Malaya Tribune, 15 February 1949

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    66 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE s PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune, Spore." Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Phone: 5811 3 Nine Line* Published simultaneously at Si nyapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE:
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    POLITICAL DEMANDS MUST BE MET
    677 1 But Increased Taxation May Be Necessary INCREASED political demands which have fol--1 lowed the new Constitution must be met if a political landslide is to be avoided, the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, declared at the opening of the second Session of the Legislative
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    Burma Govt. Cuts Indian Staff
    105 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Mon. Commenting on the decision to retrench non-Bur-mese nationals, a QKJkeflMB of the Indian Employees Association emphasised that this scheme was not based on raciHe exniaine4 t*>at the Government was hard pressed hnincially and included retrench S in it. all-round cuts m expenditure.
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    U.S. Senate Won't Stand For War
    81 1 STOP PRESS A.P. Washing»", Mon. DPWK-nitii- and Kepnb'trai. polirv W-ail.rs of Mu- i'K Se:?ut, total s rv»Ml notice thai t h, v not stand for any r- 1 commit went to go to war 011 th» 1 North Atlantic a tN ikV ir*ut>. IV
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    DURBAN RIOTS START AGAIN
    63 1 DURBAN, Monday. Durba p slice .it rested more than 30 people during the weekend when two African natives were killed, an Indian bus damaged and two Indian houses at ai bur baa Cato Manor were destroyed by fire. Three other Africans alleged Indians had assaulted '■iicm
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    Kiss Of Death
    47 1 Zoritn I'ettilh», i>a« hemic B,e.d; Vorh night club performer. aoMs io-r< <>* regal Eiumr in a ante Worn < f Mill Manhattan < >v: New York City, USA, where she apuesuresj to aaswur a MsnsssstM charging croptty to the mtaTte %vi uses In her night eluj act.
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    GOVT. ASKED TO RECONSIDER LAND POLICY
    169 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.—The Federation Government is urged to reconsider their land oolicv without delay by "TlN"—the monthly bulletin of the Tin Producers Association, Perak. The February issue of rhe bulletin says that many Malay an companies, who had to a considerable extent worked the
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    HANDLEY'S WILL
    36 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. Tommy landley, who began broadcastog a:; an unknown and became Jritain's best-loved radio cornelian, left £63.181, it was anlounced today. He left mod rt the money to hib wife, herself UL—Reuter.
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    FORCED LANDING
    30 1 RANGOON, Mon. —A beach•raft plane with Siamese Government markings made a forcod landing on Saturday ne;u *ylnmaia, Communist stronghold in Central Burma, it was oiiicially announced here today.
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    BEVIN FOR BERLIN
    33 1 Reuter. Berlin, Monday. Mi. Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, is to visit Berlin "during the next few months," Professor Ernst Reuter, Berlin's L">.\l Mayor, told the "Western" City Assembly today.—Reuter.
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    NO REPARATIONS
    22 1 LONDON. Mon. The tnree Western powers today icaflirmcd their view -opposed by Russia—that Australia should no 4 pay war reparations.
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    IPOH FIRE GUTS 7 VEHICLES
    57 1 IPOH. Mon —Fire destroyed seven vehicles in a police iraraee here this afternoon The cause of the.firt is not known. Police drivers rushed out as many vehicles as they could, but the fire spread rapidly helped by a strong wind. The vehicles destroyed include two
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    Plan For Malayan Indian Federation
    193 1 PENANG, Monday.—Major A. S. Roman, a former Assistant Labour Commissioner of Malaya, said here today that an invitation was being sent to Indian community leaders throughout the country with the aim of forming a "Malaysian Indian Federation/ If a suitable response followed the invitation it
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    STRIKE ENDS
    37 1 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. The 1,600 workers of the De Havilland aeroengine factories in London, who had been on an unofficial strike since Jan. 18 returned to work today on the instructions of their strike committee.
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    S'pore Council Meeting
    70 1 IN brilliant sunshine, in contra at to heavy rain at the last opening; of the Legisla thro Council, the Governor of Singapore, sir Franklin Gimson, opened the new session of the Council this morning. At 9.45 ami. he inspected the Koyal Navy guard-of-bonour. The Governor then went
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    ISHAK TO BE FREED?
    117 1 Inche Ishak bin Haji Muhammad. President of the Left-wing Malay Nationalist Party, recently tried before the Advisory Committee for alleged conspiracy against the State, has been found not guilty, a responsible source ciosc to the Ishak case told the T.ibune yesterday. There would be no second
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    O'Keefe: Housewives To Protest
    96 1 O 'Keefe: Housewives To Protest U.P. BATAVIA. Mon. The Batavia Housewives Association, with a membership or 3,000 ha* sent a cable to the International Women's Club in Melbourne denouncing the decision to deport Mrs. O'Keefe. The cable read: 'The Housewives' Association of Batavia. having heard with great indignation of the
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    Colonial Office's 5 Acts Of Folly
    241 1 TENDON Mon.—The Colonial Office is -JSSw?fir acts of folly" which have r g gravated the situation in Malaya according to Conservative Member of Parliament Mr. L. D. Gammans. Gammans, who has just returned from a Far Eastern tour, wrote in the Daily Mail "the
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    Hongkong Squatters
    55 1 A.P. i Mon. Clearance or squatters huts from Hong lioag ded Victoria Island u.i:. .v« .a~ .orced more than L.JUC Ctufce; c i look for new i.. z, Li.c China Mail ren_>rted. Health r.nd police officers, 1 acting on orders, issued before the Chinese New Year, began .caring
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    MR. A.W. FRISBY
    26 1 The Acting Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby, was sworn hi as a new member of the Singapore Legislative CounI oil today.
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    TERRORISTS MURDER 3 IN ONE DAY
    337 2 Xl ALA LUWJJK, Won. DANDITS murdered Mr. Harrison of Somme Estate in theKulim area when HF they ambushed his car between Terap and Ssrdang. In the past 24 honr) bandits also murdered a Chinese detective at tvajang and a Chinese kcpala in the Mentakab
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    NAVAL GUARD FOR LEGCO
    61 2 A Guard of Honour of *>0 men from H.M.S. Terror und r tho command of Lt. A. Carine and Lt. J. Winterbottom will be in attendance at the opening of the Legislative Council this morning. Personnel from the Malayan Naval Force will Ime the steps of
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    'STICK TO YOUR JOB'—JUDGE
    86 2 The First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, yesterday acquited Lim Ah Cfiiwee of stealing $70 from 71-year-old Koh Say en Nov. 3 at o> wO Alwi Road. Lim. v taxi driver, was advised by 'Mr. Shanks to "stick to >»« and not to take the
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    B.M.A. STAMPS
    41 2 rE Postmaster-General. Malaya, announces that the present B.M.A. stamps will be withdrawn from all Post Offices lb Pena ng and Province Wellesley with effect from Feb. 21, 1940 and replaced by a> new issue of stamps and stamped Stationery.
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    Alleged To Have Pushed A Policeman
    84 2 Leon- Ton,, Lock is alleged d have pushed a police co stable on Feb: 12 at the oftore Road and prevente. le constable from carry ins Dut his duty. This was stated n the FotirUl Police Cour. yesterday: The constable was on tht ocint
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    VILLAGERS FLEE AFTER SHOOTING
    131 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Several inhabitants of Sungei Chua village on the outskirts of Kajang have fled following the detention of twenty-two Chinese held for interrogation in connection with the shooting of a Chinese deUctivc in the area yesterday. The detective. Set Toong. was shot and seriously
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    NEW BOAC SERVICE
    93 2 Reuter. RANGOON. Mon. A British Overseas Airways plane will leave Rangoon's marine base for Calcutta tomorrow to* inaugurate special twice-weekly BOAC service between the two cities, it .va. officially stated today. It will carry mail held up at the General Post Office here since last Thursday. The
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    RADIO DOCTOR
    57 2 Tonight at 8.00 p.m. over the 31uc Network of Radio Malaya, 'he Radio Doctor will answer a mestion sent in by a listener, How Can Chddren be protected from Tuberculosis?" If you have any question on "ealtii and hygiene to ask the Radio Doctor, send it to "Radio
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    S'pore's GOM At The Anniversary Dinner
    55 2 Ed U—HlfrPTt an<' OUeSi present at the I*% Ann> vers'jtry dnner of the ChtemWe Assicidtion uerc ()rvm left to right) Mr. Po Kirn Yong, Mrs. G. H. Kkit. Dr. Lim. Boon Keng, Mr. G. H. Kiat, Dr. Wu Paak Shvng, Mrs. Lim Boon Keng,
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    BANDITS ARE AT RECEIVING END
    120 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—Three hundred and seventy-four bandits were killed and thirtyfour hanged up to December 31, 1948, according to revised official statistics released here today. During the same period, security forces captured two hundred and three bandits of whom 57 were captured wounded. One hundred
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    Detention Camps Filling
    131 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —Malayan detention camps are rapidly fillinrr up and the government is putting up new accommodation, it is officially learned here today. At present Uicre are six detention camps in the Federation and Singapore capable of accommodating 8,000 persons. The camps are at Pulau Jerejak
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    Squatters Dig Up Treasure
    68 2 SIXTEEN of the five hnndred squatter i rounded up at Sungei Siput and Sungei Jaloh, Kajang Area, returned to their previous homes during the weekend with the permission of th? authorities to dig up the money and jevvellerj they had burled. Fourteen persons recovered most Of
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    Food Rationing Office Closed
    44 2 The Food Rationing Office at Victoria Memorial Hall wiil be closed today, to avoid possible interruption to the ceremonies in connection with the othcial opening of the second session of the Legislative Council. The office will be open again co-morrow.
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    TREASURY BILLS
    93 2 The Government of the Coony of Singapore will invite -.coders for sen issue of $6 milions by Treasury BHls'on the Feb. 25. 1949 subject to the general conditions governing .lie issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills.' Copies of the Conditions together with the Forms of
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    BEEL LEAVES
    31 2 Reuter. BATAVIA. Mon. Dr. Ixniis Beel, Royal Netherlands Coni missioncr for Indonesia, \ct'< Batavia by X.L.M. (Roya' Dutch) airliner for Holland to day for consultations with the Dutch Government.—Reuter.
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    Council doors May Be Closed To Public
    198 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) THE general public may not be admitted into th? Victoria Memorial HaJl to attend sittings oj SuMTMpore f.»egislative Council according to ti CoTiivcl! Standing: Orders which are beinj; enforced for ffe> present sĕasioß. The Clerk of the Council, however, is
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    NEW CUSTOMS CHIEF
    31 2 Mr. H. S. J. Lloyd, Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Mala/an Customs Service, has been appointed to act as Comptroller >f Customs, Singapore, in place if Mr. W. Gordon.
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    Two Men And A Compass
    118 2 CHARGED with th fl $300 compass cond Police Court ycsteMhy, Mustakim bin Hassan, 1», and Udl hin Sarani, 20, explained why they took the compass beSonging i Leong Cheng. Leong Chong ow.' i t*B* 1% month.'-, wag. They had repeat dly cd Leong Chong to
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    Special Meeting To Amend Bye-Laws
    115 2 Singapore Municipal Commissioners will hoid a special meeting following their usual monthly meeting on February 25, to consider certain amendments to the Municipal Adver- tisement Bye-laws. The proposed amendments will be tabled in two separate motions. The first will permit the Supervisor of Elections to
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    NEW MAGISTRATE
    22 2 Mr. P. Samy has been ap nointed to act as a Police Magistrate within and for thn l.sianu of Singapore.
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    DOG SHOW
    54 2 The Director of Broadcasting told the Malaya Tribune yesterday that there will not be any running commerAnr? on the Dog Snow to be hid in the Happy V oiid on Mif26 over la J o Malay i The ninmris* m.h v »'.i»ry will bo r.vor t'»"* iri'r< and
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    POLITICAL PRISONER
    51 2 U.P. I BATAVIA. Mon. Tn- I'NO Commission fs»:* Inrio.T*?u ;i been asked to invest*?»!"* i,c complaint of the Kepublica.i delegation that large nrm: Vr;: of political prisoners an bin? held in Dutch gaols in Batari» and other West Java citir many of them without the 1 outfit of
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    EUROPEAN GUILTY OF OPIUM SMUGGLING
    149 3 Malaya. u «w»ed in Importing opium into WUford Aloysius Skaduig, (30) the F„r„ ed tne presence oMheopium to the Ships master. The Prosecuting officer -said mat he was instructed to withdraw the charge against a third pet-son, Yip Chin Kin. Bolam said that wftfle in
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    20 Win in 'Bug' Contest
    64 3 -em declared win- TL 500 entries re--I*l movie enthusiasts ,ayan ii#P c colouring tiount Paramusical Goes selected with the c will each L ot guest tickets for tries will outside the teenfgj; Goes To Town" is turous ac- eommnnity of little insects) who live .arth
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    ROMANIZED MALAY FOR LETTERS
    52 3 Kttrts* I in Chinese. Jawi characters are iect to Jelav in the Post to the necessity translating them. 1 3 ccu:<- early and quick 0j i ci'.esnondence, all mm on letters, should be characters, spondents in other Dies should also be advisH iddress .< ttera tor-
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    Forced To Kneel
    124 3 IPOH. Sunday; Five uni--1 formed bandits entered a nut at Mentri Road Selama. and forced the occupant to kneel. They then shot him twice and wounded him. The victim's wile states that the house was surrounded by armed Chinese in addition to the five men who carried
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    Defaced Photo: Fined $20
    115 3 Michael Anchante. 29-year-old Eurasian photographer attached j to the RAF took his photograph in sepia when he went around to get his identity card. Later he read in a newspaper of a man being charged for colouring his identity card photo. Anchante got a fright and
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    CHARGED FOR HAVING BLADES, HANDKERCHIEFS
    116 3 I Chng Ching Chiang was yesI rerday sentenced to 2 month rigorous imprisonment hi the Eighth Police Court on a charge iof dishonestly retaining 11 packets of razor blades and '83 handkerchiefs. He said that he bought the handkerchiefs for himself and for his father-in-law's
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    SNIPER HATES No. 68 TRAMS
    74 3 A.P. LONDON, Tues. A sniper with a grudge against t'amcars numbered 68 made a no-mans land of the Waterloo Station to Greenwich route in 3outh London. In two nights the unseen gunman put bullets through the wihdows of eight trams bearing that number. Other trams
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    24 MINERS DIE
    53 3 U.P. PRAGUE, Mon.~-HOpe has been abandoned for 24 miner': trapped In a coal mmc nea» Ostrava since Saturday, following a series of methane explosions blocking exits. Among the trapped men was a rescue party of five, who also were sealed in the mine Cd»! •lust blast occurred
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    Street Accident
    33 3 A wounded Chine*:* hand cart pusher crouches with pain after being knocked down in a collision with an S.T.C. omnibus. The accident took plane in front of the Tribune Office. Trlbrtn.Picture.
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    UNIONS NOW ON THE RIGHT ROAD—SIMPSON
    328 3 Ti ibune Staff Rep >it- •r U,tn th throwing off oi C oinniunisr influence Singapore Irade Union* are now trying to attain the high ideals of nuine trade unionism Mr. A. Simpson, Assistant Advisor of Trade Unions, said yesterday. Unions which was under Com
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    Lady Mountbatten On Way To India
    79 3 Reuter. CAIRO; Monday. countes* Mountbatten, accompanied by her daughter Pamela, nas left Cairo for India by afr to renew her association with the United Council for Relief and Welfare \vhich she founded in 194T Lady Mountbatten who ar rived here early today after halving
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    Tanks Rushed
    52 3 SHANGHAI, Mon. A,rmoured cars and have been rushed to Shanghai from Canton and other Government cities in South China to strengthen the defences of the Nanking-Shang-hai- Hangchow triangle, according to Chinese reports. The area commander has issued several directives in the past few days, ordering a speed-up in
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    New Police Homes About Ready
    96 3 The new police quarters to house nearly 140 families at Cantonment Road will be ready for occupation early next* month, Mr. E. T. F. Elbury, Senior Executive Engineer, Central, (P. WD), told the Tribune yesterday. Construction work began in Oct. last year. Costing $190,000 and
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    S'pore Will Have 2 Chinese Libraries
    312 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore will have two cultural and educational libraries on Chinese affairs at Messrs G. H. Kiat Co., and The City Book Store if the negotiations being made bv the newlv-formed China Society are successful. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek*, councillor of the
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    S'PORE REPORT FALSE
    26 3 Reuter. THE HAGUE. Mon.--An oflicial Overseas Territories Dept spokesman "strongly denied" a Singapore report that Dutch soldiers In west Sumatra nad mutinied. —Reuter.
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    T'NT CALLS FOR FUNDS
    212 3 If four hundred Singaporeans and Malayans donate $5.50 each every month to the T N' T (Spare Time Talent Enterprises) 400 needy folks in Britain will receive a food parcel each. Since April 1948. 3.800 parcels have been dispatched straight from Australia to Britain. These parcels
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    S.T. WILL NOT INCREASE BUS FARES
    183 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Singapore Traction Company will not increase fares on buses and trolley-buses operating in the Colony at present. The Company's General Manager, Mr. A. A. Ewing, gave this assurance when commenting on Mr. P. Rajah's opposition to an increase in the
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    TRAINS PASS: SEVENTEEN DIE
    40 3 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Mon. Seventeen people were killed anc eight seriously injured when they were swept off the foot boards of two trains which passed in opposite directions near Mananpur. Mananpui is about 250 miles from Calcutta.—Reuter
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    Eighteen Months For W.O. Morris
    320 3 WARRANT Officer. S.S.M. F. W. Morris, till lecently superintendent clerk of "Q 'B. anch. G H.Q F.A.RE.L.F.. was sentenced to IS months' imprisonment, without hard labour, by a General Court Martial at Tanglin Barracks yesterday on five charges of misappropriation of food parcel moneys and
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    Invasion From Mars Causes Ecuador Riot
    116 3 A.P. QUITO. Ecuador, Mon. I Fifteen persons Were killed and at least 15 injured by enraged mobs retaliating against "tf realistic broadcast of a fictional "invasion from Mars." Troops used tanks and tear gas on Saturday to quell the mohs. But before they were
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    US Bishop For S'pore Confab
    105 3 Bishop Ralph S. Cushmar, Methodist bishop of St. Pan: j Minnesota, U.S.A.. has been ap > pointed by the Council of Bishops to preside at the Mcj thodist Conferences in Malaya i and Sumatra next month. i He is expected on February 128 by 8.0.A.C.
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    QUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. COUNCIL RESOLUTION
    299 4 A.P. THE HAGUE, Monday.—Qualified acceptance of the United Nations Security Council's Indonesian resolution of January 23 is expected to be announced by the Government of the Netherlands Parliament on Wednesday, well informed source said last night. The informants said the declaration will be made
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    BEEL TO FLY TO HOLLAND
    66 4 Reuter.-AAP. BATAVIA .Mon. —Dr Louis Beel. Dutch Royal Commissioner for Indonesia, will fly to Holland immediately for consultations with the Dutch Government, it was officially announced here today. He will be accompanied by his Cabinet Director Doctor F. Koets. Di. Beel was sent to Indonesia
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    Footboard Travel
    43 4 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Mon. —Sixteen persons were killed and many injured while travelling on the footboards of two trains on the East Indian Railway, according to reports reaching here today. The casualties occurred when their trains passed in opposite directions. —Reuter.
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    'U.N. Has No Right To Interfere In China'
    246 4 A.P. and U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.—A Chinese Communist spokesman said yesterday neither the United Nations nor any foreign government "has any right whatsoever to interfere in China's domestic affairs". "The proposal of the Australian Foreign Minister, Dr. Herbert V. Evatt. that the
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    RUSSIA HARPS ON THE OLD TUNE
    110 4 U.P. LONDON, Mom. —Mm- j vow Radio, heard here yesterday quoting a Tass broadcast from Teheran, j said that Soviet Russia j formally protested i against the lrnniiu charges that the Soviets were interfering in Ira- nian politics. Tass said that Sovt"i Ambassador l%an
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    They Can't Find The Colonel
    171 4 U.P. SHANGHAI, Mon. —On February 6th, Italians in Shanghai in an elaborate ceremony after considerable expense and effort, reopened the Shanghai Italian club where in former years they held forth with social entertainments, a library, dining and dancing. Three days after the formal opening in
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    U.N. COMMISSION to RE VISIT BANKA
    129 4 BRISBANE, Mon.—The United Nations Commission for Indonesia has been invited to revisit Republican leaders on Banka Island this week, after Mr. Merle Cochran. United States member, rejoins the Commission. This was announced here when the Commission returned from a one-day visit to Banka. They
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    ART RACKETEERS
    68 4 Reuter and AAP. TOKYO. Mon. Police, tracing three famous paintings which were stolen from an art exhibition recently, claim to have uncovered the existence of racketeers in the art trade operating on an extensive scale in the theft and sale of masterpieces. The three paintings are a "Nude"
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    KRAVCHENKO TRIAL
    83 4 Victor Kravchenko points an accusing finger at his former Russian wife Zinaina Gorlova in the Paiaissde Justice in Paiis, during the continued hearirg of his libel suit against "Les Lettres Franchises." Madame Gorlova was sent to PaHsHy the Soviet authorities to tes tify against Kravchenko who brings his
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    IKE Warns U.S. Of Dictatorship
    184 4 A.P. NEW YORK, Mon.—General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the wartime Allied Supreme Commander and present Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs-of-Staff, said yesterday a "constant drift" toward centralised government could lead this into dictatorship. The soldier-educator said he did not mean a dictatorship brought about by guns
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    COCKTAIL MOOD
    35 4 Importer *aw and silk taffeta combine to make this soignee cocktail dress. The New York modeled gown has a low round neckline which frames the shoulders, and a side drape in the skirt.
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    'Far Eastern Bloc Sufficiently Strong'
    152 4 A.P. MANILA, •Monday.—Carlos P. Romulo, chief Philippine representative to the United Nations, says a Far Eastern bloc of nations would be "sufficiently strong to resist infiltration of Communist ideology and to hold back Communist forces". rtomuio put fninppinc reaction to the Indonesian question into words
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    O'Keefe To Appeal To High Court
    102 4 U.P. MELBOURNE. Mon. James O'Keefe. after obtaining legal advice, has decided to seek high court injunction restraining the Commonwealth government from deporting his Indonesian wife and family. Mr. O'Keefe said he had received legal advice that the government has no power to deport his
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    'Searchlight On Siam'
    105 4 A.P. LONDON. Mon. John Coast, 32-year-old author of the postwar best-seller, "Railway of Death." announced he has completed a new book entitled "Searchlight on Siam." It will not be published for some months, he said. Coast, who resigned from the British Legation in Bangkok to become foreign
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    KASHMIR MAHARAJAH TO ABDICATE?
    93 4 A.P. BOMBAY. Mon Th" newspaper. Free Press Bulletin, said on Saturday that it is reliably understood that the Maharajah of Kashmir and Jammu will shortly abdicate in favour of his son. Rajkumar Pathan Singh, aged 21. The Maharajah and Maharani are now in Bombay to welcome
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    Recruits Rush To Defend Hhno
    237 4 Reuter. HONGKONG, Monday.—Large crowds, Chine.se, thronged recruiting centres here todaj i„ response to the appeal ol: the Governor <m m ra 0 Hongkong Sir Alexander Grantham, for a \<.l.im> r defence force for the colony. Registrations, which began this morning, f ar exceeded expectations. "Everything
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    India's Jobless Increase
    97 4 A.P. NEW DELHI, Mon Unemployment is growing m In The Government sponsored employment service organisation reported that nearly 871 000 persons applied lot jobs through its offices m 1948. compared with 630.00U in 1947. Officials say hundreds of thousands oi others who needed jobs did not register
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    SOVIETS EYE ANTARCTIC
    177 4 A.P. MOSCOW. Mon S sia probably wili make an official declaration shortly of she considers her rights and terests in the Antarctic c storehouse of potentia wealth. The Soviet Union Ckiograptui Society has asked for a l declaration to foreign interested in the Antarct he request has
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    ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
    38 4 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon 1 r Antarctic expediti mandant' Charcot pack-ice about 50 her destination pendency. Adelic south of Australia Latest reports fr mandant Charcot H miles south-sont: bart, Tasmania cruising about, opening through U the ul
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    TALKS ON JAPAN'S DEFENCE
    73 4 A.P. PEARL KARBO Admiral D C. General Douglas discussed mutual .ies foi the defence ot J »j n their recent < Tokyo. Admiral Ranusej lot talk with Mac my American drawals from Japan He said reports I n of a Nationalist fzm** withdraw from Ts i
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    China Reds Shy
    275 5 A.P. m*afSG Mon. Foreign lFn .hew await somewhat the day that Com■s2*; ill establish some contact with them. *J&£inen re p.rticutafly on th- subject, a, tne whe remained here stayed rl n ron. pendents al'-G X"2 fr soi ie means of :c cag? l to obtain at
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    ITALY SEEKS SELF-SUFFICIENCY
    324 5 A.P. ROME, Monday.—ltaly, once the realim of that ill-fated dictator Benito Mussolini, is trying to make tse!f self-sufficient. iSKriea'a European Recovn Y i-roprammr aims at mak•Xjl self-supporting. TOgtorioui Fascism wantar. Italy independent of the ntriac world. KRP wants to the country a healthy r *rt of world
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    HEARTBREAK KILLS BULL
    65 5 U.P. IA S VEGAS, Nevada. Mon. J Brahma bull, one of the -ot rangfc cattle, todied of a broken heart and 2 hoside the cow *ge death he mourned. the cow was killed by JP»**ngei train two weeks bull maintained a vigil '-c oead animal and one
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    OFFSPRING AT LARGE
    70 5 Reuter. A six-foot 1 took^ ndoD !,c -man who i d as a tough up. '•w in U\o district V ronfe-scd his home 3? *>' fcdge here. I*, j and hooligans res-(-T-.,"'- confessed, he ao.i. t,nii ol his 12-yeaiMtfi 1,0: rod bcf*th- niV court the v Jo?
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    INDIAN PENCILLIN
    13 5 Reuter. t>> Gov? Mon "Tne -feu te aa ant, malarial drugs.
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    NO CUTS IN U.S. AID TO EUROPE
    139 5 A.P. «nn Mgggg* Honday.-Chairman Sol Bloom and Tom Connally forecast that the Mouse awl Senate e iJSo^ fairs Co-nmittees approve the X 580,000,000 second instalment of European aid wiSout a cut* Bloom New York Democrat, told reporters it looks as if the programme
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    TRUMAN WORLD AID PLAN FINDS SUPPORT IN U.S.
    100 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. Th National Planning Association lid today that President Trui.'.an's world co-or eratiye s.hemc can help the plan *o bring about European recovery In two reports the association said that the Marshal Plan was achieving its purpose but cannot completely
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    U.S. MILITARY SEEK CONTROL?
    83 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. A n port of the National Counc against Conscription on Sun day accused the armed service: nf campaigning for control o -united States poi.cics. The Council said its 61-page >ooklet. descnomg the area toward military control ovei unerican hfe and institutions,' was issued
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    U.S. TO EXPEL ENVOY?
    109 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. The T pi ted States Government is c -cpected to decide tins week i v. nether to expel Hungarian Minister Andrew' Sik in retaliation for the forced recall of the Arporftati envoy to Budapest, Golden Chapln. Diplomatic informant* here peculated that action against irVik
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    TAXES BEGIN
    38 5 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Kon. Soviet officials have begun talks with representatives of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the North-West Provincial Administration to obtain permission to exploit Stnkiang's mineral resources, including some me.als used in steel production.— leuter.
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    Russians Listen
    68 5 Pipe Major William Denholm (left) and Lance Cvrpwroi Burns, of the Ist Battalion Royal Scot 9, provided the authentic- Scottish flavour at the Edinburgh reception earlier this month to Russian Commodore N. A. Petri&hchev and members oi the ship's company of the battleship HMB Royal Sovereign, recently returned
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    CHILDREN'S SHOW
    33 5 Reuter. EDINBURGH, Monday. Girls' named Elizabeth and boys named Charles, Philip, Arthior George will perform before Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh when they visit the Scottish capital next month.—Route:.
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    High Explosive Was Called Cookie
    178 5 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. -I vi ing the war, British Royal Air Fore er v.- h&Mtua&y referred to one of their most deadly weapons— I tie high exnlo.slve "blockbuster"—as a "cookie*'. The derivation ot the name has Just been disclosed her with the publication of an
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    Princess Margaret Toasted In Pubs
    216 5 U.P. LONDON, Sun.-Princess MarL Tnt,oner did not sit next to her handsome friend in Church today, but the coupl- were toasted in Fleet Street pubs tonight as v ramance was in the wind. Margaret sat in the pew ot the twelfth century Church of AH
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    PRICE ON SPARROWS
    35 5 Reuter. MUNICH, Mon. Sparrows are causing so much damage to gardens and field.; near Munich that enc village admlnistiation bat! offered A reward of five pfennigs (about Id.) for every one kiHed.—Reuter.
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    HUMAN RIGHTS
    37 5 Reuter. I PARIS, Mon. The United < :Cations declaration of Human Rights has been distributed to i atl French secondary school. and training colleges and is to be the subject of a series of radio programmes.—Reuter.
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    London to Australia by Cycle
    85 5 Reuter. LONDON. rweniy-ci-nt-ycar-oid Gcoffioy Norman, a former Royal Air Force ran. of Slough, Buckinghamshire will leave iW next month to make the zv.--000-milc journey to Australia by motor-cycle. His wife, who will make tne iournev by ship, balked at the idea of iking pillion through
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    WIVES BEWARE!
    107 5 U.P. NEW YORK. Mon. —Judge /J. a Pi tclotta was ruled that a man ought to give his wife a beating if the provocation is great enough. The provocation for Arthur launch was that his wife Ann t:ied to take ho life .and tiiat Of their two childern.
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    BOYS WILL BE BOYS
    258 6 TREATMENT of ju--1 venile delinquency in this country is handir apped by the lack ot up-to-date legislation. As a result of tne increase in juvenile crime one of the Police Courts was set aside in March 1946 for hearing cases involving juvenile offenders. But this was
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    CHINA—KEY TO JAPAN'S RECOVERY
    1485 6  -  By Ronald Walker i societies and trading concerns, Japan is attempt Through a wide variety of personal contracts, societies anu n v ,11 ties Q.'no- lananese re at ons. But how will these ties ing to weave together the severed threads or brn- Japanese rcidi A
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    Meet the 'Five' Germ
    503 6 DR. KARL NOSTER. a wellknown German bacteriologist who was formerly a famous children's specialst in Breslau. has discovered a new antibiotic drug, dyplomyein. which he hopes to use in the treatment of tuberculosis, pneumonia and kindred diseases. Use of the drug is so far only in
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    Atom Powered Planes
    287 6 ENGINEERS and scientists must work together if they hope to send atompowered airplanea travelling unlimited distance at dizzy speeds, an Oak Ridge, Tennessee, engineer says. Andrew Kalitinsky, chief engineer for the Falrchlld Engine and Airplane Corporation's nuclear energy programme, told a meeting of the Society of Automotive
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    ABC with Red accent
    177 6 Reuter. VERY quietly and accompanied by no fanfare, the Communist ideology has infiltrated into Philippine schools. Pupils and students are learning the ABC's of Communism despite concerted national opposition to the teaching of Communism in the Republic. Representative Cornello T. Villareal, chairman of the congressional committee
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    WEEK-END WEDDINGS
    146 7 Mr i Mrv K. K. I). Pttttef cutting Ihe-r cake n r ter w -M the sr. fohn'* Church, K«a!a Lumper. Mr mi Mrs. Don Wilhert Nanayakara after tlicir r '"-nl x.r.lling. Ihe bride WWm formerly Miss If. J. I'aul.i, *Mgfct«* of Mr. P. Bamla of St. John's
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    DENMARK GUARDS RUSSIA'S GATEWAY TO THE ATLANTIC
    251 7 A.P. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Monday.—A good many Danes, from the man in the street to some Government officials, predict the pull and haul of the cold war may next fall on this little country. The prospect, however, leaves them calm. Big be&diinet speak of
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    MEDICOS GET EXTRA ROOD
    54 7 Reuter. BERLIN, lion. Medical students at Berlin's Western rcctor-i' University have been asked to look alter the health of other students who are on the average 25 lbs underweight. Four tons of special food is to be flown in to provide extra locals for 600 of
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    QUEUE FOR CORPSES
    45 7 U. P. NEW YORK. Mon. Heavens get closed by strikes too. Grave diggers at the Gate of Heaven cemetery in suburban Hawthorne joined Queen's Calvary cemetery diggers in a strike against trustees of St. Patrick's Cathedral over a ivaj dispute. (J. P.
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    Another Wonder Drug Found
    130 7 A.P. CHICAGO, Mon. The new miracle drug, Aureomycin, has been hailed as one of 1948 s greatest medical discoveries. Aureomycin is a goldencoloured, well-tolerated drug that takes up where some other antibiotics leave off. Many doctors view it afl a clue to the possible solution to
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    WHERE WOOL IS MONEY
    52 7 CAPETOWN. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Mon. Wool brokers are complaining that South African irooi it> being used as a currency rather than a commodity. These brokers believe the Tnion is losing millions of dollar! through European countries' buying South African wool and later reselling it to
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    Reds Drive Out Bishop Of Yenan
    150 7 HONGKONG, Monday.—The Catholic bishop of Yenan, headquarters of the Chinese Communists, has been transfered to another post after being "driven from his diocese," the Catholic Hua Ming Agency reported. The agency said Most Rev. Celestine Ibanez, O F.M was driven from Yenan in 1935,
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    500 CHILDREN FOR AUSTRALIA
    53 7 U.P. H OR B A R T TASMANIA. Mon. Minister, for Imrrtfgration, A. A. Calwell ann a{rieed Australia would take 500 orphan children now In Europe in care of various United Nations agencies. Between lo and 18 years of age. the youths will become toster-chi'dten of
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    Another Cominform Meeting?
    60 7 U.P. ROME. Mon. Italian Communist boss Palmiro Togliatti and his Cominform co-delegate Pietro Secchia are missing iiom Rome and political circles speculated they had gone to another Cominform meeting. Some quarters believed Prague to be the site for the meeting. Togliatti has beeu absent from Parliament four
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    KILLER TO DIE
    32 7 Reuter. ST. JOHNS. NEWFOUNDLAND. Mon. Nineteen-yeai-Oid Alfred Beaton has been sentenced to hang in Newfoundland's first murder tnai foi three years. He was sentenced for killing a woman. Reuter.
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    NEWSPAPERS IN U.S.
    30 7 Reuter. NEW YORK, Man- Twelve new evening papers started publication in the United Elates last year, bringing the tjtal number of daily newspapers published to 1,781. Route;.
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      54 7 XW FIJXT BBy 3!ic*iia<'i 4rMaEl<»r and iCatlpli Lam* I By V. T. Hamlin 1 trr SSScSf 1 >""" IL V < WASN'T IT AWFUL? £EE. N 5 j <2^ a 'M ALLEY.. Yes.' just \if he hadnj been a, f ,:f3 r'» l ATTENP T? fIP Vim XL WHAT' V
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    FOR 18 MONTHS THIS LINER WAS A HULK
    567 8 TRIBUNE TALK OF SHIPS AND SHIPPING (Tribune Shipping Editor) I YING out in the roadstead today is a smart cargopassenger liner with shining white superstructure and the crown of the Netherlands on her funnel. Few who admire this comparative stranger to Singapore
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    MILLION DOLLAR SHIP NAMED AFTER MAYOR
    72 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Mon. Americas newest luxury liner, the IC-000-ton vessel converted from the W.E. I Richardson at a cost of five I million dollars (£1.260.000 sterling), will be named thr Ea Gu&rdia in honour of the late Fiorello Lc Guard La. Mayor q/ New
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    Pakistan Frigate Bids Adieu
    228 8 (Tri-bun* Htaff RcjK>rlcr) rpilE Royal Pakistan Navy frigate Zumgar leaves ihe Naval Baar, Beletar. today for Chittagoog and a survey of the Bengal bunds after a five wee+ui rent here HMPS Zulhqar expects to reach her home pout, Karachi, round about JMtay. She is an addition
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    Oregon Mail Brings Judge
    126 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) SINGAPORE'S Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr. Justice C. M. Murray-AynsJey. and Mr.-. Murruy-Aynslcy. who have been pn six months ljea.ve touring England. France and the USA, returned to Singapore in the Oregon Mail yesterday. TheOregOh Malt experienced some difficulty in coming alongside the
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    NORTH CHINA WILL RESUME TRADE
    42 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO. Men.— Chinese Communist leaders welcome prqporals by two Shanghai shipping associu Hons for resumption of .maritime trade with North ,Chipa. the (Communist radio said yesterday. Flour tor .cpal would he exchanged aboard Uie steiuncis
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    FAR EAST SER VICE FASTER
    92 8 {Trihunr Staff Reporter) THE BEN LINE has recently inaugurated two new services, an accelerated service and an intermediate service from the United Kingdom and the Continent to the Far East. The fast service comprises a vessel sailing every three weeks from London and taking 25
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    Canton Winchman Is Oldest
    176 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) OLDEST wharf hand of the Singapore Harbour Board fs 66-year-old Ow Heng. a Cantonese who has been prapioyd as a winchman at the Singapore Docks for 33 ycafy. Dodged by bad luck, Ow Heng still works, ever Hoping that his luck will change.
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    MORE THAN MARSHALL AID
    38 8 A.P. Chicago, Monday.—A ccif l cn ts are cutting the l&Kcd St«t-.:s mpro than the in Accidents cost total economic loss in 1947 or about U£57,100,000.000, an average of V!*: i2oo f».r eneh American
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    PEARL SAGO TRADE REVIVAL FORESEEN
    134 9 SINGAPORE'S pearl sago traders are expecting a revival of business soon us United Kingdom imIK)rt licences for pearl sago are expected to be resumed. Pearl sago producers cut operations and retrenched workers last year when Britain banned imports. Singapore's ban on sago pearl export was
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    RUBBER MARKET
    50 9 from London 0 i irk markets, the mmodity market mged f'om the usiness was reout yesterday.. v closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. v KSS 35U 35> 2 £Jm KSS 33* 34 £,M tl RSS 32% 33 No- 3 tender: 35% 35 v s jfilly-Sept. 4 Tone: St" ad)
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    Exchange Rates
    123 9 n I'.\change Banks Association announce the I Direct Rates fixed by the Control: CONTROL RATES Selling. Buying T.T. A or O.D. T.T. O.D. 47 1/16 47 47' j 47 I'l6 11% 47., 202 > 205 Belgian Francs -063 prench Francs ***** Swedish Kroner 169 Holland (Judders 124 7
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    DROP IN LIVING COSTS
    61 9 (Tribune Staff Repoiter) KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Despite the Emergency and the spending of $270,000 a day by the Federation Government in the campaign against the bandits, the cost of living has been steadily declining. This is revealed in the price indices for food, clothing, household requisites
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    TALKS ON SUEZ CANAL COY.
    104 9 Reuter. CAIRO. Monday. —M. George Picot, a member of the Suez Canal Company delegation wV.ich has been negotiating with the Egyptian Government, has left here by air for Pans to submit a draft agreement to the Company Board, it was I reliably understood today. A
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    MARKET GLOOMY
    61 9 New York, Monday. The market failed to maintain fuily its earlier movement despite good recoveries in some commodities. Into the fifth houi gains were mostly limited to fractions in sluggish featureless trade. Some repoits said the failure of stock prices to measure up to record earnings and improved
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    France Eases Economy
    304 9 A.P. PARIS. Mon. IFTER a year of Marshall A Plan vi France has i hei food and money ms, but a political upset everything. I a about as high as any time since the war, have held a reasonven plane for several wteks. The housewife can buy
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    Produce Market
    111 9 FOLLOWING some small speculative deals, the pepper market yesterday was again slightly firmer. White pepper quotations rose $1 a picul. while black pepper prices gained $3 a picul. Business recorded in the sago flour section yesterday included Lingga and Siak qualities done at last weekend's prices. The following
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    SHIP FOR TIENTSIN
    45 9 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. The San Francisco freighter, President Fillmore of the American President Lines, has received permission to enter the Chinese Oommu-nist-held port for Tientsin. Taku bar. The Fillmore is at sea with 2.500 tons of cargo for unloading at Taku Bar.
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    MALAYAN ILMENITE FOR UNITED STATES
    67 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Mon. Thr United States imported 3.300 tons of ilmenite from British Malaya in 1948. the U.S Bureau of Mines reports. Record production and Use of ilmenite marked tne titanium industry in 1948. the Bureau added. Rutile shipments also were higher than ever. Domestic
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    Price Of Gold Shows Rise
    445 9 A.P. NEW YORK, Monday.—Man is again turning to gold as the ageless storehouse of value. And the value of gold in terms of money is rising. It is pushing through ceiling prices set by Governments, and one way and another it is finding its way
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    Idris Tins
    42 9 Idris Hydraulic Tin Ltd has declared a dividend in respect of the year ended December 31. 1948 of 5 per cent, (less income tax at 9/- in the payable on March 7. 1949 to shareholders registered on February 9, 1949.
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    $45 MILLION PLANT
    44 9 U.P. NEW YORK. Mon. The magazine "Business Week" reported that the Indian Government plans the construction of a $45 million plant to make heavy electrical equipment. British engineers "seem to have the inside track at the moment' for the contract. —U.P.
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    817 9 Singapore. Feb. 14. Singapore snare quotation* oday as given by the Maieyan Sharenrokers' As*ociatlos vr* vs fellows Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Usk. BrtcS Pref. 2.85 2.92% Ords. 1.97% 2.0.2% 8.8. Petrol 41/- 12 •3. M. Trustee v.50 8..V Cons. Tin (O) 18/- 18/9 do. (P)
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    INDUSTRIALS EASIER
    32 9 The industrial shar market was slightly easier an insufficient support yesterday. Tin shares continued their downward trend with buyers disinclined to enter the market. Thenwas no change in rubber shares.
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    MORE CARGO
    56 9 U.P. HONGKONG. Mon.—Manila port is now handling more cargo than it did before the war, despite fewer facilities, according to the Far Eastern Economic Review. Pre-war there are eight berths which handled inward cargo of 95,000 150,000 tons monthly. Today there are seven berths and monthly tonnage runs
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    MALAYA TIPPED TO DEFEAT U.S.
    376 10 Thomas Cup Badminton (From JIMMY GLOVER) WIMBLEDON, Monday. THE concensus of opinion here following the Malayans smashing victory over the All-England team on Saturday, is that they have a bright chance of beating America at Glasgow and winning the Thoma Cup. R. F. (J. Nichols
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF RESULTS
    129 10 Twenty eight cards wer.taken out for the February Mixed Foursome Competition on Sunday and resulted in a tic between Mr. Mrs. K. i. San. Mrs. D. A. Ferrier-Smith W. McMullan and Mr. Mr-;. E. W. Brooks. The following were some of the best cards returned: —Mr.
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    Marjorie Gets A Big Hand
    208 10 Reuter. SYDNEY, Mon. i fOST of the population of > 1 the New South Wales i'| jning town of Lithgow. a UO miles from Sydney, turnout in pouiing rain to weli 'me their 1<-year-old runner t-arjorie Jackson who beat tijiLd champion Fanny Blan- j R
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    DLLILADS WIN
    51 10 (f a fast and exciting game of soccer the Joililads hletic L'nion defeated the VI.S. Terror by the odd |al in seven at the Naval i si", on Sunday. tScor.-rs for tho Joililads re Ahinat Tobicg <S) and flahudin, while Rickaby, t aillor and Wad neitc 1 lor
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    S.S.C. WATER-POLO
    40 10 he Singapore Swimm'ng b swept the board in three :er-polo matches played inst the R.A.F. Seletar ut Club pool on Sunday, 'he Club's first, second and -*d teams beat the Airmen's ee teams by 2-0, 4-1, and respectively.
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    Mobbed By Autograph Hunters
    92 10 WIMBLEDON, Mon. 4 I.t special dinner and A dance given in hon our of the Malayans on Saturday night attended by the Mayor and Mayors** id Torquay, the M i la>a»s were in ter national medals of silver, the motif of which i* th«» Tudor rose.
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    SOCIAL A.P. OFFICIALS
    141 10 At the amiual general meeting of the Social Athletic Party on Sunday at the residence of Mi. Chua Ban Hock, No. 4 Roberts Lane. the following were elected office-bearers for the year —Patrons Messrs. Hoe Chve Kee, Lim Geok Ann and Chia Ann Lum President: Mr. Yeo
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    Rugby Union Results
    293 10 Reuter. LONDON. Sun—The following are the Rugby Union results: International match: Ireland 14 England 5 Inter-services tournament: Royal Navy 0 Royal Air Force 11 OTHER MATCHES Blackheath 11 Richmond fi London Hospital 5 Stroud 3 London Scottish 19 Northern 3 London Welsh 5 Bedford 0 Old Millhillians
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    EXTRA 30 MINUTES FOR SCOTTISH TIES
    427 10 Reuter. LONDON, Sun. Scottish cup ties, which result in drawn matches this season, will in future play an extra 30 minutes so as to minimise the likelihood of mid-week replays being necessary. "The Home Department statement, which arises out of the controversy of absenteeism
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    What The Camera Saw
    119 10 THE Perak Turf Club made racing history 0-rl Saturday when the photo finish camera was. used for the first time in Malaya. Top: When Lobau .Lady (No. IS) and. John Ham (No. lt) flashed past in a very close finish in t&e ninth race, the judges-
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    VICKI DRAVES IN MANILA
    74 10 U.P. MANILA. Mon. VICKI Manalo Draves. American Olympic diving champion, who has half Filipino ancestry, was enthusiastically acclaimed by a sellout crowd in her first public exhibition at the Rizal Memorial Pool here, last night. The Los Angeles beauty, whose late father was Filipino and whose
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    Fast times At Ipoh
    191 10  -  (From ALLAN LEWIS) IPOH, Hi SOLTARA. Jack Druce II and 'My Bachelor, all of whom ran three furlong In 39 minutes, were the best workers this morning, wh» i, the inner grass tracks wei. opened foi training. Slickness (Charles) and Jimmy Boy (Jeffers) covered the same
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    Eight Army Champions In Action
    118 10 EIGHT Singapore District Army champions will meet Army champions from the Federation. Hongkong and Ceylon in the Far East Land Forces boxing championships to be held at the Happy World on Feb. 25. The eight Singapore boxers are. Cfn. Burden light-weight champ.). L/Cpl Bligh (fly-weight
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    BOBSLED MEET POSTPONED
    83 10 Reuter. LAKE PLACID. NEW YORK. Mon. The world bobsled championship wer»postponed today indefinitely. The secretary of the organising committee said a Be* date would not be fixed until snow fell and the temperature dropped. Inere is snow at present but the high temperature hacaused It to be
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    Zale (35) Seeks Bout With Cerdan
    176 10 U.P. and A.P. NEW YORK, Monday. 'pOURNAMENT of Champions announced yester day that Tony Zale of Gary, Indiana, who twinwon the world middleweight crown, will attempt to recapture it again this summer from Marcel Cerdac of Morocco. Zale will insist that his contract for
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    EMPIRE GAMES
    23 10 SYDNEY, Mon. About 200 Australian competitors and officials are likely to attend the British Empire (James at from geb.uary 4 33&ffifo?JS£
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    SOCCER'S HOLD ON WELSH MINERS
    248 11  -  Cardiff led By ARCHIO QUICK #>•«• W»^a«fr»¥by !A, KWjUwt» less soccer kuis a stron«erhul£ autiy tigi* since the first division and cup final iftth ;*.r \yken City -slumped from first to, .second division arid .tften ,iWarly to the bottom Qf that cfivasion, soeoep fans throughout
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    ROCKLITES SOCCER
    47 11 The iollowing represent the Rocklrtes against Raffish College today at 5.15 p.m. at dßaffles -Cortege ground: A. Yong. M. Swyny. D. Swyny, W. Morton. C. Rodrigues N. K. Sabai. J. Urn. Ismail, A. Bird A.X. Pillay, G. D'Silva. Reserves: X Dragon. D. Dragon, IJen Fay.
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    SEPOY LINES WIN
    40 11 In a fast and exciting gam of soccer, the Sepoy Lines KJ defeated the Medical College XI by two goals to nil, at the Farrer Park yesterday. The scorers were Chua Bag Chuan (1) and Sallch (1).
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    'TRADE UNION CHAMP'
    86 11 A.P. D OKISTA!.4M>V won Dih *>viH «!e 'Trade Cnh." Champion hv rapturinjT th* W kilomm eromtrj «wu mm 1 h«.ur IS mm*». b f v, Ess* f psWetl jjn m Nainniaj fcgstati tnm Neajpaifci registered the pefr Isaaaec it «ie va Ve1o« *»ki contest of th* 1
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    Taylor Saves Signals From Big Defeat
    150 11 IiYLOFwS brilliant gcaikecp-_ lag ived th G H.Q. Signal j from a heavy defeat Of 223 8.6 D. in a ntkj match played at Tangiaßamck? yesterday. 223 8.0.D. 'won by 5 goals to With fiae teamwork 22." 8.0.D. dictated p?ay throughout WA tUA near
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    Rajas' beat S.R.C. 'A' for the 2nd time
    290 11 |HL Kota Raja XI chalked up their second victory against the S.R.C. "A" this season, when Jney beat the Recs by four gooals to two on tne Padang yesterday. The "Rajas"* displayed brilliant form and Jiade very elective use of long passing.
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    It's a Goal!
    38 11 Salld>. H.i:» Raja Cq»tddl»n falls to Mtop a »tn»ng drive by an forward ia the hnrJcr v match en the Pa dang. ye iWrday. The i naja*" won toy fotrr -goals to two. bune Picture.
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    MARRIED V. SINGLES
    69 11 The -Singapore Recreation Club will play their last hockey match of the season tomorrow when the Married XI will meet the Singles XI on the Padang. The following are the teams:— MARRIED XI:—B. Noronha; Earth, Neubronner: Pennefather, Oxford, G. Clarke; Carvalho. Barker. A. Clarke, Ooutts. Ebert. SINGLES
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    Hull To Take On Manchester Utd. In F.A. Cup Draw
    251 11 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. THE draw for the sixth round of the English F V Cup competition made here today resulted as follows: Brentford vs. Luton or Leicester City; Portsmouth vs. Derby County; Hull City vs. Manchester Utd.; Wolverhampton W. vs.
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    RUSSIANS KEEP ON WINNING
    153 11 World Skating: Reuter. KONG3BKKG. NQRWAY. lsah*>va. 28--year-old skating pthr frpm the USSR, retainod her tltSj oi world woman speed cJiajnpion here today aggregating 212.4 points during her £o»p--events comprising the cham pionship. During two days of tin current world chnmpioushiD the Russian girl won one event
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    FAIR JUDGMENT GIVEN TOO LITTLE WEIGHT'
    657 11 LONDON, Sun.—Now that the weights for both the Grand National and the Lincolnshire Handicap have been published, punters have started looking for the "spring double" with the view of starting the 1949 flat racing season's duel with bookmakers on the right aide. Finding this
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    England All out for 379, Watkins 111
    549 11 FOURTH TEST Reuter. JOHANNESBURG, Mon. ENGLAND carried their first innings total to 379 and then dismissed seven of South Africa's Qrst innings batsmen for 161 on the second day of the fourth Test at Ellis Park here. At close of play South Africa
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    Scoreboard
    179 11 Reuter. KNGLAND Ist. INNS: Huttofi b Tucket' Wsshbr.vok c E. R«jwa» b McCarthy 5,7 Crann .*thol Roviai. !>. Compton c A. Rovtui b Tuckett 24 A. Watkins hit wicket b McCarthy ill F. G. Mann c Wade b McCarthy «7 li. lenklns Urn h Mitchell 2.> A. HfiiaW lbw
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    Keepers Play Fine Game
    140 11 IJ»X< ELLENT goalk< epinr J hy thr custodians of both teams v/as the f>etur« of the soccer match hetwf< n the European XI and the Ceylon Sports Club at Farrer Park yesterday. Tin match ended in a goalie.-- draw. With the exception of the goalkeeper, the
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    MILITARY ACTION HERE CONDEMNED IN UK
    302 12 Malaya Independence Call U.P. LONDON, Mon. British Military measures in Malaya were condemned today in a resolution by the International Council of the Congress of Peoples against ImP T n a e Council, which consists of 30 delegates representing Asia, Africa and Europe under
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    FUNERAL BATTLE
    31 12 MANILA, Mon. -Two funeral processions headed for Manila's north cemetery on Sunday paused while pallbearers fought it out for right of way. Two persons were injured ma one arrested.
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    GANDHI KILLERS LODGE APPEAL
    160 12 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Mon.—All but one of the seven Hindu extremists convicted of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi by a special court here last Thursday have lodged appeal with the East Punjab-High Court at Simla, it was announced today. Nathuram Vinayak Goose. year-old intellectual who hied
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    LOSSES INFLICTED ON REPUBLICANS
    72 12 Reuter-AAP. BATAVIA. Monday. The Dutch Army weekly review of fighting here today claimed further heavy losses !*»flicte on "gangs" of Javau< se in moppmg-up operations. The Siliwangi Division craca unit or' the Republican Anay ban lost ''"J iV action in West '.w i. it was claimed.
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    NEWS BLACKOUT ON BURMA BATTLES
    214 12 RANGOON. Mon. A blackout was clamped today on news of fighting in the northern Rangoon suburb of Insein, where Karen rebels ha ye been battling Gov- eminent troops for more than two weeks. Earlier reports said fighting had slowed down in the areas, but the
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    HOUSE QUERY ON DELHI CONFERENCE
    132 12 LONDON, Mon —Mr. Harold Davies, Labour, asked the Foreign Secretaiy in the House of Commons today if any modification of instructions was sent to Sir Alexander Cadogan, British United Nations delegate, as a result of proposals by the New Delhi conference on Indonesia. Mr. Hector
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    Israel Assembly Opens
    95 12 U.P. Jcrusakm. Monday. The President of Israel, Chaloi Wei/.mann, formally GDcmd i:u New Israel Constitution Assembly today with a pica *ot peace v. knout the tieigbbouimg Arab countries. "We st reteii out Ihe hand oi friendship to all peace-loving peonies of the world." ac said. "We shall
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    Sport
    51 12 GYMNASTICS: Y. M. C. V Orchard Road ....iO p.m. TOfJBNBV: indoor game tournament, v.r.i.c a., Orchar [toad -7 p.m. LAWN TENNIS: YM.Cfi Oourta, Bras Basah Road p.m HOCKEY: S.R.C. "A" v. S.IL; Mix. Police -S.lt.C; S.C.C. v I.C.R.C.- 8 CCS.' 8.0.D.C.A. '.S.C.- St. George's Rd. RUGBY! Seven-a-side tour.t anient
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    PERCIVAL CHALLENGES WAVELL
    294 12 U.P. LONDON. Mon Lieutenant General A. E. Percival. war time General Officer Commanding In Malaya, rha'lenged Field Marshal Earl Wavell today with a direct refutation of the Field Marshal's criticism of the Malaya command at the time of the Japanese invasion. The General told United Press "Earl
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    66 12 Legislative Council: Ceremonial opening of second session. Victoria Memorial Hall. Young People'» Group, Bethesda, Katong—6 p.m Mr. A. J. Turner on "Christian Marriage." Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road: Lending Library—7 p.m. Recorded recital —8 p.m. Erencn classes —5.30 p.m. Commercial classes —5.30 p.m. Singapore Film Society: Mr. Jack
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    Cinemas
    202 12 CAPITOL: "Nightmare Alley," with Tyrone Power, Joan lilondell, Coleen Gray and Hoi -a Walker—11 a.m.. 1.45. 0.30 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "The Pirate" (i.i technicolour) with Juijy G:».» end and Gene Kelly—11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. ALHAMBRA: "Apache Rose' (in colour) with Roy Roge--and Trigger—1.45, 4.15.
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    CHURCHILL AMO TRUMAN MAY MEET
    104 12 A.P. WASHINGTON. Mon.—Pr Bident Truman and Mr. Winston Churchill arc going to speak on consecutive days at the same scholastic gathering at Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The White House does not know yet what the chance the two will have to see each other. Britain's wartime PrimMinister
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    HUNGARIAN ENVOY'S LIFE THREATENED
    155 12 U.P., A.P. uriicHivrTON Mon.—A 24-hour guard has k ILfi nat t™ Hungarian legation in Washington on the life of'the Hungalouowmg revealed today. 5~ have been guarding the leeation on eight-hour shifts since the day after Car- dlnal Mindszenty was sentenced to life impnsonment i in Hungary.
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    QUEZON'S DAUGHTER INJURED
    61 12 MANILA, Mon.—Mai ia Aurora "Baby" Quezon, daughter of the late President Manuel Quezon, received first degree burns last night, while witnessing a fireworks and aquatic display. Her physician said Miss Quezon is recovering from fle=h burns on the arms and neck received when balloon? filled with gas
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    IPOH
    82 12 Track N'oles 1 JL IPOH, Today. Two track wtm la \>i condition when it ua> for training, i (Jones) strode tieaulifttj ly doing three in 4#. Waveation (Turner i aitll Bright Koeket (Mm;, r u the same distance in ev«a time. Belgium and MaskHecr (Harper) were restricted i„ slow
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    Cardinal's Last Defence Speech
    61 12 LAST STATEMENT j Joseph ftnimi Klin ds< ntf/. Roman Catholic Pi J o/ Hunaary, makr.s his last statement into a Mi-Tophon J before the Fpecia 7 People'a Comt which wentemced I Ufe imprisonment on charu( s of treason, OOMOBtrtK j black market CWTttmeg dealings. Six others
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    Cardinals Trial "A Propaganda Campaign"
    214 12 Cardinals Trial "A Propaganda Campaign Reuter. LONDON, Mon.—Minister of State Hector McNeil told the House of Commons that Britain is 'examining" the arrest and trial of Cardinal Mindszenty to determine if it violated the Hungarian Peace Treaty and may issue a White Paper on the case. Questioned about reports on
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