The Singapore Free Press, 24 April 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1948 PKKI ll» Ch\ is
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    ARAB LEGION TO FIGHT JAWS
    336 1 50,000 men mobilising JERUSALEM, Friday. £ING Abdullah of Transjordan, declaring that his Arab Legion would aid the Palestine Arabs when the British mandate ends, today called on all Arab nations to join m the war against the Jews. At Amman, his mountain capital, King Abdullah
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    Navy in Malta gang hunt
    107 1 V ALETTA (Malta), Friday. rovers, a sloop and a submarine exercising were diverted today to join the coastal ngaged on an intensive search for armed who yesterday stole £127,000 after holding p three marine-escorted lorries carrying wages for ■ck: r d workers. le police have
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    NO MORE FINES ON LEWIS
    20 1 NO MORE FINES ON LEWIS IAII. A. Washp<^otponed r senn L Lewii risers' I court. 000 and conI the re-
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    INDIES HOPE TO GET U.K. ARMY STORES
    121 1 INDIES HOPE TO GET U.K. ARMY STORES THE HAGUE. Friday. JTtfiE Dutch Foreign Minister. JL Baron van Boetzelaer van Oos.trmout, told the Lower House of Parliament here today he had had discussions with the British Foreign Secrtiary. Mr Ernest Bevin. on the British embargo on supp:y or military surplus stores
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    We go May 15 —says Britain
    122 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Junes, told tne United Nations today that Britain had not wavered from her undertaking j that the Palestine mandate i would be brought to an end I on May 15. He
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    ARMY CYPRUS VISIT
    34 1 The Adjutant-General, Sir James Steele. and the Deputy Adjutant-General for the Middle East Land Forces, Major-Gen. N. Clownes are both m Cyprus. No reason for tne visit has been given.— A.P.
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    MORNING BLACKOUT IN SPORE
    128 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TANGLIN, Alexandra Road and the central districts of Singapore were without electric power from 8 o'clock this morning but current was restored within two hours m some areas. The cut was longer m others. An official at St. James Power Station told
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    Princess gets Order of Garter
    86 1 DHINCESS Eliza.btih and her husband. Prince Philip. ar.d five others were received into the knightly Order of the Garter by Kin? G.crge VI m a ceremony of regal splendour at Windsor yesterday. The ceremony took place oji the six hundredth anniversary of the Order. Britain's
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    6 HURT IN CLASH
    36 1 More than 100 policemen, armed with sticks, yesterday battled packing-house pickets into submission at the main gate of the strikebound Cudahy Packing Company plant m Kansas Cdty. S*> persons have injured. U.P.
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    LONDON IS GAY FOR ROYAL DRIVE
    202 1 LONDON, Friday. FLOWERS are being placed today m the windows of Government offices m Whitehall and m shops on the route of the Royal silver wedding drive to St. Paul's on Monday. In north and east London people are getting out flags and bunting
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    S.H.B. STRIKE: NO CHANGE
    83 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE situation m the Singapore Harbour Board strike was unchanged this morning. No work is being done on any of the five ships alongside the wharves today Work was resumed today by the labourers employed by the Rice Pool. S.H.B. officials said
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    TRIESTE PARADE
    13 1 The King's Own Royal Regiment trooped the colour m Trieste yesterday
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    DANGER OF RED RISING IN ITALY IS OVER
    156 1 DANGER OF RED RISING IN ITALY IS OVER KOME. Friday. rHE Republican Vice-Pre-mier, Signor Randoifo Pacclardi. the man to whom the Prime Minister gave the job of seeing that Italy's elections went off m peace, said m M ome today that "his mission o completed" and 'a Communist uprising is
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    BURMA'S ESCAPE FROM RED COUP
    127 1 BURMA was yesterday said have been on the verge of being the "Czechoslovakia of the Orient." The Bishop of Rangoon, the Right Rev. George West, told the Press m San Francisco that last week had been •'touch and go" between the new Government and the
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    54 1 I When a Pan American Constellation landed by instruments at Shannon airport, Eire, last week, it hit a three-feet-high wall and crashed near the main runway. Thirty people died and I only one escaped. This crash brings the number of major air disasters for this year to 17 and air-deaths
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    Malaya's own squadron due
    262 1 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Friday. YfALAYANS will soon have the opportunity of entertaining officers and men of its own squadron m the Royal Air Force. No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, having been selected for an operation designed to make RAF squadrons so mobile that they
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    'QUAKE ROCKS DOMINICA
    52 1 A VERY strong earih^uake, the third m less than 24 hours, shook the Dominical] K.publio yesterday the Boston College seismograph de-. purtment announced. The latest quake lastrd for more than two hours. About a dozen quakes m that area have be n recorded m h? pasi, three
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    COMMUNIST PLOT
    40 1 The Brazil Police said yes- t rday they had discovered a plot, alleged to be by Communists, to blow up oil and petrol tanks oa. an island m Rio De Janeiro bay. They have made s:veral arrests- Reuter
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    ViESTERN UNION
    25 1 The Dutch Lower House yesterday pass.cd the Western Union Bill ratifying the Brus- seis flve-power treaty linking Britain and France with' Berelux.- Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 The United Nations Security Council last night set up a three-nation truce commission to go to Palestine to supervise the Council's ceased fire order made on Ajpril 17, which so far has neerwffnorpd *>T both Jews and wrabs. A.P.
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    More powerful than A-bombs
    64 1 yLLIS Zccharias, a former naval intelligence expert, said m an interx>iew at Miami, Florida, yesterday that the United States has three weapons more powerful than the atomic bomb. He listed them as bacteriological, biological and climatelogicai. The atomic bomb ran fourth m consideration of destructiveness. The
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    BRITISH CLOTH RECORD
    41 1 British cotton spinners set a record last week producing 17.800.000 pounds of cotton yarn— the highest since the war. This figure is still 100.000 pounds below the production goal set by Economics Minis- ler. air Jstanora enpps. A.P.
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    Big sweep pool will be $150,000
    153 1 Big sweep pool will be $150,000 Free Press Stall Reporter nPHE big sweep pool v ill be m the njjion of $150,000 at Bukit Timan today, the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club s five-day summer meeting. The Governors Cup race on the last day is the main event.
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    3 men held tor Heutsz piracy
    68 1 HONG KONG Fndi MAGISTRATE W. A B Kerr remanded tare.. Chinese today on charge, connected witn th^ piracy tlie Dutch vessel Van Heut^r. on Dec. 15. The men told the ouri their name.* were Chou Kwai\ unemployed. Keung K'.rchung. travelling trader, and Chan Chung-man,
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    £20.000 AWARD FOR HER LEGS
    52 1 MRS. Fay Gardner was awarded £20 000 o'y a Manchester court yesterday fo r the loss of both her le?s m a railway accident &e\en years ago. The court awarded her husband, Henry Gardner, a former army officer. €5.00') sterling "for the loss of his
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    REDS ROUTED
    27 1 Forty tight Comm guerrillas were killed and 17 captured wh.'n a band attacked a Greek Army unit at Orona. near the Alba Front] r A.P.
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      40 1 I m.flwter&s.grinbergH Wholesale Retail Dealers m DIAMONDS JEWELLERY liLihlt' X Nrw Shipment of H 28 Carat Gold < karmc Case f I I 67, STAMFORD RD. I Ell Court Bldj; I a Tilrphane 7923 Singapore Kg 4^ \r#f FAMOUS HOUS£HOID REMEDY
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    THE GROWTH OF THE COMIC STRIP
    994 2 THE GROWTH OF THE COMIC STRIP A IHH'T one hundred thousand people m Singapore daily follow with eager interest the adventures of JANE, the provocative charmer, TAW/. AX, the indomitable jungle Peter Pan, 'MANDRAKE, the suave, cloaked magician, and other Fabulous figures of the <1 of the cartoon stri] v
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    Bridge Problem
    43 2 f LIBS are 1 •«> \ui s> uth i< n adc gun n I with the k sruffs. South Q f n md makers the i W t d -:,1 :t h Lh -i lead ad I i p inw North's nilko:
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    The Re-birth of a Cathedral
    310 2 The Re-birth of a Cathedral ON the height oi Stag Hill, just )uts i d c Guildford, whence Alfred looked lpon an England ruled yy paean Danes and Henry Tudor took his spoil as Christendom was rent m two. there stands today the shell >f a great cathedral. T eastern
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    BALD TALE
    9 2  - BALD TALE FRAK CAREY fdgfsg I 1 I I
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      22 2 f^* Start his .-m ,TheQuater% ;^P| PEP AND INCRGY j ARE VITAL m FOR SUCCESS i v vv fl 1 I I
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      179 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR rtuih- forecast for p-M>p!f t>:»rn today BORN tod.'v. you must break rewndf of your ha' it <>t day-dreaming or buili.iu u»:lfs m the air. Ise \nnr consiructiv*energies to accomplish your dreams, and unusual may he yours. i i ire highl] original. Maki usr oi tl construitively m
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      742 2 ciirpjiDnor T M 815 World's •■> a 3iNbArUftL l, jniinea Crrt- i 10 BBC I 102 1 Sam Blut NetWork Talk: 9 10 n Opem.-.g: From m 00 n<x>n to 2.0« p.m 12.06 M lie; I V. c Hiiry 520 metres m the medium »i». 12.45 1 6 Pr T
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    Red sabotage plot foiled
    121 3 picture. SHANGHAI, Friday. I >h Communist plot to blow up Shanghai's aerators, which would have thrown more workers out of work and fan xx-iai uniled by the garrison forces, it was disclosed measures were uncovered last month round oil pipes m generators clogged ich would Mroe
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    HONOURED A SECOND TIME
    56 3 Jtr of the Brilr with Plaque the Ri H b si* por f T W X awoni the Ch He received the Br ll'ant li. latest avtarJ 01 meriIfr. Kwok *e:ul 3-cvern-Bishops e<e people. to sh< w their he had ce:ne .ted -hip of Kong Mr.
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    CNAC SERVICE TO JAPAN
    119 3 SHANGHAI. Friday. THE China National Aviation Co rpr ration wll tiy a DC-4 Skymaster to Japan on a survey trip next Wednesday, prior to inaugurating a regular Shanghai to Tokio service. However. Col. C. Y. Liv, managing director of the CNAC. was quoted as saying that
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    19 BANKS TO CLOSE DOWN
    51 3 THE Finance Control Bureau m Shanghai has announced "hat 66 financial and commercial houses w.-re Denalised for violation of economic rulings dunne the Dast two months. Nineteen illegal banks and financial firms engaged m banking business were ordered to close m addition to paying fines
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    SHU REFUGEES
    21 3 Rec nt census figures show that the population of refu-eee-^lutted Shanghai is increasing at the rate of nearly U.P.
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    SEEKS LOAN OF IK. US SILVER
    105 3 r:.:: bgp tiie r*n Brita pur- j Ing sih I r re-form-:.al cur- ng to 'ho lUggi Bt4 d d on I tungj* and other i Before a reform could b»ted. the Government should first set the rate of ftnge for the recall of
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    IMPORTSDROP
    100 3 IMPORTS DROP THE United States is losing some of its predominant position as chief supplier of China's imports according to the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. United States retains the position of bine by far the biggest exporters to China, i but. the percentage for January and February this year is
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    NEW CURRENCY NOTES SOON
    104 3 SHANGHAI, Friday. NEW short-term Treasury notes with which the Chinese Government hopes to absorb idle capital is expected to be placed cm sale n Shanghai soon, according to Dr. S. Y. Liv, DeputyGovernor of the Central Bank. A special Gcver..me::.t committee is, at present, discussing various
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    TWO EXECUTED
    26 3 Two Chinese, Li Wci-min and Chen Chin-tung w:re recently executed for blowing up the Canton-Hong Kong mo* or ship Kwei Hai flve months ago.
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    DUTCH OFFER AID
    28 3 Dutch engineers, specialised m the constructions of dykes have volunteered to come to Canton to help m the erection and repair of Kwangtung's numerous dykes.
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    Latest planes for C.A.T.G.
    123 3 THE China Air Transport Corporation is going all out to compete for Oriental air traffic. The company announced that it will add a fleet of seven Convair-liners before Autumn "to give China one of the newest, fastest and safest commercial aircraft m operation anywhere m the
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    POLITICS CAUSE OF MURDER
    68 3 THE Tsingtao Police have written a political motive into the murder of Ho Hing Lin. Tsingtao newspaper publisher, whose body was found last week on the beach v/ith bullet holes m his head and his eyes gouged out. The Police said the murder was due to
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    US AID FOR RECONSTRUCTION
    665 3 Civil war may be shortened SHANGHAI, Friday, pLANS for China's economic recovery and industrial and agricultural rehabilitation are likely to be given top priority m the utilization by the Chinese Government of the $460,000,000 aid from the United States. Success m these directions, m the opinion
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    BAN ON GOLD IMPORTS
    125 3 SHANGHAI, ftk THE Chii.e^p Mail r F:a rp h a sei of rules jovcrnin movement, of geld a ro and trom China Th P im;x>: t i »o.d w a coven.. g perm:: ir m th* Finance Ministry is f prohibited. Pa&scn. arr.v.' C.-L na may
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    get election rights
    336 3 NANKGING, Friday. THE State Council today made a final ruling on a long-standing election dispute providing for the creation of 300 additional National Assembly seats among professional and women's groups and permitting the Kuomintang "rebel" delegates to run again m further elections to be held from four
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    CHINA GETS BOMBERS
    111 3 SHANGHAI, Fr.day. COUR Canadian Mosquito--1 fighter Lumber sold to China under a spec al credit arrangement have arrived m Shanghai by the Island Side. The aircraft represent the third sh pment delivered to GbJM. The ship also carried a general military cargo of 3,000 tans. On a
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    ANTI-BRITISH RIOTERS FOR TRIAL
    323 3 CANTON, Friday. rE 20-odd students held m custody as suspected ring-leaders of the antiBritish rioting last January, which led to the burning of British property on Shameen. are to be arraigned before a special tribunal appointed by Nanking. The President of the Tribunal is Mr. Ma
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      56 3 TARZAN Spark Of love ny M*<> r Rir<J Burrnueks THE MW%*4T> O/YIV (OvPP Ml^ MCAD > /j, KtUNICTN t3C I Wttnt JMINA AINU '^oJS^ yovtfr* tSHBAD, Mtfc 3TrV^^\ thoar,c3J?idley suddenly OUNO^ O~^\ S^- ILv^Bf^ J&/i&K\\s <R REALIZED THAT HE HIMSELF FRIENDS AROUND W/V\ AND QU'CKLY y^S^r'^^^^ V MAOE THEM KNOAN
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    SATURDAY. April 24. 1948. The Washington Tin Talks
    404 4 SATURDAY. April 24. 1948. The Washington Tin Talks iI'HILE there will be distt appointment m Malaya thai the dis-. I tne International Tin Study Group m aye reroup's suggesj. i rking party mid be set up to study i now inier-gov-ernmental tin agreement old bt .^td ls a ■a the
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    LEARNING TO f DEFENDM ALAYA
    1283 4 LEARNING TO f DEFENDM ALAYA BY A MILITARY OBSERVER KOTA BAHRU: COR the last week a company of the X i n g's Yorkshire Infantry has combined with the R.A.F. m an air ground cooperation exercise to practice defence on Malaya's northern limits. In virgin jungle and padi fields across
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    SMUTS FACES NEW TEST
    673 4 117 E D N E S D A Y. Tf May 2fi, is an important date for the Fnion of South Africa and the rest of the British Commonwealth, for that matter. On that day Spring* boOk.s go tO I he Dolls, an J almost for
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    ARABS OPEN ACRE
    270 4 1> ~1! war has ned the ancient port of Aci 15') nsr Import d I ne 200.000 Arabs m rthern t rd the H nd. Be. I SUPph- Ar. W ere ng up m Haifa Beat D Tict 11 r lor the rnment Now Arab merciia: trans-ship;
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    LETTER lo THE EDITOR Public interest
    163 4 LETTER lo THE EDITOR Public interest IN y you corn reQU< ail airs are d i C lors from m^m! the public. Since fou m my name, I should say that l r- gard ihis n. publics new aost U:. tymptom of civic soundn I cordially w. '.>•. Intelligent comn
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    First Flight
    4 4 First Flight I i
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      21 4 FAITH A new heart also will I fhre you, and a new spirit I will 1 put within you. Esekie] 36.26.
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      17 4 ami m !>-. I M/^ Ik.* 2 kssfeslHi ■JB^BffflS^^^^^^ J *H t »v routine ii^ikk ;< MAkt-ir Ki^i^s^Q' i
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    ORE PAID HOLIDA YS
    475 5 Recommends lut Press Staff Reporter !;>> m Singapore— the number ed from 12 to 15 as m Uic Fede>ntrodiktion of a compulsory insurance (..aernment employees are among the made m the final report of ihe Joint n. ivport, which will be laiU bfore «»f the Federation
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    s2l MILLION FEE FOR ENTRY
    72 5 A CHINESE farmer, Thcan p. Lin. who paid $21 million (Chinese currency) to .a:ent m Amoy for arranging his passage to Singapore. fined $1,000 or three months' rigorous imprisonI by the District Judge. Mr. E. P Shanks, yesterday. T^e Judge ordered the -v rerrificate *o
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    MARCH TRADE HIGHEST FOR
    540 5 Adverse balance now $29 million Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYAN trade last month, rising from $250% million m February to $275 1 i million, was highest for the first three months of this year. Of the total March imports of $152,776,959, Singapore's stood art $108,728,194, or
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    Health insurance scheme is urged
    464 5 ON economic grounds there would be a strong case for recommending the withdrawal of all medical benefits and tihe introduction of a compulsory health insurance scheme tor Government employees, says the final report of the Joint Wages Commission. Into such a scheme, the employees would
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    Si George's Bay Scout services
    84 5 ciT. George's Day service ►5 includes the rt'-affirma-t:on .of :he Scout promise. This will take place torn; Trow, with the exception of the Malay Boy Scouts who are holding theirs today. The programme for scouts is as follows: For Malay Scouts, at 4 p.m. today
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    'Not necessary in every case'
    339 5 'Not necessary in every case QUARANTINE ORDER pictures. Free Press Staff Reporter SHIP passengers arriving m Singapore and holding valid certificates of immunization are exempted from detention m quarantine insofar as epidemic diseases are concerned. Clarifying this, the Director of the Singapore branch of the United Nations World Health Organisation,
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    BRITISH COUNCIL
    31 5 The senior representative of the Brit sh ODonci] m Singapor c has been appointed a member of th e committee for the management of the Ra !Tle s Museum
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    Acquitted of tyre theft
    121 5 JOHORE BAHRU. PrJd TWO lorry drivers, Lee Ben* and Tu\ B who v. uemui-eti theft of the Army red le uark. Tebrau. wn re icq ice Mi W. R But! rday. lie. r. Bkmm) Or! d to said that shortly aft'-r p.m. on Oct. i. he
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    CHINA SENDS WARSHIP
    75 5 Free Preai i hints e Correspondent fHE 14.000 ton v wa--ship O-ni( has tailed :rom Sha. ghai I ap te on a fHMXiwill visit to South Sca^ says a C News dispatch from S hal. Thf O-rm-i. warship m the Chinese la b ing sent on a
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    BOARD CUTS HOUSE RENT BY 525 P.M.
    216 5 BOARD CUTS HOUSE RENT BY 525 P.M. i«R. Robert Farner, attachifl cd to the rubber buying branch of Michelin Ltd., had his rent reduced from $250 U) $225 p.m. when he appeared be: ore the Rent Conciliation Board yesterday. The principal tenant, Mrs Neillie R. Thorpe, bold thc Board that
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    Press attack on Chiang
    94 5 KUOMINTANG factions m Singapore hav 0 sent conqratulatorv messages to Generalissimo Chiang Kaisfceh on his election as China's first, constitutional President. Leftist to lage newspapers, however, have n prominence to critic of Gen. Chiang by various -Kuomintang oreanisaticeis. Tho Nan Ohiao Jit. Roh quoted a prominent
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    INCHE SVRDON
    16 5 Inche Sardon bin Jubir has been appointed a visitor to the Singapore Mental Hospital.
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    MORE MALA VAN RICE
    101 5 STATISTICS issued yesterday by the Agricultural Department m the Federation of Malaya estimate that the 1947-1948 season will yield the equivalent of 332,940 tons of Malayan rice. This represents an increase over the previous year of 75,776 tons. The Increase is attributed to Government subsidised improvements
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    THE AUK TELLS STORY OF FRUSTRATION.
    621 6 THE AUK TELLS STORY OF FRUSTRATION. Netv light on S.E. Asia campaigns LONDON, Friday. ANOTHER chapter m the story of the Allies uphill struggle m the war against Japan was unfolded today with publication of despatches by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, covering operations m tho Indo-Burma theatre from June
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    Police break up Red march
    83 6 POLIC'L m THesle on Thursday used tear gas and truncheons to break up a crowd ol 7.000 Communists attempting to inarch through the heart of the city. One elderly man was beaten to death by the Communists. Three persons were arrested. Thp Communists wer? heading
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    Red Labour Day procession boycotted
    97 6 THE Queensland State Labour Government and five moderate unions have boycotted the Labour Day profession to be h*"-ld m Brisbane. The Premier, Mr. E M. Hanlon. stated that he under- that the demonstration would be D i Communist one. For that reason, the Government would
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    BURMA FEARS NEIGHBOURS
    57 6 EfAJ.-OEN Sir Hubert i»l Ranee, a former Governor Ol Burma, said m .London that on< chief causes of anxiety among the Burmese was fear of their 'powerful neighbours, especially china." Burmese leaders, he added, when addressing the Royal Empin Society, had not forgotten the last occasion when
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    HOW THE RICH LIVE
    14 6 lish asparagus is 21 small bunch at Selfrld London .store.
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    122 6 RAISING MANILA WATER SUPPLY OXE of Manila's post war problems, tht» of water supply, will be solved by June when Hie new pipe-Use from Ipo dam will start pouring into the city and the suburbs 40,000.000 gallons of water daily, Sir. Manuel Manosa, manager of the Metropolitan Water District, has
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    £650 for saving Shakespeare
    176 6 lI'HKN the British submarine Shakespeare finally reached port three years ftgo after a ten-hoar J iptinese air attack m the Malacca Straits, during which she was Viable to dive becau>e of a direct hit m her pressure hull, her commander reported that the escape was due
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    LOVE COULDNT FIND A WAY
    78 6 THE Tokio Metropolitan Police Board reports that 198 Japanese have C 4 mmitted suicide m Tokio since the betrinnine of the year, and said that one ol the chief reasons for suicides was frustrated The report said that 130 m< n and 6£ wonu n
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    India to raive cadet corps
    182 6 TO Lmi lement the Governm nt o| India's decision ♦"> f 'rm a Na'i;» al Cnd t <J nxs. a drectorate has be-*n rmed under Col. G. G B woor. TTio directorate. which works und'.r th- Defonrr Ministry, is speeding up the arrangements to Inaugurate
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    Royal itinerary in Australia
    221 6 MR. E. M. HANLON, Premier of t|ue*-n.>iand. ha«> asked the Premier Minister. Mr. J. B t hieflx extend the Royal visit to Queensland from ten t<> twelve days m order that the Kin«. Queen mi the Princess Margartt may have a two-day holnia\ the Barrier Reef..
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    EXPEDITION TO TIBET
    40 6 FULLY to Tibet The expec: to eroH the Himalaya.- at I will spend mans Tib^t m beginnii culturt Smilitii femr old tor Gius Tucci. leader of thtion and Prol H I R and Phi w J Reuter
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    44 6 Big crowds rvatch a Greek fire brigade battle i^ith the flames, as stocks of benzine and mineral oil go up m smoke at the Army Participation Fund building* m Winston Churchill Street, Athens, which is used by and the U.S. military mission —Planet picture.
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    Quirino may offer post to Laurel
    15 6 Quirino may offer post to Laurel 1 I 1 I nfavmm i I i U.P.
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    DESERTED SHIP. SENT TO JAIL
    24 6 Fl\iThursday to s:x labour lor bvi. Immigrant! T m th I wii: be depot Ihjs and the C A.P.
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    BIG UPSETS LIKEY TODAY
    330 7 Cup Latest tips from the stables By CALL BOY FEW big: upsets are likely at Bukit Timah today, the opening: day of the five-day Singapore summer race meeting, if "whispered" tips from the stables are anything to go by. The going, which will be heavy if
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    Three safe bets today
    125 7  -  EPSOM JEEP By THE change m the weather may upset all calculations at Bukit Timah today This mornings rain will* make the going at least yielding. On the soft track Hambnon. m the first race, and John Bull and Inspiration m the seventh and eighth events,
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    Britanin in 2-1 lead
    16 7 Britanin in 2-1 lead rirst zone t two ij m I :~dian s Tony i Reuter
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    P.I. Chinese team for Shanghai
    91 7 Al2-MAN basketball team composed of outstanding Philippine Chinese players will leave by plane lor Shanghai on May 1 to compete m China's seventh National Athletic Meet starting on May 5. An eight-man team made up of four Chinese swimmers and four track and field men
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    SCHOOL SOCCER
    35 7 Giving their finest display this season, the Victoria School held King George the Filth school, :nban to a one-all draw m a game of football played at the •ria School ground on Wednesday.
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    Soccer tours: agreement forecast
    162 7 Soccer tours: agreement forecast i •^'pHE prospecus of an agree- X ment between the S.A.F.A. and the M.C.F.A. regarding I arrangements for the games against the China Olympic team are bright." Mr. F. C. Sands. President of the S.A.F.A., told the Free Press this morning. Officials of the S.A.F.A.. S.C.F.A.
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    Slow Scoring in College Cricket
    330 7 Slow Scoring in College Cricket THE Rattles College Union had scored 54 runs for the loss of three wickets when stumps were drawn after twc hours' play m their annual inter-college cricket match against Medical College Union for the Allen Cup at the R.C.U. ground yesterday. The game was scheduled
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    BAN UNTIL MAY 9
    39 7 THE current ban on the importation of other than class one racehorses will remain m force until the S.R.A. meeting on May 9. Owners are warned that it may be decided to continue the ban.
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    Malayan Chinese to leave in 3 Batches
    313 7 mHE Malayan Chine.se con--1 t'n^ent to the China Nar< nal Meet, comprising of 143 sportsmen and portswomen and officials, will leave by air m three batches next week The first batch, headed by Mr Lien Ying Chow, leaves Kallang airport dn a Skymastor
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    225 7 CaU Bo 3 r Epsom Jeep Trespasser Pointer Most Favoured N«l.o:i<M HAMBRION T MMBRION HAMBEION HAMBRION HAMBRION RACE 1 Slipstream 'rram Slipstream Slipstream Slipstream Smiling Thro* Snnlii.g Thru* Oregon Oregon Smiling Thro' FORETOLD FORETOLD FORETOLD FORETOLD FORETOLD RACE 2 P. Nuffield P. Naffield P. Nuffield United
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    Malays Miss 2 Penalties
    321 7 OEFORE a large crowd at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday Tigers' Sporting Association be*! the Malay Football Association by four goals to one m a S.A.F.A. first division league game m which tiie Malays failed to convert two penalty kicks awarded them. Malays' attempt to bulldoze
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    Philipp good bowler says Bradman
    110 7 Philipp good bowler says Bradman DOS Bradmun said of Prince Philipp, the Duke of Edinburgh, who attended a London-dinner last night to Australian Test cricketer a: "I have detected m films that he has perfect action for a right hand off spin bowler." He adds: "I submit that to the
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    Punjab athlete breaks record
    103 7 SAHOOR Ann; *est Punjab putt the sh«>t 46 feet "i Ins. to add one loot 5£ ins. to his own ail-India record, set up m 1940, when the Pakistan Olympic Gam' s opened m Kvaehi yesterda; Pakistani athletes for the London games will be st during
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      1059 7 THE full card of events for today's races at bukit Tiifiah is given below. The double tote will be on races six and eight and the big sweep will be drawn on race eight. Race 1 2.00 p.m. Horses Cl. 2, Viv. 3 5| Furs. 4 11 Slipstream (Wahab) 9.00
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    BERLIN SHOWDOWN IMMINENT
    469 8 BERLIN SHOWDOWN IMMINENT New Russian restrictions LONDON, Friday. THE tension between the Soviet and Western Powers arising from recent Russian moves to force' the Allied occupation forces out of Berlin is expected to come to a climax over the week-end with the implied Russian threat either to restrict or withdraw
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    Americas and fate of colonies
    108 8 BOGOTA. Friday. I^HE Pan-American Confer- ence here last night condemned the existence of colonies m the Western Hemisphere and voted to. create a special commission to investigate "peaceful means" of dissolving them. The commission will be composed of representatives of each of the 21 American
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    Reds poised for 3 big drives
    299 8 NANKING, Friday. iS four new Communist armies totalling between 150,000 and 200,000 troops gradually close m on Changchun, the capital of Manchuria, indications are that the Reds are preparing to mount two other massive offensives against North China and Szechuan Province. Meanwhile, powerful Communist
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    Russia makes most planes
    100 8 GEN. S. H. Vandenberg, who uHU become Air Force Chief next month, told the Executives Club m Chicago yesterday: "We are convinced that Russia today is manufacturing many times as many planes as we are. We do not have to choose whether or not we will
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    Von Blomberg's wile drops libel suit
    179 8 Von Blomberg's wile drops libel suit HAMBURG. Friday. r -X)NDE and beautiful EVa i von Blomberg, 34-year- d wife of the former German •id marshal, dropped her b?l suit today after the publishers had agreed to mart explanatory pages m a book, which allegedly described her as a woman of
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    BAN THREAT TO UK FILM
    91 8 LONDON, Friday. THE London County Council today gave producers of the gangster film "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" 4S hours m which to "clean it up or it will be banned from all London cinemas." The L.C.C. censors said that the film contained "incidents of
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      76 8 BANGKOK. Friday. HUNDREDS of Siamese poor today swarmed Into the State-owned Ratanakoslndr Hotel temporary Soviet Legation -shouting for alms money distributed by Soviet officials. The crowd gathered at the Legation precincts following Siamese Press reports earlier this week that Soviet officials distributed ahns money to poor
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      JAP GENERAL GETS 20 YEARS
      59 8 ICHIRO Morimoto, former Japanese major general m charge of prisoner-of-war camps m the Philippines, was sentenced In Toklo yesterday to 20 years' hard labour for responsibility m the mistreatment of hundreds of American and Filipino prisoners of war. He did nothing to prevent Japanese from
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    GANDHI SLAYER FOR TRIAL SOON
    214 8 NEW DELHI, Friday. VARAYAN Vinayak Godsc, who is alleged to have 11 killed Mahatma Gandhi, will be tried for conspiracy and murder m a New Delhi court next month. For 11 weeks, the crime has been shrouded m silence, the Indian Government maintaining rigid censorship
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    US CAR MAKER'S BIG LAY-OFF
    49 8 THE General Motors Corporation of Detroit has announced the temporary layoil of 200.000 workers resulting from steel shortage, beginning last night. Most of the manufacturing plants will remain closed until May, when the assembly plants throughout the country will close for one week. U.P.
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    224 8 MIIVK STRIKE OFF MOB WRECKS NANKING PAPER All the 130.000 French coal miners who went out on j strike on Thursday are back at work.— A. P. Reuter NANKING, Friday. MORE than 100 men. believed to be supporters of i ;Dr Sun Fo, Vice President of I i China, who
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    58 8 Director of seven companies and son of a millionaire, Don Nicholas grew tired of being a "spiv" "Life was too easy," he said, so he went to work as an assistant behind, the counter of one of the shops of the huge chainstores of which he is director. He works
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    370 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Friday. most sections of the London stock markets today, prices remained fairly steady despite a reduction m the volume of business, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Tins and Rubbers advanced. Industrials were firm under the Influence of the publication of figures of leading industrial
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    130 8 A SPECIAL Mtrkd cot i yadepl r*v« tte pricca at rmbfcer at 11 m. today m folia Ota. Ota. Mr I» par ft> No. 1 LSI. 8904 l«w 41 42H Ko I KS S f«ft m baiea May 4tS. 424« No 2 R.S.S foe ta bale* May 41
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    212 8 U.S. IS STILL UNDECIDED ON SIAM HASHINgtov A whether to recognise the JJ^ not^<J mcnt, a State Department s^keL^^^S Commenting on the dJ policy" towards the nc said: "In connection with th! he «8 Abhaiwong Government of Smm 0/ of the new government > by Phibun Songkram. the United States
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    29 8 Threatened with a 6' wheat shortage, Egyp* send a special emisiKtr\ Britain and the United S to seek the exchange of I tlan rice for forelen A.P.
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    25 8 Ex-PoW FALLS TO DEATH IN TOKIO McGu.re was hrn h J ti&li authoriu« to Jm>\ at pn- n came.-i b^low He wa* pS home addrpss
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    8 8 UN COMMISSIO FOR KASHMIR l the tt' r
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