The Singapore Free Press, 16 December 1949

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    15 1 The Sigapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949. SDFSDFSFSDFD
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    MALAYA TERROR DIRECTED BY REDS
    274 1  - MALA YA TERROR DIRECTED BY REDS CREECH JONES Wo sign of outside aid' LONDON, Friday. Y Hh Malayan Communist Party is the active influence behind the terrorist movement m Malaya, the Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, told the House of Commons yesterday. However, he said, although
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    250 prisoners fight police
    12 1 250 prisoners fight police •son- ■*men ..::ed oion- er a -a hicli
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    REDS SACKED
    6 1 -ade the 11 em-
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    TO STUDY FAR EAST
    24 1 Dr. Philip C. Jessup. U.S. envoy-at-large, left Washington yesterday for a twomonth survey of conditions m the Far East.- Reuter
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    POWER STRIKE GOES ON
    23 1 POWER STRIKE GOES ON t 3 sir (ierald Kelly. 70-year-old portrait painter, who has been elected President of the Koyal Academy of Britain.
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    FIRE BARES ARMS DUMP
    64 1 RANGOON, Friday. 'TIIREE persons are missing, feared killed, and six. including two children, were injured m a fire outbreak m Rangoon yesterday, which m one hour destroyed 800 houses and left 3.000 people homeless. During the fire, exploding ammunition and flaming gasoline led police to suspect
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    STAFF DINNER
    21 1 Ninety people attended the annual staff dinner and dance given by Wimpey's of Singapore at Princes Restaurant last night.
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    New Wireless link
    16 1 Direct wireless telegraph communication between India and Afghanistan is to start soon.- Reuter
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    Siam increases rice exports
    194 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. ALAYA bought 449 million of Thailand rice this fl year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said yesterday, revealing that Thailand has thi s year exported the largest volume of rice since before the war. Thailand rice exports during January through O-'.ober of this year
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    Red China recognition next week?
    130 1 Red China recognition next week? LONEXDN. Fri. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, was yesterday expected to announce British de jure recognition oj Communist China before his i departure for the Colombo Conference on December 27. The Foreign Office, meanwhile, said there was no question of the announcement having any
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    'GENERAL SHOT'
    80 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Fli. THE Chinese Communists claimed yesterday that the Nationalists killed more than 500 political prisoners before they gave up Chungking on Nov. 30. The most prominent victim was stated by Peiping Radio to have been Gen. Yang Hucheng. Yang was Pacification Commissioner of Shensi Province m
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    17 RESCUED
    19 1 The 8,000 ton Soviet steamship. Paltava. yesterday rescued 17 South Korean fishermen adrift m a 60-foot vessel.
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    Govt. men strike
    15 1 One-third of Italy's 1.000,000 state workers yesterday began a 24-hour wage strike
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    ATTACKED AT THEIR MEAL
    51 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ONE police constable was killed and two wounded when bandits attacked a police jungle squad m the Seremban area of Negri Sembilan yesterday. The police were having their meal m a deserted houso when they were attackrd No further details arc yet
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    Tombstone for U.N.
    39 1 A BRITISH architect, A Trystan H w £2&i HSSJ^ the new United Nations Secretariat buildwff. iMns bilMin? ln the world Shaped Ilk, Q T 7Jr should v i# 111 lßdMd m ar me gMve hopes."- A.P.
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    CRUISER ADDED
    18 1 The Royal Greek Navy will add a former Italian cruiser to Its fleet next year. A.P.
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    27 1 This taxi scooter, cali«'il the Innoceni," was shown at the 27th International Cycle Show m Milan, Italy. 1 1 has room for the driver and two passengers.
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    U.K. TO EASE RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS
    133 1 LONDON, Fri. THE lilting of import rvstrictions on a wide range of goods from Jan. 5 next was announced In the House of Commons yesterday by Mr. Harold Wilson. Presid.-nt of the Board ol Trade These will fully discharge Britain's obligations und«r the recent
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    Chinese funds find refuge in Malaya
    122 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AfALAYA has become the "dumping ground*' of 11 capital from Chinese Nationalist Government officials and refugees who can no longer operate m Communist-dominated China. This is the general view of Singapore Chinese business circles. "There are visible signs of increasing
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    Bandit shot dead
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IN their following-up operations m the Jerantut area of Pahans; yesterday. Gurkhas killed on** bandit. Three bandits h&d r "viousiy been shot dead Mid one wounded, m
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    BIG PLAN FOR COLONIES
    193 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. FIVE European nations with overseas territories or dependencies plan to spend an equivalent of $2,500,000,000 on colonial development through 1952. it was disclosed today. The countries are Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal. The United States will provide about $23,500,000 of the
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    Fashion note
    62 1 LONDON, Friday /CHRISTMAS fashion note: \j Flame-red corduroy trousers for the British male Men's wear manufacturers say the traditionallyreserved Briton is asking for them, especially m southern England In the Midlands and Wales, clothes m bottle green, light navy and rust are catching on. The Scot? He likes
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    NEW PLOT IN SIAM
    57 1 BANGKOK. Fn VICE-MARSHAL Luang Dhevarit was yesterday removed as commander of the Thailand Air Force. The ouster coincided uith reports that the government of Premier Field Marshal Phibun Songgram has nipped a plot to overthrow i: by force Sections of the Armed Forces were rumoured to
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    TAX FRAUD IN H.K. ALLEGED
    53 1 TX)LICE yesterday raided the offices of the Hong Kong Government's Inland Revenue Department and 15 private addresses m the city to investigate alleged largescale taxation frauds. Thirty employees of the Inland Revenue were taken to Police Headquarters for questioning. More raids on private addresses are
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    JOLO ISLAND BATTLE
    35 1 PHILIPPINE Constabulary headquarters m Manila report that 15 men were killed and 64 are missing and presumed dead m a clash between Government forces and 1,000 Moro outlaws on mountainous Jolo Island.
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    Bevin hack at work
    22 1 The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin, returned to work yesterday after three days' absence due to a sold.—
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    Sumatra take-over
    18 1 The whole territory of Tapanoeli m Sumatra has been turned over to the Indonesian Army.- Reuter
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    'SPIES SMUGGLED'
    16 1 Hungary h?s charged Yugoslavia vith attempting to smuggle spies and provocateurs Into Hungary.- U.P.
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    Govt asked to remove flag ban
    189 1 Govt asked to remove flag ban Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association, one of the first public bodies m the Colony to fly the Chinese Communist Hag m October 10 last, has petitioned Hrn Oflicer Administering the Government, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron. for p
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    Talks on union with Britain
    44 1 DENMARK. Norway Sweden yesterday \n a three-day talk In Stockholm on a proposed Anqlo-S--navian economic union. Told of scepticism expn ed m Stockholm about practical benefits to Sv of such a union, the cl man said. "I am optimist."
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    U.K. EXHIBITON
    24 1 The Governor ol Kong, Sir Alexander Cirantham. yesterday aftei officially opened the s< post-war exhibition of nese products from Colony's 216 fa.ctorui
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    JAP ART DISPLAY
    28 1 G?n. Douglas Mac Arthur has promiMd W« "m support" to a plan [or I Japanese an treasur- i New York for exhibit;. .1 there- A.P.
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    Women Don't Dress To Suit Men
    616 2  - Women Don 't Dress To Suit Men Audrey Leonard backs a theory that fashion fj "attain r hereby ivoWith (iinior.s'rate their freedom jrom iROSCVIffM domination." sdfsdfsdfsdf I El t lie conversation turn to clothes and fashions and m less tUM live minutes some male will observe with comfort able superiority
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    £3,000,000 JEWELS
    33 2 Some of ihe most valuable jewels m the world they are north about £3.000.000 altogether- -are seen here on Sew Yofl: model Mara Byron Strictly for display and not for handling.
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    'Convertible' Cocktail styles
    446 2  - 'Convertible Cocktail styles FLORENCE MILLS By rjAY and cocktail dresses that can be converted for evening wear m exactly the time it takes to undo a button, were the main feature of a winter style show given by Carven, one of the few women designers m Paris. The dresses have
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    Recipes For Christmas
    392 2 Recipes For Christmas HERE are some Christmas recipes Rich fruit cake 6 oz. margarine. 6 oz. castor sugar, lOoz. plain flour. 1 teaspoon mixed spice. I teaspoon ground cinnamon, i teaspoon salt, i teaspoon bicarbonate of soda lilb. mixed dried fruit 'currants sultanas and a few chopped dates*. 2 oz.
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      312 2 the \J* J When bab> turns the scale at 15 Ibl even auifUn nOV^ 'h month, if ad. sed siaa gi^.ng arex nixed "tt J with milk and sugar lhal is ihe *a> to introduce bab> to mixed feeding without ai^ nervous strain or tension for either of >ou Start
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      173 2 Solution To Crossword No. 869 PtJlplTp'uX IAITIEIDI b i^eMaMamaMol RiEJAp E.RB T a n o^ PRAMM?E"T A.RDS YOUR LUCKY STAR DORK today, you have beyond average talent and intellect The stars have been generous and it is up io you to develop those capabilities to their utmost. high degree of
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      136 2 pears to have none of his own It is likely that your talents. when properly will bring- you material rewards. Actually, however. vom are more Interested m the idea, itself, than the money it brings. You enjoy the luxuries of life, but would rather go without them than compromise your
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      143 2 F.P. Crossword No. 870 F™ T" pi 14 I 15 I 16 I 7"^ 8 1 10 fil 12 7"~?H1& w ?5| 1 L 30 5 j^ EW 53 1 UJEB ACROSS i Harsh m Judgment m I Cat (5); I Ouardiaa :3 Gin (4) l o', 16 Box (4);
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    BID FOR U.S. SUBSIDY ON ASIAN RUN
    18 3 BID FOR U.S. SUBSIDY ON ASIAN RUN feknl i ton York Pacii i'or a kti Far ]5Ut A.P.
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    New MacA. plan
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    Freedom as Xmas gift
    55 3 MORE than 1.000 Greek Left Wing political supporters, prisoners m a reformation camp on the inland of Manonissos. are to be released and sent home for Christmas, says th« Athens Ministry of War. There are still more than 15.000 Left Wing; supporters on the island, including
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    U.S. money chief is optimistic
    76 3 U.S. money chief is optimistic U S. Treasury Secretary, Mr. John Snyder, said m Washington that all indications point to America having a strong economic position m 1950. He said there has been a particularly good resurgence In steel production and the other aspects of U.S. economy have moved along
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    CHIANG HAS A FINAL CHANCE
    347 3 Has means to hold Formosa THir SAN FRANCISCO, Friday. I k I m J dl W battle for F <>'mosa will give <. hiang reJS^S c hIS Chance to ra "y Nationalist resistance. Successful defence of the big island XnJ 1 Communist attack would encourlge
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    Youth dies for few stolen $
    83 3 Youth dies for few stolen J± 16-YEAR-OLD boy gave his life for a few stolen dollars, New York police said. The youth. John King, snatched a cash box from the counter at a department store m Brooklyn. Running for the door, he tripped and fell through a plate-glass window. He
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    Jap-Cerman Trade
    24 3 The recently concluded U.S. $20,000,000 trade agreement between occupied Japan and Western Germany, has been increased by U.S. $5 000 000- Reuter
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    129 3 This trilby hat of the future was on view at the Cafe Royal, London, on St. Clement's Eve when men had a millinery show of their own, believed to be the first male hat show ever held m Britain. The hat incorporates a press-stud clip which enables the top to
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    Will Conservatives return to office?
    228 3 LONDON, Friday. A RE the four lean years nearly over for Britain's out of office Conservatives? Is British Labour's socialist welfare state on the skids? "Yes", say the Tories hopefully, as they study the election defeats m the last two weeks of labour governments m
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    Bridge Hands
    460 3 What do you bid' This ta delicate problem because you have only one ace Your partner's four club bid is a .slam try. but it may be a mild one. Be may haw fne spades ••i Urn Jack and !ne clubs to th»" ace-king-queen, m which CMC v
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    Marxism in sports
    41 3 TIIK Budapest .sporting paper Nepsport complains that Hungarian trainers and coaches lack political knowledge, adding. "A man unskilled politically and ideologically cannot be entrusted with the teaching of youth. Marxism-Leninism offers enormous possibilities concerning progress m sports."- A.P.
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    EGYPT CAR PLANT
    32 3 The Ford International has j announced m New York that its plant at Alexandria. Egypt, employing 500 is nearing completion and will be m production early m 1950.— A.P.
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      135 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. RLX. Tile t jnn'auiiU'ad. I'WILJ.ION: Manhandled. OOBON: The Fleet's In. OLISLIM: Mi. a :e Riwr. CATHAY: madßw Ar.ggerek BuUn t.M PIRK: Si Hun Mm Mm (Chinese) (ENTRAL: Ch.mdiu Rat. II IN UISTAN: Kanjan Tamil* BOXING B B. PARK. IPOB REX: nth oi St I "MIS Sl'N:
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      508 3 1 Page— a review of week-end spon SINGAPORE BFEBS (Singapore) Iby Keith Benni*-: 11.02 Melody on /riitv vnunUK 'the Move; 11.15 Famous Operatic (BLUE NETWORK) (Including 8.8.<\ Relay) n.30 News Bulletin; 4 484 and 41.7 metres. 19 Metres. 25. Metres. 31. pm Music for Teatime with I m^m, n,w, from
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Dec. 16. 1949. Mr. Greenwood goes wrong
    527 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Dec. 16. 1949. Mr. Greenwood goes wrong 0 1 H ol Commons dX It i m B articuh m le, t J 1 m l's v. hv. through the transfu- and capita] I received from the United States, poses to manufactthftra i (I traders. Over
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    A Great Day For the Voortrekkers
    1118 4  -  DEREK DRABBLE By THE greatest trek m South African history will take place today when tens of thousands of Afrikaners descendants of the Dutch immigrant Boers w en d their way to the unveiling of :i memorial to their forefathers, the VoorIrekkers, at Pretoria.
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    THIS SOOTED ISLE.....
    464 4  -  Geraldine Hill By DRmSH rog experts say homo fires and factory furnaces are partly to blame for the which CoBt Britain about HO million (SI9G million) a year. A spokesman for the Fuel and Research Station, the government's scientific fog investigation bureau, said smoke pollution was 50
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    39 4 The oldest person m Berlin. Miss Berta Genzlin, surrounded by (lifts on her 104 i birthday She has hied through file wan Miss Gen-lm worked since childhood on a farm and says she never found time to get married.
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    'Sara,' the Right Man, Gets The Right Job
    615 4  - 'Sara, the Right Man, Gets The Right Job Khor Cheang Kee By WHEN Mi. 11. SaravanaiQtittu flies back t<> Penang from Colombo this weekend, it will be m his new rok ;»s Ceylon's tirst Commissioaer to Malaya. Colombo could not have made a more popular choice than this former Journalist
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    MOST SOCIALIST STATE IS THE VATICAN
    205 4  - MOST SOCIALIST STATE IS THE VA TICAN Adrienne Farrell By yATICAN ii> one of (lit paradoxes <>i the wot M. city within city, a State within i S' its Sovereign, the Pope, rules <> thousand citizens but has 100,000,000 subjects. It has ;i prison i no prisonei s, a st
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    MURDERERS GAVE A CONCERT
    58 4 MURDERERS GAVE A CONCERT THERE laagbu In b A cor.t < come from I milt Berkshire i The non--cd a hi bejewelled I There was a M by Dr I skull iad ratch-du T\ > r men raj iheir Try A US cierness" Then the happily hi Rome P nal
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    FIVE MEN FOR S.I.T RENTS INQUIRY
    560 5 FIVE MEN FOR S.I.T RENTS INQUIRY Unofficials back subsidised cuts Free Press Staff Reporter JHE Board of Trustees of the Singapore Improvement Trust has appointed a subcommittee of five of its members to study the question of Trust rents and of Government subsidies which would enable the Trust to reduce
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    $123,000 club for airmen
    26 5 M.iff Reporter with all the V la being Fairj Point, exclusive officers m cost is thai c ins and iurj hen i
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    MAN ACCUSES DETECTIVE
    23 5 MAN ACCUSES DETECTIVE de-J9-vear-oid Dl Bideford the Sinre Court E Teh isc he t beating Wed--.riling 1 the ImmiH aded g- \.rned V
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    Cave of gifts for children
    326 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OINCAPORE children are flocking to the Cold Storage to see Father Christmas m his cave on I the first floor. He wired ahead giving the children the exact time of his arrival. The cable form may be seen m the Christmas
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    SINGAPORE HAILS CEYLON'S CHOICE
    196 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CEYLON community leaders In Singapore yesterday expressed great appreciation of the choice made m the selection of Mr. M. Saravanamuttu as the •flic!*! representative of the Ceylon community m Malaya. r Dr. P. L. Nathan, president of the Ceylon Tamil \ss h
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    19 5 picture. \|K. Peter Sr;inl«"i and "■«< Rritton., who wen--Itl married at St. Andrew's ill; I il. SinsiaDOie. je.vterday.- Free Press
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    Rice trade proposal to Govt.
    162 5 SINGAPORE rice merchants have made recommendations to the Colony Government to relax the control of rice commodities to enable free importation of broken rice, pulot rice and bran next year. Leading merchants told the Free Press yesterday that they were m full agreement that some
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    French night at Raffles
    126 5 ABOUT 300 people attended I ball given by the Alliance Francaise ot- Malaya at the Rattles Hotel last nighf. During the evening, Mrs. Usette Hackmeyer and Lesli< Skinner sang popular French songs accompanied by Frank Pickford ana his orchestra. Later m the evening. Leslie Skinner directed
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    RESIGNATION
    19 5 JOHORF BAIIRU. Thnrs.Lt Cdr. D. Stewart Charles has resigned as Harbour Master. Johore, and has lefi for Europe.
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    DISABLED MEN MAKE TOY CARS
    198 5 Free Press Staff Reporter liWO children In the Federation will be among the happiest youngsters m Malaya this Christmas— thanks party to some disabled Welsh miners m South Wales. Their parents have bought them two toy Austin Pathfinder Special racing cars, made by ex-miners who
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    30 5 There were 691 births and 187 deaths m Singapore Municipality m the week ending Dec. 10. Chief causes of death were tuberculosis '24' and pneumonia (.21. i.
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    'World doomed when wives disobey men'
    182 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A RELIGIOUS pamphlet predicting: the end of the world m 1974 and calling upon Muslims to "return to the laws of God" is being circulated among the Malay public m Singapore and the Federation. Published by a Malacca group, the
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    No tax on bishops?
    94 5 Free Press Staff Rep- r -r DESOLITIONS thit rxemptinn from inco.re tax be extended to the B hop of Singapore Incorp. ated and the Titular Rom. i Catholic Bishop of Malac a will be moved by the a< ing Financial Secretary at the Singapore Legislative Council
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    XMAS PARTY TODAY
    39 5 The Singapore V we A at 4 p.m. today will hold a Christmas party and prizf uiving at the Social W. Centre m Haveloek Road for pupils from treir Indi. Departments Night School and Girls' Club.
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      51 5 Surface ma»l L>> fxpected m Smgaporf today from Ja\ a and the Federation. Latest times for pouting Burfacc mail today at the G PO for Pontlanak; 3 pm. for Great Britain N lit land. En. B Egypt. N. W. Africa. Wort Indies and Ceylon: 6 p.m. for Sibu and the
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    76 6 PARIS d.sjgnrr Piene Balm:iin teams st.irrhed white pique with black satin for this rrdingotr from his recent collection featuring a forecast of spring 1950. The bell -shaped sleeve* are lined with white and turned back clear to the elbow. It is worn over a slim black satin skirt and a
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    EVIDENCE ON STABBING OF GOVERNOR
    505 6 Inquiry opens at Sibu THE fatal stabbing of the Governor of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan George Stewart, was described m the Sibu court yesterday at the opening of the preliminary inquiry into the stabbing. Two Malays— Rosli bin Dobie and Moshidi bin Sedik who had earlier
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    MOTHER SUPERIOR LEAVES
    112 6 MOTHER SUPERIOR LEAVES Arm ri^amtht"*! <» •chool and a baaw for ftarla m Singapore. Mother M^ry ol S Lmuon. Mother Superior f the c H.i Shepherd C veir :t. KamjK!ii Juv.i mi i to Singapore when for Colombo b Is to take p I Good Shepherd C In da Aft*H-
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    FORWARD TIN DECLINES
    72 6 T'HE London tin market had a dull day yrstwrViy vtth a small dovinmard drill In thrre months tin Spot rlowl urn hanged at £609 while torwa-i r.iard at £578 1m The l(«lii^ p:urs ver.- bpot £608 buyrri and £61') wiltH «iUi no business Thr^r njonth* £57t 15s
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    OFF TO NAPAL
    50 6 Ll»'jt C.»! X G Gadd. Education OfTlo FARKLK and Bri^ H S Skone. Command< N th Malaya SubDiitnrt luve jjone to Nepal on a hat.son visit Brig Skon«» is a Gurkha officer and Nopal is the home of Gurkha troopi n v ar»- due back by C'hr
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    53 6 MKMHKKS of thr Indian ballet company, brought to London by l'da> Shankar, India's leadinc dancer, are now performing at Pice adily Theatre. Shankar ori\ nalJy went to Britain to study art and then designed Indian ballets and danced with Pavlova. Picture shows Aiiuli. wife of L'day shankar riving her solo
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      449 6 LONDON. Friday. TIHKi: was litilr business passing m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, but prices generally were very firm and occasionally some useful gains were recorded, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Investment interest was small but there was a certain amount of speculative activity. Once again there
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    96 6 SING A PORE SHIPPING ciHIPS .i riR-sidr the Stngmk» |K>re Harbour Hoard Iwhanrei yestevdaf (godowni m brack' ■?> w Mam Wharf: Straat Boenda 19 1 s. dill 4 B '.:.-.iix'r ID Ruyj (42*43). WVst Wh.irf Mooroe (li> Antilociiui 13- 14 Sirdhana 15-16 Kmpire I>ock: Ferndal* 1 1 18 8t Tti
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    36 NEW HORSES TO RUN IN PENANG
    915 7  - 36 NEW HORSES TO RUN IN PENANG ALLAN LEWIS Best sprin ters m P. O. Cup From PENANG, Friday. pENANG Turf Club have received entries totalling 226 for their Christmas-New Year meeting. These are made up of 60 Class I, 114 Class II and 52 Class V horses. Thirty-six horses
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    Phol will have to be wary tonight
    576 7 Cabanella. the outstanding junior lightweight m the Philippines wifl come up against one of the stifTest tests m his long and brilliant career when he meets Phol Prapadaeng. Siam's featherweight king, over 10 rounds at the Great World arena tonight. Both Hghters aa
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    TENG SIAH CAUSES BIG UPSET
    383 7  -  VETERAN Hv TIIF Mayflower Badminton Party re-tstablished us 1 supremacy as the strongest party m Singapore when it trounced the Iseful Badminton Party m the final of the Singapore Badminton Associations Int-r-clab chamnionship I<wl night by four games to I°"° The Clerical Union hall was
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    Services XV
    54 7 '-•ny.ni: been ibn-e changes i« the Combined Services team to meet the Combined Civilians m the annual rugger match to be played at Kuala l.umpur tomorrow. SLdr Waterkyn, SLdr| Blythe and Maj. Dillon are not available and their places will be taken by FLt Dillon, FLt. Carpenter and
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    Cabanella is 100% fit to fight
    81 7 Cabanella is 100% fit to fight QPEEDY Cabanella, the Filipino junior lightweight who meets Siam's featherweight champion, Phol Prapadaeng m the main event at the Great World arena tonight, was examined by a leading eye specialist m Singapore yesterday who certified that Cabanella's eyesight is normal. Dr. Al-Junied. the Boxing
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    SOSC BARS PRESS
    170 7 SINGAPORE Press reporters were asked to leave the meeting of tfce Singapore Olympic and Sports Council held last evening to discuss the Board of Control's recommendation to include Thong Saw Pak. Colony lightweight amateur weightlifting champion, m the Empire Games team without a re-trial. The request to
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    Electric timer for races
    117 7 THE Jockey Club said vesterd;.;. i that it Is going to experiment J with an electric timer lor horseracing at Newmarket next season. The timer includes switch II attached to the starting rate which controls a clock m ihe ploto-finish camera. The time .o 100 th
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    Joe Louis booed
    44 7 TOIS Louis, once a f:nourite of j Detrict. v.rs brood by the townsfolk as he shuffled through two five-rcuivl exhibitions against a pmb of equally uninspired op- ponentN. Tlie retired Nay. weight champion failed to impress and seldom hit hard— UP
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    8 NEW RECORDS
    25 7 U'IGHT Aiistralian lecords have] been broken at the Australian BwtßUßim Championships now bein^ held m Sydney. Seven went to women competitors.— -A.P.
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    S.T.T.A. MEETING
    35 7 A meeting of the Singapore Table Tennis Assodatkm! council will be held the Chliii sp V.MC.A. Selegie Road, on MouJay at 5.30 p.m. All tlflctntnt cf nmliuted clubs are request «l (o attend.
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    R.A.F. BOXING
    21 7 D.A.F. TENGAH BMet RAF Changi at the station cinema, Tengah, tonight at eight o'clock. The programme comprises 11 bout.':.
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    This try beat Cambridge
    92 7 OXFORD'S second i«u forward, (1. N. (lent, scoring the only Iry m the annual rugger match against Cambridge .it Twiokenlum. Brian Jones, substitute left wing three for the injured Laurie (iloag. fielded a kick by L. B. a nnell ten yards from his own line, then
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    BIRTHS
    71 8 SHEARMAN At Kandang Mia Hospital, on 14th Dec to Laurette. wife of J Shearman, a son. -HEARER: At K^ndan* Kerbau ;tal on December 14th. 1949, to Auriel. wife of Kei:h Shearer. HUNTER At Penang, on 13th December, to Mr Mrs. T. B F. Hunter. Alor Star. a ddii«hter. WEE:—
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    MARRIAGE
    16 8 BI'RNETT-RAE— PETERSON: At i Washington Bovar, Spore, on l .id Burnett -Rae aOd A no
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    GEN. CHIANG TO TIG: ITEN BLOCKADE
    272 8 GEN. CHIANG TO TIG: ITEN BLOCKADE Naval watch for H.K. ships HONG KONG, Friday. THK Nationalist Government on Formosa has mapped a sweeping anti-Communist campaign which threatens to clash with British interests seeking trade with Red-held China. The programme, drawn up by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Prime Minister, Marshal
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    51 8 photo A.P. Th« 1 ">!K)-ton Martha Kuvs— first of 3J new cargo ships destined for West (icrm.in\\ post-war tnfrchant marinr --being launched at Laebeck, mi the Baltic Coast. She i> :tT feet long and IS trvt wide, has a cargo capacity of S.HI tons and ruis«s at just over 11
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    Secret talk on Holy City future
    110 8 Secret talk on Holy City future NEW YOKK. ffci /CONFRONTED with Israel'! proclamation of Jtrur "eternal eapi; the U.N. Trusteeship Council •n a special secret session rd iv I b jln dls i Ing ie Internatlonition ol the Holy CW T^ie Council K.^d sp-M Ac In ->iy. > :n- vt
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    Vietnamese to die for slaying 2 U.S. women
    106 8 SAIGON, n V Preach military court I i > :ed to death I Indo-Chinese f r killing two I. a year ago. On Ifarcn 1 1941 »l her. \:V.s*r near Baigon ri.arred bodies of the U.S. Consulate women eiu; n \t to
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    FRENCH PILGRIMS
    16 8 Tv.«» hundn-d thousand French pilgrims .will go to Roir.»' for the Holy Year A.P.
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    India asks big Pak. indemnity
    156 8 India asks big Pak. indemnity NEW DELHI, Friday. rill Indian (Jovernment announced today that Pakistan will have to pay India Ks. 10.000 millions (about £714,285,714) as the difference m the value of immovable property left behind by the refugees fleeing from either dominion during the communal riots of 1947. Non-Muslim
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    Korea navy men buy gunboat
    56 8 r pHE national colours of the X Republic (»f Korea will rl y In Now York harbour for the first time next Ttatday, when the gunboat Bak Dv San. bought for US$lB,OOO from the United States with money contributed by Korean naval offlcen and men,
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    'Gen Pai's men for Bao Dai'
    214 8 'Gen Pai 's men for Bao Dai' HONG KONG, I ndu\. 4 CITOSE associate of Acting President U Tsung-jen said here yesterday that Nationalist troops of Gen. I'ai hung-hsi crossing into French Indo-C'hina WOnM be incorporated into the Vietnamese forces under ex-Emperor Bm Dal as 'xolunteers/* The Nationalist spokesman said
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    Fire wipes out family of 11
    73 8 TEXAS, Km IM.KYKN temporary farm j workers all members of one Latin \mirn .m family were burned to death yesterda> when fire d<-stro>r<i thnr hin«l> sm.ill house at the edge of a cotton field m-.ir here. Threr Reiterations w<r»r»presented amoiitc thr victims, who included
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    LI TO UNDERGO OPERATION
    43 8 GEN i.i I -Jen. Ch NatlonaUsi Actlnn Pn dent. i> suffering from ach ulcers and will requiran operation, a bulletin Issued at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre m New York said lay. s ispected I cancer has not been found
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    ALBANIA ASKED TO PAY £843,947
    75 8 ALBANIA ASKED TO PAY £843,947 r>HK International Court Justice at The Hague y^tcrday awarded Britain 343.^47 damages igalnst Albania for the mining of two British destroyers m th« Corfu Channel ir. October 19-U5 The lntcndfd claim provided for £50.1)48 as compensaUon for the 44 oflicers and men killed and 22
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    Manila ready for Jap trade
    149 8 MANILA, Fri. RESUMPTION of normal overseas trade between the Philippines and Japan is expected here m the near future and a bilateral trade agreement with SCAP is already reported to be under consideration b\ the Philippine govern ment. Hißh diplomatic source, here said that the
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    H.K. PASSPORT RACKET BARED BY U.S. CONSUL
    97 8 HONG KONG Fn THE US Consul-General Mr. Kirk Rank. ...i. it ..-.:ee Dnml of Clunese are Irving to bu> ay intd America and thai .t fraudulent group*, ri;i. r>e able to buy US passports, are nukttng flctlnM ol u^ji.ooo ::eir help bribery an
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    N.V. STOCK IN NEW ADVANCE
    58 8 /^*OHRECTIVE profi.-Uk fevdaf mornnu hailed fee Nf* York Su>c>: Evirar.;^ vane« rmlttng m i mild pred.v mmaiicp I Mftty tactlooal TTkr mark.. rote a«a:n dunag the afternoon on buying and mnrket closed firm, thovliik maiony of gftilM ranging to atx>u! V B 5 1 n>e
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    AUSTRIAN PEACE PACT PROGRESS
    37 8 Th»- Bi F ur Fv MlnUI U meet m I; ndon on Jan 9 to continue t.tlks on the Austrian treaty. Much pcofreai vbi made at the last m< S( V rk. U.P.
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    50 MEN WISH TO WED THIS GIRL
    118 8 GETTYSBURG, (S Dakota), Friday. ILSE Derinlowska of Hamburg, who describes herself as "endowed with a bosom like Jane Russell I and l^£ s Ike Betty Clrable," can choose from 50 prospective husbands m America's MkUWcst The 23-year-old German born woman wrote a letter
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    HOLY YEAR MASS
    29 8 HOLY YEAR M ASS The Pope has authorised i the celebration of a special I midnight Mass for the Hoy Year on Dec 31 m all CMtho--lic churches A.P.
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    MP's FOR BURMA
    21 8 Arrangementi are beta made for a British parliamentary delegation to rifl Burma from Jan. 12 to IS Reuter
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    AID FOR 1,800 PILGRIMS
    70 8 AID FOR 1,800 PILGRIMS PHILIPPINE Senator Sali- pada Pendatun, owner of the steamer Cristobal which took the now stranded 1.800 Moro pilgrims to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, plans to go there soon to try and arrange for the return of the pilgrims to the Philippines. Pendatun. has Instructed the captain of
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    'G.Is. converted Japs'
    60 8 JAPAN has been converted from a warlike nation to a peaceful democratic people" by the U.S. Army, re<ordini( to Mr. Tracy S. Voorhes«\ the Inder-Secretary of the I.S. Army. The Japanese. Mr. Voorhese told the Kconomic Club of Chicago yesterday "seek true neutrality and aspire to be
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