Morning Tribune, 15 January 1949

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  • 14 1 MORNING Tribune yM t <«7 (New Serie>). SATIRDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949. Price 10 Cents.
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  • 133 1 8 Killed, 20 Still Missing, 5 Wounded Heavy casualties, including two officers and six other ranks known killed, were sustained by a Gurkha force of 35 men ard seven police who fought a large scale battle with terrorists in the Sintok-Badak area of North
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  • 284 1 The Cost Of Terror niKl^'l in Malaya is Kstinu the Federation liii daily, the equiva- a new English Bi. High Commissioner ■pnn (iiirney said in a B st.t.-t ■w\ at Kuala Kur yesterday. ■H( •'.>-. k clared: "The HIM, of this country i :ghtHna<->! that the communltt K ihould be
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  • 229 1 RHODES, Fri. Peace talks between Isnu-1 and Eevpt were continuing here today after a preliminary meeting yesterday at which both delegations agreed on an agenda and pledged co-operation in attempts to bring "a wider peace" to Palestine. Delegates agreed to work for an armistice as
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  • 56 1 Anka.a. F.iday. Thi Tur kish Cahinet resigned today. President Ineunu immediately began conversations with political leaders to choose a new Prime Minister. Hasan Saka. the outgoing Minister, formed the government in June after a crisis over economic and foreign trade I policy U was re-shuffled in I
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  • 268 1 VON NIDA SHOWS S'PORE HOW IT'S DONE SINGAPORE SEES VON NIDA-AND GASPS WITHIN ininuteM of ste pin/4 from a Constellation airliner at Tengah airport yesterday Norman Von Nida, five feet four inches of Australian golfing dynamite, was on his way to the Inland Golf Club for a demonstration match. Still
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  • 41 1 WASHINGTON. Fii. A lill to increase the salary of the President of the Pnite<j States to $100,000 a veai and give him an expense allowance of $50,000 a year tax free, has been ap- proved by the Senate. Reuter
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  • 433 2 Mori tors case ends: sentence on Jan. 20. IIiLUAM VINCENT sAVSSOTTE and Montor Limited pleaded guilty to four more charges of font ni vening the Finance Regulations ending the hearing of the case against the companv snd two «.t her directors, Giovanni Aurely
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  • 170 2 Couple do research on Malayan family life ATW< -ykak study ol Chinese and Malay I •■■•■■>' W« ib to b( undertaken by bus-band-and-wtfe team i research workeri who arrived in Singapore t'«>m Kngland aboard the Canton a few dayi ago. The reaearcli rtudenti art Mr. and Mrs. M Freedman, who
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  • 33 2 KARACHI, Fri.- Eieht storo j houses containing cotton bales I and cotton seods wore destroyed yesteiday in one of the biggjest fires in Karachi's history S;i»x>tagc is suspected. Reuter
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  • 33 2 MUNICH, Fri. Six German wmv riiminals were hanged today in LandsberK prison. Wont wore involved in killing an manned American serviciman and two in killing conceu- tration cau:;- Inmat s. A.P.
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  • 33 2 'NEHRU, A STOOGE' DAILY WORKER NEW YORK Fri.— The Ccmmunist Daily Worker has renewed its attack on India's Prime Minister Nehru u a "stooge o United Btatea lm- perialista n Asia." U. U.P.
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  • 49 2 A r-OWd Of t the doorv. a: rIAB Church Hall in Orchani P.oad fefltfiW a: the ATI' 1 Worn- Th fl| HI t.'irr, O'dOCk, and in about most of tin Prtiv- wkHei and Shot-. som,> ■i or or r--H Chur. r th,- bcfon r <s
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  • 191 2 (Tribune St-jff Reporter) ■LYING in a R.A.F. Sunderland from Cevlon, 4 Leonard David Gammans. Conservative Men of Parliament and former Malayan civil servant rived in Singapore yesterday to "see how things going on" in Malaya. 'The people of England are verv worried about events in ■siayi
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  • 63 2 Thirty-nl»e couples will be married at noon tomorrow at uie Great World Cabaret Toil -w.il be the 7th mass w« Qdiig since the liberation The couples are from all parta ul the Federat.on and Sin gaper The President f the Singapor« ChU chu m ber
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  • 54 2 Yesterday wa> r iyfcrfc Municipal Electoral RoQ. 1 final figure en the r-rifci It took Mrs i S. M, H» kins, Supervi^jr r tke M» cipal Electio*.- md ner jtf thiee Wtfika to finish the jM compared with I Dttu quired to re: 12 7«2 pecok in
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  • 100 2 Caught 23 months after crime TAN OUAN, um- r^ v caught 23 month! ifta I crime, and yesterday he to sentenced to s'.x years' rigoroa imprisonment strokes of the rotan at a Assize Court. Tan carrying a f& four others, tie-i up Let (M Quee, timber n» I chant J
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    • 70 2 ACCOMMODATION MBBCANTILE HOfITBL 13, Qua n street. Aooommodation nvnilable fo studenti guests. I payi you to tay t the Host* with "r I. Apply Si;., rintandi i t. (^<\ BALDNESS 1 yi !!AIRFA > Dr. a\ is s Pom i-- iPILLOGENA I): I brltth hair i mdrafi ncalp I proem
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous

  • 77 3 n II and I iting a ■ffCf a tl'.o tiM Urn*— woundod As the ofliccr left<*»ag the i cops prepared to raid the hOJSOS nearby, toui nun w. j« een running towar Is the Fuc from the Otfrkaa v killed all the four. Ttu. pistols, a levclvci
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  • 89 3 Muslim community entertain ■ore I ople. includi- >■ cretary, Mr. K ron, the Deputy p reseral, Colonial Jan.- Si] ph Hone attendi tea-j rty eiven by the community it i Victoria MemoU Ha-i bratkM of the anniversary of le Prophet J immad, ard the Pro- of peace as preotod by
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  • 35 3 NIGERIANS PLAY BAREFOOTED Hi 7 Thur? A team Li? ertan soccer footballers. Du r^' mt --«u bare feet, will D "r I'HUin next September. Vor hnn how- use if the grounds are w *°??y. A.P.
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  • 93 3 PRAISE FOR S'PORE SURVEY (Tribune Staff Rej+oiter t SINGAPORE S social Survey has had a good reception in the U-ited Kingdom and, Ceylon, according to Mr. T Sames Hughes < Acting Secretary rc r Social Wtlfare who has returned to Singapore after a spell of Home leave. Mr. Hughes said
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  • 139 3 |P (1 Indonesian Rruerilla* are disrupt in? feSL sn rtlostro>injf property In !ar*e *c*\* East llim i nited Nations military observer* reported to- ■CM spread too thinly in occupied towns 1 order, they added. ,m reports said night attacks by (ueritlas principal cities of Central
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  • 143 3 A MAN who has worked for the P. O. Steamship Company since 1892. and has seen fourteen bosses, retired recently from the Company's offices in Collyer Quay. He is 75-year-old Mr. Tan Hoon 3iang who was guest of honour at a tea-party given by
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  • 81 3 RANGOON. Fri.--A Government spokesman said todav Burma's 1949 rice harvest, ending this month, will yield 2.500.000 tons. He said disrupted road, rail and water communications were complicating the movement of rice and blamed the rebellion for the decreased tonnage for export. Reports reaching Rangoon .said about
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  • 99 3 French Worry Over Vietnam Steadiness PARIS, Fri. French Cabinet Ministers' held an emergency session to consider the refusal of former Emperor Bao Dai to return as head of the new VietnYm St/ l .e in Indo-China until the French Government gives effect to guarantees of Vietnam independence. The ex-Emperor's surprise
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  • 154 3 T* m f of the Negro ahfohol^ !inU bating in arthe southern p0,,,, > I" Singamorntoi Em The firj been idention eo liil Hassan. :iw av Somali stow- on hoard r: British freighter *'*ugh. which for Japan yesterday. The Singapore Har'jout
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  • 295 3 62 INJURED IN RACIAL RIOT AT DURRBAN DURBAN, Friday. Fifty-eight Indians and four Africans were taken to hospital here early todav with injuries received in a riot at an Indians bus n»nk last night. Most of them were allowed to go home after treatment, but 17 Indians and two Africans
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  • 136 3 SECURITY FORCES STRIKE Twenty-nine suspected teriorists have been arrested in the last 24 hours in the Federation. Sixteen arrests were made in Perak, 4 in Penang, 5 in Trengganu and 4 in Selangor. Other incidents were Taiping A combined sweep, on Thursday, revealed that bandits have been bivouacking in this
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  • 93 3 MR. N. H. MACDONALD, manager of Kulai Young 111 Estate, Kulai, was shot at by bandits on Thursday night while on his way to Singapore by car. Sixteen shots from Stens and rifles riddled the car but Mr. MacDonald escaped with an arm injury. There were
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  • 98 3 Arrested as court freed him MIDDLE-aged On^ Kheng Hui alias Ong Ah Seal who was acquitted in the Assizt Court yesterday on charges o unlawful possession of aims and ammunition, had short live* freedom. He was anestec again by the Police a. he lef the court, for an alleged offcnci
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  • 51 3 NEW YORK, Fri. The Doctors Hospital has announced that Lana Turner, the movie actress wife of millionaire Henry "Bob" Topping has suffered a miscarriage. A spokesman saiil that the film star's condition was "satisfactory" She was admitted to the hospital for what officials termed a "routine check up."
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  • Article, Illustration
    290 4 Oh 90 Mamies Long Enough s To Do Your Hommftk? AMKKK AN KAIMO (OMMKNTATOK (iAB KIKL HKATTKK SUCK His NECK Ol T RECENT LV BV SAVING THAT AN EmCKNT HOI "SKHIFE SHOIU) DO HER DAYS HOISE-WORK IN 90 MINITES. This is what Mrs. km* Omn i Ne* Yark\ House-wife
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  • 90 4 THE Rev. J. W Storey of Tuanton, Somerset quotet these v.ibal tit-l>its in his Parish Magazine The Chid end of man is the < i n«i with the head on liberty of conscience means being able to do wiong without bothering about it afterwards An insect has three
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  • 76 4 -This giant mochi (rice cake) is offered fre* to any group of 16 persons in Tokio providing they fan eat it without stopping. A Tokio confectionary dare* the big appetite boy* to try. The inochi weighs 74 lbs. and if the 16 daredevils can down
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  • 195 4 These Seagulls Know T heir Flying -boats! i ■THE teagulls «t Rose Ray, Bydney, are good aircraft BpoUers! They can te'l the difference between rtyini;boaN and land aircraft and riot only that: they can tell th difference betweeu tasman rtying-boats from New Zealand, and fivingboat? from othe~ places. Two Qantas
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  • 130 4 BETTE GOT MORE THAN THEM ALL \v ASHING I OX. Than M K Movie make: L ui- B V.;j.:| f la t y:ar r- d USI^ I :t( m Lv- **s I J the Securith s E f Commisi B I the highest paid j-B- y< ed in the r<
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  • 4 4 ■SiaSSwnss^satanKsaws
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  • 265 4 WITH EICHT SERVANi) AND A BODY-CUARtj RITA HlfVOrth and Aly Kha*» wtOt in to seclu>i.>" on Thursday in the prince "s II room shack in Ca.nues alon e ntctfM for eight ser\anu and I 200 pound bodyguard. That th t y vtre there wa-t.. up to now. the best
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  • 69 4 Horn Tkt""" 1 be One of tke mam attraction? at the Ideal Home Exhibition opening in London or. March 1 The Pavilion is to be built insme the huge OKitiaia StidiOneV«h Pe r H Shott CaS /J <>r t BrltiSh Luxury goodT week? t0 buHd if^sL'-'
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  • 98 4 Atom Bomb Horrors CHICAGO. Fri .U W atomic scientists «°P°^ r <,««■[ day that at present Am would not be much bti ie b to cope with an f attack on a major dg thanw Japanese at Nagasaki. e They are Doctors R a wartime atomio so Leon Jacobson and
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  • 36 4 LONDON, Fri mental British l^ nt I Beryl-Meteor twin je« I climbed seven ani. a n(J miles in seven and aB w L tes, the Society of I craft Constructors anm last night. Reuter
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  • 18 4 100 YEAR-OLD BECOMES A FATHER CAPETOWN. ThurMtov-B-Henry Potts a 100 >«'"■■ Negro, today b^anv rrof a*on. HisuitV.-^.^K; >ld.- U.P.
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    • 33 4 Tiers Of Loveliness You il love this gorgeui, fashion number with eharminf .soft lines n graceful torm nttm^. Oi of the many creations i SHANGHAI MODERN TAILORIf 110. BATTERY ROAD. B'pore. Phono S2O*l
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  • TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
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      6 5  - Chan Sechan by THE SUPREME CX)IRT
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    • 613 5 THE average Chinese these days is not devoting much thought to anything much excepting his own future. Events such a< the blockade of Berlin, the battles between Germany's domestic political elements, the showdown between the Western powers and Russia. France's obstinate iefu,al to meet Ameiican
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    • 98 5 U.S.E. AND CEYLON THE inter- Pa rliarr. ntary Union is a foremcr.er of the proposed United S rates of Europe, said Mr. R. O. Senarayakc. M. P. WHO nturned to the Island by air after representing C j y!on at the 37th lnter-?arlia-mentary Conference Vield in Rome. To the Asian
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    • 368 5 I M\\v accusation by a [\f sh Foreign Office I B>k .-sn:an on Thursday I M/. Russian Govern I K.:: was despatching I 'm- ?A aims from CzechoI K v;.Kia to Israel focuses I *mv. 1 u P° n a little I ussed aspect of the I Bv.r in
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  • 796 6  -  Archie Mac Donald By N'eariy a million ex-headhunters have become a headache to 6,000 European planters in the Solomon islands. The "White Marstah" is no longer rated highly in native esteem in; I <■ U w Bout and B vita I O! I U yet great
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  • 323 6 Training Experts Fo r Asia INTEGRATED planning la the answer to the Far DMfl vocational training Deeds, according to the United Nations exports. The International Labour Organization, a UN agency, has surveyed Asia's personmi problems in conjunction with tte I'nited Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. In
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  • 243 6 Challenge Of Russia SIR JOHN BOYD ORR. H|| former difeoto J H«j f B^ the World Foo.l is J Ajgjjf K hltml Organize K^ p-iys the Rwslftß fttjffl Bthe Soviet" s best h* m "co'd wai." Sir John was "nvnti4 fl on the Soviet',- n JW"J Hf* nlan to combat
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  • WORLD PHOTONEWS
    • 29 7 Dressed as always in formal dinner attire, these penguins in the London Zoological Gardens lift their beaks ready for a few tasty t'tbits from their keeper.
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    • 38 7 The End Of A Lighthouse The Shinnecock lighthouse in Hampton Bays, N.Y., conies tumbling down after being razed by engineers and wreckers. Built in1857 and not used since 1931, the foundation was ripped out and a torch applied.
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    • 77 7 Dutch troops waiting along the roadside leading to Jogjakarta, Indonesia,. They fnd their hands full the last few days dealing with S the guerillas, who plunged Jogja into darkness > by destroying a transformer station, catting telephone lines and attempting to start fires. Songwriter Irving Berlin (left)
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    • 198 7 On Your Radio Today PROGRAMMES, down. p* 'summarv in Tamil with 7 p.m. Programme Summary, Prog Nummary i 1 Lance Music: 1.30 7.05 Musical Performance by Signatuic Tune, p.n. Interlude; 2 p.m. "Seri Pemuda Harmunium doun. "^^^ngs^ Rad^o 5 Ea' ."tS RED NETWORK Theatre Or- ClO6e CHINESE PROGRAMME Tea Dance;
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  • THREE CENTURIES
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      25 9 When Queen Victoria restored the helmet she added weeping plumes which rose from the centre of the top and fell down on all sides.
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    • 56 9 Two and a half centuries passed, after the Grenadier cap (1702) was first worn, before the British soldier could have a comfortable cap the beret (in set). I left tc right: A sergeant of 1900 e unpopular Brodrick Cap. a member Durable Artillery Co. in the
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    • 175 10 [EX! LI SIVE I» THE NORM™ TRIBI X|! JACK ARMSTRONG s_ I BBRMNG -Jyf I -r*Tr QUICK/ y ON: Ht b KUNNING J HA^ I 1 l#l AftKIFB „i 1 I I i I1 L AbINCIN >■ /v a OiCE^EVRV FEW >AR^aT| rr^w'ftV TM* LIGHT )OH,THIS SEf iBARRAgSjNVT < V^
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  • 470 11  -  OSWALD HENRY CASE TYPIFIES HISTORY OF BRITISH LIBERTY b> .-M W**~ mm; MM b> <ritic In l^nd"" a, an s t T^s2j: >.;^ h ;!hl r h,W IT.- through Ihr yr of Mr. Frnd Run af||| R||il|lM sh w Im 1 •vp :ios \)u lon Br the
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    • 78 11 OPENING fO-D »'> SHOWS— I, 1.15 9.13 pii;. A< Uoim! Thrills! RoniaiK I niti*<l Artists priieitl Sword Of The Avenger' shirring Kanion Dd QABOO ordplay! 10-NITE at MID-MTK .Man -Eater Of Kumaon' HtiuTinKf lAN ...HAS ROARING BATTLESCENES YOU'LL NEVER FORGET! M (out v'fegfirt/co/or/ \uu urn iii I'4SGKr BOll|s karioff -jom
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    • 179 11 »«mml. »«mmI > HVPHKKY Bo'i'ufs >i oo d" ri»h in /f>j.« b >.n Ann DtMT" ar Cdi: hut. if /'u- /rotn ;r>/r. o< ,-.r,Uno t > the Thntif Arts Mti'/<i:nu\ B'^jtu. th>' tiui</'i.:>nr .v.ii/.v. hj/ :<J /kkY pltiyrd the •Dutdy I-d m't icinrui-</«/-fiw nllmt role »o many times hi uas
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  • 88 12 PRODUCE MARKET ROUND-UP xi fks wt-:.* disinclined to I 'much business in the markl .t yesterday with appioach of the Taipusam V 9m m market was u no arnvals of 'our. r following were yester- 14. $22. •APIOCA FLOUR: Fair $28. H AKE TAPIOCA $33. TU'IOCA SEEDS: $31. MEDIUM PEARL:
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  • 49 12 NEW YORK. Fri Crude rubber standard futures clo-» d quietly, with no sales Crude rubber numixr on* closed live to 10 lower Sales amounted to 32 contracts. Offers were: March 19.10 and July 18.60 bid Spot number one ribbed smoked sheets 19 33 i nominal- AP
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  • 20 12 WASHINGTON. Pri. The Economic Cooperation Admii»jstration Wednesday allot ed China U552,905,000 for ocean rreight charges.- AP
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  • 791 12 Malayan Share Quota tions Singapore. Jan. 14. Singapore share quotation* today" as given by ttie Malayan Sharebrokers" Aaaocta'Jof *ere aa fr!lov9« Buyers Sellers I Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Ilex* kirtc* 2.80 2.90 1.95 2.00 43 3 44 3 B. M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 T-.n (O) 17/9 18/6 (P) 23/6 24/6
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  • 135 12 B°tI H m^, r P h e <. T I S A h V' C contlnucd bu >" n g *"<* the Malayan markn has been wlllin The week has been one of moderate trading with only minor fluctuations. Tho short position
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  • 14 12 Both the rubber commodity and share markets are closed today, being fhaipusam Holiday.
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  • 40 12 i J AU'fniah London con- n J tinued to take an interest I t» hn shares, this section 5 3 of the market was rather J quieter yesterday. I Industrials were main- ly unchanged to slightly easier.
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  • 47 12 NEW YORK, Fri. -Western Germany |g to get a big peni cillin plant. Business Week re ports. The plant, will be set up a the former I. G. Farben factor in Hoechat. near Frankfurt Manufacture will be by the deei fermentation method.- A.P.
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  • 76 12 DESPITE nows of three Flussian vessels coming here shortly for rubber, the local market was quiet yesterday though prices were mainly unchanged. Only a moderate volume of business was reported. Yesterdays closing price* were Eiuyers. Sellers, No. 1 Feb. RSS 37 37 No 2 Feb. RSS .*5 s,
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  • 23 12 LONDON, Frl. British South American Airways Corporation announced c:\ Thursday it had bought the share capital of Bahamas Airway** Umited- AP
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    • 76 12 PRISONERS OF LOST ATLANTIS! v JM ffl iH £1 h^ Jl &9 ife^j t j l^W^^^^^^Hi (T^scfc vh^^^^BCi r j *j's i- •£^m jt MMp^^^^^^^^^^'^^B iju*aßß E9k. £<^^B c^^b^B^^^^^^^S^^h&hß^^^^^^ BP^j?& AlhambrA 10.13 a.m.; 1.30 p.m.; 5.30 9.00 p.m. COMPLE TE 12 Chains, ai one Showing/ N.B. Come Early! fct* jS
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  • 'MALAYA WILL WIN THE CUP'
    • 601 13 (From TEOII SENG KHOON. Tribune Staff Reporter •ind member of the Malayan Thomas (up Team). LONDON. WONG PENG SOON'S brilliant love set victory om Noel Radford, England's foremost international player, and the Cup team's magnificent display against the Wimbledon Club whom they beat by six
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    • 358 13  - Peng Soon will beat Freeman, Radford says JIMMY GLOVER (Iron. LONDON, Friday. THE Malayan Thomas Cup team's overwhelming vk' tory over the Wimbledon Club by 1 margin of six games to nil, has so impressed biidininton experts and critics here, that they are unanimous in their opinion that Malaya will
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  • 48 13 SELANGOR'S TEAM AGAINST MALACCA Kuala Lumpur -Thr following will represent belangoi against Malacca in the State hockey batch to be played on the padang today: Kani Tong: a. K(ul;never; P. Vm.s; Abdullah: Seng. Chuan; Mohlnder Si^gh; M Danker; Tajuddin t captain i. G. dc 8flm; RatHi; C. Yzeiman.
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  • 137 13 Going, going. SrMrh WiilsJo iw^ Nil S ('ifctoiMl. Th.r.- reaiains i onlv four iu»\ Thf 'Jit«'st c.ntritutions ar»* fioir: nfni 1 of tho i harter -d W:\nU, Sinj;ap« r«' S!»:>. i Mr. Qtk T«ans Chin. K Hn o 24fM) S Th»* "Si'tiinti*^ !>»*- partnu'ii!" mil the fol-
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  • 155 13 MANNION GOES BACK TO MIDDLESBROUGH MIDDLESBROUGH. Fri. Britain's most discussed footballer, Wilfred Mannion, resigned last night for Middlesarough the club he decided to leave six months ago. Thus ended a long chapter of soccer speculation in which his name has been linked with leading clubs throughout England and Scotland. After
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  • 52 13 OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA, i Fri. India's storming Thomas Cup Bandminton Team sustained its indicated record on Thursday night by defeating ranking j northern California players four matches out of five. India will play a match on i Saturday and then head to the i southwest anil eastern states.
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  • 88 13 CHAMPION'S SISTER IS CHAMP Manila. Friday. Miss Desideria Ampon. '.he 23 year old younger siste: of the national tennis champion Felicisimo Arapon. today captured the Metropolitan women's I singles championship by beating the defending champion Miss Estrella Albuio. 8-6. 8-6. The two ladies wei also tho finalist? in last yeai
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  • 191 13 KIPPAX (out of form) LEAVES BURNLEY LONDON. Friday.-The uncertainties of footballing form are well exemplified by the ca se of Peter Kippax Burnlev's amateur outside left, who has decided to leave League soccer. He has just been released from his registration by the club at his own request. During the
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  • 55 13 Varsities play rules football I The recent football match, played under Austraiiin national code rules, between Oxford and Cambride Universities at Oxford, recalls the fict that it is just a little moie than ninety years ago that the code was first played between teams from two Melbourne public schools, Scotch
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  • 38 13 The East Zone were dismissed for 298 in their nrst innings against the West Indian tourists. Frank was top-scorer with 123. The West Indians were 27 for 1 at lunc i Carew being 15 not out.
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  • 30 13 Penane centre tor* scored a hat-tn State trial match Mt v vn He combined well Foley while Hyati the pivotal gave a tb« play'at running for Stat<
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    • 50 13 IDA LUPINO PROVES SHE IS AN EXCELLENT VERSATILE ACTRESS Todar tz 3Pm" Z 4.l5 G.,iO 9.30 n.m. IDA LUPINO ii"^ ROBERT ALOA ANDREA KING W J\T BRUCEBENNETT fl IN T »Z WARNER MIT > mmutiQw *l»< -ill Momma Bhou> V) U A M Tom^mc Tvmm^De Omto In "SONG OF scheherCADE
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  • 83 14 ..,r ftrat game Of the the Sinpapoiv Munici- -> rvioe* I'nion snatched a over t^<' B a t frion.Uy j:Cv?t before i Iwrtfß am* it Part yesterdny. teaoif wore well balar.ovvith a Mt of more nick I qouM navv shaifd f Hci M€Bg tho S:npartjht winerr
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  • 564 14 SINGAPORE TROUNCE JOHORE: COUTTS NETS 3 GOALS (Tribune Staff Reporter) IN their second inter- state hockey encounter of the season Singapore bent J chore by five goals to two on the Singapore Cricket Chib padang, yesterday. Singapore's left-in, Coutts, scored a hat-trick. On their showing yesterday, Singapore did not deserve
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  • 318 14 SINGAPORE BOYS PLAY 'AUSSIES' TN 'TEST TODAY THE Singapore Combined Schoolboys will play a 'test tga ait the 'Australian Schoolboys' in a half-day cricitch on the S.R.C. padang today. The match starts at 2.30 p.m. sharp. A cncki t bat and ball will also be awarded for the highest tt
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  • 79 14 STRUCK BY 'HARE', GETS DAMAGES Struck an^ injured by the mechanical oare at Ifaltiand (New South Wftlet) greyhound moetin.. v*hen he went to get his dog after a rac:, an Ea>t Oorrima] steelworlter awarded £A4OO damages at Maitlar^ District Court recently. The judge sajcl that the injured man had bee"
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  • 240 14 HIGH PLAY CAME JUST ON TIME AND WON THE RACE OURNE, Fri.— »rrect broadcast been scratched to High mor of the Du-Hi-hweightHan- Moonee Valley missing the only after a ar dash drawn by a i reached the ime. ■table of M 11 lew aoHigh Play tched, did not float wrth
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  • 255 14 WINNERS OF THE CHAMPION STAKES MIL? UJ-NE, Friday Irr.p. ioa a time limit 4 minutej 15 to c Mi < ;< I dQ| i vr< Igiit for ag« Ca < bi"e Stato to b run t Ftanlngiaa Victoria) to feftrck itvhPti ■MBoriei of th? BaiBOIJ Champion Siak> •1 ttot*i ikflCf
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  • 49 14 The Negri Sembilan Malays outplayed the Kajang Malays at hockey at Sercmban yester- < iay. The Kajang Malays were i beaten by five goals to one. j Negri goals were scored by Syed Hamid, and Tungku. Mus- I tapha scored a brilliant goal for i Kajaag. I
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  • 21 14 The Pekan District hockey XI scored a three-nil victory over the Kuantan ComM"< a rvices at hockey on Saturday.
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  • 41 14 Ali scores a hat-trick Ynssofl AH leored a hattrick I the Star Soccer 1 *i I 0" the Farrer Park, yesterdoy, against the Socony XI. The Sooceritef won six-one. Other scorers [or the Scccerii.es were: Chandra (2) an^ Boon Kwan <I>.
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  • 102 15 RUSSIA BUYS MORE MALAYAN RUBBER R! SSI i- coininu in for mor. M.ii.'v.tn 'M)»bor. T\\r< •<• -hips ai. <lur h« rj tw> n now and the beginning Of February to load 2. r »,O<K) t<> .10.000 tons" of rubber Tli. ***** ton Russian -hip Mtnei Knov is due in Penan
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  • 104 15 WUHAN CITIES' DEFENCES COMPLETED SHANGHAI. Fri. Massive earthwork* for the protection of the Wuhdfl <itics of Hankow. Wuchatfg 1 an** Hanyang are almost completed. They have been under constiuction for sevoial months and consist mainly of deep wide trenches, some filled with water, as well a-s Innumerable pillboxes. Particular attention
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  • 130 15 London. Fii. Dtitisn Foreign Minister Ernest F.nin and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman resumed Ihelr con- j ferenee it the Foiei^n Ofllce today. Today's discussions were believed to deal with Hie West- ern Union. Italian colonies and the Middle East, including the subject of
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  • 262 15 REDS STORM TIENTSIN AFTER ALL-OUT ASSAULT Telephone Lines Cut, A OMMINIST broadcast picked up in Nanking toA night said that Red troops stormed into the heart of Tientsin at noon today, two hours after launching an all-out assault on the North China river port. M The Communists did not claim
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  • 123 15 Korean Leader Shot Dead TOKIO. Friday. Hyr Suk. 40-year-old Vice-Chan nun of the "Koican Nattona Co struction Youth League shot dead yesterday by *n mi known assailant in Tokio The Korean League U an organization of radical Korean puppet government supporters. The shooting Detuned shortly after 1800 yesterday as Hyo
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  • 82 15 HONGKONG, Friday. Taxi owners and striking drivers i cached a settlement yesterday in their four-month dispute, which for a time threatened to Miowball into a general strike. The companies agreed to reinstate 322 strikers. They agreed earlier to wage increases ;nd some concessions In their vorkitig conditions.
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  • 133 15 Dutch Told Release Leaders BAT AVI A. Friday. Heads of the Indonesian Federal States meeting in piivate have recommended that i epresentatives of the former Republican territories should be associated with the setting up of an interim federal government, according to unofficial but usually reliable sources here. Mr. Darmasitiawan. confidant
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  • 75 15 SHANGHAI, Fri. -Shanghai was gently rocked by a brief but distinctly perceptible earthquake at 10.20 this morning, local time). Lasting about five seconds the tremor was especially felt by people working on top Moors of tall buildings. The seismograph of the local observatory registered only a faint
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  • 43 15 San Francisco, Friday. Captain Bill Odom. Amoiican i ound-the- world pilot, today established a new long distance record for light planes by flying 2.300 miles from Honolulu in 13 hours 55 minutes, beating the Russian record by 239 miles. Reuter
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  • 125 15 An increase over 1947 figures Of about 110 tons of fish caug! in Singapore waters, was I corded "in 1948. The figure I last year was given as Ml tons These figures were obtaine from the markets on the [gland where the fish are sold auction. Singapore's
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  • 95 15 THE Darul Bahar and the Chinese Athletics will meet at Jalan Besar Stadium at p.m. tomorrow. An Interesting game la pocted as it will be recalled that the Darul Bahar beat the Penang team viatting Binj pore during Christmas ho' davp. The Daiul Bahar was
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  • 78 15 MANILA. Fii. Norman Nida. Australian golf lUr, already been established < heavy* favourite in the Eastern Open golf champion.- > I at the Wack Wack coun>.> club beginning January Von Nida. who won Philippine Open champion-; 11 In 1938 and 1939, is expected arrive on Monday. Q^
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  • 191 15 BRUSSELS, Friday. T HK Defence Ministers of the five Brussels Pack powers, Bri 1 tain France, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg nH in the BelgiTn Ministry of Uefe.ue here today for secret talk,. They were expected 1. To review W«tteni Union defence schemes n the UgM
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  • 118 15 Powers Back Hirohitos Exemption WASHINGTON, Fri. A long secret American order exempting Emperor Hirohito from prosecution as a war criminal was reported today to have received the backing of all Japan's wartime foes. Diplomatic officials said the 11-nation Far Eastern Commission, representing all the countries which had a part in
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  • 154 15 NANKING, Friday. There was no optwsition to the view th it Chiang Kai-shek should remain in Nanking as President of Nationalist China at an informal meeting of more than 100 Kuomintang leaders today. The meeting was presided over by Prcmiei Sun Fo and j
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