The Singapore Free Press, 30 January 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1950. PKIC t 10 I K.MS
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    BEVIN HOLDS VIETNAM KEY
    54 1 BEVIN HOLDS VIETNAM KEY to i in.ii.l (.awn I :ui. after In, t!i- Bri LONDON, Monday. grant de facto recognition uini'iit of ex-Empen>r Dao tin 1 return to London of ti>ii Foreign Secretary. Mr Bevin is due back in <>n Friday. A foreign >p ikesman declined to i:. foment on
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    JAP BANDIT KILLED
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    'U.S. MUST BUY FROM U.K.'
    6 1 'U.S. MUST BUY FROM U.K.' asdasd
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    CONUNCIL FOR LEEWARD 1S.
    27 1 Arthur Crrech I lay 1 :n principle to a proposal ol the C; the Li for stablishment ot I incil in the British
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    RED CHINA HITS COLD WAR BLOW
    236 1 Quit Vietnam call to French WASHINGTON, Monday. RKD CHINA'S demand for the withdrawal of all French forces from Indo-China and her increasing pressure on Siam and Hurma are regarded here as indicating that the Moscow- directed spring offensive in the cold war will' be
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    30 1 picture. 1 W.ilkrr «left». Mr. Loke Wan Tho and I>r. i Hill .it thf (ir>t Singapore Art Society's nh.Hocr.iDhs w huh opened at the BritLxh il ll.iii >t-Ntrrd.i\. Free Press
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    'Open negotiations' ofrered to Turk'
    164 1 BANDOENG, Monday. I^IIK Indonesian military governor o f Bandoeng, Col. Sadikin. has offered to negotiate openly with the former Dutch commando Captain. "Turk" Westerling, whose "Army of the Heavenly Host held the city for a time last week-end. Westerling was said to have replied that
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    19 1 Reuter Lieut. -<ien. Sudirman, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian armed forces, who died yesterday according to Radio Jogjakarta.
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    SECRET TALKS
    25 1 High American, British and Belgian officials began secret talks in Washington today on uranium ore, the indispensable raw material jf atomic bombs U.P.
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    TRAINS COLLIDE
    22 1 Seventeen people were killed and 60 seriously injured when two trains on the Tientsin-Pukow railway collided on Jan. 25. Reuter
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    41 1 Sonic of the 54 couples who married in the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday In the Singapore's tenth and bit-gest Chinese mass wedding. (Below) Mrs. Lee Teck Vun. who spoke on in hehalf of the bride* after the ceremony. Free Press pictures.
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    TRUMAN TO INTERVENE
    27 1 PRESIDENT TRUMAN will I intervene in the American coal strike "within 48 hours" unless the miners return to work in substantial numbers today. Reuter
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    Long way to wed
    93 1 AIK LUM, ,'7-vear-old /x Chinese, has left Winnipeg on a 2MM-mile trii to Hons Kong tr> marrv a girl he hai not met. His hridr-to-hc, \Von« Yec Mao 18->rar-old hiuhschool girl, dors not know he is com in:; The lonf-ranj* 1 marriasc plan be»;an about ten
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    703 GUERILLAS DIE
    15 1 Greek Government forces killed 703 Communist guerillas in the past four montrn
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    The truth about witches
    51 1 YOU are all wrong if you think witches fly through the air on broomsticks, "Dr. Margaret Murray, an authority o n such things. said in London Witches ride broomsticks all right, but they just scoot alone the ground on them as if on hobby-horses, she said.
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    LEFT FOR THE GOOD OF HIS HEALTH
    132 1 LEFT FOR THE GOOD OF HIS HEALTH HONG K( «L LIEUT. -GEN Kach 8 Deputy Commander-in-chief A dei he ived here by yesterday from Bangkok that he look any p rl In an alleg( iry plot for which lie to :te ci bi hed. Ho said he had no pj
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    DIET TALKS OPEN
    27 1 World diet experts start talks in Rangoon today to raise the health lfvel in the F;ir East by improving the quality of rice- A.P.
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    TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
    19 1 Tin 1 Philippines President Mr. Elpidio Quirino, plant tc leave Baltimore's John Hopkin's Haspital tomorrow.- U.P.
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    JAP GOODS FOR SINGAPORE SOON
    98 1 TOKYO, Monday. JAPANESE export circles expect Singapore to grant import licences for certain goods early in February, opening the way for Japanese exports under the Sterling-Yen trade agreement concluded last summer. The goods beirrg prepared lor shipment to Singapore in elude porcelain, chinawan-. stationery, hairpins,
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    Brigands sell Govt. own rice
    109 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Monday. 4 NEW food "racket" in Burma theft of Govern- ment -owned rice by brigands for re->ale at exorbitant prices*— has been disclosed by the I'nited Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Mr. H. C. Clowes. FA O. oxpert on rice cultivation, said that
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    U.K. CHAMBER MAKES PLEA
    64 1 THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce has urged the Hong Kong Tramways Company to resume service as soon as possible !n view of the approaching lunar year. In a letter to the management the Clumber estimated that shops, tea houses and restaurants in the centre of the
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    APPLE SHIPMENT
    30 1 The first shipment (between 30.000 and 40,000 bushels) of Granny Smith apples, grown in Queensland. will be shipped to Singapore and other Eastern ports In March. A. P.
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    STREET BATTLE IN HONG KONG.
    32 1 STREET BATTLE IN HONG KONG JEWELLERY store robbers In flight two Ho yestei lay a flusi i A Chii r<c passerby usly wounded. The robbers escaped frith watchevahiPd at USS4OO- A. P.
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    MORE KLM FLIGHTS
    21 1 MOR E KLM FLIGHTS The Roynl Netherlands Airlines, KLM I! ilv la -Am route six times weekly a^ from F^b. 12
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    83 volunteer in first hour
    22 1 Frre Pivv> Staff K.-;>.nl.-i KUALA LUMPUR M FULI SCALE r n ..r tnt try. B I I
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    Red subs mass in Far East
    111 1 Red subs mass in Far East TOKIO. Mon. RUSSIA is building II large submarine fleet in the Far East, according to evidence gathered by both Japanese and American quarters here. A groat d«-ai ot intnrn been fathered Japanese TppatriaU-d Russian prison camps Information has noi been fticially released to the
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    U.S. MOVE FOR MAY JETS
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    GERMAN CONSUTS.
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      67 1 r o v a tiVV I <s /f r s t in Cold or Silvet t I U. S. de SUVA j ORCHARD ROAD. J y- jif^ JV v\ Happy Baby Is on this Cow jita "follow-on" food! Th« yj cate malted flavour appeals to his U and questing little
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      110 1 RAFFLES PIACF »IMiAJ*UItK OVERSEAS BANDSPREAD RADIOGRAM H;/'j|l.; tfi i. !Jij!ll fOR TONE duality Tnis superb inttrument producrd by QIC. engineers, represents the fist word in Radiogram design. Its man* B.C 4?7V A.C. outstanding features include all the SINOAFORI PKICI $7»0;- technical achievements »«<« r FSDuunoN nua w»,. BTjrti^snmss wealth of
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    How London is governed
    542 2  - How London is governed SIR PERCY HARRIS By n Liberal on Hie Council -rili; intelligent Foreigner visitor lo London is puzzled by ils Municipal Ciovernnient. In every greal town in thr world, ex- m cepl perhaps behind Ihe Iron Curtain, Ihe Mayor <>r Burgomaslei iiiilmmlks in his person Ihr life
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    Boy Refused To Be Caned
    83 2 /ihelsea Juvenile i V magistrates declined to certify as mentally cieOld boy who lelused to be cane!. Becansf ol hia refusal he had been excluded from a for sub-normals. The 1 c.C. pleadi d that cei i i tbi only way to deal with him.
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    Bridge Hands
    341 2 .sibie crttlciim ot Souta'i bid, ior it shu*. the opponent! out o 4 fne h«.'i T > which can I < After South in.iiit-^ diamond trick, neli probably ckata ine tiub ace and lead .i m o actually ai aft- evi n «a»M i I r the lub
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    Most-up-to-date Troopship
    564 2  - Most-up-to-date Troopship A Special Correspondent By |>RITAINS most up-to-date troopship, the "Empire Orwell. which has cost £2,000.000 to reconstruct and refit and now embodies all the latest features tor improved travel for Servicemen and their families, sailed this month for Tobruk and Port Said from Southampton. The greatest improvements are
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    Slot-Machine Marvels
    419 2  -  A Correspondent By INDUSTRIAL leaders 1 in the United States are predicting that by 1950 Americans will be. purchasing £1.250.000.000 worth of goods from slut -machines. Since the end of the last war. the vending machine industry in America has grown into tremendous proportions. The machines are making
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    Mr. dreeik took a gamble
    13 2 Mr. dree ik took a gamble I •I i she. H I N
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    165 2 n<»Fi\ it»da>, you ha\e an exceptionally ma^netir personality, a real talent (or leadership and an incurably inquiring mind \<iu Hill make a strong executive, but not one u ho holds to conventions If there is possibly a new may of doing anything you are just the one
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      389 2 I Cavalcade. 10. 3d Dance MUftk AUSTRALIA SINGAPORE played bi Horace Heidt Orchestra Z*mm .v i inds Bt4 di TODAY (BLUE NKTWUKRi 10JQ am. News BuUecin; 10.41 iv. a.. d 41.: n,,.r,>. BFEBS (Singapore) °gg J* BB3ffiuv«! I iiurmiuv news from K.L. SKY— Fire Bird— Excerpts; 11.15 |n I Including
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      284 2 F.P. Crossword No. 906 mmi p M 4 it 5 1 j 6 24 25 p26 I W~W S 2B 129I 29 i^^ 30 5I M^ 33 34 55 !S 58 <M IS ACROSS 2 Bnapshjortfl perhapa (t); 7 Poker st^ke (4>; y Mai/e 11 Harden (5); 13 Ev»r poetically
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      5 2 Solution To Crossword No. 905
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    AGENDA FOR TALKS IN PEKING
    368 3 AGENDA FOR TALKS IN PEKING Communications has priority HONG KONG, Monday. OESTORATION of communications land, sea and x air— heads a long list of problems which Britain will take up with the Chinese People's Government in Peking when negotiations for straightening out relations between the two countries get under way,
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    66 3 Th»» new air weapons. (Topi As vi( ious and cleanlooking as a fighter plane is Britain s first jet bomber, the Canberra, now in quantity production for the R.A T (Bottom) This twin♦MUined Canadian jet fUhter i* as venomous as a deadly snake and as quick to strike. It is
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    57 3 aal rfforts at $i!encin« the habitual scold are Ifceac bridles of Fnslish (rijcht) and German ot-d by Miss Cillen Graham in I ondon The (.rrraan bridle has a monkey bell attached >n bridle date* from the 17th century when 1 sari helmets clamped over their heads and d ia the
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    Digging into old Babylon
    68 3 BAGHDAD. Monday. 4 NiW attempt to unravel new threads in the it ustory '»f the human race from the ruins Babylon U being made by American »m the Oriental Institute of the Inivernxvlvania and jlt\ Iraqi team of areheolmiiessouth of Baghdad e expe dition as the
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    JAPS JAH. ALIENS
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    WHAT'S ON IN K. L.
    15 3 WHAT'S ON IN K. L. LIDO I) t i) 11-OH RI x U MBAN I
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    PROTESTED BERLIN
    20 3 PROTESTED BERLIN RUN M > I Da by Soviel n BerlJ I i 9 fa r B-r'an w»n a 3 U.P.
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    TEXTILE DISPLAY
    10 3 B e 1950 B.itish Indu Binning- a-19.- A.P.
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    Tanks best for fighting other tanks
    117 3 DETROIT, Monday yyiTH one possible exception tanks still are the b*st weapons against tanks, American automotive wore told here. Addressing the Society of Automotive Engineers. GenenU J. Law ion Collins. United Stales Army Chief ot Staff, reviewed some of the US. Army's equipment problems
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    CORPSE OF RED CHIEF POPULAR
    113 3 CORPSE OF RED CHIEF POPULAR SOFIA. Man. TH E While Mausoleum uf George Dimitrov, famous iniernational Communist, is a highly popular Bulgarian ihrlne. A good guess is that 35.000 or more people visit it each veek to see DimkroVs body, embalmed by a Soviet method ased to preserve the corpse
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    ITALIANS WILL RELIEVE BRITISH
    20 3 ITALIANS WILL RELIEVE BRITISH The Italian a Mr. in. police in Tim? to ar •olonv of f 3.- ps.- U.P.
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    Sweden ousts Reds from defence posts
    142 3 STOCKHOLM, Monday. STOCKHOLM City Council lias taken the first step 1 towards purging: Communists from key defence posts In Sweden. Theii» action, which other councils are expected to follow, von:- warnings in the liberal press that Cmm c lid be 'a daneerous fifth column"
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    49 3 Britain's CoriNervative I»*ad->-r> when the* rrt*t in t '"< ounril of war" in preparation t»r thr fortruomiru 1 •rneril t-lfttions Krora thr i»-ft. hack row Mr. Harold M Minn. (aptiin H. «k>hank and Sir David M.i\**-!i rvfr xralrd. Lord SalibHrj. lord W«»oU«»n Mr Vnlhoth Ed^-n Mid Mr. R A Riitlrr
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    Policeman in court
    42 3 i --Pill t-»wn near Lud I l!ir op ir; r •r I of (1 the i.oii -m i > n<i l >• I ■1:i t nmittrd mi -nri! **v nu ill ,1 mrb. y .-'.UiI pjb!ic s«r\ »'^c »»n i »Jy
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    PRINCESS COULD BUT WON'T VOTE
    154 3 LONDON. Monday. I>K!NCF;ss ELIZABETH can vote in tne Feb 23 British general election. But. she won't. The heiress presumption to the throne will follow the custom of the royal family and stay out of politics. Queen Elizabeth. Qu^e:. Mother Mary and Dactlttt of Gloucester Knit
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    'Make MacA. tell the facts'
    63 3 Wiley, Wisconsin Republican. ha.s asked the US. Senae to Insist that General Douglas MacArthur be called home to tell the people the true situation" in the 'explosive Far East." There has been a shocking Iron curtain set up bet wee: si Mac Arthur ;<nd •'r.
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    INVITED HOME.
    31 3 A 20- man Syrian mission has arrived in Alexandria to invite the exiled former Syrian i President. Shukry El Kuw ::iy B» v to return to his country. Reuter
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    Dutch reform their prisons
    211 3 Dutch reform their prisons THE HAGUE, Monday. T\l TCH prison life is being completely reorganised. with considerable emphasis being placed on psychiatry as an a id to rehabilitation. Hitherto, prisoners have all been treated alike whatever the length of the sentence they are serving. Now, they are to be classified
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    BONN APPROVES U.S. AID PACT
    45 3 Tnr. v\esi uermaD raruan has formally ratified first international agreemen* of the five months old Federal Republic of Germany whe: all deputies, except the Communists, approved the bilateral pact between the U.S. Economtc Cooperation Adn.. n and Western Gern.a..v Reuter
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    70 3 photo 1 .Ktkitfj; like a HtM from <»n <»f th»- t !.ivm< lwri» novels of the da>> «>( th» < /ar> this u ---coAt'-d si turt is in re.ilit> a water tower on thr 'tm;i,n and Norlhwe\tern Railroad in hnai;<i uatt-r \x)\- u>.-ti to fill the tank. >tink in an
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    WHY HUSEANOS DESERT
    120 3 WHY HUSEANOS DESERT NEW YORK M n f IPSTICK Mm, H l sonable fascimi'. of. are the reason one out oi 10 American husbaaJs cf.sertk their families A" least, that is the opinion oi Dai: Etenfcerf, who.se bread and butter come* y tracing missing persona. Eisenberg estin .ui in the
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    RUSSIA SENDS GOODS TO SIAM
    65 3 SOVIET RUSSIA has ini ed BarMßtrj S:am with *h*» f.rst pon j ment of 400 vw.n* machin--* mem la ICUUtt in the Medifrranrari after .and *>■ poieot I through Central Europe SimuJtan^ously irad#» r»p: \^s> t BangKO.\ nave Mil that several kinds o! rj iron:
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Jan 30, 1950. KREMLIN OR PEKING?
    538 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY Jan 30, 1950. KREMLIN OR PEKING? MORE and more and taster and raster the eyes of the world are being drawn on Indo-China. now plaialy doomed to be the next focus lot Communist aggrandisement Radio Peking nightly blares OUI charges of oppression against the French.
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    Malayans who May not Remain M.Ps.
    1361 4  -  Hall Romney 1 London Letter* T t "y QNK interesting speculation, among many, regarding the forthcoming general election is whether Malayan interests will bv us strongly represented in the new House <>f Commons us they were in the outgoing Parliament. In other \\ords. are
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    Beautiful Britain—8
    110 4 Beautiful Britain 8 Off the mainland of West Cornwall stands a pyramid of ruck surmounted by a <airy book" castle. This is St. Michael's Mount where the legendary. Jack, the giant killer, slew his first giant. The West Doo r of the castle carries nearly as much armament as a
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    Nazi Songs Again in the Saar
    677 4  - Nazi Songs Again in the Saar Jonathan Blow By VAZI catchwords arc leaping iiil<> the German headlines. German mobs bellow (Ikjl stirring Kazi song of the 1935 plebiscite: "German is the Saar. H For "Jo Jo' Hoffman, the Saars 18-stone Prime Minister— a "Quisling**, say the German Press -is going
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    It was not a thousand and 0ne....
    161 4 It was not a thousand and 0ne.... jvhi «*nr uiuu(;in up (.Ml 1 the -Arabian Niehts." then prepare for shock. According to a fragment m paper just discovered m a collection of papyri there were only a I Thousand Nights and not a I Thousand and One as you learnt
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    C'wealth Corner SARI GOES WEST
    68 4 C'wealth Corner SARI GOES WEST THEM being the < of them I mot. night bat. is goin-j self like ty pill< This idei from has b»Mrs. E H terbury. steel tross-ser*. wing. A over th* I Evf:. to 1 breathf fabn< be masj- I ing to r I sucoe has
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      26 4 JEWELLERY OF UNSURPASSING QUALITY AT 45. HIGH STREET SINGAPORE THE EMBANKMENT K. LUMPUR 43. STATION RD.. IPOH S.P.H. deSILVA OVER A QUARTER OF A CENTURY'S EXPERIENCE
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      28 4 1? iifl floor 13 tilery H.I. Sale now on of Momini Afternoon and evening dn |It ffi |/1 r 111 ■> TAILORING BY MASTER CRAFTSMEN AN ASSURANCE OF QUALITY
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    'END PETROL RATIONING AT ONCE
    285 5 'END PETROL RATIONING AT ONCE Proposal to S'pore Govt. I Free Press Staff Reporter MOTION that petrol rationing in Singapore should be abolished immediately and the entire staff of the Petrol Rationing Office retrenched at the earliest possible date will be introduced by Mr. John Laycock, (Municipal North-East) in the
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    Earlier lighting refused
    52 5 Earlier lighting refused MCHSUI given |V is year on lighting 88. to 6 31 -a pore crs if ..ot be I pjo to 9 been i aneini i I he the the lenU in red j >o been be ten R 3 amml d be In- n m .try nc
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    S'PORE MOTOR CLUB
    43 5 The second annual general meeting of the Singapore Motor Club will be held in the Blue Room of the Capitol Restaurant on Friday at 7 p.m. A film of the Johure I Grand Prix will be shown during the evening.
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    16 5 picture. MR Robert Sze-ching lf| Yuen and Miss Irene Loh-lan I.eong. who were centlv. Raffles Studio
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    WATCH ON 'BLACK' TAXICABS
    116 5 WATCH ON 'BLACK TAXICABS Free Press Staff Reporter ORIVATE car s are known to be operating as unlicensed 'black" taxis in Singapore robbing the Government of tax— but the Colony Registrar of Vehicles. Mr W. A. M Watts, yesterday said that figures of 1.000 to 2 000 such cars were
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    31 5 ■3ONA Brotchie modellins "V a straw l»«*rr> \\o»»l >uit trimmed wi.h black velvet at the Doris (iedde.s t.tshion shou lield at Raffles Hotel The suit is made of soft Scottish wool
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    ROVERS SEND TOY CUTS
    108 5 Yre v Press Staff Keporler j^over Scouts o: the iTili ..pore Scout Group. which has been formed at iie RAF. Maintenance Base etar, recently 700 toyi to the Children's World Community C London. for distribul among the destitute children •■f Europe. The gilts Included 4:iO l
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    FEDERATION DAY
    25 5 The Chief Secretary. Federation of Malaya. Sir Alee Newboult. ulll speak on Federation Day over Radio Malaya, a^ 8 p m. on Wednesday.
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    'LOYALTY TEST' BEGINS TODAY
    228 5 Frf« Press Staff Reporter IMIKEfc community leaders of Malaya, seeing the Peoples' Anti-Bandit Month as a test of loyalty, last night called f©f I united effort to wipe out terrorism. All over the FeoYn. ;i'>... roknent centres will be open lOi volunteer Helpers today, first day
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    WHISKY SMUGGLING GANGS ACTIVE
    219 5 WHISKY SMUGGLING GANGS ACTIVE Fr>»e Press Staff Reporter gangs, dealing in alcohol and cigarettes imported from Europe, have been operating in increasing numbers between the Rh Archipelago and Singapore over the past U months. Customs officials In S.. pore said yesterday that m sures against the law-btt ers are continually
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    Last day to join as student teachers
    286 5 Fret- Press Staff Reporter APPLICATIONS fo r enrolment in the teachers' training scheme beginning in March under the Singapore Supplementary Education Plan will close tomorrow. Applicants will fill the first 250 vacancies and will he trained to be teachers in 18 regional English
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    MAILS
    40 5 Suri.ut mail it exp«ctsd in Singapore from Medan, Bian Sarawak (except Ifirii Kong. China Auctralla, J..'.. the Federation. I steal times f<>r ii-f^cr n-i.-ii uxluy at the GPO. «re noon for K^lanun fparcels only>; 5.43 p.m for ti^ PtoderatkMt
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    GUARDS A HERO'S WISHING WELL
    240 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A CHINESE woman has made herself guardian of I\ -perigi Hang Tuah" or Well of Hang Tuah in Bukit Duyong, Malacca. Hang Tuah is a famous Malay legendary hero who fought against the Portuguese in Malacca in the 16th Century. Malays
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    JOHORE 'MONTH'
    136 5 The following have appointed district organisers In Johore for the Anti-Bandit Month: Mr. E J Str 'Johore Bahnp. Mr. G E P.ircix.n (Kota Tlnggii Mr J W Oeare m Ui D A Bomerville <Batu Pa haf. Mr D G. Ooodier K. tang Mr. W D Drysdale rifuar), and
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    Y.M.C.A. PICNIC
    20 5 A picnic will be held bv the Singapore Chinese Y M C.A lat Haw-Par Island next I Sunday.
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    Johore timber for S'pore
    89 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. carriage of logs instead of sawn timber has been found to be wasteful, so a .sawmill industry has gradually grown up in Johore and Irom these mills large quantities of sawn timber are exported to Singapore. Owing to the disturbed conditions in the
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    HONGKONG BANK
    30 5 The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bangking Corporation's annual general meeting will be held on March 10. Transfer books closed from Feb. 23 [o March 10 both days inclusive.
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    Air training for local men
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    Plucky Freddie fought 9 rounds by 'instinct'
    1229 6  -  TED BROADRIBB FIGHTING IS MY LIFE By AFTER Tommy Fair's defeat by Joe Louis I had to wail nearly nine years before climbing into the ring again with a fighter who had an even chance of grabbing a world title. Once again V
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    'LOUIS WILL COME BACK- KEARNS
    78 6 TOEY M<ixini. American llght- heavyweight champion of the world, left London airport. yesterday for Paris to waun the Robert Vll!emain-Jran Stock fight »hi<h takes plare tonight He WrtS accompanied by nia manager Dot" Kearns and British piomoier Jjci: Solomons. Before the takeoff K^arna ex;)r'«fsrd roi
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    RJIC annex all archery titles
    415 6 JOH( OOYAL Johore Internal major events at the championship meeting h< (lub yesterday. S. F. H. Leigh Day. I took tlie individual mei score of 490 out of a possi sistent throughout and ol ber of golds 28. Mrs H Hartley, of Johore. became the
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    Saved by penalty
    79 6 K"-,b\ Dnion champions. K^ter share o, the tfchtwruaere Bared from defeat against France at Colomh n the im, Stadium, Pans, on Saturday :jll the Irish pm as L H. Burgos landed P*ctuf» In the Penalty n Oa i in tl half and pav« ih t:t threo--ass ira
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    South won with grand finish
    411 6 picture. By Lit I VUJLK T<HE fact that South won by the m point and tiirough a difficult p minute and a half from the end evenly matched the teams wen- in >aturrtj •Test". With some luck, the result m North, for they were without
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    GAUCHO, GOLDEN GROVE IMPRESS
    667 7 GAUCHO, GOLDEN GROVE IMPRESS Slow work at Bukit Timah OV-T 1 forth^ Singapore Turf jubs Spring Meeting 48 horses will be making their first appearances at Bukit Timah Twenty-one of these 48 will be having their first race in Malaya. With the track heavy after Yesterday g ram, things were
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    M.C.F.A. go down 2-0 in Manila
    58 7 M.C.F.A. go down 2-0 in Manila si! n harftl vih.ije Hun deVI ilayan rhinese itllMl SlIIO- brforr .1 1 M Ki/.il > in Minil:i. x, awed l»oth iirxt half. I irr.i/.i- Jir^t g«U n itler th»* .1 Ramon i frrc Wu k t 111- >llM>|kjf N itional Itfclrtk AatavI Dollah
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    Highlights of Ipoh races
    605 7 IB; ALLAN LEWIS SDANCE at Ipoh on Saturday, the final IVrak Turf Clubs January meeting 4 proportions. Racing was interesting il photo finishes, and racegoers had their the Meeting when four favourites were .mi the nine event programme. it e oi Young D racir.^ :ee '-able
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    S.C.A. may invite Australian team
    137 7 S.C.A. may invite A ustralian team SINGAPORE Cricket Association will discuss the v^ question of the visit of an Australian team to .Malaya towards the end of the coming season, at the first annual general meeting of the Association at the Singapore Cricket Club this evening. The question of finance
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    R. Sandosham takes 5—14 v. Schoolboys
    386 7 R. Sandosham takes 5 14 v. Schoolboys JJEGGIE BANDOBHAM WM W excellent form with the ball for the Singapore Com Im-d Schools against the Ausl Schoolboys in their two-day Willov Shield Cricket match jresteriaj taking rl\e wickets for 14 runs in the visitor*' first Inninga. The Australian Schoolboys v«ie only
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    DATES FOR REPLAYS
    82 7 FOl RTH-ROIM) F.A. (up ties which endrd in draws on Saturday will be replayed as follows: WEDNESDAY, Feb. I: B«ttefl \V. v 1 eeds I ardifT C. v harlton A. Derby County v Bury. NlHtiieid l. Waive* Till RSI) AY. Feb. 2: Hull City v St«ukport Co.
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    The Czech 'crusher' keeps his promise
    315 7 I^MIL Koroscenko's thunderous bellow accompanvtJ Ing his promise when he arrived In Singapore, that he will "crush that fellow who thinks he is Tarzan" has been fulfilled fo, h e did hand out to t;Unt Ty Layton a terrific beating when they met in
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    HAMENCE 77 NOT OLT
    81 7 HAMENCE 77 NOT OLT SOUTH Australia made 203 for seven first-innings wickets in reply to Western Australia's 277 by tlio dose of the second day's play In tlie Sheffield Shield match at Perth on Saturday. Ron Hamence was top-scorer with 77 not out. South Australia batted j drably and at
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    F.A.M. decides on tour of S.E. Asia
    231 7 F.A.M. decides on tour of S.E. Asia r PHE Football Association ol Malaya i*> sponsoring an aliMalayan team to tour nnghoou;iUK South Last Asia countries ihis fear **sa ambassadors of goodwill liom Malaya." Thia \..»s unanlinousty o- at yesterday'i annual general Diceting of the Association held at Kuala l unipur'a
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    IRISH LEAGUE
    34 7 SAITRDAYS Irish League soccer results > Ballyrhena U. 1. Derby C. I; Bunker 1. Cliftonville 3; Coleraine :i Portadown 2: Glenavon 3. Distillery 2: Glentoran 4. Crusaders 2; Linfield 3. Arris 1 Reuter.
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    292 7 WEIGHTS FOR SA TURD A Y WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring Meeting, are: ClaH I, Mr. I— l I. > »>n I— < apt- Yule s.iii r Unt lt L ™f" VI VIctoTJ March 80S Eeliptk i.M Oomaridain Ml ar *J J 11(1
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    London teams triumph in F.A. Cup 4th round
    682 7 London teams triumph in F.A. Cup 4th round From JIM CHAMBERS pKOST-80l ND playing surfaces, an icy cast wind and a near zero temperature did not keep the fans from the English soccer grounds on whkh the fourth-round ties in the Football Association Cup tournament were played on Saturday. In
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    Beginning of the end
    45 7 pu-iiirt*. THUMP! :Kmil Koroscenko .starts his "crushing process" on American Ty I.ayton in 1 1 fifth round of their wrestling match at the (Ireat World arena on Saturday. Liyton could not (ontinue with the ficht in the \ixth round. Free Press
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    Badminton Varsity beatrn 5-4 by Schools
    164 7 Badminton Varsity beatrn 5-4 by Schools THE Singapore Combin 1 irpriaed t\\f oi i«i< nine tot* n .1 n th- i\w I ;in-.-- .*IC Clerical I Scores rhe not n < I plajWl mtnni i.»c I Mtn'k singl*-* A c I H n» Loporte Khtx 4-]?) US; U Choon be.i
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    BOMBERS POUND ALERTED RED FLEET
    213 8 BOMBERS POUND ALERTED RED FLEET '5,000 invasion craft ready 9 BONG KONG, Monday. THE Nationalists, disclosing that the Reds had gathered 5,000 junks and other craft, many motorised, all along the South Kwangtung coast for the Chinese New Year invasion of Hainan, yesterday announced successful air strikes over the week-end
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    81 8 Winners and runners-up in the Malayan archery championship contests held yesterday on the Royal Johore International Club grounds in Johore Bahru are here seen with the Tungku Mahkota of Johore (centre). From left are: Mrs. S. F. 11. Day (third). Mrs B. Jourdain (second) and Mrs. 11. Hartley (first) in
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    UKRAINE FINDS.
    27 8 Radio Mas ga jresl (jay thai Boviei arc ideologists have discovered clay Man;*.*. of humans a; i animals in the Ultra!) to b<--6.000 re U.P.
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    U.S. CONSUL TERMED SPY
    60 8 HONG KONG, Mon THE Communist PeR:tdio last night ICCUMd Mr Douglas IfftcKfc Vice-Consul at the f< American Consulate in Tihwa. provinctel capital of ing. of being an espionage ace::t In c I iritti Before eoir.u to 1 I .is ac; used of izivint the bandit chiefs
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    11 8 H.. I an In- I S jht.- A.P.
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    U.K. SEEKS BIG NEW U.S. LOAN
    108 8 U.K. SEEKS BIG NEW U.S. LOAN NEW YORK. MOO. WALL STREET is convinced that Britain will seek a ru-w U.S. dollar loan of substantial proportions this year. says the Sunday Times. The talks for about I S million are expected to be returned shortly after Ihc Pj men] election m\q
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    FRENCH P.M.'s CHALLENGE
    46 8 PARIS Man THE French Premier M 1 Qt »S B. If day issued a four-fold ibillty of his -month-old Governlefeated in the a embly last nighi rote on a ho By ;<— votes to 21 '00 i: announ proposa would nt i: Vol Reuter
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    Aga to give £675,000
    56 8 NEW DELHI M THK Aga K. 1 Is in 1954, said be poor and under-nourtshed people v-'l'j" out {> r-ln-law, h, will resume wood career '"within a few months" and that he hoped to meet President Truthis jrear to urc;e Amerie;> to make "unlimited amounts" ol
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    U.N. carries on
    37 8 The United Nations Trust ship Council will br^ln today to draw up a statute to int TI nationalize Jerusalem despite 1 the announcement by both Israel and Jordan that they will Unore It. U.P.
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    PAK. PROTESTS
    26 8 Pakistan has protested to India against "the move of the provincial government of Assam to force the mass expulsion of Moslems from the Reuter
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    INGRID DIVORCE TAKES NEW TURN
    231 8 pirture. HOLLYWOOD, Monday. DK. Peter Undstrom yesterdaj said he had learned that his estranged wife, Miss Ingrid Bergman, I was Roing to have a baby and that ho will fight her Mexican divorce action by filing his own suit in California. In Rome, Miss Bergman
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    'Anti-Red maquis are active in Russia'
    183 8 NEW TOKK, Monday. 4 FAIRLY well organised anti-Communist under- 1 ground movement in Russia proves that the Kcds i have not swept away all vestiges of opposition behind the Iron Curtain, Lieut. -(im. Walter Bedell Smith, former T.S. ambassador to Mosq4g*. *>aid here yesterday.
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    KILL ME APPEAL
    30 8 MKIBOrKNK. M«»n DENNIS M. HOLUDAT, r>l. arthritis and spinal osteomyelitis sufferer, has appealed for a doctor to release him from further Suffering b> ruthanasi.t (mrri.v hilling). 1
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    U.N. APPEAL NETS MILLIONS
    46 8 TiHE United Nations Appeal 1 ffor Children has collected uss:n.47s.no in its 1948 fundraising campaign in 68 countries and territories Tim U.N Secretary-Genera] Mr. TrygVf Uo, said adminittratlve expenses brought tjvl n*-t fund down to I t vS>l! .».7 ji 283 A.P.
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    12 8 SOEKARNO IN I\K. Indonesia's President, Mr. Soekarno. arrived in Karachi yesterday. A.P.
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    Quake destroys 20 Persian towns
    130 8 EARTHQUAKE and Hoot J than Si towns in Persi from the devastated n casualties are considtrab killed *nd 1.300 injured fii The quake occurred in the Pi tan Gulf area 200 miles from Bushire port, U Hoods were sweeping the extreme h-eui of ihe country,
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    AUSTRIA JAILS 6 KIDNAPPERS
    34 8 AUSTRIAN police have arrested six Czech dtizeni on charges <<f organising kidnapping ring in Austria. The rin?. was to return Czi-eh refugees who fled to Austrlla fi)r political reasons A.P.
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    Invasion of rabbits
    46 8 r pENS of thousands of rabbits fleeing drought-stricken 1 regions, are invading towns in central New South Wales (Australia) In search of food and moisture. Hordes of rabbits sit huddled on footpaths in the towns and pedestrians have to st«»p off the pavements.
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    THE HEN OBLIGED
    49 8 VIM! A Okl.i Mon MKS ELDON 1.1 (.<. Has dist -iissiiii: fiu k«ns before her hom r iewnstriti(»n < lutt "Now thi>.' she mhl puin'in- t<» a perched hen on her pilin is i f**4 laying hen." The hen promptly l.iid an en in Mrs. Lrcr*a hand.
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    7th ARREST IN JEWEL THEFT
    83 8 police probity tfu theft ui £200.000 u.)rth of feweUenr irom n. Khan and Ins Begum August, made another arresl last night Mice police reporting mat ney v^ere holding 28-year-.,id Lrbain Giaumc on suspbio i of complicity in the robbe* v said: -We found a small"
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    US COTTON TOR RED CHIN
    44 8 -S5 f eumshi P Horizon has sailed rom Galveston. TeSu for China, to deliver a load of cotton through the Chines* Nationalist blockade Extra bonuses wore offered seamen willing to sign up for the voyage to Tsingtao A. P.
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    23 8 Two Bulgarians were sentenced to death by shootfns in a trial at Skoplio of allsr"d spies and saboteur! fr Reuter
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