The Singapore Free Press, 4 April 1950

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 1'" 47 SINGAPORE, riESDIY APRIL 4, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    BURNING DEFEAT FOR HO'S MEN
    177 1 Hundreds die m battle SAIGON, Tuesday. JJO Chi-minh's Vietminh rebels, in their most violent offensive so far in Indo-China. have suffered a "burning defeat" said a French communique today. The offensive had been raging for over a week in the Travinh province, about 70 miles
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    NIGHT MAIL HIT AGAIN: FOUR HURT
    52 1 Mail Kt* porter IPUR. Tues. p .ught at--1) night mail re, woundngers, and gang I villa 1 area, killpeople and j ick.l S?de- d were Tiang. a who Uld Mr. the E who 1 mach. received a od U9 -"her I :h vill- j
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    'U-BOATS' IMF I.S.
    29 1 'U-BOATS' IMF I.S. [SCO, Tues. i U S deh for .:ies reidlifornia ie two con-:-d to con:s wh'.ch we noor he suoir. haa been -?5 were i concerned.— Reuter
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    2 bandits die
    19 1 I >UfT Reporter Qglc squad Tampin area d shot and -dits, one of a, last nig:
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    S'PORE ARRESTS
    18 1 M.ilT Reporter re yesterday Chinese, two d members r being a r of the Malay- Party.
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    Self-rule for Trinidad
    81 1 LONDON Tuesday. gELF-GOVERNMENT for the West Indian colony of Trinidad and Tobago is proclaimed m an Order-in-Council laid before the British Parliment yesterday. The new constitution provides for an elected majority m the legislature instead of a majority of government officers and nominated members. It also declares
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    MacA VH LEAVING
    28 1 Mac A VH LEAVING Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur has "no immediate plans" to visit Australia or to return to the United States, Gen. MacArthur's spokesman said yesterday. Reuter
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    RED DEMAND TO H'KONG
    127 1 HAND OVER PLANES HONG KONG, Tuesday. FHE Chinese Communist Premier and Foreign Minister, thou En-lai, yesterday blamed the Hong Kong Government for the sabotage of seven -4merican-built planes and demanded the immediate transfer of the other 64 former Nationalist planes to the Peking Government. The seven
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    'DON'T CUT U.S. AID'—Marshall
    142 1 'DON'T CUT U.S. AID' Marshall WASHINGTON, Tuesday. /if\FIUL George C. Marshall told the United States G^nla v thli the "chips are down" m the irn^le between Democracy and Communism m Western Europe and to win we must not emasculate «r reduce" the foreign recovery programme. He addressed a ceieuiawv.* honouring
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    Quake after 'last days'
    85 1 LEGHORN. Tues. RAIN-SOAKED earthquake refugees, many of whom had fled on Saturday night from a cinema showing the 'Last Days of Pompei", returned from the hills last night to find their homes wrecked. This worst series of earth tremors m 40 years also hit Pisa, city
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    BURMA ARMY OFFENSIVE
    50 1 The Burma Army last nighi began an offensive for the recapture of the new Karen stronghold of Thanclaung, m the hills 30 miles north-east of the former headquarters at Toungoo. Latest reports from the battlefront reported heavy fighting at a point eight nines east of Toungoo. A.P.
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    K. TINGGI ARRESTS
    26 1 Free Press Stall Reporter Police at Kota Tinpgi arrested four persons yesterday for breach of rhe curfew order m the Town Board area.
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    LORRY ATTACKED
    24 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A lorry belonging to the Veterinary Department was fired on at the 10th mile Ayer Itam Kluang Road
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    STILL QUITTING
    24 1 The Soviet Union and Poland walked out of the United Nations Social Commission, because China was represented there by the Nationalists.- Reuter
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    Mayors to meet
    40 1 Bombay's Mayor, Mr. S. K. Patil, told the city's Municipal Corporation that it was his intention to invite London's Lord Mayor and New York's Mayor to attend an All-Indian conference of heads of local self-government institutions. Reuter
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    TEXTILE VISIT
    21 1 The visit of an AngloAmerican mission to Japan to study the cotton textile industry will take place m May
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    Czar's jewels go back
    54 1 RUSSIA has repaid £7,000 it borrowed from Ireland 30 years ago and has received m return the collateral jewels which may once have belonged to the Czar The deal started m the United States m 1920 and ended with the return of the jewels %m Soviet
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    Nehru and Liaquat agree on Bengal
    167 1 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Indian and Pakistan Premiers, Pandit Nehru and Liaquat All Khan, have reached agreement on several points,' informed sources said last night. It was said that discussions "largely centred on the minority problem m both countries, with special reference to th
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    Penang sees a 'monster'
    77 1 PENANG, Tues. A "SEA MONSTER" appeared off Penang's north beach yesterday. Nearly 100 people saw it. For more than an hour, the monster —as big as a car and looking like a buffalo was seen moving up and down m the sea about 80 yards from
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    Planter hurt in battle
    37 1 A European assistant planter was slightly wounded In a battle near Buling Estate m the Sungei Patani area of Kedah yesterday. One rifle and 50 rounds of ammunition were captured from the bandits.
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    30 crushed
    24 1 Thirty people were crushed to death and at least 50 injured when a house collapsed during a wedding at Cesland, Tuixey. A.P.
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    U.N.E.S.C.O. GROWS
    25 1 Yugoslavia has become the 50th member of UNESCO, whose executive board will m May consider the anrvioatlons of Indonesia, Koiaa and Jordan. Reuter
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    Mecca pilgrims smile despite death, hunger
    577 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TN Singapore's Outer Roads for the last seven days has lain ft former Filipino luxury liner, the Christobal, at present packed from stem to stern with 1,500 Muslim Moros from Mindanao, Philippines, who are returning from the pilgrimage to Mecca.
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    U.K. begins rubber road tests
    101 1 U.K. begins rubber road tests ]LfR. Harry K. Fisher. American road engineer, is now m Lambeth, London, to supervise Britain's first tests with a new rubberised road surface. The new surfacing, already being tested m the United States, is a mixture of asphalt and powder made from fresh natural rubber
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    BIXBYS HAVE BAD LUCK
    53 1 DIANA and B-b Bixby ad the taM mark yesterday m tempt to fly around the m less than 73 hours 5 11 sees. er they left I a cylinder gasket Ui the n?hi ei^ine of their Mosquito bomber bie%" out and trey had to bo back
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    Beyond him
    25 1 Beyon d him Lee Buk Such. Prime Minister of the South Korean republic, resigned yesterday because he felt his post was "beyond his capabilities." Reuter
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    Take A Holiday From Marriage
    1012 2  - Take A Holiday From Marriage ANDRE MAUROIS ADVISES \JAHRIA<iK implies i* choice made tor life. There are, however, fairly numerous characters who firui such total constancy not easy. Faithfulness is no more natural to them than a cage to a tiger. his does not mean the.v are wanting m affection
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    PARIS
    313 2 Faihiom go back to the \ineteen Tuentieg. The ilay of the long skirt it over, reportg Edna McKenna. LIVENING dresses an inch shorter than day dresses and not a single long skirt even for wedding gowns— that is what Balmain presented m his "dancing mood' 1 collection m Paris.
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    US WOMAN'S DIARY
    358 2  - US WOMAN'S DIARY Kay Murray By A department store m Illinois seems to be the answer to the shopper's dream No one need trail round packages dangling from every finger here. If a purchase is a "send." the shop assistant drops it m one chute where it goes to the
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    ADVICE FROM A MAKE-UP ACE
    659 2  - ADVICE FROM A MAKE-UP ACE INCRID ETTER How To Become A Glamour Girl By pAT WEIBLE (pronounced Vibel) takes her face off and puts it on again at least ten times a da V- An y man listening m need not be frightened to death. This Just means she removes
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    Hullaballoo Over A Face
    58 2 HOLLY WOOI the "1950 York have r» pub: ough tech it is direc; the curr- i fashions of th< also by success Blonr Lad. 195(' and a f fringe hairdo cf a his awful sam« I put i The I ciples to tak* arour. aim atThe
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      42 2 fruf and glows on your lips with Elizabeth Ardens newest lipstick, Montezuma Red, Its vibrant color is the spark to brighten greyed Urn* white, beige and navy, or to glow In harmony with brilliant red. MAYNARD CO., LTD. 11, Battery Road Singapore.
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      119 2 GIVE THE KIDS A TREAT WITH THESE GIVE AWAY OFFERS IN CHILDREN'S WEAR ?V* A I CREAM COTTON RIBBED VEST, with or w.thout S.zes 12" to 20" PRICE Si. 10 COTTON HANDKERCHIEFS, Bright Nurse r D SALE PRICE $3.00 Per Dos BOYS PLASTIC BELTS I Ideal for Shorts C I
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      225 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you are inu dependent in thought and action. You do not like others to give you advice, but you are very £<»od at giving it others. Fortunately, you have excellent judgment, a magnetic personality and seem to know how to deal with others. Yon have
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      388 2 Vo W Crossword No. t% CUES AiKOSS 3. 7. UUerarj Buamd, f.tniciu-- lexioo-graptoer I I i vawd about <6>. y Fbh a newly engaged girl is pmud of If. No herb is found m this aacent cay < 6 13. One liar seen m IT). 15. Italian city lIoVk (?>.
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    A DANE LOOKS AT ENGLAND
    300 3 A DANE LOOKS AT ENGLAND 4 No nation is more polite COPENHAGEN Tuesday. where women are considered as >nly part of a man's goods and chattels' is how Mennk Ringsted, describes Britain m his book "En ivf dO!1 <A Garde n m London). Mr. Ringsted, London correspondent of a Copenhagen
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    FARMERS NEED KEEP NO BULL
    114 3 HE* VOKK. Tuesday. \1 insemination t»f cattle will be one of at urea al programnries aimed at economic (1 -vtloped countries of the world. he United Stut^s only 11 years ago, one centh f the country's entire today broi by this method. utstanding A .ciapt
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    Bandit's head on display
    68 3 t LBU CITY, rues THE severed head of Quirino Torres, for which a 1.000-pesos reward had been offered by the Cebu provincial government was displayed at the Philippine Constabulary headquarters on Sun- day. Torres, a notorious outlaw wanted for nine murders, was surprised early on Sunday
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    SMOKE OVER ASIA
    59 3 SMOKE OVER ASI A 1 CIX Asian countries will growl J 190,000.000 lbs. of fluecured tobacco during the year ending next July, the U.S.'Dr- partment of Commerce has estimated. Southern Korean' would produce about 24.600.000 libs.. Siam 9.900.000 lbs.. For-; mosa's crop for this year is set at 19.000-000 lbs.,
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    Malaya cocoa —big moves
    24 3 Malaya cocoa big moves MLONLx »N the C immoDs i iv for pment of the ■ar to 1349. and Development r using mi Reuter
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    'EMBASSIES ARE SPY CENTERS'
    28 3 Df RepreAmerican 5 ton r'.munist rged "proper ork the t ailed for :ibat spyhe utmost of -petty Dt moves and On ripfantn nUn» Reuter
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    PRIDI 'DISGUISED'
    13 3 Prethe Thai force Japanese during lying m dis no. accord:ok reports
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    HK COUNTER FEITERS
    17 3 Kong Supreme 'he brothers, T^m Chitively to seven m jail for > m coun- A.P.
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    JAPS MAY TRADE WITH RED CHINA
    44 3 4 MEKK'AN occupation authorities will permit Japan to trade freely with Communist China, the IS State Department has disclosed. The only restriction on Japanese exports to the Chinese mainland will he on goods of direct military value. Reuter
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    HOW FAST CAN A PLANE FLY?
    175 3 HOW FAST CAN A PLANE FLY photo. MOFFETT FIELD t'jliforniu. Tuesday. \I \N wil never fly faster than light, which is •M-nO.JoOOW mite "per hou.. but that's about he ...ily barrier aeronautical engineers will admit is 111SUr A?c°ordina e to Dr. Albert Einstein, at the speed o, HKhtsto U reduced
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    12 3 ThU young IUfcWM fr»m the "***"*£&£s of the type shown here.- A.P.
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    2 KILLED IN EXPLOSION
    43 3 Two men were killed In an explosion at a gunpowder factory, 15 miles from Lisbon, on Sunday The wrecked factory was rebuilt after an explosion m Nov 1948 which killed scores of workers. Only two watchmen were on duty.
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    TALK ON STEEL
    33 3 Steel production experts from South East Asian countries will meet m Calcutta on April 10 to discuss "basic problems" of the iron and t eel industry m the iegio:i.-- Reuter
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    Death for child crimes
    69 3 ROME, Tues. ITALY'S chamber of deputies 1 has received a proposal to adopt the death penalty— but solely for crimes against children which cause their death. At present Italy has no death penalty except under military law. The Christian democrat deputy, Mr. Florestano Di Fausto, who
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    16 3 Pope ha> lr«j pains The Pope is suffering from pains m his righl leg and foot.
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    West is wishful about Ho Chi Minh
    262 3 BANGKOK, Tuesday 4 GREAT deal of Western world thinking about n Ho Chi Mmii m Indo-chiua is wishful while much more is confused bj lack of information. In the view jf observers who have watched developments m Vietnam for many years, the •nr
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    59 3 The Sherborne Missal, or Mas s Book, a treasured possession of tho Percy family whose seat is Aln wick Castle, Northumberland, scene of some of the bloodiest battles m this corner of Britain. The Missal i s kept m the library of the castle and was written over 500 yar
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    Bridge Hands
    412 3 of this hand, out not quite careful enough. West •pened 'i" 1 diamond queen; East playec ih« ■even ami South duckt-d Ui prepare the way for uninterrupted entrtea bark and forth. Hr won the IKNt diamond lead with Ine ae*-. cashed the dub ace-kin^; and ruffed a club
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    Reds coming back in Iran
    232 3 Reds coming back in Iran TEHF,RAN\ Tuesday. Russia's fifth coiumn, the pro-Com-v munist Tudeh Party, is making a comeback m oil-rich Iran. Two things are helping it: 1 Financial and propaganda support fiom tlv USSR and 2. The rapid disintegration of Iran s internal economic situation, largely brought on by
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    Fish poisons 3 squatters
    52 3 fHREE squatter* m the 1 Shanghai slums died from poisoning causea by eating the offal of fish trom garbage. The Communist way <~>f meeting this situation: A request m Red papers tor people to dispose of the inedible remains of fish w) tho poor cannot find
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    BURMA GAIN
    31 3 Burmese Government troops h;tv,. .scored another success against the Central Burma Communist forces with the recapture of Lowe ten miles south-west of the former Communist citadel of Pvinna.- A.P.
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    H.K. FILM AUDIENCES HAIL CHIANG
    97 3 H.K. FILM AUDIENCES HAIL CHIANG HONG KONG Tues HONG KONG'S two Communist newspapers, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wai Pao explained why Hong Kona diences applauded Gen Chiang Kai-shek wildly m a newsreel now showing here, and kept silent on seeing Mao Tze-tung "The auri:. hey said, "are as corrupt
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    H. K. blamed for plane sabotage
    111 3 HONG KONG. Tu. pHINESE Communist canty trolled CNAC and CATC ciaimed last night the Hon^; Kong Government should bear lull responsibility lor the sabotage ol seven plant's M Kaitak airfield The seven planes were umebombed and crippled by saboteurs, but most observers, including the
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    SPECIAL TRIAL IN HYDERABAD
    56 3 SPECIAL TRIA L IN HYDERABAD EIGHI former ministers of the Hyderabad Government, under "house detention" since the Indian 'police action" m September 1948. are to face trial beforspecial tribunal shortly. St-eps h) briny their before the special tribunal of Mr A. J Pinto nov. tr former Razakar ftcrn ider Syed
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    Unbearable noise
    42 3 ■JJISSKS Dorothy and Cecelia hapman, spinster M>t«r v were fined £27 m London because the 12 full-grown hull terriers and five puppies which th»\ kept were ruled public nuisance Neighbours said t^»- nnkr pmanalinf from th#» house ua> "unbearable U.P.
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      410 3 «BBC» 4.55 "Composer *f the Shaw Ensemble with fcniffUi BarSINGAPORE Week— Grieg; 5.15 "Commoii- nett torgan>; 11.30 News Bulletin; (BLUE IStIVVUKh) wealth Survey"; 5.30 "Twenty 4 p.m. Music For Teatime Decca IK4 »nri 41*3 metres Years After"— "The Poinard of Salon Orchestra; 4.30 News BulleFmerlencv news from XL Athos 1
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY Apr. 4. 1950. PAKISTAN AND INDIA
    500 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY Apr. 4. 1950. PAKISTAN AND INDIA OEVII the Indian subt tinent Tension between n has int over Pane* the Prime Minister iquat tbf Prim* iter letting Delhi In an to rind <ome way of v rou;ni; breach the two nrw ions. 1 .tve Sash point
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1362 4 NEW YORK: QUICK, Watson, the needle < ie* i>ul Ihe deerstalkei hat, ill.- magnifying i;l;iss. iw\ 1 the vi(Jin \lr. SnetlocK Holmes, the grecil detective, has nevei Deen more needed Senator Joseph McCarthy, a brash, 40- from Wisconsin, needs hid most »-le's out to prove that I
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    44 4 This bright -striped double- skirted (jneff by Caley's of Windsor for summ-'r near bu women who like comfort and colour. The material of the &re*s it crepe and the title of the model is 'Zithir' Thi> mannequin irrar? a new cart ir heel hat
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    'Blast Disaster': Union Protest
    322 4 'Blast Disaster Union Protest LETTER TO THE EDITOR VI Y Committee was ifl surprised to see a piece of news appearing on th e front page of the Singapore Free Press dated March 30 under the heading Singapore Escaped Blast Disaster", be aiise it was based purely on the report
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    'IT'S THOSE JEWS AGAIN...'
    528 4  -  JUDY HARDEN By IHKAKS AN OLD <iKRMAN I.AMtM I BERLIN: IN the 'Telegraf." one of Germany's newspapers. appeared the following advertisement "Wanted position as housekeeper. Will also work for Jews.*' The woman who inserted this advertisement was about 45 years old and considered herself a n
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    Stand On Your Head -By Order
    273 4 'FIRED Try a few moments of Kshirasasana. It's Yogis c ription for standing: on your head. Sir Paul Dukes not only advocates this method of relieving fatigue, so he told me, while 1 at his leg! (his I was cupped m and resting on
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      108 4 EASTER HOLIDAYS THURSDAY, 6th APRIL SHOP OPEN ALL DAY DELIVERIES AS N •xj wish fo »rav# «rw thing s*r- of SaUjrd~> Bth Aoril. oie^w FRIDAY, 7th APRIL SHOP CLOSED ALL DAY MORNINC DELIVERY OF BREAD AND HOT CROSS BUNS NO TELEPHONE ORDERS I SATURDAY, Bth APRIL SHOP OPEN FROM 7
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    40 5 AFTER shopping for food Mipplies m the Singapore in.irket. two pilgrims aboard the sj* hristobal sleep off their excursion and dream, perhaps, of the d;i\ when they will see their Philippines home asain. Free Press picture, story m Page 1
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    Husband, wife as co-pilots
    103 5 Press Man" Reporter > of the Belgian Legation m dc Saa, and his wife, arrived at trrdav m their own four-seater ikia-built aircraft. Mr tie San piloted the with his wife as copilot The piano— the first of D be seen In Sinhad Belgian LBangkok. written
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    GATHERING OF METHODISTS
    6 5 Pent the .lore
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    THE SEA GYPSIES ARE SHY
    140 5 THE SEA GYPSIES ARE SHY 'J'HE orang Unit" or sea gyprtei living m the upper Sungal Layu. near Kota Tlnggi, Johore have yet to realise the material benefits Of rjviJisation. This >tated by Inche Mustapa bin Abdul Rahman, a religious teacher, who recently headed a party of welfare workers :ri>m
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    KLUANG D.O.
    28 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon.— Inche Husseib bin Hail Mohd Sulong an officer of Class 2A Johore Civil Service, has been appointed to act as District Officer Kluang.
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    MAILS
    69 5 Surface mail is expected m Sujtoday from Australia. Sib.i Egypt. Ceylon. Great Britain. N. Ireland Eire. Europe. North and West Africa. West Indies. Siam and the Federation. Latest tiire> for porting surface mail at the GPO today are: noon Ponrianak Djambi. Palembanc Great Britain. N. Ireland. Eire. Europe. North
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    NEW WARNING ON ILLEGAL HOUSES
    238 5 Free Pre*s Staff Reporter AITHOIGH Singapore Muri«ipal Commissioners have agreed m principle U- halt the execution of outstanding and future mandatory orders requiring the demolition unauthorised buildings within town limits, action will continue to be taken against any new unauthorised premises This has been agreed
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    26 5 BOTH hands gripped firmly on the steering wheel, watchful and alert, this Singapore monkey can give most humans a tip or two about driving a car.
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    ANTI-BANDIT MAN TOLD: 'QUIT FLAT'
    622 5 Main father was tenant Free Press Staff Reporter A 28-year-old Chinese anti-bandit fighter who says that he was a Force 136 agent m Johore during the war and that his parents and younger brother were killed by bandits m Johore last year has been told
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    Too young to give his blood
    112 5 Too young to give his blood Free Press Staff Reporter pOURTEEN students and six teachers from the Anglo-Chinese School gave blood to the Blood Transfusion Service yesterday. This was the second batch of blood donors from the School, the first group of 16 having given blood In December last. Among
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    GUNNERS' TALK
    36 5 A Programme featuring the the 26th Field Regiment R.A. which has been fighting the bandits m Malaya since the beginning of the Emergency, will be broadcast over Radio Malaya at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    41 5 picture. AVKRY young pilgrim returning from Mecca with his Haji father is seen teaching his friends the doctrines of Mahomet, as he reads aloud to them from the Koran. A scene aboard the s.s. Christobal m Sineraoore harbour yesterday Free Press
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    Civics need not be compulsory
    366 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S Director of Education, Mr. V U Frisby, does not beiieve it is necessary to make civics a compulsory suhjei t In the higher classes of local English schools. But, he told the Free Pre.ss yesterday, he liked to see a
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    AMAHS ARE IN DEMAND
    80 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AMAHS headed the list of people found jobs last month by the Singapore Labour Department's Employment Exchange. They totalled 168. The number of men, women and children who registered for work was 2.152 of whom 667 were found jobs. Work was also
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    FELL IN LOVE, LOST HER JOB
    147 5 IS it taboo" for Malay i teachers to fall m love? he Kedah Malay TeachersUnion has been faced 'with this problem as a result of the reported dismissal of a Malay woman teacher by the Education Department for being involved m a love affair
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    Plan for Hong Lim Green shelved
    123 5 Plan for Hong Lim Green shelved Free i*r<^s m. A PROPOSAI J\ gapore Ur! m Centre which Municipal Infa Clinic and G.a clinic, should be Hoim Lim Gr« pied by <.he S, Recreation club- I been favoured by provement Tru The Trust coi this U nd should be preserved as
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    TEACHERS PASS
    29 5 JOHORE BAHRU. A »:i Tea out of thn \u India: ehen who sat for t! year Tamil temel course passed th^ iina' amination h<!d »•,.<>, n t Joh.
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    LABOUR DEPT. SHORT OF STAFF
    295 6 LABOUR DEPT. SHORT OF STAFF lMeea for more men stressed Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE staff of the Department of Labour in the Federation must sooner <»r later be increased, lays the Commissioner for Labour, Mr. K. G. I). Houghton, in his report for 1949. Ever since
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    Quiet trading conditions
    427 6 LONDON, Tuesday. THE first day of the financial year yesterday brought quiet trading conditions to home stocks on the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's financial correspondent, (iilt-edgeds were hesitant and closed with fractional movements either side of previous closing levels. Rubber shares were Irregularly lower while tins
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    30 6 I ta erbuyen and £58.i with do biiv.I i 'fvf months, l^m buyers and £581 10s lellen u:;h ■••menr w.i> it C5BO l"urno\er for the 170 Umu U.P.
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    London pepper
    27 6 In the London p pp jrestenj cwt tor April !M*J M.il.ib.ir but held off s hit»* pepoer unchanged and made B i of black U.P.
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    KILLED BY TREE
    27 6 KAJANO Mon w Beng v a.> killed jresterdav when he was hit by a rubber tree he vm felling on B^nar te upm Kajang
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    ESTATE HEALTH INQUIRY
    169 6 KUALA LUMPUR Mori. BECAUSE some unscrupulous employer* "paid dH aiid disowned sick employa the 1949 Annual Report of the Federation Labour Department relea.s»*d today, reveals that committee Is to be se! up to Inquire into hospital arrangements for estate employees The iejKir; v'atrd thai thttt v ;ts
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    RUBBERS UP IN WALL ST.
    32 6 t o\ XXV d 'iir-icd itrenftta on Wall bj tbc r i the p rtiur* Ann R '■;!>< i sha r ui:;y oved on n* u> tn had
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    DISPLAY OF ALSATIANS IN S'PORE
    142 6 Frre Pn s- M.iff Keportrr T ll^ Singapore AIM Branch of Ihe Malayan Kennel Association will liold a dog show lor Alanuar. the Happy World Stadiun. Sunday. May 14 from 5 p.m. t<> 8 p.m The show is ttte rir^t its kind since the maugurai
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    IPOH DERBY HORSES ON TRACK
    655 7  - IPOH DERBY HORSES ON TRACK ALLAN LEWIS Four 0 'Clock II impressive From »i.o I- IPOH Tuesday. jUKSES running m the "Perak Derby" attracted most attention at this morning's track work here, some of them went round on the grass track, which was heavy, and the others o n the
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    Two Wide Boys
    25 7 Yes. Mr. Huittman I've got ir. Cancel Mr. Thompson reservations "again (Negotiations with Billy Thompson, British lightweight cham%mm bjeken down) news item
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    INNINGS WIN FOR AUST. XI
    20 7 INNINGS WIN FOR AUST. XI urnd beat I and jrtsterrried their :60 for .rmings .5 m kit (or R Lin
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    Italy—P.I zone final likely
    207 7 Italy— P.I zone final likely agan <l t)N s twk> Cucelli. are expected {favourites to win the European zone of awa tennis competition this Summer vsive year 26 nations challenging the c elected to '-ompete In the semi-final, where they would probably cla«h with France or Denmark for a place
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    HK basketball team due today
    102 7 'PHE United Overseas Chinese basketball team, which was originally scheduled to reach Singapore last week, will arrive here from Rangoon this afternoon to play a series of matches ugainst local teams. The visiting team compn^s most of Hong Kongs outstanding basketball players. The following matches
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    Today's sport
    26 7 SOCCER: Snr. l«e: S.R.t v R\F SeleUr at JaUn Besar; B.H. Comp: Fr»ser 3c Neare >I P House at Geylan*: R\fK at CYMA ground.
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    T.B. A. sports heats
    134 7 T.B. A. sports heats pAMIL Brotherhdua Association will hold heats for he following events at St. Joseph's Institution ground m Saturday, at 7.30 a m. 100 Yards. Patrick David S G. Elajoo. Lionel Kulaslngham. K. R. Vfuthiah. S. Chandra. T. Miranda. Palli. John James. V. Krishnanoorthy and P. S. Miranda
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    C.& W. BADMINTON
    33 7 The Cable and Wireless Club will meet the Useful BP. "C" team I m a friendly badminton encounter I on Thursday at Happy World Stadium at 7 00 p.m. i
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    Betting for 2,000 Guineas, Derby
    182 7 Betting for 2, 000 Guineas, Derby I I ITTLE business was transacted and there was a small attendance at the first callover on the 2,000 Guineas (one mile) and Derby (1| miles) at the Victoria Club, London, last night. The Golden Road, probabl? mount of the champion jockey, Gordon Richards,
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    TIGERS WON AS THEY PLEASED
    305 7 IT was too easy for Tigers when they met the Tamil Brotherhood Association m a Senior League tie at Jalan Besar yesterday. The Tamils had no scorers; their defence was over-taxed and there was little they could do against the well-knit Tigers. For fully 50
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    33 7 Hcture. The IHnner's tropßf for the "Perak Derby,** over a mile and a half, which will be run on Monday, last day of the Perak Turf Club Easter meeting at Ipoh.- Free Press
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    Full details of Malayan golf championship
    282 7 THE third annual Malayan Golfing Association championship meet since the liberation will be held over the Royal Singapore Golf Club course during the Easter holidays beginning on Friday. April 7. Due to the large number of entries for the Stroke and Bogey competitions on
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    Sarajah turn the tables
    92 7 although dominating the exchanges for the most part of their Junior B, Group 2 League fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday, Blue Rovers S.C. were surprisingly beaten by the odd goal m three by Katong Sajarah three minutes before time. Katong were faced with a one-goal deficit
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    Cup for best Malay player
    169 7 »TUNGKU Abdul Rahman, vice-president of the Malay Football Association of Malaya, has presented a silver cup for the best Malay player of the year m the Sultan's Gold Cup soccer competition. His offer will be considered at the M. F. A. M. Council meeting to
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    Scottish team v. England has 5 changes
    246 7 Scottish team v. England has 5 changes SCOTLAND make five changes and, for the first time since the 1947-48 season, include more than two Anglo-Scots m their soccer team to meet England at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on April 15. The team contains two new "caps" m MW&ll (Rangers) and Moir
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    Aherne wins chess tourney
    118 7 THE 1950 Singapore Che«s championship has been i won by P. Aherne, who finished half a point ahead of Dr. Lim Kok Ann, last year s champion. Aherne thus becomes the holder of the Lim Boon Kcn£ Cup, a deserved reward for determination and fine play,
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    J.E.C. Old Boys keep soccer cup
    222 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuei THE Truesein cup Mutual soccer match between th. Old Boys and the Present d of the Johore English College was played on the Colk ground on Sunday after a very keen struggle, the Old won four-two to retain trophy. Present Boys
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    U.K. RUGBY
    45 7 YESTERDAY'S Rugby I results were: Bridgewater and Albion 3. pool 8: Devon port Services 3 Capt. Craw shay's ttam 19 LJanelly 0 6: Ne\ 3. Swansea 6. Penza nee and Newlyn 8. Cross Keys F--11 London Hospital 8: Tore 11. Reath 3. Reuter
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    BIRTHS
    59 8 PARNER: On April 2nd, at Kjndang Kerbau Hospital, to Denise and Evelyne, a sister Su^.an Helen. WILLSON: To Dr. Marie Bo nard Willson wife of Dr. Leslie Willsoa M.C.. at Batu Pahat. on Min-h 31st. a daughter. MACARTNEY: At U.S. 43th G r.eral Hospital. Tokyo, on March -o Betty,
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    DEATH
    16 8 REID: In London, suddenly on Ist April. Alexander Reid, former ~ian of McAllster Co Ltd
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    RED PLANES DOWN CHINA RAIDERS
    250 8 Soviet craft m first clash HONG KONG, Tuesday. OUNES of Russian origin shot down two r Chinese Nationalist fighters on Sunday over Hangchow Ba>, the Nationalist Air Headquarters announced m Taipeh yesterday. The announcement said that two Nationalist Mustangs were stiafing Communist junks m Hangchow
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    GOOD RESULTS FROM NEW LEPER DRUG
    90 8 GOOD RESULTS FROM NEW LEPER DRUG TOKIO. Tuesday •THE new leper drug "promin." introduced from America and tried out over the past two years at the te leprosarium In Toklo. •showed remarkable results." declared Dr Y. Hayashi at a medical convention now meeting In Kyoto. Bfl -said inactions ntliuctru ol
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    Strike stops Jakarta ships
    78 8 JAKARTA Tv £)OCK workers at Jak port ol Fard ion Priok icctedly struck yesterday and completely tied up shipping The walk-OUI appeared 'o be t loosely organised r. tha I through the <locß arra M ha\-- ah \A\ beer, discussion f«ir levsral dayi union and tht
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    French Reds cry woe
    97 8 PARIS. Tv COMMUNIST officials admitted yesterday that their party is losing ground m France. This was stated at the party's first National Congress In three years. Honore Drouard, Communist Secretary-General, said: In my department the situation Is far from good. In 1948 we had 425 cells.
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    12 8 The Japan Socialist Party yesterday began m Tokyo a two-day extraordinary convention
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    REDUCING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
    110 8 TOKIO, Tuesday. I\R. Atsuro Fukuda and Dr. Kunimatsu Okutsu v yesterday announced a new remedy for high blood pressure at the 14th Japan Blood Vessel Research Conference, now going on at Chiba University here. I According to a joint research of the two doctors, high blood
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    DOVE ON NEW JAP STAMP
    38 8 To commemorate Postal Service Day, the Japanese Government will issue a now ek'ht-yen stamp on April 20. The new dark green stamp will have a mail box and dov< for its design. Reuter
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    28 8 Suffering from pains m his I right leg and foot and from! fatigue, Pope Pius XII took a I rest from formal activities I over the week-end. A.P.
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    49 8 photo. Two cadets from Malaya. Shukar bin Chile. 20 (left), and Abdul Mann bin Abas. 25. salute grisply as they pass an officer near the entrance to Old College. Sandhurst. They will be commissioned a* junior officers if they Dass out successfully at the end of their course. A.P.
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    New chance for S'hai foreigners
    186 8 N ew chance for S'hai foreigners MAY LEAVE VIA TIENTSIN iyt i r HONG KONG, Tuesday. SHANGHAI'S 1,600 "stranded" General Gordon passengers have been provided with a new way to get out of the country, according to reports reaching Hong Kong. The Shanghai Communist newspaper Liberation Daily says that aliens
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    London strike threat off
    60 8 LONDON. Tues. THE immediate threat of a spring itrike In the London docks was removed yesterday when a Commun-ist-tinged committee ol rebel docken called oil their one-wepk-old ban on overtime work The committee said that the slowdown, originally expected to run for three weoks. was being
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    U.S. increases Pacific fleet
    23 8 The U.S. Navy is adding two destroyers and three submarines to the 7th Fleet m the Western Pacific. Reuter
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    Chiang's call for fast
    78 8 GEX. Chiang; Kai-shek, whi called upon Christians tl Good Friday and to send foi victims. Ho also asked chi an hour on that day. Nationalist troops m thi ed to have begun a "food-: ponse to the Generalissimo's stricken areas.- Reuter i) is a Methodist, yesterday
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    Manila to be burned report
    126 8 Manila to be burned report MANILA, Tues. MOMMUNIST-LED Huk- balahap "suicide >quads' from th e neighbouring provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan ire scheduled to burn Manila, capital of the Philippines, between this coming Wednesday and Saturday. The Evening News, giving this W*mln« yesterday, said it was based on a report
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    Bedouins scare 'evil whale'
    57 8 Bedouins scare evil whale' AMMAN Mon 'FHK eclip.M* «>f the moon. 1. < h'.irlv Visible for an hour hrrr. w;is yrorlrd hy Jordanians uith a stc.ul> tatoo on tin pans and nnptv p^-trol tins to drive aw.v an <-vil uhalr that, atcordin^ to Bcdtmin superstition, xv allows the moon and
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    1 ML SUMS' BIG GIFT IN BURMA
    33 8 c Burma Mus- ..imber of Commerce nted cheques >.000 rupees to the P:ir Tnakin Nu, President of the Anti-; >m League, for le's funds. R euter
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    LATTIMORE SAID 'GIVE UP CHINA'
    168 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. YJK. Owen Lattimore, American Far Eastern expert, yesterday disclosed that he had confidentiallv advised the I'.S. State Department seven months as;o that the Tinted States should "avoid premature or excessive strategic deploy i-*"** u E Mr. Lattimore made this public following a demand
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    PLANES DOWN
    22 8 PLANES DOW N Three twin-engined passenger planes of the Egyptian Royal Air Forced landed because of severe weather m Eastern Turkey. A.P.
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    Glasgow is infected port
    79 8 GLASGOW. Tu. > I^HE medical author; here yesterday declared the port Of Glasgow as smallpox Infected and warned ship-owner* and agents ti examine vaccination certificates of crews visiting the Clyde. Sixty thousand people have already been vaccinated In the Wttt and south-west of Scotland. No new
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    STRIKE CALL
    32 8 A 10-hour general strike was called at Parma. Italy, by the Communists to protest against the death of a worker m prison. They say he died from police beatings.- U.P.
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