Morning Tribune, 11 February 1948

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    62 1 B» 1! Own Reptrten B;;r. Feb. 10. B s-ct t'*i ■l it, ate Munic V'l.i Lumpur is to b mi the first meeting iutiv v Coun- t here t.i.s m a temporary nu-a--m trie introduction ■^'■cip;,: Ordinance J t( n^ the Municlpa m tore, m tne gatlP a^"«'^ and
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    Sinhalese Assn. Dinner
    141 1 Trfbune Staff Reporter) (Vvlon's Independence Day cele brat ions culminated m Singapore last night with a mammoth dinner given by Mr. P. E. Perera. Presi--1 dent of the Singapore Sinhalese Association, at the Sea View! Hotel. Nearly 200 persons attended the function at which the chief guest
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    Federation Raises Sweepstakes Duty
    93 1 (From Our Ou-n Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. Feb. 10.— The exist ing duty on sweepstakes is to be raised from 10 per cent to 15 per cent m the Federation. The application of the duty on sweepstakes is also to be extended to any club, association or
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    860,000 Power Station For Selangor, Negri
    246 1 Reporter) t mpui Feb. 9 f owatt steam. Ben to -W Klang aham, at ppleted th e importance of Port Swett^n. I ham. The station, which will tie n o*n as the Connaught Bridge wer Station, will have four •:»nt turbo-altirnative generaI two of
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    'I'M GOING TO STOP WALCOTT NEXT TIME' PREDICTS Joe Louis
    190 1 BALTIMORE. F*b. 10. Joe. j O c Walcott who almost took Louis, world* /'"ii ".'/w"« i'jht Louis' crown m their recent champion, limbered up m a 15-rot/Wt/ \><.ut m Madison four-round exhibitiun uitli La-o Square Garden Stadium. Mat, icnanni and
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    CRACK DOWN ON JAP FEUDAL LANDLORDS PRINCESS BABA GETS DIVORCE
    91 1 CRACK DOWN ON JAP FEUDAL LANDLORDS PRINCESS BABA GETS DIVORCE TOKIO. Feb. 10.- General Douglas Mac Arthur has ordered the Japanese government to crack down on "feudal landlord groups" who are obstructing the enforcement of the SCAP-sponsored land reform law. The publication of the Allied directive constituted the first I
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    Bumper New Year For S'pore Chinese
    176 1 {Tribune Staff Reporter > it was a bumper new year for singapore phJnesf yesterday -mo re money flowed out fSr DRESS JEWELS FOOD AND GENERAL CELEBRAS^?SSRr T SkE P R A S RT P EG^N TO^ITH £1 r^T AND BEST DRESSED OF HOLIDAY-MAKERS, MO*ST
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    BAYONETTED, SHOT, DECAPITATED POWs
    62 1 Tckio, Feb. 10.— Six Japanese war criminals have been sentenced to hang for illegally executing six American naval airmen who crash landed on the coast of Indo-China m April, 1946. The Americans were killed by bayonetting. shooting and partial decapitation aft p r three months of
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    OPERATION ON PRINCESS
    35 1 LONDON, Feb. 10. Princes* Alexandra, 11-year-old daughter of the Duchess of Kent, was operated on for appendicitis today at the Duchess of Buckinghamshire's country home at Iver, 20 miles from London.- Reuter
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    31 1 RANGOON, Feb. 10. Mr. Jerome X Huddle, first United States Ambassador to Burma, arrived m Rangoon by air today. He was met at the airport by Burmese and American officials. Reuter
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    Dramatic Smuggling Raid On Siam Border
    177 2 BANGKOK, Feb. 10.-A dramatic border snui£glmg gang raid involving 800 hdraemen from Vunnan crossing the Stan border into Ma?ei, occurrei on Feb. 2, according to report;; featured m the Press hefe today. The reports said the gantf. engaged m smuggling opium, had previously sold
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    Scenes Of Pageantry In Ceylon
    180 2 (FROM PACK ll took up vantage points stnuMling or. walls, and perching on trees Mi break of -lawn to catch a glimpse of the Ittjral procession passing through Tin; last OM an«l ft half mild o' the rout»- were linorj on both B Ics \>y
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    Franco-Spanish Border Reopened
    131 2 H;-ndaye. France. Fb. 10There \t dancing m the streets of the tiny hamlets dotting the Franco-Spanish border toaay M traffic between th c two countries was reopentd at 12 01 i.m. for the first time m two ye.irs. At nearby Perthus a mount nn .village half Spanish
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    Entry Of Siamese Into USA
    50 2 WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 —Democratic Representative Henry Jackson of Washington has introduced a bill to authorize the admission into the United States under a quota system of persons o* Siamese blood and persons of races indigenous to Siam and to make them eligible for naturalization.- U.P.
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    NEW COMMANDER
    59 2 WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The Army has announced that Maj. Gen. Ctovtfl X I*, vis, who just rettltiwi from Jftpu, has been appoint*'. to eommmnd the famed mth Airborne division at Foil J?r<i£K, North Carolina. Byin micceeda Maj. -Gen. James Gavin, chief of .staff of the Fifth Army m
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    Swiss Envoy To India
    35 2 BBBNB, Feb. 10 Dr. Ann In Donlktr has been appointed Swiss onvoy to India, the Swiss Radio announced today. Dr. Doniker was previously Swiss Charge d'Affairos m Tokio and Teheran. Reuter.
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    WORST FLOOD IN 15 YEARS
    58 2 Penfat (South Sumatra), Ptb. 10. One of the worst floods m 15 years struck the Indrawn val- |ki of south Sumatra retterdav when the Lndragiri river, iwol. len by driving rain?, swept away j dozens of houses and lfowned hundreds oor. r cattle* Dima^e was
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    MAYFLOWER PARTY
    58 2 Members are reminded that the 16th annual general meeting of i the Mayflower Party will be held on Sunday the 15th instant at the residence of Mr. Lav Pau Song, ISO-G, Moulmcin Road at 10 a.m. i sharp and not at 11 a.m. as ad-! vised m circular.
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    BUMPER NEW YEAR
    400 2 (FROM PAGE 1) one of the biggest traffic jams of the year. Extra police were put ;on the task of .conducting the flow of traffic. Sateh-men, food haw--1 kers and balloon sellers reaped enormous profits from these sea- side picnickers balloons sold freely at 80 cents a-piece.
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    FEDERAL LEGISLATRI COUNCIL MEMBER
    508 2 The composition of the Fede ral Lfßis! atlvp announced >esterdi> m Kuala J.umpur There are 49 Inofficial members who hay s. rd lollouing their acceptance O f the H>h V^ I nvitation tit become members. This l» a V :il: "»i^H respect of uhich an announce
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    151 2 The reception given A Majesty's Gla\ :-nm«.nt i^H the Colonial Oftce en 9 January 1- was B corporated m the C .:ifl Unit's "News Magizice^H film will shortly arrive jj^B J for general screening. I The reception was Conference Room and M In the Devweel shots w«fl Creech Jones,
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    Admiralty Local Staff Union
    43 2 Admiralty Local Staff Union All members fire k'^U fled that the annual M meeting of the sil f KM ralty Local Stiff i^m be held on Sunday^ 29 at 9.30 a.m. premises of V* M Musical and Drimat:i« tion. Nos. itirM Road. S.ingapor^
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    Settlement Of Kowloon Dispute Still Held Up
    208 2 NANKING, Feb. 10. It has been reliably learned that the main »»tacle holding up the settlement ol the Kowloon eviction issue is a disagreement between China ami Britain over how to make use ot the six and one-half acres constituting the Kowloon walled
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    Katayama Cabinet Resigns En Bloc
    68 3 I [Lie For Political Power Begins 1( i _The Katayama Cabinet offi*vi\ h ii, m (Tokyo Time) today. Lfened at n-' ■I wer m Japan began sen tfW&JJ SfSSepted the resignation ot Gen MacAnhJr -cc y the Diet should ivaaa Cabinet and. nOic« hoj^ Qf
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    WANTS UN POSTPONE MIR DISPUTE
    261 3 WANTS UN POSTPONE MIR DISPUTE Feb 10 mo mi-:, b curity CotmcJ its con. B^: the c:>pu'-t between over KlinX djj been bel re t^.« i 6 it was tte PaWrt* o dee Pakisttn would Mi m the council that X idjonrnment "*'^s Bid?::: 5d that both tb< Kasii.Ti.r neads
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    Arab League Answers Russia
    195 3 Arab League Answers Russia CAIRO— "Communist dictaI torships are not, m he ey?s of j the Arab peoples, a better sys--1 tern of government; ard if th" 1 j Arabs ?tand for their own id? i oloffy this does in* necessarily I mean that they are ant-Russian In these words
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    REOPENING OF FRANCO SPANISH BORDER
    147 3 REOPENING OF FRANCO SPANISH BORDER Irun. via Madrid. Feb. 9—Preparations were under way today fcr the mldnlgnt reopening o: the Pyrenees frontier between France and Spain. Chief of Frontier Services 1 COload Julio Ortega todiv c rossed t'ne international bridge to visit Hendaye wwhetr t h e complet- Ed, last
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    PRINCE HARALD ILL
    31 3 COPENHAGEN. FEB. 10Prince Harald of Denmark, brother of the late King Christian and King Haakon of Norway was reported seriously ill His doctors said he had pneu i>ionia.-
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    GBS Meets Wrong Joe Louis
    152 3 LONDON. FEB 9. Somebody telephoned G?orge Bernard Shaw's home last Monday ?nd told him that Joe Louis would like to have a word with h:m. c Shaw was delighted. He had heard months ago that the American prfce- fighter wanted to visit him. Shortly after
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    POINTS FOR MARRIED COUPLES
    212 3 Sydney. Feb. 10.— "God made, women without sense of humour so they could love men. not laugh at them." declared Miss H. M. Outhsvaite. to a meeting f the Psychology Fellowship o* Melbourne, cf which she is presi. 1 dent. Points she made fo r married
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    INTERNA TIONAL REGIME FOR JERUSALEM
    282 3 Lake Success. Feb 10 Th» diaft statute -or t.ie international tional regime of the city ol Jerusalem tc be submitted by th special working committee to th( Irustceship Ccuncil of the Unit ed Nations on Feb. 16 was mad. public today. Ther c arc ten
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    MILL RIOTERS RELEASED
    149 3 Shanghai, Feb. 10.-More than 190 workers, involved m tne Sur g Sing ccucn rh;li riot ten days age. W€l« ideas, d from pOllcs custody yesterday. Hoaevcr. several workers will sopil bs nanded ever to garrison headquarters on charges of investigating t-V riot. Representatives cf the Wt-rare Committee
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    P.I. Negotiates For World Bank Loan
    116 4 P.I. Negotiates For World Bank Loan Man. la, Feb. 9. -It was learn- 1 cd tod.» y that Ambassador JoaQuin. Elezalde is completing negotiations for a 100.000.000 poso loan from the World Bank Reports reaching here stated that the negotiations were progressing satisfactorily, The negotiations wer« expected to be completed
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    4 Killed: 20 Hurt
    77 4 Rome, Feb. 10. Four people *vrc reported killed and about M wounded, including a boy ot j 14. m a nring between right and left wing crowds at S;in Ferdin- i ando m the Italian province of Pußlia. it wax rep<»rUd lure laM night. The f^ht:n
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    China Democrats Plan To Overthrow Nanking Govt.
    388 4 IWMiKOSO. rrt. l» o -A" an h p en, Nationalist ion W Ik- »«J to o*'rthr he pr 71 „,rt China l>emo«rat.c Iraeue. Shen nadr the statement ai ihc first Press conference giver by the League since it establisn,d Us headquarters m Hong
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    Anglo-Iraq Talks To Continue
    183 4 Anglo-Iraq Talks To Continue London, Feb. 9. -Britain is un likely to reply to the note frnir the Iraqi Government stating that the r< vised Anglo-Iraqi treaty signed at Portsmouth on Jan 15 would n.,t be ratified, it was authoritatively learned m London today. The Foreign Office spokesman today denied
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    U.S. ACCUSED OF ENSLAVING EUROPE
    104 4 Hague— Ft*. 10. The official Yugoslav agency. Tanjug. re. ported that Yugoslavia's premier. Marshal Tito, accused the United States of encircling '•peace-loving nations" m an effort to "enslave Europe." The despatch quoted Tito as declaring that Yugoslavia would suport cither Albania or Bulgaria against aggression
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    CEYIQN'S TRADE BALANCE
    96 4 COLOMBO. (By Air Mail).— For the first time m the recent years Ceylon recorded an adverse trade balance of about 81 million rupees m the year 1947. In the previous two years the I figures were 162,538.000 and 74,--080.000 rupees respectively m tavour of Ceylon. The Customs
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    AMNESTY FIGHTS IN P.I. CONGRESS
    156 4 Manila. Feb. 9. Die-hard fur. mcy guerilla Congressman tonight prepared ICr an all-out offensive against the amnesty concurrence oi this afternoon's Lower House session, following President Roxus's advice on Saturday to ''follow your conscience." Roxaa asked Congressman to takr action as "quickly as possible m
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    Queer Tastes In Clothes
    256 4 Sydney, Feb. 10.— Ther c arenas many clothes cranks m Mel. bourrv a s there used to be. Syd ney, too, has fewer with queer tastei possibly because of clothes rationing— but more who diffidently, are wearing more sensible summer clothing, such as safari jackets and
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    Damaged Synagogue Was For Jewish Undergroound
    148 4 Jerusalem, Feb. 10— British authorities announced that the Jewisfi synagogue on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa border was damaged when soldiers dynamited a nearby Jewish house, believed to be a snipers' n».st. The official version said that the abandoned synagogue was a base for t-he Jewish
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    GREEK GUERILLAS SHELL SALONIKA
    60 4 Athens, Feb. 10.— Guerillas mortar- shelled three points In m the Greek town of Salonika early this morning. On t British soldier was killed and two wouncU-d. Th c mortars were believed to be tiring from about two milenorth of the town. Shells fell ru-ar a
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    133 4 Shanghai. Feb. lu.-^B efforts b authorities to intrrsuct^B 1 tioning m Shanghai frci 1, the dat, orig:»--y 5^H for its introduction. Th c matter was recettj^B added int. nst by JH Shanghai cv the F'O- '^H Mr. Yu Fei.pingto Nankii cper.din? t'^ree day* >lr jt^B 2? f tlj 4
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    BTERY OF MISSING MALAY MEN: SEARCH STILL ON
    301 5 BTERY OF MISSING MALAY MEN: SEARCH STILL ON T, n-lT OF CABLEH NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR Ir i federal immigration offiH tii night for four Malay Kfl o Ik" ml the troopship Westraha tff£X ship -iled yesterday C ?i()e KfwbO immigra Son RSSaSd^wWB repatriated as IhJ^came to Anrrt:ni evacuee
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    26 5 I lON, Feb. 9. Con. y e it easy thli ireek. will be busy celeblrthday Dl AbraIn February 11 iweter, started last ,il continue througn
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    24 5 IXK, Feb 9 Burns of the best known n una cities and c world-known "Best ,es of drum yeurt>iay at the ape of
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    24 5 lESS. Feu I— Th« InM of the t'nitfd Na■Me Attenbly"— will h 24 to consider a thy United NatiOQl itel« about Suvi»<t ntton."
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    12 5 t- '.-President any itmed n M made G. «at'i Press Sec]
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    21 5 N JAMAICA Ptb. 9 I here 5 ;1 --d W,-t Indira i "a m 1949 had arc -R,,, r te-
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    REPORT FROM MALAYA
    81 5 London, Feb. 9.— Mr. D. R. Ree> Williams. Under Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs speaking at West Wickham. m Kent, last night said that he had received a rt-port from Malaya yesterday on an experiment m mechanical rice production irhicn was bfing carried out. "If our
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    COAL STRIKE
    87 5 Brussels. Feb. 9. Fifty-five thousand coalminers— nearly hall Of those m Belgium staged a wildcat strike m 16 southern Belgium coal pits today to enforce demands for a government deck sion on their request for a ?i per cent, pay raise and a monthly live Pit cent, bonus
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    $200-MILLION LEAK PROBE DEMANDED
    157 5 $200-MILLION LEAK PROBE DEMANDED WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 —An investigation Into last week's United States commodity market break was ordered today by the House Committee investigating commodity trading. The committee's chairman, August H. Anderson, said the inquiry would be held to determine "the names and effltent of operations of those who
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    Strike averted
    47 5 BRUSSELS. Feb. 9— The Belgian strike scheduled for 5 a.m. tomorrow was averted tonight when goveralent ugotuton granted the miners five per cent attendance premium tarttnj? v of February 1, and five f!Jj_ Ce nt bonus on their November, 194(. through January, 1948, pay.— U.P.
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    Recovery programme
    56 5 WASHINGTON. Feb 9. The senate Foreign Relations comnut toe today began drafting the Mirop Prin Recovery programme 1 with the less controversial administrative provisions as the first °rder of business. The tougher question of wheth--1 no* ecommend thp fuM $6800,--000,000 for the first 15 months of me programme
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    Australia's $ deficit
    30 5 Australia's deficit CANBERRA. Feb. 9— Australia s dollar deficit for 1947-8 is tfpected lo be much higher than last years figure of 51C0.000.000. :in omcial Government 5-tatei^en'. snki today Reuter
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    24 arrested
    23 5 JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 9. Twenty-four Indians who eroswa into Transvaal from Na'al without permits contrary to immigration regulation were arrested today.-- Reuter
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    Martial law in Tetuan
    39 5 TANGIER. Feb. 9.— Martial law hns 'eon declared m Tetuan, where BraaiaJi troops opened fire on a Moorish n^ionn'ist procession ye<terdav. At lejist vix ore known to have !ven kiled durinir the trouble j-estcr-day.- Reuter
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    Mister Clarey Tells Why ...
    97 5 Mister Clarey Tells Why MELBOURNE. Feb. 9. Australia did not want coloured people brought to Australia to be hewers of vrood and drawers of water, Mr. P. J. Clarey, President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, said today. Thty should not lire undrr conditions m direct conflict with Australian
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    U.S. Accused Of "Treachery"
    305 5 MOSCOW. Feb. 9 —The United States State Departments action m Dub.ishinz documents on Nazi-Soviet relations was descnbpa m a statement issued by the Soviet Foreign Office tonight as "treacherous" Tiie true purpose of the publication, tne statement said. %as "to present a distorted picture of events,
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    Truman to go on tour
    38 5 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The White House announced today that President Truman will tour American possessions m the Caribbean area beginning late this month. The tour will include a vacation at Key West, Florida.
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    $100,000 peace job
    57 5 Aboard The U.S S. RenviHe, 1 p e b. 9. The Indonesian and I Dutch delegations met for the last time today with the three-power United Nations Commission aboard this American transport, whose trip here seeking peace cost the United States an estimated $100,000 (U.S.i. The ship
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    BIGGEST AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD
    59 6 The British "Brabazon" Aircraft buftt by the Bristol Aircraft Company and J-wyr than oa^^H thing that has yet been flaxen m the world, teas recently completed. In its aiaanttc '> mM -if Filton built especially for 'ts erection, the 126-ton aeroplane fa seen with Kings
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      Our Unstable Economy
      440 6 FThe notable feature of the post-war world is the extent to which many countries are reorganising their economje foundations. To a certain extent the advent of new political regimes committed f o experimenting with novel economic doctrines account for these changes. But irrespective of these ideological motivations,
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    NO GUNS or BUTTER NOW
    822 6  - NO GUNS or BUTTER NOW DAVID BROWN In Nazi Germany it was "guns before butter" -by- BERLlN.— Germany is today existing on a standard of living which is only about 50 per cent of her pre-war standard Poverty and hunger are at present and will be, at least m the
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    JAP LOOT RETURNED
    45 6 MANILA. C o« mens and *0™ p s( v J y^ofl tions belrmjrin? t*> tn R^™ of Natural History rt fr0 M lie. which ware C»n ea octM time to ime tion, have been ijtgJJ^ Japanese tn the cA p. emment through
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    Around The Jown
    841 7 L* WITH VERA ARDMORE 4 I Christening I ra wvndv Iv^ Ears 4 ■a::.-: M Ge I Kurt;-. Mr, I •>i :r. >s if I jerrd i crtam ea irers nd navj lid Mrs G..-. t BttU Little June Pep. I ugh Lt-C 1 anj j rdici
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    HOSPITAL ON WHEELS
    101 8 Driver <f<>(s rtoard. Tht mobile dr(ssin<t wtmtkm mm tkt id (a 0/ Dr. A Austin Eaofier. CBE. Medical DirectOl 0/ tki Shninh Industrial HtnVh 9i rviee. A Slcufih firm. ML. AvimNMj dtsMinai and hviJt it. and the finishfd vthiih Mas present' (d In the Industrial Health Strvice
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    Another Movie Marriage Goes On The Rocks
    63 8 Hollywood, Ftb. P. Actrtfl Jane Wyman and Act r Keagan, who recently besan a "tr :.l separation,* 1 have agreed OH a ciivor<r. Mi<s Wyman will tile the W% The couple have agreed on a pr perty settlement and a c\\ •iy arrangement
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    254 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN LONDON, Feb. 9.-Through th« hearhl the His:h Court a| Edinburgh there a rS| the first time the story of the heroic p 1 60-year-old Scottish nurse during ii P v.JI of France. c Proceedings were brought to presume th d m Young, who spent most or u r
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    139 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Colombo. PfJ I achievement of CfJic^H speech from r r J opening Of the newl^H -I congratulate "M Ceylon on thiir ach:«^M extend to them fo r tbe future/ tr.e W Regretting m person, the Klng J^B of Ceylon was at j^B membe? H -That Ceylon jM tutional
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    Cancer Cure, New Claim
    146 9 Cancer Cure, New Claim L .ndi«n. Feb. 9. -A committee ng formed Ne*Soutn vv ales Government to *"*£*> Ts by 78-year-. Id John Braund. of Sydney, that he can cancer specialists have .^Braund remove a g:owth m a woman's back. They des. :o, .t^e operation as martt\> One doctor declared
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    TOMMIES ON ARMS CHARGE
    78 9 Hong Kong, Fvi>. 9.— Three Bi tUh ftOkUen were rt-.iunded n custody for one \v»«ek today charged with larceny of :irms and ammunition from a barracks here. The arms were allegedly sold to th< Chinese communists. Ihe soldiers were charged with the theft of 12 gteß
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    MOBILE DRESSING STATION
    19 9 Fitted cupboards and racks are provided for drugs and tqulpmeit, everything m normal use is carried.
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    TOJO "GREATEST FRAUD" SAYS MAINICHI
    217 9 TOKIO. Fob. 9. The Mainichi. Japan's largest newspaper, took Ka leaders to task fir sympathising with wartime Premier Hidek: Tojo'l statement before the Tokio War Crimes Court that Japan was "forced" into waging the Pacific War. 'Even If Tojo should be sentenced to death, his
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    Opportunities For Ceylonese Student
    88 9 Colombo. Feb. 10.— It is kerned !rom Mr. C. W. Frcst, Com. missioner for Australia m Ceylon, that Ceylonese students are to be given the opportunity of I joining any Australian Univer- sity probably from March, 1940. Fit Ids will also be open to students who
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    RAIDERS RAIDED
    93 10 New Delhi, Feb. 9. A lone j fighter plane of th c Royal Indian I Air Force today flew hundreds of miles over snow-capped Greater Himalayas to bomb and strafe a white house, believed to be used by raiding tribesman at Gilgit. 40 miles horjh east of the
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    98 10 London. Feb. 9 -Acfl that a m vement fl ''treasonable J< ir.t-r.t;f]^H tia. Bulgaria. Poland' 1 met In ber to plot against tnefl of "countries ::;er.ly|^M j Britain" was made :r.fl j of Commons liv byaH Labour b r Mr. Jfl He asked the F.reijß tai y what measures
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      149 10 i,s: i:« lii7iv«- <« <l.«- >lo wiiigTrlli*»e l "SUNSHINE FALLS" r- i W*nl Ssgr""" IPk ch.cago sassiety bgSkTI ITso moitle.datsmy wife. "I -UP YOU AW T HERE ON LV--^vVJ TOM*Y MY PAGODAS IN A SAYS OKI WMY DOKT YOUSE 1 BUSINESS WUATS YOUR j H YEP SASSJE' t'US MY W^p|
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    N the NIGHT OF the NINTH
    2148 11 Serial Story— By J. R. Wilmot Wfc, 2«*B* m ■SfrP^ted himseil ■ar:.' tui dile- t Hr ldenCe 1 -,v.. nwrifht m did 1 X: r bberj I ft. :.1 cif.-- aligl •ng n i H evening I _r undj ol HMa-vr aft 4 dark.
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    24 12 1 I LONDON F-b 9 r 1 and Hun.-.:. g e^^fc« refused a Br;t, h mation about the s* Bu military and I
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    "EASY MONEY" IN FORTY-EIGHT DAY
    713 12 LONDON. Jan 29 WITHIN 19 weeks. Sydney i B« has steere.l "Easy Money" from its first shot on the floor at Shepherd's Bush to its premier* screening m Ivm-lon's West krvl rutting down normal production Md editing time by nearly a half. Gataatorough'l new comedy.iniiKi
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    IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA COMPANY
    173 13 London. Feb. 9.— The Government of Burma have not yet ex propriated the Irrawaddy Fiotilla Con?pan y or teak companies, Mr Hector McNeil, Minister of State, said m a Parliamentary answer today. They had intimated their intention of nationalising former and certain concessions held by the latter.
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    INDIAN DISPUTE IN KENYA
    197 13 Nairobi, Feb. 9.— A dispute be- i tween Hindu and Muslim mem- j ocrs of the Indian community m Kenya has broken out over thy election of five Indian members j k o the Colony's Legislative Coun-j cil. Sir Philip Mitchell. Governor of Kenya, discussing the
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    China Aid Plan May Follow UNRRA Programme
    551 13 WASHINGTON. Feb. 9— Though it is assured of far stronger Republican support than the Marshall plan the $570,000,000 China aid programme is not expected by officials here to emerge from Congress much before the House and Senate go into recess for the national
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    113 13 Tokio, Feb. 10. The House Bf Representative Standing JtfUr^Party Committee began evaluating recommendations or» now to select the new Premier as pohtical experts predicted a bitter fight between the two *-ival leaders of the Conservative parties. They aacr c former Premier Shiiral Yoshida, head o? the
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    Protest By China's Skill Owners
    100 13 Shanghai, Feb. 10.-iho Chinese National Guild of Steamship Owners has wired to the Ministry of Communications yesterday strongly protesting against the chartering o*. Japanese vessels for the shipping of Taiwan sugar to Japan by the Central Trust, a subsidiary of the Central Bank. The Shipowners
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    U.S. HOLDS KEY TO RUBBER
    164 13 COLOMBO, (By Mr MailK America held the key to the future of Rubber. If she used as much rubber as her pre-war consumption there was a bright future for rubber, said Mr. F. D Ascoli. Chairman of the DunloD Rubber Plantations, Singapore who is now
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    Elation In China Over Prospects Of U.S. Loan
    196 14 MILLION FROM CONORS 10 AID CHINA pi MONIHS lop ottic uls have re UM'd Has j. ,|q &ma**l f public *tj< n. pointing out that neither tbc am profrtmmc nor tbc tert mßon^t invflv.d had bren forma. i> ok- 1( ed but
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    Scottish Cup Draw
    70 14 Scottish Cup Draw LONDON. ft\ 9 -Tho draw •or the third r< dof the Sooti:sh Cup made ay resulted as follow! fUngen vs Pa; ck Thistle. Celtic vs -Mothc v. 11 Mont rose vs t D Of theSouth Mortor) vs Qveem Park. Dumberton vs F ist Fife Hibernian vs Aberdeen.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE NERVOUS
    189 14 London. Feb. 9 The un.asv feeling which was pre nounc?d m the latter stages of la?t wet bai been accentuated by me ;cmmint of the Chancellor ot -he Exchequer regarding sericuBHl»l o r the country s vcc. aom!c situation. Consequent!:. most sections of the gtOCk mar- I
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    76 14 6tuyd *ioiigbide 'ihv au^apo'tf A iuju ca VESSEL GOI>OWNb rioc^rn iLrMKCfMC ii. h«mbic Sheer* ri'nant <> tinp. x-alace iti y (Gk**Hf) M ;Mt. Mansfield) 33 4 I (Pditakota) 31 2 I Bvudero P/U Vasna 19 2U Segamat -I Ndeus 23 4 Adnistus 25 6 (Fairport) 27 8 Ni.nchali
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    EAST-WEST SOCIETY
    40 14 EAST- WEST SOCIETY The weekly rr.eetinp of this Society will be hold at 8.30 p.m. on Thurs- lay. Feb. 12 at the V.M.C.A. 1 Stamford Rojd. The following propramma is vheduled:— -"An appreciation of Gandhi," by Mrs. E V Davies
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    61 14 HOLLYWOOD, Florida, FEB 10 —The dark horse team of Pat Devany and Margaret Lindsay needed Just one hole to capture the first women's international four-ball golf crown with a two to one upset over Louis Suggs and Jean Hopkins Today's clean-up of the final round, which was halted
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    50 14 PARIS. FEB. 10 Marcel Ccrsan. European middle-weight champion, knocked out Jean Walzack of France m the touith of their scheduled 10--vound non- title bout at the Palais de Sports. OrcJan. who scheduled to ■all lor New York soon, weigh °d 159 pounds, while Wplzark vfiphod 151. U.P.
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    HONGKONG-"LITTLE OASIS PROSPERITY"
    162 14 HONGKONG- "LITTLE OASIS PROSPERITY" London. Feb. 10. Hongkong was described as "a little oasis Df prosperity and stability m a largely chaotic continent" m an trttcV m today's Daily Telegraph by Malcolm Muggeridge. an author and journalist, who has Just returned from a visit to the Far East. Mr. Muggeridge
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    CZECHS LEAD IN TABLE TENNIS
    115 14 LONDON, Feb. 10.— Bohumil Vana. defending singles titleholders from Czechoslovakia, won an easy first round match, defeating R. H. Kansford of Great Britain m three str/iight sets In the men's singles plUy m the v/orld table tennis championships. Garrett Naofc\ of St. Louis and Martin
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    103 14 1h c Singapore Office Attendants' Union decided at a geiipral meeting yesterday to ask all local firms and other concerns to grant leave to all their office i attendants after 1 p.m. tomorrow, (Thursday), to enable them to atteUd b meeting at 2.30 p.m al
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    Kramer & Riggs Tie In Professional Tennis tourney
    141 15 Kramer Riggs Tie In Professional Tennis tourney Houston. Texas. Feb. 10.—Bobby Rigs wiped out Jack Kramer s che match lead m their nation, wide professional tennis tour by defeating the former national amateur champion 5—7. 6 4. 9—7. Each has now won 13 matches. Kramer used his fireball ieWf and
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    PACE WORK AT BUKIT TIMAH
    644 15 (By ALLAN LEWIS) EXCEPT FOR A FEW WHO WERE OUT TO MAKE TIME THE HORSES IN TRAINING FOR THE S/NGAPORE TURF CLUB SPRING MEEfING WERE GIVEN PACE WORK YESTERDAY MORNING. BELOW ARE NOTES ON TRACK WORK AT BUKI TIMAH:Shawford (Wools) half-pare from the ttf Invest
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    INTERNATIONAL TABU-TENNIS
    96 15 London. Feb. 9.— The number cf countries affiliated to the m. tcrnational Table Tennis Federation has been increased from 30; to 40 the newcomers being i Greece. Italy. Argentine. Brazil. Uruguay. Mexico. S.ngapare Malta. Ceylon and Guernsey. The table tennis section of t.je Soviet Physical Cultural Comimittee is
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    61 15 The following will play loot <>" for the Jollilads against the Combmcfl Supply Reserve Depot on Sunday on the Victoria Sehoo' ground «t 515 p.m.: Slthamhram Rasak. Muthu. Ghani, Murugasu Sinth". 8. Muthlah, K. R. Muthiah. DoUah. Salahudin. Suppiah. Namyana. KriI Rhn;usniay. M. Krishnan (Captain) M *Traa«¥>rt"wi!> l
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    23 15 In a friendly match jJayed at their Court on Sunday last, the Spitfire B.P. defeated the Pulau Brani B.P. by 5-2.
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    MANILA TITLE BOUT POSTPONED
    40 15 MANTLA, Feb. 10. The featherweight championship bout between David Kui Kong Young, colourful Chinese fighter, and Tirso del Rosario, king of the local featherweights, originally set for February 18 has been postponed until February 28. U.P.
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    Optimism Over Ceylon s Future As A Dominion
    540 16 London Press Comment LONDON. FKB. 10 Optimism about the future of Ceylon 4s a DoTiinion < haraoterisPd i-Havs !/>nr!on press comment on thp Duke of (llourester's opening; <;f the nev Dominion Parliament of Ceylon. Ta<- Influential Londen Tim^s dec'nrtd that the new
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    14 16 Sale 3 of Victory Savings Certificates up to February 4 1943 amounted to $676,092
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    INDONESIA TO JOY INTERIM GOVT.
    258 16 INDONESIA TO JOY INTERIM GOVT RAT AVI A. FEB. 10-i-The Indonesian Ren IKI sident. Dr. Mohamed Hatta. last ni*ht sent r^H Hubrrtus van Mook, Dutch Lieutenant c; ov II a lelt «i^B the Netherlands East Indies. <ay ing the Ind He was now willing to participate m th«- i°» nfSil|^^l
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    34 16 NEW YORK. Feb. 10— Father Joseph Lynch, of Fordham Unl- versity, reported two "fairly serious" earthquakes recorded j within minutes of each other, "pro- bably m the region of Turkey." U.P.
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    36 16 BALLOONS! BALLOONS: Who'll b**l—Ther* "''^M tomtrs amongst this group of Chinese children, m vendor* often asked 30 cents each for their colour -m This picture is typical of the many Chinest A"' China Town. (Tribune P/ioM.</'«/""
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    135 16 LONDON. F»b &.jj was an enduran't 1 players bidding V-^H dua: champ; r^h.^'Jl^M Pool today when M events (team chair-; .jJ^H finished on Safjriiji^H Numeroni matches oql tables had t be piaj the 13 boon that r hJ progress m crde- to M schedule vh.s;: *£^U finals to be
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    188 16 NANKING. Feb. 10. China's capital celebrated the Lunar New I Year with dragon parades and ••reworks, despite the fact that ;Jjs«^ally it 1B not a Nation Since 1927. the Government has been discouraging the use of the Lunar Calendar and trying to nerr.uade the population to
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