The Singapore Free Press, 6 August 1946

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE 16.514. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1946 EIGHT PAGES PRICE HI CENTS.
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    NEW MALAYA RICE SHARE, BUT
    1134 1 MALAYA ftas been recommended an allocation of 170,000 tons of rice for the second half of this year but it is unlikely that the low rice ration m the country will be increased until the authorities know what the availability of supply will be. »7
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    S'pore peace bid by MacDonald
    311 1 Free Press Reporter j\ an effort to keep the peace between the civilians of of Singapore and the Services stationed here Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Governor-General, invited leaders of the civilian community daring the week-end to meet the Service chiefs, and discuss frankly the
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    PALESTINE FOR U.N.O.? PM Calls Cabinet
    83 1 PALESTINE FOR U.N.O.? PM Calls Cabinet LONDON. Mon. Ministi r A:tl will ask cabinet on Wednesday whether the Palestine Id cc referred to the Natl as m the event oi ol the joint partition rnment sources said. A_ n announc d it rejected the pro- and Pal Un e Arabs
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    CHURCHILL FREEMAN
    13 1 Chm D haa accepted me the 2!-t e -*~.n Blackpool. j
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    MOLOTOV 'ASTONISHED'
    124 1 PARIS. Mon. THE Peace conference Rules j Committee headed for a showdown on the voting procedure issue today In a night session winding up a day of argument for ard p^ainst the two-thirds rule. J Under a British amendment, the conference might make two sorts of recommendations to
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    FROG LADY
    45 1 '■Frog-men," l> lderwater svtimncrs used m the war for daring operations have trained a frog-woman. She is Ciwcnda Davies, ri-tured above at Butli Vs Hoi day (amp, Fil* y, Yorks, where she helps the fro? -men to rive demonstrations. Gwenia is an ex-Waaf.
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    NEW TREMOR IN QUAKE TOWNS
    181 1 MIAMI, Florida, Mon. FROM Ciudad Trujille comes a report that a fresh Irenior "of slight intensity" shook the Dominican Republic m tht West Indies on Monday morning m the wake of Sunday's violent Caribbean earthquake which caused heavy damage m 11 towns and killed, at
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    UNRRA SETS UP GENEVA SHOP
    73 1 Trygve Lie. Secretary General of UNO. told the UNRRA Council when it met m the former I.:ague of Nations building at Geneva yesterday, that h? was "definitely encouraged and hoo ful about the future after his recent journrys across Europe. says Reuter from Geneva Fiorello
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    HESS FEARS DOCTORS WILL POISON HIM
    45 1 HESS FEARS DOCTORS WILL POISON HIM Rudolf Hess. former Deputy Fuehrer, who has been a 1 from the war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg more than refuses to tare medicin- lor his Increasingly severe stoma 'h pairs for tear of being poisoned, says UP. from Nuremberg.
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    U.S. MARINE SHOOTS CHINESE POLICEMAN
    44 1 U.S. MARINE SHOOTS CHINESE POLICEMAN A U.S. marine killed a sentry outside the Fir*_t Marine Headquarter Battalion and a Chinese pol ceman before marine MPs shot him down while he was trying to shoot hM way out win n trapped, says U.P. from Nanking.
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    U.S. SELLSAPUP TO S'PORE
    334 1 By a Special Correspondent lying m Singapore harbour are two British ships— I Sam Trent and Sam Vigrna. with 17,000 tons "coal" from Hawaii, which are not combustible. These cargoes are part of a reported deal, mi n which the British Government purchased from the United
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    CROWDS SLEEP on BEACHES
    259 1 CROWDS SLEEP on BEACHES Britain Goes Gay £or Bank Holiday LONDON. Mon. THEERFUL holiday crowds. laughing at shortages anc queues thronged Brita.n g resor making the be_t of the brihian. sunshine bringing back someth:n_ of The old peacetime ga ety ot Bank Holiday weekend For the majority it wa_ a
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    2 AIRMEN 'MIGRATE' IN 11 YR OLD PLANE
    64 1 2 AIRMEN 'MIGRATE' IN 11 YR OLD PLANE Two lectooilised RAF. Dj n imaole to get a quid. a pa_ to Strain Africa to resume tl bus ness careers. |mvt left Britain m an ll V ea_* 'Id twin cockpit 90 h.p. Swallow aircraft bought trom the Scottish Plying Club,
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    1,000 CLASH IN MILAN
    25 1 A>xn«t 1.000 unemployed demonstrators brought trafJV to I standstill and clashed with thm nolice m Milan yesterday, *\s_y Reuter f;cm Milan
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      Three Leading Peace Makers In Paris
      910 2  -  EDWARD EATIE By United Press Correspondent. THREE personalities Byrnes, Bevin and Molotov, dominate the Peace Conference of Paris even more completely than Versailles was ever dom.nated by Wil*- on, Clemenceau and Lloyd George. Bidault, fourth of the Big Four. perhaps partly because France is
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      Legion Will Remember Them
      210 2 Legion Will Remember Them A THOUSAND airmen who helped t j bomb Germany into subjection lie buried m Stonefall Cemetery. Harrogate. The British Legion Harrogate Victory Branch has undertaken to see that these men are not forgotten. The airmen, who gave their l.yes serving with No. 6 Bomber Command, came
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      AUSTRALIA MAKES GIFT OF FOOD
      184 2 AUSTRALIA MAKES GIFT OF FOOD IN 24 of the most severely bombed centres m Britain the 3ntsh Legion is to distribute 7.000 food parcels to needy ex-Service men. their widows or their dependents. The parcels are a gf t from the Victoria Branch of the Returned Salors, Soldiers and Airmen's
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      NEW BRISTOL PLANNED
      470 2 By DAVID FRANCIS. THERE are some people m Bristol to-day who dream of the time when, instead of paying rates to keep the city, the city will pay dividends *_o help to keep them. There are others, of course, who have nightmares m which future generations are
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      3,298 MINES
      51 2 MINE-SWEEPING to clear Norfolk beaches the safe hoi day-makers this summer hi full progress Some idea o: task can be gleaned by the fathat between Great Tarn and Caister alone. 3.298 vere laid during the war and 3 million tons of sand have had be moved to find
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      44 2 OPENS TO-DAY «^^prj^jQ^jJ^y Main Attraction. •Mortti Bridge Uoao 4 SHOWS I (netr Bras Basah Bd.) 1.1&, 3.30, 1..30 9 pn. UNSOPH ISTIC ATED I No Magnaeolor Multicolor or Cinecolorl! j NOTHING COLOSSAL about ftJO- ii assigned to shire a bed wij, Mexican Mm. I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      422 2 RADIO MALAYA B. B. C. RtD NtIHORJ. from ooon to 5.20 p. m. —5.35 p in. GS I p-m. aad b.O to 11 p m on 2.* 5 13.93 metres from 5.20 p m. metres from noon io 2 ;,m. oa 4.825 10_55 p m. GSV 16.84 metres iocs sec.
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      SOVIET HAS MORE TEXTILE WORKS
      12 3 SOVIET HAS MORE TEXTILE WORKS re 200 more tex--iberis md 'nc Far
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      BOY'S ARM CAUGHT IN SAUSAGE MACHINE
      20 3 '•'< na Wools aged I iT.On-road Bristol, caugnt a butcher's sau-a?e had to carry tati
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      CROSSING THE 'DRINK'
      14 3 r li. I arv cc for r t__rir cars to started.
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      65.000 WAITTO LEAVE BRITAIN
      102 3 65.000 WAITTO LEAVE BRITAIN ast 65.000 people are wa ti-.g Bzitair. lor passages to. Austral a and South' I how the figure is -CO. OOO priority book--25.000 v.* yes and children is and 5.000 Canadian .ro as soon as we .^h:pp ns.* said an I C n idian Inrniaraartment. Pa
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      TOWN GROWS UP INTO METROPOLIS
      59 3 TOWN GROWS UP INTO METROPOLIS tead sleepy st market town i dfe of the Chil- m its Cl 13.000 to c- zcr.cd for d omen* T >st •v r tion i come •a m Lo._al ta build houses .sand h""n- o -->< ras ree hrrd with protest r~ v rk
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      SHOWING OFF
      17 3 pilots "oho.*.;:;; LuU- ~> n to the U s A itad romplainta :n Denver lon fly;..
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      ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RALLY AT ETON
      31 3 Eton College made history when it opened Its famous playing fieldto C 75 children from elementaryschools m twenty count es. who held a c:z sports rally.
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      84,000,000 JAPS IN WORLD BY 1950
      26 3 84,000,000 JAPS IN WORLD BY 1950 Ten miihon Japs will be born by 1050. brinslp* the population to 84.000.000. says Japan's population expert, M noru Tacki
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      Pilgrims Bear The Cross
      47 3 Pilgrims Bear The Cross MUtt carryi-§ a cross ,60 miles from I) eppe. a party of eleven Fn.ish pilgri-ns arrive at Veze lay. France. wher e 800 years ago this year St Bernard preached the Second Crusade. In all 4.0 pilgrims gathered at Vezelay. bringin- 14 crosses.
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      BRITAIN STARTS NEW AIR AGE IN VILLAGE
      247 3 BRITAIN STARTS NEW AIR AGE IN VILLAGE NOT far from the tiny, English village of Thurleigh. Beds, (pop. 416) Britain is beginning one of her greatest ana most ambitious enterprises. It is a £20.000,000 Government research station which will ensure that Britain, long the world's greatest carriers at sea, will
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      WALK-OUT THREAT BY NURSES
      123 3 WALK-OUT THREAT BY NURSES THE whole safl of 13 women nurses and four men nurses at Banbury Publ c Institution and Maternity Home threatened to walk out unless their grierances were considered The nurse— the women a*e lookins after 69 women and 12 bebles cimplain of shortage of staff and
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      BIRD GETS A MEDAL
      50 3 First Dickin medal awarded to a •foreign" bird or animal has been given to 0.1. Joe. a US Army pig*: jn who saved the lives of 1,000 British soldiers by flying a message to stop the bombing of an Italian village we had just capt .red.
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      GIRLS CAN WED AT 12 IN EIRE
      205 3 •RE boy and girl lo_> affairs thf result of deep affection or pa.-sing phy.-ical attract. on? When they result ia babies be:ng born, should the young par.nts marry or will that make them hate each other? MPs -n Narthern Ireland are being asked
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      3 In A Bed On Priest's Honeymoon
      90 3 3 In A Bed On Priest's Honeymoon THREE m a brd on his hon?y- moon was too man* for the Rev. David Jasper Neal 75. of Jen-shorn. Arkarsa*. who ras carried h*s object i n to the point of asking for a d.vorce fro-rj his wife of 20 He sa
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      ALL THEIR OWN WORK
      26 3 Tneir own pens. ink. pencils and rulers must be provided by candidates taking the entrance exam fcr the 5.000 Metropolitan Police vacancies.
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      FLOATING HOTEL
      25 3 The torm.r German mer Pretoria, re-named Empire Doon. now lying ir. the Thames estuary, is likely to be used as a floating hotel.
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      DETECTIVE GAME LED TO ARREST
      108 3 DETECTIVE GAME LED TO ARREST AFTER escaping from a west of England approved school two boys were eapiured and handed over to the police by band oi young amateur detective, Clive Goulding. aced 10. when ne returned home late, told his father, a newspaper reporter. I have been on a
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      POACHERS CASH IN ON EARL'S SALMON
      37 3 Poachers are making £100 a week selling salmon and trout from the Earl 01 Moray's stretcn ot the River Lossie. says the Elgin (Morayshire Angling Association, which ha_ the fishing rights.
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      TIN CAN MUSIC WAKES SLEEPY SUSSEX
      51 3 The age-old custom of serenading a resident w th tin-can approval has been rev'ded m the Sussex vlla cf West H-athly. Police had to stop youths ..angir.. eld sauce-pans. bars oi metal -na drums outs dc the horn? o: a man who complained of
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      Demon Bowler
      18 3 SRt. Wil.inson of the U A AF who took p \T« wi kets for 21 recenty.
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      ROMANCE BEGAN IN A 'RAT' HOLE
      203 3 AFTER writing fcr four years to I a British "Desert Rat." an [American girl of twenty-five packed her trousseau at her home m New Jersey, nut a 191 b. wedding cake In her lu _rca?e and travelled 3.009 mile^ by sea to say "I
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      U.K. SHOES 'COST' FEWER COUPONS
      56 3 The Government have de-- d^d that most boats and shoes made with soles which are not leather or crepe rubber will require fewer caupons. Women's now costing five coupons will from Monday ne-.* ?o down to four: boys' and girls' from three to two: infants'
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      PIT TO PULPIT
      27 3 Bevin boy who spent tour teen months at thc coal face. Richard Bishop oi Dunfermline. Fiieshire is leaving the pits to become a minister.
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      VILLAGE FOR SALE
      29 3 The village of Norton. near Daventry. Northants. with t8 cottages. 13 farms, a mansion and a park are to be sola by the Marquess o! Bath.
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      VICAR'S WIFE GETS DECREE
      66 3 MRS Irene Norton, cf Thur..' 111 near Retherham. Yorks. was given a decree of nullity at Leeds Assizes, because of the incapacity o: her bushand, the Rev. Cis Norton. vicar cf Cowic.i. near S.iaith. Mr Justice BodSQU said that the couple were ssarri .n February 1933.
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      CORNISH SNAKES ARE BITIGN THIS YEAR
      50 3 CORNISH SNAKES ARE BITIGN THIS YEAR Holidaymakers m C rnwall hai been warned to guard again i snakes while walkii j moor* s, nun hau to I n I from ths navel stores at mouth to Penzance hospital i I 70-year-old Mrs. Annie ThOOMU [had beeii btttea by an adder.
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      BRITAIN BUILDS £2,000,000 HOTEL
      139 3 DRITAIN'S— and probably the worlds— most modern anu sv luxurious hotel is to be built on the cliff face at Poo,*-. Dorset, at a cost— including furnishings— of more tnan £2.000,000. Every one of the 405 double, rooms will have a television set. bathroom, electric clock
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      BISHOP MEETS FLOCK IN PUB
      69 3 Villagers of Chedzoy. near Bridgwater < Somerset' crcwdrd their local recently to meet new Bishop of Bath ar.d Wells Dr. h w BradfieJd "It is a very good thing for a Bishop to come to the village inn." he said, --because it always seems to
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      Key Money Asked For London Flat
      109 3 Key Money Asked For London Flat KEY MONEY to the tune of C4OO is heme asked for a flat witn foiir rooms kitchen and bath m Maida Vale. Northwest London. A reader of the London Daily Worker who applied to a Hampstead firm of estate agents, known as "The Hat
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      BEVIN PLANS UK HOLIDAYS
      198 3 BRITAIN S holiday-makers isa soon to have better, brighter j holidays, wih less worry and more luxury. Mr Frnest Bevin. the Foreign Secretary, said so London recently After all. what was the good of giving holidays with pay n the ryople could not make use of
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      604 'NEW BOYS'
      10 3 Ai.ens ..aturalised m Britain year r.umoered 604
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      FENCING THEM IN
      27 3 I r< und ci :ht public gardens m Islington. London, re- red durino the war. is to ta td bf claims ar.d posts. t
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      CONFETTI MONEY
      20 3 R-• o h Cndwc s*k marrying coupes to pa" t( n shil! igs t the bi!! I i
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      BRAND NEW SCHOOL
      28 3 I /•> I ret illt since tho St. Aurirc;. 5 Hi t held. Ht ru. j was opened by Miss Ellen W.lkia'v.... Minister Qf ITfliif atlan
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      S'PORE ON ROUND-THE-WORLD AIR ROUTE
      322 5 S'PORE ON ROUND-THE-WORLD AIR ROUTE Free Press Reporter WHEN Pan-American Airways extends its trans- Pacific service to Singapore from Manila, Singapore's round-the-world air link will have been completed. This is now a matter of 30 to 60 days. Pan-American Airw T ays first established its 8,000-mile Clipper service between the
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      GUINA SPEEDS UP UNRRA STRIBUTION
      65 5 tt ded up the rellrl and retr.r j, 1(, p the lis .mcc me tor-General luspend.ng toChina. report. efc after the rimes the ted than m NRRA 'Chme_e md Rehabidltaoutport that all items on of clothing. and agricultural „s. register. l .ncrease. bY INKKA unloading
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      YOUNG MEN'S UNION
      17 5 I Urn Aen'a Union was r hit was de- if union 3_D_lttec was •irpose.
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      Malayan clerks to form trade union
      120 5 Malayan clerks to form trade union 1r» Prebs Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. HE <>: a Malayan Federation of Clerical P|i ii:- and the registration of Clerical Unions as Imi i re two important outcomes of the confere of representative of Clerical Unions which MX dvi m Kuala Lumpur today. I
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      Petrol prices raised
      75 5 FROM today the prices of petrol and kerosene have been increased m Singapore and thc Malayan Union. The new price for petrol will be 90 cents per gallon instead of 85 cents from all pumps and the retail price m drums will be 95 cents instead of
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      KIOSK DAMAGED BY FIRE
      97 5 CHORTLY before noon yesterday fire broke out while petrol was being sold from a pump at the junction of Anson and Keppel Roads and the blaze quickly assumed considerable proportions. Both the Army Fire Service engine from the station close to the scene of the fire
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      AMERICAN EILMS FOR JAVA
      92 5 From Free Press Correspondent THL nrst post-war American films for the Netherlands Lid es have arrived m Singapore and will be dispatched within the next ten days. A short term agreement for the screening of Amer.can pictures m Netherlands Indies has been i.:ade between the Dutch
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      RABIES CASES
      37 5 IPOH, Sun. IPO* health authorities are -idopiir__, strict measures asains' any iiulher possible spread oi rabies since the discovery during ti e pas* week of a few cases. Two dogs so infected have since died.
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      29 5 An ars. nai accumulated for a I terrorist camnaiffn m Pales- I tine, including automatic j waj-or.s and mortars for wh eh there was plenty of 'j ammunition. I
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      S'pore wedding
      52 5 CAPT. and MRS. MALCOLM ARMSTRONG after their wedding at St. Andrews Cathedral on Saturday. The bride was for-rot-rlv Mi-- Dn-o*hy Worth of il ford. She is a sergeant m the A.T.S while Capt. Armstrong is the R.E.M.E. and comes from Keswick. The honeymoon is be m; spent at
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      Commissioners cut staff house rents
      286 5 BY a revision of a long-standing rule, Singapore Municipal employees occupying quarters are now paying rent on the same basis as Government servants provided with quarters. This means a reduction m Municipal rents from eight per cent, of an employee's salary to a maximum of
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      WATTING FOR PHONES
      33 5 TWO hundred and seventeen applications for telephone installations are at present on the waiting list n Malacca. Out of the 435 pre-war Malacca subscribers, 396 at present have I telephones.
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      JAPS HANGED
      63 5 ALOR STAR, Sat. TWO Japanese Kempeitai i i mbers, Warrant Officer Ti c Kasabure, and Sergeant Onuki. who were sentenced tn death by hanging by War Crimes Tribunal two months ago were executed m Alor Star Gaol. The men were responsible for the torture .nd consequent death of
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      M.G.S. JUBILEE
      30 5 The Methodist Girls' School m Kuala Lumpur celebrated its Golden Jubilee yesterday. It was stated that the school's new building would be completed by the end of 1943.
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      MALAYS IN 2ND WEEK OF FAST
      95 5 BULAN PUASA, which is the fasting month of the Muslims enters on its second week, today. During this period of Puasa, all Muslims aa c expected to observe the fast rigorously, by abstaining from all food and drink between daybreak and dusk. Ushered m
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      PROTEST OVER POW LABOUR
      78 5 From Free Press Correspondent P__NAlfU, Fr.. Lightermen on strike at Penang harbour are protesting to the Government today against the use of Japanese PoWs. which strikers, m their representations, describe as a "sinister measure." The decision to send this protest was made at a meeting held
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      PHILIPPINES CHINESE FORGE AHEAD
      182 5 AN optim stic report of the condition of Chinese m the Philippines was brought tx> Shanghai by Mr. Kan Nai- 1 kwang, Vice-Minister of Fore gn Affairs, who arilved from Maivla,! where he was one of the Chinese representative! at the Philippine independence ceremonies. Stating that
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      S.E. Asia defence being planned
      218 5 FE question of the future defence of British territories m South East Asia is still being worked out. Thi s was the Governor-General's reply to a question put to him at a Press conference m Singapore last night. What the exact permanent force will be,
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      GOV.-GEN. LEAVES TO SEE DYAKS
      188 5 THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, accompanied by only the Deputy Chief Secretary of Sarawak and a Dyak police inspector, is going on a tenday expedition to the upper reaches of two of Sarawak s onetime headhunter infested rivers. He leaves today by air for
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      TO CROSS 2 OCEANS IN 30-ft YACHT
      129 5 TWO Royal Air Force officers, still after adventure, plan to sail from Hong Kong to Britaai m a 30-foot yacht. They plan to set out m January next, un the China coast and across the Pacific to ihe west coast ol Amer ca.
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      ALLEGED THEFT OF TAXI
      60 5 A Chinese Low Kirn Seng, appeared before Mr. K. M. Byrne, m th e Third Police Court yesterday, and had a charge of theit of a taxi on July 31 valued 1 $2,000. belonging to Sangaran. explained to him. The accused claimed trial, bail of $2,000
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      BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE
      59 5 Emam Sahib, a 50 year-old Indian, had a charge of criminal breach o* trust of jewellery vaiu. Ed at $570, the properU of Sheh Abas, explained to him m the Second Police Court yesterday. Emam claimed trial, and bail of $250 was extended till Oct. when
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      HOME
      13 8 /\n evening picture or the rose garden m Longford Park, Streti'ord, Lancashire
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      SEA CAPTAINS FIGHT OVER PRIZE WRECK
      408 8 SEA CAPTAINS FIGHT OVER PRIZE WRECK NEW YORK, Mon. F[E crippled liner-freighter American Farmer, which came Into collision wilh another ship last week, and now a £1,000,000 salvage prize, proceeded steadily this morning towards England under her ow„ power without the assistance of the British tramp steamer Elizabeth which had
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      MORE RICE
      138 8 Continued from Page 1 readiness to release Siamese rice quickly, there appears to be little prospect that Siam will be able, for various reasons, to effect regular deliveries of any great size ler some time. The rice situation m this country is still desperate. On Saturday, the Governor-General.
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      NEGROES SEEK NEW LYNCHING LAW
      42 8 An official of the National Negro Council, Chicago. has asked President Truman to recall Congress for a special session to enact a legislation provid ng for the death penalty for lynching, says Reuter quoting New York radio.
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      CHURCHES HOLD WORLD COUNCIL
      29 8 The world's churches lace a critical moment, said Walter W Van Kirk, of New York, at the World Council of Churches con- ference, terday. Reuter
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      DEATH FOR BLACK MARKETEERS
      149 8 LONDON. Mon. THE wildest Inflation the world nas evei seen came to an end this weekend as the Hungarian pen *o vanished. Hungary's economic reform, facilitated by Russia's redaction oi reparations demands, got underway during the weekend comme'cial lull by the substitution of the new guilder
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      FUNK PUT JEWS GOLD IN BANK
      198 8 NUREMBERG, Monday. WALTER FUNK, former Nazi Minister of Economics and President of the Reichsbank, knew that the vault s <>i his bank were packed with gold, jewellery and foreign currency taken from people killed in concentration camps. This evidence was introduced today to the
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      SIAM TO JOIN UNO?
      18 8 Siam yesterday applied for membership of the United Nations, says A.P. from New York.
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      RAF GIVE UP CHURCH PARADES
      81 8 The Royal Air Force has decided to abandon compulsory attendance at Church parades. An Air Ministry order says: It has been decided with certain exceptions that attendance at church parades shall be discontinued." It adds that commanding officers are to be responsible for the attendance
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Pres TUESDAY. AUG. 6, 1946.
      784 4 The Singapore Free Pres TUESDAY. AUG. 6, 1946. PR the _ea-iii o. those Malayans who have returned to 8 ngapcre m recent weeks to hna— to judge by moittered conversations m the clubs— that the c.ty is still under semioccuoation by the military we are re-publ shing today a leadei
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      Men who beat 200,000 Nazis quit Germany
      708 4 SO the Canadians have left Germany. The long lines of trucks have bumped over the dusty, uneven roads of agricultural Oldenburg, heading towards the last German depot that would hold Canadian troops on thair way home. It is good-bye to the Maple Leaf
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      BRICKS BY THE MILLION
      58 4 AFTER sx years of idl.ncss, Norwich kilns are burning bricks again. Two of the largest expect to turn out three million high quality facing bricks by the end of the year. The shortage of bricks has b:en one of the main reasons for the slow progress
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      BURGLAR PHONES YARD
      142 4 BURGLAR PHONES YARD BURGOT, the new burliar alarm which phones Scotland Yard automatically when thieves break m, is averaging more arrests than any live detective m the country. As soon as a thief breaks m anl makes for the safe, the automatic bure'ar alarm rings *rS9. giving the name and
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      483 4 DROFESSOR AUGUST PICCARD, the Swiss physicist who maae a 10-mlie ascent into the stratosphere m a balloon m 1932 now olans t penetrate the ocean depths, and hopes to reach two and a ha.f miles below the surface. T c deepest undersea journey on record was made
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      551 4 'Would you have a baby or two? MORE than 1,500,000 married women m Britain have received a surprise letter. It was from the Royal Commission on Population and asked for details of the family. Secret behind the quiz is that population experts believe tne one-child family is going out of
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      HK VARSITY BANKRUPT
      69 4 THE future of Ho. University now de, on the decision of the B* Government, which has approached for the nece.sarv funds. Finance is the main stumbling block to hi?her education m the colony. The I versity has always been starvt j financially, even from its inception. A
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      55 4 1. Where, particularly. VOOta you expect to find, and Indeed would find, a monument to Ferdinand de L.sseps? 2. Where did Monmouth's rebellion land? 3. WTicrc did Henry Tudor ci feat Richard III? 4. Where did Nelson put h. telescope to h s blind eye? 5. Where was Dr
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      JIM SIMS SUGGESTS BRIGHTER CRICKET PLAN
      560 6 Archie Quicks Sports Parade LONDON- Saturday. J"l>1 SIMS, LngU.nd and Middlesex slow bowler, told mc his scheme for brighter cricket. His suggestion is thai the counties play three one-day games instead of threeday games. Every time they meet, Sims' points m favour are that
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      HULL CITY
      56 6 HULL, bun ftfE three brothers Necdlers 1 r..ive taken Hull City Footnail Club under their conti 01. *i h°v formed a n'w company with a £30.000 capital m five fshlll ng shares to which *h? 1-üblic wes invited to sub.c.".be. With n a tew days they were overwhelmed
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      FASTEST DOG BEATEN
      94 6 LONDON, Mon. QUAKE Times, tne world's tastest racing greyhound who has catered 525 yard's m 28.82 seconds, was beaten into fifth place m the Wembley Summer Cup on Satur- which race was won by the lv al lr* mcd. Bah' Choice, m a uvnparativrly poor t me
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      AMATEUR ATHLETIC FINAL
      59 6 AMATEUR ATHLETIC FINAL D. McLonald Bailey, the West Indian serving with the RAP., **irs the 220 yards final m the Brilish A.A.A. annual championships at the White City Stadium. Hrs time was 22.3 sec Yesterday Bailr*v, runnin*? for Brita'n a?air_st France at the White City, equalled the British record of
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      FOUR-DAY OVAL TEST ASKED
      433 6  -  VERNON MORGAN (By LONDON, Mon. A suggestion has been made m the British press that the Third Test should be extended from three to four days to give India a chance of drawing the series m view of the fact that on the Oval's easy wicket
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      OLDEST ATHLETIC RECORD BEATEN
      70 6 DUNDALK. Eire Sat CTATED to be the oldest- standing athletics record m the \:orld thc Irish record for four miles was broken today by Martin E;,an o! ohanaslish county. Galway. rrnning m the National Athletic and Cycling association charrpiem>hips at Dundai!. county. Louth today. Egan clipped
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      S. AMERICAN TURF
      54 6 RIO DE JANEIRO Mon r TIiE Ecuadorian horse Miron.^ ridden ■> by jockey E. Vaz, wen the 14th annual grand premier of Brazil— on<> of South America's gnatest turf classics. Argentina runner Zorro. mounted by jockey Perreira. was second and Trick, also Trom Argentina, third Goyo was
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      59 6 NEW f*_Mt Mon 5. piG Gardner Mulliy. termor navy lieutenant trom Miami captured his first major hard -.cuits event nf the year v.lrm he ou'nlaved Bill Ta'bert of Wilmington DMawate. 8-6 6-0. 0-6. 10-6. m lh» sidles finals of an imitation tournament The match took up thr-. ho*.r<- and produced
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      24 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Port Said de Les^cps \*p* famous Suez Canal engineer 2 Lyme Re s i 3 3 Boswonh.' 4 Copenhagen. 5. Lichfield.
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      JACDONALD BAILEY EQUALS 100 YDS RECORD
      360 7 JACDONALD BAILEY EQUALS 100 YDS RECORD I White City Stadium, London, Mon. |>v VERNON MOKKiSy. M BRITAIN scored a surprisingly easy victory over p, m a track ;nd field contest before 50,000 shirtn hn-iling sun- nine here this afternoon wtan:^ to five and 72 points to 57. Britain won n
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      SINGAPORE CHINESE VICTORY
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      FOOD CONTROL TOURNAMENT
      73 7 .Prom Our Own Correspondent) PENANG. Mon. I3Y beating Perak Food Control at hookey this morning, Penang Food Control emerged winners In the Inter-State departmental games tournament played here over the hoMan, Perak lost at .occer by lour goals to three last evening, but earlier had won at
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      AFFILIATION TO S.A.F.A.
      49 7 IN connection with the decison to run a soccer league m Singapore next month, applicat ons for affiliation from various cluhs will shortly be called for by the Singapore Amateur Football Association, and not by the SCF. A. This also refers to applicat ons from referees.
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      N.S. CLUB
      15 7 --ontient) Sun. f European i expected I Hh Negri 61 Au?. r*-or*?anised as
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      GLAMORGAN AHEAD OF INDIANS
      238 7 GLAMORGAN AHEAD OF INDIANS LONDON, Mon. niSMISSING the Indians for 203 v runs, Glamorgan have gained a lead of 35 runs on the first innings over their opponents. In their second innings Glamorgan made a confident start and were 165 for three wickets when stumps were drawn to-day, thus being
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      SIX-NIL WIN FOR SE LETAR R.A.F.
      294 7 From Sgt. Slipper .Seletar) CCORING four goals m five minutes at one stage of thc game, the RAF. (Seletai) beat Air Command, Chan_\ by six goals to ml m a game of soccer played at Seletar on Saturday. From the kick-off Seletar took com-
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      After The Race
      55 7 Sydney Wooderson has his shoes taken off after his great vie tonover the Dutchman Slykhuis m the three miles m the British record time of 13 mm. 53.2 sec. m the British A.A A. championships Yesterday Wooderson won th c three-mile event for Britain against France, but
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      SELETAR AIRMEN TAKE HONOURS
      469 7 SELETAR AIRMEN TAKE HO NOURS ATHLETES of the Royal Air Force (Seletar) swept the board at the Singapore Amateur Athletic Sports meeting held at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday before a large representative August Bank Holiday gathering. Held m fine weather, the meeting was attended by the Governor of Singapore,
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      Recs Win At K.L.
      67 7 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. PLAYING m a continuous drizzle m Kuala Lumpur this evening, the Singapore Recreation Club m their second soccer engagement at Kuala Lumpnr defeated the T P.C.A. by a solitary goal. Some fast exchanges were witnessed, although only forty minutes
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      Kuala Pilah Beat Police In League
      110 7 (From Our Own Conespondent) SEIvEMBAN, Sat. •"pHE Kuala Pilah District Football XI, consisting of civilian players and Army men drawn from the Durham Light Infantry, beat the Negri Sembilan Police XI by four goals to one. when the teams met m the N.S.F.A. league
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      BIG LEAD GAINED BY LANCS
      366 7 BIG LEAD GAINED BY LANCS LONDON, Mon. IN the season's mast important County cricket fixture between the leaders, Lancashire gained a big lead of 216 over Yorkshire on, the first innings to-day. In their second innings Yorkshire, what at present head the tables by eight points and a match over
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      STATE BADMINTON
      83 7 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Mon. THE Selangor badminton l?ague champions. the Merrydale Party play.ng their first mat:h m Penang, went down to the Hu Yew Seah, one of Uie strongest local teams, by five games to two. The highlight of the day's play was the close tussle
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