Malaya Tribune, 7 September 1948

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    58 1 The Malaya Tribune BY Till PIAWt ft PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Printing Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh Penang Telegrams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 5811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents-Messrs. CoUn Turner Ltd., Talbot House, 98,
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    BLOCKADE HOPES FADE IN LONDON Resumption Of Talks In Moscow Inevitable
    311 1 Governors have only 24 hours to reach agreement Reuter. BERLIN, Mon.—Hopes that the four Allied military commanders in Eerlin will agree by tomorrow on the practical measures for raising the blockade and introducing the Soviet mark as the sole
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    POLICE HOLD 15
    51 1 Police activities last night: THE: C.I.D. arrested 15 Chinese on the allegation that they were members of a secret society. FOUR CHINESE were arrested on the Emergency Regulation. Total of people detained today has reached 274. A HAND GRENADE was found in a Military Camp at Alexandra
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    GREEK RED LEADER FOR MOSCOW
    41 1 U.P. LONDON. Mon. The mange Telegraph news agency ;aid in a dispatch from Athens .oday that it was reported unofficially that General Marko; Variands, leader of the Greek Communist rebels, had bee 1 called to Moscow.—-U.P.
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    Russia 'getting set for war'
    183 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon. A former Soviet jet-piopulsion expeit recently sought refuge in in, said today that the Kremlin's Politburo is prepara third world wai Obi Grsgory Tokayev. most m cent Soviet official tndon his country and it, told a press conthird world wai' is bcprepared.
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    SHB Police Exercises
    49 1 Tho Singapore Harbour today will stage one of the largest exercises conducted by them in tho cercisea will cover the whole o: thr harbour defence arrangements. Taking part in the exercises will i„ about 380 members of th. police force, including the 156 auxiliary special police.
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    600 MP's MEET
    36 1 ME, Mon.—Six hundted lb from 39 national parmel in Rome today for Ihe 37th conference of the later national Parliamentary Union, i non-poUtica] body for promoting personal contact between members of all parha-
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    COAL SURPLUS
    34 1 Reuter. LONDON. Monday. Britain s nati( nalised coal industrv \vhi< ii last year showed u more than £23,1,11 '000 »*ndefl the first half ot '•"•is yt'ar with an estimated surplus £1.503.982. Rent-
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    VOLCANO BLOWS UP 15,000-FT. SMOKE
    159 1 CAGAYAN, Northern Mindanao, Mon. Mt. Hibokhibok blew the top of its second crater last night, spouted flame and telescoped two gigantic pillars to smoke 15,000 feet over Cami- gum island. Both craters were glowing 0a volcanic activity apparently re doubled and Cagayan telt slight tremors
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    Causeway Jam
    60 1 Pain c check-ups ut the Casssteay are causing heavy tra< fie jams on both sides of th( Strait i ot Johore. But sags Deputy Commissioner E. V. Fowler, these check-ups mutt continue in tht Met st of peace and order. Mr. FouHer adcises motorists to restrict their travel*
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    SCHUMAN CUTS TAX
    97 1 Reuter. PARIS. Mon. The new French cabinet headed by Popular Republican Robert Schuman decided today on a reduction of income tax. The decision, taken on the proposal of Finance Minister Christian Pineau. first Socialis* to have charge of the nation's finances since December 1946. was disclosed by
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    226 HOLIDAY DEATHS
    50 1 U.P. New York. Mon -Jamme.l highways and crowded beaches took a mounting toll of the dead and injured today as the Americans made the most of their last long holiday this Summer. A United Press survey showed that 226 persons had been killed since Fi iday night.—U.P.
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    War Ministry 'Wiped Out'
    97 1 LONDON, Monday. The British War Ministry was today considered "obliterated" by Southland heavy bombers which forced their way in waves of 50 or more through the Northland defences in Britain's great mock air war, concluded this morning after four days. Announcing this in a final communique,
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    Ex-S'pore Man (In UN Committee) Challenges Soviet De legate
    319 1 Reuter. GENEVA, Mon. Former Singapore magistrate J. Flel-cher-Cooke, representing Britain in the United Nations Committee on Non-Self-Gov-erning Territories, tonight challenged the Soviet delegate to produce specific charges of slavery and serfdom in the African colonies. The Soviet delegate, A. Kulagenkov, had
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    Burma: Peace With Karens
    145 1 RANGOON, Mon.—The Burma Government announced in an official communique tonight that an understanding had been reached with the Karen tribesmen who occupied Moulmein, rail city east of Rangoon, on Sept. 1. A peace preservation committee has been set up with th» Burmese Divisional Commissioner as chairman.
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    New Cabinet Soon
    142 1 RANGOON, Mon.—A new Burmese Cabine' will be formed early this week, sources close to the Government predicted today. It will replace the present 'caretaker" cabinet undei Thakin Nu. which container 4 most of the ministers who re signed last July, but wh( agreed to stay on at
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    £3,500,000 CONTRACT WITH RUSSIA
    34 1 Reuter. LONDON. Monday.— It announced in London today that contracts worth €3.500.--030 for the supply of diese! engines and electric equipment to Russia have been negotiated by three British firms.—Reuter.
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    THC CONDEMNS UNOFFICIAL STRIKES
    34 1 Reuter. MARGATE. Kent. Monday The Trade Union Congress at its opening session here today condemned, by a large majority, unofficial strikes and "disloyal activities of small factions'" within unions. Reuter.
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    Python killed in midnight battle
    81 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A pedestrian had a rude shock shortly after midnight last night while walking along Tanjong Fagar Road. In the dim light he stepped on something cold. To his shock he discovered that it was a 15-foot python. le raised an alarm. Vcighbours
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 GOVERNORS END MEETING BERLIN, Mon.—The meeting of the four military governors ended at 9.39 •oral time. The city assembly meeting in the British sector tonleht decided to postpone the city elections due for Oct. 14 to Nov. 14.—Rpiit«*r.
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    13 KILLED IN FOG CRASH
    57 1 Reuter. OSLO, Mon. Thirteen people were killed when a Norwegian air force Catahna flying boat crashed in thick fog on a mountainside outside Bergen. The pilot and one other man were seriously injured. The plane was on a routine training flight to Bergen with a
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    ATOM SCIENTIST DEAD
    22 1 U.P. j Pasadena, California, Mon. Atomic scientist Richard Chase Tolman. 67. died today folio at in-, a stroke U.P.
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    "A Major Tragedy", But For The Captain
    486 2 Crashed Flying Boat Victims Tell Story (Tribune Staff Reporter) A famous pianist who stood on the wing of a listing flying boat, sinking fast into the water, arrived n Si7eanore last night to tell her tale of the drama 111 X anlS Hungers
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    SOLDIER FACES ROBBERY CHARGE
    77 2 A British soldier. Henry Hollard. was charged with robbery in the Ninth Police Court yesterday. The charge against his companion was withdrawn. It was alleged that Hollard and his companion stopped a taxi at 1.55 a.m. on July 24 near an army barracks. The two stepped
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    GIMSON'S TOAST TO JULIANA
    225 2 ••Her Majesty Queen Juliana of the Netherlands," was the toast proposed by Sir Franklin j Gimson. Governor of Singapore. and drunk by the large gather- ing of guests present at the reception given by Mr. J. B. t Haverkorn van Rcysewyck, Consul-General of the Netherlands and
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    "BANISH ME"— PLEADS THIEF
    122 2 "BANISH ME PLEADS THIEF Tan Ah Seng pleaded guilty 'to a charge of theft of motor j vehicle parts and asked Justice I Mr. E. N. Taylor at the Assize Court yscster lay to send him > back to China. The Judge told him it was I a matter for
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    GUN, AMMO FOUND IN TRISHAW
    234 2 j A .lap automatic pistol with its sliding parts jammed with j rust could not be a lirearm or a component part of a lire-arm within the meaning of the re- levant ordinance. Justice Mr. I E. N. Taylor held yesterday at tho Assize Court
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    JAP ANTI-TANK GUN WAS 'IRON'
    94 2 An elderly Chinese, when asked to produce the "iron he had for disposal, allegedly produced an unserviceable Japanese anti-tank gun. This aas stated in the Ninth Police Court yesterday. Ong Nee and his son. Ong I K« c Mm, appeared in the court 'I hey
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    Welfare Dept. Acts As 'Papa' To Greek Girl
    210 2 The Department of Social Welfare, Singapore, has t*vn put on the map in countries such as England. Australia, India, j Burma and China. An oflicial of this department told the Tribmie that they have received letters from people in those countries requesting
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    LOST AND FOUND
    90 2 A passenger oP the illfated Qantas flylng-bo.it that crashed into the se* off Sourabaya yeNterday. had an unusual experience. After all the baggage had b:-en removed, one of ihe passengers complained that he had lost a hat and parcel in the plane. He had given it i»p
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    ARMS CHARGE WITHDRAWN
    123 2 Too Boon Her who was on a bail of $10,000 was discharg ed by the Seventh Magistral (Mr. R. J. C Wait) yesUrday; when the prosecuting officer ASP L. R. Pryn n was instructed to withdraw the case. The accused was arrested on Augus t 21 a.
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    YEAR'S JAIL FOR THEFT of BLANKET
    105 2 Wang Sang Chye saw < blanket lying in a room near an open window. As there was no one about he slipped his hand j through the window and remov- ed the blanket. Little did Wang know that his j act was observed by
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    3 New S'pore JPs
    27 2 Th, lollowllitt l'av, b<cl. l" be > ol ,hc Peace lol llie Colony ol tlln«aporo- lvii»:. Anilrunt!»!^^ Xlr Pe,er «lack ?urand Ivl, Lclwyn > «earcl-lrVlillo.
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    NEHRU FOR LONDON TALKS
    145 3 Renter. SEW DELHI, Mon. The n nether India shall n in the British Common- again come to the authoritative politica* era here believed today, that it is almost certain Indian Premier Mr il Nehru will attend the Premiers' conference in London next month. preamble to India's
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    Wife Shoots Husband Who Molested Her Sister
    393 3 U.P. PHILADELPHIA, Mon.—A young mother of two baby «;irls was held on a murder charge today for the shooting of her sailer husband, whom she suspected of molesting lier teen-aged sister. Mrs. Dorothy E. Reeves. 26. admitted fatally shooting her husband Leslie, 29.
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    St. Leger Prices
    72 3 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.— The closing >iices on the Saint Leper canover at the Victoria Club tonight were 11-8 My Love. 15-2 Xooi, 8-1 Black Tarquin. 10-1 Royal Drake. 100-9 Solar Slip>ei. 18-1 Vic Day. 20-1 Alvcilon. 25-1 Captain Fox. 25-1 Otoman. 28-1 Count Rendered 33-1 Angclola. 100-1
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    Soviet Move Checked
    109 3 Reuter. GENEVA. Monday. A new Soviet attempt to gain United Nations' recognition of the Indonesian Republic was shelved today for a later debate by the General Assembly 16-nation special Committee on Non-Self-Governing Territories. Russia's Minister to Switzerland. M. A. O. Kulagenkov. protested against the inclusion by the
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    ANGLO-U.S. MANOEUVRES
    83 3 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. A British composite contingent of all arms, numbering about 1.200 men will operate under United States Command during autumn training manoeuvres in the Nuremberg area of Germany from Sept. 8 is, it was lea mod Jit the War Office today. The British contingent will include
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    Finance Ministry Official Held
    50 3 U.P. NANKING. Mon. Hsu I'aichi. chief secretary of the Finance Minister, was formally arrested on a charge of divulging the government's currency reform secret last night. The charge was based on" (vidence supplied by Tao Chi-ming. who had been under questioning .01 the past days. U.P.
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    Segregation Force
    56 3 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Mon. Numbers of coloured men today deliberately entered coaches on suburban trains here reserved for White passengers in defiance of the new regulations introducing "apartheid" (segregation' on local trains. A large force of railway policemen was on duty but took no action to eject the coloured
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    Police Films For Malayan Cinemas
    273 3 Clnemagoers throughout the Federation will, during the next month, sec one or more versions of a Police recruiting film in their own languages. Within the next week, almost thirty copies of a 500 foot trailer wiil be despatched by the Malayan Film Unit to large
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    80 Dead In Floods
    68 3 Reuter. ROME. Monday. Torrential rains. hurricanes and floods in northern Italy were estimated to be causing dam age worth about 15.000.000 lira, according to reports today from Turin. 40 people were be- lieved dead and 80 missing in Turin In Genoa, another 40 people were dead
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    NEHRU SURPRISE FOR CECIL (9)
    49 3 Reuter. BELFAST. Mon. Nine-year-old Cecil Johnston, of Belfast, who wrote to Mr Nehru, on the death of Mr. Gandhi, has received a reply enclosing two specimens ol the Gandhi Commemoration stamp. •I never thought my Idler would be amwred" Ceil said today. Rcutt r.
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    LOMAKIN RATES WIFE
    157 3 U.P. STOCKHOLM. Mon. Jacob Bomakin. lormer Russian consul in New York, ordered to leave the United States, arrive.l in Gothenburg with his family today. Lmakin. debonaire and smiling, answered questions cordinally but evasively. He parried a great crowd of reporters and photographers and lost his temper only
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    Govt. Rejects A Petition
    221 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A reduction in the cost of living is of the utmost importance for this Colony's existence as a centre for entrepot trade. This was the reason given by the Economic AfTairs Branch in turning down a recent petition from the Overseas Chinese Importers
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    AMMO CHARGE INDIAN HELD ON
    105 3 Three Indians, who suddenly took to their heels when they saw the approach of two detectives, aroused the latter*! suspicion. Consequently, the two detectives gave chase and arrested one of them. While searching him they found 31 rounds of .38 ammunition in one of his
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    MANCHU PRETENDER JAILED
    98 3 U.P. NANKING. Mon. A Chine, c farmer, self-styled pretender to the Manchu throne, has been given seven years imprisonment for "indiscretion" by a Lanchow special criminal court. Cential News reported today. Twenty-three year old Ma i Yung-ling, whose original surname happened to coincide with that of the
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    Star Gazers Atom— Conscious
    88 3 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. The atom-conscious House of Representatives investigators set out today to learn why an international group of scientists have become interested in African uranium fields as a stargazing base. Uranium is a rate material used for producing plutonium. j which is the "charge" of
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    Crowds Interrupted Air Day Flights
    241 3 Joy rides in the three aircraft provided for the purposes on Civil Air Day. last Saturday, at Kallang Airport were cut down owing to the uncontrollacle crowd. Between 7.000-8.000 people packed the Airport to capacity and swarmed all over the apron making it difficult foi
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    DON'T SHOOT the PIANIST
    289 4 OIR Henry Gurney, new High Commissioner of 8 the Federation, has yet to set foot in Malaya, and is not expected to do so until later in the year. a There are sound reasons for this. A slate of emergency such as we now enjoy is
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    LEARN BY THE EYE
    189 4 THE Film Unit Advisory Committee have asked for funds to produce educational and documentary films in Malaya. They point out the value of visual education both to the adult public and to school children. They stress that films made locally are of far greater worth and
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    ...AND SO A FIFTH COLUMN was BORN
    1575 4 THE "dissolution" of the Comintern, as announced by Moscow in 1943, was hailed by the Allied world as a profoundly significant move in the direction of better understanding between the Soviet and democratic worlds. Yet it was, in reality, one of the shrewdest
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    PILGRIMS FLOCK TO COMPOSTELA
    201 5 \;)IIID. Thousands of from many parts of ►rid will take part in the t< rnational pilgrimage tomb of the Apostle St. Santiago) in the CatheI g intiago de Compostela. iage, revived this he first tim»' since the king place ujjder the the Spanish Catholic Id tion
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    Only Dogs Are Taxed on 'Isle of 7 Slumbers'
    409 5 Reuter. PARIS. —French tax collectors on the mainland of Brittarn have turned the spotlight on the customs of the He de Setae, a desolate island off the Breton coast known in Celtic tißMt as "the Isle off Seven Slumbers." From time
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    U.S. AIR FORCE WINS DISPUTE WITH NAVY
    527 5  -  BY WILLIAM HARDCASTLE Reuter. WASHINGTON.—The United States Air Force appears to have scored a victory in one of the last remaining disputes which make the so-called "unification" of America's armed services something less than perfect. Mr. James A. Forrestal, Secretary of Defence, in
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    28 5 The marriage will take place on September 12, at Kuala Pilah of Mr. Tan Guan Bee. younger son of Mr. Tan Kirn Pong and Miss L. Fong Ko.
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    GIRLS AT HOME DECRY AUSSIES
    113 5 U.P. SYDNEY.- There were allegedly exaggerated reports of immorality amongst Australian occupation troops and Japanese girls breaking up engagements back home, according to E. Y. Russel of the Parliamentary Delegation to Japan. "He said that he had a very 18 announcements of broken engagements came
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    U.S. Buys Rubber From U.K.
    63 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. The Board of Trade officially announced on Saturday that the United Kingdom Government had sold part of its 88.000 ton rubber stocks to the United States for stock-piling. The re mainder will be transferred to the United Kingdom stock-pie The Board of
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    Comics Blamed For Rise In Juvenile Delinquency
    432 5 Reuter. tfEUV YORK. Sdwraror.s clcrQt/mcn and psychologists, 1 making sweeping criticisms of "comics" which overplay MS, crime cmtf crfenteate, fcaiM joined battle with businessmen and even children- -who say that comic books are educational and a healthy outlet for normal, agressive minds. The
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    MALAYAN NEWS BRIEFS
    239 5 The A T .S. Indian Association iaa opened a town orancn at Vo. 17. Jalan Tungku Hassan. Seiemban. t A new member of the Serem>a i Rotary Club is Mr. Jens Christian Pihl Jensen of th. Bast Asiatic Company. Seremban. The nursing staff of tip Seremban General
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    MAURITIUS LEGISLATIVE SWORN IN
    79 5 Reuter. MAURITIUS. The new Mauritius Legislative Council, formed under the revised constitution giving wider franchise, including votes for women, was sworn in today. A salute of 17 guns and singing of the British National Anthem followed the ceremony Tiie new Council, comprising three ex-ofhcio member* 12
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    Palace Models Get Ready For Siamese King's Murder Trial
    535 5 Reuter. BANGKOK.—Plaster models of the Siamese Koyal Palace, showing the complete layout of the King's Chambers, will be shown at the Bangkok Criminal Court when the postponed Royal Assassination trial opens on Sept. 29. The models, complete in every detail with
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    U.S. Breaks Traditional Pattern
    338 5 Reuter. Washington. While encouraging the Marshall Plan nations jf Europe to increase their trade with Russia and its "satelite" nations as much as possible, the United States is allowng h&lt; r own commerce with the Sovi t Union to completely iway from its traditional pater ri
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    35 5 U.P. A reading room sponsored :y th&lt; Public Relations DeMalacca, has been .suolishcd in Jasin District and the opening ceremony was p rformed by Che Hujah Juicx. ihe wife of Tuan Haji Amin Yusof J.P.
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    The Lost Voice Of Britain
    265 6 Reuter. (COMMENTING upon the f shortage of cigarettes I and continued rationing j in Britain, the Spanish Kalan- gist newspaper "Arriba" pays a warm tiibute to the British people and "their sense of discipline and their magnificent i endurance and fortitude". "Since the days of
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    LAST PILGRIM SHIP TO JEDDAH
    111 6 I The B.s. "Glaueus" the la* i 'pilgrim ship to Jtddah wiii sail from Singapore on 14th September and leave Penang j on September IG. The agents j Messrs. Mansfield Co.. Ltd. say that they have been able j to ta!t t an extra 100
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    MATA-MATA SEE "IRON CURTAIN"
    63 6 About a thousand policemen, officers and reserves attended a special screening of "The Iron Curtain" the 'he Rex Cinema yesterday morning. The management of the Rex offered them a concession. Af-er Ihe show. th t Police Band led the "mata-matas" in a route march to the
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    86 ARRESTS IN FEDERATION
    34 6 sdci at ion Police nrrc ted 86 r in t in- pa 24 hours re 20; Penan; 13; Kedab i I'ei lis 28: Selangor 12; ii &gt;; l\than" 1; lohore I,
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    SOAP FROM AUSTRALIA
    63 6 The import of a limited quantity of toilet and household soap from Australia will now be permitted, according to an announcement by the Ag. Registrar ol Imports Expoi is, Singapore. Applications should reach the Registrar's oflicc not late: than Thursday. Btpt. 16 and should be supported when
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    $10,000 BAIL IN CHANDU CASE
    60 6 Ball of $10,000 was allowed a middle-aged Chinese alleged to have been in possession ol 9-5 6 lbs. of opium and 5-1/3 lbs. of chandu. Accused. Lim Yong Khoor. who appeared in the Second District Court was arrested at 11 a.m. on Sept 4 at
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    Flying Boat Will Be Raised
    78 6 U.P. SOURABAYA. Mon. Engineers were today studying i Quantas flying boat which sank in shallow water in the harbour here yesterday, and said it could probably be salvaged. The huge flying boat sank after a fre k wave had curled back one of the plates
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    Greeks, Italians On Way To Australia
    97 6 Eighteen Greek and Ive Italian emigrants to Australia disembarked at Singapore from the Italian ship "Orionc". yesterday. All the immigrants, except one. Miss Maria Caramanis, are leaving Singapore this morning on board the "Marella." Miss Caramanis, a Greek. will be staying in Singapore I
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    MAN RUN OVER BY TROLLEY-BUS
    56 6 The only serious road accident reported yesterday was 36-year-old Chinese of Kirn Keat LaiK who had to be sen; to hospital with fractured right thigh and foot resulting from a fall from a moving trolley bus. The accident occurred at the junction of Kallang Road
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    Alleged Possession of 48,952 Rounds Of untitled
    47 6 Ton Ah Loh and Mak Thim were produced before Justice Mr. E N. Taylor at the Assize Court yesterday on a charg' of unlawful possession ol 48.952 rounds of .303 ammuni tion. The acou ~,t were remand* d in custody.
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    U.S. Suspect Soviet Snare For Diplomats
    311 6 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. United States officials feared today that systematic "frame-up" campaign is being waged against American diplomats in Communist-governed nations. They saw the latest evidence in the case of Donald F. Swing. United States vice consul m Sofia. Bulgaria, whose recall was announced
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    127 6 i BATAVIA. Mon drydock built in 1891, sunk M the Dutch when they Batavia in 1942. sunk a-am the Indonesians •at the &lt; ni 3 the war. and which ahaost j while being towe lav ay j today safely on the bottom m a small island
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    FOX'S HORSES IN TERRIFIC FORM: HAPPY LASS CLOCKS BEST TIME
    805 7 (By ALLAN LKWIS) Lt.-Col. tfox horses were the outstanding workers at JJukit Timah this morning .on a track tUa» was in very good condition. There were not very many horses actual |y se&t against the watch, but those that were
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    THEY JUST HAD TO PLAY
    165 7 Reuter. NEW YORK. Monday. Th, United states had already .nade certain ot retaining the Davis Cup by winnir); two singles on Saturday and the doubles yesterday so thai today's two remaining singles against Australia were merely academic. Ted Schrondcr won the first of them agains
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    Broderick Gets His "Double"
    339 7 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. While South beat North by wickets In the major festival cricket fixture at tings tOfl&y North are having the better of the ncounter at Kingston where they gained a first tings rid vantage No fewer than 23 wickets fell today at Hastings where
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    ISLAND CLUB MEET R.S.G.C. ON SUNDAY
    511 7 •I'll, following is Ihe «Iraw for Island Club vs. R.S.G.C. to be played at Bukit on Sunday morning. I i.oxi ciui» players mentioned 15 J. Hodgktason i Sen !tn «i c a. !i. Batcman 12) vs. K. J. Ishcrwood rScr) and D. MrEwan iScr);
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    Football Results
    100 7 LONDON. Mon. Following are football results: FIRST DIVISION Blackpool 1. Derby 1. Bolton W. 1. Huddersneld 2. Burnley 1. Preston N. E. 0 Sheffield IT. 2. Sunderland o. SECOND DIVISION Coventry 1. West Ham 0. Leicester 0. Brentford 0. Luton Town 2, Blackburn 0. THIRD DIVISION (South) Port
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    SAFA CUP DRAW
    121 7 The following is the firstround draw of the S.A.F.A. Cup competition SEPT. 23 —Indian Assn. 2nd Xl vs. R.A.F. iSembawangj, 8.0.D. ground. St. George's Road; S.R.C. VS. R.A.F. Jalan Besar Stadium. SEPT. 21 Nf.F A. (Malays): vs. Chinese Athletes. Jalan Besar Stadium. SEPT. 27 Kota Raja VS.
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    Washbrook To Skipper Lanes
    349 7 Reuter. MANCHESTER. Monday.—There is a distinct possibility that Cyril Washbrook will be the nevt captain of Lancashire County Cricket team and any ideas that an amateur rather than a professional should lead the side can be forgotten In view of possible plans afoot. I In any
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    S'PORE, US NAVY MEN MEET TODAY
    31 7 Tli f Singapore; team and a picked team from the American warships mot ai the Happy World Stadium in a game of basketball tonlfA* at &gt;
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    ROVERS BEATEN BY LAST MINUTE GOAL
    112 7 In a scrappy game at Gcylang Stadium yesterday. Rovers S.C. went down, through a last minute goal, to Pulau Bukom j S.C. in a Div. 2 League game. Exchanges were fairly even in the first session. The Islandjon raided Rovers territory on a number
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    Jollilads Beaten
    83 7 The R.A. Blakang Mati were lucky to beat the Jollllads by two goals to one in a friendly soccer match played at Blakang Mati on Monday. Although the Jollilads fielded x better side their forwards lacked finish. Good openings made by their halves were not put to gain.
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    C.S.C. SWEEP
    64 7 Results of the Chinese Swimming Club Sweep for the Ne%v Pool: TOTAL POOL $21,033. IST PRIZE No. *****. 2ND PRIZE No. *****. 3RD PRIZE No. *****. STARTERS Nos. 1484 a *****. *****. *****. *****. *****. *****. CONSOLATION PRIZE Nos. *****. *****. *****. ***** *****. *****. *****. *****. *****.
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    U.S. Tennis Win Omen Peace
    52 7 U.P. WASHINGTON, Monday. i —Superstitious tennis fans can point to the United States victory over Ans'nlia in the Davis Cup finals as an omen of peace. The two occasions on which Australia defeated the United States in Ihe Davis Cup finals were in 1814 and
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    Signals Repeat Win Over CA
    175 7 G.H.Q. Signals 3, C.A. &gt;. Signals were in winning mood, yesterday. Meeting the Cfunesc Athletes in thr, second round 1 of the S.A.F.A. First Dinwm League competition, at JaUin Besar Stadium, Signals, after being tivo goals down in the early stages, rallied to win by
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    Russia Bent On Jibes, Says U.S.
    236 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon.—United States officials said here today that Russia's coll for new. fourpower talks on the future ol the Italian colonies tepresented a propaganda manoeuvre intended only to embarrass the Western powers. The hostil, reaction by American officials made v ap pear likely
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    POINTS SHARED
    34 7 Serangoon association and RABC Training School shared points in a Div. 3 League game a. the CYMA ground yesterday. Bach side notched two goals Th, Association led at the intrval by one-nil.
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    S'PORE'S DUTCH COMMUNITY CELEBRATES
    118 7 Nt iii&gt; i lands ('onsnl-Gt n- &lt; /d/ f&gt;. ftaverhom run Rt .•/•&gt;/ K//f llllfll &gt;l t tirkhlil ji-li tv nl lilt II If.xi- &lt;/&lt; ti&lt; in Ridont Road to 1,1 a k Hie i n 11 ftiture of ftJt.H. Prmcese Juliana of Orantf* yt(.s&gt; in
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    REDS STORM BERLIN CITY HALL AGAIN
    610 8 4,000 Join Demonstration Reuter and U.P. BERIIN Mon—Between 2,000 and 4,000 Communist-led demonsira tors carrying Red Hags and singing the Internationale stormed the Berlin City Hall today and broke up. its meeting for the third time in a fortmght' After first adjourning "indefinitely" the
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    GERMANS GET EVERYTHING
    70 8 Reuter. GENEVA, Monday. The text of a multilateral treaty granting most-favoured nation, treatment to Western Germany was approved today by 15 of the 22 nations holding secret trade and tariff, talks in Geneva. The approval was given against strong opposition from Czechoslovakia dele gate left the room
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    Church Protest To Dr. Malan
    61 8 Reuter. CAPETOWN, Mon. The Church of the Congregational Union of South Africa, witn over 80,000 European. African ami coloured members, today protested to the Prime Minister, Dr. Malan. against the government's proposals to abolish coloured people's parliamentary rights. It declared that such legislation would drive
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    Thousands Weep For Dr. Benes
    333 8 Reuter U.P. PRAOUE Mon.—Hysterical women, weeping .nd moanm- many with frightened crying rhUdrTn tot Aight filed past the embalmed body of Dr "d arc, Benes, their former President, in t D L,,ton of Prague's National War Memo nai Attn waiting for hours m the queue
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    'CEASE-FIRE': PAKISTAN AGREES, BUT
    85 8 Reuter. KARACHI. Mon: Both India and Pakistan have accepted proposals of the United Nations Kashmir Commission for a "cease-fire" in disputed territory but Pakistan's acceptance is conditional and the truce will not be put into effect yet. Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, Pakistan Foreign Minister, said Pakistan
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    ATS Celebrate 10th Year
    54 8 General Sir NcH Bit- 4 chic C-in-C *****! J, r, reives the salute of members of the ATs, who marehfd past him on Sunday when hVj celebrated the 10th anni J versary of the ATS. (Be- low) Another view of the J marching "sisters" led l&gt;&gt;
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    THE BOYS were 'LIKE RED ANTS'
    168 8 Reuter. Manchester. Mon. The Bishop ot Victor ia. Hongkong, "might do well to call the Bishop of Kunming anu colleagues of other denominations into conference over this scandalous business of children working—and dying —in the Yunnan tin mines", the liberal Manchester Guardian said today.
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    WHERE is TILLY?
    175 8 U.P. WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, Mon.- -For nearly a week Tilly has not been seen, and Florida s big game hunters are giving up hopes &gt;f finding her. The big &lt;nic-year-old tiger pel of Mr. John Randolpn Hopkins appeared to be gone for good. was even a
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    Don't Under-Rate Us, Evatt Warns
    366 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian Minister lor External Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister said in a broadcast tonight it was a profound mistake for the world to "misunderstand and under-estimate the strength of the newer British Commonwealth, towards which we are now rapidly evolving."'
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    2 Indian Ships Homeward-Bound
    90 8 Reuter. LONDON, Monday. The iirst Indian passenger boat •Tal Azad." which arrived in I-ondon last month carrying •jabsengcrs and mail, wul eav. for Bombay on Sept. 25 with 100 British and Indian passengers, it was learned today. Th r other boat, belonging to the Scindia Steamship
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    PLANE BURSTS A TYRE
    55 8 Reuter. NORTHOLT. Monday.— A British European Viking from Paris, carrying 20 passengers including Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian MinisUr for External affairsburst a tyre when lanling at Nor:hold today. The plane left the runvay md came to a stop on the grass. It. was not damaged and
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    ASHIDA WANTS TO BAR REDS
    32 8 GIFU, Japan. Mon.- Premie. Hitoshi Ashida today reiterated his determination to introduce i bill at the next session of the Japanese diet barring Communists from public office.
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    CZECH BORDER MANOEUVRES
    57 8 U.P. LONDON. Monday. Tass news agency said today ihat Amerlean anj British trccps w'b I hid manoe ivrca 'near '.he Czechoslovak border this wtei:. The Tass broadcast, quoting a Telepresi dispatch, said the manoeuvres will begin on Wednesday between Nuremberg and Hof. "near the Czech frontier". American
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    Price Rise: Republicans To Blame
    92 8 Reuter. GRAND RAPIDS. M Monday. President Ti op' ned bis Pi esiden I J paign here today v.. speech in which he d&lt; hi- could halt rising now if the "Republican 80th Congress" had n&lt;»t denie a price control law. Speaking before a croi about
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    Dutch Decoration For Margaret
    209 8 Reuter. AMSTERDAM, Mon.—Princess Margaret was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion by Queen Juliana at the Dam Palace this afternoon, only a few hours after she had heard the new Queen take the oath at a simp* but impressive ceremony. The 18-year-old Princess
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    U.N. OBSERVERS MURDERED
    63 8 Reuter. RHODKS. Mon Beraadotte, United Palestine mediate the Security Council tod* the two French obaervi ed at Gaza airfield on S were "savagely murdi Saudi Arabian irregulai The Arabians, undei tl mand of the Egyptian I attacked the men afb had got out of ;i United olane.
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    STRIKES HIT 42,300 IN U.S.
    180 8 Reuter. NEW YORK Monday. Watt rlront activity on the Pacific coast was at a stand still, an oil workers' strike in the iar West caused a rapid depletion of petrol and oil supplies and a strike of New York lorry drivers spread to- day as
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