The Singapore Free Press, 14 April 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press tAHCEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    NIGGARDLY HELP FOR MALAYA'
    422 1 British Govt. accused LONDON, Thursday. LORD Swinton (Cons.) yesterday accused th« Government of being "equivocal and niggardly" m its statements about financial help for Malaya and said that the people of Malaya were entitled to fair financial treatment, fair treatment for war damage and for the
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    S'PORE SHIP EXPLOSION
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    FOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
    14 1 >Ufi Reporter r In 'he dral a- 3 i* Pre&y'A SinGr—
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    Leaderships for China
    11 1 turn- China due to In a few A.P.
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    'FOUL, BLOODY MURDER'
    239 1 Malayan police criticised LONDON, Thursday. fR. William Ciallacher (Com.) asked the Speaker m 11 the House of Commons yesterday whether it would be m order for him to refer to the shooting of two Chinese women by Malayan police on Feb. 23 as a "shocking case of
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    Pakistan purchase
    21 1 Pakistan has piaceu order for the purchase or 2 500.000.000 yen £1.d62.UW worth of Japanese manufactured rolling stock Reuter
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    POLICE DRIVE ON GAMBLING
    118 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. A FTER last nights raid at i\ Singapore amusenunt park when the Singapore C.I.D. Gambling Sub-Brancn arrested two Chinese for operating •"ball-rolling games, the C.I.D. chief. Mr. E. V Fo*-lr-r. this morning announced that a sweep of all gamei ot chance which
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    FALSE ALARM AT WINDSOR
    75 1 pOLItU threw a cordon round the town of Windsor last night after a short circuit had caused a buralar alarm to go off In Windsor Castle, where the King Is at present spending Easter. When the alarm sounded Scotland Yard and the loot Berkshire police put
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    U.K. APPOINTMENT
    24 1 The Colonial Office announces that Mr. John Fearnj Nlcoll will wcceed Mr. D. A. MacDougal as Colonial Secretary for Hong Kong. A.P.
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    'End ban on Duchess'
    84 1 LORD Beaverbrook's Evening Standard said it would be a sensible and popular step if the British stopped "cold should?rini the American-boWi Duchess of Windsor, who iVft Par's for London last night. The Duchess has not vet been received by the Royal family. The Duke, who came
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    32 1 The (Oral Islanders provided sweet Hawaiian music at last nights concert given by the boys of Raffles Institution. Seture showj Thomas Paul. lent Shao Chi. Than) Ren* Sone and Ng Sye Yin.
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    Indian Reds to blame in Burma'
    78 1 KARACHI, Thursday. BURMA'S Premier. Thakin Nu. arrived at Karachi by air from New Delhi yesterday and said that Indian Communists were responsible for most of the trouole In Burma. They had been infiltrating since January. 1948. he said. He said that the question of
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    These nine Germans plundered Europe
    376 1 NUREMBERG, Thursday. VINE of Hitler's top advisers and officials were found guilty yesterday by the American war crimes court of plundering European nation s overrun by German armies during the war. The tribunal, passing judgment on 21 Nazi diplomats, only acquitted two of the 11
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    MORE PLANES FOR AIRLIFT?
    43 1 GENERAL Lucius D. Clay, U.S. military governor, said yesterday there is no indication that the Russians plan to lift the Berlin blockade. He said he has asked the United States for more planes to strengthen the air lift.— A.P.
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    PORTUGUESE PACT
    18 1 A British-Portuguese financial and commercial agreement for the current year will probably be signed today. Reuter
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    INDIES PEACE TALKS OPEN
    156 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. DUTCH and Indonesian Republicans meet today m the Hotel des Indes for a new peace effort after abortive negotiations extending over three years and two periods of destructive conflict. This meeting, under the auspices of the United Nations Commission for Indonesia, with Its American
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    Thuraisingham broadcast
    53 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. The Chairman of th« Community Liaison Committee. Mr. T. E. E. Thuraisingam, Ceylonese member of the Federal Legislative Council, will broadcast over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya tomorrow at 8 p.m. Mr. Thuraisingam will speak about the formation of rhe Committee and its
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    WEIZAMANN IN U.S.
    16 1 Israeli President Chaim I Weizmann arrived m New I York yesterday from Paris.
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    Quake jolts big area in U.S.
    230 1 SEATTLE, Thursday. A SEVERE earthquake shock jolted a wide area of the American Pacific north-west coast late yesterday afternoon, killing at least five persons and injuring scores of others, and causing property damage running into many millions. Simultaneously a tornado ripped through four Georgia
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    Good Friday
    26 1 The Singapore Free Press and the Straits Times will not be published tomorrow (Good Friday). Publication of both newspapers will be resumed on Saturday.
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    S'HAI PROTEST ON H.K. SHIP
    59 1 S'HAI PROTEST ON H.K. SHIP THE Chinese Maritime Custom* have protested to the British Navy over alleged smuggling of woollen textiles, saccharine and radio parts from Hong Kong m a British fleet auxiliary ship, the Green Archer. In an official statement the Customs said the case was uncovered by its
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    'BOMBARD RUSSIA'
    28 1 Republican Senator Ralph E Flanders proposed yesterday that the United States should bombard Russia witta peace propaganda pamphlets dropped from guided missiles and radio controlled planes.
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    GREEK GAS DENIAL
    23 1 fTHE new Greek government will be sworn m on Wednesday afternoon, the Deputy Prime Minister Const antin Tsaldaris said. A.P.
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    Federation arrests
    32 1 There were 44 arrests In the Federation during the 24 hours ending last night, seven m Pahang. two In Selangor. 26 m Perak. seven 4n Penang and two m Trensyanu.
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    NEW GREEK GOT.
    22 1 The Greek Government ha* protested against Czechoslovakia's charges that the Greek Army used poison gas against the Greek rebels.
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    West plot war, says Russia
    166 1 West plot war, says Russia NEW YORK. Th'irs. DUSSIA accused the North Atlantic pact nations yesterday of plotting an atomic war on the Soviet Union. The Soviet delagate. Mr. Andrei Gromyko. told :h§ United Nations General Assembly that the Atlantic pact nations "are taking widespread measures which cannot be justified
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    U.K. STRIKE HOPES
    111 1 1 LONDON. Wednesday. rE British Cabinet yesterday held its hand before ordering troops out to unload 84 ships In London docks. Idle through a strike of 15,000 dockers. The Cabinet decided to wait to see if the Labour Minister. Mr. George Isaacs, could brin^ about a settlement
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    SYRIA CEASE FIRE
    16 1 Israel and Syria yesterday signed t cease-fire agreement, a Syrian military spokesman announced.
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    Rubber prices
    57 1 4 SPECIAL Mark* corr*spon dent fives th« pricet of rutebn (m cents per Ib.) at 11 m to4a> M follows: Bayers. S«Uen. No. 1 R SS. Spot' ioom m% Ms Fob. m Mica Apr. No 1 R S S JS", No. t S.S.S. "H No. 3 R SB.
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    THE SPIVS IN UNIFORM
    513 2  - THE SPIVS IN UNIFORM PETER QUENNELL Reviews new Books |j m U.K. »1 MUCH as 1 should have preferred to rejoin this column on a wave of April optimism, I must confess that, despite all my good resolutions and the encouraging label ho has given it, can find nothing particularly
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    QUICK LOOKS
    162 2 Sixteen Self Sketches, by Bernard Shaw (Constable, 7s. 6d.). Shaw has never been shy of the looking-glass and here he is, within its frame, pulling sixteen different faces, with a good many ingenious variations on each separate wink or frown. An immensely entertaining exhibition but one is as
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    20 2 hs welcome as the Easccr eyy is /ziw scar Diana Dora, one of the many promising artistes m British films.
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    43 2 Kasma Booty, the popular film ttar of Malayan films, is making a personal appearance at the Great World tomorrow night m a two-hour variety show. She is also starring hi new film about a Malayan lovt story, 'Noor Asmara," which is showing locaVy.
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    Bridge Hands
    366 2 WEST opened the dub ace. vv Dummy rtiffed and declarer cashed the heart king, then led a heart to the ace. When East showed out. South cashed his three top spades. But West rufled the third round and led another club, forcing dummy to ruff with his last
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    The Gentle People
    869 2  -  S.C. GEORGE THE tall straight 'trees rose leafless for a 150 feet before breaking into luxuriant leaf Their foliage formed a green ceiling, but it was not so dense as to prevent the sunlight from {i\ tering through; and across the shafts of light huge butterflies drifted
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      568 2 QfUf-tup^Dp Dance Male In the Sweet OlH\**\r\Ji\£* Style; 0 Programme Summary; RADIO CEYLON (BLLE NETWORK) Ji 02 Music; tAO Dance V tae^cV^S^L .iVWEW (S.E.A.C.) TODAY Noble; BSO Friday Prom; 930 TODA¥ 10.00 to 10.10 News from K.L.; News; 045 Evening Star; 10 Light 53 Station Opening and Pro--1 Radio Orchestra;
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      267 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today you always will hunt for the happy things In life. Optimism is your middle name and no matter how dark the present seems, the future is always going to be much better! Rather more pleas ure loving than b food for you, it is likely
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    ENDS TORTURE PRIESTS
    32 3 ENDS TORTURE PRIESTS 1 chines* a uhington 1 i w itI I nese ani m :-.ew Kgs., :pied I m"z »dded thai 33 I I 3 a ere I was cap- U.P.
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    INDIA OUT TO INCREASE DOLLAR EARNINGS
    350 3 INDIA OUT TO INCREASE DOLLAR EARNINGS May need heavy loan I N ln^Lr«" h V L t0 bo oy heav «y *«>»» the atUmnJl V° n al MoneUr y Fund if she fails m noStraVcn^neu" d ar *">»* and C U o S A Y^ ged R5.60,000,000 per month monthK
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    PLEA FOR 'BURMA HELL' SURVIVOR
    190 3 PLEA FOR 'BURMA HELL' SURVIVOR I n and brother of a man who had been i #11 of Burma" offered all their I mm .im from Jail at Glamorgan Assizes. Cardiff. Their offer was ac-oted. and Mr. Justice Seller; an .•Ued a 19 months' jail sentence on Francis James Ntcholls
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    ELECTIONS FIGURES
    21 3 f Central Li>ndon I«JI t^u.*^* for the •*W elections In ud Wales showed 36 and -»oour ?ams 69 ■i
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    Peer names beach after his wife
    188 3 fetiO-yea^-old millionaire baron has f?iven the public a private 14 relebrate '35 years of happy married life.',' Lord Trent, who l§ head of B ots Chemists and the son at th*» firms founder, married M irsaret Joyce Pyman. They t lour married daughters md
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    RIOTS IN ITALY
    18 3 Riot police used tear gas and truncheons against riotous Communist-led sirlkeTS JJ» Modena (North Italy*.
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    GERMAN PLAN FOR GIANT WIND TOWERS
    338 3 GERMAN PLAN FOR GIANT WIND TOWERS the air with wind wheels over 500 feet m diameter may turn the landscape of the future into a ttellsian dream if Herr Hermann Honiief a German engineer, has his way. Herr Honnef dreams of harnessing the winds to produce cheap electric power on
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    ASIA REPORT INCLUDES JAPS
    58 3 OVER Soviet object ions. Japan has bt'en included m a preliminary report for industrial development m Asia prepared by a subcommittee of the ECAFE. The Russian delegate, S. S Niemchina. had insisted that all questions relating to Japan were beyond the ECAFE jurisdiction. The whole report
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    TO MOSCOW
    50 3 FUR British organisations have been invited to send delegates to the All-SoviPt Trade Union Congress meeting m Moscow from Apr. 19, the British Soviet Society stated. The four are: the Trader Union Congress, the London Trades Council, the GlasgowTrades Council and the Lancashire Federation of Tradea Councils Reuter
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    24 3 Some 5.000 demonstrating Finnish Communists told Stalin that "the Finnish people were on Russia's side m the cold war between east and west." U.P.
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    SHAWCROSS TO PROSECUTE IN 'ACID' TRIAL
    194 3 T»HE Attorney General, x Sir Hartley Shawcross, will prosecute when John George Haigh, now m Brixton Jail, appears at the Old Bailey m midMay on a charge of murdering a widow whose acid-dissolved remains were found m Crawley, Sussex. Until recent years it was
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    HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS
    95 3 MODERN hospitals for animals with isolation wards, X-Ray rooms, operating theatres and an "outpatients" surgery is to be built m London. Financed partly out of a £40,000 gift from an American, Mrs. Marguerite Ravenscroft of Sanata Barbara, California. the 100.000 hospital will be able to accommodate eight
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    1950 EXPORT DRIVE
    31 3 Britain aims at exporting £180,000,000 worth of goods to Canada and the United States m 1950, Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the Board of Trade, told Parliament. Reuter
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    70 3 The Mayor of Islington, Alderman A.E. Smith, has a trial blow at the four trumpets of his visitor from V.S., Mr. Vie Hyde, honorary Mayor of Niles, Michigan, who has the rare mayoral accomplishment of being able to play four trumpets at the same time. Mr. Hyde is touring England's
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    NEWSPAPER BAN?
    28 3 Colonel Husni Zaim, head of the new Syrian military administration, has told a news conference that he had decided to suppress a number of newspapers. A.P.
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    AUSTRALIANS TOLD: START PACKING
    248 3 THE Australian community In Manila is flocking to both Australian and British) Consulates for advice follow- j ing the second reading of a i bill m the Philippine Lower House prohibiting residence of nationals of countries; where Filipinos are barred. The bill, sponsored by Mr. Hermangildo
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    106 3 when hddie Rogers published a song "Every wig" has a curly tail" he offered a £1,000 reward to anyone bavin: a pi with a straight tail. The offer was mistake. More than a 100 pig own.T-. wrote to him all claiming to have straight-tailed pi?s. One Buckinghamshire firmer even took
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    28 3 Shiriee Tegge of Michigan. "Miss U.S.A.', and Mr. John (irimek of Pennsylvania, "Mr U.S.A." after the contest m which most marks were allotted for a perfectly proportioned body.
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    CRICKET PRO'S PAY 'OUTRAGE'
    206 3 DAUL CAREY Sussex swing bowler, is to coach Carlisle schoolboys for 15s. an hour— which is more an hour than the city's $1,200-a-year education director gets. Carlisle Cricket Club will pay Carey nearly £400 on a year's contract as professional. And the city's education committee will
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    DISMISSED BUT KEEPS JOB
    54 3 DISMISSED BUT KEEPS JOB PRESIDENT Li Tsung-jen, 1 has decreed that Navy Commander Kwel Yung-ching be "dismissed but permitted to retain his post" m punishment for his responsibility m thp desertion of the cruiser Chungking. The decree said the light punishment gives Kwei an opportunity to a tone for his
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    HUNGARIAN POOL
    21 3 The Hungarian National Assembly has been dissolved and a new one will be elected on Sunday May 15. Reuter
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    'Ugliest Palace' as West Union H.Q.
    198 3 'Ugliest Palace' as West Union H.Q. STRASBOURG'S IgliMt building a former pala r built for Kaiser Wilheim ll who never lived m it— wiil serve as offices for Western Europe's itltllllllß when they meet for the first tinw m their new "capital" Mi August. The massive Rhine palac?. with iis
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    FARMERS SPANKED
    33 3 harmers m the Wusih area west of Shanghai who tail to ivmtribute their quota s of i commandeered rice will be punished by spanking with 1 a sugar rane stock. A.P.
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    TENT PEACE TALKS
    24 3 Israeli and Syrian delegations have met to NMM armistice talks m a tent on the border between the tw > states. Reuter
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      18 3 W horseshoe T** 5 1 ILLWARD. loua truck a i on a ■ght -ist's t« later TODAY is
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. April 14, 1949. IT'S A LOVELY HAMMER
    651 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. April 14, 1949. IT'S A LOVELY HAMMER (v.NTROLS have become part- and parcel of our eryday life, but they never become any more pleasant than the hammer w.th which the lunatic beat his head because it v> ds so good when he stopped. Unfortunately the
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    The Gurkhas had the bandits' breakfast
    885 4  - The Gurkhas had the bandits' breakfast COLIN D. EDWARDS By AFTER 17 days of hacking their way through difficult jungle and wading across treacherous swamps, troops of the Ist Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles, from Kluang returned on Tuesday after a successful foray into bandit-in fested country. Operating separately, two companies
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    The way to vote for Oscars
    215 4 The way to vote for Oscars DID you ever wonder how a movie star votes on his "Oscar" ballot query? Most -Academy members admitted they were influenced by good, old-fashioned sentiment and how "'ell they like the candidates up for those gold statues. They confessed that: "All things being equal,
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    FAITH
    25 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing m himself alone, and not In another. Galatlans, 6, 4.
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    JAPAN MUST EXPAND OR STARVE
    900 4  -  G. WARD PRICE By JAPAN is -the first grent test of the United States m imperial administration on the largest scale. Nominally, authority over this nation of 80,000,000 is exercised by an Allied "Far Eastern Commission" sitting m Washington, with an Allied Council of -four
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    HK COASTLINE LEAKS
    407 4  -  Fred Hampson By I|ONG Kong, British--1 1" controlled port, is •already the trade hub of the Oriental mainland and from the looks of things it may become the news clearing house fni half of Asia. If the Communists win control of all China and if they try
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    IT SEEMS TO ME....
    309 4  -  POLITICO By 'PHE movement m the A Legislative Council to extend the Municipal francliise, removing the property qualincation has wide public suppert and the backing of the press. But Government dislike of the proposal may kill it. Restriction of the vote it, not as meaningless as
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      59 4 TONIGHT THE COCKTAIL HOI" 1 7 to 8 pm INFORMAL DAN( X from M^ FRANK PICKFORO His ORCHHW TOMORROW GOOD FRIDAY-** SATURDAY— Extension to easterlunday con e t IN THE PALM (Weather permitting other».>f BY THE 1 ST. BN- tf SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS Conducted by Rt jl. Bandmaster A BEVSSDtS \ocali>i
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    Many snags, says teacher
    468 5 tS E OF MOTHER TONGUE I* PRIMARY SCHOOLS k in the ten-year education plan for Singafor example, teaching through a child's tongue, and th e problem of getting trained pL> teachers— are pointed ont m an article Oy' Sal Kheong m Th e Malayan Educator,, t
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    Ex-C.I.D. man gets 2 years fur extortion
    80 5 Ex-C.I.D. man gets 2 years fur extortion d former Antt--2 tIM H was bee fto two :ent J '.d^e. money bTa New A:g 30. ■fly after Tav returned ung UyM his ..D.e to be stock to Ch:..^ oecause fcJha: -ermlts. Basked for SlOO to "settle Id Tav that he panted
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    TABLES TO SIAGON
    19 5 > Saigon administration "■wpt telegrams In Chicode for I Indo-Chlna. They will *»««J »t f U] rate.
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    LONDON-SYDNEY FLIGHT RECORD
    140 5 AQANTAS Empire Airways Constellation, carrying a full load of passengers and freight, completed the Lon-don-Sydney flight yesterday In the record time of 564 hours or two and one-third days, clipping one and a half days off the normal schedule flight between London and Sydney. The Constellation carried
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    CHANGI CONCERT
    95 5 CHANGI CONCERT History was made when the inmates of Changi Prison put on a concert organised by and for themselves. Present at the concert were the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, and the Commissioner of Prisons, Comdr. G. E. W. W. Bayly, together with the officials of ttie
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    $***** KAMPONG HEALTH EXPERIMENT
    339 5 $***** KAMPONG HEALTH EXPERIMENT m Sildt Rd area Free Press Staff Reporter r £O combat the insanitary conditions prevailing m various hut-crowded kampongs within Singapore Municipal limits, a $50,000-experi-ment is proposed by the Municipal Commissioners involving the draining of the Kampong Silat area and vicinity. The area is bounded by
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    Qantas fliers win award
    524 5 TtHREE (feantas Empire Airways' pilots hav e been x awarded the Johnston Memorial Air Navigation Trophy m recognition of their achievements ou the wartime Indian Ocean air route. They aacr c Capt. W. H. Crowther (now Quotas operations manager), Capt. R. B. Tapp (Qantas line manager,
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    Ulu Benut: no dividend
    103 5 ALTHOUGH the company earned a net profit of $33,569 m the year ended December last, shareholders m Ulu Benut Rubber Company Ltd., will not receive a dividend. The directors have deducted from this profit, rehabilitation and replanting expenditure totalling $17,614 and have provided $3,000 for directors'
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    Smallholders need help
    110 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent UNLESS the Government helps Malay smallholders, they would be susceptible to agitation by the Communists, said Sheikh Mustapha bin Ahmad, Malaya's representative to the Rubber Study Group conference In London m an Interview with the Utusan Melayu. Sheikh Ahmad returned to Singapore on
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    Cultural body inaugurated
    87 5 Found well-known personalities, Mr. P.A.B. McKerron. Colonial Secretary Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Mr. Andre Gulbaut, French ConsulOeneral for Singapore, have become honorary presidents of the Alliance Franchise, cultural organisation to promote French art, literature and theatre In Singapore, Mr. Paul Clerc, President
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    ACCIDENT INQUIRY SPEED-UP
    125 5 A SPECIAL branch of Singapore Traffic Police, operating from the Kandang Kerbau Police Station, may speed up arrival of investigating teams at the scenes of accidents. Hitherto, investigating teams had come only from Police Traffic Headquarters m Maxwell Road. The Superintendent ol Traffic Police, Mr. A. R.
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    42 5 picture. Three little girls share a meal of chapati and dhal at the Singapore Central Sikh Temple yesterday where thousands were fed on the occasion of the 251 st anniversary of the founding of Khalsa, the religion of the Si Free Press
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    RAFFLES GIRLS RESULTS: PARENT EXPLAINS
    148 5 A SINGAPORE parent, commenting on the Cambridge examination of Raffles Girls' School, said yesterday that the schools candidates for the School CLTtificaXe examination did not take the maximum number of subjects, which would have helped them immensely m securing a higher aggregate. The parent. who
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    S.V.C. RECRUITING TO BEGIN AT ONCE
    322 6 S.V.C. RECRUITING TO BEGIN AT ONCE First-class liaison corps planned UKCRMTINC; for the new Singapore Volunteer Corp* will begin almost immediately, the S < retary for Defence, Mr. Gerald Hawkins, said yesterday. This followed the announcement m the Legislative Council on Tuesday that a detailed s heme for the re-establishment
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    Asks leniency for woman
    126 6 AFTER a young Malay woman had pleaded guilty to a charge of theft, the complainant m the case -a man who was stated to have kept h^r as hi* mistress for fivA years asked the court to Lftttti her leniently. The woman. Milibiniat binte A->iah. 25.
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    Three $1,300 p.m. jobs in College
    146 6 RAFFLES College yesterday called for applicatfons to fill chairs m applied mathematics, history, and education— each post carrying: a $l t loo basic salary with $200 expatriation allowance for overseas appointments. Lecturers are also sought In economics and I physlci. There 1* already a
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    CONCERT BY RAFFLESIANS
    149 6 A VERY enjoyable variety j concert was staged by j boys of Raffles Institution In their school hall last night,! §roceeds of which went to tbi tage Building Fund. One of the most loudlyapplauded items was a demonstration of judo led by Major Brown and the R.
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    KORAN RECITATION
    24 6 Recitations from the Holy Koran will b*» given from Friday to Monday at th« Tangfin Tlnggi Malay School I at 8 p.m.
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    Not-so-innocent couple
    95 6 1 N fc-Ai AciOERS who art lucking for a good lau«h o\»r BMt« r will not be disappointed with An Innocent Affair, which op«n« today at tht Pavilion. Fied MAcMurray and Madeleine Carroll take the leading roles and they are ably Mjpported by Charles Buddy Rogtra. Rita j<)hnM>n,
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    WET PADI CULTIVATION DELAYED
    123 6 WET PADI CULTIVATION DELAYED SEREMBAN Wed THE cultivation of wet padi m the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan has been slower than usual because of off-season growth and because many planters are busy harvesting a heavy crop of langsat. This is stated by th« State Agricultural Officer, Dr. W.N. Scott,
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    Labour plan hits prices
    418 6 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday. r VHE London Stock Exchange yesterday reacted to the Labour Party's five-year plan— calling for nationalisation of the insurance, cement and sugar industries— by marking lower prices m the issues concerned, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Insurances lost a quarter point and
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    GUARD SHOT DEAD: P.C. NEGLIGENT
    352 6 GUARD SHOT DEAD: P.C. NEGLIGENT AFTER deliberating for 45 minutes, the jury at a Singapore inqnest yesterday found that the death of a Treasury guard, Kala Khan, was the result of negligence on the part of a police constable, Abbas bin Haji Mohamed, m a degree not sufficient to warrant
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    ENGINE THEFT
    47 6 Tlw theft of four motor engines valutd at $1 0)n from a military transport depot .n Prince Edward Road wa fi reported to Singapore oil.cc yesterday The Singapore C.I.D. Chief, Mr E V Fowler, is offering "substantial rewards" for information about theft* of Service property.
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    WRITER ON WORLD TOUR
    26 6 0 F B Singapore A aha mm i i caru< m M S\> ing a.v and B B B WSSBHIRIC, X R(>K>T
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    Seaman hit captain, jailed
    55 6 A B E' lawful command er of Uh N< i LopA anc «<■ saluting a moii prior. An ofi a lot of nckae refused I bridge vbrr iffa J *:i MM iMi MM I|M| would nice h.:r Knight promise lo leave and th?n rib capta iNL
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    KNOCKOUTS IN S.A.B.A. CONTESTS
    666 7  - KNOCKOUTS IN S.A.B.A. CONTESTS CRUSADER SHSHS R. Archer meets his Waterloo THREE knockouts were registered m the semi-finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association championships at the Happy World stadium last night. They were scored by V I SSf f h h ?J AR El -^^eweST chSipVoi Bulat, holder of
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    CHILDREN'S RACES
    22 7 Cub n L Ther Ibe re- pu-ture inward hr.id* the l L?isue maun at rifv" >ud' um Rovers Free Press
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    S'pore draw Negri
    148 7 SINGAPORE wUI take on Negri Sembilan m the opening round of the Panadas* Memorial Cup quadrangular meet, and Johore will meet Malacca. This was the result of the draw, which took place m Singapore last night, m the presence of Mr. P. G. Michael Mahindasa, president of
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    Alimat leads Deans B.P.
    206 7 fySANS B P.. Malay champion party of Selangor. will play two matches In Singapore against two of the Colony s strongest Malay badminton terms On Saturday. Deans will oppose Gentle 8.P., led by the Singapore open singles semi-finalist, Susdl Hajl Tahir. and or Sunday they x:n
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    C.S.C. EASTER FIXTURES
    121 7 CtsYLON Sports Club's Easier J fixtures will be against Segamat Cricket Club on Sunday and R.A.P. Seletar on Monday. The gaov against Segamat C.C. will be played at 11 a.m. oo the Rl ground. The C.S.C. team win be: Dr. K.S. Retnam (capt), S. Remain, T.B.K. Retnam.
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    LAST SAFA TRIAL AGAINST NAVY
    352 7  -  CRUSADER *J QINGAPORE Civilians are playing their last txial on Saturday prior to «eleetK» or tfceu Mde -to mfet R.A.F. Combined m the southern aeetion oi the Malaya Cud soccer compeUUoD on April 23. Tneir oppoaenu will again be the NaTy. whom they beat i-o
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    Rovers' speed baffles Navy
    652 7 Peng Chuen took a pass from Kharr.ld. who had m turn received the ball-from Boon Leong. to put In the sixth goal. Rovers slackened after this. The Nary exerted prolonged pres•ure. but the Rovers defence held out with Leembruggen adopting effective spoiling tactics In the goalmouth
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    PRISONS WIN 5-0
    66 7 Free Press Staff Reporter. JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. PRISONS XI beat Metric 5-0 In their League soccer encounter on the Istana padang yesterday. Yunan and Ismail scored In the first half. Mohd. Said (I), and Yunan took the tally to five In the second session. Altkin brought off
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    Edirhinghe lands one
    45 7 picture. V. J. Edirisinghe (left lands a left on P. Pineda's face m their lightweight preliminary at the SABA, championships. Pineda won on a knockout m the second round. Last night Pineda knocked out L-Cpl. S. Ahmad m the semi-finals.— Free Press
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    MSA TENNIS RESULTS
    149 7 RESULTS of ties played In the Malay Sports AsodaUon (Singapore) tennis tournament are: "B- Class Handicap (first round): Noordin Hj. Ismail (+l9) beat Ismail A. Aziz (-30) 6-4. 6-1; HJ. A. Rahim (-15) beat Said Bamadhaj (scr) 4-6. 6-3, 6-2; H M. Mahpux (-15) beat All Hamid
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    Non-benders' XI
    65 7 'THE following have been invited to play cricket for NonBenders' Cricket Club against Johore Ctni Sendee Club at Johore Bahru on Monday at 11 a.m. Andrew Oilmour (capt), T. Leljsslus, Evan Wong. A. R. Bromley-Davenport, A. Baker, W. R. M. Haxworth, H. V. Thorne, R F. Leonard, Rev.
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    BADMINTON AT C.U.
    54 7 MISSSS Mak Fang Sim and Walleen Wong have been cho*en to represent Mayflower B.P. m the women's doubles match In their encounter against Yoong Yong Club badminton team (from Kuala Lumpur at the Clerical Union hall tomorrow at 2.15 pm Huddersfield beat Halifax 10—0 m a Rugby
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    Singapore's chances against Selangor
    278 7 HPHE Selangor- Singapore cricket match on the 1 Padanr this week-end should produce some good cricket if the weather remains line. Though on paper Singapore seems to have the better side, Selangor is always a very hard team to beat. The Chinese pair, Chua Eng Cheng
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    BOYS' GOLF
    69 7 RAJ Kumar Pitamber, of Nepal, finished third with a 36-hole aggregate of 157 In the hoys' annual open Carrls golf trophy competition over the Moor Park course. Rickmansworth. Hertfordshire, yesterday. P. Hlne, of Winchester, won the Cup with a score of 148, and Roy Mason of Buxton, was
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    LANCS BEATEN
    22 7 and Reuter A. P. YESTERDAYS Rugby Union reI suits were: Aberavon 5, Cross Keys 9; Lancashire 1 dmblned Senirf*: 11.
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    Prince Eugene unlucky: 2nd once more
    306 7 Prince Eugene unlucky: 2nd once more Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. ORINCE Eugene was once more unlucky and had to be content with second place m the third race here yesterday, finishing a length rw»hind Constance. Outpaced early on, Prince Eugene moved up Yiicely at the home turn and
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    WOLVES BEAT GHARLTON
    44 7 WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers beat Charlton Athletic 3-2 to an English League Div I fixture yesterday. Result of Scottish League "A" Division games were: Morton 2, I Clyde 2, Patrick Thistle 3. St. Mlrjren 0. Rangers 3, East File I.— Reuter and A.P
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    SCFA TO PLAY CHAIGI
    44 7 A TEAM drawn from the 22 S.C.F.A. players selected for training for the Inter -community League will play RAJ. Ch*ngi at Changi on Monday, April 16. Players are to meet at Jalan Besar Stadium at 4 p.m. for free transport.
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    U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    385 7 UK. LEAGUE soccer Hx Lures for tomorrow '.Good Friday) are: Div. I: Blackpool v ArsenalBolton W v Manchester U; Burn Icy v Derby C; Liverpool v Hucldersfield T; Manchester C. v C ~eisea: Newcastle U. v Middle brough; Portsmouth v Birminf ham C; Preston N. E. v
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    BIRTHS
    42 8 EVAN 6: To Elizabeth, wife of J. M. D D. Bv»ns. a daughter. on April 9th, at Bungsar Hospital. K'mla Lumpur. EDGE: To Marguerite, wife of F C. W. Edge. Colonial Education Service, at General Hospital, Malacca, a daughter, on 12.4.49.
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    DEATH
    56 8 RENG-BENG SAIK LWI aged s<« years passed away peacefully. a- his residence. No. 19. Kirn Yam r Md, on 13th April. 1949. at 2.45 pti He leaves behind him, his b loved wife, l son A daughter to irourn his lass. Funeral will take p ne on Sunday .17-4-49*
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    IN MEMORIAM
    35 8 IV LOVING memory .»i Ric.'iard Phua Watt Seng, who p.i*sed Hvrav on 14.4.43. In the by and by. we shall meet M i hat beautiful shore. Inserted by his mother, brothers and lit!
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    ACKNOWLDGEMENT
    35 8 AC KNOWLDGEMENT MRS. T J. THUBRUN.j v sMes to thank all friends who j i i been 50 kind to her m her re ent bereavement. also for |c ts. telegrams and the lovely flowers.
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    RUSSIA BROKE PACTS. SAYS UK
    212 8 Soviet protest is rejected LONDON, Thursday. THE Foreign Office declared yesterday that Britain has accused Russia of breaking the Anglo Soviet friendship. treaty of. 1942 and of violating every relevant clause of the Potsdam oact m it« zone of Germany, culminating m the blockade of
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    MORE TROOPS FOR EUROPE: SENATE COOL
    129 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. ANNOUNCEMENT yesterday that the Senate Porelgr Relations Committee wii begin hearings on the Atlantic Pact on April 25 coincided with a statement by the Democratic leader, Mr. Scott W. Lucas, that the Senate must decide soon whethej more American troops should be
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    Socialists keep hold on London
    124 8 LONDON, Thursday. THE Socialists yesterday won control of London m th« teeth of fierce opposition from Conservati /es m the London County Council. Last week's election for the Council ended m a tie— with 64 seats each— between Socialists and Conservatives. The additional votes of
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    'Purely defensive'
    143 8 lh« note further »uid the Briii> Government failed to understand how Moscow interpreted its obligaitlon under th# Anglo Soviet tnatj not to seek territorial aggrandls^me ut. and uot to Interfere m the Internal affairs of other countries. Strewma the deieiiMve nature of the Atlantic pact, the Britbh r.ote
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    P.M.s' talks to open Thursday
    116 8 LONDON, Thursday. I LADINO Commonwealth statesmen will lunch with the King next Thursday and then plungt straight into their search for a formula that will enable a Republican India to maintain co-opera-tion with the Commonwealth. Their secret conversations will open at No. 10, Downing Street,
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    S.C.E.A TEAM TO GO ON TOUR
    116 8 f PHE Singapore Chinese En--1 gineering Association* .soccer team \m travelling upcountry over the Easter weekend to play game s in Muar and Malacca. Tomorrow they meet the Muar Chinese Chung Hwa s'de and on Saturday the "Malacca Chinese at Malacca. The team Is
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    The Allies spare 159 German factories
    326 8 The Allies spare 1 59 German factories WASHINGTON, Thursday. rpHE I'nited States, Britain, and France yesterday 1 announced a sharp cut m the number t>f factories to be dismantled and removed from Western Germany as reparations. The reductions, intended to tie In with the needs of the European Recovery Programme,
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    34 8 pictures. Two pictures from the judo demonstration given at the Raffle* Institution concert last night. The two boy» demonstrating the 15 different judo throws are Lee Seek Chiang and Mok Chek Tong. Free Press
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    Stern test of character
    81 8 TORONTO. Wednesday. i SUCCESSFUL marriage is "on 9 of the sterner tests of character," Dr. James P Bender, Sew Yoik author and director of the National Institute of Human Relations, told the Women's Canadian Club. "If we cannot improve our human relationships, we cannot expect an
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    H'Kong antistrike bill
    91 8 HONG KONG, Thurs. AN anti-strike bili was given its first reading m the Hong Kong Legislative Council yesterday. The bill will outlaw strikes and lockouts aimed at coercing the Government. A preamble to the bill pointed out that strikes have m recent times been employed m a
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    ISRAEL'S FIRST FREE PASSOVER
    122 8 TEL AVIV. Thursday. ISRAEL last night celebrated her first Passover as an independent State, amid wintry weather, with rain and hail sweeping the Holy Land. Thousands of tourists left Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel yesterday for Jeru- nlem to attend the traditional meal during
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    Britain to keep troops at Akaba
    259 8 LONDON, Thursday. r PHE Foreign Under -Secretary, Mr. Christopher Mayhew, told Parliament yesterday that he did not think the present situation called for the withdrawal of British troops from the Transjordan port of Akaba. Dr. Samual Segal (Labour) had ask«d how long it was
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    US backs curb veto move
    143 8 NEW YORK Thursday. SUPPORTING the United Nations Political Committee's resolution for restricting the use of the veto, the U.S. delegate, Mr. Warren Austin, told the General Assembly yesterday that the 'undisciplined use" of the veto In the Security Council had undermined world confidence m its
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    CZECH ARREST
    36 8 THE United States embassy m Prague announces that the Czech police have arrested Miss Adele Vraz. an American citizen and head of the American relief for Czechoslovakia, on grounds of possible "political activities."— U.P.
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    RECORD BID
    44 8 4 BRITISH Austin car coni- pleted the first 24 hours of Its scheduled seven-day run at noon yesterday with an unofficial average of 75 miles per hour. It is trying to set a new world stock car high speed endurance record. U.P.
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    'ATOM-MOMB RUSSIA AS FIRST BLOW'
    132 8 'ATOM-MOMB RUSSIA AS FIRST BLOW' REPRESENTATIVE Clarent- Z V Th ur* a X the House Appropriations fcSterday that, if the United States s fr «7! she must win the war m the tZtl fifht| C dropping atom bombs on Russia from nf* W *C Western Europe. mi pla n* Criticising
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    I.R.O. MOVED 13,792 DPs
    63 8 THE International Refugee Organisation moved 13.792 refugees to the United States. Australia, Brazil and Canada m March, setting up a dm record. Of these 6.264 went lo the U.S.. 4.179 to Australia 2.026 to Canada and 1.123 to Brazil. The April schedule Include* 8.47 L for
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    Money for F.I.C.
    39 8 THE left-wing Pan* newspaper Franc-Tireur sa.d yesterday that M Pa Ramadier, French Finance Minister, has asked lor a further fllty milliard franc* to put down the figlr. Indo-China befure the return of ex -Emperor Bao I
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