The Singapore Free Press, 28 January 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, SATIRDAY, JANUARY 28, 1950. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    3 JAVA CITIES AWAIT ATTACK
    302 1 Civil war is now feared JAKARTA, Saturday. INDONESIAN forces tensely await fresh onslaughts on Jakarta and Bandoeng by strong allied rebel forces of the almost legendary "Turk" Westerling and Muslim Darul Islam, which are expected to provide the spark to set the whole of West
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    CHURCHILL'S OPPONENT IN U.K. ELECTION
    18 1 CHURCHILL'S OPPONENT IN U.K. ELECTION C b ril -r r the W 538 pendent ptrd SU /-I 1..
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    ROBBERY IN NEW YORK
    13 1 ROBBERY IN NEW YORK the borne of i r» in Mrs Roap* U.P.
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    NOYES RECOVERING
    7 1 Is. 70. I.ondcn afier A.P.
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    TODAY'S WEDDING
    26 1 Mr. Joseph Tan and his bride. Miss Elizabeth Mook Chin, after their wedding this morning at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Singapore.
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    HAD NO FUSE
    25 1 THE Hyderabad Government revealed yesterday that the hand-grenade 1 thrown at the Nizam of I Hyderabad on Thursday had no fuse. I
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    ARMS AID PACT IS SIGNED
    142 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. ORESIDENT TRI MAN last night approved the 1 secret Atlantic Pact master defence plan, clearing the wav fo r America to send 51. 000.000,000 worth of arms to seven European nations. Shortly before the approval Mr. Dean Acheson signed bilateral rearmament agreements with
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    200 STUDENTS EVICTED BY POLICE
    95 1 200 STUDENTS EVICTED BY POLICE F. P Chinese Correspondent TWO hundred pupils ana teachers of the Cheng Chun School in Short Street. Singapore, were evicted by tne police on Wednesday on ostructlona by the Municipal authorities. The Municipal Commissioners had ordered the demolition of the building for being an over-aged
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    Airliner in trouble?
    96 1 RANGOON, Bat a N Indian National Airways A passenger plane arriving nerc irom Calcutta yesterday, repined seeing an Air France Skymastef with a smoking starboard engine over the wv 3 t coast Burmese town >>f Sandoway. The Skymaster wti believed n route to Calcutta from Bangkok. The
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    U.S.I. OFFICER IN PENANG
    62 1 "PHE iormer head of the 1 Indonesian Office in Penang. Mr Machsus. has been named representative of rhe USI Government in that t,<r*n. Mr Machsus has been m Medan for exploratory talks on Sumatran-Malayan tradfhas left for Kota Radja for the same purpose. He said special
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    TRADE MARKS
    21 1 Allied nationals with trade marks in Japan before the war may apply for their renewal from Feb. 1. A.P.
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    They just couldn't wait
    60 1 A( OPV of the film of the Freddie Mills-Joey Maxim world luht-heavyueisht fi?ht was stolen yesterday while on its MM, in a van lo London airport for transit to S^ ?a M °j^ ae Goodman who made the film, said todav The driver found it missing
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    NEW TIE-UP IN BERLIN TRAFFIC
    102 1 NEW TIE-UP IN BERLIN TRAFFIC BERLIN, Sat. THE Ed<,l German Govern- ment announced last night that all lorries entering or leaving Berth- must in future carry a special pa.ss, Issued by the Peoples Police. The announcement from the Ministry of the Interior came as hundreds of German lorries were still
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    NO ARMS RACE SAYS BRITAIN
    56 1 A Foreign Office spokesman in London last night denied charges that Britain was seeking to promote an arms race between Israel and the Arab states. Arms he said, were being shipped to the Arab countries under treaty obligations but Britain commitments to the Western Union
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    'FLU IN JAPAN
    15 1 The number of influenza victims in Japan has increased to 30.706. Reuter
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    French Govt. walks out in protest
    136 1 PARIS, Saturday. "PHK French Government walked out of the Nation--4 aj Assembly in protest last night when the wife of Communist leader Maurice Thorez accused the French army in Indo-China of atrocities against civilians. In a violent two-hour speech, punctuated by right-wing cries of
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    THE LAST STRAW
    41 1 ATTORNEY DONOVAN J\ Flint refu: ed to defend i Marine Private Dansel Spisak 18. on a court martial charge of conspiring to rob a Honolulu liquor store. Flint found out that the store in question was his own.
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    TITO SEES US ENVOY
    18 1 Marshal Tito yesterday received the new American Am'bassador to Belgrade, Mr. 'Georejo Alien. Reuter
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    JOHORE BANDIT SHOT DEAD
    68 1 Free Press Staff Reporter V CHINESE bandit was shot dead by a police jungle squad from Rengam at Paya Lebar. Johore, yesterday. As the police approached a hut they saw a Chinese run out and hide in the blukar. The bandit opened fire and slightly wounded
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    N.Z. PLANES FOR COLONY
    63 1 THE British and New Zealand air forces have agreed to exchange planes and pilots to familiarise flier s with areas outside their operational districts. Two New Zealand Catalinas will arrive in Hong Kong on February 2 from Lauthala Bay. Flpi islands and be replaced by two
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    Eire proposal
    21 1 Eire has proposed "to Britain that they should convert their diplomatic offices in Dublin and London into embassies. Reuter
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    FLY-BY-NIGHTS
    27 1 U.S. officials are investigating several "fly by night" American companies or alleged illegal shipments of U.S. aircraft engines and spare I parts to Soviet countries Reuter
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    U.S. hesitates on H-bomb
    195 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. DRESIDENT IKIMAN said yesterday that he nad 1 not yet made a decision regarding production of a super atomic bomb. The President was answering questions at his weekly press conference about the present controversy over whether a hydrogen bomb should be produced in the
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    66 1 This ui.ul.iir aircraft, the first Royal Canadian Air Force plane to visit Singapore since the last war. brought to Kallang airport the Canadian delegation returning from the Colombo conference. The delegates, who include Mr. Lester Pearson. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. R. W Mayhew. Minister of Fisheries,
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    Good going at Ipoh
    47 1 From ALLAN LEWIS Ipuh, Saturday. THE going for today's races here is likely to be very good. Best bets are JIMMY BOY STYMIE and FREEDOM TRAIN he acrepts). Best outsider of the day u MUSKETEER. Latest selections and track hints on page seven.
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    LIBERALS HOLD MEETING
    66 1 LIBERALS HOLD MEETING LONDON. Sat THE Liberal Party held an election conference here yesterday, attended by 1.600 delegates. A major plan in their platform is co-ownership between employers and employees of all industries employing more than 50 people. The Liberals are putting over 400 candidates in the field and expressed
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    Somali plan approved
    78 1 GENEVA. Sat. I^HE United Nations Trusteeship Council yesterday adopted the agreement for Italy's ten-year administration of her former colony of Somaliland, Voting was 11 in favour, with Russia absent. The vote automatically gave Italy provisional authority over her former East Africa colony which Britain has administered since
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    SPENDER INTO QUARANTINE
    42 1 SPENDER INTO QUARANTINE The Australian External Affairs Minister. Mr. Percy Spender, said in Darwin yesterday that he will go into voluntary quarantine for two weeks today because he came Into contact with a sufferer from Infantile paralysis while in Karachi.— A. P
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    Brooke appeal
    26 1 The hearing of Mr. Anthony Brooke's appeal by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has been provisionally fixed f°r Feb. 6 in London
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    SIXTH EFFORT
    23 1 Signor Alcide Di Gasperi. last night announced the names of a new three-party government his sixth cabinet since the war. Reuter
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    Chinese killed by bandits
    56 1 Free Pre>s Staff Reporter FOUR Chines*, tw i arnifd with pistols. robbed a man and his wife at Kampong Pulai. Johore. of their identity cards yestprday and th<*n abducted the man. As the wife was on her way to the police station, she found her husband
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    5.321 FLEE TO YUGOSLAVIA
    48 1 Belgrade h. i disclosed 5,321 refugees fled to si^via from Commfonn r tries since the Tito-K rift began 18 months i| The majority were ediy Communist Par>\ I i persecuted because they tjrm* pathised with Ma:^. I struggle for equal rela between socialist i
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    SYLVIA CATCHES UP
    157 1 SYLVIA CATCHES UP Free Press Staff Reporter rpEN days alter her ftxed wedding date. 22-yeai-old attractive red-head-ed Sylvia At wood left Singapore by air 1;. night to join her fiance in Hong Kong. Sylvia, v. ho conn London, has spent tin three weeks In I Penang with jaundice B v.
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    AGA'S JEWELS THROWS BACK
    51 1 MAHSEILLES. Bftl 4 PACKET containing s of the £200.000 j» stolen from the E Khan last August was down on the pavement outside a police station h» re late last night A mystery voice warned th? police by telephone th.v jewels had just been th: there-
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    SNOW IN JERUSALEM
    19 1 Jerusalem was covered snow yesterday and had i coldest and wettes* wr in seven years. A.P.
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    Just Go Around and Around and Out
    55 2 GHARFE\ pun, pencil and it our wits and see if you can work your way out of this clever maze by Julian Qerber without running into dead-end and having to rttrate untir route. Of course, you start at the innermost chamber (X<. and
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    THE LATEST 'GOLD RUSH'
    677 2  - THE LATEST 'GOLD RUSH' GEOFFREY JENKINS By A gold rush n. i picture* the words conjure up of bold bad men seeking fortunes overnight in the wild places of the w«rkf. «>r shanties and saloon* »ncf gambling drnv Rut nowadays there i* more science than glamour shout a fold rush.
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    GIRL GUIDE DECEIVERS
    99 2 TWO small girls with curly hair, blup eyes. Innocent tXpresstoni Girl Guide berets and a glib lin<> of talk arp believed to br forking a runndpniv tnck Mis?? Marv Hpys- Jones. Girl Guide district commissioner, has warned p.-oph- in Mortlakc district ol Middlesex Tht- nirls arr teHins
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    Page For Children Rescue—and the Reward
    679 2  - Page For Children Rescue— and the Reward S.C. GEORGE -By- The iin.il instalment of "Papuan I>evM hmijf" i 9PIAR flashed from e Chief's hand, transfixing Evans, who fell back dead, an expression of intense astonishment on his face. Ralph instantly snatched Evan's dropped automatic, and. as the Chief led a
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    Desolation Farm
    386 2  -  H. M. McKAY By (»ontinmng thr thud iriMalment of •at I vlmri ui%*ler> +rriJk\> I ARSON spoke harsh ly as the farmer pointed out the footprints. "Logan, there is a loaded shotgun In the lorry." he rasped. "The one you handed rne so •hat in case of any
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    BLACK THE TALKING DOG
    180 2 I AUGH If you likf. but the villagers of Ceres, Fife (pop. 1,425). ftrmlv believe they have a genuine talking do? <n their midst The dog is Mtl til four-and-a-half vearolh Pekingese, and nc-r-ordine to his owners. Mr and Mrs David Beattie he has been talkinK
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      63 2 B attractive glass will b? m^* rtt w >th every four \£^\^T F *N Drinks puuh-ved yjA between January 20<h and W February 10th. Chinese New War will M W be a happy one uith Jnnks fl V that are Famous for Ha\ MB PLACE YOUR ORDERS EAKf N WITH
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      297 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD < I.IKS At ROSS. 1. Dull, w-ipid feli..u ri CuthedraJ ,rv tm~ i"* IUI ••^apl* fi^xi of F t»in }if<n,|f :2. ■■~~"b^B B^BFril v^tlckv «.iihs»*n'f ihnt (wwes oul Pb^^JßL_Jß|_ I j of w(>«mi u. piHtu wiiok i*>«.»>>s l_BT!_I H .lrlfl a uiitei |i.i<e. 1 ■>. Broth <».' 13
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    Men Killed to renew Soil fertility
    34 3 i s nd fl P.: Ifu- IO I Ol i re- o! 'he were nrough 150 I Manila. :i to when ■re s 1 1 e AmeM p
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    PAK. TO TAME INDUS RIVER
    217 3 Huge cost is main obstacle KARACHI, Saturday. THE Pakistan Government is considering a plan which, for th e first time in history, would curb the destructive power of th e River Indus The main disadvantage of the plan is cost For it is estimated that
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    Power from wind
    61 3 Power from wind LONDON, Sat. |T N Ot'CH electricity to A save up to 4.000,000 tons ui coal a year could be produced by 600 winddriven generators on the hill tops and around the coastline of Britain, say experts. They have made this -Ntimate after nearly two %ears of investigation
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    57 3 Prince Michael Oeft). aged r 7. and the Duke of Kent (right), aged 14, display all the technique of "dirttrack" racing drivers as thev pilot the "dodgem" cars around the floor at the Bertram Mills Circus. Olympia. London. In the background is Mr. Cyril Mills, of the Circus, who acted
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    34 3 photo. gl Minister M. Robert S( hurrun deft) •«f Gfraian who thronged the staeets raim u -station »hrn h t arrived il iMt UVst GcffMUT*! new tapis hr Ko-i:.id yrmitf. the Gerwaa !lor A.P.
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    Czech youth tell on their parents
    29 3 Czech youth tell on their parents PRAGUE, Saturday. \i\l.\ "> Communist rulers are catrhlilrvn >ounjj for Communism. .ire drilling the children to toll might refuse U toe the Communist and
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    Prints from colour film
    58 3 Prints from colour film NEW YORK Sat T; Of keting In J new met> -.onochrome :rom colour fill The method was evolved ype of paper .eloped by Gevaert in Belixn curing the war and In Europ- yew. Srpia prints are made by Of proje;-. inl] I li not mctwtry to
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    REFUGEES FOR U. S.
    9 3 The U.S. Senate J Reuter
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    'BAD' DISPLAY.
    12 3 A R.i Q ICtS." p has the Czech G A.P.
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    S. Korea gets U.S. arms aid
    46 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. the first bUlateral arms agreement under the u.s y defence assistance I programme has been with Southern Kon 1 amme I US. s: 000, million *or:h ol Pa trie 3. $27,64 I In k Pei the PhiliDDii Reuter
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    MINSTERS FLEF
    13 3 The Polish Hungarian obeyi gorernn fled either F S iuerland.— U.P.
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    BELGIAN REPRIEVES
    22 3 M.iii.v Belgians sentenced to ith for war-time collaboraII a with the Germans have their sentences reduced I > life imprisonment.— A.P.
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    3.000-franc bonus
    36 3 liHE French National A»s< \y Thursday voted fai paying iried workers. Despite oariier reluctanc< -rant the bonus on the nds that It would cause inflation, the Government did not oppose ti>> A P. A.P.
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    TITOISTS' ANTISTALIN SONGS
    156 3 BELGRADE, Saturday. *ON(iS now widely sang in Yugoslavia reflect the new way of life and tlu People'* loyalty to Marshal Tito and bitterness toward Russia and the Cominform. Th he cor, from the I El hnographical Institute by a group nt Department of the of tilt* Serbian
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    Afghan border tension rises
    152 3 Afghan border tension rises KABUL, (Afghanistan), Saturday. THE two-year-old cold war between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is increasing daily in virulence and heat, has indirectly involved India. It seems almost certain to draw in othe r powers as supporters, if not allies, of one side or the other if it
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    SPY TRIAL IN NEW YORK
    59 3 I'nL espionage trial or Miss Judith r 8 DepartßK qi i and Mr V ■hev, a en- the United Nat I In n- -a- v rk d?.y. Federal F r Raytnond Whearty that he I prove that MUs Coplon and Mr Oubitchev plotted to steal
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    No knowledge, says Wallace
    34 3 WASHINGTON. I \IR Eienn id notta to d ii cTci n< le. T Vice-Pi tni madi ■ni I the House CJn -America! charges that he ac- lpf»d In su U.P.
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    Crow own tobacco
    66 3 gO.MK 15.000 smokers in Britain are to hrromr independent of cigarette IIMrUfM at the shops. Ther will soon be smoking tobacco in their cigarettes and pipes which has been home-grown. It is part of the 1949 backyard crop Over 30.01M1 Ih. has been sent to the new
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    ARMY TO FIGHT ARCTIC COLD
    236 3 OTTAWA, Saturda.%. r\NE of the toughest military manoeuvres r\ "r undertaken in peacetime is Exercise Sweet Br ar, which opens on February 13 in Alaska and the Yukon, with 5.000 United States and (an liian troops and airmen taking part. For the men involved, there
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    U.S. oil men object to UK embargo
    89 3 U.S. oil men object to UK embargo WASHINGTON. Sat. THE National Petroleum Council, composed of ttal nation's top oil men. has asked the Government 'to take steps 'to force the B. tish to lift their embar American -owned oil The OoouDCil said B r tish policies if continued "could compel
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, jan 28, 1950. ITS EASY TO BE A GUERILLA
    425 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, jan 28, 1950. ITS EASY TO BE A GUERILLA y t'j£rtLlNGa rebellion ..Wr Java is further t km nee oi :hv ;:u;n lual i. ker to op ?rate a .-.iin..t *n t tblished government i > os amp ink has any real I i pie
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    What Stalin Will Want From China
    962 4  - What Stalin Will Want From China JOHN FI SHER p-* By -^^^r FIRST of 1950*5 trouble spots i> Formosa, whert &000,00U native in habitants hope thai {he United Slates will deliver Ihein from Ihc Chinese Nationalists, sa\t' them from the Chinese Communists, :im<l never return them to Japanese domination. After
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    37 4 "Cinnamon? French poodle in Sew York, has a sptcial monthly beauty treatment consisting of a tub bath, shampoo, clipping, tlufftnu. pedicure, teeth cleaning. After Ihe treatment*** dnnomon" gett a pair or booij to keep her feet dry.
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    ... but freedom won't feed the Kromos
    662 4 but freedom won 't feed the Kromos report rno.\r INDONESIA BY LACHIE McDonald JAKARTA. LIONS of |>eo pit- in J;iv:i, Sumatra, and Ihe stoics <»l smaller islands forming llu 16 Slates <»l the new lntl« »ntsi;i s| ill do not kn< i\\ they are "I ree They are the peasants
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    The Patients I Killed
    160 4 -By a Doctor iyi Iv -'i ii< U oonl 111 with a patk lease from the pain or an incurable disease have given them t lio opportu of an easy tay oul says Di Abraham Lincoln G< He i .sc bed t hat l)t> b sell
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS GLIDING IN S'PORE'WHY NOT?'
    299 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS GLIDING IN S'PORE'WHY NOT?' JJONOHAHY instructor of the Royal Singapore Flying Club, Mr. T. S. lIAYNKS, r>riginator of gliding in [pod :m<l would like lo introduce the spoil to Singapore. Mr Haynes says there are sites in Singapore where gliding would be possible without interfering with commerclml
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      21 4 ALL KINDS LADIES' HAND BAGS THE NOVELTY STORE sn, \()K I II BRIDGE KD. SINGAPORE, SILVER, EP.N.S. AND CRYSTAL TABLE WARE
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      53 4 to'thje, kDmt> ror your Comfort ano Conve c < milk from the meadows pt i Hed centrated. with only the water -e 'oved. the water yourself and drink dc milk at all times and under a <■ knowledje that it is «i FULL CREAM MILK POU An Empire I'roJu- MWi
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    LEGALISED BOOKMAKING OPPOSED
    424 5 Move to close N loopholes Free Press Staff Reporter JpHK committee appointed by the Singapore Government to inquire into the question of controlling bookmakinjr in the Colony does not favour legalisation of bookmaking, the Free Press understands. Amendment of the Betting Ordinance which will close loopholes in
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    44 5 picture. (r\NADVS Secretary for j Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lester Pearson (left) addressing Singapore journalists yesterday. Next to him are the Minister of Fisheries in the Canadian Government. Mr. R W. Mayhew. and the (\in.idim Government Trade Commissioner in Siiitanore. Mr. Paul Sykev Free Press
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    WHISKY: DON'T PAY MORE
    59 5 Fresa Stall Reporter sull a po>sibl e black market in 31 brands I( h whisk\ o\rr the Chinese New Year, uhiNk\ importers ti»da> announced that no increase in the retail prices of s y ::t\ sell to the trade. w hv en Af i ■n-fr i
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    25 5 Ml i s photographed In b ihe Hdest „m! Mr- Uo \.\i,-r Mrs. Veo was Htm Imi Thwee \!i and Mrs in r ai Se«f.
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    LAST OF THE PIONEERS
    88 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r pHE last <50 members Of I 1 Royal Ceylon Pioneer Corps Singapore yesterday for Ceylon by the Empire Hallidale under Major Ananda Thero. Buddhist chaplain in D FcrThe repii I of j Our Lady of Madhu. which brought to Singapore and
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    Technical Assn officials
    18 5 I Mitt Kt-porter b.h a I < Ft .ndo: :>• v Ml J. I G V I
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    POPPY DAY
    49 5 KUALA IIMPI'R. rri.— p m the Federation $124,011 for Bi Ish Legion I Ham Fund. Police and their c>p- I have sufferI ed through the i and ex-servicemer I the Brigade ol Gurkhas who have been fighting in Mli should benefr I I he Earl Han- Fund
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NURSES
    25 5 SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NURSES Vrvr Prrss St.ifl Reporter KUAI A LUMPUR Fri The Internation il ChII <i r e n*s ml four scholarships in Ids rsea
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    TALENTIME SHOW
    19 5 TamiJ Brotherhood Association, Singapore, will a ralentine" show at [he association's hall in Road to at 730
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    Recruiting tour by boat off Johore
    121 5 Recruiting tour by boat off Johore Free Press st:iH Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. RECRUITING launches visit liements along the Straits of Jfohore to help recruit volunteers for Anti•B. ndil Month In Johon E rolling atioi sareto kx ed on J:m 3(» at Johore Bahru Poritian, Scudal, Sena) and Kulai. I
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    Asia wants bigger say at I.LO. talks
    213 5 Free Tress Stall Reporter ONE of the most significant chapters of" the International Labour Organisation conference in Ceylon was the request of .Asian countries for greater representation on (he organisation, said Mr. Philip B. Sullivan. Labour Adviser to the Bureau of Far Eastern
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    CANADA TO HELP MALAYA EXPORTS
    319 5 Free Press Staff Reporter fONTINUED assistance to Malaya to increase her exports to Canada as part of the sterling area's drive for more dollars can be expected, Mr. Lester IV Pearson, th e Canadian Foreign Secretary, said at a Singapore press conference yesterday. an open
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    STUDENTS UNION
    23 5 The University ol Malaya Students' Union will iH»id iheir inaugural meeting at 2.30 p.m. today in the M (dic;ii College Hall.
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    35 5 IIK dtu\ Vlr>. Pt'ier Lim Choopu after their wedding at A I the Catholir Church of St. Peter and Paul. Singapore. The bride was formerly Miss Annie Yim> Mvou Tmmg*— Lilj white Studio p* re.
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    PRODUCE FROM SUMATRA
    95 5 F. P. Chinese Correspondent THE Brsf shipment of proI duce to arrive in Singapore from Lampoeng since that south Sumatran port was reopened to trade recentI ly is due in port today. The "Batoebahra" is carry* ing a shipment of 900 tons of copra. 210 tons Of
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    Colony development
    75 5 Free Press S taflf Reporter. r pilK Select Committee set up by the Sinsapore l.eyi>--1 1 lali\> Council to consider the provisions of the Singaporp Development Board Rill is inviting rnmment> and criticisms from firms, associations and individuals. Any memoranda, comments and suggestions should be sent to the
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    S'PORE ASSIZES
    28 5 A session of Si i.e. ".pore A>- will be held at the Supreme Court ai in 30 a.m. on Feb. 6. MK. PHILIP B. SI I.I.IVAN.
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    Man who slept in open gets a Trust flat
    269 5 F»ee Press Stall Reporter AN educated Singapore Chinese, with a famih of eight, who had to sleep J n the open at night li.jv been helped by the Social Welfare Department to get an Improvement Trust flat. The man, bombed out
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    Y.M.C.A. FILM SHOW
    24 5 The Singapore YJIjCJ will present a programme c scientific films, next W< day at 8 pjn. at the A> main hall.
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    MAILS.
    30 5 ;n.al is pore i(K.i.iv [ron Pedei .uon. ■.lev fur the U.PO ":.v p a Hong Kong China uid Teranpa 5 4.S ji.ii,. lor S;am i ri fl p.ni I
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    'ARMOUR COMING' -C.-in-C.
    142 5 'ARMOUR COMING' -C.-in-C. Free Pres"? Stall K .i;«-r /GENERAL Sir John H VJ Commander-in-chief, East Land Forces, nil lor more irmoan d §r to be sent to Malaya T coming ir bai > supply of lijiht armour' d p to be u» d on I 100 rehlctes This was disci
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    Work starts on new pool
    77 5 YV K TT pool for the Chine** B« mini c pool is n for use In li M Auuust P< Lpob and local dubt be invited the opt pool With our neu pm we hope thai the i Singapore a Association Champi I be held
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    NEW GRANDSTAND BUILDINGS?
    174 6 NEW GRANDSTAND BUILDINGS? Hint at Turf Club meeting i HINT that expansion of grandstand accommodation may be necessary to cope with increasing membership was given at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Turf Club yesterday by the chairman, Mr. H. C. Reilly. He pointed out that, although the Club
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    Markets are dull, and quiet
    161 6 LONDON, Saturday. tXS the London Stock Exchange yesterday, week--end influences appeared to be stronger than usual and business was at a very low ebb. says Heater's financial correspondent. Fresh support appeared foi British funds when the market opened, but small gains were not always held.
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    132 6 LONDON ST OCK EXCHANGE .4 Ilex. l lrt 6 1 PeraM Hydra 9 3 Royce <u'> 98 R .in Antelope uts.i 12 I .1 mis.) 3 5 32 1 IS i unif i Newaii 78 3 BUMSHI Anglo-Dutch us* A:.. .u-Mdlav 8 3 24 3 Jugra Land 8 3 Kepona
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    118 6 DoKN today, you have a rather nervous and hifh -strung nature which keeps you on the ?o most of tiie time Your natural talents are for the artistic prof* -Nsitin-*. but you are eminently practical .is well. You hguje to get the proper remunerations for >our efforts.
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    NEW Score 279 for 8 v. Victoria
    110 7 i had >ioifd V v rs in against I :;ty on the tbeif Sheffield Sydney ves- a\ bear- on of the South Wales. .oit> with tlnti bf- n« id gave ■•> HeXpeCtrd n their batting p tftei lunch. pair S Carroll •liem a
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    In line for title fight
    56 7 CHAI SITPHOL. Siam\ flv and bantamweight boxing champion, who scored a sensational victory in Melbourne last ni*ht when he knocked out Rod Par>ons of Queensland in the eighth round of a schedule Itround fight. Parsons is rated No. bantamweight in Australia. Sitphol weighed tot t]
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    IBRAHIM HITS 128
    63 7 IBR AHIM HITS 128 rClub of lnaia 01 .'or three se of play •>e-cay match Comr.ionwearh j which opened .^.erday. n Test player. scored 128 MtrdWßl brother T>st captain, was .e close. n or the and i". wu only i which pre- jh *he I lest I biggest I B.
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    S.C.C. v. S.R.C.
    12 7 S. C .C v. S.R.C. •> H C on Monday L>n;a<«; f I
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    FREEDOMTRAIN MAY NOT START
    276 7  - FREEDOMTRAIN MAY NOT START ALLAN LEWIS Latest hints from track By IPOH, Saturday. pREKDOM TRAIN, who has be«n stronglv fancied for the second race here this afternoon, may be a non-starter. He was pulled up lame while training yesterday morning. I pick Te Taki to complete a double in the
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    Cautious batting by Australians
    78 7 H^ \i-tralians. with nine wickets still t<» fall, ..nl% 67 runs behind Transvaal's firsttal in their return three-day match which 1 Ulis Park. Johannesburg, yesterday. Lai, who won th e toss and batted firs*. >r 122 on a lively pitch, and when trawn the Australians had
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    Upsets in F.A. Cupties likely
    639 7 FKiKi KOI NU football &rounch> are likely to lead to freak results In toda>» fourth-round ties in the Football Association Cup tournament. On grounds into which frost has bitten deeply, football becomes a gamble. Th e ball stays as light as a feather, and usually
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    Pioneer of ju-jitsu dead
    65 7 Pioneer of ju-jitsu dead piooewed ju jitsu «rre*tling I in Britain died in London "i. IwfsdrtY He MM 69 jjmn old. I .in. k...nf bo EngiHiid M k i.ms:c hali performer and o»vt manv oTbropaaa olcti oo crtrtiCaii \*ieMie*s j Uieir u»n ia<ne He l^Ler UH. A u;e tne first
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    ONE CHANGE IN NORTH XV
    58 7 ONE CHANGE IN NORTH XV Pt. VVAIGII of v|jn,nr •ls unable* to play in today's North v. South rugby match at .lalan Be.tar stadium. II i> place Will be filled by (pi. A. VVridr of IVn.nu Kadio Malaya will rela> a running commentary on the match at .Vl5 P-»i The
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    More details requested
    106 7 A T ne annual general m««un« j >t the Singapore T.uf Club. %»-3 vdajf, a member Mr J A. Dean, suggested thai more details should be given 10 monbera of MaVM tt I .pendlturt* shnu n in the Mrcounts. He pointed out tnat under four j ltfm*
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    29 7 MEDHURST Chelsea keeper ikips high in th<> air to punch away from a corne kick during the Manchester United-Chelsea *ame at Old TrafTord. Manchester wo A C/*v*- nnAi A
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    R.I. win two soccer matches
    133 7 I s^ERANGOON Sji^li&h School* Ul k team Uv-t to RafiW Institution firM team by four K<*ili. to DM in 'hrilllny sucrrr match nln\ r! on i he R. I. ground yesterday. At haJf-Ume Seran^oon iScrurf>l I w*re leading bv a goal scored by I j
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    All The Latest Selections
    266 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EiPSOM JEEF CALL BOY POINTIB RACK I IE \\l%l SHEFFIELD PLATK NACHTEGAAL FRANC ELENE IE TAKI s*v In. uhal r« Taki Te Taki Te Taki Devon KranceJane Nachtegaal Francrlene -I.* itx-Jd Plate ShenVld Plat* RACK i tKll.no.vi TRAIN GRECIAN PRINCE FREEDOM TRAIN FREEDOM
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    5 7 M < alls himself a starter!"
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    Soccer at the Oval next season
    169 7 ITENNINGTON Oval, in South London, the scene of many memorable cricket matches, will >tage soccer next season. The first Football Association Cup finaJ, way back in 1872, was played there. The Wanderers defeated the Royal Engineers 1 The Surrey County Cricket Club MUMttimi yesterday
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    TENNIS 'INVASION' OF P.I.
    72 7 I\ILIP BOSK ft»d t— Hi Misra, Incua'.s v.o leadiiiß IIVB tennis playCalcutta by air \> h,r Manila to compel* iri ihe Philippines lawi. -.ni« championships thert- i jr. ing lon Feb 2. Accompanying them were I the Philippines players. ?>li,cissimo Ampon. Cesar Ca:mon* and R Dreyo
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    Eric Sturgess eliminated
    63 7 .Mnca w<«- f rerday rrom the Au>tr«:;«n .--nnm chanipaox^hip. He MM better. l>j def» r.din* PrarJt Sodgnian. 6-2 S-l f-8 4-6 b-4 hi .1 :i. -f 1 *r Kooyong cour'> Dorii Han and Loutae 3rr u^h, of the DMMI RM*, »»:•> »»l«y for the single- alao rrhched
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    S.A. ATHLETES RELEASED
    67 7 TWO South Ariican alhie'^.who had been held in quarantine in Karachi tor ihf :»>; eight days left last night for the Empire Games in New Zealand Mil rt in Joo.Vc*. who wa& l%J from the usoLition hosj)iial on Tuesday, had been wi able to find a spare
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    French drivers successful
    127 7 TWO French drivers. M. Becqiuirt and H. Secret, in a Hotohkiss. yesterday won tha premier award In the Monte Carlo rally, most important event In the world for standard production cars. A British Humber-Snipc. with a Dutch crew. M. Gat I sonibes and K S. Barendrest. Was
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      62 7 RAFFLES HOTEL NOTICE TONIGHT 28th JANUARY 1950 IN THE BALLROOM > < The Malayan Rugby Union Ball Extension to 1 a.m. GRILL ROOM WILL BE CLOSED I LIFEGUARD I MILK raise your child P > i 55 k > ,4 LIFEGUARD MILK CO.. LTD. 35 36 Medeiros Builc ig z
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      680 7 IMIK card for today's races is given below, Double i«»trs 1 Races 3 and 4; 7 and 8. Ru Sweep Race 9. RACE 1—2.15: CLASS 4, .313 Fro* ctwrtai *13 IWV 1 KE" tiTWiirilT 02() AMld Turner 8.13 DIV. 6 5 r, SIKAIUMr 012 Pat Bagby 810 402 Devon ;one.s
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    CHIANG READY AS 'WORLD WAR III LOOMS
    289 8 CHIANG READY AS 'WORLD WAR III LOOMS Talk of return to mainland HONG KONG, Saturday. AMID growing indications that the Chinese Red army plans to throw a million veteran roops into simultaneous assaults on Tibet, Hainan and Formosa around the Chinese New i'ear in mid-February Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, 1 after
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    75 8 photos. Hally Hamlin of New York is here seen with his tiny submarine which, he claims, can descend 1.000 feet to rescue crews of sunken submarines and can also be used for seabed scientific research. Mounted on caterpillar tracks it can crawl about the sea floor and climb onto beaches.
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    Turk massacred thousands
    293 8 MY WEAPON IS TERROR' PARIS. Saturday. •Tl KK" WSSTBBUNG, who is leading the present •Heavenly Host" army revolt in West Java aiming to overthrow the T.S.I. Government, had already in 1946 earned a reputation for ruthlessness, boasting that his weapon was terror, writes Stan Swinton. A. P.
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    BIG FIRE AT CAPE TOWN
    59 8 CAPE TOWN. Sat. GREAT tire sweeping down the slopes of Table Mountain yesterday threatened two ntial ar- u rl the city. The f:re became worse after fire-fighters thought they had It under control. Thousands of volunteer! are helping to fight the flames and a dense
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    21 8 Chennault quits U.K. Major General Claire Chennault. president of the Civil Air Transport Incorporated, has left Hong Kong for Taipeh. Reuter
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    TAKES TITLE
    27 8 The M Defence I I A v. Alexander, has titl Viscount Hillsborougn In Citj >. (Held, 'he Lon- He 'tui!:: in the >. Tear'* Honours List.— A.P.
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    BIRTHS
    37 8 DON A I L) J. B.V". 1 I 1 *o Jean and G irdon. i HI I' to 3d Mrs. L. v. r. KPATBICK: Or. Jar. 27:. P 'ricia. wife! oi Re It, a son D.<\ui
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    NATURALISATION
    60 8 Is hereby given that NGUYEN VAN DUC. of 39-O. Jtlan Sen yu.ii > otl Ouuogl), Spore, ppiy.ng :o the Governor for .ralization. and that any perwho knows uny reason uhy naturalization should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary,
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    VOLUNTEER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY
    66 8 The following are required to he Revolver Range. Police T: School. Thomson Road a: 5.3.) p.m. on Monday the 3u:h- January 1950 u be instruct* ci ;n tbt handling and use of .38 R-volvcr. I. 538, 566. 626. 627. «J53. 655, 753. 754. 755. 804 822. 826.
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    RED ATTACK ON TITO ALLEGED
    73 8 BELGRADE. Sat. AN accused -spy testing in a Yugoslav court y sterday that ho had been shown a map outlining the Russianl^d Cominform's plans for br^innin? an "arniourod fl^ht" this spring to overthrow Tito's government. The statement came from Blagaje Spasevski. former commander in the
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    'COMET' TO FLY YEAR EARLIER
    72 8 SIR Miles Thomas, chairman of the British Overseas Airways Cooperation, said in Karachi yesterday that the world's first jet airliner, the British De Havilland Comet, was expected to fly commercially between London and Karachi next year— a year earlier thun had previously been stated. He
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    22 8 The New York Stock Exchange rose laboriously yesterday, closing about U.S. $1 per lhan higher. Transfers totalled 1.300.0U0 shares A.P.
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    JAP SUGGESTION
    41 8 A Japanese peace treaty without Russia, followed by a treaty of alliance between the United States and Japan wa s urged in San Franri.sco yesterday by Mr. Jiuji Q K;isai a form* r member of the Japanese Di<-t A.P.
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    74 8 For the first time in living memory in Britain. a murder trial was stopped and re-started before the same jury at the Old Batley, when Mr. Justice Sellers (right) took over at the trial of Brian Donald Hume after Mr. Justice Lewis (left) was rushed to hospital for an operation.
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    S.A. white, native relations worsen
    147 8 CAPETOWN, Saturday. INFLATIONS between white and non-white in South Africa have deteriorated. Dr. Daniel Malan, the Prime Minister, told Parliament here yesterday. Speaking in the debate on the Opposition motion of no confidence, he said the government's racial segregation policy was so comprehensive that it
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    DOLLAR 'NOTES' SOLD FOR 20cts
    109 8 NEW YORK, Saturday. pEDERAL authorities announce the breaking of "one of the biggest counterfeiting rings in the country." Four men were arrested In New York and one in Los Angeles. Secret service agents recovered US$2OO,OOO in counterfeit notes The gang: was statec 1 to have
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    ST. PETERS TOMB
    60 8 VATIC AN CITY, Sat VATICAN sources say that Pope Pius XII will announce that the tomb of St. Peter has been found under the basilica of St. Peter's Cathedral, thus confirming the ancient Catholic tradition that St. Peter was buried beside Nero's Circus where he was martyred
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    Oldest man's big family
    54 8 4141-YEAR-OLD-MAN, na ncd Muhmiid Aivadov. has been discovered with his 117-year-old wife living in ,T e oTo ntaln village of Tirasuva in remote Azerbaijan (U.R.S S.R.), said the Moscow radio last night. Tirasuva, the radio added, is entirely populated by his children, grand children, great-grand .hililrm
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    NEW SHIP SERVICES
    19 8 A Korean shipping company has started a regular shipping company service between Japan and Korea Reuter
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    INGRID FILES SUIT.
    17 8 Miss Ingrid Bergman has filed suit for divorce in a Mexican civil court. A.P.
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    LONDON TIN IS STEADY
    68 8 lON DON spot tin closed unchanged at £600 as. yesterday while three months \\.»s marked down ss. nominally to £584. Prices were steady, and th.> turnover was 130 tons. Closing prices at the afternoon session were: Spot £600 buvtis and £600 10s. sellers with business at
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    FAO gets down to rice
    152 8 FAO gets down to rice WASHINGTON, Sat. THE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organiza*tion has announced that it will propose a "concerted attack on rice production problems" in South-East Asia to a series of international meetings in Rangoon. Burma, next month. Considering the problem will be the Nutrition Committee for
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    Jews ready for talks
    72 8 GENEVA. Sat. MR. Gideon Raphael. Israeli representative to the Palestine Conciliation Commission, said yesterday that Israel was ready to open direct negotiations with the Arabs Mr Raphael, who arrived from Israel yesterday, declared: "If our Arab neighbours an- ready to riispeace. direct negotiations can start immediately.
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    China funds suit in U.S.
    107 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Sat. THE Chinese Communists haw demanded that money belonging to the Bank of China and deposited in the Welli Fargo Bank 1: Francisco b</ withheld representatives of the Chinese Nationallsi Government Mr. Martin Popper. -a York attorney representing UM Reds, told Federal Judge
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      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Jin. 28, 1950.
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      DRUMS ONCE THROBBED WILDLY HERE
      362 1 DRUMS ONCE THROBBED WILDLY HERE Written and illustrated by KATHARINE SIM pROM Penang's Waterfall Gardens vou can see the foam of the falls a long gash of white in the dark jungle wall where the Sungei Aver Terjun plunges off the hill plateau and down to the shady pocket in
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      A DAY TO BE REMEMBERED
      727 1  -  CARL LIM by I 131 years today, on 1819, Raffles arS pore. i vil g one hundred ses and huls KMith <>i Ihe r of Ihe in ixKits. an .mpresecorded in Journal. Ranles came In a "kapal dua tiang sa tengah." with two white men
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      Why not a page of advice for the men ?
      627 1 Why not a page of advice for the men asks BEE WICKERSON IT IS a popular pastime to divide people into various categories according to their particular schools of thought. Well, I have thought of another class into which I can segregate men. There are those who read the woman's
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        136 1 You can fly by Clipper' ROUND THE WORLD from Singapore fttj_ '^S^^B hrtj^ VIA yAjtl J.^ VIA BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO You fly westward to New York via Bangkok; Cakutta, Istanbul. Brussels and London. Eastward to San Francisco or Los Angeles ma Manila
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      Chinese Still Prefer Hollywood Films
      681 2 Chinese Still Prefer Hollywood Films Ruth Langdon i is told: "future of Chinese films is uncertain.* I l EE Tsu Von, the Representative in Malaya of Ihe largest Chinese Film Industry, Yung Hwa of Hong Kong, says that Ihe Chinese in Hong Kong and Malaya still prefer the products of
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      LOVERS WITH NO FINESSE'
      28 2 RN NOVARRO on« jreal lover H wood thai b modern nness< I sings necks and I n the faci in •■••r relecksi And to
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      New Year Attraction
      81 2 \JOTEI < 'htnese novel ■V I has bci ii filmed by lite H in Hong Kong and n in ring Chinese Neu Year LITTLE SHRIMP" faithfully has a Hona Kong background, sub-tit S Shrim I victim of t leaport life, is played by a new $ta Yeh
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      BLOOD—AND TEARS
      460 2 BLOOD— AND TEARS Coming to Singapore PRINCE OF 1 FOXES is a wellturned out spectacle, with superb shots of Italy and competent actors -Tyrone Power, Orson Welles <md Wanda Hendrix. u>n lid is suprt as Cesare Borgia. His relish for hii pan ;t.s a d« nerate and ruthless I ♦->•!>'
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      You See Better Films This Way
      487 2 You See Better Films This Way JIIE MOST iiiipcil anl film developmenl since Hie introduction <»f talking pictures has lieen made by l\vo hriiixh in\ en tors. They are 57 -year-old Edwin H. Wright and 41--year-old L. P. C. J. Dudley, who have each perfected systems by which motion pictures
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      at the Cinemas
      206 2 At ihf Favihon: "John Loves Mary" is a gloriously funny version of the successful Broadway play Patricia Nt-al makes a decorative and amu.<iing debut as the Rirl who leads her boy Iriend ;t merry dance. Ronald Reagan is the hero and Jack Carson Ins not very helpful
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      'THE BLUE LAMP' IS A THRILLER
      174 2 'THE BLUE LAMP' IS A THRILLER From our London film reporter I I ONDOVS film critics have just been shown a film which more than one of them prophesies will equal the triumph of The Third Man. If moves at ii terrific rate, they my, miu h laster than Carol
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