The Singapore Free Press, 28 October 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA P?U=— SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    U.S. RUBBER CONTROL MAY BE CUT
    497 1 U.S. RUBBER CONTROL MAY BE CUT Said part of tariff bargain Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Monday. REPORTS that the American Government has agreed to modify or even abandon its restrictions on the use ot natural rubber were current m the City today as interest turned to the increased attention
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    UNO Commission to fly to Jogja
    132 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. "good offices" commission announced their intention to fly onesian leaders, India's permanlited Nations, Mr. P. Filial, again Banded the withdrawal of troops m Indonesia to the jied before the Dutch began their police action m >etMement of the disput c m
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    REDS KILL 56 CIVILIANS
    58 1 riFTY-SIX civilian passengers were killed and a number wounded when a merchant vessel, travelling m a Chinese naval convoy un the Yangtse River on Sunday afternoon, was machinegunned by Communists near Laochaotao. The shiD sailed for Nanking on Sunday and was one of a convoy of
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    DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE
    13 1 The Nanking Government has officially "outlawed" the Democratic League, says Reuter.
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    'UK CAN HANDLE COMMUNISTS'
    110 1 B LONDON. Monday. RITIJSH political parties could take care of British Communists. Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, told the House of Commons today m declinii.g a suggestion by Sir Wald. Ron Smr.rKr.s. (Cons., Orpington :> that a Parliamentary Committee should be set up
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    $30 MILLION FOR CHINA RELIEF
    63 1 THIRTY million dollars has been allocated to China Tor relief under the United States foreign relief programme, the United States State Department announced yesterday. An agreemert was signed m Nanking between the Chinese and United States Governments for the provision of rood and other relief
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    CONSTABLE SHOT
    25 1 In an. incident between Singapore special constables at Anderson Road early this morning, one constable was shot. He has been taken to hospital.
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    POLICE AMBUSH GANG
    38 1 POLICE AMBUSH GANG m Pdl Correspond -lit amwho the i three iino-b« r Chii wasj B r oi i red. ES'- .■suit of J2«emb€rs of the gang. to the iv::-'. f: r a' d Jang fa Pontian Roadj
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    'CHAOS' WARNING BY WORLD FOOD BODY
    183 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE International Emergency Food Council report warned today that food and dollar shortages abroad could result m world economic collapse, if not chaos. The report said that world food production for the current crop year was slightly below 1946, a year of
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    SULTAHAH OF JOHORE RETURNS
    111 1 SULTAHAH OF JOHORE RETURNS The Sultanah of Johore, Lady Ibrahim, accompanied by tier mother, Mrs. V. Mendl. arrived m Singapore this morning by the Netherland Line vessel Oranje jrom Southampton. They were met on board by the Sultan of Johore. the Tungku Makota. the Resident Commissioner of Johore. Mr. E.E.F.
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    UK honeymoon for Royal couple
    334 1 LONDON, Monday. pKINCESS ELIZABETH and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten will divide their honeymoon between the New Forest, (Hampshire) and the highlands of Scotland, it was officially announced tonight. Fart of the honeymoon will be spent at Broadlands, near Romsey, the home of Lord and Lady Mountbatten,
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    BOAT ROBBED, MEN HELD
    85 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese were arrested m Singapore this morning shortly after three Chinese, one armed with a knife, had robbed a motor boat moored m the Singapore River. Two members of the crew of the motor boat followed the robbers, who had taken
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    JAP PISTOL FOUND
    30 1 Singapore detectives yesterday morning found a Japanese automatic pistol loaded with six rounds m the house of a Chinese m Bukit Timah Road. The Chinese was arrested.
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    PRINCE PUTS KASHMIR IN INDIA UNION
    282 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. KASHMIR State has acceded to th c Union of India, it was revealed here with the publication today of correspondence between the Maharajah, Sir Hari Singh, and the Governor General of th c Union, Lord Mountbatten. The rebel invasion of Kashmir
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    COMINFORM OPEN TO ALL REDS
    38 1 The nine-party Cominform formed recently m Poland is open to any Communist Party m the" world, including the British and American, the French Communist Party Secretary. Jacques Duclos, declared on Monday night. A.P.
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    WHITE HOUSE TALKS
    49 1 Mr. George Marshall. U.S. Secretary of State, last nieht held a private White House conference of American industrial, business and labour leaders to discuss United States foreign policy. Mr. Charles Ross, the Presidential Press Secretary announced. Mr. Ross declined to eive details of the meeting. Reuter
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    22 DIE IN TRAIN SMASH
    30 1 THE casualty toll m Sunday's Edinburgh London ex»>res« train Mnash BUI Gos>ick res- to 22 dead. wftth the fmdin;; yesterday of another wx-re injured A.P.
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  • FEATURES
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      'SPIV' AT WORK IN SINGAPORE
      772 2  -  V.J. Staines by EVERY race m the world has its own technique of fortunete)tfn<? mumbo jumbo: some ople deride it, <■ hers i'<^ n<?t. But most j eonlc have indulged m it m ore way or another. In B'ngapore, many d'fTc: nt fi rma of
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      FOR THE RAIN
      95 2 ANEW waterproof and selfventilating cotton material for mackintoshes; goifjackets, and fishing- wad era bag been put on show recently. It is Veniile fabric guaranteed to defy tropical storms and Arctic cold. And it is comfortably to wear When exposed to the equivalent of &m. of ram m
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      288 2 gINCE it proved impossible to make 11 tricks there was a warm argument. Said South. with b-fh some h<*at and justice. I passed originally. I bid only one heart In response to the double. I certainly had a good hand not too far from an opening bid. I
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      Mrs Mopp's Own R.A. Is Dead
      214 2 Mrs Mopp's Own R.A. Is Dead fiEORGE BELCHER, R.A \J who loved to draw sk< tohes of London cnarwomen, di*-d at Chiddingfold. Surrey, where he lived. He was 73. He was the first cotnic artist for 177 yoors to be made an R.A. Tiie award was mao two yesuvj ago.
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      Smugglers ' Tricks Exposed
      622 2 Smugglers Tricks Exposed CRENCH customs officers, m their endless struggle with smugglers, have learned the latest tricks by imaginative black market operators m post-war Europe. There are two categories of smugglers those who cross the frontiers at night, heavily loaded and cautiously walking a few miles to deliver their stuff
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      35 2 Nicely swathed m soft muslin lovely Rosemary Treston, who under contract to the J. A Rank Organisation, Ltd., quite comfortable whilst bathing during one of the infre qu< nt appearances of the SUM fi Britain.
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      France Keeps em Flying
      167 2 France Keeps em Flying THEY. is by c < only'th, r^ e rs m the Umtw I sShS I nearly 4UO. :ers an d powered meets m*t of the 31 I rtpa!r «2| /COMPARE this t British Government*» ■r flying cliaJS ned wli help is fiven red the 'clubs iS|
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      240 2 SINGAPORE ISiue Network 12 Oo 2 ot p.m. 185 metres m the medium wave bund 7.22 mejracY* le* t>rr second In the 41 metre band. 6 <X> 11.00 p.m.— lB.'- metres m the medium wave band A 4.856 mefacjcJes per second m the 61 metre band except from 7.45 9.30
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      716 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DORN today, you have v strong emotional naturtwhich draws i>eople v, you m trust and confidence. Your ideals are high and you can handle detail with car e and accuracy. You are temperamental and must avoid letting your moods control your
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      PRIMATE ACCUSE BISHOP OF HERECY
      467 3 m k denies JMew Testament miracles j I BARNES, 73-year-old j ham, who »as charged publicly ",ury with writing here>y, I Miic. k There is no question he people are behind me." ti'***}* -old Dr. Geoffrey Fishrr. had I should not feel I could st
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      UNKNOWN
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      Plan to increase Europe's power output
      71 3 BttttALE pUm m bring I sston m I i serious a threat m ht .ack! m oao coal. I had btrt-n no war carrtrnt production i IK? w an<l M p er E^ mii i the I up din« mkti p up P r^uction
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      Yugoslav 'killer spy' to hang
      83 3 pHARGED with giving military V; information to the British Intelligence m Austria before the County Court at Sjubljana, Franc Ahachich was sentenced to death by hanging. The Court said that he was a killer, spy. bandit and slanderer." Ahachich was also charged with killing two
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      U.S. ECONOMISTS EXPECT SLUMP
      57 3 Amild busineiis recession beginning next spring is expected by a majority of economists polled by the Ashe FufT W. Dodge Corporation or New York. This faot-flnding organisation said that 75 out of the 100 economists questioned expected a recession In 1948. Twenty did not expect a
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      President's tribute to U.S. Navy
      169 3 President's tribute to U.S. Navy DRESIDENT TRUMAN on Sunday said. In a Navy Day statement, that American sea power performs a vital role m promoting world stability. Sending greetings to the U.S. Navy for the 26th observance ol Navy Day. he said: "In a world still shaken by the upheaval
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      US CONGRESSMEN IN QUARANTINE
      60 3 ELEVEN American Congressmen were placed under quarantine upon their arrival m Istanbul from Karachi under Turkeys stringent ar.ti-cholera regulations but were permitted to make a motor tour of the city under the scrutiny of three doctors. Three members of the touring Congressional Armed Services and Appropriations
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      NAZI NAVAL REVEALED
      387 3 NAZI NAVAL REVEALED r»EKMAN naval experts, with Hitler's a«jreeme:U, showed utter contempt for Italy but respected France wuji planning their strategy to bolster Nazi aggression, reveals a British Admiralty report just published. The report is based on documents, known as the "Fuehrer Conferences", captured by British and American intelligence officers.
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      First aid for mother given over the radio
      167 3 THOUSANDS of KhodesiVU at 1 breakfast heard over their loudspeakers, tuned to Salisbury Radio, a broadcasting to a distraught husband Instructions <>n how to render first aid to Ms wife. Mrs. W D. MacDoi-nld. who live.; w'h her husbeind In a lonely
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      SECRET 'RESISTANCE' FORT IN U.K. PARK
      140 3 ONE of the most closely guarded secrets of the wartime defenosystem of Southern England has been disclosed by the discovery of an underground fortress m the thick woods m Beauport Park between Hastings and Battle Sussex. This underground citadel, con- sisting of tunnels and
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      Police action after plot to kill Bevin
      210 3 I EMMY marks which bit deep into the wood were found by police on the door of No. 2. Carllon-gardcns, London, the house which backs on to the official residence of Mr. Bevin, the Foreign Secretary. The padlock on the door was wrenched
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      I.L.P. 'rebel' dies in Glasgow hotel
      107 3 MR. Campbell Stephen. one of the last of a group of Independent Labour members of Parliament, died on Saturday m a Glasgow hotel ased 62. He represented the Camlachie division of Glasgow. Last September he aoplicd for admission to the Labour Party. In 1936
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      CO II ON CHOP UP
      32 3 The United States Department of Agriculture on Sunday night i estimated the world cotton crop at 13,050.000.000 pounds. 21 per cent above that of 1946. A. P.
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      MARSHAL TITO TOPS THE LIST
      59 3 BELGRADE newspapers on Sunkty said that Marshal Tito w.vs the top candidate for all Lstria for the elections m November m the territory newly acquired by Yugoslavia .under tiie Italian Peace Treaty. Tito's name was placed m the top position at an Ass?mbly of the
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      Survey of U.S. synthetic production
      62 3 Survey of U.S. synthetic production SPECIAL L.S. Senate and House Committee studying rubber supply problems will inspect the synthetic rubber plant at Port Neches (Texas) on Nov. 14. The committees, which will submit recommendations to the Congress on the future of the Government-owned synthetic rubber plants, will hold a public
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      FRENCH LABOUR PROTEST
      88 3 FRENCH LABOUR PROTEST On Sunday, the second day of f polling m France's municipal elections, many towns were the scenes of diswders between Communists and Gaullists. Feeling is running high throughout France on both political and economic issues. The Connnunist-lcd trade unions are reported to he preparing for a general
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      Jap recovery will be main issue for ECAFE
      245 3 JAPAN, the leading nation of Asia before the war, is bound to hold an important rote m the shaping of Asia's postwar development whether Australia, China and the Philippines like it <»r not* Assistant Executive Secretary James Keen, of the United Nations
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      P.I. railroads seek big loan
      99 3 THE Manila Times said ?ester« day that reliable Government sources had disclosed that attempts are being made to secure a $25,500,000 loan from international banks m the United States for re-financin? and rehabilitation of the Manila Railroad Company. $15,000,000 would go to buy out British
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      U.S. FORCES TO STAY IN BERLIN
      85 3 DERLIN will continue to be the D headquarters of General Lucius D. Clay, regardless of the outcome of the London conference of Foreign Ministers. ,ho Commander-in-Chief of the U Army European Command, and American Military Governor for Germany told the United Press m an
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      GERMANS ON TRIAL IN RUSSIA
      68 3 GERMANS who are alleged to v have murdered 170,000 civilians and 150,000 war prisoners m the Donbas region are now on trial m that area. Some are also being tried for the destruction of Soviet property and sending 250,000 citizens to slave labour m Germany.
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1947. War In Kashmir
      593 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1947. War In Kashmir THERE are possibilities of dangerous conflict m the Dominion of India's decision to send troops to the assistance of th€ Maharajah Of Kashmir. The Union has no great liking for Sir Han Singh, the Hi-xJu ruler of a Muslim
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      Don Iddon's Dairy
      1266 4 Feudin,' fussin* and a-fightin JOP tune of the week, head of the hit parade and national theme sont>\ is a dizzy ditty called Feudin,' Fuflßin and a-Fi^htin V It is exceedingly apt. The U.S. is feuding over the Marshall Plan, fussing over special interim aid to Europe,
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      Cleaning Up The Palace
      538 4  -  RUSSELL LANDSTROM By I\ AM AGED by German %J bombs during the war and showing the wear and tear of the austerity a^e. Buckingham Palace is being restored to .something like its old time splendour for that important social event m November— the wedding of Princess
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      25 4 These envy the unusual fur coat worn by the Kashmir snow MH>parct m Piccadilly. The Leopard's a model which explains why the girls are laughing.
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      THE EXODUS FROM KOREA
      531 4 THE EXOD US FROM KOREA BY A SPECIAL A. P. CORRESPONDENT APPROXIMATELY V'j million Koreans have filtered from the Russian zone m Korea to the American occupied south since the occupation because of "hard living conditions, political reavsons, restrictions on private business and removal of food" and an estimated one
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      STRIKES OCCURRING 'FAR TOO OFTEN'
      170 5 Undeveloped unions to blame jr n tss Staff Reporter tendency m Singapore to consider and strikes as synonymous, •us which develop into strikes Commissioner of Labour, Mr. riew of labour conditions m iccording to Mr. Bingham, is till so undeveloped that it is employer to
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      CAR BLACK MARKET WIPED OUT
      162 5 CAR BLACK MARKET WIPED OUT Free Press Staff Reporter THE lifting of priorities at the end of this month, announced by Government a fortnight ago, has slowed down sales mi n Singapore's motor car mart, although it has wiped out the black market. Orchard Road dealers are complaining that there
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      AIR CADET CORPS
      43 5 The dan:c and hand-over parade of the Malayan Air Cadet Corps arranged for Thursday and Saturday respectively have b«<>n postponed. The dance will now b^> held on Wednesday. Ncv. 12. and the band-over parade will be on Saturday. Nov. 15.
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      27 5 jjidurc. Three students of Raffle* Girh' School sketching birds m a showcase at Raffles Museum yesterday. Girls frnm the xrhnni »,*«> Museum regularly for art ilasscs Free Press
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      NEI Chinese send SOS for food
      262 5 Fret? Pn***s Cliinese CofTCspoadMlf THE 10,000 Chinese inhabitants at Silat Panjang, a Sumatran port under Indonesian control, are living m a precarious state, facing starvation as a result of the Dutch blockade of Indonesian-held ports, declared the two representatives of the Chinese Chamber of
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      CHARITY SHOW
      55 5 A CHARITY .show m aid of the f* widows and orphans of members who lost their lives during the Jap massacre m 1942 will bo "iven by the Merrilads Musical Association at the Happy World Stndium on Friday. In view of the success of their first performance, the
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      S'pore port news
      78 5 S'pore port news Ships r*. 1 1 > !g.-ide the Singapore wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Talisse 33-34 ">. Steel Architect 36-37 >, Eumaeous <38-39 i, Maron 40-41 > Diomed (42-43 V West Wharf: La Charen'.e 1-2 > Salor.g <6>. Admiral Vislabokov (8-9>, Relau (14). Eas v
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      FINANCE INQUIRY REPORT
      266 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rE special committee set up by Government early last month to examine the finances of the Colony have thus far held seve n meetings and are expected to report its findings to Government at the end of this week. Thr formation of this
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      S.C.S.A. DANCE
      66 5 THE Singapore Civil Service Association will hold a get together social and dance on Friday, starting from 8 p.m. Main attraction at this Social will be an exhibition of ballroom dancing by Mr. George Collick and Miss Jenny Quek. Miss Patricia Piol and Mr. Jimmy Scheerder will render
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      VAS PAVARANA DAY
      28 5 The Vas Pavarana Pinkama celebration will be hold at the Sinhalese Buddhis^ Temple at 35 Outram Road, Smg9.pore, tomor. row by Tho Siiifrapore Buddhist Assoclaiion.
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      BRITISH POSTERS
      64 5 picture. r°> re J; v 2< t° V° sters < designed by Britain's leading artists, are included m the British Poster* Exhibits* which is being held m the Eastern Hall at the New World > ZnuVmentPar* The voters deal with health and safety- first measures, commercial and industrial
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      Japs killed Aussies after surrender
      168 5 THE most difficult task of the Australian War Graves Unit, which has returned to Australia, was the uncovering of a vast communal grave on Ambon Island containing the remains of 267 Australians. The work of the unit is finished, and it will be disbanded. The
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      SMC CLERKS ASK BETTER WAGES, TERMS
      594 5 SMC CLERKS ASK BETTER WAGES, TERMS Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE Municipal employees m the junior service ha\e O decided to ask the Municipal Commissioners to establish immediately a General Clerical Service which will abolish the present salary scheme and conditions of service, which they consider unsatisfactory. This resolution was
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      BIG SHIPMENT OF CLOTH FROM CHINA
      121 5 BIG SHIPMENT OF CLOTH FROM CHINA Free Press Chinese Correspondent SHIPMENT of 650,000 linear 1 v yards of Chinese cloth has arrived m Singapore from Shanghai the largest single shipment of Chinese textiles since the liberation. Textile dealers believe the present shipment of Chinese cloth is the forerunner of larger
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      95 5 Attractive Durable I I I =J TURKISH jf^ TOWELS to enhance your Bathroom TURKISH TOWELS m oflf-white colours 22" x 30" SI. OO each. TURKISH TOWELS m Multi-C010ur5...22" x 44" $2.00 each. Larger Size 27" x 54" $3.00 each. TURKISH TOWELS 5 In All White 20" x 40" $2.00 each.
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  • NEWS
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      'CHINA ANXIOUS PERPLEXED'
      423 6 'CHINA ANXIOUS PERPLEXED' Apathy on eve of elections SHANGHAI, Monday. the national elections less than a month away, China's vast population is, m the words of the well-known Chinese magazine, Century Critique, indifferent, perplexed and anxious." "With the exception of a handful of people who are within the political circle,
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      T.U.C. drive to recruit women
      193 6 •THE British Trade Union Congress is to organise a drive to enrol many mt>re women as members of trade unions. Biggest talking point will be a continuation of the fight for equal pay. Hail of the nearly 12.000.000 men m Industry belong to trade unions
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      HOUSING PROGRAMME
      56 6 Construction of rvw homos m th<» United States was begun at th* rate of 1 000.000 y»-ar, durintr the month of August, Mr Edward R. Carr president of the National Association of Home Builders said. "Housing m America is Roin<r ahead at a terrin> pa«-e- -preater than anything
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      China backs use of veto at peace talks
      125 6 THE Chlneat Foreign Minister, Mr Wang Shih-chieh, told a news conference In Tolciu un Sunday that he hoped to see the Japanese and German peace treaties written soon. China has proposed that a Japanese peace conference include the 11 victor nations, but
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      Yard seeks civil service swindler
      183 6 S £awren<e I^S ES st;lnhi Frederick Arthur between £7 obo and eH'mmV 1 Wh< i is :11le K ed to have stolen Record omit- m Bwne ™e» H ""se, Britain's They have betm R mm for 16 months but %they hd\found no trace of him.
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      CONTROLS LIFTED
      60 6 £ON VllOLti over export* m GiTmany. Japan. Korea and Japanese mandated islands will t>e relaxed on Nov. 1. the United States Departments of Comn^rce War and Navy said m a joint statement on Sunday.' To permit increased private trading with occupied areas, no export licences will be required,
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      Gambler lost £50,000 bets in a week
      104 6 Gambler lost £50,000 bets in a week MX. Reuben Yager, of Stockley Hall, Regent's Park. N.W., was said by Mr. Justice Cassels m the King's Bench Division (London) to have lost C 50.000 m bet* m one week. There was nothing to show he had paid a penny, said the
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      Golden hair clue may solve murder
      161 6 Golden hair clue may solve murder I7HJR ttoc second time :n the V history of Southampton crime a hair may lian^ the murderer. In 1930 it was a humaur. hair om a hammer Which proved the vital link In hanging William Henry Podmorc for the murder of Vivien Messiter, who
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      69 6 The 31,000-ton liner Orcades, seen hzre as she slides into the water following the launching at Barrow-in-Furness, is the biggest merchant sfiip built m Britain's shipyards since the mar. The launching ceremony was performed by Lady Morshead, wife of Lieut. General Sir Leslie Morshead, manager of the Orient Line. The
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      Crown jewels keep a secret
      115 6 THE war-time hiding place of the Crown Jewels will never be revealed, because m any future emergency it is planned to use the same "excellent refuse." The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Ofllcf, Sir Terence Nugent, said this when, for the first time m six
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      UK MERCHANT FLEET GROWS
      225 6 UK MERCHANT FLEET GROWS A KEMARKABLE expansion Ui the 1 merchant fleet has taken place recen v the Br^i show that the tonnage registered to^2LJ**mM S3WW In the i»S?^| reconversion now m hand at th- h nv^. I to the enormous total of more than 3 oonnnn? harß9 '^l Steel
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      'No guarantee of orderly P.I. elections'
      108 6 'No guarantee of orderly P.I. elections' MAN] THE Philippine I: Mr. Jose C I. I and ordetb •n Nov. 11 ing through pj mand of theP: and special a~ Department t possbk clashes and interfer pulls. Mi .> quads at prey troubled area, ready ton*. I scenes of riokfltt Thousands
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      Must pay for baby after divorce
      80 6 A WOMAN whose child was bur: four months after her had been made absolute wa granted a 10s. a week aflfinattoi order at Luton < England >. The woman, Leslie Josephin Smith of Nunnery-lane. Lutor applied for the order against Pa trick James tffthon
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      'CHINA'S DISEASE MUST BE CURED'
      74 6 CHINA'S dUea*a? of cfvil wa: must be brought to a Si factory end. Mr. Wilfred Rob* a member of th e British Parliamentary Mission told a press conference m Taipei, capital of Formosa, on Sunday. He the Communist rebellion should be er.ded "through compromise 1
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      CANON REFUSES TO BAPTISE BABY
      45 6 /.ANON FRANCIS BO:I d baby bew* C of E but be., church, and have so JJjg of ful or t...e baptism m Mr she attended. c tolc him th her husband can. The baby by J»2 ened at the ijetHog
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      32 6 l AINC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I /stop, E r,c<-we ooghtK P'raps Yoo'^ JgJ V<^ (V\ > g\ XTOOOLE-OO^^-^ J^S^j j|f I RFMINDI R THAT MADE ME fOROt T
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      DESERT QUEEN IS SAFEST BET TODAY
      499 7  - DESERT QUEEN IS SAFEST BET TODAY EPSOM JEEP Soft Going May Create Upsets From THE change m the goin X may bring a Tp Vti S at 1 Penan X today, (he second day of fhe Penane TwTciub' Au-umn meeting. No tip wa .s g4n Hi.h any on On the
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      Selection By "Call Boy"
      19 7 P V l:i>pri v -j M»A I i i)i JKKi l Kid -tffi«STAS Lobau Udj
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      90 7 /•TT.UI\->I. INN' ami -IST INMM.v Mii b (VNnh 51 jia,ilb* b O»i)l 0 iMvkiad tm I 1 tor: Hi rfl»toTi t Ml 18 UHUI 4 tmih it Niujiw.n llMand It 4 I .47 Mm b Ridiru 8 Mi Ml out 2 7 4* c Dwlmd b «k w .,m
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      UNKNOWN
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      Woodcock May Have To Be Operated
      113 7 THE Leeds Intu mary announced yes terday that the Briush and Euroi>ean boxing chiunpion. Bru^e Woodis under a specialists care for DjUf) and an operation may be neces^arv xicotk suffered Uie injury whicn n believe was caused by a bit of —while working m
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      ELEVEN GOALS SCORED IN PADANG HOCKEY
      591 7 By Fortran) I RC. Club XI 9. n.M, Naval Dockyard 2 MAINTAINING a superiority that almost threatened to makf the came t ono-^ided affair, the S.R C. Club XI noed the Nival Dockyard Hockey JO and defeated them by nine coals to i H
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      BANK HOCKEY XI
      106 7 •THE following will represent the Hot«--1 kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation m a hockey match a«ainst St. Joseph's Institution at Bras Basah Road tomorrow J. Kodrigues; Richardson. J. Perroa; W. M. Gomez. J. Rozario. F. Fernandez; J. de Souza. F. Desker. G. de Silva. A. Baines. L.
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      GOVERNOR TO ATTEND
      65 7 SIR Franklin Gimson. the Governor of Singapore, will attend today's Cup final at Jalan Hesar Stadium between the Malays and the Chinese. After the game he will present the Cup and medals to the winners and runners up. as well as the league trophies to the Army,
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      Cerdan To Fight Estonian
      96 7 A THIRTY -year -old Estonian. Anton Raadik may pr >ye t<> be the moat dangerous opponent Marcel Cerdan, French fistic idol. hi\~> faced since his invasion of America. Raadik. who left his native land 18 months affo m search of famo and fortune m American rings,
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      All-SCC XI To Meet Services
      557 7 All-SCC XI To Meet Services Free Press Rugby Reporter IN aU-S.C.C. side has been chosen to represent the Singa- J*""*. Civ j liails m th major ru*by football fixture to be played thk Saturday on the Padang against the Combined Servkoe^. The team chosen by the selectors last night, immediately
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      The Rival Captains
      8 7 ABDUL RAHMAN CHIA KENG HOCK
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      LAST SINO-MALAY CUP FINAL WAS IN 1935
      720 7 slrln By Our Soccer Reporter W a I?? U? alayS and ChineBe face <**<* m the Jm AFA Cu P final at Jalan Besar Stadium today they "nil be meeting m a final for the first time since 1935 when the Chinese won
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      The Line-up
      57 7 The teams are expected to line-up as follows: Malays Chinese Jaffa r Cbee S«n« Abdul Rahman Chit Lim SalJeh Chin Lye liaji Gariuui Lent Ho* Ila ri l!h Yew Lett? Eksan l4bi Swan* S. Madon Lian Sin* Madon or Zaimana Tee &ian* K na Keim Hock Mahmond Boon
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      39th SAFA Cup Final Today
      678 7 39th SAFA Cup Final Today HISTORY OF COMPETITION By The Sports Editor THE 39th Singapore Amateur Football Association Cup wiU P^yed at Jalan Besar Stadium today, and f fittln 5 tha t the °M civilian rivals, the Chinese and the Malays should be opponents mi n th c first Singapore
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      S.R.C. HOCKEY TEAMS
      91 7 THE following are S.R.C. hockey teams for this week. Tomorrow against Indian Association m a Ist team game on the padang: B. Noronha: L. McGreadv. P. Neubronner; H. Hoeden. P. Pennefather. H. Rodrieues; D. Ross. P. Morrissey. A. Clarke. O de Rosario. E. Ebert. Umpire: G. Tessensohn.
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      INTER-FACULTY HOCKEY
      26 7 AN Inter-Faculty hockey match will be played at the Medical College ground tomorrow evening between Medicals vs. Dentals and Pharmacists. Play starts at 5.15.
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      CARDIFF WIN 5-3
      17 7 CardilT. playing away beat Cambridge University flve-three m a Rugby Union garde played yesterday.
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      VICTORIAN TEAM v INDIANS
      128 7 THE Victorian team to meet the 1 Indian tourists at Melbourne on Thursday is: Lindsay Hassett (captain); Ken Meuleman, Mervyn Harvey, Desmond Fethergill Nell Harvey, Sam Loxton. Lan Johnson. Douglas Ring. E. Baker Fred Freer and Bill Johnston. R Howard, 12th man. The Victorians are unbeaten
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      236 7 Free Press Crossword No, 123 CLUES ACSOSS 1, The name of this European capital city signifies the black pool" (6) 5 and 4 Down, He was second m the Daily Mail golfing tournament last May (3,4). 9, French measure equivalent to 1.76 imperial pints (5) 11 Bernard Shaw play (7).
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    NEWS, LATE CITY
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    HOME
    22 8 Big Ben. London's lcell-knoivn landmark, pasted by miilions of Londoners, but gazed up at reverently by thousands of visitors, every day.
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    ASSAULTED PCs, FINED SI 50
    99 8 ASMAN ANGUILLIA, Indian Assov ciatwn goal-keeper, was lined $10 or five days' simple imprisonment for being drunk and disorderly, and $150, mi n default six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, for assaulting two policemen, m the Second Court yesterday. The prosecution stated that on Sunday at 4,50
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    Isolated planters will be armed
    424 8 Isolated planter s will be armed Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPI X, Monday. 4 DELEGATION from the Incorporated Society of f rUnters, at a meeting with the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, and the Commissioner of Police, Mr. H. B. Langworthy, was given an assurance that
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    SELANGOR GANG CHIEF KILLED, 2 OTHERS HELD
    179 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. LEE LOY. terror of Serdang and gangster chief of the 'Malayan Chinese People's Self -Defence Corps," a criminal organisation operating from Serdang. was shot dead by a police party at Sungei Buloh near the Leper Settlement
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    BURMA TRIAL SPEED-UP
    138 8 RANGOON, Monday. THE prosecution today decided to waive the calling of a number of Its witnesses to speed up the trial of the Burmese ex-Pre-U Saw and eight others charged with the murder of U fi unB nt Burm «*e Premier, and six of his Cabinet colleagues
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    BURMA INDEPENDENCE ON
    541 8 British army to leave at once LONDON, Monday. DRITAIN will hand over power to the new sovereign independent Republic of Burma on Jan. 6 next year under the terms of the Anglo-Burmese Treaty presented to the British Parliament today. The treaty which makes Burma the first country
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    BRITAIN WILL SHELTER POLE LEADER
    186 8 BRITAIN WILL SHELTER POLE LEADER LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN will grant asylum to Mr. Stanislaw Mikolojczyk "m accordance with traditional British policy" to political refugees if the Polish peasant leader, reported to have disappeared from Poland, arrives m Britain, the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Christopher Mayhew. stated In the House
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    FRENCH GOVT. TO RESIST CALL FOR RESIGNATION
    193 8 FRENCH GOVT. TO RESIST CALL FOR RESIGNATION PARIS. Monday. THE French National Assembly, opening its new session tomorrow, is not expected here tonight to approve Gen. Charles de Gaulle's demand today that Pariiament be dissolved un^ Dew elections held as a result of his municipal elections victory. The Popular Republicans,
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    U.K. to go on with Nazi plantstripping
    123 8 U.K. to go on with Nazi plantstripping LONDON. Monday. pEPLYING to M.P. critics of IV the Allied decision \<o dismantle German factories as Dart of renarations, the British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin speaking m today's debate m the House of Commons, said: '1 am satisfied that the proposal we
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    UNO REJECTS RUSSIAN RESOLUTION
    121 8 UNO REJECTS RUSSIAN RESOLUTION TLAKE SUCCESS. Monday. HE United Nations Political Committee today rejected a Soviet resolution which charged the United States. Turkey and Greece with being responsible for warmonger ing." The Committee killed the Soviet proposal for legislation by United Nations members to curb war propaganda and to provide
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    MURDER CHARGE WITHOUT BODY
    167 8 SOUTHAMPTON. Monday. JAMES CAMB. 30-year-old deck steward m the ship Durban Castle, was formally charged m a magistrate's court here today with the murder of Actress Ellen "Gay" Gibson although no evidence that a murder had been committed was ollered during the four-minute arraignment. He was
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    RUBBER, TIN SHARES DOWN
    440 8 London Stock Exchi^ WITH little to be (tewed fr,,m y T operators on the London Stock Fxrlnn« tS no inclination to Uke any active tataStlTJ&a says Keuter's flnancial correspondent •nfTZSS* the new account which Marts 2 ednesLv Efft' a deterrent. Rubber and tin shares 1,, fh
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    NEHRU OPENS ILO CONFERENCE
    247 8 VT NEW DELHI, Monday. IN spit* of serious communal troubles, India's most import--1 ant problem was economic, Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of th c Dominion of India, said today when he opened the first session of the preparatory Asian regional conference of the International Labour Organisation.
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    BOGART LEADS HOLLYWOOD PROTEST
    199 8 H WASHINGTON. Monday. UMPHREY BOGART, accompanied by his wife Lauren S? ca ik* d an airborne delegation of 25 fli m personalities from Hollywood to Washington today to protest against what they called unfair procedure of the House of Representatives Committee on un-American activities now investigating
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    N. Y. stocks
    23 8 ON tht t stock SxcSM ■i Tra ISOJNI^M The I' *j Srocks 55 24 Industi M 35 47 —P.- A.P.
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    N. Y. rubber futures
    16 8 NEW YORK cru ied 10 to 35 oo;r is was den A.P.
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    China $ rumours
    17 8 China rumours R. revived '^mm the chi ":«S»3 ton and fifty-cent currenc c 1 X 1 -Router
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    RUBBER PRICES
    39 8 A SPECIAL Market cemjj NO. lB>S.Spo» toosr nominal' Jl No. 1 B S S Cot. ■rrtitfv;* ,s at noon lIP*" 1 BoTf rJ if' So. 1 I-i-i fo J«'^ N 1 k^H jj* strtdy"*"^ rone of i»w**.
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    HEIRESS WEDS
    23 8 HEIRESS WEDS The 21 -year-old Duchess < ojf Alba, fi teen here m Lou h^Sl lh J Montoro. The »e*ty-»e* -Mie $A }or < J
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      61 8 I WE A THER Late showers U/KAiiiMi report for th« next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Tartly elo«dy. Some brifht periods. Occasional thundery showers with squalls to night and early morning. Wind w««t- south -west light, gusts to over 25 m.p.h. m showers. Temperature*: Max. 84 dog.; mln. SINGAPORE
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