Malaya Tribune, 13 March 1950

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    61 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Tdi 'Tribune" Spore Phone 5811/3 Nine Lines Published simultaneously «i Singapore, Kuaia lpoh avd Penang. EIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 13. 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maurice Clover, Malaya Tribune
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    80 KILLED IN AVRO TUDOR'S NOSE DIVE
    760 1 World's Greatest Air Disaster Reuter. CARDIFF, Sunday. gIGHTY people died today in the world's greatest air disaster when an Avro Tudor charter plane, packed with 83 rugby supporters homeward hound from an international match, turnei over in mid-air and nose-dived into a field
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    LORD LOUIS TO ATTEND BURMA SERVICE
    147 1 A.P. LONDON, Mon. —Earl Louis Mountbatten will attend a service cf commemoration to men who fell in the defence and liberation of Burma at Westminster Abbey on Thursday. May 11, it was announced here today. During the service, Mountbatten will hand to the Dean
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    Seretse's Collapse
    67 1 LONDON, Sun. Seretse liharna, African chief-e'e?t barred from h;<* native land by the British government, collapsed i<»day while addressing a meeting of his supporters in Lordon. He faltered in the miilst of a brief speech and was unable to go on. After he had a glass of water
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    Reds Hold Foreigners In Canton
    72 1 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG. Sun.—Chinese Communists have arrested eight senior ofuctals of tiiree foreign firms on Shan -n island, former French concession, r.r ordins to Chinese repots from Canton today Paports said six of the eight arrested men belong to the staff of .the French BanK of
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    NIGHT IN CAIRO
    31 1 Reuter. CAIRO, Sun.—The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, on theii way to Kenya by air arrived here this afternoon from Ma la and will stay the night. Reuter.
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    NEW LAW MAY CAUSE U.S.I GUILDER DROP
    125 1 A.P. JAKARTA. Sun.—Mr. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, the Indonesian Finance Minister, said here today that Indonesian guilders overseas would probably decrease sharply in value under the new foreign currency regime to be introduced tomorrow by the Indonesian Government as an export inducement scheme. The object
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    LEOPOLD LEADING
    32 1 A.P. BRUSSELS. Sun. King Leopold's forces held a solid fi« ncr cent majority late toMm the first 2.000.000 votes, tabulated in Belgium s national plebiscite on the monarch's future. -A.P.
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    Russians Vote For Joe Off S'pore
    119 1 A.P. MOSCOW, Sun. While 100.000.000 voters in Russia went to the polls today to elect Joseph Stalin and 1,301 other members of the Supreme Soviet, a group of Russians aboard the steamship Hitch completed balloting as it approached Singapore. They are voting for delegates
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    GEN. ROBERTSON SAYS NO TO GERMANS
    109 1 Reuter. BONN, Sun.—Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, British High Commissioner, has informed the West German authorities that he will not consider modifying the dismantling plans for the Watenstedt Salzgitter iron and steel works, unless those responsible for tne recent disturbances there are brought to justice.
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    INDIA INVITES MORE JAPS
    55 1 NEW DELHI. Sun.—lt was reliably reported here today that the Government of India is inviting the services of another 12 Japanese technicians to impart training to disDlaced persons from Pakistan in cottage industries to enable their rehabilitation in India. Seven Jaapanese technicians are already running a
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    EUROPEAN HELD FOR RITUAL MURDER
    191 1 A.P. JOHANNESBURG. Sun.— The discovery of human remains in a plantation near Hlatikulu. Swabiland. has led to the arrest of a European farmer, Carl Werner. 43. for ritual murder. Together with Chief Silwane Maxumalo. a cousin of Swabiland"s paramount chief, and two witch doctors, he
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    SOCIAL INSURANCE FOR CITY WORKERS
    369 1 Scheme Will Also Benefit Families Tribune Staff Reporter PROPOSALS for a medical insurance scheme for Singapore Municipal employees and their dependents will be laid before a Committee of Commissioners which meets this afternoon. r S he ulan is to offer adequate medical attention for the
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    ARMED ROBBERY
    66 1 A four-men Chinese gang got away with $95 in cash, $30 worth of jewellery and seme clothes when they broke into the house of a compatriot off Dunearn Road on Saturday night. Three of the robbers, one armed with a revolver and the other two brandishing knives, enteied
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    MAN STABBED
    54 1 A Ceylonese walked into Kandang Kurbau police station and surrendered himself at 5.40 p.m.. yesterday. He allegedly admitted he had stabbed a person in Cuff Road. Meanwhile, a man who was i jund stabbed in Cull Road was rushed to hospital where he is said to be on
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    Damage At Michelins
    294 1 Saboteurs Set Fire To Rubber Godown Tribune Staff Keptirtrr WHILE the bombihrowers were busy at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night, firebugs were at work at the Michelin Godowns in Kirn Yam Road, and succeeded after several attempts in setting Are to about a ton of sheet
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    Lost At Sea
    39 1 STOP MUSS Reuter. LIVERPOOL. Sun.—When the Circassia (11.000 tons) reached Liverpool tonight from Bombay, it was reported that Mrs. W. G. Helen Hamilton. 60, of Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, was lost overboard in the Bay of Biscay yesterday.—Reuter.
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    MORE BUSINESS IN INDUSTRIALS
    611 2  -  Ry a Market Correspondent. RUBBER remained firm above 53 cents per !b. 1 rroughout and the local tin price rose $2% picul during the week, but the share market was rl°"oid of any special featttm Nevertheless, an increased volume of business was transacted largely in the
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    Protest Against Jap Ban On Sterling Imports
    304 2 Reuter-AAP. TOKIO, Sunday. Britain and her colonies are not 1 obliged to keep their purchases from Japan :it the same level as Japanese sterling purchases, provided trade is balanced by June 30, the British Treasury represntative in th Far East, Mr. it. Smith,
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    How New Marshall Aid Will Be Split
    133 2 A.P. WASHINGTON, Sunday. The Economic Cooperation Administration has submitted to U.S. Congress estimates showing the approtionment of the requested U552,925;000,000 in aid for the Marsha j TM:in nations. The figure for Britain was estimated at US$6B7, 100.000 for the year ending June 30
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    The First Million
    66 2 A.P. DETROIT. Sun. The Automobile industry on Thursday completed the first million passenger cars to b? built in the United States this year. Reporting this, the trade paper "Automotive News" said that despite effects of the coal strike- and the continuing Chrysler dispute, production is two weeks
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    RUBBER CROPS IN FEBRUARY
    64 2 Turquand. Youngs. McAulilfe and Co. announce the following rubber crop figures for February: Alor Gajah Rubber Estate Limited 13.100 lb Ayer Panas Rubber Estate Limited 92.000 Glenealy Plantations 56.000 Kluang Rubber Company Limited 50.000 Pajam Limited 113.000 Tambulak Rubber Estates Limited 20.600 'falisman Rubber Company Limited
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    China Wants To Sell Dried Eggs To U.K.
    179 2 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG. Sun.—China It looking to Britain to absorb most of her lrozen anil dried eggs this year, recording to Chinese trade sources in Hongkong. Many inquiries are re ported to have been received irom the United Kingdom recently in regard to
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    World Tin Output In Metal Down, In Concentrates Up
    350 2 THE HAGUE, Sunday. World 1 in concentrates increased from 14,200 long; ton in November to 14,500 tons in December 1949 the International Tin Study Group in the Hague announced during the week-end. This was caused mt inly by a rise *n
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    Tin Prices
    21 2 MNGAPORE. suturdax Mar. 11 5289.75 Lp $2.12'; cents. LONDON, Friday Mar. 10. Spot: £598.15. Three months buyers £50?. 10.
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    RUBBER MARKET
    67 2 Reuter. Singapore Chamb< of Commerce Rubbe? Association'? noon prices on Saturday (Mar. 11» were cent pei ih Buyer Sollor No. 1 R.S.S. Spot loose nominal 53 53 F. 0.8. in bales Am. No. 1 R.S.S. r,2 1 No. 2 R.S.S. 51 v No. I R.S.S. 50 4 (I
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    BANDITS HOLD UP FOOD LORRIES
    393 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. iRMED bandits held up four lorries carrying"provi- sions and clothing in Pahang yesterday and took more than $25,000 worth of property. Three of the food lorries were held up by foir bandits a< the 20th. mile Kuala Lumpur Bentone The lurries were
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    GOOD DEMAND FOR MALAYAN TIMBER?
    66 3 THERE is now a good defcfl:■'avail timber. Sii Arthui Bruce, Director of Brothers and Com* l»ai:y el London said on his S ngapore by Qauta* BOAC Const* lation on Saturday. Su Arthur:" Apparentunsettled conditions vent more Malayan it 1 ng shipped to the ol rhe
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    COUNTESS TALKS TO GURKHA WIVES
    120 3 1/I'A LA UIMI'UR. Sun < "'t> Mountbatten ot Uunoo, accompanied by Col. i. P. I'ailn t. ol tli. Malay:; District Bnartnuarters, Kuala Lumpur, and Mi. i>. Aiplun, Chief Soc.al Welfare Offteei 1 f adquartcrs, FARELF arrived at the lpoh airport this norning. She uae received
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    SUNDAY WEDDING
    46 3 Miss Rosie Renben, daughtrr ill >lr. ami Mrs, KcekM K« .it: initrrIt il \lr. l./ekl.-l l.xi kl< l M>n of Mrs. hI Hi»- >.nj»lu»ln Ahilti Kynuioyur in \\»l«-r-Iim> .Hlrri-l yrvlcnlNV »r«lns. A ri ii'ptiiin brlil lali-r At I lie Victoria Xonurfail Hi» 1 1.
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    TWO MEN WITH ONE THOUGHT
    18 3 Dato Sir Roland Braddell, (right) frankly admires Mr. Richard Walker's vivid Shadow Pattern.
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    BEST I'VE EVER DONE- WALKER
    235 3 tJIR. R. Walker had this to say of his picture 111 Shadow Pattern": "I've done only about eight oil paintings since coming back to Singapore. But I consider this the best." Shadow Pattern depicts two leisurely goats walking through an oash of banana plants?. It
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    Photo Show At Chamber
    42 3 .«.ir Tong Shu Fa held an xhioition of photographs at the Chinese Chamber of Commouv yesterday, a total of 400 pictures were displayed. Over a thousand spectators turned up at the exhibition. The exhibition will be open today.
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    RIGGER JOBS FOR LOCAL LADS— PLEA BY UNION CHIEF
    176 3 Hi: A.M. NAIK. Pre»W«>t M m h, sIS« Air Ministry Local Air Ministry. He believed that the R.A. wa< going to stay ■WA^.'BaW their case <i<«81 vcd consideration. Mr. Nan was speaking at a tea party at the Cathay Restaurant in
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    BLOOD FOR BINDON
    116 3 DENNIS Bindon. the man with the mystery pain, was operated on Saturday afternoon in the General Hospital, and given a blood transfusion. Bindon was flown into Singapore tiom Kuohin.. on a stretcher nicio than three weck>. aftci Ik collapsed in a Sibu, Sarawak, bank with a pain
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    3 Smart Girls With 'Duck's Tail' Crops
    116 3 rIIREK girls with "dunk's tai'" ctup. all ived in Singapore yestei'tay by Qantai BOAC Constellation. They are on thcit way back to Qenava after attending to the international labour Orpanizjtion half way across the woi Id. The girls are: Mi. Deniso Uaugartncr (Swisst,
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    METHODIST SALE
    69 3 The first post war bazaar organised jointly by the Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship and the Women's Society of Christian Service will be held at tlie Kampong Kapor Methodist Church on April 1. Th proceeds of this bazaar will he divided equally he twee t thy- purchase o*
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    S'PORE-INDIA BY AIR IN ONE DAY
    173 3 NEW Singapore-India-in-one-day airlin s hoi vie has been inaugurated by a Singapore firm of agents, Criehton and Company, using three different airlines. Malayans living up-coun-try will be able to book through direct to Calcutta and other parts ot India, using Malayan Airways' planes, which
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    BANDIT HANGED
    22 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The 84th bandit sentene. d to death under the Bmergency Regulations was hanged at Taiping Gaol yesterday
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    MAN ROBBED
    32 3 A Chine ptnnut hawkoi was lObhod of S2 50 by a Chines in Wo t Hii! Kond. Seletar, .it noon yesterday. A Chinese lias been airested connection witli the robber).
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    ROYAL VISIT
    37 3 KUALA Lt '.Ml't It. Sun. Tar Sultan r f Trenggunil r>a vI«M to Kemamai; yesterday. During his tour of the «iiHcriet, tie Sultan ytfegted Ulu Romanian and Ayer l-u i h. Past? Oajah and Henggol
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    CEYLON TOUR
    38 3 The Commander-in-Chief, of the Par Bant An Perce, An m.ii hai P. .1. Pogarty, i leaving Tengah by air for Ceylon on a seven-day visit Oil Wedncsd.u. Ho will he retailing to Singapore on March 22.
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    TALK BY ENVOY
    27 3 Dr. Oetoyo, Indonesian Representative in Singapore, addressed the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society on "Indonesia" at their pre- mises in Ixnong 12. Geylani,' last night
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    INTIMIDATING THE LION
    371 4 JjINGAPORE's two bombs in one week come as a jolt to the Colony which, up to now, has enjoyed immunity from the harsher aspects of the Emergency. Neither, thank God, did what they were meant to do. The first failed to go off. Tht. second, though it
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    HO'S CLARION CALL
    164 4 JENSION mounts in Indo-China as Ho Chi-minh. the Communist leader, broadcasts orders calling up all Vietnamese men between the ages of IS and 45 for a "general counter offensive." Dire punishment is threatened for those who fail to obey. This comes at a Vme when an American
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    CAN CHURCHILL WIN GOODWILL?
    1132 4  -  by PAMELA MATTHEWS Reuter. LONDON, MR. WINSTON CHURCHURCHILL gave renewed interest to the recently published rominisccnes of the ate American Secretary of State, Mr. Edward R. Stettinius, oy his election appeal for a fresh approach on atomic control. The Yalta recollections of Edward Stettinius. in his
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    KASHMIR — ACHILLES HEEL OF INDIA
    1203 4  - KASHMIR ACHILLES HEEL OF INDIA By SYLVAIN MANGEOT NEW DELHI. THE most urgent challenge to the new Republic of India lies in her ability to establish good neighbourly relations with Pakistan. Two main obstacles to the settlement of present differences are first the background of violence, fear and mutual suspicion
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    RUSSIA HOLDS AN ELECTION
    863 4 Reuter. MOSCOW. MILLIONS of voteis tnrougnout the Sofiet Union went to the pol!§ on March 12 to elect 1.302 members of the bicameral Supreme Sopiet, or National Parliament. As they cast their votes for Marshal Stalin (their Prime Minister) other key members of the Government, or
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    GHOSTS HAUNT CATACOMBS
    345 4 Reuter. PARIS. STRANGE noises, followed by glowing lights or flashes have been giving rise to rumours of ghosts haunting the catacombs which cover some 1.800 acres sixty feet down under the left bank of the Seine heTe. These catacombs, dark galleries which twist and turn among a
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    ATLANTIC PACT MAY BE EXTENDED TO EAST
    277 5 JESSUP EXPECTED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION U.P. fONDON. Sunday. British official sources said L yesterday they expected Dr. Philip Jessup, Amerii an Ambassador at large, to recommend an "extrnsion" of the Atiantu. Pact to tbe Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Jessup was at the
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    KOREAN M.Ps FIGHT IT OUT
    89 5 Reuter AAP. SEOUL, Sun.—The South Korean National Assembly adjourned yesterday in an uproar with Assemblymen fighting on the floor of the Hague. It was the stormiest session in the Assembly's 23 months history. Trouble broke out when opponents of a bill to amend the consUtution
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    PEASANTS OCCUPY DUKE'S LAND
    159 5 Reuter. J|OME, Sunday. Armed police reinforcements last night filtered into the Rosarno area of Calabria, where barefoot peasants playing bagpipes and kettledrums have '.'ecupied the land of Duke Riario Sforza. The peasants seized a I large tract of the Duke's i territory known as the "Vie-
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    ISRAELI ENVOY DEAD
    45 5 Reuter. LONDON. Sun.—The Israeli Minister to London Dr. Mordecai Eliash. was found dead on the floor of the sitting room of a house near his home in Northwest London tonight. Death was believed to b° due to thrombosis. Dr. Eliash was 67—Reuter.
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    Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Entrys Richards after their wed ding hi >t. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. The bride, Innrtrflv >|is> jvy Pan. was a nurse at the St. Andrew s Uv«i »n Hospital' After the ceremony, at which the >en. \»> ImIc uon Maxwell Gregory officiated, a reception was iti ihr Capitol Ballroom.—Tribune Picture.
    56 5 Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Entrys Richards after their wed ding hi >t. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. The bride, Innrtrflv >|is> jvy Pan. was a nurse at the St. Andrew s Uv«i »n Hospital' After the ceremony, at which the >en. \»> ImIc uon Maxwell Gregory officiated, a reception was iti
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    Gift Jumbos Worry U.S.
    158 5 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sun. They say that an elephant will never forget a man— but there are some men here who wish that they could forget elephants. "The problem gets bigger every minute" said a State Department official, and he was not trying to make a pun.
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    JOE'S PHOTO CAUSES A STRIKE
    76 5 A.P. TRIESTE, FREE TER- j RITORY. Sun. ProCommunist dockworkers struck for an hour here yesterday. Someone had made off with their i life-sixe picture of Marshal Stalin down by the waterfront. Soon afterward, two American merchant sailors showed up aboard their ship, the African Glade,
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    Farewell Party
    76 5 A farewe'l cocktail party to Mr. S. D. Kale i car, Information Officer attached to the Government of India office in Singapore, was held at the Capital Blue Room on Saturday night. Mr. KaJelkar is leaving short 1\ tor India, where he will be a Research Officer In
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    EX-M. C.S. MAN ACCUSES P.I OF 'POLITICAL PUFF'
    300 5 Reuter. GENEVA, Sunday. Mr. John Fletcher-Cooke, British delegate to the United Nations Trusteeship Council, answering attacks on British trust administration in the Cameroons, yesterday accused the Philinpines delegates of "making political publicity. Mr Fletcher-Cooke was replying to an hourlone speech by Senor
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    Pope Calls For 'Crusade Of Prayer'
    110 5 A.P. VATICAN CITY. Sun. Pope Pius XII declared in a worldwide encyclical today th? armaments race leaves "the souls oi all tearful and suspended." He called for a "crusade of prayer" on Passion Sunday, March 26. to invoke of God "opportune remedies to prevent
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    EINSTEIN GETS NEW AWARD
    96 5 U.P. NuiW YORK, Sun. Tne Teachers Union yesteiu&y presented its 1950 award to Professor Albert Einstein for 'his inspiring service in the cause of education for peace and freedom. The award was presented at a luncheon gathering of over eighteen hundred New York teacher? Einstein was
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    PRIEST ROBBED, SHOT DEAD
    52 5 MANILA. Sun.—Fr. Manuel Munoz, 45-year-old Spanish priest of the Dominican Order, was shot to death yesterday morning near Calamba. in Labuna Province, about 25 Billet south of Manila. Pedro Dam, chauffeaur for the priest, told police that nve men killed Fr. Munoz after robbing him of
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    'Banning Is Always A Bad Business'
    136 5 A.P. I ONDON, Sunday. Lord Beaverbrook's Daily ExL press said yesterday that British film distributors should not ban the Marx Brothers' picture Love Happy "because banning is always a bad business." "And bans, springing from personal and political motives," it added in an editorial,
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    MONKEY BUSINESS
    22 5 Reuter. NAPLES. Sun. Three hundred monkeys arrived in Naples by passenger ship yesterday from India, destined for European zoos.— Reuter.
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    LENNART LINGERS IN MANILA FOR VICKY
    198 5 A.P. MANILA, Sunday. Lennart Jakell, tall, dark and ITI handsome member cf the American Jaycee Delegation to the Manila World Congress, is lingering in Manila. He has captured the heart Cf the Philip- pines first lady, Vicky Quirino, pretty 18-year-old daughter of President Quirino.
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    EX-MAYOR RESTRAINS NEW MAYOR
    82 5 Reuter. RANGOON. Sun. The former mayor of Rangoon, W. Tun Tin. today filed an application in the Supreme Court to prevent his successor, U Theln Maung. from acting as mayor. U Them Maung. a member of the Anti-Fascist Peoples' Freedom League, was elected last Wednesday without
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    H.K. MAKES COMPENSATION COMPULSORY
    91 5 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Sun.—Compulsory monetary compensation for workers sustaining injuries in discharging their duties are soqn to be incorporated in the laws of Hongkong. according to usually reliable sources. The Labour Department of the Hongkong Government was said to have completed the draft of a bill which
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    ARMY C.I.D. RECOVER STOLEN OPIUM
    100 5 A.P. TOKYO. Sun.—Theft by farmers of 462 pounds of raw opium from Japanese government stocks at the end of the war was disclosed today with its recovery by the Eighth Army C.I.D. and Japanese agents from Kobe. An Army spokesman said the existence of the
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    Bombay Police 'Find 'Pakistan Spy Ring
    229 5 Reuter. DOMBAY, Sunday. Bombay police announced I yesterday they had unravelled a "Pakistan secret spy corps" operating in India. The police did not disuse details of tv.; s alleged spy ring but added they he.a been operating in colli'.- boration with "certain t- gents"
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    CHANGES AT TOP OF FIRST DIVISION TABLE
    638 6 MANCHESTER UTD. TURN DEFEAT TO VICTORY I ONOON, Sunday. Staging a thrilling rally at Middlesbrough, yesterday, Manchester United wilted out a two-goal deficit after half time and m a storming finish seore<l three times to inflict on Middlesbrough their first defeat at home
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    ADDITIONAL TIES IN THE Y'S TOURNEY
    198 6 The following are 'sc tic s tor i Thursday and Friday 10 Ihe J YMCA Open Invitation Tennw Tournament THURSDAY OPEN MEN'S SINGLES: Low Kee Row. A. S. Pakir. R. O. Cam. Capt. J. L. more. D. A. Weatherson. Chan Ah Kow. L. 8.
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    REX B.P. BEAT B.O.D.C.A.
    118 6 In a friendly badmin'.m match the Re* Badminton Party boat th»- 8.0.D.CA. by gamea to four. fie ult: (R. phy/era hi*» SINGLES: LOW Poll H>« Andr.-w Tan 11-13. I*-», l*L r > George Tan heal Tnib Made* t.W,, 16-4: Cheung EmrlUof« bant Tan Ken Lm 6—la.
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    COUTTET WIN EUROPE'S MAJOR SKI RACE
    78 6 A.P. MUERRKN. Swltaerland Sua. James Couttet, of Prance won the Ralherg Kandahar, r.uif major annual ski rata m close r.nish at Mn-'inii vnsterday. H. completed th two-m.le <->r je with a total descent o -.ws» feet in three minutes l.< so■MtJ.aH skiers from Austria,
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    Wales Become Rugby Champions
    397 6 "TRIPLE CROWN" AFTER THIRTY NINE YEARS Reuter. BELFAST, Saturday. Wales made certain of winning the international Rugby Union cliampio?:ship for the season when they beat Ireland here yesterday by six points to three. This was iheir third victory of the season tnd by beating all three
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    CHESHIRE MAKE R.U. HISTORY
    487 6 Reuter. ton DON. Sat -Cheshire, tot the iirst tape ir. their 75 years history as a rugby county, won iN rug'oy union county championship ye»terday defeatinf East Midlands by a goui m points) lo WPo in rh.' BMct Cheshire* defepce raen had been the principal reason
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    Two Billy Thompson Fights In Singapore
    167 6 The Malaya Tribune is i imbly informed that negotiations have now been completed tor Billy rhomps m to appear in the Bmgnpore lite. x The British lightweight champion will hare two lights.' Mr. Razak. has three opponents in view tor Thompson Brigluela. the lightweight
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    BERGMANN WINS TABLE TENNIS FOR 4TH TIME
    161 6 Reuter. LONDON. Sat. Richard Bergmann. British holder ol the men's world table tennis title, won the English open title for gift fourth time in his career. In the final he beat French international. Michael Haguenauer. 21—6. 13-21.21-18. Both p.iayed a defensive game in
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    GUSSIE GETS HER FOURTH FOREIGN TITLE
    123 6 Reuter and A.P. CAIRO, Sun. "Gorgeous Gusste" Mean. U.S.. completc'v outplayed Mis. Mary Weiss (Argentina), yesterday 6-2 6-3 to win the women's singles title In the Egyptian inteinational tennis tournament. Gussie has now won tne women's singles title in the last four tournaments of
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    WONG PENG SOON WINS TWO MORE TITLES
    372 7 EXHIBITION TOUR STARTS Reuter. A.P. a RERDEEN. Sunday. Wong Peng Soon, the Mal- avan and All-England men's singles champion, rollected two more trophies in the United Kingdom rday, when he won the singles and doubles nts in the North of Scotland championships. Tn
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    CAROLINE WINS S'PORE MOTOR CLUB RALLY
    127 7 Driving a Citroen, J. P. Caroline won this year's first Singapore Motor Club rally over a 40-mile tricky course around Singapore Island yesterday. He dropped only 40 points In the event. P. M. Jamieson was a close second. He lost 50 points and drove
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    SNEAD WINS MIAMI BEACH CLUB GOLF
    76 7 A.P. MIAMI BEACH. Florida, Sun.--Sam Snead, won the Miami Beach US$lO,OOO invitation golf tournament today with a 15 under par 273 over the 72 holes. He scoreo a one under par 71. "Snead, last year's "Golfer of the year." and already the leading money
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    E. L. CHOONG HELPS LIGHT BLUES TO WIN
    78 7 Reuter. VMBRIDGE, Sun.— Choonfi Ewe Leong. of I was in good form when helping Cambridge University to Im .v Oxford Iniver--1"> matches, to tl ir badminton v here yesterday. i >insjles Choong beat R. I Keid 15-9, 1 ."> and then paired
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    FULL DAY OF GOOD CRICKET
    379 7 The weekend saw n full cricket programme in progress in Singapore. Yesterday six matches were played in which the standard was encouraging. A second century innings was knocked up on Saturday when L. S. Thivy, playinriians against the V M.C.A. was undefeti*ed with 101 runs.
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    Morris Duplicates Harvey's Feat
    354 7 Sunday. A feature of <ht; match between the touring Australian sid-j and the Western Province, yesterday, was Arthur Morris's century which duplicated Neil Harvey*s recent fe;-. T of equalling Dennis Compton's record, set up last summer, of hitting eight first-class centuries during a tour in South
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    DIED AFTER WIN
    40 7 A.P. HONGKONG. Sun.—Elmer s Tune was a funeral dirge yesterday. The strain of finishing unp!aced in the Hongkong Jockey Club's Windygap Handicap was too much for him. Elmer collapsed and died after passing the winning post. A.P.
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    SELANGOR G.C.
    29 7 R. R. Jackson, the 1947 Champion, won the Selangor Golf Club title again yesterday when he beat the 1948 Malayan champion. R. B Lauriston three and two.
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    TIGERS OVERWHELM CASUALS
    106 7 Overwhelmlng the Chinese Casuals in the closing stages ol their S.A.FA. Senior league, at Jalan P. sar Stadium yes'erday, the Tiger Sporting Association registered a four-three victory. The Timers full f ti d their gain having played better. The gam< was fast and exciting. The Tigers were
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    SPEED SKATING
    54 7 A.P. GROSSINGER. New York, Sun.- The United States outdoor speed skating champion, Rey Bhim, bettered the woiid record, for the thotoor half mile on Saturday. He skated the distance in one minute 21 8 tO seconds. The old mark was 1 mm. 21 8/10 seconds in 1946 by
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    CROMWELL BEATEN IN TRIAL STEEPLECHASE
    317 7 Reuter and A.P. Sunday. Lord Mildmay's Cromwell, joint second favourite for the Grand National, was beaten by veteran 13-year-old chaser Red April in the three miles Grand National Trial Steeplechase yesterday. Rod April, a 10-1 chance, hud ten lengths to spanover Cromwell, who wum ridden
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    Spectators Injured In Speed Trials
    688 7 IPOH, Sunday. THREE spectators, two men and a boy, wer. injured in an accident this morning at <he speed trial held at the New Hospital Road track in Ashbv Road. The two adults received «uperficif I wound and were treated as outdoor patients while the
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    Boy Brooks Wins On A T.K-O
    41 7 The Malaya Tribune understands that Boy Brooks successfully defended his title ill Manila on Saturday night when he gained the decision over Deneio Cabanella on i technical knock-out In the ninth round of their fight.
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    PARIS SPRING FASHIONS
    290 8 Left: "Girole", an after noon ensemble by Robert Piquet. The dress is in black crepe with a deep "V" neck, and the double is in ratural and the double is in natural shantung. It is worn with a wide brimmed transparent black hat by Paulette. Centre: "Gigolo",
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    15 DIE IN A-BASE FIRE
    217 8 NEWS BRIEFS A.P. ALBUQUERQUE, Sun. The number of persons killed in the fire which swept through the guatd house of the atomic weapons base at Sandia, reached fifteen today. The latest victim, twenty three year old Harry C. Hand'ey, of Hamilton Ohio, died last night.
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    NATIONALISTS PREPARE FOR COUNTER-ATTACK
    407 8 REDS STEP UP PREPARATIONS FOR INVASION OF HAINAN, KINMEN U.P. HONGKONG, Sunday. WHILE Nationalist Premiei Chen Cheng announced his new Cabinet last night, Nationalist troops are practising landing operations mi preparation for an offensive on the mainland, accords; to a who has just returned here from
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    Chiang's Cabinet Named
    143 8 Reuter-A.A.P. HONGKONG. Sun.-Na-tionalist Premier Chen Cheng last evening announced his Cabinet according to a Reuter despatch from Taipeh. Premier. Chen Cheng; Deouty Premier, Chan Li-sheng; Defence Minister, Yu Tai-wei; Minister of the Interior, Yu Chin-tang; Finance Minister, Yeng Chia-kwan; Education Minister, Cheng Tien-fan; Economic Affairs. Cheng Taoju;
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    SHANGHAI'S NEW ORDERS FOR PRESSMEN
    69 8 Reuter. HONGKONG. Sua.—Approved correspondents and private individuals In cablegrams abroad* are not allowed to mention Nationalist air raids, according to a foreign arrival from the north. In a new set of orders issued by the Shanghai authorities, weather conditions, air raid precautions, military movements, installations
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    BACK TO WORK
    23 8 Reuter. DJAKARTA, Sun.--Eighteen hundied strikers in the Bata shoes factory at Kalibata near Djakarta will return to work tomorrow. Reuter.
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    38 8 Y.W.C.A.: Sports Club meet at 5.30 p.m. at 8, Fort Cunning Road. EXHIBITION of works of local artists. British Council Hall: PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION: Pictures of aborigine of KJC At-ia at Chinese Chamber cf Commerce.
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    CINEMA
    125 8 CATHAY: at 11. 1.45. 4.15 6.4.) aid 9.30 p.m. CAPITOL: 'The Prince pnd the Paup-t et 11, 1.45, 4. b.c.0 and 9.30 p.m. ALII AMBK A: 'The Cowboy and the Lady" at 1 4."). 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. KEX: "Daughter of the West" at 11. 1.45, 4, 6.30
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    SPORT
    37 8 SOCCER Snr. Lge: Rovers SC v. S'pore RC at Jalait Jnr. B 1: 1st. S'pore Regt. R.A. v. Tuang Mong OBA at BOL»CA: Jnr. A 2: Kota Raja A' v. Indo' nesian 'A' at Geylang Stadium.
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    TIDE
    10 8 H.W.: 4.34 a.m. <7ft. feirs.) 8.45 p.m. (6ft. £ii.k. >
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    ACTRESS' HUSBAND HELD ON MOR ALS CHARGE
    217 8 U.P. CHICAGO, Sun. Handsome John R. Howard, the husband of actress Diana Barrymore, said today that his arrest on a morals charge would ruin his career as a tennnis professiona'. Hcward, twenty five and wavy haired, was seized with a girl in a
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    HAPPY EVENT
    23 8 A.P. HONGKONG. Sun. The Chinese wife of Maj.-General Claire L. Chennault gave birth to a 7hit lbs. baby giri last Friday.--A.P.
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    Vicar Threatens U.K. Govt.
    83 8 Reuter. BEXHILL, Sun Threatening to "scare" the British Government with a nationwide stoppage of work and general fasting, an Anglican Vicar in this seaside resort town today called on "all Christians" to take quick action aimed at securing agreement with Russia on control of the hydrogen
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    'Whatever she wears, She's Gorgeous'
    239 8 A.P. CAIRO. Sunday. EVERYBODY, from dancing girls to tennis rj official had a joke to say today on "Gorgeous Gussie" Moran's shocking black tennis shorts. Gussie p roused a storm of press criticism when she wore them instead of the traditional white on Friday in
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    DISTURBING
    55 8 A.P. HONG KONG. oun. Hong Kong police spurred by the Chinese press complaints began another of their periodic drives to clean up the colony's striptease shows. One vernacular had complained that a ocr of store salesmen have become so disturbed by the striptease shows mat they are unable to
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    Fell 100 ft. To Death After Beer
    162 8 A well dressed Ch f*' f-M |(i f his death from tho root Ithe Air View Hotel^ left a $10 note 0 n ai table where he had orae d two bottles of beer ann a plate of chicken d A note written
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    U.S. DENIES RED CHARGE
    50 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Sun. The State Department today formally denied that American nicds ligagca in Nationalist l .linese air attacks on Communist Chinese cities. The Department's denial followed a Communist propaganda campaign alleging that American personnel were involved in the Nationalist raids on Shanghai Canton and Tsingtao.—U.P.
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    India Ceylon Protest Against Seretse Ban
    403 8 Reuter U.P. A.P. LONDON. Sunday. INDIA has told Britain her banishment of Sei 1 Khama. the African prince who married a white London typist will embitter many of non-white millions, while in Colombo a m mber of the Ceylon Parliament has started a move
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