The Singapore Free Press, 10 March 1950

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 2 S* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 141 1 14 majority on steel LONDON, Friday. tHK internment mm* a confidence vote on nationalisation m the House of m m<>n- W niffht. Voting figures were: Government. :M»: Opposition, 296. lirsl searching tost of Labour's narrow > yen m Hio whole House saw the »tei
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    18 1 Bystanders outside the Houses of Parliament watch Members arrive for the reassembly of Parliament following the (irneral Eelection.
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  • 110 1 LONDON, Fri. fJFFICIAL quarters said v yesterday that Mr. Attlee and Mr. Churchili may agree on a bipartisan approach to M. Stalin m an attempt to settle international problems. The quarters said Mr. Attlee might reconsider the rejection of the Churchill suggestion that direct talks be
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  • 311 1 I- T» I/1.111l I |lUJ>, "PHE Prime Minister of India, Pandit Nehru, arrived here yesterday from Calcutta after completing a four-day on-the-spot study of the situation arising out of disturbances m East Bengal and of their repercussions m the neighbouring Indian state (province) of West
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  • 64 1 Govt was not just RANGOON. Fri. DI'KM.VS Supreme Court has censured the government's legal advisers for "gross injustice" to a Chinese mining company, Kean (iwan and Company Burma. Chit! Justice l\ E. Maung. who reviewed the cast*, declared a serif* of frauds had been attempted on behalf of the government
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  • 15 1 Joidan has assured Egypt that no peace negotiations are under way with Israel.
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  • 31 1 A Conservative candidate won a delayed parliamentary election at Moss Sid**. Manchester. >«*btrrday. Thi> cut tlir labour (Government n tlim majority m the House of Commons to six.- A.P.
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  • 95 1 LONDON. Fri. THE Prime Minister. Mr. Clement Attlee. yesterday refused to introduce the death penalty as a punishment for certain infiingeDts of the British Otticial Sccreta Acts Sir Waldron Smitheis. Conservative, had urged this m he House of Commons m c revelations mad^ kbt triai
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  • 78 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. DR. Arthur Bunce. chief of the Economic Co-opera-tion Administration Mission to Korea, told the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday that a joint Korean-Anterican Committee was "'vigorously" dealing with the threat of inflation m the year-old Republic. Dr. Bunce also said that guerilla acuity
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  • 31 1 Five armed bandits escaped with U.S $63,933 from the Queen's branch of the Manufacturers' Trust Co.. h New York yesterday after holding up fifteen employees.- A.P.
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  • 238 1 LONDON, Friday. 4 MOUNTING wave of public resentment has ttared up against the Government over the dethronement and exite of a young Oxford-educated African Negro Chief-Designate and his white wife. Less than 24 hours after the Government confirmed that it had banished 28-year-old Seretse Khama from
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  • 35 1 The Lebanese Premier. Riad Es Solh. narrowly escaped death on Monday night when a man flred at him as he stepped out of his car to attend a party m Beirut U.P.
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  • 37 1 The Burmese Foreign Office has refused Tliakin Tun Ok*\ a former Cabinet minister, permission to leave Burma. He <vv- among s-ispects jai!-d ;,ftr- rannen interrupts! ibi BM»<lti§ m 1947 11 killed atvtii ministers.- A.P.
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  • 188 1 U.S. convicts Red spy but he'll go free NEW YORK. Friday pEDE^AL Judge Sylvester Ryan yesterday sentenced Mr. Valentin Gubitchev. a Russian national charged with espionage, to 15 years m prison. But he said he *ould suspend KBtenci at the per- sonal request of ihe United Sates Attorney General the
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  • 155 1 SAIGON, Friday. pONMUNIST terrorists yesterday threw a grenade from a speeding taxi m front of the hotel where members of an American economic mission were dining. Ten French soldiers were hurt but none of the three-man mission. The mission, headed by Mr. Robert Griffin, arrived
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  • 76 1 THE CHUNG KHIAW BANK In our stop press on Tuesday, we told of the grenadethrowing incident m Robinson Road. It was stated by two reporters that the bomb had been thrown into a Chinese bank, but subsequent accounts made it clear that it was a newspaper office that had been
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  • 44 1 THE big-three Foreign Ministers may meet late m April or early m May, U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson. said yesterday. No agenda had bern worked out and he could not say what subjects would be discussed.
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  • 30 1 India and France have not yet agreed on a referendum date to decide the future of the South Indian French settlements of Pondieherry, Mahe Yanaon and Karlkal.
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  • 26 1 A Japanese soldier cillod his mother and father -md a Ri!'M)v,st priest killed his mot 1 t In soparatt family •uurders m Tukia.- Reuter
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  • 76 1 LONDON. Fri BUCKINGHAM PALACE said yesterday that any report that Princess Elizabeth is expecting another child is "simply a guess, speculation or rumour." The Palace spokesman had beer asked to comment on a report m the London Evening News quoting a New York columnist, as saying Elizabeth's
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  • 28 1 All the 20 radium-filled needles stolen from the National Research Council m Ottawa have been recovered. They were taken from the storage shed by children.— U.P.
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  • 27 1 Two Japanese girls will be permitted to enter America and marry their sweethearts if bills passed by the House are approved by the Senate. A.P.
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  • 62 1 DR Yusof Dadoo, President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, yesterday described the South African RegisIra t ion Bill as "satanlc." ''There is no moral nor other obligation which rests on people to obey laws whirh ur«" satanic In conception and repu^iutit m practice," h- v.iH m a
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  • 412 1 Tin mines could produce profitable uranium output Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LI MPI R, Friday. DEPOSITS of radioactive minerals, from which atomic energy is produced, are m sufficient quantities m Malaya to warrant the ore and concentrates being mined and marketed from the Federation, says the Director of Geological
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  • 172 1 BIG CHECK BY K.L. VOLUNTEERS I tci- l*r<» Staff K«'p««i f KUALA LUMPUR F AT very shoi notice. Kuaia Lumpur liili-bu month volunteers li joined Kwa.a Lumnur and detectives m I screening operation to da They checked pa holdeiv icton dancers at the Lucky World Amusement park i 1 1
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    • 30 1 For t n« best Food Win* m Town THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT BAR 79, BRAS BASAH ROAD Reservations: Phone 4088 \4J) There's always TIME FOR A TIGER m Qtdfc Q*d quart*
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  • 606 2 MRS. AVERS GEORGIA NEESE CLARK, first woman to be U.S. Treasurer, fires some advice to her own sex m an interview with DOROTHY McCARDLE. WASHINGTON: WHAT'S wrong with us girls? what's holding us kick? "Plenty, says a woman who ought to know. Men call her
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  • 157 2 An AustcmliiD woman with a most unusual job is Doyle, of Malat v i.ey, who is a pro--1 aorse-brea cr. sun- tanned Mrs. i two children lived most of her üburb of Sydney. [ram he- family. .\re her chiel interest, avd he rougher they are, better
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  • 392 2 AUSTRALIAN women do not favour the tight, short skirts decreed by Paris designers as the latest fashion trend tor 1950. Of 10 fashion-con-scious women recently interviewed m Sydney only two favoured a return to short, tight skirts. Most said they considered them too revealin^, unbecoming and uncomfortable
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  • 69 2 A 72-year-old Australian widow. Mrs. Frances Geddes, nightly wheels a pram through the streets of Melbourne to feed hungry, stray cats and dogs. The pram contains 40 lb. or more of liver and half a dozen rabbits, which beforehand she h-"< cut: bolted and uarceHed. She feeds
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  • 665 2  -  Canon Warner By Church of England marriage adviser. "T AM 40, married for 20 years, have two children. I have spent the last four months m hospital. I flirted and even made love to a nurse there. I am now leaving hospital. m Both of
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  • 169 2 MES are becoming the designing sex m Australia, where many ex-ser-vicemen have invaded the fashion world. Trained ai technical colleges undrr th«Commonweal! h Government's Reconstruction Training Scheme, the men are now turning out some of the most dramatic fashions erer seen m this country. The principal of
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    • 62 2 Be guided by VCWU A wise mother leu baby decide about the milk. Lots of energy, steady gains, contented days, peaceful nights— these tell her what she most wants to know baby is doing splendidly on Ostermilk. The formula of Ostermilk is such that it is most suitable at all
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    • 16 2 JEST A MINUTE! Hv C.EOFFREY EVA\S oi<TT, :c -y .o+.— j Charlie boy— you'va been robbed!"
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    • 173 2 1/ NEWLY ARRIVED EXCI i si\ F FRENCH EVENING Bags. 278, Ok hard Road T I 4» m-mmm tf j GIFTS of QUALITY I Befitting a// occasions Avuiiadie (rum: LANKA JEWELLERS 20, Battery Road I ■■■■■■a II MORNING AFTERNOON DRESSES In Lambskins, Jersey, Linen, Coffon, Seersucker, etc. NOTHING OVER $25/.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 211 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR J£ORN today, your raxg- a littlr determined to get it. At heart yon are kind and sympathetic to others. Although you expect them to hold their standards high, even as you do yourself, you tend to be constr active m any criticism t you make. It is
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    • 255 2 F.P. Crossword No. 940 gtakg agag cv r;s ac ross 1 What gives the Convent Mother her authority 0 (11); 6At a distance <4.; 7 City of Sicily. *7); 9 Don't let the jam ration go? (8); 12 Why does she need a hod <5»; 13 internal leader of a
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    • 70 2 Solution To Crossword No. 939 [H£jE ■E|M||uH^fl QBABaSP i RATE T R AM NOA H^I After Mrs. ftnaith s soft has gone poor Penny and Jean lock at one anoi.-.er m dismay Then Fenny arif htans up. I tmew, rhe says. Do you know the t?.n y story of Hanse!
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  • 326 3 REDS KEEPING AMERICANS IN S'HAI Cant get visas, Acheson says WASHINGTON, Friday. THE T.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, A declared on Wednesday that the Chinese Communists are trying to prevent key American businessmen from leaving Shanghai. Representatives of utilities concerns and banks, he said, are among those who
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    51 3 photo Hnr&e artillery gunners prepare to firr their mortars *a they are called upon to stem the advance of "assression troops" m Alaska. Combined T.S. and < anadian forre^ have been taking part m military exercises which had as their object the protection of North America against attack from Alaska.
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  • 82 3 A ust. wants Pacific pact CANBERRA. Friday I Spender, Australian Minister for Exteri his first foreign policy statement farilahtriili renewed Australia's longH s i«»n tor a Pacific Re-lon j I Pact. i mi the British Commonwealth as a I declared that the new Australian nit wwm M i»iu>ue this idea
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  • 255 3 HOLLYWOOD. Friday II \\T to kno'v the It most popular stars among Hollywood stars themselves. While pounding the Hollywood beat, a reporter 5 >of things about movie stars. Some comments are eood. seme not so. The stars themselves can make some pointed remarks about their colrues,
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  • 130 3 W. GERMANS ANGERED AT SAAR PACT DUESSELDORF. Fri. |\R Kurt Schumacher, leader of the German Social Democrats, has denounced ihe Saar agreement giving France exploitation rights over the Saar coai mines for 50 yeats as "the first great foreign political success of Soviet Russia and at the same time success
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    73 3 photo. French Army tanks patrol the waterfront at Nirr. m southern France, as a truck hauls, part of a \l rorket launching: ramp along the quay for shipment to Oran. north Africa. The equipment is destined for experimental work on a desert proving range. previous attempt to ship V 2
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  • 14 3 Gangsters had own 'police' mo.n shoppB p: own n d^partand md a, ar: Reuter
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  • 24 3 vuml UiOttiAnd ragged cripple* 'Tij'KJ police s in NaplM m an demonstration more rellrt Five pollce:nen and two demonstrators were injured. A.P.
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  • 61 3 NEW YORK. Fri. VUVIKR BOSS Stephen n Carney, the man who *>ked N>h Yorkers to jji\. up >havin§ once a week to dramatise the water shortage, admits that the Munt has failed miserably. "We are now using more water than m October." he said, "and that was
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  • 73 3 WASHINGTON Fit L'NITED Stair s officials report what they believe |ht be the first step m the Soviet plan to gain control of i must of Communist China's dollar earnings They say China's exports of hog bristle* to the United States- her second largest dollar earning
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  • 35 3 Too many enthusiastic onlookers at Bangkok fires hamper tire fighters to such an extent that the authorise* win now m 100 baht US $5' fines on all unauthorized persons attending blazes.- A. P.
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  • 35 3 Mill Irene Ward. Conservative member of Parliament, is to ask about the Government plan to allow more British officer! and men m Hong Knng t<> bring out their wives and children.— Reuter
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    308 3 IF pa:'ni is strong enough to bid three noirump knowing that you do not hold enough to lave made a Tree bid over Wtftfi on» spade overcall. your hand is powerful indeed Assuming that he could win nine iricko «and fcf tnu.x' have at least eigh? !n lvs
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  • 157 3 NEW DKLHI, Friday. BCAFFOLDINU rtiat has partially masked the world-famous Taj Mahal for 14 years will have to remain at least another two years before repairs to the 300 year-old 'dream m marble" are completed. The Taj has stood at the outskirts of Agra on the
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  • 58 3 (CZECHOSLOVAKIA S Mil ster of Industry. Mr. Gu.s- tav Kliment, has called a conference of razor blade manufacturers to find out why Czech blades are so bad. The conference came about as a result of constant complaining letters to the controlled press about the
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  • 136 3 KELSON, Lancashire. Friday. DATIENi'S with nervou> complaints calling m at 1 the Keedyford Memorial Hospital here wil! sit m front of a big glass fish tank to soothe their nerves while waiting tor the doctor. A surgeon at the hospital said: "By the time
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  • 42 3 Mr. Mihail Shipkov. former employee at the US. Legation m Sofia who. a week ago. was said by the Stale Department to have made espionage allegations under torture ha.s been sentenced to 15 years iniprisonmeir by a Bulgarian Reuter
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  • 151 3 'GOODWILL VISIT' BY PAK. PREMIER WASHINGTON. Thur.v DIPLOMATIC authoi view the impending of Pakistan Miniatei to the United >-' as a significant develop m the East-West -old I The State Depart: Doanced T M:*t Liaq'.:a: AM Khan has accepted an from President Tnirran and It due 'o arrive her*- on
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  • 45 3 J^WENTV Him>m aro bacKin? O s-jnltys ca!! for an early I perial Center* net m .1 On ivp amend men King 's sp^. prnmen? bu British Pp.rliani'-rr Col Stanlpy < tAX 1<; .a* repi .the coloniai »»maire Rh inrludpd In 'ho roni Reuter
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  • 13 3 Menzies may visit U.K.. U.S. Th< I I middle of <i<p y A.P.
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    • 128 3 WHAT'S ON IN K. L. RLX: Aoanouned. PAVILION: Miss Grain TfckM Richmond. ODEAN: Home Of The Brave. COLISEUM: Johnny BtUnda. MADRAS: Davy Crotkett Indian Seoul f'ATHAV: Blood Is Thicker, and Innocent (Cantone-e». CENTRAL: Lahalibo Egyptian i. HINDISTAN: Bui Bt:hen iHiiiGU-,tftni> BOXING fti 8.8. Park Golden Boy rs Johnny Cinto. PEN
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    • 438 3 SINGAPORE I nmu .BBC: 6.30 News In letin: 4.40 Services Concert Hall: 5 v. „r,.«aU ß> Cantonese «BBC»; 6.45 "All the Around the Bandstand; 5.15 Re(BLIE NEIUOKK) Latest"- 715 News m French quest Programme compered by 484 and 41.7 metres. <BBC> 730 English Half-Hour: Norma Patkin; 5.15 Talk: BoKnierijency news
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  • 214 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Mar. 10, 1950. THE PEOPLE IN ACTION AN auxiliary poilceman gets a fleeing bandit m his gunslghts and brings aown a $20,000 killer. A Chinese tapper m Johore is builied by a terrorist into giving food— and kills the thug as he sits munching An
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  • 362 4 J»Hf: 38th parallel is an i:nline. North rf U lies Red Korea! suith •he democratic republic. Here is a vital flashpoint m r he cold war. Dean Acheson told ihe Foreign Relations Oomntittee on Wednesday v South Korea should be aiven aid totalling; 9 > 100.
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  • 1012 4  -  SCRUTATOR By THE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH ;>S REPUBLIC, M. VINCENT AVRIOU TO BRITAIN CO- i INCIDES WITH A WAVE OF COMMUNIST-INSPIRED STRIKES AIMED AT WEAKENING AN IMPORTANT < MEMBER OF WESTERN UNION. JHE French Republic is again profoundly shaken, not
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  • 109 4 ANE u£ the most primitive plant forms m Australia ihe ancient grasstree, or "Blackboy," is providing j, new source of a scarce commodity, resin, used m he manufacture of linoleum varnish and a certain lype of explosive. Grass trees which abound on Cape Barren Island, m the Furneaux
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    18 4 '•Really, sir! 1 appreciate you must be on call for •very division now, but you cant §lsep her*.
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  • 611 4  - Unknown 'Emperor William Mattinson By BEYOND the brilliant spotlight that focused on Ihc recent Hungarian spy trials stood a shy, elusive man whose name is known to lew save those whose business is big business. Yet tills unknown man is a modern emperor whose territory stretches round the world from
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  • 737 4 EVA IS MOST HA TED MOST LOVED Henry Phillip* SAYS SENORA PERON'S LATEST SCHEME HAS STIRRED ALL ARGENTINA AND MADE HER MORE TALKED ABOUT THAN HER HUSBAND PRESIDENT PfRON OENORA, Eva Duarte de Peron, first lady of the Republic of Argentina, voted •'most talked about and most powerful woman of
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  • 214 4 'PHE voice of a 17-year-old M, lad who gave a false age to join the Army and m 1915 won the V.C. m France, is to be heard again by London schoolchildren One of the "Junk Shop gleanings of gramophone records which Mr. H Trelease
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  • Letter to the Editor
    • 37 4 I read terd.i Oj: ed Pto speak usual. y v n fin* 1 v Sort of DO "Is T i c want U great K\TH\KIM v I \RR On board M V Ga: Cal
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 14 4 ATTRACTIVE SILVER BRUSHES FOR MEN P. H. HENDRY leiceller 78 North Bridgr Kd.. Sport
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    • 68 4 Don't judge a bird by its feathers A hen pheasant may not hi such spectacular feathers as a cock bird, but it s |ust a la and just as good value I money HEN PHEASANTS One is enough for 3 people BUY THEM FROM: COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH Milliard
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  • 331 5 DEVELOPMENT BOARD 'TOO POWERFUL' Municipal chiefs urge changes Free Press Staff Reporter THE heads of four Municipal departments believe that the powers to be given to the proposed Singapore Development Board are "too wide". They are the Municipal Architect, the Municipal Health Officer, the Municipal Engineer and the Municipal Assessor.
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  • 61 5 Hrn <:,tf Reporter Malayaaxe too I writer m the Review, office Malayan bought do?.? at lhe r ir appear to :fied m r.ced prices -rvvailed and puppies stock be see-well-bred I s:ud fcr 5175. small 5 si of litter odj 'S2oo— stud fee S3
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  • 14 5 i I Keporter ex"ed as enn rem and I tted m-
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    52 5 picture. MR. E. V. Fowler. Singapore's Deputy Commissioner of Police wha left Singapore yesterday m the Charon for Australia before retirement m England, chats with 11 I V* n l dm 3f t r v ****r Singh and Drum Major Cpl. Dali of the Singapore Police Band at the wharves.
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  • 45 5 J^T Selang-or Police Headquarters yesterday. cheque for $20,000 was handed over io the Auxiliary policeman who shot the bandit leader, Chan Sam Yin alias ID Chan Hong, when banattacked a cinema tent Xepontf near Kuala LumDiir on the night of March 7.
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  • 281 5 free Press Staff Reporter ,JIX of nine Malays who teach English at the AngloMalay School for Singapore Malays m the Ciovernment Kota Raja Malay School m Jalan Sultan have resigned m protest against a proposal to increase the number of teaching nights m a week from
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  • 46 5 The Air Ministry Local Staff Union, Singapore, will hold a tea party at the Cathay Restaurant tomorrow m honour of Mr Charles Richards, chief civilian ■'raughtsman of R.A.F. Sta- m. Seletar. who was <d the British Empire Medal m the New Year Honours list.
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  • 170 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Australian National Film Board's Pr«*ucer-in-Chief, Mr. Stanley Hawes, arrived m Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC Constellation for film work on what he termed the "Fifth Continent". The Australian Government's Mm expert, Mr. Hawes. In the 16 years of his work
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  • 42 5 Surface mail is expected In Singapore today from Sam and the Federation. Latest time* for posting g'urface at the GP.O. today are: noon for Sarawak < except Miri and Sibu), Palembang and Pontianak; 5.45 p.m. for the Federation; 6 pm. for Sibu.
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  • 118 5 S'pore bird book Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE Singapore Government Printer will publish a book on the birds of Singapore Island. The book, which will or written by C. A. Gibson-Hill, Curator of Zoology at the Raffles Museum, will have about 200 pages of text, and will be illustrated by
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    38 5 picture. /COUNTESS Mountbatten of Burma shaking hands with KJ Nurse Wong Lai Har during her visit to St. Andrew's Mission Hospital Singapore, yesterday. On the-right is Dr. Keys Smith, medical offirer-in-cb r- e o f hospitaL— Free Press
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  • 224 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE price of hair-dressing m Singapore's 400 Chinese barber saloons may be cheaper m the near future. Two unions m the Chinese barber industry have drawn up a new price list, reducing the current fee of S2 for a hair-dressing m a
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    66 5 picture. P J I HE Far East Air Force disclosed yesterday that Bristol "Brigands," powerful rocket -carrying bombers, are now taking part m operations against bandits m the Federation. These pictures taken on 45 Squadron dispersal at Tengah airfield, Singapore, show (above) a "Brigand" starting-up engines (below) armourers bombing- up
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  • 304 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN analysis of the results of the Senior (ambrid°f released yesterday shows thai th? percentage of passes of school-girls m Singapore is considerably better than that of the boys. Five hundred and thirty-nine student/ of Singapore's senior boys' schools sat
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  • 138 5 TEXT BOOK WORRIES ARE OVER Free Press Staff K?|)oi<*>r 'JHE Prinripa! of the Singapore Teachers Training College. Mr. J. D. Joit; said yesterday that studen s undergoing an emerfceiv-y training course at the CoUepe neod not worry about bu\ r.4 the necessary textbooks. Tnev would eet all the textbooks they
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  • 21 5 CjT. Patricks S iciety. Sir 1 dinner and dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall. <o St. Patrick Mftfdl
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  • 15 5 Tne Si-capore Social Welfare C 1 will meet at 4.30 i» m. today
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 86 5 ration tips W for t*7« week Are as follows *l! 1. For Gala evening events Striking Check Tafettas, m bold and varied colours. 2. After 5 and the Cocktail hour Knglish Printed Crepe, also Gold studded American Ninon. 3. For afternoon casual wearAmerican Jersey Silks all the loveliest pastel shades.
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    • 40 5 jfdracle%7iift TOOTH BRUSH Shaped to fit the curves of your teeth Precision made, protected by glass. 24 feet of 'EXTON' Bristling m every brush. 800 bristle-ends to clean your teeth better. PRICE $1.50 each. i^meimTybef ROBINSONS— I RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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  • 568 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS From 9. 12 impost will not stop him PENANG, Friday. \VIIH his promotion to Class 3 a foregone conclusion, I consider Grecian Prince the best bet tor tomorrow, final day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring meeting. Though up 12 lbs. to
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 6 The Kaven (Lawler) gets up on the outside to beat Brooking (l.ansdown) by a nose m a photo-finish m the fourth rate at Penan* on Wednesday Bonnie (.r<\v (Bagby) wa* third, two lengths away.
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  • 157 6 THE final acceptors for. the Uncolliahlre Handicap to be run over one mile at Lincoln on Saturday March 18. number 43 They are »wiih weights, which have beeu raised 31bsJ Btri Amour II and R<v Da Duole y s' Drain j tic and Fair I
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  • 297 6 IPICK Alabama also to complete a double at Penang tomorrow He Is engaged tn ihe fif. race for Cl 4. Div. I horses. W 'i. Power Chief. A«*d. Fanfarade and Pilgrim* Way engaged trainer Alan Heddle has a Vrong hand RjiinilUes. John and Alabama also have
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  • 522 6 rHK three 54-furlong sprints for Class 5 horses at Penally: tomorrow present real problems to punters. Despite the small field Of ten m the Div. 1 event, the winner is hard to pick. Mayloong. Jaunty. Gracious l.ady. Miss l.iner and Star Range are worth ronsideration
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  • 438 6 gtkag agag LONDON, Frida> lAPANESE bonds slumped on the London Stock J Exchange yesterday following news of a Japanese Government ban on nearly all allocations of sterling for sterling: area imports. Losses were between three and four points. Home politk-s remained the major influence In
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  • 28 6 Ii ,i' :n mm fcfl terda> spo' *as 2s Id £59«!S* t»id and £599 15^ :os«» IHI bid and £59! Kt^ o^^r wm 80 to: A.P.
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  • 23 6 The Nrv wji under lellmii pressure day and pncrv de< '.mcd up ir I shar* Transfer* I 300 000 shares A.P.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 87 6 Ask the lucky Ford owner why he is always smiling x^Ks 1 when he drives his car and he will undoubtedly wax enthusiastic on the advantages of owning a Ford. /dS m^^* "I He will explain that the safe, comfortable and f trouble free driving gives him an increasing sens*
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    • 133 6 MdnCirdkO Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya %[^!Sfr I r>v/S 1% A CHALLENGE. WHOEVER-] \7hOUGH HE CANNOI SEE THE W'^'i I I 7^ f if rUKRYIAi. MOVE iOf>--4< r^' ORmATZVEA'-DIRECTSWSCAS \\fACE,HE/NST<bC7!VUYKNO*\7 IT'SA MA\DRAKf :\<,'DE IT HCHIUf |A»4ATTH£-/MYST»y ATiXimtS OARING W Jln//^^/-- UNKNOWN 1 'A-.... uPAI UE :OGH IN--
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  • 852 7 RECORD ENTRY FOR YMCA TENNIS Tourney starts on Wednesday A RECORD entry of 105 has been received for the Singapore Y.M.C.A/g first post-war open tennis tournament, which starts next Wednesday. Dr. Chan Ah Kow, a tennis enthusiast, is giving a trophy for the open men's singles championship. It may be
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  • 345 7 Johore C.C. out of SCA tourney JOHORE Cricket Club have withdrawn from the junior section of the Singapore Cricket Association tournament. Their place will be taken by Catholic Young Men s Association Rules for this year's S.CA. tournament are basically the same as last year, except that there will be
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  • 55 7 JOHNNY NuUdl, the Indinn middleweight professional boxer, scored a hard-earned eight-round points victory over Ron Babington of West Ham at the We*t Ham Bath London, last night Babington boxed exceptionally well at the outset, but Nutall punched the harder and had the better of some fierce
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  • 42 7 'T'HE JciUlads AtMetiic Party held A RH. Keppel Dockyard to a two-all draw m a Junior football league game played at the 3eyiang stadium yesterday. Macdonald and Cookesly scored for the Dockyard while Kassim and Dollah scored for the Jollilads.
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  • 235 7 I ALAY A District, which is leading with 15 points three more than their nearest rivals, Singapore District m the FARELF annual boxing championships, is likely to win the championship trophy tonight, when the finals are held at the Happy World Stadium. Malaya District
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  • 264 7 WEIGHTS f«r all cuht races at Penang tomorrow, Anal day of the Penang Turf Clak's Spring meeting, are ftreJi below. CL. 4. DIV. l—« FIRLONGS Raniillies 9M Asad J-JJ Garnfatr lf Fanfarado Duke San B-J7 Jimmy Boy BJ7 PilgTim i Way t** fror 8.05
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  • 40 7 pKOMOTOR A. Razak i cabled the Free Press from Manila this morning to say thai Boy Brooks is prepared to defend his Orient welter weifht title against Alfte Sands at the Happy World arena on March 17.
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  • 83 7 PENANG. Frt JIMMY BOY (J. Donnelly) and Maintain (Woods) were very impressive when they spurted down the straight at this morning's workouts. Mayloong: ißagby) also caught the eje m a similar tryout. Alabama (Lansdown) moved faultlessly when he came down the straight with Son of India. Evening
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  • 106 7 q-'HE First SulloiJts, champion mat of Malaya, began the annual Far East Land Forces hockey tournament between the Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore Districts with a two-one tictory over R.E.M.E. Workshops m a hockey match on Wednesday at Selctar. The Malaya and Singapore DiB--tricte drew one-all
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  • 173 7 LITTLE NENE, the Filipino featherweight boxer, was m a great hurry last morning He had suddenly decided that he would H*e to oe aboard the PAA plane for Manila which was taking off at 12.30. Nene thought that he would make it. He raced down to
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  • 32 7 Arellano University basjtetball team beat Selangor Chinese A.A. (Chin Woo>. the Malayan champions, -by 35 points to 31 m a basketball match at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore last night.
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  • 260 7 From Al DAK SEKEMBAN, Friday. ILfHEN Negri Sembilan play their first inter-State soccer match on April 1 at Seremban against Selangor, it is exacted that a more youthful team than that which did duty last season will take the field. The position of centre-forward will
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  • 69 7 picture Willie McFarlane (left), veteran British sprint champion, raced a horse over I*§ yards and won. His race with the American-bred trotting pony. Westfield Girl, took place at the Stepps sports stadiam. Glasgow, on March 1. McFarlane finished m li-S sees.. 15 yards ahead of the
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  • 321 7 OOCCER club managers m many parts of the coun- try will be doing much telephoning and travelling within the next week m bids to remedy team weaknesses by March 16, the closing date for transfers this season. i After that day, any player signed cannot
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  • 154 7 pEORGE Duckworth, former Lancashire and England wicket-keeper, will be behind the stumps when the Commonwealth cricket team end their tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon with a three- day match against 'he Oorernori XI at Bombay starting today. The touring team, which is being
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  • 41 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. Jtrby union results vtre: Hospitals Cup semi Mary's Hospital 0, London K«*piUl 8 Other match: Oxford I I 13. Oxfordshire f. County maiches: Giou. i 8, Glamorgan 0: Some lie: 14. Middlesex 3- A. P. Reuter
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 58 7 Today's sport SOCCTR: Snr. Lge: S.C.C. Pulau Brani at Jalan Besar (ref. Mr C. B. Tan); RAF Selctar RAF Changi at Sefeur (rrf. (PO Harmer); Jnr. A2: BODCA S>«re Chinese Kn;in<ertns Asan, BOD ground (ref. PO J. O'Connor). Friendly: Gymkhana t GMQ Sigs., Si Andrfw's Srhool ground. UOXING FARELF boxiai;
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  • 38 8 fcSBKTSON 1> Sheena. wife ©f Dv. A M Robertson, a son, ar X.X RospiUl. on 8.3 50. BALDWIN: To Bee <n4e t ti ion*, wife of Capt. W. R Signals, at Changi. on 2nd. a daughter, Jane.
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  • 39 8 KO: At the Singapore Registry on 4.3.50. Hong oungest son of late Mr. n Keong and Mme. Lim Toh and youngest brother or Tan Hons Ohim. to Dorus Ko S'nt Ghee, third daughter of Mr. Ko Tian Beng.
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  • 64 8 HUUBQH: Ob Sun., March sth. ii. tn^land. Phillip G. Hudson. MI C E Overseas Dtrec-C-cor^p Wimptf Co., Lid. I CHECK CHAN. Managing Hf>ng Lee Co, I'd.. Spore. passed away. t.Si t* 9 3) Am. at his reNo !>-B 3rd Avenue, off Ttaaata Rd.. vag« 67K Lag behind his beloved
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    46 8 A gigantic new Thornycroft tractor that can haul up to 100 tons, is here seen being put through its paces at Bagshot. Surrey The tractor, named the "Mighty Antar" after a famous Arabian warrior and poet has been built to fulfil the Iraq Petroleum Co.'s pipe-stringing.
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  • 89 8 FRANKFURT. Fri. /GERMANY'S underground VJ werewolf organisation composed of young Nazi diehards, bared its fangs agaii yesterday. It distributed leaflets saying. 'Americans. English. French and Russians, we warn you." The pamphlets said the *ore id organisation, which sprang into prominence toward the end of the war. was
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  • 207 8 BERLIN, Friday. A FORMER German stall colonel, recently returned from a Russian prison camp where he spent five years, said that prisoners live -under unbelievably harsh conditions with a threat of execution hanging over their heads constantly. "I want to make known my experiences to assist m
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  • 45 8 TOKIO M (jMH. LOWING a week of >tr;tiur PKK -UyilU stories. Japanese newspapers now tell of an alleged •rooster" l:iyiiiK an eijg. When news of the laying spread, people rushed to the roosters owner to ask /or the "lucky" esjf- Reuter
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  • 75 8 STOCKHOLM. Fri. T'HE Swedish Stale proKCUlor, Mr. Matehs Heuman. m a report to the King yesterday accused Israel of unwillingness trace and punish the murderer of Count Folke Bernadotle, the lare UN. mediator for Palestine. He further charged Israel with having submitted misleading information m the Bernadotte
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  • 87 8 MANY SUICIDE THREATS I>HL Hume Secretary, Mr. Chuter Ede. said yesterday that the Yugoslav who leaped to his dea:h from a plane over France last Saturday had been refused asylum m Britain because he refused to say why he was afraid to return to Ins own country. Mr. Ede added,
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  • 171 8 HONG KONG, Friday. MORE than 50 Chinese ships, with a total tonnage of 100,000, are laid up m Hong Kong harbour. Most of them have been at anchor for several months as result of the Nationalist blockade of Communist ports. Ten are owned
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  • 97 8 BOMBAY. Friday ARAB-BORN Major-Gfn. El Edroos. C -in-C. of the Hyderabad State Army when it surrendered to India m September. 1948. has been amisVd by police m Hydera bad City. The anev *h. reporud :o be m connection *.th the escape of Mir Laik All Premier of
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  • 109 8 PARIS. Fn. A French Inquiry into 11--legeci espionage m IndoChina begun six monthi ago. may lead to proceedings against a formal Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. The Parliamentary Commit OH ihis rase known a.s 'he Aff»*J of the Generals." lias decided to ask the
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  • 38 8 releases Thf Miiiist- r for Economic Affairs, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. told Parliament yesterday that sterling rtleaiei during 1949 were fc 218.000 000 and wew mado arrangement with India. Brazil. Ceylon. Egypt Ir.tq Israel Pakistan. Sw»>d-i! arirf Uruguay Reuter
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  • 25 8 United Slates and British oil experts will meet in London later this month to CUSS the question of future oil purchases.- U.P.
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  • 21 8 A curfew, preventing movement on all waterways In the Rangoon area, has been imposed for an indefinite period, j
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  • 83 8 'pilK Caeek Minister of Justice Mr. Alexej Cepicka. .said 1 yesterday that a Catholic priest of (ihost. father Josef Toufar. had confessed to faking the "miracle" of the cross that leaned to the West. The priest will go on trial shortly as the "miracle' was taken by
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  • 134 8 MANCHESTER (N>w Hampshire). Friday. \l2-MAN jury yesterday acquitted Dr. Herman Sander of the charge of first degree murder m the mercy killing of his cancer-doomed patient. Mrs. Abbie Borroto. The jury upheld the defence that the doctor could not have murdered the patleni because she had already
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  • 265 8 WVNWAKD (Australia), Frida>. I^HK mother of Siamese tv%ins born seven days ago said yesterday that she would treasure them always even if they had to go through life with tfcefa heads joined and their faces pointing m opposite directions. However there is hope that the
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  • 54 8 ROME WANTS EXPLANATION ITALY'S Minist*] :o Yugoslavia yestercia> was lnitructed io a*k <h* Belgrade government tor an explanation of the killing of an Italian fishing boai cap by a Yugoslav pa:rol b commander. A Rome Foreign Mi spokesman In announcing the government action said ;h^ incident had canst d "justifipd
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  • 48 8 Balloon bomb man missing Dr. Toshiu Ot&uki. Japa: war-time scientist who taiwnted the "balloon bomb" which w.is borne by Pacific Ocean winds to Oregon, is reported m Tokio to have left his family, eloped with his secretary. and committed lovers' suicide with her at a holiday resort.- Reuter
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  • 280 8 HAINAN REPELS NEW ATTACK Reds occupy small isle HON(; KONG, Friday. THE Nationalists, announcing that four attempts by Communists to land troops on Hainan had been beaten off this week, admitted the loss to the Reds of strategic Weichow Island, m the Gulf of Tonkin, 30 miles off the mainland
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  • 160 8 GENEVA, Frl. THE government body of the International Labour Organisation took under con-' yesterday a request of the Asian Regional Conference of the organisation for "equitable and adequate! representation" m the gov erning body. The Asian Conference, which met m Ceylon m; January,
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  • 64 8 VI( TORIA. Kri. REDSKINS of the Northern Skeena Tribe have protested against the return of Japanese Canadian fishermen to their tribal fishing grounds and petitioned the Government to bar them 'from our inherited livelihood grounds." Japanese Canadian fishermen, interned inland durum the war. had begun returning
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  • 17 8 Dr. TSIANG ACCUSES U.N. CHIEF THI- d Nation Mr (United N |Chlni J D: ov> |t«rT-r rTTT3'
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    • 13 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 2.08 a.m. 3.U8 p.m Tomorrow: J. 45 a.m. 4.U p.m
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