The Singapore Free Press, 22 March 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA C^n* SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1948 PKK 1« U» if'MS
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    TENSION MOUNTS IN COLD WAR
    422 1 TENSION MOUNTS IN COLD WAR Russia angry over Trieste THF w WASHINGTON, Sunday. HL cold war between Russia and the Western Powers, under American leadership, is now building up tension so rapidly that responsible officials tonight would make no predictions. I hey feel, however, that a decisive point is rapidly
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    Vital day for U.S. China aid
    91 1 Vital day for U.S. China aid WASHINGTON, Sunday. of U.S. military aid for China il test tomorrow, when the Relations Committee tackles the nblem if how China can best be helped. IMdent Truman lias ask- (too as 'here li merit m the House .r::iark a fcary help. .s that eco--1
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    'NO STRINGS' ON HELP, SAY SOCIALISTS
    114 1 'NO STRINGS' ON HELP, SAY SOCIALISTS LONDON, Sunday. DELEGATES of Socialist parties from 14 Marshall plan countries meeting at Selsdon Park, Surrey, today to discuss the European recovery programme at a secret conference are believed to have agreed on a demand that no "political or military strings" should be attached
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    Ceylon to run S'pore air link?
    32 1 «wsion that Ceylon ie Singakk, m coJJ *ith the British -poration. f.uwed with Lord for Civil GooneMinister for us arrivhnr n g London Un« baBritish Reuter
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    TO VISIT BAGHDAD
    18 1 King Abdullah of Transjorc'an, accompanied by his Piime Minister, will visit Baghdad early next month.
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    60 1 Dark-eyed Miss Sheila Mac Donald, the youngest sister of the GovernorGeneral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, is preparing at her Hampstead, North London, home for her wedding to Mr. Andrew van Slyke Lochhead, of Dorset. Sheila, knoum to her family as 'Sheila the Silent,' won a hockey Blue while at Oxford and
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    BAINDITS RAID CANTON TRAIN
    35 1 FE Canton-bound express was attacked by more thain 50 bandits at Chasan. 40 mil€s from the Kowloon border m Chinese territory, it was reported yesterday. Thcrre were no casualties. A. P.
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    U.N. TRADE CHARTER IS READY
    144 1 HAVANA, Sunday. HHHE United Nations A International Trade Organisation today made public its charter, the outcome of many months of hard work. It has three main purposes to promote world trade, improve living standards, and maintain full employment. The charter formally creates the International Trade
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    Big tornado losses in U.S.
    81 1 CHICAGO, Sunday. DAMAGE, estimated at $15.--000.000. was caused by a 68 miles-per-hour tornado which swept Tinker airfield, near Oklahoma City, late on Friday night, injuring seven people and destroying at least 58 aircraft. The storm, one of a series which battered Illinois towns m the
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    To live like Germans
    113 1 BOLTON (Lanes.) Sun. A VICAR and 30 of his con- gregation today began a j week-long experiment m living cm as little food as do the Germans. Both the Vicar and his wife are participating m the experiment. The food saved by this Holy Week act
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    38 1 Princess Elizabeth, wearing a feathered hat fashion and double row of pearls at her throat, smiles with Minnie Clarke, polisher with 42 pears' service, during a visit to the British Railways carriage and wagon works at Wolverton (Buckinghamshire)
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    5 'FREEDOM' LEADERS THANK CHILE
    147 1 5 'FREEDOM' LEADERS THANK CHILE LONDON, Sunday. EXILED politician* from five Soviet satellite countries m Eastern Europe, now leading "freedom movements" from a Joint office m London, today cabled to the Chilean Government and its United Nations delegate expressing "deep appreciation" for Chile*! act In bringing about '^c coming Security
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    BOY ROBBED
    29 1 A Singapore Filipino schoolboy who was 30 yards from his home m Sophia Road last night when two Chinese pounced on him and took his $65 wristwatch.
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    28 DIE IN GUN & BOMB BATTLES
    230 1 28 DIE IN GUN BOMB BATTLES JERUSALEM, Sunday. yWENTY-EIGHT persons were killed and 27 L injured, some critically, m explosions and m Palestine today. The fatalities were one British officer, 11 Jews and 16 Arabs. An Arab-owned lorry packed with explosives blew up m Harbour Street, Half*, killing flve Jews
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    Jews will defy U.N. decision
    257 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. rPHE Assembly of Palestine Jewry meets m Tel Aviv on Tuesday to consider proclaiming the formation of a Jewish state and the creation of a provisional government council. "The Jews alone will decide the fate of their state," said Mr. David Ben Gurion,
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    Tree Kashmir' claims victory
    100 1 KARACHI, Sunday. PORCES of the Azad KashT mir "Free Kashmir" Government have repulsed an "enemy" column 1,000 strong and regained the initiative at Naoshera, about 50 miles south of Poonch, Southern Kashmir, an Azad Kashmir communique claimed yesterday. It was suggested that increasing pressure by the
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    10,000th ISSUE
    24 1 The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, spoke at a celebration last night marking the 10,000 th issue of the Daily Herald. U.P.
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    64 DEAD, HUR IN ITALIAN RAIL CRASH
    87 1 64 DEAD, HUR IN ITALIAN RAIL CRASH PROME. Sunday. UR persons were killed and sixty injured today when a looomotlve telescoped a baggage car into a third class coach at Spoleto, 95 miles north-east of Rome. The Ancona passenger train, pushed by one locomotive and pulled by another up a
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    SIGLAP ROBBERY
    26 1 Two armed Chinese broke into a house m Siglap Road early yesterday morning, and robbed the Chinese occupants of $100 m cash and jewellery.
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    The case of the missing insepector
    212 1 The case of the missing insepector Free Press Staff Report*! AS over 1,000 police and detectives were ending their ail night search for him, Inspector Chai Chze Fong, the miss nj Singapore police officaai, who went looking for gunmen, walked into C.ID. headquarters early this morning. Police headquarters hurriedly cancelled
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    ARMED RAID IN MADRAS
    57 1 THE Madras Government stated yesterday that 30 to 40 armed raiders, firing shots into the air, had crossed into Indian territory from Hyderabad" State, which has not acceded to either India or Pakistan, according to a New Delhi Radio broadcast. The raiders entered near Koornul, Madras,
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    RUNNER SHOT
    36 1 Shot while running away from a policeman who tried to arrest him a Chinese is now m the Singapore General Hospital, critically injured The shooting took place yesterday morning m Yeo Chu Kang Road
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    G-G's SISTER TO WED
    839 2  - G-G's SISTER TO WED Hall Romney LONDON LETTER I By THE possibility that Mr. Malcolm MacDonald will attend a wedding m London when he returns from Canada on his way < back to Malaya is BUggested by news of j engagement of Miss Sheila Mac- j Donald, the youngest 1
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    Dancing Gives Stamina
    320 2  -  Jack Lovelock Says Dr. By BILL MACKLJN A. P. Correspondent DANCING is good exercise and excellent mental relaxation for athletes m training. But It is only good as long as the athlete steers away from alcohol and smoking, twin temptations at dance halls. Dr. Jack Lovelock, the
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    MODEST MAIDENS
    13 2 '7 forgot my wallet IV have to pay you next time!*'
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    MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK
    291 2 MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK In A Singapore Factory THE provision of music while you work is a novel improvement m factory working conditions m this country and has helped to increase the rate of production, m the largest shoe manufacturing company m Singapore and Malaya. Five hundred workers turn out
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    How Dior create that 'Look
    420 2  - How Dior create that 'Look ROBERT EUNSON By A.P. Correspondent THRISTIAN DIOR took the common garb of the French market woman, gave it 19th century elegance and thereby created the "new look." That is the opinion of a member of the Dior Organization. The feeling Dior has for 19th century
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    Bridge Problem
    288 2 JV|OST people play that ft threebid is a weakish preempt. That was why North passed when West overcalled his partner's three clubs with three hearts. But a three-bid m a minor suit also is played as a solid-suit bid. on just such a hand as South'* where little
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    45 2 Bounding into the air show the two petticoats to her attractive outfit is Sheila Batten-Pearce, London model. She wears a tartan shirt blouse, belted at the waist, a New Look- navy serge skirt trimmed with braid bands. Top petticoat is white, underneath one dark blue.
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      42 2 Attention Travellers!!^ WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY PTHB TAVERN (European Residential Hotel) the •i'* rl The first hotel operating imn^diateU art^ trf r? tion. Spacious rooms, liuun room has its own batb to 111 Cool and auiet loedtf 7/17 Tanglin Road. cables: "Tavern"
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      9 2 iTHt MA./VNKS Or escarevr CITICS rtto** SALAMIg CYPRUS MOW
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      397 2 SINGAPORE Blue Network Ft— 12.00 noon to Z.Of pjn. M 6 metres la the medium »»?<• band aad 7 20 mccaeyele* ta Urn 41 metre band. From S 00 pjn to 7 41 pan: from 9.M pjn. to 11.00 pan.* 526 metres In the r— wave band, and 4.825 megacycle*
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      201 2 Composer of the Week Peter Tsc-haikowsky-1840-1893; 6 30 News; 6.45 Melody on the Move New releases; 7 Half Hour of Charm; 7.30 The Australian Story (Dramatized Feature); 7.45 Master Pianist Dame Myra Hess; 8 Sinners their Song Stuart Robertson and Webster Booth; 8.15 Dance Music; 8.30 News; 8.40 Sonß Folio
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      206 2 News; 6.45 At the Console; 7 Five O'clock Special; 7.45 Sports round up; 8 World and Home News; 8.05 Heard Melodies are Sweet; 8.56 Programme Summary. 9 Jazx Call; 9.30 Radio Newsreel; 945 Dancing tn the Dark*; 10 Th« Opera Hour; 10 45 Paradise Isle; 11 Much Binding In the
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      182 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune toreca/ people born tuday BOKM on this fit* the incominAries you are ruled b? Mars, the god of «rr£ and the ?od of war. In are essentially the piontf fighter uho leads others by force of will and IM However, thos* bon during the cu*.p vull
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    RUSSIA STARTS AN ASIAN RADIO WAR
    451 3 RUSSIA STARTS AN ASIAN RADIO WAR 'Voice of America hits 'iron curtain A MERICAN broadcasts to Russia from the new 50 kilowatt "Voice of America" station near Manila have run into an iron curtain of interference, the Associated Press learns on high authority. Broadcasts beamed to other Far Eastern points
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    64 3 Jan Masaryk, former Czech Foreign Minister, lying m state (top) m the Czernin Palace m Prague A Queue of mourners nearly two mile* long formed outside the Palace to file nast the body m homage. (Above) a recent th C J u J^jn O J V;*\ c crn Palar^ «>«
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    TRESPASSER SAID TM KING'
    50 3 ribing > engi- fore the ite on mmitted entering the Prime MiniK. Mr D S .Scnanayake. hair with .-.use annoyance to :i fitting er'i chair Admg a file, raised an ,c police ar- ported to n't touch I lercd the •1 rmancitd for ob--s*>n tih March
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    JOB FOR FARRAN
    19 3 Roy Piirraii, who -gned hus Army ■Jwjfi. sailing m June ako u D a quarrying A.P.
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    TALLEST IN THE WORLD
    73 3 I earnest.— A RADIO tower to be built near Des Moines (lowa> will be the tallest man-made structure m the world, a spokesman for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation announced. He said present plans call for a 1530- foot tower and pointed out this top* the Empire
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    Riots, robbery, rape in school
    184 3 DOLICE are pa4rolting the corridors of a Bronx (New York) junior high school because of an alarming outbreak of riots, robbery and rape among pupils. Eleven hundred and fifty teon-age boys and girls attend the school, which has 50 teachers and is situated m a
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    Monocled captain went back
    145 3 Monocled captain went back SURREY police are trying to solve the case of the monocled captain. He' was Capt. Michael Doyle, of Li^burn. near Belfast, who was found dead m deserted Knott Park Mansions. Oxshott his former billet during the war. Capt. Doyle was with the War Office Selection Board
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    Now'Jock'goes ashore to stay
    89 3 Now 'Jock' goes ashore to stay INTO Dundee naval recruiting oflice on a January day 47 yoars aso walked Thomas T'Jock") Lamont, 17-year-old fresh-faced son of a local joiner. He thought naval life so good that he stayed on and on. Now Able-Seaman Lamont. D.S.M. and Bar. at 64 the
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    GANDHI HEAD ON NEW NOTES
    56 3 THE Indian Finance Minis--1 ter. Mr. R. K. S. Chetty, told the National Assembly that the Indian Government was planning immediately to replace Kins George's portrait on new one rupee notes with the picture of Gandhi. Later. the Government probably would replace the K'.ng with
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    Three soldiers jailed on arms charges
    26 3 rr rs nave ur ior theft i have a Lonsdalf [Jg c been Ked".. might were sup..bers of rharg- /:nes.
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    Japanese silk for France
    105 3 JAPANESE silk and snfc products will be exhibited at ir.ter national silk fairs scheduled to be held In Paris and Lyons, In France, m June, for the first time since the end of Hie war. Fik textiles tx>tallLng 300 .terns and silfc yarns for embroidery and
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    NORWAY CALL-UP IS EXTENDED
    42 3 NORWAY announced that she would keep army recruits under colours for up to three months' additional training. The call-up for training and service includes officers and men, especially technical personnel, who have completed their regular peace-time sorvices.- U.P.
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    Rebuilding the Andamans
    148 3 •'pHE Government of India X has taken up the rehabilitation of war-ravaged Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the Bay of Bengal. It has approved of the grant of 1,000.000 rupees for re -establish Ing the economic life of the Islands, so badly shattered during and as a
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    7 3 MARSHAL STALIN he made the decision. i
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    DIES AT 107
    32 3 Mrs. Elizabeth Bellilod, who claimed to be the oldest woman m England, died at her home at Charlton St. Peter, near Pewsey, Wiltshire, last week. She was 107.— Reuter
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    ANIMAL LIFE
    39 3 IWORK like a donkey, eat like a camel and sleep like a dog" said a railway guard, giving evidence at New Delhi before the Adjudicator inquiring into grievances of railway workers m nine In- dian railway*. A.P.
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    U.S. RELEASES FRENCH ATOM SCIENTIST
    150 3 U.S. RELEASES FRENCH ATOM SCIENTIST THE United States Attorney--1 General. Mr. Tom Clark has authorised the release from Ellis Island of Madame Irene Joliot Curie, French Nobel Prize winner, atom scientist a:id wife of the Communist head of the French Atomic Energy Commission. She was released on Jur own recognisance
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    RECRUITING DRIVE
    33 3 The Central Provinces recruiting authorities are launching: a vigorous "join the armed forces" drive following the one-day recruiting fair at Lucknow attended by the Dominion Defence Minister, Sardar Baldev Singh— Reuter.
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    ONLY EUROPEANS WILL BENEFIT
    281 3 PUROPEAN agents are the only the people to benefit L- from the latest change m the cotton policy of the Pakistan Government and th s is at the coat of Pakistan growers and ginners, according to Malik Feroz Khan Noon, member of the Pakistan Assembly and
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    Red Mar shah quarrelled with 'Party'
    326 3 Red Mar shah quarrelled with 'Party' A "REVOLUTIONARY change" last month Fq Russia's military philosophy shook the USSit armed forces "from top to bottom," says Mr. El sworth P. Raymond, formerly attached to the American Embassy m Moscow. "The new Soviet military theory." says Mr. Raymond, writing m the March
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    Mr. Truman called on to withdraw
    169 3 Mr. Truman called on to withdraw OENATOR SPARKMA.V. AhlO bama Democrat, called n President Truman to w draw as a candidate for Democratic presidential nomination. Mr. Sparkman. who heade I the party's Speakers Burea i m the last campaign, said I Washinßstoc that he is convinced that th c Deinocv.
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    JAPAN IS NOT A PRETTY POSTCARD'
    56 3 A CHINESE delegate to the United Nations said the world's press tends to paint a "pretty postcard picture" of Japan. Dr. P. C. Chang told the Economic and Social Council that this Is a dangerous tendency. He urged UN. members tc guard that Japan
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    NORWAY PREPARES
    18 3 The Norwegian Parliament has granted 100,000^000 kroner to strengthen Norway's military and rlvil nrp- paredness.— A.P.
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    Stage chiefs back censor
    84 3 THE Society of West End Theatre Managers has .>- -sued a unanimous resolution m favour of the present sta- c censorship by the Lord Chamberlain. This Is their answer to the demand send by the London Theatre conference to the Prime Minister demanding abolition of censorship.
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    BOMBAY LEPER COLONIES
    52 3 THE Bombay Minister for 1 Healjth, Mr. M D. D. Gilder, stated m the Legislative Assembly th.it the Government of Bombay irfcends to establish leper colonies m th« province providing accommodation for 3,000 lepers, as a post-war reconstruction measure. A special Government leprosy officer has also been
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    GREASY ROBBERS
    37 3 A band of robbers brought a goods train to a standstill near Wittenberg (Germany* by greasing the rails. Whilp the train crew sought to get the train moving again, trn? robbers plundered the cars.— A.P.
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      124 3 TARZAN Meeting Jana By Edgar Rice Burroughs 'you Afte a P9'Sos€R. srtjANoe <? I EP£3pE*S**^F^<o'-> X s jjP^j I 'you are prom zoram/ tarzah j I W@KF*ZmJSBI AVAN (3OOWLEO. "GO INTO THE T^ *l AS<EO *XFS." REPLIED THE 6i«L B»^dLlH CAVER* AHO REMAIN THERE UNTIL y[/M \^3\~^C^ '~J V J
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. MARCH 22. 1948. The Electorate & the Council
    694 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. MARCH 22. 1948. The Electorate the Council CINGAPORE has good reason «5 to feel pleased with the results of its first experience m using electoral machinery for choosing a portion of the new Legislative Council. As we predicted on Saturday, a high proportion of the
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    QAs IN S'PORE
    1036 4 by a Special Correspondent UROM Singapore m 1 1942 came this letter, written by a nursing officer of the Queen Alexandr a's Imperial Military Nursing Service: "Our barracks hospital was on a hill immediately above the docks. The fighting line was daily growing nearer, so near, one
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    THE STUDENT AND THE RAT
    89 4 A SECTION of the students of a Bihar educational institution, who did not want to appear at their annual examination, devised a novel method to get the examination postponed by throwing a dead rat into the examination hall and reporting to the headmaster that a
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    Voting—The American Way
    765 4  - Voting T he American Way MILT DEAN HILL By A.P. Correspondent THE people of the 1 United States elect a President every four years —but they don't do it directly. They will vote next Nov. 2 m the 1948 presidential and congressional elections. But the man who wins the presidency
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    The King Has Never Seen The Bridge
    278 4 WHEN the King and Queen visited Australia 21 years ago as the Duke and Duchess of York, the smartest women were wearing knee-length skirts, shapeless jumpers, and hats like upturned saucepans. Next year there should be a fluttering of New Looks when the
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    White Russians Co Pale
    590 4  -  EDDIE CRIGHTON By A. i. Correspondent T'HE dream of many 1 of Shanghai's estimated 8,000 White Russians today is to step off the gangplank at Buenos Aires, or some other Latin American port, and say: "South America, here I come!" Life m Shanghai for them, never
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    Air Hin for Metals
    307 4 Air Hin for Metals companies aerial g ar eh overt S J»* fields ftafSJs marine fnfmThf^'* This device ltt*k 3? throughout a' Interested mrney arc- C l£ overseas XiL^ experimenuwii? tometer. R^ l^ received lon every f to the Ur Um t^ radi. location ;5. the planes bein^ tometer ir/
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      18 4 FAITH For m much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. EcclesiastoS 1. 18.
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      49 4 IN THE BLCCJ^ Imparities m the blood are a t cause of blood and skin corupl<iot«. HU Clarke's Blood Mixture, as blood purifying medicine, cleanses the •>••** Mgjjßj and should restore nonnaJ heaJth. Recommended In the treatmcul Kfte Ep matic Ache* and Paini Stiff auJ Paw'" 'Joints, Bo Y MsSpJ
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    New block of lock-ups for courts
    254 5 New block of lock-ups for courts Free fttm Staff Reporter ft >r prisoners m the South Bridge Road u rts an m overcrowded that "it is a small e 'vicious elements to rob and intimidate Soncn without the police knowing the Finance Committee m recommenH* n n r( >val of
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    TALKS ON COLONIAL TROOPS
    375 5 Gurkha pensions Free Press London Correspondent THE long-term policy with regard to colonial troops 1 is the subject of consultations between the colonial governors and the Commanders in-Chief. All matters of the financial relationship between the Colonies and the United Kingdom Government are now under consideration,
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    Killearn retiring: tribute
    175 5 Killearn retiring: tribute I ORD Killearn, Special Com- mt&sioner itj South-East Asia, leaves Singapore this week on retirement after 45 years of foreign service. He re-Ures witlh the knowledge that m. the kast two years of his distinguished cureer, he has established aa a going concern what, m effect, has
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    NEW COUNCIL
    32 5 Furnishing the <new chamber for Singapore's Legislative Council m the Victoria Memorial Hall will cost just under $8,000. This was the lowest of 1$ tenders, the hiehest beine over $16,000.
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    GOLD CARGO
    43 5 A NOTHER consignment of i\ gold bullion arrived secretly m Singapore last week by KLM plane destined for Saigon. Security measures were taken at the airport when the plane landed. The police cruarded the cargo while it i remained m Singapore.
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    AIGON CHOLERA
    14 5 1 vk of cholera and m''js beer, report^ m p~- tttfc A..nam.
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    50,000 Chinese hit by GIC war
    179 5 Estimated 50,000 Ch torn south Indo-Chix w strong, the Chi *v. A high South ■•I action followed i Consulate over th Nj m the fighting •se Consul-Gener- that the Chinese ■^cuaung various areas of the French. Jjße were leaving the K l>£ *s at
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    'BLANCHE FURY' PREVIEW
    108 5 TO be shown this week at the Cathay and seen last Friday night at a Press show, •Blanche Fury" is a J. Arthur Rank Technicolor film starring Stewart Granger and Valeric Hobson. The story's continuity ruoa smoothly* with plenty of action. It is a. family chronicle containing
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    GOOD FRIDAY
    23 5 rE Three Hours' Devotions on Good Friday m St. Andrew's Cathedral will be conducted by the Right Reverend Bishop Stephen Neill
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    ELECTION RESULTS
    170 5 Rural East (Electorate 2092) INCHE SARDON BIN HAJI ZUBIR (Independent) 607 Mr. Cheong Hock Chye (Independent) 498 Majority 109 Spoiled papers 39 Total votes cast 1143 Rural West (Electorate 2774) MR. 8. C. GOHO (Independent) 981 Mrs. M. Pillai (Independent) 520 Mr. A. P. Rajah (Progressive) 460 Majority
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    MONUMENT TO NEI CHINESE
    61 5 THE Chinese community at Macassar has erected a monument to three Chinese members of the Municipal Guard who fell m the defence of Patjinan bridge against the Japanese m February 1942. They were Jo Tan Sioe. Lie Kok Sioe and One Boen Sione. The monument will
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    QUARANTINE IS. VISITORS
    45 5 A MEETING of the Board of Visitors for St. John's Island Quarantine Station will be held on March 24. The agenda includes the appointment of a chairman from among the members, and the arrangement of a roster for visits to the Island
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    SOUTH JAVA PORT IN USE AGAIN
    239 5 REPAIRS to Tjilatjap harbour, the only one of any L\ significance on Java's south coast, is proceeding apace. With the exception of 130 meters, the 660--metre-long dock has now been repaired. Pour of the seven 1,200 square-metre godowns have 3een restored as well as
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    EXTENDED
    343 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE whole of Singapore Island outside the Municipal limits, and the islands of Pulau Tekong and Pulau Übin, are for the first time brought within the jurisdiction of the Singapore Rural Board, by a Gazette notification issued on Saturday. This means that Rural Board area
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    18 5 picture. Counting the votes m Singapore's first elections at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday niaht, Free Press
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    $4 million for HK airfield
    126 5 ii THE Hong Kong Government 1 estimates for the coming year include $4,000,000 to enable work to be started ov a new airfield as soon as the decision is made regarding tfoe site. Thi S amount is said to represent orJy a fraction of the
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    EXPENSIVE TRIF FORSTOWAWAY
    98 5 A CHARTERED plane, carrying some Timorese to Broome m northern Australia, for pearl fishing was forced to return to Kupang when a stowaway was discovered on board. It appeared to be a Dutch soldier who had helped to load! the plane a«nd hid himself when he found
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    TEXTILE CONTROL
    52 5 I Control on import and distribution of textiles, m Cey--1 lon will be lifted within a few months. It is understood tha^ the Controller of Textiles has submitted a report to the Minister of Commerce ad > Trade expressing his opinio. that the control can be abo- lished
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    Govt pay advance is 'better than nothing'
    213 5 WHATEVER payments to be made to the employees m the public service "had been long overdue,' said Dr. A. A. Sandosham, President of the Singapore Civil Services Association (a body of Government servants) commenting on the advance of pay decided on by the
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    HK is getting less rubber from Malaya
    153 5 HK is getting less rubber from Malaya Free Press Chinese Correspondent RUBBER imports from Malaya and other South >ea s countries have dropped ;rom about 6,000 tons a month last year to appr ximately 1.000 to.:s m the last two months say s a Chinese report from Hong Kong. Rubber
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    INDIA-BOUND
    20 5 The 8.1. ship Sangola will now sail for Penang, Rangoon und Calcutta on March 23 and not March 26.
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    DIAMOND SMUGGLERS GET FORTUNES
    335 6 Britain losing millions of dollars DRITAIN is losing millions of dollars m exports through diamond thefts m Tanganyika, East Africa. Police inquiries are being made m London and Amsterdam with the object of intercepting gems smuggled out of East Africa. Some are industrial diamonds invaluable to
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    94 6 picture. A sudden rise m temperatures brings Helsinki street cleaners mostly women, owing to the labour shortage out into the streets to clear the sidewalks of slush and ice. The square pictured above is the home of Finland's governvicnt offices. Helsinki Cathedral is m the background. Rosie, the Hollywood bear.
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    Union sued by sacked M.P.
    86 6 Ufllt. ARTHUR LEWIS, Labour MP. for the Upton (Uvlaion of West Ham ht£ been refused an lnterim'order restraining the National Union of General and Municipal Workers from terminating hLs employment a* London district organiser. But Mr. Justice Roxburgh granted him leave to serve notice of
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    SMALLPOX ON INDIAN PLANE
    83 6 passenger:; trom India will be subject to strict medical supervision on their arwv,.l m Ceylon. The medical Authorities m Ceylon hav«e reached this decision m v of the outbreak of msol pox among the passengers who amved by plane from India a few days ago. All
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    NAVY TEACHERS
    19 6 Teachers under the ago of 36 are required for shortservice commissions m the Royal Navy's education branch.
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    Marriage aid for hostesses
    65 6 THK Shanghai Social Affairs Bureau has announced that it is prepared to eontrttratc substantially to help buy the trousseaux of any cabaret sirls who m.irry instead of continuing thfir profession, \vh\h will eventually be nan nod m accordance with the government's austerityproa ranvnic. The bureau aLso
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    Churchill's war memoirs next month
    129 6 THE American magazine i> fe ha s v' i: ced that Will be^ >:i publication on 1') Of Mr. V».: molrs, which th n cribea v M a »onal history of World WTai Two". Mr Church 11 completed the present portions of his memoirs while
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    VIETNAMTALKS WITH BAO DAI
    68 6 VIETNAMTALKS WITH BAO DAI (^ES. Nguyen Van Xuyan. VI President of the South Vietnam Government, left Saigon on Saturday by air for Hong Kong for talks with Bao Dai. ex-Emperor or Annam. on liie future oi Ir.do-Cn.na. say.s the Frej.ci> news agency. Gen. van Xuyah was accompanied by M. Tran
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    24 6 A motion "ttiat there is no rational basis for the Christiar belief" was defeated by 162 votes to 157 at a Reading niyermlty debate.
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    Sermons back UK export drive
    116 6 THE Bksltop of London has a**ked hLs clergy to take I Britain's economic crisis into their puipits and use Biblical texfc* to back the "work harder" appeal. The bishop made the suggestion before opening a campaign which begins soon with: "I Meetings of clergy to
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    Immorality' investigation
    88 6 MR C CHAMBERS. Australian Army Minister, will visit Japan m July or August with as many Army chaplains as can make the trip to investigate allegations of immorality and black market activities among Commonwealth forcea, Any conclusions reached by the chaplains should be sufficiently reliable to suit service
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    POWER SHORTAGE
    43 6 Lord Citrine, chairman of the British Electricity authority which will manage the ncwly-natlonallsed power industry, told the annual meeting of the Electricity Development Company m London that there is bound to be i scarcity of electricity for years to come A.P.
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    'Too many bores' at art exhibitions
    131 6 'Too many bores' at art exhibitions ART exhibitions depressed him because they attracted "too many bores,"' said Australian artist Max Meldrum, speaking at Melbourne. Mr. Moldrum. a foundation member of the Australian Artists' Association and a trustee of the National Gallery, added that many visitors to exhibitions "would not know
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    Americansdon't like high C.o.L
    73 6 VIOST Americans consider iTI the high cost of living as the biggest pioblem they face, according to a nationwide opinion poll conducted by a professional public opinion analyst. Mr. Elmo Roper. He said that after high prices Americans voted for military preparedness m the struggle against
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    'VEIL IS NO SHIELD AGAINST THE LAW'
    68 6 "The veil Is no shield against law." said the Lahore Cantonment Magistrate convicting a veiled woman to three months' rigorous Imprisonment for theft of eolci bangles from a shop. The sentence had to be hard, because, the Magistrate said, the woman had misused
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    INDIA HAS A TEN- YEAR TVA SCHEME
    322 6 INDIA HAS A TEN- YEAR TVA SCHEME THE Ind,an Dominion Pariiam« I grreen Jiffht for work to beirin U t pioneer public enterprise t! u t complete, the lines of ,1,3? l 3 VaJley Authority. li Tts Legislator, giving a h total planning calculated a n a floods threatening 5,000.0.
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    Ceylon ma revise companylaw
    6 6 Ceylon ma revise companylaw T and
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    ROXASPROGRAMM
    6 6 he >• :n abroad r;imn A.P.
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    LANNERY IN FINE FORM AT K.L. RACES
    349 7  -  EPSOM JEEP o winners for meeting By CRANK Flannery was m great riding form at the three-day race meeting at Kuala Lumpur, bringing home eight winners. He is now level with, Charlie EUery m the race for the jockey championship, each with 17
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    INDIANS WIN 4-3 AT TABLE TENNIS
    92 7 THE Singapore Indian Association defeated the Beni coolen Sports Club by fourj three m a table tennis match played yesterday at the B.S.C. premises. Results iI.A. players first) M. Sivam beat Cyril Thomas 3 o; S.R.S. Naidu beat 8. M Gomes 3-0; Som&sundrara lost
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    LIVERPOOL WIN 2-0
    23 7 Liverpool beat Blackpool by two Koals to nil m Saturday's English Football League first division game 1 at Liverpool.— Reuter
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    UNKNOWN
    18 7 ntask i ■a m dean's tiro cry, the ilans n to I .4550--'ers, have -les. I A.P.
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    ICC score 240-4 v Jamaica
    88 7 ICC score 240-4 v Jamaica .Meat I j a solid the I c be" I ton on I for I .are bat. tylish I jket I .ir.d I :-.?ton Plao? I ICC. a <=ound 9 an I s made change i -Kt Inns Markenrk Pntf 47 ■toon b Powf U
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    UNKNOWN
    68 7 jßjttjey Truth rt-p Australian w.-i- accep>d »»flglit the world |^^wy Robins, n, m! I July ■gay* Burns has j*Ji $15,000 or 17J the gate and that B T<s by J-r- y l wlll wait X w^r confirming I defl- A* the far bend the field closed In. Gam Law
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    McMullan wins golf final
    111 7 WMcMULLAN won the Island Club championship beating C. A. R. Bateman 3 and 2 m the final. The Duffer's Cup final was won by S. K. Gaw who beat J. C. Y. Eu 2 and 1. The March mixed foursomes competition was won by Mrs. A.
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    GUN CLUB RESULTS
    34 7 THE results of the Singapore 1 Gun Club's weekly competition held on Saturday were: 1. G. Boehm 100 points, 2. A. G. Boehm 85 points, 3. Tan Choon Lee 80 points.
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    Ipoh boy's success
    93 7 Ipoh boy's success Fre e Press Staff Reporter. THE Cambridge University hard court tennis singles title has been annexed by Khong Kit Soon, son of Dr. K. T. Khong of Ipoh. according to information reaching Ipoh. Kit Soon, who is also a very good badminton player, is captain of the
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    Game Law becoming second Punkawalla
    371 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent rjAME LAW scored his fourth win over the distance at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, final day of the Selangor races, when he turned the tables on Double Five m another thrilling finish which had the large crowd of punters m the
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    FREAK PAR ROUND
    54 7 Bill Podmore, young profes>sional at the Moore Park Club Sydney, recently registered m a practice round a par 37 for the home run, yet his card did not show a par for any hole. He had birdifs at fivo of the nine h<">l^!=. but dropped five stroke
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    Unbeaten sides meet today
    215 7 ALL three unbeaten teams m the first division of the Sj\.F.A. league are concerned In today's matches. The Amicables, who have won both their outings, meet the Changd Airmen, who have won once and drawn once, and the Indians, who have also won once and drawn
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    Action in goalmouth
    43 7 1 amj l*l eU Charl n right-back, throws himself forward t n f a d4heball from the Charlton goalmouth, while Sam Bartram (lift) waits watchfully. Charlton were playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, London, on Mar. 13. Chelsea won three-nil
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    Indian attacks Tennis Body
    397 7 A VIGOROUS attack on the International Lawn Tennis Federation was made m London yesterday by Mr. J. Chinna Durai, India's representative to the Federation's annual general meeting m Paris on Friday, after he had learned that India's proposal for the institution of an annual international championship
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    SCORES OF 50 IN KL TRIAL
    314 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent P. O. de Silva, a schoolboy, and Lee Soon Wee, a former State player, scored half centuries In a Selangor State cricket trial held yesterday to select a team to represent Selangor against Singapore this weekend. De Silra scored 55
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    FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES
    775 7 UK. Football League tables, Including Saturday's results, axe: FIRST DIVISION Goals P W D L FA PU Arsenal 33 30 9 4 62 25 49 Preston 32 18 6 8 64 45 42 Burnley 32 15 11 0 45 33 41 M'ster U. 32 13 13 6
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    Pakir springs a surprise
    468 7  -  COURTCRAFT By V ACT Min-kf'c <U-;ii- i z»ox 1115 m miming tennis was a ruling enmax to L the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association indoor championships held at the Happy World. A. G. B. Pakir, the first Indian Muslim player to win a Singapore senior tennis title
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    10-MILE WALK
    35 7 HARRY Churcher (Beigrave) retained Britain's tenmile road walking championship m Hyde Park on Saturday m 75 mln. 10.4 sec. C. J. Morris (Surrey) was second and F. Redman (Met- ropolitan) third.— A. P.
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    Services XI named
    48 7 THE Combined Services soccer team to meet the Civilians at Jalan Bosar Stadium on Saturday is: MacMahon (Navy); Thomas (R.A.F.), Metclaffe (Army); Lodge (R.A.F.), Cushley (Navy), Wilkins (Navy); Thompson (R.A.F.), Watson (Navy), Woodgate (Navy), Jordan (Army), Dorrien (R.A.F.). Reserves: Dodd (Army), Wraffff (A»my), Herbert (R.A.F.),
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    G.N. victory topic of day in Britain
    286 7 G.N. victory topic of day in Britain THE sports topic of the day m Britain yesterday still was the thrilling victory of Sheila's Cottage m the final 400-yard hedgeless run past at the Grand National Steeplechase on Saturday, writes Bill Macklin, A. P. correspondent. Less than five months ago the
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      258 7 F.P. Crossword No. 341 x'-J v'w r IT im" H IS nnwjifH 8 rtj~ I jBPZ] 1 I lIP 5° |32 I|| IJJ33 J CLUES ACROSS 1, President (8). 7, Kindly (6). 9, Confer (6). 11, Make legal claim (3). 12, Point (4). 14, Spectacle (5). 16, Press for payment
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    SWEDEN ARMS
    37 8 CWEDEN plans to increase her air force by 50 per cent, and hopes to establish a night fighter organisation, It was officially announced m Stockholm yesterday. A robot arms bureau is being estab- lished U.P.
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    REDS INTENSIFY DRIVE IN FAR EAST
    471 8 REDS INTENSIFY DRIVE IN FAR EAST New Cominform for Asia LONDON, Sunday. INTENSIFICATION of Communist operations m 1 the Far East, inclutting Malaya, has been ordered by Moscow, according to official quarters engaged on investigating Communist .activities m Europe. These quarters say that Moscow has sent directives to Communist cells
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    HOME
    39 8 Canterbury Cathedral, shrine of pilgrims. where there is "a calm and peace that enable you to realise how little our present-day anxieties matter when set against the centuries of history that remain alive in the grey, stone walls."
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    Russians quit Berlin council
    271 8 Russians quit Berlin council BERLIN, Sunday. VHE future of the Allied Control Councilhighest organ of the four-power government of Germany was left hanging m the balance yesterday by the action of Marshal Vassili Sokolovsky, Soviet Commander, m abruptly adjourning and quitting a meeting of the Council last night, says Reuter.
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    GREEK ARMY BATTERS GUERRILLAS
    159 8 GREEK ARMY BATTERS GUERRILLAS ATHENS, Sunday. THE Greek Army Is inflicting heavy casualties m a tattle On Mount Pierria, im an action which is likely to become the Army's outstanding conquest m its two years of fighting against the guerrillas. A General Stan* communique said yesterday that 66 "bandits" had
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    GANDHI'S ASHES
    22 8 The Burmese Prime Minister. Thakin Nu, on Sunday Immersed some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes at a threeriver junction near Rangoon.
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    SNAKE SAVES MARRIAGE
    106 8 LONDON, Sunday. A tattooed red and blue serpent reaching from the elbow to the ivrist has brought peace to the Lambert family and relief to the Dorset court tohich suggested the solution. Mrs. Irene Lambert uas given permission to withdraw charges of assault brought against her husband
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    CYPRUS TO BE GIANT AIR BASE
    119 8 JERUSALEM. Sunday niSPATCHES from Nicosia v (Cyprus), say that military supplies ar j flowing from Palestine to Cyprus and that feverish work is goirg on there to make Cyprus "one of the strongest fortresses m the world." Last week the freighter Danubian discharged 3.500
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    BUT HOW?
    31 8 The News of the World gossip columist reported last night that the United States is considering a plan to distribute leaflets inside Russia It did not say how. U.P.
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    50 8 picture. The icinner and runner-up of the Singanore Motor CluW* 'Blind Rally' competition yesterday Mr F J Will (ami and Mr. A. Sandhaus. shoiim with their trophies Twenty five competitors took part m the competition The nert meeting oj the newly-formed Club is expected to hi speed trial. Free Press
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    REDS IN INDIA GRAVEDANGER
    74 8 A convention of the Indian Socialist Party m Bombay yesterday passed a resolution condemning Communists m India, who. they .said, are "a source of grave danger to India because they pursue their own ends with little regard for the stability and integrity of the State." The
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    CZECH AID FOR GREEK REBELS
    60 8 BRASS bands woke Prague citizens, including Members of Parliament, yesterday for a Sunday of work, their pay going to the United Nations Children Fui.d and to aid Gre; k guerrilla forces. In Parliament, six agricultural bills were rushed through, bringing the weekends total to 26
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    GEN ISOGAI JAILED
    31 8 General Isogal. war-time Japanese Governor-General of Hong Kong, has been transferred to Shanghai where he will serve a life sentence imposed by a Nanking military high court- U.P.
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    Girl guerrilla executed
    31 8 a rißi ATHENS. Sunday. A eenLr^ Uerr llla w 1 Escaped from jail when her Saturday i?HPo U l rd cI H Ped with her was «ecuted on
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    UNITY APPEAL TO EURASIANS
    227 8 Free Press stiff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. OPEAKING at the annual general meeting of the Selangor Eurasian Association today, the President, Dr. J. S. Goonting, said that unity should be the password of every Eurasian to uplift the community, socially and politically. "If rumour is correct,"
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    FOUR DIE IN RAIL MISHAP
    57 8 pOACHES of a train were telescoped between two engines m an accident m which four people were killed and 66 injured, eight miles north of Rome yesterday. The communication cord was pulled for an unknown reason. The train had an engine at each end and
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    Rubber's rising trend
    187 8 LONDON. Sunday. REVIEWING the rubber market of the past week, the Financial Times says that more interest has been manifested following President Truman's "stop Russia" declaration, which has resulted m a higher trend m the commodity and an increasing firmness dn shares. Free Fress Staff Correspondent age
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    Reds pushing into Chahar
    343 8 F r SHANGHAI, Sunday. IVE Communist columns m Hopci Province v hay be^ un moving northward into the Nationalist-controlled Inner Mongolian provinces of Chahar and Suiyuan m a move designed either to occupy this region, recently seriously denuded of troops m order to reinforce North China
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    Rubber prices
    57 8 I SPECIAL Market correspondent girt* the prices of rubber at II *JU. today a* follows: Bayers Sellers Cts. Cte, No^RS^. Spot 1 1 PCTIt no°Te.s.s. fob M N m bales Apr. 40 40', No. 2 R.B.S. f*b In bales Apr. 39 No. S R.S.S. fob In bales Apr.
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    MALAY WOMEN CRITICISE GOVT
    278 8 Free Press SUIT On-respondent KUALA LUMPUR rpHE Government of Selangor was x the president of the Kaum Ibu j Association), Inche Halimaton binte Abdu 4 who said the Association had shared and great responsibilities m the esu of the Federation of Malaya, and yet nave o
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    UNKNOEN
    76 8 Free r ot men V ither report fa**, 'Political pen Ime, adds lutl out feelers to &2 m Siam. with »T :ng then t 1 b P given all tte .•«d. B. them to dacaa •host::wards the Ooverm Pun rnonulM Tho Siamese G vera at the same time tin
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    WILL FIGHT FOR U.S. JAPS SA
    61 8 WILL FIGHT FOR U.S. JAPS SA SHIYO 0I I and sel:-»ppd ed president ol the Jjpu jr lor Preii club, declared t of war the Jaw a duty to firiit United Stats "Our duty is any nation that eet trample upon i k the United S: pen the event of
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    Gladys Coop loses £3,00
    27 8 LONDON. SB* THIEVES ra: SV robbery :,y Glawas The mothr shortly aftejjf^ *i Th^yUK- 1 lamb coat and J i brought from A.P.
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      43 8 WEA THER I Cloudy WEATHER report for the next 24 hours compiled bj the RAF: Cloudy, with rain m afternoon and •veninf. Fair tonight and to-morrow morning Wind: North. 5 to 10 m.p h Temperatures: Max. 91 deffs; mm. 72 deg«. Rainfall: 72
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      14 8 STORE HIGH TIDES Today 7.51 ajn: 10 09 p.m. Tuesday 9.09 ajn; 10.41 p.m.
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