The Singapore Free Press, 1 November 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LAKUEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA jgn SINGAPORE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1948. I'KIC'E 10 Is
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    39 1 nitrated to Print y-aret by three-year-old R h during her iher's Si. rsery College at Tunbridge The Pr -ing a pixie hat and v Look coat and d- as making her first vitit to a Dr. Barna do's home.
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    Red troops march into Mukden
    572 1 lining's future the balance NANKING, Monday. «>mmunistss coms\ debacle m Manchuria. past two weeks are put men. speculation here »f the Bituaing Kaito finally operator >rd -Goodbye. told of a silent Communist am: mber of high Gov- EB ila were morning been U .;:>ped in'
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    HELD IN KLUANG ROUND-UP
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    U.S Airman
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    Killed Malax 'special' charge
    22 1 Killed Malax 'special' charge SEOAMAT ftmda AUNDED Chinese i iarged pted murder on Oct. ?*»d to have flred •able tnd^d !n police
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    Arabs driven out of N. Palestine
    251 1 TEL AVIV. Monday. IN* a lightning 48-hour offensive the Israeli Army has driven all Arab forces m northern Palestine into the Lebanon and now controls the entire area. When Jewish troops and air forces had completed their task— the smashing of Fawzl El Kawuki's
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    'Family rows are good'
    90 1 'Family rows are good NEW YORK Monday SO you and fool wife exchanged bitter words laut night? Good for boh of you. And the children listened while the flght raged? lor them Dr. David R Mac? a. marria* Woman Home Com pan lon that man-and-» <iK*-l&shings do arrr. 111 «ays,
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    "In memon of democracy"
    51 1 A GROUP of British C munists yesterday laid a funeral wreath at the fo ue :n London of Franklin D. r On a. bordered card was the >n. "In memory of s democracy 1. 1948." The gesture was a protes* on of 12 trial is A
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    RUSSIANS MURDER A US. OFFICIAL
    200 1 RUSSIANS MURDER A US. OFFICIAL VIENNA, Mon. ITNITED States authorities reported yesterday that four Russian soldiers "most brutally murdered" an American, who was identified as Irving Ross, a diplomatic officer and a member of ECA Mission to Austria. Official reports said Ross was sitting 1n a car early yesterday morning
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    Russians fire on Persians
    62 1 TEHERAN, Monday. COVIET ioldiers fired on Persian soldiers killing one and wounding several, according to a press report yesterday. The incident occurred at the Presian frontier garrison on the Soviet border m Dildashi area Soviet soldiers later occupied heights inside the border. Government circles say the
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    35 Jap ships scrapped
    51 1 THIRTY FIVE Japanese warship* including two battleships, three aircraft carriers and six cniiserg, have been snapped at Hiroshima and the metal diverted lo industry. nclude the battleships Up, Hyuga and Haruna. and the c-.-trers Amagi. ho and Aso. Other vessels snapped included 120 man submarines. A
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    P.I. finance scandal
    29 1 been arre ted including three officer* and leveo civilians, m the flnaru :>f the Philippines armed totct* Fifty .sDe: tfd a inK Involved, i A .P.
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    Woman killed in trisha crash
    47 1 W oman killed in trisha crash A 44 -YEAR -OLD Chinete man. travelling m a trisha In Tanjong Pagar Road at 11.15 last night, was killed when the trisha collided with a car driven by a Malay. The trisha rider wag admitted to hosp.ta] with minor injuries.
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    29 1 President iruman stands to acknowledge the cheert 01 i Us of Lo* ing hig tour of the West Coas' as part of his Prexjdential election cay, See Page Eight.
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    Union sue Jap P.M
    20 1 Governi have n\ d M lI lhe Japar.^t* Prime N Shigeru Yoshida "°n.4 the ban cnent
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    Weekend round-up in Bangkok
    100 1 BANGKOK, M mda I com pi i- j icnt a any p: up from Bangkok streets lary number^ of leaflets criticising the leaders of la.it year's coup d'etat. The leaflets u>ere captioned: -Plotters' message to the people." A high police source said the politicians were arrested
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    MORE PLANES FOR BERLIN AIRLIFT
    124 1 LONDON. Monday. FLIGHT four-engined Handley Page Hastings, J Britain's biggest and fastest transport planes, are leaving Britain today to augment the airlift to Berlin. In Berlin yesterday. Herr Karl Schwennirke. leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, suggested at an election meeting that the Western allies
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    Died after bus fall
    24 1 A 25-year-old Indian. Kadir Mohamed. who fell off a bus In Robinson Road yesterday evening, died In hospital this morning.
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    'Peace or war' call in Indonesia
    325 1 BATAVIA. Monday. *PIIE Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. D. I. Stikker, will seek an Important "peace or war" meeting with the Indonesian Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hatta. and other Republican leaders when he arrives here today, reports Reuter. Observers believe that such a meeting will mark
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    Jet's 3,458 miles in 9 hrs
    124 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. A NORTHROP YB-49 eighten«ined flying wing medium bomber has broken all endurance flight records for Jet-powered aircraft m tests at Muroc air base, California. Flying 3.458 miles between California and Arizona and back the plane flew for nine hours 30 minutes at
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    £20 Million Wage Loss
    34 1 American Weal Co* ntu workers loat neailv US$2O.OOO 000 m wages m strikM no* nwaring Ihe end of their j«t ond month, the Water Front Employers' A- I tion estimates.
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    VATICAN RADIO EXPANSION
    51 1 VATICAN Radio nefacilities for sending voice of thf PopCatholic world, a delegate told the lnt ional High Frequency Broadcasting Conferen Father Felippo Sexspecial representative of said he would conference for more air space. "We consider our special case and not docketed by ordinary forms." Father Soccorsi said.-
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    CHINESE ARRESTED
    13 1 Police arrestei a Chiri' In a Strpft 8.45 last Emergency F
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    Learning About Malaya
    1112 2  - Learning About Malaya Hall Romney LONDON I LETTER By WAS not sur- prised to learn :hat the iation of British Malaya is bringinfluence to I it among its corpoe members to mee them to make use of the facilities that exist m London for providing Malayan M backund" for Ling
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    Bridge Problem
    289 2 I (ailed tIM lead Out of turn and, exacting thr <4J code. upon Wet! to lead a *pade Since W mply, "naltT was paid anri was left free to lead whatever suil he chos-\ He chase to lead the club queen South was helpless, he had to lose
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    Revolution in the Motoring world
    275 2  -  COURTENAY EDWARDS By TT took the Paris Salon to throw into high relief the renaissance of the British car. To see a good selection of the glittering 1949 models displayed under one exhibition roof brings home the fact of this rebirth with an emphasis not
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      46 2 ENSIGNS X'mas Bazaar UNPRECEDENTED VARIETY OF STOCKS Fir ADULTS I CNILDREN X nw Cards Calendar* A Dtarfea Malayan Greeting Canfe. Gamea toys Tor Adult* < hildrrn. In Numerous Varieties fanrf Stationery < hildrena Books. Presentation Volumes ENSIGN BOOK STORE 47. Hifh Street— Phon« 1211. Pbmio J Bra IJQl'JSfflllv
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      15 2 AUSTRALIA) PRIZE 0 displ tomorrow BEEF main brand* Singapore COLD STORAG 1 Co., Ltd I
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      620 2 SINGAPORE Talk of tn Town; so n sat «Jll. if ™,iZI ,7t Song Tim* with Peg hi* ui.«iSu2 T .Jl -H S> iO Sh.p. 10 30 World— presenting popular rla rJ.'i 1 jT^l m P 'London Btudlo Melodies' 11 I»ndon Svmphoi tra 730 and ».se p.m. io i|. Lmi Nw
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      234 2 /OUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, there is a ruu'. wlwl your life complexity m your partner very cautiously if ntture which is not readily you are to find complete discernible to those you happiness. meet I isually. Someone who Is warmYou are moody and hearted, yet who>e cultural highly sensitive
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    ONCERN OVER CHIANG SET-BACKS
    123 3 ONCERN OVER CHIANG SET-BACKS \iq aid "too little, too late' COME IS. diplomatic authorities fear that only a miracle can now stop the Communists from ui ill v winning control of most China. The> no evidence of a nationalist force strong enough to halt the communist march. In battle after
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    27 3 Lady-in-waiting to Prii; ibeth, Lady Margaret 'on, and Mr. John le Secretary to the Princess, after their ing at St. Margaret's, ister. Below:— PrinMargaret who UXU bridesmaid.
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    First Atlantic flyer
    24 3 A verdict Out S -n Brow: re lat^ Su- John t^e f'^ l fly the a after an overc! a jwiy
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    1,000 TONS MORE IN AIRLIFT
    131 3 1,000 TONS MORE IN AIRLIFT \|AJ gen. mam lf *Tunner, chiel of the combined I* S. -British airlift force, disclos that the quota ot supplies for blockaded Berlin has been raised by more than 1.000 tons daily. The fhv aion of been announOld and sick people and ft prior The
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    'SCOTCH-MADE IN US' STARTS WHISKY 'WAR'
    141 3 NEW YORK. 'ym isky labels has begun. Contestants 1 are the 5 Whisl oeiation- who insist: must come from Scotland"'— and U.S. <— who want to label their liquor: 'Scotch made m the U.S.A. John Nicholson, cf nt to the Asso Treasury Department experts
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    12 NATIONS SHARE U.N SCHOLARSHIPS
    54 3 TWENTY-SEVEN United from are m the United States now with U.N. fellowships. Th. Security Agency said 85 fellows from 12 cdunhave spent from four to nths m the United j during the last year and a half. They are studying American programmes for social welfare,
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    'Arm Germany' say U.S. officers
    281 3 'Arm Germany' say U.S. officers li r HEN American military men m Berlin talk privately about the possibility of war with Russia, someone always whispers: "Why not rearm Germans right now?" They whisper it because v American officer who made such suggestions iblicly would almost certainly be reprimanded and might
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    Polish Minister IM.J
    40 3 VVlodlmlerz Lee ho v. 1 z, Poland's Mails :er of Food until the post was abolishes month, has been arrested for flnanc al Itregulaii'if.s Unoffii U! iepor f s quo>y UP said he Ml arrea week Ago.
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    15 3 The Duke of Edinburgh after he ha lied the Woi pany of Shi Ma n
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    PRISON 'BAROiNS' START DARTMOOR 'WAR OF NERVES'
    93 3 PRISON 'BAROiNS' START DARTMOOR 'WAR OF NERVES' Vi:\VS that the British Home Office tna\ decide to pay convicts with canteen goods instead of in cash has started serious unrest in Dartmoor All warders are n<r patrols guard the sates. "E Hall block, is full. Trouble-brewers arc Dartm< n by wardand
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    FIRM ARRESTS S'HAI RING:,
    50 3 TWO foreigners and a I ed by the Shanghai Economic Police m the t series of is of members of a large- n currency ring. Police refused to d.> the identity of the two forr». but they were all n caught m a $10,000 d Reuter
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      54 3 ALWAYS PLENTY WITH YATES' A presh SHIPMENT Wffif) ARRIVED. fef^S AIX THE «g> ji in i i i ii <. l^Viy^ <>oB^reTuM ii i; i I^J I*) <S^"^ ENCLI S II m/]lg2 M&, v~ CARD E N YATES'^SEEDS T l CIVE WORTH-WHILE RESULTS bTn g aTSTTI^TTu TfATtTM^^ v penanc f
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    50 4 lodued no objection ■hen 3-year-old Barbara larrett (of Bristol) was i rmitted to act a close-up view of Eric, the 18-months-uld chimpanzee from West Africa, a recent arrival at Bristol Zoo. He was so wellmannered that he turned his head away while con turning a liberal fosd tit-bit from Barbara.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Nov. 1. 1948 America Chooses a President
    653 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Nov. 1. 1948 America Chooses a President r OTHING has happened In the las,- »f the American Presidential campaign Mr. Truman tomonov nd Wdse of the White political pundits :hat up to three weeks ago he was steadily ting an estima though still a long
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    A LIFE TIME OF SCOUTING
    1050 4  -  Roy Ferroa Today's Profile by QNE of Malaya's scouts with the longest service to his credit leaves Singapore this month to attend the Boy Scouts' Jamboree on the outskirts of Melbourne m Australia. He is 52-year-old SYED AHMAD BIN MOHAMED ALSAGOFF. otherwise known as A.
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    Tito-Stalin split is a real break
    769 4  -  JOHN GUNTHER American historian with the "seem* eye." author of < the pre-war best-seller 'Inside Europe," has Just reyisited Europe. A fire- month tour took him behind the Iron Curtain to Yugoslavia, Trieste. Hungary < wti iioxlnvakia. Austria, Italy, Germany, Poland. Frame, Btlfium and
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    TOO MANY TOYS?
    249 4 LAST Christmas big-eyed Filipino youngster elvei m Manila ak under :ful variety of toys ranging irom teddy be. and Christ m, I be much Sa: blame ami aid be plenty one. But th< crnment wants to be sure thore are not a great many more than the
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    FAITH
    18 4 Whoso ualkcth >ipruhll> shall be saved: but be that m pervetM m hi> w.i fall at v
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    Polar Pioneers are chosen mer
    159 4  - Polar Pioneers are chosen mer GRAHAM STANFORD By UOW about a £4 a-year jol found," m the wastes of the Anu tic, where you Jiv. J:he hu and canned pemmi< m a wint» ture of mini degrees More than 500 n Jumped at thf and applied for Jobs when they
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    Terrorist bid to blow up bridge
    59 5 Terror is t bid to blow up bridge lKh io blow up a bridre ■v Rengam and Kulai. il of the night mall from t boon xesterday. 10.15 on Saturday arting to cross pped m time. a gap about eight■id damaged wo girders But It was and was *a* held
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    35 5 picture Mr and Mrs J. V. H. Geaks, icith their baby daughter, Jane Kathryn after her christening at the Cathedral o) the Good Shepherd yesterda v Gin m the nicture ix Elizabeth Geeks.— Free Press
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    'Arm villagers' call to Govt.
    218 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent LIVING conditions In the kampongs are such that the Malays are exposed to constant Communist attacks and propaganda. Inche Abdul Rashid bin Mohammed Yusof, Malay unofficial member and President of the Persatuan Mela Kuantan. told the Pahane State Council. mmunism cannot
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    35 5 picture. The Governor Sir Franklin G.Tnson, is seen presenting the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry to Constable Omar bin Said at the ceremo ny held at the Police Training School last Frid ay.- Free Press
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    MUNICIPALITY MAY RUN BUS SERVICES
    332 5 S. T. C. franchise ends m 1 955 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Municipal Commissioners may buy out the Singapore Traction Company and run its transport services as a Municipal concern m 1955 when the company's franchise terminates. Preliminary discussions on this subject are
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    OPERATIONS IN JOHORE AREA: GOC PLEASED
    127 5 1 1 AJOR GENERAL D. DunA lop. 0.0.C. Singapore District, said yesterday. "Operations In the north are going extremely well." In the past few days alone. said the communique, more than 20 people Including known and recognised members of bandit organisations had been arrested.
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    Catholics will support paper
    46 5 APORE Catholics have assured the Archbishop or Nanking, Dr. Paul Yu-pin. of support for the smarting of a Singapore Chii.e&e language Catholic daily nev.spaper The Archbishop aald the project of the Catholic paper was the prime reason for his visit to Singapore.
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    DEATH RATE LOWER
    74 5 SINGAPORE'S death rate was lower last week compared with the week previous. There were 156 deaths as against 133 during the previous week, while total births recorded were 746. Twenty -three people died from tuberculosis and two from diphtheria. No ot I of plliomyelitls have bet n
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    $500,000 mission school for K.L.
    213 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent AN Anglican mission school for boys, which will 71 cost at least $500,000, is to be built m Kuala Lumpur. In five years, it should have 1,000 pupils. "It will be the St. Andrews School of the Federation," 6add the Principal
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    BIG JUMP IN USE OF POWER
    190 5 BIG JUMP IN USE OF POWER Free Press Staff Keporler CONSUMPTION of eU y tricity m Sin^ap. last year rose by o 30 million units, reports the Municipal Elect nEngineer, Mr C. C P m his annual review The total number ofl units sold m 1947 was 85.788 compared with
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    78 5 pfc- In the Forces Education Centre in Armenian Street several courses are aimilable to Servicemen. In the Art Room of the re. Instructor Sgt H a cimlian art teacher m North Wales, is seen inspecting the drawings during a class in which a Chinese lad is chosen as the model.
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    Price control to be enforced
    68 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. AN official statement today disclosed that the Malayan Government* Intend to control the price and suppiv of essential articles. Emergency Regulation^ ed the prftee of barbed v The statement said the object of the Regula was to ensure that exr prices did
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    ENGLISH COMEDY
    184 5 AT THE CINEMA WHAT happens when an English peer flees his 'castle and becomes a footman to a wealthy English family Park Lane is the theme of Capitol theatres next film Spring m Park Lane which opens for a season tomorrow. Starring Anna Ne&gU and -a«1 Wilding the
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    13 new power sub-stations
    130 5 OF 13 electric substations, i which were built m Sin- gapore*last year to cope with industrial expansion m the! Colony one was for a factory m Bukit Timah Road manu- 1 facturing various industrial gases. Thre*> sub-stations were required for the oil indus.ry. Another new sub-station
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    SCHOOL FOR SEA GYPSIES
    67 5 SEA gypsies living near the estuaries of Benut. Senggarang and other rlrers In Batu Pahat district In Johore were recently visited for a second time by U.M.N.O. leaders and officials of the Religious Department m Batu Pahat. The department has donated $150 towards building a school
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    Far East Meeting
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    'Hoodedmen' face trial
    13 6 'Hooded men' face trial .Tar, Cagou' 8 Palace P r^jei/ are (iff 00'
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    BRITAIN THINKS DEWEY WILL WIN
    154 6 BRITAIN THINKS DEWEY WILL WIN But couldn't care less LONDON, Monday. BRITAIN is convinced there will be a continuity of co-operative foreign policy whoever is m the White House and regards tomorrows American presidential election with a friendly and almost impartial interest. British public opinion i.s certain tli will win
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    U.K. cars exempt from steel 'grab'
    56 6 "THE British labour Government plans to tak< over the iron and steel industry from the production of ore to the making of pins and needles but the motor car Industrj \empt. B t the A d. B ernmrnt to I rshi] ice 50.00- mnts.
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    TITO'S FALL IS PREDICTED
    15 6 TITO'S FALL IS PREDICTED A-RMER B thrown :p woul m other ninform batst Vug U.P.
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    M-plan for the Colonies— -M.P.'s hint
    21 6 M-plan for the Colonies— -M.P.'s hint THE D Eui I Admi:. n mplalnts, it Africa, J mono; up m Colon. Reuter
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    QUADS BIRTH FILM
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    BUTLER MADE ₤80 INTO ₤9,000
    109 6 ii'HEN John Groarke, butler, of Co. Kildare, Eire i injured in a railw. ident he did not claim compensation but the railway company made him a grant of £80. That was more than thirty years nd when he died this year his £80 had been
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    CAUGHT 0N.... THE FIRE
    72 6 CAUGHT 0N.... THE FIRE balcony at :ch Hippodrome the Like igh, mimic, usual opening I < .reman sketch. 'Hutch it song "I don't want to set the world on fl] Tin orchestra played a little louder and the nremen k»-d m With every out a th<» And when It *as
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    FRANCE SMASHING DRUG RACKET
    161 6 I\Kl (.S arc no longer a social threat m France according to M. Francois Millet, assistant chief of police of the Paris vice squad. The traffic dying out for two reasons: the prit ejv exorbitant and police action is stern. 1 n 350 and 400 arrests
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    H.K. plans 100 new schools
    77 6 THE Hung Kong Education 1 i»-partment olana to 100 government within the next 20 The annual report ot the Education Department sta there will be a school examination li adIng m China. Pla. cussion to increase the numof scholarships to matri►n and to the University
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    Cigar smoking babe is cute
    112 6 OTHER people may think it is "cute" to see 22--vionths-old Laurence Philips, Jr. of Massachusetts smoking a cigar— but his mother does not. Mrs Philips said she ts trying to break him of the habit, but it is worth a year of my life to
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    Dared not dance with husband
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    44 7 picture or Singapore's best women cyclist to right' Shirley Such. Miss Vickey Elms and Miss Mary Lee who came m first, second and third respectively m the one-mjle race for women at the politan Cycling Llub championships held on the Padang yesterday Free rress
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    RODGERS MAY SCORE AT KL TODAY
    236 7 RODGERS MAY SCORE AT KL TODAY Has 5 fancied horses From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Today. rRAINER Rodgers is likely to have a successful day as he has several fancied runners this afternoon's races here m Prattlin, Port Star, Greetings, Firemaster and Missouri. The going is still yielding, but may
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    "Trespasser"
    5 7 Unions by W BUi'
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    MELBOURNE CUP: FINAL ACCEPTORS
    124 7 THIRTY-FIVE horses re- rojijln the fleld for the rich Melbourne Cup to be run tomorrow a: Flemington From a fleld of 43 acceptors last Thursday, scratching* have reduced the horses to 35 considered the safety limit Scratching^ since last Thursday include Master. Oaynese, Kongmeng, Sir Fellowship,
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    More support for Howe
    101 7 THE New Zealand hor-e. Howe I abortened to 5 to 3 m the Melbourne Cup acte-poet betting after a brilliant win In the Hotham Handicap :n Melbourne en Saturday and seem* ikely to be the shortest-priced Cup favourite since Phar Lap won In 1930. Victory for
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    JOCKEY KILLED
    44 7 R. ROBERT? J and his mount, Salvanos. -d m the Wakefleld d*e at Victoria Park anos. when at the of the neld. crashed h^ :...:e- furlong post. ved with the Guinea. His md parents were watchie race m which he was Reuter
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    SAFA SELECTORS LOOKING AHEAD
    260 7  -  CRUSADER By T^HE S.A.F.A. selectors probably thought they were x making a gamble when they chose Lim Eng ng to play In the Inside-left position against the Combined Services for the Tay Lian Teck Shield match on Saturday. But whatever doubts they might have had were
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    54 7 picture. J E Semmes \lioyal t» about to putt m his four-ball match again,*' J. M. Fordham and E. G. Munro of the Selangor Golf Club, at the R.S.G.C. yesterday. Semmes and h:\s partner, J. F. Pearcy. beat Fordham and Munro 5 and 4. The R.S.G.C. won by 11 matches
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    SCHMELING RETIRES
    47 7 SCHMELIN G RETIRES "\J X SCHMELING, 43-year-old ier world heavyweight champion, lost a po i -.on to R. T. Vogt of Hamburg. Oerm&n ligrht -heavy wvlr hi char. Bchmelini the flight that it was his last b and the e:id of his come-back; A P. and Reuter
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    SINGAPORE RUGBY UNION MEETING
    69 7 A MEETING of the Singapore Rugby Union will be held at the SCC. on Tuesday. Nor. 9 at 5.15 p.m All committee members of the SR.U. and convenors and t*rle» of clubs affllUted to the BR U. axe requested to attend Those Intending to attend are
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    EGYPTIAN QUEEN'S 5TH WIN
    25 7 I 1 I I I ■Tl? Z.:.z-.'.. :ad I I 1 I I B i a r<t '.:a i j I
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    Today's Acceptors
    258 7 w I I 5» B I arolina Dawscn 8 06 *roj Brosnan 8. OS 6 '"'4 Ainrnpef 1.01 l^n Ami I \l< IIIM,> 8.11 inf Bird II Rv i»i\ t. r I R< ■•-> I. IS \N a\ Sp*:Kc a 09 i I 07 Rjrham Brosnan 8.05 B
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    CZECHS WIN 3-1
    37 7 iIOSLOVAKIA beat Austria by 3-1 yesterday on a slipp*-: field at Brat slava •he Czech's first interr] football victory th ■<• halftim<' Strot-n .-cored for Au Hi au'le itwo> a:id Hlavack replied for Czechoslovakia. U.P.
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    Merrydale owed much to Cecilia
    420 7 PLAYING for the first time Jl m Singapore, Mrs. Cecilia Samuel had a large share m the 5-3 victory which Merrydale Badminton Party gained over Mayflower B.P. yesterday. Facing her m the singles. lv Hu! Keow obtained tw points with swift cross-t-ourt culs but was
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    MALAYA v. INDO-CHINA GAMES PLANNED
    236 7 ONE of Indo-China's leading sportsmen, Guy Horlin, president of the Sports Committee of Cochin-China, is m Singapore attempting to arrange contests between Malayan and Indo-China teams m soccer, rugby, tennis, swimming, water polo, rowing and boxing. He is to consult representatives of Singapore's leading sports
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    Derby County oust Pompey in 1st division
    537 7 Derby County oust Pompey in 1st division rjERBY County overcame one of their stillest obstacles to date m winning at Birmingham by the only goal of the match on Saturday to retain their unbeaten record. With Portsmouth faltering once more, Derb> took over the League leadership for the first time
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    Alex McRae transferred for £10,000
    173 7 Alex McRae transferred for £10,000 \UEX Mcßa« Chaxlton :c Scotiwaus, oold on Saturday to M borough for £10,000. I trie Week Mcßae had refused to sign lor Sheineld United. This Middlesborough mo\. dlcates that the long-await' d transfer of Will Mannlon of that club may be near at hand, especially
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    3 times conqueror of Peng Soon
    468 7  -  COURTCRAFT THOMAS CUP TEAM... S By IJyHEN Ooi Teik Hock, who as the Malayan chamTT pion was automatically the first choice far Malaya's Thomas Cup team, steps into a badminton court he makes it his most serious business t< win the match he is
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    Coaching plan for tennis
    209 7 BRITISH lawn tennis 'm the doldrums'' internationally since the war. and 1t Is generally agreed that what it has racked m comparison with the game m other countries and particularly In the United Sta'es. has been adequate coaching. Now it has been nthat the Lawn Tennis
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    SCRC WIN RUGGER
    38 7 Piaying with fourteen men the S.C.R.C. beat the Police by 19 points two goals, two tries, a penalty) to 13 (two goals and a, penalty), when Lhey met at rugger at Thomson Road on Saturday.
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    BIRTHS
    25 8 OCT. 1948. at Changi pital, 'o Ciairtv F Dodd a daughter ER--on Urn 30'h Octi j r fe of Frank A. Boyer .gapore a
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    11 8 G. E RAYFIELD tank all friends for their I ually.
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    'I WILL WIN,' SAYS TRUMAN -AND DEWEY
    274 8 Presidential vote tomorrow NEW YORK, Monday. PREDICTING a Democratic victory m tomorrow's Presidential and Senate elections, President Harry Truman last night charged that the Republicans have tried to bluff their way into the White House with a "propaganda blitz" and failed. The Republican
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    Poisonous fog kills 18 in U.S.
    205 8 Poisonous fog kills 18 in U.S. DONOR A (Penna.), Mon. EIGHTEEN persons are dead and 200 others are seriously ill m this industrial city from a smothering fog containing acid fumes. Some 400 others have felt some effects. A state of emergency has been declared. A heavy mixture of smoke
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    Long war in Korea feared
    81 8 SEOUL. Monday. MANY Koreans and Amill can^ believe the bitter Conynunist -Loyalist civil war ~h broke out Oct. 20 will :iue during the winter. Rebe)i with guns have fled he barren mountain^ from •h they are expected stage raids to bleed the fant republic further.
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    FIGHTING IN SOUTH GREECE
    60 8 PIOHTING agmirut gaeu 111 rrea m the BOftGi cf Gr*»o« which Jut southward from th« Prloponne«e. was reported n last nlght'i Ore^k G I SUtfl munlque. mttUlm i Aichlon tr'i P>'»go« 18 miles i. Capi Ma'*p«Ji whll« Oovfrnment forcw and labels clashed In th« Ptrnon r»iige.
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    HK requisitions houses
    22 8 X >lld C < and re-nt them »o the public Owners > to let at th« Oovernmer itnls, styi A .P.
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    Shopping list silenced him
    46 8 LONDON, Sunday. T ICE -ADM. Sir John Ed- gell ended his after-din-ner speech abruptly before the Royal Nqval Old Comrades Association. "By mistake I brought a shopping list which my wife gave me this morning instead of my notes." he explained.- U.P.
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    French 'peace' bid fails
    215 8 French 'peace' bid fails PARIS, Monday. THE French Government's labour front peace offensive m the nation-wide month-long strike has hit a snag, the non-Communist labour leaders having declared themselves dissatisfied with new price reduction*, saying that these still left too great a gap between wages and prices. Meanwhile, troops have
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    £2,500,000 LOST IN BURMA WAR
    130 8 £2,500,000 LOST IN BURMA WAR RANGOON, Monday. D HMAS rice and timber v industries ha*e lost >00,000 m the three months old insurrection. A mass rally In Rangoon yesterday which blamed Communists for Burma's 'present chaotic condition' 1 wa* told that >: 450.000 had been spent on military measures and
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    Sought plane, rescued sailors
    87 8 THE British (it Cheviot and other naval craft searching for a Royal Air Force Mosquito seen to crash Into the Mediterranean off Gozo island, northwest of Malta, yesterday, found survivors of a fishing vessel which sank m a rough sea Saturday night. Four .survivors of the
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    Car Itrrord Forrcast
    30 8 ti\ 5000.000 Am< <ars and trurks a- »-d to be built thia year. ii may even he all-1 me i I of 5,*****(i can built m !'>:29,
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    12 Bodies Found
    29 8 Twelve bodies ha\ e been recovered from the I ockhe d l ra r %h eh era hpd on ra'idi m Oct One is still n
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    TITO MAY BREAK WITH HUNGARY
    161 8 BELGRADE, Monday. INVENTS m Hungary, where Yugoslav oHicial representatives have been maltreated over the Tito-( Ominform issue, may be leading to a complete break m diplomatic relations between Hungary and Yugoslavia, diplomatic circles believe. The situation has deteriorated so far that the oflUial Yugoslav news
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    Russian plans being delayed
    280 8 GERMAN REDS DESERT BIIRI.IV Mondat OOVIET plans to build an armed "people po ftrct" of a military nature m Germany are being delayed by large-scale u>of recruits, a high American milit >verntn< ortlcial said yesterday. This is likely to force p< ponement of the Russian plan
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    CRUISERS WERE WRONG WAY
    72 8 CRUISERS WERE WRONG WAY DA DM AN A BH A COL" one of the three mil 8 who resigned last w eek from the FTencl lay p: against the French action m I i *a- f blish French author: added >cc by brands big stick had pi all her svmpatt
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    Danny Kaye 'shook' BBC
    167 8 Danny Kaye 'shook BBC LONDON, Monday. r^HE Sunday Express has given Britain's favourite American comedian Danny Kaye a neu title "the man who shook the BBC Kaye's arrii al for a Royal Command performance today was headlined m all London papers, but only the Express told the story how Kaye
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    NANKING REVERSES ITS STAND ON PRICES
    41 8 INKDfa a i> poUc!e« c j. 19 and 6' rs or esaer. mod.r inriuding necessr.i** and raw materials, will c* 1 according to tost under cor The new ruling is to relive the a I
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    Anti-Red Pact to cover the globe
    10 8 Anti-Red Pact to cover th e globe i iijy U.P.
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    The Pope's portrait
    46 8 wr The Pope contemplates a portrait of him. be sent to the Institute Ptui XII m Florence. Institute is the former VMa Scifan Pope by Mr. Mj/ron Tavlor. Preside* representative at the Vatican This at Casteioanaolfo, near Rome, summe* ice o' Pope A.P.
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