The Singapore Free Press, 6 January 1949

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    24 1 6 JAN 1949 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA mio. 17.364 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949. PKHI l« i I'M -i
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    UN MAY MOVE IN CHINA WAR
    459 1 UN MAY MOVE IN CHINA WAR A.P. picture. Reds ridicule Chiang offer A S the Chinese Communist radio yesterday spurned President Chiang Kai-shek's New Year peace feeler as ridiculous and claimed that the Reds were within reach of final victory, the possibility of United Nations mediation m the civil war
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    ASIAN CONFERENCE 'Nehru doctrine' may result
    231 1 ASIAN CONFERENCE 'N ehru doctrine' may result I WASHINGTON, Wednesday. r rHE Asian Conference on Indonesia at New Delhi 1 might formulate a Pan- Asian "Nehru Doctrine" a regional bloc allied neither to Russia nor the We*t according to political observers m Washington where official reaction to Pandit Nehru's move
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    B.O.A.C. SELL AIRBOATS
    190 1 B.O.A.C. SELL AIRBOA TS LONDON, Thursday. 'rill. 8.0.A.C. announced last night that they have sold the greater part of their Hythe flyingboat fleet and that these aircraft will shortly be replaced by Constellation*. The Hythe flying -boats have been sold to Aquila Airways of London and Southampton, who have bought
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    RED SUSPECTS
    25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two Chinese, suspected members of the Malayan Communist Party, were arrested by Singapore police under the Emergency Regulations yesterday.
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    Siam-Malaya border talks
    73 1 THE Director-General of th* Siamese Police. Luang Chatrakan Kosol. will leave Bangkok for Slngora by air today for the Anglo-Siamese conference on anti-Commun-ist measures ln the SlamMalaya frontier districts. In Kuala Lumpur yesterday it was announced that a party of senior service and police chiefs of the
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    TORNADO KILLS 54
    89 1 The death toll caused by a 100-mile-per-hour tornado which swept Warren Arkansas > Tuesdaiy night has risen to 54. Rescue work--1 ers have still not Identified 26 of the victims. U.P. The French Con sui -General tn Singapore, M. Andre Ouibaut (left) and Mme. Quibaut, who arrived
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    Bandit gang burns bus on Pontian Rd.
    170 1 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU Thus. FIFTEEN bandits held up a bus on the Pontian Road yesterday. robbed the passengers of their money and identity cards and later burned the bus. This was the third bus to be held up #n the Pontian
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    First Jap goods arrive today
    77 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE first shipment of 220 tons of Japanese goods under the new trade arrangement fi with Japan, arrive! ln Singapore this afternoon on the Eastern Saga from Nagoya. The shipment Includes 72.000 tins of monosodium glutinate and 50 case fl of
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    ALL SUMATRA NOW OPEN TO SHIPPING
    128 1 ALL SUMATRA NOW OPEN TO SHIPPING Free Press Staff Reporter WITH the opening of the West Sumatra port of Sibolga. all Sumatra is now open to British-registered shipping, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs ln Singapore. Mr. R. W. R. Oliver, told the Free Press this morning. There is no
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    FRANCO UDMvNCE
    14 1 Gen. Franco yesterday gi anted a private audience to Otto of Hapsburg
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    'PRINCE CHARLES CROWED HAPPILY'
    178 1 LONDON, Thursday DONNIE Prince Charles took his first long car ride yesterday and, between naps, crowed happily over the novelty of it. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, set out with him from BuckingPalace for the Royal i sidenct at So 'ringham. m Norfolk, where
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    'Big 3' meeting today on Berlin
    95 1 LONDON, Thursday. ANNOUNCEMEITT last night that the United States, Britain and France will discuss ln London today a United Nations Security Council Committee plan for settling the East-West Berlin dispute, coincided with an official statement that the Defence Minister of the five Brussels Pact
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    UN may resume talks on Indies tomorrow
    253 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE United Nations Security Council may meet to discuss the Indonesian question tomorrow, two days before the Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. Willem Drees, is due m Batavia to seek a settlement of the dispute with the Republicans. The United Nations Sec-retary-General,
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    ROBBERY AT OPIUM DEN
    48 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TEN Chinese were forced to face the wall of a Smith Street opium den last night, while Aye robbers escaped with $400 m cash and valuables. Police said ttie five robbers, all Chinese, entered the den at dusk, brandishing revolvers.
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    Arsenal chief dead
    26 1 SIR Samuel Hill-Wood, chairman of the Arsenal Football Club, died on Tuesday, aged 75, He was a former Conservative Member of Parliament. A.P.
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    Burma registration
    18 1 All foreign residents .n ".ultra must register Aiih ne <:> f.-.u'.nt within the next yo days. U.P.
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    PALESTINE SITUATION 'GRAYVE'-U.K.
    301 1 PALESTINE SITU A TION 'GRAY VE'- U.K. LONDON, Thursday. THE British Government yesterday accused Israel of deliberately violating Egyptian territory and said the situation m the border area was "grave". Israel admitted for the first time yesterday that her forces had "invaded" Egypt, but claimed that they had now been
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    'Park your guns, please'
    61 1 WHILE showing cowboy pictures, the Rialto Theatre m one of London's poorer district^ hangs this sign m the lobby: "Park your guns at the box office.' Youngsters hand over toy pistols, pea-shooters, catapults and knives as they go m. "It' s safer,' the manager says. "The
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    Hunger kills 1,727
    21 1 Hunger and cold caused 4,727 deaths on Shanghai pavements m December. Of the dead, 3,879 were children. A.P.
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    Waiter's fall: 'No foul play'
    91 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore C.I.D. Chief. Mr. E. V. Fowler, said this morning that "there was no .information to suggest foul play" ln the case of 18-year oid Tan Kia Tim, a waiter who fell to his death from a 75- feet high
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    "Comedy of Errors"
    136 2 'THE Comedy of Errors," 1 which the Little Theatre Players have chosen for the New Year show (first night tonight) is one of Shakespeare's earliest and most light hearted comedies. Written when the author was probably no more than 25 years old. it has all the exuberance
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    Raffles's new books
    382 2 Raffles 's new books rpHE following new books will be added to Raffles Library, Singapore, within the next lew days: Bird Display and Behaviour (Edward A. Armstrong). A Picture Book of Evolution <C. M. BeadnelD. Introduction to Present Day Psychology (Dr. Curt Boenhelrn). Ethical and Political Thinking (E. F. Carritt).
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    Secret Societies Flourished
    693 2 Secret Societies Flourished A MALAYAN BOOKSHELF BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IT must have pleased many people to have heard over their radios the tribute paid by His Excellency the Governor, to the Singapore Police Force. And many listeners must have had their thoughts carried back to Singapore's early history, and
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    QUICK LOOKS
    189 2 The Marriage of Claudia, by Rose Franken. (W. H. Allen. 9s. Id.). Claudin. that terrible tease, a winsome Peter Pan m petticoats, here re-emerges a few years older, slightly wiser, but scarcely less provocative. You can't keep a good woman down particularly when she's an American woman, and
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    Bridge Problem
    315 2 r THIS column so frequently has pointed out disadvantages of the Blackwood 4-5 no-trump convention that m all fairness it is necessary to show an occasional hand where it is almost indispensable. For the most part, our objection to Blackwood lies not m the convention itself, but m
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    In Every Man One Masterpiece
    636 2  - In Every Man One Masterpiece PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. AT the heart of every block of stone there is said to lie concealed a statue patiently waiting to be dug out. So m the accumulated experience of the most commonplace human life may lurk a literary masterpiece
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    BOOK REVIEWED
    22 2 DOMINIQ-'E. by Eugene Fromentin. translated by Sir Edward Marsh. X C V.0., C.B. (The Cresset Library. Cresset Press 9s. 6d.>.
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    Book Of Travel
    244 2 Book Of Travel THREE years a?c 1 published ont g most enthralling I emerge from W It was Captain Gi Millar's own acco- siU experiences as a 11 the French Un p a pi Movement appro:): y**r titled MAQUIS (or This young au:hc D had time to look v Europe
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      188 2 Deccaiiii? 19 SYMPHOIY c „f..„, RECORDS ?2 or 1610/11 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No. 2 m D Major LOre! sto de la Suisse Romande (Cond Carl fiehurtcht- I «J trie 1231 35 BRAHMS SYMPHONY No 4 In E minor, op 98— National Symphony Orchestra (Cond Karl ma Rankl hj b 9 1263/67
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      466 2 RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE 485 metres; 41 metre* (12 p.m. to 2); 81 metres p.m. to 7.45 and 9 30 p m to 11 > THVRSDW English Programme: 1 Lunchtime music by the Radio Orchestra: 1.30 News; 1.45 Dance Music: 6 Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Corner; 620 Calling All Hospitals; 7
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      479 2 Malay; 7 Programme Summary; i 7.05 Malay Musical Interlude; 7.15 Talk; 7.30 Listeners' Request; 8.15 News m Malay, 8.30 Rampalan Kejadlan Alan. BFEBS (Singapore) includ ug BBC Belay) (44.31 Metres 30 96 Metres. ?i 31 Metres A 19 Cl Metres) THURSDAY 4.45 pjn. English: Programme Summary; News Headlines; Share Market
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      411 2 6.30 World News; 6.45 Say It with Music; 7.00 Muaic for Mill.ons; 7.30 Background to Australia (repeated); 7.40 "These Were Hits"— Dance tunes of yesteryear: 8.00 Sonata Recital; 8.30 News; 8.40 News Summary from United Nations Organisation* at Lake Success; 8.45 Hit* from the Films; 9.00 AustraLan Economic Review: 9.10
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    WST EUROPE CRISIS IN 1952 UNLESS
    308 3 WST EUROPE CRISIS IN 1952 UNLESS- mVhen Marshall aid comes to an end THE question "what will happen to Western Europe when Marshall aid ends m 1952?" is causing anxiety to British officials because, unless present plans are drastically altered, none of the 19 aided countries will be self-supporting. Most
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    NEW GUINEA OIL DRIVE
    62 3 NEW GUINEA OI L DRIVE Ml vis of 11 __F tnt3 yeo B __T B fl who] fl a a confl- ,i mm rai B tis. .am she AngloIro is keenly m orch. volve: Cot roa from rive E: fits no* T trtr ▼le* per A iff. A 1.9 em§s
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    Ceylon plans more hospitals
    66 3 ILPLORATORY talks are un bet s nt and Health. Mr. '.V R. D Bandaranaik^. ratives of two -xpedite the O.OOOj" ipttal expanl >ured th** >uld underscheme and I -xlsting diff.It has a substitute tiled pre-stressed rims to be the ■nufacturtnc this 'rusted with <pansion V likely
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    Pope has own foreign policy'
    247 3 Pope has own foreign policy IMPORTANCE is attached at the Vatican to the first 1 official visit to Pope Pius XII of the President of the Italian Republic. Sisnor Luigi Einaudi, which is regarded as indicating that the Holy See intends to support the Italian Republic. His Holiness has also
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    WANTED-ONE GOOD NAVY LIEUTENANT
    132 3 A GOOD English or Ameri- can lieutenant" is all Chinas navy needs to stiffen its defence of, the Yangtze against a possible Red assault on Nanking, says 1 a former Rear-Admiral of the Chinese Navy. He complained that all experienced "floating officers" had been sent off
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    'OUT OF EXILE' SJAHRIR BOOK
    70 3 'OUT OF EXILE' SJAHRIR BOOK "PHE long-delayed autoa. biography of Sutan Sjahrir. *.he first Premier of the Indonesian Republic, has been scheduled for February publication, according to a New York announcement. Entitled "Out Of Exile." the book consists of two parts, the first written while Sutan Sjahrir was imprisoned or*
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    Louis—and Look
    70 3 Louis— and Look JOE Louis has filed a $500,000 suit against Look Magazine alleging that an article by the sports editor published last month was "wholly libellous." It contained "untrue, exceedingly harmful statements about Louis' financial conditions A jury trial is asked for. Louis said later that he might drop
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    French Govt's
    43 3 'scandal' probe THE French Government has begun investigating the spending of several Minis- j tries during 1946-47. Some of the present Ministers held office during that period. French newspapers ha\e alleged there was a Govern- j ment scandal*' m spending A.P
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    CALL FOR BAN ON ALCOHOL IN CEYLON
    141 3 CALL FOR BAN ON ALCOHOL IN CEYLON AN island-wide referendum on whether or not Ceylon should go "dry" like Madras Presidency, was suggested by a deputation from the Totai Abstinence Central Union of Ceylon which recently met ihe Home Minister, Mr. E. A. P. Wijeyeratne. The Union submitted m a
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    Ordained at 5
    72 3 A FIVE-year-old preacher, Majoe Gortner, performed his first marriage ceremony at Long Beach, I California and was assisted by his brother Pat, aged 2. He solemnised the marriage of Raymond Miller, aged 23, a sailor and Alma Brown, _?> of Long Beach, California. Their father the Rev.
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    49 3 Sir Will Lawther, recentlykn'.ghted President of the National Union of Mineworkers, leaving the N.U.M.'s London headquarters after a meeting of the National Executive. The subject discussed iras the split m the Union between the Communists under Mr. Arthur Homer, the General Secretary, and the antiCommunists under Sr Will Lawther.
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    NORTH AFRICA'S ANTI-T.B. DRIVE
    253 3 A NEW drive against tuber- 1 culosis, entailing the vac- cination during 1949 of 800.--000 adults is being launched by the French authorities m; North Africa. In many parts of North Africa, war. poverty and a succession of droughts which have caused widespread m recent years.
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    8,000 STRANDED
    36 3 A blizzard yesterday stalled land and air transport over a wide area m the states of Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska. The Red Cross reported at least 8,000 travellers stranded m the three states. U.P.
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    VEIL LIFTED FROM U.S. 'ATOMIC CITY'
    205 3 OAK Ridge, Tennessee the "Atomic City" which sprang up five years ago as a group of barracks and trailers on a field of mud will soon lift its veil of supersecrecy and blossom forth a s a normal i Tennessee town. The public will
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    India- Pakistan accord coming
    97 3 STRONGER bonds between India and Pakistan were forecast by Mr. R. K. Nehru, Pandit Nehru's nephew, before leaving London for Sweden as India's first Minister there. He told Reuter: "Since the two dominions are part of a single whole, since their economic interests and cultural and
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    SPY NETWORK AMONG REFUGEES
    240 3 A NETWORK of Communist agents is trying to "convert" refugees and expellees m Western Germany by playing upon their dissatisfaction with present living conditions. The extent of the operation of the propaganda net was emphasised recently by the seizure of two trucks m Hesse carrying a
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    43 3 Hollyirood film star, Jinx Falkcnberu, ably assisteu hy Bob Hope iright* and Irving berlin (lefty rides on a bag of Beri m airlift coal at Templehof airport. The three were m Berlin to entertain U.S. airlift personnel and Berlin troops on Christmas Day.
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    WOMEN MAKE THE CRAFTIEST SMUGGLERS
    301 3 WOMEN MAKE THE CRAFTIEST SMUGGLERS SMUGGLING into Australia is increasing and women make craftier smugglers than men, says the Comptroller-General of Customs for Australia, Mr. J. J. Kennedy, who is retiring. Inquiries have revealed that some Europeans, particularly from Czechoslovakia and Hungary, have been investing big sums of money m
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    Call to 'sack Forrestal'
    104 3 THE president of the U National Farmers Union, has suggested that Frank P Graham, one-time United States representative < United Nations Committee of Good Offices for Ind' should replace Mr. James Forrestal as Secretary of Defence. Graham is the president ol the University of North Carolina.
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    LINDBERGH SECRET
    31 3 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, the trans-Atlantic flier, arrived secretly m Germany as a special adviser on technical matters to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. A.P.
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      46 3 THIS EVENING AT RAFFLES HOTEL IN THE NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR from 7 to 8 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE from 8.45 p.m. FRANK PICKFORD HIS ORCHESTRA Sunday 9 January m the Ballro.m THE BAND OF H.M. SEAFORTK HIGHLANDERS Conducted by Bandmaster A. BRUNSDEN, A.R C. V
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 1949. The Children's Charter
    392 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 6, 1949. The Children's Charter Weil lit Mr T H I c has tit c-t matter primary Importance s modern -rr. of P-* r :r .cr-r. For mtre 5 tial Wel- -j." 3 -mien r.g.e :r ire— BUI i is r."-. Deplete o j
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    'Why I broke with the Socialists'
    1007 4  -  IVOR THOMAS MP by On Tue_day the Free Press printed a news item kayißf that Mr. Ivor Thomav MP for Kei^biey 'lorka-. had left the Labour Party and joined the ConserratiTe Party because he disagreed with the nationalisation of steeL EU is 42 years
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    CANTONESE GET THEIR RICE
    632 4  -  JAMES D. WHITE B> CANTON. THIS sultry southern 1 city of 1,300,000 peo; le il a prime example of what you can do m China with -ice. Metropolitan Car.* 15 regarded as probably the most stable area m Lna today. Mam reasay both Chinese and foreigners,
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    68 4 P.C. Malcolm Cant, cf the Leicester City Police Force, has inaugurated a new patrol with h x "scooter" type of motor-cy:le u:hic h .11 h°lp alleviate the r rt age of manpower by re- I inforcing the men on the beat, and icill also provide mobility m the case ot
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    IT SEEMS TO MR.
    854 4  -  Politico by DEGISTKATIOM fcr the Municipal franchise ended with over 8,000 names on the electoral roll, a more substantial number than seemed likely until the Progressive Party and the Singapore regional branch of the Congress Party whipped up the laggards. But of course it is a
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    12 4 A ph.- 7' -',"<■ of the neic mast -produced A .j.-_u»a» Holden car
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    FAITH
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    CITY GETS BACK ITS 'LUNGS'
    365 5 Hawkers quit playgrounds Free Press Staff Reporter CIM.APORE city dwellers, this year, will be able to enjoy the amenities of all the town's parks and open spaces as hawkers have vacated five of the biggest lungs of the city, on which they have encamped illegally.
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    65 5 Abdul Karim, a member ot the Special Constabulary, is seen giving a pint of blood to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. He was one of 10 donors from the Constabulary, who volunteered tv help a few days ago. There i.<t big demand on the Blood Bank, and an appeal is
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    G.O.C. REPORTS BREAK-UP OF JOHORE BANDITS
    142 5 G.O.C. REPORTS BREAK-UP OF JOHORE BANDITS Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THE first sign of a break-up m the bandit organisation m Johore had become evident, stated a report by Major General D. Dunlop, G.O.C. Singapore District, issued at today's Press conference with Service. Police and civil chiefs.
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    Assizes begin on Monday
    90 5 T Assuea will open on Monday. There will be the usual Cathedral service which the Bench. Bar and the Legal Officers will a 'tend, •ved by an inspection of a Guard of Honour provided oy Police. Two courts will deal with the Calendar: Mr. J n
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    150,000 WRONGLY ADDRESSED LETTERS
    178 5 150,000 WRONGLY ADDRESSED LETTERS ONE of the biggest problems which faced the Singapore General Post Office last year was to deliver 150,000 letters which either had been incorrectly addressed or whose addressees had moved somewhere. The number of unidentified letter writers Increased from 70 m the first half of the
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    7 courses at Trade School
    94 5 SEVEN courses of study, previously held at Raffles Institution, will be held at the Junior Technical (Trade) School m Balestier Road from Jan. 17. The subjects are building construe -ion. radio engineering, marine and mechanical engineering (to include machine design), plumbing, nautical classes, electrical engineering
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    French soldier lost at sea
    77 5 A young French soldier lost his life when he fell overboard from the Singapore- bound French liner Champol- lion three days out of Co- lorn bo. Passengers on board the Champollion, which arrived ln Singapore last night irom Marseilles, said the soldier accidentally fell over
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    Owners must make houses safe
    232 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OWNERS of houses m Singapore are responsible for keeping and maintaining them m a safe condition, Mr. D. C. Rae, Municipal Architect, told the Free Press yesterday. He was commenting on the collapse of a house m Upper Chinchew Street last
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    AIRABU ARMS FLYERS APPEAL
    137 5 AIRABU ARMS FLYERS APPEAL MANILA, Wed. NEW YORK attor- 1 ney, Mr. William Quasha, today filed an immediate appeal m the Batavia High Court on behalf of the three American airmen convicted m the Catalina arms smuggling case at Airabu Island. At the same time, the American Embassy m Manila
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    WOMAN JAILED FOR THEFT
    64 5 A 51-year-old Chinese woman, Lee Vow Lan was yes--1 terday ln the Second Police Court sentenced to one month's rigorous imprison- ment for theft of 73 eggs from a stall m the Maxwell Road market on Dec. 23. Lee, who admitted three previous convictions for theft,
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    Mr. Lim Teck Swee
    41 5 Mr. Lim Teck Swee of the Straits Typewriter Agency, Singapore, writes to say he te not the man of that name reported m the Free Press yesterday to have been charged with armed robbery on the Padang.
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    CRANE TO BE BLOWN UP
    38 5 DEMOLITION work Ls now being carried out on th** wreck of a floating crane between the Outer Shoal Beacon and Tanjong Pagar light The first charges will not be fired until about Monday.
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    52 5 picture The High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney (centre), is pictured with the Mentri Besar, Johore, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar (left), Mr. H. E. Mackenzie, senior Unofficial member of the Johore Council of State, at a cocktail party given by S ir Henry at Bukit Serene on Tuesday-
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    Slum tenants want more time
    220 5 Free Press Chinese I Correspondent -4 group of tenants of the over aged houses In Chinatowns Upper Pickering Street and Upper Hokkien Street, due to be pulled down shortly, have appealed to the Government for an extension of the deadline to allow them time to
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    69 5 picture. The Malayan contingjaVs camp site at the Pan-PreTrjlc Jamboree at Wonga Park, West Australia, has been i magnet to the young Australians, who are keen to become friends with their brother Scouts from overseas. Scoutmaster m charge of the Malayan contingent, Syed Esa bin Alwee, from Johore Bahru, checks
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    STRANG TO MEET C.-G.
    98 5 QIR William Strang, who has been appointed Perma--1 nent Under-Secretary of State at the British Foreign Office, will have talks lasting a week with the Commission-er-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. when he arrives m Singapore by air on Jan. 24. Sir William, who succeeds Sir Orme
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    Drought hits padi areas
    196 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A BOIT half of the padi frown In Northern Malaya (Kedah, Perlis and Province Wellesley) face destruction owing to drought and if heavy rain does not fall before the end of January, the I tusan Melayu reports from Alor Star, quoting confirmation
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    SAUSAGES MAY BE IMPORTED
    77 5 r'ELVE to filte.i. van of untinned sausages may be imported into Malaya on the current allocation. Malaya has been allocated 110 tons of untinned sausages for the first half of year. .The sausages include fr<_- boiled, frozen, steamed <■: preserved varieties. They will come from Australian.
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    Troops, Police shoot to kill
    272 6 Troops, Police shoot to kill Free Press Staff Correspondent KCALA LUMPUR, Wed. < REFERRING the shooting of 24 Chinese at Batang Kali on Dec. 12. the G.O.C. Malaya District Maj -Gen. C. H. Boucher said that any firing opened by the Police or troops ln present operationwas always with intent
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    BUKIT SERENE PARTY
    69 6 l The High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, Sir Henry Gurney. on Tuesday gave a cocktail party at Bukit Serene. Pictured m this group of guests at the party are (from left 1 Capt. Wan Rahim. Mrs. Wan Rahim, Mrs. Kadir, Mrs. N. Mootathmaby, Datin Mohd.
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    RADIO LINK BEING BUILT
    99 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. POLICE radio requirements have not yet been fully met. but the necessary equipment is slowly arriving, declared the Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr. H. B. Shaw, at a Pre>.s conference today. In June he said there were six stations
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    FEDERATION BANISHMENT SPEED-UP
    242 6 Free Pres> Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. AS a quicker method ol dealing with banishment cases. Government was concentrat.ng on the Emergency Regulations Repatriations Scheme, said the Chief Secretary. Sir Alec Newboult it Press conference today. H' 1 said that the procedure for the holding of banish-n-.en:
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    BANDITS BEING HUSTLED -GOC
    527 6 'They can 't live m one place Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA lAMPCK, Wednesday IN some parts of the country, the Communists i been hustled so much that they find it difficult i live m one place for any length of time, the (iO( Malaya District,
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    Greek brides for Australia
    43 6 THREE GREEK women passengers of an Immigrant plane which arrived m Singapore yesterday are travelling to Australia to be married. Two of them, a woman of 45 and a girl of 20, had never before met their future husbands.
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    TEN AIR STRIKES IN 3 WEEKS
    126 6 Frer Press Sta_T orresp,>nd< KUALA LUMPUR MAXIMUM use had made of th*- RAF campaign against ten said the AOC Malaya Vice-Marshall Sand< r- day. The RAF had carr. strikes during the last weeks, while air ph'!< naisance had plaj part m ground op« it
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    DIRECTOR IS FINED $60.
    96 6 IS\AC E rector of o l rin>-d I I ir the Second D.> yesterda havir. to th> I ports of cloth saris Under th< ttrst was stated tha* I 1 hard vary equ;v 558.400 for the i.n X) 000 yards of Tom M« ?0.. New York
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    MART LOOKING FOR A LEAD
    500 6 LONDON, Thursday. lAESPITE the opening of the new account m the Stock Exchange yesterday, quiet conditions prevailed, with most sections showing only small improvements, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Meanwhile, the markets await a lead, whether bearish or bullish, and some hesitancy was discernable yesterday. Rubber
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    FOE CAMP SEIZED
    200 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. GURKHAS and Police, following up the naval operation north of Lumut In th a Dindings yesterday, found a recently-used bandit camp with accommodation for 50 people. Documents, equipment and food had been left m it. Speaking about this operation, which the destroyer H.M.S. Consort
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    SING TAO STARS REJOIN SOUTH CHINA A.A
    404 7  - SING TAO STARS REJOIN SOUTH CHINA A.A CRUSADER Unbeaten record m H.K. League By CING Tao Sports Club, which In 1947 possessed the strongest soccer team m Hong Kong, are not m the Colony's League and Cup competitions this season. The Club have not been functioning since the beginning of
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    South to field strong team
    331 7 I By CRUSADER ■fl South should be able to field a very powerful fifteen against the North when they meet m the annual Malayan rugby "Test" at Jalan Besar stadium. Singapore, on Jan. 29. The South have plenty of good talent to choose from, and
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    PENCHEFF v. KING KONG AGAIN
    120 7 fEORGE Ptnchtff. the Australian heavyweight wrestling champion, wl. meet King Kong m his last fight here before leaving for the United S*a*es next Monday i PencViefl ace dentally knocked himself out m his contest against King Kong some weeks ago and specially requested a return
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    VICTORIA SCHOOL XI
    53 7 THE Victoria School hockey team to play the Ceylon Military Police on the school ground today at 5 p.m. will be: Suan Tim, Amln, Ravilal; Mahadeva. Bala, Zainal; Soon Lock. Yaslm, Ch n Hin, Chek Kang, George Chia Reserves: HanifT, H. Singh {nd Hock Kee. Umpire: Mr.
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    Resolute tackling in Padang rugby
    437 7 S.C.C 11 points; R.A. (Malaya) 5 points. ABETTER balanced team gave the Singapore Cricket Club victory by 11 points (a goal, a penalty goal and a try) to five (a goal) over the Royal Artillery (Malaya) m yesterday's rugger match on the Padang. Resolute tackling
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    88 7 The Selangor Chinese Athletic Association weightlif ting learn wntch will meet the Singapore side at the New World on Jan. Bat 7.30 p.m (Back row from left to right): Koh Eng Tong (captain), Lim ffSMA Yong Yung Ta, Line Tel Chma. Tan Kirn Bee Lam Ngain Loy, Foong Ying Loong,
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    NEE SOON BEAT POLICE 11-6
    99 7 NEE Soon Garrison Rugby Football Club defeated the Police by 11 points itwo tries and a goal) to six (two at Nee Soon yesterday. The Police were the first to score, when Bulat crossed over. A few minutes later. Shah followed up with another try.
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    SINGAPORE GUN CLUB
    44 7 of the Singapore Gun Club may now use the Club range at Bukit Ttmah any evening They have, however. *o produce Ciub membership caret, sign the.r names and write down their Gun Club numbers m the boot *>pt at the range.
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    Singapore Polo Club wants more players
    426 7  -  NAN HALL By 'FHE Singapore Polo Club would welcome new play- inf members, the honorary secretary, Lt.-Col. M. M. A. Bryant, told the Free Press yesterday. The average number of playing members since the liberation has been 12 to 14, but recently several have
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    Decline in U.S. betting
    179 7 ATTENDANCE and betting flgures of American horseracing for UKB have shown a decline. A survey of racing In 21 States where it took place m IJKB disclosed that attendance was down 6.7 per cent and totahsator betting 7.27 per cent less than m 1947. The betting
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    THE LID OFF BIG MONEY FOOTBALL
    63 7 THE LID OFF BIG MONEY FOOTBALL The inside story of the thrills, the jealousies, the disappointments, and the fleet-footed stars of Britain's greatest sport told by a former manager of the "glamour team," the Arsenal, Mr. George Allison, one of the most famous i personalities m the world of soccer.
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    MONAGHAN TO TRAIN SOON
    114 7 i THE world flyweight champion. Rinty Monaghan, started to clear away forma- lltles yesterday, so that he j can start training for the defence of his title against Dade Marino. Monaghan's manager.i Frank McAloran, said he had applied to the British Boxing Board of ContTol for
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    S.C.R.C. RUGBY XV
    89 7 THE Suigapore Chinese Recreation Club XV to play G.H.Q. j PARELP at Tanglin on Saturday will be: Dr. Ong Swee T Patrick Yee, Wee Bin Augustln Chin, Cheong Thiam Sew: Loh Soo Teng. Wee Leong Sou; Low Kee Pow, Ong T~ng Bee. Tan Soo Yam, Mah Guan
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    JOE LOUIS WILL DEMAND MORE
    67 7 JOE LOUIS vows he will de- j mand U*****,000 from television and radio rights when he defends his heavy- I weight title next June m j New York. "I sold myseif too cheap m my last fight with Jersey j Joe Walcott," Louis said. The
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    Getting down to field
    30 7 Getting down to field uaces gect.ng aown to jiela tne ball m an RA. forward dribble m yesterday's rugger match on the Padang. The S.C.C. won 11-s— Free Press picture.
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    Today's Sport
    37 7 Hockey: O.H.Q. FARELF 80. D.C A. T.ingl r Shell I 8. C. V.M CA Farrer Park; R.A.F. Sembawanf (.11 Q. Sir. Reft Sembawang; Victoria School CMP., school ground. Rugby: S.C.C. "A" W. RE. ME— S.C.C
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    HARBOUR BOARS XV BEAT TENGAH
    54 7 THE Singapore Harbour Rugby Football Club beat RAF. Tengah by 11 points <a goal and two tries) to five <a goal* at Raeburn Park yesterday. Bell. Coutinho and Saunders scored trie.; for che 5.8.8.R.F.C., the first of which was converted. Price obtained Tengah's try. which
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    COLTS LOSE
    18 7 KHALSA Association* did well to beat Singapore ?olts 4—2 at hockey at Farrer 3 ark yesterday.
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    England win Thomas Cup encounter
    239 7 England win Thomas Cup encounter ENGLAND gained a winning margin by making ail five singles against France m the second round oi ;ne European zone Thomas Cup badminton competition at Iliord last night. It was France's first oflic.ai internatlbnal match. England were the coinple.e masters, and BJSSj the tie by
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    S. Africa force a draw in 3rd Test
    363 7 npHE third cricket Test between England and Sooth Africa at Capetown ended yesterday m a draw South Africa, needing 229 runs m two hours to win after England had declared at 276 for three, were 142 for four wickets when play ended.
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    Anglo-U.S. inter-'Varsity sports again
    106 7 THE resumption of the mI ternational track meet* I between Harvard and Yale and Princeton and Cornell agaiurt Oxford and Camj bridge Universities was announced yesterday by William J. Bingham, Harvard Athletic Director. He said the combined British team, would compete against Princeton and Cornell teams
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    26 7 T'HE heavy we.ght boxing n.aich between Ezzard Charle and pat Ccml ky scheduled for Jan. 15, was called off yesterday by promoter Larry At kin*. U.P.
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    Scoreboard
    173 7 ENGLAND —Ist Inns: .108 h. Africa—Ist Inns: 356 England—ti:d. Inns L. Hutton b Rowan 8? YVathbrok Mitchell b McCarthy fl. J Crapp o Wad? b McCarthy I>. f'nmpion not out Watkins not out 64 K\:i__s 11 Total (for 3 dec.) .76 BOWLING Byes 8. leg byes 3.— Reutn. S.
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    BIRTH
    122 8 STEWART: To Jeanne, wife of W J. A. Btewart, at Penang Maternity Hospital, on 30th Dec a daughter MARRIAGE OOD L T FISHER: At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Kuala Lumpur, on 31st. Dec.. C. H W Goult. Editor 'Malay Mail", to Jean Abernethy. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.
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    NO SURPRISE REACTION TO PRESIDENT
    512 8 NO SURPRISE REACTION TO PRESIDENT Truman 'middle -of -road 9 policy WASHINGTON, Thursday. WHILE most Republicans were highly critical of President Truman's 29-minute "State of the Union" message to Congress, m which the Chief Executive worked m most of his campaign pledges, Democrats generally applauded his legislative proposals. Wall Street,
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    29 8 Goh Sooi Beng, a member of the Malayan contingent to the Scout Jamboree tn Australia, shotvs his cane blowpipe and darts to two young Australian friends.— Australian official photo.
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    Truman urges conscription
    500 8 WASHINGTON, Thursday. SAYING that "we stand at the opening of an era i which can mean either great achievement or terrible catastrophe to ourselves and all mankind/ President Truman, In his "State of the Union" message to Congress yesterday declared, "The heart of our foreign policy is
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    BEECHMAN HITS OUT AGAIN
    270 8 LONDON, Thursday. QIR THOMAS BEECHAM, orchestra conductor famed for his vitriolic tongue, lashed out at the men who run opera ln Britain yesterday when, speaking at the annual conference here of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, he demanded an inquiry into the trust which runs Covent
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    Rubber prices
    104 8 A SPLCIAI Market correKpuo deal gives the prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) M 11 a tn todai follows: Tone of market: Irregular. SINGAPORE CHAMB.K CH COMMERCE lit. Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Robber Association* noon prices yesterday were m cenU per lb.: Buvim Seller*. NO. I K.SS
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    FAIR DEAL PLEDGE
    63 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Truman's administration is likely be known as the "Fair Deal," succeeding the "New Deal of the late Presidrnt Roosevelt. In his message to Congress yesterday Mr. Truman made a "fair deal" pledge. He put it this way, "Every segment of our population and every
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    2,000,000 more Japs in 1 year
    42 8 THE population of Japan 1 increased by more than 2,000.000 between October 1947 and October 1948 to 80,697,491, official Occupation sources revealed ln Tokyo yesterday. Current estimates are that it will reach 100.000.000 by 1967 Reuter
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    7 DIE IN CRASH
    30 8 Seven men were killed and another was believed missing m the crash of a two-engin-ed Air Force transport plane m Colfax (California), on Tuesday night. A.P.
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    Nine alcohol party deaths in Glasgow
    121 8 Nine alcohol party deaths in Glasgow GLASOOW, Thursday. ONE more 'alcohol death" came to Glasgow last nigh i when a woman died and a man and another woman were taken to hospital after drinking spirits at a party here. This followed the death of eight guests at another party m
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    BATAVIA BOXERS FOR SINGAPORE
    113 8 A LETTER receive 1 m Singapore today from Golden Boy, who is m Batavia, reveals that a Java team of boxers are planning to come over for number of flehts here. They include H. Quentemeyer. the Dutch champion who recently outpointed Golden Boy, Bobby Njoo, Terry
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    TRAIN BANDITS ARRESTED
    41 8 THREE alleged ringleaders lof the bandit force which derailed the Canton-Kowloon express on Nov. 4, resulting m the death of more than 30 passengers, were arrested m Canton yesterday, the Sing Tao Jih Pao m Hong Kong reported.
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    Boy, 14, squanders fortune in month
    154 8 NEWTON TV. Carolina), Thursday. AN angry father, Carrol Temple, yesterday filed suit for V.S $50,000 against a local bank for allowing his son Carrol, 15, to remove hts $50,000 life savings from a safe deposit box and squander it on a one-month trip tn
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    Korean Ambassador
    19 8 Chang My Un, who headed the Korean United Nations delegation, was yesterday named Ambassador to Washington. A.P.
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    MINISTERS URGE MERCY KILLINGS
    184 8 a PFTTTinv v N _?y YORK Thursday. A PETITION, signed by 379 Protestant and Jewish religious leaders of New York State, was sent yesterday to every member of the State Legislature n?, ing a w t0 permit volun tary euthanasia (mercy killing). Euthanasia Is now punishable
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    Alleged $***** breach of trust
    278 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. r<APT. R. V. Karlakandan, officer- in-charge of tht Selangor branch of the Volunteer Forces Records Office, appeared before the first magistrate, Inch* Mohamed bin Baba, today at a preliminary inquirj into allegations of criminal breach of trust of
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    Foreign Office chief to study the New Asia
    296 8 Foreign Office chief to study the New Asia LONDON, Thursday SIR William Strang's forthcoming tour of tin i_. East will be the best possible preparation for tht work involved m his new post as permanent I nderSecretary of State m the British Foreign Ofli< ■< The Times m an editorial
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    Shave off those sideburns
    58 8 EBENSBURG <Perms.). Thursday JUDGE John H McCann J yesterday sentenced George H. Keeler of Meadville (Pennsylvania j to 23 months' probation on burglary charges and then gave him this advice. "Now go home and shave off those sideburns and take care of your family. J neier
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    LATHI CHARGE ON STUDENTS
    134 8 BOMBAY. Thursday AFTER police, armed with 1 lathis, had charged and dispersed 1.000 students staging a protest march yesterday, Bombay medical students last night called off their agitation against the 75 per cent increase of tuition fees. The students have accepted an offer by Mr. O.
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    Six burned to death in U.S.
    68 8 SIX persons. Including i Scottish war bride, burned to death when a fire destroyed a two-storey hou>* m Phoenix •Pennsylvai.l-. yesterday. Among the victims Mrs. Therese D'lnverno L 25, formerly of Edini. and her husband. Percy 26, ex-serviceman. They married m Lonoon. The survivors
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