The Singapore Free Press, 19 April 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MALAYA CHEERS UP CRIPPS
    448 1 MALAYA CHEERS UP CRIPPS Reserves exports up LONDON, Wednesday. gIR Stafford Cripps, m his Budget speech yesterday, said that last autumn's devaluation ot the pound had turned out even better than expected. And he made it clear that earnings by Commonwealth areas such as Malaya had played a big part
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    U.S.I. TOO BUSY FOR P.I. PACT
    82 1 i x. MatT Reporter ol Imimirrti .\h its own la to reply the five draft /.ship, coinconsular ulture submii- pines about Senor Manuel ..ippines AmIndon- 3 he Free Press My gov- > this and is :o wait. After a fledgling hrta Howeve: M Indonesians
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    'SEND TROOPS NOW' BENNETT
    26 1 i OpS V Henry Gordon commanEighth Divi- 1941. dfr- yesterri i jo Pfwy* BfCftOBW s :n Malaya. :.ght the Ihaß nn Reuter
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    'DON'T DESPAIR'
    9 1 yesterday: ■vp have not S ild A.P
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    AID FOR CEYLON
    9 1 i -j Ceylon to it industry.
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    'BACK WORDS WITH FORCE'
    172 1 U.S. CONGRESSMAN SAYS: WASHINGTON, Wednesday. V|K. Carl Yinson, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said yesterday that the Cnited States must be prepared with a powerful air force to "back up" its notes Df protest to Russia. The Georgia Democrat praised President Truman and t»he
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    Stole 200 noses: shot
    71 1 BOMBAY. Wed. \JIS\ MANJAKIA. ringleader of an outlaw gang whii-h is said to have cut off the noses of 200 people, was yesterday shot dead m a police ambush near Junagadh with three of his accomplices. The gang, said to have been encouraged by disp.ts>essed feudal
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    Dutch angry at USI over new charges
    157 1 JAKAKTA. Wednesday. AS small advance units of the Indonesian army landed yesterday along the coast of Celebes Island, scene of the recent revolt, the Dutch Government yesterday expressed "pained" astonishment at Indonesian allegations The patch Government has asked tor c'.aritlcation of Indonesian Ministry
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    TWO S.C.s WOUNDED
    55 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Two of eight special constables attacked yesterday by bandits m a Senal estate m Johore were wounded. The bandits used Brens. Stens and rifles and withdrew at the sound of a bigle after two European sergeants from a neighbouring estate raced to the
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    3 INCHES OF RAIN IN NIGHT
    131 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter A TOTAL of 2.93 inches ot rain fell m Singapore during this morning's twohour and 20-minute storm. The storm, which began at 3 30 a.m. and stopped at 5.50, caused floods m many parti of the town. But the rainfall
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    ESTATE ATTACKED
    23 1 An unidentified gang fired upon the Tjikendi Rubber Estate, north of Tjiandjoer, 100 miles south of Jakarta on Sunday night. Reuter
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    ESCAPE AMBUSH
    31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A patrol operating m the Kota Tinggi area of Johore successfully got out of a bandit ambush at the 67th mile Johore Bahru-Mersing Road yesterday.
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    FOREST FIRE
    27 1 A forest fire burning for the last three days m Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido has consumed 18,000 acres of forest and pasture land.- Reuter
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    Theft under the sea
    71 1 I VIRAL miles of Danish-owned submarine cable, be- tween Vladivostok and Nagasaki, was raised and •olen between March 1 and 8 m Korean waters, it was ited m Seoul yesterday. linanese Telecommunications Ministry officials m ,ki«. said they had found the missins cable on Tsushima is
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    RED SACKED
    22 1 The Soviet Minister for he automobile and tractor industry, Mr. S. A. Apoliv. lias been relieved of his duties.— Reuter
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    SPECIAL POLICE
    20 1 The Japanese police are training detectives for the special purpose ol uncovering Illegalities rommiti*»H by nnbllC officials. Reuter
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    TOTAL ARMY CASUALTIES NOW 326
    92 1 LONPON, \-ed. r THE War Minister, Mr. John Strachy, told Parliament yesterday that battle casualties to troops serving m Malaya between May 1, 1948 and Feb. 28, 1950, were 28 officers and 111 other ranks killed and 17 officer^ and 170 other ranks wounded. In
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    HIROHITO GOES TO SEE MacA
    29 1 Ex-Em 1 Hlrol yesterday paid h **nth visit to Gen. Douglas %m 'bur at the American Embas The Interview lasted one-and-a-half hours. Reuter A.P.
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    U.S.I. applies
    43 1 The Indonesian Prime Mm- I ister and Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohammed Hatta, has sent a message to the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie. requesting that the United States of Indonesia be included as a member of the United Nations Organisation.
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    MALAYA TO HAVE A 'BORSTAL'
    319 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. T»HE Federal Legislative Council, when it met m Kuala Lumpur today, was asked to approve supplementary expenditure for building and maintaining detention camps, improving security measures at prisons and setting up a Borstal-type approved school for youn^ offenders
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    Seamen boycott 'coffin ships'
    105 1 AMSTERDAM. Wed. CtEAMEN throughout the world yesterday declared an immediate boycott on all ships sailing under the flag of Panama, small central American Republic whose 4,000.000 tons of vessels makes her the world's fourth largest maritime power. The seamen, who claim that many Panamanian registered ships
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    FIRST CANADA— U.S. JET FLIGHT
    41 1 A Canadian jet liner nVvv from Toronto to New York m 59 minutes yesterday, completing the first CanadianUnited States jet-propelled passenger transport flight In slightly more than half the time required by a conventional airliner.- U.P.
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    'BLACK' HOSPITAL
    26 1 The Rangoon General Hospital—main hospital centre m the city- now buys its druss m the black market because none is available at sovernment-owned stores
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    ISRAELI £1 DROPS
    23 1 The Israeli- pound slumped 30 cents within the past month to $1.60 on Friday over-thc -counter unofficial exchange market A.P.
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    Asia currency issues studied
    85 1 TOKIO. Wed FE conference of 23 American Far East diplo- mats and economists met here m private yesterday A communique stated "interconvertibility of currenciemerged at the meeting as one of th? most significant problems. Japanese yi* "> BXptttM U--reported framing a request to conference to free
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    NEW TRADE TALK
    19 1 New trade talks between India and WttH Germany are scheduled to begin May 2.- A. P.
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    Million for resettling squatters
    328 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LIMPI R. Wednesday. nHHK Federation Government is to spend nearly a million dollars on squatter resettlement schemes m the country. At three centres m Kengkuang. Jerkoh and Sungei Ruan. m Pa harm. $408,540 will be spent on access r?ads and other
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    Saucers over Perth
    13 1 Flying saucers were reported over Perth. Australia, las night.— U.P.
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    Common-Sense Not To 'Catch Cold'
    1537 2 Common-Sense Not To 'Catch Cold' THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR RECES'TLY, a school teacher wrote m the Straits Times on the dangerous habit of players loitering m wet I 'lirts after games. This practice has caused tuberculosis and pneumonia and fatalities liave occurred. :nd you enlarge on this md confirm that this
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    GHOSTLY GALES
    142 2 WASHINGTON GHOSTLY hurricane* sweep the high heavens. Existence of 100-m;le-an-hour wlndi m the almost i) :i existent atmosphere Tn»m 1< J to 200 miles above the earth's surface have been found !n radio reflectlon experiment! by U.S. Bureau ol it -ai^s physicAt this height the der.s:ty of the
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    How YOU can make the deaf hear
    580 2 MM SIMMOM. *ut til *r M«. asks ftr »tt art MdertUitftag nO people with nonnai hearing know how much they can help the deaf and save grea4 nervous strain on both sides? l f they did there would be less loneliness for the
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    11 2 "The Radio Doctor will now tell you )ww to cure insomnia."
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      107 2 NESTOL makes BABY'S HAIR grow CURLY OBTAINABLE FROM The Singapore Dispensary CHZMISTS DRUGGISTS 265 ORCHARD ROAD TEL ***** ■Vii* STRENGTH after illness Mff^^^F/j When vitality b lowered and the body (S™Z-^\ oecds help m regaining its strength, ."it 1 1 Kepler provides the answer. This \%£^~?M bighly nutritious preparation of
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      154 2 THE BEST Jg£ BEVERAGE OF jIJT MALAYA y^Gr'' PREPARED FROM >jdW <V /0w a Br \Jm PHONE 6354 FRAMROZ LTD ESTABLISHED 1904 Aerated Water Ice Manufacturers. WHICH OF THESE AILMENTS DO )W SUFFERjgggg V f N eluH c vowfi i~ ufe^these warnings T*wr doctor wlfl toll rou that oft** th«»«
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      397 2 Solution to Crossword No. 24 SOLI TlON.— Acros-: 3. ODiUf« 7 LoftVCt, 8. Blofffcd. 9. Thur. o 11, Pip. 12. Sock. 14, Girth. IS Light. 16. Red. 19. Sirus. 20. Commend. 21, CX-none. 22. Minnows. Down: 1. 81oth. 2. bncup. 3. Cesspit. 4. Oslo. 5. Together. 6 Gre«f*-. 10. Ri^ht
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      152 2 New Crossword No. 25 I.I'ES 4CBO€I 1 How nidges do tous (3. 2). 4. With uhicr. one has a dry. tlean of course (s>. 7. A waste of over drinking (11). 8. It lets one In lor something <9>. 10. Process of preparing for comfortable retirement later (3-6". 14. Re.sult
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    A GLIMPSE INTO THE YEAR 2,000
    206 3 A GLIMPSE INTO THE YEAR 2,000 Work only 24 hours a week PITTSBURGH Wednesday. A GLIMPSE of what the United States might be like m the year 2,000 is suggested by Dr. Gerald Wendt, former science directoi of trie New York World's Fair. Americans m 51 years will bo riding
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    71 3 Air Chief Marshall Sir Cleorge Pier c (left), head of the R.A.F. mission m Washington, being greeted by Mr. Louis Johnson. U.S. Secretary of National Defence. Looking on are Sir Oliver Franks (second from left), the British Ambassador m Washington, and Mr. W. Stuart Symington (right). U.S. Secretary of the
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    China has few treasures left
    104 3 HON<; RONT., Wednesday. huh as the ele*tial Fnipire the h exquisite objects as Sung vases, Han j :ul invaluable ancient paintings, is now Mm treasures. The market for antiques has shifted to New York and San Frana Canadian who has dealt m md handicral^ for
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    46 3 itte, Northumberland seat of thp ittCJ family ,v h will be opened to the public next month. a, brrn the scene of some of the bloodiesl IkH .orner of Britain. In 1650. 3,000 Scots I'd from privation m the Inner Bailey an the Battle of Dunbar.
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    UNKNOWN
    12 3 of the D 1 m :nd closed of shtps P man
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    Lucky for 42 years
    36 3 HAPPEL HILL, N.C. Wed. \CITIZKN fined for driving without a licence told the court he thought he'd been pretty lucky to have sot by without one since he started driving m U.P.
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    Aust. ready to aid Malaya
    61 3 SYDNEY. TOM T'HE Prime Minister, Mr Robert G. Menzies. salt yesterday that Australia would give "serious consideration" to any request from Britain for aid m the anti-bandit fighting m Malaya. Mr. Menzies told a pie^ conference, however, that his government would not make any commitments
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    New test for T.B. takes 24 hours
    203 3 NEW YORK Wednesday. ANEW blood test which gives more than a "yes* or "no" answer m the diagnosis of tuberculosis is announced by Dr. Sidney Rothbard, chief of the division of pulmonary diseases at Montefiore Hospital here. Describing his new test at a
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    Seretse talks to tribe
    116 3 SEROWE. Tucs piVE HUNDRED excited men and women of the Bamangwato tribe gathered around the home of their King and his white wife at dawn yesterday m a demonstration of loyalty and welcome. Seretse Khama who was allowed to enter th ■> Basnangwato reserve on Sunday
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    SHAH REJECTS SISTER'S PLEA
    60 3 The Shall ol [ran ha* spurned an offer by an American. Vincent Lee HJ through his Roy,.'. Ir iPiiucc^s Patfcna, to become an Iranian citizen and a tyfuslim. ;;Ce:s CJO.-.0 tO ti yesterday The Imperial decision ,c before Saturday's announcement, stripping Princess Fatima i the Shah's
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    INDIA, PAK: TO TALK TRADE
    40 3 INDIA, PAK: TO TALK TRADE I^HE New Delhi newspaper, I The Statesman, says Pakistan has agreed to reopen trade talks with India. Since the devaluation of the Pakistan rupee, trade b.< tween the two countries has j almost ceased.-- A.P.
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    U.S. new rubber
    30 3 Consumption of new rubber In the United States m February totalled 88,329 lon« tons compared with 93.958 tons m January and 81,015 tons m February 1949.- A.P.
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    FORMULA FOR KEEPING FIT
    93 3 CHAM PAIG N HI Wednesday. I TO EBSITI of Illinois professor says he has a *wo-stef formula for getting rid of that Urea more, the system will eliminate th« around your middle according to i *>• U education professor. developed thei\ 25 yei "stnojing I hile
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    DELEGATES TO RUBBER TALKS
    101 3 »J« H E Permanent Undersecretary of State. Sir Gerand Clausen, will lead the British colonial delegation to the meeting of the Rubbei Study Group which opens In Brussels on May 2. The delegation will Include Mr 1. A. E Morley. delegate Sir John Hay. Tuan Sheikh
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    MARTIAL LAW OUT
    27 3 The Egyptian Senate has approv< d m principle the abolition of martial law throughout Egypt except the Sinai Peninsula and the Canal zone. Reuter
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    JOB WILL TAKE 30 YEARS MORE
    68 3 JOB WILL TAKE 30 YEARS MORE TOKIO, Wed JAPANESE Governmeni maritWie safety board expects it will take* about 30 years to clear all mines floating m seas around Japan. Five years after the end of the war, 70.000 mines .are believed to be still In Japanese waters. Sixty thousand mines
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    JAPS LEAVING FOR U.S.
    50 3 Seventeen staff members appointed recently by (he Japanese Government to Its overseas agencies m the United states, left Tokto festerday. Four v ill be assigned to each office m New York and Lot Angeles and three to faeh office m San Francisco. Seattle and Honoliru. Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    219 3 FHFK rE s may iur difficult nine discovering the m today's hand, bar there \n little doubt v I > the Identity of the criminal. West opened the Idni of spadai and shifted to a trump. South WOO, drew trumps, and nnessed tost and South eventually had to
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    HONORARY PATRON
    47 3 Lord Mountba *«n has accepted the Lnritalion to be honorary patron of the organisation formed by Bradford men whom he erMiimandtd for some tim. m the Far East the Bradford ai:d District Burma Association Formed only three months ago. it has more '.han 200 members.
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    Is there a Nandi Bear?
    202 3 NAIROBI, KENYA COLONY, Wednesday. IS there or is there not a nandi bear? The nandi 1 bear is a very strange creature, according to descriptions current m this great wild game country. It is said to be m size like a great Dane with a
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    NEW TARIFF IN CANADA
    60 3 £ANADA has realigned her tariff structure to open her doors slightly wider to US goods and reduce the preferential treatment accorded to British Ccmnvi. wealth countries. The change m the tariff structure, eliminates the ten per cent discount granted to Commonwealth countries about 22 Items bearing
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    LONDON REPAIRS 7 CHURCHES
    146 3 LONDON REPAIRS 7 CHURCHES LONDON, Wed ONLY seven of th^ City of London's 46 all eitner damaged or destroyed by enemy tcttwt ai*o at present being repaired These churches dating froiti Saxon times to [\w early !fi:h. century, include one oi lh<» nost beautiful m the world Today tylers. paviours.
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    CONSCRIPTION FOR AUST.?
    61 3 CONSCRIPTION FOR AU ST. /COMPULSORY military \j training will b^ mti" duced m Australia soon M the Federal Government adopts a scheme submitted by the Defence Cummv Lieut-Gen. V. A. H. Sturdee. retiring Chief of the An lian General Staff, stated m Melbourne Gen. Sturdee said the scheme was still
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    Red collectors
    32 3 Th:p° Chines 0 Rare hten ni es'Hci In i chargvcl with rx'crimß n<- r> ll^ai 3.000.00.) aftht I 111, d>an $450,000 1: r.^.st* merrhan:> < x !t» Chln- CommunUte A. P.
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    BIGGEST AUDIENCE
    32 3 More than 50 000 pilg from many parts <>[ th-* woi t crowded Saint Peters Basilica on Saturday when Pius held his biggest feneral audience for the 1950 H Year- A.P.
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    69 3 These three Australia tirls are thctr country's champion 100 yards runners who are expected to put Australia on the map at the 195? Olympic Games at Helsinki. At the recent Empire Games In New Zealand, Miss M. Jackson (centre) won the 100 yards dash, equalling the world record of 10.8
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    Detectives at work
    71 3 JMIRKE l'!-year-old school-boys on their own detriln--1 work gave police and schoolmasters a night oi worry. They were missed at 9 p.m. "count of heads." •marched for until 1 am. when police were advised. Solution came at 8 a.m. when they turned up lor breakfast and explained
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      137 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. c oi.isi r.M: frontier Marshal. PAVILION: Song Of Arizona and West Of Cimarron (Double fea■rc» ODEON: Train Of Events. REX: Tokyo Joe. CATHAY: Ponnuruvi (Tamil*. MADRAS: Fatimah (Malay). HINDUSTAN: Dillacl» CENTRAL: Life (Tamil*. vi \i S: Prince of Thieves. PENANO RFX It Happens Every Spring ODEON:
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      387 3 Qjufi |i p/~\pr anc^ interlude; 4.50 Summary of Coffee Hour Favourites: 1100 OlJ>»Vj/\rv-fHt« the Budget and News Analysis Album of Australian Songs 11.10 (BLUE NETWORK) <BBC); 5.05 'Composer of the Everymans Music; 11.30 News 484 and 41.7 metres. Week" Salnt-Saens; 5.30 band- Bulletin; 4. p.m. Music For new* from X.X
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    ICE FOR YOUR DAILY USE
    343 4 Story by PETER HILL Photos by T. S. LEE tKING Ice cubes is 8 thing a child can his parents have ;1 i rator. But hem out m lb blocks at an 160 tons a I m 4.800 tons a v a task for a
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    REDS REMIND OF GOEBELS
    219 5 Peking roars m righteous wrath THK Chinese omrv.,,?)*" hON(i Wednesday. 1 ••an.paig, a a T,™i S"' w ?f propa B anda memories „f I) r bl 5" ba<k '"squieting Hoiand and the Sudete.Uatl tar n" ail; s gainst which culmtaated to Warnb^ff ag The Peking Governmpnt
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    Russia takes over China aviation
    20 5 concluded a i eon- B 9 v Tding the i :-,w the Co r U.P.
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    25 5 ground of Tower Bridge. Scout* Alan .md John Newton of the 7th City <>! i .1 Ku»»ijn nim captured at Sevastopol Crimea, m th« U*t <rntur\
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    PAYS MORE FOR WHAT HE WANTS
    56 5 M R h Hu •se owner of Svridoes not jike the strain •I Ciimbing steps so he bought ex flat valued at o ■00 for £29.000. Hughes will occu >y ii c und floor. He admitted the price v.as high but "I need it
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    U.S. unions oppose new tariff cuts
    232 5 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. i:i labour unioii> have joined nianus m opposing cut-, which the I'nited rnrntnt hopes to make m import tariffs \i r reciprocal basis, will be decided England, m September, when the me 30 countries meet for a 'aritf negotiations, designed to :iers
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    REDS BATTLE BREST POLICE
    75 5 Communist demunstra ors In Brest fought B running twohour street battle with police when they tried to storm Lhe Town Hail to protest against the arrest of a Communist woman deputy and two laDour leaders. One oi the demonstrator! k;llrd by Rimiire. Some 10 policemen wore
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    Chinese labour for Silesia?
    65 5 itiOUR hundred German n-fu gees from Eastern Europe have demanded that the West German Government "energetically" protest against the colonisation of Silesia with Chinese labourers, the West German new« agency DPA reel. '•The transplantation ot Asiatic peoples to Central Europe represents a dangerous menare to the
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    MOSCOW SEES 'MISSOURI WALTZ'
    19 5 MOSCOW SEES 'MISSOURI WALTZ' on depict bribery by the Dell *hr\ n cam-" by a >lai rruman's home U.P.
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    In Baghdad too
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    AUST. WON'T LEAVE
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    SMALLOPOX SUSPECT
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    RED TRADE LAG
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    PREMIER WARNS
    24 5 The Burmese Premier Mr Thakin Nh has warned tn< nation Oat onlcM it r!ons the creed of v depenocace vvu sh. A.P.
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    Ex-P.M. to be priest
    52 5 >| \IU HIKO HifSShikuni, Premier In Japan's first post- u;ir cabinet and Emperor Hirohito's undo, has decided to become a Buddhist priest. Hifashikanl p! ins to lake th»» step m the ne.ir future but refused to comment on reports that the official ceremony has been set
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    47 5 nut stee bonnets m the Easter Parade m Hyde Park. London, were v n fowls worn by the men clustered around the Easier branties on the i -nch '^no^-s-iuas or Londoners basked m odd moments of sunshine ana braved puij winds to see bil the annual show
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    GANDHI 'KFAR' IN PALESTINE
    239 5 GANDHI 'KFAR IN PALESTINE TEL AVIV, Wednesday. IN the fertile land of the ancient Philistines some 500 men, women and children from far-off India have pitched their tents east of Ascalon. Riding the huge wave nf Immigration to the newly created State of Israel, these .Tews have travelled thousands of
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    Siam to join Canberra talk
    59 5 SIAM plans to attend the forthcoming Commonwealth consultative conference m Australia which is aimed at helping SouthEast Asia economically. The Siamese Foreign Minister, Mr. Vorakarn Bacha, said Siam will participate because "it has declared before the world that she is a true democratic country and
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    The Viceroy stay put
    61 5 CTATUES of British Viceroys and other monuments to British rule will continue to stand m New Delhi. That is the decision of the New Delhi Municipal Conmittee, taken m response to a government inquiry on whfther the Committee thought the statues "objectionable." Only one committee member
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    INDIA JAILS EXTREMIST
    40 5 "THE Poona police have arrested Mr. L. P. Bhopatkar. a former member of the Hindu Mahasabha. under the Preventive Detention Act." This followed the arrest of several Hindu Mahasabha members m Bombay and Poona on Tuesday Reuter
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    Rice and curry for export
    181 5 COLOMBO, Wednesday. pEYLON preparations even rice-and-curry may soon be flown to distant parts of the world, if the plans suggested by an official of the Australian National Airways materialise. According to Mr. R. H. Bond, who was adviser to Air Ceylon, affiliated interests of the
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    88 7 Customs searches queried i <»r respondent at Singapore xni officials piamtin the m Europeans my, or make \amination. R Jumabhoy of Corai hich he MXt meetI ..uive CounHave any m.- yen to the gtvt prenenl to Eurosubjects who Govern- why it is mi officials I luggage subjects i do so
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    74 7 r pHE reining chairman of Harpei. Oiiflllan and Co., m Singapore. Mr. H.W. Moxon. who is also a director of several Singapore firms and rub--1 ber estates m the Federation. yesterday paid high tribute to J estate workers In 'he FederaItion on the cv f hi« depattuie to
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    66 7 picture. DR. Mowat Jones (centre) retired Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, and Mr. Walter Adams (right) Secretary of the Inter- University Councils for Higher Education m the Col onie.s arrived m Singapore from Honj Kong yesterday. They were met on arrival by Dr. G. V. Allen. Vice-Ch ancellor of
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    40 7 picture f nHK High Commissioner 1 presented awards at the Police Depot. Kuala Lumpur, on .Monday to 29 members of the Federation Police. Picture shows Sir Hrnn C.urney pinning the I) F. C. on Mr. R. W Quixley. ASP, P.R.
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    98 7 F. P M.tla.v Correspondent r PHE Penang Malay Teachers Association has made strong representations to the Government a«ainst frequent transfers made by the Education Department of Malay teachers from one school to another. The Association saya that indiscriminate transfers are causing inconvenience to the teachers concerned One
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    138 7 \]H A P. Raiah. vtcc-pn dent of the Hindu Adrtfory Board, wishes to make it clear that what he described M a degrading practice" <m a statement to the Free Press on Tuesday* referred to that of Sine:, pore Cheitiars invitine nonHindus to their temple
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    23 7 .pi AGS will be flown from public buildings m Binpore on April 21 to celei brute the birthday of Princess Elizabeth.
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    166 7 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed rO of the Jargest items of supplementary expenditure arising out of the emer- gency are $975,360 to cover a revote of provision authorised last year for defence measures on estates and mines and $471,000 for emergency services and protective measures on
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    215 7 Olympic athlete courts Mme Lee Free Press SUff Kepurter MADAME Lee Ah Keng, th* 1 40- year-old Singapore Chinese woman who h«*« asked the Social Welfare Department to find her a husband, is still saying •no" to hopeful suitors. Mi W S. Woon of the Social Welfare Department told the
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    51 8 APPOINTED TO COUN CIL KUALA LUMPUR, M T High rioner, sir H iv m ins appointed M i Bcott to h(^ lal Member of the 1 Legislative Council I fmm today. 'I 19 I I Mi U Federal Ia I "i l i ffrct n April 15. -\rh-ith-ment t l
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    184 11 jyjERVYN Wood, Australian and Olympic single sculls champion, said last night at Melbourne that he had not received an official challenge nor had he accepted an invitation to race the American champion Jack Kelly m the United States for the Pr adelphia Gold Challenge Cup.
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    Record claimed
    52 11 'pHE Soviet swimmer. L<- nid 1 Meshkox. is claimed to have beaten the world 100 metres butterfly breast-stroke record m the "oviet championships with a time of 1 mm. 6.8 sees. The official record has been held by Richard Hough (United States* at 1 mm 73 s#»rs since
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    GOVT. CLAIMS BIG HAINAN VICTORY
    269 12 'Surrender' call to Reds HONG KON(i, Wednesday. RATIONALIST defenders m Hainan have repulsed the biggest landing attempt yet and inflicted heavy losses on the Red invaders, according to a late report from Hoihow, where enthusiastic victory celebrations are under way. Some 6,000 Red troops of
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    66 12 photo. Lady Margaret Cavendish-Bentinck. younger daughter of the Duke of Portland, is hrrr seen after her wedding to the Prince Gaetano Parente an Italian nobleman, m the chapel of Welbeck *bbry. the Duke's seat m Nottinghamshire. Lady Margaret wore a full-skirted dress of white and cold brocade, trimmed with pearl
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    Love angle in plane bomb bid
    201 12 LOS ANGELES, Wed AN airlint stewardess revealed yesterday that she and aircraft engineer John H. Grant were m love and that he was supposed to be arranging for a divorce at the moment his plot to murder his family by blowing up the airliner
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    ENGAGEMENT
    61 12 THE ENGAGEMENT is an-! t d between Daryl Arthur Bt. of the Chartered Bank of In In. Australia China, nephew Mr. T. F. Connew* of HayHeath. Sussex, and Deirdre ftte Rouse, elder daughter of nin «fc Mis. A. S. Rouse, of ■vrley. near Arundel, Sussex. marriage will take place
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    24 12 MR. MRS S. AYADURAI. Telecoms. J. 8., thank all who them presents and messages r«n rheir wedding at Tapah. on M irefc 30.
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    Rod China to be like Russia
    134 12 HONG KONG, Wed TiHE Chinese Communist 1 Prime Minister. Chou Bnlai, said yesterday that the ultimate aim of the Chinese Reds is to turn China into a Soviet type nation similar to Russia. Chou said. The fundamental .spirit of the new democratic !*•>• to
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    Russia ignores Chiang
    163 12 NEW YORK, Wed. pUSSIA will take no official notice of Chinese Nationalist charges accusing her of supplyIng military aid to Chinese Communists, Mr. Jacob Malik, Russian permanent U.N. representative, said yesterday. He told the Seeretary-Gen-rral. Mr. Trygve Lie. that he would not pass on to Moscow a
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    SERETSE: 'I WAS BLAMED'
    135 12 SERETSE: 'I WAS BLAMED' SEROW, Wed y!ERETSE Khama, banished 29-year-old chief designate of the Bamangwato tribe, said yesterday that he 1 had been "severely reprimanded by administration j officials for a demonstration I of loyalty by his people 1 tAday. He was threatened cancellation of the permission granted for his
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    'NO GAG' VOTE
    31 12 By a vote of X 'he :i Federation of Journalists disapproved *1 r Utrecht concress a bill Introduced m lament for the regulation of the Dutch p U.P.
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    STUDENT PROTEST
    29 12 A group of abou 100 .students marched to the British Consulate In Mi> i yesterday and presented a demand for the return of Tp to Italy. A.P.
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    CHINA: BISHOP PROTESTS
    38 12 Bishop Arthur Moon- of Atlanta. U.S.. protested igainst Americas "abandonnent of China' 1 before the :ouncil of Bishops of the Methodist church, meeting at Cleveland. The Bishop recently returned from a South-East Asian :our.- U.P.
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    Widow wants Musso's loot
    56 12 BEN ITO MUSSOLINTS widow. Rachelle. is seeking to recover his collection jf curios They nil seven rooms of a mansion at Brescia, held by the Italian government. The collection includes a portable prayer-stand, a rare old violin. Japanese vases, given by the Emperor, a Roman gladiator's
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    5,000,000 HOURS
    13 12 Strikes during Januar. cost the Italian econonr 5.000.000 man hours A.P.
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    FINDING CANCER BY BLOOD TEST
    155 12 ATLANTIC CITY, (New Jersey), Wednesday A NEW blood test is 98 6 per cent, accurate m I detecting the presence of cancer, four research j experts report. The test is one of several new ones all based on the finding that cancer does somethino to
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    HUGE THEFTS FROM ARMY
    69 12 rpHE j made road* I In cash and supplies of the British Army, the AuditorGeneral, Sir Prank Tribe, reported yesterday m an audit of Army accrv^'- r year ending March 31, 1949. Sir Frank pu 1 total lorn it at £3,462.513. About one-elghih v..n attributed to
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    SCHOLAR DIES
    19 12 Dr. L«tani« Goldschmidt, 78. Oriental scholar who translated the Babylonian 1 Talmud, has died m London. A.P.
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    Motorist kills croc
    57 12 A CAR DRIVER ran over a large crocodile at night on a main Darwin Road, then sot out of his car and killed it with a starling handle. Mr. Arthur Keen, a Government official, and three friends then tied the crocodile to the bumoer bars of Hit*
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    Army chiefs war warning
    187 12 WASHINGTON, Wednesday /^EN. Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Inited States Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned yesterday that the "real danger of our times" might come if Russia succeeded m equalling the military strength of the Tnited States and the Noith Atlantic Powers. America's top military leader
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    Shah-Princess row has happy ending
    167 12 HOME, Wednesday. ORINCKSS Fatinia of Persia announred happily last night that her brother, the Shah has finally approved of her American husband. The ---yearold Princess and Vincent Lee Hillyer will wed again m a week or 10 days m Paris this time In a mosque
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    Sure-tire Red cause
    40 12 SAIGON, Wed THh ommuni>ts m IndoCktea have found a cause that just OUil fail to appeal to young people. They are ursine school children to demand that the year-end examinations m all schools be m.ide easier. U.P.
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    Greater Jordan
    34 12 King Abdullah of Jordan will announce the formal incorporation of Arab Palestine into the kingdom of Jordan next Monday at the opening session of the newly -elected Jordan Parliament m Amman.- Reuter
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    ANTI-YAWS DRIVE
    29 12 Professor K< R. Hill of Kingston, Jamaica, has been asked by tho World Health Organisation ti> organise a campaign m Indonesia against yaws, a syphilis-like disease Reuter
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