Malaya Tribune, 12 April 1950

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    63 1 MALAYA TRIBUNE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE Tub Tribune" Spore LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER IN MALAYA Phone 5811/3 Nine Lines Published simultaneously at Sinyayorr, Kwiln Lumpur, Iyoh atid Penany. 1 TWELVE IJAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1950 TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON StEPRESBNTATna B. Waurtce Glover
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    $30 PAY RISE FOR CLERKS RECOMMENDED BY BENHAM
    167 1  -  By OSCAR FERNANDEZ TfURTV- DOLLARS-A-MONTH r*se in basic salaries and a higher superscale wage for the General Clerical Service is recommended by the Beuham Com mittee on salaries, the Tribune is reliably informed. The Committee's report which is now in print, is
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    Higher Starting 1 Pay Suggested
    181 1 WELFARE projects, approved last year by the Legislative Council when it accepted the principle of a five-year plan, have received the blessings of the Benftam Committee it is understood. This means that terms j and conditions for all jobs necessary to make the five- I
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    HOUSEWIVES MAY GET LESS MEAT
    71 1 U.P. LONDON. Tues.—London housewives were warned by their butchers today that they would get short rations of meat this week unless 30U truck drivers at the Smithfield Market agree to work overtime. The drivers annoimced last week that they would not work overtime after their
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    TOUCH GRANDMA
    38 1 A.P. CUXHAVEN. Germany. Tues. —A motorcycle ran into a 73-year-old grandmother. Frau Emma Menite and sent her spinning. Police said the motorcycle was wrecked, the rider taken to hospital, but Frau Emma Menke got up unhurt.—A.P-
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    ABDUL RAHMAN
    50 1 Abdul Rahman bin Wahed. who was rowed across the Straits from Sungei Papan in Johore to Cnaugi last Sunday and taken to the General Hospital with three gun snot wounds, will be discnargea from the hospital today. His condition last night was j teported as very favouraol. 1
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    Smugglers Wreck UK Gem Trade
    129 1 Reuter. I£)NDON. Tues.—lnternational diamond manufacturers today offerea a ein.ooo reward lor information about three highly organised smuggling gansx hooding America with illicit uems. In London's diamond cen tre. Hatton Garden, merchants reading the reward notices pasted up in their clubs, said the smuggling traffic was
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    K.L. MAIL TRAIN DELAYED
    53 1 The day mail train from Kuala Lumpur, due in Singapore at about 7.30 last night, was delayed for five hours. Repairs to the line at Kampong Chamek. eight miles from Kluang. where bandits had derailed a pilot train a few days ago, were not completed till
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    DEFENCE TALKS
    44 1 Reuter-AAP MELBOURNE. Tues.—Lt. Oen. H. C. H. Robertson. Cornmandcr-in-Chiel of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, will attend a two-day conference of Australian defence leaders opening here tomorrow. It is expected the talks will be mainly concerned with domestic deienc; matters—Reuter-AAP.
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    NOT A HOPE
    29 1 A.P PALERMO Tues. Mrs. N'infa Piazza, 31. mother of ix Hons hoped her seventh >>üby would b»; girl. She gave birth today to t.;pleta—three more boys.—A.P.
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    Brooks Delayed
    38 1 The Pan American i Airways plane on which Boy Brooks was to have arrived this morning tor S his fight with Dave £ands on Friday has J been delayed. j It is expected in this afternoon.
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    BEVIN TO UNDERGO OPERATION
    64 1 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Britlsn Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin went into hospital today to undergo a minor operation, it was officially renounced tonight. According to a usually reliable source. Mr. Bevin is suffering from Haemorrhoids. He expects to be back at work in about a fortnight. His present
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    JORDAN'S FIRST FREE VOTE
    47 1 AMMAN. Tues.—Seventy per cent. of the 304.00 C electorate cast their votes today in general elections lor Jordan's 40-seat Chamber of Representatives, officials estimated tonight. For the 157.000 living in Jordan-held Palestine it was their first chance to express their will by ballot.
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    AID FOR FRANCE
    22 1 A.P CueißßOUriO. xues.--Con-tinental Fiance gets her first shipment of LI.S. arms undei the Atlantic Pact military plan tcda>. A.P.
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    King, Queen Attend Maundy Service J
    40 1 Uueen- Elizabeth chats with l*u young Londoners ailer leaving Westminster Aboey where she and the ivuz attended the Annual Maundy ihursday Service, lhe King distributed the traditions! Maundy money to aced worshipers.—A.P. Photo. ?l,nlu.
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    GOVT. FREES BUTTER: DEMAND DROPS
    135 1 BUTTER went off the ration yesterday. Both tinned and frozen batter can now bi bought without a ration caid. A Government sal 9 last tmfc the satisfactory stock position and supplies have made it posible to "free butter eompi uely. Government at firs' decided on
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    Hunt Still On For Hoodlums
    49 1 Police have so far been unsuccessful in their efforts to track down the gang of Indians who battered Alawdeen into unconsciousness at the junction of McCullum and Cecil Street on Sunday night. Alawdeen is at present in the General Hospital His condition is improving.
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    TIN: MARKET STEADY
    68 1 U.P. LONDON. Tues —The tin mraket was steady this afternoon. The spot market was up one sterling to £592-i and three months rose five shillings to £594-A. i The closing prices were spot £592-1 buyers £592-4 sellers with business nil. Three months £594 buyers £594-i sellers with
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    ALL FOUND, DEAD
    26 1 A.P. CLEVELAND. OHIO, r Jes. —Four boy scouts swept into leke Erie on a rubber raft yesterday were found dead or exposure today.—A.P.
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    REDS OUTLAWED
    16 1 Reuter. LA PAZ Bolivia. Tues.— The Bolivian Government today outlawed thje Communist Party. -Reuter.
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    ARMS FOR ITALY ARRIVE
    69 1 Reuter. NAPLES. Tues.—Trouble, expected her- today with the arrival of the first Atlantic Pact arms to Europe, tailed to materialise. As dockers unloaded the arms irom the American freighter Exilona. police reported all quiet throughout NaDles. The Exilona left New York on April 1 with howitzers,
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    50 BOMBS RECOVERED
    26 1 KOTA TINGGI. Tues.— Police recovered twelve mottar bombs and fifty rounds of .303 ammunition at tutE.E.M.U. Estate 23rd mile Kota Tinggi Road ycsterdav.
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    TALKS ONLY
    24 1 Reuter ROME, Tues. —Italy's Foreign Ministc* Count Carlo Sfoiza today had a long taiK wltn,the Soviet Ambassaaux to Italy, M. Kostylev. —Keuter
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    NO OODLES OF MONEY FOR ASIA—McGHEE
    84 1 U.P. NEW YORK. lues. George C. McGhce, Assistant Secretary of State lor Near Eastern. Asian and African Affairs, indicated today that the United States would not provide large scale financial assistance for the implementation ol President Truman's Point Four plan. In a speech before
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    N. IRELAND IS A-DEFENCE KEY
    95 1 Reuter WASHINGTON. Tues. Sir Basil Brooke. Premier of Northern Ireland, today defended its position as part of the United Kingdom and said it had a key role in North Atlantic defence Dlans. In the first major speech of his tour of the United States and
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    PRINCESS LOUISE
    32 1 A.P STOCKHOLM. Tues. Crown Princess Louise of Sweden will leave for London on April 15th for a two weens visit to her mother, the Dowager Marshicrcss of Milford Haven. —AP.
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    CHINESE IN PERAK RALLY TO CHIANG
    140 1 A.P PFNANG, Tues. Over 2 )0 Chinese associations and guilds in tho stat- of Perak have pledged support to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's government. This is the first puolic srourt of Cniang's regime since the British Government recognised the Red China government. A r t
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    FOUR BRITONS TO ADVISE MAO
    98 1 A.P. LONDON. Tues. Four Britons who will act as advisors to the Communist China Government's Information Bureau have arrived In Peking. The New China News Agency said the Britons were welcomed with a dinner party by Hu Chiao-mu. Director of the Bureau. It named them
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    Russian And US. Aircraft Machine-Gun Each OtherGun
    560 1 Reuter LONDON, laesday. RUSSIAN and American aircraft raachinogunned each other over Soviet t?rritory on Saturday, the Soviet Government today as Ameiican planes continued their Baltic ip i'tli for a missing United States Navy patrol bomberAfter the incident the American aircraft dcsciibed by the
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    STOP PRESS U.S. Deuies Russian Story
    166 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Tues. Russian allegations that an American bomber machine gunned Russian fighters over Soviet Bailie territory on Saturday and then fled under retaliatory fire were declared impossible by United States Air Force ard Naval I hiefs in Washington tonight. (ien. Hoyt S. Yand«*nberg,
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      3 1 Rommel is comming
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    BRIDE BLUSHED—THE CAKE WASN'T THERE
    246 2 QNE hundred and thirty guests at a wedding recep tion in the Capitol BJue Room on Monday morning had to wait over an hour-and-a-half -or the arrival of the cake. After the wedding of Miss Lourdes Benig, daughter of Mr. Fermin J. Benig, the President
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    HE RAN RAFFLE
    32 2 Found guilty oi operating a chap-ji-kee lottery, 58-year-c'd Wee San Wee was fined $250 by the Fourth Police Magistrate yesterday. Wee was arrested at Clive Street en April 1.
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    21 New STC Buses For The Colony
    101 2 The Singapore Traction Company wi have twentyone new omnibuses on the roadi in shout six weeks' time An S.T.C:. Midi yesterday 1 Th.-. BSSSfI an in the process oi delivery ami will be used to augment the present services." Meanwhile the Sihg.-.pcrc Traction
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    HARVESTER CHIEF FOR INDONESIA
    48 2 Mr. Samuel E. Knowles, representati/c of the International Harvester Export Company, U.S.A.. left for Indonesia at noon yesterday. Mr. Knowtes is the company's representative for the Federation of Malaya, Singapore. Indonesia, Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo. He is expected back in Singapore on Monday.
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    GUESS WHAT'S IN THIS BOX?
    112 2 YOU can't see them but if you insert a finger through the wire meshing of this box, you will, with luck, be aide tn count tour baby crocodiles. These crocs were Bosm by BOAC's Argonaut irom Hongkong yesterday. They are consigned to the Zoological Society
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    The pedestrian crossings at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road have been painted with black and white stripes instead of the usual yellow ' V's". The experiment will show whether this colour I scheme will help visibility of oedestHans and motorists at night. It has been adopted in England after many experiments by the Ministry of Transport, who have found that it has improved visibility, especially at night". :.aid Mr. Q, Edmonds, Municipal Engineer, yesterday. He told the Tribune that he would welcome suggestions I about the new scheme.
    91 2 The pedestrian crossings at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road have been painted with black and white stripes instead of the usual yellow V's". The experiment will show whether this colour I scheme will help visibility of oedestHans and motorists at night. It has been adopted in
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    RENTS GO UP
    58 2 Xl) ALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The rents of all lands in Kelantan liable to periodic revision, have been mcreas- cd by twenty-five per cent, with effect from Jan. 1. Owners o*f such lands have been asked to produce their titles at the Land Office. Kota Bahru. within three
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    HAD NO PERMIT
    33 2 Ng Thian Hong, 26, and Soh Peng Khoon, 36, were each fined $30 in the Third Pc ice Court yesterday after they admitted entering the Singapore Harbour Board without permission.
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    HE BOUGHT DOPE FOR 'T.B.' CHEST
    186 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A 31-year old Chinese lorry driver told the President f the Sessions Court, Mr. W. S. Sutherland, today th<tt he was told to take opium for hi? "consumptive rust" by a Chinese 'quack' doctor. The Chinese, Heng Ah Kirn, who rdmitted
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    Malay Had 'Dud Coin' Tools
    43 2 Malay Had 'Dud Coin Tools ri MPAT, Tues.—Police, who recently raided a house at Kampong Pulau Tok Pakar, found a Malay in po*"s*ion H2°^ o,ef 'T el f instruments for counterfeiting coins He also had about BW> assorted Siamese and Malayan dud coins.
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    DAWSON —SAD LOSS TO RACING CIRCLES
    158 2 TPOH, Tuesday. THE Malayan racing fraternity toSt a good friend in the ifddcn death of Ted Dawcon, who was 'hiled in a grenade incident at the Hotel Mr l :o!c o.i Monday night. li.c funeral took place at the Christian Cemetery, Batu Ciajah, at
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    SALE OF WORK
    57 2 The Voluntary WorKers of the Children's Social Centres, under tho Presidency of Lady McKerron, have organised a Sa£e of Worn ot articles made *ey the children In the centres The Sale wiH be held at Ai( -;r wmtoaway Laidlaw Company's store on Saturday, April 15, and the
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    SIX-MAN UNICEF MISSION IN S'PORE
    260 2 A SIX-MAN mission of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund is at the moment in Singapore. The mission is discussing social welfare and health work among children in the Colony with the medical and social welfare authorities. Headed by th? Executive Director of UNICEF.
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    Training Scheme For Midwives
    78 2 KUALA LUMPUR, rues. Mid-wives in the Kota Bahru State Hospital will be trained nniter a new senem° jt was disclosed at a meeting of Penggawns in Kota Bahru recently. The Combined Agricultural Show for the Districts of Baehok and Kota Bahru for 1950 will be held
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    PRIZE DAY
    15 2 The Clifford School. Kuala Lipis. recently held its prize giving and concert day.
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    THE SAGO INDUSTRY LOOKS UP
    265 2 Four Factories Re-open, lobs For 200 Workers POUR of Singapore's eight sago factories, rlu?ed i nearly a year, are now back in operation employing about 200 workers. Reason: Renewed supnlv of' r *iw from umatra and fresh demand* from pKvate trade channels in the United
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    U.S. SHIP WITH CARGO FOR RED CHINA IN PORT
    109 2 THE American Isbrandtsen Line ship. Flyine Trader, which arrived in Singapore yesterday, has about 1.000 tons of cargo for the Com munist held port of Shang hai. the Tribune under stands. According to her scheduithe Flying Trader is to c* I
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    RAPE RE-TRIAL OPENS IN ASSIZE COURT
    73 2 The re-trial of a Hylam. Wong Lok Say. on a chars* 1 of rape opened in the Assize Court yesterday before Mr. Justice and a European jury. Wong, who claimed triai. is defended by Mr. Mark Morrison. He is alleged to have committed the
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    LOST CARD, HE COULD NOT GET ANOTHER
    73 2 Ng Teng Guan \va fenced to Otoe month's hard !ab-ur by the First District •loxlvrc after he admitted hftUtag to produce His identity card when asked. Ng wa i stepped by Marine patrol pt the Kalian* Rver en April 10. H» told the
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    THEFT CHARGE
    44 2 Leslie Raymond Saunders. 24. of Keppei Barracks, was charged in tin Third Police Court yesterday with stealing two niosquito nets from the barracks on April 10. Saunders claimed trial He was offered bail ol $5* The case was postponed to April 19.
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    ON TURTLES
    28 2 Mr. John Ravner who rreently viWte l the Turtle inlands off Sarawak, w talking about turtles >'V* their habits, at 10 o'clock day over Radio Malaya.
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    NEW RICE PRICES ON MAY FIRST
    258 3 THE Federation Government has fixed May 1 as th~ tiate on which the new system of rationing based graded prices will come into effect, Government has so far not taken a decision. But it is expected to follow suit soon Agreement on the new
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    Boat Guards Attacked, Two Killed
    125 3 R IT ALA Lt'MPUR. Tues. Two Malay Other Ranks killed and their aims when a boat escorted them was attacked by :t 150 bandits at Batu n between Gua Musang and Pulai in Kelantan. yest< rday. Thr civilian boatmen \vc:c d but released later. Three
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    PARLIAMENTARY
    38 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue>. The Acting Chief Secretary of F<deration. Mr. M. V. Del Tufo, will move at next Wedsday'a meeting of the Fed--Ms'.ative Council that I taken to form an Affiliated Branch of the mmonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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    WILKINSON ROAD REPAIRS TO START SOON
    117 3 Work will stait on Wilkin- j son Road as soon as Munici- pal Commissioners give their i 'go ahead' signal when they meet at the end of this month. The actual cost of repair work will be charged to the owners. Road Is a
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    FAMOUS U.S. LAWYER VISITS S'PORE USIS
    67 3 MAJOR HENRY F. HOLTHUSEN. prominent American lawyer, is visiting Singapore in the course of a tour through Asia to observe the progress of United States Information Service activities. Major Holthusen was an adviser to Congressional sponsors of the Smith-Mi j It Act which permanently
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    STRIKE ENDS
    30 3 A.P. HAVANA. CUBA. Tues. A two-day strike by nearly 500.000 Cuban sugar woikers virtually ended yesterday when opposing sides accepted a compromise suggested by President Carlos Prio Socarras.—A.P.
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    INTERNATIONALIZED
    27 3 U.P. GENEVA, Tues. The United Nations Trusteeship Council today adopted by none votes in favour with two abstentions the statute internationalizing the entire Jerusalem area. -U.P.
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    BREAK FOR BAD MEN
    240 3 —BUT ONLY THE FIRST TIME JYJEN who break the law for the first time —hut not too badly—are soon to have a better deal, under new laws which are now being drafted. A probation system is being framed ior adult first offenders, who are bound over
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    SIAM SEEKS AIR RIGHTS
    217 3 Vk'AM is negotiating v \tfi United Kinu'd-mi fo- bilateral treaty givin o "ai airlines commercial Hon rights In sinsanoro :i respect of routes re sins ■"rough the Colony. Two Thai alrilnes. th" Airways C o. and v. rrans-Asiatlc Airlines oiam> are seeking rights m Singapore. n
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    CALLS UP NEWSPAPER, THEN KILLS HIMSELF
    211 3 U.P. NEW YORK. rues. Hugh Ernst. 39. husband of movie and television actress Hetty Furncss. telephoned a newspaper early today that he had a "good story." BefOn B reporter could get to hi* hotel room, he killed himself with a shotgun. The body of
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    SCOUTS AT SEA
    23 3 A.P. HAIFA. Tues.-Two sea scouts swam two miles foi help when their boat oveiturned in a violent storm early today.—A.P.
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    TRIBAL WELCOME
    75 3 More than a hundred Bamangwato tribesmen I arrived at Gahjerone.s I in Beehuanaland. Afri- i ca. to greet their chief designate. Seretse Khama. on his arrival by lir from Britain recently. Here Seretse's uncle landI and principal headman. Peto Sektfoma (standing) reads a telegram he had just received
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    PORTRAIT OF C-G READY BY 1950?
    110 3 Univeisitv circle* hope that the portrait of Mi. Malcolm Mac Donald. Chancellor of the I niversity. by the famous painter. Anatole Cluster, will \te ready by the end of the year. Mr. Cluster who was asked to do the job some time back had
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    POLITICIANS TOOK BRIBES
    47 3 A.P. TOKYO, Tues. Four Jap atkese politicians ar.d a businessman we*e convicted today and given mild sentences foi bribery growing out of post war attempts to socialise coal mines. Two others were acquittea. including former v.cc-Speaker Manitsu Tanaka of the Hous* oi Representative A.P.
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    Get The Teachers, Well Find The Cash: Frisby
    204 3 J|R. A. W. Frisby, Director of Education yesterday told a new of students in the adult classes of the Pasir Panjang School. "Find the teachers and wo will crj VT cash. Yon can have as many classes as you wish .<c ss
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    ON PLANNING
    39 3 Thcr win be another ta'k in the series on Town Planning over the Rue Network of Radio Malay.i at 712 om. today when Mr. G. E. Ma*nay .will ta'k about "The Basic Outline cf the Development Plan.'
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    Man Who Killed $10,000-Red Gets DSO
    398 3 THE most sustained pursuit of a bandit gasg achiev--1 ed yet has won Lt.-Col. E. P. Townsend Commanding Ist Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles, the award of the Distinguished Service Order. He is among two Gurkha Officers, one Gurkha Warrant Officer and one Gurkha Corporal
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    GALES DELAY QUEEN MARY
    91 3 A.P. SOUTHERN. Tues Heavy Atlantic gales have j delayed the luxury liner 1 Queen Mary at h ast 12 j hours on her voyage from New York, 'he Cunard White Star Line said today. Loaaed with 1.338 passengers, she is not expected to dock here until
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    Inter-Varsity Council Men Here On Visit
    161 3 TWO representatives of the Inter-Unh'ersity Council in London will be visiting the University of Malaya next Tuesday. They are Mr. Walter Adams, secretary of the Council and Dr. Mouat Jones, who was Vice-Chan cellor of the University of Leeds in 1948. Mr. Adams and
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    KOREANS ROUT RED RAIDERS
    119 3 SEOUL, Tues.—More tha.i half cf a Land of Communist gueri las estimated at between 600 an 700 men hai been wiped out by the Korean Army force.;. Defence offcl cials announced today. The guerillas crossed the border /iear the eastern coast and split ml two groups*,
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    FED. MOVE FOR. MORE TROOPS
    361 3 JJUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday.—Mr. K.J. Cumming, leading Perak miner, will move at next Wednesday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council that the Federation Government ask the British Government for more troops. His resolution says that "if a speedy /estoration of law and order, so vital to
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    ASIAN PHOTONEWS
    118 4 n ,^i^^o^^fe^■?, i, here area leaving, the Throne Room of the raiace at Bangkok during th c recent cremation ceremonies of his broth-r the late King Ananda .Mahidol. SHii'tlflS*" Khaled Aram (lell) greets the Prime Minister .1 tamfejll ft HMj» Report near Damascus who r A?ab League meeting.
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    Chennault Family
    28 5 General und Mrs. Clair Chennault with their two babies Clair Anna and Cynthia i isc this A.P. Photo was taken at the Chennault home in Formosa.
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    CONGRESS TO DECIDE BOY'S NATIONALITY
    102 5 A.P. l. l; i, i Idaho, liii s. Both S.ngeant Jack let r: Bui ley and Ins pted sen. Arthur i McCartney, aie anxiou.-'y waiting action on a bill pending before Congiess» -vage of the bill would permit the 12-year-old boy to -t-main in this
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    MADRAS WOMEN COME INTO THEIR OWN
    77 5 Reuter. MADRAS. Taes.—The Gov- mment cf Madias has decid--1 to end all discrimination etween the sexes in the matter of Government appointments* An official ccmmnnique. Announcing this, said the measure was in consonance with the new Indian constitution which promises equality of opportunities to
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    U.S. NAVY HAS TWO NEW SUBS
    70 5 U.P. SUING TON, Tues. The United States Navy meed yesterday two new oi Snorkel-equippeo ul marine an under conduction. On< is a comparatively small |i signed specifically \.o hunt iewn and destroy othci Thiee of these ii. heing built. The other type cr which
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    Fish In Galilee Still Oblige
    44 5 A.P. TIBERIALS, ISRAEL. J Tues.—The Sea of GaliN lee—as at the time of i Jesus Christ—is still a favourite fishing place. Fish caught in Is- raels lakes and in the sea the last five months totalled 2.053 tons.— A.P.
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    SOVIET SPY POLICE IN EAST GERMANY
    153 5 A.P BERLIN Tues.—A new, specially trained corps of Soviet secret police has arrived in Eastern Germany. B onde, blue-eyed and devoted to the Kremlin, these young men speak German faultlessly and even know the Eastein dialects. They arc wearing the uniforms of German police.
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    BRIDGES GETS FIVE YEARS FOR PERJURY
    160 5 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday. (10 Longshore chief Harry Renton Bridges was sentenced to five years in prison today for lying bout his membership in the Communist Party so hat he could become an American citizen. The Australian-born labour leader was sentencto two years for
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    RAILWAYMEN MEET
    17 5 Reuter. BAGDAD, Tues.—The Near East Railways, Customs. Passports and Security Conference met here today. Reuter.
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    Japs Report Strange 'Clouds' On Mars
    158 5 A.P. OSAKA, Japan, Tuesday. JAPANESE astronomers report new observations J of strange -cloud formations on the pis net Mars, caused possibly by a "terrific explosion." Tsuneo Saeki's discovery of the phenomena on Jsn. 2k set off a worldwide watch of the nearby planet. Now
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    WILDEBEEST GORES, KILLS CURATOR
    108 5 A.P. Bloemfontein. South Africa, Tues.—Theodorus Gerber (56), curator of the Bloemfontein Zco, was killed lest night in a struggle with a wildebeest, a speciss of African guv. Gerber's body was found today in the wildebeest's 1$ by 10 foot paddock in the zoo. It was not
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    Saucer Denials Are Worth A Billion Dollars
    263 5 U.P. NEW YORK, Tuesday AIR Force denials \hat flying saucers exist are "worth a billion dollars to the Russiar.s in the cold war", radio commentator Henry J. Taylor said last night. In a broadcast over the American Broadcasting network, Taylor said in the
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    NEW DRUG MAY HELP STUNTED CHILDREN GROW TALL
    278 5 A.P. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday. ANE of the wonder drugs developed to fight disease golden aureomycin—has been found to be a powerful growth stimulant which may help *ev«n stunted children. The drugs newly discovered powers were the subject of one of 300 sc.entific reports
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    KEEPING THEIR EYES PEELED
    81 5 Reuter. HONGKONG. Tues—Both the Nationalists and the Communists are on the look out ior secret agents 1 within their own ran*>.s. A Canton report last night said that th? Kwangtung military zone commander's headquarters has notified all garrison units to watch out for the Nationalist "secret
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    BRITAIN'S I.L.P. CONDEMNS CAPITALISM
    138 5 Reuter. Whitley Bay. Northumberland, Tues.—Britain's Independent La hour Party Conference today unanimously condemned the "increasing determination of British capitalism to maintain and cxt3nd its exploitation of the peoples of Africa." The 1.L.P.. once the cradle cf the British Labour movement, waned in importance with the rise
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    UNIVERSITY GIFT
    33 5 A.P. TEL AVIV. Tuea. The newspaper "Haboker" said that U5526,000 had been donated for the establishment of a modern laboratory of physiology at the Hebrew University's Medical School in Jerusalem— A.P.
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    15 FEARED DEAD IN PAKISTAN AIR CRASH
    92 5 U.P. RUBRRI. T akistn, Tues.— More than 15 persons were feared killed yesterday In the jci ash of a rtoyal Pakistani Air Force freighter in the j iu;<ged hills of Pakistan's i northern frontier, j The plane, cairyi'ng 15 servicemen and an unknown
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    AMBUSH KILLS 28 COMMANDOS
    54 5 Reuter. MANILA. Mon. Twentyeight Philippine police Commandos were ki.'led on April 6 in an ambush at Carmona, 24 miles south of Manila, according to a delayed report from a usually reliable source. The action took place while Government forces fought 200 dissidents 20 miles further south
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    'Allethrin' Kills Housefly In Flight
    112 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Tues. —A new insecticide which the United States Department of Agriculture calls "Allethrin" and which is said to be strong enough to kill a hcusefly in tight has heen demonstrated heit. The insecticide, a department official said, is quicker acting and has
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    SAIGON PRESS SUSPENDED FOR A MONTH
    89 5 Reuter. SAIGON, Mon.- Saigon's two months political tension has been eased, according to Vietnamese authorities who Attributed this to the Government's determined attitude ana to emergency measures taken by the Vietnamese poLce and security. Students and intellectaals arrested after the March 19 disturbances have
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    DESIGN FOR PEACE
    565 6 JNDIA and Pakistan sign a twelve-point paid dosigned to solve the minorities problem, lt has averted the immediate catastrophe of war to which both nations were rushing headlong, but it is one thing to halt on the brink of the abyss and quite another to make the
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    IS BRITAIN'S C. P. DUE FOR A PURGE?
    1006 6  -  by ERNEST AGNEW A.P. LONDON. BRITISH Communists arc not doing so hot right now. A party spokesman reports membership has dropped to a tctal of 42,000 from its peak of 60,000 in 1942, and only about 33,000 of those arc active; it
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    BRITAIN WILL NOT QUIT HONGKONG
    475 6 A.P. CHINESE Communists troops have been on the Hongkong border for more than six months now without crossing it and tension is easintr. This was evidenced recently when a permanent reduction of more than 2.000 troops from the colony defence was ordered. However, are still
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    THE LAST JOURNEY
    137 6 Reuter. HANDSOME. 55-ye a r-old Dunrobin. the dark green engine which pulled the Duke of Sutherlands' exclusive train through the Highlands, has made its last journey. The Dunrobin and train which travelled 700 miles from the Duke's private station at Golspie, near Dunrobin Castle, has a special
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    WANTED A SNUG, SAFE CAVE
    350 6 A.P. WASHINGTON. —The cave-dw eiling age may almost b*' here Already certain agencies oi the U.S. Government have heard suggestions that their important records be stored in eaves, snnp and safe from any hydrogen bomb. Representative Rankin (Democratic-Miss iisippi, I has gone into more detail.
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    DOCS HAVE TRAFFIC SENSE
    348 6 Reuter. I |)OGS show much intelligence in avoiding**ETti- gers than thousands of human beings in New York according to statements made at the annual meeting of the National Committee for Traffic Safety here g Dr. Clarence C. Little. Director of the Roscoe n Jackson Memorial Laboratory.
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    DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE
    858 6  -  AMERICAN NEWSLETTER by J. Kerigan EASTER is always a happy occasion in the United States, with millions of Protestants and Catholics celebrating the resurrection of Christ. In great cathedrals and country churches banked with Easter lilies, as well as in sunrise services held outdoors on
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    Franco's Homage
    32 7 (irnaralissimo Francisco Franco and his wife carrying Palm Sunday emblems in tne traditional palm Sunday profession .n the Pardo Pa.ace of tne Spanisn Chief oi State. A.P. Photo. A.P. Photo.
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    Carmen's Wedding Unmatched In Years
    258 7 A.P MADRID, Tuesday. WITH skyrockets bursting overhead. 28-year-old Carmen Franco, only child of Spain's Generalissimo, was married amid 17th Century royal splendour yesterday to a young Madrid physician^ Tne bridegroom. 2U. is Cristobal Martinez Y. Bordiu. Marques of Villaverde. The couple received a fortune in
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    EASTER CIGARS
    31 7 U.P MUNSTER. Indiana. Tues Edwin Easterday passed out cigars yesterday to announce the birth c>f a son. Edwin Barret Fasterday. who arrived East«-r Sunday his father's birthday.—I T .P-
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    IT'S TOUGH, SAYS COUPLE PAID TO KISS
    94 7 Reuter-AAP S TOKYO. Tues. A j i enterprising movie ad vertiser up nedes S trian traffic on 1 i fashionab'.c Girza b V I cmolovipg a beautifi T girl and a handsom- j I youth to kiss in a shop window several hours
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    EXPERTS QUERY WORLD GOVTS. ON SLAVERY
    268 7 U.N. COMMITTEE STARTS WORKING w». LAKE SITCCESS, Tuesday. POUR experts on a special United Nation» Committee to finu out where sla\er> sin the world are sending questionnaires to governments, organ.sations throughout h wor!d, and ind&Juafa, scientists, social workers mis- -IBiI ML questions covor slavery,
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    FLOOD BOUND CLERGYMEN PRAY FOR RAIN
    58 7 Reuter'AAP. MELBOURNE. Tues. While vast ar?as of eastern Austria were under flood recently: People uitnin a few miles or Adelaide (South Australia) were buying drinking water Hobart (Tasmania) clergymen prayed for rain to save the apple crops. Fifteen thousand cattle began a 500 miles
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    SIMPLICITY IS THE SECRET-'GORGEOUS'
    249 7 A.P. ALEXANDRIA, Turs Gcrt-,,,,!>■ "Gorgeous Moran selected as the best dressed sports woman of 195" by New York's Fashion Institute, says simplicity us xohat makes sports clothes smart. \sktd to advise other women on how to be chic, she gave these hints: -I think simplicity is
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    Admiral Russel S. Bcikey. commanding I the two United States I destroyers which recently paid a visit to Saigon, Indo-China, went on a tiger hunt at Dalat during his stay with chief ot &tate, exemperor Bao Dai. Picture shows the traditional ceremony of welcome by the Indo-C hinese mountain tribes WHICH is the drinking of a potent liquor made from rice. The liquor is kept in large jars irom which the guest drink through lorn hollow canes. Eao Dai wears a short-sleeved jacket Admiral Berkry in uniform, 'me man in a light jacket and dark trousers is Edmond A. Gullion. U.S.A. Charge D'AfTaires at Saigon. ,
    105 7 Admiral Russel S. Bcikey. commanding I the two United States I destroyers which recently paid a visit to Saigon, Indo-China, went on a tiger hunt at Dalat during his stay with chief ot &tate, exemperor Bao Dai. Picture shows the traditional ceremony of welcome by the IndoC hinese mountain tribes
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    BOY SAW TAMILY JUMP INTO CANAL
    101 7 A.P. TOKYO. Tues. A 14--year-old boy. Ryozo was seen by police chmbing out of a drainage canal here today. "My father. Tatsu:v;suke. worked in a factory but he his ir,v> If** 'Utumn.** the boy told police. This morning we aU got up early and
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    PREFAB BUSES
    28 7 Reuter. COLOMBO. Tues. Prciabricated omnibuses will sooa be plying on Colombo's crowded roads, when a scheme for providing im proved transport a n. nities is implemented.—Reuter.
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    JAPAN WARNED TO KEEP OUT OF WAR
    166 7 U.P. TOKYO, Tuesday. 4 FORMER Japanese staff colonel who was reputed A to be the -brain" behind General Tomoyuki Yamashita's blitz of Malaya and Singapore, advised Japan to stay out of World War 111. Ex-Colonel Masanobu Tsuji. 48, said that Japan's defeat has
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    RECOVERED HER SHOES-WITH JEWELS INTACT
    88 7 A.P. Nathanya. lsiacl. Tues. Not all immigrants are pooi. A Jewish weman. 'iving m the big immigrant-.' 3 camp neat Nathanya. hid jewels in hoi s.il.os valued at ITSSI.4OOl T S$1.400 About six months ago tne shoes were stolen. They passed from hand to band
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    U.S. AND U.S.S.R. POLICIES BASED
    61 7 U.P. NEW YORK. Mon.—LeaaL er of the Progressive Party I and former presidential candidate. Henry A. Wali lace, said in an Easter I broadcast that the policy lof both Russia and the United States rested on j "the doctrine of forc(.' He added: 'The Soviet
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    Osaka Bans Cheek-To-Cheek Dances
    54 7 Odd World ReuterAAP. OSAKA. Tues. Osaka police baa banned cheek-to-cheek dancing in taxi-dance hails as "too hot a fashion." They followed up by warning that patrolmen would be instructed to make frequent visits to dance halls on their beat to see that no couple were dancing
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    Exhibition
    51 7 U.P. PASSAIC. New Jfrsey, Tues.Don't use these matches" said Thadeus Sieradzki, 2S, a /;< m pkum il t<> his sister th> \r,n tuck matches tluit explode. Eh mdded look what happens" and struck one. The Fire Department ptit out the blaze ttfter tt had burned the kitchen table cloth
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    Paid In Full
    51 7 U.P. WATERBURY. Connecticut, Xues. Lester Fohl came dejectedly into the city court yesterday on charges of starting a fire while smoking in bed. He explained the blaze had destroyed h i s trousers, which contained two hundred dollars. The judge! said "you already suffered enough. Case dismissed."
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    Undaunted
    4 7 Reuter. NEW DELHI,
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    CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP
    51 7 A.P. BRUSSELS, Tues.—Pigeon fancier M Keninx of BoorBtem l-und his pigeons were being stolen. So he rigged up a bC3by trap in his pigeon loft* which automatically nrcd a shot when the door was cpened. Mr. Keninx 45 will be buried tomorrow in the local
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    WOMAN STRUGGLED WITH BANK THIEF
    134 7 U.P. ST. LOUIS. Tues. A woman teller chased a bank thief for two blocks through downtown tiaffic on Monday to recover $440 belonging to the United Bank and Trust Company. Miss' Audrey Lorenzen. 27, told the police she was on the balcony in the bank
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      129 7 h i %itVI It by Al Cnpp I B a, Ann -jjrMMfffffrTi i 11 Tmf TZI VBHHSWU T ,f SAME. AS ANV&ODv, EX.CE.PT tH she course band of TvW v iA>i Ajor.rr-L/K£ any other young lawless j JV y \\V M° S*JE A«S "Ztfg+Z PIGS, >T JfcV \M A UNDERSTAND
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    THEY GOT THEIR TIGER!
    73 8 Russel S. Berkey. Commanding the two IS A. destroyers which recently paid a isit to Saigon, went on a tiger hunt at Dalat during his stay with Chief of State, Ex-Emperor Bao Dai. H*» «r fees I**re with members of the hunt as they stand beside
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    Koreans Look To Japan
    127 8 ReuterAAP. TOKYO Tues. SEVERAL thousand Kor--0 cans are waiting in the South Korean port o: Psan for a chancf- to be smuggled into Japan. r< ported a leading Tokyo newspaper, the Yomiuri today. The newspaper based its report on interviews with Koreans, who have already been
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    'MADAME TELLS'
    34 8 UP. NEW YORK. Tues.—TinUnited States News and Wcrld Report said todaj "Madame Chiang Kai-Shek ia supplying n which are based some cf the pro-Communist charges levcl.ed against State Department officials and others."—UP.
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    HOT HOUND THE NECK
    58 8 A.P. DECATUR, Illinois, TuesJames F. Fa ;/uson was ai the wheel of h-s automobile \rhen he felt a Imt breath <>.> the buck of his neck. Startled, he turned and i a bulldog. The don. >t a\ w loped, was a hitch-hikti r. Her owner explained
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    The Tongs Decide To Bury The Hatchet
    227 8 A.P. NEW YORK. Tuesday. pEACE has returned to New York City's Chinatown where reinforced police squads for had patrolled the streets, fearful of a bloody outbreak of long dormant Tong warfare. The patrols were increased in the latter part of March after it
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    MONEY WELL SPENT
    41 8 U.P. WASHINGTON. Tues.—Gen. J. Lawton Co'llins, Army Chief of Staff, who returned en Saturday from the Near East, said yesterday that money being expended by the United States ta aid the defence of this area is "well spent."—U.P.
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    MOVE TO STOP ASIAN GOOD ENTERING RUSSIA
    209 8 BIG CONFAB IN TOKIO WASHINGTON, Tuesday. J'HE State Department announced plans yesterday .or a major Far Eastern trade conference this month to discuss problems of 12 Asian countries threatened by Communism. Now that China's trade has been greatly reduced, officials expect the Chinese
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    400,000 JEWS ARE HEADING FOR ISRAEL
    89 8 A.P. TEL AVIV, Tues. Dr. Chaim Yachil, of the Absorption Department of the Jewish Agency, estimated that 400,000 Jewish immigrants w. 1 ccrm to Israel Dy April 23 sinct the Jewish State was pioclaimed on May 14, 1948. April 23 has been fixed for
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    MORE FLIGHTS
    26 8 Reuter. CULUMBO Tues. Ceylon has decided to increase frequency of its flights to Australia to twice a month according to a reliable source here.—Reuter.
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    MYSTERY SUB OFF U. S. COAST
    106 8 U.P. SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. The crew of a Military Air Transport Service plane reported yesterday that ft sighted an unidentified submarine on the surface 32 miles west of Farallon Islands. 22 miles wekt of San Francisco's Oolden Gate. Vice-Admiral George Murray announced the latest
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    'Beware Of Russian Hams' Amateurs Told
    147 8 Reuter. CAPETOWN, Tuesday. WITHOUT restricting their activities, "hams" (amateur radio operators) throughout South Africa may be asked to be on their guard wh?le talking to their Russian counterparts. The British authorities, it is understood, havbecome aware of a number of astute questions being put
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    ROMULO RETURNING
    34 8 A.P. MANILA, Tues. United Nations General Assembly President, Cailos P. Romulo, is scheduled to arrive in the Philippines by plane next Frt- according to sources 2 to President Eipidio Quirino at Baguio.—A.P,
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    BIXBYS RUN INTO JINX
    49 8 A.P. TOKYO, Tues.- The round-the-world fliers Diana and Bcb Bixby ran into a jinx again yesterday morning when engine trouDle prevented their scheduled 300 a.m. departure for Midway Island and the United States. They hoped to make repairs and take off at 9.00 p.m. today.—A.P.
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    68 9 Copra was steady in Singar.ote yesterday with buyers at 12 later at $37 3/4 per picul f.o.b. April-Ma y There were no offerings in evidence and no business was reported. Coconut oil wa* unchanged yesterday with sellers at $64 per picul f.0.0. April in new drums. There were
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    32 9 SINT.APORK. April 11: Tin price w-a* $292 1 4 per pieul r>\ smelter. Hp $1 2. M.W YORK, April JO: \pril 75.30 eentn per pound. Nominal I'nclinngesl. May. 75..rt clone.
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    AMERICA TAKES HALF THE WORLD'S RUBBER
    560 9 Tuesday. Almost half of the total 110,000 long tons of natural rubber produced throughout the world in February was ujed by the United States. This is disclosed in world consumption and production estimates juut made public by ihe Secretariat of the World Rubber Study
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    Ceylon Contributes To Rubber Campaign
    118 9 Reuter. COLOMBO. Tues.—Ceylon rubber producers have decided to contribute Rs. 375.000 (£28.125) for the Rubber publicity drive in the United States. The money is being advanced from the Rubber Control Fund, and repayment lo the Rubber Control Fund will be made by a cess of
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    Along The Godowns
    53 9 Fotmularca (44); Tjibodan (42 3); Telemaotaus (38/9); Steel Rover (86); Mapia (88/4); KuKtbrit* (81/2); British Prince (17/8); Ozarda (19 20); Asp ballon (25/6); California Rear (27 8); Adrastus (29 80); Mentor (15 6); < hur. ii—ltreconHbVe (13/4); Kajang (11); Reflation (8/9): Rhesus (6/7); Wave Sovereign (CP.): Patroclus
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    AIR MAIL
    123 9 Mails are expected from Aden, Afghanistan, Alaska. Eirope, South America, Azores". West Indies, British Guiana. British Honduras, Canada. Cet-arv Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Ene. Falkand Islands. Gibraltar. United Kingdom, Honduras. Iceland, India, Iran. Iraq. Leward: Islands, U.S.S.R., U.S.A.. Virgin, Islands. Windward Islands-. Africa, Australia. Banks Islands. Cook Islands. Ntw
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    U.S. PLAN TO STEP UP ASIAN TRADE
    220 9 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The United States is considering the setting up of an overall agency lo help Asian nations increase trade among themselves. Officials say this effort to assist further the economic rehabilitation of Far East countries will be carried out without infringing the
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    RUBBER MARKET
    123 9 FOLLOWING the ho-tdays, and with advices only from Now York, the rubber commodity market opened steady yesterday with a good undertone. There was good buying throughout the day and prices rose by 1% cents from the opening levels. This was a gain of nearly two cents from last
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    Tyres May Cost More
    49 9 U.P. AKRON, Wed— J.P. Seiberling, President of the Seiberling Rubber Company, told stockholders at an annual meeting that increase in tyre prices before midsummer is "inevitable"' H<* said industry, "badly needs price increase of at ten per cent" because of higher manufacturing and distnoution costs.—U.P.
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    Uncertain
    25 9 SINGAPORE April UL The local market wan unable, today, to gAo any lejul alter the holiday* and small business was scattered throiigout the list.
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    Hongkong Had Mam moth Trade Total In 1949
    523 9 A.P. UONGKONG, Tuesday. Hongkong's total trade in 1949 came tc HK55.000.000.U00 or more than U551,000,000,000 taking the average rate of exchange through the year. Businessmen say this is an incrediable figure for a city that normally is less than me million, which
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    PLEA FOR STIMULATED IMPORTS INTO AMERICA
    139 9 U.P. WASHINGTON, Tues. Commerce seeieiury inarlen Bawyei favours stimulated imports int the United States from Marshall Plan countries but on a selected hasis. Sawyer to o the press that the nribalanee of trade with non-dollar areas was a serious and difficult prob*em which must
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    WORLD MOTOR CENSUS
    163 9 A.P NEW YORK. Tues. A RECORD total Cf 62,463,--794 cars, trucks and buses was in actual operation in 147 countries and territories of the world on January I, the !950 World Motor Census, a McGrawHill Publication, reported. The new high mark was a gain of 4.100.000 vehicles
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    839 9 Singapore, Apr. 11. INDUSTRIALS Buyers 8* Hers Atlas Tee 11.90 12.25 A. 1 ex. Bricks Pref. 3.40 2.50 Old. 2.20 2.274 B. B. Petrol 34/- 35/B.M. Trustees 7.50 8.00 Con. Tla Smelt Pref. 21/3 22/3 cd Ord. 16 17 E. Utd. Assur. 38.75 39.75 Fed lllspenaary 6.25
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    FOOTBALL WRITERS ARE BUSY FINDING THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
    984 10  -  by MALCOLM USHER THE Football Writers' Association, In the United Kingdom, is busy holding its annual poll to elect 'the orofessional footballer who. by precept and sample, by the quality of his football, and by his bearing on and ofT
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    Army And Navy Tie In Services Boxing
    472 10  -  By ARCHIE QUICK Army and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. with 24 points each, tied in the Imperial Services Boxing Association annual championships at Hul'avington RAF Station, which, despite its pjral situation in the heart of Wiltshire, attracted four thousand people. The
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    OFF TO IRELAND
    45 10 A.P. SYDNEY. Tuea Thomson. leading Sydney jockey who won tno £10,000 Syuu- v< up n Monday on th< 7-1 f a voU rite Sir Falcon leaves bj ,r for Ireland for aiding for Paddy Pren<l<* r •M t s 'itnhle —A P.
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    PRESENT GOLFING ERA IS THE BEST
    391 10 A.P. DALLAS, TEXAS, Wednesday. WILLIAM R. (Bill) MacKenzie, who has gone through all the eras of golf, says the present one is the best. Mackenzie, a professional for 41 years, compares the golfers of today with those when he first broke in and finds
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    COLONY'S BIG CYCLE EVENT
    75 10 Tho Colony's annual big cycling event, the 100 laps Grass Track race to be held on Wednesday April 26 will be competed for the handsome "Lucas" cup presented by Far East Motors Ltd. The programme includes a hall-mile race for women. Fntiics for both events close
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    FROSIO WINS ITALY'S BIG CYCLE EVENT
    94 10 A.P. MILAN. Tues. Ella Frosio. the world champion, won the Easter Grand Premie. Cycle contest for stayers here yesterday. The French champion Raoul Le Sueur was second with the. same number of points. Jacques Besson 'Switzerland* and Leliaert < Belgium» were third and fourth
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    FINALS OF MONTE CARLO TENNIS
    91 10 U.P. MONTE CARLO. Tues.— Diagutin Mitic (Yugoslavia* and Joan Quertier (Britain* defeated Adrian Quist (Australia) and Gertrude Moran (United States) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in the mixed doubles final of the Monte Carlo tournament. In tne fina of the men s loubles. Bid./ Talbert and Budge
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    Bira Wins Chichester Cup In Rain
    207 10 Reuter. SCSSEX, Tues. Prince Birabongsc, of Siam. driving a Maserati. retired after seven laps lr the Richmond trophy event during the opening meeting of the 1950 British Motcr racing season here today. He took an early lead in the race the main event of
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    At 65.69 M.P.H.
    39 10 Mis- Joyce Davidson, driving Mr. C. F. Pope's M.G.T.C, 1 .250 c.c. car in the Singapore Motor Rally on Sunday, Covered the half mile in 36.8 sec and the Flying Quarter Mile at 65 69 m..ph.
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    Greatest Athletes Of Asia
    195 11 U.P. LOS ANGELES. Tues. s of Asia's greatest •>, ssie ied to be i on th<- j/acld sports a ere annonnci-d 1 rdaj by Helms Aihler nidation. ia. ::'y ol lit. 1 24 athletes •ked as the 1 adlng oomsince 1920 wero lapan. The Philippines plac
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    Charles v. Beshore In June
    90 11 Reuter. r.\ P"FALO. N X W 1 VTiniL Tu.v..—Th: ttvft* post pan'" i N.li.A. .'.'.iri«: f :i. zv.w\ ''«kht Itths f'r.ht ii J ween tho holder, J 1 F.v;/::rtl har!«AS. arM Prednte Bedkora will I* I S I'Snto. i The bout wiis oelgltan'ty *.r>; for
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    Sharrif: Hat-Trick And Two
    89 11 INSIDE right Sharrii was :n 2 a gcal scoring mood y€fit Tday when he netted five ft tie six Indonesian goals in n S.A.F.A. Junior B-2 league occer match against the Ast Athletic Club at Geylang "tadium. The Aston did not pull then -:cks up »mtit
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    SEVEN GOALS AT STADIUM
    299 11 THERE was nothing brilliant in yesterday's first 1 division soccer match between the R. N. and the BODCA played at Jalan Bwar. The ROD OA were winners by tour goals to thiee. Play vas even throughout, j >t fo: moments when the BODCA hoys showed that
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    G.E.C. SPORTS CLUB
    133 11 In a return friendly badminton match played at their court ii entry The G.E.C Sports C: ub beat the Lauos H.P. by four game* 10 t iree. Results (G.E.C. Sports Cluu players mertioned nrsl). si.NGLES: Loe Sionsj Siew bent Liin Teck Chwee 56—6. 5—15. 15 —12: Sayuu
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    PLAYED CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS WHILE INJURED
    123 11 Reuter-AAP. SYDNEY, Wed.— nti.'traN i 2 woman tennis r. Miss Joyce Fitch, n playing chamolondp tennis ior 15 months with a broken bone in her left loot. rhe mishap occurred In Australian eiiampionin Adelaide in January. 1919 In the last 15' months, ired South Alrica
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    Phillips Makes A Come Back
    170 11 Reuter. LONDON, rues.—Al Phillips of Londra, fcimer Biitisn Empire and Furcpean featherweight BKalhptCJ, tonight outpointed ItofjUie Clayton, the Butish and Lmpne title holder, cvei 10 icornds at the Empress Hall hcVc and jumped ihjht l ack aa c »al!ori! ,t icr Clayton's ti.le.;. The fight,
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    Walcott's Purse Guaranteed
    89 11 A.P. FRANKFURT. Tt:cs AjpmtS cf Jersey Joe Wriest rr? German heavyweight i hrnroion Hem Ten nOff met iTd-sv to Ut) the cor>r<iiio nnround'.ng their ntr>|aa -d raeetmtr at Ma*iHrt*?3 f .i May 7 c;erraan di« moter Leo Kriehlt; sa»d lie was willing to raeet the)'ssig.occ guaranti**.. plt:<
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    59 11 Mavftower B.P. MMMttteTfl M nrOtM Ol KHTftflg the Umner v Honour of Mr. Wont; Ft i v r* IM All-K'i-iann cAnxIM I h*ni pion, on April 15 at rift trreai Woi Id Park are requested lo < "mo><■ t Mr. Lim Chin i.urn c/o Ford Motor Co.. Ltd..
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    Absolute Ban On T-Y.Sports
    124 11 Reuter 1 'LONDON, Tues— Bri- i lain's sports promoters i tonight threatened an I absolute ban on tele- i visions of all sports > events if their demands S for copyright protec- I 5 tion are not given im- mediate consideration by the British Broad- i
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLFERS ENGLAND BOUND
    223 11 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. TWO of Australia's leading professional golfers and seven of its top women players will be seen in Britain soon. International golfer, Norman Yon Nida, and Ossie Pickworth, three times Australian open champion, are already in the United States, nlaying the famous professional circuit
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    ANTI-BANDIT MEN SEE BOXING IN WARD
    245 11 Convalescing servicemen, some of vvhom had their holies and legi- encased in plaster in Paris crammed a hastily converted wardroom In the British Military Hospital yesterda; to watch r pp British Empi c middleweight champion, Dave Sands, and a team of eign* ether boxer?,
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    ALL-MALAYA SOCCER TEAM MAY VISIT JAVA
    363 11 TO PLAY IN. F.A.M. COMMUNITY CUP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. THE Council of the Malay Football Association of 1 Malaya, at a meeting held here on Sunday, decided to send an All-Malaya team to visit Indonesia this year. The Secretary of the Association was empowered
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    University Unlucky To Lose 1-2
    104 11 The University of Ma'aya were beaten by two goals to one by a team representing the "Combined Singapore Schools XI. in a soccer match at the Sepoy Lines yesterday. Leading by one goal at the inteival. the" University were unlucky to be beaten as they
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    HOME SOCCER AND RUGBY RESULTS
    196 11 Reuter. LONDON Tues. The following Engnsh anu Irisn football leagues matches were played today ENGLISH LEAGI E—DIV. 1 As.on Villa 1. Charlton Alhl. 1. Ht'ddersfia d T. 1. Newcastle U 2. Wolves 3. Manchester C. 0. ENGLISH LEAGI E—DIV. 2 Bradford 2. Chesterfield 0. itrv
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    MOTOR CLUB EVENTS TO BE HELD AGAIN
    82 11 The Singapore Motor Cluu wi'l re-run the unfinished events of the Standing Hail Mile and Flying Quarter Mile which was postponeu when a storm damaged electrical timing apparatus last Sunday. Provided the electrical equipment is in order, the events will be held on
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    Ringside Seats For Patients
    116 11 I I>ave Sands ye N la— HllllHj isssetl n- i vltatioi to si''l i, 1 victims or Cbj Malayan J ant -bandit ca.nji:.i r ;n, to k: him light Boy Brook* n: ihi Happy Wor!d SO:1 (bum or- i .i.:: i vie-.. S i The six
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    DEATH
    67 11 Mr. Wee Theam Seng, aged 82. passed away at No. 19. Cairnhill Circle on 11.4.1950. at 11.10 a.m.. leaves sorrowing Mr. Mrs. Wee Chye Hin. Mrs. Kwa Siew Tee. Mrs. Yeo Chiang Swee, Mrs. Gaw Khek Swee Mrs. Gaw Khek Chiew. Mrs. Lauw Pek Tjin. Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan
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    Red Cold Dumped In H'kong
    176 12 U.P. HONGKONG, Tues. BULLION traders said today that China, which less than a year ago was one of the word's biggest goldbuyeis, had now reversed the process and was dumping large amounts of the yellow metal at Hongkong in order to acquire dollars. Prices in
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    Challenge Ignored
    41 12 A.P. TAIPEI, Tues. Nationalist warplar.es lleiv over Shanghai, Nan- king, so >mo.v ai d Hangchow yesterday in an open challenge to tne ucw Cnme.se communist aircraft, bat ctia S not encounter either in the air or on the ground.—a
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    Peking Govt. Has Only 300 Planes
    183 12 U.P. HONGKONG, Tuesday. officer who deserted the Chinese Communists. said today that the Reds have not ;nore than 300 planes of which tv/o-thirds are Russian and the remainder American and Japanese. According to the Hongkong Times, the officer who arrived in Chusan Islands, said
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    FIGHTS FOR BROTHER
    70 12 A.P. BRUSSELS. Tues -Prmce Chare s. Regent oi Belgium, a-:aai postponed tonight the formation of a government Dieoged Lo bring his brother King Leopold back to tne throne. Alter a day of consultation, exhausted. Paul van Z OOl md, Premier-designate, said: have informed the Prince Regent of
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    GOVT. RESHUFFLE
    13 12 A.P. LONDON, Tues.- nro lavia announced today a sweeping government t«~uuifle.—A.P.
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    REDS LURE POLICE: THROW TILES AT 'EM
    41 12 80.-tDtAU. lues—Com- I murnSt-jod workers routed ny ponce from an anti-war meeting ncr- today retreated lighting and lured police past Communist Party heaaauarters where they were bombarded by tiles 1 thrown irom the roof.
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    France Will Not Have Mao In U.N.
    143 12 A.P nb a XT/-IT7I PARIS. Tuesday. FRANCE will go to Big-Three Foreign Ministers meeting in London next month determined to block Communst China's admission to the United Nations Security Council. This became evident today in a study of official and unofficial attitudes among
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    FIRED BECAUSE HE WAS LOSING
    68 12 A.P. RANGOON. Tues. Two men wounded by gun bullets was the unusual climax to an unofficial motor race on the outskirts of Rangoon. The "racing cars" were Army trucks, each carrying a load of soldiers. One driver accepted a challenge from the other to race.
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    $10,000,000 Arms Aid For Siam
    174 12 Reuter. BANGKOK, Tuesday. 'VHE Uruled States government has decided to extend arms aid to Thailand to the extent of $10.000,000 according to a high diplomatic source today. An official announcement is expected simultaneously in Washington and Bangkok, the source said. United States Ambassador Edwin F.
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    LONDON SHARES
    191 12 Reuter. LONDON. Tues.—Tne London .--tod< sxchanr; was in a subdued mnod today when it tc•"iimcd after the Easter In lidavs. Accumulations of w»e<.?nd orders contained vufßcfSsM support to create firmness in most section* but this was 3*Moni n r. 1 ously tested. Business v as generally held In
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    LOOT RETURNED
    29 12 Reuter. TOKYO. Tues —The Japanese Government has restored to the United Kingdom 505,457 kilograms of tin se'zed during the Pacific war. Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters announced today.-Reuter.
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    SOUR GRAPES
    29 12 A.P. HOK. GERMANY Tuen.— Border crossers arriving *c Hot today said Czech fightci v anes and anti-aircraft gun* «mot down 4 runaway oahonn •advertising the E.R.P. -A.P.
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    5,000 HAINAN GUERILLAS LAY DOWN ARMS
    225 12 LEAFLETS PROMISED THEM THEIR LIVES U.P. A.P. Reuter. TAIPEI. Tuesdry. MORE than 5,000 Chinese Communist guerillas A surrendered on Hainan in the week ending April 9, Nationalist defence authorities of the invasion threatened South China island claimed today. The guerillas surrendered after planes dropped
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    Wounded Sailor
    21 12 G? eralissimo Chiang Kai-s':ek talks to a wounded Chirac-*- ***lar in the rava; hosii at Taipei.—A.P. Photo. -A.P. Photo
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    MRS. AMSTUTZ ELECTED YWCA PRESIDENT
    111 12 Mrs. H. B. Amstutz of Singapore was elected President of Malaya and Singapore when members of <+4> YW'As f--om Kuala Lumpur. Malacca and Singapore met for the annual general meeting of the YWCA of Malaya at Collyer Quay, yesterday. Mrs. Loh Pooh Lip. Miss Alice
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    SERETSE TOLD HE CAN'T SEE RUTH
    168 12 LOBATSI, BECHUANALAND, Tuesday. CERETSE Khama, has been refused permission to see his wife, Ruth, at Serowe, the tribal capital, Seretse's lawyer Mr. Fr&enkel said here tonight. The lawyer added that although the original understanding when Seretse returned from London consultations with the British Government
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    CAPTAIN AZIZ, THE REBEL, SURRENDERS
    283 12 Reuter JAKARTA, Tuesday. REBEL leader Capt. Andi Abdul Aziz surrendered today without a shot when National Federal troops surrounded Macassar, capital of East Indonesia, an official spokesman announced here. Aziz, thickset former British Army paratrooper, took control of the city six days ago when Federal
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    DOLLAR VENTURE
    31 12 Reuter. WEYMOUTH, Dorset, —A five-ton yatch. Vertue, in v/nicn two Britons plan tn cross the Atlantic to earn dollars ror Britain left Here u»uoy after being stormbounu since Satnruviy.—Reuter.
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    Italy Trying To Get Trieste Back
    175 12 BELGRADE, Wednesday. THE new Italian-Yugos'av dispute over Triest3 threatens to become a crisis which could change the political situation in Yugoslavia. Western dip- lomats said today. Behind the exenange of charges between Rome and Belgrade are a series of diplomatic moves by the Italian
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    CHINESE PAVED THE WAY FOR THE RENAISSANCE
    112 12 A.P. BERKELEY. California. I Tues.—Dr. Joseph Needham. noted biochemist of Camj bridge University, told a University of California, audiI ence here that although the i Chinese may now be considerjed backward in technology. their inventions paved the J way for the Renaissance and
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    U.S.I-MOSCOW
    32 12 Reuter-AAP. JAKARTA. Tues. An Indonesian six-man delegation will leave here foi Moscow next Saturday to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government, an official spokesman announced today. —Reuter-AAP.
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    INTENSIFIED
    12 12 A.P. BOMBAY. Tues.—The antlCommunlst drive in Bombay is being intensified. AP.
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    JAPS NEED MALAYAN RUBBER
    132 12 U.P. JAPAN needs rubber from Malaya for tne rubber industries but "we cannot buy it because we have no sterling to do so." Toyokichl Naftagawa ol the First Overseas Trade Market section of the Internationa. Trade and Commerce Ministry told the United Press today. The Japanese
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    WHAT'S ON TODAY GENERAL
    114 12 i (illtl, GUIDES: Variety Concert at British Cotui'il Hail Siamtord Rd /.30 p.m. YWCA: Oflirial opening of training course for vciuntary woikeis. 8 Fort Canning 5 p.m. ST ANDREW'S s(HOOI. Reunion Social of 1948 Ctaaee--Wooasvn: /.30 p.m. liilNLSL Y.*i('A: Joint Staff Meeting 9 a.m.. Chess Ciub
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    CINEMA
    105 12 CATHAY: nui M dnu'lit Kites'* at ll. 1.15, 1.15. 6.15. 93" p.m. ALHAMISK "G-Mc l Never Forget" at 12.30, 3.50. b 3" and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "QuaMet" «I .4.15. 6.30 C.30 p.m. CAPITOL. "Bau'd id" h» 11. 1.30. 4. 6.30 and 9.3<i j>.: HEX: "Baku" at' li. >.■>". <
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    SPORT
    57 12 SOCCER: Snr. Ice: Tlr<-r S.A. v ru au tiiam at Jalan l' 1 1 Bu. Hse. Comp: Oiientul Tc Ex. S.C. r. Oversea Clunw* Bank at Gey lane: Jnr A 1 1"* dian R.C. A v. H.M. l»< kyaw at C.Y.M.A. giuund: "Ft eiiul? Customs v Indonesian A at
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    TIDE
    10 12 H.W.: 6.B." a in. <6f(. 1 9.08 p.m. <7ft. !.»•>
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    A rioter flees from the untitled of a pursuing policeman while another policeman lies injured on the pavemeirt during a Communist riot in the Champs Elysees, Paris. The demonstrators tried lo storm the offices of the newspaper Figaro in protest against Figaro's publication of the memoirs of Otto Skorzeny. former chief of Hitler's bodyguard.—A.P. Photo.
    57 12 A rioter flees from the untitled of a pursuing policeman while another policeman lies injured on the pavemeirt during a Communist riot in the Champs Elysees, Paris. The demonstrators tried lo storm the offices of the newspaper Figaro in protest against Figaro's publication of the memoirs of Otto Skorzeny. former
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