Singapore Standard, 24 October 1950

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    31 1 Singapore TIGER Standard VOL. 1 MO; 114 1 I I IP 'I WW™? SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1950. ca— aa a r a mm __\mv." 12 PAGES TEN CENTS _____________________m___A_a_____________\ i
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    VSC Sergeant fights Armed Thugs, Shot
    490 1 Petri >-• ph. Standard Staff Reporter v j n k ol his life, a Singapore Volunteer j tnstabularj M-r^eant. 2^-year-oltl Lawrence ii k ¥r%i fouskl l^o HUMI last night anci was i i i}i<- les l» s them. The shooting started when Pang though
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    Edison: US Selling Out N'list China
    84 1 Edison: US Selling Out N'lis t China a: ier Gov- nati. Sei ice c that gOW sti ng g treating and nun the Cl C a lmira- E iison sera new I una." venl l day, p as be fl [anted S pa saga yy.- will have ste] n ctify
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    One Offers Land, The Other Money
    89 1 Mr. Yeap Chor Ec (left), Penang's millionaire banker, offered a large piece of land and Mr. Aw Boon Haw, Governing Director of The Singapore Standard and Sin Chew Jit Poh, donated a big sum of money (over $58,000), and the result is a new
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    'A' Expert Last Seen In Finland
    198 1 'A' Expert Last Seen In Finland HELSINKI, Oct 23: (Reuter) The missing atom scientist, i Professor Bruno Pontecorvo, i his wife and three children entered Finland illegally. having failed io obtain visas, i sources close to Ministry of the Interior disclosed today. Immigration otlicials took their passports and held the
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    H'kong Governor Welcomed Back
    93 1 HONGKONG. Oct. 23, (UP).— Governor Sir Alexander Grantham and Lady Grantham returned here today aboard the SS Corfu from four months' vacation m Britain and the United States. The Governor was welcomed on arrival by a larga gathering of local dignitaries headed by Officer Administering the
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    Negotiate With Mao, Group Told
    119 1 NEW DELHI. Oct. 23 (RevI ter) The Tibetan Government has instructed Its delej gation now m Delhi to proceed j to Peking immediately to con- duct negotiations with Mao Tse-tung's Government on the future status of Tibet. The Tibetan delegation, consisting of 7 members and
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    Adenauer Accepts Rome's Invitation
    36 1 GOSLAR, British Zone of Germany, Oct. 23 (Reuter) West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has accepted an I invitation to pay a state visit jto Rome, the West German news agency DPA reported.
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    Ho Troops Trained On Hainan
    124 1 Ho Troops Trained On Hainan HONGKONG. Oct. 23: (Rev- j !ter-AAP>— A Chinese report i circulating m the colony today J said that several thousand j Vietminh troops have recently i left Kiungchow (m Hainan j Island) for Indochina to take up arms against the French there. The report said
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    Flynn Marries
    26 1 MONTE CARLO. MONACO, Oct. 23. (AP).— Actor Errol Flynn. 41, and 24-year-old Patrice Wymore were married to day m the Monaco City Hall. Radioplioid.
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    S. Koreans Push Within 45 M. Of Manchuria Line
    298 1 TOKYO, Oct. 23 (Reuter-AAP)— South Korean troops raced through snowy mountains towards Manchuria today with Communist guerillas stepping up "nuisance raids" behind their The South Koreans m the first snows of winter were last reported only 45 miles from the Manchurian
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    Jet Fighters Most Feared Weapon In War, Korean Reds Say
    200 1 TOKYO. Oct. 23 (AP) Captured North Koreans are quoted hy the L .S. Air Force m support of it* contention the jet fighter is "the most feared weapon we have employed against the North Korean military i machine." Lt. General
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    High Mass To Honour Virgin Mary On Nov.1
    111 1 VATICAN CITY. Oct. 23— (AP) A decree of the Vatican's Congregation of Rites announced that a high mass may be celebrated m all Catholicchurches honouring the Virgin Mary, on November 1. when the dogma of her bodily assumption to heaven will be
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    WOMAN FINED $240
    37 2 A 43-YEAR-OLD woman. Tan Tiong Choo of Geylang Road was fined a total of $240 m the Singapore Third Pol ife Court yesterday for possession cf a still and eight gallons of fermented rice.
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    Scene Of The Shooting
    61 2 Mr. Lawrence Pang Hock Yew's dining room and the place where the struggle took place indicated (above) by the large white circle with two tiny circles showing two blood spots when he was shot by a gunman last night. Left, Mrs. Pang rushing down the stairs
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    Found Gold In Generator, Revenue Man Tells Court
    185 2 Found Gold In Generator, Revenue Man Tells Court Standard Staff Reporter THE ALLEGED discovery of 20 packets of gold valued at $119,759 m n generator on board a ship was told m the Singapore Relief Court yesterday when the quarter master of the vessel, Lee Ching Hoi, was tenta- lively
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    HURT CHARGE
    54 2 AN ENGLISHMAN Harold Cooper Stead, 31, was tentatively charged m *he Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with causing hurt to Arthur W. Humphreys on Oct. 2. The offence was alleged to have been committed at the H.M. Dockyard. Stead was granted bail of $400. The case was postponed
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    Chance Meeting Led To Arrest Of Two 'Audacious' Robbers
    318 2 A DETECTIVE'S chance meeting with a Malay youth counting a wad of notes while travelling m a trishaw, proved the beginning of a successful investigation into a robbery, described as "audacious" by the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. H. E. Kingdon
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    RESTRICT STUDENTS' PROPOSAL IS REJECTED!
    377 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE MEDICAL Faculty Senate of the University of Malaya has rejected a recommendation by retired Professor J. K. Monro and seven other members of the teaching staff that admission to the medical course m the University be limited to 24 students a
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    BROKE CURFEW, FOUR FINED
    52 2 FOUR fishermen, who broke curfew m the Johore Straits on Sunday night appeared before the Singapore First District Judge, Mr. H. E. Kingdon yesterday. The "taikong" Chew Chin Chuan was fined $20. His crew, Low Kiah Heng, Yeap Teck Cheng and Nai Peng Song were each
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    Elected I Minister*!
    54 2 THF v a cal pr ;P^v s ment m go-,... laya of step f 7---S.', syg --I g^.;: > I tho P jj I State::' i I Gene- I Malayaj I bring] I tation I .gram- I "To Gounci should t Laboui tion. c c- I steps
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    All Set For Next Student Elections
    101 2 Standard Staff Reporter MACHINERY for the election of representatives to the Students Council of the University of Malaya for the year 1951 has been set up. The President of the Students Council, Mr. K. Kanagaretnam told The Standard that the tenure of office of
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    Change In Poppy Day Ceremony
    246 2 Standard Staff Reporter UNITS OF the Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force, Malayan Naval Force, MRNVR, SVC, MAAF, Singapore Police and Ex-Servicemen's Association Malaya, will take part m the Singapore Remembrance Day parade at the Cenotaph on Sunday, Nov. 12. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson
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    Professor To Give 5 Talks On Education
    109 2 Standard Staff Reporter. PROFESSOR Frederic Mai son, M.A., Professor of Education University of Malaya, will give five lectures on Education m the Central Hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Sepoy Lines, Singapore, beginning from Nov. 2 at 6.30 p.m. The lectures will be
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    To Visit Sister
    76 2 DESCENDANT of James MacArthur first man to introduce the merino sheep into Australia 81-year-old Mrs. George Mac Arthur arrived m Singapore yesterday. She is on her way by BOAC Constellation to visit her daughter who is residing m Cyprus. j Her family has only 500 sheep m
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    Remanded For Alleged Extortion
    93 2 FORTY-year-old Cheo Kok Tai pleaded not guilty m the j Singapore Fourth Police Court a_ yesterday to charges of posing as a revenue officer and extort- < ing $200 from Yeo Khee Chong. i The charges alleged that on 1 Oct. 20 Cheo. impersonating a revenue
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    Asian Makes Church History
    200 2 Standard Staff Reporter I FOR THE first time ia the] history of the Church of Eng-j land m Malaya, an Asian, Canon Devasahayam Masillamani Gnanasihamani of Taiping, is to be appointed Arch Deacon of North Malaya m a colourful ceremony to take place on Thursday, m
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    Gambling Led To Suicide, Court Told
    158 2 A 63-YEAR-OLD woman. Low Seng Fatt, who was found drowned m the sea o f l Chinese Swimming Club on Of 13. had lost ail her capital for her bean-cake business through playing chap-ji-k: lottery, it was stated m tbe Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday.
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    '40,000 Will Be Affected By Trixis'
    170 2 Standard Staff Reporter NO LESS than 40,000 bread winners dirrdly or indirectly connected with the trishaw trade "will be \er\ seriously affected", if the Municipality appro* et> introduction of motor trishaws m Singapore. Mr. Tan Lim, the Chairman Df the Trishaw Industry Proprietors and
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    They Sit And Wait For Wages
    253 3 The y Sit And Wait For Wages Iv. I < -rondcnt *tIOA Ll 1 md sick >vatch- .„li "lv mi Wa r bade an ill-lit .it fl -roup of Indian waabtrt t.-ikiiii; and r^L, tor ...mclliiiii: to ,iii Ih« v are conrM „j nith their wages 11, i, Ari have
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    Race Horse Owner aces 14 Charges
    177 3 SllndwJ Staff Correspondent KUALA HMITR, Mon.— A local race horse ■•ncr, Loh *»><» Siang, was produced m the Second! Narrate Court today on 11 charges involving forgery, 4 mw _9 *f I ii-tiraiiou oi a< counts and cheating ,jn respect of *'"m« totalling si
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    DID NOT REGISTER
    36 3 TAY LIM HAN (45) was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore First District Court yesterday tor not having an identity! card It was stated Tay made; no effort to register.
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    Legal Adviser Wants To 'Bury' Divorced Wife
    251 3 Standard Staff Correspondent Xi ALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Legal Adviser will ask the Federal Legislative rouneil to "bury the divorced wife of a contributor to the Widows and Orphans Pensions *und, when he introduces a bill to amend the enactment. When the marriage
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    KL Slum Areas A Threat To Health
    255 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Solution of Kuala I. ti m pur's slum problem can only be accomplished by lhe pro> ision of adequate good housing on properly planned sites and the money for this work will have to j come from
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    TRESPASS CHARGE
    35 3 A FINE of $15 was imposed on S. Maidin Gani of Robinson Road m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for entering the Harbour Board area on Saturday last with an expired pass.
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    Sale Prohibition In Notorious Area
    56 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Khaki cloth, jungle green cloth and canvas, footwear, torch batteries and bulbs, tinned fish and duplicating machines and its materials have been prohibited from being sold without a permit m writing from the District Officer, Ulu Langat. The place
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    Govt Blamed For Housing Shortage; No State Land
    373 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —No further resettlement schemes to alleviate the present housing shortage m Kuala Lumpur is being considered by the Municipality because of Government's unwillingness to transfer or grant state land to them and also to the fact
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    ILO Offers Fellowship To Fed. Man
    238 3 ILO Offers Fellowship To Fed. Man Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday In order to gain from intensive study m another country, additional knowledge and practical experience which will be helpful to the Federation of Malaya, the International Labour Organisation has offered for a candidate from the Federation a fellowship
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    Church-School For Pontian
    77 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PONTIAN, Mon. the Chinese Christian community will soon have a $100,--000 Church and School. Plans for the building have been approved. Foundations have been laid and work will begin as soon as materials are available. Already the required sum has been collected. Plans for
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    Bill Seeks To Amend Miners' Loans
    100 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A bill seeking to amend the Chinese Tin Mines (Rehabilitation Loans) Ordinance is to be introduced m the Federal Legislative Council. The purpose of the bill is to provide that when a loan under the Ordinance is owing
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    Failed To Send Tax Returns
    107 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon—! Choy Yew Chor, the managing partner of Kwong Weng Loong Sawmill at Batang Kali. Ulu Selangor was fined $100 by j Raja Suleiman m the First j i Magistrate Court today for i j failing to send m his
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    MALAYAN GIRLS IMPRESS ITALIAN AMBASSADRESS'
    241 4 Asia.— Photo Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. The friendliness and harmony among Malayan girls of different nationalities impressed Madame Emma Giraudo, 2&-year-old Italian "Ambassadress of Goodwill" on her, way to the United States. I T i '"Asian girls are really verj lovely," Madame Girauo said
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    $80,000 Were For Diamonds
    192 4 Standard Staff Correspondent j i PENANG, Mon.— During a i lengthy cross-examination by Mr. C. D. D. Hogan, who pro- secuted m the Bank of China cheating case which was re- i sumed today, the first accused, Lim Kirn Cheng told the court j that the
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    HC To Attend Opening Of Parliament
    125 4 HC To Attend Opening Of Parliament I Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. At the ceremonial opening of the new House of Commons by the King on Thursday, Oct. 26. the High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney, and Sir Franklin Gimson. will be among the representatives from 16
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    Reduce Tax On Lower Class Seats
    118 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE ENTERTAINMENT tax for the lower class seats m cinemas should be reduced and any deficiency m the revenue should be recovered from other industries. This is the opinion of the General Council of the Labour Party which will be communicated
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    Master Of Ship Fined
    142 4 Master Of Ship Fined Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— The European master of the ship, Van Heutz was fined $850, or six months' imprisonment, by Mr. E. M. Smallwood m the Magistrate Court today for allowing two Chinese boys, who had been refused landing permission, to land m Penang. Tl,
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    Denies He Stole Tyre
    82 4 ABDUL Razah bin Abdul J Ghani and Nami bin Hassan pleaded not guilty m the t] Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing a motor car tyre worth $100. It was alleged that the two men broke open the luggage compartment of a
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    Hussars To Mark Balaclava Day
    217 4 IPOH, Mon. Balaclava Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 25 by the Ith Queen's Own Hussars, j now stationed m Ipoh, m commemoration of the regiment's participation m the charge of thc Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava on Oct. 25, 1854. Ihe
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    UMNO To Aid Malay Girls
    109 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon.— The women section of the Penang UMNO division at a meeting today adopted a resolution to assist Malay girls to further their studies. They will stage a concert to raise- funds for this purpose. Five chairmen for the various sections
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    Kampong Dodol UMNO Officials
    133 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG Mon.— The Kampong Dodol UMNO, branch of the UMNO Penang Division, held its annual general meeting at the premises of the Majlis Kesetiaan Melayu, m Perak Road yesterday. The following officials were elected for the ensuing year: chairman: Penghulu Mohamed Issa bin
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    HUME WORKERS CALL OFF STRIKE
    231 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A six-hour strike l>v the majority of the Indian and Chinese labour force m Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd., resulting from dissatisfaction over an offer of increased wages was! called off this afternoon by the strikers themselves after reaching
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    Founder's Day Dinner On Nov. 4
    77 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE ANNUAL Founders Day dinner of the Boys' Brigade organised by the* Sure ar.d Stedfast Club will be held ou Nov. 4 at the Junior Technici (Trade) School Hall at 7.00 p > n A dance will follow the dinner. Anyone
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    CUSTOMS SEIZE LORRY, SUGAR
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Food Control Inspectors on J duty at the Johore Customs shed today detained a lorry loaded with 70 piculs of sugar. The sugar was consigned to < a wholesale dealer at Pontian. <
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    Brotherly Greeting At Airport
    33 4 Photo. Brolherly greeting of two heads of the Ramakrishna .A.ssion at Kallang Airport. Left: Swanu Rudrananda of the Mission m the Fiji Islands, and Swami Vamadevananda of Singapore.- Standard
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    Squatters Scheme Essential, ADOs, Penghulus Told
    309 4 Squatters Scheme Essential, ADOs, Penghulus Told Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. The District Officer, Kinta. Mr. Rl. Bernacchi told Assistant District Officers, Collector* >t Laad Revenue Penghulus and Penghulus Muda a: heir second annual conference at Batu <»ajah that the dea behind the scheme to resettle squatters was to bring
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    RMP Not Guilty Of Negligence
    127 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon.— Holding there was no proof of negligence on the part of the defendant. Magistrate Che Bahaudin this morning acquitted Lance Corporal Silverlock of the Royal Military Police on a charge of negligent driving. Silverlock was the driver of a 15
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    Must Industrialise, S'Pore Councillor
    60 4 Must Industriali se, S'Pore Councillor IMamiaril Mall Kep SINGAPORE has io be i meet a £.rowin«: population, the lative Councillor, Mr. Thio Chan t iiiiii it. Standard v. tionV p c P I the :,i I by a to indu erni COUI Bg c i rat sopp opn Industrie once
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    60 Chinese Visit Alor Star Mosque
    65 4 Staaii I Al, F tv I I I i Zar Bai I one Ma tl Sch Chim n i a I S man sunn Sp a of the resu i en that i this i to cide to h or C v T. the
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    $3Demand Rejected By MPIEA
    236 4 $3Demand Rejected By MPIEA I Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Rubber workers have received I two increases* within six months this year \2 per cent, m April and another \2 per cent. this month said a spokesman of the Malayan Planting In- dustries Employers' Association, commenting on Any rejection
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    Tribute To Christian Brothers
    113 4 Tribute To Christian Brothers Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon. Paying tribute to the Christian Broth- ers at the 26th annual dinner of the Old Xaverians" Associa- 1 tion held last night. Mr. Cheah Seng Khim, the President, renarked that without the Brothers, they were al! like j ships at sea
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    Police Detain S'pore Boatman
    65 4 standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE Cho i atman was d aii d bi police yesterday Kn conm i ith ihe murder of Sha \g hainese sailor who died atU i being assaulted at relok Ayer Basin wharf. Assistant Commu sioner C.1.D.. Mr. D. X Broad hursl
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    YOUTH FESTIVAL PLANNED
    158 4 S £sfi ird staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon.— ln their first effort to co-ordinate the activities of youth organisations m this state, the Perak Youth .CouncU will hold a youth festival at the St. Michael's Institution Hall on Feb. 2 and 3 next year. All members are now
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    Penang Catholic Plan Celebrations
    125 4 Standard Siaff Corrr-uo- I PENANG, Mon. The main Rom v I nre making preparations to receive t Lady of Fatima m Penang on the evei The statue of the pilgrim virgin v Catholic community at the pier and pond: cession to the Church of the 4ammpti<
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    'Guilty But Insane Verdict In Yong Yit Lin Murder Trial
    1040 5 'Guilty But Insane Verdict In Yong Yit Lin Murder Trial I LNIMOTS verdict of "Guilty but Insane" was returned by j t ihe Singapore Assize Court yesterday at the conclusion ht f Yon- 1 watim lrial > m which a 44-year-old Hakka business- k" S nr :ir. *a* charged *ith
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    KL To Be Model Town
    31 5 R Mon.— be a modd duniciH T. W. favour ol j policy of to do all m b housing r mote he dereport ot ed today.
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    KEDAH BANDIT VICTIMS NAMED
    59 5 y._a i.v i St Correspondent B M i dties of itr whi< h < Bta ori is issued b ag kin. bles Abdul *a Yusof! bin Dimin and I corporal :an and P.C. t A Rahman, lil and Abu I b fama Piakama Mon i Pinrated
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    MISICAL SOCIETY'S BEST CONCERT
    382 5 MISI CAL SOCIETY'S BEST CONCERT g: *art M ale Critic i So-i fifth m Its n erta tol c m the' Hall last re Joyce' D 0 and i S-nTioe! c Society's Or-! :by Gor-j td ird of s coramen- concert was ta hf. successful to c that those -d
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    UK's 'BEST MESSAGE' TO MALAYANS
    347 5 UK's 'BEST MESSAGE' TO MALA YANS AN OPPOSITION spokesman, Mr. Alan Lennox. Boyd, speaking m the House of Commons m support of the Colonial Development Corporation, said: "The best message that can go out to the great variety of races m Malaya is that we have no intention bf being
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    Roving Ambassador To Report On Far East
    446 5 BY GARY WANG Standard Staff Writer LONDON. Oct. 16— (By Air Mail) Sir Esler Dening. new British Ambassador-at-large for the Far East, will leave London on Oct. 23 by air for Hongkong, where he will begin a survey on which an official I
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    EX IU CLUB
    19 5 THE EX IU Club will celebrate its 13th Anniversary tomorrow and Thursday at the club's premises.
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    3 Ways To Fight A Rise In Prices
    171 5 Standard Staff Keporler A CALL to Government to immediately convene a ••ound table conference of I all thc popular representaitf>es ot the people to find j wayi and means of solving the problem of food shortage and the soaring prices ,m Singapore
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    25,000 N. Koreans' Held Dramatic Race To Save UN PoWs from Red Butchery
    366 6 25,000 N. Koreans' Held Dramatic Race To Save UN PoWs from Red Butchery SEOI I rt 2: l P > A lhe fli S hl of h e defeated Communist wtl» K <"-• to* l in J° a roilt and lh e total of surrendered and "luifM. K< il- .limbed
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    General Broke Into Tears
    186 6 General Broke Into Tears (APJ ri«ro kepi lish we here -oon ilbers," I party iated, the Red P.o Wa. waj CD, ::iany d trough to tell the S prison- fleeing tn groups I ten were i Red ifl i s ed < hn ashed 4 the Division *ho j sn
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    136 Saved Of 4,260 'Missing'
    56 6 136 Saved Of 4,260 'Missing' TOKYO. Oct 23 (UP) Hard-driving United Nations i forces have rescued alive 136 U.S. prisoners captured by the Communists since the Korean I war began, Gen. Mac Arthur's: headquarters reveal. This figure represents but aa ineoas'deraoie irartion of A.'ZtiQ An?: vans o!uc'..?Hy listed as Missiag
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    Reminder For Attlee
    69 6 PARIS, Oct 23 (Renter):— l M. George Bidault, leader of the Pop iar Republican (Catholic) Party and for four years France's Foreign Minister, accused Britain of prevt nting the union of Europe. "We cannot wail indefinitely v h>re wo federate." he j -ho. r. ninding British Premier
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    French Willing To Include Germans In European Army
    203 6 French Willing To Include Germans In European Army PARIS, Oct. 23 (Renter) Vs Britain dismissed a* "blatant propaganda* 1 the Russian threats and Cominfonn meeting m Prague for measures against formation ol a West German army, Paris sources saitl that a French pla.. was about to ho announced for inclusion
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    Sadhu Cuts Off Tongue
    67 6 BENARES, (I) ailed I Pro, :.ic< 5), Oct. 23 (Renter! A Hindu sadhii cv.i off the tip of liis tongue as a propitiatory oj ering to the Goddess Durga, credited m Hindu mythology with blood-thirsty attributes, during Dasserah celebrations here. A n i m a I
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    Wife Can Destroy Hubby's Clothes
    83 6 COLUfISSI 53 lOaio) Oct 23 (AP) Ii is legal here for wives to junk their husbands' old fish- j ing clothes and other gear liuer-i ing up the house. Common Pleas Judge Joseph M. Clifford dismissed a charge of burning personal property againsl a wife
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    River Adventure
    25 6 Assam m.,? r^ialster Omeokumar Das was saved with IS Others when a boat carrying 22 people capsized on the Brahamaputra River near Gauhaii.
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    PI Emergency Step Taken As Reds Set 'D-Day9 For Nov.
    282 6 PI Emergency Step Taken As Reds Set 'D-Day 9 For Nov. A.P. Vietnamese partisans of the French on the firing line m Indo-China. These soldiers took part ln an offensive I against the Vietminh strongi hold. Thai Nguyen, m early J October. Photo. MANILA, Oct. 2:5 Inte!- -enec agents haxe
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    Chiang: UN Has Failed
    37 6 T/JPEH, Oct. 23 (DP) Clilang Ka'.-slie': •*d today that the United Nai'ois thus far has failed io iis objectives and that "Ihe hope ol a belle world remains as dim as ever." i
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    UK Probes Flight Of Pontecorvo
    80 6 UK Probes Flight Of Pontecorvo LOadOX. Oct. l 3 (Reuter)— A British Foreign Office spokesman said that "all appropriate] action" was being taken m connection with the journey from Britain of the Italian-born atomic scientist Bruno Ponte- corvo. I It is understood that thc I action contemplated by Hie I
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    Missiles Expert For US Defence Chief
    42 6 U.S. Defence Secretary Georgt Marshall is to have a special I consultant on guided missiles. > i Tins appointment is believed to j ;!u raid a major set-up m j i America s guided missiles programme. Reuter.
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    14-Hr. Day Under The Reds
    458 6 Reuter PYONGYANG. Oct. 23 (Reu-ter-AAP): Life in Pyongyang under Communist rule was a constant struggle to keep body and soul alive with evermounting taxes, soaring cost of living and a 14-hour work day, according to a young civil servant, Chong Un Hyup. Chong Un Hyup,
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    News Briefs
    171 6 An "educated" cat is suing a dog for U*****.50 damages m the municipal court at Oakland (Cal). Tiie dog's owner has been asked m the suit to pay that amount because his pet, "with wilful and malicious intent to do bodily harm." was alleged to have attacked and
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    Rhee Determined To Control N. Korea
    149 6 SEOUL. Ocl. 23 (Reuter-AAP) South Korean President Syngman Rhee said here that civil authority !in Noith Korea would be established by the ""lawful i Government of Korea, as soon as the fighting ceased. The President coupled tins declaration with earlier state- 1 ments that
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    New Withdrawals By I-C French: Moncay Said Lost
    302 6 New Withdrawals By I-C French: Moncay Said Lost SAIGON. Oct. 23 (Reiiter-AAP) In addition k» Langson, the French have ahandoned the China bor.lcr outpost at Loc Binh, while unconfirmed reports s:»v that even Moiu>a\. major coastal town and for; res* «»n the Chinese border. 150 miles north-east of Hanoi. \m
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    Peace Is Ahead Bunche
    118 6 NEW YORK. Oct 23 (AP) Dr. Ralph J Buncfae, Lt4U Nobel Peace Prize-winner, predicted today that "an era ol peace" lies ahead for the wor d despite "obviously ominouf conditions m the world." 'The reason for my optimism is the United Nations, which lo day is
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    Rail Strike Spreads hi Australia
    116 6 Rail Strike Spreads hi Australia MELBOURNE. Oct 2.1 (Bt teivAAP): Strikes todaj pi a' sed rail transport En thrw states Victoria, New So,.*'. Wr.'cv s "i Australia. Eai'v. ymen Ln the latter tw o states staged a 24-houi stoppage m sympathy v iih the i < suike on the Victo
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    Soviet Quit In Sept
    65 6 PYONGYANG, Oct 21 (UPI A group of Noi tt) X m members of an underground anti-Communist movement said that most ol the Russians lefl Pyongyang m late August, and early September. They said that there had been many Soviet soldiers lv Ebe city until tbat time,
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      85 6 Mew Calendar Fc* China LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter)— The Peking Government is V "a. r iio the r i calendar which, for many centuries, used to be consulted by the peasants before embarking on such ventures as sowing, building a house, going on a journey, marriages or burials. In its
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    These Trucks Are For Repairs-Bandit War
    46 7 *Z____Jl h l 2"J D and jeeps were brought H< nskong yesterday by the Panama registered freighter Atlantic Sea. Here, m two Standard pictures, they are seen massed on deck for ard before being unloaded at Singapore Docks. nm -t
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    HK. Macao Accused By Communist China
    199 7 I* |j<!\* KONG, Qet, 23 (AP) < hinese onimuus. il Hongkong of forcing Chinese nre m lhe agspresehre Korean war.** 4. f.S is thus driving Britain "deeper re ot Korea, the Chinese Reds nations will "finally perish together." The Reds released their latest propaganda
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    Jamaica Is Due In At S.B. Today
    34 7 SI pping Reporter r...--been m a lion c X r than any A is due E early he arrived 112 v. Ip of the Bar- era of
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    RAF's Fifth Airlift
    13 7 S 1 Repertet I in I Far riifted' i m
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    RIVER FLOODS
    33 7 LONDON*. Oct. 23. (Reuter). The Chinese Communist Government has worked out a plan l foe preventing floods on the !'..>. il-Ho. according tO a Tass message from Peking received' m London tonieht.
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    No Latin Accents On This Panamanian:
    495 7 No Latin Accents On This Panamanian Standard Shipping Reporter THE FREIGHTER Atlantic Sea, flying the Hag of Panama, is about as Panamanian as my Aunt flattie. On boarding this ship, little seen m Singapore Docks, I expected. I know not why, music reminiscent of Balboa or Colon and the Latin
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    A-Power And The Oilmen
    84 7 A-Power And The Oilmen SYDNEY. Oct. 23 (Keuter) Oil industry magnates are not worried about the threat of atomic power, according to managing director of the Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., Mr. J. W. Piatt. Visiting Melbourne, he said that even if atomic energy could be developed as a source of
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    136 Aliens Detained In New York
    71 7 NEW YORK, Oct. 22 (Reuter)—Nearly one-third ol the 424 aliens aboard the liner Satuania were detained under. the new American internal security law when she arrived from Italy today. Most of the 136 people sent to Ellis Island were Italians and Germans. Mr. Edward
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    Cheaper Air Fares Are Not Likely
    119 7 iSAN FRANCISCO. Ort. 23 (AP) International airline fares will not be lowered m the near future, it was predicted at the closing session of the International Air Transport Association here. The president of lATA, Lee Pierson. chairman of the Board of Trans World Airlines,
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    PAA EXPANSION
    34 7 BEVERLEY HILLS. California. Oct. 2:\ *UP)— Juan Trippe, the President of Pan-American Airways, said today that his comI pany was going ahead with proposed expansion projects despite the threat of international conflict.
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    Faster Trains For Festival Of Britain
    178 7 NEXT SUMMER special named express trains, composed of new standard engines and all-steel carriages, will be running on British Railway routes having particular associations with the 1951 Festival of Britain. This was announced recently by Sir Eustace Missenden, Chairman of the Railway Executive. He
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    TRADE PACT RATIFIED BY PAKISTAN
    73 7 KARACHI, Oct. 2.? (AP) Pakistan and Austria on Saturday ratified a trr.de agreement signed a few weeks back. According to the figures released, Pakistan would import from Austria goods worth £1,272,500, besides 100 tractprs. 15.000 tons of iron, 1,500 tons of newsprint Pakistan u*>uld export
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    BOAC GETS READY FOR 'PRINCESS'
    378 7 BOAC GETS READY FOR 'PRINCESS' A B. O. A.C. PRINCESS Unit is being formed to prepare for the introduction into service by the Corporation of the 105-seater! Princess Hying boat, at present being built at the Saunders-Roe Works at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Tnc duties of this Unit, of which
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    MAO RECRUITS TECHNICIANS FROM HK
    143 7 MAO RECRUITS TECHNICIANS FROM HK HONGKONG, Oct 2A (ReuterAAP) The Civil Aeronautic Bureau of trie Chinese People's. Government has begun a move ment m Hong Kong to recru: j technicians for the mainten i of 200 aircraft m North Ch i according to a press repo; Technicians are to assemble
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    'RED' POSTCARD PLEAS TO US
    199 7 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 23 (AP)— Postcards bearing the new stamps of Communist China and bearing requests for industrial tools to further the war effort of Communist China are being received here. Mailed from Tientsin, the cards are addressed to hardware stores and automotive supply firms.
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    IN and OUT OF HARBOUR
    476 7 SHIPS IN AND OLT In Port: Kistna sailing for Bangkok on Oct. 4. <): t Jii Carpentaria sailing or Rangooa on Oct, CS. In Pert: Siraat "»'ienda. sailing lor S Africa and S. Amerira on Oct. tt. ln Port: Lalandia sailing lor ton tinent on
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    There's Comic Relief In Finland's Strikes
    790 8  - There's Comic Relief In Finland's Strikes iiM- INK f ded tor tro^h* has stopped the past „f starting again n t Aur.in.in Gov--1 nt brings Ih c r men n L_ heel or 1 -:;£i„ maki *a> tor I I, due odjj plead the soP towaiaes the taaaa «tJ m
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    Jealousy Can Be Overcome
    160 8 Jealousy Can Be Overcome i K_m Esther B. m 4 I rcaaM V •.ear ni.ite? 1 delve c of I emotion and c ol ging f i 1 1 eve prob m, dng the p- etter wMdi ta t.) !»'.ive ::i. 1 bask tnd. "if 1 nmtinui pa lous and
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    No More Veils, Says Bosnia
    206 8 DELGRADE, Oct. 23— JJ Yugoslavia has ordered the prim and proper women of Bosnia-Hercegovina to lower the silken veils which have covered their faces since time immemorial. It is all so says the government m the interests of efficiency, and has nothing to do with
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