Malaya Tribune, 8 October 1949

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine the Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glotoer,
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    Chinese Chamber Of Commerce Will Fly The 'White Sun 'Flag
    505 1 A sDoknKm.n r„. c- T™ l l0 Staff Reporter A ™Tt Ch amber of Commerce said last nißht Double Tentht rh! Slm f<,t| o n Ust chin on "he ne new na 8 of CI >wa w"U not be flown
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    STOP PRESS Red Flag: —No Ban Yet But—
    292 1 S TOP PRESS Red Flag: —No Ban Yet But— Although rules of courtesy are against the flying of the new Chinese Communist flag, Singapore Government will not ban it unless circumstances suggest that its appearance on October 10 is likely to disturb the peace. This is the meaning of a
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    Canton To Be Abandoned
    48 1 A.P. Canton, Fri.—There were indications the Nationalist Defence Ministry plan to trans- j fer to Chungking within a few days, although official confirmation was lacking. One high Government official predicted anonymously that the entire Government would be established in Chungking within a month.—* A.P.
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    ATJEH SEEKS FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    147 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Talks are now going on between the Indonesian Republican authorities in Northern Sumatra and the Dutch to bring about more cooperation in trade and' communications pending the outcome of the round table conference at the Hague. Singapore mercnants are now allowed to trade
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    NATIONALISTS RELEASE TWO U.S. VESSELS
    105 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. -The State Department today reported that the Nationalist warships had re'eased two American ficightcrs halted off Shanghai on October 2. while trying to run the Nationalist blockade into Shanghai. A State Department spokesman said the United States was "gratified" with the release
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    CEYLON WANTS OWN NAVY
    67 1 Reuter. COLOMBO, Fri. Prime Minister Don Senanayake announced today that Ceylon intends to establish her own navy. He was speaking at the formal transfer of the British minesweeper Flying Fish to the Ceyion Royal Naval Reserve. The Flying Fish which arrived at Colombo late in August
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    TOKYO ROSE
    56 1 Mrs.lva Toguri A' Aquino- -who <va4e broadcast s from Japan during the war nder thr name of Tokyo Rose. She is seen here being led trom the Federal Court in San Francisco by Deputy Marshal Herbert R. Cole, after being sentenced to 10 years gaol and a fine
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    Varsity of Malaya to be founded today
    194 1 REPRESENTATIVES of 23 oversea universities will be among the large crowd of people who will witness the Foundation of the University of Malaya at Raffles College today. The ceremony starts at 3 p m. and ig expected to last for an hour and
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    REDS DEMONSTRATE
    20 1 Reuter. DAMASCUS, Fri. Communists demonstrated in Damascus today carrying banners with the slogan: 'Down with Anglo-American imperialistic schemes."—Reuter.
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    GREETINGS WILL POUR IN FROM BRITAIN TODAY
    139 1 A.P. LONDON. Fri. An editorial in the London Times today predicted that "messages from universities all over Britain will greet the new University of Malaya, on its Foundation Day. tomorrow. It is the first Colonial university that has sprung into being, fully armed
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    ENVOY RECALLED
    22 1 Reuter. RaNGuuin, Fn. —Horuia'a Ambassador in Nanking, U Myint Them, has been instructed to return to Rangoon for consultations. —Reutei.
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    NEW GERMANY
    25 1 U.P. BONN, Fri.—lne West German government tonight denounced its new Soviet zone counterpart as an illegal institution which does not represent the people.—U.P.
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    THE PICT URE WAS UPSIDE DOWN
    72 1 A.P. LEEDS, Fri. For 11 days, artists and critics studied admiringly an abstract painting called "Composition' at a local art show. Today, a more observant viewer discovered it was hanging upside down with the painter's initials topsy-turvy in the upper left hand corner. Artist
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    WORLD USES MORE RÜBBER
    271 1 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. World new rubber consumption totalled 1.257.000 long tons in the first eight months of 1949. up 32.500 ton s over the corresponding period of 1948. according to estimates of the Secretariat of the International Rubber Study Group. World consumption of natural rubber in
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    LA CONGA IN CHURCH?
    46 1 A.P. COVENEY ISLE, England, Tri. The rector of Coveney complained on Friday that the craze for popular songs at British weddings is getting out of hand. The next thing you know, he said, they will be dancing the conga in the aisle.—A.P.
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    RAISED RATES
    31 1 A.P. OSLO. Fri.—Telecommunication tolls from Scandinavia to other nations will be increased by 25% on Nov. 1. Tolls between Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Sweden will be unchanged.— A.P.
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    PLANTERS TOLD "PAY FOR YOUR SPECIALS"
    354 1 -But Some May Still Be On Free List ni atvtitrc Tribune Staff Reporter |Ji.AiNlli,Kb and miners are puzzled by what they believe is a serious—<hon«rh wno nave recently applied for protection have been told that they must pay for tne specials themselves-—or go without
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    INDONESIAN ARMY-NAVY TALKS
    115 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Fri Technical groups of Dutch and Indonesians attending ih>-round-table conference here on the future of Indonesia met today to study the future organisation of the aiehiaelago's Army and Navy. A Dutch spokesman said their work was well advanced. Later the Steering Committee of the
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    U.N. NEED NOT INTERVENE
    62 1 Reuter. AMSTERDAM. Fri. Dr. Lambertus Palar. Indonesian representative at Lake Success, said here tonight he beMeved che Dutch and Indonesians would find solutions to the problems facing The Hague round-table conference without United Nations intervention. Dr. Palar, who has been in Holland for about a week
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    FORCES WORK DEEPER INTO JUNGLE
    407 2 More Bandits Killed Tfian Ever KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. HIGHER rate of bandit casualties have been inflicted by the Security Forces during the last three weeks. A greater number of contacts also have been made with the bandits. Federation Police Commissioner, Mr. W. N. Gray told
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    Federation Offers Six Study Gifts
    116 2 XI," ALA LUMPUR, Fri About six scholarships provided for under tho Colonial Development and Welfare Fund scheme for higher odu cation are now available for tuf'ents, who will undertake courses of training ovviseas This was announced in a Federation press release today. These scholarships Will
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    689 NEW BABIES
    40 2 There were 689 births in Singapore during the week ending Oct. 1. There were 147 deaths. The chief causes of mortality were: tuberculosis 23, pneumonia 16, enteritis 11. beri-beri 6. convulsions 6. dysentery 4 and malaria 1.
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAY
    20 2 Friday. October 21. will be a public holiday in the State ot Selangor on the occasion of Deepavah.
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    New Police Medal
    53 2 A Colonial Police and Fire Brigades Long Service Medal has been created. Members of the two services must have completed 18 years continuous service on or after- March 23. 1934, to qualify for these awards. During this period they must have sho-wn a clean record, rxemplnty character
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    NO PROBE ON LETTERS
    190 2 Kuala Lumpur, Fri. THERE is no general censorship in force nor do the Emergency Regulations contain provisions for postal censorship. Federation Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult, told the press this today. He added: "But under paragraph 35 of the Post Office Ordinance. 1917, the High Commissioner
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    Airstrip Completed
    74 2 MALACCA, Fri.—Malacca's Resident Commissioner. Mr. W. C. Taylor, has told the press that rehabilitation of the Batu Borendam. airstrip is complete. He said that there are 190 miles of metalled road in the I settlement. 81 miles of which have been remctal'ed since the liberation in addition to
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    BACK AFTER 21 YEARS
    51 2 MALACCA, Fri.—Mrs. G. C. SenanAyake, sister of "Mr. P. G. M. G. Mahindasa, jTp., of Malacca, arrived by Air Ceylon in Singapore recently after an absence of 21 years from Malaya. She is staying for a few days with Mr. Mahindasa in Malacca before returning to
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    14 ARRESTS
    40 2 There have been fourteen arrests in the Federation in the week ending Oct. 5; five in Kedah Perhs and nine in Malacca. People detained under Emergency Regu'ation 17 on September 30 numbered 5.329 of whom 4,311 were Chinese
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    The Sultan of Kelantan yesterday visited Radio Malaya where he recorded an interview
    15 2 The Sultan of Ke lan tan yesterday visited Radio Malaya where he recorded an interview
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    Transport Men Meet
    79 2 Above: Picture shows tho main conference room of the Victoria Memorial Hal decorated tvfth the flags of the Lnited Nations. Tlie flags represent most of the states attending the meeting of Inland Transport Experts. Right: Fonr delegat< at th«« meeting of Inland Transport Experts. From the left:
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    C.C Tan To Star In Varsity Week Programme
    162 2 ]UR. C. C. TAN, Singapore Legislative Councillor and President of the Progressive Party, will star in a Rediffusion English programme during University Week. Mi. Tan will conduct a programme consisting of interviews with people of vaiious nationalities in the Rediffusion studios on
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    MOVIE FOR UN
    35 2 The British fi:m "Quartet" was screened at the Victoria Theatre yesterday evening in honour of delegates and observers attending the U.N. Conferences as well a« the members of the ECAFE Secretariat Staff.
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    QUEEN'S SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
    69 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A Federation press release today announced that awards of Queen's Scholarships have been made to Dr. Omar bin Din of Alor Star and to Mr. Thong Saw Pak of lpoh. The award to Mr. Thong is subject to proof of his Federal Citizenship for
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    Workers Protest Wage Cuts
    78 2 Representatives of the Colony's rattan goods employers and employees met before the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. C. W. Lyle. yesterday to negotiate on proposed wage cuts affecting 120 workers engaged by ten or" biggest rattan shops. The e.aployers had proposed to cut workers' daily wages
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    FILM REVIEWS
    605 2  -  by OSWALD HENRY PAVILION: THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY —A very human story with a strong ap peal, providing John Mills a splendid opportunity to mak( memorable the role of Alfred Polly, the "little man" who sought and found happiness en the open road. The film Is a
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    CANAL THROUGH ISTHMUS OF KRA IS A 'MYTH'
    539 3 fHE French delegate at the Inland Water Transport Experts meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall, Mr. Jean Vernisse, yesterday asked whether a canal through the Isthmus of Kra cbnnecting Thailand and Malaya would not immeasurably shorten the route between India, Burma, and
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    Requisition Bill Will Be Changed
    114 3 j.nc general of in Singapore wader tho -Essential Rc4u!aUtrns wtJl be termii-ted Another bill giving powers to contlnu* to properties for a period cr 12 months from j an ?«I!?l?& r introduced this mo th. by the Attorney GeneraVMr. E. J. Davles •n£ stated there
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    BIG DONATION
    34 3 Mr. N. R. Mistri has presented $20,000 to the UniverS^ of J? ala y a Endowment 2H* r recent donations ■are $5,000 from the Phoenix 5,1 000 from Dr. A. C. Jap.
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    Youngest Player
    62 3 Little Miss Tay Peek Ting, 10, is one of the youngest players who will take part in a short sketch. entitled "Neath the Scepter of Susan." at the Variety Entertainment to be presented by the Foochow Methodist Church in aid" of its building fund. The entertainment will be
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    REPAIRS TO COLEMAN BRIDGE
    57 3 Part of Coleman Bridge over the Singapore River at the junction of Hill Street and New Bridge Road will be closed for a week While repairs are made to the decking above the bridge. Repairs will involve the closing of half the width of the carriageway
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    Cor Hits Tree
    47 3 This Vauxhall smashed into the tree opposite the benel»e kiosk at Ttong Bahru Road on Thursday night. The ear belongs to Dara Singh, the wrestler. A friend of his, who was in the car, was taken to the General Hospital with an injured arm.
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    Fed. Gives Up 5,000 Tons Of Rice For Ceylon
    113 3 THE Federation of Malaya has agreed to forego an f allocation of 5,000 tons of rice from Burma to alleviate the threatened shortage of rfce in Ceylon. This decision was taken at yesterday's meeting at Phoenix Park of tho Rice Subcommittee
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    UN SECRETARY
    24 3 Mr. W. R. Malinowski. a member of the United NationSecretariat Staff, has arrived in Singapore in connection with the forthcoming ECAFE Conferences.
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    REMITTANCE WARNING
    47 3 The Government announced yesterday that people who intend to remit money through Chinese remittance shops do so at their own risk. The Government requite deposits or bank guarantees from remittance shbps but this; does not mean that the Government guarantees the soundness of these institutions.
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    S'pore Bride
    34 3 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seah after their marriage at the Singapore Registry recently. The bride is the former Miss Annie Urn. Mr. Henry Seah is with the Municipal Secretariat.—Raffles Photo. -Raffles Photo.
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    POOR CHILDREN TO GET SPECIAL SHOW
    92 3 With the co-operation of the Department of Social Welfare, the Cathay Cinema Is giving (as part of its 10th Anniversary celebrations) a special programme of cartoons and shorts to pooi children who cannot normally afford to go to the movies. The films arc being
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    RE-APPOINTED
    17 3 Mi*." Lim Kih-i Serif been re-appointed to the Board of Licensing Justices for another three years.
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    Ponniah Death Regretted
    288 3 T.HE Ceyloncsc Community in Singapore and tho Fede?ation were -hoetfcd to hbar of the death as" rt restart 'of a motor' accident. of Mr. Benedict Prmmah, Ceylon's Deputy Dirncttif of Socia' SerVices and recently Chairman' of the T.L.O. Conference in Singapoi c. Condolence messages fiom his riuhierous
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    APPEAL COURT TO SIT ON MONDAY
    72 3 The next Colony Court of Appeal will assemble in the Supreme Court building on Monday. The Chief Justice. Mr. Mm ray-Aynslcy will preside. The other judges who.will take part are Mr. Justice Evans and Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith. The place of Mr. Justice Brown, who
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    WOMEN JAILED FOR PICKING DRY BRANCHES
    82 3 the theft of 3G pieces of dry branches from the Forest Reserve at 6 milestone, Buk't Timah Road, cost two women. Chean Choon Yoon. andWoon Ah Yeo. both 37. one month's simple imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty in the Fourth Police Court yesterday.
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    JAGA CUT MOVIE CABLE
    51 3 After the Public Relations Office had finished showing a film to labourers at Havelock Road on July 25, Jarsar Singh, 51 year-old jaga, cm the cable connecting film projector to the generator. The damage amounted to $120. In the Third Police Court veaterday Jarsar was fined
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    School Girl Wins Oratorical Contest
    226 3 MISS JANE HO, of the Nanyang Girls' School, was chosen the best speaker by the ballot vote of th" student audience, and second best by the'four judges, at the public speaking Contest held last night at the British Council Hall. Pupils from' twelve, Singapore schools
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    Girl Wins Essay Prize
    52 3 The winnncr of the Essay Compctitlbfl tor prizes presented by the GoVeTnor of Singapore oh "Commemoration Day" was Miss Bun YOke Lan. of the Methodist Girls' School. Singapore. She wi 1 read her essay over the Schools Network of Radio Malaya on Friday, October 14, at
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    MALAY untitled WORK
    462 4 Pearling Is Risky, But It Has Its Compensations Here's Where Your Pearls Come From, Madame BROOME, on Roebuck Bay. high on the tropica! north west roast of Australia is famous for its pearls and pearl shell. The fabulous £AlO,OOO pearl, "Star of the West" wan fished up
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    A-BOMB FOR AGREESSORS ONLY
    257 5 SE A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. A PLAN to ban use of the atomic bomb except against a nation tagged by the United "Nations as an aggressor was reported under discussion in tlie U.N. Informed sources said the proposal has been discussed in several delegations, but nothing
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    EXPELLED
    19 5 Reuter BELGRADE, Fri. The Yugoslav Foreign Office tonight expelled eight employees oi the Polish Embassy in Belgrade. Reutei
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    Gentler Sex
    47 5 The Camera catches a woman picket about to club an unsuspecting man as violence flares in the lo week old strike at the Bell Aircraft plant in Buffalo, New York. At the extreme left, a deputy is starting to swing his club at the woman.
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    ALL QUIET IN DOGDOM AND FIDO IS GUILTY
    337 5 A.F. NEW YORK, Friday. JHESE may be dog days but the dogs are dogging it. And this (you should pardon the expression) is a doggone shame. The trouble is, the dogs aren't co-operating. Cats get into the news. So do elephants and
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    INDIA MAKES OWN RADIOS
    63 5 Reuter. BOMBAY. Fri, The first Indian-made 5-valve superheterodyne radio made its debut here recently. Pi educed at the Nationa Radio and Engineering Company cf Bombay, the "Pramukh" that is its name -is claimed to be "the best available band-spread receiver for the tropics." Tlie same firm
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    ENVOYS TO MEET
    26 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. The U.S. State Department summoned its'envoys in seven Eastern European countries today to London for an "inlorma!" conference on October 24.
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    WIFE SUCCEEDS WHERE THE NAZIS FAILED
    149 5 A.P. NORWICH. ENGLAND. Fri. The Nazis torpedoed a ship out from under John S. Crowfoot in world war 11. He came up smiling. He spent weary months ?hting the desert war in North Africa and his ncr .es never quivered. Then came the long
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    HE WAS ONLY TWO HUNDRED YEARS LATE
    148 5 A.P. LXDORE. Central Fri.—Thakur Harwar SrfF. Jatrirda 1 (landlord) nrtwada, recently Lre methods of his K'-ain hi.; 12 hours learm-^^Bl* t t| When Mad P: Union wi India, f! oiifl of those w! to sum udHrr his 20 d tstates n tor vigorous
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    52 5 U.P. ST. PAUL, Mlnnes< Fri. The American Federa oi Labour's 68th annual /ontion today instruct the union's top officers tf nev/ their efforts to un bj] Unions in the country I one 5g [about crganizati __i n eluding the CIO anc r o hn Lewis' United Mine tcr
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    THIRD TIME WAS LUCKY TIME
    175 5 U.P. YUMA. Fri. rhc tiii tinic v/T- a charm tonight i two forme: Navy Bien Bob Woodhou c and Woody 3ngcnrard, as they swishe low over the Yuma Municia Aiiport at 7.18 p.m. to set newworld record fo: satined end ii anc flying. Lh( tv.oyur.ia
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    THE FORGOTTEN ROSE
    85 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Fri—There was little reaction in Japanese broadcasting circles to the news that ""Tokyo Rose", the Jap-anese-American who was convicted of broadcasting demoralising propaganda to the Allied troops in the Pacific had been sentenced to ten veers' imprisonment and payment of a $10,000 fine. Employees of
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    U.S. NAVY GROUNDS MARS SEAPLANES
    99 5 A.P. PEARL HARBOUR, Friday. A U.S. Pacific Fleet spokesman confirmed yesterday that all Mars seaplanes have been grounded. He added he did not have any details immediately: The Philippines Mars arrived safely at Honolulu on September 6th alter cne of it* engines dropped into the
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    Thamrong Ran From The Reds
    138 5 U.P. BANGKOK, Fri Rear Admiral Thamrong Nawasawat. former Siamese premier, wno, has been a political exile for nearly two years, is back home with a guarantee of Immunity from arrest. There were even reports in political circles that Thamrong is slated to become deputy premier
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    PEACE MISSION
    17 5 Reuter. MOSCOW. Fri. The Russian Orthodox Church has staited an in.er nutio.ial peace mission. Reutei.
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    Ten – hour Baby Uses phone
    145 5 Ten hour Baby Uses phone AAP. SYDNEY, Fri. A ten hours' old premature baby I "spoke"' to his mother over a telephone after he s had been rushed over 800 1 miles by ear and plain- to j Sydney for special treati ment to save his life. i I The
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    ANOTHER CAT STRAYS INTO CAT STORY
    92 5 LONDON*. Fri Anoth«i .stray cat St raved into the story of Dick WhittingLon yesterday 52G years after his death. The uninvited black cat strolled into a parade of medieval pageantry opening the celebration marking the death of the Lord Mayor of London, whose fortune,
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    How Many A-Bombs has the US?
    152 5 U.P. WASHINGTON, Fri. Th.Joint Congressional Atomic Eheigy Committee voted unammously today to open a new atomic inquiry after icceiving "new information" requiied hy Air Force Secretary W Stuart Symington. There was immediaL. peculation that the Committee wants to know how many atomic Weapons th,.
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    THERE WAS NO FAKE IN THIS DUEL
    95 5 U.P. PARIS, Fii. Film producer and a critic duelled over a woman's honour today. Will Rozier. producer, nicked the arm of Francais Chalais. a crit'c, in a three-minute clash of swords in a forest arena carpeted with r.utumn leaves. Chalais, looking more womded
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    OPEN THE DOORS WIDE
    530 6 TO-DAY sees the opening of Malaya's own university. Another keystone is set in the arches of democracy. From the university, when it rises to its full stature above the Straits of Johore, will come a steady stream of young men and women to mould the future
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    TODAY IS FOUNDATION DAY THE UNIVERSITY WILL PAY DIVIDENDS
    795 6  -  What significance has the University of Malaya for us.? We have had many views on the subject except those of the younger generation who will one day study at the University. We, therefore, print on this page, the two essays which
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    THE CAMBRIDGE OF THE EAST
    1066 6  -  SECOND PRIZE ESSAY By MARJORIE HO RAFFLES GIRLS SCHOOL NOW that the University of Malaya is materialising, Malayans are thinking of the part it will play in the life of their country. The answer cannot be given in a few sentences; nor can we be
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    MYSTERY OF BIRD MIGRATION
    942 6  -  By LOUIS TRICHARIT N.P, lI7HEN I lived in the ft Transvaal, South Africa, I had a friend interested in the mystery of bird migration. He gripped my attention once by showing me a bird with a tiny ring on its foot: "That bird has flown all
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    THE MALE GENIUS
    304 6 TELL the average woman she's a genius, and what happens She immediately begins wondering if you are trying to break it to her easy that her years are showing, her noso, needs powdering—or her face needs lifting. In any case she takes the compliment with deep suspicion.
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    Police Nip Red Coup D'etat In Cairo
    164 7 U.P. CAIRO. Fri.—Police said today that they had smashed a Communist gang organizing a coup d'etat with the aid of two beautiful girls, who acted as runners from their secret underground headquarters. Officials said a raid on tne gang s headquarters was carried
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    FAST TO END CHILD LABOUR
    111 7 A.P. SAUG\R, Central India. "1 Professor A. Bhansah, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, stated he would undertake a "long" fast in protest against the employment of boys and girls below" 14 years of age in bidi (an Indian indigenous cigarette) factories. Bhansali has undertaken four
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    NEPTUNE'S NON STOP FLIGHT SUCCESSFUL
    89 7 U.P. SAN DIEGO. California. Fri.—The Neptune Bomber which the Navy says is capable of carrying the atomic bomb landed here at 17.57 GMT completing a non-stop flight from an aircraft carrier in the Atlantic via the Panama Canal. The twin-engined bomber took off from the
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    OPS PLAINFARE
    54 7 Reuter. BERLIN. Fri.—"Operation Plainfarc" —the British part of the Berlin airlift —ended today when a Royal Air Force Hastings landed at Gatow from the British zone base at Schleswigland with a cargo of coal. The airlift began at the end of June 1948. The American counterpart—"Operation Vittles" ended
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    'GHOST' FIGHTERS BECOME REGULAR ARMY
    1122 7  -  By HUGH LAMING Reuter-AAP Correspondent BAT A VIA, Fri.—The armed active ghosts who for four years haunted Dutch army convoys and outposts have today become the regular army of the Republic of Indonesia. "You cannot fight ghosts with tanks," a senior Dutch army officer remarked
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    Subs Take Red Agents To Philippines
    167 7 A.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. THE Philippine Navy wants the United States to supply it with depth charges for use against submarines reportedly trying to slip Communist agents into the Islands. This was disclosed today ir an interview with the head ot the Philippine M;!ita~y Mission
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    THE UNICORN
    29 7 A.P. SUEZ, Fri. The British aircraft carrier, Unicorn, has sailed from Suez for the Far East after being aground for five hours in the Suez; Canal. -A.P.
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    ROTARY CHIEF
    58 7 U.P. HONGKONG, Tri.—Percy Hodgson, President f the Rotary Internationa', arrived here from Japan for a two day visit of the British colony and China's capital, Canton, after which he will leave for Manila. Hodgson will be guest of rotarians on Friday night at a dinner. During his world
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    BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL
    62 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Fri.—Bandits operating in pairs in Boston, Massachusetts, and in Montreal, Canada, stole more than $30,000 in armed holdups today. In Boston they held up the fashionable Cop:cy Plaza Hotel and left with a $16,000 pay roll while in Montreal two others escaped with
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    HE GAVE UP FREEDOM
    170 7 Reuter. BUDAPEST, Fri. The Hungarian Government alleged tonight that it had recordings to prove that Mr. Wallace Harrison, former British Legation employee here, had volunteered to work for the Hungarian police in exchange for release of a woman from custody. At the same time the Government
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    LAST ON THE BERLIN AIRLIFT
    64 8 L Men of the U.S. Ist Air Lilt Tank Force watch one of their plain-* being y loaded with fuod at Main Airport, Frankfurt, I (Germany), on Sept. 30. A few minute* later, af- ter a special farewell I ceremouv, It took off for 1
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    A WORLD WAR, IF RHEE TAKES NORTH KOREA
    283 8 U.P. SEOUL. Friday. DESIDENT SyngDian Rhee of the Korean Republic said todax that his government could take North Korea and unite the country, but he had been warned that doing so might start a third world war. '"The people in the north
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    Britain, U.S. Face A Chinese Puzzle In Red China
    410 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Friday. fHINESE ability to devise problems which are diflicult to solve has given rise in the Western world to the term "Chinese puzzle," as descriptive of anything intricate. That term appropriately represents the chaotic condition to which civil
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    DUKE'S YATCH
    21 8 A.P. COWES, England. Fii. The yacht Cowslip, a present for the Duke, of Edinburgh, was launched here today. A.P.
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    BOYS PLAYED WITH £59
    94 8 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Fri. Children in a street at Goelong (Victoria) discovered several neatly rolled "bundles of paper" in a doorway. They were playing with them when a passer-by noticed that the "bundles of were Wads of banknotes. He collected all the notes he could see auu
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    Kashmir Ceasefire Line May Become Boundary Line
    181 8 A.P. KASHMIR. Friday. The present ceasefire line in Kashmir :nav someday become the faundarv between India and Pakistan, informed observers here suggest. Such an eventuality would give India by far the best on the bargain. It holds three-quarters of the State now, including
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    U.N. ASKED TO BAN PROSTITUTES
    74 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Fri The Nations Social Committe will ask the General Assembly to call on al! member states to abolish registration of prostitutes. The Committee decided to include in the proposed international convention to suppress prostitution an arUcle asking all governments to eliminate any
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    U.S. Naval Officer Put Under House Arrest
    162 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Fii. The United States Navy today put one an ti-unification office t under house an est and succeeded after once failing in getting Congressional Committee to exclude the public from the hearing, at which another admiral will present hi« views. Captain
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    VANDENBERG COMES OUT OF HOSPITAL
    89 8 U.P. ANN ARBOR, Michigan. Fri.—Senator Arthur Vandenberg left his bed on Wednesday for the first time since a recent major lung operation and "continues to make excellent progress," the University Hospital reported. A hospital bulletin said Vandenberg, who underwent a six-hour surgery for the removal
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    DOG KIDNAPS KITTENS
    113 8 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Fri. When a cat has kittens it's nothing new- But when a dog abducts them aqd won't let her have them back it, tends to create a bit of hostility. This state of affairs arose when pet cat. Tarzana. had a htter in, Dalmatian Misty's
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    Sinkiang Traders Inva de India
    238 8 A.P. KASHMIR, FRI. TALL, fur-capped Muslim traders from China's Sinkiang province are again making their way through high Himalayan parses to se}l carpets and silks in In-dian-held Kashmir. The traders" caravans take 40 days for the 400-mile journey, on the hard trip from Yarkand and
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    WORLD CONSUMPTION OF RUBBER RISES
    272 9 USIS. WASHINGTON, Friday. World new rubber consumption totalled 1,257,000 long tons in the nrst eight months of 1949, up 32,500 tons over the corresponding period of 1948, according to estimates of the Secretariat of the International Rubber Study Group. World consumption of natural rubber in
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    RUBBER MARKET
    96 9 iT :iE rUbber commodity market j was extremely quirt ve.steriav and there v. hitd'iv an witness recorded. The prices u'ed unchanged from vesterilav. Closing prices w. re Buyers Se'lers iNo. 1 Oct. RSS 43 "h 44 U NT>. 2 Oct. RSS 42** 42H No. 3 Oct. RSS 39
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    95 9 Singapore produce markets were mostly quiet and idle yesterday. Nominal pepper prices again skyrocketed yesterday. Black pepper exgodown rose from $540 to $600 per picul while white pepper rose from $630 to $700 per picul. The London pepper market was quiet on Thui sday with the absence of
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    INDIA, FRANCE PLAN PACT
    111 9 PARIS, Fri. Indian Government o'hcia's here are putting the Ani hing touches on a "several md'ion pound" trade agieerm it v. t ratafee, M M 'i r l S cre»ary cf the Indian embassy said today. Sincv the recent foreign Currency devaluations there ha,s been considerable
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    SEA MAIL
    45 9 Latest times for posting at the G P.O. for Thailand, Burma, Southern India. Northern India, Pakistan. Western Australia. Eastern Austra'ia. Medan, and the Federation will be 6 p.m. today. Latest times for Hongkong, Japan and South and Nortn China will be noon today.
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    CURRENCY
    25 9 Ti»e Market Currem v" rate.* for Honnkon*; Dollar* are a.s follows: > Selling Buying T.i'./0.0. T.T. O.l). HonjrkonK 53 3/4 53 1/4 53 3 1»;
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    Tin Production Control Sought
    110 9 Reuter. BRUSSELS, Friday. According to usually wellinformed circles here the Belgian and Britten Governments have jointly submitted a draft agreement for the control of world tin production to the Working Committee of the International Tin Study Group at The Hague. The draft is due to be
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    INCREASE IN WORLD'S FOOD
    176 9 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. The United Nation reported in a world economic survey "the most important sing'c fact for the world as a whole was the significant increase in food supplies resulting from a very favourable harvest in 1948—1949. Inflationary pressures diminished in Europe dut to
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    Hongkong – Siam Trade May Drop
    135 9 Hongkong Siam Trade May Drop U.P. ||ONGKONG, Friday. Exporters here look for a sharp drop in trade with Thailand as a result of the recent Japan-Thailand trade agreement, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported. Most of the goods heretofore shipped from Hongkong to Thailand were re-exports from abroad, largely Japan
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    TEA EXPORTS ENCOURAGED
    42 9 NEW DELHI, Fri.—To encourage maximum exports of tea. the Government of India have decided that the Indian export allotment of tea under the Indian Tea Control Act. 1948. should be declared at 435 million lbs. for the year 1949-50.
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    London Offers Lower
    42 9 Singapore, Fri. i London made a number ot offer* of tins to this market at lower prices and this canvd an easier tendency !oea!!y and j prices were a train marked 1 lower. Industrials remain- Ced mainly unchanged. J
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    British cars sell
    137 9 331T35&L8, Fri.—Britishb t-m! y cars are selHn? Use hot ca!<e< in Belgium as a result of po.st-devaluatlon price slashes. Vivid notices In car dealer's windows prcc'air.iing amazbsg 20 per oeh*. redncT on-< aie attracting C"*s*Om t ;ter than som- dealer b. d them. What U BOrmi'ly pHeJ
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    816 9 INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bricka Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.15 2.224 8.8. Petrol 39/ 40/3 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/- 22/Ord. 14/9 159 E. Utd. Assur 40.75 41.75 Est. Trust Ag. 7.00 8.00 Fed. Dispensa. y 6.50 7.00 Fraser
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    PRATTLIN IS THE SAFEST BET for PENANG TO-DAY
    1659 10 BIG FIELDS WILL FACE STARTER From ALLAN LEWIS PENANp, Friday. CONTINUOUS rain since Sunday has kept the tracks very heavy. A let up on Wednesday did nothing very much to improve conations. As the*rain started again at one a.m. last morning and
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    Selections by Allan Lewis
    131 10 I RACE ONE CI. 4 Div. 3—6 F. S VICTORY Court Jester Sheffield Plate i RACE TWO CL 4 Div. 4—6 F. PRATTLIN' lime Veii Star Range j RACE THREE CI. 4 Div. F. TE TAXI i Innishmakill Ma muse Outsider: Little Lady > RACE FOUR
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    SWING B.P. WIN 4-3
    120 10 Playing at the home court Swing Badminton Party beat United Lads Badminton Party t'B Team) in a badminton game 4—3. Results (Swing players mentioned first): SINGLES: Chua Huat Soon lost to Wee Teck Yean 10—15, 11— 15. Lim Kee Tim beat Robert Lim 18—15. 15—9; Thio
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    SILENCE
    49 10 A.R ROME. Fri.—The Italian Boxing Federation today ordered that one minute of silence be obseived at all price fights in the country this week in memory of Enrico Bcrtola. Italian heavyweight, who died suddenly in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday following his meeting with Lee Oma, American Heavyweight.
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    RACE CARD
    888 10 DELOW are the acceptors and non-nc r T is weights and jockeys for todays tpcps pit Penan?. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Rpop RACE ONE 2.30 P.M HORSB6 CLASS 4. DIV. 3 r. n Sheffield Plate < 9.00 "Twoiay Fni't?'" HoDDs Court Je»4*r (Flannery) 5.13 M/s
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    JOACHIM TO PUT INDIA ON BOXING MAP
    109 10 Reuter. LONDON. Fri.-The Indian lig lightheavy weight boxer. Mac Joaclnm, who represented his country in the 1938 Olympic oames. is out to put India on the professional boxing map. After the Olympics last year Joachim like it so much in England that he
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    THE PRINCESS' HORSE IS 2ND
    77 10 Reuter, ASCOT, Berkshire, Fri.--racehorse. Astrakhan, presented to her as a wedding present hy the Aga, Khan, ran splendidly on her debut in the six furlongs Sandwicic States here this afternoon to finish second. The race was easily won by six lengths by Sir Percy Lorrine's
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    This one Is a goal
    42 11 This time shot by Madon, Singapore Ma- s «!on, Singapore Mn'.ays' i right ivtag is a goal. The S ball slipped oft Johore »«»aikeeper Yah a y a's i bands into the net. —TrlT bunr Picture. -4
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    S'pore Malays Swamp Johore Malays 9-0
    396 11 set of goal-happy Singapore Malays went all out to give the Johore Malays a nine-nil trouncing yesterday when the teams met for the first time for the Sultan's Gold Cup soccer competition at Jalan Besar Stadium. Incidentally, this victory quailed that of the Selangor
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    IT'S THE YANKEES AGAIN
    151 11 U.P. NEW YORK. Fri. Big John Mize's ninth inning pitch single touched cfi a three-run rally today and gave the New York Yankees a fourthree victory over the Brooklyn Dcdgeis in the third cf a world series. The triumph which came to the American Leagae champions
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    WARD WINS GOLF
    40 11 ST. ANDREWS. Scotland. Fri.—Charles Ward of Little Aston. Birmingham. Britain's most successful tournament golfer, today bent John Bertcn of Hi'isido. Lancashire by a single stroke in the 36 holes playoff fcr the Dun lop Masters £1.205 tournament'
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    3 Records Smashed At S'pore Swimming Heats
    463 11 JHREE records were smashed at the heats of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association held yesterday at the Sincanore Surimmmo- r»i,.u rhr record breakers were Tan Cheng Hoe of the Chinese Swimming Club Misses Joyce Van Tright, J. Amers and Pat Van der Touw
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    FAR EAST OLYMPICS
    36 11 HONG KONG, FTi. The Central News Agency said today that revival of the Far Eastern Olympics has been agreed upon and will be held in Manila in the second week of May 1950.
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    THE SELECTORS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB
    517 11 C'G to kick-off at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA FUND SOCCER JHE All-Singapore team will clash with the Federation of Malaya at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow to add more dollars to the University of Malay i Fund. Last Sunday's game against the
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    SRC MAKES ALL-ROUND PROGRESS
    169 11 ALL ruund progress in the social and sporting activities ot the Singapore Recreation Club was reported at the 62nd annual general meeting of the Club held at their pavilion pea terday. r»r. C. J. Paglar. the president, said that the membership of the club bad Increased
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    VOWLES SCORES TWO FOR RECS -v. S.C.C.
    192 11 VI ELDING a definitely superior team the Singapore Colts yesterday trounced the Singapore Cricket Club XI by three goals to nil at hockey. Centra- forward N. G. C. Vowles was outstanding for his speed and tai tics He scored two goals. Inner right
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    AUSSIES REACH SOUTH AFRICA
    52 11 Reuter. DURBAN, Fri. The fifth Australian cricket team to tour South Africa and Rhodesia arrived here in rainy woather today from Freemantie. The Australians will play 25 matches during their tour, including five Tests against South Africa. Their first match again-t Zululend at Eshowe starts on
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    Max Baer To Stage Come-back...
    120 11 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. MAX BAER, the butcher boy from Livermore, who rose to the heavyweight champion of the world over the prostrate form of Primo Camera in 1934. today announced "a comeback." Baer says he is "about" 40 years old. The handsome actor-night club performer
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    ....Anil Joe Louis. Too?
    104 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. EZZARD CHARLES, NBA heavyweight champion, today said he "certainly was glad that Joe Louis was planning a comeback and he hoped he would get a chance to meet the former champ in June. Charles and his manager Jake Mintz, both were elated over
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    SALSU HOCKEY
    54 11 Following have been selected to play hockey for S.A.L.S.U. against Naval Headquarters on Oct. 10 at Farrer Park: Bakar Hassan; Darshan Singh and Mohd. Ali; Govalam, Bakar Sidek and Balwant; Khalaff; Mohd. Jam at, Wong Siew Choon, Tan Seng Tong and Kamdan; Reserves: Chan Koon Poh. Ishak and
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    KING KONG IS ON TONIGHT
    64 11 KING KONG makes his first reappearance in Singapore wrestling tonight when he meets Hardit Singh of Punjab at the Great World Arena. Dara Singh will be pitted again a masked opponent, the Blue Masque in the main supporting bout. Jack Gallento meets Leow Kwong Seng,
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      128 11 NOTICE TICKETS for Miss Malaya 1949 Beauty Contest this Sunday at "South Winds" are on sale at Rufnah Miskin General Stores, Mr. W. Chan Kok Quan, 593, Serangoon Road, Singapore. SALEOF SCRAP METAL Approximately SI tons of are to be disposed of by local sale at Royal Air Force Station.
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    HONGKONG NEWSPAPER IS FINED $3,000 FOR CONTEMPT
    243 12 ECHO OF MVRRAY MURDER A.P. HONG KONG. Friday. The China Mail, Hongkong's oldest English newspaper was fined $3,000 on a contempt of court charge in the Supreme Court today. The charge arose out of Mail's editorial on the acquittal of Kenneth M. Piers
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    Communist Troops Take Kukong
    198 12 U.P. HONG KONG, Friady. THINESE Communist troops were reported today to have occupied Kukong, strategic communications hub 118 miles north of Canton. The Red possession of the city severs the main supply line from Canton to some 300,000 Nationalist troops in northern Kwangtung province. Unofficial reports
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    EXPERTS TO PROBE HUNGER
    182 12 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri.—lnternational experts arc preparing to investigate again two contradictory world ills —hunger on the one hand and food surpluses on the other. The one il causing untold physical suffering to mi'lions of people in impoverished and backward areas. Thcother is threatening economic disorders for
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    B-36 IS A BAD GAMBLE, SAY U.S. ADMIRAL
    105 12 U.P. Admira l Arthur Radford told Congressmen today that the Air Force's 8.3« is a "bad gamble with National security" and would be "useless defensively and inadequate offensively" in an atomic war. Radfor. Pacific Fleet Commander and o top spokesman for naval
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    BLOCKADE THREATENS SINOKCREARELATIONS
    91 12 Reuter-AAP. SEQUL. Southern Korea, Fri.-President Syngman Rhee of the American-spon sored South Korean Republic said today that the Chinese Nationalist detention of two American ships carrying Marshall Aid cargoes for Korea was "jeopardising" Sino Korean friendship. The President said he was alarmed at reports that the Nationalists
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    ITM SPENDS S TOO FAST
    76 12 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Fri.—Mr. John Snyder, United States Treasury Secretary, today issued a thinly veiled warning against too rapid depletion of the International Monetary Fund's dollar resources. He pointed out that the Fund's exchange transactions to date had aggregated $725,000,000, of which $708.--000,000 had been concentrated
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    COMING HERE
    25 12 U.P. MANILA. Fri.- Secretary of Commerce and Industry Cornelio Balmaceda may head the Philippine delegation to the ECAFE conference in Singapore this month.—U.P.
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    U.S. ENVOY COMING HERE
    53 12 U.P. MANILA, Fri. Ambassador Myron M. Cowen will fly to Singapore Sunday to attend the regional conference there of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. Cowen. who heads the American delegation will be accompanied by a number of advisers, including Alexander Lipsman and
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    NEW WHEAT PRICE
    49 12 A.P. BOENOS AIRES. Fti. The Argentine Government Trading Agency lapi has fixed the wheat price at 270 pesos a metric ton. compared with 310 to 360 pesos previously. Old corn has been slashed from 210 pesos to 170 pesos and new corn from 270 to 195.—A.P.
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    ANOTHER GERMAN REPUBLIC CREATED
    87 12 A.P. BERLIN, Fn. Under the leadership of German Communists Russian sate'lit* Republic was rnoclaimcd in East Berlin today. The German Peoples Council, hi-herto a pro-Soviet public lorum without any legal powers, voted unanii.i oiioly today to become immediately the powerful Lower House of the "German Democratic
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    RUSSIANS QUIT BERLIN CITY
    108 12 Reuter. BERLIN. Fri. German sources claiming close contact with Soviet headquarters said today that Col. AVxis Yelisaiov, acting Soviet Commandant of Berlin, had ordered the withdrawal of the entire Soviet garrison from the city by next week. i The garrison numbers about 3.090. The men will
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    VARSITY FUND
    36 12 MALACCA, Fri. Among the larger donations promised to the University Endowment fund are: Mr. Ec Yew Kirn, J.P.. $1,000; Mr. Yeow Cheng Luan, $1,000; Mr. Chua Poh Siang, $500; Mr. Tan Swi Chav. $500.
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    WEEK-END DLARY
    1006 12 General TODAY UNION DANCE PARTY: Adelphi Hotel at 8.30 p.m. STRAITS CHINESE M V U. "Talent ime" at 3. Kampong Kapor Road. All members and friends are welcomed--8.00 p.m. ANs»ON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: Special General i ing at 52A. Nelson Road 7 30 p.m. UNIVERSITY OF M A LAY
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    Shakespearean Players
    216 12 I.ate as it was, the troup of Shakespearean players (above) who arrived by plane yesterday, saw a Singapore— The Constellation aircraft was delayed 5 hours at Ka rachi. The troup of eleven will leave for Melbourne today where a four-week season of Macbeth and Much Ado About Nothing
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    Explorer Clark To Face Trial
    219 12 U.P. CANTON, Fri.—Authorities said today that Leonard Clark, 42, San Francisco explorer, will be tried on manslaughter charges of killing two friends if police can gather enough evidence. Clark is accused in the fatal shooting of Wi'lard Freeman. 41, formerly of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and Harold
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    LOAN COMPLETED
    30 12 Reuter. NEW YORK. Fri.— South Africa has successfully completed negotiations for a $10,000,000 loan from a group of United States commercial banks, it was confirmed here today. Reuter.
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    JOHORE BAHRU UMNO WANT SULTAN BACK
    150 12 (Tribune Staff Reporter! Johore Bahru, Fri. The Johore Bahru branch of the United Malays National Organisation decided at a meet ing yesterday to cable the Sultan of Johore to return as soon as possible. The meeting also resolved that Dato Onn be allowed to
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    TIN OUTPUT UP IN BANKA BILLITON
    106 12 THE production capacity of the tin mines in Banka and Billiton. which had dropped to a fraction of the prewar level, has again risen so greatly that production is higher than in 1938. In 1948, the Banka mines produced 174.197 quintals of tin ore.
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    GURNEY WAS REPRESENTED AT FUNERAL
    70 12 Kuala Lumpur. Fri. The High Com missioned cf tne Federation. Sir Henry Gurncy. was represented by the British Adviser m Negri Scmbilan. Mr. H. P. Bryson, at the funeral today of Mr! Benedict Ponniah, deputy director of Social Services. Ceylon Mr. Ponniah died in the
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    American Study Gift
    78 12 Competition is now open to a limited number of students in Malaya for fellowship and scholarship opportunities in American colleges and univcrMties for the academic year 1950-51. This was announced recently by the United States Information Officers in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Interested students in Singapore can
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    NEHRU LEAVES
    30 12 A.P. Bombay, rtt randit Nehru. Indian Prime Minister, left by plane for London today o*i his way to the United States at the invitation of President Truman A.P.
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    ISRAEL HELPS
    22 12 A.P. LAKE SJCCLSS. Fri. Israel announced today that •ad is contributing suopfr worth US$5O.OOO fo. th het of Aiab refugees.—A.P.
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    LONDON SHARES
    179 12 Reuter. lock Exchange was quiet to ?h-« an d s,i rhtl v easier when ir fd Brt»«h Government deelJiietl by around a JtH er percen t on some scattered selling. The section ever, was never reaUv tested small losses were fairly i-en eral in industrials but' her" again
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