Malaya Tribune, 8 February 1949

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    Masthead
    55 1 The Malaya Tribune V& Y THE PEOPLE FOR THE PFOPI E Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya. Printed Simultaneously Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh d Penang. Telegrams: "Tribune Spore. Telephone: 5811 (9 lines). EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE Xexctrpaper Features Ltd., 107,
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    CATHOLICS PRAY FOR CARDINAL
    441 1 CHURCHES FILL AS TRIAL ENDS Reuter. A.P., U.P. LONDON, >lon.—Roman Catholics throughout the world waited with resignation to-night for the sentencing of Cardinal Josef Mindszenty by a -People's Court" in Communist Hungary on charges of black-marketing in currency and treason. He faces death by hanging. In
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    RITCHIE FOR STATES IN JULY
    89 1 A.P. LONDON. Mo»i. A Wa: office spokesman said today that General Neil Ritchie's transfer from command of FARE.LP. to Washington W :l take effect in Ju'y aa arranged Gen. Ritchie has been appointed to succeed General Sti William Morgan as chief of the joint staff
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    Legion Men Jump Ship
    54 1 Nine members of the Foreign Legion, travelling in the French transport Marechal Joffre for Haiphong, are reported to have jumped overboard shortly after the vessel sailed from Singapore yesterday afternoon. One of the men is said to have been picked up by the Kepong on Its
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    30 Britons Rescued
    121 1 A.P., Reuter. RANGOON. Mon.—British Embassy lorries tody evacuated from Insein 30 British nationals six men, 10 women and 14 children. They ar< now in a missionary school budding here. More Britons remained inside hseat The evacuees sa.d Karens provided them with food and water while they took
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    AIR ATTACHE MISSING
    74 1 Reuter. TEHERAN, Mon. Persian aiimen. including the Shah's personal pilot, were searching today lor a missing American Embassy plane carrying Col. Christ, United States Air Attache in Teheran, and Aye members of his staff. Wreckage of an unidentified aircraft ha s been found la the Persian Gulf.
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    The Meeting: 'Not In London'
    284 1 U.P. LONDON, Mon. Prime Minister Attlee rejected a suggestion In the House of Commons that the British Government arrange a London meeting between President Truman and Stalin, Attlee spoke shortly after Mr. Hector McNeil had turned down another suggestion that Russia be invited to join
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    CHARWOME PROTEST
    44 1 'me "Mrs. Mop*" of Whitens 11, the charwomen who clean the Govt, office* round Whitehall, led by a piper marcaeJ rounJ the Strand, London, in protest against the one iarthing raise ttmj receive.! trom tn. fChancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps.
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    Planters Urged To Cut Costs
    192 1 A.P. LONDON, Mon.—A company chairman and a financial newspaper agreed today that the natural rubber industry must boost yields and cut production costs if it is to compete in world markets with synthetic rubber. Mr. G. H. Jenkins, chairj man of Kuala Kang.ai j Plantations,
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    U. N. Member May See Juliana
    75 1 A.P. THE HAGUE, Tues.—Merle Cochran, American member ol the United Nations Commission for Indonesia, may see Queen Juliana during his three days' stay in the Netherlands. Plans fur an audition with the Queen were being discussed but were net definite yesterday afternoon. Cochran will
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    Near Peace Agreement
    44 1 U.P. TEL AVIV. Mon.—Foreign Office sources reported todcV that Israeli and Egyptiat: negotiators at Rhodes wer j near agreement on the te rmfor an armistice, which wo-M promise long term peace i" Palestine. The agreement might cone within a few days.--UP
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    FOR NON-EUROPEANS
    50 1 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Mon. The first licenced hotel for nonEuropeans in South Africa was opened here today by Mr. J. G. Carinus, administrator of Cape Province. He said he hop ed the £80,000 hotel would be the forerunner of other amenities which the non-European community needed so much.— Reuter.
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    "LABOUR ISRAEL"
    58 1 Reuter. NEW YORK, 1 Mon.—The National Committee for "Labour Israel" was preparing today to send to Histadrut, Israeli's General Labour Federation, $1,072,900 which it received in cash and cheques at a week-end conference here. The contributions from 2,000 delegates were given to meet the goal of $10,000,000 which
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    PERON'S PROMISE
    25 1 U.P. BUENOS AIRES, Monday.--President Peron formally promised the Jewish community that he would not permit antisemitism "even in the remotest corner of Argentina."—U.P.
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    CASHIER MISSING: $1,000 REWARD
    132 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) CIRCULARS offering rewards of $1.000 and $300 have been issued by the Singapore Police. The $1.000 reward is for the arrest of a Chinese wanted for criminal breach of trust in respect of $40.000. He is described as a 35-year-old Teochew named Tan
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    Malayan Scouts Return
    180 1 STOP PRESS Fifty-five of the 104 Malayan Scouts who attended the Pun-Pacific Jamboree at Wonga Park returned this morning in the Charon, under the leadership of Major Syed Esa. The remainder of the contingent is returning in the Gorgon on February 16. The Scouts told the Tribune
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    GERMANS FLEE RED ZONE
    511 2 Forced To Work On Uranium Mines U.P. HAMBURG, Mon. A 22 year-old German girl who worked for a year in Russian-operated German uranium mines reports that large numbers of the miners are fleeing to western Germany. Christina Peter, who volunteered for lowgrade uranium mining in Saxony,
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    Valli Won't See Valli
    103 2 A.P. LONDON, Mon. Among those absent from the Lon don premiere of the American movie "The Paradinc Case" was Valli. the lovely Italian star with a blank instead of a first name. "Oh. no. no. I could never go there," she told the theatre management when
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    World Decline In Spiritual Standards
    176 2 A.P. LUCKNOW. India. Mon Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, renowned Indian philosopher appealed to the students tc avoid the "dr.ngers of private ambitions and personal selfishness". Delivering the Convocation j address of the Lucknow University, he asked "the rising generation to go to the rural side and
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    IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDLY RELATIONS
    121 2 A.P. MANILA. Monday.— Chinese Minister Chen Chih-ping said the Communist struggle has linked the fates of embattled China and the Philippines more closely than ever before. He stated the importance of friendly relations between governments of the two nations cannot be over-emphasiized. Chen told a YMCA
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    CAPITAL DRIVE
    39 2 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon.—Start of a nationwide drive to gather investment capital for the economic development of Israel was announced by the Palestine Economic Corporation. The firm has been conducting banking and industrial development activities in Palestine.—A.P.
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    'Down With Russia'
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    Prices Spiralling In Formosa
    369 2 A.P. FORMOSA, Mon.—Taiwan's separate currency is facing the acid test. Until recently it was relatively stable especially in comparison to money on the Chinese mainland. Now with the influx of wealthy refugees and government personnel from war-torn China, prices are rising and the note issue is
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    Saved By A Mirror
    123 2 Reuter. BRISBANE, Mon. I Two men, wrecked on t lonely Proudhoe Island, j 25 miles from Mackav, Queensland, Msed a shay j Ing mirror to flash an j SOS, and brought rescue.« The appeal was *»ght- cd by members of the j crew" of a motor-boat.;
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    Britain — Top Shipbuilders In World
    60 2 Britain Top Shipbuilders In World A.P. LONDON. Mon.—Britain holds its position as the world's biggest shipbuilders. Figures released by Lloyd's Register showed that Britain is building more than half of the world's shipping tonnage under construction, as she was a year ago. The report said the total under construction here
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    India To Import Six Million Tons Of Grain
    164 2 A.P. DOMBAY. Mon. India B would have to import nearly 6,000.000 tons of tood drains for the current year ft a colt of 2.500,000.000 runees (Sn.(iOO.OOO.OOO). sgd B R. I>csai. Minister for Civil «sunnlies, Bomhay. SU D?U who led theGovcrn^meat of the
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    MUSICAL BOB
    37 2 A.P. HOLLYWOOD. Mon. —Sellers of sheet music ieport that for 11 weeks "buttons and bows", the song Bob Hope sings to Jane Russell in the movie "Th* Paleface." has been tiicir nost popular selection. —A.P.
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    Norway can't export more paper unless—
    212 2 U.P. OSLO, Mon.—Norway will be able to export the same volume of paper this year as she did in 1948, is the opinion of Ame Meidell, Director General of Borregaard—Norway's largest paper concern. The only possibility of an increase in exports would be if
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    HE LOST TO BOYS AND TO JUDGE
    84 3 Fifty-five year-old Lim Tions Wan joined a Mt of Htt'r hoys throwing die*- on the five-foot way at Co.nvrnt Road on January 6. \Vh» n a detective came on the scene, the boys ••vanished". Lim didn't. Before the Magistrate, Mr. F. H- Oehlers
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    'MEDICINE MAN' IN McKERRON'S GARDEN
    70 3 ARMED with a sickle, a knife and a basket, middle-ageo Teo Boon Hua went into the garden of the Colonial Secretary's house—to look for "her»*s'. In th« Third Police Court yesterday, Teo was charged with house trespass. He pleaded guilty and was fined $10 or.
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    Water Cut
    52 3 Due to a temporary shutdown to" the Johore/Singapore pipeline on Wednesday, January 9, it is expected that there will be a general reduction in water IRSMfIi during that day. Areas likely to be affected ■re: Bukit Timah. Woodlands. Kran.li, Mandai; West Coast, Pasir Panjang, dementi Road; Holland Road
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    HE SURVIVED NINE AIR CRASHES
    229 3 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) MR. George Peter Kells, 55-year-old, snowy haired Canadian veteran pilot of World War I who is in Singapore on business has good reason for being a fatalist he has survived nine aircraft crashes. Although he is covered with scars from top to
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    SAFELY HOME
    44 3 Mr. W. J. ("Paddy") Cronin, 35 year old Kuala Lumpur branch Manager of Caravan Films Ltd., Singapore, for whose safety fears were expressed when no news was received of him for some days, has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Cronin habitually travels
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    CHIANG'S DOCTOR HERE
    188 3 Dr. H. W. Miller, former doctor to Chiang Kai-shek and the Soong family is in Singapore to attend a business meeting of the Seventh Day Advcntist Far East H. Q. Tnomsor. Road. He has inspected the mission*. 1 hospital at Serangoon Roau. Dr. Miller is an independen'
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    ACSU To Admit Manual Workers
    181 3 rG Ann:, Civil Service Union has decided to adiidt in its membership the Army's industrial and manual workers numbering over 10,000 and to ask for a 36-hour week for all War Department employees in Singapore. The decisions were taken at the union's annual delegates' conference
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    Handels Messiah
    54 3 Mrs. Koh Geok Rhens;, leading soprano, rendering an air from Hamiel's "Me 1 j siali" at a concert of Handel's "Messhifr" by the Pay a L» bar augmented choir at the Paya Lebar Church dur ing the week-end. Sir Han Hoe Lim, the patron of the concert, and
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    $50,000 PUBLICITY BY MISTAKE
    194 3 MRS. A. Leppteh. a t*u***h %vfa* attribute* her ■MMM as a Chinese «-h« l»r to two broken wrists, and her m a Chinese art dealer to a ehfldhood hobby of dabbling in carpentry, h Biggest success in her career-' as r>n exporter of Chine** furniture came
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    Welcome to Oetoyo
    58 3 The Indonesian Inderjen I dencc Aid Committee in Singa pore will hold a tea party in POBOUT of Mr. R. Oeteyo, Republican representative in Singapore, who has recently arrived from the Asian Conference at New Delhi. The Indonesian Indepcndelee Aid Committc- headed by Dr M. Gaus alms
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    NEW WHISKY FOR OLD
    117 3 Two Chinese "boys" of tht j Singapore Golf Club said in the Fourth Police Court yes- j t«rday that they had frequently filled empty whiskey bottles with left-overs from the glasses of the Club s members. After doing this, they took out for themselves new bottles
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    Ipoh murder case man caught here
    64 3 Lee Tian Soo, wanted by the Ipoh police on a murder charge appeared in the First District Court yesterday. An Ipoh detective produced In court a warrant for Let 's airest. Lee denied that bo b id ever been to Ipoh. The Judge. Mr.
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    Hotel Employee Gets Two Years
    182 3 CARRIES Martyrose Arathoon, till recently chief ac- countant at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Taylor in the Assize Court yesterday for falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust in respect of $88,920.73, belonging to the hotel.
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    1,650 Chosen In New Recruiting Drive
    146 3 MORE than 12,000 recruits answered the call during a Police recruiting drive in the Federation in December and January. Of these 1,650 have been chosen and are to start their training this week-end at the police depots in Kuala Lumpur and Tanjong Rambutan. A
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      154 3 FOR SALE FOR SALE two-bedroom Bungalow near Stevens Road, complete with Pavilion, area 10,000 sq. ft. No modern sanitation vacant possession March—l Tnfurnished, $24,000/--or fully furnished including Air-Conditioning, Piano etc. $9,000/-. Box A 2034. Malaya Tribune, Singapore. (D.666) FOR SALE Singer Treadle Sewing Machine as new—used short time 0n1y—*225.00. TclcphDnc
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    TWO MORE YEARS
    507 4 EARLIER hopes that Communist terrorism m fc Malaya would be suppressed wthm a few months have been shattered by the Under S* retary of State for the Colomes, Mr. D. R. ReesWUU iran interview with the A*Mg~ hP is reported to have said that it will tafce
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    THE REDS MADE THEIR PLANS A LONG TIME AGO
    1467 4 Harry Fang, Tribune Special Investig-j ator, concludes his review of the squatter problem with the story of how Co.-nmunism came to Malaya. THE first traces of Communism in Malaya were detected in 1925. For several months, police agents shadowed a group
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    THE KUAN YAMA AMBO HAVE GONE MODERN
    564 5 Tom-Tom Beaters To Wife Beaters A.P. BERKELEY, California, Mon. THE Kuanyama Am bo have gone modern. They have started beating their wives. This is a radical change from former times. It used to be that when one of the wives of Kuanyama headman
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    pys Is Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, seen at his v Wsterham, Kent, E.igland. That pugnacious look, that twlakttag eye give a clue to his am estry—he is the 11 month oid grandson of Mr. Winston Churchill; baby son of , ti.ir. toildaughter Mary and Captain Christopher. He has iii teeth, can stand and tries to waik. He can eve* say a iru v,..r»ls, nut not oidte In the full, rumbling, rhetorical tones of his grandfather.
    74 5 pys Is Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, seen at his v Wsterham, Kent, E.igland. That pugnacious look, that twlakttag eye give a clue to his am estry—he is the 11 month oid grandson of Mr. Winston Churchill; baby son of ti.ir. toildaughter Mary and Captain Christopher. He has iii teeth, can
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    INDIA: MORE POWER ALCOHOL
    89 5 A.P. MADRAS. Mon. India can increase by eighteen times her present annual output of 3 000.000 gallons of power alcohol. An official Development Committee reported to the Government that 530,000 tons_ of sugar molasses available annually from Indian sugar factories could yield 53.000,000 gallons of power
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    COOKING STAR OF TELEVISION,
    412 5 A.P. SEW YORK. Monday. Ti i nit ras moved in slowly toward the weH thi cotton housf.ihess apron behind a fiourrow n 'I table. < d < ning." she said th a smile. "Tonight J am to make mineotim soup, thick lobster soup- -and fruit nne
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    Free Tablets For Alcoholics
    90 5 U.P. HELSINKI, Mon. Antabiis tablets will be supplied gratis to all alcoholics, the local Government council of Vimpeli, Middle Finland, decided recently. All 3,000 inhabitant of Yimpeli may go to the chemists' where they will get free a package ■I the tablets invented by Danish Dr.
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    Russian Colour Film
    92 5 A.P. MOSCOW, Mon.—The Soviet Union motion picture industry has just released a new colour film. The film takes as its subject the life of the Soviet plant breeder and biologist, Michurin. It is Michurin's theories which are being propagated at the present time throughout the Soviet Union.
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    INDIA BANS EXPORT OF PLASTICS
    50 5 A.P. NEW DELHI, Mon. India has placed the export of p'astics under control because most of the raw material used in their manufacture come from hard currency areas. Export of cotton combing waste also has been put under control because of the difficult supply position.—A.P.
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    Japanese Farmers Like Own Co-ops
    50 5 A.P. TOKIO, Mon. Japaacae farmers seem to like the id« a of running their own co-opeia tives. Occupation orders reformed the old Government-controlled, compulsory Co-ops. More than 7,250,000 farmers joined 28,000 co-ops and 10,500 mutual relief associations in the first year under the occupation. —A.P.
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    Oil Kingdom Under Lake Discovered
    201 5 Reuter. BLOEMFONTEIN. Mon.—The discovery of a great underground lake of oil, with its tip on the outskirts of Bloemfontein and stretching down to Zastron in the South-East corner of the Orange Free State, where it is 2,500 feet wide, is claimed by a retired Registrar
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    BARRY SIGNS
    23 5 A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Mon.- Irishborn character actor Barry Fitzgerald has signed to perform in Paramount International Films for his fifth consecutive year.—A.P.
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    Blame The Women For Slanted Movies
    278 5 HOLLYWOOD, Mon.—lf anybody doesn't like the way American movies are slanted, confides movie producer Roy Del Ruth, they can blame it on the American woman. "Ove r the years." says Del Ruth, "Hollywood has learned that it is the female of the species who
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      58 5 OBTAINABLE AT ALL DEALERS So7c A'jcnts: Muller Phipps (Malaya) Ltd., Singapore. ft Another Beautiful Baby A >:■• '•.*\-x. 1 BATffMAVAIf RFMGAVAH Mr. Mrs. Rengayah are delighted with the BBWjPSWB j progress of their baby daughter who "has been jk/tstsjj/Bt fed on Lactogen since birth". They go on to tell us
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      55 5 VIC FLINT- By Michael O'Malley and Ralph Lane Iff 50/ OUT WITH YOUR PnßihJ— It) K 1 ONLY CAME HERE TO GET WNDY OUT Yl W THAT'S The- WAY YOU'RE GOIM6 TO M THE JUS ;"~J fj'jST WA.T Ju I PRESENT J f WEH.L HEKE JjfTl 33 g^jN^ 27 vp;
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    Padaug Rugger SCC Beat Signals 3-0
    40 6 An SCC forward breaking through after reaving tlw- 1«U from th attacker, .t rngby yesterday. The An S.C.C. forward DreaKing »h nn ms 3 points (one ry> to nil. am nMk otfT «R» JĔm*.
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    CUP CAPTAIN NAMES TEAM TO MEET U.S.
    470 6 Ooi To Play First Singles And Doubles (From TEOH SENG KHOON, Tribune Staff Reporter said member of the Malaya Thomas Cup Team) WIMBLEDON, Mon. Captain Urn Chuan Geok has decided on the Malayan team which is to meet the Americans at Glasgow on
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    TAMIL SOCCER
    163 6 The 2nd. string of thd Tamil Brotherhood Association will meet* the Juvenile Combined at soccer to be played at the Fai rer Park on Wednesday, p e b. 9. TAMIL BROTHERHOOD ASSN.: Paul Sandanam, S. Arumugam, S. Mohindcr, S. Veloo. Sockallngam, M. Chandra, G. Supplah, Paramaslvam, S. Chandra,
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    Americans Lose To Indians
    51 6 A.P. WE.STPORT, CONNECTICUT, Feb. B.—The United States badminton team wMeh sail* to England on Feb. 14 to play MalnyH in the Thomas Cup matehrs, lost to India here by a score of 5-0. It was a friendly match. India was eliminated by Canada in the American
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    S.C.C. Women Beat G.S.C. 'B'
    202 6 A Girls' Sports Club "B" eleven stood no chance against the S.C.C. ladies in a hockey match on the Cricket Club padang yesterday. The Club ladies were easy victors by three goals to one. Defenders Eileen Sheddon and Mrs. Yctton played well in the forward
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    LEAGUE PRESIDENT DIES
    46 6 A.P. PARKGATE. CHESHIRE, ENGLAND. Mon.—WiMlam C. Cliff, president of the Football League, since 1940 died on Sunday at the age of 80. Cuff was a leading football legislator, a vice president of the Football Association an'l a member of the International Board. —A.P.
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF TIES
    70 6 The replay of the I Mo Medal and "B" Division mm Medal tics on Saturday after, noon resulted as follows 1948 GOLD MEDAL S. K. Gow 80s J2~6* L. E. C. Davies 76 »B" DIV. IN JAN. MKDAL T. f>. Sim oi>-l? 7 2 Y. Hammond
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    SCRC Hockey
    68 6 The following have selected to play for th.at hockey against the Si»;> pore Hornets at Hong Lim Green today: Lee Ah Chio Dr. Neo Thean Soo, Cneong Thiam Siew; Lav Hock Cnye Goh Chin Chye. Fam Kirn Hock; Au Tat Chu. Swc. Lira Swang, Harry Fang, Khoo Ong
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    P & T SOCCER
    58 6 P T SOCCER The P and T will play a friendly game of soccer with the Jollilads on Thursday at 5 p.m., at the Geylanc; Stadium. The team will be selected frtaa the following Thevarajan, Wright. Ban Teck. Ahmad Fattah, Zain. Scheedei, Ismail Taib. Shariff Madon. Shariff Giman! Ismail Maiican,
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    $10 More For Cup Fund
    100 7 mjlrlKE arc still three 1 hot tics of "ChalI fenge" Scotch Whisky to !be claimed. A bottle will fc*o to anyone who donates $25 or more to the Tribune Cup Fund. The latest donation is from an anonymous contributor: "Anonymous", Cecil Street, Singapore $M>. Thin
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    Rhodesia Force A Draw
    94 7 Reuter. SALISBURY. Mon. A third wicket partners hip between two young righthanders. Prctorious and Curran, robbed the MCC of victory over Rhodesia here today when the match was drawn. Ram prevented a start today until 45 minutes before tea and conditions hardly justified play then. Two
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    U.S. Cup Team To Play Indians Again
    166 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Mon.—lndia is to meet the United States in an exhibition international badminton match at Montclair, New Jersey, on Wednesday (Feb. 9). Four days later the United States team, winners of the *»erican zono in the Thomas r, ip competition, will
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    SKI MAKERS BID FOR U.S. MARKET
    55 7 SKI MAKERS BID F OR U.S. MARKET A.P. 5- YORK Mon.-Norwe-Zain S makc, s out to reJTaSSI Pfeww position in T^ m ncan market. Charles ""lit, <>' *rs Klan Ski Manufacturer:°C,ation h ere to try and BSorM 00 000 skis annually. *****0 n. War N °rway built of skis a
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    Sport
    8 7 HOCkrv act: &C.R.C. v. HorU.^ S.C.C, v.
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    INDIA NEED 271 RUNS TO WIN TEST
    215 7 Reuter. BOMBAY. Mon—lndia made a gallant bid for victory against the West Indies in the fifth Test here today by getting the West Indies out for 267 and then scoring 90 runs in 95 minutes for the loss of three wickets in a
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    SCC HOCKEY
    32 7 The following have been pelected to represent S.C.C. vp. Indian Association at the Fadang today. jv. w Mathot, Haig, Daniels McRae, Reynecker, Kuyper, Read, Machin, Moolenburg Tabor. Bell. Umpire;—Mr, Smith,
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    SAVOLD TURNS LOSS INTO GAIN
    425 7  -  Made A Hero After The Foul Blow (By RILL MACKLIN A.P. LONDON, Vlon.—Lee Savold is riding high these days on an unorthodox formula for success: Get beat by the British heavyweight champion. The Yank heavyweight's fortunes have fattened despite his manager Bill Daly's bleat, "We
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    MONAGHAN LOSES
    38 7 A.P. LONDON. Mon. World flyweight champion Rinty Monaghan, missing wildly after a long layoff from boxing, lost a decision on Monday night to Englishman Terry Absen in an eight round non-title bout. Both weighed 116 pounds.—A.P.
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    MR. 'JUNIOR' OF S'PORE
    75 7 THE Junior Natio.ia.is championships of the Singapore Amateur Weigh 1 lifting Federation will Oc held early in April. A Mr. "Junior" Singapore competition will also O" held. All weightlifters who entered for* the Singapore championships but wIij have not wr>n prizes will V allowed to take
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    JOLLILADS LOSE
    28 7 The Jollilads Athletic Union lost to the Kranji W/T by five goals to two at soccer played in a water logged ground at Kranji on Sunday.
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    BARNETT WINS
    59 7 U.P. MANILA. Mon. Stuart It. Barnctt of the Manila Golf Club, the Philippine amateur golf champion, retained his title by an impress, ye victory over Agustin Coscolluela. junior of the Negros Golf Club, in the final 36 hole match of the 1949 tournament at the Wack Wack links
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    FARSTAD WINS
    20 7 Reuter. DAVOS. Mon.—Sverre Farstad, 28-year-old Norwegian, today won the European speed skating championship on the giant Davos rink.—Reuter.
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    Manchester United Enters Fifth Round
    125 7 Reuter. MANCHESTER, Mon.—Thc holders, Manchester United, won their way into the fifth round of this year's FA Cup competition here today when they beat Bradford in their second replay by five goals to zero. Burke put the United ahead in the 28th minute and after
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    SCOTTISH CUP THIRD ROUND
    66 7 Reuter. GLASGOW. Monday.—The draw for the third round of the Scottish cup matches to be played on Saturday, Feb. 19. was made today as follows Herts vs Dumbcrton or Dundee United. Morton vs Alloa or Clyde. Bye:; w*re awarded to Dundre or Ljl Mlrrcn, Stenhousmuir or
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    Yacht Regatta
    63 7 Ninety-four boats entered for thr All-Cdm«>rV Rare at Yacht Regatta held ttv the R.A.F. Changi Yachf Club on Snnday. Tin': Competitors washing their yachts after the event. ABOVE: Some of the spectators who rowed oat to get a better view of the races: They are Capt Mrs. rl.
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    Can S.R.C. Claim To Represent All Eurasians In S'pore?
    235 7 The decision of the SAFA to run inter-community soccer league has presented the Singapore Recreation Club with the poser as to whether the RECs can claim to represent the entire Eurasian community in the field of sport. Thrre Hie h number
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    FA Cup Fourth Round 2nd Replay.
    30 7 Reuter. LONDON Monday. Fa Cup Fourth Round 2nd Replay. Manchester United 5 Bradford 0. Manchester United now meet Yeovil Town at Manchester next Saturday:
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    ENGLISH WOMEN SWEEP BOARD
    76 7 A.P. NEW YORK, Mon. The English women's squash rackets team made a clean sweep in five exhibition matches with players in the New York area on Monday. The closest decision in the' Anglo-American scries was one in which Mrs. R. T. Teague of England defeated Mrs.
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    American women win championship title
    278 7 WORLD T-TENNIS A.P. STOCKHOLM, Mon.—The American ladies team secured the world championship title in table tennis on Monday night by winning the Gorbillon Cup, defeating the British team three to one. Hungary won Group A of the Swaythling Cup table tennis tournament and will meet
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    LUCKY STRIKE B.P
    75 7 At a meeting held recently, I the following have been elected office-bearers of the Lucky Strike B. P. for the year 1949: President. Tan Kiat Kheng; Vice-Presidents, Cheang Seng Lock and Hoo Chun Kah; Secretary, Yeo Chwee Kirn (re-elected); Treasurer, Low Poh Hye (re-elected); Auditor, Tan Howe
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    BMH WIN
    65 7 In a friendly soccer played at Alexander Hospital Ground yesterday the B. M. H. defeated the R. A. F. Embarkation Unit by 3 goals to 2. A team will be selected 'rom the following to play against the Si me Darby A. Co. on Thursday at Geylang Stadium.
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    Holland Invite 40 Tennis Players
    142 7 Reuter. THE HAGUE, Mon—The lawn tennis authorities in Holland have issued invitations to about 40 leading players throughout the world to compete in the international meeting to be held from May 31 to June 6. It is anticipated that a majority of the invitations will
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    Tamils win at T-Tennis
    155 7 Playing their first game, the I Tamil Brotherhood Association I table tennis team defeated the Tan Tock Seng Hospital Assistants' by five games to zero. The games were played at the j Singapore Hospital Asst. I Detailed results (Tamils mentioned first): G. K. Gosain j beat
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    CRONSHEY SIXTH
    31 7 r>AVOS. Switzerland, Mon.-— John Cronshey, the 22-year-old English skating star and member of last years British Olympic team, came sixth in the European speed skating championship at Davos Sunday
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