Malaya Tribune, 31 August 1949

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    69 1 Malaya Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE T4 Tribunt" LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nine Lm PubH&nerf vjTJiuitanekrt/siv at Sin U a P» rc t tiiutM Lumpur, ipoh an a Penang. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE
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    U.S. MUST BOLSTER UP BRITAIN IN ASIA COLD WAR
    450 1 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. 4 N increasing number of diplomats are convinced th a t the Vnited States n may h tve to assume some of Britain's economic responsibilities in Ash» in order to establish a ;tabk foundation for America's emerging Far
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    Tin Sales Suspended
    65 1 A.P. a LONDON, tm*. The Ministry of Supply has temporarily suspend* d the nah of tin for export, a ipofcmmnn said raday. mtiria! source* said the ;i-t!i»r. inn taken necause f substantial bales of straits tin for tuture de"VfriiTi. (f«>\. rnnient controls on tin trading wen removed
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    MALAYAN FOR U.S. PAPERS YOUTH FORUM
    97 1 KUALA LC..IPUR. Tues. L "hector of the "Now v ii Herald Tribune" Korum s-extend d an invitation tc I stion i.( mnent to send ere secondary school > t .id- nt fbi -i ten-week to tr States The visit wi!' commerce •h? *»»»cl cf
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    THAI BOY, GIRL ALSO INVITED
    86 1 A.P. BANGKOK A Thai boy in 1 girl wilt rty to New t tl Dd or 1919 to repreThailand (Siami at the uaJ iruxii tor high schools red 1 v the New York dd-Trlbunc in March, 1950. youngsters will be and .schoolmates of nran students.
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    RAF EXERCISES
    27 1 A.P. XI>«.X. Tues. -Six Kcya Ah Force l«uieastcr planes v. il leave their base at X'pwood ot Thursday for a month's excrn th Middle East.—A.P
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    DOUBLE-DECKER
    19 1 A.P. Kings Norton, England. r U's, a double-decker bus rturned at Kings Not ton v injuring 33 people.—
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    CRIPPS— BEVIN SPLIT UNTRUE
    145 1 CRIPPS BEVIN SPLIT UNTRUE Reuter. LONDON, Tues. -High 1 Government sources today discredited reports suggesting that there was a difference of opinion between Sit Stafford Cripps and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin over the British brief for the Washington economic "Big Three" talks next week. These sources said: "No split of
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    35 FIREMEN HURT
    33 1 A.P. SaW r i uv More than :i"> Bremen we«i (J ied iv a MX-hOur blr.re which destroyed groceries Wu?CO tss.i ouo.ooo at a smrenonsc in San Fiancisco Tuesday. A.P
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    NEW COMET
    28 1 A.P. CAMtiKILHiE. iwassaoiusetis. Fues.--The Havaid Observato-; inncunced today «.hat E. L. Johnson sighted a new comet <>r. die lith magnitude v cry dim it Johannesbuig. A.P.
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    MALAYAN DOLLARS FLOW TO AUSTRALIA
    166 1 Tribune St iff Reporter MALAYAN funds are now flowing in lncreasm.; M volume to Australia. Well over a milhon ovulars have been invested by Singaporeans in Austin f Q n nnvernment loans in the last four months Malayan interest in Australian Government securities ha<* increased
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    BRITAIN MAY GET MORE $'s
    59 1 U.P. PARIS. Tues. Brit'.sh may receive U*****,000,000 more than the sum recommended by experts as her share of the 1949-50 Marshall Plan funds, reliable sources reported today. A two-man committee will propose to the Organization for Economic Cooperation Council tomorrow, that Britain receive U*****,000,000. The
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    FATAL PECK
    24 1 A.P. Ellwood City. Pennsylvania. Tues,-A peck by a rooster caused the death in Ellwood City Tuesday of Mrs. E.ia Francis, 69. A.P.
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    FIRE SWEEPS THROUGH MINE
    86 1 Reuter. SAULT STE MARIE, Ontario Tues.—Firemen stood by helplessly for an hour today as a $100,000 fire swept through the yards of Sault Ste Marie s Chromium Mining and Smelting Corporation, one of the city's largest industries. Flames burned through power lines and left water mains
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    Lateest For Bukit Timah Today
    178 1 BY ALLAN LEWIS i Th* K<»!ng lor thta afternoon* racing at Dv- y S kit Timah will be CiOOIL i Garnfalr spurted very j well this morning, lie 1 should be a good bet In S the firs* race. i My three safest bets >
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    NEWS BLACK OUT IN SHANGHAI
    202 1 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Tuesday. THE Military Control Commission today ordered all foreign news agencies to suspend operations from Sept. 1, threatening severe punishment ror any violations. Trie ordee, it is Ir-'lcvc refers only to th' i-f fyfr-ign news in Shanghai. wiil nut piwvtit r>< w-: ajj|n«iy
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    TO FIGHT TENANT RACKET
    113 1 TrilMjie Staff R-mnHer The Progn'ssiVe Party is to loin lmnd« with the I-nbour Party in the fight against the "chief tenant" racket in Singapore. The secretary of the' Progressive Party Mis.s' Amy Laycook said yesterday, that this was the main stand the party would take when
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    BRIEF TALK
    27 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON Tue< Mrs. Vijaya Lilk.shr.ii Pandit. Indian Ambassador to the l T nited States. conferred briefly today with Secretary of State Derm Acheson. Renter.
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    BRITISH SHIP'S DARING BLOCKADE RUN
    267 1 U.P. SHANGHAI. Tuesday. THE British flawed U chartered freighter 1 Leongbe< ran the Nationalist blockade and entered Shanerhai at fl p.m.' on Monday. j Th< 1.200-ton shin, chat tel c i by Chinese at Hong Kong hi ought in about 800 tons of carco and
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    C.C.C. TO MEET ON RENT LAWS
    61 1 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce committee will meet again tomorrow, to rconsidcr their recommendations for changes in the rent laws. It is understood that the meeting will discuss the widespread criticism of landlords and their proposals by tenant, and the views put forward on
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    MALACCA HOLDS FUN FAIR THIS SATURDAY
    95 1 MALACCA. Tues. Malacca is looking forward to Saturday, the :as't day of Weifaie Week, when an all-com-munity fun fail is to be held at the City Park. The regimental bond of the Ist battalion, Seafoith Highlanders, will play se'ections. Other atti actions include a
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    SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TWO JOHORE MEN
    120 1 Tribune Staff Reporter Two Johore civil engineering students, a Chinese and a Malay who are bound for the United Kingdom to take up a course under the Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship, met for the fitst time on board a BOAC Qanta.s Constellation, early this morning. They
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    THROUGH RED EYES
    61 1 A.P. MOSCOW, xues. The newspaper Pravda today called the Strasbourg talks "one of the most hypocritical and cynical performances of the post-war period." The newspaper said that "Anglo-American imperialists "had given the Consultative Assembly its first job -to gH Western Germany into the North Atlantic bloc. Persons
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    FORMOSA
    30 1 HONGKONG, Tues. Peiping Radio said tonight that cxp.Mience gained in arresting the Changshan islands from the Nationalists will be useful to the Communists on the eventual assault on Formosa.
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    GARBO FLOWERED
    24 1 A.P. ROME, Tttas. Admirers ol Greta Garbo almost filled hci Florence hotel apartment with flowct:, and gifts today. Ansa cpo. ted. A.P.
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    HOLIDAY CUT
    29 1 LONDON, Tues. Duchess of Kent and hei two children cut shore a holiday of the Island of Jersey because of an outbreak of infanti'e paralysis in Jeisey.
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    JERUSALEM
    25 1 U.P. LAUSANNE, Aug. 30- The Committee of the United Nations Palestine Conciliation Commission has co mpleted a plan for the internationalization cf Jerusalem. —U.P.
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    UMNO Secretary Confirms That Onn Will Resign
    251 1 Hy Tribune Special Representative KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. I)ATO Onn bin Jaafar is definitely resigning ins position as Mentri Bcsar of Johore aftor the expiry of his leave as long a leave as he wanted which the Regent of Johore, Tunku Mahkota, has allowed
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    BIG TRADE CRISIS LOOMS
    109 1 GENEVA, Tues.- The world today faces its biggest ever trade crisis and it is far from sure that Europe will be on its feet by ll»52 even with Marshall aid. governments were warned today. The Interim Commission for the International TTferk Organisation, reporting on the I!M7
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    UNION TO GO ALL CUT AGAINST REDS
    126 1 Reuter. ROTTERDAM. Tues.—The International Transport Workers Federation today recommended an all-out anti-Communist campaign to its executive. In a lenuthy resolut on on Communist activity at its co'ife; e-iee bore. the Federation issued "a serious warning" to the workers of the different countries and
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    C.G's Flight Delayed
    38 1 STOP PRESS Mr. Malcolm Mat-Donald's visit to Japan for talk* with Genera! MacArtaur has been postponed for twenty-lour hour*. He wan to have lefl Singapore by air to-day. He win fly to-morrow. SEE PAGE THREE
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      118 1 AND FLEXIBLE CORDS. Sole Distributors for Malaya:— T CHENG MOH Electric Co. 153, CROSS ST., TEL: 30<U. SINGAPORE. 1 AUGUST i@CCt i PLEASES. EDMTJNDO ROS HIS RUMBA BAND -cuiypso. b tt Yes, is it Nc —Calypso rv mM 'aloma Bolero, F9120 Maria la O —Bolero VERA LYNN A SAM BROWNE
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    MOVE FOR ELECTIONS IN PENANG
    267 2 Government To Be Ashed For Advice PENANG, Tufctday. PENANG Municipal Commissioners to4ay decided that Government should be approached for its views on the advisability of altering the present system of appointing Commissioners. The decision was taken as a result of an amendment moved by Mr.
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    Enche' Mohd. Zain bin Abu. , general repoiter and subeditor cf the newspaper ! "Maflis" in Kuala Lumpur. | ! been awarded the Colonial ' Office scholarship for Malayan i jcurnaii-Jt-. j He will leave for the Cnited , Kingdom shortly for a course j j which will last until next June. ; Enche Mrhd. Zain bin Abu j is 26 years old. He was «?du j cated "at the Malay School in Selangor and later at the Batu Road English School and Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur.
    81 2 Enche' Mohd. Zain bin Abu. general repoiter and subeditor cf the newspaper "Maflis" in Kuala Lumpur. been awarded the Colonial Office scholarship for Malayan i jcurnaii-Jt-. j He will leave for the Cnited Kingdom shortly for a course j j which will last until next June. Enche Mrhd. Zain bin
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    Bandits Kill Mother, Daughter
    80 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Bandits murdered a man. a woman and her daughter in the Kluang District yesterday when 15 of them armed with rifles* and bayonets. entered their house at the Ist nlile Yong Peng Paloh Road. Early this morning, the kepala of the Johore Lumber
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    'Economic Affairs'
    72 2 Mi. Andrew Gilmoui, Seci taiv for Elconomic Affairs to the Smgapoie Government, will give a ta'k on Economic Affairs" in the mam ha l of the V.M.C.A.. Stamlai l Read, at 8 o'clock tonight. This lecture la part of a -cries on the machinery of Government Next Wednesday,
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    'Flying Saucer'
    59 2 This ,s IVO of oae oi (he rotor n'jms developed i- (oaatfera E. S i aldwell (at !oft). the rr ii:v-is o. i taut sJwMa 3 have been Lound ner.r N CiJrui ttu.~u CfarjrtanA USA. llis phwe Use pro- intvjic oi tii 0; bui sauc et I aused
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    RULERS TO MEET IN K.L.
    72 2 The Sultans of the various otatcs of the Kedeiation ot Malaya will meet for the Conference ot RulefS in a two-day session at. Kuala Lumpui today. The oultans cf Um eight states and the Regent of Jchcrc will center n the Astana Selangor, Maxwell Road.
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    Dollar Imports: No Revision Now
    117 2 No general revision of the list of permitted dollar imports will he made by the Malayan Governments until the Washington financial talks are over, th Tribune understands. Seme amendments to the dollar area import list have been made from time to time since the restriction
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    Opera Star Passes Through Singapore
    144 2 AN operatic singer known in Scotland. England, Ireland and in France as Lillias Watson-Greets. 16 years ago. arrived in Singapore yesterday, a passenger on the Blue Funnel Line's, 8 300-tun Clytoneus She is 43-year-old-Mrs. Lillias Katsube .wife of a former Japanese diplomat who is now
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    Indian Merchants Lose Applications
    195 2 AN application for an extension of time frr leave A to appeal to the Privy Council by two Indian businessmen. Mohindar Singh and Mohan Singh under sentence of 18 months' and 12 months' imprisonment for offering a bribe to a European off* cer, was dismissed by
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    MALAYALEES HOLD CONTESTS
    77 2 Malayo ces are invited to take Part in a contest, which will be held on Sept. 4 at the New WorM Stadium, in connection wLh thr Onam celehratbm*. Entries come under the ft Mowing and a* mid i c sont to the gmjapci. Kerala Samajam. Recitation contest
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    JOURNALIST IN MALACCA
    65 2 Malacca Tues.—ln Malacca today looking around the settlement's historic qaots is a Portuguese author and journalist. Senor Armando do Aguiar. He has covered 60.000 miles in search of data for a book, which he is compiling on the Portuguese colonies, past and present, throughout the world He
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    Islay Kerr Builds New Houses For Staff
    131 2 Four out of the ftvv rv booses built in the v .11 HcUr.nU Hill, Singarcic -vr: in a few days house th< wivi of rfhceis n board Urili h Tndi:i ship: ami mci ()f rtau of Islay Ken Cc Ltd. The ether houst
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    'SCBA is behind law and order'
    100 2 MALACCA. tues. T M Hon. Mi. Ec Yew Kirn. J.P.. to.) thr Mabcca Straits British As-ociation that the Association stood behind the principles of demon .icy on the side of law and order. M.. Ec, who wa. ecte.! president for the fourth tin*. was
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    THOUSAND SEE TAMIL TALENTIME
    82 2 More than a thousand \> pic attended the firs'. Tabu time scow sponscrpo Tamil Biothcihood ASMCM tien at Farrei Pcik. Mi Larry Fenton and his ThCan" Toledos and Cyni Dciaisamy. both of Radio Malaya Talentiir.. SI ows in ai tist» Impel scnations of hu animals weie
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    CLERK FACES POLICE COURT
    52 2 Cuthbeit Borrow 1 Eurasian clerk from the- las tei Attendant's olbce. *PS chaiged in th* Second Pc'i Court yesterday with adnta» propriating J7.7H.29. Bui rows claimed trial ft was offered bail cf t&JN ia two suietics. The case postponed to Sept. I f» transfer tc the
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    TRAFFIC CHARGES FAIL
    258 2 Mi. C, F. Pop 0 was acquitted in the Eighth Police Court yesterday of two charges of violating traffic re gulations on March 2n. Mr. Pope conducted his own defence. He was charged with driving stiaight on from the Happy World along Kallang Road instead of turning
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    REMINDER ON SOCIETY LAW
    37 2 Societies in the Fe* have been reminds authorities that apply for registrat ion September 30 u Societies Ordinal which comes tan morrow a n Application to available in four aEnglish. Malay. 1 Tamil.
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      389 2 KADIO TALK Miss Winifred O'Dell and Mi Tom Wood will b e "Talking of Books." recently received in Singapore, over Radio Malaya today at 10 p.m. 100 Hindustani film lits; v Rl I F NETWORK Tun* r rX Towner's string AMnayi; «.3« Time signal I'KMCIi \\nii v Orchestra; 10.30 Dance
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    TERRORISTS FAIL TO DISRUPT TRAIN SERVICES
    578 3  -  By MILTON MARMOR A.P. PENANG, Tuesday JWENTY-four hours on the apologetic Malayan Railway—through 500 miles of jungle, rubber estates, tin mines and rice patches supposedly vulnerable to Communist terrorist attack—are far more tiring than dangerous these days. In fact, the first impression gathered on
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    MacDonald Leaves For Tokyo
    79 3 |P m M icpfrnald, .:.o;:... :onrv-aertcral tor rn ited Kingdom in Saytil r. will leave 3mg<a,r rcpan, {t rrive in Tokyo aad stay for the Ilritisb Cmas the guest oi the j• nt!<:•! Representa- Alvary Cascoignc. V- Mac Donalds V 1,3 1 t tn 'jaf..-m is
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    SPECIAL TO HANG
    79 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. —Agreeing with one of the assessors who found him guilty of murder. Mr. Justice Callow sentenced to death a young Special Constable. Ismail bin Salmon. It the Sela n go r \ssizes today iollowing a retrial. The other assessor found Ismail guilty of causing
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    Burned Out Rubber Workers To Get Wages
    121 3 THE ninety workers of th Chua Guan uobei factory. 9', miles Jurong Road, which burned doWMonday night, will be paid their last ten-days wages fo< this month, eithei today oi to-morrow. This was promised yesteiday at the Laboui tmcnt by the factory management
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    HE'S YOUNG IN SPIRIT
    49 3 Mr Bernard MaeFadden, 8!-year-o!d physical culturist. is greeted hv his wife in a hay field in Dansville, New York, ivhere he landed after his first parachute jump. Mr. Mid uhU n said he wanted to prove that growing old is i nonsense. —A .P.Photo. A.P.Photo.
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    Quanias Dismisses 27 Asian Workers
    147 3 TWENTY-seven Asian aircraft technicians, marine rkors and hands received a month's notice from Qantas Empire Airways yesterday. They were told this was "necessary owing to re-orga-nisiition cf the Engineering Department." Most of vi y men aie mployed at Karfla'tig Anpo! t while the others are
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    On Maiden Voyage, 2 Days Late
    116 3 1 The Blitar. a 12,000-ton I Dutch ship on her maiden 1 voyag<. entered Singapo.c waUM, two days late yester- day bee**** continuous ram i held her up in Belawan. i The ship is the last of i :cll es of five, built for
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    Hostesses Hold Dance
    102 3 Six hundred dance hostesses will dance for thni social j club tonight. Tickets wtM he j sold at $5 each. The money collected will go to the Singapore Dance Hososs' Social Club Buildi*> j Fund. lhe management of t' cabaicts m the Happy VVoiid i the New
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    Major Feted
    114 3 Mr. Wee Kirn Poh and Hie statf of the General stores -< dion of th<- < .P.D.O. reoeidjy gave a dinner in honour of Major VV. A. Hibben vylio will shortly leave ior the I fritted Kingdom. The dinner was given u\ the Tai Toripj Resiam-ani and was
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    Two Yeows Make S'pore History
    197 3 Tribune Staff Reporter TWO the Singapore Municipals v haw made history. j Both applied for a Chief Clerk vacancy in th<> Municipal Treasurer's Department. The Establishment? Board met twice in two months to decide the appointment. The Board were split on their first choice last
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    OFFICERS MAY GET CAR LOAN
    117 3 At their meeting this afte noon the Municipal Commissioners will be asked to give their consent to a new policy of granting loans tb .empora.y officers under agreement. A Committee has ;ecommended that these officers should be given interest-free ioans to purchr.se motoi vehicles required
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    POLICE CARS CONVERGE ON GAOL
    62 3 Police cars with sirens? waning converged on the Outram Read Gaol area yesterday morning, and caused lug crowds of spectators lc gather. Word went round the civ.wu that there had been .1 gaolbreak. In actual fact, however, it was on'v a police piacti.e manoeuvre held
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    TWO HUSSARS GET THE B.E.M.
    257 3 THE Ixmdon Gazette has announced the award of the D.E.M. to two assault troopers of the Uh Queens Own Hussars, for gallantry, distinguished service and devotion to duty displayed by them during: a road ambush in Malaya. fney are Trooper Charles Frederick Cappendale and Trooper
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    $370 Raised For Malay Students
    119 3 A sum of $370 has already been raised in Singapore to support two students. Raja Nongchink and Adbul Majid who are studying under Chinese National Government scholarships. The students find it difficu't to continue their studies at the Chinese National University at Taipeh, Formosa, owing
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    WELFARE APPEAL
    46 3 Jelebu is holding a W« 'fare Week. The committee in charge has made a special appeal for donations, pointing out that Jelebu Welfare Fund among other things has been helping dependents of \oung men who lost their lives while serving with the Security Forces.
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    NEW U.S. OFFICIAL HERE
    146 3 Mr. Lawrence van B. Nichols has arrived in Singapore to assume the post of Deputy Director, United States Information Service. Mr. Nichols is accompanied fey his wife, and two-year-old daughter, Louise. Before and after the war, Mr. Nichols was with the head office of Lever Bros.
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    CHARITY SHOW
    48 3 i MALACCA, Tues. A sum of $1,770 was collected from the screening of "The Garden i of Allah'' in aid of the Mafacca anti-T.B. funds. The show was organised by the j I Malacca Rotary Club in asi sociation with Mr. Tan Soo j I Ghi.
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    New Books At Raffles Library
    331 3 The following new book* are beinsf added to Raffles Library: Writers of To-day. Deny.* Val Baker (cd.); The Universe and Dr. Einstein. Lincoln Barnett; Winnington-Ingram. S. C. Car* penter (Dean of Exeter): Sergei Rachmaninov, John Culshaw Chess Lessons for Begin-.e'i^, 1 ReV. E. E. Cur.nineton
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    POLICE CHIEF
    37 3 Mi. C. VV. By rue. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Sin uapoie. has been i.ppointeu Supciintendent of Pc ice (Special Sm'ipo. in place of Mr. D. K. Broadhurst. D.8.O.. acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sir gapbfo,
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    WORLD PHOTONEWS
    359 4 Holland Above: The Conference on Indonesian sovereignty opens at the Hague. Dr. VVillem Drees Dutch Premier, was appointed chairman of the conference which adjourned after appointing officers and drawing up rules of procedure. Photo shams Dr. Mohammed Hatta (right) having a few words with Mr. Moham mcd Koem,
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    MALNUTRITION, LACK OF FOOD ARE THE MAIN PROBLEMS
    381 5 U.N. Committee Examines Non-Selfgoverning Territories: Reuter. LAKE vSUCCESS, Tuesday.—The Un ted Nations General Assembly's special committee en nonterritories has completed its cxan ination of health and labour problems in those areas The discussion on both these subjects was mi tiated by Mr.
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    NEW HOME
    59 5 A new home been found for the Naval Division Memorial which used to be in the Mall. The Memorial was displaced when the Admiralty citadel was built during the war. It was taken to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, has been there ever since. Now it is to
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    Polio, A Notifiable Disease
    113 5 Reuter. India NKW DKLHI. The Heilth Ministry todnv re ct I nil provincial govenments t* declare poliomye»f.in tile pauysis TKUfiftblc disease. A Ministry spokesman said tit directive was part of a rted c uapuign to comha the spread °f the disease in Rrmb.iy, Calcutta and p.
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    AUSTRALIAN MEDICINE FOR INDONESIA
    74 5 Reuter-AAP. DATA VIA, Tues. Australian Consul-General Charles Eaton said today that «0 tons of Australian medical supplies, including urgently needed atebrin (synthetic equivalent to quinine), were on their way to the Indonesian Republican capital of Jogjakarta. Supplies, he added, wou 1 be distributed mainly through the
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    SOVIET-ZONE POLICE TO FIGHT TITO?
    82 5 Reuter. BERLIN; Tues. The Bri-tish-licensed newspaper Social Demociat said today that a contingent of Soviet-zone police. "recruited to fight against Tito" had left German} Tlie paper said that "tanks and have been loaded on to train? and taken by way of Zittau, Saxony, into Czechoslovakia."
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    European Refugees Move From Guiuan
    203 5 U.P. MANILA, Tuesday.—Nearly 1,300 of about 1600 Eurooean refugees in Giiiuan will sail next month for "various countries which have offeree them permanent residence, according to Alfredo Eugenio, Technical Adviser to the President who is in -barge of the Guiuan refugee camp. Eugenio said 680
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    NEW U.S. TAX PROGRAMME FOR JAPAN
    109 5 U.P. TOKYO. Tues Cartel Chiel Secretary Kaiv--frlchl Masuda. today .said preparations were being pushed for opening a SDocial session of the national Legislature in October primarily to legislate a new American 'ax programme for Jaoan The tax reform plan, recommended to General Douglas Mac
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    Celebrating Freedom
    53 5 GirS from R thuae CeUoffe, India, perform a Hindu dance in tfee grounds of (jiovernmenl HottM Calcutta, ybcj are carrying seed, nnd doners WfeiCfa they scatter about them i\s they dance. Later. 500 fruit trees were planted ii< flu grounds \n celebration of th»« second am»iver*u-y < 1
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    THREE-DAY TOUR
    50 5 MANILA. Tues. Dr Hcrling Laoh. Indonesian Minister Of Public Works and Communication. iias been invited to make a Three-day tour of Lhe Philippine public works and rehabilitation projects when ho arrives here in a few days to take over the surplus war property items earmarked for the Republic.
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    Six Czechs To Die For Espionage
    145 5 Reuter. PRAGUE, Tuesday.—An official statement issued here today announcing sentence of deatn against six Czechoslovaks for conspiracy 'with a Western great power" claimed that a group of conspirators was assembled and ready last May to launch a coup d'etat against the qjtate. They only
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    SHAVIAN THANKS
    70 5 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Tues. George Bernard shaw. sending his photograph to an Indian rrtist. Mr. Bimal Roy. has written: "Tkc Mahatmue (gfeaimea I »#e shot if <i <■ pa and perish as you i i me perishing In tliis pictun "But the iif»' forc<> marches on," the 94-year-old playwright
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    H.K. FIRM ROBBED
    27 5 A.P. HONGKONG. Tues. Three armed men pretending they were radio repair men robbed the Yau Kiu Motion Picture Corporation of HK$2o.OOO here last night.—A.P.
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    ARTIFICIAL RAIN FOR BOMBAY
    133 5 Reuter. BOMBAY, Tues. The Works Committee of the Bombay Municipal Corporation is now examining a proposal to produce "artificial rain' by showering ice on clouds as a measure to overcome the frequently recurring shortage in the city's water SU Mr y Naushir Bharucho Municipal Corporator moved
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    U.S. TO QUIT KIMPO AIRFIELD
    63 5 U.P. TOKYO. Tues.— I'hc Jai East Air Force's hcadqututcis announced today that the las remaining Air Force units will vacate Kimpo airfielo by »ep tember 1 in line with thi withdrawal of United troops from Korea. The headquarteis said the Civil Aeronautics Acministration officail'y will
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    Yugoslav—Soviet Dispute For U.N.?
    205 5 Yugoslav —Soviet Dispute For U.N.? U.P. BELGRADE, Tuesday.—Britain is prepared te support Yugoslavia if Marshal Tito cjecides to tak-2 the Yugoslav-Russian dispute before the United Nations Security Council, reliable sources said today The Yugoslav government was understood t.o have been considering such a step for over a week. The Yugoslavs,
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    HEAVIER MAIL
    34 5 U.P. TOKYO. Tues.--It wa; crTtcially announced here today that Korea-bound Japanese mad, which hitherto has been limited to four kilograms, wul be increased to 10 kilograms with effect from Septemoci 1. U.P.
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    PEACE IN A TEA CUP
    173 5 Reuter. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, West Virginia j Tuesday.—The Consul-General for India, Mr. R. RSaksena, and the Resident Commissioner for Indonesia, said that unity between the tea producing countries would help peace and understanding in the world, when they addressed the annual convention here of the
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    Homecoming —Of Smiles And Tears
    134 5 A.P. LONDON, Sun. Homes ck war wives and their babies from tlie United States tlew to London in a record transatlantic planeload of 80 people, to a homecoming of smilei; and tears. Weeping and smiling moth- I cr.s and aughing childrcu were greeted warmly by
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    HE TRIED TO BE ARRESTED
    97 5 A.P. CAPETOWN, TUCS B'itish UnmlKraoi in Cape town te'd a Magistrate yeaierday thai he tried to be ax rented so that he COUV be deported from Scutii Afiur as he had lost hit; 30b as a builder and had nowhere to go. The immigrant, Llc-yo.
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    ATOMIC CLOCK WILL BE MORE PRECISE
    129 5 Reuter. AJMER. Tucs. Atomic eiocKe will be more prccuut than thrsc «lift quails cryMal o dilators, according to Dr. K S. Krishnan, Director of the National Physical Laboratory. Dr. Krishnan t<»U1 riudruts of tbe Mavo OotlCffC here that the pulsation of Uie nitrogen atom
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    "DOLLARITIS"
    609 6 A few months ago great hopes were entertained that old John Bull, who has been feeling poorly since the war ended, might be his old self again. There were rumours to the effect that old John was able to walk about, not with his sprightly steps of old, but
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    THERE'S MONEY IN CROCODILES
    1022 6 Popularity of crocodile skin bags, shoes and other accessories has created a profitable but dangerous industry in the remote areas of Northern Australia. Crocodile hunting is a dangerous business. T he crocodile is cunning, patient, ferocious and vulnerable to bullets in only a few spots. By
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    TRAGEDY OF INDIA'S MIDDLE CLASSES
    439 6 Reuter-PTI. BOMEAY. INDIA'S middle classes white collar workers, professional men and smalltime owner-cultivators are faced with a grave economic crisis. This "tragedy of the middle classes" is the topic of countrywide discussion in the Indian press and by eminent statesmen and economisrs. One feature of
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    Comedy Of No Manners
    606 6  -  By JACQUES POTEAU Reuter. lIALVOHN. AN excited audience. Ailed with expectancy and curiosity, crowded the Malvern Festival Theatre to see the Word Premiere in Eng lish of Bernard Shaw's latent play. 'Buoyant Billions'*, which closed "the first week of tho newly re-born Festival. Expectancy, because eveiyone
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    740 6 Sir. During the year 1048 a movement was set on foot to secure a better deal for Tern* forary Government officers his movement culminated in the formation (In K.L.t of the Government Temporary Officers' Association. The main object of the Association was to improve the prospects
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    30-JOB MAN WANTS QUIETER LIFE
    238 7 LONDON. Tuesday.—Three Buckinghamshire parish councils will be without a clerk next momn —all because 60-year-old Mr. Robert Bailey, )f Princes Risborough, has decided he wants a quieter lifo. When he tfives up his posts a< e'erk to Longwick Council. Blodlow Council and Lacey Green Council
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    Peer As Railway Appprentiee
    129 7 LONDON, Tues. i Viscous* Garaock, 23- > year-old son and heir of th Earl of Lindsay, will s .tart in October fc j«»b > which has been deferred fat one year as a j railway 'rartic apprentice 1 t.i British BaHivaja. appresaUeesaap will S srofcaM) take
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    So Nine Babies Live On A Lake
    97 7 LONDON, Tues.— Ixmdou Chamber of Commeice have helped to solve a HendOo hcusintr problem by separating a" family of IL The family are the pets of 16-year-old Jill Sweeney, of Bj ampton Grove. Hendon K-w. Two ducks, which she in tlie back garden,
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    New War Of Roses Being Fought
    125 7 LONDON, Tuesday.—Another War of the s, 3is "being fought:'not between the Houses of York and Lancaster, but a bloodless war between the rose- wers of Britain. France and the U.fa. iis a wf.>. for dollars, 'rancs end pounds witn vi ing to those giowcts
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    WELCOME HOME FOR THE SMITHS
    66 7 LONDON. Mon. An Ofhrial welcome home by Yarj mouth Isle of Wight, home of the brothers Stanly and Colin i Smith, who sailed the At lan tic in their home-made > acht, wm mclude a dinner attended by locals only and dancing in the town
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    UNKNOWN RIVER HEROES
    67 7 Unknown heroes, often boys and girls, are helping to keep the Thames drowning death roll down. The number of tragedies this year, particularly in the upper reaches is causing alarm. and there would undoubtedly be many more drownings were it not for the anonymous lifesavers. There are
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    GAMBLING IN THE WOODS
    57 7 London. Tues. Open-air gambling parties beneath the shade ot the trees in Cranford were mentioned at Uxbriage when three youths Michael Duniord, aged 18, of Coronation read, Hayes. Peter Coggor aged 17. oi road Hayes, and David Kxy. leed 17. of Cranford-dr ye. Hayes, were each
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    NEW HOMES FOR BRITISH BOYS
    133 7 LONDON, Tues.-Twent four British youngsters he'tween the ages of severi and 15 leave on Thursday for a six-weeks' sea voyage on th r rccentTy completed linev Rao555 which F will take them to a new home in a new 'They 'are children looted by the
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    Louis Villani, 21, carries his bride, the former Ruth untitled 17 over the threshold oi the diving be!! in which lhey wen married 30 feet under the sea at the Steel Pier. Atlantic I it>. New Jentev, USA on August 22. Theirs was the first undersea uedding. At left is the Rev Rarnond Vann who neriermed the ceremony. The couple met in the bell while they were ea holiday at Atlantic City.—A.P. Picture.
    73 7 Louis Villani, 21, carries his bride, the former Ruth untitled 17 over the threshold oi the diving be!! in which lhey wen married 30 feet under the sea at the Steel Pier. Atlantic I it>. New Jentev, USA on August 22. Theirs was the first undersea uedding. At left is
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    Three Islands For Sale, Price: £50,000
    142 7 LONDON, Tuesday.—Three islands to Pocjc Harbour Dorset, are for sale for a total of i 50,000. One of them, the 10-acre Round Island, has a modern house and staff cottages, and is connected to the mainland by telephone and electricity. The price asked for
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    NOT A MATTER TO BE PROUD OF
    114 7 DISHONOURABLE DISCHARGE London. Tues. Private Arthur Bales, aged '9. of Compton crescent, Tottenham, was sent to a period of Borstal training by the Wiltshire Quarter Session Appeals Committee at Tow- bridge. In passing sentence, Ml 1 i A. Wibraham Northey, Chairman of the
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    'You Great Big Baby' —Taximan
    142 7 LONDON. Tues Th Marlborough-sti eet magi trate decided that by Baying an ex-Army captain was "a. great big baby" a taxi-driver, David James Ellis, aged 39, of Morval-road, Brixton, had used insulting behaviour which might have caused a breach of the peace. Captain David Clowes,
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    WOOL IN MANY DISGUISES
    81 7 LONDON, Tues. Wool will come to London in tartans and tweeds, blankets and blouses, ski-suits and saris, in 250 disguises from fifteen conn tries on September her 20. There will be wool with the fineness of chiffon and georgette as well as sturdy flannels and homespuns
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    'INDIRA' SAILS FOR JAPAN
    94 7 CALCUTTA, Tues. The 15-year-old elephant. "Indira" which is Prime Minister Nehru's gift to Japanese children, embarked y sterday morning from Calcutta docks on a Japanese ship S. S. "Encha Maru". which sailed for Tokyo. A special wooden structure has been constructed on the deck lor the
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    Battle Of Trafalgar Ship To Be Sunk
    178 7 Reuter. PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday.—The only surviving shin of the Battle of Trafalgar—apart from Nelson s flagship, the Victory—the old "wooden wall Im placable, is to be sunk. The British Admiralty have announced th*. she will be taken down the Channel from Portsmouth and sunk
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    NEW(S) RECRUITING AID
    58 7 LONDON. Tues.—As apa it of then- recruiting effort Surrey Teriitonal Association is distributing an eifht-nage pape.. th. Suney Auxfiiaiy Fotces Pictorial, containing news and pictures of the Territoiial events, throughout the country. It has been designed to appeal to civilians, both men and women, outside the a
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    HIS RECIPE
    45 7 Reutcr-AAP. BRISBANE, Tues. Seventy-two years as a gem merchant in Brisbane. Mr S Knowlcs. now in his 92nd veer of age. still goes regularly to business. His recipe for living to 92 "Don't drink, don't smoke, and live in a good Christian environ-ment.—Reuter-AAP.
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    AMERICA TO BUY MORE RUBBER, TIN
    199 8 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday. THE United States is considering a plan to send more dollars *om*rds Hri**in 1 by boosting the purchase of strategic materials from British m~rke's. Malayan tin and rubber are expected to benefit :»s a resist 1 Government officials said this country's
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    AMPON WEARS OUT STEINER
    55 8 Reuter. FOREST HILLS. Tues.— Felicisimo Ampon of the Philippines so completely exhausted Leonard Steiner in their second round match of the American lawn tennis singles championship today that Steiner was easily beaten 6-1. 6-3. $-4Amnon kept Steinc running about the court in a mad effort to
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    WAR IN GREECS MAY END SOON?
    63 8 A.P. LONDON. Tues. Greek Government spokesmen, who were reported in the British press as saying that the civil war is "virtually over" got no encouragement from the British Foreign Office. lntormedk ottkaals said-there have been so many past claims that the four-year-old civil war
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    SCIENCE MEET
    34 8 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—lndia will be represented at the innual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, beginning tomorrow, by Dr. B. N. Mukerjcc and Dr. V S. Shembekur. Reuter.
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    10,000 TEACHERS FACE THE SACK IN THAILAND
    119 8 A.P. BANGKOK. Tues. Ten thousand school teachers in. Thailand (Siam) face dismissal if the Ministry of Education carries out its plan to better the educational system of the nation. There are about 100.000 teachers in 18,654 echeois in the Kingdom. The Ministry has
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    THREE KILLED IN BUS CRASH
    52 8 U.P. CHASTERTON. INDIAN Tues.—Three persons were killed and 27 passengers on i greyhound bus were 'njui*<' last night when the bus aad an automobile collided. The bus cariicd 32 passu gers but one of them sent to hospital. The three dead were passengers in the
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    RED URANIUM FIND
    39 8 U.P. BERLIN. Tues. -More than 2.000 Resslan zone miners have been rushed to a report ed uranium deposit at Truen midway between Leipzig and Nuernberg, the British-licens ed German news afrency DPD said yesterday U. P.
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    P.I. Defers Opening Of Japanese Consulates
    166 8 A.P. MANILA, Tuesday.—The Philippines will defer a decision on the suggested opening of Japa nese consulates in Manila and 30 other cities until SCAP or the Far Eastern Commission announce a policy on the matter, it was learned today. The PJuIipines Foreign Office is
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    EXPLOSIONS
    55 8 Reuter. KOTTAYAM MADRAS. Tues. Volcanic explosions and land-slides killed 15 people and devastated ten-square miles in the valley of Western Ghats, near here, on Sunday, i according to reports today. Twelve others were Injured I but many more were feared j buried under mud that swepc j down the
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    FREE GLASSES
    55 8 LONDON. Tues. In an attempt to cut down the huge backlog of orders for free glasses, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it wiM give each pati c nt only one pair for the time Up to now each could receh c two pairs More than 3,000.000
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    JAP STABS GI.
    28 8 Reuter. TOKYO. Taes. —An American private was stabbed on Saturday by a Japanese national in Tokyo, Gen. Doug las Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced yesterday. Reuter.
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    DOLLAR DROPS
    26 8 A.P. NEW YORK, Tues.—The stock market declined fi actions to over one dollar (USi as trading contracted to 65i\ 000 shares on Monday. A.P
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    CONSUL GENERAL
    30 8 U.P. MANILA. Tues. The newly designated Consul General for Calcutta, Meynardo M. Farol, said today that he will leave lor Calcutta with his family on September 10.— U.P.
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    Russians Arrest 6 Americans
    100 8 U.P. BERLIN, Tues. Six Americans were arrested by the Russians on Saturday night at a party in a German home in the Soviet sector of Berlin, but, were released after 14 hours. American military police reported today. Seven Germans at the party were also arrested and
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    101 Men Work For Unity Of World
    146 8 A.P. STRASBOURG, France, Tuesday.—A unique international parliament, not yet three weeks old, is hard at work on proposals for political and economic unity of the old world. This n the Council < f Europe's CkmsultaJrv* As.- pirn, made up of 101 representatives ficm
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    EX-SHOESHINS BOY BANKED $ 119,000
    96 8 EX-SHOESHINS BOY BANKED 119,000 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. The Senate "five per center" investigators yesterday turned over to the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Bureau their records on John Maragon for a possible perjury and tax fraud action. Two committee members demanded that Maragon be indicted for perjury and income tax
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    MINE INVESTIGATORS
    37 8 U.P. WESTOVER FIELD. Massachusetts. Tues. Nim men. who will, assist the Senate Armed Services Committee in its investigation of the Malmedy Massacre during the Battle of Bulge, took off today for Germany by air.— U.P.
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    TO BUY A FARM
    29 8 A.P. NAPLES. Tues. Counts ss Edda Mussolini Ciano. is leaving shortly for Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, to buy a farm. According to a Rome newspaper.—A.P.
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    Committee To Study U.S. Govt. Agencies In Orient
    207 8 A.P. WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—A U.S. House of Representatives sub-committee leaves today for the Orient to make a general study of the administration of U.S. government agencies in the Far East. Representative Walter B. Hubcr, Ohio Democrat. Chairman of the Sub-committee of the House
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    16 GAMBLERS IN A CLINIC
    46 8 A.P. BANGKOK, Tues. Police raided a medical clinic and arrested 16 gamblers. They also seized considerable gambling equipment. The physician owner of the house was among those taken into custody. Authorities said the medical clinic was Bangkok's biggest gambling house. —A.P.
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    43 8 U.P. MANILA. Tues.- A Malacanan Palace spokesman said yesterday that the report viiat Premier Fhibun SonggVam of Siam is planning his own southeast Asia Union was "interesting and indicates that Premier Phibun also thinks that some sort of union is necessary."—U.P.
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    58 8 Mr. Koo Teh-Chani;. B-year-old son <;! thr Chinese \r. t.aw.lur t<> the I ..S. Mr. \Ve!!ingl»n 1 Koo, and sfcl r- U bride Miss uertrvtY \arp j k>a\ing St. Bartholomew* Church in New York eHj alter their He groom was burn '<n \\a>hington D. C l
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    Lone Policeman Nabs Bold Jewel Thieves
    180 8 U.P. CLEVELAND, Tuesday. DOLICE today arrested two daring jewel thieves as they alighted from an airplane here after pulling off a U. 5.515.000 jewel swindle in Akron, Ohio. Tlie men Were identified as Albert Warner, 40, of Omaha. Nebraska, and Sid Walker of New
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    70 9 r c ommodity maryesterday quiet derate business was market inclined to slightly towards the rices weie: Buyers Seller/ p1 RSS 36\h 36% s c S RSS 34U 34V It RSS 31* 3V, x .Mistered tender: 36U 336 30% 36% 1 Ton-' on i ON DON. Aug. 29. ,V
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    89 9 VVASHIN* ITON. Tues. t i oi new raohei ni l d States dropped lowest figure since Decern laccordingIaccording to prcltistica repoited to by th< l S. Department el "Commerce. ju total represents a d c iinc of 61.2 per cent, from the m 066 tons
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    30 9 as. l*uea Locomotives, boi'ers coaches and oufl parts of locomotives I far wore imported Horn abroad are now be in;; manufactured at the Golden Mock Workshops of the South
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    AIR MAIL
    82 9 Latest time of posting ac the G.P.O. to Aden. Afghani tan, Alaska, Europe, Africa South America, Persia. We;;;. Indies. Canada, Egypt, Eir Abyssinia, United Kingdom Iceland. India, Madagascar Pakistan. Palestine, SyrW U.S.S.R.. U.S.A.. Pacific Inlands, New Zealand, Hong kong. Korea. Macao, China. Japan. Padang and is 6 p.m..
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    SEA MAIL
    51 9 I Mails are expected to ar- rive from Christmas Island J today. j The latest time of posting i at the G.P.O. to Malaya, I Burma, Northern India, i Pakistan (letters and parcels) j Southern India (letters only) North Borneo, Labuan, j Brunei, Miri and Pontianak is noon
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    New Journal On World Crops
    391 9 L Crops", a new monthly journal, has appeared in London on September. It promises to meet an urgent international demand and its editor is Sir Harold Tempany. an expert in crop production in the colonies. It is a publication of the Leonard Hill technical group,
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    TRADE DEALS PLANNED BY PHILIPPINES
    112 9 A.P. MANILA. Tues. Government finance circles hope tc push a bill through Cong!ess authoritising the Philippines to enter lcciprocc' tiade deal-? with second countries. Miguel Cuadetno. governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines, says the would help the islands' develop foreign marts before 1951
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    SEARCH FOR BULLDOZERS
    59 9 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA. Tues. Australia is searching the world to buy buldozcrs and mechanical shovels with sterling for the Snowy River hydro-elcc trie scheme. Mi. Nelson Lem mon, Minister for Work.:, said today. He said works officials we c looking for equipment in Britain. Others were ivestigating reports
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    OUT-PUT RECORD
    42 9 A.P. DETROIT. Tues.--The U.S Automobile industry this week completes the biggest production month in its history. The output for August will total round 650.000 vehicles. The previous high mar k was 621. 910 units, built in April 192 J. -A.P.
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    U.S.$ AND GOLD FALL IN HONGKONG
    230 9 Reuter. HONGKONG, Tuesday.—Gold and American dollars continued the downward trend yesterday. Gold which opened at 325 V 2 yesterday after closing at 332M» last Friday further slumped to 3144, low for the day, before recovering to close at 820. American transfers drafts and notes
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    CANADA CUTS EXPORT CONTROLS
    29 9 A.P. OTTAWA, Tues.—The Canadian government announced the iclaxation of export controls from September 1 on 27 non-strategic commodities, ranging tram rars to spoiling goods.-— A.P.
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    U.K. BONDS STILL SAG
    71 9 A.P. LONDON. Tues. L-iitish government bonds sagged on Monday after a mild bocm which lasted all last w.-ek. At the close of the day's trading on the London losses ranged up to 10 Shi'lings per share of tIOO par value. Brokers said that seemed inc'incd to
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    WORLD BANK LOAN SOUCHT
    54 9 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues —The World Bank announced lost night that it is sending a fiveman mission to Turkey to examine three specific projects for which the Turaish Government is seeking a loan. The piojects are gtain stroage faci'ities irrigation, flood control, and electiic power and peit
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    Firmer Market
    32 9 Singapore. Tues. London maintaining buying interest in tin shares, the local market was again slightly firmer. Further sma': rises were general throughout the list. Industrie Is were also slightly steadier.
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    U.S. BUSINESS MORE ACTIVE
    401 9 WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Unofficial weekly business indicators, which antedate the official monthly index by several weeks, show an upturn in U.S. industrial activity during the first half of August. Coupled with a rise in business loans, resumption of a more normal rate of business purchasing and a leveling
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    IRAQ-INDIA TRADE PACT
    49 9 NEW DELHI. Preliminary trade talks between India and Iraq are in progress here, the Commercce Ministry announced. According to well-informed sources. liaq is wiping to export to India barley, maize, millets, dates, and raW wo*">l, in exchange for cotton tex tiles, yam. jute goods and tea.
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    The Produce Market
    111 9 PEPPER prices were steadier in Singapore yesterday «t $386 per picul loose for black peppr, $490 for white Muntok and $489 for white Sarawak. But no business was reported. copra ana coconut oil continued steady, but prices were unchanged. Produce prices as quoted exgodown by the Chinese
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    811 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. tfuyers. mmwatM Atlas Ice 15.50 16.0 c ajiffK. fcirlck Pref. 2.45 2.35 oros. 2.15 2224 8.8. Petrol 38/6 40 B.M. Trustee 7.50 boo .>n*. lio Ord. 14/6 15/6 do. (P)2l/- Utd. A?sur. 40.75 41.75 Estate Trust 7.00 8.00 Federal Dispensary 6.70 7.00 'AN. Pref. 8.00
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    RACE FAN SAFEST BET FOR TODAY
    1645 10 DIFFICULT PROGRAMME: WATCH FOR UPSETS THE programme today, the second doy of Singa--1 pore Tuff Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting, consists of seven races only. Class Two horses, divisions 1 and 2, will rac3 over seven furlongs. While remaining fivo races are for Class
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    SELECTIONS
    116 10 RACE ONE RACE FIVE CI 3 Div 5 6 F 6 Yds CI 2 Dlv 1 F less 17 Yds Wonder Bird RACE FAN Victory Unicorn Outsider: Booklaw II Abby Kay RACE TWO Outsider: Eastern Picture a I l>iv 4 6F4 S Yds MEATH RACE SIX Tempest i 1
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    RACE CARD
    769 10 DELOW is the card for today's seven races. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Six and the Double Totes on Rades Four and Seven: RACE ONE 2.15 P.M. HORSES CLASS 3. DIV. 5 6 FURS. ft 5 YDS. Rooklaw II (Harper) 900 Yeap Hock Hoe Manning
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    MERRY UNIONS
    54 10 Following have neen selected to represent Merry Union B.P. in a return match of badminton against Nee Soon B.P. at Happy World on Thursday at 7 p.m M Sadali. Omar, Lim Km. Peow. Chia Etiz Hm. Ong Tiong Ghee Benny Kee; Reserves: A. Sujak. Othmatl. B. C. Mah
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    Channel Conquerer
    49 10 PHIIIIP MICKMAN (18), Yorkshire schoolboy, who tht FngUsh Channel otter swimming for 23 hours «n.inutrs He is sren wadirig ashorr at Kingsth wn l ioCnHMI in blankets with bis hair still streaked "th He is hrlprd by his trainer, vrteran swimmer Edward H. Temme.—A.P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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    Asian Rugby Union To Probe MRU Decisions
    377 10 Tribune Rufcby Reporter THE Singapore Asian Rugby Union yesterday de--1 cided to shelve the Question of accepting four Malayan R.l. decisions on Asian rugger, until further investigations were made to ascertain the motives of the M.R-1. The four decisions of the MR I',
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    HANDICAPS FOR S'PORE GOLD CUP
    108 10 Brluw are the handicaps for thr Singapore Gold Cup and ,ne rare ior thr last J-V of the SinsapOM- races on Sept. 1 THE GOLD CI T Class 1 Div. I—Abt. i% Milrs Ecliptic 9 •>rt«r- Gutnewrr H.lo i .irtunA Favourite Mi Natural 88 Byron
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    New Jockey For Jimmy Martin
    86 10 By ALLAN LEWIS COLIN TITLLOH. of Perth, will arrive on or about September 9 on the S. 8. Maetsuckeyer. Tulloh who i ides at 7-12 has been engaged as first jockey foi Jimmy Martin's stable. This jockey has been one cf the leading tiders in
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    MAHARAJAH'S HORSES
    22 10 LONDON, Mon.—Six of the Maharaja of Baroda's older horses arc to be offered at the Newmaruet bloodstock sales in Octobei.
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    S'PORE JUNIOR SHUTTLE TIES
    370 10 The following es of ,ne p j n gapore Badminton championship will be this weekend. SATIBUAY 7 30 p m.: Ong Bong Soo Cheong Eng Leong <Rex> v. Wahab Sarkawi and Masrnni b H Sirai (Mercury); Cheang Senn Lock Hoo Chun Kah TUickl Strike) v. Seah
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    11 New Horses Front Australia Next Week
    472 10  -  By ALLAN LEWIS FLEVEN horses are expected to arrive from tralia by the s:s. Niew Holland on Sept. 11 Keith p&tiiels has fiv.e on board while the ro maining wiH be trained by Jimmy Martin of Penan™ D'ANIEL'S fbur are:— f an NESStTS
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    RECS B.P. WIN ALL THE GAMES
    111 10 R<creation B.P. beat Florence B.P at badminton by yen game-; to nil on Sunday, at the former's court. BEsilts: (Recreation B.P. player* mentioned first): SINGLES: Tay Koo Liangheat Ahnian bin Ahmad 15 —0; 15—12; Lee Soon Kiat beat Paddy Seah 17—15. 15—6: Goh Boon
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    Charles 'Rules' 47 States But Not New York
    296 10  -  By JACK HAND A.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday. VZZARD Charles has sold himself to IJew York as the best of a poor lot of heavyweights. The lean Cincinnati Negro still lack? New York State recognition as world heavyweight champion, but he rules the
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    Will Empire Team Be First Class?
    180 10 Cricket Poser Reuter. LONDON. Tues. A problem facing the Impciial i rickM Confcicncv in the neai futu u is a decision on whethel or not the Empuc team which la to tout India. Pakistan and Ceylon will be regarded as playing find class matche*
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    COOPER OUTPOINTS ORTIZ
    85 10 Reuter. WASHINGTON. Tues. Mauncl Ortiz, world bantamweight champion, was outpunched by local boxer mmv Cooper when losing a irnan:mous points decision in a ten round non-title conte.-t here last night. Cooper, who is 21, was conceding three and a half pounds. He dropped the champion in the
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    TABLE TENNIS SEMI-FINALS RESULTS
    78 10 Results of the Singapore Table Tennis Open Tournament semi-final?, played at the Great World on Monday night are a? follow? Chua Kirn Hearn i Tiger Sports Club>. 1948 champion, beat Tai Yew Khuan (Chinese Sports Clubi a-11, 21-16 and 21-8. Chan Poh Ying (Chine* Sports Ciub),
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    LONGDEN'S RIDE POSTPONED
    41 10 LONDON. Tues.—The first race between Goidon Richatds and America's champion jockey, Johnny Longdcn, has been postponed. Longden had been en| to ride Terrace View against Richards on Windy Island in the Abbey Selling Plate at Bath races tomorrow.
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    KHALSA XI
    41 10 The folio v.-in,- will Xl aim Association Ho w to play the Postal Union nr Sept. i or. Khaiaa AaaonrtW Ground toff St. George RosttJ at 5.15 p.m..—Surjeel HarbarJ: Sewa. B. i W <Capt.). Prreira. Parduman. Mohinder. Referee:—Mi. Gosain.
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    C.S.C. WIN 4-3
    56 10 Chinese Swimming Cll h r f ub feaied Mansli.'lti"a Spo at table tennis by !<••" to three g— Membeis oi tl minjc Club who have 1 in their entries foi me singles chanipion-li h Mr quested to get in toi Lim Choo Ann. <vo i%l ~4.. Jerks
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    KING WINS
    34 10 U.P. PHILADELPHIA. T**£ Arthur King. British Ernp£ lightweight champ-: tinued his United tories last mgbt- b > d»cia unanimous efrtjj** df« ston over Boppe Colasanti Rome before 2.000 fan* at Loppi Stadium.— U.r.
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    ALL-INDIA SOCCER TEAM DUE HERE ON OCT. 10
    448 11 TO PLAY BAREFOOTED By Tribune Soccer Reporter, the All-India Soccer team arrives in the Colony c» Oct. 10 for a series ot games here, loc»l football fans will have the opportunity ol seeing a strong combination taking to the fietrf b»re-tooted. Tills
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    Sportsmen Trophy
    44 11 THE SPORTSMEN IKOHPY, to be competed i (or annually bet. i ffl the 1 North of Ma>a\a uiil the v>uth a| Malay;; i» aid ,nt thr I niversdy oi Malaya and tin" Malayan Viswlstlsn t*>r the Pre- y ration of TulM-re;i»osi.s. j
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    BRITANNIA SHIELD SPORTS
    83 11 A.P. LONDON. Tues. Service sportsmen from Belgium. France, the Netherlands. Great Britain and probably Greece will take part in the fourtn annua', competition for the Britannia Shield during the Battle of Britain week from Sept. 12 to 18. The contests are to perpetuate the spirit of comvadesnip
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    MOHAN KEEPS TITLE
    40 11 BOMBAY, Tues. India's number one badminton J player. Devindcr Mohan, retained his men's singles title I by defeating George Lewis 15-11. 15-11 in the Cricket I Club of India badminton championshins which ended in Bombay on Sunday.
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    Sutcliffe Bids Farewell With Unbeaten Century
    159 11 LONDON, Tuesday. RLRT SITCLIFFE, the New Zealand lefthard X batsman, celebrated his team's farewell nppearance at Lords by hitting 110 not oat to help them to victory over Middlesex by nine wickets. It was o notable feat by the tourists to overwhelm the nt
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    Scoreboard
    126 11 Reuter. Klimi.ESKX Jnd Inns. > 'l». its,.„ h owie 4 I'.n.vM, b Burtt b Iturke t.o >»Ua b llurtt 10 b < „uie 1 r \> 11» OUt 1» Mmmm b Keid 0 1 ouipiwi, DonnelU b Kuril 41 t Moonev b llurtt 13 ••i-nc b lowie 4 "•irr
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    VON CRAMM WINS
    27 11 A.P. KBUL, Tues. Baron yon lhe German tennis star, won the men's singles Istanbul's fourth Lnternad champion ihlps by Wi ia.es Henry Cochet A.P,
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    McGREADY ELIMINATED IN SECOND ROUND
    109 11 A.P. ROCHESTER. N«W Yon<. Tues Irishman Max MCready British amateur champion was eliminated in the aecond round of the v National Amateui golf charo pionships at Uocbestc: todTJ by Don Caimichael, 30, V* Columbia, Ohio, five and fott McCicady lost four of thnine holes going
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    CHANNEL SWIM OFF
    37 11 A.P. viv KSTONE England. Tues. I Abdel MoniCT 35-year-old Egyp- tom lifeguard who was to have SSrted tS Channel swim att«Jt from the French coast at WOO tomorrow, postponed It until late afternoon.-- A.P.
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    TIONG BAHRU RANGERS' PICNIC
    59 11 The Tiong Bahru Ranger "A" team will meet ttK Chinese Spoils Association and the "B" team will play the Vampires XI at soccei at Fairer Park on oaturday. On Sunday the Range* will hold a picnic uc Mi. Teo Kirn Eng's bungalow at Pasii Ris. Transport
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    CASUALS XI
    60 11 The Indian Casual 1}U XI to piay Soccer against Frase;- and Neave today at Farrer Park Kick off at 5.15 p.m. will be ehosen from the following. K. Narayanan. S. Veloo. A. Ra™k M. Gani. S. Murueasu-. T. N»darajah. A K. Salahudm Param. M. L Osman. A. Rahim.
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    Woodcock To Fight In May
    143 11 Reuter. 1 1JK)N( ASTEK. Sacs. i Bruce Woodcock, British European and Empire heavyweight chuupmn. will neat Lee Savoid. thAmerican, for Britain's version of the world heavyweight champion- j ship in the open air :it White City, London, next Mav. I This was announces today by
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    DAVIS CUPPER OUSTED
    62 11 U.P. FOREST HILLS, Tues. Italy's Davis Cupper. Marcello del Bello. played gamely on a taped ankle but was eliminated in the second round of the United States men's singles tennis tournament today by Jim Brink, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1. The giant six-foot threeinch Seattle netman played his best
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    WOODGATE, WATSON SHARE 4
    198 11 THE Euiopeaus went to the Navy by four goals to on in an inter-commumty leagu, soccer match at Ja.an Beso. Stadium, yesterday The Navy led 2-1 ha f a time and throughout the rest of the game it though they had to he*a*a tied with a
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    Interest Centred On The Runners-up
    299 11 COUNTY CRICKET Reuter. LONDON, Tuesday. WITH the county cricket championship having beon decided yesterday, remaining interest is centred in *?ko wilt finish runners-up to the joint v inners, Middlesex n d Yorkshire with 192 points each. Worcestershire, who wound up then county programme with a
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    SCOTLAND SEND IN THE FORMS
    58 11 Reuter. AUCKLAND, Tues.—Scotland is the first country to send in entry forms for the Empire Games to be held here next February. She has entered for track and field events, boxing, cycling and swimming. It is hoped to send a team comprising 10 or 11
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    47 11 A.P. LONDON. Toes.— Following arc today's toot ball results: Division Three—(Southern see tion Bristol City 0, Forest 2. j. Division Three— I Northern Section): Barraou 1, Koxrrs Kurhdale 0. Donc^ter U, SroUish League: St. Mario. I, t.l.sgow Bangers 1. ltttsrbv League: Rengltwy itunstet t3.-rA.F.
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    WORLD TIN PRODUCTION HITS A NEW POST-WAR MARK
    259 12 MALAYA MAINTAINS 'HIGH LEVEL' THE HAGUE, Tuesday.WORLD production of tin in concentrates reached a new post-war record and increased from 12 700 Ion* tons in May to 15,600 in June, lt was aunounredby the International Tin Study *roup m The Hague today.
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    Kachin Troops Join Karens
    241 12 A.P. RANGOON, Tues. —The rebels who on Sunday entered the northern Shan Scate caoital of Lashio were today officially identified as Kachin soldiers, |wno earlier joined the rebel Karens. A Burmese Army spokesman today announced over Rangoon radio that these Kachins had broken a pact with
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    NEW DIRECTOR
    34 12 M. 61 Credgiogcon, tiuginee Has been tppointed Ditecter cf Engineeting. paitnunt of Broadcasting S ngipore. in place of Mr G S. Mil'-et. Diiector of Fin gineeiing. transf cited to Federation of Malaga.
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    Canton's Lifeline Is In Peril
    221 12 A.P. CANTON, Tuesday. fHINESE Communist troops today slashed to wiUiin 30 miles of the Canton-Hankow railway. HT* line Nationalist defence forces for all S U The Reds over-ran Jucheng, 170 miles nor* of Canton and 40 miles east of the railway. then pushed ten miles
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    THEY AGREE!
    23 12 LONDON. Taos.--Russia ant. Jie West arc virtua'ly agreed o. che detailed essential of a* Austrian independence pac pact, Western diplomats ?ai<
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    U.S. MAY OKAYLOAN TO TITO
    78 12 A.P. WASHINGTON. Tues. Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia is considered virtually a cinch to ~et an American Government loan—provided he.stays alive and independent from Moscow. Top Government officials said U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson's strong support for Yugoslavia s applicaton clearly toreshadows a favourable verdict.
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    LABOUR WINS FIRST ROUND
    57 12 STRASBOURG. Tues—Br.tish labcur representative won the fits-t round of a > att'.e in the European Asstmbly to smother discussion or. devaluation cf cunencie?. U was learned from a usuail> reliable souice today. The battle, first big inte national clash in the monthold Assembl}. was fought ou*
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    Russia Snubbed Tito Because Of West
    202 12 Reuter, A.P., U.P. LONDON, Tuesday. RUSSIA today openly stated that she withdrew support of Yugoslavia territorial claims against Austria because of Marshal Tito's dealings with the West In another stiff note to Belgrade the Soviet Government accused the Tito regime of betraying Yugoslavia's own
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    JOY-RIDE
    28 12 PORTSMOUTH, Tv c s.—Prime Minister Clement Attlee had a trip in one of Britain's largest submarines, the Acheron, during an official inspection of naval units here today.
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    MORE GO ON STRIKE
    137 12 Reuter. HELSINKI. Tues.—A quarter t f Finland's meta workers, turning out reparations j goods for the Soviet Union, were on strike todiv as more men answered the Communist anneal to cease work unUi the Social Democrat Government I ends iU pegged wages policy. In Turku, Finland's
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    'BURY THE AXE' – SAYS TRUMAN
    78 12 'BURY THE AXE' SAYS TRUMAN U.P. WASHINGTON. Tv c s.— The United States as the first step in its new policy for stabilizing Asia against Communism today called upon India and Pakistan to settle their dispute over the princely state of Kashmir. President Truman in letteis to the heads of
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    TITLE FIGHT
    35 12 A.P. CTNCINATTL Ohio, Tues. Promoter Sam Becker announced today that Exzard Charles will defend hi* National Boxing Association wor!d heavyweight title against Joe Maxim at Olncinnatti in the first week of Nevember. —A.P.
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    She Saw Daddy untitled
    41 12 1 Aidershot, holds up her j liNe-month-old daughter, j Patricia Ann, as they J say good-bye to her I soldier-husband, Sgt. Tho- S mas Morriss in Sou- y thampton, England. Sgt. is Headed for N Hongkong. L
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    RED PRESSURE INCREASES IN THAILAND
    302 12 PHIBUN C ALLS FOR S.E.A. TALK: Reuter. BANGKOK, Tuesday. MARSHAL Luang Phibun Songkram, Thailand's. Premier said today that internal and external Communist pressure in Thailand has .so in tho past four weeks that the Government is hastening with border reinforcement plans and is studying methods
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    PRINCE VIWAT FLIES TO BRITAIN
    109 12 Reuter. LONDON, Tues. —Prince Vlwat. Finance Minister of Thailand, is due to arrive in Britain tomorrow by flying boat, it was learned on good authority. His visit, which is expected to include official talks with British Government departments, was being connected by observers here with
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    13 AND STILL UNLUCKY
    38 12 DEAL, England, Tues.- Fifty-eight-year-old George Hassle Brewster took one ook at the choppy Channel from the French side today and abandoned his 13th attempt to swim the Channel without even letting his feet wet.
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    U.S. WILL BACK INDIA'S BID FOR U.N. SEAT
    172 12 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tuesday. AMERICAN officials said today that the United States has promised to support India's candidacy for membership in the United Nations Security Council when the General Assembly at its coming session holds elections for three seats op that bod/. This
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    BOWLER DIES
    24 12 A.P. LONDON. Tues.—Arthur Fielder, former and Enuland fa.-r bovier. died in BL Thomas Hospital, London, today mi th, L£4 "f "I- A.P.
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    LONDON SHARES
    172 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues. -The London Block Ex<h.'in_r<- pause-;. Operator appear content and remain out of the markets whiht ;> waiting the outcome of important economic and financial conferences in tho United Ftates, Prices in most sections today remained steady and a firm undertone was established by fractional improvements
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    Power Commercialised Sept. 1
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