Malaya Tribune, 25 February 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY TIDI PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune, W'pore." larger Saies Than t\ay Afternoon Taper In Malaya i hone: 5811/3 Mine Usm Published simultaneously at Si nyaporc, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penany. TWELVE I'AGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E.
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    LAST BARTER SHIP
    119 1 •of the 1 rr ''oats. liM f yes «cl Sinar Lam- i.'.l f:;>iii Singapore r r<:i Djambt, iSuiaWK» c 100 000 wo. Oi s weighing aoo (p** 0 ■w*) d Uk car» was 1 r -,c!iahiHtalion mate I*' 1 i ,!own m the battel ,IHI H r
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    PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE NOTE
    114 1 R has boon brought to Government > notico that certain Inns are advertising the sale of photostat copies of Registrator. Identity Cards which they appear to consider their customer.- will be allowed to produce in lieu of the genuine car ls when these arc asked for fcv
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    UNITED STATES OF EUROPE
    55 1 Reuter. WW SSELS, Thurs Mr. Cbatlull and iSclgiuina Prune I'aul-Henri Spaali will i 138 legate?) from 18 m al tnc nisi intetnntosal congres <.f i lie Council Fniou movement N "[><■,i here tomorrow Man item <>( th*- four days sjaab wui be flu- study of*a convention
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    RED EDUCATION
    27 1 A.P. suatuw, 11,.its. unless 1 the Russian Infringe. H is impossible to be an lucatt I person, publicist Da- Zasisvsky has asserted in Uterary Gazette.—A.P.
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    NO PACT: UNLESS
    25 1 A.P. 1 1 BUN, rhurs.—The Ucv"f Bin has odneteHy f rn tiu United States *«n Us Atlantic and 2* hebaal reniains pnrti-
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    BRITISH GIFT TO FIGHT TERROR?
    377 1 Official flies out for talks A.P. t lll day Mr Henry T. Boudiiion, Am™ l h V* F inance De Partment of the Colonial Office left by air for Malaya to discuss a proposed British Government loan-or the communist-beset Malayan Federation boudiiion will hold discussions
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    STAR FALLS
    39 1 A.P. l'"F\,\ jnivi' i 1 R't, linns. Ai. American airman was killed to day in Germany in the last our days. His plane) an I tM fet Bhooting star, fell aiwtit II .udes Houtlieast of Heidelb. —A.P.
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    BANK ROBBERY
    18 1 A.P. t NEoPL. Thurs. Five m«ii I were at tested today in Korea's drat bank robbery.—A.P.
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    MORE SCOUTS RETURN
    107 1 The second batch of Malayan scout contingent who attended the Pan Pacific Jamboree at Won g a Park. Australia, returned this morning by the "Gorgon." They were under the charge of District Scoutmaster W. G. Stevens Singapore. Most of the scouts are from upcountry. Among them were
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    RED BOY SCOUTS IN AUSTRALIA
    77 1 BRISBANE. Thurs. The ,-tatc commissioner of the QueeMtaad Boy Scouts has announced that a Brisbane suburban scout troop has been Jiabanded because it was eon trolled by Communists. lb- also said that a Queensland scout master bad been prevented from attending the recent pan-Pacilic jamboree
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    More Money For Borneo, Sarawak
    185 1 A.P. LONDON, Thursday.—The Colonial Ofiiec has asked the House of Commons for a .supplementary estimate of £1,100,000 for North Borneo and Sarawak. a Mr. Tiers Williams, Colonial Under-Secretary, saio today that Ik>lli territories have made substantial steps towards recovery. He said that about 00 per
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    MALAYAN's LAST HURDLE
    41 1 Denmark* TRomaa i Bp j r badminton tram, v. ho i meet Malaya in the final at Vnatom today. Left ta Right are: Tout Holm, k I'reben Dabelsteen, hnnd liristemseu, Boejrge rrr- deriksen, Slogans Fetsby and .Joern Skaarup.
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    Burma Will Pay Britons, Says Nu
    237 1 Reuter and A.P. RANGOON. Thursday—Premier Thakin Nu today gave an assurance to British businessmen in Burma that the Government would settle in the not too distant future" the question of payment to certain concerns for assets taken over. Addressing the annual general meeting of
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    The King Is Well
    75 1 Reuter. King George VI appeared In better health today when he arrived at Buckingham Palace after his six weeks' holiday at Sandringham, his Norfolk estate. He had a very slight limp as he walked to the car which awaited him at King's Cross station. His first
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    YOU CAN BUY GOLD IN CHINA
    108 1 Reuter. CANTON. Thurs.—China's Finance Minister, Hsu Kan, today announced imoortant changes in China's financial regulations. In future. gold and silver may be freely bought and sold. Silver dollars will be circulated and dealings in them will be allowed. All foreign exchange deriv-' ed from
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    Cup Tickets Are All Sold Out
    154 1 A.P. PRESTON, Friday.—Sellout crowds of 2,000 fans will witness the finals of the Thomas Cup World Badminton Tournament today and tomorrow between Malaya and Denmark. "Every inch of standing room had gone," said one of the hosts, and "we could have sold another 2,000
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    FLETCHER PRAISES TRADERS
    150 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs.—Mr. Walter Fletcher, a rubber merchant and Conservative Member of Parliament who flies to Singapore next Wednesday, said in London today that British traders in the Far East should not pull down on themselves an iron curtain of their own making. Praising British commercial inteiv.'ts
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    WU IN NANKING
    52 1 Reuter. CANTON, Thurs. Vice Premier Wu Te-chen left today for Nanking by air. Reports yesterday which indicated that Premier Sun Fo and the Vice Premier had made excuses against returning to 1 Nanking, suggested a split J might be developing between government leaders ir. Canton 'and those
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    Dak Crashes In Hongkong: 23 Die
    445 1 Reuter A.P. and U.P. HONGKONG, Thursday.—All 23 persons aboard. 19 passengers and four crew, were killed when a Cathay Pacific Airline Dakota from Manila crashed into the hills in the eastern extremity of Hongkong- this morning. The pilot was attempting to fly over the
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    TIGER, TIGER
    61 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Thurs.—A tiger killed a man during the West Bengal Governor Dr. K. N. Katzus" tour of the Sundarban's forest area at the delta of the river Houghly, last week. The man. untymg a boat in a jungle-fringed waterway when a man-eater pounched on him. Searchers found
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    PREMIER GAOLED
    41 1 KARACHI, Thurs.—Former Premier of Sind Province Mohamed Syed Kkubro was sentenced here today to two years imprisonment and fined 1.000 rupees on each of the two counts of criminal breach of trust and being in possession of stolen property.
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    NO ACCIDENTS
    32 1 Aircraft of the Uoyal Air i Force on passenger and troop carrying flights tlew 3,900 000' miles during the month of DeTinher I'MH, without an accidents involving death or inhiry.
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    MECCA PILGRIMS WANT NEW DEAL
    365 2 The Malay Welfare Council. Singapore, is to request the Malayan Governments t"* raise.the status of the Malayan Pilgrimage Commissioner Attached to the British Consulate in the Hejaz to that of a Consul or Vice-Consul. to obtain "an effective response from the officialdom of |he Saudi
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    Java Guerillas Active
    83 2 Reuter. Buh 4 AY a. Thurs.—During the ttv* days several Netaei Uuids and Indonesians wen- killed in guerilla activities between Surabaya and Lawang. Bast Java, Aneta, the Dutch dews agency, reported. Terrorists shot and killed a widow sitting on a terrace before her house near Lawang while
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    GIMSON AT BO TREE PLANTING
    465 2 A convoy of 70 military vehicles with two jeep loads of armed Military I'oUee yesterday escorted a gaily decorated military trtick from the Singapore! Buddhist Association premises at Ontram Road to St. i Michael's Road. At St. Michael's Road two Tto saplings were carefully ti»ken
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    FINE AND GAOL FOR RICE HOARDING
    153 2 AIkIuI Majid and Samsudin. the proprietor and manager of a Government rice retail shop in Tanjong Pagar Road, were respectively fined $1,000 and $2,000 in the First District court yesterday when both pleaded guilty to hoarding rice which was for public distribu- tion. Majid
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    20 ARRESTED IN SIAM
    67 2 U.P. BANGKOK. Thurs. Twenty Chinese and Siamese have been I taken into custody by the notice lin Siam since the sUte of emergency was proclaimed. They include four Chinese communist supporters who possessed a radio transmitter. Charges have not yet been made public. Road blocks have
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    SIR HUGH RETURNING TO S'PORE
    103 2 Reuter. SAIGON, Thurs. Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd. Comwander tn Chief of the BH tish Far East Air Command K*\o his- been here on a visit tr General CWre BodkX C-in-C of the French Air Forces in the Far East. will leave tomorrow bjf air
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    DITCH PLANE CRASH
    35 2 Reuter. BAT AVI A, Thurs. —A military plane crashed near the airfield of Kalidjati yesterday killing flight instructor and severely injuring a student pilot according to Aneta, the Dutch news agency.— Reuter.
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    SOLEMN MOMENT
    16 2 One of the Bo tree. s>ipUn<i.s is car*fully lowered into a speciaO§ dug hole.
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    Australia Seeks Money For Death Railway
    67 2 I CANBERRA. Thurs -When the Japanese Peace Treaty is" being formulated AustraVa j will press for some form o f iieparations for Australian P.O.W's who worked on the I Burma-Slam railway. So fa* no former Australian POW.'s 'have received any money from j railway.
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    BULGARIA ACCUSED
    23 2 WASHINGTON, Wed.—United States has accused Bulgaria of "blatant terrorism" in the arrest of fifteen Protestant pastors on espionage and trea„son charge.
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    MALAYA INDIANS MAY HAVE TO REGISTER
    244 2 The Indian order the all in foreign territories including Malaya Mr. Budh Singh, pr i Indian Congress said at a. press ™nf£encehere Bv|bk up to The Indian authorities believe some Indians p\ ersea. their obligations as Indian nationals, Mr. Budh Singh further He said
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    THOUSANDS JOBLESS IN INDIA
    93 2 A.P. NEW DELHI. Thurs. Unemployment is on the rise in Ir din. The government reports neatly 87LOOO poison- applied foi jobs through its office in 1948 compared with 630.000 in 1947 Hundreds of thousands of others wno needed jobs did not c\\ a l cgistei. Officials
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    Soldier In Cupboard Caught Intruder
    185 2 Details of a trap set for a thief were disclosed in the Second Police Court yesterday when Pang Ah Peng was! charged with attempted thef. j from a room at the 1st. Sing:»- pore Artillery Regiment. B'.akang Mati. Small thefts had been oc cutring regularly
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    U.S. Watches Jap Textile Trade
    113 2 A.P. NEW YORK. Tin..: T Journal of Comm< editor Dani< 1 s day that United States'*/ tile exporters eontinil. watch the develops nt's Japan foi' a key to tii, i ture competition. He added that :-if large volume <.f c t ,j t ness ir?
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    MONKEY NUTS
    50 2 DAR-ES-SALAA T uiganyllca's groundnut era prospects arc h -avy rain arhich lulling in the Koi sir.cc planting b« j.i11 Mr. A. Ptutnmei of ihe Overseas I i t ion. said on \v Ml miatirally that 25 000 groundnut s liav< a.• plan led sod till it h r>
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    CHINESE WOMAN UP ON SELLING GIRL CHARGE
    302 2 A nuddle-aged woman, Ng Soi Keag, yesterday charged in the Second Police Court with --!lin« a three year old girl, Wong Vut Lav. tor c 'i7o. Wonj? Seek Kit, the fatiier of the g;irl said k nsked Ng to care of her last
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    Jap Waggons For Pakistan
    53 2 TOKIO, Thurs. —Pakistan expects to buy 1.000.000.000. yen (approximately £750,000 at the open exchange rate) worth of rolling" stock and other transportation facilities Iron Japan This was revealed by Mr A. F. Khan, the Pakistan Government's commercial representative, at a meeting of the Tckio Chamber of
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    Three Divorce Decrees Granted
    351 2 Three divorce petitions were disposed of by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. In each case a decree nisi was granted to be :nade absolute in three months. The petitioners were Eauard Emillo Da Silva. Grace Wong and Leoni Iris
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    IDENTITY CARD
    57 2 Anyone who makes or is found in possession of a photostat copy of an identity card Is committing a serious offence The authorities have learned that certain firms are advertising the sale of photstat copies on the grounds that these can be produced in lieu of the genuine
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    Arab Relief Envoy Here
    105 3 Haii Tahii Al-Fltiani, W*LS3uv« the Arab of Palestine. Xi? h,M Singapore f»om V( stcrday afternoon ci .essful two-month fU'i \> |icf mission in [•alt-t"""' ia'lon« ><: v.,it KaHang sLT*bv'a large crowd 01 Muslims Including r lCll "'iDivine, Maulana thl viecni Siddiquee; Mr. Ah |v iicneott and
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    DRIVER FINED
    30 3 tftohamed Tusof bin Omni charged and lined befoVe 2f Circuit Magistrate, Che JL. in bis Haji Abdul Hamid. Mb Batu Pahat in the Kluang Magistrate Court for neglient
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    PERAK BANDITS SHOT, TWO CAPTURED
    491 3 <. WOH, Thursday:—Five Perak bandits were shot dead by security Jmcis m operations against the'terrorists yesterday. Two bandits were also captured. One of the dead bandits was a woman. A woman bandit was ajjo seriously wquqgfed;. llce Party from Slim River patrolled an area up
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    Had Stolen Property
    99 3 Vegadedamanikam. a railway porter at the ft on gam Raliw\y Station was charged before The Circuit Magistrate Che Azman bin Haji Abdul Funid. for being in possession of a stolen case of condensed milk. He was sentenced to 6 month? rigorous imprisonment On December' 2*l. a railway
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    BANDITS ATTACK ESTATE
    70 3 KLUANG, Thursday. A laige force of terrorists unsuccessfully attacked Mcngkibol Estate for more than two hours. They attacked the guards in several waves but were beaten back on each occasion. No casualties weie icpprtod. Bandits also attacked a Special Constable on Wcssington Estate. He returned the Are
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    Collegians Meet
    47 3 Catholic graduates and ur dergraduates of the Medlca! and Raffles Colleges will hod a meeting on February 27 at the Catholic Young Men's Association headquarters, Bras Hasan Road, and not at the Catholic Centre, as previously announced. Friends of graduates arc also invited to attend.
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    League Leader Welcomes UMNO Move
    209 3 Mi. M. J. Namazic. prestdcut of the All-Malaya Mualin League, yesterday welcomed Lhi news of the United Malay- National Organisation throwing its mcmbeisnio open to nonMalay Muslims as "associjU members". Lacking full information, the Muslim League leader gavr Bii qualified support to the proposal which
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    SPIT AND YOU PAY A FINE
    82 3 MALACCA, Thurs. -Yesterday's meeting of the Malacca Municipal Commissioners carried ty a maiontv, Mr. V. E. Dias' motion that tuberculosis shoulu oe reinstated on the list ot notifiable diseases. Mr. Dias also asked that Health and Sanitary authorities be ompow ereu to make irrests
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    "BEST AIR HOSTESS" ON FLYING VISIT
    254 3 TWO ex-RAF officers-and an Australian nurse arrived at Kallang yesterday in a light Proctor aircraft in which they have flown from England The nurse, Miss B. Bonfield, was described as the best air hostess we have yet come across" by the pilot, Mr. Lan
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    GIRLS HOME FUND
    25 3 The Flag Day. held on too February I 1948 brought m a rotal sum of $6,000.86 for the Lw Home Buil'ilng Fund
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    Bandits Kill Malays
    151 3 MENTAKAB, Thurs-A Malay couple were hilled by bandits who fired a shotgun through cracks in the floor during a raid on their house early yesterday. The man was killed first and the woman jvas murdered in similar manlcr ten minutes latci. A European sergeant wa vounded in
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    TREES GET A HAIRCUT
    49 3 The dozen or more "pisang kaki" trees near the roundabout outside the Government gatV? each got a hair cut this morning. Fourteen Indonesians froth Municipality did the job.. They will hack off the dried up ami dying, branches of ail the trees lining Clcmcnecau Avenue.
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    HIGH FLYER
    48 3 THIS prone pilot's "bed* may he used instead of the conventional pilot's seat to reduce gravity effect dining nvunoenvres in future .soper-fast planes. H. T. H'ert'.berg, ehu f of the anthroj ometric unit of the aero, medical laboratory at Day!<n, Ohio, demonstrates the new pilot's technique.
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    DON'T MENTION TEA TO BRUCE
    280 3 FILM NEWS by OSWALD HENRY MENTION' anything you like to film actor Nigel Bruce, but, please, don't talk about tea—at least, not for a while yet. For Bruce has lately had more of the stu"" than he can stomach for your entertainment I'll tell you
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    The Little 'Uns
    139 3 MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN" is the gay and adventurous account of a community of little people (called insects by humans) who live in a weedy patch of earth just 48 inches from Broadway, entirely surrounded by the menace they fear most of all the human race.
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    Cheeta, Collector
    86 3 STUDIO prop men are getting greyer these d.tys. C<ntse all the trouble is Cheeta, boon companion of Tarzan. The chimp has acipdred i collector's tastes, and vigor--otoa% insist* tm keeping any pmp which site uses in a picture. The other day, for \mtance f there test quite a-
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    Tables Turned
    91 3 HOLLYWOOD'S the place foi the unusual to happen in. When producer Robert Riskin launched his nephew, Ira Riskin. on a screen career by giving him a role in "Magic Town." he also made him go to the studio school. But, during the fortnight the lad was there, be
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    Help Mate
    109 3 While working on the ./»h« rrrsirm of "The Time of Your Life" (which is M 0 yhirrthf In Singapore). Bill B<n<fir took time out to appear in, another movie. Bill also took great pains to conceal f this activity from other mem j tar* of the company, but
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    RED ADVANCES INTEREST U.S.
    115 3 Reuter. .NEW YORK. Thurs.--Anu-n cans arc becoming more and norc interested Id the people »f Southeast Asia. Mr. .1. J. Singh. President of the India league of America, said in a speech. Mr. Singh spoke at the 'oung Men's Club and v 3ung Women's Hebrew Association
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    Judge Dismisses Jury
    176 3 In the Singapore vesta day Mr. Justice Cox Evnns discharged a commotf. Jury Who could not agree on a verdict and ordered a re-triej in a case of unlawful posscssion-of arms and ammunition. The jury first announced that they had arrived at a verdict of ••gulltv" by
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    KILLED HIM BY ACCIDENT
    51 3 Samaii bin Haji Salleh was fined $500 or 6 months hard by the Circuit Magistrate. Che Azman bin Haji Abdul Haraid, for killing I Long bin JTaji Surat' by neg--1 ligently discharging; a bullet frcni a shot gun on August 26 I 1948 at the Kluang
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    U.S. Protests Against Arrest Of Pastors
    217 4 A.P. SOFIA Thursday. The United States formally protested against Communist Bulgaria's arrest of 15 iTotestant Churchmen as blatant terrorism, and declared the spy charges against them were "unfounded and ludicrous." Bulgaria rejected the protest. Churcn organizations aisu condemned the Bulgarian move. A 55-page booklet
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    INDISCREET EXPLANATION
    109 4 Reuter.-A.A.P. SYDNEY, Thurs.—Under the Loral Government Act, voting is compulsory in municipal elections in New South Wales, and failure to do so may result in a fine of not less than 10/- and not more than £2. Recently a returning officer sent a "please explain" to a woman
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    DEADLY POISON
    92 4 U.P. MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Thurs. The Nazis had a poison liquid called "tabun" 50 times more deadly than any poison ga s ever manufactured, according to former army expert Major James M. Graham, whose 30b was to find and destroy poison gas in Germany after the war. The
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    Flood Endangers Emperor's Tomb
    56 4 Reuter. LAHORE, Thurs. —Emer- 1 gency measures have been ordered to save the gem studded tomb of Mogul Emperor Jehangir, near here, from the snow swollen river Ravi which recently changed its course. Surrounded by beautiful gardens, the magnificent tomb holds the remains of the only
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    Axis Sally Always Loved Uncle Sam
    218 4 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. Radio actress Mildred (Axis Sally) Gillars testified at her treason trial on Wednesday, she was so shocked when she heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, she made an outburst against the Japanese in a Berlin radio studio. "I told
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    U.S. Passes Spy Bill
    80 4 U.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. The House Armed Services Committee .in a closed session on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize America's spy system and to protect aliens who work with it. The carefully worded bill would give lull statutory backing for the first time to the two-year
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    French To Aid Soviet Invasion?
    68 4 A.P. PARIS, Thurs.—The leading Communist of France suggested that if France should ever be occupied by Russian troops the French people would behave as the people of Poland, Rumania and Yugoslavia had in similar circumstances. Maurice Thorez, secretary general of the Franch Communist Party, made
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    U.N. MEMBERSHIP
    26 4 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.— Israeli officials said that they would revive Israel's applicotion fo r United Nations membership "in a matter of days." —U.P.
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    EGYPT, ISREAL SIGN ARMISTICE
    519 4 Reuter. RHODES, Thursday. A general armistice agreement between Egypt and Israel was signed here today. The armistice has been arrived at in response to the Security Council resolutions of Nov. 4 and 16, 1948, calling upon the two countries to negotiate for a permanent truce. The
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    Blood Transfusion Leads To A Suit
    102 4 U.P. Tokio. Thurs. -Four Japanese plaintiffs yesterday paced the responsibility with the Government for being infected with syphilids in a 1.260.000 yon damage suit against the state. Mrs. Fumi Kijima and three other persona sued for damages inflicted who they were infected with syphilis
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    GOOD OMEN FOR FINAL PEACE
    87 4 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. Audrey S. Eban. v Israel's re piesentative to the United Nations, said today that thej success of the Israeli Egyptian armistice negotiations was a good omen for a permanent peace in Palestine. He said "We look forward hopeful'y to the early transformation
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    PRINCESS SUES EX-HUSBAND
    42 4 U.P. U.P. CAPETOWN. Thurs—Princess Eugenic of Greece yesterday sued her former husband in the supreme court for allegedly taking jewellery valued at £30.000 from her. after they divorced three years ago. The husband was Prince Dominigue Renier Radziwill. U.P.
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    Malan's S.W. Africa Policy Criticised
    158 4 CAPETOWN, Thurs.—Mrs. V. M. L. Ballinger, Natives Representative, told the House of Assembly yesterday that the Union Government proposed to bring Southwest Africa into an alliance with the Union "under a system which had come to deny the rights of Africans ever to become citizens."
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    Wallace Warns Of Counter-Measures
    70 4 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Thurs. -Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Progressive Party presidential candidate 'ast November, told the House Foreign Atfairs Committee today that the proposed North Atlantic defence pact and the Marshall plan were inviting bankruptcy and war. Mr. Wallace said that the North Atlantic Pact "made aggressive
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    Fashion demands that furs this year, especially for evening, shall be flat and supple and cut like fabric This stole of black caracul bordered in kolinsky is worn over Wallace's white silk jersey gown; classic and lovely.
    37 4 Fashion demands that furs this year, especially for evening, shall be flat and supple and cut like fabric This stole of black caracul bordered in kolinsky is worn over Wallace's white silk jersey gown classic and lovely.
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    Phillip Edwards likes his women on the pleasingly olump side. Edward's first wife, who died two years ago, 114ir led 210. When he decided he should remarry, he adverted for a spouse weighing at least 196. Out of 400 applicants, he chose Mrs. Alice Barnes, and so they were married in London. Alice weighs a neat 252.
    57 4 Phillip Edwards likes his women on the pleasingly olump side. Edward's first wife, who died two years ago, 114ir led 210. When he decided he should remarry, he adverted for a spouse weighing at least 196. Out of 400 applicants, he chose Mrs. Alice Barnes, and so they were married
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    Inventory Of Arms: Russia Objects
    158 4 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. The United Nations commission on conventional armaments yesterday decided over Russian objections, to outline methods for a world-wide inventory of national armed forces and arms, excluding atom bombs. Last year's general assembly directed theCCA to tormulate proposals for the inventory. Russian
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    They Were Guarding Salmon
    70 4 A.P. LIVERPOOL, Thurs.— The line of trucks rumbled along the rive miles from dock to storehouse. Trailing each was an automobile with two men inside watching. They didn't let the trucks out of their sight. Detectives guarding a load of gold? No, just Ministry of Food
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    KOREA TO TRY AGAIN
    51 4 A.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs United Nations announced yesterday Security Council Committee on the Admission of New Members will meet today to consider the application of the Republic of Korea, Russia is expected to veto it when it comes up for a final vote 'in the Security
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    Illiterate Recruits
    64 4 Reuter. LIVERPOOL. rh Ur thounana r,. reoruitn are vi write, arroi.h■ ant Qeneral i son, Qeneral mand of We t in a speech r < The navy an 1 not take illit army had to, h< Modern cons< just as good as 1 V past hut a litt
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    32 4 A.P. X5V <?d > t. view < pollcv Xi-I,.., I hu s>< > that in ih> s,',i,i,, > > of a l tnal, h >,,' l v hat >v> > X' hl >
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    IN THE TRUE 'RED' FASHION
    57 4 U.P. BERLIN. I. Vassily 6okolo\ ty S litary governor in today held a formal receptfr for nearly 1,000 p I Cecilienhof Chati dam, in ob. uic Id Army Day. The chateau of the Potsdam Agreemeat oy 1945The western m litarj nments wi re 11 pi
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    150 DISMISSED IN PRAGUE
    47 4 U.P. PRAGUE. Thu sources said >■St I about 150 foreign i B have been diamlsf to bring the department am closely in line with the 9n system of operation They also reporl similar shake-up gress in the depart foieign trade and eda U.P.
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    Killed 338 Wolves With One Rifle
    91 4 MOSCOW. Thurs.—Sergei Gorbunov has killed 33S wolves with a rifle fired fiom an airplane. A Tass dispatch from Kazare said that Gorbunov. a veteran of the last war. has been having great success shooting wolves from a PO-2 plane. Using an ordinary hunting rifle,
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    FISHERIES COUNCIL TO MEET HERE
    266 5 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said today plans are virTffi'ES&E&3 *M t e6ting at on March 24 of the Indo-Pacinc Fisheries Council Nations participating are expected to be Burma, Ft Z*a S™ n 5 c India the Netherlands, Philippines. United Kingdom
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    Prison Life In Russia Described
    172 5 ..Rio Thurs.—The picture :J" V soviet prison built l 000 o upants hut alleg{ot' 1 tc crowded with 9,000 a witness for JJL Kiavchenko. o is suing a r aper. L** L«ttrei ses. for saying his book chose Freedom" does not t% lite in Soviet
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    INDIA: MOT ANOTHER CHINA
    65 5 LPORtI, India. i iovemment'fl deteeaal* prevent India beanother China or Burma" wan expressed here by s ShuMa, Prime of the Central Pro- es, a [dressing a mass meeting. He challenged the Communis to adopt peaceful and tutional methods "If v v want to capture pohticaJ "power,"
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    France Dusts Off Annam Crown And Hopes For Best
    342 5 A.P. PARIS, Thursday. France has dusted off the crown of Annam and got ready to put former Emperor Bao Dai on his throne in Indo-China. France hopes independence-seeking nationalists will rally around Bao Dai and stop their armed resistance to French
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    NO STATE CONTROL
    12 5 A.P. NEW DELHI. Thurs-m-SSStfA gter Sarda, Vallabhai Patel.- A.r.
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    NEW REFORM IS APPROVED
    64 5 A.P. CANTON! Thurs. A new financial and economic reform foi China has been approved by the Executive Yuan and will be presented to Acting President Li rsang-jea for promulgation. A government spokesman ■ade the announcement today, but disclosed no details. U'a approval of the reform regarded
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    NOBEL PRIZE CANDIDATES
    77 5 OSLO. Thurs—The Nobel CtaaaUtee of the Norwegian party which distributes the anr Nobej peace prizes, has i a list of 24 candidates foi the 1949 prize. them are columnist Drew t'earson, Mrs. Eleanor Jj 'fit. of the United States, JTesident Juan Peron of Argents and Ma wife
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    72 5 Reuter. U>NDON, Thurs.—The situa--5J V* Steward islands of West Indies is a disgrace h (olonial system. i Hiockway, London gJ2 1 Congress of it Against Imperialism, of tho recall of the gurno,. Earl Baldwin. Mr. that a*2;\^ !d: We rejoice kmiL il sh co,on ial governor
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    WARNING REPEATED
    51 5 A.P. ral-S;; U AI Thur«.—Gene- Commander of chov 1? nk!nK-Shanj?hai-Hang-*i*m 1 n 'P°ated his pre«Otera rning that inkers, woiji,) i 'V demonstrators on the spot in a Bi ?lit ut kOI,Jo(1 order last %\7 eh came 24 hours 1 radio conmtion o! tn€ rec t-'nt cxc- bi,a s
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    Foreigners More Corrupt Than Chinese: Tsiang
    115 5 U.P. NEW YORK. '"huts. Dr. Tsiang Ting-Fu, president of the United Nations Security Council for this month and peimanent Chinese representative to the United Nations, told members of the Overseas Press Club that the Nationalist government in China was by no means finished. The
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    SHANGHAI FORTIFIED
    28 5 A.P. SHANGHAI Thurs. Rao* and:; of soldh-is have been quietly building a ling of pitt* box fortifications around Shan;.jhal'fl outskiits in the past two Weeks. A.P.
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    Burglars Rob FAO Offices
    64 5 BANKOK. Thurs. TfM Siamese police today were on the trail of burglars who enured the newly established Food ar.d Agricultural Organisation offices in Bankok and stele typewriters, duplicat-ing-machines and other office equipment. The burglar tcok las l njfht alter FAO Director WU 'ram H. Cummmgs had
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    Peiping Consuls At Sea
    68 5 PEIPING. Thurs. Though the Communists have been in possession of Peiping jtfncc Jan. tt, they still shew now no disposition to deal with foreign consuls or correspondents. Consuls cannot even get their cars registered and Communi. t officials are persisting in their refusal to see newspapermen.
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    LOOKED TOO LONG
    39 5 Reuter. LOS ANGELE. Thurs. A man and wile, detained or. u.snicion of drunkenness, were stated by police to have said. "W« wer t looking for a tavern to buy but I guess we looked Loo long."—Reuter.
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    TWICE ARRESTED
    20 5 Reuter. SANTU MONICA. CALIFORNIA, Thurs.-Mr. Safety First—that really is his name —has twice been arrested hei\ lor speeding—Reuter.
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    Japanese Question
    204 5 Reuter. TOKYO, Thms. The English i language newspaper. Nippon Timer, editorially told America bluntly today that unless there were assurances of security DM Japan there would be no development ol democracy here. After cjlg: lg what it described as object lesson.-; of Europe, the Times asked series of
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    Guerrillas Harass Jogjakarta Dutch
    231 5 A.P. JOGJAKARTA, Thurs. Guerrilla fighters are still harassing Dutch occupation forces on the outskirts of this former Republican capital. The Dutch, who seised the capital last Dec. 19, have never eliminated completely the dispersed units of the TNI (Republican Army) and still clash at night with
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    LAND WITHOUT NEWS
    42 5 U.P. :i' KNOS AI PES. Thurs.— No newspapers will be publb hed anywhere in Argentina Arotu today hoeaanr of a na-tton-Wide 21 bom strike in support «»t the Buenos Aires prln i who struck more than two weeks ago.—U.P.
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    New U.S. Aid Programme For China Denied
    115 5 A.P. Shanghai. Thurs. The United States Ambassador J. Loighton Stuart has (Mated newspaper reports that a US$l,--500,000.000 aid programme for China had been recummended. The Ambassador said he hrd made no such statement ami had no information of any sud, programme. It is
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    JET TRAINS FORECAST
    40 5 A.P. LONDON. Thurs.—Jet turbine locomotives ar t foreseen Ly E-S. Waddington. preside of the British Society of Bag ineers. Waddtngto iso said radar may bP devcloprd |n the nexl several rears as ;t railway safety device. AP.
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    Reds Throttle Church
    192 5 A.P. GENEVA. .SWITZERLAND, Thurs.—The throttling o! Church influence Ln the Russian satellite countiie s of Eastern Europe is moving with 'he precision of a time table. Western cnurch officials Hi 3cneva say Sony churchmen, who have maintained contacts b3 Easom Europe, say the whole natter is so
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    MACHINES FOR ASIA
    548 6 noUBTS have been expressed in certain quarters ■J as to the desirability of industrializing Asia. No doubt an industrialized Asia is a menace to the economically advanced countries and would upset the design by which the East was made the raw material arsenal for the highly industrialized
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    THREE WHALES BEFORE BREAKFAST
    2060 6  -  A small company has revived bay whaling at Albany, Western Australia. Bay whaling began in Australia at the end of the 18 th century, reached its peak in the IB4o's, lingered on until about 20 years ago. In this story George Davidson, 85, tells of the
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    Party Currents In Italy
    228 6 THK Christian Democrat Party, the Catholic ta v ileaded by 67-year-old Al- < »de de Gaspon which caused a sensation when n wo\ a deaf victory over Com munisni last April, i.s .'md i"g it dittk lilt to v and to consolidate. Although the BUCCCBI l<>
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    Unusual Mildred Gillars
    689 6 Till tearful German ♦\ar song "Lilli Marlene" seems lo haunt an American federal court room nowadays. For the woman who made thai song the melodic favourite not only of the German army, but also the British Eighth Army and the American forces in Europe, is on trial
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    MIMI WAITS FOR NEWS FROM HER FATHER
    268 7 A.P. LONDON, Thursday. A pretty, 20-year-old Indonesian girl anxiously hangs over'her radio for hours on end here waiting for news of her fam >us father. Since the Dutch Army struck in Indonesia last December the girl, Mimi Sjahrir, has had no direct word
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    Women Drivers
    65 7 U.P. PRAGUE Thurs.- -Prague trcctcais will have women drivers for the first time In theii history, preas report:; said. Women between tweotyone ■Old forty will be recruited for strict driver's examinations Miid the fust batch will start work in May. I'licy will leccivc the same ways as their
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    Knitting Machine Creates A Fashion
    84 7 A.P. LONDON. Thurs. I knitting machine that went beraei I has created a new fashion Mill workers discarded a length of rayon jersey material because the needles got mixed up and knitted a crazy pattern of stripes and checks. A fashion designer saw the piece
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    RECALL OF DIPLOMAT
    70 7 U.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs. —It j appeared on W'cdnesday tha' I Hungary has agreed to recall i John G. Florian, first secretary !of the Hungarian legation here. The lecall was demanded by the State Department on February 11th in retaliation for the expulsion of two United States ofhcia's
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    Father Didn't Write
    42 7 Mind Sjahrir, 20-year- old daughter of former Indonesian Prime Minis- J 1 ter, Satan Sjahrir, phot;»- j v graphed in London with i Tnhn Coast, British j I adviser id the Indonesian V Republican Foreign Of- flee.—A.P. Picture. J~
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    STRONG ARRIVES IN GANDER
    79 7 A.P. GANDER, NEW FOUNDLAND, Thurs. Anna Louise I Strong. American newspaperwoman depot ted fiom Russia on spy charges, arrived at Gander on Wednesday night, en route to New Yoik o\ plane from Paris. "1 have no comment to make until 1 digest all the news, all
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    Australian John untitled (left) pictured at his home at Boabeach, Victoria Australia with his Indonesian wife and seven <ur h«r <i£ht rhildron by previa— marring to an Indonenian.—A.!'. Picture.
    31 7 Australian John untitled (left) pictured at his home at Boabeach, Victoria Australia with his Indonesian wife and seven &lt;u r h«r &lt;i£ht rhildron by previa— marring to an Indonenian. —A.!'. Picture.
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    Cats To Help Industrialisation
    286 7 SANTIAGO, Chile, Thursday. Bagsfull of ■cr&wny, hungry cats have been let loose on the island of Guarello, in the Madre de Dios archipelago, off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, to pave the way for the creation of several new industries. They are waging war on the
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    Cure For Handover Headache
    181 7 A.P. AUCKLAND. Thurs. Want to avoid a hangover headache The advice of visiting ProfCSSOr O. W, Pickering. Professor of Medic ill' 1 al the University 01 Lonooa, is worth trying out. It Is: I innn a pint oi water before j.;oni^ r to bed alter the
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    MEDITERRANEAN PACT PREMATURE
    94 7 U.P. LONDON, Thurs.—British authorities dismissed as "unrealistic and premature" the idea of the Mediterranean pact, which was proposed by Greek Foreign Minister Constantinc Thaldaris. Experts believe that it would be wrong to start any discussions on new pacts before the Atlantic Pact has been signed and sealed.
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    Indictment Over
    28 7 U.P. BUDAPEST. Thurs.—lt was believed on Wednesday that the Hungarian government has completed its indictment against the 14 persons, who allegedly conspired with Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty.—U.P.
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    Atlantic Pact: Step Toward World Govt.
    259 7 U.P. NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Thurs. Am-bassador-at-Large, Philip Jessup hailed the proposed North Atlantic Pact as a step toward world government. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Yale Daily News, Jessup emphasized that "the proposed pact is being negotiated while preserving the United Nations
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    FOOD PRICES FALL
    31 7 PARIS, Thurs.—Falling food prices show that France may be finally checking inflation French and American officials agree Premier Henri Queulle's middle-of-the-road Government is helping to bring down prices.
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    KEY SHIP RETURNS
    252 8 Shanghai Bund Reuter. SHANGHAI, Thurs. The Chinese stealer Greater Shanghai returned U&gt; port last night alter completing the first barter deal between Nationalist and Communist territories. The vessel, flvmg the flag of the Sino-British Kailan Mining Administration, docked here after dusk, and immediately started discharging about 5,00»)
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    Troopship Brings Families
    51 8 The 10,398-ton I.an- aaaMre, sti!« voyaging under trooping eondl- Hons, yesterday brought 44 passengers to Singapore from the t'nltetl 5 Kingdom. m The majority were I wives and children of Services personnel in Ma'ayn. 2 The Lancashire is on her way through to Hongkong. She resumes voyage
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    Big Tanker For The Argentine
    91 8 A new tanker for Argentina the Cazadov, has been launched from the Govan (Scotland) shipyard., by Senor Don Cipriano de Por.s Lezica, First Counsellor of the Argentine Embassy in London. The new vessel has a deadweight of 9.000 tons and will be operated by the
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    FOG SHROUDS WHANGPOO AND LUNGHUA
    88 8 Reuter. SHANGHAI. Thurs.—Not a single plane arrived in Shanghai yesterday as the city on the Whangpoo, for the second successive day, remained shrouded in a heavy fog. Sea communications are also believed to be hampered. Local airlines reported that the Shanghai Lunghua Air port was
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    NORWAY'S NEWEST EXPECTED
    339 8 (By The Shipping Editor) STREAMLINED black-and-white and flying 13 the Norwegian flag, the latest freighter to be built for Wilh Wilhelmsen of Oslo will arrive at Singapore tomorrow evening. She Is named the Tomar. Wilhelmsen. one of No. way's most famous shipowners, has always lived up to
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    CAPTAIN B THEIR CUSTOMER
    161 8 rE return of the film classic "Mut&gt;ny on the Bounty to the Capitol Ctnem&gt;a m Singapore recalls a story of uniforms. When Met&gt; o-G oliw y nMaycr decided to make the picture, they were a little puzzled as to xchat uniform a British Nayxil captain wore
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    ALONG THE GODOWNS
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    P & O Programme Almost Complete
    207 8 P O Programme Almost Complete THE arrival at Singapore on March 2 of the re-fitted Corfu, on her second maiden voyage since she was launched before World War 11. means that the post-war programme of the P O is almost complete. The Chusan will be one of the last big
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    RUBBER MARKET
    114 9 A.P. fITHE rubber market was dull vi th very little interest shown by dealers yesterday. Yesterday's closing prices were: Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 Mar. RSS 35 35% No. 2 Mar. RSS 34 34*4 No. 3 Mar. RSS 33 33 Z On reg. tender: Mar. 35% 35% Apv.-June 35%
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    SHARE MARKET
    808 9 Singapore, Thurs JHE share market today was again featureless and idle. Singapore share quotations today as given by the Malayan Shareholders' Association were as follows: Buyers Sellers Atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Vl*»x **r»c» Pref. 2.87% 2.92 Ords. 1.97% 2.0.2% 8.8. Petrol 41/3 12/3 M. Trustee 7.50 8.50 Cons.
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    JAPAN TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK
    223 9 SINGAPORE will have a free import trade with Japan from March, the Tribune understands. The decision on the Japan trade on a pan-Malayan basis has already been reached, the Tribune learned last night. The long awaited official announcement on the trade will be made early
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    New Quota For Old Newspapers
    79 9 Singapore importers of old newspapers are to be given a fresh quota from hard currency sources, the Executive Controller of Imports and Exports informed the chambers of commerce yesterday. The allotments will be made, on the basis of the firms* imports of old newspapers from
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    HONGKONG ON TIN TALKS IN MALAYA
    108 9 HONGKONG, Thurs. A five-year international agreement for controlling the production and marketing of tin is Under discussion among mining groups in Malaya, the Far Eastern Economic Review, reported. The proposal calls for agreement among 14 countries, i The Review said the &lt;tiscussions were proceeding
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    TRADE PACT
    45 9 VIENNA. Thurs. —A trade agreement between Austria and India is being negotiated in Vienna. It calls for exchange of goods valued at U5520,000,000. India is offering manganese, ore, jute, hemp, to bacco. coffee and tea for iron and steel products and finished goods.—A.P.
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    RUBBER OUTPUT UP IN JANUARY
    148 9 DUBBER production in Malaya amounted to 58,637 dry tons in January. This represents a slight increase of 651 dry tons over the December total. Johore led in production with 15.061 dry tons with Perak second 11,105 dry tons. Production in Perlis irom 26 non-European estates
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    Ships For Norway
    73 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO, Thurs. Contracts totalling $8,000,000 have been signed for the constructions of ships by Japanese shipyards for Norway and Denmark, the headquarters of Gen. Mac Arthur, Supreme Allied Commander on the Pacific, announced today. The ships will comprise one tanker of 18,000 tons for Norway and
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    479 Tons Of Rubber Destroyed
    104 9 Mr. H.L. Barnett. Registrar of Statistics. Federation of Malaya, disclosed yesterday that terrorists destroyed 479 tons of rubber during the Emergency period from May to December last year. A further 77 tons were destroyed by accidental fire. The United States of America was Malaya's best
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    RECORD FOR JANUARY
    71 9 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. Britain exported a record £159.200 worth of goods during January, the Board of Trade reported. The exports, estimated at 162 per cent of the total for the prewar January of 1938. further reduced the marging between exports and importswhich the United Kingdom ha 3
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    Japan Back In World Fish Trade
    126 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs— The Agriculture Department predicted on Wednesday Japan again would become a competitor with the United States and other nations for the world market in canned fishery products. In a global survey, the Department said: "Immediately before the war, Japan supplied Europe with
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    14 BARTER SHIPS BEAT DEADLINE
    255 9 FOURTEEN barter ships left for Djambi from Singapore with a total cargo worth about $300,000, yesterday, the dead line set by the Netherlands Consulate General. The last ship to sail was the Sina Lampoeng chartered by Ciichton and Co. which left at 7.15 p.m. after
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    FAO Rice Commission Approved
    106 9 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thurs. Fourteen nations have now approved the International Rice Commission as outlined in the Philippines in March 1948, the Food and Agriculture Organization (EAO) said today. It added the United King dom and Panama are expected to approve it before the International Conference at
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    S'PORE BYPASSED ON PEPPER DEALS?
    102 9 VTl'oNI'Z are »nionss market oireiei, that the Dutch are "na.der ahie atc&gt;ei&lt;.s ol trom Sumatra and ahippme them direct to and Europe. fho l&lt;x:«. .'cpp. r market ontlnued lo Vesteroay s quotation» were: SAGO FLOUR: Linggfl !Clfi%. Sarawak $12%. Siak $13. SAGO SEED: $18. TAPIOCA
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    Warning To Unemployed Seamen
    79 9 All sreamen signing off ships' Articles shouM register the«r names immediately as being unemployed. Unemployed seamen have been warned that should they repeatedly fail to report at the Bureau when their names are on the notice board, as being among the first ten unemployed, they will
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    Exchange Rates
    129 9 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association announce the following list of COntr l: Selling. Bu n TT &/or OD. T.T. O.D. Ssr- ll I" Switzerland 202 3/4 Belgian Francs 2063 1/4 French Francs ***** Swedish Kroner 169 Holland Guilders 124 1/2 _JT"- yA 12 c 1/9 Java Guilders 124
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    VAN BREUKELEN SHOULD HAVE GOOD DAY
    1567 10  -  Tracks Very Heavy By ALLAN LEWIS inS The day's card is made up of eight events for classes one and two. Heavy rain has made all the tracks at bukit. Timah very heavy. Under these conditions and without knowing any official scratching, the selections
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    2,500 Now Members
    69 10 THE Singapore Turf Club is preparing for i very large attendance tomorrow. Mr. L. C. Ballev. the Club's Secretary, told me that there are 2,51)0 new members. The photo-finish camera will be in operation for the first time in Singapore. It was an undoubted success at Ipoh,
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    S'pore H.A. To Raise Funds
    108 10 In order to raise funds for a Malayan hockey team to go on tour overseas, the Singapore Hockey Association have arranged a hockey carnival and dance today and tomorrow respectively. Today a combined Women's XI will meet the Veterans' XI on the Padang at 5
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    Thomas Cup Fund
    63 10 A donation of. 525 to the Malaya Tribune Thomas Cup Fund was received from Mr. Yong Loon Chong yesterday. Mr. Yong qualifies for a bottle of Scotch whiskey. Two more bottles remain to be claimed by anyone who donates $25 or more to the Fund. (Send your
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    Army Boring Tonight
    52 10 Some of the Army boxers who recently underwent a medical examination prior to their bouts In the FARELI Boxing Championships for 1949. The finals take place tonight. Left to right: h Cpl Tejada, Sgt, Roberto, L Cp Bell, Guardsman Taylor, Sgt. Bell and Sapper Scott. (All of
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    Plenty Of Action Promised
    136 10 SINGAPORE'S boxing starved public should have all the thrills and excitement they have been craving for from the roped square at the Happy World Covered Stadium tonight where the finals of the FARELF Boxing Championships for 1949 will be held. Boxers from Hongkong, Ceylon, the Federation
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    Kid Masque Stakes Mask
    107 10 THE identity oi Kiu Masque, who has been wrestling here for the past four months may be repealed at the Great World arena tomorrow night. Masque who meets the giant Hungarian, King Kong, in the main event promises to tear off his mask should Kong get
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    PENANG SENDS 'CHINS UP' NOTE TO CUP MEN
    198 10 An official of enc Penang Badminton Association said "Peng Soon's absence from the team will be sorely felt, but at the same time I am confident that the other members of the team will be conscious of the sudden increased enormity of
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    C. H. S. DRAW
    27 10 The Commercial High School 'A' team drew two-all with Singapore District Signals in a thrilling soccer match at Yeo Chu Kang Road recently.
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    Draw For Cup Final
    104 10 GLASGOW, Thurs. —The Thomas Cup Final draw for today and tomorrow is as follows: TODAY: Law Teik Huck versus *Oem Skaarnp; Otd Teik Hock versus Cogens Felshy; Chan Kon Lining and V V&lt;»h Teek Chye versus'Poul Holm and lb Olesen; Ooi Teik Hock and Teoh Seng
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    SAVOLD ON JOES TRAIL
    458 10 Reuter. NEW YORK. Thurs—For a defeated boxer. Lee Savold, the New Jersey heavyweight seems to be* doing very well for himself Recently returned from Britain, where he lost on a fourth round foul to the T ritish champion, Bruce Woodcock, Savold continues to loom large in
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    Tigers Meet R.E. In First Big Game Of Season
    166 10 TOE Royal Engineers and the Tigers will open the f Colony's 1949 soccer season when they clash i n the first fixture of the Singapore Amateur Football Association Senior League on Mar. 1. The fixtures for the month of March and
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    KLUANG CRICKET
    87 10 Fr the first cricket match of the season played on the Kluang Government English School ground recently, the Kluang Teachers XI defeated the Royal Pioneer Corps XI by 10 runs. A feature of the game was the excellent bowling of Jayasundera who took 6 for 25 for the
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    Community League
    91 10 rnHE Community Lt igue. f ol 1 which nine team&lt; nave entered, will not start how. ever, until May so that the selectors will have ample time to pick out th e bert players to represent the icspective communities. Most of the games in the Senior League will
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    INDIANS TO MEET MEDICOS
    93 10 The following will nlav Cricket lor Indian AssocUtion against Medical College Union on Sunday at 11.00 a.m. on the Khalsa Association Ground at St. Georges Road. Players are requested to meet at No 50. Maiket Street at 10.00 a.m.:-\ Abbasbhoy (Captain i. M R. Motiwalla, R
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    Rockhtes Cricket
    50 10 The following -wul represent the Rocklitcs against St Andrew's School tomorro» at Woodsville at 2.15 p.m.: J GalLstan &lt;Capt i G Woodford S. Ferreira. M- Swyny C.G Fernandez, M. Leong C. dc Silva. G- Fernando. S. Ed wards. D. Swyny. CB. Yon Hagt. Reserves. G- 'USw R:V. Galistan.
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    CHEERFUL LADS
    85 10 A team will be selectee, from the following to represent the Cheerful Lads A.P. against th" RodrJite XI in a friendly game o' socce r on Sunday, at Choor. Guan School ground at 515 p.m. sharp. Se a h Ah Bah. Se a h Toe Hi Do 11
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    34 10 Members are remind" i.hat the 17th Annual Ge«w Meeting of the Party will held at the residence of Lav Pa u Song. 180-G M&lt;f niein Road. Singapore on day at 10.00 a^.
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    CEYLON'S TEAM
    63 10 Coldml&gt;o. Thu: T I lowing playcry hav&lt; .selected to represent in the* second Test the West Indies. beg»«J here tomorrow: F E.» Saram. captain. S. S. J«J* wickreme, M. SathasivaaJ* L. D C Krctser. S. Nig M. Rodrigo. A. J. Selvadury C. P. Qoaasckera. B- l Wijeycsinghc. S.
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    'WE'LL KEEP FLAG FLYING'
    399 11  -  -Says Lim From JIMMY GLOVER PRESTON, Thursday. r pi: \G SOON'S inability to play at PresViI n is a great misfortune but I am confi- 0U r bovs will rise to the occasion and de nes and spirits are still high, said Mr. our rhtrin Geok,
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    Broadcast
    112 11 Reports on eacJl day':, play ,B the final* the Thomas t«p Kailniintuii Competition be played at today and tomorrow, will be broadcast In the 8.8.C or. to* Muring days, tomo.vow and Sunday, a f .j.45 p.in (Malayan Time), both broadta*t&lt;i will l&gt;e relayed by all stations in tbo Mac
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    All Set For The Battle
    375 11 Reuter. FROM VERNON MORGAN PRESTON. Thurs. EVERYTHING is in ratalr.ess in this industrial town in Lancashire for tomorrow':! final of the Thomas ('up competition, blue riband of the badminton world, between Malaya, winners of the inter-taane nnal. and Den iii:trk, the European aatte Urttera, The
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    EMPIRE GAMES
    35 11 AUCKLAND, Thurs. Eutnc, for r:c:;t year's Empire j Oames he: r wW close on Jan. j 1 1853 The closing date has i &gt;can Jxtcttdsd from Dec. 1919 at tht- request of Australia.
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    'Wong Out'—Causes Sharp Drop In Malayan Shares
    605 11 'Wong Out' —Causes Sharp Drop In Malayan Shares Ey Tribune Badminton Correspondent THE reshuffling of the Danish Thomas Cup 1 team, the breaking up of the All-England champion pair Borge Frederiksen and Preben Dabelsleen, the reinstatement of Paul Holm and the fielding of two new rising players Olesen and Felsby,
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    DANES HOLD 3 ADVANTAGES OVER MALAYA
    597 11  -  By JOHN EDE •TAN we still win?" is the thought uppermost to-day in the minds of all badminton enthusiasts—and there can be very few in Malaya who are not at the moment—as the exhilarating defeat of America was swiftly followed by the tragic news
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    TRACK NOTES
    550 11 (BY ALLAN t WWtß* THIS meaning's woik war, done on the number two track which was in good condition considering the amount of rain on it on TftCaeHmy night. Congo (Spencer) was the arnt out aad he was going very easily to run three in 41 i. Diamond
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    Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson untitled for Kngland yesterday, accompanied by their children. >Ir. Thomson,' who is i uhlie Itelati »ns Oflieer, Singapore is going on leave.
    27 12 Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson untitled for Kngland yesterday, accompanied by their children. &gt;Ir. Thomson,' who is i uhlie Itelati »ns Oflieer, Singapore is going on leave.
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    Palestine Armistice: An Historic Occasion
    190 12 RHODES, Thursday.—Egyptians and Jews ended their nine months' hostilities in Palestine today by signing a general armistice agreement at a short formal ceremony here. The 32-page armistice, hammered out in six weeks of stiff negotiations, virtually "freezes" present military positions in south Palestine, leaving the
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    Truman Praises Israel, Egypt
    84 12 Reuter. WABHIN4 m Thurs. President Truman today prai cd Israel and Egypt signing an armistice agreement aw said he hop&lt;''i similar agi ments would be signed! between Israel and cthei Mab countries. He also hoped permanent would It bro'Jght t«' tin Middle ISaat 11 ii c
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    PLANE CRASH
    26 12 U.P. CUaCO PERU. Thurs.—A Penirjaa military transport plane with sixteen peopk aboard has crashed near Bus co. Fir-t reports say there weif two survi\t&gt;rs.—U.P.
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    ATTLEE REJECTS ANTI-RED LAWS
    46 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Prime Minister Clement Attlcc rejected a suggestion in the House Oi Commons today that he should irrtioducv anti-Communist legislation on the lines ot that in toon and France. He did not think such amendment "either necessary 01 desirable." Ileutcr.
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    PHILIPPINES SENATE FIGHT DRAWS BLOOD
    362 12 CHARGES OF MISCONDUCT A.P. U.P. MANILA, Thursday. Till; first bloodshed attribute to partisan feeling cil controversy between President Quirino and ousted Senate I resident lose Avelino, resulted in the shooting of a town councillor in Zambales Province, who was brought to Manila for treatment Meanwhile
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    A Mother's Love
    60 12 U.P. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. Thurs. —A mother dashed into a blazing apartment to save her four sleeping children hcic late last night and all five were burned to death. The house was destroyed although a family in the othei half of the house escaped Police identified the dead
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    TRUTH SERUM GETS THE TRUTH OUT
    88 12 U.P. PARIS, Thurs. —A French court ruled yesterday that three doctors did not violate the rights of Ihe patient whom they injected with truth serum to get him to admit that he was feigning loss off speech. The court dismissed the damage suit brought
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    Rail Strike Threat
    192 12 Bombay, Thurs. Fa«tinu guards nn t,lr r,ro, t Indian I Peninsular Ralway continued to mm trains as their ''si'eSft pintest" entered its second day today. A spokesman of tho rai'ways uiiiimistration said that the administration could not «.ake notice of the fast which he .'escribed as "unconstitutional."
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    Batu Caves Village Squatters Evicted
    229 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday.—A strong security force conducted a squatter eviction operation under Emergency Regulations 17D at Batu Caves Village near Kuala Lumpur, starting early today. Three hundred and fifty persona have so far been detained. A bandit ramp was found in one of the caves
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    77 Colours In Three Seconds
    34 12 A revolutionary printing pro cess by which 77 colours can be printed on a colour sample ;ard in three seconds has been developed by McCorquodal" Colour Display Limited, London.
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    LOST LOOT
    44 12 LOS ANGELES, Fri.—Treasure hunters say they think they have located the fabulous "lost loot of Lima,'' pirate booty estimated to be worth US 5600.000,000. It is supposedly buried under the shore of tiny Cocos Island off the West coast of Costa Rica.
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    ADVICE TO IMMIGRANTS
    43 12 Uembers of the public applying to the Immigration Dcpartnent for travel documents to assist them in returning from India to Singapore arc advised that in future, they must supply luce copies of photographs. i\ll photographs should be on velvet-finish paper.
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    Oh, To See Amritsar Again
    192 12 '.Tribune Staff Reporter, SIKHS wearing turbans all the colours of the opal crowded the tourist class deck on the Carthage yesterday when the P. O. mailship left for Bombay. With pride they stroked their beards. With them were their womenfolk in trousered Punjabi dress, drawing
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    Y.W.C.A. Scholar
    38 12 Miss Kwok Swee Soo (23) of Kuala Lumpur left by the Carthage yesterday for a year's training at the YWCA Training College, London. Miss Kwok is the first girl in Malaya to be granted such scholarship.
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    Fresh Riots Being Incited In S. Africa?
    186 12 DURBAN, Thursday.—Strong patrols 0 r armed police and armoured cars, backed. v naval and military detachments, started patrols throughout Durban today to check new antiIndian rioting by Africans. Ponce reunoi cements ait coming in from Pretoria by a special train tonight but many
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    PARIS TAKES ACTION
    40 12 A.P. PARIS, Thurs. French Premier Henri Queuiile tonight indicated that he intends to take legal action against the leaders of the French Communist Party for their attempts to "undermine" the morale of the nation md the army.—A.P.
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    Penang's Public Spirit Praised
    242 12 PENANG, Thursday.—Speaking on the second anniversary of the Penang Municipal Services Union last Wednesday, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Com-missioner-General said: "I do not know of any two-year-old infant anywhere who can be more sincerely congratulated on its size, weight, robust health and bright promise of
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    Sinhalese Cricket
    60 12 The following will represent tne Sinhalese Association Cricket XI against St. Andrew's DM Roys &lt;&gt;n Sunday a!. 11 a.m. ?l WoodSYiile N. UG. Wljeweera &lt;&lt;~apt.&gt;. i&lt;\ Van Roycn. c. Beoeviratne, Lt. R. Perera. CSM Wijekoon. C. Fernando. Graham de Silva. C. Penis, Sumathipala. T. Brohier. George Ranatu'igc. W
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    POLICE SHOT AT
    37 12 BERLIN, Thurs. Russian soldiers fired on a Western German police car that strayc; severa' hundred yards intc the Soviet sector of Berlin last night. The police scurried back to the American sector unhurt. A.P.
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    'SMALL INDIA' PROBLEM
    84 12 MADRAS. TilUI i deputy Prime Mini! Vallabhbhai Patcl the External Affaii j J ment was dealing •Sropriatc way v i.ion of the "small i„, France and Portugal (French possession m imount to 20») 3 yith a population of 323aj| Portuguese India ha at 2 irea of 1.6.1G
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    83 12 WESLEY METIIODIST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP: Mu... OBl evening, 4. Fort Canning Road —7.30 p.m. PAYA LEBAR METHOIMST YOUTH FELLOWSHIP: Camp fire night with other Youth Groups, 7, Boundary Road-g p.m. ...-Y.W.C.A., Town Wayfarers meeting for vocal training 8 tfcrt Canning Road—5.15 pin.; Katong Juniors' annua 1 social
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    Cinemas
    191 12 PAVILION: •'The Blind Got (less," with Eric Portman, Km Orawford. Hugh Wffliai Michael Denison—2. 1.1"». iM and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "The Twa Hn with Humphrey BoSort, Barbara Stanwyck nri Alexis Smith—ll a.m.. U* 1, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "A Southern Imkec" with Red Skclton and 3rian Donlcw —11
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    Sports
    24 12 TOl'KNKV: I y'\' 4 vV('\ I" 1 w Tournament*. ».ni. /'lu.'C! VOLLEY BALL: Y.M.C.A., 107, Solcpr K T\K(,E ip\NtS: &lt; Y.M.C.A., 107. Seleg'e Rw
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