The Singapore Free Press, 17 April 1950

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA \,i I" 3 SINGAPORE, MONDAY APRIL 17, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • 509 1  -  FRANK ROBINSON Million gallons of oil, tanker ablaze PULAU SAMBOE HORROR B\ Free Preai >i a ff Reporter IKRanexplosionlastnightinapumphouseontheAngloKon letroleum Company's depot on Pulau Samboe, miles from Singapore, a tank holding 1,000,000 gall< as of aviation spirit and the 9,000 ton tanker Lingula
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  • 109 1 BRITISH MINISTER RESIGNS LONDON, Mon. MR. Stanley Evans, Parliamentary Secretary to the British Ministry of Food, resigned last night. An announcement from the Prime Minister's house said Mr Evans had placed his resignation m the hands of Mr. Attlee. who accepted it. Air. Evans" resignation came within 24 hours of
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  • 59 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rilß HENRY GURNEY this O morning presented awards to 29 Federation officers and civilians mostly police, at a ceremonial parade at the Police Depot. The awards ranged from the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division" to the Royal Humane Society's testimonial. Ten
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  • 34 1 Police yesterday recovered 635 rounds of 9 mm ammunition by the roadside of Kampong Batu Papa m Johore Bahru district. A planter travelling along Labis Road found a grenade by the roadside.
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  • 13 1 Czechoslovakia is supplying 750 prefabricated wooden houses to Australia, A.P.
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  • 118 1 MANILA, Monday. CONCENTRATED attacks on Communist-led dissil dents reportedly massed m the mountains some Hisf. nee north of Manila, are being made by crack units of the Philippines -round forces and the COI l t^ b l U as a h ry 'between Hukbalahaps and
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  • 42 1 General Omar Bradley said m Chicago the United States may have to sacrifice a bit of sovereignty and furnish the North Atlantic area and defence a navy or air force neater than "we would normally be willing to provide. A.P.
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  • 135 1 LONDON, Monday. INTENSIVE inquiries are being made to determine whether a British airliner torn by an explosion over the English Channel had been damaged by a bomb smuggled aboard. One of the passengers was Mr. Ralph Strauss, American special assistant m the Marshall Plan organisation.
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  • 74 1 BRUSSELS, Mon. OROAIK ASTIMi to his people for the first time m 10 years, exild King Leopold said yesterday that if Parliament recalled him to the throne, he would temporarily transfer his royal rights to his 19-year-old son Prince Baudouin. lie would end the transfer of
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  • 86 1 SCHANGNAU. Switzerland. Mon. A British Halifax piano crashed into a mountain In a blinding snowstorm early yesterday morning. All six persons aboard were killed. The aircraft, a transport plane for a charter airline, was enroute from Amsterdam to Brindlsi, on a flight to Teheran. The accident occurred on
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  • 35 1 CJEARCH for a missing O United States Navy patrol bomber was officially called off yesterday, a lew hours after a British steamer picked up a yellow lite-raft m the Baltic, south-east of Stockholm.
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  • 33 1 THE pilot or an R.A.F. Vampire jet fighter plane which collided with a bomber died yesterday after parachuting into the sea off the Dorset roast. The planes were on exercises
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  • 26 1 The Indian government has announced rewards of up to R±. 10,000 for the discovery m India of uranium deposits I and beryl ore.- A.P.
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  • 26 1 Thousands crowded into St. James Roman Catholic Church m London and jammed surrounding streets for the funeral of Vaslav Nijlnsny, the preat dancer. A.P.
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  • 32 1 Two Malays and one Indian, armed with knives, are alleged to have robbed a Chinese of $400 at the junction of Bedok Road and Changi Road early yesterday morning.
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  • 28 1 Bandits operating In the Kajang area of Selangor yeserday stopped a bus and robbed the passengers of their identity cards. They then burnt the bus.
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  • 71 1 LAGOS, Sunday. IMIE Nigerian Government has banned the extreme nationalist Zikist Movement, led by Dr. Nnarndi .\zikiwe. "Conclusive evidence has be#n obtained," the Government statement said "that the movement sought to stir up hatred and malice and to pursue seditious aims by lawlessness and violence." The Zikist
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  • 112 1 LONDON. Monday. CHINAS Communist Government announced yesterday that it had "swept into the dustbin of history" the ancient Chinese custom of marriages arranged by go-betweens. "All antiquated regulations and practices have been outlawed, -se official New China news agency said. The new law, it said. Will be
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  • 339 1 Imam went on 'strike no prayers Free Press Malay Correspondent AN event believed to be unprecedented m In** history of Islam m Malaya occurred on Friday when an Imam (priest) of the Sungei Pinang Mosque m Penang virtually went on strike hj refusing to lead the Friday congregation. According to
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  • 93 1 RED DEAN COLLECTS £2,000 SYDNEY. Mon. A COLLECTION made I Australian Peace Congres. m Melbourne brought m A£2,000 to pay fo the return fare to Engh Dr Hewlett Johnson, "Red Dean of Canterbury, who ad dressed the opening rally o the Congress. Dr. Johnson described a.reports tnat priests are beir
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  • 32 1 Bandits tied up one ot i party of four pig hunters an; shot him dead at tht st) 1 mile Seremban-Kuala Pilla! I Road m Negri Seirbian yes Terday
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  • 145 1 One of the Shell Co.'s newest motor launches, the hantek. f|| preparing to go to Pulau Bukom last night when an S.O.S reached liflord Pfei "Pulau Sam!)Of ii aflame." wa> the signal. The (hantek diverted her course. reathini; Pul<u Samboe at 11.1.*> pin "As w> went alongside the
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    • 62 1 :U7S.deSava I j FASCINATING I JEWELLERY I 106. ORCHARD ROAD. J Tel: 2466 W Che ef 1 How happy Baby is on this Cow |7 Gate 4t follow-on food! The V\ delicate malted flavour appeals to his k^ eager and questing little palate, and the finely milled pre-digested cereals and
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    • 38 1 M^^A RAFF/IS PtACF vSing a pore. p #1 f#s BMK2U I Qsraip A &6C PRODUCT MADE IN ENGLAND. W-. -^r >*J 1 i"' .-.■;<%-^ 1 ADVT. OF THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LTD. Of ENGLAND SINGAPORE MALACCA KUALA LUMPUK MNAN«~
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  • 816 2  - Trader John Ruled A Tri be DIDLEY HAWKINS He ran away from home m Yorkshire, captained a Sultan s flagship, and was "given" a mountain 4 'OME along with me and me c t the -Trader Horn" of 1950— Africa's "White King" o'herwise John Boyes. SO v ear-old Yorkshiremar who
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    124 2 fcnr.y rits with her back to the ci (I Aorry.ng aLout Koni. The rn:han|ed Tunland wonderful place to ti but che decs «>ot «aal to stay there for cv»- anrt evci. Sh AonJcrs where Kon: it now, and »hat ha it doing. It is dark and stormy where Konl is.
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    38 2 Dan Dailey cuts the cake while Betty Grdble and her husband, Harry James, look on at a birthday party for Betty and Dan. The two film stars are at work on "My Blue Heaven,' 1 a technicolour musical
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  • 68 2 rfcRE arc no fewtr than 1.756 Grerk union and some have unusual titles For instance, there are the Union of Cobweb Sweepers, the In ion of Wronged Workers of Piraeus, the Kine Alexander Confederation of Old Workers, the Pan-Hellenic I'nion of War-Stricken Professional Motorists, the I'nion of
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  • 575 2  - COURSES ON L' AMOUR Godfrey Anderson By PARIS: TWO Paris schools have begun experimental sex courses, though some Frenchmen claim it's like teaching a fish to swim. Although "L'Amour" la onr of the most used words m the French language, it has not scarcely a men*>ion m the classrooms until
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  • 74 2 \\AKE a telephone call m Hungary and instead of hearing "Hallo" at the other end of the line, callers are now rrreetcd by "Great S'tcccs* to the Five Year Plan!" This is the neir official ome everyone should ciic over the phone Even if your how fi
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  • 298 2  -  Basil Cardew By PALERMO, Sicily: rpAZIO NUVOLARI, world's Number One racing driver, took me recently on a 300-mile run through the heart of the Sicilian bandit country to prove he has recovered from his twoyear illness. Nuvolari. aged :>B, showed me at 90 miles
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  • 214 2 lIUNDREDS of thou--11 sands of people m Britain will spend their holidays this year putherm? pearls of wisdom— at summer hools. They art^ Britain's h k h b r o w holidaymakers. They believe m exercising their minds well as their bodies They will mix vail r.
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  • 7 2 A us thai plar
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    • 433 2 Burmese vBBC-. 9M Progr-mmc SINGAPORE summary aud Interlude; 10 RafßLl'E NtrrWORR) wmg t Wonderful Cnme'-8 \'-i--4X4 and 41.7 metres.^ ney to Burn'; 10 45 Talk. 11 iI u'-r.,pru-? news from RL Mas.c. 11.15 Colonial Comi; .it 10 vm. .irv 1130 News and News jqjj^ '^BC>; IMb "Srenini renad^ lv a.m.
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    • 147 2 PARMANANDS CLEARANCE SALE THE BIGGEST THRILL OF 1950 THE MOST ECONOMICAL EVENT IN TON BUY YOUR REQUIREMENTS NOW HEAVY REDUCTIONS C LADIFS- WEARS BU*N Braces A 12 :> ■es?«»«s sssr ass* Printed Harrord 3* 11 *I.OC. <l|llN iiv. v c Prinud Pique i.gfl Specml Cl«»r«noe B.^ N>lon Stockings Unen Piinied
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 26 2 TftUJ eHOOOf/J I V^s K.CS- TVE LAST^Afi T^£ ._^csw.C^ EPO- OS.-V V^^AT A.'. z*Z *SZS 1 A ,^*V -D f s.^ r i \sj I ?.A-E^<
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    • 417 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR IJORN today, you have a control earU m life. The tremendous amount of s *ars have given you an physical energy but it U outstanding talent. It is accompanied by a mental up to you to discover it restlessness that can be- concentrate on percome your worst
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  • 299 3 NEW BATTLE ALONG THE YANGTSE No walkover for Reds this time HONG KONG, Monday. T*HE Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, which had a virtual walkover against the demoralised Kuomintang m the Battle of the Yangtse m April 1949, is presently engaged m another struggle along this famous waterway this time to
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    27 3 photo. This forest of bicycles w.is formed m Ihc official Mcycle park is fans crowded to the Good Friday International Cycling Meeting at Herne Hill. London.- A.P.
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  • 87 3 U .S.I. won't join military bloc I MANILA. Monday. Its I .imbu. Indonesian Charge d Affaires Philippines, told Manila Kotarians that I a ill never join an> military bloc with Nmration" as it wa* the policy of the to establish and maintain peace with >ighbMU i d that Indonesia could
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  • 12 3 Nehru to visit Pakistan II HI v r Pandit the Deputy A.P.
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  • 32 3 GRANDPA WINS VIENNA BEAUTY IS AR -OLD Sum I Chicago 30-year- i beavtj he i .rant >:)«>ncling Git i Rauct he sent posed by telephone Bad G:eiT2. r> <r Vvnna an- A.P.
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  • 14 3 MOSCOW TRIP: LIE UNDECIDED IBMTry- :n would about Iff Lit' uld not re-ry-Gen- Reuter
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  • 22 3 Turkish police arrested 100 people after students seized the coffin of the former Chief I B v rsha] Fevzi Chakmak.
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    47 3 photo Mr Owei I ■illiwr Him Imn been :i<tus»-d by U.S. Senator .liwph MeCarthj of being n top Communist agent m th- United States, greets his witV upon his return to N>w York from a I'liited Nations mission to AfshanHtan t«» aaswet the Senatar'a charges.- A. P.
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  • 153 3 MELBOURNE, Monday. yi \v appeals are being pressed for Australians to N continue sending food parcels to Britain. Earlier reports suggested that Britain s rood position was reducing the need for parcels. Victoria's new Governor Sir Dallas Brooks, who arrived m Melbourne last
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  • 29 3 The Korean Defence Ministry predicted that it would complete by weekend the clean-up of Com-munist-trained guerrillas who swarmed over the bonier from North Korea two weeks ago.— A.P.
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    35 3 Photo. Th US XB-M. an experimental model of the long-range B-36 bombers, equipped ifth a track-like landing gear for test purposes. Taxi tesU on th* caterpillar-type Him gear aa c now under way.- A. P.
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  • 24 3 The nighi mail from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore was tired on three miles north of Gemas nlßht. There were no laities.
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  • 65 3 BERUN. Mon. pERMAN police has rell parted that new Mongolian guards on the Soviet .side of the border with the British Zone had delayed west bound traffic from Berlin for several hours. The new guards, who took over from Russians jesterday, had instigated careful checking. La.st
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  • 86 3 BANGKOK. Mon. j^iNG Phumiphon Aduldel has signed a royal decree authorising the use of Slam's armed forces to suppress any Red-inspired "incidents" that might endanger Siam's security. The Premiers office, explaining the new decrees says thai the constitution restricts the use of armed forces except
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  • 49 3 ANTIGUA Leeward Is.. Mon. A HOLIDAY crowd caught m a sudden tropical rain squall stampeded for cover through a narrow gnte here and trampled to death ten people, six of th^m children Eleven others were taken to hosnital with serious m- juries Reuter
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  • 34 3 BUDDHISTS IN PROTEST A thousand Buddhists ire reported to have demonstrated recently against officials of nil State Governmei The demonstrators charged officials with corruption, ra and ymishandling of economic affairs. The demonfter seven A.P.
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  • 24 3 Soil erosion Is threatening valuable farm lands In New South Wales equal to the total area ol Eneland. \v. and Scotland, Reuter
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  • 58 3 Bishop Yashiro, presiding Anglican Bishop m Japan v ill vbii Australia later this year. He will be tii!- first Japantdmitted to Australia siwcc the end of the War. Bishop Yashiro will go to Sydney on the invitation of the Anglican bishops of Australia and New Zealand and
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    242 3 II7ESI opened the jack .pad and South Induta^cl a Uttle thought. It wi<s odviouj» that be would have t<> liva trick to develop the cluh... 11 that tuck allowed But to Bain the lead, a diamond reiura dv East mighi well set the oi.tiacL. If. however. East could
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  • 31 3 IV I S U.l \N Army iHWtefl M drop in^a.n^JJV ndrollect deferred pay without AnUL w*Ki« Ule^lly absent at World War O*f -»d 'iisrharced m 1947—:^ dishonorable. U.P.
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    84 3 Light is thrown on the newest thin? for the beach as Miss Nola Rose, wearing a 1950 bath suit, i s measured by Major dv Gros m London. The Major, an engineer by profession is designing a 1951 woollen bathing costume for Miss Rose, who is the holder of the
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  • 276 3 SEW YORK, Monday FEARS are being expressed here that the uneasy peace patched up m the I'nited States coal industry following President Truman's threat to seize the mines, may be disturbed again as a result of a case which is due to be heard m
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  • 122 3 OLOMBO. Mon. THE General Post Office, olomho. has definite proof that some persons are m touch by secret radio with Soviet Russia Postcards addressed to unregistered "call signs" m (olon have been received it the Post Office and efforts are being made to locate the addresses As
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  • 23 3 The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission has announced that a second project is under way to harness atomic power for propelling ships.
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  • 51 3 HONG KONG. Mon FOREIGN nrms m Shanghai have been ordered lo keep ledgers m Chinese to facilitate the work of account investigators. At the same time the order stipulated that the jen mm piao alone should be used as calculation units, all foreign pnrrpnri#>s h*»ln<» banned.-
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  • 30 3 Nurma C O'Conno; trill soon become ti woman m Victoria to be admitted to the b:> woman nvai will be II I -a ho is a bar. A.P.
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  • 228 3 AVER AGE GERMAN LIKES BRITONS BERLIN, Monday PHi: average German lik •>, the British for their 1 courtesy, good sportsmanship and gentlemanly behaviour." This is shown by the result ofl recent p. taken m West Germany and Berlin. m an effort t •> ucertaln the opinion of Germans on British
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  • 29 3 Rumania ordered American Information Oftlc m Bucharest to close because it was "being used a* medium organising activities hostile to Rumanian people" it was announced. Reuter
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 47 3 LUNCH TODAY IN RAFFLES BALLROOM j I LUNCH TIME MUSIC 1 TO 2 P.M. Tonight COCKTAIL MUSIC 7TO 8 P.M. J LIGHT MUSIC 8.30 TO 10.30 P.M. CASTILLO &l HIS ORCHESTRA >♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦■»-»♦♦♦•♦-» ♦♦♦♦♦4»»» ♦♦^r St^Jwi A film of the year T^^kf^* DULY MMI STRAITS TIMES for Better Printing
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 115 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: The Three M eers; BEX-' Behind The Fewest; COLISEI'M: My Dream Is Yours; ODEON: The Sun Com?s Up: MADRAS: The Prince and The Pauper; CATHAY: Federal Ageirvs Underworld inc. HINDUSTAN: Dillagi (Hindi); CENTRAL: Life (Tamil): VENUS: Sian Chieh Teh Pee Ifec < Mandarin PENANG REX:
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  • 400 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Apr, 17, 1950. ANCIENT AND MODERN Ti was an uraging 9atwdaoTa Fret< about the Singapore worn. km, m to St Andrew's pita] ior saving I her baby is now doing her I convince her fellow > m mci is a better bet than primitive ives
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  • 1500 4  -  HALL ROMNEY LETTER LONDON by Malcolm MacDonald as British Foreign Secretary! The succession to Mr Ernesl Bevin is again being widely discussed with Ihe j revival of reports lhal Mr Bevin's health again leaves :i peat den I to be desired, :md Janus, a
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  • 67 4 /GENERAL Douglas Macvf Arthur has told the Commander of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force m Japan, Lt.-Gen. Robertson, that he intends to revisit Australia soon. General Mac Arthur spent more than two years m Australia during the war when he was Commander-in-Chief of the South-West Pacific Area.
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    12 4 Beautiful Britain— l 9 A view of Cader Idris from Tal-y-Uyn. Merionethshire
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  • 902 4 Wanted —A School For Artists PEOPLE MAKE NEWS 4 WELL-KNOWN local commercial artist and cartoonist who alleady holds the London Associate degree from tne London School of An will be sitting for his R.A. with the Royal Vcademy m the near future H [i \IK AKTIII X EDWAKI) VOGLEE. art
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  • 106 4 JAPANESE r r. f:\--r\ to flood world market cheap goods -Is very much a :ly aft air. More than 14 million Japan* s« women are now earners or approximately 33.6 per cent i I Japan* entire female p* pulation. Most are enci on "rough labour
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  • 55 4  - 'Relax Indian Customs' ANGLO-CEYLONESE LETIXR 10 EDITOR v ren Mr. Jo": 'Son:' y '■< >n\" Fr< 1950) I I remind him rndeiv tado-O 10 curtai their prompted lives Inc >o tha: v for i ed r I I s I .1 Ind- d«". of the a balan pres^ion and Qt
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  • 43 5 i i.rre^pondent the s School I been DO last. s relay arrjing leant that :im which ted to l .rman 1 hat he of the why They had ;"t*nts US this A :<1 not it tons m es of :m--had
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  • 20 5 Liberty Assn. offi cials n 8 id E I S Ml *Vee I II 1 9 Ml i*n I I
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  • 545 5 No polio danger m Singapore Cl\r IPADb"! P ss Staff cause infantile paralysis < u "£n, may It -adds that, acting on this information. the London County Council has banned the use of the combined diphtheria-whooping cough Injection m their clinics during the months when infantile paralysis
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    31 5 A COMEDY-DRAMA entitled "Andere" was acted by a group of Sinhalese children at the Robinson's Cafe to commemorate the Sinhalese National Day. Picture shows the cast before the start of play.
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  • 211 5 MALAYAN TIMBER SALES SOAR Free Press Staff Reporter PROGRESSIVELY increasing i exports of Malayan timber are reported by Singapore exporters who believe that the timber trade outlook is bright m view of the overall dollar shortage restricting purchases from dollar areas. Orders from the United Kingdom for all types of
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  • 30 5 Tlie University of Malaya Students Council yesterday decided that "ragging is detrimental to the interests of the Students' Union and that the Union should dissociate itself from it."
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  • 48 5 HURT IN NIGHT COLLISION TWO Chinese were Injured when a cur. a military jeep and a lorry were In collision at the 5' 2 mile, PasLr Panjang Road, at about midnight on Saturday. At Thomson Road two Chinese were injured when a van collided with a lamp post
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  • 58 5 T'he recently-appointed Justice of the Peace, Mr. Jee Ah Chian, was the guest of honour at the dinner given by the Singapore Yee She Association at their premises m Ann Siang Hill yesterday. About 400 members of the association attended, including representatives from the Seah Association and Chep
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  • 442 5 r rHE Singapore Repertory production of "Othello," which opened at the Victoria Theatre yesterday, is a competent and pleasing presentation of Shakespeare's great tragedy. John Forbes-Sempill as the Moor of Venice and Phil Guard as lago shared the acting honours m what is the Repertory's most ambitious
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    38 5 A FAREWELL dinner was jjiven to Lt Col. N. A. l\ Fisher. Station Commander. Johore Bahru Sub-dis-trict, by the civilian staff at Johore Bahru on Saturday. Lt.-Col. Fisher is seated at the head of the table
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  • 283 5 PLEA BY CHINESE SCHOOLS Free Press Staff Reporter A MOTION appealing to Government to remove all restrictions on financial aid to Singapore Chinese schools so that grants will b e immediately extended to all registered schools this year without conditions has been passed by a conference
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  • 30 5 The filth annual general meeting of the Government Servants' Welfare Organisation (Haiti board quarters) will be held on April 22 at the clubhouse, Kulim Place, at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 125 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'pWENTY-SEVEN Malay A women frum the Bukit Chennin area m Singapore are now members of the St. John Ambulance Corps. They have all volunteered for the Malay Division which was formed last year. The Lady District Superintendent of St. John Ambulance
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  • 466 5 'Full- time men should teach candidates Pre-university classes Free Press Stall Reporter T*HE importance of post-s<hr<>l certificate classes m schools to prepare stuoVnts for entrance into the University of Malaya was stressed by Mr. Lee Siow Mong, retiring president of the Stamlo.d Club (association of Raffles College j;iaduatev> pcster^AJ. Mr.
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  • 194 5 Grads asked to give to Varsity funds Free Press Slafl Kepor AN appeal to member. tbe Stamford Club more contributions to li c University of Malaya E ment Fund v Lrp Siow Mong. retiring president of the Ciub. a( nual meeting on Saturday Mr. Lee said that $3,585' bring contributions
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  • 37 5 Surface xna.i it expe •>. from New Zealand. Sar cept Mint .<nd th. I Mt tunes for poetin« faci n:..:! a me G.PO noon for Ir.dia P. the United States Hon« X China and Japan the Federation
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  • 20 5 Mr. Grfville R L Sime Darby Co. Ltd S pore died last night at th< General Hospital
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    • 77 5 Voti Cannot Deny we say thai OSM A N Mark of Qualify) TOWELS j are the BEST! B."h Towels for Children Bath Towels for Grown-l Towels Sheet Extra Large Suitable for B«e Per QUICK DRYINGDURABLE ECONOMICAL all these /v/.'r.'/c mails The Variety Shop A Famous Name Amongst Pianos. "Chappell" Model
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    • 39 5 > j NEW GOODS I are being unpacked now FOR THE HOUSEHOLD DUTCH CHINA POOLE POTTERY NURSERY CHINA ROYAL WORCESTER CHINAWARE NEW STOCK PATTERN IN DINNER WARE PALL MALL GLASSWARE ASSORTED PRESSED GLASSWARE MISCELLANEOUS KITCHEN UTENSILS ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPORE
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  • 495 6 Three minutes later, Hoi lleng i!:i-ht(! down the right flank. \W Ami;! H.ihman Jnr the •■d lefl fullback and looted to the Dnittd goalmouth for Tee g to head into goal Ti had hardly died down when United conducted lighten!!) nd Awani OabM from Ove jrarda
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  • 67 6 'GUSSIE' WINS A T NICE MISS (i msie lioran. \ho United Statei lawn tennis .star, von the WORK singles even in t i»e nice intenattana] tournament >• t»*rday ar Nice. In die final ihi whelmpd her French opponent Mil* 1 te Amouretti, 6-0 6-0 Budge Patty, of 1.0s (ingelea won
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  • 156 6 lI.M Ilalliday. Kritish hmpin* wi 'lklillulimk niampion m the Ufhtwelfhl class, who beat Malaya's Thong Saw Fak at the Empire (lames two months ago, has been awarded the annual British "Champion of Champions" award. Jim's total which won him the award recently was 775 lbs., at
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  • 111 6 Ia I 3.A.P A s^: ea I' w i) i p ap--0 23 3 11! CA 6 6 0 0 20 h r if i m tf io i Bran §4 8 9 1 f 4 2 32 7 I 4 114 S 1 1 I> <
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  • 27 6 CNC;i AND romplel cci irer 8 >n Sal Whil< profi 1 side ine-nil Hai G ILsh XI overwhelmed hoolbo) bley 8 [Oali to Re uter
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  • 46 6  -  CRUSADER ll* Ktim .i<»r fully tn <'\K 1 lun ning ihould Chong X fullto m the C name In h- 1 1 mat Hit- be;: an h.t' ol V I B f the field 1 1 dll.: ft. A line but fx>th t:
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    62 6 pirlure. TIIK Singapore CrickH Club team which yesterday defeated the Singapore Chinese Kecreation (lull (m the first innings of the S.C.A. tournament game at u«»n- imi Green. Back row deft to right): V. Margrave. T, Pott>. J. Smith. X (iould. HciKlil'-v X I \nch. <i. Heard. Front
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  • 205 6 ALTHOUGH playing ai theii brst. the I mtrd Overseas Chinese basketball team hmm Bang Kong went (l«»un (o Singapore omhined h\ 4»> paintf to 23 m a thrilling match before a crowd of more than l.noo :J t the Happy World Stadium o n Satttniaj T!ie
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  • 48 6 rAYAWN C on li' He told Rout, my 1. I suppose 1 bave i to Lh. are weak, the linewi and the ie--t and hmndi slowly Jayawu k who is 'jaid he would now play only n club matches for the Sinhalese fTH*»lr#»< cinh.. Reuter
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  • 31 6 SATURDAY s Irish 1 results im: Bangor 0. Lmtteld 2: Ct Coleraiiie 2 De: J: Distillery 4 Chttonvillp 1 31onavon 3. Ballymena United 1 GHentoran 2. PartAdown 1 Reuter
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  • 155 6  -  JIM CHAMBERS From r\\(.LAM) are the internaM »n.<l soccer chamnin, On Saturday at Hampden Park, Gla f> ov h,! a crowd of 138,000 who paid 130.000 m hngland beat Scotland, who vun expect d t, the British title and S<> to
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  • 86 6 Scottish team may go to Rio mi l:i.,r SI t«- r.i t/ii 'AM (up final- jftl icspiu thei hern th* pionshtp 38 Iss4»ciati*n El that th«\ v trip 0 y| piMM US rutive ommitt< Sfl a n Bfl to (oiim(]>-i H9 tation from JH n>at< fi at Ramp nj oaateki
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    • 110 6 jV?3^dr3kG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Vahivi NEVEKSEEN HOW.OONT TRY lANOTHEI ANOTHE BOnTEUME TWENTY '—i JSK. 'n I WHOOONEIT, I WLK MOht HEAD OF fATTIt D, M \\i IrtTWSWRIfF. JANET-- /UKV LA<,l HI B£Ali WE --NtEO A r V II MISS JANET— SHOT lINTIMI L SnuCk UP r^
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  • 349 7 BIG AQUATIC MEET PLANNED To mark opening of new CSC pool CHINESE Swimming Club, Singapore, are *u pl^?* ln to h °ld a big aquatic meet to mark Uie official opening of their new pool in Septem♦k Du^ immers from Hong Kong, Indonesia, 1 V ul *P ||les and the
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    19 7 Our friend here tells me this is his first visit to a r *c* track, George.
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  • 41 7 K. L. Shell S.C annex Palerr Cup branch trij meet beIpoh and Al sports Easter Lumpur ■ted by General auisa«n and won by pU Sp<." WUKHm ni on. v tfcrl K->tJiU-nir c»l- members I a I ,ai I W I Co*I
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  • 22 7 DUTC H RU GBY X V WIN 33-6 •dbranch trij meet beIpoh and Al sports Easter Lumpur \2ated by General \2a Reuter
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  • 16 7 Indi ans beaten in Ceylon tennis I nnis I i r> i 4 n F :.<<.». Reuter
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  • 290 7 Singapore horses on track today From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. r W. TURLEYS and Yong Thau Yin's horses were on the track here this morns ing. Turley's team looks very •well. The horses were worked by Jeff Turner. Belgium looks imeproved since racing at Singapore. Lucky Star 11 was
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  • 42 7 HPHE Singapore Cricket Club will be represented by the following m the S.A.F.A. Senior League soccer match this evening on the Padang against the Rovers: Behrencis: Sykes. Brown; Twist Davids. Mat hot; Wrißht, Kuiper, Rohan. Maunu. Vcrrall.
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  • 387 7 S Im^li Combined English Schools' cricket Wester, P H m tcl eS durin S their tour of £hel hr~ Th^i Wlnnin? nlne and losin t he s «nl ,T h V cam IS IIW its wa y back Singapore by the Gorgon. In their
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  • 210 7 SATURDAY'S Rugby Union results were: Blackheath 12. Wasps 6: Harlequins 6, Bristol 3; London Irish 24, Old Merchant Taylors 3; Rosslyn Park 21. St. Mary's 3: Saracens 6, Cheltenham 3; Abertillcry 0. Newport 8; Barnstapl* 11, Wellington 0; Bath 8, Moseley 5; Bedford 24, Old Millhillian* 0.
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  • 62 7 IN a friendly cricket match on Saturday, the Indian Association drew with the i University .of Malaya on the Bukit Timah ground. Bat'iini* first, the University scored 136, Rajaretnam top scoring with 46. Solakan 6inph claimed four wickets for 52. I.A. replied with 49 for two.
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  • 315 7 T ESS than a year ago British boxers held European championships at four hus Bruce Woodcock (heavy), Freddie Mills Uightheavy" Billy Thompson .lieht. and Rinty Monaghan fly. Mills and Monaghan were also world champions At the present time no British boxer appears among either the world
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  • 338 7 British coach s mission to Japan THE wonderful swimming performances last year of Hironoshin Furuhashi. the Japanese star, justified him being regarded as the world's fastest swimmer. But more recently John Marshall ot Australia has been eclipsing some of the Japanese swimmer's performances and the mantle of fastest man in
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    29 7 picture. Sid Patterson, the world amateur sprint cycling champion, winning the final of the "Champion of Champions" international race over 1,000 metres at Herne Hill. London. Sport and General
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  • 92 7 FLOWER B. P. WIN 6-1 I PLO VVER I P<* rl r te at the Clei the werk-t-nd. r,. Flower B.P. pta] loned ft- Hen's 5.,-les: Dennis SuK. bt. i lj il .nibt.S^ahKimTPt- iV-U, I Hunt lost to Lim .-li. 2-15; Chua Poh Koon bt. Chua Kee Yoke I 7-15.
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  • 851 7 Only outright win for S.R.C. S.C.A. TOURNAMENT T'HE third week's matches m the Singapore Cricket Association tournament yesterday did not provide unexpected results. Of the four games m the senior section only the Singapore Recreation Club-Colonials C.C. tie resulted m an outright win, for the Padang club Recs batted flst
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  • 205 7 r>RINCESS I H-ih's race 1 horse. Astrakhan, a wedding present lrom ti. Khan, won her first race irl successful m the Herri Ml dene Stakes run over one r at Hurst on Saturday. Astrakhan, a three-year-oid filly by Furkhcm cut of Ha*tra started at 6-1
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  • 86 7 DESPITE a I ing when they scure> the first few minutes, B vac lost to Shell Spom by seven goaLs to one S.A.F.A. Business H competition fixture at Q lang stadium yesterday. Stanvac's only goal wns scored by Yusof and thereafter the Shell team hed
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    51 8 pictures. Scenes from the IndoChina war. Above: A French intelligence officer questions one of Commun ist Ho Chi Minh's guerillas captured by the French. Left: These children who live m the mountains of Tonkin, belong to the White Thais, a minority group caught m the midst ol the war.- A.
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  • 347 8 RUTH RUNS TO SERETSE Cheers, tears at return SEROWE, (Bechuanaland), Mollday. gERETSE Khama yesterday came home temporarily to his white wife and the Bamangwato people amid tears, cheers and kisses. Half laughing, half sobbing, Ruth Khama ran 500 yards over a rough sandtrack into Seretse's arms as tribal elders cried
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    19 8 Mr. Saw Guan Hoe and Miss Magdalene Wee after their marriage at the Church of St. Teresa. Kampong Bahru.
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  • 76 8 LONDON. Mom. TIH Lord Mayor of London. Sir Frederick Kowland, announced yesterd.iy that *****.000 has been subscribed to his National Thanksgiving Fund which is manifestation of appreciation for food parcels *ent to Britain from the s. and Commonwealth nations. The money will be v »ed to build
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  • 52 8 COPENHAGEN. Mon HPHE world'i first turbo--1 pn>p airliner, the British four-enginod Vickers Viscount, arrived m Copen.s Kaitrup airport yesterday on a demons!: (light The plane travelled from London bo Copenhagen In three hours and 10 minutes. which is only 20 minutes faster than the ordinary piston entrined
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  • 318 8 Shipwrecked, he blames women PARIS. Monday. \N eight-ton yacht lay smashed on the rocks out- side Le Havre: its four British passengers were m hospital, and off them, the skipper, has lost a finger tip "all because I listened to the womenfolk," he says. He is Mr. Sydney McKennis. 45,
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  • 78 8 CALCUTTA, Mon -The relics of Lord Buddha's two chief disciples. Sariputta and Maha Maggolana recently taken to Burma, were brought back yesterday by the Burmese Foreign Minister. Sao Hkun Hkio, by a special aircraft. At a colourful function, m which Buddhists from Tibet. Nepal. Ceylon and
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  • 42 8 LYONS. Mon. Six people were arrested here today when a Communist demonstration greeted French Prime Minister Georges Bidault's arrival to open the city's International Fair. Demonstrators scattered leaflets inside the Fair and paraded posters asking for "peace m Vietnam."—; Reuter
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  • 37 8 NEW DELHI, Mon. President Rajendra Prasad of India conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters here yesterday on India's former Chief Justiro 72-year-old Sir Maurice Gwyer. for 12 years ViceChancellor of Delhi University.—Reuter. Reuter
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  • 92 8 NO NEWS OF. PACT -VATICAN VATICAN CITY. Men VY r ATIC'AN circles today denied all knowledge of a "Peace Pact" between Poland's Communist Government the Polish "Council of Bishop v" reported from Warsaw, althoueh an agreement might be reached According to the official announcement, which r.'ine tn»m the "Joint Commission
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    31 8 Photo Legionnaires guard a French outpost on the Indo ChinaChinese frontier. The two soldiers are only just inside the Indochina border. In the background is a marker designating Chinese territory.- A.P.
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  • 230 8 LONDON, Monday FIRANK KFY, 48-year-old car worker, who was chosen by ballot to meet th<* King and Queen at Birmingham m 1945, has now been selected to go to Moscow. He has been chosen tr represent the 8.000 Amalgamated Engineering Union members at Austin's
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  • 85 8 WASHINGTON. Mon. AN increase to I.(HK) miles m the combat radius of the Republic FB4E Thunderjet fighter piano was announced yesterday by the United Btatei Defence Department The Thundecjefs previous range was 8f»o miles. The increase was made possible by the installation of two additional 230-gallon fuel
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  • 74 8 QUIET POLL IN TRIESTE TRIESTE. Mon SLAVS and Italians wmt to the polls here today m orderly fashion to elect new district authorities for the Yugoslav zone of Trieste. This 200-milc-sQuarr. barren stretch of Adriatic coastline, with a mixed Italian and Slav population, is at present m the limelight as
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  • 23 8 One death Is reported and the number of cases has risen to 13 m the smallpox outbreak In Accra.- A.P.
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  • 15 8 Pago will celebrate fiftieth anniversary of U.S. rule over American Samoa today.- A.P.
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  • 75 8 Rim/iiv n- NEW YORK. Mon. I! 0 B mX rpneral manager of the Metropolitan Opera Association, said yesterday he would be sla< to engage qualified Negro artists for the next opera seaperformance 81 0 Slllger HaS eVrf appeared m a Metropolit .111 Bing said, "My personal
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  • 60 8 BRUSSELS. Mon -Mil. of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Finance from Britain. France. Belgium. Holland and Luxembourg opened a twoday consultation here yesterday to find a "fair shares" method of arming Western Union for defence The Ministers will se>k a system of mutual supply of military material to
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  • 79 8 1,250 NEW PLANES ON ORDER WASHINGTON, rpHE U.S. A E has X ordered about 1.25u planes valued at moi»- than U551,000,000,000 during the current fiscal year with continued strong emphasiM on heavy bombers, it is revealed here. 'This was the first dll of the Air Force procurement programme tor the
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  • 30 8 E re: US A F.eei, Chester W Nimitz, Point o. m New York that he does not thirtfc hydrogen bomb can be developed m h:* lifetime A.P.
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