The Singapore Free Press, 2 February 1949

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ijKt* l SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1949. I'lfK 10 CENTS
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  • 317 1 NANKING PEACE MOVE 'FALSE' 'Chiang still m control': Reds SHANGHAI, Wednesday. THE Communist propaganda blitz against the tottering Nationalist regime m China continued yesterday when a Red radio spokesman charged the acting President, (.en. Li Tsungjen. with maintaining a false front of peaceful intentions m Nanking while Nationalist militarists m
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    17 1 t|r_r.li K.»r*>rl. *ho brtw ipp<»!iitfd BritLsh it* Huh .immioionrr H- formerly rrtarv It Mr. K-vin BritiNh .etar*
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  • 106 1 'We may join West,' Norway tells Russia *****1. Wednesday. Kt\ W announced today that she ha s advised oviet Ku>mj that she is studying the possibilities uimns; defence alliance with the Atlantic, rrv Kun ta was told that "Norway will make hf!- studies to establish under which forms and Wmtm
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  • 93 1 LONDON. Wednesday. 'PHF. British Government s 1 _r idy.ng Ceylon's rubber industry —believed threatened 200.000 unemployed and partial collapse unless a Government subsidy of 10 cents a lb. is forthcoming very soon was learned m London last night. Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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  • 78 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A MAN itemed lor extorting $20 from a shopkeeper at Mawai. Johore. was arrested yesterday. In a statemeir to the police, the Mawai shopkeeper j said that, when the man j called on him and demanded WO, he said he was a bandit
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  • 199 1 Meeting on trade with Indonesia Free Press Staff Reporter pROBLEMS and difficulties concerning existing trade between Singapore and Indonesia are to be discussed at the Secretariat for Economic Affairs today, at a conference of the Liaison Committee appointed by the Singapore Government for trade with Indonesia. The conference will discuss
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  • 109 1 Malay antiAussie plan kept secret Free Press Staff Reporter HPHE Malay Nationalist A Party is keeping strictly secret retaliation plans which will be put into effect m Singapore tomorrow as a protest against the deportation by the Australian Government of Mrs. O'Keefe, Indonesian wife of an Australian citizen, and her
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  • 45 1 UUALA Lumpur journalist, C. Rasiah, who has been working on British newspapers for the past 11 months under Colonial Ofliee sponsorship, will speak on British Journalism over the BBC's overseas service later this week The date will be announced shortly.- A.P.
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  • 92 1 LONDON. Wednesday. rpHE Prime Minister. Mr. C. 1 R. Attlee. has appointed Mr. Lew^ J orm Edwards. Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Health, to oe Parliamentary Secretary 'o the Board of Trade, m succession to Mr. John Belcher. Mr. Belcher resigned during the Lynskey tribunal hearings
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  • 63 1 rpilK ,'hinese Communists JL want to exchange captured British coal for American flour, according to a broadcast heard m Shanghai yesterday by Associated Press. The Communists appealed, m a message apparently intended for the Economic Co-operation Administration, for 300,000 bags of flour m exchange for 100.000
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  • 17 1 Foreign exchange remittances abroad were virtually halted yesterday by the Central Bank m Buenos Aires.
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    61 1 The Commissioner General's staff and personnel of the Far Eastern Secretariat, who have occupied five storeys ot the Cathay Building, began moving out yesterday. Tables. chairs, almeiraha and documents were moved by Army trucks to Kay Siang Road, the new site of the "little Whitehall." The CommissionerGeneral- office will be
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  • 150 1 OXFORD. Tues. SLOGANS chalked alon.. this university town's famous Broad Street today proclaimed such "traitorous sentiments as "Down With Cromwell." "To Hell With Parliament" and "We Want the Divine Right of Kings." It was a rte.n* ;> tra "on of ctfehard ie- *hn t>_jJeve King Charles
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  • 106 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THERE has been no contact between the United States and Western European Governments on Marshal Stalin's offer to meet President Truman for peace talks, the White House Press Officer. Mr. Charles Ross, said today. In the House of Commons on Thursday. Mr. Ronald
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  • 25 1 A special new serum to fight a flu epidemic among cats m eastern England left New York for Britain last night.- Reuter
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  • 31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Careless firing or crackers yesterday ln New Market Road resulted m an eight-' year-old Chinese boy receiving burns to the face and chest.
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  • 25 1 The Grand View Hotel at Ripon Winconsin > was burned to the ground early yesterday. At least five persons are missing. U.P.
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  • 45 1 |X)UR Chinese were arrestr ed under the Emergency Regulations yesterday bringing the total under detention to 203. Three are suspected of being members of the Singapore People* Antl-Briti6n League and the fourth of being a member of the Malayan Communist Party.
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  • 87 1 Banditry due to bad economics MIC chief MADRAS, Wed. THE President of the Malayan Indian Congress, Sardar Budh Singh said here yesterday that trouble m Malaya was not directly due to Communists but to the present political setup based on "undemocratic principles and unsatisfactory economic conditions The Communists were exploiting
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  • 263 1 BATAVIA Wednesday. THE Dutch announced yesterday that Indonesian guerilla attacks throughout Java and Sumatra had interfered with road traffic and industry but reported progress by the Army m mopping-up operations, except m Northern Sumatra's Atjeh Mountains, the last remaining Republican area. The Dutch military review also
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  • 22 1 Mrs. Vljaya Lakshml Pandit, Indian Ambassador tc Russia, arrived at Orly airport near Paris irom Cairo yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 308 1 'Own state offer to Karen rebels RANGOON. Wednesday. THE Burmese Prime Minister, Thakin Nu, declared yesterday that hi s Government was prepared to grant a separate state for the Karens but was determined to prevent secession of that state "even at tho risk of civil war." The Burma Emergency War
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  • 27 1 Two men made off m a taxicab m New York yesterday after robbing a 65 year- old diamond merchant ot $55,000 worth of diamonds A.P.
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    803 2 by Ou/ London Film Reporter DRITISH Mm pro-' ducers have longbeen critical of the heavy levy which the Tieasurv makes, by way of entertainment tax. on cinema receipts. Now they have taken action. deputation has called m Sir Stafford Cripps tv isk for some of the tax to
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  • 569 2  -  JACK QUIGG By THERE'S a new shop m Hollywood that has the town talking— and working. The reason: its windows and shelves display, with price tags attached, such collectors items as a sweater knitted by Joan Crawford. and a collection of chickenbone cigarette holders fashioned by
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    488 2 WHAT principle lies behind the recording of sound on films? Who makes the machine to record sound, and where? Answering these questions brings to light a fascinating side of the work of the Rank Organisation and hints at great deeds done m the world of cinema science. A
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  • 320 2 AIOST of the serious 1?1 hazards to life and limb m movie-mak-ing exist only m the minds of the press agent. When the script actually doe s call for a risky scene, the star gets a double. There is one notable exception, serials. Serial heroes really
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 411 2 Bridge Problem lilmi-iii North dealer. Mara A A 3 1 OAKQI. 8 7 4 5 4 WW BAM A X J 4k 10 7 J. 4 Q 8 6 5 MK)| C»0 3 2 X J .7 3 2 -<»l TH IQIIII J 7 4 0 J 5 4k Q
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    • 891 2 CTMr i_Dr > _Or Summary: News Headline-; Share i».\ii-.._.Ort dinUArUnL Market Report: 4-55 Music; 5.00; 4 p.m. Music for Tevuune with is\ m. 41 metri_ ill n m Jare B y re (1) r; 30 Li S n t Music;. Boe-ton Promenade Orchestra 4.30 te _7T_I Ye m 6 0
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    • 187 2 F.P. Crossword No. 60? V H 2 4 5 6 iP WW t l B fPli Pl 9 Mm Mm I. i ii I jp I? ___|_a__Li _i_l_i__ 6 i < 18 19 i| PH IP ?0 SA Jlf 21 s MMM WT~ M~ M~IW ris 2(>/ v "28 lip
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    • 133 2 LUCK. ST A y ik > 1 n standi r.^ and 4 mai-v. thing* mu-t n .hi: 1 con< 1 .urate suft.cifßtfci one t«> i»me MM. m- 1\ 1 i«*nt. You haw tbe ciitifl I i. aw nd flare i<t \.\;d da_t writ: are .1 «1 «»f *nr* mork ii
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  • 62 3 GERMANY'S RED BOSS IS HAPPY OVER CHINA Tv downfall ol America*! old ally. Nationalist ■e:v near the time when U.S. L le m Europe as well as In .an. lonely boss of 10,000 Cornmany. iiJly needed f I 1 sophiciil J jhical te- Hi.> unF At 50 he i 3
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  • 225 3 PEIPING PRICES SOAR UNDER REDS R ich start to feign poverty DUPING has received open Red rule with feelings ranging from pleasure to utter dread. From all appearances the city remains under the Nationalists, but the Reds control it silently from the background. The bulk of Nationalist troops were withdrawn
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  • 83 3 IT has fast been discovered that the teachers m Lausanne, through an error, were paid eimost double their pay during part of 1948 and not a single teacher appeared to notice the difference. Nobody reported it to the School Board during the year. The teacher^ are
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  • 177 3 PIRLS so greatly out- number men m Frankfurt (Germany) that they are placing "Man Wanted" signs on big city billboards. Advertisements like this appear: 'Twenty-three-year-old girl blond, medium size, blue eyed wants to spend week-ends with wealthy businessman. Please forward offers to Or like this:
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  • 34 3 VICKERS VIKING aircraft fitted with the latest radio equipment, the Automatic Pilot, Gyromagnetic compa-sses and Radio compasses is on a ten-day trial m Ceylon to test aeronautical instruments under troni.-a! conditions.- Reuter
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  • 29 3 'THE VOICE' CELEBRATES ri actrtsi anown as le party spirit at a Rad.o Marlene Dietrich ami They wtrt celebrating the New tos named the be^t re of Sierra Madrc"
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    29 3 pile of wracked Je^v^ tghi ioy to Josef M.ko■:u and Heinrich Jan0/ Germany They bought 1.300 scrapped Jeeps and after grinding, polishing ''fitting and painting carious components they—
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  • 44 3 steam launch of the Britl hC >:i*ariera Omipany plying Mb tne city and the la_hlon- j It. Wand m the harbour! R:o de Janet: > _M stttl ana sank about n.idn:ghr. passengers and six crew jers have far been les- U.P.
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  • 135 3 I In Andaluscia amounting to 850 metal put Spain fifth among nations Spanish scientists claim. The official newspaper of the Falange party. Arriba. quotini the annual of the rnment Institute of Geology and Mines, said uranium oxide ores producing 66 lbs of pure uranium per
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  • 35 3 •ng a tho- Guinea. i -ent visit The x -cv crazy :hing he tuu 1 Common--5_2. receivr his co--i so aid not lithlt Its v des- I ambling I ■»*«tn« add- Reuter
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  • 12 3 and meed ir State I that .est Reuter
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  • 75 3 THE Austral. an Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley. launched a national savings campaign m a broadcast appealing to the country for a return to virtual wartime austerity to halt inflation. Mr. Chifley asked for maximum savings, increased industrial output and no luxury spending. He said the people's
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  • 108 3 a Danish Government scientific expedition will next year carry out deepsea research at the Mindanao depths In the Philippines. The ocean bed there is 30,400 feet (Hist over six miles' below sea level the greatest depth ever chared. Dr. Anton Brum., keeper of Copenhagen University's Zoological Museum,
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  • 191 3 TO THE MOON— AT 30,000 M.P.H. l IQUID hydrogen could now send a rocket to the moon at a speed of 30.000 auies an hour. Ohio State University has lifted a corner ot the veil of secrecy surrounding its rocket fuel research to announce that the only obstacle to interplanetary
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    37 3 put together 800 shinlna "new" Jeeps, some of which can be seen above. They were assembled at the rate of 200 vehicles a month Jansen sad all that uas needed was a thorough knowledge of mechanics.
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  • 181 3 VTITNESSES at the Kravchenko libel suit testified m Paris to Soviet oppression and police brutality. Deputy Andre Moynet, who, was a flyer with the French squadron. Normandie Neixen, which fought m Russia against the Germans, said that m his opinion Kravchenko's book. "I Chose j
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  • 63 3 J^ BILL will be introduced m the Upper House of the Philippines to grant complete exemption to newsmen from revealing their sources of information. If passed, the measure will amend the present press freedom law eliminating altogether the provision under which a reporter can be compelled to
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  • 76 3 t NINE children— eight from one family— and one adult died m New Waterford (Nova Scotia» recently when a house caught fire. The dead included eight children of Mr. and Mrs. William McKeigan. Mr. Edward Wiseman and his daughter Mary. Mr. and Mrs. McKeigan with
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  • 56 3 pOUR New York firms have been awarded contracts by the United Nations to build a 39--i-torey skyscraper on the permanent U.N. site m the middle of Manhattan. The building, which will house the secretariat m one of the three main buildings, is expected to be rtAdy
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  • 83 3 REVALUATION of Spain's official exchange rates against the pound sterling. United States dollars. Swiss francs and Portuguese escudos has been announced m a bid to attract tourists. British tourists will m future get 100.75 pesetas to the pound sterling instead of 66 pasetas. Other exchange
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    28 3 Dr. Ralph Bunche (centre* the United Nations Mediator, at Rhode s with the Egyptian delegation at the Armistice talks, and (right), William Riley, chiej oj the U.N. observers
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  • 224 3 U.S. television 's giant stride AMERICA'S Eastern and mid- Western television facilities have been linked m a giant stride towards realisation of the telecasting pioneers' dream of coast-to-coast networks on the same scale as radio. The link has extended the range of television from the Atlantic more than 1 .000
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  • 37 3 Thirty-five plane.s and ten ships from the naval and air forces of five ivUioi_s have intensified the air-sea search m the area of the Canary Island for 15 crew-mem-bers of a Super .'ort re
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  • 223 3 T_IE U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ha s reported 1 "exciting progress" toward mastering the secret of how plants use sun light to manufacture food. It is pointed out that "if man could do the same trick he would have vast food supplies at his command."
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  • 154 3 THE Filipino Secretary of Commerce Corneiio Balmaceda is offering $l:\oOi) (U.S.i for a good formula to make cigarettes Trom Virginia leaf tobacco grown m the Philippines. He announced the prize m opening a drive to reduce imports of American cigarettes and revive the warwrecked Philippine
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  • 55 3 THE beauty of Britain's countryside is to be safeguarded by new advertisement laws. Commerical advertisers will have to get permission from the Government before putting up large hoardings. These laws, which apply m towns as well, will also Improve road safety Distracting posters will be forbidden
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  • 85 3 UMIEN the Women 'j Auxiliary Air Force becomes the Women's Royal Air Force it will be com--1 pulsory for airwomen to salute their superiors men or women. Air Commandant Felicity Hanbury. director of W.A.A.F., told a London press conference that the question of detention for airwomen Is
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  • 33 3 Enlisted men will .serve as members of a US military court m Frankfurt for the first time on Feb 1 Formerly all court inaiual members have been ofi'ce A.P.
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  • 610 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Feb 2, 1949 THE TWO FACES ALONGSIDE the news that the value of Malaya's trade last year was a postwar record, the simultaneous news that trade values for the month of December were the lowest for the year, a drop of almost 25 per cent,
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  • 1014 4  - Socialism's Plan For Its Second Five Years IAN MIKARDO by M.P., writing the second In a Series ef articles by members of Hie three big political parties de* signed to put plainly before the public the programmes upon which 23,000,000 electors m U.K. will soon be having to cast their
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  • 107 4 MOVIEGOERS who are weary of watching 30 and 40-year-old actresses enact the part of young love on the screen have found a vociferous champion ln producer Stanley Kramer. "Box Office would leap 15 percent If romance on the screen reverted to the youth where it belongs."
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  • 593 4  -  CHARLES A. GRUMMICH By TF the Chinese Communists sweep round into northern Indo-China they will find someone waiting to welcome them Ho Chi Mmh Communist leader of the Vietnamese. If they get to him or near him on their current sweep as it seems 1 i k
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  • 817 4  -  ALVIN STEIN KOPF By SOME day m the not so distant future that clatter m the garage may be caused by two smart machines playing chess with each other. Or, a man may chess against a machine he has designed. The machine ought to win. National budgets
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  • 176 4 kMEKICA has found a new erase, called the Name Game. Any number can play, there are no particular rules, and the results can be devastating. The idea ts to take the name of a celebrity and give it a twist. The new version should be identifiable, but
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  • 287 4  - Riddle Of The Tudors COURTENAY EDWARDS By TWKE within Tudor air-h__ British South Airways ha* cW? Ed while ..vinTS* Berm;: t g holiday 1 ra 4^ air tra:. p met*J_* and askim r-»-m<_ it?** 1 is the t >o wJJ!?' to haui. cr of civil n J 30 the Si
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    • 27 4 CROSLEY SNELYftOOR LJR _i ITI 52) *s E=y SIS He. ft.) Model FrW 5695 IS% rafth LEE ft FLETCHER i• l «»4 Orchard Road. Phone 333* Singapore
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    • 116 4 FAITH Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom i s despised, and his words are not heard. Eccleslastes, 9. 16. Records by M TRUMPET KIN C \"g Radio a_d Screes jj^_____ HARRY JAMES 0 d /Mj^B His Orchestra. __B_»_v_______l INDIANA I^,__ m .M m
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  • 397 5 525 HOUSES BUILT LAST YEAR But demand is still great Free Press Staff Reporter IUORE houses than any other type of buildm ing were erected m Singapore last year, and m the Municipal area alone, the return of buildings completed during 1948 show an increase of about 70 per cent,
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  • 70 5 L Press Stall Reporter &7w n*** l Com I spend tsToi ar un P*Tl 4 nouses F__l. tn e Thompson Jj police Station for :h w ..i cat will artisans' and' and E* room ara. kitchen. I former .r.d Sinno is c >> the
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  • 78 5 p read of j D Phi.fp- 1 tm tfcree your.* Filipinos London to of Mlited i trsmefl Manuel. i :.d Conare m I Bgitfk:; Eng- j nd to take an six mat st a am < florencio Man a '-hat i tndov frames and Danes
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  • 24 5 mptrol- :ore. Ss -Jooe on leave prior to PfpKi: Mr H. S. J Wd has become acting fr-.rr. P b 1
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  • 12 5 ■■t^ Hospitals C Ba:r.. ORf Sfrnf, Mr. Kwa P p
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  • 121 5 car" d m AustraL** Marc Two of these Austra__2_.' h D of 'Won for SI -ne ourp £L -Jerfonnance. ,7?**>n towther with Wee make a big Zri -o Au_:ra.:a Th=» olaJu. E^T c rs year. of c "or export. Eighty thousand British t cars will
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  • 499 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. TIE Federation Government is introducing a bill, authorising the raising of a ioan of $100,000,000 either m London or m the Federation, to be expended on 64 Important proiects m the country, at the meeting of the
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  • 15 5 M A. H Simp-on h c licen p Peputy Public P.osecutoc for Singapore.
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  • 171 5 rpHE Earl of Inchcape, senior partner of MacKinnon MacKenzie. who i s on a routine visit to Singapore, is optimistic about trade m the Far East. The Earl of Inchcape said yesterday that there was no immediate fear of P. and O. and 8.1. ships
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    177 5 An architect's drawing of what the future promenade of the Singapore Esplanade will look like. Features are canopies sheltering benches, built at regulaiihUr%alsr Tower boxes to give colour to the scene; a raised embankment o n the secmk'e; and a com"■■W l g> _f_**_L < J".** The design is prepared
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  • 51 5 YESTERDAY, Spitfires from a Singapore base were out again supporting the Sv rity Forcps hi the Segamat area. Following Monday**, air attack, military forces engaged a party of bandits who tried to escape along a jungle track which the Spitfires yesterday attacked with concentrated cannon and machine-gun
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  • 231 5 REPORT ON S.E. ASIA FOR U.K. DRITISH achievements m the reconstruction and rehabilitation of South-East Asia territories since the end of the war are to be publicised m Britain about the middle of May this year, by Mr Harold Evans, head of the publications branch, of the Information Department m
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  • 47 5 Recently published figures for the U.N.A.C. collections m the U_K. show that Birmingham raised £36,000 the largsst sum. The next largest was Liverpool with £17,000 i.e. about $140,000 (Malayan). Singapore's figure of over $200,000 (about £23.000) has only been beaten by Birmingham.
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  • 49 5 A large shipment of sheep and goats has arrived m Singapore by the Blue Funnel ship Asphalion from Australia. The ship unloaded 1.769 sheep and 904 goats yesterday. The vessel also brought a large "food cargo" of frozen meat, vegetables and fruit. The Earl of Inchcape.
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  • 41 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent JOHORE Malay Women Teachers' Association ls asking the Johore Government to retain the post of Lady Supervisor of Malay Women School Teachers, the Utusan Melayu report*. The Association is opposed to its abolition.
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  • 113 5 120 STUDENTS GOING BACK TO AUSTRALIA MORE than 120 children of Malayan residents are returning today to their schools m Australia by the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon. They arrived last Dec2mber also by the Gorgon and the Charon to spend their Christmas and New Year holidays with their parents. The
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  • 97 5 FOR making false declaration to the Registrar of Busin?ss Names two businessmen were fined $50 each by the Second Singapore Police Magistrate. Mr. E. V A. Peers, yesterday. They were Ang Mcc Kc-ng, managing partner of Bian Bee and Company, and Wee Tock Slan, managing
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  • 41 5 Hoo Kah Leng (21) and Goh Poh Leng (16). found gambling at East Coast Road on Jan. 14 were yesterday fined $100 each, m default six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, by the Third Singapore Police Magistrate. Mr. F. B. Oehlers.
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  • 29 5 Telegraphic communications with Bagan Si Api Api In Dutch occupied Sunv-tra have been restored Cable and Wireless announced yesterday. All cables be written m English or Dutch
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  • 20 5 Sub-Lieut. J. F. Burnett, Milayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, ha* been promoted to th« rank of acting lieutenant.
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  • 146 5 mHE first Asian scholar to enter Australia under the Commonwealth Government's j South-East Asia scholarship scheme has arrived m Sydney from Singapore. She is the 20 year-old daughter of a t*larr naval o^-er She vv arts at tho New r v allege at Armldale, New South Wales
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  • 413 5 O'Keefe deportation Free Press Malay Correspondent T__E goodwill and understanding which Australia had built m Asia by her stout defence of the cause of the Republic of Indonesia at Lake Success and New Delhi is being threatened by the "rash" action of her Immigration Minister, Mr. I
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  • 437 6 TRANSPORT Command, which is responsible for the airlift of Berlin lg commended for its excellent, work I of flying m relief to Berliners. by the Chief of Air Staff. Lord Tedder. Lord Tedder's message to the C.-in-C. Transport Com- 1 mand has been transmitted lo the
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  • 45 6 Two Indians a motor cyclist and a pedestrian with whom he was m collisionwere injured at the Junction of Anson Road and Cecil Street last night. After the collision the motor cycle burst into flames and the rider. Koleneayvellu. fell from his machine.
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    68 6 UNDER REPAIR picture. This was not a house collapse, although many thought _o. The corner part of a building at ihe junction of Middle and Selegie Roads, the wall was pulled down by a building contractor because of its instability." A new wall is to be erected, but m the
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  • 116 6 rpHE Secretary of Economic 1 Affairs. Mr. Andrew Gilmoiir. left Singapore on Monday for North Borneo where he will be chairman of a committee set up by the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the North Borneo Government. The committee will examine the condition
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  • 227 6 THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, wishing the Federation of Malaya "many happy returns of the day" yesterday, said that one of the things for which all must strive hard was a closer and more cordial association of the Government and peoples o( the Federation and Singapore
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  • 618 6 GURNEY TO REMOVE PENANG'S GRIEVANCES 'Without change j m constitution' Free Pres s Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LI MP! R W,,!,,,,, BROADCASTING last night on the firM anniver of the Federation of Malaya, the High ornm' sioner. Sir Henry Gurney. said the problem?^ Penang could be solved without altering th,
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  • 199 6 PENANG TO BE FREE PORT Free Press Staff Correspondent PLNANG. Tues. PENANG will _ome a free free port "ln fact as ln name" If the Federal Legislative Council p "-scs two Bills due to come up at its next meeting on Feb 17. The t.vo Bills, if passed, are expected
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  • 69 6 Free Press SUIT Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues SABOTEURS attempted wreck the night mail trom Kuala Lumpur to Penang on Sunday night, it was revealed today. They removed one fishplate bolt from the line and loosened other bolts, and took the signal lamps from a point near Sungkal
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  • 74 6 Ambulance Brigade plans cadet corps IWK Ov r anee As> Sleeman sa "Wi must h a brigad* m S sible." Sir James said iha' acciden' 7.000 It of tii. >ny. m Singapo- forming i and girls bwith a targi Sir Jan. Dr W J V the th. 6 T. did
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  • 534 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON. Wednesday. WITH yesterday being th e last day of the account, business was at a low ebb m the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Prices nevertheless held firm and showed one or two bright features. Rubber shares were unchanged
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    • 308 6 MdndrdKß Exclusive t<> the Singapore Free Press m Malnva r^~«. i^W#' f>fll*_l I YOU, CHIEF ZARK.WANTEO I I WITH CLEVER STAGING ANO I I YOU.' #*Xf/ 1 I CRIME NEVER WVy '^>im'^.y#VA T POWER OVER TH^ WHOLE S RUTHLESS TACTICS, YOU USED If IT WASN'T f* PAYS, TED. YDUIL TRADER
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  • 510 7 SOUTH HOCKEY SIDE CHOSEN Coutts is not included THE South hockey team to meet the North at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 19 was announced today. It comprises five players from Negri Sembilan, four from Singapore and one e?ch from Malacca and Johore. The side was chosen at a meeting of
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  • 214 7 Devon County player on Malaya's chances hoMAS CUP BADMINTON By (KISADEK I B-DMINToN supporter m Singapore who is I following the progress of Malaya's Thomas Cup Ln m England a> keenly as any other is R. M. Sunder, a former Devon County player. f 1 to know that the Malayans
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    24 7 picture. si North forward dribble m I l t" on the Padang. North K-\l„ t South \*m hy 27 points to 8.- Free Press
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  • 57 7 JTRANK SEDG.MAN, who won the men's singles championship on Sunday, teamed with Doris Hart of the United States on Monday, to win the Australian mixed doubles title. Miss Hart won the women's singles title by beating Joan Fitch and Sedgman won the men's singles wlu.
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  • 127 7 BATU PAHAT. Tuesday. IN A two-innings cricket match. the Government English School beat the Bandar Peng-garang Club by 83 runs. Batting first the Club were dis-, missed for 18 runs, R. Ehrke I top-scoring with eight runs. The School replied «!t_ 43 «X 1 Woodhill 12). The
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  • 214 7 JOIIOKE 15 AHKl Wednesday. TWO hard-fought inter-State hockey games played m Johore Bahru yesterday morning saw Johore beat Malacca by the odd goal m three and the Negri Sembilan Indo-Ceylonese trounce their Johore compatriots by five goals to nil. The first match was characterised by
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  • 113 7 By CRUSADER P. KH \P> none among the thousands of fans who watched the North v. South rugby "cl.issic" at the Jalan I r stadium on Saturday realised, while the keen stru-rsle for supremacy was m progress, the plight of Wilson, the Singapore Cricket Club scrum-half
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  • 55 7 THE women's January MetUli Stroke) competition at the Island Club was won by Mi* Eileen Lee with a score of 53— 18— 35 Next best scores were Mrs. Percy Hardman 44-8-36; Mrs. MrMullan 42.6-36; Mrs. E. W Jones 55-18-37; Mrs. Reeves -3T Mrs Neubronrrer 45--8.37. Mrr. McMorine
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  • 116 7 INDIA'S Thomas Cup badminton team defeated a United States team 3-2 at the University Club, Boston on Monday. They combined finesse and speed to overcome the aggressive style of the Americans. The Indian touring team wa led by Davinder Mohan, who registered a convincing 15-5. 15-6
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    25 7 picture. r. I'ennefather intercepts the ball m Monday's interState hockey match m which Perak beat Singapore one-nil. On the left Balasingam of Perak. Free Press
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  • 130 7 AT the annual general meeting held on Sunday, the following were elected the committee of ■anamneßt of the Malay Sports Association. Singapore for 1949: i\r toils Tuan Haji Ambo' Sooloh, J. P. and Inche Mohd. sidek b. H. A. Hamid. J P.; president. Inch* O&man bin FaraJ
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  • 257 7 JOE LOUIS will defend nis world heavyweight title :n June only if an opponent can be found with sufficient "gate" appeal, John Foxborough, the champion's ad-' viser, said In Orlando, Florida, last night. Roxborough, following a j week-end conference with Mike Jacobs, promoter of the j
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  • 21 7 Hospital beat University Colleße by 13 points to three In a Hospitals Cup Rugby Union match yesterday.- Reuter
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  • 195 7 A HEAVY rainstorm robbed the M.C.C. touring team of victory m their match m Bulawayo yesterday against Rhodesia. The game ended m a draw, the scores being Rhodesia 174 and 166, M.C.C. 193 and 117 for two. With about an hour and a half left
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  • 168 7 RHODESIA— Ist INNS. 174. M.C.C— lst INNS. 193. RHODESIA— 2nd INNS. Singleton Ibw Young 12 Harris b Young 18 Martin Ibw Compton 32 Franklin c Griffith b Young 3 Curran b Compton 36 Pretorlou? b Gladwin 26 McDonald b Jenkins II Tayfield Ibw Compton 11 New son b Young
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  • 22 7 A MEETING of the Singapore Cricket Club soccer section will be held tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at the club-house.
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  • 485 7 By THE SPORTS EDITOR npHE cricket season m Singapore has not yet started, but the Raffles College has already taken the opportunity of playing its annual match between Seniors and Juniors and the Colonials clubs of Singapore and Selangor have met for what is likely to
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  • 157 7 MOSCOW, Wed. CRACK British footb teams like Manchestei United, Arsenal and Glasgow Rangers might like to .enow claim that it was the Russians who i introduced into football tactics the quick inter-c" ginfc of forwards m an attack The newspaper Sovie, Sport says that the soccer
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  • 157 7 AMUIjUI slandvr and libel sua brought against the boxing Ipronot r. Mike Jacob by Rt pre tentative Donald O'Toole after verbal feud bet m en trip two men more than two y ar_ ago has- I settled out oi court. The 20th Century Sporti.it' Club, which Mr
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  • 74 7 ii'EMBLEY Stadium, vcoue TT of last summer^ Olympic Games, has advised holders of 2,000,000 one-shilling shares that their 1948 dividend is 40 per cent half that of 1947. Profits had gone down from £113.136 to £53,706. Capt. Brice. a director, said that the betting tax was
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  • 24 7 •THE need for a temporary pavilion for the convenience of sportsmen was stressed at the anr*ual meeting of the Taipinj- Cricket Association
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  • 36 7 RUGBY: G.H.Q. Slg. Reft v. Police Thomson Rd; R.A.F. hangi v. Shell S C. rh_n*i HOCKEY: Khalsa Assn. m. Nee Soon H.C.— St. George's Rd < .int Naval Staff (men) t. S.C.C. Women— H.M.S. Terror.
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  • 424 8 Rhodes parley near collapse RHODES. Wednesday. THE Egyptian-Israeli peace talks here are now expected at any moment to break down as the Jew s are said to have rejected the "take it or leave it" iast-minute compromise plan on the Negev I boundaries m
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    111 8 palace. A. P. photo. Screen star Tyrone Power and starlet Linda Christian kneeling before the American Prelate, Monsignor j William Hommick, during their marriage ceremony m the 1.000-year-old Catholic Church of Santa Francesca Romana m Rome. Outside, an overflow crowd of more than 3,000 persons, mostly girl fans of Tyrone,
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  • 59 8 WERNLI: To Lucie, wife of Youngberg Memorial Hospital,— a i Wernli. on 3 1st January, at si>ter for Joan. BI'CHAN: To Betty, wife of R S. Buchan. on the 31st Jan.. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter— Kerry. STRATHAIRN- At Rosemount. Scotland, on 26 Jan '49, to Judy. wife
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  • 54 8 tjMLIPINO const bulary forces are assaulting Mount Arayat In Central Luzon. Re- ports yesterday said artillery flre had sounded for three i nights on the mountain. Police believe Luis Tarur j elusive chieftain of the Hukj balahap guerrillas. :g en- trenched there wi'h two of A
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  • 146 8 LONDON, Wed. MR. LESLIE HORE- BELISHA, former Minister of War, last night suggested that Mr. Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime Prime Minister, should receive an important post ln the proposed 'Council of Europe, Speaking at a dinner m Coventry, Mr. Hore-Belisha recalled that Mr. Churchill
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  • 105 8 More US 'baccy for Britain LONDON, Wednesday. tobacco experts toldj a press conference yesterday! that their recent talks with the Government will result m a j I "very satisfactory year ahead" I for American tobacco growers. indicating that Britain may buy more Virginia tobacco. They said Britain would buy the
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  • 76 8 M H Alphand. Director General of Economic and Financial Affair at the French Foreign Office gave a luncheor. m Paris on Mon,: day In honour of Sir Kaughavan Pillai. Indian Commissioner General for Economic and Com- j mercial Affairs for Europe. This was followed by a brief informal
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  • 75 8 BERLIN. Wednesday. WESTERN GERMANY'S exports hit a post-war high Ln December, the U.S. Military Government here reports. These pay for only half of the imports required by (he Anglo-American occupation zone 6. December exports were valued at US $72.000.000— U554 500.000 more than November. Imports exceeded
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  • 67 8 SPEECHES by Earl Mountbatten as Britain's last Viceroy of India are to be published m book form m April by a new London publisher, Nicholas Kaye. Countess Mountbatten. _aid m Malta yesterday that she would visit India within the next few weeks with her younger daughter,
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  • 39 8 A plan for an Asian trade union conference to meet m Communist held Peiping North China, early m May was recommended to the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Trade Unions m Paris yesterday Reuter
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  • 210 8 PARIS. Wednesday. ORINCE Aly Khan and hi s wife, the former Hon'ble M Mrs. Loel Guinness, are scheduled to meet at a Paris lawyers office tomorrow for the "attempt at conciliation" which i s compulsory under French law for all couples seeking divorce. However,
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  • 29 8 The American Military Government's German newspaper ln Berlin claimed yesterday that the Russians were plotting a putsch to unseat Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito be- 1 fore March A.P.
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  • 66 8 NEW DELHI, Wed. THE Indian Government last night announced the suspension of communal class distinctions m the recruitment and composition of the Indian Army. A statement said the Army belonged to the entire nation and that no distinction would be shown on the basis of birth.
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  • 139 8 CAIRO, Tuesday. ORITAIN and the Western European countries agreed to recognize Israel m exchange for U.S. j recognition of Transjordan. which the IT.S.l T .S. will in- elude m President Truman's new financial plan to aid Middle Eastern countries and help strengthen their armies. Reporting this
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  • 66 8 9 -inch heels for women's shoes LONDON, Wednesday. 4 WOMAN'S shoe of the future with nine-inch heels was shown to startled visitors at the London Shoe and Leather Fair, which opened here yesterday. It looks somewhat like a short cowboy boot made of black suede, trimmed with golden lizard. It
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  • 124 8 GIBRALTAR Wednesday 4 CORONER'S court here declared yesterday that Maj. Wilfred Stanley. Gibraltar garrison adjutant, murdered his wife and two young children and then committed suicide. Police last week found Stanley laying mortally wounded at his home here. iii s wife dead m bed
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  • 170 8 SPECIAL Market eorreopon- j dent Rives the price* of rubbei (to rents per lb.) at U am totta a* follows: Tone of market: Slightly easier. Ihe Singapore ('barn Dei of Commerce Rubber Association's noon prices yesterday were In cent* per lb.: N. Y. stocks QN THE New York
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  • 180 8 LONDON, Wednesday. LONDON'S Misses Moppets i -the charwomen who i sweep, dust and mop Government offices— shouldered their brooms and, waving mops and buckets, marched through London's streets yesterday to demonstrate for a raise. The cleaners, who get ls. j V/ 2 d. an hour, want
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  • 256 8 U.S. MONEY CHIEF SAYS: ATLANTIC CITY, (New Jersey) Wednesday, j THE Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, Mr. John W. Snyder, said yesterday that the I'nited States probably will continue to be "highly prosperous" m "the years immediately ahead." Mr. Snyder said business has no reason to
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  • 61 8 ONE of the world's loremost bubonic plague experts, Austrian-born Robert P litzer, left San Francisco by 'plane for his home In Shanghai yesterday Dr. Pollitzer ha_< been In America four months holding lectures and conferences on the results of his latest experiments He took with him
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  • 227 8 Plane did 1 ,700 mph at 80,000 feet-U.S. claim CLEVELAND (Ohio). Wednesday. IT is claimed that the X-l, first plane to exceed the speed of sound m level flight, has attained a speed of 1.700 m.p.h. and climbed to an altitude of 80,000 feet. This claim was made by Mr
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  • 44 8 THE British Foreign Office has received a summary of a Guatemalan note protesting against reported British plans to send European and West African refugees to British Honduras. The j note charged Britain with > responsibility for failure to settle their territorial dispute.
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  • 265 8 U.S. MISSION TO AID JAP RECOVERY rpHE U.S. Secretary for the _nm. %T? 1 Royall. and Mr. Joseph D_M.gr an ing: expert, who is to be Gen. Mar._rtl».. r 'J adviser, arrived here tonight to lead ana^i mission which is expected to speed up J a par "^j mic recovery
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  • 58 8 A STRIKE of 3.UUO workers m the mechanical and electrical sections o! the Tata iron and steel workshops at Jamshodpur, Bihar, has caus- j ed the management to close part of the works. The strikers have been warned that as. the steel ivorks are a public
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  • 55 8 UK warships to stay in Antarctic LONDON Wedr^l Tn. .;M Loras y» tish a. Tina clvc arshiatJl carrying duties, _> A three-power acmjj w as col r. month, ba monstratio: during the season >. tine have be< number i The pr» British ships of -.he F__a_9 Islands remain ab< lei.
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  • 60 8 FAMINE IN HADRAMAUT: U.K. TO HELP LOND"\ WecbaJ COLON I AI t.M and i: :H Govern; day lo di reliev. the Hadrai I em Adc thousar. m star 1 to b» ■mice ai Tiv i: a of the »a by t i .fflrulac *M by the to ing ah are
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  • 22 8 POl AM Sid:.- Tribunal enforced a agai. 5 Office m Warsaw In his Tribunal. 6 went I Reuer.
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  • 22 8 A MEETIV A por< R< reatioj C-J elector vM the cncK' md teni '-'"'m held on M nday, 30 p.m.
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  • 102 8 LONDON. Wed 1 ORD BEVERIDGE. author J of the Beveridge Social Security Plan, said here last night that world security came before social security. "World government to substitute justice between nations for war is not a remote visionary aim but an utmost urgent need." lie told
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