The Singapore Free Press, 12 April 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1950. PRICE TEN lEN IS.
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    US-RUSSIAN AIR CLASH CHARGE
    482 1 US -RUSSIAN AIR CLASH CHARGE Washington denies Baltic incident 1V LONDON, Wednesday. p wnat may develop into the most serious East- West incident since the end of the war, Russia yesterday made an angry protest to the Inited States, charging that an American bomber had opened tire on Soviet lighters
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    SEARCH TO GO ON. SAYS U.S.
    139 1 SEA RCH TO GO ON. SAYS U.S. COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. .Hr search tor th e missing American aircraft will 1 as hn\% as a man has chance to live on m I E. Curdess of t»ie U.S. Seventh >i'i.itlron said last night. In which 25 aircraft operating from Copenhagen, have already
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    Balloon is shot down
    47 1 IN Wed. |> ROSSCBS arriD German? from \e>terday Bffctei planes ift r un<> shot run miv balloon Ibe CMtpni t 5f imme (ERP>. i moored over .initiDn m i I t!i border city. Intel a windnd it was i hoslovakia. iiid rjuns at- A.P.
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    Cars record
    9 1 C ars record ;^3.T94 !47 connC :..>us, a A.P.
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    CLUBBED TO DEATH
    10 1 fining J mile Perak h lv 'hre«-
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    TAIPEH STARTS BIG LOTTERY
    37 1 Tickets for a new monthly state lottery, instituted at ►eh, went on sale yesterday. Drawing will take place on April 30 housand tickets c y apiece Irst nrize will be $200,- iooo A.P.
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    Grenade in Amman
    30 1 A hand grenade was thrown into the Amman office of the Director of Jordan's Railways and Civil Aviation I yesterday, slightly injuring the director and his assistant.
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    RED ARMY FORTRESS
    137 1 RED ARMY FORTR ESS STOCKHOLiM. Wed. 'T'HE Soviet -American plane incident occurred at the start of Russia's new major defence line, built since the war to seal off completely the gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. Recent refugees from the former Baltic states of Latyia, Lithuania and Estonia reported that Russia
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    Paper suspended
    23 1 The Vietnam newspaper Actualite has b*en suspended for 15 days by the Vietnam Government for having criticised the Franco-Vietnam agreement— Reuter
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    Luxury ship brings troops
    65 1 F. P. Shipping Reporter A TROOPSHIP which screened new British and American films every night at sea during the voyage from the United Kingdom. the 14,000-ton Empire Hal- j ladale docked at Singapore this morning with 800 aboard. Of these, 210 were Army and Navy replacement
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    JAPS RETURN LOOTED TIN
    54 1 'THE Japanese Government has restored to the United Kingdom 505,457 kilograms of tin seized during the Pacific war, Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced yesterday. The tin, valued at more than U*****,000, was loaded aboard the Isbrandsten Line vessel Flying Cloud at Kobe and Yokohama on April 9
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    REDS OUTLAWED
    17 1 The Bolivian Government has outlawed the Communist Party and arrested 52 of its leaders. Reuter
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    MISSING
    23 1 A report from Batu Pahat says that a 60-year-old Chinese named Ah Lim has been missing from his home since Apr. 7.
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    They shot in front
    34 1 mWO nun wounded by gun bullets was the ™gj£ i Climax to an anofllclal motor race on the outskirts f S %dn« cars" were Army lorries, each carrying driver. A.P.
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    JAP-KOREA TALK
    17 1 Negotiators of the JapanKorea commercial talks started drafting the text of the agreement yesterday. Reuter
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    RIOT IN FRANCE
    31 1 V least ten persons were wounded In Bordeaux yesterday during a Communist -led dockers' riot protesting against a shipment of arms to the French forces m IndoChina.- U.P.
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    Reds dumping gold on Hong Kong mart
    160 1 HONG KONG, Wednesday. 1 HE Chinese Communist government is dumping; large amounts of gold m Hong Kong m order to acquire dollars, bullion traders said yesterday. Prices m the past week hit rock bottom coming within a few cents of the official treasury
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    3 men wounded in ambush
    59 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THREE SOLDIERS of the Devonshire Regt. were wounded yesterday when a patrol was ambushed m the Bentong area of Pahang. The troops had been told that an estate lorry on Bukit Dindin? Estate had been attacked and burned
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    PERAK CHINESE SUPPORT CHIANG
    140 1 JPOH, Wednesday. OVER 200 Chinese associations and guilds m the state of Perak have pledged support to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheks government. This is the first public support of Gen. Chiang s regime since the British Government recognised the Chinese Communist government. At a tea party yesterday
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    USI TROOPS MARCH INTO MACASSAR: AZIZ A PRISONER
    261 1 USI TROOPS MARCH INTO MACASSAR: AZIZ A PRISONER JAKARTA, Wednesday I T.-COL. Mokoginta, captured by Captain Andi Abdul Aziz m la>t week's rebellion at Macassar, today resumed his post as Territorial Commander m East Indonesia. This followed the rebel leader's surrender without a shot yesterdaj. Aziz now a prisoner, will
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    Seretse told: 'be precise'
    138 1 Seretse told: 'be precise' JOHANNESBURG. JNi. »pHE British Inform; Office m Johnnesburg said yesterday that Seretse Khama must furnish "precist information" on his intended movements before he us allowed to visit the Banian 2wato tribal race ot Bechu land and join n.s Lonconborn wife Ruth, who expects a baby m
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    BERLIN DENIAL
    22 1 A Foreign Office spokesman yesterday denied reports that West Berlin is shortly to jom the West German Federal Republic. U.P.
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    ALL QUIET AS ARMS ARRIVE
    91 1 ALL QUIET AS ARMS ARRIVE NAPLES. Wed. TROUBLE. expected at 1 Naples with the arrival of the ttrst Atlantic Pact arms to Europe, failed to materialise yesterday. As dockers unloaded the arms from the American freighter Exilona. police reported all quiet throughout Naples. The Exilona left New York ;on Apr.
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    U.S. silent on Siam aid
    104 1 WASHINGTON. Wed rrHE U.S. State Department yesterday declined to comment immediately on a report from Bangkok that the United States had granted U. 5.510.000.000 m military aid to Siam. U.S. State and Defence Department officials are known to have been considering sending American military supplies
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    ARGENTINE-UK MEAT TALKS
    45 1 The Argentine Government announced yesterday that it was willing to start meat price negotiations with Britain tomorrow. In a note to the British Embassy, the Government suggested that the talks be opened at the Argentine Ministry of Economy on that day. Reuter
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    COAL FROM CHINA
    19 1 Fifty thousand tons of highgrade Kailan coal will arrive shortly m Japan from Communist China Reuter
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    2LB. OPIUM HAUL
    25 1 Melbourne police have seized the largest quantity of prepared opium ever taken m a raid here— two pounds, valued at £500. A.P.
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    WALK-OUT NO. 18
    49 1 The Russian expert on the United Nations Advisory Committee on administrative and budgetary matters yesterday walked out m protest against the presence of the Chinese Nationalist member. This brought to 18 the number of Soviet boycotts of UN. bodies m protest against continued Nationalist representation. Reuter
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    EMPTY CAMP
    40 1 Fre* Press Sta.lT Report' i A platoon of th<» l If Gurkhas operating In Kuantan area of Pahan^ or. Sunday found a 17-hut camp capable of accommodating 100 men The camp appe.r to have been evacuated month ago
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    3 camps desroyed
    20 1 Free Press Stafl Reporter Police patrols op the Ayer Puteh a: I >\ Johorp have destroy bandits camps.
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    TO RESUME TALKS
    21 1 Russia has told Finland that she Is prepared f o restiD trade negotiations v.lv. broke down m Pebrui
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    When a Man Runs Amok
    1214 2 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR IVH.4T causes an amok to behave as he does? MALAYAN. Asßwet -The various types the tropicI as In temperate In every kind of one should take Into r ion the pen i of the i ociety all > his lal cc >n.
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    COAL TOO USEFUL TO BURN
    345 2  - COAL TOO USEFUL TO BURN Patrick Doyle By 'PHE worst thing you can do with coal tod iy is to burn it m the grate. This is the opinion of the scientists and chemists who are taking coal into the laboratories and obtainin^ from it more than 2«>O.ooo different products
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    U.S. 'FLYING LABORATORY
    135 2 AMERICA ki awing her Superforta In half .so it to save tl haiv. s Ol the ordinary B-50 can br worked on at ODCC In th»talk of converiiniz the *plane into the latest type of reconnaissance bomber. When the conversions are finished, the US will have the
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    ... It's Nicer To Stay In Bed
    389 2 It's Nicer To Stay In Bed The Chapman f Pincher Column i WHY does it take most people about two hours to feel fully 'llert after waking up m the morning? Why is the body's grip on life weakest m the small hours of the night? Why does getting up
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      52 2 Solution To Crossword No. is SOLUTION.— Across: 1, In tow 4, Used. 8, Tram tickets. 9, Papev knife. 11. Sport- coat. 15 Lonesighted. 16. Week 17. Recto. Down: 1. In type. 2" 1 rump. 3, Water-<-resp. 6, Bhe;u. 6, Dust. 7, Icing I supar. 10. Sudio. H, P«nct 1 Optic.
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      343 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today. >ou are vtantlv and are willing to more luxury loving work for nhat you want thin is perhaps Rood for gradually you. Being Trry critical. Your tremendous menyou enjoy only the best tal energy is apt to lead things of" life. If you broa- >"U
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    Shintoists object to tax
    27 3 TOKIO Wed. I re- Shinto priests m their ing blue hell shrine reMecca of honours Ideas A been '.akl 2.000.--\v of it Reuter
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    CLEVER DOGS IN THE US.
    259 3 More intelligent than man ¥\or< *h WASHINGTON, Wednesday. CLr mUC more l; >te»»senc c m avoiding m \Lv,? m "l" n thousa d of ""man beings \2' k l accord »«>f to statements made at the Traffic s3SXre° f N l^ 1 C mmiUee r
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    5 years jail
    14 3 leader. ra senico to per j uny to for saying Reuter
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    22 3 fur the air-minded. "Winus" <»f Hlue i 1 .iru the white straw The bonnet VSI n t the Hamilton < lub m London
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    Biast hits Blackpool
    17 3 Biast hits Blackpool Wed. an-hour holiday jresterd theli fe?t. %'indowa and H roofs re promenudSpring *he Reuter
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    Medals all round
    17 3 crew of I Company's which took from Eu- i .i receive the Siamese' A.P.
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    Japs alter writing
    61 3 TOKIO, Wed \I.L public offices of the Metropolitan (iovernment have abandoned the traditional Japanese systen of "top to bottom and runt to left" writing m favour of the new "left to ri^ht" •*>Ntem. The Metropolitan Government al>u reduced by about 20 per cent the number of stamps
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    TOKIO GANGS BROKEN UP
    66 3 Tukio police, who have bt m continuing since Apr. 1 ibe round-up of known gangsters m the Tokio-Yokohama area, have now arrested more than 1.500. At dawn yesterday 160 police m uniform and civilian clothing swooped down on two separate hang -outs m Tokio and \okohama
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    HONG KONG HAS LESS RED CHINA TRADE
    163 3 HONG KON(i, Wednesday. s 1 ■JNK.UiK of trade with Communist China, kj the Nationalist blockade, Red restricarenl breakdown m the Red barter system, rettj of foreign exchange m Red China, taH to bring a moderate pinch to Hong -ny |a not hurt much
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    MR. WALLACE BLAMES BOTH
    65 3 MR. W ALLACE BLAMES BOTH Ttu leader of th- Prugi Party ;md former presidential candidate Mr. Henry C. Wall i i m a broadcast that the policy ol both Bus- 1 he United States rested on "the doctrine of foro-." Hv added: 'The SovJ I Union uses one kind of
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    34 3 Tough on the top and phlegmatic m outlook are these six-banded armadillos, recent arrivals at the London Zoo from South America. Members of the anteater family, they are armoured with bands of bony platen.
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    U.S. TO ADMIT WORE D.P.s
    34 3 U.S. TO ADMIT WORE D.P.s i 13 hours of tng, the U.S. i a bill to persons other year 205.000 to »1 Euroi who may U.S. I aue lo 9 Under it. already A.P.
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    Earth 'boiled' for new life
    153 3 Earth 'boiled for new life COPENHAGEN, Wednesday. BOILING the soil, to put new life into "tired" earth is an experiment now bein* trud with success by Danish nurserymen The area to be treated is dag up to a depth ot aoout eighteen inches. Pipe* are laid m the v tound
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    Russian view of New York
    100 3 Russian view of New York MOSCOW, Wed. DRAVDA'S correspondents, G. I Rassadin and PhlllipOT, recently arrived from New York and reported that New York was a dirly, neglected city, the sidewalks and paveI ments are littered with decaying garbage and the street^ are not washed for many months." They said
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    25 3 A garden party drrss m swish, delicate t loth is this lime green organdie model, uith a shoulder-sheltering cape, shown recently at Selfridgres m London.
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    DO YOUR SHOES FIT?
    169 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. VIXETY per cent, of women and ten per cent, of men have foot troubles caused by unwise buying and wearing of shoes. That is a serious matter when one considers that posture, nerve and cve n spinal ailments have nwn traced to faulty
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    BURMA LOW PROMISE
    42 3 MR. U. YIN. Burma Finance Minister said that the Government would draw on the £6,000,000 Commonwealth loan only to the extent that ordinary revenue resources proved Insufficient. The loan Is backed by Britain. Australia. India, Pakistan and Ceylon. Reuter
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    Simplicity is smart —says Gussie
    211 3 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Wednesday. f 'ERTKI'DE "Gorgeous Gussie" Moran, 26, selected 1 as the best dressed sports woman of 1950 by New York's Fashion* Institute, says simplicity i> what makes sports clothes smart. Gussie was playing m an International tennis tournament here when she heard th
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    Man may go back to the cave again
    263 3 Man may go back to the cave again WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE cave-dwelling age may almost be here. Already certain agencies of the IS. Government have heard suggestions that their important records be stored m caves, snug and safe from any hydrogen bomb. Representative Rankin lias gone into more detail. He
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    Bridge Hands
    287 3 'T'HE difficulty »f bidding no trump was slight to the difficulty of making it. Newnheiess. South, who was one of the leading players of the country. rose to the occasion nobly. West opened the ten of diamonds, and South let this ride around to his own Queen. The
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    GIRL GUIDES' FORTIETH BIRTHDAY
    75 3 LONDON, Wi-d. DELEGATES from 23 I tries attending a biennial conference of Girl Guides and Girl Scoius at St. Hugh's College, Oxford. July 21-31 will be greei?d by Princes s Margaret Sea Rai. gtr Commodore and Lady Baden-Powell. World Chief Guide and wife of he founder
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    India accepts U.N. mediator
    101 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. INDIA has infornv curny Cound i* agrees to the appointment of the Australian jurist. Si: Ov.cn Dixon, as mediator m Inclo-Pakistan dispute Kashmir, it is learned. An official ann< j-ardmg this is expected to be fiom Lake Success ifttr Secunty Cuunc.l meets to
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    DRUG-CRASH INQUIRY
    33 3 The Te: 'y Commissioner Is to conduel a year's survey I effort to determine if t.' of inti-histamine drug colds by m I tribnting to th< >c m traffic accidents U.P.
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      319 3 SINGAPORE reBS I*" 30 1 AU ?;gA UA (BLUE NETWORK) i 0.30 a.m. News Bulletin; 10.40 Ail «w»trP« 4 45 pm P"*™™ ll Sum Coflee Hour Favourites; 11 Album 484 and «i-< meir ma 447 From the London of Australian Songs; 10.10 Every-rmorcpni-y news f* onl X-K J WJ Dnri
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    S'PORE POLICE DRIVING SCHOOL
    307 4  - S' PORE POLICE DRIVING SCHOOL PETER HILL Story by Photos by LEE TUCK SOON HAVE you ever paid atte ition to the manner H Singapore policemen drive their vehicles? Here is an object lesson m road sense and courtesy for most drivers. Singapore mobile police are trained at the Police
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    AWAITING CHANCE TO FIGHT AGAIN
    307 5 >OO CHINESE INTERNEES i>/l ONG, (North lndu-China). Wednesday »80l I 17.000 Nationalist tioops and 1,000 civilian fl re including Wtien and children, are I mi n thu slender valley m the green hills near North Indo-China border. They are interned "j miles from Chinese Communist
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    69 5 photos. These two pictures are allegedly of "flying saucers." The one at top is a one-third size scale model built m 1942 m the I'nited States, designated the XF5l'I and shown here mounted for wind tunnel tests. The other picture, released by the IS. Navy, shows an experimental XFSUI which
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    Russia can read disc hysteria
    41 5 YORK. Wed. n exist are n dollars to the /old »mTaylor. are air 3> inrt I -!a *he American r* bM' to :rom ami ft of re pprhiyia f h*» of a »i ">m* B U.P.
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    ASK ELECTION FOR MALAYA
    36 5 ASK ELECTION FOR MALAYA Dft] Comism -day I ndon by p ng the G 'rnniem to r of a::. rvision of an a ir.n preside ion Fifc^en -a. met r.al ''ommit- mber of ".ner i im'.utions.
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    PAK PLANECRASHES
    9 5 y Rrte-ffi-1 <untry -it. Ki^hmir. and Reuter
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    Halting 'Titoism' in Red China
    149 5 Halting 'Titoism' in Red China HONCi KONG, Wednrsday SOVIET Russians and international-minded Chin--8 eve Reds are energetically preparing the stage foi firm and permanent control of China against any future threat of Titoism. which is reliably reported to have already started bu'ldmg mside the Chines* Communist Part> As Russians, civilians
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    U.N. PROBES SLAVERY
    177 5 U.N. PROBES SLA VERY NEW YORK, Wednesday. rHH'R experts on a special I nited Nations com- mitte to find out where slavery still exists m the world estimate it will take them another year to complete their job. They ended six weeks preliminary discussion re with the announcement that they
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    28 5 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands using the skilift at Val d'lsere m SouthEast France during an Alpine holiday with her husband. Prince Bernard, and their two elder daughters.
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    Contract for star
    30 5 Republic Studios have renewed, for a year, the outrun of Cub.m actress Estelita Rodriguez. Two pictun s arc sched the West. 1 th Roy Rocen. ide."- A.P.
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    TENSION ON H.K. BORDER IS EASING
    301 5 Work rushed on defences HONG KONG, Wednesday. CHINESE Communist troops have been on the Hong Kong border for over six months now without crossing it and tension is easing. This has been evidenced Dy the permanent reduction of more than 2,000 troops m the
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    50 5 photo. U.S. Admiral Russel S. Berkey (right), while on a courtesy visit to IndoChina. went on a tiger hunt at Dalat with Bao Dai, Vietnam Chief of State, (second from left). The tiger was shot by Lt.Commander Drake (left). The fierce-looking gentleman is U.S. Charge d'Affaires Edmond A. Gullion. A.P.
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    AIDING YOUNG POETS
    110 5 LONDON. Wed. BRITAIN'S young poets, languishing because no one will publish their verse, are to be helped by those who have made the grade. An Arts Council Panel has just been established to lift poetry out of the rut. Members of the panel are the successful poets,
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    TYRES MAY COST MORE
    55 5 TYRES MAY COST MORE ATR J. P SEIBERLING pre--4 sident of the Seiberllng Rubber Co., told stockholders at an annual meeting m Akron that an increase m lyre prices before midsummer is "inevitable." He said industry badly needs a price increase of at least ten per cent" Because of higher
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    REDS EXTEND CONTROL
    51 5 IUIE Peking Government has taken over motor transportation m North China, which is being "unified" under i state-operated company The existing motor transport services are being taken over during the first half ot this year as an "indispensable tof a planned economy toward which China is head-
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    DUKE GIVES UP SMALLEST TRAIN
    110 5 NEW ROMNEY, (Kent), Wednesday. HANDSOME, 55-year-old Dunrobin, the dark green engine which pulled the Duke of Sutherlands' exclusive train through the Highlands, has made its last journey. The Dunrobin and train, which travelled 700 miles from the Duke's private station at Golspie. near Dunrobin Castle,
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    CALL FOR MORE U.S. PLANES
    64 5 The chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee called on the U.S Congress yesterday to vote U. 5.5583,289,211. 5583,289,211 for more warplanes to help meet the threat of an "atomic blitz." Protesting that the administration's U5513,911,127,000 military programme "will wither American air power"
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    An effective example
    61 5 DON'T use these matches' said Thadeus Sieradzki. 23. of Passaie. New Jersey, as he explained to his sister > y were trick matches that explode when fhe user •> to strike them. He said "look what happrns" and struck one. The Fire Department put out the blaze
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    S.E. Asia union plan put off
    68 5 MANILA. Wed. WNDEFINTE postponement L and, perhaps, the abandonment of President Elpidio Quirino's plan for a nonCommunist "cultural, economic and political' union of South-East Asia nations was indicated yesterday. Most Manila newspapers carried stories to the effect that the Philippines woulq watch developments at
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    10 million children get anti-T.B. vaccine
    159 5 IN Karachi (Pakistan), a *hree-year-old girl, Zora Mohamed. held out her arm to a Danish doctor. He made a skin test for tuberculosis. Zora was the 2r ,000,000 th child to b e tested m an international campaign against TB. Later she received a
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    Turbine engine for lorries
    236 5 Turbine engine for lorries SEATTLE, Wednesday. 'THE Boeing Airplane Co. announced that it has produced the "world's first turbine engine for lorries", weighing only one-fourteenth as much as a diesel motor producing the same power. The mighty midget, which generates 175 h.p., weighs only 200 lbs. It has been road
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    Smoke cost him $200
    46 5 JESTER FOUL went dejectedly into the city court m Waterbury, Connecticut, on charges of starting a fire while smoking m bed. He explained the blaze had destroyed his trousers which contained 1.5.5200. The judge said, "You alread% suffered enough. Case dismissed." U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Apr. 12. 1950 SIR STAFFORD'S DILEMMA
    407 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Apr. 12. 1950 SIR STAFFORD' S DILEMMA K'fcXT Tt. afternoon. Si] Stafford Cripp* will be pi lied m Downing holding aloft o batit.* vi dispatch case. About later, he will the crowded House Commons and deliver a nch every n. he British It eager to
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    Fabulous Future Awaits Canada
    881 6  -  Mc KENZIE PORTER SIGNIFICANCE OF OIL DISCOVERIES By TORONTO IjVARLY this year Dr. Theobald A Link told the Canadian Institute of Mining Engineers m Toronto: "I believe that during the next decade the exploiation for, :md discovery of new oil m Western Canada will be such
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    FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE
    245 6 AMERICA i* this year »o t\y v team of scienti 10 tne North Pole— and iiuici them ihere. Preparations ;;re r e itacly m hand foi v. nat is believed to be '<\>v tirs at!«*n:pi ever to land ii plane m Urn North Polar i c
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    Coming-Music In Miniature
    777 6 Coming-Music In Miniature Music topics by PRESTO IK the symphony Is an oil painting splashed with vivid colours the quartet can be likened to a delicate water»lOUl m which beautiful eflerts are obtained With fewer colours but -ised With infinite {trust; false stroke Mf avoid detection m an oUpaintinf. In
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    39 6 Princess Margaret planting a copper beech tree alter the had opened th? n ew playing fields at Gorton Man Chester, during her 'wo-day tour of Lancashire. With her is the Lord Mayor of Mane hestrr. Alderman Robert Moss, JP
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    NEW RECORDS
    359 6 Hu^imiiidf ovrituir iScbubetti and Schmo from (MM m E Flat i Mrndflssolin i played by the Halle Orchestra <Sir John Bar birollii. HMV t. 3943— 4. If you like the Ros-amunde (and *ho doesn't > there is little to choose between this rerorduiK and the recent Decca <2071
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    $ MILLION MOSQUE
    147 6  - MILLION MOSQ UE O.M. Marashian B^ CAIRO: UfASHINGTON will soon have its first mosque. Construction of the Muslim place of worship and an adjoining Islamic Institute is expected to be*ji n soon. The mosque will b*r m pure Arabic architecturt famous for iv beautiful linen and I on an area
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    56 6 i in t ■uliry v ihe ia.> w ho\DOOpt Ol I>■ not i. *Ed lay- rml!ior> In par';A.i.. .tr, i prod ;n 000 o<Ki i*-g rir.i h and although hat deai In Piling of over 45 000 day it li only rare- The reason. r i become tlie
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    JOHORE T.U. OFFICERS
    24 7 JOHORE T.U. OFFICERS <iH Kt-poner the Jol Id during following for the S P J Mi Mr Cheah Mr m H X Piiia; and
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    31 7 ;>u lurf r |j miiuil general I the Malayan >,njjap«)rr yesfrom left) Mrs. rd p v ,tut> Lady McE. Curie. r. IV timer. Mrs. lip and Miss I mh- Free Press
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    19 7 tga D Road War p: to:o 8 p m j r* of the 1 V V
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    INDIES RELAXES EXPORT RULES
    164 7 Free Press Staff Reporter 'PHE Indonesian Government has modifieft regulations to permit freer export of produce from its •non-customs" areas to Singapore. The areas include Rhio islands and adjoining territory m Sumatra. The free expurt commodities consist of fish. we rubber from Rhio estates, copra from
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    36 7 piclurr MR H. P X Jaefci of the Saraw.ik (iovernment Serf toe, who is passing through Singapore on leave m the I'nited Kingdom. Mr. J.irk.v wa> with th? South Pacifii command during th#- ««r Free Press
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    Fun oral of Ted Dawson in Ipoh
    73 7 Fun oral of Ted Dawson in Ipoh From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Wed PALL-BEARERS at Mr. E H. «Ted» Dawson's funeral m Ipoh yesterday evening were Messrs D<>uk McPher>..n Porky Donnelly Rube Billet*. Tjoa" Maini Alan Huddle. and myself. Straits Racinf Association officials and c-ommittee members from individual turf clubs attended,
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    Y.W.C.A. adopts new constitution
    228 7 Free Press Staff Reporter AT its annual meeting m Singapore yesterday, the Young Women's Christian Association adopted a new constitution and chansfd its nam c from the V W.C.A. of Singapore to the Y.W.C.A. of Malaya and Singapore. Under the new Constitution, the "V's" of Kuala
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    74 7 Picture. \f EMBERS of the Sir Ismail Malay Rover Crew who helped m the Johore Bahru Rifle Association shoot over the week-end were (seated) Sr. R. M. Salim Othman, ARSL Hassan H. Mohd. and R/M Hassan Akil; (standing) ARSL R. Jaafar Chick, Sr. R/M Kadir A. Sawad, R /S Jusof
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    NEW S'PORE-JOHORE ROAD PROPOSED
    335 7 NEW S 'PORE-JOHORE ROAD PROPOSED To ease flow of traffic tree Press Man Reporter PROPOSAL for a double trunk route between Singapore and Johore Bahru will be placed before the next meeting o f the legislative Council on April 25 by Mr. Balwant Sineh (Rural West). Mr. Singh will table
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    28 7 picture. jyjß. John Kllicolt of H.M. Naval Base and Miss Marion Cole. who were married at St. Joseph's Church m the Bukit Timah Boys' Town yesterday. Free Press
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    1,000 MORE MOTOR CARS
    91 7 SINGAPORE toda> has approximately 1.000 more motor cars and 6.000 more bicycles than at the end of last year, the Municipal Registrar of Vehicles disclosed yesterday. Public IllrtUWl have liemiffl by 33 ;n the pa*t thre« months and now total 7 859 The number of trishaws
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    DatoOnn's call to youth
    195 7 F.F. Malay Correspondent JJECLARING that youth will play a big part m the attainment of self-government by Malaya, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, president of the j United Malays National OrIganisalion. told a gathering of UMNO youths m Batu Pahat that the security of Malaya depends largely
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    Plan to aid detainees
    147 7 Plan to aid detainees K.P. Ma lav (orrrspoiidrnt A malaya-wide campaign by the Malay Welfare Council of Singapore will be started to help Malays detainee: under the Emergency Re- j gulations and their dependents as soon aj Governments permission is obtained. This was decided at a committee meeting of ihe
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    Rubber shoe makers fear Jap imports
    186 7 Free Press Chinese Correspond* nt 'PHE Malayan Rubber Goods Manufacturers' Association has submitted a memorandum to the Federation Government voicing grave concern over the "undesirable consequences" that may rrsuM from the importation of $4,000,000 wort!) if Japanese rubber goods under the Quota allocations approved
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    HELICOPTERS COMING
    32 7 HELICOPTERS COMING TWO m -niiance Urn R. j Malaya are diM tie G The ht used for thf cities ?ufl( It perimenU v^ill b lifting '-asii; j machine by wine hovering v.
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    MAILS
    42 7 Surface mail \y expected m j Singapore from the Federation latest times for poMing su; mail today at tfc<- G P.O. noon for Philippine Island* Hone Kong China, and patech BB|f ''>' Siam and Tl I mfnil 1.48 pm for th«- Federation.
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    $6 MIL PROPERTY FOR AUCTION
    228 7 Free Press Staff Reporter \IORE than 56,000,000 worth of freehold lands and houses m Singapore will be put up for auction tomorrow. They are the property of the Meyer family of Singapore and include Meye* Mansions m North Bridge Road, Crescent Flats m Meyer Road,
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    BUTTER FREED
    29 7 RATIONING of tinned i frozen butter m Singapore ended yesterday. Tin eminent decided on this view of the satisfactory stock position and adequate supr coming forward." I
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    'UNITY FIRST' —GURNEY
    102 7 'UNITY FIRST' GURNEY PENANG Tliei rn HE High Commissioner, S:r Henry Gurney, In an interview at Penang today, referred to the possibility of closer tie s between Singapore and the Federation which wa> suggested by the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson on hit return from England "Our first need Is fur
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    GURNEY MAY SPEAK ON TROOPS
    248 8 GURNEY MAY SPEAK ON TROOPS Council debate next week THE High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Henry Ciurney, may make a statement on military reinforcements next Wednesday when the Federal Legislative Council debates a motion asking for additional troops. Sir Henry told the Free Press correspondent m Penang yesterday that
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    60 8 D\TO Lieut.-Col. H. J. Yahya (ri?ht). who won the Johore Bahru Rifle Association Faster shoot. i> here on the ransie with Wan Rahim bin Haji Wan Nu.ih. A.D.i'. to the Resent. Tun-ku Mabkola. Vrtcr.in Data Tal^a won the Bisley revolver event m IWf and was !v>m champion m Sin?ap»>re and
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    RUSH TO IMPORT SIAMESE RICE
    124 8 VrHtN Government control over the private im- port of certain grades of rice from Siam is lifted m Singapore and the Federation on Saturday, niuiy Singapore rice importers aacr c expected to air^lv for A.Ps. to import. Er C'her A. .a°Br of m Ol Tan
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    71 8 'imik llth Singapore Cirl GaMca will present a varietj A iDinert m aid of their Australian Camp Fund it the British Council Hill at 7.31 p.m. tonight nul I nd.i> and at t p.m. on Vitwrdiv Picture shows (from left) Soon Phinj;. Nancy (hnn^;. Mina Prrrira Kathcriiir Wing. Annio I.
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    ESTATE PAY TALKS
    85 8 KUAIA LUMPUR, Tin 0 IAI.S Ol t v w M-v a Planting x and representatives i»l itej Trade Unions Committee will meet m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to fir. m agreement <>n work rond ites. Ti' a nt will con le with talks on I rkers' "tasks" system
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    N.Y. STOCKS DECLINE
    11 8 AectlVf prol York before Uv In 1 U.S.S.I
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    FED. CIVIL DEFENCE CHIEF FOR U.K.
    102 8 FED. CIVIL DEFENCE CHIEF FOR U.K. KUALA LUMPUR. Tl FEDERATIONS Civil Def?nct Commlssloner-Ue- signate, Mr. G. w. E ville will leave by air I Tuesday for the United K. torn where he will at- three civil defence courses. Mr. Somervillv? who Anli BaiiGit miser will pi organise and co-ordir. Federation's
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    49 8 -i riINfIAPORF dpl»»i?ates to the \ll-Malaya Methods Youth I p i nxtit O held m Penan c from Apr li U> Apr 17, «ho left m tli» »i sh.p Rajula for P.nang. M^v than 400 dHetjates from tfa ,n il? 3, l 3 will attend the meeting. Free Press
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    GURKHA OFFICERS AWARDED D.S.O.
    464 8 Free Tress Staff Reporter action against the bandits m Mala\a. the I>>s--1 tinguished Service Order bat keen awarded to Lt. <»l F P Townsend Commandlui Ist. Battalion, till Gurkha Rifles, and la Major r Hichardvon. l 2 K. K. Gurkha Rifles Announcing the a- >i tht*
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    MARKETS ARE FIRM IN MOST SECTIONS
    124 8 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON. Wed I'HE London Stock Ex- hange was m a sub-dii-d mood yesterday when it resumed after the Easter holidays, says Reuter'a financial corres)n.ident. Accumulatiwi. of weekn .rs amcient support to tirmness m is but this was I Busin- Uj hfld
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    London pepper
    17 8 April May per v.r.g of the LOOd n tx»j>ppr m»rk< -day. B held ofl U.P.
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    THE CAT, THE DOG AND THE SPIDER
    1041 9  -  BEE WICKERSON IjJ jHe4itaf £&€Vt £tcty by morning I garden ble. The hobbled oui unit sunsix supon hro lowed, s which the lone. dmrCan you at- d at I I a >:'r.merjnd the I repose I mis- Mar- TialS w of nto th*»
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    The case of the invisible thief
    1317 9 The case of the invisible thief I by FABIAN of I the YARD I "^ll AT a pity you don't dunce!" declared the little pink card. Elderly Mr Arno 1 d Babbacombe picked it up to read it r with some surprise. He had not seen anybody put the card
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    MAIN WORRY IS IN DEFENCE
    577 10  - MAIN WORRY IS IN DEFENCE CRUSADER SAFA *s Malaya Cup plans By gTRANCiKLY enough, the main problem fat -ing the Singapore Amateur Football Association selectors is not m picking the forward line, but m finding a fullback combination which will inspire confidence m the quest for the Malaya Cup this
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    Sarawak, Borneo keen on badminton
    392 10  -  ROGER YUE By and Bornro ai> making great progress m badminton, according to Ong Poh Lim, the Malayan Thomas Cup player who recently played exhibition matches there. Malaya's success m the Thomas Cup gave <i fillip to the tjame there, and more and more courts
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    Brown, Sidwell for U.K.
    115 10 JHE British hard court championships promise this year to be one of the best gatherings of their kind since the war. Certainly the overseas i >>ullengp is the best of recent years with a strong challenge from Australia m d\c persons of Geoff Brown, Adrian Q:iist
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    2000 Guineas very open
    279 10 From VIKNON MORGAN IN l' I.^1 than three weeks the 2.000 Guineas, the first of the five English classics Will b«> run over the Kmmile at Newmarket. erUlg on this tacv has been unusually light, not only perhaps boo mar of short. mo uf money (though
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    TO STUDY JAP METHODS
    80 10 MAX Muddrrs, head coacb for the Amateur Swimming Association of Great Britain, will fly to Japan on July 10 to study Japanese swimming and training methods. The A.S.A. said the trip is part of a programme designed to raise British swimming to world championship class. Madders
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    39 10 pa tun- KEE soon BKF of Bißffa- pore, ulio won fir>>t place m the >< > metres breast Ntroke for men it the Chinese Swimming Clubs' meet between Singapore and Pen tnt: held it Penang daring the Easter holidays. Free Press
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    Bira retires after leading
    91 10 I)RINCE BlrabongM ol Sum driving j. Maseratl ret after seven lap* In Hi- Richmond trophy t-vent dv: the opening meetli 1950 British motor racing son (»n MonHe took an early 1- i the meeting which m blinding rain and K.i'.- blowing but hud tr< and after
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    Follow the Ball Through No. 3
    88 10 At West Bromwich Billy Steel saw this neat move which produced a goal for Arsenal. Th P move: Pass by Logic i°ki T\ s u w u°, passed out to McPherson. The winger rm, I n™* f he he ld of Millard. ran k^
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    113 10 (iROI'P picture of some of the competitors at the Johore Bahru Hifl I Easteff Mfftlnf shows [frirt from left): Adam bin Moham.-d >\s\ A'). hoo Emm Kiat Ut >ds. "B"). Abu Bakar bin Ahn.ad IMohamrd bin Ismail (Ist %d> *B and !nd :."> >ds F', v Ismail bin Abu Rakar
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    103 10  -  BRUCE HARRIS ij IN one r«*N|>«*< t— and perhaps ih,r tf MtR one respect the neu Parliament m an impr" 1 ment on the old It should pl.t > Ke The two Housos ma v b A I I for Saturday. Jun? 3 v. '•n men
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    538 10  -  BILLY STEEL I THE SCIENCE IN SOCCER 1U f ook on training as a J scries of set exercises designed to get you. and Steep you. 100 per rent. fit. Tb all those young, ambitious footballer* who wish to know how they
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    490 11 'I SHAN'T BE KO'D; SAYS BROOKS Arriving this afternoon Im a essa S c sen to me by Boy Brooks from Manila last night, the triple champion of the Orient had this to say: iam feeling wonderi*ladto hear Dave Sands arrived. My right nand is fine and am so confident.
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    26 11 picture. Jaiz Princess (J. Donnelly) returnm* to scale after winning the nine-furloiv race for Class Z, Div t horse s at Ipoh on Monday". Free Press
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    56 11 picture. Miss Urn Cheng Im of Penang (centre), Miss Nancy Lim (left) and Doris Lim (both of Singapore), first second and third respectively m the women's 100 moires free-style race at the Penang and Singapore Chinese swimming club's Easter meet at Penang. Cheng Im broke the record with a time
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    98 11 YESTERDAYS Rugby U nion I were: Bridgend 9. Birmingham <) Bndgetrat«r Albion 5, Penarth ,16. Cardiff 11. Northampton 6 J Exe'er 6. Leicester 8; Nrxpor: m' i Barbarians 8; Pontvpool 20 on-Super-Mare 0: Stroud 3. Aberavon 16. Devonpon Services 14 B.iih 0. Clifton 0. Bristol 13 Newbridge
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    45 11 WITH Sharif! playing at the top of his form, the In- I B /:i had no ulty m beating Aston i goals to nil m an I r.A. Junior B. Group 2 fixture a* Gey. v scored five of coming i
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    55 11 25- M. cycle race The e Vm annual cycU c 100-laps Grass held on v 26, will b* Jsome Luca*" Clip Inclnae r^ce for vonen. Enl for both elects elo c on Bur April 16. acd should b- sent to b r H..n C lin X Club. C H-ip Terk
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    PAKISTAN TEAM TO PLAY IN H.K.
    48 11 T'HK Pakistan lawn tennis j 1 team which lost their I DaYies Cup tie to the Philippines will return to Honp Kons today for a series of exhibition games. They are j likely to reach Bangkok' some time next week-end. i Reuter
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    36 11 THE United Overseas Chinese basketball team suffered their firs' defeat when they met the Chinese High School Oh Boys ,nd were b«ten by 40-33 at tie Happy World stadium last night. i
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    913 11  -  PETER HILL By yHIRTY-ONE years ago a young enterprising 1 American with a flair for fiijping boxing contests had a sudden brain wave. It was that if he managed to corner the world fiiming rights of all the championship fights from lightweight to heavyweight he
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    128 11 i I Phillips of London, forme.- British Empire and Clavton's titles. The fight, at 128 lbs., was an j match. Phillips, who lost his tiues to Clayton 2 1 2 years ago, boxed at the top of his form last night. He was generally boxing
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    78 11 RESULTS ol yesterday* English Football League fixtures were: HKST DIVISION W,.n Villa I harlton 1 iiunrti-r -fin, i i Newcastle I I INNei Mambrstrr I) M <>M» DIVISION Kradlord < hrstf rtirld t 'ovrniry C. ,T \\>st Ham 1 IKIIID DIVISION (s(HIHi Northampton :J N,.r»i«h 1 IKIMI
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    51 11 IjiNTRIES for the inter-club j medley relay at the Tamil Brotherhood Association sports meet must be sent to Mr. S. R. S. Naidu "athletics secretary before 3 p.m. on Saturday at Jalan Besar Stadium. The relay will be for the Bharat challenge cup presented by Dato C. J.
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    221 11 THERE was no change In ihe prices of the three leading 2,000 Guineas candidates when the card on the race was called over at the Victoria Club, London. last night. Masked Light and Palestine remain 3-1 joint favourites, with Gordon Richards mount, The Golden Road,
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    69 11 Sappers win at Changi THE odd goal m threo was the margin by which Royal Engineers beat R.A.F. Changi m their S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Changi yesterday. The Sappers opened the scoring midway through the I second half and were two up (Speak and Kennedy scoring) before the Changi
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    F.G. MINNS WINS KEEN PRIZE
    57 11 T'HE Keen Prize <flag compe- titioru was played over the Island Ciub course on Easier Monday and was won by F. G. Minns <9>. Next best scores were from M. C. V. Martia »12t and N. Maiial (8). The prize for the best we- j
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    R. HEATHER FOR U.S.
    30 11 REG Heather, one oi Vivtoria's most successful jockeys, will leave for I ca early next year to ride a: big meetings m Caifornia end Kentucky.— A.P.
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    BODCA win spirited game v. Navy
    370 11 VAVY were lucky to score three goals m their Senior Division League match against BODCA at the stadium yesterday two goals coming as the result of an indirect free kick and a penalty and the other when the BODCA back.-, let a tame shot
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    International player in Navy team
    186 11 J3OYAL Navy have been very lucky m the mj of After McMahon left, at the wid «»f last season, they secured the services of Mutt m. who had represented the Royal Navy m England Mutton turned out to fee a worthy successor :o McMahon and
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    'Ultimatum' on television
    116 11 Ultimatum' on television B KRAUTS vp<»r;- 1. moters Jast itjnt .jthreatened an absolute ban on television of al! .ports events if tn«ir demands r copyright protection not given immediate »< deration by the Brit--ti Broadcasting Corporation Arthur Klvin. ha.rman of th** ciuit mbl^y Stadium. Ltd.. ihf ai n < where
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    Jolly Brothers beaten in J.B.
    63 11 JOHOHE BAHRU pATHOLIC V.iung I v. Association Join beat Jolly B pore at soccer by seven to tv. yesterday CYMA Dp '..< d th< when Ah close m Wee Kuane another v »al and A put them visitors r inslde-ripht. At I -1 CYMA The
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    BIRTH
    20 12 KIfJQBI: On 9 April '50, at F.ungsar Hospital. Ku.«la Lumpur Kathleen wife of Eric D. Knisrhf. a daughter Christine.
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    ENCASEMENT
    17 12 MLTL A ABISHFGAM of iiy and Caroline. second or Mr and Mrs. S. Guru- Ki:..l-\ Lumpur.
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    MARRIAGE
    43 12 simon KE-The marriage Wiiham Jerry, youngest son of th hue Mr. F. Sydney m Simms, of South Wales. *nd Maty Gwendoline, elder 1 tugttte* cf Mr and Mrs. Raymond Ifeeke of Sheffield, took on 10th April 1950. at St ircl Ku;»'.a Lumpur.
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    63 12 Mil WEE THEAM SENG, aged d aw.iy at No 19, CairnClrcle on 11.4.1950 at 11.10 leaves sorrowing Mr. Mrs. Chye H:n. Mrs. Kwa Stew Mrs. Yeo Chting Swee, Mrs. i l« Khek S««e, Mrs Oaw Khek Mrs. T mtv Pfk TJln. Mrs. i \n Chin Tuan. 6 Sons-in-law grandchildren
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    47 12 MRS. CLARENCE DSOUZA <fc fimilv thank all those who sent wreaths, letters of condolence ided the funeral of the late D'Souza. ;S CHAN HOR NAM and < hildrcn thank all friends and ;v?s who attended the funeral !r. Chan Hor Nam and those ba and mc^ ndolence
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    MARSHALL AID FOR S.-E. ASIA
    225 12 U.S. to draw up definite plan TOKIO, Wednesday. A MINOR "Marshall Plan" for Asia with Japan as pivot is expected to evolve when American diplomats, and commercial attaches from Washington and 12 Asian capitals confer m Tokio on Apr. 17. Diplomatic circles here believe that
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    24 12 The T.S. Republican leader. Senator Arthur Vandenberg. who underwent an operation yesterday for the removal of a tumour near the spinal cord. A. P.
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    RED REVERSES IN HAINAN
    190 12 HONG KONG, Wednesday. THE Nationalist defence headquarters on Hainan Island claimed yesterday that their land, sea and aii forces had killed 5.000 Reds and captured nearly >.(>OO more m the past week. Nationalist warplanes flew over Shanghai, Nanking. Hangchow and other Red-held cities m an open
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    4 SCOUTS DIE ON RAFT
    66 12 CLEYBLAND (Ohio). M.m Fj^Olß Boy Stouts swept into lake Krir on a rubber raft on Monday were found dead of exposure yesterday still on the raft m the lake. A iMen pliiif, took part m the Mirih. A o.lst (iiiard boat took the bodies from
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    THE BOOBY & THE TRAP
    50 12 THE BOOBY THE TRAP A Belgian pigeon fan< Konlz, found his pigeons i i :.t? stolen. 80 he rig^»-d up •t booby trap m his plf loft Which automatically fired a shot when the door was opened. K<-nlx will b< buri« d tcday a f th»- local cemetei A. P.
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    U.S.I, mission
    25 12 An Indonesian six-man deitlon uill leave Jakarta for Moscow on Saturday to negotiate for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government.
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    SHIP FIRED AT
    24 12 Vietminh rebel bullets rSked the French 8,917-ton freighter Bontay m Saigon River on Wednesday but did not cause any casualties Reuter
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    Church blaze at wedding
    65 12 OTTAWA. W.-d yt'OVVK Plourde. whose wedding ceremony was stopped by a raging lire, said that sh< not know when she will ti j j marry again. Miss Ploudre and her I bridegroom heard the priest pronounce the flra words of marriace ceremony w the altar boy
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    EMMA, 73, WAS TOO TOUGH
    37 12 A motor-cycle ran into a 73-year-obi German Krandmother. Frau Emma M»-nke. and lent her spinning. The motor-cycle was wrecked and the driver taken to hospital Frau Emma Menke got up unhurt. A.P.
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    STUDENT PROTEST
    20 12 Pis:i University students yesterday evacuated the university building th<>y occupied for 20 days In protest against taxation. A.P.
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    BEVIN IN HOSPITAL
    19 12 The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, went Into hospital yesterday for a minor operation. Reuter
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    Nehru's elephant tale
    79 12 Nehru' s elephant tale THK Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, who recently presented elephants to Japan and the tinted States, told a news conference, m New Qalhi yesterday why he made the gifts. He said that the Indian ambassador to Moscow. Mr. S. Radhakrishnan. has seen a Russian newspaper dated
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    SUICIDE'S TIP TO JOURNAL
    100 12 SUICIDE'S TIP TO JOURNAL NEW YORK. Wed 1 1 UGH ERNST, 39, husband of movie and television iCtresi Betty Furness, telephoned a newspaper early yesterday that he had a «i>od story.'" When a reporter got to his hotel room, he found that Zrnst had killed himself with a shotgun. [n
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    RED-JAP TRADE
    24 12 Increased trade with Communist China should have flr.st priority. Japans new Minister of International Trade and Industry told the press yes!av.— A.P.
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    India aid for Asia coal industry
    116 12 CALCUTTA, Wednesday INDIA and Japan have agived to place their iaboratorles and research facilities at the disposal of other Asian coutUrifs for testing their iron ore and COM resources. iraa ■nnnun^j the Economic Commission for A.sla and the Far E sub-committee on Iron .steel
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    24 12 picture Indian llfathrr (Ayres) romps home by xix lfiiuth> m thf Prrak I)f*rh.v' ov»t a mil*' and half .it Ipoh on Monday. Free Press
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    14 POLIO VICTIMS' TRIP OF HOPE
    117 12 DAR ES SALAAM, Monday i^OURTEEN small children, most ot them parah 1 from the wrist down and whimpering pathetically, landed at Dar Es Salaam yesterday from an Air Fiance Skymaster to stay the night They are infantile paralysis victims on their way from Reunion
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    Wanted a girl, got 3 boys
    33 12 PALIKMO. Wed MRS Ninfa Piaiza. SI. mother of six sons. hoped her baby would be a Jfirl. She gave birth yesterday to triplets three more boys. A.P.
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    AMI-RED DRIVE
    11 12 The anti-Communist drive m Bombay is being intensified.- A.P.
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    No large-scale help for Asia
    202 12 NEH YORK. Wednesday. PHE I.S. Assistant Secretary of State for N Eastern, Asian and African Affairs. Mr. George < McCihee, indicated yesterday that America would not provide large-scale financial aid for the implementation of President Truman's Point Four plan to aid under-developed countries. In a
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    Teachers demand more pay
    7 12 Teachers demand more pay man': T Reuter
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    GEM GANGS HUNTED
    4 12 GEM GANGS HUNTED Reuter
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