Malaya Tribune, 29 August 1949

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    61 1 MALAYA Tribune I Spore I LARGER SALE THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA 1 Phone 5811/3 Nine lino Puoiishzd <rimuitaneuu*ty at Hin gapuie, nuu.u uumpur, Ipoh an a Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LOS DON REPRESENTATIVE E Maurice Glover, Malaya Tribune
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    ONN WILL RESIGN: 'END OF LEAVE'
    266 1 NATO Onn bin Jaafar told the twelfth General Assembh of the L°INO today tfctl he was definitely resigning his position as Mentfi Besar of Johore. Malting his presidential address he was reur:\nimously Dato Onn told the conference that before he set out for Butterworth,
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    BANK MISSION
    51 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Sun.—The World Bank announced today that it is sending a five-man mission to Turkey to examine three sp>?cific projects for which the Turkish Government is seeking a lean. The projects are grain stor age facilities, irrigation, flood control, and electric power and port construction and improvement.
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    CRIPPS' FINAL $ TALKS BRIEF
    250 1 CRIPPS' FINAL TALKS BRIEF Reuter. LONDON. Sun. Btitlsh EE Tialfl worked con- this weekend prememoranda foi ,v i Cabinet h «111 give Sir Stafford r hfc final brief for the economic Ihg Throe" do'.'ar talks at Washuagtefti next week. Informed quarters hero pret that Britain's approach l obucii more strong
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    Don't let these men go
    350 1 TAN SIEW SIN. Ttu following letter has been received from Mr. j Tan Siew Sin, Chairman 1 of the Publicity Sub- I committee of the Mala- i yan Chinese Association. i THE retirement of Mr. B. M. B. OConuell, j Federal Deputy Com- missioner of
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    NEW KKK CHIEF
    39 1 U.P. ATLANTA, Georgia Sun Sam Roper, 54, former -tate official, who once served on the Atlanta Police Forte on Saturday succeeded the late Dr. Samuel Green as Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Kia- «n Georgia.—U.P.
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    CITIZENSHIP
    23 1 BERLIN. Sun. -V The Kussians have restored full citizenship to all former Nazis in Eastern Berlin except a lew known war criminals
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    WELCOME TO FOREIGNERS BUT-
    144 1 A.P. SHANGHAI. Sun. Shaojtv hai'. Mil taiy Mayor, Gen. Chen Yi. said yesterday that foreigners are welcome to do business in Shanghai only if they obey the laws and change U eir old imper«ali-tic attitude. Chen Vi made the statement at a meeting of Tramworkers. He
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    INDONESIA GETS JEEPS, TRUCKS
    90 1 U.P. MANILA. Sun.-Charles Tambu. Indonesian Republican Consul-General here, said today that the Republican Minister of Communications and Public Works. Herling Lao. is scheduled to arrive here next Friday to inspect surplus property earmarked for Indonesia. He said Lao will be accompanied by Kornelis de Boer. Dutch
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    FIFTEEN DIE IN HEAVY FLOODS
    202 1 Reuter. SYDNEY, Sun. Fifteen people lost their lives and there are grave fears for many others in the flooded areas on the north coast of New South Wales where most of the township of Kempsey is under water. The pilot of a Royal Australian Air
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    Our Strength
    21 1 A view of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier H.M.S Triumph taken at the Naval Base Seletar.—Tribun Picture.
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    NATIONALISTS TAKE BACK THREE CITIES
    273 1 Reuter-.AP. HONG KONG, Sunday. GWATOYV arrivals here said today approximately 30,000 guerillas are vvaiting to join the Communist Army when it en»*we» from Fukien province into north-eastern Kwpngtunjr. They added a number of counties near Fuk<en frontier are already in the hands of the guerillas.
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    REDS CREATE NEW GOVT. IN MANCHURIA
    88 1 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. Sun.Tho Chinese Communists today announced the creation of a "Notth-ea3t People's Government" for Manchuria. Peiping radio, heard in San Francisco said that the Northeast People's Congress hud elected a 41-member government council headed by Lin Feng. The Peiping radio also announced
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    WHAT PANDIT NEHRU FEARS
    75 1 Reuter. KANPUR. United Provinces. Sun —Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru told a public meeting today that India is "not afraid of any external aggression, but what worries me is our internal weakness, particularly the economic one." The Prime Minister said if India followed the path of
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    LAST OF THE GUARD
    36 1 A.P. NEW YORK. Sun. uuucun Buchanan. 89. who claimed to be one of the la.-:t livmj; mem herd of the Scots Guard o. Honour to Queen Victoria, has died in Yonkers. —A.P.
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    ROYAL COMMISSION WOULD HELP MALAYA
    147 1 Pereira The formation of a Royal Commission to conduct a National Income survey will help Malaya and Singapore said Mr. E. P. Pereira in a talk on Labour and Unemployment at the Army Civil Services Union yesterday. A survey of this nature he ■;aiii would
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    U.S. DENIAL
    29 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Sun. The State Department today d. ve< any knowledge of an Amer an plan to take over the Chinese Nationalist-held island of Vaiwan (Formosa). —Reu*er.
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    Paratroops Used Against Reds In Bolivian Revolt
    240 1 A.P. LA PAZ. Bolivia, Sunday. AIRBORNE troops were rushed to Cochabe ;«a last night to finish off an armed rebellion by Communists and Fascists against the government which broke out in four cities before dawn. Reports said an undetermined number of persons were
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    OVERWHELMED
    31 1 A.P. PRESTON. England, Sun. Mr-. Ellen Turner, 58 dropped dead on Saturday on the steps of a church where she had _i.vt proudly witnessed the wedci ng of her son.—A.P.
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    Iran Protests to Russia on Detention
    83 1 Reuter. TEHERAN. Sun. The Persian Foreign Minister. Ali Asghar Hekmat, announced here today lie had made a "strong prot st" to Russia against the alleged detention of 11 Persian border troops and demanded their immediate release. The Minister told the pre** that Uie Persian
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    'TERROR' NEWS
    100 1 A.P. BATU PAH AT. today. -A Police oatrol shot dead a Malay bandit and recovered a pistol" fiom his body yesterday. In the Kluang area a patrol of 1/10 Gurkha Rifles destroyed an old camp consisting of four lean-to huts north of Kluang. A party of police and
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    PAKISTAN CAPTAIN MARRIED IN S'PORE
    119 2 THE wedding of Captain Hamecd Aziz of the Pakistan Army and Miss Mumt&z Mallal took 'place, according to Muslim rites, at 19 Mount Elizabeth Road yesterday. The groom is the son of the late Mr. M. A. Aziz and Mrs. Aziz of Julundur City in
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    CHINESE RETAIN SHIELD
    198 2 The Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship retained the Singapore District M.Y.F. Oratorical Contest Challenge Shield for the second in succession at the annual inter-chapter competition at the Foochow Methodist Church Saturday. Fifteen speakers from eight M.Y.F. chapters competed in the "A" and "B" sections The winners were
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    Kesteven In Bangkok
    52 2 Dr. Geoffrey Kesteven, Regional Fisheries representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization and adviser on Fisheries to the Commis-sioner-General, has left Singapore for Bangkok. Df. Haute van will in future be attached to the Far Eastern Regional Office of the F.A.O. which was opened in Bangkok earlier
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    Govt. Lifts Control On Sugar Price
    110 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The wholesale and retail pdces of Government imported sugar will cease to be controlled from September 1. This step been taken to allow augar to return to normal commercial channels m so far as existing supply conditions nermit. Sugar will remain
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    Tiong Bahru Presses For Bus Services
    221 2 Because school buses and a piivate bus belonging to a Singapou bank are still allowed to use the road.-, encircling the Singapore Improvement Trust's estate at Tiong Bahru, the chairman of the Estate Community Centre has written tc the j Progressive Party president. Mi.
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    Malacca Fetes Welfare Week
    209 2 From Our Own Correspondent MALACCA, Sunday. SCENES reminiscent of Victory Day celeoration were seen here today on the second day of Welfare Week. Huge crowds, among them thousands of gaily dressed Malays, thronged the streets from'an early hour to watch the day's spectacles. A Kuala Lumpur
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    TRISHAS MAY TAKE PASSENGER INSURANCE
    160 2 Tribune Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Munici{>al Commissioners at their mil S Board meeting on Wednesday will discuss tne prictioabOkv of insisting on trishas bemg -nsureci agamst third party risks. Th>s matter was first discussed m Commit tee bnt as ft was one of far reaching importance't
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    ILO Experts To Lay Groundwork Here
    189 2 THE Conference of Experts on Training Questions of the International Labour Organization, me* ting in Singapore from September 12 to 24, will lay tho groundwork for the practical operations of the I L O in vocational and technical training in Asia. The Asian technical
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    GUIDES HOLD FIRST POST—WAR CAMP
    79 2 Eight giil guides from the southern States of the Fedration of Malaya have just concluded their first post-war camp since 1038. All of them are second class guides work ing for their first class badge. Malacca was chosen as camp site because of its historical
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    BOY INJURED
    30 2 A Chinese boy was knocked down by a motoi car in Devonshire Road yesterday. He received head injuries and was admitted to hospital. His condition is not serious.
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    Union Opposes Road Ban
    62 2 The Rick and Trisha workers Union has wiitten to the Municipal Commissioners requesting reeonsideiation of the proposed ban on tii->has from Andcisow Bridge and Golly oi Quay down to Robinson Head. Tho Union pointed out that trishas are paying taxes like any other vehicle end should
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    PASSENGER FERRY TO RE-OPEN
    139 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. For the first time since the liberation, a regular passenger ferry service across the Sungei Kelantan, between Palckbang Station and their depot at Kota Bharu. will re-open on September 1. In making the announcement, the Malayan railway states the ferry boats have been
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    TENDERS FOR $12 MILLION TREASURY BILLS
    103 2 The Government of the Colony of Singapore will mvi to tenders for an issue of .«12 million? by Treasury Bills on September 10. subject to the gencial conditions governing the issue and repayment of Colony of Singapore Treasury Bills. Tenders will accepted up to
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    RELIGION AND DEMOCRACY
    65 2 Sir Franklin Gimson, the Governor of Singapore, will preside at a public meeting I at Raffles Institution Hall, i Bras Basah Road, on Friday, September 9, at 5.15 p.m. The meeting will discuss "Religion and Democracy." The speakers will be Mr. Karim Gani for the Muslims, j
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      364 2 Mai w I'l'iii ing Annct. with Sig. Tone; 7.00 BLUE NETWORK 12 .0H- ™%l^* T procrvmmks ENGLISH PROGRAMMES nllirv; 12 .05 Variety songs; 12.45 CHINESE I ROGRAMMES Hi.oo a.m. Mawo lr»iM Kiiiilj jiews 1.00 Close Down. 10.50 a.m. to 12 noon. Schools Lumpur; 10.06 Close Down. 7.00 p.ni. Programme sum-
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    SQUATTER SWEEPS BEGIN IN KEDAH
    733 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. CLC I KITV tones began two major squatter operations in Kedah yesterday morning. The objective: to reduce the value of a notorious bandit supply centre and staging point on the line of march from Siam to Kedah. The areas are the squatter
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    Date Onn bin Jaafar, presiden of the United Malays v-.tinnal Organisation, addressing the parade of UMNO >miths in Butterworth on Friday.
    21 3 Date Onn bin Jaafar, presiden of the United Malays v-.tinnal Organisation, addressing the parade of UMNO >miths in Butterworth on Friday.
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    14 Fought 70 Bandits, Killed 2
    463 3 U.P. THE story of the courage and heroism of a 'lurktia I patrof commander, who led a party of nine I Gurkhas and five Policemen against a band ol about 70 bandits, and killed two of them is told in a Public Rotations communique
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    Woman threw bomb, shot dead
    155 3 KUALA LUMPUR. A woman in the Kajan; art* yestcrdav threw luVudgicnade at Pohc Jungle Squad who were earning ofx\ a search in the Broga area. The woman was riied upoa and hit. Sac subsequently died The squad came upon a batch of four bandits, three
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    CHINESE ART EXHIBITION
    40 3 Large crowds attended t first day of the Nanyang Confucian SocietVs five-day ex commemoration of Confucius birthday. 9ro imm* The exhibition, at lUV Valley Wd. will remain open dady from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. until Wednesday.
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    MATA HARI ARRESTED
    14 3 A.P. SHANGHAI s™ t The Vho Red takeover of Soochow —AJ>.
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    Royal Visit Report Not Confirmed
    100 3 Reuter. An Australian newspaper LONPON, Ausur Etobeth wlt(1 report that King AustraHa next year Princess Margaret here today. flj was not confirmed in coun. Tnis year's postpwed tour was due to »^**«££z Australia l cooi which is Britain's spring. The Royal family was to have
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    5 KILLED IN AIR CRASH
    53 3 Reuter. LEOPOLDVILLE, Belgian Congo, Sun. Five people wer? killed when a Dakota aircraft crash Igdgl fig burst into flames shortly after taking off from Leopoldvilla airport today. Two were passengers and the others members of the crew The aircraft was carrying 16 pawepgers and. a
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    In Salute
    33 3 Dato Onn bin Jaafai .right) and the leader of the UMNO Youths, Malaya. Capt. Hussein bin Onn. taking the salute during the march past of UMNO youths hi Buttcrworth on Friday.
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    "English men Show Way"
    78 3 Englishmen here and cisewheie have shown tne way to succc&s, said 1.1.. A. R. Iyer at the Pic r;:essiw Picum inauguration tea-party at Vietcua Street yesterday. "We GOUit emulate and profit by theli Que example he said. Pi-cgics.si. i lac Laics is a newly formed Indian
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    U.S. AIR EXPANSION
    28 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sunda>. Authority for a big expansion 01 the U.S. Air Force WOO Senate approval yesterday by unanimous consent aftci I brief discussion. —A.P.
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    SHARMAN LEAVES
    27 3 A.P. BALMORAL. Scotland, v nn. Sharman Douglas who has been with Princess Margaret lc Northern Scotland, went *wmy U lay to meet Princess E lzabeth—A.P.
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    Red Chances Mere Depend on China: Onn
    368 3 D UTTER WORTH, Sunday. Dato Onn bin Jaatar D gave the twelfth Assembly of the United Malays Nationalist Organisation held here today, a survey of the world's political situation. He empnasis»'d the activities of the |eds both in Europe and in th 6
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    BURMA REBELS NAB AUSSIE
    62 3 A.P. KANGOON. Sun. -Aastrar lian Captain Ken BcggS of Sydney has been captured ny Burmese rebels after lus aeroplane forcelanded neat tne lebel town of Taungdwungyi. in the Centra' Burma Magwe district, it was reported in Rangoon Saturday. Latest dispatches said be had been taken to
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    TRANSITION
    561 4 HATO ONN'S bold speech at Buttenvorth marks not only a dramatic change in Malay politics but a signal step forward in Malayan politics as a whole. The call for elections, for Cabinet goveTinu t and a single nationality instead of mere comes from the President of that organisation which,
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    RUSSIA'S WAR WITHOUT BULLETS MARXISM AGAINST ISLAM
    1282 4  -  by John Cardwell THE Soviet "cold-war" on Islam has just been renewed with greater intensity in the Islamic Soviet areas of central Asia. Kazakhstan has m been chosen as the main base. I Kazakh literature is the prinI cipal weapon. The Kremlin organised
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    GAOL IS NO BAR TO ART
    69 4 Reuter. CHELMSFORD Promising artists among the piisioneis at Chelmsford Gaol have ax* hibited their pictuies which include lif. drawings of fellow prisoners- at the Technical College here. A lecturer from the college. Mr. Robert Ash. takes a class at the gaol for two hours
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    HAVE YOU A CANINE DELINQUENT?
    590 4 A.P. BY SAUL PETT NEW YORK WHY not a dog psychologist Man is helped hy psychology. Why not man's best friend? "Dogs," says Clarence E. Harbison, dog psychologist, "are like children. They need to be loved and understood. Repress or abuse a child enough and
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    SOVIET CULTURE FOR GERMANS
    402 4  -  hy Carten Davis A.P. BERLIN RUSSIA is making a determined effort to woo Germans into its camp with tastes of Soviet culture. But East Berliners. very busy trying to be Germans again. Just will not be wooed. Mission after mission has come to Berlin from Moscow
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    Confucius Takes A Back Seat
    463 4 A.P. NANKING LITERATURE in Communist China will be closely identified with politics, and romanticism and art for art's sake, which characterized Chinese literature for centuries, will be replaced by a militant purpose of furthering China's revolution. Such was the tenet of the All China Writers
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    ANTI-MALARIA DRUG
    185 4 A.P. DALLAS. Texas.- A U.S. public health officer say? three promising new malaria control drugs have emerged from a three year experiment at Seagoville. south of here. The experiment involved female mosquitoes and 251 military prisoners at the Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution. Dr. C. A. Imboden Jnr.. director
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    4 PRIVATE QUAKE IN THIS HOUSE
    252 5 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO U.P. MATTAPOSSITT, Massachusetts, Sunday. The bewildered family of Hugh Hugberger appeared yesterday to be having a private earthquake. It all began Wednesday night at H» wh*n th*- west wall of Hugberger's home began rumbling from the celler to
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    FLYING FARMERS
    69 5 U.P. FORT COLLINS, Colorado. Sun. A new type airplane designed for use on farms is being planned by the American Flying Farmers Association. An outline for a new kind of aircraft especially suited for rural-use was drawn up at the fouith annual convention of the national group here
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    NOT BATHING ENOUGH
    55 5 U.P. TOKYO. Sun.- Discovering that the average Japanese bathes only once in every six days. Tokio's city fathers today began a champaign to build more bathhouses. The pre-war average was once every two and a half days. The city's 2.800 public baths were reduced by the war
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    £18 A NIGHT BILL AT 'STATE HOTEL'
    176 5 LONDON, Sunday. AVERAGE cost per night of a guest at the "Gov- rnment Hotel," No. 2, Park-street, Mayfair, is £18 5s 3d. This is stated in a report of the Select Cornon Estimates. The Committee say that the gross cost to the rnment
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    NO MONEY
    39 5 U.P. PENHAGBN, Sun.- -The r a Danish military towards a sum- battle, was lay at the Gteat because he bad no icnej for the ferry fare. A tei paid the fare so diver could go on battle.—U.P.
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    'MY AGE IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS'
    79 5 A.P. Greer LONDON, Sun. Film actiess Greer Garson said its nobody's business how old she is. "I change when it suits me." the honey-haired actress told a news conference. "A woman's age should be a secret between seven and seventy." Who's who in the theatre
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    Don't Kiss Baby
    65 5 LONDON. Sun.- "Don't let grannie or auntie kiss or croon over baby," Is the "counsel of perfection" given to mothers by Dr. J. E. Spence, mediial officer of health for Eecles Lancashire. The kiss, he says might mean danger, even death for baby from bronchitis ot* pneumonia.
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    WINDSORS TO VISIT RANCH
    61 5 A.P. CALGARY. Sun.—A. C. Newton of Calgary. agent for the Duke of Windsor's ranch in this area, has nad words that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor might visit their tancn near Calgary this winter. He was commenting on a report from New York that the
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    The Pike In River Guash Were Not Gentlemen
    233 5 Reuter. GUASH, Rutland, Sunday. The 50 members of the Fishing Club here specialised in casting a neat dry fly for trout in their river. Not one would dream of going after his fish without a fly rod, six feet of fine gut
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    IDA HURT IN STUDIO BATTLE
    59 5 U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Sun. It was revealed yesterday that Actress Ida Lupino will be off work for several days with several deep arm cuts suffered in a movie fight. The star was thrown against the scaffolding on a 45-foot high catwalk on Friday while doing a
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    JUST FEELING ITS AGE
    101 5 U.P. Mattapoisett. Massachusetts. Sun. Nothing more mjsterious than old <*ge caused the wiggles in the west wall mi Hugh Hugberger's haunted" house, investigators said. Everything from ghosts to earthquakes had been considered by the persons trvine to solve the mystery of rumbles Dr. Don Leet. director
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    DIRT COMPLEX WAS RUINING HER LIFE
    79 5 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Sun. A brain surgeon severed the frontal lobe from the btain of an attractive young housewife recently in an effort to eliminate a dirt compulsion complex that was said to be luining her life. The surgeon said that the woman's complex was
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    Gem King Plays Darts In The Bar
    192 5 LONDON Sun. THE wor'.d's 1 ichest b-iche.or, 42-year-old Dr. John Thorburn Williamson. spent a night playing darts and bar billiards in the bar of a small country hotel in Hampshire. To the propiietor he is plain Dr. Williamson. To the locals he is
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    To Remind The P.Cs Of —Neatness
    142 5 Reuter. COLOMBO. Sun.- -Mtrrois have been introduced at all city police stations to interest ranker s and officers in their personal appearance. Full-length minors, placed j alongside similar shaped boards, bear questions n la- 1 ting to the neatness of the individual. These objects
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    POLICE ROBBED HIM OF HIS FATHER'S PRIDE
    75 5 U.P. NEW YORK. Sun.—The po'ice. who helped Bui ton Sloane, 34. speed his wife to a maternity hospital, took the edge off his piide as a new father yesterday. Sloane was making a 60--miles per hour dash to the hospital on Friday when
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    MAUSOLEUM BECOMES A PUBLIC BAR
    80 5 A.P. BRIGHTON. ENGLAND. Sun.—A Brighton brewery announced yestnday it will make a public bar for commoners out of a mausoleum which once contained the bones of a baronet. The square glass dome mausoleum was built by Sir Albeit Sassoon of the immensely wealthy British banking
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    VORACIOUS READER
    41 5 LONDON. Sun. —Gernt Klitman fil-yoat-old Dutch tramp has been eating 16 newspappers a day for some time, it is reported from Amsterdam. He takes half a bread i oil with each four newspapers, washed down with water or coffee.
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    "Potato Satyagraha" Is Going Strong
    137 5 Reuter. SIMLA, Sun The "nonstop potato Satyagraha" in the Simla Hill States Union of Himachal Pradesh is goinstrong. It began with the lmposii tion of an export duty on potatoes by the Himachal Pradesh Government, besides I a restriction on the quantity of potatoes for
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    MARKETS HAVE CHEERFUL WEEK WITHMOUNTING PRICES, MORE ACTIVITY
    731 6  -  (By A Market Correspondent MALAYAN markets had a cheerful week with growing activity and mounting prices in tins and rubbers. Volume would have been greater but for the natural reluctance of holders to sell now that a rising trend is in evidence.
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    Indies Exports, Imports Rise
    145 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sunday. Indonesia imported 227,938 metric tons of goods valued at 140,528,--000 guilders during April, according to Foreign Commerce weekly, a U.S commerce Department publication. This represented an increase of 06 per cent oy volume and 32.9 per cent by value over March .m- ports.
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    INDIA FINDS MANGANESE
    77 6 NAGPUR. Sun. About a dozen new deposits of mang-anese-ore have been discovered in the Balaghat District of the Central Provinces. A geological survey report says that investigations for oil were in progress in the Kangra district of East Punjab and in the north-east frontier tract as well
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    The Produce Mart
    149 6 GOOD trading in cloves on a firm market was a feature of the produce markets on Saturday. Business in Madagascar oloves was done at $69 per picul spot and Zanzibar cloves was offered at $68 per picul spot. As compared with the previous week this is a
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    RUBBER MARKET
    95 6 THE rubber commodity mar- f kct opened quiet on Satur- J day. Although the market was slightly easier from Fri- day there was a very steady J undertone. Closing prices were Buyers Seller; I No 1 Sept. RSS 36K 36 No. 2 Sept. RSS 34 -r* 34 Th
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    COMPANY REPORTS OVERSEAS CHINESE BANK -7½% DIV.
    140 6 COMPANY REPORTS OVERSEAS CHINESE BANK -7 DIV. Oveiica-Chinese Banking j Corporation Limited showed a profit for 1948. after income tax. ol $1,148,664 U1.5 <, Say 14 3<< before tax) and a fina. payment of s', is recommended, making total distributions of lVk% < l s tox for the yeai. The
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    BROGA RUBBER -49,251 PROFIT
    75 6 Broga Rubbei Estates Limited. Net piofit for the year ending 31.3.49. excluding replanting expenditure, works out at $49,251 (4.8', >. Net liquid assets $74,420 (7.6 cont per share) excluding provision for rehabilitation advance?. shows an increase over last year which is mainly accounted foi by proceeds
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    JELEBU TIN, LUKUT TIN
    76 6 A joint announcement by Jelebu Tin Dredging Ltd. and Lukut Tin Dredging Ltd. during the week told of payment to account of purchase consideration for the mining leases at Ulu Selangor in the sum of $200,000, leaving a balance payable of $460,000. As was announced in
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    20 COUNTRIES MEET ON HERRING INDUSTRY
    231 6 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sunday. Representatives of about 20 Governments will meet from August 29 to September 2 at The Hague, Netherlands, to stady problems of the herring industry The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of tJie United Nations is sponsoring the conference. The Netherlands is
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    IMF ASSETS
    53 6 WASHINGTON. Sun. The International Monetary Fund has total assets of U558,044,092,509, its audit foi the quarter year that ended July 31 shows. The fund's balance sheet for that period lists assets in the form of U551,448 million in fold, U555,525 million in currencies and securities and US$l,O7O million
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    LOCOMOTIVES DEAL
    30 6 MONTREAL, Sun. Sir Frederick Garson. Vice President of the Montreal Locomotive Works, said here that India already had 220 locomotives on order fiom Canadian manufacturers and wants moie.
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    OIL IMPORTS PROBE
    30 6 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Sun. -The United States National Petroleum Council has appointed g committee to investigate the effect of foreign oil imports on the American domestic economy. -Reuter.
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    PACTS SOUGHT
    24 6 Reuter. KARACHI. Sun. Sweden and Austria are likely to open negotiations with Paki.*tan in the near future on in lateral trade pact.—'Reuter.
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    AIR MAIL
    64 6 Latest time of posting nt Ih> (1.P.0. to Ceylon. Batavia. Ve\cß'.banK and Souraktya is 6 i>.Ui to tlie Federation <>f Malaya is i 1.15 a.m. and to' Dabo Sir.gkep is 4 p.m. Mails are expected from Bru- nci. North Borneo. Sarawak. Japan. Guam. Hawaii. Midway Island?, Philippines, Wake
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    SEA MAIL
    59 6 Latest nine ol posting at Mat G.P.O. to HonKkon*. eiouth China (except Hoi How). North China (except registered articles and parcel*), Java, Ceylon. India and Pakistan is g a.m. and to Burma, Northern India. Pakistan (letters and parcels) and South India (letters only) is 6 p.m. Surface mails
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    MORE THAN A MILLION ATTEND ENGLISH SOCCER
    501 7 PORTSMOUTH CO DOWN j TO BLACKPOOL 2-3 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday. JHE uncertainty of early form in the English soccer leagues is reflected by the fact that only six I clubs in the four divisions have gained full joints. J After each club had
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    SHIRLEY TOLD TO HURRY UP
    133 7 U.P. DOVER. Sun.—The handlers of Shirley May France were warned yesterday that there would te, perhaps, only two more weeks of suitable weather for the American high school girl to make her long delayed attempt to swim the English Channel. The warning was issued by
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    U.S. Retains Davis Cup
    81 7 NEW YORK, Sun.—The United States today retained the Davis Cup when they won the first of the Anal two singles at Fcrest Hills here to take a winning lead of three matches to one. Ted Schroeder, the Wimbledon champion, gave the United States victory in the
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    ALL BLACKS WIN
    47 7 BLOEMFONTEIN. Sun. The New Zealand All Blacks yesterday won their Rugby Union match against the Orange Free State by 14 points (two penalty goals, one goal, one try) to nine points (three penalty goals) having led by 11 points to three at half time
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    Gold Cup favourite
    23 7 ECLIPTIC (Woods) being led by Dr. Hugh Smith after ainrin: the Singapore Gold Cup "trial" at Bukit limah on Saturday.
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    WOODCOCK TOLD "MORE REST"
    99 7 A.P. DONCASTER, Sun —Bruce Woodcock's doctor said tonight he does not ihink the British heavyweight will be able to fight until December. 'cock had been scheduled to fight Lee Savold in London on Sept. b for the British version of the heavyweight title ol the world.
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    JOLLILADS LOSE 2-4
    76 7 (.hulling soccer match the Jollilads and the Darul Bahar Sports Club at Kampong Bahru ground yestne latter won by four ><tfUi to two. Bahar opened acth rough Samad a few after the kick-oh. re the interval equalised for the Jollilads. y ty minutes after the tion Samad
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    NEW CHAMPION
    23 7 Reuter. NHaGEN, Sunda\. )cf Italy won tho ometres motoi-pacci cling championships early today. His ac hour 31 minutes 20 seconds.- Reuter.
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    CHANNEL PRACTICE
    25 7 CHAN NEL PRACTICE •iRIS xez, France. Sun. Ahmad. 30-year-old an ant. Officer, made a 20 Maetiee at Cap Gris "ore tomot low's swim the Channel.
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    Compton's Century Saves Middlesex
    350 7 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday. ANOTHER grand innings by Denis Compton saved Middlesex from collapse at Lords yesterday when they met New Zealand who were playing their last ■ateo in the London area before going north. New Zealand have not tost a match since their torn opened and
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    Mankad Breaks All-Rounder Record
    96 7 Reuter. STOCKPORT, Sun. By taking seven wickets against Stockport yesterday the Indian Test Cricketer, vinoo Mankad playing for Castleton Moor, broke the all-rounder record for the Central Lanca- shire league set up in 1037 by Leslie Warburton. Warburton's figures were 1.311 runs and 118 wickets. Mankad
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    SWIFT ATHLETES champion team at the Singapore Chinese anual Athielic SHIFT yHLt.it>, The team won three relays, 400 metres, 1,500 metres. LbOO and Lam Kah Poh.
    26 7 SWIFT ATHLETES champion team at the Singapore Chinese anual Athielic SHIFT yHLt.it>, The team won three relays, 400 metres, 1,500 metres. LbOO and Lam Kah Poh.
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    For Varsity Fund
    37 7 The Football Association of Malaya Cup to he competed for annually between the Federation and the Colon y in aid of the University of Malaya and the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis.
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    Yorkshire in command of Glamorgan at end of play
    312 7 Reuter. LONDON, Sunday. WITH Middlesex having completed their County programme to be sure of at least a share in the championship, major interest in today's games naturally oewtred on the Yorkshire-Glamorgan game at New-port. Yorkshire need to win if they are
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    HARRIS NEW CYCLING CHAMPION
    100 7 A.P. COPENHAGEN. Sun.—More than 12.000 spectators today saw Britain's professional cycling sprinter Reginald Harris beat the two Dutch riders Ariel Van Viet and Jan Deaksen. and his own nerves to become the champion of th* woi Id. Harris who won the 194 1 amateur world sprint
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    Airgee Works Brilliantly, Runs Three In 36 2/5
    261 7  -  fU ALAAN LEWIS AIR OEE Littir-) wa- tlie exceptional worker this morning ivhen she reeled of! three in 36 3 She did iter work next to ttoe wills en Hie ramnVr two whs-. The going was very jroou. Others to show up
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    SINGAPORE NON-BENDERS
    23 8 TOP: The Singapore NonBenders going out to bat against the Federation Non-Benders in their twoday cricket match on the S.C.C. Padang.
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    SIAMALSO HAS PLAN FOR S.E. ASIA UNION
    314 8 U.P. BANGKOK, Sunday. pHIBVN SONGGPAM, Thailand's Premier, indicated that he is planning to organize a Southeast Asia Union on his own initiative.' The Thai Premier hinted at this during a conference and reliable government sources said later that he would call a regional
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    McNEIL SAYS RUSSIA IS BULLYING TITO
    84 8 Reuter. GRENOCK. SCOTLAND. Sun.-* Mr. Hector McNeil. British Minister Of State, tonight denounced the Soviet campaign against the Tito Government in Yugoslavia as "warmongering and bullying in the Balleans In a spech in Greenock, which he represents in Parliament. Mr. McNeil declared the campaign
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    JAPAN TO REVIVE CONSULAR SERVICE
    241 8 Reuter. I TOKYO. Sun. The Japanese Foreign Ministry, existing, but in fact inoperative since the surrender has been suddenly spurred into activity since tho indication by Washington State Department sources on Ausr. 19 that Japanese consular offices in the United States mieht be revived in
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    ROMULO A 'CERT' FOR U.N. CHIEF
    205 8 Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS. Sun. Brigadier UenerpJ Carlos P. Rcmulo, permanent Philippine delegate to the United Nations, was generally regarded here tooay as a "certainty" for Presidency of the General Assembly this year. Election for this key post will be held when the Asscmb y
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    GOVT. HITS AT CURRENCY FORGERS
    110 8 SINGAPORE Currency auth orities have hit at forgery by withdrawing from circulation notes of small denomination. During the last year, onlynotes above 50 cents have been issued. Although the authorities hove no actual record of the amount of forged money in Singapore, it is believed
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    KMT MEN ARRESTED
    44 8 A.P. HONG KONG. Sun.—Six more Kuomintang members were arrested her c during the week by the special branch of the Hong Kong Potto* Their detention followed the arrest of Wu Yau-cben, Kuomintang official, who haj been held since Aug. 19. —A.P.
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    TIN MEN ARE STILL GUESSING
    186 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Sun. United States metal traders and refiners were reluctant to commit themselves definitely to the effects of the government order removing a wartime ban on private importing of tin. A leading spokesman foi the metals industry in New York said "it is
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    MANCHURIA SETS UP PEOPLE'S GOVT.
    63 8 Reuter. SAN FRANCISCO. Sun.— Communist radio Peiping said tonipht that a Manehurian people's government had been created after a six-day congress in Mukden. One leading Communist speaker at the congress indicated the efforts of the nongovernment would bp directed towards development of economy to support
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    H.K. FORCE NOW 1,087 STRONG
    63 8 Reuter. HONGKONG Sun. The Hongkong Defence Force has now been boosted up to a strength of 1.087—a1l of whom have passed the medical test. Of this total 555 joined the essential services, 265 the Hongkong Regiment, 81 the Navy. 63 the Air Force. 53 the
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    CANTON TROOP TRAIN DERAILED
    48 8 A.P. CANTON. Sun. -A Thiid derai'ment of the CantonHankow train in 3 2 days caused serious injury to foui passengers yesterday. Considerable troops aboard were en route to north j Kwanglung and Hunan fronts. The accident occurred at Tengkatong in Hunan south of Hengyung.—A.P.
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    GOETHE'S BIRTHDAY
    31 8 Reuter. FRANKFURT, Sun. The j birth of Germany's greatest poet, Johann Wolfgang yon Goethe, here 200 years ago was commemorated in meetings and ceremonies throughout Western Germany today Reuter.
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    HURRICANE COSTS PALM BEACH $60 MILLION
    195 8 A.P. and U.P. WEST PALM BEACH. FLORIDA. Sun.—Red Cross officials leported, after a preliminary survey, that Palm Beach county suffered hurricane damage amounting to 60 million dollar*. The damage included the destriK"on of 38 aircraft? wrecked whe'. the ftfttu. [iff a* palm Beach Intelnatior
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    MALACCA BEATEN BY INNINGS AND 48 RUNS
    346 8 SINGAPORE BOWLERS IN DEADLY FORM WITH their bowlers continuing their deadly form of the first day, Singapore c sily beat Malacca by ;«n innings ivnd 48 runs in p two-d«y cricket match which ended on the S.RX. padang, yesterd ly. Forced to follow
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    RUSSIA MASSES TROOPS
    150 8 U.P. PARIS. Mon.—The Paris newspaper. Le Figaro, reported in a dispatch from its Vienna correspondent today, a large scale Rumanian and Soviet troop movement in Rumania. The report said that the troops "were mostly toward the Yugoslav frontier" and added that "army leaves have been called." The
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    Federation Non-Benders Win By Nine Wickets
    189 8 A FIRST wicket stand of 130 between T. M. Hurt and T. F. Carey enabled the Federation NonBenders to beat the Singapore Non-Benders by nine wickets in a two-day cricket match on thi» S.C.C. padang, yesterday. With a lead of 41 runs Singapore seemed
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    RAIL STRIKERS TO GO BACK
    74 8 Reuter. YORK, England. Sun.— Delegates representing engine diivers and firemen based on York aud Dundee decided tonight to call off their threatened Sunday "token" strike against working schedules which require railway workers to sleep away fiom home. Men from two other depots —Newcastle -on Tyne
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    Scoreboard
    183 8 MNGArORE NON-RENDERS Ist Inns 98 FEDERATION NOX-HKNDEKs Ist Inns.: 57 SINGAPORE NON-BENDERS '2nd In»«t. Evan Wong Ibw Ward 16 H R. M. Haxnorth c Ward 11 «rl H A. R. Bronilev-Davenport b U «rd fl H. N. Balhrti-het b Hart M T. J. Ibw Va-derholt I V. C. We*terhout
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    PONDER WINS
    35 8 Reuter. CHICAGO, Sun. Ponder, by Pensive out of Miss Rush, winner of the Kentucky Derby, won the American Derby here covering the one mile two fui longs in 2 mins. 0-2/sths. seconds. —Reuter.
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    AIRLIFT FOR COINS
    25 8 A.P. HONG KONG, Sun.—Six plane loads of silver coins valued one million dollars were airlifted from Hong Kong to Canton yesterday. A.P.
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    13 BEATEN UP IN ROBESON CONCERT RIOT
    105 8 A.P. PEEKSHILL. New York. San. Marching American veterans battled a Paul Robeon concert crowd in a fierce chtee-hour riot on la3t night. At least 13 persons were reported beaten, or bruised and two were in serious condition toda}. The heated battle broke out
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    CHINESE WIN 1st ROUND
    141 8 U.P. SYDNEY, Sun. h court injunction today prtvcnK the deportation of three CtuhZ Nationals this weekend. Jd&tice Dudley Williams ordered the government t 0 appear in court in test ca* tomorrow to defend its postUm Three Chinese and others were held heu. schedui to have been
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    Top Secret Talks By Gen. Festing
    283 8 MACAO, Sunday. CECRET talks held here recently between Lt Gen. F. W- Festing, General Officer CorramahUing-in-Chief, and Commander Albeano Oliveira, Governor of Macao, have led to a belief here that Brit am will come to the aid of this 400-year-old colony opposite Hongkong if
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    RUBBER STRIKE BY 16,000 GOODRICH MEN
    101 8 A.P. AKRON. OHIO. B\in. A United Rubber ucrkers s;rike halted production on yesterday in the bi& B. F Goodrich Company, which employs nearly 16.000 workers. Any hope for quick settlement faded when negotiators—still deadlock d recessed until Monday. The major issues are union demands
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    KINGS MEET AT LUNCH
    29 8 A.P. BALMORAL. SCOTLAND Sun—King George VI and i Queen Elizabeth entertain ed King Abduilah of HaSnrI mite Jordan (Transjordtni ;at luncheon yes* rrdlf- a p.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY General
    53 8 ART EXHIBITION: art exhibition at 2.V! Ri't' ley Road from 9.00 a.m. «> p.m. in rommemor8M«n ot birthday of Confmiou* Y.W.C.A.: International nightly Club. Evenmr —8.30 p.m. at 5. Raffle <**> Mr. Yap Ph. nu G* k >» a talk on "An Ele«y ot tlw* ara
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    Cinema
    152 8 CATHAY: "Hollow Tnunir*» with Paul H. nr«-id end Bennett, 11 a.m. l- 4j6.45 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: "For the T. °> Maty" with Peanm. Edmund O Brien < «0 and Jeffrey Lynn. 1.4:». 6.30 and 9 30 p.m. Vil KKA: 'Two Guy* H y n waukee" with Joan I..
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    Sport
    13 8 In(er-t on»muuit> LeaK ur "jal»' 1 Indians v.«. Malays, a' Be.«ar Stadium
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