The Singapore Free Press, 10 July 1946

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE El SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICL 10 CENTS
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    'OUR AIM IS TOWARDS
    2141 1 Commons Debate on Malaya LONDON, Tues. JUHEN the House of Commons debated the British colonies today, Mr. George Hall, Colonial Secretary, declined to discuss the talks now under way about Malaya. The Government, he said, desired to ensure ultimate selfGovernment m a united and prosperous Malaya,
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    42 1 »1 \bdul Waha'j. 26 years old nnmaru> been to London for the Victory ?A'3(ie. We was m the Malayan Campaitri from n; to end At Ba?an Datok his pla*oon uix surrounded by 300 laps. They manato kill about a third of them
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    Troops take over in postal strike
    345 1 tree Press Repot U*r THE Army came into action m Singapore strke of postmen 1 and telegram delivery messengers which began at six o c!»<k this morning. Military trucks chalked with the words fc R ••>. Mail", and the official 'Royal Mail" vans were
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    Trusteeships For U.N.O.
    64 1 IN A^ociacd Pre s report of A the olonial debate sa>s that Mr. Hall declared that Bntain expected to be m a position to present terms for trusteeship for some of the territories to the Nat or s for approval when the General Assembly meets n'xt offered
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    STRACHEY EXPECTS MORE MEAT
    127 1 LONDON. Tues IHE Food Minister, Mr. John week« Mr. Strachey said he could not state how long the bread rationing would last, and declared: "Nothing the bakers say can affect our decision as to the necessity of bread rationing. They are m no better position to
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    GANDHI TALKS TO 100,000
    30 1 Leaders of Hindu thought and action Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhai Patel, militant chief of the Congress Party, arriviigr at Bombay's Shivaji park to address 100,000 followers.
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    3 UNARMED MALAYS ARREST GUNMAN
    245 1 Free Press Reporter THREE unarmed Malays arrested an armed Chinese robber m Singapore at 7.30 a.m. today. Defying the gunman who fired a warning shot m the air and then fired point blank at them, the Malays closed m and after disarming the robber handed
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    HAMMOND TO CAPTAIN ENGLAND
    142 1 HAMMOND TO CAPTAIN ENGLAND LONDON, Tues. THE M.C.C. have invited Walter 1 Hammond of Gloucestershire to captain the M.C.C. team to visit Australia m the coming winter. Hammond who is 43 years' old has been m magnificent form this season passing his thousand runs, and has scored four centuries and
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    S'PORE STRIKE
    29 1 Eight hundred Chinese and Ind an employees at the Hume Pine Cor-rv-^rv's works m Bukit TUnah Blugapcct wfMit on str ke today, over a Question of wages.
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    LAGUARDIA STOPS AID TO CHINA
    364 1 LA G UARDIA STOPS AID TO CHINA WASHINGTON, Tues. MR. LaGUARDIA, Director-General of UNRRA, has < looped UNRRA supplies to China as a result of rep its from UNRRA authorities m Shanghai that UNRRA supplies are being persistently misused by the Chinese Government for puliticai and other purposes. Questioned regarding
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    CHURCHILL BANNED
    84 1 STOCKHOLM, Tues. THE Swedish paper. Aftonbladet. today asserted that the intended visit of Winston Churchiil to Norway was stopped by th«j Norwegian Government as a result of Russian pressure. The paper said King Haakon invited Churchill to Norway some t^me ago and the British Legation In Oslo prepared
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    AS YOU WERE
    35 1 Russia mexpectedly suspended evacuation of Germans from the Soviet zore of Vienna yesterday, says UP. Families were told to return to their homes without explanation. People involved number some 30,000. A.P. reported.
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    LORDS SAY BLDDHIST MONKS SHOULD VOTE
    60 1 The House of Lords yesterday agreed to the amendments mad<* m the Ccmmons to the Burma Legislature Bill lowering the age of eligibility of candidates to th^ House of Representatives from 25 to 30: removing property qualification for Senate candidates and removing disqualification on
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    BUYERS STRIKE AND PRICES COME DOWN
    34 1 Buyers who went on strike and refused to buy m Norfolk, Virginia, brought black market prices down to former price administration levels, reports A.P. quoting the Virginian Pilot
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    MISSIONARY BECOMES CHINA AMBASSADOR
    53 1 President Truman yesterday nominated J. Leighton Stuart 70, a Presbyterian minister and of New York as Ambassador to China. Stuart succeeded to the vacancy created by the resignation of Maj -Gen Patrick Hurley. Stuart Is a personal friend of Chiang Kai-shek and w«« hnm m Hangchow,
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    TROOPS DOCK SHIPS AT SOUTHAMPTON
    36 1 Troops unloaded perishable food cargoes m strike-bound Southampton yesterday and there was a strop.-? likelihood they would be called m to handle meat. in London's idle PmlthfielH mea* market, says A.P.
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    BOMBER EXPLODES
    28 1 Six RAF men were killed when iour-engine.1 Halif ax bomber crashed and exploded afte' taking off from the Tarrant Rushtrtn airfield Dorset. England, reports A. P.
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    BELGIUM PM RESIGNS
    19 1 Premier Achille Van Acker of Belgium and his government resigned yesterday says A P from Brussels.
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    DANISH TRADE PACT
    23 1 A two year trade agreement be., tween the Soviet and Denmark has been signed m Moscow reports from Copenhagen. A.P.
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      Finding 'middle pieces' for army
      1036 2 A Urgent Demob Problem By an officer now serving m Malaya »rHERE is one aspect of 1 the demobilization problem which, I feel, calls for an urgent solution. As the commander of an infantry battalion the problem affects me m all that I plan and
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      8 2 rial p Girl today is Col's Jcirx Falkenburg
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      UNDERGROUND PRESS
      131 2 WHAT does it take to start a newspaper? In peacetime, money is enough. In wartime, it may take high courage. So it was with the French Press. Practically every newspaper circulating freely m France today started clandestinely m a cellar. In the beginning it was probably a cheap
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      A-bomb reservoirs for industry
      320 2 ATOMIC BOMB craters might help to solve water problems now hindering the introduction of new industries to many parts of the Empire. Sir Alfred Egerton, professor of chemical engineering at Imperial College, London, suggesting this at the recent Empire Scientific Conference m London, said we should
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      Soldier-Salesmen Of Australia
      379 2 Soldier- Salesmen Of Australia IN BORNEO, Mororai and nearby islands during the past few months, the Australian Army has sold stores of surplus war materials valued at millions of pounds For the first time m history, *nd perhaps the last, the Department of the Army became the official salesman for
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      GIVING MASONS A CHANCE
      103 2 GIVING MASONS A CHANCE Bnmiw.nu] v.her r v mally enpa 2cd than repa r f oi m group lor ing. is roln to be copied country Twenty n .-c cooperating In b on Millpool H:" Heath. Work is now Birmir.srharr. the ftrst of houses to a c by thr Br:'
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      30 2 I. B. T. (LONDON) LTD. 4. Drapers* Gardens, London E. C. 2. Cables: Ibetexport London Manufacturers, Distribu tors Exporters. Solicit enquiries for MEDICAL. SURGICAL OPTICAL SUPPLIES CHEMISTS' SUNDRIES GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
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      65 2 asdfasdfasdffad malHudKG Exclusitvin Malaya to the Singapore Free Press L I I SoBO^IplACeToeK' I I Ak L E T «AL E 0 n° RS A "L™»J I I BY NOW. PLAN to" (S IN EULlT" I SCAIIO IN THi HOVSUY r- Egennr 1 L i^- fflU E ii!2 0 Vi,#
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      119 2 MJ^wg^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^y^^^ SINGAPORE RED NUWORW from noon to 2 pm and 6.30 to 11 pm on 225 metres from noon to 2 pm on 4.825 mes/aee. m fl metre band and from 7.45 to 9.3« pm. on 4.78 n.sr 9tc tn 61 metre band CHINESE r.oon to 1.15 f m (news
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      152 2 BLl"E M IHOKK fr.t:ti *»t 2 pm. and f p.m t LI n on m metres: from noon to 0™ mes sec. m 41 meir* "*r« J to 7.45 p.m. P3O pni. v 11 P-" on 4.78 mes mc m 61 n.-lrr t MALAY n*r to 1 I 12 45
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  • PICTURE PAGE
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      S'PORE MEDICAL STUDENTS WATCH AN OPERATION
      95 3 In at the recntiy re-opened Sin-»-e v,«! i ollege set every op- > for prarti-al sur^try. Picture ♦o'-t of a delicate operation to rei r oM tjmour fr*HH '"THE surgeons knives slide deep into the tumour which slowly breaks ay.iv x from the parent
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY JULY 10, 1946. Major 'X'
      687 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY JULY 10, 1946. Major 'X' S. ILL mey rOBM 1: ten übjur oi X d? 6 )te ou: hint that *n? Major bad had so rnanj sirios torn off bin that her. 1 m MM little l~it to bi.e a :,'c »er flnct a crnuin
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      Dutch Horses Train For Whitehall Guard
      1093 4 By A Special Correspondent ROOKIES! I love 'em!" leers the oid-sweat sergeant of Ihe comic papers. Well, there's a place m the Midlands where hard-faced N.C.O.s fondle recruits as if they were Daddy's blue-ev\ d babies. I watched them doing it the other day
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      404 4 UE SELLS IN MILLIONS. A man with millions of pounds' worth of goods to sell is Arthur Woodburn, Joint Par iumentarv Secretary to the Ministry of Mipply. Part ot h s job is to dispose of surolus State supplies. This he did during the month <"•* April
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      'Rajah' Will Visit Sarawak Yearly
      716 4 'Rajah Will Visit Sarawak Yearly THERE is not ii vestige of truth m the suggestion that 1 have sold Sarawak to the British Government. I would like to kill that calunu.y once and for all." Charles Vyner Brooke, Kajah of Sarawak, tnld Associated Pre. sin an exclusive interview m London.
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        SPIRITUAL PART FOR SEAC TROOPS
        157 4 SPIRITUAL PART FOR SEAC TROOPS i MAY I wikc prociation of ment print, d ot June 17: morale of Arnv. Your pub!, statement question rra people an- KMT Idea is big i enough to Ul spiritual li Derated <■• downfall of the '-ismV 4 7'rrv We^ 1 Padre Diu. t
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        'Missing' Yachtsmen
        30 4 WITH re:ei pilllßim thoir c leaving the Sintrajv re Yacht < quested I eommttt this matter The t\v rot merr: I tiie club b Boorinci day. Jltal Foyal B
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      53 4 QUIZ The answer must consist of two words and the two words must rhyme with each other. 1. A knowing l.ttle attendant 2. The ecclesiastical dignitary is parsimonious. 3. Give your attention to the Shakespearean king. 4. And this Shakespearean seems hard-up. 5. He cares for the ivy, oerhaps. Answers
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      EUROPEANS REGISTER FOR JOBS
      260 5 EUROPEANS REGISTER FOR JOBS CTTROPFAXJ* Free Press Reporter gUKOPEANS-men and women-are among the w ftitW mpfc seeking the assistance of the Singapore Labour Exchange in their quest for w£r nt J^^uropeans are ex-internees and Servicemen who wish to remain in Singapore. clerk! fo^m. appl w fCF W rk as shi
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      3 CHOSEN FOR U.K. TRAINING
      73 5 3 CHOSEN FOR U.K. TRAINING re candidates jeen chosen to ar eturse of welfare work in s Maureen BosVan Chong and H. T^n. Tney d by ice Social nt in Singapore •heir course. ran who was reted to the Citizens > already leit bis wife. Miss at the French j
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      ARMED ROBBERY
      45 5 C r <po idem SANG, Tu srtti ess rv mto an a-aiiw a C! I Teix htei ofl the i a G?i r naatl: story led a n ■u- red Avenue h iving cut *n d Qei and too'c r. worth ci I
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      Surrender Of Illegal Arms
      124 5 I STRONGLY wordrj ran. ing regarding the surrender of firearms has been issued by the Singapore liovernment through the Public Relations Department The final dat? of surrender of all arms and ammunition is given as July .11. After that duo. it is stated, "the full riirour
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      8,000 INDIANS FOR MALAYA
      121 5 8,000 INDIANS FOR MALAYA 5-rcc- Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Tue*. EIGHT thousand lnc an labourers are ready to sail from India for Malaya If Government can arrange for their pussages. Thi> statement was made by Mr Bhagwan Singh President of the Kuala Lrmpu? Indian Merchants Association ut a tea party
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      Patialas Leave Java
      133 5 On Jun? 29, the first Patiala Reg ment held a farewell parade m Batav a on the eve of their return to India. At the be- inning of 1942 it was rushed to the frontier to Burma frontier to help stem the Jan advance m the Chinduin
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      ABETMENT OF MURDER CHARGE
      101 5 ABETMENT OF MURDER CHARGE A trial which is an echo of incidents which occurred m th? first few weeks tollowin the tall of Singapore In February 1 J42. began m the Singapore Assize -ourt before Mr. Justue N A Worley yesterday, when Ibrahim bin Omar, form.r senior police inspector. was
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      NAVAL OFFICER ACQUITTED
      220 5 LIEUT. Commander J. J. Wilson, K. N. R., appearing before a Naval Disciplinary Court yesterday, WSI acquitted without his defence being called on a charge of failing to hand over to the proper authorities two Stewart Turner marine auxiliary engines. The case was a sequel to the
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      LACTOGEN PRICES REVISED
      66 5 LACTOGEN PRICES REVISED MEW prices which have oeen flx- yd for Lactogen In Singaporeare $1.75 <!or lib. tinsj ana 54.75 (for 31b. tins). Malaya's allocations of evaporated milk, powdered milk and cheese for the period September/ December. 1946 from Australia nd New Zealand will be procured through commercial cnannels. Applications
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      HAD MILITARY GOODS
      67 5 CHOON Seng Leow and L'm Wee Pen? were charged m the Second District Court yesterday, with having had m their possession nrlitaty canvas and cloth material-. Both pleaded guilty. Choon Seng Leow. who had m his possess on $1,500 worth of eoods, was fined $500 or two
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      SECOND PEOPLE'S CANTEEN OPENS
      164 5 CINGAPORES second Gov,rn- nt soonsored Peoples Res- I taurant'was opened at Seng Pon j ™nH m the Tiont* Bahru area SSs^SstSTSiS Singapore Wg"^ l^ m are hundred, of ml fl n 35-' this area-sampled a- line cent m:nl. For their money they had tru C e2
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      MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL ENDS
      147 5 MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL ENDS PLEA not to spoil trie career of his client was made by defending counsel, Mr. Kennetn Seth, at the RAF., court-martial m Singapore yesterday of Squadron Leader Peter Jack, or a charge of manslaughter under the Air Force Act— a civil offence. The trial was a sequel
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      FINED FOR DAGGER
      45 5 REMARKING that the explanaX tion given appeared to be true Mr. Paul Storr. the District Judge yesterday fined an Indian, Ahmad Meera Labbey. who was armed with a dagger m Telok \yer Street on June 19. $30 or a month's rigorous imprisonment.
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      Pre-war tenants to get houses
      299 5 Pre-war tenants to get houses BILL affecting the return of premises occupied m pre-war days by people who became "war absentees" will be introduced soon into the Singapore Advisory Council. Its aim is to ensure that lessors and lessees and landlords and tenants whose tenancies were inter- rupted by their
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      3 Siam Railway Japs To Die
      290 5 THREE Japanese members of a permanent staff on sections of the Siam-Burma Death Railway were sentenced to death by hanging yesterday at the conclusion of their tral before a War Crimes Court on charges of ill-treatment of British, Australian, and Dutch prisoners of war,
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      Chicks From Australia
      66 5 BEFORE the Japanese occupation of Malaya it was not an unusual thin? to hive consignments of day -old thicks arrive m Singapore by Qantas from Australia The war of course, put an end to this trade bat it is hring reopened wit 1 an experimental consignment which
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      Y.M.C.A. MEETING
      44 5 A MEETING of numbers of t Y.WC.A. will be held on Thursday, July 11. m the Host 1. I-'ort Canning Road, at wh eh a conimittrc will be elected by the voting members to carry out *he generml policy of the association.
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      26 5 'S BACK! Sabu I ii.r. pft m N NMili" kCO B R A C M A J? M t I'uJ r- !»!'EM!E 'fc. FRIDAY A MTOL
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      150 5 ALHAMBRA '"TZSXF LAST 5 SHOWS! AI>V\NCEIi BOOKINGS: Tel: WO9 MOST INCSI AL SHOW IN TOWN! WEIRD DEAD FORTY YEARS THE SPIRIT OF A TORTURED GIRL WALKS AGAIN, HAUNTING "A PLACE OF ONE'S OWN" JAMES MASON as thf man who dares to fight the Infcnown! MARGARET LOCK WOOD as the cirl
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      CALORY MEAL FOR GERMAN MINERS
      26 6 tiituT sr*ows German coal mi rs b*"in«» served with a sptvial calorific meal of meat and vegetables at a Ruhr Colliery.
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      BEVERIDGE PLEA FOR 'FRIENDLIES'
      56 6 The National Insurance Bill passed the committee stage m the Lords without amendment, says Reuter from London. Lord Beveridge, pleaded the cause of the Friendly Societies on the motion to include them within the scope o! the ill for the purpose of handling certain benefits but
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      14th ARMY VETERAN SGTS LOSE BURMA STAR
      217 6 14th ARMY VETERAN SGTS LOSE BURMA STAR SOME 35 corporals and ten sergeants of the 14th Army which fought m the Burma campaign are to lose their zge and service group numbers, their gratuities and other financial entitlements. They were m the jungle for some of the bitterest fighting of.
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      DEMOBBED WREN FOUND MURDERED
      143 6 DEMOBBED WREN FOUND MURDERED THE search for pretty 21 year old Doreen Marshall, the missing ex- Wren of WoodhallI drive. Pinner, Middlesex, ended yesterday when the body of a j young woman found 01 a se- eluded trystin* place at Bourne- mouth was identified as Miss l Marshall. Doreen Marshall
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      37 6 Ciirl <arr\,n ihe uaterctMK Miss Ann i <in«uhlf MtxVd! doin? a sn«»t ol d g for ftm tardrmn; »lt« da. aftr b fomin< ort hall which fx\^» Kli/alKth ai nded Hr fithfr is air a< Win* tma«to
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      FASHION NEWS
      27 6 Servicewomen on the continent are to get the latest fasi 'on news and gossip a>out film stars a!id oeauty hints m newsn^ror articles specially supplied
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      68 6 ®^hmh lla m -r. 415 6)1 itH nu q p* ll■■ H W Evsry Sea: an Ane'iir NOW SHOWING AIR CONDITIONED. She was a Blonde Dynami < Part Daredevil. Tart Gkimour (iirl, A rl loved to Live who Lived for I v INC£NOIARy BLONDE' J^' !> 17 Hit Sones I
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      49 6 JAINfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 'what's wrongN /rrt hard to say/^^W'- while his show's I meanwhile...! ZSRD WITH THE GREAT) H^'S A BIT OF A ot! FREQUENTLY ASSOcTaTpM 71 V J J^fA d7?^l^l BUNKUM AND WOLF WlTH TftE MDK-J|jffl I VIOLENCE AND J f^^^^^^\ *\JM
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      LANCS FORCE DRAW WITH WE INDIANS
      496 7 LANCS FORCE DRAW WITH WE INDIANS Merchant 242 N.O. MANCHESTER, Tues By LEARIE COXSTANTINE j\i)!\ raadc such a brilliant comeback against LancaI atOUl Trafford, venue of the second Test lhj seeming m actual danger of a follow on fcq time triumphantly m sight of victory. This was ienkd Ihcni chiefly
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      INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS
      60 7 PRAGUE. Mon. I THE touring team of Swedish i I athletes won tour OTt «4 w« events in a field and track comneUtton Winst leading Czechoslovak athletes at Usti yesterday. W Anderson pro/ided an addi- j tional spectacle by covering thej 1.000 metres in 2 mm. 28.6 see*.;
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      BRITISH SOCCER RATED BEST
      150 7 IN spite of numerous reverses m international football marches it looks as if Britain is still regarded as football country No. 1. This year the F.A. have been approached to supply Keitish c inches for almost every country m Europe and that is as good an
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      Meets Curran To-night
      93 7 GLASGOW, Tues JAlklr i'aler>on defends his J I M Brittsi and British I^ipire rhu eight ti 1?> a?ainst urra ♦year-old Liverrwl rS^i-ht. at Hampden fcr* Btffi tomorrow night Patfr^on has not fought at jM stone for three years, and fan* u order whether he ■i mak* the
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      ENGLISH SOCCER DATES
      52 7 LONDON, Tues. THE champion soccer clubs of Sweden, Czechoslovakia and possibly Denmark are to be invited to play return matches against English clubs in England during October. France and the Netherlands will provide international opposition to England. England will play out of season internationals in Portugal and
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      GURKHAS WIN 3-1 OVER KELANTAN
      194 7 Free Press Correspondent KOTA BAHRU IN an exciting match before a crowd of about 3,000 the Gurkhas beat the State Soccer XI by an odd goal m three on the Padang Garong ground recently m a return fixture. In the first game the Gurkhas were
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      THE K. O.
      48 7 i iianenger Killy (onn sits dazrd and helnless on the canvas as he is counted out m the eighth round of his fight against Joe Lou s at the Yankee Stadium on June 19. This was the Brown Bombers 22nd successful defence of his title.
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      YMCA PLAN FOR THE SERVICES
      445 7 DRANCH centres m the principal suburbs of Singapore to embrace the needs of all young men and a further development of clubs for boys m various parts of the city are among the future plans for the V.M.C.A. m Singapore. These plans were outlined by
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      V.M.C.A. TABLE TENNIS
      49 7 THE following will represent the V.M.C.A. at table tennis against the United Services at the Shackle Club at 7.15 p.m. on Friday: Singles: Fung Guan Swee, Soh Teow Keng, Lav Kieng Hiong (capt.), Sim Soo Juay, Fung Guan Chye. Doubles: Wee Swee Lee Ang Sam Guan.
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      YORKSHIRE DEFEAT SURREY
      335 7 County Cricket LONDON, Tues. AFTER two days of even play at Leeds Yorkshire, w*th t7Pical grit, earned a comfortable victory by six wickets over Surrey, who at one stage to-day looked as if they had an even chance of beating the champions. Yorkshire have now earned 112
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      GARSIDE-SINGH RETURN TO-NIGHT
      86 7 TOPPING the bill m tonight's wrestling at the New World Arena, is the return contest between Stan Garside of Yorkshire and the Punjabi grappler Dara Singh. The two recent fights between these two wrestlers ended very abruptly, when Dara Singh was disqualified for a very rough display.
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      NEW MIDDLE WEIGHT CONTENDER
      56 7 PARIS, Sun. MARCEL Cerdan, middleweight champion of France, clinched a shot at the world's heavyweight title by winning a 10round decision over Holman Williams of Detroit. Cerdan has been promised a New York title fight with the winner bout in New York this month between champion
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      67 7 MARLBOROUGH SHOWS: 3—S—9 X this D.-ilunc ha Ca/as. India s D»X»ni m STUNT KING io 111—il ■Mg Chill a KIN What Br.ath-taking f"' Wonderment! Lnited Exhlbiiors ral ExhibiUon! r To-Morrow \-\NT" \N PRKMIKRE! a t 'I drujjhl Hhambra 1 ulrnt A Heroic u.tni, rs were Heroes k «AHARATHI KARNA" the
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      346 7 BGUSTEAD&Co.,Ltd, TEL 5161-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LIKE C.lenorlc for IK Sails July Iff Satnsette from UJL In part Prometheus from UJL Dae July It PasKnem %m 4 earg* ■•Qf»«ed to OJK Honrtong and Sha&chaJ %m opportaniUe* offer BURNS PHILP LINE Rhexenor from Australia G 4/0 Devon from Australia la Port
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      HOME...
      9 8 Ihe floodlit Royal Naval College, at Greenwich London.
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      Britain Used Canal Most
      118 8 Pans. Tues. DRITISH shipping through the D Suex Canal during 1945 was far greater than that of any other country, a general shareholders' meeting of the Canal Company was told today. The report of the loara of directors said that almost 15,900.000 ton, of British traffic
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      BOY SAVES BABY IN FIRE DASH
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      'LET MY PEOPLE GO'-Dr WEIZMAN
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