Malaya Tribune, 12 November 1949

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    61 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE &W TUB I Tek "Tribune" S'pore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3811/3 Nm Lm Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. TWELVE PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE f-ON DON REPRESENTATIVE B. Maurice Glover, damya Tribune
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    SELANGOR MERCHANTS PETITION GOVT. AGAINST ISSUE OF BAD RICE
    216 1 Tribune Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Friday. CELANGOR rice merchants today petitioned the Food Controller against "the extra ordinary bad quality" of rationed rice purchased from the Government. The petition is signed by the presidents of th? Selangor Rice Merchants Association
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    C.G. WILL CARRY BEVIN'S LETTER
    59 1 U.P. LONDON. Fri. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has sent a personal letter to Emperor Bao Dai of Frenchsponsored Vietnam. IndoChina. it was learned today. Informed sources said Bcvin's '.ctter would be delivered to Bao Dai by Southeast Asia Commissioner General Malcolm Mac Donald who will
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    Vishinsky Pleads For Peace
    197 1 U.P. NEW YORK. Fri.—Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishmsicv pleaded for peace when he spoke at a dinner here last night after telling the United Nations that Russia was not stockpiling atom bombs. In a speech in which ne was both jovial and sauve he also said
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    PAKISTAN LIKED
    32 1 A.P. KARACHI, Fri--The Muslims cf Malaya have a higa regard for Pakistan, says Hafiz Mohammad Ishaque, loader of a delegation to the Regional F.A.O. session he'd recently in Singapore —A.P.
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    LAST MONTH'S U.K. EXPORTS UP £14,100,000
    101 1 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. Britain's exoorts last month were estimated at £156.100.000 £14,--100.000 less than the record total last March. Trie October c'?il> expot rate was ;en percent hign*: than in ptember and the highest since January, M~ Harold Wilson. President of the Board of
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    MORE U.S. RICE
    35 1 A.P. WASniiNorTON, Fit. The department of Commerce reported yesterday that rice production in the United Slates would reach lecord figures for the coming season despite a reduction in prospects since Oct. I.—A.P.
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    TRUMAN RENEWS BID TO END RACE BARS
    197 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Friday. PRESIDENT Truman today renewed his demand r ij>r the passage of civil rights laws, declaring thsy were needed to overcome "discrimination and injustice.'' "In view of the fundamental faith of this country and the clear language of the constitution, I
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    LI FOR KWEILIN
    23 1 U.P. CriJNKING, Fri. —A iKunming dispatch said that President U Tsung-jen is scheduled to fly to Kweilin from Kunming today.—U.P.
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    At The Ex-service Ball
    54 1 The Ex-Service Ball which was held last night at the S.Y.C. Hall at Beach Koad was a great success. Top picture shows a happy group at the ball while the bottom picture shows Mrs. H. Kemio, the Governor Sir Franklin Gimson. t he President of the
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    CALCUTTA REDS THROW BOMB AT POLICE VAN
    129 1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Fri —A police constable and a rickshaw pullet were seriously injured today when a bomb was hurled at a police wireless van accompanying a communis sponsored piocession in Central Calcutta Police immediately dispersed the procession which was a protest against police
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    PARATROOPER JUMPS 2 MILES
    53 1 A.P. SAN STEAD, ENGLAND, Fri.—Terance Wiluams, 35. fo-mer paru.rooper, made a two miles delayed jump with parachute which opened automatically one mile from the ground. It was the first actual test of a new type parachute with a built-in device which will open it at any
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    JULIET'S BABY
    14 1 ROME, Fri.—Romeo and Juliet, the Rome Zoo's elephants, are expecting another baby.
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    Malaya—Testing Point In South East Asia
    225 1 Malaya Testing Point In South East Asia Reuter. LaONDON, Friday. THE weekly review Economist wrote today that Malaya baa become "the testing point of the existing order in South-East Asia." The British administration faced a complicated future, the paper wrote. It had to cater for a shift in public opinion
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    ANDY IS A TOPER
    27 1 A.P. MELTON MOWBRAY, ENGLAND. Fri. —Andy Deeprose, aged 4, drinks fux pints of beer a night. Andy is a great Dane. —A P.
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    FREE TIN ON NOV. 15
    23 1 Reuter. LiONDON, Fri.—The British Ministry of Supply today issued an order freeing tin from control on Nov. 15.—Reuter.
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    Going Soft
    68 1 The going for this af- tt-rnoon will at the best j be SOFT. Best bets: Oak.»>. Goid- i en News and Ballymar. Best outsiders: Lucky Tom, Double Aries and Grand Trim.—See Page 10. The stable to follow to- day is that of LT. COL. T.L. Fox. S The
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    GOODBYE 'ROSE'
    48 1 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— Iva Toguri Daquino, convicted of treason for wartime Tokyo radio broadcasts, said goodbye to her family yesterday. Convicted "Tokyo Rose" is to leave by train next Tuesday for the federal Women's Prison at Alderson, West Virginia. She was sentenced to ten years.—A.P.
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    SECRET OUT?
    25 1 A.P. MUNICH. Fri.—A German nespaper said today that a German journalist supplied the poison capsule that Herman Georing swallowed to chtat the gallows.--A.P.
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    COTTON BAN LIFTED
    27 1 U.P. x'liday. A bun on the export of cotton yarn imposed 10 days ago by the Board of Trade will be lifted on Saturday.—U.P.
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    LORRY KILLS SIX
    26 1 A.P. PARIS. Fri.—A coal lorry rolled into a crowd that was decorating a war memorial today at St. Aulaye and lulled six persons.—A.P.
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    MYSTERY OF THE GHOST BOAT'
    164 1 A.P. CORDOVA, ALASKA, Fri. A grounded "ghost boat," cast ashore on a voyage from some unknown port—maybe Japan has brought a marine mv*ery to Alaska's southern oast. v. d it carried across the Pacific by the Japanese current Will it offer any clues to the
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    U.S. TO EXPORTY ATOMS TO JAPS
    54 1 Reuter. OAK RIDGE. Tennessee. Fri. -Radioactive isotopes will be exported to\ Japan through the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the United Statea Ator.-uc Energy Commission announced today. Japan is the first "enemy country to be given permission to obtain r?d'o
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    GOVT. WARNING
    30 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, Fri. The Hongkong Government las: night warned importers that Japanese goods which arc not purchased on Hongkong Government-SCAP two-way account for transhipment to Macao is illegal.—Reuter.
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    lIAF Blitz 300 Bandits In Muar
    67 1 STOP PRESS MUAR, Today.—Singapore based R.A.F. planes bombed and straffed SOO bandits in the Muar area yesterday. A Gurkha motar patrol followed up. The target area was Mastered with 850 bombs. Details of this raid are awaited. The Gurkha headquarters in the Tenang area
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    Colombo Peace Talks Denial
    65 1 LONDON, Fri.—A British Foreign Office spokesman denied here today that any arrangements had been made for a Colombo meeting of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers to discuss v Far East peaco settlement. He added, however, that such a meeting might possibly be held next ear. "Such meetings arr
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    Turns On The Japs
    72 1 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Fri.—The Australian Minister of Immigration "ir. Arthur A. CaluHl, said here today that lie was "oupotMHl under any circumstances" to the Japanese competing in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Mr. Calwell was replying to a question at the annual Federal Congress of the
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    Record Breaker
    50 2 The record breaking BOAC Constellation airliner, Beaufort, which landed in Singapore on Wednesday. She took two hours and 34 minutes one hour 89 minutes less than the normal flight time for the London to Rome (light. The plane's average speed was 361 m.p.h. and her topspeed -till m.p.h.
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    WANTED— BEER, SMOKES FOR TROOPS
    141 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— Mrs. F. Knight, wife of the Chief Police Officer, johore. has started a fund .o provide Gbvistm&s jcomforta in the form of beer and (agar«ottes for troops operating in jr-hoic this yeai. In an appeal to the public of Singapore and Johoie.
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    PROGRESSIVES WILL HOLD 3 MEETINGS
    101 2 THE Progressive Party are holding three election campaign meetings before polling day December 3. Their first meeting will be at the Geylang English School next Tuesday evening at six, where Miss Amy Laycock stands for election in the East Ward. Second meeting will be at
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    'FLAG BAN—WHAT OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER?'
    330 2 MR. Goh Seng Yeok. president of the Mayfair Association, has written to the Commissioner of Police asking for c'arification of the Government ban on the put lie display ot flag.-, other than those of the United Kingdom, Singapore and the Federation. Mr. Goh
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    RAJOO TOOK CAMERA, PEN, WATCH-GAOLED
    115 2 YOUTHFUL Rajoo, with five convictions was gaoled for 20 months by the First District Judge yesterday after he admitted theft of a camera, two pens and a wrist watch. The sentence will take effect at the end of the six months' imprisonment Rajoo is serving
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    SCHOOL TALkS ON ROAD SAFETY
    47 2 Demonstrations and talks on road safety in Singapore schools have been suggested to the Department or Education by the Singapore Permanent Safety l*lr*t Committee. The Committee are willing to send instructors to schools to give talks on road safety in all languages.
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    Bought House—Now He Can Live In It
    158 2 MOHAMED Aga Reshty, who bought a house in Gilstead Road in July 1948 for his own use, was granted vacant possession in the High Court yesterday in a suit whicb he brought against Dr. A. T. S. Chong and Mr. Lam Lee Sect.
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    ARMOURED TRAIN WAGONS DERAILED
    48 2 The crash wagon and another wagon attached to an aimourcd train that left Mentakab at 10 p.m. on Wednesday went oft the line between Mentakab and Mengkarak. The ti uin crew detached the derailed wagons and returned to Mentakab. No further details are available.
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    LIFE SAVING
    41 2 The Singapore Permanent Safety First Committee arc to sound the Singapoi Swimming Club, the Chinese Swimming Club, the Roy Scouts Association and the Youth Council on the possibility of collecting a body of people interested in life saving work.
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    KERALA MEET
    28 2 The Literary Section of Singapore Kerala Samajam will meet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, at No. 6 Race Course Lane. Mr. Peethambaran will speak on "Literature."
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    INDONESIA TRADE
    18 2 The Republican Government in Jogjakarta has appointed Mr. Tahir Ibrahim the new Trade Representative in Singapore.
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    DEBTOR TOLD: Pay or go to gaol
    163 2 MR. Justice Gordon-Smith yesterday warned a young English speaking Indian judgment debtor that he must pay his monthly instalments regularly or be sent to gaol. The Indian was Mohamed Yunus, an ex-eating shop keeper. He was examined as to his capacity to satisfy
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    VACANCIES IN TRADE SCHOOL
    62 2 Vacancies for 70 new students in 1950 for General Mechanical Engineering (40), Domestic Engineering (plumbing). Radio Enginceiing and Electrical Engineering. 10 each, are available in the Government Junior Technical (Trade) School, Ba'csticr Road. Intending students. who should have passed Standard V in an English School, must
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    INDIANS MEET
    44 2 The Singapore Regional Indian Congress wi'l celebrate the birthday of Pandit Nehru on Monday with a Mass meeting at Race Coiuse Lane. An elocution contest will be held for the children after the meeting at the Rama Krishna Mission OrIphangc, Baitlcy Road.
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    TB TAKES 31
    33 2 There were 711 births against 162 deaths in Singapore during the week ending Nov. 5 accoiding to the Municipal Health statement issued last night. Tuberculosis accountI d f.-r 11 drnth
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    RECOGNISE MAO?—MR. REES WILLIAMS STAYS MUM
    717 2 MR. David Rees-Williams, the Under-Secretary <~l State for the Coolonies refused yesterday afternoon in Government House to be 'drawn' into answering questions on the British recognition of Mao Tse-tung. But he predicted that Labour will win the General Election, with a working majority and
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    TALK BY THOMAS
    27 2 The Nethaji Memorial Library will meet at 7 p.m. n Sunday. Mr. Francis Thomas. President of the Singapore Labour Party, will spea* m ''Socialism.''
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    U Myat Tun Defends Cocktails
    186 3 /H>( KT-VIL parties have I mvi a ehauipioai in >l-,at Tub, Ch*et ,uxs«>:i QAsH ol the Kmvmtm stai* AgriealVnrketing Board .iik! regular Burmese repress ntative at the S*>ttth Asia Liaison Officers •■nsv in Singapore. At yesterday's iinal inertia*' <>f Liaison Mftiors I >fyat Tun regretted
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    PENANG CITY WORKERS MEET THE FATHERS
    156 3 PENANG, Fri. After a thioe hour discussion with n< gotiatiog comniittco of Executive Council of the j ing Municipal Services ITnion, regarding the question using allowances. Mr. i Hammett, Deputy MuniI'resident, issued the following statement to the r Mi I •The Municipal Commis- i
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    Coongoola Here—And The Only Able Seaman Is— Cookie
    216 3 \X Australian pleasure motor yacht, the 65-foot Coongoola, which left Brisbane on Sept. 24 arrived in Singapore yesterday. And the only profesj,mal seaman is Tom Burns the cook. The weather was fine all the way, but favourable winds were few and the
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    MCA FAVOUR TEACHING OF ENGLISH, MALAY
    116 3 PENANG. Fri. At a meeting of the Working Committee of the Malayan Chinese Association. Penang and Piovince Wellesley branch, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce this afternoon it was unanimously decided to support the principle the all Communities Liaison Committee ecommendation that English and
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    Imperialism Not Tolerated Here
    436 3 DEFERENCE to the Penang petition for secession 11 from the Federation of Malaya was made by Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner, at last night s dinner of the Ex-Servicemen's Association of Malaya (Penang Branch) at the E. and O Hotel. Sir Henry and Lady Gurney were
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    KOYLI IN 2½ HOUR BATTLE WITH 50 REDS
    258 3 piVE miles south of Kulim, a patrol of the King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry was engaged in a 2Va hour battle on Wednesday with a party of bandits believed to be 50 strong. Two bandits were killed, one of whom has been
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    Ban On Alien Musicians Urged
    130 3 THE Musicians' Union of Singapore has asked all its unemployed members to register at the Labour Department. The Union has on its list a total of 70 unemployed musicians. The Union has taken this step in the hope that the authorities will realize the gravity
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    Eighteen Polls For City Elections
    229 3 THE eighteen polling stations for the forthcoming Municipal Elections were announced last night. They are:— City: Polling District St. Andrews Municipal Building; South Bridge Social Welfaie Centre. 36. New Bridge Road; Telok Ayer Marine Hostel. Anson Road. Candidates: Hasan Ali Jivabhai i Prog.-Radioi F. B.
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    Study Of Heroine
    56 3 Tfce singapor h ruUk< Mr*. EHiabeth Choy, who was ibecoratrtJ for her ittsiktam-e work Malaya, wa* the model for Dora Gordlae'* br«HW* 'FUwD»» Crystal!", oao ot in** striking exhibits at th*" Leicester Galleries, London. Mrs. Choy, saoa here wita th*? hronie ligwe of herself "ha* the perfect
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    Yon may pet that trip to the moon
    433 4 JUV days when people used to predict rocket-propelled space-ships have passed, because you cannot predict a thing tna has na^ ,e r^cket experts have not yet got t 0 the stage of carrying passengers into spate, Jul it he a foolish man
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    1276 5  -  V *5 VJ .*k OSWALD HENRY RATING: Pair; Good; Very Good; ScTSwJ. BID ABBOTT AND LOl COSTELLO MEET THE hJLLLER, BORIS KAKLOFF" C apitol)—Ghouls, gags, guns md girls—they're all in this ibhott-Costello fun-mixture which, incidentally, introduces the true-life Boris Karloff— not as the "monster" of Franttein's creation,
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    NATIONAL DEBT
    39 5 A.P. LONDON, Nov. Sat.—Britain's national debt has increased forty-fold in the last half century, the Treasury disclosed today. The nation now owes £25,267.000,000 or £503 for every man, woman 1 and child in its population.— "J A.P.
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    BAO DAI DISCUSSED
    32 5 Reuter. PARIS, Fri. The Big Three Foreign Ministers tilscussed Indo-China during their conference, with special reference to the international status of the Bao Dai regime, it was disclosed today.—Reuter.
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    YOSHIDA THREAT
    27 5 TOKYO, Fri.- Prime Minis- ter Shigeru Yoshida threaten--1 cd today that Japan might walk out of a peace conference if the Allied terms are disadvantageous.
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    'KING KONG' AMOK
    31 5 TOKYO, Fri. —One person had been killed and more than ten others were injured in attacks by an ape, it was reported today from Miyazaki, in southern Japan.
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    NEW TYPHOON
    34 5 U.P. MANILA, Fri. A new typhoon was leported today 30 miles off Surigao moving northwest at 16 miles per hour with winds of 70 miles at the centre and threatening Mindanao. —U.P.
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    BACK TO LONDON
    16 5 U.P. PARIS Fri.—British Foreign Secretary Bevin left here $>y boat-train for London today,,—U.E,
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    BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR PANDIT NEHRU
    69 5 Reuter. BOMBAY. Fii. Bombay will present Prime Minister Jawaha lnl Nehru with a dia-mond-studded golden Asoka Pillar on November 14, his 61st birthday. Nc'.iiu. who will be in India's commercial capital on that date, after his six-week "disocvei y of America" tour, will teceive the
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    WANTED A CONSULATE
    66 5 Reuter. JOH AN NESBIIRG, Fi i. Indians in Madagascar have asked for an consu'ate to be established there to facilitate the remittance of money to dependents in India. Mr. R. f. Chr.ll. Seeietaiy of the Indian High Commissioner ir. South Afiicu. said today Mi. Chaii said h*
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    EXIT PERMITS
    35 5 Reuter. HONGKONG. Fri Foreign nationals in Canton will be a'lowed to travel to Hongkong and China provided they obtain exit peimiis fiom the Communist Militaiy Control Commission, according to a Chinese report. -Route:.'
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    LAUREL BLAMED for ELECTION VIOLENCE
    197 5 U.P. NEW YORK. Friday. Vicente Alba no Pacts, who is in the United States to organise an information centre, in a statement said "the unusual and regrettable violence that has attended the presidential election in the PhiliDpines has stemmed from the ill-advised attemot of Jose
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    PRESIDENT QUIRINO'S 'SSS' FOR MULA
    109 5 Reuter. MANILA. Fri. Want to know President Quirino's seci<:t formula for keeping fit? It s the three S or SSS. Asked for the meaning of the new presidential label, the Chief Executive said it simply meant "sweet hour sound seep." And he practices the health
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    CLEMENCY APPEAL
    48 5 Reuter TOKYO. Fri. -Di. Horace Underwood. (iO-}ear-cld Ptc:;bytetian chinch missionary of South Korea, whose wife was murdered on Match 17 by political assassins, has appealed to President Syngam Khee foi clemency for the four men condemned to death for the crime, it was learned today. -Reuter.
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    TSINAN ESCAPES
    66 5 HONGKONG. Fu. The Biitish coast.ii vessel, Tsinan. owned by Butte i field and Swires, bits successfully escaped from Nationalist detention at the Yangtse estuary, acccuhng to a usually reliable repoit. Tne Tsinan was intercepted by Nationalist waiships inside the ten itorial waters Ihftt Saturday, and has been lu'd
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    Scientists Find Treasure Up The Chimney
    118 5 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. Scientists are finding treasure up the chimney. Gallium, one of the world's rarest metals, is being extracted from flue dust. So is germanium, another rare and much-sought-after element. British Government cht mists at the National Chemical Research Laboratory have developed a
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    WHAT'S IN A FLAG
    466 6 THE reason for Singapore's ban on the flying cf foreign flags and the display of national emblems such as the pictures of leaders past and present, is not far to seek. It came on the eve of Sun Vat-sen's birthday to-day, and with the recognition of
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    CYMRU AM BYTH
    130 6 (WALES FOREVER) A PROPER going over the newspaper chaps did give Mr. Dai Rees Rees-Williams, him that is Under Secretary of State for the Colomes, look you. Kept asking about this man Mao, they did. Most persistent they was. Pink he did go and looked uncomfortable, but
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    THE MAN WHO MAY SUCCEED STALIN
    876 6 LEON DENNEN Anticipating Stalin's death, hi;; immediate successors ore cautiously manoeuvring for the vacant throne. For the moment the odds are on balding, mild -mannered Beria, chief of the all-powerful MVD. Anew purge of top Party officials is reported to be taking place in
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    British Socialism Under Fire
    448 6 WASHINGTON. BRITAIN'S economic progress, or lack of progress, under Socialism is becoming one of the major issues in the local campaigns for next year's congressional elections. In the campaigns which began this September, Republicans- are seeking to win majorities in both houses of Congress in November
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    MR. ROBERTSON REPLIES
    308 6 Sir, Mr. S. S. Manyam in day before yesterday s issue of your paper has allowed his ebullience to run away from the facts. Changing from the worker to the management side of business does not consequently entail replacing one s trade union principles by capitalist ones.
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    WESTERN POWERS FORCE A NEW EASTERN POLICY
    1024 6  -  -~by SYLVIAN MANGEOT Reuter. LONDON. AFTER a long period of apparent inactivity there are today definite signs that the Western Powers are making a new approach to the problems of the Far East. From the United States come the first reports that the
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    The King Was A Queen
    472 6  -  —By Stanley Swinton CAIRO. ONCE Egypt was ruled by queens. Today Egyptian women are virtually second-class citizens. They cannot vote. A few still wear veils. A husl and can divorce hip wite by repeating "I divorce thee three times. Polygamy is permitted. A handsome. 32-year-old
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    Orchids For Show
    41 7 1 v ;..»u-grown orchitis, being admired by one of the n tn responsible ior breeding them, John Dixon, will be flow nto the United States for displ ay in the American Orchid Society's exhibition in YVashin gton, D.C.
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    German Scientists Find New T.B. Cure
    191 7 UP. FRANKFURT. Friday. FOUR German scientists were credited by a r snokesman for Bavei Pharmaceutical laboratories with the development or a new drug for use against tuberculosis. They sMd tfa<s new chemical had been tested in r veral hundred German hospitals and clinics over
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    ANOTHER U.S. NOTE TO REDS
    73 7 U.P. WASHINGTON, Fri. V was learned today that the United States has sent Russia a note expressing "grave concern" about the welfare of the two Americans missing in North Korea since September 22. The note called on Russia to try and locate the missing men
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    NUDISTS MEET IN TOP COATS
    154 7 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Wearns» overcoats and fur-lined boots, more trnn 80 delegates of the Bi tiati Sun Association, representing five-sixths of Britain's 2.000 nudists, held the>r annual meeting in the centrally heated ballroom cf a London hotel. Men outnumbered women by five to one. Some
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    STILL WITH MASTER
    40 7 SYDNEY Fri.—Toodies. a minature Pomeranian, lies with his master in a it North Rocks Cemetear Sydney. When Toodied recently at the age Of IT. his dead owner's wife im buried in the same iv< as her husband.
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    MURRAY TRIAL
    15 7 A.P. MANILA; Fri-The Murray .vas lecessed until the end of the month. —A.P.
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    SANTA LIKED HIS SCOTCH
    99 7 A.P. LONDON. Fri.—Women'sWear News grumbled yesterday that the British are exploiting Santa Claus. If it goes on, the trade journal said kids will not believe in h m any more. "The Ruby garbed gentleman's appearance comes earlier and earlier each year," the magazine said. The journal
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    PLANES SEARCH FOR LOST BOAT
    70 7 A.P. MANILA, Fri. United States An Force Navy planes joined Philippines services in search for a 837 ton interlanti movOish p, Reguius, missing since Nov. i in Visayas area. With a crew of 31 Reguius was last heard from near Negros whiie the typhoon was
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    THE RAGE IN LUZON IS SPIDER FIGHTING
    239 7 Reuter. MANILA, Fri. The rag" in many Luzon provinces at this time of the year is spider fighting. Both adults and children take to the sport. And like cock-fighting, which is a Philippine institution, betting is heavy and ranges from a dollar to
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    GIVE THANKS
    53 7 U.P. WASHINGTON, FridayPresident Truman today asked the American people to give thanks on November 24 tnat the United States has enjoyed such plenty, that it has Deen able to aid other nations. In a formal Thanksgiving Day proclamation the President said times demand "more than the wisdom of
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    Pretender, Henehmen Gaoled
    80 7 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Fri.—A j court clerk here has been jailed for pretending to be the magistrate and collecting fines from 1 gambling suspects, while < the court waa in rectus*. Two police constables who produced the t»us- pects before the lmperHonator have also been r sentenced.
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    GAY DECEIVER IS ONLY A PARROKEET
    84 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Fri. "Hello darling, my name 'S Jellicoe, 106 Strathbrook Road, Streatham." Anybody would be surprised to hear a budgerigar (a smali type of Australian parrokeet) answer the phone, particularly in such a precise manner. But Jellicoe. owned by a Me'bourne suburban resident,
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    NEW LIMBS
    33 7 POONA, Fri.—Thc Indian Government's "Artificial Limb Centre" in the Poona Military Hospital has been fitting artificial Limbs to disabled persons of the Burma Army, at the request of the Burma Government.
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    POOR HOME HARRY WAS AN EARL
    169 7 A.P. TWICKENHAM, England. Fri.—"Harry Bourke" one of the most popular folks in the Twickenham Old People's Heme yesterday turned out to be the Earl of Mayo. An official of the Home said he came theie on October 20, on the underslanding that he would
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    The Cavewomen Had It; Cleopatra Too, So Why Fuss Over Falsies
    416 7 U.P. HOLLYWOOD, Friday. ALL this fuss about falsies is downright silly, a theatrical costumer sniffed recently. What makes Hollywood glamour gals think they discovered the things, anyway? Fake fronts, according to Paul Berman, have been going on for thousands
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    'DON'T WASTE TIME ON The A TOM'
    516 8 Warns Atom Founder U.P. BRIGHTON. England. Friday. THAT "Atom Ajge" of cheap perpetual power may never come says Dr. Frederick E. Soddy. A Nobel prize-winner, he predicted as far back as 1906 that the first use of the great destructive force he hejned
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    Bolivian Pilot Says, 'I Got No Warning'
    212 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. Bolivian pilot Erick Rio.s Br;--doux swore in a testimony made public today that the National Airport control tower did not warn him about the Eastern airliner, which his P-38 sent crcashing to earth here last week. The flrst official statement
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    Bright Idea Put Him Back In Jail
    94 8 U.P. EDINBURGH, Fri. George Moody got an idea in jail which netted him 31 pounds (86.80 dollars) when he got out, but which put him bark in. Testimony in Edin- 1 burgh high court today j showed Moody had gone to relatives of
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    A Bandit's Mother In Jail...
    89 8 While Sicilian bandit leader Sa4vator« Giuliano rampages around the island's mountains despite efforts In corral him by Italian police, his mother, Maria Gluliaim li omba r d o 50, is in prison in Agrigento. on the south coast of Sicily. She is charged with aiding
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    A Princess Steps Out
    54 8 Wearing a black dress, Princess Faiza of Egypt makes one of her infrequent public appearances by attending a fashion show at Cairo. The parade was sponsored by 'The New Woman" Egyptian Feminist Association whu.se- membership includes hading socialites. Princess Faiza. second sister of King Farouk, is
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    Red Police Gentle, But Very Thorough
    220 8 A.P. MANILA. Friday. THE outlook for foreigners making a living tn 1 Communist. China is so poor tLiat most of them arc willing to leave, the sooner the better, opined spokesmen among the refugees who arrived here recently. "Chinese Communis poiic? were gentle but
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    Cripps Will Reward Tipsters
    80 8 U.P. LONDON, Fri.—Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, disclosed today that the Government will pay rewards to "tipsters" who inform authorities of violation of British currency control 1 acts. The i ewards, which will presumably be paid for tips on such violations as smuggling of
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    $50,000 FOR STORM VICTIMS
    58 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Fri—Thc American Red Cross headquarters announced today a contribution of US$5O,OOO for emergency relief for storm victims in the Philippines. The money is being transmitted to the Philippine Red Cross. Latest reports from the Philippine society indicate 361,000 persons need assistance, following the tropical
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    NORWAY'S SNOW FOR LONDON
    71 8 A.P. LONDON, Fri. -A schemto bring snow from Norway and build a mammoth ski jump in one of London's large open spaces—Hampstead Heath —is believed to be a practical idea according to Prag, Head of the Not wrgian Tiavel Assoc ation in London yesterday. "The scheme
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    121 9 Copra sellers In Singapore yesterday were asking $35 3 4 per picul f.o.b. Dec. and $35 1/2 for Dec.-Jan. Buyers for both were indicated at $35 per picul. Coconut oil was quoted bymil lers at $58 per picul f.o.b. Dec. with no buyers to meet their ideas. Possible
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    LONDON PEPPER
    44 9 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. The pepper market remained virtually idle today with Malabar prices nominally unchanged. Singapore has lowered its pr.ces for black to 10s. 3d. and white 16s. 6d., owing to the lack of demand and lower resale offers coming from Amsterdam.—U.P.
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    Along the godowns
    76 9 Rajula President Johnson (44); Mvi Ann (E.S.A.I). E.); Soudan (42/43); Biak (41); Keelo (40); Peleus (S8 39); Tasman (35 36): Automedon (33/34): Stanvac I> j 1 r a k (81 32); Hemland (1? 18); Admiral A. P. Fairfield (19 20); Sedili (21); Mantin (32); Merlimau (25); Ma
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    Shanghai Exports Beat The Blockade
    189 9 U.P. HONGKONG, Friday. THE Communist-occupied port of Shanghai exported more than a million dollars worth of commodities to the United States in September despite tht; Nationalist blockade, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported. Declared exports in the month totalled U551,171,811 f.ob. Shanghai, of which 60
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    Jap Silk Trade Picks Up
    104 9 A.P. YOKOHAMA. Fri. The demand for Japanese silk, which had slumped badly in the past years, shows signs of reviving foreign trade, the Corporation for Textiles announced. The Government agency said contracts for export of more than 8,500 bales of raw silk were signed in
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    EAST AFRICAN COPRA FOR UK
    107 9 A.P. DAR ES SALAAM. Fri. A total of 3,000 tons of East African oil-producing copra has been sent to Britain this year, more than the whole season's crop of ground nuts and sunflowers from Kongwa, it was learned here on ThursAn official announcement said that
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    MORE GOODS
    39 9 A.P. Washington, Fri.—The Commerce Department reported goods in the hands of business at the end of September were valued at U5554,800,000,000. It is an increase of US$l5O,--000,000. The gain was concentrated in retail and wholesale trade. —A.P.
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    Slightly Easier
    36 9 Singapore, Fri. The share market continued to be very dull and price* of tin shares tended to ease slightly. Industrials also were a fraction lower. Rubber shares were attracting small Interest at present levels.
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    RUBBER PRICE RISES STEADILY
    148 9 Rubber has again moved steadily upwards, and on the week, has shown a gain of just over a cent on standard sheet and even more on the lower grades, says the rubber market report for the week issued by Lewis Peat Ltd. last night. Trade and
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    YESTERDAY
    93 9 THE rubber commodity market was firm yesterday in S'ugapore with both New York and London reporting higher prices. Prices, locally gained half a cent from Thursday. Closing prices in cents per pound were: Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 Dec. RSS 46% 46 No. 2 Dec. RSS 45% 45% No. 3
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    More World Tariff Talks
    81 9 A.P. GENEVA. Fri. -A third round of tariff negotiations under the 1947 Geneva agreement, will be held next autumn in an effort to lower still more the barriers of trade, it was announced yesterday. A majority of the contacting parties to the general agreement have expressed
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    China Reds Waive Duty
    59 9 Reuter. HONGKONG, Fri.—Cotton is exempted from import duties in Communist China, according to Peking Radio. This enables private merchants to exchange homewoven cloth and home-spun yarn for imported cotton, the Radio added. The decisiion to exempt cotton from import duties was recently made by the Committee
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    GOLD OUTPUT
    90 9 The Raub Australian Gold Mining Limited veporta the following flgurf-3 in October for to?|iage<» crashed and line gold recoveries: Bine Gold Four WiMkfl Tonnage Produred Ended: Crushed: —Ounces: May 21. 1949 1.739 1056.313 June 18. 1949 1,631 745.019 July 21. 1949 1.721 814.493 August 13. 1949 1,681 1005.052
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    126 9 Hi«he*t and Lowest prices during the week ending November 11. 1919 are Highest Lowest < losmc Bayers Noon. Spot Loos.- 46 1/4 45 3/8 46 14 R.M.A. 1 R.S.S. F. 0.8. Nov. 44) 1/4 43 3 8 46 I 4 R.M.A. 2 R.S.S. F. 0.8. Nov. 4ft 1/4
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    793 9 Singapore. Fri. INDUSTRIALS Buytrs Sellers* Atlas Ice 15.50 16.50 Alex. Bn<-kg Pref. 2 AO 2.50 Ord. 2.05 2.15 8.8. Petrol 35/6 36/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/6 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Est. Trust Ag. 7.00 8.00 Fed. Dispensary
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    FOUR FOR FOX TODAY
    2309 10 NEW IMPORTATIONS WILL ATTRACT NOTICE AT BUKIT TIMAH By ALLAN LEWIS SINGAPORE Turf Club's Winter Meeting final meeting at Headquarters for the T^ g dar/ Classes I and 3.. 1 horses have today over seven furlongs. Punters and form students are set a prowem m deciding
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    Selections By ALLAN LEWIS
    114 10 RACE ONE C. 3 Div. 5 C Furs. BALLYMAR Boleh Jadi Wonder Bird RACE TWO Cl. 3 Div. 2 7 Furs. OAKFEL Blue Eyes Soltara Outsider: Lucky Tom RACE THREE CL S Dtv. 4 6 Furs. MEATH ftetgukn So Black RACE FOLK CL S Div. 1
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    RACE CARD
    982 10 DELOW are the acceptors, and non-acceptors weights and jockeys for today's races. The Big Sweep will be drawn-on Race Eight and the Double Totes on Races Five and Eight. RACE ONE HORSES. CLASS 3. DJV. S 6 Ftßft. A 5 YDS. Kashmiri Song (Tulloh) »00 M/s Chew Yam
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    'THE PHANTOM' MAKES HIS DEBUT TONIGHT
    232 10 GREAT World wrestling fans will have the opportunity seeing another newcomer ir action in this week's promotion and this time it will be a tighter with a difference. A European wrestler who hid. his true identity under the titU of "The Phantom" is f-topp,ni-in
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    Newcomers v. Local Mat men
    163 10 Another wrestling festival is being arranged tor 'he Happj World Stadium tonight when few newcomers are arrayed against local mat men. In the main event Tiger Thompson wno drew with Titrcr Amat last week meets Flondie Dono on a gruage fight, after a request by
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    OFFICIALS OF THE JUBILEE
    83 10 Officials of the newiy-fonned Jubilee Amateur Weight Lift Association are:— President: Tng Poh Kian: Vice Presidents: Choo Ah Hock Mr. Sim Ec Kens: Hon. Sfl retary: Michael Soo. Hon. Treasurer: Lim Lian Sens; Hon. Auditor: Sim Ah Lee: Hoi. I r struct or: Chia Kirn Hock
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    SHELL BEAT S.C.C. 3-1
    73 10 Playing in a heavy drtßie Shell "Sports Club beat th Singapore Cricket Club by three-one yesterday at lK>cke.v on the padang. Shelf's first goal carae about ten minute?! after the start through Anthony Chime. Shoppard equalised for the S.C.C. just before the interval. Midway in the
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    C.A.W.L.A. ELECT OFFICIALS
    81 10 At the annual GJeaera > ins o£ the Chinese Amateur Weight Lifters' Association fo lowing member* were elect office bearers to: the year. Patron: Lee Siew Ko* sident: Lam Joon Cfawu: elected): Vice-President I Joan Siong tie-elected>. Lin Kee Fook (re-elected!; we. Chens Swee. Teo Cheok Chuan.
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    S.S. PELEUS TO PLAY CRICKET
    43 10 The S.S. Peleus R* seven soccer matches whiKin port, won three, lost two anu drawn two. Today the Peleus Nun the Norweg.an ship. Fernbay on the Army grout Tomorrow the Peleus team will play R.A.I at 11 a.n..
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    P. PANJANG XI
    60 10 Pasir Paajany U" meet Detriment of ht» 11 at soccer on Morday at Farrer Par* at 5.L3 !<■' P.P.PU. team will be from the ioMowings;--Sob Teow Seng. Goh Leon* Foon Che* v. Sgpg Koh Tian Guan. 1 Samad Sob Tc«w A. Jabrt, Aaix. Abdul la Malik, Choo
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    Rodger's Team In Form; Class One Sprinters Show Up
    539 11 By ALLAN LEWIS TLASS I. Div. I sprinters shower? up well this morning when the number two track was opened for fast work. Even thewgh the going was a little heavy BRIGHT EYES went in her usiifAl brilliant style to run
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    SOMPONG's, LANGFORD's PURSES ARE HELD
    835 11 Ow/y Cte Goes w> 1 rfc Distance—No KG s Ey OSCAR FEKNANfIEZ THE purses of two boxer-—Thailand's N#i 1 Sompong and Ceylon's Sam Langiord—au b?inff withheld: only one bout oi s card of five v ent the full distance, altho rga th'r- were no knockouts;
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    209 11 SAM LANGFORD, Ceylon'bantam and featherweight champion took the ring all smiles at 126 lb., to face a oriminer opponent in Moh Kai Khoon (Ho lb.). Longford, reputed to have been trained by evergreen Gunboat Jack soon lost the grim when Mok shook him with a few upper-ctUs in the
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    SWEDES WIN
    45 11 Reuter. BUENOS AIRES. Fri.— Sweden won the service rill" match In a standing position over 300 metres in the world shooting championships here today with I.GK rr.ints. Finland wciv second with 1,602 joints, Argentina tlrird with 1,5>V.» and Switzerland fourth win l.'cV —Kcuuv
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    Y'S BEATEN
    23 11 The Faculty of Mediciuscored a three goals to one win over the V.M.C.A. in ri hockey game ou their grounu yesterday.
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    Rajas Beat C.A. In Tame Game
    139 11 I(OTA RAJAH defeated a disorganised Chinese n Athletics team by two goals to nil in a S.A.F.A. Cup Tie soccer match at Jalan Besar yesterday. A slippery ground and a ball greasy hindered both teams. The Rajas though not in their usual form was
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    RHODESIA ALL OUT: 166
    297 11 Reuter. BULAWAYO, Fri. —Combining speed and spin effectively, the Australian cricket tourists today dismissed Rhodesia for 166 in the final innings of their three-day match here. By close of play, the tourists had scored 84 without loss. John Wallace was the only Rhodesian batsman to stand
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    RED SOCCER
    56 11 A.P. LONDON, Fri.—More than 6.000,000 persons attended League soccer games in Russia this season, Tass, the official Russian news age»cy reported today. The league prophy was won by Moscow Dynamo. The USSR Football Cun. a separate competition which Tass said involved 8,500 teams, was won by Moscow Torpedo,
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    HULL BUYS RE VIE
    29 11 A.P. LONDON, Fri.— bAll City, the English League second division football team, bought on Friday 'or £20,<>00 Don Hovie. the Leicester *;»tv i.is.de r*m -A.r.
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    Liverpool, Wolves Should Win Today
    358 11  -  By JIM CHAMBERS LONDON. Friday. j IIVERPOOL. at the top of the First Division of L the English Football League, are favoured tc beat Charlton Athletic in one of the top line games on tomorrow's soccer card. The League leaders, with a strong, tightly knit
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    Indonesia Will Join S.E.A. Union—Holla
    162 12 Indonesia Will Join S.E.A. Union —Holla Reuter. RANGOON, Friday. THE United States of Indonesia is prepared to 1 participate in the union of South-East Asian countries, Prime Minister Mohammed Hatta said here today. Such a union, however, he stipulated, must be based on "peace, equality and mutual co-operation." He was
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    COMMUNISTS WILL RESPECT MACAO
    54 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Fri. A Chinese Communist spokesman quoted in the press here today said his Government would continue to respect the integrity of Macao, Portuguese Ls and off the south coast of China. The spokesman was identified as Wong Yuk, Director of the Communist Military Commission
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    LAUREL WANTS TO QUIT PUBLIC LIFE
    149 12 A.P. MANILA., Fri. Naciona'ista presidential candidate Jose P. Laurel broke his post-election silence tonight to say that he is considering retirement from public life. Before a decision is made in two to threw days he told the Associated Press "I want to find out
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    QUIRINO LEADS BY 374,000
    83 12 A.P. MANILA, Fri. President Elpidio Quirino's reelection seemed assured on the basis of unofficial incomplete returns compiled by Manila newspapers three days after the polls closed. Quirino had a margin of approximately 374,000 over his closest opponent Dr. Jose Laurel, puppet piesident under the Japanese occupation.
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    DINNER TO COL. REES-WILLIAMS
    54 12 Colonel David Ress-Williams, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, was entertained to di niter by Mr. C. M. Hashim at his residence in Penang on Thursday night. With Mr. Rees-Wiihams were Mr. J. D. Higham and Mr. J. C. A. Howard-Drake, Twenty-five persons, mostly
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    PAA WANT U.S. TO SALVAGE ITS CNAC STOCK
    107 12 U.P. HONGKONG, Fri—William L. Bond, vice President of the Pan-American World Airways, indicated today that the firm will rely on the United States government to try to salvage its 20 per cent, interest in the China National Aviation Corporation which has defected
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    UK COMMUNIS IS NUMBER 40,161
    59 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. The British Communist Party had a registered membership of 40.--161, organised in about 1,300 areas and factory branches at the end of March this year, the Party's executive Committee reported today. The report added that so far 70 prospective parliamentary candidates had
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    PILOTS' REFUSAL
    45 12 A.P. HONGKONG. Fri.— Twenty of the 23 foreign pilots employed by the Central Air Transport Coi potation turned down the company's offer to fly in Communist C hina, and resigned en mass. Eighteen of this group were American, one British and one Canadian—A.P.
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    USE FORCE URGE
    43 12 U.P. NEW YORK. Fii.—A demand that the United States use force v neces:;ary to obtain the release of ConsulGenet al Angus Ward and other Americans detained ac Mukden by the Chinese Communists was voiced today in the American press. -U.P.
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    AUSTRALIA MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ON RED CHINA
    346 12 Reuter. CANBERRA, Friday. A TTSTRALIAN External Affairs Minister Herbert A. Evatt said today that had made no recognition of the Chinese Communist Government or the Japanese peace trCa He made this statement after the conclusion of discussions here between and New Zealand diplomats
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    WELL DONE KLANG
    35 12 University month in Selangor realised at total of $38,000 of which the biggest single contribution of $15,000 came from K'.ang as the result of a flag day and fair at the Park.
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    WEEK-END DIARY GENERAL
    225 12 TODAY Y.W.C.A.: Advisory Youth Committee Meeting at 4 p.m. at 5 Raffles Quay. .m?^I?„ Ll:ADERS TRAINing COURSE: Camp at Aver Biru. All to meet at Social Welfare Department at 2.30 p.m. Y.M.G.A.: Movie Circle Show— 8 n.m SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB: Meeting at 3 p.m. at Y.M.C.A. Orchard
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    352 12 TODAY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTI8T CHURCH: (5. Penang Road); Sabbath School 3.30 p.m., preaching service 5 p.m. TOMORROW CHURCH OF ENGLAND: St. Andrew's Cathedral 7 a.m. 8 а.m., 10.30 a.m., 11.30 &.m., 5.30 p.m. St. G«orge'« Garrison Church. Tanglin, (open to civilians) 7.15 a.m., 9 a.iu., 9.45 a.m. б.30
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    CINEMA
    301 12 CAPITOL: "Bud Abbott Lou Cost el lo meet the Killer Boris Karloff" at U, 1.45. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Midnight ''Task Force" with Gary Cooper; Sunday matinee—"Cover Girl" with Rita Hayworth at i) a.m. CATHAY: "The Kins of Our Patters" with Liv Keng and Su Siew Wun at 11,
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    SPORT
    117 12 RACES Singapore Winter Meeting 1st Day. B. Timah. RUGBY: Comb. Servicer,, v. Johore, J. Besar Stadium; R.A.F. Seletar v. Nee Soon at Nee Soon; Police v. Naval Base at Naval Ba. c e. HOCKEY: R.A.F. Seletar v. Hongkong Bank, Seletar; S.C.C. v. Customs, 4.45 p.m. at padang; Ceylonese v.
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    MENTRI BESAR HEARS JUNGLE FAIRY TALES
    148 12 The Mentri Besar of Pahang in the course of a fourday lour of Temerioh District with the British Adviser, Mr. W.C.S. Cony, and the District Officer, spoke, at Mentakab. to two sui rendered youngsters aged 14 and 16. The elder bey had been a
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    ORCHESTRA PLAYS TO FULL HOUSE
    74 12 The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Batavia conducted by Mr. Yvon Baarspul again played to a full house in its final performance in the Singapore Festival of Music last night. Dvorak's Symphony in E Minor the 'New World' Symphony —ai? played by Uie Batavians will be
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    RECRUITING FOR ARMY WORK
    89 12 Major J. Frost, the Chief Recruiting Officer for Malaya, on behalf of the Civil Labour Conttol Team, will seek 365 recruits as future Malayan-other-ranks from the Chinese, Malay and Indian youths >n Penang, Taiping and Ipoh. The recruits will be sent to all branches of the
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    DR. SUN'S BIRTHDAY
    57 12 U.P. MANILA. Fri. The Chinese community of the Philippines will celebrate the birthday anniversary of Dr. Dr. Sun Vat-sen, father of the Chinese Republic, tomorrow with appropriate ceremonies and programmes. Highlight of the celebration will be an address by Chinese abansador Chen Chih-ping before members of the
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    MADRAS CITY A NEW STATE
    46 12 A.P. MADRAS Fri. Congress President P. Seetharamayya told newsmen here recently that he favoured constituting Madras City into a separate city state. Both the Ondhras and the Tamiiians claim Madras as their capital when the province is divided on linguistic lines.—A.P.
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    LONDON SHARES
    147 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri.—There was a complete reversal of trend in British Government stocks today. Prices wont strongly ahead on Government support and closed with gains up to two and a half points. This support was reported to be substantial and widespread and was the first seen for many
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    ARMISTICE DAY DECISION BY BIG THREE
    130 12 U.P. PARIS. Frl.~ on tiie thirtyfirst anniversary of World War I the foreign ministers of the three greet Western Power agreed today that no country shall be permitted to menace the peace and security of its neighbours. They said they iiad resolved to use
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    GEOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
    63 12 The first Georgraphy Exhibition to be held in Penang was opened yesterday by Mr. G. L. Bayliss. acting Senior Inspector of Schools, before gathering of principals, inspectors of vernacular schools, as well as senior students of the Convent. Divided into various sections under the charge of different schools,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT;
    33 12 Mr. S. G. Dhastharir Madam Shaik Ahamad thank all those who h a messages of eoadolena wreaths and attended the funeral of the late Mr. s Shaik Ahamad ol Ifohamed Ayoob Co.
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