The Singapore Free Press, 17 November 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA V 25 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    'HANDS OFF' SAYS SIVIN TO CHINA
    245 1 Warning on ship shelling B^TAIN has told ll^ffiJSlS^t ™J i? v S I British merchantr,"^ 6 reg i r i ed as "intimate and unfriendly even if they take place inside Chinese territorial waters, Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, told Parliament last night.
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    37 1 p». l\ir^ jh, nf nuilt St. Hiltl.t > thurd it Katong will be ratrd this evening by Bishop ol »re, ihf Riirht Rrrrirnd H lUmfs Tnp building m1 $SI.Mi and took five BM ths to build. Free Press
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    WATCH OUT, DR. EVATT
    50 1 WATCH OUT, DR. EVATT CAN Wed. Hone it decog Dr he External m the general outMrs HiJu the De Medal of h United hit* Medal of Freedom for >rk m occuNfrince rai ianded three ■X m enemy territory— ichute and twice raft the seat lor New South Walp* ns Reuter
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    21 1 KYPI BUYS JETS md Aircraft J££ announces on that Jifcpttan Air Force has g« a umber of De Plre jet AP
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    YUNNAN AIR CRASH
    15 1 Plane, loadhed m iM~ cr yes erdav killing nd on? sava U.P.
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    'WE MUST ACT WITH CAUTION'
    204 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, question--1 ed about recognition of th e Chinese Communist Government today, said that one had to "act with caution, reasonable speed and with an idea of producing the best results.** "I am more concerned with acting together
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    RACING SPECIAL
    67 1 JK)MORROW the Free 1 Press heralds the third day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Meeting with a four-page RaceForm Special m addition to the usual eight pages of world and local news coverage. In the special will be two full pages of race form notes and two
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    MISSION QUTS
    26 1 An entire Czech mission m Germany has severed its relations with the Prague Communinst government and has obtained asylum within the British zone.- A.P.
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    Aid to R.A.F. paid for if proved
    102 1 LONDON. Thurs. AIR Minister, Mr. Arthur "Henderson, said yesterday that payment for equipment requisitioned cr supplied to the R.A.F. force m Malaya waj made as soon as the necessary proof was established. Replying to a question In the House of Commons he said:
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    EGYPT MAY LIFT CONTROLS
    34 1 Egypt is considering lifting the restrictions applied to larael-bound ships when they call at Egyptian port. Such a measure may follow the possible lifting of martial law m Egypt.- Reuter
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    MONTY U.S. BOUND
    29 1 Fh-ld Marshal Viscount Montgomery, military head of i the Western Union Alliance, has sailed In the Queen Elizabeth for an 11 -day visit to America A.P.
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    B.E.A. COSTS UP
    24 1 Devaluation has pushed up the cost of running British European Airways by atnut £450 000 a year, the Company states. A.P.
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    MORE SPANIARDS
    12 1 Spain's population now is 28,067,580. aeainst 24.000.000 m 1930, A.P.
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    KARENS SOUGHT 'RICE STATE'
    111 1 RANGOON. Thursday. A KAREN plan to extend their 'separate state of A Kawthulay" into the Irrawaddy delta, known as Burma's rice bowl, has been discovered, according to unofficial reports m Rangoon. The Karens claim to have established their own state m the Central Burmese plains about
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    SEAFORTH ACTION
    32 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Seaforth Highlanders who are continuing their action against bandits m the Kampong Bahru area, Segamat, yesterday located and destroyed two camps capable of accommodating 75 people.
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    92 REDS JAILED
    26 1 Ninety-two persons were arrested yesterday and a large quantity of explosives seized m an abortive Communist plot m West Central Colombia A. P.
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    BROTHEL CHARGE
    27 1 Singapore C.I.D. men yesterday arrested a Chinese woman, charged with using a hotel as a broth% and two Chinese alleged to be #ecret society gangster"
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    CARRIER. CRUISER FOR H.K.
    165 1 CARRIER. CRUISER FOR H.K. HONG KONG, Thurs. UONG KONG'S naval forces "will be reinforced next Monday by the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier Unicorn and the cruiser Unicorn Jamaica from Singapore. Unicorn carries more than 50 Tempest and Seaflre fighter planes. In the House of Commons yesterday, it was disclosed that only
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    32 1 picture. The Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, addressing; officers and ratings of the Malayan Naval Force at the opening of the Force's new barracks at the Naval Base yesterday.— Free Press
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    For brother's bedside
    76 1 MISS Rosa Banton, a Burton on-Trent pottery worker left London airport at dawn this morning for the bedside of her brother, Lance Corporal E. Banton, of the Devons. who is lying dangerously ill In Singapore with wounds received m a recent action against the bandits Miss Banton.
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    Wantedcorpses
    51 1 GLASGOW. Wed. GLASGOW University VI Medical School has a problem a shortage of corpses. Dr. George Wyblan. Professor of Anatomy, said tonight that students are having a difficult time learning anatomy because of the shortage. He appealed to the public to bequeath their bodies for the cause of science.
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    WORKERS SHOT AT
    31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A party of Tele-Com-munications labourers workin* near Chan Wing Estate, near Labis, were yesterday flred on by bandits. Four of the labourers were wbunded.
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    Tin prices fall but still 'satisfactory'
    214 1 LONDON, Thursday. f OWER prices for tin yesterday on the second day of free trading are still regarded as satisfactory for the Eastern tin producers, since they have been making quite good profits at the pre-devalua-tion price of £569, cables Reuter's financial editor. Prices
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    NEW TUNE
    39 1 Dr T. F. Tsiang, Nationalist China's chief delegate to the United Nations, said yester- i day he would like to see a new Chinese political party formed under the banner of liberalism to flght for lnde- pendence.
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    Bevin, Wyatt clash on F.L.C.
    167 1 Bevin, Wyatt clash on F. L.C. LONDON, Thursday. HPHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin last night A m the Commons rebuked Mr. Woodrow Wyatt, Labour, who called French policy m Indo-China reactionary. Mr. Wyatt asked what representations he had received from the French Government requesting recognition by the British Government
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    NEW PROVINCE PLEA TO INDIA
    59 1 THE Congress Working Committee executive of India's Congress Party decided yesterday to request the Government of India to constitute the Teluguspeaklng areas of the Madras presidency Into a separate province called "Andhra province," The new province, if created, will cover an area of about 67,000
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    CURFEW IN GALILEE
    29 1 Israel yesterday imposed a curfew In western Galilee as part of an operation "to trace Arabs infiltrating into, the area from the Lebanon and Syria." Reuter
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    ANTARCTIC PACT
    24 1 Britain, Argentine and Chile have agreed to rtTrain from sending armed expeditions to the Antarctic to prevent unpleasantness over disputed territories.- A.P.
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    NO CANTON BUSES?
    22 1 Buses m Canton are likely to suspend services m another week owing to the hisrh price of petrol.- Reuter
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    Vague recognition
    22 1 The Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, said yesterday that India recognized Chinese suzerainty over Tibet "m a vague sense."- U.P.
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    Indies get large U.S. $ grant
    157 1 Indies get large U.S. grant WASHINGTON, Thurs. TiHE Economic Cox operation Administration yesterday approved U5537,500,000 m new Marshal Plan aid to Indonesia. This grant was included m L'^si2s 42^,000 of new EGA spending approvals, the largest m seven months. The Indonesian grams included U556,500,000 for textiles from Japan. US$ll,OOO,OOO for
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    YOSHIDA HAS A HOPE
    59 1 The Japanese Primp Minister. Mr. Shigeru Yoshc'a yesterday told :he Diet lie hoped JaDanesp emigrants would soon be 'welcome everywhere although some countries like Australia .still thought the Japanese were dangerous people He warned his countrynir.i against any frivolous dis--1 cussion of the peace treaty and
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    Rubber prices
    58 1 A SPECIAL Market Correspond ent girts ibt prices of rubber (m eenU per Ib.) a< 11 am toda* as follows: No 1 R S S Spot: loose 45*, 46 l.o.b. in bale* Nov No. 1 ESS 45** 4S No. 2 R.S.S. Ai\ 44 "i No. 3 R.S.S. 4S>
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    A Vivid Drama Of The Sea
    865 2  - A Vivid Drama Of The Sea PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. S\ WOMAN m a rage and a storni at sen murderer whom Ihe world acquits, but who gradually destroys himself, portrayed againsl the sombre background of stuffy Dutch provincial town. What a craftsman Simenon is! He takes
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    QUICK LOOKS
    278 2 Drayneflete Revisited, by Osbert Lancaster. (Murray, Bs. 6d.i The growth of a typical— but imaginary— English lown studied from the earliest tunes, with a full and diverting account of its antiquities, literary celebrities, and local ruling families. Nobly illustrated, m the versatile ai thorn most astringent style of
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    REBEL'FLAYS ANGLO-US POLICY
    502 2 REBEL' FLAYS ANGLO-US POLICY VIR. Konni Zilliacus, foreign policy übel recently expelled from the British Labour (Government) Party, believes that he lias found the way to end the "cold war." His plan is set out m a 500-page book entitled "I Chose Peace" (published Penguin), which makes a violent attack
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    Church Best-Seller on Marriage
    680 2  - Church Best-Seller on Marriage RHONA CHURCHILL "by Near Gundagai (populatioic 1 ,800), New South Wales is the famous "Dog on the Tucker Box" monument. At Sugar O'Brien's Creek outside the town. Early settlers' bullock teams were often stuck m the mud at the river crossing. The statue's design was inspired
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    Adventure story of the war
    38 2 "ONE (I.FAR (ALL' Bs I'PTON MMUIR TH? 1 series end. 'I I vol v m c tells ft Id. Pi Therme by 0 h B X -n 1 J 1 I i 3
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      276 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR gORN today, the stars judgment and should have given you excep- learn to depend upon it tional ability, but you do more. Listen to the advice not always make the best of others, if you wish possible use of it. You but do as vou think best
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      185 2 F.P. Crossword No. 845 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8~ ~t~ w I—*1 *m V' 4 W, im 9 10 W~' 12 ZZZSZ~^~^^ z^zw g»1 1 CLUES ACROSS 2 Protective garments (9>; 7 U.S. coin (4); 9 Episodes if); 11 Tribal emblem (5); 13 Pale <3>: 14 Uneasy
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    500 REDS REPORTED BOUND FOR S.KOREA
    433 3 Trained for sabotage jobs m.^«^ SEOUL, Thursday. MORE than 500 Communists, trained specifimn? Ut Korean e veri "as and to conduct acts of sabotage against the South Korean Republic, are reported by usually wellinformed sources to be working their way South V 7 r
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    Matador on horns of a dilemma
    134 3 LONDON, Thursday. ENGLAND'S only bull-fighter is home from Jpain k with a contract m his pocket to kill 10 bulls n«t Spring: at IS §1.400-a-bull. But 21-year-old Vincent Charles Hitchcock vEI o the Spanish bull flght fans) has a still fight on his hands
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    48 3 j iwres up.irtment house. destined by a French tl i wan built on Btitta m Marseilles. Picture shows miplrtfd sh*U °f the building which is some 400 r 71 feet wide and 160 fret high. It will house nd includes shops, library, creche, club rooms and a hotel.
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    'TO END INFLATION'
    31 3 Japan's Finance Minister Mr. Hayato Ikeda. has told the Diet the Government's proposed 1950-51 budget is intended to end Japan's postwar inflation and stabilise her economy. A. P.
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    DIABETES, WHY WORRY?
    5 3 Ham relief.
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    U.S. SENATORS IN NEW DELHI
    62 3 Four United States Senators, on a fact finding tour of the Middle and Far East relating to President Truman's aid plan for under-developed areas, have arrived m new Delhi from Pakistan The party are guests of the Government of India during their three-day stay, and
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    Bridge Hands
    428 3 West opened a low club &nd East played the jack. South won the trick with the ace to lead a low heart and fine M dumniv I jack. He cashed the heart ace, discarding a diamond; thm M led a low spade to his j*<-k. Wevt won the
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    34 3 This pirture shows the new Boeing-designed "Flying Boom" refuelling a B-50 The boom b lov.ticu Xroci a B-29aml coupled to a fueiiiug socket en the B-50. V-shaped "rud devators" on the boom control it.
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    Undertaker found a live corpse
    219 3 LONDON, Wednesday. /^ILBEKT Ernest Wilkes was not approved as a suitor for the daughter of a lock manufacturer and forbidden to visit her home, so he decided on an unusual revenge m England. He sent an undertaker along with instructions to bury her father. When
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    TRANSVAAL CRASH
    25 3 The death roll m Wednesday's train crash at WaU-r--val Boven m the Transvaal last night rose to 54. More than 100 were Injured.
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    Another royal wedding soon?
    333 3 LONDON, Thursday. IJOW soon will there be another royal wedding? It is the number one question m the loftier social circles as the autumn's parties and gossip get started. There are many who believe it will not be long before lively Princess Margaret chooses one of
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    28 3 n^nrf? T7!. iOr Of y cut Co mmand r J s Kerans. commander of the Amethyst, an d his wife. Yesterday London welcomed the men of the Amethyst.
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    It's Papa who pays
    80 3 IT is papa who pays with a vengeance m Baracaldo vill.ige. near Bilbao. A municipal edict provides jail on Sunday or a stiff fine for fathers whose sons stay away from school and whose daughters are found m public without stockings. Minor lawbreakers m the frontier
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    Police mission due next week
    39 3 The Colonial Secretary. Mr Arthur Creech Jones, raid the House of Commons yes terday that the mission to investigate the organisation and administration of the police force Is expected to reach Malaya next week.
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    SHAH TO TALK ON DEFENCE
    54 3 THE Shah of Persia, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, will discuss his country's defence needs when he meets U.S. defence chiefs. The talks, which will take place during the Shah's fourday stay m Washington are expected to be of a general nature rather than a detailed discussion
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    THE PARTY LINE
    48 3 XIEACHERS go to school m JL Communist-run Czechoslovakia—to get political training to make them fit for the "socialistic school." After summer courses, the teachers got another dost- >»l two weeks of the MarxLeninist line m history, economics and youth questions as well as public affairs.
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    Exchange—bank talk on tin
    232 3 Exchange— bank talk on tin LONDON, Thursday. REPRESENTATIVES of the London Metal Ex- change are still negotiating with the Bank of England regarding the conditions under whicti dealings m tin, on an international scale, can be resumed. The problem Is to establish methods by wruch foreign merchants and consumers can
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    IN STATE OF SIEGE
    20 3 Haiti's Government has now declared a state of siege, or modified martial law. throughout Haiti.— UP
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    Cause for divorce
    74 3 Cause for divorce A U.S. JUDGE has held that arguments over attending tennis matches were not sufficient cause to grant film actros Miss Nan Guild, a divorci*. But he gave her a ieerse wh, i she added details of alleged cruelties. Miss Guild. 23. asked for a divorce from husband
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    NEW INDIES' CABINET
    83 3 JNFORMED sources hiv: announced that the Indonesian Premier, Dr Mohammed Hatta, would lead an Indonesian delegation to Holland m December to attend the Amsterdam ceremonies marking the end of Dutch sovereignty In Indonesia. These sources said the flist cabinet of the new republic would consist of Premie
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    No Colombo peace talks
    65 3 BRITISH Foreign Office spokesman has dm j v l that any arrangements had been made* for a Colombo meeting of Commomvrai.li Foreign Ministers to discuss a Far East peace settlement He added, however, that snob jl meeting might possibly t* held next year. "Such meetings are
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    DUTCH YOUTH SLAIN
    37 3 Unidentified persons, who tried to marder a Duir Colonel. Johannes Brecmourer, shot and kiiloci hia 16-yenr old son and oriiioa 1 y wounded his wife and daughter on Monday nighi police revealed yesterday U.P.
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    Big projects in Java
    59 3 THE Pasundan Economic Ministry h drafting a H faro plan for the Bandoen? plateau. West .V* t^a^ulture* gfn al natUr and Wl not krt^SS Work is expected to start soon on the so-t illed Tiiki pundun ff flood control plan. Tiikapundun, River h been a source
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      325 3 KUALA LUMPUR 10.00 a.m. News (also at 1 30, 7 9.30 12.00-1.00 Malay Programme (As S'pore>; 1.00-2.00 English Progiamme (As S'porci. 200 Close; 6.00 Prcgramme Summary; 6.02 Mail Bag; 7.10 This is Communism; 7.20 Hawaiian Ir.--i terlude; 7.30 Famous Jazz and Swing Combinations; 8.00 For win I 'he Air; 8.30
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      61 3 News from Lake Success; 8.43 Yackandandah ai. e/enlng with th 2 boys outback. 913 Pcpu'M Piano Classics; v>39 fetai Axtisi 9.45 Variety Bi»**j">irJ; 10 New.-; Bulletin; 10.15 Talk: "Australia Today"; 10.30 h» Yen Like It; 10.45 Talk: "WMBtti'i Kewatetter rppeat); 11 N"W> Bull- 'jn; 11.15 World's Great aluft'-S— The Boyd
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      120 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: The Fan. REX: The Undercover Man. ODEO.V: Louisiana. COLISEI M: Romance on the High Seas. MAOBAtI Oadia 1 Desa (Indonesia 1 CATHAY: 1 Kava Jeevanam tlamil>. IMFIRK: Mohini <Tam;il. HINOI'STANQulbakavali «.L.\TR\L: liaclc Horse (Tamil). IPOH El'BV: It's Not Cri'koi si Champion ODEON: Chakra Dhari (Tamin.
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      FLAGS AND DEMOCRACY
      628 4 AN T the assurance of the v Colonial Secretary. Mr P. A. B. McKonon. that the police had been instructed to enforce the regulations with commonsense, Singapore Legislative Council approved without debate or comment the new Emergency Regulations prohibiting the public display of foreign national emblems. In
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    Should Britain Recognise Mao?
    874 4  -  Cyril Ramsay Jones By i gHOULD Britain now "recognise" Ihe Chinese Reds? "What! Hand over to Communism 500,000,000 people and over 1.500,--000 square miles of the richest land m Asia? Sacrifice m the East all and more that we are fighting to preserve m the West?
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    'SWap 10,000 British cooks'
    89 4 COMMONWEALTH Secretary, Mr. Philip NoelBaker said m Ottawa that he wanted to exchange 10,000 British cooks for 10,000 French cooks to boost Britain's tourist trade. He explained: "The French cooks could work wonders with food m Britain. "By taking lessons from them on the art of
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    WANTED-A S'PORE SOCIALIST PARTY
    502 4 Letter to the Editor IN view of the contest now on for the vacant seats on the Municipal Commission, allow me to comment as a citizen. I hold no brief for any Party as I am not yet a voter for the elections. This does not,
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    21 4 The latest picture of Prince t< Man 3 >en mai na away from a visit to the House of Commons. Q
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    39 4 Even Mrs. Pearson finds it difficult to tell Carol (left} from Shirley Pearson yright) six-year-old Windsor twins Here they are wearing the same tricoline blue dresses, with smocked bodice, frilling at the waist and sleeves trimmed with white organdie.
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    It Seems To Me....
    855 4  -  POLITICO by fIMK has come to throw away stop watches, form hooks and slide rules. I think I have stumbled on the infallible way to pick winners and it involves no knowledge or information about horses at all. Just look at the advertisements, then read through
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    Where Goliath Faces Colossus
    213 4  -  G. WARD PRICE b > NOME, ALASKA: I HAVE just been for a flight over the Behring Sen tluii separates Alaska from Siberia. Across those grey waters runs the most critical frontier the boundary between the territories of Soviet Russia and the United States. This remote
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      129 4 i Hear these famous OVERTURES on i His Master s v ice Mwii I IE CARNAVAL ROMAIM ißerli i I HANSEL UND GPEIFI I (l^o Putt) I MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR" j »T\so Parts) I f::;gal s cave* (Mendelssohn) I Played by the BBC. Bympl 1 Conductor: SIR ADRIAN j
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    Increased demands for gas
    60 5 increasgas m 1 reaa In pa] Oai ses to tii•he mams an amendO ved 1949 mmc <>i the bold- ol anc-| I b P with ,i Is reipply to ranglin h tubing acidi- I proveTosuppl Hats i •\.i-:ivh supply Lriain 1 :r.cet r year, < a
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    SPORE-INDIES TRADE FOR DISCUSSION
    243 5 SPORE-INDIES TRADE FOR DISCUSSION Po/io; talks m Java soon TUV n e o Press Staff Reporter I£m Xi ?t R c^ resen tative of the Indonesian f«r i- P n Sln f a P ore Dr Z. Zain, will leave S-di n a i ?CXt *t ek 1 wi l
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    24 5 picture. jyil.l.F Marie Viet, a French passenger on board the La Marseillaise who passed through Singapore >esterdav on her w.-iv tn Saigon. Free Press
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    FREE MILK
    29 5 The Health Department of the Singapore Rural Board distributed 26,912 lb. of powdered milk last year to expectant and nursing mothers, and children, m the rural areas.
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    TOG ROGUE' GAOLED
    124 5 TOG ROGUE' GAOLED MALACCA. Wed. "J-JE is not only a liar, but a big rogue. Decent society must be protected from men of this type." Mr. F. A. Chua, president of the Malacca Sessions Court, said this today when he sentenced V. K. Samy, a former goldsmith and jewellers' employee,
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    A DRINK ON THE POLICE
    46 5 MUAR. Wed. —70-year-old Indian woman named Balaye was fined $4 by the Muar Magistrate for trespassing into the police compound. She said she had no intention of committing an offence. She only went there to drink some water from a pipe
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    NEW REGISTRAR
    19 5 Haji Jamil bin Haji Dazfir. has been appointed to act as Registrar of Births and Deaths. Singapore.
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    Prisoners to be trained for jobs
    278 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 PLAN to extend Singapore prison industries so that prisoners can be trained m trades to a standard acceptable to employers on release is DUtlined m the report of the Prison Inquiry Commission issued yesterday. Saying that warders now m
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    S'pore Volunteers spend $165,000
    208 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IT is estimated that by the end of this year, the Singapore Volunteer Corps will have spent $165,656 on staff, equipment, clothing, weapons and ammunition since its revival last June. Salaries for six months of an adjutant, a regimental tergCMll major, clerks,
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    LABOUR RALIY
    51 5 The Labour Party of Singapore will hold an election meeting at 5.30 p.m. today at the Geylang English School, when Mr. Mak Pak Shoe, tie Labour candidate m the Municipal election for Erl' Ward, will speak. Messrs L-m Yew Hock. Pat Johnson ard V. J. Menclis will also
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    SINHALESE ASSN.
    34 5 SINHALESE ASSN. The Sinhalese Association will elect office-bearers and discuss the reorganisation of tru> Association at a generml mooting to bo hold at Victoria School. Jabn Besar, nt 10 a.m on Sun lav ni<ir;-i--inu.
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    TRIP TO MANILA
    22 5 Mr. P. G. Peralta. of the Public Relations Office, Singapore, sailed for Manila vesi erday on a month's leave
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    FOOD SHOPS APPEAL TO S.M.C.
    128 5 Singapore eatlng-houu o restaurant:, bakery, and coffee-h ep owner! have decided to petition the Municipal authorities to rrlnx enforcement of health regulations so that those found violating them twice or more r^.r.y nnt be subject to b rere pfuJ-hrapnt" aa Jia"- ing their licences cancelled.
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    NEW NAVAL BARRACKS
    32 5 licture. rpHE Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, X speaking at the opening of the Malayan Naval Forre Barracks at the Naval Base yesterday.Story m Page 6. Free Press
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    POWER ASKED TO ACQUIRE LAND
    208 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Singapore Municipal committees, dealing with the registration of vehicles and with finance, have agreed to apply to the Governor to make an order for the compulsory acquisition of a site .n Bencoolen Street The two committees have agreed that this
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    CONFERENCE OF CO-OPERATORS
    99 5 CONFERENCE OF CO-OPERATORS MR P. A. B. McKerron f Colonial Secretary, will open the 13th All-Malaya Cooperators Conference which will be held at Raffles Institution on Nov. 19 and 20. Over 100 delegates from all parts of Malaya are expected to be present. They will Include 20 from the Co-opera-tive
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    Probation for adults likely next year
    399 5 Probation for adults likely next year Free Press Staff Reporter acting Secretary for Social Welfare, k Mr. T. Fames Hughes, said yesterday it was hoped to introduce a probation service, covering both adults and young offenders, into the police courts next year. Introduction of the system, he told the Frea
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    Colour to fit the crime
    69 5 Fr »ss Staff Rrnort*»r k COLOUR scheme fur Singapore prisoners* clothes is put forward by the Prison Inquiry Commission. To give clearer differentiation between the various grades of offenders, it suggests that grade one prisoners should veur white shirts and white trousers, grade two prisoners
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    Art club to give show
    80 5 THE V.M.C.A Art Club will hold its third annual exhibition at the V.M.C.A. Hall from Nov. 24 to 27. Sir Roland Braddell will op?n this year's exhibition at 530 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24. Thirteen artists, including: four women, will exhibit pictures m oils, pastels,
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    ADMIRAL BRIND TO VISIT HONG KONG
    48 5 ADMIRAL BRIND TO VISIT HONG KONG Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, the Commander m Chief. Far East Station, will leave Singapore on Saturday m H.MS. Alert to pay an informal FUtit to Bangkok. He will then go on to tlonq; Kong, subsequently leavh g for Singapore on Doc. 15
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    MUSLIM MEETING
    37 5 A public meeting of Sing* apore Muslims and representatives of Muslim organisations will be held at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society premises m Geylang on Saiurday at 4 pin. to discuss the Prophet's birthday celebrations.
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      30 5 Mail is due In Singapore today from Siam. Eastern Australia. Hong Kong and Java. Latest time for oostinq mail for Java and Burma ht the G.P O. today is neon.
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    MALAYAN NAVY VITAL TO S'PORE'
    272 6 Governor opens new barracks Free Press Staff Reporter 'pHE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin (limson, yesterday opened the new Malayan Naval Force barracks at the Naval Base. With a silver-plated seaman's knife, Sir Franklin cut a pair of knotted ropes across the barracks' entrance. Sir
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    28 6 picture. TOL. R. Hodgson, the nrwiy-appointed Australian Ambassador to Japan, who passed through Singapore yesterday m the French liner, La Marseillaise, on his way to Vokdhama. Free Press
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    'Haunted river' rescue
    78 6 ALOR STAR, Wed. 1 MARRIED woman, 27A year-old Oh Say Ton. was rescued by two fishermen after she had fallen from a bridge into the supposedly haunted Kuala Muda River. The two fishermen, a Chinese and a Malay, were m their sampans a .short distance away when
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    Candidates to broadcast
    90 6 MR. Lev Slow Mong. Supervisor of Eloction. will open the series of talks on the Municipal election from Radio Malaya at 712 p.m. on Nov. 28. On Nov. 29. Mrs. Robert Eu 1 Progressive i will be the speaker, and on the following day Mr. Pat Johnson
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    21 6 IN the New York Stock Exo.. yesterday. prices cli:n:>>d fractions to U.S.$l a share. rr«i sfera totalled 1.250.000 .sharr.s
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    Judge's decision on libel suit
    177 6 q^HE libel action filed by the Singapore millionaire, 1 Mr. Loke Wan Tho, against the Far Eastern correspondent of the Daily Mail, Mr. Lachie MacDonald, Associated newspapers, who are the proprietors, and the Editor, Mr. Frank Owen, will be allowed to continue m Singapore providing
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    31 6 picture. PUPILS of St. Margarets School, Singapore, show visiting parents some examples of embroidery done by the girls at the school's An nual Exhibition of Art and Handwork yesterday. Free Press
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    Girl pianist to perform
    145 6 IyiNNER of two medals and the coveted 1949 certificate of the Royal Academy of Music, Miss Hovita Anciano will be giving a pianoforte recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall this Sunday from 8 45 p m. The programme includes works by Bach. Bcsxlatti, Beethoven. Schumann and
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    206 hawkers could not pay fines
    78 6 Free Press Staff Reporter IT reflected no credit on the Colony that 206 convicted hawkers had gone to prison because they could not pay fines averaging $11. said Mr. Tan Chin Tuan (Chinese Chamber of Commerce) m the Singapore Legislative Council. A Joint committee
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    INFORMER GETS REWARD
    61 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Chong Kok Fook, the proprietor of a coffee shop at the 44 mile, Klang Road, was fined $100 m the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court for allowing his shop to be used as a common gaming house. A 25 per cent, reward from the fine
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    128 6 Alongside the SinguO pre Harbour Board wharves yesterday (gidowns m brackets* were: Main Wharf: Scudai < 36-37). Palopo (40). SiLv>n 1 41 1. Glenearn < 42-43 \V«*t Wharf: Corfu il-2».Ozarda >4-5». Adra?tu.« <6-7t. City of Chester <8-9«. Herefordshire 1 1 Power Granqp < 13-14). O: <15-16» Empire Dock:
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    Tins rise on quiet support
    430 6 Tins rise on quiet support London Stock Evm, J? 1 I-OM)ii\ Thnr TUN shares received quiet support mi n th x Stock Exchange yesterday, says Keuter', fi ndo correspondent. Dealers experienced som* v anc '3l the turnover following Tuesdays s mO f t metal. Since prices improved b\ Rubbers were
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    JUDGE ORDERS RETRIAL
    69 6 DECAUSr j v with h Singapore mag:--said to hay.' refu I journ a cas^ m order 1 the accused to be t by coum Mr N N L this complain: to Mr Gordon-Smith In P'<n- Suprem*- C day. a.sk> d the judge r •rial m th* I
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    Dance contest in Singapore
    21 6 THE S:. gapore A Danci Cab. The > tribution by will The compel the I i the chami
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    GOAL-HUNGRY ENGLAND SCORE 9
    484 7 GOAL-HUNGRY ENGLAND SCORE 9 Ireland defence helpless E N w L^? W n a Place m the fin als of the V\ orld Cup soccer tournament m Brazil next year .wamp;, lre ian^ Dy nine g gals, als t0 at Manchester yesieraay. The winners and run-ners-up m the home international
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    Bonfires, boos after bout
    84 7 UtflE DOCUSEN o! New I Califor- c lightweight Chamnight by cctpomting Enrique Bolanos City. split decision, anI after 12 hectic rounds > of '.ncldedfiaa «rsu loudly jump- the rms m joy while Boianos held his head m disbelief. c Bill Kirschner slipped out of the arena
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    OXFORD HOLD WOLVES
    17 7 OXFORD University and V'olverbtmptoa Wanderers drew thw-all m a soccer friendly yesway .Reuter. A.P.
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    Mead fulfils vow to wife
    73 7 DETE Mead, the toußh American middleweight of Grand Rapids, Michigan, says he has given up boxing. Mead was battered to a four round defeat by the Negro, Randolph Turpin, at Harrin.cay Arena, London, on Tuesday night. The American boxer said yesterday that he had promised
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    GIANT WRESTLERS TO CLASH
    71 7 rLAYTON, the American wrestler, has a tough opponent m Dara Singh when they clash at the Great World on Saturday night. Layton is 6 ft. 5 m. tall, but Dara Singh is even taller, standing 6 ft. 10 m. All of Saturday's bouts arc heavyweight matches.
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    King Midas come-back
    45 7 picture. King Midas (Ayres) passes the winning post two lengths clear of Friar's Last (Harper) mi n the fifth race at Bukit Timah yesterday. King Midas, who paid the best dividend of the day (S7O). limped m after the race.- Free Press
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    4 FAVOURITES OBLIGE AT BUKIT TIMAH
    718 7 FOUR favourites Soltara, So Black. Polish Bride and Dark Brocade obliged at yesterday's Bukit Tlmah races. Jockeys Arthur Ayres and Colin Tulloh each rode three winners. Results m brief were: Race One CLASS 3, 1)1 V. 5 6 Furs. 5 Yds. "Mr. Mark's" (2)
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    Perosian wills first time out
    536 7 By TRESPASSER ptROSTAN, a five-year-old fielding by the successm U,«r vs ra i ian sire Mr Standfast, emulated Man O War s feat by scoring first time out m this country at the second day's races of the Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting at Bukit
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    Big Sweep results
    82 7 THE Big Sweep drawn on the. seventh race at Bukit Timah yesterday resulted as follows: Total Pool: $325,000. Ist. Prize: No. *****8 $146,250. 2nd. Prize, No. *****9 $73,125. 3rd. Pr«e: No. *****3 $40,625. Starters ($5,078 each: Nos. *****3, *****4, *****3, *****9, *****1, *****0, *****0, *****4. Consolation Prizes
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    CHARTERED BANK S.C. OFFICIALS
    132 7 THE annual general meeting of Chartered Bank Sports Club was held m the club-house (No. 7, Farrer Park) on Tuesday. The following were elected office-bearers for 1950: Patrons: Messrs. J H. Kortright and A. G. Penfold; president: Mr. J. H. Fenwick (re-elected); vicepresidents: Messrs. R. J.
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    Harris' record recognised
    59 7 Ha rris record recognised rE one kilometre (standing start) world record time of 1 mln. 9.8 sees., set up by Reg Harris, the Manchester professional, m Milan on Oct. 23, was officially recognised yesterday by the International Cyclists' Union. Harris* time beat the old record of 1 mln. 10.2 sees,
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    'DICTATORSHIP' ALLEGATION
    80 7 ABE GREEN, the U.S. National Boxing Association Commissioner, replied to charges of running a 'dictatorship" at the annual convention at Havana on Tuesday night. "We've come to Havana with complete unity and accord." he said. The meeting, he added, "dispelled any thought of dissension." He said that a
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    28 7 picture. Soltara (Ayres) being lead m after winning the second race yesterday. Soltara cantered home by four lengths from Lucky Tom m a field of six. Free Press
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    WORRELL TAKES A REST
    185 7 WORRELL TAKES A REST CRANK Worrell, a West Indies member of the Commonwealth cricket team, has developed a stomach cold and has been advised by the doctor to rest. He did not make the trip to Peshawar last night for the tourists' first match m Pakistan, a two-day engagement against
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    MANCHESTER NOV. H'CAP CHANGES
    79 7 COME jockey changes and new 0 riding arrangements have now been made for the Manchester November Handicap, to be run on Saturday. They are: Donino, M. Beary; Refresher, T. Lowrey; Le Tellier, W. H. Carr; Frenchy. C. Spares; NewJand Well, A. Robert*; Chwarau Teg, A. Bowles
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    U.K. rugby results
    43 7 YESTERDAY'S Rugby Union reft suits were: County Championship: Oxfordshire 6, Eastern Counties 25; Surrey 6, Middlesex 14. Other Matohes: Cambridge Unitversity 6, M. R. Steele-Bodger's jTeusv 12; Aldershot Services 6 Anay trial team 3; Devou t. lloval Navy 5. Reuter
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    Airmail and No Regrets in striking form
    342 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent VO Regrets and Airmail, two Class 1 sprinters who did not accept yesterday, revealed striking iorm on a soft track at Bukit Timah this morning. No Regrets (E. Donnelly) was slipped fast from the half-mile and ran the last
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    Weak R.E.M.E. side swamped
    103 7 WITH most of their players away at the Army trial, R.E.M.E. could not stop Singapore Harbour Board from registering a 30 points to nil victory at rugby at Ko I Harbour yesterday. The S.HB. did as they liked d«ipite a wet ball and adverse ground conditions.
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    VILLEMAIN WINS
    30 7 J^OBERT VILLEMAIN oi i r- highly regarded contends: r the world middleweight crown, won a unanimous ten-rounJ c'eoision on Tuesday night over Tt f Dimicco of New York.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    19 8 the engagement between Mm I.ily Tan Lee Neo A Mr. Thomas K.io Teik Chee was anhounced en 12.11.49.
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    DEATH
    39 8 A. P. JODHI Ex-Chief Clerk. /V ic:in Express Co. Expired at JSn 7, Keppel Road. The cortege Will leave his residence at 4.45 p.m. to-dry to the Church of Om Lady of Lourdes and thence lo BMadarl Cemetery.
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    H.K. KEEPS CHINA PLANES GROUNDED
    374 8 H.K. KEEPS CHINA PLANES GROUNDED Govt. replies to Nationalists HONG KONG, Thursday. the advancing Communist armies progressed m their big drives against Chungking, the Nationalist emergency capital m Szechuan, and were about to close the last escape route to Hong Kong Government ar.^unced that the Chinese commercial planes of the
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    55 8 photo. Princess Elizabeth takei the wheel of a mechanical driviru trainer during a visit to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Road Accidents m London. The machine is a static model car m which the trainee can be tested for reaction to an emergency. W l#h h Prints* is
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    *****00 unionists defy TUC
    107 8 *****00 unionists defy TUC LONDON, Thurs. f EADERS of 37 shipouikiing and engineering unions yestei day decided to press a clam for a £l-a-week wage increase which, if granted, would cost an estimated £100,000,000 to £130,000,000 a year. The decision, taken In defiance of an appeal by economic experts among
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    AUSTRALIA GIVES U.K. £10 MILLIONS
    91 8 AUSTRALIA GIVES U.K. £10 MILLIONS LONDON, Thurs. MR. Norman R. Highhell, Acting Australian High Commissioner, handed A£lo,--000,000 to Bir Btafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Treasury yesterday— a "Thla gift from -my Govern gift from Australia to Britain, ment should be regarded as further evidence of our desire
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    Cripps tells Church: 'Hands off'
    101 8 Cripps tells Church: 'Hands off' LONDON. Thurs. rfiHE Chancellor of the Ex--1 chequer. Sir Btaffora Crlpps, warned Britain's churches to stay out of polltics. "The Church should not attempt to derlae remedies for particular social, economic or industrial evils he Mid "That la the function ol technicians such aa politicians
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    RITA TO RETURN
    32 8 Rita Hayworth's father. Eduard 'artsino said yesterday m Hollywood that she had written him she will come home with her prince and their ha Kir .1 March. 1 U.P.
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    Red purges in Germany and Poland
    152 8 Red purges in Germany and Poland BERLIN. Thurs. A PURGE of the West German Communist Party, ordered by the Comlnform m an extension of the drive against Titoist elements, coincides with wholesale arrest* m CommunUt-led Poland In a bid to wipe out an "entire underground army." according to me.s*agea yesterday
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    Bevin refuses to protest
    107 8 LONDON. Thur.v THE Foreign Secretary. Mr. Bevln said jt*\ rday that the Yalta agri-frm-nt did not give Britain the right to intervene m the appointment of Russian Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky as Defence Minister and C-in-C of Poland. Mr. Bevin was replying tn th* House of Commons
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    U.S. proclaims disaster areas
    33 8 America's collon growing Y&s\to Yr\ fctetoama, Qeorgia. South Carolina, Mississippi been declared "disaster areas" because of v;eevil infestation. Fanners can now apply for disaster loans where other able- Reuter
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    8,000,000 face death
    97 8 NEARLY 8,004,000 people face starvation In typhoonravaged eastern coastal districts of east and west (jodavarl, Kistna. Vlzafapatam and Guntur, where more than 1.000 lives were lost on Oct. 27, m a 10-foot tidal wave that washed away the entire 300,000-ton paddy crop. An official estimate of the
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    Tories adamant on steel measure
    193 8 LONDON, Thursday. jyt R. Winston Churchill said yesterday that the fl Government's decision to postpone nationalisation of the iron and steel industry until after the general election next year did not alter the Conservative intention immediately "to expunge this wanton, wasteful and partisan measure from
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    NO RECOGNITION FOR ISRAEL
    40 8 NO RECOGNITION FOR ISR AEL The "Netherlands Yore'igii Minister, Mr. Dirk U. Stikker. svsAd 7%sAeT&ay thai \he Netherlands would not extend de Jure recognition to Israel until its frontiers had been fixed and peace treaties with her neighbouring countries signed.
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    West warns the Kremlin
    374 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. PIIK Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky, x told the United Nations yesterday that it is possible to find a common ground for co-operation between Communist Russia and the capitalist western countries. Mr. Vishinsky spoke after the British Minister, Mr. Hector McNeil, had
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    Jail for cuffing off wife's nose
    52 8 LONDON, Thurs. JOHN SMITH. 24, was yesterday jailed for two years for cutting off his wife's nose with a raior during a quarrel about another man. Doctors, who replaced the nose, have some hope that it will grow back m place, the Judge was
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    Siam snub for Australia
    63 8 BANGKOK. Wed. THE Foreign MirUsur, Nai Pot ttarasin. said today that Slam has abandoned the plan to send a Consul-Oene-ral to Australia because of Australian refusal to Slams request to raise the Intended Consulate-General m Canberra to Legation status. Pot Sarusin said that Australia refused the
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    ANEURIN BEVAN IS AGHAST
    111 8 T HE Health Minister, Mr. Ane^Be^an'is Aghast 1 a£on L an l iJ orth I National Health Scheme that he himself administers. Ho said. "Now that we have got the National Health Service based on free prescriptions, I shudder to think of ceaseless cascade of medicine
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    An earl wears shirt 4 years
    49 8 LONDON. Thurs, HOW long do "blue blood" Earls wear their shirts? Lord Cranbrook told fellow members of East Suffolk Standing Committee at Ipswich that his shirts lasted four years— -but by that time most of the tall had been cut aw*v collars." A.P.
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    Austrian strikes
    36 8 Demonstration strikes against rapidly increasing prices have broken out m Austria and a meeting ot the Trade Union Federation's executive committee has been called m Vienna for today to discuss the "dangerous situation. Reuter.
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    SPINNING RECORD
    39 8 Lancashire cotton spinning workers set up a new postwar production record for the week ending Nov. 5 with an output of cotton and rayon yarns of 20.600.000 lbs. compared with the previous hiirhest of 20.420.000 lbs. Reuter
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