Malaya Tribune, 2 April 1949

Microfilm: NL3752
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    63 1 Malaya Tribune By THE PEOPLE FOX THE PEOPLE Td: "Tribune. Spore. I Larger Sales Than Any Afternoon Paper In Malaya Phone: 5811/3 Nine Lines Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Penang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice
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    S'pore Votes Today
    106 1 Singapore goes to the poll.«W»y to elect 15 candidates w the Municipal Commission H'gible to vote are 8,688 WctoTi who may choose any "J* 28 candidates. Bjxteen Progressive Party jjn'JHates will contest the with five Labour men a M seven Independents. X rth wanl ta the mosf
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    STASSEN URGES M-AID PLAN FOR ASIA
    382 1 "At Least One Billion U.S. Dollars" Reuter. BOSTON, Friday. MR. Harold Stassen, unsuccessful candidate for the hepubiitan t-re-i dential Nomination last year, tonight appealed for a UJS, (1,000,000,--000 a year "Mac Arthur plan" for Asia to combat Communism. .''Giving due consideration to European needs
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    ARMY DEATHROLL
    44 1 Army casualties in the Federation to date include 72 kilied and 105 wounded. The figures include 4 officers killed and ft officers wounded. These figures were released this morning at a press conference given by a spokesman for the G.O.C. Malaya District.
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    NIECE CHARGED
    31 1 U.P. FLORENCE, Fri. Mrs Rosa Mancini, niece of the late Benito Mussolini, has been charged here with being member of a gang of counterfeiters of Allied military currency. U.P.
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    JAP PRISON SHIP IN TOW FOR U.K.
    69 1 {Tribune Shipping Reporter j The former Japanese prison ship Choran Maru, which has been at Seletar Naval Base for the last few weeks, will be towed to England today by the British tug Englishman. On arrival she w«i be broken up and sold
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    UNIONS FLAY MALAYA POLICY
    104 1 LONDON, Fri. British policy in Malaya is criticised in resolutions on the agenda for the annual conference of one of Britain's most powerful trade unions the third of a million strong Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. A resolution, tabled by the Hford branch, protests
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    AUDIT STAFF PARTY
    55 1 AUD IT STAFF PARTY lienors. E. A. Sample and V. N Michaclson. auditors attached to RAF. HQ. ALFA, who I leave this Colony shortly on cxI piry of tour, will be entertained by their staff at Tiong Hoa Hotel at a farewell patty this evening. Mr. B. Singh will give
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    'SITUATION IN MALAYA STILL SERIOUS' – Listowel
    141 1 'SITUATION IN MALAYA STILL SERIOUS' Listowel A.P. KARACHI. Pri. bprd Listowel tolci pressmen at the Karachi airport yestei "the situation in Malaya is still very serious" as depcrib- I cd by Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, with whom he had discussions in Singapore. Listoovol. is on his way to i London in
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    MRS. DEACON DID NOT "VANISH"
    313 1 Acid Murder Reuter. HORSHAM, Friday George Haigh, central figure in a sensational case which has aroused nation-wide attention, was alleged here today to have admitted shooting a widow in the back of the head and then dumping her body in a sulphuric acid bath. Haigh,
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    Dredge Leaves For Bombay Repairs
    166 1 THE 600-ton dredge Tiger, which was destroyed by fire at Cebu in the Philippines three months ago and is lying in Singapore harbour, will stall on the semi-final lap of her voyage to India today. The dredge will be towed by the powerful tug Robin
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    PASSING OUT PARADE
    78 1 BKST FLIGHT' in the inter-flight competition. No. 3, of 94 Squadron, R.A.F. Regiment, Malaya being Inspected by Air Commodore «L J. Proud, (wearing sunglasses) at the passing-out parade yesterday at Sembawang. Aeeompanylng is the Flight commander, Flying Officer J.M.D. Vincent (leading). (Story page 2). AIRCRAFTSMAN Mohamed Saidin
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    S'pore Collects $7 Million Income-tax
    175 1 'THE Singapore Government has collected $7,000,000 income tax this year up to Thursday, Mr. T. R. Robertson, Comptroller of Income Tax told the Tribune yesterday. The target for the whole year is $35,000,000. A total of %V/a million was collected last year after income tax
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    Ganapathy To Die
    40 1 The. Federation of Malaya Court of Appeal yp-sterday dismissed the appro! of A. Ganapathy former President of thy Pan-Malayan Federation Trade Unions aaamst *ho. sentence of death imposed by Mr. Justice R. I. Russell at the Assizes.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    24 1 The second session of the Singapore Legislative Council will be held at 10 a.m. on April 12 at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      40 1 Teakwood Chests Of superb eastern craftsns hip, our teakwood c hests have that distinctive quality so much desired by people of good taste. Thone 2867. The Old Capital jl t Stamford Road, S'pore. SINGH'S pnjgĔGUA RD MTL K i I
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      54 1 ON TIME ALL the TIME! i All our watches m r clocks have lo undergo a minute precision test to ensure absolute T accuracy before offered for sale. You can rely on YICK WOH HING 429. North Bridge Road. Singapore. Phone H M V H M J T.HEMSLEY CO., LTD
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    Repatriated To China
    42 2 Kuala Lumpur, Fri. —One hundred and sixty-eight pcrso'ns wi i repatriated to China by the S. S. Van Reimsdljk which left Port Swctunham yesterday. Of these 63 were detainees. I 23 squatters. 23 voluntary repatj lates and 69 dependants.
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    15 YOUTHS IN SECRET LANDING
    193 2 MERSiNG, Friday.—Fifteen Chinese youths were arrested by the Mersing police yesterday at Palau Aur :>fter they had landed in the country as illegal immigrants. A sixteenth man was the only one who was not uu able bodied youth in the group. I'olh-c yesterday killed a
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    BROKE HOUSE FOR $286
    103 2 Chan Hai Swoe, a 21-year-old Chinese pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking into the house of another Chinese in Lorong Limau and stealing goods to the value of $286. before the First District Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks yesterday. Prosecution said that Chan Soft his
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    TREASURY BILLS ISSUE
    96 2 j The Government or* the Or> lony of Singapore will invrt i tender s for an issue of |9 millions by Treasury Ihil, >;, April 7 1919 subject to Uj general conditions governing the issue and'iepaynu nt of Colony <>f Singapore Treasury Rills. Copies of the Conditions
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    U.S. ATTACHE
    42 2 His excellency the Governoi ha.s been pleased provisional!•» to recognise Lieutenant Comraandei Wallace Gordon Cornell <n> United States Naval Reserve as Assistant Naval Attache and Assistant Naval Attache fur Air to the American Embassy at Ixmdon with residence in Singapore.
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    DIED FROM FALL
    31 2 MALACCA, Fri. -The 12--year-old daughter of Detective Sergeant Cheong Lun Seng of Dctt, <*lve Branch. Malacca j died in Malacca hospital yester- from ""juries sustained in a fall.
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    Chinese Wedding
    51 2 Mr. and Afr*. Soh Chee Kian after their vrddinif at the Ma ma fie Registry. The brfcf* WO* formerly Muss Lily Wee Chye 00, youngest daughter of Madame Khoo Ann Neo and the late Mr. Wee Ban Cheng. The flower girls are Misses Rita Ony and Ong Gek
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    YOU SHOW GREAT PROMISE–PROUD
    324 2 (Tribune Stuff Reporter) their brilliant drill display, Air Commodore H. J. Proud told 120 members of 91 Rifle Squadron, the Royal Air Force Regiment, Malaya, at Neinbawang station yesterday: "The Regiment shows great promise as staunch lighting force.* The last squadron that was recruited for some
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    HOSPITAL FOR S'PORE
    106 2 A new private hospital "Surlingham Private Hospital" will be opened by the end of this month at 20 Mount Elizabeth. Both maternity and genera) cases will be admitted into this hospital, which will haw twenty eight airy rooms tor patients, besides an operating theatre, anaethestic room, lab
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    Kennard To Wed
    108 2 Radio Malaya announcer David Kennard is getting married today. His brido will be Therese Walter, daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. N. Walter, of KuaJa Lumpur. Therese has worked at Radio Malaya for some time. After the wedding, which will he at the Cathedral of the Good
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    MALACCA LIBRARY
    64 2 MALACCA, Fridays The I following have been elected of-' f.cc-bearets 0 f the Malacca Library for 1949 President, the Hon. Mr. W. C. Taylor (Resident Commissioner); honorary M G Mahindasa; assist ant honorary secretaiv and treasurer. Mr A P Jones. committee. Mr al iS h o? ev L
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      131 2 "CLAUDE RAINS GIVES A MAGNIFICIENT PERFORMANCE, ITS WORTH GOING A LONG WAY TO SEE" (S'poiv Fret* PftSft) I TODAY FOUR SHOWS 2-4.15-6.30-9.30 p.m. phone 6903 |S "THE {W M UNSUSPECTED" m fffffHni A MASTCR-VOHK Of MYSTERr f ROM WAPNER gftOa. CLAUDE AUDREY CONSTANCE HURD CAULFIELD RAINS TOTTER BENNETT- HATFIELD •«<*t**i
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      103 2 if V E i 5 5 HAII V: .J.OO; 6.15 i U.VO I.M. "NLSA J'LMUA" (In Malay) Toalte At Midnite •'I\AXHAM>LE Tomorrow At J!.o<l A.M. "Tarzan ft*W York Ail vemi lire" NEW STAR CINEMA Mil»st«.n«* »'asir Panjani; 'IOMGIIT 4: TOMORROW al 7-15 p.m. A 9-15 p.m. Loretta Young in "THE
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      103 2 pALHAMBRA^t Air-Conditioned Phoney A HSp iiAiTv' 12.30; 3.30; 6.30; 9.30 pj£ Q ruthless band THE -JESSE JAMES RIDES /y.. 73 CHAPS. SHOW V fjj/ ADVENTURE!. ..MJJSIO ...ROMANCE! with that Popular Malay Star KOEKIAH T» SPECIAL. MOKXING MATINEE lODAV AND TOMORROW AT 11 a n. Carefully Nlfeeted programme of cartoons, shorts
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      228 2 BLUE NETWORK N......"«ir> m "v -'•^■l^ Songs; 12.45 News- lAn i 0 00 New in Cantonese A ENGLISH PROGRAMMES Close Down. Amcy; 10.15 "Say It With J 7 00 Programme Summary 1100 n 1.00 p.m. Programme Sum- 705 Malay music by Jauhar 1' mary; i.02 Dance Music; 1.30 Party; 8.15
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    FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FED., S'PORE
    130 3 A Joint Consultative Committee of the two Finance Committees of the Federation and Singapore is to be set up. The Committee will be composed of the two Financial Secretaries and three members from each of the two rinaji.ee Committees of the two Councils. The aim
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    CHINESE TELEGRAPH
    31 3 The Chinese Telegraph Administration announces no telegrams will be accepted for Manchuria until further notice. Urgent service to Japan and "urgent press telegrams may now be accepted for Japan.
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    POSTMAN DIES
    20 3 MALACCA. Fri. -An Indian postman. R. Kandasamy. collapsed while delivering letters in the town today and later died.
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    I SACKED HIRE
    335 3 —AntHonisz Says MR. E. R. Anthpnisz, managing director of E. R. iU Anthonisz Ltd., told the High Court yesterday that tye silked Carlton A. Hire, the manager of his ship the "Coorabie" at the end of October. I<M7. He was dissatisfied with the way Hire was iloing
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    UMNO BRANCH IN KLUANG
    65 3 j KLUANG. Fri. A meeting lof the Persckutuan Melayu I Kluang (Malay Association' j was held recently at the Club I premises to form a branch of the United Malay National Organisation in Kluang. Over a hundied Malays besides thirty Kctua Kampongs from the vai rious
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    Suicide Finding In Girl's Death
    152 3 THE Singapore Coioner. Mi. \Y G. Porter yesterday found that Khong Sim Kheng (28). Raffles undergraduate who was found dead in her room at Wee Nam Road on March 13 committed suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. Her father. Khong Ah Kcat told
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    REMANDED
    42 3 A 52-year-old Chinese Tan Twa Gong was charged with possession of a .38 S.&.W. revolver at Beach Road on March 31, and remanded by the Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr M. H. MacDougal. The preliminary inquiry will be held on May 6.
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      109 3 HEART WARMING DRAMA OF PRESENT-DAY SHANGHAI' ,vi,k n Si UNDER THE SHANGHAI ROOFS" AC l W YIKD AS WOIHEK "TEARS OF THE YANGTKE"! [j Its lIMTI TO\if,IIT Book \on! arrivedT I El E FAMOUS FRENCH SMIA jV >Hk CLOCKS assorted with full chrome bezel available. I *Vf YH LOUD ALARMS
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      393 3 VEHS: FOR SALE QUICK SALE Morrh Eight Saloon black 37 38 model. Running condition. Taxed insured till end of the year. Tyres good. Owner buying big car. Any reasonable offer. Apply P.O. Box No. 531, Singapore. (Z. 106) AUSTIN 16 SALOON, 1917 very good condition. Owner I going on leave.
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      354 3 Vf*» Mil A* MASSAGE SWEDISH MASSAGE, Turkish Bath, Medical Electro Thcripy. Rose Chce, (Cert.Physiotherapist) for ladies, 25. I'enaag Road, Phone 6178. (Z. 122) ACCOMMODATION PLEASANT ROOM, furnished, near airport, suit Eurasian/ Chinese bachelor, full board $150/-. Apply isox A 2215, Malaya Tribune, Singapore (Z. 108) WELL FURNISHED ROOM, bed. breakfast,
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      392 3 BUSSINESS OPPTY. FULLY FURNISHED Permanent Waving Business For Quick Sale. In New Building together with Goodwill. Only Principals need apply to Hex A 2201, Malaya Tribune, Singapore. Owner Leaving. (W.'<6) I MASSAGE GEORGE CANDILIOTIS PHYSIO Therapist Dipl. (U.S.A.), specialist for rheumatism, muscles and nerves complaints. Phone 4670. ruite 19, 3rd
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      205 3 msa pir~so^na l magnetism will help you to attain Mental and Psychological Powers. Particulars from Psychology Research Foundation c/o G.P.O. Box No. 1, Singapore. (X.92) I SIT r^ACAKT WANTED by comrrieircial firm Chinese male and female clerktypists with full particulars, age and salary expected Eox A 2223 M.T., Spore. iZI2O)
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      284 3 W*MW££M 3 Shows Daily At: 3.15—6.30—1». 15 p.m. Noor El-Huda Bishara Wakin in an All-Musical ftßft* ftfc JBt ft -MAJID WA DEMOUE Expensive Production! 1-15 SONG-HITS-Tonite Midnite: "GHAR" (Hindustani) A*. 11 ■IIMMMMBMMBMM*i I 111 ■MIII WW v& ft I Wz**M k ft I HAPPY WORLD To-Night One show 8 P.M.
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      446 3 X z^zl j JTShmv** Dally 3, 0.15, 0.15 p.m. Columbia's "The Gallant Blade" starring i Larry Parks Marguerite Chapman IN CINECOLOR TO-NITE at MID-MTK 20th Ce«turl -i'o.v's "THE BLACK SWAN" IN TECHNICOLOR To-M»>rro\v at 11 A.M. Universal* "THE BLACK BART" IN TECHNICOLOR 50c. ft/- TO ALL! COIFFURE STXLJfi YOUR HAIK
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    NOT ENOUGH, SIR!
    481 4 REN disappointment is Malaya's reaction to the £5,000,000 gift offered by Britain. As Sir Henry Gurney enters the Legislative Chamber in Kuala Lumpur to announce his glad tidings, he is greeted with stony silence from the assembled Councillors. He himself did not seem overwhelmed with the news
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    STUDENTS HAVE TO MIND THE BABY AS WELL
    1080 4 IN CAMBRIDGE TODAY The undergrad of today has no time for, pranks and does not stay up late resting his si ppered feet upon a prized oar, says PAUL CLIFTON, a student at Peterhouse, Cambridge. THE man who is up at Cambridge
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    Doomed City Of Saigon
    788 4  -  When Frenchmen go to a cinema they sit in the balcony. by M. Marmor A.P. i ANCE the tropical sun has v sped from Saigon, this city of mingled charm and sorrow can hear the knocking at the door. When dinner is done, and most of
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    Ethiopia And Utopia
    169 4 A semi-official Soviet source fj triumphantly announced that pro-Soviet tendencies growing in the heart of Africa, the independent empire of Ethiopia. A long report published by the popular Russian magazine Ogonyok on the country of Emperor Haile Selassie indirectly confirmed the impression of British colonial experts that
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    QUACK OPTICIANS
    288 4 POSTBAG Sir, I think vour readers would be interested to know about an experience 1 have just had with one of the so-called leading opticians in Singapore, who although calling himself "qualified", obtained his chief qualification by means of a Correspondence Qpurae from a small and unknown American
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      53 4 50 Years of Integrity —Drink Gold Leaf and be sure of consistent quality The quality of Gold Leaf ranks highest among Teas of Topmost Choice. JOHN TANN SAFES DELIVERY FROM STOCK ■■EtftffiS I I I ()4HO ALSO AT KUALA LUMPUR t PENANG (ISTAgIISIUD 40 ti*«". IN MAI ATA) in i
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      148 4 1 I I time Cto p& I 'COURVOISIER" I COGNAC I J THE BRANDY OF NAPOLEON I (Produce of France) I I Honoured by the Warrant of Supply to EM f j I King George V. and H.M. King George VI I also received similar distinctions from i 1 Imperial
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    Week-End Tonic
    550 5  -  KATHLEEN HICKLEY |T i- early morning, vie son rises slowly abeve the "moke and dust of the city. A of he~t is sprcd ove" ;'>ore. Another day of toil has begun. for the syce, shout for ixi, scramble for a bus. fan whizzes aimlessly, ing the torpid air
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    THE GREGARIOUS CHINESE
    515 5  -  By A.S. LEE CHINESE in Singapore, as in their fatherland, have a gregarious instinct. Anywhere you- go you will hno them in communities held together by family or village ties, by their same surnames or clan.s or by the same place from where they come. You will
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    CRUSHED PEARLS FOR BREAKFAST
    853 5 Seventy years ago Kokkrhi Mikimoto had a new idea for making money. He found that by irritating the of oysters in the bay of his native village he could 'make' pearls. IT will take ton years to restore Japan's cultured pearl industry to its pre-war prosperity.
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    PLAYING CHESS WITH MACHINES
    361 5 IF you can't find anybody to play chess with, you mignt I try one of those new electronic computers developed to Idve complex scientific problems. Dr. Claude E- Shannon, Bell Telephone Laboratories scientist, told the Institute of Radio Engineers a computing j machine can be set
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      211 5 I .eiS&w 2 y^' X I I I OKAY POCTOR I'LL TAKE YOUR //Ami' f\ -<, WORP THAT VCU MAl/E LUGGAGE I 4g THAT AGENT RbU V *OU Kb MR MALIK YOU.' YOU »T WAS A HOT I L c actprtmat **?-rrvmL^ offmb/ ,M J ta coupl^blocks j| I I
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    KU KLUX KLAN ON THE MARCH
    803 6 FROM most states in the Deep South come reports which indicate increased Ku Klux Klan activity. But only in Georgia, home of the hooded order, is there any evidence or" its having bcco:ne a political power oL any consequence. On many fronts elsewhere there
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    KILL THE WHALE WITH KINDNESS
    528 6  -  By Claude Dayos H.C. ALTHOUGH the post-war "f* resumption of commercial Whaling in the Antarctic has generally been welcomed as a means of providing a foodstarved Europe with large quantities of valuable fats and meat, one aspect of the situation has escaped the minds of
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      18 6 Taylor 4 Dance C Studio i \;MT BALLET, TAP. CHARACTER DANCING f 8, BCOTTB RD.y SINGAPORE. TEL: 6171
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      101 6 j CAPTAIN EASY By UsIi«Tf SIWCEICAk) Y OH, EUTVOU W §°ST~~"' IF SNEATM APPEALS A TRIFLE 1 f PREPOS- I ARPPct"vT THROW WO LIGHT jCANi SMEATHl/[ f?A5YI J HK CAHT< DUMBF0UWDEl i\ rrs BECAUSE TERCHJs!J 0 F RIGADOO^?75rt^ J HE Tissue of lies! inever, saw this! 7!f voltll have scroll
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    HOW LONG WILL YOU LIVE?
    680 7  -  TRIBUNE SCIENCE CORNER By A.L.Blakeslee A.P. HOW long will you live? That depends partly. according to widely accept* cd scientific idea, on a strange clock of ljji.'.an life. Barring accidents, a r.ian will live until his clock runs down. It is not set for a
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    NO EFFECTS ON HEART DISEASES
    252 7 Reuter. THE new vitamin B bein;; manufactured in Toronto. Canada, is not, as has been claimed, "a great medical discovery for the treatment of heart disease," according to Physician Dr. K. P. Ball. Writing in th<> "British Medical Journal," Dr. Ball referred to an article
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    Automatic Bath
    147 7 INVENTIONS developed in AuStralls and of interest to hospitals include a bath which lessees the patient inf. the water, and after bathmir. raises him up again for drying and blso a type of child s cot. the bottom of which can be raised to permit medical examination of
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      87 7 TONIGHT DANCE »i j] KATONG REST HOUSE A Health Retort By The Sea I WITH FIRST CLASS BAR RESTAURANT ADMISSION FREE i SCHOON AMD HIS HAWAIIAN SOPIUSTICATES "JUSTRITE"~ Car hid** Lamp /^^^^^Q The most Reliable and Hl' VM' 1 Renowned Carbic Lamp Wr' mL j&j in the World. Used by
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    ROMA'S MOTHER DID NOT LOVE HER
    635 8  -  By Frank Obrien A.P. DOME'S most popular baby has survi\ed an illness that might ha\e killed her, and has readied the six months mark Sin- is "IMceo'a Koma" —Litth- Roma—the "Lleianfessa" born to Rome Zoo's elephant couple, Borneo and GiuHetta, last year. Judging by
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    174 8  -  By "LENSMAN" CATHAY FILM: Johnny Belinda STARS: Jane W'yman, Lew Ayres. For her role as the deaf mute Jane Wyman won the Motion Picture Academy award for the best actress of 1948. No Oscar was better earned. It will only spoil your pleasure if you are told
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    CAPITOL
    191 8 FILM: Whispering Smith (Technicoiour) STARS: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall. Donald Crisp. Strong meat! Alan Ladd quits his usual night club background for the wild and woolly west, and wears his sombrero and handles a as if he cut his teeth on the handle of a forty five.
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    PAVILION
    174 8 FILM: The Unsuspected STARS: Claude Rains, Constance Bennett, Joan Cantfield. HERES a recipe for goosepimples:— Take Claude Rains, add a j sound proof room equipped with voice recorder*, a few shadows and a dash of creepy music, and sit hack and enjoy the shivers running up and down your
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    ALHAMBRA
    118 8 FILM: Jesse James Rides Again STARS: Clayton Moore. Linda Stirling. Hairbreadth escapes froi.r exploding dynamite. gun duels, collapsing derricks, htwmg, waggons and am hltthei dot the thirteen chapters of this serial which br ings Jesse .James to life again. This time Jesse (Clayton Moore» is the hunter instead ot
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    REX
    94 8 FILM: Hick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Sturs: Ralph Byrd Dick Tracy, the detective bare ot th«- comic strip, comes to the screen to tight one of the greatest fanatics of ad time—The Ghost, head of ('rime Incorporation Bent on discovering the identity of the Gnost, Dick Tracy, comes to
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      203 8 I i HAVE YOU A FINANCIAL I j PROBLEM TO SOLVE? j Consult us and you will j be satisfied* S S LIEN YING CHOW, MNG. DIRECTOR j CHI OWYANG, MANAGER I j Overseas Union Bank, Ltd. i j Raffles Place, Singapore J Telephones: 7031 Exchange Dept. :mi— 2 All
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      27 8 PICTURE CROSSWORD ACROSS: I. Scout. 3. Cat. Urn. 6. Ocean. 7. Poet. 9. Lyre. 10. Racehorse. 11. Lips. Swan. IrOWN: 1. Stove 2 Srs i < ri,or 1 *>-
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      37 8 LIX AIIMH y \i f a p,i INSTEAD C MERELY CHOMPlKl' UP TWO L I'L 1 J|l1fii]QISti llTi SHMOOS-LE'S WAIT TJLL AFTER SADIE J r~ AIXEY OOP By V. T. n^-Ii-/511?. I H0,NO!pf J heaven's ncw 37
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    CANDIDATES IN TODAY'S SINGAPORE CITY ELECTIONS
    216 9 [HOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE•| YOU have three votes because each of the six Wards will return three Commissioners. But use only one j t 1 vote for each candidate. Put a cross thus: X, opposite the name and symbol of the candidate you
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      283 9 Double Decca s^S* made by The Decca Gramophone Co. Hi, London. AU Mains from 110 V to 230 V, AC or DC or Batteries NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED, also SPARE BATTERIES and VALVES. Sole Agents £.S. ISAAC CO MAI AY AN AIRWAYS LIMITED TWICE DAILY TO KUALA LUMPUR .545 IPOH
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    U.S.$39 MILLION JAP LOOT TO BE RETURNED
    205 10 TOKIO, Friday.—SCAT has approved restitution to claimant nations of US$39,--000,000 worth of property stolen by the Japanese during their military heyday. The disclosure was in answer to a series of questions submitted by the Associated Press to SCAP's civil property custodian, Brigadier General
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    PRODUCE MART
    32 10 THE produce markets were mostly quiet yesterday. Pepper was unchanged with no business done. There were some arrivals of Lingga sago flour but they were not on the market yesterday.
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    $24M PROFIT
    25 10 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. -The Export Import Bank reported r5*24.000.000 profit in the last on Thursday it made nearly half of the 1948. A.P.
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    SCRAP DROPS
    16 10 PITTSBURGH. Fri.—Sharp reductions in the price of stee' making scrap were repotted on Thursday.
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    Prices Higher
    35 10 The share market i again rrsp ,ii u,| m > r sras civics mi ptietfl moved to. higher v ,l s Industrials were firm and thert* MM srnaU •nqmries f or infective rubbers. j
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    Malayan Shares
    701 10 M alayan Shares SINGAPORE Fri nmmtmM JJantau 3.03 1(J o Atu Ti Buyers Sellers f au *> Gold 2.20 23 15 50 l«-50 Kawaiig Con. 16/6 16 6 ilex. Brtca Kawang TinP f 2.80 2.90 o Acids 4/9 5 gite 1.97', 2.05 Rcnong Con 22/6 23/3 B.B Petrol 39/3 40/3
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    Featureless Week For Rubber
    111 10 SMALL fluctuations at around last week's level continued throughout the week and trading has been on p. moderate scale without any predominating feature, says the week' 3 rubber market repoit issued, by Lewis and Peat Ltd, yesterday. The volume of buying tor the home markets appears
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    YESTERDAY
    94 10 THE rubber commodity market yesterday was lifeless although a fair amount of business was transacted. The market was idle later in the day. I Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 April RSS 36 2 36* No. 2 April RSS 34 No. 3 April RSS ZJt% 33 On registered
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    JAP GOODS FOR RS. 27 MILLION
    37 10 NEW DELHI Fri. During the six months ending January Indian merchants negotiated for import from Japan goods worth 166.000.000 rupees, but actual imports in the same period amounted to only 27.000.000.
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    PAN AMERICAN INCOME
    134 10 PAN American Airways Corporation's annual report for 194& shows a net income of $1,590,000 after taxes and after reserving one million dollars against estimated 1948 revenues for transportation of United States mail. Consolidated balance sheet of December 31, 1948 shows current assets of $40,124,000 and current liabilities
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      637 10 aillßllMMniini>llMlHMllMtllMau ,J|L I MANSFIELD CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier's optica to proceed via other oorti to load a»d discharge cargo. SAILINGS FROM U.K. A U.S.A. "Stentor" due from U.K. Apr. -1 "Calchas" due from U.K.... Apr. li "Antenor" due from U.K. Apr. 11 "Adrastus" due from
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      365 10 Along The tiodowns Iteluru (4S); Annul Luksang (44); Empire Harabh(Sheers Wharf); Van Rlem sdijk (42,43); Lokaang (44/41); Hoejrh Silverheain (38 39); M.S. Lighter 255 (36 37); Sannapor (33); Steel Navigator (31 12); Hoegh Sitverepray (17 IS); St. Jan (19 20); TydeuH (23 24); Soestdijk (25 26); BaU (27 28): Flying
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      613 10 A X.P.M. HfF ISP RECUUR ..."d* FREIGHT SERVircc BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND L ts Tg. Pinang, Dabo, Blinjoe, P. Pinang, Tg. p an( lan Batavia, Cherlbon, Semarang, Sourabaia, East J Benoa, PadangbaaL Ampenan, Boeleleng Pemangkat, Sambas, Pontianak, Koemai s ambe, Bandjermasin, Beiawan-Deli, Djambi, Bagan si 'x^ 1 and Penang. J P
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    TRIBUNE SELECTIONS
    74 11 :X < .iIOU ER CHIEF oiing lan ,ns Tlestoß Outsider: A/.ad i:\< I 2- COLD W AYE l>< maratns GoMea Harvest RX( t 3—JACKPOT I irst Fancy IVter Con I E I—BRIGHT MENGSENG Garnfair Lord Frederick j S—BLANK SPEC I lie (.rami AMmi St-iopian BA( I 6—MY BACHELOR
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    PROBABLE WINNERS FOR TODAY Going heavy; More Variety
    1110 11  -  From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. AN eight event programme will again be run on today, the last day of Selangor Turf Club's March-April Meeting. This card should provide the most interesting day's racing for the meeting, as there is more variety
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    RACE CARD
    763 11 R ACE CAR D DKLOW is the card for today's races, the la?>t day of the Selangor Turf Club's March-April Meeting. HACK ONE 2.30 P.M. Horses, Class 4, Div. 1 55 Furlongs. 0 2 2 IJaba 9.00 Bagby (Lewis) The Magic Lamp 9.00 Healey (Davies» 0 10 Go'den Slipper 8.13
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      97 11 FLOWER LOVERS COME TO THE FIRST POST WAR FLOWER SHOW QpMMffed by tlx- Singapore Oanlt-niiig Society at th«* Happy World Stadium hfril 2nd, 3rd CHENG KONG V I*l XT OICI V STREET, SINGAPORE. 'I EL. 8215? ELECTEiC, WATER Contractors Best Service Reasonable Price t mighty DARA SINGH MI -MALAYAN HEAVYWEIGHT
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      240 11 JOLLILADS WIN The Joiiiiads trowaced tin 223 K.O.D. by five aoaifl to nil at Alexandra Road yei tcrday. Scorers were Hussein {2} Tobing (2) an«l Salahudin. MARRIAGE MAHATHEVA RETNES- i wari, C. Mahatheva of P.R.O. to Retneswari. daughter ot T. Sivapragasam, M.B.E. of Co- j Operative Dept., Kuala Lumpur at
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      73 11 aboutTwhi Lpakf H?^v F AN .say. 3-T \Ca 1.v.l fl CANT UNDERSTAND VNrtv MN 1 I iirlv YOUR COMBACkVf 1 NE6D T 1 DONt PAL, J WONDERING HQW |HY I PAI.JOE JINKS, DWT TELL US I WOKE A LTL ff CE WHAT L > p I I X f CURLY
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    173 12 Reuter. i LONDON, Fri. The usual weekend inf'uences were at work in the London stock exchange today and quieter conditions prevailed. Prices were generally steady with occasional firmness. The latter was shown in oil j shares which seem to have re* i covered from the recent period
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    VICE CHANCELLOR
    29 12 Dr. G. V. Allen. C. B. E.. has boon appointed the first Vice Chancellor of the University for a peiiod of one year from Ist April, 1949.
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    Contempt Case Dismissed
    75 12 The application foi a writ of attachment against Mr. N. A. Malla!. advocate and solicitor, for contempt of court was dismissed with costs by the Chief Justice, Mi. Justice Murray*Aynsley, in the Singapore Hi^h Court yesterday. The application was made by Dr. c. h. Withers-Payne on behalf
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    MALAYA DOMINION RULE "UNTHINKABLE"
    236 12 A.P. —ASCOLI LONDON, Friday. The people of Malaya shoud be told r*l on that Dominion nile for Malaya is "unthinkable at the present time" Mr. F. D. Ascoli, President of the Institution of the Rubber Industry and Managing Director of the Dmirop Plantat ioas s*»id here
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    EX-MINISTER KILLED IN GUN FIGHT
    70 12 A.P. BANGKOK. Fri Police killed a former Siamese minister in a gun fight yesterday at a hideout south of Bangkok, the police announced here. The ex-minister was Dr Thwai Thavadikul. a wartime anti-Japanese leader. In the aame fight the police raptured three of the minister's
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    C-G TO APPEAL FOR FUNDS
    72 12 Thkj week the University •in hma been panted by Sineajad Federal Legislative ononis on Sunday ipril 3 at 8.00 p.m. over the Blue Ni twork of Radio Malaya an appeal for funds for the new I niveralty of Maiava will be launched by the Commission,
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    Mystery Junk X14 Held In Singapore
    198 12 (Tribune Shipping Importer) Chinese fishing junk and her aJJ-Chinese crew of 21, picked up by a Singapore Marine police patrol in the sea off Tanjong X .long, are being held by the Singapore authorities. The junk is the XI4, complete with mat sails The
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    LADY GIMSON WINS 4 FLOWER SHOW PRIZES
    197 12 U^° Urs of Sir franklin Happy at ,h < the *»?'<»• "This flower show is a fitting culmination of a years work Of the Singapore Gardening So- 2Sf' JS o Frankl *n Gimson said. This Society has played a very valuable part in
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    RITA MAY HAVE "JINX" DIAMOND
    134 12 U.P. PARIS. Fri.—Rita Havworth. watching Prince Aly Khan finish next to last during a race for gentlemen jockeys at the St. Cloud race track yesterday to d reporters that sho and Prince Aly would be "married within four weeks." "I wish it could b e
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY
    46 12 General YMCA: Ys Men's luncheon meeting 1 p.m. S pore Chess Club 3 p.m. Badminton Voile" Jircle Walt Disney "Bambi" 8 ».m. V.W.C.A. Advisory Youth Council Meeting, o 1 tallies 4 p.m. R.E.M.E. Base Workshop. Vyer Ilajah Road Camp. "Oh Clco." —8 p.m.
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    Cinemas
    214 12 CAPITOL: "Whispering; Smith starring Alan Ladd, Rooert Preston and lirenda Marshall—ll a m. 1.15. 4.00 6.30 land 9.30 p.m. Midnight Show: Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Dogart and Walter Huston. CATHAY: "Johnny Belinda" starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres.—ll a.m.. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. Midnight: "Under
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    Sport
    40 12 LEAGUE SOCCER: Snr. Div., P. Drani v CA.—J. Besar; Jnr. Grp. 1. Chinese Hurricanes v Shell S.C.—Gcylang FRIENDLY CRICKET*: S.C.C. "A" v Police—S.C.C; S.R.C V S.C.R.C. 2nd—S.R.C.; S.R C. v BODCA—St. Georges Rd.; 1*11 Singh's XI v R.A.F. Seletar—Seletar.
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      1255 12 NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE SINGAPORE PROPERTIES To Be Held At Our Saleroom, Nos. 14 16 Robinson Road, On Thursday, 7th April 1949 At 2.30 P.M. Lot 1. 999 years' leasehold land and house No. |6 Haii Lane, area 703 sq.ft. Monthly rent $28.75. Lot 2. 99 years' dated 20.1.1882»
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      35 12 QWCKRELIEF FROM ON* Thi »„food JBJgJI ffihfi i<U SgStglm fW««M to tab. MAGTRIZESI DIGESTIVE TABLE TSj > j <; j '■»>» x Also Available In Powder form. Sold Everywnere Agents: Naina Mohamed Sons, Ltd. Spore, Kuala Lumpur Penang.
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      376 12 Trading *rta t| 14 of Hn i salk ny j, Aj The Singapoie. tavttes the purchase 0 f k Cha,r Beast i Desks. B*rber s trie Heater. Golf Cochrarv V Chimn zer with bßildinTiS tion. Motorized ShaT hine. Cylindrical hine, Cutter Hurricane V.I.R. Electric Sheets. Switch Ba ri >' formers.
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