The Singapore Free Press, 11 January 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1950. PRICE 10 ('EMS
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    U.K. FIXES DATE FOR ELECTIONS
    272 1 Bitter fight forecast LONDON, Wednesday. piFTY MILLION Britons are today asking whether the general election, which will be; held on Feb. 23, will see Labour swept from its! dominating role in Parliament and the 75-year-old war leader, Mr. Winston Churchill, back at the nation's helm.
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    Formosa not vital to U.S.
    57 1 Formosa not vital to U.S. [NGTON, Wed. I BtaU Mr told Sethal the ban an "impred« fci e line F :mo>a. He noxnk aid as to block the Co.nmunism In A son cave the Se- as ComreYtew behind the American foreign po- Tom told reporer? iM* A u .-rn \id
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    Burma rebels attack jail
    42 1 Bu rma rebels attack jail NGOON. Wed. At made rwnmlUT PVOs have atrly, an im- ;dway bed ind Prome. i :.pt to rescue coithc local jail the town behing the jail. troops barred here was fierce the rebels off, leaving 200 Reuter
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    18 DIE IN BUS
    18 1 Irs qs wt re Ull- ed when bos the R!^v:e ith ol Co mu\
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    MALIK WALKS OUT OF U.N.
    151 1 MALIK WALKS OUT OF U.N. NEW YORK, Wednesday. THE Soviet delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik, walked out of the Security Council meeting here yesterday in protest against the presence of the Chinese Nationalist delegate Dr. T. F. Tsiang, who was sitting a s chairman of the Council. Shortly before. Mr. Malik
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    Common policy on Red China urged
    258 1 COLOMBO, Wednesday. AUSTRALIA and New Zealand came out as strong champions of a single British Commonwealth voice on major international problems yesterday when the Colombo conference j»ot down to concrete issues. They felt that Britain, India, Pakistan and Ceylon might have delayed xecognising Communist
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    VIETNAM STUDENTS ON STRIKE
    82 1 VIETNAM STUDENTS ON STRIKE SAIGON. Wed. VIETNAMESE medical students called a three-day strike yesterday in protest against Vietnam Government measures to disperse student demonstrations. One student was killed and 22 injured in demonstrations outside the French Governor's residence on Monday. Unconfirmed reports said three other young Vietnamese had died from
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    Strikers hold up French troopship
    142 1 MARSEILLES. Wed. THE striking crew of the French liner Pasteur, being used as a troopship, agreed to sail the ship for Indo-China at dawn today 24 hours after its scheduled time of departure after the General Confederation of Labour called a 24-hour general strike on
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    MANY BANDITS ROUNDED UP
    54 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BATU PAH AT security forces operating in the Yong Peng area of Johore have found four bandit camps and rounded up nine men. six women and 13 children. Security forces have arrested 13 self-confessed bandits at the San Tock Kon>,'si at Tenang.
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    RICE TALKS
    32 1 The International Rice Commission conference under the Food and Agricultural Organisation is due to start a session in Rangoon on Jan. 13. It is to last until Feb. 15. Reuter
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    GRENADE HURTS 6
    27 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Terrorists threw two handgrenades into shops In the Batu Gajah area of Perak night. Six people were injured ono serionsty.
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    NEW CARDINALS
    19 1 The Pope will probably call a consistory to name new cardina 1 in FVhruarv or March U.P.
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    SUEZ TOLL ENDED
    18 1 Passengers through the Suez Canal will cease to pay tolls after April 15. Re uter
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    NIGHT MAILS DELAYED
    72 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. THE night mall from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur was held up last night at Tenang. about 80 miles from Johore Bahru, owing to engine trouble. A relief train towed the train to Labis, and the mail train is expected to
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    STRATEGIC RAIL LINK PLANNED
    53 1 THE Chinese Communist Government plans to build a strategic railway line from Hi in the Kulja area of Slnkiang province bordering Russian territory, to Lanchow. in the Kansu province of China. An aeroplane factory will reportedly be built with Russian help near Urumchi. capl tal of
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    BOOKIE TIPS LABOUR TO WIN
    136 1 BRITAIN'S leading b-i >kmaker, Douglas Stuart "Daggle never owes"), is offering odas of 4 to 6 that the Labour Party will win the General Election un Feb. 26. He also offers 5-4 against *he Tories. However, he mak<s Mr Churchill slight favourite at 11-3 as
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    Absent-minded driver
    69 1 SYDNEY police found an abandoned Jaguar worth -5 £1.500 in a suburban street. Ignition wires were cut. fl hecking. they found it had not been reported stolen, belonged to a country grazier. "Fancy that. now", said the grazier when police told him. "I thought it was gone. "I
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    MRS. PERON ILL
    30 1 Senora Eva Peron, the wite of President Juan Peron of the Argentine, was taken suddenly 111 on Monday night while opening a school for taxidrivers' children.- U.P.
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    39 1 picture Raising their clenched fists in the air in the Communist salute, men. women and children at yesterday's meeting at the Mayfair Musical and Dramatic Association in Singapore shouted slogans expressing solidarity between Britain and Communist China.— Free Press
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    DEATH STAYED
    15 1 The Indonesian Cabinet has decided to suspend temporarily all death sentences.— Reuter AAP
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    Private army threatens USI
    220 1 Private army threatens US I JAKARTA. Wednesday. A FORMER Dutch army captain leading a private rebel army in West Java, made-up of several thousand Eurasians. Indonesians and a few Europeans, ha s threatened open warfare against the United States of Indonesia. Known as Captain ('"The Turk") Westerling, he was in
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    Married gets chance
    64 1 OLDBURY (England), Wed. A 16-YEAR-OLD boy in a juvenile court here confessed to vandalism in a warehouse, but told why he should not be sent to reform m hool. •I am married." he said, "1 have responsibilities now." The magistrate replied: "I do not care if you
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    MME. CHIANG LEAVES U.S.A.
    37 1 Madame Chiang Kai-shek left America yesterday to Join her husband in Formosa. She is flying by way of San Francisco and Manila. Her route from the Philippines to Formosa was not disclosed. Reuter
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    Scrivener takes up new post
    39 1 MR. Patrick Stratford Scrivener, the new British Minister to Switzerland, presented his credentials yesterday to President Max Peitpierre. Mr. Scrivener, formerly Deputy Commissioner-General of Foreign Affairs in SouthEast Asia, success Mr Thomas Maitland.- A.P.
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    Hydrogen bomb too expensive
    74 1 WASHINGTON Wee! A WASHING! ON sc\ said yesterday thftt would cost at least US$2 000,000 to develop a super atomic" hydrogen bomb This estimate by the seien tist. who refused to be quoted by name, would seem to out an end to reports that the United
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    Reds hit UK policy in Malaya
    180 1 HONG KONG. Wed. QFFICIAL announce- ment in London last night that Red China had accepted Britains offer to establish diplomatic relations coincided with a Peking radio attack on British policy In Malaya. The Peking G.»vernrr acceptance was on Britains conditions "of equ a I
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    S.Cs. FIRED ON
    24 1 Fn*e Press Staff Reporter Special police constables Investigating a big fire at Bidor. Perak. last night wen fired upon by bandits.
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    Kissing Germ No Drug Can Cure
    408 2 ri^HAT bothersom blemish, the cold v>rp." which so often comes up just when mour matters most. ilmost always caused by kissing, d >c r nrs have i ided. Bui for bashful girls and bachelors they add the blushsaver that. whatever your ase when a
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    Blinded By Atom Rays, Can Now See
    177 2 \U.S. college profes* r Minded u v>-ar ago by rayj today— tks \i! science. Dr. Alexander J. 43 :n charge of the Pittsburgh's :-.o;m-busting cyclotron. N II n radiation maimed eyes and he didn't even happened While we •■1j listing the cycloDr Allen
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    Cause of Sleep Still a Medical Mystery
    1470 2 Cause of Sleep Still a Medical Mystery THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR' VLIHAT is the cause of the falling sensation I always feel when half-way between sleep and co7iseiousness? I feel as if I am sliding down a steep shute, suddenly stop and wake up with a start. Also. I ahvays see
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    How to live to be 100
    328 2 By the average person 1 takes too few baths, too much of the wrong foods, neglects exercise and forgets to relax. according to a Philadelphia h r a r t specialist, Dr. Edward 1.. Bortz. what really Kills people." he explains. They wear out
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    PATIENTS TO HELP NURSE
    54 2 PA TIENTS TO HELP NURSE A total of 1.500 tons of turkeys, about the same weight of other poultry, and 2,000,000 crates of rabbits will reach Britain from Australia in time for Chri.stn. talk again I should be much obliged if a period of time could elapse. My tongue ls
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      201 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR roll those born today, must overcome in earliest F there are extremely > outh S inc v u have the strong success signals "^'ve instinct in your alone the line! You can make-up if you enter one make of vour life almost of the art r r
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      262 2 F.P. Crossword F«», 890 jjljjj i 1 j I I ~^^^l t 1.1 f> KOSS 1 Contrivances that set rM of evil? O< 5 Actor wtm is nc.ily wide of the mark. (7> 9 The drum Is at one end of this. i3-4» 10 Rising strokes. <5.2» li Sounds like
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    BRITAIN WORKS ON HER EMPIRE
    410 3 Emphasis is on partnership rfcßiTAiv 4u m LONDON, Wednesday. gRITAIX as the New Year begins, is reared to of h I^ n 1 lf3r t i h t ellr rU Of thc P^* year Sn £half of her Colonial Empire. By increasing the present flow
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    Red scientists end 3 year meteor study
    55 3 OW. Mon. tdrmy included its 1 ns of a| which tern mari- 1 February 1 1 .v .osed thai eaviest meteorite ..a The seien'years Vuiied laments from raters, the en. A'ei^hed 1 viuced a terrific ig =>iant cedai :hem one „< Fragments ol
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    SHIPPING TALKS IN WASHINGTON
    36 3 SHIPPING TALKS IN WASHINGTON esentatives ot j as hate disAmerican offlington how best peratc ocean e event of an- ;s a followdiscussions te| on for p *se relatives of i J Denmark, i tttcriinrti. Britain A.P.
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    U.S. doctors fight 'National medicine'
    95 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. >l E. IKONS, president of the American Wsociatmi*. recently alerted all U.S. i whit he called a new attempt by the Adi to nationalise medicine." before the House of Delegates at the third clinical session of the A.M.A., doctors should not be lulled
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    U.S. FACES A COAL CRISIS
    29 3 U.S. FACES A COAL CRISIS DemocraLucas. White House rtrii in :*»>ult of the pasan by Mr :er of Ame..';al .an, v ho ers for n pressed ay ail the
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    SHORT OF FUNDS
    9 3 Comto Mrs of ■> as it A.P.
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    CHIANG'S MEN REPUDIATED
    76 3 Russia repudiated the Nationalist delegation as representative of China in two small committees of the United Nations on Monday while the U.N. Secretariat awaited receipt of a demand from the Chinese Communists that the Nationalists be ousted from the world organization. Soviet spokesmen refused to recognize the
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    NEW DEAL FOR HOUSES
    58 3 FINGS are going to be better for the horses of the Swiss Army after the year 1953 The Swiss Military De- partment has ruled that start- \r.% then no horses with cropped tails may be purchased for the Army. Every new Army horse must be in
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    WOMAN SHORTAGE
    27 3 There is a shortage of 15,000 lo 20.000 women of marriageable age in Israel. Statistics showed that males, aged 15 to 344 far outnumbered females
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    31 3 Photo Mi>s Virginia Mayo the film star. takes her turn mt the microphone as she arrives for a film premiere in Hollywood with her *««tor husband. Mr. Michael O'Shea.- A. P.
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    38 3 photo Or. Tar a (hand (right), secretary to the Indian Ministry of Education, visiting the Swedish stall at the International Press Lay-out Exhibition in Delhi. The exhibition is designed to illustrate the advertising technique from various countries.- A.P.
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    Mirror of a nation's misery and frustration
    267 3 RANGOON, Wednesday. IN its squalor and disrepair, Rangoon today reflects the misery and frustration of the disordered land of which it is the capital. One o* the best- planned cities in the East, some of its broad, tree -shaded pavements are now cluttered
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    Compromise in South Africa
    112 3 Ladybrand (Orange Free I State). Tues. SOUTH African Finance Minister. Mr. Nicolaas, Havenga, leader of the Afrlleaner Party, admitted here last night that there were points of difference on some major political issues between his party and the Nationalists. However, he said that he and Dr
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    Diplomats Warened
    32 3 Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, President of the United Nations General Assembly, has warned the world's diplomats that they should mend their manners to preserve the dignity of the Assembly- A.P.
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    BANK IN HK ROBBED
    27 3 Four men entered th» American Chase National Bank In the heart of Hong Kong Monday and escaped With H.K.5400.000 and U.S. 53.000.— Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    342 3 EAST would have be^n fur better advised IX ne bad parsed ftiM he had a good hand, but he hud already shown it. Equally true, the opponent* had stop;**-! r>t two spades. but Eas' defensive strength was inconslderpbl? and without a free raise fioni West Ml chances of
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    MATA HARI IS OUT OF STYLE
    177 3 Wmmw lOS ANGEL ES, Wednesday. OMKN make the best spies, a war-time spy chief said recently. But the Mata Hari sirens are out of style. A woman spy today needs brains more than sex appeal, and a Russian vocabulary more than a black satin
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    STRIKE HITS GOLD COAST
    80 3 ACCRA, Wed. f |w? Gold Coast Trades 1 Union Congress has derided to call off today the general strike which officially began on Saturday. The object of the strike was to compel Britain to srant dominion status to the Gold Coast and to secure reinstatement of
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    PLANE DOWN IN MARKET
    53 3 PUR bystanders were killed and 70 injured when a Dacca Bharat Airways Skymaster crash-landed and burnt in a crowded village market-place near the East Benpal-Tripura border. The two pilots. Captains Anderson and Rendell, said to be Australians, and ihe' radio operator, M.L. Ghnse. received burns and
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    Throw out school report cards
    145 3 iiLiKuu, Wednesday. OEPORT cards should be tossed out of American 1V schools and be replaced by simple chats between parents and teachers, an educator said recently. Although present systems for grading Johnny and Mary are as out-dated as the little red school house, Professor Roland
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    NEW FLAG FOR CEYLOM BY FEB. 4
    115 3 COLOMBO. YVVd THE Union Jack will aoz »>e hoisted at official functions in Ceylon after February 4. 1950. If tho National Flat? Committee, which is now sitting, comes to an unanimous decision on the design of th»» future flag, the Prime Minister will
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    U.S. urged io guard secrets
    74 3 Bki iftin S recognition of Communist, China raised new questions in Washing^ n recentlv from some U.S. senators about the advisability of sharing any US atomic secrets and weapons with Great Britain Senate Republican l-ader Kenneth Wherry said British recognition of Rod coupled with President
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    MINE HURTS 15
    26 3 A drifting mine on the Japanese coast, > Saturday, injuring 15 p and dama<Tinfi men* than 3 n houses, hotels and wirr. houses Reuter
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    FROM CROCODILES TO MILADY
    494 4  -  PETER HILL SINGAPORE INDUSTRIES —9 Story By vl\\T time you're feeling rather broke after an expensive week end have a vhol ;il snake or crocodile hunting. This is admittedly a hazardous kind of spoil lull oiu- which will gel you many an honesl dollar mI thr
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    Wife jealous of a radio voice
    154 5 Wife jealous of a radio voice I 1 :m pie-Morris refused a petition INforcc Court to a wife who was said .ilous of her husband listening to a i -ii !he radio. James. 48. of Birch Grove. Glamorganshire, had accused u fireman, of cruelty. Commissioner Temple 1 1 iid: "It
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    50 5 The new Martin XB-51 ground support aircraft of the I.S. Air Force, photographed in flight for the first time. Three jet engines provide the power; two are mounted on pylons below the fuselage, and the third is in the rear of it. Each engine provides over 5.009 pounds of thrust.
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    Bid to save 'impulse killers'
    53 5 Bid to save 'impulse killers' be Dare B:. th< ii way. -hape i ible temisibl Tred or at I p- Dr.. I mur- advised A>sociarer.t. of who killed ftti who had a 8 <*jrd-Clark his the ex la land'udy told rim T and thai lift tiki Or M a fail
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    HE WANTS TO SEE TRAMPS
    18 5 HE WANTS TO SEE TRAMPS p -:>_nd j die ft] Fred and ek to' i i he "r^d
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    JAP SCOUTS GET A GIFT
    13 5 JAP SCOUTS GET A GIFT j are nt" I inds for. 1 Reuter
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    U.S. JAPS SEND MONEY HOME
    62 5 U .S. JAPS SEND MONEY HOME JAPANESE living tn America have started to take ad.^e of the recent lifting of res; actions by Gen. Douglas MacArthurs headquarters allowing dollar money orders to be sent from the United Sales to Japan. The Japanese postal authorities have reported an Influx of telegram
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    LONDON'S VIEW
    21 5 A London Foreign Office spokesman said that Britain regarded Syria as having a perfectly constitutional eov..ent in power." Reuter
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    EXPORT SLUMP
    24 5 There has been a heavy fall in the export of jme and cotton from Pakistan, th< Dominion parliament was told recently A.P.
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    'Victims' were police
    44 5 I by Bangkok police, decided to ir th and south b> trains Someone tipped rtrd to work as soon a> trains were re dismayed to l»arn their "victims" The trains w»*re stopped and «n«;--in h ait in? trucks to prisons. A.P.
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    THE MAN WHO WAS TOO KIND
    148 5 THE MAN WHO WAS TOO KIND RICHARD Arthur Fow was too kind-hearted. In all the 20 years he ran a mutual loan club in East London he could n?v< r refuse a loan. Many times he was not paid back. Yet when he gassed himself in his Whitechape! road, Stepney,
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    £30,000 fo coal man
    60 5 £30,000 fo coal man BIRMINGHAM Wed. I.BERT Ernest Moxon. 50-yrar-old coal dHiverman who won 1 30.351 ve.sterday in a football pools competition, said he and his wif> were Jjoitifc "to adopt some children and give them the benefits we never had." Mr. and Mrs. Moxon have two children of thrir
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    Gable left three girls sighing
    157 5 Gable left three girls sighing l\ Ml- > Clark i*aDie ana ins new unuc ivmhiij Lady (Sylvia) Stanley of Alderley— sailed for a oriel honeymoon in Honolulu, several Hollywood colony girls were left Sighing:. •k. Uk. v»«.l-> mp Biria ne leu Dtnnui admitted that 'King Gable's marriage flabbergasted them oorn
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    56 5 Fven though it is stationary, this 140 m.p.h. racing car provides thrills enough for these boys pictured at the Schoolboy's Own Exhibition at the Horticultural Halls. Westminster. London. There are so many exhibits this year that both the Royal and New Horticultural Halls are in use. instead of only one
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    GREATER I.L.0. AID FOR ASIA
    208 5 MYSORE. Tues. THE Director-General of \.hv International Labour office, Mr. David Morse, has forecast an Intensification of the organisation's activities in India and the Far East. Mr. Morse said that th< technical centre established In Bangalore— as part of the I.LO.'s technical aid programme—would be
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    RUINED NORMAN CASTLE SOLD
    51 5 The first Norman castle m Britain situated In Hastings. Sussex, and built by William the Conqueror, has been purchased by the Hastings Corporation for £3,000 sterling The castle, which is in ruins, was sold by the Earl of (Jhichesier whose family has owned It for 400
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    "ROYAL" DROPPED IN INDIA
    49 5 Th>- Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal has been re-named "The Asiatic Society." India is dropping the word Royal' from the names of a number of organisations, including the army, navy and air force, to coincide with the inauguration of the Republican Constitution on Jan L'O
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    'POWER GLIDE' FOR CHEAPER CARS
    150 5 DETROIT. TON THE first automatic transmission in low-priced cars was introduced as Chevrolet j displayed 111 1950 modThis new device is a torque converter costing U.SSIjM extra. With the transmission. Chevrolet also is presenting a new higher-powered ragini .1 ivw carburetor and x duced rear
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    EMPIRE NEEDS 'REVITALISING'
    83 5 THE British Empire needs ••revitalising." Mr. F. W. Doidge. New Zealand Mi: for External Affairs, has announced. The old conception of the Empire had gone, but '•the trend of world events in the days ahead will place new emphasis on the Empire." he added. Mr. Doidge. who
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    U.K. FOOD SHORTAGE TO STAY'
    238 5 Nation eating investments POOD SHORTAGE is the most artlte problem before the population of Britain, and this shortage seems likely to remain for a (jpnsiderable period. The Director of the Oxford Agriculturtir Economics Research Institute. Professor A. W. Ashby, made this grim forecast at a
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    34 5 Eastbourne choirboys being: greeted by the chief keeper of Beachy Head Lighthouse. Mr. William James, as they clamber over rocks to deliver Christmas gifts. The boys sang Christmas carols before returning to the mainland.
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    Economic Problem
    77 5 Thp Professor added: "Amongst her economic problems U that of paying for foodstuffs and for raw maI terlals. like wool, cotton and rubber, as well as some materials that are necessary for the maintenance of her lni dustrlal output •■With the neceuliy for paying for raw materfalt." said
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    METAL PLAN
    43 5 A National Conference In Peking has drawn up a plan fur the restoration of Chinas metal industry during 1950. Manchuria, where a substantial part of the country's heavy industry is concentrated, is a.sslgned the mam plare i n the plan.--1 Reuter
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    Portuguese output
    19 5 Ten million tnetrej of rotI ton material were manufac- tured by 477 Portuguese factories during 1948 A.P.
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    2,000 at a service held in cirrus
    155 5 2, 000 at a service held in cirrus 'rHE circus ring became an altar in Birmingham 1 where the Rev. Bryan Green, rector of St. Martin's Parish Church, held a service. At the ringsi sal the clowns, unpainted, and the acrobats dressed liko any other churchgoers fa the -hall were
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    Making roads safer for young children
    203 5 LONDON, Tuesday. r rirF Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has launched its Britain-wide Children's Safety Campaign for 1950 with the solgan "On Guard Children." The Society's 17 accident prevention federations, to which are linked thousands of road safety committees, have all pledged
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    Guay trial adjourned
    72 5 Guay trial adjourned QUEBEC. Tues THE murder trial of J. Albert Guay. Quebec city jeweller alleged to have arranged the placing of a time bomb in an airliner which crashed near here on Sept. 9 killing his wife and 21 others aboard, was adjourned yesterday until Feb j 13. His
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    DOCK STRIKE IN SUMATRA
    51 5 MON-UNIONIBT recently D under Indonesi t^ction as the Belawan d ken strike v second week. "i i I matra's food si'.u ened Tv;o republics "r--ee.st ed:" aat the Uni'.ed States of Indonesia Qovei ment should Intenrene East Sumatra Ooffernmen not 'strnne" to effect a seillement Reuter
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    SHOE MAKERS GET HELP
    37 5 THE little shun tn» of Lamt»i»o u ortu has found a solu ton I serious unempi. 1 blem The town's Unemplcym m Bureau is distiibuUnc materials and normal to provide sustained employment A.P.
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    A dream come true
    60 5 NINKTV-FIVE per cent, of the nationalist ideals for freedom have been realised." in the new Iniled States of Indonesia, declared the Prime NteMtr. l>r. Mohammed Hatta. at a reception in his honour at Jogjakarta Dr Hatta said that the instantaneous recognition of I* S I h*
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    Slain ex-G.Is. found
    92 5 Slain ex-G.Is. found MANILA, Tues. THE headless bodies of Paul H. Sarles, 36, and Frank Jirgl, 45. operating a ranch in the Zambales mountains, have been recovered by a Philippine Constabulary, patrol. From Ithi. provincial capital, the patrol reported that the house in wtoJdEl the men lived had been looted
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    NO PAK. BAN ON PETROL
    63 5 I">HE Pakistan Ooi last week d' ni*-d K Radio reports that It stopped Afghan lt>rr.ing patrol from Pakisl Afghanistan. In a statement to d the Pakistan O©l said that at the ream petrol companies it had d clared that Afghan vohici must carry certain llfe-si
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Jan. 11. 1950. WELCOME THE GOOD NEWS
    579 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Jan. 11. 1950. WELCOME THE GOOD NEWS SINGAPORE'S Mipp'.enu. i five-year education plan, tncomitant »>f tr in vcrnacu n English in E > tiie b< bit o! ne* s the Colony has i I ome time. Mr. a E F! i^by. the Director of I
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    Anglo-U.S. Axis Is Deteriorating
    850 6  -  William Hardcastle WASHINGTON. I>IIAL concefll is being expressed in influential quarters here over the constant friction now marring Anglo-Ameri-can relations. There Is no question of a fundamental split between the two nations, but significant differences keep on cropping .ip over the whole list of imoortant issues.
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    Watch out for these Composers
    564 6  -  PRESTO Music topics by IN "Americana", a publication issued In Singapore by the United States Information Service, whose musical and dramatic offerings seem to monopolise the ether these days. Sigmund Romberg (of "The Desert Song*' fame) is quoted as saying: "today with its symphony orchestras,
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    Fashions Change but not Genius
    474 6  -  Neville Cardus Talking a/wtd Music... by r)NE of the more ironi" XJ illusions of the world is that we are all free to choose our plea sures. The layman at a coYi cert says: "I know nothing about music but I know what I like,"
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    24 6 fßmi^m- ztmsmmm. j-_,# AAisn William* ChrUtma, Day ua s busy /or 37-year-old Nigerian law ft f e ne ild inbeen so happy" said Adisa.
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    THE MOST 'BRITISH' DOMINION
    660 6  -  J.C. Graham IN' one part of the Commonwealth at least all is remarkably well in relations with Britain. In New Zealand eiilicisin <>t Britain lias seldom lieen so nearly nonexistent and the feel ing of the people for the Mother Country remains as warm and genuine
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    Chinese are not pro-Stalin
    56 6 Chinese are not pro-Stalin who Mm ilia casti West beinL; cally IU quest! daily pa i frn n j atlon the Chine* in fav< on. th< has k< .V n I I trolled pra< th^ C and t cour I G< I takr: I which u r wild thi Th'
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    HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SEAMEN
    361 7 HEALTH INSURANCE FOR SEAMEN Union plan aids 3,200 families Free Press Staff Reporter JO combat a "high mortality rate" and disease among families of Malay seamen, the Malay Seamen's Union of Singapore has started its own "free" health scheme for 3,200 seamen members, their wives and children, in all totalling
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    21 7 Free Press pirture. MX at the opening of ne w quarters for the Asian staff of the Singapore Naval Bas^ yesterday-
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    Cured lepers shunned
    77 7 Cured lepers shunned IVcai Stafl Reporter >RE BAHRU. Tues. Soeen experienc•he treatment of •he leper colony ugh the use of -oil. patient! were disit month free from I more hope to ng the course of trout o has ec discharged bem have re- esaed condi- not wanted hey be- ere
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    Hit his wife with axe
    38 7 f >> M.UT Rrportrr IPOH, rid who wil m a n i nine N G thai Ifarec v> .ers Ing to I .e found her h another man -raped and Id -ked the time
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    12 7 y I turtecc -Q P O B .ibuan. I m the
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    6 7 MR YAACOB BIN AUDI '1.1. A1l
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    FUTURE YOUTH LEADERS
    68 7 Fret Press Staff Reporter MORE than 112 people enrolled in the Social Welfare Department's two-month south leadership course h which ended recently. i Twenty-five of them were I from the Department itself. Mr. T. Eames Hughes, acting Secretary of the S-icia! Welfare Department. said yesterday that the
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    NAVAL FORCE ON PATROL
    67 7 harbour defence motor manned by the Malayan Naval Force has joined units of the Royal Navy in the Malayan coastal patrol. She i.s commanded by Lt. Pete Wilson, R.N., with a Malayan crew. This is the first operational patrol in which the Malayan Naval Force has
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    LIQUOR CHARGE
    27 7 Fur possession of two bat:ies of dutiable liquor, a boatnan, 23-year-old Tan 800 Hong, was yesterday fined $200 n the Singapore Second District Court yesterday.
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    Test too hard for some S.M.C. clerks
    350 7 Free Press Staff Keporte^ Singapore Municipal employees who sat for the Municipal examinations on Monday and yesterday, to qualify for their next salary increments, appeared stumped by some of the questions they had to answer and returned uncompleted papers. For these candidates, the
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    B.B.C. WANTS MAIAY SUGGESTIONS
    134 7 B.B.C. WANTS MAIAY SUGGESTIONS F. p Malay CuwspiasVM CRITICISMS tions for bn] en! of Ma- roadca the B:iBroadcasting Corporation. London and relayed to listeners in Malaya by" Radio Malaya would be welcome, Inche Idris bin Ifohamed Shah. Malay announcer of the BBC who is at present on leave in Malaya,
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    54 7 WHEN Sir Keith Smith landed at Farrer Park on the first England-Australia flight on Dec 4 1919 Mr V J. toleman was a witness of the landing. Mr. Coleman metSir Keith Smith (right) the next day personally and renewed the aequaintanr- 11, I astwek Sir Keith left Singapore this mornm;
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    40 7 picture. BACHELOR'S dormitory and quarters of the newly -built housing estate of the Admiralty at the Singapore Naval Base. The housing estate, covering an area three by seven miles, is for the Asian staff of the Naval Bas<*.- Free Press
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    BRIGHTER CENTRE FOR WEDDINGS
    294 7 Ivri Free Press Staff Reporter tJI.NGAPOKE'S Registry of Marriages has moved r e Supreme Coilrt from drab ollices in Fullerton Building which used to strike brides as "unromantie". Since the removal on Monday, four marriages have taken place before the Registrar Mr F M Grosse. Three
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    MEAT BY AIR FOR THE GURKHAS
    157 7 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tues /GURKHAS on operations in VI the Malayan jungles have been exempted from observing one of their religious laws so that they can be supplied with fresh meat from the air. The religious dispensation has b*en granted to
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    HOUSING ESTATE OPENED
    185 7 HOUSING ESTATE OPENED Free Press StaH Reporter DRIVING in heavy rain in his car past a Naval Base Police guard of honour, Rear Admiral C. Caslon, Flag Officer, Malaya, broke a tape to signify the official opening of the Admiralty's first postwar housing estate for its civilian staff at the
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    High level in photo display
    485 7 t*rce Press Staff Reporter SEVENTY-FIVE photographers from all o\er Malaya have submitted 275 prints for the first Open Photographic Exhibition sponsored by the newly-formed Singapore Art Society to be held it» the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. The exhibition will b e opened officially by
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    32 7 fAN KIII.M. KIIOO. lfc->ear-o!d M>n of Mr. Tan (Inn Hean. direclor of Sze II. H Tung Bank. Singapore, uili sail fur Xn.vtra'!* next month to stiuh medicine in the t*niversit> of Adelaide.
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    HOW CIVILIANS CAN FIGHT BANDITS
    427 8 HOW CIVILIANS CAN FIGHT BANDITS Govt. sets out 10-point plan Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Federation Government announced today the principal duties of volunteers in a special effort against bandits during the "Malayan People's Anti-Bandit Month." The date for general enrolment in all States and Settlements, which
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    Bullets to be dumped
    93 8 Fret- Press Staff Reporter PKNANG. Tues. v r.Ol T 500 bullets found in a box by an inmate o! the Pulau Jerejak leper cawf hare proved to be unserviceable and will be d'-iiped back into the sea. police spokesman told |»j Free Press today thai the
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    44 8 pii'iurr. IjOPE Pius XII kneels at the Holy Door of the Basilica of I St Peter'.s. Rome, before entering the Basilica and in iiuuratin* the Holy Year of 1900. *sth Holy Year in the i) 10-year history of the Rom an Catholic Church.- A.P.
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    ELECTRICITY CUT FOR SQUATTERS
    180 8 Free Press StalT Reporter Kl ALA I I MPI K, Tuesday. BECAVSI of illegal tapping of electricity and the impossibility of maintaining minimum distances between mains and buildings in the interests of public safety, electricity supplies to sqnatter settlements in the Loke Yew Road and Jalan
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    151 8 CIHIPB along.sidr the Singa- p »re Harbour Board i vh&nrej jretterdaf (godowm in brackets were: Main wharf: Lancashire (13*34). Langteescol (15-36), Benruachan 1 38-39 > Seroel '40-41 Tei?tlberf i 42-43*. West Wharf Cart hap 8 .1-2. Scrdsng <3'. S r i cl Trmveller 6-7 Brattoy <B>. Mor»go!la (11),
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    COURT STORY OF IN-LAW TROUBLE
    83 8 COURT STORY OF IN-LAW TROUBLE SI OAMAT, Toes. /y Indian wo- fed in the Segai^y i hat her ;e;rcl h^r r bjf •he neck pted to SeJ bJ i v hurl \l\ I and dis- a different verHe told the lOf wed him, and. a urn aftei I he to
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    31 8 AFTER lrr« u: larlj morning <* mmi la the Mew York Bto k Exchar.se yesterday Bfternooß. However, ttM market fa d to >lay tiuirh recuperative power nd closed Irregular. Reuter
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    OLYMPIC VILLAGE
    53 8 held- picture THE 1952 Olympic Games will help ease an acute post-war housing shortage in Helsinki. Finland, because after the Games the Olympic village housing consestants will be taken over by Finnish families. Picture shows carpenters and labourers erecting stands in the great stadium in which the Games
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    War on typhus on rat island
    349 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesda> typhus research scientists are to live for ten days on a rat and mite-infesled island In the Straits of Malacca to continue their study of the of the di.sease. They will be rut off from the mainland, as they will not
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    LONDON TIN
    43 8 r PHE Umdon un market was mixed yesterday. Spot un rose 2s. rid to £t>00 5s. bid and £600 10s. asked Ninety lutures dropped 17 s. 6d. to £5*1 3s. bid and £581 10s asked Th* 'uirno\er was 90 <on« A.P.
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    London mark sensitive
    362 8 W*■ Mjr^^^^m x_J_^_l 1 1 m^\ m\ i it* A WW\ w/w^f* T i t I_j_h^- i I_^ *h_! _a_!!!k_!_i_!_i_«_B^_i_Mr-<'.*LJ LONDON, Wednesday. WITH Britain's political parties mustering forces for the coming election fight, on re! interest in the London Stock Exchange k Trading was meagre yesterday and
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    BOMS IN BOTTLE AS EXHIBIT
    143 8 BOMS IN BOTTLE AS EXHIBIT A SEALED bo Ik 30 iiinina: charge of n A'-rused v have kiiiec May ru&pd. tt&id I husband ado;"<a about tmo ftma iandy was li« I both* his paren About a mivuiv I »a» s^olifii and M I o*ed :idy bur I J *r»«^e Iw
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      281 8 Mondr2K6 Exclusive to I Ik 1 Singapore Free Press in Malaya J I NOT A MUM M^ BUI A RIAL PftETTT| I TH£AE WASN'T NOTHIN'II WHITE fUftl I ERMINE I WALKING MUMMiK.' Tj 6AL--WEARIN:OF ALLTHIN6S.A SUSPICIOUS "SO I LET BATHING CHIEF THAT fUR BATHING SUITS/ THt_ Of FICW POLLOWcO WWAT
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    The clue of the billiard marker
    1696 9 The clue of the billiard marker m fgsfdgfds \jV first murder l;isc happened i ter I became a r tive NV itl» ScotYard's Vice I was 24 yean it w;»s earl> 1928, the organised vice l^ondon in those s w.is mainly in hands of two ii apache gangs. i were
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    Wednesday Short Story OVERBOARD
    892 9  - Wednesday Short Story OVERBOARD GEO D. ABBAS l»v "jiHE murder trial which created such a sensation recently came to a close when the Court of Appeal rejected u plea of clemency and confirmed the sentence of death yesterday. It will be remembered thai H I sat on the edge of
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    SCA PREPARING FOR NEW SEASON
    556 10 SCA PREPARING FOR NEW SEASON Changes likely in tournament By CRUSADER THE cricket season in the Colony does not start until March, but already some clubs are drawing: up plans although they are advised not to make up fixtures until those of the Singapore Cricket Association tournament have been compiled.
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    U.K. footballers are happy now
    487 10 U.K. footballers are happy now By GEORGE CHANDLKK PROFESSIONAL soccer in England will no longer be regarded as ;t M dead end occupation for tru* nation's 3,000 I^e.i^ae players, now that their future has been assured. For the past lew seasons the Ln^lish "pros" 1 have been enviously reading about
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    TUNE-UP BOUT
    34 10 THE middleweight champion.! j Jake La Moita. has agre to meet Dick Wagn*r in the I first of a series of overweight i tune-up bouts in Oetrol* en Feb. 3.- A .P.
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    'PROF' SPRINT TITLE RACE
    96 10 SOON after their arrival In Australia, sprinters Barney Ewell, of the U.S., and Albert Spence. of England, went to Sydney sports ground for a limbering-up practice run with the Australian star. Frank Banner. Experts who sa?. the trio In action noted the contrast in build of
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    New SCRC clubhouse: plans ready
    197 10 CUNGAPOREChInesi Recrea- > 0 ii<m Clubi new premises, complete with apart* facilities for ita members, will h*> built, ai Tanjong Rhn 100a a.s tlie plans have been approved and funds for the buii are available The iluMmiiwi Itself, wliJcH will stand on a site measuring
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    Getting off the mark
    40 10 The start of the race for R.N.S..V 14-ft. dinghies at/ the Singapore inter-club* regalia on Sunday. The' winner. My ma (Briff. \V. Nutt). is fifth from the left (to the left of 1)5?).- Free Press picture
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    WRESTLING !S BACK AT THE GARDEN
    509 10 From ROBERT 1.. COWK PROFESSIONAL wrestlinu. which nut so long ago hud retired to the shadows, is back in the top spoil. s nrena in the United StatesMadison Squire Garden, N°w York City. Popularised anew by vision its present potency la such J.hat a
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    Lastest S.R.A. classifications
    174 10 T ATEST t iasiification of horst-s by the S.R A ar-: TtANSniS: From Cl 1 to C. 2— Oriental. DR.B O^mebo^oug^; Dakota: Elecant Painrood; Ascot Vale FrLm C!. 2 to Cl. I— Ntsous. Ha Cvadran': Silv.-r 9ei|ttl!) Mi*. Natlian: Kia Ora: Tob gian; Prom Cl 2 to
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    Golden Hind B.P.
    68 10 tX)LIOWING are the oOc( br. rer» or Goiden Hind BP lor I»o0: Presideut. Mr. Chun Wah S*ec i r.°-e!ccted vicr-pnvident. Anflln bin Bahuain. hon. secretary, Mr. Laurie Chan; boo. treasurer. Mr. Othman bin Ai. < re-elected i hon. auditor. Mi Wiliio Tau <re-elecied>. hon s\x» ,s capl;iin.
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    Tackle which failed
    35 10 picture Miss Dorothy McCaw evades a tackle by Conductor Oxford in the Singapore Women's XI w. Veterans hockey match on the Padan? on Monday. The result was a two-all draw. Free Press
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    Spain makes up for lost time
    561 10 Spain makes up for lost time SPORT IN OTHER LANDS^JI From CF.DRIC SALTER OP\l\ mav have become interested in sport a long while after we diil, but today she is certainly doinr her best U> make up for lost time. Every Sondav, from late September until early June, about a
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    C.A. v. Unirorn XI
    72 10 Athlric team lo pLay H M S Unicorn at socc« i Jalan Bcsar Stadium on Saturd«y at 5 15 pm. will be chosen tnm Yew Chang. Sm* Gfr T(NI F(xA. Hoon Lranc. H c Sie». H«* Jong. Tuiig C" Kin Wrng. Hoi Meng. Hon Yam Chong
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    RECREATION B.P. WIN 5-2
    23 10 RECREATION B.P. WIN 5-2 Recv Loner ha u t»o Re^ v.» IS— I Pt)u» E:tf M 4 Hack T>r C V»-o I I
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    MILLS OUT TO SETTLE ARGUMENT
    125 10  - MILLS OUT TO SETTLE ARGUMENT ARCHIE QUICK By SPHERE Will X trov. rss rankings fo: J America's writer, Nat y. annual list is lo the sheel an: game Fleisri world cruiser v Freddie Mills of light-heav Jooy Ma> Moore. Mills' terj eh action when I gp his Chinf s. London's
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    INDONESIANS APPLY FOR ALL DIVISIONS
    573 11 S.AF.A League en tries for 1 950 Free Press Soccer Reporter [NDONESIAN League want to play in all divisions of the Singapore Amateur Football Association League in the coming 1950 season. Their application was considered at a Council meeting of the S.A.F.A. last night at
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    Woodgate leaves tomorrow
    122 11 Woodgate leaves tomorrow Free Press Soccer Reporter ClNGAPORE loses one of its ■J outstanding footballers when Woodgate. left-wing ard of the Army-Navy XI Southern finalists in the ,ya Cup competition last year, leaves tor the United kingdom tomorrow. Since his arrival in the the middle of the season. Woodgate has
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    Hogan stages great rally
    49 11 Hogan stages great rally BE N HOG AN I picked up U ider J-B.ir-tr tn the US$l5 lam nmmeni jan had a Mi i total ol 211. I 69 and t>B kl rack under tr.e th: I <ure from sue:. a« Hog^n S If' Idddk -r. ho-Ae.-: fame U.P.
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    Mayflower B.P.
    62 11 The prof: J Juveniles by The reI foil M •»inrl*^: I.m Wei I B< 15-3. 15-3. P lost to Hen? B<*:i C 3-15 H- 'O Heng Boon Lee 6-15. US K 'h Koon b*».\t Yap Teek Chye 15-12 C bea* a 15 Seah beat Henrv E 15-6. 16-18.
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    Weightlifters in action on Jan. 24
    82 11 PHYSICAL (ulturr >h»»» which will feature Malaga's weishtlifting team to the Fmpire Games will be held at the New World on Jin a by the Singapore Amateur Weishtlifting i Federation. The various champions of the affiliated clubs in the Colony and the "Mr. Singapore's"
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    C.A. WIN 9-4
    27 11 THE Chinese Athletes defeated 1 the Unlearn 2nd. XI b, nine goals to four in a fiien.lly S<(< r match at Fairer Park yestfrany.
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    B.B.B.C. asks for three title fights
    122 11 B.B.B.C. asks for three title fights THE British Boxing Board ol Control has asked for three more European title fights for British boxers. They were: Danny O'Sullivan to meet Luis Romero of Spain for the bantamwemh r title, Eddie Thomas to meet Livio Minelli of Italy for the welterweight title,
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    Czech athlete in Melbourne
    109 11 TiHI r ol 1 rd, uld Luboa V ika s I on h i i n Melboumt lira:.. wanted to represent Ausi at the next Olympic Games. Vomacka. tall <6 ft. 1 in> bronztd and bachelor up the Czech record iv when he ran th€ distance
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    Today's sport
    43 11 ItlCiBY: s( v Devonshire R«-st. on padang: S.C.C. A' v Chasers at Fairer Park: RAF Seh-Lir v C.HQ at GIIQ: Police v Chan«i at Thomson Rd. ROCKET: SRC R.F.M.E. on padane. SOCCER: St. Mrick'i School v RAF Bembawaßf on School ground.
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    WIPON SEEKING FRESH LAURELS
    47 11 \JINKTEEN fnreipa plHver^ all N entered la the North India lawn Tennis championships, opening in New Delhi today. The overseas entries include F. Am pun iPI Mrs P Todd and Iflli Ot-rtrude Moran. both of California. Ampo: the India title on Sunday UP.
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    Plea for footballers' benevolent fund
    301 11 Yr» Press Soccer Reporter 4 proposal to establish a benevolent fund for players was discussed by the Singapore Amateur Football Association Council at its meetast night. Mr. W. A. Aeria. raising the subject, said that the time had come for such a fund to be
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    Ike Williams has busy programme
    287 11  -  JACK CUDDY By I IGHTWEIGHT champion Ik e Williams hopes to be the ring's busiest titleholder during 1950. Although now under suspension throughout National Boxing Association territory for having withdrawn from a Los Angeles bout, Williams and manager Frank (Blinkv) Palermo have mapped out the
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    24 11 juiure. FIRF.FLY class boats rigging up on the beach before the start of their race at the Singapore inter-Club regatta on Sunday.— Free Press
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    Battling Key lies buried in Seremban
    208 11 Free Press Special Correspondent SEREMBAN, Tuesday BOMNG boomrd in Seremban at one time, not very lone ago. It was the period of the Japanese occupation when people indulged in pastimes and entertainments to forget the worries of the war period. Boxing promotions were then
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    Ceylonese athletes in Australia
    57 11 J^hree members of the Ceylonese Empire Games un— the athletes C. H. Jansz H. D<- Saram and O. R j Wljesingh* 1 have arrived in I Darwin by air. All are fit. They Lnquired anxiously about \hv lattst tlmea n c.>rdfd by Australian 1 runnt-rs wht>
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    U.S. plans for games
    217 11 MEMBERS o* the United a Olympic Asaodattoo yesterday i\gret-d on tentattv plans for American par: Pan-American games and U Olympics The Associ o>>n rnded -day meeting by agreeing to: 1 A f k h»- International olymp'.*Committee 'lOC- to con-it^r ;.n inv.ta'ion from only one United city
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    Spore hockey XI
    70 11 THE Singapore lio^K Team for the triangular hockey •ournament between Negri Sembilan. Malacca and Singapore will beV. N Plllai: R. H Barth P. Coulter; P. PennefatheTi E. Doraisamy. S. T Mmil!ai; W. Oalistan. A. Vijlaratnam. A. Clarke. B. Coutts and Cnpt. Line. Reserves- J. Ifftrka and K.
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    REME BEAT BODCA
    22 11 RE ME. beat 8.0.D.C.A. by four gonl<= to one in a hockey match played at St. Georges Road yesterday.
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    S'pore women to have one more trial
    294 11 S'pore women to have one more trial HOCKEY AT a t .3cial meeting of the idecdfl of A the Singapore Women's Hockey Association it wa s decided that the glngipff State women s t« in should have one more trial game before tl. ir departure to Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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    Snooker tourney
    29 11 JOHN PULMAN led Peter J Ifazu South Africa' by M to 10 a; tfee of play yesterday In Newi of the v £1.500 tourna each frame Reuter
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    Queensland boat S. Aust.
    44 11 QUEENSLAND dt: ,> d South t Shield match .it B- lay. •he ftrst inn i nings wicK' rdaj the addition oi 6(J runs were all out lor 2" 4 N v 59. Queensland then o:.e Wlckl K bn ugiit Reuter AAP
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    BATTLE OF HAINAN BEGUN SAY REDS
    319 12 BATTLE OF HAINAN BEGUN SAY REDS gfdgdsg Guerillas start offensive HONG KONG, Wednesday. THE invasion of Hainan is about to begin with some 30,000 Red guerillas on the island already fiercely attacking the Nationalist garrison forces. The Peking radio claims that the guerillas now control a 35-mile stretch of the
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    42 12 photo. A general view of all that remained of the small business district of Ilyndham, Pennsylvania, after a fire that burned through the Christmas holiday period. The fire is though to have started from a Christmas tree in a jewellery store. A.P.
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    ASIANS CAN STAY IN AUSTRALIA
    110 12 ASIANS CAN STAY IN AUSTRALIA CANBERRA. Wed. >J ON EUROPEANS who I went to Australia during the war years will not be deported unless exceptional circumstances warrant it, Australia's new Immigration Minister. Mr. H. E. H<>lt. announced last night. He quoted as "exceptional circumstances' cases those in which there were
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    France is on 'wrong track'
    108 12 BENTFELD, Haarlem Wed. MISS Dorothy Woodman, a British delegate, yesterday told the International Socialist Students Conference on South-East Asia here that France was "still on the wrong track In Vietnam." Miss Woodman, editor of the British quarterly magazine Asian Horizon, said the money France was
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    JAPS WANT ISLANDS BACK
    63 12 LEADING Japanese businessmen yesterday met United States Ambassador at large. Mr. Philip C. Jessup. and appealed for an overall peace treaty and return of Japanese Islands held by Russia and America since the surrender. The Islands claimed are the Northern Kuriles. now absorbed Into Russia's Asian
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    HOMC FOR COUNCIL
    17 12 The Council of Europe has decided to build Its own headquarters at Strasbourg. A.P.
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    $ TALKS AGAIN
    15 12 TALKS AGAIN The British American Canadian' dollar talks will probably be resumed in spring.— Reuter
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    Soft-footed' Americans
    94 12 AMERICAN men have softer feet than Europeans and consequently need smoother socks with betterfinished seams, more snugly-fitting tops and fully-fas-hioned feet. Blankets for Americans should be satin finished and the packages of sweets tell the story of how the centuries-old manufacturers began. Members of the Dutch Cabinet at
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    Colour bar danger to Commonwealth
    139 12 DI'KBAN, Wednesday. THE greatest danger to Commonwealth relations, peace and progress comes "not from Communism but from preaching and practising racial discrimi- nation.'' This warning was Bounded by the South African Indian Congress In a cable yesterday to heads of all delegations at the Colombo
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    U.K. ship to run blockade
    240 12 U.K. ship to run blockade HONG KONG, Wednesday. 4 BRITISH ship, the 555-ton freighter Elsie Moller, is due today at the mouth of the Yangtze from where she will attempt to run into Shanghai through a blockade maintained by three Nationalist warships. The Elsie Moller, carrying general cargo, is the
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    'Making eyes' in diplomacy
    68 12 ROMK, Wed. ITALY is not "making eyes at Germany" and jilting France, an Italian Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday, rejecting bench press suggestions that "Rome- Bonn axis" is in the making. Thr spokesman acknowledged that there are still "many diniculties" in the way of the long
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    UK ELECTION
    166 12 Continued from Page 1 progress made towards economic recovery. For the future Labour vsill pledge consolidation of inJu.^triPi already nationalised, extension of Industrial democracy, competion of steel nationalisation and nationalisation of ihe cement, sut? ir refining, cold storage Industries. It underTaki>p to brintf the big Industrial insurance companies
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    FATHER FACES KIDNAPCHARGE
    67 12 OFD-HAIRED 36->var-oid f Irving HorowiU, Ung< rie manufacturer, was arrested in New York yesterday on i charge of kidnapping as he returned from Israel on board the Quwn Mary with his four-year-oLj ion. Mrs. Bdytfie Horowits, 23 from whom Irving is legally separated, waited at the dock
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    BOYS CONFESS RAPE ATTEMPT
    160 12 BOYS CONFESS RAPE A TTEMPT -ihrtttt iMn o lb (Anzona >. Wednesday j^HREE teen-age youths, one of them her brother A admitted attempting to rape a 12-year-oS I Jriri' found dead in ajUhyrtockyards shac/inhabUed bv 11 persons. The girl. Dorothy Ann Pensyl. cl ad only in a slight SrShr; f
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    CZECHS BAN BOOKS
    33 12 The Czechoslovak Government has banned the sale of all books published before the end of the war In May 1945 and all books not bearing a date of publication.- Reuter
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    Crab woman confesses twin killing
    128 12 BERLIN. Wed SOVIET sector police announced last night that a 37- year-old surgical nurse. known as the Crab Woman had confessed that she had murdered a man and a woman and scattered their dismembered bodies throuj?n the ruins oi Berlin. Lizabeth Kusian. thef sa S,
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    U.S. coal walk out spreads
    66 12 PITTSBURGH. WYd. WALK-OUTS by American soft coal miners spread yesterday to thn-c more I I companies which operate il pits. About 57.000 nilm rs are now idle In seven states in the unexplalnrd walk-out v America's coal mlnen now working only on M daya, Tuesdays
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    PAK. RUPEE DOWN
    26 12 Street -side money charters in Karachi were offering ten and a quarter Pakistani rupees for fil yesterday i The official rate Is 9.26.
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    TALKS BEGIN
    18 12 Negotiations for financial arrangements between Egvm and Great Britain for 1950 open in Cairo today- U.P.
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    MPs TO BURMA
    20 12 A British Parliamentary delegation of five, invited to visit Burma, have l*ft fnr .Rangoon by air.- Reuter
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