The Singapore Free Press, 5 April 1948

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    24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA uyuyuyuyu I I I.I, i SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1948 PKIf 1<» CfcN I S
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    FINLAND RESISTS RUSSIANS
    279 1 FINLAND RESISTS RUSSIANS Army leave is I cancelled HELSINKI, Sunday. A LL army leave was cancelled tonight by Fin- land's Chief of Staff as Finland's President sent back to Moscow the two delegates to the talks with Russia who had returned here for consultations. They carried new, secret instructions, and
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    49 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. Hood supplies running short m Jerusalem, hpnah squads have taken to the highway ir it for Jewish convoys. Follow- istel, an Arab village about 10 ..lem, they are preparing to points along the "lifeline" 3 are late ra- m to .ited on an the ied A.P.
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    PRAYERS FOR BENES URGED
    56 1 FE BISHOP of Coventry, Dr. Neville Gorton, wants the people of Britain to pray for D-. Eduard Benes. President of Czechoslovakia. He wrote m his diocesan leaflet: "Satan alone knows what unscrupulous devices and external pressure President Benes now moves with. We should pray for him
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    SINGAPORE HEAT WAVE
    64 1 THROUGHOUT yesterday— 1 the hottest Sunday m the past 12 months Singapore flocked to the sea. Beaches, at Changi. Beciok and Siglap were crowded until a late hour. Highest temperature recorded during the day was 92 degrees On Saturday the highest was 90.3 degrees. The heat wave
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    35 Indian States form union
    101 1 REWAH, Central India, Sunday. THIRTY-FIVE States m A central India, covering an aiea of 25,000 square miles with a population of 3.500,000. united today to form the Union of Vindhya Pardesh (Vindhya region). The Maharajah of Rewah xru» sworn m as Raj Pramukh (head) of
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    TAXI ROBBERY
    30 1 Two Europeans, believed to be soldiers, on Saturday robbed at taxi-driver of $12.50 after beating him up. The taxi was found In a ditch near Tyersall Park Camp.
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    'QUAKE REPORTS'
    22 1 The Philippines Weather Bureau yesterday reported earthquakes m four scattered points m the central Philippines. No damage was reported.— A.P.
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    BOLIVIA SEEKING U.S. AID
    155 1 BOGOTA (Columbia), Sunday. BOLIVIA, one of the world's chief tin-producing countries, is seeking U.S. economic aid. It is expected that a formal request will be made this week at the Pan-Ameri-can conference here. The chief Bolivian delegate, Mr. Javier Campero, said today: "We are m a
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    JAP MAJOR TO BE HANGED
    76 1 A JAPANESE Army major, who prosecuted 11 American B-29 fliers and had them beheaded, has been sentenced to be hanged. Major Nobuo Ito, who was attached to Japanese Army Headquarters, was convicted not only of demanding the death penalty but of personally taking part m
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    44 1 The struggle for power m Europe. Shaded parts of the map are Russian-dominated areas; the black parts show the fi?e nations of the Western European Union. Between them is the battleground of thte "cold war" m Finland, Berlin, Italy and Greece.— A. P. map.
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    'FEAR IS THE ENEMY' SAYS NEHRU
    113 1 'FEAR IS THE ENEMY' SAYS NEHRU NEW DELHI. Sunday. DANDIT Nehru. Indian Prhne Minister, broadcasting to America today, declared that so long as nations did not recognise the supremacy of moral law m national and international relations they would have no enduring peace. "So long as we do not adhere
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    ROME PARADE AS WARNING TO REDS
    191 1 ROME, Sunday. T*HE Italian Armed forces went on parade today and nearly 500,000 Romans cheered the biggest military show of strength since Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini reviewed Fascism's legions ten years ago. This pre-election political parade backed up the warning of the Prime
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    Armed man robs goldsmith
    117 1 THREE armed robberies occurred over the weekend, involving two gold rings and $565. The robbers m all cases were Chinese. The man who got away with the rings envered a goldsmith's shop m North Bridge Road on Saturday morning. He asked one of the assistants to
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    MOUNTAIN HUNTER QUITS CHINA
    219 1 TOKIO, Sunday. MAKING a dramatic unauthorised getaway m his impounded exploration plane from sun- brandishing Chinese guards at Shanghai, Mr. Milton Reynolds, the Chicago fountain-pen millionaire, arrived here late tonight m a "sneak flight" with Pilot Bill Ociom, the round-the-world flyer, at the controls. Mr. Reynolds
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    RICE REPORT WARNS FAO OF DANGERS
    316 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rX)OD supplies m deficit areas of the Far East are near the "precarious" levels of last year, and m large areas of the world even the inadequate food consumption levels of a year ago are not being main tamed, according to a
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    MONGOLIA RAID
    49 1 A Tass dispatch from Ulan Bator, capital of Outer Mongolia reports an alleged raid by Chinese troops into the Mongolian territory. The dispatch said that 70 cavalrymen had penetrated about 50 miles over the frontier, but were driven out after ta tir|{T some camels and sheep.- A.P.
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    Russians dining with Monty
    313 1 BERLIN, Sunday. MARSHAL Vassily Sokolovsky, Russian Com-mander-in-Chief m Germany, will dine on Tuesday night with Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Britain's Chief of Imperial General Staff. Today, Montgomery conferred with General Sir Brian Robertson, British Military Governor m Germany, at the General's headquarters near Herford. News of
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    P.C. KILLED IN GUN ACCIDENT
    56 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. k traffic constable Latip Abn dul, 22 was fatally wounded when handling his pistol Just before going on parade this morning at the Maxwell Road police barracks. He was shot m the forehead and died about an hour later m hospital.
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    POLISH MERGER
    36 1 The merger of the Polish Communist and Socialist parties became a practical fact yesterday. The two parties announced their decision to build a new single headquarters building and to celebrate May Day jointly. U.P.
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    GREEKS BEAT GUERRILLAS
    83 1 SALONIKA, Sunday. THE first offensive opera- tion of the Gre^k Army, completely planned by a joint American Greek military staff, resulted m a victory, American military informants claimed today. A Crucia mountain rebel band, estimated to have been 800 strong, was completely dissolved, they declared. Guerrilla casualties
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 As a result of the theft m the Federation last night of large numbers of petrol coupons, the 30-gallon purple issue has been cancelled. New coupons will be issued within a few days, it was stated this morning. t
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    'Voices of Malaya'
    588 2  -  Hall Romney ♦MM>M»H>ftTt LONDON ji LETIERI By APPLAUSE after the showing of a film being unusual, there was significance m the manifestation of approval which followed the screening of "Voices of Malaya" st the Royal Empire Society hall m London. T c appl use was partly m
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    Bridge Problem
    274 2 rE whole point of this deal Is North's opening bid. There are many players who would pass m which case the deal iv passed out because no one clot has close to an opening bid. I i /act. when this rt>-al was plaj' m n championship (/-am of
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    37 2 British film actress Greta Gynt models a hat of black ttraw with black veiling trimmed with shaded roses. Note the old style neck adornment m black lace that reaches almost to the level of the wearer's ears.
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    Willow leaves in Singapore
    631 2  - Willow leaves in Singapore M. T. LEONG By THE sudden appear- ance of willow leaves m Singapore may perhaps arouse the curiosity of stranger to Chinese customs. This curiosity may be increased by the fact that these willow leaver, which are not m great demand at any other time of
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    757 2 Although both Singapore and Malacca are dahh:, with the idea of starting film societies of tfcefa Kuala Lumpur has had such an organisation for Mm past six months. Now well into its stride thr Film Society screened its fifth programm 0 <>n Sa March 28. "Alexander Nevsky", a Soviet
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    19 3 30 000- ttad ror -«ser.t rcles. staon .nip:ent tons or s of f .rent re but I ppmg
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    11 3 Mac- iable United 7 coins ,-?ine Gen. I ♦Hp A.P.
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    FEARS FOR UNIONOR HOLLAND-N.I. UNION
    383 3 FEARS FOR UNION OR HOLLAND N.I. UNION 'Now impossible to implement' RT^fiS^ D r tch and om€ lndonesian l\ m Batayia is turning against Holland's "suoerKKTS^ XT 1 .^^lands-I^^Tn l nion, says Keuter. The Union, under the Dutch Crown, is to be the link between the Netherfcnds and ndonesia when
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    54 3 A Mass Radiographp Unit m operation at the County Hall, when 4,000 men and women are now being X-rayed, the fight by modern science against the "white man's scourge," pulmonary tuberculosis. Modern X-ray equipment is now provided to detect the disease m its early stages m which state a patient
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    Arrows kept police at bay
    75 3 A 16-YEAR-OLD Chicago boy held off four squads of police with a bow and arrows :or more than an hour after usinjt the weapon to .iboot his step-brother. Tear-gas shells fired into the flat where he was barricaded finally subdued the boy. William Tomaszek. but
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    THE KING WILL LEAD MRS. ROOSEVELT
    57 3 WHEN Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt unveils a ten-foot bronze statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt m Grosvenor Square m London on April 12. King George will take her by the hand and lead her to the foot of the pedestal holding Sir William Reid Dick's statue
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    Haley tells BBC 'be impartial'
    78 3 SIR William Haley. Direc-tor-General of the 8.8.C.. m a letter to the corporation's staff association, says this of Communists: "The policy of the corporation is that no member of the staff should be penalised for political views. "Bu<t if any member of the staff was
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    69 3 The first block of pre-cast concrete framed-flats to be built m England has been completed on a site formerly occupied by a row of obsolete cottage dwellings, demolished during the blitz, m Mellish Street, Poplar, London. The flats are a three-storey block having four flats on each floor. All flats
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    SHARE THE WEALTH
    20 3 Twelve thousand employees at the Luton works of Vauxhall Motors shared £57.900 under the firm's profit-shar-ing scheme.
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    JOINING UP
    23 3 Registration centres all over the Philipines are being swarmed with 20-year-old youths m answer to their country's call for military.— Reuter
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    Work harder, says Chifley
    136 3 Work harder, says Chi f ley A CALL for increased production was made by the Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, when addressing the annual conference of the Victorian Labour Party m Melbourne. Workers, he said. had gained many benefits slrce the wax and must be pre- pared to £ive
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    US vegetarians hail Cripps
    182 3 •THREE MILLION American vegetarians have hailed 1 Sir Stafford Cripps as the man who can lead the world out of the "wilderness which now enmeshes mankind." In an open letter posted to the Chancellor from New York they affirmed that his daily diet of raw carrots,
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    £1,000 FOR HIS GOOD DEED
    52 3 TEN years ago Percy Froome, of Streatham, (London), helped Beatrice Wrench, daughter of a wealthy South African woman. The mother, Mrs. Emmeltne Ansell May, died m Durban recently, leaving £651.000. Mr. Froome. who works for Barclays Bank, has now heard that she had left him
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    FOR HIM ALONE
    42 3 NORTHOLT Airport was having a quiet day when it -a as announced Una! a BEA Viking from Amsterdam was landiffie. Customs. Immigration and medical officers, porte«rs, and BEA receptionists stood by and irom the 26-seater plane st-eoped one passenger.
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    CHEAP INSURANCE
    37 3 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker.« American World War One flying ace and president of the Eastern Air Lines, advocates "volume production of 50,000 airplanes and training 50.000 pilots as the cheapest peace insurance we can buy." U.P.
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    He wrote day before son was killed
    155 3 THE day after he wrote for information about his son serving m Palestine, Mr. G.F. Neale, of Newcastle (England) received a telegram saying his son was killed. Corporal George F. Neale R.A.S.C. wrote to his father twice or thrice weekly until eight weeks
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    STATELY HOME....
    21 3 Bath House, Piccadilly, one of the last of London's great private houses, has been sold for use as offices.
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    GOING DOWN
    35 3 rjtHE United Nation* has deJL cided to reduce by two floors its projected 41 -storey skyscraper headquarters m view of rising construction costs. The decision was taken by the Headquarters Advisory Committee.— A.P.
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    B.O.A.C. FARES INCREASED
    46 3 rE British Overseas Airways Corporation has increased its trans-Atlantic fares. A one-way flght from London to New York costs £86 17s. compared with old fare of £80 15s. Fares for the LondonMontreal flight are increased from £77 10s. to £83 seven shillings.— A.P.
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    FASCIST PLOT IN ITALY ALLEGED
    152 3 QIGNOR Celeste Negarville, Communist Mayor of •J Turin, has appealed to the Turin Court of Justice for action against an alleged Fascist plot to seize power by armed insurrection the day before the Italian elections on April 18. Unita, Italian Communist Party paper, published a
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    UK USED CAR PRICES HIGHER
    70 3 IJSED car prices have inu creased by as much as 50 per cent m recent weeks m anticipation that petrol will be tr.creased to the privat? motorist, trade sources said m London last week. Prices dropped last Autumn when the Government banned the sale of
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    'MAGIC EYE' WILL SEEK GOLD & OIL
    301 3 'MAGIC EYE' WILL SEEK GOLD OIL THE "magic eye," a wartime device used to defer t 1 submerged submarines from the air, i- short l\ be turned to peacetime uses to seek out d of copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, gold and even oil, m hitherto unsounded areas m Australia.
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    THE FLEET'S IN
    39 3 ¥>OLICE went from ship to 1 ship m Portland Harbour m search of three brass balls, missing from outside a Weymouth pawnbroker's shop. The balls were found m a warship. One had been broken In two
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    First woman's cancer clinic in Australia
    144 3 MODELLED on i:ndcs m the United !of America, Ails ralia s fii^i, Cancer Detention Cl^ic r.as been opened at the Rachel Fcvrster Hospital. Svcin y. The first wtimcci pa underwent a sm^ar test, a simple, painless and accu.a^ pathioloprical 'c.st for deucii in£ camcer
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    'Enlist 50,000 Europeans'— U.S. senator
    93 3 AS a partial substitute for conscription the immediate voluntary enlistment of 50,000 Europeans m the Uni ed States Army is urced by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican. Massachusetts Senator Lodge asked the Senate Armed Services Committee to authorise enlistment of the "cream of tht young
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    BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA
    70 3 NINE hundred Australia bound emigrants trooped up the gangway of the liner j Empire Brent at Glasgow m the biggest mass emigration from the Clyde for many years. Two speial trains from London carried nearly 500 prospective settlers and a shuttle service of spocial buses arrived In
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    PRESS BIRTHDAY
    38 3 The American-owned Manila Dally Bulletin celebrated its 48th birthday by publishing the largest edition seen m Manila since the war 144 tabloid pages. The founder, Mr. Carson Taylor, Is still on the job as publisher.— A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Monday, April 5, 1948. The U.S. Takes Its Stand
    628 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, April 5, 1948. The U.S. Takes Its Stand THE tremendously important action of the United States Congress m passing tie European Recovery Programme—still better known as the Marshall Plan ~has been somewhat overshadowed by Russian antics m Berlin. Perhaps that was the Russian intention, but
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    Militarising her youth
    1044 4  - Militarising her youth DOON CAMPBELL IN INDIA TODAY By Reuters' Correspondent A FRAIL, bespecn tacled, 60-year-old Pandit (learned man) who jeeps and hikes round front-line positions and eats m other ranks' messes to understand what it is like being a private soldier on the Kashmir and Jammu battlefield, is the
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    Aluminium for Australia
    112 4 EXPLOITATION of huge bauxite deposits at Inverall, m north-western New South Wales, which are stated to be capable of supplying all Australia's aluminium requirements, is being considered by the Australian Aluminium Production Commission. Officials of the Commission said that the Inverall deposits would be sufficient to keep
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    GERMANY FINDS A SENSE OF HUMOUR
    785 4 IF it be true that "humour is a drug," most Germans are being supplied with this opiaU m quantities sufficient to allow them to forget their many current worries. On street corners, In cabarets, and offices, the jokes which Germans are telling each other
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    61 4 Young enthusiasts crawled nearly all over this midget racing car at a Sl~ Surrey, garage. It is the Cooper "Doodle -Dicer" a 108-m.p.h. British product uhich it is hoped, will help to popularise small-car road racing m Britain. The attracts 33,000,000 spectators every year m America and already large orders
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    FAITH
    19 4 I am the good shepherd: the flood shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. St. John 10, 11.
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    Selling the English Way of Life
    638 4  - Selling the English Way of Life JOHN CARRUTHERS By THIRTEEN yean ago last month the British Council opened m a single office m Shell-Mex Houae m the Strand. British Amb&asadon abroad had long been agitating for the establishment of an informal, homely organisation to support the workings of serious diplomacy
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    'NO' TO CANCER CURE CLAIM
    59 4 The cancer cure claims of Mr. John Braund, 78-year-old unqualified medical man. are unsubstantiated, a committee of investigation set up by the New South Wales Government reported. A medical sub-committee examined six of Braund's patients and found that, on the evidence before them, there was
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    Musical
    99 4 LETTER TO THE EDITOR have folio* ec wri terest the c appearing m t. musical occurs to me readers will be LnU 0 that I a:. formation ol phone Society m thj which will dcv concerts of taken from recordtoires. Special equip:. used for reproducti I have enjoyed coat
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    36 4  -  DANIEL DE LUCE By I 1 ma I T I I I I I His n&inp m>o« 9 I He worf 1 anc -issued 9 Ait tri veitafl 1 F i j 1 r 1
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    149 5 SLifl Reporter "r Director s DiviI NaAgncul \O), whc tc sterday .-Pacifr v primarily arged lon oi 1-- ixke the waters :.-\g as intonn- ge i 5* -tr.fi f :r over's Of*:tn the L i m" «*»<* ihere was f- Wl on fin <* H* different I on the
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    Prison camp lessons 'of use now' —SAYS GEN. PERCIVAL
    411 5 Prison camp lessons 'of use now' —SAYS GEN. PERCIVAL Free Press London Correspondent lEVT. G«n, A. E. PerdnU, Malaya's wartime GOC, 1- entered wholeheartedly into the spirit of the proceedings when members of the Far East P.O.W. Social Chib held a "tenko" (Japanese roll call) during their first reunion at
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    GAS STREET LIGHTS FOR CITY AGAIN
    176 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE installation of gas lamps, up to a limit of 2,000, for public lighting has been approved by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. This will not affect the Electricity Department's programme of mercury vapour lighting for certain parts of the town.
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    GOVERNOR'S ADC
    30 5 The Governor has appointed Mr. R P H Shelmerdine, Assistant Superintendent o. Police. Singapore, an honorary -xtra Aide-de-C?amD to him, place of Mr B W F. C'.oodrich. ASP.
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    SINHALESE MEETING
    20 5 A COMMITTEE meeting of the Sinhalese Association of Singapore was held yesterday to discuss the National Day celebration.
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    SMC RENT ALLOWANCES REVISED
    120 5 SMC RENT ALLOWANCES REVISED Free Press Staff Reporter THE scale of rent and furni- ture allowances for senior officers of the Singapore Municipality has been revised and came into force from the beginning of this month. Under the revised scale, the maximum allowance lor an unfurnished house is $168 to
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    Typhus fever case reported
    101 5 DURING the week ended March 27, there was one case of typhus fever m Singapore. In the same period, there were 29 deaths from tuberculosis and one each from peurperal fever and cerebro spiral fever. In the week previous, there had been 33 T.B. deaths. Against
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    CHINESE GET MORE TIME TO DECIDE
    171 5 Indonesian citizenship THE deadline set for Eura- j sians and Indonesia-bom Chinese to decide whether they will adopt Indonesian citizenship, is expected to be extended to January IM9. A pi*>posal to this effect will be made by the Republican Minister of Justice during the
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    BMA LAW REPEAL IS SOUGHT
    379 5 BMA LAW REPEAL IS SOUGHT Stopping traffic chaos Free Press Staff Reporter TO check the traffic chaos, daily getting worse m Singapore, the Traffic Advisory Committee has asked the Government to reinstate as early as possible the Municipal Ordinance and the Traction Engines and Motor Cars Ordinance which will enable
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    River dispensaries for Sarawak
    344 5 SO thai the people of Sarawak, who live m scattered communities m a country of dense, trackless jungle, may enjoy hospital services, the Government there is constructing a fleet of floating dressingstations. This scheme, which is the first stage m the expansion of Sarawak's health services,
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    FILM SHOWS BY PRO UNIT
    54 5 THE Public Relations Film Unit will screen free cinema shows this week, as follows: Today at Jurong Transmitting Stetion, tomorrow !at Mm Sin School, Wolskel j Road, Wednesday at Governi ment Printing Office. Thursday at Bukit Timah Boys' Home and Keh Mir.g School. Holland Road,
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    Governor to visit Cocos
    105 5 SIR Franklin Gimson will sail from Singapore on board H.M.S. Hart on April 11 on his first official visit to the Cocos-Keeling Islands anc Christmas Island. This Is believed to be the first visit paid to the islands by any Governor of the Colony of the
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    35 5 The memorial erect d near Johore Bahru to the Chinese massacred by the Japanese during the occupation. As a mark oj his sympathy, the Sultan of Johore donated the land on which the memorial stands.
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    RADIO TALK ON AIR FORCE
    81 5 AT 8.18 tomorrow night, Radio Malaya will broadcast a talk by the Comman-der-in-Chief. Air Command Far East, Air Marshal Sir Hugh Llevd. The thirtieth anniversary of the founding of The Royal Air Force was on April 1 1948. and m his talk R<wal Air Force
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    ATS'a good influence' —Shinwell
    183 6 ATS 'a good influence' —Shinwell THE War Secretary, Mr. Emmanuel Shinwell. said at the Auxiliary Territorial Service Benevolent Fund annual meeting m London that the presence of ATS m the British zone of Germany had a remarkable and beneficial influence on the troops. 'During my recent visit to the 8.A.0.R."
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    Advice for Australians
    82 6 AUSTRALIAN officials have received helpful advice from Buckingham Palace for their guidance during the Royal visit to Australia, it was officially said m Canberra. It was said that the Kinp dislikes Princ s.s Martrar 't Rose being so termed and prefers her to be known a* Pnncess
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    AN ENGLISH VILLAGE DIES
    299 6 Whitehall dons the black cap..... THE last creaking farm cart has gone through the single street of Imber. To the little Wiltshire village, quiet m the sun, a death warrant arrived last week-end. There were no villagers to receive it and there never will be now.
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    105 6 pictures. Oitr. yed at their visit, peasants 'top) kiss the hands of Kmg Paul of Greece (rear) ana Queen Fredenka (<ront) when th>~y visited Rhodes for the celebrations m connection with the return of the Dodecanese Islands to Gieece, when King Paul formally took possession at Rhodes. (Centre). Crown Prince
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    Brass coins led to tram strike
    140 6 DKKVALENCE u f counttrfeit I tw»-ajtfia brass cokis. which hay-- geen aiTict...g j Karachi's small traders for .li. caused a live -hour tramway stoDpa*z<» m ihe Pilrltttn capita] rcently. The two anna coin (w,>nh abooit 2 l *d) ls the Indian i equivalent to
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    ANGLO-SOVIET TRADE TALKS
    63 6 ANGLO-SOVIET TRADE TALKS VTEGOTIATIONS for a longll term Anglo-SoviK trade agreement are expected to be resumed, probably m London, at the md of this month The Board of Trade President. Mr. Harold Wilson, m Moscow m December concluded a shorWterm agreement giviie; Britain 750.000 tons of coarse Rrains from Russia
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    Disappointment on Ceylon tea
    285 6 Disappoin tmen t on Ceylon tea 'TIILIUK is considerable disappointment m official 1 circles m Colombo at the way m which the British Ministry of Food has treated Ceylon m regard to the 1948 tea contract, reports Reuter. While Britain has (given an additional SVfed. over the 1947 prices for
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    MIDNIGHT RAINBOW
    18 6 A rainbow was »en at Lisbon at 1130 at nigivt. when raJji fell during brilliant moonlight.
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    COAL RATION OFF
    16 6 The Swiss Federal Council decided yesterday to lift the rationing of coal U.P.
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    'Not worth the paper it is printed on'
    182 6 'Not worth the paper it is printed on' THE American-owned and edited Shanghai Evening Post said editorially that there is serious doubt that Chinese currency is worth the paper it is printed on. It said the major reason for currency inflation has been huge army expenditure, inefficiency and bad morale
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    Indonesia as UN member
    117 6 IMMEDIATE nomir.ation Of the Indonesia, interim federal goverrment as member of the United Natiors has been proposed by the Republicans In informal talks with the Dutch m Batavia., Reuter Itxin.s. India's admission to the United Nation^ wa« untler.:tc*>d to ha\> been cited aa an oxample ol
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    SOLO FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA
    75 6 HANS HASENFUS. ex-bom- ber and Transport C mmand pilot left England on Friday to fly solo to Australia with a message from the World Headquart' ts of the Overseas League In London, of which he is a member, to the Sydney brarc.h. ■He *i s flying
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    1,500 FLEE PRAGUE
    27 6 American officials estimate that about 1.500 Czechs have flod into the U.S. zone of Germany since the Communist coup m Prague a month A.P.
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    BEVAN WILL 'INVITE' DOCTORS
    175 6 BEVAN WILL 'INVITE' DOCTORS WITHIN the next few v ,v a BriUin will nctivi I the Health Minister n < j National Health Sen 1 To qualify fo 1 of their practice, tin 1 dat« on which ti 1 Many doctors, however still firmly against en the stale scheme throughout
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    Burma war threat
    72 6 •THE Burma Governmer/. shortly assume < gency powers "which m:. be strictly compatible democracy m ordinar;. so as to smash the st.ll p ful Communist U Burma, says th( New Times of Burma The new6paper f> Communists now ur> will attempt lnsur: areas where they hr>.\ support
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    'Call empire family' together'
    8 6 'Call empire family' together' I rl "1 Reuter
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    JAPAN HAS GREAT EXPECTATIONS
    11 6 JAPAN HAS GREAT EXPECTATIONS I) M* 1 4 x: J4 j
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    Expense sheet for Siam coup
    79 6 THE curnr.t year's ..age. t which the Siames< C eminent is Dre^^ntk'ic to I lian wok col 5.000.000 baht for the m tan-s November coup exDer^cs. TIV Defence M allotmeni. uhich Use year u<a 135,000,000 baht, U 188.000,000 bar- 1. The total budget is 1.549.
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    FROM F.A. CUP WINNERS TO RELEGATION
    341 7 Charlton among the last four pHE success and disaster which so often follow each other m soccer's fierce struggles have never been better exemplified than m the various fortunes of Charlton Athletic. A year ago they carried off the most prized award m English
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    37 7 The take-off m final of the ivomen's 50 yards free style race m the Malayan Chinese trials held at the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club over the week-end. Winner was Miss Lim Cheng Im (Penang), m the centre.
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    22 7 beng Scow Yoke, who was surprisingly beaten by Tan Leng Teck m the 100--metres free-style final m the Malayan Chinese Swimming trials.
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    Swim Team For China Selected
    104 7 Swim Team For China Selected V Scow B Song I Leng >»rk-strofce: Pong d S.fih Ah Ie Kuan Kofa Kirn <?to: Kuan Lim Uet-^yW: Miss \^oti |»rk-«Troke: MiS5 Van Call Teng V o Jui Hock K.>v W \b chosen Leng I i body*ui by a 1 I we 1 i
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    Chinese Hopes In Olympics
    72 7 Two Malayan Chinese yiils whc have l*:en selected to represent Malaya at the China National Meet m Shanghai next month. On the left is Miss him Cheng Im of Penang, who has been selected for the 50 metres free style, and on the right is Miss
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    Belgians win X-country championship
    152 7 Belgians win X-country championship IJPSETTING all predictions, i Belgium won the International Cross-Country Team Championship at Reading, England, on Saturday for tho flrst time since the race was Inaugurated m 1903. It was also the flrst time Belgium supplied the individual winner and runner-up. Jon Doms finished the nine-mile course
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    Today's sports
    61 7 SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League Div. 1 C.A. y. Seaforths, Jalan Besar Stadium, 5.15 p.m.; R.A.F. Changi v. G.H.Q. Signals, Changi, 5.15 p.m.; S.C.C. v. S.R.C., padang, 5.15 p.m.; Div. II Singapore Chinese Engineering Assn. v. R.A.F. Sembawang, Geylang stadium, 5.15 p.m.; I.A. v. R.A.F. Tengah, S.R.C.. 5.15 p.m. BADMINTON:
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    U.S. swimmers set new marks
    383 7 Verdeur won the 200-yard Individual medley breast-stroke, backstroke and free-style In 3 mm. 25.1 sec. It was a new record for the Yale pool but slower than Verdeur' s own American record of 3 mm. 22.8 sec. BUI Smith of Ohio State University also successfully
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    BENCOOLEN S.C. WIN
    84 7 The Bencoolen Sports Club defeated the Municipal Service Union by four games to three at table tennis yesterday, played at Municipal Service premises Results (Bencoolen S.C. players first) Sardool Singh beat Louis Lim 3-0. Cyril Thomas lost to Mok Yeng Hoon 3-0. S.R.S. Naidu beat Ong Eng
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    U.K. LEAGUE SOCCER TABLES
    774 7 ENGLISH Football League tables correct to date are: DIVISION I P W D L FA Pts Arsenal 37 22 10 5 71 29 54 Mster TJ. 37 17 13 7 71 43 47 Burnley 36 16 12 8 50 38 44 Preston 36 18 6 12
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    Carter draws a record crowd
    319 7 THE star players who seek higher wages for them--1 selves because of their great drawing powers will point to the English Football League Third Division •gates at Nottingham County and Hull as proof of 1 their argument. Hull's latest capture from Derby County, Carter, proved
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    SINGAPORE ACCEPTS
    49 7 SINGAPORE is row among the 58 countries, which have accepted invitations to compete m the Olympic games from July 29 to Aug. 14 more than were represented at the 1936 games m Berlin. The latest to accept invitations are Singapore, Rumania, Syria, Colombia and Puerto Rico.— A.P.
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    World boxing organisation
    159 7 LONDON, Sunday. A WORLD boxing organisation may be the result of a proposed meeting between representatives of the New York State Athletic Commission, the European Boxing Association and the National Boxing Association of America, The meeting is likely to take place m August and it is hoped
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    RYAN RETAINS HIS TITLE
    76 7 CIOMPANY Sergeant-Major Instructor Jonny Ryan, amateur welterweight boxing champion of Europe, retained his army title on Friday night by outpointing G. Williams m three rounds. Winers of the finals of the British tournament at the Rcyal Albert Hall were: flyweight, Corporal J. Murphy; bantamweight. Private P.
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    WINS CEYLON TITLE
    36 7 GHAUS Mohamed of India won the Ceylon singles tennis title on Saturday, defeating F. J. De Sarain, B—lo,8 10, 6—3, 2—6, 6 o, 2 lo. The final matr>-« w* long, arawn-out affair.— A.P.
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    Trainer Daniels brings off fine double
    428 7 Trainer Daniels brings off fine double Free Press Racing Reporter 'TRAINER Keith Daniels brought off a fine double x with Gold Caste and Tiber at Ipoh on Saturday, the final day of the Perak Easter meeting. Favoured by the going, Gold Caste won the six furlong sprint m the splendid
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    138 7 Little Beau and Silver Star, the joint favourites finished out of the board. Smiling Through failed m the second, while Renoir did not have any luck m the running m the third. Last to get going, he was shut m on the rails and did not get r clear run
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    Army win R.U. title
    171 7 BY 15 points to eight, the Army defeated th: Royal Air Force at Twickenham on Saturday to win the Services Rugby Union championship. The R.A.F.. the holders, had been favourites but the Army gained an early iead through Coutts, kicking a pL-u<Uly goal, before the R.A.F.
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    MARSHALL AS FIRST CHIEF OF AID PLAN
    462 8 MARSHALL AS FIRST CHIEF OF AID PLAN Military help the next step WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, is expected to be named as the interim administrator of the U. 5.56,800 million foreign aid pro- gramme, which was yesterday signed into law by President Truman. The
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    43 8 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was guest of the King and at dinner on Saturday night at Windsor Castle Sht unveil the statue of her husband. the late Frai Roosevelt, m London's Grosvtnor Square on April i: ture above shows the statue being put into
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    24 8 Ihe Guildhall, or Hall of the Gild of Corpus Christi, m Market Pl€tce, Lavenham, regarded as one of the finest naif-timbered buildings m England.
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    TORIES' BIG LEAD IN ELECTIONS
    155 8 TORIES' BIG LEAD IN ELECTIONS LONDON, Sunday. FIRST results from the fourday urban and rural district council elections throughout Britain show that Labour has suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Conservatives. Complete but unofficial results ol Saturday's voting show that Labour won 32 seats and lost 100. Conservatives
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    Iran-U.S. pact 'against amity'
    94 8 MOSCOW, Sunday. THE Soviet Government anI nounced today its rejection as unsatisfactory, of Iran's answer to the Soviet protest on the Iranian-Amer-ican military agreement. The Soviet Ambassdor, Mr. I V. Sadchikov, said that the Soviet Government viewed that agreement as contrary to good neighbour relations between
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    ASKS PLEBISCITE ON COLONIES
    178 8 BOGOTA, Colombia, Sunday. OENOR Romulo Bettancourt, Venezuelan delegate to the inter-American conference, suggested today that plebiscites should be held m all disputed territories m the Western hemisphere to allow the people to determine their own future. He said all colonies m the hemisphere should b? done
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    Australians to get more pay
    105 8 SYDNEY. Sunday. Australian workers will get an increase of five shillings m their basic wages as from May 1. the Arbitration Court has decided. This increase will mean a basic rate ranging from £5-lls. (Australian) m Perth to €5- 18s m Sydney. The sharp increase
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    BURMA WARNS COMMUNISTS: 'NO VIOLENCE'
    128 8 RANGOON. Sunday. THE Burmese Prime Minister. Thakm Nu. said last ius Government would txert its utmost efforts to protect Burma from the 'dangerous threat of those seeking violence." In his second radio broadcast m a week against Commu: Id the nan remain neutral on this
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    STEPPING UP WORK ON ROCKET RANGE
    168 8 LONDON, Sunday. AUSTRALIA'S Defence Council will tomorrow con-, sider means of speeding up constructional work j at the rocket range m central Australia, Melbourne j Radio said today. The Council will hear a report by < tor John Armstrong, Minister of Munitions, on j
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    New Red push in Manchuria
    339 8 New Red push in Manchuria SHANGHAI, Sunday. THE long-expected Red offensive against Changchun, last major Government stronghold m Northern j Liaoning, began today with three Communist v divisions supported by Mongolian cavalrymen staging a large scale attack on Nationalist positions northwest of Changchun near the airfield. Nationalist mechanised units have
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    BOAC STRIKE IN CALCUTTA
    51 8 ABOUT 100 BO AC. work- ers and seamen wt-nt j OB strike on Saturday m Cal- i demanding pay ta-L creases and other benefits. BO AC officials said the i •:.> would have no lmmedi- afc effect on operations but l bly spread to other j
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    EGYPT POLICE CADETS STRIKE
    46 8 j/pHREE hundred and fifty I A police college cadets staged a hunger-strike yester- day Inside central Cairo's police club as a protest against the police employment system. The Egyptian Ministry of the Interior Immediately banned newspapers from report- Ing the strike— U.P.
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    TO BE PAID BY U.K.
    30 8 The British Treasury will pay for Italian property damaged during the Jan. 11 incidents m Mogadiscio (Afrioa), the Italian Press an- nounced on Saturday. A.P.
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    LONG-RANGE 'BOMBING'
    53 8 SIX Avro Lincoln bombers, on a long-rang operational bombing exercise took off from Cast el Benito (North Africa), airfield on Saturday for Shallufa. the RAF. base near Suez. On Friday the bombers made a oractice run against mock interception by R.A.F. Spitfires over a small target Island south
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    FREAK WEATHER HITS BRITAIN
    51 8 BRITAIN was still m the grip of "freak weather" yesterday, with gales round the coasts, snow m the Midlands, and heavy rain m the south. There were wind gusts of between 55 and 60 miles per hour m the English Channel and along the east coast.
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    RACE POLITICS BAN IN INDIA
    60 8 THE Indian Parliament on Saturday endorsed unanimously a non-official resolution to ban throughout the country all Indian politics based on communal, religious, racial or caste principles. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, pledged the Government's support, and assured that it would carefully consider possible administrative
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    BCOF'INEFFECTIVE': RECALL URGED
    133 8 BCOF 'INEFFECTIVE': RECALL URGED SYDNEY, Sunday. THE role of the British' Commonwealth's occupa- tion force m Japan was so ineffective that it should be recalled, Mr. E. J. Thwaites. War Crimes prosecutor with the Australian forces m Japan, said today on his return to Australia. Most Australians believed the BCOF
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    Big tax cuts in U.K. unlikely
    333 8 BUDGET DAY TOMORROW LONDON, Sunday THE annual national Budget, to be opened m Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, seems to hold no prospect of any sizeable tax cut. Neither is it likt-h that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, will try to run
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    'CRUSH AUSSIE REDS' PLEA
    79 8 THE anriual conference of 1 industrial groups of the Australian Labour Party at Sydney yesterday adopted a resolution declaring that the i Australian Communist Party was seeking to overthrow the Government "by arms If necessary." The resolution urged Federal and State Labour Oovernmrnts to enquire i:jto
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    Monty Ostend citizen
    128 8 OSTEND. Brussels. Sunday. WHEN Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was made first honorary citizen m Ostend's history on Saturday, the British Army chief asked the Burgomaster to complete the honour by givine all local school children an extra day's holiday. Smiling and waving
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    JOE LOUIS DENIES PADRE'S CHARGE
    192 8 JOE LOUIS DENIES PADRE'S CHARGE THE world heavywe:. says "there's no I filed m Chicago Sup: affections of a Bapti> Matthew Faulkner, from Atlanta, G> U. 5.5500,000. 5500,000 dama Calmly eating lur. Champs Elysee I Louis told A^ociu he had met the n. wife. Mattie, several t but had only
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    SEEKS AIR PACT
    29 8 The Philippines is i following up its recogn the new Siamese Gov» by negotiating an a:r tr< vlttl Slam, the Manila T said on Sunday.— A.P.
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