Malaya Tribune, 6 January 1950

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribute BY TUB PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE -i Td: HTribumS'pont Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. f LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 3SII/3 TWELVE PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESEM ATIVE E Maurice (Hover,
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    De Souza: Hire's Protest Rejected
    125 1 THE Singapore Bar Com- mittee have rejected the protest made by Carlton Hire against the part played by Mr. P. F. de Souza in the Catalina arms smuggling ease. Hire has received a W*«r from the secretary of the Bar Committee which; sh-.tt s: "I
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    SYDNEY DOCKERS PARALYSE SHIPPING
    127 1 Reuter—AAP. SYDNEY, Thurs.—The Sydtockera strike spread tid threatened to parathe port and tie up aii shipping. L'hirty ships and a number of inter-state vessels were tonight. Over 3.500 men strike yesterday in a dispute over the employment ien not members of the !.1< Workers Federation first
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    LONDON TIN
    61 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs.—Trie tin market ctosed firm with spot unchanged at i6Ol-3 4 and three months one sterling at £585-7/8. v losing pnces were £601-1/2 buyers i 602 lers with business at £602. re* months £585-1 4 buyers sellers with ousmess at and £586. The sett'eent price was
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    BRITAIN RECOGNISES RED CHINA TODAY
    302 1 Breaks Relations With Nationalists Reuter. T,Vn h'^ te lhis rr* illg he Ambassador In loidon, Dr. Chen* Tien-hs,, was asked to call on Mr. Hector McNeil, British Minister of State. Lsually reliabh sources said tonight that Britain has broken orr relations with the Chinese Nationalist
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    'MERCY KILLER' PLEADS NOT GUILTY
    100 1 A.P. MANCIIESTEK Now Hampshire, Thurs. Dr. Herman Sanders pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree murheie today for the socalled mercy slaying of an Mcmable cancer patient. The State agreed to his freedom pending trial under eontinuanc? of his U5525,000 bail with a
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    PACIFIC PACT IS NEEDED
    127 1 A.P. Reuter. —Mr. Dodge SYDNEY. Thurs.- The Atlantic Pact would lose much of its value without a complementary Pacific pact, declared New Zealand External Affairs Minister Frederick W. Dodge in Sydney today. "If we cannot stem the tide of Communism in Asia, of what use is
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    THE ERRATIC £
    35 1 THE ERRATIC A.P BRUSSELS. Thurs.—The British pound rose from 113 to 115 Belgian francs on the free market in Brussels today, after reaching its lowest quotation yesterday—lll. Officially the pound is quoted at 140 francs.—A.P.
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    BAO DAI RESIGNS, DISSOLVES CABINET
    162 1 A.P. SAIGON. Thursday.—Emperor Bao Dai has resis.-iied as Premier and dissolved his Cabinet in the new French-sponsored state of Vietnam. The announcement was made in a commtmiqus published by the Cabinet. Bao Dai said that henceforth he would devote all his time to his duties
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    ANOTHER RUSSIAN A-EXPLOSION
    186 1 U.P. A.P. LONDON, Thurs.—Kenneth de Courcy, Editor of the "Intelligence Digest," said today that he had received information that another nuclear explosion will occur in Russia at midnight next Saturday. If technical hitches occur, he said, the explosion might be postponed until January 10. He added that
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    NATIONALISTS TO MAINTAIN TRADE ENVOYS
    66 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, rhurs.— Ten Hsi-shan, Chinese Nationalist Prime Minister, se.id in Formosa that Nationalist China will maintain trade with Britain after her expected recognition of the Communist regime in China, according to press reports from Taipeh, capital of Formosa. Chinese sources in Hongkong said the
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    BEDSIDE STORY
    27 1 A.P. LAUSANNE, Thurs.-- Prince Aly Khan spent nearly all day today at the bedside of his wife, Rita Hayworth, with the couple's week-old Yasmin.— A.P.
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    More War Talk By Mr. Patel
    122 1 A.P. BOMBAY, Tluns.--Drr>uty Premier Sardar Pa*el said tcday that India will not red kv her present expenditure on defence until relations with Pakistan improve. India spend* two-thirds of Hfel revenue, on defence. This it: "necessary because India d>es not have a frlendlv neighbour and
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    M.B.E. For Mrs. Loh
    24 1 It was announced in the Government Gazette yesterday that Mrs. Loh Poon Lip has been awarded the M.B.E. (Civil Division)
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    Terror News Alarms Britons
    90 1 Reuter LONDON, Thuri Lord Mancroft. Conservative peei said in a spe.-ch here *onight that the Kiiti-.h public, despite its preoccupation win the prospects of a general electio.i. was "t&Un profoundly disquieted by the news from Mala a scant t.JO-ig 1 £< "iJrfc tunately the reassuring statements
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    MYSTERY OF BARODA'S ESTATE SALE
    70 1 A.P. LONDON, Thurr. The Maharajah of Baroda, one of the world's richest men is selling bis properties in Britain. The 42-year-old prince has two Dig country houses and a town residence. mc s.ouo squire mi'e State cf Baroda pensioned the Maharajah at £190,000 a year
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    'Malaya is on the Road to Freedom' —says Dr. Jessup
    230 1 'Malaya is on the Road to Freedom' says Dr. Jessup Reuter. TOKYO, Thursday. f)R. Philip Jessup, American Ambassador-at-large told a press conference here today that the Un»ted States would not abandon China, but would continue to oppose communism and Imperialism while suoporting th*> light of the people to determine their
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    5,815 PERSONS HELD SINCE THE EMERGENCY
    72 1 PENANG, Thur-?. —A total of 5,815 persons were detained in the Federation of Malaya under the Emergency Regulations up to December 31, 1949, it was officially announced in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The above included P59 Malays, 4.689 Chinese, 246 Indians, 12 Sakais, one Eurasian
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    CREW ON STRIKE
    22 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Thurs.— Twenty crew members of the Greek ship Anitsa struck Here today to enforce wage demands.—U.P.
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    China Muddle Clears No Armed Aid For Formosa— Truman
    327 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE United States will not send military aid to 1 Formosa, President Truman announced to- day. Mr. Truman said the United States Government would not give advice to Chinese forces on Formosa. He reaffirmed that the United States "open
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      Stewart Killers To Die
      20 1 KIIH\ Today.—Ro 11 and Morshldi fouiul guilty uiid sentenced lo hk w h\ Tr'al Rrpc..—?a*e 12.
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      Truman Stays Mum On Super A-bomb
      120 1 U.P. WASflfVGTON, Tmirv— 1 rumaa today re1 um'u ii> < or.iit ut or deni the statement i*.at he is studying the feasibility of a vx>t project lo manulac.ure super atomic bombs made of hydrogen. lie a.so said it a news conference that lie has
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      Madam Chiang
      24 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— Madame Chiang Kal->hek is planning u> leave I he I'nited States foi Formosa, a Chinese Embassy spokes-. man said today.
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    TWO-CENT CUT WILL NET RICE DEALERS $80,000
    124 3 oiNV.APOßEGoveranient will shortly refund to the Rice Importers' Assoeia- non about $80,000 due LO rice merchants ir> th* Colony as a result of tho two-cent cut in the price of rationed rice The merchants have put in claims for two dollars a picul
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    RED CROSS HAD BUSY DECEMBER
    46 3 The Singapore Municipal Ambulances covered 2.243 miles in December to attend accidents in the Municipal area. Of these calls 114 were traffic accidents. 27 collapse cases. 19 assault cases. 13 stabbing and shooting cases. On six occassions. there were no patients.
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    Hongkong —his land's end
    63 3 Major Norman Kark. one of the most travelled publishers of periodicals passed through Singapore by air on his way to Sydney yesterday from London. Major Kark is Editor of the Courier. To-day. and Band-Wagon. After his Australian visi' he will call at New Zealand and Hongkong.
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    MALAY CADETS FOR SANDHURST
    260 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RE Malay Commissioned Officers in the Malay Regiment will be trained at the Royal Military km v. Sandhurst. The first two Malay Regiment Cadets selected Mining at Sandhurst are Sgt Abdul Manan bin and Sgt. Shukor bin Chik. They will leave pore by
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    BROADCAST BY TRUMAN
    42 3 USIS. rruman's 'State of the address will be idcasl at 6.30 a.m. (Malayan time) tomorrow ng over the "Voice of America." oroadcasts can be I over tne following frequencies: 9.600 mcs (31 ter band): 9.750 mcs "30 r band).—USlS.
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    NEW STUDENTS
    33 3 aticns for admisI'nmary 1 classes in ment and Aided Eng- hools in 1951 should be between April 1, June 30. Application for sion hould be made t to the school concerned.
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    She Came Down The Hills—In A Sedan
    137 3 She Came Down The Hills— In A Sedan A.P. PENANG, Thursday. JHK traditional Chinese bridal sedan—absent in Penang for many years—made its appearance again the other day when a marriage took place between a couple living on the Hills. The Chinese bride was carried down the hill in a sedan
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    TAXIMEN MEET
    35 3 A large number of taxidrivers and owners, members of the Singapore Hire Car Association. Singapore Taxi Transport Association and Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association attended a general meeting held at 25 Beach Road yesterday.
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    BUS SERVICE
    26 3 MALACCA. Thurs. A bus service between Mas jid Tanah and Alor Gajah in Malacca has been started by the Patt Hup Transport Co., Ltd.
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    THIR TY BANDITS SET BUS ABLAZE
    134 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Thirty Chinese bandits armed with pistols, rifles and grenades stopped a bus on the Yong Peng/Partt Sulong Road in the Batu Pahat Area and took $30 from the conductor. The bandits then set fire to the bus. The driver, conductor and
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    Bride Cuts Cake
    29 3 vfr. and Mrs. F. L. Moreira cut the cake after their recent wedding at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church. The bride was formerly Miss Emily Chua.
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    From Down Under To Colombo Talks
    127 3 THE Australian and New Zealand delegations to the Commonwealth Conference at Colombo will pass through Singapore tomorrow. They will stay in the Colony overnight and fly on to Colombo on Sunday morning. The Australian delegation is led by Mr. P C. Spender, Minister of
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    Talk By C—G
    35 3 The Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. will broadcast over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 8 o'clock tonight on the eve of his departure lor th c Commonwealth Conference at Colombo.
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    Enter. Mr. Naidu— A Bird Whistler
    99 3 /CHILDREN who will go in for the "Adventures of Professor Shrimwrecker" Radio Malaya's new serial feature created by Miss Matjoiie Monis will hear Mr. S. R. S. Naidu give a twenty-minute whistling imitation of bird cries. Mr. Naidu had his audition yesterday at Radio
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    HIT OUT WHEN VICTIM SAID, 'I WON'T PAY'
    86 3 Scow Hock Hai. 25. and a friend demanded protection money from a bicycle dealer. Teh Peh Ying on Nov. 6. Teh refused to pay. Scow then wanted to hire Teh's cycles. Teh refused again. Then Scow and his friend knocked over Teh's
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    YOU CAN SEE THE UNICORN
    66 3 The Unicorn <Capt. H S Hopkins. C.8.E.. R.N.» will arrive at Singapore Roads on Jan. 14 and remain at anchor over the week end proceeding to sea daily tor Hying exercises. The ship will be opened to the public from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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    'Lighter' Plan To Save Boss, Worker
    181 3 JJINGAPORE lighter owners and workers have a plan that will cut out reckless competition between lighter-owners and prevent exploitation of lighter-workers. The Joint Consultative Committee for the Singapore Lighterage Industry has submitted this plan for the consideration of the Colony's three Ohambcis. The plan
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    Mr. R.A. Henderson, Man aging-Director of Jo h n Fairfax and Sons Pty. Ltd . proprietors of the Sydne> Morning Herald, passed through Singapore by Qantas/BOAC Constellation yesterday en route to the ILK. and America.
    34 3 Mr. R.A. Henderson, Man aging-Director of Jo h n Fairfax and Sons Pty. Ltd proprietors of the Sydne> Morning Herald, passed through Singapore by Qantas/BOAC Constellation yesterday en route to the ILK. and America.
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    PASSING THE BUCK
    412 4 VHE Singapore Improvement Trust emerges from its lair to snarl at the Press It has issued a statement saying that "recent articles in the Press have created the erroneous impression that the Trust indends to increase the rentals of its properties." As evidence of th's charge against
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    YEAR OF THE FOX
    162 4 the Commonwealth representatives get down to t at Colombo, we hope they will de vote a little attention to a piece of news that has reached us from Japan. We have it on the authority of Japanese astro logers. who in turn had it from the
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    THROUGH OUR GLASSES WE SAW THE GERMANS RETREATING IN CONFUSION
    2128 4  -  EASTERN APPROACHES —46 by Brigadier FTTZROY MACLEAN M.P. THE thought of this "ictory and the accompanying slaughter of the enemy had clearly put the Russian Lieutenant in the hest humour. As he drank his hot milk, a broad grin spread
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    WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
    1509 4  -  STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER by MENCIUS 'The Singapore Chinese Rubber Dealers' Association dropped a nice little probj lem in the laps of Malayan nationalists over the Rubber Packing and Control i Bill. They have obtained good I legal opinion that the Legislative Council has
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE GREECE'S FAIRY QUEEN
    1216 5  -  By Correspondent THE distinguished Ameri--1 can visitor had been waiting some minutes in the drawing-room of the Royal palace in Athens when a young girl dressed in a gay print frock came in. Her saucily turned-up nose and dazzling smi!e matched her new-look urchin hair-do.
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    FRENCH DEVALUE LOVE, KISS ROMANCE GOODBYE
    774 5  -  By Rosette Hargrove F KEN CUM EN were Jolted out of a certain corn; ka ceocy when an American woman journalist declared that "Frenchmen no longer live up to their reputation of tho wend s best lovers. Norwegians are bettar." The chalk rnae was
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    UNFAIR TO WOMEN
    308 5 THE question of equal pay for men and women and measures for putting this into practice will be discussed at a conference convened here by the International Labour Office < 1.L.0.» lor next June. The International Labour Office has requested all its member countries to define their
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    THE FABULOUS PRINCESS SITA
    920 5 IN Paris Princess Sita Dcvi, second wife of the fabulously wea'thy Mahai aje Gaekwar of Baixnla. made hei icoly to the web of legen I that shroud this glamorous Indian beauty, the woman foi whom the Gaekwar gave up a £50.000,000 throne. In a iose-decoiated room
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      103 5 P. 17 Qsrani LAMPS OSRAM on an electric lamp it more than a trade mark. It signifies the product of the best methods of electric lamp manufacture, is the Hall Mark of quality and the guarantee of a unique lamp service OSRAM, in a word, is the epitome of long
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    SHE AWAITS HER CUE
    24 6 DOROTHY ABBOTT, one of the dancers in Roy Del Ruth's Allied Art.sts production, "The Babe Ruth Story," relaxing between scenes.
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    Personality Finds A Place In Spite Of Restrictions
    440 6 CtfARS are not th :ree S* agon's ev.ryone supposes at least, not at work. The producer has decided tat cloth !i the) aril! ./ear it; a c rtaln back,vound, the cv: cior has the last word on how a scene shall be
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    TALKING FILMS... BRITAIN'S 'INDEPENDENTS' COME TO THE RESCUE
    1009 6  -  by OSWALD HENRY RESPITE the hi?h v costs chat Britain's film industry is now and I* the face of rumours of a crisis and lower production, iudO has brought with it the Rood newn of a resurgence in British end no "iiir
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    DISNEY PLANS PhOiO CkUlSt'
    126 6 U.P. ORlMilElM, Oslo representative of R.K.O. Radi.i nims, told a local newspaper that Walt Disney is planning to make scenery shots in Norway. He has applied to the Bank of Norway for permission to send a "photo cruise" to Norway, Directo r Rikheim added. Disney wants
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    'LAISSEZ-VOUS ALLER': HER KIND OF DANCING
    141 6 U.P JEAN PETERS so thorough ly enjoyed her glamo-ai song-and-danee routine for 20th Century-Fox's "Turn up Toes," that she plans to continue dance lessons with Marie Bryant, assistant *o a dance director Billy Daniels. Miss Bryant, who was featured singer and dano with Ellington's
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      70 6 CAPTAIN EASY Tnmer HELLO. .Tf I'M ArRAID VT- WOMT gfc *5Lc TO ..H6 i --<->- oh. irs Weep that date with zm tonight, *.~f needed gigs help i-. .'ts J4kT I engagement ?cs towghCO YOU THINK SEEN IM TOUCH WITH ftkIVONE- HELLO.GIGi WHO NEEDS KELP BADLY IT WOTHEC! *AE »7
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    What Makes The Locust Migrate?
    386 7 I the experimental laboratories at South Kensington, London, the irtunate desert locust been near-baked, electrically stimulated, fanned i low-pressure winds, .ted with cellulose. Jos- ther with scores of companions and conmned to solitude—all to find out what makes it migrate in vast multitudes, paper by
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    SIR PHILIP MANSON-BAHR REVEALS SOME RECENT ADVANCES IN TROPICAL MEDICINE
    485 7 MALARIA IS RECEDING THAT present health prob- lems which tall upon the shoulders of Britain"s Colonial Governments are immense, intricate and burdensome no one can deny. In the tropics unceasing war is being waged, not only against the diseases which
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    Conquest Of Yellow Fever
    495 7 THE story of the conquest of yellow fever, or "yellow jack" as it was known to our forefathers, has been one of constant and heroic endeavour in which British scientists have played a leading part and one in which valuable British lives have been sacrificed. A
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    TEST TUBE BEES
    371 7 AS the passionate drones spiral upwards from the hive on the trail of the tantalising queen bee, many an apiarist has regretted the uncontrollable nature of the mid-air nuptials. These end in the dismemberment of the "fortunate" suitor and a four years' sentence of ovipositing for the
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    THE FIGHT AGAINST SLEEPING SICKNESS
    498 7 IN British Guiana Dr 1 George Giglloli, 0.8 E has been almost equally successful in an even more remarkable feat, but there he had to deal with vast alluvial plains with rice and eane-flelds. swamps and waterways stretching for hundreds of miles. brunt of thia
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    STRENGTHENS WEAK BACKS
    79 7 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey—A new technique to strengthen weak backs and cure severe backaches through grafting of "Bone Crumbs" was described at tbe 14th annual assembly of the international College of Surgeons. Dr. Roger Anderson, Seattle, Washington an orthopedic Surgeon, said use of bone crumbs for giafting
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      282 7 JACK ARMSTRONG by Hob Schotnk* ."L,7«.££ I I WHY PONT YOU X ELENA COME.."N| I WHAT ABOUT CARLOS THE 1 MO, ITS ABOUT THESE ASK HER KURSELF A I MUST TALK J SAME OIP THING I HAVE TWO APPfTIONS TO v SEUORMAN&ZER? AWITH YOU. X ALREADY TOLP YOU I WOULP
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    WHY IVAN FEELS GUILTY
    1395 8 IF you want to understand Ivan the Russian, start with his childhood. Because Russian women work hours, the paient-child relationship is very different from that of the West. Grandmothers or unrelated elderly women look aftei young Ivan. If his mother is not present, a comforter (called
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    A Trp To Those Abour To Many
    210 8 COPENHA. BEFORE you finally to marry the girl. hav< i good look at her moth r and the girl should ha .< good look at her 1 father-in-law. This advice is conta in a book entitled "S< Are Going to Get Man tVi
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    THE MAN WHO CALLED MARLENE DIETRICH TO ORDER
    1266 8 AT the centenary dinner of 1 the Gresham Assurance Company, John Mills, majestic and scarlet-coated, nicked up the company's 100-year-old ebony gavel to rap for silence. The first knock shattered the precious nammer. It also slightly chipped toasi;master Mills's professional aplomb. But
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      149 8 VIC !J\T b> Mirhael O'Mall y and Italph Lane fSO THIS IS WHERE THE GREATS 1 FIVE NEVER MET LUCY'S ~1 FmE'S RATHER F WHERE DID I DON r KNOW, ROMAAICE 8100MED BETWEEN FATHER. WHAT'S HE LIKE J IHE DISAPPEARS FOR HE 6ET MIS J BUT HE HA LUCY AND
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    Falsies For Elise
    57 9 BBSS, a Lo* Angele* mi'k-pr oducing champ, modeLs a new canvas brassiere, with sack* to hold her faucet*, snug and keep her clean and healthy. The inventor, Dr. J. P. Anderson, claims the bra will reduce Bossy** chances of disease and make her produce more milk. Admiring
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    Judge Sets Divorce Court Findings In Rhyme
    284 9 Reuter. HAMILTON. Ohio, Thursday. JUDGE here officially recorded in rhynv? "nis refusal to grant a divorce sought b\ Alfred Toomb. of Middletown. from his wife, Zula* Keel Toomb of Jackson, Michigan. Common pleas Judge P.P. Boli entered this finding in the court records:
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    THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO....
    115 9 A.P. LISBON. Thurs. rarrnFunseca of Spaio near icova left his farm with d uightcr to pick olives. He had left his pig in the < nclosure, but the minute the farmer's back was turnthe pig managed to open the door of the store and with
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    BUTTER YOU CANNOT EAT
    41 9 Reuter. OSLO, Ovo>- 15 of butter. believed to from war time German has been found floating in the sea near rsund. Norway. not edible, but will be Id for al>out threepence i ound to soap factories Reuter.
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    DRANK' 14s.
    54 9 Reuter. SYDNEY. Russell Goymoor, about 40. recently guiped down 14 with a .jlass of beer in a suburban note!. One of liis companions ''topped the money two 2 pieces wrapped in a 10 into Goymour s beer in a suburban tug. He was rushed to hospital here the
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    PIONEER
    25 9 Reuter SYDNEY, First of its kind in the Empire, a col- ol Radiologists of Ausralla and New Zealand was rmed recently in Sydney. Reuter.
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    SERICULTURE EXPERT FOR KASHMIR
    117 9 A.P SRINAGAR. X a s hmii. Thurs. The Government of Kashmir has secured the services of the Italian sericulture expert Signor RodoU ko Lionti. for two years to advise on the reorganisation of the industry. Sericulture industry in Kashmir is one of the biggest of its
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    RED PRISONERS SPEAK UP
    42 9 A.P. CALCUTTA, Thurs. Nearly 000 Communl3t prisoners are on a hunger strike In various prisons here. Officials said the prisoners were demanding a Fay In the appointment of their jailers and that tbe jailers get a pay raise.—A.P.
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    SUMITRO'S NEW JOB
    28 9 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs.—The United States of Indonesia office here said yesterday that Dr. D. Sumltro hasdieen named charge d'Acaires in the United States. A.P.
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    BANDITS MURDER 2 AMERICANS
    135 9 U.P. MANILA, Thurs. Two Americans, Paul H. Sarins. 36, and Frank Jirgl. 45. were murdered by unidentified bandits in their farm, 40 kilometers from the town of Botolan, Zambales in Western Luzon, .seven weeks ago N..ws of the murder just reached Manila together with a report
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    SOMERSAULTING BUS KILLS 3 PASSENGERS
    55 9 Reuter. TOKYO. Thurs. Three people were killed and more than 30 inju.ed yester-iav when a tightly-packed passenger bus rolled over a cliff and somersaulted down 100-foot embankment. 200 miles northwest of Tokyo. The bus carrying Japanese holiday-makers in the famous skiing prefecture of Nagano. The
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    BIRTH CONTROL
    32 9 A.P. NEW YORK. Thurs. Proof that heredity changes caused by atom bombs can prevent birth of mammals was reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science recent- ly.—A.P.
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    QUICK WORK
    27 9 A.P CLEVELAND, Ohio. A new machine that will permit small hospitals to transmit X-ray pictures to large hospitals for quick diagnoses was exhibited here. A.P.
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    BEER TAX REVOLT BREWS IN MUNICH
    213 9 A.P. MUNICH, Thursday. A TAX revolt is brewing in Bavaria—a revolt against the high tax on beer. Here in this big south German state they brew more beer and drink more beer than any place else f in the world. Now. the Bavarians grumble
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    ITALY'S PLEA.
    29 9 Reuter. LAKE SUCCES3, Thurs Italy has asked the United Nations for permission to keep her armed forces in Somaliland which she will administer under a charter. —Reut/r.
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    MAN WHO WAS LED TO THE SLAUGHTER
    367 9 Wife 'Sent Ta Coventry' LONDON, Thursday THREE "experiments" by a doctor, who was said to have appeared at his wedding as if he was "going to the slaughter were referred to by Mr. Commissioner Longland in the Divorce Court. Mrs. Pamela Barbara Warner,
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    Tokyo's 'Hie Appy New Year'
    120 9 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO, Thurs. in a roundup of New Yetu activities, the conservative Japanese newspaper "Asahi Shimhun" published the following story: "An atmosphere in keeping with the Veai nf the Tiger (a mythological nam* for 1950) was in evidence at various Government offices almost all officials
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    HORSES WITH TAILS UP
    59 9 A.P. BERNE. Thurs. rhing3 are going to be better for the horses of the ~wiss Army after the year iys3. The Swiss Military Drpartment has ruled that starting then no horses with cropped tails may be purchased for the Army. Every new Army tjorsc must be
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    WAR MEMORIAL
    30 9 Renter. MELBOURNE. Thurs. A £A 25.000 war memorial to the Australian fighting services u:vi the Merchant Navy is to be built outside Australian l-louve in the Strand. London.—Reuter.
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    DOCS CHARGED FULL FARE: OWNERS BAULK
    106 9 A.P. B RIGHTON. Thurs. About 200 dog owners, many of them carrying yapping pets in their arms, voted on Tuesday night to boycott a Brighton bus company because the company decided to charge them full adult fares for their bus-riding dogs. Eric Sims, a
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    CHURCH TO BE RECONSTRUCTED
    61 9 A.P. The liberal Manchester Guardian said in a leading article yesterday that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has never really been a creditable monument of the Christian faith and many people will be glad to hear of plans for its reconstruction pre pared
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    THIS DRIVER WAS SWAMPED
    49 9 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. Passengers on one morning tram from Southend-on-sea to London, swarmed around the driver with warm congratulations yesterday. The train was three aulnutes early. Regular passengers say »t has been consistently behind time for months and on Tuesday it was one hour late.—A.P.
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    Texas Humours Beecham
    113 9 A.P. SOUTHAMPTON, Thurr Sir Thomas Beecham prepared to shock staid London on Wednesday. The millionaire conductor stepped off the liner, Queen Elizabeth, wearing a giant 10-galtan hat straight from Texas. "I am going to walk down Bond Street with it to show the English what a real
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    BETTER RICE CROPS FORECAST THIS YEAR
    373 10 A. P. WASHINGTON. Thursday. The U.S. Agriculture Department said the 1949-50 world rice harvest will be slightly above the prewar average but about three per cent, below last year's average. It estimates 7,400 million bushels will be harvested, compared with 7.300 million bushels average,
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    Tin Better
    52 10 Tin price improved in Singapore yesterday by $1.75 on the picul to a price of $287.50. LONDON. Jan. 4. Spot £600 v- Unchanged. Three months £580 4—Up £24 Settlement price £601 Unchanged. Turnover 80 tons. Second session. Spot £6004 Unchanged. Three months £58l—Up £2%. Sett'.ement price £601. Turnover:
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    Along the godowns
    53 10 Wo Sang- Shirala (44); M. Brander (Sheers); Bencleuch (42/3); Havsbris (40/1); H. Silverstream (38/9); Troilsu (35/6); Tabian (17/18); Tjisdane (19/20); C. McLeod-S.H.B. craft 21/2); F? Clover (23/4); Beluru (25/6); Queens V. (27/8); Pangkor (29/30»; Ternate (15/6); Pyrrhus (13/4); Steel Traveller (11); Tjtpanas (8/9); Benarty (6/7); Bradeverett (4/5);
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    Tins Draw More Interest
    45 10 Singapore. Thurs. With the improvement in the price of tin metal, there was some response in the tin share market with numerous buying inquiries. Rubber shares also came in for more attention at slightly better prices. Industrials remained steady but quiet.
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    Share Quotations
    852 10 Singapore, Thur INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers. Atlas Ice 2.15 2.25 xd Alex. Bricks Pref. 2.40 2.50 Ord. 2.221 2 2.30 B. B. Petrol 34/3 35/3 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/8 Ord. 15/3 16/6 E. Utd Assur. 39 25 40.25xd Est. Trust Fed. Dispensary 6.60
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    Rubber output up in Nov.
    134 10 Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. The Rubber Study Group's advance information discloses November world production of natural rubber totalled 135.000 long tons, compared with October's 120,000 and consumption 122.500 compared with 127,500. Stocks at the end of November were 725,000 comprising producing areas 225,000 consuming areas 225,000
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    RUBBER MARKET
    123 10 Inspite of better news from London and New York. H it local rubber commodity t iarket was cautious and ciosed with prices below the best for the day. Closing prices in tents per pound were Buyers Seller* No. 1 RPS M f.o.b. 50 1 2 50 5/8} No.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    83 10 Copra changed hands in Singapore yesterday at $35% per picul f.o.b. Jan.-Feb. with buyers at $35*4 and seller? at $36. Coconut oil was bid for at per picul f.o.b. Jan.Feb. while sellers asked $58^-. Coffee Rio No. 3 was $127 per picul sellers and $125 buyers. Rio No.
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    U.S. Expects Car Output Records
    117 10 DETROIT. Tues.—The American lutomobile industry should make some more production records in the six months immediately ahead. That is the conviction of most car maker s and industry observer as the automobile factor ios start their 1950 oeprations. Probably most optimistic of the auto industry
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    Edgar Britt
    121 11 L EDGAR BRITT, the r famous Australian jockey, who has won two St. Lege r s, parsed through Singapore yes- terday on nis war, to j Australia on 24 days' leave. One of England's lop I flight jockeys, Britt rode 145 winners in 191 Sand 1 was second
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    CHARLES OFFERED $35,000 TO DEFEND
    208 11 U.P. PORTLAND. Oregon. Thursday. WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Ezzard Charles has been offered a $35,000 guarantee a Portland boxing promoter. Tex Salkeld. to defend his title here against Joe Kahut next summer, Salkeld announced today. The offer included a pri--ro of 371 per cent, of
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    FOUR MILLION'S FRANCS FOR USE OF CIRCUIT
    76 11 A.P. BRUSSELS, Taurs.—Tne ontract for the holding of the IUSO world road cycling irnpionships in Belgium Signed en December j4. The International Cycling L'nion, organising the races, will pay the Belgian Cycling League 4,000,000 francs tor the use of Moorslede Circuit, n< ar
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    K.O.ED FIGHTER IS IMPROVING
    56 11 A.P. NEW YORK, Thurs.—Offlat St. Clare's Hospital ud tonight that heavyweight r Caimine Vingo has mproved today, still on the ritical list but is holding his own." Vingo suffered a contusion brain last Fiiday night he was knocked out by y Marciano of Massachuin one of
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    N.Z. GAMES: MOVE TO STOP RUSHING'
    79 11 Reuter-AAP ADELAIDE, Thurs.—Australian delegates *o the Empire Games in Auckland in February will iccommerd that future progiammes be j standardised with those for j Olympic Games. -New Zealand has departed from the order of ?vents laid down for the Empire Games in Sydney in
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    JAPS ENTRY FAVOURED?
    54 11 TOKYO, Thurs.—Japan's participation in the 1952 Olympic Games wifi he uec ecl at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee at Copenhagen in May, Japanese Olympic officials have been advised. A 1 »tter from the chief of the international state-, that in nis personal view general public
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    86 ENTRIES FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL
    117 11 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. -Entile.: the Grand National >lechaB<% to be run over miles 366 yards at Ltreron Ma;. 25. number f*6. Tins is five less than last yeai. I'rinccss Elizabeth's Monan favou ite in the antets Lord MUdma/s Cromwell, !ast year's favourite which finished
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    S.C.C. TO PLAY R.A.F. SELETAR
    34 11 Following will represent the Singapore Cricket Club against R.A.F. Seletar on the padang today: Margrave; Reeves. Theuniasen: Karelse. Brands, omith: Coiiings. Shepherd. Jamieson. Hagon. Van otolk: Umpire: Major Lowe.
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    LEEDS NOT INTERESTED IN THE TWO LOCAL BOYS
    146 11 LEEDS United, the English Second Division ,J Footfen!' L?airtfe Club, declared yesterday that ih?y were not interested in the t\vo Singa--or footbilier.; recommended to them by an ex-Army olTicer, a Reuter message reported today. The message adoeci .hat the Ciub said they
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    CUP MATCH HOLDS UP FRENCH SOCER
    73 11 A.P. PARIS. Thurs. The French soccer championships will be interrupted on Sunday lor the Cup Tournament. All professional teams, including tne nrst and second divisions, enter this phase of the Cup Tournament there, are now b4 teams left from the 900 which originally entered.
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    GUTHRIES SOCCER
    23 11 The Guthries Sports Club will play a game ot soccer against Cable and Wireless at Farrar Park today at 5.15 p.m.
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    Hardstaff's action may amend rule
    242 11 Reuter. LONDON, Thursday. DV playing for Auckland in plunket sailed matches in New Zealand, Joe Hardstaff, Nottinghamshire and England batsman, has raised a question which may result in a change in the rules of county cricket. Rule three states: "A cricketer may not play for
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    TOUR OF ITALY' TO END IN ROME
    108 11 A P. MILAN. Thurs.- The annual "Tour of Italy.'' Italy's ton bicycle race, will end in Rome this year because of Holy Year, the Gazetta Dello Sport, promoter of the event, announced today. The race wrll start in Milan on May 21 and
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    STOCK TO FIGHT RANDOLF TURPIN
    80 11 A.P LONDON. Thurs.—Gi'bert Stock of Parts is to meet Raadolf Tuipin of Leamington. England, m an eightround .middleweight fight here en Jan. 31. The bout will be the main supporting attraction on the Billy Thompson-Robeit Proietti. Euiopean lightweight champion card. Baby Day, an American Negro
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    ROZARIO NAMED CONTENDER
    30 11 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The National Boxing Association yesterday listed Tbso Oei Rcsario of Manila is a logical contender for the bantamweight title held b> Manuel Ortiz of California.
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    Portsmouth Gives Priority To International Games
    307 11  -  By ARCHIE QUICK THE question whether Club interests or International interests should havi» major importance linds contrasting answers from Portsmouth line! Newcastle united* Tile Lord Mayor of Portsmouth. AJderman John who 13 also Vice Chairman of the Football Club, told in? that they had
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    BRITISH IRON TOSSERS TO MEET ITALIANS
    61 11 A.P ROME, Thurs. Negotiations arc under way for n contest between British and Italian weight lifters this month. The British team will meet their Italian opponents on their return from New Zealand, where they ire participating in an inter-Brtt'sh championshi c The British team
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    FINLAND BEAT AUSTRIA
    52 11 A.P. NICE, Thurs. Finland boat Austria by 3S goals to :;i m the international basketball tournament today. Iltuly beut Spam by 41 goals to 35. Italy's now the winner of the first brack it. In the third match of the day Belgium beat Yugoslavia by 38 to
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    Sands Fight Postponed
    53 11 The fight between Australia's Alfie Sands and Bobby Njoo scheduled for Jan. 13 at the Happy World Stadium has been postponed a week. Sands was delayed by his vaccination papers and will not be able to leavr Sydney until Jan. U. He is expected to arrive on
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    Bose And Gem Hoahing Beaten
    86 11 CALCI TTA, rhu» < The British tennis player Miss Kay Tucker beat vfr- Miirv Weiss of the Argentine 0-3. 7-5 in the third round of the Indian National Oharup onships in Calcutta today. Another British payor Gem Hoaching. was beaten 6-4; 6-4 by Madam Adamson
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    NEHRU TO LAY FOUNDATION OF NEW STADIUM
    103 11 Reuter. BOMBAY. Thurs, Preparations are now complte for the foundation-stone laying ceremony of the National Sports Stadium in New Delhi by Prime Minister Pandit Jawa- harlal Nehru, on Jan. 19. Mr. A. S. De Melo. Secie- tary of the National Sports Club of
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    HOGAN STARTS HIS COMEBACK TOMORROW
    98 11 A.P. LOS ANGELES. Thurs. Ben Hcgan will his golfing comeback <n the Los Angeles Open beginning tomorrow. The former links master, badly injured in a car crash ten months ago. has been playing daily here for five days, reporting a sub par round of 69
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    PROMISED BLISS' IF HE KILLED GOVERNOR
    916 12  -  SCHOOLBOY'S STORY AT STEWART MURDER TRIAL By MANNING BLACKWOOD SIKTT, Thursrliv. |UINETFEN-year-old schoolboy, Rosli hin Dohi, s^lf-confessed killer of Duncan George Stewart, today admitted in Sibu court that he was promised bliss it' he sacrificed himself and slew the Sarawak Governor. The man who
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    Bidault Triumphs Once Again
    88 12 Reuter PARIS. Thurs. French Premier Georges Bidault gained hLs second major victory of the week when the National Assembly early today approved the law to re-establish free collective bargaining on wag» s by 331 votes to 185. His previous success was the passing of the 1950
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    Nocolai Can't Put His Feet On Land
    222 12 A.P HONOLULU, Thursday. jy[COI..AI Drujinenko, 19, is without a country. He has been shuttling across the Pacific since last September, unable to 'and anywhere. Nieolai stowed away aboard the American President lines General Gordon four months ago In Communist Shanghai. He was aboard
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    Colombo Talks Police To Guard Delegates
    105 12 Reuter. COLOMEO. Thurs.—Large forces of police were being drafted Into Colombo and will bo kept at stateglc points in the Ministers' conference here next week. Most heavily guarued delegates will be British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Indian Prime Minister Pandit Nehru and Pakistan finance
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    U.K. TO RETURN SOMALILAND BEFORE APRIL
    101 12 U.P. LONDON, Thurs.—Official British quarters said today that efforts were in progress for the handing over of Somaliland to Italy before April. The actual plan for the transfer of authority was for the negotiating of a trusteeship agreement between the Italian government and the
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    RESIGNATIONS
    23 12 A.P HONGKONG. Thurs. More ia,i a dozen foicign officers f the Shanghai Maritime Customs Set vice nave submited their i esignations. —A.P.
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    Spender On White Australia Policy Over Fifty Percent European Blood Needed
    162 12 Reuter. JAKARTA. Thursday. THE new Australian Government will administer 1 the "white Australia" policy in a "more liberalminded and mor 1 humanitarian manner". Mr. Percy Sp3nder, Minister for External Affairs, said here today. But all parties in Au-tralia were
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    COLD RAIN
    23 12 A.P NEW YORK. Tnurs.— Floods drowned two men as icy cold rain swept tne far western and southern United States today.—A.P.
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    252 12 The Girl In The Case... A.P. MANILA, Thursday. HETAILS of a romance between Filipino film star Carole Varga and American surplus property dealer George Murray were described in court today at ihe trial of Mrs. Father del Rorario Murray, who is
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    TAUGHT KING TO CYCLE
    54 12 Reuter LONDON. Thurs.—The man who taugnt King George V to lide a recycle lias just died here. He was Mr. Henry George Thomas, aged 82, who once became famous with a "cycling school" set up to teach the bright young tilings of the day how to
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    Terrorists Retake Town In N. Java
    181 12 U.P. B JAKARTA. Thursday jyjOSLEM fanatic? of the Darul Islam movement recaptured the town of Brebes. 15 miles Southetst of the port of Cheribon today in continued righting against the new Indonesian government. A government communique issued by the Ministry of Defence said Government
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    'JAPS GIVING CHIANG A HAND'
    64 12 Reuter HONGKONG. Thurs.—The Dro Communist Chinese newspaper Takungpo said here today that former highranking Japanese naval and military officers were helping Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to prepare the defence of Formosa against the Chinese Communists. In a despatch from Taipeh. capital of Formosa, the paper said
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    IT'S COLD HERE
    21 12 A.P. STOCKHOLM. Thurs.—An aii time low temperature of 51 degrees below zero centigrade was recorded today in Sweden.—A.P.
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    Hongkong Has No Millionaire
    151 12 A.P. HONGKONG. Wed. HONGKONG'S financial value seems to be vastly overrated. The co'onv did moie than US$BOO.OOO.OOO Worth of business in 1949 but does not have a millionaire to its name. Not one out of Hongkong's nearly 2.000.000 population earned more than HK$l,OOO 000 in 1919,
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    NATIONALISTS ORDER FORMOSA TO BROWN OUT
    249 12 U.P. TAIPEH, Thursday. AS invasion jitters began to develop in this NaA tionaiist China stronghold, /he provincial government today ordered an island-wide dim°Ut'Thp orders were accompanied by instructions foi the inhabitants to be on the alert for a comply? biackout should that be deemed
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    AUSTRALIA SEEKING FOR MORE PETROL
    64 12 Reuter. JAKARTA, Thurs.—Australia is seeking petrol from sterling areas and would welcome more from Indonesia if this could be arranged, Mr. Percy Spender, Australian Minister for External Affairs, said here today. Mr. Spender, who is on his way to the British Commonwealth Foreign Ministers conference
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