Malaya Tribune, 5 October 1948

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  • 63 1 The Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Larger Sales than any Afternoon Paper in Malaja Pr?Mftnr/ Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh A Penang Teie grams: "Tribune Spore." Telephone: 6811 (9 lines) EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1948 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE London Agents—Mesar a. Colin Turner
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  • 154 1 Council Told Of New Measures To Seal Country To Reds THE Government of the Federation has placed 1 a ban on visits to Malaya by members oi Parliament who are Communists. This was announced this morning at the m23ting of the Legislative Council in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 455 1 Reuter-AAP. lON DON. lues.—The Commanders-in-Chief Committee of the Western i nion Permanent Defence Council was officially announced from Lon- isi night, with Field Viscount Montgomery as Chairman. «iiately following; the announcement, it was officially stated Chiefs of Staff of the Western Union are to meet today
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  • 60 1 T still hope that the 'i: million 'gift' extorted Malayan Chinese by M may be returnMalaya L< gislative Council Lumpur this morn- vis announced that •iiiihon levy was inn the leparations Japan. ited that if ir the ti parations to Ma provision was made ?ny
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  • 19 1 il Bti < r early this C.I.D. officers recoverioaded with Ol ammunition. ney arrested a Chinese.
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  • 25 1 Raiding a lonely hut in the Can area early this C.I.D. officers discoverer .38 ammuni--IWO Chinese were arrestoanection with this '•'-rover v.
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  • 173 1 Reuter. PARTS. Mon The foreign ministers of the United State*, Britain and Fiance today formally agreed to reject Russia's proposal for a new Council of Foreign Ministers meeting despite the Soviet threat to boycott United Nations discussion of the j Berlin crisis. Both actions came at critical
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  • 38 1 Reuter. PARIS, Mon. —Asked after the adjournment of the Security Council what Russia would do if the question was retained on the agenda. Mr. Vyshinsky said "Sufficient unto the day. Time will show. Reutei.
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  • 42 1 PARIS, Mon. —Gen. Alphonse Juin returned from Paris to his post as Resident General in Morocco today after refusing to accept command of the Western Union defence armies, according to usually reliable sources here. Official quarters made no statement.
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  • 691 1 Vyshinsky on Berlin -P.8 Reuter. DARIS, Mon.—Mr. Phillip C Jessup, United 1 States delegate, today told Russia in the Security Council that after the failure of direct negotiations with Moscow over the Berlin crisis, the Western Powers haa only three ways
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  • 71 1 U.P. PARIS, Mon. Biitish Foreign Secretary Finest Bevin p'.ans to leave fo» London tomorrow, a British delegation spokesman said tonight. The spokesman said Bevin does not plan to return to Paris until "later this month He may however, fly back for one day visits whei.
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  • 68 1 KLUANG. today.—A patrol of Ist Devons killed a bandit who threw a hand grenade at them during a chase on Nyor Estate yester day. The patrol sighted three Chinese who acted suspiciously. They challenged them. They flei One of the bandits turned round and threw a
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  • 33 1 U.P. Washington, Mon. in another slap at Russia's expansion in the Baltic th A United States has again stated it does not recognise Soviet annexation of Latvia. U P.
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  • 92 1 SENAI. today. Bandits raided Senai Estate last night but were repelled by the guaids. They were attempting to enter the factory and other estate buildings. The only damage reported was the burning of a garage adjoining the managers bungalow. It was razed to the ground. No casualties
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  • 23 1 At 1.30 p.m. yesterday, two Sikhs robbed a compatriot of $155 in cash in Selegie Road. »ne man has been arrested.
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  • 105 1 Reuter. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mon. —Fred Beams. 46, of Pentre, Glamorgan, today began a one-man stay-down strike at Glenrhondde Colliery near Treherbert. About 90 of his workmate returned to the surface in sympathy. Beams recently was certified as partially suffering from coal dust disease.
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  • 90 1 Reuter. THF Commissioner General. Mr. MaeDonald, will also discuss Malaya when he visits London soon for £he Commonwealth Premief 3' conference. Mr. MaeDonald is expected in London on Oct. 10. A Colonial Office spokes man saio that Mr. MacDonald's visit was primarily for consultations when mat
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  • 180 1 WITHIN a few hours of broadcasting a warning to residents of the Tanglin area in connection with the "vciy clover" burglar who has been responsible for a series of burglaries in Septembei. the mess of Radio Broadcasting staff in Stephen Road was visited
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  • 29 1 Trie re were no arrests under the Emergency Regulations, but the C.I.D. held an Indian on the allegation of being a member of a secret society.
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  • 122 1 Reuter. PASSENGERS FROM STORE HELD LONDON, Tuesday—Six aliens who had travelled from Singapore In a British Overseas Airways plane with other passengers were arrested when they arrived at London airport today. The men were stated to De former members of Ihe French Foreign legion. The Home Office stated
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  • 253 2 120 Artists Will Stage Big Show The performance is being staged under the patronage of Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Consul-General, Singapore. Sponsors are the Teochew Theatrical Association, Singapore, who have chosen the Hapo/ World covered sta dium to accommodate the iurge audience expected. The programme
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  • 180 2 I On September 29 the Officers' I Mess at the R.A.F Bare, 9eWI tar suffered theft of property valuer at $151. So on the night of October i 2 when he was on patrol duty j Cpl. Stapleton of the R.A.F. IP( lice accompanied by a
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  • 26 2 The Singapore fire brigade oealt with three small lallang fire? and an extensive one jesterday. Altogether the brigade answered six calls within seven hours.
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  • 19 2 A man was fatally injured by a lorry at th e Joo ChiatTuku Road junction yesterday evening.
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  • 443 2 Yap Siew Eng. a girl of twelve, encountered her fatheraccidentally in the street while returning from school. She cried and begged him to bring her away from her foster "mother" Cham Pet Tee. She had contusions on both thighs and healing abrasions on her
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  • 89 2 In the Fourth Police Court jtstcrday, two Malays were convicted of possession of dv tlable tobacco. Abdul Hamid bin Abdullah laced a line of $1,000 or the alternative of six months' rigorous imprisonment. Limbang bin Omar was -:iven a fine of $500 or two months'
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  • 93 2 Donald Moore. Chairman of rhe Committee running the Singapore Book Fair, opening at the Victoria Memorial HaY on Friday is talking on the Book Fair from Radio Malaya at 10.15 p.m. on Thursday. Donald Moore is the repre sentative of many major British publishing firms
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  • 147 2 A student of the Chinese High School woke up before dawn one morning and went out into the moonlit compound. A figure stood beside the fowl coop. The figure slipped a pullet into a sack and made off in the direction farthest away from the
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  • 37 2 Singapore accounted for 23.077 cwts. soap manufactured in August out of the .otal of the Malayan production of 36.441 cwts. Third on the list was Penang which accounted for 8.835 cwts. manufactured during thac month.
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  • 393 2 VVHII.F the Dutch authorities are preparing the arms case against the crew of the Catalina flying-boat and the I two male occupants of the speedboat, Gladys Mary, who went I out from Singapore to Airabu Island to meet the 'plane on j the evening of
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  • 121 2 A freak child, one of twins, was born to a Malay woman recently in Changkat Jong, Telok Anson, Perak. He had a puckish look with wrinkles and inch-long hairs all over his body, especially on the face and chest. He died ttix days after
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  • 34 2 The ambulance was called cut seven times yesterday between 8.45 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. The calls involved three motorists' victims and a Chinese cut down by a circular saw in Lavender Street.
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  • 294 2 PIVE-FOOT-TIIREE-INCH Jamie MaeDonald i s in with a broken tinger, his only wound in Sa^i Sl "h*i struggle with Chong Choy, a six-foot >»m i,, s l "wanted" terrorist whom he killed in hand-b.-iian.i the Chanwln Estate, in Johore. I Jamie. ex-Paratrooper with seven combat jumps,
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  • 19 2 Mr. If. KllHct Cade! yan Customs 5 rrice ta*Z appointed to act 1« 22 Officer UR
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 314 2 BLUE NETWORK 100 Clos. Down 600 p.m Signature V MALAY ENGLISH 600 P m Programme Sum- Opening Announcement and PROGRAMMES mary 605 Y °uth s Effort; 6.30 Programme Summary in PROGRAMMES IN ENGLISH Personal Choice by Ismail A Mandarin; 6.03 Peiping Dra--10.55 a.m. to 12.00 noon Eng- Kadir; 7.00 Time
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  • 233 3 SINGAPORE'S Social Welfare Department is to apply for extra petrol coupons for its 130 Singapore mens who do voluntary work in the Department's 23 Feeding Centres and schools. Mr. C. E. MacCormack, Assistant Secretary to the Social Welfare Department told the Morning Tribune
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  • 40 3 U.P. KARACHI. Monday. Shaikh Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah. 70. Governor tl bind and popularly known a> the "Grand Old Man of Sind died her e today, after a long illness. Official mourning will continue for fourteen days.U.P.
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  • 201 3 th'- next meeting of tho Legislative Council Mr. C. C. Jiti ml 1 Bi called the Transfer of Powers and H Ordinance, 194« This Bil' is designed to provide for the interim control or the rowers of enacting legislation conferred upon executive officers by
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  • 78 3 R N. Battet. ♦ii, French 1 Navy will be arngap re r >n ihursii»v aboard the French sloop c«Ti rgnan de Brazza. yice-Admiral Battet will reFrtach Cruise, nucuaj T uin, Which ,i >patra In Singa.v, ngaporc Admiral njttet will p iy courtesy calls i Boyd
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  • 79 3 MALACCA. Monday. 29--ytur-old Tan Chin Tuan. a former Chinese employee of the RASC, Tanjong Kling Barracks, faced three charges of criminal breach of trust in the District Court, Malacca today. Tan was alleged to have committed the three crimes o n different dates. The tlrst involved
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  • 34 3 The following Commissions in the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have bceii approved by H.E. The Governor: J. W. Hoskins. Acting Sub-Lieutenant; S. J. Masters Acting Sub-Lieutenant; A. G. Clintor, Acting Sub-Lieu-tenant.
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  • 207 3 For the first time in Malay political history, an important UMNO official has favoured Malays joining the Malay left-wmg organisation, the Malay Nationalist Party. This move is taken as an indication of a possible left-right merger which neutral Malay observers have been anticipating I for some
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  • 40 3 U.P. Miami. Florida. Mon. —A hurl icane boiled up out of the Caribbean Sea today and was expected to turn toward Southern Florida, which still has not recovered from a bruising U6525.000.000 hurricane onh Lwo weeks ago. U.P.
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  • 201 3 The Singapore Government Servants' Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. has had a very successful half year. It is hoped to declare a dividend of 5 to I 6 per cent, at the end of the I year. At the half-yearly general I meeting held
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  • 98 3 MALACCA. Mon..— Malacca 7/ill have national registration I starting on October 15. The j Resident Commissioner. Ma- lacca. has appealed for unpaid volunteers to assist the au- ihorities in registration work. Volunteers will be expected Ito fill application forms for I illiterate members of the pubI lie
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  • 158 3 A demand that the Singapore and Federation Governments send back to England all ex-Palesttne police personnel recruited to combat terrorism in the country has been made by the Singapore Malay Daily, Utusan Melayu. The presence of these exPalestine constables "has caused grave discontent in
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  • 134 3 Itaiy bought more coconut oil from Malaya in August man any „.ther country, taking «0,,J' 775 tona valued at *4J.119,545 She also took 2,110 tons copra ($1,538,122). Russia was our next best for oil, absorbing tons worth $1.442 280 The bulk of the oil exported
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  • 129 3 The United Kingdom continues to be our main best supplier of soap. Toilet soap topped the list of soap imports in August with the United Kingdom supplying 155.230 lbs. to Malaya. China supplied 864 lbs. Malaya also impoited 3,651 cwts. of washing soap from UK. during that
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  • 529 3 THE Ninth Police Court, which is holding an inquiry into 10 tentative charges against five men concerning the loss of R.A F property, went to a Chinese shop in Tanjong Pagar Road during the lunch hour yesterday. The shop was stated to r«
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  • 133 3 SQUADRON Leader Peter Helmore. who married Wendy Inglis at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday, took off for Calcutta at 4 am Sunday morning in the Air C-in C's private York plane to nick up Sir Henry Gurney. ihe new High Commissioner of the Federation
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  • 81 3 H E. tik Governor, Sir F ran j khn Gimson with the Honour- able Sir Han Hoe Lim and th t Honourable Mr. E. M. F. Forgusson will represent the Colony of Singapor* at the in Mgttfstioii of Sir Htnry i Gurney as High Commissioner i of
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  • 510 4 New Zealand has a shooting war on—to try to stop the land being laid waste by herds of deer. Imported for sport, they are now a national menace. IN the headquarters of one of the world's strangest war commands, civilian generals are adding up the results of
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  • 231 4 Mr. A. Blenkinsop, Socialist M.P. Newcastle-on-Tyne stops over in Singapore on his way to Australia and expresses himself as "highly impressed" with the general order and cleanliness of our city. He also expresses amazement at the recovery of the colony and its rapid industrialisation. We too are
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  • 234 4 JIJALAYA extends two welcomes today. Welcome No. 1 is to the first two battalions of the Second Guards Brigaue who arrived by the Empire Trooper yesterday. Welcome No. 2 is to Sir Henry Gurney, the new High Commissioner, whose 'plane is due to touch down this morning. Both
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  • 1145 4  -  By Dr. Tran Van Luan |X)R three years we have r been struggling in Vietnam to wipe out illiteracy- and we have achieved remarkable success. Three years ago the percentage of illiterates in Vietnam ranged from 80 per cent, to 90 per cent.
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    • 80 4 So very lovely so envied. It was for beauty such as this thai Cyclax preparations were rWfJ^W createa to complete the p picture of delicate charm Hi a loveuncss that is 'natural', skin mm V transparently clear, cool and Wim \J smooth, and tine of texture. WII Such loveliness as
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  • 443 5 Waif Centre Is Shanghai Boys 9 Town SHANGHAI. Out of tho guttors of Shanghai more than 2000 tattered waifs mostly boy*. hut including a fe\V girls- havo boon offered a chance to get away from beggary, thievery, prostitution, and hecome useful citizens of the
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  • 102 5 AAP. i Mon. Plans to th vi 3,000 people o Au ii alia m the ami Wharton illen through. the ol the Australian Agency Ply. Ltd.. in Sydney recently. M m igei I Mr. A. J. n i said that last ad snnowneed that M
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  • 90 5 U.P. I>N, Mon. William a farm worker. iy from a Mf-m dieted I wt mi after h s had I illcd hi gill friend 1 mothei. i i seperatedj wife for »evfflths, called on I r i iv to see their born two weeks ago. went
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  • 129 5 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon.—A 28--year-old Australian has written to a Sydney newspaper to ask for help in nndine a wealthy Australian wife. The letter, written German, is signed "Willy Kempel" and says that he is a provision salesman of Vienna, whose address is given
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  • 64 5 U.P. Lima. (Peru), Mon. Tho bloody revolt against t*e rw.,. vian Government ended today when the rebel tieet surreuuti ed formaly lin nearby Gallao. port of Lima. Reai Admiral Henberto Mpaina Suero boarded the crui.ser Grau ana accepted the formal surrender. An unconfirmed report circulated that Captain
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  • 83 5 MILLION FOR WOMEN'S HOSTEL Reuter—AAP. HONGKONG. Monday. Sir Robert Hp-Tung, mi. icnown Hongkong busine man. has promised a gill ol fI.OOO.CJO toward ktl« erection Of a women's ticstel in fcong University. The announcement wa* made by Governor Ahxande: i Grantham prtsiding as Chan- cellor at a meeting of the I
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  • 63 5 U.P. HOLLYWOOD. Monday. Actress Greer Garson (36> obtained a final divorce decree from actor Richard Ney (34). She saici he had dubbed ber a "bean". When Miss Garson obtained an interlocutory do tree a year ago she testified that Ney. who played her .son in
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  • 48 5 Reuter. PARIS, Mon. A Persian j spokesman in Paris today deniled reports that Persia had be- come a member of a "Near and I Middle East block" in the Uniti ed Nations. "Persia does not form part of I any bloc," he said.—Reuter.
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  • 157 5 Sultan Abdul Kadir, an In- 1 dian, was caught by a detective j throwing away bundle of 10 Ij'S doilai notes, and some i Malayan money, The detective •■arched Ruitan and found live 1 more PS dollars in his shirt, and tour British one-pound notes in
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  • 59 5 Reuter. I'eiping, Monday. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has returned from a brief visit yesterday afternoon to Mukden, where he conferred with General Wei Li-huang. Nationalist Com-mander-ln-Chief in Manchuria. It is believed he submitted to General Wei the decisions reached at conferences in Peiping between himself and top-rank-ing military tenders,
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  • 199 5 Reuter-AAP. SHANGHAI, Mon.—Press censorship "in case of expediency" was announced by the Chinese Ministry of Interior last night. MALACCA OPIUM HAUL j MALACCA, Mon. Malacca Customs men stopped a Singapore lorry at Merlimau Police Station and found $6,000 worth j of opium and a large
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  • 31 5 The bodies of UN medlator Count Folke Bernadotte and French Air Force Col. untitled SeroT (rear) lie in state at Government House, Jerusalem. Below the Counts hands is his Scout hat.
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  • 289 5 Reuter. BIRMINGHAM. Mon. Dust clouds of bacteria which can wipe out the population of the earth are mentioned by Professor L. Stacey, Professor of Organic and Biological Chemistry, at Birmingham University recently. Prof. Stacey was leading a paper at a "Stop
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  • 226 5 Reuter. CHICAGO, Mon. Penicillin dust, inhaled directly into the nose, throat, and lungs, has cured symptoms of the common cold in one to three days in the United States. Three physicians, reporting this in the journal of the American Medical
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  • 207 5 U.P. OPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Mon—Thirty 'teen-age girls are studying baby napkin changing and related subjects in high school here. The course for would-be baby sitters was set up after anxious mothers pleaded for qualified sitters. The classes, held twice weekly alter tegular school hour*,
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  • 49 5 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Mon.- Thirty occupants of an Australian National Ai! way-- airliner —27 passengers and the crew of three —escaped j injury when the plane, with its port wing damaged and engine ablaze, made a crash landing in Yass, New South Wales, today. Reuter-A AP.
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  • 43 5 U.P. TOKIO. Mon.—Seven poisons died among the two hundred Japs. who were ill from poisoning after eati.ig fermented soyabeans in a village near Sendal. 200 miles north of Tokio. Police are questioning the manufacturer who sold the soya beans. —U.P.
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  • 70 5 Reuter. CANTON, Mon.--Statistics issued by the Canton branch of the Central Dank of China show that in the first five weeks since China's currency reform more than HK535.000.000. US$l.--000.000. 10H.900,000 ounces of than HK535.000.000 US$l.--gold and 5.15.000 ounces of silver and 2.557 pesos have been
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  • 526 6 GOVERNOR Sir Franklin Gimson laid the foundation at«SM of the $200,060 Rotary Tuberculosis Clinic at Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday afternoon. This Clinic, which owes its erection to the "charity and public spirit of the Singapore RotartanV was described by Sit Franklin
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  • 140 6 "Mr. dc Mello bad a charm of manner both in and out of court which endeared him to all of us." said Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Gordon Smith in the High Court yesterday while paying tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Aloysius de
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  • 39 6 Before the eyes of horrified pedestrians, Lee Soon Guan <34> a carpenter from Shanghai stabbed himself in the neck at 10.30 a.m.. in Selegie Road yesterday morning. He was rmoved to the hospital in a serious condition.
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  • 287 6 When the Police arrested Lim Ah Bee they 1 unearthed a .38 revolver alleged to have been I used in two daylight hold-ups at goldsmiths' shops at North Bridge Road on September 2i and October 1. ASP Mr. L. R. Prynn. prosecuting officer said
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  • 220 6 MELBOURNE, Mon. —Under thr agreement by which sterling areas will trade with Japan. Australia will sunnlv mainly wool and grain. In return she will get cotton goods, raw silk rayon electrical equipment and smaller quantities of paper insulators and glassware. Giving details of
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  • 92 6 Reuter. SINGAPORE. Monday. Air Vice-Marshal S. E. Storiar. Director of Malayan Civil i Aviation, today returned to j Singapore after accompanyi ing K. L. M. Constellation "Holland" on the inaugun-l ilight of a new X.L.M. weekly Batavia Bangkok Shanghai service. Air Vice-Marshal Storrar joined the
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  • 39 6 A Chinese was badly burnt on the face and arms when a fire broke out behind a hardware shop in Beach Road at 3.15 p.m. yesterday. The shop was slightly damaged by the fire.
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  • 234 6 U.P. PRAGUE, Mon.—Czechoslovakia will be Russia's biggest customer and supplier next year it was announced today. The announcement said the final details of a foreign trade quota list for 1949. within the framework of the Soviet-Czech five-year trade treaty, were completed in Moscow
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  • 399 6 A lO-DAY hunt for bandits in Trengganu bagged 17 put behind the bars and one bandit Msfci, laU T/ the Federation's fighting fronts last idghl th,!? Malay guard was killed on our side. During the past 24 nours there have been 59 arrests in
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  • 77 6 I Tho names ol th officer tt< BORs. who wen repot j on and killed while bathingfc Sungei Gepai pool, ceu Bid on Saturday, v yesterday. They we Cpl Kenneth. Hut K.0.Y.L.1.. Age 19, o| Fcr: Bridge, Yorks. Pte. Albtr t DQsai K.0.Y.L.1.. Age 27, ni Hari••.
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  • 366 7 11 Goals In 2 Games Chinese Athletes 5 S.C.C 2 pOOU soccer was served up in the Cup game between the Chinese Athletes and the S.C.C. at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Athletes won with plenty to spare and thus enter the third round
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  • 107 7 m re X' creation Club v. re trounced by six by the Catholic Hen's Association at padang vesterfine in J li ran* was evenly con\n tl 1 first half- CYMA (he mtrrval. CYMA dominated play change over, netting frha wltl reply. ,v have suffered I had
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  • 77 7 Urn [ollowini will represent p, SUi S cceritea against I ngk ng Bank Sports Club Coast United nd on Saturday on the Fairer and a t 5.15 p.m. sharp V- Hongkong Bank Sports Hj H. 11 Samy; Tan. Tony ypa G X Ihomas. SockahfUD M Chandra; G. SupS
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  • 46 7 tlUhOCA, Mon.—The Mali! se won the Craven "A" YooA:all Cup here today -M feated the Malacca v three goals to nil. Ml s; nt Commissioner Mr J Meaner presented the Orpt tb w inner at the concision U Um game.
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  • 207 7 VK following ties in the Singapore badminton champion- will he played off at the Clerical Union Hall. Ran- SATURDAY. Oct. 9 it 2.15 p.m. Women's Open Singles Final: j Miss Helen Heng United FamiIv) vs. Mrs. Chionh Hiok Chor i AAU). Men's Open Singles Semifinal Wong
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  • 67 7 U.P. Amsterdam. Monday. Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Coen. Holland a auadruple Olympic gold medallist, and distance runner. Wim Kliikhuis. ate expected to join Czech distancers Kmil Zatopek and Swede Lcnnart Strand in competing in United States indoor track meets early 1949. The Executive Committee of the
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  • 94 7 Reuter. jHtLBOURNB, Mom Th< Unn Tmnis As.wmm toa invited Australia *d a U tf, tow Japan *'rt Ijmi ni thr assoctotkm'n r Vtrmn ffroeftee, PreJ** th. Lot** Tennis ~f Australia, ""'mental ker€ today on "*i*ritatfc»i mid it vmm not JPUJ M si ill an rncr.iy i n*d
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  • 89 7 Northern Territory Govern- msnt medical officer. Dr. McGlashen. couldn't find his ball I on th e Darwin course the c the r day. till a hawk dropped J it on the green almost at his I leet. It bounced, rolled, and stopped just by the pin—The easy
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  • 108 7 Reuter. THE HAGCt;, -:onday Arie Molenaar, the Dutch fast bowler who took seven wickets for no runs against a first class Hague team this year, has been engaged by Ramsbottom, the Lancashire League club as professional for next season, It is learned here today. Molenaar,
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  • 52 7 The following players art requested to turn up for selection for the Cavanaugh Youngsters in their soccer fixture against the HQ. Singapore District 1st XI on Wednesday Oct. 6. to be V-layed at Fort Canning Osman. Seng Gte, Razai' £attar. Chwee Long. Lloyd Barry. Dollah, Balan. Krishnasamy. Samad.
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  • 400 7 LONDON. Monday. amateur boxing rules, which were brought into being at the annual meeting of the Amateur boxing Association here, are likely to cause some controversy especially that dealing with foreign entries for Ihe A.B.A. championships. Overseas champions, hitherto excused the A.B.A preliminaries, will now have
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  • 27 7 The hockey match between Khalsa Association and RAF (Malaya Regiment) which wa s to have been played on the Khalsa ground yesterday was postponed.
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  • 117 7 HijiUlred-ycar-old James Sklnnei. who lives neat Liverpool New South Wales, ■till chives a horse every day to (ollcct the mail. Lefore he came to Australia. 02 years ago. Skinner rode as a jockey in England France. India and New Zealand. He rode for King Edward
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  • 313 7 Reuter. I/ondon. Monday. -Following are football fixtures for Oct. 9: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Burnley; Aston Villa v Portsmouth; Blackpool v Everton; Bolton W. v Birmingham C; Derby County v. Preston North End; H uddersfield Town v Stoke City; Liverpoo! v Chelsea; Manchester Utd v Charlton Ath;
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  • 67 7 Iti I VET EE N-YEAR-OLD v junior Rugby League fullback, Mick McCaffrey, placekicked one of the longest go.i: 3 in the history of the code recently in a game at Sydney. He teas reported to hare landed the goal from an an (fie
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  • 110 7 Reuter. NORFOLK, Mon—Despite reports of plans for importing large supplies of turkeys for Christmas high prices were paid for many of the 4,000 birds sold by auction at Britain's biggest turkey sale at Attleborough, Norfolk, today. Some of the better pens sold for more than they
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  • 181 7 fIPHE 'Five cricketers of the year a;e almost certain to be the Australians, Morris, Barnes, Bill Johnston, Lindwall nnd Taiion. This honour, eargerly sought by cricketers, is awarded by the publishers of Wisden's Cricket Almanac. Australians can ngur c in Wisden's
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  • 534 7 The following are the prrtbable candidate* and Wrights fur I orimrrow's races, the second day of ihe Penang Turf Club's Autumn Meeting:— Horses Class 4. Div. 1. 5i Furs. Chum'j Choice 9.00 Rosaline 8 12 Arizona 8.10 Carnival Time 8 10 Kinvnra 810 Bull Ring 8
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  • 47 7 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Following are the results of Rugby Union and Rugby League matches played today: RUGBY UNION Cross Keys 9, Aberavon 3. Penzance and Newlyn 10, Bristol 14. Pontypool 24, Penryn 3. RUGBY LEAGUE Lancashire cup semi-final Wigan 22. Bell Vue Rangers 9. Reuter.
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  • 62 7 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Mon. President Trttnrail today recorded a "substantial improvement" this year in the diet of West European nations but warned that supplies would "still leave the general level of food consumption below pre-war standards, and much lower than that in the United States." He said this in
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  • 98 7 Reuter. SWANSEA. Monday.—The death was announced at his Swansea home today of Sir Arthur Whittcn Brown who in 1919 with the late Sir John Alcock made the first aiiciossing of the Atlantic. He was 62. They flew in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber. The j
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  • 139 7 U.P. Miami. (Florida). Monday.— A chartered DC-3 passenger plane carrying seventeen passengers and a crew of four reported itself and lost out of gas early today and disappeared somewhere in Uic Atlantic Ocean. Coast Guard sent out ten military planes to search the area around the
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  • 52 7 U.P. AMMAN. Mon. King Ab dullah of Transjordan caled today on the new Arab Government jf Palestine to "dissolve itself" because it did not have the people's support Ab-iullah insisted he could not accept the new Arab Government established at Gaza under Ahmed Hilmy Pasha as
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  • 87 7 Reuter. BERLIN, Monday. The Berlin city elections will not take place as arranged on Nov. 14 because the Russian. 1 have banned all preparations in their sector, Dr. Ferdinand .-riedensburg. acting Lord Mayo r of Berlin, said today. He said the Russians would not permit the
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  • 111 7 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Mon. A smooth speaking plausible young man yesterday took advantage of Mrs. M'tsuko Kmusu's anxiety for the welfare of her imprisoned husband to defraud her of i.OOO yen. Presenting himself at her home in Minato ward, he said he had received many favours in
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  • 41 7 The fottowfiif, have been t«> icyiencnt the Customs soccer XI against Krcta Ayer [ntei-District XI tomorrow a t Farrar Park a' 5 p.m: Selby, Rumky. Kong Yip. Aziz. Masri, Doud. Rodr! gues. Cheng Kai. Sidik. Sahm Cressal, Ik<an, Mahmood.
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  • 481 8 Secu ri ty Cou net I Told: You Can't Debate Crisis Reuter. PARIS, Mon. Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, 1 Andrei Vyshinsky told the Security Council today it had no legal right to debate tne question of Berlin, when* he said, there was "no blockade." HV was
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  • 54 8 U.P. Beili" Mon A Russia" Ya' fighter this attemoon made an intensive pass ac lite Dritm. European Airways plane en; route from Hamburg to Berlin witt! 2fi pel sons aboard, British KOurc announced tonight. A formal written protest was filed with th Soviets at the Four Powei
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  • 97 8 United Press said thai the French Government tonight announced its readiness to resume peace talk? to tnti th~ i ommunist-lcd nationwide shutdown of Frances natiu:mli !ed coal mine involving 320,000 p.:in >;- At the same time it moved quickly to maintain order by rushing a strong force
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  • 124 8 LUalv —Tram Reuter states that Rome's lunch hcur traffic was paralysed today when bus ami tram workers staged a 15 min-ite token strike in support Of 14,000 municipal employees who have been out since Sept. 25 demanding a wage increase of 5.000 lires a month The streets of the capital
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  • 81 8 Reuter. At Philadelphia. Unite 1 Press said, striking airline pilots planned to go up in the ah* today for theii picketing. The Airlines Pilots Association said the pilots, wfec have been on strike against the National Airlines since last February, will fly over the International airport with smoke writing
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  • 103 8 Reuter. Washington. Mon. The State Department said today that the Soviet Government has placed new restrictions on travel in Russia to staffs of foreign missions and consulates. The new list of banned areas was said to have been given in a circular note from
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  • 66 8 LONDON. Monday. The second meeting of the International Wool Study Group opened here today. The Board of Trade announc|ed that the following eountri< m were represented /trgcnUna, Australia. Belgium. Canada. Cuba, Czechoslovakia. Dominican Republic. Egypt. Eire, Finland, France. Iceland. India. Italy, the Nethei lands. New Zealand.
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  • 140 8 n novelist Kathleen Windsor is doing beP.er in Singapore than best-seller playwright William Shakespeare. The film of her sensational book. Forever Amber, is drawing more people to the Cathay cinema than did Sir OHvier's film pro duction of Hamlet. In the first two days
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  • 96 8 •7 Icclare this stone well and truly laid." said Hir Frankhn Oimsan Of he laid the foundation *tnne of the Rotary Clubs Tul,< ,-culnsis Clinic at T,in Tock Ben§ Hospitmi yesterday afternoon. Thr Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. speaking at the tei-partu at Tan Tock Seng HoapUoi
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  • 121 8 Reuter. BELGRADE. Monday. Borba, the Yugoslav Communist newspaper, said today, that in the dispute between the Yugoslav and the Russian parlies "justice was not on Marshal Stalin's side." The article nevertheless paid tribute to Stalin as "the greatest living authority not cnly in the international
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  • 24 8 AUSTIN. (Texas), Monday. The >31st Air Force Troon Carrier Wing is prepared today to move to Europe on a permanent basis.
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  • 239 8 Reuter. DARIS, Mon—Six men accused of being leaders of last year's nationalist revolt in Madagascar were sentenced to death by the criminal court in Antananarivo today, Agence France Presse re- Dorted. Four others were sentenced to hard labour for life. Those sentenced
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  • 28 8 CHICAGO. Monday—Mrs !Faja n Nehru, wife of India's I Minister to Washington, said jon Sunday the recent 'war" in Hyderabad was nothing but a "police action".
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  • 177 8 Reuter. 7URICH, Mon.—The Swiss Federal Politic I partment has ordered an official of reports circulating in Switzerland U> heavy explosions from Russia which atom bombs, were recorded by the Meti Office in Zurich. "Any comments we might give would result in severe criticism from the
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  • 65 8 U.P. VIENNA, Monday. Russian objection to Captain Michael Musmanno's article "Is Hitler Alive" caused confiscation cf the Viennese Illustrated Weekly "Die Illus trato" in the Sovie* zone Ministry of the Interior officials reported today. The article was given a* the reason for confiscation oi
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  • 51 8 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Bud Flanaj gan ot the Victoria Palace i 'Crazy Gang" show today was repoiUd "piogressing satisfactI orily" rite, an operation at a London clinic. He expected to reioin the show in three weeks time. Meanwhile. Bill Carlyll. formr member of the "gang" takes lis place.
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  • 92 8 A.P. RICHLAND CSJtttE t con si n. Mon Z ,3 nearer Ui our W sermon this uck Three jwui a gj Bad J then S4. stu-t, ahout his owfl vice. He deeMftj what was wanted to 3 about <■in ifter hn |J' Jewel preached
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  • 145 8 TOKIO. Monday, newspaper.- few signation of the Adah M net. The Toki<» I ed today that th. Ashida Cabia better. If it is accessary to have the Ntf" Public" Servii bill passed by U* delay in the Cabinet, tion "may be unavoidibk. In that
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  • 58 8 UP pAjtxs. 2 meeting oi th. M aMnet was su*» l«j pm. Una Qu. tiil. t>- j am it would rational u< ..dditit aaS oVt»' j It was kTJ -ecetaries ol three defence m»» be n tetsue ted J without fail sumed the Cal e«i the
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