Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 2 February 1947

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  • 21 1 The Sunday Tribune Now printed simni t;wi«>ouslv In Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Ipob IPenanf. TWELVE I SINGAPORE, FEBRUARY Z, 1947. TKN CENTS
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  • 727 1 COMMONS KNOWS ALL ABOUT US s)x?^ Governor Says: linkers Afraid Of Intimidation" (Sunday Tr.bune Staff Rcoortcr) The H x J Commons is gating 'a fair picture of conditions gapore", the Cove.no/, Sir Franklin Cimson, told a pre mference yesterday. Sir Frenldin was replying to a qua posed by the Sunday
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  • 193 1 Ghosts Haunt S'pore Village (Sunday Tribune Reporter) A thousand r I r< haunting the inhabitant- of a *mall village f n Siglap toast seven mile-, frjm Singapore town. They're the spi> ■> i of 1000 your.p Chinese whom a we*lc after their occupation of Singapore i. i9i2 the Japanese pounded
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  • 30 1 R'O DE JANEII:«, bVb I. The Jj of Gu s Brow /old-time Engmu,ic U\ iaud fed to d«ath in hi. apartment ft r this morning.
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  • 22 1 JOHANNESBURG, F,b. -Em•11 rLT^ Ultim:itum ti( nand gold minea today warning S en n strikt uhl d B ilav> .nice.
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  • 66 1 $80 MILLION IN CURRENCY HISSING HONG KONG. Feb. L- The Police todau d sclosed that 30 cases of Chinese bank notes valued at 580.000,0r0 cN —currently arouiid t r ssit.GOC were looted, whih en route to Canton from Siianyhai. If UMU Icarn-'d that ivhin the cases r.rr r>rrl f;i Canton,
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  • 40 1 BELGRADE. Feb. I.— The Yugoslav Government has lent two notis to the Vatican State Secretarial protesting over alltged aid given to "war criminals" in reaching South American, and demanding the return of five •'notorious Yugoslav war criminal U.P.
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  • 73 1 WA C HINGTON Feb. 1. -President Truman declared at a pr ss conference today he would "be very pleated" to see Mr Clement 1 Au'nr und Oensralfeslmo Josef Stalin in Washington for a new S;</ Thr«e meeting. He insisted, however, he did exp«cl
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  • 50 1 TOKIO Feb. 1 -One hundred and thirty thousand Japs threati fined to ttr.'ke at midnight on d< snitc M icArthur s i i rder vetterdav b inning a general .strike, as Yashiro lyi sent a RDpeft] to the Allied Council for Japan to intervene In the di.-put»-.
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  • 67 1 5 England's bigyest pig T J The distinction of S owning the bggcst pig in ET/Cgla'i.d belongs to Fanner I Alexander Proven of Bca- "> consfield. Buckingham- I shire. The claim is made Z tor a white t ico- year -old S p g weigh
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  • 68 1 LONDON. Feb. I.— Miss Mary Attlee. eldest sister of the British Prime Minister writing m the "World's Children" magazin pleads for removal of colour bar in ts^uth Airica. •Restrictions on half-east-:" make for misunderstanding and bitterness between races" sh says, "and it is hardly
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  • 34 1 KYOTO. Feb. 1- In the first post-war army step to utilise Negro manpower, the Army announced the arr'val of the only Negro combat t am in Japan tne 24th Infantry Regiment.
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  • 240 1 Portsmouth, Feb. I.—HMS Vanguard, carrying- the Royal Family to start its torn- of South Africa, sailed on the Portsmouth tide at 7.15 a.m. today. The mighty new battleship faded rapidly into the thick morning mist while the King Queen and th e two Princesses
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  • 30 1 AHMLDABAD, Jan. 31.— An unidentified man, reported to be wearing black clothes, has fatally shot one person and injured five in the Gomatipura suburb here tonight Reuter
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  • 159 1 4 HURT IN S'TORE GANG CLASH: POLICE OPEN FIRE The Police had to open fire last night at about 7.35 o'clock in the neighbourhood of Cheang Hong Lim Street, off Cross Street, when a gang of Chinese numbering abcut 50, armed with sticks and empty bottles attacked another gang of
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  • 99 1 1200 Bags Rice Lost In Sunken S'pore Ship The Chinese owned S'ngapore rrotor vessel "Sinhwa" is reported to have sunk in a storm 30 miles from Palembang. The GKnhWB is owned by the Krng Hua Chan Company, and was carrying 1.200 bags of ric^ and several tons of general cargo
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  • 31 1 TCK^O, Feb. l.—Kunio Mlyaas the 'Mad Doctor" yesterday \;is sentenced by the Eighth Army Military CommLssion to 20 veais haid labour for violating law- and customs of war.
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  • 142 1 Don Bradman will not bat in Australia's first innings at Adelaide tomorrow. The Great Don was out yesterday—for a "duck", a victim of Alec liedser, who spvead-eagied his I stumps ten minutes before the clcse of play in the second day of the Fourth Test. Yesterdays
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  • 64 1 OLDHAM, Feb. 1. -Haxold Norman who wa, wounded with a dagger while playing Macbeth at the Oldham Reperatory Company theatre on Thursday night, was this morning stated to b~e in rather po< r condit on but a little better than last jii^ht. He underwent a major operation yesterday.
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  • 204 2 (Sunday Xri junr. staff Reporter) The threat o/ a boycott ty local Chinese of Dutch goods anql shipping passing through Singapore w;mld have "very unfortunate repercussions" said the Governor Sir Franklin Gimson, at 1 is press conference yesterday. The Governor was commenting upon the
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  • 178 2 Marries On Parents' Golden Wedding Anniversary Singapore's oldest phoptogra- pher 'both in ag? anj expert- i enceh Mr. Lee King Yan, and h's icife Madam Tong Oi Yent, yesterday celebrated their gol- S den ucddnq anniversary and the weddina of one oj their eleven chVdren. J i Mr. Lee is
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  • 331 2 Strikers' Spokesman Says: 'Mr. Rayman Doesn't Seem To Care' (Sunday Triune Staff Reporter) Mr. M. Sunderaraju. Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the seven Municipal Labourers' Unions, made a new statement yesterday, coinciding with the start of the Traction Company's strike. "Mr. Rayman does not seem either to have
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  • 195 2 Strike Front It Was all quirt, on the Singapore strike front yesterday t-vening. The only development in the Traction strike occurred late in ihe afternoon when representatives >f the Singapore Clerical Services Union interviewed the President of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union, Mr. R.
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  • 112 2 The wedding too* plac. at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday of Mr. Bryn Rhy s Roberts, the wellkuown conductor of the Naval Base Choir, and Miss Joy Tracey, who recently arrived from her •home in Sydney, Australia. She was attended by one bridesmaid, Mis* Mavis ColHngwood, and was given
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  • 37 2 A meeting to celebrate Prophet's Birthday will be held zX 7.30 p.m. on Monday at the promises of the Association, No. 27A, Tras Street. Lecture* Uill be delivered on the Llfo of the Prophet-
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  • 55 2 Bail of $1,000 was offend a young Biitisher, R. H. Pajmer, when he claimed trial in the Third Magistrate's Court yesterday, to a charge of cheating A. J. Turner, by inducing him to deliver $140 cash, in return for a false cheque. The ca&e was postponed
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  • 67 2 A £<at§njent issued yesterday by the Singapore Hire Cat Association in eounectfojj with thy &T-C. #$*j Wj tfc^ al! ta*l* of the SJ&CA. wilj cottiinus to charge the sam u f are* a* tho.-.e which previously exbU-d. Passengers are advised not to pay more than tbe usual
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  • 177 2 "This type of offence U picvaient in Singapore— in fact there is far too much of it. and io must stop," declared First District Judge Paul Ston when he sentenced Beh Tuck Seng 122) to a term of eighteen months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday on a
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  • 196 2 Produced before the Seventh Magistrate, Mr. A. P. Jack, for his preliminary inquiry on a tentative charge of being in ppssession of firearms and ammunition on Dec. 18 last, Gnr. 3. M Van Jaaswelr, a member of the Dutch Military Police, said that he had
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  • 306 2 S'PORE MAN'S LIFE-TIME WITH ARMY Mr. Patrick de Souza of tin Barrack Warden. Quarters. Tang. in. holds a record of service with the Army As a civilian employee, he has had \VZ years of "Army life." He joined the R.A.S.C. a s a clerk at Fort Canning in August i914
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  • 127 2 (Tribune Stafi Reporter/) The reason why higher W«gf« for labourers are not likely to be granted i s because "they encourage an all-round increase of money circulatipn, leading ultimately to inflation and a rise in the cost of living." This was the
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  • 85 2 Private P. J. G. Baker, R.A.S.C, Training School, Bukit Timah, W«l committed to the next Assize^ by the Seventh Magistrate yesterday to stand trial on a charge of being U\ Unlawful possession of a Japanese automatic pistol on Nov. 29^ 1948. Pte Baker Was arrested by two
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  • 49 2 Phone u*cr s are reminded that the emergency number for the Police ii 999. This number will connect the user direct with the ttadio Room in the C.I.D. Th e other Police number 5221 is for ah other calls to Police j stations and othei subsidiary extensions.
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  • 38 2 Australia's new G-G Premier of New South Wain John McKell, who has bee?, appointed Govern or -Geneial of Australia. Photo shews Mr. McKell at home with hit dog Mac. See Page 6 for story. t
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  • 129 2 "It's News To Me" Says Governor (Sunday Tribune Reporter) A Singapore report Of local Chinese volunteers being called to tight on the side of the Vietnamese came as news to Sir Franklin Gimson yesterday. When I asked him about his views on it, the Governor smiled and said, "This is
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    66 3 Cigarettes for service 2 A Jap PoW grins 2 happ'ly when offered three u packets of cigarettes by a local resident for service rendered durincj the Mu- J nic'pal labour strike. It jj •j is reported that there have been cases where some PoW a icould not m work with
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  • 557 3 Large Tr an sacti on s In Industrials Sunda) Financial Report An extremely good week's business has to be reported with industrial share transactions assuming large In general quotations firmed. Tin share .dealings continued to be limited and rubber share bargains won* very scarce. There was a fair exchange of
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  • 177 3 (Sunday Tribune Reporter) The import and export nepartment yesterday presented an unusually active scene when scores of Chinese oil millers and exporters applied for permits to export coconut oil to Hong Kong Applicants were tohl to call again tomorrow, when the question of granting fresh
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  • 250 3 RU BBER MARKET 'Sunday Tribune Market Correspondent*. The week's rubber trading closed on a quieter tone after opening briskly at the beginning of the week, when considerable quantities changed hands. Att<- touching 43i cents for No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. March, rumour* of continii d control in America after March 31
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  • 72 3 WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—Estimates today were that fchii year's Far East crude rubber production was steadily climbing and Commerce Department officials now expect that the output will total 1,035,000 tons from the five major producing area-, plus 105,000 tons from Ceylon and India. It \va.- estimated that
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  • 69 3 A! HENS, Fcb 1.-9*XUfO*l*Vte ivA HmWztiz iugg*sted to the Security Council Invw.-t:j.'it.:r!2 Oceur-Ueu U..<Uy ttat it corJi..c .V.. .nquiry ;:»t^ k.LuatiOii, oad pa&« up hint- to the otlier Albania, rountries. Bulgaria's GcM.rK«- Koulishcv said: "TTn- dom«stic situation in Greece is the root of the whole trouble.
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  • 164 3 (Sunday Tribune Stall Reporter) The Alumni Association of King Edward VII College Df Medicine have decided to dissociate themsiilves from thc Combined Government Servants Committee on the Question of back-pay. "A Combined Committee had decided, by a majority vote, to accept 24 months' back
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  • 63 3 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. Cupi. Fred Adamson reported that beven diunken seamen armed with knive :.-> and chunks of coal, chased officeis of the China Coaster back into their cabins, ixi a mutiny, touched off by a dispute over a Christmas dinnci. The mutineers have been
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  • 64 3 Schoolchildren's Transport Worry Singapore school children "escaped' the bus strike yesterUay as *t was Saturday and a holiday for them. Tfeelr big w orry is tomorrow— Monday. "We don't know now we shall manage," a group of four told mt. Their father explained it was to expensive to send his
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  • 75 3 (From Sunday Tribune Corrs.) MALACCA, Feb. I.— After proti acted negotiations between the manager of Rim Eetate, Jasin, ana the striker's representatives, tr» lock-out in Jasin Estate v. paralysed tapping for nine days, has been called off after agreement had been reached by tne negotiating parties.
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  • 49 3 Mr. Robert Buell, a representative of th World Alliance ui ,ne Y M.C.A. Geneva, is due to arrive from Bangkok by- air tomorrow. Mr. Buell Is on a Burma, Siam and Malaysia tour to study thf immediate post-war problems confronting the Association in these areas.
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  • 50 3 CONSULT ATIVE BOARD MEETING The date for the public meeting of the Consultative Committee Penan g has been altered to February 18. The date for the Malacca meei ing has ocen fixed for February 20, anr the Ipoh meeting postnoned from February 14 to a date to be arranged later.
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  • 326 3 Hongkong. Local-born European policemen in ihe Hongkong force fear as a result of a letter received from the Colonial Office that in another two or three years the Hongkong Police will have few, if any, European officers below Chief Inspector rank. The letter, in setting
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  • 110 3 (Sunday Tribune Reporter* Looting in the Harbour Board godowns is on the down-grade and the Police are reported to be satisfied with the new plan recently put into operation to grab would-be looters and thieves. The Governor at his press conference yesterday said that as
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  • 81 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Ninty-seven deaths were reported to Singapore's Coroner,, Mr. W. G. Poiter, during January. Out of this number, the road took a toll of 18. Death* due to natural causes numbered 18, while deaths due to drowning amounted to 15. There were fifteen cases
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  • 63 3 WINDSOR TO WRITE LIFE STORY PVA T BEACH, .tftoruU, Jaa. -3;.— The Duke of Windsor -*i£ toduy that ho is planning t* vrtte an autobiography. •I have lot* of material and plenty of experience." the Duke suid at a press co ference at tile home of Robert R. Young, a
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  • 2451 4  - PEEPS AT SINGAPORE A WOMAN VERA ARDMORE I To Be Married Next Saturday Miss Catharine LUn Cheng Neo, daugnter oJ Mr. u;.d ni iiok Akee, v. to Mr. Tan Slew Win, son ol Mr. and Tax. Cn< ng Lock n» xt Sataften toe Wcley Tne re- \^.ii bt- held at
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  • 1416 5  - BEATING FARR with ONLY ONE HAND Joe Louis by The Bromi Bomber today describes his first fights itukfcnce of hirxorU title. Against British champion Tommy Fan. Joe claims that he fought m one hand -his right ha vino been injured in the early rounds. Tom in was indignant when he
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  • 1087 5 9 won the fight Jommy I have read of Louis's version i of my fight and to say that I am amazed at its reading is putting it mildly. I would go so far as 7 U> say that this is the first time, S to my knowledge, that Louis
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  • 130 5 Louis to tour east MEW YORK,— Champion Joe Louis will foreign exhibition I *il ready \>> Blake his 24t! vjnvtifbi t 1 1 m< c.irni'y announced. IfcCarnejr, the 1 m riciit "carpetbagger pointed tour-manager t< I pilots; Marshal] M: Roxborogh. The Champion'* fw f J i ii America i ill
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  • 1080 6  -  'Linesman' S. A. F. A. Officials Give Their Views By Singapore's biggest soccer disput" which has brought about strained relations between the city's two major Chinese football clubs is still in a deadlock, with no immediate likelihood of an amicable settlement. Latest talks held
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  • 60 6 DAVOS, Switzerland. Feo. I.— At tile end of the compulsory figures section of the European skating championship* today, a Canadian Miss Barbara ScotL, led With 1,601.9 points. Miss Daphne Walker, of Britain, wa.s second With 1,&59.2, Gretchen van Merrill, of the United States, third with
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  • 65 6 On With The Walk In Slush And Snow ieni,, «rita;r. i.*ozi-^:ar. Wilier, ws,;. pfcus4iac bis w^y tlurou^*. clu:v. Li.ytlPwol tonight, 10 d*ys after *•<- -had left Londgn on u walk routid Brltafn. Couzms had bee n averauii/u miles daily amid England's Vv\.r>t cold wave in 77 years, and tho friend
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  • 264 6  - Kid P ancho Meets Welch Tonight Ringsider (B:r Jimmy Welch is billed to meet Kid Panchc, the whirlwind attacking Fil'pino. tonight at the Happy World Btadium in a lightweight elimination contest, Welch, who has been nursing a cut over the eye, an injury received a moath ago when he lost
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  • 96 6 PEER BANS TROOPS FROM BEAUTY SPOTS Three Wiltshire beauty spots have been barred to troops by the Maruuia of Bath the owner. They are Shearwater Lake, Heaven's Gate and Lonc/ica* Woods near Warminster. Lo^d Bath taid that the de cisiov, had beer, fenced OK film *^c vsqntor. daman: done by
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  • 61 7 This four-year old ctauy.acr of Dr. and Mrs H C Stubbs 0) Singapore was chi stened Pamela Fay when she teas bom m Palembw <; ramp where her mother and sister u e r e in-ter-ied. Bad to a hupp er life fn Singapore Pam m 'all
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  • 296 7 \r. left Sineau i- land*. days. r young son Ku::\ Mr and Mrs. P. O c nnell nave ►pending .1 few day.s in Singap ,iv before 1.1 Borne. Mr. OCmm-li i, with the PW.D. and h is been transferred lrom Sen mban Mr- A. F Taylor
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  • 1692 7 Chinese Party Mi. and Mis. Cum Seek Joo and Mi. and kin. Wong Shiczi Ycin, wen joint hu^u at a large dinner at the "Happy World" la-a Friday evening. Everyone enjoyea the excellent Chun di-slu- which came up in bewildering railetjr. i have b. en to Chii i
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  • 486 8 The Sunday Tribune FEBRUARY, 2, 1947. The Labour Situation While Westminster is soothed by assurances that the labour trouble in Singapore is nut as bad as pr '!P l r^ make out, the situagoes inconsiderately from bad to worse. Yesterday the Traction Company workers came out attain, While the Municipal
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  • 1533 8  - SINGAPORE AMD THE FEDERATION Sagittarius j ty r No part Dl the Federation proposals has drawn more adv crititui m than thy reparation of Singapore irom the peninsula, strictly speaking, the Constitutional Proposals do not make the separation, for the division If the result of the Order in Council which
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  • 803 8  -  Sir Victor Tait I I hear the question asked why there are so many air-accident-these days, and if action is being taken to make air travel safer. At the moment civil air-line operations are affected by lack Dl comprehensive radio communications and radar
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  • 709 8 Australia's New Grover n or Gen eral Apprentice, boxer, footballer, cricketrr. politician, lawyer, cabinet minister- Pn>m.»T That has been the care r of William Jai McKell. long-term Premier ol his home State ol New South Waks. new GoVernor-teenera! Au»tralia. 'Billy McKell now 55, han more than half his lii In
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  • 307 9 "NORMAL" A GAIN A T RAFFLES LIBRARY "LOST" VOLUMES ARE RETURNED (Sin o l ins StalT Reporter) ft. la f-unnn^ into its oWI a (i ;.in d w*. roughoui fhe i feeu- at an ..v< .f 30 to 40 books Library had ovei 70,000 lid not damage ti PJJJj any
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  • 35 9 BROOKLYN,— Burglars lobbed a sporting goods store of $2,000 in nKichaiiuise and $500 in ca-h, and took time out to measure i them Lvea tot sports eiothina with a tape measure.I U.P.
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  • 34 9 LAKEVlEW— Woodsman I. J. Pradmore was filling trees in i Mud Creek area when a 40-lb porcupine toppled on his back. Attendants at a local ho>pitul removed 120 auSlls fiom Prad- raore's hide. U.P.
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  • 37 9 TRURO. Mass.— Because blackbirds caused such severe crop damage in early Cape Cod days, a law was once passed that no young man in the town might marry until he had killed blackbirds or three crows." U.P.
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  • 46 9 CINCINNATI,— The "never say die" spiiit won Billy Paul Allen, IS, a wife. Billy failed to get consent for his marriage to 16-year-old Ella Lindley onrt jumped off a railroad bridge into the Ohio River. Her grandparents finally relented and granted them permission to wed.- U.P.
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  • 41 9 CHlCAGO— Detectives at a police station hero have been told not to take suspects' pictures homo. Th«> oflicer-in-charge is tired of explainir.g to indignant vifeg that photographs of pretty womten they flnd in their husbands' Dockets really are gun molls;- U.P.
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  • 283 9 Los Angeles.— A 38-year-old cook who, according 4 .0 the police, muttered in li;s sleep "I forgot to cut th^ scar off her leg," was arrested to-day at Merced, California, during a hunt for the killer of Betty Short, a 22--year-old filh extra,
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  • 289 9 CHAMBERLAIN UMBRELLAS HIT PARIS PARIS. -The Federation ol Frt-nch Umbrella Manufacturers, which, since 1936, has made it its bu>iness to present the umbrella as sun elegant rather than pur.ly practical article in every well-dressed women's wardrobe, has launched a great export drive. Starting their drive at home— for f v\:ry
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  • 160 9 SYDNEY, Feb. I.— One ol the most intensive searches eve*: undertaken by the Australian Customs Service is still in progress on the Chinese steamship Wah Lee, which arrived here 48 hours ago with several hundred Jewish refugees Irom Shanghai. Reports received in Australia suggested
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  • 1078 9 THE BEGINNING OF A RACKET The Adventures Of 0.8.H. Ii recollection setves me, I had noc been in Changi for morv than a Keek before I began to real] e that racket. Were springing up all iound mo. Ih e first racket I discovered was the accommodation racket. On arrival
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  • 175 9 Britaia'a Customs olflcials 30 per ct-nt under pro-war strength, intend U try out secret nv\v methods to chock the record boom in smuggling. Greatest racket the Customs ar* out to b*«at is the smuggling of jewellery mostly Imitation from the Continent and Ireland. The
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    • 192 9 LANGUAGE ML NONARY'" i Dutch in 3 Months Without a Master (Hugo's) $2.40| German., 2.40 French 2.40 .Hindustani 3.00 Marlborough's Self Taught CHINESE 2.70 inNDUSTANI 2.10 Bazar Malay by K. R. Blackweii 1.50: jAn Abridged Malay-English Dictionary (Romanised) Postage Extra by R. J. Wilkinson C.M.G. 4.00 M. Mohamed Dulfakir Co.
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    43 10 Martha Stewart popular 20'" Century-Fox tinging »tar. s currently rehearsing a new age tfu Sew fork. Th*. vivacious songstress recently finished her mos' .mportar* screen role iv Producer Gto T Qe JesseVs technicolour ?nus:cai "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her n o
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  • 194 10 YARDSTICK USED FOR FILM KISSES Hollywood Th-^ get Ottt to yardstick to met ore movie ki these days. When Lor< ttu Young, w opia the title rule in The Farm Dull and J P Cot n« in .hu RKO I Ic neasured 15 inch They exchange some 219 othtr m
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  • 130 10 Hollywood- Well, some- thing new has been added again to all the. ercitr- ment thai is going on today i-i world affairs. Long accustomed I receiving fan mail *ur pin-up photos o; such screen stars as tledft Lamarr. Lana Turner, i Donna Reed. Esther Williams and numerous others,
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  • 365 10 Stars Speak Their Own Tongue In This Picture Everyone peaks his own mothei tongue in l4 The Last Chance*', and since it probably is th •'1 a i picture r filmed umb< ;ci(is up to arly a <'>■ zen. ll tOngU \v r 01-' l»s of 1 i, Yiddi ■i
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  • 258 10  -  'Lensman' by Blonde and jolly Manha O'D;lbcoll got her first screen job at tho age of 13, by declaring .-he was 18. ThN job was as a dancer. When the authorities learned of her decepflon, Martha was made to return to school--., and her film careei -eemed gone. But
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  • 84 10 Aj> a result oi her line portrayalg In "Honeymoon" and "The Bjcheltir mm the BobbySoxer." blonde Kay Christopher has been awarded the ieminin^ lead opposite Ralph Byrd in "Dick Tracy vs. The Claw." Mi^s Christopher did extensive modeling before -igning her Hollywood contract, also was named "Miss
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    28 10 FILM PAGE WHAT A GALl—Lvveli Rita Hay worth as she v featured as a s'nger avc tun twiJigcr ill 20th Century Fox's tcchnicolou. musical H My Gal Sal."
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  • 181 10 No Suffering Hore- Roy Rogers thinks it is time that a tribute was paid Hollywooa for its teaching, by example, of humane care for animals. Adults and children allkt- have karned from movies, he believe*, much about the development of intelligence in pets and of the propu care and training
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    22 10 d d in.'' wii Carmen? Y< This Bra* '<< s none other tnan ney a he ippeun :n M.GM. -Bribes on Broad-
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  • 340 10 HUMAN INTEREST IN HOLLYWOOD'S AUTOS K lywtx d. Detroit may be the autom I I .>!K.. buc more stories- faou -in. have emana n >Jiy- less carriages. i- a 1 started bac* In the- days when picture i lit les c iU> ed as tnucli atte.nl m by their equip
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    33 10 He en Ce \tury Fox. T H youthful star to no f -*ic tost u'n a' c" i Lake Ig mi fi*,hing f?r°c h f .i' accept* able n( > thing or
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  • 119 10 - Sofnetitnes, it lecmt, as though directors just don't Know when to slop. i Roy William Neill wat J putting Dan Durgea and i June Vincent through their i paces for a dramatic scent J S in 'Black Angel" at Uni- J versal. Everything went i smoothly but Ncill
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    • 144 10 l£2i~— It is never too early to learn i lie simple rule that X I J/»fll Inner Cleanliness comes first for health." Children f^Lo \u& t V love bubbly, sparkling, healthful Andrews And it ii I \v^ -O* I good tt> know that every glass does us purifying :irui fnY^+illtJ
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    • 168 10 THE WEEK'S X SHOWS 4 CATHAY REX Now Showing: ANCHORS Now Showing: 'Fob 2-4 > AWEIGH with Frank Sinatra. DONT FENCE ME IN with Kathryn Grayson and Ger? Roy Rogera and Dale Evans Next Change: (Feb. i soWTHT^r' l TrnT? TOir'nrivn fS^S^ BROADWAY with vvUn Carmen Miranda Michael Mickey Rooney
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  • 1555 11 BRADMAN OUT FOR 'DUCK' LINDWALL'S NEAR 'HAT-TRICK' COMPTON HITS GRAND CENTURY Jbnglana In Strong Position: Aussies 24/2 Six Wkts Down In Last Hour's Play Ray Lindwall s three wickets with four b-'k the Great Don out for "duck" Atisti\ ir two w'cVct> cbv n for 8
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  • 611 11  -  Norman Preston (By I Adelaide, Feb. I.— The Test Match here was Engjj land's day. For the first time on the tour the majority of batsmen, particularly Denis Comptcn and Joe Hard- siatf, shuck their top form. Bedscr put England com- pletely on top by
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  • 94 11 Test Hat Tricksters Had Lindwall succeeded j yesterday in taking three j wckets with successive balls, he would have been Z I the seventh bowler to S have performed t h e J 'hat-trick' in Test cricket. 8 S hat-trictt per- S formers were- For F.nyUtrrl W. Bates g J
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  • 253 11  -  Victor Richardson (By ADELAIDE. Feb. I— Denis C'jmpton's return to form and Haristaff's workman-iike innings today saved England from outright defeat. a< at the end of the first day England's batting was bad enough for that possibility. Todays morning play showed little improvement exc.p that
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  • 41 11 ADDAIDE, Feb. I.— Keith Miller, Australian Test all-rounder has accepted a position in Sydney as salesman in the same firm as Sydney Barnes. He is now definitely not to play for Rawtenstall in. the Lancashire League.
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  • 100 11 At the 18th annual general meeting of the Amateur Sports Union, the following were elected office-bearers Patrons: Messrs. Yeo Slew Chuan, Lim. Chong Swev, Wee Kim Leong and Seet Teck Huat; President: Mr. E. Cheng Leong; Vice-Presidents: Messrs. tfeo Guan Hoe, Willie Tan, E. Tian Cheng and
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  • 32 11 Indians Interested in playing cricket lor the Indian Association during the forthcoming Srison are rtquGbted to comiuunicate with Mr. D. oWmara. 4 Criclset Convener, Indian Association, 304 Telok Kurau Road.
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  • 33 11 UNITED FAMILY B.P Tlu* seventh annual general mrt-t 'ng of the UniU'd Family B. P. Will be held at the residence of Madam Her>£ Mu> Sim, 15 Makept;'' Monday nipht, at 7-3n pm
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    34 12 Fanner Alexander proven goes "for a gallop on England's biggest pi g around his paddock a mount so sprightly that both front trotters are off the ground at the samf time; (See Page 1)
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  • 121 12 WASHINOTON. Jan. 31. —Hi > D»-p..i tm.-nt of Justice -:ud i<>day that some 2,000 Chinese wcr*- *<>.•)■: ing adJiiitt.'inc-c s ;i j! Praocisco and that two shipload had a-rived at th. w.-t OOMt iii, t third >vn-; dUe. Tne immigration bctvlc* UOablc to expedite their entry
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  • 346 12 -But Changi Airfield May Prove Obstacle (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) A daily service of Constellation aircraft from Batavia to Amsterdam via Singapore^, is planned by K.L.M. air lines. It is hoped to begin operation in August, after test flights in June. "The
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  • 79 12 LITTLE AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, Feb. I.— Admiral Richard Byrd, leader of the United States Antarctic expedition, said here tnat tile earth's highest plr.teau may lit beyond the South Pole, and that his planes will go looking for it as soon as the weather pcimits He said he
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  • 59 12 Seamen's Sit-down Strike On Ship LONDON, Feb. I.— Eleven ■••men are on a sit-down strike on the Greek steamer Stavros now in Swynsea Bay and are refusing to leave until £5,000 is paid Into !he court pending a settlement of T.h'Ur claims. The men claim under the Or— t law
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  • 109 12 LONDO". Feb. I.— More frost and snow and some fog and Rales was thi-j morning's cheerless week-end weather forecast for .Britain. A great thaw, expected today, was delayed, and although the temperatures are generally higher than earlier In the week, mcs?" of the country are still
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  • 105 12 12 HURT IN TRIPLE TRAIN CRASH Contbrid^e. Feb. 1. Scotland railwaymen worked throughout last night clearing tracks after a triple train crash near Coatbridge. A northbound goods train wjm-toeinp: shunted over a i unction when an Aberdeen and Perth to London mail train ran into its rear. Post Office mail
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  • 54 12 LONDON, Feb. I— A n agreement in principle on th«- »mp. i r ii of I the rew Italian Government was n-ached last night at i meeting between representatives of the Christian Demccrat. Socialist an<] I Communist Parties under ihe chairm.'iiisl-iip „f outcoing Premier Alcide de Gasperi,
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  • 94 12 Wanted Liquor Labelled "Poison" DUNDEE, Feb. I.— Edwin Serymgeour, former prohibition'st Member of Parliament, whose defeat of Winston Churchill at Dundee hi 1922 caused a major .political sensation, died here today. He was 80. Within a year of h's election to Parliament Mr. Scyrmgeour inzsuccess fully introduced his bill which
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  • 81 12 COPE^AGEN Feb i. -Alter J fl memorial service here thii morning, a uutch hKymaster aircrali leit Copenhagen i'jr Amsterdam. Paris and Madrid carrying th€ bodies oi II of tne victims in last Sunday's air crasn at Kastrup. Copenhagen. Mis^ j e McoreV ciJlin was on the Plane which
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  • 47 12 Hitler' s Photographer Gets 10 Years' Jail MUNICH Feb. 1.-HiCler's private photographs i Heinricn Hoffman was sentenced io ten years at hard labour by tn t Munich German Denazification 1 Tribunal -vhich also deprived him |ol civn tights i. in I pittance of his personal possessions. U.P.
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  • 26 12 Mr. Geoffrey do Freitas, the Under-Seci etary of State for Air, arriWd at Kaitak airport, Hong Kong, on Thursday from Saigon.
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  • 376 12 London, Fob. I.— The British press g< i f ms to rvgard the order to evacuuie British worm n and children from Palestine as prudent, but many organ* regard it as a confession of weakness. They almost Unanimously place the blame on the dilatorily
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  • 215 12 MURRAYFIELD, Scotland. Fee. I.— Forty thousand spectators were present when tne Scotland- W a1? s international started on a pitch which had been protected by straw from the weather. Brilliant interception led t) Wale* leading when Bleddyn Williams crossed tor a try and lampiia rnt the post
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  • 97 12 LIVERPOOL Feb. 1. When the troopship Queen of Bermuda arrived nere today irom b.ng^pore. it was ais closed that sergeant A. F. Linsell wa s found on j«ud aoof oi his rnessdtck on Jan. 21 with a h ad injury trom wnich he died. Medical
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  • 52 12 Th e following are requested to turn up for matches against Pasir Panjang Combine BJ\ i% the latUr's court Hill street Police Station, on Sunday at 2.00 p.m. M. Hodri. Ashnrl. Senawl, Mosrom, A. W.ihab, Hassan H. M. Noor, Ra/mat, Srgt. Aziz, a. Rahim, Haron, and A.
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  • 319 12 wSSF 0 1 Foottan ENGLISH LEAGUI FIRST DIVISION Arsenal G. Manchester U. 2 Blackburn 1. bunderland 2 Blackpool 2. D'Tby 1. Brentford 0. Aston Villa 2 Charlton 2. Chelsea 3 Everton 1. Huddersfleld o Grimsby T. 2, Bollwn Wandrs 2 Leeds U 1 Dverp K)l 2. Middlesboro
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  • 36 12 RANGOON, Feb. I.— A general strike may begin in Burma on Monday. Final decision about the strike will be taken by the All -Burma Services Association which Is holding special meeting here tomorrow.
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    • 23 12 P a vino c^ptificatv^ The sales of Victory Savings i Certificates in th c Malayan Union up to Jan. 28. amounted to $363,138.00
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    • 135 12 HWITATINCPAINH 1 R;i PEELING SKIN AND CRACKS BETWEEN TOES ULBVH OVERNIGHT II yimr feel irritate, are hot and painful, look kettveen rhe toes. That\ where Singapore Foot starts. I irsi it cause, tiny blisters, then peeling skin and irritating, painful cracks. Treat this infectious complaint at once with AERO-PED, the
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