Malaya Tribune, 24 June 1949

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPIJD FOR THE PEOPLE Tel: ««Trtbnn©» S'pora Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh and Penang. Larger Sale* Than Any Afternoon Paper in Malaya Phone 8811/8 Nine Lisas. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE: E. Maurice Glover
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    ITALIAN STRIKE ENDS
    50 1 (VF Thurs. Italy's 'five weeks old strike workers ondJiTmidnight local time to-, ached af,la to end the drawn up by ntary leaders a today. Only a few hours before known nego- had broken down for third time since the lericull iral workers May 38.— went on Vtmx-
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    SHANGHAI PAPER CLOSES
    47 1 SHAI T ars. Mr. Ud. editor of the Shanghai .uuionnccd topei wouki t the end oi rhis means that > will lave only one Language newspaper wried North 01. Deny Hi mm. to Uie Military ion in ShangLafi Mr. Gou'.ci to proPost vls rnpossible enrcurnstanocs.
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    MALAY ROBBERS CARRIED RIFLES
    29 1 -Four Ma- two cf ti'.r-m armed with rifles, held on a Chinese shopBungei Mati and i ash, two lorehes and Ka fcod iron the shop.
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    TROOPS HURT IN AMEUSH
    32 1 KUANTAN, Today. An v travelling from Jerantut was atrday by bandits, id lour soldiers Mi lay constables. v tiers were sencuslv injured. j ->*' anrttt was k iiled by
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    AIR PACT
    11 1 KARAC in. Thurs.— Pakisi a bilateral cement with "«**y.—Renter.
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    BIG FIGHT PURSE
    19 1 a\< I Thurs. Ezzard and Joe Walcott. each 857 purse for t's world heavyweight Igftt A.P.
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    Footballer's Funeral
    53 1 ONG SWEE HOCK, the wellknown Singapore footballer who died on Wednesday night in the General hospital at the age of 35 was burled yesterday at the Hokkien Cemetery ii Whitely Koad. His three brothers and brother-in-law, seen here, acted as pall bearers. >lr. Ong leaves a widow and
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    Portugal Consults Bevin On Macao
    363 1 JOINT DEFENCE FOR S. CHINA? Reuter-A.P. LONDON, Thursday. Defence of Hongkong and the adjacent Portuguese island colony of Macao, off the south China coast, were believed in usually well-informed quarters in London to have been discussed at the Foreign Office today when the Portuguese Ambassador
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    REDS APPROVE COAL FOR HONGKONG
    85 1 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs The Communist Government has given the Sino-British Karlan mines in North China special permission to export 360,000 tons of coal to Hong Kong over a period of six months, according to a Peiping radio message heard here tonight. An export tax
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    White Queen For African Tribe
    192 1 Reuter. Scrowe, Bechuanaland, Thurs.—-More than 6,000 Bamangwato tribesmen, after four days of parley in this remote African villages, today acclaimed their 27-year-old Chief Designate Secretse Khana and his 24-year-old European wile, former London typist Ruth Williams, whom he had refused to give upOnly about 40
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    MUTINY AT BURMA ROAD OUTPOST
    152 1 Reuter. WANTING, Bui ma-Chinese Frontier, Thurs. Chinese Nationalists ha v tecaptuied the Burma Rod town of Paoshan. about 10 miles from this Burma Road fro itJer post according to the Yunnan Provincial author Itiee, Six thousand Nationalist troops stormed ihe walled town, killing 800 Army
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    "SOVIET NOW ON DEFENSIVE" – ACHESON
    87 1 "SOVIET NOW ON DEFENSIVE" ACHESON U.P WASHINGTON, Thurs.— Secretary of State Dean Acheson" said today that the Big Four meeting at Paris demonstrated that Russia has changed her tactics from offensive to defensive. Acheson said the Soviet Union because of the recovery progress m Western Europe and Western Germany was
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    LORDS DEFEAT GOVT. ON STEEL
    253 1 Milvert on Goes Over To Liberals Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. JJUITAIN'S Labour Government was today defeated in the predominantly-Con--4 servative House of Lords when the Bill to nationalise the iron and steel industry was discussed clause by clause. In a dramatic scene during the debate Lord
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    New Liner For S'pore Run
    101 1 A.P. LONDON. Thurs. Tho Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company announced today that th»> construction of an 11.000-ton cargo liner, designed tor service between Singapore, the Far East and Britain, will start before the end of the year. The vessel will be built by the
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    ''Hongkong Is Red Supply Base"
    199 1 Reuter. CANTON, Thursday. A high Nationalist Government official here said today that Hongkong was not only a political base for the Communists but had "lately become a direct supply base." Ships were sailing from Hongkong to North China ports carrying cargoes needed by the Communists
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    BAN STAYS
    37 1 U.P. NEW DELHI, Thurs. —A Government spokesman saic' today that the Roya! Dutc' Airlines KLM will not h granted permission to resume operations in India until the Indonesian Republic is formally re-established at Jogjakarta U.P.
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    Brooke Denies "Pretender" Claim
    132 1 Reuter. MANCHESTER, Fri. Mr. j Anthony Brooke, the former j Rajah Muda of Sarawak, today denied that he was a "pretender" and referred to his i •invitation" to the British authorities to state the terms under which his entry into Sarawak would be allowed. In a
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    NEW ENVOY
    29 1 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Thurs.- Parakat Achutha Menon, joint secretary of India's External Affairs Ministry, has been appointed India's Minister to Portuga'. it was officially announced today. Reuter.
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    Tin Offer Is Being Discussed
    123 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs—Discussions are going on in London on a plan for the United States to take the entire Malayan tin production for two years at a price of £500 per ton—about £56 below the current price—a Colonial office spokesman revealed- today. The spokesman said
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    PRINCESS ON HOLIDAY
    58 1 Reuter. SARK, Channel Islands, Thurs.—Princess Elizabeth and the' Duke of Edinburgh, continuing their tour of Britain's <~'dest overseas possessions, the Channel Islands, landed today on Sark, where no motor cars .iave ever Deen al nwea. They made the two-mile journey from the coast to the ;Sergpeuri in
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    DEATH PROBE
    51 1 A.P. PARIS. Thurs.—Dr. Victor Balthazard, wellknown French physician, claimed in a paper submitted to the French Academy of Medicine to have established a new test for death. He said that a small and harmless injection of ether will remain in the living body, but is ejected spontaneously alter
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    RUBBER OUTPUT UP
    197 2 Stocks Also Rise DUBBER output in the Federation rose in May by 11 7.158 tons as compared with April. The total produced in May was 52,069 tons as against 44,886 tons in April. Pert and dealers" stocks also were up in May by 5;2tS tons as compared
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    Rubber Slightly Easier
    91 2 WITH lower advices from London and New York, the rubber commodity market openied slightly easier. There was moderate business passing and the market remained steady at the lUling prices. Closing prices wore: Buyeis. Sellers. No. 1 July RSS 32 »4 No 2 July RSS 90% 31 No.
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    SHARES A SHADE EASIER
    140 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. WITH London continuing to offer tin shares, the local share market remained quiet and a shade easier. There was little enquiry for industrials. The following are the price changes announced by the Malayan Shareholders' Association. SINGAPORE. Thurs. Buyers. Seller* (H'kong Reg.i 810.00 825.00 M.
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    Produce Market
    103 2 pOPRA had a firm undertone in the produce markets yesterday. Sellers quoted for July shipment f.o.b. $28'j per picul. but buyers were sticking out for $28. Little business was done. Coconut oil was quoted at •SIS'- sellers for July f.o.b. Buyers price was $48. Some business was done
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    Along The Godowns
    76 2 Empire Hamble (Sheers Wharf i; Benlawcrs (42/43); Kampar (40/41); Silverplane —Antrilochus (38/39); Tai Ping Yang (36/37); Tabian— Hoegh Silverspray (33/34); Eastern Saga President Harrison (31/32); Star Alcyone (17/18); Hoegh Merchant (19 20); L. S. T. Frederick Clover (fL/fg); Benrinnes Atreus (J?8 M): Serampore (*5 26); Rona'd M.
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    WOMAN JOURNALIST COMING
    76 2 VISITORS Mrs. Violet Prioe. editorial researcher for the Far East on the staff of r mie" and "Life" magazines, has arrived in Kuala Lumpu-. She is spending a few days en a rubber estate in Selanugci. She will th »ii come to Singapore on Funday, and leave
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    U.S. Doctor In S'pore
    84 2 Dr. Frederick Kroll, a we Iknown American physician, is at present in Singapore in the course of a Pacific area tour. He is accompanied by his wife. They have lust visited Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Bali. He visited the Civil General Hospital where he talked
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    Two U.S. Pilots Are Very Keen On Golf
    177 2 -TWO American pilots are so keen about golf 1 that when their U. S. Army Air Force B-17 flew into Singapore from Tokio yesterday, they had their golf bags with theni. They have pla/e 1 tho game ft all the flight steps
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    Malay Fishermen Are In Quandary
    109 2 SCORES of Malay fishermen from the islands south of Singapore are in a dilemma over the wrong spelling- of thFir names on their fishing licences and identity cards. T< U 1.1 iney are now making a 'great trek' across the seas to have the corrections
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    KO IUNS GET GOING AGAIN
    59 2 The Ko lun Association has re-started, with premises at 91. Cecil Street. At a recent meeting, the following were elected as officers for 1949: President, Mr. Koh Teow Kcon, f .cretary. Mr. Koh Hung Hui, f.casurer, Mr. Koh Chwee Nah. Persons wishing to join the
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    A New Job For Nurse Alice
    138 2 WHEN Staff \uise Alice Cn»a rcsunn work in Singapcie after hftl two-year pest-graduate cciifse in Australia, she wit 1 br in charge ci one of the smaller Infant Welfare clinics m the city. Reason: Because she specialised in child welfare work and he: former
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    DROP-A-CON
    34 2 The Regional Catholic Young j Men's Association will hold a I "Drop-a-Ccin" Sco.ai evening at 96 Bias Basah Road tonuiiicw evening tt S p.m. Members nf a.'i;hated Associations and their friends are welcome.
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      198 2 Dramatic You'll Never Forget! Rendezvous with the millionaire and his secretary! Hotel on the Riviera and the night he struck hi wife! Depth o! an ex-convict partner! I The fire th?.t m ule him rich! Discovery Uwl npthedramatic —a mm story of a > man who hm d J foo
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    Alter 40 Years
    92 3 WEDDING BELLS Arthur Siddoos» 82, a \j tinsmith has trar that ho Ot the mcv. in the M Miss Svga h i known for r, in Vokio about v lien I was on a ship." as said They had .buses then." wnen Mr. yv > 3 engineer
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    KING THANKS SINGAPORE
    96 3 In reply to the message sent on behalf of the people of Singapore by H.E. the Governor Sir Franklin Gim? sen. on the occasion of the visit by H.M. the King to the Colonial Office at the opening of the Colonial Exhibit'cn. the following message has been
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    New Council Members
    77 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thuts M>. VV. A. C. Goode. Acting Economic Sc.. etsy has been mad: Temporal v Official Member or the i<\ d< lal Legislative an Executive Councils Mi. M. V. del Icfo Acting Deputy Chief Secretary has been an Official Membei of th,- Federal Legislative Council.
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    Plain Mugging Just Won't Do
    259 3 MUGGING-UP itom text books alone will not students into the University of Malaya. certain amount of practical logic, ability, biographical knowledge and newspapei r-adine So said many of the 13b boy? and girls who left the examination rooms in Ruffles College this week after, answering
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    READING ROOM
    31 3 A reading room has been opened in the Penghum s house for the community or some 706 Malays and 5 Chinese on the island of Pulau Tioman of Pahang.
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    AGRICULTURAL SHOW
    23 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs -The Besut District Agr'c'ii tural show will bo held on August 10 this year at Kam pong Raja.
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    BANDITS BURN BUS
    64 3 U LUMPUR, Thurs. N -topped a bus at .lie Kepong Road, took it •mail motor track •"l l .t on rire yesterday. t a were not mo\v..»:r.an in the Ratu I'.aiiih area last night take her husband ol theii house. She heard ts m<l this morning found
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    FOOD CONTROL NEW OFFICES
    51 3 ;ea of the Food Control Rationing Office at M moria' Hall wilt ti moi iow when j«e Hal! win be closed to will ;c-open on l owing hdDi B, C. E C rd Road, an i D. at 10. Oi visions Road (Old Eu'-jpaan Diet Fulleiton
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    STADIUM FOR MALACCA?
    24 3 Maiacca were yesterday lei the duesding Malacca a l,,, 'Ull'H. tiop of laying a track round ation for the sportsmen was
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    COUNCIL MEET
    18 3 I'MPiIR, Thurs. meeting of the State of in tho Counul W< Tuesday, ium W a in.
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    untitled OF ROUNDS
    15 3 iindoneaia) km out of bounds lan outbreak -A i 11 Pox there.
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    SIAM TO GROW MORE RICE, COTTON
    127 3 Plan To Help Jobless A.P. JHE Siamese government today decided to l lltO It 18,*>00,000 ticals (rs$660,000) during next vear to encourage rice and cotton planting in special" settlements in the north, central and southern provinces. The scheme will be under the control of
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    Decrees Nisi
    90 3 Three decrees nisi were granted in the Singapore High Court yesterday She Descried Him Dr. Carl M. H. Engel sued his wife Lore Engel on the ground of desertion. He Deserted Her Mrs. Belinda Gaudart sued her husband. Mr. Phillip Gaudert now living in Kuala Lumpur also for
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    Three Men—
    93 3 Three Men On Murder Charge Three Chinese will stand their trial at the Assizes on charges of muidet and,arffljjd robherv. They are: Soah Lng Meng. Ong Tar Chi and Ong \h Sens;. They are charged with the murder of a nine-yeai-old -irl. Yap Kui Yin. and with robbing a Chinese
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    CHARTER DAY
    44 3 A public meeting will be held to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the *agy«* the Charter of the United nations Organization, on ba iday. at 6.30 p.m. at the Singapore Cairnhill Road. Mr. L. C. uon will speak on "The Waited Nations".
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    MORE WAGES
    33 3 The Government and Municipal Labour Union seeking a levision oi the salary scheme recommended by the Joint Wages Commission foi all members particularly the 54 men at the Kallang Gas Works.
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    NEW CITIZENS
    34 3 At a simple ceremony he.d this morning at the Old Council Chamber, Colon* Secretariat. Certificates of Naturalisation were given by the Honourable the Colon./ Secretary, Mr. P. A. L\ McKerron, to 16persons.
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    EX-PRINCIPAL DIES
    31 3 Madam Wong Keng Mun. ex-principal of the Long Wan Girls" School, passed away ree.entlv at her residence, in Tiong Bahru. The funeral will that place tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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    45 ARRESTED
    31 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. ,-There have been 45 arrests in the Federation in the last o\ hours 20 in Johore, 10 in Perak. 9 in Pahang and 6 in Selangor.
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    Gimson's Gesture
    38 3 jjjjlß Franklin Gibson. the Governor watchMas the hacksaw gnat to work on a window bar at the Bukit Timah Boys' Home. He was keeping an old promise to remuM' the bars if the boys benaved well.
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    Man With Five Names
    94 3 A man with I've names yesterday appcau d before the Fourth Police Magistrate Mt. M. H. MacDougai, and claimed trial to a chi.ge of dishonestly letainin-, property foi which he failed to give a satisfactory account. He was called Yip Chak alias Mou Van Chak alias
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    WRITING ON THE WALL
    591 4 MALAYA'S trade figures are not encouraging For the first five months of 1949 we show nearly $100,000,000 on the wrong side ol tlu ledg May, the last of those months to come under the financial microscope, has this story to tell. An adverse balance of down
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    MANY ARE CALLED BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN
    1848 4 STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER A hundred years ago Trollope asked this question: "Did you ever know a poor man who was the better for the law, or for a lawyer?" This week AAENCIUS tries to answer this question as it applies to M
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    MUSINGS ON MENCIUS
    324 4 Sir, I read with great interest the exalted and philosophical musings of "Mencius', and the criticism of him by "CCS.'' What is in a name after all A rose smells just as sweet, call it by whatever name. "Mencius" must be a great admirer of that sage
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    THE FORGOTTEN MAN
    432 4 The People's Postbag j Sir, I am writing this in order to express my views as a Malayan born Chinese on the subject of British protected persons and Federal citizens. My father, like many others came to Malaya from China 50 years ago, and with hard work,
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    SCIENCE OF MIND
    175 4 0 Sir, notice in the "Singapore Government Gaz< tte" of .'ird June, 1049 T o. 1561) thai a "Singapore \etiological Association" was formed in 1931 and the Reg; tiar of Societies is inviting proof ot its existence to be furnished within three months as he has reason
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    BRICK BATS FOR
    147 4 Sir, I am very disappointed with Radio Malaya's present programme of so-called "light music" played by the Radio Orchestra which, to be quite frank, at times sounds more like a police band than a salon orchestra, which it claims to be. If the programme director wants to
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    RADIO
    93 4 Sir. Radio Malaya's "Listener's ;'Dst" used to be a popular programme. The listener had the pleasure of hearing his requests played to one's friend on his birthday or on other equally auspicious occasions. But this programme has now been changed to "Lis- I tenor's Choice" which does not indicate
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    MALAYA
    54 4 Sir, The Indian Programme See- 1 tion (Tamil) authorities of i Ladio Malaya have been repeatedly requested by the public and the Press alike to overhaul their programme. The Indian Daily Mail even wrote about it in their editorial columns. Yet nothing has been done by the authorities concerned.
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    Torch Bearers Of Hindu Religion
    150 4 Sir. The torch bearers of Hindu Religion, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsah, Sankarachariar, Ramanujachariar and others have not mentioned anything anywhere about Kavadi and firewalking. There is nothing sacred in Kavadi and firewalking except as a means to at tract a crowd just like the fire
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    More On The Thomas Cup Team
    200 4 TEAM PLAYERS ARE BROKE Sir, 1 am prompted to write nf ter reading that thp THo MAS CUP TEAM PLAYERS ARE BROKE. Your paper hapreviously assisted in dcive for funds to supplement the Thomas Cup p un() and now you arc assisting in the
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    WHY MIX POLITICS WITH SPORTS?
    185 4 Sir, I have read your post-bat: column with interest tins past year, but as a sports enthusiast I cannot for the life of me understand why member of the public should mix sport with politics. It is disgusting to note that there are people who
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    DO MUSEUMS SEND YOU TO SLEEP?
    1886 5  -  Museums breathe an atmosphere conducive to sleep and even peons on duty at Raffles Museum have often succumbed to the wiles of dissembling Sleep. But, says the author, a visit to the museiun is great fun if your mind is awake. By LEE LIANG
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    THE PROBLEM CHILD THE JAPS LEFT BEHIND
    818 5  -  r> hy AAN ARMY OBSERVER MUCH of tne work carried out by the Aimy in and mound Singapore passes a!mo it unnoticed by the genera! public. Did you know, for instance, that for the last seven months the .Royal Army Ordnance Corps nas
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    THERE IS MONEY IN URANIUM
    384 5 URANIUM, a key word in the current congressional investigation over atomic secrets, was once an a'most woithless metal. Before scientists learnt of its explosive powers, the metal had few uses and no one wanted to buy it. Miners got only a few cents a pound
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    JOHN 'JUMPED' TO FAME
    472 VI  -  Ocean Dive Turned Drive r In to Star TALKING FILMS... By Don Prince 111 GE leathery 1 John W a yn c freighted the question while he rummaged through the racing forms. grocery bills and photographs of his lour children on his desk. He found what
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    Told The Truth
    214 VI Apparently, the same muscles that saved him and made him also got him his first break. Back in 1928. ayne was a linesman on the University of Southern California lootball team. As a football hero, he met Ford. Ford suggested he try the movies when he was
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    Higher Niche
    169 VI THE BIG TRAIL" was a big flop. Wayne signed with Republic for range duty in serials and Western \uickies. Meantime, he says, I o-d kept telling him he would have a story for him „ome day. Ten years later Ford asked for Wayne for the lead in "Stagecoach.''
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    Box Office Hit
    93 VI MEANTIME. United Ait.sts leleased Wayne's 'Red River" which turned into a golden stream at the boxOffice. Republic decided Wavne might be the man to break the jinx on high-budget ilms and put him in "Wake Of The Red Witch." W r ith the breaking of that financial
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    A BRUNETTE STAYS BLONDE
    308 VI R lNf rTE songstress Marilyn Maxwell has been fighting a losing batti- in her screen career to do what eome.s naturally. And each time she loses, she gains added actio-* laurels and more devoted fans. Renowned as a songstress (and. as a matter of fact, this
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    DID YOU KNOW THAT
    20 VI I ZACHARY SCOTT positively refuses to wear silk neckties even when he gets 'em as gifts?
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      259 VI <MPTAIX EASY b v 1 Tiir nfr WHY NOT V THANKs, MISS GIVING... 'Ift f SSSill* GOIWfjV HMM! S WeT~ r TT^ LET CATHY t BUT I HAVE HEADDRESS. ITO INSIST! SUE'S AAAVBE I «»lliP|! COME HOME VWE CAN TA KE A CAB J TIRED... AND GIG SHOULD TAKE |M
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    "TUNNEL" METHOD TO BE USED FOR CURING T. B.
    175 VII v r\v method to beat by tunnelbng J» 1 i to the lung thro Scribed before the n College of Chest lHjiirttiw nr Gustav Maurer of ur Switzerland, -said in a he healed 38 ted as hopeless £C!va!osia cases. that cavities
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    "Cleaned Out"
    65 VII A.P. IN the 38 cases treated I rce March, 1949. Maurer said, the germs of tuberculosis were '"cleaned out. in an average of 17 days. Dr. Edwin A. Levine of Chicago, spokesman for the college, said that the Maurer technique has not yet been tried in the United
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    Scientists Will Explore Seabed
    209 VII U.P. ST. LOUIS. A FRENCH archaeologist. Count Byron Klun de Prorok, and two explorers Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Palmer from St. Louis are planning an expedition to explore the bottom of the Mediterranean for ancient art treasures which have lain there for more than 2.000 years.
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    200-Inch Telescope Will Probe Mysteries Of Space
    424 VII A.P. PASADENA, Cali., DALOMAR, Observatory's 200-inch telescope can see six hundred million trillion miles farther into space than anybody expected. The U556,000,000 telescope was designed to see milliard light years into space twice the range of the 100-inch. Mt. Wiison telescope, previously the
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    2,000 Pilots Tested To Make Flying Safer
    268 VII Reuter. LONDON, RESULTS of tests made by Royal Air Force scientist* and psychologists duiing the past 10 years with 2,000 pilots are expected to play an important part in reducing'the number of accidents attributable to human error. Here arc some of their conclusions
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    DDT IS STILL BEST
    133 VII I JfBW YORK. ANNUAL big battle against I the fly, the mosquito and other warm weathe. insects in the United States has be- i gun—and DDT till is the best weapon. DDT is credited with saving the lives of thousands of American soldiers who had to
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    THE "CRATERS OF THE MOON" ... IN IDAHO
    150 VII THE "CRATERS OF THE MOON" IN IDAHO U.P. JUST south of the Arco area of Idaho is a pockmarked. lava-encr*usted wasteland called "the ciaters of the moon." It is extinct volcanic region once tortured by voilent eruptions duiing which the earth trembled. Some 80 square miles of the area have
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    4th CENTURY MAUSOLEUM
    48 VII TOKYO. JJLANS aie underway to 1 excavate the fourth centuiy mausoleum of Emperor NlntokU, believed to he the Largest tenth In (he world. The mausoleum of Nintohu (313-39'j A.n.) la several times the size f Egypt's pyramids and is often mistaken for a natural bill.
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    UN JOUR CHEZ LES DUBOIS
    631 VIII (A DA) WITH THE DUBOIS FAMILY) THE Dubois, a typical French family of the class, live in a modest dwelling in a western suburb of Paris. A kitchen, a rather small dining room, and two bedrooms house the son John, the daughter Denise. and the
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    HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL
    506 VIII A.P. WHAT would you do if you were Harry Lepselter? Your only boy. Nathan, 21. went down with an American bomber in Franc? in 1944. Officially, he has not been heard from sinc«\ By all tho odds of war. he is dead. But you can't picture boy
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    MUSIC FOR THE MILLIONS
    912 VIII THE musicians sat poised and expectant, their black coats and white shirt fronts a motionless checkered pattern across the brightly lighted stage. The dissonant impatient voices of their instruments had died away with the last sounds of restlessness from the audience; and for a moment there
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    THE REIGN OF LAW
    2462 9  -  THE RULE OF TYRANNY GIVES WAY TO- MALAYA AND ITS HISTORY—13 The outstanding achievement of British Rule in Malaya was the introduction of a humane legal system. Under Portuguese and Dutch Rule, Justice, where it was not corrupt and inefficient, was based on a system of
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    EZZARD CHARLES, THE 'NEW CHAMPION'
    752 10  -  By JACK CUDDY United Press Sports Editor CHICAGO, Thursday.— tfZZARD Charles, Cincinnati Negro, became fj world's heavyweight champion through the National Boxing Association territory tonight by winning a fifteen round decision over ancient Jersev Joe WatcoU at Comiskey Park. The decision of the referee and
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    ROUND BY ROUND
    1729 10 not ND OXK UliAliei landed a lei"; hook 'h*- stomach and they clinched. WalCOtt missed a left hook to the Jaw Charles landed a lo'! and r ight to the head. Walcot: hi. on the Im and left ana rieht to the body. Chailes landed t'*'o nard
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    Fast Work At Ipoh
    336 10  -  TRACK NOTES From ALLAN LEWIS. 1POH, Thurs. Tne inner grass track was open for fast work this morning. Port Star (Harper) ran the three in 41 easily. Flylite (Turner) spurted down the straight. Wination (Little) went over the five at half pace. Cullinan went the same
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    IPOH FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
    4959 11 XoBt Day Of Perak Turf Club's June Meeting Horses Ciass 5, Div. I, 6 Furs. CARAVAN 0.05 Mtjj 12 MS TVnang, 8.02 car rs, (Tumor) Piv. L 0 2nd. 1 mm. 4 sees. iinmc Good. WON 16-3-43 Penang, 9.02 .=55 ■M. (Tuner) Dir. L John
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    874 11 lielnv are the for Jir-on. w s Ipoh race*, the last day ot the Perak Turf Club* fune Meeting:— HORSKS. CLASS 5, DIV. I—6 Fl BEONGS. CARAVAN <>.05 "Levee Kongsi'' Rodger, JOHN 812 Mr. C. Prosper Liston LeviBONN IF GREY *.W V• Helen Quah Lewi/ RAFFLE X M\
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      48 11 RESELL, FgLKS DRAKE LAMPSTHE /KST SLOW A FtfCW/ y* J A NiCHT' I GOT TM!S 1 1 -ii V DYNAMITE :JM* NOT TO f ffiS- AXE «ABBRILIY <C ?fiHT RIGHT lO THE CHAMPONS RfBSPO?,?A?Lr MDfO SO I COULD r 4 I f|I!Ll jfjx HiS CORNER AS fHE KA>OE-DcACON
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    117 12 YM<..V: Commercial Classes p.m. Education Show, Films on Welfare and Social Proidam/ 7 46 p.m. *ltH A FORI RIEEE ASSOCIATION. Practice Shoot at th» S.V.C Oi en Range. Beach Roj»d p..i-. IVKBLKY M.Y.K.: social by the Thtrd Commission. Grou,. Ph to to be taken <30 p.m.
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    Cinema
    187 12 CATHAY: f'Edward. My Son."' with Spencer Tracy, Deborah Ken and Ian Hunter. 11 a.m., 1.4.. 4.1a. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. rAPITOL: "Mexican Hayrid£ will Bud Abbott and Lou Coftello plus Wood" ork vs. Mills flg'»t 11 a.m., 1.45, 4. 6.30 ani 9.0-» p.m. PAVILION: "The Girl from Manhattan" with
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    59 12 "i M.C A.: Badminton, Cricket Net Prn. ''C 6; Volley Ball 5 p.r T nnis Tournament: Men'? Dot.nles Championship: J. Kuip- r X: Ahmadshah v. K. S. Pans? I >r. <. han Ah Kow; M. IReshty C. Reshty v. P.. B. Dowlin? Low K» e Pow; Onj Kb -rg
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    S.S.C. WIN BOTH GAME.
    56 12 YESTERDAY'S rainy weather did not stop the Singapore Swimming Club and H.M.S. London water-polo teams from plunging into the icy cold S.S.C. pool at Tanjong Rhu. The club was too strong for both the London a first and second teams and trounced them by 7 goals
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    LONDON SHARES
    154 12 Reuter. T.OXDOX. Thurs. Sentiment in the giltedged section of the London Stock Exchange was brighter today. Recent heavy selling had halted and prices improved under the cheering influence of small buyers. Fractional trains were shown on the i day although best levels were not always held. Industrials refu~ed
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    K.L.M. AIRLINER VICTIMS NAMED
    247 12 ALL 31 ABOARD DIE IN CRASH A.P. LONDON, Thursday. The Royal Dutch Airlines office in C a 1 r o tonight issued a passenger list for the Constellation airliner which plunged into Bari harbour today killing all the occupants. The list revealed 31 people were on
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    Barter Rule Opposed
    150 12 Singapore Chinese mer- chants are strongly opposed to the rew trade regulations for 40 per cent barter imposed by the Dutch i foi trade with Indonesian ports where no banking facilities exist. m a le'ter to the Secretary of Economic Affairs, the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and
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    FRENCH CONVOY AMBUSHED
    62 12 Reuter. SAIGON. Thurs. A strong force of Vietminh (National autonomy movement) guerillas on June 18 attacKed a French convoy bound for Cao-Bang, 125 miles noith of Hanoi. French Army headquarters m Indochina announced today. The attack took place at Thatkhe. 62 miles northwest of Hanoi. The guerillas
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    REUNION
    43 12 \ftpr a three-year separation Lt. Colonel Roy Nelson Jnr. jtKmwlTi Singapore when he flew in a «-H bom- r which landed here yesterday. She is Mrs. G. E. 1 arrott, I L ot the Singapore manager of Getz Bros, and C ompany.
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    Falkenburg Taken To Five Sets
    307 12 H'IMBIxEDON, Thursday. AIX eight seeded players reached the la*t 16 in the men's singles today, the fourth day's play in the Wimbledon championships, although Robert Falkenburg, the holder, and Jaroslav Drobny, seeded No. (i, were taken to live s,*N before winning. The lanky Falkenburg beat
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    STAN ROWAN WINS
    33 12 LIVERPOOL. England. Thurs. Stan Rcwan. British and Empire bantamweight champion, won a unanttnotJfl tenround decision tonight over Am'eto Falcinelli. Italian titleholder. It was Rowan's second win over the Italian champion.
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    Hutton Celebrates B'day With 165
    430 12 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. VOP.KSHIRE, many times county champions, should be in the county championship lead tomorrow night for they are well on the way to the win required to overtake Worcestershire who have an engagement in the present series of games. lt was Len Hutton's
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    S.J.I. SPORTS
    36 12 The St. Joseph's Continuation School will hold its First Annual Sports Meeting on St. Joseph's Institution ground on Monday afternoon (June 27). Mrs. C. C. Tan has kindly consented to give away the prizes.
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    C.A. Should Have Scored More Goals
    406 12 C.A 6 Tamil Brotherhood A GREASY ball and a wet field was no obS- 1 the Chinese Athletics, who had little diffi trouncing the Tamil Brotherhood AssodaS^' l S.AF.A. Senior League match by six goals tn lr a Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. C.A. met
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    S'pore v. Malacca
    99 12 Twenty-foui been invited to u:n 0 > from which a m*g£*S hans eleven will X to play against Ma'atS?* Cup fixtuie. Caia The following m l players: Goalkeeper-• Angullia and Ar.riad Full-Backs: -Abdgj Pjll man (Captain.. Ptiy, r Leembruggen ana Tan nil Lye. Half-Backs:- Haji Gart» W.
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    U. K. Race Turnover
    69 12 Reuter LONDON. Than.- Total], sator turnover in L 1948 was £26.252.614, according to the annua, n port of Hi Racecourse Betting Cor.t:oi Board, issued today. Racegoers subscribed £13.511.346 in cash. £3.816.421 was received thresh the racecou rst credit service provided by 'fete Investor?. Limited, and $$,924.841
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    WRESTLING
    54 12 The Malayan middleweight champion giappiVr, Lew Kwong Seng, will meet Buy Morgan. Navy cham|u:. i the main event of tomorrow night's WKltllßg card at th? Happy Worid Cove tc Sodium. Three good bout* .="Ppo* this event. Thov are: Boasson vs. Kama Rai. Cohtinto vs. Ming Jiak and Tan Booc
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      185 12 Tide TODAY I 1 VV Si.02 a.m.' (7 ft. 2 in b.32 p.m. <8 11. 3 in.). LIX AIIXER hj Al C app 90 WHUT Er TH'TURNIP j fjA VVI 88 8 IHEIS A VAN LUMP 7 WAL- S TZRHTES DID ROOKI A f***' m < W HERE'S FOOD, DOGPATCHERSff
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