The Singapore Free Press, 3 March 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1948 PRIt b H> It MS
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    RED THREAT TO MALAYA'
    437 1 RED THREAT TO MALAYA' (_/o aia urged for China WASHINGTON, Tuesday. [F the Communists win m China, they will follow their victory by the subjugation of Malaya, Siam, Indo-China and Japan declared Mr. William C. Bullitt, former American Ambassador to Russia, m his evidence today before tho House Foreign Affairs
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    Taik of Benes resignation
    193 1 P AEIS, Tuesday. ■IS drcvlating In Prague today that Presiuird Bencs was seriously ill and had Mil could not be confirmed from any source, flcial sources significantly said these reports Dr. Benes is known to be still swearing m the new Comweek >n I I the
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    18 DEAD IN DAK CRASH IN LONDON
    93 1 LONDON. Tuesday I EIGHTEEN passengers were i barned to death when a ta piane irom Brussels, belonging to the Sabena Airlines, nose-dived, exploded and burst into flames at Ida airport tonight. Three passengers were thrown clear but badly burn- cd. The plane had
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    CHANGES MADE IN BRUNEI
    132 1 CHANGES MADE IN BRUNEI LONDON, Tuesday. \DMINISTRATIVE changes m Britain's relations with the little state of Brunei, (Borneo) were announced tonight by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. David Rees-Williams. The Under-Secretary told the House of Commons thatj tne Governor of the Colony of Sarawak. Sir Charles Ardent Clarke, will
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    $790 ROBBERY BY GUNMEN
    55 1 Free Press Staff Reporter F)UR masked _nen. all armed with pistols, robbed two Chinese brothers living m adjoining houses m Geylang Serai just after 12 last night. They got $160 m cash and goods from one brother, whom they robbed at one o'clock, and $630 from
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    OIL DISCOVERY
    25 1 The discovery of a rich oil- field m the Tigris River valley j near Diyar Bekir, m northeastern Turkey, was reported yesterday.- A.P.
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    BURMA ELECTIONS
    17 1 The first general election m independent Burma will take niace m Anril 1949. says Reuter
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    HEAVY QUAKE HITS CERAM
    36 1 THE Meteorological Institute at Batavia has received a I message from Pirce on Ceram Island saying several very 'heavy earth shocks were felt there on Monday. No damage •or casualties were reported.
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    HOPE OF EARLY W. EUROPE UNION
    159 1 BRUSSELS. Tuesday. THE Belgian Prime Minister, M. Paul Spaak. is confident that a rive-power Western European pact will be signed be!ore March 15 date set i )r the opening of the 16-na-r,r,n Paris conference on the Marshall plan according to Cabinet circles here. In
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    WILL PROMOTE WELFARE OF COLONIES
    153 1 WILL PROMOTE WELFARE OF COLONIES LONDON. Tuesday. rE interests of colonial peoples will be considered as paramount m the work of a new British Colonial Development Corporation the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. David Rees'iUlams, said today. He told the inaugural board meeting of the Corporation they must expect criticism,
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    $1,300 TAKEN FROM SCHOOL
    109 1 Free Press Stall Reporter rWO Chinese gunmen seized school fees amounting to $1,300 from a Chinese school m Balestier Road last night. The police said the two j gunmen, masked and armed with pistols, hidi themselves m the school compound, and waited for the school children
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    Truman advice on synthetic
    85 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE White House today urged Congress to provide continuing support for the synthetic rubber industry. Mr. John R. Steelman, assistant to President Truman, i told a Senate banking subcommittee m a letter that: (1) It is essential for the Government to retain control over
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    MASKED GANG TAKES $910
    52 1 THREE masked Chinese gunmen, all about 20 years old. seized $910 m cash and Jewellery from Chinese occupants of a house ,m Cecil Street last night. The men, all armed with pistols, herded the occupants i from three rooms into one room, and then ransacked the
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    MARQUIS DE VOGUE
    28 1 The death was announced m Paris yesterday of the Marquis Louis De Vogue, President of the Suez Canal Company, at the age of 80. Reuter
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    U.S. stands firm on partition
    325 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. WHILE reports reached here today from Damascus j that the Arab Liberation Army was moving hundreds of mortars and field guns into Palestine from Syria, the United States delegates to the Security Council, Senator Warren Austin, re-affirm-ed that the U.S. still supports
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    GOVT WANTS VIEWS ON BILL
    95 1 Free Press Staff Reporter mHE acting Financial SecreL tary, Mr. A. Williams, this morning said that, although there had been wide public discussion m the Press and at meetings of associations on the Debtor -Creditor Bill, there had so far been little response to the
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    ACCRA RIOT
    25 1 NINE people were killed and 120 hurt m rioting m Accra (Gold Coast) -on Monday when African ex-Service-men attacked and looted stores.— Reuter
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    RICE CLAIM BY MALAYA AT BAGUIO
    278 1 HpHE United Nations Food and Agricultural Organi- sation conference, meeting at Baguio yesterday, was told that Malaya wants 403,000 tons of rice from outside sources this year, reports the Associated Press. The Malayan allocation for the first half of the year was 205,000 tons.
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    TB Fund over $100,000
    74 1 Free Press Stall Reporter DONATIONS to the Si;.gapore Anti Tuberculosis Association Fund have passed the $100,000 mark. During February, donations doubled the January figure. At the end of January, the i fund stood at $53,423.47. Feb- ruary cash donations brought the figure to $92,660.97. In addition,
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    BLAST KILLS SIX
    32 1 Six workmen wore killed and 20 injured m a gunpowder plant explosion at Baleu-sur-Enthre, East Belglum, on Monday night, which shook the town of Hasselt, 15 miles away.— Reuter
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      Back to normal...
      1094 2 AROUND SINGAPORE SHOPS WITH Chinese New Year over and done with, and the Races over too, there is an end, for the time being, of what I call special shopping," shopping to fit yourself for a special occasion and we can settle down again to getting things
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      240 2 -Lf-rfc. 1 Hi£h Class English Ladies' Evening Leather Handbags m Smart Attractive Designs Call at Th* NOVELTY STORE 88. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, (ADELPHI BUILDING) SINGAPORE LATEST ARRIVALS SHANTUNG CREPE 42" IN TEN BEAITIFI L SHADES $3.75 A YARD. PERSIAN RUGS ONLY If X 4' IN ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS $45/PALMBEACH NECKTIES (CREASE
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      178 2 "Real Table &> CHINESE DINNER SETS FOM2P f e| IN COLOURED FLOML DES«g's m S THEFOLLO n |i, G: IN 12 Dinner plates 12 Half plates. lW ih 12 Quarter plates. Te a i N 12 Soup plates. 1 l| t* Curry dish wiHi cover Nauce? s. Vegetable dish. l
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      801 2 SINGAPORE AMQTDflira Interlude; 9.45 Tip Top Tunes. m M _j HUiiKALIA 10 15 Spotlight on the StarsISIUe I\eiWOrk 4 O o p.m. to ll.is p.m. VXA6 103U and lu>m s from WedFrom 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm I*l* metres 15.20 megacycles; lv d ay's Papei-s; 10 45 Forces 526 metres
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      160 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast ioi people born today DORN today, you have an exceptional personal magnetism that draws people to you. at times, almost against your own volition. You are one of those who often "fall into luck and a quick rise to fame could bring along many hangers-on
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  • NEWS...
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      N.I. UNION TARGET DATE UNCERTAIN
      433 3 N.I. UNION TARGET DATE UNCERTAIN Will go ahead regardless of Republic THE Dutch target date for the establishment of 1 the federated United States of Indonesia and the creation of the Union is still Jan. 1, 1949, but many officials m Batavia believe it will be behind schedule, because of
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      PI wrangle on luxury taxes
      119 3 PI wrangle on luxury taxes |j[ m «M a tj di* cussed economic question the Phil ppineo today is the administration's jhk<l tax progrnmmo. Even before the tax _ure\ which seek increased taxes on luxury and ni-luxury goods {Kirticularly, are submitted to i»rt>\ fcosiaess I ircles have already made known
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      N.Z. PARENTS ARE TEACHERS
      34 3 WITH schools closed indefinitely because of infantile paralysis, parents have become teachers m almost every New Zealand home. Lessons come by post and radio, and newspapers are printing supplementary courses.
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      'STOP WASTE'
      32 3 Canada, fearing* a new economic crisis m Britain, has lied a national 'Stop Waste' campaign m housewives kitchen, hotels, restaurants and grocery stores, to •nake more food available for Britain.
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      Magna Carta under his bed
      9 3 Magna Carta under his bed ITical :k to the
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      SECURITY COUNCIL
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      The cards gave naval secrets to Germans
      110 3 CILHOUETTES used m the war by the German navy to identify British ships originated from a set of British cigarette cards. In 1939, two foreigners who op ned a small shop m Piccadilly. London, were offering two shillings and sixpence for a cigarette
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      MENUHIN TO PLAY HERE
      62 3 V: HUDI MENUHIN, world famous violinist and dancers Alicia Markova and •n Dolin are leaving New York ior Singapore for con- rts this year. :kova and Dolhi will have from Honolulu m April unci proceed on a one-month ;uur 01 performances m Sinire, Hong Kong and
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      The truth & nothing but
      46 3 The truth nothing but H?* Krd f<»r black market food when ■"•"■tor's elding celebration for a new- 3.000,000 yen. The guests ate Pounds of fish and all sorts of J liquor barrels were found. W* •■■'•lion f rumour that the banquet «uiirel> untrue, ll cost only
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      AUSTRALIA SEEKS A-BOMB MINERALS
      200 3 AUSTRALIA li being scoured from north to south and from east to west m a systematic and thorough search for the all-powerful atomic energy minerals. The search ha~s been sp ed- ed by a Government offer of 3.000 reward for disrica capable ot producin<"> Jo tons
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      Hands off our vote, said the Sheriffs
      259 3 Hands off our vote, said the Sheriffs WEARING their scarlet sable-trimmed full-dress robes, the two Sheriffs of the City of London drove m state to the House of Commons to exercise their ancient right of presenting a petition to Parliament. The City is the only place m Britain with tlm
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      WHOLE FAMILY FOUND DEAD
      56 3 A family of four were found dead m their home at New Ferry, m England, on Monday. The police said that Mrs. William Smith and her two children Barry, aged five, and Gabriel, about two, died from knife wounds. The body of the husband was found
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      JAPAN-H.K. CABLE
      19 3 SCAP has authorised the Japanese Ministry of Communications to set up a direct radio-telegraph service with Hongkong.
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      Bennett sacking: new disclosures
      243 3 Bennett sacking: new disclosures T»HE fatal accident rate to fare-paying passengers m British South -American Airways is more than 35 times greater than the rate m British Overseas Airways, it was disclosed m the House of Commons. This was but one of a number of sensational statements and allegations made
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      Britain shows midget radio components
      65 3 Britain shows midget radio components RADIO components which may lead to cheaper television sets will be shown to the trade m London this week. The general tendency of the latest radio parts, exhibited by more than 100 manufacturers. is towards smallness to suit streamlined modern sets. Some materials used are
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      British 'sub' to train Indians
      63 3 THE British submarine Tantivy, has left Malta for Colombo. Ceylon, to help the Royal Indian and Royal Pakistan navies m anti-sub-marine training. She is not expected to return before early June. The Tantivy has just been fitted with the new ventilation device adapted from the
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      ANGLO-FINNISH TRADE PACT
      51 3 DESPITE political events m Finland, complete agreement on an Anglo-Finnish trade pact is expected to be reached this week, the British Board of Trade announces. Britain is seeking wood pulp, plywood and mine props, the Finns are negotiating for iron and steel products, machinery and other capital
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      N.E.I. Chinese protest at discrimination
      151 3 N.E.I. Chinese protest at discrimination Aw arucie puDiisnea m tne Tien Sung Yit Pao, of Batavia, warns the Dutch against continued "discrimination" against Chinese residents of tho East Indies. It said: "We are subject to all the ordinances and restrictions, but we do not enjoy the same privileges as the
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      V.D. charge against Aussie troops
      115 3 Mr. B. J. McDonald, President of the Legion of ExServicemen said m Sydney that an Australian soldier. Who served m the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces m Japan, had made a statement that a large proportion of Australian troops im Japan had venereal disease. He said
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      STRIKE HITS U.K. STEEL INDUSTRY
      132 3 STRIKE HITS U.K. STEEL INDUSTRY HUNDREDS of steel and cutlery workers m Sheffield wire unable to work on Monday because of a strike which, if iv develops, may threaten production of steol Britain's No. 2 priority expert, says Reuter. Strikes by coke oven workers at 11 of the 24 cOkinu
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      Bandits burn girl's feet
      64 3 COUR masked bandits carry- ing machine guns broke into Frausart Castle near Amiens, bound the sixty-five-year-old owner and his daughter to chairs, then burned their bar? feet with lighted candles to make them tell where jewels w?re hidden. The couple, still bound to j the chairs,
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      SOONG AS PREMIER?
      41 3 Dr. T. V. Soong will soon !be relinquishing his post as I Governor of Kwangtung Pro--1 vince and returning to Nanking as Prime Minister, acj cording to the Pai Kwong Po. one of Canton's leading j dailies.— Reuter
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  • LEADER..
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1948. Enforcing the Traffic Laws
      623 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1948. Enforcing the Traffic Laws THERE has happily been a ■light improvement m Singapore's road accident figures since the beginning of the year, but the rate is still lar too high and it is clear that the time has come to find ways
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      MELF plans next moves in Middle East
      768 4  - MELF plans next moves in Middle East O'Dowd Gallagher by TN the sprawling British headquarters which rise from the yellow sand beside Lake Timsa, m Egypt's Canal Zone, General Sir John Crocker cast a momentary strategic side-glance towards Palestine. But events there could not long keep the general's eyes from
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      Battle forecast for China
      708 4  -  THOMAS ALDEGUER By Reuters' Correspondent THE greatest battles of China's 20--year-old civil war are expected to be fought m the next few weeks as, with the advent of warmer weather, both the Chinese Communist and Nationalist commands complete plans for a considerable intensification of operations. These
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      France To Negotiate Peace In Indo-China
      856 4  - France To Negotiate Peace In Indo-China HARRIS JACKSON By A.P. Correspondent AGAINST a back- ground of continuing guerilla warfare, France's colonial administrators are preparing to negotiate once more for peace and a future place for France m Indo-China. This time Bao Dai, former Emperor of the ancient kingdom of Annam,
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      CABBY PILOTS
      198 4 CABBY PILOTS By A MILITARY OBSERVER CEVERAL Sergeants •3 of Britain's famous Glider Pilot Regiment who carried air landing troops into Normandy, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing, found they had out grown theii pre-war jobs when they came out of the Army. They wrote to Brigadier George Chatterton, who commanded
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  • LOCAL NEWS.
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      FIREMEN FOR ACCIDENT SERVICE
      442 5 FIREMEN FOR ACCIDENT SERVICE To serve on ambulances Free Press Staff Reporter A 24-HOUR accident ambulance service, using three modern ambulances recently delivered m Singapore, will for the first time be run as part of the Fire Brigade service and manned by specially-trained firemen. It will come into operation m
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      7 JAPS 'DIED WITH QUIET RESIGNATION'
      40 5 7 JAPS 'DIED WITH QUIET RESIGNATION' ared ns as war at 27 died atn •>•? r of are l at and Seas i c -victs -ome ipan. 57 *ap•r:ates ers and crimes trials is area, who roshlms from ird a British
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      BIG AUSTRALIAN FIRMS OPEN HERE
      172 5 BIG AUSTRALIAN FIRMS OPEN HERE Mthtubjtct of developing further trade between J htfffi countries and Australia, influential Kalian companies have established branches at One company, Overseas Corporation Limited oi Melbourne, Victoria, is exifly engaged m the import-export trade, and turns m ill countries of the world. re office of the
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      Java volcano active again
      20 5 agency irabava mo is m k this -nght !*> time the ta- dn, f the and Java.
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      SENT TO JAIL
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      MASS GRAVES
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      TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA EXPANDING
      86 5 TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA EXPANDING AUSTRALIA'S trade with Malaya is proceeding steadily. In December imports from Malaya were valued at £480.000 (Australian) f.o.b. which brought the total for the six months ended December to £1.717.000 'Australian) f.o.b Exports to Malaya In Dector were valued at £734,--making the total for the six
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      GLOSTERS TO HOLD REUNION
      67 5 GLOSTERS TO HOLD REUNION nAST and present members ol fixe Gloucestershire Regiment living m Singapore will be holding a reunion dinner on March 21 to com- memormte their "Bnckbadge Day." All post and present members of the Gloueest rshire Regiment who wish to attend are asked to contact the ADC.
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      FOUGHT OVER 30 CENTS
      133 5 Two women. Law Ah Moy and Yap Ah Leng, who were stated to have fought over a loan of 30 cents, were yesterday each fined $10, m default 10 days' simple Imprisonment, m the Second Police Court for disorderly behaviour m public. Law Ah Moy. who
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      ROY DETAINED
      61 5 From Our Own Correspondent MUAR. Tuesday.— An Indlar boy of ten, who stole a tr, was ordered by the ir Magistrate to be handed o m to the State Welfare Offithrough whom the boy sent to the Taiping Boys' ie for two years. 11. was given four strokes
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      Army jobs for local men
      257 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r PORT ANT jobs are offered to local men by tne Army m Singapore. There are openings for three garrison engineers, 44 clerks of works and 14 quantity surveyors. Several of these appointments have been filled, but there are still some
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      'SUITABLE' RURAL HOME
      189 5 ThU is the type of house that residents m rural areas are encouraged to build. People mil hare no difficulty m getting rural housing plans passed if The height from the floor to the eaves If not less than 10 feet. The area of each room is
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      200,000 SAW INDIAN TRADE EXHIBITION
      155 5 200,000 SAW INDIAN TRADE EXHIBITION ABOUT 200,000 people, com- I prising all nationalities and classes, visited the In- J dian Trade Exhibition In Singapore belore it was closed last Sun-dray after a nine-day run. Among the visitors, many of whom travelled hundreds of miles from the upcountry areas of Mlalaya,
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      GREGG WRITERS
      52 5 A meeting will be held on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Mercantile Institution to pass a resolution to be moved by the President of the Gregg Shorthand Writers' Association on the occasion of the death of Dr. John Robert Gregg, the inventor of the Gregg system, on
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      $69,596 FOR MEMORIAL TO GANDHI
      153 5 npHE Gandhiji Memorial J. Fund m Singapore has reached a total of $69,596.35. Though It was announced at a public meeting held In Singapore soon after news of the Indian leader' 6 death was received, that the aim then was to raise $100,000. the Committee
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      RASC BRANCH ASSOCIATION
      86 5 A PERMANENT branch of the R>*y-1 Army Service Corps Association has now been formed ir.' Singapore with its office at the Sup- plies and Transport Director- ate at General Headquarters. j Tanglin Barracks The Singapore branch intends to commence its activities with a dance m the very
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      AIR PARCELS
      60 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. The Postmaster General, Malaya, announces that insured letters and parcels addressed to places within Malaya are now accepted at all post offices for transmission by the internal air mail services operated by Malayan Airways, Limited. The charges payable on such articles are the usual j
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      'EAT LESS RICE -MORE BEANS'
      148 5 'EA T LESS RICE -MORE BEANS' WITH a view to easing the acute food problem confronting the billion-odd rice- eating people m Asia. Dr. I-vJanuel L. Roxas, noted Filipino sugar technologist and food specialist, has advanced a daring dietary proposal which advocates less rice— the staple food of all people
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      MALAY PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
      343 5 MALA Y PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION pictures. Free Press Staff Reporter A GROUP of young Malays m Singapore are forming themselves into an association, which will yny school fees and provide books and a small clothing allowance for promising Malay schoolboys who cannot afford further education m English schools. The
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      Dutch arrest two smugglers
      64 5 THE Dutch authorities arrested two opium smugglers last week. An attempt to smuggle raw opium worth 30.000 guilders by a Chinese passenger of a Balikpapan-bound steamer, was frustrated by the Sourabaya Customs. The drug was hidden ln lnggage. A Chinese air passenger from Batavia was arresied
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      SARONG BATIK PRICE FALLING
      63 5 THE batik weaving industry, In Pekalongan has been resumed. The Chinese Bank Manufacturers' Association has produced 23.000 piecet of sarong batik, while the Indonesians produced J 0.000 sarongs. Chinese weaving mills have been turning out 4.500 pieces of woven sarong per month. Production of Arab and
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  • ENTERTAINMENT..
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      CHINA'S SCREEN HUMOUR
      566 6 CHINA'S SCREEN HUMOUR By ROY ESSOYAN A.P. Correspondent THINA'S Hollywood may lack quality and polish but it has plenty of courage. In the last 10 years of its short history it has not hesitated to criticize inefficiency and corruption, and ridicule the ridiculous. It poked fun at the Japanese during
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      Bridge Problem
      313 6 SOUTH were playing act -showing responses to two bids, but North was more than justified m jumping to three notrump. This bid indicated no aces. but sho-u d about two honour trick.. Later. when Nurth raised the .spades. South credited him with the spade kins and bid a
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      Films in Singapore
      297 6 TOMORROW at the Pavilion William Powell and Hedy Lamarr, star m the film Crossroads which is set m Paris. Powell is happily married to Hedy and ]ust a* he is made Ambassador to Brazil. Rathbone blackmails him. It Is proved that he Is living under a false
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      NEELY NEARLY GOT IT
      565 6 By A Special Correspondent BRIAN Neely, the RAF Sgt. from Singapore, who was chosen to "double" for Donald Houston m "Blue Lagoon/ came near to having a big job of work on his hands when the car m which Houston was driving Jean Simmons out to
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      244 6 Profitless RfllAffl of the first two of a new non-profit series of pictures to be known as "In The Eyes of The Church" has been announced by the Motion Picture Association. Titles of the pictures are "lhe Nuremberg Trials, "The Churches and International Justice" (running time '9 minutes), and "The
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      138 6 INCREDIBLE...BUT TRUE! r i This is a b] posed picture of the MARX BROTHERS their best to look BKRIOUS md best they can do! So you eai what it's like when they thl the wind and spend a hilar: NIGHT IN CASABLANCA! J SO EVERYBODY' Oil YoWi M0m.... GeC Si
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      259 6 TARZAN Freedom /?y E<fe_7r Rfc* Burroughs M£AN».-,E -Aff_AN «_*3 .imPly m THE CU/TChES OP I f S_„r "3„__,/ 1 J i THE TH.PDAR CAR CROM THE SPOT AT WHICH ME MAD V REP~IE DESCENDED StOwiv BEEN SEZED PRESENTLY THE THrPDAR CIRCLED A <T !^yC V T (f ::N N- v
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      FAVOURITES WILL RUN WELL
      263 7 FAVOURITES WILL RUN WELL tycond Day Of Wnang Races Bv KPSOM JEEP Kll Fs are expected to run well today, the ri dai ot the Penang meeting. fJJS pfeces, Barham and Old Eagle were 'bourse tips this morning. Wally Bagby should r nl rkev to follow today and his mounts
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      Selections
      53 7 By CALL BOY Race 1: EFFINGHAM Baroness Race 2: RAPSEY QUEEN Moonsunstar Alpha Race I: BARHAM New Era Hariman Race 4r SKITTALS Weriston Queen Amvika Race 5: ADORABLE Innishmakill Gracious Lady Race 6: BRIGHT EYES Flylite San God Race 7: UNITED PISCES Royal Bounty Harvest Moon Race 8: YOUNG
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      STEAMS AND RESULTS
      91 7 STEAMS AND RESULTS the soccer lay on Michael Hend- MusberChua Kee L Act Tcck Joseph MM Jean Hendran Good Song Cruz. -mngn Indiani beat Lams ~ames H ADA. 5-2 Hub at the Indian As- Hongs j Ho>pital I J pjfl team Ing ..-undP. s. v i 'Capt>. 5. k. TbomM;
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      Probable Jockeys
      275 7 DROBABLE Jockeys for today's Penang races are: Race 1: Our Hope (Harper); Effingham (Bagby); Sir James (Tankard); First Watch (Dawson); Baroness (Lawler); Battl II (Spencer). Race 2: Alpha (Tankard); Scholar (Harper); Eastern Gold (Mat) Moons unstar (Bagby) Oolden Gate (Ellery); Te Takl (Dawson); Harlem Princess (not fixed); Desert
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      EUROPEAN TOUR FOR LOUIS
      11 7 EUR OPEAN TOUR FOR LOUIS j his I Go:ion_. bem about
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      WORLD CHESS
      14 7 WW i drew BM ?tn*°J ld chess /J1 *6hw A.P. A. P.
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      NEW YORK ATHLETIC CHAIRMAN
      101 7 ALBANY, New York. Tuesday fpHE State Senate today conA firmed the re-appoint-ment of Eddie Eagan as chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission after defeating a Democratic Party proposal calling for a legislative investigation of professional boxing. Democratic senators charging that there were "underworld influences"
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      Malayan Team For China Olympics Games
      362 7 4 COMMITTEE of the Chinese representatives from the Federation attended a meeting convened by the Singapore Chinese Amateur Sports Federation and it was decided to send a Malayan contingent of Chinese athletes to the China Olympics. Malayan Chinese will be represented m swimming, diving
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      S.R.C. BEATEN TWO-NIL
      119 7 pIELDING a well x balanced team and showing better combination, the Chinese Athletic beat the Singapore Recreation Club by two goals to nil m the second game of the S.A.F.A. First Division league, at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The C.A. fielded practioally j a n.-w side lrom
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      S.L.T.A. RESULTS
      119 7 Results of tics m yesterday's S.L.TA. championships at the Happy World were Yadi b<at I. A. Alsagoff 6-0, 6-1: C. K. Pang beat P. Sarathy 6-1. 6-1; Kamis beat P.N. P. Bond 6 3. 3 6, 6-1; Robert Chia beat J. L. Clarke, 6-1, 6-1. Tonight's ties are:
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      TWO LAPS LEAD
      45 7 NEW YORK. Tuesday— Al- varo Georgetti and Angelo de Bacho of Italy, maintained a two-lap lead after the first 19 hours of competition m the international six-day bicycle race. Thirteen teams covered 295 miles as the first day's I racing; ended.— U.P.
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      HOME FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES
      763 7 DOSITIONS In the English football leagues up-to-i date are: FIRST DIVISION P W D L F A Tot Arsenal 30 18 9 3 54 21 45 Burnley 29 14 10 5 40 28 38 Derby 28 14 8 6 60 37 36 Preston 29 15 6
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      Entries For K.L. March Meeting
      402 7 From Our Staff Correspondent A r^^ KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rOTAL of 161 horses have been entered for the three-day Selangor Turf Club race meeting to be held on March 13, 17 and 20. Following are the entries: HORSES CLASS 1. Fii-st run 5H far*., second
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      CHAMPION WINS ON FOUL
      35 7 SYDNEY, Tuesday WELTERWEIGHT boxer, Benny Evans, of Oklahama City, was disqualified tonight for excessive butting. m the sixth round against Australian welter champion Tommy Burns. The American was warned repeatedly.— U.P.
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      Dollar fight
      53 7 NEW YOKK. Tues. THE world middleweight champion, Rocky Graliano, signed today to ftghl Geor-re "Sonny" Home, of New York, m a ten rounds non-title m Washington on April for only one dollar. The promoters. Goldie Aheran and AI Weill, said the remainder of Graziano's purse will be donated
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      ARMY TEAM IS NOT BEST
      303 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK By THE Army team for game with R.A.F. at Wolverhampton next month shows only one alteration m the team that beat the Belgian Army Petheridge, of Bristol Rovers, at outside is m instead of Elmos of Spurs. I disagree with the selectors. I
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      Wins for second time
      109 7 Wins for second time CHELTENHAM, Tues MR. L. ABELSONS Seveß-year-old gelding. National Spir.t. by Sco'tish Union out of Cocktail won the Champi^ Hurdle, the premier hurdling event of Britain for the second suecissive year. National Spirit, trained _y Victor Smyth and ridden by his repnew. Ron Smyth b at Lt.
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      HEAVYWEIGHTS
      96 7 BOSTON. Tuesday. THE Goodwin Athletic Club announced that Olle Tandberg has agreed to meet Duilio Spagnolo of Italy m a 10--round bout at Boston Garden on March 29. Spagnolo, who was the Italian heavyweight champion and when he left Italy i~.i suffered a knockout m the first American start,
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      Arsenal's £12,500 For Forbes
      157 7 A RSENAL made their biggest capture of the season •TV last week, when they signed Alec Forbes, the 22--year-old Sheffield United and Scottish international wing-half or inside-forward, at a fee believed to be £12.500. Forbes, en the tro r at hLs o'^n had mat p s
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      68 7 Today's Sports Events TENNIS: S.L.TA. Indoor Championships, Happy World Stadium, 6.15 p.m. SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League, Div. 1: GHQ Signals v. Malays, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m.; S.C.C. C V.M.A. (friendly), padang. 5.15 p.m.; Tiong Bahru Rangers v. Rallies Institution (friendly), R.1., 5.15 p.m. HOCKEY: SUA. knockout tourney, SRC. Ist. XI
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      236 7 F.P. Crossword $■>. X2S w&s/si'nA. __K_%-*_^ l---_i r™*****' ill J I 111 CLUES ACROSS r_}' i?*^ l^ (8) 7 Idiotlc (6) 9 Ec-at (6). 11, Female animal (3). 12. Burden (4). 14. Whip (5) 16. Force toaetheVm l ttSS (3). 19. Wanes (4). 21. Eat away (5) 24 Give^f£fI c
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      U.S. BLAMED FOR CRISIS IN MANCHURIA
      420 8 U.S. BLAMED FOR CRISIS IN MANCHURIA Reds sealing off Mukden NANKNG, Tuesday. AS the Communist counter-offensive in Manchuria gained momentum and the critical Government position deteriorated, the Chinese War Minister, Gen. Pei Chung-hsi, today blamed U.S. Secretary of State (then Gen.) George C. Marshall's peace negotiations in China as the
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      HOME..
      21 8 The rest fulness of the English countryside is depicted m this picture of the Market Cross, Castle Combe, Wiltsh ire.
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      150 KILLED IN ATTACK ON CONVOY
      83 8 150 KILLED IN ATTACK ON CONVOY PARIS. -Tutsdaj ONE hundred and titty French and Vietnamese. including 60 soldiers, w killed when a French convoy. with a military escort, was i attacked approximately 100 milei north-east oi Saigon on the road to Dalat. says Reuur. Tiie French military escort W9m% reported
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      LABOUR REBUKES RED SOCIALISTS
      209 8 LONDON, Tuesday. rPHE British Labour National Executive tonight strongly rebuked socialists m Czechoslovakia. Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria for "permitting or abet tinG r Communist attacks on democracy." Th*ese Socialists, the slate- ment said. connives at their owm destruction. CoraniunLs's. warned the Labour Executive, cannot achieve their
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      FOR KARACHI
      23 8 The Burmese Foreign ster. U Tin Tut. is leaving for Karachi tomorrow on i a goodwill mission to Pakistan, j Reutor.
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      UK SIGNS NEW TRADE PACTS
      48 8 UK SIGNS NEW TRADE PACTS THE British Board of Trade last night announced new trade agreements, as a result of which Britain will get more essential foodstuffs from Poland this year, and large quantities of pulp and timber products from Finland m exchange for coal and steel. Reuter.
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      'Innocent* plea
      105 8 Earlier. tiie chief Japanese defence counsel, Dr. Somei Uza**a. askrd whether it was really a desirable step towards establishing peace to add a new punishment "to those people who acted legitimately at the exigencies of their own state according to the responsibilities m the diplomatic and administrative service."
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      RICE GIFT TO UK
      40 8 The American cargo vessel, Blue Field Victory, docked at j Liverpool yesterday with S 150,000 pounds of gift rice aboard for France and Bri- tain The rice will be distrl- A.P. buted by the Red Cross.-
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      Tojo is likened to Hitler
      238 8 Tojo is likened to Hitler TOKIO WAR CRIMES TRIAL TOKIO, Tuesday. THE Japanese wartime Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo, was compared with Hitler today by the American prosecutor, Mr. Rowland W. Fixel, when he continued the prosecution's summary of evidence at the Japanese war crimes trial here. Mr. Fixel said that,
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      CAUGHT IN NET
      47 8 C AUGHT IN NET The Soviet freighter Saratov bound from Batum to Ar twerp with a cargo of maize became enmeshed m a protective net near Navak yesterday while navigating the Bosphor|us without a pilot. The Saratov was later freed by a Tur- klsh salvage boat.— Reuter
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      SLAVS SEND GREEK BISHOP TO JAIL
      119 8 BELGRADE, Tuesday. THE Sarajevo court today, sentenced the Greek Orthodox Bishop. Vojislav Mastic, to 11 years forced, labour for crimes against the people." j Mastic, the first highranking Orthodox clergyman I to be tried and convicted since the liberation, was also deprived of civil
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      PAINLESS BIRTH BY HYPNOTISM
      186 8 LONDON, Tuesday. A YOUNG Canadian doctor has made British medical history by hypnotising a 25--year-old mother to bring about the painless birth of a seven-pound baby. The birth, announced last night, was to Mrs. Joyce Carter, wife of a civil servant, of Sutton (Surrey). The doctor,
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      US 'interfering in Taiwan,' says Sun Fo
      116 8 US 'interfering in Taiwan,' says Sun Fo NANKING, Tuesday. THE Chinese Vice President, Dr. Sun Fo, who is now visiting Taiwan (Formosa) today accused United States officials of instigating a! separatist movement m the j island and the Soviet Union of infringing Chinese sove- j reign rights m Manchuria. Dr.
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      SOVIET TRADE PACT ATTACKED
      162 8 LONDON, Tuesday. AN attack on the terms of thc Anglo-Russian trade agreement was made by the Opposition m the House of Commons debate on trade today. Mr. Oliver Lyttelton (Cons.) I complained that 750,000 tons of coarse grain had been bought with the equivalent of gold
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      TO MERGE WITh MADRAS
      56 8 THE Hindu State o_ Pudokkottai tai South India is to merge with Madras Province, an official spokesman said m Madras yesterday. The State is less than. 1,200 square miles m area, and has fewer tha n 500,000 inhabitants. The revenue is Rs. 2,500,000. It is completely
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      TIN SHARES UP ON IDLE MART
      569 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. AFTER quiet conditions during the earlier part i today's session m the London stock marke i with prices ruling generally steady to occasional firmer, dullness set m and by the close had becor mainly widespread m markets that were
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      Rubber prices
      174 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers Sellers Cts. Cts. per lb. per lb No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 39** 39-. No. 1 R.S.S fob m bales Mar. 395, 39 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Mar. 38. 38
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      ISSUE FOR UNO
      38 8 Iraq will raise the a u tion of the independence of j French and Spanish North! Africa at the United Na'ions Assembly meeting; next B tember, a North African Arab source said last night.- A.P.
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      Finn chis queries Stalin on pact
      59 8 Finn chis queries Stalin on pact _-_r I and I tir-_J__l I %J___L I I f3 How -a-,, I VVhat w? I I ■which Cjl ".i?i___L Wot welcom H lr-_B 3 nr_l -.'I which the President Lieut.-G« I I I ■L ~.m I ■■sa__H I corned vis -anc^H -I I
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      Chile leases Antarctic lands
      38 8 Chile leases Antarctic lands 1 1 AGO THE G HI ro' I of a tMb\ dispute tirraj diplomatic with I is pr I I I I rirm all tl I Crn Reuter after three coj had mvsteriou I
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      251 8 GOOD BYE PATRONS, COOD-BYE I The KAMALA CIRCt'S bidl W of the Colony of Singapore an M V: eve of her departure to Ban.:: I tralia. on 6th March 1948. after lv I cessful tour of the past one yea; KVM K lr takes this opportunity to express n -near
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