The Singapore Free Press, 13 May 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1948 t*KH ••'MS
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    JEWS TO PROCLAIM FREE STATE
    490 1 JEWS TO PROCLAIM FREE STATE Hagana grip tightens HAIFA, Wednesday. AS the^ end of the British mandate drew near, Jewish forces today tightened their grip on strategic areas m the Holy Land m preparation for the proclamation of an independent Jewish state at midnight on Friday. Hacranah is now m
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    Truce broken in Holy City
    74 1 Truce broken in Holy City fJEKI SALEM, Wednesday. ./.ed over 60 per cent of Jerusalem a sj_~cl envelopment of its strategic area- tan! buildings m the wake of retiring Britl reports Reuter. 1 pa are advancing through the cc apparently intent on wresting conn I the Holy Cv Hat I
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    MCS entrance exam, query
    83 1 LONDON. Wed. UNDER-SECRETARY of Colonies. Mr. David Rees Williams, told the Hotise Commons today that the reof the trade union mtslya was still faMr. -k Sklnnard. Labour asked how many *.y recruited officers were serving m administrative positions m the Government serrice m the Federation and
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    Tan Tock Seng burgled
    38 1 Tan Tock Seng burgled iff Reporter J 1 f the Tan sd tv nizht ded for :\>es and '.jlen diicS c hospital it 8 .en she ir_e: m m d_sJ .ed to en room w where and to
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    MARSHALL STILL IS OPTIMISTIC
    179 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. I>l SPECT the Kremlin may have decided to soften its foreign policy", the Secretary of State, Mr. George Mai shall, told press correspondents at the State Department tonight. Mr. Marshall was explaining the "peace talks" notes exchanged between the American Ambassador to Moscow, and
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    41 1 REX Far ran. who was fatally wounded when he opened a parcel bomb, enclosed m a copy of Shakespeare's play, intended for his brother, Captain Roy Jarran whose life has been threatened for over a year by the Jewish Stern Gang.
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    RADIO SEAC MAY BE VOICE OF AMERICA
    174 1 RADIO SEAC MAY BE VOICE OF AMERICA Free Press Staff Reporter DADIO SEAC, the British Army's broadcasting station m Ceylon, may beAxn r'can commercial station. American radio Lnteregtl have guaranteed the Ceylon Government 500,000 profit a year for exclusive use of the station. The station is being sold by the
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    Began a war —to face trial
    77 1 KEN__iluy SHIBAYAMA. the^maHtr who planned the attack on the Marco Polo bridga m helping, has bee-i arrested an* will be tried at Kanking[ by a Chinese milittry compiission. The attack on the bridge stated the I Slno-Japanese war m 1937 I ShU>ayama> will also
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    SUICIDE RUSE TO FRIGHTEN FAMILY
    147 1 SUICIDE RUSE TO FRIGHTEN FAMILY Free Press Staff Reporter A 36- YEAR-OLD Indian. Manikam, who told a detective that he was going to frighten his family by pretending to commit suicide, stood m the dock of the Fourth Police Court yesterday. The accused, Manikam aged 38. said he had no
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    Colour bar is 'God's Will'
    81 1 THE general conference of the Southern Methodist Church meeting m Columbia. South Carolina, yesterday, adopted a resolution stating that total race segregation is "the will of God." and must be maintained. The Almighty God saw fit, m his Infinite wisdom, to segregate the races m
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    CAR COLLLIDES WITH S.T.C. BUS
    53 1 THE driver of a motor car was overtaking a number of stationary lorries In Changi Road, near Lorong 104, yesterday evening was involved m a collision with an S.T.C. omnibus. None of the 20 passengers m the omnibus was injured. The driver of the car
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    POLICE 'SHADOW' FOR PRINCESS
    116 1 PARIS, Wednesday. i^XTRAORDINARY precautions are being taken by *i Paris police against possible Stern gang attempts on the life of Princess Elizabeth when she visits the French capital this week-end with the Duke of Edinburgh. These include:— Careful checks In Paris and other big cities on
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    HE COLLAPSED AFTER CRASH
    62 1 Free Press Staff Reporte. JHE 25 years old Chinese driver of a lorry that collided with a" cyclist m front of the Katong market m East Coast Road at about 4.45 p.m. yesterday collapsed after the accident and is now m the General Hospital. The bicyle
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    Go elsewhere, workers told
    261 1 HOSPITAL STRIKE THREAT Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Strang, has told hospital servants that "they had better find work elsewhere if they did not like doing whatever miscellaneous work they were asked to do." This had been made "absolutely clear to
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    THIS HAPPY BREED.....
    58 1 I In St. Louis (Missouri) yesterday Mrs. Mildred Boer<, five feet seven inches tall, filed suii for divorce from her four- feet circus midget husband because he stood on a chair and punched her m the eye. —U.P. 2 In Punta Arenas :Chile) t a ten-year-old girl
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    HELD IN S'PORE
    38 1 Siamese police announced yesterday that the Singapore police had agreed to hold for a fortnight the Siamese Police Captain, Chieb Chai Song who is wanted for the alleged murder of a Bangkok newspaper, editor: A.P.
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    'Long live China' cry as they hanged
    201 1 'Long live China' cry as they hanged Free Press Staff ReportrrO Cant«.; sters named Son X: and Cho<»i Tak who and killed a detective m Balestier Road on Nov. 14 last t were hanged at Outran. Road Jail at 6.30 morning. B<»'h w. id. Tlit two m»-n ly to the
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    DIRECT TRADE WITH JAPAN
    71 1 FROM next week b may negotiate c:: Japanese suppliers for textile requirement from privately-owned or new production, covers raw silk. iabr. ton. rayon and w Japan will be allowed to buy up to about 50 000 b of wool a year from Au> lia. and Australian
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    FINANCIER DEAD
    20 1 Sir Archibald Henry Campbell, chairman of the London Stock Exchange from 1923 to 1936, has died aged 77.
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  • FEATURES..
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      PANTUN ART
      741 2 A Malayan Bookshelf by A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE trouble with Malaya as a whole, with the Malays as a race, and with the Malay language, is that at first everything appears so extremely easy to understand. The Malay language, foi exampie, seems sc excessive ly simple at first
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      A BEST-SELLER FROM ITALY
      388 2 A BEST-SELLER FROM ITALY PETER QUENNELL reviews a new book m U.K. nOWN m the arid instep of Italy there is a region that, so its inhabitants declare, Christ has never visited. 'We're nut CLrstians,' they say. 'Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli. And Eboli lies many miles north
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      Bridge Problem
      403 2 VJL'E-T opened the spade kiiig, then shifted to hs singleton club. East took the ace and returned a low diamond. Declarer put m the jack and West took the queen. Now if West had led a heart. East could have taken the ace and returned the spade ten.
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      213 2 Fortune forecast for people born today. DOKN today,, you are m highly intuitive and emotionally receptive to others. You have a fine mind, but are too api to be influenced by others. As a child, you may hav e serious attacks of "hero worship"! You have definite
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      'HENRY V' PRAISED'
      38 2 The British film "Henry V is having a very successful run m several Budapest c mas. The Communist paper Szabad Nep has paid trtl lo the film's quality and the genius of Sir Laurence OL'
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      The Academ scoreboard
      132 2  -  PIERRE JEANNERAT by EOR the iirst time m the history of the Royal Academy an exhibitor has been elected a member yfter submitting: works for only two of its yearly shows. Strictly speaking no has been elected an "Honorary Academic. an Extraordinary" (that means outside the norma
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      40 2 BIBLES OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS SOl. |H *O «Q_" O T <~. m HiAN _*> o i_eOG( 32 0«Cm»RO ROAO SINGAPORE Sjf^ ON THE |jk HOTTEST DAY if/tyn AMSTEL BEER a wealth of cheer,, HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (Malay*) |JD. •NGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG
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      224 2 p-*.' •>jfZ___-j-> A a i PI AMI B i A mmW f SOLOMON I r CONCERTO No 3 ir. C V IB B C. Symphony Orchestra RIRINSTIIV VALSE m A Plat Mamr > IMPROMPTU m A Flat Ma (Schubert) NOCTURNES J ___o_____W__M i PRELUDE m C Sharp M BEES WEDDING
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      185 2 dfdf SiNGAPOKE From 12.00 noon to 2 00 p.m. biti metres m tbt medium wave band and 7.20 megacycles m the 41 metre band. Irom ti.oo p.m. to 7 45 p.m.: from 9.30 p.m. to 11 00 p.m.: 526 metres m the medium wave band, and 4.825 megacycles m the
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      433 2 Prices Aflfflouncetnents; 8.30 Friday Prom.— Violin Concerto by VleUXtemps; 9.30 News; 9.45 Talk; 10 Swing Club; 10.30 The Tliree Musketeers, 11 Last News Summary- Programmes m Malay: 12 Programme Summary; 12.03 Donrustc Affairs; 12.45 News n Malay; 6 Programme Summary; 6 05 Yesterday, today and tomor-' row; 630 Popular Request;
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      127 2 »_0 Programmo Su__„ary; 940 Interlude; 945 LIMA.; 10.15 A Bong to R»?member; 10.30 News and Items from Thursday's Papers; 10 45 Lets Gc a'Roaming; 11 Band of the Week; 1130 Reg Leopold and his Players'; 12 noon Hot Spot; 12.15 Fan fare; 12.45 Yankee Quarter: I World News Headlines; 1.02
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  • NEWS..
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      Royalty At Airmen's Memorial
      32 3 Royalty At Airmen's Memorial THE Royal Family view the Battle of Britain Memorial Chapel at Westminster Abbey, unveiled by the King m memory of Allied airmen killed m the Battle of Britain.
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      BIG DIAMOND RACKET IN P.I.
      304 3 BIG DIAMOND RACKET IN P.I. Goitf. losing $100,000 a month AROUND (US) $500,000 worth of diamonaj a month are finding their way into the Philippines Mack market without the knowledge of the Philippine Government, a leading Manila diamond merchant told Associated Press. The merchant, who asked not to be named,
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      Partitioning of Madras
      197 3 Tidian pruic-U Mate** of Mysore, Travaaand Cochin may have to readjust their A, m :he not -too distant future, said a Gover luu a -»jH»kesman. m \tw Delhi. He added to; v u W be the natural outcome of the jj! ion of the province into Tamil
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      This camera stops' beam of light
      44 3 This camera stops' beam of light A. tn n shown p: °y X m X X fast ft gr I] 186.- 0-or PC m o'. _k _d 'a tl mla an I an ..>.tndth c_ f>xM Si it Vi i» ft i A. P.
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      1,500 mile tow for cargo ship
      98 3 1 ,500 mile tow for cargo ship (IAPTAIN T. Bergh. ma*- r of the Lifjord. claimed sou- mile tow of de =$ale to Suva. 'Fiji Inlands». one of the longest by a cargo ship. The Lifjord was 365 miles troa the Langlec-gale which had lost a prepellor. 1.000 miles nor'
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      JAP HOPES OF PEACE TREATY
      181 3 TOKIO, Tuesday. rE Japanese have high hopes that the long delayed question of negotiating a peace treaty will be settled soon, following recent British interest m a preliminary Japanese peace conference, according to Japanese political obeserver> n Tokio. They consider the British wish to restore
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      THE EX-P.O.W. FELT BITTER
      64 3 RICHARD BASS. lorry driver, of Melton Mowbray. (Leicester), committed tor trial at Belvoir .charged with setting fire to corn stacks worth £3.000. was alleged to have told the police: "I was bitter against the farmers because they had not been m the Forces; it seemed to
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      Death in box
      74 3 \]R EVAN ROWLANDS, ir± 63. of Abbey-road, Hampstead, London, fell dead m the witness-box m Marylebone County Court. The Judge had just warned him of the danger of perjury before he collapsed. The screams of Mrs. Rowlands, 61, brought her sons, Evan, 28, and Ronald. 25, running
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      Leftists are purged by Chinese Reds
      131 3 Leftists are purged by Chinese Reds THE Communist Radio has broadcast the text of a speech made on April 1 by the Red chairman, Mr. Mao Tse-timg. m which he described the pur^e of "Leftists" and "murderers" and other bad elements" within the Party. Concerning the elimination of Leftists. Mr.
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      Gentle woman has murderer's photo
      261 3 PCOTLAND YARD, which respects the sensibilities m* of retiring old ladies who want nothing to do with the police, are impatient with a woman who may have a clue to the identity of a murderer. Handwriting experts said I the woman, "gentle, aging and self-effacing,"
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      'Let father bath them'
      121 3 A WARNING to fathers not to be feared by their children is given m the South Australian Central Board of Health, latent bulletin It was the fashion, contends the bulletin, for the father to have very little to do with young children, except perhaps when the
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      SUPPLY SHIP ON CORAL REEF
      23 3 SUPPLY SHIP ON C ORAL REEF 1^ 1 Land danger Phirok ran on the nor- Land coast. •■k were Phoenix rd Is and
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      Homes for Britain's black babies
      89 3 l ritten oured ome mate m Bed phoWe have a nice home and steady Income.' and offering to adopt a coloured baby. Mrs. Gabrielle Weston, a Canadian, who lias been dealwith the problem for ra at the League's headquarters m London, said, Applications will have
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      23 3 A conference of repreaentauves of India and Pakistan will be held m New D»lhi soon to discuss raw twtc and the industry. A.P.
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      25 3 SOME of the 200 athletes men and women who spent a week-end training at Clarton, Essex, holiday camp for inclusion m the British Olympic team.
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      Factory gets 'go' by ocean phone
      148 3 THIS month a phone tail from two British _rw_t___ 1 m the Atlantic will set a food factory m motion. This is thi? first step towards bringing pilchard—mainstay of the Cornish fishing industry bae\: into prosperous prominence For eighteen months the firm of Newball
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      19-minute murder trial
      81 3 JN on.' of the shunts; murr trial- at t. Ba:: years, lb Andrew Megan. 21. a fltt mate of Cambvrwell. Wl tencrd to d -atli aftej minutes tor the murd--74-ycar-old night wal at the Savoy ci. ton pleaded i 1 by his not pay. "HY Wl Qt
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      PORCELAIN AND STEEL PREFABS
      73 3 New.st entry m the lield of mass oroduced housing is of porcelain enamelled steel inside and outside. Shipped from the factory m panels, and erected by local builder-dealers it includes two bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, bath, and kitchen. Among the latest features are
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      U. S. RESIGNATION
      30 3 President Truman today accepted the resignation of Clinton P. Anderson. Secretary of Agriculture, who Is to run lor elect if n to the Senate m New Mexico.
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      Manila police chief charged with graft
      94 3 Manila police chief charged with graft CONGRESSMAN Jose Topacio Nueno of Manila has demanded immediate Congressional investigation of Manila police chief, Eduardo Quintos, and members of the Police Department. He submitted two lines containing addresses of gambling salons, houses of prostitution and opium dens which, he alleged, paid Quintos more
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      PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS
      52 3 "PROGRESSIVE Muslim." o_ 1 Bombay have decided to join the Indian National Congress, identifying their political aspirations with it "for the advancement of their religious and cultural life." Of 20 district Muslim Leagues m the province. 12 have been dissolved and the members are seeking a new poliUcal
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      23 3 Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy had been appointed Colonel Commandant uf the Royal Artillery m succession to Maj Gen. A' A. Goschen. Reuter
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      U.S._'FRIEND OF INDIA'
      66 3 rRMLR law member ol Madras. Su- C. P. Ramaswami Aiyer. m a press interview said there were great possibilities of closer bu^int _> and cultural con' acts between U.S. and India. Sir Ramaswami Aiyer who has just returned from a lecture of the U.S.. said "The Americans
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      TO STUDY BRITISH WAY OF LIFE
      44 3 SEVENTY student! Norway Bfred Hungary Switzerland Syria and Lebanon will m tin six weeks attend BCouncil courses m the I of England They will ham British methods of local government. police administration, and textile denning and engine* ring.
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  • LEADER..
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 13. 1948. Municipal Reform
      537 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. May 13. 1948. Municipal Reform T... BD nths after pul oi the Laycock R port, the Council will give a first reading to a Bill the Municipal t titution. The Bill re the Council on Tuesday. It will not pass into iaw m sent shape.
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      Bayonets won't halt them...
      1105 4 Bayonets won' t halt them... Says iSIRDUFF 1 COOPER THE result of the Italian elections has been widely acclaimed, m the free countries, as a victory for the cause of freedom. As to how great victory there may be difnee. of opinion, but a victory it certainly was History, however,
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      It Seems To Me..
      808 4  -  POLITICO by MR. Churchill has usually been able to see farther than most men, though unerring vision has never been among his claims. Always, however, the Far East has baffled him. He has never understood India, and he never understood Japan, or ior that matter even
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      CHINAS VICEPRESIDENT
      423 4  -  JAMES D. WHITE TODAY'S PROFILE By A.P. Correspondent TOR the first time m more than years, China knows that if something should remove Chiang Kai-shek from the Presidency there would be a constitutional way of filling his shoes. They also know wh would be newly elected Vice President
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      FAITH
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      Daylight after dark
      159 4  - Daylight aft er dark JOHN HALL. BY the mid-19 most people m Britain will look back on the home lighting they had m 1948 as we today look back on oil lamps. The world is moving into an era of fluorescent lighting the nea; thing to daylight aftei dark that
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  • LOCAL NEWS..
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      Govt seeks advice on schools
      109 5 Govt seeks advice on schools TO CREATE \FAV BODY It the need for hinery whereby nt may receive l dely representa--pi'nsible body upon educational and development, a be introduced into ive Council to Education Admmittee m SinBill is to bring the to the preB _rd up to Advisory the existB
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      22 5 Stephen after his christeni ng at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday is seen with his parent* Mr. and Mrs. Cheng Kai Shut
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      19 5 smr. ana Mrs. reter Lim after the christening of their baby. Veronica Phyllis, at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday.
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      PRISON FOR PISTOL, AMMO
      22 5 PRISON FOR PISTOL, AMMO years" nent was T A. Singapore Asterdaj ..n Ng .tonese. for <sion of an au- j and ammuni-
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      3 face armed robbery charge
      88 5 THREE Chinese Lim Ah Tee. aged 18 and Lim Ah Yew. aged 21 both of 46. Blair Road, and Woe Ah Bak. aged 28. of 57. Spottiswoode Parkappeared m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday on a charge of armed robbery. They were alleged to have
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      New SMC loan is fully subscribed
      385 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE 530.000.000 Singapore Municipal loan has virtually been fully subscribed, Mr. J. R. Hill. Municipal Treasurer, told the Free Pres> \e-terday. Over 515.000.000 has been taken up by applications for conversion from holders of the 1928 Municipal loan. New money
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      CHARGE OF BRIBERY
      49 5 Bail of $500 was allowed to Frank William Norris, aged 38. St. Michael's Road, who wa_ charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with accepting a bribe. Norris, who works for the Municipality, is alleged to have received $200 from Ng Eng Kee. a building contractor.
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      BEATEN TO DEATH
      197 5 BEA TEN TO DEATH THE story of a man who died with a photograph of a girl m his pocket was told m the Coroner\s Court yester- day. The man. 30-year-old Tay I Poh Seng, was found dead near a coffee shop at 13. Pahang Street at 6 p.m. on
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      $1,500,000 LAND DEALS
      269 5 $1, 500, 000 LAND DEALS Built-up lots m demand Free Press Staff Reporter QVER $1,500,000 changed hands m one month alone for properties m various parts of Singapore, according to the official register of transactions. The deals were m December to which the latest statistics refer. Shims ranging from $30,000
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      Federation tightens up immigration
      119 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent FIE Federation of Malaya has further tightened its immigration regulations m conformity with the decisions taken at the last session of the Federal Legislative Council. Chinese residents m Malaya, applying for admittance of their wives and children from China, must satisfy the
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      19 5 Member* <.•/ tfte Pch Youth League competing in the "Grapes Eating" Contest during their picnic on Hawpar Island on Sunday.
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      10 LICENCES CANCELLED
      114 5 Fre c Press Chinese Correspondent. WEN Chinese remittance A shops m Singapore have had their licences cancelled because of irregularities. These shops had been warned by the Government that it was unlawful for them to appoint non-licensed agents to collect remittances for them. The only places where
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      Rotary Club loses flag
      164 5 r PHE Singapore Rotary Club A has lost its Rotary District Flag and at the annual general meeting yesterday the retiring president, Mr. S. S. Franklin, appealed to members to help find it. The flag has been missing since the Easter conference of Rotary District m
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      MR K.P.K MENON
      69 5 Mr. K. P. K. Menon is retiring from th- Bar and returning to India next month. A dinner will be held m his honour, and those wishing to take part should write to the Joint S:cretaries of the Fare well Committee, at 458 Race Course Road before
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      56 5 pwture Lady Gent, wife of the High Commissioner for the Malayan Edward Gent, on Tuesday arrived at Tengah airfield by Lancastrian aircra m England. About ten minutes after she had landed. Sir Edward G red m private aircraft from Kuala Lumpur to meet her. Picture shows Sir Edward and Lady
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      'Self-Govt' practised in Chinese school
      402 5 Free Press St_if Reporter I'KAIIN-Ntj m democracy _s being given to siuaenis of the Singapore Chinese Hi>rh School, Mr. See Eng Su, its headmaster, told the Free Press yeetiwdsy. He said that this was being carried out through the Students' Self Governing Organisation probably lhe
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      RAF DISPLAY AT TENGAH ON MAY 22
      209 5 THE R.A.F. Station at Tengah will be open to the public on Saturday, May 22, from 2 to 6 p.m. Admission charges will be one dollar. Members of the Forces m uniform and children 50 cents. Proceeds will go to Royal A_r Force
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      TEN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
      83 5 TEN three-year scholarships, valued at $1,200 a year, at Raffles College, will be awarded this year. Ca.NMdates for the scholarships mast have been born and educated m Malaya and have qualified for admission to the College. Applications should be sent be fore May 31 to the Deputy
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      FAKEHERO WHO FOOLED STARS
      476 6 FAKE HERO WHO FOOLED STARS Poison ends dream life THE "dream life" of Clive Edward Grunspan, 28- < year-old London artist, who once defrauded two West End hotels and hoaxed theatre stars by posing M a blind ffroup captain, has ended m a ransacked hotel room m France. Beside his
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      M.I. 5 trail Palestine arms gang
      103 6 M.I. 5 trail Palestine arms gang CUSTOMS men have foi lea an attempt to smuggle British currency by post from the Lebanon to England and MIS have been put on the track of a Palestine arms smuggling gang. MIS men have discovered the money was being sent by Arab sources
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      White Australia policy opposed
      54 6 I'NIVERSITY students at M ne condemned the D of the Immigration Minister Mr Arthur Calwell. m deporting and threatening lepoft non-white citizens. Mr. Calwell recently ordered the deportation of Tongan and Chinese wives of Australian citizens and an AmerlNegro boxer who married Australian woman and had
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      SUBMARINES FOR TURKEY
      49 6 SUBMARINES FOR TURKEY Four ultra-modern American submarines which have reached Izmir (Turkey, are part -J the US aid programme and are expected to be turned over the Turkish rnment on May 25th. .ta mt 40 per cent, of the American crews will remain In Turkey to train Turkish personnel"
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      FOR ESCAPE TALKS
      34 6 Dutch have invited Indonesian Republicans to part In the third conference ol the Economic Commission tor Asia and the Far East which meets at Ootacamund. In West Madras, next month. Reuter
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      BURMA TO HAVE AIR SERVICE
      52 6 '|>HK BurmeM Cabinet lias A sanctioned a scheme for the mobilisation of air transport and appointed a board pending the formation ol a commercial company The Union of Burma Airs/ays are expected to begin not only internal .services but ♦lights to Calcutta. Singapore. Bangkok and
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      Smuts calls for Super-group No 3
      158 6 Smuts calls for Super-group No 3 DECLARING himself against the present world pattern of tw 0 powerful states facing each olh^i across 4 a barren, almost deso_-t_ j Europe.' General Smuts has been called for the formation of a third "Super Group" of nations linking: Europe with the Commonwealth. "It
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      NO CERTAIN CURE YET FOR SYPHILIS
      131 6 NO CERTAIN CURE YET FOR SYPHILIS DR. J. R Heller. Jr., chief Of the Venereal Diseases Division of the United States Public Health Service, told the international congress on tropical medicine, ln session here, that it may be possible to cure early syphilis with a single shot of penicillin, but
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      SOVIET CRUSADE
      76 6 is planned by four young Britons who will travel two miles from Leningrad to Stalingrad m this van fitted with a cinema projector. An official of the Soviet Embassy m London said he saw no objection to t lc cru JJgf ivhich loill advocate a single world government
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      Men 'hopeless' without women
      51 6 Men 'hopeless' without women lITHENEVER men live to- gether, with no women about, the way they look after themselves is "intolerable.' Commander A Marsden (Con.. told the Commons. ln the Commons smoking room newspapers were strewn all over the floor, and there wa* cigarette ash everywhere 'It is hopeless." he
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      FILM STAR CLAWED BY HIS DOG
      143 6 FILM STAR CLAWED BY HIS DOG DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY. the Canadian film and stage star, had to call m Sir Archibald Mclndoe. the London plastic surgeon, to treat a gash m his nose caused by an over-atTectionate dog. His 10 6t Irish wolfhound greeted him so eagerly when h'« returned to
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      Asked court for stolen chops
      113 6 CiOLIN Campbell. 36 old Liverpool meat porter, caused a stir m the City Magistrates Court when, after pleading guilty to stealing four chops and being bound over, he asked: Can I have the chops, sir?" For a moment there was astonished silence, and then the
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      FAO to fight malnutrition
      275 6 FAO to fight malnutrition THE United Nations Food and Agrh sation proposes to Wet up a i' East Asia shortly to co-ordinate and on nutrition and to develop rice am; This disclosure has been ma. Ackroyd, Director of the Nutrition D m a paper on "Malnutrition and tht presented to
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      Honduras dispute for world court
      25 6 B to __t_ni! SOY» durai Court H' Ing t< prov tain had the pr- Of F Sider act I Reuter
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      40 TOO OLD IN AUSTRAL
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      STEEL SHORTAGE CUTS MOTOR OUTPUT IN USA
      180 6 THE American automobile industi itinue. Ume ground m its effort to catch up with vi filled orders. In what should be its beet \n Auction period, dwindling steel supplies have caused order< to pile up. The industry reported a car m i truck
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      HEAVY INDUSTRY FOR INDIA
      64 6 T^HE Government of India ha.s started negotiations with leading heavy electrical machinery manufacturers for establishment of a Stateowned factory m India for the manufacture of heavy tk etrical power plant* and machinery. The Government contemplates bringing foreign exts to India to Instal factory machinery and to
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      30,000 ARABS READY
      142 6 CND ol ths British mandate ■s will catapult 30,000 trai Arab troops into Pal< > competent advices from Middle East report*. Arab regulars it was said will be supported by air cover ranging fom Egyptian Spi:flres to almost ancient crates Th^ Invaders will have artillery, anti-aircraft defence
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      AGED 97, HE LIKES FLYING
      55 6 A YEAR ago. Mr. John Dodson, aged 97. of Cronulla New South Wales), decided to fly from Sydney to Hobart. He liked flying so much that, m the words of his son, "we cannot keep him on the ground." In the past year Mr Dodson
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      SIGNE HASSO ILL
      15 6 Swedish actress Signe Hasso is recovering from an operation for acute appendicitis.
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      BLIZZARD HIT ITALY
      9 6 BLIZZARD HIT ITALY m xh causvc n:ad< A U.P.
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      95 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Ma lava C\SS* FA [he R dXT^ /l^ D r"L^ k^c' A H v A RV cI HlN^r OF COURSE WY *>EAR?N/ AH, BL.T WHAT MFNI, L Tm TttiVk iam? >f MlbLUS SAYi SHE YOURE LIKE AMNLSIA J/ DR BLFEK' COLD k!
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      WASH BROOK SCORES 110 IKIN 69
      361 7 WASH BROOK SCORES 110 IKIN 69 Compton and Edrich fail r ANCASHIRE batted all day against Warwickshire at Manchester yesterday and compiled a big total for which Washbrook and Eric Edrich (brother of Test -player Bill and G. A. Edrich), were chiefly res- nsible by contributing centuries. It was Eric's
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      MILLER TAKES 3 WKTS IN 10 BALLS
      181 7 MKMISSING Cambridge University for 167, the A_s!i____a_ had put themselves m a strong posiaroring 184 for one by close on the first day geeee at Cambridge yesterday. he morning There -__s a heavy I Cambridge on _od the atmos- d and very close
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      Scoreboard
      148 7 U_H___G_r- Ist. INNS. Pepper c Miller b Toshark 28 Dewes b Millrr 6 l> ,;irt r __MM_| b Toshaok 33 ShutMeworth c Sabers b Kin- 7 Bailey run iHit 16 1 L b Millrr 12 Irtvole c MUler b I mdwalt 33 Mills < ILimrncf b MiUer 13 r
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      GOLF RECORD EQUALLED
      130 7 A RECORD score of 66 established by Bobby Jones. i the famous American golfer, 20 years ago was twice equalled yesterday when 100 professional golfers, who had qualified m sectional tourna- ments earlier m the season, began the final stages of the Daily Mail £2,500 tournament on
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      POINTS SHARED AT GEORGE'S
      74 7 THE C.V.M.A. and the Malay Football Assn. drew twoall m a third division S.A.F.A. league game at St. George's Road yesterday. cow Yin opened the scoring when he drew the Malay goalkeeper. Wori. and .slipped the ball into an empty goal. The Malays equalised soon after
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      LUCKY STRIKE B.P.
      79 7 'pHE Lucky Strtie B.P. will meet the Upper Serangoon Road Rangers m a badminton match at the A A.U. court m Gran?** Road on Saturday at 3 p.m The Lucky Strike B P. will be represented by Cheang Se:.? lock. Loong Pan Yap. Hoo Chun Kah. Charlie
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      Joe Louis is 34 today
      79 7 JOE LOL IS. whose weight has been the subject of much discussion by boxing writers, expects to scale 15 st. 6 lb. his heaviest fighting weight ever when he defends his world heavyweight title m the return contest with Joe Walcott on June 23. Louis,
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      BRITAIN LEAD IN DAVIS CUP
      57 7 GREAT Britain won the doubles m their European zone second round Davis Cup tie with Norway, which was continued m Oslo yesterday and now lead by two matches to one. In yesterday's match A. J. Mottram and Henry Billington, Britain, beat j. Haanes and J.
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      ALL BOLONEY BEST ON HEAVY TRACK
      260 7 Free Press Racing Reporter ALL Boloney showed good action when clocking 26 sec. for two furlongs on a heavy track at Kuala Lumpur this morning when only a few horses were given fast work m preparation for Saturday, the opening day of the Selangor
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      A.A.U. celebrations cancelled
      113 7 A. A.U. celebrations cancelled a subcommittee meeting of the Amicable A.U. held on Sunday. It was decided to cancel the 14th annual anniversary celebrations due to the present epidemic of infantile paralysis. Those members who had paid up their anniversary subscriptions and donations may claim a refund from the hon.
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      NEW WRESTLER FIGHTS SATURDAY
      234 7 TREAT world wrestling fans il will have an opportunity of seeing another new wrestling star with a big reputation when John Morro makes his first appt-arance against King Kong on Saturday night. Morro arrived m Singapore on the Gorgon over the week-end and immediately signed up
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      Test player in action
      38 7 John Ikin, the Lancashire and England cricketer, turns a ball from R. Smith to leg during the game between Lancashire and the Home Counties. Yesterday Ikin scored 69 runs m a County championship game.
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      Deciding goal in last minute
      360 7 Deciding goal in last minute A CLEVERLY lobbed free-kick gave the Chinese Athletic a last-minute victory by three goals to two over the Indian Association m a rather scrappy First Division S.A.F.A. League game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Cervt re-half Seng Quee mathematically placed the kick, given for a
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      MALAYS GAIN 2-NIL WIN
      190 7 Malays 2 In_ia_iS 0 PAST and clean soccer was witnessed at Geylang Stadium when the Malays defeated the Indians by two goals to nil m the S.A.F.A. Second Division league match. The Malays were nimble and tricky but the Indians were poor m attack. The Indians
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      CHINA WIN 7-3
      36 7 CHINA'S Olympic soccer eleven b# at off a stubborn Phra Nakorn team of Siamese at Bangkok's National Stadium on Tuesday winning seven three. China play the final game of the Bangkok series today.
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      Rest favoured to win Clarke Cup this year
      1070 7  - Rest favoured to win Clarke Cup this year KEN JALLEH By rE 20th annual Clarke Cup cricket match hotfJMl Europeans and the Rest will be played on tne padang this Witsun week-end and, unless the mccii cr interferes, the game should provide ami her of Useee traditionally close finishes with
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      ARMY-NAVY CUP TEAM SELECTED
      49 7 THE Army -Navy team to meet the R.A.F. m a Malaya Cup match on Saturday is as follows: Wragg (Arm y. Blight (Navy i. Whiddett (Navy>; Gill (Army), Cushly (Navy. Wilkins <Naw; Payne Army Todd Arm vI Watson (Navy i Woodgate (Navy and Jordan (Army,
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      159 7 F.P. Crossword No. _>83 'MM |J~| p~] 15 I 16 |p32 rhroei (S) 9. Special gin <v 13. Company C4>. i) 16. Notion (4). 17. Patience <9). 21. Supriaven (4). 25, Best (5). 28. Difficulty «4>. 30, Barmonj <s>. 33. Confessed (12). CLUES DOWN 2 Present time '5> 3. Naturalness
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      78 7 Sports diary SOCCER: S.A.F.A. League. Div. I—Tigers v. R.A.F. Seletar. Jalan Besar stadium: Seaforths v. Navy, Navy ground; Div. II Devons v. Pulau Bukom S.C, Geylang; Rovers V. C.A. 11. 8.0.D. ground (St. George's Road S.C.E.A. v. SUB. Police. Thomson Road; Police v. Katong Eurasians. Thomson Road; Div. Ill Indians
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    35 8 IE Birmingham tl the centre of Britain's canal From there canals run north-west to stanches- rvool and Chester; north-east to th t Trent, the Humber: south-west to Glouc .th to Oxford and south-east to London.
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    Vietnam peace raisesrice hopes
    214 8 Vietnam peace raises rice hopes vYIGON, Wednesday. THE French news agency today reported that a prol___o___l central Vietnam Government uniting the Fie_rch-spof__o_-d Annamite administrations m three Indo-China States Tonkin, Anna.ni and Cochin na, would be set up next week. Observers hail this news, as a settlement m Indo-China would make
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    MUSLIMS LOSE 800 DEAD IN KASHMIRCLASH
    94 8 Inesday. SOME I M ..lim raiders vet nated killed and d when Indian troops repulsed an attack agar m Jammn Province. X on Monday, v r rtfl from qu. Indian casualties ole, it is added. Th> aid to total 4.000 °d m six battali:id
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    US $36 million aid to China
    135 8 WASHINGTON Wednesday. THE United States Economic Co-operation Administration has granted $36,000,000 aid to China for food, cotton. D3troleum and fertilisers. This allocation is the first made to China under the Foreign Assistance Act. and the largest single allocation to any individual country so far.
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    HOLLAND'S QUEEN TO ABDICATE
    353 8 HOLLAND' S QUEEN TO ABDICATE Handing over tn Juliana TIIE HAGUE, Wednesday. QUEEN WILHELMINA of the Netherlands announced m a surprise broadcast to the nation tonight that she would abdicate m favour of Princess Juliana m September after the festivities m connection with the completion of her 50 years' rule
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    41 8 A hydroglider, christened "Rainbow," which "glides" on the surface of water at 60 m.p.h.. is seen here m the Seine, Paris, after having crossed the South Atlantic. Constructed by M. Rene Coutinet at Rio de Janeiro, the "Rainbow" weighs eight tons.
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    Marshall backs Europe pact
    86 8 THE U.S. Secretary of State Mr. George Marshall, said In Washington yesterday tha' he was "ln general accord with a proposal to pledg American support for such regional alliances as the tern European Union. He was referring to v resolution, i.ow under consideration by the U.S.
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    NO NEW TIMES
    21 8 B__ti_.li authorities have banned the distribution m their zone of Germany of the New Times, published m Moscow.
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    KOREA: US DEMAND TO RUSSIANS
    174 8 SEOUL, Wednesday. lEUT. Gen. John R. Hodge today demanded a Rus- sian reply to his proposal for a Russian-American conference ou Korean electricity problems. In a letter to Soviet Commander G.P. Korotkev, Gen. Hodge pointed out that he has proposed such a conference four times
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    The spy catcher
    66 8 AN electronic spy-catcher was among the new marvels of science described at the annual convention of the Institute of Radio Engineers. It Ls designed to pick out a moving object from anion-; a number of fixed objects. Thus a spy snooping around a war plant, or military
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    DIVORCE JUDGES DISAGREE
    146 8 DIVORCE JUDGES DISAGREE LONDON, Wednesday. A BRITISH divorce court judge today dismissed a wife's petition for nullity based on her husband's practice oi coitus interruptus, although he admitted that Lhe facts were similar to those m a case m which, two days ago, another divorce judge gave an opposite decision.
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    REDS INVADE HUPEH, SHENSI
    200 8 NANKING, Wednesday. DRO NATIONALIST reports today admitted the loss of two important South Honan towns—Tenghsien, 30 miles south of Nanyang, and Hsichiakuo. 75 miles north-west of Nanyang the capture of which gives the Communists access to Ihi pen and Shensi Provinces. Two Red columns are reported
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    Debs 'bob' to King
    89 8 Debs 'bob' to King LONDON. Wednesday. MANY debutantes of Britain and the Empire were presented today to the King and Queen at the first presentation party this year which was attended by over 2.000 guests at Buckingham Palace. Debutantes did not have to make the complicated and precarious low curtsey
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    OPERATORS HOLD OFF
    524 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. DUE to the disposil on on the part of operator- t< await further ix>litical moves in the international situation, tflbe London stock markets remained idk today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubberwere unchanged, and Tins are irregular to higher. Few sections showed any
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    Rubber prices
    167 8 A M'HIVL Market correspondent give* the prices of rubber a 11 am today as follows: Iimerv >rtleroai cu. SINGAPORE m^MBEK <>!■ COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber 1 Commerce Robber Assoc tat too > prices at noon resterday: N.Y. rubber J^EW YORK crude rubber luttires closed two lower to eight
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    JAPS TAKEN— AFTER 3 YEARS
    64 8 TWO ragged, but healthy Japanese soldiers came out of the jungle at Guam yesterday and gave themselves up. two years and eight months after the surrender. They had a 1947 copy of an American magazine and one of them kept pointing to a picture and
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    HALF MILLION SCOUTS ARE SUPPRESSED
    116 8 HALF MILLION SCOUTS ARE SUPPRESSED NEW -ORK. Tuesday. LORD Rowallan. Chief Scout ol the Briush Commonwealth, arriving on the Queen Elizabeth, said that Boy Scout organisations, with a total membership of 500.000 have been suppressed behind the Iron Curtain. Probably the greatest compliments paid to scouting II the fact that
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    TIN CROUP DROPS K.L.
    43 8 Free 'orrespondent LONDON, Wednesday. I UNDERSTAND from Malayan tin delegates now m London from Washington that the next meeting of the Tin Study Group will not be held at Ku.ila Lumpur, as originally contemplated, but probably it The Hague.
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    WOMAN GETS BRAVEST DEED MEDAL
    159 8 LONDON, Wednesday. MRS. Petronella Ferguson, a 38-year-old coloured woman of Grenada, Windward Isles. West Indies, has been awarded the Stanhope Gold Medal by the Royal Humane Society for "performing the bravest deed of 1947." When a cloudburst flooded a river near pregnant Mrs. i Ferguson's
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    UK GETTING NEW TYPE ATOM ARMS
    121 8 UK GETTING NEW TYPE A TOM ARMS IAJNIXJY BRITAIN is developing the most ni.nl. atomic weapons and adequate direction is bein*r made. This disclosur. the Defence Minister, Mr. A. V House of Commons today. Research and development v, highest priority and all types of we*] considered, he said m reply
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    Welsh weep as German PoWs leave
    11 8 BRIDGE Ni R 7' A.P.
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    'Operation emigration'
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    More US goods for East Europe
    29 8 wash:.'. 1 Mi paring which v.. American pr shipment of v. potentla. Since Mamerce D- ned count: cept such pots and pa U.P.
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    GUNMAN STREET BATTLE VICTIM
    229 8 Fre? Pre* Staff Repot A POLICE officer described at Seven; 1 a battle at the junction of Orel Roads m which he and two occupants wounded one of the latter dying after from the car. On trial are Ho Thean Seng alias Tan Ban. 24, charged
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