The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949. PKICE I« CEWTS
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    VIETNAM GIVEN 'INDEPENDENCE'
    324 1 pu'iurr. Trouble on the border SAIGON, Friday. /^S Bao Dai, Chief of State of Yietnam,*igned the agreement with the French here this morning, under which Vietnam becomes independent within the French Union, his forces aided by French troops were pursuing some UMM) Chinese Nationalist soldiers who had
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    44 1 Mr and Mrv \V A. J I.aurie-Thoiu.iv pictured with their daughter, l.orame. at the Adelphi Hotel last night when they save a dinner and dante on thr «>«. i asion of their silver wedding. They were married m St. >lary> ("hurih. Woolwith. London. Free Press
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    U.K. LABOUR BAN TO GO
    37 1 ;vo* .v. tnau»ii ..?>• v,a:r j bdringUif :obs o ir* of labo;:, c Laoour Mn.*--i thai the ban a Jan. 1 I Ml r. am ittnM workers I an allowen •:.er pw»r. A.P.
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    Two bandits killed
    18 1 Stefl Rep»»rt«T mi it v nded by |> iped -.v The Je: I ;j> 1 6 <
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    NEW AIR SPEED.
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    US REINFORCES ASIAN FLEET
    153 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. THK I.S. Naw disclosed yesterday tliat a 27,000-lon aircraft carrier and two destroyers will be sent to -augment' the 7th Task Fleet m Asian waters. The announcement coincided with reports of high level conferences In Washington on the question of support lor the island
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    Stanley says he was kidnapped
    170 1 Stanley says he was kidnapped PARIS Fr: SYDNEY Stanley, kness In the Lynskt-y tribunal vnlcta Investigated alleged a rmption In British public life, yesterday filed a complaint at the Palais de Justice against unluw persons" i*v kidnapping him In France on April 1 and stealing from him Jewell and money
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    KNESSET GETS POTASH BILL
    61 1 Adraf r government bill extending concessions to British -owned Palestine Potash Company on the Dead Sea was submitted yesterday a closed session of the Knesset's Finance Commits, by the Israeli Finance MinisMr Eliezer Kaplin. The Dead Sea is one of the worlds cheapest sources ol potash,
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    H.K. police arrest 50 factory workers
    132 1 HONG KONG, Friday. rHI! potentially explosive Hong Kong strike front took a turn for the worse yesterday when armed police arrested -^0 workers of a Chinese owned match factory who invaded their company's city oflices to ask for an immediate settlement of their wage
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    SOVIETS GO 'FISHING' IN U.S. WATERS
    113 1 I^l REE more mysterious .Russian sMpa h»w ?uddenlf been reported m the Caribbean area, where the largest United Stat»*» pt ace ime nwinoeuvre In history will be held shortly Fhe vessels are described by the auth< rities as "ftshing s v il[>s "__hut. without
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    ENVOY ASKED FOR
    30 1 Forty-eight Chinr.se associations In Rangoon havf cabled the Chinrsp C>> r < "m Lsi governmrat at Peipinc asking it to establish an embassy m Rangoon ir lately AP
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    JAP DEVALUATION.
    19 1 Th' 1 Japanese Govrrwmrn! may have to devalue its currency In order to deal with xport problem.
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    SHAH TO VISIT PAK.
    21 1 Thf Shah of Persia Is expected to visit PakLstan about the :nidcllr of February next yrar Reuter
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    He'll live with ghosts
    57 1 /^EORGE WAKEMAN a Melbourne advertising exerutive U who wants to live m Sydney, is advertising for a hum led house, because he cannot Ret any other sort. As for the ghosts. Mr. Wake man isn t w .rried. im easy, provided it's a d»ient and the
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    74 1 pu'Uirr. The First Shephprd (Michael Haines) visits the holy babe m Bethlehem to offer his gifts. Seated is Mary < Maureen Clarke) and standing beside her is Joseph (Michael Wilton Steer) while the angel (iabriel (Marion Irquharti stands, arms raised m solemn adoration, behind Mary. This is one of the
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    NEARLY THERE
    26 1 British roal miners, with I one week still to go, are only] 2.524,300 tons short ot the! 215,000,000 tors 1949 targetl production figure.- Reuter
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    Jets for Far East service
    72 1 Jets for Far East service CANADIAN Pacific Air Lines have ordered two Dc Haviland Comet Jet-propelled airliners to Join the service from Vancouver to Tokio and Hong Kong. These Jei plants ar»> the first to b<> ordered by B Canadian airline. With a cruising speed ol 500 miles an hour
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    37 1 Free Pross Staff Reporter Three Chinese, two armed with pistols, broke into the I attap house of a Chinese bean-eakr seller m East Coast Road early this morning, and nbbed him of $20 m cash
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    'USI policy is justice, peace'
    245 1 'USI policy is justice, peace THK HAGUE, Frida>. INDONESIA will be a «>tate of justice and culture, a state where justice, peace and labour will be a directive for civilisation, declared the Indonesian Prime Minister. Dr. Mohammed Hatta, at a Netherlands Government dinner on Wednesday. Dr. Hatta said: "A historic
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    Reds bomb police
    68 1 Reds bomb police CALCUTTA. V I THOUSANDS o! Office ets In Cal< utta yesto j .^;i\v Communists bomb a group of polite In Dalhousie Square, the city's commercial centre. Several policemen were Injured .some seriously. T'n- 1 police had broke. •< Communist procession near the Govenmen' Secretariat, a orohibiied area.
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    Rigid press censorship
    94 1 ASMARA Fri. IUIE Eritremo administration yesterday relaxed its ban on the publication of private newspapers but immediately issued regulations subject i.i 4 them to rigid censorship Editors are lorbiriden to critic z officials, British or other friendly government* or tbe United Nations, and aiv ordered to Rippre?.s
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    5 DIE IN FIRE
    28 1 Five persona were burned h o death ?nd 20 others injured In a tiro which des--1 roved 115 buildings m Fukuoka City yesterday.— U.P.
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    Love —it's wonderful
    61 1 Love it's wonderful APRAGI'F. film studio i> procuring a film about Stalin Its title is "Love." The film v being finished with Stakhanovit^ speed.' sa>s Mlada Fronta. •rgma of the znhoslovak Youth Front. It,s purpose is to cxprev. our gratitude to the reat Stalin and at the same time to
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    Packing Bill bombshell
    207 1 Packing Bill bombshell Free Pres> Staff Reporter rHE Singapore Legist! Council is not compel a pass the Rubber Shippn 4 md Packing Bill becmtm >ropnsed legislation n surrender part of the Colony ooal sovereignty to th<» federation, according to S<tf Walter IfOBCktOD X.C.. wading member ofl the EngLsh Bar. The
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    SHE WAS 107
    16 1 Irmi Sab !.r»*d ichooJ teacher. has* dU i ;n F' irp of I
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    Rubber prices
    62 1 *Pt( lAL Market <i>r rrs,p*»n-1 fnt fives the purrv iui«t>. m u-nU pei Ib. at 11 a.m. i«>d as follows: No. i EMM. **°i loo** >l> v I .o.b. m bale*. Lan I .o.b. m bale* Jan No. 1 R S S SO No. I R S S
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    Energy food
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    How old are you?...how old doyouLOOK?
    577 2 How old are you?... how old doyouLOOK? I AM nol tl;iiinin«; any clairvoyance, but natural observation Ikis been |H pped up by sitlinj; nexl lo Harleystreet psychologist at dinner. His opening conversa-* tionaJ gambit was to remark that he always wrote down his patients age on his jotVr before making
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    Grable legs— and she's 72!
    58 2 Grable legs and she's 72! V lltM 1 LI I >■ packed rhej o stare at Mi Inguett who at 72 renowned for le I like ol which an only I "ii r»-. Marlene Dietrich or Betty Orable Ml papt rmei Wtu A n 11 which Bui ■■< E I
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    Fashions for 1950
    93 2  -  Florence Mills By f FASHIONS next spring promise a reversal of everything embodied In the 'new look", judging by the styles at mid-season dress shows. The 1950 spring silhouette will have wider shoulders. narrower hips, shorter skirts, bustier bodices and a preat deal of sleeve interest The
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      178 2 (YOUR LUCKY STAR [>< »f! l.>d.i tin t i\, Mm <•! t h««- friendly, *<• i riablr i uA kindli natures fll v^ hoi M orld i^ i friend and .v. .iiiii i,, ftl i lnn| n Ufa almost nn '"'d\ \mi haVC i knn mind, >»ut jmm ■•metiaie* it
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      200 2 i < «Mir mi i: i t«al ip it id. s t<> t h i- utiii.i-' .Mill \<>l| Will fi,|, i omen < .ir v I Mirsell h> ..ttir Dlf Mtail* ar.II > mi w iii ti i banning nut r -»th«i ii r<»mpli«he<l I r von on h.i\# i
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    Belgrade has biggest budget
    76 3 BELGRADE, Thurs. THL Yunoslavia Parliament 1 yesterday unanimously approved the biggest budget country's history, an rxprndiaire of about USS3--474 920 000. compared With U553. 239.0*0. 000 tor this year Tl.e greater part of the inrrease was for military ex- pendlture Colonel-Genera] Ivan Gosnjak. Deputy Ministor of
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    PAKISTAN BANS TWO U.S. BOOKS
    57 3 Ivao American books have br-Mi banned from Pakis- tse the fovernn «.h ects T <> references or; ih€ f f the prophe Moham- meet. lv 1..-. ng B i r Relifl s Lead and Henry Tl m md I Dana Le^ Thomas and "H..s torj
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    PERSIANS IN DELHI
    22 3 A ftw-man Persian mission v f d :n Delhi nMir.sci.iv >n a trade-boostini* visit -'d to last m days.
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    $117,000 STOLEN
    24 3 Fi\e m ;:ans wielding knives attacked five bank In B -."nbay j and escaped w I bass f ••ontainlnsj $1 iT.noo UP
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    Bridge Hands
    327 3 I W: .< do you b:d Wbcntvci you a;e decidni* I among a; «iiau> ttrang bids, you I should »-i jrouneU some qtiestionb fan mv partner p.i--s U <o 'a> \:n I caff a' tne b:d I bfivt n-.AG" bi Would I piei^r to be In &:-nie other
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    More ships running China blockade
    168 3 HONG KONG, Friday. 'HINESK and foreign ships continue to run the Nationalist blockade of Communist-occupied ports. More than 60 foreign steamers have been inter- i cepted and prevented from entering the Yangtze for Shanghai since the blockade, according to the Nationalist Central News Agency, quoting
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    NO MARRIAGE, SAYS QUIRING
    80 3 Pliilippine President Qui--10 ioiu newsmen m Bagnio reports thai he is nning to marry soon were "fantastic." The widower-president v.as nmenting on a report that he would acquire submarines for the Philippine navaJ when he goes to the United States nrxi mo ith The President said
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    Messerchmidt going to India
    54 3 Messerchmidt going to India t\}{ Will! Messerschmidt, de- signer ol Qermany'i most formidable ii?ht*r aircraft of World War 11. has aninounced that he v.oulri go to India as h consultant on housing projects Dr. Messerschmidt now forbidden aa a German Vo manufacture or de^jgn air-f-raft. has become a leading manufacturer
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    Missing naw men reported safe
    61 3 TWO American navy men, missing In Communist China for more than a year. b ive been reported alive and j v.tjl. Chines* Communist officials at Tsingtao disclosed that the two men are being heJd at a large military base just outside the port-city. Th<* State
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    M.P.s VISIT TITO
    28 3 Thirteen British Socialis- j Members of Parliament left I ondon Thursday by air for Belgrade on a Yugoslavsponsored mission to meet Marsh*] Tito. U .P.
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    SHIP AGROUND
    28 3 Four passengers and a crew i of 61 are aboard the motorship Silver Waren, aground on Royal Captain shoals, west of Palawan Island (Philippines 1 i
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    U.S. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
    74 3 U .S. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IMERICAN private businesj investments abroad which President Truman wati's 10 stimulate through Oovernment guarantees are already earning 15 per j cent., af;er paying foreign' taxes. The V S Commerce Department said 15 per cent. I WMM the average return on a I Loial of U. 5.510,000.
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    BRITAIN NEEDS MORE NURSES
    46 3 BRITAIN NEEDS MORE NURSES ALTHOUGH there la a' marked increase m the lumber of people taking up lursing m Britain, there are still 30.000 vacancies m the profesaitan. A Ministry of Labour ga- I 2^-t te has stated tha: >7.300 nurses were training :his year.- Reuter
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    Collaborators
    35 3 rHE French Minister of Justice has reported that 800 wartime collaborators have been executed out r)f 2.700 originally condemned to death and that 3.000 had b°en glvn flff sentences of I haul 'abour A.P.
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    EQUAL PAY FOR MEN & WOMEN
    280 3 EQUAL PAY FOR MEN WOMEN ■f\ fast st\/t I Theory to be put into practice GENEVA, Friday. FHE question of equal pay for men and women and measures for putting this into practice will be iiscussed at a conference convened here by the International Lab<fur Office for next June. Representatives
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    29 3 circus elephant, died beneath a hail of bullets from ♦hf> rifles of police and servicemen after it had gone >rserk while m transit b> tram ortweni Blackpool and Birmingham.
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    U.K. SENDS NEW TERMS TO U.S.
    87 3 U.K. SENDS NEW TERMS TO U.S. LONDON. F:i. BRITAIN* nus sem the United Stales new terms for an agreement on Britain's shart lof U.S. a?m s aid. Reliable source m London said yesterday thai ihe Foreign Office had .sp:u fre&U instructions to Sir Oliver Pranks, Britisb A:r,ba^ ,o U.S. Britain
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    LIFE SENTENCE.
    32 3 Tv o H m. I s fo: tens ol thousands <»i Bcm pa- uid lewi during occupation of Od* n x vars ■entenced by a Buchai eon for life.- A.P.
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    SECRET TALKS IN S. AFRICA
    71 3 THE Chief of the British Secret Police. Mr Percy BiUitoe, has concluded talks with the South African P inter, Dr Mai an. and b*J Ministers m Cape Town. AH hough no official nomicement has been made it Li understood the talks. were m connection wttti
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      130 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: The Bta« of our I Fathn-s (Mandarin). ODEON: ihe Barkleys of Broa.lv.av. Ki:\: Ifeel the Killer. COLISEUM: The Bins af our Fathers (Mandarin). CArn\Y: Deramanofart (Tamil). MADRAS: Coroner Crtek. HINDUSTAN: Ma-Baap (Hindi EMPIRE: Dirk Tracy. CENTRAL: Liaiia Mama (Tamil). PENANO REX: Ji an of An
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      183 3 PICNICS CAN BE FUN! j especially when <-*M umi I SIR RAM PIC: NIC OUTFIT Available m sue> Mutable fur I. or j I prisons. Lath set comprises a liv h t I strongly built case, including Theimov flasks, milk buttles, and >andui<-h boxes etc Choice of colours includes. Blue
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      494 3 >■' tSSw A 2slv gjjj §g sift Jfc 1 tj^jj jH &kS3 tfffiifiSSf JrV JMb t Iv MHM"iiiiiiiiimii iniiiiiiiniiiiii iiimii i i mm iiiii inimiiw CTHiraDnßr I through the Age*,; 10.15 Franki* H)t»\\ iIWUftrURE carle and his Orchestra; io.so. ]030 )ni N>ws Bl nr in in40 i BUJI NBTWOU) The
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 1949. FATEFUL FRIDAY
    517 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Dec. 30, 1949. FATEFUL FRIDAY rDAY another new nation v corn m South-East \sia In Saigon will be i .m-d protocols handing) i'.er ruling powers m the f«rm?r French Indo- ilnese colonies of Annam T neking. and Cochin-China Vietnam Governbeaded by tn*» forr nperof of
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    Arm Germans or Fight Russians...?
    1187 4 SELBY BRADFORD POSES A DEFENCE PROBLEM WESTERN UNIO:: i«UST ANSWER FONTAINEBLEAU: THERE are British military cemeteries scattered all over France. They huddle especially close. like folded sheep, m the north. Driv e by car down the old road— under a winter moon from Calais to
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    A SCOTS ADVENTURES IN GERMANY
    633 4  - A SCOTS ADVENTURES IN GERMANY Anthony Terry By 4 SANDY-HAIRED young Scot who •annul speak a word of any language except Oerman and yet spent two years m Buchenwald concentration ramp for refusing to Join the German army is about to lose his Job ai Control Commission car driver In
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    Shah in U.S. for 'Cold War' Talks
    699 4  - Shah in U.S. for 'Cold War' Talks OLI VER FRANK By NEW YORK: ']MIX H;ist keeps meeting the West m America. The latest Oriental to follow Nehru is the young man who curies the name Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlevi, m short, the Shah of Persia, \sli<> is just ending whal
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    Married Bliss for 1 in 6
    13 4 Married Bliss for 1 in 6 0 to Dr N I I AP
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      23 4 I We Wish Our Friends and Patrons A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS j NEW YEARI I P. H. HENDRY Jeweller NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE
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      37 4 I i NEW YEAR S DAY C Our Singapore br.in. 12 noon on Mond.i> 2nd I Deliveries as csu.il COLD STORAC B ininmiiiiiiin 111 J FOR DUPUCATIMJ B Wo ink I^MII GENERAL W J Sinrapore, Koala I
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    COLLEGE GRADS' JOBS FOR
    341 5 CLERKS Proposal to city Commission mtmg% Fr <* Press Staff Reporter I W U important posts m the Singapore Municipahty originally open only to graduates ot Kaffles College or other British colleges or universities, will go to two Municipal clerks if the recommendation of the Municipal
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    Kept one jump ahead of Reds
    209 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WEI I -KNOWN Filipino legal expert, who. as his t;\ s vice-consul m Shanghai. Amoy. Macao U.ng Kong was always being transferred one ihead of the advancing Communist armies. m Singapore from Hong Kong yesterday ul that he did not
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    AUST. OFFER TO CHINESE NURSES
    244 5 Free Press Staff Reporter yWO scholarships for a two-year training course 1 m Australia are being offered to Chinese nurses domiciled m Singapore or the Federation, it was i announced yesterday by Mr. Claude Massey, AustraI lia Commissioner for Malaya. I Thf» srhniarshins ftW rhp
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    MUSLIM RALLIES
    39 5 UASS rallies, radio talks processions, prayers, Kolan and Barzanji recitals and the reading of the Maulood and Sharah will mark the celebrations of the anniversary of the birthday of Prophet Muhammad, which falls on New Years Day.
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    S.J.A.B. PARTY
    53 5 A tea party will be held on New Years Day In honour of the members of the Chinese 2nd. Corps of the St. John Ambulance Association and Brigade, Singapore, who passed their First Aid and Home Nursing examinations recently, at the Headquarters of the "Brigade at Stamford Rn;ul
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    VAIN BID TO SAVE VICTIM OF CROCODILE
    157 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Fn. i A^ ERDICT of death by misadventure was recorded by the Pontian Magistrate after an inquest on Sim Chah 800, a 53-year-old woodcutter who was savaged by a crocodile on Dec. 6. Sim and a companion
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    33 5 picture. *|IHIRTY-SIX members of the Singapore Police Training School answered the call for blood donors at the Blood Transfusion Department yesterday. Picture shows some of the policemen waiting for their turn. Free Press
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    41 5 picture. IN the court of King Herod (Vyvyan Frampton) with his knights (Deryk Maidment, Chan Chin San and Clive Scharenguivel) and pet slave-child (Billy Darke) a scene m the Coventry Nativity Phv shown at St. Andrew's Cathedral last night— Free Press
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    Chamber may set up new trade groups
    160 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent rHE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a committee meeting today to discuss a proposal to appoint six trade sub-eommittee s on which 52 members of the Chamber will be represented. The six groups would cover the following
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    Arab gift to Soekaruo
    158 5 Free Prrss St iff Reporter A DELEGATION from tb€ Arab community In Sin- napore called on the Indonesian Representative, Dr. R. Oetoyo, .•osterripv ?nd presented souvenir for i President So Q karno. The souven'r \v:is part ul the decorative curta*n uvci I the doorway of '"he
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    Only 3 strikes in peaceful labour year
    265 5 Only 3 strikes in peaceful labour year Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S labour situation this year was more peaceful than m any preceding year since the liberation. There have been only three strikes, costing the Colony 16,618 man-days. In contrast, Singapore lost 128,656 man-days m 20 strikes m 1948, and
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    BANDSMEN TO BEAT RETREAT
    56 5 Thf pipes and drums of the Second Battalion of the Scots Guards and of the First Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders will beat retreat at St Joseph's Ground, Bras Basah Road, Singapore, at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The bandsmen will be m full dress uniform. Rain may
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    Art Society will hold exhibition
    112 5 Art Society will hold exh ibition Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Art Society will hold its first open exhibition o! the work of artists living m Singapore m the British Council Hall. Stamford Road, from March 11 to March 19. Work m any medium oil. water colour, tempera, pastrl.
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    MAILS
    41 5 Surface m^il v, expected ip Singapor*- today from tta F«-de-ration la*»-t tmus fur posting WffMC mail today at the G.P.O are noon for Pontianak. India and P«k:- an f> p m for Indo-r :> bang siou and the i- r. •ation.
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    SILVER WEDDING
    42 5 lit. and Mrs. W. A. LaurieTlin'ras r<lebrated their silver wedding anniversary at the Arielphi Hotel last night when they held a dinner and dane» They were married m Woolwich. London, m 1924. Mr. Laurie Thomas U with lusne Pipe Company.
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    39 5 MX. Lt,t t iitr> „.i\. who will be the manasinn director of Singapore* newest bank. The Chum Khiaw Bank. Ltd. The bank will open for business m its own premises m Robinson Road on Feb. I picture Free Press
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    MORE TOURIST TRAVEL IS EXPECTED
    95 5 Free Press Staff tvepor^er gINGAPORE and the I ration of Mulaya can expect a marked expansi< I the volurrv of tourist U m the BMP year Mr B .J. Bevan, manager of Cook Singapore, .said yesterday. Mr. Bevan sr-tia that Incicnesia'ii reiurn 1o normal I
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    STORE OIL MILLERS
    128 5 Free Pr« *s Stait Keporirr THE .ecrelaiie.v or the S gapcre Coconut-oil MU ers Association have WtUXta I 10 th? Free Pies? as follow With reference to the 1 headed Oil Millers Haro t which appeared m I paper on Dec 28. «c are dae< *a by
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    3rd ANNIVERSARY
    25 5 The Ha g Road Gov<:n--j ment Servants Welfare Organisation. Singapore, lact night celebrated their th.rd anniversary last Bight Wtth a dinner and dan<v
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      92 5 Carry a New Year Resolution to the Linen Cupboard. Stock it with TOWELS SHEETS VANTONA PIQUOT B4th Toweb: Bedsheets; In wh.te o«ly m whifc S.ie: 22 44 Slie; 90 X 08 Sue: 81" 108 VANTONA In plain colours ri uul Sue: 24" i 48 Ptrcale Bedsheets. In Dusty Rote. Peach.
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      33 5 The Background to Graceful Living SUNDOUR Fine Furnishing Fabrics ALL COTTON CASEMENT Sflf folour^ of Brown. Greeu, Boi^e. Blur and Ro^e. (Hiaranteorl I nfadablo. 48" »iue 82.95 yard. ROBINSONS BAFFLES PLACE ft S'PORF
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    FORM GUIDE FOR LAST DAY OF PENANG RACES
    1415 6 Compiled by ALLAN LEWIS I ITOKM nidc for six races on Monday v the fourth and last day of i a l i> T..^f rink VmasA'cu Year nieotinir, is given below. Handicaps for the t\* expected to bo issued by t races.
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      116 6 NOW SHOWING f 11. 1 43. 4. 6.30 930 p m OH MAN I jHh II l> wJ% Oetttf Jw, "THE neautitul A i>shful TSC*«<COIO* wh iiii sij'j'm iy 2a >uper JL TOMORROW M'HITE jOIEEFf l«^ TODAY DAILY WOI RITE! SOPHIA SCATINI "BENGAWAN SOLO' n|u* Kn»N Rrleaac T0M0««OW MNITt "DR.
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      14 6 CAPITOL NEXT CHANGE ■■E3JIIP A Crand Bf3li ■■fcUJHB Outwit ra>? Wrtstle jungle cot 1
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      214 6 m3ndr3k6 l<xctusin> In Ihv Singaporv I n>t> I'rvss m Malaya f~" /->T 1 I AAt YOU 60YS HONEST. BOSS.' I I RUL- -MUMMY 1 WHKRE^U HE'S I lAS Tk£ U!Rf CTOR OF THIS I J THAT TPWNO TO CROSS UiTMAT WAS THE THAT PELL A THAT HELPEO H 60NL MUSEUM,
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    NESSUS NAPPED FOR DOUBLE
    1237 7 NESSUS NAPPED FOR DOUBLE Ma ta Hart to win tomorrow From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Friday. {j]XCEPT the event for Class 5 over five furlongs, all races will be over six furlongs tomorrow, when Penang Turf Club continues its Christmas racing carnival. Though he is up a class with the same
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    Tonight is a big night for Phol
    289 7 picture roNKiHT at the Happy World arena, Phol Prapadaeng. the featherweight champion of Mam and conqueror of the great David Kui Kong Young, has a lot at stake t*r if he doe s as poorly against Jimmy Welch as he did against Speedy
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    Malayans defeated by Danes
    113 7 Malayans defeated by Danes 4 TEAM of selected Malayan student badminton players was defeated by three games to nine on Wednesday night m Copenhagen by juniors from Copenhagen's K.B.K. Badminton Club. Results i Danes first m Men's *inj!e«: Joerg«n Hammrrganrri b1 8. H lim 15—9 IS— I P. 8. 1
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    MANS LEADS
    71 7 P- R MANS (South Africa* and Horace LJndrum lAusa- each »un ihr»«e of thf sb fratiie* prda; •moan vhen their h»-at m ihe nvw of 'he World Z' 5W snooker I tournament opened. Ifaaa 'ook th«l ■< nigh ■/hen h^ won fOUI Of the six frames to h'
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    E. Java basketball team had good spell
    274 7 E. Java basketball team had good spell 1-hf r. bi«fcetba 1 team now In Medan waii ing for plane to rake them back to Sourabaya. had I x. ftd cur durina Hieir '.'..iHva 'ecenMv. ttoeil -ens warn ir, in'.utunv Ml ::»ibt';^i^n .econl-- winning all the i to matches and th<
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    FOOTBALLER DEAD
    33 7 Charlie Bnckiey 01 tuirvara, one of the greatest drop fcicKers m American football history, died from a heart attack In New York on Wednesday night at th<- .tee of 58. A.P.
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    INDIAN CRICKET HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE
    258 7 f^HANCES of India winn Tests" against the Con now touring India, are < Colonel C. K. Nayudu. The lifty-flve-year-o captain said this when bi the Bombay station of All The veteran Indian cricketer said India had improved I her batting considerably In recent years.
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    KRAMER BEATS GONZALES
    79 7 JACK KRAMER won "rubber" .natch m hiv v- > of three series with Richard Panclio Qooales 7-5 7-1 li. Wedne.^d*iv ni^ht m the nrofe-sMona! lawn tennis tournament ;*t Wembley Pool. I Kramer. nor m department of play, broke th. Oona m The 13 h. (tamp of eacn
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    F. AMPON IN SEMI-FINALS
    233 7 liWO In lians and a I pin '■■i:<\ Dilip Bose ilaiiian* n the men's singles semi-flnali ol the Asian lawn tennis championships at Calcutta They art- Suman< M sra and Narendra Nath of India md Felicisslmo tmpon ol the Philippines Misra bf'.-.i r. Wasbei ißei.;»uini 7__9.
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    Merchant may be out of Test
    120 7 INDIAN Test captain Vija> Merchant may not play In the third unofficial Test between India and the Commonwealth XI starting at Calcutta today. A Bengal Cricket Association spokesman disclosed this when it was made known that during two days' net practice at Calcutta Merchant
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    NEW RECORD
    25 7 pLRMAN m limner, Walter I Dew unofficial European rrcord m h« ]C.i moires biT:i. c l£lrckc at 1 i mm X.5 .Pc UP
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    Pep to defend title soon
    97 7 Pep to defend title soon lI7H LIE Pep weight di.Jir.p.' bla Utlc a*..-. Parley Riley ol St. Louis on Jan. 16 at St. Loiiiv Riley signed for the flsiv Pep virad acceptance after Uj» If i— Will A onin-.issic: given official appro-, a for 'frt match. Pep ha& btt <.n(e
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    HAINAN DRIVES OFF RED INVADERS
    213 8 Cjovt. mines China ports HON<; KONT,, Friday. RATIONALIST coastal artillery m Hainan have smashed initial Communist landing attempts, destroying several flotillas of Redmanned boats. This Nationalist disclosure last night followed Formosa reports that (lovernment bombers had shattered the Red invasion fleet massed along the mainland
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    63 8 Raymond Mays British racing driver, lalrm the wheel of the B.R.M (Mntish Bacteg Motors) (lurnis a test run .tt I olkingham Aerodrome, near Bouri)»--l.imolnshire The rater ha s h«»-n built With parts supplied bj Urn rrcam of the British motor industry with the aim of m ooping the world m
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    CHINA'S U.N. SEAT DISPUTED
    58 8 NhW \OKK fTI. 'FHL SovU I I'm relay 1 not regard I nei Natioj rnment delecr- Dr. r i> T^ •■■■>• eM m the Chine; n the Couii D: take nßr tr l McNaughi n q Jan. 1. replied I > the S nell and I
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    U.S. sees improving rubber outlook
    121 8 NEW YORK, Friday. AMKKICAN rubber industry sources predicted yesterday tfiat 1950 would be as good as. or better than. 1949. One industry spokesman said the next 50 years portend many new developments m the use of rubber. m London yesterday, spot rubber prices rose to
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    Move to bar UK from Jap oil market
    36 8 Move to bar UK from Jap oil market TOKYO I Bl it A an- trying t< k*-*-p Hr:* ih w!i:!'' ?:.'->• rontlntu I Japan*~s.of Ar: pay* tnlfhl 5 000 OUO i 0 div. B I I Reuter
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    PILOT BLAMED FOR AIR CRASH
    11 8 PILOT BLAMED FOR AIR CRASH II a Xl I papem I
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    RIOT IN MILAN
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    R.F.C. CUTS TIN PRICE
    14 8 In i ":ii cont in.t <i ••> 175 lOn U.P. A.P.
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    U.S. BUSINESS HOPES HIGH
    30 8 v% a ["ON PRESIDENT rican !u *xp.<:;<.i Ui 1950 The Preside i F 1 A M fourth annuu! to MTrun: reconu !iu<k*> &noth?i with 1 U.P.
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    Hungary takes over industries
    22 8 Hungary takes over industries nisi )rfiHfi <i the n ill m n ten pei fhia companii > n b»- take] by U. P.
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    NOW IT'S THE AMERICANS
    21 8 NOW IT'S THE AMERICA NS 11HE Ru trj kuiiv on war rm .^.-d t Stal i > KM T T 8 P
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    CHINA COAL DEAL
    16 8 I British i m d C ntra v Ooven m i i Reuter
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    Small trading in London stocks
    124 8 Small trading in London stocks LONDON I ri<!.»\ I'H IDING m th»- London stock Exchange jresterdaj uas small, with most operator! awaiting the end of the current trading period, the last i\a\ «»f which is next Tuesday, sa>s Reuter't financial correspon- dent i BrilUI) G H l!iC v.na I irt
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    Foam rubber
    6 8 M i: U.P. A.P.
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    Five men in a boat
    65 8 \S I UI-KP. Fr i FIOI k jmmug Bdfftem and .1 r«-iu hin.in Irft \ntwerp \esterda> .ttmard a 70-ton Imit to tour thr world I hnr >Mip thr \h Men i> .i former French Bshiftf ho.ti uilh a Miiall au\iliar> motor It i> iailiai iiom
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    Celebrations for Yasmin
    24 8 KARACHI I' X rerj I M) KhH!. ti Rita H v id I last week thai iby WOUI l i hall
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    CYRENAICA LABOUR
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    DEAF CN HEAR WITH A GLOVE
    133 8 DEAF CN HEAR WITH A GLOVE 4 GLOVE is being made may wr.ir on one hand can hear by vibration NEW YORK. Frida\ ehich totally deaf person* and through Which 'hey i their Anger Upt High! ottM iy to Ibi 1 iii an Association for Advancement «>! Bcfa were BtU
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    Jap merchant navy
    29 8 Bi it itn recognise the need for Japan t<> hat :<n M adf quaff merchant marin< Fon Ign Ofllce spokesman said n Kondoii v sterda] Reuter
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    13 8 i eh v i i started ,\Nfl! t d proll Reuter
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      251 8 BIRTHS NOBLE A Newcastle, N.S.W.. on 24th December, to Gwen. wif of lan Noble, a son. MORRAV At Stockholm, on December 27 h. to Kitty (nw V klllp), %:!e 0( T. W. 'Bill' Murray, a son. IT IRE: O: 29 Dec., at the Hospital, SingaI v\;fe of Captain C i
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      78 8 Mankind would perish DH. THORNTON PAGE, an American astronomer has disroveird a star 11 tim«s hotter than the sun It h»v a surface temperature of >70.000 decrees K. com pared with the suns 10.000 degrees. The new star is probably larger than the sun l)r P*ase said, but it is
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