Malaya Tribune, 10 May 1948

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    63 1 The Malaya Tribune BY. THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Safes than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). VMHIT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents —Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    MILLION TROOPS STAND GUARD IN KOREA
    355 1 RIGHT-WING CANDIDATE MURDERED Reuter U.P. SKOtJL, May 9.—Sixty thousand armed police nearly 1,006.068 volunteers stood guard in Am«rießn -occupied South Korci as violence increased on the eve of the first general election in the country's 4,000 year history. The murder of a right wing
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    LINCOLNS HERE FOR EXERCISES
    84 1 rihum Staff R>v>rter) f,,ur I -mcoln bomb Straits Settle:ir rived »t iterday from I iniber: ne'onginr Squadron arrived advance party ;itr taking ration "Red Lion" tn test the pracp tviding at short I East striking will take part in on Malayan this month. iya, these bombHve
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    "Our Troops Ready" Says Red General
    193 1 U.P. LONDON, May 9. Majorat Alexander Kotikov. Soviet C mmandant in Berlin. Soviet Army newsRed Star" that his troops were ready moment, under any conditions and at all costs to fulfil theii -acred duty as solAm." His statement, in an interview with the Army
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    ONE SHOP IN S'PORE HELPS THE LIMBLESS
    119 1 Reporter) till and confusion the peon! in Malaya P*»hspi unaware of others donate than themselves f! iW through some mispat tjiularly during v suffi ted the loss "f then limbs. and America great ive been taken to "9t the discomforts and undergo** by
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    RACIAL BIAS IN CHURCH
    67 1 U.P. '>' May 9. The Metho**J 'Vn-ulrennial Conference adjourned ;i fter establishing a toi 20,000.000 methodists the world. Con!'i!ir a 11-day conference ites passed three re■Mutiona: 1 To send a plea to Presi*"t Truman to recall the Btican ambaaaador and not nt i successor; A thret
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    Tudor IV Found Satisfactory
    69 1 NDON, May 9.—Sir Frank Jr^KfT 8 managing director of r roup of aircraft companies who manufacture the i udor iv airliner, expressed p*»t satisfaction" with the plane when he returned here r South America tonight, a 14,000-mile demonstra- t^ght. r Frank, accompanied by proup of aviaUon
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    Labour Leaders want 'Showdown'
    272 1 LONDON, May 9 —British Labour leaders, worried at the effect of Socialis 1 Parliamentary indiscipline on ihe Government's authority, are preparing for a record "showdown" when the party's annual conference opens on May 17. Party members, disturbed by the snowball effect of recent group incidents such
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    BENCHES FOR TWO
    64 1 UP. LONDON, May 9. Spooners in London parks this summer may hnv benches built for two. The suggestion came from Mrs. George Strauss, Chairman of the London County Council Park Committee. Mrs. Strauss sa*d: "It must be very axektvard when a young couple want a private talk
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    BANDITS RAPE GIRL
    81 1 Breaking into a house at the 93 milestone. Changi Road, on Saturday night, tour Chinese robbed the inmate', two womer and two girls, of 5175 in cast and jewellery. Two of the robbeio are alieg ed to have locked d 17-year-ole girl m a room an i
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    Man Held After Gun Duel
    84 1 fTribmnt Staff Reporter f <"ii"<r.-o tfVfrfd to be nr>,./, pi<-VpocVet. and th' ->vi< r exchan<red fire in Ja'.ar "?"".an rarh* fhis morning. The man was wo'mded in the 'vttoc': and when arrester* 'fter an oxei'ing chase, a ..j8 ■•Vo"v»»r ""is found in his ros -,eT>i~"i.
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    EMPIRE YOUTH SERVICE
    88 1 Reuter. LONDON. May 9. Every Brit'sh dominion was represented at an Empire Youth Service at Abbey t'**tUrtt which wis at!ended" by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. The High Commissioner for Pakistan. Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, was present and the High Commissionei 3 of South Africa, Australia an i
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    New Kallang Traffic Regulations On
    142 1 Tribune Staff Reporter The new traffic regulations at .he Kallang Road— T avender S reet junction, came into force this morning, and is working well. Traffic alone Kallantr Road coming from Oeylang into town branch off left into Crawford Street. No vehicle is nermitted to
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    FINLAND ACTS
    53 1 Reuter. STOCKHOLM. May 9: Strong measures against Finland's Communists have been taken by the 78-year-old President. Dr. Juho Paasikiv. after the disclosure by the So cial Democrat newspaper "Social Democratic" that the extreme left was preparing to overthrow the Government during the country's recent pact negotiations with the
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    Compromise With Russia "Useless"
    162 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, May 9.— The American delegation to the United Nations conference, on Freedom of Information at Geneva, told Mr. George Marshall, Secretary of State, today that a compromise with Russia on the basic principles is "not only useless but can be extremely dangerous.' In their
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    SUMATRANS RETURN
    69 1 The East Sumatran footballers left Kallang airport this morning for Medan after participating in three matches here The tourists weit last night entertained to dinner at the New World Park by the S.A.F.A. Mr. P. F. de Souza, a Council member of the S A.F.A. paid tribute to
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    MAN FOUND STABBED
    48 1 An elderly Chinese, whose identity has not yet been ascertained, was murdered in Eu Tong Seng Street shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday. Police found him lying in a pool of blood with two stab wounds, one near the throat and one in the left chest.
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    TRYGVE LIE DEFENDS UN
    71 1 PRAGUE, May 10.—Mr. Trygve Lie. Secretary-General of trw United Nations, said today that regional blocs can not prevent another war. Lie, in a special article writ, ten for the Communist newspaper Rude Pravo, said that the United Nations is the sole hope for holding the worlc
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    JEWS TURND OWN BRITISH OFFER
    377 1 Reuter. U.P. TEL AVIV, May 9. An attempt by District Commissioner VV. V. Fuller to start negotiations on*the future fate of Jaffa vhen the British leave was turned down by the Jews today. Jewish officials said they could negotiate directly with th* Arab«. The British
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    NIZAM REFUSES INVITATION
    68 1 U.P. LONDON. May X- The Daily Telegraph reported from Hyderabad that the N.zam today refused an invitation from Lord Mountbatten, Governor-General of Ir»dia, to visit New Delhi for discussions on the critical situation developing between India and Hyderabad. The dispatch said that the invitation represented an eleventh-hour
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    PENANG BOY KIDNAPPED?
    79 1 Penang, May 9. —Kidnappers are believed to be responsible for the disappearance of 13--year-old Heah Hock Lee. youngest son of Mr. Heah Joo Seang Penang business men. missing from home since May 4. This theory is held by the missing boy's family who are awaiting news of
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    TRUMAN FREES NAZI SPIES
    119 1 Reuter. MOSCOW. May 9. The Soviet periodical. Literaturnaya Gazeta. alleged yesterday that two Nazi spies sentenced to death and later reprieved by President Roosevelt were re leased and returned to Germany by President Truman. In 1942. the writer said eight spies trained by Himmler landed on
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    IDENTIFIED AFTER 20 YRS.
    70 1 UP. BOLOGNA. May 9. Two twenty -one-year-ol 1 girls demanded today tha: they be resto-ed to their right parents after discovering they had boon mistakenly exchanged at the hospital where they were born in 1927. Court action, backed by a suit against the hospital for negligence,
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    Refuses Gift Of $100,000
    172 1 U.P. LOS ANGELES. May 9.—-A former dancer who renounced the world enplaned for New York on the first leg of her journey to join a Buddhist convent in Ceylon. Jeanette Mlcdeska. 53. who returned gift of US$lOO.OOO from relatives last week because she ha s no
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      25 1 Today's Weather Cloudy, occasional rain this afternoon, fair tonight and tomorrow morning. Temperatures in past 24 hours: Max. 85 degrees. Min. 74 degrees. Bainfall: .68",
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    Cambridge Results: S'pores Successes
    2528 2 The following are 1947 Cambridge examination results for Singapore. Johore, Malacca and Seremban (The number against the name of a candidate Indicate* the grade of certificate awarded. The remainder have obtained a supplementary with a credit or pass In the subject shown.) SINGAPORE 1 BAFFLES INSTITUTION
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    Special Awards For Police
    385 2 (T.ibune Staff Reporter) GOOD CONDUCT BADGES AND ALLOWANCES WILL BE AWARDED TO MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE BE TWEEN THE RANKS OF SERGEANT AND CONSTABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND DETECTIVES OF THESE AND INTERMEDIATE RANKS. Any member of the Force who comes under these categories and who, from
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    CIVIL AVIATION HAS BIG FUTURE
    196 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) There is a very big future for civil aviation in Malaya, as it is on the main British trunk routes.** said Air Vice-Marshal Storrar, newly appointed Director of Civil Aviation, who arrived here yesterday on board the s.s. Orange from the United
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    OPERA HOUSE CLASH
    73 2 U.P. Shanghai, May 9.--Nine soldiers were injured and fifteen were arrested last night when military police clashed with 150 soldiers trying to crash the gate at a Chinese opera theatre where world-famed Female Impersonator Mjei Lan-fang was performing. The entrance to the theatre took on the aspect
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    MR. THIVY OPENS NEW SCHOOL
    344 3 (Tribunf Staff Reporter) THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF ERS OF THE INDIAN TAMIL COm'Nin amh .GE GATHERING OF TAMIL CHILDiVp>J7 AND R PARENTS MR. J. A. THIVY AND [HE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DECLARPn NTA X IVE NEW AND SPACIOUS FRENHSES OF THE aSEF LANAR
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    New Adviser For Education Dept.
    142 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Miss K. I. Bradley, former Principal of Furzedown College, I London, arrived in Singapore I yesterday to take up a new l Education Department appointI ment. 1 Miss Bradley will be adviser to the Education Department in i Singapore as well as
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    CLOUDS MARRED ECLIPSE VIEW
    39 3 i'lribune Btaf; Reporter) The partial eclipse of the sun yesterday was not visible in Singapore owing to the heavy clouds which hid Father Sol throughout the day. Hundreds scanned the sky only to be disappointed.
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    SHORT STORY
    292 3 I win The Courts i, i.Staff H> porter) da <//> mm d in a oat and black It ipa* the typi,l of "Bam Fu" one r) i tit>i> m worker had an anxious assed expression In her arms of about KM o„,, called out the Citrk ('ourt*. The
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    S'PORE FILIPINO ASSOCIATION
    73 3 A K-n.-ral meeting of the Filipino Association M yesterday at the New i 1 M abaret when the followbearera were elected ,or cw new year: Pn-s.i.nt: Mr. Fermin BeJ.. -President: Mr. C. B. Arroa, Secretary: Mr. P. G. Miss t Ass,sta nt Secretary: Mr"rT- n l orte
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    TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC CEREMONY
    214 3 UTrtttune Staff Reporter) The Feast of Our Lady of Fatima will be celebrated at the Church of St. Joseph (Portuguese Mission), on Thursday, with all the religious pomp attendant on this traditional ceremony of the Catholic Church. The highlight of the celebration will be a lighted candies
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    Estate Workers On Strike
    198 3 'From Our Own Reporter) MALACCA, MAY 9. —THE LABOUR SITUATION ON SAGIL ESTATE IN TANGKAK HAS FURTHFR m£ TEBIORATED FOLLOWING THE ASSAULT MAnr LAST THURSDAY BY TAMIL ESTATE LABOURER* ON MB. B. MOON, THE ASSISTANT MANAGFR HALF THE LABOUR FOBCE ON THE FSTa™ 18 NOW ON
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    Call For Unity In Trade War With US
    230 3 U.P. Th 3 Hague, May 9. The Economic Committee of the European Congress was thrown into sttrmy debate on Saturday fey a fiery speech of British Socialist Bob Edwards who said Europe must unite to be able to compete with the United
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    "TIGER KING" CRITICAL OF CONTROLS
    126 3 Reuter. Shanghai, May 9. Mr. Aw Boon Haw, well-known Malayan Chinese philanthropist criticised the Chinese import and expoit controls as too rigid a view of the general relaxing of trade controls by all other countries after the last world war, according 1o the official j
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    "Princess" Shropshire-Born
    91 3 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, May B.— Princess Do-Nah-Ne who is Shropshire-born Mrs. Elizabeth Beaver Jpnes arried in Liverpool today in the Empress of Canada on her third visit since 1912. She was given the title by Chief Joo Big Plume of the Sarcee tribe for her services as a nurse
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    HAPPY WORLD QUEEN
    76 3 Miss Chan Geok Wan, obtaining 21,358 votes in the Happy World Queen competition on Saturday night, won the title of the Happy World Queen. The coronation ceremony will take place on May 12. Voting in the competition resulted: L No. 97 Miss Chan Geok Wan (21,358 votes);
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    BILL TO INCREASE SWEEPS TAX
    43 3 A Bill to increase the duty on sweepstakes from 10 per cent ie 15 cent, win he shortly introduced in the Legislative Council. Sub-section (l) of Section 30A of the Stamp Ordinance is amended to effect this increase,
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    18 3 MUNICH Muy 9 Transport officials announced on Saturday that 3.500 tramcar workars went on strike, protestlnq food shortages.
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    PARATROOPERS IN "SKY SHOW"
    107 3 U.P. CAMP CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, May 9.—The nation's biggest military manoeuvres since the end of the war got a spectacular send off today when nearly 3,000 paratroopers rained down in a mass jump to battle "guerillas and Fifth Columnists." The manoeuvres, known as Operation Assembly," will shortly
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    CHIMNEY FIRE
    33 3 A chimney fire, which broke out in the premises of a coffee shop in Joo Chiac Road, was quickly extinguished by the Singapore Municlpa. Fire Brigade about 9 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Flying Saucers....
    62 3 Flying Saucers U.P. ATHENS, r.i AY 9.— ATHENS NEWSPAPERS today carried stories that the Greek Third Army Corps authorities at Salonika had confirmed that nylng saucers were seen by residents of several area* near the fighting fronts. Aney said investigations had been ordered. According to the newspapers the alleged flying
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    A Sea Monster...
    94 3 U.P. ma*, FMPI «K OREGON MAY 9.—BEN TANNER, from Gold Coast, Oregon, said here that a monster approached his boat, smacked Its hps, rolled its longlashed eyes at him, pointed its tail in the air and dived straight down. Tanner's experience jibed with other recent reports of
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    Silver Turtles.....
    61 3 U.P. SHANGHAI, MAY 9— CUSTOMS OFFICIALS arrested a smuggler who was trying to take 300 ounces of silver stuffed into the bellies of a basketful of turtles. Stop gaping. That's what you read:—"The bellies of a basketful of turtles." Tiie official curiosity was aroused when the smuggler boarded
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    Percy The Pelican.....
    81 3 U.P. LONDON, MAY 8— THE NATIONWIDE SEARCH for Percy, the flyaway pelican, was called off this afternoon because the stalking keepers were wanted for a children's hour broadcast. Percy, who has eiuded the police of three counties and countless keepers with walkie-talkie radio sets for two-and-a-half days,
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    New Councillor Entertained
    179 3 Mr. p. a. B. McKerron -olonial Secretary, speaking rt a tea party in honour of the newly nominated Legis'ative Councillor. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, described him as representative Ip whose aacds trade union interests were well protected. The nomination of Mr. Lim :o the Legislative Council had
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    WOMAN'S FALL TO DEATH
    69 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) At about 12.30 p.m. yesterday, a Chinese woman (30), is reported to have fallen from the second floor of premises at 56, Tras Street. She died instantly as the result of a fractured skull. The woman, Tong Lin Hin, was the second wife
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    Peace Talk
    681 4 We are accustomed to the British Labour Government's denunciation of Communism as the archenemy of all it (the Labour Government) stands for. Therefore it is more than a little surprising that 22 Labour supporters should have addressed the good wishes telegram to the Italian pro-Communist Socialist leader. Signor
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    Asian Conscience
    275 4 Sir Franklin Gimson, I at the meeting of :he St. John Ambulance Association :he other day, said i hat convact with industrial civilization has uncled in many cases to break down the spirit of social service and sense of communal obligations which are deeply ingrained in the Muslim
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    A FACTORY WHICH REBUILDS MEM!
    777 4 LIM KENG HQRj touring one of Britain's biggest motor car factories, telh of a unique and successful experiment in modern science. I have just returned from a visit to the famous Vauxhali Motor Car Factory at Luton. An eighty-minute non-stop drive by motor coach took
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    Try This "Magic"
    219 4 We are indebted to a Singapore reader, Mr. Bek Sw ■<■ Hoon, for an interesting mathematical trick which looks spe< tacular "until you know how it is done." By memorising a few numerals anyone can say upon what day of the week any "date in the near
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    1½ YEAR BABY HELD TO BE TRESPASSER
    136 4 LONDON. Giving Judgment fo r the former LM X Company at Leeds in an actiofc for damages brought by father of a child aged a Y< and ;i half, killed playing on hv railway. Mr Justice Byrne said: "A tiespa.s.scr is ;i trcsn.
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    TROUBLE ON THE BORDER
    168 4 Reuter. NEW YORK.—An elaborate game of hide and seek is going on along the border between the United States and Mexico, as scores of bedraggled Mexicans, lured by the highly paid jobs offered on farms and in factories north of the border, smuggle themselves into the
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    RUHR RECOVERS
    135 4 Reuter. RUHR.—The Ruhr steel industry, for the past three years the weakest link in the chain of West Germany's economic recovery, is at last showing signs of making a real contribution to the building of a Western Germany capable of taking her place is a full partner in
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    BRITAIN'S NO. 1 PRIORITY
    207 4 Reuter. LONDON. —Urging the Gov-1 ernment to place education on the No. 1 priority list of rehabilitation plans. British educationalists have been emphasising the crisis facing the schools of this country. Mr. David Copper, in his presidential address to the London Teachers' Association recently, described the
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    AIR RAID CASUALTY IN GERMANY
    257 4 Reuter. BERLIN. —Allied air raid.' 00 Berlin during the war kill- I ed a total of about 35,000 per j sons and seriously injurec' some 70.000 more. according U) the statistics on air war Care now being assemblec here. This compares with 29,89( civilians killed
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    Govt. "Attacks" The Reds
    264 4 Letter To The Editor i j I I Anty-Pink. SIR. This is my Initial effort of writing to the Prpss and I hope you will kindly print the following letter as my opinion of Mr. Chan Ming Chin's speech published in the press on May 2.
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    PRINCESS NOT LIMITED TO £35
    91 4 Reuter. LONDON, May 7 The shopping to be don-, by Princess Elizaoeth and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visit Paris at Whitsuntide will be "discreet", it was learned from an official source today. They will not be restricted to the £35 limit of British
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    Colour Bar Still Exists In England
    963 5 "Much Practised In Subtle Way" Reuter. M)NDON, Hay I*.— -Mthnufrh the wv, with ■mv cnJourfri people carn'ng Commissioned rank, esj llv in the Royal Air Force, th* Socialist Govn'n tit's policy regarding nondiscrimination in resf urants :•»<• <m *nortmc: successes of coloured per>«L have
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    Ugly Facts Of Berlin Kidnappings Bared
    497 5 Reuter. BERLIN, May 10 No Ber liner, no matter In what sectoi of this tour-powe city he livef nor how lo«dy h station, can *oe certain that he will not disappear some nigbr leaving no race of where or why he ha: gone. This
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    CORPSE TURNED INTO STONE
    139 5 Reuter. Bangkok, May 9. A Buddhist monk's corpse has turned into -tone at the Siamese town ot Bandon. Thousands of Siamese Buddhist devotees arc making the pilgrimage to Bandon this month to pay homage to the "miracle corpse" of the late monk According to the Bangkok
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    PRINCE-PRIEST GOES HOME
    169 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. May 9. A Fijian Prince, who has been working is a missionary among the ab engines in little-known Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, has gone on a visit to his homeland for the first time in ten years. He is the Rev. Kolinio Naulmgo.
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    NO A-BOMB DEPOSITS
    130 5 Reuter. MANILA. May 9. Th c Philippine Republic is one mem )cr of the so-called democratic )loc about which Soviet Russia leed not lose a night's sleep iow worrying about her posablc A-bomb potential. She las been found to possess no iranium deposits. No less an authority
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    38 5 H.H. the Sultan performed he opening ceremony at the jew Mosque at Tandop on Frilay. The Mosque which cost »17,000 was raised by local subscriptions. Che Arshad of of the Survey Department. Alor Star, was Master of Ceremonies.
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    Girl Gunners In Palestine War
    490 5 U.P. (By Leo Turner, U.P. Staff Correspondent). SOMEWHERE in Judean Hilis via Jerusalem, May 9 Hagana's toughest battalion trudged in single file through the pine forest for a mile down the mountainside to hold services for 11 comrades who fell in the battle of Katamon.
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    U.S. RAIL STRIKE CONTINUES
    36 5 Reuter. Washington. May 8. Railroad Union leaders on Saturday rejected a renewed offer of an increase of 15cents an hour and said the nationwide strike called for Tuesday will go on. —Reuter.
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    1438 5 Mrs. P. Secnivasagam, wifr >f the late Mr. S. Seenivasa :am. acompanied by her son; nd daughters will be leaving or London on May 22 by th» Canton. Mr. Lim Swee Ec of th» [bartered Bank of Penan? asscd away peacefully at hi aridence of No. 276,
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    UNDER-GRADS as 'BABY SITTERS'
    103 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. May 9.- Speakers it a meeting of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club, held in Hobart. urged that university students could be used as 'baby-sitters"- for birds. The "babies" are nestlings of gannets on Cat Island, in Bass Strait. Dr. D. L. Serventy. of the
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    Malayans Fifth In Track Events
    809 6 CHINA OLYMPIC GAMES Reuter. SHANGHAI. MAY 9.-MALAYAN CHINESE LIE FIFTH AT PRESENT IN THE TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS A 1 THE CHINA OLYMPIC GAMES. TAIWAN WIDENED ITS LEAD WITH 105 X POINTS AS THE ISLAND ATHLETES, MOSTLY JAPANESE-TRAIN-ED WERE PLACED FIRST IN THE 400 METERS
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    Malayan Basket Ball Team Knocked Out
    307 6 Ma layan Basket Ball Team Knocked Out U.P. SHANGHAI, May B.—Philip- pine Chinese basketballers have entered the quarto, -final round by beating an A; my team today. They will clash with the Air Force whom they are expected to beat and enter the semi-final. The Malayan Chinese basket ball team
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    35 6 U.P. London, May 9. Dr. W. R. Inge, toimer Dean of Saint Pauls, became ill and went to a nursing home at Oxford this week. The "Gloomy Dean" will be 88 years old next month.—U.P.
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    164 6 U.P. SOUTHPORT, May 9.— Lancashire Open Champion Fred Daly leaped from behind in the second 18 holes of the 36-hole play-off of the Dunlop Southport £2.000 Professional Gold Tournament today to notch a 111 to 151 victory over the North Irish discovery, Ted McNeill, for the £350 first
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    TWINS BORN SIX DAYS APART
    147 6 U.P. Sydney, May 9. The i. paper. Truth, on Saturday retorted that an Australian man gave birth to tw,,ii days and one houi apart week, for what is believed be a world record. 1 ruth lokl the out tetri i., a man ot 15, was
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    Singapore As Good As In The Cup Final For Another Year
    538 7 POST-MORTEM ON YESTERDAY'S CAME BY SPECTATOR SINGAPORE are as good as in the Malaya Cup Final for another year. I cannot think of another team in the Southern Sector and that includes l„,th the R.A.F. and the Army and
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    County Cricket Season Opens
    373 7 CONDON, May 9. T. C. Dodds the Essex batsman, claimed the first century in the Country Championship of 1948 whL'h opened toda> under summ?ry conditions. PHying against Glamorgan at Caidiff, Dodds developed a wide ariety of strokes, with the or.drive predominating. He reached three figure in
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    CHENG ENG SCORES 5
    79 7 Reuter. BANGKOK, May 9. The Chinese Olympic footballers yesterday beat the Bangkok Assumption team by 10 goals to one at the National Stadium here. The Chinese, displaying fine initiative and teamwork, began scoring a quarter of an hour aft i r the start Kfkd kept up
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    INDIAN ASSN. TABLE-TENNIS
    175 7 The following have been selected to represent the India!' Association at table tenni< against the Food Control Inspectrate at five singles to be played at General Hospital premises on Tuesday, at 7 p.m. sharp Sardoo! Singh. S. Sup piah. D. Suppiah. N. Vincent, G. K. Goaain. P.
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    GLASGOW CHARITY CUP SOCCER
    63 7 Reuter. LONDON, May J. Rangers beat Celtic by k goals to nil jn the final of the Glasgow Charity Cup Competition. FRIENDLY MATCHES Brstol C. 1, Bristol R. 2. Chcrterfield 2, Notts C. L Grimsby T. 0, Lincoln C. 2. So'ithport 1, Bolton Wandtrers 5. Sheffield
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    MISRA WINS HURLINGHAM TENNIS FINAL
    147 7 LONDON, May B:—Sumant Misra, India's tail, bespectacled No. l lawn tennis star, >eat his compatriot and Da/is Cup team mate. Narendra T ath, 3-6, 8-6, 6-3 in the nen's singles final of the Huringham tournament here this ifternoon. It was a good match playHi in
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    STURGESS NEXT WIMBLEDON CHAMPION?
    341 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 9.- With the lawn tennis season now well under way British enthusiasts ire speculating as to who will c the next Wimbledon cham»ion now that Jack Kramer, the Vn*friran holder, has turned »rotessional. lt is very hard to pick the new champion with
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    P.I. BASKETBALL COMPETITION
    70 7 U.P. SriANGHAI, May 9.—Philippine Chinese basket ball team whipped the Air Force by 53 to. 39 this afternoon to enter the tour team Round Robin (semifinal), which begins tomorrow morning. The Chinese Army Combined Services quintet won the right to enter the final competition in the other
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    280 7 A thrilling game of soccer wis v.iitessed hv a fair crowd at Br MedOnleee Ground or &-tw lay when the Hos-v Toungßtet' neat the BfcNVt R Ten l.j iwo clearSon!: ds ganw vi i exciting thjv n fay swung btu m nil to other. ssed many oppw art
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    Rain Washes Out Cricket
    716 7 'OH Man Weamer" was most rnkind to "King Cricket' 1 duiing the weekend and perhaps t!.e team to have felt i l most vere the Selangor Eurasians, who journeyed down to the Colony to mccl the Singapore Recreation Ciub in their annual cricket tes. match, which
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    BADMINTON
    52 7 The Johore Bahru District Badminton Association at the committee meeting held on Thursday decided that the 6th 1948 tournament will be held before the end of May, this year. The closing date for entries wll be May 17. All communication should be addressed to the lorong 1, Jalan Story,
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    Olympic Crew Split On Rowing Stroke
    273 7 London, May 9. Britain's prospective Olympic rowing right was split on Saturday on vhe question of a rowing stroke. Twenty-year-old Christopher Barton, brilliant undefeated stroke of the Cambridge university crew in their recent success against Oxford was asked to select and captain a crew
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    SUMATRANS LOSE THRILLING CAME
    1120 7 (By Full-Back) Shigapore Civilians 4 East Sumatra 3 When the East Sumatra soccer tourists left Kallang Airport for Ifedan early this morning, they did so with the satisfaction of having provided local sportsmen with the greatest game of the season. The visitors were defeated, 4—3, by
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    Aussies 479 For Four
    353 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 9.—The Australian tourists laid the founlatfcon for a huge total on Saturday when they began their match against Surrey, the score at close of play being 479 for 4. Bradman was again in century-making mood and scored 144, while Barnes' display at the
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    ROYAL TARA WINS GT. JUBILEE H'CAP
    85 7 Reuter. Kempton Par*. N:ay 8.- Mr. D Morris's Royal Tara won the Great Jubilee Handicap here this afternoon. Mr. C. Darrels Deuces Wild was second and Lieut.-Col. Gresson's Closworth third. Twelve ran. The betting wan 20-1 against Royal Tara. 10-1 Deuces Wild; 7-1 Closworth.
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    CHURCHILL ISSUES NEW CALL FOR UNITED EUROPE
    401 8 Reuter. AIL'STERDAM, May 9 —Mr. Winston fchurchill, lepeating his rail for a United Europe, told a cheering crowd here ,oday that Britain and Holland, who share the same way of life, should move forward toge her hand in hand and, if need be,
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    U.S. READY FOR ATOMIC WAR
    101 8 U.P. Roanoks. Virginia. May 5». Former Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier said today that the United States has "produced and stored enough atomic bombs to annihilate every large city in Europe within 24 hours." Collier, who is at present a professor of sociology at
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    FROZEN CHINESE EGGS FOR BRITAIN
    47 8 U.P. Shanghai, May 9.— Britain's order for 15,000 tons of frozen Chinese eggs for the 1947-48 year will be fulfilled soon when the final shipment of 1.200 tons arrives in the United Kingdom aboard the s.s. Glengarry which left Shanghai yesterday.- U.P.
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    Govt. Pensioner's Appeal Fails
    605 8 IPOH, May B.—With a period of 32 years Govern ment service behind him an' 1 -vhat his counsel described as an "unblemished record 50-year-old Teoh Poh Boon, ex-temnorarv clerk attached to the Food Contro 1 Department, made an unsuccessful appeal in the Perak Supreme Court on
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    BRITISH PLANE FOR PERON
    104 8 U.P. Wisley. Surrey. May 9. Vickers- Armstrong mechanics ■warmed over sleak twoengined Viking, putting the finishing touches Dr. the luxury plane for President Peron of Argent na. Only six such planes exist in the world. Four are in the King's Flight, and the fifth '•> the
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    REDS CONVERGE ON NANYANG
    94 8 U.P. SHANGHAI. May B.—Chinese Government troops today began manning the outtv defences of Southeast Honan city of Nanyang as severa: Communist columns continued to converge rapidly on this "gateaway to North Hupeh" pro-Government frontline despatches reported Although the Communists ar; known to be bringing up fui
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    DUTCH SUCCESS IN DAVIS CUP
    67 8 Reuter. THE HAGUE. May B.—The Netherlands, by winning the final two singles here on Saturday, beat Portugal by five rub bers to 0 to enter the third round of the European zone In the Davis Cup competition. Results were: H. Van Swo! (Netherlands) beat E.
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    Governor's Cup Winner
    33 8 titnn Mttta», winner of the Qovemor'a Cup race -m Saturday, being led in by Mi Lim Kirn Lee. Incidentally King Midas scored his first win on the Malay m turf.
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    "Don" As Great As Ever
    538 8 AUSTRALIAN TOUR Reuter. LONDON, May 9.—Australia's touring cricket earn of 1948 have already showed in the short space of time acy have been playing in England that Don Bradman is as good as ever, hat Keith Miller is probably the greatest all-rounder in the world
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    WHITEHALL THEFT
    86 8 U.P. London. May i. Theft of v diamond ting from the mv scum of Whitehall was dis coveted on Saturday. The ring valued at £100 was presented by the King of the Netherlands to Sir Rober' Seppings. surveyor general to the British naw at the tune o' the
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    JAP SKIPPER JAILED
    160 8 U.P. Melbourne. May 9. Reminiscent of the pre-war suspicions later all too well confirmed that Japanese pearl fishing in the southwest Pacific was a cloak for espionage, a Japanese fishing skipper has been imprisoned for recentl} trespassing beyond the prescribed limits off New Guinea. Navy Headquarters revealed
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    Chiang And Li To Be Inagurated On May 20
    57 8 U.P. Nanking. May v. It was officially announced today tha* President Chiang Kai-shek and Vice President Li Tsung-jen will be inaugurated as the first constitutional officials of the Republic on May 20. The Government asked th.' nation not to plan any
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    Gordon Richards' Birthday Win
    1039 8 HOME RACING Reuter. LONDON, May 9.—Britain's champion )o< j Gordon Richards, reached his 44th birthday nti May 4 and, although he did not. celebra'e it with r s customary winner because there was no flat racing •hat day, he may be said to have celebra 4
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    RITUAL KILLING: 8 TO DIE
    135 8 Reuter. MASERU. BAHUTOLAND, May 9. A ritual murder in which a party of Africans took turns to slash pieces out of their victim with a safety razor while he was still alive was described in the High court here. Eight men Including tribal chief Motescan
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    71 8 U.P. Shanghai. May 9. A pickpocket made off with I house here to-day. Curio Dealer Liv Seng I*" boarded bus for the City Bank carrying the winning tick' I a city-sponsored lott- r which houses wore the pn. When he alighted at the h"" u
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