The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA df SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947 ICE 16 CENT
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    TAXI BOMB CLAIMS 50 VICTIMS
    430 1 TAXI BOMB CLAIMS 50 VICTIMS l^m**? /mraf for 'Black Squad' hssss h avenge the 50 \rate k& S6arch of Jews 1 Black Squad men L-h« 5 or bounded by Irgun a speeding taxi nLr tfc g*. P? werful "><>n,b from market. r the fr o*d€d Damascus Gate terrJS, I'l^1 1^
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    Vallace to runon no war' ticket
    67 1 Vallace to runon no war' ticket wmmtß v which r certain for M me: and poUUctJ :he or- poatical run sls I iidate lor •d Stales m I r^sporislble v Mr Wai- chance of 1 I is more It w *s H would support t and file of I the
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    SPECIAL GUARDS AT WEDDING
    65 1 SPECIAL security precaution* were taken m UtUe village of Poncin. eastern Central France for today's religious ceremonies of tne marriage between General De Gaulle's son, Philippe, and Henriette de Montalembert. rhe religious ceremony will be performed by Admiral Thierry DArgenlleu. former commander of the Free French
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    PRIEST, NUNS JAILED
    36 1 A priest, three nuns and nine other persona were sentenced to prison and hard labour on Monday by a court In Maribor on charge* of helping war criminals to escac>o from Yugoslaria.- A.P.
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    Dutch create new state in
    159 1 Sumatra BATAVIA, Monday. i OUMATRAB rich north-east i coast di^rict with its largely I foreign -ovrned rubber, tobacco, and pa*m oil plantations, has 1 been made a state -within the I Indonesian Federation to be asI Üblish€d by *Jhe Dutch, a Nti-ther- iarxLs Indies Government
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    S'PORE MAN TO BE TRIED IN W.A.
    152 1 PERTH (Western Australia", Mon CORTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Is- rael Hertz Kins tier, a Polish Jew who took out British naturalisation m Australia during the wax. arrived here tonight under poUoi esoort from Singapore to I answer a charge of cor-spiracy m l goid running. Kinstler
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    $4,000 MILLION FINE FOR SHIP
    59 1 THE American -owoed Everett Steamship Company yesterday pai<i a fine of CN54,000,000,--000 to Amoy Customs for the release of the ship Prosper which. was seized when CN$ 1,300 ,000 ,000 worth of smuggled goods were found to its engine room. Amoy Customs said this was
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    AUSSIES' 40-HR WEEK
    37 1 At least 1.000.000 Industrial workers will benefit from reduced hours of work beginning on New Year's Day when Australia's standard working week will be reduced to 40 hours, according to a Radio Australia broadcast.
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    AMERICANS MAKE 100 MILLION TYRES
    143 1 RUBBER maoufacturers m the United States produced finished goods Talued at U553,000,000,000 In 1947 and put the country firmly back on rubber tyres. For the first time since 1943, more natural rubber than synthetic was used. i r= They manufactured approximately 100.000 000 tyres compared
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    'Ultimatum' on Kashmir issue
    252 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. TNDIA will ask the United Nations Security Council for 1 judgment on the Kashmir issue if Pakistan does not, within the next few days, respond to India's request that raiders be withdrawn from the State, it was reliably learned tonight. The Indian note
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    MUNICIPAL MEN MAY STRIKE
    105 1 riE Singapore Municipal Town Cleansing Union has threatened to call a strike of its members on Jan. 6 unless a •satisfactory answer" U received by Jan. 5 from the Municipal Commissioners regarding certain demands. The Union request* the removal from the Town Cleansing Department of an
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    ANGLO-RUSSIAN TIN TALKS SOON
    59 1 k BRITISH Board of Trade 11 spoteanuui said last night that Britain would start deUverie* erf tin to Russia, under the new trade pact, a* soon as details «Te been worked out witb Ru»Jtan buytag agencies hi Londcti TheßTfti* apofceanao said be notlmow whether the s*npJ^oJ^^onid
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    28 1 MR. LI CHING-HAN who is making a food survey m Malaya on behalf of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation. Story fn Page FIVE. Sin Chew picture.
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    PIRATES LOOT OIL CARGO NEAR S'PORE
    178 1 PIRATES LOOT OIL CARGO NEAR S'PORE M*^™> Free Press^Staff Reporter S E£ a*"™^ pirates, wearing black clothes, seized worth of coconut oil from a Chinese tongkang near Pulau Kusu, two miles off Singapore, shortly after noon on Sunday. The pirates took only 38 drums of oil from a cargo of
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    PIRATES SINK SHIP, KILL 30
    98 1 HONG KONG, Monday. A CANTON dispatch reports that 30 passengers and crewmen of the motorship Chow Lung were killed m a one-hour battle with grenade-hurling pirates In the East River. The dispatch said the ship, which was bound from Canton to Waiyeung City, was sunk.
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    50 VILLAGERS CHASE KILLERS IN PONGGOL
    107 1 50 VILLAGERS CHASE KILLERS IN PONGGOL Free Press Staff Reporter A BAND ol 50 angry villager*. armed with sticks and i knives, last night chased four Chinese gunmen across the Ponggol river, after the gunmen had shot dead a 50-year oid woman m a jungle hut. The gunmen swam across
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    D.K. MINERS SET WORLD EXAMPLE
    75 1 MR. Will Lawther. president of the National Union of Mine Workers, praised British coal mixvers last night for raising prodxtion, declaring: "Your efforts x? an example to a stricken UT>rld struggling to rehabilitate itself.* In a message on the first anniversary of nationalisation of the
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    NEW SLAM CONSULATES
    41 1 rhe Siamese Embassy m NanKing ha* made arrangements to open four Consulates m China according to the Central News c£ enc T f22? c wm located at Shanghai, Canton. Swatow. and tne northern Forraosan rwt Keelung.- Reuter equipmeiu.-
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    CHINA ARMS PLANT
    32 1 The component parts of a small arms factory have been shipped from Canada to China as part of a $10.*****0 deal between the two countries /or Canadian military Reuter
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  • PEATURES..
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      TEACHING HYPNOSIS FOR FUN
      941 2  - TEACHING HYPNOSIS FOR FUN HOWARD BYRNE By CVEXGALI parties are the latest fun fad m New York City. The parties are organized by a Manhattan school of hypnosis to drum up customers for its com ses which are especially designed for layin en. According to the literature put out by
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      Does Lefthandedness Worry You?
      515 2  - Does Lefthandedness Worry You? MAKY FLANDFKS By AN issue which won iei many parents Is— Motile! lefi-hanaed children b.« encouraged to use their right bands? rnrioubudly. left handed poopU* are at som** dleadvantof Witting and sewiaCi are all suited to the convenience of the rl (ht-handed. In ;iii known societies
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      346 2 YOV probably 900*1 brhew Lhe •nit of ili.' play of this hand. Hut we m* It vuth our <<wn eyes 8i A alas. It was al! U*> true Wool cnxricd liM iluiiivtui ace and S<>'»th dropped thr Ua Bin to chooee between playing Uk kit.*; and the deuce,
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      41 2 When Mysto, an eight-month-old French poodle owned h,, v 1 Mowed a oreat liking for pulling and carryin, Ihimf, fi m I Mil little cart. No,, My,to Help, proudly wUh tHe "hovv'n,, 1 chance to forget her ration boo* Cto I
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      IS DIVORCE RIGHT
      389 2 THE casualties of American marriage are higher than those of the wars; two marriages m five now end m divorce, and the trend is still upward. However "right" divorce may bo m a given case, it nonthelesa marks grave breakdown m man's m< jm}Kjitant Pdeationship, And since
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      131 2 W RENNtES ARE READY AT THE FIRST WARNING \f *aiung tot water ana ipoon Kennies ort earned m tout pocket of bet 'ea&t to use At Uif rir*t twinge o\ aridity, tuck two Rennaes, one alter the other, and you/ condition will be corrected— pain «xLJ qoi lasi long Rcnnie^
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      10 2 Mdndr3l(G Exclusive to th<> Singapore I re<> Press m Malaya
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      420 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR F rtu BORN today, the individualism cf >our rifl Im hwa Koftenei by a y promise hi^e nn finite idea<« of your P will stkk to thorn PUMnflj Hut you do n 't PMri rv hen the >ame KM always »re readj to Ihc othet pensa'a viewi
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      RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTROL DARDANELLES
      316 3 RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTROL DARDANELLES Motive behind the Greek 'rebel state' J^HE significance of the proclamation of a rebel Communist state m northern Greece is that it represents anotJier tactical move m Russia's determined drive to grain control of the Dardanelles and establish herself as a Mediterranean power—an ambition that
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      84 3 Arab leaders from Middle East countrtes, who had been attending the Arab League confer' £*cc, addressed a mass meeting held m front of the Hotel Continental m Cairo. They made c to Arabs to "enter the battle forced on them and carry the fight to Us victorious conclusion." This picture
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      The headlines pleased Tojo
      202 3 IKR Hideki Tojo, who led Japan into war and I tailed in suicide bid alter the surrender resumed his mm* i •.fence at the International War Crimes Court in d K > that J *P*nese wewspapers tadheadtni'd his self-defence plea. ert counsel. Mr. George Francis Blewett,
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      1,266 died in U.S. disasters this year
      85 3 1,266 died in U.S. disasters this year TON. Monday. H r death toll m M cs up to Dec. about twice that rteaa Red Cross UTs occurred, s and Alaska. llfll agency reHi fires. 50 three hur- inns, 30 cxoarthquakes, •xks and other t disasters In Trxas and the T«
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      Matchstick ivory engraved with 20 Tang poems
      49 3 Matchstick ivory engraved with 20 Tang poems larger than I with 20 the Tang i among ivory ringi at pre«anghai by Mr. "Chilian artiM .fee of ivory grain ot ri >d the entire '.ate founder niblic. Dr. Sun Inn of match.^oo characters them all clearly a mu-rovseope, in•>rs_ micro-signa-
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      FOREIGN PAPER CUTS RESTORED
      35 3 Nt quotas of two iiliupwi the id Shanghai Eventhe British v News— have by the Chinese he decision by the iper Guild, wtiich f>r the two s for alleged Guild re-
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      CHECK SMUGGLING
      25 3 Ulf smuggling 1 >nto china from 12 new Cus- n established Burma border authorities m Lunglin. West v Gov< nunent hi promulgated Ts.-Rputer.
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      204 SHANGHAI EXCHANGE FIRMS TOLD TO CLOSE
      121 3 204 SHANGHAI EXCHANGE FIRMS TOLD TO CLOSE A TOTAL of 204 money exchange- j A firms m Shanghai were order- ed to suspend iNUlnetl as from Boxing Day. These firms were charged with having engaged m subversive economic activities detrimental to th»- interests of the public. The Money Exchange Guild
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      AUSSIE FLAG ON ANTARCTIC ISLE
      67 3 THE Australian Antaractic expedition has signalled that on Boxing Day the party hoisted the Australian flag on lonely Heard Island, over 2.500 miles from civilisation m the Southern Indian Ocean. The expedition has established a base on Heard Island, just north of the Southern icebelt,
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      THEY WOULDN'T DRINK WITH HIM
      69 3 IRKED because ms passengers* turned down a drink when he offered it, moiorman Theodore Tudor. 29, raced his street car down the Los Angeles main street without letting anyone on or on until passengers finally took over. Booked on a drunk driving charge Tudor also
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      Colour bar may split US church
      74 3 PLANS to give NYgro.-s equality with white pe9plo m Church Uie threaten to spilt the Methodists of America The oquali'y movomcc.t bo^nn m the North, where 1.000,000 MetJxKyst womon are demandirg uuty church boUv »^n Negroes and whiVs." Sou; lie m Mf'h od vs.t
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      Yard seeks families who fled legation
      149 3 SCOTLAND Yard Special Branch mm art- searching for two Rumanian batten and their wives who h*r* escaped from the Rumanian Legation m London. The mm were m the service o! 64-year-old Richard Pranassovici. former head of the legation, who resigned last month alter declaring
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      SHE MARRIED A MADMAN
      86 3 PR 18 months Charles Sidney Binding met Selina Elizabeth, of Chipstahle, Wiveliscombc, urar Taunton, Somerset, j every Saturday afternoon for a few hours. Last year they married. The bride did not know that her husband since 1937 had been an inmate of a Somerset asylum :\nd
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      TOLSTOY'S SON DEAD
      21 3 Sergei ToMoy. rld»T son of the ■late Count Loo Tols'.oy, the Russian *Titer, has died m Moscow. A.P.
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      GL bride raved: U.S. no aood
      147 3 JOSLTH Mates, ajred H, m a cross petition for divorce h% a Cerveland <€.S.A.) court, said his Oerman bride, former Elisabeth Otto, raved that America was no rood, that the people of Germany were better o#T under Hitler and America h»d robbed Germany of
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      U.S. may aid in Indian agriculture
      100 3 U.S. may aid in Indian agriculture THE VJS. Ambassador to India, Mr. Henry Grady, during discussions m Washington has discussed at length with the] Agriculture Department and other government officials plans for lending American tehnical officials to assist Indians with] major agricultural problems, says 4 United Press. It is expected
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      Sicily's 'Robin Hood' bandit strikes again
      95 3 THL elusive "Robin Hood" bandit, oalvatore Guiliano. led a t4U of ten men on Sunday nigh: In tht kidnapping o: 27-year-old Luipfi Ma^rtni, one of Sicily's wealthiest families. c band emrered a restaurant tn a small town outside Palermo. 'Where Guiliano demanded idenv cards
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      'WORST DISPLAY OF BAD TASTE'
      78 3 ANEW York World Telegram editorial said, "the 1947 award fur conspicuous display of bad taste at Christmas time ought to go to R presenianve Clare E. loffman (Michigan, Republican*. "He advertised his opposition to the Marshall Plan by setting up outside his Washington office a
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      BERLIN WAR ON TATS
      53 3 BERLIN*S population has been summoned to join a war upon thp city's rate, which are estimated to be destroying daily the equivalent of food rations for 90.000 persons. The Berlin Central Agency for prevention of material damages estimates that the city is plagued by more than
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      ONLY A MODERATE GOVT. CAN SAVE CHINA'
      484 6 Need for third political party 'PHLNA, ton Mwcti th« Kuotnititang and the ComV nuinitfis, is anxious like Fran< -e for a "third force" strong enough to rule ayiiact the ext rt»mes of right and left, the influential Manchester Guardian declares la a leader,
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      35 6 picture Eight*, en-year-old Miss Yxette Dra-jJi. ho HOI r*GfMiii titcte'd .V tun i^7 of P r uux, mho comas from Lu. mbourg, competed with. eight other Belgian provincial beauty queeri* for th.6 title. .4. P.
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      Russian aid for China Reds alleged
      131 6 Russian aid for China Reds alleged PEIPDS'G. Monday. THE BovM Union k> supplyijig (Stfneie R<xl& In Maivchuria wlUi an advisor and Ruasianaia*do liirat arm* and signal ownmuracation equipment, the Chi^r-of-stalT of GcneraU>\simo Chiang Kj^-sh^s Peipit^ headquarters, O«n. Hsu Chi-mm t '.old the AssociaXed Pre^s. If r.h^ Sovirt secured control Chiaji,
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      GERMANS INVENT FLEXIBLE IRON SHOE
      134 6 BERLIN, Sunday. rREB Berllners have an idea for using a substance of which He run has a surplus.— «c rap metal. They have designed metal shoes. The now-typ« shoe, soon to be released to the Oerman public. will be made of electrkallytreaUd metal and. the
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      Big increase in H'Kong trade
      287 6 UONG KONG'S post-war imports and exports showed huge rains over the pre-war figures, the Colon* Imports and Exports Department states. Imports were up nrar?y 1\.5.55W.00«),W* for the first ten months of 1947, compared with 1940. So far this year, they total HKSI 2*5.0 00, M*.
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      GOLD MINES RE-START
      48 6 Two of Uio Philippines lirgcat gold nimrs. the Berv^ut t Con- s.'lidat«-d jjul Balatoc Mining Companies, have bt.Kun operation of their joint mill m Baguio Ois- tnct and will boKln exportation of k'old within th<« first wo<»ks of th.New Y»ar. company offlrials r»- Will. A.P.
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      IT'S JUST PLAIN HORSE SENSE
      40 6 AHOKM m Liaaluiieh ui•it thf crotind until it attracted the attrtition of h.iulirr litHlft^y Jamfs. lie pickrd up A brass tobacco box. aa.l ujlh nturuod it to a miner who lost it twrtre yera* ago.
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      COMMANDOS TEST NEW NAVY PLAN
      57 6 COMMANDOS TEST NEW NAVY PLAN Marine commandos of the Malia. Uarrii <n ita a 24-hour ombarkaUon excrctee yesterday Jn eooJunet] B with rht» hii^t to test a plan for switching mm :us ri-m force aunts lor British forcen m any part of the Mediterranean should this be necessary." says an
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      U.S. WHEAT CROP LESS NEXT YEAR
      36 6 U.S. WHEAT CROP LESS NEXT YEAR TtV U.S. Agriculture Departing, has forecast the Araenian \rheat crop to bo harvested ntixt summer at 838.705.000 bushels decrease o: 225.295.000 bushels fom the crop harvested last .siiirmM".- A. P.
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      HONOUR FOR SON Of MONTY
      39 6 HONOUR FOR SON Of MONTY pu-turtf. n*kt Marshal Montgomery. Chief of t7t* Imperial General Staff presents an autoarapHed Belt of H-mtmr to Pits son Officer Cadet Davul Montgomery, adjudged the best cad-* trx>op* at Bovtngton (Dorset) training camp -A.P.
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      U.S. wanted an early Allied second front
      185 6 U.S. wanted an early Allied second front Stim,o ns V|«. HEMKY L. STIMSON l s m 1 !23 *>" uh^7'" lilry <>f SBr«SS&iHSS§Bgs The former Cabinet official i- hi H "Go. Active Service,- now publi lw w ar-ti me m> m a» operation "was the pro> r m the war."
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      629 3 AN ID EA L T O NIC. Has been awarded 24 Gold and Silver Medals, Serravallo's Tonic CINCHONA ah» IRON WINE Stimulates the Appetite Strengthens the Nerves Regenerates the Blood. SERRAVALLO'B TONIC is a most palatable mixture dt Cinchona ana Iron, perfectly combined with a good sound Marsala It is
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947. Interim Policy for the Volunteers
      583 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1947. Interim Policy for the Volunteers ryHE absence of even a toktn provision for the Volunteer forces m the 1948 imates for Singapore .>nd the Malayan Union indicate! that no decin on the future constitution of these units pel In tight, but it
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      DON IDDON'S DIARY
      1016 4 DON IDDON'S DIARY NEW YORK: fIELIVERY of that outsize Christmas present the Marshall Plan is delayed for a few months. The people are sorry about this, as they were all ready to wrap it m shining gift paper, decor a tod with dollar signs and stars-and-stripes, and have it reach
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      FAITH
      20 4 God make all grace abound toward you; thai ye may abound to every food work. 2 Corinthians 9, 8.
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      THE 'MIRACLE' MAN
      790 4  -  Graham Stanford By WHKN the Kighth Army WM dug m at El AJamein Win■lon Churchill sent for a man. "You go out then and give the Army everything it wants," said the Prime Minister. Wen 1 tfoing build up a new Army and sweep the Africa Corps
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      The 'Bloody Eleventh' arrives hen
      365 4  - The 'Bloody Eleventh' arrives hen A MILITARY OBSERVER By A COUPLE of days before Christmas a lonjr convoy of Army lorries rolled alon£ the road, the padi fields and mountains of the New Territoriei of Hone Kon# down to the harbour ;it Kowloon where the Hired Transport "Strathnaver" wa i
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      HINESE MAKES FOOD SURVEY FOR UNO
      376 5 HINESE MAKES FOOD SURVEY FOR UNO In Malaya to study conditions Free Press Chinese Correspondent QN an extensive food and agricultural survey mission for the United Nations m South-East Asia countries, Mr v Li Ching-han, representative of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, has arrived m Singapore to conduct
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      NEW DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF
      67 5 NEW DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF Itant Commissioner cc, Malayan Union, 'or of the Criminal InDe part merit, Kuala Mr. B. W. B. O'Connell, tmoted to be Deputy r of Police., Singa- ■<-!! will assume Singapore on Jan. 15 f. Barry, who is at pre.■ll Commissioner of ap re, will tie transfnad
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      TIN SHORTAGE TO CONTINUE TILL 1949
      125 5 TIN SHORTAGE TO CONTINUE TILL 1949 nEPoKTING a world-wide l\ tafe of tin, the UnitBureau of Mines, m says: "World re- > for tin probably lx satisfied until production was tons, about 55 per the pre-war average, complete figures lor BUT have just been from these sour e«* ngo, 14
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      BOYS' HOME
      32 5 morning, the Govrr- i he Bukit Tlmah Members of the Ady Council, the Social Welfare Council and social n bvt-n invited to atGovernor will address rs on the work of
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      153 5 L iei it <J v ln £Il V £i ed JJ le 9Uard of honour at the redding of MARY MORTAN RN f HMS TerrOr aTld MisS GERTRUDE maky MORGAN, a sergeant m the WAAF. at St. Andrew's Cathedral recently. MR. PATRICK WEE and MISS HELEN SECK who were married
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      Mount Emily to re-open on Feb. 1
      351 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JllOl'NT Emily swimming pool, which has not been re-opened by the Singapore Municipal authorities since the liberation, will be available to the public again on Feb. 1, if not earlier. But it will not be the same crystal-clear pool
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      Johore gift to Indonesia
      65 5 THE Johore branch of the Indonesian Aid Committee has handed 52.100 to the Indonesian Office m Singapore for the Indonesian Red Cross. The money represents oilrctibns m Batu Pahat, Muar. Labis, Pontian and Segamat. A representative of the committee said the donation was an expression of
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      Y's MEN'S CLUB
      89 5 AT the annual general meeting jl the V's M n's Club of Singupoie. held last Satiuday, the following wen elect- d to sser e on the Board of Dire. tors m 1948: Officers: President. Dr. C. J. Poh Vice-President. Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan: Honorary Sotretary, Mr.
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      BOARD TO INSPECT QUARANTINE ISLE
      197 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A BOARD of Visitors, who will pay regular inspection visits to St. John's quarantine station, will be appointed soon, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A B McKerron, told the Chinese Press m Singapore. Mr McKerron also gave the assurance that everything
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      AUSSIE VARSITIES IN DEMAND
      62 5 A USTRALIAN universities reJ\ port an increasing number of applications for admission from overseas students. Enquiries have come from the U.S., Europe, Asia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Professor George Paton of Melbourne University told Radio Australia that it was still too early to say
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      AWARDS TO NURSED
      34 5 At 4.30 p.m. on Friday, Lady l Gimson will present certificates to nurses and hospital assistants of the Government Medical Strvice at the Sisters and Nurses' H«-atei In the General Hospital.
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      EDUCATIONAL TALK
      23 5 At 8.18 tonight, Professor T. H. Silcock will broadcast from Singapore station of Radio Malaya on the new "Peoples* Educational Association."
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      S.E. Asia swept clean of Japs
      281 5 S.E. Asia swept clean of Japs picture. INCEPT for a few Japs m French Indo-China and KJ the NEI, South-East Asia is swept pretly clean of Japanese, according to official figures issued m New York yesterday. In French Indo-China, the French have a group of Japanese officers who go into
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      SHOT DEAD IN SUPPLY DEPOT
      172 5 LANCE CORPORAL Harath Banda of the Corps of Cey- loncse Military Police described •at a Singapore Coroner's inquiry yesterday, how he shot an Indian, Gopalac Nair, m the Supply Reserve Depot m Pasir Panjang m the early hours of Dec. 8. Cpl. Bunda said he
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      King Kong's Challenge Accepted
      71 7 King Kong's Challenge Accepted D Singh, the leading m heavyweight Sikh tuiiy announced his mcc of the advertised of Kins Kong, Hun»uv.\> weight, to wrestle .•I .tnv weight, over any i«»r .my purse. I the Free Press this thai he is willing to Komi; for no purse, and the proceeds
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      Hnrbour Police Scare 5-2 Win Over S.C.R.C.
      254 7 Hnrbour Police Scare 5-2 Win Over S.C.R.C. HB. Police proved too good 1 R c. when the two Pid«»s y on Hong Lira Green the t><Mev winning by nvp two. b tcoted their goals against J \nd alth-niKh it must i re p.-.ed triers, their finish. Police, Morrissey. Condon wt
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      INDIANS HELD TO DRAW
      31 7 IM Lricitet tourists were I I draw m their two-day Mm DLstrirts whlcn mbi m yesterday, brief were: India 304. trteti 228 and 141 for gdf Reuter
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      WOODCOCK ACCEPTS
      30 7 I WOODCOCK has agret^i to ins EmDire boxin« title Ralnh of South Africa! xi year. promoter Jack I announced yester&av < the forth T>min« bout Men set.— A. P.
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      21 7 I San PnuM aj > Chinese nosed n All Stars 48 43 m on Sunday io the final.* l&l Oriental-Americar A. P.
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      JGLISH HORSES MAY DO IT AGAIN
      751 7 JGLISH HORSES MAY DO IT AGAIN Cup Prospects In Penang Discussed j GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S CHALLENGE CLP— HORSES CLASS 1, l|f MILES T H L7e£nt T^/kJ^" I I™*1 of cu d p Vt^ A v^ EMS breds to m ai n/ hcir ,u^ ith m the En «"sh thoroughtEEf a m intain
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      I.A. Concede w.o. To Army In Hockey League
      206 7 I.A. Concede w.o. To Army In Hockey League THE Indian Association gave a walk -over U> the Army m the Singapore Hockey League fixture on Saturday at Thomson Road. The /^nny team turned up for the malch, buc the Indian Association failed \o field a team. The ground was wet
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      POSTALS WIN 4-3
      46 7 'T'HE Puct aud Telecoms scored a four thr»«> win over G.H.Q. I FAJIELF at hockey at Tanglin yesterday. Scorers for tho P T wi-re: Ponnmh (2), Cfcrneffl« (1) and Sin- j gam (1). For G II Q. Boye (2) and Reeves 1 m
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      Syd Barnes To Play In 3rd Test
      138 7 Syd Barnes To Play In 3rd Test SYDNEY Barnes, the New South Wales batsman, who recently returned from playing m Lancashire League cricket m England, and scored a pains- taking 158 against South Australia m the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide, has been included among the VI players from whom
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      DOWN 15-1. BUT WINS MATCH
      207 7 ONE of the highlights of the evening m the contest between the second < strings of the Mayflower Badminton Party and the Mayfalr B.P. at the Clerical Union yesterday, which re- suited m a win for Mayflower by five games to two, was the amazing
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      RUGBY UNION RESULTS
      24 7 U.K. Rutby Union games played 1 yesterday resulted: Rosslyn 41. Fcttesian Lorrettonians 'l i: Old Cranleinhans 3. Merchistonians 1 1 Reuter
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      MINISTER OF SPORT: CASE FOR AND AGAINST
      647 7 MINISTER OF SPORT: CASE FOR AND AGAINST from vernon Morgan AS the old year ends the new year the Olympic year is born comes a fresh clamour for a minister of sport. For more than a decade such a suggestion has been put up, only for it to fall on
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      U.K. OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
      31 7 Jill Linzee (left) and Marion Davies, two of Britain's young Olympic hopefuls who took part m the British open amateur figure skating championships at Wembley Stadium this month.
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      RECS BEAT RANGERS IN FAST GAME
      488 7 S.R.C 4; Clarke Rangers 2. I^ISPLAYING better combination and opportunism m MJ attack, the Singapore Recreation Club XI defeated the Singapore Clarke Rangers at hockey yesterday on the padang by; four goals to two, after having led two-nil m the first half. It was
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      S'pore Tennis Revival Plan
      476 7 S'pore Tennis Revival Plan Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE Singapore Lawn Tennis Association yesterday x announced its plan for reviving post-war tennis in Singapore with the Singapore Indoor Championships to be held on the concrete court of the Happy World Covered Stadium between next Feb. 1, and Feb. 15. l
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      Seaside Rangers Draw With Ship Team
      114 7 IN a thrilling game of soccer played yesterday on West Coast Road ground. Pasir Panjansr. the Seaside Rangers drew two-all aeainst a team from the s.s. Maron. The seamen attarked from the start and took the lead m the tenth minute through Russell, but
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      Base Workshops Beat Seaforths
      174 7 AFTER 36 games m succession, 11 REME Base Workshops re- 1 i ained unbeaien wften they deft. ted the Seaforth Highlaaiders three-two on their ground at Gillmar. Barracks on Boxing Day. The game was evenly contest- I ed, and chances were missed by bou. sides. The
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      66 7 c °°o mr *Uood Mornings* begin trith Gillette l>tcfiuse Gillette give their blades XTRA STRENGTH. Gillette's <**<"? >^v -ctrical tempering gives harder and tfß/l*Si t ///jjt SHARPNESS. Gillette JwEr)M/j ft -^ges are the sharpest edges /^jS^f/i Jw iRA PROTECTION. Every <ffl3s^bs is wrapped to ensure that s^^flf c keen cutting
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      70 7 Free Press Crossword Wo. 275 I I I I^\ j I |mm| a^,^^^^ h^s I i ■>■ i p i i. II I I M I 1 I I j~B 1 edge at broader end (4). *Tenu,toric axe-head with cutting XT CLUES DOWN l. Nickname for Negroes m the tt
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      U.S. aid to China 'not for war'
      114 8 U.S. aid to China 'not for war' r^A^iKiNfji, Monday. r\\ INING United States policy towards China, Dr. J. ighUai Stuart, I niud States Ambassador to China, 111 a «h to university students at Peiping yesterday afternoon, intimated that American economic aid would be gives on thr understanding that it would
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      27 8 Ufllir S'i*vp shtUtrinc m the meagre cover of the farmliJTflL m m m house from the bitmo uyinds of the snow covered moors at Middleton m Teesdaie.
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      U.K. BID TO HALT 'I.O.U.' HOLIDAYS
      135 8 U.K. BID TO HALT 'I.O.U.' HOLIDAYS LONDON, Munday. rh Bntiiiii Government stepped In todaj u> prevent Britons enjoying a "pay you IaUT holiday i or ad. British h< iiday-msLkf-rs have be^n arrivmsr In Switzerland a!«»n*» at the rate of 100 a vaak, despite; the Government's ban on either taking or
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      CHIANG VISITING SOUTH CHINA
      42 8 BANKING circles m Hon« Kong say that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is scheduled to visit South China m March. Gen Chiang will shortly anr.ounce that certain Central Government powers will be taken over by the provincial govern- ments. A.P.
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      QUIET FUNERAL FOR EX-KING
      345 8 A QUIET funeral for the former Italian King Victor Emmanuel may be held tomorrow, dependent on the former Crowtj Prince Umberto's wishes, it was learned today. Ex-King Emmanutl is reported to have loft instructions that he was to be given a modest funeral with r.o flowers.
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      BAYED FROM SEA
      29 8 All the passengers were rescued from a Danish passenger plane from Paris when it crashed into the Ma last night off Kastmp alr- port. Copenhagen.— Reuter
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      DOCKERS CHECK FIRE ON SHIP
      90 8 DOCKERS CHECK FIRE ON SHIP i AFIRE m the 7,300 ton British steamer "Empire Glory," docked at Gibraltar, on her way from Bombay to London, was prevented i from spreading by dockers and I crew, who shifted part of the threatened cargo of cattle food from a hold to the
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      BATTLE RAGING AT MUKDEN PEIPING CUT OFF
      575 8 f Z^^J warplanes m first attacks SHANGHAI, Monday. 1 1. IT Alt V catastrophe confronts Generalissimo Chiang iTI Kai-shek as powerful Communist armies, said to be supported for the first time by warplanes, have begun battering at the key Manchurian city of Mukden,
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      North Britain hit by snow and gales
      239 8 North Britain hit by snow and gales LONDON, Monday. C SOY, and gales swept Northern Britain oveiTiiefct sus m very cold north-weal air stream cover* ti the country. In the Midland «uiy today, snow fell faster than at any time suioe tile blizzard of last Febru- ary and blanketed the
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      SOVIET PROTEST TO U.S.A.
      83 8 SOVIET PROTEST TO U.S.A. rpHE United Stains UIU IV--1 partmt-nt r**\«-aled last night It had received a prou*i fr«>ni Moscow alleging Infringement by United Stat«-s planr*s of Russian air Integrity over the Kunle Is'-\nds m the Pacific. A sj>'k--sa.an said such prou-sti n not Infrequent, and like the last, had
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      23 DIE IN AIR CRASH
      36 8 Nincteeui passengers. Including an American Jesuit priest, and four crew members were killed when an Indian transport plane crashed on Sunday ni«ht, shortly after taking off from Karachi to Bombay. A.P.
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      33 8 Tliree US Navy men were killed on Monday when a heli^^pter from the aircraft canrter Midway lost Its motor and fell Into a scrap iron dump m trie port of 1 Nfiples. A.P.
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      VIETNAM LEADER TO GIVE UP FIGHT?
      243 8 PARIS, Monday. REPORTS were circulated m Saigon today that Ho Chi Minh. left-wing leader of the Vietnam Republican Government, was prepared to withdraw m favour* of the ex-Emperor Bao Dai of Annam "if this move would bring satisfaction to the Vietnamese people's claims," says
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      B.B.C. MAY LOSE STAGE STARS
      94 8 B.B.C. MAY LOSE STAGE STARS i THE Theatre Managers' iUsocia- tion. whose members control moat of the best- known performers on the British stage, announced In Lor.don yesterday that It would refuse its artiste permission to broadcast unless the BBC. kltcs a credit to the manager holding the artist* contract.
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      FIRM TONE IS MAINTAINED
      480 8 London Stock Exchange rwmv LONDON, Monday. j rrUE opening of London's stock markets today following j x the holidays found business on rather a small scale but nevertheless a firm tone was evident and was maintained throughout the session, says Reuter's financial correspoa- i dent Rubbers
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      RUBBER PRICES
      94 8 A SPECIAL Market correspond A ent girn thf pncf? o< roN» at 11 am today is follow awl- No. 1 R. S. S. fc* L% No. 2 X I. S foft v m baJ« Jut. U Tom- »l maxkri: Q"***---. srsr. \pork h ambct o» rOMMKK(F The HnfapM
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      SAVE FRANC BILL PASSES UPPER HOUSE
      128 8 PARIS, Monday. THE French Council of the Republic "Ufcper Hoose adopted Hnj**ce Minister Rene Mayer "Save ttve Franc" AntiLufUlKjn Bill, wiUi jome anw-rxi-mcnu, by 150 you»s to 121 Hi Bill will now be returned fur a ««and re»dvo« to Uve National A«rmbly wtiich gmye
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      400.000 STRIKE IN BOMBAY
      50 8 SOME 400.000 worken went on strike m B^^mbty yesterday m a 24- hour prcKest axuirusf what they called the failure of machinery for »etUln« lab'Hir disput«K. Flvr -thousand Socialist volunteers toured the city, appealing to rickets to remain peaceful. Police i ennroya patrolled the city.— A.P.
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      TELEVISION FOILS BURGLARS
      71 8 MISS Violet Tabor't television screen blurred and, as a result, three men were charged yesterday with attempted burslary m a Sutton magistrate's court. Ml&s Tabor told the magistrate that her television let was sensitive to metal "When it blurred. I went to the window to se* if
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      BIGGER RICE CROPS SEEN
      206 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE Agriculture Department forecast today that the exportable surplus from the world rice harvest from 1497 to 1948 crops would show a "moderate increase" over the previous season. It said the surplus from all exporting countries for the year ending .Uy 1948 was estimated
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      N.Y. rubber future
      8 8 NEW YORK ?£lff^ nommAl A.P.
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