The Singapore Free Press, 29 November 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ss» SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    PRANCE CALLS UP ***** TROOPS
    491 1 PRANCE CALLS UP ***** TROOPS Moves to avert civil war titi? t^. i. PARIS, Friday. HJfi French Government tonight began virtual mobilization for civil war. Troops have occupied a number of post and telegraph offices, and have expelled strikers from public key industries. At trollies, two armoured divisions stand ready
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    RAIN HOLDS UP TEST AT BRISBANE
    60 1 RAIN HOLDS UP TEST AT BRISBANE from V I Provider ftps* Speiial i >rrespondent BRI .UNE. Today. «-BEv r lunch ffth- the first I nd India rain \vt t when mornlnc aspect und more ament. b is un- will be tm< nt last limp I oc uld de- will onre
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    10,000 tribesmen sack villages
    138 1 I NEW DELHI, Friday. of armed and mounted Pathan n thousand strong, arc terrorising fee border area between West ■west Jammu, sacking villages along Nearly a quarter million refugees are •aided area toward Jammu. Uian 20, 01 roops unmu, up the In siege d have larten
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    TROOPS TAKE OVER MILAN
    82 1 ROME, Friday. MILITARY forces acting on Government orders today occupied all strategic points m Milan and neighbourhood alter 5,000 Partisans had taken control of the prefecture building during a lightning general strike called m that city. Signor Ettore Troilo. prefect of the city, was still at
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    RAN INTO POLICE
    47 1 A CHINESE gave chase to two Chinese who had robbed him of $30 and a $100 wrist watch at Kampong Kapor Road at 10.30 I o'clock last night. One of the robbers ran right into the path of two police constables, and was arrested
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    PETROL CUTS IN U.S
    40 1 The Standard Oil Company has announced that it will begin rationing petrol to its distributors m Alabama on Dec. 1. Indications are fhe rationing programme will tb» put into effect on virtually a nation-wide basis. A.P.
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    'BIG 4' TALKS ENTER MOST CRUCIAL PHASE
    174 1 'BIG 4' TALKS ENTER MOST CRUCIAL PHASE LONDON. Friday. THE Council of the Big Four Foreign Ministers tonight down to the most crucial phase of their meeting by discusMiig the future unity or division of Germany, but became enmeshed once more m procedure squabbles. Mr Molotov (Soviet) again acCUSed the
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    MOSLEY FORMS NEW AMI-JEW PARTY
    232 1 LONDON, Friday. OIR OSWALD MOSLEY, pre-war British Fascist leader, announced today the formation of a new "frankly anti-Semitic" political group to be called the "Union Movement" which, he told a press conference, would strive to achieve "fundamental changes" m Britain's present form of government by
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    New UNO delay on Palestine
    293 1 NEW YOKK, Friday. THE General Assembly of the United Nations tonight voted to postpone its decision on Palestine foi 14 hours, to give Jews and Arabs one more chance to get together. France initiated tine move. Probably the shifting of a single vote m the
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    TAX DECISION EXPECTED NEXT WEEK
    252 1 TAX DECISION EXPECTED NEXT WEEK Free Press Staff Reporter •yHE Governors' conference, called by the Governor General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, was m session again this morning. It is believed that the two Governors have already reached a decision on income tax. They are expected to use their special powers
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    BANKS TO FIGHT GOVT CONTROL
    91 1 SYDNEY, Friday. EIGHT Australian and three British banks trading m Austrai lia yesterday lodged writs here seeking an interim injunction to restrain the Commonwealth Gov- ernment from nationalising banks j under the Banking Act, which b€I came law on Thursday night. In Adelaide, Soulh Australia.
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    ARREST FOLLOWS GANG ROBBERY
    34 1 A CHINESE who the KLuang police arrested on Thursday is believed to be one of gang who robbed four Chir <?.$.« shops m Slmpang Ren^am of $800 on the previous day.
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    U.S. POPULATION GAIN
    26 1 The United StaU\s population reached an all-time high of 144.--708,000 on Oct. 1, says the Census Bureau— l 3 000.000 up since 1940
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    FRASER & NEAVE MILLION PROFIT
    147 1 FRASER NEAVE MILLION PROFIT FRASER and Neave Ltd.. whose accounts were issued this morning, earned a net profit of $1,033,064 for the year ended June last, after making adequate provision for depreciation and doubtful debts. To this is added $413,892 'from sundry recoveries on account of pre-war assets" and $145,673
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  • FEATURES...
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      PORTRAIT OF A DIRECTOR
      627 2 ■Frank Launder fp R O M Bankruptcy Court to producer rams up the- uncoi s i it or 1 i ivss of Frank taunder, who lms since borne out m his work and association with )vs co-producer Sidney Clilliat, a similar originality. Born ni Hitchin 38
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      HOVER SHE GOES
      463 2  -  COLRTENAY EDWARDS By wings are writing m the riciefl over Britain the preface to a new chapter m air transport hisHelicopten are com ng into thru- own. Th« day is Coming when people m U.K. will by able t<> hire a hoverine ai -imply w< n w
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      116 2 an trumps South hads. North and South arc to win R*x of Urn ninr truk.v against any dcIHHt. S. >uth Wads the diamond ;tc Writ rufll and North overruns with the quern. CMIMI the spade IkCe-klDi .'jui Ihnws ttist m wuh a third *pad« East ran make only
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      DOMESTIC
      274 2 ramtinLon« An I H si., r rose i. 3 i I j 1 *(i SSSS I 1 I 1 I I Mr 1 I 1 i I 1 i i i I i t I I i I I by Our London Film Reporter X HE portrayal of motherhood
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      416 2 Radio Talks To Schools Monday 11-11 .20 Sprcj.il Christmas Prmirammc f «»r Primary 2 ;tnd Standard 1. 11.20- 11.25 Interval music; 11 .2."»- 12i Quiz for Standards 1 and 5 Tuesda> 11 11 V* Concert for Standard 1; 11.20-11 I.» Interval music. 1125-12 loncert for Standards 3 and upwards. Wednesday
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      327 2 pi i« sof P M rest India i ;<» 45 Bonca from Half Hour 1 4p m I 430 lian N- .v- 4 4. lU hai I 1 a'lber \1 "Rhythm on Record" Amijr.«i <t Orch; S 30 "Yackandandan" A musical rveninp with boys of the Australian cutback. p.n "Sonata
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      273 2 SE.A C, i nHii SEAC rtniarirastinc from Colombo; Oyicn. on th« foil, am* wave band*: 8 to lI. M m 19.84 m^rm and 19 38 metre* II 30-12 am 19.84 mrtrr* 12 roon-5 p m 16 K8 mt-trn Ift 84 mrtrr* and 49 38 mrtrcv 5-5 30 p. m 19
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      121 2 n "A rid N< wi Headlines 101 ih- \v. k s i. nlng; 130 Vignette; 2pm. WmUi News 11-'ftd--202 PtotbsJl Results; I II Your* r Urn A>V:m«. 3 m Billing: 3 rui n»-*s from Urn I 4" 1 ;i l^'.i runt inu» d); 3 :>8 v riirsjßßM a ements; 4
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      143 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for Deople oorn today BORN today, the stars have given >*»v umi^u.ii t.ii<nt*« hut also have hampered >ou wilh handicaps of temperament. You IUITC personal rharm and mamuiiMii but artvery impulsive. Your onuinalit> is outNiandin? but it oflrn takes you on flights of fanc\ which
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      CHIANGS POSITION IS SHAKY
      289 3 Elections create new opposition lfmgl, the rS TT Chl f n Kai shek<s P^'t^ f »"»wing th* S^ f US dnvcn a vved g e into the of mfn£n ffl^ 1 Party A grou P of disgrunted Kuomintang officials representing the Legislative Yuan, the Control van
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      WAR IN FROZEN NO-MAN'S-LAND
      194 3 A winter, with below zero temperatures and winds, has turned Manchuria into a frozen land where the struggle for mer c existence takes civil war, according to reports reaching wanKing- from Changchun. Nationalist forces m the old Ntanchurian capital have due In lor the winter, tinoae
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      MISSION TOURING EUROPE
      105 3 DR. Wu Shang-ying, Dr. Chang Chao-yuan and Dr. Sheng Chen-WCd, the members of the >lative Yuan mission who are making a tour of Western democracies, are now visiting Europe. They are visiting Paris, after which the party will split up In order to cover Italy, Switzerland and
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      HONOUR FOR U.S. MEDICAL AID
      58 3 DR Wellington Koo, Chinese Amhu.ssador to the United States, has presented China's decoration of the Older of the Brilliant Star to 10 directors oi the American Bureau lor Medical A:d to China During the ceremony at th<» Rookeiellor Centre, New York, a cable from Generalissimo
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      closer China trade with Indonesia
      67 3 closer China trade with Indonesia of trade rcn China and da would s for the la to do their rthabilita•v. said Mr. Chief of the the Chung Ln m interview forward tblishment h ped that while at the LCe would conGovernment :nc; that I that ti as exist- <~ trernment
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      NO INCREASE OF AFFECTION
      89 3 Till recent i.ivuurable change has taken place m I nit i>d states policy towards nina is n iUsc the Amethe Chinese better tun becauM of the Agencies of joe inu-riiational as well as ■rt,Ml States domestic situaI T^b ?>inion of British Mucateti Dr. Lo Shih-shih. s*mt*r
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      KAIL RESTORATION
      33 3 The Chinese Government have restored railway communications between Peipins and Mukdni lor the first time since S.pt. 30 and a regular passengers service L> expected to resum-e shortly, Peiping newspapers report.
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      MUKDEN BELOW ZERO
      24 3 An Arctic wave is sweeping all lorth China and Manchuria. The hermometer m Mukden hi^s alien to 11 degree below zero.
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      RENEWED RYUKYUS DEMAND
      87 3 Ku rnuitang newsking, Central ires that the China of the .stretching from was a strategic China and would v other nation. The group of 140 islands meludes Okinawa captured by United States lore« durinc the xvar and made into a major air base A small group of
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      3 3 Chun, Premier china.
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      UNRRA EXODUS
      60 3 THE exodus of UNRRA personnel from China continues with the departure of a group of 30 for the United States, reduciig to 479 from the peak of 1,383 the number of overseas UNRRA personnel still In China. Some 300 of these are scheduled to leave the country before
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      'Japan is U.S. key base in Pacific'
      251 3 'Japan is U.S. key base in Pacific' THE bulletin of the America* Foreign Policy Association m the Far East, published m New York says that, while China is considered important from the strategy point of view, "increasing emphasis is being placed on Japan as the key American base In the
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      40 3 a 3 Kai-shek reciting the Medaille Militaire (aboi c) from the French Ambassador m Nankinn. M. Mcyrier. who *tedU on behalf of the President of the French Republic iB ldam Chiang chats with Ambassador and Madame Mej/rier after the ceremony.
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      Phibun coup d'etat worries Chinese
      237 3 Phibun coup d'etat worries Chinese THE Chinese Ambassador to Slam, Dr. Li Tieh Tseng, m an interview with United Press, said that the Chinese community m Siain, numbering 3,000,000. view the return of Marshal Phibun to power with trepid.* ;on, due to antiChinese policies when he was Premier duiing the
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      PROMOTION FOR TWO
      39 3 General Li Hung, Deputy commander of the new First Army, was promoted Commander ol that Army, while General Pan Yu kung. its former Commander, was promoted to Army Group Commander, states an official announcement A P
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      CLAIM FOR SHIPS
      21 3 China will claim 321 vessels aggregating 530.000 tons, and 300.000 tons of shipbuilding ;torials, a^ reparations irom Japan.
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      'U.S. AID VITAL FOR BATTLE IN MANCHURIA'
      267 3 'U.S. AID VITAL FOR BA TTLE IN MANCHURIA fJNLESS the United States aids the Nationalists m the desperate battle for Manchuria the great province will fall to the Communists and come under Soviet influence, making Russia the most powerful Far Eastern country, warned the China Press of Shanghai, organ of
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      Broadcasting China's struggle
      143 3 UNDER the direction of a canadian broadcasting expert, Mr. Roy Dunlap, the story of China'a i-i^ht years struggle Lnst Japan and her efforts at reconstruction and rehabilitation is being told to the world by short-wave radio for ■even hours each day. beamed to reach listeners m North
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      MADAME MADE A MISTAKE
      62 3 THE Shanghai afternoon news--1 pa»>ei\ Hsin Mm Pao, reports that Madame Chiane Kai-shek's ballot for democratic Socialist woman candidate Wane Yun;. Teh was believed to be invalid. The report said Madame Chiang's ballot ticket was of the type for election of women organisation candidates, while Wanjr
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      New highway will open Sinkiang to development
      141 3 REPORTS from Lanchew r-port that the construction of the r highway, linking n Sinking Prov *hp rest of China, is nearin-r completion and will be open to traffic next month. This 760-mile-lor« road, officially called the Sinkiang-Chinghal highway, will not only tit! Sinkiang's
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      Currency figures remain secret
      107 3 JJISCLOSURE of the v of paper currency circulating m China would be an indiscretion, Dr Hsu Po Yuan, the ViceI Minister of Finance, said m Nan- king. -If I told the truth about thd amount of money printed m. China I would be committing the same
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      104 3 ON SALE TOD A V iii wtfir tflnl \Hw«^^ ■>: &'<?- STRAITS TIMES PICTURES I ?J Lavishly produced on art paper m black and white an 4 coloured cover Sixty-eight jages o# pictures showing Malayan personalities and events during 1947. Camera studies of Malayan rypes m town and country and
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      27 3 AMZAN Last resort By Edgar Rice Burroughs --JANP. IN DESPERATION. STARTED CHARRED SUPPORT. 7& lU f 'L 'K^ POWN A FIRE -FELLED TREE. y? /^VV^^?"^ r? .tT'iS
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY NOV 29 1947. The Problem of Siam
      523 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY NOV 29 1947. The Problem of Siam SIAMS Gestapo is In full cry again. Marshal Phibun s own censors have re- leased the news that troops and police are hunting down Siamese who took any part m the war-time Free Thai movement. JThat movement a
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    • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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        Shocked
        287 4 1 I I AM a newcomer to Malaya from Europe. I was shocked to read the article "The Break Off" by Frank Owen published m your paper. One of the qualities that created this unique thing, the British Family of Nations, was a genius for turning honest enemies into
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      AROUND & ABOUT
      382 4 AROUND ABOUT INDIA is very favuiirably placed for the manufacture of rayon and the immediate itablishment of this Important industry m the country \a ential m the post- War period. Thli i th< ipinfc i•; tlit I tn< i -t 1 1 u t *-ci bj :.<■ a mem '»i
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      RUMANIA 'S ANNA
      693 4  - RUMANIA 'S ANNA LEONARD KRISCHEN By A. P. Correspondent THE history of Rumanian Communism is closely associated with the name of Anna Pauker that countries woman Foreign Minister (the only one m the world) m the three dectdei that marked the beginning of the first world war and the end
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      FAITH
      19 4 Boast not thyself of tomorrow. f»r thou knowwt not hat a day may bring; forth. Proverbs 27, 1.
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      THE LAWTON STORY
      660 4 WHKN the directors of Chelsea Football Club met at Stamford Bridge they broke the biggest piece of football news tli is season the transfer of TommyLawton to Notts County for 117,000, bawton, who oommandf a film star* fame and looks like a matinee idol, has played dazzling
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      BOTH SIDES OP 38 PARALLEL
      724 4  -  Denis Warner \By DROBABLY no other frontier m the world today is so closely guarded by so many determined men as the imaginary 38th parallel that stretches across 180 miles of Central Korea, dividing prefectures, villages and tamut of its occupation -weary people. In the
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      BIG INTEREST IN MALAYA PRODUCTS
      418 5 BIG INTEREST IN MALAYA PRODUCTS UK, NearE. want pewter, oil, shoes From T. H. Tan Free Press Special Correspondent TRAnpDO LONDON, Friday. 1 X^ v*u lto ln the United Kingdom and the Near p**t are showing increasing interest m Malaya, judging by the number of inquiries being received at Malaya
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      48 5 picture. I n tractors recently purchased by the StnI r Br< "-L. Ud f rom the Malayan Union be m a I o*TQ*i<mu Pagar icHarves. Originaiil I n rntofis s^orf-^rm food proliicUon noic being shipped to Dar-es- Salaam for I mmtmfM Wmm* African ground nut ™rw?Z Free Press
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      P.W.D. dredging plan nears end
      209 5 Pit— Staff Reporter B :l hl Singapore River and the seaplane m^\ m K.iJlani: Basil is completed m January next touted that the entire project will have cost fcffN rrnmcal nearly 51, 500,000. •v rkfl EK'partment Embarked oti its July 1946. it is estimated that
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      HAHRIR HERE ON MONDAY
      38 5 HAHRIR HERE ON MONDAY rif (ormei Premier v lna Republic m international an* ia Slmatm M Xl.s reslerdai Mr J ■J- A«tealUn it, i U^ th T at Mr shahrir'a Rcial it isexpect--52 that b« w,,, EJ£ („>v,rn
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      54 5 Exhibits by member* of the RAF and WAAF m Singapore and the r^t ast al an Arts and Cra f*s exhibition organised by the RAF at Changi consisted mainly of hand-made toys, photographs and fine art The toys will be given as presents to the 68 children m St. Andrews
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      New role for Municipal Treasurer
      173 5 MR. J R Hill. Singapore Muiu cipul Tr< a*urer. ha* t*M>n appointed b*- th* Oorctaor, Sir Franklin Oimson. to be the Dedu\v Municipal President hi the absence on local leave Of tiie President. Mr. L Rayman. Presiding a* the meeting of Municipal Commissioners vutorday. M.
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      76 5 Sir John Hay. the most forceful critic of the Government's rubber policy, leaves England for Malaya next meek to collect first-hand information of the rubber industry's present posillOH. Even since the end of the war atr John has been pressing for complett freedom of competition e^ n natur <d and
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      Armed man fell for police trap
      172 5 Armed man fell for police trap CHINESE, Lim Ah Pee. who nuJ> Xch ?i? Becl his revolver for a Pi^^V Do"ceman. was sennr?^f« ve vears> "«orous imaSK?" 1 a the Singapore As^zes. when he was found euiltv of being m unlawful possession of a .32 revolver. w TI J c
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      Atrocity stories 'Exaggerated'
      125 5 Free Press stafT Reporter REPORTS about damage to Chinese life and property m Indonesia were greatly exaggerated, Mr. N. Raghavan. Indian Con-sul-General for Indonesia, now In Singapore told The Free Press terday. Indians and wealthy Indonesians had also su tiered considerably, he seid. and there was no,
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      UNION LEADERS ALLOWED BUL
      64 5 BAIL ol $500 '-ach WM exUnded to the President of the Singapore Harbour Board Labour U- ion, Mr. Amuthluinggam. the treasure r Mr. P. Govindasamy, and three committee members, Veerasenan, Somoo and Barthapan. who w»-re charged before the Fourth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. R. J. C.
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      PALUDRINE TRIALS
      48 5 A series <>; field trii«ls m the Malayan Union of the new antimalarial drim. palucirine. carried out under the auspices of the Colonial Medical Research Committee, will cost $16,285. This expenditure. Kis stated will be reimbursed by a grant trom t-ho OokmiaJ Development and Wei fare Fund.
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      GIRL STUDENT STRANDED IN UK
      175 5 MALAYAN students have again been warded of the dang^s of private students gowig to Gita-t Bntain to study unl they make sure m advance that they will be able to .secure a place m t,he university or college they wish to attend. Tl*l a Malayan
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      LOOTERS PREY ON TELOK AVER BASIN
      319 5 LOOTERS PREY ON TELOK AVER BASIN Free Press Staff Reporter THOUSANDS of dollars worth of goods are being looted A from Telok Ayer Basin, sometimes m broad daylight, by gangs some operating m fast motor sampans. Despite military guards and police precautions placed m the godowns from dusk till dawn,
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      Borneo reports: no knowledge of immigrants
      69 5 'put-: Government of British X North Borneo has had no contact with the Chinese tiover/iment retarding; the entry into the colony of 30. (MM) Chinese labourers to work on development schemes. In a message to the Free Press yesterday, a (iovernment spokesman said that
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      Changi R.A.F. crews chart weather
      223 5 Changi R.A.F. crews chart weather A Royal Air Force Beaufighter* squadron based at Changi, has taken over the meteorological reconnaissance commitments of the recently disbanded No. 1« (Burma) Squadron. and i* responsible for supplying information on weather conditions m the air over large parts of Ma- laya, Sumatra and the
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      ADVISER AT BAGUIO
      38 5 Lieut-Colonel Carr. of the staff of the Special Commissioner for South East Asia, is at Baguia < Philippines as an adviser to the British delegation to the Economic and Social for Asia and the Far East.
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  • NEWS..
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      EVIDENCE OF SOVIET AID LACKING
      482 6 Do China Reds take Moscow orders? SHANGHAI, Friday. WHAT are Chinese Communist ties with Soviet Russia and what is the likelihood that they now, or m the foreseeable future, take orders from Moscow? This is a question of obvious importance today m the United States,
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      'Inside job,' say Bangkok police
      242 6 'Inside job, say Bangkok police THEFT OF SACREfI JEWEL BANGKOK, Friday. 'Tin; Bisgkok poiin* have revealed t hat the theft of the 1 lhitt -i.irat diamond from the forehead of the Tmerald BttddllJl was pel peUratcd only a few days ago as WMM the replacing nf a false stone whose
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      KEY LOST, CUSTOMS USED A HACKSAW
      39 6 A Waal, Corporal Margaret Evans, and an American sergeant Hew Into London Airport from Germaxiy and said the key to the sergeant's ca.<ic was lost So Customs men opened it with a hacksaw.
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      Australia plans more dollar cuts
      73 6 AUSTRALIA'S Ctotoln pU easurca to nivp $60 1 vi miporUs thi racial j v.m r petrol meed m Canberra. Th< 'ollar cxp-nrti r,' |21 KJ during th* v. ill be ixvomni^ndcd by th« c^biiiot rera cut* nrr pla >-t Ueenc< s kdooui Mr. J B.
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      WILL GEN. MacA. RUN FOR U.S. PRESIDENCY?
      177 6 WILL GEN. MacA. RUN FOR U.S. PRESIDENCY? TOKIO. Friday /^EN. Mac Arthurs Intentloni to\w wards the us presidential elections th^ best kept secret ol the occupation have become th» i top conversational subject for both \m«ric\ns and Japan's, throughout the key cities of Japan Nobody hmi the answer but v-rybody
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      BLIND MARKSMAN
      48 6 OIK ian fraser. war-blinded m member of Parliament opened the nhv rann<- for blind tx Sir vicemcn at Brighton (Sussex) on Tnursday, by hitting a target ju.st outside the bulls-eye. He was using an electronically-controlled rifle which guides marksmen by oscillations through headphones or loudspeaker. Reuter
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      NEW BURMA STAMPS
      27 6 Burma independence com memoration stamps with portrait of U Aun« Sa.: Umuui oi i\w Interim govment. will br latued In Kar^oor an January 6.
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      'Stop moaning' directive
      122 6 UNINTENTIONAL anti-British propaganda" caused by "irresponsible letters" from business executives of British companies to customers m »ther countries is denounced by Mr. I. A. K. Stedeford. chairman of Tube Investments. Ltd m a "directive" to all engineering companies m the group. Considerable damage is being done to
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      SIAM'S RICE SHIPMENTS
      103 6 CKjLKKS of rite exports from Siam wt-re civen by Mr John Stracliey. Food Minister, m the House of Commons on Thursday. X\ ports from April to June this ftafl |tl 13 4,03j Urns and from July to Jyeptembcr 81 IJW tons. Tlit* tripartite aureement between the British,
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      STATEMENT ON LOCAL FORCES
      85 6 mHE Governor Of the Malayan 1. Union diH*s not prop<>M,' to institute a local seh»-m»\ similar to that m operation for troops released m Britain, i'-r further education and training of exmembers of Malayan local force*. as there is no demand for tola Mr. David Rees-Wtlliams.
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      SIR F. ENGLEDOW GETS NEW POST
      83 6 SIR FRANK ENULEDOW. 57--ytrar-old Cambridge University professor who has done research work, m tea. cotton and rubber m many British Colonies has been appointed chairman of the British Pood InveaUgmtion rd 01 the Departmen! ol 8 lino and Industrial Research. sir Frank has made
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      £50,000, 000 SCHEME
      41 6 The Ei J .u .i. J Minister. Mr. Oeorge Tomlinson. statrd on Thursday that £50,000,000 would b«> spent on *he next t\w years of building and extendlJ I colleges mostly In tht 4 Midlands mvi North-^^ast England. Reuter
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      HOW TO PAY ZAIBATSU?
      190 6 HOW TO PAY ZAIBATSU? THE problem of ho H fc ]Kn t J^NGI^ 1 a re-study of means \l^ for »*r *Z%* tion policy of breaking DD i" Ul th e -Wri —the Zaibatsu. Preat C>» i 2 Responsible U.S. Government ««u.<tudy isbeinp mad, b; the I v th ments
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      FIGHTS ELECTION FIGHTS DENIED
      8 6 FIGHTS ELECTION FIGHTS DENIED Dot:: the an A.P.
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      64 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press In Malava[ \CDLD, OEOROIt YOU DOWV MffDy EAin H 7 WO RK*— 1 /WTMR« To GO V^—_ 7 ME AMY LONGER AND AM ITO WDDU \HI VfifN I WDUSTRY-- I CANT CARRY ON WiTh <\ DO WITM 1 f^ DL. iiC 4 UP
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      S'pore Lifts Ban On Race Horse Immorts
      74 7 11 B r\!i Bor* Nt luis Th j I of d-^s- mea- 'iu j ban (sued by D >partral other club was v the to import the ban lon the had pur- A ibtralia. import n landed •he recent irv of the r.
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      ROMWICH BEATEN
      13 7 au-d ■>lia 3 6: \al of hamI B—6: M ::t. I
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      CHINESE BREAK BAD SPELL AT HOCKEY
      67 7 The hockey match between S CRC and 223 BOD played on the SCRC ground yesterday resulted m a win for i SCKC by three poals to nil The Chinese thus broke a spell of defeats they had suffered m recent matches. The poals. all
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      BRADMAN MASTERED INDIAN BOWING
      860 7 BRADMAN MASTERED INDIAN BOWING Don Shows Form Of His Best Days hß4nvilv<c Fron K. S. DILEEPSINGHI k mastery over Mfcnkad and two mistakes of ni P laced Australia m the strong position 2': for three wickets at the end of the first anrt iJKK lt l w first Test match
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      26 7 A fine action shot of Sellars. Stoke City's new leader making a nreat attempt to beat the Grimsby goalkeeper. Stoke ivon by two goals to one.
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      Scoreboard
      581 7 AUSTRALIA— Ist Inns. Brown c Irani b Amarnalh H Morris hit wkt b Sarwatr 47 Br adman not out 160 HassHt f f.ul Mahomed b Mankad 48 Milter not oat g Extra* 1 ToUJ (for 3 wkts.) 273 94. Mankad checked his run u> the crease and warned Morris
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      Schoolboy Hurt On Padang
      374 7 Schoolboy Hurt On Padang s c.c s.j.i. i. THE Singapore Cricket Club defeated ot. Josephs Institution by four goals to one m a game v rneki'v played on the pa dang yesterday. St. Juseph's \*eie not disgraced, ns <:hey ployed witi; u:n r.ien pmotically throughout the game, having lost the
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      Tennis Exhibition On Tuesday
      226 7 SOME good tennis is promised at the Happy World Stadium on Tuesday evening when several past title-holders and ranking players give an exhibition the first Singapore will see m manyyears. C. K. Pang. ex-Chinese international, and Ong Chew Bee. ex-Singapore junior champion, will play against Kamis.
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      Opening Of Sports Field Today
      167 7 yODAY moiwmfcj oi Ocfloneai nmbers < f th«- Royal Coips of Military P hce and Royal Plan i.: 0 rpe» i:i Suii?apore will atu-nd ttv: cpcinng of their new sports ground a t Kranji. To mark the occasion a firstclass athletic cont« ~t has been
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      TEAMS FOB STATE HOCKEY TRIAL
      114 7 The fottowiai j>tey« r^ have been chosen for a stale hockey trial to t** he.d on Thursday Dec. 4 at th» SRC ground at 5 15 p.m. Colours: Fl S^'t Guilfoyle. OnOOf Iham Sieu. J Mahadevan; S S. M Dyer. Sk» ltus, C. 'rtiuraising-am; Ho
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      Mills Wins On Points
      55 7 A LTHOUGH conceding nearly x\ one and half stones m weight Freddie Mills, British light heavyweight champion, beat Stefan»Olek, of France, on points over 10 rounds m their fight at Manchester last night. At the weight-in Olek scaled 14 st. 0 Ib. 2 oz. and Mills
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      Lien Hwa Force Lucky Draw
      244 7 THE Malayan Chinese football ers. Lien Hwa, m mediocre form, luckily managed to draw with a non-Chinese civilian team m a three— all match this afternoon. For most of the first half, the visitors, playing with the wind, showed little of the brilliant combination displayed
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      Seletar Airmen Win By Odd Goal In Five
      279 7 R A F 3 SRC 2 IN a fast and interesting game of hockey played on the S R.C. padang yesterday, the R.A.F. Seletar second string defeated the SRC. second, by three goals to two. Although the Club dominated play m the
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      ANNUAL VARSITY RUGBY TODAY
      103 7 /CAMBRIDGE University is Kj favoured to beat Oxford m th<* inter-varsity rugby football match today. This is the first time m history that the game has been allocated to a Saturday and a crowd of between 30.000 and 60.000 is expected to watch the game. Neither
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      160 7 Weekend Sports Events lIOCKIY Coin SI vs H 4 t Felctar at S<*li-tar tic Sir? £2 a/sr ni S l! iNC (l>rl^ (o »nors vs ryrr Bf>sra "*■>«»> rld WKIGHTLIFTIN<;: Singapore r ham pionship competition. New wi-ld. 8 BADMINTON Singapore open championships. Clerical Vnion *il pm TOMORROW WEIGHTLIFTING: Singapore championship
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      305 7 Free Press Crossword No. 251 1 Refuse wool for stuffing <j. Elizabeth noted woman orison reformer (3). 8. British island m Indian Ocean (9). 10 Italian ,Vaport and formei independent kingdom 11. Known as a Saracla n medieval timca (4). 13. Philip Noel-Bakers predrcessor as chairman of the Labour Party
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      BIGGER RATIONS FOR XMAS
      104 8 London. Friday. rHK Pood HllilltlT. Mr. J of the rood rationing to kiv m< n sueui r Chi include sixpence worth of moat, brtagliig ■ck's total up to Is. 6d. V trlans can have \tra six ounces of cheese instead. There will bo a Christmas n
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      HOME...
      19 8 On the River Wye these Scouts are paddling their oum canoes to Monmouth on a week's canoe cruitie.
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      Manchu capital taken by Reds?
      198 8 NANKING, Friday. CONSTERNATION reigned tn Nanking tonight when an iV unconfirmed report said truit the Chinese CommunisU had captured Changchun, capital of Manchuria and an important industrial and rail centre, which is being used as a base of the coming Nationalist counter offensive. A Bpolwiwaan
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      U.K. PUBLIC DINNERS
      34 8 ban hi BriUtia limiting 1 Uk- numlx-r of sit-down dinera ,lo 100. has be«n lifted for mtlnmenU ronnortrd with imP')rtn nt huicUafia m thy life of nn individual or community Reuter
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      ALLIES OPPOSE NEW SOVIET PROPOSAL.
      512 8 ALLIES OPPOSE NEW SOVIET PROPOSAL. 'Big 4' talks on Japan m China 'THE United States and Britain are both expected A to reject the Soviet proposal, reported by the Moscow Radio, that the Council of Foreign Ministers should meet m China next January to discuss the Japanese peace treaty. Officials
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      Labour's 22nd success in by-elections
      233 8 Labour's 22nd success in by-elections LONDON. Friday. I ABOUR and Conservatives each retained their Parliamentary seats m yesterday's by-elections the counting of votes disclosed today. As expected. East Edinburgh i Scot land) elected Mr. John Wheatley (Labour) and Howdenshire (Yorkshire elected Mr George W. Odey (Conservative) to nil vacancies m
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      V.M.C.A. to start night classes
      81 8 FrM Prrss SUfT Reporter 'riif Btnganttrc y m C a I its iiKi ;)r kdini i m kl trail .n« for lv b< r ibUc An events \m m English r J training will r>- op ♦•d m the n» :ir fat The rrr\ir;tng Lncludei
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      FINNISH STRIKE CALLED OFF
      63 8 FINLAND'S Ci.il Servants' As- inflation ended iU Vwo-cfciy strike at noon yesterday. FlnDtab teleplxme and u*kT*r;iph i arr working airain The Oorernment u>id gtrtkcn Miey ha<l "declared war on Par hamorvt" by rtfu-sini? U) accept incr«\ises oilcrcd.- Reuter A mystery rock»t reported from Hastings was identified
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      MUNICIPAL VOTE: JOB FOR LOCAL MAN
      218 8 *jmie policy of giving preference, other things being equal, to local-born candidates m the selection of higher officers of the Singapore Municipality was re-alhrmed 14 votes to 3 at a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Evid< dcc that the Commi.saionen were Implementing Uu>
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      NEW YUGOSLAVBULGAR TREATY
      51 8 -rv,« oJSftlo^SS ttZFSS 9 C BSTfiSSJi 11 l Ul v^ ilgned SJfiSPSJ 9 nSSLS^V SISJI n-52S M Bulgarian Premier, m Belgrade yesterday, covrrs a 20-year period, i Yugoslav Government communique disclcvLed. There Is a provision for automatic renewal if not previously denounced by one of the parties
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      TIN SHARES IRREGULAR
      301 8 London Stock EiS^T m 4 tendency. s.-«>- Renter's fl U^i!f i *«T were irr, ff ular M pneral S quiet. v Rubbers wn 0 m >ved r^ smalJ -^uns. There were vory few m ot note m Industrial* d i i y but :lal inquiry lor Br
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      Municipal discussion in secret
      197 8 riMIE new Singapore Municipal L constitution was discussed, again m private session, by the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday. The Pre^s was asfced to l'.-ave after a vote by the Commissioners had voted to debate m private. Before the motion to exclude the press and
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      HONEYMOON ENDS ON DEC. 15
      74 8 pRINOESfI EUzabetti and the 1 Duke of Edinburgh will complotv their honeymoon by the middle morr and are ex-pocu-d u> return to Buckingham Pakicc by LXv 15 It *ia.>> iJ ..ounted to Lonaon last nmht that the Princess and Uie Duk.- will ciw an ait-omoon
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      CHINA POLLING IS POSTPONED
      74 8 THE fc;ei)erul session of China's first cfcmocratically-cleeted National Assembly, which was scheduled to convene on Ohnstmas Dciy, has been postponed by the State Council m Nanking becaose "i 'It- nionth-loiv-; aeadl<»ck over t»he nomination oi Hdatea l>etwet^n the Koomlnt»ang a;cl ihc minority partb Polling io r
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      GENERAL'S NEW JOB
      45 8 Lieut-Gen. Sir Wilfred Lindsell, who organised the Eighth Army supply linos fur the :ulrance from Alamein to Tripoli, has been appointed the chiel executive of the winter transport executive committee and will lead a drive for quicker turnround of goods wagons. Reuter
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      SINGAPORE DIVORCE
      52 8 A DECREE nisi to be made absolute m three months, was granted Eileen Patricia Clifford. Singapore High whin she petitioned for a divorce from her husband. George Fitzsimon Cliflord. on the ground of his adultery. Mrs. Clifford was granted the custody of her two children and costs of
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      FREE FRENCH WAR HERO DIES IN CRASH
      195 8 PARIS, Friday. /JEN. JACQUES PHILIPPE LEu GLERC. famous wartime French General who led Free j French troops across the Sahara Desert to the Mareth Line Battle' and who was Franco's represen- tative at the South-East Asia surrender ceremony m Singa- pore, has died
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      RUBBER PRICES
      104 8 4 SFECIAL Market eorm*i nt cives the prius o! tikbt it 11 m. today as follows: Bnyrn Sells Cti. Cta. per 'b off I No. l B > S. Spot n N« 1 I! S S f*6 m ImJ.s l)ac. N t 1.8.1 f»6 m ba!^. Dec. U%
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