The Singapore Free Press, 13 April 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON. SALE IN MALAYA \'M"' SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1949. PKKF Mt r>MS
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    REDS HOLD BACK ON YANGTSE
    271 1 'Reprieve for Nationalists Mm NANKING, Tuesday. COMMUNIST armies, poised to thrust across the Yangtse into South China today, ceased their attacks on Nationalist north bank brigeheads while the Government used its new 72-hour "reprieve" granted this morning— to draft a final reply to the Communist
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    UN TO DEBATE INDONESIA
    156 1 NEW YORK, Wt#iesday. THE United Nations General Assembly last night voted for a full debate on Indonesia. This had been recommended by its steering Committee to the Security Council two year s before. India and Australia sponsored the proposal. The Dutch delegate had earlier asked the
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    POLICE FIRE ON CHINESE
    61 1 Free Pre*« SUff Reporter rUR Chinese In a kampong area m Segamat, Johore, were fired on by a police search party yesterday when they ignored a "half call. The four were stated to be unarmed and carrying haversacfcs. They escaped uninjured. A search of tht area
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    21 1 Raffles College administration buildings gets a spring coat of cream paint. The windows will be painted green. (Story In Page 7).
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    33 1 The victor's smile Victor Kravchenko. author of the anti-( ommunLstn I Chose Freedom.** smiles his satisfaction at the end of the case m which he won a libel action against a Paris weekly.
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    MacA. FOR PACIFIC ALLIANCE
    48 1 c Com- Gen. 1 Ye S 5 rectrnt- President ?:.;;:ppines, •esent*tlTt jpposiFL3JK: re Lower ->.;"!. who r.*'"'- »d by plane al- j I ar ies: :h* rea »ntic R .^z •vas ol 1 pNOI agr^- the L .-.s say- i n •^an- E ut«rn A.P.
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    THIEVES TAKE 4 ENGINES
    27 1 I motor igßfe H SI. OOO sport I 1?■ Edwi rd Road S.! «.apor? D< I i .Turing ■ana. retards' for .n--of I
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    MALAY REGT. KILLS BANDIT
    16 1 B:n -> ing m i he yesier-N-i oy tlvef i he Ha i
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    GAMBLING RAIDS
    21 1 P*-^ nujt Reporter Jpore C I D arrested JO raids aga n*t '-r. s a the C vnj I
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    11 1 *:re<s m m the 24 seven i"* Cn i on? m
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    GREEKS FORM NEW CABINET
    39 1 THE Greek Premier. Mr. Themlstocle* Sophoulls. who has resigned because of th» "acuteness of the political situation and the disruption of the Government's continuity. has been asked by the King to form another Cabinet. A.P.
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    RHODESIAN FEAR OF S.A.
    68 1 RHODESIAN FEAR OF S.A. A RESOLUTION urging the Southern Rhodesian Gov- ernment to incorporate the neighbouring Bechuanaland i protectorate was passed at i he Congress of the Federation of Rhodesian Chambers of Commerce yesterday. Speaking on the resolution Mr. Stanley Cooke of Bulawayo appealed to the Government to act quickly
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    More aid for colonies -Creech Jones
    109 1 More aid for colonies -Creech Jones LIVINGSTONE. »N. Rhodesia Wed. THE British Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, said here yesterday that the British people are now "much more interested m colonial and Empire problems than ever before/ Mr. Creech Jones, who ls touring British territories
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    DEMAND BY GERMAN REDS
    49 1 PERMAN Communists last night demanded that the West German Constituent Assembly reject the new Allied occupation statute on the ground that it breaches the Potsdam agreement and splits Germany. The Socialists and Christian Democrats have countered by postponing the meeting of Assembly leaders Indefinitely. U.P.
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    U.N. DECISION
    31 1 THE United Nations General Assembly last night approved inclusion m its agenda of discussion of the trial of .Hungarian Cardinal Mlndszenty and the 15 Bulgarian npcto r s.- Reuter
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    BRITISH H.C. FOR GERMANY?
    49 1 THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, and his advisers will discuss the appointment of a British High Commissioner to Germany |[next week. Diplomatic informants report that it is "almost certain" that the present military governor of the British zone. General Sir Brian Rojob A.P.
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    BELGIANS APPROVE
    34 1 The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies has approved the Atlantic Pact by 12 votes ito 1 with one abstention. The opposer vote was cast by a Communist. U.P.
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    'ARK SEARCHERS SPIES'-MOSCOW
    133 1 LONDON, Wednesday. RADIO MOSCOW charged yesterday that three projected expeditions to Mount Ararat to search for Noahs Ark actually are designed to spy on Russia. The broadcast suggest that it was more than coincidence that three impend Ing expeditions intend to centre their hunts near Mount Ararat,
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    U.S. TO GIVE BOOKS
    25 1 War damaged libraries m 14 European and Asian countries will receive free books from the United States. UNESCO has announced.— Reuter
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    US-Canada war plans
    68 1 nHE United -States and Canada yesterday established a 1 joint committee to co-ordinate their plans for Industrial mobilisation m the event of an emergency. The U S State Department has made public an ex"hanee of notes between the U.S. Ambassador m Ottawa. Vlr Lawrence A. Steinhardt, and
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    CHINESE ISLE 'WRITTEN OFF'
    85 1 CHINESE ISLE 'WRITTEN OFF ALTHOUGH Chines* Nationalists are still holding Itu Aba, a tiny island off the coast of the Southern I Philippines island of Palai wan. it 'has been practically written off tht books as a Communist stronghold." it wa& reliably reported m Manila today. An official report, it
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    TALKING TURKEY
    28 1 The Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. yesterday had a one and a half hour con- 1 ference with the Turkish Foreign Minister. Sadak. I U.P.
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    Bid to cut Marshall aid funds defeated
    171 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. r rHF House of Representatives, by a big vote, last night passed the Administration's Marshall Plan extension bill after defeating all efforts to curtail the European Recovery Programme. The differences between th e House Bill and that passed by th e
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    MORE A-BOMB $$
    40 1 MORE A-BOMB The U.B. House Aproprlauons Committte ha& approved the record peacetime sum of $1,090,120,397 for atomic energy after hearing tht great forward strides that were being made m bomb production and In the development of atomic power plants. U.P.
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    Chifley is not impressed
    233 1 CANBERRA, Tuesday. /GOVERNMENT circles said tonight that the Prime Minister, Mr. J. B. Chifley, was not impressed by the Philippines' retaliation moves m the Gamboa case. Th e Philippines has banned the entry of people whose country does not grant reciprocal entry rights to Filipinos. Mr.
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    14,238 in U.K. dock strike
    92 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE National Dock Labour Board m a statement yesterday said "The London dock strike. Inspired by the National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union and exploited by Communists, threatens the welfare and stability of the nation." The Labour Board estimated the total ot workers
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    TO MECCA -1949 STYLE
    55 1 MANY Pakistanis making their traditional pilgrimage to the holy places of Mecca this year will travel m modern four-engined airplanes. A Pakistan commercial airline advertising this new service says that Muslim pilgrims would be charged 1,600 rupees for a return flight from Karachi to the Red
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    Thakin Nu meets Nehru
    210 1 Thakin Nu meets Nehru NEW DELHT. Wtrf. TMAKIN nu. Prime Minister ot riiirr.'_, met Pandit Nehni. Premier of India, and (»ther members of the I .dlan Cabinet m New He 'hi yesterday. No <m.i .1 statement about >rw conversations wa s .sveC. but it is understood rh. I the question
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    SECRET SOCIETY
    18 1 Four Chine.c. alleged to be -..cret society members were arrested by the Singapore C.I.D. yesterday Reuter
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    ONLY ONE
    20 1 An Indian who had identity card was the n'? emergency arrest mad c by Singapore police vest. rday.
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    Rubber prices
    50 1 A SPLC'ML Market corre»p««dent five* Ibe prices of rubber (m cents per Ib.) at 11 am »<>•!■» M follows: Buyers. SMleca. Xo. llt.S Spot loose 35S F.o.b. In bales Apr X*. 1 R.S.S. 35* 4 U No. R.S.S. 34 J4'i Xo. 3 R.S.S 32 3*'» Tone of market
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      39 1 CAPITAL Zets, c lrios LtfOß CHESTS jTAMFORD RD. jingapore Easter closing C LOSED NO DELIVERIES GOOD FRIDAY EASTER DAY EASTER MONDAY 3 p EN-DELIVERIES AS USUAL SATURDAY 7A.M. 2P.M. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ORCHARD lOAD KM. IMIOUI WttlttE
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    Film about Malaya will be accurate
    507 2  -  Ralph Dighton By HOLLYWOOD. MOVIES are oetter than textbooks for teaching global geography, believes Richard Thorpe, currently directing "Malaya" for mgm. "Malaya' is the new title for "Operation Malaya," which RKO Radio studio planned to make before producer Dore Schary left there and went
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    Eleanor danced & danced
    214 2 Eleanor danced danced BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HOLLYWOOD'S Eleanor Powell, opening the London Palladium's new variety season recently, combined the physical feat of tap-dancing furiously for 37 minutes and the artistic feat of holding the audience unaided all the time. She did more than hold the audience. She worked it
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    Easter Fare
    112 2 Cathay and Alhambra: Tomorrow: "Easter Parade," starring Fred Astaire, Judy Car land. Jules Munshin and many good songs by Irving Berlin. The best musical to come to Singapore for months. Capitol: Tomorrow: "A Song Is Born" with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. Kaye is a professor, Miss Mayo
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    Four Kinds of producers
    262 2 Four Kinds of producers DIRECTOR Robert Siodmak, who ought to know, says there are four kinds of movie producers: The director-producer. If he fights, he has to fight with himself.— The writer-producer. He can be troublesome to a director, but worse ls the producer who hires a writer and then
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    Bridge Hands
    313 2 GOUTH'S was ber.t on bidding a slam as soon rs North responded three spades. He used the Blackwood four notrump bid to flrd out that North held only one ace. This proved that feven was out of the question, so South went directly to six. A tricky lead
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    The Gentle People
    902 2  -  S.C. GEORGE B__ "I GORING foi Aim ker asked an hflur later as Wongso tx»#in to search nervously through his belong ings. "Head-dress," said Wongso. "Have you seen it?" "No. Maybe s >me one's pinched it." "No-one would take It," Wongso laughed. "You are playing a j
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    SHE IS LENT
    56 2 UAH. ..El LEIGHTON. most promising _mong UK's younger actresses, has been "lent" by her emDlov.r. Sir Alexander Korda. to the Rank Organisation, so that she may aDDear as the "other woman" m "The Astonished Heart." film version of a short Noel Coward play, ln which Celia Johnson
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      542 2 TRUTYERU SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency newt from K.L. at It a.m. TODAY 10.00 to 10.10 News from K.L. 1 Dance Music— Hal Mclntyre; 1.30 News; 1.45 Waltz Time; 6 Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Programme; 6.20 Radio Orchestra; 7 News; 7.10 Shares Announcements; 7.15 Interlude; 7.30 Swing
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      458 2 Commentary; Music and the British Poets (BBC). 800 Sl-.rr.e-e: Programme Sc News. 8 15 Siamese (BBC). 8.30 News (English (BBC). 8.45 Dutch (BBC). 9.00 Kuoyu (BBC). 9.30 Burmese (BBC); 9.45 English: News; 10.00 Radio News Reel (BBC); 10.15 Music of the People (2); 10 45 Mid- Week Talk (BBC); 1100
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    Eden speaks
    47 3 Left:— An unusual picture of Mr. Anthony Eden taken as he was addressing a meeting while m New Delhi on his recently-concluded Common wealth tour. Below:—Autograph hunters kept Mr. Eden busy after his address. The meeting was arranged by the Indian Council of World Affairs.
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    MURDERER BLAMES THE 'OTHER MAN'
    173 3 rfORE John Brackley Hale was condemned to death a: Leeds Assizes for murdering his wife, ■HUOO-word statement was read naming the man ged had broken up his 21 years of happy is sentence was pronounced was the Superintendent George William left the court with his
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    'VITAL YEAR FOR GERMANY'
    62 3 'V ITAL YEAR FOR GERMANY' p? -Lord President of the Mr Herbert MorSL_Si gathering of H "~ai_.rs and high Bri--h^L 19 9 w^d be a de!or Germany and world had .^^e-inents for the reiSP"* and fusion of fS^^Pes economy, *_°tS °i which could be we revival of trade, y7_~ Western
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    SETBACK TO GERMAN STATE
    45 3 HaSlS^ Socialists com--CSJ d Allied plans to :._an self--i2S_ by refusing the .1225? ona ot the WestjjWn I powers for a fc.S^t state. Jiff rSs erwnc y meeting sbur the So- de<3 to stand Arm .SiSMynands for a strong authority U.P.
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    AUSTRALIA MENACED BY ASIAN COMMUNISTS
    382 3 If Dutch leave Indonesia- W the Dutch arc finally eliminated from Indonesia. will find itself a White nation entireoverlooked by Asiatics, warns General Sir The£}*£??l chiet of Anstr -M*'« wartime armies. p_i««-l__ c mor over an Asiatic world ln which Russian communism will Have a
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    Big P.I rice plan
    184 3 rE recently appointed overall director of the Philippine Government's Rice Production Programme, Mr. Buencamino, has announced the formulation of an ambitious 10-year rice production programme that calls for an outlay of $150,000,000. The 10-year programme, Mr. Buencamino said, is designed to make the Philippines not only
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    THAKIN NU WONT TALK
    53 3 BURMESE Premier. Thakin Nu declined to discuss the purpose of his sudden visit to Indian Premier Pandit Nehru, when he stopped. at Calcutta on his way to New Delhi. He admitted that the situation m Burma was grave but was confidant that the Rebels would be
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    Soviet manpower is key advantage
    193 3 Soviet manpower is key advantage AN Australian populaA tion expert warns that the West's monopoly of the atom bomb is no sure defence m the light of Russia's manpower potential. Colin Clark. Australian authority writing m "Economic News," pointed out that Soviet manpower m 1960 will outnumber the combined forces
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    WHALE 'CATCH' NEAR TOKYO
    48 3 rUR Japanese whaling vessels operating m the Pacific only 250 miles north of Tokyo have landed 13 sperm whale? since April 1. The official Japanese Fishery Company said a total capture of 500 whales was expected during the season between April and December. U.P.
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    DEAF PREFER OLIVIER
    56 3 BALLOT papers containing the names of 12 film stars were distributed to members of the British Association of the Hard of Hearing. They had to decide which stars were most easily understood by lipreading. Margaret Lockwood and Laarence Olivier won easily. Runners- up were Anna Xeagle, Phyllis
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    I WAS GRILLED —R.A.F. PILOT
    216 3 PILOT 11. FRANK CLOSE, one of the two R.A.F. pUots captured when Israeli Spitfires shot down five R.A.F. planes m January, "was severely grilled by intensive questioning, usually twice a day, for the first six days he was m Jewish hands.' i He gave this
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    N. IRELAND BAN
    25 3 The Northern Ireland Gov eminent yesterday banned ai celebrations In Northern Ireland of the declaration of ttu Republic of Eire at Easter.
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    'NO UK JETS FOR RUSSIA'
    68 3 •THE UJS. Secretary for Deft fence Mr. Louis Johnson, told the Senate that Britain had shipped no jet aircraft engine to Russia or its satellite since December 1947. He said jet engines were sold and delivered behind th* Iron curtain after the end of World
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    22 3 Police announced yesterday that two persons were killed ln an early morning gun battle m the Communist Party headquarters ln Buenos Aires
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    EUROPE WANTS LESS RUBBER
    36 3 CHAIRMAN of the U.S. Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company, Harvey Fire stone Jr., said m Paris that demands for rubber products ln Europe are slackening and that a normal market lain sight.
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    27 3 Air service change The Royal Dutch Airlines Aznsterdam-Batavia passenger service will fly via Cairo from next Saturday, m addition to normal stops at Aden and Mauritius. Reuter
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    NEW DELHI HOUSING PLIGHT
    311 3 •THE housing problem which has plagued much of the world since the war years appears to be easing m most places, but ln India's capital, it is growing more acute every Built to hold approximately half a million people, it now has three times that many
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    PAKISTAN WAR RUMOUR KILLED
    69 3 A Pakistan Government source dismissed as baseless rumours all talk of a war between Pakistan and Afghanistan because of tension along the North-west Frontier. This source said: *T_one but perverse minds m either country could think of settling problems ln terms of war. The two countries
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    ARBITRATION BILL
    34 3 Ceylon's Minister of Labour and Social Services, Mr. T. B. Jayah, will shortly introduce m the House of Representatives a Bill to provide for conciliation or compulsory arbitration ln industrial disputes. U.P.
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    F.D.R. WROTE: 'I LOVE MY CANDY'
    310 3 FRANKLIN Delano Roosevelt, the first man ever to be elected President of the United States for three successive terms, is vividly depicted m the letters which he wrote, mainly to his parents, from school and college. The letters, just published m London, constitute a
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    STERLING ORDER
    29 3 Argentina's Central Bank has told banking institutions ln the coiyitry that all operations In sterling must from now on have the approval of Ihe Central Bank. Reuter
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    PARCEL COST HIM FORTUNE
    99 3 A WEST Brtdgford, Nottingham, man who missed a £26,750 prize m a football pool competition because his correct entry was caught ln the folds of a parcel and delayed has been told by the Post Office: "We trust you will have no cause for future complaint."
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    U.S. SPEEDS UP A-BOMBS
    53 3 F CREASED funds to speed production of atomic weapons have been approved by the U-S. House Appropriations Committee. Although it ordered cuts for other phases of the Atomic Energy Commission's work the Committee set aside $210,208,875 for atomic bombs and other nuclear weapons compared with $191,293,838
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    FAMINE THREAT
    27 3 Dr. J. Huxley, a leading British scientist, said m London yesterday that a daily population jump of 57,000 is threatening the world with famine A.P.
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    U.K. jet liner nearly ready
    169 3 ORTTAIN'S most determined attempt to capture the Atlantic highways, the jet airliner which will bring New York (3,441 miles), within six houis of London will be ready to take the air m a few months. The four-englned de Havilland will fly seven miles above the
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    47 3 The world's largest and fastest commercial plane, Fan American World Airways Clipper, "Flying Clood," arriving at London airport after her maiden crossing of the Atlantic. The double-decker 71-ton plane accommodates 75 passengers. But Britain has an even better airliner on the way. See story on this page.
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    CANNIBAL TRIAL
    23 3 A German. Bodo Pries, will stand trial m Bremen lor murdering a small boy and eating some of his flesh A.P.
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    43 3 Queen .Mary, as a great i-rand nathrr. showed great interest m the children piay cen re when she visited the Bishop Creighton House Sett ement m Fui ham. London. One little boy was too absorbed m his hobby even to greet Royal visitor.
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    MP PROVOKES COMMONS ROW
    61 3 A COMMUNIST M.P. has been declared out of order m the Commons for "insinuating" that Mx. Churchill had made "mischievous and irresponsible statements m the United Stales." "Withdraw. withdraw," both benches m the Commons called out to Mr. Philip Piratin after he had made the charges
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    BULGAR DENIAL
    51 3 I"ttiE Bulgarian official news 1 agency has issued a statement saying it was "authorised to announce that the rumour^ spread by certain foreign agencies" of the arrest of Trajcho Koslov. former Bulgarian Vice-Premier and Chairman of the National Committee for Economic and Financial Questions. were entirely without foundation.
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    YAM SENG!
    594 4  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND by YAM SENGS pierce the air, guests with reddened faces rise to their feet, some a little unsteadily: jelly, lai-chi and grapes remain untouched on the tables from which guests break away abruptly. The Chinese dinner is over. The guests disperse but there Is still work
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    THEY CAN'T LIVE ON THEIR PAY
    321 5 Quiz of young govt. employees A TANTIAL mcr «ase m the British Treasury's the main provincial citie s where large niunber^f Civil servants are employed ocrs 0I Boys and girls are being- asked what they have to pay and what they get for the
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    Fewer jobless in U.K.
    25 5 Unemployed persona In f^tain dropped by almost 20,000 between Feb. 14 and Mar. 14, the comparative fibres being 360,000 and A.P.
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    Tragedy of China's refugees
    96 5 Tragedy of China's refugees ErSGRY and oewlld the latest Zgfrz collapse of the VV,^ Nationalist ineocy, civil war turning back River and ;v across er s towards the {L, now m Commutory, for I hours at ite to re.l the retrvice and ugh the Pukow kng, kettles Loua chatI all
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    Why U.N. has failed—MAYHEW
    92 5 United Naa- been "pro- r i:s iPP°tatlng:' I P Mayhew, Par- Secretary ?*eign Office, told r X .Jom Com- estao-ished to co- 0 N. Econo- Social Council I the United J* 2 bad not been due to of the miJJJf laid down m the bu: because
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    AFRICAN BILL
    31 5 P*_-ttwest Africa AfJJJfn Amendment Bill J^J -he constitution to C.aS** Africa region m the Union iff")* Passed by £-!_2_ aft4 ?r its pro- ..-j?0-|h the Senate. It "-**s Reuter
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    ABDULLAH MAY SEEK U.S. LOAN
    69 5 RING Abdullah of Transjordan may visit Washington soon to press for financial help to develop hia country as a pro- Western bastion m the restless Arab world. Responsible diplomats say no definite plana have been made for his visit, but lt ls under study- King
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    'Exchange of views'
    24 5 Israel has accepted the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission's invitation to attend an "exchange of views" conference with Arab states Reuter
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    'GREATER SYRIA PLAN LATER'
    164 5 H? ABDULLAH of Transjordan, father of the Syria plan, said m Amman that he still lan unity a "national necessity but C^* 1 tha t the Palestine problem should be settled first. The Greater Syria plan— for the federation of Transjordan, Iraq, Syria and part of
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    Tito replies to 'slanders'
    92 5 1 Congress of the I 2*»* Popular Front *Cs\, re-' $£5 Marshal Tito as Qv. 0! Front s thanks Marshal *3? T li3 shows that W'*w f OUr P 60 16 te We who P^ aC i™ responsible 7 oouad by this still Pi 25J y
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    U.S. minimum wage increase
    58 5 A.P. THE Labour Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has recommended a national minimum wage of 75 U.S. cents an hour. The committee said the national economic could stand a much higher minimum. The minimum is at present 40 cents an hour. The recommendation will
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    How to treat your wife
    318 5 DR. E. SUMMERSKILL ON- rIE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Dr. Edith Summerskill, gav e "bits of advice" to bridegrooms and brides when she spoke to the Married Women's Association m London. The husband, she said, should tell his wife what he earns;
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    1,000 m.p.h. aircraft
    80 5 rnHE UA Air Secretary, Mr. 1 W. Stuart Symington claim* that UJ3. Air Force pilots have flown "hundreds of miles per hour beyond the speed of sound." He did not specify an exact figure. At sea level the speed of sound is 764 miles per hour. Mr.
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    NEW SYRIAN GOVT.
    34 5 Officials m Damascus were optimistic yesterday that the new Syrian Government sew up by Hossni Zaim after the army coup last week, would t>e recognised by France, Britain and Turkey U.P.
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    244 5 AT an "unfortunate night" at a wartime party, an R.A.F. fighter pilot m Norway had a casual affair with a girl. This led to the breakup of his marriage years after, it was said m the London Divorce Court. Mr. Commissioner Blanco White found allegations
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    125 5 photo. French athlete Micheline Ostermeyer, who won the shot-put and discus events at the 1948 Olympic Games m London, seeks fame as a concert pianist. She is seen m Paris practising for a recital she fave m Paris's Salle Gaveau last week, interpreting works by Liszt and Schumann. A.P. 8.0.A.C.
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    FREE THAI CHIEF KILLED
    61 5 |\R. Tahi Tawetikul, one of **the Free Thai leaders and professor of the University of Moral and Political Sciences was shot dead by the police during a gun battle m a small coastal town on the Gulf of Siam. Four others were arrested, it is believed,
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    7 NEW MINISTERS
    27 5 President Bierut of Poland is adding seven new Ministers to his original cabinet of 21 to direct increasing industrial production and national reconstruction. A.P.
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    OLIVIA VERY ILL
    29 5 Film actress. Olivia de Havillancl Is seriously ill and her docter is fighting to save the life of the baby which she expects m August.- U.P.
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    PRESSMEN APPEAL
    32 5 Claude Morgan and Andre Wurmser, French Communist newspaperman who were fined 150,000 francs damage and 15,000 francs penalty In the Kravchenko libel suit In Paris have filed an appeal. A..
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    AUSSIES A WELL FED PEOPLE
    142 5 lUSTRALIANS are one of A the world's best fed people, but lag behind the United States, which tops the list' m diet, according to the Australian Commonwealth statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver. Of all classes of food, m a comparison among America, Britain, Canada and
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    39 5 London Zoo's latest "comedians'* are these AngloNubian goats. Belita and Pauline, which are under the care of Miss Betty Holdstock, Children's Zoo Hostess. Always full of mischief, they are quick to "seize on" anyone they suspect of carrying food.
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    ROAD ACCIDENTS
    51 5 iUSTRALIA'S road accident rate wrs two and a half times greater than that of New Zealand and worse also than the United States but was about on par with England and Scotland, the Chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council (Mr. T. G. Paterson) said at a recent
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    Penalised for good deed to mother
    288 5 BECAUSE of a promise made to his mother many years ago that he would never leave her r get married, 60-year-old Mr. William Murray is to be turned out of his cottage m Little Hadham, Herts. For 34 year s Mr. Murray has shared
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    Reform urged for sex crime punishments
    288 5 OADICAL changes m the treatment ot persons charged and convicted of sex crimes m Britain are recommended m a report issued by a committee of doctors and magistrates. "Punishment without treatment is not likely to have a beneficial effect, the committee warns. "Indeed, it
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    'MET' SHIP FOR INDIAN OCEAN
    36 5 THE Dutch are plannning to station the 2,866-ton former Japanese tanker Abta, renamed "Ajer," 1,800 miles northwest of Batavia m the Indian ocean as a weather ship to service KLM. planes.
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    GREEK GOVT CRISIS LOOMS
    99 5 A SPLIT m Greece's two and a half months' old Coalition Government over allegations linking a minister with foreign exchange smugglers threatened a first-class political crisis m the midst of the clvl] war and. the strike of civil servants The minister is Spyros Markesinls, leader of
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    Germans want a plebiscite
    105 5 SHERMAN aid In draining VJ part of the Zuider Zee to provide more land has been suggested by Herr Karl Arnold, Premier of North Rhine- Westphalia m place of frontier rectifications. Failing acceptance of this there should be a free plebiscite m the regions concerned, under
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 13, 1949. SEE IT AS A WHOLE
    634 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, April 13, 1949. SEE IT AS A WHOLE HOUSING plans, schemes and surveys fall thick on Singapore nearly frantic m its search for somewhere io set up a home. But the housing situation never seems to get any better b_causj as fast as one new
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    Why the Burma bubble burst
    902 6  - Why the Burma bubble burst DICKSON BROWN by News Chronicle Correspondent THE Karen insurgents m Burma have again ignored the Union Government's offer of a general amnesty providing for the surren der of arms. That WW not unexpected. In fact it would have surprised many people both inside and outside
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    16 6 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. JAMES, 2, 17.
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    560 6 From ALWYN TEBBITT, Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: yERY soon the Gov- eminent of India will take my home from me, under a peculiar rule which says if they want a place they can take it, and I shall be out on
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    The Fate Of Singapore's Lightermen
    1122 6  - The Fate Of Singapore's Lightermen Sit Yin Fong By 1 fill, time was 1946, and Singapore's port trade and harbour activity boomed a post-war boom of a goods-hungry land, boosted by a tremendous inflow of military supplies. In this niche of history, Singapore's 3,000 lightermen (2,000 Chinese and 1,000 Indian)
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    50 6 tt-bit offered by thi s small visitor to the London Zoo. Rajah is one of the first three riding elephants the Zoo has had since 1939. Having to keep the passengers waiting bothers Rajah not at all when he sees a chance of picking up something tasty, such as the
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    229 6  - British Cars Do Well COURTENAY EDWARDS /CONFIDENTIAL reports reaching British motor factories from the Geneva Motor Show suggest that Brit tish cars are more than holding their own against American competition. With 23 different makes of car Britain was the biggest exhibitor at this international salon automobile. For the first
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    Reds live well in new capital
    357 6 Reds live well in new capital TAIPEH, Taiwan: CHINESE residents m Peiping who can still afford to eat m restaurants do not dare to do so became they are afraid of being considered lick and thus having their properties "liquidated" by the Communists On the other Hand, high Communist officials
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    RICE PRICE STILL UNDER REVIEW
    140 7 "jiinese want to Kindle imports Free I'ress Chinese Correspondent ,r nuHion of bringing down the cost of Honed rice has been, and is still, under of the Government. No deduct b&* reached, according to a spokesI the Singapore Food Control Office m to the demand
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    UNKNWON
    88 7 lALAY NEWS 1 Jwtaese In Benut, jta», ran amok last F aoming, attacking ir la the town tfangs. Two old Chibc a cnlld were killed, other Chinese were 1 _____H were later [iw batch of 12 Malay Malaya has ar--1 2 Cairo for further the total Malay students m
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    Sirens put 4,000 police on alert
    218 7 WHEN sirens wailed Singapore saw yesterday for the first time since th e end of the war, 4,000 police officers and men at 36 police stations all over the island reacted as m an emergency. The Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr G. R. Llvett,
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    COLLEGE GETS 'NEW LOOK'
    162 7 COLLEGE GETS 'NEW LOOK' *ree Press Staff Reporter OAFFLES College is 1V busy getting a "new look" for the foundation of the University of Malaya m October. The foundation ceremony will probably take place at the College, the buildings of which are having their old camouflage exteriors replaced with a
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    Indian Minister coming here
    115 7 nOCTOR B. V. Keskar, De- puty Minister for External Affairs of the Government of India Is coming to Singapore on the first leg of his Journey to visit some of the capitals m South-East Asia where Indian representatives are stationed. Or. Keskar is arriving m Singapore
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    RADIO STATION
    26 7 It is learned that the cost of the new, $436,000 Singapore broadcasting station for Radio Malaya will be borne entirely by the Singapore Government.
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    BOUND OVER
    36 7 A 60-year-old woman. Tay Poh Seok was yesterday bound over for six months by the Fourth Police Court magistrate. Mr. M. H. MacDougal for stealing a gold ring from a house m Serangoon Road.
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    Co-op buys house for members
    273 7 MALAY, with an eye j on the future of his j community, is today run- ning a co-operative society for Malays m Tanglin. f He is Inche Yunan bin j flaji Daim, a teacher m i a Malay school, and cnairman of the Tanglin J
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    French film for opening of new body
    162 7 French film for opening of new body QYMPHONIE Pastorale, the v widely-acclaimed French film, will be screened at the official opening tonight of the Singapore branch ot Alliance Francaise, a world-wide organisation which propagates all forms of French culture. The Governor of Singapore and Lady Gimson are among the guests
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    OPPOSITION TO RUBBER RULES
    174 7 Free Press Chinese Correspondent A DETERMINED effort is being made by Singapore Chinese rubber packers to oppose the proposed legislation for standardising the packing of rubber. A draft bill is believed to be now ready for introduction into the Legislative Councils of Singapore and the Federation
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    More water for Sudong islanders
    116 7 More water for Sudong islanders Free Press Staff Reporter THE 300 Inhabitants of Pulau Sudong 10 Vi miles southwest of Clifford Pier, are to have another well dug for them by the Government health authorities to provide them with more drinking water. At presen:, the islanders have only on. well,
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    STRANDED ON GHOST ISLAND
    284 7 STRANDED ON GHOST ISLAND fWO V.A.D. nurses from the Royal Navy Hospital m Trincomalee, Ceylon, Miss Timms (extreme left) and Miss Meta Lowry [extreme right), on a holiday visit to Singapore, were stranded for a whole night with a picnic party on Pulau Hantu. off Bukom, at the week-end, when
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    EASTER SUNDAY CONCERT
    199 7 ONE of the interesting events of the Easter holidays will be the concert to be given by the Singapore Junior Symphony Orchestra and a Combined Schools Choir on Sunday at 7 p.m. m the Victoria Memorial Hall. Only those who have heard the Orchestra rehearsing could possibly
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    College can't use injured bodies
    238 7 Free Pres s Staff Reporter T*HE suggestion that bodies of dead bandits vj,, be sent to the Medical cllege for 4<ut< my students to work on had already been maie jo «he College authorities and had been explored a mm ber of the professorial staff
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    Elocution Contest
    48 7 The Literary and Debating Society of the College of Medicine, Singapore, will hold an elocution contest tomorrow evening m the College's Central Hall. The judges will be the Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby, Mrs. Dorothy Morrell and Mr. John Eber. The public is invited.
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    Use dead bandits
    101 7 A FRH PRESS reader CORPUS DELICTI" writes: "If the Medical College is short of bodies for the students to work on, 1 can suggest a way m uhich the authorities could obtain a regular and plentiful supply. "Every week we read of more bandits bein^ killed or
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    Rubber export ban denied
    90 7 THE ban reported m Mat S6cticr? rv til*' Press m Singapore to have been imposed on the export of rubber to SingaDore im -n Djambi as from April 1, |g denied by the Department «>f Economic Affairs of the Government of Indonesia tn 8. t**via The
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      67 7 Airmails are expected »to arrive m Singapore today from Holland, Australia and New Zealand, Labuan. Sarawak, Brunei and British North Borneo, Indo-China, Siam. Batavia, Medan, Palembang Sourabaya and Padang. Closing times for posting at the G.P.O. are for Padang, 1.30 p.m., for Shanghai, 4 p.m. for U.K., Aden, Arabia, Canada,
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    TRUST 'STRAYING FROM DUTIES'
    413 8 TRUST 'STRAYING FROM DUTIES' 14 I tack m Council by Mr. Laycock IT was time that the Singapore Improvement Trust returned to the duties for which it was originally created slum clearance and town improvement, declared Mr. John Laycock (Municipal North-East) m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. He suggested that
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    SMC voting: 5 men to study Bill
    139 8 AFTER Mr. John Laycock had described the Municipal Elections property clause qualification as "retrogade" at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council, a Bill introduced by him to remove the clause was referred to a Select Committee. The Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, chose
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    TO DISCUSS NEI TRADE
    56 8 THE Singapore. Indian and Chinese Chambers of Commerce are to meet again this week to discuss what representations will have to be made to Government to ensure that future Singapore trade with Indonesia will not be hampered. The first meeting was held last week when representatives
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    GOVT PLAN AID FOR FISHERMEN
    78 8 THE Director of Fisheries ha. proposed a marketing organisation for Singapore fishermen, the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. said m the Legislative Council yesterday m a written reply to the Rural East Member. Inche Sardon bin Jublr. The organisation would be sponsored by
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    33 8 Dr. N. K. Sen. tutor in Bacteriology in the College of Medicine, Singapore, whose promotion to be Professor of Bacteriology, has been approved by the Secretary of State for the Colonies picture. PR
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    TELEGRAPHS BILL IS WITHDRAWN
    245 8 EXPLANATIONS why the Singapore Government J wa s withdrawing the Telegraphs (Amendment) Bill and the reason for the opposition to the Bill were given by the Attorney-General, Mr. E. J. Davies, m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. There wad considerable opposition to the Bill both Inside
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    H.K. RATE VALUE
    22 8 The rateable value of Hong Kong for the year 1949-50 ls $95,000,000(HK). The previous year it was $80,000,000 (UK)
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    PROTECTION' TAGS
    46 8 Shanghai has beggars and loafers unions which issue red "protection" tags to shops to be pasted on windows, said Mr. Vladimir Jedenov, who arrived m Singapore from Shanghai yesterday. The tags Indicate that the shops have paid money and beggars seeing them keep away.
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      458 8 LONDON, Wednesday. WHE strike of London dockworkers and the 1 approach of the. Easter holidays have combined to bring business practically to a standstill m the London Stock Exchange, says Reuters financial correspondent. Prices yesterday drifted to slightly lower levels and some caution and hesitancy
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      $2,200 FOR CHARITY
      94 8 The flower show recently held at the Happy World has resulted m various Singapore charities benefiting to the extent of $2,200. Of this sum, $1,000 has been given to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association and $200 each to the Children's Welfare Centres, St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital, the Salvation
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      15-YEAR-OLD WIFE FINED
      111 8 15- YEAR-OLD WIFE FINED JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. JANAGI, 15-year-old wife of a Tamil barber of Jalan Pahang, was ln the Sessions Court today lined $25, m default one week's imprisonment, for failing to register and obtain an Identity card. She told the Court that .he went to register herself on
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    POLICE OFFICER KILLED
    268 8 pictures. MR. E. A. Freeborough Officer Superintending Police Circle Batu Pahat, was fatally wounded early yesterday by bandits six miles south-west of Yong Peng Mr. Freeborough was out on operations with his second n command, Mr. J. C. MacNair when squatters' huts wen seen m the jungle.
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    Could have put in $10 million
    123 8  - Could h ave put in $10 million Aw Boon How MBoon i •d_.ce v L Hat Mr. w.,ng iSP^i. n th Bh *7£ tog project _T_V* lh Wong p a L. WO.oocif; li tion wit... r _5 by Mr ff a Si «s u__ d-c:ded toMV. Public .ÜbKfiSJ" J* n°t
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      184 8 mdnd.dKß Exclushw to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya r~~i~~g~r"~~'~'____r j~. *~___*~g_» i 1 1 t i _..^!?*^^^_feS_si I LIKED THE WAY YOU WANGLED I'M LOOKING FOR A PARTNER TO -TO MAKE fT A RtAL ME t ?-%_i SWOTT. MY EX-AIOE. HE I HANOI MY VAST ENTERPRISES PARTNERSifP A MAN
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    1892 9  -  SYDNEY S. BIRCH by Chief Detective Inspector SUCH A NICE YOUNG MAN-BUT HE STRUCK TERROR 1^ \d London servanj girl, polishing f\ I muss doorphtc m Gloucester it Ihc postnpn as he rounded Wvndhan Place, his cheeks > lYhruarv wind. pped I bottles, I inside I orick I
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    What makes the hawkers tick?
    709 9  - What makes the hawkers tick? K.S, CHIA By yyHAT makes the hawkers tick throughout Malaya? From the very first light of day until well past midnight you hear the hawkers shouting their wares and householders calling out their wants Does it mean that the Asian housewives cannot supply the needs
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    JACQUES B. P.
    100 10 rnHE Jacques Badminton Party successfully concluded its 1948 tournaments. At a tea-party held at the residence of Its patron, Mr. Teo Kwang Nghee, prizes were presented to the winners as follows: Open singles: champion, Lee Hock San; runner-up, J. P. Morris; Open handicap singles: winner, John Loh;
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    GOOD ENTRIES
    24 10 TAIPINO, Tues.: North Perak tennis champlonsnlps to be held here from April JO. attracted very Rood entries from all over the d_atrlct.
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    SOCCER LEAGUE FOR CHINESE SCHOOLS
    330 10  -  SCFA grant permission By CRUSADER DEFORE the soccer season ends, Chinese schools m Singapore will compete againsi one another m a league competition organised specially for them for the first time. The sponsors are Chinese V.M.C.A. They have already obtained permission from Singapore Chinese Football
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    34 10 picture. GOOI HUN BNG, the Kedah goalkeeper, jumps high to clear the ball: an exciting momenf m the PenangKedah Malaya Cop soccer match on, Victoria Green, Penan*:, last Saturday. Penang won 3—2.- Free Press
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    INTERNATIONAL POLO
    21 10 AROENTTNA'B crack polo team defeated the United States quartette 15—10 on Sunday and evened their three-game International series A.P.
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    COLONIALS C.C. TEAM FOR KL
    84 10 'J'HE Colonials C.C. Uiuxx are visiting Kuala Lumpur during the Easter holidays to play the Colonial* C.C. of Selangor. The following players will make the trip: TA. Dole. W. Ratnayake, A. Pereira O. E. Lloyd, A.P. Fernando. A Thiagrarajah. SL.A. Pereira, D. Miller. O. N.
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    31 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.— The eighth all-Malayan IndoCeylonese tennis tournament under the auspices of the Tamilian Physical Cultural Association, will be held during the Easter holidays on the T.P.CA. courts. Kuala Lumpur.
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    Chin Tee stages a 'come-back'
    470 10 By FDETRAY THE former Colony and South player, Yap Chin Tee, familiarly known m Singapore badminton circles as "Rock of Gibraltar" because of his almost impregnable defence, is making a "come-back" this year. Making his first appearance on the badminton court after an absence of
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    HOW GOOD IS PRIOR?
    139 10 UOW young, George Prior, the Singapore Harbour Board Police lightweight, will fare against Singapore's amateur boxing featherweight champion, Dickie Archer, ls a question which will be answered at tonight's semi-final contests of the SABA, tournament at the Happy World stadium. Both hage entered the local boxing
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    TO ATTEND SESSION
    38 10 r THE Kyodc news agency said yesterday that Matsuso Nag_l chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, will leave Tokyo tomorrow by air to attend the plenary session of the International Olympic Committee at Rome. A.P.
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    KEMPE CLUB
    27 10 TAIPINO. Tue-.— The annual general meeUng of the Kempe Club, one of premier sporting clubs m North Perak, will be held here on April 23.
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    A hard hitter
    5 10 ROYSTON LAZAROO
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    MALAYA CUP SELECTIONS 'Put Ramlan in as inside-left'
    722 10 MALAYA CUP SELECTIONS 'Put Ramlan in as inside-left' HP WO soccer fans have written suggesting that the S.A.F.A. selectors put m Ramlan at inside-left m Singapore's Malaya Cup side. They point oat that he has played m this position for Penang. Incidentally, Ramlan was to hav e played at inside-left
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    MAT NOR THE INIMITABLE
    506 10 MALAYAN SOCCER STARS. ..Ho. 4 By KEN J \LLEH A MONG the great Malayan footballers of the past the name of Mat Noor, together with that of the late Dolfattah, ranks the highest. Not for a long time will Malay players reach the standard which these
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    Royston issue a challenge
    119 10 Royston issue a challenge swing K_*° kZZ^ year -old locaj boy ha a her <-5 Jenge to anyone 0 5 box his son over <h. boxing distance Us,l l i-ZI The fathei <„,, former well-knoirn rre!'w c U>_ and Professional ii^ n His ten-year-old Royston, who is h__ dard at
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    198 10 A CLASH of date.^ between the Welsh soccer team's Europ<ar. tour and Arsenal propos'-d __H to Brazil may mean that v. Barnes. Arsenal lef' back and captain of Wales, may not be able to lead the W.lsh p .avers o_ th Continent. The Welsh selectors Barne* among
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    100 10 TAXES HIT SPORT B> VEtX( >N MCt_- r c?^ •pcs that taf _organi_atk*j hSf.. «jl* th«tee_-« i_?SM °rder to n_ atta_Er Alas then. ra comfort f one except, J* :t wili be 55 is Of sports rstiut mm m the 5 SS tax at k__: :'.ca*-ce_ s»». tag. .t of
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    COLONY'S BADMINTON TEAM CHOSEN
    269 11 Yap Chin Tee is named captain XHE team to represent Singapore m the second quadranplar tournament for the Pamadasa Tee, who is making a "come-back" thisi year was chosen only for the doubles, but was appointed captain of the side. o- o T t-__°f e, o¥
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    Bulat and Choon Guan defeated
    185 11 Bulat and Choon Guan defeated DOXINO fans were again D given their full quota of .hrills m the Singapore amateur championships last night, when fast, clever and hard boxing was Indulged m by the flyweights, llght- "eights and welterweights who figured m the bouts. Sgt. Bulat and P. Wilkinson put
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    DRAW IN DIV. 3
    22 11 OLDHAM Athletic and Gateshead drew m a Third Division Northern) League fixture yesterday. There was no scoring. Reuter
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    28 11 picture. a mmn^mmmjsjmTmimAa^ lejo, non-playing m ana. er J"' ;'y*'3__ial' Mr p. g. P.ralta, Filipino representative; tSri -0_?.l _3 _s__-°'__^^ T«- I— Cho... .__d Cub „p--tain Free Press
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    TBA SPORTS MEET
    23 11 TAMIL Brotherhood Association, are holding their fifth annual athletic meet at Jalan Besar stadium on Prid.y at 2.30 p m.
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    All the latest selections
    246 11 Larry Montes. ten times national golf champion of the Philippines, playing at the Island Club course yesterday m an exhibition with Celestino Tugot, winner of the Far East championship, decided recently at Manila. Jack Hodgkinson. the Club professional, accompanied the two golfers. Tugot won narrowly by
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    Permuda score 7 goals in J.B.
    220 11 Permuda score 7 goals in J.B. Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. PERMUDA completed their first round m the local soccer League yesterday with a 7 l victory over Medics on the Istana ground. Permuda have 13 points from eight matches, having lost one and drawn the other. Showing
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    Only C.A., Navy still unbeaten
    393 11 Only C.A., Navy still unbeaten Pulau Brani 4; R.4F. Seletar 2. D A.F. Seletar sustained their first defeat m five matches when they went down 2—4 to Pulau Brani United m their S.A.F.A Senior League encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium last evening. Chinese Athletic and Navy are the only unbeaten
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    GOOD GOING AT IPOH
    165 11 F. P. Racing Correspondent IPOH, Wed. rE going for this afternoon's races here is likely to be good m spite of the scattered shower which fell yesterday. Ra-Li was given as the best bet on the course this morning He is confidently expected to complete a
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    J. ARCHER TOO LATE
    83 11 JIMMY ARCHER, amateur DoX- ing bantamweight champion of Singapore, returned from Australia on the Maetsucker this morning too late to defend his crown m the Singapore amateur boxing championships which are being continued at the H^ppy World tonight and tomorrow night Jimmy Archer was to have
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    J.C.C v. S.R.C.
    60 11 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. JOHORE C.C. play Singapore Recreation Club at cricket on Easter Monday m Johore Bahru. The Johore team will be selected from: R Wen, R. Van Schoonbeck, A. Barthelot, Nadason. J. Moore, C. Lowe, Hartley, A. Ghani, Lt. May, Capt. Oxley,
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    16 11 YESTERDAY'S Rugby U:ion results were: Falmoutn 3. Cardiff 6; Liverpool 9. Birkenhead C Reuter and A.P.
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    Spate of Easter sport
    210 11 Spate of Easter sport 'TWERE will be the usual 1 spate of Easter holiday sport this year. Singapore will have more than its quota of engagements. First, there will be the cricket match against Selangor, which starts on Saturday at 2 p.m. on the Padang fla> will be resumed at
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    AUSTRALIA WANTS OLYMPICS
    83 11 IN Australian de'egation is en- route to the International Olympic Council meeting m Rome this month to bid for the Olymp c Games In 195<J. Councillor J. S. Disney, Mayor of Melbourne ai.d head of the aelegation, s-Md Melbourne •'certainly' should get the Gan 1960 if it
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    95 CONTESTANTS
    23 11 NINETTY-flve contestants have entered for the Boston Athletic Association marathon, which will be run from Hopicinton :<- Boston on April 19. A.P.
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      509 11 Form guide for today Free Press Racing Correspondent pxDRM guide for today's races, together with probable Jockeys, is given below. Best form selections are NorthwelT and Honey Comb. RACE 1— 1.30: CLASS 2. DIV. 2—s'. FURS. STR. 030 Ha j dee 9<o (Jones): Long third to Longchamps II over if.
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      517 11 Form Selection-*: 1. MANDALAY I. Egyptian Qneen S. Prince Eugene RACE 4—4.15 CLASS 1, DIV. Z—S% FURS. STR. 000 Oriental 9.4 (Ellery): Never likely on Saturday. 000 Golden Grove 8.13 (Lawler) running on sixth to Token on Saturday after slow beginning. 303 Ballymun II 8.11 (Bagby): Gcod third to Token
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    ENGAGEMENT
    25 12 NASSIM-SHOHET. Freddie. Only son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Nassim. to Gladys, eldest daughter of Mr. N. Shohet and the tare Mrs. Shohet.
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    MARRIAGE
    36 12 THE marriage between Mr. 4*'*ratnam ISO Mr. and Mrs. ••:v. .v of Vaddukoddai of federal Secretariat and Mist >»rameswari. DO Mr. and Mrs. t Nagalingam of Kuantan was i o!emnised at X L. last week.
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    ATLANTIC PACT SENT TO SENATE
    418 12 Debate is put back a week WASHINGTON, Wednesday. PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday sent the North Atlantic defence treaty to the Senate with a request for its approval "as one step although a long one on the road to peace." The pact, h e added m an
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    COMMONS BACK CRIPPS, 302-3
    114 12 THE Commons last night agreed to Sir Stafford Cripps' "higher cost of living budget by 302 votes to three. Two Communist members, Mr William Gallacher and Mr. Philip Piratin, Insisted on the vote. Reuter photo. Screen star, Jane Russell, and her husband. Bob Waterfteld, professional American
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    'Nationalise more' call by Labour
    117 12 T___ LONDON, Tuesday. HE Labour Party's National Executive Committee has proposed a militant general election platform calling for increased nationalisation and economic I planning on a permanent basis. A 15.000-word statement entitled "Labour Believes m Britain" demanded the nationalisation of sugar refining and cement manufactures.
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    Charter for Council of Europe
    149 12 Charter for Council of Europe LONDON, Wednesday. THE Foreign Ministers will mcci m London within the next month to sign a charter for the united nonCommunist nations of Europe. Their representatives, who have been m conference here since March 28. hammering, out a constitution for what is officially called a
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    NEW AIR ROUTING PLAN
    107 12 NEW AIR ROUTING PLAN LONDON. Tues. i BLUEPRINT for canalising main world air routes so that aircraft follow lanes like Shipping has been evolved for the first time m history by experts of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. Air Commodore W. E. G. Mann, leader of the British delegation, announced
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    INDIA LIMITS DIVIDENDS
    52 12 T~IE Indian Parliament as an inflationary measure, has passed a bill to limit the amount of dividends paid by public companies. The bill limits dividends to six percent of paid-up capital or the average annual dividend paid between Apr. 1, 194«, and Mar. 31. 1948, whichever is
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    YUAN ALLEGES CORRUPTION
    72 12 THE Chinese Minister of Finance, S. V. x Liv, was attacked m the Legislative Yuan yesterday for permitting thre« hundred million dollars worth of Government funds to remain stored m Formosa and South China when they were badly needed to check the spiralling Inflation. Legislators also signed
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    NO U.N. MEETING
    15 12 The United Nations decided yesterday not to meet on Good Friday. Reuter
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    Hangings to go on in India
    60 12 NEW MOJO, Wednesday. THK Indian (Government does not consider the present time opportune to abolish capital punishment, it was announced In the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The question has been considered by the Government several times but Anally abandoned. During the past two years, it
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    Nervous breakdowns for robots
    185 12 CAMBRIDGE, (Mass* Wednesday. THINKING machines so 1 1 sensitive that they would be capable of having a nervous breakdown may replace unskilled human assembly line workers within 20 years, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientlst said yesterday. Dr. Norbert Wiener. servo mechanisms authority, said the advent
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    No formula yet for keeping in India
    244 12 LONDON, Wednesday. FLIGHT world statesmen, representing: 500,000.000 J people, will seek here next week a formula that may enable India, as a Republic, to maintain her co-operation with the Commonwealth, writes Heuter's diplomatic correspondent. They are the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom,
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    Deal with Reds to keep out of Shanghai
    139 12 Deal with Reds to keep out of Shanghai SHANGHAI, Wednesday. RUMOURS are circulating m high foreign and Chines* circles that an agreement has been reached with the Communists safeguarding Shanghai from occupation m return of substantial monetary consideration. It Ls said that Shanghai imi.,.> have agreed to pay the Chinese
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    NEHRU HOLIDAY
    21 12 pANDIT Nehru. Prime Minis- ter of India, will spend (our days m Switzerland from about May 1. Reuter U.P.
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    DEATH PENALTY FOR CANNIBAL
    168 12 BREMEN, Tuesday. WITHOUT a flicker of emotion, 39-year-old Bodo ff Fries, heard himself sentenced to death tonight for the self-confessed murder of two boys, a fed nine and 12 years. He also confessed that he and his family had eaten the flesh of one of the
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    They wiped out 6,000,000 Jews
    401 12 NUREMBERG, Wednesday. rpHE American war crimes court, passing judgment 1 on 21 of Hitler's top diplomats and officials, yesterday found two of them guilty of abetting Nazi atrocities m which 6,000,000 European Jews died. The two, Gustav Steengracht von Mtyland former "bright young man" of
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    BOXER FINED
    43 12 WORLD bantamweight boxing champion. Manuel Ortiz, now m training m California, has been ordered by the court to pay a $500 fine for drunken driving. Ortiz paid a $100 fine last week for disturbing the peace and carrying a concealed weapon.
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    15 12 Film star Shirley Temple wa» named "America's sweetest mother yesterday by th* Childcraft Advisory Service.
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    ARMY CHIEF TO VISIT U.K.
    47 12 lIEUTENANT General Ver- non Sturdee. Australian Army Chief of SUIT, will leave next week for a five-month visit to Britain to dis. uss defence problems and trends of warfare. Air Marshal George Jones Australian Chief of Air Staff is already visiting Britain.
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    KOREA ASKS U.S.
    28 12 The new Korean R. publir has asked the United States for a military agre.m. Nt •lmilar to the one the U.S has with Greece. A.P.
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    RUSSIAN 'NYLONS'
    20 12 Radio Moscow said *onight that a young Russian scientist has discovered a new material better than nylon.— U.P.
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    U.S. Army, chief is 'alarmed'
    24 12 U.S. Army, chief is 'alarmed' THE D I L C Royall/i befon a •hat hT; alarn: which 4 t»2way to cornel lV A. P.
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    963 Army families here
    57 12 CINCE June fancies hi. r Husbands serving j n g-. lish Anr eait "J >o:e ihe War _»_Z M: ShinwtU. said inTS -wt ti pr^ m passage and 278 f__fc| had 1. j lorva .J jjj w. re a* ailing passage Ask. d i. >i___iel i_H
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    AID NATIONS' TRADE UP
    69 12 WASHINGTON W. d TRADE among Marshall Plan countries m Europein the five months up to Mar 1 last was 10 per cent, more than estimated, according to a progress report published yesterday by the Economic Co-operation Administration In trs -European trade id Mm MMUM In:: .-European
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      673 12 SILVER WEDDING NASSTM-ELLISON. At Cheaed X; Synagogue. Oxley Rise, on 13 h April. 1924, Sarah, daughter bf Mrs. Flora KlUon. and tht > Mr. Isaac Ellison, to Moshe, {on of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jo."*eph Nassim. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MRS A JACOBS Sz family th*nk all those who gave wreath* h
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      186 12 m 9 mAW 1 VvVg _B_^l/' '^_L________ __a m A*^m *a*Wm% I W /m,m Im __r Af*r.^_Ti___BL __H Vla/M*. w. WA \W a M__i__# /____L__________Ji T *_J ____L________H_l_________ IB^jl m\mm- --I-B-B--H-H-18-I TONIGHT THE COCKTAIL HOUR 7 to 8 p.m. INFORMAL DANC S from MS p.* FRANK PICKFORD His ORCHESTRA GOOD
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