The Singapore Free Press, 11 May 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17.160 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948 fKM h H> hv I >
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    FIRE DESTROYS RUBBER WORKS
    475 1 FIRE DESTROYS RUBBER WORKS Sabotage suspected Free Press Staff Reporter FIRE this morning destroyed three quarters of the 9-acre Hing Seng Rubber Factory at the eighth mile, Bukit Timah Road. Over 2,000 tons of rubber went up m flames. The total damage is estimated at $1,750,000. Arson is suspected. The
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    Reward system has helped CID
    187 1 I Fret- Preys Staff Reporter t rewards f\»r information leading to the 1 hminals by the Singapore police has iiraffle success, according; to Mr. J. C. v (ID. than ihv $50,000 m thL< year's nd Secret Service," would be uld probably havt to be a
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    Sgt's £20,000 in bribes
    48 1 IS DON 1 ciura>- for 13.632, The •m Readfc Sir Hi E R-ading r. 000 a trip by r rzn m a lorry c .ky and J^ His presence I Inspect] lived In stykand had > pay and He had two :;d !n arges Reuter
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    STRUCK BY TAXI
    47 1 S TRUCK BY TAXI A Chinese ./ho was crosoirm the junction of North Canal Road and South Bridge Road at 9.30 p.m. yesterday, behind a moving car. was knocked down by a taxi. He was admitted to the General Hospital with a broken leg and head Injuries.
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    DIE IN COACH
    10 1 I and 12 fresh a d r
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    DOCKERS END 22-DAY STRIKE
    109 1 DOCKERS END 22-DAY STRIKE ALL the 2,500 stevedores who work cargoes of ships In the Singapore Roads ended their 22-day strike and reported duty this morning. Wrk m the Roads is normally distributed to stevedores on a rotation basis, dopending on the number of ships present. This morning work was
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    Ik CAR RECORDS
    36 1 The British motor-car industry reached new production and export peaks during March, when 32.349 passenger cars were made, compared 24.930 last December, and 23.928 of them were sold m overseas markers. A. P.
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    MONTY AND THE TOPEE
    96 1 FIELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, speaking as a guest of the Royal Geographical Society m London after a lecture on "Geosraphy and War Strategy" by Professor >ril Falls, said the war m Singapore did one very good thing— "it got rid
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    POISON TRIVL SETS RECORD
    62 1 WHAT Is believed to be South Africa's longest murder trial endrd yesterday when the fudge of the Supreme Court of Capt Town passed sentence of death on Mrs. M. Lee. aged 48. The trial I lasted five weeks. Mrs. Lee was found guilty of j poisoning
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    SLOOP LEAVES
    33 1 A French naval sloop. La Grandiere, flying the flag of Admiral Graziani. left Singapore this morning for France after a two-day visit. The vessel arrived m Singapore on fr\mday from Saigon.
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    TRUMAN SEIZES THE RAILWAYS
    164 1 PRESIDENT TRUMAN seized United States railroads today m a move to head oft a strike which, he said, would be "a nationwide tragedy with worldwide repercussions." He gave control of the lines to the Army and appealed to railway workers to stay on Shortly after the
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    Siamese close Chinese schools
    60 1 THE Siamese Ministry of Education yesterday ordered the closure of 30 j Chinese schools for violation t of the flag hoisting resula- i tion. The Ministry made it compulsory that all schools should hoist the Siamese national flag, but some Chinese schools protested against the order,
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    TWO JAIL BREAKS
    34 1 Eight prisoners were recaptured after escaping from Canterbury prison. At Wandsworth jail. London, three men cut a hole m the cell roof end used a rope of blankets to get away.
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    KOREAN VOTERS DEFY THE REDS
    151 1 DESPITE Communist-directed violence which yesterday cost at least 25 lives, nearly 90 per cent of Korea's 7,000,000 electors went to the polls m the first election m 4,000 years of Korean history. In clashes before the elec- tion 66 people were killed, 1 scores were
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    UN's ASIA HQ
    40 1 Ootacamund (Madras) may be selected as the permanent headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, if representatives of the 11 member-states attending the forthcoming talk* there of ECAFE find it suitable.
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    30 1 picture. The Mexican way is shown m Rome at the international horse show. Silver cup for best horsemen and best horses urns won by the all-m ilitary Mexican team.- A.P.
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    ALTAR FOR STAY-DOWN MINERS
    119 1 ALTAR FOR STAY -DOWN MINERS NINETY-TWO mL-era m Waleswood colliery, near Sheffi Id. who have been on a itay down strike for over a week, have built an altar m their chamber 1.150 fet j underground ai d on Sunday heard sermons from two ministers. A Baptist minister, a former
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    Haganah opens 'lifeline' road
    180 1 Haganah opens 'lifeline' road JERUSALEM, Monday. HAGANAH had virtually gained control of the vital Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway tonight, breaking the Arab grip which for weeks past has kept 100,000 Jews m Jerusalem m fear and semi -starvation. Arab forces are still holding out m isolated strongholds m the Judean
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    C-G staff truck overturns
    70 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ONE man was seriously injured and was admitted to the General Hospital this morning when a truck belonging to the CommissionerGeneral's office overturned m Cluny Road at shortly after midnight. The truck was stated to be j taking home Asian staff after
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    SHIP HITS MINE
    26 1 The British steamer. William Bursley. which struck a mine on Monday off the Dutch coast, is proceeding under her own power to Ymuiden.
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    84 failed the exam
    68 1 SEVENTY -SEVEN per cent of boys and girls from Government aided schools and private candidates, passed the Senior Cambridge examinations last year. Of 372 entries, W either failed to pass or withdrew at the last moment. Mr. Goodchild. Inspector of Schools, told the Free Press that
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    Jewish plot to kill Princess
    177 1 Jewish plot to kill Princess PARIS, Mood*) rE French C.I.D. i rounded up for questioning nearly 100 p*-« m an all-out hunt tot a man said to be a memoet of the Jewish tern it Stern Grtng who to be plotting api of the life of Frin, I Eliza U-ih.
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    STOP PRESS
    72 1 Russia lia& agreed lo an American proposal to be*, n a discussion and s< itienunt of the differences b«*t\ the two countries, slat s Rcuter from Moscow. 1 tie Soviet Foreign 1 Mini^ r Yyache&lav Moloto\. told the United State* Ambassador m Moscow on Sunday of Russia's agreement
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  • FEATURES
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      Plastics in the home
      645 2  -  Jane Carpenter HOUSEHOLD PROBLEMS by WHAT exciting products plastics are. There are plastic floor-coverings, plastic furnishing materials, pl-istic dress-accesso-ries, and plastic ornaments. In fact there seems U) be form of plastic which can be substituted for almost any standard article be it of wood metal or
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      83 2 These furs ieoigned for the woman and man combination. Shown strolling down Beverly drive m the heart of Beverly Hills, California, (U.S.A.), Dick Fortune wears a somale leopard sport shirt over a smooth fur skir. vest. The shirt has French cuffs. His Wife, Chris Fortune, is wearing a three-quarter somale
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      Growing their own tobacco in Britain
      90 2 Growing their own tobacco in Britain IIRITONS are hopefully planting Virginia tobacco seeds m their kitchen gardens. If the harvest pnon oni the seed packets is fulfilled, tihev will be smokine: at a fraction of the present cc\i*" 3 shillings and six penre for 21 cipa-re^Wes. Before the war, 20
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      Bridge Problem
      295 2 WEST opened a low diamond In the deal described jresU i day. with three diamonds to thr ace-queen. East's only proper play was to finesse against nil partner by playing the queen. But with only two cards m partner's suit, it is essential to play the ace first.
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      MODEST MAIDENS
      25 2 Tt tAtmtrk **T -I*rr4 V S r»L*al 0«c« "Things are tough this year and that's the best Wilbur could do for a valentine!"
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      56 2 When £23,000 was spent to transform a fine Regent* mansion on Brighton, Sussex, front, into a school for student nurses, Ben, the skeleton, was sent for as an aid to the nurses' studies. When Ben arrived he turned out to be a the-tkeleton; so now the girls work with Mrs.
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      'WONDER' DRUG FOR T.B.
      506 2 By Gustav Stevenson A. P. Correspondent CWEDiSH scientists think they may have found a "wonder drug" against tuberculosis. The latest is&ue of the Swedish Medical Journal reports "striking, and m some cases fantastic" re- suits m U*e treatment of T.B. patients with a new drug. They
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      MARRIAGE BROKERS
      184 2  - MARRIA GE BR OKERS ALEC DE MONTMORENCY By DRENCH marriage brokers now I advertising their "bargains" m shop windows m aristocratic sections of Paris m an effort to rebuild their businesses. The war and its a. effects, with social ano financial values upset cy the black market and, m consequence,
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      Japanese Bull Figh
      117 2 Japanese Bull F igh JAPANESE bullgrowers l>'gan making plans today for Tokio's first and possioiy la^t bullfight. There are no picadors, matadors. castinets or "vivas" associated with tlu Nipponese version of the ancient sport The Japanese simply herri two bulls into a ring 20 metres m diameter. The bulls lock
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      148 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast for people born today DORN today, you have v tremendous energy and great enthusiasm. You are always bubbling over with some new project, some frtsh cause. You even have the talent for making any kind of a job appear interesting and exciting. But you are
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  • NEWS
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      INDIAN TRADE UNIONS OPPRESSED'
      339 3 I NDIAN TRADE UNIONS OPPRESSED' m\ negations against Britain US AixMiAiiuws irat Britain and the United State* were "helping to keep Indian and Oykmesc workers oppressed" were the subject of protests by British and American delegates to the World Federation of Trade Unions executive at Rome. Mr. S. A. Wickrema
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      'RUSSIA HOLDING UP RECOVERY'
      188 3 TII£ Brßiafti Socwlißt Under-Secreiary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Christopfher Mayhe-w. blamed So\net foreig^i policy for the "disappointing progress" jof European post-war recovery wfcen he spoke at Margate this week. He said trust and co-opera-tion were lacking In Britain** relations with Russia, but patience was essential to
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      No Imperial conference yet
      89 3 *TWE Commonwealth confer A ence. which Prime Minist «r. Mr. Clement Attl c assured the Commons would be held as soon a« possible difficulties that a considerable time may nass before R can be arnaaged ta believed that the Proposal is at the most tentative stoge
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      NO FILM 'SMELL!ES'
      120 3 NO FILM SMELL! ES' "OMELUES"— motion pictom which an ftCCGm| •J ed by appropriate smells as well unfe S av 4r n( ir I 0 J r e<i a success m pntttce, •ccordinc U Mr ti 7 McLellan, assistant chief of enpirr Westrex Coiporatioii, New York. Westrex Is a subsidiary
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      32 3 *T\HE Omukama of BunM. yord—Kitara, the King of a 100 000-strong tribe m Ucanda. irho is on an Bweeks tour of English factories, is here seen trying his hand at making pottery.
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      Bddhist monk body petrified
      28 3 s corpse Bangkok Abbot B.uidon to have P.. edfe em ion iiement of thf. n j t t T he dead ■MB tew Reuter
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      British railways returning to old timetables
      81 3 British railways returning to old timetables FROM Itaj SI vkhen British Railways summer ser--114 more mainand cross-country trains chiefly to holiday toy.' On Saturdays th*-~t be a further 198 extru trains, a total of 51J -j <ge^: step towards pry-war Umernbles Ther P will b*> dozens more restaurant cars Trip
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      Archbishop denounces Reds
      105 3 'PHE Archbishop of Center X bury Dr Fisher. In his "Diocesan N :i .nces amunism as a militant ikicai syb'.em which, m denying God. degrades and beslaves man. Beepm or its totalitarian .n> It must br resisted at -y point, he says "But the final an*wer. Dr.
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      RIVAL TO COTTON
      31 3 may Ultimately vc> cctto- for many texa sncup of Australian >ay. The results of years' experiments wdl soon be passed on to B-t/iin for further study A. P.
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      He came—she conquered
      75 3 He came she conquered WHEN Mrs. Violet Spedding (12st., 5 ft. tall) of Sunderland, England saw a midnight invader m her bedroom, she: Crashed a baby's bath on his head. Jumped on his stomach. Hit him with a candlestick. Sat on him. The Recorder of Sunderland >endii>e Kichard Coxon to
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      DPs FOR UK MILLS
      41 3 Tlie Bnui* Government Is sendta*? booklets on oonditiorjj m Lancashire to dtopkuced persons In Austria Same 5,000 foreign work<?Ts are already wortdficr m spinning mills, arid the Ministry of Labour wants at >east 20.000 more A. P.
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      32 3 This realistic model of a brigade fighting a fire was made by members of the Essex County Council Youth centre one of the most jxypular m England—under their instructor. Mr. Victor Sutton
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      ALICE GOES TO U.K. MUSEUM
      67 3 THE manuscript of Lewis Carroll's "Alice m Wonderland" will be taken to the British Museum by Lord In- verchapel, retiring British Ambassador, when he leaves Washington on May 22. Dr. Luther H. Evans, Lib- rarian of Congress, who paid $50,000 for the manuscript at an
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      FINNS ACT AGAINST REDS
      64 3 niSCLOSURE that the ex- treme Left was preparing to overthrow the Government has resulted m the Finnish President acting against Communists. The Communist Minister of the Interior has been disgraced by having two other Ministers made jointly responsible with him for the police and public order.
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      COMMONS NEW LAW CRITICS
      112 3 rHE Government faces criticism m the House )f Commons for the d violation of an ancient British legal principle, that a nan is innocent untill proved guilty— in a proposed new law limed at the petrol blackoiarke: The measure provides for petrol sold for commercial use
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      FIND DETECTORS FIND £100,000
      52 3 FIND DETECTORS FIND £100,000 \rTER a five-day hunt police have recovered more than 100,000 of the £126.740 stolen by armed masked bandits from a naval lorry at Malta A naval bomb disposal squac. with mine detectors are helping m the search for the rest of the money, which was for
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      TIRED OF TEA
      44 3 The girl clerk who made "tea for the staff of Swaffham Norfolk* fuel office left because she was "tired of the job." The rural council is to tell the Minister of Fuel that it is not thought necessary to replace her.
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      'Super sergeant major' retires
      95 3 rHE British Army is lining t known and per- most famous Regimen-tal-Sergeant-Major A. J. Brand. M BE., of Sandhurst. The man whom field Marshal Lord Montgomery called a super sergeant-major ha.s decided to retire at the age of 52 and after 23 years service. His last
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      USNEGRORULINGA GIFT TO MOSCOW
      169 3 THE decision by Uu* United Slates Supreme Court, 1 that covenants to bar NegToes or other racial groups from owning real ewtate were not legally pnforceable, has brought forth vitriolic comment m Mississipi. One Democratic Congressman. Mr. John Rankin, said: "There mt^t have been a celebration
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      3 MILLION ILLITERATES
      124 3 MORE than 3.000.000 adulu and young people m B:«iai*i and Wales can scaroely read or write, accondang to fcrio report of a commission on education from the Christ ah standpoint appointed by the Bishop of Liverpool, <Dr. Clifford Martin) The report says that reeoiit surveys sliow that
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      Belgian Cabinet quits office
      120 3 BRUSSELS, Wednesday. r£ Belgian coalition Government, under M. Paul Henri Spaafe, resigned tonight after Socialists In the Belgian Chamber of Deputies rejected a Government compromise on the issue of State subsidies to Catholic schools. The Prince Regent has accepted the resignation, and i immediately the Cabinet
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      NO EXCITEMENT TILL SPIREFELL
      72 3 I^HE .spire of St. Johns Church, Oxborough, fell through the roof of the nave a few minutes affceT Mrs. D HUM, the cleaner, had left for tfoe day. Somewhere m the heap of debris lie the clock and the church beiHs. Carved oak Istti century pews
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      OAK, ASH, DROUGHT
      49 3 Mr. Bartlett, Independent M.P. for Bridgwater, Somerset, said m the Commons: "The oak is out before the ash this year. There is a widespread belief m the countryside that last year'a emergency may arise again when the N.FJS. will have to lead water u> dry farms.**
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      Miners protest pit closure
      71 3 THE National Coal Board 'o- day served dismissal notioes on 800 coal work Waleswood colliery vh re $c> mimrs had boe;, on r. down strike since Moiu. The board, is det rmined t<» close the mine b' cause I being run at a Joss miners, ar
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      CIVIL AIR POOL
      40 3 Pooling of i European civil airli;^ formity with the I Ur.ion" principle v q cussed privat ly iii l<.: The proposal i> look with iavour by the US ernment who consic. contribui Plemeiit U> military sol.c Reuter
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      70 pc OF CZECH SEATS TO REDS
      64 3 /CZECHOSLOVAKIA S Vy or no" elect iorus i week will give 70 per cent of 300 parliamentary seats v) the Communists according to the candidates lists published today Voters will bat* the choice between two ballots— one with single-list candidates and tht other
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      FEAR OF NEIGHBOURS UNITES BURMA
      487 6 FEAR OF NEIGHBOURS UNITES BURMA Encroachment by China India piKMAS 16,000,000 people, though divided 1 politically and racially, seem united m their fear of encroachment by either of their two powerful neighbours China or India. Negotiations are now under way for an "amicable" settlement with India of immigration problems. The
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      Viceroy Visits Burmese
      28 6 Viceroy Visits Burmese picture Earl Mountbatten shaking hands with a Nagas tribesman, one of many who had tramped long distances m Assam to meet the Viceroy. A. P.
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      U.S.A. blamed for Korean corruption
      290 6 IZIM RIU SIC, Korean Liberal, has blamed American IV Occupation authorities for corruption m South Korea. Sixty-nine-year old Kirn, who went to the Pyongyang Conference m the Soviet Zone voicing opposition and returned favouring fa programme, said the United States authorities "trus* the wrong people.'"
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      INDIAN FOOD STOCKS HIGH
      56 6 INDIA may soon be m a posi--1 tion to decline offers oi lood from abroad. The central food reserve should amount to 400,000 tons by the end of June. A Food Ministry official said that the Government had rejected an offer of several thousand tons of
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      'Opium' ship is ordered back
      98 6 THE Shanghai Anti-Narcotic Bureau, which alleges that a smuggling ring Is operating m Malaya, Burma, Hong Kong and Shanghai, has asked Hong Kong authorities to order the Standard Oil tanker, Charles F. G. Meyer, to return to Shanghai. The Bureau said it was not satisfied
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      24 6 picture Field Marshal Montgomery receiving from the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Jordan, gifts of furniture from organisations m the Dominion. Planet
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      AMERICAN YOUTH AID EAST EISDERS
      180 6 MINGLING wttfe the East End crowds on the plear sure beach at Tower Hill this summer, youn" American* from some of the moat famous schools m the U.S. will work for three month* m a special lifesaving corps. These young men. 18 and 19-year-olds from
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      FREE ONLY IN NAME
      24 6 Mr. Hun Wonganubho.? described as the "Premier of Free Cambodians," is held by too Siamese oiliee ai Fta.r»cr. kok- Reuter
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      Labour Party seeks recruits
      91 6 ryiiE Secretary of the Labour pLmi PaJt v y Mr Morgan Phillips, has announced m London a membership campaign with a target of one million new members. The announcement came three weeks after a statement by Lord Wool ton. Conservative Party chairman, who declared the recruitment
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      Two leopards at large in wild-beast shin
      198 6 Two leopards at large in wild-beast shin A 60 -YEAR-OLD animal trapper fought i* -u^ with a hosepipe and a torch when part 3£H catch of wild animals escaped m the ship taking them to England. The leopards were recaged, but a h> five zebras were lost and an African
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      "U.N. sole hope for peace"
      118 6 "U.N. sole hope for peace" rpHE Secretar> -< 1 the United Trygve Lie said that regional bl prevent ar. In a special ar CommunLsL r Pravn, Mr. L United Nat hop- together m tn. war period. It its world-wid' Dangerous Talk "We are told I Nations are they are crippled
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      Soviet arrest 5 U.S. soldiers
      117 6 FIVE United States soldiers w» re arrested by Russian guards :n Berlin on Sunday American military officials now disclose. Three were I I and held for 36 hours after one of them had fired a shot from an army pistol Military police said the three
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      MALDIVIAAN TRADE
      26 6 me Maldivian Government will shortly enter a trade pact with Oylon. At present the Maldivlans get rice, textiles and other necessities from Ceylon. Reuter
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      £620 gift for one-legged MP
      58 6 MX. Maur!e* Webb man of the Par tary Labour coived a £620 a colleagues for hin vacation m Jamaica Recently, I t z a leg amputati years ago. sa.d that after puhad only °ut of i 000 a v- lary. HLs Labour ooDeaciu him their
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      THROUGH JAP LOOKING GLASS
      202 6 Tf JT It was more concerned with outdomg its competitors In the currently popular literary sport m Tokio of debunkin* every element of vT n dTy %^Z until propaganda on the "Japanese SUper-raT" Who arc Japs? "Who are the Japanese?" the editor asked. "You could have
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  • LEADER
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      Half a truce
      185 4 WHILE formal agreement has still to be announced, there seems no reason to doubt that owing mainly to the Intervention of the Inernational Red Cross, a truce has been reached bttween Arabs and Jews that will provide for th? of Jerusalem. It is a different story m
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY May 11. 1943. A littie more rice?
      412 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY May 11. 1943. A littie more rice? THE lEF.C. is meeting m Washington this week to allocate rice for the second .if of the year. No eshas been given of the total available for allocation, but supplies ought conspicuously .alier than for the first half
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      Don Iddon's Diary
      1116 4 A'EW YORK: THE America I now say good-bye to for five weeks looks like this It has more gold and goods and gear than any nation m the world. It has more bombs and batt'.eshrps, machines and motor-cars, radios and refrigerators, coconut, custard pies, and :ce-cre>am sodas
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      119 4 It was a wonder day for Htnry Wilkins, a Durham coalminer. Chosen as a representative of British miners, he was a passenger m the British collier. Kentucky, which landed 2,000 tons of British coal at Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. A brass band on the befiagged quayside played "Tipperary"; a crowd
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      OUT IN THE OPEN
      554 4  -  JAMES M. LONG The first Hebrew army By A.l\ Correspondent TEL AVIV: DALESTINE Haganah, the finrt Hebrew army to take the Held m the Holy Land m 2,000 years, will come into the open m the next week, after 4 3-y ears underground. Unofficially estimated at
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      65 4 r the third time. Timing, cai pei uj Af and Mrs. E H. Lloyd, of Maidenhead, Berks, has just had a litter of kittens m this "nest" at the top of a chestnut tree m front of the house. There the youngsters stay until she decides they are ready to
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      Pact With 'A 1000 Isles'
      523 4  - Pact With 'A 1000 Isles Noel Monks COMMONWEALTH COLUMN by VOll 1&> years the Maldive Islands, coconut kingdom m the Southern Indian Ocean, have been British. They want to stay that way. So at Male, capital of the palm-fnned coral atolls that make up the Maldives, Amir Abdul Miijid Didi,
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      Britain's Rubber industry
      128 4 Britain's Rubber industry BRITAIN'S rubbei industry ft scheduled, by the end oi 1948, to expand its pro duction of manufactured articles 425 per a Already the industry made vaiant progress towards this high target b of course, In oiher industries, pered by prevailing shi i ages of labour, ryoessarv equipment
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      FAITH
      18 4 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Job 10. 12.
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      Rising Star
      81 4  - Rising Star UNKNOWN I B > r; ric; d< nt. Sin'-. at ben m< I BOC Ml noi cfc h« La. T job nine-v. of L. r m rd St; railed talkca i cide de c Pope H pO' At Btß pc>> th. some m Wi tv an elei par
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      LACK. OF HOSTEL IS A BIG
      459 5 Report on probation system Wo progress 9 Free Press Staff Reporter THE greatest hindrance to practical assistance to recalcitrant boys is the absence of a suitable hostel where the boys could be placed, says the Singapore Social Welfare Department m its April report on
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      46 5 picture Miss Gunvor Anita Ohras who arrived in Singapore on board the Oranje on Saturday was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday to Mr. Franklyn Hildred Godric Wagner, General Electric Company engineer. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Gunnor Ohras of Uddavalla, Sweden.- Free Press
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      27 5 "th -Jon es, A r Vice-Mar-Air opened bank a Charte r ed mani int. It h e longChangi ma Mr. Srngapi i faff of Pi v pic-
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      More blood donors are needed
      32 5 More blood donors are needed Prcan Staff Reporter TM 150 bl»*>Q been retbe Sinj ipore ision Sen Great SuperTrans- .->• pc«»* for ved but j for several i cd. it the r 60
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      Welfare Dept saves a life
      98 5 THE Social Welfare Department last month, extended their service beyond granting relief by securing work for a man, who has a wife and four children, but was unemployed and m financial difficulties, and tried to commit suicide. From the Silver Jubilee Fund, the Department, besides
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      THREE SAWMILLS REOPEN
      95 5 n-t- Prc>> hinese orrf^pondent The four sawmills. :> US M i resiuned :lt of a id :r r < een <men. ..lls may (till 4 mills moment. < «ed down j or early m January due to the uneconomical coste of operation Part of the sawmill workers
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      TOTALISATOR BETTING TAX IS UNCHANGED
      360 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE proposed increase from ten to 15 per cent, .n the duty on sweepstake* conducted m Singapore will not affect totalisator tx*X the duty on which remains- at ten per cent., Mr. Tan Ah Tah, Commissioner of Estate Duties and Commissioner
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      48 5 )tirs. A. C. Corless. Supervisor of the Sincjapore Blood Transfusion Service, registering blood dono r s at the Great World yesterday. Since the oven ing of the Trade Fair, 150 donors have registered. Many hundreds more are required "Give your blood to save a life." Free Press picture.
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      Villagers want English lessons
      530 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO combat illiteracy among the adult population of 1 Singapore > rural areas, the Pasir Panjang Village Committee will take the lead by approaching the Government, through the Rural Board, for the <»i -anisation of adult classes to teach English and other
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      MR. SETHI GETS DELHI POST
      87 5 THE Indian Government Information Officer m Singapore, Mr. A. R. Sethi, has been appointed Information Officer at the Indian Armed Forces Headquarters In Delhi. He will leave Singapore for India by air on or about May 19. Mr. Sethi will be succeeded by Mr. Satish
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      INDIAN FINED
      51 5 Free Fress Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Mon. i DLEADING guilty to using an office m Kuala Lumpur as a common betting house for the collection of bets on horse racing, an Indian dispenser. T. Thuriappah. was today convicted and I fined $1,800 by the District I Judge, Mr. M.
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      TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIA
      69 5 MR. Leong Thoe Soon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leong Hoe Yeng, of Kuala Lumpur, is flying to Australia this we3k to further his studies. Mr. Leong. an old boy of the Victoria Institution, passed the Cambridge School Certificate examination last year. A keen amateur
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      CHURCH PROCESSION ON MAY 13
      254 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE parochial council of the church of St. Joseph has made elaborate arrangements for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima which will be celebrated at the church of St. Joseph on Thursday. I In the morning, there will be low
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      RURAL BOARD
      27 5 RURAL BO ARD The monthly meeting of the Rural Board will be heid i on May 20, 1948, m the Land i Office, Singapore., at 10 a.m.
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      Colonies to promote fish 'cultivation'
      358 5 < TUE Colonial Office proposes to develop fully the 1 "cultivation of fish m lakes and ponds, a method of increasing fi>h supplies that has a big future m the tropics, says a report from London. In Malaya, Hong Kong and Palestine, this is already
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      Tigers wipe out village dogs
      117 5 Free Press Correspondent KUANTAN. Monday. TIGERS m the jungle close tc Kuantan. chief port of Pahang. have wiped out the dog population of a village, chased a mail truck, carried away stray cattle and even run under villagers' houses while hunting wild boar. So faj.
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      JOHORE COUNCIL
      21 5 A meeting of the Johore P Council of Stat? wifl be held an th€ Dew an on May 25.
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      FOUND SHOT
      39 5 Free Press Corre»|K)Mor'it IPOH. M A CHINESE and a f. who went pig-shoo' fortnight ago at Sitia* m. were found dead on Prl m the fungle two miles eft Ayer Tawar. The shotgun I carried is missi]
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      Punter whO lost $60,000
      871 7 Arena ..By CrusocTer THE Singapore Turf Club's l'J4B Summer nud will go down on the records a** one m v h I wagering on the five days was the hl^'lu't id history of racing m Malaya. Investments on the totalisator reached unli< of limits, and beLs
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      WOMEN'S HOCKEY
      39 7 IRELAND beat France twonil m the world championship women's hocktes m Amsterdam ye&U rday. The United States-Denmark match ended m a n draw, but m the second five minutes of extra tiny United 81 ning goal.- A.P.
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      Patrick gains Knock out in round
      53 7 Patrick gains Knock out in round h n; conte>t at liuni ye^ter\iirtr.iliun li^hti vhampioii. Vie i 11-. knock d out tn lisht- m -ure. 135 1 last r«»uid of a i.Mt l?-n»und xm d from i >tret«hcr and tkl s ue to the int of pun;shk from Patrick. ..H>r«-d nncx-
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      DATES FIXED FOR OLYMPIC XI GAMES
      330 7 First match v All Singapore By Our Soccer Reporter HATES for the China Olympic soccer team's games m Singapore were fixed last night. The tourists, who are expected to arrive here on May 19, wilJ play their first match on May 22 against the
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      Surrey face huge deficit
      105 7 Surrey face huge deficit I\\ had a dismal day at the Oval yesterday rtpl\ins to the huge Australian total oi wore all out for 141 m their first innings fellewiag on. had lost two wickets for 25 at close thus face the final day's play this DM behind with only
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      Scoreboard
      285 7 \l STKALIAX— Ist INNS. Morris Ibw McMahon 65 Barnes Ibw Sou ires 176 Bradnuui b Bedser 146 I ImmM b BedxT lit N Ilarw\ h MrMahon 7 I. JohnvM c FLshlock b Be^ 46 LinJual! b Bedser 4 Tuilon not out 50 Kin* b McMahon 2 B. Johnston Ibw
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      Malaya fifth in athletics
      82 7 TAIWAN has the leading boxscore on track and field events m Shanghai m China's National Athletic Mcct with Malaya, the only Overseas team m running, placed m fifth. Drastic changes m the standings, however, are expected when track finals are held once the weather clears. Taiwan,
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      Davis Cup: Britain v Norway today
      122 7 FOURTEEN nations will bid this week to join the rierlands m the quarter- tinaLs of the European Zone Davis Cup tournament. The Dutchmen, led by veteran Dr. Hans van Swol, swept all five matches against Portugal m the second round. Britain and Norway are
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      M'sex, GLOUCESTER FARE BADLY
      456 7 MIDDLESEX, last year's County champions, and Gloucestershire, who were runners-up, both failed to gain first innings points m their first County championship matcfos yesterday and are m danger of defeat. Hampshire, who finished one from the bottom of the table last season, gave Middlesex a shock
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      ROVERS WERE BETTER XI
      168 7 EXCELLENT gualktepkig by IJu Teow Seng was soen n yesterday's S.A.F.A. second division league game when the Rovers beat the 19th Air Formation Signals by three goals to one. Playing a much faster and brainier game, the Rovers were obviously the better team. The Rovers scored
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      ATHLETES MISS PENALTY
      144 7 DOINTS wort- shared beiwetn 1 the Katong Eurasians and the Chir.ese Athletes m a 1 second division leagu? game at Geylang stadium yesterday. Each side scored once, the Eurasians through Qarnel] m j the tenth minute and the C.A. I m the very next minute when Chw
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      NO TRACK WORK
      27 7 There was no work on the K.L. course this morning owing to heavy rain. Horses will be trained this afternoon at 2 i o'clock.
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      Just before the end
      43 7 Anton Raadik, Estonian middleweight, clubbed his way to a tenth round technical knock-out over Georgie Abrahams m Chicago recently. This graphic picture shoios Abrahams going down m the final round just before the fight was stopped by the referee.
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      WINT IS IN TOP FORM
      317 7 From Vernon Morgan ARTHUR Wint. the giant Jamaican middle-distance runner, showed last week ithat he is the man to be feared m whichever of the Olympic events— 4oo metres and 800 metres he contests. Running for the first time this season for London University against
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      S.C.C. PLAY THEIR BEST GAME BUT LOSE
      431 7 M.F.A 5 S.C.C 4 THE Singapore Cricket Club were unlucky to be robbed m the last minute of one point which they would have fully deserved when they went down to the Malay Football Association by the odd i goal m nine m
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      55 7 Today's sport SOCCER: S A. FA. League, Div. I—Seaforths1 Seaforths v. R.A.F. haj\g i, Jalan Besar stadium; Div. II Kola Raja T. Singapore iustnrt Signals, SC C; Div. Ill Singapore Civil Service v. Mental Hospital XI, MtNair Road; Social AP. W. SHE. Boys' Club, t'.Y.M.A. ground, St. George's Road, (All
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      240 7 F.P. Crossword No. 381 W^W^"^' 131I 3 1 ii4p i 6 7 Z!_ZiiZ«ZZ~ 1» 1L _1!L J_i 114I 14 l 5 te r m Si 20 I izizizfeSz^- Li i > A« iiv) 2. Professional combatant <9). 7, Festivity <4j. 9 Clo^e vi (3). 10, Rarely t«). 12. CiH off
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      JOGJA MOVES AGAINST DUTCH PLAN
      393 8 JOGJA MOVES AGAINST DUTCH PLAN United States talks called BATAVIA, Monday. THE Indonesian Antara news agency reported today 1 that Republicans are planning to hold a conference m the middle of June to be attended by representatives of the "National Front- throughout Indonesia for discussions regarding the formation ana structure
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      Improving life in the tropics
      481 8 CONQUEST OF DISEASE WASHINGTON. Monday. THE conquest of tropical diseases would result m a m«1 increase m the production of food and raw materials, stimulate world trade, and, above all, impiffC living conditions, with consequent social and cultural advances, said the I A Secretary of
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      'Truman has stabbed Southeners'
      146 8 'Truman has stabbed Southeners' JACKSON. Mississippi. Monday. GOVERNOR J. Storm Thurmond of South Carolina declared m a speech here to- j day that President Truman, by his civil rights programme j agair.st racial discrimination, had "stabbed" the South "m! the back" Addressing a convention of Southern democrats. Governor Thurmond declared:
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      Truman asks extra aid formations
      156 8 Truman asks extra aid formations WASHINGTON, Monday. ORESIDENT Truman today 1 asked Congress for U. 5.5818.000,000 foreign aid for China, Greece, Turkey and Trieste. The funds would be additional to the UJ5.55,3 30.000,000 already asked to finance European recovery. Delegates from the 18 na- tions and areas participating m the
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      NEW GROUND FOR DIVORCE
      271 8 LONDON, Monday. A BRITISH Divorce Court judge ruled today that the practice of coitus interruptus by a husband did not constitute consummation of the marriage and 1 this practice entitled a wife to a decree of nullity. Before the Court was a case m which a
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      Panic over Chinese $: Urgent talks
      140 8 Panic over Chinese Urgent talks NANKING. Monday. PRESIDENT Chiang Kaishek today held an emergency meeting with Chinese j Finance Minister, Mr. O. K. Yui to draft measures to curb soaring commodity prices as the value of 10.000 Chinese dollars dropped to the equl- j valent of one United States; cent.
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      No undue delay in UK deliveries
      78 8 BIRMINGHAM. Monday. DELAYS m delivery of goods were quito as groat m the United States if not gnater than m Britain, said the Minister of Supply, Mr. George Strauss, m a comment on a statement by an Indian industrialist that he would spend £1.000,000
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      6 NATIONS CONFER ON ISLANDERS
      153 8 SYDNEY. Monday. A COMMISSION to study the welfare of South Pacific i islanders will start work m Sydney tomorrow. Six nations concerned with j native peoples m this are will take part. They are Britain. i the Netherlands. France, the United States, Australia and New
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      Reds closing in on Mukden
      246 8 Reds closing in on Mukden SHANGHAI, Monday. AS Communist armies continue to sweep all before them m Honan Province, with advance columns already on the outer perimeter of the strategic city of Nanyang, "gateway to north Ilupch." the preliminary phase of the long-awaited battle of Mukden has been entered with
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      TALKS ON SUDAN
      35 8 Anglo-Egyptian talks on the constitutional future of the Sudan will begin m the next few days. This follows consideration by the Egyptian Cabinet of the latest British note on the Sudan. Reuter
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      UK WARNS GREECE ON EXECUTIONS
      228 8 LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN has told Greece "m the plainest language" that any executions there a* reprisals or mass executions would "create an immediate and deplorable reaction not only m Britain but on all civilised opinion.' The Minister of State attached to the Foreign Office, Mr.
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      MARTS REMAIN LETHARGIC
      511 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Mondaj. HTIIE London stock markets remained lethargic 1 today, the volume of business being small with prices for the most part moving to lower leviK «*a>neuter's financial correspondent. Rubbers were irreerular to lower and Tins continued to decline. Makers of radio receivers have
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      46 8 An exhibit attracting a great deal of at!' current British Industries Fair at Olympia, London this one showing a preview m miniature of Trooping Colour on London's Horse Guard? Parade on June 10 all to scale m 1,100 pieces, including the Duke of Edinburgh on horseback.
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      AUSTRIAN POWERS
      20 8 Austrian police and gendarmerie have been given limited powers of arrest over British personnel m the British-oc-cupied zone.
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      Rubber prices
      136 8 SPECIAL Market ipwjiw rives the price* of rubber 11 an. today m follows Buyers. Sellrr* Cts CU. pw Ib p*r Ib No 1 R S Spot loom 42S a 4 No 1 X S S fob m baJr> May .43 4S S No 2 X < n fat
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      Crowning of Siam's monarch this year
      100 8 Crowning of Siam's monarch this year BANGKOK THE c< VI) bhuimphui A take ptaoi the end leainwho Lav oxptcu-d B;ingkOA n ll v. v A tioi. shor reac.> ol Roy.; No next cc Siam. I wh( m 1934 at l;: not let i ago 1 a Warn man d>- r
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      MUSICAL NOTE IN 'NEW LOOK
      51 8 1 BALTIMUKI IS there a new i ladie* vi. havv d< They .1 I the burglan shop and m tti I panties al. ate lettering day oi k The flimtii' corated 1 ing a then, tivit For ins tan van array of n probably lor
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      BENES NOT WELL
      21 8 ORESIDKNT I been v U official sp> k why the Pr» attend the pr mony of i\. i
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