The Singapore Free Press, 20 December 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press =========_^RGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA GFHJDJ SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    HOPES FOR BETTER RUBBER PACT
    1234 1 HOPES FOR BETTER RUBBER PACT U.S. is helpful, says minister B RI t T .M N *>» 'told the United L S^ rmi n d o a: ;W.e Disclosing this m the House of Commons today on Board <* Trade, MSXwldwS: fS?"?n JS- W^ hll^ 0 n had been Extremely
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    14 1 TAN or the rch vesterzdoption of ntcst seats Council, HO m April t party
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    'Last appeal' to Indonesians
    124 1 'Last appeal' to Indonesians mT Min i ster v W w bU Medan radio tonight a "last appeal" ndonesian Republic. It would be highly UU. !a,t-call were not undeZd! Premier, who arrived m Batavia this touring the Indies, urged a speedy the Republic to aid the Indonesian co-operation with the
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    FRANCE IMPOSES FORCED LOAN
    105 1 AN "exceptional tax," payable once only, to be levied on ail industrial, commercial and agricultural profits and individual salaries exceeding 750,000 franc* a year was announced yesterday by the French Finance Minister. M Rene May^r, m a series of antiinflation measures to 'save the franc." The
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    ISSUE NOW CLEAR, SAYS MARSHALL
    215 1 ISSUE NOW CLEAR, SAYS MARSHALL WASHINGTON. Friday. DEPORTING on the breakup of the Foreign Ministers meeting ir. London. Mr. George Marshall United States Secretary of State! said m a nation-wide broadcast tonight that the issue between the western powers and Soviet Russia on European recovery was "clear cut." "I fear
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    MALAYA'S £177 MILLION ASSETS
    139 1 LONDON, Friday. THE Under-Secretary for the Colonies Mr. David Reos Williams, stated m Parliament m a reply today that the Crown Agents for the Colonies hold cash and investments totalling about £99.000.000 and £20.000,000 on behalf of the Governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union, respectively.
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    PRICE BILL PASSED
    39 1 The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed by 281 to 73 votes, and sent to President Truman, a bill already passed by the Senate for voluntary price agreements to hold down the cost of living. A.P.
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    CONGRESS MAY RESTRICT AID FOR EUROPE
    313 1 T HE Marshall Plan, wbmit^^gSS^^?- by A President Truman, has run into the immediate opposition of Republicans, who are likely to insist rtm restricting aid to $4,000 million a year, with no guarantee of a second year. In his message to Congress, the President
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    REFUGEES DYING IN FREEZING PUNJAB
    222 1 NEW DELHI, Friday. REPORTS iiom Lahore say that destitute Muslim refugees driven from India by mob violence and uncared for by the hard-pressed Pakistan Government are dying m West Punjab, where the temperature has fallen to within 2 degrees of freezing point. Two million refugees,
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    BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE DELHI
    81 1 Earl Mountbatten GovernorGeneral of India, took the salut* at a farewell parade sesterday of the last British troops to leaye Delhi detachments of the Ist Bn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers and the 2nd Bn. The East Lancashire Regiment. With the departure of two battalions from Bombay
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    40 1 picture. NAI PRIDI PHANOMYONG, former Siamese Prime Minister and wartime resistance leader, told the Singapore Press yesterday that a learning received a few hours before the coup d'etat lead by Phibun Songgram enabled him to escape from Siam. Free Press
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    Reprisal killings in Palestine
    401 1 JERUSALEM, Friday. OTOE killing of ten Arabs, including five children, in the northern Palestine mountain village of Khisas last night was admitted today by Haganah, the Jewish illegal defence group, to have been a reprisal for the recent attacks on Jewish settlements in that border district,
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    EXTRADITED ON GOLD CHARGE
    52 1 Held since the beginning of the month on an extradition warrant, Israel Hertz Kinstler left Singapore this "morning for Australia by air. m the custody of Mr. A. R. McEwan. Assistant Superintendent of Police. In Australia, Kinstler will be charged with conspiracy In the illegal export
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    ARMY TRAINING
    27 1 The War Minister. Mr. Emanue] Shinwell, will meet Welsh M P3 at Shrewsbury on Jan. 22 to discuss new Army training area* m Wales. Reuter
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    U.S. RAISES TIN SELLING PRICE
    72 1 THE Reconstruction Finance Corporation m Washington yesterday raised its selling price for refined tin by 14 cen^ (U.S.) to a total of 94 cents (U.S.) a pound. R.F.C. officials t/ointed out that a 14-cent increase has just been made on British and Malayan prices for
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    UK CUTS FOREIGN BROADCASTS
    80 1 BRITAIN'S Minister of State, Mr. Hector McNeil, said m the House of Commons yesterday that there would be a 10 per cent, cut m foreign broadcasts of the BBC although the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin. was "reluctant" to accept any cut No date was mentioned.
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  • FEATURES...
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      LONDON SHOPS FOR XMAS
      659 2 LONDON SHOPS FOR XMAS From Muriel Perm Reuters 9 Correspondent AUSTERITY- harassed British housewives' are snatcha few hours off c days queuing for fish, cakea or potatoes to do the i< mily Christmas ihop- y, London's West are crowded to the doors with them as they join m more queues
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      Shop Girl To Opera Star
      152 2 .1 sh tra- ntly I Garden <■ -on. A isl I i aue her an 1946, oumpt'tinK n from all p :a. David al dirt \;r> proßramxne which will eive rid musical itatus m a r. 11, handsonie Rosins Raisorisinally fr >n\ land, s or
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      92 2 CLUBS arc umnpo. SvHitfc kads. North and South are to win six of th.- him tracks acuitwt any dcf« ruse South leads diamond. North ruffs with club queen and leads spade. East wins and If |M leads the trump. South wins, loads another diamond tor North to trump,
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      RIVER TIBER YIELDS ITS GOLD
      480 2  - RIVER TIBER YIELDS ITS GOLD C. R. BRUSINI B> CIGHTV six-yi-ar-old L Capt. Francesco Afncano, one of the men Who found the famed statue of Vt-nus now m Rome's Capitol MUM-um. at the bottom of the Tiber River 50 y« '%r< ago, believes the Tiber has not yet yielded up
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      150-Year-Old Choir
      186 2  - 150- Year-Old Choir G. K. HODENFIED By A. P. Correspondent •THE Vienna boys choir, 1 formed nearly 450 years ago when Maximilian the first was Emperor of tne •'Holy Roman Empire of the German nation" is today rapidly returning to its prewar position as one of the city's top musical
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      56 2 Dtfeen'j Nursing Sifter Sylvia Russell smiles rca*>uriti(jly at Mrs. Donle of Caynbt'ru < 11, London, as she weight five-pounds Averil l)>i/le on a sprinrj balance. Sister Ru.ssell is a State Certified MidWife, (md jnr fourteen ciays Mrs. Doylr and Avenl will receive attention ;n their own horne all part of
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      207 2 HER SCIATICA WENT IN ONE WEEK I 4 C First Dose of Kruschen Brought Relief Whrn sciatica attacked this woman C six mn ago she could scarcely move. 1 Treatment after treatment failed to r helo her. She tried Kruschen and t pot immediate rebef. In one week. her sciatica
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      989 2 CTUPRDnDr SINDAY p m World News. 10 15 "Australians on Rh>thm m the Sun; F ">fl Pnvramme oIMVjAxUKL ...iixh rrotriniiw: 1 p.m. Juliofl li. •< _tv H.»: ».<l wuii^ms Thea Phil- 9 pm BtnlonltUa: A: His Orchestra r. -i.«v, -i Up*. Starlit BOUT lUlitll 2015 8.45 IJlue Network 11m s.a
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      200 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today BOKN tcxlav. you. Ukc IktSC born during the nrxt tew days before the turning of thr si^n. will partake of the i li.irat t'-riNtu s of h«jth the outgoing .t nd incoming slffßa, Self ennndent and ambitious >on ure s< tiMtive
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1947. Sir Stafford on the Outlook
      490 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1947. Sir Stafford on the Outlook ONE of Sir Stafford Cripps* ki gift lor lucid tt- .nth ition oi la up m i not I I II 1 by Brit vould In fa*.-t have pied a lm of Che < il. B c
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      SHOWDOWN ON STORE
      722 4  - SHOWDOWN ON STORE Noel Monks Commonwealth Column by AN iron curtain that dropped down over Singapore on February 15, 1942, after one of the greatest debacles m British military history, is due to be officially lifted soon with l<^' -or_(V ,"o(j publication of the report of the former G.0.C., Malaya,
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      TURKEY WAR
      571 4  -  GRAHAM STANFORD By IT'S the dawn of DDay m the farmers 1 war with the poultry rustlers m Britain. S<> far the rmtlen have concentrated on sporadic "snatch" raids on chicken and turkey houses, and breeden report comparatively light losses. But with only a few days to Christmas
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      Ancient 'Girls' Fortress'
      769 4  -  AUREL VARANNAI From Router's Correspondent THE mountains and valleys round Pecs m Southern Hungary have been the site of human dwellings for the past 6,000 years of more. Evidence of the passage of peoplea of different ages is found m layers, starting from the nearly 7,000-year-old settlements
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      6 4 CANCWAY FOR A Y I P
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      Looking After The Old Folk
      660 4 Looking After The Old Folk From WALTER DAVIS Reuters' Correspondent COME 40,000 of Britain's aged, intirm and needy people will be rehoused m comfortable, well-equipped modern hotels, with private looms of their own when the bfl] to end the ]> resent Poor Law system of granting relief comes fully into
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      Trade Slump In Crosses
      40 4 B> Edward Curtis A. P. oi respondent SPKEEPERS their toward C I -it trade slump. w fcwai of y hChi Hit I ove: R S3 as i with silver .md e°"\. sun *£%r** of Ann .onfj^
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      Hatter for G-G. and Whitehall
      57 5 Hatter for G-G. and Whitehall tfalaya and l,rld talks r Importer General, Mr. Mac-Donald, > take up Office at K. the question of ional connf Malao GovernGimson, m incil yesterin reprenot particie confer- that they :ded full that they such con►l Malaya interests replying an F. Fergustrol of :i. -imc
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      BAR 'YES-MEN', SAYS COUNCILLOR
      27 5 I :t the righ: mere 'Yes' the benent r iven by -fa ut of the Ad- *ple who 'itution mdently to he stated
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      ART DISPLAY BY NAVAL FLIER
      51 5 ART DISPLAY BY NAVAL FLIER Kilroy, R.N.. '28 uf his ir. Singaat Malayto be mainly ar. scenes. are set m H. has not work on I utle's m eoottam until >x-n m the In 1927. he was Ur Arm, and I thr war was with N iv.d Air 0 r
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      SCHOLARSHIP TO HE DISCUSSED
      31 5 I the Ansio•oi Old be meeting* proposals ids for the he A.C.CS.. I relationship 'md to have an he welfare of li felt thai >s be con-
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      RADIO MALAYA
      18 5 mid-day this wave transpore (blue i<adio Malaya ye length of instead of > *'Vs) as at pre-
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      FINED FOR FIGHTING
      21 5 Jdfoh fighting ■l-re Police b,n HusKee were .default three risonment for he struck felt uneasy at his from
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      MALAYANS MAY JOIN AIR FORCE
      280 5 OPPORTUNITIES are being vy offered to young men and women m Malaya to join the Royal Air Force, if they aie British subjects. Headquarters Air Command Far East announced yesterday that enlistment into the ranks is now open to all British subjects residing outside the
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      21 5 picture. MR. P. F. DE SOUZA Who, m the Singapore Advisory Council, yesterday urged better opportunities for the local-born. Free Press
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      KEA\DAH MALAY GIRL MAKES HISTORY
      540 5 First to pass out as doctor Free Press Staff Reporter THE first Malay girl to graduate as a doctor iron the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, since its establishment is Miss Salma binte Ismail, Tie daughter of the former Under-Secretary of Sta c,
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      30 5 pictures. "^ViecZmbinlTsthwU nf°tV, d po £<T ar anniversary of the Combined Schools Choir (above) lueiowj. Lonductor of the orchestra and choir is Mr. Glan Williams. Master of Music Free Press
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      TB TREATMENT: LACK OF STAFF
      150 5 THE main diflkulties confronting the Singapore Government m the ar.ti-T.B. scheme is the acute shortage of doctors, nurses and attendants not finance. This was the reply given by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. m the Advisory Council yesterday after Mr. R. Jumabhoy
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      XMAS CONCERT ON SUNDAY
      87 5 THE C.V.M.A. of the Church of Sacred Heart will be holding a Christmas concert m aid of their Church Repairs Fund this m Rangoon Road. The concert starts from 8 p.m. The total collections will be used to pay for repairs to the Sacred Heart Church,
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      DIESELS CAN RUN OiS COCONUT OIL
      149 5 pOCONUT oil car. be used as a v substitute fuel for dlesel engines, according to Professor D. Mukherji. In a paper read before the conference of the Engineering Association of Ceylon, he said that experiments conducted by I him during the recent floods when
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      Unlawful society members jailed
      173 5 TWENTY members of an unlawful society were sent to prison after their trial m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Six of them, who had previous convictions, were sentenced to six months each; the rest were each sentenced to three months. Inspector Lai Behari Singh, who
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      GOVT 'ANXIOUS' TO PROMOTE LOCAL MEN
      267 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN the Advisory Council yester- day, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron said that no one was more anxious than he to see many more promotions of local-boms to higher pasts. "But," he added, "those concerned must bo
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      TAX PLANNED
      59 5 The Singapore Government was giving careful consideiation to imposing a tax ;>n transfers or landed property during the period of enemy occupation, said the Financial Secretary. Mr J. D. M. Smith, m the Advisory Council yesterday. He was replying to a suggestion by P. F. de Souza that
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      JAIL FOR C.B.T.
      39 5 A 21-year-old Malay Dawal bin Kassim, was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by the Singapore Second Police Court Magistrate, Mr. E. S. de Banzie. for criminal breach of trust m respect of a guitar.
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      ROYAL WEDDING FUND
      15 5 The Singapore Princess' Wedding Celebration Fund has reached a total of $886,404.96.
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      19 5 CO. FORWARDING AGENTS. 'MI'AMED BAGGAGE DOOR TO SERVICE SINGAPORE UK. PACKING INSURANCE *»y, Singapore. P.O. Box 295. Telegrams: Wadfor
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      40 5 11 61 T\ yM \m I U^nA fa, Jls JMIAS NP V BREWED AND BOTTLED S7*r^B i IN HOLLAND PJJ 9%S j j vO •wVf PI NTS) SPECIAL TERMS < fji Qiyl t\t\ DEALERS {J! II lp m*W%\J^J (QUARTS^ •^V^^^^^^^^^^ |SE
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  • NEWS...
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      Offers to serve wife's jail term
      208 6 AMOTIIKK al Ihrw chiklren was at Birmingham /Vssiies ■mtCaaMd to three years' pefwil servitude despite her blind huslKind's offer to accept her blame and punishment. She wis Mrs. DaL-y Gt-rmido Brittam. wife of the vik kf« .-üb-p«»st master at IngoldsbT, Lincolnshire and pUadcd i
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      38 6 jmit-mr,:. U.S. President Truman sigiuny the "Freedom Train" r cluster at Washington, after a 30-mmutc inspration of the hutortO uments an the train. The train h&d travelled serotfl the United States eoTlecttng food donations for Eurojyean countries. A.P.
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      KINGS BARRED
      23 6 lon Parluuner.t has bstm iv»iy lonatt i'r.i: their wlvai ai\d i i i ti and imp^jur.cicd all ol the H Bavoy.
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      SUSTAIN HAS BIG OIL SCHEMES
      417 6 SUSTAIN HAS BIG OIL SCHEMES To meet increased demand for fuel BRITAIN is to spend £95,000,000 on vast schemes to increase her capacity for refining oil the United Kingdom* Mr. Alfred Robens, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power announced m I>ondon. But he warned that the scheme,
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      36 6 Actress MadQi Mi witness stand at L<j? am her trial on charges of kidney and assault. She testified she 'tax "framed" and ambu.^hra by her former manager, the State charcj napped and severely tx three men.
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      BLOWN OUT OF HIS COFFIN
      71 6 MARCEL Franc live* m the village of Brotsaine near Grenoble, Prance, cekbratod hlj pre-weddlng bachelor dinner iinnapplly Following a local custom he lay down In a c :'.n I iritl which waa then let on Bre. In»--i ol jumping out nimbly, Francola was blown out
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      TURKS TO GET U.S. WARSHIPS
      57 6 Turkish i i u> ye day tald coastal bat i of various da expected from the United s under .1 Washington decision to "complete and rein- th. oiT« nsiv. and defensive potential of the Turkish Navy. A party of btffh rankuiK United .1 ot.'fiTs is
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      Spy in British Embassy
      93 6 ry\\V. presence of one of Mussolini's well-paid spies m the llriX tish Kmbussy m Koine before the u;ir was conlirmed by Mr. Hector McNeil. Minister of State, m answer to a question m the House of Commons. The man was an Italian servant, he said, who
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      Four saved from tilting fort in gale
      134 6 POUR sailors were rescued from the listing Tongue Bands Fort m the Thames Estuary alter they sent an SOS sayinej: "Fort liable to collapse at any moment." Margat-- lifeboat rose and fell 6ft. at a time m the gale as the four men
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      CANADA AGREES ON UK TRADE
      106 6 AN I eni hat been reach- 1 rd kn the Anglo-Canadian trade n« LaUom, the British Crtjveriiiru i announced Thursday which prorklei for ree- d for coottx] .v-d atijVLst^-d pnc« .> Ol r >r Uveotook pr-^ :<> Ih aj Br.taui flfton is alao made for
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      PIGEON'S SHIP TRIP
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      HOLLYWOOD GETS 'BIG SLEEP' HABIT
      153 6 HOLLYWOOD GETS 'BIG SLEEP' HABIT ■lOLLYWOOD Beemi to be taking the fUm "The Big Sleep" literally. Latest erase of the stars is the "super-colossal" bed measuring up to right feet square. m.vn Rose Olnclg, chief salesm 'in. m for the company which [maket them, laid: "We've built 'them for Tyrone
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      U.K. coal normal by 1949
      9 6 U.K. coal normal by 1949 M' al fo^ca P!
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      57 6 SENSATIONALLY YOURS! TONIGHTS M HUE MIRACLE VJ INK CAPITOL i M 0 ||>THRIU. MUSICAL IrrQ'm Sin technicolor; Ja"§**nQ q rooou 1 ESTHER WILLIAMS AKIM TAMIROFF CYO CHARISSE lOHN CARROLL MARY ASTCR FORTUNiO BONANOVA and Introducing I RICARDO MONTALBAN I H«*S m II«W ftorl Hondiom*. ««r V J owd to f
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      136 6 UNCHALLENGEABLE' COLUMBIA'S TOP-FLIGHT Pkl-XM* ATTk A 1 O 1! TWO OUTSTANDIN FAVOURITES IN ONE MIGHTY ADVENTURE FILM MM JlMiff ft <« Wondrou s B 3f MAJOIfHEYWARD u 4 "n?! loved by two women .>lr\Ut'rt ...«n o roce Wfk deo^> b J MII OWPNPIIW Rs 2 IHB RIOT Tjgfirt 1 m
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      33 6 j/\NE Exclusive to the Sitigapore Free Press m Ma lava WEVE. SEEN TY4F HOT" >^" **4v idHO Ife^^^n^nH^^^ Mk (^^^■^^^^^lb lH ■p< m^ '^^w L^B^^Sb^B^B^^^^^^^Bb* BL. kT V >>s^^. *W 7 ■^^fcfc^t .^^^^^lJ B^B>
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  • SPORTS...
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      MALAYANS WIN ANOTHER TITLE
      263 7 Easy Victory For ymuelAnd Chan a badminton player A. S. Samuel and his ml F?ul Holm e iVj^L^ c Danish Mid iam iioim, 15— 6, 15 4 m the mpn'v: •:li. All-India badminton championships m ay, to annex the doubles title for Malaya he other Maiayan,
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      GAME CALLED OFF
      16 7 UR. Friday. key match be- j bare, which been playwil abanrain. the match
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      S.C.F.A. MEETING TODAY
      48 7 A meeting of inter-district league representatives of the S C.F.A. will be hold at the Bondt-meer Athletic Club at 230 v m today. All representatives are asked to attend Thcvse *ho have not sent In their lists of players should bring them to the meeting.
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      BANTAM CHAMP DEFENDS HIS TITLE TODAY
      176 7 BANTAM CHAMP DEFENDS HIS TITLE TODAY Manuel Orite, Mexico's world bantanVweigh-t chumpian, who will defesid ikis titfe against hard-hitting Filipino Tirso c) Rosario, m a 15-round contest m Manila tonight, will enter the ring a heavy favourite. But some observers say he may easily be just an eXchamptan if Tirso
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      Williams May Fight In Australia
      111 7 IKE Williams, world lightweight boxing champion, is to be offered G 7.000 plus all expetvics to defend his title m Australia next year. This was announced m Melbourne by Mr. Mr. John Wren, Chairman of Directors of Stadiums Ltd. He said negotiations would begin immediately
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      DANES WILL TAKE OWN FOOD TO OLYMPICS
      91 7 npHE Danish Olympic team will A take their own food and two cooks to prepare it to the 1948 games m London, Paul Ingholt, President of the Danish Olympic Committee, reported. The larder will include eggs, butter, cheese and other local food, while
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      Carter Will Not Retire
      158 7 REPORTS abound that this is to be the last season of Horatio Carter, Derby County's great international "general" that he is to retire that he is to be a coach that he is to join a Second Division club or manage a team m the Southern
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      C.A. SOCCER TEAMS FOR TOMORROW
      101 7 CHINESE Athletic soccer teams for tomorrow's gam^s at Jalan Besar are CA. Juniors vs Chinese Hi«h School XI at 4 p.m.: Siew Wing; Thong Chiat. Seng GeeTiang Chye. PiU Chong. Patrick C^ong: Tong Yuen. Teck Seng, Chwee Lim. Hoon Leong. phan Kirn. Reserve«:—Ngp^ Pau Chang
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      FRENCH RUGBY XV TO MEET SCOTLAND
      53 7 rE French Rugby XV to meet Scotland at Cblombes Stadium m Paris on Jan. 1 has been announced as follows Back Rouflla: three-quarters from Jean, Romathioe. Sorondo. Junquas and Terreau: halves Alvarez (fly) and Bergougnan (.scrum), forward*— Prat. Banquet. Matheu. Soro. Moga. Buzy. Caron
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      U.K. LEAGUE AND CUP SOCCER FIXTURES
      406 7 rpHE following arr U.K. Football X fixtures for today. FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa v Grimsby Town; Burnley v Portsmouth; Chelsea v Blackpool, Everton v Blackburn; Huddersneld v Derby Co.; Manchester Utd. v Middlesbrough: Preston N.E. v Liverpool; Sheffield Utd. v Charlton Ath.; Stoke City
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      Sydney Test
      44 7 Play was held up for several 7ninutes when a rising hall from Miller tut Hci.are on the finger during the first day's play m the second Test between Australia and India at Sydney which was abandoned as a draw owing to rain.
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      GRAZIANO MAY GET A BREAK
      422 7 From Pat Heffernan, Reuters U.S. Sports Writer. THE future, which looked so gloomy for the world A middleweight champion Rocky Graziano, has now brightened perceptibly. Already barred from fighting m New York, and virtually black-listed m most other states, because of the disclosure that he
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      Services Should Win Today's Rugby Classic
      545 7 Services Should Win Today 's Rugby Classic From -WINGER" fFHE Services should have little difficulty m avenging x the defeat they suffered last season at the hands iof the Civilians when the sides meet m Penang 'this evening m the first of this season's Rugby classics. Last season it was
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      188 7 S.C.C. LEAD IN FIVE-CORNERED RUGGER Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the rugger season now m full swing, the Singapore Cricket Club is the leading side m the current fivecornered rugger competition, with the Combined. RAF. second and the Royal Navy third. On Wednesday last week the Club draw with the
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      12 7 Owing to the rain, yesterday's Singapore hockey fixtures were cancelled.
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      214 7 Free Press Crossword Wo. 169 I i B I I CLUES ACROSS i m^ mm m^ m^j wSZ.S^V'JS'f' 8 State (6K :!0 Tt ends on S«ter Eve (4). VlLaSSJu^i CoOked T I 2! led UP With herbe (5) 23 A fixture of Persian and Hindi spoken m India (4). 24,
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      'U SAW IS NOT GUILTY' SAYS K.C.
      325 8 'U SAW IS NOT GUILTY' SAYS K.C. RANGOON, Friday. MR. Derek Curtis Bennett, Kings Counsel, told the Burmese assassination tribunal today that the evidence marshalled before it had smashed the prosecution's case against ore-war Premier U Saw. Winding up the case for U Saw. who Is chared with abetment m
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      FRENCH ATTACK IMMINENT' IN INDOCHINA
      93 8 FRENCH ATTACK IMMINENT' IN INDOCHINA Saigon Friday. The eoncentimUon of 2o.«x)o French uoom the 51i.nr. t>»rdrnnK the Cochtn-China province of Thudaumui p girded In Vietnamese r.r<-i.t» ai an IndlU D fan imminent French offentive. Th' Chinese c osul (>• r U at n said the French had <>rdered Chinese nationals
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      BIG HELP FROM AUSSIE WHEAT
      57 8 THE Food lilntlter. Mr. John 1 Strachey. said vcstordav that the new Anglo-Australian agreement announced on Thursday m Sydney "should" enable Britain to RCt along without American wheat during this crop year The agreement orovided for the delivery of DO million bushels from Australia at
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      DRIVE ON MUKDEN HALTED
      167 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. riHNESF. Nationalist forces m Manchuria, m a vigorous cour.teroilensive. have temporarily checked the Communists' multi-pronged drive on Mukden, according to pro-Government dispatches. A northern column approach m« from the direction of Faku. 50 miles north-west of Mukden, which had represented the most serious threat,
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      PROGRESSIVES NAME 6 MEN FOR ELECTIONS
      898 8 'Unwise to spurn franchise offer' Free Press Staff Reporter OPEAKING at an extraordinary general meeting of the Progressive Party yesterday, Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Party, said while it was lamentable that only six seats had been given to the electorate m
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      21 8 Uftajr An unusual night m a small village m Devon— ffi fc, Royal Marine Commandos dressed til Japanese clothes practising jujitsu.
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      34 8 (centre), accompanied by military an the damage to Arab and Jewish ihopi and horn* £S mspec: cial centre of Jerusalem caused J anTXL the United Nation*' approval It the plan N If Land P
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      U.S. FILM AWARDS FOR 2 BRITONS
      82 8 TWO British film .stars have been credited for the best acting performances of the year by the American National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, reports Reuter from New York. They are Michael Redpravp for his rolo m the lllm "liourolni Became Electra" and
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      17 8 Generalissimo Chianc Kai-shek is scheduled to broadcast to the world a "pro -Christmas mcssaw 1 tomorrow.- U.P.
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      FRENCH UNIONISTS BREAK WITH REDS
      243 8 PARIS. Friday. J EADERS of the Anti-Communist Labour Movement, J representing more than 1,000,000 French workers, voted today by an overwhelming majority to break away from the Communist-led General Confederation of Labour. This decision splits the French trade union movement from top to bottom. The
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      RUBBERS, TINS ADVANCE
      251 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Friday WITH interest centred on the coming week-end T? the London Stock Exchange spent a quiet fen today although prices held very firm and dun improvements were recorded m the (lilt-edged tion, says Reuter's financial comsptatat Rubbers advanced and Tins were irregular to
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      RUBBER PRICES
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      24 8 The lid. stamp, made desirable by the new scale of charges for inland parcels, will be on sale In Britain on Dec. 29.— Reuter
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