Malaya Tribune, 24 March 1950

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    64 1 MALAYA Tribune BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tec Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Lines TWELVE PAGES Published simultaneously «ii Singapore, Kuala Lump g poh n«* f~na*ia SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH, 24,1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE tf*DON REPRESENTATIVE E. Maunce Glover, MaUtya
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    'I WILL DO MY BEST'
    284 1 Sir Harold Arrives In A Week's Time Supremo Tells Malaya LONDON, Thursday. From Jimmy Glover lIKI TK\A?*T-Gr. < i RAL Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs, Federation Anti1J Bandit Chief, said today: "You can tell the people of Malaya that I shall do best to clear up
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    New Greek Govt. Sworn In
    79 1 Reuter. ATHENS, Thurs. A new Government under Liberal leader SophoV- Venizeloa wop sworn in Ing Paul tonight. M. Venizelos, leader of the second largest party to ;r rge from the March 5 »ns, decide 3 that he present an all-Liberal list of ministers to the
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    Youth March On Berlin Is Abandoned
    76 1 Reuter. BERLIN. Thurs. The Free German Youth Movement today ar»--k Ded its plan lor a Peace Starch through the Western tors of Eerlin at Whitsun in defiance of a Western ban After the West llerlin authority s had earlier rejected a request that marchers
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    RUSSIAN FLAG
    44 1 A.P. VIENNA, Tmus. —The Russian flag has taken the place of Hungary's traditional r< d and white emblem which is no longer permitted flown, according to Dr Anton oilier, former econof the Hungarian government who American zone of Austria f hi.s week—A.P.
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    RAF WILL STEP UP AIR WAR
    147 1 Reuter-AAP. In Colombo today. Air Marshal Fogarty, C-in-C, Far East Air Forces said that the air war on Malayan bandits is to be soon Intensified. Air Marshall Fogarty told pressmen due tnei c was a proposal to use air power more effectively than at
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    H-Bomb May Not Work —U.K. Scientists
    279 1 H-Bomb May Not Work U.K. Scientists LONDON, Thursday. THE woild's brightest hope is that the hydrogen bomb will very nearly but not quite #orfc, D'- O H Wilkinson, Professor of Physics at rj )rrbridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. ouia today. His statement was one of 13 issued today by members of
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    TOUR CONTINUES
    36 1 WASHINGTON, Tnurs. The two American destroyers, Richard Stickwell and Anderson, will continue their goodwill visit to Southeast Asiatic ports despite the communist-led riots, which occurred when they touched at Saigon, is was disclosed today.
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    NINE MONTHS
    36 1 Reuter. LAGOS. NIGERIA. Thurs. —Francis Kenna Nzimiro, 24-year-ortd President of the Onitsha branch of the Zitdst (extreme nationalist) Movement, was sent to prison for nine months today for being in possession of «editious publications.—Reuter.
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    Chances Of Pacific Pact Are Remote
    177 1 -JOSEPH CHIFLEY Reuter. A.P. CANBERRA. Thursday. APPOSITION leader Joseph B. Ciiiiiey told th* Aus- tralian House of Representatives today that the chances of getting any real Pacific Pact on concrete terms were very remote. Mr. Chtfley, speaking in the foreign affairs debate, said the
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    TRUMAN WILL FLY CHURCHILL TO AMERICA
    69 1 A.P. LOS ANGELAS, Thurs.— The Los Angeles Times j«»u today that the American Legion is trying to persuade Winston Churchill to speak gether with President Truman and General Eisenhower at the Legion's annual concention in Los Angeles starting on April 10. The Times said
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    2 REDS GAOLED
    37 1 A.P. NICOSIA. Thurs. Two Greek Cyprtots, both Communists, wiio damaged American nags b olsted out side siiops during the recent visit of U.S. warships to Framafcusta have been sentenced to three months imprisonment.—A.P. V
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    RIOUW, BANKA WANTED IN U.S.I.
    61 1 Reuter-APP. JAKARTA, Thurs. Mr. Mohammed Yamin submitted a motion to the United States of Indonesia House of Representatives regarding the inclusion of East Sumatra, the Riouw Archipelago. and Banka and Billiton Islands in the Indonesian Republic. The motion was supported by 25 members and will
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    TRADE UNION ENVOYS COMING TO MALAYA
    123 1 A.P. BRUSSELS, Thursday. THE International Confederation of Free Trade 1 Unions executive committee announced today that it is sending a delegation to study the situation in India, Pakistan, Ceyion, Burma, Malaya, IndoChina, Indonesia and the Philippines to try to reinforce free trade union movements
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    MOTOR CYCLE THIEF CAUGHT
    50 1 A Chinese, alleged to have stolen a locked motor cycle from the five-foot way of a house in Mosque Street, was arrested by a police sergeant yesterday evening. He was seen riding the machine along Kirn Yam Road, and was caught i.n me Tlong Bahru area.
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    TIN: PRICES REMAIN FIRM
    76 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs. Tin prices seem to have settled hrmly at their new and higher level. Spot eased a few shillings to £604-5/8 but three months improved a lew shillings to £605-4. The closing prices at the afternoon session were: Spot— £604-i buyers and £6J4-| sellers
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    BASES IN JAPAN
    35 1 U.P. TOKYO. Thurs. Representatives of the nine major provincial newspapers believe that most Japanese are opposed to the United States retaining bases in this country alter a peace treaty is signed. —U.P.
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    10 FASHION THIEVES ARRESTED
    79 1 A.P. PARIS. Thurs.—Ten people have been arrested for trafficking illegally in the styles of famous fashion houses, it was disclosed today. Police said a group of wo- men had been buying a few models each, copying therfl and selling the whole set to foreign dressmakers. French
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    Acheson Starts Study Of Aid For South East Asia
    300 1 Reuter A.P. WASHINGTON, Thursday. AMERICAN Secretary of State Deafi bis y Far East affairs began an intensive new stuo tcu.vj 01 aid measures for South-East Asia. Mr Acheson called in Ambassador-at Lar; PhAix) C. Jessup and the Assistant Secret .17 of
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    Truculent
    32 1 Reuter. SHERNESS, KENT, Thurs. The submarine Truculent. sunk in the Thames estuary last January with the loss of 64 lives after a collision with the Bwedish steamer Divina, berthed here today.—Reuter.
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    RED SAUCER EXERCISES IN APRIL
    85 1 A.P. STOCKHOLM. Thurs. The Russians are planning to hold their first largescale "manoeuvres" with guided missiles, the newspaper Afton Bladet reported 11 >m lj >&<■• ouiw. Under the command ot General W. L Boderenko, they intend to test the effl ciency of a chain of
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    NINE DIE IN B-50 CRASH
    62 1 Reuter. TUCSON, Arizona. Thurs One of America's new longrange Super-bombers, the 8.50, crashed with 14 people in the flat Arizona Desert today, killing at least 9 according to first reports. The plane, a modernised version of the 8.29 Supei Fortress, crashed west ot Gila Bend
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    BUDGET DAY
    26 1 Reuter. LrONDON, Thurs. Britain's budget day is tc be on Tuesday, April 18, Mr. Herbert Morrison, leader of the House of Commons, announced today.—Reuter.
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    House OK's £500,000 Loan To Burma
    213 1 STOP PRESS Reuter. LONDON, Thurs. The Bum <>f Commons today ■creed to a British Qo»ere--3£ «r;r. loan of £500 «00 to Burma tor DM by .he BurBHM stat-» Agricultural boa An oppoalttea motion lormaUj opposing the loan—a Par'-amentary method r'vitinc la? urination was withdrawn
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    JAKARTA SCRAPS FOX CONTRACT
    150 2 JAKARTA, Thurs. Mr. Maithew Fox. former Hollywood Him magnate, learned h<re today that the Indonesian Government had annulled a contract he sipned with them in 1948 to hnarue the Republican rfliabilitation programme. Dr. Djuanda. Minister f.-r HOtf nomic Affair* ai.d Welfare, told the House of Representatives
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    No Effect Of Metal
    32 2 SINGAPORE, Mar. 23. The price of tin metal was again up today, but this had no effect on tin shares. Rubbers were quiet and industrials were barely steady.
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    Tin Prices
    74 2 SINGAPORE, March. 23: Tin nrfce was $300 v\, per picul ex-smelter. Up $Z. LONDON, March 22. Spot £604. Up CI K. Three months £604 <y 2 Uo 11. Settlement price £604. Up £1 Turnover: 90 tons. Second session: Spot £604. Up £1 Three months £604 3/4. Up £1
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    Share Quotations
    859 2 Singapore, Mar. 23. Buyer* Sellers INDUSTRIALS Atlas Ice 11.90 12.25 xb., xd Alex. Bricks Pref. 2*o -Z.nO Ord. 2.20 2.27% B B. Petrol 34/6 35/6 B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.00 Con. Tin Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 cd Ord. 15/9 16/9 E. Utd. Assur. 38.75 39.75 Fed Dispen2«ary 6.25 c.75
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    OLD DEBTS MUST BE MET IN FULL
    604 2 THOUGH GUILDER IS SLASHED— INDONESIANS who contracted debts before the currency reforms on March 1 20, must now pay their debts in full. This was revealed in a detailed statement by the Indonesian Finance Minister Dr. Sjaf ruddin Prawiranegara, received by the Indonesian
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    NOT SATISFIED
    38 2 Reuter-AAP. CANBERRA, Thurs.—The Australian Government is not satisfied with the extent to which "Zaibatsu" (Monopo'ies) in Japan have been dealt with, the External Affairs Minister Mr. P. C. Spender, told the House of Representatives today.-Reuter -AAF.
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    Those State Loans
    281 2 THE USI will contract loans and issue bonds on a 3% interest basis, payable yearly on September 1 by coupons, first payment to be maaV on September 1, 1951- Tn first interest coupons will cover 17 months Interest. Beginning 1951. the Government will allocate a reserve fund
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    RUBBER EASIER
    112 2 WITH lower advices from London and New York, and reports that the Indonesians have been offering rubber, the local rubber commodity market eased off yesterday by of a cent. But there was brisk business passing with good support at lower levels. Closing prices in cents per pound were:
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    104 2 The coffee market was idle in Singapore yesterday with little or no change in prices. Copra was steady with buyers bidding $37$ per picul f.o.b. Mar.-Apr. against sellers offers at $38. The London copra market the previous day was steadier on some covering with sellers at £82£ per
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    Siam Grew Six Million Tons Of Rice Last Year
    97 2 A.P. WASHINGTON Th-ir*i THAILAND produced 5,930,000 short ton*? 1 during 1949, the Department of Agricuitm' last night. Export totalled 1 Hj 200tons,ofwh 1 chaiS; 60 per cent went Malaya, Indonesia ann India. Japan. China and Cevlw, received about 80.000 tV with
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    IN PORT
    36 2 Emp Tesbury (SHEERS): Tarifa (42/3); Banlawers (36): Alcinous (33/4); Steel Executive (31/2); Sirdnana (17/8); Buloh (21/2); Maria "L"—Novdfarer (23 4); Anking (25/6); Boheme (27/8); Orestes (15/6) Relau (13/4); Benvannoch (8/9); Lancashire (6/7); Glengarry (4/5).
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    JOHORE TAPPERS GET RISE
    333 3 Kuala Lumpur. Thurs. MANY estates m North Johore have increased the tapping rate by two or three cents partly in consideration of "wintering:" and portly in consideration o f the price of rubber, it is stated in the February report of the Labour Department. Most Asim
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    S. V. C. Gets 5 Officers
    97 3 A Lieutenant and four captains have been Gazetted to the Singapore Volunteer Corps Liaison iiegiment. They are: Lt. E.F. Murdoch, and Captains G. M. i. a vidson, R.A.S. Newton, M. Scott ond L. Rayncr. Lt. R.B. Milne was awarded the Liaison flash on February
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    Balm King In Colony
    54 3 Mr. Aw Boon Haw, tho Tiger Ba m king, arrived in Singapore from Hongkong yesterday. He was accompa nied by Mrs. Aw and his soh Aw It Haw. Prior to landing in Singapore, he visnea Rangoon and Bangkok. Mr. Aw is expected to remain n Singapore
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    Tonight's Concert At The Hall
    118 3 The Singapore B>mohoay Orchestra makes it b»w at the Victoria Memorial Ha v tonight. The Orchestra comoott -1 of professionals ay.d annteurs will be conducted by Mr. Gordon van liien. Soloist in the evening* orogramme will be Miss Noreen Stokes who will piay Gripe s
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    BOY SCOUTS TO REPAIR CHAIRS
    74 3 Members oi the 19th (Sereban) Group Boy Scouts have decided to raise extra money lor "Scout Week" March 25 to April l --by the rotan seats of chairs which have become broken. Their charge for repairing an ordinary office-size chair is $1.50 and for an
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    $5,000 Grant For Symphony Band
    111 3 CINGAPTS7W should bo proud of its 56-strorg Junior Symphony Orchestra said Mr. Glans Williams, Supervisor of Music for Schools yesterday. It is the only one of its kind in the Far East Thrre la a Junior Orchestra in Britain. New Zealand will also have oil'?
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    ANTI-SPITTING CAMPAIGN IN KELANTAN
    61 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The iC; tantUn Gcnremment is launcaiag a statewide anti-SDittins Ccimpaim: with posters, talks, speeches, and films. Tne Chier r#e Lc il Officer. Kelantan. has prepared a special script in frns connection and f .nis is helng widely publicised by P -Hie Relations Mobile
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    CLOSED DOORS
    580 4 > p>iE Lim v. Wicks affair which started in private ends in private. Singapore's Municipal Commissioners, after tantalising the public and arousing a first class controversy, retreat bemnd closed doors to hold their final vote and give the job of Deputy Water Engineer to Mr. Wicks. This is
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    RELATIVITY FOR THE LAYMAN
    1493 4  -  by A CORRESPONDENT Reuter. PROBABLY nine persons out of every ten. asked with what they connect the name of Albert Einstein, would reply unhesitatingly with the one -word "Relativity." A large proportion of these people, however, would have only the haziest idea of what rs meant
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    COLO UR BAR – TINDER FOR TOMORROW
    375 4 COLO UR BAR TINDER FOR TOMORROW Tlic People's Postbag EX-MEDANTIE Sir. I do not Know much anout politics but 1 believe I have experienced or seen enough of iife to convince myself that there is one great barker which keeps the East and the West fundamentally apart —and tnat is
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    HINDU CREMATION
    330 4 "ENLIGHTENED" Sir, As reported in your publication Mr. G. Sarangapani in moving the resolution on the burial and cremation of Hindus, at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Tamil Reform Association, held recently, said: It is a disgrace to the Hindus that there is neither
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    OUTLAW COMICS
    259 4 F.C.J. Sir. I have with me a newspaper from Sydney which says this about the flood of Comics sweeping Canada (as it is sweeping our own city). Not one dissenting voice was raised, and M.P.s of all 1 shades of political belief thumped their desks enthusiastically when the
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    DISCRACE
    119 4 OYEZ. Sir. For many years past the conditions under which all persons connected with the Lower Courts have had to conduct their business have constituted a dis;race to Singapore. In the Civil District Courts you can't hear yourself speak; in the Traffic Courts you can't hear the man speak
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    LAND OF CONTRASTS
    931 4  -  by R.MACARTNEY Reuter. TOKYO. OOVIET Asia, emerging today as the new power of tbe Pacific, is a land of superlatives. The most sparsely populated country in Asia, it is also the richest in minerals. Half the size of Canada and Alaska, it is the coldest region on
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    IS THERE A CASE FOR THE CATP
    2058 5 ilie dark streets and ys of Britain a ,1 criminal has is way into the the cosh boy. He victims from a old men, and day. night aft r v cosh boys club. tek and slash night liciinvn elderly -.hoo*eDers housewives at their
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    THE WHIPS THAT DO NOT CRACK
    1217 5 ONE morning recently Mr. William Whiteley rose from his bed 31 a Marble Arch hotel to face the busiest day he had yet known. He gulped a hurried breakfast and 'attled impatiently by bus to No. 12. Downing Street. Throughout the day he worked
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    MOVIEMAKING — WITH A MESSAGE
    464 6 MOVIEMAKING WITH A MESSAGE A.F. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. THERE'S a new kind of movie-making under way out here. Under the flood of arcs on a big sound stage stands a tall, handsome Roman Catholic priest. He is doing his first movie-acting, performing acceptably with such boxoffice luminaries as Irene Dunne. Loretta
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    THIS COMES AS A RELIEF TO ADELE
    249 6 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. ADELE JEROENS, v/ho has made handsome living as a sexy actress en th* screen, says she fee's "so refined" in her correal role. "I play a ni<* girl for the first time in years." the blonde remarked about her "Sugarfoo." part.
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    ."OR HER TO TELL WOULD BE MOST UNFAIR .
    365 6 ."OR HER TO TELL WOULD BE MOST UNFAIR A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. IN making love ior tne movies you must consider tne martcet. says Swedish accress Viveca L,indtors. Miss Lindiors in the film "Singoalla" made love to two leading men in three diilerent languages, Englisn. Frencn and Swedlsn. "it may sound
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    FAN MAIL HITS NEW HIGH
    73 6 A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. FAN-LETTERS written to Betty Grable during the year reached a total of 572,000. This established a new record for this star. Her mail averaged 11,000 letters a week. Miss Grable was recently named the most popular feminine player, from the standpoint of
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    A SNEAK OF A SNEAK
    460 6  -  by BOB HOPE HOLLYWOOD. Sat. THEY SNEAK PPwE--1 V) WED my picture the other nis(ht and it \v Fili vry hush-hush. rl ie n'cture is called "The Great Lover" and axrii* ins snjw everybody v/ps talking about i-iy *trent performance. 1 one ruv say "I've
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    CLOTHES MAKE THE COWBOY
    373 6 A.P. HOi,l,v\roOP Tburs. rr CASE you don't know who in Hollywood spends the most money on clothes, let film cowboy Andy Devine tell you: "The cowboy stars. You could buy a new car with the cash some of their outfits cost." A film cowboy's proudest possessions.
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    CANAL IN A STUDIO
    187 6 LONDON. Thurs. ONE OF THE MOST effective and picturesque sets ever built at London Film Stucho. Is'eworth, has just been completed for the Robert Donat production "The Cure For* Love." Running the whole length of one shooting stage at thcie studios, workmen have laid the foundation
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    JAMAICAN RIGHTS
    18 6 rE newly-formed Kingswood Films. Incorporated. has b«en granted exclusive moviemaking rights in Jamaica for 15 years.
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    CANADIAN FILM CITY—FOR HIRE!
    122 6 Reuter. TORONTO. T.iurs. A group of Canadian financiers is to build an ultramodern film city in a 475-ac.re estate near here and rent it out to anyone who wants to to make films. The first to use the studios for a full-scale production are expected to
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    FILM FOR WYMAN
    36 6 A.P. H(T r vwoOD Thur* JANE WYMAN and Great Britain's Gertrude Lawrence are discussing the possibility of Miss Wyman starring in a film version of "A Star Danced," the British actress' autobiography.— A.P,
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    FUN ON THE SET
    46 6 On the set at )>< uliam, .)ehn Howard Davies pl.iys v. ttl tint-, grey Persian kntei»s vho appear in John Mills' MMbtrttM of '•The Rocking Horse Winner. a Two ities tiini. Davie* plty» the leading role in thi<* picture, directed by Anthony I'rttiMiw.
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    STARS VOTE THESE THE BEST TEN
    444 6  -  BY BOB THOMAS A.P. HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. WANT TO KNOW the lo most popular stars among Hollywood stars themselves? While pounding the Hollywood beat, a reporter hears lots of things about movie stars. Some comments are good, some not so. „The stars themselves can make
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    Ginger Ate Jollity
    156 6 LONDON. Thur* ANNE CRAWFORD A .con Betting; ginger ale ai 1 l cwu dior. T nm»' s The script of looy g0 A Horse" called for her on a binge" in D f T chainDerek Bond, drinking pagne all the time. V At the end of 0
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      25 6 Bent like a dentist's mirror to reach more places J> Squibb rfnW TOOTHBRUSH Trade Inquiries to: SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD. 26-1, Raffles Place Singapore Tel. 4830
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    A New Approach To Ulcers
    225 7 SOME of the "marvellously skilled operations" in the last 50 years for the treat ment of gastric ulcers a little more than exacting tests of the surgeons' skill. Reviewing these techniques in the British Medical Journal recent'y. Sir James Walton, noted specialist in abdominal rureery,
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    TURBINE POWERED CAR
    125 7 "A Production model?" At ast fonr yea" Snk ld s Pencer nilks. Rover's managin* director, watching his wife drive the firm's turbine powered mobile test bed round the adverstone track. What are the immediate implications of Rover's 100 h.p. turbine, the first publicly demonstrated (though the small
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    A Gambling Chance
    322 7 ONE cf the many queries now bein.7 raised as a resist of the "stalemate" election is whether the new Government, with its small majority, will last long enough to consider the report of the Royal Commission on Betting. Lotteries and C-aming. end to frame legislation modifying the
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    HOW TEETH DECAY
    869 7  -  By v TREVOR WILLIAMS AS we all have teeth and we almost all lose them sooner or later, some new research ahe results of which have just beeh published) on causes of dental decay is likely to prove of widest Interest for it has been directed towards
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    Isotopes In The City
    543 7 A SMALL, neat delivery van drove on to the concrete apron at London Airport and stopped under the wing of a waiting South African Skymaster Porters lifted out a compact but ponderous case, manhandled it towards -teps already erected belo-.v the wingtip. Gingerly, one opened the
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    TEN DISEASES SPOTTED IN HALF AN HOUR
    161 7 A.P. NEW YORK. Would you like, In 20 to 30 minutes, to be examined for 10 diseases tnat could kill, biind, or spoil years of your life? Americans may get thr chance soon in their own towns. The cost probably nothing. One chest
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    DO YOU KNOW THAT...
    285 7 The first Earth-Venus encounter occurred abo--t 35 hundred years ago. That was the period when the Israelites fled from Egypt and the Red Sea part.'d to let them through Bulldozers are snorting where Hannibal walked, to bring ancient Carthage out from under the sand as an
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      57 7 JACK ARMSTRONG By Rob 5«1,0«..k< J j A A/ xa r T u/rr BUSINESS BE: HE GOT AWAY-A BUT LEATHER. MAPE BY </ OR OL jRULY THIS IS J if^ T^ Tl /«T INPIAN IKI TAXCO. FOR CLIP s BYE ILL REMEMBER J 32U BUT SEr-OR. FOR y/i' 15 MV
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    TWO BANDITS KILLED IN CHERAS BATTLE
    310 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rO bandits —a-man and a woman—wre killed by Security Forces in the battle near the Cheras Road cemetery yesterday. A Chinese youth was also killed. Forces caught a bandit, who had a grenade and two active bandit agents. Security Forces sustained
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    DATO ZAINAL
    48 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thura Sir Henry Gurney, has a»■ipolntoil Dato Zainal Abidin bifl Haii Abas, DPMJ. MCS. Actio* Chief Social Welfare Federation of MalavaP. Temporary Official Membei of the Federal Legis'ouncil in the place of ft CP Rawson, Chief Social EBcei. Federation of Malaya during his absence.
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    II NEW SCHOOLS
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Eleven Maiay schools opened 5 nice January in Batu Pahat and Kluang by the voluntary the kampong peoPk 01 these two schools girls. Two were built in estates.
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    MOBILE UNIT
    30 9 Thr Mobile Rationing will operate at the Siglap Market Irom March A instead of tne Siglap wishing Village to attend T nr rtce card problems of the villagers.
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    TWO MEN ROB WOMAN of $2,060
    55 9 PERAK. Thurs.—A Chinese woman and her two children living in the Krian area heard susoiclous noises In th-» middle of tho night. The woman found two men ransacking her wardrobe. One man was armed with a dagger. They stole cash and jewellery worth $2,060.
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    ROAD CONTROL IN JELEBU
    63 9 KUALA T.TTMPTTT? Trtr.r* An order has been made that no person should at any time, flay or night. us° th* road leading from Simpane Pertans North to th* 1 State Boundary of Negri Sembilan. without written authority from the Ofißcer-in-Charge of the Police District Jelebu. Mr
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    277 ARRESTED
    49 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —There have been 277 arrests in the Federation for the week ending March 22 —13 in Negri Sembilan. 52 in Johore. 18 in Malacca. 15 in Penang. 47 in Perak. 62 in Pahang. 21 in Selangor. 38 in Kedah Perlis and 7 In Kelantan.
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    Husband Forced Anne To Observe Buddhist Rites
    194 9 A YOUNG Chinese wife yesterday told the High Court at the hearing of her petition f :>r divorce that her husband, a Christian, observed the Buddhist rites when his father died in March last. Although she told him not to worship his father,
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    FINED FOR GAMBLING
    44 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Three Malays Mohd. bin Salleh (29), Rusowadi bin Mohammed (24), and Ismaii bin Abdullah (31) werr fined $6 each in the Police Court today when they pleaded guilty to gambling m front of a shop at Jalan Trus.
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    TRANSFERRED
    42 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs— Mr. J.L. Greig, Johores Agricultural Officer, will be leaving to-morrow for Kuala Lumpur on transfer. He will be attached to the Agricultural Department's Headquarters there. Mr. R. Henderson of will take over as Actinc Agricultural Officer for Jfnore.
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    Tennis Star May Play Here
    98 9 There is a shortage of i tennis courts in Austra- lia today, said Geoffrey Brown. Australia's fore- most amateur tennis i player yesterday. Accompanied by his v lie Veronica. Brown will stay here a fortnight "practising." He I said that he would be glad to
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    LUCKY NUMBER
    38 9 This cheque, repre- 1 senting the first 5350 of the Tribune's War Damage Compensation claim, was the third in the big pay-out just started. Ninety thousand cheques will be paid out within the next few months.
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    WARNING TO MOTOR CYCLISTS
    77 9 I The greater majority of Third Party Insurance Policies issued in Singapore to cover motor-cycles are only valid for the policy holder, i.e. the owner of the machine.. motor-cycle should bear this Any person borrowing m motor-cycle should bear this in mind as the penalty 1m
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    MALAY ARRESTED AFTER 2 YEARS
    63 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— The Magistrate today ordered 20-year-old Hassan bin Ahmad, a Singapore Police supervisee, to be handed over to the Singapore Police. Hassan was arrested In hore Bahru Town by the local Policf after having been at large since 1948. He was charged with
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    GIRL KIDNAPPED
    31 9 KUALA SELANGOR, Thurs —A Chinese woman in Tirom Burok was found murdered here yesterday .Her daughter, aged 17, is beiieved to have been kidnapped. Her four-year-old son is missing.
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    WIFE AXES MAN
    36 9 KELANTAN, Thurs. —A Malay woman murdered her husband with an axe at their house in Selinsing. She then cut her stomach open with the same axe. She died in hospital twelve hours later.
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    BUKIT KEPONG
    26 9 Mr. L. N. Davis, A. O. Muar, will report on the Bukit Kepong Defence, over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at 7.12 tonight.
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    Malay Drew Knife When Refused Job
    120 9 A SIM BIN ISMAIL, aged 36, was sentenced to one A month's rigorous imprisonment in the Second District Court yesterday after he admitted annoying Mr. H. L. Vincent, branch manager of Fraser Neave. Asim went to the Eraser Neave office on the afternoon of
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    CONCERT
    30 9 The Raffles Institution school concert will be held on March 31 and April 1 at 8.00 p.m. in the School Hall. Parents Old Boys and friends are very welcome.
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    S.R.A. PROTEST NEW LAND RATE
    310 9 THE Singapore Ratepayers' Association are against the proposal made by Municipal Commissioners to charge assessment on land appurtenant to houses which are in excess of one acre. It Was felt that the ruling was unfair since it would penalise those with large houses. These people
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    CHINESE HAD RAILS, JOINTS, COURT TOLD
    67 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Thirty-year-old Yong Hock Chuan claimed trial in the Magistrates' Court today m charee of fraudulent possession of 35 pieces of rail and two loints at Geylang Patah. The Magistrate was informed that Yong could not give a satisfactory account of the
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    FAREWELL TEA
    26 9 The members of Arya Samaj recently gave a farewell tea-party to Professor S.D. Kalelkar, Information Officer Government of India, at 42 Rowel 1 Road.
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    NEW JOBS FOR 9 MEN
    135 9 THE Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Singapore has approved the following appointments: Mr. R. Middleton-Smith. M.C.S. as an Assistant Commissioner for Labour, Singapore. Mr. E. P. Shanks as Crown Counsel, Singapore. Mr. W. J. Parks, Superintendent of Police to act as Deputy
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    More Air Cooled Rail Coaches
    83 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.Another alr-condltioned first-class buffet car will be put into Immediate service on the day mall trains between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. It will be seen in the "down" trains on odd dates in March and even dateL in April, and on the alternate
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    FATHERS MAY MAKE MOVE FOR 'CLEANER' CITY
    200 9 THE Acting Municipal President, Mr T. P. F. McNeice is expected to make a statement on the insanitary conditions of drains in Dunman Estate and other private streets at the meeting of the full board of Municipal Commissioners at the end of the
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    CASHIERS CHOOSE MEN
    72 9 The Annual General Meeting of the Cashiers' Union elected the following as officials for 1950: President Mr. Tan Sin Wee, vice presidents Messrs. Seah Chiap Kay and Tan Yew Sim. honsecretary Mr. Chew Eng Lin, asst. Hon. secretary Mr. Teo Cheng Kang, hon. treasurer Mr. Yeo 800
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    FILM SHOW BY TECHNICALS
    50 9 The Singapore branch the Technical Association of Malaya will hold a film show at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road at 7 p.m. tonight. Films on power nines, nyuraulics, first principles of Internal Combustion engine* and Springs and the transfer of power will be shown.
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    CHINESE ON BRIBE CHARGE
    53 9 JOHOKL BAHRU, inuia.— Ng Hoe Chwee, aged claimed trial to a bribe charge in the MagistratesCourt today. He was alleged to have given a bribe of $20 to a detective at Geylanjr Patah on March 13. The case vas postponed i«» March 28 and bail of
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    DRIVERS FINED
    40 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Fines totaling $160 were impdsed in the Magistrates' Court today on three Singapore lorrv-drivcrs for overloading Tan Kirn Lin and ong Siong Koon were fined $40 and $50 respectively. Cheng Ah Bee was rined $70.
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    ANNUAL MEET
    27 9 The Malay Union, Singapore will hold its 21st General Meeting on Sunday at the Muslim Missionary Club House No. 31, Lorong 12, Geylang Road, Singapore.
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      168 9 MALAYAN CHINESE ASSOCIATION 2nd Unlimited $1/- Sweep For MEMBERS only Drawing at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 16th April. Make it a Bigger Success and Help a Good Cause. Tickets now obtainable from* All Branches and Sub-Branches. THE FUTURE HAS A LOT IN STORE FOR YOU! HOW TO APPRECIATE THE GOOD
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      54 9 ALLEY OOP by A 1 Capp i i v I V c£ nap I'M If AW *1M...\ &wT* hv ,t wwm take If "t*f%s£l fSSmth"- V Xfkmdso// by V.T^limllin "L ABXER 7 k -ga r—TTlirTlEß'l^loT^^ 1r 1 3 ZZ 3 course.'.' JIB 2* ftfjfff nTi (DO .t/T-Ah loves J trip
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    GOING WILL BE VERY HEAVY TOMORROW
    1651 10  -  FALSE RAIL TO BE USED Bv ALBERT SPENCER The Man. with 2,000 Winners. THE going will be heavy for tomorrow unless there 1 is a break in the weather today and the sun comes out to offset the condition of the track caused by
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    Seven Goals In Exciting Senior League Match
    299 10 liispite of a heavy downpour of rain daring the first half, the Royal Air Seletar, pu up an exciting struggle m a S.AJ A. benior League fixture at Jalan Besar yesterday j: Although the Bntisn oiciinmce Depot Civilian Association won by the odd
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    Davis Cup On Grass Courts
    46 10 A.P. LONDON, Thurs. The British Lawn Tennis Association announced today that the first round Davis Cup tie between Italy and Great Britain will be played on grass courts at Eastbourne. Sussex. The tentative dates are May 6. 8 and 9.— A.P.
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    THE SANDS INVADING SINGAPORE
    183 10 The Sands brothers aie making an invasion pore Local boxing fans hay "een tough and rugged Alfie Sands in action Now that he is on the warpath in Manila hi* brother. dubbed KiUei George Sands, is flying out here to seek victims. Next on the list
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    INDONESIANS WIN 6—0
    24 10 In a Junior Al League at the Geylang Stadium yesterday tho Indonesians "A" trounced the Jo lilads by six clear goals.
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    BLUE JACKETS UPSET BY WET GROUND
    51 10 Puddles of water made accurate shooting difficult and brilliant work by their goalkeeper, Lowe. saved the H.M.S. "Mountsbay" XI from a severe trouncing at the hands of a Combined Singapore Schools team on the Victoria School ground yesterday. The Schools won by four clear
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      675 10 l (,n l .X CONTINENT. Singapore: It. Swel.: Penang: mhor*' for Hull, noa, Avonmouth, Lonn, Rotterdam, Hamrg 88 30 Mar. 31 Mar /1 Apr. navon" for L'pool, Glasjw. Havre. Antwerp. vU 26 Mar /1 Apr. 2/3 Apr. 4/5 Apr. ivenue for London TSSi M.r./S Apr 6/7 Apr. 8/10 Apr. ilawers"
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      176 10 ROYAL ROTTERDAM LLOYD Aden, Port Said, Rotterdam Amsterdam. Spore P. S'lium Penang x ZEEMAN 25/27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. MODJOKERTO 10/12 Apr. 13 Apr. 14 Apr. JAPARA 20/21 Apr. 22 Apr. 23 Apr. BLITAR 26/27 Apr. 28 Apr. 29 Apr. x Also loading for Port Sudan direct. Agents: ROTTERDAM
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      564 10 SHIPPING j THE HO HONG S.S. CO. (1932) LTD. 65, CHULIA STREET. PHONE 3941-5 (Incorporated in Singapore PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVKTS PALEMBANG, DJAMBI, PAKAN BAROF RENGAT anfl BAGAN SI API API. •HONG ANN" sails for Rengat "HONG SOON" sails for Pakan Banv "HONG TAT" sails for Djambi JJJ; •••HON's THONG" sails
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      33 10 CTHLY KAYOE l> Sa.u 1>« r- S« look is w.ld with ancer: he ff HEY, REF/ STOfVMj OAN OOK IS UP AJ_ W RUSHES AT CURIY AND SECURES A IT AIH'J FAIR W
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    FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
    7139 11 Last Day Of S'po re Races Class 2, DiV. 1-6 fur. and 19 yards NRAEUS 9.00 -< \T< HING: 22-3-s<i i 1 .s. and 5 \ards. rndor Pride. I,;v i mm .19 sees. Going ,nKD DHOTI 8.12 Div. 1. Won by Timel into. 7 2/5 ry
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    1013 11 HORHES, L \SH S, HIV. MANDARIN MING 9.00 OAKFEL 8 1» MY PER IA 8.13 bbloiub i n 4 OLORADO I.1J KKKK FRENt HMAN ».M NEW VIM BILL 8.M (INEMA Ml M ERLLN 8 BLANK sl'EC SO BLACK 8.0ft PATHFINDER Ml FEARECAIM FIREM ASTER H.«2 YOI N< LI
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    Police Clash With Strikers
    142 12 Reuter. ROME. Thurs. Thousands of ann-*d policeman and soldiers took ov-r tho market town of c an Scveeno near today after a street ba*U> between police and 4.0C0 s'rik >rs Five policemen tva'en uo. Another five «rer; disarmed, two of th-m at pistol Doint. The slriV-rs.
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    Seretse Flies Home Today
    96 12 A.P. and U.P. LONDON. Thurs.—Seretse Khama left London tonight by car on the nrst leg of his return to Africa and his reunion with his white queen. He leaves England by British Overseas Airways Corporation flying boat tomorrow. Meanwhile the Government today rejected Liberal requests for
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    MAO'S GUERILLAS JOIN CHIANG'S SIDE
    217 12 NEW ATTACKS ON: MAINLAND SOON TAIPEI, Thursday. THE Nationalist Defence Ministry announced to--1 nieht th-t a number of Cornmun st guerillas on Hainan Island had come over to the Nation ilist side. T did not disclose the number It said they switched sides after reading
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    Big Job
    17 12 Chiang Ra; hrVs son, who has been named head *JuJj3 nefence Ministry s FolllMai Department.
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    JAP GENERALS AIDING CHIANG —PEKING RADIO
    135 12 U.P. HONG KONG, Thursday.— Radio Peking, commenting on the expected release of sev* tai hundred Japanese wai criminals by General MacArthur, charged today that former Japanese leaders are being enlisted to aid the Nationalists war against the Chinese Communi The broadcast said the Nationalists
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    FAMINE SPREADS OVER CHINA
    114 12 THE Communist news agency reported today that 1 famine was spreading from east China into central and south China, covering almost half of the China mainland, includ-ng the densest populated areas. In 3 famine was originally centred over a 2.000-square-mile area between the Yangtze and Yellow
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    CHIANG GENERAL IN RANGOON?
    79 12 A.P. RANGOON. Thurs. h countrywide investigation was on here today into the reported presence in Rangoon Chinatown district of General Lee Nee. former Acting Governor of Yunnan and commander of the Eighth Division of the Chinese Nationalist Army. Chinese authorities said they have no knowledge of
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    NO SIAM RICE FOR REDS
    59 12 A.P. BANGKOK. Thurs. l*M Thailand Commerce Mintsti> official said the government was not approached by trie Chinese Communist rice purchasing commission as Hong Kong reported. Recently, Premier Phibun in a review said Thai would rot sell tc Chinese Reds. There was speculation that Chinese Rods
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    GLOOMY CANTON
    48 12 Reuter. HONGKONG. Thurs. Canton today is in the worst grip of depression since its existence as a main trading centre of South China. Reports ieaching Hongkong said that more than 5,000 business establishments have closed down and many more are awaiting official permission to pack up.—Reutei.
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    JAPS OPPOSE RE-ARMAMENT
    52 12 U.P. I TOKYO. Thurs.—Premier Yosnioa announced on Thursday that his Conservative Government was squarely opposed to any rearmament ot Japan. At the sametime. however, he told the Upper House budget committee that the widely-held Japanese view I that security can be found in complete neutrality was I
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    24 AUSSIE BRIDES OF 14
    71 12 Reuter AAP. CANBERRA, Thursday.-Twenty-four Australian girls were married at the age of 14 last yeai, according to Government statistics. One of the young bndcs took a 33--year-old 'groom. Another lass was divorced and into her second marriage at 17 and one widow married at the
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    T.B.A. SOCCER
    55 12 The following v ill [>!:>y the Tamil Brotherhood Ar ••n 'ation against the Sintfaoore k»<i«'itlon Club today on the Padant? at 5 P.m.: Thevaraja. J. Saran rapany. P. Suppiah. Abdul Rahirnan. V dtandra. K. R. Muthiah. Pan! Davis. A. S. Paul. K. Th*nt_u. A. Ganeaan, Bf. Oaneaan. S.
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    Long Queues Exchange Old Bills For New
    235 12 INDONESIAN BANKS REOPEN U.P., Reuter. JAKARTA, Thursday. iNPO* ESIA op3ned its bariKs today for th* ft«t 1 time since Saturday and long orderly line, ucre formed to exchange old currency for nev PWV issued by the Minister 01 Economics said the Government will
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    'PERFECT' AIR GIRL'S ANKLES AREN'T 'PERFECT'
    69 12 A.P. SYDNEY. '»-lurs.— w>n.<Aiii 24-year-old "perfect air girl. Doreen Pencil, was tmpt immediate* upon her arrival here into a busy six-week tour ol Australia. -My ankles fee! the size of footballs. she. declared. j have hai dly been off my f< et since 1
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    LIFER FOR MAN WHO SLEW 3
    77 12 Reuter. Kosciusko Thurs.-Leoi Tavner 38->cai old white slayer of tmec Neero children, today escaped the c itric chair but was sentenced to life impri-on-meat without hope of parole A jury yesterday conv.ctcu him of shooting four-year-old Nell Harris but disagreed on punishment, making a
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    AUSTRALIA TO OUTLAW REDS
    217 12 Reuter. CANBERRA, Thursday. AUSTRALIA today invoked far reaching •orierA irency powers including the right oj immediate arrest, the running of meetings and thu death penalty for treason to fight labour disorders and communism. Prime Minister Robert Menzies mvokirgthe Etrergencv Crimes Act, said its powers woa:d be
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    Who Is Responsible For The Massacre?
    215 12 Reuter and A.P. BANGKOK, Thursday. 4 MASSACRE of several hundred Ws*JX ih A Burma town of Pyu early in Marc.i is ICPU Karen State radio at Kawthoolci March 14 charged that on March 1 tS '-roop. withdrew under pre-arranged and the next day irregulars
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    ROBINSON WINS BY K.O.
    64 12 U.P. PHILADELPHIA, Thurs.-— For the second time welterweight champion Sugar Kco.nson (154 lbs.) blasted the tit c hopes of George (Sugar) Costner (150 lbs) on Wednesday night by a knockoiu in 2 nuns. 49 sees. di lounu. Koomsoh liasned in ugiitrm. fe r straight rigat that
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    SIX KILLED
    25 12 U.P. LONDON, Thurs. —Six persons were killed today when a Royal Air Force training plane crashed in the field near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. —U.P.
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    TWO MORE HANGED FOR SIBU MURDER
    105 12 KUCHING, Thursday. A WANG Rambli and Bujong bin Suntong who were A found guilty last month in Sibu of abetting the murder of the Governur of Sarawak, M. Duncan George Stewart, were hanged in Kuching today. Clemency was granted to seven other condemned prisoners
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    DEMPSEY'S EX-WIFE WEDS
    45 12 U.P. LOS ANGELES. Thurs. Hannah Williams. former wife of former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey. was married here on Wednesday to Thomas JMonaghan. 38-year-old night club comedian. The mystical comedy actress, once Broadway's "cheerful little earful." gave her age as 3 V.—U.F.
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    NEW TERROR WAVE SWEEPS OVER SAIGON
    225 12 Reuter and U.P. SAIGON Thmtfe, 1/ii.TXAMESE police and French troam today ord3d to iin a ,4 stat- oi as a fresh wave of t:rrorfcrn swep' o \-r!> w G?n?rally we 1-informed sources ir..ops we:3 being reinforced at the Vi CKr'ernment's request to D.-otect th-
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    LONDON SHARES
    153 12 Reuter. March. Thurs. Tt* Ixmdon Stock Exchange wi lacking in colour today. With the completion of mornimr routine business, the market* Wfccarw u,te with barely a vest ice of interest heine shown in any senior. Pn« movtuitnty were small but generally to higher levels. Some buvir.sr i f
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    104 12 Y.W.C.A.: Malay etas.-, for oeymners, 9.15 a.in. and MS ?.m., for advaac*?vl ?iiid«-n 10.30 a.m.. 5. Raffle- Qua., rown Pioneers' nie tin.'. 8, For Cannir.s Koid. 4 p.m. ,J UMBLK SALK. i v sbyt -nan Church Hall. Or lurd Head. 3 p.m. ARAB IMO", ,lca :y
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