Malaya Tribune, 1 March 1949

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1 VIII Malaya Tribune
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    61 1 MALAYA Tribune BY TBI PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: "Tribune, Spore." Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Ms lay a Phone: 5811 S Published simultaneously at 8i ngapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: ™$~>
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    GOLD CASTE IMPROVES
    255 1 untitled Notes .i: LAN LEWIS) T two track was I use at Dukit h mi ning when the following work was done. Nuffield wont over D >.■■ n tune. Fortune's Favourite went twice round the second ,n time. HazU ,\>:inon) showed a speed to run Empire Rose
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    FREE COMIC SUPPLEMENT
    23 1 Kf taMoM wf pit containing eomir strips ling materia! for the lmil w issued free with this "t Ike Tribune
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    Nehru Hits At Reds
    137 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Mon —Pandit j Nehru, Indian Prime Minister, today told Parliament that the Communnt Party of India "has during the past year adopted an attitude not only of onen hostility to the Govern- i ment but one which eari be described as bordering on
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    S.E.A. DEFENCE SCHEME TAKES SHAPE
    508 1 Delhi talks reveal our reliance on India Reuter. LONDON, Monday.—The formation of a South East Asia Regional Defence scheme started to take shape today with the New Delhi conference on Burma. Commonwealth Relations sources said it foreshadowed a bigger conference to deal with the situation
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    NEW PAY CODE ADOPTED BY SMC
    183 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The first interim report of the Municipal Salaries Revision Committee, w«, adopted a., a ment introduced by Mr. A. Corbett. Mr (Jorbetfs amenament was to the effect that no cost of living allowance should be paid to expatriate officers while on
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    Our Shuttle Ambassadors
    41 1 Autoyraph huntirs were after the Little Men" from M'tini" wke% they defeated the US. Thomas Cup team by 6-3 recently. Top pirtnrt slums Law Teik Hock Signing mit>>yraph.s. Picture ÜbOVi Wong Peng Soon in action *gai*£t Marten Mend*
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    AUSTRALIA TO START TIN STOCKPILE
    83 1 SYDNEY, Sun. —A suggestion that Australia should begin to build up a stock-pile of raw tin has been made by Mr. E. W. Walker, acting chairman of the Sugar Loaf Tin Company. He pointed out that up to 1941 Australia had produced sufficient tin for
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    STUCK FAST
    37 1 A.P. SEATTLE, Mon. Hard aground after striking a mud j bar on Marrowstone Island in I Puget Sound, the American Mai! Lines passenger freighter Washington Mail baulked efforts to free her late on Sunday. A.P.
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    DOUBLE MURDER
    39 1 U.P. FARFAX VIRGINIA, Mon. —A jewellery clerk confessed to the police today that he shot his wife three times and buried her in a nudist camp and then interred his infant daughter alive when his gun jammed.—U.P.
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    BANGKOK IS QUIET AGAIN
    73 1 A.P. (See page 3) BANGKOK, Mon. The capita] of Siam was virtually back to normal today—as normal as picturesque Bangkok can be. Certain main arteries were blocked off by guards and armed soldiers rested in front of government buildings but there was little to indicate in
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    DUTCH OFFER REFUSED
    69 1 U.P. BATAVIA. Mon—The Indonesian Republicans have rejected the Netherlands invitation to attend a round table conference on Indonesian problems at the Hague on March 12. At the same time, they have charged the Dutch with failure to comply with the Security Council resolution on Indonesia. The fat
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    CHIANG MAY MOVE
    33 1 U.P. CANTON. Mon. It is believed that Chiang Kai-shek may move from his retreat «n Ohikow, Chrkiang province, to Amoy on the South China coast within the near future.- -U.P.
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    STRANG ON DUTY
    24 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon.—Sir William Strang took up duty today as the newly appointed permanent head of the British Foreign Office Reuter.
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    Civic Reception For Cup Players Urged
    289 1 Front Page Letter A CIVIC Reception by both the Singapore and the Malayan Federation Governments to Malaya's Thomas Cup Team is urged by the Hon. Mr. John Laycock, Singapore Legislative Councillor, in a letter received by the Tribune this morning. Mr. Laycock writes:— "All
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    RED PLEDGE
    42 1 U.P. LONDON. Mon.—Harry Pollitt. leader of the British communist party, said that British communists will side with Russia in the event of a war in a statement to the National Executive of his party, the communist paper Daily Worker reported.—U.P.
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    POLICÉ BLAST NUDE KILLER
    174 1 U.P. PHOENIX ARIZONA, Mon. Billy Ray Gilbert, 28, made good his boast that he would never be captured alive, but he failed to fulfil his vow to take two officers with him when he died. The ex-convict who had slain three persons nea» Needles, California, was
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    Malaya to ask for Better Rubber Price
    129 1 IPOH, Monday .--Malaya will press for a better price for rubber at the next meeting of Rubber Study Group scheduled for March 28 in London it is learned here. Malaya will be represented by Mr. D. Farquarson ami Tuan Sheik Ahamad both of
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    PARLIAMENT OF EUROPE
    48 1 Reuter. BRUSSELS. Mon. Plans for a. parliament of Europe giving a place to Western Germany and. aUcwing 'iron curtain" refugees to vote weie adoptee! here today by the International Council of the European Movement. Support for this "declaration of principles of policy" was unanimous. Reuter.
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    EYES ON FORMOSA
    25 1 U.P. HONG KONG. Mon.—One Communist demand at the forthcoming peace talks will be the control of Formosa, according to informed Formosan sources.--U.P.
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    Burma Expects Big Loan
    125 1 Reuter. LONDON. Mon. Burma "confidently expects" an immediate Brltitsh loan ol £20,000,000, it v/c; learned in Burmese official circles in London tonight. The money would be used to pay for Burma's exportable rice surplus "without which India and Malaya will go hungry", it was stated. It
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    GUERILLAS ACTIVE
    29 1 BATAVIA, Mon. Aneta correspondents in Sourabaya, Bandung, Buitenborg and Semarang report that guerillas and terrorists were active in East, Central anil West Java during the past weekend.
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    Li, Sun Fo resume Peace discussions
    193 1 Reuter. NANKING, Monday.—Premier Sun Fo returned today to the Nationalist capital to join Acting President Li Tsung-jen on the Yangtse River front line to further peace talks with the Chinese Communists. \t tne amine tune a letter from Mao Tse-tung, Chinese is being discus
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    Methodist youth had good year
    207 2 The Singapore District Methodist Youth Fe'lowship had a progressive year in 1948. There was greater unity and co-operation between the various chapters, increase in membership. improved financial standing and successful attempts to work with other youth movements. These were highlights of the report of the
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    SHAWS CLEARED IN CONTEMPT SUIT
    405 2 MR Justice Gordon-Smith dismissed witn costs in the High Court yesterday the 'application for a writ of attachment for alleged contempt of court against Fun Run Shaw and Runme Shaw, trading as Eastern Film Agency. Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne made the application on behalf of
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    NEW JOB
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    RADIO DOCTOR
    43 2 Th. Radio Doctor will be discussing Indigestion when he answers listeners' questions at 8 00 p.m. over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya tonight. (Ist March). All questions should b»- sent to Radio Doctor. Dope, rtment of Broadcasting. Cathay Building, Singapore.
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    Johore must dependon on Fed. allocations
    340 2 JOHORE BHARU, Monday.—Dato Onn bin Jaaiar, Johore's Mentri Besar, told the State Council meeting yesterday that "for a considerable number of years to come* Johore must depend on large Federal allocations to cover the deficits as between State revenue and expenditure. The Emergency had
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    SPITFIRES, BEAUS HIT AT BANDITS
    79 2 T< TT T ALA LUiViPUH, Mon. Beaunghteis and Spitfires of j tho R.A.F. assisting security i forces today carried out ti powerfur attack on a large dispersed bandit camp in the Mengkuang area of southwest Pabang. The camp situated in a large clearing consisted* of
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    US Bishop Delayed
    115 2 Methodist Bishop Ralph L. Cushman of St. Paul's Minneapolis Minnesota, scheduled to avrive from Hon- Kong by B O. A. C flying-boat yesterday was delayed. Dr. M. Dodsworth of the Methodist Mission said last that he lied received a cable from the bishop who will be arriving
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    MURDER TAXI LOCATED
    124 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The taxi belonging to Low Tai. the 10-year-old Chinese, found battered to death in a ditch near the 12th milestone on Changi Road early on Saturday was found abandoned yesterday at Ayer Rajah Road, near the junction of Alexandra Road. The murdered man's driving
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    O.C.P.D. for a day
    58 2 JOHORE BAHRC. Monday: Chief Inspector Jaffar bin Maridan. formerly Ofhcer-in-Charge. Detectives. Johore, was O.C.P.D. Batu Pahat for a day. l>ast Friday, ho went to Batu Pahat to take up a new appointment. Ho was hardly more than 20 hours in JiHtu Pahat when the O.C.P.D. received
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    AERO CLUBS DROP THE PAYROLL 1
    185 3 Urcraft ntl amateur TH* t t lt Singapore and Flying Clubs 'doing their fighting the bandit menblt 1n m a ya by dropping aco 1,1 Davr olls on isolated jnonoy canvas bags, the pack ped without a monC 'h from the light air?>l!:U>n"\ ny
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    JUST ONE MORE CHANCE
    142 3 The Firs! Uistiict Judge yestt-: lay gave Mohamed Yusoff bin Mustapha (17) "one last chance" to go stiaipht Mustapha tore his identity card to hits on Dec. 12 at High street The Judge. Mr. E. P. Shanks, said: "If you are brought back here again and
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    APPOINTMENT
    15 3 A Bndgeman has been appointed to act as Comptrollci-General of Income Tax for Malaya
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    DEMANDED $10: GOT 6 WEEKS
    73 3 A yob (23) was (it U1 lh Th Police w f vr t rr1uy to six we «*s' -.tort $10 Rnn Ahm3 S Kon o saul that on tM right stall t !0n Ayob «»a to lv,r deman/? park and «namie, $i 0 and threatened
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    SQUATTER ROUND-UP ON KEDAH-SIAM BORDER
    391 3 KUALA LUMPUH, Monday. Squatters in an bandit brfested area on the Kedah-Siam border are evacuated today by security forces. The two principal centres evacuated are the village <>l Sato* and the area around Bukit Kachi where there i> CliUMM owned tin mine. Pol'n•»• officials state
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    Banned Books: No Further Statement
    153 3 The Department of Education, Singapore, yesterday refused to make any further statement about the announcement in the Government Gazette that four volumes of the Kuo Yu Readers for Youths have been canned for use in registered schools in the Colony. "We have no authority tc
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    149 apply for Post
    123 3 The post of Records Officer with the Labour Department in Singapore has attracted 149 apppeants. Closing date for applications was February li*. All these applications will face P three-man Selection Board shortly. Before making thtir final choice, the Board may interview certain candidates and. possibly, set
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    CANADIAN FINED FOR ASSAULT
    102 3 Patrick Guliivan. a Canadian from Nova Scotia, pleaded yiity in the Third Police Court yesterday to assaulting a police Inspector, attempting to a.ssault a Chief Inspector and damaging a chair valued at $5 at the Harbour Board on Feb 27. GulUvan said he was drunk and
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    HAD GRENADE -REMANDED
    47 3 Tan Dat Khco (10) was remanded for 48 hours in police custody yesterday in the Second Police Court for being in possession of a grenade. The grenade was found on the night of Feb. 28 in a junke looreu oO yards off tteach Band.
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    No Trophy
    63 3 DL T rC//.1/-lA P. Van Dm Dries, xcho kmt retnnutl a decoration he received front the United States for saving Amcncan airm'ii's lices in Europe duiinn the war. Mr. Van Df n Dries saps he no lonfftr icants tht medal because he is shirked by tht United States
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    BANDIT ATTACK
    57 3 Kl I ALA Ll IM PUftj Moil.— A gang of bandits raided 1 Ijok Village in the Taiping, area yesterday afternoon ani burned dopn the assistant penghulu's house an<l office. The bandits surrounded the village and then proceeded to damage the buildings. One shotgun was also taken from
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    EYEWITNESSES OF SIAM COUP REACH SINGAPORE
    322 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) PASSENGERS off the iirst aircraft to reach Singapore from Siam IM the r attempted 'coup' in Bangkok, a X.L.M. Skymaster from Shanghai, were unanimously of the opinion lhat the affair was "nothing very senoua Crew members said that the Bangkok civil
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    Reform needed —Che Salleha
    112 3 (!hc Salleha hinti Onn. 31-year-old daughter of Johore's Mentri H'sur, Dato Onn bin Jaafar, and Johore's only Woman Ccuncil'.or this year, said at the first meeting of the Johore State Council yesterday that h" Sieved social and religious reforms among Malays were I' ng overdue. Announcing
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    ASK THE WIFE FIRST
    68 3 About lb members of the Singapore Rotary Club and their wives beaded by the Chairman of the Club's Community Service Committee Mr Yap Phong Geek visited Johore on Sunday to look over a site at which Rotarians are proposing to build a club house. The party
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    City Fathers Must Find $5 Million
    199 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore Municipal Commissioners will have to find nearly $5,000,000 to pay for the increases in salaries and allowances of Municipal employees recommended in the first interim report of the Municipal Salaries Revision Committee. The report was adopted with an amended cost
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    THE ROAD TO UNITY
    354 4 THE formal establishment of the Malayan 1 Chinese Association at a meeting m Kuala Lumpur last Sunday uaevery sense of the word, a historic occasion we use the word "historic" with a f u apP«cia tion of its meaning. «f rvrvittiral events will be made to
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    SAY IT WITH ROSES
    170 4 MEL LAYCOCK's suggestion that Singapore should give a civic reception and a public dinner to the Malayan badminton team on its return will, we are sure, receive fullest support from the people of this Colony. Our team deserves this if only because it has shown to
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    HELLO! HELLO!
    902 4  -  The average daily number of telephone calls in the world k about 200,000,000 Even Alexander Graham Bell in his most roseate dreams about the future of his invention could never have foreseen such staggering figures as these. by W. STANFORD P.N.F.A. THE first telephone message ever aent consisted
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    Stop—Go!
    142 4 I i X fw Sir. Will you please allow me some space in your paper to draw the attention of the Traction Company management to the unsatisfactory way the Tank Road Keppel Harbour bus service is being operated. Not only do the buses run at irregular intervals but no
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    MARSHALL PLAN FOR MIDDLE EAST
    403 4 BRITISH government experts are at present preparing a report for Foreign Secretary Ernest B< yin on the possibility and implications of new "Marsha 1 Plans" for Africa and the Middle East. The basis of these studies is the statement of President Truman referring to "a
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    FAR SIRE OF THE SUMMER PALACE
    1197 4  -  By POCETTA SAUNDERS ABOUT five miles west of Peking, backed by the blue ranges of the Western Hills, is the Summer Palace of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi. who was contemporary with Queen Victoria of England. Innumerable little buildings are piled up on the
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    Stupid Officials Blamed
    98 5 YORK Mon. Anna I* EVV t American news- expelled from ountrica have and piosecutors have decided ut to get their thif comment to nud asked her r,A Russia's action fhe Soviet Union I espionage, an a tborate on the mi took place had appeared il Grand Jury
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    GEN. CLAY TO QUIT
    29 5 U.P. ;< Mon —The Chicago Tribune said Sunday night it has learned "authoritatively" eneral Lucius D. Clay Mil relinquish command of in Europe by June ::<»." P.P.
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    MOSCOW CLOSES PEIPING OFFICE
    52 5 A.P. PEIPING, Mon.—Thc Soviet Consulate in Pciping quietly ceased its business a week ago. No reason was given to this action l ut it is commonly supposed the Soviets are going out of their way to try to show is no connection between them and Chinese
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    Peace Talks This Month
    38 5 U.P. NANKING, M.m—The official Centra! News Agency this mo mini: in a brief announcement on the peace progress, said that the peace conference between the Reds and the Nationalists will begin "next month."— —U.P.
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    GASP AT VAMPIRE
    41 5 Reuter. MANILA, Mon. Manilans, especially those in the down- I town area, gasped in amazement at the terrific speed of the Royal Air Force jet tighter J Vampire when it yesterday gave a thrilling exhibition of aerial acrobatics.—Reuter.
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    WILL FRENCH GOVT. PUT REDS ON TRIAL?
    136 5 PARIS, Monday.—The French government will take preliminary steps today to determine whether the two Communist Party leaders in parliament and j four others should be prosecuted on charges of endan- gering national security. A military magistrate wtU begin a secret hearing to determine
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    Mock Atomic Bomb fails To Sink Caribbean Fleet
    178 5 V.P. ABOARD USS POCONO, off Puerto Rico, Monday—The huge aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt was ruled knocked out of action temporarily and an escorting destroyer was declared sunk by a mock atomic explosion in the navy's biggest peace time war games. Quito
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    NEW CHAIRMAN
    39 5 Reuter. LONDON, Mon. -The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that Marshal of the Royal Air Lord Douglas would shortly replace Mr. uetaru Erlanger as chairman of British-European Airways, one of Britain's three state-owned I ail lines. —Reuter.
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    RUSSIANS HAIL TOGLIATTI TALK
    39 5 U.P. MOSCOW, Mon. All Moscow newspapers gave prominent display to the Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti's statement that the Italians should aid the Soviet army if it should chase aggressors back onto Italian soil. U.P.
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    ALL SCANDINAVIA TURNS WEST
    183 5 A.P. OSLO, NORWAY, Monday. High diplomatic sources predict that all Scandinavia including traditionally neutral Sweden probably will join the proposed North Atlantic defence pact within six months. Norway already has prepared to cast her lot with the West. Denmark's principal political party, the Social Democrats, called
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    REDS BOYCOTT SEOUL MEETING
    52 5 A.P. SEOUL, Mon. —Communists are being told by their leaders to stay away from the Korean Republic's independence day ce'ebration Tuesday, when President Syngman Rhce will address a mass meeting in Seoul Stadium celebrating the :j0th anniversary of Korea's unsuccessful attempt to gain freedom from Japanese
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    MORE RESTRICTIONS
    21 5 PRAGUE, Mon. —Severe restrictions on news pertaining to national defense have been placed on Czechoslovakia's already tightly controlled press.
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    India To Expand Air Mail Service
    44 5 A.P. NEW DELHI. Mon. The Communications Ministry is considering a proposal to move mail by air wherever possible. To do the job, the present 1 night airmail service would be extended to all points with landing facilities. —A.P.
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    Truman To Lay UN Cornerstone
    46 5 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS. Mon. It was announced here that Piesident Truman will lay the cornerstone of the New United Nations permanent headquarters on the East River in Manhattan on April 10. Excavatio-1 work on the site has now been completed. -U.P.
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    INDIA BLAMED
    21 5 MObCOW, Mon.- Pravda. the Communist party organ, said an anti-Communist campaign Is being waged in India undei American pressure.
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    President Of Israel
    49 5 Dr. Chaim Weizmann, nr.sr president of the state of Israel, is suorn in amid tie cheers of members of the Jewish Assembly in Jerusalem. On the left is Joseph Sprinzak, president of the Assembly. Dr. Weizmann was formerly president of the World Zionist Organization. —A.P. Photo.
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    DUTCHPLAN
    54 5 A.P. BATAVIA, Mon.—Leaders of Indonesian non Republican states said on Sunday they "warmly received a new Dutch plan to sett'c the Indonesian conflict. The States are Dutch.iponnored. Reaction of the Republican leaders still is not known. They are to be freed from Dutch custody under the plan announced on
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    QUIT SHANGHAI
    19 5 SHANGHAI. Mon. The International Refugee organization will repatriate 40 European refugees aboard SS Rcna on March 5.
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    Palestine Talks
    30 5 U.P. RHODES, Mon. Israel and r ansjordan will open their armistice talks here on Tuesday, just six days after the successful conclusion of the Israeli-Egyptian negotiations. U. P.
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    Bamboo Curtain Gives Hints On Red Puzzle
    216 5 U.P. SHANGHAI, Monday .—The Chinese Communists today had given answers to at least two of the questions drawn from the general puzzle box devoted to wondering what sort of pattern would be set in Communist controlled areas toward foreigners in general and foreign
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    ZOOLOGISTS BACK
    36 5 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Mon. —The sixman United States zoological expedition to the Himalayan hill kingdom of Nepal, led by Dr. D. Ripley, returned to Calcutta today after three and a half months' stay there. —Reu-
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    Labour Decides On More Nationalization
    189 5 LONDON, Monday.—Britain's Labour party was reliably reported on Sunday night to have decided to continue and expand its programme for Government ownership of basic industries— but with some exceptions. Meanwhile the Communists declared war on the Labour party which spurned Communist support in the most
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    Coup Against Austria
    148 5 U.P. VIENNA. Mon. —Reliable intelligence sources said today that the Communists are making "feverish" preparations for an attempted coup when the Allied occupation troops withdraw from Austria after signing the peace treaty. The intormants said that there was evidence that the Communists had recruited several key party
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    Crack Down
    40 5 TOKYO, Mon Five persons have been arrested and four additional arrests are expected soon as the Japanese police began to clamp down on the narcotics trade in the port city of Kobe Japan's centre of illicit drug traffic.
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    SHARE MARKET
    838 6 SINGAPORE, Mori. THE share market was in--1 clined to drift downwards in the absence of any real buying interest. Singapore share quotations today as given by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association were as follows: Buyers Sellers atlas Ice 14.00 15.00 Uex. Brie* Pref. 2.87% 2.92% Ords. 1.97 2.0.2% 8.8.
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    Produce Market
    114 6 A SMALL volume of business was recorded in the white pepper market yesterday. Sellers' quotations for white rapper remained unchanged but Lampong black pepper slipped $1 to a picul. The sagotiour market tend d to be easier. Yesterday's prices were: SAGO FLOUR: Lingga $15 1 2l Sarawak $12.
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    MORE THAN THE STATISTICS
    30 6 Reuter. NEW YORK, Mon. Mr. Ricve. a vice-president of the Congress of Industrial Organisations, asserted today that unemployment ia America is worse than Government .statistics indicate.—Reuter.
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    EXPORT DUTY REVISED IN INDONESIA
    151 6 THE NEI authorities have revised the export duty on 1 goods exported from Indonesia replacing it by an eight per cent ad valorem duty applicable to ail products except guttah, rattan resins, sisal and raanila. The export duty levied on these products is three per
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    RUBBER MARKET
    59 6 Small business was 11*»*« ed in the rubber commoauy market yesterday. There were no weekend advices from London 01 New York. Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No 1 March RSS 35% 35fc No*. 2 March RSS 34 34 No 3 March RSS 33 33 On rcg. tender: March
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    SUGAR PLANS
    17 6 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. Hawaii plans to produce about 900.000 tons of raw sugar this year.
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    Support for M-aid funds for Britain
    207 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, Monday .-Strong support for giving Brittin its full share of second year Marshall Plan fuSRedeveloped in the U.S. Senate Fore.gn Reministration rushed up its biggest J,"™ instalment ear-marked for Btitain. Secretary o£ State. Dean Acheaon. and Foreign Aid Adminlatrator Paul G. Hottman
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    INDIA MAKES 65,000 CYCLES
    55 6 A.P. NEW DELHI. Mon. India produced about 19.000 bicycles in 1947 and 05,000 last year, against an annual demand in the country for 300.000. M s Dr S. P. Mokerjcc. Industry and Supply Minister, told the Legislative Assembly India imported bicycles costing 28,--000.000 rupees in 1946-47
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    New Jap Lacquerware
    85 6 A.P. NEW YORK. Mon. Three hundred examples of Japan's I new lacquerware will be exI hibited at the SCAP foreign trade New York office throughout March. The items, represent postwar development in Japanese lacquerware. and are considered nighly suitable for the Am- j erican market. j Woodbasc
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    Along the godowns
    69 6 Sirusa —Scudai (45); Rajula (44); Empire Hamble (Sheers Wharf); Tomar (42/43); Trevincc (40/41); Myrmidon (38/39); Tong Hai (36/37); Mount Davis (33/34); Steel Worker (31/3f); Eastern Saga —Mayor (17/18); Pacific Stronghold (19/20); Marudu— Empire Pacific (21/22); CastlcvTTic—LCT C. 694 (23/24); Malacca (25/26); Baku (29 30); Tantalus—Trevelvan (15 16);
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    ENGLISH BOY SPEAKS ONLY JAPANESE
    123 6 FORTY-ONE year old Miss Karen Andersen-Rusendal who has taught music in Copenhagen for 26 years is now in Singapore dp her way home after travelling half way across the world to take a Job as governess in Tokio. Her three charges now returning to England
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    FROM S'PORE'S WATERFRONT Far East's oldest turf club ruined
    190 6 GENIAL and portly 62-year-old Mr. A. W. Olsen for forty-two-years secretary of the oldest turf club in the Far East, the Shanghai Race Club is now in Singapore. He is on holiday until the end of November. Mr. Olsen had this
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    VACANCIES WON'T WAIT LANG.
    47 6 New Session for Beginners Starting; March: Typing, Bk. Keeping. tEle. Adv. '419 Nov. Exam.) Shorthand, Pltraans Gregg. Eagrtish for Beginners: in 4 Stages in the Morning 5 at night. Cfasscs ttH 9.3<> p.m. j 8'poro Institute of Commerce, •5, Miduie kW. Tel. *****.
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    THOMAS CUP FUND DONATIONS
    26 7 Two more donations i.ave received fo; the Tribune Thomas Cup Fund as follows Mr, Hum- Sun- Khoon $5.00 Lin Siting Huang 5.00
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    MALAYA MAY WIN ONLY ONE TROPHY
    791 7  -  All-England Tourney Starts Tomorrow By JOHN EDE D ADMIN TON ol the highest order will be seen in the AII-England chamD pionships which open tomorrow and conclude on Saturday. Never before has the tournament attracted such an international ei»try, with an array of (atari
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    WRIGHT IN FORM
    37 7 DURBAN, Mon.- Douglas Wright, the Kent legbreak bowler, took seven wick-ts for 94 runs, his best performance of the tour, for the MCC against Natal today in a match which ended in a draw.
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    W. INDIES DRAW
    21 7 COLOMBO, Mon. The Test match between Ceylon and the West Indies, resumed here today, resulted In a draw.
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    Toast Of Success
    50 7 Picture taken during the ball held after Malaya's international badminton match with England at the l'a'aee Hotel, Torquay. Left to right: Mrs. Leong Haw -Meng, Harold Morland (non-playi nt; captain Vl'- Kngland team), Mrs. Khoo, Lim Chuan Geok, Miss Lillian Lim and the Public Relations Officer, Torquay.
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    We have the Best Players—We need the Best Hall
    297 7  - We have the Best Players We need the Best Hall By THE SPORTS EDITOR THE Thomas C up is ours and we are very proud of the fighting qualities shown by our nine little men who took the long road to Preston approximately three months ago. It however must be
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    ORTIZ vs. MARINO
    30 7 A.P. HONOLULU. Mon.- Manuel Ortiz of California will defend his world bantamweight championship against Dado Marino of Honolulu in a 15-round bout on Tuesday in Honolulu. A.P.
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    3 TIE IN FEB. BOGEY
    206 7 The Island Clubs February Bogey Competition played over the weekend resulted in a tie among W. L. Rolleston. f. A. Cluppindale and F. G. Minns in the "A" Divij sion with scores of 1 irp each respectively. The "B" Division was won by Loke Wan
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    S'PORE SERVICES
    19 7 Reuter—AAP. HONGKONG. Mon. Singapore United Services beat Hongkong 6-3 in a rugby match here today.- Reuter- AAP.
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    Thumbnail Sketches Of Our Cup Team
    435 7 THUMBNAIL sketches of the Malayan Thomas Cup team by Mr! Wee Klin Wee, we» known Malayan badminton critic during a broadcast from Radio Malaya recently: MR. LIM CHI AN GEOK: He loves badminton. Has devoted his time, labour and money to the sport. Has
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    Van Breukelen's Day Tomorrow
    274 7  -  SAYS ALLAN LEWIS Tomorrow' programme at Bukit Timah again looks difficult for punters, when tlierr will be eight races decided. Van Breukelen looks to hold strong chances in the races where he has horses engaged. Taking a line through Saturday s form 1 think No Regrets
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      179 7 NOTICE NOTICE hi In reby given that Han Aik Fong of No. 515 A. Geylang Serai, Singapore, has applied to the Hoard of Liccns- i ing Justices, Singapore, for a First Class Public House Lie-' tnce limited to the sale of Beer and Stout for consumption on tho premlm 3
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    Rush Of Guilty Pleas
    121 8 U.P. SOFIA, Mon.—The mass trial of Protestant clergymen here speeded up today with a rush ox 'Guilty" pleas along the now familiar pattern of tearful confession and professions of remorse. Four more pastors marched by the witness stand in rapid order, raising to seven the number
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    'Give Equal Attention To Economic Progress' -Adviser Tells Council
    182 8 Mr. Arthur Sleep, retiring British Adviser of Johore, yesterday urged members of the Johore State Council to give as much attention to the economic progress of the people of Johore as to their political and social advancement. tic arid civ ..iontri
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    General WHAT'S ON TODAY
    68 8 V OUNG PEOPLE'S GROUP, Bethesda, Katong: Mr. K. Abraham will speak —6 p.m. C.V.M.A. (Sacred Heart Church), Members' night, clubhouse, Tank Road—B 30 p.m. Y. W. V. A., Business and Professional Club Committee meeting 5 p.m.; Lessons in ballroom dancing—s.4s p.m 5, Rafues t^uuy. CHINESE V.M.C.A.,
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    Cinema*
    221 8 Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward and Diana Lynn —2, 4.15, 0.30 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "Mutiny on the Bounty," wit-i Charles Laughton and Cterk Gable —11 a.m., 1.45, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. CATHAY: "Mary of Scotland," with Katherine Hepburn and Fredric March—ll a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m.
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    Sport
    66 8 LEAGUE SOCCER: RE. Regt. v. Tiger Sports Assn.— Jalan Besar Stadium; Indonesia "B" v. Naval Stores—Geylang Stadium; Haikowvu v. Aston A.C.—St. George's Road. HOCKEY: S.C.R.C. v. 8.0.D. —St. George's Road. CRICKET PRACTICE: SC.C. —5 p.m. BADMINTON AND BAS- KETBALL: Chinese V.M.C.A., 107, Selegie Rood—s p.m. WEIGHTLIFTING A N D
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    Income Tax Officer For Perak Asked
    176 8 IPOH, Mon.—Presiding at the annual general meeting of the Perak Branch of the F.M.S. Chamher of Commerce last week Mr. B. N. Bintley stated the Chamber of Commerce tried ver\ hard to persuade the Comptroller of Income Tax to station an officer in Perak.
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    More Malays Go To School In Johore
    279 8 The demand for education in Johore Is greater than ever before, said the Mentri Besar i 0 P at Onn bin Jaafar, in his review of educational progress in the State at this year's terda^ eetmg 0f the J hoie State Council yesIn.
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    JOHORE COUNCILLORS TO BE ELECTED
    388 8 (Tribune Staff Reporter) JOHORE expects this year to initiate legislation for the election of members to the State Council, in accordance with the desire of His Highness the Sultan and in conformity with the Federation Agreement. This was announced yesterday by Johore's Mentri Besar, Dato
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    Noted Trainer Dead
    49 8 Snowy ..larland, who recently retired rrom active training, passed away at his sister's residence, Avoea, Victoria, Australia, on Feb. 2o at '6.'i0 p.n. The racing wor'd In Malaya will mourn Che loss u» tnis grand eld man who had endeared himself to ail who knew him.
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    KLUANG SOCCER
    21 8 Ti«e «uuang v.overniiH-iiL lish school lost to the Chinese and Malay Combined at footbail by four goals to two.
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    Colonial Finance Officer Arrives
    207 8 Mr. Henry Townsend Bourdillon head the Financial Department of the Colonial Offi arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from P f e tain. n While in the Colony and during his proposed visit to tho Federation, Mr. Townsend will confer with responsible local officials regarding a
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      433 8 'COURVOISIER" COGNAC I THE BRANDY OF NAPOLEON j (Produce of France) f Honoured b;i the Warrant of Suppli) to BM. the late Kin,/ George V. and H.M. Kin<) George VI. Con noisier has also received riniUar distinctions from the former imperial Court of France and from Kino Gustaf V of
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      Study Of A Fanatic
      63 I t*Tc-«-- n,i J!S_ !>o. 1 gesticuKtes iKe ii,,: h irs. p***. •dur«u2 l r; ,„kfurt, ||.ebm:* r > sg from W**%L British rutho|ritie\the Kei Ifi-Twho work for I th fur an ut f r hi, audience "1 l.jW _L he dec'-vil that the meeting ot Hest
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      OVERSEAS CHINESE
      231 I mE position of Chinese fill overseas m South1| bit a oetenorattog Sfjfllf because 01 ultraetas** of the local populace, tho rar jate» Beonomu tumem f e:::: i v irmal areas expiesnre stutior.s sere reported deC:tin£ a recent American pi j tat Review said the m SJSJBBI appears to
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      CAN LIGHTNING CURE COUGHS?
      691 I  -  f A CHILD PI SHED A BEAN INTO HIS EAR AND FROM THAT INSTANT HIS COUGH STOPPED. THE BEAN WAS REMOVED BUT THE CURE WAS PERMANENT. ».irlm ilia by MANSON CLARKE P.N.F.A. CHILDREN with whoopingcough are still being taken up in aeroplanes in the hope that
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      RAFFERTY BRINGS WORD OF TWO MOVIEMEN
      205 II British Film News THIFS RAFFERTY, the Australian star who parsed through Singapore the other day brought word of two personalities whom tlie local film world have ?>een waiting to greet during the past few weeks namely British comedian Tommy Triuder and film director Ralph
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      Got A Break
      148 II nro get ii break into Hritisif films, Vincent H»U, a foimer R..V*AJF. officer from Sydney, signed on as a deckhand to get across to the U.K. After war service in Europe, Mall studied dramatic art at Sydney's Whitehall Academy and then played in repertory with the Independent
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      Mills, Producer
      81 II DRODUCING his first film and starring in it too is sceen star John Mills whose picture "The History of Mr. Polly" has had enthusiastic notices from London critics. The film is an adaptation of the novel bv the late H. G. Wells. When the film had its premiere
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      Argentina's Choice
      32 II "DROCINE," the Argentine j 1 trade paper, has selected Sir Laurence Olivier as "the best foreign actor for 1»4H." The paper voted him tops for his part in "Henry V."
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      Schedule Changed
      58 II OJV/Afi} tv ballerina Irimi B&ranovj developing bronchitis -during the making of the film. "Tram of Events," the shotting schedule at Ealing Studios had to be rearranged. Irhiu plays a famous /tiani-st in the film who has an affair with a c-ondnctor. John Clements takes the latter role, while
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      "Dies" Again
      101 II MOST killed man in British films ia Maxwell Reed. And it seems the film men like him to make a quick exit whei. the time comes for him to do so. In "The Brothers" he committed suicide, in "Nightbeat" he was stabbed, in "Daughter of Darkness" he was
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      Puzzle Corner
      144 II How Much Do You Know About Film Stars If you are a regular cinema goer or a constant reader of film notes, these three questions should be solved in five minutes: (a) What are the names of the husband and wife stars who played in the same picture
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      The Opera
      57 II Lovers of classical music and the opera will find this question easy. Give the names of the opera of which the EngPsh translation appears below: (at The Troubadour, (b) Rustic Chivalry, (c) The Clowns, (d) The Betrayed Woman, (c) The Bohemian Girl. <f» Court Jester. <g» Don John,
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      QUEENS AND THEIR CONSORTS
      87 II Princess Elizabeth wa« married to Duke of Edinburgh a year ago. How many at the following queens had husbands and what are their name* (a) Mary I. (b) Elizabeth. ici Anne. <d>) Victoria. Author The following book< have time and again found many lovers. Do you
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      TO JOIN FORCES
      77 II A.P. possibihtv 01 a kln B«7 teaming d agree, I th« m m made today m S?J changes. L** 1 made a P j ct m y h*l ■Hd it f a J 10 «J[ bination K preaent. butT 5 IS for MGM t 0 laZL*** Public
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      BEST CUP OF COFFEE
      126 II A.P. Khome em I >sear v* h** cais aren't eve,vth;ne 1 Scott indisputably best cup of coffee in (3 Miss Scott s secret withi fee is two level tabled* stead ot oneheaplaja Its uses more coffer* admitted, -but its 31 count to 20 real t a
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      REDUCTION
      54 VI P.N.F.A. The day after he Was elected Mayor of Harrington. Texas, the successful candidate asked that bis salary be reduced from £$00 to five shillings a year. \t was finally agreed to reduce it to f 150- but that he would have to take that much whether he wanted
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      104 VI AP. THERE'S a ri Pean tennis. 1 He is IS-ytar-ou. ish schoolboy f n< v ho this liners Frank** and Budge P att Asboth of HunJ sten JohanssonJ of Lanky and handl. •f a natural uj.'Jg •dad. a CX^nhagJf Kurt :i mai X sport,
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      63 VI A.P. IJNIVERS] v [uJ U thorit. J ing a t0 J Sport- nit m the Unih d State; Plan-- centre ofi'ia to sell many tdakfj tO fCOti' ill -urfri g| events for five years vance. Upward- of i/Sill would be received for! struction. The >ta Bon urn i 000
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      27 VI A.P. STAG huntii Iron, out at tht M again ~M The House of CowM ed down 214 to lOlalfl the hunt:- I otter, 'MM A.P.
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      U.S. Athletes Willing To untitled Starting Gate
      323 VI AMERICAN athletic officials are. willing to lend other countries the smarting gate for .sprinters used successfully in championships for the first time at the United State* indoors meeting at Madison Square Garden These officials, enthusiastic about the response of athletes and the public
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        295 VI f£/J /W V' MWi //OWI «T ft/f T*V£U, SHE WAS OUT > f ft*. DO/.' Poflr? N f RELATION/- TO ME? COUNTED HOW \TO BE6W MR RUGGLtS H*S THIS 7«« TM/?£f ff/OOT AMD. Oft M/df *W7£W* ARE YOU CANMHELP YOU? 'IT'S ABOUT MY MTU HAPKHW f+rf CAME RACK SOAHmWEf RELATION
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      213 VII c oarmar--rt from <n houses. m Pflftis novel: ii» <n a "monasin here that ion- 5 nts spent l fiSvwito the nu--1 student at Training f H Prhrati study, Leisure; 8 30 -BreaKiasi. too Leisure monitors attend to the pump, the lamps. dusting of rooms, etc.; ,243 Industrial occupations;
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      54 VII A.P. "J are being c for an expedi- «o am hem Australia, this JWtnbal songcycles •intuaij of Australia's J»? Primitive aboriarc lost ftH *°im V Elkin Profesat the l cr Sydneyi, JJjßguist and reordSff" -5« -o to the re months time with ?LT ssar >' to
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      SLEEP-WALKING BURGLARS
      545 VII P.N.F.A. A policeman. who was charged recently with "breaking into and entering premises", was acquitted after the defence had call«d two witnesses to prove that the constable, an inveterate sleep-walker, had carried out the offence unintentionally whilst in a state of somnambulism." This is not the first instance
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        146 VII BtCK RYAX Bt Leslie Turner f M 2 SHt X ,Vf MLV J] Xi FEAR THE X "Znr»WDIDIT>' AI J 5£fWE HAD MUCH SERVED TWO) d WORST,BUT WPo\- jßkJ* WM t ft qA 3U± v^^l TEA••-THANKS-T YOU HAVE REflsoN)[k I HAD TO PUT YOU TO [THE MANAGER HO-HUM. I FEEL
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      INDIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO METEOROLOGY
      291 VIII  -  SCIENCE NOTES By Herbert Nichols DURING World War II when clock mechanisms were scarce throughout the world, weather observers of India's Meteorological Department evolved a novel mechanism for gathering temperature, pressure. and humidity readings in the upper atmosphere, and for radioing the information back to ground
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      EXIT SIGNS GLOW IN DARK
      50 VIII THE building code of the City of Hartford. Conn., requires that all public buildings be equipped with exit Signs that will continue to clow for at least one-half bour after lights fail or are Cut off. This is accomplished by using luminous or ohosphorescent paint.
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      SPRING H ATER IN COLD WEATHER
      83 VIII WyHY doesn't water from a I» spring freeze in cold weather? Someone asked a General Electric science forur.. xecently. "The water in such a sp-ir/r Originates deep in the gro-r-'. Where the temperature in vvniter remains much higher than it does at the surface,
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      413 VIII rTDUSTRY is opening its arms so wide to natural Scientists today, that the gap between laboratory discoveries and mass production has been tremendously shortened. Hot off the griddle now, are the following: Soft absorbent cotton cloth soaked in a chemical solution that enaoles
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      US Plans Better Stratojet
      163 VIII THE U.S. Ai r Force la planning a B-47 stratojet bomber even better than the one which whizzed ajrcoi the continent in less than four hours. Thc-re are only two of the Boeing jet craft now. The 62£ ton plane which spanned 2.239 miles at an
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      NEW CURE FOR LEPROSY
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      Phonevision
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