' of Greece when he arrived today at Hellenikon airfield. Athens. Reuter.
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    MAO WANTS TO BE IN AT JAP PEACE TREATY
    261 1 RUSSIA PLANS TO SLIP HIM INTO U.N. U P. Reuter and A.P. n lr w mAX HONGKONG, Tuesdnv. t o-inndmg with the recognition accorded to the Communist Chinese Peoples Republic by six Coininfomi countries, the Chinese Communist Confer ence for defending
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    STOWED AWAY IN PLANS: GETS 3 MONTHS
    101 1 A.P. LONDON,. Tues. 22-year-old ex-pilot who stowed away in the tail of a 4-engined Lancastrian freight plane, wa.s sentenced to thre. months gaol today for imperiling the lives cf the crew. It was the first case of its kind in Britain. The prosecution
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    CZECHS LOSE
    42 1 Reuter. PARIS. Tues. De'egates to the United Nations Educa- tional. Scientific and Cultural Organisations conference hen- tonight defeated by 33 votes to 4. a Czech-Polish Hungar- lan resolution to shelve U.N.- E.S.C.O.'s programme in 1 Germany for nine months Reutei.
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    NO 50-50 HERE
    42 1 A.P SAN FRANK -St "O. i <s Rev. Walter Klein <.{ Ft George* Cathedral m Jeiu ■alem, said today that a lulU Jewish. half-Arab aler. could become a •'not be:', of smuggling and a til hjfcoi othei sordid practices.' -A.P
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    SELF-GOVERNMENT
    35 1 A. P. LONDON. Tu<?. Britain expects to give mar selfGovernment to 27 million Africans who live In the West African colonies of Nigeria and the Geld Coast, within b year or two. —A P.
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    ARAB LEAGUE
    17 1 A.P. CAIRO, Tues.—The Arab League will hold an ordinary se .sion on Oct. 17. -A.P.
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    Mao's Six Friends
    34 1 The six Cominform countries MM have recognised the Chinese Communist Peoples Repuh'ic are:— Russia, Bulgaria, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. All six have severed relations with the Nationalist Government at Canton.
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    TEACHERS ASKED TO RESIGN
    49 1 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Tues. The Kumamoto Prefcctural Education Cc.nmission in Kyushu, Japan southernmost island yesterday advised 37 teachers ot vauous scnools. bettered to be Commui.:-.s, to submit their resignations. The commission state .1 Usat the teachers were no longer qualified for t'u ir Jobs <iv. aaP.
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    DEPORTATION CHALLENGED IN COURT
    107 1 A.P. MELBOURNE. Tues. Fortycight Chinese today began their challenge, before a full Bench of the High Court, to the right ot the Commonwealth to deport thorn Tho main attack of the Chinese is on tho validity of the wartime Refugees Removal Act. The outcome of the
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    FREE LIBYA
    31 1 Reuter. LAKii fues. South Africa todey told tlu United Nations Political Committee that she favoured th« proposal foi an independent and unified Libya arid luhai. trusteeship foi Somalilano Rcutei.
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    Survey Of Prices To Be Ready Today
    192 1 Tribune Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Deputy Secretary for Geo*** Affairs Mr. Van dcr Gaast will today complete a survey of the price situation in the Colon since the devaluation. The Federation this morning lifted it.- prize-freezing older issued on September 17 Singapore's attitude to
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    TARA SINGH FREE
    38 1 Reuter. LUCKNOW, United Pro* j vinees, Tues.--Tara Singn. j 00-year-old Sikh leader who has been detained under or- j ders of the Government of In- dia since February this year was released here today. Reuter.
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    GALES KILL THREE
    28 1 U.P. STOCKHOLM, I ues. At least three persons were killed toda> r as gales up to 70 miles an hour lashed the coast of Sweden.—U.P.
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    'GUNS AND BIBLES' SPEEDBOAT CAPTURED
    199 1 U.P. and Reuter. MEDAN, Tues. The Dutch Navy in Indonesia on i Saturday night captured n j speedboat belonging to a Chi- nese John Lie. who is report--1 ed to have smuggled "guns and bibles" between Thailand. Malaya and Republican ports north of Sumatra, according
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    Mao Asks For l .S. llc'c*ogiiiiioii
    84 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. WASHINGTON, The United States has received an official request for recognition Irom the Chinese Communist Government, the State Department disclosed today. A State Department spokesman said there was no immediate plan for a reply or for formal action on the request.
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    t ahhit"* Wan* lan % t p
    115 1 t ahhit"* Wan* lan t p A.P. LONDON, Tue*.—Spokesnun from G,OOO London taxi drivers asked the Government today lo let them raise fares by 33.1 I |>eroent. The present rates, unchanged sine.- 1933. are pence for the first two-third* of a mile and 3 pence for each third of n
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    MacDONALD IS IMPROVING
    18 1 Uttest report* fruin htmpitnl milhorltitot state that Police MajcMritle, Mr. Mirl>onald's condition is improv> ins.
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    Married in orthodox traditional Malay style, Mr. and Mrs. Musi bin Hai: Siru-t at a reception held yesterday at No. Mt. K^b'-»- son Road, the house of the bridegroom's brother. Mr. Suliman bin Haji Siraj, They were married by . Kathi Haji Ahmad at No. Sims Avenue, on Monday.
    47 2 Married in orthodox traditional Malay style, Mr. and Mrs. Musi bin Hai: Siru-t at a reception held yesterday at No. Mt. K^b'-»-son Road, the house of the bridegroom's brother. Mr. Suliman bin Haji Siraj, They were married by Kathi Haji Ahmad at No. Sims Avenue, on Monday.
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    UNIVERSITY: ALL SET FOR OCTOBER 8
    208 2 JHE Raffles College Hall is expected to "ne packed with 1,200 guests, students, and University staff on* Saturday, October 8, when .the Foundation Day ceremony of the University of Malaya is scheduled to take place. Among those attending the ceremotiy will he the seven
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    UNEMPLOYMENT DROP IN SEPTEMBER
    109 2 Singapore's unemploynu nt situation showed an improvement in September when 549 out of 1.555 registered nci sens in the Employment Exchange found work. This rcpiesents 35 per cent against 29 per cent in Augus*. .vnen 136 cut of IMI registered persons wore olaced. Of those who
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    U.S. Will Welcome Students
    126 2 Commenting upon the scholarships for study in the U.S. recently announced by the United States Information Service, Professor Ralph E. Turner, Durfec Professor of History in Yale University stated that Ma'ayan students going to the United States would be sure of a welcome because of the
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    Foorman's Talentime
    56 2 Foor man's Talentime One hundred and fifty I necple attended the second Students' Concert Competition at the Fccinian's Music > Studio recently. Robert and Lily Sect took the first prize. Chia Keow the second, while the thi id was won by Chia Boon Hock. Competitions are held at the s;tudic
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    PACKING BILL
    35 2 The Select Committee ap- i pointed by the Federal Legislative Council to consider the I Packing Bill, will visit Penang on Oct. 10 to receive any representations interested parties may wish to make.
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    Adele Sen Is Three
    92 2 Tim group of children celebiated the third birthday oi Adele Sen. daughter of Mr. Nonce Sen, the manager m Singapore of Columbia Films (Malaya) Ltd. Adele is fourtn from the right in the front row. Others in the front row are. from the left, Graham j
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    S'pore Weddings
    51 2 I ABOVE: Mr. and Mrs. ian Sin Hong after their weddin.; recently. Mrs. Tan was I'm merry Miss Hong Mui. BI.LOW: Mr. and Mrs. Sim pa Hew Kirn Ngee after their wedding yesterday at the Registrar's Office. Mrs. Heu is the daughter of My. and Mrs. Eu Chcok
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    Clerks Oppose Rent Increase Move
    292 2 THE Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union has decided to oppose any move by property owners for a further rise in house rental charges pnd has recommended that rents be pegged at their present levels. In a letter to the Chairman of the Control of
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    NEWCOMER ENTERS BEAUTY CONTEST
    95 2 An English girl, fresh from England, will compete in the Beauty Contest to b e held at the South Winds Hotel on Sunday. Four other girls will take part in the contest. All are from. Kuala Lumpur. The services of two additional judges have been secured.
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    Six Gurkhas Killed In Bandit Ambush
    246 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. OIK Gurkhas were killed when a gang of about 40 13 bandits ambushed a Military party travelling in two vehicles at the 14 1 mile Kuala Seremban Road yesterday. All the occupants off the leading trucks wer > killed. The Brcti-gunner
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    U.S. AIRWAYS SHARE MIDDLE EAST AIRLINE
    93 2 The Pan American World Airways has turned over three Douglas DC-3*s and other material and equipment to the Middle East Airline*? in return for a share in the airline. The Pan American has acquired a 36 per cent interest i in Middle East Airlines
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    TALK ON SNAKE
    59 2 Capt M. M c c l c n d on k, F.Z.S., a spare time snake fancier who has been associated with scrum research in India, will talk of "Snakes I have Known" from Radio Malaya, at 10 p.m. tcday. Hij first anecdote will ixplode the 1
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    AND ON R.E.M.E.
    60 2 The Royal Electiical and i Mechanical Engineers have just celebrated their seventh birthday. The Diiector in Far East Asia. Brigadier R.A. i Holt, and an officer who has just returned from an Advanced Workshop Detach merit in the Segamat area of Johcre, will speak about R.E.M.E. ever
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    'HAMLET' IN TOKYO
    52 2 The film "Hamlet" directed by and starring Sir Lawrence 1 Olivier, ndw showing at the Piccadilly Theatre in Tokio. is making a booking office re cord in Japan. Since its premiere on Sept. 10, the average daily admission returns are showing 125 per cent, packed to moic
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    Rice Body Meets Today
    177 2 Dr. F. C. Bcnham, Economic Adviser to the Commis sioner General, will preside at the first meeting ot the fUoe Investigation Committee today. The Committee has been constituted to investigate mto and report upon the present system of the import, storage and distribution of rice and
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    LAND FOR SOCIAL PROJECTS
    68 2 The Government of Singapore is acquiring 36,900 square teet of land in the Ulu Pandan District to erect a new Community Hall, Infant Welfare Centre, and to build an extension to the present Police Station in the avea. The Community Hall will be put up partly
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    Poppy Fund Attractions
    62 2 Altiffc/igh Biidgc and Mahjcng arc the icai puvoses of he Poppy Day Fund function at 31 Nassirr: Road en Friday, non-pla\ers may he able to pick up some veiy low priced Chiistmas presents ,t I hey t,o Mrs. J.B. Myles is I'.nn.n*; a special r,ca:l full i?f
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    TRADE SHOW
    27 2 The Trade Exhibition at the Happy World it ncimj well petrcnized since its opening on October 1. The exhibition will be open till October 20.
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    RADIO TALK
    19 2 Miss K. L. Symcs gave talk on the Sandes Soldier n Home over Radio Malaya iais.. night.
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      361 2 KNOLISH PROGRAMMhs 1100 n«wn. Tamil flk S B SO,, GlO l.«mp?.rf T«.o.f C^V r Dow„ K,,ala MALAY PKOfiRAM.MKs I Igt sig„ al V ew 5 10.0., a.m For the Schools:- 12 00 p.n,. Programme s„„,- VV" I amll '-Mr* fit Jt^JPWBS 1 W*Ui Orchestra; 1.30 Time *ig- lar songs bv
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    Bandit Kills Bandit— Gets 2 Years
    147 3 MALACCA. Tues. A terrorist. Ng Mow. who killed another terrorist and then surrendered himself to the police was given two yeargaol by Mr. Justice Pretheroe in the Malacca High Court. The judge said that in the ordinary course, the offence of consorting with bandits
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    Sir Hugh To Visit H. K.
    55 3 r i The Commander in j Chief of the Far Ea*t 1 Air Force Air Marsha', i Sir Hugh Lloyd wttl leave- Tengah by air tomorrow S J evening for a 24-hour visit to Hongkong. i He is expected to re- 1 turn to
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    ADMITTED
    33 3 Mi. S. Chellaswamy was admitted to the Shiga, *oie Bat yesterday to practise as an advocate and solicitor Mr I Phi'ip Hcalim made the apt plication on behalf of Mr 1 Chellaswamv.
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    Siamese See RAF
    84 3 Royal Thai Army officers yesterday made a tour of the Royal Air Force Far Eastern Command Headquarters at Changi. They are making a liaison tour of Army and KAI establishments in Malaya. They toured the whole station, accompanied by Air Vice Marshal F. J. MeUersh. the A.0.C..
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    Truck's Gasoline Tank Had No Cap
    345 3 GUNNER LEWIS INQUEST JHE military truck which turned on its side, caught fire »nd burnt 21-year-old Gunner Thomas Brian Lewis to death at Keppei Road on September 24 had no cap on its gasoline tank. A condensed milk tin was used as a cover.
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    WATER RATIONING NEXT WEEK IF RAIN HOLDS OFF
    213 3 Tribune Staff Kepurter rationing may be imposed in Singapore next week if there is insufficient rain the remainder of this week. u T^ c Municipal Water Engineer, Mr. b\ G. MX, told the Tribune yesterday that the water situation was very serious.
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    HE SOLD ANOTHER MAN'S CAR
    193 3 A Chinese motor ear j driver. Lim Men Kiap. wno j pleaded guilty to charge of breach of trust in res- j pect of a Plymouth motor I car and forgery of a re- I ceipt for 52.600. was sen- j tenced to six months'
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    THEY HAD COUNTERFEIT COINS
    95 3 A Chinese trishaw rider. Tan Siu Phcng, and a padi cultivator, Teh Chun Mcng, who were found guilty of fraudulent possession of 3.492 pieces of counterfeit 20-cent Malayan coins, were sentenced to nine months' and three years' imprisonment, respec tively, in the Assize Court yesterday. Tan
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    Trishaw Men Say, 'Widen The Roads'
    267 3 THE Singapore Trishaw Owners' Association have written to the President of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, Mr. W. L. Blythe, suggesting the widening ti the roads where traffic is heavy as a direct solution to the problem of reducing roaa- 1 accidents. Protesting a second-tim>f
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    INSPECTOR WAS OFFERED $5
    65 3 For attempting to bribe a police inspector. Tan Choon Hce, 38. wa.s sentenced to one month's hard labour by the Fourth Police Magistrate yesterday. The offence was stated to have been committed on Sept 6 at Clifford Pier when fan was trying to impoit rice into
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    DEVALUATION TALKS
    32 3 Dr. F.C. Bcnham. Economic Adviser tc the CommissionerGeneral, will ipcAk on the devaluation cf the pound sterling at the British Council Hall tomorrow at 8.30 p.m. The public is welcomed.
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    PASSING THROUGH
    45 3 I The New Dutcn East Indies Att« in. v-Gencral. Mt. O :rlp Ka; tcdirdjo. la due in Singapore on tomorrow morning's X.L M. plane from Amsterdam en route to Batavia to take up his new appointment. He i.i accompanied by Mrs. i Kartodirdjo.
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    MOTORISTS MAKE LAST MINUTE RUSH
    77 3 Four bandied n*c'.orists crammed the petrol rationing offices yesterday to co'.'ect their coupons for the last quaitei ci 1949. The Petrol Rationing Officer. Mr. E. Dunsford. .<;aid the motorists were mainly cwners of commercial vehicles who had lefrained from collecting their coupon:; un.il the last
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    Beware Of Broken Fluorescent Lamps
    403 3 Tribune Staff Reporter A LURKING danger has invaded thousands of homes in Singapore but only a few people know about it. The danger Iks in those beautiful fluorescent lamps, not while they are in one whole piece, but when they are broken or have to
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    They'll Improve Travel
    265 3 THE simplification of customs procedures; improvement of international routes by rail, air and water, with the possible establishment of a regional international railway organisation to develop inland transport are among the subjects to be discussed by ECAFE Inland Transport Experts who begin their sixday meeting this morning
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    New Course Will Train Teachers
    80 3 The Teachers' Training College, in Singapore wil! provide a two ycais' Diploma eoursc. beginning in Septem--1950. at Cairnhi!\ The course will include English Language and Literature. Civics, Hygiene, Theory and Practice of Teaching, and Arts and Crafts. The Initial enrolment will be about 150 Singapore
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    DECREE ABSOLUTE
    29 3 A decree nisi granted to Mrs. Kitte Loke Wan Tho, diS9o'ving her marriage with Mr. Loke Wan Tho, was made absolute in thr? Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    NEWZEALANDERS ARE HERE
    532 4 THEIR MOTTO KORERO KA OTT MEANS, SPEAK AND IT IS DONE QN Saturday, November I, Dakota* of 41 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force will go Into operation alongside the Royal Air Force's plane* on transport duties to Hongkong. This squadron is the only one of its
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    Revolutionar Typesetting
    117 5 Dr. Yannevar Bush, .seated, and Dr. Samuel Caldwell of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, demonstrate the electronic typewriter that "photographs" lines of type on fibn. which in turn can be nsed to make a printing plate—all in a matter of five minutes. The system, when developed for
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    Collins Battles For Tokyo Rose
    310 5 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. fOKYO ROSE'S defence attorney, Wayne Collins. today filed four motions in the Federal District Coitlrt in an effort to sidetrack the sentencing of Mrs, Iva Daquino on her conviction of treason. The motions to be heard by Federal Judge Michael J.
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    BIG EXPLOSION IN CANTON
    64 5 Reuter. HONGKONG. Hon—A "terrific" explosion occurred last night at an ammunition dump at Shihpai, on the outskirts of Canton, according to the Chinese newspaper. Wan Kiu Vat Pao. The explosion was heard in the downtown district of tne city. The extent of the damage cud the
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    DE FACTO RECOGNITION FOR JAPAN
    90 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Tues. De fact > lecognition of Japan by the United States is seen as B possible move following Ru. sia's recognition of the Com munist Chinese Government in an editorial by the '.eadinj actional daily newspaper Mainichi Shimbun". The newspaper, predicting strife in
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    TRAVANCORE TO EXPAND JUTE PRODUCTION
    71 5 Reuter. MADRAS, Tues.- Travancure on the southwest coas; of India- will become an ini-l-oitant jute producing centre in the very near- future, ac cording to Mr. T. K. Narayana Pillai. Premier of Tra-vrmcore-Coehin State-; Union. Ai rangements arc well underway to bring an additional 20.000
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    NU INVITES SOCIALISTS
    68 5 Reuter. RANG O O N, Tues. Burma's IC-mcmbc? cabtne: may be increased soon to Include two representative; of the Socialist Party, well infoimed political source, said here today. They scid tnat at a private meeting of Pariiamentai y members 'ast night Premier Thakin Nu "invited" the Socialist
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    CENSORSHIP
    58 5 A.P. CAIRO. Tues. Egypt's press censorship is going Lo be relaxed, censor sen»ral Ahmed Morlada IP Marghy Bey promise lorn and foreign newsmen In t 1 press conference here. Foreign correspond ?ht* who have worked in may pßfi oi the World pf.J/_> ally nave ceostd**ed Egypt's control ol ou'>KV»P_j
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    VAST ARMS RING BROKEN
    206 5 Reuter. ;X)S ANGELEo, Tues. Operations of a vast i-lins; fine sa>d to have sent abou; *2.000.C00 worth of arm i f have been disclosed by the United States Attorney's Office. Seven men have been indicted en charges of having ra pi red to export arms .m<l
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    MANUILSKY SPOUTS: DESIGNS ON LYBIA
    198 5 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday —The Soviet Ukraine today accused the United Kingdom and tne United States of planning to divide ItalyV;; former colonies "among a group of interested states." Ukranian Foreign Minister Dimitri Manuilsky told the United Nations Political Committee that <he plans advanced by
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    HELLO PHILIPPINES
    36 5 U.P. I LONDON, Sun.—Telephone j fiervice between the United I Kingdom and the Philippines j will he reopened next TuesI day for the first time since I the war, it was announced toi day.—U.P.
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    VISIT ENDS
    20 5 Reuter. BOMBAY, Tues. The 3.000-ton British cruiser Mauritius left here today for Karachi, after a four-day goodwill visit.—Reuter.
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    RUSSIA IS PLANNING HER PROPAGANDA for THE FAR EAST
    292 5 A.P. MOSCOW, Tuesday. CIGNS that Russia is building up material for a propaganda blast to the Far East is contained in the magazine Problems of History. Stressing the urgent tasks that face Sovi students of oriental history. the magazine states: "The
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    United Delegates
    54 5 When the delegate from th- Philippines meets the delegate fro.v Peru, this is what happens. As the raorta United Nations General Assembly got under way in New York, Carlos P. Romulo (right), of the Philippine*, gets a warm reception irom Dr. Victor Andres Helaunde of Peru. Romnlo was
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    PRIESTS HELD
    37 5 A.P. IT.AGUC. mbs i,o latest wave cl c.nests of Koraan Cat!io ic prjdnta anu -.jns in czecncslovakiu bii.ijs the munbci ot'piiests tint!?, an esc to moie than 200. an uifomud i souice estimated icda\. AJF.
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    REGENT OF IRAQ RETURNS
    142 5 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. Emir Abdul Blah, Regent of Iraq, is returning by air to Bagdad today after a three-montl. stay in Britain, an Iraqi Embassy official said hera today. *r For one week of his visit the Regent wa.s guest of the British Government. He .s
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    TRUMAN O.K's POSTPONEMENT
    121 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon.— I President Truman and D?- mocratic leaders to d a y j agreed that Congress j snould postpone consider ition of nls civil rights measure until the session beginning in January. Mr. Truman's civn righuprogramme calls for legislation against lyncmng. The programme was Her-
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    U.S. Ships Ordered Drop Passengers
    180 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. Chinese Nationalist naval officers have ordered the surrender of all passengers and the dumping of all cargo aboard the two Isbrandtsen Line vessels, which they seized on Thursday when the ships left Shanghai. Officials of the line here »n a telegram
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    NATIONALISTS TOLD PROTECT KOREANS
    73 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. The Korean Embassy said today that the Chinese Embassy has sent the Nationalist government a request for protection for 120 Korean refugees aboard the Flying Independent, one of the two ships- being detained by Nutionalists in the Chushan Islands. The Korean Embassy said
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    PETROL RATION
    35 5 Reuter. PRETORIA. Tues. Petrol Is to be rationed in South Africa. Announcing this tonight. Minister of Economic Affairs Eric Louw. said a rationing scheme would come into effect in about two months time.—Reuter.
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    THE MAN FROM YALE
    552 4 DKOFESSOR Ralphe Turner of Yale, in Singapore to attend the foundation of Malaya's University, looks at the problems of the East through the eyes of an historian. And his finding is that tutelage is merely an excuse for failing to recognise the democratic potentialities of the
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    COMMUNISTS JUSTIFY THE NEED FOR REVOLUTIO BY FORCE
    811 4  -  By BRUCE BIOSSAT THE 11 Ccmmunist leaders on trial Tor conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of America's government have shifted the grounds i f their defence many times to meet the prosecution s constantly upsetting thrusts against them. Thus, looking back
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    THE NEPALESE ARE TIRED OF AUTOCRACY
    398 4 Reuter. BOMBAY MEPAL, Himalayan homely land of the kukri-carrying Gurkhas, is on the threshold of constitutional reforms, after centuries of benevolent autocracy under the "Ranas". The Government of Nepal has just sought the co-oper-ation of the Nepal National Congress -which has been agitating since
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    DOWN WITH MALE SUPERIORITY
    463 4 HAM It I RG THE male "wallflower" is blooming in Hamburg these days. Hamburg girls, undaunted by Germany's women surplus made up their minds to take the reins into their own hands. "Down With Male Superiority," was their slogan. And night clubs were created in which
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    ROMANS LIVED WELL IN ANCIENT BRITAIN
    533 4  -  by J.W. TAYLER. THERE may have been no N.A.A.F I. in Roman days, but it would seem thai the thousand Roman Army conseiipts at the Neath Fort garrison "lived on the fat of the land." This and much more has been established through the
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    Petrified Forest
    251 4 Reuter WINDHOEK. S.W. AFRICA SOMEWHERE in the southern tip of the Kaokoveld, semi-arid region in the northern part of South-West Africa, are archaeological treasures which few white men have seen They include a petrified forest, a mysterious grave, and rock paintings like the famous White Lady of the
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    Gamblers Anonymous Attack Racing
    223 7 A.P. LOS ANGELES. Tues.- Now there is a Gamblers Anonymous. The idea behind the organisation is similar to Alcoholics i Ar.cnymous. Carl Newman, spokesman-leader of G. A. -closed. Gamblers Anonymous pop- ped into for the j first time with the tiling of an I initial petition
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    NEW PUZZLE FOR CALCUTTA POLICEMEN
    87 7 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Tues. The I Calcutta police, the busiest force in the capital of India's j "problem province," new has i a new puzzle. Over a dozen stolen motor c.is, which the police re- j covered after a month-long- comb-out of the city and dis-
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    WHY FEES ARE REIMPOSED
    90 7 Reuter COLOMBO. Tues.- Students sitting foi the University Entrance Exam motion for the third time or more are to be penalised by the payment of a fee of Rs. 30 |£lAs.). Tins step has been taken by the Ceylon L'nivcrsity au» thorities because a number j
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    SUN SPOT
    37 7 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. —A fairly large sunport, icportcd ovei tlie week-end, may affect radio conditions over the next ft w days. The most serious disturbance* are likely to occur between Oct. 5 and J. Reuter.
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    Vanguard On Trial
    20 7 The reconditioned battleship H.M.S. Vanguard is seen speeding off the Is!" of Aran, Ireland, during speed trials.
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    WEATHER MEN WILL BE AMBIGUOUS
    153 7 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Tuesday. THE number of persons to climb Mount Fuji this year amounted to only 40 per cent of the usual season's 100,000 and that fact precipitated a quarrel between the shopkeepers who have built up a lucrative business catering to climbers along the
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    AND NOW ISRAEL FOR ISRAELIS
    59 7 Reuter. JERUSALEM. Tues.—Posters calling citizens to arms to defend' Jerusalem for Israel appeared throughout the city tonight after the atonement fast. They read: "America for Americans, England foi the, English, and Israel for the Israelis as far as the River Eupnratcs." They were believed to
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    FORSYTE SAGA FOR COMMAND PERFORMANCE
    71 7 A.P. LONDON, Tues. The new Hollywood ftJm "FORSYTE SAGA" was chosen yesterday for a Command Performance before King George and Queen Elizabeth on November 17. The performance at a big Leiceter Square theatre is to raise funds for needy members cf Britain's film industry. The
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    Drop Expected In World Rice Harvests
    221 7 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Agriculture Department forecast a r>ossible decline of two to four per cent In world rice production during the year ending next July. The department said the principal decline in production is expected in Asia, which produces over 90 per cent
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    VANDENBERG LOSES HALF OF LEFT LUNG
    48 7 ANN ARBOUR. Michigan. Tues.- Surgeons removed half of G5-year-old Senator Arthur Vandenlxrg's left lung yesterday. The Michigan Republican was reported in "excellent condition" during the delicate six and a half hour operation. A post-operative report said his condition continued "quiet and good."
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    WITNESSES ARE DETAINED
    61 7 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Tues.— Eleven Japanese witnesses, j flown here from Tokyo for j the hearing of the New York treason complaint against j John D. Provoo, were detained j by L.S. immigration authori- ties. The immigration service said their papers were not in order and that
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    Raymond Starts A Chain
    95 7 Reuter. SABDY, BEDFORD- i SHIRE, Tues Raymond Fage, aged three, paddled J In the River Ivel here and got into difficulties. y Uncle Peter, aged 12 i rri.ti to save htm. Oreat-Unclf Sidney. t aged 27, went In to help 1 Peter and Raymond. J Great-Great-l'ncle
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    SCOTSWOMAN DRAWS A LINE
    73 7 Reuter. BERWICK ON TWEED Tues. A Scotswoman, Mi. Wendy Wood, called a meeting here to protest against this ancient town, the most northerly in Ncithumberland, being part of England. After the protest meeting, two pipers played her to the middle of the bridge over the river
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    THAI DECORATION
    43 7 U.P. NEW YORK. Tues.—Richard G. Lurie. managing editor of American Exporter, who during the war served with the Office »n Strategic Services, has been decorated by the Thailand Ambasador to the United States at a ceremony at the Embassy in Washington.—U.F.
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    TILMAN DOES IT AGAIN
    122 7 Reuter Raxaul. India. Tues. Major H. VV. Tilman. well-known British mountaineer, has just returned here after a t-month expedition to the Himalayan ranges in the Nepal region. With Mt. C. J. Scott (geologist* Mr. Peter Lloyd (climber i and Mr. M. R. Mattas (bird co'lcctor) Major
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    MARCELINO'S LOT IS A HEAVY ONE
    116 7 Reuter. MANILA. Tues.—Marcelino Caridad. 27, is now firmly convinced that the husband's lot is a sorry one. Upon receiving his $3,000 backpay from the army, he being a faithful husband lost no time in giving the whole amount to his wife. His wife, Maria
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    'GOD' PLACED ABOVE THE LINE IN AN OATH
    140 7 Reuter NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Indian Constituent Assembly has decided that 1 "God should be placed above the line, and not below." The issue arose when the Indian Law Minister, Dr. B. R. Ambedkai. moved that ministers, legislators and judges might take
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    BIG WITHDRAWAL
    29 7 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Tues.—The Japanese Government has decided today to withdraw its entire amount of deposits with city banks, beginning today. The deposits total ten billion yen. —Reuter-AAP.
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    GREEKS BROKE A PROMISE
    168 7 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. Poland's Julius Katz-suchy today alleged that the Greek Government had broken a promise to suspend all death sentences on gueril'as. He told the United Nations Political Committee that a Greek trade union leader had been shot by a firing squad on Saturday.
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    EX-PRIVATE, NOW MAYOR TAKES ORDERS
    69 7 Reuter. MELBOURNE. Tue\- F.v Private James Disney now Lord Mayor of Melbourne— received his former commanding officer at Galllpoll World War 1 IMaJoi-General C. H. Brand, CB. CMC. CVO. DSO» •t the \L bourne Town Hal 1 e-ntly. Major-General Brand, in an application through the
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    TOURISTS
    37 7 A.P. LONDON, Tues.—The British Travel Association stated yesterday that 75,023 Americans, who spent $70,000,000 (U.S.) visited Britain this year. This is more than the total number that came to the U.K. in any prewar year.— A.P.
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    RUSSIA'S 'YES' WAS FAR TOO HASTY...
    396 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. FIRST reaction among Western delegations to the United Nations is that Russia has shown self-damaging haste in recognizing the new Communist government in China. The Chinese Communists asked and Moscow acceded in what was obviously concerted action. Observers were quick
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    67 DIE IN WARSHIP
    106 8 U.P. PUNTA ARENAS. Chile rues. Several bodies believed to be those of th* crewmen of the Argen-m.' minesweeper Former wer> washed ashore near her j today and it was reared that all of the small naval vessel's crew of 67 had perished in the storm which
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    P.I. LEADERS MUM ON MAO'S GOVT.
    189 8 U.P. MANILA, Tuesday. DOTH President Quirino, who is concurrently for eign secretary, and Under-secretary for foreign affairs Felino Neri said they had no comment to make on the establishment'of the Chinese People's Republic headed by Mao Tse-tung. It is understood that foreign office experts
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    'Re-Arm West,' Says Ramadier
    193 8 U.P. NEW YORK. Turs.—Rearmament of Western Europe is the bf -st guarantee against atomic bombing. declared French Defence Minister and former Premier Paul Ramadie] today as he arrived by plane from Paris on route to Washington, Ramadie.r, who will attend the defence committee meeting of the
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    THE REDS KEEP COMING AND COMING
    95 8 A.P. MANILA. Mon. An estimate that the number of active Chinese Communists in Manila has been raised to 5,000 in recent months came today from the head of President Quirino's intelligence service. Colonel Augustin Marking, noted wartime guerrilla leader who is now chief agent
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    TYPHOON HITS P. I.-3 DIE
    91 8 U.P .MANILA. Tues. A Pacific typi oon. wnleii named toward the China Seaa:t« r iidesweeping Northern Luzon and Bataan Islands, left at least thr*v» dead and an unestauattd damage 10 crops and p.ioli works. Among the dead were two women, who were drowned while attempting
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    A MOSCOW TALE
    38 8 U.P. LONDON. Tues— Amenej an "advisers" completely j control the so-called Soutli Korean Army and ru; j I every vessel in the South Korean fleet with a tommy gun. riile and revolver, Radio said today.—U.P.
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    Germany's 'Crowding' Crisis Must Be Solved
    202 8 A.P. ROME. Tues. A N American Congress man says the United States must help conquer Germany's -'terrible overpopulation crisis'' or European recovery will fail. Representative Francis E Walter. Pannsylvania De mocrat. chairman oi th» House Judiciary suocommittee on immigration, predicts "dangerous communist gains" In
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    Pattern Of Power
    74 8 1 This "sky writing' records Allied air might. The picture was made during the evening 01 September 35, as lighters wove a tragetory of vapour trails during their engagement of a bomber force taking par*, in "Exercise Bulldog". The bombers were trying tc penetrate a curtain of
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    MR. O. K. YUI DENIES REPORT
    61 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. Tues. iVIr O. K. Yui. ex-Mayor of Shanghai and former Fin ance Minister, denied a Canton report that he hxil been appointed Governor of the Central Bank 01 China in succession to Fin ance Minister Hsu Kan. Mr. Yui. who arrived from
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    'U.S. Must Maintain A-Bomb Superiority'
    317 8 U.P. NEW YORK, Tues.—Bernard Baruch said to night that the United States must maintain its ato mic superiority and enact "standby" mobilisation at once in the light of the Russian atomic explosion. The elder statesman warned in a statement that the outlawing of the atomic
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    ASIA IS INTERESTED IN JAP HOME INDUSTRIES
    188 9 A.P. TOKYO, Tuesday.—Other Asian n-Mioiis have shown grea.t interest in the maehinerv and methods used in Japan's small home industries, a SCAF spokesman s*fd today on his return from Singapore. Sterling I). Collett, SCAP Labour Dhisiou official, said the rest ef Asia was
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    BURMA MUST CCMPENSATE BRITISH FIRMS
    115 9 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. Tho London Times said today that Burma will have to compensato fordgn firms Umoee assets she has "appropriated so as to attract foielgn investment and technical aid. Discuss ng Burma's policy to foreign capital, the Times editorial said Provided tha* the new
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    MORE CLOTH FOR JAP PEOPLE
    122 9 Reuter. TOKIO. Tues. The '.cx.ile bureau I the International T:adc and Industry Ministry daSeaoeed a r an tha'. an additional 100,000.000 square yards of cotton fabiics unsuitable for ixpott will be released to the Japanese general public in tht; heat future. Half of the 100,000,000
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    STRIKE TOLL
    32 9 A.P. NEW YORK. Tues—Loss of steel production in the first week of the steelworkers' strike will amount to 1,408--000 tons, the American Iron and Steel Institute estimated on Monday.- A.P.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    182 9 BRAZILIAN coffee was the only active feature in the Singapore produce markets yesterday. Most other markets were quiet. Coffee Rio Xn j for shipment due In November w.'-j ,'one at $7« a picul and shlprikeDL-: dm- In 1 >ec< mber at $77. Copra prices arc expected td ko
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    MUSLIMS ONLY
    86 9 A.P. KARACHI Pucs. Ni n e< uaAriea i 1 the Islamic hcli Laa, Saudi Ai .-.in,,, i, uj Syria, Lebanon. Jordan. Oman and Muscat, a d Bog y. have to prt*Cl t tatc :n thr world eoono dc and industrial conference < I I i. tountri*. hajpanin- at
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    Along The Godowns
    56 9 *ohn liakke (44); Hai Hsla (Last side ot Albert Dock entrance); Rdendaie (Sheer* Wharf); steel Executive (4* W)J Ida 11 (40 41); Bulan C3B/1»); Bentong (35/36)Maetsuycker (19 20); Maxwell Brander (*1 tt); Malim Sedenak (22); Benares i2;> Automedon (15 16)Kunuu (13); Pvrrhus (11)' Henmacdhui (8 9); Queriniba
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    LANCASHIRE COULD STEP UP OUTPUT
    113 9 Reuter. I ONDON. Tues. Given efficient methods, new machinery and a wage structure wu.i price rates dnectly related to effort, the Lancashire >n industry could increase production beyond any tar- ;s so far suggested. a kiovcrn.*aeut appouued oanv mission reported today. The eoauni io>i nax
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    Japan Sells Cheap Building Materials To Philippines
    250 9 A.P. J|ANILA, Tuesday. Japanese, wlio stuck a foot in the Philippine trade doer with a .supply of much needed building materials, are now successfully expanding their sa!es here of many lines of merchandise. Figures also show the postwar entry of Japanese goods into
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    TEXAS TO SEE U. K. PRODUCTS
    95 9 A.P. DALLAS. 7"; .AS. Tues. Britons are following the advice of Harold Wiison President of the Hoard of Trade and are assuming the markets of America's Far East. Like an echo to Wilson's call, British businessmen and several dignitaries from London converged on Monday
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    U.S. FIRM GETS NEW OIL FIELD
    111 9 Reuter. ORANGE. TEXA.S. Tues. Tkt Ameiican Independent Oil Company is expected to make an early start on oil development work in the Kuwait "neutral zone" of the Middle East following f he departuic from here of a ship carrying drilHag equipment nd a year's
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    Currency Rates
    193 9 The follow! a* arc new currency rates announced by ihn Malayan Exchange Banks Amo Nation yesterday. FRKM MARKET I KIiKNCIKS Selline B t 1 T.T./O.D. T.T. O.l>. MtNl/i, ltd/a Lon.lo-t a I .V 4 1/1 24 5 ;?2 247 33 2/4 1 4 Australia 2 in 1&/ M
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    RUBBER MARKET
    90 9 HPHE rubber commodity mar- ket yesterday opened half a cent lower than Saturday the last working day. The market was listless yesterday with very little business passing. Closing prices were: Buying Selling No. 1 Oct. RSS 43% 43 5 < No. 2 Oct. RSS 42 42 No. 3
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    PESETAS REVALUED
    26 9 AP. MADRID. Tues. Saain has leadiu.-ted h?!e uterine, axchaofi rate, cutting thBritish p-nind from U tq SO pcretas. The daMn rate re> ar.ehanjrecl A.P
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    Slightly Easier
    45 9 Singapore, Tues. S Continued delay in the i announcement of the tin price to producers ha* had a deadening effect on both overseas and local tin share markets and N prices were again slightly easier. Industrials and rubbers showed nracti- eally no change.
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    Jute Faces Fight With Other Fibres
    186 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Jute production is approaching prewar levels and the industry "appears to be moving into a period when its competitive strength may be tested." A Committee of World Commodity experts of the Food and Agricultural Organisation reportt-d this recently in recommending creation
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    JAPAN TO CUT £ PRICES
    44 9 JAPAN TO CUT PRICES Reuter. TOKIO. I'aes. Tin Japanese Government today cjt its pi ice ot law cotton" to Japanese textile manufacturers by 34 ij per cent to enable them to maintain pie-devalu-ation prices on cotton goods exported to the ste: lag aiea. -xteutc.
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    EMPLOYMENT IMPROVES IN STATES
    109 9 WASHINGTON, Taex. United State* unemployment dccHned by 53&GQQ between August and September to conunue the c 'eu.waging trend of the prevtOuin month. the U.S. Census UJrenu repoi trf. Much of the 1 eduction frorS 3.'j8y,000 unemployed on August 13 to 3.35i,0G0 on September 10 occurred among
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    COAL OUTPUT
    43 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Tues. The Septemoer production of coal by local mines amounted to nearly 1.000.000 tons or 104 per cent, of (he monh's goal. The good showing wa.s made po-sitee by moat big coal mines turning out above then goals. Reuter-AAP
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    What Argentina's Devaluation Means
    167 9 A.P. NEW YORK. Tues. Argentina's 46 percent devaluation of her peso against the American dollar may mean a further drop in the already drastically reduced U.S. trade with that country. Foreign trade sources send, however, that Argentina applies the full percentage only to tourists, profits and
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    867 9 wm-mmmmm-mmm iumit ■wijh ■aaaßßßl INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 15.50 16.5« Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 1 Ord. 2.15 2.22' 2 88. Petrol 39 6 40/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/- 22/Oru. 14/- 15/E. Ctd. Assur. 40.75 41.75 Est. Ti ust Ag. 7.00
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    LEADING JOCKEYS. TRAINERS
    214 10 Alan Heddle was th? most successful trainer at the meeting. Bagby and each rode four winners to head the jockeys. The tussle between these two for the year's honours promises to be very interest ing. At the moment Flannery is leading his rival by two winners. He
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    Baseball Boom Nets $10 Million For N.Y.
    153 10 A.P. NEW YORK, Tues. The impending World Series of baseball boomed into a US$lO.OOO,OOO bonanza for New York city yesterday. The last day almost unexpected victories of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers in the frenzied Pennant races brought thousands to the
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    WEMBLEYS BEAT BUSHEY PARK, VENUS B. P.
    215 10 Playing last Saturday at later's court. Wembl-v B.P. beat Bushey Park Psrmuda B.P. by six games to three. Results: (We m bl »j players mentioned first): Tan Geok Chay lost to Yunos 10-15. 11-15: Richard Tan lost to Abdul Malik 6-15. 11-15: Y.
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    STAKES ARE BIG BUT FIELDS STILL SMALL
    1188 10  -  PERAK TURF MEETING VERY SUCCESSFUL Wmm > From ALLAN LEWIS THE Perak Turf Club's Autumn Meeting just ended is probably one of the most successful ever conducted by the Club. The course cash sweeps were above the average each day and the unlimited
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    TULLOH MAKES A GOOD START
    117 10 Colin Tulloh having his first race meeting in Malaya did very well by riding three winners. That did not surprise me as I was taken with his style watching him riding work. He evidently follows the same reasoning as Arthur Ayres as neither of th?se
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    CARTER WINS
    56 10 A.P. SYDNEY", Tues. Jimmy CaiLci. 134 3 4 pounds. New Yo 1; Negro lightweight, knocked out Charlie Ashenden, 135 pounds in the fourth round of a 12-pound contest at Sydney Stadium today. Carter who is ranked tenth among cha Icngers for the wcild lightweight title, scored his knockout
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    An English Prophet Dreams
    138 10 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—lf the I hunches of a London bet- ting BUM are right he i stands to win £5,000 and go down in history among J the major prophets. He hua placed an accumula- tive bet of two shillings i and »ix pence with a
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    Catch Them Young, Says Fred Perry
    468 10  -  By VERNON MORGAN Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. A reason often given for the elevated place Americans hold in the world of lawn tennis is the sunshine. This is supported by the evidence that the Californians dominate American tennis, for California has perhaps better climatic conditions
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    RODRIGUEZ FOR ORIENT TITLE
    61 10 U.P. MANILA. Tues.—Joe Rodriguez, visiting Texan featherweight, who once fought to a draw witn former world featherweign: champion Sandy Saddler, will Tight Star Naven for the junior featherweight championship of the Orient on Oct. 18 at Rizal Coliseum. Star Naven. one of I'rui leading contenders for
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    CHEERFUL LADS SOCCER XI
    89 10 The follow;:ig are requested to turn for Cheerful Lads A. P. at soccer against G.H.Q. Signal XI and H.Q. Squadron R. E. at Geylang Stadium on today and Oct. 12, respectively at 5.30 p.m. Tony Adalia. Kirn Poh, Dollah Mustang, Wee Hoon Kiat. M. Muniandy. M.
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    Players' Gratuity May Hit Public
    263 10 Reuter LONDON Monday PACED with the task of paying the levy imposed to finance the players new provident scheme some English football league clubs have found it necessary to pass on the cost, or part of it to the Though the post-war boom has continued,
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    AMPON BEATS CERVANTES
    66 10 MEXICO CITY, ruesFehcissimo Ampon of thPhilippines won his men s singles match when the Pan-American lawn tcnrls tournament was continued here, defeating Federio Cervantes of Mexico 8-6 7-b. Ampon and his partner. Miss Barbara Scofield of the United States eliminated in the semifinals of the mixed doubts
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    FLORENCE B. P. PICNIC, SPORTS
    59 10 wmT Ba <lm'r.ton Ptrlv t«r ioB? .J»l ere ,Ed should rontact with Mr Chia Lye Seng of EfnV er J G J lf j" an Co.- Hon" rbre K C?f nk B. Chambers on or b _The sports Officials are Mes*r« Teo bwee Hee, R.
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    The Queen has an interest in the 'Sport of Kings'
    446 10 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday. DRITISH turf fans are wondering just how good is D Colonist, the grey colt belonging to the war time Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill. This grey three-year-old colt, bred in France by Bicnao out of Eibele. has
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    SUPERFLIGHTS PUT TO FLIGHT
    111 10 In a return match of badminton. Oriental B. P.. again defeated Superflight B. P.. played at the latter's court last Friday, by seven games to nil. Results: (Orientals players mentioned first): Singles: Wee Teck Yean beat Tan Hong Poh, 15-2. 15-1; Robert Lim beat Peter Kow,
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    T.B.A. SOCCER
    52 10 r on Fl "'day. Parit r Pai i «t 5.10 p.m. will be —I—tod frjiH the following: Paul Sandaiu.n. P. Suppiah, K. Thambiraja. >. veloo. A. Ganesan, S. Dutta I Nadaraß NT. Q. SaSB? Chandra. 8 Chandra. G. Tb.an.ri vHoo. Raiuinan. Naravam r>avi«. s. k. Thomas, V. J.
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    Bid To Stop S.C.C. Attack
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    Fine Teamwork gave Harlequins Victory
    322 11 HAKI.LOI 4 MX. fi |N a fast game of hockey played on the padang yesterday HsriecfßOi sweated S.C.C. by four goals to t»'C. the ear'y part of the aame ■(aVlffAjavßj appeared averwbeim tfciir epeoaents wat were tanapete.'T rasett.eit Browne in S.C.C. goal how cv--. cv-
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    Ortiz Wants Clayton Again
    91 11 A.P. SCHESTER, Tues. Th: »crid bantamweight ra_z tt Ca- a -ltd fcr ah- -%a.h Roaa.c Oay- 11.- g.a.-.ti >»t htm Mia ray right in an mxnaight battle. Orta* offered a side bet of Ml on any terms Clayton iota. itrr.v fa 1 manager of t hsagree
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    CARTER K.O.'s ASHENDEN
    44 11 Skrw lost to Gopa! and Hamid 11-15 16-18 WeAh Tee ana Yap Kirn I ©eat Diadrak and Yeo Ton; Sens; 15-13 6-15 15-4 Ll-.:.-l I-- r. t 3c r. 7 X beat Lee Chow and Lee Ge Kocm 15-4. 12-*3. !5-2.
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    Bankers Force draw in junior soccer final
    329 11 Bankers Force draw in ju nior soccer final THE Junior A. Group 1, soccer final piayed at tne J?lan Besar Stadium yesterday ended m a one-all draw between the B O D. Civil Association and the sjkong and Shanghai Bank Sports Club. Tho B O D.CA who lead in was
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    U. K. SOCCER SCOUT OFFERS TO SIGN UP COLONY PLAYERS
    538 11 WILL GET 55,000 PLUS £8 TO £12 A WEEK By Tribune- Soccer Reporter TEN" Singapore footbeDers snd one Sei?n«ror pla\. r h«*ve been offered a one-ye*r contr T pbv professional football in England. If tbev accept they will probably be
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    POLAND SOCCER XI
    24 11 A.P. OFI A. Toes.—Poland's national foot bad team beat a Bulgarian team 1-0 on Sunday. Over 30.000 fans watched the game.—
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    STAR CYCLIST REFUSED ENTRY TO AUSTRIA
    69 11 AP. VBHRA. Tues —Gvof Bortali. Italian cycling champion, doe to appear in an internaticnal meeting in Vienna tonight, was refused entry to the Soviet zone of Austria last n:~ht According to Austrian s port authorities. Bartah and his wife were turned back by Soviet
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    Empire Cricket Team given big send-off
    395 11  -  By VERNON MORGAN Reuter. LONDON, Tuesdav. tremendous send-off was given tonight to the Commonwealth cricket team, which on Thursday is flying to India, including a message frofr the High Commissioner Mr. Krishna Menon and the present of four former English test captains. W, Vri«k..
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    VICTORIANS TOO GOOD FOR SJI
    75 11 Vlctxrio Insttluticn gamed an easy 5-0 victory over St_ Jcoephs Institution in the seasons first mte:-school line ices- SSSSaI yaairrday, Withta the first fifteen minutes the Victcriar were leading by three goals scored at intervals of five minutes each by Kwanr Joo. Verghese and M
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    SOMALI BREAKS COURSE RECORD
    82 11 Reuter. NOTTINGHAM. Tues. The Aga Khan s Somali by Nasruliah cut of Sonata; broke the previous course record when he won the £700 trial handicap over one mile at Nottingham race course toiay. Scmaii covered the distance in one maiute 36.6 seconds to improve en the
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    FRENCH WORLD CUP TEAM
    64 11 AP. PARIS. Tues —The French i Football Association Federation announced today that the fallowing '.rr. wtt r'.ay V gostsvia m Belgrade on Sunday in the European zone climinatorv round of the world Cup. Abderramahan Ibrir. Andre Frey and Roger Marchei: 1 Jean Proufl. Louts Hon em'
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    C.B.O.B.A. to HOLD SPORTS MEET
    43 11 Christian Brothers' Old Boys will held then first postwi* atfu ie rr.ee; tr. Oct. 22. at the St. Joseph Instituf.on il gicund at pa. Tne meet cpen to all old boyS. WfH he run en the team bksu.
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    JOE LO UIS BREEZES THROUGH EXHIBITION BOUT
    141 11 WASHINGTON. Tues. Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis breezed through four round exhibition ma ten tonight against Abel Cestac of Argentina but remained mum about his possible plans for a return to the professional ring LouLs appeared in good condition though tie seemed to
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    SEAL WILL SWIM THE CHANNEL NUDE
    409 11 A.P. and UP. PARIS. Tues. Pierre C*di*-. wtU swim the Chaanei nud?. and unprotected by the trarn- tioaad grease, his hackers anI nODC c< v d tonigti. PierT L* Ca'lforoian seal trsjning on iw herring on I; whiting at the V*incennes ay His trainer
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    Boxer told to 'take a rest'
    133 11 U.P. CHICAGO. Tues —Thcois Athletic Comrnisskm today suspended i' boxing license of Estonian rr weight Anton Raad x tor six ryntin and ..dvi- J aim tc "take a rest. Raadik ipoi b*.'orc the cornnussion v st week to esk renewal of lu-s Tr. Commission
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    ENGAGEMENT
    34 11 The engagement is anno*mcd between M'diaei Oh Kwee Look secoc i 5on of Mr. and Mrs. On a- Siew and Barbara Kwti Sam Keow eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kwek Guan Hoog.
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    BRITAIN'S $ DRAIN NARROWED BY £10,000,000
    479 12 BRITAIN'S DRAIN NARROWED BY £10,000,000 Cripps Says, 'Things Are Nol So Bad' Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. gIUTISH Ch-mcellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps disclosed tonight th*»t Britain's dollar drain mm reduced by £10,000,000 during the third quarter of this year compared with the second quarter. He also disclosed th «t
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    'A Little Currency Disturbance'—Bevin
    221 12 Reuter. OTTAWA, Tuesday. ERNEST Bevin told a press conference in Ottawa' today that Russia's assumption that western economy must inevitably collapse will "be her own undoing." "This assumption argues that the West never learns anything,*' said Bevin. "I do not think we are going to have
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    Attlee And Churchill To Have Secret Talks
    109 12 U.P. LONDON. Tyes. Prime Minister Clement Attlee will hold a secret conference with Conservative leader Winston Churchill to discuss Russia's acquisition 01 the atora bomb informed sources said today. Thes< sources said 'he meeting was scheduled for "some time soon after Parliament reconvenes,"
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    Tito Eyes The Danube
    197 12 A.P. BELGRADE. Tues —Marshal Tito today continued his vigilant "watch on the Danube" while the world wondered whether Russia would risk war to stop the spread of his tough campaign for equal rights among Communist countries. The immediate major question can be boiled down to this:
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    TWO A-BOMBS EVERY 3 WEEKS
    34 12 U.P. LONDON. Tues The Daily Graphic's "Inside Information" column reported today that "Soviet scientists have reported *o Stalin that they can now produce two atom bombs every three weeks.'—U.P.
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    PRAYS GOVT. WILL REMAIN UNITED
    74 12 A.P. CAIRO, Tues. Farouk of E?ypt told his Cabinet ministers at a Muslim religious feast in Alexandria that he "prayed from the depth of my heart" that the national coalition government would remain strong and united for "the good of the country." it was disclosed
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    'Arrest Him,' Cried MacDonald
    136 12 Tribune Stuff Rtporter. Mi. A. M. Mac Donald. the Second Police Court Magistrate who was stabbed m uir ehesl by a Chinese yesterday morning, pulled the knife out and -diouted "Arrest him" to nearby constables. Tiie knife was still in Mr MacDona'.d's hand when he was
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    CANADA SAYS NO
    31 12 UP. OTTAWA, Tues. -An official of the Extern il Affairs Department said rtatly today that there was no immediate prospect of Canada's recognising the Communist regime in China.—UP.
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    SMUTS FOR U.K.
    27 12 SM UTS FOR U.K. A.P. LONDON, Tues. -former South African Premier Field Marshal J. C. Smuts is coming to Bntain for a ten-day visit about Nov. .18.—A.P.
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    N. Koreans Yell At Koreans In South
    239 12 FORMOSA, Tuesday. piVE hundred yards across the valley, Communist troops of North Korea are yelling at South Koreans, but not shooting. "Soldiers of South Korea" the distant voice is shouting, "why do you show the Americans your trenches? Why do you serve that
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    23 FLOOD VICTIMS
    27 12 A.P. BENEVENTO. Tues. Authorities today counted 23 persons dead .v.id mi.viiur victims of Sunday's lash floods which hit this mountain town and .surrounding areas.—A.P.
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    CZECHS BREAK
    17 12 A.P. PRAGUE, Tues- Czechoslovakia denounced its friendship treaty with Yugoslavia, it was announced today.- A.P.
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    BATTLES FLARE UP ON NORTH CANTON FRONT
    301 12 A.P. CANTON, Tuesday. JHE long smouldering front north of Canton burst into flame* today. Attacking Red forces menaced Hengyang and Kukong. ti\ ili.Mis fled Kukon.it in large numbers. Official and private reports hinted the fateful battle for South China may be at hand.
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    MRS. MURRAY PLEADS 'NOT GUILTY'
    48 12 U.P. MANILA. Tues.—Mrs. Efttej del Rosario, 33. today pleaded not guilty to a parricide charge in connection with th-muid-r of her husband C Murray. 30. formei United States aimy intelligence office! here on August 13. The trial will start on October 31. U.P
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    TWO NEW ENVOYS
    24 12 PARIS, Tues. Two r.ew ambassadors from British Commonwealth countries India and South Africa—today presented their credentials to President Vincent Aurlol of
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    SOUTH KOREA
    20 12 BANGKOK, Tues Thailand has decided to recognise the South Koiean Government Thai'and's deputy foreign minister said this morning.
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    65 12 Heavy seas break over V the 45-ton motor yawl > "Alirmay" as she lies on j i the rocks oi the Kingard- Ineshire coast, six miles t South of Aberdeen, Scot- > land. The yawl ran J aground In dense fog, N loreing six men to jump
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    BRITAIN KEEPS AN OPEN DOOR TO CHINA
    143 12 Reuter. OTTAWA. Tues—British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told a press conference here today that Britain had a heavy sterling debt in India j because of the war, but against "the totality of world 1 trade" and against the oppor- tunities for Western invest--1
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    HOLLAND SPENT MILLIONS ON 'POLICE ACTION'
    306 12 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Tuesday. INDONEvSIANS negotiating here with the Dutch 1 fern* estimated Holland spent 3,000,000,000 guilders on her two "police actions" In the archioelago, according to usually reliable sources today. The sources said the Indonesian negotiators were urging, in national debt discussions now
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    Rau's Seven Points For A Free Libya
    300 12 Reuter LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. JJIR B. N. Rau. India's permanent United Nations delegate, today, introduced in the Political Committee a resolution to appoint a United Natioi... Commission for granting independence "of the territories of Libya." The resolution (dealing only with Libya) stated: 1
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    Govt. Troops Shoot Down 40 Rebels
    96 12 Reuter RANGOON. Tues. Burmese Government troops hurried from the southeast rail town of Tha'on. 40 milesnorth of Moulmein to relieve the Royal Garrison battling against a numerically superior force cf Karen and Mon rebels at the hamlet of Theinsek. an official communique reported on
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    100 M.P.H. HURRICANE
    35 12 U.P. HOUSTON, Tues. A hundred mile an hour hurricane hit this city of 750,000 caily today after blacking out several coastal cities as It roaied out of the Gulf of Mexico U.F.
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    A Wealthy Jew Kidnapped
    118 12 A.P. MELBOURNE. Tues. -Benjamin Gelbart aged 29. a manufacturer was today charged on five counts relating to the kidnapping of Solrmon Ravdell, a wealthy Jew. Ravdell, aged 6fl. was kidnapped by thieo aimed and masked men fiom his home in a Melbourne suburb last Wednesday night.
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    Russians Say, 'No Divorces'
    64 12 U.P. MOSCOW. Tues—The Soviet Supreme f ourt today banned divorce* in Russia except In vanes where thr marriage contradicts "the principles of < omniunist morality" or does not allow the normal raising of a family. The high court instructed lower courts henceforth to investigate thoroughly the
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    85 12 ART (Lilt: Life Model Cla>s 1 at tne Young Men s Christian Association Orchard Road—6 y.:n. ROTARY (LIB: Luncheon at Adelphi Roof Garden—1 I.W.C.A.: Katong Seniors a:ii Pioneers meet for handwork a: < p.m. at St. Hilda's School. I.M.C.A.: Staff Meeting 5 a.m New Malay class
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    Cinema
    164 12 CATHAY: "'Mr. Joseph Youn? of Africa" with Terry Moore and Ben Johnson: 11 a.m., 1.45. 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAl'ITOL: "Superman" It a.m., 2.30. 6.00 and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "The Perfect Marriaire" with Lorctta Young a*id David Ni\-en. 2.00. 1.15. 6.30 ;m>i 9.30 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "Thunder in li.e
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