Morning Tribune, 9 February 1949

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  • 15 1 MORNING TRIBUNE I Vol. I 10a8 New Series >- SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY 9, 1949. Price 10 Ont^,
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  • 66 1 THE SQUATTER REPORT |he report of the committee! I appointed by Sir Henry Gurney,iHigh Commissioner of the Federation: lof Malaya, to investigate the squatter: j problem was released yesterday byj i the Department of Public Relations,: j Kuala Lumpur. j j It conf irms m all details the Morning j
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  • 122 1 RANGOON, Tues. Artillerymen using 25--pounder guns have begun "softening up" enemy positions within the Karen stronghold of Thamaing, eight miles north of Rangoon. The attack against the rebel tribesmen was reported to be preparatory to an infantry march against the Karens by Government forces. Unconfirmed reports
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  • 56 1 SINO- MALAY COMMITTEE TO MEET 1 THIRD meeting of the recently-formed 10-man Sino-Malay Goodwill Committee- will be held m Johore Bahru on Feb. 9 and 10. it was learned from a reliable source last night. The Committee first met m Johore Bahru m December last year. Its second meeting was
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  • 31 1 NEW YORK. Fri. Gen. > Dwight Eisenhower will go to i Washington on urgent business j m the near future for a seven to eight week stay. j
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  • 120 1 LONDON, Tues. Austrian peace treaty talks will re-open m London tomorrow for the third year m secession between representatives ot tfritain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union. Talks broke down last May after 110 meetings, over Russia's support for Yugoslav demand tor
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  • 89 1 London, Tuesday. King George VI hopes 'm the not too iistant future" to be able to visit New Zealand. A message to this effect from King was read at the Silver Jubilee dinner of the New Zealand Society m London tonight. Secretary for Commonwealth
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  • 10 1 WATCH For The Big New Tribune on MONO AY j
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  • 47 1 LONDON. Tues.-An appjj- 1 to four weeks imprisonment or conspiring to disobey a I ,a*ful command aboard the Ellerman steamer City or Exeter." eys °j£dl the men had already appealed to the quarter ses sfons and that appeal was still j pending.- Reuter
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  • 233 1 Li Contacts Red High Command Page 16 1 i V^ Property Confiscated BUDAPEST, Tuesday. UANDS folded and emotionless, Cardinal Mindszenty, n Prince Primate of Hungary, stared impassively at his judges today when they sentenced him to life imprisonment and confiscation of property. The special people's court
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  • 28 1 LONDON. Tues. Representatives of the five Western Union powers will meet tomorrow to discuss plans for the first sion of the Council of Europe.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 49 1 For The fc PEOPLE I By The W PEOPLE New Selections of I ARROW I WHITE SHIRTS Trubenised Collars Sizes 14—17. Only $12.50 each. English Made STRIPED POPLIN M PYJAMAS I Only $15.50 per pair. GENTS' PURE WOOLLEN UNDEKVVEAK BY MORLETS ft SHEPHERD'S 1 7how'e\g?9 HJT3I RAFFLES -PLACE7SINGAPORE I
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  • 279 2 KAMPAR, Tues. Bandits murdered an Auxiliary Policeman. Tang Kok Lin, at like Kongsi m ttie lii.mpar areu yesterday. The \ictini was the driver q$ the towkay* of the kongsi. The bandfts also set fire to the towkay's oar after H^ooting the driver three times through the
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  • 150 2 fpS'£"LONESE air crews may g> on training flights with Ceylon Skymasters on the r Sydney-London air service, t'le Tribune learns. "iiaxamana" an Air Ceylon later landed m Singapore tateriay from Colombo with jtu Australian crew on her way to Sydney m preparation for th?
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  • 20 2 Kr. D. C. Horton. has been appointed to act as Assistant Secretary (A). Colonial Secretvya Office, Singapore.
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  • 67 2 EGYPTIAN CUSTOMS REQUIREMENTS CARGO FOR ALL DESTINATIONS. Shippers are hereby informf it has now been established that consignees" names are not cMS^ntial In "Order" Bills of leading provided notify name and address are shown m Captaill'l copies of Bills of Lading for insertion m the ship's copy o^ Manifest. This
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  • 63 2 Seven men were charged at the Fourth Police Court yesterday with murdering a Chinese named Poh Seng by knifing him at the junction of Pahang Street- Aliwal Street on May. The accused were Bahari bin Mohamad Ibrahim, Karim bin Gahni, Granville Froxes, Stepphen Froxes, Dabara Singh,
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  • 220 2 Radio Malaya to record second 'Variety Fair RAIMO MALAYA'S second edition oi Vasicty Fair" will >V recoiihl tOftigfet Wlhtn artistes will peit'oim to an m- vlttd audience of 700 i| the Victoria Memorial Hall. Produced ft«d presenUvl byRonald V.'ilde. "Variety Fair" takes tho air at 5 p.n:.. but Singapore will
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  • 114 2 Mi.- i<ikk.ik\> li jjl ;Mifci, Afr. Arafa fit 1 5 mvi .wr. Ken faro Slmo- I ciifcj iMff Me only (ft -ft I Japavrae patH*s f I Nxi7d f^e Cirf',.l' e I u*Mc% docked here !/<•<• I I terday. They are re vi» I inp fo Japan
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  • 32 2 The nc.:t month 'y meeting of the Rural Booj\l will be held j en Thursday. 17U February, i J m the Council Chamber. Colon ial Secretary's Office, at 10 a.m.
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  • 92 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. Thirty-five lead- ing citizens of Johore, Muar and Malacca whose es- i tates have been contributing protection money to bandit organisations have been arrested, it was officially announced here tonight. Some of these people, the statement said, were wealthy and of high social
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  • 40 2 Lieutenant Colonel \?rie m of the UWted Army Genc;^ staff O>-p». 4 Ueutenant Oommand* Smith. United States >- JJ hare been appoint-.-: V: ;M Military and Nkva! ■y^JM to the U.S. embeJiy with residen.ro m Sir.^ 1 'm
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  • 123 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu?s THE thitil offensive against squatter areas kncvn to be I actively assisting baiutits was Ciiiried out tolay when secu- rity forces reunited up about i 500 .squatters In Sikamat. five miles cast of Seremban. The area had been Tcnown i
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  • 26 2 I A Malay Stenographers' j Union for Malays writing I English and Malay shorthand is to be formed m Ipoh soon.
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    • 114 2 RUCCLES r I /ah.'- hire ii is-Y* I K'comtmsu > Ytul-miu siurJfon/-tcMi ai m\ \f\ [think <k «_^^^B mri mi m M r AmmsmMT i^!_^ Hr!!^\ mifr, r fim I ____P^ f 1 "_r^^____! _____^_9_l W __H vFy _________PV i ti _i __i^fj M^ w^ '^____l BUCK RYAN -M rDUNLOP!
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  • 86 3 Mm Ching Hong ■f >*c Huat on trial »JII court yesterday c^<ful escape l|B were allowrd to h They *rre ;Br, failed to turn! up \vh n tl:' co'J-; mblcd Ute\ lu.ich. Half an hcui later the men were irrattcd by th vVoo^lands Police m
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  • 41 3 FIRST ASIAN J.P. Honoured I, A'' iff/, |fis«f ■i I; hi appoin/ed f/,,- Pr::rr m ■i -U I nuts kis m I; i foAxy. I I; Hingaport JJ /fl a; f. g JJHi >'( 'i* Btra r t it hurt J Hi
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  • 38 3 Wanted Suitable Marriage Song II rue c y. II mat '>■ ever the m-pet 'i v.-c s '^H cvi.:/ i i A-fnkauna '18--I wedding march dlaitke ot thi -ays it.3 tune is docs not i epieM^H .^ncr spirit. m
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  • 84 3 Four Senai Spies held JOHORE BAHRXJ, Tuesday.— Four Jchcrv bnr.^t spiCj including a woman were captured Police patrol whi Villa Anti-British documents gr.d 12 Ccmmu t 3tainps •row recovered fxfcn Hut m which they wen surprised end caught. The patrol encountered s ChtTit^o who v,r.< anxious to avoid them. Ho
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  • 142 3 UMNO to protest against ban on Malay in courts ICHK Mahynddb bin Ibrahim, vice-pre>itlent of foaggaan State I'MNO, wBI ti»ble motion at its ifcomJng general meeting on Feb. 18 railing for a rong protest against the recent Federal decision to K)li^h the Malay language from Trengganu courts, fte Federal Cnicf
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  • 48 3 I;" i; rnment and MuniciLl Union had a spo- jeeting of delegates or to iiscuss organisation i expansion planus. Ie meeting held at the 81 s h ujquarten at 32, j sours« Lane was prcsid- Mr. Appasamy, a the municipality, i ty on.- !>iandoros attended, Hegai
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  • 75 3 Republicanregistered ships to re-register OWNERS of ships previously legistcicd by the Indonesian RepubMcan Government arc now- required to ro-registcr their vessels. This has been officially announced by the Secretariat roi Economic Affairs. Singapore iiritish shipowners have to c^ct their vessels registered by Se Colony Government win c those of Chinese
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  • 184 3 BABY'S DEATH-F ALL NOT REPORTED T^W.^^V lonths' old baby MM °°n Chua fell down i 1 I hla house m HiU M December 30. He 7H .ing day after 9\ i to iho Grneial fll 5 returned to his Jm '-t the Coroner or II Wotroed ist yesterday, the B
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  • 42 3 FILM director Ralph Smart shottiy arrives m Singapore, on his way to Australia where he Is to direct Ealing studio*, third Australian film "Bitter Springs." The two earlier films made n Australia were- "The Overlanders" and "Eureka Stockade."
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  • 298 3 LONDON, Tuesday. pLEET STREET thinks Malayan journalist George Rusiah has made a real success of his year m Britain's press world. Rasiah caUs it "an unforgettable experience" the time he has spent working on British newspapers, along with other journalists from the Commonwealth who
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  • 122 3 Xl ALA U MITK, Tu^<t*\: TWO bandit*, rhrng Yua and I** Youn t'boy, u«r»- fc«ri:«vi al Taipini; Gaul thU morning. <'h<n^ Yun v.is \voun<i»<J and capture.] by ;i F« r•. t< I lalonj; m the Sungti Siput ana on NovfintM 1 j (1 H« vas caught m possession
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  • 143 3 Amef:tinc» was held at the Victoria Theatre ycsterd ty to revive the Singapore Magic Circle. About twtnty BmEteui coijuro:. attended the meeting. Amor;- those pn-'i't wtre Mr M. D. P. Gihoy. Mr. .J. X Charton and lir. Tan Hocil Chuan,. Mr. Tfß said that he h;«s several new tricka
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  • 46 3 MORE PAY WANTED Turin, Turs. ah bran oj the Mat motor r- ant m today began a Wt <ti "staggered strikeai" Bffed ml ut;oiit 10,000 of the pll I ■> TO.ooo workers, for more i >'h<> :;tril;(.' was. call«'-l bs I Communist-doniinat*(l General Confederation of iour. Reuter
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  • Article, Illustration
    72 3 PRESS PREVIEW iyL OMVft r.nslah paid ,\yL visit Ij i«>^ AMoeiattod JPfCM O.fi-.'s Fleet a S(::n v Bwtoton f<': m; i r w S rh>f of th A. iJiirpau S 3 m Diiif|»iT latrodneedl Kfslafi tj A. P. men •»> Londoa. This A. P. pic- (t^rj* shows C slah (MX
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 145 4 JUST A WEE DOCH AND BORIS Ed rburt^h. Tuesday DWOIfWI Andtow Murray Edinburgh's Lord ProVQM (Mavorj who viHtrd Rusiir-n offlctn en Sunday aboard th< battleship Royai Sovereign. stayed two and a hall boVTk and came away with a load of luxury gats The Soviet Union borrowed the ship during the
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  • 56 4 London. Tues. Britain's building industry will have work to do for 50 years to come. R. Furneaux Jordan, of the Architectural Association, says at least 95 per cent, of the nations hospitals, theatres, hotels and railway stations will need rebuilding when housing and I factories no
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  • 138 4 r^ UATO WASHINGTON. Tues. j^HAIRMAN Tom Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations v> Committee today introduced a $5,580,000,000 bill to continue the European Recovery Programme until June 30. 1950. He warned that "Europe must do its part" to make the project succeed. While Congiess
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  • 110 4 DEMOB ALMOST FINISHED LONDON. Tues. THE demobilisation of Britain's war-time forces is almost complete, stated the Ministry of Labour and National Service today. Last December, 13,950 men were released from the Navy, Army and RAF. In the same period, 1,200 women were released from the three services. The Army released
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  • 66 4 From Divorce NEW YORK, Tues.— A judge today dismissed the separation suit brought against Dr. T. F. Tsiang, China's representative i on the Security Council, on the j ground that he enjoyed diplo- matic immunity. The suit was brought by his first wife, who sought maintenance for her
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  • 187 4 RANGOON Tues. .'4 hour cease -Ore was ordered at Insein yes terday after 2,000 English, Burmese, Indian and Karen civilians had been evacuated from the city Karen insurgents suddenly halted the evacuation of about 200 refugees who were still left as Government planes dropped leaflets warning that
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  • 84 4 LONDON. Tues. The Bri- tish Admiralty today answered a statement made by the Soviet Army paper Red Star that the British handbook "Jane's Fighting Ships" had under-estimated British naval strength by eight battleships and a large cruiser. An Admiralty spokesman said "Red Star has forgotten
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  • 72 4 WARSAW. Tuesday. Poland is still examining the status of Sydney Stanley to determine whether he is a D o'ish citizen may find that he j is an Austrian. A Polish Embassy spokesman j pointed out that Stanley was DOIB near Osweicim when that territory was part
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  • 31 4 COLOMBO, Tues. ViceAdmiral Robert B. Carney. Deputy Chief of United States Naval Operations, arrived at Colombo by air from Karachi yesterday on a two-day visit to Ceylon. Reuter
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  • 130 4 The Ostrich Has An Appetite LONDON, Tueft.— The Dublin Zoo ostrich that died recently from eating 35 copper coins, a lump of coal and some odds and ends was just a novice. Sir Harold Scott, former pathologist to the Zoological Society, stated la a letter to the Dally Telegraph yesterday
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  • 134 4 I t mTim PEIPING. Tucs. DEIPING students who are doing everything they can think of to win favour with the new regime have their own I idea of Communism. Today, a group of them stopped a furcoated Chinese girl on a main street.
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  • 135 4 BANGKOK, TuestU-v, W GIAMESK Premier Phibul Songkhrani today ■fpmllj for IV *J Chine«« co>operHtion m Slam's programme of <*conomic I W recovery. S He declared that the Siamese Government might be forced to ban Chinese immigration if Chinese Merchants m the country "did
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  • 233 4 NEWS SNAPS 1 TARTS Tuc« i M bert. who n life-boat captain 4 3.000 people' flom I and rescued 2«n h n l France, aged 68 >t|i 'n^B VIENNA Of ivn eltlmate children "I Vienna welfare ccotn l l said to have R Uttian S^B 593. American; 276 Bntidf'H and
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  • 47 4 The Premier pointed out I 1 that the appeal WU made his personal, not official capa-l m city. I M Chinese numbering abo r.000.000 out of Biam's popuia- tion of 18,000,000 virtually cor.- 9 troi the nations trad< trai m port, nrodurtion an. tion.— Reuter
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  • 234 4 PARIS, Tucs. VICTOR Kravchenko's for- mer wife called him m court yesterday: "a liar and I a bad husband." The attack was made by blonde Madame Zinaida Gorlova, 37, who came from Russia to give evidence for the defence m the trial of Kravchenko's
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 40 4 WE MAKE COLOUR PRINTS by the Defender Chroma tone (American) Process from your Ansco Colour, Kodachrome Dufayoolour Transparencies 5 M x 3%" Ist Copy 9.50 extra Copy 7.50 7 *5 n $15.00 $13.00 By The Largest Photo Studio In Malaya
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  • 468 5 I nROrI'CERS of natu. I hbor arc less and :l d to make f| the growing I -..their industry rithetic rubbrr. I ire a few dieI bo are still wont 1 toll** dt)W!l upon thls product of the I j I On il was asserled M that synthetic rubber
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  • 77 5 "INFORMATION FOR WORLD CITIZESS".. reads a sign standing on the table of a Berlin coffeehouse as an aged Berliner and his dog apply to become "World Citizens". The application was made to Dettmar Otto who claims to be Berlin World Citizen No. 1. Shortly after this picture was
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  • 715 5 FIGURES often talk. And the figures on results of de-Nazification m the American zone of Germany all tell the same story "De-Nazifica-tion. which began with a bang, has since passed on with a whimper." This is the conclusion reached by John H. Herz m his comprehensive study. "The
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  • 1023 6 AUSTRALIA'S UNWELCOME VISITOR Though the rabbit is making contribution to the dollar I funds of the sterling area, Australians would prefer t 0 I do away with him because his bill for board and lodging J is an expensive one. a AUSTRALIA is sulferins wtlAt is regarded here as the
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  • 484 6  - U. S. Marines In ShanghaiTo See The Sights WALTER BRIGGS By THE United Btatai Marines have returned to bust!- -r, "ora :ni3t-t:i eace.ie«i Shanghai after seven years' absence. As Marine? go, they're half a generation youn~er than the Leathernecks oi the old Fourth Marine Regiment, but they are still Marines.
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  • 367 6 INDIVS first consu.- since 19il rv:!1 ta'xe place m March 1050 according to usual!;.' well informed circlehei c. It will lake twelve months to prtO* the 100.000.000 t'MtOM rej^ired. About 400 tons of > will be useil. Lie qae-'Ucanaire will probably be shorter than that used on Hie
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  • 134 7 YWCA Night School For Working Girls m Fhery morning, except on Saturdays and I Sunday*, 150 girl iroo]) to the Y.W.C.A. In--1 istrfal School at Hav<»lock Road. Here they earn the rudiments of English and Chinese and M simple mathamatics. On Friday nights they 1 :>rv taught handywoTlf by vo!untar\-
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  • 28 7 IMrn. Yew H«e« Hoiir --."mine* th<- T -oo t.f v nt the stU'l,Mit tor iafal.'f*. The girls IIKKV a igenwsa to loam, <ay« v Yew. >^ k
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  • 288 7 I BLVE NETWORK I N'GLISH PROGRAMMES VVED. 9TH FEB. 1919. 1 1 ).55 to 12.00 Schools' 1 -adcast. 1.00 Dance Music. I 0 News. 1.45 Marching 1 i Waltzing, 2.00 Close 1 ..00 Programme SumI mary, 6.02 Children's ProI time, 6.20 Radio Orches--1 7.00 News, 7.10
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  • 252 7 CHURCHILL TO REPRESENT BRITAIN? LONDON, Tues.-Rritish officials pi. the Council of Europe are wondering what to UO fc with M. Winston Churchill. The formidable a&ure of the wartime Wine Minister looks prominent every time the oilicials ■^J***"* about who will represent Britain at the prop* «l Council. Churchill has boon
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  • 107 7 Railroad Crewmwn Wants More Rice SHANGHAI, TuCi. W€ftfjr crewmen of th- ShanghaiNanking railroad ITbO n r weeki have been bn «iuty day and night to break the logjam of troop movements U M keeping a scmblanr* of lar passenpoi* srh<i!u <s, j* torday, decided to lay down "J the tracks
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  • 61 7 5,000 MILES ON STRETCHER LONDON, Tues. Aft- r A 5 000-mile flight from EoiH .v on stretchers, Mrs. Lloyd South of Southend-on-Sea and tv daughter Vida, arrlvni at don airport on MOOday. They won' taken to wull. k Hospital. It is und< r»to I Mrs L!oyd Smith is ">.' from
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  • 57 8 MALAYAN SCI OUTS COME HOME The fifty five scouts matchi ing from the docks to Arm- enian Street led by the King's Colours and the Scout Colours. 1-JlllMtllillX Dr. C. J. Paglar welcomes Major Syed Esa with a trad- j itional scout handshake, j Major Syed had only one j
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  • 23 8 E. ML Stanley 2 &D. George Ching look agerly S shorewards search- ng n friends who came to welcome j /iMMMHHHHWIIIimiMIHf
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  • 24 8 Some of tht fifty five who re- I turned yesterday. Some will be soon leaving for their homes upcountry. j
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  • 200 8 Our Scouts Overwhelmed Fifty-five of the 104 Malayan il Scouts who attended the PanPacific Jamboree at Wonga Park returned yesterday m the Charon, under the leadership of j Major Syed Esa. The remainder of the contingent is returning m the Gorgon on February 16. The Scouts told the Tribune that
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  • 233 9 The Australian* were impr ***** by three things which B the Malayan scouts possessed thtir good manners, good I English and good teeth." said I Major Syed Esa, Deputy I- Camp Chief Malaya, m a WL v/iorf address just before the H| r f remofiy o/ rrsforinp the
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  • 25 9 Mr. Sandy Pillay I receiving the Scout I Colours from Mr. I S. A. Alsagoff at the ceremony at Armenian Street. MimnniMnmnimn^
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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  • 378 10 T :NTY-SIX y^ars ago a SotiUt of the Russian 1 i-.:>eiiai Navy's Siber>an fleet iteamed to the Philipplu to -cape tho new Roriet r^'^ime. Lc^c month the captain of one of the returnee! now a refttge« from Red victories la C^na.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 110 11 I DIARY lIUR. A. 1. Birse, who retires from the Malayan Civil Service after serving 28 yean, saii^ for South Africa with Mm. Birse. on tlu* Tegelb( rg on Friday. Commencing Thursday. Feb. 10, will be the new course on drtss making offered by the Y.W.C.A. Classes will be held
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  • 402 11  -  Josephine Lowman most human bom^ if lazy. There aie ,-voba Mne who do not «^.ip of ambition to 1• 1 on. Howe vet. s arc persuaded to eat rffoJt through our wisn rewftaU tn happiness m career cr arc forced ir.io by the sight ot bulges
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  • 133 11 REVIVED to make little girls party frocks as pretty as picture book drawings are overskirts of contrasting cottons. The old-fa shined pannier comes into its ovvn again; this fancy over skirt of the nineteenth century which encouraged small girls to a graceful curtsy bounces
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  • 261 11 SURELY there are few things m this world more lovely and delicate than the skin of a clean, healthy baby. It is mother's pride and joy to keep every little bit of baby's body unblemished, and a matter for concern when any ugly marks or rashes appear,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 174 12 Rf> y STARTS t A TODAY! 1.15 p.m.— 4.00— ti.3o— 9.15 «i iibi \^^m T ,l^&. aJjB S**^l IWilNNril*! iKBb -m^K i. .J| JP^ > «>^Mit^n JFAS BRAND NEW PRINT OF M-G-M's FIRST and BEST OF ALL TARZAN PICTURES! Shrill once again a» a giant \olcanu erupts! to the rites
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    • 65 12 LAST 3 SHOWS 3, 6 A 9.15 p.m. "SOILS OF < IHW -A MANDARIN PICTURE--OPENING TO-MORROW-The Magical Tale of ALLADIN! "1001 NIGHTS" all m lAZZLING TECHNICOLOR! GKEAT WORLD Hobe 7—9.15 "SUMMER HOLIDAY" (Technicolor) Tomorrow "BLOOD AND SAND" m Technicolor NEW WORLD Ado 7—9.15 "HEAVEN CAN WAIT" (Technicolor) Tomorrow: "ANGRY GOD"
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    • 53 12 mM» Dai Thong Film Co's Su'l WONDER MUSICAL j^^i WITH 15 SONGS \^p PI WANDERING pi MINSTRELS" 3E n| iii MANDARIN, starring ML>J. I'M KWANG CHI "X CHH -HSI w vr.^iiT« toiia^' shows I- 3.03 3 n b9db y 11 a.m.; 1.4.V, 4.13 5 C. 45 and 8.30 p.n, 6.45
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  • 477 12 MAMMOTH CONSTRUCTION JOB FOR 'THE PIRATE" by OSWALD HKXRY A CARIBBEAN waterfront village sprang into A life at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios some months ago when an interior set was needed for the filming of the musical "The Pirate" which is a forthcoming Singapore attraction. The
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  • 293 12 WHEN Mervyn Lo Roy ..1 I "camera" on the initial scene of "Homecomng at M-G-M. it marked th«- fulfil- fJ ment of a be'attt! desire. Seventeen yeais ago Lc Roy directed one of Gable'i eariteil a screen tests at another studio 1 and pleaded with his company I
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 624 13 nj Singapore, Feb. 8. Kesanfi 7 < ha 1 Blnpipore abate quoutxiu Kllllnrtall uJZ ,7/fi A al ala V ■""> 80 tod«y m Jlven by th* Hal. Klnta^.u« a 1,1 1,1 yer Panaa M .van «h«»Droken-\»jS liSs Ktau Tta if/ Ayer Molek .75 I Brte 2.85 2. 9 2H i,
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  • 76 13 Iw.-s ha idly any chanpo ,n the prodjco market iay. ,ui«l coconut oil were <till quit mark* no following wore yestc!--l .quotations FLOUR Lingua Sarawak $14. Siak »13*» BAGO SEED: $22. APIOCA FLOUR Fair FLAKE TAPIOCA i3O MEDIUM PEARL $31 TAPIOCA SESD $31 Hl Muntok! 5218.
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  • 68 13 I NEW YORK, Tues.—Norw.gian ski makers are out to m their prewar position m the American market. They sent Charles Sorlie, of the Norwegian Ski Manufacturers Association, here to try and capture a part of the U.S. purchases of 300,000 skis annually. Before the
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  • 58 13 c,Pp PIN 3 American President Lines steamer Yo'ru^t, Flllmore from nJw York is due to arrive on* Takubar Tientsin's seacoast for anchorage on Feb. 18. Packing and forwarding companies here heard the Communists approved the lighter service to be supplied by Butterfield and Swire, British shipping firm In
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  • 81 13 The Chinee Communist 4 Z m nave given permission 2 for one steamer to pro- J ceed from Shanghai to S North China Home time I tw to transport 5 I "f. WB «:»rttWi Kallanl III!* Admln *»tratlon— 2 ;5.. thl clt >- *<*onllnr to
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  • 221 13 South Africa goes slow on world gold boom [^NDON, Tues. A minor sensation was caused J the city of London today by the South Africa Finance Minister's announcement that South Afrfc I has made a small beginning at taking advantage cf the premium on gold m the world free market.
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  • 87 13 WITH the drop m both V<• London and Now Yoik markets, the local rubber com modity opened about thrn eights of a cent lower than t R the previous day. The market, however. t« came slightly steadier at tt close. Yesterday's closing pho were: Buyers. Seller No. 1
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  • 72 13 TOKIO, Tuea.— Mr. N. D. Rhajipal, President of the AllIndia Woollen Textile Industry Association visiting Japan, said his purchases m this country would probably reach U.S. $2,000,000 worth by the time he returns to India. The Indian businessman said that upon his return to India he intended
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  • 48 13 Foreign Exchange At New York NEW YORK, Tues. Closii..' foreign exchange on Monday.* Canada 92.50 (US cents). Gre; t 1 Britain US$4 3Vi cents, Franc .31 a cents, Italy February ar t January fixed rate *****3[). Sweden 27.8 ft, Switzerland 25.11, Argentina 20.90. Brazil b.lO. Mexico 14.52. A.P.
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    • 25 14 STOMACH fl?/W(rf safely, surely/ I^^J§ Whatwiih? Why De Witt's :^|p i I of course, t^^ I t^^ ANTACID POWDER Neutralises Add Soothes Stomach Re//eves Pain
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  • 109 14 CHARLES UNIMPRESSIVE PHILADELPHIA. Tucs. After a furious slugging match Ezzard Charles, ivraided as a possible contemifoi the world heavyweight championship, debated Johnny Haynes of Now York City r.< rt last ni^ht on a knockout it th^ eighth lound of their scheduled ten rounds bout. Charles weighed 12 stone 11 pounds
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  • 377 14 RINTY BEATEN TO HIS KNEES, SINGS A SONG HARRINGAY ARENA, London, Tues.—Twenty-four-year-old Londoner, Terry Allen, the champion of Southern England, tonight beat on points over eight rounds at catch weights the world flyweight champion, Rinty Monaghan of Belfast. A capacity crowd of 10.000 spectators saw Allen, a Cockney boxer from
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  • 26 14 LONDON. Tues. five cities have submitted invitations for the 1956 Olympic Games Detroit, Ijoh Angeles. Buenos Aires. Mexico City and Mcl- jouine. A. P.
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  • 170 14 CHICAGO, Tties. Joe Louis >aid tonight that he has signed the paper* which give his wife his consent to s*-cure a Mexican divorce. It would be the seond time that his wife, tlie former WfctYl Trotter, has divorced him. I^mis appeared at the Mexican
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  • 59 14 MELBOURNE Tues. Victoiia beat Western Australia i by 135 runs m their Sheffield Shield match which ended here I today. Victoiia resuming their, second innings today at 201 for 8. were all out for 227 and then dismissed Western Australia m their second innings for 179. Fiist innings
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  • 491 14 JOCKEY PEER MAY WIN THE NA TIONAL LONDON, Tu^ 4 LANKY British lord is a good bet to rid* OWB A horse to victory m the 1949 Grand > *ional Steeplechase. With two months before the Blue KibU the jumps March 26, experts are tipping Lord M v of Flete
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  • 139 14 Devon CC Applies To The M.C.C. S LONDON, Tin*.— Th i Drvon County Cricket Club ha* :«pp |kli to th<> 2 MCC lor admission to th»- country crick*** ■championship In I 1**- I At pre*eni D*-voii com g 2 pete m the minor coun- 2 tries competition. The 5 uil\:snr>
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  • 106 14 LONDON, Tues. —Fencing, of aristocrats, is becoming a of aristocrat, is becoming a 'working man's sport" m Britain. In two miners clubs m Derbyshire and Scotland the men of the pits aro already wielding foils as skiilful'y as they use their picks below ground.
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    38 14 An incident m the game between the S.C.C. and the G.H.Q. Signals m which the former ran out narrow winners by three points to nil. Gartside scored the only try ol the paine which Garry failed to convert.
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  • 173 14 HOME SOCCER FIXTURES LONDON. Tuei following are the ball fixtures fc Feb. 12: FIRST DIV.Birmingftam C I^uckpool v Do; ton W SECOND Dl'. Leeda United v. Tottenham Hots~ West Ham Unite THIRD DIV. (S Bristol Roveis Ciystal Palace Ipswich Town v Noithampton vr. Notts County v Reading v. Leyto: Toiquay
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    • 130 15 THE MOTOR VEHICLES (Commercial Use) REGULATIONS. I Notice Of Application For A Haulage Permit. I Take notice that we, WAH CHIANG CO.. OF 56. MARKET ST.. SINGAPORE by occu^ion Merchant intend to apply to the Commissioner of n,..,: Transport X,,!, ration of Malaya, to authorise us to use the good,
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  • 270 15 U.S.WO MEN WI N AT T- TENNNS .IorKHOLM, Tv«"«. Thf Xl ,Hc*n ladles team securrd lht v.orid rhaniploiwhlp tltlo n tuAile t**nni» on Monday night b winning tb«? (Jurhillon Oip. l.t^stlng the ItritUh team ihr-f to one. Hungary won Group A of Swaythling Cup table tennlg tournament and vnll meet
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  • 296 15 HAZARE SCORES 122; INDIA SA VE TEST BOMBAY, Tuesday. The fifth and final test mutch here between India and the West Indies ended m a draw today. Set to make 271 today for victory, India put on 85 before lunch. Modi and Hazare, the not out batsmen, brought the overnight
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  • 42 15 The table tennis match between Johoie English College and the Tamil Brotherhood Association will be played on Sunday. Fet>. 13. Players are asked to meet at 87 Prinsep St. and not No. 4 Klang Lane as stated m yesterday's newspapers.
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  • 248 15 GOLDEN SLIPPER SHOWS UP AT TRACK WORK (From ALLAN LEWIS) IPOH, Tuesday. piLDEN Slipper (Wadsworth) did the best of the morning three m 3714 minutes when the inner grass tracks opened for training this mornintc. Yesterday's rain has put the tracks m good condition and fast times were recorded. Another
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  • 86 15 Thi Table-Tennis Section of Chinese V.M.C.A. held its Annual General meeting at the assembly hall on the sth r\t\ 1949. Office bearers for t c year are as follows halrman: Chong Kow Thye, V.RE. (re-elected). Hon. Sectary A Treasurer: M. Hassan -oiectcd). Committee MemX ra Lim Choo
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  • 85 15 II Rangers' Soccer There will be a friendly game soccer between the Tiong x.ru Rangers and The Raffles -vhool XI at 5.15 p.m. on SaturLay, February 12. 1949 on the s.hool ground. The following will turn up for •j:e Rangers: Cheong Mm. n.ong Kai Seng, Hum Wye •Dong. Lye Pak
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  • 100 15 CUP FUND TOPS $5,000 I rpHKKF are still three Z S I bottle* of hal- 5 fi lengi" Scotch Whisky to Ibe claimed. A bottl<? will go to anyone who donate* $25 or more to the Tribune Cup Fund. I S The total of theFund is $5,027.40 Send your donation?
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  • 44 15 LIVERPOOL, Tue- The Waterloo cup, the "blu«- Riband" of coursing, was won to<!ay by Iftr. Lionel Lucas's Lite Line a black 'log by U*j| Lieutenant, who beat a kennol companion, Roving Mimstrcl, a brindled puppy by Dew Prince, m the final. Reuter
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  • 179 15 U.S. CUP TEAM WILL MEET INDIANS AGAIN rNEW YORK, Tues. India is to meet the United Mates m an exhibition international badminton match r Mnnfplflir K«w Jflrsev. tO-morTOW. Four days later the United 1 States team, winners of the 1 -merican. zone m the Thomas 1 -p competition, will leave
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  • 302 15 Speed, stamina and opportunism won th* game for the Indian Association when they met and trounced the S.C.C. s—l5 1 m a hockey match at the padang yesterday. Though S.C.C. lost by a wide margin, they nuui< th Indian tide "run for it." H.tig
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  • 87 15 NEW YORK, Tuesday. The English v. cmen's -qua-h rackets team Made a clean iwccp m five exhibition matches with player.-' t m tii»> New York art a on Monday. The dOKSt decision m the Anglo-American series was one In which Mrs. R. T. TeagUC of
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  • 142 16 JEWS SUPPORT HELP FOR ARAB REFUGEES NEW YORK. Sun. THE American Jewish Committee has announced its support for Congressional authorisation of a special contribution of J16.000.000 by the United States to help 500.000 Palestinian refugees, most of whom are Arabs. In a letter to Senator Tom Connally, Chairman of the
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  • 111 16 ARAB STATES CONFER ON PEACE TALKS Cairo. Sun lay. pEPRESENTATIVTS of all IV Arab League countries, except Transjordan. conferred hen today on whether to negotiate with" Israel. No statement was issued after the meeting. However, it was understood that the delegates reached a decision which will be submitted to their
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  • 25 16 ITALO- YUGOSLAV TALKS 'BOGGFD DOWN' ROME. Sunday. The Italian foieign office said yesteidr.y that the lUlo-Yugoslav trade negotiations are bogged down nvpr way reDarationa.— U.P.
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  • 56 16 Ipoii. Sun. A meeting will be convened at the Perak Chi- •lose Chamber of Commerce next Sunday, Feb. 13. at 1 p.m. j to study the proposed rules of the Malayan Chinese Association, it is understood. The meeting will consider the advisability of forming;
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  • 80 16 Voice Of Borneo Attacks O'Keefe Decision Batavia. Sunday. Suaia Kalimantan, the Voice of Borneo, m its editorial today said the Australian action against the Indonesian-born Mrs. O'Keefe and her eight childien should not be left unheeded. The paper said that although the action may be legal according to Australian law,
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  • 307 16 'Atlantic Pact Aid To Aggressive Policy* WASHINGTON, Sunday. THE Soviet Vnion has offered a non-aggression pact to Norway. 1 A Soviet Government note making the offer was broadcast ear 1 y today. Moscow Radio said that the note was delivered to the *°™X? ter, yesterday,
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  • 70 16 THREAT TO SACK SUN FO Ll Tsun£-jf\! f was re- ported t ><la> to have threatened to dismiss J I'rinie Minister Dr. Sun Fo. unless he returned to S Nanking 'nhen re- 5 quired." This report C which \vm unconfirmed. 1 came a-s th»» climax to g t speculation about
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  • 40 16 ATHENS, Sunday. -Constantino Rendes. Minister of Public Security, today predicted that continued United States and Greek popular support of the Truman Doctrine would end the "New free Greek" Government before the end of the year.— U.P.
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  • 151 16 London, Sunday. BRITISH naval forces left Portland yesterday for the Atctic to test how their ships, planes, guns and men would behave m far North fighting. The force will cruise for j six weeks. It includes the aiicraft canier Vengeance and i the destroyer Gabbard.
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  • 242 16 The Shah BetterGunman Killed JEHERAN, Sun. The Shah of Iran is now better. I following the attempt on his life on Friday when 1 he was shot and wounded twice. The gunman who 1 fired the shots has died of the beating he had from jl the Royal guards and
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  • 115 16 PLAN TO DEVELOP ASIAN COUNTRIES LAKE SUCCESS v- 9 PAR-REACHING ppansi ans V 1 the development of Asian fl countries primar.lv "S 9 American aid -are expected ti 9 be presented to th, fe conom M and Social Council which on. n 9 its eighth session tomorrow ,H Asia's interest
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  • 89 16 Blow To Navy -And To T.B. LONDON. Sunday A Gov- m ernment research team has struck a blow at one of the i Royal Navy's oldest traditions. M Sweeping the mess hall deck They said the dust rated giv. s *fl sailors tuberculosis, and sug- 9 geted that vacuum c'caneis
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  • 118 16 P. I. Fire Causes $8 Millio n Damage I Manila. Sunday. FIRE which whipped thiough Cotabato, provincial capital m Western Mindanao yesteiday left 10,000 people homeless. Estimates of property losses ran to Straits $8,000,000. The blaze started m a palm thatched hut. It razed a half to two-thirds of the
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