Malaya Tribune, 13 January 1951

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    63 1 MALAYA Tribune Kythe^I f PEOPLE 1 I FOR THE J lpsopubiJ D^»l»U»z»8lz1 7b8B 4»l H k Tel: "Tribune" Spore. Published simultaneously at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, I poh and Penang. Phone: 5811/3 nine lia»*». sight pages. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENTATIVE, Mauric• Glover,
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    PREMIERS CALL FOR BIG 5 TALKS ASSimAN€E TO RUSSIA AND PEKING
    279 1 A.P. BRITISH Commonwealth Prime Minister* n *v LONDO *»Today. B last nifht that the heads o'the" ZSLVf* snpreme effort to avert a new war. S h W frank talks in a In a historic declaration, the nine leaders of
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    REDS PROTEST TO U.N. ON AIR RAIDS
    92 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Fri. rE North Korean Foreign Minister. Pak Hen En. today protested to the United Nations, under the date January 12, against "barbarous" American air attacks on Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. He said the city had been in flames two days
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    Arms Drive Blueprint Ready
    100 1 Reuter. LONDON, Friday.—British defence planners have com pitted a blueprint fct a hosted rearmament programme, to cost considerably more than the £3,600,000.000 allocated for defence last summer and autumn, i was authoritatively learned here today. Their biuepr'nt must await the report of financial experts, now vcrking
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    Knowland Concerned Over Peace Move
    89 1 WASHINGTON. Today.—Seun Know'and, Re>rnia asked the nt today for an r.cation of the proposal for a X rea and event- ith Communist told a news contoncerned by indicating India's R iu*a proposal would be turned unist China if the kC for Far Eastadvanced by the
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    U.N. DEBATES PEACE PLAN TODAY
    157 1 UP. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE ?d Nations Main Political Committee adjourn, d tonight without acting on the United Ceace-fire Committee's programme for the Korean wz r and calling for a big-pos-er conference on the Far East. But, the peace plan was expected to be overwhelmingly
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    CHINESE NEAR LHASA
    62 1 U.P. CALCUTTA. Fri. IRE K. pong Correspond. newspaper the n reported today the mist forces inwithin 12 to march of the capital of iiasa. :k Tibetan cavalry of the Dalai Lama's guard well preyed to defend the capital. The was said to be in touch with them
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    Plan To Police The Press
    59 1 LONDON, Fri. REPRESENTATIVES of news, papers' owners and editorial workers made public today a proposed constitution for a Council to police the British press and improve its standards. Establishment of the Council, consisting of 25 men was asked in July, 1949, by a Royal Commission
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    PEARSON 'QUOTED' ARMY SECRETS
    122 1 A.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. US. Secretary of the Army Frank Pace today said the army had not given Drew Pearson "permission to publish secret military messages' quoted in his syndicated newspaper column on December 30. Mr. Pace was replying by J letter to an inquiry by Sena-
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    THE COMMONWEALTH FAMILY
    96 1 heir Majesties the King and Queen, recently held a luncheon at Buckingham Pa»dce for the Commonwealth Premiers'. Seen here in the state dining room of the Palace are. Left to right: Theophilus E. Donges, Representing the South African Premier: Don Stephen Senanay.ike of Ceylon; Sir Godfrey Huggins
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    Red Banzai Attacks Below Wonju Fail
    268 1 UP. WITH THE SECOND DIVISION, Today. THE Communists launched two small banzai attacks on the Second Division horseshoe perimeter, three miles south and slightly west of Wonju between 4.00 and 5.00.a.m. today, but apparently gained no ground. The temperature dropped last night to 21
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    Army Officer Sacked
    70 1 A.P. CAIRO. Friday. A British Army court marcial today dismissed from the service Major J. A. Elliott. Deputy Provomost Marshal for British troops in Egypt. The decision, announced by an army spokesman, is subject to confirmation by higher authorities. Major Elliott was charged with 60 violations of
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    Stop Press Envelopment Threat
    117 1 A.P. TOKIO. Today. NORTH Korean Commrtnistfs threatened the entire U*. Second Division and its 15--mile front with envelopment east south-east of Wonju tori iv A tremendous enemy buildup was reported on that front. A Second Division spokesman said the Reds were maintaining a 48-hour attack about
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    Eisenhower Impressed
    41 1 OSLO. Friday. Gen-ral Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived by plane today on his Inspection tour of North Atlantic Pact armies and said he was encouraged by the spirit and readiness of the small nations to stand up and defend freedom.
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    TRUMAN DRAWS WHISTLES
    191 1 A.P. NEW YORK, Friday. pPESIDENT Truman's plea to Americans today to tighten their belts brought astonished whistles from many business and industrial leaders. "There goes our standard of living,'' a spokesman for a group of manufacturers said on the President's request for at least U*****,000,000 000 (£50.000,000,000)
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    TREMORS
    47 1 Reuter. WELLINGTON, Fri. Six more tremors shook the area round New Zealand's "earthquake town of Cheviot today. Townsfolk, fearing fresh rumblings after the full blast of the earthquake hit the area yesterday, cracking walls and smashing windows, had spent an uneasy night—most cf them outdoors. —Reuter.
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    Reds Massed For Formosa Invasion
    220 1 UP. WASHINGTON, Friday. A navy spokesman disclosed today ttot Uie CWA nese Communists have massed a great number of small craft on the China mainland oppose Formo a sa and Something could Rear Admiral Thomas Bmford. former c-m mander of the Formosa Strait Patrol Force,
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    BISHOP QUITS
    36 1 A.P. CAPETOWN, South Africa. Fri. Bishop Grbson of Kaffraria. has resigned his office becaus?. he says, he cannot conscientiously administer his church's new law permitting a man to marry his deceased wife's sister. A.P.
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    8 KILLED IN CRASH
    35 1 Reuter. CAPETOWN. Fri. At Inast eight people were killed when I an aircraft crashed nine miles from Ixopo. Natal, today. Police said that 13 people were on board the plane.—Reuter. I
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    BISHOP 'ADMITS' HE SPIED
    119 1 A.P. PRAGUE. Friday. BISHOP Pavel Gojdic of Presov. Greek Catholic (United) Primate of Czechoslovakia, was reported today to have confessed that he sent spy reports to the' Vatican. He was also said to nave admitted that after the Communists wen control of the Government in February,
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    TRADERS WARNED
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    EVEN JAPS FOUND HIM 'INNOCENT'
    431 3 AP. RANGOON, Friday. F E^^t. the funeral of Buddhist high priest Thera Prajnananda knew th c "ames were consuming all that was mortal of a veteran of Ypres, 1917. Prajnananda was born Frederick Fletcher in London, England, on June 7. 1884. But for more than
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    'Local Boy' Gets Top Varsity Job
    161 3 r\R. Benjamin H. Sheares has been appointed to the Chair of Midwifery and Gynaecology in the University of Malaya as from Jan. L Dr. Sheares. who was born in Singapore in 1907, had a distinguished record as an undergraduate in the King Edward VII
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    REGENT TO OPEN NEW SCHOOL
    50 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Friday. rE Regent of Johore will formally declare open on Sunday the new premises for the Foon Yew Public School at Stulang Laut. This will be followed by a cocktail party. The first term of the new school year begins on Jan. 15.
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    PENANG'S NEW THEATRE
    38 3 PENANG. Friday. THE new "Star" Cinema Hall which Mr. Markanlal Nahawar is building at a cost of 1120.000 is nearing completion. It will have a seating capacity of about 1000 persons. It will be air-oenditioned.
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    Ng Dreamt Of A Hotel, Owns One Now
    131 3 LITTLE boy, just before World War I. dreamt A uwthe would one day build and own a bis true today and he is now the p?oud ownefoMhe Ritz Hotel right in the bpart of Chinatown. The little boy. Nf Eng Kee. Is
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    MURIEL LESTER IN JAPAN
    24 3 Reuter-AAP TOKYO. TO MISS Muriel ling secretary of the in otinnal Fellowship of international ci pacl arrived here —Reuter— AAr"
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    INDIA'S FREEDOM DAY
    28 3 PENANO. Friday. r brate the gfona sary of theirßepum mass mating at i 2g A Association on Jjnu* y the dinner will be neiu evening.
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    ANIMAL COMPANY ON HIGH SEAS
    42 3 Reuter-AAP. BRISBANE, Friday. yacht In which he will *a» to England to rejoin "»J amUv I His only companion* on the 12,000-mu> journey wi'l be thrw of hi* "greatest pals"— his blue pernlan cat, fox-terrier and parrot.—Retrter-AAP.
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    PONTIAN TOWN BOARD MEMBERS
    90 3 JOHORE BAHRIT. Fri. THE following are members of the Town Board. Pontian for 1951: The District Officer. POntian. President. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Mohamed. Deputy President, the District Medical and Health Officer, Pontian. the Technical Assistant in charge. PWD. Pontian. the OCPD. Pontian. Mr. V. RM.
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    PLIGHT OF EVACUEES
    49 3 Hr can still raise a smile; Although he's been forced In lU* his home by advancing Red China troops, this Korean bo.v a protective arm around his young companion They make their way with thousands of refugees who fled as wey rr escape port of Hungnam.
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    A Censor Can't Be Dictator
    157 3 WASHINGTON. Friday. THE Washington Post *>aid today that the Eighth Army in censoring the use of the world •retreat in despatches from Korea might be salving someone's ego. but was not changing the military situation one whit. Reporting from Korea has in some instance left
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    RED BUILD-UP IN TSINGTAO
    69 3 A.P. WASHINGTON, Friday. OFFICIALS said that indications have been received here of a build-up of Communist military strength in the interior Chinese cities of Tihwa and Hami and naval base developments at the port of Tsingtao. This information was described as fragmentary and inconclusive. There was
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    Br. Subjects In H.K. To Register For National Service
    152 3 AP. HONGKONG, Friday. AN emergency ordinance making all Britons in Hongkong subject to imme- diate military service was announced here today. Mr. J. L. Murray, Public Relations Director, said the ordinance applies to all British subjects—men and women, Eurasians and Chinese—born
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    BAIL GIVEN IN CHEATING CASE
    86 3 CHUA Yang Chia alias Chua Toa. who was alleged to have received a sum of $200 from Cheng Kuay Jee by false representation on August 4 last, was charged in the First Police Court yesterday with cheating. It was alleged that Chua induced Cheng to
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    SIX DIE IN PLANE CRASH
    55 3 A.P. SEGUIN. (TEXAS). Fri. SIX members of the crew of a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress were killed when the bomber crashed into a field and burst into flames 10 miles from here. The five other members of the crew parachuted to safety. Officials said
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    SILVER TRAY FOR FAITHFUL WORK
    52 3 PEN ANG. Fri. BORNEO Motors opened their new showroom recently, at the junction of Farqhuar Street and Northam Road. One of the employees. Mr. Kassim bin Bab. was presented by Mr. Simpson, the Director with a silver tray and souvenir for his 25 years of
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    CHAMBER ENVOY
    35 3 PENANG, Friday. MR. Ng Sui Cam. the Presi dent of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was elected as Penang's delegate to the Malayan Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce meeting in Kuala Lumpur today.
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    AMERICAN EDITOR
    20 3 NORMAN Cousins, an American editor is due to arrive here today from Hongkong. He leaves tomorrow for Colombo.
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    POX IN HAIHOW
    19 3 Haihow has been declared an infected port, it is announced, as small-pox has been reported there.
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    Assizes To Start Monday
    96 3 THE Singapore Assizes for the current year will open on Monday. Before the Assize work begins, the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. Mr. Justice Evans and Mr. Justice Brown will attend a service at the St. Andrew's Cathedral. The Judges will then inspect a police guard-of-honour
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    Testing Of Sirens
    32 3 A routine test of sirens will take place between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m. on Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. Sirens will be tested individually one at a time.
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    TOOK PEN-CHARGE
    61 3 AN 18-year-old Cantonese, Yang Sui Tong, was charged with theft of a Parker pen in the First Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that Yang snatched the pen from a man's pocket and passed it to another Chinese, who was in his company. Yang claimed trial and the
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    NOT TO BLAME
    269 4 CO another European has had to say it again. Mr. W. M. MacLeod, speaking a few days ago at the meeting of the Malayan Association, says: Although the majority of Malayan bandits are Chinese, it is wrong to assume that willing support is given to them by
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    ASIAN SKILL
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    YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR WORK
    2217 4  -  By- MR. A.D. STUTCHBURY rIS evening I am going to talk to you about your house and your work. You may well wonder what connection there is between your house and your work. Most people Tegard life at home and life in the factory (or
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    THROUGH CHINESE EYES
    175 4 What the Chinese Press is Saying Today. THE Chung Shing Jit Pao is pessimistic about the Big Four conference as suggested by Great Britain. The daily believes that it will go the way of past conferences. Furthermore, it will effect the united front against Com- munism. Hoping
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    FILM FARE
    746 4 AT to the Alhambra to- i day is one of those wild 1 Westerners, which is worthwhile seeing if only for the relaxation it affords in these troublous times. "The Sundowners" tells a simple story or three brothers, mixed up in a saga of love, hate, horses and
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    TREATMENT OF AL COHOLISM
    538 4 GENEVA ALCOHOLISM 'should be treated without any "implications of moral censure." according to an expert report published here by the World Health Organization. The report was drawn up by a seven-nation conference of specialists in the treatment of alcoholism. The specialists urged that the prevention and,
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    CATHOLIC PRIESTS BANNED FROM ROTARY CLUBS
    243 5 U.P. VATICAN CITY, Friday. Vatican today forbad<*Catholic priests to Join rotary clubs or to take part in their meetings. Catholic laymen were not forbidden to belong to rotary clubs. But, they were reminded of the Church Law, which forbids them to belong to Associations
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    Film Profits Will Go To Jap Lepers
    84 5 Reuter—AAP TOKYO. Fri. The British Commonwealth film Corporation will donate \7 entire Japan profits of [he Black Narcisjapan's lepers. Kyodo l J i« agency reported today. Kvodo said Louis Bush. Ja.^'representative of the Bri--2h commonwealth Film Corannounced the donation *hich would include HS
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    Jap Steel Chief For London
    81 5 A.P. NEW YORK, Sat. jI'KETOSHI Sakai, President J of the Kanto Steel Works. Ltd.. of Fujisawa City. Japan, ad Katsuro Ueda. chief of the Foreign Property Section Ministry of Finance, has left by plane for London. Sakai said he planned to vjsH a number of
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    THE FLIGHT FROM SEOUL Mothers Threw Babies Into The River
    271 5 AP. h British Troops in South Korea, Friday. BRITISH soldiers said today they stopped women D refugees from throwing infants and small children into a river from a frontline bridge. They realised what was happening when they several small bodies
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    HAMLET TO HEAD VETERANS
    65 5 A.P. VICE-ADMIRAL Harry G. Hamlet, retired Commandant of the UJ3. Coast Guard, has been elected head of the Military Order of the Carabao. Admiral Hamlet succeeds General Clifton B. Cates. Marine Corps Commandant. The Order is composed of veterans of Philippines campaigns. The organization will hold
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    P.I. DEPORTS CHINESE RED AGENTS
    86 5 Reuter —AAP. TAJPEH, Fri. rREE Chinese Communist agents extradited by the Philippines Government are expected to arrive here by Nationalist Air Force plane tonight. The three are ex-Kwangtung Governor Li Han-hung's son, Li Tse-ming, Kung Kwang-shiao, an agent of the Lido Company in Hongkong and
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    THAI DOCTOR DOES RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
    137 5 LONDON, Fri. DR. Chaloem Puranananda, Secretary of the Thai Medical Research Council, a Director of the Pasteur Institute and the Scientific Director of the Thai Red Cross, is busy In London studying British research on micro-biolosy and electromicroscopy. Already familiar witn rechester to see
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    WORLD SUGAR OUTPUT RISES
    76 5 Reuter. NEW YORK. Fri. World sugar production will be almost 3.000,000 short-tons greater this year than in 1950, according to a survey published here today (a short ton is 2,000 lbs.) The survey, completed by Lamborn and Co., sugar news anuthorities, said preliminary estimate of the
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    BANDIT CHIEFS SURRENDER
    172 5 UP. MANILA. Fridaj TWO notorious Moro bandit chieftains of Mindanao, Southern Philippines sujrendered with some 270 fcwlowers to Defence Secretary Ramon Magsaysay at Dansalam city on that island in JM unique ceremony which was expected to bring an end to the reign of outlawry in Lanao which
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    Press A Button, & Its Alert
    232 5 Press A Button, Its Alert A.P. NEW YORK, Fri. THE Radio Corporation of America (RCA.) announced it has perfected a civil defence alert system which could spread a nationwide warning of any surprise attack on this country in a matter of seconds. Lights would fiasn aud hells would clang in
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    Peking Controls Cotton Industry
    229 5 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Friday. THE Central People's Government of China has 1 taken control of the entire output of the country's cotton manufacturing industry. It has also issued regulations governing the operation of all public and private cotton mills. The manufacture of cotton goods is China's largest
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    Diplomats Deported
    69 5 Reuter-AAP. HONGKONG, Fri. THE Chinese Communists have closed the British Consulate at Tihwa, capital of Sinklang Province. North west China, and deported two British Concular officials who were stationed there. The two, Mr. G. Fox Holmes, the consul and an assistant, Mr. R. Langdon are due in Hong
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    CONGRESS SPLIT ON FOREIGN POLICY
    191 5 AP. WASHINGTON, Friday. SENATOR Robert Taft (Republican) said here that President Truman's insistence on the right to send troops to Europe without prior congressional approval "brings an end to bipartisan foreign policy." President Truman told a news conference yesterday that he. as Commander-in-Chief, is not
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    AFLOAT AGAIN
    64 5 A.P. HONG KONG, Fri. THE French liner Leconte de Lisle, which was captured by the Japanese in World War II and sunk by American bombers, passed through Hong Kong yesterday, en route to Saison. The 10.000-ton liner, raised and reconditioned by Japan, was turned over to the French
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    RISE IN WOOL PRICES WORRY JAPANESE
    104 5 Reuter-AAP. TOKYO. Fri. THE Ministry of International Trade and Industry Is studying steps to cope with the recent rise in wool prices, reports the Japanese press today. The January-March foreign currency budget to purchase 100.000 bales of wool is on the US.$36O a bale
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      415 5 BLUE NETWORK ENGLISH FBOt.BAMHES 10.0« a.ni. iroiu Singapore followed by the Emergenty x»ews irom Jkusi» Lunipu:; 10.1«» Close Dov.n; 12.UU noon irograminee in Malay. 1 1(H» p.m. Programme Summary, 102 Ounce Music; 130 Tim© Signal and News; I.M Musical Interlude; 2.00 p.m. Album ol Harmony; Z Mt bwing Time; 2.45
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    U.S. RUSSIA, H'KONG IN RUBBER MARKET
    149 6 SOMEWHAT contrary to expectations rubber rose sharply this week on buying and Russia After the buying came to an end tne marfef reacted sharply and purchases were mainH confined to shorts covering. widen ed conThe discounts on lower S ra^%^ r ld t t
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    NEW YORK STOCKS
    56 6 NEW YORK, Fri. THE New York stock market displayed little reaction to President Truman's annual eco. nomic message to Congress today calling for higher taxes and many economic controls. Closing prices today were narrowly mixed with ga ns and losses ranging around one dollar a share each
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    TIN PRICES
    37 6 U.P. I LONDON. Fri. Tne WWj pnees at the afternoon of the London tin market today WC Spot £1.215 buyers and £1 220 sellers. Three months— £1.205 buyers and £1215 sellers. Turnoverr-75 tons. —C P.
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    Shares Better
    100 6 SINGAPORE, Fri. THERE was an improvement ta sentiment on the local share market and prices in both the tin and rubber sections were inclined to harden. Industrials remained steady. The day's price changes were: SINGAPORE, Jan. 12. W. Hammer »U» Heiirv Waugh 2.05 2.10 Robinson Co. i Ist
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    Along The Godowns
    80 6 IN TORT: Rantau (45). Wosang (44), Landbris and Lipis (Sheers), City of Liverpool (42 8), Kepong X™" a* (41), Nucuana (88/9>, JJ" nattow (36), Madoera <SS 4), Japan (31 2), IVenvenue (17 18), S.HB. Craft (19/20). Charles McLeod (21 2). (IS 4), Mus well Hill (25 fit.
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    Beans Production Goes Up By 12 P.C.
    246 6 I—' "W IJ£~ WASHINGTON. Friday. WORLD production of soybeans in 1950 is; bushels (219,100,000 hectoliters). Thi is U per cer more than the prejtaM "the United States. China and Manchuria. The United States, the leading producer of soybeans, harvested its largest crop in
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    U.S. PRODUCED 8,015,750 VEHICLES
    66 6 DETROIT. Fri. THE U.S. Automobile Manufacturers' Association estimated 8.015.750 motor vehicles were produced by American factories during 1950. Passenger car output or 6 672.700 units is about 30 percent above last year's record production, the AMA said. Truck and bus assemblies numbering 1.343.050 top 1949 output
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    HONGKONG HOARDS COINS
    107 6 HONGKONG, Fri. WITH the Lunar New Year approaching, hoarding of small change has begun, but the authorities are paying special attention to hoarders and many already have been fined. Yesterday, placed before a I Kowloon court was a large basket containing nearly 25.--000 coins and notes in
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    Steady Again
    111 6 THE rubber commodity market was steady yesterday at lower levels. The market opened at 208 buyers for January and at one time moved to 21--cents done but closed below the best at 200 buyers. The undertone was stil steady. Hongkong was in the market yesterday and this helped
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    HONGKONG EXCHANGE
    24 6 HONGKONG. Fri. T.:F following are today's closing quotations: HKs6.oa US$l.OO for Casn 5 98 US$l.OO for TT HK5338.00 per tacl of gold
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    London Stocks Harden
    158 6 Reuter. LONDON. Fri. ENCOURAGED by peace plan hopes and overnight strength of Wall Street, buyers entered the market at the opening today and created widespread firmness. Subsequenty business Sened but gains were gen- I crally well held. British Government stocks showed fractional advances. feadTng industrials were widely
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    WOOL CLIPPERS MAKE FORTUNE
    83 6 Reuter-AAP MELBOURE. Fri. ONE year's wool clip at ruling prices here was today reckoned to be worth more than three-quarters of the total Australian gold yield for 100 years, with an estimated turn over of £635,000,000. This compares with a century's cold digging returns of a
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    Machine To Sample Cotton
    103 6 WASHINGTON. Friday. ANEW mechanical cotton sampler developed by the United States Department ol Agriculture detects the presence of mixed qualities in Dales of cotton. This helps cotton spinners make accurate classincation of cotton packed in ruder methods now used cotton samples are not repre- sentative unless
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    CHIN CHYE SAVES S.C.R.C. AGAIN FROM DEFEAT IN K.O. REPLAY
    775 7  -  By S SCOOP s.cn.c 1 A see 1 C.C.R.C/s indefatigable centre-half, GOH chin CHYE, saved his side from being eliminated m the semi-final of the Colony hockey kn cl4 u tournament when he netted the equaliser w»lh a grand opportunistic
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    F.A. Diehards Still Think Highly Of England's Soccer
    655 7 AP. By JIM CHAMBERS i gNG LAND'S Foot bail Association presumably thinks this nation is still tops in soccer. The venerable gentlemen who control soccer here art? getting ready to celebrate the association's 90tii birthday by inviting a F.I.F.A. team—which could mean
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    WEEKEND SPORT TRAINING CLASSES
    81 7 LONDON, Today. WEEK-END courses on rockclimbing and ski-ingr have iust been started by the DerbySure Education Committee at ♦heir new open country pursuits centre near Buxton u Th acr nartv of 25 students set 'f.?Bpj2pSately enough with d cp snow on the ground and tcmperature below
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    Lancashire Bowlers On The Way
    125 7 Reuter LONDON, *Tt. r;K Lancashire bowlers, Koy I Tattersall and Brian Stath- I gm i left London airport today j on their way to Australia, where they are to reinforce the MCC touring team. Both said they were sorry they had not made the first
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    DURBAN FOOTBALL AND MAGIC SPELLS
    226 7 Reuter. DURBAN. Today. MOST important member of 1 the 12-man African football teams in Durban BWW kicks the ball. He is a witchdoctor or "inyanga". upon v.'hose "mtakati" < magic) depends the outcome of every match. The witch-doctor Is paid a retaining fee of £10
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    SURREY TWINS IN MCC XI AGAINST TASMANIA
    102 7 Reuter. lIOBA .T. fri.-Alec and Eric H Bedser, the Surrey twins, are included in the MCC team which meets Tasmania m a three-day match starting here tomorrow. The team will be Denis Compton a P tain) qimr r s y 0 r n
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    JOHORE MEDICALS SCORE 4-1 WIN
    42 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri jOHORE Medical SPO^Cluh Padang yesterday °y S the scoring in the first the Medicals andJater masena scored twice to t, the Medicals a three-nn ira Dtorma^na h scored anther complot- hat tricK.^ only gOaL
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    SPORTS BRIEFS N.M.S. MALAYA CUP FINAL
    63 7 QDDS are even MM the S ngapore Civilians meet Penan* XV in the final of the H.M.S. Malaya Cup rugby competition at Kuala Lumpur today. This w 11 be Penang's second and the Civilians' first appearance in post-war rugby final. The two teams last
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    S.B.A. INTER-CLUB FINAL
    45 7 OOURNSMOUTH B.P. meet Eclipse BP in the S Badminton Association s Inter-Club Final at the Clerical Union Ha'l tonleht. Bournemouth with Ong Poh L'm. Tsmail bin Marjan and Tungku Juljl in their ranks are favoured to win by a ronvinc Bg margin.
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    POLICE MEET "REDS" TODAY
    38 7 POLICE Sports Club meet S.R.C. "Reds Colony hockey ••Knockout" champion in a semi-final mat.h on the Padans today. The winner of this meet the winner of the b.CK.<-. S.C C. match in the final.
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    DRAWN SOCCER GAME
    38 7 COCCER teams drawn from s.s. 3 Benartv and s.s Benavus drew one-all in a game played on tne Aver Raiah Road ground yesterday. Dooean scored for the fenarty XI and MacSarlana replied for the Eenavue.
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    S'GOR CLUB WHIP YMCA
    63 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tri. CKLANGOR Club easily defeated Y M C A. by four noals to one in n hockey game on the Padang tod Two goals by Vowles PJit the Club 01 the lead at Barlow and Howgego were respons.ble for the Clubs other ef*\*. Fernandez
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    Boy Brooks No Match For Dave Sands
    407 7 Reuter-AAP. MELBOURNE, Friday. TRIPLE Orient champion, Boy Brooks, lt*WJ; 1 was overawed and outpointed by Australian holder of the Empire middleweight title Day: Sands, 11 st. II lbs, in a dull fight over 12 rounds at Melbourne Stadium tonight. Brooks' cageyness say c
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    Henderson Welfare Estate
    73 7 The Henderson Estate Comnunity Welfare Centre which was formed at a meeting recently elected the following as nffice-bearers for 1951: President: Mr. Kirpal S.ngh. Secretary: Mr. Gasper Thom Asst. Sec.: Mr. Chua Kok Cheng. Treasurer: Mr. Llm Tet Lee. Auditors: Messrs. Mohinder Singh and Chan Teck Seng.
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    TREASURED SYMBOL OF GENEROSITY AND GOODWILL
    192 7 LONDON, Today. PETER DICKSON, an Edinburgh businessman, is partial to a spot of all-night angling at week-ends, no matter the time of the year. Early one Sunday morning be squelched across several muddy fields in his wading boots after fishing through the night in
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    FOUR SWIMMERS QUALIFY FOR ASIAN GAMES
    170 7 FOUR swimming aces qualified for berths in the Colony contingent to the Asian Games in yesterday's Games trial h-ld at the Singapore Swimming Club. They are Nro Chwee Kok (Chinese Swimming Club). Lionel Chee (Chinese Swimming i Club). Tan Hwee Hock (Tiger Swimming Club)
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    RICHEST RACE IN WORLD
    58 7 A.P. ARCADIA. California. Fri. THE r cheat race in the world 4 will be the Santa Monica ManI turity. run here on Fet«. 9. which is expected to net U.5.1W0.000 for the winnine owner. Hill Pr nee. US. Horse of the Tear in 1950. is expected
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    TRUMAN CALLS FOR TIGHTER BELTS MORE TAXES, MORE ARMS
    580 8 U.P. WASHINGTON, Saturday. DRESIDENT Truman called on Congress today to increase taxes much more than the 8.000,000,000-dollar boost paid in 1950. "The nex tax Increase must press harder upon every source of available revenue," the President said in his annual economic
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    RESCUE MEN STAND BY AS THAMES SWELLS
    85 8 Reuter. LONDON. Saturday. I RESCUE teams stood by along the upper reaches of the Thame:; today as the swollen river threatened to flood seven towns. Even though the rain of the past few days had given way to blue skies, the river was
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    Storm Hits S. Francisco
    90 8 A.P. SAN FRANCISCO Fri. RESIDENTS of the San Francisco Bay area were busy today cleaning up debris in the wake of an intense storm, including a freak tornado that struck the region on Thursday, causing damage estimated at over U552,000.000. Winds up to 78 miles an
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    West Hails Peace Plan
    283 8 Reuter. LONDON. Friday. WESTERN Powers praised the Commonwealth's five-point peace plan for Korea, but the majority were not very optimistic about the outcome. Reactions from various countries were: New York: The New York Times said the main architects of the plan were presumed to be Mr.
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    Japs Hog Iron From Hongkong
    108 8 UP. HONGKONG, Friday. HEAVY Japanese purchases of scrap iron in Hongkong trebled its price in the course of the last two months from HK$5O.OO to HK$l4O per ton. Two months ago it was one of the commodities begging for buyers, but Japanese orders lately cleaned
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    BOMBER CRASHES
    35 8 A.P. TOKIO. Sat. A U.S. Navy patrol bomber carrying a crew of 14 crashed in the Northern Ryukyus islands on Thursday. Unofficial reports said eight were rescued one killed and five missing. —A.P.
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    Loke And Fox Join Hands For New Line In Films
    435 8 Tribune Staff Reporter. TWENTIETH Century Fox, ana r.ia.ayan cinemamagnate Mr. Loke Wan Tho have joined hands to give the Colony a new line in the picture business—the serious cinema. Yesterday, short dynamic Edward Ugast Far Eastern Supervisor for Fox told
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    479 8 GENERAL HOt'SING EXHIBITION: Victoria Memorial Hall. 9 a»m. to 8 p.m. and talk on "Your Home and Your L.f mire Hour?." by Rev. R. K. S. Adam?. 5.30 p.m. BRITISH RED CROSS: Handicapped Children's Club puting Katong Park. 10 a m. Y.W.C.A.: Raff lea Quay, ballroom dancin™. 2
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