The Singapore Free Press, 13 December 1947

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    14 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA *>. >• SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1947
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    63 DIE IN NEW DAY OF TERROR
    420 1 63 DIE IN NEW DAY OF TERROR Irgun strikes back at Arabs nrwiou 4 JERUSALEM, Friday. JLWISH terrorists, striking at the Arabs m "retaliatory attacks," claimed tonight to have killed scores of Arabs m ambushes and raids from Haifa to Jerusalem s Mount Scopus. Official British figures, issued tonight said
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    5 1 VAN MOOK (hneral of the
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    52 1 picture. Riddled with bullets, this car was lying at the foot of Oxley Road near its junction with Orchard Road this morning. The car teas used by gunmen, who shot it out with the police. One gunman died from wounds received m the shooting. A.S.P. G. C. Ripley mmm wounded.
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    Van Mook may he replaced
    141 1 THE HAGUE, Friday. Oot the Premier's departure for Batavia, Dutch tight forecast the dismissal of Dr. Hubertus i utt'iiant Governor-General of the Netherlands Mr. M. L. Neher, at present Dutch Minister for is tipped to replace him. >n between Dr. Van Mook and the Overseas
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    STRIKE THREAT TO MALAYABOUND PLANES
    75 1 BOURNEMOUTH. (Hants*. Friday. ALL British Overseas Airways Corporation York and Lancaster services to the African continent. Palestine. Ceylon, Singapore and Australia may be suspended next Tuesday if a threatened strike of radio officers here takes place. The men sent In strike notlcei today demanding revised
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    45 KILLED IN 4 U.S. CRASHES
    125 1 NEW YORK. Friday. AT least 45 persons were killed and 16 injured m the crash of four large army planes 4n the last three days, two of them last night. Twenty officers and men aboard the C-47. which crashed near Memphis yesterday, were killed
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    CHINESE ROBBED
    21 1 Three Chinese robbed a compatriot of a wrist watch and $74 m cash at the Capitol Theatre last night.
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    TB CURE TEST
    23 1 Amino-ealicyiic acid is being tried for tuberculosis at a London hospital witfr "surprising results", ReaJter quotes the Lancet as ■urine.
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    TEST MATCH
    13 1 Test match at Sydney: India 60 for lour at lunch. Reuter
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    KEEPING OUT CHOLERA
    15 1 Health authorities vn Iraq have re-imposed anti-cholera restrictions on travellers from Persia
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    XMAS ISLAND MUTINEERS: DECISION SOON
    134 1 XMAS ISLAND MUTINEERS: DECISION SOON LONDON, Friday. A DECISION will be announced shortly m the case of five Indian soldiers under sentence of death m Singapore since last September, when court orders for their execution were stayed at the last Hnir.ute after representations by Mr. J. A. Thivy. Indian Representative
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    STAM TO HAVE MODERN AIRPORT
    54 1 rpHE Siamese Government yesX terday accepted a 31,000,000 baht tender of the Far East Airport and Airways Company for reconstructing Don Muang airport and equipping it with up-to-date facilities. To be completed m ten months, the project will make Don Muang one of the best-equipped
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    RUBBER RISES
    28 1 The price of rubber m Singapore today rose two cents per pound for Spot Loose and No. 1 fob m bales for January. See Pago Eight.
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    NO MORE BREAD FROM SOVIET PACT
    275 1 LONDON, Friday. HOPES that Britain's imminent trade agreement with Russia might mean the end of bread rationing m Britain were dashed today by an authoritative source, who said Britain would get no wheat under the pact. Britain would receive more than 500,000 tons of
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    Bevin resents Soviet 'abuse'
    293 1 LONDON, Friday. session of the Council of Foreign Ministers was x again marked by bitter exchanges. After a lengthy statement by Mr. V. Molotov on German reparations, m the course of which the Russian Foreign Minister repeated a series of charges against the Allies, Mr. Ernest
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    POLICE KILL GANGSTER IN GUN BATTLE
    385 1 Free Press Staff Reporter nNE Chinese gunman was shot dead and another slightly injured m the knee m a gun duel between the police and two bandits at the junction of Oxley Road and Orchard Road at 11 o'clock last night. On the police
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    BRITAIN & U.S.: 'FRATERNAL RELATIONSHIP'
    115 1 BRITAIN U.S.: 'FRATERNAL RELATIONSHIP LONDON. Friday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George C. Marshall, today urged the British and American peoples to proclaim their fraternal relationship to the world as it would be "beneflcient m its influence on world developments." Speaking at a dinner given m his honour by
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    MURDERER SHOT IN PUBLIC
    60 1 A large crowd watched the fjrst public execution under the new Burmese law imposing the death penalty for violent crimes and possession ot unlicensed firearms at Myaungmya, m. the Irrawaddy Delta an Thursday. Aung Myint, senteaiced to death on cliarges of murdering an old woman and
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    REDS THROWN OUT
    27 1 Havana police on Friday seized the headquarters of the National Union of Physicians and ex* pelled Communists from the pre* nnses without resistance. A.P.
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    FEATURES...
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    RICH BUT POOR
    430 2  -  R. F. S. Dewdney 7?v A. P. Correspondent O7EALTH undrea- meil of is being found m the great pan of gold thousands of feet bt-ne:ilh Soutn Africa's Orange Free State, but on the s irface, drought and soi! erosion are threatening the union with poverty. Officials fear
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    9 2 Patricia Roc m this picture is called "SanU Claus."
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    50 2 Jill Linzee, daughter of the medical officer of health, Surbit<>n, near London, with a piece of paper still clinging to her face after going through the hoop at the Empire Pool. Wembley, where she is training for the British Championships this month and for the Olympic's at Zurich, next pear.
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    MORMON RECORDS
    310 2  -  EARLE L. JESTER B> A. P. Correspondent A PRECEPT of their faith is causing the Mormons to search the world over for authentic data on their ancestors. The Latter-Day Saints Church is spending thousands of dollars to copy, by microfilm process, records of births, deaths and marriages m
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    BRIDGE PROBLEM
    190 2 SPAL3ES are trumps South leads. North hi'hl BOMtll are tv v n all riKht tricks against any defence. South li-nds the ."spado jack. If West ducks. South th.-o makes the hik,'h heart and Itadl the hu;h club. If West ruffs. North over-ruffs and makes one trump. S<xith discard»e
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    Square pegs in round holes
    605 2  - Square pegs in round holes PARADE Shun!" roared the Sergeant Major. "Now listen to me. You blokes 'IS' going places m the right file. Barnes (a farmhand) you will work m that new fancied flying machine business M engine fitter; Westhail (a carpenter) you will take camera pictures: Hillier (a
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    216 2 films m i OMSON Ey Our Lojidon Cinema Reporter. MINE Own Executioner—by Nigel Balchin out of Anthony Kimmins, and bearing the colours of Alexander Korda differs from most other films about psychiatrists. First, James Mason isn't m it. Secondly, it is about the psychiatrist, not about one
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  • CHINA NEWS...
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      RAIL LINES SABOTAGED IN N. CHINA
      293 3 RAIL LINES SABOTAGED IN N. CHINA TIENTSIN, Friday. OWING to the serious sabotaging of the Peiping-Mukden railway at several points between Tientsin and the Great Wall border town of Shanhaikuan, covering 280 kilometres, runs were discontinued by east bound trains last night. Railway repairs are said to be gradually becoming
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      CHINA SELLS U.S. WAR SURPLUS
      76 3 IN the largest deal of its kind, the Chinese Government's Board of Supplies signed an agreement to sell to the General Commodities Corporation of Honolulu as scrap metal some $30,000,000 worth of United States Army and Navy surplus equipment transferred to China from various Pacific
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      3 OFFICIALS FOR TRIAL
      71 3 SHANGHAI. Friday. rruiIRTEEN suspects, including X three high-ranking Customs officials, have been sent to Nanking for trial on six counts of corruption and extortion of C.N. $1,820,000,000 and U.S. $13,000 from Shanghai importers, according to Chinese Reports. According to the official statement by the Garrison Headquarters,
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      FINANCIAL 'BIG THREE' NOMINATED
      157 3 JNFORMED sources 111 Nanking 1 told the Associated Press that Premier Chang Chun who is determined to take positive steps toward the solution of the nations economic ills, had appointed three high officials to form a special committee to study every possible means of balancing China's
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      CRACK GUARDS FOR N. CHINA
      76 3 CRACK railway guards, said to be better trained and equipped than Nationalist regulars, have arrived m Peiping from Central China to help safeguard North China's rail system. Their arrival coincided with Nationalist reports that the Reds, m an attempt to seize the initiative, are preparing
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      RETRIAL ORDER
      49 3 A judicial bulletin disclosed that the Supreme Court has granted a new trial for Frederick Mysberg. a Dutch national of the American Abis Company, who had been sentenced to two year's imprisonment for violating the national economic emergency measures, promulgated two days after his arrest. I J.P.
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      REDS COMPAIN
      44 3 Ling Chung, acting Director of the Shanghai Communist Liaison Office, complained to Mr. Harland Cleveland. Director of UNRRA, China Office, that armed policemen and special agents had manaced the freedom of the personnel of the Liberated Areas Relief Association m Shanghai.— U.P.
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      CENTRAL THAI BANK SUSPENDS ALL LOANS
      236 3 Inflation spiral rises steadily SHANGHAI, Friday. lS instructions from President Chiang Kai-shek, the Ventral Bank of China has suspended the granting ,j «>i' loans. In addition, the Bank has ruled It no offi( organization will be allowed to draw on vount for an amount
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      TO BE RETURNED
      19 3 II Tientsin, at Be military at ions. I Ir rightful 15. the offl\gency reports. Reuter and
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      MURDER OF CHRISTIANS
      79 3 /IOMMUNISTS at Hungtung m V^ Shansi Province recently murdered more than 20 Chinese OarLstiar^s because of their refusal to renounce their religious txliel, according to a "reliable report carried m the Government Information Office bulletin trom Nanking. In addition, the Chinese Catholic Bishop oi Hum-tun^. Han Ting-pi,
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      59 DEPORTED BY PHILIPPINES
      126 3 MANILA. Friday. TMFTY-NINE Chinese nationals T have Just been deported to Amoy aboard the steamer Tjisadan. The group included 40 Chinese fishermen held while making illicit landings In Bollnao and Laoag m north-western Luzon. Nineteen others were stowaways aboard the Boissevain. Abdul Rahim Kahn ot India
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      TURKEYS-BUT AT A PRICE
      69 3 POR the first time since the f war's end. Shanghai will have a plentiful supply of turkeys tor Christmas at C.N.5100.000 per pour.d Several itort are taking advance orders, saying prices are liable to soar later. Most of the turkeys, it is said, are from Formosa
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      LIBEL ACTION
      54 3 Madame Wi Tao Miner, wife of the governor of Taiwan, has brought a libel suit asair^.t the paper, Tieh Pao. but the hearing has been postponed. Neither party appeared before the court. Madame Wei said the paper carried a series of articles sayinc she was the "supreme governor"
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      STOCK EXCHANGE WILL RE-OPEN
      134 3 STOCK EXCHANGE WILL RE-OPEN SHANGHAI, Friday. BUSINESS If expected to be resumed on the Chinese stock exchange shortly, following the success of Tv Yu-hen, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Exchange m persuading brokers, who refused to transact business m protest aeainst Economic Police interference to resume trading.
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      WOMAN ELECTED, REFUSED SEAT
      61 3 ALTHOUGH she polled the second highest vote m the race for six of the women's regional seats to the National Assembly m China's national elections last month, Attorney Chang Hung-wei said at a news conference m Shanghai that she has been disqualified by the Kuomintang because
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      REPATRIATED BY SOVIET SHIP
      101 3 THE Russian steamer Gogol. 1 bringing 157 Chinese from former Jap territories now held by the Soviet*,— the first Chinese repatriated from Soviet territory —arrived m Shanghai yesterday after being delayed because of lack of a berthing place m the Whangpo. The repatriates were sent to
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      THEY BEAT THE REDS
      93 3 picture. picture. Tough, well-drilled troops from the Inner Mongolian border under the command of General Fu Tso-yi (pictured below) during one of their final drill sessions before entering into the fighting south of Peiping where the Communists, fresh from their recent Shihchiachuang victory, are threatening the
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      The farmers pay their taxes twice
      338 3 HOIHOW (Hainan Island), Friday. ITNHAFPY farmers of this tropical island pay taxes to the Government by day and to the Communists by ni^ht, writes Harold K. Milks, Associated Press correspondent. But they find nothing new m that procedure. During: the SinoJapanese war they were
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  • LEADER...
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      29 4 These medium sized fishing craft are the ones commonly used by the Kclantan fishermen. Rigged with a rectangular sail, they can go miles from the coast to catch fish.
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1947. Municipal Reform Is Overdue
      649 4 The Singapore Fre e Press SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1947. Municipal Reform Is Overdue CINGAPORES Municipal Comd mlMlffllfT'i are shortly to meet the Advisory Council to discuss their recommendations to the Government lot a new munici— pal constitution and it must be hoped that a real elTort will now be made
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      FAITH
      17 4 A word fitly sooken is like tppu*s of sold m pictures of silver. Proverbs 2.'». 11.
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      25 4 Our of the oldest forms of entertainment, the "Punch and Judy" •JUHOJ on by one of the newest, the British Broadcast ir.g corporation's television camera.
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      SYNTHETIC PLANT
      851 4 SYNTHETIC PLANT Thi.N is the second of a series of three articles describing the condition of the American synthetic rubber industry and the factors that may influence the IS. congress this winter when the future ol the industry will be decided. Bj HOWARD IMJBSON A. P. Correspondent THE United State.
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      THE TIMES MAKES HISTORY
      958 4 [Tairs From MURIEL PENN Renter 9 Correspondent CULL details of the BOCTCt purchase of the 'Times' 1 by Ixml Northdiffe, at that time regarded a.< the epitome of yellow journalism, m March 1908, are told for the first time m the third volume of the history
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      A CHINESE SEES AMERICA
      370 4  -  JOHN RODERICK By A.P. Correspondent a Chinese goes from his homeland to America, what are his impressions? To answer that question, Jimmy Wei, chief of the Shanghai Goverrimf A v mation Bureau, recently accompanied a group of Chinese publishers to the United States for a thorough
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      HUNGRY GERMANS
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      10 MONTHS FOR CHEATING
      118 5 MUAR Friday. 1 CHINESE, See Mah Setng, who cheated a woman, Lee Puan by dishonestly inducing her to deliver to him $30 m cash and some clo'hlms vas sentrrifced to 10 moirhs' ri'jcrous im prison r. ictit. Tne sentence vcludes one year's pol.ee supervision after im-p-isomment.
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      ELECTRIC SHOCK KILLED STOKER
      112 5 HEATH by misadventure due to an ilcctric shock was the finding recordec by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquiry yesterday into the death of 22--yea r old H. Twells. a stoker of the H.M.S. Simbang. The tragedy occurred on the ni^ht o!
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      CHRISTMAS SALE
      27 5 There was large attendance at the Bring and Buy Christmas Sale yesterday organised by the Church Women's Fellowship at the Cathedral House m Cavanagh Road.
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      MORE SARONGS FOR MALAYA
      216 5 I rvr Press Staff Reporter CARONGS are arriviing m Singa- pore m fairly large numbers. During October, nearly 190,000 yards of sarong material came from the United Kingdom, Tndia, Hcuig Kong and the Netherlands East Indies. Even the United States Is sending a quantity of sarongs
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      PENSIONS FOR WAR WIDOWS
      508 5 Poppy Fund helps Free Press Staff Reporter COUR war widows are drawing a monthly pension from the Ex-Services Association of Malaya. The 1 pension is not much.... it amounts to $50 a month for each widow, three of whom have children. But the money helps a
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      ADVISORY COUNCIL
      21 5 A meeting of the Singapore Advisory Council will be held on Monday m the Municipal Chamber at 10 a.m.
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      19 5 picture. Mr. .anc: Mrs. Tan Kek Keng after their wedding m Singapore on Studio de Luxe Nov. 29, 1947.
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      Pakistan seeks ties with China
      220 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A CHINESE Muslim Goodwill Mission, headed by Mr. Li Ting-pi of the Chinese Muslim Association, is m Singapore en-route to China after completing a goodwill tour of Pakistan where the mission was warmly received by Mr. Mohamed AH Jinnah. Explaining the
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      XMAS TREAT FOR 1,000 CHILDREN
      176 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A sub-committee of the Eurasian Association, under the chairmanship of Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, is working overtime to ensure that 1.000 Eurasian children, between three and 15 years of age, have a grand time at the i Association's Christmas treat
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      EXAM RESULTS
      38 5 The following were successful m the University of London 1947 examination Intermediate Science, July 1947: Cheah Bian Kung (passed and Tio Seng Hee (Referred "Physics"). Intermediate Economics, July 1947: Yeap Kee Aik (Referred English Economic History")
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      RAFFLES HOTEL
      43 5 At the annual meeting of Rattles Hotel Limited held yesterday, payment of a dividend of 1» per cent was sanctioned. The accounts, which showed a profit for the year of $316,912, were adopted. Mr. J. A. Elias was re-elected a director.
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      V's PIONEER MEMBERS
      64 5 V's PIONEER MEMBERS fifty girls were enrolled into the Y.W.C.A. Pioneer movement m Singapore last week at the Y.W.C.A. Hostel m Leonie Hill. This picture shows some of them after the enrolment ceremony which was witnessed by returning delegates to the World Y.W.C.A. conference recently held m China. There are
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      CHRISTMAS CHOIR
      121 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the St. Gregory's lfl choir or the Church ot the Sacred Heart, mi n Tank Road, are holding final practices for Christmas Eve service. The score is composed by a French composer, F de La Tombelle, and arranged m three voices A
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      STREET FIGHTING
      37 5 Two Chinese vomen, Goh Mian Cheng vMd Tang Sok Chang, were fined $5 each, la default five days' simple imprisonment, by the Second itolice Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday, for fi^htin^ In public.
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      JAILED FOR C.B.T.
      37 5 Woo Chee Hin. an 18-year-cld Chinese, was sentenced to five months' simple imprisonment by the Second Singapore Police Court Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday, for criminal breach of trust m respect of $2,000.
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      Wore new dress, then she died
      71 5 1) o a Chinese beliel lv At 'dying persons like hea and shoes" n inquiry yestere death of a 23-year-Leong Sai Moi. ml Ltong Ah Lam, the Coroner. Mr. W. G. h;-r niece wore new shoes when she on Dec. 6 to itlng officer,
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      CHLNESE BEER
      40 5 d bottles of I n Tsingtao, Shantung B wery, is arrivr this month. which has been conChinese firm m ;»d. is branded with the •shire oat bn wery during utilised by the 1 The products then \mh\ beer
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      MAY SELL FRUIT
      25 5 .:<■•• Court Magis- r. Wait, yesterday iwker licensed to 5 may also sell fruit. Tan Cheng Hooi, a awker on a:•■ bt-llinti fruit.
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      SPENDING XMAS IN MALAYA
      43 5 SPENDING XMAS IN MALAYA Free Press Staff Reporter MORE than a hundred schoolchildren will arrive m Singapore by the Blue Funnel ship Charon on Dec. 16 to spend Christmas holidays with their parents m Malaya. There are also nine adults among the passengers.
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      IEFC CRITICS SURPRISE SINGAPORE
      209 5 IEFC CRITICS SURPRISE SINGAPORE Free Press Staff Reporter -r F i(IAI circles m Singapore, interviewed by the 0 Free Press yesterday said they could not understand Utack made by the Philippines spokesman on rice sub-committee m Singapore, of which m M. Clyde is chairman. rnciio Balmaceda, Filipino delegate at the
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      ALLEGED API MEMBER IN COURT
      100 5 ALLEGED API MEMBER IN COURT Free Press staff Reporter A HMAD Baiki bin Suib, an m- 5?? esian tail was produced before the First Singapore District Court Magistrate! P. Shanks, yesterday, and charged with being a member of Angkatan Permuda Insaf. an unlawful assembly. Ahmad claim :d trial. ASP. Boyle,
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      Dalforce claims pay 'arrears
      237 5 Dal force claims pay 'arrears Free Press Stall Reporter YfEMBERS of the Dalforce, who were mobilised at 1T1 the eleventh-hour for the battle of Singapore, will hold a general meeting on Dec. 19 to make further representations to the Government for early payment of "arrears of back-pay." In a statement
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      31 5 Reproductions of the front covers of the Raffles Institution (above) and St. Andrew's School magazines. This year's school magazines reflect a satisfactory return to the high staridards interrupted by the war.
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  • NEWS...
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      31 6 Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip look oxer their wedding photographs at Rirkhall. on the Balmoral estate m Scotland uherc they spent the latter part of their honeymoon. Sport and General picture.
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      U.S cannot 'buy' allies warning
      239 6 pHANTKLLOR Robert M. Hutchin* of the University of v. Chicago asserted that the United State* *uts been attempting to "buy allies for next H-ar." He said only a world government could prevent a future atomic war, report** Associated Press. Mr. Hutchms declared: "Tho policies wo
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      64 6 A superb gold lacquer jewel box. 150 pears Old ircw selected as a wedding present for Princess Elizabeth from ah ranks of the n nrnr r!!??"'! Occupation Force m Japan. The C.-in-C. i^3?^rt U y G ce H C H Robertson <right >, hands the jewel box to Capt. M
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      SCIENTISTS FIND 'MISSING LINK'
      106 6 T\HE University of Oaiiformia "missing links expedition" has unearthed m South Africa the fossilised remains of an ancient unknown animal, which 'lentlsts hope might prove to be one of the Important evolutionary links they are seeking. They also found the upper jaws of a meat-eating animal,
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      UNDERWORLD HUNT FOR GEM SMUGGLERS
      364 6 Scotland Yard men sent to F,. OCOTLAND YARD officers are going underground m Am J werp and other Continental cities to contact informants who can give the names and movements of intemationa gangs smuggling diamonds and money into Britain Inforrr tion will be radioed to
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      UNDER A BUSHEL?
      29 6 There is an awful lot of talent m kite Army -definitely greater than m our business circle^." said Mr. Shinwell. War Minister, while touring Western Command.
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      HOW LONG IS A HONEYMOON?
      92 6 An Eire Government bill to build "honeymoon houses" for I n-.li newly-weds has posed a knotty problem when can a "honeymoon said to be ended?" The bill stipulates that the honeymoon era would vacate state-built "dream houses" after a certain period which legislators interpret to
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      Allies urged: 'Use Benelux ports'
      278 6 Allies urged: 'Use Benelux ports I\R. E. N. Van KlelTens, Dutch Ambassador to the United States, addressing a luncheon tfiven by the Benelux Chambers of Commerce m New York, urged the Allied occupation powers to route their shipping to German through the ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam as a
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      CREDITORS HIDE
      72 6 IN Vienna on ruesday creditors were hiding :r«»m tliclr debt<>r.-> or be.s'-€<-hinK them not to pay their bill while debtors w« re running I und st-arching for their creditors and trying to make them accept payment of old debts. It was the lait day before the currency n
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      ALIVE AND KICKING
      65 6 SUMMING-UP a k)O| > of Britain's life and Mr. Herbert MatUn ws, London bureau chief of the New Times, wrote: "It will be the Time to put a tombsto The lirave of the British Bn Empire when Brr i ftghiiiig so confid- ad courageou.sly. "II that (1-a.y
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      Prices up after Ceylon budget
      15 6 Prices up after Ceylon budget I i he local pr^ or. I i i Reuter
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      Lien Hwa Back After 42-Day Far East Tour
      865 7 Lien Hwa Back After 42-Day Far East Tour •THE Lien Hwa (UnHed Chinese) soccer team of Malaya re--1 turned to Singapore at 8.25 p.m. yesterday by air froiv Hong Kong after a most successful goodwill tour of Bangkok. Shanghai, Manila and Hong Kong. They were welcomed at Kallang Airport by
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      Base Workshops Score 8 Goals
      247 7 J^E.M.E. Base Workshops trounced the Royal Welsh Fusiliers eightcne m a game of soccer played on McNair lid Ground on Wednesday. REM.E. Base soon showed their superiority by scoring four goals m the first quarter of an hour. The scorers were Watrrs, Newman, Jackson, and
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      563 7  -  EPSOM JEEP Krom Hrroden stand out as the best bets on the poh today, the final day of the Perak Turf nvtnifM r meeting. There was more rain last nieht *L\oin*w ill be heavy(MorsiUo) is likely to start a strong favourite 1 vU race and on his second to
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      Selections By "Call Boy"
      34 7 uin V* Windsor l.addie r,t> Maid MAESTRO \ir Gee KIM- n|() J l.mlo Three .lunr Veil hmmi I l ady Despaii EUREKA Kverot Heroden (RAM) TRIM 1 and Act i\iy
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      Malayans Beaten In Mixed Doubles
      57 7 Qton stars. i S. A Durai. m the mixed National I.:i^s1 .:i^s at but Chan Kon quarter- 1 partnered d and Miss Madge Finto and Miss K. 4. Samuel j rnbed to :5; 10—15; bhoy and S. bPT Dura! and Miss 12-15; 15—4. lar partnered
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      81 7 neld recently at the following tht BarJca Dr Chen Ah E ip Dr Lai En Fo. Mr X S Oon. Mr. I« fc. Mr Oon Tjin Hon. Mr. En« Tai. Nmm Djin. -Mr. Ho Choy Moo. Pin Mr. Lee Enj? Hal. Thoem? Joenp -nes: Mr. Bocn Mr Liv Sin
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      19 7 G las by, exOf the Home Kranji Wire- ar.d wii] taking part m itt bfjxing m the near
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      FREDDIE MILLS BEAT OLEK BY 2 MARKS
      471 7 pREDDIE MILLS won his ten-round fight with Stephan Olek, French farmer-boxer, at Belle Vue, Manchester, by two marks. That was the margin of points given him by the referee, Mr. Moss Deyong, at the end of a punishing ding-dong struggle. It was that
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      Today's Race Programme
      767 7 1 X DA Y"S card of races at Ipoh Is R*** One 2.3« Homes Cl. I, Div. 5. 5 Furlongs Str. 0 0 SCARLET TIGER II 3 0 00 0 0 GOLD STREAM 4 8.11 0 0 2 GRACEFUL SPEAR 6 8.10 0 0 MAY PRINCE 3
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      Blocked In Nick Of Time
      36 7 Stephan Olek, the Frenchman, just manages to get his glove m the way of a straight left from Freddie Kills m their recent fight at Manchester which Mills wan on points.
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      INDIA 38 FOR 2
      94 7 BATTING first, m the second Test match which started at Sydney yesterday, India had lost two wickeUs for 38 runs at lunch, after which there was no further play owing to rain. The scores were Mankad b Lindwall 5, Sarwate b Johnson 0. Gul Mohanud not
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      MAYFAIR B.P. TEAM
      67 7 •pHERE will be a friendly match between the Mayfair B.P. and the Play fair 8.P., consisting of six singles and three doubles, at the C.U. Hall at 7 p.m. today. The following players will represent the Mayfair B.P Quek Krng Chuan, Goh Tian Chye, Lim Yew Hock,
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      UK FOOTBALL PROGRAMME
      281 7 THE following are U.K. Football' fixtures today FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v. Middlesbrough; Blackburn v. Manchester Utd; Blackpool v. Preston N.E.; Chelsea v. Portsmouth; Derby County v. Stoke City; Everton v. Boltom W.; Grimsby v. Arsenal; Huddersfleld v. Burnley; Manchester City v. Sheffield Utd.; Sunderland v. Charlton;
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      182 7 Weekend Sports Events TODAY RUGBY: RE. Rugger Club vs. Royal Signals Selerang, Thomson Road polo ground. 5 p.m Police vs. RAF. .SHetar. at SHetar, 5.15 p.m.: Singapore Civilians vs. Johore, padang. 5.15 p.m. BADMINTON: Singapore open singles >< i mi fin.if. Clerical Union, 2.15 p.m. SOCCER: Haikowyu SjC. vs. V.M.M.A..
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      226 7 Free Press Crossword No. 263 •3 Ml™ »r~ rrs CLUES ACROSS 1. United Nations latest member (8). 8. A quack (9). 11. Meal made from W. Indian cassava plant (6). 12. Title of the rulers of Baroda, India (7). 13. Jaw, especially the lower one m mammals and fishei (8).
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      HOLY LAND: U.K. TO QUIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
      635 8 HOLY LAND: U.K. TO QUIT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Bevin blames US interference LONDON, Friday. npHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. told the House 1 of Commons on the second day of the Palestine debate today that Britain had made it clear that May 15 was the latest date by
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      RUBBERS, TINS ADVANCE
      274 8 RUBBERS, TINS ADVANCE throughout the industrT im Pwwm.m,^J l *'k Breweries and wEftiS*" und Vtd N correspondent. Rubk-r* L V Kfofcr< d rt/ l n h marl wo dealers mdd: duty m* not k-.cludcd > SUUr 1 MANS Consols 2 S, ft^ Mind 4% 83 19«0-9 ]12 War 3.% ...;.V'iO3'M6
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      Police charge Rome mobs: strike ends
      231 8 ROME. Friday. THE Communist controlled labour unions tonight voted to end at once the capital's violent two-day strike. This decision came as the strike was reported on the verge of a collapse through the open defiance of thousands of workers to the strike orders.
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      TROOPS PUSH TRIBES BACK
      96 8 JAMMU. Friday. INDIAN troop*, slowly but systematically pushing raiding tribesmen out of Jammu. southern province of Kashmir, into Pakistan, cleared the first reported mini- fir Id In the Kashmir fighting when they cros.std the river bef capt rnj: the Pakistan border. Indian infantry, supported by armoured
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      ARIZONAWANTS EM TIED ON
      87 8 HOLLYWOOD, Friday. AN Arizona State official toured the movie studios today pleading with executives to tie their actors into their saddles. If any more actors fall off horses m Arizona, the official said, it unll bankrupt the state. The case of stunt rider John Hudkins was
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      TWO INDIAS DIVIDE THE ASSETS
      210 8 TWO INDIAS DIVIDE THE ASSETS NEW DELHI Friday. ri\HE Deputy Prime Mini*u*f of I India. Sardar Valiabhal Patel. presenting to the Constituent Avswmbiy today a detaih-d stau»mem on I nd; an -Pakistan wrLUem»"ni announced on Tuesday, said tM h«>ped PaKjtart winild regard this 6'Ltlement "as a gesture of India .s
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      '10,000 COMMUNISTS KILLED'—NANKING
      206 8 '10,000 COMMUNISTS KILLED'— NANKING SHANGHAI, Friday. 'FHE big battle m south-east Hunan, which has been m progress without let-up for the past eight days, entered its final phase today as 100,000 Government troops began a general advance on the surrounded remnants of Gen. Liv Po-cheng\s army which emerged from Tapieh
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      7 DIE IN U.S. MINE
      36 8 The tttath toll from the two explosions at Franklin coal mine of Lehigh Valley. Pennyslvania rose to seven, and the eighth man was r&pc/rted In a very sph™^ •onaltion yesterday.— U.P.
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      U.K. COTTONS NEW RECORD
      83 8 MANCHESTER, Friday. THE first week of overtime working m the spinning industry m Great Britain set up a production record, it icas announced today. Production of cotton, spun rayon and mixture yariis for the week ended Nov. 29. the first week of overtime wqrktmo since the
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      CHINA ASSEMBLY PUT OFF
      173 8 NANKING, Friday. MEETING under the chairmanship of President Chiang Kaishek, the State Council— highest organ of the Chinese Government —today decided to postpone indefinitely calling of the National Assembly. A new convocation date will be announced or. Dec. 21 the day on which the new constitution
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      RUBBER PRICES
      97 8 ai H am. todaj as follows: 1 X S. v fob m hai« Jui ff X S S foh m bal«s. J» n y I I fob m bale*. Jan T->in of markri Firm. M\(;\PORE CHAMBER OF (OMMERCI The Singapore Chamber of Coo< Rubber XsscHiations ptKfl at noon
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      ATTEMPT TO BOMB JEWS ENDS IN JAIL
      15 8 ATTEMPT TO BOMB JEWS ENDS IN JAIL LONDON KGED With m London. 1 ri Reuter
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      HOME...
      19 8 The pack of the Beaufort Hunt mat>es off through a leaf strewn copse at Worcester Lodge, near Badminton.
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      Congressmen to discuss plan
      269 8 LONG-TERM AID TO EUROPE WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Truman today called a new meetinc with Congressional leaders for next Monday to place before them the administration's final version of the longrange plan for aid to Europe. Details may be announced soon afterwards. House sources disclosed that Mr.
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      SOLITION NEAR IN INDOCHINA
      80 8 Tii±. French High OOBUBIaIQOtr 1 to French Indo-China M gmile Bollaert. who arrived m Paris on Thursday from Saigor for consultations with the Fn-^ Government, after his talfc, on tne future oi Indo-China with exEmp t ror Bao Dai oi Annum, had a 90 rmnute.s talk
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      I'M WORSE OFF' U.S. OFFICIAL
      86 8 MX. Edwin Puuley testified on Friday that he was now "one hundred thousand tlm.-s worse oil" because ht sold his holdingi m commodity futures after assuming that post as special assistant U> the Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall Grant H- admitted "I have holdings
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      MPs WARNED OF 'BIG BUSINESS'
      86 8 V|R. Solomon Bandaranaike, Ifl leader of the Hous<> of Representatives m Ceylon due to attain dominion status on February 4 next year warned the members at this time of transition and difficulties. He was referring to allegations of budget leakage made m the Hous<» on
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      261 8 WEA THER Cloudy rWIIKK report for the next 21 hour* compiled by the RAF: Cloudy, with oceaaftonaJ %hower* f-jir tonight. Cloudy afaJn tomorrow morning. Wind: North. J to 10 m p h lUlnfaJl If m KrUtivr hurrtidilv ptrrtoiacn: Yesterday 73$ a.m. 76. 130 p m J3. 7 10 p m
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