Malaya Tribune, 16 March 1948

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    59 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printed Sfimvltanrouxly Kuala Lumpur, Ipon Penang Telegrams: "TrbuneSingapore." Telephone 5811 CJ lines). EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd., Talbot House,
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    STRIKE HITS Royalty
    274 1 Reuter. lON DON, Mar 18 /ftt'/ tku nftat noon *roM M- •ii 'hf t L n't h 'tni" 7 n him Pal*HOf, t"*iOM lh jfj ft) Govern »>rn'- ftfolN rs k*d '•<•' Off Al/ loafer m 4 emtral hi 'i'n<i pm 'r>t o*nuHrf*< nt- itfWlko memoem f/''7'
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    WHY THE NAVY WILL BE THERE
    86 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 15.—Threats Ol attack upon British subjects m the West Indies and of invasion of British territory were pvea in the House of Commons today as one of the reasons for the British Home Fleet's visit to the West Indies this autumn.
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    DEAR DEFEATED
    35 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 15—Mahmoud Kanm „f Eprypt, retained his M .squash rackets title by beating the British nal. James Dear. 9-5 9-3 M 10-8 in the final, after •nag two match iVnts. —Reuter.
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    WHEAT FOR INDIA
    28 1 Reuter. WDOH, Mar. 15 —The AusWheat Board announced f n 000.000 bushels of the mi;.i, wheat contract would be 'Piwi f,(>f,, rp August, Melbourne reported.—Reuter.
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    Seen here carrying the untitled containing the late Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, which arrived here by air from India, yesterday, is Mr. John A. Thivy. represent at he if the Government of India in Maia.ya. Picture was taken at tho Victoria Memorial Hail where the ashes will be on view till Friday, when they will be fbmm to Kuala L .mpv.r.
    60 1 Seen here carrying the untitled containing the late Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, which arrived here by air from India, yesterday, is Mr. John A. Thivy. represent at he if the Government of India in Maia.ya. Picture was taken at tho Victoria Memorial Hail where the ashes will be on view till
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    MP's PUT MONTY ON THE MAT
    268 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 15 -Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery. Chief of ihe British Imperial General Staff, was criticised in 'he House of Commons toriP'ht for his informality in dress. Colonel Buaran. a Ccmaervative, urged the War Minis- f ter, Mr. Emmanuel Shinw3ll, "to persuade the
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    REJECTED
    26 1 U.P. Washington. March 1.5. —The House of R"rlresent:lTiv^s Foreign Affairs Committee refected a democratic effort for immediate accoptari'e o" the Senate-passed Europ -.>n recovery bill.-HP.
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    INCOME TAX FORMS OUT
    61 1 I u\.me tax forms h.tv2 gone out in Kuala Lumpur to linn& nj-kir.g for particular Ol In* corr.ts °f employee-;. Details are asked about the 1J47 incomes of all cmpi yoes irrespective of amounts, < f m.'oried women workers whose ren urn era tion nr pension
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    GOVERNOR SEES GANDHI'S ASHES
    73 1 At in o'clock this motnlng Governor Sir Franklin Qimson arrived at the Victoria Memorial Hall to pa? horn ige to the e.-hes ol Mahatma Gandhi. He was received by Mr. J. A. Thivy, Mr. N. A Swin math m. and Mrs. Thivy, Ihe Governor stood in
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    BENES GAGGED
    45 1 WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. The Czechoslovak Communist Minister of the Interior. M. Vaclav Nosen, forbad. President Eduard Benes to broadcast two separate radio reports which the President had prepared, M. Juraj Slavik, former Czcchoslovakian Ambassador to Washington, said in a radio interview last night.
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    PREMIER ANNOUNCES RED PURGE IN GOVT.
    822 1 LONDON, Mar. Js.—Prime Minister Clement At Vee announced in the House of Commons today th<\ J Sro British Government had decided not to employ anyone known to be a member of the Communis; Party in work "vital to the security of 'fie S'vite." 4
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    TO PREPARE U.S. SHIPS FOR WAR
    124 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.—A bill authorising the arming of United States merchant ships in a Jime of national emergency was passed by the Senate here today. It has still to be passed by the House of Representatives and signed by President Truman. Tho purpose
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    MEYERS GETS JAIL SENTENCE
    71 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mar. 15.Bonnctt K. Meyers, a former Major-General and wartime Deputy Air Force Purchasing Chief, was sentenced here today to a minimum of 20 months and a maximum of five years imprisonment on charges arising out of profits in a privately owned aircraft parts war
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    PAKISTAN GETS HALF SHARE
    45 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS. Mar. 15— Pakistan, which today became a fullyfledged member of the InterAllied Reparations Agency, will be allotted one half of the German reparations earmarked for India. No change will be made in the allotments to other member nations. —Reuter.
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    NO U.S. AID IF REDS WIN
    98 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mar. 15.Mr. Michael McDcrmott, a State Department spokesman, said today that if the Communists won the Italian elections in April "there would be no further question of assistance from the United States." Although Mr. McDermottV, statement referred purely to the European recovery
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    SCHOOLBOY INJURED
    66 1 A sevefi-year-old Malay boy, who was seated on the cross-bar of a cycle ridden by his elder brother, was admitted to hospital with severe injuries early yesterday morning. It appears the boy was thrown on to the road when the cycle ran into the rear of a motor-lorry
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    3 TO DIE
    21 1 WARSAW, Mar. 15. Three people were sentenced to death in the "Anders Spy Group" trial in Warsaw today.
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    TURK ENVOY
    28 1 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Mar. 15—Mr. Rali Turkgeldi, formeh Turkish Minister to the Netherlands, has Ifeen appointed Turkish Ambassador in New Delhi, it was learned here tonight-—Reuter.
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    Pawn brokers Protest
    522 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Pawnbrokers Association, while protesting against the Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Ordinance passed by the Advisory Council meeting last Friday, suggests that conferences be held between the Police and the Association representatives to discuss the whole matter. A doputa ion of Singapore pawnbrokers header! by
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    TREATY SIGNED
    60 1 Reuter. AMMAN, Mar. 15.—An Anglo-Transjordan treaty was signed in Transjordan's mountain capital of Amman today by Tewtik Pasha Abulhuda, the Transjordan Prime Minister. I and Sir Alex Kirkbride, the British Minister in the Transjordan. No details of the treaty are available,, but reliable British sources here said the
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    Swedish C-in-C Asks For Bigger Army
    134 1 Reuter. STOCKHOLM, Mar. 15.—General Helge Jung, the Swedish Commander-in-Chief, handed a roemorandum to the government loday demanding measures for strengthening Sweden's mili'ury pre-j paredness. The General's plans includ-1 f d a call up of more men, the elimination of shortages of war material and
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    SCSA Tell Members: "Vote"
    118 1 Noljrp hWm been 3erved oy the Singapore Civil Service Association on its members to Impress on them the importance of exercising tn*nr vote in order that the "right type of candidate with the hest interests of the local man at heart be elected to office." In
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    BLAZE GUTS BAZAAR
    89 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Mar. 15.—A fire, which blazed for seven hours before it was brought under corftrol, destroyed the greater part of Paltan bazaar, business centre of Shillong. capital of the tea-growing province of Assam, reports received here today said. No human casualties have so far been reported
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    20 DIE of HUNGER
    56 1 U.P. MANILA, Mar. 14. —Reports from Bontoc, mountain province, said 20 persons have died of starvation in Tinglayan area which is composed of eight villages and many more may die shortly. Tinglayan, with an estimated population of over 7,000 is suffering from a>cute food shortage due
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    BUS OVERTURNS
    25 1 BOMBAY. Mar. 15.—Fortyfour persons were injured, ten seriously, when a Bombay electric supply transport doubledecker bus overturned at a traffic island last night.
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    AID FOR COTTON INDUSTRY
    35 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 16—The House of Commons last niprht approved an order setting up a new cotton board to help increase efficiency and productivity in the cotton industry—Reuter. t leyer Leeds).—Reuter.
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    JAMAICA 181 FOR 5
    36 1 Reuter. KINGSTON, Jamaica. Mar. 15--—Jamaica had .scored 181 for five wickets in their first inninps by the close of play on the first day of their match with the M.C.C. here today.—Reuter.
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    GANG ROBBERY
    33 1 At about I a.m. today, five Chinese, all armed with pistols, broke into a coffee shop in Kirn Chuan Road, broke open the till and got away with $100 in casn.
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    POLLING DAY: HUNDREDS of POLICE WILL BE ON DUTY
    133 1 Hundreds of policemen an 1 officers, in readiness for any emergency, will be on duty at the 75 polling stations throughout the Colony on Election Day -March 20. Radio patrol cars will also cover the various districts during the polling hours.
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    NEW PRESIDENT FOR CHINESE CHAMBER
    110 2 j Mr. Yong Yit Lin was sworn in yesterday morning as the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the 1948-1949 period. IDr Wu Paak-shing. the Chinese Consul-General, offij dated at the ceremony in which the new committee took the oath of office. Mr.
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    WHEAT GRAIN FOR SINGAPORE
    88 2 A six-monthly quota of 950 tons of wheat grain, wheat meal, flour and Semolina is now available to Singapore Importers ex-Australia. Applications for import licences should be forwarded to the Registrar of Imports and Exports. Singapore, not later 1 than noon on Thursday, March 25. Evidence
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    TREASURY BILLS
    96 2 The Government or the Colony of Singapore wijl invite I tenders for an tisv.o of $10 hvtt- lions by Treasury Bills on Mar. 25, 1945, sdoject to the general conditions governing the issue and repayment of j Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. Copies of the conditions together with
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    ROBBERY CHARGE
    77 2 Eight Chinese, whose ages I ranged from 18 to 42 years, ap- peared before the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule on a change of I having coHflftitted robHelry in j the State. on )tfs>4. Th ey Vere tJo*6e reI turned ,%9 jQhore under UW
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    "GOVT. SERVANTS ARE AT DEAD END FINANCIALLY"
    323 2 Chairman's Speech A t Co-op Society Meet (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE "BURSTING QUESTION' 'QF THE URGENT NEED FOR AN INCREASED COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR SINGAPORE'S GOVERNMENT SERVANTS I WAS REFERRED TO BY MR |H. M.' DANKER, CHAIR--1 MAN OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVANTS'
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    CYMA MEETING
    141 2 At the second annual geneif.i i meeting of the Catholic Young j Men's Association (Church of I the Sacred Heart), the following were elected office-bearers foj the year: President: Mr. Chee Kong T.et; Vice-President: Mr. An- hony Choonfr; Hon. Secretary; Mr. Roland D. Tseng; Hon Asst. I Secretary:
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    FATAL ATTEMPT TO CROSS RAIL TRACK
    293 2 fu 1 Ihe deceased met his death while attempting to cross a railway track in front of an oncoming Singapore Harbour Board train at about 8.30 a m on Mar. 10. It was stated in evidence th it the deceased was suffering from deafness.
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    LEP in SOCIAL WELFARE
    141 2 Arrangements for the welfare of Locally Enlisted Personnel have now been completed the Military Authorities and the Department of Social Welfare of Malaya i n conjunction /with the Department Of Social Welfare, Singapore. With headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, there are Welfare Officers in Penang, Ipoh. Kuala
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    "Flying Showroom" Open To Public
    209 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) ANT^A^RJUVFn^^TT^r WROOM ATLAS SKY MERCH- ROUNDSwn ,n SI S AP °P YESTERDAY ON ITS NESS MEN A^ E m^ 17 A MERICAN BUSL OF ITS A i5 > MILES. ERED ***** I The purpose of the trip is to investigate business conditions
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    MR. TIPSON'S GRAND RECORD IN MALAYA
    187 2 TRIBUTES WERE PAID I O MR ERNEST rf TIRING SECRETARY OF THE MALAYAN AGENCY OF THI BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY Yelt?£dal A FAREWELL TEA PARTY GIVEN AT THE V M C A Mr. Tipson has served 40 >vars as a religious worker I
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    Registration Of Chinese Societies
    64 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Overseas Chinese societies or schools who arc applying for registration with the Chinese National Government are advised by a circular from the Singapore Chinese ConsulateGeneral that all registration must be done through the local Chinese Consulate under which jurisdiction they exist. The circular
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    34 2 Wan Kassim bin Wan Ishak has returned from leave and has been appointed Second Assistant Land Officer, Kotar Star, vice Y.T.M. Tunku Fariduddin bin Tungku Mansur who has been appointed Third Magistrate, Alor Star.
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    Chinese Trade Office Here Closes Down
    164 2 t«t. (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE CHINESE TRADE COMMISSIONER'S OFFTfM? iv SINGAPORE CLOSES TODAY X WBtSS FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT NS THE COMMISSIONER MR. C. F lEE HAS AT RPAn v LEFT FOR NANKING. ALREAD i The Assistant Trade Commissioner. M>. Lee Chee Chen, who
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    Late Mr. SVN Rajah
    82 2 Cable news has been received by Mr. S. V. Nada Rajah Of Sungei Gap! Estate. Screndan of the untimely death of frs uncle Mr. N. Kanriiah at Vaddukoddai, Ceylon, on March 10. Mr. Kandiah is the youngest brother of the late Mi. N. Ganapathy Pillai, the
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    Chap Ji Kee Lottery Charge
    79 2 Bail in the sum of $3,000 was offered to a 52-year-old Chinese Tan Chio Chan when he claimed trial to a charge of assisting in the running of a public lottery Chap Ji Kee at the Eighth Police Court yesterday. Tan is alleged to have
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    Punjabi Charged With Assault
    114 2 Mohamed Shaffi. a 40-year-old Punjabi, pleaded guilty to j charges of disorderly behaviour, and assaulting a public j servant with a chair, when he appeared before the Third Police Court Magistrate, Mr. F. B. Oehlers yesterday. Mohamed is alleged to nay? behaved jn a disorderly manI
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    LORRY FATALITY
    215 2 A verdict of "death by misadventure" returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr.' W. G. Porter, yesterday, concluded the inquiry into the death of a 14-year-old Chinese boy, Choo Keok Chiang, who died soon i after he was knocked down by i a motor lorry at Albert Street I
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    TRINITY COLLEGE EXAM- RESULTS
    138 2 The following are the Singapore results of the Trinity College Theory Examination (December 1947):— Tan J&m Neo (Senior) honoars, Florence Tham Advanced rntenmediate), pass, Ricardo Anciano (Advanced Junior* honours, Kwik Poh fcUn (Advanced Junior) .honours, Lim Leong Geok (Advanced Junior) pass, Ng Siew Kheng (Advanced Junior)
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    Cargo Of Mischief
    42 2 The steam vessel Sarangan, sailing under the Netherlands flag, arrived at Singapore on Sunday morning from Basrah with 447 monkeys on board for Los Angeles The Sarangan sailed that same evening from Pulau Bukom for Los Angeles via Manila.
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    SJAHRIR LAUDS JAVA NEWSMEN
    161 3 rribane Staff Reporter) lav !norning Dr. Sui- sj ihi :r visited the Utu--3r m .yu Press and Spent touring the various departments, escorted by In,.M>. v/b! I hak. p hriT said that t<-ehni-Malaji preM here was tetter eqaipped, but that inthc indon< -si an us better
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    Local Lad Sails with HMS London
    203 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) j Sailing to adveniure on board the 10,000 tons British ser. H.M.S. London, which left Smganore yesterdaj morning, with a detachnt ol Marines is a Smga- boy, Eric Bruce. Toothful Eric Bruce wa.3 interned with his parents at Changi Gaol and
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    NEW MUSLIM SCHOOL FOR P. WELLESLEY
    180 3 P< nang, March 14. The Muslim Free School in B utt worth to be named the Madrasathul Jinnah School" 'xj3 cted to be completed in three month's time r, l arrangements are ko hand !D do Onn, president ol DMNO, to lay the i'oundatoneof
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    Untitled
    31 3 untitled for the Federation of j> 11 Government Treasury twelve months tenor at i discount equivalent to 'I" cent \n t annum were Ptod by the Financial fetary, Podoration of Ma-
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    $2,250 FINES FOR HOOCH
    224 3 Fines totalling $2,250 were imposed on a 48-year-old Chinese, Low Ah Hin by the Eighth Police Court Magistrate, Mr. R. W. P. Rule yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to three charges under the Liquor Requor Revenue Ordinance. On the first offence, having in possession 484 gallons
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    Gandhi's Ashes For Malaya
    333 3 Arrived Here By Plane Yesterday (Tribune Staff Reporter) j In the presence o." a larg" 1 gathering of Indians and members of other nationali ties, including the heads of various Consular bodies in the city, the urn containing Mahatma Gandhi's ashes which arrived a t Kallang
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    PROMPT OUR APPEAL REPLY TO
    207 3 In the Malaya Tribune of Mar. 8, "Observer" made an appeal for tunds for St. Nicholas' Home for blind children and suggested that the various turf clubs in Malaya should give a lead in supporting this deserving institution. Last week a registered cover was delivered
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    Election Meeting
    35 3 Mr. Richard Chuan Hee Lim. one of the Independent Candidates contesting the North-east Division, will hold an elt-ction meeting at the Victoria Theatre today at 5-30 p.m. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek will preside.
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    Food Inspector On Extortion Charge
    161 3 (From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA Mar. 15. ARRESTED BY DETECTIVES ON SATURDAY LAST, WEE SWEE SIANG, FOOD INSPECTOR ATTACHED TO THE FOOD AND PRICE CONTROL DEPARTMENT, WAS PRODUCED THIS AFTERNOON BEFOTO MR E. A. BURTON. D'STRtCTT JUDGE. CHARGED WITH EXTORTION. Accused, who is a 2<i-yca:
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    Sequel To Alleged Robbery
    328 3 Alleged to have committed armed robbery at a beauty parlour in Geylang on August 6 last in the company of an. other Chinese, Lee Kirn Seng was charged with the offence at the Assiz.- Court, yesterday, before Mr. Justice Jobling and a common jury. Outlining the
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    SMOKE WITH FIRE
    71 3 Two fire engines w.ilch rushed to the scene in answer to an alarm, discovered that it was only a small fire they had to deal with. A motor car was set ablaze at the eight milestone Clementine Road I formerly Re. formatory Road) due. it is believed,
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    SAD PLIGHT OF MALAY WOMEN
    297 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) In an enlightening talk to members of the Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club yesterday. Che Zahara bfnte Noar Mohamet!, President of th* Malay Women's Welfare Association declared that Malay women today are in a sad plight, surrounded by social evils, poverty, and handicapped by
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      644 3 PERSONAL "BREAK"' said the referee, and they broke. And with a Succesj sion of hooks and jabs and clinI ches and what not the bout finally came to an end. A draw, of I course, for it happened they both, had trained on MILO i 0 22> ROBERT CP AVER
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    The Old School Tie
    640 4 Addressing the Scout Rally in Singapore on Saturday, the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, defended the Old School Tie tradition. As he pointed out;, there lias been some inclination of recent years tv decry tfte tradition, or at all events to ridicule it. No doubt begun in
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    Infant Hercules
    165 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. —An eight-year-old boy who had become "an infant Hercules" is being restored to childhood by Sydney doctors. Patrick Roberts was changed from- boy to man by a tumour pressing on the gland which controls growth. His height remained normal, but his arms, legs and body developed
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    £1 Million Under The Sea
    86 4 Reuter. HONGKONG.—One of the largest salvage operations ever undertaken in Eastern waters will be started shortly when a Hongkong organisation wil start to remove sunken ships from Saigon Harbour and the nearby Cap St. Jacques roadstead in Indo-China. The ships were sunk durine the war
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    Nationalisation Not A Success
    122 4 Reuter. COLOMBO.- Col. J. L. Kotclawala. Mingater of Transport and Works proceed to England in April to study the working of the road bus transport system there. Announcing this at a conference of the representatives of various motor omnibus companies in the island called by aim
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    PENANG'S LEAD TO MALAYA
    753 4  -  The Story Of A Brave Experiment By K. Boon Choo It comes as a shock to lepwi that St. Nicholas Home >cr blind children at Bagan Jermal Penang, the only such Home in Malaya, Is threatened with closure in the near future more funds are forthcoming:.
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    HOW BRITAIN IS TACKLING THE CRISIS
    919 4  -  by Grafton Green There is no mistake about It: Britain's industrial output is going on. The long hardfought battle for production is slowly but certainly being won. When Mr. John Strachey, Britain's Minister for Food, told employees at the Lancashire Locomotive Works this week
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    TOO FEW SHARKS
    107 4 AAP. SYDNEY. Although sharks are more numerous on the eastern Australian coast than for many years shark alarmare frequent on bathing beaches tanners complain that the supply of shaikskins is 20 per cent, below the demand. Sydney exporters say that ftejf cannot get sufficient dried shark fins
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    303 4 Letter To The Editer "A MALAV An ARMY" which n 13-3-48 an.|y„„ r I> a'VnT Say 'V a S nfraporp-hr, rn T n r v served as V 5 many year, fn £««2* f Section. If tho paper could 0f ,h: issues, they will Champion of th* v ;iS for
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    LOUIS HAS A TOP-SECRET PLAN FOR FIGHT AGAINST WALCOTT
    1306 5 article by Louis. I begtf boxing. iya been imagin reattng secret th. 1 new "de- m the ring, anything more fashioned punch indent back in lira Figg. Lou Nova, the i weight, once u| aa a title conthc dynamic comic punch"
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    MALAYAN NEWS IN BRIEF
    1031 5 I ;n Wan Omir kilted Assistant Kulim. tn* nt of Mr. C I M 1 VS.. to hf Legal ;h has boon the ex-Kedah la Gaoler at in succession to who has retired on wring Kedah sccre- intmenta have been S Hassan ShahabuU First Assistant m
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    At Changi Regatta
    47 5 Competitors at the RAF. (Changi) L. to R M R. Boxall Mrs. E Btevene, Mrs. R Bojcall Mr. E. Wattt Sitt.ng on the beach uyitch ng the yacht race in progress L. to R.i Miss R BaiUy. Miss D Fraaer ft Mm M McLaren
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    New Penang Radio Studios Opened
    202 5 PENANG MAR 15.—MALAYA'S LEADERSHIP IN IHE FIEID OF BROADCAS I TNG CAN RIGHTLY BE A SOURCE OF PRIDE TO ITS PEOPLES AS WELL AS IO THE GOV. ERNMEHT. SAID LORD UETOWELL IN A RECORDED BROADCAST SPEFCH Al THE OPENING OF THE NEW PENANG RADIO STUDIOS
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    Haji Robbed Of $12,000
    125 5 Ipoh. Mar. 15—A Haji mh had recently returned from pilgrimage to Mecca, was victim cf a burglary on Sun. d3y night sustaining loss of $12,450. It Is understood the Ba and his wi:e. an elderly c :>uple kept gold valued at $12,000 and some odds bits
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    Kirin Fall Sequel
    110 5 Reuter-AAP. NANKING Mar. IS. —Among the repercussions cf the fill <-! Kirin apparently b a Government decision, repotted la-t night, to relieve Liang Huasheng of the Governorship o! Kirin Province and to appoint General Chen Tung Kuo. Deputy Commander-in-C.-.i-. lr Minchuria. as Acting Governor. An official announcement
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    Assize Sequel To Estate Robbery
    376 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 15 The proprietor of a provision shop on Nigel Gardner Estate, in the district of Ulu Selangor. was robbed of some cash by two masked Chinese, one of whom was armed with a pisto» on the night of Nov. 27. last year.
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    Governor Tours Flood Areas
    126 5 IPOH. Mar. I&. An cxtens've six-hour tour of the ParitBota district was made by His Excellency. Sir Edward Gent. High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya on Saturday when he visited the DID. water-pump station at Padang Pandiak and also the flooddamaged areas of ihr district.
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    A NARROW SHAVE
    76 5 Ipoh Mar. 15 —The Chinese driver cf an Austin 10 saloon had a miraculous escape when the car he was driving skidded and turned over thrice jn Sunday afternoon. It was raining at the time d nd when he was negotiating the tend near Lahat town the
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    DANES ARE ASKING: "WILL THERE BE ANOTHER WAR?"
    616 6 Reuter. COPENHAGEN—' Do you think there will be c.nother war?" That is the question which is today on the lips of almost everyone here. Conscious of Denmark's proximity to Soviet Russia, the Danish man-in-tne-street is deeply disturbed by recent even's in Czechoslovakia
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    Home Soccer Fixtures
    289 6 Reuter. LONDON. MAR. 15.—The following are Football fix- j tures for Saturday March i 20:— FIRST DIVISION Arsenal V. Chelsea. Bolton Wanders V. Blackburn Rvrs. Burnley V. Grinsby Town. Charlton Ath. V. Hudder&field Town. Liverpool V. Blackpool. Manchester Utd. V. Wolverhampton Middlesbrough V. Derby County. Portsmouth V.
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    "OLD BOYS XI"
    68 6 Tho following are kindly invited to play on Friday, March 19 in a friendly game of soccer for the Old Boys against the St. Joseph's Institution. Kick off at 5.15 p.m. at S.J.I. ground. M. Hendroff. J. Rozario. F. Rodrigues, A. de Silva. P. Appavoo. A. de
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    MUSLIMIN ASSN.
    133 6 The annual general meeting of the Muslimin Trust Fund Association will be held on Friday, March 19 evening at 8-1. Palembang Road. No donations were received by this charitable association I for last year. A search is still on for a special house or a piece of land
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    McKenzie Soccer
    75 6 The Mckenzie XI will meet Upper Serangoon in the S.C. F.A. Inter-District League on Thursday at the Geylang Stadium at 5.15 p.m. The team will be selected from the following Lim Kirn Liang, Leow 1 Soon Keong, Lim Chin Aik, Teo Ban Teck, Tan Ah Kow, Tay Kirn
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    Australian Pair's Thrilling Win
    555 6  -  (By "FOREHAND" Tho mixed doubles event in the Singapore I awn Tennis Association Indoor Championships reached the final stage when the Australian pair, Miss L. Massey and W. H. D. Hartlett, scored a thrilling win over Mrs. R. Nassim and N. S. Wise. Ihey will meet
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    Theosophical Society
    38 6 A lecture on 'The Deeper Meaning of Life' by Yen. Bhikku T Narada will be given at trie Singapore Lodg»Theosophical Society, 8 Cairn, hill Road, on Thursday, Mar. 18, at 6.30 p.m. Open to the public.
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    "Drowning in Sea Of Indebtedness"
    250 6 'HE PIOL'o HOr- ENTERTAINED BY ALL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THE PRICES OF DAILY NECESSITIES WOULD COME DOWN AND THAT SALARIES WOULD BE ENHANCED To MAKE UNSTRETCHING ENDS MEET NEVER MATERIALISED" SAID MR C M. SOOSAI CO-OPERATIVE OFFICER ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL GENERAL
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      469 6 Urgent Meeting BAGHDAD. Mar. 15.—Hamdi Pachnchi. Iraqi Foreign Minister, left here today by air to attend an urgent meeting in Damascus of the Arab Length's Political Commission called to discuss Palestine.— Reuter. HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE s.s. MEERKERK' due Singapore 17th March, loading cargo alongside S.H.B. Wharves for Aden Port
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    SELECTORS WONT HAVE AN EASY TASK TODAY
    1333 7 FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS by. ''SPECTATOR" POST-MORTEM*-on yesterday's gwues J THE best teams couldn't have put up a good game owing to the poor condition of the Padang a+ present-. Amicables ioeron't in top form; the nturen gnmnd made their display look worqr-.
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    JIM LONDOS TO MEET KING KONG
    89 7 //< ay y weight ytftntliny champion of the in rttiui'i hen- from St* VtHHfixco a ithin a forttigki Ui duke his title With Kwi h'"'i'j. hea vyice.igfit nVnwyiftw Europe. drrani/cmenta ore icell in htiiul in this direction, anmsnted Mr. (linsbtrg to n Tribum reporter
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    SEPOY LINES MEET ROVERS TODAY
    126 7 Th Singapore Rovers Junior XI an the Sepoy Lines XI will st oceer today at St. Road at 5.15 p.m. The ■ring have been invited to turn o«Jt for the teams ROVERS JUNIORS XI: Son T'ov. S ng Leongt Foon Chiew. Kirn Seng, Khoo Soo
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    INDIAN PAVILION AT MILAN FAIR
    38 7 Reuter. Londi n, Mar s.—lndia is to ion at the Milan April 29 to May 15 ote Indian exports *West m Europe. at the famous India's lirst major in any continen. «hibition Reuter.
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    Changi Airmen Surprise Navy
    382 7 R.A.F. (Changi) 4; Navy 2. The Changi Airmen surprised the Navy yesterday, when they registered a four to two win over the Sailors in a Div. X S.C.F.A. League game played at Jalan Besar. Highlights of the game were the three quick goals scored by the
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    RUGBY TRANSFER AGREEMENT
    64 7 Reuter. LEEDS, Mar. 15. -An agreement concerning the transfer of players has been reached between the British Rugby League Cbuncif and the Fiench Rugby League. This was stated at today's meeting of the British Rugby League nere. Only players on the "open to transfer" list may be
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    Malay Sports Assn.
    60 7 The following will represent tho Malay Spcrts Association at tennis against the Malay Tennis Club, Kota Tinggi at .the Association's premises Lorong K. Teluk Kurau on Friday commencing at 3 pjn. Singles:—XT. Yadi and Bostam b JCurahi; Troubles: —Kha'mis and H.aji Jamil. Mahmood ifaji Yusof at\d $ostam.
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    TABLE-TENNIS TRYOUTS POSTPONED
    225 7  -  (By "CELLULOID" A fair crowd of sports' enthusiasts and supporters were disappointed when they turn- ed up at the Chinese Sports j Association to learn that the Chinese table-tennis-'ry outs i had been postponed to a later date. This was due to a strong j written protest
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    Donations for Jockey's Cricket Match
    116 7 Kiiala Lumpur, Mar. 13.— Previously acknowledged $1065 Uncle Sams Stable $100. Loh Peel: Soon $50, Lee Kok Chee $50 Mi. P. W\ Ong $50. Mr. Mr. P. W. Ong $50, Mr. E. L. Nathan $50. Mr. Michael Tho $50, "Mr. Watt $30, Mr. A. Chellapah
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    WEIGHTS For K. L .RACES TOMORROW
    425 7 Below are the handicaps -for tomorrow's races, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club March meeting, together will the records of the last three runs of the candidates: Horses, Class 1. Div. 1, 6 Fuis. 0 Oriental 9.10 2 2 1 Minstrel Boy
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    Ties For Malayan Badminton Tourney
    616 7 The draw for the Seventh Malayan Badminton Championships, to be held during Easter, took place iv, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, and resulted as follows: MEN'S SINGLES Top Section: Byes—Cheong Hock Leng, Chan Kon Leong. Wong Peng Sooh; Sheikh i Ahmad bin Hassan vs. Chen I
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    DON HIT 115 IN LAST GAME IN AUSTRALIA
    124 7 Reuter-AAP. PERTH, West Australia, Mar. 15.—Don Bradman scored his 105 th. century here todau .aakinp 115 m a dashing inmruj.s for the Australian tourmg team against Western Australia, the Sheffield Shield champions. At the close of the second day's play the tourists
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    Amicables Win In Second Outing
    517 7 AMICABLE A. A. 3, S.C.C. 0 FULL POINTS GAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE S.CC. YESTERDAY :iAV3 PLACED THE AMICABLE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION IN AN ENCOURAGING POSITION IN DIV. I CF THES.A.F.A. LEAGUE. IN THEIR PREVIOUS GAME, THE THREE "AS" SCALPED THE SELETAR AIRMEN. TWO-NIL, AND
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    Jollilads Soccer
    70 7 The team to represent the Jollilads second team against the SCC 2nd XI on Wednesday. Mar. 17. on the Padang, will be Na ray ana, Arumugam, j Ghani, Sintha, Noordin, Salahudin, Narayana, Krishnasamy, R. Govindasamy, Osman, Nadalajah, Suppiah. Tiie Jollilads team vs. the SRC, on Friday, Mar. ]<»,
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    NEWS from the MEWS
    153 8  -  iBj/ ALLAN LEWIS Oapt. R MeRac Pattie is to dispose of his present team of i horses. Spe*»kiner to Mrs Pat?Jo and the Captain rturinq: Pfmaner meeting ne 'nfnrmprl me *hat it is his I intention to dispose of this strmrr hr> wJU thrn make a
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    Crash Victims Entombed In Icebound Mountain
    84 8 U.P. ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Mar. 14—Veteran A'askan mountaineers rredicted that 30 p-rsons k lied l n the ensh of a Trans-Pacific Northwestern airliner on Friday rmy remain entombed forever at thp icebound foot of townrinrr Mount Sahford Civil aeronautics authorises and ai'-iine officials con-:err-d Ip
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    Anti-Election Meet
    62 8 'ihe M.D.U. wIU be hjlding anotiifr anti-elect, n meeting Jit 1 -20 p.m. tomorro v at Empress Place Among t sp« ak. era vi" te Mr. Tim K;-iu. vice president o r t> M.N.P Mr. A. N. Mitra. well-known Indian lawyer. Dr. J X M l »n. Mr
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    Weal thy Italians Prepare To Flee
    172 8 U.P. ROME, Mar. 15.—-Italy's* wealthy are preparing for a hasty fligh* in the event of a Communist success in the April 18 general election, a survey of the Aye biggest cities showed today. The survey, made in Turin Milan. Genoa. Rome and Nanlcs. showea
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    NEHRU SAYS "SORRY"
    160 8 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Mar 15 I Pandit Nehru. Indian Pr.p>e Minister, in a statement to Parliament today W'hrlrpw %I--i legations he made a week ago I 'hat Britain was emnloving fj\. dians guilty of anti-Indian propaganda in her information services In America. "The British propaganda services in
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    SOVIET SHATTERS PEACE DREAM
    85 8 U.P. AUGUSTA. Maine. Mar 15 —Senator Rober Tait said th-.-United States "must proceed en the theory that there is going to be peace." as he arrived en a two-day campaign in Maine in his quest for Republican presidential nomination. He said. "We have no knowledge that
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    22 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. MAR, 15.— President Truman will go before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday to discuss the critical foreign situation.—Reuter.
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    West Germany To Get Place Under European Aid Plan
    540 8 Reuter. PARIS, Mar. 15.—Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, and M. Georges Bidault the I rench Foreign Minister, both affirmed today that Western Germany must have ics place in 'he econo mic plans under European aid and Mr. Bevin toil
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    Soviet Officers To Lead Jewish Forces
    67 8 U.P. London, March 15. The Exchange Telegraph reported that Russian officers, with false passports, had passed through Istanbul en route to Palestine to command Jewish forces. The report said corps of volunteers were being organised in Russia and were schduled to arrive in Tel
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    TABLE TENNIS
    169 8 The Singapore Indian Associaj tion tatle tennis team to I meet the Vehicles Sports Club at j Aye singles and two doubles to be j played at the Indian Association premises on Wednesday, Mar 17 at 7,00 p.m. will be selected from the following:—D. Supptah. SaI thasivam. Capt.
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    SPURS LOSE
    30 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 15.-Football rerults; Second Division: Tottenham Hotspurs 0 Barnsley 3Third Divison, Southern: Crystal Palace 0 Queens Park Rangers 1; Friendly match: Exeter City l Plymouth I—Reuter
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    Malaya-Siam Anti Bandit Confab
    182 8 Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 15.— \n important conference between the heads of the Malayan and Siamese police forces with a viev to closer cooperation in the suppression of banditry on the MalayanSiamese border, is being held In Penang early this week. The need for more vigorous action
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    Pace Work At K.L.
    152 8  -  (rtv ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR. Today Rain which fell continuously throughout the nigh* made the tracks very heavy this morning and excepting for a few spurts, trainers were content with pace work for their charges. Apollo (Lawler) went from the sf. about half pace. Renown (Woods)
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    FINNS TO TELL RUSSIA: DON'T SEND US TROOPS UNLESS....
    143 8 Reuter. HELSINKI. Mar. 15. -The Finnish Government has instructed its delegation for treaty talks with Soviet Russia to try to secure that in The event of uxir Russian armed forces would only be sent to Finland at the specific request of
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    Motor Rally On Sunday
    166 8 I The newly formed Singa- Pore Motor club will be holding its first post-war motor rally next Sunday. All motorists participating m the event will assemble at the Prince's Restaurant, Orchard Road, at 9.30 a.m. They will proceed along a devious roote leading to the S
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    GANDHIS ASHES HERE
    35 8 Mr. John A. Thivy, Repreeentat oe of fhe Government of India in Malaya, receiving th- decorated basket containing the ashes in an urn of the lat( Mahatma Gandhi at KalUiny Airport yeaterday.
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    Malan Pledges Support For UK In Case Of War
    575 8 Reuter. CAPETOWN, Mar. »5.- -Dr. D. F Malan, Couth African Nationalist—Opposition—leader, told the House of Assembly today tha'< if war came, and he hoped it would not, our sympathies will lie in the very nature of things with Britain and the
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    Grand National Callover
    175 8 Reuter. LONDON. Mar. 15. The card on Saturday's Grand National was called over at the Victoria Club here tonight, quotations: 10-1 Silver Fame, taken am) offered; 100-7 Rowland Roy offered 16-1 taken; 100-6 Roimond offered 20-1 taken; 25-1 Cromwell and Klaxton, both taken and offered; 25-1 Lough
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    40,000 Walk-Out
    98 8 Reuter. I New York. Mar. 15.—At least 40.000 American coal miners went on strike today in sup- port of a demand by the i United Mine-workers president. I Mr. J. L. Lewis, for miners' pensions 0 f $100 monthly. The strikes arose- on |fr. Lewis' demand for pensions
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    Papanek Won't Quit
    66 8 Reuter. Lake Success. Mar. IS.—Soon after "Vladimir Houden presented his credentials as newly appointed Czechoslovak dele gate to the United Nations today, the old delegate Jan Papanek dismissed by the new Gottwald government declared he would continue to act is hi s country's representative. He tcld reporters
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    STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AT TRIAL
    88 8 U.P. SHANGHAI M p estimated N thered outs;d c I Court bu:ldip e ai &«J others w re charged with 'gggd X C \\u m connect, 1 l T he serous stud January 29 i As Ihe accused m~st v leaders Chi University '< «5 -emphatically
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    TAX-DODGING IN JAPAN
    78 8 U.P. TOKIO. map (j dodging has become 1! a universal cr :rn(l ln according to Finance try reports disclosed lodaT (i .A M.nistry official repon, in more than 97 percent, hied dining .lav.; w e tu »f reatly Und with the percentage ofn derstatcment hangfe. 'roj 25
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    He Had Already Served Sentence
    190 8 An Indian who i tho Seventh Police coot o a preliminary inqu.ry en tentative charge of anne robbery was ytstenhy m tenccd to three oto prisonment on a cha. causing hurt, but talked ca of the court a fr<" I Anthony Samy. r> Indian. had
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    Islamic Advisers For Siam
    58 8 Reuter. I BANGKOK M I Siarr<'.•>»' Dover! j point Islamic VCr n( rs nt ti Province v.. governors f n 1 Tors and will be ponsible I th< P« It I; und former tho Hiffl < »hr fou« pr< shelved. I I selected I ca iccept
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    Booby Trap Kill untitled
    23 8 nOSALEM I British and two Br I slightly injured *ncn trap expl d house in Ha»fa p officially reported
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