The Singapore Free Press, 21 May 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA t SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948 PRICE 10 CENT
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    ARAB CALL TO JEWS: SURRENDER
    460 1 ARAB CALL TO JEWS: SURRENDER Rubble threat to Holy City JERUSALEM, Thursday. \RAB Legion commanders warned tonight that unless the Jews holding out m the old city surrender within 24 hours Arab guns would reluce the area to a heap of rubble." They added that unless Jewish troops cease iring
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    37 1 The largest syna^^gue vi Jerusalem (dome, fore- ground) ivith the Mosque of Omar just behind. These holy places are now threatened by Arab shelling. On the Mount of Olives i7i the background is the Tower of Ascension.
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    Sympathy for the Princess
    129 1 hurch rebuke 'unfair' fc iiuckingham Palace had nothing to tfftj Jp meet ion with two Scottish ctifcirch 0 iko of Princess Elizabeth because X l r-e races, a theatre and a night club m n Paris, re>pon>ible Court circles today i riticism as "unjustified, unfair and
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    Warned for anti-Chiang leaflets
    145 1 Warned for antiChiang leaflets Free Press Staff Reporter THIRTEEN Chinese— ll men, a woman and a girl from eight Telok Anson labour unions and associations were severely cautioned and discharged by the magistrate when summoned m connection with a circular-pamphlet published and distributed by them to Teluk Anson Chinese. The
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    Tan Kah Kee to arbitrate in works dispute
    126 1 Tan Kah Kee to arbitrate in works dispute Vree Press Staff Reporter MR. Tan Kah Kee and the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions will today be asked to arbitrate on demands which 200 workers of the Bin Seng rubber factory m Buklt Timah Road have put forward to the management.
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    22 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hui Tona. who arrived m Singapore by the Marella this morning, were barred from landing by the Immigration authorities.
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    SOVIET COUNTER
    37 1 Russia has rejected a British claim for compensation for lives lost m the collision between a British transport plane and a Soviet fighter over Berlin and has lodged a counter claim of its own. A.P.
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    2 air aces die in Rome crash
    87 1 ROME, Thursday. TWO World War II air aces, a Canadian and an Englishman, were killed today when a plane m which they were flying crashed m flames iat Rome airport. It is said they were making for Palestine to join the Jewish forces.
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    MAN IN SHARK
    46 1 A man's body was found m a 450-pound shark caught off Cape da Guilar peninsula m Hong Kong on Whit-Monday. The only article by which identity was possible, were the remnants of what appeared to be jungle-green United States Army Issue trousers.- A.P.
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    FLYING CARDINAL ARRIVES TODAY
    113 1 iree Prest; Staff Reporter CARDINAL Spellman, Archbishop of New York, the only churchman of his rank to hold a flying licence, arrives in Singapore this afternoon from Australia in the course of a world tour. The Cardinal is spiritual leader of about one million and a
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    29 1 Tung Muh Shih, who played the part of Macduff m the Singapore Teachers' Repertory production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" last night at the Victoria Theatre. See Page Eight for Review.
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    No more apathy in Asia
    59 1 SIR John Boyd-Orr, British food expert, said last night m Paris that the peoples of Asia were no longer content to be apathetic and take poor food conditions as "an act of God." He called for collaboration between all nati »ns and increased production everywhere,
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    Came without her mother
    54 1 PIR-HAIRED Barbara Helen Osrnan, txco-and-a-half-year-old daughter of a repatriated Malay seaman, Osman bin Masapi, arrived with her father m Singapore this morning, on board the MareUa. BxU Barbara's mother was not on board. She had remained behind m Australia. Osman's explanation was that he had been
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    200 MEN END ONE DAY MILL STRIKE
    114 1 200 MEN END ONE DAY MILL STRIKE Free Press Staff Reporter ENDING a one-day strike. 200 sawmill hand 6 have gone back to work In the Kirn Hock Cheong and the Song Wan timber yards m Kallang Road. They have asked their employers to postpone a proposed wage cut The
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    PORTRAIT OF CHIANG TARRED
    65 1 Free Press Stiff Reporter Two big celebration portraits of China's President, Chiang Kai-shek and VicePresident Li Tsung-jen, hung outside the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce m Hill Street, were smeared with paint or lar m the early hours of this morning. The Chamber jaga, hearing a
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    U.S. STRIKE RIOT
    34 1 A non-striker m the lowa (U.S.) meat packing dispute yesterday shot a picket dead and wounded a woman, causing a riot among 3.000 strikers which had to be quelled by troops.
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    Couple barred from landing
    242 1 Free Press Reporter Twenty-four Malay and six Chinese repatriates from Australia landed m Singapore this morning from the Marella. One was a deportee. Banned from landing was a Chinese and his Australian wife. "It is cruel to keep me o n board", said Mis. Hui Tong.
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    Radio Priest
    69 1 In 1932, he became a bishop, having been appointed auxiliary to the ageing Cardinal O'Connell m Boston. In 1939 he was named successor to the late Cardinal Hayes as archbishop of New York. Arriving with Cardinal are Monsignor F. J. Sheen, one of the best -known radio speakers
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    BERLIN BAN
    26 1 American authorities have banned all activities of the Soviet-supported German "People's Congress" m the American sector of Berlin by B<?rlil?' c Alliprl KnmmandaULT&. Reuter
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    THE DANCE WAS 'RIOT'
    108 1 Free Press Staff Reporter PASSENGERS, vho disembarked from the Marella this morning, told the Free Press of a fancy dress ball on board ship on Wednesday night, which ended m a 'riot' m which deck chairs and tables were thrown into the sea. Captain A. S.
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    U.K APPOINTS "CHIEF SALESMAN"
    41 1 Britain is to have a chief salesman to promote British Exports to the United States. The Board of Trade announced last nieht the appointment of Mr. Neville Blond as "United Kingdom trade adviser m the United States."
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    Chinese boy shot in gang 'battle'
    159 1 Chinese boy shot in gang 'battle' Free Press Staff Reporter AN 18-year-old Chii schoolboy was shot m the stomach during a gun duel between C.I.D. detectives and a "gang" near the junction of Rangoon Road and Race Course road last night. Two of the gangsters were am cd. Each had
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    Rural Board on a high note
    67 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ¥X)R three hours y< st>-r F members of the Rural Board, meeting m Singa;« shouted to one another acr the table. But ther* no bad Ing. Reason for the highpowered debate WMi noisy opposition ou: From beginning to end of
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    ATOMIC AGE— GREAT OR LAST
    60 1 ATOMIC AGE— GREAT OR LAST PRESIDENT Truman said last night that the atomic age faced the world with the alternatives of "destruction or the greatest ago m history Insisting that the latter would be the outcome, he added: "The United States Government is working to see that this age turns
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      Peace train
      351 2 r v Richard lompkins P. Correspondent MRS. Leah Manning d Pariiarrieru Eight of war l. Now she is niai•P- ace Tram' and West sa y Ok a tout it. i prove tl want ng a de- mcc, I stand. and she n no her ntluenc*? m mic the
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      Thread of gold
      159 2 SINCE the war Manchester cotton has transformed itself into a high fashion < fabric. Proof of this are a < few models that London < fashion designers have chos- en to make m cotton, de- monstrating the extraordin- < ary variety of texture and < styling seen
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      Bridge Problem
      251 2 RECENTLY one of the country's best bridge writers suffered the sime kind of blind spot In writing of this deal as bridw players frequently dev«iop m their play at the table. Playing a six h^art contract. South got the opening lead of a singleton club. He didn't male
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      GUARD YOUR HANDS
      251 2 ]T ii a common saying that, if you look carefully at a person's hands, you can tell their age within a few years. If you wish to guard against this, take special care of the hands. In the case of a woman, her hands and the uses
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      Hatched from golden egg?
      55 2 WHILE preparing a young cockerel to send to her son m Sydney. Mrs. Dorothy Howland, of Tomngley. near Narromine. New South Wales, found half an ounce of gold m the gizzard. Altogether, 56 pieces of gold, from one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch m length, w"
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      Second Lady Of China
      650 2  - Second Lady Of China HAROLD K. MILKS By A.P. Correspondent MADAME Chiang Kai-shek, whose reputation for charm is worldwide, has a fitting new companion m China's second lady. The wife of Vice President Li Tsung-jen admits with some pride that she spent some years helping her farmerparents cultivate a Kwangsi
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      EASY SALADS
      184 2  -  Joan Castle Cooking echinus By |iOT veatbtr men:■ppetftei 4 hat want tempting but not c loading; a: d it moans cooks who want m« als-in-a-dish tl don't require n preparation m a kitchen. SaJads of course are answer. But they must be salads that are satisf' and energy-
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      Islamic pilgrim from UNKNOWN
      9 2 Islamic pilgrim from UNKNOWN 4 agr .var for A.P.
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      87 2 Iho MM lun On PARLOPHONF RICHARD TA (Tenor Hoc."RESTING <Mu\i A YIiAR AGO TO-DAY (I A TKUE ROMANCE tßubinsu-.n an DAWN (Kahn* VITUi ELLA < Tchaikovsky IN THE BALLROOM (Tchaik. > .1 PRDaCHUTZ— Max'i A AS I WALKH) WITH MY NEW LING ASLEEP TRAUM CA Dream > :<O6 (H.ar I
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      199 2 YOIU LUCKY STAR l-nriui: I r .i-t (or •p!** r>.ir» to< i t \uu h.i-.r > ambition > m f... w ni» h m »f»-t .t mania i i;rb \o:ir lest* i m mv eaihvsj .^,ns a»e hi, a 1 »:t »ua laust Kam l i ti one thing i
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      438 2 gsdfgfgfdg SINGAPORE From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m. 52S metres m the medium wave band and 7.20 megacycles m ihf 41 metre band. From X 80 p.m. to 7.45 p.m.: from 9.30 p tn. to 11.00 p.m.: m. ru^ m the medium wave band, and 4 825 megacycles m th.
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      366 2 Singer Florence Austral Soprano) SATURDAY 930 Hits from the Movies; 9.45 Music for Mil ions; 10. Variety Bandbox: 10.10 Records by Request; 10.30 Australian N,ws Bulletin; 10.40 Andre Kost.lanetz and Orch.; 10.45 1 1 Concerto Half Hour— The A Minor Piano Concerto by Paderewrid; 4. Australian Sporting Roundup prepared by
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      172 2 Men and Bcoks; 10 Rhythm Club; 10 30 Riding Down the Canyon; 10.50 Forces Prom.; 1130 World News from London; 11.40 Programme Summary. SATURDAY 8 Music on the Air; 830 War Jd and Home News; 8.45 Morning Star; 9 Symphony Concert; 930 Programme Summary; 940 Interlude; 9.45 Variety; 10 15
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  • NEWS...
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      LORD NELSON RELICS GO TO MUSEUM
      44 3 LORD NELSON RELICS GO TO MUSEUM last look at the or eat Lord Nelson's :t is packed away to join 140 f Britain's greatest admiral, at the The 87-year-old them because they have been too ibility and witt be seen by far more people."
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      A FREE PRESS
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      SIAM'S 'STRONG MAN'TO THE RESCUE
      384 3 SIAM'S 'STRONG MAN' TO THE RESCUE Can he bring order from chaos? FIELD Marshal, Phibul Songkhram, Siam's "strong man", who has made a swift comeback to power since he was acquitted of being a war criminal, is now facing the biggest gamble of his stormy career. Songkhram is pledged to
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      18 schoolgirls in mass faint
      101 3 18 schoolgirls in mass faint I M HEB tainted m a bu^-and, one after the is Mhooi^iris with her fainted,— too. The -fr v%o teacher-, were on an outing from the ■rrts (ouniN uncil Pilgrim Fort Camp at \ieu F& rham. opruaching G^xistone when the m 3t. John's Ambulance men
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      She got tough
      72 3 ROZKLLA Roger-Tiliey, 45, 8.1. F. worker, opened the door of her Kensington flat and saw a man prowling up the stairs. She challenged him. He said Want to get tough M She said Yes" and threw him a right uppercut that knocked him out. "It was a
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      AUSSIES BUY WAR PLANES
      52 3 AUSTRALIA has placed a 1 £1.500.000 order with Britain for 50 naval aircraft. Destined for the aircraft carrier Sydney, the Dlanes will consist of 25 Fairely Fireflies and 25 Hawker Sea Furies. The Sydney, formerly the light fleet carrier Terrible, is expected to be commissioned next
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      NAVAL FIRES: CID CALLED
      45 3 CIRE-RAISERS started two recent fires at Devonport R.N. Barracks it is believed by C.I.D officers called m by the Navy. Hundreds of ratir.gs are being screened to find men with extreme political sympathies. Fire pickets on night duty have been doubled.
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      HK labour laws called 75 years out of date
      274 3 HK labour laws called 75 years out of date HONG-KONG, after over 100 years of British administration, is still 75 years behind the times m its approach to labour re- j forms, according to Dr. G. A. C. Herklots. head of the Secretariat for Development, at a Rotary Club meeting.
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      Cut in Jap occupation forces
      119 3 Cut in Jap occupation forces BY the end of this year the total strength of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces m Japan will probably be substantially less than 5,000. reliable British rclea said m Tokio today. With the withdrawal of the New Zealand ground forces the force will consist of
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      US TELLS EUROPE 'GET TOGETHER'
      129 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. TTHE U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee t<xiay 1 approved by 13 votes to none a resolution suggesting that nations of Western Europe should make regional military alliances to guarantee their security. The resolution provides that the U.S., with Congressional approval, may enter into
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      Challenge to Dr Edith
      114 3 F)R- Edith Summerskill, U Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food, icas challenged to prove that she is an avert on stowing fish. Dr. Summerskill complained recently to the House of Commons that British trawlers treat their catches cartb.'sslp. Skipper G. Noble of Grimsby has written
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      Boy stowaway escaped twice
      107 3 SUSPECTED of raiding a Liverpool barracks, a 15--year-old Liverpool errand boy was caught by a policeman. He escaped and disappeared. Five weeks later Liverpool police received a cable from Accra, West Africa, saying that a boy stowaway was n a steamer which had just arrived there.
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      U.S. RETALIATES
      30 3 The American military government m Berlin nas temporarily banned the importation of all Russianlicensed publications into the U.S. Zone m reprisal for Russian interference with American papers.- A.P.
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      Court sequel to discord in A Flat
      250 3 THE music goes round a flat and they conduct Davis the elder pegs away at his arpeggios m one room for several hours a day, for he is a leading violinist m an orchestra. Davis the younger Is In another room either tooting
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      Church on gambling
      120 3 k BETTER public under- standing oi the difference between "constructive I and necessary" Stock ExChange speculation and speculation that is gambling is urged by the report of the Churches Committee on gamblirg published m England. The report says a Stock Exchange member is writing a brochure admitting
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      'Shoot without trial' order
      54 3 THE Jugoslav news agency Tanjua has reported m London that Greek rebels have discovered a Greek Army order to shoot without trial all rebels and rebel sympathisers except those who surrender with "arms In hands" The agency said its report came from the "Free Greek radio
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      62 3 T.VO USES FOX MANS E A T X S T FRIEND' -o Tn,> H Iru rehearsing m London. their celebrated "mi r.dc" m this year's X (Le.it/ A venf fate anai::* these n Antwerp are destined for the slaughter- ft" use. Some Be. bu f ':!iers are via £1,000.000 a
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      BROADCAST OFFICIALS 'OVERPAID'
      90 3 BROADCAST OFFICIALS 'OVERPAID' THE South African Broad- ratting c Ux> m paid aamiruotrativ Is at its nead jflice and v. d» rpays and overlooks its announcr-pro-duccis. according to the 1 Broadcasting Commisai. report tabled \n the Senate. The Commission is opposed to commercial broac by the South African Broadcasting Corporation
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      PLUTO SOLD FOR SCRAP
      49 3 DLUTO. the pipeline *iiich carried millions of gallons of oil under the English Charnel to help the invasion by the Allied forces, has b t n sold as scrap mPtal tor £256.985. Contractors wno salvaged the pipeline b I its break-un were naid €17.000. Reuter
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      JAP BIRTHS UP
      25 3 Japan's birUii'ate m f.b uar> T i>iv:u' i ed an increase of 37,282 over ihe prt mcr.th They totalled 260.481. Reuter AAP
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      89 3 TARZAN A mistake By &&ar Rice Burroughs L I >i V^ *TARZAN, MON AMI 'AH, IT IS 6000 TO WJfc>ooo HEAVENS, DAD' ITS •SIVA/'EXOAiMED SERWF. *lT IS SEE MDU/'OaEOD'AKNOT AS THE APE- 1,/ f^jr^\ ROBERT/" HELEN HOBER U VAR c cr^f? m{» t^" f Kd&y&P^^A MAN APPROAOCD. *HOW ARE YOU.
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. May 21, 1948. Liberty and Licence
      566 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. May 21, 1948. Liberty and Licence Apart liwiii me protagonists it has warned the Govcrnim:.: will have the fullest public support for Us deterInation to keep within mds the political battle which some Chinese 111 ■lony have committed themselves. The question it the bounds should
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      ONE REGISTER— OR TWO
      822 4 ONE REGISTER— OR TWO The Municipal Franchise By John Lay cock, vicepresident of the Progressive Party Legislative Council member tor the Municipal NorthEast division. AS former chairman of the defunct Municipal Constitution Committee, I would like to put to the city the question of the new Municipal franchise. The Municipal
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      YUKON'S UNCROWNED KING
      722 4  - YUKON'S UNCROWNED KING CHARLES LYNCH By Reuters' Correspondent A BIG red-faced man from Leicester, living m the most palatial log cabin m the Canadian North, is the uncrowned king of Whitehorse, flourishing frontier town which 50 years ago was a centre of the Klondike Gold Rush, and today is gathering
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      Eniwetok A-bomb Tests
      384 4  -  LIEF ERICKSON By A.P. Correspondent HONOLULU: THE recent atomic tests at Eniwetok proved how bombs now under development by the United States would work and their efficiency. Lfting the curtain oi secrecy only slightly, Lieutenant General John E. Hull, commander <>t the joint task force, said on
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      People in Singapore make news
      950 4 People in Singapore make news ARRIVING m Singapore today with Cardinal SPELLMAN of New York, is America's No. I radio priest," 53--year-old Monsip;nor FULTON J. SHEEN. His broadcasts and sermons from St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, have won him mass audiences for his "suppie, rhythmic English spoken m a magnified
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      BIGGER GOIVT GRANTS FOR STAFF
      378 5 BIGGER GOIVT GRANTS FOR STAFF Further salary advance m June Free Press Staff Reporter MEW and higher cost of living allowances for Singapore Government servants are to be announced soon. A report of the joint committee on cost of living allowances, containing details of the new rates, was to have
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      Interviews to select collegians
      78 5 Interviews to select collegians Mx Stai Keporter r admission fi Medici: =c aril] t and the ft oy a f c Committ* rmanship of II PhysioB Meriicr be conf:rvs ncluding E~ «.r-u. MaKuaia Lum- Kangsar. rary i and I Malaidded to >elecirlll be •ar. ecr tfr 5 -s-r-rday. B n
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      Leper movements: 'no proper check'
      373 5 Leper movements: 'no proper check Free Press Staff Reporter 'FHE present staff of the Yio Chu Kang leper settle- ment was so small that it could not keep a proper check on people coming m and out, said Dr. R. J. Grove-White, officer-in-charge of the settlement, at the meeting of
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      Call for new Municipality
      212 5 AT the Progressive Party meeting on Wednesday, a I motion calling upon the Government to give full effect to I the Report of the Municipal i Constitution Committee, wifl adopted Moving the resolution. Mr. John Laycook. spoke of apparent reluctance by the Government to adopt fully
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      Sunderlands for Australia
      127 5 THREE Sunderland flylng--1 boats of No. 209 (Hong Kong) Squadron under the Command of Group Captain R. B. Harrison will start on May 24. a five-day training and liaison flight to Rathmines, the main Royal Australian Air Force flying-boat base 75 miles north of Sydney The flight
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      45 5 pictures. These pictures were taken at a rally held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday to celebrate the installation of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek as President of China under the new Constitution. Upper picture shores the Consul-General Dr. Wu Paak-shing, addressing the meeting.- Free Press
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      Mufticommends S'pore Malay
      104 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Grand Mufti of Jerusalem has sent a message of congratulations to a Singapore Malay author, who has just completed the first part of a book entitled "Holy War m Palestine." The author is Inche A. H. Edrus who intends completing and publishing
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      PASSPORTS FOR INDIAINS
      40 5 THE Representative of the Government of India In Malaya now issues passports to Indians who wish to travel abroad. Application forms for passports can be obtained from the office of the Representative at 98, Robinson Road. Singapore.
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      Rank starlet passing through
      176 5 QHIRLEY MAYCOCK. 23--»3 year-old cosmetic demonstrator m a Sydney store, is to fly from Australia to London this week with a Rank starlet contract Miss Maycock is expected to arrive m Singapore by Constellation on Sunday morning. She is a champion swimmer who '•doublod" for Jear
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      106 5 Four Scouters from Malaya are leaving today by the Canton for the United Kingdom where they will spend six months' special training. Part of their time Will be spent at Gilwell. Yesterday, the Scouters paid an official visit to the Commissioner for Malaya, Mr. Frank C. Sands. On Wednesday night,
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      Hawkers plan seaside food stalls
      211 5 Hawkers plan seaside food stalls FE question of licensing night hawkers' stalls at i Bedoh was discussed by the j Rural Board yesterday. It was decided to leave the matter m the hands of the surveyor who was invited to pay a visit to the tn ach after sundown and
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      8 weeks for plans seat to Australia
      320 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A TRAVELLER m Singapore wishing to get a definite booking, fixed to an exact date and time, for a passage by Qantas Empire Airways to Australia would have to wait approximately eight weeks. Mr. F. A. Angel, the Singapore
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      FINED FOR THREAT
      160 5 THE Vice President of the 1 Selangor Mine Workers Union, a Chinese, Wong Fah was yesterday fined $500 and bound over for six months by the Kuala Lumpur District Judge, Mr. B. G. Smith on a charge of committing criminal intimidation. Wong was stated to have threatened
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      APPOINTMENTS
      35 5 The new Attorney-General of the Federation of Malaya is Mr. E. P. S. Bell and Mr A. J. Grattan-Bellew, Federal Counsel, Federation of Malaya, will act as Solicitor-Gen-eral of the Federation until further notice.
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      Bomo threat to Tekong islanders
      144 5 Bomo threat to Tekong islanders Free Press Staff Rep>r cr FURTHER expio.^ons I r to bombs dumped oy I the Japanese m :ho sea <»rf Pulau Tekon causing concern to inhabitant^ of the i«lana. Mr. Joseph Fernan' > I Health Inspector at Pulau Tekong, told the Fr Press yes'erday that
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      15 MILLION CIGS SOLD
      60 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Over fifteen m: cigarettes of English ma: facture wete auctioned Nftttta and Company day morning. A lot of 20 cases com 600.000 "Yanks" and Mail" cigarettes were >■ I $1,700 to a Chinese buyrr The bigger lot. 481 ca "F Corktips" and
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      MALAYA MINING ENGINEER DIES
      54 5 WELL known mining engineer. Mr. J C. < V nie"> Baumann hns diod the Bungsar Hospital. Kua'.a Lumpur, aged 74. Mr. Baumann came to Malaya from South Africa cv m the century and spent rr of his time m Porak I Selangor. During the Japanese occupation
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      £ MAY BE DEVALUED TO HELP TRADE
      245 6 MAY BE DEVALUED TO HELP TRADE Inflated currencies and US aid THE United States will require countries on the European recovery programme t o consider devauling their currencies when the U.S. thinks they should. The National Advisory Council reported that the United States would "require" countries getting ERP aid to
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      Woman prays for world in living tomb
      47 6 Woman prays for world in living tomb picture. In this 6 ft. square brick tomb near Delhi, an Indian woman is doing a selfimposed penance for the sins of the world. She receives two meals daily and is seen being passed a drink through the ventilator. A.P.
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      Britain stops coal imports
      123 6 First time for a century TX)R first time this century F Britain has stopped importing coal. Not a ton of coal has reached the country since March 31. Reasons, say the National Coal Board, are: Encouraging output of British coal and the need to divert all
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      US Army wants publicity men
      83 6 juIE US. Army has announA ced plans for recruiting a corps of public information specialists. 1 1 said about 100 "highly .qualified men" will be offered a chance to enlist this summer for training m "journalistic. radio and public information work." The plan is to
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      JAP GIRLS IMPRISONED
      42 6 JAP GIRLS IMPRISONED A SPECIAL military court m Toklo sentenced eight Japanese street-walkers to imprisonment for a month for actions prejudicial to the occupation. The girls walked without permission out of a hospital to which they were confined for treatment.- Reuter AAP
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      13 US AIRMEN DEAD
      28 6 The bodies of 13 American soldiers killed m the crash of a B-29 Superfortress m Saudi Arabia were flown back to Germany on Tuesday.
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      Right Wing lead in Korean Assembly
      181 6 VTHAT was left of the Korean interim-legislatun-ff set up by American Military Government m South Korea will dissolve itself to make way for the Korean National Assembly elected on May 10. The 200-membcr Assembly will Drobably hold its lirst meeting n-xt week. Conservatives dominate
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      New bases for British troops
      107 6 DETAIN will begin rev deploying her Middle Bast military forces and material this week with the repatriation ot nearly 15 000 troops from Palestine. Five troop transports are standing by m Haifa to carry the troops home m an operation scheduled to be completed by
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      RIGHT LINES
      25 6 Receipts by British Railways for January, the Hrst month or nationalisation totalled €23.609.000 compared with C 20.194.000 for the same period last year.
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      BEWITCHING HOUR
      87 6 IT was midnight. The tower clock at Stonevhurst. Roman Catholic public school m Lancashire, struck twelve. But it didn't stop. It awoke the school's 1.000 u ys tro<) P ed »nto the corridors and bocan to talk about The (ihost of the (lock Tower." It awoke the villagers
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      'CAN PLAIN JANE COOK?'-CLERIC
      174 6 LESSONS m the use of cosmetics only make "plain Janes" unhappy and pretty girls conceited, the Archdeacon of Chesterfield has told his parishioners. He condemns plans for "glamour" instruction at schools. I The Archdeacon the Vtn. T Dil worth Harrison thinks 1 sex-appeal classes are a
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      Truman ready for second term
      73 6 PRESIDENT TRUMAN has told R publicans that he is ready to campaign on any a. d all domestic issues, but he urged them to keep foreign affairs out of the presidential flight. Confidently predicting he will be returned to th White House m November, Mr.
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      'GRIM—BUT HAS ITS REWARDS
      52 6 'GRIM— BUT HAS ITS REWARDS LOOKING very prim and clutching a nude statuette m his hand, the British playwright, J. B. Priestley, said: "It's a grim business writing plays. He had just been awarded the statuette, as the best playwright of 1947 for "The Linden Tree," by the Ellen Terry
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      AUSTRALIAN RADIO SWOOP
      62 6 AUSTRALIAN RADIO SWOOP TOMMONWEALTH investigation officers a;.d police and radio experts raided a private home at Darabin. a Melbourne suburb, yesterday and deiz?d what they claim to be an illegal radio transmitter. It is alleged they found an antiCommunist script used by the station. The only occupant of the house,
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      A HOUSE FOR A RADIOGRAM
      49 6 A four-roomed house with garden back ana] front, is being offered with vacant possession at Ashton-in-Maker-fU'ld, near Wigan, m exchange for a radiogram. The house-owner said yesterday: "It is inconvenient for me to collect the rent and a good radiogram is worth £100 today."
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      Women tip up banana barrow
      101 6 ANGRY housewives tipped up a street trader's barrow m Kingsland Road. London. E.. because he refused to sell his load of bananas. Promised that the bana: would be sold m 20 minutes, the women waited half an hour, and were then told the fruit was
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      BRITON GIVEN BUDDHIST JOB
      67 6 4 BRITISH oilkvr and an s\ aged Gorman philosopher both students of Buddhism have been elevated to the priesthood by the Tendai Sect. Major John Brinkley who was appointed c, sulTrasan or assistant bishop was one adviser to the Japanese Government and a historical writer. Documents
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      'Wingate would have fought with Haganah
      164 6 'Wingate would have fought with Haganah MRS. Lorna Uingate, viri«v. Winpte, D.S.O. the fam. a gathering of Je\.i»h fori v n j band had been alive he WWlill h I lagan ah. She recalled that her hu one day return to Pale.grant." Calling tier husband b name, sue cried: "Oi
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      'DEAD' LAND RECLAIMED IN BRITAIN
      107 6 READ .iid— th> o wartime airfirld < stru ing reclaimed at a rate o: acre an hour m a big o More Fooci by British ure chi, is. Work has by* n d 15 lorm n r Within two years LI I that over 1.50H
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      NEW U.S. BOMB R
      23 6 The United Sta Isaid work has started on a highspeed patrol bomber to replace the Catalina and r,ironado. U.P.
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      U.K. UNKNOWN shot by UNKNOWN
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      58 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Ma lava t£f "V^ I <yT 4, BELIEVE IVE SLE^T 11 HERE -AND RATHER^ THpi tS^5^S 5- E^ J I 'CLEAR F/SSION B-TWEEW L A WIK4K? MAQB Tuau 1 _i»A_IW-f THROUGH THE V 508 AMD WILLIE.' IT'S fW. MORE IHAN I MEANT/—
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      EGYPTIAN QUEEN, SKYSTREAK TO REPEAT
      496 7 food bets on he time test Press Racing Reporter pogj< on time test whech experts claim to (j he most reliable systems m spotting the Egyptian Queen and Skystreak appear fo jinties at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, 4 u c fi SdWffcf Turf Club May Meeting.
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      'Better as team' says Dr Yung
      489 7  - 'Better as team' says Dr Yung CR USADER China team By 4^TIIE 1936 team that visited Berlin was perhaps A better individually, but the present squad are a sounder combination," said Dr. C. C. Yung, manager of the China Olympic XI which arrived m Singapore by air last evening. The
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      Innings win in sight for Australians
      104 7 Inn ings win in sight for Au stralians I $*m fa: s 431 ■c |C F HOARD t HAS. ■MM 1<?8 tow Ki.-d^r 23 HWVV M 6 Hv) S3 E J» 3.) 431 R. W. WMft» H 2 ■rifct It 110 3 Imm 3 36 2 Kat*. 11 118 2
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      Tiekets on sale from 3 p.m.
      78 7 I'icKLTS for tomorrows g+nu it JaUn Besar Stadium between Singapore CiviJLms and China MiU be on sale from 3 p.m. onwards. Kick-off will be at 5.15 p.m. Today the China tram will tx taken on a sightseeing tour of Singapore and m the evening
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      INDIANS BEATEN AT PARIS
      127 7 gUMANT Mbia and S. Sawhney, the Indian Davis Cup players, were both eliminated from the men's singles m the French lawn tennis championships at the Roland Garros Stadium m Par.s yesterday when they lost theii second round matches, but another Indian Davis Cup player, Dilip Bose,
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      Madon scores three goals
      255 7 JN a second division soccer league game at Geylang yesterday, Kota Raja defeated the Rovers by three goals to two. Kota Raja owed their victory ias much to the initiative of Madon who scored all three goals as to the weakness of the Rovers during the
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      SHB policemen beat Tigers
      137 7 J^ SUPERIOR forward line Rave the Singapore Harbour Board Police a two-one win when they met the Tiger Sports Club m a SA FA .^c^nd division league fix* ur- played at Thomson Road lay. The f.rst half was keenly contested vi'.h b>~>th sid^s holding out StUL
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      INDIANS BEAT A.A.A. 2-0
      327 7 a brief spell of some bright displays m the S.AF.A. first division lately, the standard nose-dived once again at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when the Indian Association met the Amicable Athletic Association. The game which ended In a two-nil win for the Indians was characterised by
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      Goddard takes five wickets
      480 7 HTOM Goddard, Gloucestershire's right-arm spin bowler, showed last summer's devastating: form against Sussex on the much discussed Bristol wicket yesterday, taking three wickets for 24 during the day to bring his analysis for the 1 first innings to 5 for 40. It was mainly by his
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      AIRMEN WERE TOO GOOD
      204 7 r £HE Ruyal Air Force (IVn^ahi giv.cg a sparkling exhibition oX clever footoall, trounced the Police XI by six goais to two m a S.A.F.A. secocd division league fixture played a. yesterday. The wnners, superior m i\<.ry department, displayed better team work and combination und outclassed
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      WALK OVER
      40 7 UNICORNS got a walk-over yesterday m their Div. II SAPA League fixture with Crvmmand Medical Stares. The match was scheduled to be payed at Mcnair Road at 5.15 pm. but the Command Medical Stores failed to turn up.
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      S'pore hopes are high
      412 7 By The Sport > < ;o r IMPRESSIVE though t*ie China Olj mpic >< ctcr 1 record has been m their gam and Saigon, hopes are h'gh m S Singapore Civilians wili or the m p^fl distinction of beating the visitors at Jalan Besar Stadium town
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      205 7 F.P. Crossword No. 390 7 Jo q ?-ZZZiIiE!L^Z~Z~~ 17 «T jgEi 1.1 Is \< BOSS 2. Endeavour taiuestly (6). 6, A^a.n (4). 8. Sullen <4> 10 Places (7). 11, Fabulous bird (3. 12. Large cask U). 13 (6). 14, Brink (5). 16. Colossal (8). 20 Appointed (8). 23 Challenged (5).
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    BEVIN PUTS USSR SINCERITY TO THE TEST
    388 8 BEVIN PUTS USSR SINCERITY TO THE TEST Call for early talks on Japan SCARBOROUGH, Yorks, Thursday. THHE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest A Bevin, today suggested that Russia, as a sign of her sincerity, should agree to an immediate peace conference on Japan with all the countries concerned and not
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    28 8 picture. mat Parr an 'left) and Prof. C. K. Lakshmanan of NO I'l'^rnational Children's Fund, icho are on a special mission to Singapore and the Federation- Free Press
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    UNO will help S'pore fight TB
    272 8 A SINGAPORE medical officer and a nurse will l>e trained at centres m Australia and England m the administration of an anti-tuberculosis vaccine, B.C(i.. used successfully m Europe and French IndoChina. This has been made possible with the financial assistance of the International Children's
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    Victoria Theatre THREE 'GOOD' WITCHES
    308 8 Victoria Theatre THREE 'GOOD' WITCHES THREE very convincing witches, aided by clever lighting, startled the audience m the Victoria Theatre. Singapore, last night, where Teachers Repertory produced Shakespeare's Macbeth. The witches were good. In fact, when they fled the stage after producing the apparitions for Macbeth m Act IV. a
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    Mine explosion kills 108
    53 8 Nanking, Thurad AT least 108 people were killed m an exp rday m the Tienpu mine near Chunp-kin?. LOQO-metre lons tunnel vas 1. The case of tho disaster is not known. The Tienfu mine is the st m southwest China with a daily Droduction of 1.500
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    NO AGREEMENT IN INDIES TALKS
    284 8 BATAVIA. Friday. MEGOTIATIONS between the Dutch and Indonesians are reaching a "crucial stage/ according to a Republican spokesman. The talks, which ended today without agreement <>n any major issue, will be resumed next week m Jogjakarta, the Republican capital If no agreement is reached within
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    Selangor aid to Chinese urged
    92 8 DOLLAR -FOR -DOLLAR grant to Chinese school m Selangar was urged by Mr Leonn Chung Lin* m the Selantror Stat*> Council this k He und- >tood that the Gove rnment was considering a 10-year education plan and f hoped that Chiii' se school building would
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    3 DEAD IN UK CRASH
    29 8 Three of the crew were killed and one seriously injured when a Dakota freighter aircraft crashed at the Bovingdon airfield. Hortfordshirp I yesterday. Reuter
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    UK RED CLEAN-UP
    46 8 The British Government is standing by its decision not to allow its employees m "security" posts who are accused of being Communists or Fascists to have the help of a Trade Union representative when appearing before the three advisers appointed to investigate appeals.
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    ISRAELI CITIZENS
    23 8 The Provisional Government of the State of Israel has decided that its citizens will be called Israelis and not Israelites.- A.P.
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    West must aid Asia, Bevin says
    125 8 SCARBOROUGH, Thursday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, told the Labour Party conference here today that his policy aimed at planning the economy of the West, with its great industries, to. help to develop the sub-standard of living for millions of people In
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    $12,000 fine is halved
    106 8 FINE of $12,000 imposed on a kerbside cigar vendor for possession of tobacco on which duty had not been paid, was reduced to $6,822 by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley. m thf Supn-me Court, yesterday. The vendor was Tan Ah Jon m whose possession
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MALAYS
    82 8 Assurances regarding higher education for Malays were D by the Senior Inspector of Schools, Selangor, Mr. J. C. Barraclough. m replying to speeches by Malay unofficial members of the Council of State. Mr. Barraclovgh said that. About two-thirds of srholarships to local colleges for higher Malays of
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    AUSTRALIAN DEMAND
    41 8 The Austrian Government yesterday demanded that the four occupying powers their own way m Austraia and relieve the country of the expense. The demand came m a letter from the Austrian Chancellor. I opold Figl. to the Allied Council.
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    GOVT. COLLAPSE IN JEHOL NEAR
    151 8 SHANGHAI, Thursday. THE entire Government position m South x Jehol is m danger of collapse m the face of unceasing attacks by reinforced Red columns. Chengteh, the provincial capital, is completely isolated from the south, while Government defenders of the nearby strongholds of Pingchuan and
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    28 8 HOME May, cherry and apple blossoms go witn a spring lambs m Kent, these days, and the cheeks of the lovely Kentish girls are truly pictures m themsetmi.
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    SERGT. KILLS CAPTAIN
    113 8 MANILA. Thursday. A NGRY over a court-martial decision, an American sergeant walked out of an Okinawa trial room and killed his commanding: officer Capt. George F. Gardner on April 9, U.S. Army officials disclosed here today. Capt. Gardner was killed a few minutes after he had testified
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    TRADERS SHOW UNCERTAINTY
    415 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday OKICE movements on the London Stock Exchange showed little decided tendency today, although some sections were not without featun Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubber were unchanged to lower, and Tins irregular to higher. South American utilities continued to attract speculative buying. Electric debentures,
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    Rubber prices
    167 8 SPECIAL Market correspond! m gives the price* of rubber a* 11 am today a* follows: Kuwr- "^Hlerv < li CU. per Ib. p«r Ib No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose 44 44 No. 1 R S S fob m bale* June 44 44 >, No. 2 B.S S. fob
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