The Singapore Free Press, 7 March 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA vT^ SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 7. 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    LABOUR GOVT IN DANGER
    643 1 LABOUR GOVT IN DANGER Tories issue challenge LONDON, Tuesday. fHE Conservative opposition m the House of Commons last night announced two amendments to the King's speech opening the new Parliament, thus attacking at once the Labour Government's slender majority. The amendments, presented m the names of Mr. Churchill and other
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    Dead P.O. was Jew captive
    18 1 Dead P.O. was Jew captive R -p- i ith at ap*T\crr ipi -d by ition Eugene with P
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    15,000 REPATRIATED
    10 1 tn Dec. 15.000 Idlers 1 ro Hoi- Reuter
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    JAP GOLD
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    Newsprint control
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    59 1 Serrtsr Khama said last ni^ht he had been "doublerrovsed" m his strusKle with thr British CiGvernment for recognition as chief of the Bamangwatos after marryin? a London typist. Ruth Williams. He said the Government, which summoned him to London for "consultations" had decided he must not return to Bechuanaland for
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    U.K. to spend more on atomic research
    193 1 LONDON, Tuesday. ONE-TWELFTH of Britain's 1950-51 defence budget of £780.8:0,000 will u<> to the Ministry of Supply which sponsors atomic research, it was ofl'.c'ally announced yesterday. The Ministry will get £65,000.000 against £5*7.750,000 last year. Via nation will cut seivirv manpower In the
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    Bukit Kepong camp found
    28 1 Bukit Kepong camp found K>- porter V forces j Bukit Johore i bandit lc. The to have to three ago. .nselves ramp capB h a 1 1 round*
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    REFUGEES
    24 1 The Executive Board of the U.S. International Children's Fund approved an allocation of USSI. IOO,OOO to feed children among the Palestine refugees A.P.
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    'Uncoil my python'
    64 1 HIIJ.. Tues. A N animal importer, Mr. i\ R. I. Kahn. i$ looking for an expert snake trainer to uncoil a 15-foot python. Mr. Kahn explained that the snake had become very bad tempered because it was coiled m the box the wrong way. adding. "1 am
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    Riot over dismantling
    110 1 Riot over dismantling WATENSTEDT-SALZGIT-TER British Zone, Tues. /GERMAN workers yesterday \J sacked the offices of the British Dismantling Commission and overturned ten British cars. Earlier they had fought their way into the Hermann Goerlng steel works m an attempt to stop the blow-ing-up of part of a foundry. They forced
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    BURMA SEEKS U.S. AID
    52 1 BURMA SEEKS U.S. AID Burma has asked for economic and military aid assistance from the United States Burmese Embassy officials m Washington said their Government had informed the State Department of the kind of assistance they would like to receive from the United States and the purposes for •A'hich it
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    JAP POLICE WARNED
    37 1 f APANESE Criminal InvestiJ gation offlecrs m Tokyo yesterday recommended to national and metropolitan police that policemen be cautioned on the use of pistols, following an alarming number of unpleasant and sometimes fatal incidents.
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    U.S. ANTI-RED BILL
    25 1 The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill to make registration of American Communists and officers of Communist front organisations compulsory.—
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    RADAR BOATS
    19 1 Japanese water police will use radar-equipped patrol boats to counter sharply increasing Japanese, Chinese and Korean smuggling.
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    U.S. HITS BACK ON OIL BAN
    133 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE Economic Co-operation Administration told 1 Congress yesterday that it is withholding the financing of British oil companies "anywhere m the world." The British have placed substantial embargoes on their dollar purchases of .oil. ECA Administrator. Mr. Paul Hoffman. told a House
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    HE SAYS 'I WAS SPY'
    52 1 Minaii Shipkov, formerly employed at the United States Legation m sofla with four other Bulgarians, pleaded guilty to being a "spy and an American agent." In Washinton on Saturday the State Department published an account given by Shipkov of how he was tortured when first
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    ENOUGH RICE
    29 1 The Philippines, a riceeating country, will be selfsufficient m this national staple commodity m the next five years, Secretary of Agriculture Placido L. Mapa pre- diets. Reuter
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    NEW NAVAL BASE
    32 1 The South Korean Defence Minister. Mr. Sinh Sung Ho. has announced the establishment of a naval base at Kangkoo. on the west co. 80 miles north of Fusan. Reuter
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    IMPERIAL BIRTHDAY
    15 1 Japanese newspapers yesterday gave prominence to the 47th birthday of Empress Nagako. Reuter
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    MILLION DOWN
    18 1 Shanghai's population, once publicised as above the 6,000,--000 mark, has fallen below 5,000,000, according to reports.
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    Wheat for Japan
    20 1 Canada plans to ship :u.000.000 bushels of wheat yeg r ly to Western Germany and Japan. U.P.
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    31 1 picture Mr. E. P. Shanks, Crown Counsel. Singapore. Mrs. Shanks and their son Peter, who returned to the Colony this morning m the Canton after a holiday m England. Free Press
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    'US LOSING TOO MUCH TIME'
    371 1 Free Press Staff Reporter PHK United States has lost too much time m Asia. A By neglecting her decision to give effective aid to democracy, she is helping the advance of Communism. This was told to the Free Press yesterday by M. Jules Haag, managing
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    THREE WALK OUT
    30 1 Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia yesterday walked out of a meeting of the International Children's Emergency Fund m protect against the presence of the Chinese Nationalist representative.— Reuter
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    SENSITIVE
    27 1 A Japanese inventor claimed he had constructed the world's finest music soundboard from impregnated silk It gives super-tone sensitivity to pianos, violins, radios and gramophones.— Reuter
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    AIR GIRL
    26 1 Miss Prem Mathur. of the Kanpur Flying Club, has won the first national air race over the 341-mile course between Calcutta and Jamshedpur. Reuter
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    UNION NEARER
    23 1 Italy and France will sign several economic accords today, bringing a customs union between the two countries one step nearer. U.P.
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    Five cars in smash-up
    47 1 FIVE people were killed and five others injured, one critically, when five cars piled up m a multiple crash on a Californian road. A speeding car with def.'.tive headlights ran into the rear of another car, causing a chain reaction smash -op. U.P.
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    Hong Kong 'no school for Red agents'
    304 1 Hong Kong 'no school for Red agents HONG KONG. Tuesday. ONDON reports published m Hong: Kong yesterday that the Colony is the Far East training ground for Communist agents brought a reply of "rubbish" from men m a position to know. The reports originated with the "International Committee for the
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    TITO BUILDS 'MIGHTY' SLAV ARMY
    128 1 TITO BUILDS 'MIGHTY' SLAV ARMY BELGRADE ANE of Yugoslavia".- Coatfl nist leaders warned terday that Marshal Tito is building a mighty :tn i model nized army capable at i ing the country a/ ml comers Moshe Pijade, ji PoU theoretician, told a crowd 15.000 m the Serb ♦oun o/ Valjevo
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    3 MAY STUDY 'BIG 4' TALK
    58 1 BRITISH. French American foreign n... ters will discu&s a .ng with Rusv they meet m London next month, the French Ft Minister, M R >brrt Schuman. said yesterday. He said they will also ci cuss the Far i d Including Japan, r. with I
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    POLISH GRAB
    11 1 Poland is to tiike church lands and estate.- A.P.
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    'Made in Singapore' Fashion Triumph
    577 2  - 'Made in Singapore' Fashion Triumph RUTH LANGDON 5.4 YS THE FESTIVAL OF CHINESE FASHIONS PROVED THAT 'SINGAPORE CAN BE ENTIRELY SELFSUFFICIENT IN THE FASHION LINE." 'PIIK Festival of Chinese Fashions riven by the Chinese Ladies Association mult! l>o called the Fashion Show most typical of Singapore w\ Ko be given
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    CHAMPAGNE SHAMPOO
    78 2 CHAMPAGNE SHAMPOO SYDNEY women an addir »o their .cf- by and cha their They are taking the nail) hair i Miss Kittj Bcott, of M.iroubra, Bydney. who recently returned to A istralia two years In London .said the .spirit hair was used extensively m other countries, and was catching on"
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    Diary Of A U.S. Woman
    282 2  - Diary Of A U.S. Woman KAY MURRAY By I begin to understand why American women do so much of their own houv work. A maid who is willing live m <and there aren't many i wants a minimum of £12 a week and freejnenUy asks £15. 10. 0. While this
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      336 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BOKN today, >ou have prepared take the chance vaunting ambitions. and dive m. More than I nfortunately, your love of likely your innate talents solid, hard work is not on a will develop under use and par with your desire for help you to attain your fame
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      193 2 F.P. Crossword No. 937 cum \c k<>^> I He's utter your vote i«. 7 Flat letter to <4«: 8 F. of view (s'; 8 Rubbishly ingredient of broth <3. 10 Its Mire ditlerent for an employer *4>, 11 Send on for part of the constituency 17); 14 Bevin to his
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    SHOT MAN'S WIDOW TELLS HER STORY
    584 3 Three men m her life W__ LONDON, Tuesday. HEN a former lover came back into Mrs. Kathleen Watler's life her husband told a friend: "I am going to shoot the man who has got my wife. But not my wife I want her back/
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    16 3 |p.>pu!.ir ?oth Century-Fox film star, is present from :i well-wisher. She llolhviood filming "Everybody Does It."
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    WILL MARRY FOR A HOUSE?
    230 3 WILL MARRY FOR A HOUSE? LONDON, Tuesday. n !\n KnUht. ?3-> ear-old Cornish farm r ran hi hands through his dark hair and t worth while getting married just to I want to live m?" resent with his mother, stepfather. Age a mile or so from the farm he works.
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    GANG FAKE U.K. GOODS
    134 3 B.irranguilla. Columbia, Tuesday. A BRITISH police mission m I bia has uncovered a large-scale industry for making and selling shoddy machinery v Made m Bnraln." A former London detective is reported from Bogota today to have discovered several hundred ploughs and a conslbale quantity of other
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    SECRET SHIPS
    28 3 Security as strict as anything m wartime will be maintained at the Virginia shipyards where they have begun building the United States huge British Cunard liners.
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    49 3 The world's biggest troopship. "Pasteur," srrn as .she arrived recentK at Amsterdam. Holland. The vessel is chartered by the Dutch Government to carry troops home from Indonesia. On this trip it carried 4.900 Dutch soldiers to their homes. Hundreds of relatives cheered the ship on its way to dock.
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    LIFE WILL BE BETTER
    6 3 LIFE WILL BE BETTER 35 *o
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    ALL STREET LOSS
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    Greer plans to raise catlle
    51 3 Greer plans to raise catlle .>tar Greer Garsar rab blooded cattle Ma-, vies m England lephoned an a^ent :n Perth. .cted hfcn to buy s at the Perth Short- sales. I am founding a herd. .iid. > ci t r.- n has New Mexico ranch. ::one of thp shorthorn pedigreed
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    33 nuns see life once more
    198 3 33 nuns see life once more MANILA, Tuesday. A CHANGE m housing temporarily forced 33 nuns of the cloistered order of St. Clara out into the bold worldly streets of Manila, but not for long. Recently they walked from temporary quarters m a Franciscan monastery to a newly-built permanent retreat
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    A JOB FOR YOU-IF
    69 3 PARIS, Tues. IF you can speak English, French and Arabic and are a good administrator, there is a job waiting for you with UNESCO. The United Nations Education. Scientific and Cultural Organisation is appealing for somebody to direct the education of 21.000 Arab refugee children m
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    Sudan reform
    40 3 Widespread reforms were outlined yesterday at the 1 opening of the Sudan Legislature by the Governor-General Sir Robert Howe, They lnj eluded measures for greater 1 participation of Sudanese m he government and more i direct elections A.P.
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    33 3 The South Korean Defence Minis' er. Mr. Sinn Sung Mo said yesterday that a Communist North Korean plot to land 1.000 armed guerillas on the South Korean east coast had been thwarted A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    353 3 I^VERY now and then bridge experts take a potshot at Mr. Blackwood which that amiable gentlem&n is far from deserving. After all. nobody blames Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, because i-ome careless handling of his powerful explosive raises havoc now and again. If everybody handled Blackwood as carefully
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    2,000 men can't catch this man
    303 3 PALERMO, Tuesday. SICILY'S bandit king, Salvatore Giuliano, can chalk up another record if he cares to. Just six months ago, 2,000 militarised police, with orders to shoot to kill, started looking for him. They are still at it. The 28-year old farmboy embarked on
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    TOO HOT FOR THEM
    28 3 M.these children under 12 monthl cannot migrate 'o Australia between May and Oct. because of tropicai conditions, the Malta Emigration Ministry ordered yesterday A.P.
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    Picasso is a man without a country
    131 3 PARIS. Tuesday. SPANISH BOKN Pablo Picasso, who was refused a IS. visa last week because of his pro-( ommuniM activities, is a man without a country, it was learnrd yesterday. Picasso has been living In Paris for nearly 50 years and newspapers here
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    H-BOMB RAYS MORE DEADLY
    175 3 H-BOMB RAYS MORE DEADLY NEW YORK. Tues. lIOW a Hydrogen bomb's 11 radioactivity can live In the air long after the explosion was explained here by a physicist who has worked at tho Oak Ridge Tennes.- >mic Energy plants. I peril is so fn some scientists have predicted it will
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    The Pope wants to he friendly
    47 3 The P ope wants to he friendly VATICAN toil] I: ret" that U. would like to se rt :he of regular diplomatic lions with Ui I but added tbi y could m I Cardinal Sp- Tru N his auditMit-e i I hM deny m firm A P
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      63 3 BARGAINS FOR SSSS S?ilm i »«m 55 Z3S t M m WOOLLENS rum England's xt V AT 15 DISCOUNT AND TAILORING TOO! All orders received during SALE will be charged 15% less than the usual tailoring charges. DONT MISS This Opportunity m It i New !it i Novel the OPEN-AIR
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      25 3 WHAT'S ON IN K. L. Hl\ODEON: LIT: Till the M MTOBLO Trie SOB: Xl m V SCRI.MBAM Pnn F a gs S> reams. era .T»-
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      386 3 Twenty Years After"— 2 The Sen 4. p.m. Music for Teatime QTNnaPORF of Miiady' 6.00 Indonesian: News Victor Silvester and his Harmony vVitTiViTKk and Programmes iBBO; 630 Music 4.30 News Bulletin; 440 i£ Llt H\V- U mJ!?ei News InTa^onese .BBC); 6.45 Spotlight Bands Artie Shaw; 5. 484 and 41.< metres.
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAR. 7, 1950. THE GENTLE GIANT
    512 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAR. 7, 1950. THE GENTLE GIANT qv:....;iHine of Sovitl uimnninisin That is hiw ihe US Defence Sec-rt-t;:y M: Louil Johnson. viib»> his country's aim m South -East Am.i Ifcsn- ..<• I US economic mism to the area is due m Ma a whirlwind tour of
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    Man Who Created A Country
    944 4  - Man Who Created A Country Sir Robert Bruce Hockhart By Today is the centenary of the birth of THOMAS MASARYK The writer is an fxMalayan diplomat and journalist who has considerable knowledge, based on personal acquaintance, of the leading figures m Russia and Eastern Europe. During the Second World War
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    94 4 Tony Mella tleft*. designer of three barges which trill display French products m a long tour of European canals, shows the models to Mme. de Peyre Chappuis centre > and Charles Vanel, French actor, m the Maison de VAmenque Latine m Paris. The first barge will have a bar ana
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    Love and Marriage
    917 4  -  ANDRE MAUROIS Seven rules of a man ie h o i s no w giving 'lessons m love* on the Paris radio By M JT is easier," s;»i<l Byron, u lo <lit i for tlif woman you love than lo live wilh her" Certainly the problem of
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    Polygamy 'essential'
    99 4 'IMIK Kriti-li Cameroon* prefer polygamy to social security, a United Nations mission reports. Besides, they add. a woman must live .somehow 'Plural marriage is partly a means of sustenancr.'" Which is why a chief itihrriti tin* wives of his f>* "S'MTSj-or. Four days ago L'niUd Nations investigators decided
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    The ex-Dishwasher and the Emperor
    720 4  -  G. Ward Price ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*/Jy j SAIGON: IF the French were to leave Indo-China the Chinese Communists would come m at once. If the French stay In Indo-China the civil war going o n here will continue. The people of IndoChina hate both the French and
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    Cold way due to H-Bombs?
    73 4 Cold way due to H-Bombs? F I [I X from ed E mo: I bour 9 pta* fUhioi I por:< B aboard ft X froz- W Ha: > Pah tafK« I r I Land I of H misery I voluntt- I: I ing |n H £1 I i i i
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    PARTY RIVALS AT PEACE
    50 5 PARTY RIVALS AT PEACE pit ture. i'Mr Pr..,r<*NNiTe Party driaka i t«»a s t m ,th Ikt l«hour I'irlvs ihnM>n (rentff Thorns Ihe i iM..n w:»< a,-|| dinner givm »t I !V»rk U>t night L |^n.»ur .t Mr. Thomas. Mr. rhoini>. f..r thr I nitrd m»om «m holiday Free Press
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    PEASANTS TO RUN OWN RICE MILL
    26 5 PEASANTS TO RUN OWN RICE MILL Jong I i I reLumpur. Si ..p to ns to n ihe .s made d rensideraUon nt. iich U' Im
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    OFF TO GOOD START
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    New packing factory
    104 5 K.P. Chtaete Correspondent THE tlrst pineapple packin- financed and operated by pine plant- n Johore and Singapore.! just been established at Scudai. Joli W:th a capital of hall a ton dollars, the company, :s equipped with the la canning machineiy and draws its supply resh pines mainly
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    SPEED FINE
    41 5 San ink Singh was fliiod $<•"> m the Singapore Pint Tramc Court yesterday when he pleaded to driving his three-ton lorry m Woodlands Road at 10 to 12 miles In excess of the speed Umil of •JO miles per hour
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    ALL-NIGHT COUPLES IN PARK
    314 5 ALL-NIGHT COUPLES IN PARK Police asked to take action Free Press Staff Reporter J^ING George V Park, at the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and River Valley Road, is being used nightly "for clandestine purposes," Mr. V. Pakirisamy, a Singapore Municipal Commissioner for North Ward, has complained to the Municipal authorities.
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    PAWNSHOPS FLOURISH
    142 5 IPOH Tm.v |)KSPITE the fact thfvt pawnbroking is one of ihc most flourishing businensses m the state today, only 29 firms are now m opera' ion m various parts of Perak against 45 pre-war The three pawnshops m Ipoh have a monthly turnover of over $50,000. while the
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    Harbour fire risk warning
    392 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i^INGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have decided to warn the Government that they regard the present fire risk situation m the Harbour Board area as serious because there is no fire boat to tackle harbour fires. They suggest that the Government should take steps
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    Smugglers to pay $10,000
    99 5 Smugglers to pay $1 0,000 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG. Mqii. TiWO sampan men. Chua 1 Sionn Chiang and Poh Ah Leong were today fined $5,000 each at Penang for having 50 tin. s and 15 cartons of matches on which $1,320 duty had not been paid. The sampan and
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    POLICE BANK PERFORMANCE
    16 5 The Singapore police band will perform at Farrer Park this evening at 5.45.
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    CIVIL DEFENCE: 'MALAYS' CHANCE'
    131 5 F.P MaUy Correspondent ("•HE Kuala Lumpur Malaj daii M:v .s m an leading article welcomes the move by the Federation Government to organise cWi Wence •♦i i-ba 'iitry that M M?.'a! iavc m-, 1 \y armeo, and H ii up lo Ihc Gov- eminent to immediately
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    GOING ON LEAVE
    7 5 DR. W. J. VICKERS
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    FISHING TRIALS IN S'PORE WATERS
    219 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EXPERIMENTAL fishing m Singapore waters is lJ expected to be one of the first steps to be taken m the proposed survey of the Colony's fishing industry. This will be conducted by the Singapore Fisheries Department, which will shortly get a
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    40 5 picture. MR X THEVARAJAB of the Raffles Institution who has It* ft for Australia to stud> medicine at Melhourne University. Mr. Thevarajah is |he eldest son of Mr. A. Kandiah. a pensioner of the (iovernnient Survey Department. Singapore. Free Press
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    Malayan timber for display at B.I. F.
    182 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IX) publicise and help develop her timber trade m Europe, Malaya will exhibit 33 specimens at the British Industries Fair to be held m London m May this year. The timber will be shipped with other Malayan products on
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    40 5 MR. and Mrs. T.P.M. Lewis of .lohore, photographed after the christening of their four-months-old son. Roger, at St. Christoph er's Church, Johore Bahru. yesterday. In the centre is David, aged 2A. Mr. Lewis is the Superintendent of Education m Johore.
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    CAPITAL CHINA'S WIDOW DIES
    55 5 CAPITAL CHINA'S WIDOW DIES KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. MRS. Yap Kwan Beng, widow of Selangor'i hire! and last 'Capitun China." Yap Kwan Sens, died here yesterday at the age of 98 years. She had outlived her husband by 49 years. Mrs Yap Kwan Seng had In her 'ifetime carried on the
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    MAILS
    55 5 Surface m;ul is expect tci .n -ingapoie today from Eastern Australia. Siam Egypt: Ceylon: Great Britain: N. Ireland: Eire, Europe. North and West Africa. West Indies: Java, and the Fede•;i*:on. a Lfttecl times tor posting surface nil tod.iv -!v 0.P.6. art: f i "iin'h und East •k: f>4S p.m.
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    DR. VICKERS TO VISIT U.K. HOSPITALS
    236 5 DR. VICKERS TO VISIT U.K. HOSPITALS Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Director of Medical Services, Dr. J. Vickers, will study hospital facilities m the United Kingdom, where he will spend part of his six months' leave. He will make this study m connection with development of the Colon vs 10
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    RURAL BOARD
    18 5 The Singapore Rural Bo?rd veil] meet at 10 a.m. on Maid; 16 m the Land Offic°.
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    Timber output down in Johore
    129 5 Timber output down in Johore Free Press Sta.'l Jtrporlrr JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. THE outturn ot timber fell .slightly m Johore In 1949 owing lo the emergency, il is officially Mali The emergency aff< I silivicultural work very seriously and little could be done, .on of treated to an "AlaraUiif ti
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    DEFICIT IN MALAYA TRADE
    214 6 DEFICIT IN MALAYA TRADE Statistics for January Free Press Staff Reporter ]Yf ALAYA incurred an adverse trade balance of 11 $4,158,506 m the first month of 1950. Total imports amounted to $176,674,928 against exports valued at $172,416,422, according to official figures published last night. During January, the United States fcougTH
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    18 6 THE Commandant General of the Royal Air Force Resiment, Air Vice-Marshal H. T. Lyford, has arrived m Singapore.
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    DROP IN SERIOUS CRIMES
    199 6 DROP IN SERIOUS CRIMES Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. LAST year serious crime, apart trom terrorism, diminished considerably, according to statistics issued by rbe Judicial Department In the Supreme Court the number of such cases fell from 551 to 321. the number of persons charged trom 844 to
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    LONDON UN
    31 6 In t London tin pot was down 5s to .aid £60i> Pure up 1 IT- Bd. to 1 >8t ■nd 588.105. will i •er was 600 lb A P.
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    Adverse balance
    66 6 Advene balances were Incurred by Malaya In her trading with the following countries durir.if January: (Import figures mentioned first;: Burma ($2,081,951 51.207.--642). Sarawak ($9,971,*****.353.803. India ($15,804,113 $5.293.795 Czechoslovakia '5944.74J no exports". Swlt/«r--1 .m d 51. 028.913 $12,395), French Indu-Chlna ($1,232.--514—5703,144), Brazil ($2,600--811 $43.511 China ($6,737.--336—515,825). Indonesia ($30.--909.355 $13,635,252),
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    AMERICAN IN MALAYA'S UNIVERSITY
    161 6 AMERICAN IN MALAYA'S UNIVERSITY DR. Pall Banswell lleakl, Professor of Religion at the University of Oregon, north-western United States, has been admitted as a graduate student of the University of Malaya Dr. Means is the first American to be admitted to the University of Malaya under the so-called 'GI Bill
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    FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN SOCCER
    100 6 ■V"INE international soccer mat- thes for the Festival of Britain celebration In May 1951 wen announced m London yesterday. mi will visit the British IMe> lrom Argentina. Italy. Portugal and Bdgium. The fixtures are England vs. ArgtnUne on May 9; E?n(?land vs F:ance on May 12
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    SKATERS' BALLET
    37 6 SKATERS' BALLET picture. THE SKATERS* Ballet, performed by Patricia Morse, (left) and Christine and Elizabeth Johnson at the entertainment provided by the St. Andrew's Hospital Linen Guild duxjng their sale at the Y.W.C.A. last week. Free Press
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    R.A.F. SELETAR NOT DISMAYED
    304 6 By CRISADER \LTHOUGH they have lost several «f their best players of last season R.A.F. Seletar are by no means dismayed m their preparations for the Singapore Amateur Football Association's Senior League. Team trials have already been held, and they hope to fill the gaps created
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    Redundant posts in Fed. courts
    166 6 KUALA LIMPIR, Monday EFFORTS m retrench personnel holding 80 redundant posts m the courts throughout tin Federation last year did not meet with the IT if .hat was anticipated, states the 1949 report of the Federation Judicial Department. This was due, says the rc--1 port,
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    131 6 SHIPS „1 outside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves ws'er day (godowna m brackets* wore Main Wharf: Ruys 4* I); Baud (40/4 D: Ifongolfci >H Medon <30/6»: Frrdrick 1 (33, 4»; Anchises <31/2» West Wharf: Breconshir^ '15/6>; Maetsuyckrr I] 4 Rondo «H); Socotra <8 «Ji Benalder (6/7); Marseilles I
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    Official training at Bukit Timah
    38 6 Official training at Bukit Timah 'JHE racMOOiae at Bukit Tun.il) will be officially opened for training for the Singapore Turf Club March meeting on Thursday fc« R a.m. T e usual cofTp? ""rangementt'M ho made. Entries close tomorrow.
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    Irons & steels quietly steady
    328 6 Irons steels quietly steady I London Stock Exchange] LONDON j uesd JHERE was little reaction m the Kond x Exchange yesterday to the Klßfi ipneh a t reopening of Parliament, says Reuw f,,, correspondent. nnanc *l Absence of any reference to n brought quiet steadiness to iron and a gains
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    SINO-MALAYS v. SERVICES
    5 6 SINO-MALAYS v. SERVICES I c
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    FOUNTAIN LADY HARD TO BEAT
    799 7 FOUNTAIN LADY HARD TO BEAT New Era also a safe bet From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Tuesday. pi) NTAIN Lady, one of the most consistent Class 5 horses, should be the best bet tomorrow, second day of the Penan£ Turf Club Spring meeting. Do\v n 11 lbs. after flashing third m
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    SRA Easter Prize Shoot next month
    89 7 •yHE pi pore Rifie Aa I I Ahich vlll bf the Seletar rirM n' R. (ft/bi Ev .ter. i 8 43— 10.30 L 49 M p 500 I p :r. ■nd »tas«- S R t.30 p.m. H.p.a I Third sta*e: ?R 1.15— •C: U>f
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    9 horses not accepting
    105 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS r roiu PENANG. Tut'PHK f«fl#vtef ninr hiirvs 1 ATr ik»i accepting f»>r tomorrows r i litre Maintain, l>a!i- Vixen Stai (i«»d Tamsenf lim Veil Per uiibul.itor (i.»i»d NVw^ <• i\ Pr.tttlt- i»id I ittle L.tdv l.oit.tu I .id v did a ,<'-.(J u.ill«»p thi>
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    NORTH v. SOUTH FINAL ASSURED
    314 7 a NORTH versus South FA. Cup final with all its A attendant glamour and fervour is assured at Wembley Stadium, London, on April 29 as the result of yesterday's draw for the semi-finals. Chelsea will meet Arsenal Tottenham on Maun 18. and Liverpool play Everton
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    Changes in English and Scottish XV's
    221 7 SCOTLAND have chosen two new "Caps"--T. Gray. the Northampton full-back, and H. Scott, St. Andrew's University forward m their Rugby Union team to meet England at Murrayfield. Edinburgh, on March 18. The only other change compared with the side which lost to Ireland is
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    17 wickets fall in 3½hrs.
    217 7 SEVENTEEN wlckeU fell ►J dunn* the 3i hours' play terday m three-day match between the Commonwealth team and Combined India. Pakistan and Ceylon XI which ended m a draw at the Oval. Colombo. The Commonwealth scored 141. dismissed their opponents for 75. and then made
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    TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER
    64 7 AS there are no F.A. Cup replays, the following six first division matches which should Have taken place last Saturday will be played tomorrow. Arsenal v. Middlesbrough: Bolton Wanderers v. Everton: Chelsea v. Charlton Athletic; Derby County v. Portsmouth; Liverpool v. Blackpool: Manchester United v. Aston Villa.
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF RESULTS
    64 7 THE Island Club's March mixed foursomes golf competition, played on Sunday, was won by Mr. and Mrs. F. Jones <90— 18 J: 71J). Next best returns mere: Mr. Si Mn. E. Carroil 94-22-72. Mayor D. A. W Lochhead b4--B''-Ts'-; Mr* Hodgkinson A M." Crawley-Boevey 88-12' 2
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    University badminton
    52 7 picture. Thp only match which went to three sets m the I'niverMtv of Malaya badminton championships on Sundii* was the mixed doubles final. Left to right: Loporte Khoo and Miss Lim Sian Sek <runners-up) and Mlaa Teoh Ciim Hock and Tye (ho Yook. who won >— 15. 15—1.
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    Burpham is now clear favourite
    278 7 MKAYY support for the Duke of Norfolk > liuipliam made him clear favourite for the Lincolnshire handicap when the cards were called over o n the Spring Double at the Victoria Club London last night. Freebooter retained his position as first for the Grand National,
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    Rovers S.C.
    106 7 A- -he 12th annual meeting of the Rcners SC. foUowtaf «r« ted officials for 1950: PaTons. Messrs X I ..v. B A. Dawc-xi H. AikafT. Yeo H Str.g pre«uder.' Mr. Ar.g B Roi c-preridenta Iftm Ong Yeo Francis Loh. Kal'.y Din Kader. Hon. secretary. If] Kee S Iff.
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    Poor fielding caused South Africa's rout
    336 7 Poor fielding caused South Africa 's rout 'pHE failures of the new No. 3, Kon Draper, and the middle batsmen, D. Begbie and P. Window, and lapses m the field five catches were dropped when Australia were batting were mainly responsible for South Africa's defeat m the fifth and final
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    Rocklite S.C. go down 4-1
    31 7 THE X Ui BporU Club beat Rockiite Sports Ciub by four goals to one m a Junior B 2 Divisio:. cer played at Oeylang dium yesterday.
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    Rugby League
    20 7 VmVZMT s weoad ta ;n the Rugby Cup i -field T.Bradford Nor*. II Keigh>y 2 Reuter. A P.
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    Scoreboard
    204 7 \I *IKMI Xi |mv tor will dVrl M>l TH \l KM Xl li Rowan b Johnston 4* Xel b Miller Draper r Johnston b M < Nouiv c M<(ool i, M.llrr T tlegbie c Sagger* I, Nuhlrl 1 Winslon Ibw V I ullerlon si Saggers b M<(ool 18 Tavfield
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    Schoolboy XI for Australia
    29 7 FOl I by B< Be< B 1 I G. X R JI A I R ph "s .(>! ab i The;. J A< B B T.
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    3-1 VICTORY
    35 7 'i"»HF Indian > eatod m a A-l sj it. Ot The Indians for the major part o: ttM jured. scored two p(i.iis jn the r. All scored thf third ir ttm Ye» C:. goal.
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    BIRTH
    19 8 b AIRHEAD: On Marcfi 3rd. to wife ol John Fairhead. at I ng Maternity Hospital, a son. John*.
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    Skipper wants to try again
    96 8 CHICAGO. Tue*. /IAPTAIN David A. Jon«»s. 31. i^ skipper of th»- Flying Arrow which was shelled by a Chinese Nationalist war ship on Jan. 9. said yesterday that he would like anolher try at running the Nationalist blockade. Hi said. "I will be perfectly willing
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    3 killed on ferry
    36 8 Three people were killed and nine injured aboard a Chinese ferry boat plying between the Portuguese colony of Macao and Chinese territory when the vessel was flred on from the shore.- Reuter
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    GEN. CHIANG WARNS K.M.T. OF PURGE
    310 8 Hint of 'iron hand rule' HONG KONG, Tuesday. PEN. Chiang Kai-shek's pledge yesterday that he would stake his life on "this last chance" for Nationalist survival and reported selection of his elder son, Major-Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo, for the post of Interior Minister m the
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    55 8 Believed to be the first child to fly the Atlantic m an iron lun?. six-year-old Malra Ruth Atlas, daughter of a New York business man. i s seen here at London Airport m a specially-fitted U.S. Air Force plane which flew her to New York. The Rirl was stricken with
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    LEFTISTS WIN IN GREECE
    80 8 ATHENS, Tues. THE National Political Union of the Centre, led by former Premier Nicolas Plasliruwon the Greek general election yesterday on the basis of unofficial returns. The National Political Union ls a coalition of progressive dissident Liberals, a left-wing labour group. Populists, led by ex-Premiet Constantin
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    'Tommy gun in back'
    105 8 r PWO Swedish trawlers, tht--1 Marion of Tr^lieborg and the Larex. arrived m S* holm on Sunday spending a fortnight m Russian MMtodv m the Baltic. The ships were released following representations m Moscow by the Swrdi.-h Fnrpjqn Office *We wer*» questioned atx>ui everything. r\bout our
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    Escaped ex-PM for Pak.?
    81 8 BOMBAY, Tues. MIR Laik Ali, former Prime Minister Ol Hyderabad, who has escaped trom house arrest m Hyderabad City, La believed to be trying to flee to Pakistan to renew his antiInciian campaign with Pakistan aid. All, Hyderabad \s richest Industrialist and an outspoken advocate of
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    U.S.I. GETS 6 PATROL BOATS
    72 8 U.S.I. GETS 6 PA TROL BOA TS v^IX patrol vessels built for the Indonesian Government by Dutch shipyards were officially handed over yesterday m the presence of i he Indonesian High Commissioner In thp Netherlands, Mr. Mohammed Roem. This is the rirst order K>r .ships by the Indonesian Gowmn.eut The
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    INSULTED WIFE KILLS HUBBY
    95 8 FRANKFURT, Tuesday. VIRS. Yvetto J. Madsen, 22, pleaded not guilty by ITI reason of temporary insanity when charged yesterday with murdering her husband after a quarrel involving her "Brooklyn accent." The prosecution charged that the striking brunette shot. Lieut. Andrew Madsen through the heart with his
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    Buys bonds as police reward
    56 8 TAIPEH. Tues. POLICE have arrested four men charged with robbing the home of a famous Chinese actress on Mar. 1 of jewels worth U5544,000. Most of the stolen Jewels were recovered. The actress. Miss Kao Cheng-chlu. promised to buy U5522,000 worth of Nationalist liberty bonds
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    JAP AGENCY
    15 8 Japan will set up an overseas "trade promotion" agency m Seattle, U.S.A.- Reuter
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    Bombs greet Pandit Nehru
    209 8 Bombs greet Pandit Nehru CALCUTTA, Tuesday. I>()MBS were said to have been thrown m a predo- minantly Muslim section of Calcutta last night as the Indian Premier, Pandit Nehru, conferred at Government House on the troubled Bengal situation after his arrival here from New Delhi. Earlier r»nti-Pakistan political extremists hung
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    Man lassoes whales
    88 8 TWO fishermen of Wellfleet (Mass.) turned cowboys to round up a herd of 36 pilot whales, lassoing some J c V^ 1 and corralin %thers m the narrow entrance of the Chequessett River. Harold Payne and Robert Bacon spotted the mammals, which measured J8 to 25 feet
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    Castor oil for noodle eaters
    33 8 BANGKOK. Tue*. WHKN a noodle vendor here used by mistake castor oil instead of peanui oi| m preparing the noodles. 242 of his customers were taken ill.- A.P.
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    EDITOR'S WIFE FIGHTS BAN
    61 8 THE wife of U Ohn bin. managing director of th« Burma Press Syndicate and Editor of the newspaper Bamarhit who was arrested on Saturday, yesterday filed an application In the Supreme Court against the banning of the paper. The paper was sealed under orders of the
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    4 NATIONS AGREE
    27 8 Britain. France the Netherlands and the United St. agreed yesterday on a programme to raise the Btand of living m their Canbb territories- A.P.
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    Clashes in Belgium over King's return
    146 8 BRUSSELS, Monday. pIST-FIGHTING occurred m widely scattered parts of Belgium yesterday as campaigning for :md against the return of ex-King Leopold t o the throne entered the final stages. Must fights started when the supporters and opponents ol the ex-King were caught imMUing ur
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    80 8 TOKIO. Tues RUSSIAN of!. n Tokio opened a cocktail p. "offensive" yesterday as prelude la expected nogotiuiions lor a Japanese peace treaty and at which th^y discussed high policy With American correspondents more freely than at any lime m the past two years. Informal talks with the Ru.w
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    Jakarta power workers strike
    47 8 Jakarta power workers strike 1.000 Indonesian workers at Jakarta's central electrical power station struck yesterday for higher wages. Non-Indonesian workers carried on and no Immediate effect was felt on the city's power supply. The dockworkers strike m Central Java town of Semarang v still continuing.— Reuter A.P.
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    25 8 A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed yesterday when a Jet plane he was flying crashed near Itazuke m Kyushu. Reuter
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