Morning Tribune, 12 January 1949

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    Masthead
    15 1 MORNING Tribune k I. Xo. 981 (New Series). WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1949. Price 10 Cents.
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    MALAYAN CHINESE BODY FORMED
    118 1 MALAYAN CHINESE BODY FORMED Itu I umpur. Tuesday. Plans [oi I Malayan Chinese 11, la tion are now going i. ,t was learned here D-d iy. lh, 'urination of the assoiation h;»s the blessing of air Hear} (iiirney, the High ■"oniniissioner. is one of the first lirect result- of the
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    Indonesian guerillas active
    104 1 NKU DELHI, Tues.— J Indoaesiaa guerillas are I now active m Dutch as i I well as Republican ter- ritoriea m Java and J Sumatra, an Indonesian J Republic representative I -tated h»-re today. J Fighting was reported J j m the cities of Malang, Surabaya, rirnmarnng.
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    HONGKONG CONTROLS IMMIGRATION
    104 1 Tuesday. The t ia shortly to introto control a Hen -ion into Hongkong. listing regulations .am,,, not c i a^ soc j as 1 re not required to "ports or identiricaloj) < locum, nts before entry. ne Proposed legislation will an alien any pei son to produce
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    CHINESE GOVT IN NEW PEACE BID
    309 1 Ship Attack "Mistake" Say Dutch— Page 16 Control Yuan Sues JluT JL CCICC NANKING, Tuesday. NATIONALIST China's Control Yuan, the Kuomintnng Government's highest supervisory body, today unanimously decided to appeal for an immediate cease fire to end the civil war with the advancing Communists.
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    'PLAYED POLICEMEN'
    36 1 HOLLYWOOD, Tues.— Movk actor Robert Mitchum convicted of narcotics violation went b*ick to work at a RKO movie let toddy playing the part of a hero policeman m his forthcorr.i n g /lim. UP
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    CONTACT LOST WITH DOOMED ARMY
    171 1 NANKING, Tues.— NankingNationalist Army Headquarters lost contact at 9 o'clock this I morning with Gen. Tv Yui ming'.s beleaguered Hsuchow garrison. Observers said it signalled the j probable end of the final sev. n- day phase of the encircled garrison' j organised resistance and defeat
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    Tengah Vampire Crash Lands At Hongkong
    179 1 HONGKONG, Tuesday. THE jet propelled Royal Air Force Vampire tighter bused at Tengah airfield forced landed today at* Mirs Kay, Hongkong, al the end of its flight from Singapore. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant G. Francis, was unhurt and the aircraft undamaged, according to agency
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 NKW YORK, Tues.—National Itroadcasting Corporation reported from Shanghai today that cease-fire agreement been reached m Tientsin, which the Chinese Communists have surrounded for several weeks past.- A.P.
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    SQUATTER RAIDS BEGIN
    175 2 XI Al_\ U MPI K. Tuesday. oBd I.ITV forces shot and captured one of tuo ban 3 dits contacted m an anti-squatter mid m the HH_fri Jeloh and Sungei Siput areas of Ka Jang at .5.1W11 'oday. Th/ other man escaped. He is still being* hunted. The
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    EXTREMIST'S IN SARAWAK
    144 2 A 10.000 -tr -Of _m j-..- <'.«♦!■•• I bees i m flara-tak nmpas i I th.> rinti-e, time ti..na v l.t i I aft. Vr Avh-.* Dro U ••*'-> I ,r r in_: t > I I -..'•r«it b> Mr. H. V v.i. > -er.-t:-: ht 5««SWBl.
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    His 'medicated grass' was ganja
    78 2 Arrested with 125,000 worth of gar.; Chov.- Siah Bock, to' i the First LHstriet Court > terday. that lie thought the ganja was a sort ct r..t o cateo grass. He was fined $I*ooo for pos- session of 273 itUe. of ganja. The drug was
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    Police Medals
    37 2 THE King has awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry to the folicwmg three membeis of the Malayan Police Force Special Constable Mohammed bin Mat. Special Constable Krishna Bahadur. Lance Corporal Ramli bin Haji Ibrahim.
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    FOUND GUN
    42 2 A rusty and unserviceable j .45 revohor was found by a j Malay boy yesterday moaning j while he was lookir.g for scrap I at the tendrmeor Koad-Laven der Street junction. He immediately handed the pistol over to the police.
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    Treasure hunt continues
    84 2 Digging for "treasure" may begin soon at another site, it is underttood. Work on the present spot at the junction of St-unford Road, j and Orchard Road ceased yesti rday afternoon The hole had ■•(cen refilled with mud and Cia* One solitary police constable still standi on
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    Surprise attack
    77 2 detachment of I i nadii r ds m tlu Bang! District Selai 11 answered an S.O.S. i reconnaissance on Mon-! day evening. Before tht- main of troops had returned, thi detachment headquarters its guai d were attacked bj i m lits. There were no casualties on eithi r
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    40-seater plane lands at Kallang
    75 2 Despite heavy rams the fourth of Beet of five Coovair aircraft belonging to tne Trans Australia Airways to ;.ass through Singapore "landed safely at Kallang Airport yes- j terday evening. The Convait is flying to Australia where it will be usv.><i for internal .-er vices
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    Muslims meet for Prophet's Birthday
    230 2 Musli ms meet for Prophet's Birthday JN spite of bad weather nearly 15,000 Muslims yesterday flocked to Jalan Besar Stadium to celebrate the 1422 nd birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. Speeches were frequently interrupted by shouts of "Allah-u-Akbar" (Allah is Great). The mass gathering was pre- ceded by a two-mile
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    RAFFLES ACCOUNTANT IN DOCK— $89,000 MISSING
    80 2 m twenty ye* .a account- r ant oi Rat.. Ht >'•-'- -y itytaa* Ar*U-oon I I .irtt 1 *a-af--1 d "0* «-j tut .1 -a-Ui -aa-aaa-l iccour.Ls i a L. Ta. i M P -aa-aa-tt ma*, oo O »as* H audited should hftVi a
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    City Fathers vote to buy British
    412 2 City Fathers vote to buy British *»w THE Municipal Commissioners at a speei.»l mating yest*.*dav decided *o buy British cement m preference to Japanese. The voting was ten to tour A Standing Committee decision last mon* i to accept the lowest tender for Japanese cement (total value $283,500) was referred
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    BRITISH SOLDIERS TO BE FLOGGED
    331 3 BRITISH SOLDIERS TO BE FLOGGED Two soldiers of the Scaforth Highlanders, both under twenty, were yesterday sentenced to 12 s-rokes of the rotan and terms of rigo***ovs imprisonment at the Singapore Assize Court for ittemDted robbery of a Chinese taxi driver. The men were Privates John Quinn (18) and Robert
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    Chinese Troops Eat Horses
    75 3 Chinese Troops Eat Horses I TIM sday. "Dis- violence" have! cut among Gen. Tv trapped aimies. 35 test of Hsuchow. from air reported thai a .:,<'> tuffninf St each other dropped by th< i [ved from Tv j tdouarters two ted th.it some aftei eating all lea and tows were
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    Flu'sweeps France
    84 3 Flu' sweeps France PaRIS, Tues. An epidemic of influenza is spreading through France and threatening other countries m Western Europe It struck first m Italy and spread into Franc. The Fiench Ministry cf Public Health so far has no figures on the number of people affected m Paris. But a
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    W. R REID
    41 3 LONDON. Tins. Mr. W. Ii Reid. BBC* North American representative and former administrative officer with the Malayan Broadcasting Corporation, is returning from New Yoi k to London for a senior administrative appointment a\ ith the BBC here. Reuter
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    ITALIAN TRADE TURNS TO EAST
    155 3 THK %U r!j n g nwm mar iptß i n dia and Pakistan, with their j^reat need for industrial products, have caught lan attention. *ponaored hy Italy's Foreign Trade Ministry and th" lor Foreign trade a Commission of Italian ex- *"■> uill have m February
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    Air Radio Magnate here
    46 3 Air Radio Magnate here 9 Celell. managing [nt national Air ed m Singapore by from Bangkok. li, who represents Britain's foremost sii s skid that he rg on to Bu- ma to r the Installation of nations to afford nai aid to the :.***** on to
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    CABINET MEMBER IN FILM
    36 3 CABINET MEMBER IN FILM I, Tuesday. Foi a t'S." Cabinet peai In a HollyI !>nn v Qeneral Tom itartonei Watli head of the Naturaliaattop faced thi ington, D.C.. I logue for the r\. ••liliL :d A.P.
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    SOME WERE BUSY
    21 3 re I licet accidanswered eight v- to take 11 -pital. The fire other hand. -fl no tiros broke
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    Bevin, Schuman to talk it over
    41 3 Tues. Britain will have a "peace their aw. on 1 statesmen are wortheii policies clash -tl throughout the Foreign Minister. will arrive on »UU| it all over gn Secretary Ernest tv o-day meeting, i A.P.
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    Sumatran Trade Ban Lifted
    178 3 Kest net ions on articles tor export from Singapore to the su nut ran ports of Pakan Baroe and Telok Betong under the existing barter agreement have nou been lifted. Thi* mean.s that building and other rehabilitation mat* nai. hitherto promhited. will now be allowed to
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    JAP REMAINS RETURN HOME
    29 3 TOKYO. lues. The remains of 4.83 Japane&e Wet dead arrived In Japan iron. th, Philippines aboard tho freigh ter "Bogota Maru" en ._un lay.- Reuter
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    PAKAN BAROE AID WILL GO FROM PADANG
    164 3 PAKAN BAROE AID WILL GO FROM PADANG Chinese refugees m th» Sumatran port of Pakan Bj.io* will receive relief supplies from Padang instead of from Singa pore. The Singaporr Oversea Chin leas Importers and Exporter.--j Association decided this last i night because condition* m Pakan Baroe are unsettled. At a
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    SECOND CLASS AIR TRAVEL NOW
    307 3 SECOND CLASS AIR TR A VEL NO W (Tribune Staff Reporter) A SCHEME to introduce second-class stir travel is i being considered by the International Air Transport Association. If approved, an experiment will be carried out on the North Atlantic route. Should it be successful, second-class air tickets will be
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    DESERTED TO ARABS
    51 3 FAMACUGIA. Cyprus. Tues Six British soldiers were marched off under military arrest on their arrival at Larnaca forn Haifa today m the steamer, Abbaila. The soldiers were b< l>ved to be deserters to the Ar'ibs wh<> had been captured by the Jews. No official Itatemen* was made.
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    NOW LET ME THINK....
    51 4 NOW LET ME THINK.... IT war io Shans r '.'iiili i a Toiyuai I trlckj press conference m 5 \;iui\ii;_ j {troops fllMv (l .n, t Z whh h ur- a rounded 1 •j In 81m > «?orth i central Chin 1 d been 1 a tal h\ 1 hi
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    DIPLOMATIC TIE
    14 4 NEW DELHI, Tues. India and Eire are to open diplomatic relations. U.P.
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    "Vietnamese Want Bao Dai Back"
    151 4 "Vietn amese Wan t Bao Dai Back" CANNBB, Fiance Tuesday.— GENERAL Nhyphenguyen Van Xuan. chief of the provi- sional central government of I Vietnam said m an interview I today that the return of the former emperor Bao Dai to his throne was the "ardent wish of all the population
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    GIVEN THE BIRD
    58 4 GIVEN THE BIRD "THVO hudgerigars were i thrown ou* of a I talking bird oompetition S in Sydney Town Hal! i yesterday for swearing 1 at one of tiie judges. S They started swearing when the judge began to V write oui entry form*, N and kept it up until
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    MARJOE (5) TELLS 3,000: GET RELIGION
    312 4 MAR JOE (5) TELLS 3,000: GET RELIGION LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Tues-T!. c world's youngest marrying parson, -.Ye-year-cM i<flljf Gorther, went back to Ms red fire engine and drums today after preaching to his first bi-: city revival meeting m the Los Angcle. Philharmonic auditorium. A crowd of Dearly 3,000 paid
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    SATIRE GOT THEM INTO TROUBLE
    55 4 BERLIN. Tuesday— Sovi secret police yesterday arres ted 11 people because tht/ composed a satirical poer.* about Wilheln Pieck and utI to Grotewohl. joint chairmen of the Communist-dominated I Socialist Unity Party. The arrested men worked m a "peo pies o-A-ned* factory m the j
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    MINING ONE'S CAKE AND EATING IT
    40 4 WASHINGTON. Tuesday.— A spokesman for John L. Lewis's I'nited Mine Workers Union says the coal miners will seek a six-hour day and a 30-hour work week m contract 1 negotiations next June A. P.
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    AUSTRIAN 'NEO-NAZIS' ORGANISED BY REDS?
    116 4 AUSTRIAN 'NEO-NAZIS' ORGANISED BY REDS? VIENNA. Tuesday. An alleged Communistorganlaed Nazi underrground movement m Austria was reported today by the Ameri-can-sponsored Wiener Kuriei Tire newspaper said Austrian police at Grass, m tho British zone, recently smashed a Co-member ■*neo-N*-ti underground mov n ent known as the "Free Corp.Scharnhorst and trai
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    CENTURY THEME SONG
    35 4 YORK. MAINE. *niesdajrRetired Farmer Charles P~»* ed celebrated his lOOtli atrttj day today, still claiming that humanity was inconsistent because "It won't let roosters 1 fight but it will let men."- U.P.
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    REFUGEES POUR FROM BEHIND IRON CURTAIN
    247 4 LAKE SUCCESS. Tues. Refugees are still pouring into Europe's displaced persons camps m large numbers. In an article m the January issue of the United Nations Bulletin, William Hallam Tuck, Director-General of the International Refugee Organisation said that IRO had repatriated or resettled 375.000
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    NEWSVIEW
    362 5 bug inability of the J ly,j, ration Government d ,„i effectively with thl squatter problem has resulted m further en■hment upon the alrta-iv restricted liberties of the people. THe new Emergency Regulations, published terday, give the rYdtr.iiion Government and Police such autocratic powers that the public would do well
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    TRIBUNE MAGAZINE
    10 5 (By Phut i grapher) SINGAPORE nSHERMEN Tribune Staff
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    CEYLON ADMIRES BRITAIN
    450 5  -  STEVEN DAVID SELF-INTEREST and an admiration for the British way seem certain to keep Ceylon m the Commonwealth for a long time to come. Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake already has made it plain that this little island, a Dominion since last February will keep its ties
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      29 5 "POP" a aaa— iaaa««al^^aa»—^^ _a— _i yV JJ*. ij/ 20LT WHEN V S A 1 Hba-yf- Co- m fsw -m> cw>o 'y\ I VJHM N/iFSjp 'I (S _!2 Ha-xSfMT
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    College Education
    342 6 *r A NATIONAL survey by 'The New York Time.-' says increasing demand for higher (education m the United States will cause the start of a huge building programme one that "may reach m the neighbourhood of I 10.000. 000. 000 IB the Beat decade." Air i dy, the
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    BLOODLESS REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN
    623 6  - BLOODLESS REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN ROSETTE HARGROVE but its victims are I the middle class I ENGLAND is gaing through a bloodless class revolution. Its victims are the middle (lass; I who traditionally have been England's pride an I the accepted backbone of Britain's greatness those fixed-salary workers who U3ed to
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    HIS FACE IS HIS FORTUNE
    457 6  -  ROBERT SHEARER U The colour of h's skin was no help to engineering gra- duate John Kitzmlller m his j native America. But m Italy it has made him a film star. I Becauae Aim director Zarapa i happened to see him m a Leghorn
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    THE FISH IS MARKED
    171 6 DKITAINS Mm <try ot Agiie'iltUi" 1 and Fisheries hiu detailed it* :estaren vtLKni Pla:c\sa to engage LB a fLh marking experiment m an art?, "rounded by the Bolara-- Firth, 5: Beea Read j Moreca-nba Bay. and the I 7s!e Ot Man. Al! oah caught alive by
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  • WEEK-END PARTY ROUND-UP
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      A. A. A. Celebrates
      53 7 A. A. A. Celebrates V c: Three pretty ladfes at the «> 1- ner Misses Wu Huang Sien Phay Chi and T Sfml. Right: Viembers of the kiiißunorc Amicable A^ileMc *sociation «el?--d their success at the recent nese athl t:c meet with illnfteT at Great Worlt during the r r
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      ANNUAL RE-UNION DINNER
      94 7 ANNUAL RE-UNION DINNER The Shing Wah Sports Assnciaheld their annual re uni-»n r at the Air View Restaurant lias weekend. Kic -hist Italy member to b* littcd into the Sliing Wah Spans iation ia >I»s> Anna Leorg 0:1 he/ light is Miss Palli Leong. Mr. ICok Ku*n Wen:*; is concentrating
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      108 7 On Yo ur Radio Today BLUE NETWORK PROGRAMMES IN ENGLTSH 1.00 p.m. Dance Music, l 30 Newt, 1 45 March -ri; 1 ana Waltzing, 2.00 Ckwe Down. 6.00 Programme Summary, 6.02 Children's Corner, G.20 Radio Orchestra, TOO News and Shares, 7.10 Tbetire Org&n, 7;S0 TaK; of The Town. 8.00 Music
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      244 7 from B.B Lon< 15 a in Malay, 9 30 i tU E forts, 9.00 Cio i KEI> NETWORK PROGRAMMES IN CHINESE 12 CO p.m. Signatun 7, tic. Opening: Annct. iwu }'<(► gramme Summary in M-.mla-rin, 1203 Mandarin Selections, 12.30 Peiping Opera, 1.00 News in Man;:.inn,, Cantonese an»l Amoy 1.15 C\osc
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  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
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      UNKNOWN
      124 8 VICE- ADMIRAL rick Brii I Admiral Si: *_H Comman'l'!-."--fH tish Fa: EaJtJj^H m Sin^: i] y-^^M s.s. Canton witt^H and their daug*^H den. The now admiri^H on arrival -Jf Rear-Admiial C. Officer. Malaya. In House Adailfll_H a guard of hono J -M Terror. He duced to "'^J^H officer.^ of
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    Captain Easy
    42 10 Captain Easy I THE Morning Tribune 5 j regrets that owing r to a delay m sea mails 5 due to the recent American shipping" J strike, the Adventures of Captain Easy uill be held up for a short period. a a
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    NEW DRUG TO CURE ALCOHOLISM
    249 10 cow:.-. [AOBN. Tuca A new drug for the coring Of alcohol Bm, which works on the principle of giving a patient a vioit nt hangover after only one drink ha.s been developed and marketed by two Danish doctor?. Tho two ooctors, Hens Ha!d and Erik
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      194 10 I Exvliiaiv^ lo The 3lornmg i T.*iln»ii<* JACK ARMSTRONG CAPTAJN....BCT I l>\_««/J I, /lj ;,'vi.... j^w "aw .■■■ka&sc.r.'/ rrR i*/J;j_y* yo; -S >^; -f < -fe-& __tS^_Safc---^_te:^ n^J/Jiil"^._^i 1 U\ >>l r X^s__^ilgE j 'M ;of Jp!^boOOo o r^ iv' Fr PYOF \2 s^ V red T^ vi :-'-i ii^i
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    PLASTICS-PRESENT AND FUTURE
    533 11  -  Kay Sherwood By :L'W of the part t; material! will tames was given I National Plastics rhOW In America, d Impi >ved nla tics d to 'muse-hold products ust i sicr houaekeeolag, decorative effects. 'i the newcomers Mised such interest >ion Beta concealed Iv icraana, trick isqueradfcng
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    Relax-Sheep Will Count Themselves
    245 11 Relax -Sheep Will Count Themselves AS we grow older, a tendency to suffer from insomnia is apt to assert itself. Underlying reasons may be emotional tensions, poor i health or a lack of physical exercise. Even a too-heavy diner at night can be blamed. If you find yourself suffering from
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      98 11 C. Ka TANG Pewter Ware Bali Heads Siamese Bracelets Silk Underwear CARVED TEAKWOOD FURNITURE Ali KINDS OF LINEN EMBROIDERIES FTC FTf •-I*-— j Ll V*»i Ml v4l, River alley Road, Singapore. Phone: 4025 -"TlT. aft- tm -■■BBi**«-«BB-_B-_a-_^M-B__WI«||L,.W l ip W __i MBBB>BIK i I S -P-* TONE QUALITY gKRaW/" a
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      32 11 RAFFLES HOTEL 1 THIS EVENING IN THE! NEW LOUNGE THE COCKTAIL HOUR i 1 i From 7 to 8 p.m. j INFORMAL DANCE From 8. 15 p.m. FRANK PICiifORD ft HIS ORCHESTRA
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      95 11 r diary™] LEAVING tomorrow foi Hongkong on the s.s. Canton Mrs. H. H. Lee, wife of manager of C.N.A.C. Mrs. Lee plans to bring her infant son and mother in law, who have been recently evacuated from Shanghai, to Singapore. Coming here on transfer from Shanghai Mr, and Mrs. A.
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    Star Leads Double Life These Days
    428 12 Bia.ish Film :%ews LONDON DAVID TOMLINSON, rising young British movie actor, is leading a double life these days He is appearing m two roles simultaneously. In the mornings ho has to play the star role of Max m the Aqiiila Production -Wsuning ITo Wantons"
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    22 13 jr W YORK. Jan. 11.— TIM v rk Maritime Register. guide of its kmd d the US. has ou- cation. AP
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    Malayan Share Quotations
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    MARKET FIRM
    27 13 MARKET FIRM Both the industrial and tin share markets con- a tinued firm v yesterday, j London r.as still an J unsatisfied buyer of 8.8. Petrols. I
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    LOAN FOR INDIA?
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    95 13 flf a Lm^a A MtfOllOlßl v*.«t.- bought up yi .-terday at '^htlv impiovcu pntv of $i picul The pepj tt bl i antl m i picul fo> all u,u I quot.t.' I i $17. raft $14 oo Man 'I iPIOCA FL( >' i r $28. I LAKE
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    ALL-TIME HIGH FOR OUR TRADE WITH INDONESIA
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    Rubber Market
    65 13 The rubber commodity market was fairly steady yesterday with very narrow fluctuations m prices. Yesterday's closing prices were Buyers. Sellers. No. 1 Feb. RSfl '"T^ 37 4 No. 2 Feb. RSS 36 l H 36-} K No. 3 Feb. RSS 35 35% On reg. tender Feb.- Mar. 37%
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    who win Play Who
    74 14 who win Play Who i India:, Pakistan, e\lon. tj P.urma and Mala\a^ S meeting la a eoßßfetaßßee^* 'i here agreed on this pro- gramme: JJ449 Pakistan t<> xissr Ceylon, wWk the p«>ssi4,i- llty Of nnt' nmirh beint, played m India. 1 LM '-50 Ceyloa visit India and Pakistan. *t IMt-51
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    Player chosen
    49 14 Kingston. Jamaica. Tuesday Mr. n. Nunes, President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control, said here that "a tine cricketer" had been selected to f'o to India to reinforce the West Indies touring team there. He declined to give the name of the man chosen. Reuter
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    AUSSIES MAP 3 TENNIS TOURS
    276 14 SYDNEY, Tues. A heavy programme of Australian tennis tours is mapped out for the first half of this year. In addition to a possible Davis Cup challenge the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia has also planned to send a team to tour South Africa, lhe
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    GOLFERS GATHER AT WACK WACK
    86 14 Tim [on Ms* snd the no*. I i ...n von Ni-i mo'i;: th. coßnpettai i" i pto be held on Jaaa I lt th. v --ti*y Club Ninrty i tfiu fai haw entered the bobM iiTi.it' irr* and L'.~> pros. rOußßral sad t "tarn rnateai
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    CONFERENCE AGREES ON 4-YEAR TOUR CARD
    202 14 CONFERENCE AGREES ON 4-YEAR TOUR CARD ■TALCITTA, Tues. Five Asian countries have decided to get together tor playing cricket and have agreed on a tour programme. The headquarters of the conference shall be held m each of the member countries m this order, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaya and Burma. The
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    'Russell should football'
    139 14 'Russell should football' my SYDNEY. -Two Australian professors and two Rugby League captains disagreed with Professor Bertrand Russell's broadcast from London recently that mankind needs a stronger outlet for its savage instincts than football matches if it is to live peacefully. Professor of Anthropology of Sydney University (Professor A*. P.*
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    MALAYS TO HOLD TOURNAMENT
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    Sutcliffe, Taylor set up record
    189 14 AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Tues. A v »rldj| cord is believed to have been set up here by Aua land batsmen, Bert Sutcliffe and Don Taylor m tw| ing two double century opening stands agai terbury m a Plunket Shield match. I Sutcliffe and Tavlor, who
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    LOUIS HAD HIM SCARED
    57 14 <»>l\H\ NntaaaU j JTmsa. Hi ;»\>uej„ht i hampion Joe Loui* had an eas\ tune outpointing .sterling Ingram. Deflß** 11 (<dorad«>, heavyweight m I a lour-round PXMMttoa Ik- ul here IflßSl night. Louis toyed with his oh- viotLsly scared opponent I S throughout the bout. f a
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    BBBC may relax ban on 'foreigners'
    245 14 BBBC may relax ban on 'foreigners' LONDON. Tue*.— British boxers attr lo ensure eapaeit> crowds ar,. Incoming s<, British promoters are regarding overseas i> x ""J ne;essit> to the building up of a crowd-pi. J granirne. r** I "In viru- nf I Boxing BoßUrd or be asked t> question <
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    MANGRUM WINS U.S. $15,000 GOLF TOURNEY
    395 14 LOS ANCrELKi:, Tuesday Lanky Lloyd Mnnorum todaa ruptured the rich $11*900 Los Angeles open golf tournann Sl by firing one und* r the par of 7C which broke a four way\ third round to. FOI Mangruvi it a (is perhaps i tht greatest win
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    McKenley's suspension request withdrawn
    67 15 McKenley's suspension request withdrawn I. New Jersey. Tues. reraey Amateur •i announced Monrequest to suspend had been with--uspension had ed by the Secretary mil Amateur AthP.in Ferns. In )t, Ferris said had fulfilled his obli- 0) n Australia tad 16. holder of the „.i m the 400-metrt vices under the
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    Singapore Malays to hold shuttle tourney
    162 15 Singapore Malays to hold shut tle tourney I The Singapore Malay Badminton Tournament for 1949 Championship, will commence m the second ek o: February. The tournament will be held at the Singapore < 1 k Administrative Workers' Union Hall, and 1 r- opened to all Malay Badminton Parties amliattl Singapore
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    CUP TEAM IS IN FINE CONDITION
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    FUND FOR WEEKES
    87 15 BOMBAY, Tuesday.— A testimonial fund for Everton Weekes. the West Indies batsman, has been opened by the Sunday News of In iia. leading Sunday newspaper of Bombay. The paper said "None of the famous cricketers of the past. Grace. Hobbs. McCartney or Brad m a n himself
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    'United Family' Meet
    31 15 The annual general meeting of the United Family Badminton Party will be at No. 26 Carlisle Road. The Anniversary will be celebrated at No. 714 Upper Serangoon Road.
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    SPITFIRES SOCCER
    19 15 The Spitfire XI will meet the Borneo Co XI at Geylang Stadium at soccer at 5.15 p.m.
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    COLONY HOCKEY TEAM CHOSEN
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    HOCKEY TRIAL CANCELLED
    64 15 HOCKEY TRIAL CANCELLED trial matches j Sinfaporc States •an and The Rest c. rhe Col urs vs Whites ot S*> rti Club, which aye been piayed y*s> i t the S. R. C. padang i celled because ol In A:* trial between the r.- r< suae Hockey team id th<
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    Austrian Ski Team
    41 15 t'i( r <n a Tuesday. An Aus- 1 m t. am mill be named to tidpate m the Turkish skiing ips at Mont Uludag, th cf Istanbul, Feb. 22. The ■P* Will include four m*m ar\A A. P.
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    S'PORE POLICE SCORE 6-NIL WIN
    297 15 S'PORE POLICE SCORE 6 -NIL WIN I KI ALA LUMPUR. Tues.— i a hich combined I -nd with threes whose I surer, the Singa- I 1 man a six-nil (try victory over the Jangoi Police at rugby on V yesterday evening. had the better de- tull earned their ClO! y
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    Win For Markham, King
    149 15 M -Pore Golf Club, nj v Competitior. I 4! Bukit Timah on ID •n a Sunday resulted j). T Markham m "A" a *core of l down H King m B *a wore of 2 up. Hall Sweep on M won by I I se U
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    CUP FUND WHISKY NOW $25
    115 15 CUP FUND WHISKY NOW $25 SIX of tho twelve bottles oi *'C'hall«*na*»" Scotch Whisky donated to tbe Trlbtine Thoma* I Cup Fund by a well-known SlnI gapore s| -u tani hi art* still 'im l;u:ic <t So we are reducing Ihe tari |sl of $50 and a bottle uill go
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    INTER-STATE MALAY TENNIS
    138 15 The S. langor Malays tennis team will be hosts to the Johore Malays tennis team m a return fixture to be played ou the Sultan Sulaiman Club courts, Kuala Lumpur, during the Chinese New Year holidays on January 29 ana 30. It will be remembered that m
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    Britain Still Silent On Palestine
    149 16 Britain Still Silent On Palestine NDON Tuesday, i* i d hei next diplu H m the Palestine fu ibbfc i banking on hei Armed trength m the Kiddle j; i t<> peotei t hei kali there linst any evenhiality. lint i-^h dlplomal aid she Im.j dei led not to go
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    68 16 H 0 ll y woo i». rueChinese Actor Real Wong, who |UUI play i mors Japnne.se tol.s than Chinese only, will play IJ'ip sgaln la WTarnei Brothers' gtlm "Ta^k Foi < Re will he seen as a Japapeas naval attache at Washinglon D.C. at the
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    153 16 REDS STEP UP TIEN TSIN DRIVE NANKING, Tuea Crack Communist shock troops were today reported to have launched major sttacks on two sub- ruiaa** of Tientsin m what app -ared ta be the una! phasu of i 8 battle for that North Chil Government bastion. rhe official Chinese News Agency
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    133 16 No AntiWhite Bloc At Delhi WASHINGTON On Patrick J. Hurl > Wai II envoy conderiined Dutch acti >n m In* donesia an I praise I the ti< n „t Pandit Nehru In tiling th" Mew Delhi confer* i t.. dil Hut lev also said that the tern Powers ne I
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    406 16 DUTCH GALL SHIP SINKING "A FATAL MISTAKE" MR. A. M. WINKEIaMAN, Netherlands Consul General m Singapore, last night described as "a fatal mistake" the mat nine gunning by Dutch afrcraft m Indonesia on New dear's eve of the Singapore barter \essel "Kian lYng" with the loss of nine lives. In
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    Eros is popular
    66 16 LONDON. Tues. While il ndon plumber was spending his tirst Bigrt m a ceil for cLmblng §nd damaging the tatue Of Er. s the God ol Lre In Piccadilly Circus on Jan 3. a Liverpool sailor climbed the statue early today a^d stood o""* the wing. Ordered
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    92 16 Kian Peng Knew Risk Say Dutch Batavia. Tu<> Tl Peng vras m Indonesian wai at its own risk and k: it was. Admiral A S Pinke, commander of the Dub h nary m the ne 1., aanounci I Pinke said "when the action started we considered halting all shipping to
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    Angler's dream
    62 16 HOBART. Toes.— Millions of snow caddis moths rose trom the Shannon River toward tbi end of December, wk dreds of anglers saw hatch out. This event, said to be m the world, is eagerly ed Ly anglers, who com- the Austral 'an mainland As the moths rite from
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    US Firm Re-opens
    60 16 NEW YORK Tues, Reestablishment of the American Palestine Securities Corps, whose operations were suspended during the war, has been announced by A. H. Saltier, the founder. The tirm will conduct a general brokerage business In securities issued by Israel, as well as m obligations which are issued
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    CAR OVERTURNS
    33 16 A car containing four male European overturned m Hoiland Road ahortly after mid- I night yesterday. All the occu- 1 pants m the car were injured Bad were removed to hospital.
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    POWERS SEEK U.S. BACKING AGAINST NETHERLANDS
    182 16 POWERS SEEK U.S. BACKING AGAINST NETHERLANDS LAKE SUCCESS. Tuesday Anti-colonial powers ha\e pressed for support by the United States to a proposed United Nations order for the Dutch to. withdraw from territory taken from the Indonesian Republic. Australia, the Philippines and India believed tha^onl'- decisive Steps by the United States
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    Germans Slo Dismantling
    120 16 HAMBURG. Tuesday. Only 15 of 21 workers under contract to the British Military Government turned up today to dismantle mechanical hammer- 111 the forge shop of the Boc'ium steel works m the Ruhr. Of these, eight later disappeared and the rest "went slow" with the job. This
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    172 16 DUTCH UNTRUTH S HOWN UP BATAVIA. Tues The Dutch admitted today under pressure from the Security Councils Good Offices Committee that they had not transferred captured Indonesian leaders to the island of Banka. as had been previously announced. An official Dutch spokesman said the leaders, including Pre- i sident Soekarno.
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