Malaya Tribune, 10 December 1949

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    51 1 MALAYA Tribune e*JS3 S'pom LARCtR SCALES 77 LAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 38H/3 X N« Lm h'uoushed simultaru <>u*ty vi cmyapure, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh ana renting TOELVg PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE ly\ln>\ 'n.PRESESTAUVE R Muurue rhnrr SATI RDAV. DEC. 10.
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    FOREIGNERS IN JAVA GET 'DEATH'LETTERS
    370 1 British subjects may be evacuated by air Tribune Staff Reporter DRITISH firms with branches in Java are becoming alarmed at the |>rospe»"t of bloodshed and mob violence brea k ing out in Indonesia at the transfer <ff |M)wer to the Indonesian Government on Dec. 27.
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    China Looks South, Says The Economist
    273 1 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. In an article entitled 'China looks South," the Economist says that th? Far East now has its Corn in form, and that the recent Pekin? trad? Union conference marked out th? main lines on which Chinese Communist activity is to develop.
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    GERMANS DEMAND AN ARMY
    132 1 U.P. BONN. Pri. Wst G.rman Chancellor Konrad Adenauer uiged the Western Allies today to permit limited rearmament of Germany to cope with what he suggested was ;i greater danger a Russian threat to the western world. Foi the fourth time within a week Adenauer urged that
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    FORMOSANS ASK AMERICA FOR A PLEBISCITE
    83 1 A.P. TOKYO. Fii TtM Fotmosan League for Independence j has urged General Mac Arthur to oust the Chinese Nationallata fiom Formosa ;:nd occupy that island Mtuil it obtains 1 ft eedom. The League referred to the "fcudahstie tyranny' of the Nationalists and the conosive
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    INDIA TO BAN STRIKES
    54 1 A.P. NEW DELHI Fri. A bill to make strikes in public utilities illegal is to be introduced in the Indian Parliament, according to the Statesman, the Britishowned newspaper. The bill also makes illegal strikes and walkouts in sympathy with political movements It provides tor collective bargaining
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    RACING LATEST
    34 1 Albert Spencer 'phoned this morning to say that the coursr is in excellent condition and that the going should be good. For his latest selections and best outsider see page ten. w
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    SHORT CUT
    27 1 A.P. PARIS. Fri. —Work has be- gun on a short cut through the Suez Canal, the Canal aui thorities headquarters anI nounced in Paris today.—A.P.
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    EMBALMED
    17 1 A.P. SOFIA. Fri. —The embali ment of the late Bulgarian Premier. Georgi Dimitrov, was completed today.—A.P.
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    THE SAME OLD STORY
    71 1 LONDON. Fit A British Colonial OfBCC spokesman said tonight Britain plans no officia plebiscite in her statcgic Mediterranean Island Co'ony j of Cyprus. Commenting on reports thai the Holy Synod of the Cyprus'* Churcn sad cmlied on Greek i Cypriota to express their will foi union
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    THAIS IN BURMA
    26 1 RANGOON. Fit-- The Snm Koreign Minister, Na» Pote Sarasin. arrivcu here tooay at the head of a Blue-man good will mission to Bune >
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    Faster Than Sound
    63 1 Before the eyes of newspaper men, the t'.S. Navy's Douglas Skyrocket with test Pilot (iene May at the controls sweeps across the air base at Murog, California, I SA, at a speed probably faster than that of sound. The Navy released no precise figures but observers said
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    JAPS BUY 5,500 TONS RUBBER IN 3 DAYS
    142 1 Tribune Staff Reporter JAPAN has bought 5,500 tons ot Malayan rubber valued at over 55.500.000 in the last three days. This is the biggest single bout of robber purchases by Japan in Malaya this year. Even if she huvs nothing 5 A*
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    HERBERT TELLS THE WORLD
    204 1 U.P. DARWIN. Fri —Herbert Ammon, 25. an Australian, charged on his arrival by air from Batavia. last night that the Dutch had held him without charge in a "concentration camp" for 14 months. Ammon said he was picked up when he was a member of the
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    Former Spy Hunter Defrauded Govt.: Sent To Prison
    328 1 U.P. WASHINGTON. Friday. I ParueU Thomas, his Congressional rank ROtle, J was sentenced today to from six to 18 months imprisonment and fined US$lO,OOO for payroll ana salary frauds against the government. As the 54-year-old New Jersey Republican—barred forever from Federal office
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    ESTATE SALE
    35 1 Reuter. LEEDS. Yorkshire. Fri the Fai I of Harewood. nep hew of the King, is to sell a UUrge part of his 24.000 acre estate at Harewood. because of heavy death duties. —Renter.
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    UN BUDGET
    20 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Fri The U.N. Assembly's Budget Committee approved a i960 budget of U5541.641.773 for the United Nations.
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    Strike Threat For More Pay In France
    149 1 Reuter. PARIS. Friday. N nvs of strikes and threat enod stoppages Including a possible general strike of raihvaymen today put further pressure on the French Government lor higher wages. Railway unions told their members to be "ready for any action necessary to defend
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    MALAYAN FEDERATION OF UNIONS
    144 1 Reuter. LONDON. Fri -Malaya s three observcis at the conference weie agreed that the creation of a new world body had opened up a fresh era for trade unions. Mr Mohammed Yusof bu Mohamrrrcd Noor said that the lesson he had 'earned at the conference was
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    TIN MARKET IS STEADY
    108 1 U.P. LONDON. Fri.— The tin market was .steady with spot unchanged at £604-1 2 and three month? B bit easier at $564-3 4 but the turnover was high at 165 tons The closing pi ices ot the official morning session were Spot -£604 buycis. £800 selleis
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    STRICT ORDERS TOBORDER PATROLS
    134 1 A.P. SAIGON Fii. "Stricl OT- Ins to dUarrn till Natiottall rt forces trying to ciom the bdrdek" fiom China luivr baea issued to Ficnch troops in liuJocnma. the Fiench High Commissioner, in ladochftna. Leon Pignon. said today. The question of recognising the Chinese Communist.; wi' l
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    STOP PRESS
    14 1 Ihe Governor of Sarawak, Mr. D.G. Stewart died at 11-30 a.m. today.
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    Rumanian Mid-Air Drama
    92 1 U.P. BELGRADE. Fri. Four Rumanians fatally shot a militia guard aboard a Rumanian airliner today and forced the pilot In fly them to Belgrade. ihe transport, flying from Turnu. Severin. Rumania, and originally bound fot Bucharest, landed here with 19 passengers and five lewtuen and the dead
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    NO PORT HOLE NURSE QUITS SHIP
    152 2 BECAUSE there was no port hole to her cabin, Mrs. Margherita GoveMia. Kalian nurse. tfot 1,01 ■™P at Singapore last week. "It was too fctuffy and I was practically baked on the trip out to Singapore from Horrgkong," .-he said. She asked for another
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    APPOINTMENT
    16 2 Mi. John M. Devereux Co'eburn has been appointed to act temporarily as a Police Magistrate.
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    RIAF GOODWILL MEN TO MEET C-G
    167 2 k ROYAL Indian Air Force goodwill mission led by 35-year-old Air Commodore Nanda will meet Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commissioner-General foi South-East Asia on Monday. The Mission arrived at Tengah yesterday in an R.I.A.F. Dakota for a three-day stay. They will also visit Siam.
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    New Rule To Protect The S.H.B
    192 2 THE Singapore Harbour Board will not be liable fOC any loss or damage [o goods worth more than a $10%) unless these goods nave been declared in accordance with a regulation published in Colony s Government Gazette last night For goods up to $2.000
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    COLLAPSED IN EXAM HALL
    118 2 WHILE taking his exam for English honours at the Education Department on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Foo Thye Jin, 41 year, old court interpreter, suddenly collapsed and died. Mr. Foo, who had been in the Government service for the past 21 years, was suffering from high blood
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    T-B TAKES 19
    39 2 Pneumonia took the highest toll with 21 deaths during the week ending December 3 four less, than the previous period. T.B. came next with 19 compared to 26 the week before, and enteritis accounted for 18.
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    CACL FOR 3 MORE STC MEN
    83 2 THREE more Singapore Traction Company bus conductors were each given six uteks hard at the Second Police Court yesterday after they were found guilty of breach of trust of 10 cents in each case. The men were, Seah Liak Chuan, Teh Kirn Koo. and
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    ALL Smiles
    62 2 Mr. and Mrs. William i Stafford swaine, hliu were married ycsterda> at the S Cathedral of Ike Qggi 1 i Shepherd, Singapore. The J bride is HMgmw S of Mr. and Mn. Thomas i Henry Martin of Hare held, I Abridge, Middlesex. Th b brldogVOOlliVi r parents are
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    S'PORE TO SEND 4 MEN TO ILO MEET IN CEYLON
    276 2 SINGAPORE will sencMour delegates two for Government, one for manage- ment and one for labour —to the second Asian Regional Conference of the Inte-n-ational Labour Organisation to be held from January 18 to 28 next year, at Nuwera Eliya, Ceylon.
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    Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ma Seng, who were recently maried at Jmi Chiat Terrace. The bridegroom is a S ) rjm ot Mr. and Mrs. Ta\ Hen„ Keang and the bride, \ Ih. < Id. st daOgfcter H Mr. and Mrs. Chua Qeofc Kiio. j
    42 2 Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ma Seng, who were recently maried at Jmi Chiat Terrace. The bridegroom is a S rjm ot Mr. and Mrs. Ta\ Hen„ Keang and the bride, Ih. &lt; Id. st daOgfcter H Mr. and Mrs. Chua Qeofc Kiio. j
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    Manager Changed Book Entries—Court Told
    112 2 Manager Changed Book Entries —Court Told HAROLD Cecil Latter. 45). a Eurasian sales manager of Messrs. Lee Fletcher, was stated yesterday to have altered the duplicate receipts in a cash hook. This was stated in the Third Police Court when I Batter appeared on tentative charges of misappropriating $100 of
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    Jogja Is Free —But Indonesians Stay Put
    132 2 THE prospect of free Indonesia is not drawing home Indonesians living abroad. A spokesman of the Dutch Consul-General's Office said yesterday that the number of visas, issued foIndonesia for the past three months averaged a little above a thousand a month the normal
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    Retiring Alter 35 Yrs.
    47 2 Air. Char. Geok Eng, who retired from the Malacca Municipality after H years servic.'. lie saw Malacca grow from a town lit by kerosene oil lamps to its present modern state. Mr. Chan was described bj a former Municipal Secretary as "the Municipality".
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    CLERK GETS GRATUITY LESS $150
    99 2 KOH Kirn Guan, a temporary clerk at the Food Control Office. whose gratuity of $1,893.75 has been forwarded to the Official Assignee on Ins retrenchment from the service, will get it back less $150. Koh is a bankrupt with debts totalling *735. He had paid
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    NEW LAWYER
    27 2 Mr. K. K. LYT.boiuah, an advocate and solicitor, wms admitted to the Colony Bar yesterday. Mr. r. l." Eber appeared in support of the application.
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    AMERICAN GENERALS WILL STAY AT BUKIT SERENE
    205 2 THE two American generals who are expected h&lt; re on Monday for high-level policy discussion* with the Commissioner-General and the Far Eastern chiefs of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force, will stay at Bukit Serene with Mr. Mai colm
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    PRESENTATION POSTPONED
    46 2 Because of the critical condition of the Governor oi Sarawak, the presentation of certificates to nurses and hospital assistants of the Government Medical Service, by Mrs. P. A. B. McKerron. scheduled to be hold at the General Hospital. Singapore, oh Monday has been postponed.
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    Fought 5 thugs till police came
    214 2 WHEN Mr. B. L. Narang. an Indian clerk of Jalan Ishak. Kampong Melayr. was listening to a radio play •Appointment with Fear on Thursday night, he was attacked by five robbers two armed with daggers. Mr. Narang went into action and a fight ensued
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    HE PAID OFF ALIEN-FINED
    72 2 Ngun Joo Hai, 38. a ship owner, was fined $100 by tin Fourth Police MagistKit. yesterday after he pleaded guilty to paying off an alien sailor without notifying tne Immigration Officer. Ngun pleaded that he discharged Abu bin "JC* because there was nothing for him to
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    BOMBS THROWN BY BANDIT DID NOT EXPLODE
    395 3 my j KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. yiXiL bandits were killed, four arrested and 16 sus pects detained in the Federation by security forces operating in various States and districts. A military patrol composed of 1 6 Gurkhas across two Chinese in Jerantut yesterday. Both
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    POOR FOOD MAIN CAUSE CF ILLNESS
    150 3 FILLGWi nuti ition survey of th? wesi coast of Malaya. Injcm Laidtn bin Alang Musa. on'y Nutrition Field Omeei in the Federation, was intei viewed by Noni Wright on Radio Malaya last night. As a result of his investigations. Inchc Laidin found that the
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    FIRESTONE WINS TYRES' CLAIM
    232 3 THE Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., (S.S.) Ltd., which sued the Singapore Harbour Board for damages for breach of contract of bailment in respi ct of 17 tyres from godown No. 1 during July. 1946. obtained judgment in the High Court, yesterday, for $2,053 and costs.
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    BIG CONCESSIONS
    29 3 Reuter. DUESSELDORF, Fri.—Maj Gen. W. H. Bishop. British Commissioner for tho Ruhr, has made extensive new dismantling concessions, according to the North Rhine Westphalian Ministry of economics.—Reuter.
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    It Warn Fun For Alf At The Sale
    93 3 Tomlinson Hall w a s crowded yesterday for the jumble sale in aid of the Margaret Dry- burgh Memorial Fund. organised by the Ladies Work Party of the Pres- byterian Church. S The money realised i will go to the building funds
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    CITY MAY HAVE PERMANENT DEPUTY CHIEF
    164 3 THE Municipality may have a permanent Deputy President. Municipa/ Commissioners have agreed to recommend to the Governor-in-Council .o ap point a Deputy President at a salary of $1,200 to assist the President. The question of the administrative organisation of the Municipality is also to
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    SCOUTS HOLD CINEMA SHOW
    59 3 The Fust Singapore Sea Scout Group, who were recently 'pnated' of 5.500 woith of equipment fiom their •Den", wiT sponsor a cinema show at the Alhambra tomorrow at 8.30 a.m. to make good their loss. The picture that will be screened on Sunday morning will be
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    DOPE PEDDLER
    33 3 A.P. FRANKFURT. Fri. An Arab convicted by an American court today for selling marijuana cigarettes to Germans and Americans in the U.S. occupation zone has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment.—A.P.
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    Reward for Mandore
    77 3 P.R.D. Picture. &gt; i Mentri Wahat bin V Timbang. a Malay FW'I) mandore, receiving a l reward «if $50 from N the District Office, Jelebu, i S \lr. C. E. Howe (right) 1 i on December 7. The reward was paid by Air Headquarters Far East Air
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    Kept Reds At Bay From Wounded Commander
    187 3 |?OR his endurance and courage in an action at Bukit Chegeh, Selangor on the night of September 25. Lance Corporal William Morgan, of the 2nd Battalion. Scouts Guards, has been awarded the Military Medal. L Cpl. Morgan was a member of a platoon
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    CONCERT TO AID FUND
    52 3 The Children's Aid Society will present a concert under the patronage of Mr. P. A. B. McKerron in aid of the Society Fund at 29. Tomlinson Road next Friday. The programme will consist of piano solos, accordion solos and piano duets played by Mr. and Mrs.
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    HUNGER, MALARIA STALK REDS
    132 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THREE more surrendered bandits in statements to the police, have told of privations prevailing amor/, r bandit gangs, their ebbing morale and the unjust treatment meted out by the* leaders to their men. The first bandit, a Cantonese. 28, born in China ■aid
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    WORK AND PLAY
    230 4 TBI CMMretVi S&lt; hunt at the loytl Air I ore* Maintenance Hase is a happ&gt; ptoe* titr &gt;&lt;M&gt; 8ervi« children who are h-aroint; thHr thr« 'r's. I'ar out of the total area theor t,..ol children from \&gt; ry wfv rOMR* to nhout 1"&gt; IiikI their schooling a
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    39 5  -  by OSWALD HENRY are also handled by Ruth Hussey as Daisy'- friend Joan baker, Mac Donald Carey as Daisy s cousm Vick rarraway, and Shelley Winters as the girl whose death brings about the final reckoning.
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    CAPITOL
    143 5 "MR. BELVEDERE GOES 10 COLLEGE"—Those who enjoyed "Sitting Pretty" will find plenty to laugh at in this amusing sequel which takes the surpassable Lynn Belvedere to Clemens College. Mr. Belvedere is still the supercilious, acid tongue gentleman who thinks himself a genius and makes no excuse to say so.
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    ALHAMBRA
    122 5 "GALLANT PATRIOT" lin Chinese) Wartime China, with its unsung heroes of the Resistance Movement struggling to stymie the Japanese invaders, is the setting for the action that is packed into this moving tale of a schoolteacher who successively turns bandit chief and underground worker t&lt;"&gt; frustrate the enemy. He
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    REX
    159 5 "ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON"—Those of you who think that your iirst lovo is the only girl in the world for you may think otherwise after .seeing this musical which teams Dennis Morgan, Don DeFore. Janis Paige and Dorothy Maloue as the foursome who find their lives .switched about when the
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    PAVILION
    184 5 "THE LAST DAYS OF DOLWYN"—A highly dramatic story of 1892 portrayed by an outstanding cast headed by Bmylyn Williams, Dama Edith Evans, Richard Burton, Anthony .lames and Andrea Lap, ft is the touching tale of an attempt by a 'renegade Welshman, an an agent for the chairman of an
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    ONE KILLED IN CONVICTS' ESCAPE BID
    225 5 U.P. MIAMI, Florida, Friday.— A group of Negro convicts armed with potash "bombs" and sharp tools barricaded themselves in barracks in the Florida Keys today. One prisoner was killed and two officers were burned in an hour-long battle before the revolt was quelled. The
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    NO PANTOMIME ON CHRISTMAS DAY?
    103 5 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. British provincial children are threatened with the loss of their own Christmas Time theatrical show the pantomime because of a token strike ordeted by the Musician 1 'nion. Five bundled have been asked to strike on Christmas Eve following the failure of
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    DEFINITELY NO
    39 5 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. —a proposal that oO British Colonic-: throughout tlio world should bo represented in the House of Commons was rejected by Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison. He said the Government's policy was to encourage selfgovernment.—Reuter.
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    PLANE MOSSING
    35 5 U.P. OAKLAND, California. Fri A DC-3 with four passengers •and a crew of three aboard was missing and overdue last night on a flight from Oakland to Sacramento, the Civil Aeronautics Administration reported.—CP.
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    PELT BECOMES COMMISSIONER IN LIBYA
    95 5 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Fii. Adrian Pelt, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, was today nominated for the post of High Commissioner for Libya. The post carries a salary of U5534,000 a year. The nomination by a subcommittee appointed by the General Assembly's political committee
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    PICKPOCKETS WORRY H'KONG
    67 5 Reuter. MANILA. Fri.—Hongkong can be considered a model colony except for pickpockets, according to Senator Fernando Lope/ who has just returned Irom a week's visit to the British Crown Colony. There is peace and order in Hongkong. Senator Lopez said. Goods there are cheap and the cost
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    Shake speare Was A Sergea nt—Duff Cooper
    139 5 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. Shakespeare was a non-commis-sioned officer in the British Army, according to Sir Alj fied Dud' Cooper in a new book, "Sergeant Shakespeare." .-vtiempting to account for the "six unaccounted for years between Shakespeare s 1 departure from Stratford, and his
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    COMMISSIONERS
    578 6 Municipal Commissioners be paid for their services or should the knowledge that they have been accorded the honour of serving th« people be sufficient reward? Tins question has not, so far, been discussed freely and frankly because some people feel that to introduce the question of payment for publir
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    THE OPERATION WAS A SECRET BUT THE ENEMY KNEW TOO MUCH
    3702 6 WE might have been very QtltCjb woise off. There were some tins of bul'y in the car and someone had a flask of rum. Our quarters were not luxurious, but at any rate there was plenty of floor space
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    IS PLAMISTRY A SCIENCE?
    1148 7 By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 11 &gt; itonlshes me to find novi miny th'-rr are who betteye that the lines in .the palm arc creases ca ted b] opening and closni the hand. It is obvious thai such people nave never scrutinised and* rompared prints and observed
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    The Best Known Name In Indochina
    369 7  -  By MILTON MARMOR A.P. HANOI. INDOCHINA. 11! IK best known BARM Bl Indochina belongs to an soling man whose whereabout are BO cloaked in mystery thai the highest French authorities admit they have no tangible evidence he is alive The man is Ho Chi
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    Dogs Cut Cover Girls Out Of Money
    526 7  -  By HAL BOYLE A.P. NEW YORK EVFRYBODY loves dogsexcept cover girls.. Too I many dogs are getting their faces on the front pages of magazines, thus cutting cover girls out of money. In the foyer ot a model-* 'ng school hero is a
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    CLUE
    75 7 A Chinese Innkeeper gave New York police a clue which enabled them to make a rapid arrest in a case of robbery with vio!. ace A ringer which. Raid the innkeeper, he had bitten off the hand of one of his assailants. Within an hour thr polio &gt; charged
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    AUSSIES WILL CAST THEIR VOTES TODAY
    487 8 Few Will Think Of Foreign Policy A.P. SYDNEY, Friday. WHL Australians vote tomorrow, few will think of foreign policy. The whole general election campaign ha* been fought entirely on domestic issues, for the opposite parties are close to agreement on world polities. Both aim
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    SEA Union 'Imperative Necessity'
    99 8 U.P. MANILA. Fri. Thai Minister to the Philippines Dr.Luang Bhadravadi. in a radio talk last night, said the proposed Southeast Asia Union is an "imperative necessity." Speaking at the weekly Foreign Office radio programme Bhadravadi said the projected union does not contravene the charter of the
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    POPE APPEARS AFTER FIVE MONTHS
    117 8 Reuter. ROME. Fri. Thousands of Romans assembled in Saint Peters Square yesterday to cheer Pope Pius XII when he made his first appearance in public for five months. The Pope, clad entirely in white, a silver crucifix at his breast, came onto the steps of
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    Took Too Much For Granted
    83 8 A.P. v HANOVER. Fri. —A farmer, making some i purchases in Krefeld. suddenly remembered he had left his bicycle unguarded and unlock- i cd. He made a vow to V give five marks to charity if it had not &gt; j been stolen. It was
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    CEYLON MUST AID ITS NA TIONALS HERE
    163 8 U.P. COLOMBO. Fri. Repatriated Malayan Ceylonese may prove the biggest problem to the State, unless the Government comes to their rescue. Fears to this effect wete expressed at a public meeting held in Jaffna, at which Mr. A. T. Vethapaianam presided. The enunciation
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    Filipinos Go Trigger Happy; Five Die
    246 8 A.P. MANILA. Friday. FILIPINO habit of "hosing" the vicinity with r automatic-weapon fire, was resumed, when fighting claimed the life of a fifth youth in 24 hours. Arj -linario Ma;tinez, 13, was round on a downtown Manila street 266 feet away from where nolice
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    HORROR LIMITED
    36 8 A.P. GENEVA, Thurs.- Representatives of 9 nations, including all the major powers except Russia, solemnly signed the four Geneva Conventions of 1948 today, setting a legal limit to the horrors of any future war.—A.P.
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    Mrabai Dances In U.K.
    30 8 M rabai Dances In U.K. Mirahai. the young Hindu dan er. popularly known as •India's Pavlova", who made her tirM appearance in London at the Imperial Institute Film Theatre, recently.
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    ONLY U.S. CAN SAVE FORMOSA
    232 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Friday. HIGH official sources said today that American policymakp™ have decided that there is nothing the United States can dS ou?sWe of act ual military intervention to prevent Formosa from falling into Communist hands it the Chinese Nationalists are "™^^gg£ ntkm fle finitely
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    SACKED FOR OWN SAKE
    110 8 Reuter. HAMSTEAD COLLIERY. Birmingham. Fri. An blvear old coal miner has been sacked "for his own sake." The miner, William Henry Stevenson, who for more than 50 years has worked below ground, has been asked every now and again in the last few years by officials
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    Malaya May Plant 4,500 Acres Of Cocoa
    147 9 MR Ree&-Williams. Under--1» soert ary of State for The Colonies told the House of Commons on Thursday that cocoa cultivation in Malaya was being developed wiTh an experimental area of four hundred acres \hothei 4 50Q acre* are now under consideration The tot]
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    No Subsidy For Sugar
    94 9 A recently published re- port on thi* sugar industry 01 British Guiana recom- I nendnd a guarantee subsidy of one pound sterling per ton of sugar to oe paid by the Britten Government. In th c Commons on Thursday it was stated that the Secretary of
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    JAP SUBSIDY
    56 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO. Fri,-To counter the effects ol an increase in electric power charges this month, the Japanese Government ib planning subsidies to the chemical industry, Trade and Industry Minister IMturo Inagaki told the Lower House "i tne Diet yesterday. Power ehairV" :tie 10 increased and average ol 33
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    GOOD OFFTAKE, HIGHER PRICES
    339 9 RUBBER THIS WEEK HAD THE week has seen a further advance in rubber prices, the market being stimulated by good trade and factory buying and there has been a considerable offtake from this market, says the rubber market review for the week issued by Lewis and
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    Tin Prices
    57 9 Tin continued to slip in Singapore yesterday. The Uiop was by $1.25 cents to a piice of $28*i-25 per picul LONDON, DEC. 9. Spot £604 buyers Unchanged Three months f565 Up £1 ruirio- ci f,o t..as Second session: Spot irtbi tuivers —No bu ers on Thur. 1 nree
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    Along the godowns
    81 9 Hoi Wong (44); Slotrrdijk (42 43); Wttaeai (40); Banguara (4U 41); Samapor (41); Tasinan Rum River (3« 9S Rajah Broke (11 38); Penrith tas tie (SS 34); IVrndaJe (17 18); t.ujarat (19 20); S. B B. Crait (21 22); President Fillmore (23 24); Sirusa (25 26); Whfm
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    U.S. RICE FOR INDONESIA
    48 9 A.P. CROWLEY. Louisiana. Fri Purchase of about 80.0000 tons of rice for Indonesia was announced by J. M. Trotter, a representative of Internatio Rotterdam Incorporated. Mr Trotter said approximately bo&lt;. ol the rice will be .shipped during December, the balance durins january a p.
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    136 9 KffiMM and lowest prices during the week endm* December Highest l owest Huniiik Hut el s Situ h Spot K. M.A.I. R. 8.& FOB. Dor. R M.A 2. R S.S. F. 0.8. Dep. R..VI.A. 3 R. 8.& K.OB. Dae "C" Banket Crept F. 0.8. De R.M.A.I. Paif Crep»-
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    LOAN GOODS
    32 9 The second batch of goods from the Philippines for the Republic cf lrdonesia arrived at the poit of Tnndjor g Pnok, t fskarta •eccntly, ■■noun 11 i Dutch D.okirta radio.
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    Jap Experts Get To Work In India
    156 9 jVTEW DELHI, Fri. Seven Japanese technicians brought here by the Government of India now are training 25 skilled and 450 unskilled workers in the methods ol Japanese home industries The party consists of three bamboo industry specialists Masayoshi AdaehL Toru Hosen and Yoshiro
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    US To Join Mission To Japan
    77 9 A.P. M. ATLANTA, Georgia, Fri.— Directors of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute Thursday agreed to co-operate with Britain in sending a joint textile mission to Japan. The Chairman of the Board. Mr. Attison MeKissick was empowered to appoint four American representatives. The mission will
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    RICE CROPS
    37 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Friday. Formosa Lfl expected to produce 12.300,000 bushels of ~cc during 1949, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported yesterday. The Department's estimate is more than 7,000,000 bushels larger than the 1948 crop. -A.P.
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    INDUSTRIALS STILL FIRM
    38 9 Singapore, Fri. i The industrial section J of the local share market continued a firm spot and i rubber shares were still attracting some interest. S Tin shares were quietly I steady at present levels.
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    Japan Seeks Big Trade With China
    174 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Fri. Japan wants to import raw materials on a large scale from Communist China and on a private basis, the. Business Managers Association, an organisation of leading business executives, has told a high SCAP economic adviser, according to the Kyodo news agency.
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    Jap Trade Up In Nov.
    103 9 Reuter. TOKIO. Fri Revival of trade with the Sterling Area marked an upsurage of exports in November to the highest figure since last February. Trade Industry Ministry sources said that export contracts concluded in November totalled 49,063,000 yen, not including 50,000,000 y&lt; i. worm of
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    LESS TAXES
    23 9 Reuter. TOKIU. Wed The Goveramenl is planning to remove the major obstacle to foreign investment in Japan high tax rates. Keuter.
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    WAIT AND SEE ATTITUDE ON JAP DUMPING
    128 9 A.P. WASHINGTON Fri. Japanese Premier Tosrudo's statement that he will punich Japsiicse exporters who dump goods abroad by banning them Dom world markets is being received in Washington with a wait-and-see attitude. 'In spite of the Premier's statement there are Japanese firms and
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    RUBBER CROPS
    57 9 Turquand, Youngs, McAulifle and Co, announce the following rubber crops lor November Alor Gajati Rubber Estate Limited 118,000 Ayer Panas Rubber Estated Limited 118,000 Glenealy Plantations Limited 72.000 Kluang Rubber Company Limited 63.000 Pa jam Limited 184,000 Tambalak Rubber Estates Limited 32,430 Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Limited 68,064
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    93 9 Coltee was sllgnlly easier at market opening in Singapore yesterday with busiDC I ll g at $104 per picul for Rio N0.5 ready Of ex-Ruys. Business was lati r done at $103'- but aftet tbr the market rose steadily ami Closed at $100 per picul buy ers with
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    831 9 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY uSUUSirtIALS Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 Alex, brick» Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.10 2.20 B B. Petrol 33/- 34/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/3 16/6 E. Utd. Assur. 39.25 40.25 Est. Trust Fed. Diapenaary 6.50 7.00 Fraser Neave Pref.
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    ITALY'S GOALIE SAVES
    39 10 ITALIA J&gt; iOftHe &lt;iiueeppe Mora lea;)** t«» save during an English raid (in his goalmouth an i hVrl in the international eoCQCV ma'ch between England ;:n;l Italy. England won l»y two c&lt;»al Mi one. A.l*. Pliaf.
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    "They never come back' is a very true ring axiom
    372 10  -  By ARCHIE QUICK THEY never come back" is a well-worn and very true axiom of the Prize King. Just one more ex-champion has taken his pitcher to the well once too often and s&gt;een his attempted come-back i* 1 dismally.
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    WINNER'S A BOTTLE-BABY
    62 10 ReuterAAP. MF.LBOI'KNF. Fri Racehorse Miliord. who recently won three 1 aces on Melbourne courM-v .1 "bottle baby." Miliord. a New Zealand horse was "disowi.:*d" by his moiher as .1 foal and his bleeders, two women, reared him on the bottle. Miliord at £A 315 was a bargain
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    FLORENCE B.P TO MEET WINSFIELDS
    54 10 Following will represent Florence Eadminton Party against Winsneld B.P. on Sunday, at the formers court No. 1 at 6 p.m. SINGLES Hoo Chun Kah: Wee Eng Siang; Hussin b. Ibrahim Ahmad b. Hnwiiiy Koh Buck Chve Teo Swee Hee. RESERVES Ng bee Chui: Pang Swee
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    India Just Below World Rank—Barna
    126 10 Table-Tennis Reuter. BANGALORE. Fri. India will gain many honours in' i able-tennis if she maintains t". r present progres.s in the game, tile world table- tennis star. Vie. or Barna. .said here. British table-unnis star and ;'&lt; :r.- r \v&lt;&gt;r!ri champion R'chard Bergmana, who with
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    JOLLILADS
    57 10 Following art requested to turn up for Jollilads Athletic Cnion /jceer team against Malayan Railway Instytute Singapore on Sunday on the Railway ground Kampong Bahru Road. Tho Juniors will meet the Railway Boy? at 4 p.m. Xarayaiia. Kader. Mofchtar. Ghani. Rayman. Anyanagam, Sintha. Ahmat. Salahudin. Tobing. Hussion. Dollah. Abdul
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    BOAT RACE
    31 10 i.u.\uurs. tri. —The annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames will be held on April 1. the port of London authority confirmed today.
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    Britain can't cope with her pupils now
    371 10 LAWN TENNIS Reuter. Gw.™ LONDON. Friday. RLAT strides made by other lawn tennis countries in recent years was one of the reasons why Britain did not produce more players of international standard said Viscount Templewood. President of the British Lawn Tennis Association in
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    BRIGHT STAR S.C. OFFICIALS
    43 10 Following are; the office i bearers of the Blight Star Spoils Club: &lt; President: Daniel Dias; Secretary Augustine Joseph. Tn asurei G. J. Lourdes; I Sport Secretary: G. J. Louides; Asst. Sports Sect: J. Alfred. Committee: Krlsfian, T. S. Maoiam.
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    THREE GOOD BETS FOR TODAY
    113 10  -  ALABAMA IS THE BEST OUTSIDER... F rom ALBERT SPENCIR The Man With 2,000 Winners fl'OH, Today. rpjj j-- oning should be very good today, if there is I' ru jain tl*is afternoon. The course is in excellent condition. My three best bets for todav are
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    137 10 I HACK ()\F CL 4. Mr. 4—5 E. Str. \J \MI nX Nachtegaul lade Princess RACE TWO CL 4. Div. 3—5 F. Str. &lt; HUMS CHOH'K Craignmunt Devon RAGE THESE L I, DHr. i—l M no Ms. KINTA VALLEY Lshw Lady I Windsor Laddie RACE FOl R CL S
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    TWO POPULAR MATMEN CLASH TONIGHT
    174 10 AFTER a successful tour of Java and Siam populai Ali Riza Bey leturns to Singapore to top this week's wrestling bill at the Great Woild Arena tonight in a match against Giant Ty Layton the American wrestler who has done so well since arriving in
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    JAGINDAR TO WRESTLE THOMSON
    95 10 A super wiestling card has been arranged for tonight the Happy World Covered Stadium. Iv the man ievent Jagindar. the Ipoh Champion meets George Thomson, the colourful giappler froiii the Army. The semi-final bring* two scientific grapplcrs togetherHo Wah Peng, the South China Star clashes with
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    RACE CARD
    854 10 BELOW is the card for today's races at Ipoh. (he Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 1) and Hie Double Totes on Races 3 and 4, and 7 and 8. ONE —2.00 P.M. HOUSES, FLASS OBE \ictory &lt;Eiier&gt;) .jug Mr)b go* Tens Hobbs v w (TAiKdown) 8.18
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    Liverpool Chasing 50- Year-Old Record; Should Win Today
    549 11  -  Bv JIM CHAMBERS A.P. LONDON. Friday. iHTnPOOL, having played 19 English League trames without defeat, are now chasing a 50y. ar-old record set by Sheffield United who once played 22 pames at the start of a football season before being beaten. Liverpool,
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    SCRC Win Fast Game
    183 11 S.C.fcJC. defeated the V M C.A. by three goals to one in a thrilling and fast hockey t1 Balestier Plain yes- rdaj. It was the return encounter tween the two teams. The i 'hiriese also won the first flxwh&lt; n they trounced the on tlieii home
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    NEW SWIM RECORD
    78 11 A.P. W HAVEN CONNECTICUT. Fri. A Yale relay svlmmlnc 1 am has clipped •&lt; 10 ol a leond from the MM nu tri record set by a Japan* at I Bin this sumIn a time trial clocked tind* r Amateur Athletic Union regulations the Yale team raced
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    SWEDES WIN IN BURMA
    67 11 A.P. RANGOON, Fri.-Sweden s H&gt;l*n?borg football club, v Rangoon for matches, dectsr.el, oca hand picked Duiiru. U*m »y four coals to nil today. f °Sw?dens two goals Ul each half were scored by AXe Jonsson, Sven (from a penalty Kidti Oafl Franck and Sunf Mansion JonttM
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    CEYLON S.C. DANCE
    17 11 Members who have not as E, Bonham Buildings. Telephone No. 2752. .m ,~i mm---
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    EUROPEAN CHAMPION TO FIGHT HERE
    368 11 Meets Boy Brooks On February 3 THi; European lightweight champion, Billy 1 Thompson is booked lor two fights in Shiga pore early next year. Hio first opponent will be the Orient triple crown holder Boy Brooks, who whipped Singapore's welterweight champion Mai Somponi; and the
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    MARATHON
    32 11 Among the 12 countries which have so far entered for the international crosscountry running championship to be held at Brussels on March 25. 1950. are England, Wale«. r Scotland and Ireland.
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    JAPS FOR GAMES
    32 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri Mr A very Brundage. President of the United States Olympic Committee, said here he thought Japan would be represented in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
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    ENTERS FINAL
    25 11 LAHORE. Fri.—Pakistan's number one player. Iftikhar Ahmad, today won his way into the men's singles hnal of the Pakistan lawn tennis championships here.
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    Stamina may decide the Pan Yap-Marian match
    316 11 Leong Pan Yap, who is meeting Wong Pen?, Soon in the iinal of the Singapore men's singles Championship, will meet Ismail bin Marian in ie inter-club match between tne Amateur Athletic Union and the Useful Badminton Party. Pan Yap plays for the AAI
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    NO BAN EXPECTED
    30 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri A proposal to bar foreigners from competing in United States national championships ponsored by the Amateur Athletic Cnion is not expected to be adopted.
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    BOXING CHATTER
    178 11 A clash next, summer between .Joe Louis, retired world heavyweight champion, and Ezzard Charles. reigning NBA champion, was suggested yesterday by Jake Mint::, co-owner of Charles" contract Well, I'm urging Louis to make his comeback next summer and tight Charles. The fight will give Charle3 a chance to
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    FATHUL KARIB SOCCER XI
    54 11 Fathul Karib Ist XI to play occer against Training and Transit Centre on Dec. 11 at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m. will be selected from the following: Jaft'ar Jabar, Ahmed, A Rahim, Zuki, B. J. Layman, Haron. Dolloh Kuchok. Jasman. Puteh (Captain). Aman, A. Rahim i
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    S.R.G WENT GOAL HAPPY
    306 11 THE Singapore Recreation Club "Reds" eleven yesterday trounced the P.W.D. Sports Club by 10 goals to nil in a Singapore Hockey Association Knock out Competition match in the quarter finals on the padang. The Rer's were superior in all department*. Vita the result the inic was
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      534 11 ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW ADDRESS. We sincerely announce that our office has already been moved to the ground floor of KONG HOA BUILDING". George Street. Singapore. All Patrons are requested to either call at our new address or put a ring to "phone No. 6039 or ***** whenever required: and further
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    BROOKE CALLS
    132 12 Yen Abandons Chengtu: Govt Moves To Formosa HOIHOW. 11 ir in. Friday. DREMiFH Yen Hsi slum and Secretary-General to th* President's Office C. W. Chin arrived hero, from Chengtu tins morning. The Air Force, at lie game time, Hew in more refugee officials, while unollieial reports said Communist
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    RICH MAN JOINED REDS: BECAME SPY
    201 12 A.P. SOFIA. Friday ANE of Bulgaria's richest men admitted oh trial V today that he joined the Communist Party World War 11, then recruited former industrialists for an anti-Russian sabotage programme that cost his country's economy more than *****5.f,00,000.l 7 S$45.f,00,000. The wealthy land
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    MOUNT STALIN
    26 12 A.P. PRAGUE, Fri. —Cscchoslo-" vakia's highest mountain will be named after Stalin in celebration of the Soviet ruler's 70th birthday on December 21. —A.P.
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    MacA. PLEADS FOR JAPAN
    77 12 U.P. TOKYO. Fii. Gee Doug* las MacAithui said today that Japan Is moving toward a peace treaty and fMeds en coutagement fiom Wt t« n democracies ss die la bom;; thrown moio and SSere &lt;&gt;n her own resources. The Supreme Coiniv.anun s statement was made it"
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    U.S. ATTACHE'S MERCY MISSION
    95 12 U.P. SROUL. Fi. F#rold J. Noble, senior attache of the American embassy, wag Ordered tonight to go to the border of Notth Korea sad await the ai rival of two Americans, whom the Korean Communists have held prisone American embassador John J. Muccio instructed Noble tn
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    BURMA RICE QUOTA FILLED
    58 12 A.P. RANGOON, In—ln the first 11 months &lt;&gt;r 1949, Burma exported 1,172,060 tons of rice, with 78 tons ■till to t&gt;e supplied to fill ii year's quota set l/y the International rue auinonty. In November, Burma I v ported 42,000 tons of rice with 18.000 tons
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    BLOCKADE ON TITO MEN iS LIFTED
    86 12 Reuter. BERLIN, Xi &lt;. Basl Corman authorities today liftel a police blockade o* the Berlin homes of th&gt;- Yugoslav military mission but ordered the ofiiei"'s ooocerned tc iohvo the soviet lector by midnight on Dec. 17. The eight men, beseige I with their wives
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    VOORHEES FLIES BACK
    27 12 Reuter. TOKIO, Fri—Mr. Tracey S. Voorhees, United States Under Secretary of the Army. left Tokio for the United States by plane this morning. Reuter.
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    FOR INQUIRY
    320 12 A d vises A nli-Cessionists: No B irthda y Cele bralwns Reuter. LONDON. Friday. Brooks, who was appointed Rajah muda or heir apparent in 1940, has PfrsistenUy twosej the cession cf Sarawak as a British Crown Colony Ho claim* to reore-*nl the views of amission associations in Sarawak
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    WARD IS SAFE IN TIENTSIN
    158 12 A.P. TOKYO. Fii. Consul-Gem nil Angus Ward s;ifc in i American honds at Tientsin today, waiting to leave Cnr.imunlst China on Sunday. U.S. State Department official here weie notified the Ward and nineteen others m 1 his party, arrived in Tientsin I last night A
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    ONE TOO MANY
    62 12 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Fri. J. S.um i rnuia a man who bses I lrquo» better than most, went on one dunking sprc« too many recently and goaded his wife Fumie into attempting suicide riy 01 inking poison. The lemotsefu* Snirnaniura followed suit. He BOC* G led She did
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    JUDGE FINES JUDGE
    34 12 MUNICH. Fri. A Judge in the town of Cham, near here, noticed two men smoking In court. He immediately fined them five marks each One of the offenders was a himself.
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    Labour Wins 'Barometer' By-election
    183 12 U.P. P.IADFORD. Ft i The British Labour Party today scored a Victory over Winston Chut chills Conservatives in a parliameritaiy by-elect-ion that had been billed as the barometer of next summer's general election. Final returns ftom Thursd r.'s contest fot a vncan' p:ii' ament seat in
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    LAST AMERICAN CONSUL QUITS THE MAINLAND
    45 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Fri. Laure Lutkins, I'nited States ViceConsul in Kunming, is to lie evacuated tomorivw. according to Karl Rankim. Consul General in Hongkong. WP.n Mr. LutKitH' departure there will be no American consular representatives in tne Nationalist mainland. Reuter.
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    WEEK-END DIARY GENERAL
    667 12 tod\y STRAITS CHINESE MVF: Cinema show S, baponi Kapor Road -7J0 p.mi, OlTRAM YOI TH FELLOWSHIP: Social Evening 43. Outram !&gt;&gt;ad. 8 p.m. I HIMKSK SWIM M I Ml LI B: Annual Celebrations Ronggeng 1.30 p.m. Water Sports 4 p.m. Dinner Dance at 7-.1t» p.m. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION
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    CINEMA
    324 12 C'ATIIAY: "The Grout Gat;-?by'' with AJan Ladd and Betty Field at 11. 1.45. 4.15 and 9.30 p.m. Midnight tonight: "Tulsa" CAPITOL: Mr. Belvedere &lt;Ioes to College" with Clifton Webb and Shirley Temple at 11, 1.45. 4.00. fi.30 and 9.30. Midnight 'onight: "The Girl Who Took The West". Sunday Matinee:
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    SPORT
    143 12 TODAY BILLIARDS: Tournament at YMCA Orchard Road at ♦&gt; p.m. HOCREY FRIENDLY: R.A.K. Malaya v. S.R.C. at daagl; S.C.C. v. Colts, padang. HI (".BY: S.C.C. v. Sclanyor Club on padang: R A.F. Seletar v, S. Jdhore at J. Bahru: Police v, GHy Signals, Tahgiin. BADMINTON: Mixed doubles final at
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    Shah Honoured
    49 12 Mohammed Reza Pahlavl, Shah of Iran (right i is awardH an honorary degree of Doctor of C ivil law by President Uen ander G. Kuthven of the University of Michigan, al \nu \r nor, Michigan, I SA. The Shah's brother Princx HjUmmmM Pahtevi attends the I sivenity.
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    SHINWELL QUERIED ON ARMY IN MALAYA
    288 12 Reuter. LEEDS Fridaj WAR Minister Emanual Shinwell is to b tionpci in Parliament about army mi servP-es for British troops in Malaya th shire Pest said today. Tiie newspaper has c v her h&lt; „a.i is.ied a desj patch fiom Mi. Micnael I n
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    RUSSIANS SENT TO GAOL FOR SPYING
    74 12 Reuter. SARA.TEAM &gt;. Fri.—lMl sentences, ranging item lam to 20 years, were p &lt;\ i&gt;y the district court here lossy on 10 white IM Ml l H ed ct spying for the BoriH Union. Six of tiie defe io^nt:. .ill Soviet cit.zens, were round
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    LONDON SHARES
    155 12 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. PYofittakiaa in Rri'isii Government rtodw by MM kajVC the riltedaed WtttS* firmness toda;.. Gailtf UP Mil pOT reip were fairiv add«apic»l and ihe sect .on ■11 oe l 1 ,voe on s cheerful note, The success oi rtM Kovfrnmw at the North Count? t.% ei&lt;
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