Singapore Standard, 1 January 1951

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  • 12 1 Singapore Standard VOL HO. I£3 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY~I^T9STr 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 27 1 19 Killed In Battle With Bandits S Staff Con I :ed 12. This of the i had b < hher imj B md a r a P itrol
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  • 545 1 World Tension Mourns As 1951 Is Ushered In LONDON, I) 31 (Beater) The gatherioa ,»t i postwar veara nincd moment^' 11 ami ring i, imi thadowed an overwrought world. The year of' 1956 ns a year of sharp division; was the year of Korea. It *»S also a year of
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  • 170 1 Herb Doctor Killed In Penang j Standard Staff Correspondent j PENANG, Sun.— An elderlj Chinese physician, (dan Eng Kong, was the victim of an out- rageous shoot ie;- incident •a :ii( h took p tee at his mcd cine shop m Bridge Street at about 7.40 p.m. today. He was
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  • 73 1 BRITISH naval scientists are workiiv; on special ineestiga ions m the Ear East on be tali of the Atlantic Pact. They are engaged m analysing a new type of mine which has been laid m Korean waters by 'Russian vessels. Although tests tare not vet
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  • 49 1 photo I The last ship out of Hungutm carried hundr-ds of civilians who ar> shown j above with their ver. humble belongings ready foi their journey to South Kcieu. It was -part of the biggest evacuation on record m military history.- A.P.
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  • 523 1 TOKIO, Dec. 31 (UP)— i ,ral >lacAnhur'B headquarters said tonight that the mmunigl armieaj massed along the 38th parallel hi Beached the peak of strength capable <>t smashing ftvard tike South Korean capital city of Seoul m a pltaoeous threes pronged
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  • 100 1 Confidence Voiced By Ridgway IS. EIGI'i'H Air HE ADQUABfERS l.* KOREA, D*j I: (AF): Lieutea mt jt Qgral Mathew B. Kid h told lateral Douglas Ma thiir t it "we are con pn t ion? dent ol meeting o.i aacpecta- j tions m the coming year." The Eighth Army new
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  • 255 1 US Army Men: KOREA TO US SIMPLY A 'LIABILITY.' Dec, 30, -3 ijai i Coh Unit'?t; --s deh *a' to Ua Unit- j id. A*mb'v,i Sb U tiu.t rTis^Tnghty i hnr >b. tt.at i.' -^ALinied j < St i ts i "five illurtp.'ened a Kcr< 'he;e had r*.'n no Jnitftu
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  • 273 1 TAIPEH, Dec. 31: (AP>— A Nationalist China is sorjftfewhat bewildered at still Wing m existence and with a Few hope m what once seerrftdTan empty fantastic dream &f reconquering the lost Chinese mainland. A year ago tod/ay, the Nationalists faced
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  • 739 1 Top Recognition Fror Police In 1951 Honour s List THE 1951 Malayan New War Honour. U*t «f S9 «o the Federation of Malaya and 13 for 52 9 f p the work of th*> p A i,v! i give* top recognition to Police Mcd ,1 f p th l™<"*«»-r by
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  • 181 1 'Nosey Yank' Rushed Out Of London SHANNON AIRPORT! EIRF Dec 31 (Reuter) Chanes Johnston, 31, self-styled "noaey American*' from Baltimore. who tried to get m to see King George VI at Sandringha House. Norfolk, was: on his home from here by air ea today after having bee: a plane m
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  • 100 1 Typhoon Whips Across Waist Of Philippines MANILA. Eec. 31: 0" Pacific typhoon which whi] across large areas of the Phi pines m the past two d stormed into the China today after causing thus unestimated but cons, destruction m a number of provinces. There was at lea I due to
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    • 31 1 SGWJ S:ai: of The japore Standind Sin Chew 3 .ers and ie r s a md Prosis New Year. h t 3 C £S j g* > -^Sa^ Zr -iM'dalheer jf -ANCHOR/
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    • 65 1 AFJF %J%JW iEI% MACHINE so OllCk s o i; i:mij: --v 4v p&*^ SO THROUGH I&*^MSfc DOES THE IT LL /?^L WEEKLY WASH FOR Avi .1 FAMILY— r "l£v on \n-:\\ w^i V *;PF iHT TIME IN OUR j |f ff SHOWROOMS jj |j if I>> PAYMENTS Ik II SOLE
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  • 700 2 Community Leaders Stress Fait h, Hope And Charity —'A rVTi^W^IS^r^SSAGES TO STANDAIISI^D^RS j Sundard SUB Reporter ISEW YEAR messages received V**********^ La.ore community leaders ot all races a«d creed^o readers ol The Singapore *^f/SS^ wish £or »mo?e Faith, more Hope and more CharUy J for mankind". t^ i l^„ wish
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  • 107 2 Police Trying New System To Check Arson Bids On Taxis Standard Stall Reporter < Jli! SINGAPORE PoKee are no* experimenting] on a dch system to check arson attempts on i cabs j i> io spokesman lold The Si ilartl j lay. i ow-top down the r tnin r pflnSilhT the
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  • 868 2 !has approved I 1951 honours on ig citizens of S re he Hon'ble Mr. Tan Chin 1 1 Tuan C.B.E. !r. Tan Chin Tuan plays a ipromii tit part m the pub affairs of Singapore and first I, office a «lunici C mmb
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  • 399 2 Army Take Steps To Ensure Quick Call Up f Standard St II Reporter ARMY AUTHORITIES m Singapore and tbe Federation of Malaya yesterday took further steps to ensure that reserves of ex-Ararj officers ami civilians with special qualifications will he available for quick placemen! should an amergeney arise. An official
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  • 265 2 FUTURE examinations for entrance into il; University Malaya <»iil be held m April, ii wm* officially announced yesterday. The syllabus for the 1951 examination will follow that of the Cambridge School Certificate for 1950. m j each of the relevant subjects except the General Paper.
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  • 520 2 DETAILS of the University of Malaya entrance examinations are: A. Examination for candidates who wish to be considered for admission into more than one Faculty: 1. General paper including i English Language: 2. English; 3. .Mathematics: 4. History or Geography. 5. Physics or Chemistry or
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    • 118 2 WISHING \U o' R D i I E R S A HAPPI I PR 0 SP ERO I S NEW )E R n'AXXEXA €o. :> o. bo: i.v) Jl. I 111 R< [j STREET] KO'J ii h i io\ tv- t i! vm.i; of TfTJTTi'J"" ;,>r;M «a»J caston thai as
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    • 242 2 SITUATION VACAPfp" WANTED effici. ~"^TT: a- '7' NOTICE SING -rf, r "-fLti*' movin| Sins r b j*** do isii iyoi. Applications for m< n r lick< ti tv 4C* at Ipoh on Janu should be made I i;aooiv Hianch at 688, H Singapore. Pi i side a*. HAULAGE NOTICES Till
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  • Article, Illustration
    4067 4 Mentri Besar, Councillor, Sportsmen And Policemen Are Honoured By The King J C7 I THIRTY-NINE people have been honoured by tht> King .n the 1951 New Y< ir Honours 1 List for t: ration of Malay a r leration Hsl of ..•ie> 1 M.Cr.. •B 4 OB F's. 5
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    • 77 4 I*l f <■/ Bl ~**TSs M i r %> a Mf^-^-J 9 f fly feet of luggage space. Torsion -sV M Jr a tar inJc P^'ndcnt front wheel Sfi* *JL ftfbfH* suspend traffic easy to park easy to r means longer runs lor your MINOR iflflߣ»W lB ssL I r—
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    • 123 4 THE PRESS CRITICS ACCLAIM "Anna Keagk completel) li- (he part el (HM FTE the Hrsfl Lad] at British I iims has won the i i triumph ef her caret r Ewarfl Hod -son (NEWS OF THE WORLD THE MiSHTY HORDES Of KUBLAI KHAN Will BE ON THE MUTCH SOON! I
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  • 568 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. Five new Justices of llie Peace m and Jmr the Settlement of Penang have been made for the New Year by the Settlement Government. Among them are a Chinese doctor, Iho European bank managers, an Indian
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  • 297 5 Plans To Develop Perak Outpost Into Modern Town Standard Staff Correspondent TAfPING, Sun. Important and far-reaeliing !u;c!:cnt- affeetimz the every -day lives oi. the lent* of Malaya's outpost town of Grik, m I pper Perak an envisaged by the implementation mi tbe Goi t rnments road expansion ami other ilßJluwi
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  • 53 5 rAN, Sat FiftyChii ling some •.-.■ere I be lore the X B uring m the .r-.es. stated thai the ti ised r pre- rice r safety, I there was r two men. the and were to against the stponed to Jan. >Ed to
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  • 174 5 58 Families Hit By 'New Town Fire SUNGEI PATANI, Sun.— Altogether 58 families suffered directly tine to the lire on the night of Nov. -1 ai tbe Bukit Selasnbau "new town". Pokok I .i.i hang and Lubok Putat areas. Tins was revealed at a meeting ■»t trie Bukit Selambau Relief
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 5 K. C. CIIOONfi stall, which displays all kinds of refrigerators, attract a large crowd at the Penang Trade Fair which is now being held nightly at the New World Amusement Park.
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  • 124 5 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. Leaders of Kaying Choo (Khek) commu--1 nity from various states of the Federation and Singapore gathered m the Mm Tet School Hall yesterday and decided to j form a Federation of Kaying I Choo associations. Headquarters of this new Federation will rotate
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  • 120 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. The holilay atmosphere prevailed here for the last few days. Places of amusement were packed to capacity, while beaches along the coast filled with holiday seekers, many of whom came from the mainland. The Penang Trade Fair at
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 5 Picture shows Tuan H. M. Salim and his bride during the bersanding ceremony which took place at the bride's residence m Kampong Bahru.
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  • 386 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. V plea to men of good *ill not to 81l hark, hut to use their influence ior good is contained m ihc New tear Message of the Resident Commissioner, Penang, Mr. A. Aston* The text of "Mr. Aston's
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  • 109 5 IPOH, Sun.— New Year's Day m [poh will be celebrated like any other town m Malaya but with one difference. The people will be more cautious and the Police, too. will no doubt take extra precautions after last week's handgrenade incident which shattered Christmas merriment m the
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  • 114 5 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Sultan of Selangor m his New Year message called on the people of Malaya to make a resolution to destroy all evil agents ol alien doctrine who are attempting to undermine the country's economy and bring chaos
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  • 57 5 The Prime Mini^tt-r and >!rs. Atllee have reeehed I large number of Ymas and New Year greetings both from Hone and Overseas. They regret that tfcef eannc4 answer all there kind message! personal!*, hut Jo all who have sent greetings they wish m send llnir
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 5 Photo Studio. Mr. and Mrs. Yap Van Hwl who were married m Muar recently. Lim
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  • 219 5 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. There is tin in' rubber land. That is why certain rubber estates fetch as high as a $1,000 per acre today. With the prfesent tin boom and the apparent shortage of new j mining land, the tin miner is
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  • 36 5 Standard Staff Correspondent BUTTERWORTH. Sun— A new Shell petrol filling station at Danby Street, Bukit Mertajam, was formally declared open by Mr. D. S. Robertson, manager of Shell Company. Penang on Friday.
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  • 149 5 Siaadard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. -A clarion call to all Chinese m Perak to make an all out effort to help Government m restoring pcu-e m the State was contained m the New Year message of Mr. Lav Pak Khuan J. P., a leader oi the
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  • 246 5 Govt Announces New A lienations Of Mining Land Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun. The Perak (Government announced new alienations of land on lease for mining, agricultural and building purposes. The announcement also gave the varying rates of premium, rent and other charges and the periods of lease for the different
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  • 176 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. Three of the Asian staff of >amlilands Buttery and Co.. Ltd., who ha\e been promoted Office AeaEflbMlJ WCfC «n--lertained to dinner at I lie Penang Cafe last night h\ the < ompanv. They an- Messrs Chi bJI Hong Inn of
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  • 63 5 Standard staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. A a loon car belonging to Mr Lob Kirn Sai caught tire m front of his shop. Chop Ban Hong Guan m Magazine Road at about 11.30 a.m. today. Two engines of the Fin: B gade rushed to the spot and
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  • 89 6 A. 5. CHWC, Editor-in-Chief Published d.ely including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated, Ltd., a' 12b Robmson Road, Singapore. Subscript mn rates: 10 cents per copy. S3 per month and $9.00 per three months, m Singapore and throughout the Federation ol Malaya, postage extra. Advertisement rates
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  • 795 6 r THERE is general concern over the apparent ease with which identity cards are being taken from the people of Singapore. So far no resistance of any kind is known to have been offered to thugs who walk into houses and shops to rob the inmates of
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  • 1305 6 Peace Hopes Far From Bright For The Year Of 1951 LONDON, Thurs. TT is at this moment impos- sible to say whether the Third World War began on June 25, 1950. On that day. North Korean forces crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea. Two days later. American forces intervened
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  • We, the People
    • 217 6 S: V. I Red Sei :e one ent i ar; scales must run Oi c common lad lei .h I and Teachers' Trai g l leg-- 1 diploma hold i The N o r m a 1 tra tied salary seal is: 2 XlfJ X.
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    • 404 6 Not All 'Duds,' Some May Be Sir: In condemning the new Unified E lucation Service m your leader of Deeembe] 28, you broughl m j the question of class-distinc-tion which is out of place m conjunction with the issue m hand. The difference between die Normal-trained man and the 1'
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    • 284 6 Sir;--It ii gratifying to note that the Malayan Chinese Association has been asked 'c the Fed! ration Government to nominate two representatives to serve on the Federal Legislative Council. The M.C.A. is of course a political and social organisation looking after the welfare of toe domiciled
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    • 71 6 Sir;-— On behalf of all patients of this ward, I wish to tender my heartfelt thanks to the entire Staff of Tan Tock Seng Hospital, for their tv, ry effort m making the patients' Christmas Party a great success, and especially to toe Supervisor m charge
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  • 539 6 AMERICA, and not Comma' isf China, will be the lose; as a result of America's economic sanctions against the Reds, said Nanyang Slang Pau. This is especially bo since Chinese Premier-Foreign Minister Chou En-lni announced the retaliatory measures taken against the Americans on the China mainland. By
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  • 18 6 "\<i! the bigg* r W i str.i.i.cr tor<« ih.in iti. t..s| ,t sold you s, r
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  • 419 7 Soecial Award For ft Saving UK From Economic Disaster > ONHUV Jan. I (Keoter)-Sir Stafford Cripps, H no wrecked his' the liunl In save Britain from economic disaster, was created a ..i, of Honour m the New Year Honours Lists published today. ihe 1 awionship
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  • 135 7 Pak. PM Cancels UK Trip I KARACHI, Dec. 31 (AP)— Premier Liaqual Ali Khan has [cancelled his flight to London i to attend the British Commoni wealth Conference of Prime j Ministers on foreign policy and rearmament. The official announcement did not say whether the Pre- mier would go later.
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  • 127 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31 At j i rhe Chinese Commu-I ni io- ernment Administrative Council has announced that all American subsidised religious, medical, educational and relief organisations m China would i become state-owned or complete opt rated by Chinese. The action followed the »rdei »r
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  • 150 7 JAMMU, KASHMIR, Dec. 31: (AP)— ln lian Con unists j plan to capitalize on the ex-p<><-h (mimes--- Cnmmuni t occupation of Tibet to create havoc along [ndia's northeastern border with that untry, a •••ret party docu--1 menl < ireulating here disc ises Toe document, as seen
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  • 61 7 WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 (UP)— Hugh Baillie, President of the United Press, called on President Truman following his recent news-gathering trips to Europe and the Far East. Baillie spent nearly half an hour with the Chief Executive telling him of the impressions he brought back from
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  • 26 7 Britain is closing her information office m Warsaw because the "antagonistic attitude of the Polish authorities made it dangerous for Polish citizens to visit U.P.
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  • 14 7 Karl Renner, President of Au?tria. died m Vienna early yesterday.— U.P.
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  • 22 7 P.I. Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo is due back m Manila today from America to confer with President Quirino. U.P.
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  • 144 7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. (UP): The average American faces a new year of increasing austerity as the growing mobilisation of industry to defence production for the United States and itsallies cuts Into his standard of living. Cutbacks m non-essential consumer production will also be
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  • 69 7 He Kidnapped Rockefeller CHICAGO, Dec. 31. (UP): Veteran reporter Sam Lederer, who scored a scoop by "kidnapping" John D. Rockefeller S.\. died today. He was 86. A native of Prague. Lederer came to Chicago at the age of 20 and joined toe Old American. In 1906 during the Anti-Trust Trial
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  • 38 7 France plans to increase hei divisions on continental duly from seven to 10 as her contribution to the rearmament ol Western Europe m 1951. t.'ie French National Defence Ministry has announced.- A.P.
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  • 43 7 Girl Sole Survivor In Argentine Crash BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 31, (Renter) Police have found 17 bodies m the burnt-out wreckage of an Argentine State Airliner which crashed south of Buenos Aires The onlj survivor was an eight-year -old girl, who was badly injured.
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  • 147 7 'Gentlemen Pirates Loot Ship HONGKONG, Dec. 31 (AP) -The Panamanian freighter Islas Visayas has returned to I Hongkong from Shanghai with B tale of how she played Christmas host to L'~> '•gentlemen" pirates off the Checkiang coast i The pirates, ".ho boarder! t:-.e ship on Ofristmai Evej made themselves quite
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    40 7 photo Truck loaded with Seoul orphans being taken to a refuse camp on a South Korean island after they were picked off the streets of the South Korean caoital. Altogether l ion orphans were collected m a heavy snowstorm AP
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  • 496 7 'Emergency Of Extreme Gravity, Warns Acheson j WASHINGTON, Dee. 31 (Renter) American Secretary of State Dean Acheson warned the American people tonight they were faring an emergency of extreme gravity. "Our freedom, our way of life. i> menaced," he said m an end of the year message released at the
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  • 43 7 LONDON, Dee. 31 (Renter):— Britain enters l'T)l with a surplus of £66,490,405 m the current financial year, it is announced. Treasury returns show that Britain's total ordinary expenditure m the last nine months has been £2,307,114,966, but revenue reached £2,373,605,--371.
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  • 107 7 UK Restricts Copper Use WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (AP): The U.S. Government. m an order biting deep into the civilian economy has restricted the j use of copper m more than 300 products Brass, which is made m pari oi copper, also is restricted. The National Production A tidy, which issued
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  • 168 7 1950Happiest Year For These Five NEW YORK. Dec. 31, (UP Fo: imy Americans individually 1950 was the happiest year of th< ir lives. For elderly Mrs. Constance Kretschmar Moch of Chicago and Wilson Primm Kretschmar of Greenville, Mississippi, it was a fabulous land of "milk and honey." were awarded what
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  • 202 7 WASHINGTON, Dec il dli Diplomatic authorities -ai*l thai the I nited States soon nun; intervene m an effort i«> break the deadlock between she Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia over the future status oi Dutch Neu Guinea. They aid American authorises are
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  • 434 7 TOKYO. Dec. 31 (Reuirr-AAP) Japan may have to rearki if "international Urwteaaneaa^ continues to threaten peace, (ien. Dou-laH Mac Arthur Maid m a N«w \ear me>sa«;e here tculav. The U.N. Commander-in-Chief told the Japanese people that the renunciation of war as an
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  • 111 7 TOKYO Dec. II (RenterAAP): Japan will import 830.000 tons of iron ore from Malaya during the BSJtt year j according I o Japanese press reports. Quoting sources close to [the international Trade and Industry M.nistry. According to the reports .j tentative import contract En the
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  • 139 7 Mediation Bloc Talk Postponed LAKE S fCCESS D (AP) India' So Benega N Etau called on* late on 5a heduled i g of 12 Aj and Asian nations who want to promise Red Chirfn a political settlement of Far Eastern problems m return for a Kor--fire. slid i ellation except
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  • 1543 8  - PRESENTING FILMLAND'S SILLY SYMPHONY FOR 1950 ERSKINE JOHNSON By JOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31. These foolish things remind me of Hollywood m 1950— The Friars Club of Hollywood gave its first formal banquet with George Jessel explaining: •'We're dressing up because it's about time the members looked as good as the waiters."
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  • 166 8 US Film Men Poll Votes For John Wayne j lOLLYWOOD, Dec 31 1 U lrd -hitting, tou^h talking .lohii Wayne was Kin; oi Hollywood's mone% makers for Lh~>o. Tba ragged actor won most vales m the Motion Picture Herald's Annual poll of film r\h biters. Ring Cf by on *>p
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  • 50 8 TVTEW YORK. Dec. 31 1> Actresses Gloria Swanson and Faye Emerson, were among the 10 best-dressed women of 1950 m a poll announced yesterday. They were listed for the first lime by the New York Dress Institute, which annually polls fashion designers and editors on their choices. A.P
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  • 92 8 HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31: Wh< I ternational wa.s making arrangeas to spend two on I »cation at Willi; m.s Airti ;ld, Arizona, for filming of "Air Cadet." the studio reg to reate a wj m r the landing strip. Do not bother. the Air Force base
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  • Article, Illustration
    91 8 Two men who sine for their Living find their paths crossing m the London night. An old bunker, (attend and down at heel, m the on'y costume he can use for his singing, is heard by Toni Rossi, famed French concert star, billed at the Piccadilly. And Tino, with the
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  • 204 9 PLAN TO MERGE 3 KL SCHOOLS K A l \IIMH R, Leading Cfauaeae educaSelaagor have ander active consideration a mnaiga—rtr Kuala Lumpaura three v rhincsc schools Confucian School, Chang ►ol and MiieaGirk School. nese school project wi II ie biggc st ever launched m the Federation ■<_■ the i ..ti.
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  • 9 9 New 'Phone Plant By February Oriental Comex- ■3 tO
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  • 29 9 Dredger Lifts Field-Gun From River Bed > ,tl n >p«»ndent S river r. is is I val m wharf i\e been iver m iy4s gether H wt r, j by
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  • 50 9 Standard StaH Reporter AN appeal for unity In order to achieve success m their iggle .r better conditions of cc is tat ck to the cat rabers .< three affiliated unions of 30.000 strong Singapore Federation of Services Unions by its a Mi V. X
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 9 MRS. H. M. DANKER held a Christmas dance at her residence m Penang Road Singapore, for her teen-aged relatives and friends.
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  • 266 9 Indonesia Has Big Part To Play In World Control Of Rubber Lee Standard SialT Reporter THE POLICY of Indonesian Government will play an important part m determining the success of the international control of rubber and oilier strategic materials, envisaged by the United Stales Government and Britain, Mr. Lee Kong
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  • 690 9 1111 IHE Christmas holidays limiting trading to three-and-a-half days, the Singapore share market was dull and featureless, says a market correspondent. A very moderate amount of business passed and, although generally steady, prices were inclined to ease slightly al the dose. In the Industrial share section
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  • 123 9 S'pore Govt. Printer Gets Awards MR W. A SPRADBROW, M.I.W.M of the Singapore i Government Priming Office. has been awarded the grade of li.l. Ptg. ML on t he recom- mendation of the London branch of the Printers Man- agers Associal ion. award was made at the November meeting ol
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  • 152 9 They're Just Wonderful Adjutant END of the year gaiety prevailed m the Officers' and Sergeant's Messes at the SVC Headauarters on Saturday. The occasion was a dance organised by the Singapore Women's Auxiliary Corps. Volunteers. As hostess^ s these women volunteers are w.»nderfid. And Captain W Stewart, Adjutant of the
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  • 55 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun, A total hoc vi $140 was Imposed on the manager of the Johore Cold Storage today when he appeared m the Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to three charges of selling controlled articles above the controlled prices and for not obtauung a licence
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  • 180 9 'Can't Stay Without Tim'- Widow MUSTERING a brave smile for the New Year 21 year-old Mrs. Josephine Crowley, bride for three days of a fatal Singapore riot victim, wished her friends good-bye yesterday as she left for London by BOAC Constellation. Mrs. Crowley left the Island she grew to "love"
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  • 122 9 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Municipality has compelled a house owner to instal modern sanitation m an old house which he wished to demolish m order to rebuild as soon as he could evict the tenants. This is stated m the minutes of a recent meeting of the Singapore
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  • 165 9 i SIN G A PORES luxurious i Cathay Ballroom and Restaurant which reopened to the public after the liberation on May l. 1948, is to undergo a .complete renovation, and will, accordingly be closed for about around two months, beginning at midnight tomorrow. Mr. Harry Gachnang.
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  • 103 9 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Rah payers' Association has written to the Singapore Improvement Trust objecting to the proposed amendment to the I Trust's Ordinance which re- I quires the surveying of land when a layout is submitted for approval. The Association bases
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  • 76 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun— A i Ceylonese. Vimala Raja, former Station Ma ter of Kulai railway station who had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment I Inche Mahamood bin Ali ir. i the Magistrate's Court
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    • 426 9 SAILINGS FROM SCANJINaVI* UK CONTINfNI pore P S'hatu trttmrn t "SEI.ANDIA" fir Trillion ft l-BStnl Mm M/W MEOMA for Baigou A: Bangkok 16-:: 'an. 15 15 Jan. 14-14 "INDIA" for Bangkok Bongkong. Manila. Kobe 6: Yokohama 710 Feb. "KVERVAAS' for" Saigon At Bangkok 25 hen 1 Mar 24 24 rcb
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    • 267 9 NEW YEAR RADIO KADIU MALA 1 A SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 484 m and 42 m or 7250 Xc s. 9 a.m Programme Summary: if. os Waltz Time; 9.:'-» Penang Military Band; 10 a.m. News from Singapore and the Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur: 10.10 Piano Duetists Rawitei and Landaner; 10.30
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    • 268 9 Radio Orchestra. Malacca; 12 45 New*: I 7 p.m. Programme Summary; 7.05 Egyptian Selection-: 7 30 Sports Round up; 745 Children's Programme; 811 News; 8.30 Ruangan Kesentan CHINESE PROGRAMME 42 m. (7200 Xc s.) from s—ll5 11 p.m 12.45 Programme Summary m Man darin; 12.48 Musical lit bits m Man
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    • 305 9 Mi Bar; 7 pm v f m n, c 1c:.1..n loncfrl Orchestra; 7.30 Love Frea. J.eighton Baecard I; g p m World AlTairs (S); 815 Julal Tan, rioJin and Tony Valerio piano- 830 light Music; 8.45 Neu War Mcssag* b* Mr James Griffiths "secretary of Sti for the it Tho
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  • 321 10 STANDARD 1950 SCOOPS IN PICTURES ABOVE:— The wreck of the Tons Hens, a 30-ton motor tongkang, in th: Singapore River on Sept. 10. The Tons Hens, carrying 20 drums of carbide, exploded resulting in seven killed and loss of 850.01)0. A daylong vigil over the wreck enabled a Standard cameraman
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  • 1483 11  -  Ken Jalleh -"A Review By 1950 HAS BEEN a crowded year for Malayan sports characterised by visits of world .j n who dropped into the country to £ivc a tip here, an exhibition there, and an m everywhere to Malayan sportsmen to rise to world fame. Dys n.
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  • 381 11 LONDON, Dec. 29: (Keuler)— British soccer which undoubtedly has fallen away from its formcf •high estate m international competition should benefit greatly from the large number of international and club matches against over-season sides to be played during the festival of Britain
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  • 48 11 THE F r« Bahru District I Asiships be held al Molek school C y, f.45 p.m. Singl g ig. Junior Sin.. 1 s: cc. Junior Doubles: mad and S h vs. J.. and _X N Ladies Poables: Chla and Rubiah v*s Yam and Mak Foong Sim.
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    • 230 11 Thtirsday Ja>i. .">, g m Singapore J Kesultfl vv ill be punlishftl «> n amSush U— Admire 5 t r U— 4 j j L— J 1 IS— AtWT« b I [Vi 1 15— PerUlr.ifit to i ISA h e r 1 r i»— Give up 1~ I' 21-Pr.yer -|..j
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    • 174 11 r m m 1 1 i f —^^rn 1 1 rr; 1 J--. 1 1 1 1 1 rr 1 1 i c Lp&J J^ Q=- Lo3J WHAT'S I'M GONNA j I DRAFT I RU/> F^WAr .Ng i"'— §=_j= 1 C 1 THE RUSH, REGISTER oi<Tl GOTTA h^~ list PEE
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  • 351 12 LONDON, JOec. 30 (Renter) (Football Roundup) Snow and ice m the north ami iniiilandfl caused the worst soccer holdup of the year m Britain today when 15 football league matches were postponed and t>\o others were abandoned. s 0 maiiv leading clubs
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  • 115 12 Ollie I* (ivies Gay Reveller Minor ou* LUCKY STAB BIG MONEY LI CKY STAB BACK 1. sailing Sailing hailing HW P HIUNK'E PEGASUS TROUSERS RACE I. Koman Warrior Brunice Roman Warrior J777T II \YDEE SIR TRISTRAM SIR TRISTRAM KALt s. ir xristram Haydee Haydee „w,, UNLESS PLAYTIME PLAYTIME
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  • 1208 12 Standard RACE CARD RACE I: Horses, Class 3, Div. 3 6 Furs: 2.15 P.M. 1. 000 Ballymun II a 9.00 Madam Chan Lewis Little 2. 003 Egyptian Queen a 8.12 'Levee Kongsi" Rodgers Jones 3. 002 Sailing 5v 8.12 "Playmate Stable" Martin Tulloh 4. 000 Victorine a 8.10 Hon. Mr.
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  • 884 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By FINISHING a strong fourth to Astivel, Regular and Prince Charming over the 8 J furlongs on the first day, the aged brown Australian mare Electroplate who has been shaping very well on the track should be able to
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  • 123 12 IPOH. Sob.— Playing their second match here, Singapore's women basketball champions. Nan Hua school was defeated bj a local team of Perak Middle Girls School's past pupils 35 pmnts to 20 on the luk (hoy court last evening. The ipoh women awe sa;>.
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    • 33 12 TIMERS HIGH TIDES it (hi atiocftasi resorts m Ma aj 1 TODAY: fc AM ph. Singapore :<55 3 ta Malacca 12.23 Port Dickson 1 1 04 Port Sham 94u m ->| Penang 447 6lt
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