The Singapore Free Press, 12 June 1947

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA dafdsf fff SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, J9H. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    JET PLANE THRILL AT BIG PARADE
    419 1 JET PLANE THRILL AT BIG PARADE HHI Free Press Staff Reporter HIE Royal Air Force provided the sensation of die Bang's Birthday parade at the Singapore Padan^ this morning. At one minute to eight o'clock the crowd of thousands of people looked into the sky at the sound of a
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    Showdown Near On Hungary
    59 1 Showdown Near On Hungary WASHINGTON Wi dnesday. Russia with v; iati<n of the Yalta agree* I with flagrant t» rference m the affairs the United States tonight threatened to ed Nations charter against the Soviet ■.s contained m a note to General n chairman of the Allied Control ComThe note
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    PORT SHOOTING: POLICE HOLD ARMED GANG
    200 1 PORT SHOOTING: POLICE HOLD ARMED GANG P Reporter. and an the Chief of i\ probably -irder of the a tnd recent -ng. '.iving were and a last i to be Empire blood disOxford. The British Government, which has received a copy of the American note, has already approached the Ru.
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    U.K. MAY CUT INCOME TAX
    59 1 U.K. MAY CUT INCOME TAX ALD-AGE pensioners are to have their tobacco ration at prebudget prices. Farmers will not have to pay "an extra duty on kerosen^ for tractors. Income tax may be cut next year. Mr. Hugh Dalton made these points m th P Commons on Tuesday ritrht when
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    GREETINGS FROM SINGAPORE
    64 1 THE following telegram was sent 1 from the Officer Administering the Government to the Secretary of State fo r the Colonies today: "Grateful if you will submit to His Majesty the King on the occasion of the celebration o f His Majesty's birthday the loyal greetings and
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    JAP TREATY
    51 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. INITIAL exchanges between the 1 British. United States and Soviet Governments have already taken place on the question of the peace treaty with Japan, the chief of the U.S. State Department's Division for Far Eastern Affairs, Mr. John Carter Vincent, told the I Senate Appropriations Committee
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    KARACHI AS CAPITAL
    21 1 Karachi has been chosen by Muslim League Council as the temporary capital of the projected state of Pakistan.
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    GAP STILL WIDE ON ATOM PLAN
    187 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday, RUSSIA today presented the United Nations with a new scheme for international control of atomic energy. The new plan goes further than the Soviet Government has gone m the past, but it still rejects the American demand that atomic energy should
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    'GENTLE AMBASSADOR'
    45 1 Italian newspapers described Sanora Eva Daurte de Peron, film-star wife of the President of the Argentjne, as "a gentle ambassador of friendly Argentine." Senora Peron is expected from Barcelona by plane on June 24, and will stay m Rome until June 30.- U.P.
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    $40,000 theft manhunt
    93 1 THE United States Army has revealed that burglars stole US$4O,OOO from the post exchange on (iuam, and that an intensive manhunt is now aider wiy throughout the Marianas and Hawaiian islands Unidentified persons over-powered the sentry suardinq: the post exchange on May 4 and removed a sale
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    PEERAGE FOR EX-MALAYAN
    463 1 4 FORM* K Malayan civil servant, Sir Arthur Richards, who Is at present Governor of Nigeria, has been made a baron m the King's Birthday Honours published m London this morning. Group Captain Edward Donaldson, who was born m Malaya and is the holder of the world's
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    PLANES COLLIDE
    28 1 Two naval planes collided during manoeuvres off the Cornwall coast on Wednesday, killing, at least, one of the pilots. The other missing was presumed dead. A.P.
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    10-year plan to develop Sarawak
    249 1 10-year plan to develop Sarawak LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government has decided to draw up a comprehensive ten-year plan for the development of Sarawak and arrangements are m hand to obtain the necessary b information about the territory and its peop'; This was stated m the House of Commons to<^ay
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    UK DEALING WITH PoW CLAIMS
    73 1 MO reply had been made to the claims representations of the War Prisoner^ Singapore) the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Arthur CreechJones, told Mr. L. D. Gamman.s, Conservative M.P. for Hornsth P Commons yesterday. Mr. Creech -Jone s said h e was doing
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      19 1 DAFDSF FAS F JUST UNPACKED m Switching Floral Designs J UBILEE SILK STORE 32, North bridge road, PHONE 7732
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    FEATURES...
    31 2 b the 9CCBC <>f a tetea tuition 'Mtext at the Lyceum, London It was the Hair Artists International Festival and they were a.i trying to create the txvst hair do
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    DON'T TIRE YOUR EYES
    559 2  - DON'T TIRE YOUR EYES Lucy Bell Looking Pretty by VOI es are vital part of your good looks, and of your health too. They are entitl- to intelligent care you can give them, if they are f o look their best. E uffer more from than any other part of
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    A SANDWICH OF NEPAL
    344 2 SHUT m lia and Tibet by t Hima'ayan foothills, the Kingdom of Nepal is chiefly renowned as the breedingground of the British Army's mo:+ fearsome warriors, the Ghurkas. To the average person its ancient capital of Katmandu recalls vague memories of a yellow idol with one
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    JAP CLOCKS FOR EXPORT
    48 2 Japan is standing by to export thousands of clocks and watches as soon as overseas trade is officially reopened, according to a spokesman of Gen. IfacArthur's Headquarters. H e stated that the rehabilitation of watfch ard clo-k factories has made future exoort possible Reule.r.
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    269 2 THERE may b. some surprise at Souths five diamond bid but the sequence of North's bidding clearly shows tIM spades as a cue bid (with a genuine suit he would bid spades before heart*) and therefore implies slam aspiratn us. But the big questions is one of
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    UNKNOWN MAN PAID £22,000
    678 2 UNKNOWN MAN PAID £22,000 W V W /fl ijf B >^^ E *S^ BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ii BOOK was sold m Lon(1 o ii two months ago for £22,000. But it was no ordinary book and the purchaser was no ordinary man m fact his name is a closely
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    HOPE ARRIVES AT CAPE TOWN
    313 2 i OUESPONDI •THERE is a new kind 1 cargo arriving m South Africa from Britain a cargo of hope. < was n.ade v; :rants sponsored by the Gov is of t: or Southern Rhodesia for priority passages m the Carnarvon Castle— the b I party
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      568 2 ct*t m nr- Miniature"; 10.30 Picture Parade; A-^alysi*; 11.25 Industrial reviev 11.50 bINGAPORL 11.00 New* Summary Close Down. Jack Hardy's Little Orchatra. v^tw r-u m\i\V PROGRAMME: 12.00 pjn. xttctdm ta nm Network Program^. Su»o 12.05 Songs by AXFSTRmLIA U 00-. 00 p.m M.s mrUrs m tae C he Som And
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      14 2 YOUR I I i rifht i^ i i i i vato the rentier i
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    NEWS...
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    6000 BC COLONY FOUND INTURKEY
    447 3 6000 BC COLONY FOUND INTURKEY I 'Cicivden Of Eden Site' A r,,i, n. ,/I Ol giSl OVPr 70 V* l f c haS M wh-u h I h Hfe s work m Ovations by unearthing < r H ir h" he m<lSt ilncienl over di£ covered, dat.ni; back nearly 8,000
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    'Open Japan to foreign money'
    347 3 -nai. the most widely read U.S. finan id the report that i m by An. i pan is under 1 ng. he opp<\site of encouraging :y-makers question the idea; ar> msi like I The other courses Japan on relief. The have a low standard of
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    MAN'S BREACH SUIT AGAINST WOMAN WINS
    14 3 MAN'S BREACH SUIT AGAINST WOMAN WINS ry. who bad .and. hi r of > Reuter
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    U.S. CONGRESS TO CUT ARMY FUNDS
    19 3 is per cent, for Eisenhower's lies m July two laid up, w. the
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    P.I. SCOUTS FOR JAMBOREE
    134 3 TH. 1 now 75.873 Scouts m the Philippines or more than double the total pre-war membership of 36.201 men and boys enrolled m December 1941 with the Boy Scouts of the Philippines. This is according to figures released by Chic: Scout Executive Exequiel ViHacorta. A contingent
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    'PLEASE SHELL DOLPHINS'
    77 3 Corsican fishermen have aoked for a warship to accompany tv ir boats and shell or depth-charge dolphines which break their nets and frighten away small fish. Abd-el-Knm, 67-year-old RifT rebel leader (m foreground), is seen m Cairo after having fled from a French ship taking him to
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    CHURCH SENT BY BARGE WIFE WANTED CHILDREN
    510 3 CHURCH SENT BY BARGE WIFE WANTED CHILDREN ITS STEEPLE bobbing gaily, the Church of Our Saviour sai .c 1 into Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts, its new site. When the Rev. Samuel Stephenson asked for a new church the diocese sent an unused one from Allerton, 60 miles away, by barge. I
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    Because he couldn't sleep
    52 3 Because he couldn' t sleep UN.ABI.F to sleep, James Hugo of Ciip<* Town put an old clothes and went into his garden for a sm oke. He was arrested as a suspected person, got a black eye from i drunken man m the Black Maria, whidi then collided with a
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    A Simple Way To success
    336 3 A Simple Way To success A MAN who started work at a fitter's bench, has become -ft the chief of a £2,000,000 company and knows that he has orchrv worth £15,000,000. Ihe company is C. A. Parsons, steam turbine makers, whose shareholders approved an increase of £1.650.000 on fho present
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    STAMP TRICK TO-SMUGGLE CURRENCY
    241 3 STAMP TRICK TO- SMUGGLE CURRENCY HARE foreij tamps '1 m attempts smi < f tin np3 bee .-me te it Thi happens: A reader wa^ talking- to a friend who a man called and said. "I want a stamp w 200. He paid m cash and left. "He is no,
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    'British Press Unbiased'
    170 3 npHE president of the Iraders' Road Transport Association, Col. A. Jerrett, said at the association's first annual dinner at Grosvenor House, London: "There has been much criticism cf newspapers from many quarters. A Royal Commission is sitting and will m due course produce findings. Editors are accused
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    LEADER...
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947. Children's Charter
    444 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1947. Children' s Charter /V c man? proposals for social reform which r:ave madt the liberation are of greater imp. to the future or' this country than those embodied m ohildren's I r, which Union incil on Monday. is following m th? he
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    CALL TO STRAITS CHINESE
    599 4  - CALL TO STRAITS CHINESE T.H. TAN By BETWEEN now and the elections which, i c cording to the Governor, Sir Frank m Gimson, will take a "considerable time" to come, it is well that the Straits born Chinese should prepare to take an active pan m politics. Nothing seems more
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    389 4 CFREDI »;l< X I>l it| KY TKW I K>. 50-LT-old British pilot, ended his career m the air with a re- ing 2,7;>0.000 miles m 30 years without a single crash. TYavers, a bachelor. mad c his last flight In a British Overseas Airways flying boat on
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    QUIZ
    60 4 1. Name the UNRRA chief around whose references to European j-ws a controversy raged. 2. What do the two R's m UNRRA stand for 3. What General's escape from Singapore has been vindifed on persona] but criticised on strategic' grounds and has been cleared on both points. 4. What
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    10 4 proclanr,* him best cook m a class a J .'-jciuclds.
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    33 4 h.oji the o.J lo tac new, Mail b^inj nnhWhfd Etom un oid time stage coach and carried aboard a Vikinff air' rafl maucur.; British European Airways new London to Geneva air mail rvicc.
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    GBS WANTS A REVOLUTION
    104 4 GBS WANTS A REVOLUTION MR. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW h. „d manifesto to the Hous Commons, the Lord the Daii, calling for a volution. It advocates simr.. mg which, says the pl.v would save two n; m? days per scribe cv" "I reflected on thf plays Shakespeare had time to wrii^
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    PAINT DID CAUSE FIRE AT SEA
    838 4 PAINT DID CAUSE FIRE AT SEA B1 siKi i\i CORKESPONDBfT Tl l X war at sec. iiowed paint to be an important source of fire risk on board ship. Intense hea 1 causes paint to blister, the blisters become pockets of inflammable vapours formed from organic ingredients m the paint,
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    PREFAB. BUS
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    S'PORE WILL PROTECT JUVENILES
    339 5 S'PORE WILL PROTECT JUVENILES We also have children's charter Free Press Staff Reporter taking action drag the lines of the x Union charter for children, the Secretai Velfare, Mr. T. I*. F, McNesce, told the Free .♦t-rci It is hoped soon to enforce the Ordinance, passed on June 30, 1939,
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    CLAIMS FOR LOOTED PROPERTY
    57 5 CLAIMS FOR LOOTED PROPERTY >wner, r from Kuula at to the -stry and ComI i. 3atu d sale, or •f the Japanese the Japanese. :ght has be^n claims, leato suo. r 'p-rty was I ".fication 5 by m?ms of bers mar ts or debe given, rcurastan.ership. ownership s not <
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    ILE DE FRANCE DEMOBBED, WILL GET THE M.C.
    74 5 the Allies seven ship, the French L»e Fran .pore, is refitted at Saint place once serrice to s to the Allied c awarded the •as ouilt m 0.000 francs. s T est Jner m y French miJi:he outbreak of a pore v.
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    ART EXHIBITION
    12 5 al, Mr. open an paintHeard- White on at Robinsons, :ngapore.
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    U.K. HELPS TO FIGHT LEPROSY IN COLONIES
    140 5 U.K. HELPS TO FIGHT LEPROSY IN COLONIES LONDON. Wed. I[»HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur CreechJones, told a London audience today: "Unless T vc couid spread education and build up conditions of good, we could no" secure proi\ .nd progress ir.side the Colonial Empire. "Although we would
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    Court Testes Ammo, Youth Not Guilty
    247 5 Court Testes Ammo, Youth Not Guilty rWO rounds of .32 ammunition, claimed by the defence, m a case at the Assize Court yesterday, to be unserviceable, were tested on the roof of the Supreme Court by an ammunition expert and a police officer on the instructions of Mr. Justice Brow..
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    GIRLS CANNOT BE 'TRANSFERRED'
    302 5 GIRLS CANNOT BE 'TRANSFERRED THE 1939 Singapore Children's Ordinance deals win, and 1 safeguards children employed or engaged m public entertainment under the age of 16 years, and m the cas3 of a -transferred" girl under the age of 14 years. Undei Part I of the Ordinance, it is an
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    TEACHER RETIRES
    63 5 MUAR, Wednesday. Mr. Sinnethamy, holding a super scale (A) appointment and with j the longest service m Johore, has i retired i Mr. and Mrs Pang Boen Poh after their weddinp m Singapore last Sunday. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P, C. Woon.
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    Indonesia 'is a land of promise'
    321 5 Indonesia 'is a land of promise' Free Press Staff Reporter AP^TER a six months' tour of South East Asia, Mr. Richard Adloff and his wife, who are writing a book for the Institute of Pacific Relations, are convinced that unity among the Indonesians makes the new Republic a hnd of
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    TO WORK FOR BANGKOK RADIO
    193 5 TO WORK FOR BANGKOK RADIO Free Press Maif ii.>-po: SIAMESE who broaden. a gularly from the B B Siam during the war years Snoh Tanbunyuen is m Singapore on his way back to Ban^Kok i<> take up employment unri?r Siamese Government. Mr. Snoh. who went to Oxbridge m 1938 to
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    MALAYS TO LEARN HOW TO VOTE
    46 5 MLM3ERS of the Singapore Malay Union are holding a meeting Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Malay Teachers' Union clubhouse m Palembang Road. A demonstration on "How to Vote" will be given by Mr. G. Hawkins, Supervisor of Elections.
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    Y'S MEN'S LUNCHEON
    37 5 Tho next luncheon meetine of the Singapore V's Men's Club will be held at Cecil's Restaurant on Saturday at 1.15 p.m.- Mr. J. M. Taylor will speak on "The Juvenile m the Modern World.'"
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    TAXI USERS MAKE 15 CLAIMS A MONTH
    268 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pOODS Mt m Singapore taxis make a list us comprehensive li m ran^e as any that {he bigger departmental stores can compile. On most occasions, these goods are taken to the Office of the Registrar of Vehicle?, to whom
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    MacDONALD CALLS AT TELOK ANSON
    59 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR Weri. THE Governor General. Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, called at Teluk Anson yesterday afternoon on his way to Ipoh. At the Istana he had lunch with the Raja Muda. Both the Sultan and the Governor General left on the Game
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    FEWER DIE IN S'PORE BUS ACCIDENTS
    432 5 FEWER DIE IN S'PORE BUS ACCIDENTS Free Press Staff Reporter pASES of death or injury through passengers faffing off Singapore buses have steadily decreased. In March and April this year, no casualties were reported, according to official figures given to the Free Press yesterday. The number of prosecutions m the
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    Border bandit gangs to be eradicated
    119 5 Border bandit gangs to be eradicated Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. >V NO campromisc has been offered to the bandits m tt:e Kedah-Siam border area Poice ircles say that there can he no question of compromise: 'The Malayan Inion and Siamese Governments are detenr/ied to eradicate these bandits pletely."
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    NEW DISCOVERY BY U.K. CUSTOMS
    328 6 NEW DISCOVERY BY U.K. CUSTOMS Clue To Vast Smuggling Ring VAST smusrslins organisation witii agents on both sides of the Atlantic is at work. Customs officers at i v TDOOI h ive discovered. Thousands of pairs of nylons and many thousands of pounds' worth of imitation jewellery, watches and fountain
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    MOTHER TO SUE LYNCH MOBSTERS
    37 6 MOTHER TO SUE LYNCH MOBSTERS T. r. two ac i ».000 m I irill brii f or 2,500) i or her 111 g iville m th i |O tO ties, d rges wei jna i :nCd w
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    SCENTED BATH CUBES
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    'Little Holiday In Our Hearts'
    331 6 'Little Holiday In Our Hearts' rilK British Ambassador m Washington, Lord Inverchapei, 1 has delivered to Lh< S. Stat4 Department r '*verj protest* 1 against the notorious ad i meni f>\ playwright Hvn lit'cht m Now York newspapers, Ihe Ambassador said it was infamous a direct incitement to violence." H
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    JAIL ATTACK ON PAPEN
    122 6 JAIL ATTACK ON PAPEN DAI EN G7 the lorn. A. us attack mi In the prison by a former GS officer, aco i son. The younger Pi Is acting m I of Nazi industrialist Nurember d his father's no&e r.d broken and his eyelid and lips turn. who is believed
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    GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
    30 6 G mart Eisler. said to be the. United Stat conimuTiist, 1 was fourd guilty of "contempt of < Congress" m Washington. Sentence will be announced on June 27.
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    RUSSIAN ANXIETY OVER WAR
    237 6 RUSSIAN ANXIETY OVER WAR MOSCOW. Wednesday. THERE fifl growing concern m Russia getting Mron ger every week thai the United States Govermneat is convinced that war wilh Russia i^> Inevitable. On this grave question the Russians have committed themselves publicly over and over again as follows 1. They do not
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    HERE HEARS THE BIHDE
    33 6 Tin- vicar ol St. E i wedding ceremony I ducts. c. T; people could >. and ti respon thin "S- exhort yo i le to re-read the ma service occa
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    FAMILIES RUSH TO A.R.P. SHELTERS
    57 6 FAMILIES m the Industrial ol Barking, Essex, fled from their h^mes to air raid she Monday night when a film shed at a celluloid ia< I blew up and hurled thousand blazing films over r* Three firemen and one civilian burned and a flre badly
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    ANGLO-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS
    47 6 ANGLO-RUSSIAN NEGOTIATIONS A FURTHER meeting took place on May 28 between Britain's Moscow Ambassador. Sir Maurice rson, and Soviet Foreign Ol officials charged with negotiations to revise the 1942 Anglo-Soviet Treaty. This was the second meeting since the end of the Moscow con- lerence m April Reuter
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      63 6 Robert Montgomery's First Picture Here Since The Liberation. Today Four Shows lIXFIMSHEII BUSINESS I i Esther Di Walter lit Ciijde ""ifiwima CATHAY 11 am 1.45, 1 15. 6 45. 9 30 l>h«>m> nioo TO DAY Paramount prewnK DOROTHY LAMOURi I RAY IIiJJJ'L I Technicolor C»ir toons in- < ludirii; i.
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      56 6 JANfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya A/IVA THE JOLLY |/^P«Ty JANE DOESNY^N 1 —^T^v .yTT- 1 <<XXV\ j JU OLD F I ESTA J f APPROVE OF AL L THIS S^ 'W^ CS^S»SS^ X \^UG'GLUGjy THESE ENGLISH GIRLS t jjFffl"^ *l /*^B P^\ X X \S ARE
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    MELVILLE SETS RECORD
    317 7 S, Africans Gain Moral Victory LONDON, Wednesday I unavailing bid by the South Africans t« win the iMt Test against England at Trent -^c was Ihe hi^hli^ht of the closing stages of the :oiLiy. and when the game ended the lX Africans were oruy HO runs behind
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    U.K. FOOTBALL
    35 7 J7OOTBALL fixtures for Satar3a>, June 14 aree f^ST RIBI Sheffield Utd. vs Stokre City SECOND DIVIMMN I*£ Notts THIRD DIVISION (North) wj CUy VS City New Brighton v». Rotherham;' j Wrexham vs. Traiunere.
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    TODAY'S TRAGK WORK AT K.L.
    121 7 Free Ps-jss Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMP'JR Thursday. PRINCESS Guinevere -Spencer) impressed m this morniitg'i track work when she ran three furlongs m 37 1/5 sec. She was not extended and worked with Courtenay and Jackpot. Trousers worked with True becurity and finished m front m
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    S.C.C. CRICKET TEAM
    61 7 rwBM follow. ng will represent the 1 3CC. v the Johore Cricket Ciub at cricket on The padang today, starting at 11 a.m. W. K. Jaggez -capt.j, W. M. Elderton, J. P. Pearson, K. J. Healy, C Bel] N A Colem&n, R. L. W. liOM^ J p
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    Derbyshire Win In One Day
    341 7 Pn LONDON, Wednesday. X she first time since 193.5 a County cricket championsn.p match finished m one day v day whin Dtihvshirc btat Somerset. George Pope, Derbyshire lightarni medium bowler, f,,ok fi r<.r 34 and 7 for 1- m two sSmer^t muna a great persona]
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    59 MT COY WIN BASE CUP FINAL
    616 7 ?>9 M.T. Coy. .3 2BS ScKU .1, FIFTY-NINE MT Coy played fine j football to defeat 2 BS RU by three goals to one i: the RAF. Base Cup Final played at the Hospital grounds or. Sunday. A large crowd of merry spectators
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    UNSPORTSMANLIKE TEAM GETS THE (FOOTBALL) BOOT
    102 7 UNSPORTSMANLIKE TEAM GETS THE (FOOTBALL) BOOT PORTUGAL'S FA. suspended I the Portuguese international Soccer eleven who, after their 10-nil defeat by Kneland, did not attend a banquet given for both teams. A i i?or<>us inquiry Ls beinfi held into their unsportsmanlike behaviour. Some of Portugal's ace internationals .ire likely to
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    Middlesex County XI
    25 7 Middlesex County XI He Middlesex County Grfofcet Club learn, which is at present heading fte cham^onship taWe. hcirnii and Gmamtma wra aeatcd on the rhjht.
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    Anglo-American Golf Final
    331 7 Anglo- American Golf Final GULLANE, S<ot land, Wednesday. MRS. M. (BABE) ZAHAKIAS of the United States viii face Miss Jacqueline Gordon of Ifanmore, Middlesex, Fn:r!?.nd m the 36 holes final for the Brit^h women's open golf c ham pionship here iomofltfW. They are the survivors of the past three days'
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    30 NATIONS TO COMPETE AT WIMBLEDON
    91 7 30 NATIONS TO COMPETE AT WIMBLEDON T Wednesday. IJORE than 30 nations "are sending players for the WimDledon lawn tennis championships which open on June 23. Acceptances were made known today and reveal a wealth of talent among competitors who will be drawn .or the championshins next week. Yvon Petra
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    SWIMMING ASSN TO MEET TOMORROW
    91 7 SWIMMING ASSN TO MEET TOMORROW k GENERAL and election meet- ing of tbe Singapore Amateur Swimming Association will be held m tbe V.M.C.A. (quiet room), first floor. Orchard Road, tomorrow, at 5.30 p.m. Members of affiliated clubs are entitled to attend and deal with the following business: Record of bbc
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    S'pore Should Beat Negri
    496 7 S'pore Should Beat Negri 1 SPORT... Cricket Notes By The Sports Editor lI7HEX Singapore meet Ntgri Sembilan thw week-end they will be a stronger bowling side than they were against Selarc^or during Easter and. provided there i* no ram. Singapore should be able to dismi:-- Nesrri twice and nvke enough
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    SEAFORTHS' TOUR GAMES
    106 7 A TEAM from the Ist Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, which t Miring Malaya, will arrive m Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday and olay an HQ Malaya Comjiand team on the following day. The Seaforth team Left Singapore on June 6 and has played the 2nd Ba:talion, the Dorset Regiment
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    HORSE SHOW
    28 7 k RECORD eniry o£ Continental and British horses hav 1 been secured for the International Horse Show, beginning from July 7 at the White City.— Reuter
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    C.S.C. CRICKET XI
    69 7 THE foilowfog will represent the CSC. at cricket against the SRC 2ND XI on Saturday on the padang at 2 p.m. T. E. K. Remain >Capt), T. E. N. Rassip, L. P. S. Rajasooria, M. Perera, A. C. Shagaran. A. B. R. Phillip, W. Pcnnampalam, W. Ponniah,
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      310 7 Today's Sports Events Cricket: s.t'.C > .luh.rc .kket Ciub, S C. 11 a.m., S.R.C. v Navy, S.R.C. 2 pm.; CSC v RAF. Ten^ah, Tengah, 11 a.m. Soccsr: Serang-»on Aissn. v R.M.L. j X n Eng-lb>h School ground, 5.15 p.m. Fraswr and Xeave Spare v Rang-ers, Telok Kara4i, 5 p.m. Free
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    NEWS, LATE CITY ... HOME...
    13 8 NEWS, LATE CITY HOME... n Summer-like i ml ninodH-tinu- on the Blaise Castle ;<•!
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    Police get big share of awards
    574 8 KINGS BIRTHDAY HONOURS Free Press Stall Reporter 4 FEATURE of the King's Birthdaj Honours List this sear la the \MTgt number of awards t«> the Singapo < and Mala> m I i i police forces n<> fewer khan i ll members of the Police
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    NANKING PROTESTS TO MOSCOW
    312 8 NANKING PROTESTS TO MOSCOW Soviet blamed for invasion NANKING. Wednesday. CHINA has instructed her Ambassador m Moscow to lodge protests with IxHh the Soviet Union and the Republic of Outer Mongolia over the invasion of China's remote Sinkiang Province, which i-. no ordinary frontier incident," the Director of the Foreign
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    WIDE POWERS FOR CEYLON'S GOVERNOR
    145 8 WIDE POWERS FOR CEYLON'S GOVERNOR \!BO. Thurs rpHl 81 c Council by an 1 rwheUnln ijority third it adh. Bill empowering Sir H' M .ck- Mason Mooie, Governor of nd, to detain aJ for an unlimited period and to ople -i Ji d property durin >tn of emergency. Oppo m
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    MURDER SEQUEL TO MASSACRE
    79 8 Free Press < orrespondeni IPOIi Wednei And oi a Mr. Justice Cox sen- ftth on Alang Sian bin Abdul Karim, charged with the murder of a i i Another y charged with him was acquitted. The murder wu i iel to the »r massacre, for which
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    SOVIET ENVOYS BURGLED
    78 8 SOVIET ENVOYS BURGLED LONDON. Wednesday. I^< j alleged burglaries at JT apartments belonging to two Soviet diplomats m London and m a school operated by the Soviet embassy today brought two offl cial Russian protests to Britain. The Soviet embassy disclosed that it had forwarded the protests on May 13
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    ANSWER WAS A SMILE
    29 8 A crowd of office red Strand lay to see Pri: 7a both pas 5 her Guildhall. cry Where We want turned row and smil( U.P.
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    U.K. CAN'T YET GIVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WOHK
    64 8 U.K. CAN'T YET GIVE EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WOHK I f on, annoiu ih-> oj- the prl of equal equal work could not be applied iii Britain at the present Govei -inle as r emtinu Introdu fur mined at a la m the light of I counl would 000.OOu a
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    TRADER TELLS OF FIGHT WITH GANG
    318 8 Free Press Staff t «»i i espondi PENANG. V. lay. 4 TRADER from Haad Yai, Siam, told the Butterworth 1 magistrate today how he and his friends ti m a moving car with lour armed men who had held them up. The car was
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    £45,000 rubber fire in Britain
    88 8 £45,000 rubber fire in Britain Brit most ilar the Blitz took pi i •c t rubber damp at Mitcham, ttUij thiv month, when < *0 firemen, nrorUi :i fought Jir»- n t, ised damMr« estJ ,t 15 Bre o i urred i Brit.« heal i or Ume th»- Rremen were
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    DULL TRADING IN MOST SECTIONS
    192 8 DULL TRADING IN MOST SECTIONS London Stock Exchange LC i\S ttu London sections finished small proportion dent. An. of the few firm 10s. on a 10 per 20 npr rpnt Lowing amendn.- i tho Transport Bill. B- failed to r good April production Oils turned easier. Royal D i ting
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    PRINCESS GETS LONDON CITY FREEDOM
    206 8 PRINCESS GETS LONDON CITY FREEDOM LONDON. Wednesday PRINCESS Elizabeth, taking part m her first major ceremony at home, unaccompanied by the King and Queen, received the the Freedom of the City of London today, and afterwards told a large audience of dignitaries: Our Commonwealth is not so much a single
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    RED PLOT IS EXPOSED IN AUSTRIA
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      165 8 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE WATER DEPARTMENT Applications are invited for the ap:nent of Supt., Johore Works m Class IV of the Salary Scheme for j Senior Officers, at a commencing salary j between $450 and $525 per month «risine by annual increments up to S7OO p.m i plus a temnorarv cost
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      87 8 WEATHER l.on<.j bright V. iH k ri<Mls Wi i i; recast foi the next i honn compiled by tl>r BAI brifh( periodi irlth Isolated showers In t«« this afternoon. Fim tonight and f.iir tomorron morning Wind Baal sontli eaaterl] .*> to Hi mUea per hour Calm aver nilth! Sunset 6.59
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