The Singapore Free Press, 11 April 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA p ETEA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    POLICE IDENTIFY BOMB THROWER
    416 1 Ipoh outrage shocks public Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. identity of the long-haired Chinese who threw two hand grenades into a Malayan Chinese Association meeting m Ipoh yesterday and injured Mr. Tan Cheng Lock and four other prominent Chinese is known to the police.
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    Norway confident
    29 1 Mr. Halyard Lange. Norwegian Foreign Minister, said on Saturday that he had no reason to fear* reported activity of Russian troops near the borders of Norway. A.P.
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    36 1 Thr Duke of Windsor arriving at Victoria Station. London, for his short visit to Britain. He stayed with hi. mother. Queen Mary, at Marlborough House and saw Princess Elisabeth's baby. Prince Charles, for the first time.
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    GREEK STRIKE IS SPREADING
    217 1 ATHENS, Sunday. KH X Government Ministers have been 1 empowered to mobilise all civil servants who have been on strike for four days and who fail to report for duty tomorrow. The Greek Inner Cabinet gave ministers tiae&e power s after the strikers, wno aacr c
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    Johoresquatter round-up
    95 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE .econd major squatter operation m Johore was begun In the early hours this morning by police and m.li- tary forces about ten miles west of Segamat. Police authorities said that it was clear from documents captured and statements j made by arrested persons
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    Movie work ceases
    27 1 Motior. Plc f ure production m Britain approached a standstill on Saturday if work ceased following la'xuir troubles at Pinewood and Denham studios. A.P.
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    35 1 After lying at the bottom of Kiel Harbour where it was sent by Allied bombers during, the war the German liner New York is refloated. It is to be taken to England for breaking up.
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    Siam buyers for Japan
    89 1 Washington. Monday. A PARTY of million-dollar buyers from Siam is going to JaDan. They aro Interested mainly m railway engines, cars and steel rails. But they will also want goods from a variety of small manufacturers. Led by Slam's Minister of Communications Luang Charan Snidvongs. the
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    SABOTAGED TRAIN
    26 1 Derailment of the Punjab Express near B.nares this morning with the loss of 10 lives was last night reported to be due to sabotage.
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    WORLE TRADE TALKS START
    179 1 WORLE TRADE TALKS START PARIS, Monday. THK broadest multilateral negotiations ever held to cut tariff barriers to world trade opened m the little French alpine township of Annecy today. The talks will b e conducted m maximum secrecy during the next three months by nearly 700 trade experts from 34
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    ATTLEE PUTS BLAME ON KREMUN
    170 1 GLASGOW Sunday. THE Prime Minister, Mr Clement Atrlee attacked Russia today m a speech de- daring that "responsibility i for dividing the world rests squarely on tne shoulders of the rulers of the Kremlin. "There is no oersonal freedom irt Russ' Uitre is the all
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    Federation arrests
    33 1 In the 24 hours endf d last nUht there were 36 arrests m the Federation, three In Prrmk, five m Pahanf six m Malacca, three m Penan* awl nrae In Johore.
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    Burma P.M. to meet Nehru tomorrow
    248 1 RANGOON, Monday. THE Burmese Prime Minister, Thakin Nu, is due to arrive m New Delhi tomorrow to confer with the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, "m response to a long-standing invitation by Mr. Nehru," says an official New Delhi announcement. While Government forces report
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    My mission is over-BUNCHE
    90 1 GENEVA. .Monday. DR. Ralph Bunche. Unfted Nations acting Palestine mediator, is leaving here by special train today for Stockholm to "pay last respects" to Count Folke Bernadotte, the mediator who was assessinated last year. Dr Bunche. said 'Now that tht fighting is over m Palestine I
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    India and C'Health
    31 1 India and C' Health The Working Committee of the Indian Congress Party discussed for five hours yesterday India's future relationship with the Commonwealth. There is to be another mee'ing tomorrow. Reuter
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    P.I. 'not a U.S. dominion'
    76 1 MANILA. Monday. THE Moscow newspaper Trud's allegation that "the Philippines is still an American colony' was described as 'ridiculous" by a spokesman ol Malacanan Palace. All observers who visit the Philippines, the spokesman said, are agreed that the Philippines "if it has any fault suffers
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    AMMO FOUND
    21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A European yesterday found 312 rounds of unserviceable Japanese rifle ammunition m Swiss Club Road.
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    'Send us more U.S. troops'
    175 1 'Send us more U.S. troops' EUROPEAN LEADERS CALL WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE Secretary of the Army, Mr. Kenneth Royall. said m a report put before the House of Representatives yesterday that Western European leaders had asked him if it were possible for the Cnited States to send more troop* to Europe,
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    LONDON STRIKE
    34 1 SEVEN thousand London dock workers are due to strike today. m protest against the dismissal of 33 men, a spokesman of the National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union said last night A.P.
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    HASHISH REVENUE.
    40 1 Tht annual production m Lebanon of the drug hashish U about 7,700 pounds and brings m a yearly revenue of more than £59,000,000, the Kome Ministry revealed on Saturday. Most of it is consumed m Egrypt. A. P.
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    Reds fail to cross Yangtse
    239 1 SHANGHAI. Mon. A§ peace hopes faded f- and Chinese Communist forces on tht north bank of tht Yangtse approached to almost within shelling distance of Nanking, Government forces yesterday repulsed the hrst •large-scale Communist attempt to cross the river barrier into South China. The attempt
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    BANISHED MAN COMES BACK
    46 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Singapore C.I.D. yesX terday arrested a Chinese for unlawfully returning from banishment. He had been deported for living on the earnings of prostitutes. Five Chinese were arrested yesterday on charge of being alleged members of secret societies.
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    Rubber prices
    53 1 A SPECIAL Market torr«_p._jdent fivea iba prirea of robber (m .rata per lb.) at 11 ana todar But*t». SHler*. m. i bis. spot loom 3S-. SSH Fob m bale* Apr. No. 1 R S.B. 35S 3&S No. S R. 9.5. MS U% No. S ISI. 32>. 3!', Ton»
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    How long is a bar?
    1336 2  - How long is a bar? Hall Romney By LONDON LETfER TOLD you last week of the impatience of Malayans m Britain with our daily newspapers, which tell them so little of what is happening m Malaya. Those of them who read the "Daily Express" will. I think, be additionally disn
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    They like Willie in Britain too
    343 2 fTHOUSANDS of peo- pie from the United States. Canada, Australia. Europe and Britain have already applied for tickets for the first eifcht weeks of this years Shakespeare Festival which opens at the Memorial Theatre here on Apr. 16 One letter received m February asked
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    Bridge Hands
    350 2 r^EORGE Coffin presented this deal ln a recent issue or The Bridge World Magazine. After West had taken the club king, declarer ruffed the queen, cashed the diamond ace and led a low diamond. This had a twofold purpose. He had to get the diamonds established and could't
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    The Gentle People
    755 2  -  S.C. GEORGE [by" t it was because every Malay was a "chenUeman by breeding, if not by birth.'' Barker objected to their daily prayers, their quiet voices, their frequent laughter, their ridiculous solicitude for other feelings their strange tongue, their good looks, their obvious joy of life—
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      668 2 i_____? __m____m. U-_-g._ce Bulletin; 505 Light RADIO C&YLON S -_i^_7r_l_:____ Music; 615 "The Written Word: (C p n p V 4H4 and 41 i metrev j (2) "Walter ScotT; SJO British l^s_MOs__*J Emergency news from *_l_ Concert Han 17. 630 News m B 4 a at lt sum. Cantonese (BBC
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      204 2 YOUR I LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a great deal of individual pride m yourself and ln what you can do. You know exactly what you want out of life and usually make a be dine for it. You must never be discouraged if the results are slower m
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    FAR EAST DEMAND FOR BIRTH CONTROL
    402 3 FAR EAST DEMAND FOR BIRTH CONTROL Only hope of evading crisis TnlLh how I "Increased demand lor l lnfo ™»-U«»n and research, which „11?™* n J concentrated on the development of a simple practical method that could b e universally St_£T___l ar^ M r c unlri "5r Abraham r th
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    41 3 I pyramid. L :-i,.u>j;ida of re_sea who .v.dl- la-at -ar- ..f the Z.t >«" f*** h\f ancient MAfSI Vl___ia Tl,f Jn «ia mjd- 1»0 1N,3, <r..und .tt th* rrtflin-* h_-» ,_*___*•'> identified jl_»sf_r m nbe m kayi* at Ptah a sod \majaml .eniphiv
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    U.K. MAY PAY MORE FOR MEAT
    55 3 I A AGENTINA trade sources Am maintain that Britain has told Argentina that she Is prepared to pay a higher price for meat based on cost of production plus a fair profit. The Argentine is reported to have asked the British to pay at
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    UNKNWON
    31 3 I I I I I leveI an X-:.- v,: :r. ar.ce from -=;aes tow L 'iral of -lalde ferencca oeI fron: rectnt and b-en aye l effect on I be-
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    12 3 nukr perfect sitters as the* pose m *Pr»u "uashJnp at Bristol Zom
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    INDIANS TO BUILD OWN PLANES
    271 3 'IMREE types of aircraft, all of Indian design, are at present under construction at the Hindustan Aircraft Factory. Bangalore. Mr. N. K. Sengupta. General Manager of the ory. disclosing this construction programme said that types have not yet been named as they still in the
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    15 3 Shostakovich. Russian com- poser, arriving in New York for a cultural conference on world peace.
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    Detainees released
    25 3 Eleven people detained m Madra-s since their arrival from Singapore last November have been ordered to be released by the Madras Government. Reuter
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    JAP TRADE TO BE 'FAVOURED'
    73 3 JAP TRADE TO BE 'FAVOURED' JAPANS inclusion on the most-favoured-n a t i o n clause is being discusser! by •he Common wealth Trade conference m London, according to informed sour--88 The United States has forwarded a proposal to extend i.c clause to Japan and ihe .üb'ect will be discussed
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    LOAN TO ISRAEL
    22 3 The US Government Ex-port-Impoi' Ban!: has granted Israel a loan of $5,000,000 to improve the Israeli telephone service. A.P.
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    Court sequel to 'hasty marriage'
    216 3 Court sequel to 'hasty marriage \WIFE complained m lhe Chancery Division that her husband was Early Victorian because among other things he told her a man i ould not very well carry a heavy shopping basket. But Mr. Justice Vaisey did not agree. That is not Early Victo- rian." he
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    They saw Red
    66 3 rpWO (ierman Jokers who X scared a border village by shouting "The Russians are coming" have been jailed for three months. The two Germans, both refugees from East Prussia, were convicted of "dissemination of rumour calculated to alarm and excite the people" Evidence m the military government
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    RUMOUR PERSISTS
    20 3 Reports of a major split m Bulgaria's Communist Government and party leadership persisted despite official Bulgarian denials. U.P.
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    36 NATIONS IN TARIFF TALKS
    292 3 r rHE largest tariff negotiations m history will j<■ open today at Annecy France, near Geneva 'Twenty-three countries, members of the Geneva General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) are holding their third session. At the same time 13 potential new members of GATT will
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    WOMEN CELEBRATE
    22 3 Japanese women will celebrate until Apr. 16 the third anniversary of suffrage and gains they have made since lhe occupation.
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    HER BOY' WED HER MOTHER
    71 3 A WOMAN of 40 was stated in Worcester magistrates' court to have married her 18 year-old daughter's boy friend who was 24. This, it was added, had resulted in trouble, and the girl. Florence Miriam Atkinson, of St. Paul's street, left home. Since then she
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    86 3 Princess Margaret at her first hunt. She is seen riding with the Duke of Beaufort's Hounds at Tresham. Gloucestershire. The Duchess of Beaufort is on the right. Film actress Lila Leeds is hugged by her mother. Mrs. Leita Garcille on returning to her home at Beverly Hills. California after her
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    'GUM-CHEWING AIDS EFFICIENCY'
    169 3 DR. LEO BARTEMEIR. of Detroit that chewing gum and nibbling candy on a 1 job can be an important purr of doing .v.rk He instant'- d a corpora ton where its typist s had been found to be 17 p cent more efheient when t!v. chewed ?um
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    JAP PEACE DRIVE
    29 3 The Social Democratic Party m Tokyo is launching a campaign to collect 11.000.--000 signatures to back its drive for an early peace conference for Japan U.P.
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    'DOMESTIC CHARTER' FOR U.K. SERVANTS
    228 3 A CODE of honour for the home to ensure good conditions for a million domestic servants is proposed m the final report of the Gower's Committee. Housewives, the committee suggest, would feel obliged to observe the Home Code m the same way that motorists obey
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    22 3 The Steering Committee voted m Lake Success to send directly to the full General Assembly Israel's application for United Nations membership U.P.
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    BRITAIN NEEDS EMPIRE M-PLAN
    93 3 liHE former Secretary l« r India. Mr. L. S. Ame'v. said m Cardiff that at the end of the war Britain should have tightened her trade tas with the dominions and ttm presented ahe United States with "an Empir. Marshall programme." This would have seen Britain
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    Test tube babes 'danger'
    190 3 Test tube babes 'danger' A WOMAN may marry her half-brother without any leai that their children will be abnormal says an American authority. Dr. Franz J. Kallmann. noted geneticist, scoffed at the fears of the British House of Lords voiced m debate on artificial insemination. Tni^ was that abuornid children
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    BRITONS IN INDIAN ARMY
    46 3 INDIA now na_ only 200 British officers m her army, compared with 8.000 on August 15. 1947. Indian Defence Minister Sardar Baldev Singh revealed m New Delhi Parliament Expenditure for 1949 50. amounted to 487 Der cent of the total revenue. U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 11. 1949 THE CHOICE IS PLAIN
    627 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, April 11. 1949 THE CHOICE IS PLAIN rTERDAY'S grenade outrage at Ipoh, m which Mr. Tan Cheng Lock and local Chinese leaders were wounded, should convince any who have so far been undecided ln the present emergency. It proves, If any further proof after the
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    These boys do like their school
    902 4  - These boys do like their school ROY FERROA By \jyHEN the Irish celebrated St Patrick's Day m Singapore recently, no one gave a thought to the hundreds of little Chinese, Eurasian and Indian children who joined m the festivities though on a vastly different scale. Those who were Catholics attended
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    After 40 look for these signs
    554 4  -  HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE By CH_)R more than half of you who read this the seoond 40 years has begun. That you are m the latter second forties will depend on how you read certain signs. Seven of these are told by Dr Edward J.
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    69 4 m Britain's drive for better education thi s is first school to be prefabricated m aluminium and recently opened Lockleaze, Bristol by Education Minister, Mr. George Tomlinson who declared tha more pre fabrication and use of aluminium would help provide more schools of a ft' n** si lard, more quickly^
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    'Face Tyranny Creeping Over China'
    537 4 'Face Tyranny Creeping Over China' pi.OF. George I_. Taylor, director of the University of Washington's Fa r E astern Institute.' warned that the United States had better ael fast to save South East Asia if all of China goes under Communist control. Taylor spent eight years ln China as student,
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    8 4 The chapel block of St. Patrick's School, f|pj|
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    'Old Ironpants' is USA's best younger fighter
    505 4  - 'Old Ironpants' is USA 's best younger fighter LOUIS HUNTER By LIEU T.-G E N. Curtis E. LeMay, now m his first year of service as chief of the United States Strategic Air* Command, enjoys the enviable reputation of being the "greatest younger fighting leader to emerge m the American
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    Can a man marry his wife's sister?
    76 4 Can a man marry his wife's sister? r vate h the H v the a sue j new :s 1 Lord Mancrof: cngH that 15n *___?_1 his I couples P'T^SJa mam a J^tmmi i j i til it was brougn. notic. i ges d n i _T_Sl dead the s
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    COLLEGE IS SHORT OF CORPSES
    275 5 Students are handicapped Free Press Staff Reporter .\\TO>n classes at the College of Medicine I boaf hampered by the difficulty of tI j n u enough bodies for dissection, a member Jf the professorial staff told the Free Press Ihe whole of medical education hinges
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    DECONTROL SUGAR DEMAND
    104 5 DECONTROL SUGAR DEMAND •aBIPORE Chinese mer- clamouring ol sugar 6n of sugar :1 trade to bring with the sugar o prem k"~ supply atisfacaj. *__:e :s no significance :ri_fl :he control of present ra- Kong has fctdj _ne away with ning of sugar m Apr.. 1 II Singapore it Is
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    SIX NEW BILLS FOR COUNCIL
    66 5 oming Qg at tomor- the Singa-fS-r 1 Council. P^nal Code Minor BUI; th? Amendnum ProB_l. the Occupation 2* B Limitation J* A designed for term, ation of Moa_d rr.ay be referred to of tbe T"*i aa_ Singapore. eeir. _p for second :'r_.ce_B E__a- Telegraph.--p""W» B:_:
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    WOMAN DROWNED IN DRAIN
    100 5 A SINGAPORE Chinese woman was drowned when she slipped into a drain m. Newton Circus and was swept away by storm water yesterday afternoon. She has not been Identified. Her age ls estimated at between 50 and 60 years. Mr Koh Neng Teo, a clerk at
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    1 DEAD, 6 WOUNDED ON ROAD
    103 5 ONE man was killed and four men and two women were injured ln a motor accident m Alexandra Road, Singapore, yesterday at the same spot where a fire engine overturned on Friday. One of the two wome_. was expecting a child, but her condition
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    STORE-INDONESIA TRADE TALKS
    60 5 Mr. J. E. van Hoogstraten, Director of Economic Affairs, Government of Indonesia, arrived m Singapore yesterday by air from Batavia for trade discussions with the Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Andrew Gilmour. Mr. van Hoogstraten, who is the guest of the Dutch Con-sul-General, Mr. A. M. L.
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    RADIO DOCTOR
    26 5 The "Radio Doctor" will be heard tonight from Radio Malaya at 6.20. Listeners should send In their questions to Radio Malaya, Cathay Building, Singapore.
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    YWCA TEACHING LANGUAGES
    195 5 V W.CJi. workers ar c launching a campaign *n May I to teach Chinese to English-speaking girls who are nterested m th e language, and English to Chinese schoolgirls and teachers who are well up £^Chinese b^t have only a working knowledge of English. The Chinese conversational
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    Fireman honoured
    90 5 More than 100 firemen of the Singapore Brigade attended the funeral m heavy rain at Bidadari Mohammedan Cemetery yesterday afternoon of Fireman Aroon bin Abdul Rahman, who died yesterday morning from injuries received m Friday's fire engine crash. The Superintendent of the Brigade, Mr. J. G. Shaw, the
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    Looking for the $3,500-a-month man
    341 5 Looking for the $3,500-a-month man Free Pres s Staff Reporter TH) interview applicants for the most highly-paid x post m Municipal service m Malaya, that of Chief Engineer for the big extension waterworks of the Singapore Municipality at Johore, whose salary will b e from $3,000 to $3,500 a month,
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    WORKING GIRLS OUT OF POCKET
    151 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. /|\HERE are working girls m A Malaya paying out more than they earn every month, said Lady Gurney m a broadcast today. She spoke of girls earning $60 or $70 a month even alter several years of employment. These girls paid out
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    CALL ON CHINESE TO UNITE
    913 5 TAN CHENG LOCK ATTACKS FEDERATION 'Can't let others shape our future' Free Pres s Staff Reporter OAYING that the "present position of the Chinese m Malaya as compared with the pre-war period is distinctly worse and highly unsatisfactory." the Malayan Chinese leader, Mr. Tan Cheng
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    'FALSE ALARM' CHARGE
    72 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Raja Mohd All bin Chi was charged here today with having ordered Special Constable Ramli to light a flre close to the defence posts maintained by special constables at Sungei Kong Estate m order to stage a false alarm of attack by bandits. He
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    First Double Decker In Use
    100 5 picture. Kuala Lumpur's first two double-decker buses were put on service on the route from town to Cheras last Saturday. People refused to travel m the ordinary buses and waited at bus stops until the double-deckers arrived. The opening ceremony at the Pudu Road bus
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    PASSPORT LAW TO BE UNIFORM
    135 5 PASSPORT LAW TO BE UNIFORM KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. 1 PASSPORTS Ordinance regulations relating to entry into the Federation uniform with the law m Singapore will be introduced at the next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. "The ordinance covers the regulations of the Passports Enactment of the F.M.S. and it
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    ACQUITTED
    42 5 KLUANG, Sun.— Ho Thou Ngip, of 1 Jalan Mersing, was acquitted m Kluang yesterday on charge of keeping 15 wrist watches on which duty of 368 had not been paid. Ho said he bought the watches from a dealer at Malacca.
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      81 5 Airmails are expected to arrive today ln Singapore from: the U.S., Holland. Siam. China, Japan. Philippines, Shanghai and the N.E.I. Closing times for posting airmails at the 0.P.0. are: to Medan and Padang: 1.30 p.m., to Dabo Singkep: 4 p.m.. and to Siam, China. Japan, Philippines. Batavia, Palembang and Soura
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    The brick wall that hit back
    1487 6  - The brick wall that hit back FREDDIE MILLS —by— DAVE you ever tried punching a brick wall? Especially a brick wall that can hit back? That was the task I undertook on the night of Novem ber a, 1940, the "brick wall" being a certain hunk of Uiierican rock by
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    COUNTIES AT FULt STRENGTH
    468 7 Prospects for U.K. cricket T __L£__ Zca an cricket team spirited approach to the game, will urovide the major attraction m the cricket season, which opens on April 30. But keen interest win be shown m the county championship, which Glamorgan won last year to break
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    Malaya is confident
    93 7 THE Malayan badminton which is meetin* Denmark m Copenhagen today, is "perfectly confident* of victory. Ooi Teik Hock told Reuter last night that none of the team had any doubt about the result. The team, which arrived from Sweden on Saturday, went to bed early and slept
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    Many shocks for League teams
    283 7 I F the international result was a shock to English fans, there were plenty more for them m Saturday's League soccer games. Portsmouth, leaders oi the First Division, were beaten I—o1 0 by a Blackpool which lacked Matthews and Mortensen, and Newcastle United, second m
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    CHINESE S.C. PICK TEAM
    218 7 CHINESE Swimming Club. Singapore, staged a number of trials yesterday prior to preliminary selection of the team to meet Chinese Swimming Club, Penang. m their annual aquatic meet, which will take place at Singapore during the Easter holidays. The following were chosen, the final selection to
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    KENTUCKY DERBY FAVOURITE WINS
    97 7 0 LYMPH favourite lor tht Kentucky Derby to be run on May 7 had a seven-length victory m the 1 1/lt-mile .experimental Handicap at Jamaica on Saturday As a r.-ult, his price for the three-year-old classic ls expected to shorten to five to two. Olympla. by
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    Colony teams for PWD meet chosen
    283 7 r[E Malayan P.W.D. annual sports meeting, which is being: revived this year under the patronage of the High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, will be held during the Easter holidays at Kuala Lumpur. Cricket will be played as a North P.W.D. v. South P.W.D. fixture,
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    AMARNATH SUSPENDED
    144 7 rE India Board ol Control for Cricket yesterday suspended Lala Amarnath, the India Test captain, from playing ln representative cricket .for India or any province for "continued misbehaviour and breach of discipline." A statement said this action was taken after A. S. de Mello. Its president, had brought
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    WOT NO SUN WINS SCOTTISH G.N.
    58 7 BOGSIDE. SCOTLAND Sun: Wot No Sun, two to one favourite, woo the Scottish Grand National Steeplechase yeaterday and a purse of £1,000. He beat Brighter Sandy and eight others hy a length m the three mile, seven furlong race. Wot No Sun carried the
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    H.K. COLLEGES XI
    19 7 THE vi_iung Hongkong Collegians defeated tbe National University football team 7—l on Saturday at Manila Reuter
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    LATEST SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
    661 7 M VISION ONE P W D L F A pus Portsmouth 35 21 8 ***** 50 Newcastle Nil 65 50 47 Charltoo 34 15 11 10 5S 64 41 Derby Co 35 16 811 53 4ft 40 Manch. C 3« 14 12 10 43 44 40
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    Gloucester get ready
    73 7 picture. Several sixes bigger tuan the little red object they usually pursue is the medicine ball which members of the Gloucestershire Ist. XI are using to loosen themselves up as they run to the nets at the Gloucestershire County ground m Bristol. C. J. Scott has just
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    ENGLAND'S STARS DISAPPOINT
    580 7 From JIM CHAMBERS SCOTLAND'S lively, quick-tackling football team pulled off an upset by beating England 3 l at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday to win the home countries' international soccer championship. There was plenty of evidence during the game that Stan Mortenseri has lost the quickness
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    High scoring in UK rugby
    204 7 pUGBY Union footballers, on firm turf and sunny weather which pointed to the near approach of cricket, gave the faithful fans plenty of high scoring on Saturday. In the London v. Paris game, London, which Included six international., came from behind to win 23-16, and
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    33 7 MONTE CARLO. Sun.: Prank Parker and Budge Patty of America won the doubles title m the international lawn tennis tournament here They beat Yugoslav's Drasruttn Mitic and Joseph Pallsda 6-1. 6-3 6-3. U.P.
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    INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
    26 7 IRELAND beat England 3—2 on 1 Saturday m a men's international hockey match at Dublin. At Rhyl (Wales) Wales beat Scotland 4—2. Reuter A.P.
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    Schubert and Colling rout Colonials C.C.
    485 7 Schubert and Colling rout Colonials C.C. WAKING four wickets for six runs and five wicLcts for 12 runs respectively, Carl Schubert and C. Colling of Singapore Recreation Club yesterday routed Colonials C.C. for a mere 23 runs on ihe Padang m one of the four Singapore Cricket \s*»ciation tournament matches,
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    Only 19 out ofcut -A 37 furn up
    83 7 I U7HILL a handful of _._..r fans waited patient I v i outside Jalan Besar Stadi_!_ j last evening, the S.A.F.*. selectors waited impati-n ly inside for suffici. Nt pL?> j ers to tarn up to play off j the scheduled Malaya
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    LONG CHAMPS OVER-RATED?
    229 7 Free Precs Racing C _TTe*~ ponileitt rE defeat of Longchampc II the 8 4 -fur long race for t.p--'cia-s horses at Ipoh on Saturtnv has set racegoers wondering whether this well-bred four-*f-_r- "d J has not been over-rated. "Porky" Donnelly tried to make It a pillar-to-post affair
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    France beat Wales 11-0
    126 7 rLNCE beat W. j l_s by 11 p- *s to nil at Marseilles yesterday to win the Rugby League cbamplonahip. With three victories from four games, they headed England, who won two out of four and Wales, winners of one match Earlier tn the season "Prance
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    ENGAGEMENT
    47 8 THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between Koh Yew Hock, only son of the late Mr. Koh •1 onf Ann and Madam Lim Siew c cc. and Sally Chan, second C M.nter of the late Rev. Chan Win*? Tsuen and Madam Leong [.an. on Saturday the 9th. 1949
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    SOVIET-BOUND GOODS SEIZED
    156 8 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHE U.S Commerce Department is now certain that a drive is on to smuggle strategic materials from the U.S. to nations behind the iron curtain. It has already made large-scale seizures of material which, it is thought, was intended for Soviet bloc. Yesterday, the Government
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    MARRIAGE
    31 8 TIIOMAS-HINDE: At Ports■h Cathedral on Saturday A >r.l 9:h by the Very Rev. E. N p r-Go_ MA. Provost of I >mou_h Robin Patrick .Nomas to Eli.abeth Tweedy Web-trr Blndc
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    DEATH
    29 8 L C VEIGE. of Caldbeck Qrecor, Nd 67. Died 10th at Mr. Hoseys residence 11 1 >ng N Telok Kurau. Deeply teo Funeral 4.30 p.m. at iri Cemetery.
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    U.S. ARMS HELP PLAN HELD UP
    305 8 Opposition by Senate chief WASHINGTON, Monday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, faces the difficult task of obtaining the approval of Congress for the vast "arms for Europe" programme, which has already threatened to block Senate ratification of th e Atlantic Pact.
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    SYRIAN TRUCE TALKS
    176 8 DAMASCUS. Monday. CiOLONEL Husni Zaim, j Syrian Army leader who took over the country's government m last week's coup d'etat, said yesterday that truce negotiations with Israel would be resumed tomorrow. Oen. William Ril.y. United Nations Chief of Staff m Palestine, met the Israeli Prem l er.
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    REDS ARREST U.K. SOLDIER
    42 8 THE Soviet-licensed Berlin newr agency has reported that a British soldier was arrested m the Russian sector of the city and taken to Soviet headquarters. The soldier was stated to be a deserter. British officers are investigating. U.P.
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    More powerful 'Voice of India'
    90 8 NEW DELHI. Monday. INDIA is to instal three 100--kllowatt shortwave radio transmitters to carry the "Voice of India' to the farthest corner of the world under an eight-year expansion plan. She also plans to establish ten high power transmitters m Bombay. Calcutta. Madras, Delhi and
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    WHY THE JEWS WON—GLUBB
    59 8 WHY THE JEWS WON— GLUBB GLUBB Pasha, commander I of the Arab Legion, said Israel won control of Palestine not on the battlefield but "through its influence m the United Nations. Interviewed at Amman. Transjordan. he said the "virtual European Invasion" h..d made Israeli victories m Palestine possible and brought
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    PALM SUNDAY IN JERUSALEM
    67 8 PALM SUNDAY IN JERUSALEM pALM SUNDAY was an ordinary working day m most of Jerusalem. Only m the old city and on the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Oethsemane. east of the old city, were traditional palm processions and church services celebrated. In western or New Jerusalem and
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    RECORD STEEL OUTPUT IN U.K.
    67 8 DRITAIN'S steel output m v the first quarter of this year was at the annual rate of 15,850.000 tons, the highest Quarterly figure ever recorded. The British Iron and Steel Federation said that ln March output- reached a new record figure equivalent, to an annual
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    SUN FO TRIAL
    63 8 ACCORDING to a Nanking press report yesterday the Nanking court has notified the court at Canton to instruct ex-Premier Sun Fo to appear to make a statement on the alleged misappropriation of 110,000 000 gold yuan during his term of offlce. Hel caters will be used m
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    Many killed, hurt in church explosion
    233 8 MARION, (South Dakota), Monday. AT least six people were killed and 40 injured when the basement furnace of tiny St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church here exploded just before Palm Sunday mass. The priest who was about to say mas s sustained a broken leg
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    81 8 photo* Victims of a jungle ambush near Medan, Sumatra. r»v Indonesian guerillas armed with automatic weapons— a United Nations military observer, Lieut. -Col. H. l> Chaplin (above) and a Dutch army officer, Lieut. H P. M. Voorst (left) are here seen m hospital m Medan. Col. Chapman, who received three
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    'FROGMAN' IS DROWNED
    54 8 A DARING diver who served during the war as a "frogman" m tht Royal Marines was drowned on Saturday night while exploring holes In a string of underground lakeg m Wookey Hole (Glaa>. Under water explorations of the caves began 14 years ago and this wa s
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    EX-EDHOR DEAD
    23 8 Mr. W. H. Mundie, editor and publisher of the defunct Bangkok Times, died on Saturday at the age of 84. A.P.
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    FOURTH DEATH IN LINER SMALLPOX
    113 8 LONDON. Mon. A FOURTH smallpox death aA among the thousand passengers who reached France and Britain from Australia aboard the liner Mooltan. eight days ago. was reported last night. Trie victim was a middle -aged woman whose name has not been disclosed. Mr. R. Allen.
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    10 P.C. CUT IN ECA FORECAST
    79 8 WITH the U.S. House of Representatives ready for the passage of the Economic Cooperation Administration authorisation this week, three Senators predicted yesterday that its actual appropriations wll l bP cut b y ten P er cent more. Senator Richard Russel (Democrat of Georgia), an
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    3,000 GERMANS ON STRIKE
    27 8 SOME 3,000 German North Sea fishermen went on strike on Saturday over wage differences About 1,700 fishing vessels are now idle. A. P.
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    Last Nuremberg war crimes trial
    183 8 NUREMBERG. Monday. THE lost act ln history's greatest legal drama the trial of Germany's war criminals begins here today, when a court of three American judges will pronounce judgment on 21 Nazi diplomats, Cabinet ministers and officials accused of helping Hitler to plot aggressive war
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    WARNING TO COMINFORM 'Yugoslav army behind Tito'
    235 8 WARNING TO COMINFORM 'Yugoslav army behind Tito' BELGRADE, Monday. YUGOSLAVIA'S lough trained army is standing firmly behind Marshal Tito and the policies of his Government (which have been denounced by the Cominform), a top member of the Yugoslav Politburo, Gen. Otmar Kreachich, told the People s Front Congress her* yesterday.
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    Australian strike calls
    80 8 MELBOURNE. Monday. A BARRAGE of strike calls and don't strike appeals went out last night to an estimated total of 100.000 workers m Australia's key Industries. The Issue was whether or not there should be a nationwide series of "solidarity protests" this ueek at the sentence of
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    U.K.-RUSSIA TRADE PACT
    57 8 DRITISH Board of Trade offiD cials reveal that Briuin and Russia will start preliminary negotiations for a oneyear trade agreement within a few days. British officials said Britain had suggested talks a month ago and Russia had agreed In principle that the two countries should try to
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    Viet Minh threats hit polk
    91 8 Vi et Minh threats hit polk •Li about 0 name.,, «_*t voted n election f 0 China T« -wnbiy. ■■•hich iT.n j»the _tu"e o^ China s "ri«. boj-* I**1 pec-.d law p Parliament on Ma U J «U* or. io p?on 4 or cr.ivr; if- 4 l/ >•■ ml\L m
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    RELIEF FOR U.K.
    11 8 _-_eWarfan_t»ri ■> ao_l uei S. ;nwe. t»___e' i A.P.
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    U.S. ANTI-RED 'INSURANCE'
    125 8 NEW YORK Monday IN a speech that had been first reviewed b\ the T.S. State Department and hence is regarded m an expression of I 'nited States policy m thr international field, the former IS Ambassador u> Russia. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, declared hg_ yesterday that "military
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    Labour lost 336 seats
    80 8 LONDON. Monday BRITISH Labour Party headquarters announced last night that th- Party had go far lost 336 sea's and gained 83 m current coun'y council elections These figure* were ior 55 of the 62 county council elections :n England and Wales las' week. Final result, are
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    US ready with A-bombs
    74 8 THt Tnited States Has a stockpile to mi zL. "ready for action.' Mr Sunii^r Pik' ber of the Atomic Fnerc. Commission di»r '«£j'' h| day m Washing.™.. He said h- d.d hH Russia has an atomic bomb hor Mr. Pike said the torn mission hop. >
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    MIDWEEK SOCCER
    44 8 TJ.K. soccei league mid-we«k fixture* are: Monday. April 11: ScociUh "A" Dlv. Dundee Celtic. Tuesday. Apr. 12. Third Diviaion (Northern): Oldham A. v Gateshead. Wednesday April IS: Scottish "A" Div. Morton Clyde. Partlok T. v St. Mlrren. Ranger-.* v East Fife. Reuter
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    RECORD EQUALLED
    31 8 CRAIG Dixon of the University of California at Los Angeles equalled the world record m the 220 yards low hurdles with s time of 22.1 5 sec. on Saturday.-
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    CZECHS WIN 5-2
    26 8 CZECHOSLOVAKIA defeated Hungary by five goals to two yeeterday mi n a aoccer nv»tch watched by a crowd of 55.000 at Prague. Reuter
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