The Singapore Free Press, 21 August 1946

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA No. *HJmZl* SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    POLICE STOP NEI-S'PORE ARMS RUNNING
    253 1 POLICE STOP NEI-S'PORE ARMS RUNNING Free Press Reporter OINGAPORE Police authorities have pressed into service a number of fast Marine Police vessels to intercept motor-boats secretly leaving Singapore Roads for the N.E.1., carrying arms and ammunition to Indonesian extremists. The arms smuggling, which reached a peak about a fortnight ago,
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    51 1 v Kill, ai •on von omnibus pass s the Royal dais at Clarence Gate, Pc m Pak. wl en t: c King and Queen reviewed 500 mo*or vehicles representii- Brlt-sh mo lor rroduct'on since 1393 m mot©* cavalcade to celebrate the j bile of the Br t sh motor indu
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    EVEREST CLIMBER GETS COMMAND
    53 1 Maj.- G_i.. J. G Bruce, deputy chief of the Indian General Staff, has been appointed Lahore area commander, m succession to Maj. -Gen. W. B. Blaxland, who is retiring, says A. P. from London, Maj .-Gen. Bruce, climbed to within 1,800 feet §f the peak of
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    U.S. ECONOMY PLANS SCUTTLE LINERS
    47 1 Plans of the United States Mar ..me Commission to build two 920-iOot super-liners for the Pacific and three 650-foot vessels for the Mediterranean have been scuttled for at least a year by the Administration's economy programme, says A. P. from Wash- ington.
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    UNRRA SACKS MORGAN
    138 1 UNRRA SACKS MORGAN LONDON, Tues -KTT. 0?.:: Si. Frederick Mcr- :i deposed as chief HERA displaced persons ds In Kvrope for these- uu r.ir.e probably it] War ofl.c_ m London also ■Nd G rt n. Morgan's rek.se La Gwtfa ann .'need m Hr. Myer Cohen. r Wa-hin^Ua Repatr-..--ion of UNRRA.
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    6 JAVANESE ROB KATONG SHOP
    23 1 mfmiu into a night bouna d his assistant Sic *n° m cash Or.? of the l t ?»*g*a+mm.
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    Calcutta rations cut by riots
    307 1 CALCUTTA, Tues. CALCUTTA'S food ration ha* been cut by half to meet the emergency created by the five days' riot, arson and looting, a Food Department official of the Bengal Government announced here tonight. It is hoped to restore the ration to normal m a
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    8 DEAD IN BOAC PLANE
    59 1 PARIS, Tuesday. CIGHT of the nine occupants of a B.itish Overseas Airways Corporation Lancastrian air liner on training flight from Lydda m Palestine to London were killed today when the plane crashed at St. Aubin de Tarney. 80 miles west of Paris. The plane had
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    BOYD MEETS MACARTHUR
    66 1 V_ce-Ac-miral Sir Dennis William Boyi Commander-in-Chief of tne British Pacific Fleet, flying his flag m the cruiser Belfast, arrived at Yokohama yesterday and _sited Mr. A. D. F. Gascoigne, head of the U.K. Liaison Misoion says Reuter from Tokyo. Ho later had lunch with Gen. Douglas Mac
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    CIVILIAN SHOT
    28 1 A civ.lia n was shot at a Base Supply D.pot m Singapore early today and taken to a military hospital where he died, investigations are proceeding.
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    LORD LOUIS WILL NOT COME BACK
    106 1 LORD LOUIS WILL NOT COME BACK LONDON, Tues. ADMIRAL Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, may soon assume a new naval appointment, an offic'al spokesman said today. Admiral Mountbatten will visit Sweden and Norway early next month for a holiday but. according to the spokesman, "will not
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    ANOTHER QUAKE
    20 1 Lieutenant W. E. Hubert, U.S. Navy Seismologist, reported another quake yesterday, which he classed as heavy to severe.
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    'FASCISTS AT PEACE TALKS'
    135 1 MOSCOW, Tues. TOE Russian Tass Agency charged I Italy technical delegation attending the Paris Peace talks today with having "active Fascists among them. The Russians charged:— "One of these is a journalist, the correspondent of the paper I Globo which collaborated w**th the Germans. He is
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    RAF is 'waiting for Trinder'
    184 1 Free Press Reporter HEADQUARTERS, Air Command, South East Asia, deny a statement by Tommy Trinder m an interview published by the Free Press yesterday, m which he said he was unable to take his show to entertain Allied troops m Japan because air transport could
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    U.S. IS ANGRY WITH TITO
    310 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. FE United States Government is stiffening its attitude towards Yugoslavia while Congress spokesmen have demanded that Marshal Tito's Partisan Government be brought to task for firing on American planes and Allied troops. The United States has denounced the attack on an American Dakota
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    BRANDED WOMAN GETS GC
    144 1 BRANDED WOMAN GETS GC LONDON, Tues. A BRITISH woman who refused to betray her comrades despite the most brutal Nazi torture has been awarded the highest civilian honour, the George Cross, the London Gazette announced tonight. She is Mrs. Odette Marie Sanson, slim petite member of the Women's Transport Service,
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    '56 ABSENT AT PARADE'
    168 1 Kluang Trial Free Press Reported. KLUANG. Wednesday. WHEN theprosecution case wasn "-sumed this morning m the court martial of 262 men of the 13th Parachute Battalion on charges of mutiny, CS M F W Tuffs oi "B" Coy said that on May 14 shortly after he
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    'ALL QUIET' IN CHINA
    18 1 A new mysterious disease known as "speechless sickness" has broken out m Northern Honan
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      U.S. Secret Service on the up-and-up
      590 2 THE United States is 1 frankly and energetically attempting to build up the best foreign intelligence system it can devise, but the present organisation is still m tha infancy stage when compared, for example, to the highly efficient British Secret Service. Few Americans doubt
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      4 2 Today's Pin-Up-Girl ALMA KA_E
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      HOW TO KEEP COOL
      208 2 THE human body is essentially an air-cooled engine with a sensitive and efficient cooling system. The best way to keep cool m hot weather is to help the cooling system operate unimpeded. Key part of the cooling mechanism Is the skin. When the air temperature goes
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      FORCES ASSURED OF FAIR CHANCE
      142 2 SO that men of the Forces and Merchant NaVy retained for 1 service abroad shall not be at a disadvantage when the new houses are ready to be allocated, a system has been drawn up to secure for their families equal chances with the rest
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      5 million letters daily by air
      45 2 rvERY day, Transport command of Britain's Royal Air Force carries almost five million letters throughout the world. In 1945, nearly 20,000 tons of air mail were delivered m the four main categories of correspondence: Troops, Diplomatic, Offical and Civil
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      One whale gives 142,360 rations
      266 2 ANE blue whale can pro- vide weekly margarine rations for 143,360 people. So 40 blue whales would give the whole of Malaya a week's margarine supply. An average year's catch before the war was 46,060. Whalers have left the Antarctic practically alone for the past
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      526 2 RADIO MALA -A RED NETWORK from noon to 2 pun-, and 8.38 to II pas. on 835 metres from noon to 2 pan. ea 4.825 mcs see. la 81 metre band and frem 81 metre band. CHINESE noon to U. p.m (news In Hokkien at 1 p.m. m Cantonese at
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      257 2 -your lucky! STAR I Fortune forecast t or people born today 1 VOU have the e H £*i ershi P. especAU, I the Held ol ideas You Jl influence others and mur cautious in the use you j^i of thjs power J Keep your ideals hM *»B cultivate the very
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      LAW SETTLES NATIONALITY OF BRIDES
      112 3 MARRIED women's nationality is m to be regulated by new principles agreed on by Britain. Canada. Australia. New Zealand, and South Africa, said Mr Chut°r Ede. Home Secretary, m the House of Commons The principles accepted are that the law should provide, m effect, that
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      ARGENTINA BUYS 150 U.K. PLANES
      82 3 BRITAIN'S latest export order for aircraft is 1&0 Miles Magister training planes, bought by the Argentine Government for £175,000. Argentina has become one of the British aircraft industry's best foreign customers with orders m recent months well over £2.000.000 for 20 Vtakers Vikings, 15 Bristol
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      CITY DRIES IP
      33 3 Drought threatens the city of Kingston. Jamaica, with an absolute water famine unless ran falls within the next few days. The big Hermitage Dam, the man source, is practically emoty.
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      MODEL FOR SWEDES
      36 3 Swedish poll -em en want to _o to England to stuc'y the work of London police bscauss "they are always held up as an example when a Swedish nol'ceman does someth ng wrong
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      EYEBROW BETRAYS A JEW TERRORIST
      277 3 EYEBROW BETRAYS A JEW TERRORIST ISAAC Yesernitsky, alleged to be a former leader of 1 the Stern Gang and one of Palestine's most dangerous men, was recognised by a kink m his right eyebrow, and arrested. He is stated to have posed as a rabbi. He was wearine a lone,
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      JEWEL THIEF HOLDS UP DETECTIVE
      117 3 a DETECTIVE chasea a jewel A r__el for txo miles through ard cornered tv« eT.pt v house Then pushed a revolver detective., crest. an_ cegan wnen a :>d that a house :en into u-hile the was on holiday a Flying Squad r f suspect As
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      'OUR CAMP WAS WATERLOGGED'
      333 3 Tree Press Reporter KLUANG, Tuesday. THK tents of B Coy. at Muar were pitched on the ground which was not normally soggy, but which, afte'rain became muddy and to a certain extent waterlossed/' said Major E. Dean, of "B" Coy of the 13 Paratroop Battalion at
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      GSM WITNESS ASSAULTED IN MALACCA
      225 3 GSM WITNESS ASSAULTED IN MALACCA Fre? Press Reporter. Dr KLUANG Tues. IN- -RED on Saturday night m Malacca. C S M. O'Brien, a >ris??_tion witness wh«. idenetin ;^o Paratroopers »n the trial toe 262 men of the 13 Paratroop Battalion, is m Malacca hospital s l!j a fractured skull The
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      HOLIDAY SCENE
      35 3 A bird's-eye vi.w of the holiday crowds at Margate. me fa.c of Itz .ak lesieniitsky. Wh n he was ru ht he was wearing a black beard, but his eyebrow gave him away.
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      COAL OWNERS GET £164,660,000
      191 3 THE British Coal Compensation Tribunal, has fixed at £164,660,000 the global sum of compensation to be paid for the mines when they are nationalised. The award brings the cost of nationalising Britain's coal industry to £229,219,559. The transfer of royalties to the State cost £64,559.559. <_
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      STILL NOT ENOUGH
      38 3 The Brewers Association of Scotland decided to d scontinue the sale of heavy quality bulk beers. This means more ordinary beer, but not enough to make up for the recent cuts, says the Association's statement.
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      SHANGHAI HAS TOO MUCH MONEY
      154 3 MONeY is so plentiful m Shanghai these days that the first- class commercial banks are finding it difficult to lend out their free funds, although the rate of interest is half what it was a month ago. The demand for short term loans has been
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      Britain Pays Most To Danes
      289 3 Britain Pays Most To Danes DANISH farmers are to supply Britair. until September 1949 with butter, bacon and eggs at prices higher than we pay to any other country. These supplies will not affect rations. Mr. John Strachey, British Food Minister, announcing the agreement m the Commons, explained that we
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      MERCY PLANE FLIES WITHOUT ONE ENGINE
      116 3 BECAUSE one oi his passengei was seriously ill, th pilot or British South American Air line* j four-engined plar.e "Star Trail flew from Lisbon to Lot. dor. air port on three engines The passenge- was Lieut. -Co! Gerald O. Simson. British military attache at
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      SUGAR FOR BEES
      29 3 Beekeepers m England may now obtain sugar not exceeding 10 lb. per colony to supplement the store of honey for the aut«n.n and w nter month.-?.
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      HIS LAST CAME
      21 3 Ten -year -old Malcolm Sutchfle. of Dewsbury. Yorks, was found; hanged after a game of 'cowboys and Indians
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      'Bunkum,' Says Doctor
      63 3 Pis "sheer bunkum*' to say an individual te not on the downgrade at 40, said Dr F. Grundy Luton's MO. at a school m London. What about Mr. Shaw's literary output after that age? he was asked. Dr. Grundy replied: "He is of much more interest to
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      BRITONS IN LOVE— BANISHED
      201 3 BRITONS IN LOVE BANISHED "VEEP away from Germany for m five years" was the sentence, announced m Berlin, on two British demobilisea soldiers who went back ;n a bid to marry two German girls with wncm they fell m love while serving In Cologne The men. 37-year-oia ex-Sgt r *arry
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      WOMAN KILLED
      19 3 Miss Irene Freeman, of Emer-son-drive. Hornchurch. Essex, was killed by a train at Emerson Pari: L.M.S. station.
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY AUG, 21,1946. A Palace for His Excellence
      474 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY AUG, 21,1946. A Palace for His Excellence yHE R 3V R. c. Moore, Chaplain o! Selangor. was fully justified m his warning, delivered m a sermon at Kuala Lumpur, that "we are m danger of top-' heavy extra vasrance" if a palace m Johore were
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      The balloon went up in India
      1416 4 Frank Owen examines why WHEN I left Calcutta, which was early last month, we had recovered from two bloody riots, m which the police fired on the mobs and killed several scores of people, and the Kreat, rich, sprawling, dirty city on the Hoogly
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      457 4 'T'HE smallest woman attending the Paris conference is MISS TING CHTNG-LU, Chinese authoress and newspaperwoman who is only four feet tall. She takes size one m shoes and a yard of material will make her dress. Widow of the wellknown Chinese author, Shelley Wang, Lv is the
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      OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR.. Keep the petrol flowing
      333 4 OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR Keep the petrol flowing SIX Dulk oil installations with a total capacity of 411,000 tons have been made serviceable and handed over to the Ciril Oil Companies: When these were handed over W.D. stocks were made avalable to the Oil Companies. Where required, W.D. •stores and technical
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      Tomonow s revival
      165 4 F)I_LOWLxG tte M cess ol me Clubs recent pro of "While t._ Snines" Dy Ter t tigan, many req_a. c bsen receive for M_j Rattigan com dies. Accordingly tl c b_i are revivine "French Witbcc Tears" at the Victoria Hoi on Aug. 22, _3. and -4 ?r__r.
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      KOHIMA COMMEMORATED
      61 4 KOHIMA COMMEMORATED IN impressive cen pum parade to pm triMl heroes of Burma on Mousrhold. Men of tin Norfolk and De-fon-hTt ments took part to n eallantrv of their ttalww the memorable bafi<^ I Kv! two years ego. Majcr General J M who commanded tlic 2nd Ofr sio n during
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      QUIZ
      47 4 Which persons, pas: or pr«i* are usually assoc ater following addressee" 1. 11 Downing Stn Hyde Park: 3. Clived en: I J Cheyne Row; 5 Cl. art well Apsley House; 7. Lambeth Pal* J 8. Pic. fair; H L-f-fweod: Longleat. Answers on FH c m __m.
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      FAITH
      25 4 He raaketh mr to lie <ff»J m green > a t -res lie 1-adein me beside the suit He restore th m? **>«• Psalms. 2_ 2->
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      48 4 THE PEKING CO. (.nil anJ Inspect our wide *-ange of:— cor a os JEWELLS R V PEKING CARPETS JADE Ok IVORY CARVINGS. I -it rue Selection of: CAMPHOR CHESTS Sk BOXES S M S R O ft D ER D LINENS etc. tea. Ko 81. HI6H ST. SPORE.
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      S'PORE ATTRACTS CHINESE
      269 5 Immigration office 4 is swamped with applications 9 Free Press Reporter OWAMPED with applications from men and women living m the South China provinces is Singapore's Immigration Officer, Mr. B. S. Davis. Permission is being sought to bring families and transfer business to Singapore. Despite the fact
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      Foldier Gets 10 Yrs For Robbery
      66 5 Foldier Gets 10 Yrs For Robbery ii FN ManserglV Allied l !nder m chief m Java, <um Tried -i British court nil's ftrdut v» huh sen >rt RritLh soMier to If r d ro p *.n*nent reports fiJTK- AneU L tidier had rol.hed nine Z* .ivil.an> *horn he Red uith
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      LO PLANS MEETINGS IN ASIA
      158 5 LO PLANS MEETINGS IN ASIA £RIES o: abour conferences y^ the of which is I Dlace m January next Ik boped that re- yes of the Govern-T.pl.-yers .j.c! employees ,f the more indust-ial- su-h as India and ■a V't aL>o ol countries like „r U> deal with problems peculiar to
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      IR SERVICE O HONG KONG FARTS AUG. 26
      128 5 m mg 26. a once weekly flyta| boat service from Sinuate operated by the BOAC. rvice will start on UM opening of wourij service between the PJI Kingdom and Hongkong, Present twice weekly SingaJJJted Kingdom service will "•Ked to one per week
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      OBSERVER CORPS
      8 5 *P«r:_l be- Corps who •*-*-r-r*S_fi BuU<Un
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      EMPIRE AIR MAIL RATES REDUCED
      135 5 EMPIRE AIR MAIL RATES REDUCED IN Air Letter Form Service pro- viding for a reduced postage pore to Hongkong via Bangkok rate of 25 cents per form is available but only for countries vithin the British Empire. IT an air letter form Is sent to any nonEmpire country, the fult
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      ALL CLOTH COMES UNDER CONTROL
      61 5 _nder the Price Control Proclamation, the export of any length of teyMle m c::. if ten yards is proh bited except with the written permission of an Assistant Pr.ce .oiler. In the nast only cci kinds of cloth were controlled. All c'*>th is now cor*-"
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      VICTORY DAY IS SEPT. 12
      71 5 THE anniversary of the official surrender of the Japanese forces m South Beast Asia to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, which took place at an impressive ceremony m Singapore's Municipal Building, is to be celebrated this year on Sept 12. Victory Day— as the day Is
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      Biscuits, Ovaltine released to public
      239 5 CURTHER quantities of biscuits (Jacob's, Cream Crackers) and Ovaltine have been distributed to dealers m Singapore for sale to the public at $2.20 per 1« 4 lb. tin. Fifty per cent, of the Ovaltine m the hands of firms on list "A" must be sold
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      CONDENSED MILK PRICE RAISED
      109 5 IN the latest list of foodstuffs and prices issued by the Price Control Department, under the Price Control Proclamation, the price of sweetened condensed milk has been raised from 45 cents retail to 50 cents per tin. Baby foods such as Lactogen. Milo. Nestles Malted Milk
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      STORE BUYS AUSTRALIAN FOODSTUFFS
      155 5 THE Singapore Joint Supply Board have purchased large quantit es of foodstuffs from the Australian Commonwealth Disposals Commission., It is not expected that the goods will arrive m Malaya for some time but the Board hope that its importation will be of benefit to the Peoples'
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      SUBHAS BOSE'S JEWELLERY STILL MISSING
      109 5 SUBHAS BOSE'S JEWELLERY STILL MISSING POLD and jewellery, enough to ii "fill a five gallon oil can," found near ttfe wreckage of Subhas Chandra Bose's plane at Taihoku a year ago, remain unaccounted for, according to an artcle "lhe Inside Story of Boses Death" which appeared m t#e provincial daily
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      BRITISH MAJOR CHARGED WITH TREASON
      161 5 ~*7_CORDS made m Australia of 11 the broadcasts alleged to have teen made by a British major rom Tokyo radio station are tj be heard ip the court here which began today the trial of Major Charles Hughes Cousens on the charge of treason. R.
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      Forces releasing furniture
      265 5 TOE last day of October is the Services' target date for 1 returning all requisitioned civilian furniture m Singapore. To achieve this great strides have been made by the Services m obtaining alternative furniture, much of which has been imported from India, Australia, Ceylon and the United
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      Lord Killearn Broadcasts Tonight
      61 5 Lord Killearn Broadcasts Tonight THE Special Commissioner toi S.E, Asia, Lacd t-illemrn, wUI broadcast today an important annoonrement on the food crisis m Asia. His talk wiU be broadcast at 9.45 pn. simultaneously by Radio Malaya on 300 metres and m the bl metre band; and by the British Far
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      UNKNOWN
      116 5 TIVE young Chinese were sentenced to seven years' rigorous Imprisonment and six strok< s of 'the cat* each by Mr. Justice Thorogood at the second Singapore Assises yesterday when the common jury returned a verdi< t of firuilty of armed gang robbery against them. .The five men. Ong Teng
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      CHINESE SILK FOR MALAYA
      56 5 REP_IESENTINO the largest single transaction m the Shanghai silk market since the end ct the war, more than 10.000 bolts of Chinese silk piecegoods, were purchased m one day by various fore n export to India, the Philippines, the South Seas, Hong Kong and Macao. The
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      WELFARE FUND
      18 5 rK latest list of donors to the Malayan Welfare Fund gives the total subscribed as $207,910.96.
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      49 5 a I I Latest Stock Arrivals at ROBINSONS Cntlery Canteens Cattery— Knives, Forks, Spoons Gold Silver Cigarette Cases Ladies' Fancy Flap-Jack* Gent's Wrist Watches English Made Tennis Badminton Baeqnets English Msde Tennis Nets mm Shuttlecocks Ocedar Maps A rN-__h Ronnk retta* Alsmtnlvni Ketttes Ku-JiSM ft Cs., LU. KAFPUEB BUILDING
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      Chinese Meet The Army XI
      33 6 S.^.F.A.'s perky littl* left-inside. Boon Leon", jumps for the tall m Saturday's charity occ r at Jalan Besar stadium m which the Chinese and the Army dre* one-all.
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      COUNTY CRICKET MYSTERIES
      386 6 LONDON, Aug. 17. MEVER has there been a more mysterious period m English Ii county cricket history. Conan Doyle would have loved the facts for the basis of another Sherlock Holmes' novelWhy is Douglas Wright out of the final Test match, when he was able to bowl
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      NATIONALITY POSER FOR SOCCER SELECTORS
      798 6 NATIONALITY POSER FOR SOCCER SELECTORS All In The Game From George Chkholm LONDON, By Air Mail THE announcement of the selection of an England soccer team 23 days before the opening of the season is something that has not happened before. The occasion is a match with Scotland on Manchester
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      A Boxing Freak
      274 6 From George Chisholm. LONDON, By Air Mail. ANOTHER rare event has occurred m boxing. Paddy Lowdall (Dublin) and Johnny Molloy (St. Helens) were fighting at Liverpool when referee Lave Richards, of Chester, disqualified bolh for holding m the seventh round. He had previously warned both men. I
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      QUIZ Answers
      40 6 1. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2. President Roosevelt, 3, Viscount Astor, 4. Thomas Carlyle, 5. Winston Churchill, 6. Duke of Wellington, 7. Archbishop of Canterbury, 8. Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford 9 Napoleon Bonaparte. 10. Marquess of Bath.
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      MIDDLESEX SAVE GAME, LANCS LOSE
      648 7 MIDDLESEX SAVE GAME, LANCS LOSE of Warwickshire, act ap a County record by taking his 175 th wicket of the season. He has borne the brunt of a limited Warwick attack this season. Results At Dover, Kent drew with Glamorgan. Kent. 242. Glamorgan 132 an J following on owing to
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      ffer To Bill 'Reilly To lay In Tests
      139 7 MEIROrftNK. Twe* *p.rt-ire of Bill O'Reilly C Australian Test rUn* to bis ontract "t, for th. British press rinsed si"*- 1 onceril ■*re>rt Australia ,'fil fcrown sportsman and t-rrsf earner has written i!H ctrrin, to t™npenl, im jf h- Hill cancel his
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      INDIAN CYCLISTS REACH ZURICH
      61 7 INDIAN CYCLISTS REACH ZURICH ZURICH, Tues. Inc competing m he world cycling champion- arrived here somewhat dizzy ar. uncomfortable twentj- across Europe. I ?s of the journey left traces and the Indians lost extra weUrht th<*y had when left Bombay a month ago. rentyone nations are expect- take part m
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      SITUATION VACANT
      24 7 iNTED: Junior clerk for Postal r.ch Department of large organii offering exeep::onal prospects nari Salary, allowance lent fund Box N" 20. Singapore
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      Athletes For Oslo Games Arrive
      90 7 Athletes For Oslo Games Arrive OSLO, Tues. ATHLETES from seven of 21 participating countries have arrived to take part m the European track and field championships opening here on Thursday. Special barracks have been erected outside overcrowded Oslo to house athletes during the four-day meet. Those already here for the
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      SCFA MEET NAVAL XI TODAY
      358 7 SINGAPORE civ: lian soccer fans will have an opportunity to-day for the first time of seeing the Royal Naval Air Service team m action at Jalan Besar Stadium, where the Sembawang team meet the Singapore Chinese F.A. m a charity match. The RNAS have already
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      AT THE STADIUM
      61 7 AT THE STADIUM Picture shows Air Vice-Marshall J. D. Breakiey, C.E., D.F.C., being introduced to fhe R A.F. Tengah) team just before the kick-off m the charity football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday m ait of fee Ramaktishna Mission Orphanage, m which Che Air mm shar ed
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      THIRD TEST AT OVALABANDONED
      329 7 stature than they have ever had before. There is maturity about them and a lack of nervousness that has apparently developed out of tour." The Daily Herald correspondent, Joining tn the chorous ot praise for Merchants classic i. nings, says: "For over five hours he batted
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      SLIGHT INJURY TO ST. LEGER HOPE
      158 7 LONDON, Tues. ■J-HE mystery of the relapse m 1 the betting market last night of the Northern St. Leger hope. White Jacket, was explained today witti a statement by the trainer, Matt Peacock, that the colt had been suffering from a score heel. "The
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      28 7 Seremban, Sat. In a hockey match played at Seremban today the P.W.D. XI beat Port Dickson by three goals to nil, the scorers were Toft and Collett (2).
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      ARMY SET EXAMPLE FOR CROWD CONTROL
      484 7 ARMY SET EXAMPLE FOR CRO WD CONTROL Local Soccer Topics THE fiat attempt worthy af note ts cant**. I soccer mmmm «t Mw Besar ffl_muaii ms -aade by the Army sports ■■llm if if far W&mmW 9 At the expense of time aad a con_aderable amount of energy the Army
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      HOME
      14 8 Holiday makers oo th, promen ade watch the cowes regatta. Kemsley Newspapers Picture.
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      Princess Must Not Dance
      73 8 A VIVACIOUS blue-eyed bru- nette who thinks that after her 16th birthday today, she should be old enough to go out dancing m London has run into an emphatic ••no"' from her parents The -Ling and Queen are showing a firm hand with their second daughter.
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      ONLY 50,000 WOMEN TO CHOOSE FROM
      152 8 D LONDON, Tues. R. David Mace. Secretary of Britain's Marriage Guidance Council, has Just issued some new statistics en marriage There are 1,750.000 mere women than men m Britain and Dr Mace states that those who are m the 50-60 age group should not
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      JUST THE JOB FOR NAZIS
      80 8 E'SfcT German dockworxcrs were killed and 10 severely injured m a serious explosion m Luebeck harbour yesterday when a bomo fell out of an ammunition train and exploded. The train was being unloaded so that the bombs could 6e dumped into the sea- Two British
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      OFFICER FOUND NOT GUILTY OF JEW MURDER
      426 8 OFFICER FOUND NOT GUILTY OF JEW MURDER JERUSALEM, Tues. AFTER deliberating for minutes tonight, the general court martla] found Lieut. Benjamin Woodworth. Pioneer Corps officer, not guilty of murder of a Jew. Amram Rosenberg at Tel Aviv on June 19. The court martial will convene again tomorrow to announce the
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      SHIP MOVEMENTS
      98 8 IN THE ROADS COORABIE, British, 193 tons; from S-bu Aug. 19, destination and date of departure unknown. P. SENNERVILLE, British, 4,245 tons; from Cairns Aug. 15, to Vancouver Aug. 23. RAJULA, British, 4,702 tons; from Calcutta Aug. 20, to Hongkong and uapan, date uncertain. NAN CHIANG, British, 1,488
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      EGYPT REPORTS TREATY FAILURE
      197 8 bwnsar CAIRO, Tues. THE possibility of an internal crisis m Egypt arose tonight I as a result of reports from Alexandria that the Egyptian delegation had turned down the British proposals for a new Anglo-Egyptian Treaty. Observers m immediate contact with the Egyptian delegation discussing the
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      SHIP BLAZE
      53 8 DOUCE are investigating the 1 fire which started on a steamship off Tanjong Rhu last n'gbt and caused serious damag3 The boat —a Jap vessel registered as the "Bansiu Maru No. 3"—had been chartered to a Chinese m Boat Quay. The fire appeared to have its origin deeo
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      CONTROL LIFTED
      26 8 PERTAIN restrictions imposed by currei.cy regulations on the direct importation of printed matter into Singapore from the United States of America, have been removed.
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      MUSSOLINI IS BURIED AGAIN
      88 8 MUSSOLINI IS BURIED AGAIN MILAN, Tues. MUSSOLINI S body, sealed m a ml metal ctse, was removed from police headquarters here on Monday ana taken by car to a secret burial place, escorted by a platoon of armed policemen. The corrjse will lie m un unnamed place until the political
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      KILLEARN SPEAKS ON FOOD TONIGHT
      61 8 The Special Commissioner for South East Asia, Lord Killearn, is to broadcast an important food announcement at 9.45 p.m. toligl.i. Hi. broadcast wih be carried by Radio Malaya on the 300 metre transmission, and m the 61 metre band and by the British Far Eastern
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      SHANGHAI WAR TRIALS START
      184 8 SHANGHAI, Tues. TWO Japanese officers, Col. Satoshi Odaya and Lieut. H toshi Honda, will shortly te brought before the Chin.se military tribunal here on charges of maltreatment of British subjects who were nt°rned hrn during the ti.h nationals resident B -»..sngl»al who suff red at the
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      GOERING GETS A LAUGH
      188 8 NUREMBERG, Tues. THE Allied war crimes tribunal, ruling that Herman Gocring was "an exceptional case" permitted h m to return to the stand to testify again m his fight to escape the gallows Goering took the stand principally to deny &s connection or knowledge of Nazi
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      198.800 WERE RELEASED DURING JULY
      136 8 IjrjRING July, 198,800 men and women were released or discharged from the forces and auxiliary and nursing services, bringing the total from June 18 last year to 3,689,770, Reuter reports from London. At the end of July, releases lithe men's section were 52,600 beyond the
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