Morning Tribune, 18 March 1948

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    9 1 MORNING TRIBUNE so a* mm* mm KSI.AV. MAR. IaaBBB.
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    Red 'Purge' Britain Denies US Pressure
    61 1 y.rcA It. A h to-da* report* that Br dam s romsasisiaala frem resnUei jrom 1 s"rt- h> d'CI- fited fc../ th* ew«i »9tm Out I rarees sass vU>i nUtiives \m H ;tnti iramesl London c"»! f'u MBtSB mjsailßU BSM SSSbJ wiUiny t<< SjaaaaJ reoort9
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    FIVE-POWER PACT SIGNED
    47 1 p T March 17 A 50-yeai ic Co-opera-l m trj was slfa- lay by the rclt it PI ftv< Western Belgium, nee. Lux i urg the N'ethtain. Other i SaSjreed condition.* 9 tify and pres< ".<• th. of democracy pi freedom and BSE PAGE FIFTEEN)
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    64 1 Photograph). Tea Party given by the Standard Vacuum Od Company (Singapore, or Tuesaay on the occasion of the arrival in Singapore of the Atlas Sky riaht v l" ,r l < of T'S business executives on a totn romut the uorld Ltft to *r- Harrison (standing), Miss M. Wong. £></>-
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    "Moaty" As Chief Of 5-Power Annies
    110 1 Paris, March 17. The Pans I:i:ran.dgeant news P a P^„ "J" parted today that Field-Ms r- Montgomery Chief of the Imperial General Staff woii'd become thelnspector-General of Um armies of the five powers signing the Western Union treaty in Brussels today, it is leaned
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    HEAVY VOTING ON ELECTION DAY LIKELY
    583 1 HEAVY VOTING ON ELECTION DAY LIKELY CANDIDA TES CONFIDENT (Tribune Staff Reporter) Singapore's 15 candidates contesting the six stats in the Legislate Council are quite unconcerned about the anti-election propaganda. At one time there .vas some suggestion among s^nie of them to form a bloc and explain to the vcting
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    Pilot Dies In Crash
    45 1 LLANDOW. Mar. 17;— A pilot of the Royal Air Force meteor Mark IV was killed last night when the plane crashed in a field west of Llandow (Glamorgan) airfield from which it had taken off onlv a few minutes before Reuter
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    SCHOOLBOY ACCIDENT
    100 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) A 15-year-old Chinese i school-boy was killed instani taneously in a motor accident at the junction of River Valley i Road and Merbau Street at about 1.30 P.». yesterday. The boy was cycling home from school and it appears that the accident occurred when both
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    Truman Asks For Curb On Soviet
    612 1 Truman Asks For Curb On Soviet WASHINGTON. MARCH 17. -PRESIDENT TRUMAN TOLD A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS: "I AM HERE TODAY TO REPORT TO YOU ON THE CRITICAL NATURE OF THE SITUATION IN EUROPE AND RECOMMEND ACTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. RAPID CHANGES ARE TAKING PLACE IN EUROPE WHICH AFFECT OUR
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    KILLED IN
    58 1 driven by a Chinese and was on its way to a godown in Merbiu Road. There was pitiful seen when the mother of the deceased arrived. She burst into sobs at the sight of her son lying dead on the road, and had to be forcibly taken away
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    Grenade Thrown Into Red Bookshop
    28 1 COPENHAGEN. March 17 A handgrenade was thrown Into a bookshop o; a communist newspaper Land Og Folk last night, moderately damaging the interior.
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    S.C.B.A. PLEA FOR DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED VOLUNTEERS
    250 1 S.C.B.A. PLEA FOR DEPENDANTS OF DECEAS ED VOLUNTEERS hope that awake *?to be- thi 1 com- Sing* >■■..'' r 'f" has Co/oaJoJ Th.> Worley Report which has been adopted by the Government comments on the Personal Injuries (Civilian) Scheme of 1941 as follows: (a), '-If is satisf-ictoru in princple osiaf
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    Welfare Leader Urges Hostels For Working Youth
    304 2 ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING SOC IAI. I Jf;^ "^s MENTS IN SINGAPORE IS THE PROVISION OF "HOSTELS FOR WORKING BOYS AND GIRLS. SAID MR. T. EAMESHUGHES. DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL WELT v2£ SPEAKING AT THE ROTARY CLUB U M HEO.N YESTERDAY. Mr
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    Compensation Board
    171 2 The Compensation Board appointed under the Singapore Essential Regulations to deterI mine disputes as to payment of j compensation under Part VI of j the said Regulations was preI sided over by the District Judge (Civil), i Other members of the Board were The Deputy Financial Secretary; The
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    Malay Newsman For U.K. Tour
    69 2 An invitation hu.^ been received to include a representative fiom a Malay daily newspaper in Singapoie in the partv of journalists who aie going to the U.K. in April under the auspices of the Central Office of Information. The Utusau Melayu. which ha.* the largest
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    SEIZURE OF OPIUM AND TOBACCO
    62 2 A seizure of 35 lbs. of opium, valued at $28,000 has been made by the Customs authorities this morning on board s.s. "Kutsang" from Calcutta. Meanwhile, another seizure of 1,800 lbs. of dutiable tobacco has been made alon^ Mandai Road this morning. The potential duty
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    Grand National Beast
    66 2 A recording of the BJ3.Cs Grand National Commentary wil be relayed by Radio Malava on Saturday, Match 20, from {♦.45 to 10.15 p.m. Fast soccer v. as witnessed at the Padaag yesterday when the •lollilads XI deflated the S.C.C. 2nd XI in a keenly contested encounter. The
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    Sailor Speaks at Anti-Election Meeting
    143 2 Sailor Speaks at Anti-Election Meeting At the last anti-election meeting sponsored by the Malavan Democratic I 'mon at Da:hou.ie Place yesterday, there were three guest speakers. Mi. John Towner an EneHSti sailor now in Singapore, took the occasion to speak against voting in the forthcoming elections. Having been to many
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    FOOD EXPERT for SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
    251 2 FOOD EXPERT for SPECIAL COMMISSIONER 'S OFFICE WITH A VIEW TO INCREASING THE FLOW OF FOOD FROM SOUTH-EAST ASIA TO THE UNITED KING DOM. A MINISTRY OF FOOD REPRESENTATIVE HA. S BEEN SENT OFT TO WORK WITHIN THE ORGANISATION OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER. He is Mr. A. R. Pratt, an
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    Carried Jap Pistol, Jailed
    215 2 Found guilty on two charges of unlawfully carrying a Ja-j panese automatic pistol and unlawful possession of pistol ammunition. Tan Seng Huet was sentenced to five years* rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Assize Court yesterday. Acting on information a party o' Police headed
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    Rt. Rev. S.C. Neill
    68 2 The Right Reverend S. C. Neill, Assistant Bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, is paying a visit to Singapore in connection with the World Council of Chuiches. He is specially interested in the East Asian Churches and wishes to meet leaders, both clerical and lay. A
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    AAA DINNER
    38 2 Amicable A.A. Chairman of the Soccer Section, Mr. Ang Soon Hoe. gave a dinner to members of the A.A.A. football team at the Happy World Park on Monday night after the team's second successive league victory.
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    Labour Advisory Board
    31 2 Mr. T. Battles Hughes. M.C.S.. has been appointed to be a member of the Singapore Labour Advisory Board during leave of Rev. J. T. N. Handy. at I
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY LORRY WOMAN DIES MONTH LATER
    236 2 Ilnocked .'.own by a loity vr et. ar.d i v tic raorsUna cf Feb. 11 in L> death bv mu u n p r Ch Chew Strtet. an aged les«nes* on the Chinese v.- .man died in ho<nif<i a month later March
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    Pretty Wedding In Singapore
    118 2 A pretty SJt.ttin| nil nized at th Church. Siai i afternoon beta pn v. D3 It 3D, Mar.j^r f the Pari '.ion Tneatr? S.n-an..; jMlss Peggy Carvl The ctrfmcny. v. largely attended bv man. friends of th,. brid- and b: idgroom, wa? followed by a rtception
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    URPORT TEA PARTY BY SVOC
    89 3 r, rr Banal rjJllllSl Oil Company (Singapore) held t largely attended Tta Party at Airsort on Tufsdaij <m the occasion of the visit here of thi Atlas Sky Merchant a unrtg of VB business tsecutives on a round-the-world tr>» Left to right in above <*re-
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    SOMERSETS HOME
    55 3 Liverpool, Maich 17. The First Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, the last cominfantry battalion to India, was due to come ashore today from the troopship and a tendei took out to the waiting troops a "Welcome Home" message from the Chief f tin Imperial General Staff, Field
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    "REDS" ENCIRCLED
    49 3 Shanghai, March 17. Local garrison forces have encircled band of communist guerillas ited strength at MingSouthern suburb of ?hai, according to Chinese i todav. which .s claimed annihilation had i lids in the past •long the Southern ~of Shanghai. aftrjjara tn I«t. rnational ««jt su^c, to Reuter
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    Nanking's New Plans To Arrest Inflation. Stabilize Living
    309 3 NANKING. MARCH 17. TOP LEVEL DELIBERATIONS. WHICH BEGAN YESTERDAY. ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEVISE MEANS OF STABILIZING GENERAL LIVING CONDITIONS AND TO ARREST INFLATION. INFORMED SOURCES SAID LAST NIGHT. In vesterday's tat^s. sponsored by Premier Chang Chun the
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    SENT WIFE TO OTHER MAN FOR "MARRIAGE ON APPROVAL"
    139 3 Cy J "fe Albert bought a rail! hi. wife 'on him •'■IH, H It was sending he^ <*her mar, *>. jet a, »"/>'■>, dl(fnf>( taJte Bis soi/e bads. She stayed away six months with the co-respon-dent. Charles Parker Todd, in Spring
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    Women Will Think Evil Where There's NW
    266 3 Women Will Think Evil Where There's NW i Ui ty LONDON. Mai |fj j U! tiee WalllSafton, in the Djvon Court said: Wives a. I) par. SSSt in thinking evil ejreumstances m whfrh theie is no, evil." And he dismissed a petition by a woman who alleged ndtlltery between her
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    HOME SHARED—SO BOY WAS SHY WITH HIS FRIENDS
    156 3 HOME SHARED—SO BOY WAS SHY WITH HIS FRIENDS LONDON. Partly because her schoolboy son. 13. is sensitive about inviting friends to his home where another family also lives, Mrs. Norah Pollock asked Brentford. London, County Court for complete possession of her house in Bostongardens. "A boy of this age is
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    Light On Our Ancestors
    209 3 JOHANNESBURG. Discovery of a mandible, or lower jawbone, of a' human being of about 12 years of agt close to Stone Age implement. 1 has permitted a definite con, nection to be established for the first time between man ot the period and African stone implements.
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    Mr. Balwant Singh Withdraws
    121 3 Mr. Balvvant Singh who last week submitted his nomination paper to contest the Indian Chamber of Commerce seat in the Legislative Council with Mr. Jumabhoy, the other nominee, has nr>w withdrawn hif< nomination. A deputation oi members 01 the Indian Chamber waited upon Mr. Bahvant Singh
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    ENGINEER WILL WORK ON HIS GEAR-BOX INVENTION IN JAIL
    205 4 LONDON I'etei Joseph Hynes. 38, an engineer, has invented a new type gear »>ox which needs only slight adjustments and it will be ready for patenting In the next five yearn Hyn-y will have plenty of time to pc< feet his
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    Guardsmen Stoke Boilers
    209 4 Guardsmen Stoke Boilers LONDON, Mar. lb* The Strike. ('unimitt(o of thd stokers whom slobsmjn work has deprived //<* Housee of Parham* nt Bui k.ngham Palact and Government del>artments of eentral hfi'ing and hot watt r will tmnorioic consider prirjmsals irhich may result m an early t nd to the strike.
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    They Huot Out Rumours And Scotch Them
    137 4 LONDON. Once a month fifteen repiesentatives of 1.200 workers in a Birmingham firm investigate rumours that ha\ cireulated in the workshops And 99 per cent, of UV stories aie SJCOtCtaißd. An official of the firm. Bell is and IsarcOSßß, Ltd, said: "We found
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    BEHAVED "LIKE CAT IN A JUNGLE"
    119 4 LONDON. A sentence oi one month's imprisonment passed by the Old-street, London, magistrate, Mr. Rowland Thomas, on Emily Theresa Smithson. aged 59, of Westside, London Fields. Hackney, was altered by him later in th° day to a fine of £10. He said he had
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    Maureen O'Hara —Between The Scenes
    26 4 Maureen O'Hara Between The Scenes i:,,iut'f,il Mnmrm n o tia- BfBF <>f mftb Ctnluru in a chain. ma BMSH »>» tjtf^eea aßsaaas fort th< nlm •'Th* Hovns''*tch."
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    FAMILY MADE PACT TO BEAT FATHER'S MOODS
    248 4 LONDON. Night after night Nicholas James Moody Hughes, in high collar and i cravat, sat alone in his IvyI covered ten-roomed mansion scribbling busily making new wills. "Old Moody," as he wa« known to the folk of Woodcote, near Bromsgrove, Worcs, cui one
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    Clue To Robbery Was—Find The Gaiurster With 'Girl's Hands'
    268 4 Clue To Robbery Was Find The Gaiurster With 'Girl's Hands' LONDON. Gill gang leiI der Margaret Linahan "ciil Ime Mick, boys" who dressed !as a man, will spend ne. twenty-fourth bar hday ln jad. Her vanity about her grurfvoiced "tough guy" pose esuwled her two mistakes when sh -1 I
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    OFFER TO CRIPPS
    127 4 LONDON, MAR. 16.— Brit sh retail distributors today arswered Cnancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps plea for reduced prices and profits w^th an offer to bear the £30,000,000 cost of a 50 per cent, cut of the Govern m cut's purchase tax. The efforts of manufacturers
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    Fire-Fighter Now A Fire-Starter
    144 4 Fire-Fighter Now A Fire-Starter LONDON Ministry^ s o'v experts tried BBW, B_B| 'they couldn't find a peac H .line for 1.200 tons <rf P; It,N!K substance need f WSterpi H ng invasion veh clea. M Then 1 GPO wrte bit the w.re.-;-. i^xeelienr fire man he and a W»r-I H
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      95 4 In the Tnnitv Oollaev <>;' Meat* December. 1947 Theory of Music Examination, the following pupils sent in by Mrs. Curmelita Wilson were successful: Advance Junior:- -mtmUu .fettll; 72 Murks Pasa. Preparatory:— Gerard D'Souza 80 Marks Honours; Cheng Siu Sin 93 Marks Honours; Luiz Horatio Wilson 93 Marks Honours First Steps:—
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    InUTE'COLLAR JOBS: WARNING
    209 5 InUTE'COLLAR JOBS: WARNING I BMHAIi- 1 1 OI ABI.II> \i;US I ROM FAR AMI M\R !.,„> excessive Hooding of eleri iDOrt would result in he pre...ou'.cd. was issued by he Fre- i( ,1 Union. Mr. Lim Chuan Geo.-. JVh- Tribune yesterday. t ,,v,. aa; "brtfW u\, clerk todaj and. blliiSfiiT
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    RED MP'S PROTEST
    73 5 lIOXDOX, b#oj M Thi hco Cw»»aa«M«« nh sssers a/ la< 640-*'r< up //< »*>* Cosai; u' i Oaaßflcser ifj M PiraWa, fodoj/ of mrottoi G > ***'s r. mmumsU I i rse dull s*r« f 0 fftf sK'l'tlf Ot Prima V m ter l I "!"<'<• >;'
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    3 CHILDREN EXHUMED
    64 5 v Mar. 16. The |ucs! ind adjourned at Dodworth neai Barnsley on I were ex- Churchyard. I rtren died i Barnsley, Siven by th- ir father. Ed- Roj Wrighl a bus eonPalmei ndertaker ot I OUt tho nts, said he 11 lation when identify the three chlltified
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    SNOWBALL WAR IN JERUSALEM
    21 5 pm** urn odojj loaesj tind tatta. ffa^oaoJh wioioftan, B j r '""'/'s. T/ie ri Snoioafarfed •'><• and U.P.
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    PLANE EXPLODES
    11 5 116 ft p 4VI dedinmidsterday BCsuan sustained I Reuter
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    SENTENCE ON MP QUASHED
    102 5 London. Mar. 16. The Court of Criminal Appeal Uday allowed an appeal and quashed the conviction of 48-yeur.old; Labour member oi Parliament. David Weitzman. who wa-s; sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and fined £500 o;; a charge l~ conspiracy in connection with the supply Of cosmetics.
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    BRITAIN TO PAY DUTCH £45,000,000
    112 5 L ndon. Mar. 16. -Britain i s to pay the Netherlands £45.JOO.JOO in a linal settlement of waitim? debts, under the settlement signed by Sir Stafcrd Cripps. British Chancellt rOf the Exchequer, and Professor Lieftinok. Nethei lands Minister of Finance, on F.iday. a British Government
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    CONSUL'S DEATH FALL
    77 5 Saigon, Mar. 16. Norman Sands. British Consul at Saigon, seized by a fit Of dizziness, fell to his death irom a balcony behind the Hongkong Bank building here today. A statement issued by the British Consulate here said that Mr. Sands fell about 30 teet to the
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    ACCRA RIOTING
    53 5 Accra (Gold Coast), March 16. Representatives of the African press here today charged that the imposition of a press censorship by the Government following the recent "cost of living" rioting in which 21 people were killed, was "a deliberate attempt to hide from the outside world what was
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    39 5 PRAGUE. Mar. 10. The Czech Communist Party claims great success for its nationwide n>ive to enroll 2.000.000 memi h crs. In all factories, shops and offices non-Communists are being given application forms which nartv officials Inter collect. Reute r
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    Idea Came To Him During Blackout
    79 5 London. Mar. 16— The de. sign of flail chains used on anti-mine tanks was thought out during a ca r drive Irom London to Birmingham alter a blackout on j winter s night in 1944. a Royal Commission on awards to invent' ra told
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    Arabs May Sever Relations With U.S.
    242 5 LAKE SUCCESS, Mar. IG— A leading AraD spokesman warned the United Nations Security Council today that United States economic and commercial relations with the oil rich Arab world may be severed if it continues to support parti'ion Ol Palestine. Mr. Camille Chamoun of Lebanon
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    Baby For Princess In October Next?
    210 5 LONDON, Mar. 16 c ay with gossip that Prir ing a baby, and the date r ed is October. Piincess Elizabeth mai ied the Duke of Edinburgh last November 20. i Buckingham Palace would not comment officially or unofficially. But a source close to
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    CALL TO RE-ARM
    129 5 WASHINGTON, Mar. 16. i Mr. Joseph Martin, Speaker of tbe House of Representatives, declared today that the United I States would have to meet the woi Id "crisis" through rearma- ment, but appealed to the American people to face it in a calm mood. "We must build
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    Superforts For Air
    41 5 Manoeuvres Tokio. March 16. A flight of i ten Superfortresses from the 15th Air Force in Spokane. Washington, USA. arrived at Yokota aii base outside Tokio yesterday for 30 days' concentrated air manoeuvres under simulated battle conditions. Reuter
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    TUNNEL TALKS
    134 5 I LONDON. MAR. 16.—Bri- tish and French engineers and members of Parliament I met in the House of Com- j mons yesterday to plan a reI vived campaign for a tunnel linking Dover and Calais. After the engineers had discussed the technical details of the proposed tunnel, estimated
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    28 5 NEW YORK. Mar. 16. The "Big Four" sitting on the Palestine dispute, agreed today in principle that outside intervention in Palestine is a threat to international peace. Reuter
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    CHESS DRAW
    66 5 THE HAGUE, Mar. 17. Dr. Max Buwe, Dutch chess expert who had previously gained only half a point in the world chess I championship series here, held the leader and favourite, Mikhait Botvinnlk, the Soviet master, to drew aftei to move in the seventh round tonight. Other games
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    Princess Margaret Indisposed
    50 5 Glasgow, Mar. 16. Princess Margaret was slightly indisposed today and two doctors were celled to her hotel suite aftei her arrival here to receive the Freedom of the City. The nature of the ailment was not revealed. She arrived after an overnight trip from 1 London. U.P.
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      Martial Man?
      428 6 In Paris this week, {he sixteen Marshall Flan countries have met to debate the Bill for European economic recovery programme voted for by the American Senate a few days previously. If all goes well, the Western European countries can hope for the much needed economic blood transfusion from
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    TAWING MILITARY CEMETERY
    53 6 Photo by I "mm:- His MsceUtncu the Hfnh Commissioner, Sir Edward HsJBBf amono a greng <>t local k> m\ of Departments at the Taipin 1 Military Cemetery. Mr. J. H. C Rend. Perak Survwor BaH is seen pointing the lay-out o f the Cemetery to His Excflhncy.
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    You Can't Be Too Rich
    1071 6  -  PEDAGOGUE POLITICS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE I By WORLD AFFAIRS THE GOVERNMENT HAS GREAT PLEA Sl RE IN ANNOUNCING THAT ON APRIL THE FIRST IT WILL DEPOSIT IN BANKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY A MILLION DOLLARS EACH TO THE CREDIT OF EVERY PERSON OVER THE AGE OF
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      26 6 Mi I A»/ I For any destination I Malaya. H ,iffjl p Through any P<> sl H Surcharge H I iml^ aH Malayan Airways U" H
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    Around The Town
    1030 7  -  VERA ARDMORE .WITH Baser. w ho left ifondai m the; mAHhi in who tanr lyj u r ab plans to visit as hmmvl i m H'*r who, Pi:>s. for itioa in Evope l fl i who left Sin. n WiHera Ruys was Mr HO. i the Ade.He
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      167 7 ■BJBJ m |SRl| g f*J?tf?l ■Bain aja M y| B y k^^ M|aflH ajgßa M |j a y| U|r A new Collection of Rosalind Gilbert models. THE RIG 3 JN RECORDS COLUMBIA H. M. V. PARLOPHONE > Buy them at (ACCREDITED DEALER) 15. Winchester House Collyer Quay (Next to City
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    BAN ON PLEASURE TRIPS RELAXED
    218 8 LONDON. Mar. 16 British holidaymakers will I," able to visit. Austria. Denmark. France, Italy, the Netherlands. Norway. Portugal and Switzerland nfter May 1 Announcing this modification of the ban on pleasure trave, abroad Imposed last autumn. Sir Stafford Cripps. Chancellor of the Exchequer, told tlie
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    U.S. RESERVES RECALL
    76 8 WASHINGTON. Mar. 16. It was disclosed the Army asked its legal experts for ruling whether some 1.323.753 reserve officers and men who served in i World War Two can be called I act of Congress. This was brought out in a survey of the military manpower situation
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    Wife Retorted: "Suicide? Get On With It." He Savs
    152 8 Wife Retorted: "Suicide? Get On With It." He Savs LONDON, A judge referr!ad in the Divorce Court to i husband's complaint of "cru«»l [mockery" by his wife when he threatened suicide. According to the husband. sai<! Commissioner Blanco Whit j. the wife put a pillow in th- gas oven, turned
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    U.S. Rejects Protest
    38 8 WASHINGTON. Mar. 16.— The State Department rejected a YtlfO- slav protest that two US. officials :in Germany were associated re•ifjitly with Admiral Nicholas Hor--1 thy who led Hungary into the war I >n Germany's side.
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    German Rations Up
    36 8 FRANKFURT, lvtyr. 16,— Ger> man rations in the Anglo-Ameri-I can zone will he raised on April 1 to their highest level since the ocI capatloil began, tha Bipartite ConItrol Office announced here today.
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    ONCE JAP Dal NOW MODEL
    267 8 Outram Road Gaol acquired considerable notoriety during and even after the Japanes^ occupation. While the enemy Wani here conditions were as> palling. About 1.000 prisoners many of them innocent of any crime. were executed and deaths from starvation, illtreatment, disease, etc.. fat outnumbered these. Since
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    "Calmness And Sanity"
    72 9 WASHINGTON. Mar. 17. Referring to President Truman's decision to address a joint session of Congress, former Vice President Henry A. Wallace said "There is no evidence that any nation has threatened acts of aggression against us, or threatened our national security. "Yet the President and the members
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    Aussie "Red" Injured
    123 9 I SYDNEY. Mar. 17. Mr. F. W. Paterson, Communist menil her of Parliament for Bowan (North Queensland), wr.s taken to hospital with head wounds and possible skull fracture after police had broken up a strikers' march in Brisbane early today. About 150 men and women planned to
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    Missionaries Jailed For Espionage
    95 9 Missionaries Jailed For Espionage SHANGHAI. Mai. 17. The CMSM Bf Red Radio announced today that 12 Swiss Cathode missionaries in the west Manchunan city of Tsitsisar weie sentenced to pnson tenns ou charges of 'espionage, sabotage and armed conspiracy against the government." It said Swiss Bishop Paul Hugentohler and a
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    THE CSM HAD BEEN RED.....
    176 9 II I thai I kpan) s< a hot ten re and I Ek what y been ii Langley, Lt. Uanrv st, ha-l IMi Cm [Morrn K.C A y that she ha 1 Ir husband i n his ■M jfeari i i i con W sin
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    MILLION SACKED
    59 9 WASHINGTON, Mar. 16.— The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced It had already ekartJ more than 1000.000 Federal en»- in the Truman Adminiftraticn'a diive to rid United States pavr.tll of aV. BttLvamve nl U. P. Tim o, one el thi niqher buildings shmciny the mto^fiscVTnjZ miliar one to many
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    Norway Prepares
    29 9 OSLO. Mar. 16— The Norwegian parliament approved today. against the votes of Communists, an additional grant of 100,000,000 kn.ne<r ($20,000,000) to "strengthen Norway's military and civil defence."
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    Riding Club For Ipoh
    69 9 IE I ni eetinl I■R s I 1 1 only ij come members ol tne i l "b but also prove beneficial 1 y anger generation. 3wn« rs who possess horse suitable for hacking n rac ng, also would be j swen th, opportunity of get-
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    NO TRUTH
    73 9 OSLO Mar 16.— Einar Geiii ,u the Norwegian Prim« vtinister. today described as "pure mention" rumours that the Soviet Union had offered Norway treaty of mutual aVßfftallee and friendship similar to that proposed for Finland. Reute r Kingston, Jamaica, Mai lb I—Jamaica declared their nrst lnnlnga closed at
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    MARGARET IS UNWELL
    77 10 MARGARET IS UNWELL GLASGOW. Mar. 16. Two doctors were called in to .see Princess Margaret after she anived in Glasgow for a day of public engagements. She was said to be suffering from nervous reaction which caused faintness. The doctors advised a rest during the morning and the engagement was
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    UPROAR IN THE COMMONS
    213 10 UPROAR IN THE COMMONS tsttDON, V b?r y BaUoal dkafenini I Jj veriunenf decision j i*h separate I presentat or. m p ar iia The Oppo.Mtion I objected V ear^L^K> tradit.cn being repeated previous ci... I I Government bad fait] LaaaaK serting that the Labow I ty had agreed to
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    U.S. COAL STRIKE SPREADING
    126 10 U.S. COAL STRIKE SPREADING M* *»a**»»r aaaaa| NEW YORK. Mar. 16. I other 55.000 miners in the deep p;t- of Western Pennsylnna BBSS todav joined the 210.000 ba* I min6us coal workers called c* I bv Mr. John L. Lewis nib- I Mine Workers' President P9 I teiday. I At
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    MacA For Australia
    47 10 Canberra, March lb. Douglas gjeArttur I MM Allied .p»^^;'::; tt U-.B fie. may visit Austral ithe next six m H learned today. I Mr. JoseA GJufley A Han Prime atlnistel I Gen. MacArthur had that Austialia wou" I" aafl I to receive him. Reuter
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    The Terror Of Torlands
    2159 11  - The Terror Of Tor lands T.C.H. Jacobs +By cm I I ■T f ft 1 m the W hted M Bilowiy and painiuily hi ft-B-.'r,. ietarned l ir H .,,-'.vi:- dem buck the ■tur'ains ..nd threw open the ■windows breathing deeply ol mo rland air. Al■r, a--:\ he wa« feel.«s
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    NEW RIOTS IN ACCRA
    316 12 ACCRA, Gold u-a* Mar. 16.— Rioters threw up nrulblocks and police opened tire several Mmes a' Kumari, 120 miles north of Accra, in new Gold Coasf disturbances reported here toiligh*, over the removal yesterday of six rested men. Some of the wound-d have ci ed in
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    CHANNEL RESCUE SEQUEL
    123 12 Penang. Mar. 16. -A Shanghai Chinese who threw him- st'lf overboard the fv relaunch. "Bagan. while the ves- sel was crossing the channel from Butter xcrth to Penang n March 8 was rescued and brought to the £econd Magistrate's Court today on a i charge of attempting
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    36 12 lo prevent rabies a cam. paign against stray dogs ha^ i been scarfed in Taiping DCfj ahcotefg usually make their rounds during the night and reporla of gun shots in th«- j hours can be heard.
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    BIG TO KILL BOLLAERT
    75 12 BIG TO KILL BOLLAERT aaal ■■■■Jb 1 H t night fa No on .Law* fanothei Laaaati not explode va s 1 MwZ car belonging .r- |V cffleaiL laid that un I Laaaae 11 l third bomb ol make arelghini p^unj, araa red n Pasteur itiatltnte oi Mu (rang aanar Investigations
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    31 12 '"tfoooooo trade agmnt* has been signed betsma Poland and the Soviet zone »f Germany, a spokesman of tat Po'ifh military mtssiOQ to'd I n r \s-. ooaaferanec here tod Reute r
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    563 13 tilU OTHERS FM.fl 4 1 1031 112 00 113 on SS War 3 r 1941 101.00 ***** PM.S. t% 1936 99.00 100 00 SS 3'', of 103fi Qfl *i qo so FM.S 3', 1936 OflOO 09 50 *8. VV:.r 3'V IQ4O 107 00 103 00 P"hnb *«J
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    An Unlucky Break
    93 13 Alwar State I Rajputana). <Air Mail). A constable deerted Irom a local police force with his rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition, apparently with :he intention of embarking on a a leer of crime. He rode away on a camel and soon afterwards encountered a man, whom
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    Bangka Tin Mining
    44 13 Batavia, Mar. 17. Under an Lgreemeot signed recently between the Netherlands IndiesGovernment and the Billiton Tin Company, the exploitatior of tin-mining on Bangka Islanc will be in the hands of the Billiton Tin Company for the nexl five years.- Reuter AAP
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    MARKET NOIES & JOTTINGS
    234 13 MARKET NOIES JOTTINGS (Pram our Financial C >r.) Markets yesterday were not j ahle to make up their minds whether to develop a acare and eact one way or the other to the news that President Truman was calling a joint session of Congress and was to make a vital
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    RUBBER DULL
    95 13 The market in rubber bej came easier yesterday and at the close of business was down by I of a cent It opened with an easy tone with business done at 39 cents 'or March shipment. On the news of a possibility of a strike in one of
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    SHARES STEADY
    40 13 1 The market in shares getierI ally continued to be steady, 1 Business passing yesterday wa.<= i reported to be moderate by the i Malayan Sharcbrokers' Associ- ation. t Industrial shares, however were more inclined to be firm.
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    NO BROWN SUIT-BUT HE FOUND A BROWN BUTTON
    319 13 LONDON, -When Eric Wray home on leave wen. into the bedroom to have a look a., his Xhter Maureen, 8, he trod on a brown wouser but-'on-ana he had no brown suit, aceord.n* to an alleged statement. Wray, 35, was sent for
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    Aussie Air Squadrons
    94 13 SYDNEY, Mar. 17. The formation of four Citizen Ait Force tighter squadrons in Australia was announced by the Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) recently. He said each squadron would be manned by about 40 pet cent, of permanent men and about 60 per cent, part-time Citizen Air
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    Eurasian On Theft Charge
    63 14 Harold Augua L-e. a 20-vear-OM Eurasian clerk attacked the Chartered Bank. Singapore claimed trial to a charge of theft tit the Eighth Police < ourt yesterday. A« used la alleged to have -olen a "travellers' chequevalued at fio (eteriinjr) on Mar. J2. Lee was ei anted
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    MICHAEL FLAYS RUSSIA
    143 14 NEW YORK. Mar. 17. Ex- t<mg Michael of Rumania, •speaking here last night, levelled his strongest criticisms vet against the Soviet Union. 'Our powerful neighbour with whom we had hoped to collaborate has seen fit to gaol our patriots, falsity our elections. and through fraud and i
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    BOR's ALLEGED TO HAVE ASSAULTED TAXI DRIVER
    280 14 Dh tt pon P ill arh brothel duty" j»- -i I i I thai lwo 8.0.Ri wl h[a the t<»wn ,<t<- 1 l-'.' bin to to Aiexwn Ira Ptoa I when he a is aaaoltod and money was «!< inanded i raOfl h
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    Says Stepmother Was Jealous Of His Wife
    141 14 I.( ;NI N MM E H« 1 ,1. d ha if eon sad his wife to have n 1 while they fared in he? how g insanely jealous ..:->. Ihentford. Middle•ktai Oonwi arm told that alts led to talk to her. wasln I
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    Woman Shot Dead In Hotel 'Passion Crime' Was Mother Of 2 Children
    202 14 LONDON. A British WiVi man of twenty-six. mother of! two children, was shot dead in a Geneva hotel aftet what the Swiss police called a "passion ciime" suicide pact. Her companion Jean Costa. 28. Fienehman. jumped to, death
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    Commercial H.S.U.
    135 14 Tlu C. H- S. U. Ist XI will be represented by the following players in the week-end soccer nxture on Mar. 21 against the Kudyanaloor Ist XI on the Choon Guan English School Ground at i 5.15 p.m. A. Coiu-encio, R. Dragon, Q de Souta, C. Nicholas, E.
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    I'VE BEEN DRIVING POLICE CAR, SHE SAID
    151 14 LONDON. A police patrol took a colonel's wife into their car, into which her car hao crashed. Later she told an inspector "I have been driving the police cai." This was slated when t:ie Hon. Mrs. Elien Nancy Trench, of Manor House. Kington
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    M.C.C. COLLAPSE
    133 14 KINGSTON. JAMAICA. Mar. 16. Speed and spin upset the I M.C.C. touring team here to- day, after Jamaica had declared i their first innings closed at 344 I for seven wickets, for when stumps were drawn the tourists had lost four wickets for 85 I runs in reply.
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    190 14 LOSDOX. Un, j; y, lr Fauikh' r. 31-i/<<r-n/,/ Hi 'jsh Ryder Cup player, and his aaveasa hive gmrehmmad Bat ■eiaef Oof/ r//^. g« /s taai 0/ MS p.'fiM lo oep'art f/tr premier prize* in British g ,lf thn open rhaiaip<OaHl T/ic reef a/
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    "Cosmos" Soccer
    64 14 Cosmos Soccer Tho "Cosmos" XI will be selected from the following to play a nendly game of soecer against the Singapore Cricket Club Ist XI on Friday, at tU> Pidang:— Rut.ipath. S A. Baker. O. Angulliah. A. Rahim, Sim Im Peng. P. Appavoo. Goh Guan Chwee, Puteh, Goh Guan Kim,
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    $7SO Fine On 'Hooch' Charges
    144 14 $7 SO Fine On 'Hooch' Charges Fines totalling |79| a -fl fault 6 month-'^-ip'orouiae^Baaaafl sonment were imposed "I middle-ag<>.i Gaiaese, Che, J Ta 1 when pleaded guiittgfl charges of possession of A\ able liquor and po^sskrJJ still at th' Righ Police r«fl yesterday. ChO.V, -:rf;ifl conviction was told hv'thejj gistrate.
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    C-in-C TO BROADCAST
    143 14 The Commander-in-Chief r fl East Land Forces. ;-r- -fl Neil Ritchie. KCB KBE, ii MC will be broadcasting afl 9.45 p.m. on Friday Mai fl The broadcast will be ove: ufl Blue network of Radio Mditfl on 520 metres in the .V- fl waveband 4525 Kc per
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    SCB4 PLEA
    169 15 IlrFffOlf PAGE ONE) EenakMU having regard to lev I living index." 'Vide ■rapti 21 (XI) of Summary i of the py Rep rl j fti u s kn ..n all the f imendationa of the ay Report being ImpleI I w|th the exception of kne fei evlslon ol
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    Malay Girls' Sports
    8 15 M a lay Girls' Sports UH on 8.8.
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    "INCIDE NTS" MAR GEYIANG SOCCER FRIENDLY
    173 15 Several "incidents" marred the friendly soccer match at th v Geyiang Stadium yesterday between Kranji W/T Station and the Geyiang Corinthians and culminated in a Kranji player being ordered" Off the field by th v referee. P. minute before the game ended. 'I he
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    JAP CABINET FACES FULLSCALE ATTACK
    68 15 TOKIO. Mar. 17. Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida's newCoalition Cabinet will face a fullscale attack from the reformed Democratic Liberal Party when the plenary session Of the Diet opens tomorrow, Japanese political observers predicted today. With only 241 seats in the Hf|ise of Representatives compared with
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    Indoor Tennis
    89 15 The following are the results of yesterday's ties in the Singapore Lawn Tetania Association's Indoor Championships: CONSOLATION PLATE (Semi-finals): N. S. Wise beat P N.P. Bond. 6-2. 6—l VETERAN DOUBLES (Semifinals:— Roy F. Smith and R 88. Donnell beat P.K. Yep and Cheah Koon Hwee. 6—4, MEN'S SINGLES
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    TABLE-TENNIS CHAMPION TO PLAY IN TRIALS
    215 15 (By "Celluloid"). Lai Ying Hon. the Singapore Table-Tennis Champion ot 1947 should contest in the Singapore j Chinese table-tennis trials. This was the unanimous ver- j diet given after a two hours' discussion at an emergency meeting of the Council of the j Singapore
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    SOVIET ARMY NOW ON PEACE BASIS?
    88 15 London, March 17. The SoxHet Union's Army expenj diture in 19+8 will account for 11 per cent, of the Bud- get, compared with nearly one-third in 19$0, according to a Moscow radio broadcast in English tonight. Millions of people were released from the Soviet
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    254 Persons Fined Total Of $2,450
    97 15 Fines ranging from $2 to $70 were imposed on 2!M persons summoned by the Municipal i Town Cleansiing Department at the Sixth Police Court yesterThey appeared on summons of failing to provide metal covers for dust-bins, failing to provide dust-bins, depositing refuse in backlanes,
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    200 Arrests In Czechoslovakia
    66 15 Prague. March 17.— The new Czechoslovakian Minister of Justice. Dr. Alexei Cepicka, said yesterday about 200 perBona had been arrested for of- j fences against the sta^e in Czechoslovakia since he took office 19 days ago. Dr. Cepicka gave this informotion to two liritish Labour j
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    Recs Win Their First League Game
    386 16 ft htC OHO Suna I 0 IHE SINGAPORE RECReAIION CLUB QAIXEO FULL POINTS A I IHE EXPENSE Of OH Q SIGNALS A' JALAN BESAR SIADIUM YESIERDaY IN IHE DULLES I GAME OF IHE SEASON RECS OPENED ACCOUNIS HALFWAY IN THE FIRS: HALF. AND SCORED
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    NO COMMENT
    69 16 NANKING. Mar. 17. The Foreign Office spokesman, Shih Chao-ying, refused to comnipnt today when asked whether the Chinese Government had made a. formal application to the L r nited States for military aid. Prominent Government leaders in speeches during the past two weeks have urged the United Spates
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    45 16 Hongkong, Mar. 17. Earl Listowel. Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, arrived this afternoon from Singapore. Earl Listowel. who is the t guest of the Governor, ins- 1 pected a guard of honour com- posed entirely of Chinese police Reu t er
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