The Singapore Free Press, 29 March 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA HKGHJGHJG SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1948 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    42 JEWS DEAD IN SECOND AMBUSH
    111 1 British troops save 150 JERUSALEM, Sunday. IN the second big ambush within 24 hous, 42 Jews were killed at Kabiri, near the Mediterranean coast of Northern Palestine, when their convoy of six vehicles was wiped out by 250 Arab troops. British troops arrived too
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    TRUMAN MAY VISIT GREECE AND TURKEY
    168 1 ISTANBUL, Sunday. PRESIDENT Truman will visit Turkey and Ureeee next month, as a gesture of American Mpptrt lur all nations threatened by Communist agffres Turkish newspapers reported today. Official sources made no comment on the report which, said the Vatan one of Turkey's leading
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    NEGRO LEADERS BACK TRUMAN
    52 1 REPRESENTATIVES of 20 MX Negro national organisations announced m New York yesterday that the 6,084.000 members they claim to represent will support Congressmen who back President Truman's civil rights programme. They said they would oppose the re-election of those who fail to work "for this minimal
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    IN THE EYE OF THE FABIANS
    964 2  - IN THE EYE OF THE FABIANS Hall Romney LONDON LETTER i By T HAVE been specu- lating concerning the extent of the influence of the Socialist Fabian Colonial Bureau upon the colonial policy of a Socialist Government. It must. I think, be considerable. More than ever today, when twe former
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    Bridge Problem
    311 2 THEIR part score hurt th* North-South bidding, because over two diamonds North coui«t not make any bid which would be forcing:. (They wore not plnylng Blackwood There being no scientific rou?>> available. North simply plunge Into the slam. Rambling that South would hold the two trir): his diamond
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    CHINA'S YOUTH DAY
    499 2  -  M. T. LEONG By EVERY country has its own martyrs and China, a land of ancient heroes and romance, is no exception. Today, 38 years ago. 72 young men sacrificed thteir lives for thier Country and the story is still fresh m the mintis of most Chinese.
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    22 2 4 bonnet for today French novelty blue and white checked silk ribbon fluted and fitted to the head m a novel manner.
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    'LOVE: MORE IMPORTANT'
    225 2  -  BOB DUNNE By A. P. Correspondent HOLLYWOOD pursuing M America of 1947." but the tall Tennessee beaut] persistently decline film ofT< is, tncau is more impor'ant.' "I only want to be a cp&sful aoctor.s the American beauty Barbara Jo Waikc: continues to amazi i land and thousands
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      375 2 "30 The Australian Story (Dramatized Feature); 745 Master Pianist. A rer tal by Moisciwitscb; 3 S incurs Q their &>n^s. The Tenor Tino Rossi; 815 Dance Music; 8 30 N.ws; 8 40 Song Folio. R.cital by H.-rbert Jfcnnaen, Baritone; 9 Agricultural Bull.-tin Talk: 905 Music for Romance. Wayne King and
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      91 2 Quarter; 1 World News Headlines; 102 Heard Melodies are Sweet* 2 World News Headlines; 2 02 Programme Summary; 530 Station Opening; 532 London Radio Orchestra"*; 6 Thirty to One; 8 30 World and Home News; 6.45 Sporting Special; 7 Accent on Rhythm"; 7.15 Those Were the Day***; 8 World and
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      119 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune torecast tor people borrj today DoliN today, you have t/remendous bodily energies. If they are devoted to the fulfillment of high ideals, you may become outstanding. If, however, you scatter your interests too widely or do not to "thine own self hold true." you may not
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    348 3 Officials 9 relatives do 'homework' DART-TIME work on income tax forms by thousands of people on their own homes throughout Britain, who are not civil servants, is causing resentment to income tax-payers. The people doing this income tax "homework" include grandfathers, housewives and boys and girls in their last years
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    Eescued as sea rose to her chin
    163 3 ped t<»r tour hours by the tide cliff, at Birchinirton (Kent). oa wan creeping up to her chin. I Katherine Keefe, was re- T met Hoib>e Convent. West--4 the sands to Birchington. In Epple Bay she was cut off by the tide. As
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    VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS' -TRUMAN
    31 3 VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS' -TRUMAN r--nce .vr -the ratic ners Mr. propoata m ise of n Pales.'.nt ...ot and ae■me 1 on the E S American. i a :i gov.can Mac- Reuter
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    ASIA LEADERS LOOK TO WEST
    17 3 ItaMß the m Lonsay s N. I Dart ■'-i^Erle -Ntern relations Reuter
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    RODNEY FOR SCRAP
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    Guatemala is 'fomenting war'
    96 3 THE Dominican Government declares that it has "revie information" of Guatemalan plans to foment war m Central America. It said: 'President Arvello of Guatemala has just received from Venezuela heavy assistance m the form of arms and finance for the prosecuD of Guatemala's activities against several
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    CEYLON RELICS IN RANGOON
    101 3 TOL. J. L. Kotewala, who is heading a special mission from CVy.on. arrived at Minidon airport, Rangoon, and handed over a gold casket containing the relics of Sariputa and Mohamohallamo to the President of Burma, Sao Shwe Thaike. m a traditional Buddhist ceremony. Prime Minister Thakin
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    ROBBERY IN ATOM CITY
    68 3 ATOM-BOMBED Hiroshima n I :iv experierxed its first pos war robbery last week when five armed robbers escaped with 4,000,000 yen m cash frc-m the Hiroshima central pos oil ice. Thpy bou.-.d and gagged wo niyht guards aid walked off large bo: containing tax money recently
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    'U.S. prolongs jew suffering'
    216 3 U.S. prolongs jew suffering' DR. CHUM WEIZMANN, former President of (he World Zionist Federation, said m New York that the suffering of Palestine Jews would be "greatly increased and prolonged as a result of the reversal of American policy which has given such powerful encouragement |o Arab aggression." Dr. Weizmann.
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    ONE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    72 3 AN engine room explosion aboard the Air Ministry vessel Katreen lulled one man and injured two others early on Saturday. The Katreen was six miles off the Norfolk coast when the blast occurred. Her wireless room was wrecked but flares she sent up were sighted by
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    U.S. CONSCRIPTION
    35 3 Th° chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said that tenmembers of the Committee were convinced that there was "absolute necessity for quick passage" of both universal miiitary training and conscription.- A.P.
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    WAR MEDALS NOT TO HAVE NAMES
    141 3 riiHE Prime Minister, Mr. Cle--1 ment Attlee. stated m the House of Commons that stamping of names of holders on the War Medal. Defence Medal. King's Freedom Medal and King's Medal for courage would add substantial difficulties to a necessarily compiex scheme of issue
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    40 3 pictures EINAR GERHARDSEN, Prime Minister of Norway. The three Scandinavian Premiers photographed at a conference m Stockholm, at which they pledged their cooperation m the Marshall vlan. A.P. TAGE ERLANDER, Prime Minister of Sweden, HANS HEDTOFT, Prime Minister of. Denmark.
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    4,000 ships took part in D-Day
    134 3 CiIVING some little known I facts and figures about D-Day m the invasion of Europe m 1944, Mr. J. S. Merrington told the Institution of Naval Architects m London that about 4.300 landing ships and craft took place m assaults on invasion day. In
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    Romulo maybe recalled
    118 3 A MBASSADOR Carlos P. RoJ\ mulo, Philippine delegate to the United Nations, now presiding over the U.N. Freedom of Information conference m Geneva, may be called back after the meeting to report on the critical world situation. President Roxaa has congratulated Gen. Romulo on his election as
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    PRECAUTIONS IN SHAMEEN
    84 3 HANDBAG and barbed-wire O barricades have been thrown up over bridges into Shameen, former AngloFrcmch concession m Caaiton, as a precaution against possible Communist disturbances wfom the Chinese National Assembly meets m Nanking on Monday. Shame-e.ii was the scene of anti-BritLsh riots m January when tine British
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    TO EXPLORE CHINA
    34 3 Captain Bill Odom is on his way to Shanghai m the scientific plane explorer, which will survey north-west China, an expedition to be led by the millionaire penmaker. Milton Reynolds. Reuter
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    Lord Hyndley optimistic on 1948 coal
    258 3 Lord Hyndley optimistic on 1948 coal LORD HYNDLEY, Chairman of the National i Board, is cautious but optimistic about ■fftpecU for coal mining m 1948 though he admits that problems of cost, quality and the amount of coal mid plied to home consumers are still far from btMC solved. He
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    INDIA-PAKISTAN DISPUTE IN ASSAM
    199 3 A SMALL rail force sent by the India Government to protect the Burma Oil Company oil test plant within the Pathjaria forest reserve m India's Assam Province was virtually cut off by aimed forces sent by Pakistan's East Bengal Government, and had consequently to withdraw, said
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    U.S. ARMBREACH TURKEY
    52 3 U.S. ARM BREACH TURKEY rpWO 10.000-tun United L States ship reached the Sea of Marmora on Saturday carrying vehicles and war supplies for Turkey onder the U.S. aid programm A consignment of "Invader" fighter aircraft supplied under the same scheme also reached Istanbul from Frankfurt and was sent on to
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    DENMARK GETS BRITISH COAL
    54 3 THE Danish freighter Kentucky has arrived at Copenhagen carrying the first cargo of British coal for Denmark since the war. On board was a British miner, Heniy Wilkinson, oj Newcastle. Dunne the next few days. Mr. Wilkinson, representing British miners, will tour the countryside and visit
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    M.P. CLEARED
    29 3 A summons against Mr. Clifford Kenyon. Labour M.P. for Chorley. Lancashire, alleging that he assaulted Mr. Arthur Nixon, treasurer of Manchester's Young Conservnfives, was dismissed at Wigan.
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    Add a new chapter, Dutch told
    181 3 Add a new chapter, Dutch told rpHE addition of a new chapL ter to the Dutch oonstitution allowing lor regi. self-government for Ir and the Netherlands West Indies is urged ill a report dr.. up by a special Parliamen* commission. The proposed ii'-w cha; the 14th said a new constitutional
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    Soviet silent in Benin row
    122 3 JUO r qu ing o: Allied Control CounMar. 30. its next normal m ing day. wa> mad by Russian represent a* the inter-Allied Secret when it held its daily m m Berlin on Fr. Such a move had bee;; thought a possibility following the statement
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    U.S. CIGARETTES FOR ITALY
    60 3 THE U.S. State Department 1 said that tm tatively plans o 1.860.000 packets ol Amenc t cigar: ties to Italy as I ce/ntive to* increased production. Announcing thLs. Slat Department spokesman d<::.i ed a report Chat 50 t cigarettes would b? flown :c Italy to try
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    The Singapore Free Press Monday, Mar. 29 1948. The Chinese Overseas
    643 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, Mar. 29 1948. The Chinese Overseas FROM Bangkok has come an almost comic opera story of a Chinese plot. But Chinese In Siam will see no comedy m it. For them the plot is serious. This story of two armed but hidden Chinese regiments is
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    A DARK HORSE FOR PRESIDENT?
    1137 4  - A DARK HORSE FOR PRESIDENT? Alexander Clifford by WASHINGTON: THERE is a peculiar fog gathering round the American political weather. But every issue is seen through it and is coloured or distorted by it. And it will grrow thicker and thicker until Tuesday, November 2, when it will be abruptly
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    7 4 FLOWERS THAT MAY BLOOM IN THE SPRINC
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    FORGOTTEN MEN
    749 4  -  LYFOKD MOORE By Reuters Correspondent IT will not be long before the Nazi leaders, Walter Funk and former Admiral Raeder, complete their life terms m the* international Spandau prison m Berlin if their present rate of debilitation continues, according to the Military Government authorities. Raeder is facing a
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    A Profile Of A Dictator
    840 4  - A Profile Of A Dictator DR. EMERY BARCS By UAND3OME, athletic, six-footer Juan Domingo Peron, 52, President of Argentina and fashionable strong man of Latin America, must feel that the third year of his dictatorship has stalled well. First, he bought the British-owned Argentine railways m exchange for food and
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    FAITH
    19 4 I am the sood shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. St. John 10, 11.
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    Batavia checks on trishas
    20 4  - Batavia checks on trishas Graham Jenkins I D Ul> I 1 I I m J I I I If Reuter
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    Marlene's chcsen 10
    15 4  - Marlene's chcsen 10 BOB THOMOS ]U I I I I ■I I I I Reuter
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    TOO GUESTS AT COUNCIL OPENING
    277 5 A rrangemen ts for Thursday Free Press Staff Reporter PENERAL traffic will be deviated from Empress Place from 9.30 a.m. on Thursday as a Guard of Honour and two bands move into position to await the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, and cars stream into the
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    79 5 Three lives were lost vchen this station wagon crashed into a tree at the junction of Adam Road and Dunearn Road As will be seen from this picture, the vehicle was a total wreck. The accident took place Uut Friday nic;ht, and the victims were Mr. A. H Hunter. Capt
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    Copra shortage hits oil mills
    224 5 Copra shortage hits oil mills Correspondent i*ore are now faced r.i slHuiaye, a> a result of •ii i!s have either completely r have cut down their opera- the ruling high cost of ng business unprofitable. ••Because of the reguti permitting reexport of copra from Sinore." he said, "many are more
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    HK TEXTILE FACTORIES HARD HIT
    35 5 HK TEXTILE FACTORIES HARD HIT GHJGJGHJGHJ a Urn a at is mese or that it Bi I view Italy 3up- ref 10,000 ".and, 5.000 m. Texto :hree of after a had ay imnth or Reuter
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    W.BORNEO RICE HARVEST POOR
    54 5 RICE harvests m West Borneo m February were not too good, according to a report from Pontianak, though the harvest from the irrigated fields was satisfactory. In the Penangkat area, the yield was far below expectations. In Ketapang and Kapoeans basin, the harvests could hardly meet
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    DEPORTEES HERE
    17 5 The second group of 15 Malay deportees arrived from Australia yesterday by the troopship Dilwara.
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    Away 30 years, now a general
    313 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER an absence nearly 30 years, a Singaporean has returned to the Colony a retired Lieutenant General of the Chinese Army. He left Singapore m his early twenties, and the intervening years have seen him graduate from China's military academies
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    MEET FOR U.K.
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    $15,000 FOB JAIL INDUSTRY
    116 5 THE Singapore oovernment will spend $15,000 on materials for prison industry, following the taking over of Chan*l Jail. It is intended to carry out such wori as carpentry, tailoring, coir mat-making, shoe- pairing and tinsmith- work, all of which are now only being done on a
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    BUDDHA STAMP
    24 5 CINGAPORE Buddhists have forwarded a resolution to the Government of India disapproving of the Buddha stamp issued by the Government of India.
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    MORE NURSES TO COME FROM UK
    311 5 Free Press London Correspondent A DOCTOR, two health sifters and fiv e nursing sisters are proceeding to Malaya for the under-staffed hospitals. The doctor is Mr. A. McQueen Robertson, the health sisters are Miss Catherine Farrell and Miss Olive Burnett, and the nursing sisters
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    T.B. FILM SHOW
    67 5 THE horn, secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club (Mr. Choo Teck Poh) reports that a crowd of nearly a thousand spectators were present to see a film on tuberculosis given by courtesy of the Public Relations Office, Singapore, on. Thursday night at th* S.H.B Boys'
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    67 5 The Governor. Sir Franklin Cimson, (standing before microphone) opened the Rotary District Conference at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday morning. Sir Franklin said that Rotary had a great part to play m maintaining peace m the world. Seen m this Free Press picture, seated behirid the Governor, are (from
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    78 WOMEN NAMED JPs
    133 5 j ADY Seng.Neo Lini, wife ij of Sir Han Hoe Llm, is among the first 18 women Justices of the Peace to be appointed m Singapore by the Governor. Mrs. Doris Wilson, wife of the Bishop of Singapore a Malay woman, and two representatives of the
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    ENGINEER FOR TELECOMS
    82 5 SOON to come to Malaya as Assistant Controller of Telecommunications (Wireless) is Mr. J. A. R. Morton of Chelmsford. Educated at George Heriot's School and Herlot Watt College, Edinburgh, and at Northampton Engineering College. London, where he graduated B. Sc. (engineering) with honours and qualified A.M.I.E.E. and
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    Delegates to Nanking
    118 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent TWO Singapore Chinese, Mr. Thio Kehg Seng and Mr. I Chye Hui Seng, have left for i Nankin? to attend the opening of the National Assembly this week. The delegates were nominated by the Singapore Kuo- mintang because the Nanking Government had dropped
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    LOCAL NEWS
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    RAF ENDING SERVICE TO CIVILIANS
    364 5 RAF ENDING SERVICE TO CIVILIANS Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER two-and-a-half years' service to civilians, the RAF Air Booking Centre will close the doors of its offices m Ocean Building tomorrow, and move to Tengah where it will, m future, concentrate on sending Servicemen back to the United Kingdom, and
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    UK TEACHER COMING
    49 5 Mr. J. A. Park of Midsomer Norton, near Bath, has been appointed to the Colonial Education Service as a science master m Malaya. Educated at Jones' West Monmouth School, PontypooJ. and University College. Cardiff, he graduated B. Sc. with honour* and Qualified for his teacher's diploma.
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    BISHOP WILSON
    21 5 JHE bishop of Singapore, (the Right Reverend J. L. Wilson) will probably leavo by air for Britain on Friday.
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    COMMITTEE TO STUDY PARKING
    256 5 rE Government has accepted the recommendation ol the Singapore I Municipal Commissioners for the establishment of a special committee to advise on Dorking problems. Arrangements are beirg mad* to form tfre committe 0 witlh the Commissioner of Police as chairman. The terms of reference or the
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    AUSSIE WARSHIPS FOR YOKOSUKA
    30 5 AUSSIE WARSHIPS FOR YOKOSUKA Two Australian destroyers Quickmatch and Quiber-va have arrived at Yokasuka, near Tokio, to replace the destroyers Arunta and W ramunga. which are returning to Sydney- Reuter
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    U.K.'S SURVIVAL RESTS ON SCRAP
    519 6 U.K.'S SURVIVAL RESTS ON SCRAP s^/ i^ f/^^ key to recovery CHORTAGE of scrap may cripple Britain's drive to produce this year the 14,000,000 tons of steel on which her plans to increase exports and so speed her economic recovery depend, reports Reuter. Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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    43 6 Col. J. O. E. Vandleur. D.S.O. shaking hands at the St. Patrick's Day parade of the Irish Guards at Caterham Barracks with a CheUea Pensioner, 81-ycar-oIC. SgtMajOf Murphy, who left the Army m 1904. and is ROM the oldest li\ :n(j Irish Guardsman.
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    64 6 picture. Belgian Customs men examine the new Sten gun with which all Customs officials on the frontier are to be armed m an effort to stop smuggling. Belgium, island of prosperity m the ocean of European near-bankruptcy, is doing her best to prevent the smuggling of luxury goods across her
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    TREASURES BACK
    41 6 An exquisitely carved jade screen and several jade vases brought to Japan from Nar.kmg during: the early days of the war by the puppet president of China, Wang Chir.g Wei, have been returned to Chinese officials In Tokio.- Reuter
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    Statue of Liberty for Manila Bay
    274 6 A STATUE of Liberty has been proposed for Corrtgidor, Island fortress at the entrance to Manila The T.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Mr. Emmet O'Neal, will try to interest American organisations m a plan to give the Philippines an exact replica of the Statue
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    LIBERTY SHIP LISTED LOST
    75 6 ril-'TY three days ago the r liberty ship Samkey, bound for Cuba from London, radioed that she was north of the Azores. Nothing has been heard of her since. Lloyd's has now officially posted the 7.219- ton ship, with a crew of 43 aboard, as >
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    INDIA SHORT OF PHONES
    71 6 FjVDR .very 10.000 people India has three telephones. as compared with United States' 21.000 telephones The average for Asia is three times greater than India's New York City alone has telephones 19 times the number lor the whole of India. India has 119.000 telephones for her
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    FIRE IN MANILA
    28 6 A fire destroyed a big apartment house m the Quiapo district of Manila, causing an estimated damage of 150.000 dollars Nr> casualties were reported- Reuter
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    47 6 Field Marshal VUcount Montgomery of Aiamein. < of the Imperial General Staff, meets and talks Private L. Waite, 44 Recce Unit, who "Monty" at McJsah Matruh, and no- iroundcd tl Ex-Private Waite is employed as a wooa production of caravans m the workshops of the Enh Alamein centre
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    LIVING WITH BULLET IN HIS HEART
    98 6 LIVING WITH BULLET IN HIS HEART I>OLli E Commissioner Edward .1. Cullen went to Elkhart (Indiana) Geaeral Hospital lor a routine physical check-uD. An X-ray technician looked at one of his plates and told him: 'You're lucky to be alive." He had found a bullet within half an inch of
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    'Lecture' Dak flies 42,000 miles
    95 6 R.A.F. Transport Command Dakota has just completed a six months tour covering 42,000 miles. The Plane earned an accident prevention exhibition and lecture team from the Air Ministry's Deputy Directorate of Accident Prevention. During the tour demonstrations wen 1 given at 40 R.A.F. stations to
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    Federation for Indo-China
    171 6 THE formation of a federation of the Indo kingdoms of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochin-( under a central government wa^ forecast to X m< m Saigon by a French source. A (■••nU'nn. i tween Bao I)ai, ex-Emperor of Annam. and repre^nt atives of Vietminh, the Indo Chinese national;-!
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    Maims island to be Aussie naval base
    121 6 »FHE Australian D. 9 t 1 plans for the developrr. H of Now Guinea, v an A 1 was handed over to AustTJ H last year at an ultimate c< H The Australian CKH men: haa made an or the United States for
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    Land gift to boost morale of troop
    7 6 Land gift to boost morale of troop
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    Russian grain Storm coming
    6 6 Russian grain Storm coming FDGHDFGFD A.P.
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    DAS KAPITAL -DE LUXE
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    'THE PRINCE' IS COSTLY
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      38 6 JANfc Exclusive to the SingapO7~e Free Press m Malaxa f\ shan't V*" [U=^. A'pon my souli-Vakd meakik^J Bot Me 6asffij/ 1 fl^iH^~ I iZJZ ox L-i r^fil SH dumped iis still \H M? Mea&AS "Ad s hgPW» i
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    BOOKMAKERS 'KILLED' TOTE DIVIDEND
    376 7 BOOKMAKERS 'KILLED' TOTE DIVIDEND Rush of bets on No Regrets t^ ree w Press K**^ Correspondent nad instructions to reduce the odds on No ItemtT to one to five on. i v xve B rei s to nicy nearly succeeded. No Regrets won to pay two to five the win
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    MIDDLESEX PROFIT
    27 7 MIDDLESEX County, English m cricket champions of 1947 maae a pront of £5,203, the $fi a nee sheet of the club disclosed on Saturday- A.P.
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    LOUIS IN PARIS
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    S'pore girl Wins 3 events
    131 7 J, i l^~ U res 1 i new record of 11.07 metres la the men's putting the shot. The previous record, also Ml up m 1936. was 10.70 "OS. The champion long-dis-tance runner Is Ong Oon Boon of Selangor. He won both the 5.000 and
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    SAORA WIN BY 21 RUNS
    247 7 THE St. Andrew** Old Boys' Association beat the Singapore 1 Recreation Club by 21 runs m a cricket match played on the S.R.C. ground yesterday Sror« 5.A.0.8.A.: J. Anchant b D'Ali melda 62; A. Armstrong c R. Bam b Collins 0: E. Ebert c R.
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    RECORD SWIM
    44 7 JOE Verdeur chopped more than a full second off his own world record time at Ann Arbour, Michigan, on Saturday nipht, winning the 200 yard breast stroke m the NCA swimming championships m the sensational time of 2 mm. 14.7 sec— A.P.
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    TEIK HOCK v KEE FONG IN FINAL
    757 7 t Fr«m COURTCRAFT I tn^i despera r^"y» thrusting all he knew into the game, Ooi Teik Hock, Penang Champion, smashed through the rocklike defence of the rt a htof SSTS 0 1 W n f Peng S n «V3tateath. A™/ m v Mala
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    76 7 U.K. Rugby League results o»i Saturday were Barrow 8. Bellevue Rangers 13; Bromley 7. Keiphley 9; Castleford 7. Huddersfu>ld 20; Dewsbury 10, Liverpool Stanley 2; Featherstoue R. 9. Leeds 20; Halifax 13 Batley 8; Hull 22, Wakf-field Trinity 10. Kuns!et 26. Hull Kinßston R. 5; Leigh 8. Wigan
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    16 7 The Racing Club de France Rugby Team defeated Blackheath 14 to 8 m Paris yesterday- A.P.
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    S'pore lose at K.L.
    277 7 IN an exciii.g finish Selangor defeated Singapore by 12 runs m their cricket match on the Kuala Lumpur padang yesterday. Singapore were m sight of victory at o-e stage, when they needed only 18 runs to win but the last four batsmen collapsrd. SCOREBOARD Seuuigor Ist.
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    CARDIFF GAIN ANOTHER NOTABLE VICTORY
    465 7 CARDIFF GAIN ANOTHER NOTABLE VICTORY conquerois of me \j Australian touring team this season, added another notable victory to their collection when, before a crowd of 28,000 at Arms Park, Cardiff, on Saturday, they defeated a Barbarians' team, including: 13 internationals,! by two coals and a penalty goal to one
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    Saturday's soccer
    34 7 Saturday's soccer n G ff ™a*« a great attempt to score m Saturday's mii Ch n etwe Vl i he Combined Services and Civilians at Jalan Besar Stadium which ended m a one-all draw
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    Terrific finish gave Cambridge a new record
    443 7 Terrific finish gave Cambridge a new record pKOWDS estimated to be over one million gathered along the banks of the River Thames from Putney to Mortlake on Saturday m brilliant weather to see Cambridge University win the 94th boat race m the record time of 17 mins. 50 sees., beating
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    Final MCFA decision today
    394 7 By Our Soccer Reporter rpODAY, at a full Council meeting of the Malayan Chinese Football Assn which is m progress at the Goh Loo Club, a final decision will be made as to whether a Malayan Chinese soccer team will participate m the China National Meet
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    Chinese runner wins in U.S.
    88 7 |AU WEN-NGAU, of Shang- rial, won the special 10.000 j metre run at the Bth renewal j of the Santa Barbara relays! m California on Saturday i.ight. Lav. the favourite, completed the long run m 31 mm. 53 sec. He finished 600 yards ahead of
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    GOLF FINAL TODAY
    143 7 K.L. Staff ornsponde nt N. C CLARKE, cap.am oi the fManfOr Golf Club, and R. B. Laun.->ton, of the Ip h Gclf Club are the final:-, s In the **a- layan golf championship. They I play the final this mjr;.:ng. d R J I c herwood. 'of
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      258 7 F.P. Crossword No. *d 6 3[~ f l6 l I [55" 31 «3Z 33 I |34 I IP~~ W 55^ M I" null m iTlt^ "^^L__^_^^_^^^SjJL^^ M^ CLUES ACROSS 4, Meal (6). 8, Settle (7). 10. E\'erything (3> 11 Vehule «o< 12, Refuge (6>. 15, Advise against <8> 17, Number
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    ATOM TESTS
    387 8 Showdown on control looms NfeW YORK, Sunday. AS responsible United Nations delegates predict that the Russian-United States deadlock on world atomic control is moving towards a showdown, America is* rushing to completion preparations for new atomic tests at the lonely mid-Pacific Eniwetok atoll with bombs said to be
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    29 8 '1 P.'CTCRF OF MALAYA Under the shade of a trie on the road to Alor Star, a kerban chew* his cud after day's work on the padi field behind.
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    Americas will discuss colonies
    120 8 BOGOTA, Colombia, Sunday. I^HE ninth Pan-American conference, opening here on Tuesday, is expected to raise the question of the colonies of Britain and other European nations m the Western Hemisphere. Ways of employing the new Western Hemisphere Defence Treaty to prevent Communist encroachment probably will also
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    100,000 GREET DE VALERA
    48 8 100,000 GREET DE VALERA THE former Prinn of Eire. Mr Bamon de m his return to Boston after an 18-year absence received a wild Irish welcome from about 100.000 admirers Mr. de V&lera said he exted to p; to Washington, md shortly thereafter would return to Ireland U.P.
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    'BE PREPARED'
    37 8 "Whether there ii to be peace <>r war. we have learned our lesson and Will be prepared. said Oen. Jan Chrls- an Smuts m Pretoria on Saturday, u-hon presenting regimental colours to local re- A.P.
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    REDS ROUTED IN INNER MONGOLIA
    536 8 1 .ituu-ks by hundreds of watching Arabs. Tiie Jewish A however, accepted the surrender Lives of the Jews. who were t-d. which had riopped an ti- personnel bombs filled with rivets. dropped supplies of food ammunition but these never r ached the trapped Jews, fallii
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    FATHER SEES PILOT SON DIE IN CRASH
    172 8 SALT LAKE CITY. Sunday. A LITTLE two-passenger plane darted above a long freight train, following it for several miles at an altitude of 500 feet. It frequently passed the train, circled about and came past it again. In the plane were Ronald Fromm.
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    THE GOLDEN ORANGES
    110 8 MANILA, Sunday. f^USTOMS officials held up for 24 hours the departure for Amoy of a China National Aviation Corporation plane yesterday as a result of the discovery of over US $2,500 worth of home-made gold pieces hidden inside California oranges. A 29-year-old Chinese was detained by the
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    'ENCOURAGE ENTERPRISE' PLEA IN INDIA
    142 8 'ENCOURAGE ENTERPRISE' PLEA IN INDIA NEW DELHI. Sunday. A RESOLUTION, urging the Indian Government to make a dear-out statemexil on ir.s nationalisation policy, wai passed today at a confers nee Of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Mew Delhi Radio reported. The confi rence, ojx ned In New Delhi
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    Moscow accuses Scandinavia
    335 8 STOCKHOLM, Sunday. QWEDEN'S moves urgently to strengthen her defences following the Russian steps to bring Finland firmly within the Soviet orbit, have drawn Moscow accusations that Sweden is preparing to build air bases for U.S. planes and paratroops and that Norway is planning to place her .Arctic
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    28 8 ptcture. A Gurkha soldier, photographed with his wife and child, on their arrival at Singapore lest Saturday^. The Gurkha has come to join the Malayan garrison- Free Press
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    Prince signals 'air attack'
    107 8 CAIRO Sunday. the v rf. Aircraft-carrier Valley Forge continued her round-the-world cruise today after a mimic display 01 aerial lighting power m the Persian Gull m whioh Crown Prince Saud ol Saudi Arabia, as guest of the commander gave tlie signals for attacks. The 27.000-ton carrier
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    MOLOTOV COCK TAIL
    39 8 The Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, has invited diplomatic corps and high Soviet officials as well as selected artists, writers and musicians to a cocktail reception for the Finnish d< legation m Moscow tomorrow evening.- U.P.
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    Man produces rain in P.I.
    58 8 IN ILA Sunday. yiupih'os uho have teen :he .an-made ram m the Far Ea^t are not too sure they irant their own and United States weathermen to meddle the clouds. After thc fttly. iiidiynaTit o :nao trees complained that the artificial downpour had ruined via-
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    GOOD DAY FOR CUP FINALISTS
    253 8 T)KOBABLY the most noticeable feature to ia<4 the I.K. holiday soccer programme has l»< the evenness of results. With prac ticall.x v\vr\ < lub playing: two matches m the two days, only ten li picked up four pointThey are Liverpool, the sole First Di\ to
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    BIRMINGHAM STILL IN THE LEFT
    153 8 rERE was no change »t the top of the Second Division table alter two days o| holiday league 1 soccer m England, the leading four clubs all getting one point apiece, and Birmingham still lead by two points. Queens Park Rangers paid dearly for their
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    HEAVY GOING ALTERS THIS PROSPECTS
    277 8 HEAVY GOING ALTERS THIS PROSPECTS Today's races H »M JEEp OAIN last night ami k the going heaw i J^****. second day of the Perak hirf fiJJV 1 *J and there is everx p<>v>ibilin "t J All seven ra this will generally m< will be a very str side marble
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