Malaya Tribune, 11 May 1948

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd..
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    STERNISTS PLOT HER LIFE
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    PLOT TO KILL PRINCESS ELIZABETH IN PARIS
    194 1 French Police Hunt For Stern Gang Man Reuter. PARIS, May 10.—French police are tonight making an intensive hunt for a man according to unconfirmed reports a member of the Stern Gang believed to be ploting an attempt on the life of Princess Elizabeth
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    HARRIMAN IN PARIS
    25 1 Paris, May 10. —Mr. Ay. c W. Hani man. United State* Marshall Plan Ambassador, arrived at Orly airport, Paris, today from London.
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    ONE-WAY TRAFFIC A "SUCCESS"
    134 1 (Tribune Staff EeporU l I The new one-way traffic regulations at Kallang Road Lavender Street iunetion which came into operation yesterday worked "successfully" during the peak period. This was the opinion given by Traffic Chief A.S.P. C. J. R. Benbrooke to the Tribune, thi' morning. He
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    TO-DAY'S WEATHER
    20 1 Fair, isolated showers this afternoon. Temperatures in past 24 hours: Max. 91 degrees. Mm. 74 degrees. Rainfall: 0.5".
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    MASS X-RAY FOR STORE'S THOUSANDS
    211 1 (Tribune. S'aff H<ntHJpore mau haw* tnherPHh%9*s rl'-n r in the "heart **f Chinntnum" bu Auaust, said tho Chairman of thr Antiti'hf rculiiis Mr. C 1. Edwards to fhe Tribune th mofuHtsf. The clinic will be in Tanjonq Pagar Road, and mass X-ray examtnntions are planned
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    "Death Squadron" In Korean Elections
    297 1 Reuter. X t a. May 10. Twenty-five people were killed in American occupied South Korea, where widespread bomb explosions and oompanied the first tion in the country's 4,000 of recorded history. In clashes before the election were killed and 30 wounded Yet 85 to 90
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    "NEXT WAR WILL END WORLD"
    66 1 Reuter. MELBOURIOB, May 11.— 'in a 1 Francis Spellman Archbishop of New York, said here that the next war would the world itself". Addres"j*B|S laymen at their dinner to *he prelates attending the celebrations of the Melbourne DioAsse, he declar"The followers of Christ are being
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    AIR PAGEANT AT TENGAH
    42 1 Tribune Staff Reporter) r RAF is holding an air Pageanl at Tengah on Saturday u,.».k. S r ial transport services °«ing arranged to convey "blic to the airfield. An ;innouncement giving «>i the pageant will be ■Mted shortly
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    3 HURT WHEN TRUCK OVERTURNS
    66 1 One of three persons who] were involved in an accident shortly after midnight last night was removed to hospital with serious injuries. A 15 cwt. truck belonging to the Commissioner-General's office, conveying the Malay staff overturned in Killiney Road and some of the passengers were
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    ESCAPEES RECAPTURED
    61 1 London, May 10. Eight prisoners who made break From Canterbury prison tata morning were all recaptured after hundreds oi police hac turned out to block all rounc Lhe city. 'They made the- break in heavy fog. Three men got away fron Wandsworth, London, goa itter making a hole
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    20 KILLED IN EXPRESS DISASTER
    45 1 Reuter. VENICE, Man 10. Tw^n T y people were tittled, according to firs* revorts, whest the Trieste-Venice cxurtrs: trw derailed 12 mile* outside Yen cc tonight The Ine had been opened only thrC3 days ago after war damage repairs. Renter.
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    BENES UNWELL
    29 1 U.P. PRAGUE. May 10—PresL dent Edward Benes "has not been well recently," an official spokesman said today. The spokesman denied rumours that th t President had resigned.—U.P.
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    U.K. Tells Greece: "Stop Executions"
    188 1 Reuter. LONDON, May 10. Britain has told Greece "in the plainest language" that any executions there as reprisals or mass executions would "create an immediate and deplorable reaction not only in Britain but on all civilised opinion." Mr. Hector McNeil said in the House of
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    Puzzling " Missing Link" In Malaria
    432 1 Puzzling Missing Link" In Malaria U.P. WASHINGTON, May 10.—The "missing link" in the development of malariaparasites in human beings Mas described by Dr. H. M. Shortt of the London School ot Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in a paper read a the Fourth Congress on tropical medicine and malaria. The so-called
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    RUBBER FUTURES
    64 1 U.P. NEW YORK, May 10 Rubber futures closed seven to 15 lower in the market, in line with weakening cables from the primary markets, with sales of 27 contracts. Closing prices: May 23 10 bid, June 22.60 nominal, July 21.98 traded. August 2145 nominal, September 21.35 bid, October
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    Football Juggling
    48 1 Singapore and S.C.C. goalkeeper, Aitken, did a spot of juggling during yesterday's soccer match at the Jalun Besar Stadium, in which the Malays defeated th* Chi}, by five goals to four. Aitken |a seen juqahnu with the ball in picture below, taken during a Malays' raid.
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    6 ENGINES FIGHT STORE'S BIGGEST BLAZE IN 15 YRS.
    397 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Six lire engines raced towards the Bin Seng Rubber Factory, Bth mile Bukit Timah, to deal with the biggest blaze in Singapore for about two decades when 75 per cent, of the factory was completely gritted by fire.
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    VILLAGERS URGED TO AID BLOOD BANK
    108 1 Village committees in the rural areas of Singapore have been asked to "convince the rural people that they should help" in registering as blood donors, Mr. Cheong Hock Chye, Chairman of several village Committees told the Tribune yesterday. Mr. Cheong said that the committees
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    SMALL WAR CLAIMS
    57 1 In a letter to the War Prisoners (Singapore) Association the Governor. Sir Franklin Gimson. says it is proposed to allocate a proportion of funds available for the payment of private chattel claims; further that these claims will receive early consideration, but it will be understood that a
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    MORE WORLD-GIRDLER SHIPS TO CALL AT S'PORE
    317 2 "United States has faith in the Far Eastern trade." he stated, adding compared to Europe "our political difficulties and economic troubles are only minor ones." The American President Une was originally the Dollar Steamship Line. started by Captain Robert Dollar and his 'son.
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    40 COUPLES TO WED
    132 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Forty Singapore Chinese couples will be married at a mass wedding on Sunday morning at the Majestic Theatre in Eu Tong Sen Street, Singapore, when Dr. Lim Boon Keng, veteran Straits Chinese leader will officiate at a colourful ceremony. The Mayfair Musical and
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    CHINESE FACE ARMED ROBBERY, RAPE CHARGE
    171 2 Armed robbers who entered a house in a kampong off the 10th m.s., Changi Road on May 4 and who took away a total of $157 in cash and jewellery, al«o raped a 17-year-old girl In the house. This was disclosed yesterday when two
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    Spore Bars 3 Aussies
    438 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THREE AUSTRALIANS HAVE BEEN REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND IN SINGAPORE. THEY ARE ROBERT FRANCIS KAVANAGH (21), FRANCtS JOSEPH KAIRNS (22). AND R. V. WILLIAMS (35) WHO ARRIVED HERE FROM PERTH ON THE GORGON LAST FRIDAY. Owing to the Immigration authorities' refusal, the men
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    Operation 'Red Lion': Objective—Perak Is.
    456 2 Tribune Staff Reporter Squadron Leader A. X Passmore. manding Officer of Na 97 [Strait* harri ved i.i Squadron of Lincoln told pressmen Singapore on Sunday for c flight was to gain «38 ai, 3^5r a flyins and maintenance crew of 150 personnel. Before their arrival,
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    47 MINUTE FLIGHT
    40 2 FUqht Lieutenant J. W. Wilson. R.A.F. pilot flev> a jet-propelled Vampire fighter air- i craft yesterday from Butterworth, Prov>ince Wellesley, to Singapore in Jf7 minutes. The Vampire touched down at Teng ah airfield I at 9.56 a.m.
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    Colour Bias Must End-P.M.F.T.U.
    237 2 .Frotn Our Own Reporter) «1, if. KUALA LUMPUR, May 10.-The abolition contract system and dolour discrimination in rnme T and European firms, the creation of an relief fund and ban on immigration of Ceylonese labour into MalavaTare urged by the PMFTU in resolutions adopted Conference held
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    Triad Ceremony Secrets Out
    716 2 A graphic description of a triad initiation ceremony was given by Mr. G. W. Webb, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, at the First District Court yesterday, where 88 Chinese are charged with attending a meeting of an illegal society—a triad initiation ceremony. Mr. Webb pointed out that
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    NO INDIAN WOMEN J.P.s
    147 2 t Tribune Staff Reporter) At the annual meeting of the Indian Women's Organisation, < held last night, it was resolved to lodge a protest with the Government for not including any Indian women in the recently appointed panel of 17 Justices of the Peace for Singapore.
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    Stevedores Accept Contractors' Offer
    212 3 Tnbiuu Staff Reporter) bcnefitsi increase in wages, double pay on maintenance during illness arising from among the terms secured by the Singapore Association for 40) striking stevedores. at a a with the contractors employing them at 10 pin-Jiit. vestcrday The men who have been or, strike
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    AN ANGEL'S LIFE IS NOT EASY
    403 3 ivine :«n angel, on the t wouldn't seem to the way of mental or Bui Robert rent by playing ineel M*chael in Seyb "Heaver h;i<\ nothinr he undertook mm wm mrntal side, Bob had i .'n!s several Director Albert :m English rneone pointed Ihe
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    CHINESE ON MURDER CHARGE
    62 3 t" have participat i which took ago, Pang Ah produced or charge before J >n 1 Magistrate A. G. yesterday. SM V ,M u« «i that Panr »thers lnuideied r 1 ng I Juan in a rub al the 10th. M.s. H Kang fioad between 1
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    2 Chinese Face Grenade Charge
    212 3 over the week-en*' i taged at 11H I Chu Kang Road, by police under Inspec- Paya Lebar Police Ah Kit (31> and Ho to"* 1 «20) of Grange Road t,. jf( 'before Seventh Magistentar s, ar s yesterday on of v charges of possession and
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    MOTOR CYCLIST INJURED
    44 3 A motor cycle and a tnxi were involved in a traffic accident at 8 p.m. yesterday at Valley Road. The cyclist was seriously injured and was rushed to hospital. There was slight damage to the car but the occupants were unhurt.
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    Police Hurt In Malacca Tussle
    256 3 'Fron: Our Ou n Reporter) MALACCA. May 10. In attempting to arrest an alleged insane Chinese late on Sunday evening in Gold Smith Street, two members of the Malacca Police force an European A.S.P. and a Chinese detective police constable- were injured. Details of the
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    Chartered Band Sub-Branch
    244 3 Cutting a tape across the office Mrs. J. Whitworth-Jones wife of the Air Officer Commanding Malaya. R.A.F. Air Vice-Marshal J. WhitworthJones, yesterday morning, officially opened the new Chang' sub-branch of the Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China in Old Sarum Road. The sub-branch is the lirst
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    Court Sequel To Factory Incident
    157 3 The trouble at the Bin Sene Rubber Factory Bukit Timah Road, which resulted in the intervention by a party o f police and the subsequent arrest of ten Chinese labourers, had a court sequel when the men. whose ages ranged from 21 to 61. were
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    NEW ARREST IN HOLD-UP CASE
    72 3 'Tribune Staff Reporter) One more arrest was made by the Singapore Police yesterday in connection with the hold up" of an European couple at Tanah Merah on April 19 when two Chinese gun men robbed them at pistol point of $700 in cash and jewellery.
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    POLICE OFFICER RETURNS
    36 3 Mr. E. V. Fowler, former De puty Commissioner of Police Singapore, who has returned from long leave in the United Kingdom, took over yesterday from Mr. J. C. Barry as Assistant Commissioner CTD.
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    Court Told Of Police Trap
    387 3 Alleged to have had 25 British-manufactured handgrenades in his possession, an Indian military driver. Kopal Maniam (19). was charged at the Singapore Assize Court vestciday before Mr. Justice Brown and a common jury on two counts of unlawful possession of ammunition. Kopal Maniam was indicted,
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    ORANJE BRIDE MARRIES
    187 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Miss Gunvor Anita Ohras of 4. Esperodsvagen, Uddevalla. Sweden, who arrived iast Sunday by the Oranje became the bride of Mr. Franklin Hildred Godric Wagner of 17, Scotts Road, at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Kinross Nicholson conducted the service. The groom
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    FIRST PART OF RAS JOURNAL
    179 3 The first part of the 194? Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society will be published this week. It contains nine papers by different authors. covering a wide range of subjects. These include analysis of the kampong and houses in a Malay
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    POLIO: 3 NEW CASES
    68 3 (Tribune Reporter) Three umw rases .»f polio were reported in Singapore yesterday. The victims were an European adu:;, an Eurasian adult and a Malay child, all living within the Municipal limits. This brings the total number of cases to 5". One case of smallpox was also
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    CALL TO INDIAN WOMEN in S'PORE
    210 3 Indian women should b<" given the opportunity to won in the various branches df the Social Welfare Department it order to popularise Government s social welfare activities among the Indian community, said Mrs. P. Sen Gupta. President of the Women's Section of the Singapore
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    SETHI GOING TO DELHI POST
    89 3 Mr. A. R. Sethi, India Government Information Officer in Singapore, has been appointed as Information Officer at the Indian Armed Forces Head quarters in Delhi. He will leave Singapore fo* India by air on or about May 19. Mr. Sethi will be succeeded by Mr.
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    PICKPOCKET GETS THREE MONTHS
    87 3 A pickpocket who attempted to operate in a crowded omnibus was caught redhanded by a detective just as he was removing an article from his victim's pocket. The object a fountain pen was a few seconds later found in the pickpocket's hand. This occurred at about
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    INDUCEMENT ALLEGED
    94 3 A young Indonesian who was alleged to have induced a Chinese to part with $1,800 under false pretences, was granted bail of $2,000 when he appeared in the Third Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that accused, J. R. Sibih, falsely represented to one Tan Geok Tee that
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    Labour Progress
    870 4 A distinctly improved outlook for trades unionism in Malaya is opened up by legislation which it is proposed to introduce aimed at facilitating the growth of a genuine Labour movement. Hitherto, as has been remarked in many directions, notably by company chairmen, unionism has developed within a framework
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    MANILA CHINESE FOR DEPORTATION
    39 4 Reuter. Manila. May 9. Two Manila Chinese are being investigated by the immigration authorities for possible deportation in connection with their attempt to smuggle a Chinese immigrant into the Philippines it was reported today. Reuter.
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    BURMA HALF WAT TO COMMUNISM
    1249 4 Tribune commentator Douglas Lackersteen, recently in Burma, today tells us ot the extent to which the Red influence has penetrated the newly<reated Republic, lie says that the Burmese Government minimises the gravity of the condition of affairs, which approximates to a state of civihwar, and
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    De Gaulle Turns Left
    99 4 Reuter. PARlS.—General de Gaulle and his million and -a half strong organisation, the Rally of the French People, have taken a sharp turn to the left and are going all-out to catch the worker at his factory bench in a big way. At the same time,
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    NEW DEAL IN EDUCATION
    184 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. of 36 Commonwealth and State organisations attended a New Deal for Education Conference called by the Australian Teachers' Federation and held in Canberra. Among resolutions carrteu was the Corhmonwealth Government launch a loan of £100,000.000 to be spent on education. Mr. D. A. Taylor
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    Japan Looks To China
    167 4 TOKIO.—"The United States cannot build up Japan as an industrial power without aid from China." Dr. Bannong Wu. chief economic adviser of tn». Chinese Mission to Japan tola the United Press. Dr. Wu said he was not essentially opposed to the Idea of Japan being the
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    Status Of Aliens In Egypt
    164 4 Reuter. CAIRO. Considerable con- troversy has been aroused here by the meeting in Cairo of local representatives of countries which signed the Montreux Convention of 1937. The meeting has been called to discuss the position of foreigners in Egypt in face of what various foreign
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    QUIET CORNER
    115 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY.—A South Sea* trader since 1907, Mr. V. G Verlaet, a Belgian, decided that he would like to go to his native Antwerp to see his brothers and sister. His sister died before he reached home. Recently he arrived in Australia aboard the Orion, and before the
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    Dreams Of Delhi
    535 6 NEW DELHl.—Delhi's Chic. Commissioner could not anticipate a strange invasion by hungry, homeless hordes when he tabled plans to make the city n paradise five years ago. 'Ihe water supply was to be increased tenfold. Apart from broaci and bigger roads, Delhi was to have good footpaths
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    GOVERNOR TO OPEN CLUB
    88 6 rTriftttne Staff Reporter). The Union Jack Club is to be officially declared open by the Governor Sir Franklin Gimson on June 12. It will be recalled that the Union Jack Club, was recently handed over by the Women's Voluntary Services, to the management of a civilian
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    TRUMAN SEIZES RAILWAYS
    58 6 Reuter. WASHINGTON, May 10.President Truman today ordered Government seizure of the American railways on the eve of the threatened strike by 190,000 railwaymen. The decision was reached after almost continuous conferences since last Friday had failed to break the deadlock between the three railwaymen's unions and the
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    2 COLLISIONS: 2 HURT
    56 6 Yesterday's traffic accidents included two cases in which cyclists were taken to hospital with minor Injuries aftei collisions with vehicular traffic. One occurred at the junction of River Valley Road and Tank Road between a cyclist and a motor car. In the other, a lorry and
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    VICAR'S QUIZ
    182 6 ANSWERED LONDON. Answering a vicar's quiz on "Why I don* go to church," most of the people questioned replied: "Because the Church does not teach the true wcrd of God.'' Ne:;t most frequent answers were: "The clergy are unpleasant or hypocrites" and The Church does not practise what
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    MISSING BOY FOUND DEAD
    136 6 PENANG, May 11. -Penang Police are exerting every effor* to determine the circumstances leading up to the death of 13-year-old Heah Hock Lee whose decomposed body was found on Sunday night in a vacant compound house nea» his home in Rangoon Road. Penang. The deceased was
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    FOOD STRIKE ISI GERMANY
    180 6 Reuter. FRANKFURT, May 10. Thousands more German railwayman, dockers and factory workers today joined the 11--day-old strike in bizonia protesting against food shortage, while works meetings in Lower Saxony were considering a motion to call off the whole strike on Wednesday. They arc demanding ration equality
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    Tonight's Show At Nee Soon Camp
    61 6 The Bar-B Cowboy Band makes its first appearance in Singapore featured in the mammoth show "Voodoo" which is being staged at Nee Soon Tran sit Camp tonight at 8.30. The Camp Theatre will be the venue of the entertainment which presents, among other things,
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    40 6 Reuter. CAIRO, May 10.—AngloEgyptian talks on the constitutional future of the Sudan will begin here in the next few days between the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Campbell, and the Egyptian Foreign Minister. Ahmed Khashaba Pasha, it was authoritatively learned today.—Reuter.
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    Order Placed In 1946 Still Unfulfilled
    184 6 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM. May 10. I An Indian industrialist, who came to the heavy industry section of the British Industries Fair here prepared to buy £1,000,000 worth of machinery, left today to catch the first plane to America to spend the money there. The industrialist,
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    UK. HAD TO CUT EXPORT DRIVE
    192 6 LONDON. Apr. 26 Britain has had to cut ihe expon drive but by only just over 0 Per cent in value. Thi s is how Mr Harold Wilson. President of the Board i>l trade, described export pro blems. STEEL: We need ours fcf make
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    Midgest Car Racing Comes To U.K.
    206 6 Reuter. LONDON. May 10. Mi l get car racing, born in Holly wood 18 years ago, makes it British debut in London this week. It is safe to say th*l Stamford Bridge track, home of the famous Chelsea Football Club, will be pm*k*d Thursday
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    SELETAR AIR CRASH
    53 6 (Tribune Staff Reporter) As a result of a mid-air collision of two Spitfires at noo! yesterday in the vicinity of Seletar. the pilot of one aircraft suffered fata! injuries. The other pilot made a successful landing by parachute. The next-of-kin are being informed. A court of inquiry
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      577 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT j The bereaved family tender! their heart-felt thanks to those who Kent wreath*, scrolls, len« cars, etc., and attended nightvisits and funeral of the lat<* Madam Lim Slew Chin. Situations Vacant ADVERTISER, M.T. Box No. Alll5. thanks applicants. Post filled APPLICATIONS are invited for the. post of Listener Research
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      245 6 NOTICE Notice Ih hereby given that our C ashier Tan Bak Ann Is no more In our employ ami is therefore not authorised to collect any money on our <>ehalf. 6th May 1948. RIAN GWAN (Malaya) Ltd 33 35, Teluk Ayer Street, Singapore. THETbANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (Chapter 45) In the High
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    S'pore-Sumatra Fixture To Be An Annual Affair
    447 7 FOOTBALL NEWS AND VIEWS. .BY SPECTATOR s.M.W'OKF/S F.A. In ho imnrrssed by thr East Hurrmr«n tram" that It proposes ro n ,,K. thr Singapore-Sumatra vi u h an annual fixture And 7t n xt time they meet, the m trans will Arid a
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    Wing Kai punches away from Hoornsinan—an incident in Saturday's game between the Sttmatron tourists and the S.C.F.A. The tourists won easily by four goals to nil.
    27 7 Wing Kai punches away from Hoornsinan an incident in Saturday's game between the Sttmatron tourists and the S.C.F.A. The tourists won easily by four goals to nil.
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    S.C.C. Unlucky To Lose Both Points
    732 7  -  By "GROUNDER" m j. 5; S.C.C 4. l h. .Malay Football Association succeeded in beating IK- 'VnKiipore' Cricket Club by five goals to four in a scrapv io '»t thn Ja'.an Besar Stadium yesterday. If the stand- ri' it plav fell below a Division
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    TABLE-TENNIS
    83 7 The Singapore Chung Hwa Service Association defeated the Singapore Municipal Service Union at a friendly tabletennis encounter by three games to two at the premises of the Chung Hwa Service Assn. on Saturday, Bth May, 1948 at 7.00 p.m. The following are the results (Chung Hwas players mentioned first):
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    FULL POINTS FOR STORE ROVERS
    340 7 ROVERS 3; 19TH A.F.S. 1. The Singapore Rovers snatched full points from the 19th Air Formation Signals, when thcv defeated them by three goals to one in a Div. 2 League game yesterday on the S.R.C. padang. The Rovers scored all their goals during the
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    SPORTS DIARY
    80 7 SOCCER: Div. One Seaforths versus R.A.F. (Changi) at Jalan Besar Stadium; Div. Two: Kota Raja S.C. versus Spore District Signals at S.C. C. Padang. Div. Three: Social Athletic Party versus S.H.B. Boys' Club at St. George's Road ground; Spore Civil Service versus Mental Hospital at McNair Road ground.
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    SOCIAL A.P. TEAM
    92 7 The Social Athletic Party Soccer XI will be chosen from the following against the S.H.B. Boys' Club in the S.A.F.A. Div. 11l League Soc cer match to be played at th*: C.V.M.A. ground to-day at 5.15 p.m. Anthony Yong, Sim Im Peng, Theong Jeong Bong, Koh Beng
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    C.A. Drop A Point
    284 7 Chinese Athletics II 1 Katonc Eurasians 1The Chinese Athletics II and Katong Eurasians shared points by scoring a goal each in their Second Division league encounter yesterday at G>vtanjt stadium. The C.A. had the better of the exchanges. wore more hrustful in their attacks and much
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    SAPPERS TROUNCE TIGERS 6-2
    240 7 The Royal Engineers Base Group strengthened their pdsition in the Second Division with another good win over the Tiger Sports Club at Tanglin yesterday. They won by six goals to two. The Sappers possessed match-winning combination in their attacking line and registered high scores in theii
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    49 7 Reuter. LONDON. May 10 -My Babu. winner of the 2.600 Guineas, is expected by his trainer. Fred Armstrong, to resume strong work tomorrow, but he will not race again before the Derby It is understood that the colt has had leg stiffness, the normal reaction, following an anti-tetanus injection.—Reuter.
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    POST-MORTEM
    113 7 POST-MOR TEM On yesterday's game The goals provided the interest in a mediocre game, and the S.C.C. ttere unfortunate to be unable to collect a point after their great rally in the later stages of the game. 1 The club's wingers did useful work but found poor support from the
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    Hants Shock Middlesex
    422 7 Reuter. LONDON, May 10. —Middlesex, last year's county c hampions, and Gloucestershire, who were runners up. both failed to gain first innings points in their first county championship matches and are in danger of defeat. Hampshire, who finished one from the bottom of the .able last season,
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    COLD IN 'PRO' TENNIS
    65 7 Reuter. New York. May JO. The •xhibition professional lawn .ennis tour of the United State.' >y Jack Kramer, Bobby Riggs, Dinny Pails and Pancho Scgu ra, has already yielded $472,--149, according to Jack Hani.' promoter of the tour. Mi. Harris has hopes of the receipts reaching
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    PLAYFAIR BADMINTON PARTY
    111 7 The following players are selected to represent the Play fair B.P. "A" String in a friend ly match of Badminton against the Mayfair B.P. "A" String consisting of Six Singles and Three Doubles, to be played at the Clerical Union Hall on the 14th May at 7
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    29 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON, May 10.— President Truman today accepted tjhe resignation of Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture, who is tc run for election to the Senatf in New Mexico.—Reuter.
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    Another Easy Win For Aussies Likely
    628 7 LONDON, May 10.—The Australians are well on the way to scoring their fourth consecutive victory when after totalling 632, they dismissed Surrey for 141 runs and had taken Lw6 second innings wickets for 25 runs when stumps were drawn. The match "includes todiv. A
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    SATURDAY'S WRESTLING
    321 7 Mr. J. Sloan, who referee .he wrestling events m\ t'i Great World on Saturday nigh* wi I tea: "Since Con Balasis was in juTed in his fight with Prince Bhu Pinder at the Grent Work' Arena on Saturday night. I have been questioned as to what actually happened.
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    News from the Mews
    227 8 (By ALLAN LEWIS) The only tracks open in Kuala Lumpur yesterday were the sand and the inside grass and most horses were confined to slow work on these tracks and quite a number worked round the polo ground. The o-itstHtinn horses already in Kuala Lumpur are
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    70 8 The following have been selected to represent the Mayflower BP in a friendly return match against the Mayfair B.P. today at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m.: Chan Chim Bock. Seah Eng Liat, Tan Guan Hong, Neo Seng Kee, Lav Teng Chuan, Lav Teng Siah, Richard Lee,
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    CHURCHILL'S DRAMATIC PLEA FOR UNITY
    620 8 Reuter. THE HAGUE May 10.—A dramatic, unscheduleri Churchill plea for unity, while thunder crashed i round the Hall of Knights convinced the Cong- j r*ss final session tonight to approve unanimously the Economic Committee's report. Until Mr. cnurcniu spuKe, n appeared that a split on
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    JUDGMENT RESERVED
    108 8 Reuter. LONDON, May 10.—The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council today reserved Iti judgment in the appeal brought last Monday by M. G. Perera, of Colombo, a Ceylonese practitioner and distiller of arrack, against the decision of a. District Judge dismissing his action for defamatior against a Ceylon
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    MAGISTRATE FREES BIRD
    110 8 A Singapore fortune teller, must have seen a rather black future for himself yesterday. or perhaps the bird and chips he employed while telling fortunes had one of their oft days. Produced before the Second Police Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, the 49-year-old fortune teller, Ho Hee
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    40 8 Reuter. NEW YORK, May 10.—A squadron of 450 m.p.h. twinengined jet fighters has passed landing tests and joined the American Navy. The planes are Phantoms with a ceiling of 38,000 feet and a range of more than 1.000 miles. —Reuter.
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    "Stab In The Back"
    176 8 Reuter. Jackson. Missippi, May 10. Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina declared in a speech here today. President Truman by his civil rights programme against racial discrimination had "stabbed" the South "in the back." Addressing a c on v c n tion of Southern democrats.
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    Malayan Favoured In 400-Yd. Hurdles
    241 8 U.P. SHANGHAI. May 10.-All events in the Chinese National athletic meet except table tennis were postponed today due to steady rain which turned the grounds into mud pools. In one of the few table tennis games played, Malayan Chinese, Yu Shu Heng, eliminated Taiwan's Huang
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    92 8 Reuter. NEW YORK. May 10.- Eelief that three rail unions will ad vise members to stay at worl now that the Government ha.' seized control of railroads brought stiffening tendencies it the afternoon. Prices movec fractions to $1 or so on balanc< higher, with tair trade
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    Mrs untitled-Jones, (left) who opened the Chartered Bank sub-branch at Chanyi yesterday, photographed after the ceremony with Mr. H. C. Hopkins, Manager of the Chartered Bank, Singapore, aMrs. Hopkins. — Raffles Photograph \
    31 8 Mrs untitled-Jones, (left) who opened the Chartered Bank sub-branch at Chanyi yesterday, photographed after the ceremony with Mr. H. C. Hopkins, Manager of the Chartered Bank, Singapore, aMrs. Hopkins. Raffles Photograph
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    Jerusalem To Be Red Cross City
    616 8 Reuter. JERUSALEM, May 10.—Arabs and Jews agreed in principle tonight to put the city of Jerusalem under protection of the flags of the International Red Cross as an inviolate sanctuary in the heart oi warring Palestine. M. Jacques De Reynier, Inter national Red Cross
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    48 8 U.P. ROME, May 10. Italy's Communists tned to throw out the Italian national election results today on grounds of coercion of voters. The Communists and left-wing Socialists asked formally that the election be voted a complete coercion of the popular will through the intervention of foreign power.— U.P.
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    Important Ruling In Divorce Case
    301 8 Reuter. LONDON, May 10.- -A British Divorce Court judge •ulfd today that the practice of coitus in orrupius s>y a husband did not constitute consummation of he marriage and entitled a wife to a decree of inllity. Before the Court was a c:is n which
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    An anxious moment for Aitken, S.C.C. goalkeeper, when a* Malay forward attempted to score. He misjudged the direction of the ball which proved to be a grounder that just missed the mark by inches. The S.C.C. defender is Hamilton who raced with the Malay forward for possession of the ball. The Malays won 5-4.
    54 8 An anxious moment for Aitken, S.C.C. goalkeeper, when a* Malay forward attempted to score. He misjudged the direction of the ball which proved to be a grounder that just missed the mark by inches. The S.C.C. defender is Hamilton who raced with the Malay forward for possession of the ball.
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    CHINA SPRING OFFENSIVE
    118 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. May 10.—Two irmies of Gen Lin Piao, Communist Commander-in-Chief in the northeast, struck vigo. ously against the Chinese Government position in Manchuria in what was described as the preliminary phase of the long expected Spring offensive. A s formidable Communist forces struck south from Tungliao,
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    ITALY ELECTS PRESIDENT
    127 8 Reuter. ROME. May 10. —Co v nt Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, received 405 votes ir the second ballot for an Itahar President today and Enrico Dt Nicola provisional Presiden since 1946. 336 from the join' session of the Chamber oi Deputies and the Senate. A candidate
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    Whale Of A Catch
    159 8 U.P. SOUTHAMPTON May 10After catching 3,000 whak* n Antarctic waters, the 15.000. ton British factory-ship Halaena returned from its four, month expedition carrying whale meat and by-producta worth about $12,000,000 Thousands turned out to watch the world's most modern factory ship steam into this port this
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    B.I.F.'S LUNCH
    85 8 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM, May 10.--iabi'j Ibrahim Rahimtoub. Pakistan High Commissointr n London, and his wife at ended a luncheon given here oday for distinguished visior s to the Birmingham secion of the British Industrie, Pair by the local Chamber cl Commerce. Addressing tht pest* Sir Godfrey Ince. pernanent Secretary
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    Marshall Speaks On Tropical Diseases
    252 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON. May 10.— Secretary of State George Marshall, said today that the conquest of tropical diseases jvould stimulate world trade meet the fundamental needs of the people of the world and was one of the most important requirements of the present .vorld situation. Mr.
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