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TIME

THE WITHLY NEWSMAGAZINE

this issue

KOREA'S

SYNGMAN RHEE

Now On

Sale

nouncementa.

Singapore, Octoboř 25.

་ ༥

A “suicide squad" of railwaymen are keeping rail- road communications open throughout the 600-mile length of bandit-ridden Malaya. They drive the "pilot locomotives" which proceed the mail train by about two miles. Their job is to detect sabotaged tracks or take the first shock of a Communist ambush.”

Pilot locomotives have saved | possible for the driver to pull up heavily-loaded passenger traites at once if he sendes danger,” more than 15 tinies since their appearance.

They are the Malayan rail- waya "secret weapon intro- duced when it became apparent that something bad to be done to combat Communist sabotaging of Calling"--Program-rall lines when the Reds began

1.70---"Lunch Time Mule" 3,00 Close Down.

bie Summary. 0.02--Childrens atory-"In the Home

of the Three Bear" by Durothr Cooper. (BNCT)

0.30-Cantonere by Radio-Giren

Drivers of the 'mali irains also como under: tremendous strain

during the highto. Following only five minutes behind, their job is to avold crashing head-on into a pilot engine which has been ditched,

One veteran driver, known as their uprising In June, 1048, the "Cat" with its nine lives

In the first few months of war bos saved the mail train and Its several persons lost their lives | hundreds of passengers five times and scores were injured when | by his watchfulness and presence speeding mail trains plunged over of mind. embankments and were then riddled with bullets,

a single railwayman has been kill- Tho pilot locomotives are ad in the more than 100 attacks and Light Classical Requests Precomposed of an enging with bunn' trains since the war began.

Bites Lee Wal Lan & 8. K. Lor. (Studio)

0.56 Paul Robeson and Halo Chorus 7.00

Unical Lovers Hour"-Olcalcal

anted by Curtis inition, (Studio) 8.00-World News and News Analysia,

(London Relay) 8.16-Vocal Recital by Elizabeth Schu- man, (Soprana) and Heinrich Sehlani (Duritene), 8.20-Interfuk

#:40-"Borrices Quis"Introduced

Peter Simon. (Studio)

by

0.00 From the Editorials." (London

Relay)

0.10Weather Report.

0.11-Btney Torch and His Orch. 0.80aul Templa and the Sullivan

Mystery" by Francis

Durleides (Ephode 4) "Cairo," (DUCTS) 10,00-Corntoner, of the Week"-Grieg. 10.16Old Tyme" Dance Orch. 10.30-Wired Pickles to Have a Co."

London Relay)

11.0 Radlo News Reel, (London Relay) 11.18-Weather Report. 11.10"Goodnight Musle."

God Save the King, 11.30-Cive Down,

ACHESON ON HELP FOR TITO

Washington. October 25, The United States Secretary of State. Mr. Dear Acheson, an- nounced at his weekly. Press:con-

ference here today that America's Export-Import Bank had made enable

available

to

threatened Yugoslavia. tc|

food.

The Fank had allowed Yugos- lavin to divert this sum from a $15,000,000 loan to make immė- diate emergency fond purchases.

The Yugoslav Government had started to use the Fund to get surplus food from the Unitou States Department of Agriculture, and consignments of food were being

He deserved for shipment.

the $2,000,000 fund as ·special measure.

Further steps towards releving the food situation in drought- stricken Yugoslavia would be taken during the week, he added.

-Reuter.

ker, and truck on whose plat form has been mountèɖ, 'a steci pillbox. The circular pillbox is about six feet in diameter and five feet high to accommodate | abotit four guards. Machine-guns protrude from slots all around and a searchlight is mounted on top. Serious, derailment has almost been eliminated since the plot engine idea. But the Communist still attack these mall trains which leave. Singapore twice a day for Northern Malaya. They mostly use rifle. Are and scatter im- mediately, train guard engage them.

Lurking danger

Danger Jurks at every mile for a pilot driver. He is always on the look-out for breaches in the line. The strain during, the night is even more intenso..

But all locomotives, including bollers, are armoured to prevent serious harm to drivers and their firemen in case of a terrorist ambush,

How does it feel to take out a pilot train through. Communist- Infested country? Veteran driver G. Fonseka, who drives a pilot locomotive, said:

"When wo leave our homes to go on duty we are not certain of coming back. It is more fuck that many of the drivers have escaped serious injury or even death.

Dy a strange Irony of fate not

Their conduct is but one of the examples of heroism the anti- Communist war in Malaya has brought forth from the ordinary man-Associated Press.

Elections probable

in Israel

Japanese had atom weapon

of sorts

New York, October 25). The Japanese tested workable but Infarior atòmio

wespon at a mysterious Hungnam "atomlo" Installa. tion in North Korea, just-four days after the first American atom bomb exploded on Hiroshima, according to a re- port published In the "New York World Telegram and BUR,"

Reporter David Snell sald he first learned of the Hung- nam Installation from a Ja panese intelligence officer in Beaut in 1940. The officer told him. that he had been in charge of security at the in stallation, and admitted that an atomio weapon called toetad ganzai bakudan was successfully there, United Presa.

the

MISSING ATOMIC EXPERT

Stockholm, October 25. The Swedish-bom wife of missing British atom scientist, Professor Bruno Pontecorvo, had a visa for an East European country on her passport, evidence reaching the Swedish Aliens Commission

suggested today.

Scandinavian Airlines said thas they believed Professor Ponte- corve-reported to have gone to Russia with his wife and three children after landing at Helsinki Airport on September 2-made two bookings for the family's

where

they light from Rome, were on holiday, Stockholm.

One was

In his own name from Rome

as far as Copenhagen, the other in his wife's maiden name of Nordblom from Munich to Stockholm. This would huva avoided stopping at Copenhagen, since they could have changed planes at Munich.

Jerusalem, October 25. Israel today saw the failure of another attempt to form a Cabinet, and now expects a general election.

Nothing else is now likely to solve the present Government The Finnish police. Investi. ra. erlels, according to observers here gating the disappearance, Mr. David Ben-Gurion's' Coalition

colved further conflicting.avi - dance today, Reuter's Helsinki Government resigned on October

correspondent reported. 18 when the orthodox religious

A newspaper said

that one

of bloc, the second strongest part-ite reporters last night met a per- her, withdrew its support after s quarrel, over the allocation of a new Economics Ministry.

difference

The Progressive Party leader, Finlins Rosen, the Minister of Justice in the outgoing Cabinet failed to bridge the between the Prime Minister's La- bour Party-the strongest group in the Knesseth (Parliament) bu without a majority and the ro- Helordste.

Earlier, Labour had issued an We take our trains at a speed of bout 80 miles an hour. We know ultimatum to the religious bloc approximately where the dan. to give up certain fresh demands gerous sections are and one-on religious issues, believed to cordingly slow down when we include legislation enforcing ? Sabbath observance and special get to tabse areas.

religious groups in the Army,

If these demands were not given up by Sunday, Labour to the would seek an appeal country-a course that President Weizmann has tried to avoid. were held less than two year ago. The Knesseth meets Monday to discuss, a Bill for new elections, drafted when the crials began. It is expected that the old Cavernment would stay in office ba caretakers until the elec. tion.

Tremendous strain - "This will reduce the force in event of a crush. It also in creases the brake power of the passenger train behind, making it

CANTONESE BY RADIO

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Employment Occupation. Profession. Business,

A position. A post.

To lose. To miss.

A grandson. A grandchild.

To read, (aloud).. To sludy. Industry.

Employment. Occupation. Unemployert

A grand-daughter.

To study. To go to school.

Children' (in a family).

Allve Naughty

Lively.

The Interior. Inland. Lazy: Idle...

Mr. Wong has eight children six sons and two daughterm

They are

None of thom are unemployed.

Mr. Wong also Has more than ten grandsons and soverál Granddaughters,

Everyone of them is very clover

and lively

Eumo'

them

"are" very

obedient.

'Some are very naughty,

All el-them like learning.

Some are learning English' ‹ dri

Hong Kong.

Some are learning Chitwa

the interior of Ching.

Evòryone of them

In-

dustrious "ond none of thei is lary

The new State's first elections

on

The Coalition excluded both the extreme. right and extreme left- parties. Reuter.

WOOL PROPOSALS ABANDONED

Sydney. October 25. The Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. John McEwen, enld that"

proposals for the alloca of Australian woel on a quota

| system to overseas countries have

been abandoned..

There would be no interference with the

auction system of selling wool on the open market.

The Minister, who has just re- turned from the United Kingdom and the United States, said a plan to enable Great, Britain and tha United States to obtain weal for defence purposes was under con- sideration but lint no definite decision had been made.--United Press.

son who saw the FontecoLVO family outside the Airways' tor- minal in Helsinki in the afternoon, of September 2 with an unknown

mon.

"A car drove up." the report added, "and the family got in and drove away."

The police are believed to dls- credit this report-Reuter.

Rediffusion

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0.00-Marin Muate.

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America,

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U.S. Reds' statement

on

Security Act

Washington, October 25.

time

The United States Communist Parly in n Statement Issued to- „day said that, it had no interest

In the expiration of the limit for the registration of Com- munists in the country under the new Internal Security Act and would, fein" with other people, in the repeal

of the Act. three-day

deadilno

Ina expired registration last Monday.

n of the

Depart ment of Justice build last

19 spokesman L

night

that the Department would prob-

The organisation has the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.

The Justico Department is, meanwhile, continuing lis nation- wide round-up of allens accused of being active in Communist propaganda.

The action là "a": "first step towards having them deported, but this will depend on whether their countries of origin with ⠀ will; aosopt them..

I Failure of deportation pro-

ably ask the Subversive; Activi-ceedings will mean that the Les Control Board for an order foreigners will be subject to six declaring the Party and curs indefinite survelliance by the in- doteation and then to monthis Communist front organisa

organisations: da mabversive and ordering t

them to

migration authorities.

Most of them have been resid The Board eat up last Monday

Mondaying in the United States for mariy Pranduol Truiban, is required years tited States already has

fo hold lddrinks and allow the hot acolised ossoplation the right of about 9,600 aliona who have been Counsel and of cross-examing ordered to leave but have 10- tonThe progess is expected to muined because their countries involve long and intricate legal of origin would not take them

back Router, Kim Lomma

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