The Singapore Free Press, 25 January 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA WERWER SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1950. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    DUTCH SAY THEY SAVED U.S.I.
    341 1 DUTCH SAY THEY SAVED U.S.I. Halted 'Turk claim THE HAGUE, Wednesday. gEEN as a reply to Indonesian charges of Dutch connivance m the Bandoeng incident, the Netherlands Ministry of Union and Realm Affairs last night said the withdrawal of 'Turk" Westerling's rebel forces from Randoeng yesterday was due "entirely to
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    SOVIET SIAM DEAL
    25 1 SO VIET SIAM DEAL .V.KOK. Wed. dan Governu made an proposal to rtei a?rcejing SiamRussian p.inery and .-Asians icrept un- agreessia. but if i A.P.
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    Thief took girl photo
    39 1 Thief took girl photo Mafl F-pox-tt-r >n»k,' into a Hal lasl night llets of th hoii^. 1 hut t- ;>k only of a pr.-t y MM po«k.t--:i bottle (»f •A.itrhes. a I'iiui.ain KM caM from hi* h people uere
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    KNOWLOON BUS DRIVERS BACK
    21 1 KNOWLOON BUS DRIVERS BACK T factors named ftei sevon n go-slow ijstetn reh day I busrsnded $3 a day more Reuter
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    FIRE ON SHIP
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    L.S.I. ACCUSES DUTCH ARMY
    161 1 JAKARTA, Wednesday. THE Indonesian President, Dr. Soekarno, joined 1 1. 5.1. leaders m accusing the Dutch army of having connived with the Turkish-born Dutch adi venturer. "Turf" Westerling, m his surprise occupaj tion of Bandoeng. Dr. So^karno said In New Delhi that Westerling'a rebel army can
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    FRENCH TO HAND OVER TO LAOS
    109 1 FRENCH TO HAND OVER TO LAOS PARIS. Wed. DETAILED conventions for French authorities to hand over power to the kingdom of Laos m north.v st Indo-China were mi Ualled m Saigon yesterday. M. Leon Plgnon French Hi:_;h Commissioner In IndoChina. and Prince Bow Noum Prime Minister of Laos, saw the
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    HK-RED TRADE IS BOOMING
    61 1 HK-RED TRADE IS BOOMING Annual trade statistics I showed yesterday that le between Hone; Kong and Communist Cnina is booming. Exports to China m 1949 totalled T1.K.5384.000.000 more than double the previous year's total. Imports from China increased aboul 38 pcr rent. Businessmen m the British co!ony said the actual
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    Getting closer
    20 1 The Prime Minister »»f Communi.st-dor.Mnatcd North Korea has married the daughter of a former S'>r,th Korea politician.- A.P.
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    TIGER EATS 9
    30 1 The United Provinces government has been asked to send an expedition against a ti^er reported to have eaten four men and five women hi recent weeks. A.P.
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    Gussie calls it off
    86 1 11ENN1S star Gertrude Mormn- Gorgeous GftNie o) lace p inties faint after winning the All- India hardcourt tennis ladies championship m Madras yesterday, announced that she had cancelled her encasement to Mr. Anthony Davenport ex-British Guards oflicer turned "(Jorseous Gussie who. making known her engagement on
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    Night mail shot at—man killed
    167 1 Night mail shot at— man killed Free Tress Stall Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. DANDITS iired on the third class night train from D Singapore to Kuala Lumpur last night killing one Chinese male passenger and seriously wounding two other passengers a Chinese man and a Chinese woman. The attack
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    SUMATRA CALL FORPLEBISCITE
    37 1 THE Republican National Front yesterday called for a plebiscite as soon as possible and dissolution of what it called he undemocratic existing provisional parliament of East Sumatra, says the Dutch news agency, Aneta. Reuter
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    FASTER MAILS
    31 1 Faster mail deliveries betweeo Hong Kong and North .iiid Central China are expected to result from the reopening of the railway line linking Canton with Hankow und Shanghai. Reuter
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    27 1 photo. The Belgian giant, Mr. Fernand Bachelard, asks directions from a policeman during a visit to Paris. Mr. Bachelard is 7 feet 1 inches tall.- A. P.
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    RUSE TO GET HER LOVER BACK FAILS
    235 1 Free Press StaiT Reporter JOHORE BAHRI, Wednesday. JpiNDING that her lover had cooled off and was not visiting her, Lucy Wong, :i shopkeeper of Pandan, attempted a ruse to make him see her m order to straighten matters out. This was the story
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    3 good bets for today
    69 1 Fiom ALLAN LEWIS IPO II. Wed THfc goincr for this afternoons races is likely to be very good. In view of 'he f» s t track. I pick EPSOM DOWNS m preference to OAK PEL m the fifth race. Two other good eachway bets for
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    PIRATE SHIP SINK
    26 1 A Chinese Nationalist gunboal was reported to have sunk a pirate vessel nrar Ladrone island, at the mouth of the Pearl River- Reuter
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    RELIEVED OF TWO POSTS
    40 1 MARSHAL Choibalsan. Prime Minister of Outer Mongolia, has been relieved of the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and the Armed Forces, which he combined with the premiership, according to a Tass message received m London yesterday. Reuter
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    COMMANDANT DEAD
    19 1 Col. William T. Babcock, Amcri n Der», y Commandant ol Berlin, vied from a heart attack yesterday.
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    Prasad is President
    72 1 NEW DELHI. Wed rHE Indian Constituent Assembly yesterday elected Dr Rajendra Prasad, 65. as the President of the Indian Republic. The veteran disciple of the late Mahatma Gandhi announced Immediately that Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who had nominated him for the presidency. would be his Prime Minister A
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    PAR. FREES ATHLETE
    46 1 MARTIN Jooste. a South African Empire Games athlete, was released from quarantine at Karachi yesterday. Lan De Jongh. the other South African held since last week, was still m quarantine and will travel to Auckland. New Zealand for the Games on Friday.- Reuter
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    BUILDINGS FIRED
    21 1 A large party of bandits set* fire to buildings on the MalayLengga Estate m the Muar district last night.
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 The libel action m which Mr. Loke Wan Tho sued the r.ondon Daily Mail for libel, was withdrawn upon terms endorsed on counsels* briefs m the Singapore Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice. Mr. Murray- Ay nslfy.
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    Tories pledge to slash taxes and end rationing
    281 1 Tories pledge to slash taxes and end rationing LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Conservative Party yesterday made its supreme bid to recapture control of Britain's destinies with an election manifesto naming full employment as "Number One Priority' if the party wins a five vp»-«* term ol power. The 22-page manifesto, called
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    Club robbed
    34 1 Two bandits have held up the exclusive Union Club m Boston and escaped with US$2,OOO as harried police continued to seek a bandit sang that staged the U551,500,000 Brinks Inc robbery. U.P.
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    UK election: Attlee gives final orders
    81 1 LONDON. Wed. THE Labour (Government! Party's election fightiner forces from all parts ol Brtain gathered here yest^rduy 10 receive their can orders from Prime Mil Clement Attlee and Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison chief party strategist. The Cabinet attended yesterday's Labour policy meeting almost
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    Soviet slow down traffic
    79 1 FRANKFURT Wed. SOVIET zone lUthoi iterday int* i their "go slow" tactics m p.^ mot;r traffic through the zonal border control stedt. A spokesman o' German Ministry ofl said there were no sigr. situation was easing. \c reports he received this l ;he situation was 'more
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    BLONDE ON TRIAL
    24 1 Carol Ann Paight. 21->var->>ld blonde, went on trial m Bridgeport yesterday, ace of the "mercy killing" of her policeman father. A.P.
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    BEAR HAD A 'FAKE' LIMP
    232 2 BEAR HAD A 'F AKE' LIMP lI EM In 11 case of the bear :\i the I •> iW< vcj i 7.i n i sursei >n I mi nwin w T'IMNY. brought the t M'.p.Mathetie The b'.mpubln- did not < lip. Anthony I lh.> examination jt tie d .inimai .showed
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    Would-be explorers
    150 2 I \NT COMMAS J L»LRPLTEKSC'OTT antarctic explorer :,Ki tn London redn exhibition i m tid that he three or four letters day from the young people In Britain wishing to tak» m polar pxpeditions. al! of the young i-b<- explorers can satisr.s fur adventure ai some schoolboys B
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    The Problems Of The Adolescent
    1186 2 The Problems Of The Adolescent THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR I AM a boy of 20. My height is normal but I am rather thin, for my weight is only 97 lbs. I always feel tired when I work a little harder. I am quite unsettled. I feel both mental and physical
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    1953 AIR RACK PLANS
    126 2 T: the i bury International A!r R.,,e Covad! of Christchurch, Hew Zealand, rv.m. that 'hey < mos' enthusiastic about the re made In T it b organisai lan of the 1953 Land n-Chi chord) a'r r» They were the pn I Mr H D Christie and
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    ELEPHANT 'HAREM'
    65 2 Whi.e surveying Lhc east coast r,f Heard Island In subAntarctic waters, two jronng Australian biologists with 'he Australian Nat'ionaii.-' Antarctic Research Expedition. Tim Eaiey ami Or;ih im Chtttiebortragh, sighted tens <>f thousands of sea elephnnts fnoi bulls to live-foot newly born pups. They m "harem" oi up to
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    Beer-Drinking Baboon
    91 2 HHINKtRS at Slu-pp-. Hotel, In Victoria pal etr when h baboon ambW into the bar A q-uck-thiiiklnf: tomer pushed b«-pi Into each of its p While the tabooi: rontfiit- <:rai)k Us bee r s^»m» vreni <»ut and q<»t a rapi put round ItJ :i«*k The DaI)- m had
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      208 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKV today, you arr rmo- tional without bring srntimrntal You ar* artistic, hut not foolishly temper ami sital if von hrlirvr m an idea. >ou can work h.ird at it without Irtup But if you he tmt sel m ssme rmitime job that hor>> you. you (.in
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    USMAYAXPAND PACIFIC FLEET
    188 3 I Advocated by new chief SAX DIEGO, (Cal.), Wednesday. T*!| l s N**g is studying ways to strengthen the Pacific Heet and may assign additional ships to Asia, Adm. Forrest Sherman, chief of Naval Operations, said here. The newly-appointed naval chief made the announcement at a press
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    'P.I. tosell rice in 2 years'
    21 3 SCO, Wed. s efpecti an Imi an two .hppine Mr. nd d D ver- A.P.
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    U.S. GOVT. SECRECY ATTACKED
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    CHINA WILL KEEP SEAT
    10 3 CHINA WILL KEEP SEAT i i it I treatsi and
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    Calamity warning In Madras
    38 3 Calamity warning In Madras MADKVS. Wednesday IS (•"wrument spokesman has warned of '•»ik rcutfts" if (he Indian I'nion does I provinces sharp a sacrifice m the v b y directing surplus ones to share delicit areas" Reuter A.P.
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    MORE SAVED THAN KILLED
    8 3 MORE SAVED THAN KILLED rub- ■r PHI- wareh.
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    Appeal to Noel-Baker
    85 3 SYDNEY. 1 MR PHILIP N :-Baker. ry for Commonwealth Relations, i s to be a-keci Delhi to assist In ot lc immediate release of the Norttiern Rhodesiaii Empire Games v. weight boxer, Lindsay X X ichl be of a fault >'■ }:< r:ficate The Rho enEmpire G
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    S. V. wants 3 protectorates
    59 3 S. V. wants 3 protectorates gOl IH AFRICA 1 S U) a^k B: Ulster to her control the protectorates of Bechuanaland. Ba>u*oland Sxazi. i I The Nation*] Prime •r Dr Daniel Malan, ■ice a OOfCrnnnil >n :n P- 111 ri'iw the British Oorernme be asked by a joint dep both
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    32 3 pnolo. Pinrlit lawaharlal Kthra Indi.in Prime Minister »^.itt'd m Irft) and lhe ATtihan Am his^idor. Sirdar Narjih lll.ih Klph l zn Ir-At'. of > '.I>hip between India and Afg&aabtan at N<v\ Delhi.- A.P.
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    39 3 photo. A women member of the Communist "People's Polire" tontrok traffic li»hU .v our of the few congested traftii ireu> m the Soviet >»•< tor of Berlin. The |I*J luiildin« m thr »aiki;round Mice housed (io4*rinii> I.uftwufTe h»*;idquarler> A. P.
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    EAT OR DRINK ICE-CREAM?
    239 3 EA T OR DRINK ICE-CREAM? HAMBURG, Wednesday. IS ice-cream eaten »>r drunk? You might think the answer is you e^t it, unless it has melted and you drink according up the last feu drops. But it is m»t so easy as that. The legal brains of this city are wrestling
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    Marxism made compulsory
    40 3 VATICAN CITY. Wed tiHINCSC r>imnniiti hjk\f inipiKscil on I] one innovation compulsory lessons m Marxism <»n th«* tthoiic Cniversit.N m Shanghai. Vatican sources said yesterday. OtberwiM Ike life of the university has heen left unaltered, they added.
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    RIDE BACK WARDS FOR SAFETY
    192 3 RIDE BA CK WARDS FOR SAFETY Washington, Wednesday. 4IR travellers m future may rkle backwards for protection against crash injuries The U.S. Air Forces has disclosed that volunteers "duplicating" l plane crashes m a rocket -propelled sled have withstood tremendous forces by facing to the rear A number of Ihese
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    U.S. asks U.K. aid with China Reds
    115 3 U.S. asks U.K. aid with China Reds WASHINGTON, W( 'THE us. state Department has asked Britain to use i his good offices with the .Chinese Communist* to obtain the release of ,vo Americans who had been*fl Ing commercial olanes for thp National Dlplon a authorities said the action w.ts taken
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    Manila group helps Huks
    82 3 4 PHILIPPINES Constabulary MMirce disclosed on Monday that a certain organisation m Manila is engaged In recrui:- men here and m U c neighbouring provinces to s n i be Communist-led Huk I balahap army. Leaden of the i 1 movement are known and their arrest
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    Still hope for the old and hold
    196 3 Still hope for the old and hold NEW YORK, Wednesday. LWMI-; invariably goes with grey hair, > r none, and it's the bald pates that wear the laurel. Most poets, painters, novelists, philosophers and composers alive today are grandpa's age, some m the seventies and eighties, some m their nineties,
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    EMIGRATION TALK
    21 3 Negotiation* for the emigration of from 500 to 1.000 Sicilian families to Uruguay are under way m Rome A.P.
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    31 3 photo. Egyptians queueing up outside a polling booth m Cairo during the general elections which resulted m a Wafdist Party victory. Morp than 3 million voters went to the polls. A.P.
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    U.S. Navy ready for undersea battles
    206 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. r rlIF submarine's main job m a future war will be the destruction of enemy submarines, according to Kear-Adm. Charles B. Momsen. Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for undersea warfare. Adm. Momsen said it is inevitable that any enemy would concentrate on
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    JEWS ARREST HAIFA ARABS
    56 3 POLICE and troops hive cordorned off the Arab quarter* of Haifa, imposed a curie > ii al arrested a number r>l Arabs. Police found a number of Arabs Whose identity doruments showed they had illegally crossed the Israel lines from Arab states and founc refuse In
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    Afghans open invasion route to Reds
    162 3 Afghans open invasion route to Reds KABUL, (Afghanistan), Wednesday. of Afghanistan to tarn to Russia lon friendship is of special political importance, particularly m view of Russia's current interest i&i Tibet and other countries m this part of Asia. The increasingly dangerous feud between Afghanistan and Pakistan, along with the
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    TRUMAN WANTS AID FOR KORKA
    43 3 TRUMAN WANTS AID FOR KORKA President Truman will ask Congress (or "a speedy rectification" of the House »1 Representatives rejection of a U5560,000,000 Korean aid bill. Mr. Truman said m n statement he would ur^e j Congressional leaders to lake immediate action- A.P.
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    Her mind is made up
    103 3 LONDON WYd SEVEN IKKN -VK \K OLD orphan Sh»ila Whit** ma\ have |c wait until Mo before she cm \ai| to New Zealand to rxMO!::,- heiress to .m Mde*f V: ."> 000 farm. Shi'ila i.s under thr care of Devon ountv oumil. I)e--(iMim h> the
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    B.C.C. bans polls puns
    47 3 BETWEEN th<- d:>M»luti »n ..j Pnrlit- in<i pm (m m the Bnti>h uruial flctlion \\w RRi impose a rim<J h.ui <»v paHtlral jok»*s and -m^." Bni.idcasi material i> to br dMel] trtcfctl t»» MMM>f tiial mm p«»liti(:il bi;is is intrudu.«d into Hie pro;ratn.n<-
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    Colombo talks 'leading to war'
    19 3 Colombo talks 'leading to war T*HE I 1 I 1 i I motion ol < n>v C •>- -in A. Reuter
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    Premier re-elected
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Jan. 25. 1950. PAKISTAN AND INDIA
    542 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Jan. 25. 1950. PAKISTAN AND INDIA rpENSil* ol the situation 1 Cl Ina and South-east .v..i generally has distract- attention from another -raiation m Asia ihe badly s trained relations betf Pakistan and and the growing i ;.y of Afghanistan toftarda Pakistan Feeling has l
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    881 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: DERHAPS Talc and Lylc should tip off Abercrombie and Fitch. It might be an idea 100, if warning notes were sent to General Motors, United States Sled, United States Rubber, the Chrysler Corporation, and practically every Rig Business here They aa c all spending: money
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    NEW RECORDS
    869 4 Kji hm.tninov imrrrlo No 1 m F >liarp m.nor played l>> Ktniio M»iiseiwits t h <pi:>n«>i ami the IMiilharmonia Orchestra roiitl i>< Id by Sir M:i!««!m Sargent iri\ c :•.'>:< M i oven of Rachmanlnov will find much io enjoy In tins <•- cording and admirers <>f Molseivitßch
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    25 4 The Italian teno r Beniamino Gwli with the choir of the Italian Church. Clerkenwell, London. During a recent visit Gigli sang at the Sunday Mass.
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    Concert Pianist for S'pore
    793 4  - Concert Pianist for S'pore PRESTO Music topics by A CONCERT pianist, Norcen Stokes, will b e arriving m Singapore at the e n 6 of the month to settle here permanently. Miss Stokes, whose husband. Mr. Eric Symonds. is with Cable and Wireless Ltd., hopes t o give public performances
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    THE U.S. DILEMMA OVER CHINA
    257 4  - THE U.S. DILEMMA OVER CHINA Henry Fletche By WASHINGTON: THE U.S. Stale Department is twisting and tinning on •the horns of a dilemma of its own creation In tlie White Paper on China it dearly indicated that it was through with the Chiang Kai shek regime. Bui it hesitates to
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    GHOST OF GEYLANG SERAI GIVES UP
    429 5 GHOST OF GEYLANG SERAI GIVES UP Prayers and charms did it Free Press Staff Reporter [JUNDREDS of people have been flocking at night to (ieylang Serai's "rumah hantu" the home of an elderly Malay correspondence clerk, Inche Omar bin Haji Ismail, since the Free Press report of his private war
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    Dogs help to hunt bandits
    51 5 M.ifT Krporter m eopa a ciog- loan from re to the Ftv. 1 police b -i at c rralnS 'H cl bandit- rult untry. ;he be bile. on the •unded b. I In the jungle -;bieque. ex life wnlcta they men. ad Oof*z be their
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    Silat funeral officials
    16 5 P I I O I It td l'O Ch.n rhuan Lee Meean Cai
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    EAST-WEST TALK
    7 5 B.:--n Thurs- E the ques-
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    31 5 picture. MISS Doreen Mitchell, Assistant Supervisor of the Mechanical Section. Department of Statistics. Singapore, who returned yesterday m the Willem Ruyv after six months' training m operating v land- Free Press
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    1,000 STUDENTS HEAR A SECRET
    137 5 Free I'ress Stall Reporter iKTKR talking on citizenship to more than 1.000 A Singapore students In |WO days. Bailie John McAslan. the Glasgow lotal government expert who is on a lecture tour of Malaya, told the Free Press yesterday: -it was a very stimulating experience."
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    TALK ON RUBBER
    43 5 TALK ON RU BBER Dr. Derek Price, lecturer m applied mathematics at the University of Malaya, will talk iiver Radio Malaya about the nature of synthetic rubBer— what it is and what It does— at 10 p.m. today. Dr Price is a physicist.
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    Benevolent society
    127 5 \T th« annual g«i. ol member* of the Young- Friendly Beiv\-.i!> r.: I held recently the I ing wt-re elfc'^d .'3i' *la f< Meawi Tan i Kay, i k Chooa He* Tan Hhi S- Q| X: X I ftllf F!i Om .1 ci E: President: Mr. Oon Cheng
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    COLONY PUPILS LEARN CIVICS
    249 5 Free Press Stall Reporter MANY leading Singapore English schools h ive introduced into their curricula a course m civics, the main aim of which is to promote a keen interest among students m civic affairs of this country. The teaching of civics was started m St.
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    HE HAS FLOWN 4 MILLION MILES
    287 5 DUTCHMAN who In 25.000 hours of Hying baa covered about 4.000.000 nautical miles arrived m Singapore on a XL.M. Constellation yesterday. He is Commodore J. J. Moll, newlynppointed Comodore of the X.L.M. air fleet. Commodore Moll first learned flying In Java 25 years ago
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    58 5 picture jtLEVEN- YEAR-OLD FatriA cia l>e .long and her nine-year-old brother. Peter, uho are travelling alone from Jakarta to Scotland to live with their untie, pictured at Kallang airport yesterday marning while passing through Singapore. Travelling to Kuropr m a X.1..M. Constellation, they arc seen here with the aircraft's hoste.ss
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    WALK-OUT INQUIRY OPENS
    173 5 WALK-OUT INQUIRY OPENS I r. M.ii.i> Correspondent THE Commission Inquiring into the walk-oui by students of Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Mallm, beean Its meeting yes terday. The' session which was ed to the public, was attended by the Deputy DirecI tor <>f Education. Federation lof Malaya, the Principal of
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    THEY SEEK A NEW LIFE
    47 5 picture SBOONSTRA (54). the oldest Dutch emigrant among a party of 455 men hound for Australia, is seen with his 19-year-old son. F. Boonstra. the youngest emigrant. They leave Singapore today m a specially chartered Qantas Sk> master for Sydney Free Press
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    Wife's fears may change law
    357 5 Wife 's fears may change law A WOMAN'S fears for the safety of her deaf trisharider husband may result m a change m Sin- t;ap<»re's trisha laws. The ridpr became deal after an illness, and nJ« wife, afraid that he mi^ht be involved m a fatal accident because of his
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    ROBBERY CHARGE
    47 5 A 19-year-oid Chinese, ran Tek Hui. was charged yesterday m the Singapore Hmrth Police Court with armed robbery of cash, Jewellery i clothing valued Ri $174 at LIM Pai ChaJ Chinese School Yio Chu Kang Road on J 21. He was remanded until Jan. 31.
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    India-Pakistan money tiff benefits S'pore
    196 5 India-Pakistan money tiff benefits S 'pore Free Press Staff Reporter f)AKIST\\ is buying large shipments of Indian cotton yarn from Singapore instead of orderir.it direct from India, her next door neighbou Pakistan's refusal to devalue m line with the India i rupee has caused the Indian Government to ba i
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    CINEMA SHOW COST $20
    81 5 "^PHIS outing oi jroun is goA ing to be an expensive one for you and you had better be more careful In future,' Inche Abdul Hamid.. Segamat Sessions Court President, told 17-year-old Subramaniam, an Indian labourer of Johore Labis Estate who was fined $20, with the
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    REGISTRAR'S POWERS
    75 5 I r. Pr<w Matt Iti i)or(< i DLCISIONS Sil npore R i <.*•", In the ci din ry nov.e' <i;bipci to appeal to f i recom 15 ac t by the full mi> The committee con-. this a desirable addition the exist ins provisions vl rby an appeal
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    SINGAPORE SHIP MAY RUN BLOCKADE
    256 6 SINGAPORE SHIP MAY RUN BLOCKADE Final decision m mid-ocean ALTHOICiH carrying a cargo from New York and 150 tons of Malayan timber for Shanghai, the skipper of the Isbrandtsen Company's Flying ludependent has not yet decided whether to take the ship to the Red-held port. Two hours before the ship
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    Studying C.O.L. in Colony
    66 6 Studying C.O.L. in Colony /T4IL cost of living m Singapore m relation to price -Tris is being reviewed by a Lai committee under the rmansfifp of Dr. F. C. B<>nham Econonr.o Adviser to C HiiMlMlnmr fl moral s commit: -c is distinct I rr e sal.irU'S revision nlttee. also under
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    Malayan output of rubber down
    164 6 KUALA LUMPITS, Tuesday. J\L\»A.\ rubber production last year fell l>> m< c than 26.000 tons compared with 1948s ire I .'^t year's Federation total was G70,?.*>7 tons antf UHSs 696.978 tons In 1947. the total was tons. re n was chieflj In small-holdei last y
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    BANK SYSTEM
    12 6 Banking larilities between Mahiy.i And China are now again available,
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    SHIPPING IN PORT
    90 6 SHIPPING IN PORT iHIPS 0 Harbour B m bract-: Is .■.re: .Main Wharf Pt\ 14), '"> ■'10-JfS'. 1 :<B-3y>. I ■Test Wharf H 7 1. Ridderkerk <3-'' City of Coventry 1 3- 1 1 Kmjiirr Dork: tajala 1.-\H IJS-24 So-O-Maron 27-2* Fda i <mi ria Ht h> T«day*a Wharf Irrivals:
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    BoysBrigade swim gain
    90 6 HjMlt. Siu&aporc Mttallon ot Boyi Biii;ade x. ill noU) :i lust n ■tanning <^\n at Urn iiilln:an Barracki ikx>i on PaturJay. Eight Singapore* Boys Brigade rompaniea arc expected ti take part. shield, preaexited by officer* the Sing kpore Engineera I <-tif, v. ill h«* award* d to
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    N.Y. STOCKS DECLINE
    62 6 I O^;>E6 01 o\er U.S. SI \\«.i Incurrwl ou like Nn I Bacluuoce yesrprday morning during occasional bursts Of nervom liquidation. haU<*beartc4 tmilj l^o\ und r way dur Ia g the iiftrrnoon. leaving the nartet v.un ooly a fair maioiitv n 'nostiv frnciional looses ir tor radin?
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    LONDON TIN ACTIVE
    25 6 THK .:i ill i. a prices i:i Lhc I a m ESN s mri c (ga m a!id i c n U.P.
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    NURSES FOR BRUNEI AND SARAWAK
    137 6 >ur nurs4 l have been cruited by the World Health Organisation for ser- 8 irawak and Br They ar«' MLss Ida SlmnK naer public health mati In maternity and child we) m Singapore Miss PauScanlon; Miss Hu Wenger. and Miss Olive Warren, who are all
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    TOURISTS IN SINGAPORE
    48 6 picture. PICTURED m Singapore yesterday are sir John and l.ady Phin. who arrived here m the Tjihadjak from lion? Kong. They are seen with their niece, Mi>> Louise Sharp, who has arrompanied them on an extensive tour of Africa and the Kar East- Free Press
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    DAY-OFF MOVE IN FEDERATION
    279 6 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA I IMIMH, Tuesday. VBIIX t<» give a weekly holiday with pay to employees In shops, restaurants, theatres and stalls In the Federation, with an extra half day to shop workers, will he introduced at the Federal Legislative Council meeting on Feb.
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    UMNO ASSEMBLY
    22 6 JOHOKE BAHRL". T The iipx: general of UMNO will b* held at Muar from Feb. 21 for at least ihrpr
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    Gilt-edgeds & tins advance
    289 6 Gilt-edgeds tins advance 1 2 '?"X' EL^ jj ffiS3iL *^9I LONDON, V\, r rHE advance of British (>overntnrnt A tinued m the London Stork Exchan with persistent buying orders m a m.. stock, says Reuter. Final prices wer the best but showed gains of up to Other sections of the
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    DEATH OF MR H.C WILSON
    11 6 Royal l Ti i the n
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    MAXIM KO's MILLS IN ROUND 10
    435 7 MAXIM KO's MILLS IN ROUND 10 3 head punches end fight fHK world ligfht-heavyweight boxing championship went back to the United States at Earl's Court last ni^ht, when Freddie Mills, was knocked out m the tenth round when defending his title against the American Joey Maxim. Maxim weighed 12 st.
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    139 English footballers suspended
    18 7 1 39 English footballers suspended 1 I rs were R ik 9, which Me and non- suspend Reuter
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    S'pore AFA officials
    38 7 S'pore AFA officials I i I -"SETS. vUna Tr\M«« drlr W Sha*>. f Dsto A luit.or l.rajrwc: Ra•mmisMon I P.*. v n. h Mr R J Mr L«? 1 1 and Mr C G. < B i :roe E
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    Washer wins
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    SCOTTISH XV PICKED
    152 7 i gCOTI.AND S rugby team to play Wales at Swansea on Feb 4 will be: o Burrt-n (Gala); i) »v. c R IfacDonald L C W I. Brii.-f •I b > W. j 'Edinburgh Univ.»; J. </ j Gii»^ou AckJs.. J 'V Abcrc bif Edinburgh '.'i.n >
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    Harvey mastered spin bowlers
    248 7 VEIL Harvey, '.21 -year -old Victorian left-hander who toured England In I^4B. saved Australia m the third Test match against South Africa at Durban yesterday and enabled them to win by five wickets with 25 minutes to snare and gain the "rubber." Goirm In when three
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    Scoreboard
    78 7 v U Kl< Hll and \l IK XI I V l>t Inns 73 U n TRXI-IA -nd lnn> M..rri- hit w \t b Tavt.rhl 4 1 I Moronrr lb« larfirid W X Millrr 9m Mann L Ha-srtt Ibm >l;inn V Harvry not out IJ I I \ton b Mann
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    MAYER SELLS ALL HIS HORSES
    54 7 LOUIS B Mayer, the U.S. film magnate, yesterday auctioned hli reroainin" V 2 colti and fllltei lor U. 5.5605 250. This tNEingi his total f&cins and breeding htock to U.S.$(i.OOO.UOO. Top price of U. 5.542.500 was fetched by Graphic, a half sister to the gnat
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    SINO-MALAYS GO DOWN 6-3
    161 7 STRONG Hong Kong eleven defeated the SinoMdlays. by six goals to three. m the last of a series of three ?ames played m Hong Kong. The match which pitted the Combined Hong Kong Chinese against the SinoMalays proved easily the best and most exciting of the
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    UK SOCCER FIXTURES ,
    302 7 UK SOCCER FIXTURES I FOLLOWING are UK soccer Oxturet for Saturday. Jan. 28: (i r nh not mi Kit. Wp. ...1 T |ltm-4,kf 15..«ri»,-m..uih \nrlb4mpton I "urnlrv f r<trt >ale I»t6v harllon V > jrrfitT I < BMM Vr.nstlr I llr«lrr :i. U V M..1.J rsbr...lfh I. red* I ll«lt««
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    S. SQUIRES DEAD
    193 7 STAN sguRLS. the Surrey County cricketer, died yesterday m Richmond Royal hospital as the result of an Illness brought about thn ugh a virus m tn^ blood. He had undergone numb- r: of b:<>od transfusions. I Forty-one years of age. i Squires leaves a widow and three
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    All the latest selections
    247 7 *ACE 1 I.M RACE t i.m RACE S )3I RACE 4 RACE 5 j 4 30 RACE I.M RACE 7 I.M RACE 8 1 «.ut ALLAN LEWIS ALABAMA Duke San Jack Drvce 11 JADE PRINCESS John Bull Briaay MAMISE Lobau Lady May 100 nj CHASTITY Golden
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    Today's Acceptors
    655 7 Below is the card of events for today's Ipoh races, j Double totes will be on races three and four and six and seven. The hi* sweep will be drawn on race eight. RACE 1—2.30: CL. 4—' SPECIAL RACE 6F. 003 Duke San Flannerv i 0 07 004
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    SCRC have strong cricket team
    270 7 I^HE Straits Chinese Recreation Club are cut to make a strong bid for major honours m the Singapore Cricket Association's tournament m the com ing season. The SC.R.C. had the distinction oi scoring 372 the highest total In the tournament- last season when they met
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    MONK'S HILL B.P. WIN 6—3
    142 7 MONK'S HILL B.P. WIN 6— 3 MONKS liUl Badminton Part;. best P.W.D. Sports Club fey «ix gaMM to three. Results -Monks Hill pla\ers mentioned first: Goh Hang Sen« bt M. X Shuhabudin 17 15, 15—3, Teo Kirn Lenß bt lan < Guan Chu 15—3. 7 15. IS— l ChUH Ah
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    Ipoh course specialists
    139 7 LJORSKS urn pling UidJ> whirh havp mon at Ipoh prrviwus to this meeting arr: R\(t; 2: Harlilniri RACE 3: Mamuar. Lobaa Lady, ShpfTi« Id Plalr. RACE 4: Caravan. Rmhl Mrngs«*ng. (hastily. Grwfla(l RACK 7: Frnton. <.r«<ian Prinre. 1.0.-h C!yd«-. Dark Ru- raancf. Kinta Valley, little- l.adv j
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    NEVADA DOES GOOD GALLOP
    92 7 From MASS LBffH IPOH. VH r PHL v Lnf 1 Hiis i L morning wtttt oat for training bed gallop V-\.ida., who covered SI I Ani I that i Firemastei i m 40 Ptoc Fealtom m 42 and Sin i; i ti Bird II kvortl *n
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    ENGAGEMENT
    29 8 ENGAGEMENT is t nnounced between Lee Peng Fook. youngest s<*n of Mdm. Lum Ah Loke, and Mah Poong Oi. eldest daughter of Mme. Low Sow Wai. of Spore.
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    US. AID TO FORMOSA WILL CONTINUE
    275 8 Hainan battle imminent HONG KONG, Wednesday. I EADERS m Formosa, increasingly concerned at signs of the imminence of a Ked invasion of Hainan despite the heavy Nationalist air and navy actions, have been greatly heartened by the U.S. Government's decision, announced yesterday, to give
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    Smuts hits Govt. for segregation
    154 8 Smuts hits Govt. for segregation CAPETOWN, Wed GEN. Jan Smuts, United Party leader yesterday tabled a non-confidence motion m the Government of Dr. Daniel Malan m the South African Parliament. He accused Dr. Malan of carrying out a 'fraudulent policy." It had clearly been the Government's intention to carry out
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    I.L.0. to step up Asia aid
    137 8 NUWARA EUYA. Ceylon Wed. MR. David R. Morse. Director-General ol the International Labour Organisation, replying to a debate on the report he submitted when the 1.L.0. regional conference began here last week, said yesterday. '"It is my hope that during the course of this
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    PAK. BUYS WARHSIP
    11 8 Pakistan has bought another destroyer from Britain.- Reuter
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    14 8 Blizzards, floods and gales sweeping British Columbia decades have killed scores of people.- Reuter
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    P.I. Kuomintang defied
    79 8 C^HLNESE businessmen m Manila. Ig— ring Kuominij ang rail for an anti-Brit sh boycott because of Britain's recognition of Red China, have m the past few days been especially cordial toward Britons, shaking hands with them publicly and assuring them of their cordial personal and business friendship.
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    Israeli recognition
    16 8 Italy h as offlciallj '.jrunttd de jure recognition of the < Israeli Government A .P.
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    25 8 photo. Chid m fhooti pushing immobilised bicycles, citizens of Tel- Aviv forge their w.iv throueh streets flooded by the worst downpour m Hi years. A.P.
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    BOY 'PROPHET' LOSES FACE
    138 8 mamla. Wednesday. CiAR-AWAY sceptics m Leyle of 17-year-old Miguel Armidilla. shoeshine-boy-turned-prophet, wont into a flat spin when an earthquake rocked the island yesterday but this didn't deter the Manila police from arresting the lad when his dire prophecies for yesterday did not materialist 1 Armidilia. who
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    India tightens border watch
    222 8 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. VTITH Chinese Ked forces now 75 miles from the Indian frontier, the Delhi Government has, among other security measures, set up checkpoints along India's northern bordprs to screen all Indiabound travellers from Tibet and Ked China. The Peking radio has announced that a
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    TITO WARNS RUMANIA
    57 8 YUGOSLAVIA yesterday charged Moscow led Kum.ini;i with "hostile policy" m having severed rail and mail communications with h»*r staff Monday and warned that thr < -otisequfm rs would fall on her. In a bristling note. Marsh il Tito's <iovrrntn«-nt added In undertaking such inimical acts. Rumania did
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    South Korea kills 19,066 Communists
    135 8 South Korea kills 1 9,066 Communists SEOUL, Wednesday. pOINCIDING with President Truman's steps to revive I.S. aid to Korea, it was announced here yesterday that South Korean forces had killed 19.0HH Communists, wounded 3/271 and captured 70.140 during 1949. President Syngman Rhee said that President Truman's insistence on aid to
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    NO SPLIT
    40 8 Mr Angus Ward, lormer U.S. Consul-General at Mukden, said yesterday after a ennirrc-nce with President Truman and Secretary of State D:\in Acheson that he found no evidence of a "Tito split" between the Chinese C ttimuntstj and Russia.—
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    Electricity rationed
    18 8 Electricity If bfing rationed In Rio De Janeiro because of the effect of a long drought
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    62 8 photo. The climax of a 57-hour manhunt by a Sallis (Mississippi) posse is shown here as Leon Turner (nearer camera) and Wendell Whitt, lie on the ground while they are searched for weapons by officers after their capture. The police dog seen m picture led to their capture. Both men
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    'DRAW ANTIRED LINE IN PACIFIC
    87 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. H. Styles Bridges. v 5 New Hampshire Republican, told the Senate yesterday that the administration's policies m Asia add up to a "muddle-headed failure." The Senator called on the President and State Department to draw a line m the Pacific beyond which Communism
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    MORE IMMIGRANTS
    15 8 Australia's new Government is to increase immigration to 200.000 Dersons this year.- A.P.
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    'U.S. aid goes to Russia'
    103 8 WASHINGTON. WYd CiENATOR Oeorg k5 < Republican Nev a d charged In the Sen day that the United S wai helping to str« i Russia for "V.u> nexi world" war." Mr. Ifalooe 1m lution to "prohibit finanii.i! aid to any foreign courrry engaged In sstetins
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    BURMESE SEEK MEDIATION
    70 8 rHE Bunra Democratic Party is urging the Cimmonwealth nations not To give aid to Burma unless the Rangoon government agreei to mediation m endinu the national rebellion m which the Karens are the government's main opponents. The BDP. whose president is the former cabinet minister. Thaktn Ba
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    DEATH SLAVES
    24 8 The Congress of Industrial Organisations charged esterday that more than 11.000.--000 persons are being worked to death m Soviet slave labour camps.-
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    12 8 Monday's lightning strike of cargo labourers m Gibraltar ended yesterday. A.P. A.P.
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