The Singapore Free Press, 13 March 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA vbcvbcvbcv, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    WORST-EVER AIR CRASH
    375 1 WORST- EVER AIR CRASH Probe by Minister LONDON, Monday. fHE death toll in the worst flying disaster ol all time now stands at 80. They died when a chartered Avro Tudor, loaded with rugb> football fans, crashed at Llandow Airport South Wales. Lord Pakenham, Minister of Civil Aviation hurried to
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    18 1 picture. Zunah binte Hussin and Othman bin Iman pictured after their wedding yesterday at Kampong Woodleigh. Free Press
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    KICKY QUIRINO ROMANCE
    16 1 KICKY QUIRINO ROMANCE I iay 26 of mdlH 18- ildc a then n ::it I A.P.
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    A quarrel over name
    12 1 A quarrel over name 1 m m i 1 s ha A.P.
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    Recognition
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    Russians elect their new Parlt.
    77 1 Russians elect their new Parlt. MOSCOW, Mon. Russians electee a new parliament or 1.302 members yesterday after a campaign based on Politburo pledges that the Soviet Union is following a policy of peace. The No 1 candidate was Prune Minister Josef Stalin. H'- headed the list of Reds and their
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    Second cyclone in Queensland
    56 1 BRISBANE MOD A SECOND cyclone was iterday follow^ m th^ path of the 100-milf p<>r hour stonp which on Saturday wrought destruction along 600 mil^s of the Queensland coast. Tru* first cyclone was reported to be moving: inland and was exported to bring flood and rain
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    King Leopold gains 57 per cent majority
    150 1 BRUSSELS. Monday. I/I\(i Leopold has gained a 57.68 per cent, majority m Belgium's national plebiscite or his future. In Geneva. Kino Leopold went for a drive yesterday afternoon escorted by a Geneva police car. Two Swiss reporters were stopped by police behind the
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    Pressman bitten
    32 1 When a Melbourne press I photographer tried to snap a woman, she chased him from the street into a criminal court, tripped him and bit ■mm m me leg. Reuter
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    POLAND WARNED
    21 1 Britain has warned Poland rht- Wt-s? German borrif-r is rlos^d to mass cn r ry of un•oris^d German refugees
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    AUSTRIA SEEKS 'BIG 4' TALK
    60 1 AUSTRIA SEEKS 'BIG 4' TALK a USTRIAN government clrj\ del V'-.-f'-rday exp: the hope that France acting m her traditional role <>f mediator, would take the initiative m calling a Biy F<mr conference m Vienna. Chancellor Leopold Figl has otTered Vienna as a possible meeting place for President Truman. Marshall
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    KHAMA FAINTS AT MEETING
    161 1 LONDON, Monday. Khama, African chief-elect barred from his native land by the British government collapsed last night while addressing a meeting of his supporters m London. He faltered m the midst of a brief speech and unable to go on. After he had a glass of
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    Reply to Germans
    46 1 pEN. Sir Brian Robertson, British High Commissioner, has informed the West German authorities that he will not consider modifying the dismantling plans for the Watenstedt Salzgitter iron and steel works, unless those responsible for the recent disturbances there arc brought to justice Reuter
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    Cairo talk ends
    25 1 Filty U S diplomats meeting m Cairo yesterday finished hammering out a five-point recommendation for American policy toward the Middle East. A.P.
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    Envoy to Red China
    22 1 Envoj Rumania's envoy to Rod China, Mr. Teodor Rudenco. has his credentials! presented to Mao Tse-tunt A .P.
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    PEACE PLEDGE
    28 1 The Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reports that Japan's only uranium mine owner had pledget! to a Protestant pastor he would devo'e his ura- nium mine for "peace."—
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    COMPLETE EAST-WEST BREAK?
    113 1 COMPLETE EAST-WEST BREAK? BELGRADE. Yugoslavia Mon. RELIABLE authorities here said that the possibility of a wide open diplomatic break between the Russianled Cominform countries and the Western nations is being explored by the United States. British and French officials are reportedly engaged m inquiries among their diplomatic attaches to d^terinin*
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    'Mercy' Dr.'s future vague
    104 1 'Mercy' Dr.'s future vague C \N T DIA, New Hampshire. Mon. 'pHE medical career of Dr. I Herman N. Sander hung m the balance yesterday as the doctor and his wife left tpwn to ips' after his acquittal m a three-week trial on .i charge of committing a mercy killing.
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    Bandit killed
    37 1 Free Prrv«» MalT Reporter K. LUMPUR. Mon, A bandit who threw a hand givnade i at a party of police wounded two policemen m TVlok Anton jresterdaj evening, but I was shot and killed imincIdiatPly.
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    BRITISH, FRENCH NAVIES TEAM UP
    32 1 BRITISH, FRENCH NAVIES TEAM UP Surface ships and aircraft yesterday learned to outmanoeuvre and defeat an "'enemy" submarine flotilla m the first combined British and French exercises m the Western Mediterranean A.P.
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    India dumping, Japs charge
    39 1 TOKIO. Mon. BEWILDERED Japanese merchants yesterday levelled "dumping" charges against India. following reports that India is offering' I cotton yarn delivered m Japan at -0 per cent, below domestic quotations for the Japanese products. U.P.
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    Service for Burma dead
    118 1 LONDON, Mon pARL Mountba ,ien will aitend a service of commemoration to men who fell In the defence and liberation of Burma a; Westniins-r Abbey on Thursday. May 11. During the service. Eari Mou.vbaiten will hand to the Dean ol Westminster a memorial boo* containing the
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    Formosa entry difficult
    54 1 TAIPEH Mon. /iITIZENS of count: V without diplomatic relations with the National may soon have to get direct approval of the Nationalist Foreign Office here be.--being allowed to enter Nat: malist-held areas. Urider consideration here li a bill proposing the elimmat.on of visas and their replacernenr by
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    'Red blackmail'
    39 1 Mr. Alexander Rankovic. Yugoslav Minister of the Interior and Chief of Marshal Tito's Security Police, yes' day attacked the Russianled Cominfonn'a "blackmailing methods" against Yugoslavia. They had not. and would not, prove successful, h< j said. A.P.
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    Japs at Bangkok
    38 1 Mure Japanese ships are m Bangkok harbour now than ftt any time since the end of the war. Since Jan. 1. 1945 SCAP operated Japanese vessels have taken 80.400 tons of rice to Japan. A.P.
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    Varsity remembers
    28 1 The Free University of West Berlin will observe a "Memorial Hour" this afternoon for three students who disappeared behind Soviet jaii doors three years ago A.P.
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    Honour for Farouk
    16 1 King Farouk has been made an Honorary General m the British Army Reuter
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    New atom details?
    57 1 WASHINGTON. Monday. \TOMK secrets that British naturalised Dr. Klaus Fuchs gave to Russia may result m the American ;> ople. being told more about the atom, according to a number of Congress. He said he favoured more disclosures because Americans are entitled to know as much about
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    Jessup to propose new Asia policy
    197 1 PARIS, Monday. DR. Phillip Jessup, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large. is expected shortly to propose to the U.S. Government a new plan for a co-ordinated and joint policy by Britain, France and the United States m the Pacific and South-East Asia. Dr. Jessup has arrived m Paris
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    SPENDER WILL VISIT MANILA
    45 1 PERCY Spi-ndtT. Alltti External Affairs Mi: said yes'erday thai his forthcoming visit to the Philippines would be m the na- ure of a goodwill missioi. He said there would be BO formal conferences or discussions concerning any pac* or agreement.— A.P.
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    Shameen arrests
    26 1 Chinese Communist* have arrested eigh; senior officials jof three foreign firms on Shameen island. former Anglo-French concession m Canton according to Chinese reporta Reuter
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    H.K.—JAP TALKS
    32 1 H.K.— JAP TALKS Talks between Hong Kong financial in- ere- and Japane.se fishing Interesti at Nagasaki for the formation of i Sino-Japaiif .shipping company are nearin* i'ompletiou. says a Toki.t repoH Reuter
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    Colony trade boost
    98 1 Colony trade boost SINGAPORE will greatly benefit by the new Indonesian financial economic regulations which come into effect today, said Mr. C. den Hollander, Economic Adviser, Officer of the Trad* Commissioner for the U.S.I, m Singapore 'Whether or not this will prove to be a permanent factor will largely depend
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    French face spy charts
    53 1 PARIS. Mon 'J'HE Fieneh Minister of Justice. M Rene M said yesterday that m charges are being brought against N Roger Pc;. Frenchman n<'W Ln B and "all others" Involve m r Indo-C! ebM|tl are re natiu: telhg«' renin^; corruption The ♦•x'aadi.ion ->. Pbe dem.tiided pol;oe
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    H.K. deports union chief
    42 1 T»HE Hohk X mem ha.^s Yeung Sui-t;; ch&lrnum H X Workers Union VLt vaa fourth union Wde: pored since the uni< ed with the u>. Januaiy Cheuri^ Tsuu-nani pr> Federation of who has d yea ta Me A.P.
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    NEW DIAMOND FIELD
    22 1 Hundr»-rih ot people staking tl diamond fi< la d. rween the Tark*> Kold mm inland fron: Tak Gold A.P.
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    Cycle import ban
    20 1 The Canton Comm Trari^ the import of b: Red Chins b m Tientsin and Sha prod A.P.
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    The 'Lost' General who Won a War
    775 2 Henry Phillips TELLS THE AMAZING STORY OF GENERAL JAN BALAIEFF, THE WHITE RUSSIAN HERO OF THE CHACO WAR BETWEEN PARAGUAY ANI) BOLIVIA. TKN years ago, (ien. Jan Balaieff, the White Russian commander whose plan of strategy was responsible for the <i feat of
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    SOMETHING ABOUT A REDHEAD
    622 2  - SOMETHING ABOUT A REDHEAD Ferdinand Tuohy By AUTHENTIC redheads keep popping up and nourishing general conversation. This time it started oft with that winning election live-wire Miss Pat Hornsby Smith continued with Moira Shearer ("What a sham c the y did'nt take her wedding m Technicolour At Hampton Court!"); proceeded
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    Retreat of ex-Kings
    574 2  -  Melville Williams By UMBERTO 11, exKing of Italy, with his wife, ex -Qu c c n Maria Jose and their four children Maria Pia, now 16 years old, Tittorio Manuele. 13. Maria Gabriella, 10 and Maria Beatrice, 7— lives m exile at the fashionable seaside gambling resort
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    Creech Jones says farewell
    74 2 MR. A. CREECH JONES. who has lost his post a.** Colonial Secretary said m a farewell message. I rtWtH that, because of the misfortune of the poll. I preside no longer over the Colonial Office. "It has bien n.y privillt to enjoy nearly four intensive years
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    Film Star Church Goers
    300 2  -  Sheilah Graham By HOLLYWOOD /X>LLEEN Townsend's renunciation of her film career for a future m the church is said to be a publicity stunt by lot of sceptical people here But I nave talked to Colleen, and I believe she is sincere Time will tell. But
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      272 2 fgcvbcvbcvb SINGAPORE HI I t NtiYYOKK) M mrt 11.7 metres. j t- nit < £-ucy news from X.L at 10 a.m lODAY abl For the Schools: 9.55 •lde; 10 News from Kuala J pur; 10.50 For the Schools; vin;m*»s m Malay. 1 pjn. I Weik Orchestiti; 1.30 Signr.l ie News;
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      255 2 and Joe Loss and Orchestra 5.15 Talk: "Australian Scene"; 530 Spotlight Bands— The Dorsey Brothers and Woody Herman; 5 50 Talk: 6. BBC Light Entertainment Show; 1.30 Oversea and Australian News; 6.45 Richard Tauber; 7 Eyon Petri (piano); 7.15 Words and Music; 7.30 Light Entertainment Show (BBC); 810 Resume of
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      267 2 F.P. Crossword No. 942 fl^B I I I I ■^aLjA*- t^jl|Lk>*«j S3E^ """hBHbT"^™ """TmUBT""" ""THST""™ 1 ■■^Taß SB H2 HBe B^Ba *B3S*%i IDBBa^ j^^BsS i I ll' ES ACROSS 1 No place for a secret drin ier dl); 7 You'd hardly call him civilised (6>; 8 Mixed bftloi M iur
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      23 2 Solution To Crossword No, 941 S I&NfDjU C TiOj RJHSH ABoJITgoHEATi NuSTfT C|E| PIAJIixiBJS. I OCA P KIOIHAPR I ED. TJBp.e. p. RjfciSjixgl
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    MIDDLE CLASS PAYS FOR PROGRESS
    265 3 MIDDLE CLASS PAYS FOR PROGRESS Living standard is dropping LONDON, Monday. "IN the first thirty years of this century real wages 1 rose by about one third," according to the Beveridge Report, but the middle class has footed a large part of the bill. The current request of high-level civil
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    Red climbdown in Berlin
    27 3 V :;cionod Berlin that rally d 10 the the V r. ganlkx I .v< a Ar'.er- opposiB He 'ho >i idn :n:stra- U.P.
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    U.K. COUNCIL RECALL ASKED
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    41 3 Primes Lluabeth. wearing rubber boots steps dowa rrom an o»**£™tion post m th* cours* of b^r tour of k 5T22 Wlld t owl Ttus{ bir *antuar.y at Slimbndne C.loucrstrrshire Th^Princp^ was conducted by Commander Peter Scott (ritht) Director of th« Trust
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    Pak. rupee denial
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    A STATUE FOR THE FILIPINOS
    45 3 A STATUE FOR THE FILIPINOS H YORK Mon D the Phihp8 1 2 foot copy of Liberty were -he New York Her Genera! r miulo. chief of c mission to 'he will be a flft Seomtt of AmBt>y Beowla of s wiU b** the A.P.
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    THE TORTOISE IS POPULAR
    84 3 LONDON, Monday. I ir,!\<. t o the top as Britain's most popular lren*a j>et is the tortoise. impnt of 4,000 tortoises just arrived orted u sold out' by the nations pet i days. who da or.iv aid thai -re b?en He thinks only ran be o
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    No 'harsh' treaty
    37 3 As Britain described as fabrication* a London report tha' she is seeking harsh m a Japanese peace treaty, the US State Department denied having received any secret British memorandum on the sub)*- U.P. Reuter
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    They live on $12 a month
    156 3 HONG KONG, Monday. ll 111 l X Russians m Harbin. Manchuria, can live on 5.000.000 yuan a month, which is the equivalent of twelve Inited states dollars. Even at this rate, they are finding it difficult to exist as average salaries ran^e from only
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    MANY BLOOD DONORS IN U.K.
    49 3 MANY BLOOD DONORS IN U.K. piiEE blood donations. Qrst made widespread during thr war, are still c.irried on vigorously In Britain. His llajesty'l Post Office baa announced that In the long distance section alon«\ 336 pints of blood were given during 1949 to the National Blood Transfusion Service U.P.
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    10 3 "They tell me this joqet m odern fi a kiUtroo'"
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    bridge Problem
    149 3 >ne o( Df PtOBr. Quiz" very success- h partna s problem^ m i full !.-ro\e th*»t tour when >ne *ou Jtedummy. pade ace y\>u *i!I ftwT« sip«dr £**<W «t> .uiinedlately •°inc »x find yourself M ua« youi ive to decide Uv^ linmond or wont Dt- one fo-: r
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    50 world airlines to meet in Oct.
    75 3 50 world airlines to meet in Oct. SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. I rpHE International Air J. Transport Association will I hold its 1950 general assembly m San Francisco October 16--20. U S Flag Airlines, who art members of lATA. will act as hosts to heads of over 50 other international airlines
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    U.K. CLAIM ON BURMA GOVT.
    58 3 U.K. CLAIM ON BURMA GO VT. 'THE Burma Electric Supply Co of London, is claimme Ra. 2.415.773 a.s compensation from the Burma Government for damage to company property during the re'roat from Burma m 1942 The company. through its ii'.-s the Mandalay Ele<tric Co., supplied electricity 10 the former tl
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    32 3 phot* Women of the Statistical Organisation of the Indian Army at work m the punching section where records and supplies information are maintained with the aid of accounting and tabulating machines- GIIS
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    Indians seek to conquer Everest
    101 3 BOMBAY, Monday. FMVE Indian explorers will make an attempt some time next April to reach the summit of Mount Everest the highest peak m the world. This will be the first Indian attempt to conquer the as yet unconquered Mount Everest after 14 German and
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    JAVA STATES AMALGAMATED
    59 3 DKKoJufcNT Soekmno has now rignad a decree Inearporattn* East J?.va. Central lava. Madura. P.idang and Sabang^ic M* Indonesian republic. The decree te s»uthorised •:nde^ sun MBtffMMy law permitting U?.e rapid welding of the count ry iata a f»w big stales ir^t^a^t i* Ui« Dutch.sponsor^M ajKi*^ra *V many
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    53 3 PIKIIII This 354- foot high smelter stack at I>eavor, olorade. U.S.A., crumpled into rubhie when a dynamite explosion was set off At its base The stack wa s demolished because it had become dangerous. The pictures show the successiver stages of the explosion which blew up the 7.00« tons of
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    BAIL TOO HIGH
    31 3 Tokto Ro.x- Mrs. Iva TofUTl d'Aqulno who appagainst h^r 10-year jail term for treason, is still m a San Francisco jail as nobody has her US$5O,OOO bail A.P.
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    S'hai Reds expert at blackmail
    178 3 OTTAWA. Monday. MR. Bruce Rankin, former C anadian trade commissioner m Shanghai, has told a news conference here that Chinese Communists are "very effective" m blackmailing foreign companies and forcing them to pay huge sums to discharged workers. "They look the management m their oft;
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    KAREN MASSACRE IN RAIL TOWN
    103 3 RANGOON, Monday. REBEL Karens massacred Burmese. Indian and Chinese civilians before retreating from the rail town of Fyu 134 miles north of Rangoon. Colonel (hit Myaiiiß. Officer Commanding th<* T«un front, reports. He told a news con! c thut Kairi. afire, then attacked terrified men.
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    U.S.$ made in H.K.
    33 3 HONG KON(. authorities havr cleaned up several counterfeit plants turning out Nuprious American currency. Five Chine.se ha>e been arrested and counteneit currency totalling IS S&Sl.ftil) ha* been seired A.P.
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    New metal for jet engines
    44 3 WASHINGTON. M I^HE L ha s loped a n«"A m.-tal sik engnie> The Navy said "he kC] ment In the which is a\ la qu:i Ada. and basically nor. critical .ion strate^i tetali m the mix: mi and A.P.
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      130 3 WHAT'S ON IN K. L. REX: House Ot Stian^i.PAVILION: Miss Gram Take. Ririir \d COLISEUM: The. Beautiful Blonde From Bashful' Bend CATHAY: Aaj-ki-raal iHiii- di> MADRAS: Rachun Duma I Malay CENTRAL: Lahahbo Egyptian*. ODKON: Home of the Rrivr. PENANC ODEON: The Sun Come* Up. REX: Soutn of St Louis. CATIIAY:
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Mar. 13, 1950.
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      THE ENEMY AMONG US
      449 4 'I grenade which burst m 1 he Adelphi on Saturday nt dd more than blast a hole m the flooring and ire four non-Europeans. It .ilso shattered any cornprcency which the citiH of this Colony might :>lt about their tmv frctn terrorist outDdef Is ihat Singapore
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      DISASTER
      102 4 THE South Wales air disaster must grieve us all. The death of 80 people is a shocking tragedy indeed. But we mui>L place it m its proper perspective. Today, the skies are humming with aircraft of every kind, carrying thousands of people to all parts of the globe m
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    New Blood at Colonial Office
    1722 4  -  Hall Romney London Letter by pHOM the composition of the reconstituted British Cabinet the inference may reasonably be drawn thai the Prime Minister was not entirely satisfied with the manner m which Colonial affairs had been handled m the past. The defeat of Mr. Creech
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    Swallowed diamond
    51 4 Dressing at her home m Melbourne, Mrs. J A Lawson dropped a £140 diamond ring which her six months old cocker spaniel 3luey pounced upon and >v:tllowed. M the veterinary iMj-pital an X-ray showed the ring rs!de Bluey with the band broken b^.r with the thr?o diamonds still
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    20 4 Jeanne Grain chafs itfth Kenny Washington who appears with her m "Pinky* outstanding Hollywood /Urn dealing with the colour problem.
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    Beautiful Britain ...14
    9 4 SUMMER IN A COTSWOLD LANE, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
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    The Best Show In Tokio
    955 4  - The Best Show In Tokio RAY FALK By TORIO: THK best show in Tokio is the national diet It has some of the liveliest net ion ever seen on a stage. It is unrehearsed and spontaneous. Il is boisterous and amorous. The Japanese Parliament is newsmen's delight because it involves
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    THEY LIKE NURSING
    137 4 JNDUSTRIAL nursing becoming an Important profession for Australian women. Most leading industrial firms m this country now employ at least one staff nurse for their workers, and there is a constant demand for well-qualified young women to fill these jobs. A special post-graduate nursing course has been
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    S'pore is 'far too fast'
    115 4 S'pore is 'far too fast' fWft to I T HE A tor ol vices for DR X i. i has just of MedicaJ m SIT: on lea-. Binpqme to be one plai everyone plao hea;:h poll imporunang about tfaeJ Dr G pore m 192" medical raj i nae I I
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    34,000 PEOPLE QUIT MALAYA
    213 5 34,000 PEOPLE QUIT MALAYA Majority are Chinese Free Press Staff Reporter fJELPING to keep down the rate of increase m Malaya's population, people leaving the country outnumbered arrivals by more than 34,000 last year. According to official figures just published, 213,872 people (151,368 males, 62,504 females) came into Malaya and
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    74 5 picture •YfHfc Perfect Air (Jirl." .24-year-old Dorr en Pennell, of Birmingham. England, seen with members of the \ir Training Corp,; m Singapore on Saturday. •Hinder of the Women's Junior Air Corps, she s cktsei fr«>m entrants from all over Britain m a .ralia" competition. Doreen, who is an rimer instructor,
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    OVERSTOCKED FIRMS CRASH
    125 5 free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA U MPI R, Sunday. 4 \!\i!\ l> increase m trade failures m the FedeA ration last yeai resulting mi n bankruptcy, and the ipeci M even more bankruptcies this year, is imial report of th*» Federation OtTicial J, B Prentis. pur-
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    S.M.C. WANTS SIX WEEKS' DEPOSIT
    266 5 S.M.C. WANTS SIX WEEKS' DEPOSIT Free Press Staff Reporter AS long as a ratepayer has t\ a credit to his account with the Singapore Municipality his services will not b* cut off. the Free Press was told yesterday by Mr. J. R. Hill. Municipal Treasurer. Mr. Hill explained that a
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    Petrol: action sought
    62 5 AT the mt'eing of the Singapore Legislative Council ion March 21, Mr. John Laycock (Prog— Municipal NorthEast) will ask what steps the Government has taken to im piement the Council decision to put an end to petrol rationing. Mr. Laycock will also press for the splitting of
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    'Self-rule' for boys' club
    198 5 Free Press Staff Reporter \IEMBERS of the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club are practising: self-rule. Since the resignation of their leader, the day-to-day management of the club has b°en carried on by the boys m com- mittee. 'This new -departure is bein^ watched closely, as it
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    19 5 SCHOOLGIRLS of St. Anthony's Convent who visited the Free Press on Saturday to see how a newspaper is produced.
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    EXCHANGE OF RUBBER PLANTS
    124 5 EXCHANGE OF RUBBER PLANTS Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. WITH the lapsing during the war of the international rubber regulation agreement, Malaya has modified Its regulations which forbade export of "any living portion of a rubber plant capable of being used for propagation." The Federal Executive Council last
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    FASHION DISPLAY
    25 5 I^HE Chinese Festival of Fashion, presented by the Chinese Ladies' Association of Singapore. Is to be staged again at Raffles Hotel on Saturday.
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    MAILS
    53 5 Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Hong Kon»r. South India, Sarawak <e\repi Mirii, Java, and the Federation. Latest times for posfmg rurfflr? mail today at the GJ».O. are: noun for South India, Burma, Palembang. Pontianak. Medan, and Trengganu and KelanUn (the last two parcels only) 5.45 p.m.
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    CEYLON VISIT
    33 5 The Commander-in-Chief. Far East Air Force. Air Marshal F J. Fogarty will leave Singapore by air on Wednesday for a seven days' visit to Ceylon. He will return on March 22
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    68 5 picture. 'pHREE technical assist--1 ants of the Federation Survey Department leave by Air today for Australia to take a four-year course at Queensland University for the degree of Bachelor of Surveying. They are pictured here with Mr. 11. L. Ward, the chief Government Surveyor, Singapore. Picture shows from left to
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    A LANDMARK IN OUR HISTORY
    240 5 rpHE Straits Times Press Ltd. is. to become a public company. At an extra-ordi-nary general meeting of shareholders on Saturday, a reorganisation scheme "vus approved under wMdl the investing public will have the opportunity or participating m the financal progress of tht .-omnany. Under this
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    Glasgow budget thrice S'pore's
    309 5 Glasgow budget thrice S 'pore 's Free Press Staff Reporter EXPENDITURE on public health m the Singapore Municipality is only $1,700,000 or less than onethird of the $5,600,000 which the Glasgow City Council with a population about twice that of the Singapore Municipality spends for a similar purpose. Figures which
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    CULTURE TAKES A BACK SEAT
    118 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. gENEVOLENT association* claim the largest memoership among the Federation's 784.313 citizens who belong to societies. Malayans were least interested In cultural societies, such societies being able to muster only 6557 on their reeisters. Figures given by the Registrar
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    Ghost follows girl
    174 5 Ghost follows girl F. P. Malay Correspondent AGHOBT which the medicine man of Kampong Ulu Seberang Perak. Ak>r Star, identified as a "jin tanah" or a "land genie" if terrorising the villagers there. Utusan Melayu report*. Efforts by the medicine man to drive away the ghost have proved to be
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    Tanglin land to be acquired
    97 5 IN its first step to implement a $2,442,000 scheme to pic vide quarters for the medical staff, the Singapore Government is taking action to acquire land m the Tangltn area. The land now to be acquired g only 98.000 square feet and represents only a
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    MAIDEN WIN AFTER 2 YEARS
    742 6  - MAIDEN WIN AFTER 2 YEARS ALLAN LEWIS Saturday's races reviewed Ky THERE is a saying m the racing game that if a horse is kept long enough it will win a race. This was borne out on Saturday by the success of Harlem Princess m the event for Class S,
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    22 6 picture. '.tpLiin < urtis recelvel the I \KLI.K ('hallciiKf < «P' on i»> Malaya l»i>triit. at Kri day nißhfs Army hoxinu duals.- Free Press
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    PATIENT RIDING BY TAIT
    221 6 PATIENT RIDING BY TAIT DOWN an her nose soon after the start, Lobau Lady put up a good performance to win the sixth race for Chiss 4. Div. 2 horses over I considered her race due largely to the iplendid riding of Jack Tait. who showed great patience by letting
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    Old horse beats Cromwell
    106 6 RED April, a 13-year-old geld*ng that just keeps on winning, scored a t#n-le victory ur Hut>i Park on SaX) O¥er a steeple. -tut^e field which included ftve 0 «iid National entries I.oici Mildmay'a Cromwell 1 cond, \vi r ii Torhlll third. Possible, who ts entered I
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    U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS
    18 6 T! i L v' I >-.\- -\n the United States <>pR An.eruan> 8. Cle\ Iraeri- A.P.
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    FARELE hockey
    48 6 Husci KONG Defence V and REME played |oalIn the FARt.LF hoBe laj O: 8 a Honf X ll la beat Mat tlir^e-nil. Rain v hich made ti ,d suriiteii. spoilt the game. Singapore District meet g Districl this j In the Anal imme <>i the meet.
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    BERGMANN KEEPS U.K. TITLE
    64 6 DESULTB 0 i: ere: iU X holder* b.. If. Hi| IH 11-31, 11-11 Womrn > »in«les: MIM M lira h new (U.S.i 2\-b. 21-19 21-17 Mm'» douttlrs: Dohr.ar and V. Hur«n(iozo Yugoslav ui> bt J LtmCh and J. Carrmgton X 14-21. 21-20. 21-12. 21-15. \\»>mrn\ doubles
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    DROBNY WINS CAIRO TITLE
    115 6 JAROSLAV DROBNY. Kitled Csech lawn tennis star jrettenta] won the men Kinglet m the Egyptian championships a? th^ Gezira Club Cairo Watched by a crowd of 6.000 Drobny brat Baron Gottfried Von Cramm. the former German Da\is Cup player 8-6. 6-2. 6-3 m the final. Phillipe
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    Grecian Prince too good for rivals
    252 6 If AKIN(i light of his 9-12 impost, Grecian Prince A did as he liked with the field hi the principal race of the afternoon, for Class 4 Div. 1 horses over 8i f. Dancing Fury and The Maga* Lamp were the pace-makers at different
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    47 6 pi« ture. I. (pi. Megbahadur Rai (Malaya District) receives thr flyweight championship cup from thr omtnissionrr(ieneral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald at thr FARKI.F Imixiiu fhlMpi— ihipi at the llappv World Stadium on Frida\ night. Meghahadur kno<k<d out Dvr. Thamhu>am> (Singapore District) m thr second round.- Free Press
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    Three world records go
    121 6 npHREE world iwiTumiiig re--1 oordl were improved .n the United States on Saturday night, two of them by John Marshall. Australian Olympic swimmer now studying at yak University Marshall. competing for Yale tgainst Harvard Newhaven, Connecticut, won the 440 yards tree style :n 4 mini 34J
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    CHOONG HERO OF DARK BLUES' WIN
    44 6 (^HOONG Ew.- Lrong I any was m g<n>d by 15 nlnton meeting >ng bea* R E I 1 15-9. 15-5 S K I M m rif)';ble- 1 o^a: R^-i aid j-3 15-5. ,15-8 15-4. r I ."-14 Reuter
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    Peng Soon will defend U.K. titles
    18 6 at ihi N planned r m rii M»-r Women M^r Reuter A.P.
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    Empire team win by 6wkts
    9 6 Empire team win by 6wkts I I I Reuter
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    WALES SUCCEED AFTER 39 YEARS
    203 6 II \1 I s },a\- waited a lung i tow exact, imt now tht> have regained the trfgii UWI and with it the internal ior.i! ruth\ union < h.tinpionship In a thrilling gum nd 6 3 with i I a i'd of 4 I I
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    ARCTIC LORD, ROYAL LINK FASTEST
    378 7  - ARCTIC LORD, ROYAL LINK FASTEST ALLAN LEWIS Track work at Bukit Timah By LOCALLY trained horses were the only ones which worked on the main tracks at Bukit Timah this morning, when the Nos. 2 and 3 grass tracks were opened. Yong Thau Yin's candidates were the only Singapore entrants
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    25 7 picture. Mis, Sullivan leads m Harlem Princess (Woods), who scored her maiden win m Malaya on Saturday at Penang. See page 6. Scoop's Amateur Service
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    28 7 p ture. J. A. G. FE\F) "V DMtai S»rxar> (up at the Golf Club 5 \e>terday. 132. Group Hiddlr.stone !'tn Annip and Sgt. T. under's Cup. Free Press
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    Anniversary Cup winner
    42 7 picture. Air Vice-Marshal R. S. Blucke presents women's Anniversary Cup to the winner. Miss P. Hill, at the R.A.F. Changi Golf Clob yesterday. Her score was 67. Runner-up was Mrs. R. S. Blucke, whose score was 68. Free Press
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    Arellano beaten
    30 7 'THE Singapore Combined team beat the Arellano University basketball team by 57 point* to 39 In a basketball match played at the Happy World stadium oc Saturday night.
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    Britain's athletes forging ahead
    343 7 i British athletics as presented by the ptri of the Amateur Athletic Associappimise of a better showing by the country ial competition mi n th e near future a the most successful since the Association nearly 70 years ago rmances of senior and m partiand by
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    SCFA, Chinese Y's plan tours
    44 7 SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association will send a team to Ipoh for two games there during the Easter holidays. Chinese V.M.C.A. table tennis team will visit Malacca daring the holidij s to plaj Meng Seng Association and Malacca Chinese Combined.
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    YESTERDAY'S CRICKET
    174 7 t>ESULTS of cricket matches played m Singapore yesterday are: At the S.R.C., Captain's XI beat Vice-capfs XL Captain's XI 152 <R. Bain 57. J. de Souza 31 no. R. Jansen 21; Pennefather three for 33 >. Vice capt's XI It (B. Baker 20; O. Rozario five for 26).
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    Latest U.K. soccer league placings
    1031 7 "FOOTBALL League standings r after Saturdaj's matches were: Reuter FIRST DIVISION P W D L P A pti Maiichc--r U32 17 10 5 61 31 44 Blackpool 31 15 10 6 40 33 40 Liverpool 32 14 12 6 54 39 40 Sunderland 32 16
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    Quick tackling upset Liverpool
    506 7  -  JIM CHAMBERS From IVERPOOL, who ar c m the semi-flnal round of the F.A. Cup, were well and truly beaten on Saturday by Aston Villa, whose quick tackling and covering threw the Liverpool forward line right out of its normal stride. Goffln put the Villa ahead
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    R.S.G.C. BEAT ISLAND CLUB
    24 7 ROYAL Singapore Golf Club beat Island Club by 251 points To nine m their match at Bukit Timah yesterday morning.
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    C.Y.M.A. win cricket
    84 7 C.Y.M.A. win cricket The C.YAIJi. (St. Theresa* scored an easy victory over the Sinhalese Association by 90 runs on the BODCA ground yesterday. The C.YJ4.A. batted first and scored 159 the highest acorer btJcg Maurice Nunis with 63. 8. Olivtfro was the next with 39 runs. The Sinhalese Association replied
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    Ringcraft
    3 7 CRAZY SPCRTLINE
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    A. Morris equals Compton's feat
    215 7 A DRAW to the Australians versus Western Province cricket match at Cape Town appears certain with only one day remaining or play. In reply to the Province's first innings total of 303 the Australians hit 282 for the loss of five wickets by the close
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    MOTOR RALLY
    50 7 DROPPING only 40 point! over a 40-mile course, P J. Caroline driving a Citroen, won this year's first Singa-. pore Motor Club rally and two silver beer mugs. He made less mistakes than the 17 other drivers yestcday over the tricky course which coveitd mosti of the Island.
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    Brooks stops D. Cabanella in round 9
    255 7 Brooks stops D. Cabanella in round 9 Free Press Special Correspondent DOY Brooks, triple champion of the Orient, tech- nicaily knocked out leading contender Dencio Cabanella, Jnr., m the ninth round of a scheduled 10-round welterweight fight held at the Rixal Stadium, Manila, on Saturday night. Brooks was never m
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    20 7 picture Miss Manning leading m Eastern Girl (FUnner>>. winner of the first race at Penan* on Saturday Scoop's Amateur Service
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    Today's sport
    40 7 SOCCER: Snr. Lge: (Covers S.C. v Spore B.C. at Jalan Be sar; Jnr. B 1: Ist Spore Re*l S.A. Tuanjr Mori| 0.8.A. at BODCA ground: Jnr. A 2: Kola Raja 'A' v Indonesian A' at Grv lane stadium.
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    Motor rally at Penang
    99 7 Motor rally at Penang Free Pre« Penan* Correbi^^uaat A^ COMBINI SjXiris Mtet will In coring :ht Eas;?r ho Penang and Kec Automot.le Assim and the I The met i u:K bM climb hi Mount 1 j Pemn^r.i. on S;. followed by half-rr.:!e mot- i at Bayan Lep:i^ on day The
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    TIGERS BEAT CASUALS 4-1
    100 7 TiCERfI winners by a wldv bm against the Casuals m ye«l Senior League match at lalui saar Stadium, had they made lull use of the chances la from of goal. X£M Tigers won 4—l. Tigers openec the scorii*.. iii the game through Bcou Seonif he Casuals
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    Annual ski race
    37 7 JAMES Couttet of France »m the Ralberg K. Europe's major annual ski In a close finish ai Muerr' Saturday. He rompletec. mile course with a total de^ 2.600 ft. m 3 mins. 15.4 skrs
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    63 8 photo Mr. Allen Griffin (centre), head of the IS State Department mission to South East Asia, is here *e*n conferring with two of his assistants at Saigon. The mission will arrive m Singapore on Thursday. The mission^ report may form the basis of a programme of economic aid and technical
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    BIRTH
    19 8 BURTON: To Barbara Jand, of P W Burton, on 11th h. 1950. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    36 8 THE ENGAGEMENT Is aned between Douglas Mary, younger son of Mr. B. H. Seward. of Bordeaux, and the late Mrs. Sew?.rd and Elizabeth Vera, younger daughter, of Mr. and Mrs W. G. Dove of Singapore.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    20 8 In loving memory of Paul Shim pasttd iwtj :3h March 1946. Gone but not Forgotten Gianny Ss Jessica.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    29 8 YEE CHEOK WAH and family thank all relations and friends who paid n!ghr visit*. sent oars and letters of conth«» death ct his mother Anna Chan Ah Teng.
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    ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY S.R.A. (V)
    43 8 SVC. H Q needs th« ad%.oe and a-aiscance ot ladies experience of the work of en members of the Royal r.ent of Artillery. Ladies ined a:e in^ted to commun 1.--wi^h lha Adjutant. B.VC H Q Beach Road. Telephone
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    NATURALISATION
    45 8 is, hereby given thai D )KOTHEA MARIA BTOKXER Thomii:ison Road. Tangliu a pore: is applying to tht r. v for na* j-allsation. and any ptrtoa »ho knows any ja «hy HAturalisatlon should fraaUd should send a s im«l statMMol of the M Colonial fi«crerary
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    ROSSELLINI GETS INGRID FILM AWARD
    111 8 ROME. Monday. ROBERTO ROSSELLINI Intalian film director, was yesterday awarded a 1.000.000--lire prize for his picture Stromboli. starring Ingrid Bergman The function was attended by Premier Alcide de Gasperi. The prize v a Dtwly-tatitutod award of a foundation headed by Ma\or SaHa'ore Rebecchin; of R">me
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    European in ritual murder case
    204 8 European in ritual murder case JOHANNESBURG, Monday. 'pHE discovery of human remains m a plantation near Hlatikulu. Swaziland, has led to the arrest of i European farmer, Carl Werner. 43. for ritual murder. Together with Chief Sil•*ane Mxumalo. a cousin of Swaziland's paramount chief, and two Witch doctors. Werner is
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    JAP EXPERTS FOR INDIA
    72 8 NEW DELHI, lion. r pHE Government ot Ind:,t 1 inviting the I 'f her 12 Japan* anii impart training to d pel ions from Pakus.ige Industries to enable 'heir rehabilitation m India, it is learned here. Seven Japanese te < ruiuilng a training ftntn N^w Delhi
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    Coalition for Greece?
    94 8 ATHENS. Man i EADERS of four Greek |Li parties Liberals, a Dis- sident Liberal group. Social nocrmti and Republican Progressives decided yester- to tell the King they wtn .ly to form a coalition government. Thia ir,o\e. II King, would ous r Consiauf.n lsaidaris' traditionally Royalist Popu- v.
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    Elmer ran his last race
    42 8 Blmer'i Tune was his own funeral dirge on Saturday when the strain of finishing unplaced m the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Windygap Handicap was too much for him. Elmer collapsed and died after passtalß the winposi A.P.
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    Truman holiday
    19 8 Pit-'sitient Truman accompanied by his White House *UIT, left Washington veaterTor a three-week holiday m Florida.- A.P.
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    U.S.I. guilder fall likely
    210 8 JAKARTA, Monday. T*HE Indonesian Finance Minister, Mr. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara. said yesterday that Indonesia guilders overseas would probably decrease sharply m value under the new foreign currency system to be introduced today. The object of the new scheme is to end "all manner of illegal transactions and
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    23 8 picture. Mr and Mrs. R. (i. Turner seen with their daughter. Teresa Florence, after her christening at St. Andrew* Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. F.P.
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    Baghdad threatened
    18 8 Iraq's ancient capital, Baghdad is threatened by flood by the rising of the River Tigris.- A.P.
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    'Flying discs' were jets
    33 8 DAMASCUS. Mon WHAT were at first thought to He flying discs over Damascus have now been recognised *.<* small jrt pl:\nes with which the Syrian <ioverntnent it» secretly experimenting. A.P.
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    'All Japs war criminals'
    119 8 SYDNEY. Mou. A SYDNEY war veteran, who escaped from a Japanese prison camp and then fought with the Americana In the Pacific, hat aaked the Australian Government to set fiee 120 Japanese who are being held for trial on ocitj charge*. Mr Walter Wallace, proprietor of
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    Land of milk and honey
    49 8 rptih non-stinging Italian bee has been introduced for the 1 local breed, which stings, by the Israeli Agricultural Department. To revive traditional honey production m the *'land of milk and honey.'" the Israeli Government has allocated a large quanti ty of sugar to bee-keepers.
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    RUSSIA BUYS SHIPS
    21 8 Russia has purchased 22 motor ships built m northern [taly'l shipyards for UM In the Black Sea A.P.
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    Industrials fall
    20 8 Industrial share prices haw fallen by nearly four per cent m London Stock I Exchange since election day.
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    MURDER TRIAL OF 1850 B.C.
    117 8 PHILADELPHIA. Monday. A RCHASOLOOIBTB here announced yesterday that they had unearthed m the ancient city of Nippur. Iraq a clay tablet which they claim is the oldest known record of a successful murder pr< cut ion. The tablet, records the trial of three men and
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    Siamese twins out of danger
    103 8 SYDNEY M 'J'HE Tasmanian Siam«>twins, born joined head-to-head, have for the first time gained weight and now have every hope of survr. Their mother Mrs. Ersklne Smith who has already lad seven Children, will le.i\e hospital thifc week, but the twins will remain m rospital.
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    13 8 Asian nations shipped US$--*****.00 worth of chemicals to the United States last year.
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    CHIANG IGNORES LI'S ATTACK
    246 8 CHIANG IGNORES LI'S ATTACK Tibet invasion reported HON<; KON(;, Monday. OREOCCUPIED with efforts to repel an imminent large-scale invasion of Hainan after the Reds' recent probing attacks on the Nationalist bastion, Gen. Chiang: Kai-shek staff yesterday brushed aside ousted Acting President Li fsung-jen's New York attack on the Generalissimo. Gen.
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    Briton hits back at P.I. charges
    107 8 Briton hits back at P.I. charges GENEVA. Mon liHE British delegate to the United Nations Trusteeshin Council. Mr. John Flet-cher-Cooke, replied m strong anguage to the Philippines delegate's sharp attacks against Britain's adminlstraUon of the Cameroon* trust te Mr°netcher-Cooke charged that Mr. Victorio D. Carpio wa,- making political publicity" and
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    Defendanf ends 4-day fast
    54 8 \IRS Yvette Madsen 22. pretty defendant In an American murder trial In Frankfurt yesterday broke a four-day self -imposed f'<* sl Mrs. Madsen Is being tried before a three-judge U.S. court on a charge of having fatally shot her US Air Force husband after a party
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