Malaya Tribune, 5 July 1948

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    62 1 The Malaya Tribune BY *HE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Taper In Malaya P ivtivn BimnUmneemelp K*wf* ItHmpnr, Ipoh Penmug. TehfwmmM: "Tribune Spore." Telephone 5811 <9 umee\. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948. PRICE TEN CENTS The MALAYA TRIBUNE London Atjents Messrs. Colin Turner Ltd.,
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    NO SURVIVORS IN WORST AIR DISASTER IN HISTORY
    1267 1 Eye-Witnesses' Account Of Crash Which Killed Over Forty "MYSTERY" OF WOMAN'S SHOE IN PLANE COLLISION "So fir as we know, there uerc no members of the Malayan adminiin or of Sir Edward Gent's family on the plane", a Colonial oilice man told
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    Secretary Of State's Message
    128 1 In a telegram confirming the death of Sir Edward Gent in terms of most deep regret, the Secretary of State for the Coionies stated "The people of Malaya will be shocked by the untimely death of the High Commissioner while flying home on duty for consultation
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    C.N.A.C. Inaugurate H.K.-S'pore Flight
    231 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Today is a red letter day in the history of the China National Airways. Manking the inauguration of the CNA's air passenger service with Singapore, the first Skymaster to operate on the line will touch down at Kallang this afternoon. The China National
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    HAD LOADED REVOLVER
    30 1 On Saturday afternoon, a Malay Sergeant attached to the Trallic Police arrested a Punjabi Muslim in possession of a fully loaded .38 revolver in St. Geo*ge's Road.
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    Tanker Springs Leak In Harbour
    91 1 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) The A.P.C. tanker. Phasianel la. lying on th# Outer Roads of Singapore Harbour "sprang a leak" yesterday morning and began slowly submerging into the water. The stern of the vessel U resting on the sea bed. but her bows arc still lying
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    Moslem Brigadier Dies In Action
    50 1 LONDON. July 4. The death In action in Kashmir of Prig. M. Usman. North" Africa end Burma veteran, was announced tonight by the Indian Defence Ministry. New Delhi Hadio reported His body will be brought to New Delhi where he will given a military funeral.
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    Singapore Filipinos Celebrate
    64 1 Singapore Filipino* celebrated the eecona) anniversary of the Independence ot their Republic i/csttrduit icith a luncheon nt tlx Cathay Restaurant. Principal speaker* (shown below) were, left to right, Mr. F. R. lieniy, President of the Filipino Association. Mr. Paul Josselyn. United States Con.s-ul-Qenerai, Mr. G. G. Thonteon,
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    S.T.C. STARTS NEW BUS SERVICE
    134 1 i Tribune Stvfi R' />«'» '< Thiee new limited bus ser- vices from Finlayson Green to Tampenis Road and to Katong will be introduced by the Singapore Traction Company next Wednesday. The Finlayson Green-Tar-n: penis Road limited bus ser vice which is at present running
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    SECRET SOCIETY SUSPECT
    21 1 Last night the C.I.D. arrested a Chinese who is suspected of being a member of a seciet society.
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    Cheaper Cloth For S'pore
    369 1 (Tribune Sta/T Reporter) The Singapore Co-operative Stores hope short lv to import larpe quantities of Indian cloth made by co-operative handloom weavers. Trade contacts between th<» Singanore Co-operative Stores nnd the Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society of Madras Province were establish**! >n Saturday when Rao Sahib A.
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    Vain Move To Break Berlin Deadlock
    406 1 Reuter. BERLIN, July 4.—Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky Russian commander in Germany, was today rcnorted to have sent Letters to the American, Br*'ish and French military governors less than 24 lours after they had joined in four-power talks In a vain attempt to break the Berlin
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    Malay Schools
    96 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter! Government should assist tiit Malay school children on Pulau Brani to receive an En-- lish education, said Inche M. Noor Mohammad, Secretary of the Parents Day Committee yesteiday. He spoke at the Telok Bjg:i Malay School. Pulau Brani where a very successful handicrafts exhibition. sports
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    28 1 BOMBAY. July 4 Rioting between Hindus and Muslims broke out In Central Bombay 'onUM. About nine people wtre injured, the police said A tramcar was set on Are.—
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    MAN & WOMAN IN ARMED ROBBERY
    72 1 MAN WOMAN IN ARMED ROBBERY (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Malay woman living in a hut at Plcntong. an am ol much Communist activity, was held up by two Chinese, one male and one female, at about S.uO last night. The robbers, who were armed, forced their way into the I
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    C.I.D. MAKE 3 ARRESTS
    40 1 i Tribune Staff Reporter) Three persons, two Chinese and an Indian, were arrested under the Emergency Regulations over the week-end. This brings the total to 41 persons under detention since the new ordinance came into force.
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    C.I.D. ARREST NOTORIOUS GANG
    263 1 'Tribune Staff Reporter) Five English-speaking Cantonese, who the Police allege arc members of a notorious gang of seven men responsible i for a series of robberies in Singapore have been rounded up in the past few days. A considerable quantity of jewellery, including a 15-stone j
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    MALAY L.E.P. SHOT DEAD
    79 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A Malay L. E. P. was shot dead by a Ceylonese guard on Saturday night while he was in the act of climbing the fencing of a Military Supply Depot at Alexandra. The man was challenged three times, and on continuing to scale
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      30 1 TODAY'S WEATHER Fait this morning and after* i loon. Risk of Sumatian dutinj;' (might or tally morning. Tem•natures in past 24 hour?: Max. 83 deg. Min 79 deg. Rain- Nil.
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    Labourer Robbed
    108 2 I From Our Oxen Reporter) SEREMBAN, Sunday. A police report states that an Indian labourer of Juasseh Estate while out looking for firewood in the estate on Friday was approached by two Chinese. They asked him when he was due to receive his pay. When he replied that
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    Whitehall Aware Of Situation In Malaya
    147 2 KUALA LUMPUR, JULY4.—THERE TS NOT THE LEAST RISK OF THE AUTHORITIES IN MALAYA LOSING CONTROL, AND WHITEHALL IS NOT UNDERESTIMATING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. SAYS A LONDON DISPATCH RECEIVED HERE. The dispatch states that there is no information as to the actual strength
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    POLICE RAID RED HQRS.
    105 2 (Front Our Own Wnpnt it i I KEDAH. Sunday. In the early hours of Fiday. the Police attacked a house on tht edge of the jungle at Terap in Kedah. which they knew to be the [Of a Communist camp. inside the house were found a
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    C.I.D. SWOOP ON K.L PARK
    74 2 (From Our Own R>porter) KUALA LUMPUR. July 4.— About 50 officers and men of the Kuala Lumpur CID divided into five or six parties swooped on one of the amusement parks and carried out a -urprise check. All shows were stopped and j the spectators
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    CALL TO SERVE STATE
    134 2 (From Our Own Reporter* Malacca, July 4.—The present time demands a call on all of us to set ye and there is no scivice to which some of US j cannot put our hearts." declared j Sir Alec Ncwhoult. at the pre- j sentation ceremony on
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    SPEED TRIAL HELD IN IPOH
    97 2 (From Our Own Reporter' IPOH. July 4. —A very successful speed trial was held by A.A.M. (Perak Bianch) and the Perak Motor Cycle Club this morning at a 3.50 yard stretch along a disused road near Gopen g. 10 miles ftom Ipoh. Seven events were
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    CHINESE AID FOR FUKUI VICTIMS
    48 2 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. July 4.— The Chinese Residents' Association in Tckio has donated 10.000 Lubes of vitamin injections to sufferers in the earthquake nricken Fukui area. The injections, packed IB 12 wooden cases, arrived in Fukui yesterday for use by the local medical authorities.
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    CARS DISAPPEAR
    56 2 Reuter. BANGKOK. July 4.—C. P. Liang, a member of the Chinese j Embassy staff here, is the latest Bangkok diplomat to lose his car. Mr. Liang's car was robbed from his garage in suburban Bangkok. Two members of the United States Embassy staff here reported the theft of
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    2 STABBED, ONE SHOT BY JOHORE BANDITS
    410 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE BAHRU, Sun day night.—Three Chinese were murdered by bpndits in Johore. Two of the victims wer** stabbed and one was rid died with bullets. Near Kulai tod-ay (which was the scene of the triple. murder and the attack on
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    10,000 DIE OF CHOLERA
    97 2 U.P. NEW DELHI. July 4.—The Statesman reported today that a! least 10.000 people died from cholera raging in epidemic form id the eastern half of tin sprawling United Provinces. An innoculation and cleanliness campaign is slowly breaking the epidemic, the newspa- pei reported. It said the
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    TALK ON S'PORE CULTURAL LIFE
    103 2 Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, I newly appointed Municipal j Commissioner, speaking at a j 1 tea-party held in bis honour at I I the Airport Hotel, Kallang, dur- 1 i ing the week-end, criticised the "lack 01 any Muslim cultural J institution and cultural life
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    2 ACCIDENTS
    119 2 An eight-year old Teochew girl. Molly Lee. of 30 Valley Road (off Upper Serangoon Road), was knocked down by a half-ton motorUkry at 6' milestone Tempenis Road at L .'iO p.m. yesterday. She was sent to hospital with injury on her left lee but her condition was not
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    Grable Highest Paid Woman In America
    167 2 U.P. WASHINGTON. July 4. Betty Giable. nuwrielsnd's hest-known Bgure, was listed SS the highest paid woman in the United States fo; the second successive yea The Treasury s annual salary listing showed the shapely screen star was paid U*****.533 by Twentieth Cen-tury-Fox Film Corporation
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    NEW ASSIGNMENT FOR CHENNAULT
    69 2 U.P. San Francisco, July 4. -Maj.Gen. Claire Chennault, wartime Plying Tiger leader, was named baseball commissioner for China. The appointment was announced by Ad. Gilesc Stedman, Far East Commissioner for the National Baseball Congress. Chennault now a Shanghai resident will begin immediate organisation of non-profes-sional baseball
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    Lambeth Conference
    83 2 Reuter. LONDON. July 4. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, welcomed fo- cign delegations to the 1948 Lambeth conference at Lamia tli Palace, London, yesierGLay. Before him, as the bells of Big Ben chimed ou t acros.the River. 330 Bishops ot worldwide Anglican communion at home and
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    Carpets For Princess
    71 2 Reuter. LONDON. July 4.—Three Tientsin carpets sent by the British community in China as v wedding present to Princess Elizabeth have just arrived here. A special loom had to be constructed to make the largest of the carpets which measures 18 feet by 25 feet. The three
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    SIR JOHN MEDLEY
    22 2 Sir John Medley, Vicechancellor of the University oi Melbourne, pasted through Singapore yesterday on hiway to the United Kingdom.
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    Australian Premier Drops In On S'pore
    91 2 (lribune Stafi Report, I The Prime Minister of Australia I in Singapore yesterday. H Mr. Chifiey came by OoosteU B with a party of five. H Re i oq ted King,:/' with lead M ioisl i fairs. In Bini r ,v Prim.' talk •>
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    U.S. WAR CLAIMS COMMISSION
    69 2 U.P. WASHINGTON, July President Truman f.oaay Signed legislation establishing a threeman commission to investigate claims of American citizens against Japan and oilier enemy nations in both World Wars. The bill forbids the return to Japanese or German nationals of any property in the United States seized
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    ATLANTIC JET FLIGHT
    55 2 STORNOWAY, July 4. -The take-off of six De Haviland] Vampires of the Fighter Command from Stornoway on the Iceland stage of -die ftrst At- I lantic jet flight was cancelled yesterday for the second time because of unfavourable areather. The aircraft were to hove left yesterday bU(
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    Mountbatlen To Return To Navy:
    106 2 Reuter. LONDON. July 3.—Res miral Earl afountbatton 'air. Ed here today that he may letum tc the British Navj this year. Earl Mountbatton. who re turned from India last week relinquishing his position a* Governor General, hud bean mentioned unofficially at possible ambassador U Moscow
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    Ford Vice-Preocument Dead
    89 2 U.P. DETROIT. July ft. Mr. Albert J Browing. 49. vice-pre-sident oi the Ford Motor Company and head oi the army's war-time procurement programme, died of a heart ailment on Friday night.- U P. COLUMBUS. (Ohio), July 4 The president of the Minoi leagues Baseball Organization yesterday suspended
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    31 Dead In S'hai Thunderstorm
    107 2 Reuter-AAP. SHANGHAI. July 4.—A <Aclonic thunderstorm V/l struck Shanghai in the early hours of this morning resuiwo In 31 dead and over 90 officially injured. Chinese press reports tonight indicated. Damage o buildings, houses and light ciaft In the river Is estimated to total over
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    CHIANG'S SON TO FIGHT INFLATION
    54 2 U.P. Bnafcgtoai, July Maj<>. General Chiang Chin Kuc tn< president's Moscow-trained c est son arrived in Bhans;) i late oa Friday night to coordinate the Central Govern meat's and City Government efforts to chedk Inflation as th markets reopened this mcrninj after a two day
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    WOMEN STEAL THE SHOW
    110 3 h !ve stormed yet rtrongtooM. I and thirty-five and very fit drawn fioia the the W A.A.F.S. are daily inlo the bi eva, and givrf physical fitness movement which ny and appeal other all-male on the programme. And thai eciaily for a fin i upearanci tain
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    INDEPENDENCE DAY SPREE
    77 3 kiatfto; -lull) A record-v-/A itidf pendcnce duy cc m nt the Panted SI &gt;tt i a fewfol denfne posi Hi i ark ed S&lt;ttnida&gt;i r U Utons of American.: kit the''t ritg Somen }&gt;&gt;r a i m thi country, tin nit nt parks mi phthtfruutids. r idotts
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    Mr. Lim Chuan Geok Feted
    37 3 athcring ol mem enda was present dinner given 00 night by the Ath etlc Club in I, president, Iff I Chuan Geok, on his benad a Justice 01 the i 1 Singapore.
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    MILITARY PACT SOON
    54 3 U.P. a. July 4. lurces indicated the United States may soon with five Brussels nations to discuss a mili--I*o alliance for the defence ■final aggression. s res tution sponsored by Vandenberg recently 1 nate on record as regional defence ptcti tmon free nations. Kuropean nations Britain, France,
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    PLANE SEA RESCUE
    51 3 Voi k, July 4. The I reported today impbibian patrol plane 'Wn n the water near Sued ish ship Dagtnd wicked up an &gt;rman from the v him to the Balti--1 airport. The 'man was Buffering rod leg burns. All 1 1 '".v members were j*. face
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    GOODWILL MESSAGES
    38 3 Julj Tjventy- rs the British j mu, hv.i'-u?h Occupation dwill mese c. in-C. BCOF, H c H. Robert- I.« nera] Robert and other Ametnders in various Japan on the occa- Ind p ndence Day.— r uter
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    Hongkong amazed by S'hai mayor's threat
    564 3  -  (By HENRY BOUGH Reuters Correspondent HONGKONG—Two recent statements by leading Chinese officials containing veiled threats oi economic pressure against Hongkong have caused some amazement here. The first statement, carried by a foreign news agency from Nanking quoted an "uuimpeachaole Government source" as saying that
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    NEW MOVE BY S.E. ASIA SCIENTISTS
    158 3 (G.I.I.S). NEW DELHI. A Scierc Co-operation Office to serve aa an information bureau for th. nations of South-East Asia is being established in New Delhi by UNESCO. Dr. Alexan&lt;!&lt;"- YVblsky, Hungarian zoologist, will be in charge of the Office. which will .serve India, Pakistan,
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    GOLFER EQUALS VON NIDA'S RECORD
    165 3 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. July 4.—Professional golfer. Eric Cremln, equalled a record held by Norman yon Nida when he won the Dunlop Cup for the second year in succession at the New South Wales Club course recently. Yon Nida won the Cup in 1937 and 1938. Cremin
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    Films To Explain Britain
    201 3 Reuter. LONDON, A series of new films being' prepared to tell the world of Britain's Indus- trial and economic problems has set one of the nation's greatest documentary filmmakers his most difficult j task. Mr. John Grierson. wartime Canadian national film boara chief and now controller
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    Freedom Of The Pub
    279 3 SI DNEY", The Pub Users' Protection Society of England has cabled congratulations to the Pub Users Liberty League, j which was recently founded in I Sydney with the object of se- curing better standards and service in Australian hotels. Mr Townley Searle (British founder) in a
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    RETURN DEMAND
    91 3 U.P. Sofia. July 4. The Bulgarian Government announced last night that it had demanded Turkey to return the Bulgarian pakscngor plane which landed in Istanbul on 'June 30 and the "members of an armed criminal gi-oup" which forced its crev. to fly there. The announcement said trie Civil
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    S'HAI EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL
    52 3 Reuter. Sh/'ighaL. July 3. Lieu', General Hsuan Ti-wu. the Shanghai Garrison Commander has petitioned President Chiang Kai-shek for permission to set up a joint economic control body composed of eivH, military and financial leaders to carry out the Government emergency orice contiol measures, according to Chinese
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    Singapore: Who Will Strike First!
    862 4 Two serious warnings concerning the f uture of Vlalaya were published n London at the end )f last week. The 'Economist" says: "It ,vould be far more economical in the long run to send immediately a strong force to Malaya and use it to make
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    Shark Rides In Taxi
    248 4 SYDNEY.—In Sydney the other day a man and his shark took a taxi ride. The shark wa« about as big as the man. being somewhat over five feet long. The taxi driver had doubts about receiving the shark in his cab. It took monetary persuasion to
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS UNION VIEWS ON EDUCATION POLICY
    1035 4 AS OUR READERS SEE IT Sir In the correspondence columns of local newspapers there has been a certain amount of agitation against and unhappy comparisons with the proposed salary scheme of teai chers. In the first place teachers are highly skilled professional men
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    "Burn 'em" Scales For Women Teachers i
    398 4 Sir. —I should like, through the medium of your esteemed paper, to thank the Cowgill I Salary Revision Committee for j their appreciation of the work 1 done by teachers. This they have publicly acknowledged by proposing to give teachers a salary more
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    Bush Into A Studio
    124 4 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY. The the Australian film Overlanders" ha&gt; ra. rthat a distinctive U'P here that Witt appeal on the »vor:: Mr. Charle.s Chauv»: Australia's pioneer P believes that to ad objective pictures produced with real An?-* flavour and against a. Australian background the case in "The
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    Death Penalty—A Neutral View
    611 4 Would the abolition of death penalty increase or decrease crime in Malaya? Personally I think that to discuss this question along these lines is pretty futile business bccause the existence or non-existence of death penalty has very little bearing upon crime index in any country. I
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    New Purity Drive In Gay Paree
    584 5 BOOKS FILMS ARE TARGETS HIINiSSART, Reuters Correspondent) —French films with frank sex scenes books and magazines of the "gay ar&lt; Me main targets in a purity drive Francs under tne leadership of the ,:i Social et /.ioral (Moral and Social body has already recorded
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    DELECTABLE SLUGS
    329 5 To many people the slug has no appeal at all. But are slugs and slugs. To the Chinese epicure and those who hive been wise en"&gt;ugh to embrace his culinary tastes, s'ug, o. at least one kind of slug, if, a delectable delicacy. Thi:- is the a strange?
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    COW TAKES TURKISH BATH
    90 5 Judy, a "guinea-pig" cow at the University of Brisbane, is rinding life a little bewildering. Twice a week she is put into a hotroom for seven hours, and subjected to temperatures ranging from 38 deg. to 108.5 deg. with humidity from 25 per cent, to 75
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    Maria's Two Words Led To Romance
    151 5 Two words —all the English she knew—started Maria Ferro, 20, of Udine. North Italy, on a journey across Europe to reunion with her sweetheart. Peter Anihony Sims, 21. at his village home in Annscroft, near Shrewsbury. When Maria got a letter from Peter saying:
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    50 5 Mr. D. Bok. Technical Assistant of the Government Electricity Department. Sitiawan has left on transfer and Mr. See Ling, has succeeded j him as Officer-in-Charge of the Electricity Department. Sitiawan. Residents of Sitiawan and Kampong Koh now enjoy I lighting tacilities throughout the night instead of for s.:c hoars hitherto.
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    MALAYA NEWS BRIEFS
    524 5 Dr. Frank MacGarity, Hearth i Officer, Kuantan ha been admitted to the Bungsar He rpitat, i Kuala Lumpur. Dindings has lost tsro aßround aportsmen hi the persona ot Inch" Diamond ol the Customs. Lumut, anci Mr. X Kasi. Technical Assistant, P.W.D. fer to Malacca and Ipoh, pectively.
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    MANY WOMEN MUST HAVE FIVE CHILDREN
    146 5 LONDON. —Parenthood, says I report, is increasingly a mat- L er of choice. And Britain ihould plan to get an average Of 2.5 children per tarn. This would nu an many families ot four and five children. The objective is put forward ;n "Population
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    S. E. ASIA CONFAB ON WORLD PEACE
    650 5 COLOMBO. A South-east Asia Conference for World &lt; Peace and International Fellow- ohip will be held at the Malowan j Bedde Bovs School. Alutgama. ebout 30 miles from Colombo from June 2"&gt; to 27. I The confercnce is under the &lt; joint auspices
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN FIVE TITLES AT WHITE CITY
    413 6 Reuter. LONDON July 4. E McDonald Bailey l6st both his niriiit and furlong title? in the Amateur Athletic Association championships at 'he White City. London, yesterday, in which the Australian Olympic athletes won five titles. In the 100 yards, he had to take
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    AUSSIES' BIG SCORE AT BRISTOL
    290 6 Reuter. BRISTOL. July 4.- The Australians were 560 for 5 when play closed for the day in the match between the visitors and .Gloucestershire at Bristol yesterday. Morris monopolised the scoring, and remained at the wictet until just 10 runs short of 300. His knock
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    MARJAN RETAINS SINGLES TITLE
    125 6 Boating S. Ahmad Mattar of Mayblossom in a straight set 15-12, 15-10, Ismail Marjan, last year's Singapore Malays' badminton champion, succeeded in retaining his title this year. The game was the final of the ooen singles championship in the Malays' Badminton Tournament, which took place last
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    BROKE HAND, PLAYED ON
    95 6 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, July i.~ North Sho re (Sy tin ey) go :i Ik i Norman Conquest player) through most ol a recent soccer match against Granville with a broken left hand. Granville won 3-1. but Conquest was the most outstanding player on the field. Conquest broke
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    No Fancy Play In Yesterday's Match
    459 7 TALKING SOCCER....BY HERMAN LYMPIC XT nona last une against ia abeence of Lheir play Sin -Maaajri th i the Oiym- i kened then -j. Id '.o the score, reasons why It score more finishing jrt: ;n the •&gt;:enr«* and. ng's Shu .ness posts after
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    Malayan Champ Wins 150 Miles Cycle Race
    535 7 Tr-ibune Staff Reporter) mtry cyclists carried the first three places in rang ruriah tor the lead in the 150 mile cycle .-.:tg:apore yesterday. dayan cycling chamkwthar Singh and A. oh B st and second the rac«- J E Sunn place ni* ny the
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    4 HENLEY TITLES FOR OVERSEAS
    304 7 Reuter. Henley -O d -Thames. July I» Four r&gt;{ the 10 titles in Heuley*a Rcyal Regatta whote fashionable four-day meetinuended here today in glorious .r.smne. went to overseas competitors. Mervyn Wood, giant New South Wales policeman and fingemnnt expert, won the Diamond Sculls for Australia.
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    Keen Tussles In Junior Badminton
    366 7 Seah Kee Kwong (Mangold' grave a polishi d display yesterda while dimmating Wee Bjr Sow I Mercury &gt; in one of men's Bingles ties of the ore Junior Badminton r iiWlllhipil at the Clerical Urn Half. Jew was out-manoeuv--1 red b Kei Kwong. who employI
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    Sino-Malays Beaten By China Olympic XI
    536 7 Playing their sixth game at Jaian Besar Stadium i since their second visit to Singapore this season, th. China Olympic XI yesterday beat the Sino-Malay; 2—o. A large crowd iiavv the game. Notable absentees ir. th XI were Abdul Rahman. Hail Garhan. Khamid and
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    COUNTY CRICKET LEADERS
    154 7 Reuter. London. July 3 The leading sir counties ha the Counf cricket championship up to .md including matches which end i yesterday are P W L. D Ptl T.amcrgan 12 8 2 3 104 rvrbv-hue 12 6 2 3 M Yorkshire il 'J 2 3 SO Lancashire
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    MCKENLEY STILL CHAMPION
    66 7 Reuter. Milwaukee. July 4. -The brilliant Jamaican raaaer, Herb McKenley. retained tne 400 metres title at the American Amateur Athletic Union championship meeting here today running the distance in 46.3 seconds. He tried to break the worlu record of 45.9 seconds he I tabhshed in the first
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    IPOH TENNIS FINALS
    192 7 From Our Own Reporter) IPOH. July 4.—The annua! Perak Tennis Championshios were concluded thi. evening when Mrs. Innes Miller, wife Of the British Adviser, Perak. distributed the priau. Three titles changed, hands and an Aii-India isaernstionsl player. S. C. Eeaty annexed the singles crown, defeating the present
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    BRILLIANT CENTURY BY C. SINGH
    333 7 a brilliant century by Choor Singh over shallowed everything else in the cricket match Sett sen the Khalsa Ass.ce..aticn and GHQ. Farelf at St. George's Road yesterday when the Khalsa registered a s:xwicket wir. Batting first Farelf scored 161. Holland, the visitors' battel confidently for
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    Bromwich & Sedgman Win Doubles Crown
    305 7 Bromwich Sedgman Win Doubles Crown Reuter. SURREY, July 4—An rerngh? queue grew to cßjacttj crowds at Wimoiedon jrei aa&gt; for the last day ol the iawn tennis champ, nal pi The weather Vflj bril iantlv nue and in tne first match of the day on the cent re court. Miss
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    My Love Favourite For St. Leger
    735 7 LONDON. July 4: Although the St. Leger hi atttl more tuan two month:-: away. Mv Love, owned Jointly by the /.gj. Khaa and ML Loon Vu. terra, us only a 7-4 cnance for the last or' Britain 'a five classics, writes Verr.on Morgan Rental
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    S'PORE INDIAN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    195 7 At. the final.- of the table teasaa Isnsnennnaat of the Btav gapare Indian Association beM on Saturday r.igtit at the Association premises. S. Suppiah i/eat S-Mkx.l in three straight sets to win the I &gt;r&gt; i Singles Championship 4 the Association. In the Handicap Sinj
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    CLOSE FINISH TO PADANG GAME
    316 7 In a close fir.sh m tae Padang yesterday the Singapore Cricket Club beat the Indian Association by the narrow margin of S run.-. Taking tirst lease oi the wicavt the S.C.C. put together 120 runs. MasSasra remaining unbeaten with 47. Ibranim Esa CcptuitU four S.C.C.
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    What's Wrong With English Cricket?
    1055 8 Reuter. LONDON, JULY 4-What is wrong with Eng- 1 lish cricket? Countless lovers of this old English gam« began to wonder when the M.C.C. team fared badly in Australia two yoars ago. The war years camj as a ready excuso. When the English touring team
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    GANDHI MEMORIAL FUND
    102 8 The Singapore Gandhi Memorial Fund, which was due to done l»' t month, will be kept open till the end of July. Tie fund now stands at about $100,000, and Intending donors are requester! to make payments to the Indian Chamber of Commerce. The nature and locality
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    WHITCOMBE BAGS 7 FOR 5i RUNS
    335 8 London, July 3. Philip Whitcombe, the young six feet four Oxford University fast medium howler, achieved h line performance in the 104 th. official Oxford and Cambridge match at Louis, in which the Indian player. A. H. Kardar, wai included in the Oxford .side.
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    BARRIER PRACTICE FOR GRIFFINS
    349 8  -  (By ALLAN LEWIS Number 2 and 3 tracks wen i open for work but very few horses availed themselves of the &gt;pportun;ly of working fast en so. 3. Most horses were work•d on the sand track and siow »n No. 2. Most Interest was centered In
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    Hutton Dropped From Third Test Team
    183 8 LONDON, July 4— England's team for the third Test match against Australia beginning at Manchester on Thursday will be chosen from the following 11 players: Norman Yardley (captalrt), W. .1. Edrich, C Wainkrealr, (i. Emmctt, D. Cnmpton, H. K. Pottery, J. 1 &lt; rapp,
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    Rotary Chief's Tribute To Filipinos
    340 8 /Tribune Staff Reporter) In addition to the gifts »f Providence, the Philippine peoples have inherited two legacies: o. love for music, and the j art of progressive organisation and shrewd business acumen, said Mr. L. Cresson (new Ro- j tnry President). speaking at 1 tlv
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    6-NATION TALKS
    45 8 Reuter. WASHINGTON, July 4. The long awaited six-nation ta'ks on United States participation in and backing of a Western Europe military alliance will begin in Washinglon on Tuesday, it was learned here today. The talks will be Informal in character at tne outset.—Reuter.
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    New Stage Reached In Olympic Plans
    609 8 LONDON. July 4.—A II3W stage in Olympic larations was reached this weeK with the hoisting of th- Olympic flag at the Richmond Par* camp Just outside Loncon where 1.600 athletes wiU bs housed during tiie Olympiad. There h is been some criticism that th.&gt;
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    \ CLASH OF US ADS! An incident mHr Sun-Malays' goalmouth m yesterday's Ua>nt against tht China Olympians at Jalan Besar. China vn» two-nil.
    23 8 CLASH OF US ADS An incident mHr Sun-Malays' goalmouth m yesterday's U a&gt;nt against tht China Olympians at Jalan Besar. China vn» two-nil.
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    4 KILLED IN PANAMA CLASH
    64 8 PANAMA CITY, July 4. {•our people were killed and ever 2U injured, many of them seriously, in clashes here today between the police and supporters of Dr. Arnulto ft.rias. Revolutionary Party candidate for the presidency. The police were reported t&lt;&gt; have arrested about 100 people,
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    News From The Mews
    311 8 Th &lt;!1 ALIA:; /T fl charity dine, I the Mai,;,.,, ciation. in ai,i of s Home r&lt;n Blind i nave all 1,,. n everyone who at J Victoria Memorial &lt;md y July L bight. The ht H Mr. Malcolm I Ooinmiesioner-Genet H South East Asia J
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    Tall Scoring On Padang
    176 8 a Eptendkj unfli twry by B. Lc Mrrcicr &lt; tne Q*lngsporc en i ,o declare a» 227 run* .vickcts ngatatf Benders featerdai Fadang. Tiie Recs' bowlers tailed to disnr.ss tbe Senders who stood v for seven niefceu stumps were ih*wn r. Jfcnsen centric valuable 50 runs
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