The Singapore Free Press, 8 April 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA M* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    KMT REARMING, SAYS RED RADIO
    207 1 Accusation of duplicity rruF p• r NANKING, Friday, jw, feiping ommunist radio charged last night that the Nationalist Government is preparing to conscript 2,000,000 men to rebuild its armies. "Under a cloaß of peWe talks, the Nanking Government is busily training and expanding its armed
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    HK RIOT TROOPS HELD
    72 1 HK RIOT TROOPS HELD aQuaii* armed *2 v tommythis city ail JW:n* a *«ries of Ltit Chinese troops of x a-hed to suited being Xl smarted ajce arrested six Lj of a Chinese trainSsj tkei tsiti to force r.o v le wtth- l omradea vatio t an [J^ n rescue
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    UNKNOWN
    40 1 CANTON fit ■CE> i- ~n is ■ye.Mi o have appealed deposed an Province, i nelp comiuerillas. •>-. caging *he ler. says French -aders m Tonkin »ofpiw< r--oop along the! fron- i admit v > >na- '■■< nis t a r. U.P. AP
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    IDENTITY CARDS
    20 1 uosses- i f ere rt police I 4*>J people Wtfl securt*tb. Jhsj vers later rev produced neii homes.
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    SWISS WON'T JOIN
    17 1 seep out of aU war." J^a Has declined an to join r.ent of! A.P.
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    DIANA GETS GOOD NEWS
    176 1 LONDON, Friday. DIANA RANGER. 20. a private m the Women's Royal Army Corps stationed at General Headquarters, Singapore, who was flown to London by the War Oihce after receiving a cable that her mother was dangerously ill, learned yesterday that her mother, following an operation m
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    NEW U.S.ENVOY
    30 1 NEW U.S. ENVOY DIPLOMATIC sources m Washington say Mr. Alan Q. Kirk, United States Ambassador to Belgium, is allkely successor to General Walter Bedell Smith, as U.S.Ambas*ador m Moscow A.P.
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    P.I. HITS BACK AT AUSSIES
    66 1 MANILA. Friday. THE Philippine House of Representatives yesterday unanimously passed a bill prohibiting the admission of aliens whose countries do not grant reciprocal rights to Filipinos. The Bill is aimed at Australia, which recently denied admittance to an American Army corporal, Loranzo Gamboa. a Filipino
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    69 1 The 71 -ton Clipper on a r test flight. It is the first of the Boeing Stratocrnisers, luxurious. American -built airliners, fleets of which will soon be flying across the Atlantic. The Clipper has a wing-span of 141 feet and is 110 feet long. It is powered by four Pratt
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    U.S. PLEDGE TO BERLIN MAYOR
    74 1 I^HE Lord Mayor of western Berlin, rterr Ernst Reuter told an extraordinary city assembly session yesterday that the United States Government nan assured him that "we will not be dellven d" to Communism. He said he had been promised that "the American government and people
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    GROUNDNUTS-1 AND INDONESIA
    64 1 GROUNDNUTS- 1 AND INDONESIA J^ COMMISSION sent to Indonesia by the Netherlands Oils and Fats Industry, to investigate the possibilities of mechanised groundnut cultivation there, has failed to give any definite advice. Their report has not been Issued yet, but it is learned that the commission blamed "many uncertain factors,"
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    44 1 The world's tartest and fastest airliner. Fan American Airways Clipper, rijina Cloud", passes the dirigible mooring mast 1 !5# feet above street level on top of New York City's Empire Stale building. The Clipper. la the civilian version of the U.S. Air Force B-5#
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    GREEK TROOPS 'ANNIHILATED'
    50 1 ONE Greek Government brigade has been "encircled and annihilated,'' and the greater part of another wiped out m the Grammos fighting, the Free Greek: Radio said yesterday. The communique said Government losses during six days' fighting up to April 6 amounted to 3.900 wounded and captured- Reuter
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    Uranium find in Br. Guiana
    96 1 GEORGETOWN, 'Brit. Guiana >. Frl. VAST beds of uraniumbearing ores have been discovered deep m the interior of this British colony m South America. An American has staked the first claim. The British Guiana Government has given Mr. John Cole, of New York, exclusive rights
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    Dutch report better Indies conditions
    203 1 BATAVIA. Friday. THE Indonesian Government yesterday reported a "steady but slow improvement" of the military situation m Indonesia. Th e report said, however, i that rumours of the return of the Republican Gov- ernment to power m Jogjakarta had had a bad effect on the
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    31 SHIPS IN U.S. STRIKE BOUND
    46 1 OFFICIALS of the Canadian Seamans Union last night say 31 ships are strikebound because east coast operators have signed a bargaining agreement with their rivals, the Seafarers International Union of the American Feder r at ion of Labour.- A. P.
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    JAPS PLAN BIRTH CONTROL MOVES
    138 1 JAPS PLAN BIRTH CONTROL MOVES TOKYO, Thursday. THE Japanese Welfare Minister, Joji Hayashi, today announced that he was preparing plans for a national birth control programme to meet the "menace" of overpopulation. Hayaahl told the Lower House of the Diet that the Welfare Ministry was considering a number of plans
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    SECRET UNMASKED
    14 1 Singapore C.I.D. yesterday arrested four Chinese, alleged to be secret society gangsters.
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    $ AID TO EUROPE
    19 1 AID TO EUROPE L dyed $271,1' "00 m European Recovery Programme aid during February to buy commodities and services.
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    GALES LASH BRITAIN'S COASTS
    133 1 LONDON, Friday. FIERCE winds reaching gale force beat at Britain's coasts last night after a five degree drop ln temperature earlier m the day. Shipping from Heligoland to the west coast of Ireland and south a* far as the Bay of Biscay is affected. N Channel
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    Federation arrests
    26 1 la the 24 hours ended last Bight there were 2D arrests m the Federation, 11 m Perak. seven m SeiangOr ami #ne m Penang.
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    Karens give up arms today
    138 1 RANGOON, Friday. KAREN rebels, ft* hting under the banners of tht Karen National Union (K.N.U.), will lay down arms throughout the country this morning, the Government announced yesterday. The surrender will be made by Saw Ba U Gyi, X N.U. President, at a ceremony m
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    ALY GETS DIVORCE
    24 1 PRINCE and Princess Aly Khan were yesterday granted a divorce by Maitre Marcel Rousselet. President of tht Paris civil tribunal.— Reuter
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    Saturday Magazine
    110 1 r MORROW'S Free Press contains, as m preceding Saturdays, a kaleidoscopic selection of good stories to read and pictures to see. S. C. George, the wellknown Singapore author, starts the first instalment of his new serial. "Gentle* People." a terrifying story of a man whose greed and cowardice
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    NZ call for death penalty
    44 1 N Z call for death penalty THE New Zealand Justices of the Peace Association has demanded the restoration of capital punishment, abolished by the Labour Government m 1941, because of the increase m murders. They also ask the Government to declare Communism illegal.- Reuter
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    Tickets fortraffic offences
    142 1 Tickets fortraffic offences v ree Pres s Staff Reporter IF you And a small memo m your car today you will know that you have committed a traffic offence and the police have served the notice on you that you have up to the present received by mail. A. R.
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    Detainees need not be tried
    97 1 MR. Philip Piratin. Communist MP. asked m the House of Commons yest'.rday with what offence 3.964 out of 4,074 people detained ii Malaya and Singapore would be charged, and whether their cases would be decidod m a court of law. The Under-Secretary of State for
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    Rubber prices
    54 1 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the prices of rubber (m cents per lb.) st 11 a.m. today ss follow* Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 B.S.S. Spot loose l(i lob. in bale* Apr. No. 1 B.S.S. 36' M% No. 2 B.S. S 34 MH Bv I 1.1.1. 32%. 32"^ Tone
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    Slight case of measles
    841 2 Slight case of measles If Diary Of A Singapore Doctor i L- i WED. There appears Id be a mild epidemic of measles m the colony at piesent. The dander of measles lies m the client, ear and eve complications that it can cause. -i worried mother called me out
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    Bridge Hands
    333 2 THIS was a deal played m the open pair event of the recent Winter National Championships of the American Contract Bridge League. NorthSouth m many cases reached the six notrump contract Instead ol the safe contract of six hearts. (Making six notrump counts 190. whereas six hearts counts
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    360-day baby was possible
    380 2 A PREGNANCY of 360 days was accepted as possible by Mr. Commissioner Blanco White m the Divorce Court a few day s ago. He referred to previous cases m which it had been held that 331 days and 346 days were not impossible periods. "I am
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    She does well as a murderess
    246 2 •THE sinister beauty in "AbI bott and CosteUo meet Frankenstein," seen recently in Singapore, is Vienneseborn Lenore Aubert. Miss Aubert, who left Austria a couple of jumps ahead of Hitler in 1938, is a charming, Intelligent young woman who In real life never did
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    45 3 wA>hin< da* whether a %rincess is calling P' That »as the view of little Marlene Venn of I* ifni (hildren s Home, Bristol, when Princess rsttfht her washing hor dolly's clothes. The P* bjt was stono- coloured and beaverr massed Her cost was Is match.
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    Not enough ships for U.S. tourists
    145 3 I war tra ••"'> officials m the Marshall -Plan nrriM are expectlug a 25 per cent Increase Lgßßber of American tourists. Passages for Lad snips to Europe. Latin America and >tor East are booked. L ajbaburgr. *i T h its junta: H :he Levant
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    MEXICAN BEEF FOR UK?
    50 3 MEXICAN BEEF FOR UK? rw\HE Undersecretary of AgriX culture for Mexico, Oscar Flores. said that he thought Mexico could supply Britain with fresh beef, but added "I do not have figures available at present and cannot say how much." At present Mexico exports only tinned beef ln larger quantities.- U.P.
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    BID TO HUMANISE' ATOMIC WARFARE
    415 3 09-nation conference called A h Hrf!L ?u er at nal Red Cros CoHventiona t«m,^ g i the rules f warfare" into line with r tOU i War meth^swillbe discussed at a ir\r?nHf„w°S fere nCe vonu on April 21 to which 69 nations, including Russia, have
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    ZAIM 'CONCERN' OVER OIL PACT
    129 3 IN a interview with foreign press correspondents Colonel Hudno Zaim. who recently seized power ln Syria, questioned about ratification of the pipeline convention, said "This project is the subject of special concern and I am going to reconsider it very soon m the light of
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    Hiroshima was gross mistake
    94 3 CHANCELLOR of the University of Chicago. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, said the United States made both a military and a moral mistake m dropping the atom bomb on Japan. •From the long range military point of view, letting the atom bomb fall on Hiroshima wa 5
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    Colony 'co-ops' visit France
    83 3 LOCALLY appointed officials of Colonial Cooperative Departments In the Gold Coast, Nigeria. Cyprus. Uganda and Malaya, who have been taking a special course at the Cooperative College, Stanford Hall. Loughborough, have left London on a threeweek tour of Cooperative Institutions m France. They are: Mr. Mohammed
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    Millions for airlift
    26 3 The US. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee has voted $42,000 000 to keep the Berlin airlift running at full capacity through June.- U.P.
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    Freight 'war': Dutch denial
    109 3 DUTCH shipping circles m i London were surprised j by a report that the Lem- I s&rkerk first of the 8.000- ton Dutch cargo vessels scheduled to carry the freight war into Britain i -had "cancelled her caUs at Glasgow and Liverpool. J She is soing
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    36 3 General De Gaulle, leadei of the French People's Rally records his vote m the French cantonal elections at the village of Colombey-les-deux-eglises. His party, the elections showed, is now the largest single force m the country.
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    FAMINE STALKS GULF OF CUTCH
    238 3 p AMINE stalks m the island of Cutch and parts of the Indian mainland near the Gulf of Cutch. Rainfall has been a mere half inch instead of the usual 12 inches and croos and pastures have been scotched by the sun. Four thousand people
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    L.N. kA FAILURE'
    29 3 L.N. k A FAILURE' The South African Prime Minister, Mr. Malan, said ln Capetown that the Atlantic Pact was a recognition of the failure of the United Nations. Reuter
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    HUKS RENEW OPERATIONS
    48 3 PRESS reports from Cabanatuan (Philippines.* quote Governor Juan Chioco, of Nueva Ecija province, of saying that more than 200 of the 400 villages of the province have been vacated by their inhabitants who were seeking safety m townships as a result of renewed Huk operations.
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    EGIPTION DENIAL
    22 3 Egyptian Deputies have rejected Iraqi allegations of a 'violent and unjust cam[oa gn" against Iraa m th° Fgyptian press.- Reuter
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    24 3 A commercial agre-.*ruen-ha s been signed In Rome bejtween Italy. Holland and the N E.l. for a considerable lnl crease In reciprocal trad'flfc Reuter
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    'SOVIET WILL ATTACK SOON'
    78 3 fpWO former Polish officials. A who two months ago fled from their Soviet-dominated homeland, said m Washington that Russia has more than 300.000 troops m Poland ready for an attack on the west which "may come this year." They also said that purges have been carried
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    41 3 Leaning out of a window and puffing at a cigar. Mr. Winston Churchill (marked with an arrow) watches a New York parade celebratinf the 128 th anniversary of Greek independence. Marchers m Indian costume added a colourful touch to the parade.
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    WIFE BARRED FROM DANCES
    292 3 A BARONET, Sir Broderick William Charles Elwin Hartwell, 40-year-old captain m the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, found guilty at a York courtmartial of fraudulently misapplying £234 of the regimental depot's imprest account was sentenced to be dismissed the service, r— Deficiencies and alterations m .the account were
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    38 REDS JAILED
    27 3 Thirty eight Communists were sentenced m Lisoon to prison terms ranging from 10 months to four years for subversive activity m Southern Portugal.- U.P.
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    Punjab resignations
    33 3 Punjab resignations Dr. Gopiehand Bhargava and his entire East Punjab Provincial Ministry has resigned following differences of opinion which recently led to his withdrawal from lead ership of the Provincial Congress Party- Reuter
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      PRIVATE OR PUBLIC?
      558 4 ONCE upon* a time Government service was the the traditional refuge of the young man or woman who was misguided enough to become a doctor. Today things have changed, and both the Federation and Singapore Governments are faced, at a time when there is an increasing outcry
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    RED means danger to BURMA
    1218 4  - RED means danger to BURMA DICKSON BROWN WHILE Burma conTT tinues m the throes of internal strife, the political front remains complex and confused from the point of view of the stranger to Burma. The present Government is essentially a socialist administration being made up from the late Aung San's
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    Smiling Buddha looks down on Kweilin
    576 4  -  JAMES FLOOD KWEILIN By jM IIS l, :>()() yearold capital city ot Kwangsi province is one of the most hopeful and forward looking war-wracked Nationalist China. Mayor of the southwest China town is short, chubby Gen. Lian Cha-chih Though a military man who came
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    19 4 The Ist Battalion Suffolk at a look-out post for enemy <•> banks of the Maat River during the winter 0f"1944-4S
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    Death rides fast in Siam
    385 4  - Death rides fast in Siam MILTON MARMOR BANGKOK: yiOLENT death has brought a delay m the trial of the men charged with bringing about the murder of the King of Siam. The slaying of two defence counsel and the hasty withdrawal of a third caused the court to postpone the
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    The Suffolk are coming back
    791 4 The Suffolk are coming back 'pHE people of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire are wondering what fate is m store for the Ist Battalton Suffolk Regiment which is coming to Malaya to relieve the 3rd battalion of the Grenadier Guards. Singapore and Malaya hold bitter memories for these people their sons, husbands,
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    EXPERTS GET DOWN TO WORK
    343 5 EXPERTS GET DOWN TO WORK colony's Educational Problems More facilities urgently needed T Free Press Staff Reporter HE provision of new schools m areas which most urgently need them, th e expansion of facilities for technical training, the introduction of additional courses m technical schools and steps to reduce illiteracy
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    58 5 picture. 9, :i from the United Provinces and friora m w Tl m lK h«n. two air hostesses of the Indian ■5L %irlin«"» Skymaster which arrived at Kallang mrlSrt so i tf^t -flight to open a Bombay-Singapore I tty are wearing the national costume of the wortif n. the uniform
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    Dutch restrict rubber exports
    253 5 Dutch restrict rubber exports Free Prf x > Chinese Correspondent UMBI Chinese merchants have sent a memo'•adorn to the Singapore Chinese Importers' fjnorter^ Association, complaining about Loons rubber exports by the Dutch iritiei trom April 1, and urging the Singapore a^men make representations with the Dutch j view to lifting
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    Dr. CHELLIAH FOR TALKS IN BANGKOK
    145 5 Dr. CHELLIAH FOR TALKS IN BANGKOK THE Vice-Principal *f St. Andrew's School, Dr. D. D. Chelliah, will be one of Malaya's two delegates to a conference of leaders which will be held m Bangkok to discuss the future of Christianity m Asia. Dr. Chelliah is the president of the Singapore
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    Money means nothing to them
    438 5 Free Press Women Reporter WHEN a poverty-stricken Chinese mother learned from the Free Press that the Dutch were going, to give her about $2,450 for the loss of her son who was killed on the Singapore vessel Kian Peng by Dutch airmen on Dec. 31.
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    38 5 pic- Mrs. A. Pakwasa, daughter-in-law of the Governor of the Central Provinces m India, who arrived with the Indian Overseas Airlines* test flight Sky master on the Bom bay -Singapore run at Kalian? Airport yesterday afternoon.- Free Press
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    $649,486 FOR CHINA
    23 5 Remittances to China from Malaya during March amounted to $649,486. Remittances from Singapore totalled $380,530. and from trie Federation $288,956.
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    MUAR ACQUITTAL
    25 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— CI too Ah Matt. 20, charged with possession of a handgrenade at BakTi, Muar, was acquitted at the Assizes yesterday.
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    Bandit sympathisers 'should repent'
    194 5 F P Malay Correspondent APPEALING to those Malaya, m Pahang who have been influenced by Communism to •repent and instead follow the path of moderation", the Kuala Lumpur Malay daily, Majlis, said: 'The British Government has promised us «©if-government. It is, therefore incumbent upon the talays
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    30 more squatters must quit
    227 5 30 more squatters must quit Free Press Staff Reporter >TOTICES to quit have 1 been given to 30 land licensees and squatters m St George's Road. the land at St. Georges Road is required for Government quarters, the Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Mr. Earle Ebert told the Free Press
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    G.O.C. MEETS MISSION
    47 5 PENANG, Thurs.— General Sir Neil Ritchie, C-in-C. FARELF this evening visited the Runnymede Hotel and had informal talks with the Burma evacuees. In all. there are about 40 officers and men and their families. They are members of the British Military Mission ln Burma.
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    COLLEGE UNION DINNER
    131 5 rpHE annual re -union dinner and X dance of Raffles College Union and the Stamford Clud, Singapore, will be held on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. at Raffles Hotel. The dinner Is organised by the Hon. Secretary of the R.CU. and the Stamford Club. This will
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      33 5 RADIO TALK Miss Elizabeth Palmer, World Secretary of the Y.W.C.A. for Soutr and East Asia, will be hear ln a recorded talk over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 8 o'clock tonight.
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    MALAYA TO HAVE OWN AIR FORCE
    273 6 Open to all British subjects KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A MALAYAN Auxiliary Air Force, with fighter and medium transport squadrons, is to be established m the Federation and Singapore and will be open to British subjects of all races. The scheme, lt Is learnt, has
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    Work to start on Colony medical plan
    157 6 Work to start on Colony medical plan rrHE Director of Medical Services, Dr. W. J. Vickers, said yesterday that work on the Colony's multi-million-dollar Medical Plan will begin soon. An Australian hospital planner. Mr. F. Sedfleld. is expected to arrive m Singapore this month to advise on the General and
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    uN FOOD FOR ARABS
    32 6 United Nations relief organidations have shipped ov?r 28.755 tons of food to the' Middle Easts 900.000 Arab refugees since last November, it was announced ln Geneva yesterday- Reuter
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    CORRUPTION CHARGE DEFENCE
    124 6 CORRUPTION CHARGE DEFENCE HEARING continued ln the First- District Court yesterday m the case m which two textile merchants, Mohindei Singh and Mohan Singh. faced separate charges alleging corruption. Mohinder Singh was alleged to have corruptly agreed to |lye $7,000 to an officer of tht Imports and Exports Dept.. Mr.
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    STIRRING LOVE MUSICAL
    124 6 At the Cinema IT U not only to loveis of must' that Song of My Heart, which opened to crowded houses at the Pavilion yesterday, will appeal The film Is a definite Attraction to all who like a tender love story fervently and brilliantly played by ca»t
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    29 6 picture. Brother and sister— Hussein bin Mur and Masna binte Mur— who gave an exhibition of Barsilst (self-defence) at the Happy World during the Malay Variety Night.— Free Press
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    INDIAN TO DIE FOR WIFE MURDER
    195 6 >TOW that my wife Is dead. i what does it matter." said Mayandy. a Singapore Harbour Board labourer, when he was sentenced to death by *4r. Justice Taylor m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for the murder of his 15-year-old wife The jury had
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    Budget hits some shares
    199 6 Budget hits some shares LONDON, Friday. IMIK austerity budget sent share prices tumbling In the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. No taxation relief to entertainment and radio industries, no change m purchase tax and the small reduction In the price of beer resulted m a heavy marking
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    333 6 supplied to tht Pre* Pre*s by ap«- cial arrangement with th« Plnani cial Times (Unle*a otherwiae marked shares art of £1 denomination. The quotation* art dealers midi die prices LOANS Consols 80 S Fund 4 1960-90 113 5 16 War 34% 104S BAILS Can Phi £5» 19S>
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    60 6 TN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. numerous lndus- trials responded to light pressure during the afternoon and this served to attract additional selling to other groups. Inte trading ound the market showing irregularly lower tendencies ranging from fraction* to one point. Activity contiiued limited, and the market
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    APPLICATOR BY SULTAN DISMISSED
    224 6 APPLICATOR BY SULTAN DISMISSED IN the Singapore Supreme ourt Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith ruled tht v Sultan of Johore, Major General Sir ik l* is today a Sovereign Ruler, even thoii^K v Highness relinquished his sot erei? r under the Malayan Union Order m (L v However, because the Sultan nad
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    'Killer Squad' women captured
    168 6 'Killer Squad' women captured TWO women, one believed to be a representative oi a killer squad ln the area, and a male Chinese, were captured this morning when a police party raided the Pasir Puteh area on the outskirts of Ipoh. At the back of the house where the women
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    MR. T. E. EMMKTT
    19 6 JOHORE B^HRf Tf>ur<. Mr. T. E Fmnir't baj t^..,, appointed State Dn Irrigation Engineei j
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    HORSES HAVE STRONG CHANCES
    462 7 HORSES HAVE STRONG CHANCES King Arthur for Div. 2 sprint frtv Press Racing Correspondent RI^G Arthur, Airpal and Diamond Epic— all mudlarks will be hard to beat on a heavy track at Ipoh tomorrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club Easter Meeting. Ipoh is having a wet spell,
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    MANKAD IN LANCS
    30 7 rOO Mankad. the Indian Test cricketer, arrived ln Liverpool yesterday In the liner Jaljawahar to take up his engagement with the Lancashire Central Leaaru* team Castleton.- Reuter
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    Colony selections after SCA games
    370 7 4 NOTHER interesting series of games will make A up the second round of the Singapore Cricket Association's tournament which began last Sunday. Performances this week-end will have a strong bearing on the selection of the State side to play Selangor at Singapore during the
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    DEANS BP TO PLAY IN SINGAPORE
    94 7 r£ Deans Badminton Party of Kuala Lumpuf, car-tamed by the Selangor Malay champion. R. All mat. will travel to Singapore during the Easter holidays to ptey against two of the best Malay parties m the Colony. The matches, sponsored by the Singapore Malay Badminton
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    U.K. RUGBY
    41 7 rSTERDAY S Rugby Cniun results were: County match: Cornwall 14. Monmouthshire 14. Other matches: Gloucester 5. Cheltenham 0: Swansea 21. Pembroke County 3 In a Rugby League match Huddersfleld beat Batley by ten points to three. Reurer and A.P.
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    NEWPORT BEATEN
    24 7 NEWPORT County lost a: home to Bristol City by two goals to nil to a Third Division (Southern) League fixture yesterday- Reuter
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    Referees' neeting postponed
    70 7 T3ECAUSB it lacked a quorum, H e first meeting of the Singapore Soccer Rfferees' Board called for last night had to be postponed. Only three members turned up ar.d Mr ttm Yang Liang, honorary secretary of the 8-A.P.A., said It being the first meeting, it was felt
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    UNKNOWN
    28 7 are nst i s. r.osen A T. rte O. H. Merit m r- T a K. Jag- met ong Ker.g Km Criye. A Chua 7 h 5
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    H.K. still lead in A.C.F.E. meet
    400 7 AT the end of the fourth day In the A.C.F.E. Olympic Week competition, yesterday, Hong Kong were still leading the race for the Lloyd Trophy. Points position m the three Finals decided to date, are: Hong Kong 9 Tech. Wing 8$ Kuala Lumpur and
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    An anxious moment
    32 7 An anxious moment picture. McMahon punches the ball away from two Tamil Brotherhood Association forwards while a Navy fullback looks on. Royal Nary beat the Tamils 4 o.- Free Press Free Press
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    Form guide for Ipoh races
    1306 7 Free Prew Racing Correspondent PORM guide for tomorrow* ipoh Races is given below: CLASS 1. DIV. I—6 FURS. 910 No Regret* 9.04: Finest sprinter ln training. In tip-top shape. Beaten last ?lme out at Bt. Timah over 6f. with 9.8 when forced to set pace.
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    McMahon in great form for Navy XI
    386 7 McMahon in great form for Navy XI Royal Ifavy... 4; Tamil Brotherhood Assn.... 0. TI.f cMAHOX gav c a brilliant display of goalkeeping m yesterday's S.A.F.A. Senior League match at Jalan Besar Stadium, He saved a regular barrage of shots m the first half and held the Tamils at bay.
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    PWD NORTH v south imv
    156 7 PWD NORTH v south i mv KUALA LUMPUR, i. r £^E, annual cricket match n>tween North and So elevens of the i*fcn t€ <1 1 P.W.D. will be pft*jed m Kti-'a Lumpur on the Victoria Trr* tion ground on April 17 nnd I The teams are: NORTH: J H M
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    Senior League placings
    131 7 LATEST positions of 'lie teau,s m the S.A.F.A. Senior League are: P W D L. r A K.S. C. A. 4 4 0 0 14 2 Rovers 5 4 0 1 19 A 3 RAP Seletar 4 4 0 0 iT 4 Kota Raja 4 3 10
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      48 7 Today's Sport LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Div. RIME. v. B.A.F. Changi, at Changi; R.A.F. Seletar v. P. Brani L\ J. Besar; Jnr. A. Grp. 2, H M. Dockyard v. Naval Stores— Naval Base; Jnr. B. Grp. 1. A.A.U. W. Shell S.C— Geylang. Chineae Hurricanes v. Airport S.C— CYMA grnd.
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    BIRTH
    21 8 REYNELL-BAKEK. On April fth. at the Marterniry Hospital P-nang. to Pamela, wile of T. R ynell-Baker. a brother for Philippe
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    ANTI-BUDGET REVOLT BYUNIONS
    559 8 Leader warns the Govt. LONDON, Friday. STRONGLY criticising the food price increases m the budget m yesterday's debate m the House of Commons, Mr. Mark Hewitson (Labour) said this would lead to a spate of wage increase applications and warned that, if the Government turned these down,
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    65 8 The stewardess standing against the dorsal fln of Pan American Airways' new Clipper gives some idea of the control surface. From the ground to the tip of the tail is Si feet three Inches. The plane carries 75 passengers and made its first non-stop Atlantic crossing from New York to
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    RUSSIAN TANKSIN TIENTSIN
    129 8 HONO KONO, Thurs. BUSINESSMEN arriving m Hong Kong from Tientsin confirm reports oi Russian equipment being m the Com-munist-occupied port. One Briton claimed to have seen Russian tanks and field artillery pieces at Tientsin before his departure last month. This man who says he has "quit China
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    STAGE CLUB SHOW
    153 8 rMELA Titheradge and Charles Oibson were outstanding as Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons m the Stage Club's production of Noel Coward's This Happy Breed" at the Victoria Theatre. Singapore. last night. Although the** two shone out. the supporting cast backed them up m a most able manner and
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    ALL QUIET' ON IRAN BORDER
    48 8 IRANIAN Foreign Minister 1 Aii Asghal Hekmat announced yesterday that, no serious incidents had occurred on the Iranian-Soviet frontier during the Dast two weeks He also denied that Soviet troops had increased pressure m the border area. "All was calm and quiet."- U.P.
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    '£ WILL BE DEVALUED'
    56 8 WILL BE DEVALUED' LONDON financial circles believe lhat the pound may be devalued this year, according to the weekly magazine Business Week. "The boom m mining shares on the London Exchange has set off the talk again," says the magazine. 'Though officials keep denying any move, the financial press has
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    'Again, we were first'
    80 8 A REPLICA of what is claimed to be the world's first bicycle went on display m Moscow today. The news Eaper Evening Moscow said that the bicycle was built y a man named Artomonov m 1801 and that It was recently discovered m a Urals museum.
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    HIT CABLE AT 500 M.P.H.
    69 8 A PILOT In Northern Ireland flew a jet plane through a high tension line 1 at 500 miles an hour yesterday and lived. Fllghi Lieut. Williams hit the wires near St ra bane. County Tyrone. Northern Ireland. The plane snapped the line and cut off
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    WEST UNION TALKS
    17 8 The Aye Western Union Defence Ministers held a secret conference yesterday at The Hague.
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    Artificial kidney
    63 8 PHILADELPHIA. Friday. 7 1 HE Jewish Hospital here reported yesterday the development by three staff doctors of a new type of "artificial kidney." which is an improvement on the existing model, being only one-tenth its size. The report said the kidney is for use when a patient's kidneys
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    'NO US PLAN TO SAVE ASIA'
    108 8 NEW YORK. Frl. riiHE United States "has no X plan whatsoever to prevent Stalin from gobbling up all of Asia." declared Mr. William Bullitt, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, m a speech yesterday at Louisville. Kentucky. Mr. Bullitt said U is an illusion" to
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    PARTITION OF KASHMIR UNLIKELY
    188 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. DIPLOMATIC and official quarters here believe that the princely State of Kashmir must be awarded ln its entirety to either India or Pakistan. They entertain no Ideas of partition. Sources close to Adm. Chester Nimitz, United Nations; [administrator of the plebiscite m Kashmir, said
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    No discipline school head found guilty
    313 8 LONDON, Thursday. ROBERT Copping, 29-year-old bearded headmaster of a Staffordshire private co- educational school, was today found unfit to have charge of children and guilty of keeping them m "a detrimental environment/ 4 The Eccleshall Magistrates' Court passed similar verdicts on Copping s partner,
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    Early row in U.N. Assembly
    202 8 LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. j THE United Nations yesterday decided to discuss the trials of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty and 15 Bulgarian Protestant pastors after the United States had challenged Russia to "have it out m the General Assembly." The Assembly's steering committee voted by 11 to
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    Aussie plan to supply more meat to U.K.
    118 8 CANBERRA. Friday. UNDER the plan to supply Britain with more meat which tht Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph Chifley. is to present to the British Government this month— it is hoped to increase the cattle population m Northern Australia from 1.000,000 to 9,000.000.
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    Rearm Europe fund separate
    64 8 WASHINGTON Friday DREBIDENT TRUMAN said yesterday that the money for rearming Western Europe will be separate from the Government budget he has already submitted to Congress. He said the mone\ :or the projects is under study of tht State Department and the defence establishment, and that
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    GREATER SYRIA PLAN EMERGES
    235 8 AMMAN. Friday. If ING Abdullah of Transjordan predicted yesterday 1 1V that the current political situation m the Middle East may force |he creation of a Greater Syria combining such States as Transjordan Syria and Iraq, the Lebanon and Arab Palestine. King Abdullah said. "Never since
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    Johore Malay women to play badminton
    151 8 Johore Malay women to play badminton Kree Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, PH. I gINCE women have taken part ln politic* I see no reason why they should be debarred from taking part m outdoor games.'* said Inrhe Ahmad Prang presiding over a meeting held yesterday to resuscitate the Johore
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