Singapore Standard, 29 January 1952

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    Masthead
    18 1 Singapore Standard A. frl i. VOL. II NO. 211. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1952. 8 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    Big 3 Want UN Action If Reds Attack SE Asia
    224 1 Big 3 Want UN Action If Reds Attack SE Asia PVKIS, Jan. 28 (AP). Britain, llie United ,1 ami France toiiay formally announced that himil<l demand United Nations action m the .-til of Chinese Communist or Russian aggression m South East Asia. John Sherman Cooper of the U.S. said such
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    Malaya To Aid 'Whole Saerling Area'
    62 1 Malaya To Aid 'Whole Saerling Area' >.;.ind.ird St»« xv ■a:; not only help bul Ihe whole Stening i t: \^M?:T van Singapore from Lon- ter W tten tfi d Fmnc^MTTonwealth financial and pi )'olems. his brought back plans h ne will discuss with AMairs officials m the D -Get it
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    Market Gloomy
    24 1 ir Afso la restricttng active stock mwkrt interSc ias the serious sriursiiSg w o' s i«?ssa sfocks and showed falls of oneeighth.
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    Unknown Worst Storn In History
    210 1 Unknown Worst Storn In History SUVA, Fiji, Jan 28 -A 150-mile-an-hour hum- ane the worst m Suvas Story today devastated jvide areas, smashed a con ?rete block of shops and offices md left the town looking as if it had been battered by a Tierciless bombing, "one l concrete building
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    Truce: UN Offers New PoW Plan
    57 1 TOKYO, Jan. 28, (ReuterAAP)—The armistice negotiators at Panmunjom had one ol their mildest sessions today when the United Nations made new proposals about repatriation of prisoners after an ar"SSSo&W" anybody anyaVß^r^brUnned Na <sSy%^^erc -change SStogfor ft postponement of the ceasefire supervision tubTe'KSn, began the
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    Heavy Rebel Losses In Rl
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    1 Killed, 13 Hurt In Car Collision
    56 1 the K*S ."SS R?SS qWSSj- js "ft An B.AI. PWf,, the scene Middelton *J? J? t Se accident fair KeHa?raUention to ambulance arrived shortly ambulance *he mv ough There was about 1U m driver ffiS.%iy I .ft^ t »t" dd?lt SSdK#^ UNITED NATIONS.
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    3 Rood Dealhs In One Day
    53 1 Standard Staff Reporter THREE People, two and a woman, were juu. d i pedestrian 5» me fte he BoUn Kuan*, died after had been involved m *****11 M Ta wSan penis Road; and a fi heing a motor vehichs to v w SeranfOOß Eoaa.
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    More US Aid
    30 1 SAIGON. Jan. 28 <£P> sh j ps 100 th. 1°1?J. iffiS? a id f S f gSSSSSTSiivJ Ur- the The Steel Navigator. «l &lp I chin* 1
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    Shell Chief Arrives
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    Arrival From Cairo Tells Of Mob In Airport
    64 1 Standard Aviation rt a WIFE of a Malayan bank ."surrounding moV w A&Jn Mincer g SB* Jf nfrS Sifrauemp* '•S l refuel the a'^raft. Six hours later xne i ak f ff Tn"e Plan" h« d ed Jor L^dd. Airpor'. Tel-Aviv, for
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    35 1 •I mbbe, and H- tO HOON TIN LONDON tUMW s^, J|,ooo f«r isg sit fc 2xJ2«ri sJi o« i Oet./D«c JiJl Soles M*»t"« W Feb. ei.f. W4fc «ftern(Hi» 45 MorVtt; ft«^».
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    CAIRO BACK TO NORMAL
    222 1 20 Killed, 200 Hurt 416 Arrested After Week-end Disorders CAIRO, Jan. 28 (Renter) Cairo returned to work today under a bright sunny sky after a week-end orgy of destruction m which mobs took control of the capital for several hours. Two British residents were killed, five
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    PM Meets With Eden Alter Return From US
    233 1 LONDON, Jan. 28 (Ll*). Prime Minister Winston Churchill came home from the Lnited Stale* today and vent into an immediate conference with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on the fa*t-nioving event* m Efr> At a Press conference In Southampton, Churchill warned that his
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    Mr. Eden To Speak Today
    84 1 LONDON, Jan. 28 CAP) The British Cabinet met m an emergency session tonight to study ways of halting a further deterioration of Anglo-Egyptian relations. The Ministers reviewed thf-fmtire situation m the Sir Ralph Stevenson, Bnnsn Ambassador m Cairo. Earlier, the morning newsmners m London called
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    King, Looking Well, Returns
    34 1 LONDON. Jan. 28 /Reutc: Thp King^ looking well and Mjtrecuperating from h" "g 1 operation since before C«»» m With him were the Queen Princess Margaret P. met Char ham.
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    9 Bodies Found
    61 1 CAIRO, .lan 28. (AP>- Iha British Embassy reported day kh«t nine bodies were found m the exclusive Brit Uh Turf Club whirh was gut ed by lire on Saturday Only three have so far been identified It add.-d that eight Britons wore mining Six of ther* were
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    HEAVIER PENALTY FOR TEA-MONEY
    313 2 RACKETEERS City Council Approval Sought 4 DECISION by the Assessment l»mmiuee to increase penalties against tea-money racketeers to StaSow will come up for confirmation »t the "dinS meeting of the Gty Councilors on Tl "tSs one of the many important Standing Comand Government laws. The Assessment
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    Friend Of PoWs Dies Amid New Year Celebrations
    108 2 Standard Staff Reporter BILLY LOH, friend and benefactor of Australian prisoners of war during the Japanese occupation m Singapore died yesterday morning at his residence m Bufclt Timah Road, after years of ill health brought about by Japanese torture. One of Malaya's
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    Bid To Curb 'Fee' Racket
    126 2 IN AN attempt to curb profiteering m certain Singpore Chinese schools. the; Education Department has i recently instructed ail Chinese schools m the Colony to submi* before Feb. 4 a list of all the fets collected montoly Ixom should be made without the I -auction
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    'L' Driver On Four Charges
    102 2 A CHINESE learner driver from Johore, Tan Hai, pleaded guilty m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday to four traffic offences committed on Chinese New Year day. The four charges against Tan were: failing to observe the automatic traffic light at the*jufrc\L on of Rochore
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    THE STORY OF BILLY
    156 2 THIS IS THE STORY OF BILLY: For five months during the occupation, p i II V smuggled m food and medicine to the Australian PoWs interned o.t Caldecott Hill Estate Camp. Caught later by the Kempetai (Japanese Police) Billy was detained for four months at the
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    Bing Beats Bob To A Show Over Radio Malaya
    214 2 Standard Woman Reporter CROONER Bing Crosby has beaten his film rival the famous comedian Bob Hope to a show which will be broadcast over Radio Malaya. Bob Hope fans were expecting to hear him soon but they will not be disappointed
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    Widow'sFund Now $1,051
    69 2 Chee. Thi s brings th e "Chinese New Year Fund" started by Standard readers to $1,051 The Standard acknowledges the following donations on behalf of Madam Loh: Mr Low Sing Tao $10; Mr. Man Peng Yew (Malacca) $10: A Penang Reader $10: Mr. Ng Boon Guan (Baling
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    131 2 THIS DISGUSTED looking fellow from the sea is an angler. His squat ugly »<* and body blends very well with the slime covered rocks on the sea bed where he lives, preying on the tiny Projecting from his head is a fleshy lure with which he entices the smaller fish
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    To Spend New Year In Jail
    91 2 THE FIRST man to be sent to prison this New Year was 24-year-old Koh Bee Tat who was sentenced m the Koh, who had a previous conviction will undergo six months' police supervision. According to the prosecution, Mr. Chong parked his car unattended at
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    ACSU Asked To Sanction Strike
    202 2 THE EXECUTIVE Council of the Army tivu ocrvicc Union of Singapore will be asked to aPP«>v« tic action, including a one-day strike, by thf. Unions Bukit Timah Branch if its negotiations with we A™* authorities for reinstatement of a dismissed civilian fitter fails. This decision
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    $? Fine At Half Price
    81 2 Fine At Half Price THE SINGAPORE i Fourth Police Magistrate f Mr. Claque yesterday fined a man $5 for being totally drank. He told the offender that H was only half the normal penalty "because of the occasion." The court was sitting as an "emergency court and dealt with a
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    He Ignored 'Halt' Sign
    65 2 HUSSEIN bin Sidek of Batu Pahat was charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with failing to halt at the white traffic line with the sign "Halt, Major Road Ahead" at the junction of Norfolk Road and Thomson Road, at 12.40 p.m. on Jan 26.
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    $250 Bail In Hurt Charge
    71 2 T W E N T Y-SIX-YEAR-OLD Liaw York Kow claimed trial m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when charged with causing hurt to Chia Meng Hun with a hammer at South Bridge Road on Jan. 26. Liaw was alsc accused of causing hurt to
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    Youth Sent To Mental Hospital
    61 2 ROBERT LIM, an English speaking youth of Joo Chiat Road, was charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday with outraging the modesty of a woman by pressing her bosom at the Katong Market on Jan. 26. Lim who claimed the charge was ordered to
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    Youth Denies On Girl (16)
    92 2 Youth Denies On Girl (16) BAIL OF $2,000 m two sureties was offered to Tan Boon Teck (19) m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday when he denied using criminal force on a 16-year-old girl to outrage her modesty at the Grand Theatre on Jan. 26. Tan also claimed trial
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    Abadan Chief Due In S'pore
    103 2 MR. ERIC DRAKE, chief of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, will pass through Singapore by air on his way to finalise plans for building t huge oil refinery m Australia. "It will partly make up for the loss of Abadan," said Mr. P. A. Hackforth-Jones an
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    'Steel Suraeons' May Set Up Office In S'pore
    184 2 'Steel Suraeons' May Set Up Office In S'pore METALOCK (Britain) Ltd. which has saved British industry hundreds of thousands of pounds m time, money and man-hours by a revolutionary quick cold repair method for machinery, may soon establish an office m Singapore. Yesterday, Major E. C. Peckham, Metalock Managing Director,
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    GOVT. TO TELL MCA OF 'SECRET'
    311 3 Photo by MOVEMENTS Resettlement Expansion Plan standard si aft Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Government has promised to inform the Malayan Chinese Association, through the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, of any contemplated resettlement moves m advance. The moves, however, must be kepi secret. This was
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    CESS TO AID 'SMALLMEN'
    590 3 on the principles to govern its administration. The mast important principle is that estates will be able to recover the money credited to them m the accounts of the fund against proof of expenditure on replanting with high yielding material since January 1, 1946. There is.
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    MCA Plans Malay Class
    41 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Malayan Chinese Association, plans to open a Malay are some 37 students and they have been promised a classroom m the Confucian School. A sub-committee has been appointed to deal with the matter.
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    IMP—Instrument Of Unity—Onn
    411 3 IMP Instrument Of Unity Onn Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Independence of Malaya Party is not opposed to any non-communal organizations. It was formed, however, to be an instrument to unite the people, said Dato Onn bin Ja'afar at an IMP election meeting, held at the Sultan Sulaiman
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    Beware Of Toughs In Sharkskin
    124 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— Swankily dressed gangs of pickpockets m Penang are believed to be responsible for the theft of more than 40 identity cards since Sunday, first day of the new 'Dragon' year. Most of the victims who have lost their wallets as
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    Sub-branches Support MCAUMNO Accord
    105 3 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.— All sub-branches of the Selangor branch of the Malayan Chinese Association gave their full support to the UMNOMCA accord m the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections. Representatives of the various sub-branches who were present at the meeting of the working committee, of the MCA
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    Family Suffers Food Poisoning
    106 3 Standard Staff Reporter A CHINESE woman and her three children were found suffering from food poisoning m their house m New Bridge Road yesterday afternoon. They were found m distress by a friend of the family, who had paid them a New Year visit and rushed
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    NS Ruler Takes Sir Otto's Place
    110 3 SEREMBAN, Mon.— The Yang di Pertuan Besar. Negri Sembilan, gave away ambulance efficiency awards to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade at a parade m Seremban today m place of Sir Otto Lund, Commissioner-in-Chief of the Brigade, who was unable to attend owing
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    MAJLIS WARNED OF OPPORTUNISTS
    157 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. The Mentri Besar, Perak, today warned 200 religious leaders and observers that there were public bodies m the country that may take the opportunity of using the Majlis to further their own ends. He was addressing the fifth annual general meeting
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    59 3 P/.- Arthur E. Morgan, eading British educationist, reached Singapore by Qantas BOAC from London yesterday to tour army educational centres m Malaya. He will stay here for three weeks before flying on to Hongkong. *>?*' J lO1 was appointed Educational Controller m the British Council m 1945, and is on
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    Postage Rates
    33 3 AS FROM FEB. 1 the postage rates on parcels addressed to Ceylon will be as follows: 2 lb $1.40, 3 lb $1.40, 7 lb $2.30, 11 lb $3.50, 22 lb $5.40.
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    'Meter Readers' Haul In $4,000
    148 3 'Meter Readers Haul In $4,000 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon.— Two young Chinese, armed witti daggers, who entered a home m Lorong Slamat, Penang yesterday, decamped with $3,000 worth of jewellen and $500 cash. Leon* Yit Tong, wife of gold merchant, Fong Kok Wah who is now on a U.S.I.S.
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    7 'DRAGON' BABIES FOR IPOH
    131 3 IPOH, Mon. Two boys and five girls were born m Ipoh between 12.15 a.m. and 10.35 p.m. on the first day of the Chinese 'Dragon' Year and according to the Tong Shu' (a comprehensive Chinese alma~<sii's h fneHrsf^by, u a criwnfr girl of about seven
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    Woman Killed By Motor Van
    69 3 SINGAPORE Traffic Police wish to contact eye-witnesses of an accident at about 4.25 p.m. yesterday at 5^ mile stone, Upper Serangoon Road, m which a Chinese woman, about 45, was killed by a motor van. As the woman was not identified, police also appeal to
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    Talk On Raffles
    57 3 PROFESSOR Parkinson of the University of Malaya gave a talk over Radio Malaya last night, the anniversary of the day on which Sir Stamford Raffles first landed on Singapore Island. He described Singapore as "less a city than a cluster of adjoining villages" as it wai designed
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    Stabbed In Thigh
    32 3 A CHINESE involved m a gambling brawl m Pekin Street, Singapore, was stabbed m the thigh yesterday. The man reported at the C.ID. Headquarters and was taken to hospital.
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    53rd Birthday
    33 3 MRS MERCY Neubronner, wife of Mr. W. W. Neubronner. proprietor of th e Art Undertaker of Waterloo St.. Singapore, celebrated her 53rd birthday yesterday. A dinner was held m her honour.
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    1,500 People Screened In Kulim
    103 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —In a big screening: operation of 1,500 persons m Kulim, Kedah, 20 arrests were made. Bandit supporters were found m the Jenjarom Resettlement area m Klang yesterday m the course of a screening operation when surrendered bandits identified them. Twelve were suspected
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    MILE-LONG PROCESSION
    45 3 SEREMBAN, Mon. Negri Sembilan's British Adviser, Mr. M.C. fl Sheppard, was among those m the mile-long funeral procession of Madam Yong Hin Neong, 84-year-old widow of the late 'Capitan China' Lee Sam and mother of the Chinese community leader, Mr. Lee Foong Yee.
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      Fleshpots Of Egypt
      818 4 AN increasingly explosive situation is developing m Egypt This situation is made all the more dangerous by the fact that not one but two conflicts are m the making. On the one hand there is the conflict between Britain and Egypt based ostensibly on an inability to
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    RAFFLES – A Prey To Frustration
    2345 4 RAFFLES A Prey To Frustration NO admiration we may feel for Sir Stamford Raffles should blind us to the fact that he must always have been, m tome ways, a difficult man to work with. This surmist il borne out by the letters he wrote to Mr. W. Ramsay, his
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      WHAT MR. ONG REALLY SAID
      294 4 Sir, With reference to the letter by "Moralist" under the heading "Misrepresenting IMP.", m the "We the people" column of your issue I have to point out that the part of my speech of the 21st instant referred to by your reader "Moralist" was misquoted
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    ISE;ESS EISTACE
    15 4 Tine time to pick a row with the imsswa, I mast sayl* I
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      WILL BRITAIN QUIT THE CANAL?
      216 4 lowuun, Jan. n HPHE events m Egypt are •*> causing growing concern here and the British government is disturbed as to the turn events may take if moderate elements m Cairo are completely overwhelmed. Well informed circles her* indicate that even the prestige of King
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    ALY MAHER HEADS NEW GOVT. Farouk Dismisses Sahas For Failure To Maintain Order
    324 5 ALY MAHER HEADS NEW GOVT. Farouk Dismisses Sahas For Failure To Maintain Order CAIRO, Jan. 28: (Reuter) Egypt last night had a new rminit led by Aly Maher Pasha but pledged, like its prede- < r. to work for Egypt's national aspirations evacuation of bh farces from the Canal Zone
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    Britain Welcomes Farouk's Action
    151 5 >NDON, Jan. 28, (UP).— British quarters today d King Farouk's decisive intervention m the an crisis as a move which might eventually a better atmosphere for Anglo-Egyptian negoi vi the inflamed dispute. P rdgn Office declined comment pending t i*o u\vn report on k*t dismissal of
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    300 Arrested
    230 5 It was disclosed at the cabinet meeting that 300 people including many extremists and wellknown agitators had been arrested m police action after demonstrators m a day of arson and looting had wrecked the commercial area of the city. A Royal courier carried King Farouk's dismissal notice to
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    Russia Seems Cautious In M-E Troubles
    254 5 Russia Seems Cautious In M-E Troubles PARIS, Jan. 27, (UP). Soviet Russia appeared to£*y to have decided to hold its hand temporarily m the Anglo-Egyptian conflict. Communist delegates dismissed suggestions that Russia would bring the dispute before the United Nations Security Council. A Soviet delegate repudiated reports that Foreign Minister
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    Dalton Wants Against Reckless Action In FE
    47 5 SOUTHPORT LANCASHIRE, Jan. 27, (Reuter) tead to y fuU sclfe war with terrible repercussions m Other p«rt» of the world. I He said that Mr. Clement ™t te^toow with President Truman m UA 2S ii-fc UsCOft- Labour's election daim i
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    Chiang Fears US, UK Still Capable Of 'Selling Out 'Taiwan
    379 5 HONGKONG, Jan. 28, (AP). An Americai source, who recently conferred with Generalissinu Chiang Kai-shek, says the Nationalist leader fears tha Britain and the United States are still capable of j "sell-out" to Red China for obvious reasons. The source requested
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    W. Germany Wants NATO Membership
    133 5 W. Germany Wants NATO Membership PARIS, Jan. 28 (Reuter)— West Germany tonight demanded immediate membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Her chief delegate Professor Walter Hallenstein told the European Army conference he realised there would be considerable difficulties m the way of this and suggested these alternatives (V Germany's
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    Chief RI Tin Negotiator Off For US
    227 5 Chief RI Tin Negotiator Off For US Standard Jakarta Coir. JAKARTA, Jan. 28. Indonesia's chief Mm negotiator, Dr. Dermawan Mangunkusiuno, departed this morning via KLM Constellation for Amsterdam en route to Washington where Indo American exploratory tin talks will be resumed. Importance attached to th« mission is emphasized by ih»
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    Rumania Pegs Currency To Soviet Rouble
    87 5 LONDON, Jan. 27. (Reuter). Rumanian suddenly announced today a drastic currency reform calling m all money m circulation pegging the new currency to the Soviet rouble and fixing a variable exchange rate ranging from 20 to 400 old leis for new one. Bucharest radio
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    2,000 Are Rounded Up In Tunisia
    289 5 2,000 Are Rounded Up In Tunisia TUNIS, Jan. 27, (UP) —More than 2,000 Arab nationalists were arrested throughout Tunisia during the past 24 hours, reliable official sources said today, as French troops and police launched the largest round-up of the 11-day crisis. House-to-house searches for weapons and separatist literature were
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    Java Band Routed
    34 5 SOLOWN (Java). Jan. 28 (AP) Indonesian troops supported by attack bombers have smashed a concentration of 600 Muslim extremists m Central Java after a week-long pursuit, it was learned bere today
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    Alexander Awarded Earldom
    94 5 Alexander Awarded Earldom LONDON. Jan. 28. (H, > I —Viscount Alexander nan awarded an earldom on n quishing the post of Got i General of Canada, it »m officially announced hen night. i He is expected to t><- i Britain's Defence Ifinistei the near future. The appointment of r Vincent
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    Nepal Premier Sets, Up C'ttee
    114 5 KHATHMANDU. WEPAL I Jan. 28. (Reuter— IT c p a J i j Prime Mini W, Matrika j Prassed Koirla, today set up 'a high level emergency rommittee to deal \rith the ril ;.i--tion arising out of last wet k i abortive "revolt" by an
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    ANOTHER S'PORE LANDMARK TO GO
    77 6 Another familiar Singapore landmark to thousands of Malayans returning from China and India the East Wharf Immigration Depot will disappear from her present site m the near future when the Singapore Harbour Board'! multi-million dollar development and extension scheme goes into operation. Originally built by
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    New Gateway To India Is Fast Taking Shape
    423 6 By J. W. GOODWIN Standard Special Correspondent CALCUTTA, Both India and Pakistan are improving port facilities to cope with the diversion of trade resulting from partition. In the west, Mr. Nehru has laid the foundation stone of a completely new port at
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    US To Step Up Building Of Vessels
    140 6 WASHINGTON, Jan 28. (AP) The United States will be able to build more ships m the second quarter of this year. The Maritime Administration said it had been promised more steel for shipbuilding inthat quarter. The exact figure was not revealed but some
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    Another Jet Service
    28 6 NEW YORK, Jan. 28 (AP)— British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines said it plans to start a jet airliner service between North America and Australia m 1954.
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    U.S. Sea Veteran On 82nd Voyage
    217 6 Standard Shipping Reporter ONE of the oldest American ships m the world the 32-year-old Isthmian freighter, Steel Ranger put into Singapore over the week-end on her 82nd voyage round the world. The ship has already completed a distance of 1,562,--302 miles. Although a regular
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    Jap Shipbuilding Capacity Excessive
    67 6 TOKYO. Jan. 28, (AFP).— The expansion of Japan's merchant marine is indispensable for bringing Japan back to its feet economically, declared a "White Paper or shipbuilding" published yester day by the Transportatior Ministry. The "White Paper" also m dicated that the present ship building capacity of
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    Six Nations Enter For International Air Race
    274 6 WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Jan. 28.— (AP). New Zealand is pleased about the interest being shown m the biggest international air race since the end of World War 11. Half a dozen countries already have indicated they will be flat out to win the
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    Russian Freighter Calls For Bunkers
    51 6 Another Russian freighter, the 6.26J7 ton Dimitri Pozharski, arrived m Singapore yesterday to take on a supply of water, provisions and oil. The freighter is from the Black Sea port of Odessa with 7,000 tons of flour for Vladivostok. She -is expected to leave Singapore
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    THE WHIMSICAL HOFFMANN AND OFFENBACH'S TALES
    1001 7  -  ANACRUSIS Miti&rr notes BY XJISTORY informs us that opera is the trickiest and most unpredictable thine m music. Frequently we read of now-famous operas being booed failures at first performances or of composers dying during or just after the completion of their swansong. At
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    OF MEN AND MUSIC
    720 7  -  BILL WEBB JONES By IVOTHING succeeds like success As an example of how to overcome difficulties, I'd like to tell you the story of Howard Swanson. A coloured boy from Cleveland. Ohio, Howard Swanson was full of musical ambitions and inspirations. He graduated from Cleveland High
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    SCOUTS WIN FARELF CUP RUGBY Diedrick Stars
    632 8 SCOUTS WIN FARELF CUP RUGBY Diedrick Stars SPECIAL AIR Services Regiment defeated Singapore Engineer Regiment by 9 points (drop goal, trf, penalty goal) to 3 points (try) m the semi-final of the Farelf Inter-Unit Rugby Cup at Tanglin. The winners will now be joint holders of this cup donated by
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    Newey, Jackson Meet In Final
    325 8 IPOH, Mon.— B. J. Newey, 1947 Warwick County golf champion, today earned the right to challenge defending title holder R. R. Jackson for this year's North Malayan title. The match takes place tomorrow morning. Newey entered the final m a closely contested game against the
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    Skating Record
    54 8 OSLO. Jan. 27 (Reuter)—Hjalmar Anderson (Norway) European and World Title holder broke his own world speed skating record for 10.000 metres during th-» Norwegian champion. ship at Gjeevik. Central Norpay, today, He covered the court* la 16 minutes 51.4 seconds, clipping six seconds off his old record of
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    McGregor Beats Frank Sedgman
    313 8 ADELAIDE, Jan. ZS. (AP). Ken McGregor beat FrankSedgman 7-s, lUf, 2-6. 6-2 today to the singles final of the Australian National Tennis Championships. began the match between the two Australians by taking his own service to 15 with two clean winners volleyed from the net and
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    West Indies Climb Back On Top Again
    484 8 SYDNEY, Jan. 28 (Reuter-AAP). Australia were dismissed for 377 by the West Indies 40 minutes before tea on the third day of the fifth Test here today. Allan Rae, who got out of his sick bed to begin the West Indies chase for
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    Surprising Omission In North XI
    165 8 Surprising Omission In North XI IPOH, Monday. Penang's Lee Ah Loke, who has represented the North on five out of the six games played m the series, has been surprisingly omitted from this year's North team due to meet the South m the annual hockey classic at Malacca on Feb.
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    KHAMIS WINS SINGLES TITLE
    279 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Mob. —The former Singapore champion, H. i"»*—U won the singles title m the AllMalaya Malays tennis championships beating Johore's Yon bin Mian m the Anal of the tournament here today. Khamlf who won 6-2 6-2, was superior all the way, scoring valuable points with
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    Match Drawn
    47 8 HYDERABAD, Jan. 28, (Reuter)— The MCC had overtaken Hyderabad's first innings total of 320 by the lunch interval today, the last day of the three days' match here, and before tea declared at 441 for eight. The match was drawn Hyderabad scoring 82 for 3.
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    A. PIRUZ TAKES SINGLES
    323 8 A. PIRUZ TAKES SINGLES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —The Sela n g o r state champion, Abdullah Piruz, won the singles title of the All Malaya Malay badminton championships which concluded here today. Piruz beat the Johore challenger, Tengku Jalil, who was forced to retire m the second set, after having
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    Hockey Tourney Final Fixtures
    128 8 THE SEMI FINALS and finals of the Singapore Hockey Association senior and junior knocked out tournaments to be played are: Today: Senior semi-finals: SCC v RAF Changi at SCC. Umpires: Messrs. F. Milne and Lawson. Junior semifinal; RAF Tengah v University 2nd XI at Sepoy Lines.
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    Negri Malays Win Hockey
    53 8 SEREMBAN, Mon. Negri Sembilan Malays won the Malay quadrangular tournament which ended here today. Negri beat Selangor 6-0, Pahang 6-0 and m the last match of the tournament drew with Perak 2-2. In the other matches, Perak drew with Selangor 1-1, beat Pahang 6-1 while Selangor
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