The Singapore Free Press, 25 April 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1949. PKKI 10 (BIS
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    REDSARE 3OMILES FROM SHANGHAI
    484 1 "Quit" order to officials SHANGHAI, Monday. GOVERNMENT troops yesterday evacuated Kunshan, only 30 miles from Shanghai, without putting up any resistance against ft Communist force of only 1,000 men. As the Nationalists fell back on Shanghai last night, 50,000 Communist troops entered the important city of
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    60 1 dropped in IWS by a IS B-!9 and ,J,r Ku-iU l.urapur railway station bein* lowered jL diu fur it in a secluded Tallev near ut on wh-re it was exploded. Tne bomb 5£ !0 *ards wide and It yards deep. The „f the disposal. Major Thornton of the had a
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    REDS' -NO' ON AMETHYST
    145 1 SHANGHAI, Monday. A** aIWI M by the British Embassy in iv mi the Chinese Communists had 5T request for a cease-fire to allow rescue r .onp \methyst followed a Communist radio Ktusini British naval vessels in the g mned the Chinese Nationalists in shelling rf position
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    3,649 SCREENED
    11 1 police .^reened he Or. -hard a:ta ©ret 'he week-end.
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    2,500 SHEEP ARRIVE IN S'PORE
    122 1 2,500 SHEEP ARRIVE IN S'PORE Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE S depleieu sht-ep stock was supplemented this morning with a shipment of 2.500 sheep from G^raldton, Australia. The animals arrived by the Blue Funnel ship Charon and" wtie the first shipment U) arrive in Singapore for nearly a month Further
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    S'PORE HOLD-UP
    28 1 A- Kuala Lumpur Chr who came to Singapore to look for a job. was robbed of $120 by Sikh, off Kampong Java Road on Saturday night.
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    Siamese twins
    43 1 SIAMESE twin sisters were born in Dortmund last Monday and are still alive, hospital oflfitials revealed yesterday. The girls have two heads, two hearts, three hands but only two legs. Medical authorities said the mother of the twins died during delivery.
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    Plotters jailed
    25 1 THREE former Hungarian legislators, accused of collaborating with Cardinal Mindiszmty. have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to twelve years U.P.
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    8 GAMBLING ARRESTS
    39 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore C.I.D. arrested ,igln Chinese, who were alleged to be gambling in a house in North Bridge Road, during the week-end. Three Chinese were arrested for being alleged members of secret societies.
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    Shanghai Americans to be evacuated
    241 1 SHANGHAI, Monday. A S powerful Chinese Red forces driving along both banks of the Yangts e neared Shanghai, United States officials yesterday planned to evacuate the 2 000 to 2.500 Americans from Shanghai to Japan and the United States. whil e British leaders decided to
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    DEADBABY ON BEACH
    76 1 DEAD BABY ON BEACH •Free Press Staff Reporter A BABY girl, believed to have been born two or j three days ago. was found in a decomposed state on the beach at Tanjong Rhu yesterday by Singapore police. Owing to its decomposed state, the nationality of the baby is not
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    Alleged Reds held
    19 1 Free Press Staff R'P° rte Three alleged members or rhe Communist Party arrested in Singapore yesterday.
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    THE BITER BIT
    45 1 hon secretary of the Singapore Gun Club, Lieut the last lot lc 7£effeetK* putative and there was a was doped with a very eru-cuTc^ s jn f little trouble f^tinfOver^tDe mm j alone Jo {g^^JJSf&ggjSJ of .eltint battle, II rery carefully controlled.
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    B.O.D. ROBBERY RECOVERY
    39 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore police and military security police recovered $7 000 worth of motor spares from a rubber estate in Marselling Road. Seven Chinese have been arrested and will be charged in court today.
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    P.I. LOAN 'GO SLOW'
    88 1 MANILA. Monday. THE Philippine Government is holding in abeyance consideration of an Indonesi- an application for a $500^)00 loan to purchase surplut goods, medical supplies and textiles pending the receipt of proper credentials authorising an Indonesian delegation In Manila to negotiate the loan, i A formal
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    EGG—AND CHIPS
    39 1 EGG— AND CHIPS Mr A. Woodward, a school master at Charterhouse, near Bath, placed a plate with chips on it outside his door for his cat. Later he found a starling had laid an egg among the chips. Reuter
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    MIC should be closed-jumabhoy
    156 1 MIC should be closed- jumabhoy Free Press Staff Reporter THE Deputy Indian Foreign Minister. Dr. B. V. K^skar should instruct the Malayan representative of the Indian Government "not to support the Malayan Indian Congress directly or indirectly." said Mr. R Jumabhoy. a leader of the Indian community and chairman of
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    GREEK REBELS SUE FOR PEACE?
    76 1 TASS Agency reported yesterday that Greek rebels have made n&w peace overtures to the Athens Government. The report said in a Sofia dispatch that a peace bid made on Wednesday declared that "to attain peace and tranquillity in Greece we are i ready u> make
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    DELAYED CALL
    39 1 rpWO sisters spuse to each 1 other for the first time for 64 years, when Mrs. Sally Webber 80. of Prestonway, Middlesex, England, rang Mrs. Jane Burt. 84. of Ann Street. Salisbury. South Australia, in April Reuter
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    BERLIN BLOCKADE HOPES FALSE
    107 1 BERLIN, Sunday. 4 MERICAN officials today denied Bremen reports A claiming that the Western military governors wei> planning with the Soviet Commander to discuss lifting of the Berlin blockade and other EastWest differences over Germany. The Western military governors and German political leaders will meet in
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    Bandits have to eat monkeys
    156 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. IN a camp which they located in the Payer Lebar area of Segamat, Johore, a combined patrol of police and Seafortfc Highlanders found evidence that the bandits had been so short of food that they had to resort
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    24 1 The lOi-foot python which was killed by policemen on the road outside Amber Mansions at 1 a.m. yesterday morning (see story in Col. 8)
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    S'pore panther flies to Cairo
    63 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. ONE black panther and six gibbons were sent by air to Cairo Zoo this morning by a well-known Singapore businessman, Mr. Moshln Talib of Tanglin Road. This ts the second lot of animals that Mr. Tallb has sent to Cairo Zoo
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    British M.P. barred from US
    57 1 WASHINGTON. Monday. rpHE U.S. State Department 1 has refused to permit Konni Zilliacus. British Labour M P.. and Pierre Cot. member of the French General Assembly to visit the United States. The two asked for passport visas to accompany Henry Wallace on a speaking tour
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    SAKAI SHOT
    26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A male Sakai was found dead with a gunshot wound In a jungle path in tht Port Dickson area yesterday.
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    Police kill python near flats
    167 1 Police kill python near flats i 10^-FOOT python with a 15-inch girth was killed on the road outside the flat ot Mr. and Mrs. L. H. T. Caulfield, ot 36, Amber Mansions, Penang Road, at 1 a.m. yesterday by a patrol ot three Hill Street policemen on rounds in thui
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    Dimitrov heads inner cabinet
    87 1 PRAGUE. Monday. GEORGE Dimitruv. fc6-year-old Bulgarian Prime Minister, has formed an inner Bureau of Ministers, with himself as its head, according to the Sofia correspondent >f the Czech news agency. The other members of this inn^r Cabinet were stated to be Deputy Premiers Vasil K >-
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    OIL PROFIT
    27 1 OIL P ROFIT The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey reports a 1948 total income of U553.332.187,--000. an increase of 40 per cent over 1947 A.P. Reuter
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    Rubber prices
    57 1 A SPLCIAL Market corre*pondent fives the prices of rabbor in ifnti per lb.) at 11 am today M follow Buvrrv gellera. Na. 1 111 Spot loot* 354 3S*4 r.« t in boles Apr No 1 ISS 354 3S-V« No. 2 R .8.8. 34 344 No 3 K ri
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    Nations to be told of Malaya's T.B.
    1061 2  - Nations to be told of Malaya's T.B. Hall Romney LONDON LETVER By LONDON: yyHKN the several hundred delegates from between 40 and 50 countries, meet at the Central Ha IK Westminster, at the beginning of July in the second Commonwealth and Empire Health and Tuberculosis conference under the auspices of
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    Bridge Hands
    395 2 Neither tide Taln«r*bl«. South deal«r. The biddtaf: South Weit North East P» s 1* PaM 3 NT. Pass 4 0 PaM 60 Pas* 60 Pasa NT. All pau lIS VERY nice to have 150 aces; .t's even nicer to s^t 500 points for a slam. But it doesn't
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    TRUE ENOGH
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    How Gloria got her chance
    284 2 How Gloria got her chance By BRIAN YOUNG (GLORIA D e Haven comes from an acting family. Her parents, Flora Parker and Carter De Haven, were a famous stage and screen team of yesterday. When Gloria wa& born her mother made up her mind to give up her acting career
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    Marry 'em free, says Vicar
    132 2 Marry 'em free, says Vicar C' H I K H (,OING couple> >hnuid not be called upon to pa> fir their marriage thf vreligiou>—those "who to not arrj on their duty toward* (>od"— should he barred from marrying a churrh. That is i h< opinion of the R«* Cyril Brundrit..
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    Speed men tune up for a record year
    566 2 By COURTENAY EDWARDS QNLY one thing was missing when Britain's busiest and most exciting road-racing season for 10 years opened at Goodwood on Easter Monday: a team of new British Grand Prix cars. Holiday crowds at the Goodwood circuit near Chichester the
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      81 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have a rigid, unbending determination and can be a real stickler for discipline. You are Just in all your decisions, but you are not one to change your opinions from a basic premise except for some exceptional reason. This tendency can disintegrate into just
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      75 2 SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metre* Emergency newt from KL at 10 ft.m TODAY 10 to 10.10 News from Kuala Lumpur 1 Monday Matinee 1.30 News 1.43 Cowboy Songs 6 Programme Summary 6.03 Light Music 6.30 Hawaiian Music 7 News 7.10 Shares Announcements 7.15 Interlude 7.30 Music from the
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      287 2 TOMORROW 10 to 10.10 News from Kuala Lumpur. J Radio Orchestra 1.30 News 1.45 The Bright Sld« 6 Programme Summary 6.02 Listener^ Post 7 News 7.10 Shares Ac Announcement* 7.15 Interlude 7.30 Music Bhop 8 Craiy Corner 8.10 International Trio 830 Talk of the Town 9 Lucky Dip 9.30 News
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      398 2 Sc Steve (1); 5.30 'All the Latent; 5.45 The University Programme— Agriculture 5; 6.10 Music; 6.15 CommonweaJth Ac Empire; 630 Ntws in Cantonese (BBC): 6.45 Indonesian: News Programme; 7.15 News In Frenci: (BBC); 7.30 English: News At Commentary; I Speak for Myself— Lord Boyd Orr of Brechln; English Lesson (BBC);
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    BAO DAI STARTS ON HAZARDOUS JOB
    209 3 BAO DAI STARTS ON HAZARDOUS JOB Indo-Chinese rift widens Bao Dai manoeuvre but have stifled their objections to avoid a government crisis. oojections Bao Dai left by plane on Saturday from the Riviera where he has been living for many months. In Indo-China itself pro§l sources said Bao coming back
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    'Magging' wife made RAF man ill
    82 3 t- granted in the «..>e of his latgini '-vted his ib Utvti :iant Weyer. K Uuo, Laiics. his wife, i ■d ccted to 1 in lessoas i Gernnanv. a lift in lm home •tT'cers. iavf her Park- denl?d ..elty nerod *&id I trouble uple
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    Jealous lover took her coat
    89 3 F-y a. id to lOf *ou!d Aur.e else a B nth nil flan- b?fore < James >>okmaker. said London isert of Mr* Ada ■)t St. v rtoris, Lon- Dwyer were at C'ox- OS at her ne. but left days ago. -ec! a fur j r
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    MUDIST 'SNOOPED'
    13 3 1 es nudists and "with- Sydney's 2J hikers and intentional I
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    US POLICY ATTACKED
    101 3 It S Senator William F. I* Knowland. California Republican. has proposed that a joint Congressional committee be appointed to investigate American foreign policy in the Orient. In a Senate speech Senator Knowland accused the Secretary of State. Mr Dean Acheson. of "pulling the tug out from under
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    KARENS FLEE INTO SIAM
    39 3 MORE than TO) refugees nVeing from the Burma fighting have already crossed the border into Siam. the Peace Maintenance Corps reports. They include Karens. Peguans and Burmese. Siamese authorities are feeding and housing: them. A.P.
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    TOO SHY TO CALL DOCTOK
    55 3 A CHINESE student's wife,, alone and too frighten- ed to call a doctor, gave birth to triplets unattended at Illinois AD the babies died.; The father. Chia Yung-: chen said his wife speaks Mttlfl English, is shy ami too frightened to call a doc- 1
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    Fortune hidden in furniture
    92 3 fHE small well-kept Miami home occupied by a 74 year old spinster who died recently contained a treasure of $130,000 and probably more is hidden away in its neat furnishing Elderly recluse Miss Johanne Bentzen left a "will"' which was not witnessed and therefore cannot be
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    WOMAN WILL RUN 'TOUGH'SCHOOL
    409 3 WOMAN WILL RUN 'TOUGH' SCHOOL lads ot th e village ot Burton Dassett, famous Warwickshire beauty spot a few miles from Leamington Spa, are said to be a tough lot. So tough, in fart that all the school managers hav> resigned rather than agree to a woman being appointed head
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    US TO BUILD 810,000 HOMES
    64 3 US TO BUILD 810,000 HOMES THE United States Senate has passed a housing bill for a vast slump clearance programme and construction of 810.000 housing units during the next six years. The vote came shortly alter a long, wrangling session. Earlier the Senate rejected a proposal to bar segregation on
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    68 3 Donna Delbert, who has been touring Britain's music halls for the past three years as a woman "fire eater" was recently arrested in Newcastle as an alleged deserter from the U.S. Army. Police claim that "Delbert" is really Private John Hill. His assistant, Rene Wick (left), who was with him
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    BERLIN BAN ON RED CONGRESS
    61 3 BERLIN BAN ON RED CONGRESS THE Western occupation commanders in Berlin have announced that they would not permit elections to the Communistsponsored "People's Congress" planned for May 15 and 16, to take place in their sectors of Berlin. The "People's Congress," which claims to speak for the whole of Germany,
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    'NEST-EGG' LOST
    29 3 Their total life savings of £400 were lost, by Mr. and Mrs. James Troughton in a lire which badly damaged their home at Jpital View, Kendal, Westmorland.
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    Blood need in atom war
    87 3 I'lli: Bikini atom bomb tests have indicated that half the victims of atomic explosions can be saved by blood transfusion. A dm. Ross T. Mclntire former Surgeon-Gen-eral of the lI. S. Navy, said in New York. Preliminary tests made on animals that lived through the
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    TO THE MOON AT 25,000 m.p.h.
    323 3 VIfALTER Wide, German rocket expert, predicts that In 25 years time there will be a man-made "moon", or space station, for space ships. Technical data is available today to build a projectile whch could operate free of the earth's gravitational pull but it will
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    JAP COALSTRIKE THREAT
    88 3 lAPANS vital coal industry is threatened with a strike on May 3 The walkout order followed a meeting of th? strike committee of Japan's only coalminers union It followed a breakdown 31 negotiations with mine operators lor increased wages. It is doubtful if a strike will be
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    COMMUNIST ATTACKS WORRY ZIONISTS
    264 3 THE question of Zionism, long a point of dispute between nationalist-minded Jews and Communists, i s becoming more acute in several Eastern European countries with Jewish minorities. It is not clear how th e present attacks on Zionism will affect the emigration of Jews to the
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    £5,250 FOR EYE
    40 3 Damages of £5,250, with costs, were awarded by Mr. Justice Lynskey in the King's Bench Division to Edward John Paris, aged 32, of Grove-road, Bow, E., who lost > the sight of his right eye in! May 1947.
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    Tientsin is Communist 'liability'
    372 3 Tientsin is Communist 'liability' IS the agrarian Cummunist revolution bogging down in the cities of North China? There are some indications it is. Repoits from Red China reveal the Chinese Commu*'Ms, like their Russian counterparts of 1917, are facing difficulty in implementing their programme. Mr. James T. Ivy. of Bisbee,
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    NEW P.I. LEGATION
    19 3 President Quirinos cabinet has approved the Immediate establishment of a Philippine legation in Bangkok. A. P.
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    'MAGNETIC HEALER' CHARGED
    200 3 J7*ACH day over 4U Parisians Ei suffering trom ail tixtda of *diseiM's come to Csmllle Eynard lo be treated by his mysterious "Magnetic F uid." He is one of Pari.V.s mo.si popular ""healer.*." Next month he It to oni before the court charged wit n "illegal practice"
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    Mufti aides flee to Cairo
    85 3 TWO lormt r assistants of the Grand Muiti ot Jerusalem, charged witli plotting to assassinate King Abdullali of Transjordan. have fled to Cairo, says an unconfirmed report. The two men. Emile Ghoury and Kamal Haddad. were. :r is alleged, atx^ut to be extradited to Amman
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    FRENCH INDIA
    42 3 M. Paui Costr Floret. Minister for France OttrwM tiai told the French Council of Ministers In Paris thai the Foreign Affairs Ministry no;jed shortly to conclude ustom's agreement with the Government of India for the French settlements in India. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. April 25. 1949. Rose-coloured spectacles
    644 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. April 25. 1949. Rose-coloured spectacles ITiAvED at last with the oleak real.sation that the j wnole of China lies at the i BCfCj of the Communists, i the optimists among us .ve quickly grabbed their I spectacles for h quit* look round for ass.irance that
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    Karen's secret radio speaks out
    503 4 Karen's secret radio speaks out RANGOON: RADIO Karen, newly created voice of the Karen people, has denied officially made accusations that the Karens are linked with the Communists in revolt against the Burmese government. In its first "world broadcast" from inside the Karen stronghold at bomb-shattered Insein, 10 miles to
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    89 4 For many years the Eastbourne police risked their lives to rescue accident and suicide cases on the 550 ft. high dangerous Beachy Head cliffs. Now their elaborate rescue organisation has been reinforced by walkie-talkie apparatus to make the almost vertical descent less dangerous. These photographs show the new eauipment being
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    GREEKS HAVE CURE FOR COMMUNISTS
    597 4 ATHENS: ROOKING down from the Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sunium where Athenian pilots used to throw votive garlands into the sea as they sailed out you can see a long, thin, barren island. Its name is Makronisi, and in all history it has n^ver
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    IN HAPPY-CO-LUCKY CITY THEY TALK OF WAR
    775 4 IN HAPPY-CO-LUCKY CITY THEY TALK OF WAR AMMAN: CROUCHED on I thousand crazy chairs in a hundred primitive cafes, the Transjordaniana are talking loudly and endlessly of peace and war. Few tilings interest them more than talk and war. And In a wartime capital swamped with Jobless refugees from Palestine
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    172 4 Man who hopes to fulfil a dream of 11 vear s ago. is Vladimir Vestanowitch, who is planning to sail round the world in a home- made boat. His craft is the Orlan. a tiny all-steel Bermuda rigged .'■loop of his own desigji, made by himself and now lying in
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    He tells troops in Malaya about America
    180 4 He tells troops in Malaya about America BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ||EMBERS q. the Army serving in Malaya and Hong Kong, both and other ranks, will be listening to a mini ber of lectures from Dr George Stewart, of Dublin, New Hump shire, U.S.A. who ar rived in Singapore recently.
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    KAMPONG THREAT TO HEALTH
    400 5 14.000 huts in city limits Free Press Staff Reporter a\E hundred thousand kampong-dwellersi in 1/ Singapore town limits are living in condiwhich threaten the health of the city. A fonieip^ -urvey of these insanitary kampongs y giwUtkt shows that these people share 11.000 huts packed into
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    77 5 lure PiC picture. KAMPONG scene at GeyUng Serai, where there are 900 huts, according to a Municipal survey. This is one of 54 kamponf s in city limits which have poor drainage and sanitation facilities. Free Press DR. S. C. LEUNG, the executive secretary of the Eastern Asia Christian Conference
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    NO HOME, NO CARD
    14 5 When charged with card, he ii bes:- $10. in de-
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    VARSITY APPEAL:'TOO MUCH LEFT TO GOVT.'
    271 5 VARSITY APPEAL:' TOO MUCH LEFT TO GOVT. SEKEMBAV Sunday. rpENGKU Azizah binte Tengku Petra, the nxst woman to be elected to the Negri Sembilan State Council, wa s elected to serve on the committee to raise funds for the University of Malaya at a public meeting here. The Mentri Besar.
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    PERAK OFFICERS
    45 5 KUALA KANGSAR, Sun. The following officers have been appointed, under the Federal Citizenship Regulations, 1948, for Perak: Deputy Registrar: The State Secretary; Assistant Registrars: The District Officers of Krian, Larut and Matang, Dindings, Kuala Kangsar, Upper Perak, Klnta, Batang Padang and Lower Perak.
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    MAILS
    88 5 Airmail* are expected in Singapore today from U.S.A.. On.ral and South America, Holland. China, Hong Kong, Macao. Japan, Batavia, Dabo Singkep and Medan. Latest times for posting airmails at the 0.P.0 are: 1 p.m.i for North Borneo. Sarawak and Brunei; 1.30 pm. for Medan and Padang; 4 pm for
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    VILLAGE NEEDS BRIDLE PATH
    71 5 SEREMBAN. Sun. Raja Mohd. Aii bin Raja Alang urged the Government, in the Negri Sembilan Council of State to build a three-foot bridle path from Senaling to the Malay School at Kepis, in the Kuala Pilah district. He added that the economy of the village could
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    Jap hovels must go
    103 5 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG. Sun INSANITARY buildings er--1 ected during the Japanese occupation and not conforming to Municipal bye-laws may have to be demolished next year, the Municipal Engineer. Mr. J. W. Clark. indicated today. Mr. Clark told the Free Press that the Commissioners were
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    GAOL FOR THEFT
    48 5 !POH. Sun. Convicted on a charge of robbing a Malay, woman. Teh Hamsiah, of $40 18-year-oid Leong Kan Hong was sentenced to <ix months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a year's police supervision, when he appeared before Raia Zainal Abidln in the Police Court.
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    More S'pore girls go to college
    177 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ORE women from Singapore were accepted by A A Raffle's College last year than from the whole of the Federation, the college's report for the academic year 1947-48 shows. Singapore women students totalled 30, compared with 17 from the Federation.
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    CUT SPENDING COMMITTEE STARTS WORK
    119 5 CUT SPENDING COMMITTEE STARTS WORK JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. MEMBERS of the committee appointed by the Federal Legislative Council to report on the working of the Spcial Welfare Department with a view to effecting economies arrived in Johore Bahru recently from Kuala Lumpur on a fact-nnding tour. They included Mr. W.
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    BREACH ALLEGED
    43 5 MALACCA. Sun. The prelimiary inquiry into the retrial of E. J. Goldsmith, former omcer-in-charge of Malacca Prisons who is charged with criminal breach of trust of $970 and $60 belonging to a remand prisoner and warder respectively, was heard on Thursday.
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    BOAC vacation fares for students
    254 5 BO AC vacation fares for students Free Pres s Staff Reporter SCHOOL vacation return fares are now available at 50 per cent, of normal j fare for schoolchildren from Australia and New Zealand by Qantas and 8.0.A.C. Constellations. The excuision fare Sydney/ Singapore/Sydney is $829. Excursion fares are now available
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    VILLAGER HELPED IN BANDIT ROUT
    143 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Sunday. A VILLAGER'S warning to a Malay Regiment x corporal yesterday that bandits had been seen in a squatter area near Bruas, Perak, resulted in five bandits, including a woman, being killed. The corporal on his own initiative made up
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    NEW MOON DAY
    62 5 The new moon day on Wednesday, will be celebr.ifced at the Sinhalese Buddhist Temple, 263 Outram Road, by the Singapore Buddhist Association. picture. DUCKS, fowls and pigs live with people in Kampong Siiat, one of the insanitary kampongs in Singapore's municipal limits. In this area, the population
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    A FITTING IN COURT
    103 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. BUTTERWORTH, Sunday. A VEGETABLE planter. Lee Cheang Hong, was asked in court to put on a pair of trousers to see if they would fit him. They did, -but the Sessions Court President, Mr. M R. F. Rogers, gave the benefit of
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    CITIZENSHIP ISSUE MAY BE REVIEWED
    338 5 Indian status in Malaya Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE whole question of Indian citizenship and Federal citizenship under the Malayan constitution may be reviewed ii the light of present discussions in London regarding India's future ties with the Commonwealth. This was stated yesterday j at
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    win the world title from Lesnevich
    1823 6  - win the world title from Lesnevich FREDDIE MILLS by gTILL in- the big money but only just. Thai a whal one critic had to s;iv aboul me alter I had beaten Steplum Olek, the big golden haired French heavyweight at Manchester's nelle Vue in mv last (ighl of 1947. Now
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    Durai favours game v. Thomas Cup side
    472 6 By COI KTCKAFT \KEST of Malaya badminton team would be superior to the Danish Thomas (up side which met Malaya in th e final of the Thomas Cup and equal to. if not better than the Americans, the all-India champion. S. A. Durai.
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    Relegation still issues to be settled
    444 6 From JIM CHAMBERS *T»HE English League First l>i\i s j« M 1 pionship problem may hav e been Ju (h relegation struggle is by no means bui the five teams in danger at th e foot of tf, P li standings figured in drawn
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    RACEGOERS FANCY RA-LIS CHANCES
    619 7 RACEGOERS FANCY RA-LIS CHANCES May score 3rd successive win it «t u B J .TRESPASSER JIST how good is Ra-Li? This is a question Hhich pnn^rs are asking. The answer Wffl be provided in the finish of the class 1 div 1 Kda° y Ver f Ur nfrS at B
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    16 7 pu-ture. l^tscita. ihe R.A.F. »%ho scored it UU Seletar in x tournament h^nii yesterday. Free Press
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    Bright batting by Barnett
    607 7 Bright batting by Barnett I.C.A. tournament games fopected. the most interesting match of yesterb >in a pore Cricket Association tournament pmmf wjn the encounter on the Padang in Es Ceylon Sports Club emerged first-innings viciwer ihe S CC. It saw some low scoring and biicaUy. some very bright batting by
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    Singapore were lucky to win
    533 7 By CRUSADER T AST Monday the R.A.F. selectors chose the Malaya Cup team against Singapore— ll men with three reserves— and straightaway the side went into special training at Seletar, followed by lectures on tactical play. The result of this excellent preparation wa s a
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    French motorist wins Paris race
    62 7 QHILIPPE Et&ncelln. of Franc*. I driving a Talbot. won the Paris Grand Prix motor race over aporoxlmately 1964 miles M Montlerr yeaterday. He covered the distance In 2 nr. 5 mm. 31.8 tec at an •v« r e speed of approximately 94 mile* an hour
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    GAME DRAWN
    49 7 Free Press SUIT Reporter Johore Bahru, Men For the first time this season. a League soccer match here resulted in a goalless draw The match was P l between the Ml Vehicle Bn. and the Casuals yesterday on a waterlogged ground. The mnch cyeJi- I won A.P.
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    SGC facilities for archery
    387 7 THE Singapore Gun Club ha* placed bows, arrows and other equipment on Its range at Bukit Tlmah for use by members, especially women. The range is available any night for this purpose and any party of cot less than four may arrrange for practice. Details are
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    3 factors retard Colony athletics
    215 7 "I ACK of equipment, training grounds and funds L* has hindered development and much is being oiaced on the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council's project to build a stadium becoming a reality", states the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association in its report for last year. "What
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    J.S.A. Table tennis
    38 7 j ENTRIES for the Jolliiads SportEt ing Association's table-tennl« tournaments close on April SO. The competition* are scheduled to start about the middle of May and the evenings allotted are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. J
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    Plucky losers
    173 7 picture. R.A.P. defence plenty of trouble Chye Hee was a little slow and uncertain on the left wing, but it was from one of his centres. In the 13th minute of the second half that Tee Slang headed In the winning goal. This came as the result of
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    17 PROBABLES FOR 2,000 GUINEAS
    320 7 THERE arc 17 probable runners 1 for tht 2.000 Guineas, first of the 1949 classics, to b« run over one mile at Newmarket on Wednesday. They are: Makarpura. C Smlrke; Granl. T. Burn; Roc Da Diable, no Jockey yet; Nimbus, E. C. Elliott; Star King,
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    SRC GO DOWN TO CASUALS
    329 7 SRC GO DOWN TO CASUALS Chinese Casuals 3; S.R.C 1. /CHINESE Casuals broke their run of bad luck in the Senior League when they beat Singapore Recreation Club by three goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Casuals had previously gone down to R.A.F (Seletar), 6.C.C., Rovers and Chinese
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    Macao team too good for Singapore
    385 7 Macao team too good for Singapore Itf ACAO'S table* tennis team gained theii third iTI successive victory when they beat Singapore oy five game s to nil in their interport encounter at the Great World last night. On Friday the visitors defeated Chin Woo A.A. and on Saturday Chinese Sports
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    27 7 TJy. UNO b/us been named re eree Tf by the English Football Association for the International match between Scotland anl Prance at Glasgow on April 27.— A.P.
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    DUKE SHELD SOCCER
    207 7 I THE Central Zone oi che Fur East Land Forces win beholding a knockout toaixament u* select the best team to enter ltr the Duke Shield soccer comix titlon. to be held at the beginning ci next month. The shield was presented t>\ Brigadier C. L. Duke
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    REGS DEFEAT BANK TEAM
    94 7 SINGAPORE Recreation Club beat Hotrg Kong and Shanghai Bank by 54 runs in a cricket match played on the Pa dang "r? Saturday The S.R.C. tailenders, J. Martens 30- and D. Rabot (15 not out), took the score to 92 runs. D. Miller stayed long enough
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    BELGIUM BEAT IRELAND
    36 7 BELGIUM defeated Ireland by two goals to zero In a football international at Dublin yesterday. Both goals were scored in the second half. A crowd of 28.000 saw the game. Reuter and A.P.
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    31 7 f pHE Amencac tennis star Prank Parker yesterday v o.t the International Paris championship, beating the French No. 1 player. Marcel Bernard, 6 o 5—7, 3—6, 9—l, 6—2 in the final
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    BIRTH
    17 8 BRADY. To Dorothy, wile of Foster Brady. Kuala Lipls, on April 13th.. a son— still born.
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    MARRIAGE
    19 8 COGSWELL-HAGBDORN: On tlv 23rd Apr.. '49. at St. Andrews O'hedral. S'pore. John Ernest CKjswell to Eleanor Marjory Hizedorn.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    42 8 QUEK-QUAH. The Engagement is announced between Mr. Quok Too Monj? the third son of Madam Tan Kan ieu and the Ire Mr Quek Peng Kim to Miss N >nee Quah the only daughter ot Mr. and Mrs Quah Peng G t
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    ACKNOWLLDGMENT
    27 8 AC KNOWLLDGMENT MK. MRS M. COOMARAS'.VAMY. thank all the relatives :-tn<l friends who sent valuable I -nts «nd congratulatory mes■ac« on the occasion of their ln.i :r;.
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    SENATE DEBATE ON PACT TO BEGIN
    396 8 SENATE DEBATE ON PACT TO BEGIN Bid to speed approval WASHINGTON, Monday. THE Administration's top diplomatic and military leaders will join forces this week in a drive to obtain prompt approval of the Atlantic Pact and to allay Congressional doubts about Us companion European Arms programme. The Secretary of State.
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    DRIVER DIES IN RACE
    139 8 QNK Bii'i>h drfor »a>. kill.-d and a i other serlou*ly injureo shortly after the b^glruiirrg of rhc 16th Italian 1 000-mlle race the news iiget-ry Airs* reported yesteiday Celemente BioWlfti won for the fourth cOPfCUIIH year ard in a FVrrat rarer of 2 000 cylinder capacitv
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    Kong Kong fears Red blockade of Colony
    290 8 BONO KONG, Monday. r ri!K Communist rapture of Nanking and the immediate threat to Shanghai has caused concern in Hong Kong over the future of this British colony. People here are wondering what will happen when the Communists gain control of the South
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    MOUNTIES ARREST RED
    59 8 r W\UK Royal Canadian Mount X ed Police yesterday announced the arrest of an admitted Soviet agent who said he had been ordered to infiltrate Into the intelligence service of a western democracy." The police, said the agent, Dimitry Leschenko, entered Canada under an assumed name by
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    122 8 The tuo-minutes silence being observed at this niorniiu dawn service at the Singapore Onotaph in commemoration of Anrac Day. The Governor. Sir Franklin (•imson and the Australian ommlsMonrr in Malaya. Mr laud* Massey, are seen in the foreground. Behind them (from left) are the Archdeacon of Singapore, the Ven. Maxui
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    Europe agrees on exchange
    202 8 LONDON. Monday. r VHt European economic conference, at a plenary session yesterday, suggested that the time i> ripe for the European States to bring into operation a system for mutual conversion of their exchanges. A policy of free convertibility was recommended by the conference of the
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    POLLITT STONED AGAIN
    143 8 POLLITT STONED AGAIN PLYMOUTH. Monday. STONES were hurled through the windows and doors broken down in a hall where Mr Harry Pollitt. British Communist Party secretary-, addressed a meeting last night. There was uproar In the meeting when he referred to the Chinese Communist $helllng of British warships on the
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    ROBOT DANCES BY REMOTE CONTROL
    134 8 ROBOT DANCES BY REMOTE CONTROL DETROIT Monday. PATRICK B. Rizzu says be has constructed the world's most perfect mechanical man. It can walk and dance, without wlrrs or cabU-s trailing behind, b^ing operated on t-hctriclty trans- mitt«*d through the air from a "iitrol box connected to ordinary house current. It
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    More rice from West Africa
    108 8 LONDON. Mon. CWAMP development and reclamation in Northern Province. Sierra Leone. West Africa, has produced good yields of wet season rice and dry season sweet potatoes cassava and other crops the Colonial Office announced last night. The announcement descnb- ed as typical of the several
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    THE SAINT
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    US TROOPS BEAT INVADERS
    72 8 AFTER being pounded mercilessly for five days by a mythical enemy, American troops swarmed back across the Ludwlg canal and pushed the aggressor back into Czechoslovakia to end their sprirtg manoeuvres on the offensive. Early yesterday while the victorious United States air force was wiping out
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    14 8 Central Italy yesterday laced severe new rationing of electricity due to Drolon»™i drought A.P.
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    ALY, RITA TO WED SOON
    67 8 PRINCE Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth hop«* to be married in about three weeks but have not yet set a definite day. a source dOM to the couple said last night Tlie couple are staying at Prince Aly Khan* chateau near Cannes. The wedding Is
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    Peace award fo U.S. Negro
    82 8 NEW YORK Mondav 1 tlon for the I'nited Nations ».o^ its annual award for advancing thr ideals of thr I'nitrd Nations will so this year to I>r. Ralph J Bunrhr. Amr rican Negro who has just completed hjs job as acting I'.N. mediator for Pale>tinr.
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    POLISH GENERAL SPIED IN U.S.
    212 8 WASHINGTON, Sunday. rpHi: story of a former Polish general sent to the United States in 1946 to direct espionage activities for his Communist (iovi-i nment has been published by the House of Representatives In-American Activities Committee in Washington. General Izyador Rudolf Modelski was military attache
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    AnzacDay service in S'pore
    9 8 AnzacDay service in S'pore A M i Ex -S
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    PERU 'PLOT' FOILED
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