The Singapore Free Press, 6 February 1950

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press. LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA m, turn SINGAPORE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1950. PRICE 10 CEMS
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  • 251 1 German tells of coup plan umrn BERLIN, Monday. £kRO HOI R m the East-West cold war In pc has been fixed for May 28 on which date h()(),000 German Communists are under orders to occupy Western Berlin, which m turn would be the signal for
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  • 10 1 Bandits fire on bungalows 'Pi 1 II s Dr R
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  • 93 1 LONDON, Monday. THE Singapore branch o the Bank of China has declared its allegiance to the Central Peoples (■overnment m Peking and has wired its head ottice for instructions. th e Chinese Communist news agency reported yesterday The head office of the' Bank of China
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  • 60 1 BERLIN. M yiiE i g < i) i Rohner, Fin of the Soviet zone proMr. Rohner "as und- < for all placing above those of the •es savH ■he C Union and libeia: v 1 The pursje is ?o be designecl fo prepare foe smqle slate
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  • 82 1 LONDON. Mon. BRITISH bookmakeis yesterday offered 11 (o 8 agains' Conservalive Parly flctory Tiiey offered 5 to 4 a few days ago. Tiie Labour Party was a 4 to 7 favouriie. It was 4 to 6 a week ago. Boih parties know they ran reply
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  • 25 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Three thousand nine hundred torus of cement from Poland arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon on the Norwegian motorship Nordvhal.
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  • 34 1 Free Press Stafl" Reporter POLICE patrol m the Menlakab area of Pahar.u was attacked by bandits yesterday. The engagement lasted live minutes, then the bandits withdrew. No casualties were reported.
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  • 29 1 Two Chin- 56 Nationalist naval officers have b^ui executed a* TakatO. south-west Formosa, tor plotting to turn over a landing ship to the Rods last Oc'ober Reuter
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  • 122 1 COLUMBUS (Ohio). Mon. \|RS. Paul Wagner, who brought her two-year-old daughter her e from Singapore for treatment of a rare blood disease, has been a hospital patient. The family physician said that Mrs. Wagner was released on Saturday from the University Hospital after treatment
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  • 59 1 THE Governor of Busline, where earthquakes took place recently, has been dismissed and is to stand trial for "highly exaggerating the number of dead" caused by the tremors. The Governor had reported that 1,500 people had been killed, but a Government mission visiting the area said
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  • 26 1 of the Catholic prtc of Belgrade has been arrpited and charged with selling dollars on the market and hiding people wanted by the authorities.
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    70 1 picture. THREE YACHTS turned over at the Naval Base Sailing Club regatta held at the Naval Base yesterday. Picture shows one of the yarhts m difficulty. The regatta was attended by more than 100 sailing crafi from all over the island to compete m the ten races. Lady Brind. accompanied
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  • 24 1 The campaign for the Supreme Soviet elections on March 12 began yesterday when Marshal Stalin was named the principal candi date. Reuter
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  • 21 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A jungle squad operating m the Ipoh area of Perak caught: seven bandits yesterday.
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  • 71 1 >7ATIONAIJSM yesterday halted the procession of a (statue of the Madonna at the tiny village of Ora on the Italian-Austrian border. The German -speaking residents of the village refused to kneel before the lUflan-made statue. FinaM after heated irguwent a compromise was !•>•». -hed The statue wis
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  • 88 1 'TITO SETS UP OFFICE IN INDIA' LONDON. MOO rPHE Cominform yesterday 1 alleged that Yugoslavia was setting up a centre m India "by order of the United States' to combat Communism m Asia. This is an established fact." a Corr. inform bulletin said 'The immediate tactical M of this centre
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  • 50 1 J^ICE negotiations between United Kingdom and Siam for the purchase of 434,000 tons of rice for British South-East Asia continued m Bangkok last week British negotiators said on Saturday, "Everything has been pleasant and friendly so far." There was no indication when the talks would end.- AP
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  • 85 1 S'pore yacht arrives at Colombo pOMMANDER Kilroy v tain ol the yacht h.■ h :h)V for land last month, has sent a message advising the ;<: Of the yacht at Colombo. In the message, to the Naval Base, he expresses the thanks of himself and his crew for the encouragement
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  • 84 1 SENATOR Millard Ty dings. ♦5 Democratic Chairman ot the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, has urged President Truman to make a new approach to Premier Stalin In an effort to work out a peace agreement with Russia on "decent terms." He acknowledged Jihi •'me chances
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  • 41 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Four Chinese early today stopped a Singapore lorry driver m Sin Koh Lane and robbed him of $134. Last night, two Chinese robbed a Sikh of $7 m a backlan*» off Arab Street
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  • 29 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE dOWII-trftin from Buhau m Negri Sembiian was derailed yesterday, the engine and three coaches running oft the rails. Three passengers were injured.
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  • 20 1 i en cnuaren nave r>p»n frozen to death In Ahar, s city ivc\\\-west ofr Azerbaijan. Per*:*.- A.P.
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  • 23 1 Formation of a Communist 'E.ist China Military and Administrative Committee under Jao Shu-shih was announced 05 ihe Peking radio yesierday.
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  • 140 1 Free Press Staff Reporter l/oi'K truck-loads of gold bullion were unloaded into the vaults of a bank m Raffles Place yesterday afternoon. All approaches to the bank were cordoned off by police during th e unloading which took about seven hours from soon after midd
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  • 61 1 \rISITORS to the 1951 Festival of Britain will be able to 'listen" to the moon. other .solar bodies and the stars. They can do so by means of a radar telescope which will hi* installed m "the Dome of Dixcovery." the central t>bil>it of the icitnce
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  • 70 1 Frer Press st.tfl Repwief 4 )>■ 54.994.192 from a\ mining d by Petalinf Tin Ltd. for the twelve months ending October 31st '••>>' T lommend the payment of a Ana] dividend i (5 r cent, making a total of 100 per cent for the This
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  • 113 1 BANGKOK, Monday *yHE authoritfft m Kengtung Pro- vince, m the Burmese Shan Stales have received an ultimatum from Yunan armed forces claiming to b acting under orders from the Peking Communist Government. This information is from a European who has Just arrived here from Kengtung.
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  • 69 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. i^HINESE Red Army I V quarters m Peking 1 rday that the Nati« 'had lost T. 445.620 rn^n. n by surrender and deaettton, m and a hal: i war Making no expianai. fijgure>. tiie special j communique said thai ir. the s\ MOOtkl ending
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  • 19 1 ANNOUNCER HURT re* Pr«->v si ,n R porter Radio Mmlaya a.. Mr X m a oa: another car him
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  • 13 1 I He Press m.iM Krp— tef Ln co. day, ii SI.4(K) m
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  • 23 1 Fl«e Pr«s> Sun Rrpot r Uniformed Chi night seized cards of tw.. drivers and one India per at Grifeh, Muai
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    • 35 1 CHINESE I W £w yf au i G/FfS I U. S. de Silva 106. ORCHARD ROAO ■v !g£s£\v tha g. G* c ;uch 1 I 1 s.?^^ And h«" f <^ v 'A •MKSON CO., LT5>.
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  • 574 2  - Life In A Plastic House E.M. Fitzpatrick iuo ip In A World Of Plastics VI) MORE IRONING N OK MENDING SHOES WILL NEED NO POLISHING. OILENT MACHINES. BISKS STRONGER THAN STEEL. IMAGINE a magic magnet, designed |o attract plastic objects, suspended over* pour town. Switch on the current and stare
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  • 153 2 THE 'FLYING SURGERY' 1 been .->ho-< v In Australia In the announcement thai the Auster all Company has I >■- d a plane for ambulance work or as a "flying sirgery" for bush doctort m Australia. The plane will be able to carry standard fulistretchers, a sitting casualty attendant md
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  • 235 2  -  VICAR by SECRET rites from an- cient chronicles were tarried out m Bristol by i lie Rev. Francis Maddock. 36 -year-old vicar r»f St. Anne's, m his service of exorcism m a ghost -haunted house. Mr Maddock had been d m by Mr. William Baber whose wife says
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  • 103 2 SO MANY eye witnesses ye confirmed stoi lea of the weird behaviour of inanimate objecis at a New Somh Wales dairy farm that .some researchers have at:he happeni o a Ist. At M' Lawrence A Wilkinson's farm at Tarcuita v. 15, people have been In the
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  • 330 2 ll HEN those whom the gods love die young it's usually suicide There is the story of the younti doctor, William Alfred Fitzherbert. who was found dead In his bath He was only 29. At that age he was superintendent i>f a great !i>>>,pitai a
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    29 2 British film star, Sally Anne Horoes. who has just become engaged Maxwell Coker, American star of "Oklahoma!" the musical which has been running m London lor oier two years.
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  • 615 2 BERNARD WICKSTEED FLEES FROM THE ELECTIQ H KINGFISHER (iORGE, Kenya. EVER been to Dark ost Africa? Well, that's where I ana now, sitting m v c;ir by a waterhole wuiting for the nine o'clock gnus The sun set a couple of hours ;igo and Africa's now
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    • 86 2 t STA*S OF POPULAR ENTiRTAIHMiNT TODAYS BIG HITS > DINAH SHORE ive got you vmm i l > HOW SOON I KOKOMO, INDIANA vv w" jr;: < £al\ n loc jF^ s 2- mom imd omy itwi inn n 'W.ui I !j |i DORIS DAY 'I m?^^ 'KONE liX! I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 431 2 TRUEENOI^/] c*«r ii r c»op"\ b^bs> >Vs> P^O^ "^*G L.ATUJ "C^Vi<iU»_US» t r^r j^W^ isaf B *l "^F/ P£»JC«U-5 ll'.-'l-.'. SINGAPORE Mrtr;-s and 48 Metres. Piano -Arthur Rubinstein; I TfknAV News Bulletin. 4.00 pm. Music lor BLI'E NETWORK) tvt*«i Teatime; 4.30 News Bulletin. 140 181 -,«,< it i m .t
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    • 254 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today. \our natural talents suffer mainly from diffusion Cultivate roiurntration. 1 his i> a habit easily encouraged m childhood and parents of ail children born on this day should keep this m mind Your outstanding tal nt F.P. Crossword No. 912 P|t f^32 I I 13
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    • 185 2 is tor the written and spoken word Vi»u w<tuld make an e\ießent edit<»r. rep<»rter or writer of either firtion or 1 ict You know hou to colour >our thoughts with imagination and yet adhere to basic facts "Embroidering the tile" is one of >our thief a&sets *Mnce you have the
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  • 285 3 REDS NOT INTERESTED IN H 'KONG YET British observers give views HONG KONG, Monday. YyfcLL- INFORMED British ;md Communist Chinese observers m Hon ff Kong do not believe that the future of this British Colony is of immediate interto the Chinese Communist Government, and therefore does not represent a major
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    32 3 tarn Urn tentrepi»*ce of ihe blue standard, VLs4 'i Moniiiomcry. Chairman of the i l*n uiiiundrrN m-Chiff (ommitter. to fl> iinifrx oi tht* \\e>torn I'nion. "*et up m .i.ri: > ;iT-iniles from Paris.
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  • 74 3 BOMBAY, Monday, twrtiment's resolve to deal as sternly .^ih!e with Communist violence and terror- i l l l l r has found support m unexpected ilists, who have repeatedly actics of violence, some 3 themselves hav e denoun:.d disruption* espoused mist P photo. Reuter Premier
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  • 68 3 Police fire on rioters DAR-ES-SALAAM IfOD ONE African was killed ana seven wounded when i police truck In Dar-es-Salaam, I where dockers had been on strike recently. One European pnli'-e was seriously injured. Eighty-eight rioters, includi ing some of the leaders, have been arrested. The dock area is quiet but
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  • 45 3 Telegram 'boy' at age of 89 I \T Guthne lArbroaui, Scotland' is 39-year-old telein "boy Bill Cant, who 2 v<»ars older than tele- i iph lad'" Bob Reid. (A tsshlU, A/rshire. Bih's boss" is nil postmistre^— daughter, for whom he Ha* worked for 13 yt-.x.
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  • 17 3 R Hay >rth, now Prinesfl Aiy Khan, said recently' she hoped to resume her film >s possible.
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  • 188 3 PERTH. Australia, Monday. THK Lord Mayor of Perth. Mr. Joe Totterdell. is leading this year's Australian crusade for fewer clothes for men. It's a hardy annual down here m the year-end summer h^at. Some individualist m some city tries to persuade his fellowmen to
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  • 27 3 Scores Oi" people have bee: frozen to death m the vvorii recorded cold spell m Turkish history. Hungary wolves were securing the country and attacking Tillage*- Reuter
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  • 55 3 LONDON, U TH E Chinese Communist G- lias named -..10-ting as IU ree on the United lons Economic and Social Con ie 10 meet on Feb. 7. appointment was announced m a leiter to Dr. Carlos Romulo, President of General Assembly, and M [ie un Gene
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  • 51 3 JAMES FORBES. Oi Kipponder < Yorkshire is s ill working at 84 at the local mill where he began work 76 years ago. and is oeileved to be the oldest cotton operative m active service m the country. He has just received a gold watch "rom j
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  • 31 3 Charming opponent for Mr Brendan Bracken m the Election at Bournemouth i* Labour candidate Miss Dodo Lees. She is 29. and was nurse to the Maquis during the war.
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    36 3 i»hniv.. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands attended the Lustral Feast of the. Club of Women Undergraduate* of the laaiom F.eyden University. During the celebrations, the alumni toured the busy streets, among them the Queen (centre).- A.P.
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  • 119 3 SYDNEY, Mon. MELBOURNE woman hopes to put down a valuable old United States stamp as part payment on a house. The woman. who wished to remain anonymous found the stamp, m an old collection. It is a 15 cent brown and blue, issued m
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  • 63 3 gENATOR Pat McMahon, Nevada. Democrat proposed yesterday that the entry of displaced persons into the United States be stopped whenever unemployment exceeds 4.000,000 and the total ot married couples forced to live with other families exceeds 2.000.000. Mr IfcMahon'i proposal wa> offered as an amendment to
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  • 33 3 'pALKS to solve the question King Leopold's return to the Belgian throne within a national I lum have broken d The talks were between the main par 'holds. Reuter-AAP
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    322 3 Wi South von the trick with the king [t n easy d il.e clubs spill the r.n.e It Is uiici-" :<h conditions tha' •ila\er rela\e> but the '\pert looking rd to <i Which do DOl seen to Pxist may be able to circumvent then In thli deft] South
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  • 197 3 They'll decide U .K. election LONDON, Monday. LMVE million white collar workers bank clerks, teachers, shopkeepers may decide Britain's general election on February 23. They are the political fence sitters, middle class folk who vote as they see lit without considering party labels. Winston Churchill, 75, is fighting all out
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    75 3 Miss Beits hndd :«nd M« William Souan arc helped ashore by a St. John s Anihtilaiu c man aft' r tntdMIMU ice had tracked and shot them into thdepths of Wimhledon mtimoti pond rmht a Movirtoitr raincrainan Hi SainueUon. w:\des uhatc after he. too. had tak spontaneous dip. taking pittut<-N
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  • 59 3 PARIS. Mud. I^HE French President If Vincent Auriol. has b the bill ratifying the agreement making the Inclo-Chl-nese states ol v Lac* and Cambodia independent within the French Do The If ink ter of O m Jean I tomiwu. has no* announced m a telegram to
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    49 3 MIM .ithciine MacmilUn. „ld dau^hl^r ol Mr. lUrold MacmilUn C«aaervmthrc MJt. tor ilr>ihj tnd M lady Dorothy MnmiUan. vu married rccetitly U Mr Julian Amer>. .30 year-old of the Cansrrvatfvc it man Mr. Lt9 Amer>. and Mn. \unr\ The terenum? took place .11 St. .V!.iri;ir, i ,< him h. London
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  • 54 3 COMEDIAN SID FIELD DEAD yHE Bri Sid Field, who re.-:, his pan m the London "Harvey m December After an illness, died at his non..-> r ay Re vac 4.^ marr. cc children Mr. Fi^id played hi Haivt\ Thui I he complained ol feeling m and soon al irdi had
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  • 570 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Feb 6, 1950. IT'S TOUCH ON TOP PROGRESS tends to be noisy Trial trips by the. latest Vampire out here bring it home just as much as the noisy loudspeakers, to be heard at every turn m Singapore's streets and Ctca country lanes. Even nar.
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  • 495 4  - The 'Rice Bowl' is in Danger Jonathan Blow Hy the tritflftphant Stalinists swallow up all Asia, country by country, Jndia and Malaya included? The key to this question is the "rice bowl"— Burma, Siam and IndoChina. Cut off the "rice bowl" from India and Malaya, and famine faces millions. And
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    5 4 <---<" 35&£&5! t SBUSTS-K i i.*iSS&i2
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  • 11 4 Beautiful Britain— 9 A view of Magdalen College tower, Oxford University
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  • 1276 4  - Malayan at Civil Defence 'H Q' Hall Romney London Letter I by yyilAT happens during the next few weeks m a handsome Georgian house. standing m over 100 acres of Berkshire land, may have farreaching effects on Singapore's civil defence measures. For a representative of the Security Department m Singapore
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  • 876 4 Envoy's Valet Stole War Secrets ASTOKISHIKG SPY 'THRIIXLx, By A Special Correspondent 6 Belgian newspaper an astonishing story is being published. It tells how m 1043 the Germans obtained vitally important Allied war secrets by paying £300,000 sterling to the valet of the British Ambassador to Turkey, Sir Hughe Knatchbullllugessen.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 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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    • 69 4 2nd Floor 13. Battery Road Last 3 Days of Sale GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORV I Ineonwrater ASSETS £38,000,000 CLAIMS PAID £N FIRE BURGLARY W PERSONAL ACCIDENT HEALTH THIRD I MARINE AVIATION BAGGAGE ALL RISKS 0 HOUSEHOL COMPREHENSIVE EMPLc LIABILITY PLATE I BONDS AND FID: GUARANTK its thi'utihout
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  • 326 5 FISH SUPPLY TO BE SAFEGUARDED Services buying may be cut Free Press Staff Reporter [> order that Singapore civilians need not be short of fish at reasonable prices, the Services may m future be asked to go on tinned fish rations instead of fresh supplies during periods of shortage when
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  • 32 5 Library helps students J I porlir br I 4 5.: »l rhildren of the lildget this :.rd by I I C student* ion un I :h*> dine l :ime vho •i be
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    22 5 picture. MR Arthur Willis and Miss Elizabeth Mabel Betty Snow. who were married at St. Andrew's athrdral. Singapore, on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 179 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent THE Singapore Malay daily Utusan Melayu and its Kuala Lumpur contemporary Majlis are divided m their opinions on the subject of changing the nationality of this country "Malaya" to "Malaysia." They were commenting on a resolution recently adopted by the Batu
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  • 95 5 Five PrpNS staff Reporter BY 54 votes to 40. boys Of St. Joseph's Institution re- ject^d a motion on Saturday tha^ Singapore youths nriently civic-minded. Those wh i sapported tlie me rgued that b: don ne youth had been rare and that wall writings and sp n
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  • 150 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent SINGAPORE trisha owners and riders are to hold a meeting next week to discuss a Municipal Comi missioners' decision to reduce the number of trishas to 7,900 this year. A petition may be sent to the Commissioners shortly asking fo
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  • 42 5 MA ILS s.e mail '.s expected n gapor< 'odny from Btaun, .wak t»»?;cppt Mirit, and the Federation. for posting sur- it the 0.P.0. re: n for Jap-in Hong K r mg, Japan. U.S.A.. Canada, and 'he Philippines; 5.45 pan. for Uie Federation.
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  • 81 5 Free Press Sta/T Reporter At the third annual general meeting of the Sure and Stedfast Club. Singapore, the following were elected officials: Patrons Sir Han Hoe Lini und Mr J. M Frasrr Pr»s;den". Mr. A. M. Cherian viee-presidem. Mr Charlie Kar.g, hon. secretary. Mr Quek Cheng Choy;
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    51 5 picture. MR. H. M. S. Richards, the American radio evangelist (left) pictured m Singapore on Saturday recording a sermon for the "Voice of Prip^-ry" program .»p on his midget portable recorder, Mr. K. S. WaH^ Ministerial Secretary of the Far EaUern Division r ii»e SeventhDay Adventist Church. looks on. Free
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  • 448 5 "cc Press Staff Reporter Ji is estimated that over 6,000 people visited the P»h I fh f- POre first Open Photographic Exhibition, which closed last night Photographers are busy collecting their prints today &ra P ners crivo« i S exhlbiti °n has aroused much interest and
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    35 5 1 II o uffc/ P r CSe del<? P{<* Photographed at the r«reinutft?lf m C ylon Uft Mr H Yamahora, representative of workers. O n the right is Mr. T. Shiolanl Japanese Gover nment representative.
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  • 63 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Federal Government is to be asked at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal legislative Council to define the status of its employees who have been detained under the Emergency Regulations. Capt. Mohamed All bin Maidjn. who has asked for the definition, wants to
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  • 35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Charged with dangerous riding. Low Han Phin who ran his tricycle Into a pedestrian, pleaded guilty to the charge m the Police Court and wls fined $50 or 30 days.
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  • 172 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR Sun. MR P C. Au Yong will ask the Federation Government, at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council if it If economically feasible to reduce the price of padi from $15 to about $10 per picul.
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  • 40 5 The Commissioner-Grneral Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. and Sir Patrick McKerron have become patrons oi the Singapore Repertory Company and will attend the first night of the play. The Eagle Has Two Heads, at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow.
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  • 299 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EIGHT Japanese have arrived in Singapore on their way back to Tokio after attending the first Regional Asian Conference on labour held in Ceylon. Six of them were observers, and two were interpreters. Miss Golda Stander. chief observer for
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  • 113 5 QUERY ON RUBBER ESTA TES KUALA LUMPUR S QUESTIONS regarding position of rubber e^and mines which precluded i.m working by security forces durirg mergency and also about v rubber will be tsked by Mr C F. Gomes at the Federal Legislative Council! rm-ettnf on Wednesday. Mr Gomes will ask many
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  • 13 5 JOHORS USING MORE WATER JOHORE BAHRU sion m LJ I 3 (100 to
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  • 1267 6 Allan Lewis reviews first days races A RKTI/RN to form by two old stagers ot the Malayan lurl was the main featu re of the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting at Hukit Timah on Saturday. Grand Prix 11,
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  • 26 6 IH>DAY'S ireeklj feature 1 lulitiny In m> life !•> led Broadrihh h.i^ been unavoid;thl> held over. It will appear m IVHbieselay'a Frer Press
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  • 133 6 DUNTERS were off the target m the majority of Saturdays races, the only favourite to justify his support being Man OWar. who registered hiv second success m Malaya from as mam starts His previous victory wa.< on thi- In November when, as a two-year-old, he
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  • 15 6 OQ JOLAY D -59 I P. R I I :ng Reuter
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  • 222 6 Spring Cup 'rehearsal' [>ISAPPOINTMFNT WU felt at the scratching of Longchamps II and Eclip two of the mor- .crt runners. m the mam race for Class l Div i over nine furlongs. However. their connections considered thej .were noi suited to the he track. I agree With the going vc:y
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  • 13 6 Propose to increase Div. 3 clubs I slon fn i Lea 'mr: diffi
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    • 127 6 7th DAY TODAY 11. 1 45. 4. 6.3« He 9:JO vk\T CHANGE LiMghtWl A"" Todd Vm&a JoMrdan Valli \d I'd Attrattinn \mli m\ r noil film MILLS vs. MAXIM *04. NO»y SHOWING ii it:.. 4. Ml H.tlt l»t^n»->'> SO OtM TO J^HEART^ MW I«IH Ml 10*8. u*4*»»»r»i% A "V^T J
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    • 73 6 A W fi v Wy ICt/M's Roy of Rcofo TO ROM I ALL THE WAY FRoU^^^l^ KALLANG AIRPORT (Singapore) BY CONSTELLATION X L M. Royal Dutch Airlines ideal route to Rome for Holy tea stop-overs pc •fd «n route addition to ti«re $pen! In Rome f»»* Ccns'.e'lations and Supe-b Roya
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    • 221 6 Mdndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya Y~~~^^^l -AND SMUGGLED MYSELF INTO -TATTOO AND BEY. WHO HELPED --WHOM I CAN'T 1 I THAT SOUNDS I ■IHI THE COUNTRY AS A MUMMY WITW ME, ARE ALSO IN JAIL. IVE ALWAYS USE/ THAT'S WHY LOGICAL. Gi-Oh -OON'T TURN, MANDRAKE.' A
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  • 362 7  - MONT BLOT INJURED, DESTROYED ALLAN LEWIS Broke back m race mishap By M T Blot, a six-year-old brown English gelding by Montrose out of La Blottiere, was destroyed yesterday afternoon following a mishap m the first race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Mont Blot started favourite m the race, but
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    16 7 pi» t ure. \\r*N t*ing Ird m xfU-r winning the Buk-t Timah on Saturday.- Free Press
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  • 283 7 From JIM CHAMBERS j fc'ERPOOU al ihe top of Div 1 of the English k F«*tbaU 1 r.i;ue, had their lead cut down to one their nearest rivals. Manchester I'nited. and the> drew two-all with Derby. cl r.rs: as Scottish outside-leh red m a
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  • 31 7 A 80-XT ranged oetwe»n t R v*l on on w- dues re will be 14 fights. iMlndlDi »nu?ie«ting >p*« i*i conTlm Brsl m a- 8 p.m.
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  • 401 7 lUH(.hl> f«. r aU e»jht r»ce« e« j \V>4liK^dat. the second dar the Stncapore T«rf Clßb Spring I 1. 1 MT. I— Fun. trißht ETe» Ml Dark Broiade I M Prro^tan 8.10 I >urpri>« B.M Conlract I N Rmdrr Gold B*7 Inoun Heather 8.05 Well
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  • 265 7 •^HE object of »taslng last year's Johore Grand Prix was *ot to make money, but j vo discover whether that event could be run completely up to j international standards so as popularise the sport here. MM Mi. L E. G. Seaeroatr. Hon. Treasurer of
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  • 25 7 Beginning of..... FMIL KOROSCENKO i* about to leAve the rint the hard wav for a trip into the Yaps of the spectators m round three
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  • 57 7 |>AD light curtailed play In j 13 the Austraians v. Northeastern. Transvaal game at Pretoria on Saturday. Transvaal had lost three wicket s for seven run* after the Australians had decared their first innings closed at 338 for eight <lan Johnson 70. Noblet 55 not out
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  • 92 7 THERE were no surprises a: the flrst-accepiance stage of the Grand National this *eek. when 66 of the orginal entry of 86 were left m This tot*] li :ie of the record field la i 929. wnen Gregalach wa.* surc^ssful, out 1 aboul 40 are
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  • 283 7 The 'Crusher' lands the end on his back •I CANNOT understand it. fhat Mt- pot-belly Hungarian jellyfish throws mt out of the ring and they say I win. This is an inglorious victory for me." said the Czech grappler. Fmil Koroscenko, after his brief wrestling bout with Kin e Kong
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  • 30 7 SATURDAY'S Irish League soccer result* were: Ard 1, Port*do?m 1. Crusaders 2. Unfierxl 2: Derry C 2. Langor 0 HsUdfery S. Coleraine 1 Glennavoo 2 Glen.oran 3 Reuter
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  • 300 7 From VERNON MOBGAN, Xt liters Sports Editor THE fourth Empire Games get fully into their stride today with rowing, cycling, fencing, weightlifting* and bowls. mi n addition to the continu:ition of the swimming and wrestling events. The rowing: events on Lake Karapiro. a by-pro-duct of New
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  • 88 7 irriten and t)jn.idia>t»*rs m New York. by an <»vcrw helming majority selected Bill Tildrn as the greatest lawn tennis player of the past 50 years m a poll taken. Tilden. winner of seven I'nited States rhampiouships. and the nations number one for 10 successive years, received 310
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  • 66 7 r\FTICE bearers of Mayflower B.P. for thb year are: Pre*ident: Mr. Quek Seng Guan; vlce-presidenta: Messrs. Kant Soon Teck, Kang Soon Henf Lim Kok Huat, Lim Som Chußn. Wonf Obosg Teck and Wee Alk Koon^ hon. secrelary. Mr. Lim Chin Lim: sst. secretary, j Lav Teng Slah: captain,
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  • 642 7 S'pore hockey giants clash tomorrow T'HE final of the Singapore Hockey .Lssociat ioiTs knockout tournament between the two strongest teams on the island, the Singapore Recreation Club and the Ceylon Sports Club will produce a standard which might be even higher than that displayed m recent inter-State games, judging by
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  • 168 7 "DOYAL Singapore C» Febru.:- Medal stroke played at B during the week-end resulted m a tie between VI. J E F. Gordon-Smith m A d-.\ a ne* score of 71. and v PN M .>bb m "B I k a net score of 69. A d:' ision
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  • 71 7 AT 'he 23rd. tana il n.-r* :ag of 'he Str Klxa Cheng B P ihe folio* n-wt elected official* fo: 19S0 Patron*. Henry Koh s>nc Eo «,4 loh preslden* E S VfJt presiden Ng Hrx r. X Koh K-m Fatt hon M S*et K:w. Cheng:
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    • 317 7 BOXING TICKETS OF ALL CLASSES SANDS w. SOMPON6 0N SALe FKO FBI. 10th. FEB rp^p. A v HAPPY WORLB-9p.8. IUIJAY.. book BABLT— worn HI If HMM I Mill II BIV NOW \T WINSTONI W^ HXPPV HORMI OrffiCl TEL H4162 PRK I KU.BIR— 1M NORIM BR. RD TLI ?Mf VIALAVA DRI
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  • 39 8 KSHEIV On 6th Feo 1950, at 128. King's Avenue. Naval Base, to Susan, mife of Capt. Walter Evershed. R N.. a daught«r. TAYLOR: At K.K. Hospital. on 3rd Feb D Flo and Harry. Douglas William, a brother I
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  • 26 8 THE ENGAGEMENT is anj n Willie Goh Kay Seng, eldest son of Mrs. Goh Boon nd Daisy Toh, only daughter of Mrs. Tih Boon Hong.
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  • 316 8 Air violation by Chiang HONG KONG, Monday. ftOYAL Air Force planes m Hong Kong were alerted and two reconnaisance aircraft were sent to the border when two Chinese Nationalist planes flew over British territory to attack Shumcluin. just across the frontier. A British protest is
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    49 8 pu-iure. Officers and men of the U.S. Air Force, who arrived here by a special plane on Saturday to confer with aviation authorities here on air and sea rescue operations m the Pacific, are here seen at the Kalians airport with Mr. W. I.angdon. the t'.S. Consul-Gener-al Free Press
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  • 95 8 Guam raid nets many weapons Guam. Man. NEARLY 500 armed US. gallon and Marines made surprise raids on two camps here, searched more than 3.000 Filipino workers and turned up a veritable arsenal. The weapons included tnousands of knives. 23 firearms, hatches. dynamite. brass knuckief and grenades. The search parties
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  • 75 8 BAVGKOK Mon. pREMIER Phibun Songgram I s.tld yesterday that Siani had no Intention of recognising the Communist regime m a oi of recognising Ho Chi Minh's regime m IndoClutia. He charged *hp Russian U m Bangkok was responsible for the flood of ("omniums' p:v;> w. t> sweeping
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  • 74 8 11THKN a large shark leaped into their small fishing ff dinghy at Melbourne, two men and a woman fought it for 10 minutes before killing it. Fred Gay finally killed the shark by hitting it on the head with the tiller. Neither Gay. Douglas Miller nor
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    42 8 Pressure is brought to hear on Clarence, sulphur-. -rested cockatoo, during bath-time by Kristnl /.on attendant. Alf Klliot who makes his rounds once a werk to see that all iMMtei <>f the Bird House get their regular pressare hath of warm water.
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  • 55 8 CHURCH URGES H-BOMB BAN Tilt: Archbishop vi V day m a sermon described the hydro^t-n bomb as a devilish weapon which :f clvili- is to survive v that the rai-e to make this bomb has been started, it will only end either by its 1 war or by an Internal
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  • 37 8 pRINCF SALVOR, a British naval salvage ship chartered to a private company, has run aground on Pratas Is- land. 180 miles south-east of I Hong Kong. Two merchantmen are steaming to her asBlst ance. Reuter
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  • 27 8 The Egyptian Government has decided to end martial law introduced In May. 1948. on the eve of the outbreak of hostilities m Palestine. Reuter
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  • 104 8 BRISBANE. Monday. OOMAN Catholic Archbishop James Duhig has 1V started a controversy by advocating prison for adulterers, saying. "Then there would be fewer divorces." "A state which weaken* the family is committing suicide," the archbishop said, attacking Governments that allow easy divorces and treat t question
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  • 19 8 A.P. Red China has notified Pakistan that it had agreed to establish diplomatic relations with hor.
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  • 224 8 ROME, Monday. ITALIAN Director Roberto Rossellini said yesterday that he and '"grid Bergman had received "about 5,000 congratulatory telegrams and messages," mostly from strangers, since the birth of their son on Thursday night. Rossellini said that the boy will be registered as 'father unknown."
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  • 70 8 Move to revive Sanhedrin JERUSALEM. Mon ISRAEL'S leading Rabbis are meeting to fffff revival of the Sanhedrin. supreme Jewish national tribunal m ancient Judea. Its decision on relieiou> i»ues would hind Orthodox Jr\*s throughout the world The Israeli Religious Affairs Minister. Rabbi J. 1.. Maimon. is urging that r.tbbinical courts
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  • 23 8 The Japanese Welfare Ministry announces that 112.000 persons have been afflicted with a light 'influenza epidemic which Is sweeping the country. U.P.
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  • 100 8 SALONIKA. Mon THE last British troops f o leave Greece, members of the British headquarters staff and the British military mission with their wives 160 people m all will embark a* Piraeus today. Yesterday 55 officers and other ranks of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Re- 1
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  • 172 8 Mother sneaks her son out of U.S. MANILA, MmmUj \|KS. Volanda Lopei Puckett ha.s arrived m Manila via Fui ope after eluding United States olliteis seeking her on a charge <»* kl Inapping her twi mdi a-half-vear-old son. Bobby. Mrs Puckett charged thai her ex- husband had asked US$l5,OOO for
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  • 72 8 THEY FLEW U.S. PLANES TO JEWS 1 U s h «ial jury h.. suiiieU deliberation on the of six men c\mconspiracy to violate the U.S. Neutrality Act by smuggling planes and radio equipment Into Paie.stine In 1947 and 1948. Government prottcil 0 lesed 'hat tlie pljnes flown from America were
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  • 27 8 TEAM WORK IN THE CARIBBE AN THK v L'ni'ed j .ida and the Netherlands will i ope: bw. cd will be <ir :ne co I ng A.P.
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  • 44 8 U.K. SHIPS AS WAREHOUSES ELEVEN cargo ships laid up 1 m Hong Konr b'-cau- <>t the Communist takeover of China and the Nationalist blockade are to b? used as floating warehouses. They are ships of the Com-munist-controlled China Merchants Steamship Navigation company. A. P.
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  • 25 8 A Filipino plantation worker fatally wounded a minister, shot a police sergeant then killed himself m a hospital on Molokai island Hawaii.- A.P.
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