Morning Tribune, 8 February 1949

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    Masthead
    15 1 Morning Tribune Vol. 1. No. 1007 (New Series). SINGAPORE, TUESDAY 8, IW9. Friw 10 Onts.
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    REDS AGREE TO START TRUCE TALKS
    488 1 New Threat To Burma Government Page 16 Sun Fo Threatens War NANKING, Monday. VICTORIOUS Chinese Communists, regrouping for a new Wow acipss the Yangtse River, were today reported willing to start exploratory truce talks with two of the Government's original five-man peace delegation. In
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    JAVA VOLCANO 'LIVELY' AGAIN
    91 1 I BATAVIA. Mon.— A heavy eruption of the Gedeh volcano near Buitenzorg. 40 miles south of Batavia. waa reported by an Aneta correspondent. Gedeh, biggest and most "lively" volcano m West Java, blew a black cloud of ashes five miles into the air yesterday morning. Villages
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    Dutch Get No Peace
    49 1 Dutch Get No Peace S lIATAYIA, Mon.— A J Republican underground radio tonight reported 5 that Indonesia guerillas had intensified their r.itions on a!! Java mints and parts of Su- •uatra, claiming "the 5 coemj was forced to r» treat at various places." I .ill Story Page 16. M>tiiiiillllltHil>l"l»-
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    SHIPPERS CO SLOW ON RED TRADE
    138 1 Hongkong, Monday. A deluge of orders has not deterred Hongkong shipping firms from their wait-and-see stand toward resumption of service to Communist North China. lUittorfield and Swire and Jardine Matheson. two oi the colony's largest snipping conannounced they will await developments before wrung service
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    PREPARING FOR BATTLE
    11 1 Syiney IHooter, o, Ike R,,yal *»W™°&TlS£f A S*3swK
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    Malacca Chettiars Arrested
    105 1 Malacca Chettiars A rrested KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TWELVE prominent Chettiars and three wdM«°"" Chined were arrested m Malacca and Muar on Saturday under the Emergency e f lat 0 s were The three Chinese and six of the Chettiars were arrested m Malacca, and the rest m Muar.^ ported to
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    Norway Stalls On Red Pact
    100 1 OSLO, Mon. Norway will defer a decision on her reply to the Soviet offer of a nonaggression pact until after the v return from the United States of Mr. Halyard Lange, the Foreign Minister, the Norwegian Telegraph Agency reported today. It was not known how
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    GOOD NEWS EXPECTED FOR ARMY WORKERS
    81 1 iKMY chiefs will moet two A Committee members of th»Army Civil Service Union tinafternoon for dtocwslon*. it w^ learner! yesterday. It is understood that "k wi awaits UK fl ):l the War Office. Discussions, the Tribune learned authoritatively yesterday would be on the recount
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    HOME
    51 1 SAFELY Mr W J ("Paddy") Cronin, 15 year old Kuala Lumpur branch Manager of Caravan Films Ltd., Singapore, for whose safety fears were expressed when no news was received of him for some days, has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mr Cronin habitually travels through the worst bandit areas I
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    MAN WITH NINE LIVES COMES TO SINGAPORE
    236 2 fTrihtmr Starr k<toitt > MR George Peter Kells, 55-year-old, snowy haired Canadian veteran pilot of World War I who is m Singapore on business has good reason for being a fatalist he has survived nine aircraft crashes. Although he is covered with acars
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    'Little boy of 55' plays dice
    117 2 Fifty-live year-old Lim a Hong Wan joined a group of little Ih».v S 4 rimming dice on the Z Z five-foot way at Con- J 2 vent Road on January 6. J 2 When a detective came on the scene, the boys Z -tanUhfd".
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    Ipoh murder case man caught here
    63 2 Ipoh murder case man caught here Lee Tian Soo, wanted by the I poh police on a murder charge appeared m the First District Court yesterday. An Ipoh detective produced m court a warrant for Lee's arrest. Lee denied that he had ever been to Ipoh. The Judge. Mr. E.
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    Water Cut
    57 2 Due to a temporary shutdown of the Johore/ Singapore pipe- i line on Wednesday, January 9, j it is expected that there will be j a general reduction m water pressure during that day. Areas likely to be affected are Bukit Timah, Woodlands. Kranji. Mandai; West Coast, Pasir
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    SITUATION VACANT
    25 2 WANTED IMMEDIATELY: Salesmen supervisors with energy, enterprise and drive. Good prospects with permanancy. Apply with full details to Box A2039. Malaya Tiibune, Singapore.
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    BURNSIDE HERE 10 DAYS LATE
    97 2 Tho passenger cargo ship Burnside, arrived at Singapore yesterday, ten days late after discharging 1.000 tons of steel i pipes m Borneo. The steel pipes for tnc Shell Company was the first shipment of 50,000 tons of piping for Borneo ordered from Aus- 1 tratia.
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    ACSU VOTE FOR 36-HOUR WEEK
    150 2 ACSU VOTE FOR 36 -HOUR WEEK W«r i>eiMirtmeiit employe** m Singapore. 5330« were taken at the union* annual d^ates conference held over rae wek end. "Industrial and manual workers were not organised and looked towards the clerical employees for assistance ami protection against victimisation." the Tribune was toUi. The conference
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    TWO-YEAR TERM FOR ARATHOON
    209 2 CARRIES Martyrose Arathoon, till recently chief I countant it Raffles Hotel. Singapore was sen- I fenced to two years' rigorous imprisons nt by Mr" I Justice Taylor m the Assize Court yesterday for f a l- M sification of accounts and criminal breach of fust m
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    Gaol for Triad man
    97 2 TSCK Sek Sious? wag convicted m the Firsft District Court yesterday for of three hodks used by a T:iad Society for initiation ceremonies. Teck was fined $500. m default ?tx week's rigtMous imprisonment. He also received m additional sentence of five months" hard labour. Inspector Chye
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    'MEDICINE MAN' IN McKERROV'S CARDEN
    89 2 'MEDICINE MAN' IN McKERROV'S CARDEN ARMr.D v/ith a sickle knife m iil tnd I asket. nv-. i Teo BOOQ Hua went I th. garden of the Colonial Seen tnry's HOtXS«— to 10c,.: for I In the Third Pr»:— roir' I ye^torday. Too wa= eharfrd with DOdie trospas« H^ plea I
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    Caught with loaded gun
    86 2 A CANTONESE. Chong Cheng Wah, who was caught by the 9 Police m a house In H« fl i Read on the night of December H I 2 last with a fully loaded re- volver. was sentenced to four 9 years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice
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    GURKHA KUKRIS DECIDE BATTLE
    190 2 I JOHORE BAHRU Mon. A GURKHA patrol drew their famous kukris and routed a bandit gang after a pitched battle yesterday. A Gurkha corporal was wounded m the fight. The patrol was on the trail 1 of the bandits who raided the Overseaa Manufacturing Company on
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      85 2 Ymwui-ufs] k /JffifSfPJSSISSP T^ ■/..Kmufumti' f. of course not Yfc fl| VIM mufmsi? <F{ofm world on you* problwsji/ khow anyihihg 4,SLi' m I fLfIRRV THE DRUMT PDOf OLP LfIRRVi 1 [THflT's MEIVi PREFeR ONCERS.'N fNOWI'M WTO VODYI MWTtf HOUSS-N TH* KST OF THE -^£^sss? J TOLD ME fIBOUT fo sflD
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    Bandits Make Lenin And Stalin Medals
    142 3 IKl'Al^A Ll'MPl R, Monday. Bandit de<*oration Ilr ,l v bef»ring the heacK of Stalin and I.pnin were fouiul m a sa*-k dropped by ;i fleeing; ferrorivf near X jang on Feb. 4. The medals, m.ul.> of I *nd <.f the size of a Britisti
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    Sew whisky for old
    91 3 liinete "boys" of tm i CTolf Club said m urth Police Court yesit they had frequently mpty whiskey bottles left-overs from the its of the Clubs mem\rter doing: this, they it tor themselves new om the Club's whiskey oys" were Pang Wee y,. who was charged
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    DITCH STILL FIGHT
    47 3 UATAVIA. Mon. i 'OH Army communique A reported widespread operations against m Republican forces, amunique, surveying k's operations, said ssful clearing actions n place m West and iva and North and ;matra. activity was reported areas. In patrol m Central Java. 150 were killed.
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    Special Stamp Study
    77 3 A Singapore Postage Stamps 'ommittee has been formed to consider the design of the p-e--sent postal and revenue stamps of the Colony. The committee will make tccommendations on whether it is desirable to introduce special issues for comrnemoiativc or other pui poses. The Committee is composed of
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    Big arms dump found
    69 3 Police located a big inr..<- durrn. m the it:ng!e ;;t Ptrit PdMi Paul:. T'lu D«nut. Two sawn-off .^O3 rifi*-«. m\ I rifle tarrete, 12 Smpmt* and--renades. 2.067 rounds of 303 'mmunitions, 260 rounds of 4^ -mmunitions. 1.011 rounds of Japanese aircraft cannon ammunition and part? of
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    Garden Music
    25 3 BOdMl of the Sinffa- pore police band piaving i» m the Botanica 1 GterdeM S J handstand. 5 '1311.'< lltltllll| M I f
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    VEGETARIANS
    85 3 The Malayan Vegetarian Society elected the following office-bearer? at their annual general meeting held at th^ Maira-Bodhj School, Geylang on Sunday President, Mr, L. Rayrffer; vice-president. Mi. F. Harvey; I hon. secretary, Mr. Charlie Lee, hon. treasurei, Mr. Tan Kirn Teck; and committee Messrs. R. S. Mani, Seew Choon
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    Mistake Got Her $50,000 Publicity
    168 3 Mistake Got Her $50, 000 Publicity IY>' i-^ppi^h, a S\\e«li»-Ji woman who attributes her i «s* as a Chinese scholar to two broken wrists, and 1 •> >^s :t> a Chtnese irt «!;'a'er to ehi'.dhood hobby of hi carpentry, is now m Singapore. <!!cco?s m her career < porter of
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    MRS. OKEEFE: AUSTRALIA PERSISTS
    223 3 I ?rra. Monday. Mr. I x Calweli. Australia's 1 for immigration. m a statement I v Mn, Annie O'Keefe 1 >^cc lie an Aurftraiian I und?r the nationa^ty I nship act proclainvd I »'Ke*fe was IfMied with 1 of 'wemption under 1 »ijri ation act and
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    12,000 Men Answer Recruiting Drive
    148 3 ]y|ORK than 12.000 recruits answered the rail during a Pallet recruiting drive m the Federation m !>, cember and January. Of these 1,650 have been <h< sen and are to start their training this week-end a* the police depots m Kuala Lumpur and Tanjon^ Kamj
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    Prowlers break into Army Depot
    160 3 nURING the early hours of the morning on July 12 i last tv/o guards on duty at No. 4 sub-depot, 22: J BOD investigated some strange noises In a shed and one of them found a door open and the lock broken. He entered the
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      100 3 FAR EAST GVLF OF ADEN RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE FREIGHT TARIFF No. 3 FKOM MAI.AVA. Shippers aro hereby informed that the freight unit for Oil. Coconut m drums is changed from Weight to Measurement as follows: Effective ;>-Z'V.) Ailrn .f •'dtlift.lt rtv ffa Suez Oil, Coconut drums AMEND rat.- to
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    'GERMANY'S JEW-BAITERS WOULD DO IT AGAIN'
    119 4 'GERMANY'S JEW-BAITERS WOULD DO IT AGAIN' MUNICH, Mon!i\ NAZi undercover group-* m Germany are fostt iin^ nationalism and encouraging anti-S/mitism. the American chief of a Jewish charitable organization charged today. Samuel L.. Haber, chief m the L.S. zone of Germany foi the American Joint Distribution Committee, declared "If the occupation
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    Bombay Convicts Can Go On Leave
    243 4 NEW DELHI Mon. REVOLUTIONARY jail reforms, which aim at turning prittooer* into good citi/ms by kindness and psychological treatment, have been introduced by the Bombay Government. They include leave on parole and canteen facilities m jails. The old system of appointing civil surgeons as
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    Saris Popular With Washington Mems
    65 4 WASHINGTON. Mon. THE wives and daughters of Indian Embassy officials here -today became amateur models at a fashion display of Indian saris. A Westernised version of the sari has become a popular style m evening gowns among American women. Today's display was arranged by the
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    UN TO BLUEPRINT TRUMAN'S 'BOLD, NEW PROGRAMME'
    300 4 UN TO BLUEPRINT TRUMAN'S 'BOLD, NEW PROGRAMME' THE United States may propose a special United blueprint President Truman's "bold new the backward countries of the world. American officials are considering introducing such a proposal at this late stage m the meeting of the United Nations economic and social council which
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    CHOKED ON A STEAK
    74 4 CHOKED ON A STEAK NEW YORK, Moimay. A poat-mortrm showed I 8 that Nathan McCliin*, a 8 prominent Chicago bank- I er, choked to death laM might on a piece of steak. McClure, 5* year-oli S vice president of Harri- I man Mipley and Co. nieu S at the annual
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    China's Moslems don't want 'Liberation'
    61 4 NANKING. Mon. Moslem leaders of China's Northwest are showing spirited resistance to surrendering to Communist "liberation." Thoir leader, Ma Hung-kui, Governor of Ninghsia, told his people "As to the Communist so-called liberation of the people, their mode doesn't suit the people. We should liberate ourselves,
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    'Bed' Cockpit Will Stop Flying 'Black-outs'
    225 4 'Bed Cockpit Will Stop Flying 'Black-outs' Washington Mon. THE Air Force announced today that it has developed a new "bed" cockpit which enables pilots to withstand 12 times normal pull of gravity without "blacking out" It permits a pilot to operate his plane from a lying-down position with the aid
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    $2 MILLION AID FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN
    50 4 LAKE SUCCESS, MondayShipment of $2,000,000 worth of supplies to aid refugee children and others m the Middle East has been approved by the United Nations. The action was taken at a meeting of the 26-natior board of the International Children's emergency Fund (UNICEF) A.P.
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    LIZARD RACING IS NEW AUSSIE SPORT
    168 4 LIZARD RACING IS NEW AUSSIE SPORT AT one time or another, men seem to have pitted almost every sort of animal to race against another of its own kind. Beside the more usual horse and greyhound races, there have been elephant races, beetle races, turtle races not to mention "The
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    AMBASSADORS ASK TO SEE ACHESON
    170 4 WASHINGTON. I CWEDI&H amb^s>ud. r EriK I O Boheman and th* Ouiikh I amba>sadoi Henrik Kn- I aman n have asked I pointment.s with femur* c 1 State Dean Acheson. j It is understood that |W j will not accompany th< Nur- 1 wegian Foreign
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    BRITAIN WINS FOOD BATTLE
    379 4 BRISBANE, Queensland, Mon. Britain has I won the first round m a battle for food. I It has fought north of the Tropic of Capricorn, 1 m the State of Queensland, Australia. 1 The opponent was the weather. 1 Good rains, which fell less than a
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    INCREASED AIRLIFT
    45 4 LONDON, Mon. -The Lo Mayor of Berlin. Ernest Retit; has been promised that Allied airlift into Berlin trtD increased considerably .t^ spring and SSTit^SS^ quarters reported m to^ter arrived hereofday to confer with the 1 Minister Ernest Bevin and i British Officials.- U.P.
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      35 4 I Tiers Of Loveliness H You.l love thi3 gorgeous fashion number wi»h its Charming soft lines its graceful lorm fitting. One of the many creations by SHANGHAI MODERN TAILORING 10. BATTERY ROAD. 6'porc. Phone &20&1
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    NEWSVIEW
    284 5 HAVING regard to the unusual liveliness shown by the terrorists since the beginning of this year, it is pertinent to ask whether there has been a substantial improvement m the situation. A few months ago it seemed as though the mounting pressure brought to bear upon the enemy by
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
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    Hirohito's Ladies
    324 5 AMERICAN occupation of A Japan has penetrated almost every place, but there is still one chamber through which step's ofilhe military boots reportedly have not echoed. It is the inner palace of the Emperor and Empress. More than 300 women live there m virginal solitude. The magazine Yomimono
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    ONE OF BIG THREE
    168 5 ANE of Tasmania's key industrial enterprises is the Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australia, Ltd. at Risdon, near Hobart. Products of the Risdon works have a total value of about £A2,500,000 a year at Australian prices, and include an output (to be expanded) of about /k 85,000
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    OIL WELLS
    102 5 SHELL (Queensland) Development Proprietary Limited has announced that it kl hoped to start a deep test oil well m the Warrinilla area, to a depth of 10,000 feet. The well will be a culmination of a search by the company extending over eif^ht years and said to have
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      36 5 MALA VAN \IR WA YS I j M I TE D Satmnal Airline Vnrtfain Regular Service* From Singapore 1,, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Tai pin, Penan*, Kota Bharu, huantan, Bangkok, Saigon, Medan, Pa'embang and Bat a via.
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      35 5 "POP" H I GOT (FATHER. --v^ 62 I LT^ ft AS KifcßttV N^^^^Y LAST P. S G^ U [i/i AS It I M.e»^T M f/K r.Mjv THAT. f.l Jy ty^jfr jg^^ rfe.iK *%rs% sm %l
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    IT'S TRUSTS OR BUST IN JAPAN
    1020 6  -  Joseph C. Harseh The anti-car c! laws of America are not for export I ffLSts, combines, and cartels m Japan anJ America art I not to be mauled too severely. 1 By AMERICAN occupation policy has swung away from its original emphasis on elimination
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    TURKEY'S BUDGET TANGLE
    817 6 THE most immediate of a number of uneviable tasks facing the new Turkish Government led by Mr. fiemsettin Gunaltay is the ndoption by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey's tmdget for 1949. Turkeys financial ytar tyiould have begun on January 1: but ali'i^ugh tin budget estimates were
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    EARLY CHINESE PRINTERS
    508 6 In the year 1295. just one year after the ill-tatcd issue of paper money at Tabriz, Ghazan Khan, the greatest of the Mongol rulers of Persia, came to the throne r\nd had his court m that city. Under him the cosmopolitan character of the Persian dominion reached
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    PAPAYA JUICE
    75 6 TWO Sydney men have pat--4 cited a proccs for maki an extract of papaya juuv make tough meat tendei They are Roy Wtegmore ana Ray McLagen. who have ror IS months been aepcrfmen with papaya enzyme* wn have power to digest P'ot.in^ They claim that tlic'r formula which
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    World Photonews
    94 7 World Photonews I j An Israeli Army liaison officer, right, I J id two UN observers inspect a British pine shot down by Israeli fighters m their I territory near the Egyptian border. (Photo I by Acme Staff Correspondent E. F. Hani.) *H i iik^aaaiuuiiiuiiu.itoiiiiitiiiiMißiHfMiiiii I With the Reds at
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    FOR YOUR RADIO ENTER TAINMET TODAY
    296 7 1 BLI E NETWORK 1 ;nqUBu programmes 1 10 55 to 12.00 Schools' oaxteast, 1.00 Radio 1 chestra, 1.30 News, 1.45 1 -'t Instrumental, 2.00 m i o Down. 1 5.00 Programme Summary. I Listeners' Post. 7.00 I News, 7.10 Shares. An--1 unrfimotii and
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    AROUND IN N THE WORLD PICTURS
    166 8 AROUND IN N THE WORLD PICTURS l >T The "Nordic Parliament" consisting of S delegates from the three Scandina- J I vian Countries met In the Danish Par- liament at Christianborg to consider co- operation for defence and the Scan- I S dinavian attitude to a North Atlantic J S
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    MINDSZENTY-' MODEL FOR ALL HUNGARY
    389 10 LAST Saturday. Joseph Cardinal Mind*>zenty, Pri- i i.te of Hungary made his rnol defence before the Hungarian People's Court vnich is trying him or charges" of black iv.arket dealing and divulging information to "Western Imperialists" He s.ud "God is my witness thai I am not
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      309 10 {exclusive to the morning tkiiiim: I 1 JACK ARMSTRONG I "^T" ~i ih< «r f-'v I I YOU CAN'T PO WHY yOU I OKAY BASV YOU I \..^***e lugiMwA-rnMM THJS/ GIVE ME v L ''^KCP FOR fT/ YOU .Mt:A^^l YOU'RE THAT'S WHAT r SAiP THOSE FfLMS. 7 .^^^-^^^^^^^E^-J^sfl A FuK.'GN
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    Paris Whimsy
    239 11  -  Rosetta Hargreave By "WINGED Victory" shoulder er treatments, "profile" hatf, and belt* tiiat abandon the waist for the neck, are some of the startling whimwes seen m Parisian fashion collections. The gold kid belt which bu.kles round the throat is a Si'hiaparelli idea for g'anuiMsing the black jersey
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    How D o You Choose Your Books?
    399 11  -  Kathleen Hickley By WE women ail haw our moments of soattxlc. and boredom. and what trtmen<Joua help a g od book can be at these tfnu>s Who invented the greatest benefit to mankind \b a controversial question, but Caxton. when he intioduoed the
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    Laugh And Stay Young
    197 11 LUCKY is the woman who can count her bnth'Jayp as so many year, of fun jlivl laughtei. Such a woman ha« little need to worry about losing her youth. If you are inclined to take a grim view of annoying problems, try the trick oi laughing
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      238 11 IDI ARY 1 I LEFT for a visit to India over the week-end Mrs. Isobel Elphick. Going on leave first to South Africa and then to Scotland Mr. Tex Munro. who will sail on the Ruys m early March. Co-passengers on the Ruys, also South Africa bound Mr. and Mrs.
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    MURDER ON BROADWAY
    487 12  -  OSWARD HENRY fij 1 "VwrJfcfw Theme Of New Crime-Thriller Ml KM I! on New York's fabulous Broadway is the basil of the plot that motivates "The Velvet Touch" an Independent Artists 1 production that co-stars Rosalind Russell. Leo Germ Claire Trevor and Sydney Greenstreet. The story is
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    SAGOFLOUR PRICES DOWN
    109 13 M Business recorded y M an d Siak sagoflour was a pioul respectively. M V actions of tho proB d ucp market remained mostly jH fl, e following were yesterI^H Quotations JaGO FLOUR Lingga $16 4 Jawaksl4. Siak 0%. a^GOSKED: J22. fl rAFIOCA FLOUR: Fair f: FLAKK
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    Mid-East Oil Deal
    46 13 NEW YORK, Monday.— The I Journal of Commerce reported today that the highest terms ever offered for an oil concesjsion m the Middle East have I just been drawn up between the Pacific Western Oil Corporation and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia.
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    INDIA ALLOWS CLOTH EXPORT
    49 13 NEW DELHI, Mon.— The Government of India have decided to allow the free export of handloom cloth to all countries. So far as Pakistan is con cerned, the Government have decided to allow 50.000.000 yards of handloom cloth to be exported for the time being.
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    U.S. Tin Buying
    59 13 WASHINGTON. Mon. The United States acquired 28.975 long tons of tin concentrate during 1948 from Malaya, stated an annual report by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, U.S. Government financing agency controlling the United States-owned tin smelter at Texas City, Texas. The report added that discussions are under way
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    MALAYAN TIN PRODUCTION AT NEW HIGH
    158 13 MALAYAN TIN PRODUCTION AT NEW HIGH n/ORi n a THE HAGIE, Monday. W u-u P n f dn conoentr *tes m November readied a substantially K..H Of 14 200 lon X »y» <h« InternationaJ Tin Study Group bulletin for January. From June until October last year it ranged between 12,000
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    World Consumption
    94 13 > World consumption of tin m November was 11.200 compared with the average of 11.000 for the first ten months of the year. Tin plate production m November was estimated at 360.000 tons compared with 381,000 m October. The United Kingdom and United States tin price* remained unchanged
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    KUCHAI TIN
    25 13 The secretaries of Kuchai Tin, i Ltd., report that 445 piculd tin- I ore were produced by the I Kuchai diedge last month
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    "Hunan" In China Waters
    75 13 "Hunan" In China Waters SHANGHAI, Monday.! THE Butterfleld and Swire •teamer "Hu- 5 nan" 1m reported to have Z 5 arived off Tangku, from *J C Hongkong, and In await- 2 Ing C'ommunlftt permH- slon to proceed up the 5 Halho to Tientsin. 2 "Hunan" In the first commercial venue*
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    RUBBER MARKET
    67 13 RUBBER MARKET WITH no advices from London and New York markets during the week-end, tho local rubber market was mainly unchanged from Saturday. There was little business passing. Yesterday's closing prices were: A Buyers. Seller* No. 1 Mar. 36 3b- >« No. 2 Mar. 34% 35 No. 3 Mar. 33-%
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    ELIK AHLDEN BEATS G. REIFF AT BOSTON
    148 14 ELIK AHLDEN BEATS G. REIFF A T BOSTON DOSTON, Mon. For the second time m 24 hours D Sweden's EDk Ahlden beat Gaston Reiff of Belgium tonight. The ianky Scandinavian was named the outstanding competitor m last night's 60th Annual Boston Athletic Association track meet. Ahlden who barely boat the
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    SWIM STAR TO SELL PICKLES
    62 14 TOKIO, Mon. Konoshin Furuhashi. Japanese swimming star, will sell pickles m Tokyo's shopping district to help finance the Nippon University swimming team. Furuhashi unofficially has I broken all world swimming rej cords fiom 300 to 1500 metres. but cant get them recognised because Japan is
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    Ticket Mongers
    133 14 Ticket Mongers NEW YORK. Mon. Fans who failed to realize early that next Friday night's return title fight between leatherweight champion Sandy Saddler and Willie Pep would be a $95,000 sell-out, were offering $30 today for $10 ringside seats. The Twentieth Century Club hail only a few $3 and $2.50
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    WHY OUR MEN GO TO U.K.? – MILLER
    204 14 WHY OUR MEN GO TO U.K.? MILLER P SYDNEY Mon. A steady stream of Australian criCKetera some test some Sheffield Shield and some not m that Cjaai is making its way into Lancashire League Cricket Teat lUr Keith Miller who says this is the Sydney Bunday Sun" adds that it
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    BARN'ETT WINS
    56 14 MANILA. Mon. Stuart R. Barnett of the Mani't Golf Club, the Philippine amateur champion, retained his title by m Impreatlve victory over Austin COKOlluela, junicr of the KegTOf Oof Club, m tb« final 36 hole match of the 1949 tournament at the Waek Wack links on Sunday. The
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    FARSTAD WINS
    22 14 DAVOS. Sun. Sverre Farstad. 28-yoar-oKi Norwegian, today won the European speed skating championship on the Kiant Davos rink. Re uter
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    JAP ENTRY OPPOSED
    156 14 STOCKHOLM, Mon. When Japan M well as Spain v/as proposed for membership of the International Table Tennis Association at its meeting her« delegate* from Hungary. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia pro- I t< st« (1 against countries "wheio all ire not equal before the law" being granted membership. Th,»
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    'Drop Colour Bar In Rugger'
    129 14 AUCKLAND, N Mon. Rupby ft ties today w, r. the txampV actions taken by tl yard and L-.ifay.;" .m tho Halted Bt I with into; racial 1 sports. The NggMttoi a public addi< a noted ethno!>> he denounced U New Zealand Q South Africa wit!
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    LEAGUE PRESIDENT DIES
    43 14 PARKGATE. CHESHIRE. ENGLAND. Mon William C 1 Cuff president ball League, sinct dfcd I on Sunday at the age I Cuff was a leading j legis'ator, a vice i the Football Ass 1 i member of the International Board. A.P.
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    CUP MEN RING IN THE YEAR OF THE OX
    225 14 CUP MEN RING IN THE YEAR OF THE OX (From TEOH SENT. KHOON. Tribinu Sraf! 1 and member of the Malayan Thmn» Cup TVjm 1 WIMBLEDON Monday. In an Ei^Ushn.a.. s i Stratford, the Malayan Thoma* Cup Team ram: «rt Chinese year and w e!«mied m the new m rea!w,M
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    $ 10 MOre For Cup Fund
    118 14 10 MOre For Cup Fund THERE are still thro•• I bottles of "Chal- I J )enge" Scotch Whisky to ■be claimed. A bott' will g"o to anyone wh<» m donates $25 or more to 5 Ihe Tribune Cup lun;', TIM latest donation is from an anonymous coi trif>utnr: "Anonymous", street,
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    U.S. Women Defeat Czechs
    96 14 U.S. Women Defeat Czechs STOCKHOLM M third lay of the tennis champion?. States women beat vakia m the O*bil three games to Miss K. Hrutfco Slovakia) beat Bha 21-13. 21 11 j Miss McLean Fuerstova. 21 Messrs. McLean j Thall beat Hi usk stova. 17-21, 21 Miss McLean bea^ 21
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    INDIA FIGHT UPHILL BATTLE
    187 14 BOMBAY, Mon.-The West Indies were aU out for 267 and left India needing 361 runs m 395 minutes with every minute precious if India was to make a bid for drawing the series. Singles Refused Godcrard and Trim fn a stubborn last wicket partnership added a
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    RACING "BOOMS
    24 14 OTTAWA, Mor boomed m Canada 20 more days of 17 per cent incro-.-A total of 56K8,;; was paid into pa betting machine.-A
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    CYCLING ACE
    15 14 ROME, Men. Italian cycling a a new cycling race during 194' colours. A.P.
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    Feller signs on for Indians
    209 15 Feller signs on for Indians I NEW YORK, Mon. -Bob Felfl ler has signed a one-year confl tract with the Cleveland Indians tot approximately U5572,500/-. But the New York Yankees Joo Dimaggio probably will top that figure today with an agree- meet for close to US$lOO,OOO. Feller already has agreed
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    P&T Soccer
    58 15 The P and T will play a friendly game of soccer with the Jollilads on Thursday at 5 r>m.. at the Geylang Stadium. The team will be selected from the following: -Th^varaian. Wripht. Ban Teck. Ahmad Fattfth, Zain. Scheeder, Ismail Tatb, Shariff Madon, Shariff Giman. Ismail Marican, Harith.
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    MALAYAN TEAM TO MEET U.S. NAMED
    493 15 (f r oiii TEOH SENG KHOON, Tribune Staff Reporter :i ud member of the Malaya Thomas Cup Team) nl .BLEDON, Mon. Captain Lim Chuan Geok has decided on the Malayan team which is to meet the AmericaM at Glasgow on February 21. rring illness
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF TIES
    67 15 The replay of Uv (iold Mcd*. arr Divtmon Jinurrv Meda' ties on Saturday afternoon resulted as follows -IWB GOLD MEDAL S K. Gaw SO J 2=68 L. E. C. Davtes It 6=70 DIV. IN JAN. MEDAL T. B. Sim 89 17=72 F Hammond 95 22=73 Members
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    SCRC Hockey
    62 15 I v_ lowing have been I i to play for the S.C.R.C. I against the SingaI -ts at Hong Lim I ay: T^cc Ah Ohio; I n Soo, C:ipon£ I v;; Lav Hock Chyc, I Chye, Fam Kirn I Tat Chu, Swcv Lim I ry Fang, Khoo Ong
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    SCAAF END YEAR WITH DEFICIT
    330 15 LAST year the Sin Athletic Federation netted ceipts, but honorary treas ported a deficit of $1,012.77 ing held at the Goh Loo Cl This deficit will be met by the president, Mr. Goh Chye Hin and the vice-president, Mr. Ang Eng Ann. The hon. treasurer,
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    CRONSHEY SIXTH
    22 15 DAVOS, Switzerlan I John crorthey, th English skat,-. her of Olympic team, i the p:uropcan .•■ueod ska, championship at I >
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    SCC 'B' SCORE NARROW WIN OVER SIGNALS
    191 15 At yesterday's rugby game Cricket Club "B" XV beat the < margin. The final score was S The game was one of mis three penalties went unconverte* and May Sigs.) were tbe unluoh No score was registered m the first half. The soldiers
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    RSGC Medal Competition
    204 15 The Royal Singapore' Gotf Club February Medal i Competition (Stroke) was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted m a tie m "A" Division between G. McGuffin and D. J. Vane Percy with a net score of 71 an«.l a win for L. H.
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    SCC HOCKEY
    32 15 The following havp been i selected to represent ftCXJ, vs. Indian Association at the Padan?r today. Mathot. Haig. Daniels. McIlae Reynecker, Kuyper. Read. Maehlß, Moolcnburg, Tabor. Roll. TTmnirr Mr. Smith.
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    SCC WO MEN BEAT GSC "B"
    213 15 A Girls 1 Sports Clur> P." eleven stood no chance against the S.C.C. ladies m a lux match on th,> Cricket Club pa! mj; yesterday. The Club ladieg were j victors by three groils to Defrtjders Eileen Shand Mrs. Y. w. I] m the
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    Recs will enter community league
    180 15 The decision of the SAFA to run inter-community soccer league has presented the Singapore Recreation Club with thr po*er as to whether the RECs can claim to represent the entire Eurasian community m the field of sport. There are a number of Eurasian players who
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    TAMIL SOCCER
    161 15 The 2nd. string of the Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet the Juvenile Combirtd at soccer to be played at V.io Fairer Park on Wednesday, Feb. 9. <- A TAMIL BROTHERHOOD ASSN.: Paul Sandnnam. S. Arumugam, S. Mohinder, S. Veloo, Sockalingam, M. Chandra, G. Suppiah, Paramasivam. S. Chandra, Nadarajah,
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    STRIKE THREAT TO BURMA GOVT.
    249 16 STRIKE THREAT TO BURMA GOVT. RANGOON. Monday. DVRMA'S civil war emergency was heightened as D 30.000 Government employees walked out today on strike. Armed polk* guards were ordered to strategic positions m the capital. Government offices were empty as a result of the walkout. Official sources said leaders of the
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    FOLLOW THE BRITISH SYSTEM, RECTO SAYS
    158 16 I MANILA, Mon. A proposal that the Philippines switch from American fixed-term legislative system to British Parliamentary system came today from Claro M. Recto, Constitutional lawyer and former Foreign Minster during the Japanese occupation. Recto, who presided over the Philippine Constitutional Convention, wrote "Other
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    THAT 'HERERO' ENVOY AGAIN
    92 16 London. Monday. The Reverend Michael Scott, "Ambassador" to the United Nations md to Britain of 30.000 Herero tribesmen m Southwest Africa, has appealed to South African Prime Minister Dr. Daniel Malan to postpone introduction of hla Southwest Africa Bill. He has also written to the British
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    Golf handicap?
    43 16 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. —Boh Hope and Bing Crosby, with co-operation by golfers and Jimmy Demarest and Babe Ben Hogan. Byron Nelson. Bedriksen Zaharias. have com- j pleted a noncommercial film to be used to instruct boys m proper methods of golf caddymg.
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    COLD SHOULDER TO SOVIET
    108 16 LONDON. Mon Minister of State Hector McNeil rejected m the House of Commons to day a suggestion that Russia be" invited to join the proposed North Atlantic Security Pact. Loftwing labourite J. A. Platt Mills attacked the proposed alliance as an "agressive pact" and asked whether
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    MALAN'S DEAL FOR AFRICANS
    197 16 Capetown, Mon. Non European races m Southwest Africa will be represented m the South African Pailiament by a nominated Senatof selected on the ground of his thorough acquaintance with their "reasonable wants." under the Southwest Africa Aft airs' Amendment Bill introduced today by Dr. Daniel Malan,
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    NEI GUERILLAS STR IKE AGAIN
    151 16 BAT AVI A, Mon. Republican underground raH dio reported today that Indonesian guerillas have infl tensified their operations on all Java fronts and i>artfl of Sumatra and claimed "the Dutch was forced to reH treat at various places." I The broadcast followed a i Dutch
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    CHIANG'S DOCTOR HERE
    158 16 CHIANG'S DOCTOR HERE the Soon X family fore to attend imsuJUSSM ing of the Seventh Day" Y,u?,M ho?;iir.rra^ R -rl Dr. Miller is an independent missionary and ,s widely ed for his brilliance m sunSSM China. He ha s a p^™ Hongkong. m The book "Health and u n J
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    SQUATTER VILLAGE WAS BANDIT HOTBED—POLICE
    472 16 SQUATTER VILLAGE WAS BANDIT HOTBED— POLICE KUAJ ITLU TEMIANG VILLAGE more than 500 person* forces m a 12-hours operat of communist bandit activi Police reports assert tl dit movement m the area v and lived freely among th< tion of the area continued c military patrols. In November las; year,
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      85 16 I Welcome to Oetoyo The Indonesian Indepcn •dence Aid Committee m Singapore will hold a tea party m honour of Mr. R. Oeteyo. Republican representative m I Singapore, who has recently arrived from the Asian Conference at New Delhi. The Indonesian Independence Aid Committee headed by Dr M. Gaus aims
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