Malaya Tribune, 27 May 1949

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    58 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOB THE PEOPLE "Tribune" pore Larger Sale* T»m» Any Afternoon Paper la Malaya Phone: 58H/2 Nine Lines. PttWw/K*» Kuuiu Lumpur, Ipoh, and Prnnang. TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1949 PRICK TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Qlover, r/o Newspaper Features Ltd.,
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    LAST SHANGHAI DEFENDERS QUIT
    256 1 U.P. SHANGHAI Thursday. The resist™ k ifei soWie» in Communist occupied Shnnch ti^ n ,,L ,S groups of NationRed troops enured the city. n collapsed tonight, 43 hours after Hie Nationalists trapped in the Post Offi k rhow reek in the downtown area of Shanghai were
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    C.G. DENIES HONGKONG DANGER REPORT
    146 1 Loodoa Thurs. —Mr. Malcc'm MacPonald. Gen(ial foi Southeast Asia, today y resporslbillry m I t the influx oi mg Kong was increase of the o■. mi mcnt within tho colony. A Bl «t issued by i of the Co'.olatton Department last niprht said: U ported
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    RARE STAMP FETCHES £750
    65 1 Reuter. lONT.on*, Thurs.—An In- rtnrnp—one of the Wrtrs rarest—was sold here Ms* to Mr H r- Gibsco of p ylva da, United Stubi-, lor £750 X 943 U f tched £150. l«u ir -stamp of 5? Queen Victoi nvcrtcu. was the among over 900 «amps ponging
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    MOTOR ACCIDENT
    24 1 a .lo yr^r- f Chine.sp ni q n *2.5? Ck d fiown h v a lorry X R c yening in Tiong
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    REPUBLICANS RETURNING TO JOCJA
    112 1 BATAVIA, Thuis.- The Indonesian Republican Government may return to their former capital of Jogjakarta about the middle of June, the United Nations Indonesian Commission reported today. The Commission was reportin-: on progress made by the joint L'utch-Rcpublican subcommittee concerned with the restoration of the Republican Government.
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    Navy Gets Back A Destroyer
    77 1 A.P. HONG KONG. Fri Th< Bt|tish destroyer Linerfu, l<"nt to the Chinese Nationalist Ooverpinent last year at tho sanV time as th? crui»cr Chunjrkins'. win be returned to the Koya' Navy today. The return of tho destroyer was mutually agreed noon "owing to the recent
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    Still Quarrelling
    65 1 Only member of the Big Four Foreign Ministers now r >, tig n a ris who attended the Inst meeting in December i«H7 I» Britain* Ernest Kevin dirs. from left). But ihe new boys Andrei Vyaaiaftky (right), Dean Acheson <left) and Nrlnunan. hnxe rrou-ht no greater ifieasure of
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    Russians Dither Over New Berlin Blockade
    197 1 U.P. BERLIN, Thursday. Four British and American trains rolled into Berlin today after being held up in the Soviet zone for 48 hours. One of them was without drinking water or :»dequate food supplies. Soviet authorities, relaxing their new "block ade," ordered the trains,
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    HONGKONG $ FALLS
    48 1 HONGKONG FALLS U.P. LONDON, Thurs.—The Exchange rate for Hong Kong has lowered l/16th to 14 and 0 32 j pence. Financial comment agrees a "campaign against sterling" i s mainly responsible for the heavy demand for dollars as compared with sterling among refugees Hocking into Hong Kong.- -U.P
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    LEVER BROS. CHIEF ILL FEARED DYING
    71 1 A.P. MINNEAPOLIS, Fri. Physicians said today that Viscount Leverholm Govctnor of Lever Brothers, is »n a coma and expressed doubt *h;it he would live through the day. Leverholm was taken from a train at Minneapolis on Wednesday and admitted to hospital suffering from a
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    PETROL PROFITS
    33 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs.—Royal Dutch Petroleum announced profits for IMS at 120.87o.333 guilders, compared with 93,775,201 guilders for the previous year. The dividend is nine percent. The same as before. I U.P.
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    RUBBER LANDSLIDE GOES ON
    152 1 Effects of the South East A.a Dlac>v dOliar' racket hit London 7 alter Its first Lmplicatlons were recognised in Singapore. London had a steep and sudden fall in the price of rubber, when the price dropped from 10 1 _-rl on Tuesday to 10'» on Wednesday.
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    Kachins Alert For Red Invasion
    190 1 A.P. RANGOON. Thurs. The Kachin President. Sima Duwa Sinwa Nawng, today confirmed that the north Burma Kachin state has bef»n alerted against a threatened invasion by Chinese Communists. He said that 10 000 Chinese Communists were in positions within 30 miles of the ChirmBurma frontier
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    U.N. CONDEMNS S'PORE T.B. DEFENCE MEASURES
    213 1 Red Cross PI ans Vaccination Aid A.P. i <• J*" w *y- —An intern itimiallv knows onthoritv tod.v fill rU «tt-tobeecnta* measures in Singapore, the Federation of Mala A Stem "hopelessly insufficient." The statement was made by Dr. Johannes Holm Technical Director of the
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    RUNSTEDT IS FREE
    143 1 A.P. LONDON. Thurs.--The War Office announced tonight th.it Field Marshal Gerd yon Runstedt was released today from military custody in a 'British military hospital in Hamburg-. The announcement said it was understood thit Yon Rundstedt is to stay with relatives in the British zone for a time
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    BURMESE RICE INQUIRY
    54 1 Reuter. RANGOON. Thurs. The Burma Government has appointed an inquiry commission to investigate the problem of tate controlled exports of rice, mainstay of Bui ma's economy. The commission will report within the next three months on how to step up procurement, exports and general overhauling of the
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    20,000 MORE IN STORE
    70 1 Singapore's population increased by moic than 20.000 in 1946. Official figures showed that there were 38.654 bi. ;hs against 15.287 deaths in that year. The 1941 censu revealed that Singapore had a populate m of 769, 216 which put Che ligure at 3.496.44 to the square
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    REINFORCEMENT FOR TRADE DELEGATION
    68 1 Mr. Van Pheng Gok who is Ayllftg to London on behalf of tho pineapple canning industry, her been asked by the Singapore Chinese Ohaml e» of Commerce to join the dplegation now in London to light for a new deal in the Colony's trade with Indonesia.
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    35 ARRESTED
    36 1 Kuala Lumpur Thurs.—Th< re wore 35 arrests in the Fedcra--ion In the past in the past 24 icon: 18 In Perak, 7 in Seian<cr. 6 in Kenan. Pcrlis, in Malacca and l in Trengganu.
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    Rita Weds Today
    223 1 Reuter. VALLAURIS. NEAR CAN- NES, Fri.—Protected from excited spectators by a spe-cially-built wooden I urter. Prince Aly Khan, 38--year-old son of the fabulously wealthy Aga Khan, and film star Rita Hayworth were to be married by the Communist Mayor in the tiny town hall of this Riviera
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    New Chamber Man
    112 2 Mr. H. Li. Ropev-Caldbeck, Manag&g Wrectoi ot 80ust. ad and Goxapany, will represent the Singapore Chumbc. of Cdtnitterci on tne Legislative doa*ofl. Mr. Rcj^r-CaJdb* l j r »i E ffi. F. Fcrgtu oh's place. Fe g jn resigned from Cde k I Hi month. Tii.'- Jo was
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    MR. T. V. R. RAO
    36 2 ajjf: t v. Ramakriahni Flat IB anil id as agent of 0 c Government >»i Indie In Me lay a from June i on the retirement of M; T. G. Nam
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    ASIAN STAFF PRAISED
    525 2 Planters' Tribute From Our Own Correspondent TOHORE BAHRU, Thursday:—A tribute to devotion of Asian stnff on estates and ndmira tior. for the way in which they earned out their regrj usibililies at great persona) risk was paid at i he Annual General Meeting of the Johore Planters
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    PAINTING PAYS HER TICKET
    120 2 ■gisa Catherina Verateegh, ITI a Dutch painter who has travelled half across the woi Id supporting herself b> her art, is new in Singapore. Although her paintings have enabled her for the past > ight year s to see Europe, South Africa. Egypt and 1n- m*s
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    4,000 SCREENED
    42 2 Four thousand people were cietned in various parts of he Colony r»H Wednesday. One Chiosse woman was srrestdd it Kampong BahlU for nonJ ~obsession of an -dentity eaid. Another Chinese was lIISStffJ t St. Georges Road for the •,ame reason.
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    Circus Owners Seek Performers
    159 2 MR. Stanley B. Boswell and his wife. Helen. have A arrived in Singapore in search of performers anfl wild animals for their circus in South Africa. 'iv.r> particularly wish to find some "rcaaatioaal" Chinese perforrnnra or any one d m nJho la -iikoly to bring the
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    U.S. COLUMNIST VISITS BATAVIA
    50 2 MR. Stewart Alsop, wellknown American co'ur.iDist who was scheduled to strive in Singapore ysstsrdsy, landed here the night before at: l flew on to liatavia y terdsy morning. Mr. Alsop. acccmpasiod by Ids wife, is expected to return to Singapore in June fOs a longer stay.
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    700 JOIN RHYTHM CLUB
    90 2 More than 700 people have applied tor membership in .ue three-week old Interna t.onal Rhythm Club of Bil core. and membership at th< 1 ate of 15 to 25 is pouting in everyday, tiie tecvecary of the Club. Mr. Nicholas de .long t "»ld the Tribune.
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    POSTAL DELAY
    22 2 KUAIA LTMPtJa, Thurs.— The Postmaster-Ctneral. Malaya, announces that cones pondence addiessed to Shanghai and Notth China la subject to delay.
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      285 2 m£m OPENING TO-DAY! j 8 SHOWS: 3, 6.15 9.15 p.m. i A BIG NEW ENTERTAIN MENT ACHIEVEMENT! Warner Bros' ADVENTURES OF DON JOAN" starring Errol FLYN Vivien LlNDfr CKS 1% 'IXHMCOLOK To-' !«>vrov. Mid-Nite Warn t Rros" TfiE MirtCTß' r. OPENI %vi t«*da V 99, n.lo P.M. Mi l- «jil
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      28 2 S:; STAI OREBA Pasir Panjang Road Tonight Tomorrow at 7-15 p.m. 9-15 p.m. i Wayne Henrry Fonda Shirley Temple in "FORT APACHE" Mighty drama of America's Westward Surge!
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      127 2 IDDAY ai 11.00 1.45 4.00 6.30 HERBERT WILCOX > presents '1 ANNA NEAGLE 1 IN HER GREATEST PERFORMANCE M| i\ in lovftr recMttcoiOK k London Minis L'rodudtbwi Distribtltĕd By SIiAM SPECIAL MATINEE ON SI \OA V 2'Mh MAI "I WONDER WHO'S HER Mm IN TKdINK OLOR nEBVTCED BATES. Upatalfw: SI.OO
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      394 2 On Your Radio Today BLTTC NETWORK *»"M"«m< and n^iwi I vomsh ircx.kammes S ISi Nepalese s.tnes; 12.30 Nnc; 10 am. News from Kuala 12.40 Recorded music 12.43 VUuLumpur; 10.05 (appro*.J (lose in* Annoumemenl uith Down; 1 pm. Half hour of ture Tune: 12 45 (lose l»„ W n. n mI
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    FIRM INVOLVED IN $2-MILLION SWINDLE
    587 3 SAYS JUDGE [)ISTRICT Judge E. P. Shanks yesterday held that there was not the "slightest doubt" that the jr m hool a Singh Co. "had been involved in a million swindle". But he cleared the firm's clerk of making false statements to the Registrar of
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    NO NEW CARDS
    72 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. No identity cards lost or destroyed will ne replaced until the counterfoil of the old card is tiaced, states a Federal Government press release yesterday. The loss of cards is getting serious and new methods are being devised for their replacement. In future all
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    INNER WHEEL ELECTS OFFICERS
    55 3 The Inner- WhcM Club met yesterday at the Adelphi Hotel and elected officers for the 1949/50 year: Mrs Clara Anciano. President; Mrs. H. B. Winter. VicePresident; Mrs. Marjoric van Cuylenburt. Secretary; Mrs. Elsie Aspinall. Treasurer; and Mrs C Witherington, Mrs. L. Hawkins Mrs. B. Onderwyzcr. and
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    ARMS FOUND
    29 3 Three rifles. 1 hand-grenade and 86 rounds of .303 and stenaun ammunition were found in various parts of the Colony on Wednesday and handed to the police.
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    VICTORY SAVINGS
    20 3 Kuala Lumpur, Thurs.—Sales of Victory Savings Certificates up to and including 30th Apt 11, 1949 amounted to *853/3i4.
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    $20,000 Damages Claimed
    71 3 A motor car accident which took place two years ago in which Mr. Chaim Flaucbauni. a general broker, was knocked down at the junction of Robinson Road and Cecil Street on June 19, 1947, was recalled in the High Court yesterday. Fr. Flaucbaum. who received facial injuries
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    CONSTABLE ON CORRUPTION – CHARGE
    63 3 CONSTABLE ON CORRUPTION CHARGE Low Hai Chew, an extra constable working as a radio operator in a Radio Patrol team was yesterday charged with having corruptly accepted $5 from Patrick Cheong Together with Low in tin 1 dock was Police corporal Abdul Ghani bin Ahmad charged with abbeting. Both claimed
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    NEW BUREAU
    23 3 An hlmplcyment Bureau will IM et up at the Chinese V.M C.A. by the .association's Soi ial Department on June l.
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    Birthday Salute
    36 3 The 82ml birthday of tyieen .Mary was observed in ftyngapore yesterday morning b\ t|i' bring p. a 21 -gun salute by a battery from tfie Singapore Artillery Regiment on lop af Pulau lUaknng Mali.
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    CHINA'S MASS HYSTERIA
    145 3 CAPTAIN Gerald Hills. *Q American pilot who spent a year Hying lor the Chinese Nationalists, said that the people of China suffered from "mass hysteria in their attempts to Hee from the advencing Communist The former China National Aviation Corporation pilot toid the Tribune that in one
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    Walk Off' Seamen Won't Return
    167 3 JHE 23 Malay seamen of the Cable and Wireless ship. Retriever, who walked off the ship on Wednesday after a wage-dispute, will not return to the ship, unless their demand for a 50'< increase in wages is met "unconditionally". Capt. J. G. West, of the
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    CO-OP ASKS FOR MORE DISPENSARIES
    82 3 The Singapore Government Public Works Co-opera l. ye Thrift and Loan Society Limited, at its Sixteenth Annual General Meeting yesterday, decided to request the Goverm<mt to Bet up more out-door dispensaries and free medical treatment for lowly-paid Government servants: to help them reduce then medical
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    KIDNAPPED GIRL: CHARGE
    56 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A young Indian Railway guard. P. Ramanathan was today chaiged in the sessions courts with kidnapping a six-teen-year-old Portuguese girl 'Oeresa Danker. Theresa's father Mi. A. Danker said that he was sti' ..ady to let Theresa he married to Ramanathan. The case was postponed
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    REFERRED TO COMMISSIONER
    42 3 Alter an usauccesatu em-ployei-cmpioyt c privatgotiationa on 'he proposed wage-cut- fhl 3-0 drivers. an<i conductors iht Singapore Green Bus company yesterday, repiesentnt Ives of tlv Singapore f&Ui Wmkers Union, decided to refer the matter to tlic Commissioner for Labour.
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    TELL THE PEOPLE
    541 4 THE planters are angry. The men who have 1 borne the brunt of the emergency blame the Federation Government for their losses and sufferings. "If Government had listened to us," they say, "the terrorist campaign could have been nipped in the bud, and much of the havoc
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    THEY KNOW ONE THING BY HEART THE TACTIC OF TERROR
    1090 4  -  By DANIEL De LUCE A.P. THE most fanatical German armed force today is the frontier police of the Soviet zone. Ten thousand strong, they call themselves "workers in uniform". In nearly a year of guarding the Western limits of So-viet-occupied
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    UNCLE SAM'S 'POLITEST PUBLIC SERVANT'
    708 4 Reuter. BECAUSE of the importance which the United States attaches to the United Nations as an instrument for woild peace. President Truman lias created an assistant secretaryship within the Department of State to head tho office which directs American participation in the international organisation Mr.
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    Preparing The Deaf For School
    743 4 AFTER eleven yea is of proving through use. a programme has been developed which makes it possible for parents of deaf children to prepare these children for public school attendance, in their own public schools at home. whether or not a special class is provided
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    Ex-Paratrooper Turns Theatre Director
    533 4 A.P. AN ex-paratrooper is the new director of Will Shakespeare's Theatre heie. He is 35-year-old Anthony Quayle, dapper and red-hair-ed, who succeeds Sir Bairv Kackson, 70. It is a big job. For about 2."»(J,000 people from all parts of the world will see the performances between
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
    361 5 A PEASANT, INTERLUDE IN A BUSHMAN'S LIFE r .'.itbe snows Btetl kiie sKa'j j. i 1 as. i..r Hit tswc ca ■1. 1.. traUn. of tit d ».i:esii- b and >t»u tag and b osS parts > 5.'. l toJ aat i. [n brumby ■a*eS 1 fid rse
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      70 5 n MARCONIPHONE \NION RECEIVER le! TIoDAX s 10' I Oil CASH. I I ;\!s CAB HE ARRANGED. i> endowed with looks as well ireuii bakelite, with mouldedspeaker grl!!ea back ami front, 7'» ueighlnjg only 7' lbs., it is neatly and iimpJete' v transportable. In outstanding, having an amazingly for a
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    CEYLON CUTS DRINK SCENES FROM FILMS
    212 6  -  Talki>i<> Films by Oswald Henry TEYLON'S Film Uensor V has clamped down o--drinking scenes, thus m:piement'iig the baa Imp* ed by the ladtea Board r film Censors in respect oi pictures shown in th count rv. The reason given for sud ••deletions" by the
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    The Answer
    190 6 IOAN BENNETT, d's u ing what it took to remain a top star in Hollywood through rhe y.a:.*, «old a reporter ih.'* otht-r «?n> «hat. apart from ber.!i!y. and s nie talent, it was "a !;;t ot inV«tinai fortitu 1«" that did ii. And Joan ought i knew
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    A Prodigy?
    87 6 DON'T scold Junior the ntx:. time he pic'is out chopsticks witi» one iinerer on tho piano. Ho could become a famous one-fingered jo.zz piani?t. Lionel Hampton, one of the world's leading musicians on rtbraphones and drums, H also v foremost y-vz pianist though he plays with only Hampton's
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    Modernised
    81 6 QAMIEL OOLDWVN'S "IJo s.-anna MeCov" is the s>(.r t of backwood* but fh< method n r i*s .«sa'dng is distinctly modern. The company, including Far!ej Granger, Raymond Mas jey, !iar?MS Blckford and th»» new Goldwyn "find," 14-year-oid Joan Evans, is working several hundred mlips from the Mm eapitnl. But
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    No Greater Love
    38 6 nWLMLY, wli-n Ysrguii.! Mayo had to rhono* h >- t»»biiiLiiif*,%' a v swimming pool or i .'in»-, o~v> eorral for h'»r two ruling m h these what 9f* oi.t f !<*> girls would never haw «-(risen; corral.
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    Quite Shy
    45 6 A\RV GUAM feoes to ela\J borate lengths to assure i ■•riiaie personal life. The star maintains modest batehelor quarters in Beverly Hills. His address and telephone number are so seeret that fans have been known to hid as high as $50 for them.
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    Flora Saved Laps, Is Rewarded
    98 6 kl I ROBSON, who car- pff honours with h haracterisation of ss P.aten in ''Barfcband I i Lovers,*' has been ded the Mannerheim Medal by Finland for the teneiiC Of humanity. Tbil is in c of her efforts to save a Lap tribe from txtinctinn.
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    Danish Premiere
    45 6 DE \"*IARK '8 capita' M:u "The Rti Fhoes" and Copenhnqmcrf, had th c chance of meeting 'rt person Michael PiturU and d rrctor X veric Pn Üburoer, Who attended th-e premiere. Othfr celebrities of the shenv were Princess Virjgn and the Eriti»h Ambassador.
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    Cenham Visitors
    56 6 VISITORS to Deham Studios where "The Chiltern Hundreds" and "Give Us ih!» Hay" are being ii'med, were six. itatian journalists who are tour'ng Britain. Apart from the newsmen seeing scenes being shot, they were abl" to have a few words with Lea i'adova.if, the celebrated Italian actress, who
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    For The Festival
    46 6 WHEN Hamburg ho'.ds its Film Festival this year, G.B. Instructional will contribute towards the show witli films, film strips and wall charts with the main object of recreating interest in German educational methods and the use of the instructional film in Germany. r*
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    Jean's Partner
    34 6 PARTNER to Jean Gabin in the forthcommu production "Marie Dnport" tr'li be Anouk, the 17-year-old French a?*re s?. She is J'ist note starring vith Trevor Howard, in Tunisia in "The. Golden Salamander."
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    In Budapest
    26 6 HAMLET,' "The Root of All Evil," "Hue And Cry," "Caravan," "The Overlanders," "Good Time Girl" and "Freida," were being simultaneously Shown in 14 Budapest.
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      333 6 CAPTAIN EASY Blv l vhlit Tur A f no TmSSS 1 A <J'OFCOURG-.EUT-A I DREAMED YOU jv. 1 qmt JftAM T fiIUP HfAM THEN WE LL V KAPPEN THAT MAKE US VEfc7 SAILED WITHOUT ME!! 2 CA ONHAPPV F™fMl HORRIBLE TOTOSEME J J HEW DON'T WAVE IcHW AIOW.EH?/ LATER WE
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    WHEN YOUR EYES CONCENTRATE
    220 7 U.P. WASHINGTON", Miles, professor j. at the Yale l-cine, announced red the cenhin its range He told the j of Sciences of the eye to one object is tiny "fixation 3i of the eye s V i needs that c veries wtfl be litary and i
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    Picture off the Year-for Researchers!
    145 7 Thi* to the most exciting picture of the gear, sag nUC J^ f scientists. It's a m< son track magnified times, tonsequenthi, it's not a photograph, it's a photomicrograpn. The straight line moving across the several photograpntc plates, put together tike an aerial map. is
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    Cana Is On Mars
    141 7 pooD observers agree there II is .something there. A few make the spots irregular. Others see them as canals, binds, or only the edges of shadings. All attempts to photogiaph the canals of Mars have so faj been disappointing. It has been possible to detect lines,
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    HOUSE BUILT OF RUBBER AND GLASS
    497 7 A.P. BUFFALO. New York. A VACUUM cleaner holds up an amazing new balloon house made of only air, glass and rubber. This house, disclosed by the U.S. Air Force, is flexible but strong. It will stand up under winds of 140 miles an hour
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    NEW PLASTIC INSULATING MATERIAL CAN BE BLOWN UP 100 TIMES
    458 7 Reuter. A PLASTIC foam which swelis ud when baked like a cake to 100 times its original volume has been developed by American scientists for use as a new insulating material. It is said o be the world s lightest
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    Trees As Weather Forecasters
    105 7 U.P. PHILADELPHIA. TREES have joined the ranks of weather forecasters along with woollybear caterpillars groundhogs, rheumatism and corns, and industrial engineer reported here. By using a device hnown as an electronic potetiometer to measure the electrical ny pulses given off by trcr scientists working concurrently at
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    MEAT- EATING PLANTS
    116 7 MP:aT-K A T 1 M G nepenthes pitcher plants arc subject to death from "acute indig-s--tion" if they are given m< v too often. Nepenthes arc the sirens of the botanical wor'u. Their digestive pnvt. or stomach, hangs from a leafy top pla_it like a miniature saxophone.
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    MALACCA-MALAYA'S CITY OF CHARM
    733 8  -  by E. MITCHELL Malacca, tne otoest town _nd prouauiy tne most enu.uUning cettune oi asatonc until h iii the Muua> pea*nMiia, never rails i«j cnaiul VUniOra rrom hmgapore an<l pins of tne Federation, rue irip up-country from johore Banru, provides a delightful prelude of beauty, putting
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    THERE IS A FORTUNE IN SHARKS
    649 8 PAT MORE. TO folks in Singapore the idea of a shark commerCially is a dish of delicious shark's hns. Otherwise this monster conjures up visions Of a vorac.jus man-eater more harmful than useful. But scientists nave proved the contrary. The shark La Oft of
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    DIARY OF A HOUSEWIFE ELIZABETH GILLIES
    796 8 O:CE advantage George possesses nvar most other men. nom a wife's point of view. :s that he actually enjoys th- jj c |g remarkably good at t too When we mred in ralooed i.ond»n. George would 300 into a Ukdy-tooaing but "perfectly strange shop
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    JAP D-DAY: THE LANDING SUCCEEDS
    3401 9  -  WAR i\ MALAYA No. 27 "The break in the! Causeway had not proved quite so effective after the j Japs got a footing on the island, they managed to effect some temporary repairs." By Lieut. Gen. A.E. PERCIVAL G.O.C MALAYA 1941-2 western Area held the
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    Rubber Market
    102 10 (Full Story See P. THE rubber commodity market opened uncertain yesterday. But with an avalanche of sellers coming in. and very few buyers in evidence, both locally and from upcountry, the market dropped about 1% cent again from yesterday. Closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 June RSS
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    INDIAN COAL FOR SPORE
    49 10 NEW DELHI. Thurs.-Sin-gapore will get 8.000 tons of Indian coal from the current month's allotment of over 60.--l)00 tons to countries of SouthEast Asia. Ceylon tops the list of .recipients with 36,900 tons. Burma and Hong Kong followin- with 7,760 tons and 7.500 tons respectively.
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    Along The Godowns
    64 10 Van Heutsr i 15); Ucn.m.--illi; Empire Hanible (Sheers Wharf); Tegclbeig (42/43); Kustbris (41); Bcnarty (38/ 39i: Meerkerk (36); Malim (34»; Bentong (33/34); Kambodia (31/321: Silverash (17/ 18»; Plancius (19/20): (21/22); Asphalion (23/24); raksang (25 26); Scioei (27 28); Trewellard-Ocean Mail 29,30); Antenor Garoei (15 16); Benwyvis Murcna
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    Air Mail Schedule
    111 10 Air mail arrivals ate expected today from U.K.. Aden, N. Africa. W. Afiica. Canada. Euiopc. India, Iran. Iraq, Pakistan. Palestine. East and South Africa. Burma. China. Hongkong, Macao, Japan. Philippine Islands, Batavia. Dabo Singkep, Palembang. Sourabaya and Padang. Latest time of posting air mails at the G.P.O.
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    APRIL TIN – ORE OUTPUT
    50 10 APRIL TIN ORE OUTPUT The Department of Mines announced yesterday the following figures on production of tin-ore concentrates in the Federation for April. The total was 5,737 long tons. Perak 3,557 long tons, Selangor 1,552, Negri Sembilan 133. Pahang 167, Johore 125. Trengganu 41, Kedah 48. Pcrlis 92, Malacca 22.
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    PRODUCE MART
    50 10 Copra continued to Be an active market. Most other produce markets had a quiet day. Pepper was unchanged. London pepper was idle with no changes in quotations for black peper. In New York the price of black pepper dropped 1 cent to 84 1•> cents nominal per in.
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    INDIA MAY FREE NEWS-PRINT
    41 10 OTBW DELHI. Thurs. -The Government of India la considering the recommendation of the Newsprint Advisory Committee to lift central on newsprint, which has been in force for about eight years. An official announcement is expected shoi tly.
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    RUBBER KINGS ENTER FRAY
    162 10 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs.—-The international charajstw" of N the fight between natural and synthetic rubber is reflected in news from many quarters. Rrit i«h In London, Sir John Hay, Chairman of aßritish Rubber Plantation Company, tells stockholders thai United States support for synthetic is based less
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    N. E. I. COPRA OUTPUT UP
    78 10 A.P. WASHINGTON. Thurs. Indonesian copra production for April was 37.000 long tons, the I.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Tuesday. This set a r.ew- monthly level for the year. The January to April output was 132,800 tons. The area exported 27.000 tons in April.
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    Shares Quiet
    22 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The share market was quiet today with sma'l inquiry for industrials. Tins were slightly easier on London advices.
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    JUTE QUOTA
    25 10 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs.—lndia has allotted Tiipolitania a quota of 300 tons jute goods for the half year ending June 25. 1949. —A.P.
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    'Trade with Shanghai again soon'
    106 10 LOCAL mci chants expect the rapid resumption of Singapore's normal trade with Shanghai. Shanghai's 14.000 factories which make 60 per cent of China riianufactured goods do not depend merely on the interior of China for raw materials but mostly on overseas sources they said. Present
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    U.S. Official Flays Exchange Rates
    421 10 USIS. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, Thurs.— Xj Countries trading with the United States should strive to lower prices on goods they export and devise new ways of promoting their sale to U. S. buyers, as steps toward a better trade balance with this coun try. a
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    Malaya Share Quotations
    833 10 £>uyers. Seller*. Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex, took Pref. 2.80 2.90 Ords. 2.20 2.27' i 8.8. Petrol 38/6 39/6 cd B. M. Triiate* 7XO a.flO Com. Tut Ord. 14/0 15/6 do. (P) 22/3 23/--e. Utd, Aaaur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 7.00 7.25 f.
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    SELANGOR'S PLANS FOR CUP TEAM
    290 11 Exitihition games, but no procession (Front Onr Own Correspondent) KIT ALA LFMFUR, Thursday. have been finalised by the Selangor Badminton Association to give the victorious Malayan Thomas Cup Team a lilting reception when they arrive in Kuala Lumpur on June It. They will be entertained
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    SHELL S.C. WIN 3-0
    87 11 nCCinNG SOCCCt was seen h the <:••:• tang stadium wsteiany when Sheila Sports Club defeated tho Borneo Motor- Snorts Club hy three 1 in a Junior B Group 1 fixture. The slippery ground way n > hindrrancc to it team- bard ftfrht. Shells opened accounts in
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    LATEST DERBY CALL-OVER
    150 11 LONDON. Thurs. —Following the scratching of Peter Flower, there was a general tightening up in the prices for the Derby at the Victoria Club caßover tonight. Exceptions were Royal Forest, who remained the favourite at 7-2 and Nimbus, who slipped one and a half points to 19-2.
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    OMENTAL B.P.
    40 11 Ti..- following are tnYited to plaj for the Oriental 8.P.. the Social 8.P.. on Sund*y the Clerical Union Hsll Bl 2jW p.m.: George Tan. JLJni -> Hunt. .John Chua. Koh »pm, gw< Bong Soo and Wee Tn k Van.
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    FORM GUIDE TOMORROW
    24 11 The complete Form OtodV, re\iew and selections for the last day of the Praam Taarf ONih'a smiiiiier Medthaaj w'U appear tomorrow.
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    WALKS BEATEN
    24 11 BERNE. Thurs. Wales wore beaten by four goals to aero hy Switzerland today in the final match of their continental football tour.
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    OXFORD: 72 N. ZEALAND 45 FOR 5
    203 11 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs It- to got 210 to win New gcalsnd lost half their second hsninga wickets for 45 before Stumps wore drawn today, the second day ot their match against Oxford University. In the first inhingfl the visitors were bundled out for
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    Malacca To See Cup Team For First Time
    278 11 MALACCA, Thursday. MALACCA will nave the opportunity of seeing the iW victorious Malayan Thomas Cup team in Actios for the first time when they visit here on June 9. An elaborate programme of entertainment hns been arranged for the team. The team
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    KHALSA XI
    55 11 The following will represent Khalsa Association at encke against Custom* on Sunday 2 p.m. on the Khalsa Association ground: Bnl want Singh (Captain)? Ourdial Sineh, Mew:. Sine! B. S. Soin. Farduin;.-. SiSS; Singh Ward-... j ogindar Singh, Satindar Singh. I arshan Singh. Moh.nder Staph: Reserves: Makhan Singh. Rajlnder
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    CYCLONES WIN
    19 11 Cyclone Youngsteri bent the S.R.C. "B" 3-2 in an editing soccer game at the S.R/. padang, yesterday.
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    OLD BOYS' CRICKET STARTS TOMORROW
    355 11 rrili: Bfat two matches of 1 the SbiMpote Old Boys A> cation Cricket Competition »Ar the Evan Wo: v Shield", held for the first time in the Colony. will he played tomorrow at the Hcng UJg Green and fo« Victoi ia School ground. At the
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    C.A. Keep Up Their Unbeaten Record
    380 11 f!lh Chinese Athletics maintained their unbroken string of victories when they snatched a one-nil win from the Tigers Sports Association in yester days S.A.I \A. Senior league match at Jalan Besur Stadium. AwaroVd < fcnalty 2u miniitea after the Uoknift, the Vl fni".! to
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    R.A.F. SPORTS
    28 11 The Technical Wing won the Inter-Wing Trophy at the Athletic Meet neld at the RAF Maintenance Rase <Fai Hast), Seletar. at S<b t ir JN Itorday.
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    Jenkins takes 7 for 38 — Lanes forced to follow on
    261 11 Jenkins takes 7 for 38 Lanes forced to follow on Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. PAIN interfered with today's county cricket matciies and at Lords and the Oval not a ball could be bowled. Htgfclight of tho day was tho spicndhl bowling of Roland Jenkins, Woracstershir c leghreah and poorly bowirt, who
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    MALAY SHUTTLE FIXTURES
    120 11 Following art> the nature* of Hit- Singapore Malay Badminton Association f.»r the week-end. TOMORROW OPEN SINGLES: (i final) Ahmad Tail) cOentle) vs. Zainu! Ahmad (Bournemouth*. OPEN DOIItLES: M. Sadali M. H. Yakim (MuhihbaM vs. Aris Awang Ahmad Rahman (Set is). OFFICIALS' DOUBLES: Wahah Sarkwi Boslam vs. Ma-
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    Last Day Weights
    205 11 Ttw following are Ihfl r. main mif fiv*» ra< for Saturday CLASS 3, HIV. 1 C FI R* GANYMEAD 9.0,, KIMBOLTON R n GOLDRN NEWS SILVER BBOUIN X i TRUE SFJCURITY B.OS AMUSEMENT v n't PORT STAR KIERA n M FREE FRENCHMAN 8.04 MERLIN R.Ol DALCROBB R.oo
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    76 11 The SCRC XI vs. R.A.F. Chanel nt eriekel on Sunday ai Chaaici oi 11 a,m. will b<- mecied from ill*' following: Kvan Wont, flaptJ Khno bee, CheonK TWem Slew, Chia Kita Swce, Chia K< .i. Ho. k. Dr. Oni; SWM Law, We* Chons Jm, Bent; Bee, Beah Krnx
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    COSMOS PICNIC
    32 11 The Cosmos Spurts Club will hold a Picnic Party on Sunday, :i\ Tanah Merah Besar tChangi). Members and OhVials are requested to meet at the Club House at 8 a.m.
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      302 11 ACKNOWLEDGMENT i The bereaved members of the family of the late Mrs. Kwok Fook Lum wish to e>:Dro..; their thanks to relatives and friends who sent wreaths I and UHters of condolence and ;b9 all who paid night visits and 'ent their cars, trucks, buses 'or the funeral SIT: VACANT
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    LIM TURNS DOWN PENANG INVITATION
    300 12 Shuttle Officials Are Shocked From Our Start Ilejwrter PENANG Thursday. MR. Lim Chuan Geok, non-playing captain and n manager of the Malayan Thomas Cup team turned down an invitation from the Pen?ng Badminton Association to a procession and public dinner in honour of the victorious
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    ENTRIES CLOSE
    49 12 Entries for the Marigold Badminton Party's "C" sinffk championship will close on May 31. All thote who have not >et submitted their entries and who would like to compete si requesi'd to contact the Hon. Snorts Captain. Mr. Ng Chia Henjr, 451 A. Bales' ler Road. Singapore.
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    FRENCH TENNIS FINAL
    41 12 PARIS. Thurs. Madame Nelly Adamson i formerly *idm. Landryi French holder of the title, will meet Mrs. Margaret Osborne Dupont. the United States champ'on. in the final of the women's singles in the French lawn tennis championship.-, here*—
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    Penang Welcome
    83 12 When the Malayan Thomas Cup Team arrives in i'enang today, a welcome delegation of ofrie:a.s of truI'enang Badminton Association, friends and well-wishers, headed by Mr. Wee Uim Leong, Chairman of the Keeeption Committee will be present to welcome them. The Penang Munir.pal Band under the baton of Lt.-Col.
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    GERMAN EXPERTS
    44 12 Ducknow, Thurs. A team of six German experts has arrived in India to help in setting up industries to manufacture precision tools. They arc at present installing machine-plant at Lucknow to start production of cardiograms, binoculars and microscope on a laboratory scale.
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    INDIAN COAL
    40 12 A.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs.- India has allocated Japan 8,000 tons of coal for May and 24,000 tons for June, the Ministry of Industry and Supply announces Thirty thousand tons were shipped in the six months ending in April.—A.P.
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE.
    110 12 Contractors who wish to be invited to tender for contract Ifor domestic services at R.A.F. Stations situated in the Colony of Singapore and or the» Federation of Malaya are to apply r writing for contract registration forms from: The Air Officer Commanding, Air Headquarters, Malaya, R.A.F. CHANGI,
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    RIOTS FOLLOW SOCCER MATCH
    210 12 A.P. ISTANBUL, Thursday. VIOLENT rioting broke out in the centre of Istanbul's European district tonight in the wake of a huge demonstration protesting against Turkey's loss of a football match in the Mediterranean Cup com petition in Athens last Friday. A mob numbering thousands marched tmm
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    CHINA 'QUAKE
    28 12 Reuter. DOMBAT. Thurs. Bombay; observatory today recorded an earthquake of moderate inten- sity. with its epicenter believed to be in Sinkiang Province in China's far west.—Reuter.
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    3 DIE IN CRASH
    28 12 Reuter. ALLAHABAD. United Provinces. Thurs.—Two student pilots, including an Indonesian named Sunyadi. were killed when a local flying club aircraft crashed near here.— Reuter.
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    H.K. AIRPORT PLAN WAS SHELVED'
    146 12 Reute. LONDON, Thurs. Hongkong today could have had a fit st class airport if the British Government had not cancelled a plan to provide one in 1946. Lieut.-Gen. H. G. Martin said in a letter publimed today in the Daily Telegraph. Gen. Martin, who is
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    S'HAI EVACUEES
    47 12 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Thurs. Two hundred Chinese and one hundred Indians arrived here today on board the 8.646-ton British ship Sangola from Shanghai and other Chinese ports. The Chinese will settle with relatives in Tndia. Indian evacuees said about 250 Indians were still in Shanghai.- Reuter.
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    INSURGENTS CUT OFF RIVER TRAFFIC
    137 12 INSUR GENTS CUT OFF RIVER TRAFFIC RANGOON, Thursday. INSURGENTS straddling the Irrawaddy river m north of Mandalaya cut off all river traffic totk teni])le city, Burma Radio announced tonight. In the Madaya and Singu areas Mandalava. k surgents had begun to collect taxes after all government servants, the radio added.
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    COMPEN'SA'I !OM
    148 12 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. Fears that compensation for British companies nationalised in Burma would be inadequate were voiced in the House of Commons today. Mr. Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre, Opposition Conseivative, asked if the Government could hold out any hope that fair compensation would be offered. Mr. Douglas Jay, Economic
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    LONDON SHARE MARKET
    158 12 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Lack support and some bear sellinir produced fresh dullness in the London Stock Ex< hange today. Giltedircd slot ks WOTS re-istan* in the caily statres but later eased under slight pressure Looses on the day were scattered ami .small. M<"»st of the Industrial declined
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    1950- HOLY YEAR, POPE
    100 12 Reuter. VATICAN CITY Pope Pius XII claimed 1950 a The proclamat: the Pope's Thron< C the presence of a Vatican dignitar. In a brief '-tmrtahj talk before tho rea ling of j2 Papal Bi'l containii thend clamation, the thank.s to divine p r for "some betterment"
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    WHATS ON TODAY General
    59 12 Y.M.C.V: Badminton. Tea. Volley Ball and Crukei piacuce 5 p.m. French and Ca mercial Class 5.30 p.m. jj.ji circle show "Bells of St. Mar.* 8 p.m. Y.W.C.A.: Malay Lessons S Beginners at 9.1o a.m. ari i] p.m. Advanced Clas.- in Malay i 10.30 a.m., 5 Raffles
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    Cinemas
    166 12 CATHAY: "Tirzan's Maa Fountain" with Len Barkers Brenda Joyce. 11 a.m.. i.45 41 6.45 and 9.3«» p.m. CAPITOL "Elizabeth of Life mead" starring Anna Keagk i 11. 1.43. 4.00, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. REX: "Dark Corner' starry Lucille Ball. Chiton Webb, fi liam Bend:x and Mark Stews, PAVILION: "Hamlet'
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    Sport
    45 12 ST. PATRICKS St HO" £jj»orts. Katone. P-' Tf INTKR-COMMINIT* M.tTi Euroj>eans vs. Indan?. Besar. i LEAGUE SOTffK: Grp. 1. Social Athlon ParSerangoon Assn. at FRIENDLY SOCCER:Ji£* vs. S.R.C., S.R.C.: P.H.B.TJ; XI vs. Spore Cold Storage-» 8 burn Park. s TENNIS: S.L.T.A. Cha-. ship. S.C.C.
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