Malaya Tribune, 14 January 1950

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    69 1 MALAYA Tribune I by nns PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE 9 pom Publwhea s\muU<in*OH*ly at Singapore, Kuata Lumpur, Ipoh i%d Pttnnng r* 1 1 LARGER SAVES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MAI AY A Phone 3811/3 N« Line. IHfcLVC PAGES oLMGAPORE, i. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1950 PRICE TEN CENTS THE MALAYA
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    SAGA OF JOHN'S VOYAGE IS OVER
    109 1 Reuter. ARBROATH, Scotland. Ft i. A 14-year-olu school boy. John Guthrie, who under c'oak 01 d-»rknc>s Balled alone from the harbour here in a 50-ton fi-iung boat was today picked, up exhausted in the North See, midway between the British and Norwegian coasts. For
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    WORLD'S TIN OUTPUT
    68 1 A.P. THE HAGUE. Fri. The world's tin mines yielded a total of 13.400 long tons last October a 200-ton increase uwr the previous month, the Inteinational Tin Study Group announced. The survey showed Bolivia produced 2.191 tons during October, c ofupared to 2,690 for September. Production in
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    Technical College Hunger Strike Ends
    125 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday MR. L. D. Waitfield, Deputy Director of Education, cailed at the Technical Co lege last n ght to make an on-the-spot investigation into the cans? of a hunger strike by 102 students of the Maxwell Road Hostel. Mr. Whitfield talked with the
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    HE WILL FAST FOR POSTMEN'S GRIEVANCES
    109 1 Reuter. BOMBAY. Ft-L—Tne India j Socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan, wao has announced his intention of beginning an "indefinite fast" to Me* redress for Indian postmen's wago guevanccs, has written to Prune Minister Pandit Nehru explaining tne circumstances wnich led to his decision. The secretary
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    $300,000 FIRE
    28 1 VANCOUVER, Brit'ih Columbia, Fri. One of British Columbia s biggest lumber mills still smouldered today after a $500,000 fire burned, most of it t) a shell.
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    TREATY PRELUDE
    17 1 A.P. TOKYO. Fri.-The United States Is stepping up 'ts military construction programme on Okinawa. -A.P.
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    Lady Mountbatten's Visit
    77 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Countess Mountbatten, wife of Earl Mcjntb3tten. Uurt Viceroy of India, is to vi.it SL. John Ambulance and Red Cross staff jn service hospitals in the Middle and Far East at the 'id of next month and during Maich. Lady Mountbatten, vho is Supei intendcnt-in-Cbicf
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    TRUCULENT: "ALL HOPE ABANDONED"
    450 1 Divers, frogmen fail to get answers. from sunken submarine Reuter. A.P. U.P. nrnv u SIIEERNR3S, England, Friday. i J f British Admiralty tonight announced there was no hope fcr the 55 men who went down in the submarine Tr culent, a veteran of th* Paciflc War,
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    UNDECIDED
    39 1 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. -A Foreign Office spokesman said here today that it was still not decided when legal experts from Britain, France and Benelux countries would meet to discuss ending the state of war v/ith Western Germany. -Reuter.
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    GOVT. CLOSES STRIKERS' NEWSPAPER
    69 1 U.P. Accra, Gold Coast, Fri. The Colonial government today took the initiative against a five-day ojd general strike in the colony by banning the strikers" newspaper and calling a special session of the Legislative Council for January 19. The strike, called by the People's Convention Party
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    BANDITS STEAL $1,238
    50 1 Segama.t Today In a raid On Nagappan Estate in the Jementah area yesterday a gang of 6 armed bandits *x>bbed a Chinese kepala of $1,238-55 and abducted him into the jungle with a Chinese woman. The kepala managed to escape but the Chinese woman is still missing.
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    U.N. PROBES F.B.L WIRE TAPPING
    189 1 U.P. NEW YORK, Fri.—Trygvc Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations said that he is investigating charges made in the hearings of Valentin Gubitchev that the Federal Bureau of Investigation tapped the telephone wires of United Nations employees. Gubitchev. a Russian employed by the United
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    The King Sends His Sympathy
    75 1 U.P. Reuter. LONDON. Fri.—The King and Prime Minister Clement Attlee sent their sympathy to the relatives of the officers, ratings and dockyard employees who. in the peiformance of their duty I-ost their lives in the submarine Truculent. Meanwhile. the Swedish Charge d'affairs Mr. G.sten M.
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    Tonight's 'Sacrifice'
    56 1 "teffffSSS held a rehearsal of RaWndranath Tagore's play ,2f A Victo^a /heatre last night. The play, which is in English, will be oi>en to the public at 8.30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night. A number of Indian dances nrec i the performance. Above la the "Shiva Dance" by
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    French-Polish 'Eye For Eye' War Continues
    180 1 Reuter. WARSAW, Friday. AT least seven Frenchmen in Poland were known this afternoon to be the latest victims of Poland's eye for an eye" hostage warfare with France. The seven arrested Frenchmen include N. Pierre Marschall. correspondent of Agence France Presse. and M. Esmonde
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    Colombo Meeting Concludes Today
    270 1 Reuter. COLOMBO, Friday. THE Commonwealth Foreign Ministers conference officially ends tomorrow morning. The conference completed its agenda today and all that remains to be done is t-> aporove a final eommiuiiaue on th Q work of the conference. This it is expected will take about half
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    SEATS REDUCED
    30 1 U.P. ATHENS. Fri. King Paul of Greece today signed an electoral law r. dueing Uic number of seats in the General Assembly trom 354 to 250.-— U.P. I
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    Jacob Malik Walks Out: Threatens V \ IS«»TCOtt
    126 1 Jacob Malik Walks Out: Threatens V IS«»TCOtt STOP PRESS Reuter. LAKE SUCCESS, Fit The Soviet delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik, tonight walked out of the Security Council aiter tut* resolution urging tne expulsion of the Chinese National delegate had been rejected. *he Soviet de'egate told the Security Council Russia would no\
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    TIN: MARKET SLACK
    79 1 U.P. LONDON, Fri. Business in tne market was very slack today with the prices inclined to drop. Spot tin at the afternoon session cased a few shillings to £999-3/4 with business done at £600, while three months fell to £583-1/4, down about £21/2, with ,ousmcss done at
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    MALAYA INVITED TO U.S. FAIR
    143 2 DRIVATE and government 1 exhibitors from Malaya and elsewhere throughout the world are invited to participate in the "Freedom Fair" to be held in Wasainjjton in 195u a id 1951, the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced. The fair is pan oi th sesquicentennlal celebration
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    ADMIRAL PASSES THROUGH
    90 2 DEAR Admiral A. W. An- drews arrived in Singapore by a Qantas/8.0.A.C Constellation from London yesterday on his way to Hongkong. There he will relieve Vice-Admiral A.C.G. Madden as Second in Command of the Far East Station. Admiral Andrews was accompanied by his A.D.C., Flag Lieutenant C.
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    SEAMEN DEMAND 'FAIR DEAL'
    343 2 REED MAY TAKE CASE TO REES-WILLIAMS Tribune Staff Reporter J|R. Rees-Williams, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies may shortly be asked to secure fair employment methods for over 15,000 seamen registered in Singapore. Mr. George Reed, Special Commissioner of the International Transport Workers Federation, who returned
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    FED. COUNCIL MEMBER QUITS
    34 2 Sir Henry Gurney, High Commissioner, Federation ot Malaya, has accepted the lesignation of Inche Abdullah bin Mohamed as an unofficial member of the Federal Legislative Council from January I, 1950.
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    Flour Shortage Caused By Lack Of Shipping
    151 2 MALACCA, Friday. JACK of shipping facilities was responsible for the shortage of flour experienced in Malacca recently, says the Settlement Assistant Controller of Supplies. This follows any enquiry by the Hon. Mr. C. F. Gomes, Federal and Settlement Councilor. Mr. Gomes had asked
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    32 STUDY AWARDS FOR THE POOR
    128 2 PENANG, Fri.—The Indian Education Committee. Penang, at a meeting decided to award 32 scholarships this year to poor and deserving Indian students in Penang. Province Wellesley and other States. Last year the Committee awarded 20 scholarships. J Three Gold Medals The Committee was formed
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    Girl Tells Of Last Date With 'Lover'
    346 2 VINTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ng Guet Eng told the A Singapore Coroner yesterday, of her last outing with her "lever". The man, Lim Teck Seng, 20, was murdered when the couple visited the playground in Race Course Road for a chat on the night of Dec.
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    S'PORE HANGARS TO BE REMOVED TO K.L
    70 2 T«;o small. temoorary fro:n an alrflc'd in •S igapore will soon be removed to Kuala Lumpur for erection at the Kua.'a Lempur Airport These hahgars -deb 60 ft. by 40 ft and 50 In hcicht- lit! now being dismantled by RAF personnel. Men
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    Boxing Promoter Fined
    59 2 Singapore boxing promoter, Mr. A. Razak, wa* fined $25 In the Sixth Magistrate's Court yesterday for distributing handbills without police permission. The charge against him stated that he distributed handbills advertising the Boy Brooks versus Nai Sompong fight at Coleman Street, North Bridge Road and High Street,
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    Rents Raised For Three More Houses
    103 2 The Rent Conciliation Board yesterday increased the rents of three houses in Verdun Road on the application of the landlord, Kwek Hong Png, a merchant. The rents in respect of two of the houses, which are being let out for $50 each, were increased
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    'Things Got Too Hot'
    124 2 Madame Wong King Fong, who went to China without taking out an identity card during the registration period was fined $25 in the First District Court yesterday. It was slated that Madame Wong, who left Singapore in March, last vcar, did not obtain an identity card
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    Crippled Scouts
    65 2 His Highness the I Yang di-Pertuan Besar Vo f Negri Sembilan opened the Children's i I Home. Seremban, on j Wednesday. His High- i ness accompanied by the Welfare Officer, Negri Sembilan. Mr. D. J. Shearer, is seen in- speeting the two crip- S pled scouts of the
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    ...So His Gold Was Brass
    174 2 riIVEN gold necklace-, bangle* fl and a ring to be remade into jewellery of new pattern, a Singapore jeweller returned his customer jewellery made of brass. Yesterday, in the Fourth Magi tiate's Court, the jeweller Jeyapaian of Sorangoon Road, was sentenced to lout months' rigorous
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    DEATH AFTER O.B.E.
    34 2 NAPIER, New Zealand. I Within a few hours of hearing j that he had received the 1 0.8. E. in the New Year's Honours, Mr. Seymour Percy Spilles, of Napier, died.
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    Welfare Dept. To Ask Govt. For Unspent Money
    285 2 More People Seek T. B. Relief Tribune Staff Reporter THE Social Wefare Department is to ask for a re-vote of the unexpended balance of the amount approved last year under the T.B. Treatment Allowance Scheme. This is because or the increasing number
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    Mosquitos Collide; No Survivors
    55 2 During a training flight over British North Borneo this morning, two Mosquitos of the R.A.F. collided in midair at a point 20 miles east of Point Baram. There were no survivors. Next of Kin are being informed. A court of inquiry is being held to determine
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    U.K. ARMY TRAINING FOR MALAYS
    59 2 TAIPING. Fri.—Two Malay officers and two sergeants f»f the First Battalion. Malay Regiment, stationed at Taiping will be leaving for the U.K. at the end of this month for specialised training. They are 2nd. Lt. Osman bin Rani. 2nd/Lt. Shaari bin Daud. Sgt. Sulong Ahm&d
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    CURFEW IN PUSING
    46 2 IPOH. Fri.—Curfew was imposed in Pusing today, until further notice. People living within the radius ot i| miles of the Pusing Police Station have to remain indoors between the hours of 7 pjn. and 6 a.m. except those in possession ol special permits.
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    Filipino T.B. Expert
    190 3 s Dr. Sixto A. Fran- cisco. director of the i National Chest Centre of the Philippines yes- S terday exchanged in- i formation with Dr. W. I J. Viekers, Singapore 1 Director of Medical i' services on the ques- lion of anti-tuberculo- J sis measures in the
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    FIVE MALAY BOYS FOR ETON OF MALAYA'
    182 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. IMVE Malay boys from varil ous kampongs in Sel?nnor have been selected for further lies at the Malay College. Kuala Kangsar. They are Uaja Razalli bin Ja afai. Pctallng. son of Government peon; Abdul Rahim bin Mohd. Haki. Sun- St
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    'MIND WENT BLANK'
    130 3 MALACCA. Frl. —A doctor from the Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan. giving evidence in a enss yesterday in which in Indian, •Viumugam. was charged with th-.- mutder of a :niddle-agcd Tamil woman. Unamalai. at the attendants' quarters of the General Hospital, said that Arumugam. in his opinion, was
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    Detainee Assaulted By Detainees, Dies
    451 3 Tribune Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A DETAINEE in the Ashby Road Detention Camp. 1 Perak, was assaulted by a number if other detainees at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. He was removed to hospital the following day where he died as a result Of his
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    SPORE PEPPER TURNED DOWN BY RUSSIA
    85 3 Russia is understood to have turned down offers or pepper made from Singapore .ecenuv because they claimed they could get it cheaper in London. The Russians are now agatn inquiring for PW*-£2 they are doing it m Ix>ndon and New York Speculation on Russian
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    Man Short: Cobra Was Cause
    46 3 SUNGEI PATANL Fri. —Malay Frontier Force police constable, lia*h»ron, wan .shot in the chin, when the Sten-gun he was carrying accidentJy went off while trying to jump clear of a cobra in nis palh. Bashimn died. He was returning from patrul.
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    STUDENTS GO ON HUNGER STRIKE
    319 3 ...BECAUSE OF 'APPALLING FOOD AT HOSTEL' Tribune Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Friday ONE hundred nnd two students of the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur, went on a hunger strike tonight, boepuse of the "appalling food served them and the general living conditions in the hostel." The
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    Sub-Tenant's Application Dismissed
    156 3 AX Application by a vuotenant for a variation una review of a consent brier relating to the rental of premises No 2. Changi Read, Singapore, was dismissed by the Rent Conciliation Huh re. yesterday. The President :>f the Board, Mr. A. W. Bellamy, told tne sub-tenant. Chop
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    MATANG IN PENANG
    26 3 The T.S.S. Matang. arrived in Penang yesterday. She struck a submerged object off Victoria Point on the Coast of Siam on January 5.
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    U.S.I. May Open Penang Consulate
    225 3 A.P. PENANG, Friday. I)R. Z. Zain of the United States of Indonesia representative's office in Singapore and Mr. T. Ibrahim, the acting Trade representative, are in Penang on a fact-finding mission. Dr. Zain said tha+ the U.S.I may open consulate in Penang to look after
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    PANDA IMPROVING
    31 3 LONDON. Fri. Lien Ho the London Zoo s giant panda, ill for a fortnight, was fed with gruel during the night and Zoo authorities "are quite happy" about her.
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    AMERICANS LOVE CONVENTIONS'
    178 3 DR. Baker J. Cauthen. Secretary for the Orient of the American Southern Baptist Missions, suid yesterday that he was on his way to the States to attend the three Baptist conventions In Richmond. Va.. Chicago and Cleveland. Chio. w Dr Baker, who speaks Mandarin like a Chinese,
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    Court Interpreters To Protest
    302 3 Tribune Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. JOHORE Court interpreters have decided to protest against the introduction of a new pay scheme, because it stipulates the withdrawal of language allowances amounting to $20 a month for those who have passed the script 'written examination of a second language.
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    TAPAHOCPD WINS APPEAL
    128 3 IPOH, Fri.—A successful appeal was made yesterday in the Perak Supreme Court by Mr. D. E. A. Winn, O. C. P.D., Tapah, against his conviction for "inconsiderate driving" by the Tapah Magistrate. The Magistrate had imposed on Mr. Winn a fine of f.lOO. in default one month'?
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    'Only One Plate Of Rice...)
    183 3 'Only One Plate Of Rice... THE students invited newsmen to visit the hostel tonight to see the food they had Jfor dinner. It consisted of a plate of rice with some mutton, ieaf vegetable and a small slice of chicken with some gravy. "This food is not fit for students.
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    Keeps Mum
    55 3 Mr. J. F. Parsonage. Principal of the Technical College, would not comment when interviewed. Questioned if he had received representations from the students' Messing Committee. Mr. Parsonage still refused to comment, lihe Director of Education. Mr. 11. R. Holgate. was not available for comment tonight. He is at
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    The Shoe King
    6 3 MR. THOMAS BATA
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    81 Bandits Have Gone To Gallows
    249 3 Tribune Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. yHREE more bandits have been hanged at Pudu Gaol this morning. This bring the total number of bandM- xeeutcd s'nev the Emergency to eightyone. The three bandits who died this mqrnlng Wi re, Yong Ah Long, Ch'erk Shang
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    VISITS 'ALERT'
    57 3 His Highness the Sultan of Perak. accompanied by the A.D.C., 2 Lieut. Raja Amir, and the Raja Kechil Sulong. Perak. paid a visit to HMS "Alert." the flagship of Sir Patrick Brind. Commander- in-Chief of Far East Station, on Wednesday, at Lumut. The Sultan and his party were
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    MORE PEOPLE WEAR SHOES HERE-BATA
    177 3 Tribune Staff Reporter MR. Thomas Bata, 35-year-old Can** Jl dian he d of the £27-million shoe organisation said yesterday, that he and his wife wore various types of "experimental" shoes to test them first-hand Mr. Bata is on a visit to Maiaya. Wearing a pair
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    AMBULANCE CALLS...
    57 3 A Chinese living at No. 20«. Telok Ayer Street, drauk caustic soda. An Indian fefi from the first (loci of a house in Arab Street. Anothc- Chinese man was badly injured when an iion bar fell on him while he was working in Jalan Pe'.can. A European cyclist
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    RAMVONG -THE DANCE OF LOVE
    418 4 begins where joget ends IT will not be surprising if the old folks frown at Ramvong. They have frowned at the Joget Modern, and, if anything, Ramvong goes a little beyond the Joget—lt U a Siamese dunce of love. Where, the Jog.-t ends it begins.
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    SATURDAY SHOW ROUND-UP
    1775 5  -  RATING: Faini rww r by OSWALD HENRY PAVILION BATUKt' Hl.y: >|\U>: Hubert N»u'«:i. Phil Rrowa, XaunWin Wayne an sally Gray. THREE characters steal the thunder in mis film and provide excellent support to the two leading stars around whose lives ,yen a sinister tale that ans out
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    U.S. FAR EASTERN POLICY CRITICISED BY REPUBLICANS
    315 5 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Friday. THF review of United States policy in the Far East by Secretary of Stale Dean Acheson was criticised in Republican Congressional circles today aa negative, and as an excuse for doing, nothing now. Searching for indications of the next steps
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    "Friday the 13th too much for PAA
    99 5 A.P. S TOKYO, Fri. Friday S i the 13th jinks' proved too J strong toda> for Pan i American Airways, so the S i clipper, Bald Eagle, can- celled Its departure for the I nited Stares after I engine trouble developed when the.
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    FILIPINO REDS MISSING
    65 5 U.P. MANILA, Fri. Two or the Philippines' leading Communists. Mariano P. Balgos and GuWcrmo Capadocia, have been missing for the past several weeks, according to the Evening News. The News said Balgos, who is Secreiaty-General of the Communist Party, and Capadocia. Vice-President of the Congress of Labour
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    Explosion Wrecks Homes, Kills Five
    133 5 U.P. VINCENNES, Indiana, Fn. An explosion demolished a two-family housing project unit in this flood-threateVh city today, killing two young mothers and their three children. Mutilated bodies of the victims were removed from the wreckage by searchers wrio had to probe through concrete blocks of
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    DEATH PENALTY REINTRODUCED
    46 5 Reuter. LONDON, Fri.—The death penally is to be reintroduced in Russia for treason cases, said the official .Soviet "new.s agency Tass, today. It said .the death penalty, published in May, 1947. would now apply to "traitors to the homeland, spies and saboteurs." —Reuter.
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    Formosa Cast Last Eighteen Months Without U.S. Aid
    173 5 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri. THE House Foreign Affairs Committee heard from an expert today a report that the Chinese Nationalists may be able to hold out on Formosa 18 months without United States help. The report, by Mr. C. B. Marshall, former Harvard
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    MAN FOR THE JOB
    363 6 giiOULD preference be given in the matter of jobs and promotion to the candidate with a college diploma or to the man whose onlyqualification is that he has had long experience in a particular type of work? This question is exciting some interest at the moment
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    TELL THE PEOPLE
    209 6 of the Army's lack of equipment in Malaya come to a head with a soldier'3 allegation that "men are dying from lack of medical assistance." The soldier, back in England after «iighteen months in the jungle, made his charge at a meeting addressed by Dr. Hugh Dalton,
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    TITO TO PREACH MARXISM TO STALIN THE RENEGADE
    921 6  -  j TITO: Lessoth For j His Master by RONALD PRESTON Reuter. BELGRADE. THE Yugoslav communists are believed to be about to open an intense ideological campaign to win I world communist and leftI wing support for Marshal Tito. The campaign, aimed at
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    THE PARTY MEMBERS WANT THEIR CUT
    854 6  -  PROBLEMS BEFORE MAO TSE-TUNG By Chung Kuo Sin U.P. HONG KONG VEUTRAL political observ--11 ers are of the opinion that one of the gravest threats during the next few years to the Communist programme of creating a totalitarian China may come from "within the
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    And The Generals Need Jobs
    562 6  -  By JAMES WHITE A.P. A good part of the Chinese Red army will become a vast labour corps in 1950. Plans to put millions of soldiers to useful work have been broadcast by the Peiping Radio. That part of the "People's Liberation Army" which is
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    WHAT'S IN A NAME?
    566 6 BATAVIA WHAT'S in a name? For one thing, plenty of confusion. Take Indonesia for example. One of the first bits of trouble to arise here after the transfer of sovereignty from the Dutch to the Indonesians resulted In some name-ca'ling. The problem is how to spell
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    Money and women
    75 7 Christopher G. Janus, 38. General importer and exporter from Chicago, points out several attractive features about one of the legacies left him by uncle, P. Z. Aristophron. 8y the will, Janus inherits four beautiful Egyptian dancing girls. He has thought about bringing them to Chicago to act
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    Herbert Answers Mother's Prayers
    140 7 A.P. WEST HARTLEPOOL. Fri. Nine years ago sailor bert Harrison's family ird that he had been killed in a .-hip's torpedoing. Harrison Lelieved that his mother and father had been killed in an air raid. terdajjp he turned up at and had a big reunion with
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    PANAGRAM HAS MUSIC PLUS....
    58 7 Reuter-AAP. LBCK7RNE, Fri R moling a cross between jne juke box and the tele'°n set is tne paaagram by a Lome pnotoJPh r Mr. M Hono. a coin is inserted a d screen depicts a views of the disiicr accompanied by a musical background and a
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    BOOK BANNED
    27 7 Reuter. KARACHI. Fri. Pakis- banned an American book called "Illustrated Minute Biographies" belu* it contains a picture Mohammed'— an illusn forbidden under m law.— Reuter
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    Rubber Igloos Take Comfort To The Icy Artie
    273 7 U.P. AKRON, Ohio. Friday JJUGE rubber igloos bi'< enough to cover a 111 room home and known as radomes, are being made by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company to house ground radar installation of the U.S. Air Force. These balloon-like shelters
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    AUSTRALIACEYLON AIR SERVICE AGREED
    56 7 A.P. CANBERRA, Fri.-Austra-Air Minister Thomas White said on Thursday his country and Ceylon have agreed to set up regular air service. White said the agreement gives Ceylon the right to operate an airline from Colombo to Sydney. Australia has tne reciprocal right to fly from Sydney
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    It's women, Not Men In Japan In Japan
    122 7 Reuter-AAP. S TOKYO, Fri. More j i than three-quarters of J Japan's divorce proceed- 1 1 ings last year were In- stitufed by women, a government survey 1 J shows. A Family Relations j Court, set up last y« -«r I under
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    LOSES BRIDE, IS PROMOTED?
    77 7 U.P. ATHENS. Fri. Zaki Hachem, an Bgypitan economist at the United Nations who reportedly lost his fiancee to King Farouk, said tonight that ne will become Egypt's Minister to Russia this spring, Hachem who left Cairo by plane en route to Lake Success where he mu-.t
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    How Much?' But Its Tips That Prompt It
    127 7 Reuter. LONDON, Fri. Men and women have been asking patrons in snack bars, seaside boarding houses, village cafes and London's West End Luxury hotels "How much"? The "How much" means "What's the tip?" The question is being asked throughout Britain because the
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    U.S. Scientists Make New Atomic Find
    104 7 A.P. ROCHESTER. New York. Fri. The University df Rochester reports it has photographic prates showing "strong evidence" of a new atomic particle. the neutral meson. The University said three of its scientists had recorded the evidence of plates 19 miles into the air by
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    JETS TO REPLACE LINCOLNS
    48 7 A.P. C ANBERRA, Fri. Supply minister Richard Casey announced yesterday that the Cabinet has approved the manufacture of Canberra Jet bombers at the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation's Melbourne factory. They will be supplied to R.A.A.F. in place of Lincoln bombers now manufactured in Australia.— A.P.
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    C. O. I. for fat women goes up
    80 7 A.P. LONDON. !7*i The cost of living for fat women went up in Britain yesterday The Board of Trade announced, that controlled prices for extra, large brassiers and corsets will be 22 12 per cent higher than for normal sizes. Under the
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    FIRST AUSSIE DRILLERS' CONVENTION
    78 7 Reuter.-AAP. ADELAIDE. Fri. One hundred drillers held a convention in Adelaide recently the first In South Australia's history. Some of them drill for coal, others for water, and others for uranium. Some of them test foundations ior harbours and dams. One of the most colourful personalities
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    SAMMY POOLE'S RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
    57 7 A.P. WOLVERHAMPTON. Fri. —Five-year-old Sammy Poole, who wandered away from home on Christmas Day. was round drowned in a nearby canal yesterday. A rope from a passing barge caught the body and brought it to the surface. Hundreds of persons, including police, soldiers and divers,
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    THESE LUCKY WOMEN
    54 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE. Fri Two sisters recently completed a 1.600 mile hitch-hike through New South Wales. South Australia and Victoria and they walked only six miles. The girls said that for most of the way they were given lifts in modern ears. They even got a free ride
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    RIVALS IN LIFE ARE RIVALS IN STONE
    106 7 Reuter. LONDON, FrL—TWO querns, rivals in life, have for sonic years been rivals in stone in Fleet-Street, London's newspaper beehive. The queens in stone arc Queen Elizabeth of England and Mary Queen of Scots The controversy is over an incquility which is now
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    Attlee REPRIMANDED FOR ELECTION DAY CHOICE
    214 7 A.P. mim LONDON, Friday. JHE Archbishop of Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, indirectly scolded I'rime Minister Attlee yesterday for fixing; the General Election on the day after Ash Wednesday. Noting that election eve ralies will coincide with religious services. Archbishop Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, the Church of
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    FUND STARTED TO RES FORE FALLEN GIBBET
    100 7 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. A fund to restore the gibbet on Inkpen Beacon, which was blown down by a recent gale, has been opened by the people of Berkshire's Downland Villages. There has been a gibbet on the beacon since 1676, when one was
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    INDIAN NAVY MAY TRAIN S.E. A. RATINGS
    83 7 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Fri. Naval ratings from Southeast Asian countries may be trained by the Indian Navy. It was learned here that tne Indian Government has agreed to requests by one or two Southeast Asian countries that their naval personnel be given training
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    ROYAL ZANANA BARGAINS
    47 7 Reuter. NEW DELHI. Fri. Souvenir hunters are now busy buying the remnants of the last splendour of the legendary "Royal Zanana" of Kashmir's ruling family. Under orders of the present Maharaja valuable and luxurious articles are being publicly auctioned at the Srinagar palace courtyard.—Reuter.
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    Gnus Show in Mexico taxi riot
    53 8 A Mexico taxi driver fights back as Police disperse a strike meeting of taxi drivers. The men are protesting against the granting of permits to additional taxis. Two drivers were shot and 80 hurt. Note driver bleeding from temple and clutching bloody handkerchief.—A.P. Photo.
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    Russia Seeks Greater Power In Finland
    396 8 A.P. run i LONDON, Friday. Russia, incenfcd by the Finnish Government's stone wall defiance of Communist is grimly seeking greater power for Finland's small Communist Party. That is believed the immediate reason for RusQnn S S harge that Finlar «d is deliberately harboring «w+,t
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    Report On Finland
    32 8 The following report on Finland is made by Hubert N. Lindsay 0 f the A.P. London Staff, who has j«st returned from a six weeks' visit to that country.
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    INDIA INSISTS ON RED CHINA PASSPORTS
    101 8 A.P. TOKYO, Fri. Chinese on air trips to or through India will need new travel papers, the' Tokyo office of the Pan American World Airways was advised yesterday. Their Nationalist Chinese passports no longer will be acceptaDle. The Home Ministry of the Indian Government
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    MONTY AND SON VISIT THE HAGUE
    52 8 A.P. THE HAGUE, Fri.—Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrived at Valkenburg naval airport, near The Hague, yesterday in his own aircraft from Brussels. He was accompanied by his son, David. Wearing a greatcoat and beret. he reviewed a Royal Marine guard of honour. His visit
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    FOOD WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM
    409 8 Development of Under-developed untries A.P. NEW YORK, Friday. JHE primary problems of 4 'under-developed countries," in which, according to United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, 80 per cent, of the world's people lives, will be to feed increasing jpopulations. In a paper, presented to
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    3-POWER MOCK WAR HELD UP
    108 8 A.P. Munsterlager, Germany, TO. The combined Norwegian Danish British mock war exercise, "Finn, mark was called off for a while yesterday following the arrival of high NorWL £i ar V- and Danish officers Commander-in-Chief of '1 ci #an Army, Lt.GeiL WUliaaj Hansteen, and c al
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    TEST FLIGHTS FOR BRABAZON
    49 8 U.P. LONDON. Fri Rr.t.,i„. 2 S£ 1 co "»mercial plane tert fIJ£ Id WUI "»kl iesi flights across th^ North Atlantic this spring informed sources said to-' They said the giant nlane 22* 1 ™*c flights with "s ught piston engines before being equipped *th
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    Siam Plans Sun 'Valley' Of The East
    183 8 A.P. BANGKOK, Fri. A "Sun Valley" of the East atop Phu Khadung, Thailand's highest plateau in the northeast with only outside communication by air, is in the making. Complete with awpoit, the health and holiday resort is being developed by government to attract
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    Down The Slipway
    40 9 The Motor Vessel Lancing was launched recently at Blyt hswood Shipyard, Scotstwon, GteftffOW. The ship weighing 1 ,500 tons (dead weight) belongs to the Hvalfangerselskapet Globus" of Narvik, Norwa>. Picture shows the Lancing going down the slipway.
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    BRITAIN LEADS IN SALES TO MALAYA
    439 9 MALAYA got one fifth of her total imports from 1 the United Kingdom during the first half of 1949. Mr. K. E. MacKv rate, United Kingdom Trade Commissioner in Malaya said this in a survey of trade between the two countries broadcast over Radio
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    THIS WEEK HAD Selling Wave In Rubber
    261 9 THERE Has been a tendency for dealers to liquidate part of their rubber holdings which caused I a small reaction here. New j York however has supported and buying for Russia I has also helped to maintain values. says the rubber market report
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    AMERICA EXPECTS BOOST IN FOAM RUBBER PRICES
    173 9 U.U.I.S. NEW YORK, Friday. AMERICAN manufacturers of speciality items such A as foam rubber cushions are expecting turther price boosts in. the near future, the Journal ot Commerce states. New records are being set monthly in consumption of latex in the United States
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    INDIAN CLOTH
    39 9 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG. Fri—The Hongkong Government today lifted an embargo on the import of cotton yarn from India for local consumption. Indian cotton yarn therefore, can be sold either to local factories or for re-export as desired.— ReUter-AAP.
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    Australia Earns More Than Ever
    263 9 AUSTRALIA'S national income for the year ended A June 30, 1949, reached the record total oi £A 1,955,000.000. g4 This was about 12 per cent more than m 1947 48 and almost two and a half times the pre-wa.- eye Higher average ear-mugs rather than
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    SEA MAIL
    46 9 Latest times for posting at the G.P.O. lor the Federation will be 5.45 p.m. and for Java and Medan noon. Sarawak (except Miri) 7.30 p.m. and Thailand will be 5.45 p.m. today. Mails are expected from the Federation and Medan today at the G.P.O.
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    WEEK'S PRICES
    66 9 High--st lowest pricds during the week ending January 18. Highest lowest Cloning m Buyers*. Noon r»o 49.% 4k* X.M.A.2. K.S.S. F-0.8. 48 R.M.A.3. K.S.S. F.O B «JO 47 .'C- Blanket FOB *™{***XL 08 %pA. 08 R M A l Pale Crepe Jan/Jeb 1»M S.Q.K.S.S. ON TENDER. m 49
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    Tin Prices
    60 9 Tin price remained unchanged in Singapore yesterday at $288-87* ewit* per picul ex-snielter. LONDON JAN. 12 Spot £«00 I nehanged. Throe months £583* Up £1 4. Settlement price £600* Down £1 B. Turnover: 50 tons. Second session: Spot £600 Unchanged. Three months £584 3 4 Up £2 1
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    156 9 COPRA was slightly easier in Singapore yesterday. Sellers asked $37 per picul f.o.b. Feb-Mar. while buyers bid $36?. There was little or no business done. Coconut oil was a little easier with sellers at $59 per picul f.o.b. Jan.-Feb. in second hand drums. Buyers were uninterested. Coffee was
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    More Ships For Japan
    45 9 A.P. WASHINGTON. Fri.—The National Federation of American Shipping estimates shat Japan will have 1.749.900 tons of merchant shipping by the close of 1952. Occupation authorities have just authorised Japan to build or recondition and additional 550.000 tons for her merchant fleet.—A.P.
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    Tin Easy Again
    39 9 Singapore, Fri. With easier conditions in other world centres, the local tin share market wan again under the influence of sellers, but prices eased only fractionally. Industrials again came, in for more Inquiry at lower levels.
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    Along The Godowns
    53 9 M. Brander («neers); Tege!berg Duyong (42 3); WakdeSltsen (40 1); Hencniachan (88/9); Eangleeacot (85/6); Ben'ong (SS/4); Lotorlum (17/18); Ozarda (19 30); SHB craft (21/2); Tentaius (25/6); Manueviile (27 8); bansborg (29 30) Gleagyle (18/14); Tamerlane (11); Kajang (89); Bendoran (6/ 7); Beluru (CP.); Bali (4/5); Amnaputty (3);
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    Share Quotations
    825 9 Singapore, Fri. IN Dl 1 STRIA LS Singapore. Thurs. Atlas Ic; 2.15 2.25 Alex. Bricks Pref 2.40 2.50 Ord 2.22'*, 230 B. B. Petrol 88/6 34 8 B.M. Trustees 7.60 8.50 Con. Tin Smelt Pref 21/3 22/3 Ord. 15/3 16/6 E. Ltd Assur. 39 25 40.25 Eat. A
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    MALAYA CUP RUGBY FINAL
    1660 10  -  SERVICES SHOULD RETAIN HONOURS Bv LINESMAN INTERRUPTED last year, one of Malaya's few great annual sporting everts will be revived in Kuala Lumpur today when the Combined Services, undefeated champions of the south, meet Selangor in the final of the H.M.S. Malaya Grp. the blue riband
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    JOE DAVIS JUST MISSES HIS RECORD
    81 10 Reuter. NEWCASTLE. Fri. Joe Davis, retired undefeated world snooker champion, playing against George Chcnier, Canadian champion, in an exhibition match here today with a break of 137. This was only four points his world record made last year. Davis had one visit to the
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    Popular U.S. Sport
    24 10 This 9-foot kit*-shaped sail is carrying the skater over the ice at 50 "Ues an 4 difficult SclHto .ttw Unlted SUteS
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    EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    163 10 A.P. PARIS. Thurs. The European swimming cham-pion-ships are to be held this year in Vienna from August 20 to 27, the European Federation decided on Wednesday. The championships will be held in the 50 metres "Prator Pool," De Raeve, president of the International, Swimming Federation declared. The
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    SUCCESS OF JOLLILADS
    58 10 The Jollilads Athletic Union soccer team won 60 games, lost 24 and drew 10 out a total of 94 games played last year. These January fixtures are: 14. v. 223 8.0.D., Kampong Bahru Rly. Ground. 15. v. H.M.S. Triumph Naval Base. Jan. 18 v. Merchant Navy, Railway
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    AN OLD UN SAYS HOW
    151 10 A.P. Formet heavyweight ehampi.in James J. Jeffries took Uxm i\it recently to impart a few words of wisdom to a youthful fighting prospect. Broad shouldered Rex Layne, from the hamlet of Lewiston. Utah, visited the 74-year-ojd exkins of the heavies; at his Purbank home. Winner
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    Jackie Rohinson, noted United States athlete. Ns»«',1>», 1>»»6H7»r'»' l>»>et»»ll te2m. reeeivin»: ls<»l„ >» """" "»»< n,l»« <», zz,^ l».l>i^n«,. 1919 tieoleo 47»rver 31en>orl2l neM«p»^r c"ll»rit,,tion U» tbe de»4««nent «t „,»»i..../ .-.' 5« bz, » , »»e ll, <»^„
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    RUSSIA AND U.S. MAY CLASSH IN SKATING
    403 10 U.P. The "cold war*' between the United States and Soviet Russia may move to Sweden this winter, when Russians and Americans may clash in the 1950 speed skating world championships at the town of Eskilstuna in Middle Sweden, February 18-19. The American speed
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    TOMORROW'S HOME SOCCER LEAGUE GAMES
    259 10 Reuter LONDON. Fii. Thfollowing are the Sxtww in the English and Scottish football Leagues ior today: ENGLISH I.LX.IX ITK&gt;T DIVISION Afptial v. Hudd&lt; r.sii"!'i Birmingham v. Sundei 1« Blackpool r. Aston V. Bolton v. Liverpool i&gt;er»&gt;y v. Burn lew. Evertcn v. Portsmouth, v. Maneh&lt;wer Manchwter
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    STOKE WANT MEN
    35 10 Reuter. STOKK. K'i miking ilfoits i new forwards an prouched Wolves wii for international '.\rward Denia ilshaw vf in Stoke. So fai VV. declined to discuss his for at any fee. --Reut*i-
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      35 10 50 Years of Integrity —Drink Gold Leaf and be sure of consistent quality The quality of Gold Leaf ranks highest among Teas of Topmost Choice. Sale Agents:— F. A. BARTHOLOMELSZ, Ltd. 8-A, Change Allay, Spore.
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      231 10 STARTLING PREDICTIONS IN YOUR HOROSCOPE Your Real Life Told Free. Would you like to know, what the stars indicate for you. whether you will be successful and happy and what is indicated for you in business, love, raarriaee, friends, enemies, lucky and unlucky periods, what pitfalls to avoid, what I
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    ALFIE DOES A WORK-OUT
    18 11 &lt;!»n&lt;l« up u«l»»v llllllll»lll^l^l»&gt;^l«l»^^^« «l-s l «llll bill) 4.uf&lt;» li, «»ll!l &gt;,„n 3» &gt;i„z;ll.
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    ALFIE SANDS PACKS DYNAMITE IN HIS FISTS
    294 11 To Fight Bobby Njoo On Jan. 20 A fif an ds Proved in his training yesterday that he is the kind of fighter Singapore boxNjop r.ie Australian welterweight packs dynamite m nis two fists. J Sparring two brisk rounds with Sarban Singh, Alfie
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    Little Nene May Fight Gwat Tek
    173 11 THE supporting bouts in the Jan. 20 boxing programme, give promise of Interesting time, boys are straining on their leash to take a poke at -the other fellow's" jaw. One of them Is Tan Gwat rek, the Java featheright. Gwat Tek will be re
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    INDIAN RECS. & GYMKHANA
    46 11 INDIAN RECS. GYMKHANA I he Indian Recreation Club and the Gymkhana XI dn one-all in a soccer match At Park, 1 ilo Gymkhana opened scor- through S. Krishnan in tir -st half and the Indians -"1 in the second from 1 Penalty taken by A. Rahim.
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    Jap Women And Sport
    58 11 U.P. Kio, |.&gt;j Jajwrt may now hay;- all-gir! professional ball panics. There are already women wrestier» and girls bicycle Rft in to women* fashion shows. in rnbera oi the Bed Soy team were recently picked n &gt;i» K over 80 eager applicants inciui r Lag the
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    S. Airica's team for 3rd Test
    76 11 Reuter. JOHANNESBURG. Fri. —South Africa's team for the third test against Australia will be unchanged from that which was defeated in the iirsjt two Tests of the series. The match begins in Durban on Jan. 20. The team, announced today, is as follows: A.
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    Ampon Wins Again
    111 11 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Fri. Feliciasimo Ampon of the Philippines, recent winner of the India title* today won his quarter-final in the Northern India lawn tennis championships beating N. Kuni.tr of India 4 -6, 6 I 6-2. Narrnda Nath of India: G. L. Paish. England and Vladimar Cernik
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    2 Bowlers Take 7 Wkts. For 46
    88 11 Sheffield Shield Reuter. SYDNEY. Fri.-New South Wales led South Australia by 34 runs with rive first innings wickets still in hand at the end of the first day in their Sheffield Shield match here. Due mainly to pace bowlers. Tom Brooks (four for
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    FATHUL KARIB SOCCER TEAM
    57 11 The Fathul .Karib Ist XI to play soccer against Kota Raja Club on Monday at Farrer Park at 5.15 p.m. will be selected from the follows: Jaffar Jabar, A. Rahim (Junior), A. Rahim, Ahmed, Johvn B. Hassan, Zuki, Baker Lamin, Haron, Dollah Kucliok, Kassam, Puteh (Captain),
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    HOTSPURS HEADING FOR RECORD GAMES
    108 11 Reuter. LONDON, Friday. TOTTENHAM Hotspur, football Second Division leaders, are on th;' track of a record for the number of consecutive league games played without defeat. Spurs have now played 22 successive league games without being beaten, but they have to survive another eight games
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    BRISBANE CUP
    35 11 BRISBANE, Fri. With the prize money of A£12,000 the Brisoane Cup, to be run over two miles here on May l, will De the richest race in the Australian racing calendar this season.
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    SPORE'S EMPIRE GAMES MEN PREPARED AND CONFIDENT
    278 11 Tribune Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S three representatives to the Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, in JFebruarv are prepared and confident. ~&gt; inough the bad weather have forced tw ofo them, fireman hmh jumper Lloyd Valb°re- and sprinter Ng Liana: Chian*. to train indoors,
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    INDIAN RECS TO MEET RAPC
    69 11 Indian Recreation Club Ist Team will play the 67-Coti-Pany R.a.P.c. at soccer pm. 31 Park at 5 S ,a &gt;' er s wi» be selected from the foMcwin--— K. Narayana. S. Paul, A S ah m S ■Wuthiah, S. Veloo' L Osman, S A Ally
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    FORRESTERS' HOCKEY
    49 11 Sherwood Forresters will play a friendly game of hockey against the Khalsa Aviation on Saturday at St. Koad. L4ne-up for the Forr- i Wi,J c: c Nelson. Frasor C. Elloy. O. Fernanda. C. Lurkland, R. West. A. Larkinf. I&gt;. Jan«, A 7&lt;ady. U PhJpps, and C. Joseph*
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    Titans Win
    24 11 The T1 tan and Haikowvu badminton parties whi«h clashed in a friendly fixture recently. The Titans won by five matcheft to three.
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    Setia B.P.
    97 11 A!: tho i.iird annua' i,'.M:«rnV meeting of -he Pt-u« r»udiumicn party, (he f were elected u&gt; th«&gt; Commit'cc cf Manairement for 1%0:— I'atroi;* Mi..««»«. Lim Kirn Lee. R. X jjd.i. and A). Al. Said: n M r l*n,ail Anmad r j-i-k. tfdi. Vice Presidents Messrs. A. R. Majid
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    England anxions To See Peng Soon Again
    163 11 Reuter. th.R?2?w ,Fr Hl A E Scheale, secretary of that EnSX of England, said today hear badm,nto cip des were very pleased to Sini-ISS:* Won Soon, champion of Malaya and Singapore, would be competing in the all En r lVivS championships in Londondon
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    BIG MIX-UP OF LEAGUE TEAMS
    245 11 ROUND 4 OF F. A. CUP Reuter. «.t,Mtt LONDON Fri Jay JJOW that eight of the nine third round FoottlrJ .'i A soc tlo n Cup replays have been settied, tne fourth round, which is to played on ttUMj M, can bo summed up more
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    MCRC TOPS HOCKEY LEAGUE
    185 11 MALACCA, Fri. The Hakoca Chinese Recreation Club, with v possible seven points out of eight, top the Malacca Hockey Association League: with the Banda Kabar Malays hard on their heels Games postoncd on account of baa weather will be played later. The Malacca Club began the
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    CARL SCHUBERT IN UNIVERSITY HOCKEY MATCH
    73 11 Carl Schubert, the former S. R. C. cricketer, now reading law at Nottingham University, is playing hockey for the 'varsity in the English Universities Tournament. Schubert, who plays in goal, is a regular member of the first team. Nottingham U. are due to play
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    G.I. TRIES TO FRIGHTEN JAP: KILLS HIM
    93 12 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Fri —An American soldier wiio shot dead a Japanese "just trying to frighten him," Wtg sentenced to three years hard 'abour and dishonourable discharge. Gen. Mac Arthur's Information Ofhce announced today. They said 18-year-old Private Frederick H. Prano. of Detroit, on
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    Just A Reminder
    28 12 The Malaya Tribune has Town Office at Winston's, No. 4, The Arcade, where letters and small advertisements, both casual and classified, may be handed in.
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    Frontier Wrangle over Chiang's men
    196 12 Reuter. HONGKONG, Friday. BRiTISH and Communist Chinese frontier guards wrangled here today when British police tiled to return 100 wounded Nationalist troops lrom Hongkong territory to China. Officials :'.?nied there had been a "border incident." But they admitted that the Communists had refused Nationafist troops
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    16 STATES OF U.S. I. WILL BE UNITED
    126 12 Reuter. JAKARTA. Fri a biU for liquidation of the 16 autonomous member states of ihe United States of Indonesia is to be presented to the U.S.I. Cabinet soon by Home Minister Anak \gong, it was officially discicsrd today. A strong trend towiri*
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    PEACE WON'T BE UNFAVOURABLE —YOSHIDA
    45 12 U.P. TOKYO. Fii. Premier Shigeru Yoshida said today that he believes the peace treaty terms for Japan will no: be "unfavourable.'' Yoshida told a pi ess conference that he attributed this to the increased number of foreigners visiting Japan.— U.P.
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    JAP HIJACKED FOR CHIANG
    67 12 U.P. TOKYO, Fri. —A 30-year-Japanese government employee, Yoshio Tauchi disappeared and his family later found a note signed by him saying that he was on his way to join the Chinese Nationalist Air Force on Formosa. The note it was a'leged, said "I am compelled to
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    BURMESE TROOPS RETAKE LOIKAW
    145 12 Reuter. FA.XGOON, Friday. DURHA Government troops have re-jccupied Loikaw, capital of Karenni stat3, after fier.ee fighting with Kar?n "rebels" who set the town ablaze during their retreat. One-fifth of the tov/n. wh h lie 3 220 miles northeast of Rangoon towards the Siam border, was burnt
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    AUSTRALIA IS WORRIED OVER JAP PRISONERS
    83 12 AAP. CANBERRA. Fri.—Australia has asked the Soviet Government to accept an impartial investigation into the alleged detention of Japanese prisoners in areas under Soviet control. Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies today released the text of a note delivered to the Soviet Embassy on January
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    Churchill Promises To Rebuild Empire
    104 12 U.P. LONDOX. Fri.—Winston Churchill promised last night to bring back a British empire "on which the sun never sets." if his Conservatives win the February 23 general election. He said. "I think it is high time we had a new parliament. We have a great
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    SINGAPORE'S CONTRIBUTION TO LONDON
    130 12 THE Standing Committee on Finance, Federation of Malaya, has approved a provision of $12,016.00 as a contribution by the Federation Government towards the maintenance of the School of Oriental and African Studies. The approved contribution will be at the rate of £365 per annum for the
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    WARM GREETING
    49 12 Reuter. TAIPEH, FORMOSA. Frl. Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Taipeh from the United States today to join her husband in his "last ditch" stand against the Communists. Madame Chiang, who has been in America for three months, was warmly greeted by the Generalissimo and close friends. —Reuter.
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    RED TROOPS TAKE WEICHOW
    403 12 Nationalist C-in-C Assumes Command OfHainan's Defence U.P. Reuter A.P. HONGKONG, Friday. rOMMI'MST troops successfully landed on Wejchow Island. 70 v.- st of Hainan, according to a Chinese newspapei .motin? a semiofficial sourc» i 1 Canton. The report said the island's garrison of .1,000 trcops has been
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    RAY RESEARCH
    38 12 Reuter. ROCHESTER (New York). Fri. —Dr. Bernard Peters. Professor or Physics ai the University of Roc.iesLei, wilt go to India within tne next three or tour weeks for research on cosmic rays for the Navy.- Renter.
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    Better Now Thank You
    40 12 Lien Ho, Zoo's Giant Panda, of thousands of visiting T chi'dren, makes its first I appeargi.ire before the 1 camera since its recent indisposition, is seen tak- I ing medicine. A.P. I Photo. I A.P. Photo.
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    JAP POLICE ARE ARMED
    99 12 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO, Fri. The whole Japanese police force is being armed for the first time In its history. Japanese po'ice officials refused to reveal the source of the weapons but oiiier source.' suggested they were a gift from Lie Un ied States. In Tol:io 35.000 police
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    U. S. I. STILL HAS NO CABINET
    68 12 Reuter-AAP. JOGJAKARTA, Fri. Th? Indonesian Republican state is still without a cabinet since Dec. 27 when the Hatta Government formally resigned, According to Aneta, the news agency. Authoritative circles said lifficulties have been tn;ountcred in the formation of the new Cabinet because the
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    FRIGHTENED MOTHER DROWNS 2 BABIES
    90 12 U.P. MURRAY, Utah. Fri.—A panic-stricken mother drowned two blend baby girls in a bathtub when fire broke cat in their tiny home bUBt night. Mrs. Kathryn May Tibbetts Wrathal grabbed the ten-months-old twin girls when fire was started nctu their crib by a discarded cigarette,
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    WEEK-END DIARY GENERAL
    157 12 TODAY STBAITS CHINESE MYF. Cabinet Meeting. :&lt; Kampeaa Kapor Koad 7..mi t*.m TAMIL METHODIST YOl TH fellowship: Devotional Meet) ing at No. 1 Short S»r. &lt;\ %Jf\ D.m. Speaker Mr. Jam-.s Supranianiam. M*.W SIN SIA: 23rd antmorBary celebration at 172, Pacta* Panjang 6i m.s. next to Malay
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    CHURCH SERVICES
    418 12 TODAY SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHIHCH: (5. Penang Rood): Sabbath School 3.30 p.m. preaching service at 5 p.m. An address will be given by Mr. E. D. Diclc. general secretary of th» World H.Q. of he Church from Washington D.C. Meeting opened to public. TOMOBBOW CHIHCH OF ENGLAND: St.
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    CINEMA
    297 12 CATHAY: "Malaya wan Speruer Tracy and James Stewart at 11, 1.45, 4.15, and *gn p.m. Mid light: "Adventure* nt •franx and Jesse James". v I.HAM IS X A "Home of the Brave" at 1.45. 4.15. «.45 and «.30 p.m. aiorning Matinee today end tomorrow at 11 a.m. "Adventures •&gt;f
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    SPORT
    86 12 RL'GBT: SCC v. Navy on T£dang: RAF Seletar v. raf v^ a shi.,*i, &lt; han?r U RAF Seletar v. Shell S.C. at SeieUr; KAK uSF*J£JL Ha^ our SIS „8™"»«!: Police A v GHO. Farelf at GHQ. v C ,C y KT AuBU Schoolboys stKjri» eP T B ,A t
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    Gammans Worries Over India's Stand In World War III
    341 12 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. MK L. D. Gammans, Conservative Member of Parli*m a nt said in the Commonwealth and Review tocHv that now m one couH sty what would be India's attitude if ancth?r war broke out. Writine the heading "Whither the
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    LONDON SHARES
    118 12 of the London St.- k i are stiff, ring from an "elect lonitis*." The tion day ia -»».11 away and the infect .-.n l,ia IcpfHmr Stork Esxlnn at inw level will n..f until the remi'l in Prt'**» in most &gt;i* V P .&lt; lover. showed fractional l f
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