Morning Tribune, 8 April 1948

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    2 1 MORNONG TRIBUNE
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    NEED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
    152 1 I pLEA \T MEETING OF WELFARE COUNCIL IN KL .I 01 help Btral Wetfare eld at the icsidence of the Chief Secretary today. The proposal was made by Mr. Khoo Teik Ee, who pointed out that some fotm of .social insurance was absolutely essential in Malaya
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    Benes Speaks .... Falters
    73 1 Benes Speaks Falters I HAGUE, Apr. Pr(s\t j.,>t Benet Int public tpet k mot th- installation of a Cowmwmt Chrvemmnt m C-jchiixlov-iki>i asstrted today that wiljf fr>>dt>m and f' .'< mm could bring a return o) prospi md happiflu President's *oia ialt- •■>■•'! tak< m -I nt th> tnd 0/
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    JEWISH PLANE BOMBS STRONG ARAB FORCE
    52 1 Ifaaialen April 7. A JewWi pi-.n, today bombed b strong force of Arabs begging men of the Hagaiiah, tte Jewish defence force ir. of Cartel, •Wch they occupied four Photograph) I An incident in Tuesday's Firs' issaaue encounter between and /imHom. Thp MaJ(WS xoon
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    MALAYA'S BATTLE AGAINST TB
    109 1 S (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR. April Malaya is to 1 National Association for the Prevention of ™er«tfojto. S This decision i«w fufcen a WM^M of the Central i Welfare Cotincil here today. The Council, at a previous meeting, appointed 0M» S IM dra/f was
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    S'PORE'S OLYMPIC HOPES IN ACTTION
    170 1 Lh<yd V.iib rg, lanky EarttUkll high jum champion ol Singapore, and M K cundi. the local CriCft quarter-milei uch in action at th«- RAF •Sen.ba\^; l ns> Spoit> meet yesterday. Valberg will journ- yto th« United Kingdom shoitly u participate in the Wond Olympics. wMeh
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    Soviets Nip Again ..At German Cake
    94 1 BERLIN. April 7. Russia took another step toward the division of Germany, with the announcement of a Communist sponsored plebiscite on a unified German Government to be held in the Soviet zone in May and June. Announcement of the Soviet zone plebiscite stirred Berlin
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    Large Consignments Due Here Shortly
    321 1 JAP GOODS: RUMOUR DENIED (Tribune Stall Reporter) A RUMOUR PREVALENT IS THE CITY AT ORDER? PLACED BY LOCAL MERCH ASTS FOR GOODS FR<m JAPAN MAY BE CANCELLED, WAS OFFICIAL jg* LARED TO BE UNFOUNDED N OAP p A R ENTREASON COULD BE GIVEN BY BUSINESS
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    AUSSIES DON'T WANT JAPS
    56 1 CANBERRA, Apr. 7. Mr. Arthur Calwell, Australian Immigration Minister, said today in Parliament that as Um§ as any relative of any Australian who suffered at Japanese hands xnas alive MO Japanese would be welcome in Australia. •J believe I am speaking for 9G per cent, of
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    34 1 i LONDON. Apr. 7. A dozen CoinmuniHts shouting sloganF and displaying placards demonstrated against the Premier oi Queensland, Mr. E. M. Hanlon, when he arrived in Sydney by air today, according to Radio Australia.
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    Teacher Resigns Because He Couldn't Live On Salary
    277 2 MK THIO CHAN BEE. SPEAKING AT THE LEGIS I.ATTVE COUNCIL YESTERDAY. SAID THAT WHILE STATISTICS SHOWED THAT T»47 WAS A PROSPEROI'S VEAK FOR SINGAPORE. YET THIS FROSPERTTY WAS SECTIONAL KECAI'SK THE SALARIED CLASSES HAD NOT RENEFITTKD FROM IT He saW that a
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    Youth Faces Robbery Charge
    159 2 i an Ah Hoo. a young Chin- i t-se, was committed for trial at the next Assizes on charge of robbery, at the coneiusit..] oi a preliminary in- j quiry held before Sevinth Ma k .ist rate A G. Shears, y<>?- terday. According to the prosecution
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    AMMO FOUND IN TAXI
    205 2 How eight hand grenade>. mx ignitor sets and 385 round < Of .38 ammunition were found in a yellow cab in an arnbusn staged by Detectivv Inspector Cheah leng Cheok and men of tht CID Hokkien sub- branch in Meigui Road, was related at a preliminary
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    Bail Raised To $10,000
    108 2 Bjii wbm increased to $10.--000 i n respect of a 26-year-old Malay. Haji Shukir bin Haji Idiis, who claimed trial to three charges Of dishonestly retaining stolen property, when his ense was mentioned Bgaln in the Third Police Court ytsterduy. Accused was alleged to ha' c
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    Attempted Suicide: Seaman Bound Over
    139 2 Attempted Suicide: Seaman Bound Over I Domestic troubles and failure in his business were the reasons for his attempt to end his life, a middle-aged Cantonese, Siew Kwan Wah, told the Second Police Magistrate. Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday when h e pleaded guilty to a j charge of attempting
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    Laycock Holds Governor's Attention
    256 2 Laycock Holds Governor's Attention When Mr. John Lav« > J< cond Memb-r foi Municipal T oith-ET>«*. s.tooj up to ypeak ir the Letrislative Council yesterday. H. E. the Governor i showed intense interest I He started to read letters from his constituents uririn^ him to press tor the realization of
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    Breakdown At Power Station
    58 2 About half of the city.-, < JecUiclty supply suffered! curtailment for eight hours yesterday when one of the 'turbines at St. Jarrus Power Station broke down owing to engine trouble. The suburbs of Katon*. Geylaiig as well al the Municipal north east area wore affected, since
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    Afraid Of Crowd, So He Drove On After Accident
    216 2 Afraid Of Crowd, So He Drove On After Accident A t«\i -driver who kiKx kt- t»ow:i n urn; and diow aw*y wit'iout n«ndfnn«; him aoy -i-taruv was scveioly ;uin>om*h- lor hi^ nuoiis»<jorate action bv the Sm^apor, Coroner. Mr. W. C J'otttr. yesterday when ho pave tfkSftnet an inquiry into tht
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    Pigs Slaughtered In Unlicensed Premises: Fined
    132 2 Pigs Slaughtered In Unlicensed Premises: Fined He slaughtered pigs to off. r i them as ceremonial sacrifices in the current Cheng Benu season pleaded i GftlßMe pork-seller. Lee CtMmg, wh.> was lined $50 by the Sixth Police Magistrate. Mr E. De Banzu for slaughtering two pigs in unlicensed premises. Accused
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    Local Post For Local Man Plea In Council
    236 2 Local Post For Local Man Plea In Council I S'nc' th»- policy of <; I iert was to givt ficUttw I the advancement ut io<a! I pie. he hoped Um va< -fi«i-v for the post of Chiet Health Office I Singapore. wouM bo fill?,] fe, I local man. declared in.
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    Gifts For Eight Lucky Boys
    184 2 The first eight lucky boys born in Kandang Kerbau Hospital between midnight on April 5 and midnight on April 7 have now been determined. They will receive birthday presents from eight local fiim.s today at the Pavilion Theatre. i -rhp ftrst boy -viU be pn**!
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    Trespassers In SHB Area Jailed
    119 2 Twelve Javanese and two Malays were sentenced, to various Urms of imprisonment by the Third Police Magistrate, Mr. F. B. Oehlers. yesterday when thty pleaded guilty to a charge of trespassing the Singapore Harbour Board Labourers' Lines at Nelson Roaa. Accused were arrested ;it about
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    Stop Vlajng Second Fiddle To Federation, Council Told
    333 3 Ii tmpti th. t mwl r tituted a |y r c c I Member I a ith.Wett. ttv ad- JoUfIMMBI I" ne legislative Cornell meeting yesterday lh postponement of the recent decision to allo* G<<vtrnment servants four-lifth; 0| a month's salary as
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    Ladies Help At Singapore Marine Hostel
    211 3 The Singapore Marine Hostel last year served 75,800 nulls and accommodated 1.141 officers and 1.106 seamen, said the actirT Superintendent. Mr. A. C. Willis a* the Rotary Club luncheon yesterday. Mr. Willis spoke on the amunities provided by the Hostel, including football, cricket, rugger
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    "HIGHEST PRIORITY" FOR MUN. RECONSTITUTION
    250 3 In y Liniment m- hes in th« Li gislative Cow eetinj rt< rday, Mr. |J Mi K< tTOr C< lonial 8« i assurance u i promlw i retary is■nn would Rive th< "highesl possible pi'iority I Irafting the Cili for tutii n of the Singa-
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    Governor Names Committees
    345 3 Governor Names Committees (Tribune Staff Reporter) In the first business matting of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Clovernor Sir Franklin GinMOB Hnn r unte»! Select Committees to deliberate on amendment* to 'he Income Tax Ordinance, the Salaries Commission Report, the Standing Order of the Council, and the Debtor Creditor Bill.
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    Cyclist Found Carrying Ammo
    93 3 stopping a caine* cyclist In the vicinity of the Seletoi rifle range a police patroi found fifteen rounds ol Bflß munition. Including 11 vt 4- Thomson BOb-michinegun calibre inside a >* ck tl( cl l)U the luggage carrier < f the bicycle. The cyclist. Phila V-
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    Cotton Cargo Ablaze
    57 3 Mill rd Haver i ?t-. 'bro* rtiire), Ai r. r P U; itood Bhi 4991 r Jalakrishr had flashe I radio m Big :1( wmaking rw m»a ;> r with cotti n in he cargo ablazt The n waJ l( r c lfltro3 bu» assUtanc w< aid
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    SYDNEY'S CLEAN-UP OF REDS BEGINS
    62 3 SYDNEY. APR. 7 A',t on ag&'nst Commun.sls has be {.•un in some Ai:stral an unions after the Federal Ca bnot decaraton that industrial unions should deal wtth Un Ccmnimvst party, wh ctl th Government yrstriday iH-s.'d to bin. Lh t p -rht Sydney bu Wera
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    THE BRITISH ARE "GENTLEMEN"
    47 3 THE BRITISH ARE "GENTLEMEN" BOGOTA *v|>! 6 The •■.■ruin Fort U lUIJ»U Bramuglta, told Reutera tod tv nfi tent tlw pute with Llnt:un over Falkland \s\ui>\> co lid be Mttlert, adding British aiv jgen- l, l; ti I '.funk it w.ll bv wttled in thHt spirit." Reuter
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      325 3 ON YOUR RADIO TODA Y BLUE NETWORK I <*>•« Down. ,to Mandann. Amoy ft Cant. HAI \V X uvmicn rr.OGRAATMES in Malay 1.15 Opening Announcement A m^, r.NdLISH U no.n Pru C ramn.e Summary; Prog. Summary I a Tan M *n* *WX R WIMES 12 0;> Interlude; 1245 <; K
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    Chinese Wedding Dinner
    154 4 ■MM of th» yur.st* o> Mi Taxi K»h Y«t\s <t<nn< r i»irtii OM Tutt'>m »i </ht. whk* MM heidim celebration of tkc man Mf* u/ >»> fAroi mm. bfl l« rifftj: M<ssrs R h Tkomp«m, Onm Fink Ten§, R P BHifteM oto# CftooH V". Hr«. r Bmahnm
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    "Dynamic National Policy" For India
    270 4 NEW DELHI. Apr. progressive state regulation and control Of In<lia's industries was J outlined in "a dynamic national policy" to increase production and ensute equal distribution throughout *he Dominion was presented in Parliament tc*layby Dr. Piasad Mookerjee, In dustry and Supplies Minister, The Oovernmenl in
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    Dinner In Honour Of Triple Wedding At Thomson Road
    99 4 Dinner In Honour Of Triple Wedding At Thomson Road Over a hundred guests were entertained to dinrer by Mr. and Mrs. Tay Koh Yat at their resilience in Thompson Road on Tuesday night. Mr. vmi Mrs Tay were celebrating the marriage of f her three sons Messrs. Tay Soo Long.
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    PERLIS TOUR BOARD
    66 4 Tile following h.we been appointed nMmben of the Perils Town Board for the year 1948 I The Commissioner of Lands and I Mines. Perlis I Chairman); the i Ofiicer Superintending Police Circle, Perils; the Assistant Engineer, Perils; the Health OfI fleer. Perlis; Kuche Abu Rakai bin Sheik
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    New US Trusteeship Plan For Palestine
    274 4 New York. Apiil ti. Ameiicu put forward a J5-point plan for a temporary trusteeship over Palestine at an informal gathering of the Security Council itlegates. The plan provided that the whole of the I'nited Nation > should bo regarded as the administering authority. The
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    EXPAND A-BOMB PLANTS, U.S. URGED
    123 4 WASHINGTON, APR. 7. I Chairman David Lilenthal of the Atomic Energy Com--1 nrssion warned that the United States must cont.nuc ex- panding :tt> bomb plants bei ause there is only "remote hope cl a wo. id control agreement. He said hs three nvll aid 1
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    BETTER NAAFI FACILITIES
    215 4 BETTER NAAFI FACILITIES LONDON W? :i, I Minifter U\ v Alexaoda I declartci at th peningtf. new NAAFI club in Shrop- shire today that becai I the future layout of plans c I defence of the armed forces I he was anxious that aa. I naafi facil ties should I
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    Top Officials Charged With Currency Deals
    97 4 SHANGHAI. APR. "J£ charged "two top "gjg Central Guv rnxnent w" Wereb,lvndth:Chmrencv b acknia k"i a»" It charged them w^tMs r^o^tstojranPfte raillung ni'tw rk oi c^to have r f^ d tw VnnV vrstgafon wh ch the P ad wo.'ld 'yd 11 m d ast:c
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    NEW LONOON CLUB
    134 4 LONDON. APR. 7. -Students and London residents trcm Jamaica, Ceylon, lna:a i uiid V enna are amo:v; the firjt merr.bers of a new Lou don Club— the Carcl.nal Cut i <vh ch has just held its firs' meeting here. The Club, in the words 01 Its first
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      CHINESE TO CONDUCT OWN EXPENDITION
      308 5 Tw-liv niomb.rs of the Scientific how. cipltal of Kon.su I'rovince .bom AM Machin expe.Htion to orcaniae a 100', Ch.nesc w»»* r ,r v both from th,. !U. lad ..ussion and to ,t .poiul. r.t in Lunchow icpoit.,l. I rerdM S3 c'hi-chao. Governor of hansu. Scientific
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      WEDEMEYER'S WAR WARNING
      17 5 WEDEMEYER'S WAR WARNING IS nit< 4 tettdencie* u. curbed laid had ts militai making >• I th.lt »l
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      Frank Sedgman Confident
      89 5 Sydn< vri Frank Sod* omission from the li'4*> Australian Davis Cup team prise and on tp| eal has for funds to tin- trip to Wimbledon by e< ofident tha't i id wii; partnei him at Wimbledon and in other I and continrntal tournaThe ipp la for £750
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      RED GENERALS ARRIVE FOR BERLIN DINNER
      26 5 RED GENERALS ARRIVE FOR BERLIN DINNER v 6 -Manhal ky. Soviet Miand Germany, UDratvln: MiUtary tonight Marshal .•i ol Btaff, day, the Go- Clav i Reuter
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      SOVIET ATOMIC CONTROL PLAN IS REJECTED
      501 5 LAKE SUCCESS. APR. 6.— t The Un. ted Nations Atomic Energy Commixston lias re- lected Russia's proposals for •>> rid atomic control by otl I te of nine to two. The p-op n s:.Ls were con- aVmned as unrealistic and unworkable. The decision virtually
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      Labour Losses In Rural Elections
      57 5 LONDON. Apr Th* latest results in the rural MW urban district council elections which ■tarted on Saturday mow the following Sams and losses. Labour 74 pains and 188 losses. Conservatives: ZZB ratal and 15 losses. Tn.^pendeata: 80 -ains and 165 losses^ Überala: 10 trains and
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      34 5 TOKio. Apr. f>. General Douglai IfacArthur today presented f he UA Army Distinguished Service Medal 10 Hear-Admiral Russell S. Burkey, Commander of tht- support proup of the V.B. Navy in the Far East Reuter
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      MOUNTBATTEN TO BE U.K. ENVOY IN MOSCOW?
      145 5 PARIS. Apr. 6. Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Governor General of India is to become Britain's next Ambassador to Moscow, the evening newspaper Paris Presse. quoting "usually well -informed circles." stated today. Reasons for tlu 1 appointment, the paper said, were: "(1) The
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      Chinese Elections: 'Compromise' Likely
      415 5 Chinese Elections: 'Compromise' Likely London. April 6.— The influential London Times today predicted that elections for a President and Vice President of the Chinese Republic by the Chinese National Assembly may be "lively" and expressed the opinion that the National Assembly may choose compromise" candidates for the Vice Presidency. "For
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      EGYPTIAN GOVT. WARNS STRIKERS
      74 5 Alexandria, April 6.- Egyptian police who do not return to work today will be considered to have resigned and will havt disciplinary action taken against them, the Egyptian Government decided* after the disorders in Alexandria yesterday in which 15 people were killed. Troops opened automatic fire
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      JAP TRAIN ROBBED
      44 5 TOKYO. Apr. •.—The newspaper Mainichi reported that an armed tfantf of over ten persons with pistols and daggers raided a paaaenger train near St'n-I.'ii. 200 miles northeast from Tokjo nn<l robbed the passengers of their beJonglngl Mo casualties were reported. U.P.
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      U.S. PROTEST TO SOVIET
      32 5 Berlin, April American authorities aw lodging protest over the four-»i?«v detention by the RuMtani <)f Mr c h;itl< Bear Paris manager of the Time and Life group of
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      32 5 HONGKONG '•<•• r < n*nton reportf §ald LI T' head r»f rtontnn'ii »v-..' i\ |on Btirewi i teari when the Court m n him to fifteen v< an on e»»«u a man'! nn U.P.
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      TRIBUTE TO CHIANG
      51 5 NEW YORK. Apr 6: The M '.v V'jrk lime commenting editorially en Chiang Kaishek's refusal to be candidate for li i tion, says: "Whatever li i.s ihortcomlngi and failurei LI can be wM ol Chiang we believe that oi period of many critical has ted Chin:, through
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    New Maps For Old
    1101 6  -  Pedagogue Politics For Young People I i b y World Affairs I When I was a boy I found geography not only dull and unimportant, but also, I have discovered since then, not quite accurate. It was not that my teachers told me that the earth
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    NIGHT MAIL to EUROPE
    77 6 I The f>rst night mail MTUISi to be operated hy tha British European Alnray*. |aj been started to Brussels and Prague. The neit* service which will flit five nights j week {I th> first of BE. A. ni'jht mail and freight services which it it hopcxi
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      Labour Confers
      226 6 Mure han a hundred trade union representatives from all over Malaya have assembled in Singapore for the Third Genera: Assembly of the Pan-Malayan Federation of Trade Unions. The first day's hea were concerned less with trade union matters and more with political pronouncements. Though these speeches were extremely
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      Economic Horizon
      180 6 In ite efforts to better th e lot of $16 workers In this country tjie PMFTU has achieved no mean results. The PMFTU pressed its claims for better wages and working conditions at a time I when tlie economic life of this country was far from heaMiy, but,
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      46 6 j Special Sale fur 2 wrelts only Evening Gowns Beautiful Sequins Beaded designs. Original Price fl?s W $130 To Tlrar $130 W» Afternoon Frock Smart Well Tailored Original Price r>e i To Clear 50 30 Shanghai Modern Tailoring Co. »0, Battery Road RMM No *****. Singai^rc.
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      19 6 y/lALAYAh LIMITED I PENANO-: ss KSRSS LUMPUR AND n SINGAPORE f N( Kl K turn $190 Single G %o*
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    Around The Jown
    1089 7  -  VERA ARDMORE I »WITH xrtMng Spatter Mf l. \f rdiv nu. riling the ob oi the yw m t c.nmng n Mrs ,vr jn inter- Argentina^ presided. pending me Um€ Mr. Peters' Dl] ptety ta ihr m mnity k. i net K m avermgf K perhapi conjures
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      4 7 ALL THE GOOD J^Jf
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      154 7 IRVIHvII HI I By Air Lovely Silks and Laces from London and Paris. YOUR BUSINESS! MANY A DELICATE PROBLEM, CHOI'S VV SOMETIMES. WHICH NEEDS VERY CAREFUL HANDLING. WHEN IN SUCH DIFFICULTIES AND YOU NEED ADVICE. Cousuli MADAM 1 1 Oltl \M PHONE: ***** »OR APPOINTMENT." Flat *M ULf AEN BUILDING,
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    Malay Gunners' Practice
    57 8 i" ik'ui Mati. watch -dog Mmml of Singapore, is the training ie*trr for members of the First Malay Coast Regiment. Royal Artillery. Pictures on these pages show them in training. In nbovo picture Malay /pinners art seen practising the loading and re-loading of a 3.7 anti-aircraft gun.
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    CHALLENGE TO RAJAH'S RIGHT TO ESTATE
    235 8 LONDON. Apr. 6- The 23--year-old Rajah of Sissendi, Vijoy Kumar, today heard his r counsel open before the judicial committee of the Privy Council an appeal arising out of the suit instituted in 1937 which challenged his right to succeed to a wealthy estate
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    UNKNOWN
    306 8  -  CASSAN .^^.^.-By-B IMAGINE a group of men and women who place the total welfare of the people above everything else. IMAGINE further, that this community works pea re fully and happily on the basis that "each contributes to the common good according to his abilities and is rewarded according
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    UNKNOWN
    454 9 Later rim nn Eyewitness iJZcUmt mothers shiiUnu hnlks I aoma It u«s the same icith X;;: 1 gM confm.a//y made U s m mn inth one of S i:; 1 Us'^rinn. --C.Evans S u i to «anWnd.out lathematical mercifulIt damned alwayi w t d moil repugnant to ecomeatlaurttfererin ibolish
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    TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPHS
    197 9 TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPHS Reprints of local photographs appearing in the Morning Tribune and Malaya Tribune J can be had on appUca- tion to the Tribune t Photographic Depart- r nnnt at $2.00 per copy. J ape is losing its sting. Sickness is losing much of its terror And unemployment has ceased
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    Manning Anti-Aircraft Gun
    27 9 Manning Anti -Aircraft Gun Maluij ffitnntrs in fiction rturmrj owe ni thtir gunnery practice* uith a i"! anti-aircraft '.run. m apt Hi 'I Hi ii i BbTSEJStfSSf^:
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    MOSCOW VERSION OF BERLIN COLLISION
    78 9 LONDON, Apr. 7: -Moscow radio today, giving the offlciw Soviet version of Monday b collision between a Britisn Viking airliner and a Stoviet Yak lighter over the out>kirt.> of Berlin in which a total 01 15 lives were 1"^- saWl ••When a Soviet Yak plane,
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      179 9 I and oil aqes My Mother's friend and mine Mrs N. speaks to you as one woman to another. She knows full well the unceasing, wearying backache which is often a mother's lot. Her own mother tdv.sed her to take DF. WITT'S Pi"» and in the light of her happy
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    AID SHIPMENTS LEAVE U.S.
    72 10 WASHINGTON, Apr. 7.I Three shiploads of emergency j aid for France and Italy were on the way across the Atlani tic today as the State Department began working- out I details of operations under the full Marshall Plan, signed by President Truman on Saturday. The State
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    Australian Flour For Philippines
    68 10 Australian Flour For Philippines CANBERRA A Dr Australian r,. quant t: <- of fu£r f 2 ment to the Ph iLJ* the Min,t,;7^« iiu Austr: n t has reported thf-rl durable Srket to i hardw ,r,-. punts at.-a I goods are also Tfcj Minister .said .v^tr, l:a at present ,s
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    CHINA'S VANISHING DOLLAR PROBLEM
    71 10 SHANGHAI. API Ch:na"s vanishing dui;a: n officially devalued uofc 28 per cent today wh*n the Foreign Exchange Equals tion Boird made I upwara rt vision ol tt c;m market foreign rates New quotation for 1'..;-< States dollar are CM J buying and CNS326. ing compared with
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    ONLY 33 VOYAGES IN YEAR
    95 10 ONLY 33 VOYAGES IN YEAR LONDON April 7. ty ships ol the Cuna: SteamihiD Line made only 3 round voyages between Bn I tain and India in 1047. cor; pared with 60 royagei 1938. Mr F A Bates, chfil man of tile Canard Steal ship Company, said to* in bli
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    UNKNOWN
    25 10 HONGKONG tow repoi I drowned when capsized In h< overloading The Pokon was ter travell n ami Shiaoan I rescued but all ri U.P.
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      214 10 J < oiiihs: i:\rlnsiv4' lo I lit' Morning Tribune "SUNSHINE FALLS" fis wt ruuy fu W I* n WASNT Y"® FtM f w TMt wioeeftooMp^ lisota voup J*( prove IQ U iOJff WJf pasrcnpto we Jokcwme si [kadv^mavoo? d|^; I i y\^» I HL/L j rj3^\ I i i ,^^H^^^^
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    The Terror Of Torlands
    2155 11  -  T.C.H. Jacobs I *By I: :r, m roar- .ictively ..Vn occupied a KriVcryout. felt hii he* |v noted that ucnlng the Kkmand forced upwards. It' ting u al Hn Hi- w.cer c me fit. I Andei i d his way cJHtioUsl m-pcturs I .r.. swirling abuu^
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    TO CONTROL SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA
    127 11 WASH ING I ON. APR 7 The United States Commerce Department ha~ asked Congress for mo*v money to enforce strTrt control over shipments of potential wir supplies to Russia from the Unt'-d State* Mr. Av*'rell Harriman. Secretary of Commerce, recently said the Dtpartment had on
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    Hedy Lamarr As Actress-Producer
    227 12 Hedy Lamarr. the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, has recently won for herself an achievement as one of the most important behini the scenes executives in the film industry. She has just finished playing the fascinating role of Jenny Hager, the wickedest woman who ever lived,
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    TO GET BETTER FOOD
    88 12 LONDON. April 6 —Food Minister John Strachey announced that the 8,000 athletei competing in the 1943 lympics will receive the same ration^ granted to Britain's tieavy industrial worker*. He >aid special rations will be isjucd through hotels and housing centies. in which Dlympic competitors are bilH,
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    Final Lesson For Malay Air Recruits
    328 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 6.--I Brigrht and smart in their uni- f forms and in complete war kit.' i which includes rtfles, Bren guns, I I 2-inch mortars and hand j 'grenades, approximately 4001 Malays, recruited from all the; 1 States of this country for
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    Malayan Share Quotations
    564 13 WL H ,Mll«1Kl"» It 12 It 3 82 It t 1.57', I 53.00 I W< I y. Overseas Ch nft I 9< I L 1 10 H p 15.01 xd I Cold H 22 <■ 24. Ords. H 25.25 I >' .I5*a 16.00 33 00 d 110.0
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    MARKET NOTES & JOTTINGS
    227 13 MARKET NOTES JOTTINGS Jii» t>jJ;t-t. toCMlflg ari inctm,. levy, xa.s OptfMd H h H< iu >>i C min n, <n •»'••> 1 1] i > 1..t •1 1 nave -«n; i! atiarc pn< p.> or tn Loatfoa at ek Bxchan#t, b'j jy th'.N nmnlßg ihall h*vi ifl Indlcmtioa t* :n.trket
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    Hollywood Sensation
    44 13 M sure tivn t>. t h.i Wt? -> >'h<if I, HoUffirood uhsfri'ts ii,< <>ifl »i'/ Mae eyi h!',i,'h \'<rnri t G'i I<l vii mmket n s<ns'tti<,n'i! il< hut 'a •S,t uh- i, tfc Night," n 90tk c< >\ •CTOI H >/< S>)t'/(lji nr shin tlif
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    Produce Markets Round Up
    157 13 In Uk jfcspn:e td *rriv \a the sago and tapiocn flour markets remained uncharged and steady yesterday. Copra continued t be pn easier market wit i n slight marking down in pries. The following were yest rquotations: RICE No. 1 $3J Othei qualities $30- $70. GLUTINOUS
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    Shares Display More Activity
    49 13 Fell ping the Bin announcement, more Wteresi wat rti vn In t'v lo: ».l s!iai" market ye iteriay w.t i |a ns rep, rtcd Ui all sect! D3, f Kuat ihi'ni <)<>»</ tPematw) during th* 1.500 metre* frem *tyltf n,':i" nXS "i/ !SU '"«».r- w »r«.
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    RUBBER QUIET
    130 13 On better advices from New Yor.J. the local rubber mt»r. kt-t opened very steady yesterday with buyer* for No. 1 RSS f,b April at 411 cents. In the absence of offers, the market was extremely steady with very limited busine.> c passing. Prices quoted yesterday were: Buyer*. Seller*.
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    Text Of Soviet-Finnish Mutual Aid Treaty
    433 14 Text Of Soviet- Finnish Mutual Aid Treaty LONXX>N. APRIL 6 111 11X1 OK IHE RUtSO.FINH IHEAJY WAS BROADCA! I BY HAPIO MOSCOW NIOHI .HK BROALK'ASi SAID iHP I'RBATY OF FRIEND SHIP CO-OPERA 1 1<>\ USD lIUTUAI AID BE I WEEN rHS JVIIII UNION AND IHE FINNKH REPUBUC H r i
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    Why Reynolds Called Of Expedition
    161 14 NANKING Apr. 7 One of tht- main reasons prompting Mr. Milton Reynolds to give up his Anme Machin expedition is because of the fact that a central Aii Transport Corporation pilot, flying between Lanchow and Tihua (the capitals, respectively, of Kansu and Slnkiang Provinces) recently
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    KENTISH SOCCER CUP FIXTURE
    142 14 LONDON. Apr. 6: -The British Army haw only to draw with the French Army at Tottenham tomorrow to win j the Kentish Soccer Cup for the Brit time since 1935. but I victory for France would giv. them the trophy The Ken. 1 tish Cup triangular
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    BOMBS REMOVED FROM RAIL
    45 14 PARIS. Apr. 7. The IPP said three mines wort faun i on th» Hnnoi-Haiohoni; rAllrnad l:nt in Indo-China yesterday ju.-t before the train carrying tht: Frcach Higfr CoTTiniissibnor Emiio Bota^rt pa.-«ed through. Fxpcru roraovod the homhs whtlc tho train waited. U.P.
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    IPOH GIRL IS NOW A LONDON RADIO STAR
    272 14 IPOH GIRL IS NOW A LONDON RADIO STAR IPOH.— Among thp many Malayan girls who haw m.id^ 'a name for themselves on the British screen, stage and n« rtio, is attractive Diana Won Ipoh-bom girl who went to England at the ag«> Ol ten and is now a \v« 11-known
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    72 14 THL S POKE HAKBOLK BOAKU BLRIHiXi LlsX VESSEL OODOWNS Nar.chang 44 E Hambie Skttn t. tivaoy A-D.t. Gienojle *2 'J (Hon^r A»n>— Oetmnhan -tl G' ffun Gknstrae M 4 Stte Ac V Ro.--.ilu Mol -r 1" IJ V;i:ia -3 -'4 iUvnaai -'9 En\p P.; W Bentorllch 11/M BnmsMc
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    Violence Breaks Out in Sicily
    179 14 ROME. APR. 7.— The Com munist dominated Labour Federation orde.W. 8,000,0 0 workers to str.ke for one hour on April 12 to protest aga:iu: the Haying ot the Communist labour leaders in SicJy. The Confederation's E.vi >! tive Committee called strike aitcr voting against daylong
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    3 A's PLAY WELL TO DEFEAT THE 'TIGERS'
    78 15 PUy started off in a sciappy manner and both teams failed to score in the first half. The game improved when th«teams changed ends and thiSocial Athlete Party opened the scoring. The Serangoon Association then equalised and soon put the decision beyond
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    Huge Crowd Sees Robust Game
    451 15 Huge Crowd Sees Robust Game B a 2. lagers S.C. 1. B uaiCll^AlVi! ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PLAYED B- FHE 1l (^Fk TO BEAT THE TIGER SPORTS BI si AUKI IN l' hiSfork a large croud at jalan B I HWgLJfir IS THE PREVIOUS TWO MATCHES. \lnliiv of tin' season. K .ncA's
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    Second Division: INDIANS UNLUCKY TO DRAW
    106 15 Second Division: INDIANS UNLUCKY TO DRAW Indians.. 1. i Pulau Bukom S.C. 1. The Indians were unlucky to draw one-all with Pulau Bukom Sports Club in their Second Division League encounter at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. They were stronger in attack i und combined more effectively. The game was played
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    TODAY'S GAME
    185 15 Another good first dinxion (tame is expected at Jalan Besar Stadiiun today when the Rovers meet thi Chinese Ath- Ictrs (Chung Wah). Boon Leon<i trill turn out for the Rovers. ,M..^.^ I against the run of play. In a fast raid Nani centred i from the right and
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    Third Division: SOCIAL ATHLETES BEATEN 2-1
    46 15 Third Division: SOCIAL ATHLETES BEATEN 2-1 Winning by the' odd goal in three the Serangoon Associa- 1 tion beat the Social Athletes j Party by two goals to one in a j Third Division League match played at the St. Georges Road i grounds yesterday. i
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    Peiaag Race 0H'caps for 2nd Day
    156 15 i From Our Oun Reporter) PENANG. Weights for the three races on the Second Day I of the Penang races here are as I follows I Horses, Cla.ss 4. Dlv. 1. 5A Furs. Aloma 9.00 I Rontella B.H Dancing Fury g.OTt I Airgale g.07
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    Distorted News. Condemned
    78 15 GENEVA. Apr. 7. Switzer- land and the United States asked the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Infoimation and the Press to condemn government as well as private distortion and falsification of news. The resolution was aimed at distorted reports carried in government cont tolled Russian newspapers
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    Amateur Boxing: Early Round
    98 15 There was plenty of hard hitting in the preliminary contests of the All-Singapore Ama- teur Boxing Competition which j commenced at the Happy World Stadium last night. Only two bouts failed to go the full distance. The following pert the re- suits Flyweight: P. C. Yusoft
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    McKENZIE BEST ATHLETE at RAF (SEMBAWANG) MEET
    381 15 BEST ATHLETE AT THE R.A.F. uSEMBAWANGi SPORTS MEET HELD AT SKMBAWANU YEBTERDAV AFTEHNOON, WAS CPL. MCKKNZIK OF SQUADRONS 28 AND 60 MCKENZIE BREASTED THE TAPE IN THE 1(K» YARDS EVENT IN 10 SECONDS, THUS EQUALLING THF SINGAPORE RECORD. THE SAME RUNNER WAS AI^JO
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    TENNIS MATCH
    74 15 The following will represent i Norman Lim Tennis Party in a return tennis match with Foo i Pin Chee Tennis Party to be played on Sunday at 7.30 a.m. i at the Eye Hospital court Balestier Road Chua Ah Lonji, Khoo Peck Sun, F. Lye, Norman Lim, C.
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    Hard Hitting In
    121 15 aid (Navy) won on T.K.O. vs. V. HnndrlCka i Unattached). A. Olley (Army i lost to Mrifl '»in Yusoff (J.M.E.). Heavy-weight: L. B. Whittield (Navy) boat A. \l. Derrick (APO). Ught-ioeight: ('pi. .J an ta a (Police) beat Osman bin F?<-jal> iRAF Police). TODAYS PROGRAMME Flyweight: A.
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    Several Horses Demoted
    228 15 A £(>od number of ho r «.er have been relegated to the lower classes according to tn»latest classifications list issm<t by the Straits Racing Association. There are also nun» her of new horses register ft Below is the list From (Mass 1 to Class 2 Rivian; Vanguard;
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    TODAY'S SPORTS DIARY
    85 15 SOCCER: SAFA Lt'ugu Div. 1 Rovers SC v s CA. Jalan Bcsar. Dlv. 2 Kot-i Rrija v s Ist Devonshire Regt.. Geylang Stadium. S'pore Ch:nwe Engines vs 223 800. St. Georges Road ground Police vs Naval Dockyard Police Depot. SHB Auxiliar> Police vs S'pore District Si^nnls. Police
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    "Iron Curtain"
    161 16 DLJSSELDORF, Apt. 7. General Sir Brian Robertson, in Get many, declared In the British Military Governor ■peech this afUinoon that for the time being the fact must tx accepted that an "iron curtain" splits Germany and the German- must t>< content with th« unity ot only two-thitds of
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    Splits Germany: Unity Appeal
    73 16 serf tin mlhibnrators', do no.' squabble tiuimii/st iwvrselres. It IMJf i>« rery important to ht a food partymvn. It I* wuch more important to br a pood German. •If you fail to bo that, you will wake up to find that your p.nty no tongei naedi
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    WOMAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT
    179 16 An elderly Chinese woman was knocked down in a motor accident by a Malay dispatchrider from Government House at the junction of South Bridge Road and Sago Lane at about 3.50 p.m. yesterday: The woman. Loke Wee Heng. was removed to hospital with minor head injuries.
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    Alleged Gang Six Youths
    146 16 Transferred from another 1 police court for a preliminary inquiry into a tentative charge of gang robbery of 21 cases of abalone worth $1,575, six Chinese youths, the youngest a 14-year-old, were ordered to be •remanded until Apr. 14 by Seventh Magistrate A. G. Shears, yesterday.
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    FORGERY CHARGE: WELFARE DEPT. CASHIER'S DEFENCE
    710 16 FORGERY CHARGE: WELFARE DEPT. CASHIER'S DEFENCE ON EACH OCCASION I MADE O IT A ra» ,4.000 AND LATER ALTERED IT TO Sit Nl I ED IT AT THE BANK. AS MORE MOXFY i < J M FOR OTHER PURPOSES." ALLEGED SIM <uVV^ KK I UNTIL RECENTLY CHIEF CASHIER AT r\\
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    Robbery By
    137 16 to run away. One escaped, the other was arrested. Investigation revealed that the bars of a window had been broken and that 21 cases of deep sea shell fish had been 1 taken. Two watchmen inside the store said that they were awakened by six or seven men
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    MCOC Olympic Chief Resigns
    106 16 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Mr. Aw Kow has resigned from the Chairmanship of the Malayan Chinese Organ. ising Committee. f Tendering nis resignation I last night, Mr. Aw Kow stat!ed that when h e took up the i Chairmanship he was under i the impression he would
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    35 16 LONDON, April 7. Promoter Jack Solomons announced today the Bank of England had sanctioned a payoff in dollars, permitting Gus Lesnevich to defend his light-heavyweight title against Freddy Mills on July 26 at London.- U.P.
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    Pridi Family In Singapore
    61 16 On a short visit to S^Mto see her hltfbjnd M Pridi Phanomyong wit ex-Prime Minister j» arrived on Tucsilmv nig Nai Pridi has been i living^ exile in Singapore coup tie etat in BtoW months ago. Accompanying Maw,.;:;; are five. of her S i>They are two
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