Sunday Tribune (Singapore), 28 December 1947

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    13 1 The Sunday Tribune tuijm; *^i^ SIXGAPUttr., Ut.^t vitSKK IH, 1947. FRICF. TEN CENTS.
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    S'PORE FTU ORDERED BOYCOTT OF SHIP WITH ARMS FOR CHINA
    282 1 (Sunday Tribute Staff Reporter) On Christmas Day the Canadian ship Cliffside sipped into Singapore harbour with 2,500 tons of mmunition, 1 Mosquito B amber-, and an unassembled plant for a bullet factory for the Chinese Government This consignment is valued
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    Seats In State Councils For Clerical Unions?
    166 1 Seats In State Councils For Clerical Unions? (From Our Own Reporter) IPOH, Dec. 27.— An assurance ihat he would make the necessary recommendation to the Chief Secretary of the Malayan Union to have the various state clerical unions represented on their respective State councils, has been given by Mr. E.
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    China's Ist President
    39 1 NANKING Dec. 27: Political sources belie-o that China's first president under the new constitution who will be elected to the Naiional Assembly at the first meeting on March 29 will be inaugurated on May 5 U.P.
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    Malays To Celebrate Federation Day
    153 1 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 27.— Malaya throughout Malaya will cc! tbrate the inauguration of the Federation on January 1. although m view of technical adjustments, the n i ugu ration has been postponed to February 1. This was revealod by Dato Onn
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    War In Greece: Konitza Shelled
    137 1 ATHENS. I )♦><-. 27. Army reports claimed soo sheila were fiv«><j into Konttia. Including 500 mortar KhHls. Boarding ■chool an< refugee children's aica were said by preM reports to have been under fire. Dispatches, meanwhile, reporte 1 numerous clashes m separated ar»-as m Macedonia and
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    78 1 Photonrapli). Miss II n S<ti Yin?/ of Ktinla Lumpur made a*: valiOMt effort to sure a low shot froui Mrs. L. M. Pcnnc- I father m thfir bddminton J match yesterday, arut fell ow n on th 9 0 our t, L However, sh* won tn> match. Miss Ho wax
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    Malnutrition
    45 1 LONDON. Drr 21 -Sir Jack Drummond, diet exp-it, attached to the Food Min:stiy during the war, said tcday that seiiou.-i kiis ol malnutTit on have bef.un to appear among British rhildren and adol'\s; onus as a result of bread and uo.ato latlonino U. P.
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    Cox Club Party
    88 1 A full house greeted the variety entertainment organized by the Ceylonese troops stationed m Singapore and staged at the Cox Club Hall last evening. Among those present were Lt.-Gen. and Mrs. L H. Cox, Mr Victor Mendis, president of the Ceylonese Association, and Mr. Ernest Fernando, MBE,
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    U.K. TO SELL INDIA WARSHIPS
    84 1 LONDON. 27:— Tho cruir>er H MS. Achilles which took part m thp batt'» of Rivp r Pi.-ito m which the German battleshiD Graf Bpe« was scuttled is to lr 'ought from Britain by Tndia. Tt is oxprt.'d that, the Achilles will ;irri\" m Indian waten
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    Gunmen's Ruse
    81 1 A ton-year-nM s rU ehiM WM forced to call for hil mother by flrn^se jrtinman m a hotlM m Horhoro Rnarl. paily last nie^ht. As soon M the mother who wa« Howns'^vs cam" un to tho fOITI, the robbers covered her, got her keya and opened up the
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    Truce In Java Seen
    60 1 BATAV>A. Dec. 27— Both Dutch and Indonesian Republican wellinformed sources said here today there was a trood chance of a truce aereement beinir siened before the New Year. Both partita were inclined to ncccpt the new cease-fire plan put forward yesterday by the United Nations Security
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    A Boycott
    34 1 PANAMA. Dec. 27:— The United States RfmGd forces today r oycotted Panama bars and amusement places us American evacuation of the canal defence bases out'-ldf the Canzal -/one proceeded without incident. U.P.
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    Writers Dinner
    22 1 About 75 members of the Gregg Shorthand Writers Association attended a dinner at the Happy World Amusement Park last night.
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    Attlee Sets Example
    99 1 LONDON, Dec. 27. -Becausr feQow Britons are forlndden to use iheir cars for pleasure. Prune Minister Attlee spurned the use of hi ft official car last niyht and went to a Christmas pottfomlm at Stopney m London's South End by bus, train and tml/way. Mr. Attlee, unaccompanied
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    26 1 Photograph > The Spiii't of Christmas In evidence happy picture raoffht l»y u»e camera a! Ihe Auxiliary Police Officers X'mas c'niirp at the Singapore Volunteer Club. Tribune
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    Biggest Robbery This Month
    153 1 Biggest Robbery This Month (Sunday Tribune Start Reporter) Shortly before daybreak yesterday, a gang of seven men, all masked and armed with pistols and knives, broke into a bicycle storo m Upper Weld Road and got away with $600 m Straits currency. 5,000 Guilders, and about $4,000 worth of jewellery
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    S.I.T. To Build 192 Prefab Houses At Kim Keat Road
    365 1 S.I.T. To Build 192 Prefab Houses At Kim Keat Road (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) Work on a S million housj nt scheme the first instalment under the three-year plan rs now under vv a v at Kirn Keat Rood. Marking another step forward In the direction of providing more and
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    Armed Robbery
    42 1 (Sunday Tribu ie Staff Reportei > A Chinese iiving m Bng I! Street was robbed ot about $1,000 m cash and jew. llery by three compatriots who broke into his home yesterday afternoon 'i h r robbers were armed with pistols.
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    Fantastic, Says Gandhi
    51 1 NEW DELHI, 1). i Mahtttma Oandhl addressing the prayer gathering on Chi is' i > ertsed the tUggestion the divl on of Ka hunr M tjint.i..' to the Qoveriiment <<t India Informatlmi Services. It was more than enough that India had been dnicl< d into two, hv
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    PK. Sultan Starts Flood Relief Fund
    437 2 (From Our Own Reporter) rPOH, Dec 27.— The Pewk Sultan this afterpoon iguratsd ihc Perak flood relief fund with a handsome donation, followed by another totalling $100 by tl c Resident Commissioner Mr. J. [fines Miller. Rajas. Chiefs, Kathis, Koran teachers and members of
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    INTERNMENT CAMP CHIEF GETS M.B.E.
    376 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The tirm thai Mrs. 1. ChOWIMi heard al out her M.tf.E. awara was when she opened the paper last Weduesoay inorinng. iShe Waa sui-prised. The next day a letter forwarded trum Taiping arrived at her Singapore addr< It was an official letter
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    X'mas Engagement
    42 2 The < M'-;i<r» m'.-ni of Mr. T;ii Vonjr Kenr, second s->n of \lr. T.-n x- ••<■ Sen t «a id Mi-.- r rubim (Kii.->> Qiielc. oniv dsu^h- <)'' the bite Mr A M- Q u «»!< Hoop Cho-i« < (1 <»lv plaro on Christmsj» Day.
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    Army Party
    40 2 8 Command*! 1 In Obfaf Far East Land Purees mi,] Other high-ranking officers will he m wfil at th# UIUOJi .lark !|ub r:n Monday afternoon aj 3 r».m. f o the Army all-ranta rhildr< iV r»ai ty. 4
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    WOMAN TAKES HER LIFE
    170 2 iw<» little children were sent <nn t»» play by their mother, and when iii'-y returned home .some time later, they found their mother had hanged herself. Tin.-, was revealed at IJ inquiry iH-lcl mtij t)u> death ol a 33-year-old Chinese woman, Bng Cheng Chua by the
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    Typhoon Leaves Trail Of Destruction In P.I.
    325 2 Manila, Dec. 26.— The typhoon, Joan, the severest m more than ten years, left a wide trail of death and destruction and caused one of the biggest tragedies m Philippine maritime an- nals— the sinking of a Danish motoifhip Kina with a feared
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    Boxing Day Scrap
    67 2 It was Boxing Dcjy— quite? an appropriate occasion to start a scrap amongst themselves, a:: least, this was what three Indians thought after a few drinks. Fists started to fly m all directions, even "rabbit punches' were used, the battle was stop \i"d. and the three Indian^
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    CHRIST CHURCH GATHERING
    243 2 Th c Rev. Sumuel Baboo of Christ Church, Dorset Road, told a gathering la.st Friday that full membership was open to any Malayalee Christians who cared to attend any of the foiu- services at his Church. The gathering was the annuai gettogetrur party at the church premises
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    Tribute To Late Mr. John Chew
    350 2 < Sunday Tribune stair Reporter) Mi John < "ticv Pen- Long well-know^ Ch&e&e who d*«;d on Siit iu day moii;iu«.- will L>e bin ted ;J L' (VclOClf tlii: ;il(<TMO(>il. a tribute. In > hr> form .>i v funereal screen, the iu*i of Its kind
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    Adm. J. Egerton & Wife Leave Tomorrow
    163 2 Adm. J. Egerton Wife Leave Tomorrow <Sii»»du> Tribune stun Itt-poj-ico Oiy to the U.K. on the Strathiiavi i .vjjicfi leaven Singapore toikomoW ar.- Real Admiral Ja-.U Ifigerton, C 8., former Hag wri: rev. Malayan Irea, ;m.i Mrs. Eeei Malayan! who hay» met ijoiii the Admiral and Mrs. Egerton will recall
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    Alleged Theft
    68 2 A 11-year old well buill Spa nimrd, Juan Zapata, was pixxlu ed at the Fourth Police Court yesterday to answer a charge oj \hvft of 26 baga of sugar on Dec. 23. The accused, who is a fireman working on board fcie u Dunk< Beacon claimed tiial oad
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    POLICY UNCHANGED
    47 2 WASHINGTON. Deo. M:— United .States officials todaj aid the appoint meat of Marshal! Yaildim-'laliu^ the Iranian Minister of War. and Oeneral OghevTl as the Minlstei oi the Interior, indicated probability that the Iranian Government would uoi make any drastic revision m its i'orcifrn riolicy. U.P.
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    S'pore Christmas Fun And Frolic
    171 3 S 'pore Christmas Fun And Frolic f*h'>t'><n'> i>fi < Photo Supply) Photographs). '.''l Thi Qhef put, th< HnM t tourhe* to th« i»ina o* th< X' ma* cake* h> n mand fm n by ih< public Tribune As par! nf th- celebrations ih> |h>/mlc At/ci Methodist Chnrch 'jni/><t a Ch
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    Festive Week in Pictures
    131 3 Phot(/(jnt/th i. fl >f<i;truj,h) pho* chip intn Th* porol 99Tvi& 'it the Prevfry terian UhurcH ground i >n X'mw* E\ nifjhf |0M MMfl 'itTt ndfd. nn<l hat our c<iinrr<tm<tn .shans n B€Vtion Of tho&t Who Krififd. m m tfn siiiuina Cnndlrs irruvidt<l th< Ulumination. Tribune Tribune
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    Happy Group At The Chinese Swimming Club
    31 3 ph '>*'"!' 'of 1 M i Bwhmming Chtb, a pnrhj wm f '>mjvn hu the Bimaavore Badminton vitiyera k OM K'.rtb Bftdmmton plat* r Tribune
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    A WOMAN PEEPS AT SINGAPORE
    3748 4  -  VERA ARDMORE A Rolling Stone; Christmas Party The Directorate ol Disposals Mess gave a large and thorough enjoyable X'mas party n cently at Cathay Building. Brigadier G. C. Clark r Director), Mr ;<nd Mrs R. T. North and Mrs Hincham. who supervises the catering at
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    The Sunday Tribune DECEMBER 28, 1947. A Way Out
    340 6 The Sunday Tribune DECEMBER 28, 1947. A Way Out Itmrttm Aytnft,: Altarm. Cultn Turner Lid., Talboi House, 98, St. Martins Lune W.C. 2 If the Gove mm en t wishes to escape from the impasse which it has created, it cannot do better than to study carefully the advice of
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    A YEAR OF BITTER DISAPPOINTMENTS
    1615 6  - A YEAR OF BITTER DISAPPOINTMENTS W. A. HARPUR 1947 IN MALAYA IN RETROSPECT R v The year closes upon a note of bitter disappointment. It cannot be said that there was a super-abundance of optimism at the beginning of 1947. There were, however, rays of hope. The two main controversial
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    THOSE BASQUE LOG-ROLLERS HAD ME GASPING
    1401 6  -  Moss From A Rolling Stone Romance, that wariest of all pursuable things, will vanish if you chase it with too much intensity. On this mule-ride down the Pyrenees I was going to climb no noted mountain peaks. I am no mountain climber. I was
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    Winter Solstice Festival
    692 6  -  C. S. WONG By on Tuesday next, which eorm ponds to the 12th day of thn i, ts Moon of the lunar ahn.rl h hinese throughout the lenctk *T, breadth of Walaya ,-in SSbSS the Winter Solstice F ,stiv H known as -Tung Chin" m cSSSe! There
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    West York's Band Farewell Play
    175 7 (By a Military Observer) The band ol ?h, WcM Y< rk ent will perform tnc veil programme o r their Far ir m the Botanical 0.-.r dena today, from 5 to 6 p.m. Among the popular Items which will b<- played Ls that Famous *ong
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    Malayan Teachers Advocate Educational Reform
    379 7 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) Malayan teachers discourage the cinema as an instrument of education to inculcate civir consciousness and community life m our schoolchildren: but advocate that a new language be adopted interpretation rather than record. Advocating this form of education, the Malayan Kducator, (the
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    35 7 Mr. Chia L> < Seng, Singapore merchant, m planning to ttart an English school at Pulau T< konrj lif.sur to' order to givt the children of the l*kmd on opportunity to learn English u&icfc he missed.
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    S'pore Merchant to Build School For Islanders
    355 7 S'pore Merchant to Build School For Islanders Had No Chance To Lea m English Mr. Chi a Lee &t >n X i s a wcH-t',-do Singapore Chinese cloth merchant Fifty-five years Of ag<\ Mr. Chia has lived m Singapore most of his 1:Y. He has one regret tip cannot speak
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    Santa Heard Their Wish
    82 7 It uxis a Wonderful Christjikus mommy for eleven-year-old Jnya and her tiyhf-year-old ttister, Knmala. They oprmed their eyejt to find a doll and a pram each, awaiting them. Jaya had written to Banta Clau.s c/o the Tribune asking him far thr toy*, and kitui old Santa
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    SOVIET ATTACK
    31 7 LONDON, Dec. 27.- The Pravda today attacked the new Iranian Premier, Ibrahim Hakimi whose hostility to the USSR is well known and who is closely associated with Anglo-American circles.
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    Penang Trade Fair Draws Big Crowd
    307 7 PENANG. Dec. 27. The Penang World Wide Trade Fair, the first of its kind since the liberation, m the New World Park, pioved a tremendous success for a record crowd flocked to see for themselves the fifty-one decorated stalls which were brilliantly illuminated with
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    FORCED LANDING
    52 7 Lisbon, Dt-c. 27. An Argentine plane belonging to Fama forceJar.ded at Portela Airdrome m Lisbon due to bad weather m Spain. On board was the Argentinian official mission h-aded by Lsmael Castrcl, which plans to visit Spain, France, and Italy to get idi-as to reorganiz" 0, Aires Uuiversity
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    Penang & K.L. Teams Feted
    165 7 Pe nang K.L. Teams Feted Photograph). SThe Eclipse Badminton Ratty were hott% to »i> mben of th< Lok Hwa i> P of Kuala Lumpur <nxi the Codrimjtnns B.P. of Penang at a dinner held at flu Tai Thong Restaurant, Happy World Friday niyht. Left to ri<)ht Mr Q». k K<>k
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    FORCED TO QUIT
    38 8 ISTANBUL, Dec. 16: Diplomatic sources tonight said Ivan Simeonov. Director of the Bulgarian Primary Sohooi m Istanbul was arrested by Turkish police and released <>n Tuesday with the .strictest orders to leave Turkey Immediately.- U.P.
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    Globe trotters due here on luxury liner
    457 8 (Sunday Tribune Staff Reporter) i With tho frequent arrivals of luxury llfieri into the port of Singapore th* 1 port once n?ain bo- < -id in'/ v Meora for \vo»l«i tourists and globe trotters. Within the pfist few months Sin era pore has
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    FOOD FOR OLD AND YOUNG
    54 8 Paris, Dec, 27.- An estimated SOU. OOO French children under 15 and 100.000 old people Will receive supplementary food for their meagre rations early m the new year when the distribution o 4.500 tons Of food, brought here by a friendship train, is begun, American
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    26 8 Little Miss Ashim snapped m delightful pose while doing the Balinese dance at the Good Shepherd Convent Fund Ball held at the Victoria Memo* ial Hall.
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    Armageddon In 50 Years?
    149 8 MELBOURNE, Dec. 27. A 114-year-old Australian prophet whose pr:;:>he<'i,?s have been proved correct twice during the pr.st few weeks p <■- tlirtfd today thai Ai mußeddou would come m ".'.fly years or so." Ahmar (ia'ra Sinuli predicted on December 10 that st»nsro!s w«»uid appear over Australia
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    Maritime Unions Warned
    61 8 OTTAWA. Dec. 27.— Members of the maritime unions who have warned they will refuse to .ship aboard ships bound from Hal n ax or St. John with cargoes Of arms for China, have been told by the Federal Labour Minlster, Humphrey Mitchell, any such action will violate
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    China's Budget
    57 8 ttANKINr;. Dec. 27: --The State Council m it meeting imdor the chairmanship of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Bhck yesterday studied the Chinese government budget fur 1948 railing for thi> <xpenditure of $90,226 t Ulion ChiiH'.s<« dollars or twice the 1947 I udfcft. The State Council derided to appoint a
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    How Does A Star Become A Star?
    244 8 [lave you ever wondered ho\v pour favourite movie cf ar ac-lliev ed Hollywood stan!<*ri? Wh:r Lhey fli'.l before they went i»u th< movies' before Hollywood <li q 'lvn." Have y>u ever asked yourself how a star he"omcs a stai Tho Malaya Tribune In
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    ALLEGED BEATING UP OF TAMIL MEE SELLER
    209 8 PENANG, Dec. 27. -A gang of lour Chinese boys is alleged to have beaten up a Tamil Islam at the junction of Carnavon Street and Prangin Lane on the night of December 22. The report was made by a Hospital doctor to whom
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    Kramer Goes Down To Riggs
    133 8 NEW YORK, Dec. 27 A ClOWd (A 15.114 Who piiid $55,730 saw Jack Kramer, Wimbledon and American amateur lawn tennis champion, lose the first .natch of his profession ill career when he was beaten by Bobby Riggs world professional champion, 'by 6-2; 10-8; 4-G; 6-4:
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    Trespassers Sentenced
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    91 8 LONDON. Doc 27. Tin- Ka«<io Moscow today carried an attack on the leader Of the (Vrman Soi ia! Democrat Party, Kurt Schumacher, charging that ho and his aides ha«l £ono through "a basic school of Jiritish political Intel* ligence" and were "traitori of the Interests of
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    71 8 Budapest, Dec. 27. Hungarian i i'ii^i American Authorities today llutly drilled foreign press rrpOTtfl thai Ru.ssiu h;u s Wn maintaining troop m Hungry In violation ol peace treaty Units. An official government spokprmar said the report was Ipou lie ;ili'l that tl». Story Wa.s designed 'to give the
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