The Singapore Free Press, 5 November 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I U3. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Chiang quitting N. China
    321 1 led threat to Nanking SHANGHAI, Friday. nationalist abandonment of North China, iny^ il Peipfng-Tientsin-Paotins defence triangle, Generalis1^ nek is understood to have dftided to abandon the Hsurba>tion and withdraw his forces to Pengpu, on the Tienstin--10 miles north-west of Nanking. •suchow was forced by a giant
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    Singapore free press Exclusive In Malaya EISENHOWERS OWN STORY OF THE WAR
    78 1 Singapore free press Exclusive In Malaya EISENHOWERS OWN STORY OF THE WAR brilliant soldier's vivid record. Eisenhower teils of the collapse in Asia; secret conferences with Churchill. Roosevelt and Stalin; the smashinr of the Afrika rim battles in Sicily and Italy; the air war against the Nazis; immortal Arnhem; D-Day
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    Dr. Stikker sees Hatta at Jogja
    170 1 BATAYIA, Friday. VITAL peace or war" talks between the Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. D. I Stikker, and the Republican Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, on the future of Indonesia opened yesterday at Kaliurang, near the Republican capital of Jogjakarta. Dr. Stikker is believed to have
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    P.I. arms racket discovered
    81 1 MANILA, Friday. A MANILA Times report vesterday said that a large scale smuggling of arms out ot the U.S. Clark Field air "base is believed to have been unearthed following the discovery of munitions hidden in empty oil drums near the air base. The paper said
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    Queen ill with Influenza
    57 1 Queen ill with Influenza QUEEN ELIZABETH Lfl 6Uiiering from an "influenzal cold" of the type tha* has swept London in the past fortnight it was disclosed ai Buckingham Palace yesterday The King's physician. Sir John Weir, visited the Queen, Is remaining in her rooms. She cancelled a visit yesterday to
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    37 DEAD IN AIR CRASHES
    121 1 37 DEAD IN AIR CRASHES 'JHIRTY-SEVEN people lost their lives In four air crashes in the past 24 hours. A U.S. Air F\>rc« B-29 homeward bound from England crashed In the Azores. killing eighteen of the 20 crew and passengers aboard. In Paris, French officials said that a Dakota military
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    Suspected Communist arrested
    58 1 A SUSPECTED Chinese member of the Malayan Communist Party was the only arrest made under the Emergency Regulations by Singapore police yester The total number of detainees this morning was 321. A Chinese wu arrested for being an alleged member of a secret society. Another was arrested
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    Two U.K. Nobel Prize winners
    62 1 IJOBEL PRIZE winners an- nounced yesterday lor 1948 were Physics: Profeaaor P. MS. Blackett, leading British scientist, for his "work in cosmic radiation." Literature: T. S. Eliot English po*t, for his "remarkable achievements as a pioneer in modern poetry." Chemistry: Professor 1 Arne Tiselius. of
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    P.I. LUXURIES: IMPORTS CUT
    107 1 P.I. LUXURIES: IMPORTS CUT THE Secretary of Commerce of the Philippines Government Mr Gornelio Balrnareda. said yesterday that a scheduled Government curb on luxury imports would affect loss than U.S. $75 million worth of annual lmEarlier It had been stated that the control, introduced as a dollar-saving measure, would reduce
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    Anglo-Jap Trade Pact
    34 1 An announcement is expected next week on the negotiations for ade agreement between the Commonwealth countries and Japan, Mr. Arthur Bottomley. Secretary for Overseas Trade, told House of Commons last niffht.
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    S'pore girl killed
    30 1 A Chinese girl cyclist, Lo Wan Tai aged 15, died in hospital last night after being injured in a collision with a lorry in Tras Street, Singapore.
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    ROBBERS CAUGHT IN AMBUSH
    104 1 ROBBERS CAUGHT IN AMBUSH A SQUAD of Singapore de- j tectlve* ltd by Inspector' K. Krishnan of Joo Chiat police station last night ambushed, and arrested three Hylam* at the KKh mile Chan?i Road, believed to be on their way to commit a robbery. When the police at 8.45 p.m.
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    They want to pay up quickly
    104 1 SOME Singaporeans have already received their income tax assessments and will be paying the tax within one month, In accordance with the Income Tax Ordinance. The income tax returns were sent out a few day* ago and Mr. D. H. Tudor, Singapore Comptroller of
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    'ROBBED BY 2 AMERICANS'
    64 1 AMERICAN Naval police and Singapore police are investigating the report by a European crew member of the British ship Euryalus who alleged that he was "robbed by two American sailors" early this morning. The complainant said the two men took $7 in cash and $20 in
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    NEI-China Cash Trade
    40 1 Chinese foreign trade with Indonesia will be on cash basis under a trade agreement reached at Batavla. It was revealed in Shanghai yesterday. China will ship 35 million yards of cotton, and buy 3,000 tons of rubber.
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    Dutch warned 'pirate planes'
    164 1 MANILA, Friday IK)NKSIAN Republicans charged Dutch autf using the International Civil Aviativn Agreement to justify the interception of Bobby Freeberg, :n pilot for the ReAmerican officials i here. Mr ,d E. Baldwin md Thomas M. Lee. w /Jakarta i week, state that the Dutch informed the
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    Sovite Says 'Thanks'
    23 1 The Russian Red Cross yesterday cabled thanks for a $25,000 gift of streptomycin from th^ American Frif ncU' > Service committee.
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    Estate raiders driven off
    36 1 EIGHT Chinese bandits who raided Chan Wing Estate. I near Segamai early today were driven off by estate I guards after a 20-minute gun duel. There were no casualties on either side.
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN BURMESE TOWN
    79 1 HE A VY FIGHTING IN BURMESE TOWN RANGOON, Friday. OURMESE troops and armoured cars have been rushed to defend Paungde, a town 140 miles north of Rangoon on the road to Prome, which rebels entered at dawn yesterday. Communication* between Paungde and neighbouring towns have been cut. "Considerable casualties" were
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    8 British subjects banished this year
    176 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. PLIGHT British subjects, convicted in the Feder- ation's law courts, were among the 472 persons against whom banishment orders have been made since the beginning of the year, it was officially disclosed today. Seventy banishment orders were
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    Vienna murder: action demand
    105 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE United States will insist that Soviet authorities take action against the "murderers" in Austria of Irving Ross, American official who was clubbed to death on Sunday In Vienna's Soviet zone. An Austrian woman with him was injured. Vienna report* said four Russian soldiers
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    GERMAN STRIKE THREAT
    60 1 GERMAN trade union leadtrs in Frankfurt have threatened a Blzonla-wlde general strike later this 1 month If both Allied and German economic officials do not agree to a more reasonable economic policy. German trade unionists stressed that the Stuttgart riot might repeat itself in blzona.l cities if
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    Guilty of brutality to PoWs, Tojo told
    345 1 TOKIO, Fri. fTHE International MiliA tary Tribunal has in effect placed blame on top ranking Japanese, including the wartime Premier, Hideki Tojo, for wartime atrocities against prisoners of war and civilian internees. The Tribunal's Judt: read in court yesterday said Cabinet Ministers and
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    MALICE OFF THE RATION
    73 1 ¥>RESIDEVT Truman terday rejected a suggestion that those who forecast his defeat be forced to "eat crow" in public. The Washington Post him a telegram offering to arrange a dinner at which its own writers and many other wrong guesser*. would rat "breast of tough old
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    'New look' madness
    559 2 By DIANA STRODE fTHE "new look" has got out of hand: it has led to the development of all sorts of dress monstrosities. So London and Paris are making a determined effort to bring It back to sanity. Molyneux of London told me recently that women of
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    AUTUMN FASHION PARADE
    191 2 By Our Woman Fashion Expert These clothes, all for cold weather wear were the highlights of the fashion show at Whiteaways store. 1. Prettiest for the young girl, a velour cloth in a rich tan shade makes this Princess' line coat. Both front and back skirts arc
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    Social Upheaval
    102 2 WASHINGTON, with the White House refusing to say anything about the coming social season, rather resembles Ascot without a Royal enclosure or a luxury liner without a captain's table. It is customary for the President's wife early in October to an- nounce the vario ners. receptions. matic teas,
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    Bridge Problem
    296 2 •r «i<ie vulnerable. dealer Tb« biddlof South Wtit North Cftst 1* Pats 24 P*M 2M T. P&M i 44 Ail Put WES", a iow dub. j k the ftce and returned a club which Bouth «on. Decla saw that a favourable split would ajwure the contract, for hi
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      152 2 A USTRALIAN CHILLED eggs bacon ORCHARD RD I 1,000,000 I I SPRING COMFORT I WITHOUT A SINOLI SPRING! Nc.er needs tu'" rt f '^m^m vui Ni«vef lags, to"* i XJ9 Jm W\^JMKf'' f loth P'OOf *rxi I bumps or hollows /^^vf'vlxal rjfli^F trn rei stin Mr _C_kJ_a '-Y__k\ Idea! to
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      103 2 This Week 1 We 0/retjj PRINTED SWISS CREI FRENCH STRIPED SAtl A Pint Range of j CANTEENS OF CUTLEfI Sets for 6 to K j 26 to 131 pieces u I C.C. deSILVA&BRoJ Jcwe/ e r s 3, Raffles PI I g*J»l Phone ***** COLD BRACE ill) Pure 22 K
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      763 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you arc ntially the dreamer. r inventive and original mind can visualize all kinds of new and interesting thin 11 are able to materialise many of them, and i may leave a new plan or a really revolutionary Idea j behind you which is far
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    EXPENSIVE PAPUA
    8 3 .e year eodtd June 30. 1948-
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    'Fleal, corporal' wasn't even in the army
    23 3 'Fleal, corporal' wasn't even in the army [i H B^ Ports- luckiest soldiers in the billet run by life after him -S. 3d
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    'LET INDIANS INTO AUSTRALIAN'
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    HEAR CAN CAUSE RHEUMATISM
    13 3 tive g or drunken bands, and one er had
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    Kashmir threat to peace
    22 3 f lAQUAT AU Khan, Pa* Prlxnt MJ his I ace vai and i a The of the ?ak-
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    ATTLEE SACKS 70,000 CIVIL SERVANTS
    275 3 Urgen t cu t--staffs order THE British Prime Minister, Mr. C. R. Attlee has 1 ordered a 10 per cent cut in the Civil Service, involving the dismissal of more than 70.000 people. afford Cripps, as head of the Treasury, ~'s request to all Ministers
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    U.K. cotton chiefs angry
    30 3 T.r Chamber announc- ground that has I B se prod z~ raised to -s by 1952 a meeting In :apan and urged i to take U.P.
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    Cuddles her castanefs
    93 3 LA JOSELITO, a Spanish woman dancer uho pave performances in Sydney recently, claims thit her castanets are as sensitive to temperature as a Slrudivarius violin and will lose their sonority if they are allowed to get cold. So she keeps each pairsome of them over 100 years
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    Jap-Swedish Trade
    39 3 S.C.A.P. and Swedish representatives in Tokyo have reached ac agreement calling for $13,000 000 worth of trade next year between Sweden ard Japan. Japan will get pulp. Iron ard steel In return for textiles and raw silk
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    Plastic limbs made of 'soup'
    148 3 A NEW plastic "soup" Ls bt- Ing u»ed by doc ton fork to make artlfl:hat "breaIt rebuilds ed arms. or shoulders, or replaces lost fingers, breasts or other body p<i::.> A:r bod low the flesh to it cooler and comfortacit than sub"e* formed of sponge
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    Walkie-talkie' on sale soon
    45 3 •/CITIZENS radiV—camerav sized private broadcastlnz a be on the market soon. Patterned after the wartime two-way radio Is expected to reach quantity Droduction in the I .'ure. and the US Federal communications com- m said if will beein licensing citizen-broad? shortly.
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    Died trying to gas husband
    244 3 4 JEALOUS wife who had skipped notes under her husband's bedroom door suggesting that he should commit suicide, waited one night until he had gone to bed. Then iht attached the nozzle of a 35ft, -long garden ho*e to her kitchen «tove, quietly threaded the
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    'Quislings on U.S. army payroll'
    137 3 'Quislings on U.S. army payroll' THE employment of a former Japanese collaborator by the U.S Army In Nanking alleged by a witness in the Bridge House trUu in Hong Kong is not an Isolated case, the North China Daily News reported today. Mr. J. Watoon, an exShanghai police ufTlcer Ing
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    'Relax controls' Hong Kong plea
    171 3 AN appeal by the Unofficial n Members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council to the Government to dispense tth some of its emergency powers, especially price coni and trade restrictions is being considered by the Administration. A motion has b- ed in Council u the
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    SEVERITY IN U.K. ARMY
    86 3 I^HE House of Lords Special Orders Committee was recently informed by a War Office representative that field punishment in the shape of pack drill and "other severe punishment on the barrack square" still exists in the Army and R.A.F. In giving approval to draft an order-in-council
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    'SOVIET KNEW WHEN MUKDEN WOULD FALL'
    224 3 A WASHINGTON diplomatic official said that In his opinion the tactics of Soviet Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin at the Far East Council meetings had now become clear as the result of th* Communist seizure of Manchuria. The official said the Panyushkin undoubtedly knew the calculated
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    GIRL 'DRUGGED AND RAPED'
    57 3 A MANILA girl alleges waa raped wl the influence of an ur. drug grlven to her by a C nese Police are now searching for the Chinese, a 29-year-cashier. who Is alleged to ha taken the girl, aged 21. to a house near Camp Murphy North-west
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    PARENTS SAY 'YES' TO CANING
    110 3 PARENTS SAY 'YES' TO CANING MORE than 75 per M Darents of Armv training schoc. favour of canine, ace replies to a circular ser when the boys, ioin up. a Office sookesman said. The practice ofl e parents' permission for Ls been LUd it er procedur* many private and r
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    Jewellery Theft
    10 3 ped Into a vmtttaf car ar.d rod« away
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      161 3 ELYKYNOCH SPORTING AMMUNITION -GRAND PRIX ia^ L GRAND P^^ i, GRAND PRIX 16 BORE $20 per 100 CARTRIDGES GRAND PRIX 12 BORE S2O per 100 CARTRIDGES ALPHAMAX 12 BORE 525 per 100 LONG RANGE LONG RIFLE 22 BORE S 5 per 100 CARTRIDGES w W 111 tII 1 I L
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      231 3 F.P. Cyossw^rd No. 530 ;j;h 12 j ITI W^ 15 I 16 9 K) >.-.i 12 22 23 i S5 24 K :,J26 :27 28 j 29 30 !T™32 3r~psT3r~ 5 f CLUES ACEOSS off i9^. 7, Fit for um (4). 9, Amphitheatre* (6). 11 Rop«ac (3». 13. AswrnbUd (3^.
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    The Singapore Free Press The Threat to Nanking
    743 4 FRIDAY Nov. 5. 1948 Na Nialist to abandon traditionally the bail ion of NankI aces, is far grimmer news thau the fall last f the city of Mukden. ■ollapse of Nationalist es in Manchuria had table for months. Dut the direct threat
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    Schools spring up in Malaya
    743 4  - Schools spring up in Malaya K. S. CHIA By TWO Malayan Chinese philanthropists have, by their contributions of land and money, made possible the dream of new school buildings in Penang: buildings which will go a long way towards meeting the urgent need for more school accommodation. The Acting Senior
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    FAITH
    25 4 Thou fcha.lt not pervert the Judgment of the sir Anger, nor the father- less; nor takr a widow's raiment to pledge: Deuteronomy 24 17.
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    People in S'pore make news
    1243 4 People in S 'pore make news IT is not often that a Journalist wins recognition with anything but his jvn. but 34- year-old MOHAMED SALEHUDDIN'S brush has also won him merit as an artist and many of his pictures were on exhlt at th»» Malayan Horticultural Exhibition pre-war. He has
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    G-MEN AFTER THE SPIES
    592 4  - G-MEN AFTER THE SPIES JOHN M. COLLINS By THE Federal Bureau of Investigation was given the assignment of checkmating spies and protecting America against sabotage and fifth-column activities through the excellent record it had tfain^d in peacetime in virtually eliminating kidnapping, extortion and bank robbery in r.s.A. Through a series
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    44 4 Many new British ears will interest buyers from overseas u,h national Motor Exhibition to be held in London since the War, the British Motor Industries' Shop window to the world. Seen h' "Oxford" model which was seen at the show for the first time.
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    Danger Mines
    8 4  - Danger Mines unknown and t|sfl 1 I ,1
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    BIG HOUSING ESTATE IN KATONG
    237 5 for Municipal employees M Reporter ent. of the married junior \kt Singapore Municipality is now with the latest sanction of Mun u» ssi©ners to establish a >! le—the third approved this land off (iuillemard Road j 3d long Katong Road. Architect, Mr. D. C. Rae,
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    45 5 Looking extremely smart in their khaki uniform. 74 member* of the W.A.A.F. and A.T.S. yesterday disemoarfced from the troopship Devonshire in Singapore. Th€ g*U are on their first visit to the East. This Free Press picture shows some of them stepping on to the quayside.
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    ACTING C.M.O.
    12 5 H Scrlmgeour has been appointed actln.? Chlet Medl- Dfflcer, Singapore.
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    Newcable circuit in three months
    536 5 Newcable circuit in three months Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE, Jesselton and Hong Kong will ;orm a new telegraphic circuit, when the work of shifting to Jesselton the i-abuan end of the cable from Singapore is completed in about three months from now. After 45 years' service as a cable
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    C.G. arriving next Thursday
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    7 registration offices to close
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    Tenders inquiry by Progressives
    336 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE Progressive Party has taken up the rejection x of the lowest tender for building 80 artisans' quarters in Kim Keat Road. In protest against this, Mr. Chew Hock Leong has resigned from membership of the Singapore Improvement Trust, which invited tenders
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    RULLING ON 'CRISIS' INSURANCE
    199 5 RULLING ON 'CRISIS' INSURANCE A DECISION on Malayan rmergency insurance was announced yesterday by the airman of the Marine Insurance Association of Malaya J. A. Worswlck>. Insun interested in lay an risks will be at erty to settle claims arising from the disturbances pro•*d the relative policies are ended to
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    China remittances talks
    116 5 Free Pre>s Chinese Correspondent A Pan-Maiayan aieeting of Chinese remittance agents be held in Singapore on v. 10 and 11 to discuss, ong other tilings the difficulties confronting remittance shops in Mai AVii as a result, ol he recent orders from the 'hin-se authorities forbidding overseas remittances
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    Remembrance Day traffic control
    316 5 Remembrance Day traffic control TO relieve congestion and facilitate traffic at the A Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, at the Cenotaph, special traffic regulations, lasting from 6.30 a.m. on that day until 15 minutes after the departure of the Governor from the Cenotaph, will be enforced. During this period. St.
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    Mr. J. Macintosh
    16 5 Mr. J. Macintosh has been appointed acting Deputy Chief Accountant, Malayan Postal Service.
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    RUBBER EXHIBITION
    128 5 Free Press Chine** Correspondent CEVENTY-FOUR kind* of rubber-maivjfactured articles, from 20 factories In China, are now on display at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The exhibits include motor car tyres and tubes, bicycle tyres and tubes, rubber boots and shoes, rubber solei for shoes rubber belts rubber hoses,
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    MASS X-RAY PLANT HERE
    162 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE first mass X-Ray equipment to arri\ A Singapore will be assembled this afternoon at John Little's for an exhibition opening tomo< morning. After next week, the X-Ray I nit will be permanently installed at the S.A T.A. Clink Tanjong Pa* ar.
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    STAGE SHOW
    26 5 R.A.F Base Mala tare Assoi Sasikala. a stag' of the relief fund soclation at 7.30 p row In the New Star T New World.
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    HEAVY BANDIT LOSSES
    266 6 HEAVY BANDIT LOSSES Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thure. >I>HE G.O.C. Singapore. 1 MaJ.-Gen. D. Dunlop, said at the high level Press con-, ference in Kuala Lumpur today, that in North Johore, Searorths, Devons. a Ferret force, Royal Artillery men and police are engaged in "Operation Rugger" and losses
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    Second highest road accidents
    76 6 Singapore had 613 traffic idents last month, which the second highest monthly figure this year, the highest being 621 in January. The accidents consisted of 13 fatal, 146 non-fatal, and 454 non-injured. Fourteen people were killed njured people admitted to hospital, and 114 were treated as
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    POPPY DAY DANCERS
    59 6 Three of the many girls who will take part in the dancing at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow at 6.30 p.m. in aid of the Poppy Day Fund. They are from left. Madelene Ong (7), Valeria Gaw (4) and Elizabeth Chapman (6s). all pupils of the Taylor Dance
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    12 to go to Jamboree
    114 6 PENANO. Thure. ■TWELVE Penang Boy Scouts J and Seouter« have been selected to attendthe SouthWest Pacific Jamboree at Melbourne. They are: D.S.M, Llm San Hal (Hutchlngs School), O.S.M. Ishal bin Abdullah (Sungel Nlbong Malay School), Rover Choong Sin Kheng (12th Penang. Headquarters), Patrol Leader We?
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    Secret appeals against death
    38 6 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs The Government is to consider Issuing a sta emen closing the resul; of ai against the death sentence by five Mahv k and the reason why they were heard in se<
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    Onn pleased with talks in London
    104 6 Onn pleased with talks in London Free Prev» M.tH urrcspondent LONDON, Thursday. nATO Onn bin Jaafar, Men- tri Besar of Johore. who expects to leave London for Malaya about Nov. 20. has had two loni? interviews with Mr. Creech Jones, the Secretary of Sta*<- for the Colonies, which he seems
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    G.O.C. WARNS TRAVELLERS
    366 6 G. O. C. WARNS TRA VELLERS Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rIE G.O.C. Malaya District (Major-Gen. C. H. Boucher) at today's high-level Press conference, warned travellers that attacks on communications were, at the moment, more probable than they had been in the past, and he urjed those about
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    FINED $1,000 FOR LOTTERY
    51 6 A 44-year-oH Chinese woman. Llm Liang Heang. of Minto Road, was fined $1,000 day by the Second Police Court Magistrate (Mr. L. C. for assisting in the management of a chap-ji-kl r-y on July 21. The magistrate ordered half the fine to be paid to the
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    S.E. ASIA RICE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
    264 6 S.E. ASIA RICE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER Siam will ship more CPEAKING at a meeting of South-Fast liaison officers in Singapore yesterday, the Deputy Commissioner General (Foreign Affairs), Mr. P. S. Scrivener, reported that the rice prospects in South-East Asia had become brighter, largely due to Siam's efforts. By the end of
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    BANDH SURRENDER
    45 6 AT yesterday's high press conference Lumpur, Mr. C R. H representing the Chief Secretary, did not say, as rep that many bandits v Ing to surrender If terms. He said that there evidence that large of bandits are willing to surrender If given
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    $ SHAKES ARE STEADIER
    462 6 SHAKES ARE STEADIER LONDON, Friday. HPHE prices of dollar stocks were steady with 1 occasional improvement on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Trading was small but produced a preponderance of buyers. In all other sections there was marked firmness. Some tin shares rose sharply while Rubbers
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    INDIA'S THOMAS CUP TEAM LEAVES
    620 7 INDIA 'S THOMAS CUP TEAM LEAVES 2 managers an adviser From GEORGE T. RICE k xotf r BOMBAY, Today. A t!j^ optimism wffl accompany India's I>«m« Cup representatives when they leave by air today for London en route to Canada for their first match in the international badminton tournament ~~™*«wu
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    29 7 picture. Sukim bin Haji Naib, winner of the 100 laps race at the Smgapore Cosmopolitan Cycling Club championships, receive? the Hup Tech Cup from Mis* F. Lelah.— Free Press
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    British Horses gain revenge
    26 7 British Horses gain revenge JIM t&UIBEBS MO.*- H^"^ fcA^e COM^ t***' re- n Vvmth bar** iw« I «iB he asm JJ^ W »'W er»r» *M»- A.P.
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    Ganymead fancied for tomorrow
    63 7 ress Racing Correspondent a bright chance of turning the ueen in the six furlong sprint lir Class 1 horses at Kuala Lumpur Hsarr of the Setangor Turf Club's Qfl m Eg\*ptian id beating and I think he has a. i 3 PJji the carrj fcme a
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    INNING VICTORY
    4 7 *ci Reuter
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    S.A.S. defeat Johore College
    204 7 JHE school the iargast msßber off rugger Payers this English -ee- who wer e by .\ndrr» s u WootL--yesterday. The gaav was a very clean hard-foaght a:Tatr with 8< Aadrev .g the field wi: *oal and '-H> to three one try). h* ecood XV fixture J
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    SURREY WIN 16-3
    26 7 C-HHEY beat Oxfordshire by 1« w hr»e to their Rugby Ip match ytafertUy. In another Cambridge 7 beat Coven try 11 9.— Reuter
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    DISPUTE OVER FIGHT TERMS
    90 7 DISAGREEMENT over termj threatens the proposed European lightweight fight between Britain's Billy Thompson, holder, and hta challenger. Belgium's Kid Duuaxl Benny Huntman.. the British champ, on's manager, said yesterday that the fight arranged for the Pala'.s de Sports at Brussels on Nov. 18 !a still on
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    CIVILIANS XI SELECTED
    75 7 pOLLOWINO yesterday's r State hockey trial the Singapore Cirlrians XI to meet the Combined Services on Nov. 11 was chosen as follows: Lee Ah Chio (S.CJLCJ; R H. Barth iS.RC.I. Capt., A. Ponnampalam <CS.C); P. Penneiatlier <B.R.C>, E. Doraisamy (CJ3.C). O. Thomas (R.C.U.); Ho Llan Kee <M.C.U.>.
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    Young Scores three goals
    120 7 VOUNO. Tyeraall'a toside-left. I played big part In his side's fl** nil D CR.E. Cup victory langlln on the T&nglin barracks grotind yesterday. He notched a "hat tridr'* and was the inspiration behind most of Tytrsall's best mores. Ontre-half Buortf scored the oth«T two goals one
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    ALI BEY, ZBISKO TO FIGHT AGAIN
    116 7 rE Great World arena has arranged for a strong card for tomorrow night's wrestling. The .ramme comprises Threo feature bout* and two supporting contents All Ri/a Bey and G«org« Zbiskc meet tn the main event. Both have dropped decisions recently and another defeat for
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    FOX'S HORSES VERY FIT
    138 7 By TRESPASSER ONLY slow work wa* done at Bukit Timah this morning by horses training for the coming Singapore November races. Lt-Col. Fox. who was again present to supervise the workouts of his horses, should have another successful meeting. Ecliptic. Tricolour, Londa Lad. Happy Lass. Sunbeam
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    ARSENAL TEAMS v. UNIVERSITIES
    39 7 ARSENAL^ the aristocrats of English professional football sent two teams to play Oxford and Cambridge Universities yesterday. Cambridge beat their Arsenal opponents 3 2, but the Arsenal team i against Oxford woe 2 o.- A.P.
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    Good English horses among newcomers
    856 7  - Good English horses among newcomers TRESPASSER By THE new English horses making: their maiden runs x in Malaya at the coming Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting are a promising lot. Byron, a four-year-old gelding by Noble Star, won five races and was second once out of nine outings as a
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    M.S.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    100 7 THE Malay Sports Association. Singapore, will run a knockout tennis competition for members on Sunday, starting at 8 am. The matches will be of or* »et each. The competitors are: BosUun H Kurshi, Hajl Jamil and A. Bujak owe 40; Ahmad Rajie. Abdullah Haji Ahmad and Mahmood
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      53 7 TODAY'S SPORT HOCKEY: B.C.C. Meiical C««ry©— S.C.C S.Rj.C. v. YJtC^.-S.E C; R.A.F. Chac*i t. G.H.Q. S^al Rcgt. Chanjfi; SCR C. v. R.X. Police— S.C.R.C.; Raffles Col'eyc V. J«horc CC—Colteje grttand; 8.0.D. v. CSC— Alexandra. TABLE TENNIS A VOfXEYBALL: Chinese I'M C.A., 107 Selegie Rd., 5 p.m. BOXING: Junior promotion —Happy
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    BIRTHS
    33 8 TO DOROTHY, wife o[ E. N Callender, at KK. Hospital, on; 3 11.48. a BURRETT. 5 Rosyth Road, on 1.11.48. to Dorothea, wife of PN Burrett. National Carbon A daughter Frieda Dawn
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    46 8 HEW-EU The engagement is announced today. Nov. sth 1948, between Mr. Simon Hew Kim Ngen, sth son of Madam Choo Oi Lens the late Dr. Hew Khin Thoor.: cf KL, and Miss Eu Souh Ylng, 2nd daughter of Mr. Mrs. Eu Cbok Lam of S'pore.
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    DEATH
    14 8 .ddUKOddai. West C ylon, Mrs, ufe of Mr. R Selvadurai. retired Station MasteStremban.
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    JAPAN IS CONVICTED OF AGGRESSION
    953 8 Planned wars for years TOKIO, Friday. THE International Military Tribunal has now held that Japan was guilty of waging wars of aggression against China and planning similar hostilities against the United States, Britain, Russia and other Allied powers. The ruling came in the first day's
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    Nehru warns the Dutch
    225 8 CAIKO, Friday. INDIA has warned the Netherlands that any further "aggressive action" In Indonesia may have "grave repercussion! in India and the world." This warning was uttered here yesterday by the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, on his arrival from Paris bv air on his return
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    A Hollywood mistake
    47 8 SEW YORK, Friday. \\-ARNER BROTHERS have rushed new sound to cinemas showing the film "June Bride." In anticipation of a D ry, a line in the dialogue had been changed to say "from McKinlcy to Dewey." The new sound track's correct the error. U.P.
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    Nanking's call for U.S. help
    121 8 NANKING, Friday. THE Chinese Minister of I National Defence, Gen. Ho Ying-chin. whose resignation is now in the hands of the Generalissimo, in an interview yesterday said, "The plain truth is that the Chinese Government needs United States help badly. If China Is overcome, world
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    Rubber prices
    114 8 J^ SPECIAL Market correspon- j dent flTe« the prices of rubber (In cents per lb.t a* 11 am today as follows: Tone of market: Firm. SINGAPORE CHAMBER Or COMMERCE Tht Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday were, In cents •7 Ib. Bayers Sellers No. 1
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    N.Y. rubber
    26 8 V YORK cmae rubber futures closed 70 potirs higher y*«terdrt Sales totalled 55 conI. Offers were: Dec 20 90 <rch 20.65 Ribbe<! sheet* A.P.
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    Report On Press
    15 8 rr on tne studying the nee before it. Is no^ expected U.P.
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    Japs Mas Go To U.S.
    25 8 eea rday that •qualified" Japanese will be allowed to travel to the U.S. for training and education, no In Japan.
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    DIVORCE FOR WATER TREATMENT
    145 8 CLEVELAND, Friday. \IRS JEAN CHILDS, 20, got ri her divorce yesterday but only after suffering through eight days of water diet. The water treatment, she told the divorce court, iras her husbajid's idea. He wanted her 12H lb reduced to 110. she said, and to make
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    14 8 Truman a daughter Margaret has been offered a singing tour of B Lynford-Joej Promo
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    Flyer's bid for record
    62 8 photo. Bill Barris 'left,), 35, and Dick Reidel, 34, board their tiny single-engine monoplane at Fullerton. California, prior to taking off in an attempt to shatter the present endurance record of 726 hours, set in 1939. Barris and Reidel are taking turns at the controls, picking
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    'Withdraw to old lines'
    175 8 U.N. ORDER TO ISRAEL PARIS, Friday THE I nited Nations Security Council has ordered Jewish armies to retreat from positions they pta in the bloody battle of Negev last month, under threat of possible punishment it they fail to <>' The Security Council adopted the jc
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    UNO overrides the Red bloc on atom
    148 8 PARIS, Md I^HE I'nited Nations General Assembly, overriding Russian objections, last night gave overwhelming support to the Western plan for international control of atomic energy. Ignoring Soviet it :he plan was an Amean plot 'monopoly energy." 40 nation* lined up ir of giving
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    'Stop Russia plan of U.S. is reinforced'
    56 8 'Stop Russia plan of U.S. is reinforced' ITNITED STATES j»! JN Frifc U received a boost from PresidLt^W election and defeat of many *nJ fought his foreign j. nd 22*»WJ spending for recovery or for arnT^ Indications are speed its work on ph c<: r alliance with W shipment of
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    French strike is 'about finislied'
    39 8 PARIS THE I full production b beginning of r t for Ini Robert Lac cast yesterday acts o! ted. he r the hig': the rage of desti some strike leac in nvbeen do: I>l
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    Czezh Labour Camps
    16 8 Two labour camps hav *iAe Pra» -ick mar f and a slat* A.P.
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