The Singapore Free Press, 22 March 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA *iw» SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1950. PRICE TEN OEMS.
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    AMOK KILLS 4 IN MALACCA
    121 1 tgka gag own children. From the station he ran I into the nearby village, broke Into a bakery and shot dead two Chinese workers. From the bakery he went to a sundry goods shop and shot the shop-keeper, woundine him In the arm. No further
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    19 1 Sir Alexander Cadogan. Britain's "perfect diplomat." is retiring from his post as permanent British representative on the Security Council.
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    Penang grenade: nine hurt
    42 1 Penang grenade: nine hurt Keporter SG Wed. MATHIS. der of I Month ne of nine iade <* x timber ley heart of fter an when ■*'n at the tM Eight ihere one of Chines*, «u oomb exn a week. asualties enade was Monih"*
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    STOP PRESS
    80 1 An between tttdite and police was this ■trnin* reported being fctght :n the vicinitv of the fhrislun c<*ni<rter? on the On three and a hiif miK outside Kuali Lumpur Flame tr *re being *vd gainst the bandits fir have wounded a I One huntrt& and fifty police »uppurtfd
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    46 ADRIFT SIGHTED
    52 1 THE Norwegian motor vessel. Hermod. has sighted tht whole 46 crew of the Miranda, Panamanian t'team- er of 3.275 tons, adrift in two lifeboats after the steamer capsized off Keelung. Formosa. The Miranda's master is a Norwegian, and the other 45 members of her ship's com- pany
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    BOYCOTT
    39 1 The East African Trade Union Congress Central Council is to boyrr^t Nairobi's civic week celebrations which begin on Mar. 29, and during which the Duke of Gloucester is to present a Royal Charter creating Nairobi a city. Reuter
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    BRITON FREED
    16 1 A British national, arrested i at Warsaw airfield six weeks agj. had been released.
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    Malay girls pose problem
    173 1 CAIRO, Wednesday. PHREE Muslim sisters from Malaya in search of an Islamic education are posing a difficult problem for Al Azhar University, the famous thousand-year-old centre of Muslim teaching in Egypt. The girls, daughters of a Malayan Muslim leader, are Shadah, 22, Kamena, 21, and Saiedah,
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    Senate votes for full E.R.P. fund
    120 1 Senate votes for full E.R.P. fund 'THE Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday voted unanimous approval of the Administration's full US. $3,100 million European Recovery Programme. The Senate Committee also approved UJS.SIOO million in economic aid for Korea i and suggested a possible j US$5O 000.000 in aid for the Chinese
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    20-YEAR PLAN FOR PEACE
    86 1 WASHINGTON Wed. THE United Nations' Secre-tary-General. Mr. Trygve Lie. proposed last night a 20--year programme to win peace between Russia and the United States. He called for negotiations "which require honest give-and-take on both sides." Mr. Lie then rebuked Russia tor boycotting the United Nnclons after
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    Bound, gagged and robbed
    54 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER being waylaid, a Singapore Chinese woman was bound hand and foot and gagged last night in a backlane off Lorong 28, Geylang She alleged her assailant, dragged her from the main road to the backlane. She lost a wrist-watch and a
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    Plans given up
    25 1 The American President Lines shipping company has abandoned present plans tfl evacuate foreigners from Shanghai by Its steamer I General Gordon. Reuter
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    AIR CRASH NEAR TUDOR
    53 1 A twin-engined British Bristol freighter aircraft "broke into, pieces in midair" over South Wales yesterday and plunged to earth only five miles from the spot where 80 people lost their lives nine days ago in the world's worst air disaster. The pilot and three pass- engers
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    TRIAL DELAY
    27 1 The trial of 100 Japanese suspected war criminals on the Australian naval base at Manus Island, near New Guinea, has been postponed until June.- Reuter
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    MALAYA ARMY MEN CITED
    165 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THREE Scots have been decorated for bravery in a skirmish with Malayan Communists last November. Lieut. Derek HunteT Wilson Brown of the Gordon Highlanders gets the Military Cross; Acting Corporal James Nimmo of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders the Distinguished Conduct Medal; and Private
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    Molotov is boss now
    48 1 RUSSIA'S former Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, has assumed al- < most all executive powers in the Soviet Union "to spare the strength of the ageing Stalin." A Soviet Colonel, addressing a Communist audience in East Berlin, said this last night. Marshal Stalin is 70.— Reuter
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    COMET STILL AT IT
    40 1 COMET STILL AT IT BRITAIN'S De Haviland Comet—the world's first alli jet passenger plane— flew 1,300 miles to Copenhagen and back yesterday in three hours land 29 minutes flying time. Normal time for the route is about seven hours.- Reuter
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    35 1 More than 400 people attended a Chinese dinner given in honour of Mr. Ho Siew Tan's 81st birthday. Mr. Tan is pictured in the centre with his s<ns. daughter-in-laws and some of his 76 grandchildren.
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    MORE TELEPHONE WIRES CUT
    41 1 Telephone wires were found cut in three different places along the Yong Peng-Muar Road yesterday. Communist posters in Malay were found in the vicinity. The Royal Engineers and I police destroyed 27 bombs at Kuala Jemaluang yesterday.
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    2 men held
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter During screening operations in Johore yesterday two Chinese without identity cards, were arrested. One was arrested in the M-.ar district and the other in the Mersing district.
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    Best bets for today
    46 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS By MY best bets for today's races are: BARODA PRINCE. MAN O'WAR and JAZZ PRINCESS. The going is likely to be good. Best outsider is HUNTING MUSIC. TRESPASSERS best bet is UNLESS. [See page 11 for latest j track hints.]
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    C'WEALTH TALK ON ASIA AID
    134 1 Free Pres« Correspondent MELBOURNE, Wed. THE British Commonwealth Foreign Ministers and other senior cabinet ministers will meet in Canberra in late April or early May for an ur gent con! en nee on the 3oi>n jer plan *f economic ai'l to 'South-East Asia, the Melbourne
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    Burma sold less rice
    67 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. "DURMESE rice exports totalled 2,632.000.000 pounds during 1949, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculi ture. This is 93,000,000 pounds less than the 1948 exports. The 1936-40 average yearly 1 exports were 6,504.000.000 i pounds, the Department said. Japan received 122,000,000 pounds of the
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    ENVOY IN PEKING
    29 1 1 1 Norway's representative has arrived in Peking to disl' cuss the establishing of diplo- i matic relations with the Chi- j nese Communist regime.- A.P.
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    "H-Bomb next month"
    44 1 US. Atomic Energy Commission officials yesterday re- fused to confirm prets reports that the hydrogen bomb will be tested at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific next '""We do not confirm." th«y said, "we do not deny. W« < do not comment." U.P.
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    NEDEN REPORT URGES:
    402 1 'MORE POWER FOR ON-THE-SPOT MEN' Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE Service Departments in Whitehall should delegate to the commanders in the Far East increased powers in connection with the pay and conditions of service of civilian employees. This is one of the recommendations of the Neden Commission
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    Malaya is getting the armour
    159 1 Malaya is getting the armour LONDON, Wednesday "THE War Minister, Mr. John Strachey, told Parliament yesterday that urgent steps had been taken to comply with the demand of the military authorities in Malaya for additional supplies of armour d vehicles. Fifty-six armoured vehicles, including 25 armoured cars, had born sent
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    Faster jets for R.A.F.
    87 1 LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN is developing vanced types of Jet riglr ers with speeds appru that of sound well over miles an hour the Air Minister. Mr. Arthur Hoiv son. told Parliament yc^ day These fighters, able to fly extreme heights, are to f the new jet
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    SAIGON BOMBS
    19 1 Ten people were wound* by hand grenades when hHi and-run terrorists striic t again in Saigon- U.P.
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    Treatment For A Malaria Victim
    1313 2 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR I HAVE been suffering from malaria since the Japanese occupation The attacks come and go at irregular mten*als. I have been taking quinin*. paludrine. atabrine etc. without any permanent cure. Could you advise me on some form of treatment? M. TAN. 799.
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    17 2 No late nights, plenty of rest aire the Flying Club a miss for a week or two
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    14 2 This poriabit tudUrmi tits into a nalstcout pocktt. Its for husbands 0/ houseproud" wires'
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    THE FIRST JET-AGE CAR
    557 2  - THE FIRST JET-AGE CAR BASIL CARDEW By 'pHE worlds first jet- age car made in Britain- did 90 miles an hour in its public tryout on the Silverstone circuit. Northants And the throttle pedal was not fully down. It has no Kirmal g^ar ]»-v. and no clutrh It accelerates like
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    'How To Get Slim' Experiments
    344 2 'How To Get Slim' Experiments WHY is it that many people with moderate appetites get fat while others cannot put on weight however much they eat? To settle this question a team of medical scientists is carrying out intensive experiments with human volunteers at Edinburgh University. Their first findings are
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      181 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR [JOHN on this first day world may not be rijjhl of the incoming Mgn, thi* instant, but tomorrow Arie*, you are a leader. surely will be better. a pioneer and a fighter It is likely that you will for any cause which you have distinct dramatic undertake.
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      247 2 1 New Crossword No. 2 CLI ES ACROSS 1. Hard hit (8). 7. They mount up between Europe and Asia <5> 8 100 superfluous (5). 8. For top lighting on birthdays (4. 7i io. Fairy companion to Cobweb and Peasbloasom «7, 4>. 13. The sonnet begins with It (5). 14.
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      54 2 Solution To Crossword No. l voi t i |OX— Anot* t k 5. Cod. Annie, 8. I\)pei v r and aMf. 11 Chatelainp6 13 Purse. 15. Scoop. 16. Hum 11 Blankly DtMra: 1. chaff 2. Candelabrum 3 O\er age. 4. So> I Captain Cook. Doromy. 10, De<«d sefl. 11, Caper.
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    U.S. HOLD ELECTIONS IN NOV.
    257 3 U.S. HOLD ELECTIONS IN NOV. 46 7 Congress seats at stake mm ¥T o WASHINGTON, Wednesday. FHL I nited States Democratic and Republican parties are drawing the battle-lines for an allout tight for control of Congress in the Congressional elections in November this year. Elections will then be held for
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    Birth control is Asia key
    142 3 u \>HIN(iTON. Wednesday. and 1»« tter educational opportuniI :•> Miccess of I \S. efforts to im- eloped countries, says a e I oreun Polii v Association. itral one in an analysis of onomy by Dr. J i Calllorala economics pro- >r. Oiher requisites :o: eratioQ
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    Lock Lomond will be national park
    51 3 Lock Lomond will be national park The bonnie. bonnie banks of Loch Lomond are to be a I naional park. Britain's Secretary of Sta'e I for Scotland has announced the government had TO-acre ei which includes the mountain Ben Lomond and a 13--le stretch of the banks of the lake.-
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    P.I. Chinese not to be deported
    9 3 P.I. Chinese not to be deported gka gag Reuter
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    'E Bengal Hindus wish to remain'
    8 3 'E Bengal Hindus wish to remain' I I
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    NEW ANGLE TO FRENCHUNREST
    255 3 PARIS, Tuesday. THE latest wave of strikes i n France is. in the view of many observers here, a challenge to public authorities and employers alike to procfuce a long term social and economic policy which will have a chance of getting: at the root of
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    He guarded the rails
    95 3 He guarded the rails RANGOON. WVd. A LARM seized passengers r\ vben a train running between the sacred Burmese city. Mandalay. and Madaya. 1 12 miles away, came to an abrupt halt and the engine began to Hoot. They wondered if they were to be victims of bandits and rebels.
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    Police strengthened
    19 3 The Italian police forces will be restored to their 1948 elections maximum strength to safeguard public order.
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    NEW 'MONA LISA' STIRS ART CIRCLES
    187 3 ?.K Wed. i Vr.-rJca. that :c Mohj -Ted 1 1 P^iire. story of rican Moni bung for first In a Rh >de Is.UnoTer nnt Ame- .^mon French court in the 13th century. He j was introduced by his friend Benjamin Franklin, to Louis XVI
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    Surfing has hazards but it is fun
    289 3 SYDNEY, Wednesday. Ij^VERY summer Sunday, about 50,000 Sydneysiders J risk life and limb for fun. Only a few think about it. To the rest, there is nothing at all hazardous about going for a surf. A few of us sat On the beach
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    Bridge Hands
    352 3 WEST opened the heart king D-jtr.my ruffed and declarer promptly took the club finesse but It lost to Wests king and a trump came back. Souih won. cashed the club ace and crossed to dummy's spade ace. If the rlubs had split. South would have been able to
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    A princess raps the gravel
    188 3 > KRSAILLES, Wednesday. ROYALTY gels few chances to rap the gravel in a Republican Parliament, but a tiny princess from far-off Cambodia does it. She is 55-y ar-old Ping-P^-ans Yukanhtor. daughter of the former hr ir to an IndoChinese kingdom. The present king. His Majesty
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    67 3 photo. The British Nary is currently engaged in "Operation Ducat." an attempt to locate a Spanish treasure ship sunk in Tobermory Bay. Scotland. 36t years ago. Above ships of the search party in Tobermory Bay and. left, Lt Commander Parkison and Mr. A. R. Page. Chamberlain to thr Duke of
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    SHE'S NO LADY IN THE RING
    125 3 SVDNhY V, d I "NDEFEATED wu nan oaf.Sydney is 18 year-vjld Catherine Thomas. 8s; olb Bul she is na cram pufl fi-- In her 18 flght career has been beaten only on ft^r orcaiions and earh tin. b' mer.. Sne has been fcr. ck
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    TRAY FOR CASTLE
    30 3 The Rev Rae of Dundee j chaplain u ihe Force 1 ed in m.s ii30.000 u Itr tray r>r by all rank* <•' Guards be d«v Eiiean Do:.
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      25 3 THAT'S ON IN K.L. MM) Dancer dianun PINANC '.LOR*. FNT R M IPOH N PengaR» B\ High N "-intern '•R*\D SE REMBAM HI METRO- %TH\>
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      333 3 prrsc rC:«. RMM^.^I Coffee Hour Farourites; 11 Album SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] of Austrjaian nlO Every (BLUE NETWOKK) 4.45 p.m. Pr^gratme summary; mans Music 1130 News BuUeUn: «X1 and 417 metres. 4.47 "From the London Editorials" 11.45 Close of Morning Pro- 1 IM <BBC); 4.55 "Composer of the Kramme 4 pjn
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    MALAYA'S HOLLYWOOD
    360 4  -  RUTH LANGDON SINGAPORE INDUSTRIES 12 Siorv by MALAY Film P: picture stud. l] film product ..deci the Colony operat 1 ca I I Photos by Tins is No 8. Jalan Amp.i>, the home of the Malay Film Productions. Ltd The lar;». brown, all-purpose building houses the studio Mike-
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    Keen Britons score over the Reds
    166 5 VIENNA, Tuesday. RlM\\!\\ Communists, finding that they were war of the placards" to the i!y ended the struggle by closing the am Office in Bucharest, travellers Irtm there relate. the end came, there were at s looking at the British posters looked at the
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    CHAPTER ON ONE STAMP
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    London denies China demand
    49 5 LONDON, Tues. met spokesv denied an report that r.iunist Gov- 1 Britain to existing •rpaties before ion on the British conlomatic reKmg is that hlnaon. saw Minister for r *he second ißd gave him stions pui to aon b y Peking Got- fj;a gagag Reuter
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    NO WAR, SAYS PUBLISHER
    34 5 -mick U that war s Sialin "is a ribune pubhas won ptrc which i n n: was y \e will a war with a war id ti l)ie.' sa;ci. A.P.
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    ADVICE TO U.S.
    10 5 IMmis- as told should nteraaro help Reuter
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    FLIGHTS TO ROME
    12 5 I ;om EdGiasgow to II pilgrim<*en announced A. P.
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    GOLNG EAST
    16 5 well-informed soarcrs said today that President Soekarno would visit East Indonesia In May. Reuter
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    RED-EGYPI DEAL
    24 5 A Russian -Egyptian bane: agreement was announced yesterday involving exchange of 100.000 tons of Russian wheat for Egyptian short staples cotton.- A.P.
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    Mystery man who helps drunks
    180 5 LONDON, Wednesday. i SMALL man with a chestnut beard told Hastings magistrates about a movement to help drunkards, called "Alcoholics Anonymous." It is run, he sato, by ex-drunks who devote their time t > assisting ctheis who want to give up drinkin<r He asked that
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    55 5 Prince Karan Singh, only son of the Maharaja of limmu and Kashmir, with his bride. Princess Yashorajya Laxmi. franddaughter of the royal and hereditary Prime Minister of the independent Hindu kingdom of Nepal, General Mohan Shumser Jung Ran*. They were married recently in Bombay, uniting the aneient djnasties of Bogra
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    LILIENTHAL TO TRAVEL, WRITE
    43 5 LILIENTHAL TO TRAVEL, WRITE VfR. DAVID E. Ulienthal, now a private citizen, Intends to travel and write, s The former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority and VS. Atomic Energy Commission, has announced that he has a two-year contract with Colliers magazine. A.P.
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    SENATOR BRANDS MISS BERGMAN
    128 5 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. SENATOR Edwin Johnson agreed yesterday that film siar Ingrid Bergman, whom he has criticised for her real life love can return to the United I States for M her day in court." He added that, if she does return, "in all likelihood she i
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    Vain woman of 500 B.C.
    80 5 TEN hand mirrors claimed to be 3,000 years old have been discovered .n a tomb at Ikkisan village, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. They were laid out beside a skeleton which was adorned around the neck and •wrists with stone beads. A professor of Kyoto University,
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    A 'RADIANT CITY' FOR THE FRENCH
    201 5 A solution for Singapore? MARSEILLES, Wednesday. pRfc'NCHMEN, beset with an acute nation-wide housing problem, are watching with close interest the "Cite Radiouse" (Radiant City) which M. Charles de Corbusior, one of France's foremost architects, is building here in Marseilles. When completed 12 months hence,
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    87 5 photo These dramatic pictures of the raising and beaching of the sunken submarine Truculent show: (top) the hawser* of the world's most powerful lifting craft the former German En«rgie and Ausdaner holding the i rammed craft in their multiple nine-inch hawsers: (middle) salvage officers j tensely watching the Truculent** form
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    'Russians guard S'hai, Nanking'
    167 5 TAIPEH, Tuesday. DL SSI AN troops are guarding towns on the vital rail link between Nankin* and Shanghai, the official Nationalist news service reports. The report said that 4,000 Russian troops, who arrived in Nanking o n Feb. 20 and were sent to key points along
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    26 5 photo. Kinjf Norodom Sihanouk of the French -sponsored state of Cambodia is here seen reading a proclamation to his people from hi s palace.- A. P.
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    'Terrorists' go on trial
    66 5 A GROUP of alleged terrora\ ists. charged with working for the American. Vat can. and French espionage service, went on trial yesterday before a Czech court The State said that the group had been carrying on terrorist activities since 1948. the year the Communists rame to
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    RIGGING A SIRING
    25 5 The Russians are reported to be rigging a string of "static stations" in East Germany to black out West German broadcasts. A.P.
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    Consul transferred
    23 5 The US State Department has announced the transfer of Mr. Edward W. Mills from Jakarta to Sourabaya, Indonesia, as American consul.
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    60 YEARS OLD
    38 5 The Forth Bridge, which took 500 men seven years to build and cost £3 millions, is GO years old It takes the 24 painters working all the year lound three years completely to paint it
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    Presidential order
    27 5 President Quirino has issued an executive order exempting from Import restrictions the entry into the coun- try of materials and equipment for the armed forces.
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    U.S. TO STOP AID FOR REFUGEES
    82 5 GENEVA. Wed. 'THE United States has told the International Refugee Organisation that no further U.S. funds would be made available to the organisation after March 31. 1951. After the scheduled winding up of 1.R.0. on March 31 next year, a UN. High Commissioner for
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    Egyptian Reds rounded up
    78 5 CAIRO. T;. SECURITY police 'la^e i/ <d the ent.rv 13 na i General Committee of Egyptian Communist P. in a series of midnight sweeps on suburban Helio, The Comm'jr.bt leaders we s?iwd while preparing to I their flrsi full g^n^nl rummi:te<» meeting since May. I9il wh»-.i
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    4 thrifty explorers
    60 5 FOIR members of the Scottish Mountains rin/t Vlub arc scouring Glasgow's barrow markets and secondhand shops seeking equipment for an expedition to the Himalayas. Experienced Alpine climbers, they plan to set out next month at their own expense in the first all-Scot-tish expedition to the Himalayan heights
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    DIPLOMATIC AREA FOR NEW DELHI
    46 5 Thp Government of India has announced plans to set apart 200 acres of land for construction of a diplomatic enclave. This area is In the centre of a general 1,600-acre extension plan to relieve ran. gestion in New Delhi.- A. P.
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    3 states accused of plots
    142 5 WASHINGTON Whi "THREE Latiiw Ame'K countries have oiccused by a five-nut io.i committee of full hi:: for a feud which months has shaken Caribbean area. A fact-findine group set up by the organisation of American States charged Cubn. Guatemala and the Dominican Republic with responsibility
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Mar 22. 1950 LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND
    82 6 gtks gsg from which the bandits J could draw support and food, manned by men who know the country and the people? Such framework helped at first by strong military -police action r 0 weed out those men
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    There IS Defence Against A-Bombs
    727 6 tgklasg asg WHAT will war be like il" it comes again? Will it wipe out civilisation and plunge Ihe world back into barbarism? Now a new H. G. Wells has emerged to give us an answer: not this time a novelist with the gift of
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      Marooned dog: Why the fuss?
      257 6 r PHE publicity which 1 you uave to the rescued, marooned do^ in three successive issues of your paper last week and again In the Sunday Times this week, makes one wonder why you attach so much significance to a mere stray dog. Is it
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    BEETHOVEN CAN BE VULGAR TOO
    670 6  - BEETHOVEN CAN BE VULGAR TOO NEVILLE CARDUS Talking about Music... By I HAVE been (hided by correspondents for what they describe in different terms my "belittling" of Tchaikovsky I have. of course, never belittled Tchaikovsky It is. In fact only a n i or two auo. since I wrote a
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    'SCENTED FOG'
    64 6 a-m a tas Em P ir e Airways *nl us e "scented fog' to disiord Smith airport Known as Todd insecticidal fog, the application will be pumped into a Constellauon and three Skymasters A spokesman said the chemical could be scented with any type of perfume For »hLs
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    CONCERT FIRST OF MANY?
    283 6  - CONCERT FIRST OF MANY? PRESTO Music topics by BOOKINGS Tor the concerts by the Singapore Musical Society orchestra on Friday and Sunday at the Victoria Hall have been satisfactory and indicate that both concerts will be played to 'house full' attendances. It is expected, however, that there will be a
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    New Records
    337 6 Morart Stmphom No. 40 in 0 Minor. Vienna I'hilharnifiini ONtaln conducted by lurlwan*ler. lIMV OB 9441—3. I. V O < o:r.:: r beta model e\hpare belr.. :.te<l bv M r cilngs Re<enilv «t had a very fine recordtm of 'he "JupiryieoiM rn Putin «nd we ha\e another splendid
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    WORKERS HIT AT BANDIT SUPPLIES
    314 7 WORKERS HIT AT BANDIT SUPPLIES Jungle tapioca areas dug up Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRi:, Wednesday. LABOURERS who have volunteered for* AntiBandit Month work in Johore are helping to cut down bandit food supplies by digging: up tapioca growing wild in remote jungle areas. The District Organiser in Kluang,
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    64 7 picture. MR. S. D. Kalelkar. Government of Ind,ia Information Officer, speaking at a party given by Mr. G. Sarangapany (second from 1 |«-f 1 at the anMot rant yesterday. The tea party was to "bid farewell to Mr Kalelkar uho is "w |n l Singapore tomorrow on transfer to New
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    46 7 API PIL of the Imar Pulavar Tamil School Singapore which was opened last week by the Director of Lducation. Mr. A. W. Frisby. presenting a bouquet to Mrs Frtsby at the ceremony. Mr. Lim Yew Hoik, patron of the school, is seen standing behind Mr. Frish>.
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    Newspeed traps to be tested
    89 7 I iStol Reporter Bti in the traffic speed .uer measured to be carried ire, the Govin theJLemcU yesterday questions by bin Haji Jubir he traps are i r <t measured 220 yards. telephone li under: nree officers three Ms watches .ateri of the t- liie
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    SINGAPORE SAGO INDUSTRY REVIVES
    251 7 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S sago industry has revived now that trading in this commodity with the I'nited Kingdom is back in private hands. Nearly all the seven Singapore factories which closed down towards the end of last year because of decreased demand have now resumed
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    FLOWERS FOR PRINCESS
    104 7 nee Preai Stall Reporter ii'HEN Princess Sirikit, 17M year-<»ld fiancee of the Kiny of Slam arrived in Sin- gapore on Monday, she was 1 presented with a bouquet ot Madonna lilies at the wharf by a woman who>e mo! her vas once the ward of the King
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    Underground cable to cost $811,000
    123 7 Free Press Stall Reporter lAYING a trunk telephone underground table from J Singapore to Johore Bahru is estimated to tost the Singapore Government $811,482. A supplementary provision of $257,482 In addition to the original vote of $554,000 was approved yesterday bv the dative Coune Prices
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    TOLD ABOUT BRIGGS
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. CONFERENCE of ArmsAir Force, and Police curt-. m and ers and Naval representatives took place at Malaya District Headquarters this morning. I: li believed the oi« was told of the appointment of Lieut -General Sir Harold R Brigg* a s the Director of Operations
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    NAAFI GIFT TO MALAYA
    86 7 NAAFI GIFT TO MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR. Tue* >JAAFI headquarters in Eng- I land have made a grant of approximately $24,300 to the Ex-Services Association of Malaya to be used for the dependants ol volunteers who were in Malaya at thfc time of the Japanese occupation Mr. R. MacDonaid. chairman of
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    TRADERS TO MAKE APPEAL
    185 7 Free Press Staff Reporter A MEMORANDUM to the Governor of Singapore will be sent next month by < Singapore Chinese importers and exporters who have big business dealings with Indo- nesia. This was decided upon at a special meeting of the Singapore Chinese Overseas Importers' and
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    No action on parking yet
    73 7 No action on parking yet Free Press Start Heporler 'PHE recommendations ol the I .special committee appointed by the Singapore Government. to advise on parking problems are being considered by the Highway Authority, whose comments are expected shortly. Pending receipt ana consideration 'of recommendations by the Hignway Authority, the Government
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    DINNER PARTY
    46 7 A dinner w:is given last night bv Messrs. Ho Cheow Chan. Ho Cheow Kin. Ho Chew Hua, Ho Cheow Chye. Ho Cheow Cheng and Ho Cheow Hock in honour of their father, Mr Ho Slew Tan. 81st birthday at their residence. Lorong 29. Geylang
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    AIR CHIEF BACK
    19 7 The Commander-in-Chief of Far East Air Force. Air Marchal F. J. Fogarty. has returned to Singapore.
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    TAXIMEN PETITION CITY BOARD
    179 7 HUNDREDS of Singapore taxis may be forced out of businea if the Municipal Commissioners approve the new bye-laws concerning iaxis to be considered at the next meeting at the end of the month, said Mr. T. A Simon, president of the Singapore Hire Car Association, yesterday
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    37 7 MR. COR RE.IF. leader of the Radio Malaya orchestra, who is joint leader of the Singapore Musical Society Orchestra with Mr. Gnh Soon Tioe. The orchestra gives concerts at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday and Sunday.
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    Laycock demands Govt action at Changi
    714 7 COt NCI!. DEBATE Free Press Staff Reporter I>l UN speaking by Mr. John Lavcoek (Municipalitx North-haM) r and Unofficial^ demand for action by (iovernment in certain matters which appeared to them to have been too lon* dela\ed livened the business of the Singapore legislative
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    TRADERS TURNING TO OVERSEAS ISSUES
    158 8 JfyfT^TTWfTyTT'EP LONDON, Wed. i\* I TH domestic issues 'die and lacking lead, tea] or otherwise, rators on the London g Exchange are givmore attention to commodity shares and s arching for invest.t mediums promising capital appreciation. a Reuters financial 'respondent. us cm s are r
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    N.Y. slocks are irregular
    52 8 Despite favourable btttlMM and financial news, many Wall 6 buyers yesterday showed an inclination to tread eautlou>ly and allow corrective forces fur her latitude. Selected dividend-paying lr.c* I^trlals enjoyed a revival of In. ment support durlni?^he afternoon, but at the close the market was described as
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    U.S. ECONOMY IMPROVES
    56 8 liHE U.S. Commerce Depart- ment reported yesterday that American economic activity increased "moderately" in January and February 1 despite the coal strike. Commerce statisticians also reported that retail buying held up well, that new orders are rolling in Ito manufacturers and mami.Hi- Uirers themselves are spending more
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    U.S. GOLD HOLDINGS DECLINE
    136 8 U.S. GOLD HOLDINGS DECLINE WASHINGTON. Wed GOLD holdings of the US. Government have declined over U.S. $370 millions sincr the foreign currency devaluation last September, it was disclosed yesterday. Officials believe that the chlel cause for the withdrawals had been Improvement in the balance of international accounts This, they said,
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    BURMA-JAPAN TRADE PACT
    65 8 pEN. Douglas M:i^Arthur announced yesterday the ratification of "a U5549,000,--000 and £500,000 Burma-, Japan trade agreement for 1950 providing for oalanced trade on a sterling basis. Payments will be arranged in accord wltii last years .1.-ipan-sterllng are agreement. Burma will send Jitp.iri raw materials ;ind agricultural products
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    Trade is at standstill in Canton
    113 8 HONG KONG, Wed. rpRADE in Canton is at a I virtual standstill as 90 per cent, of the city's shops and business houses have dosed doors under the pretext of evacuation since the Nationalist air raid on Mar. 5 The authorities, finding dtfflCUlly In
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    No limitation of £ releases
    98 8 No limitation of releases LONDON. Wed SIR Stafford Cripps. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday refused a suggestion that he should limit by law the amount of sterling balances, both capital and interest, to be released In any one year In Parliament he replied "no" When asked to do so
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    UK RUBBER MARKET CONFIDENT
    106 8 UK RUBBER MARKET CONFIDENT LONDON. Wed ON further consideration of the Indonesian situation. the London rubber market recovered most uf its confidence and the prices were firm at the opening yesterday. Market sources say that, »vea il hoarded supplies la lndone^*u amount to as much as 40.000 torn and that
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    H.K. TRADE BOOMING
    96 8 HONQ KONG, Wed. BLOCKADE or no blockade. H'.ng Kong still is doing plenty of business, Government trade flgure s show. February imports amoun'.ed to HKS244 07 1.000 compared with February 1949 of HKf161.621.U00. SLxporu were HKf 198.748.000 compared with HKS 135.434.1)00 in Frbruary, 1849. Imports In the
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    RUBBER TRADE
    31 8 The Pakistan Commerce Ministry announced that the import of raw rubber has been sought on open £.*neral licence from ail eoantrtet to which an open general I'cence applies A.P.
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    DUTCH SHOT
    36 8 Ono non-commissioned offi- j rer and one corporal of the Royal Netherlands Navy were shot down when a car with tour Navy members was held by four armed Indonesians i just outside Malanf.- U.P.
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    ANTI-BANDIT CHIEF NAMED
    310 8 Co-ordination his main task Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Federation Government announced today that it has appointed Lieut-Gen. Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs, Indian Army (retired), as Director of Operations, to plan, co-ordinate and generally direct the anti-bandit operations of the police and fighting forces.
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    U.S. cotton deal
    39 8 The US. Government said yesterday that It had barlered tome surplus cotton fur some strategic material, but declined to give details for .security reasons. The transaction ll said to have Involved 10 000 000 bales, U.P.
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    MONEY TALKS
    20 8 The finance ministers of th<» 12 North Atlantic Pact nations will meet in London on March 29- A.P.
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    Forwards scrappy, but Rovers win
    322 8 ROVERS could have run out winners margin as they did when the Recreation Club 9 l last iretk, in thei League game against the Casuals Yin Kee. Rovers' centretally to eight goals in the i might have duplicated his 1 fumbled in front of goal
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    20 8 MR AND MRS. TEO GUAM KKMG, pilots rap; thrir marriage at the Sincapoir The bride was fornierh Mis^ M.. j
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    12 8 The Soir.lv I and poll I 104 durii wwks Reuter
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    BUTLER CHARGED
    21 8 Edward Harris v.--trial in 1 I of stealing I worth £143 butler ti the S i Emba«y heie- A.P.
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      71 8 Phone HSI2S GALA RACING ATTR\< n<>\ Owing to heavy entries, and to ensur that every starter is given a tair ch the date of Racing" has been called o.i till FRIDAY 24th MARCH NOVELTY HORSE-RACING THE DANCE FLOOR. I I Rm Otac P.^^.w. LADIES* HAKDIC* Rm 10.00 p.m. fiEIT'S SELLING
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      110 8 SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE SHIPS alongside the Sin<.«p^re der < 27), Kustbris 128), Euryhaiet Harbour Board wharves fMttr (29-30). day (godowns in brackets) m: East Wharf: Pemba (44). Main Wharf: Maron i3l-32». Sheers Wharf: Empire Tesbu.y. I Aiclnous i33-34>. Benlawers T»day'» Wharf Arrivals: Sirusa Sarmi \AW, Tartfa (42-43>. (21), Rengam •22
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      224 8 mdDdrdkC Exclusive to Iho Singapore hr<><> Press in Malaya j ,=^=a 1 HHjSH i B> r MIGHT S TAND Fc R PAT OR IcAN't] IOF dBu«Se I'M .00 tAT T^ftOUoH WHAT I ("ALL MbCHASL'tO ■uLLm^JU I IBI VL H FABULOUS --BOTH Or WHICH YOU y— ANO LAZV TO WALK CRIME,
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    The clue of the cleft palate
    907 9 The clue of the cleft palate TFRKA FAG tm nisi £~> note 1 v mig Jim Mahopossessed v cii In him one Siilm-linu-h tinu- by >kmaker in the In 19H9, :i fiver iioney. to see life Mahoney's rred with •jediment cleft roof of His pals end M on id!" ng
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    HE SEEKS LIGHT FROM THE SKY
    682 9  -  LEO KELLY by 1\ artificial aurora bri!li;mf enough l<> do awuv with streel lamps may be (he eventual outcome <>f ;in experiment which will be made soon in Australia. The experiment is designed to observe the effects of shooting a beam of radio waves
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    THE SAMURAI SWORD
    526 9  - THE SAMURAI SWORD L.A.C. SMALL tflgtt*e*tt*f £6eVt £te*y bv THK Group (!ii|)lciin had reached the twilight hour of his career, when reflection mid reminiscence were Ihe salt of life. In his reveries he delved into lurid adventures, with characters of his own making. Those of himself, would have made Errol
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    SINGAPORE XI MUST IMPROVE
    719 10 SINGAPORE XI MUST IMPROVE Vass a success as full back By CRUSADER j^HAT Singapore had no luck at all in their Joe Chappel memorial trophy soccer match against Army-Navy on Sunday none among the crowd will disagree. On the other hand, few will hesitate to endorse the view that Singapore
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    34 10 picture. A. G. Pakir gets over a smash in bis singles matt h against I> V I rqhuart in thp V.M.C A. trnnis championship,, on Monday. Pakir won 6 l. 6 9. Free Press
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    Only a flash in the pan by I.R.C.
    497 10 INDIAN Recreation CJub'a defeat of Rovers at the Ntart of the S..VF.A. league season seems to haw been only a Bash In the pan. They were next soundly beaten by Chinese Ithletk and on Monday they lost again, to Rcjjal Engineers. IRC.
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    R.A.F. not so strong as last season
    401 10 IT Is now dear that Army-Navy will provide tin 1 main opposition to Singapore in this year's Malaya Cup (Southern section). indications are tha? t hf* RAF. Combined not such a strong combination as they were year, having lost several of thi R
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    Looking ahead
    44 10 FARSIGHTED Japanese Diet i committee has just held a KT,? ei in« to wor k on h draft U a Di.l for dog-rncing, the first of its kind in Japan. There are vu.-niiy no greyhounds in Jmmlo afc D*t- -1 j€ni. Reuter-AAP
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    MANY OFFERS TO FAMECHON
    60 10 RAY FAMECHON. the French featherweight uho failed to lift )Villie Pep's crown, "will tme plenty to wor* on In America." Lew Burst on, foreign representalife ot the International Boxing Club. s>ald yesterday. "I already have five or six offers for fights for him." Burs ton said.
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    Corner-kick ruse which baffled defence
    157 10  - Corner-kick ruse which baffled defence RAICH CARTER By Manager or Mull Lity fiOALS from corner kicks are vf few and far between. The modern method of marking makes goal-scoring very difficult. There are, however, several moves which can lead to goals Here is one which nearly worked in our game
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    N.S. Chinese XI weakened
    115 10 By AIDW II'ILL Uie Negri Sembilan C'hint > Kerreulion lub, supreme in Negri Sembilan kOcee* during the past few year>, meet their Waterloo tins Mar? Thus u the question which soccer enthusia I bilan are asking themselves at 4 ing the rather lukewarn display bv the
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    T.B.A. SPORTS MEETING
    131 10 T.B.A. SPORTS MEETING THE Tamil Brotherhood Association's sixth annual i athletic meeting will be held I at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, April 15. at 2.30 p m. A new event, the discus throw. Is included. The or- ganlsers have decided to extend the closing date for entries to Mar.
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    Australians lose —at baseball
    64 10 Australians lose at baseball THE Australian cricketers met their first defeat of their tour of South Africa at Johannesburg on Sunday— but at baseball, not cricket. A South African team beat them by 12 runs to four In a testimonial baseball match lor •Ferfie"- William terguaon. the scorer and bag^:
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    WILLIAMS ILL
    14 10 "pHE McKinlp\ Hospiutl on Monday ment oi ■II Mf of tt and
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    NESTANGLO S.C.
    14 10 Bra: Q Club 4-3 i>idmmt(>n Iner.ci'.v plavf Monks Hiil Sthool hali on
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    Australia's coming champions
    19 10 Australia's coming champions B I: ing u havt rect Ray Alls' .ht Lend South unb i ha fi ItTh
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    GOOD GOING AT BT. TIMAH
    397 11  - GOOD GOING AT BT. TIMAH ALLAN LEWIS Man O'War is popular choice By \yiTH the groin* likely to be good this afternoon at Bukit Timah, punters should have a good day. Mr. L. C. Bailey and Mr. D. Brown, the Secretary and Assistant Secretary respectively of the Singapore Turf Club,
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      90 11 Canada beat Britain 1 2-0 ,a\aUa need Olllv lo break their last match 1 en today to w;n .ockey title for by the fa.si■...non Mercurys, 4IH overwhelm V2 goals to nil Loncion. to reh win in fou! -nutiot. flnal -impionships. Canada lose to v almost certainly Ihe world nil nearest
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    21 11 FOOK TENG. Casuals' goalkeeper, kicks clear from Yin Kee. RoverV crntrcforward during yrsVrday's samr at Jalan Besar. Report in page 8.
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    JOSHUA WINS
    24 11 A ARON JOSHUA, the Indian a\ featherweight, outpointed Gene Cafferey. of Leicester, over seven rounds at West Ham Baths. London last 'night
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    CAMBRIDGE DISAPPOINT
    104 11 r pHE Cambridge University 1 crews time of 7 min* 38 sees, for yesterday's mile and threequarter trial from Putney Bridge to Hammersmith Bridge has left tideway critics wondering if they were premature in considering them "certain winners of this year s Boat Race. Cambrdige were considerably slower
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    Plucky display by Molineux
    506 11 /\NE women's singles and seven men's singles ties were played off in the Y.M.C.A. open invitation tennis tournament at the Association courts yesterday. In the women's singles. Mrs. Dorothy Roper, a seeded player, gained an easv victory over Miss L. Smith. The best tie of the
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    Carbine Stakes
    41 11 (IARBON COPY, a 3—l on j favourite, won the Carbine Stakes, longest and richest weigh t-for-age race in Victoria, at Flemlngton Melbourne the week-end Second in the 2i-mile race wa* Free Kick f4— 1) and third Bruin *B—l>.8 1>.
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    Harvey and Johnston top averages
    219 11 Harvey and Johnston top averages >'KIL HARVEY, young lelt- I handed Victorian batsman and Bill Johnston. Victorian left-arm swing bowler, headed the batting and bowling averages at the end of the Australian cricket tour In South Africa. Harvey icored 1.526 runs for an average of 75.30. while Bill Johnston had
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    AHERNE IN THE LEAD
    278 11 WITH only one more round to play. P. Aherne leads the field by a precious half point and needs only a draw to win the Singapore chesa championship. Aherne owes hi* present satisfactory position to sheer doggedness and enterprising play as he lost in the very
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    H.K., P.I. basketball teams coming
    278 11 i SINGAPORE basketball enO thuslmstfl will see anothet verips of p^»tphos between local and overseas players when the United Overseas Chinese team of Hong Kong arrives next week. The Arellano University team which is now touring the Federation, is expected to play a game w
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    422 11 r rHE chances of Boy Brooks, triple champion of (he x Orient, against Dave Sands, middleweight champion of the British Empire, which were considered very slim, have risen to a treat extent following the press report of Sands' showing against middleweight champion of Hawaii, Carl
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    104 12 MANCHESTER 'New Hampshire), Wed DR. Herman N. Sander, acquitted "mercv murder" trial defendant, has been banned from two Catholic hospitals and a charge has been made against him by a member of the Hillsborough County Medical Society, medical officials announced last nieht. The Sacred Heart and
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    157 12 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday approved a statement on the organising of the free peoples of Asia for self-help and mutual cooperation to protect their security and independence. The language of the Statement v.as similar to that of the
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    21 12 The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $19,800,000,000 Government request for defence projects. Including atom research- Reuter
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    146 12 WASHINGTON, Wed IGNORING President Truman's defence of his Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, and approval of his conduct and policies, Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska yesterday accused Mr. Acheson of "undermining our national economy and losing; the peace." Senator Wherry's attack Is thought to herald
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    59 12 HONOLri.L'. Wed. MR. C Q. Yee, 84-year-old former Chinese labourer who rose to head a multi-million dollar business in Honolulu, cast his first vote as an American citizen yesterday. That makes 97 votes in his family. He has 16 children and 80 grand children of voting
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    70 12 KARACHI, Wednesday. A L T E SIZE statue of Mahatma Gandhi standing uHn? Slde i he Pakista Parliament was found lying on the ground beside its nine-foot-hieh pedestal yesterday morning. g Police, who took the statue to the Karachi Museum for safekeeping, are making inquiries. Muslims have
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    226 12 LONDON, Wednesday. PHE Foreign Office yesterday disclosed that Britain 1 is trying to win the majority of the voting strength on the Security Council to put Communist China into the United Nations. A spokesman said that Britain has asked Cuba, Equador and Egypt, three
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    73 12 LONDON, Wed. MR. Harold Wilson, President m of the Board of Trade, told Parliament yesterday that any suggestion that protective duties or quotas should be imposed against the British colonies 'would have far reaching implications indeed." He was replying to Mr. Stanley Prescott, Conservative member for
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    74 12 THE official Czech news agency yesterday accused Aja Vazanova, Czech world's woman figure skating champion, of treason and added. She will end up as all other traitors have either on a bench in Hyde Park or by leaping into the Thames." The attack by the news
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    19 12 A British offer to buy Egypt's surplus rice for sterling has been rejected in Cairo- A.P.
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    59 12 JOSEPH HERNANDEZ was granted divorce from his J wife. Priscilla. in Chicago because he found another man under his wife's bed. Hernandex told the Judge that when he found John Villasnenior under his wife's bed. the man fled but he left one shoe behind. The
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    145 12 Bulgars tell of Tito plot SOFIA, Wed. A TITO-INSPIRED plot to blow up Marshal Klementi Voroshilov, Soviet Deputy Premier, and the Bulgarian Cabinet and overthrow the Bulgarian Government was officially announced here yesterday. Twent y -four defendants Bulgarian and Yugoslav, have been accused of planning to bomb the Dimitrov mausoleum,
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    51 12 photo. Women of Munich are here seen cleaning Bavarian steins (beer mu^s) as they prepare for the annual "Salvator* beer festival, begun 200 years ago bat discontinued since the start of the World War 11. The festival takes its name from Salvator. a .strong brew first made by Munich monks.—
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    30 12 Dock workers clashed with police in Marseilles yesterday shortly after taking a vote to KO on with their strike "against the war In Vietnam." Several were arrested
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    34 12 Lady Mountbatten, wife of Lord Mountbatten of Burma, arrived in Calcutta yesterday from Hong Kong She went to see the relief work among refugees by the Red Cross and other organisations. Reuter
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