The Singapore Free Press, 5 July 1948

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    14 1 LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, MOxNDAY, JULY 5, 1948 PRICr M» (i
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    Gent died in burnt wreckage
    406 1 Gent died in burnt wreckage 39 victims of mid-air crash LONDON, Monday. fHE Swedish airliner which collided m mid-air over Northolt Airport yesterday with an R.A.F. Transport Command plane, killing 39 people including Sir Edward Gent, had just radioed that it was turning back to Amsterdam when the crash occurred.
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    21 1 be drafted jor Presi—General EisenhowPresidential candidate ■bellious Southern Denho plan to uHn unation from Pi Truman at this week's Democratic Convention.
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    POLICE SMASH JEWEL GANG
    7 1 POLICE SMASH JEWEL GANG I" B I
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    FATE FEPT ON EAMAN'S PLEA
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    GNORED SENTRY -SHOT DEAD
    4 1 GNORED SENTRY -SHOT DEAD
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    Gimson mourns a friend
    269 1 TIIF Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. 1 m a tribute to Sir Edward Gent this morning, >aid: "By the death of Sir Edward Gent we have lost I public servant who devoted his life and services to hi> country. which received the recogniuon of y
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    Malay seaman arrested in Sydney
    63 1 Malay seaman arrested in Sydney ordered to leave Austra--nn Jasmin. 30, has In Sydney on a f being a prohibited Jasmin has an ..an wife and yo ad that h.a February, when were deported, 111. Polie. that Jasmin had failed rt aboard the Westra.n February, and automaIh made himself liable
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    S'PORE THEFT
    24 1 A Chinese, Ngok Peo Lee. was at Kitchener Road, last at held up by two Ma a Chinese and robbed of cents.
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    PLANTER WANTS CURB ON PRESS
    170 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. GOVERNMENT was asked by Lt.-Col. D. G. A. Fletcher, today, m the Federal t Legislative Council, whether m view of the present stage of unrest and disregard of the law it proposed to take steps against vernacular newspapers
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    GIRL HIT BY LORRY
    37 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese girl, Molly Lee, received an injury to her left leg. when she was knocked down by a motor lorry at the 6V2 miles, Tampenis, Road, yesterday afternoon.
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    He couldn't go with her
    51 1 BECAUSE his Australian wife, Georgina Wright, wished to go home to Melbourne where he could not go because of immigration restrictions— Ool Seang Lee stabbed her to death m Sourabaya. He turned the knife on himself and was seriously injured, but survived. Later be confessed.-
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    CHINESE ROBBED
    29 1 A Hokkien Chinese, Tan Cheong Tai, on Beach Road was at Sembawang Road, last night robbed by three unarmed Chinese of three dollars and a wrist watch.
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    IN MEMORY OF SIR EDWARD
    40 1 THE Governor of Singapore, 1 Sir Franklin Guaaon. requests that all flags be flown at half-mast today a* a mark of respect for the late sir Edward Gent. Ht«rn Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya.
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    'EURASIAN' HAS NO LEGAL DEFINITION
    107 1 'EURASIAN' HAS NO LEGAL DEFINITION Fr Ira* stall Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THE Government is unaware p| aay definition m law word 'I Mr. C. F. Gomes. Unofficial Member from Malacca, was told m tike Federal Legislative Council this morning. Mr. Gomes had asked for a ••parLiam'Vtary" definition of the
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    DALFORCE MAY QUIT PREMISES
    50 1 DALFORCE MAY QUIT PREMISES Frc* Vies* StafT Reporter rE Dal force Ex-Comrades Association has been asked by the landlord to vacate its premises at 314 A. River Valley Road Hall of the premises was formerly occupied by the Singapore Federation of Trade Unions and the PMFT.U. but is now tmpty.
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    NEW CHINA-STORE AIR LINK OPENS
    162 1 Fit* PNM Staff Reporter i^LIMAXING months of preliminary work carried v^ out m China, Siam, Malaya and the East Indies, China National Airways Corporation will open a new air route linking Singapore and China tomorrow. A 41 -passenger Skymaster is scheduled to arrive at Kullang
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    Govt. pensions take $210,898
    91 1 Fr»?e Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. IN an official reply tabled at today's Legislative Council, Mr. C. F. Gomes was told that $20,140 is paid to European Government pensioners living m Malaya, and another 190,758 to pensioners living outside Malaya. At the end of 1941
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    Council stands in silence
    248 1 Fre« Kress Staff Reporter A TRIBUTE to Sir Edward Gent was paid m the Federal Legislative Council today by Daio Onn bin Jafaar, speaking on behalf of the Unofficial members. The Council stood m silence for one minute and then adjourned for a brief period. Dato
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    INDIES DEBATE
    15 1 The Security Council is scheduled to meet today on the Indonesian nnpstinn A.P.
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    KL STUNNED BY THE TRAGEDY
    267 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA IXMPI K. Mmm§Kf. THE news of the tragic death of Sir hu*ard Gent, first High Commissioner for the Federa of Malaya, was received here with horror this morning. The reports of the past week that was relinquishing his office were
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    25 die in S'hai coffin house
    91 1 SHANGHAI, Sunday. TWENTY FIVE destitute war refugees sharing an old wooden structure with hundred of corpses m coffins, were crushed to death under falling walls and roof when a violent hailstorm struck Shanghai last night There were six other deaths and more than 90
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    CANAL RE-OPENED
    14 1 Tlie Corinth I molished by the G The Canal tal foinnu A.P.
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  • -FEATURES. .. —
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      MAKING HEADLINES
      939 2  -  Hall Romney LONDON LE'ITER by TT will cause you little satisfaction to know that Malaya managed to force If on to the front pages of our daily newspapers. This is no easy task m these days of our emasculated news sheets and it takes a serious outbreak of
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      Bridge Problem
      237 2 vulnerable. South I M: a L.I. happi'st t: bark Dd and ;.iently thr to rel m thf first of th.- u.ll knrm-n It i :ump down both ha:. c the contract by a comr \a '»n. opened dummy's %c* A rlub w;t play ol Kuing up With h
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      POST-WAR GEISHAS
      420 2  -  DOUGLASS M ALLEN JR. H> SUWA, JAPAN. ALL my life (or at least all my life that is worth remembering) I have heard that Japanet isha girls arc not what you think, but an high-class of professional femininity dedicated to the entertainment of men within strict limits. (Or
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      Proo problem, theatreland
      73 2  - Proo problem theatreland ERENF SIMON By f ACK of ni of chewhu recently end the entire Belli duction of M i liam Baroy&n'i j Of Your Life." Th vigorously by form an int< gra] the play. Dnfortui Gtirman produ< i sla\ Barlog had no to ona) hi product. Bai them
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      49 2 TELEPHONF 2 7 FOR RESERVATI* AIR.COMOITLO»fF n [RTH R V RESTRURRNT -H d i PIAVIf EIIILN JOYCE N BAGATEI.I^ <F M FUR ELI BA I Two Pa. I BALIj\DE ((Grit:. t A, Four Pa H INTROD1 7 CTION Tvio Part*. r 1 CONCERTO for PIANO J -t SINGAP r
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      512 2 MOIUST >l \II»K\S I Wjflt *T^ "What I like about the turkey here, arc tlic tweet potatoes!" SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA SEA.C. from 1249 nw.n to 200 p m tNp m to 11 15 p m VLAb 4<5 metre, the medium w.ve >*<» "20 meracye.e,: X U U Tom 100 p m
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      267 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR D»»i{.\ totia\, >our basic n pimna ll\ k»*>n and at characteristic is that tinws you app or almost of enterprise, com bin d P >chic. wth Ihc ability to com- «'v are lc\ el- headed m maud others m W»n-u- m an rmertf ncy and instincprojcctl thfflf
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  • NEWS
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      ANTI-COMMUNISTS IN I.L.O. UPROAR
      32 3 I (ommunist -controlled and le unions exploded at the reset m San Francisco. ite adviser from India h. :he plenary session •w to tisrupt A.P. IL O session
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      Stomachs guide German votes
      68 3 RMANS are still voting as i i machs dictate. it su ul party the local elections American Zone were the potatoes?" and Throw the rascals m r> outlook rather >ns are .nt motives behind r.s but at the same p tiring to ticeable, attributed to anti
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      40 3 Spanish gypsy dancer, Carmen Amaya. always prays at the shrine to the Madonna before going on the stage at Princes Theatre. London. Twenty-five of her troupe dancers are m >f her family, including three sisters, two brothers and an aunt.
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      U.S. interest in Pacific islands
      44 3 4 JOINT United States Con- Committee will c and int Lspects fUn ted States and trustee and is 4 to visit and all v under .md China. omittee rested conditions and ■me kind of gov- the inland areas. A.P.
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      TITO'S REVOLT SHOCKS COMINFORM
      396 3 TITO'S REVOLT SHOCKS COMINFORM Is Stalin los ing his touch? M WASHINGTON, Sunday. ARSHAL TITO'S revolt against Russian dictation endangers the whole powerful system by which the Kremlin runs the satellite nations along the Soviet borders, m the opinion of American State Department officials who are studying the implications of
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      COMINFORM BULWARK
      77 3 Stalin jokes with Georgi Dimitrov, the Communist disciple, who has not so jar kicked over the traces. When this pre-war picture ivas taken folloioing a Moscow parade, Dimitrov had achieved fame as the hero of the Reichstag fire trial. He is noil the Communist Premier of Bulgaria and
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      JAP UNION MEMBERSHIP HAS DOUBLED
      157 3 EDUCATION of workers m democratic operation of unions is badly needed m D where organized labour has doubled its membership In :he past year m a erowth 'utterly without precedem m the world labour movement," said Mr. -Richard L. Deverall of SCAP s Labour Division.
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      'ASIAN RED MENACE DUE TO DISUNITY'
      182 3 THE Philippines Consul General, Mr. Joseph Melencio, said m New York that Communism Is threatening Asia because oi the war's economic dislocation and the ■paradoxes of peace,'' which did not give encouragent U) the peoples of Asi;i. Speaking over the radio Mr. Melencio said
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      BRITISH IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH
      58 3 DECAUSE of "delicate Bcnti- merits" m India. -South Africa and Eire, the world "British" may soon be dropped from "British Commonwealth" says the Free Press of India. Bombay newspaper. Tlie report says the suggestion was put unofficially through India's High Commissioner m London. Mr. Krishna
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      BELGIANS OPPOSE SUM AGREEMENT
      46 3 Belgian shareholders, who i own 60 per cent of the Thai Electric Corporation Siam's principal power company plan to go before an International Court at The Hague to fight the agreement for the Siamese Government to take 'over the corporation A. P.
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      COMINFORM REBEL
      76 3 Josif Broz, othencise Marshal Tito, who has incurred the rcrath of the Communist hierarchy for not toeing the Cominform line. Tito wants to be independent and a Communist. The Allies are watching the outcome of his dual struggle with great rest and some hope that he may represent
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      Mrs. F.D.R. kills a rumour
      95 3 Mrs. F.D.R. kills a rumour UHIEX President Truman was asked at a pr.ss conference If Mrs. Franklin D. Roost velt would be acable to him as vice Presidential nominee, he repli d with a grin. 'What do you ect m to answer to that?." adding that of course she would
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      U.S. critic of 'halt Reds' policy
      171 3 U.S. critic of 'halt Reds' policy •T*HE United States must A abandon its policy of trying to halt Communism In Asia and instead should compete with Soviet idea for favour there, accordini to Mr. Owen Lattlmore. Aci riser to the Chinese Gi ment and deputy chief of t:. of Information.
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      WOKLH BANK AIDS COLONIES
      88 3 THE International Bank for Reconstruction and Development the World bunk sponsored by 46 nations under the Bretton Wood agreement may make dollar loans for the development of British colonies, said Mr. Robert L Garr.er m London. Mr. Garner told a press conference that the project was
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      Comniandoes win 'no food' test
      195 3 'STILL FIGHTING FIT' TTHREE starving but amazingly jolly Royal Mm 1 Commandos of St. Ives' came a> ndei Ul own steam." after living on four boiled sweets arl less than half a pint of water a day Btll f:?r days. They flatly refused to be
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      'Euthanasia is against God'
      96 3 /CARDINAL Griffin, Archbis\j hop of Westminster condemned mercy killing m a sermon at the annual m< of the British Medical Association at Cambridge. "It has recently been suggested that doctors should cooperate m the practice or euthanasia and that incurable patients should be allowed the privilege
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      57 3 The "No-Food" Cotnm does after their seven -day ordeal. Marine d Raivson (left) and Martnt David O'Callaghan >, their first cup of tea for n days. Dirty, bedraggled and unstiurcTi were ]ihysically. hot m surprisingly good condition. Lt. John Wayne P their leader, seen < B< stepping off the boat
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      83 3 TARZAN PuZXled v Ed&or Rice Burroughs •HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE MAP OF *j r ij t^*^ _Z~HZ^-' I C Nli REAC^ ASHRA ?"h£ ■Trr^^FHjjF^^Fl ASMRA?* TASZAN ASKED CASUAUV. I \WsJk* RELENTLESSLY EV •I ONLY KNOW THAT RO6ERT WARRifK I |y#*v jtfe^^j^^S,^ I CAN SAY fg? MORE/SHE EVADED RJfi fid
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  • PHWW — LEADER.
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, July 5. 1948. Sterner Crisis Legislation
      654 4 HOWEVER long the lif Federal iy be. it is unlike•*ned m circumnces more critical than Federation races today, or to have beveding .1 purport 1 nergency regulations nment itc of er prod throughout the Fera The i ng aci
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      SOLDIER AND GOVERNOR
      1086 4 FIRST High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, and Governor from April 1946 l<> January 19 IS of the short lived Malayan Union, Sir Gerard Edward James Gent, K.C.M.G., 0.5.0., 0.8.R M.C was one of the most distinguished Colonial Office servants of his generation. He WM born
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      When will the world end?
      385 4 When will the world end? DOINTERS to the ape of the world, and when the universe may come to an end, may be found through cosmic research with the 200-inch telescope on top of a Southern California mountain peak. Dr. Ira S. Bowen, Director of Palomai Mountain Observatory, said that
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      FAITH
      31 4 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might; for there is no work, nor d> vice. nor knowledge, nor wisdom, m the grave. EcclesiasUs: 9, 10.
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    • WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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        Harmony Communal
        165 4  -  KAVVAN MELAYU •THOSE who have 1 communaJ harmony m Malaya at heart- and there mvs t be many thousands of others like me must have read with utter amazement Sir George Maxwell's suggestion that the Malays be armed to fight terrorism. It is a suggestion (since happily thrown
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        POSTED
        129 4  -  BROKE OCCUPIERS of houses ii Singapore are cum t\V being required by the Muiu cipal Commissioners to fill m a form giving information about the rent etc. they pay for their homes. The printed form comes round threatening penalties if it is not completed and returned. If the information
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        CHEAPER
        143 4 WITH reference to your most laudable campaign to lower prices m this town of brazen through-rackets-and-corner-ing-markets." luxury-car travelling spivs, I would recommend* that you send a reporter to Singapore s one haven of moderate prices, cleanliness and service-with-a-smile—Changi Village. In this model self-contain-ed township, prices for everything from well-tailored,
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        GREATEST?
        83 4 IN your issue of July 1. an article declared Umm Hwig Kong is probably the world's greatest Paradise for rackt teers. It also stated that the entire section of the Police Special Branch has been m.- at ing corruption amo;:g Government employees mainly "Tips for lavours done" m co.
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      BRITAIN, EUROPE & THE EMPIRE
      584 4 BRITAIN, EUROPE THE EMPIRE TKEAT BRITAIN ha.s at present a dual role to play m the world. She v fust and foremost the heart of a world- wide Commonwealth and Empire, and only m this capacity can she adequately sustain today her part a.a world Power. O'Ographicaliy. however, she is
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      AIR COLUMN Annual Air Day
      71 4  - AIR COLUMN Annual Air Day GEOFFREY GELDARD BY pi, a: ahead I Singapore A Kallanjr Airport big event. Th. to esUI a^ an annua! A Comm." the Director i I tion and repn R.A Malayan Ai: Pul. the Departmer/ Aviation ha nary m» "Hi? proc play will orobab lcx:al eh
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  • LOCAL NEWS,. ■ ....■■
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      GOVT TO WITHDRAW SN CARS
      52 5 GOVT TO WITHDRAW SN CARS To be sold hv tender n Reporter Property and War Depart- hearing SN number plates, ••> (Jovernment servants, are i>> the end of next month and .posed «»t h> tender. I r.diviI --.ibI I I I I I I I I I I I I
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      KEEP CITY CLEAN
      64 5 pictures A poster issued by Public Relations appeals to the people of Singapore to help keep the city clean. Rubbish should not be strewn on the road fas m picture (above) on the left), and the people can help check disease by burning refuse or keeping it
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      'Too little interest in South East Asia'
      357 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent />mruvr LONDON, (By Air Mail). pOMMLNT concerning the extent to which the peoV. pie of Britain were informed about South-Rust Isia, and their apparent Jack of interest m the area, made at a meeting o f members of the
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      Y.W.C.A. talks on leadership
      74 5 THE YW C A Ofl Malaya is Qg a rapid six -week ng m Youth -hat will je in.ectures are: 'it of group work: run- club: personal relaps: a committee m services and club programmes. The lecture on social service will be delivered by Dr. C.
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      6,500 TONS FISH AUCTIONED
      43 5 6,500 TONS FISH AUCTIONED 11, 6.507 tons of fresh fish were landed and auctioned m Singapore Municipal markets according to the Health Department report. Thousands of tons of •unsound fresh foodstuffs and provisions were seized, surrendered or condemned as unfit for human consumption.
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      QANTAS UNION ANNIVERSARY
      55 5 QANTAS UNION ANNIVERSARY NEARLY 400 guests and members of the Qantas Airways Employees Union attended a cocktail party at the Eastern Hotel on Saturday night, to celebrate the Union's anniversary. Mr. Lim Teck Chong. president of the Union, welcomed the guests m a short speech, after which dancing and ronggeng
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      66 5 Four Scout leaders from Malaya, who are now studying scouting and receiving training at Gilwell, England, are poured admiring the bust of Lord Baden Powell the world-famous Scout leader, at the Imperial d ers of the Boy Scouts- Association, B ckin h ?™J°l a n c Ji Road, London. In
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      'CIVIL SER VICE 96 p.c. LOCAL'
      229 5 rE policy of staffing the civil service of the colonies more and more from ranks of its own peoples has continued, and today some 96 per cent, are Ifcoi recruited, says the annual review of the Colonial Empire. Constitutionally, 1947 was a good year,
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      S'pore Filipinos celebrate
      88 5 ITO celebrate the second an- nivcrsary of Philippines Independence, nearly 200 attended a re-union tifl\;i and dance m the Cathay Restaurant yesUrday afternoon, and last night Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Anciano eutertained a laige number of guests at a i>.>rklail party. Speaking at the luncheon, I
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      P.R. FILM SHOWS THIS WEEK
      76 5 THIS week, the Public Rela- tions Film Unit will provide free educational and instructional film shows to a mixed audience, including trade unionists, kampong folk. Malay schoolchildren and their parents, and police constables and their families. The programme is as follows Today at Pasir Panjang
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      SCOUT CONCERT
      27 5 The 32nd Railway Rovers Scouts and Guides will stage a concert m the Loco Shed, Railway Padang, Singapore, tonight at 8.15 m aid of funds.
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      STIFFER RATION CONTROL
      386 5 STIFFER RATION CONTROL Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE food retailers v are liable to be c.arged for supplying rationed foods to anyone on a ration card which is not available for lawful use by him, according to newly gazetted Ration Documents Regulations. These rules say th- f in such a
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      Rationing Periods
      98 5 AS from today, ration documents will not be valid tor obtaining any rationed controlled articles m respect of any period prior to July 5. The periods for which ration cards may be used are: July 5 to July 17; July 19 to July 31; Aug. 2 to Aug.
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      PARCEL POST
      24 5 The Postmaster General, Malaya, announces that revised parcel post rates to a number of -oversea countries will be introduced on July 12.
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      NEW PLANTING TESTS
      105 5 Free Press Correspondent LONDON (By Air Mail). AFTER commenting upon the manner m which costs of labour m Malaya have soaied (partly due to the general rise m prices of food and commodities but also largely due to tri" demand bein£ m excess of the supply*, Mr.
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      AIR SERVICE FOR BORNEO
      350 5 AIR SERVICE FOR BORNEO AIRFIELDS PLAIN Free Press Staff Reporter million dollars will he spent by the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund to develop three North Borneo airfields at Labuan, Jesselton and Sandakan. While the airfield at Lahunn u-ll lene I operating on the Imperial air route bewe-n I! Kong
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      MODERN FLAIS FOR BORNEO
      21 5 MODERN FLAIS FOR BORNEO tur. Mr. Wo.: Chew. n?> oomple 15 n which m bui] t in J N j pound.-
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      4 NURSES AND 1,131 BIRTHS
      42 5 MORE than red milk v the thn of ih" Sir: AiuninpaliLy diu.ng 1947. [m Drpt report of The report said i: Municipal midwr. ded 1.131 confin paid 7.003 visits to these ff nurses visited ;n th^ir hor
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      BELGIUM SPLIT OVER LEOPOLD
      565 6 BELGIUM SPLIT OVER LEOPOLD Solution likely m royal tangle IMPORTANT developments are expected soon m the 1 Belgian "Royal Question/ writes Anthony Tys, A.P. Brussels correspondent. The Prime Minister, M. Paul Henri Spaak, is pursuing confidential Calks with King Leopold, virtually exiled m Switzerland, m an attempt to settle the
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      P.I. reforms urged by former rebel
      215 6 CONGRESSMAN Lilifl Taruc. whose Hukbalahap Drganiutioil u;»- uiven Official pardon la>t v\rck, I m his fir-t DfOOdcaal siiuv he went 4o Manila to receive the amnesty, that peace and order could i>o I maintained m Ike Philippine* only through quick I and radical adoption
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      TIM REPUBLIC HAS BIG CLAIM
      49 6 TIM REPUBLIC HAS BIG CLAIM CAM the worlds republic with a population of 13.380 has applied for I shall Plan aid and admi to the United N and Th i announced this, said the republic m the Api is 732,000,000 m war. dai i by ines m 1«.M4 A.P.
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      DEATH APPLAUDED
      29 6 A French crowd of 1.000 applauded on Friday when a military court sentenced to death lour Germans accused of torturing and murdering members of the French resistance.
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      U.S. TO RUSSIA: 'RETURN SHIPS'
      57 6 MR. George Marshall J.S. Secretary of Stat^;. said In Washington that America is demanding the return of three Icebreakers and 28 frigates supplied to Russia under lend-lease during the war. Ruisia has returned einht -lease merchani ships so far. The future of 87 other .-.till
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      MILAYA FROM U.K.—£264,489
      66 6 M ILAYA FROM U.K.— £264,489 THE White Paper detailing schemes made under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act for the year ended 1 March. 1948 shows that grants and loans approved for the Federation of Malaya total £261,221; for Singapore £3,268; North Borneo, £107 960; Sarawak. £306.170. The total for
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      STYMIED
      61 6 Frank Stiaiiahan. U.S. winner of Britain's Amateur golf championship speaking ol a n\< -minute conversation h? had with the King* at Muirfleld Gtoll Coune said "The King told me he thought I turn my kit hanc too far over when I grip th< club, "I have never met i
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      £7,000 parcel: Sydney mystery
      146 6 DESPITE extensive inquiries m New South Wales and I Queensland, postal detectives, have been unable to solve the mystery of a parcel of about £7.000 m notes, opened m the Dead Letter Office, Sydney. ;tly. The parcel, wrapped In brown paper and tied with twine, was
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      'HUMAN ANGLE,
      71 6 A team of men and woi; who ar*" 1 to inquire into th^ running and design of hospiput th< I :n the place of the patients to i human angle on the proThe inquiry is jointly spond by NufTield Provincial rust and thf Unl- Br "l It is*hoped
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      Soviet aim is puppet Emperor in Manchuria
      118 6 THE T"kio newsp Mainichd 1 repatriates from that 10 l; ni.parintr to establish an independent Ifanchu with the former Japanese puppet Emperor Henry Pu Vi chief-of-staie. T: ohi cor: bo quok-d the n whose add: 'ne samr *< t-uj pupptt M o v!.
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      23-NATION GIRLS
      30 6 Twenty-three countries wil send delegates to the world conference of girl guides and girl scouts to be held at Cooperation. New York, between Aug. 13 and Aug. 23.
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      'Lift war controls' says World Bank
      196 6 rIK Bank of International Settlements ur. war-time-type direct controls on pri<t^. prodw, lion, and trade be abandoned. In its annual report, the bank r« Europe the m- >n of a fu pri operating under well-con 1 rolled n "This recommendation will be unpopular with
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      No catching Churchill
      9 6 I ANCE-CORPORAL S v de too.
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      MECHANICAL HEART CLAIM
      10 6 THE Pa: T: tzed as hsf U.P.
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      50-acre land limit mooted for Bombay
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      "No war signs" in Red zone
      7 6 "No war signs" in Red zone jdghsth
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      YUAN STRIKES AT INFLATION
      5 6 YUAN STRIKES AT INFLATION jeygjdf
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      21 6 I Tt LJiJii. TtlTly tjlr^t tr jTj H With him are the Eire H I J Dulanty I J. Dillon- I
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      113 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pn* >" the special \v^beTter not^H Kperhaps You're rTSMwWJ-— Xand weN BRANCH ARE X MENTION ANYThINgY RIGHT, 808. 1 mitiUm^^r CAN'T DO /5 SENDING A T5 THE OTHERS, INO ONE CAN LEAVF L^ACH.' IF V/ A TH\t4C To l^^rTff^ MAN HEREIN /CHIEF f-lT WOULD/
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      HUTTON DROPPED FROM TEST TEAM
      525 7 'Made scapegoat for failures 9 QNE of the biggest surprises m England's cricket r™ u \?tV C T e y ?J er d > ay M Test electors omitted ll On i the 12 Payers so far announced, tES t£? t llf e K m
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      Jeddle's horses catch the eye
      42 7  -  CALL BOY B> rirscs, doing the only pace work m«»rninsr. provided the m<»t Lraktotg for the Singapore mj which starts on Satur- and Hariman (Stirling) had m the far bend. They Id well m check on the
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      KINGS ROUND WAS SECRET
      40 7 •G George played a quiet round of golf at .eld, Scotland, on Sat- the same courses *ian Harry nphed m the n Champion ■IfCotton's best round was 66. The Kino's vas a sec- A .P. jhshsjg
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      NEW YORK BOUT FOR THOMPSON
      72 7 lliompsoo. British and •p*an lightweight boxinj ctwurpon. will fight Paddy nrarro. prominent young U: s lightweight rrown •^n Squar- Gary York, early ji Bepi 3> meed Bontmaa, Landoa rday Thompson and n were reported to have -Tl-r:-h* B">?rad. of the T'.v th ng Club Huntman.
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      Olympic Flag is hoisted
      132 7  -  VLKNON MORGAN From ANEW stage m Olympic preparations was reached last .< v.: h the hoisting of the Olympic flag at the Richmond Park camp just outside London where 1,600 athletes will be housed during the OlymThere has been some crim that the Olympic authorities have
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      31 7 A. R. Omar leads from Awthar Singh and J.E.Surin during the fourth lap of the 150-mile cycling race held m Singapore yesterday. Awthar Singh ivas the winner from Omar and Surin.
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      Louise Brough wins 3 titles
      327 7 Louise Brough wins 3 titles r OI'ISE-ISROI'GH of California, American woman champion, won the Wimbledon women's title on Saturday, beating Doris Hart on Miama, Florida, 6 3, B—68 6 In a scientillating final before a packed centre court of 15,000 fans. uons, maKing ntr second successive appearance m the Wimbledon
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      COLBAY NOW GOLD CUP PROSPECT
      626 7 Free Press Racing Reporter COLBAY has earned a promotion to the top class by his mashing win over ihe nine furlonps at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, the last day of the Selangor Turf Club's Summer meeting. it CoJbay keeps up th] S rate of improvement,
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      Olympics will be filmed in technicolour
      162 7 IT' ilil lN three VMkl of ff the closing ceremony on Auff. 14 of the Olympics. all the thrills and colour of the 61 -nation Olympiad Hill be imparted to all lovers of sport th e world over through the Kiant technicolour film 'The
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      JOCKEYS SPONSORING CHARITY DANCE
      71 7 I*HE Malayan Jockeys' Asso- 1 elation Is sponsoring a dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall next Monday, July 12, m aid of the St. Nicholas Home for the Blind. Julien Fo*rman's orchestra will provide the music while there will be novelty items, floor shows and a
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      Australian wins Diamond Sculls
      302 7 FOUR of the 10 titles m Henley's Royal Regatta, whose fashionable four-day meeting ended on Saturday m glorious sunshine, went to overseas competitors. Mervyn Wood, giant New South Wales policeman and finger-print expert, won the Diamond Sculls for Australia, B. Piessens and W. Collet the Double
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      Sino-Malay XI weak but game
      514 7  -  CRUSADER By A LTHOLGH they <ook the field without three tf H their key men, Abdul Rahman, Haii Garhan Ii 1 Chye Hee, the Singapore Sino-Malays did well to by only two goals to nil to China at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. W O Smith
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      BRITISH TESM TO BE NAMED THIS WEEK
      166 7 Tl ul Br and i pic gan The first bren eh runners hoacl* d by den, and three 50 k walkers headed b;. .d, who W(-n j distance walk lor Britain n st Olympiad m B Britain's hopes of :.il m events look
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      MURRAY STREAM KIHS 'DOOMBEN'
      24 7 THE won n Mur m. who v worth 5 foe the rnre. D JOO m pri2e j by T A.P.
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      79 7 v t r 'c Singapore stay at WE CAVERN, j idtntial Hotel) VON rtdtnlfc 00 l LOCALITY j fxctutm cuisine i HKST CLASS BAR j s >~r.itea t» American I H Fthne E M Opposite Nassi^, Kd, KH lekphone \o. 4i*4^ MB 881 BBBI^MV p SENSE r .ne Diood may
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      237 7 F»P. Crossword No. 423 I f 12 I 13 I 14 I FT! |6~| ZBZBZ^~~ZZSZZ 21 22 pB 25 26 27 WW-& ffl 30 31 "~32 33 tLiLS ACMMf 1, Assemblage (12). 7. Aerobatics (5). 9 i 6. 13 Weakens (4). 15. Confusion (5). 16 Final word (4) Distinct (9).
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      BIRTH
      14 8 ON— Or. 18th Jane 1948. I Valeric wife of H X a son.
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      MARRIAGE
      24 8 Tll#»ti] -< place on the 3rd J at St A: ore. b A-uttingUn. oniv «on of Mr. A: Mrs. .-Ate. YorkLaw. MB Law •v^arx)re.
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      DEATH
      15 8 JUI V 4th Eileen M.\rv Pearson wife of Arnold Pearson at •-v Hospra" follow-
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      U.S-EUROPE ALLIANCE TALKS TO BEGIN
      356 8 Tension over Berlin rising LONDON, Sunday. AS the r nited States, Britain and France prepare to send a joint protest direct to Moscow over the Soviet blockade of Berlin, it was announced today that the long-awaited sixnation talks on I.S. participation m a Western Europe
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      NOT QUITTING BERLIN
      93 8 LONODN, Friday. FEARS that the Western Powers might abandon Berlin were dissipated today by the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest B*?vin. m an address m Norfolk. The treat "air lift" over Berlin would daily grow m strength, he declared, and the Soviet weapon of blockade, aimed at
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      15 DEAD, 63 HURT IN BOMBAY RIOTS
      93 8 15 DEAD, 63 HURT IN BOMBAY RIOTS BOMBAY, Sunday. FIFTEEN people were killed and 63 injured m HinduMuslim rioting here tonight, it was officially announced. A curfew was imposed after police had opened flre to quell the rioting. Rioting broke out afu-r a n had falhn from a tramcar m
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      TURK—GREEK ALLIANCE?
      46 8 TURK— GREEK ALLIANCE? IT is tx .n Atheni that the TurkLsh Chief of Stair Oen. Staffer sahch Omur It th.-r--military allian<v with Cir< eec American sources b<»licw the Turks at Russian sure m;ty T.*xt be tur: tinst them ar..; b ing positive suppor combat It U.P.
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      INDIAN C.-in-C. IS KILLED IN KASHMIR
      38 8 INDIAN C.-in-C. IS KILLED IN KASHMIR an, comllni Indiai. ir. ipa In mix hai b«'i>n killed m n. nan, m fighting antirnment I I unmu m April h-d v to a lira, m which 2,000 raid.rs were kllhd
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      UK NATIONALALISES HEALTH SERVICE
      274 8 UK NATIONALALISES HEALTH SERVICE London. Sunday pORTY-EICiH'I million tfirn. women and children 1 m England. Scotland and Wales— from dukes to labour- ;11 now pot guaranteed hospital, medical, dental and optical care with the coming Into force of the nationalised health service. The ile-to-the-grave provides for maternity ■:ts, sick unemp]
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      Rubber prices
      68 8 A SFK( lAI Market corres pond tni «hrr» the prices of rabbet 11 ■to today a« follow*: per id per to Avycn Seller* Cts dm No I R S S Spot No I R S.S foe m hales July U>\ 41 No I ft. 8.8 fot) m bales
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      BULGARIAN DEMAND
      35 8 Bulgaria has demanded that Turkey return an aircraft which landed m Istanbul after it was commandeered m flight by AntiCommunists. It said that eight of the 19 passengers and crew sought renatHaU.-vn A.P.
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      15 MILLION SETTLERS SOUGHT
      191 8 1 5 MILLION SETTLERS SOUGHT LONDON, Sunday. THE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, is bringing to London a clearcut proposal to transfer to Australia one-fourth of Britain's population. Mr. Chifley left Singapore this morning for London. The Australian scheme, part of An all-embracing defence plan for the Commonwealth,
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      Finns swing to the right
      55 8 THE Agrarian Party was last night assured of victory m the Finn: ral < lee- linal results of the polling on Thursday and lot yet available. Flgurea indicated that the >ft wing Peoples Democrats and the moderate Social Democrats wuuid together have considerably Con A
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      PANAMA CLASH: 100 ARRESTS
      50 8 pjUK people were kilh over 20 injured, many seriously, m I ma i iay between the p upporU Dr. Arnulfo Arias Rt tionary Party candidate for the presiden The police ha about 100 people Including several women, and have taken deal with further fl I Reuter
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      POLISH 'FUEHRER:' DEATH DEMAND
      67 8 POLISH 'FUEHRER:' DEATH DEMAND I ■> the trial at Kracow of Dr Joseph Beuler, chk f ol administration m the Ci<r- man wartime government (ft Pi -land, the prosecution has d< manded toe death sentence. I>r. Bueltr is accused before a Supreme National Tribunal of directing th< deportation of nearly
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      CHINESE CURRENCY
      34 8 I^HE Finance Committee of the Legislative Yuan m Shanghai has approved m principle the introduction of a new national Chinese currency and the establishment of a commission to control the banknote issue
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      SOVIET AIR LINKS
      26 8 More than 20 new airlines link Moscow with the capitals of all the Union republics and with the major industrial centres, states Tass.
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      44 8 picture. The 800-ton A.P.C. tanker Phasianella, which sank by the stern m the outer roads of Singapore yesterday afternoon. Found submerged off Telok Ayer Basin m September 1945, she was raised and towed to the outer roads, where she has remained ever since.- F.P
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      'IMPROVED' HEALTH IN MALAYA
      204 8 'IMPROVED' HEALTH IN MALAYA Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Men. THE heaKh outlook for the Federation is better for this year than last year, declared the Federa 4 Government today m Legislative Council m answer to questions. The smallpox epidemic ha* almost subsided. Malaria is still declining, and is
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      KUNG'S GIFT TO KUOMINATANG
      42 8 DR H H. KUI Pr •Una and h< China's richest families. ited his invest ny •ma Development Fin- nbers Mutual Aid Foundation. The announ did net the amount Involved. Dr. Kung i 5 living m New York. A.P
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      US CELEBRATES, 100 DEAD
      37 8 US CELEBRATES, 100 DEAD MORE than 100 people were killed m Independence Day celebrations m the Jnited States. By Saturday nißht. traffic accidents took 65 lives, drownings 20. fireworks one. aircraft crashes two miscellaneous mishaps 34- U.P.
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      SHAPELIEST & HIGHEST-PAID WOMAN
      229 8 SHAPELIEST HIGHEST-PAID WOMAN WASHINGTON, Sunday. DETTY GRABLE, movie- land's best-known figure, was listed as the highestpaid woman m the United States for the second successive year. The Treasury's annual salary listing showed that Betty Grablo was paid U.S. $299,333 by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation m 1946. She got US$2OB,OOO
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      YUGOSLAVS MAY APPEAL TO U.N.O.
      192 8 BELGRADE. Sunday. AS Albania today denounced her 30-year customs and currency union and economic co-operation agreement with Yugoslavia, as an aftermath of the excommunication of Marshal Tito from the Cominform, an authoritative source said that Yugoslavia may take its case against Albania to the United
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      New clashes in Palestine
      302 8 New clashes in Palestine AIKO, Sunday. tyiTH the Arab armies poised along Israeli !><u already probing Jewish dtitin ulnaccusing the Jews of truce violations, and the and Jews reported to have rejected the latest I nited Nations plan for Palestine, indicationthat large-scale fighting will break out a^ain After Friday, when
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      BANGKOK IS RED BASE IN S.-E. ASIA
      75 8 BANGKOK IS RED BASE IN S.-E. ASIA Anew base for Commui Asia appears to be i This is the interpretation of b^ Tjjj; U on the large Russian dt i. nation (rf sualll N m the process of establi^ M M W5j where there are not warn tl n| J
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      10,000 cholera deaths in India
      44 8 NEW DELHI. S AT least 10.000 died from cl eastern half of Province. First monsooi innoculation a:. I campaign an slowly Lr the epiderr. Whole far: wiped out. In .t Ba>t: distr.ct a br: i and the wrddim U.P.
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      THIEVES LEFT 135 MILLION
      42 8 THIEVES LEFT 135 MILLION F BENCH i their search who t'scap>ed with 400 lbs of go! more than Orly airport Saturday A night wal bly disturbed the thie\ $35,000.00 m th< stroneroom. wht had rival from M Bai r China m Reuter
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      Anti-corruption drive
      17 8 Free Prr>> Suil orrrvp. -SIDERATION Vy given b> of the Pn th» F Such I
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      26 8 WHO'S INTERFERING W WHOSE AFF*"« V iL k SHE IS, m HER HUSBAWPS_AF^; Going on Leave? KltP IN TOUCH WITH THE STRAITS BUPCM Six Mom v
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