Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 9 February 1947

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    21 1 The Sunday Tribune Now printed I n Singapore, Kuala Lumpur ip,.h iVnang. fWELVE^AGKS SINGAPOKK. I FBRI ARY, 9, 1947. TEN CENTS.
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    Big Crime Is Up Again
    239 1 106 Hold-ups In Dec (Sunday Tribune C rime Reporter) Bijr crime is cm th* "up" again. And a sharp rise too. January figures of arme i robberies, made available l*Jt(^ht, show that last month there were Si armed robberies. In December, armed robberies numbered 49.
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    HITLER'S 'IN-LAWS' TO FACE TRIAL
    73 1 FRANKFURT. Fib. H.—Denaztfica;ion court proceeding against th«parents of Eva Braun Hitler's ptrtnU-in-law will bejfin in four *wk*' time at Traiiiistiii. west of StbbOrg, the Bavaru'.n Minister -i D«n«siacttion has unuounced, omling to a report of the German ««Wg itrviw in the United Stat*.-* »nf. Both
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    1855 French Casualties
    42 1 1 855 French Casualties n£i r1 Feb 8 -The French Hl «h Command in Lndo-Chinu i f S ced that French '*>ualtiea in the Colonial war j i^SlS* to 1.855 killed and ou nded, since the outbreak ol Utilities on Dec 19
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    THINKS BRITAIN CANT PAY
    41 1 W.W VORK Feb. 8.-PredicLion *t Br,Ui n wil not aW( {u l S* imtnta the United State, m J?* 11 f WlMfct is described i P« deterioration in her ec.no i a mad, in h, Unit, i
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    HESSE JEWELS CASE
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Feb 7.-TIK i da partmem announced toCoL the c °urt-martlal of i C oa t j wk w- Duran complicity In the theft or to£f?° wor th of German I jewels. WU, here on
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    NAZI FINANCIER GOES ON TRIAL
    59 1 NUERNBERG. 1- b H Flick, l«-;iding: German industrialist and f<>ur of hi> .j^is-tant* were Indicted today on charm ;>f wa; crimes, Crimea c-mist bmumitf and plunder ol industrial pcopertitf« in countries overrun by Nazis. Flick aged 63, controlled the largest private iron and strH maii
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    Derby Out Of Cup
    112 1 LONDON. SAT.- Derby County. tbe Cup-holders, were today eliminated from the F.A. Cup by Liverpool before a huge crowd at Liverpool. A late goal, scored 13 minutes from the end by Barber, who was injured earlier in the match, gave I.iirrpool a well-deserved victory in which
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    ITALY GAGGED
    76 1 PARIS. Feb 8. A Freucn foreign office spokesman eonlimed today tha* Foreign Minister Georges Bidault on behalf of the Big Four governments has informed Italy last night that her dele-atr-x would not be permitted to make a speech at the signing of the peace treaties on Monday. The
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    WILL TOUCH S'PORE
    51 1 SHANGHAI, Fib. B.— The stateowned China Merchants Steam Navigation Company largest shipping enterprise in China i s inaugurating her Shanghai -Calcutta line on February 12 f when a liberty ship "Hal Ti'-n" is scheduled to sail oa her maiden voyage on the new service via Hongkong and
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    STRIKE THREAT
    44 1 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 8 William Alexander Bustamante. .sixfeet tall "strong man" of Jamaican labour, yo.-tcrday renewed his threat to Call a strike throughout the island unless demands of the striking field workers of West India Sugar Company's cane plantations are rue Reuter
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    FIVE MILLION BRITONS FACE UNEMPLOYMENT
    898 1 FIVE MILLION BRITONS FACE UNEMPLOYMENT eld Iri'eriStly cold weather, one of the inos> severe periods ever known \n Southern England Ik.caused solid freezing oj the River Crouch, Essex, for several miles of its length. Salt uater floivs im fro??i the s°a with tha nsinq tide, but when it retreat* t'ue
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    Wife Divorced Him, But He Can't Marry
    203 1 London. F. b 8.- -The question oi why former Fighter Pnot Vincent tfTOOxe cannot marry an English giii. when bl| Hollywood. wile has already obtained an American divorce, is likely to come up in the House of Cominuus uiiq a aeci..ion win anecL
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    Gen. Marshall Explains China Withdrawal
    158 1 Gen. Marshall Explains China Withdrawal WASHINGTON, Feb. B.— United States marines are being withdrawn from China because their ta^ks of helping to repatriate the Japanese ana guard the communications of the American mediation mission are now over, said Secretary of State George Marshall at a press conference 10-day. A small
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    SHANGHAI ITALIAN GETS LIFE TERM
    64 1 SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 U Bordandini. ex-Deputy Commander of the Italian Naval Forces in Shanghai was sentenced tcday to life imprisonment by the Chinese court for collaboration with the Japanese. The charges included the dispatching of 100 Italian sailors for Japanese* labour and supply] nor gocds
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    Cut Starts Tonight
    61 1 Cut Starts Tonight LONDON. Sai. Fuel Minister Emmanuel Shinwell in a press conference explaining Britain's electricity cut said today it will be effective at midnight on Sunday and "we shall have to deal with factories where suntches are not pulled." He was unable to say how many factories would be
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    U.K. TRIAL PLAN FOR PALESTINE
    97 1 LONDON. Feb. 7. The British Government has adopted a new *entative policy for Pale** ne, reported to be a compromise relaxing rules on Jewish immigration and shclfing any idea of partitioning the Holy Land now or in the near future. The proposal Is designed to
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    ARABS WILL REJECT
    36 1 London. Feb 8. Arab rejection of the new British Government proposals tor Palestine appeared certain today, because of the provision for immigration into Palestine of 100,000 Jews within 2 years, reports United Press
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    IS. GRAIN EXPORTS
    25 1 WASHINGTON Feb. B.— Hit Agriculture Department estimated to-day that 46,500,000 bushel* of United States grain and grain products were expoited last month.
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    BIG DRIVE AGAINST NEW HIDE RACKET
    400 2 BIG DRIVE AGAINST NEW HIDE RACKET Shops Issuing inferior Grade Grain To Public (Sunday T ribune Food Reporter) A rigid campa gn is now being conducted by the newly-reorganised Food Inspectorate against Singapore's latest rice racket the substitution of inferior quality rice for good grade grain issued for distribution to
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    Lightning Strike Called Off After Few Hours
    91 2 Lightning Strike Called Off After Few Hours S (Sunday Tribune Staff > Reporter) i I A lighting strike oc- curred among shipping J repairs' contractors a* i S Keppel Harbour yesterday J 1 morning At was set- tied within a few hours and everything was nor- > mal by the
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    Boys' Clubs Inadequate -S'pore Padre
    287 2 Boys' Clubs Inadequate -S'pore Padre "The successful promotion of socially Useful activitic- is something Which can thi iv<> only With devoted service from a lar^e number of public spirited volnuteers it cannot b^ done merely through the machinery of the Governmo ,t Department", declared Rev. J. T. N. Hundy of
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    X'mas Island Trial Enters Sixth Week
    189 2 Tlie Christmas Island Court Martial which is trying seven. Indian soldiers oi the 7th Coast Regiment, of the H.K.S.R.A., on a charge of mutiny, is now I in its sixth week of hearing. At the present rate of gress, the trial will take at
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    CHOCO-LAIT FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN
    123 2 'Tribune Staff Reporter) Every day a truck belonging to the Chung Cherg school draws up before Oold Storage Creameries in order to Ufice delivery of several hundred bottles of choco-lait which are subsequently sold to enthusiastic school-children at 20 cents a pint bottle. Although the Creameries used
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    PRESSED OUT
    49 2 PARIS, Feb. 7.— The Evening newspaper, Fiance Soir, said that Admiral Thierry D'Argenlieu's cabled resignation crossed the government's cable recalling him from th e High Commissioner's post in Indo-China. lor consultation. The paper said Admiral D'Argenlieu resigned because of "constant attacks of some newspapers," against hU policy.
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    8 DEAD IN NEW CHINA AIR CRASH
    49 2 SHANGHAI, Feb B.— Eight weie killed and three injured in a force-landing made by a Chinese air force transport plane near Chungking on Thursday, according to Chinese reports. The plane wa s bound for Chungking from Si an with 11 occupants.— Reuter
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    40 2 SAINT GILES, Er.gland, Feb. 7 A water diviner will be hired in an offort to locate the supply of water for the village pond which dried up when the River Misboume suffered a similar fate, it was reported today.- U.P.
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    European Miners Form A Union
    196 2 (Our Own Reporter) IFOH, Sat. With the object of protecting their interests, European employees of the Malayan Tin Companies have formed a union. A letter from the Commissioner of Trade Unions In Malaya wishing the movementsuccess for the future was read at a meeting of
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    BROOKE: I WANT UNITY IN SARAWAK
    307 2 Leading representatives of the Malay National Union of Sarawak who are now in Singapore yesterday conferred with Air. Anthony Brooke. They planned the visit when it became clear that the Government cf Sarawak did not intend lifting the ban which prevents Mr. Brooke from
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    NO HOPE OF TALKS WHILE MEN STAY OUT
    217 2 Municipal Strike 'Sunday Tribune Reporter) There is no immediate likelihood of ;i re-opening of discussion* on the Municipal strike, which enters its l'Jth day this morninff against :i background of refuse-cht.ke<| dranis and evil-smelling streets. The Municipal President, Mr. L. Rayman yesterday
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    Lady Precious Stream
    37 2 Ihe St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association have arranged to restage "Lady Precious Stream" in the Victoria Hall next week. Procttds will be given to charities. Shows will be given on Tnursday Friday and Saturday.
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    Presbyterian Church Wedding
    65 2 The wedding took place yesterday afternoon at St. Andrew'^ Presbyterian Church between Squadron Leader William Walker Scott R.A. F.V.R. and Miss Marjorie Anne Trussler F.A.N.Y. The bridesmaids Were Miss Sunyu Scott and Miss Zanda Scott. Squadron Leader W. O. Jones was the best man. The bride was
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION DANCE
    46 2 The Raffles College Union will hold their sth Annual Dance at the Coll ge Oei Tiong Ham Hall <>n Saturday, February 15. from 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m: Admission charge lor ladies and members is $2. while for non-members it is $3.
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      436 2 Leonardo Siddons, Principal Santa Ana School of Dancing 580. GeylanE Road, Singapore reminds former pupils, that aftej at la half months' rest, Ik* has resumed t( aching. Tuitions private and by app Hours: 10 a.m. 9.30 p.m. Daily Except Sundays Mr. Joseph Too is no longer em] to teach at
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    Sumatra Chinese Make Bonfire Of Rickshaws
    315 3  -  R. B. Ooi (By One hundred ricksiiaws went up in Harness in Medan when the Chinese Security Corns made a bonfi/e ol these vehkles which were symbolic of man's inhumanity ti) man. Hundreds of men and women Including members of the corps watched the
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    BIG S'PORE CHINESE WEDDING
    245 3 BIG S'PORE CHINESE WEDDING Mi*s Catherine Lim Cheng Nco. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Bok Kee wa.s yesterday married (o Mr. Tan Sirw Sin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Cheng Lock at tne Wesley Church. Fort Canning, by Bishop Edwin Lee. Th cnurch wa s packed with guests.
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    Three Executed After Sentence Is Stayed
    94 3 ATHENS, Feb. B.— Thrtv of BM six guerilla fighter whose execution had been postponed aft^r "frierdly and non-official'* approaches by the Ur.ittd Nations Balkan-. Commission now in Athene were executed at dawn at Kilki s yestnrday, n-ports reaching Athens toflay :tatod. Clieek official .sources
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    "Z" Craft For Penang Ferry Service
    231 3 "Z" Craft For Penang F erry Service PKNANG. Sat.— The Batu Atai* coal strike is not adeetmg Penans's ierry-ser vice due to all the boats be.ing oil-burners. Thus is revealed by Mr. S. C. Campboll, Chairman of the Penan» Harbour Board, who aiso states that the ferry service is being
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    Nehru OK's Indian Labour For Malaya
    150 3 Nehru OK's Indian Labour For Malaya —But terms must be 'fair' Skilled Indian labour may come tc Malaya as long as the terms of employment are considered (tit by the Government of India. Pandit Nehru's statement to that effect, made in the course of a survey of India's fore en
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    RACE AGAINST CHOLERA
    37 3 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.UNRRA Director General Lowell Rooks said voda v that a "considerable quantity" of chokia vaccine i s now enroutc to China by plane in an attempt to prevent thu annual cholera epidemic.
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    PEEPS AT SINGAPORE A WOMAN
    2296 4  -  VERA ARDMORE -bq- Dayang Muda Th«j Dayang Muda of Sarawak, an inveievung personality, is staying in Singapore at the Seaview Hotei. She is the daughter ot the late Sir Walter Palrm i << f Huntl v and Palmer) and Lady Palmer, and the mother of
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    Our Young Malayans—19
    24 5 Our Young Malayans— 19 Michelle 1 I r'j charming children w h a recently her ninth birthday with a hapvv uuthering of vnnnq folk
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    People in The News
    1121 5 Mr. CUffi rrt Huntsman, th> wpll-kn wrn c nist, who has |MI Binf apore from Cor Ive con cert at th V Memorial Hall on Bund ly r l :'3rd Mr Huntrr.un. wi or >ther lives near Id hope to visit in the near future, gav<
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    Vera ardmore....
    991 5 Women's Rotary The Inner Wheel Women's Rotary, heard at .t s last meetIns at tb Ad'-lphi Hotel that thi b Singapore branch of the inner Whe< I has been gr inted rter from the Lon j q Lodge It ha n been d- cided when and how th«,-
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    Empress Of Australia Arrivals
    140 5 S 1. F/Lt. D. Sloan. R.A.F.. mee ting his wife who arrived on Wednesday from E?igland F/Lt Sloan is PA. to Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, A.0.C., Far East S 2. Mrs. Ovg Huck Lim who has been loorking at the Malayan Government Accounts office. London,
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      206 5 :irect Importers ol all kind Fancy Gt GOODS! Ol! E- 1.«, battery Road (Rodi House) Singapore ANNUALS PHOTOGRAMS OF THE YEAR. 1947. Paper Cover $4.50 PHOTOGRAMS OF THE year. 1047. stilf cover r > SO THE YEARS PHOTOGRAPHY. 1940-1947 3. 00 RAPHAELS ALMANAC, 1947 -9C RAPHAEL'S ALMANAC, 1947, with Ephemeris
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    The Sunday Tribune FEBRUARY, 9, 1947. Schools For Scandal
    480 6 The Sunday Tribune FEBRUARY, 9, 1947. Schools For Scandal While Oxford's Dons have been badJy shaken by a questionnaire on sex sent out to undergraduates by the too enquiring editor of the "Cherwoir, education authorities at Blackpool announce a kindergarten plan for the instruction of the young in the facts
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    LABOUR AND THE MALAYAN PICTURE
    1225 6  - LABOUR AND THE MALAYAN PICTURE Sagittarius by in t)i< d: ol the troubled lab In Malaya th< Rfrun n the foreground have imposed themselves Pi i hap oo sharply on vis;' ground haa iis ou focus. Some n marks by Singapore's Vi rnor at I press confei >!'.<-• I may
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    SHRINES OF ISE TO GO
    107 6 TOKYO.- The Ise Giand *****--IV-. dedicated to the g<>rid^>^ are to bi dismantled and theii timber out down and sold for kindlin-: wood. The shini- compound are to b»- converted Into public parka where souvenirs will bo manufactured foi sale to tourist Heavy financial losses
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    The Steak & Mushrooms Mystery
    839 6 The Steak Mushrooms Mystery THE ADVENTURES OF 0.8.H. U ii> my Intention, this week. to uncover the Chang] Kitchen Mystery Maskelyne and Devant had no illusion to equal it. and the Singapore Magtc Circle confes ed Itself completely baffled. The Brsi Mint ol ledgerdemain and black magic came 0m 1
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    Planes With Flapping Wings
    777 6 Planes With Flapping Wings When you stop to consider tin- subj< research, thoughts com.' ol huge wind tunrH staffs of skilled technicians, and a wide ment of intricate gadgets and devices. Yet one <>l the not* aeronautical studies of this decade has he< n carried On «i period nf three
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    JCSA Summons Mass Meeting Over Back-Pay Deadlock
    449 7 Closed Door On Negotiations A 'Shocking Disappointment' (Sunday Tribune SUIT Reporter) i" call for a strike no doubt appears to be the <>bVJ(M to do personally I think we should not lk such We arc not reactions o political parti< v |usi Honest
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    A Coll Drink For Mr. McKerronn
    52 7 A Coll Drink For M r. McKerronn S Mr P A B UcKi v v rnlonial Secretary, U ,r£sing Franc, "h the l^pera^e thirteen aeg- rtesbdou zero, the heatI To in the aircraft /><■ d °Mr' McKerron order* i a brandy ana soda, but \nhcn poured out the <>aa later
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    Duchess Goes Home On "Austere Ship"
    157 7 Duchess Goes Home On "Austere Ship" SYDNEY Th tiki ,16 000-ton wh th< riches of Gloucester and the Royal entourage I an "austere ship." The Rangltik: I opshlp, aartly reconvert d for civilian yaw A direct o'unb hit on a 7don warehouse during the war destroyed all Rangltikl's stored luxury
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    STRACHEY FOR CANADA
    52 7 LONDON, FVb. 7-Tlir Minuter, Mr. John Straehey, vill fisit Canada and t lit- United States to Ulk over food problem general interost U» all the throe countries," it was n uncod to niflit. He will s ail on th«> Queen uabeth on Feb. 13 and stay ther»
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    "PRIVILEGED" MONKEY!
    106 7 BENARES. A monkey the only "privileged" spectator allowed at a meeting of the Court ol CTVe Benare. Hindu University when Sir S. Radhakrishnan the Vice-Chaneellor of the Uni Ity, asked "everyone not a membtT «>t the court to pi leave the room* 1 nefnrc the pm ceedlngs began.
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    Goods Smuggled From Hongkong
    62 7 HONGKONG, Fob. 7.— Canton police have aii<>t«d niun than 100 smugglers aboard tin-- Canton-Kow-loon train carrying a large quantity of cotton (PUB, rice, and cloth all of which are prohibited. The smtlggler.s, both men and women, had planned to drop the contraband on a Shumchun bOfOoi
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    NETHERLANDS ENVOY TO AUSTRALIA
    71 7 SYDNEY: The Nutln il..mk Minister in Australia. Baron van Ai'is^'n Beyereti, wlkko appointnunt a^ Netherlands Amba>*vid<>i in China was recently announced, will kave for Shanghai at U>e end ol the South Seas Commission Conference now being h<ld in Canberra. Baion van Acrssen, wa s ap- pointed
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    Crashed Airliner Carried Gold?
    134 7 NANKING, Feb. I.— Reliable o ur tl thai the Mi! i try ol <Ji>mmunicatiolls ill taking prompt action to probe report* from Bhanghai that Ofer Ml gold bar w> m\ ul»'ri aboard the CNAC airliner which crashed ->n January 28 w<-<t ol Hankow. A Ministry ofllcial
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    New Wonder Drug To Cu re Ulcers
    276 7 BUDAPEST.— A i.c v. druu Which has produced •seellelil rc>ult s la healing wounds und ulcer, has b»-ou discovered by PlOfeiMMP Mr. Janes* of Szeged University, according reports published m tht Hungarian prt Professor Jancso calls hu new diUg azulenol. For years lie
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    Husbands Are Scarce In This German City
    675 7  -  Allen Dreyfuss by FRANKFURT— Love will find I way in Frankfurt even if it has to advertise On countless corner bulletin boards in this headquarters city of the American Occupation forces are posted small coloured notion advertising goods for sale or exchange, rooms
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    Hi, you, Get A Move On!
    41 7 Hi, you, Get A Move On! HURRY UP! Quite like a sergeant major is this pelican at th<> Zoo. HU lunch is late. Caji't you hear him. shouting "Hi. you. act a move on" By Courtesy of the Daily Graphic Picture.
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    New Economic Crisis In U.S.?
    114 7 LONDON, Fib 7.— An article in the Soviet organ Izevestia broaden- 1 by Radio IfbsCoW said today: A number u f facts indicate prerequi- for a new economic crisis which la ripening in lh« United State*." The writer „;(i that although American production still greatly
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    Slaves Poisoned To 'Serve' Dead Queen
    429 7 CAIRO. Feb. B— All the < three slaves or servants who were buried vith Queen Merneith. whose First Dynasty tomb was recently discovered at Saqqara, site of the step pyramid, the oldest building in the world. 20 miles south of Cairo, were probably poisoned
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    TEN YEARS TO REBUILD TOKYO
    134 7 TEN YEARS TO REBUILD TOKYO TOKYO^-The d<*,va- tuin.i MUSed by the Allied bombings of Tukyo is not likely to be .leaned up fo, s.>m. time to come, according tv the city— Planning Section, which announced that it will be at least ton yearbefore the capital i s rebuilt on ,i
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    Jimmy, Donna, Might Never Have Been In Movies
    1049 8 Jimmy, Donna, Might Never Have Been In Movies PORTRAIT OF TWO STARS Many Hollywood names are making news as they return from the Services to civilian clothes to take up their screen careers once more. None is more welcome than .lames Stewart. Yet Stewart almost never became an actor. II
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    ROMANTIC
    17 8 Janir St&cari und Donna Reed as they appear in a scene Ihjjh 'It's a Wonderful Life."
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    698 10 (By our financial correspondent) Tn a week when our hydra-headed administrations promulgated separate and Unco-Ordinated public holidays in Singapore and the mainland, two days interchange between Malayan markets were lost, but nevertheless the total of business written must be regarde as satisfactory. In th industrial section
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    654 12  -  R. B. Ooi I)j t f u nil jar away from this Sumalran city when: iJbav barricades arc still u\\ a nightly curfew is on, and artillery yah pound almost every day By Sunday Tribune reporter fust buck from a tpecial tour of Sumatra/.
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    99 12 LONDON, i• i) D.mK CU.m\ Lieu, official represcntetiTe London <.f Vietnam, ■ddreiiKinc th« >i\ of Democratic Control terday said Prance will never over* L'ot&i Vietnamese reni tanCf in Inrto China ■•Fianc< mil i five up h«-i policy ■-I Force and reopen negotiatioi with Vietnam Natlonali I.
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    304 12  -  Donn Campbell 'Fro vi Pnom-Penh. Cambodia, Feb. 6 —A baby white elephant powdering himself with dust in the Ro.val corral aft r brine annotated and received into the palace of the reigning monarch. 23--year-ul<l fr-jriu Norodom Sihan Ouk has tmant more to 2,000,000 Cambodians than
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