The Singapore Free Press, 15 January 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I 17.37 >. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    SURRENDER CALL BY CHINA REDS
    470 1 SURRENDER CALL BY CHINA REDS SGSGSGSD 8 demands to Nanking NANKING, Saturday. THF Chinese Communists, m a lons broadcast statement by their leader, Mao Tse-tung. >e>terday gave their official answer to President Chiang Kai-shek's New Year peace plea with a demand for outright surrender. The Communist peace terms, broadcast both
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    17 dead, 400 hurt in riots
    73 1 17 dead, 400 hurt in riots DIKBAN. Friday. JT people were burned, shot, or stoned to ■•id m surrounding districts tonight reed race battles m South Africa's m 400 were injured. Indian women and children were into the bush. Hundreds were na and hospitals were jammed Dei. Army led o
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    Anglo-Polish trade pact
    75 1 WARSAW. BfttWdi BRITAIN yeste.ciay signed •50.000.000 five-year trace pact with Poland— her long-tern agr^inent Eaiv.n European c the war. The agreement provides fee an exchange of goods total--1130.000.000 from each Britain will receive eggs, bacon, timber, and other foodstuffs In exchange for uuol. rubber, crude oil, tyres,
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    FOUND – A REVOLVER
    23 1 FOUND A REVOLVER A Malay found a .38 iivolver shoitly after rtiidnintit last night m Alexandra Roads and made a report to police.
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    Oil blast wrecks U.S. consulate
    163 1 Oil blast wrecks U.S. consulate WASHINGTON, Fri. 'I^HE United St at c s C o n s v 1-General m Tientsin reported today that the U.S. consulate had been damaged by an explosion resulting from Intensified Communist shelling. The Consul-General 6aid an explosion blew out doors and windows of the
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    88 1 picture. Back m Malaya again after two years, Mr. L. D. Gammans, M.P.. wtU greeted at Seletar yesterday by Air Commodore Carter, Commanding the RAF Base, Seletar. Mr. Gammans will stay m Malaya for a week. "I have come to see for myself what the situation Malaya is like." tie
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    Hindus prepare for Thaipusam
    67 1 Free hca Staff Reporter A large crowd including many European sightseers ithered at the Perurr.al R ad Temple this morning to itch Hindu devotees pierce their sides and tongues In readiness lor today's Thaipu--1 ceremonies m honour of the god Subramaniam. Devotees, who undertook the ordeal
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    JEWISH-EGYPTIAN TRUCE PROGRESS
    188 1 JEWISH-EGYPTIAN TRUCE PROGRESS LONDON. Saturday. AS i .a. U and Egyptian delegates to the Palestine armistice talks on Rhodes Island yesterday gave mutual assurances not to embark on further military offensives against each other, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, began study of a special report from the British envoy
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    NEW C'WEALTH ALLIANCE 'IN A MONTH'
    173 1 NEW C'WEALTH ALLIANCE 'IN A MONTH' MONTREAL. Saturday. A WORLD-WIDE security alliance of British Comi monwealth nations has been i completed and is "expected to be announced within the next month." says a Washington dispatch to the Montrea Star. This would be timed to 'place it before the world as
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    £8 million gift to U.K.
    122 1 'VHE Australian High Commissioner m London. Mr. John Beasley. yesterday handed to Sir Stafford Cripps a cheque for £8,000.000, a gift from the Government of Australia to Great Britain for European reconstruction. Mr. Bca^ley said It is a symbol of our association with you m
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    'ATOMIC WATER WORRIES LONDON
    168 1 L jndon. Saturday. T ONDONFRS turned on their water taps this week and vatched th resulting gush somewhat uneasily They had read the rath.*: frightenin s announcement thai r td:o-active efficient wa s bin discharged into the T9**mea from the Oovi n( atomic i at station
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    India's c.-in-C. to preside
    85 1 NEW DELHI. Sat. GEN. w. M. Cariappa. who becomes India's first national Commander-in-Chief, will preside at a meeting of Army officers from India and Pakistan which will open here today to discuss the Kasimrri situation. It is expected that t! meeting will discuss the d marcatTon
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    'INDONESIAN FREEDOM BY 1950' DUTCH
    318 1 NEW YORK, Friday. WHEN the Security Council resumed its hearing of the Indonesian dispute today the Dutch delegate, Mr. Jan van Koyen. told the Council that the Netherlands would "do all within its power" to transfer sovereignty to the Tnited States of Indonesia during 1950.
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    CHINESE PLEA TO THE DUTCH
    51 1 'IMiE "Chung Hua Chung A Hui" federation of 52 Chinese Associations m Indonesia yesterday appealed to the Dutch authorities to! "take immediate measures for the etfective protection of Chinese m the newly occupied areas. They said that Chinese life and property were still in danger.-
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    BANK ROBBERY
    24 1 A lorry driver reported the theft yesterday of a van loaded with £11.000 m silver coins from the Bank of England.— A.P.
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    Japs fight with Java guerillas
    272 1 BATAVIA, Saturday. REMNANTS of the Japanese occupation army are operating with Republican guerillas m Java, a Dutch communique announced last night. It said that at least 600 Japanese joined the Republican Army just before the Dutch launched their 'police action" m December. As the communique
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    Johore bandit camp found
    78 1 Free Pre*> Staff Reporter A BANDIT camp comprising ,nL two huts was found m the jungle at Gelang Patah. 14 mil^s from Johore Bahru. yesterday. The area was swept and two small parties of bandits were seen In the distance. The bandits escaped after an exchange
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    BIRMA RICE EXPORTS LESS
    48 1 A GOVERNMENT spokesman taud ye* erdav that Burma's 1^49 r.ce harvest, ending this month would yield 2.500.000 ton*. Disrupted road, rail and water communication^ aiv compHcatlng the movement of rice, the spokesman added He blamed rebellion for the decreased tonnage for export.— A. P.
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    A PIECE OF PIE
    5465 2  -  Damon Runyon r i I A SHORT STORY 1 1 by (JN Boylston Street, In the city of Boston, Mass, there is a joint where you can get as nice a broiled lobster as anybody ever slaps a lip over, and who is m there one
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    211 2 BORN today, you are a better than average judge of human nature, but you are too inclined to look upon the dark side of things. Look for the good m everyone and you will find it. Cultivate optimism. Tou are. by nature, an executive and are farseeing
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    Bridge Problem
    106 2 'pHERE axe no trumps. Sjuth leads. Ni rth and Souih are to win all tcvcn tricks against any defence. South leads spade king, then ca hr.s three more spades, North discarding, the club and dia monds. If East throws a heart, Noni: w ll make three heart tricks.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan 15, 1949. Britain, Israel & the Arabs
    674 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Jan 15, 1949. Britain, Israel the Arabs r VHk> sudden flare of alarm J m the early part of this week that Britain might become involved In war I with the Jewish government established at Td Av:v. because of Israeli aggression and through j treaty
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    FIRST YEAR OF STATE RAILWAYS
    741 4  - FIRST YEAR OF STATE RAILWAYS GRAHAM STANFORD By JUST a year ago Bn- tish railways became the property of the nation. Also taken over were those waiting rooms with their bare teak tables and their flickering lamps, those parch-ment-and-paste sandwiches, and the cracked cups without any saucers. Theoretically the people
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    DIVING FOR £4,000,000
    463 4  - DIVING FOR £4, 000, 000 F.G. PRINCE- WHITE By cnRST attempts to r recover gold worth several million pounds which has been at the bottom of the Atlantic, off the north-west coast of Ireland, since 1940, are to be made m the coming summer. The bullion, m Ingots of the
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    32 4 In nn Tf famUy of Betty Chessingtoji Zoo's A I &J? l^ oed longer as yd invhrWened JuU two-da^ old. the bal y L Bettys second and the pride of the Zoo.
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    THEY WILL AID THE PRESIDENT
    745 4  - THEY WILL AID THE PRESIDENT WILLIAM HARDCASTLE By WASHINGTON. A SPECIAL Com- mission of prominent citizens, government experts and advisers is at present engaged on the task of trying to lighten the burden of work which falis upon the President of the United States. As chief of what Americans like
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    42 4 MOTOR-CYCUNQ PERSONALITIES, No. 3. Osman bin Abbas of the International Motor-Cycling Club, caught by the camera with- out his Trilby' hat which, he usually insists on wearing. Osman will be seen riding 4 •bronze head' AJ.S. m the sprint on Jan. 23.
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    Last Year's Discoveries
    322 4 |fIEN WHO were nine feet tall and birds which weighed 500 lbs. were among the things which interested scientific explorers m 1948. The National Geographic Society summed up the year: "A look at. the record conveys the impression that everybody with the urge Rot into the exploration
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    Preparing Secretly
    621 4  -  G.D. Needham By IN little odd places In Singapore a number of people are engaged tn a hush-hush industry which, as far as security goes, would do credit to a wartime 'shadow' factory making Atom bombs. Any enquiries as to what they are dotng, or how they are
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      21 4 FAITH I Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment and the babbler Is no better. i Eccleslastes 10. 11. 1 1
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      80 4 Baby's first year— how vita! It Is. In thl» short period, what hopes and fears arc crowded h he gaining weight— ls his flesh firm and heilthy— are sound bones forming m that little body— miniature of the man tc be? Happy Mothers all over the world, feeding their babies
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    Jap leads bandit ambush in Kedah
    230 5 Jap leads bandit ambush in Kedah tree Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Friday. L lAPANESE officer is B^ r Sieved to have comti da large terrorist H hich killed two H tnd six Gurkha Ht ranks m an ambush Ht > -rday between Sintok t Badar, m North Gurkhas were also
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    CHEERFUL MOTHER
    93 5 picture. Singapore's first live triplets m 13 years, born to Choi Ah Tong at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital on Thursday evening, have presented a problem to their parents. The three baby girls, now wrapped warmly m the hospital's blankets, are the daughters of humble labourers who are very
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    GOODWILL MOVE IS HAILED
    401 5 By community leaders, Press ■J*HE formation of the Sino-Malay goodwill committee is hailed by Chinese leaders, and by the Chinese and Malay Press. All agree that the move is most significant during the present emergency, and under the guidance of the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald,
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    FIRM GUILTY ON 5 MORE CHARGES
    541 5 THE case against Montor Ltd., and its three directors, m the Singapore First District Court, relating to a series of infringements totalling 24 charges under the Finance Regulations, closed yesterday, the sentence being reserved. Five more charges, against the company and William Vincent Saussotte,
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    HOUSING DELAY ATTACKED
    134 5 HOUSING DEL AY ATTACKED U7ITH less legal quibble and more determination by the powers-tliat-be" to get on with the building of workmen's flats from the Princess Elizabeth Wedding Celebrations Fund, these quarters would now have been housing some of the workmen from the overcrowded parts of the city, said Mr.
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    'Debentures for housing plan
    363 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r PIIE issue of a debenture stock by a central housing authority to help finance a large-scale housing programme for the Singapore people, and a reinvestment of the Silver Jubilee Fund's $4,000,000 capital m such stock would go a long way toward
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    SIX ON $150,000 BAIL
    95 5 BAIL totalling 5150.0U0 was allowed to six Chinese when they claimed trial yest?rday to charges of being m possession of 1.106 pounds of opium at a house m TanJong Rhu on Jan. 13 and being concerned with the illegal tpotiation of Mm opium iiuo the Colony.
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    Air navigation aids 'inadequate'
    211 5 D ADIO navigational aids to aircraft are inadequate m the South-East Asia region, particularly over sea routes, and m order to cover these gaps, additional stations should be set up at suitable locations. This was the conclusion reached by th e Communications Committee set up the
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    33 5 into Republican towns n the recent Dutch operation > were band* of Dutch R*"i Cross workers Here too Dutch M 0 are seen tendiua It an oil Indones an. woman suffering from malnutrition tore*
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    TO LECTURE ON PHILIPPINES
    94 5 J^ TALK on Philippines" will be g.ven by Mr. P. G. Peralta at the Wesley Guild, m Fort Canning Road, tomorrow at 8 p.m. Mr. Peralta was bom m the Philipp nes and educated at the Ateneo de Manila University and Fordham University m New York
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    MASS WEDDING
    43 5 The seventh mass wedding to be held m Singapore since the liberation will take place at the Great World Cabaret t tomorrow at noon when 39 i couples from all parts of the Federation and the Colony I will be married.
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    NO RICE IN MERCY SHIP
    119 5 BECAUSE the Singapore Government does not permit the re-export, export or transhipment of rice, no rice wi]] be carried by the mercy ship which leaves Singap to -day for Djambi, Mr R R. Oliver. oi Ihv See: for Economic Affairs, t r >ld Free Pres<=.
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    NO FISHING
    42 5 Fishiag m uiv? Strait of Johore between the houi.- uf 6.30 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. is strictly prohibited Any pdson found without a special written permit m the Street of Johore during that will be prosecuted, says an official statement.
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  • SATURDAY SPORTS PARADE
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      How to improve local cricket
      796 6  -  PFTFR HILL BEN BARNETT EXPLAINS (^HIEF protagonist tor J competitive cricket and the laying down of concrete practice pitches m Singapore to improve the Colony's standard of the game, is 40-year-old Ben Barnett. former Australian Test cricketer who is m business m Singapore. These two
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      Penang's dashing wing-three
      263 6  - Penang's dashing wing-three ROY FFRROA T*HE first Malay to be 1 included m the North XV against the South is Penang's dashing wing-forward 30--year-old Hussein bin Osman rated one of the outstanding Malay rugger players m the country. Simple and unassuming. Hussein :s a true sportsman at heart and is
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      BADMINTON'S DEBT TO KIM WEE
      385 6  -  KEN JALLEL OINGAPORE badminton fans once described Wee Kirn Wee, honorary secretary of the Singapore Badminton Association, as the "travelling encyclopedia of badminton knowledge." They said that what he did not know about Singapore badminton could not be written on a two-cent stamp. They meant
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      HOLDER OF 43 TITLES
      264 6  -  VETERAN IN England the counterpart of Mrs. L. M. Pennefather of Singapore is Mrs. H. S. Über. England's first lady of badminton, who has represented her country 32 times— a record. Mrs Pennefather and Mrs. Über have a good deal In common. Both are married, modest,
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      SHE CAME, SAW CONQUERED
      351 6  -  NAN HALL L^AR and away the champion woman of Sinuapore and Malaya is .Mrs. Henriette van Daatzelaar. Since 1936 when she first came to the Colony she has won every swimming event for wMdh oV^^ has entered Biue- eyed. fair-haired bronzed and athletic-look-ing Mrs. van Daatzelaar
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      254 6 m3ndrdk6 Exclusive to tln> Singapore Free Press m Malaya l^—^ l^' r.^3 I --THEY'RE TRYINGTO ENSLAVE ll* //OkV CA/V WL[ /V, 'I CN YOUR FEET^wAVES/YOU ARE I THE WHOLE JUNGLE- -ANO r-^ VILLAGES BUfiN>£A%TH OPEH NOW 70 GO BEFORE OUA GREAT J WHAT YOU|«mm--THISALL-POW£W SUCCEEDING. THEY WORK \or\ --'//HEN HER
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    GAMEBOROUGH SHOWSHIS SPEED
    312 7 GAMEBOROUGH SHOWSHIS SPEED Official training at K.L. starts Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. AFFICIAL training for the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting, which opens next Saturday, was begun this morning on a firm track. Several good gallops came under observation. The best time was returned by the
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    35 7 picture. ..r-uld Marie-Christ >ne Gardes locks full of experience as she carries her skis through the snow to join the grown-ups enjoying the spoft at Courchevel. French winter sport m the Savoy Alps.- A. P.
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    W.I. out for Lowest total of the tour
    121 7 W.I. out for Lowest total of the tour IE West Indies were 1 out for 118 the st total of their Intour at Ailahabad second day of tour-day game .v East Zone. ;)lay the West I t ad Unshed 170 d the East Zone •A and had to folic lost
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    Scoreboard
    126 7 iST ZONE— lst lam: 23t h>l INDIES Ist Inns, arrw r Wahidullah luUm^er b Garkwad C G-irkwad 18 liru>(«*iii b (.iirdhari 11 KidarJ Ibw Gatkwad 12 c Banerjce Uahidullah fc < ,4rl 18 C. II v Ibw Gaekwad F. C- ton b Girdhaxi F. Jdth^ not oat 1 JL
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    EUWE'S CHESS FEAT
    14 7 B Amsterdam. c chess iratches Toronto, wen 43. -y: ex- A.P.
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    Darul Bahar F.C. need $1,000
    482 7  -  CRUSADER By jyARI'L Bahar of Pulau Brani are m need of about 1 $1,000 to rebuild their clubhouse. They have not collected anything yet, but they hope to net a tidy sum from their friendly match against Chinese Athletic this evening. The clubhouse, a wooden
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    William Woodward re-elected
    56 7 WILLIAM Woodward, New York banker and chairman of the Jockey Club (U.S.A since 1930. has according to an announcement yesterday been elected to head the parent body of the j American Turf for another term. The Jockey Ciub membership is limited to 50. with Enßland"s Earl of
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    RIDED III SOLD
    46 7 LORD Mlldmay. who owns a[ str ng of steeplechasers, has bought the champion French jumper. Ridoo HI. The seven-year-old geldir? won the French Grand National and the Prix Jousselin. He had been brought to England by G Schaping. The price was not disclosed.
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    R.J.I.C. tourney
    58 7 Free Press Correspondent Johor c Baiiru. Sat 'pHE monthly Medal golf competition at the Royal Johore International Club was won by Leslie Cheah, who returned a net score of 67. His handicap was— 16. The next beat cards returned were: C. J. Lowe 85—16=69; W. H. Brockett 86—16=70;
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    Johore lost, but not disgraced
    670 7 Singapore 5; Johore 2. A LTHOUGH they lost, Johore were by no means disgraced m their hockey match against Singapore on the Padang yesterday. They opened the scoring and were on level terms until ten minutes from the end, when their defence cracked and let
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    MALAYA CUP DATES
    204 7 J*HL Football Association of Malaya have l&sued the lt£t of Malaya Cup fixtures for this year. The North v. South match will be played In Singapore on Aug. 27. The full list of fixtures Is: SOUTHERN SECTION Apr. 30. N. Sembllan v. Malacca; Singapore v. Johor^; Army
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    INDIANS WIN
    36 7 INDIA'S Thomas Cup badminton team defeated on Thursday night ranking northern California players by four matches to one. India will play a match today and then leave for the south-west and eastern States.- A.P.
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    20 NEW RUGBY 'CAPS' PLAY TODAY
    400 7 'THE international Rugby Union championship season opens today with Wales playing Eng'and at Cardiff Arms Park. Cardiff, and Scotland meeting France at Colombes Stadium. Paris. About 20 players will receive their International baptism. England, who started favour tes last year and finished at the
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    44 7 pirfures Norman Von Amu, (tie Australian golf professional, played nine holes of exhibition golf at the Island Club course immediately after hi^ arrival m Singapore yesterday. Picture shows him driving off from the 18th tee. Von Nida putting during his exhibition yesterday.— Free Press
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    FAVOURITE IN P.I. TOURNEY
    113 7 \TORMAN Von Nida. Australian golf star, has already been established a heavy favourite m the Far Eastern open golf championship at the Wack Wack Country Club. Manila, b^ginn ng on Jan. 21. Von Nlda won the PhiLppine open championship m 1938 .*cd 1939. Qualifying rounds for
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    Non Nida delights golfers
    405 7 Non Nida delights golfers Free Prc!>s Raff i%. r O forward to the la -iioic txhibiuoii maicn w.ucii Norman von Niaa, the tn&cmiM little Australian, uo<.es play ai the isituiu 1.v.. JFan. 24 or 20, whiie on way back irom tne r^i t championship m W.in.a. Over the second n.
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    HOCKEY OFF
    28 7 TTu- h(Kk. y match which was to be played between an SRC "A" team and the R.A F.fMa'ay) Reft on the padang y.-.- irda;, was cancelled.
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      73 7 Today's Sport HOCKEY: I.A. v C.SC— Farrrr Park: A.C.S.O B.A. B.O.D.C.%. —Barker Bd.; Johorc C.C. v. S.R.C.— Johorr Bahru; < lII* Xl I Australian Schoolboys v. Singapore Srhoolhors S.R.C.— 2 30 p.m. SOCCFR: 8.0.D.C.A. v. G.H.Q. SU* St. Georges Rd.: C.A. v. Darul Bahar— Jalan B«-sar Stadium. RUGBY: G H.Q.
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    ANGLO-FRENCH JOINT FRONT IN ASIA
    452 8 Attitude to Reds 'not negative 9 LONDON, Saturday. THE Foreign Ministers of Britain and France, Mr. Ernest Bevin and M. Robert Schuman, after two days of "man-to-man" talks, disclosed last night that they had agreed to extend their close co-opera-tion m European affairs "to other
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    CHURCH DRIVE IN LONDON
    67 8 I*HE Church of England has launched a great revivalist campaign m 600 parishes m North London, m which 100 outstanding ml&sloners from all parts of Britain will take part and "baby sitters" will enable young parents to attend meetings. The campaign will r''ach its poak m
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    AHLEE HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED
    99 8 AHLEE HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED LONDON, Frl. 1 THOROUGH medical examination shows that the British Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee, has completely recovered from signs of duodenal ulcer and nervous ailments, said a statement from No. 10 Downing Street today. Eczema of the feet put him m hospital last September. The
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    NAVAL CHIEFS WORLD TOUR
    50 8 VICE Admiral Rubm Car- ney, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, will leave Washington today on a sixweek, round-the-world air tour ol Uniied States naval installations. He will visit Bermuda, the Azores. London. Paris, Port Lyautf-y. Morocco, Algiers. Bizerte. Brindist, Chfthrmn, Karachi. Ceylon, Singapore, Manila Tokyo.- U.P.
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    U.K. MEAT RATION GUT IS LIKELY
    92 8 U.K. MEAT RATION GUT IS LIKELY LONDON, Sat.. cuts m Britain's meat (ration were Inevitable, Mr. E. J. Baldwin, presidentelect of the National Federatlon of Meat Traders, warned yesterday. "The real trouble is that the Food Ministry is working from hand to mouth with a small j margin of stocks
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    AGA KHAN MAY RECEIVE RITA
    63 8 DRINCE Aiy Khans secre- tary j rday said he saw no reason why the Prince and fllm star Rita Hayworth would not be received by lh< Aga Khan. the Prince's father during tiv I m Cann Aly X". m and Miss Hayworth are expected to
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    HITLER PRESS CHIEF FREED
    59 8 DR. Ernst CPutzD Hanfstaengl. once Hitlers for- j rign press chief, was yester- day exonerated by a de-Nazl-fication court which found he had himself been persecuted and had helped vlct.m* of the Nazi regime, the German news agency. D.D.P.. reported. Hafstaengl left Germany 'v 1937 and
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    £100,000 JOB FOR U.K. GIRL
    51 8 A seven-year contract worth i\ about 100.000 has been signed by 18-year-old Sally Ann Howes, film actress daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Howes. Sir Michael Balcon, head of Ealing Studios, has released Sally from her contract to enable her to ioin J. Arthur Rank.-
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    FRENCH GOVT. STAFF STRIKE
    51 8 EMPLOYEES of the French Minus;: y of Reconstruction began a 48-hour "warning" strike ft§ -relay to support claims tor regrading. iink.ng <>[ uliriw to the cast of living Index, and. suspension of proposed staff reductions A skeleton staff was on dv y m the Ministry this
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    AID GRANT FOR U.K.
    26 8 The L. ..oinie Cooperation Administration has announced on** of the largest single gnat! WBC paid- $55,440,000 to Brit?'" to buy Canadian A.P.
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    GILT-EDGEDS, KAFFIRS UP
    124 8 LONDON, Sat. THE London Stock Exx change was dominated by two sections yesterday Gilt-edged securities and Kaffirs, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubber shares declined and tins were irregular to lower. Gilt -edfjeds moved higher on receipt of substantial buying orders for long-dated ttoekl but. although showing widespread
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    W. UNION AGREES ON TRAINING
    186 8 BRUSSELS, Saturday. |*HE conference of Western Union Defence Ministers ended m Brussels last night after agreement had been reached on the raising and training I of national armed forces. A communique says the \l. nisters considered practi- cal steps being taken \o achieve a common
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    German border agreed upon
    93 8 LONDON. Satur. AGREEMENT has been reached between Britain, Fiance, tin United States and the Benelux countries on "mimu rectifications" of Germany s western frontiers, a British Foirtgn Office .spokesman confirmed here yesterday. "Any at- 1 em< nt to givf efT *t to claims on German territory
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    Acheson: Reds 'fatal' to freedom
    155 8 Acheson: Reds 'fatal to freedom WASHINGTON. Sat. NOMINATION of Mr. Dean Acheson to be U.S. Secretary of State won unanimous approval of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday after he had indicated Communism as "fatal" to freedom. Quick confirmation is now expected from the Senate. Thus Mr. Acheson capped his
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    Underpeopled Australia
    62 8 HOBART. Sat. A I'STRALIA could support a population of Mti.OOO.OOO on European standards and even more on Indian and Chinese standards. Dr. J. (ientill, of the l/niversity of Western Australia, told a science congress here yesterday. On I'nited States living standards it could support a population of about
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    London Stock Exchange
    400 8 TIN SHARES IRREGULAR which uvrc >iipponrd on •OOOUTag" ing rrpurts concerning an oil laid In the Sinai Desert. Other Oite moved easier ir? quiet trading. Industrial counters spent a qutel day with prices slightly lower Iron.> and steels and breweries .showed marry falls of a few pence.
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    HOOVER GREETS ACHESON
    38 8 HOOVER GREETS ACHESON photo. The new U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson (left), beng congratulated on hi s appointment by the former President, Mr. Herbert Hoover, at a meeting of the Government Reorganisation Commission m Washington.- A.P.
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    Arms aid for anti-Red bloc
    388 8 U.S. BLAMES RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Saturday. T*HE U.S. State Department asserted yesterday that the projected North Atlantic pact was made necessary by Russian obstruction m the United Nations. The charge was made m a detailed report on postwar ditticulties between Russia and the West, published as
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    SUFFRAGETTE, AGED 70, ILL
    64 8 SUFFRAGETTE, AGED 70, ILL I^ENERAL" Flora Drumvlmond. who Just before World War I. led London suffragette* on a white horse. is seriously ill at Canadale m Argyllshire. She is over 70 Suffragettes were women wlii) defied the law to secure votes for .women. Mrs Drummond was imprisoned nine times She
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    N.Y. RUBBER
    58 8 U.P. TEW YORK No 1 contract rubber yesterday closed five to six points higher on sales of 59 contracts. Standard oontract rubber closed five points higher nominally. Few.?r offer ngs from the Far East bolstered pi that for No. 1 R.B.S. spot was 191 runs. IU.BI I The
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    7½ MILES IN 7½ MIN
    29 8 The Society of British Aircraft Constructors announced yesterday that an experimental twin-jet Meteor fighter plane had climbed seven-and-a-half mile* m seven-and-a- half minutes U.P.
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    PROTECTION PAYMENTS 'DRYING UP'
    215 8 PROTECTION PAYMENTS 'DRYING UP' Free Press Staff i or res pond (tc KIALA LUMP! X IN a statement to the Press toda\. the missioner of the Federation of \l., Gurney, said protection monej payment were "drying up. M Sir Henry said that he lully position of the small man who
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    INDIA BANK CHIEF
    34 8 Sir B. Rama Rau, Indian Ambassador to the United States, has been appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, effective from July, it was announced m New Delhi yesterday Reuter
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    A STATES JOIN RAJASTHAN
    51 8 A STATES JOIN RAJASTHAN FOUR b* X hu Raj Aft than unon j»ta'e* irhich v comr the biggest India. t!.e Indian ;Pr.:^e ICtllfaft r annuunrt-d f ttr Thf- R-i Jodphur. Bikar. i Jai&almer. H.» i ea: Uda pur w.ll hay. about 120 000 wtl and an annual Jl7 500 000
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    Chinese go back to Sumatra
    28 8 Chinese go back to Su matra SUMATRA -BORN repatriated Andaman Islanri> United Nat. Committee, have Madras en They refu.N- d their homeland i Ing. "Our Suma lul."- A.P.
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    DID NOT KILL HER UNCLE
    63 8 I'HE daughter and only child of the regent paramount chief of Basutoland burst into tears when the High Court there yesterday acquitted her of murdering her uncle oy mixing gheep dip with hU porridge. There was a demonstration when the verdict was announced, men and
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