Malaya Tribune, 30 December 1949

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  • 62 1 Malaya Tribune r FQK THE Tel: Triune" LARGER Z\LES 77 lAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA i Phone 3811/3 Nine Lia*. Published at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur ipoh and Penang yprVKLVK PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Glover, Wrnlmva THmtnm Office.
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  • 369 1 Good New Year News U.P. NEW YORK Tnursday. RUBBER industry sources predicted today that 19i>0 would be as as or better than 1949. Moreover, one industry spokesman said the next Vo years portend many new developments in the use of
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  • 97 1 The price of runner cross ed the 50-cent mark yesterday in Singapore for the first time this* year. No. 1 ribbed .smokod sheet for shipment in January changed hands yesterday' at 50' i «.cnts per pound. The price has gained 1 1 rents on the pound
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  • 87 1 HANOI, Thurs. Official Preach Mnroea hU today th.;J 1,')<)•) thine* Nationalist so.'diers have crossed into In foehina, relused to be disarmed and art- being pursued by French troops, (>n«» of 2.000 Chines.was s»i<i to have crossed the boroee last Thursday northv. id l^.nrhon. i Mother of
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  • 76 1 U.P. BRUSSELS, T'mrs. A top t en t" Belgian state securtty report said today that niiiltration of Soviet agent: into Africa is an "imminent danger to the security of ur-anium-rich Belgian Congo. Tlx- report was ba>'ed on evid ier- obtained by the Security chief rf Be'gium after i
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  • 52 1 Nationalist troops who crossed the border into fndo-China recently, are aeea marching on their wav to an internment earnp.. Note tha woman soldier with long hair ilTthe forefront of the liietMre. Twvntv-nva thmisand Nationalist troops have presented themselves at the border since the Communist advance Into
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  • 215 1 A.P. and U.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. PRESIDENT Truman and the U.S. National 1 Security Council met today to decide on an overall policy and specific moves for combatting the soread of Communism in the Far East. Questions to be decided, according to
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  • 21 1 A.P. MILAN, Thurs. Several workers were wounded by gunfire today in fighting between police and demonstrators in Milan. —A.P.
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  • 38 1 Early this morning three Chinese robbers, two of then armed with pistols, entered an atta house in the East Coast Road, held up the occupant, a Chinese bean seller, and robbed him of $20.
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  • 220 1 U.P. LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. RUSSIA today repeated its declaration that it 11 will not recognize the Chinese Nationalist delegation as representing China in the United Nations. Soviet delegate Jacob Malik reminded the Security Council that Russia had served notice during the recent session of
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  • 210 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. Japanese experts distributed infected bread rolls to Chinese prisoners and then released them to spread typhoid among the population, according to a Japanese witness in the "germ war" trial reported by Tass. the Soviet news agency, today. Living people including women, were subjected
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  • 622 1  -  Says Sir Walter By LAWRENCE G. MAM CIR Walter Monckton, K.C., leading member of the English Bar and former 0 constitutional adviser to the Nizam of Hydei abad think, til at the Singapore Legislative Council is not competent to pa s the Rubber
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  • 28 1 A.F. MIAMI. Florida. Thurs. Hervey Allen, author of "Anthony Adverse," died of a heart attack at his winter home here yesterday. He was 60 years old.—A.P.
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  • 81 1 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. India will recognise the Chinese Communist Government, it was learned here on good authority today. The decision of the Government of India was communicated to the Birttiah Government. According to a usually reliable source British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, woo was given
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  • 17 1 M cMAHUN DEAD Reuter. LONDON. Thursday.—Sir Henry Mcdahon, died today at his London home. He t*M 87.—Keutci.
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  • 58 1 STOP PRESS SAIGON, Thurs. ExEmpero.* Hao I)ai, head of the Vietnam Stale, arrived here today from I>alat for tomorrow* ceremony marking' t!. j transfer of power from France to Vietnam. Between 20,009 and 3«,000 members of Ba,» Dai (poli-tico-re-igious sec* forming Bai> Dai's army) arrived
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  • 41 1 U.P. W ASHINGTON, Thurs. Tl*e .Navy disclosed today soon alter a National Security Council meeting that tiie airciafl carrier. Boxer a id two destroyers had been ordered to the Western i'arilic to bolster the fijve.ilh Task Fleet.—L'.i\
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  • 110 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The Johore Government will spend $787.368 in 1950 —that is. $70,000 more than was spent this year to further the teachings of Islam. And the money will go i for: The salaries for an Assistant Mufti, six Religious Officers, nine Inspectors
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  • 73 2 BECAUSE she heard that she might be turned cut of her land, a 44-year-old widow, Goh Poh Gek. drowned herself in a well on Dec 19. Goh's mother said that he: daughter had been worried by rumours of possible eviction from their land which was within the
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  • 55 2 Miss Lucy Lee. managing proprietress of Seal Construction Company, who was tried on a charge of dishonestly retaining four stolen scraper tyres worth $2.000. was cleared of the offence by the Second District Judge yesterday. Miss Lee cleared without her defence being called. She was defended
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  • 71 2 Schoolboy ambassadors to the New York Herald Tribune Forum for High Schools, going on board a Pan-A >eriean Alrw aw plane. They are sabam Siagian (Batavia), Syed Adam Kdward Hogan-Shaiduli (Ipoh)'ami Sooatto Sardadi (Jogjakarta). They nil! stay in America for t nui ks and wiU
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  • 216 2 fIFTY American churchmen will sit round a table in a big house in Road on Wednesday to discuss how they will spe nd the U. 5.51,500.000. allocated by their headquarters in Washington, for missionary work IB the Far East in 1950. They are
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  • 163 2 Tribune Staff Reporter. THE Netherlands Consulate-General in Singapore 1 has handed over its Indonesia Affairs Division to Dr. Oetoyo, Representative of the United States of Indonesia here. The transfer, effected two days ago, was made in accordance with The Hague Round-Table Conference Agreement, a
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  • 59 2 Mrs. E. Evans, branch manageress of the Singapore Cold Storage, at East Coast Road, was fined $10 by the Second Police Magistrate yesterday when she was found guilty of having an inaccurate counterscale. She was discharged on another summons charge of being in possession an inaccurate family
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  • 44 2 JOHORE B: HttJ, TiVJM. The United Malays National Organisation in calling a conference of religious leaders at Muar in February. Religious bodies have been invited to send representatives to the conference. The Department of Religious Affairs has also been invited.
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  • 86 2 DUILD your character and do not take knowledge for character, the Rev. Kwek Koh Muo told the 125 Chinese students at the Winter Students' Conference which began at the Teo Kirn Eng Estate yesterday. The Rev. Kwek said. "The building of character should begin
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  • 37 2 Indians in the Federation are asking Government's permission to fly the Indian flag on Jan. 26—inauguration day of the Indian Republic. It is thought in Kuala Lumpur that the lilting of the ban is unlikely.
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    • 351 2 On Your Radio Today BLUE NETWORK <orded Music; 12.42 Closing ENGLISH PROGRAM MRS S Tline 1Jtt lflHW a.m. News from Kiul.i (in nl n Lumpur; 10.03 Close Down. .if., Opfniojr 12.00 Projrammw in Malay. J""" Kg*™"™ 1.00 p.m. Half hour of music n Rccerdtxl played in the South American r
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  • 222 3 Jl ST as tkc Singapore Blood Hank wljpLl'l were b> ginning to worry about tIM New Year holida\ week-end. 3« smiling yoOßf police cadets from th. Police training Cnl- ge march, d into the Geaeral Hospital fvmUr da> morning and offered to donate their h!ood.
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  • 203 3 Tribune Staff Reporter. KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. pOLICE and Extra Constables in the Kluang area met a gang of nearly a hundred bandits in a nine-hatted camp today. In the 2 battle which followed, two Extra Constables were killed. Pdlice estimated from bloodstains that the
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  • 219 3 BUT THERE IS A $103,000 —SNAC Tribune Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners are prepared to cut their 8 charges from 85 cents for a 1,000 gallons to the city of 55 ™£J they can find a wav to offset a $103.000 loss in annual
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  • 31 3 The Pakistan Minister of Industries. Chowdri Nazir Ahmad Khan, will address a meeting of Pakistanis here at fne All Muslims' Missionary Society on New Year's Day at 3 p.m.
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  • 25 3 Mr Leon T. Garcia, new Philippine Vice-Consul in Karachi on his way to take up his appointment, passed through Singapore by ship yesterday.
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  • 134 3 TWO Australian scholarships io. Th UIC 1 nurses have e "°"f h r f r Vume if succession by aif Malayan Nursing Scholarship. Applications ate to«B» from all qualified nurses of the Chinese race whether do SfcM in the Federauon or Singapore and who
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  • 53 3 The Pipe and Drum band of the Scots Guards and the military band of the Soaforth Highlanders will "Beat the Retreat" at 6 p.m. tomorrow evening on the playing field of St. Joseph's Institute. Bras Basah Road. In the event of rain, the ceremony will have
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  • 44 3 Raj ku mart Amrit Kaur. Minister |br Health in the Government of India, who represented her Government and conveyed greetings to th" United States of Indonesia at Jakarta on the occasion *of the birth of the new Republic, is passing through Singapore tomorrow.
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  • 40 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. -There have been 132 arrests in the Federation for the week ending Dec. 29--11 in Selangor. 23 in Malac ca 65 in Johore. 10 in Kedah Perils. 16 in Negri Sembilan and 7 In Pahang.
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  • 55 3 The Singapore Arab Community yesterday extended its message of congratulations and blessings to President Soekarno on the inauguration of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia. With the message was a gift in the form of part oi the Decorative Curtain over the door of
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  • 143 3 MR. George Killion, president of the American President Lines has announced that plans for early construction of four new "round-the-world" modern passenger-cargo liners have been finalised. They will cost the company U5.540,000,000. He said that these four liners will augment the three new V-2.000-tvpe
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  • 74 3 The Singapore Government will refuse any Australian Communists permission to land here, a spokesman of the Colonial Secretariat told the Tribune yesterday. The Singapore Government hasbeen informed of the possibility of an Australian Communist, whose name is being kept secret, asking lor permission to land
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  • 84 3 A Punjabi Muslim. VVali Mohamed, who was sued by Hari Singh, a money-lender, on a promissory note to recover a sum of $450 and interest, told the Acting Civil District Judge yesterday that he only borrowed a sum of $50. Mr. E. H. D'Netto entered judgment for
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  • 105 3 The death lias occurred of Mr. Lionel D. Falk. of Messrs. D. J. Keymer Co., Ltd. at the age of 73. Mr. Falk was for 54 years connected with the firm ot Messrs. D. J. Keymer Co.. Ltd. He joined them at the age of 19 and
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  • 34 3 A middle-aged Chinese fell down from the firsi floor of a house in Smith Street while he was workl ing. He was badly wounded. i and was removed to hospiI tal.
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    • 335 3 Gland Discovery Restores Yoitl Ib 24 Honrs Sofr«r»rj tnm loss ot vigour, nam* •urness. *'Ik bc-dy impuf* blasd. falling memory and who are oM nn4 worn-out b»fore their turn will be delighted to learn of a w» fUni danv »'»rT by an American Doctor. Th.s n«w d;*rr>verv make* it paw■stole
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    • 365 3 SIT: VACANT WANTED reliable ettio-typiat. Knowledge simple book-keeping deslrablf. Good salary right pereon. P.O. Box 332 Kuala Lumpur. (E.35W). WANTED: Experienced BUM grabber, one ahle to handle correspondence independently and wi'.li knowledge of Chinese charajters. Commencing salary $400 per mensem with annual increments and Provident fund. Apply personally to Seng
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    • 359 3 -r ACCOMMODATION FURN.: Dbl. Room. Garage.', Sea side Bung. Board or 0008 in? facilities. Terms moderate. I] milestone. Box A.3186. M.T.. Spore. (H. 402). YOUNG airman requires accommodation late January no children. Penang or Butterworth. Box A.3184, M.T.. Penang. (E.389>. EUROPEAN. will let furnished double bedroom and share house, no
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    • 137 3 PETS. FOR SALB: Pedigree Scottish Terrier ***** 1 year old. Apply Mr. Tan 223 A. Geylang Road. (H.4OH. FOR sale one BullmastifT ***** under two years old. Very good watchdog. Apply £25. Balestier Road. (G. 394). FOR sale Alsatians Cocker Spaniels. Seen at Mavfield Kennels Zoo (Boarding Kennels. 589. East
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    • 552 3 j Cycling Comfort par Mini Molechanges hard pedalling in effortless driving with your bicycle. Ma nuf«i; A urers' Representatives: T. V. MITCHELL CO., LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR PEN A NO- Snowene WHITE CLEANER j|P or Buckskin and Canvas Shoes, Pith Helmets, Belts, Cricket Pads, WJLL NOT RUB'OFF VEHS. FOR SALE
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  • 534 4 RECOGNITION is an important word in Aft* to-day. The dictionary- defines it as "form* l m knowledgement, as of a fact or a claim, but In the diplomatic book of rules its meaning ie much wider. For recognition, the acknowledgement of one government by another, ik tne key-stone of
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  • 4186 4 THE snow melted in the valleys. Food grew more plentiful. Movement became easier. The fighting flared up again. Meanwhile the Allied High Command had begun to direct their attention increasingly to Serbia. Hitherto. Serbia had been regarded dv us as being
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  • 1595 5 ST AM AT SEVENTY SI UYEYS AN INEASY EMPIRE ■OSEPH V.ssanonvich DjuJ OS ;ifcviU, who calls himu Stalin "the man of Gently celebrated his Sventieth WrthW To reach three score and ten 'V is an achievement for r/ member of the lujjard--0U; profession of dictator^ t\ h i'»mph E P
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  • 336 5 NEW RKL-HI. MR. G. Birla. Indian industrial magnate, believes that India will not "go the way of China." Mr Birla. who recently made a tour of Britain and the United States, told the Indian press: "With the present leadership in the country, there is no
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  • 1382 5  -  Ifiv MENCIUS THIS WEEK MENCIUS OFFERS HEADERS SOME NEW YEAR'S THOUGHTS FOR MALANS, EXTRACTED FROM HIS ARTICLES DURING 1949. FOR DEMOCRATS: The laws of a country are often made by the rich, and administered by people whom the rich have selected. Kow many Honourable Trisha
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  • 146 5 MANILA, Thurs. Sergeant Lorenzo Gamboa, American citizen of Filipino birth, who last year was refused permission to enter Australia to visit his wife and children, may yet have his wish fulfilled due to the recent change of government in Australia. This was the opinion of
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    • 60 5 I The opinions expressed hy Mencius in this column are not necessarily those of tlds paper. If yetl agree or disagree »vnh Menctas write and ls4i him so. Address your li tters to: Meneius, c, o. Malaya Tribune, Singa- pore. A &.£jC PRODUCT MADE IN ENGLAND. ADVT OF THE GENERAL
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  • 227 6  -  "Rick" Gets Star Rating In Top Budget Film bv LENSMAN MEXICO'S sle.idei, handsome Montalbr.n is ncaring the cop rung in his climb up th* ladder to Hollywood stsi dom. After a olow start playing featured roles in musical films, Ins prestige soared after he switched
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  • 137 6 BUT THEN. Ricardo's luck changed. He was cast in the film "Border Incident." playing a tough Mexican officer investigating smuggling of Mexican labourers into the United States. Again, in the movie "Battleground." he drew a meaty part—a young Mexi-can-American soldier who fights and dies in Belgium in World
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  • 122 6 FOR RICARDO. movie success Is a boyhood dream come true. As a youth In Mexico City he decided on an acting career and came to Hollywood and enrolled in high school, taking dramatic courses. He went to New York and made his first professional appearance In B 16mm
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  • 144 6 THE ACTOR admits that he likes Hollywood. He says he intends to become a United States citizen. He is married to the sister of actress Loretta Young, has three children and a home here. But, says Ricardo. h" still lones for Mexico and would like to make films
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  • 91 6 THERE wiil be no screen credit for Marcel Fonda as a -nptwriter on the Jean Simmons Dirk Bogarde picture. "So Long At The Fair," although he has written nearly as many words as the scriptwriters. The him is being made at Pinewood Studios, London. While the
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    365 6 THE LAND GOVERNMENI of North Rhine Westphalia has devised' a scheme to. boost the nearly bankrupt Oei man film industry. All cinemas will be exempted from paying full cntertainrn nt tax during periods when they are showing Rima awarded a "Certificate of merit" by the Land Government. Twenty-live
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  • 315 6 AN INTERESTING 25A minute documentary, called "In All Weathers", has been made in Britain by Basic Films, in conjunction with the Central O.T'cp of Information It teilr graphically, and simply, tne *tory of British Marine Radar from early experiments aunng the war to the present
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  • 85 6 A.P. DlREtrrOR Robert Siodmak had to record new dialogue in Hollywood for portions of the movie "Deported, which was filmed in Italy. Marta Torcn, Jeff Chandler and other actors in the Mm had to repeat their lines here because the sound of church bells had readcred
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  • 30 6 Naim:i Akef. Bgyat'a elamour-qiiron. does a colourful rhmnba number (partnered by bandleader' in the Egyptian presentation of "AleiM \i'-<lmpleh" ellcauty w!i>h opens it* season at the liarrick today.
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  • 221 6 COMPTON MACKENZIE, the famous novelist who visited Singapore two years ago as the guest of Major «eneral L. H. Cox, return« again—this time in a movie which is showing at the Pavilion. As the captain of a wrecked ship, he makes his first ar»pcarance in Michael
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  • 23 6 A.P. PETER LINDSTROM has agreed to divorce his film star wife. Ingrid Bergman, according to the New York World Telegram.—A .P.
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    • 286 6 CAPTAIN EASY by Leslie Tinner tf"' f THINGS AREN'T MEAR ST MUCH WHH YOUR DAPDV S~-V/ WITH j pa UT WHEW HER U WOU PLAY FUM ANY MORE SIMCE THAT LADY J AMD ME TO LCOIiAT 1 ME. JAM' >/ Hl5 DADDY 15 V?jF\ ANYTHING CAME ALONG Lr— -3^—' jy
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  • 645 7  -  By Jay B. Miller H7ASHINGTON Whether ft or not the U.S. should jump into the jet transport business right now depends mostly on wnetner or not American are prepared to pay tor the high cost of getting irom one airport to another at
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  • 52 7 A.P. NEW YORK. Gcner.nl Election Co reports production of tho 1.00U.000 (utomatic blanket. The Brut blanket was placed on sale l\i years ago. It to. Iv 18 years for the electrical appliance industry to ?e!l tta million in refrigerator and 20 years to sell the millionth cooking
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  • 607 7  -  by Dr. R. Ford Trede IN Cyprus, one of Britain's island Colonies in the Mediterranean, a three-year campaign has successfully eradicated malaria-carrying mosquitoes, and unless infected mosquitoes are accidentally conveyed there by ship or aircraft, it will be impossible for the disease to recur.
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  • 166 7 C. S. M. GAOto A FABULOUS ancient city buried under .he sands of Arabia is said to have been found by archaeologist Wendell Phillips of Concord, Calif. Mr. Phillips. who led a University of California expedition exploring the region for two years, said he found the remains
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    50 7 Atomic Cure.—The "atomic ball." or Vibratom-Atomator. invention of German physicist I)r. Gertl Nickel and I)r Max Bindig of Munich, has been used to treat stomach and heart diseases and even cancer. This patient is said to have been cured of inoperable cancer of the wormb after 20 treatments.
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  • 384 7 A.P. LOS ANGEI 8, SOME .scientists believe that a new continent may boom day rise from the Atlantic Ocean. thus separating Europe from North America, says Professor' Hans Pettcisson of Sweden. "There arc geologists, too." the famed occanographer declared in a ieccurc at the
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  • 202 7 RUBBER igloos big enough to cover a 10-ioom home J and known as radomcs, arc being made by The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company to house (round iadar installations oi tne Air Force. These balloon-like shelters arc 53 feet in diameter. 35 feet
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    • 144 7 WISHING AIL OUR PATRONS A HAPPY NEW YEAR RAFFLES HOTEL SPECIAL CONCERT SUNDAY, Ist JANUARY. 1950 IN THE PALM COURT. RAFFLES HOTEL THE POLICE BAND j and THE MALAY DRUMMERS 40 PERFORMERS. I j SORE, ACHING, BLISTERED FEET Quickly Healed and Comforted jSßt\ f* Zam-Buk ointment brings t:>ot-romfort L to
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    • 171 7 JACK ARMSTRONG by H»i> \<1.0,..k, EIENA, PO PLEASE, V ALL I ALL RIGHT" PA8L0.... IF7 PABLO Al. TORC! TTH THE CCRRIPA ELENA RIGHT.... THERE 15 YOUR TORERO \IOROf HUH-HUH!J YOU MEAN ALL OF VsOME /WE > WITH PA3LO r WHERE >" gj I'l' LA IF THE BULLS IN THE RING
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  • 993 8  -  By Michael Sawtell IN March this year drought lay tightly on the Australian desert country in and around the Corner, where the States of Queensland. New South Wales and South Australia meet. Only at the rare permanent waterholes was there life: and
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  • 83 8 U.P. LONDON, Thurs—American women would never succeed in the land of the pyradims. an Egyptian actress told reporters on her departure today for Paris after a London shopping tour. "Too much like men. said red-haired, blackey°d Camelia Cohen, known to her fans as "The Mouth."
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  • 36 8 Reuter. PARIS. Thurs. Madame Fcrnande Pansier, of Albi in Southern France, nought some o> -ters for dinner and found a pearl a fifth of an inch in diameter in one of them. Keuter.
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  • 70 8 SYDNEY. The new high rounded look for woman's bosoms adopted in American fashions is causing trouble for a Sydney firm's plaster dress dummies. Sydney Mann, columnist for the Sydney Daily Mirror, reported: One firm here has 1200 dress dummies scattered throughout Australia with the Pointed Look. "They've
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  • 27 8 LAUSANNE. Thurs. Nurses at Mont Choisi Clinic said today that Rita Hayworth's new baby girl bears a strong resemblance to her father. Prince Aly Khan.
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    54 8 ARE THEY KIDDING ?—Candidates for the title of "Miss Washington" do their bit for traffic >alety in the nation's capital during rush hour. But their warning wen* unheeded, as ma'e passersbv paid more attention to them than their sign. Even the BOf at left stops watching the light
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  • 585 8  -  By HAL BOYLE A.P. NEW YORK ONCE upon a time there Ml a young man who was tower ot strength He had the stride Ol I panther, his cheeks were ruddy v. itii health, ins grip Hp* linn. He never got upset over trifles. When
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  • 731 8 You too can have haunting, fngn cheek'bones and sculptured face A.P. Every woman has the posbility of being beautiful, but most of them overlook their best feature." says Fernand Aubry, world's first visagiste. According to Aubry, even imperfections, cleverly treated, can be turned into assets. The importance
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    • 33 8 lIW LUCY < WH T ARE YOU DOING HERE AfJD f~ ..Sj V/'H AT Of:". OF \TuCyTtMf!r HOUSE. BEECY J BEECY (AND WE TALKED ABOUT BUY TICKETS FOR YOU ANDJ&fO 1 I TO 7
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  • 1664 9  -  By LEOPOLD HERMAN Reuter. PERSIA who. all months ago, walked alone playing as skilfully as might V from weakness, is today showing sigi.s of increasing strength. This change of attitude is due partly to a certain rapprochement with the West and closer relations
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  • 63 9 A.P. CAPE TOWN, Thurs.— Chief of the British Secret Service. Percy Sillitoe, has concluded talks with South African Premier Dr. Malan and his Ministers. Although no official announcement has been made, it is understood the tal«s were in connection with the South African plan to take
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  • 28 9 Mr. Winston Churchill. Britain's wartime Premier and leader of the opposition Conservative party was selected as "The Man Of The Century," by Time magazine
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  • 834 9 INDIA has not yet produced an "Ali Caponi,'" a sort of oriental version of the late Chicago bootleg tsar, but the conditions are ripe for his emergence. As a result of increasingly stringent legislation by the provincial govemments. Prohibition was spreading over the land last week
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    • 95 9 LIT AIIM Il by Al Capp T r 1...« tms^^s§^?^r^^ I4#lrit C.„.... IN TH'WORLD.T AfeHEH" A °J H SOMfc FAMBLV WHO J ORPm»4 *TWO SOMEONE «Jt~f. fW. V/ VOHAIMT V,ILL TAKE THIS 7 U« T* l vi ALONE. f FORARIXMARCM: <s tmct but me t»kc I UOs |»U«£U| «4 y
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  • 171 10 A.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE Reconstruction Finance Corporation said yes--1 terdav the war time arrangement for pooling patents on synthetic rubber production has been ende p'roducers now are free to retain the fruits of their own research and benefit commercially, the RFC's office of rubber reserve
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  • 96 10 SHILLONG. Thurs. Prospecting for coal in the Garo Hill.- of Astfim which are believtd to contain a thousand million tons of nigh giade coal Is now going on. says the Press Trust cf India reporting irom Gaubati. A Geological Survey of India team is cauying
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  • 74 10 Rajula (44); M. Brander (Sheers); Korea (43 3); Amnuputtv—Seroei (41); Kustbris (40 1) Benvorlich (88 9); Autolycus (35 6); Steel Vendor (33/4); Renong-Ben-tong (WSEDE); Tabian (17 8) Charon (19 20): silfc Craft (21 2); Tong Hai (23 4); President Buchanan (25 6) Asphuion (27 8); Hooeridge (29
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  • 71 10 NEW DELHI, Thuis. For the first time in recent years. India's foreign trade showed a favourable balance in November, when her exports outstripped her imports by over R5.86.000,000. Preliminatv figures showed that India s exports for November totalled over R5.510--000.000 while her imports totalled only R5.424,600.000. The
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  • 48 10 A.P. Tin price fell in Singapore yesterday by $3 on a picul to $384-25 cents. LONDON. Dee. 28—The tin market eased on Wednesday. Cash tin was down £2.10 to £602.10. Ninety day future* fell £12 6 to £581 bid, £581.10 Hsked. Total sal»*s were 85 tons.—A.P.
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  • 25 10 1 SINGAPORE. Thur. S 1 The share market remained idle today and business passing was arty on a small scale throughout. i
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  • 864 10 Singapore. Thurs. INDUSTRIALS Buyers Se'leis. J Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 xd Alex. BrickPref 2.40 2.60 Ord.' 2.22 i, 2.30 I 88. Petrol 35 36 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?: d Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary
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  • 113 10 rE rubber commodity market was very steady but quiet yesterday with sellers inclined to be reserved. There was again good demand for lower grades. The price improved 3 8 of a cent from Wednesday. Buyers Sellers Closing prices in cents per pound were: No. 1 RSS f.o.b.
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  • 87 10 A.P. AKRON OHIO. Thurs. The Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company on Wednesday boosted the price of tyres sold to manufacturers of automobiles and trucks by a minimum five percent. The manufacturing concerns were not affected by two recent prict* increases of 3 1 2 percent
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  • 89 10 The produce markets were generally quiet in Singapore yesterday. Coffee Rio No. 5 was bid for at $121... with sellers asking $122 per picul fdr January delivery at sellers option. No 3 was at $123 buyers with no sellers. Rio No 7 was at $119 sellers and $118
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  • 196 10 Reuter. LONDON Thurs A special lightweight cement which it is believed will in time replace ordinary cement is to be used in the Indian Government's new housing schemes. This was revealed here today by a firm of engineers known as Structional and Mechanical Development Limited,
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    • 670 10 FOR UK. CONTINENT. Singapore: Pt. Swet.: Penang: "Benlawers" for London, Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull Godn. 13/14 31 Dec/4 Jan. "Benartv" for Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Havre, Antwerp. Hull Godn. 15/16 5/6 Jan. 7/9 Jan. "Bencruachan" for london, Ant »crp, Rotterdam. jm M/w Jan "Benvrackie" for Genoa, HImZT^ 0^ Jan. 28/29 Jan.
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    • 169 10 jf I* MADRAS/NAGAPATTLNAM STRAITS SERVICE INWARDS:— Madras N'agapaittnain Penang Singapore Rajula 13.1.50 14.1.50 20.1.50 22 1.50 Rajula 7. .2.50 8. 2.50 14. 2.50 16. 2.50 OUTWARDS:— Singapore P. Sham Penang Nagapattinam Madras Rajula 31.12.49 L 1.50 3. 1.50 8. 1.50 9. 150 25. 1.50 26. 1.50 28. 1.50 2. 2.50
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    • 610 10 shipping 'ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYK Aden Port Said, Jtotterdam ft Amsterdam. Spore P. B*ban> I'enanr, iarofT 11/13 Jan. 14 Jan. 15 Jan JANTAM 25/27 Jan. 28 Jan. 29 J*r )VERYSEL 6/8 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 1 Agent*: KOrrKKDAM TRADING 00. (M) LTD. •kJppUg I Hp, TeH 5071. Bart. 19. h-.«i R«ttrrd»ai
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  • 129 11 Badminton A.P. (OPFNH AG FN. Thurs. A «< Malayan studn badminton WM f"t«« l>% throe victortej io i me ja.£2 1«*.« 15- 9. Joer«en Kc*l» 8 1 Kai Bendix vs. A. Aziz H- 15. 73 15 Henn Hansen and kntt> S. w Kent; 6 10. —i—
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  • 76 11 Reuter. C VLCUTTA. Ttaurs. Indian tta4 cu|;iain ij:»> Merckaad asa) not play the third unofficial tesl cctW ee« InaHa and the Commonwealth M starring here tomorrow. The Commonwealth team Mil be ae* eted irom 12 players sffcf named for the se.ond test earlier this month,
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  • 46 11 The Singapore Mcd.eal Services Union will hc'.d the finals of their table-tennis tournament at the Union's hall tonight at T p m. There will also be an exhibition match by the Singapore table-tennis champ'en and runner, and it will be followed by prize distribution.
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  • 1748 11  -  »y ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2,000 Winners xt PENANGThursday. \F »VL\ I ROMOTED Nessus and Kappy Quadrant, winners on the first day, should provide the interest in the race for Clnr<? 1 Div 2 horses over six furlongs on Saturday, the third day
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  • 111 11 Cl. 5, Div. 2—5 F. STAR PERFORMER S Feggy's Choice 1 f reehnlqu.- CT. 2, Div. 2—6 F. t TAIt A STREET j Mata Hari Mandalay i CI. ft Div. 3—6 F. j VICTORY MARCH v Radar. I Linkshir 1 Cl. 2, Div. 4—6 F. i RASHFUL BEAUTY Pat*
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  • 140 11  -  Track Notes By ALBERT SPENCER The Man with 2.0#0 Winner DALE VIXEN, ridden by Avres, ran two furlongs comfortably in 27i to return the best time this morning. Almost as good were Maintain and Scholar, woring together, over the same distance in 28. Ballymun II did
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  • 258 11 MALAYANS v. SIAMESE EVERYTHING depends on tonight's fight a lucrative tour of Australia or a quiet retiremen Tnis if what Siamese Phol Prapadaeng has at stake when he takes on Jimmy Welch Ol R.A.F. Malaya at the Happy 9 pa* what Malayan fighters can or
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  • 115 11 I The Fifth All-Ma.aya ChtBOM Sports Meet will be_ held in .-Miiiiapore on July 1 next year, it was decided at the meeting of the Executive Committee of t lie Malayan Chinese Sports Federation held here recently. It was also decided to withdraw
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  • 179 11 The Flying Eagle table tennis team from Penang lost two and won one of their matches played here during the Christmas Holidays. Results (Eagles mentioned first):— Beaten b> Chin Woo A.A. I—4: Yoo Yee Ling lost to Cbong Cheng 800 o—3, Chee Kong Tai
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  • 91 11 LONDON. Thurs. Following are the English Soccer fixtures tor Monday. Jan. 2. MONDAY. JAN. 2. THIRD DIVISION NORTH Gateshead v. Hartlepools. SCOTTISH LEAGUE "A" DIVISION Celtic v. Rangers. Dundee v. Aberdeen. East Fife v. Raith K. Falkirk v. Stirling A. Hibernian v. Hearts. Partick T. v. Clyae.
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  • 32 11 NEW YORK, Thurs. Charlie Brtcfdey of Harvard, one of the greatest drop kickers In Amenc, an football history, died from a heart attack tonight at the ag« of 58.—A.P.
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  • 23 11 The annual sports for children of the members of the Government Servants' Welfare Organisation will be held tomorrow at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 25 11 In a badminton mat. li played at the home last Friday Re/n--bow BP. beat the Excelsior B.P. by five games to two.
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  • 208 11 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Thurs. Two Indians and a Filipino today joined Dilip Bost (Indian) m the men's singles semi-finals of the Asian lawn tennis championships here. They are Sumant IST?ra and Narendra Nath of India and' Feliciss.mo A'mpbn of the phil^pines. Misra beat P. Washer (Belgium) 7-9. 6—4.
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    • 281 11 NOTICE JX THE MATTER OF BRITISH AIRCRAFT LIMITED tin Liquidation). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Meeting of Creditors in the above-named Company will be held at the oinces of Messrs. Evatt Co., N.T.S. Building, Singapore, on Thursday, the 12th January. 1950, at 12 noon. Dated this 24th day of
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    • 531 11 NOTICES I j IIHE UOTOR VEHICLES (COMMERCIAL USE) REGULATIONS. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO AUTHORISE THE USE OF A HACKNEY CARRIAGE I, Lai Kok Onn of No. 84, Jalan Yap Tau Sah. Khiang, hereby give notice,of intention to apply for a hackney carriage permit for One vehicle to
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    • 370 11 NOTICES singapo£e municipality DOGS All dogs must be relicensed for 1950, at the Animal Infirmary, Kampong Java Road, 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed noon on Saturdays and all Sunday), commencing from Tuesday, 3rd January, 1950. Dogs and Sterilized Bitches $3.Other Bitches 2. From Ist February, 1950, dogs without collars
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    • 30 11 lb X" BECAUSE HE HAS SPOILED W lf#\ j KA¥ OK V I HM I BARNSTORM TOUR ■■■■■■■■■■■I JMmIiI l^r^ft^::... I PeST/NCD TO £ND BEFORE IT RE ALU BEGINS s
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  • 199 12 Tribune Staff Reporter THL Singapore Ratepayer's Association are pro--1 testing against a proposal by Municipal Commissioners to increase the Consolidate rate from 24 per.cent to 29 per cent. A resolution to this effect i will be introduced by the Acting Municipal President. Mr. T. P.
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  • 68 12 Reuter. ENUGU. Nigeria. Thurs. For the second successive day Mr. R. W. Williams, a member of the commission inquiring here into the Enugu coilierv shootings was too ill to attend the inquiry today. Mr. Williams. Labour Member of Parliament for Wigan. Lancashire, and legal adviser
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  • 41 12 A.P. CHARLOTTESVILLE. Virginia. Thurs. The potential heat and power mat lie in noises about as ouri as the popping of a paper bag may day be utilized to operate engines or touch off explosions, a physicist reported today.—A.P.
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  • 141 12 PENANG, Thurs. Fourteen Chinese fishermen of Singapoic who had just served a il-month g-io! teim in Thailand arrived here yesterday to find that the money they had oxiected to get from an Import and Export Firm had been sent to Thailand. They were given twenty
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  • 60 12 Reuter. PARIS, Thurs. Vietnam Foreign Minister Nguyen Phan Long said France had virtually granted Vietnam what they wanted when interviewed in Saigon, lnaoChina. today, according to the Agenee France Presse. The Foreign Minister is leader of the Vietnamese delegation to the FrancoVietnamese Commission now sitting
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  • 33 12 Reuter. PARIS, Thurs. Helcne Dcllanger, 25-year-r'd French actress, is oxpected to be Jistoday by T.he Comedie Francaise. the French State Theatre, for taking a bath in her first film. —Reuter.
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  • 230 12 Reds Announce Nov. Military Successes U.P. HONGKONG. Thursday. fHINESE Communist irregulars entered un I rnins today, according to a Chinese re- port r>n Chu Chia Mi who ha<; b-en hi rhar-e of cS- in Yunnan entered the city with his men. stated Communist Army headquarters said today
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  • 91 12 IPOH. Thurs.—One of the victims of the gre- i V nade outrage at the i Overseas Chinese ccme- > J tery earlier this week S has died of his wounds. i He is Mr. Isaacs, an Indian. This brings the l death roll
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  • 90 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Thurs.--Arm-ed Hongkong police today ane.-ted about 70 match factory workers who had entered th St company's city office to a-k fcr an immediate settlement of their wage demands. The match workers said they i, pr esented the 400 employees at the Chinese-owned Hongkoag
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    29 12 Chinese Communist trix>ps raptured hy the Nationalists <.n thß mainland arc brought in ships to F or m i s a be Nationalists' inland redoubt.—A.l\ Photo.
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  • 223 12 Tribune Staff Reporter. TWO M inictpal Department chiefs have clashed over the design of the propos?d new power station to be erected at Pasir Panjang. The Municipal Architect described the plan for the hew building us being "too fussy to be pleasing to an
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  • 93 12 A good all-round performance was given by The Variety Players »RAF> in their production of "Round the Bend" in the Astra Cinema, Changi. Inst night Humorous iU ms were the main feature ot the show, which was ably produced] by lan Trotter, and compered by
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  • 42 12 Reuter. HONGKONG, Thurs. -The Cameronian regiment, numbering about 900 r dficcrs and men are due in Hongkong tomorrow to radteve th*- Ptnrt Battalion Buffs who are leaving early in .Tamr-rv havmcr completed their period of service in the colony.--Reuter.
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  • 434 12 Tribune Staff Reporter. 4 rilan to spend about 5400.000 next year -to A briuht-n no a numb-r of dark suots In the city and rural area* of Singapore will com? up for sanction by the Commission ?rs this afternoon. The plan part of the
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  • 62 12 A.P. DIJKIRK. NEW YORK, Thurs. A* loeomotivc-size gas turbine fuelled by pulverized coal has been demonstrated here by the American locomotive Co. A spokesman said the tests show that pulverized coal can be fed continously to a combustion chamber and burned efficiently in a gas burbine.
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  • 92 12 Reuter. NEW YORK. Thurs. The Newsweek magazine mkd today British Cony monwoHlth Ministers would sludy at their Ceylon conference next month an American draft of the proposed Japanese peace treaty. Final action on the treaty was still several month* distant, the magazine added and
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  • 79 12 U.P. JAKARTA. Thurs. United States Ambassador designate to the United States of Indonesia, Mr. H. Merie och-an. today called on President Soekarno, Minister of Defense, the Sultan of Jogjakarta, and Minister of State, Mohammed Koein. Cochran, who has won Indonesian respect and liking as the United Btatea
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  • 65 12 Reuter. Asmara. Eritrea, Thurs.— British authorities here today while lifting a newspaper ban issued sweeping restrictions on news and comment, absolutely piohibiting" publication of "matter; liable immediately or in the future to endanger law and order." The authorities lifted the Pan on publication of all Italian
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  • 107 12 A.P. MANILA, Wed. Three «harn earth shocks rocked Manila today but no casualties were reported. Stucco showered down in great chunks fiom the eightstorey Far Eastern Hotel and crowds jammed the entrances of offices and othei buildings in downtown Manila. The shocks lasted two and a half
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  • 43 12 An action against the I'niversal Hotel brought by Bcrsanta Singh, cx-watchnian claiming a sum of $140 for wages due and wage-; in lieu of notice of dismissal, was dismissed by Mr. E. H. D'Netto in the Civil District Court yesterday.
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  • 21 12 Singapore Muslims will hold a four-day celebration cf the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad beginning on Jan. 1. 1950.
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  • 83 12 PLAY: Nativity play -.i Sr. Andrew's Catlndra! ~"0 C 1IINESE YMC Com in r .a! Classes at 5.30 p.m. EXHIBITION OK FKKV H PAINTINGS, Baffles Institution Hall. 10 am. la 5 p.m. Ml KICIPAL COMMhMOK, moninty meeting. 2.15 p.m. RAFFLES .HOOKUAI. aim-.i tirndimr contest. Outram School
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  • 160 12 C ATHAY: "The RarkJr>s of tlnoadwa.v" at 11. 1.45. 4.15. t" and 9.30 p.m. PAVILION: "Whisky Calor* al 2. 4.15. 6.30 and 0.3«» p.m. KK\: "Btnuawan Solo (Malay» at 11. 1.45. 4. 6.3" and 9 .3» u.m. AI.HAMRKA "Km- th :to< ket Men" at 1.45. 4. 6.1«< ant 9.30
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  • 15 12 HOCK Y: SCC vs. roll- S.C.C. padam;; SRf vs. M^ rc Colts S.R.C. padans.
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  • 170 12 Reuter. i.ON'noN* Thua*. —There wrr* ■anO) of hohdav handover the tjOOdOQ BtOCk Kxrli.in Imv. 7'rnflin*: was small I most operators awaitii]-: the end of the current tr -<l n_' period. Last day is Tuesday next Whth <•!i,-i11:'•■«!. prices show •;d an c*"«ier trend with RrUi:" «Jnvornmeul naliQOa'iaaUoa l«*orM
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    • 230 12 MOTOR OIL I >!•«>• \L—■ RESISTS WEAR AT EVERY STAGE OF YOUR ENGINES LIFE MAN \KS: Lngincs which arc bctni miw:i put the oil to M exacting VI test. SMI 11. X-100 Motor CHI is Meal for this purpose, localise it is oily" J enough to penetrate bctv.cen ilei tis
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