The Singapore Free Press, 3 December 1947

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    13 1 LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA Singapore:, Wednesday, December 3, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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    ARAB MOB ATTACK ON JEWS
    862 1 ARAB MOB ATTACK ON JEWS Street battle in Jerusalem JERUSALEM, Tuesday. JERUSALEM— holy city of Christians, Jews and Arabs today was a bedlam of yelling demonstrators, blazing buildings, armoured ears and batonarmed police, as Jews and Arabs battled in the streets. For two hours Arab mobs stormed part of the
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    28 1 r nusDuke of a\ e their -nt of he nexvly- stroll in klands. here they art of their ixng to T%t[ .ue to ren about i >ie middle
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    COCONUT TREE' SCENE FOR FILM MIGHT COST £500
    106 1 COCONUT TREE' SCENE FOR FILM MIGHT COST £500 MAN who <;oing to Fiji to the British Aim KUgoon' said last night that 4pt out as much as ±:500 to I to'^aci^nnu' -re? scene for ns p the studios. Mr A V India, a J. wßank art diiector. who is •Tag
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    New bid for trade pact with Russia
    197 1 LONDON, Tuesday. HPHE President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson, A is leaving for Moscow tomorrow to renew discussions on an Anglo-Russian trade agreement. The negotiations were suspended last July. Informed quarters in London believe Russia will offer Britain 4$ million
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    STOP-GAP AID FOR EUROPE BY CHRISTMAS
    209 1 STOP -GAP AID FOR EUROPE BY CHRISTMAS WASHINGTON. Tuesday. > rpHE hopes of Western Europe of X getting American relief supplies at least by Christmas brightened today in the wake of a thumping Senate rote of 183 to 6 —in support of the stop-gap aid bill and "second thoughts" on
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    A SEAMEN MISSING
    40 1 -'dred and seventy-four missing yesterday when JJWiJgUesH r rftW ers wer^ J" la stormy seas at the the Rivr r>>uro. near i. wtugal), maritime Sfj stat-n s<>mp bodies if:: *^hed ashore. f^y six men have been Reuter
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    COTTON FROM UK
    43 1 More than 20.000.000 yards of utility cotton, rayon cloth and household goods made for British home consumption, will be sold In all parts of the world during the next three months, the Cotton Control Board announced In London yesterday Reuter
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    FAMOUS FLAG TO FLY AGAIN
    77 1 THE Union Jack from Fort William. Calcutta, which had flown there since the Fort was established in the 17th. century, is to find its last resting place at Fort William. Invernesshire. The Fort William Town Council has agreed to accept the custody of the flap:,
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    DIPLOMACY FOR BURMA DISPUTE
    55 1 CHINESE Consul-General S. V. I V> Hsu in Rangoon yesterday, said that the boundary between Burma and China's Yunnan province must be settled through proper diplomatic channels In i accordance with international law and treaty provisions. Burnv«e officials said Burma does not intend to surrender anv
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    TEST: FURTHER PLAY UNLIKELY
    74 1 From A. C. Growder BRISBANE, Today. THE Test ground was a sorry spectacle this morninc and the wicket is wetter than at any time during the came. A stage has now been reached when the best policy would be to abandon the match between India and
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    SHARP EXCHANGES AMONG BIG FOUR
    199 1 LONDON, Tuesday. AMERICAN demands that Canada and South American i\ nations take an active part in the preparation of the German peace treaty ran into flat Soviet opposition in another fruitless session of the Council of Foreign Ministers today. The meeting was marked by sharp
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    33 1 The new Pr,rne Minuacr of France, M. ROBERT SCHUMANS, who is adopting firm measures in an 01 fort to end the stranglehold of the Communistinstigated nationwide strikes. For latest developments see P. 8.
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    NEW BRITISH CAR EXPORT RECORD
    63 1 THE Society of Motor Manufac- turers and Traders announced yesterday in London that; 15,000 British motor vehicles were exported in October a now j I high. The figure is ten per cent higher than that for July, the previous record. The value of exported vehicles
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    U. S. admits new atom weapons
    232 1 mn ATLANTIC CITY (U.S.A.), Tuesday. Hflß. David Li lien thai. Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, said today that the United States was now producing new atomic weapons from both uranium and plutonium. Th« weapons were being assembled at the isolated Los
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    TYRE MAKERS SWING BACK TO SYNTHETIC
    335 1 TYRE MAKERS SWING BACK TO SYNTHETIC Free P rests Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. ITTLE sympathy for the Malayan rubber producer fc! L likely to develop from the Congressional investigation of America's synthetic rubber industry, now under way in Washington, reports the New York correspondent of the Financial Times. American tyre
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    'BABES IN WOOD' MURDER VERDICT
    48 1 Frederick Alfred Smith, 21-year-old window cleaner, was sentenced to death on Tuesday at Kingston (Surrey) after pleading guilty to* the "Babes in the Wood" murder la*t July of nine- year-old Leslie: John Frederick. Lesli* w»« fmmA* killed by a rifle bullei A .P.
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      40 2 This si ex eninu rfresi inth huoe bans tying it at the shoulder and knee, rf*sHjncd in ice-blue and black by AcQiier. w uorn by Zena Marshall, out- of the most charmina and talented of the J. Arthur Hank protege**.
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      SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF
      1013 2 SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF Around Singapore Shops MOT only docs the approach of Christmas mean that you have to go around looking for things to buy as presents for other people; it also means that if you are wise you will also go around looking for something for yourself to wear
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      287 2 Before obtai iini? your requirements for CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR GIFTS from elsewhere PAY US A VISIT YOU WILL BE SATISFIED Our goods arc of the best uuulity and at very reasonable prices to suit everyone's pocket. Our Services Dealings are always appreciated by all our (I STOMKKS FRIENDS either in
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      149 2 teH, GH STREET CO, PEKING CARPE: Ts x MAS SALE I a N Q i J 87 STAMFORD RD SINGAPORE B "I CAMPHOR CHESTS CARVED \)u^!!i m I Evening gowns. I Lovely soft dolls for Baby. I 181 ORCHARD ROAD I RAJAJ TCXT/LTS .I-f -I 31 PAFfLES PLACE* S/N6APCK ±J
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      785 2 I YOUR LUCKY ol AK Fortune forecast for People born today D<>KN today, your nature is on* of seemingly contradictory characteristics. Although you are kindly, charitable and understanding of othars. you arc too quick to show your likes and dislikes. Your perception in si/ing up a person at first sißht
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  • NEWS...
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      Why Japan did not attack Russia
      188 3 Why Japan did not attack Russia TOKIO. Tuesday. B&rmj officers disguised as embassy clerks went to Berlin in 1943 to discuss military he Axis, but Japan still refused to join the --ia because of the danger of a two-front war, Ambassador to Berlin, revealed U> the Military Tribunal for the
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      38 3 •hampion Mickey Woods ran into Jnnn Ridley he met his match. Both girls ar^ done lots of dare-devil stunt, %7 the s nineteen is jiu-jitsu champion of South v in what is known as a "police escort grip"
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      Asia held to lie the most vital problem
      55 3 1 Tues <:i Of the j Whote win with the Congress- H Jidd, Minnesota tbe world. Henry Waldo with Rusby force. ('-•n pressman :lty ConvocaPoly^chnical it .us* ice, not be the moti•h America most explod loose in the and mast be by
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      CLEARED OF WIFE KEATING CHARGE
      35 3 f .Vi.vtriuf.-born :nakcr and H cv Lamarr, Bu. noa Aires' iMautt "odged the former aneider. She id beat»m h<-r in J? :i p irtment early Affect the On* Mar.dl. U.P.
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      10,000 GERMAN ORPHANS FOR THE MINES
      255 3 10,000 GERMAN ORPHANS FOR THE MINES Britain to recruit foreign labour THOUSAND homeless and orphan boys from camps in Germany are to be sent to Britain in the next 12 months to help solve the labour crisis in the mines. This scheme was agreed to at a meeting of the
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      36 3 co er of the Catterick Camp fairground, where a few entrants for the baby shoio held there recently started a squall ing competition of their own as a protest against the Vmg tvait. (Northern Echo Picture
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      U.S. SPY RING IS ALLEGED TO HAVE AIDED RUSSIA
      134 3 U.S. SPY RING IS ALLEGED TO HAVE AIDED RUSSIA rE New York Federal Grand Jury is expected this week to wind, up its investigation ol operations of an alleged Communist dominated Government spy ring, involving 40 to 50 ex -US. Government workers with its nucleus in the Treasury Department. Some
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      G.I. BRIDE MUST STAY IN JAIL
      61 3 THE Nevada Slate Parole Board' have refused to grajit parole •to Mrs. Bridget Waters, British war bride sentenced to five years imprisonment for "involuntary manslaughter" of her husband. Mrs. Waters, who comes from Lewes. Sussex was convicted in November, 1946. and bepran saving h<T
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      FOOD GIFT FOR ASIA
      34 3 A shipment of 52 tons of food donated by the people of Argentina to be distributed for relief in Asia has arrived at San Francisco on the steamship Fisk Victory-
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      33 3 Picture. Miss Anna Neagle, the British film actress, seen holding the 15th annual award presented to her by the film maga~ine "Picturegoer" for her brilliant performance in the film -PirnnriWv Incident." A. P.
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      Alleged plot to
      230 3 CAIRO MASS TRIAL r CAIRO, Tuesday. E trial of 26 Egyptian youths, charged with having made an agreement to kill British army personnel and some Egyptian leaders in 1945 and 1946, has opened in the Cairo Court of Assize. Hussein Tewfik Ahmed, charged with the murder of
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      LOAN FOR PVKISTAN?
      48 3 There have been informal dis- j eussions between Pakistan and (tatted States officials concerning the possibility of an American loan lor Pakistan, reports UP. No formal request for financial assistance has been made by Pakistan, nor has any definite figure been mentioned in the conversations.
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      Gurkha units to remain
      86 3 GI'KKHA iMcem and soldiers will continue to be emph»ed l in the armies of Briiain and India, the Minister of Defence, 4r V Alexander announced in the House pf Commons The KJ, (ovenmont. he said, have agreed that the British (,oyernmentm^ht emoloy sufficient Gurkha officers and
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      RADIO IN 'WAR' ON CANCER
      114 3 EXPERIMENTS with ultra- short-wave radio, developed largely during the war, are to b^ carried out by three specialists who believe it may help cancer sufferers. At a meeting in Newcastlc-on-Tyne. the North of England Cancer Council granted £5,000. to finance two years' research by Dr.
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      U.K. TROOPS IN BIRMA
      47 3 British troops stationed in Burma will leave the country on Jan. 2 two days before the official date for th<> transfer of power —it was learned officially in Ran"Dim ytstorday. Th#J will 1* av<> n a specially chartered Cunard White Star liner A.P.
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      SUN FO SAYS: REDS WORSE THAN JAPS"
      169 3 I\ECLARING that the Chinese Communists are greater enemies of the State than were the Japanese, the Vice President of China, Dr. Sun Fo, called on delegates of the Chinese Railway Workers Union at its inaugural National Congress in Shanghai to protect China's vital
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      7 DW: IN AIR CRASH
      43 3 SEVEN persons are dead and 10 others critically injured following the crash of an Alaska Airlines transport DC-4 over the runway at the Seattle-Tacoma U.S.A. > airport on Sunday, when the Dlßne vr¥l lv Q naccina oii_ tomobile. A.P.
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      CHANGED MIND 'ON THE BRINK'
      94 3 A MAN who took 100 headache tablets and then tried to drive a lorry over the edge of a 100-foot precipice was bound over at Bristol for attempting to commit suicide. William Kenneth Reakes. of Bedminster, who pleaded guilty was said to have told the
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      HUMAN 'MILK BANK' IN U.K.
      121 3 A HUMAN "Milk Bank." the first of its kind in Britain to be j started by local authority, will be I opened at Cardiff this week and will answer S.O.S. calls from all over Wales. This is part of Cardiff's scheme for care of premature
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      LONDON VARSITY PLAN TO TRAIN SPECIALISTS
      129 3 LONDON VARSITY PLAN TO TRAIN SPECIALISTS LONDON is replacing Vienna as the training school fur Xhr .world's Medical specialists ird r a scheme now taking shape In the University of London's Br.tk>h P >st Gradual Me^ic U F^d^ration, whose headquarters are m Bioomsbury Sir Francis Fraser is in charge. El*
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      WILLED ALL TO WIFE HE KILLED
      65 3 WILLED ALL TO WIFE HE KILLED IN his €18.047 will made in 1944. Dr. Robert George Clements, oi The Promenade, Southport, left his entire estate to his fourth wife. Mrs. Amy Victoria Clements. whom he murdered. His wife died in a Southport nursing home on May 12 this year. His
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      HITLER ORDERED HER TO BE BEHEADED
      199 3 I THE only American woman executed by the Nazis, was beheaded on the orders of Adolf Hitler because die was the only U.S. citizen in his power after Germany had declared war on the United States, the University of Wisconsin Alumni magazine reports. Thp
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      55 3 y^|J2[/^N Unexpected succour By Edgar Rice Burroughs h«ANT,CALLV PULLING MYSELF J BiMHIl 1 .1 I VERCIFUL NATURE* HAD MADE HIS I I'-vJIW ijk \W OVER CiM OP In£ tf& SUNSET aI'IAW A\\^ OREF -TORTURED MEMOR> A hfWfW YV iff* I CHASM TARZAN PfLL JSfc kl^)' «BJW^W^ V^V\ \AW' BLANK AND,
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3. 1947. The Juvenile Offender
      704 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DEC. 3. 1947. The Juvenile Offender ONE of the most distressing legacies of the Japanese occupation and its troubled aftermath is widespread juvenile delinquency and, in the search Jot economies which the Colony's present financial position demande, it is to be hoped that the axe
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      WHAT IS USSR PLANNING?
      1215 4 WHAT IS USSR PLANNING? August Doeppner has had an unrivalled experience in watching both the European and the American scene. He was a journalist in Berlin from 1921 until 1935, serving part of that time a> a foreign editor on more than one leading newspaper. Then, because of the rise
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      CHINAS CARRIER PIGEONS
      149 4 CARRIER pigeons are v beginning to play an important role in the civil war in North China Already the Chinese Government's Railway administration >6 using 2.DOU carrier picooi^ as an auxiliary com municsuions service for its Peintng TlenUin system, which oj>"rates the rail lines from the coast
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      FAITH
      29 4 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work In you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1, 6.
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      PAKISTAN'S CAPITAL
      712 4 T.II. Tan, a Frev Press Special Correspondent, left Singapore on the proving flight for Qiuitns Empire Airway's new Const eUat ion service <m the Australia Britain route. This is the third of a series of articles giving his experience on the flight and a description of what he
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      10 4 Mr. Ted Falee. red-bearded instructor at Leicester Gliding Club h«<
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      OVERCROWDING IN BOMBAY
      707 4 OVERCROWDING IN BOMBAY THE floodtide of refugees, spreading east and south from the Punjab and the Pakistan borders, has lapped into this great seaport of western India and combined with the post-war housing shortage to create the biggest accommodation problem in the history of the city. Because it stands upon
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      S'PORE CHINES CRITICAL OF NANKING
      448 5 S'PORE CHINES CRITICAL OF NANKING Controversy over treaty provision Free Press Staff Reporter CONTROVERSY has been aroused in Singapore Chinese circles as to the advisability of applying to Malaya a provision of the Sino-British treaty requiring the local administration to report to the nearest Chinese Consul cases of arrest or
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      57 5 The Aries 11, an aircraft of the Empire Air Navigation School, ivhich has been studying magnetic variation on British and Empire air routes, photographed at R.A.F. Station, Tengah, where it landed on Saturday on its homeward journey. The aircraft is going to Ceylon and then South Africa and is due
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      Australia visit mav be cancelled
      287 5 SHAHMR ARRIVES 9 n,T.\N Shahrir, former Premier of the Indonesian Republic whoarme«i in Singapore yesterday by air from Calcutta r cut short his projected visit to Australia in >n<i talks with the United Nations 3 -power good M<m. the Free Press understands. Mr. Shahrir I
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      CHINESE TEACHERS MUST REGISTER
      176 5 Free Pre«s Staff Reporter •TEACHERS in Chinese schools must satisfy the Education 1 Department of their personal educational qualifications, or furnish proof that they were registered teachers pre-war, a spokesman of the Chinese section of the Department told the Free Press yesterday. tThe qualification for registration
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      PATNAIK HELD UP AGAIN
      72 5 MR. B. PATNAIK, Indian air line operator, who left Singapore last weekend in an Australian -piloted Dakota, was again held up by Dutch authorities in Batavia yesterday, the Free Press learns. This is the second occasion within two weeks that Mr. Patnaik has attempted to reach
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      NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY
      86 5 have now Raffles Library. rh« English CountKden. Free and The Individual. The Government; Furer-Haimendorf. w NIU James Jean*. The Physical Science; Svdne* Bfsf Cirecn Mantle"; 55 H-markable Ex- Tbe Real ne Tynan. Colp.f f D. Weatherhead. FICTION Harbour J..." Minute lor Child! Play; uny Green
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      MGHT CLASSES
      24 5 VMC.A. i B classeg in to meet tne Qta whose' terminated at i nalitios nrol at the i n 7 aid nin
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      76 5 The bridal yroup outside the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, after the wedding of Mr. John V. Barnett and Miss Jean Burns on Saturday. From left: Mr. Richard Frewen. best man, the bridegroom, the bride, and Mrs. R. Frewen, matron of honour. The page girls are Ann and Judy Scrimgeour. Mr. Barnett,
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      Malaya trades more with Germany
      144 5 Malaya trades more with Germany IN October. Malaya exported to Germany $2,356,826 of raw materials, almost wholly rubber as against $1,207,302 in September. Of this rubber. Singapore's share In October totalled $900,000. The value of exports to Germany was 150 times the value of the goods sent by Germany to
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      Y.W.C.A. PRESIDENT
      48 5 A caption »o a Free Press picture published on Monday referred to Mrs. M. A. Stott as President of the Y.W.C.A. in Singapore. Mrs. Stott is actually Adviser and Director of the Y.W.C.A. hostel. The president of tlie Y.W.C.A. is Mrs. 1 Loh Poon Lip. picture.
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      Raffles Girls Parents' Day
      87 5 Fr«v Press Staff Reporter RAFFLES Girls School was opened to the parents of pupils for the first time in the history of the school at the Parents' Day exhibition held yesterday. Besides entertaining their parents to an eleven-Item concert of music, dances and songs, the girls
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      CERTIFICATES HERE
      31 5 Cambridge School Certificates for 1946 have now arrived, in Singapore. School candidates should call for their Certificates at their respective schools. Private candidates should oall at the Education Office.
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      EX-MALAYAN GETS INFORMATION JOB
      116 5 k FORMER member of the Malayan Educational Service, Mr. W S Morgan has been appointed Director of the I. formal ion Services branch of the Colo- nial Office Information Department. Mr. Morga.* did not rejoin ;he Education Department after the liberation but was recently in Malaya
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      Ship's master sailed without engineer, fined
      114 5 U MATHEWS, Master of Kama- shima Maru. an unregistered vessel controlled by the Minis' ry I of Transport axid managed by the j -7 Ho Chiang Shipping Co. of Singa- j ]>ore, was yesterday fined $s<> at the Third Police Court. Mathews pleaded guilty
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      TAXI, BUS FARES UP ONE THIRD
      306 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TAXI and omnibus operators in Singapore have been au- 1 thorised to make a slight increase in their fares. The new rates are 40 cents for a distance not exceeding one mile j f or taxis (formerly 30 cents), and
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      JAPS CLAIM TRIAL
      60 5 TiiiiEE Japanese surrendered 1 personnel. Shinohata, Lsu and Hashimoto, claimed trial before Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes on Monday, to a charge of being in unlawful possession of 9,020 rounds of .32 i i ammunition and two rounds of .303 ammunition, at the 12th milestone,
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      AWARDS FOR AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES
      329 5 THE War Organisation of the I 1 British Red Crass Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem has agreed to the issue of I their War Certificates, bearing facsimile signatures of the King and Queen, to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade,
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      Newfirm to take films to estates
      216 5 Newfirm to take films to estates Free Press Staff Reporter ANEW company, calied Caravan Fi ins, has been formed by Mr. Lok e Wan Tho, the owner of the Cathay building, which proposes to send mobile film units, equpped with 16-millimetre and 35-millimetre projectors, to estates and villages in Malaya
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      claim trial on diamond charge
      89 5 A B BARON DE SILVA a 49--year-old Ceylonesr. was produced belore tne Seco a Police Court Magistrate. Mr L. C Goh. yesterday, ar.d cha: with vol'iuitarilv disposing or stolen properly He l--, alleged to have disposed of 2.564 white industrial ana 1,525 red industrial diamonds,
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  • ENTERTAINMENT...
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      FAIRY-TALE FOR GROWN-UPS
      643 6 FAIRY-TALE FOR GROWN-UPS Films In Singapore BY OUR FILM REPORTER CATHER CHRISTr MAS, in the benignly bearded guise of Edmund Gwenn, is the hero of M Miracle on 34 th Street," (Cathay, today). Ahead of time he may be, but he brings us the best film joke for months. Santa
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      272 6 LK)R in>- a p:irl mm hr rslhtf than hlndcTfd th«» riiufl bidding n rth'i three-heart bid *h.«; n mtld enough .ViJim try: fr>m IhTl on South took OfCt hrst w.th h)s cu^-bid of four club*; then with hi* nor HUi lev <1 Md t lur notrump. There was
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      Australian Comedian Comes Back
      497 6 Australian Comedian Comes Back Studio Notebook AUSTRALIAN play-goers will be pleased to hear that their old favourite, Wylie Watson, popular comedian oi Jack Waller's 4t Seven Butterflies," is back on the boards filming at Pinewood Studios, Bucks. H. is playing a Cockney fathef; Mr. J<>ssw, in the film Version of
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      NEXT YEAR'S FASHIONS
      110 6 NEXT year's fashion trends are likely to be affected by "Corridor of Mdrrors" and 'The Mark of Cain.", two new films that depend for much of their success on the elegance of their settings. The evening dietMf !n "Corridor of Mirrors. an Apollo duction presented by the
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      'PETER PAN' BARRIE
      41 6 'PETER PAN' BARRIE f> A special I Matthew i !a Jair VW i >cill'H' fill the a v. n] r inment i n children alike. igtonS onthr rndto >. 1 I I I i pi.- c ur rs "Qua] v. B g
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      19 6 fihflnrY^-Ji) DEATH DIALS >".Ii .:HHl iIL MliT ir i )r ."-I thf If,, s< .ir 7 W^ 8 j^~
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      100 6 MSnrfrdkG Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya (I I M£RF W£ COMES! LONG I JB^ v," I LON6 /VP r«P j/iwr /RB TIMC TO START. y—^ r^T J/j J |r VV h^KPll^^^k JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaxa ZZX H^ Z££\ w^oc' <^T^*f lr A
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      ATE RUGBY AT VITAL STAGE
      630 7 ATE RUGBY AT VITAL STAGE Three Games This Weekend 0v Free Pross Staff Reporter off between the W n^r Com P etI <i«n are to be played Civilians and XeS sZhil S VM a d Johore Sin^w Nerri SembHaii^ The Ct TZ"* Sil W? S ™<** and on Saturday "r
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      LIEN HWA WIN IN MANILA
      46 7 r zeam o; ted out a I i eague seJecr opening aftera Memorial r,re a fair- slipper* /'t^d. Leong. Nj; Kofc Se ■>"/ -sYarocll scoring in the first scored both ltd /ta//. selection i paMing pery, a Oiriller. I be meetafternoon Renter
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      BARTLETT AND WISE TKhiLL TENNIS FANS
      334 7 Free Press Staff Reporter rrHE Aust an player, W. H. D. Bartlett partnering N S >36 Singapore champion, easily stole all the honours in last »W»r» first postwar tennis exhibition sponsored by the s Men's Club of Singapore, with the sanction ot the Singapore
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      USE FUL B.P. TITLE MEET RESULTS
      65 7 USE FUL B.P. TITLE MEET RESULTS :nUl n Party's 1947 ">d at the Cleri;uiay eta.: dinner, George JJ Wj Tian Chye; if'' Chan t MWJk bin ZalnudCL^ner m M, nner Tan Chwee N on*», n 2£ STJSl^te winn s s. r. Vi Vh k Sung; runf£, Sl***: winner, Miss »P
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      Foreign Sires Topped U.K. Turf List
      240 7 *PAR F^° m Vcrnon Mo.-gan It is notable that b*>J| these H?If S J*' ere forei^ bf ed, SayaJ "2° ln e by the Itahkn sire S^S. by e Fren^ It was the performan es of Jiese two horses which were fJSTS res P°
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      FIGHTING CRICKET BY SARWATE AND HAZARE
      639 7 FIGHTING CRICKET BY SARWATE AND HAZARE From K. S. Duleepsinhji IN the short spell of play in the first Test at Brisbane today, the fourth of this five-day same, Hazare and Sarwate played steady, fighting cricket, adding 29 runs against accurate bowling. Bradman kept Toshack on at one end, while
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      Diamond Epic Does Best Gallop
      171 7 Free Press Raring Re Dorter DIAMOND EPIC did a strong gallop this morning when she beat Campanile over three furlongs in 37 3 5 sec. on a yielding 'rack. Like till Ronsards, Diamond Epic goes best on a soft track and. with the rainy season
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      BLUE WHITE ROVERS
      76 7 a general meeting held on Sunday, the following were elected office- bear rrs of Bluewhite Rovers for 1948: President. Mr. Lee Kim Moh; vicepresident. Mr. Hassan b. Ismail- hon secretary. Mr. Michael Yeo Kin Pon'; hon. treasurer. Mr. Austin Chla; hon auditor. Mr. Chonj? Lian Feh: committee
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      BLACKBURN WIN AT THE VALLEY
      12 7 vuney wnicn tf e Rovers icon one-nil.
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      Southend Refuses £20,000 Offer
      70 7 THE English Football League' Third Division club. Southend United, has turned down oilers understood to total .£20.000 for Frank Dudley, centre forward, and j Stanley Montgomery, left half The club's directors stated that it would not be in the best inter- j ests of Southend United
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      TABLE TENNIS RESULT
      94 7 THE Engineers' Branch of the Singa- pore Municipal Services Union i defeated the C.Y.M.A. (Church of the Sacred Heart, Tank Road) by live games to two at table tennis at the i latter's premises. Tank Road. Results (Engineers' Branch players mentioned first). Jong Poh cheong beat Anthony
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      Services Rugby Final Today
      354 7 Kuala Lumpur Sports Notes t Free Press Staff Correspondent I A RUGBY treat is promised at Kuala Lumpur today when the final of the Malaya District Ru^by competition which will be played off between the Kuala Lumpur garrison and Second West Yorks Regiment of Penang. The
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      21 Teams For SCFA League
      323 7 riVENTY-ONE teann are competing in the Singapore Chi--1 nose Football Association inter district 1 ague which will I>cu n in the firs{ wee* of January. Entries closed yesterday I ihe league wll be divided into three sections o f seven teams each, teams meeting each
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      Ireland XV To Meet Australians
      120 7 IRELAND'S Rugby Union team to meet the Australians, at present touring in Lritain at Larsdowne Road, Dubli 1, on Dec 6 will be: U f>. D. li?gins or the Civil Service K. O Flanagan London-Irish, w D McKee Ncnh o: Ir !an<i, K. Old Belvedere
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      12 YEAR OLD GIRL SETS UP RECORD
      67 7 A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl of Bombay Dolly Nazir. has i I up a new All-India sw.mmincord for Women. I She performed this feat at t:ie Olympic Association Aquaac Championships here recently when, competing in the 100 metres Breast Stroke event, she swam Lhe distance
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      F.A. CLARIFIES RULE
      76 7 THE English Fooioali Association has clarified 'he rule regarding the rcsi^tra'ion of players while on national service A bona fide ?iened ama.ur player for a professional club remains a member of that club when called up lor n itijnal service and may sign professional lorms lor his
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      RUGGER CANCELLED
      26 7 lr p H E rugger fixture between the Combined College.-, and the Singapore Cricket Club schfduled tot yesterday on the padang ww, cane 'led
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      Rente Base Second XI Beat School
      114 7 IN a game of football on Sunday '1 evening REME Base 2nd' jXI beat the RASC Trg. ScruooJ 2nd XI by tour goals to one. I The game was fairly evenly contested but the REME forwards were just a little too fast' lor the
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      71 7 Todays I ports Events *IGEOSl GEOS SHOOT: Spore Gun Chlb weekly conU-st. SeMar m^ I"> p.m. 0 HOCKEY: Singapore Colts vs GIIQ FASELF A.' Tan*Hn, 5 P m.: MediraJ College I'nkm vs. S.C.R.C., S*-poy Linen. 5.15 p.m: Singapore Horn* U» vs. SC C padang. 15 p m RTGBY: SCC 2nd
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      25 7 Free Press Crossword No. 254 I^^b^^b^^ i^^^_^^^^L 1 >^ r""""S L- I|a^ i 1 I I 1 CLUES ACROSS CLUES DOWN SOLUTION TO CROSSWORD NO. 253
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      34 8 7//. .v imhimit ->n 0/ PWII. rocfc. Water iii Verdure has lor many years HfIMF attracted artists and pamWr.s ;rom all oiwr the world to Borroudale in the Lake llUiTik- m m a District.
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      Dutch push on eve of parley
      260 8 BATAVIA, Tuesday. INDONESIAN reports that Dutch tnn»ps had ix-cupied a 1 village and airport at Panieungpruk. in south-western Java, coincided with reports today that Mfl attempts to settle the Dutch Indonesian conflict, now in progress in liatavia. are now expected to delay for at
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      Food rushed to trooper at docks
      135 8 LIVERPOOL. Tuesday. rpHE troopship Devonshire, with 1 more than 2.000 service personnel and civilians arrived here today with ration stores so low that two Tanload* of food and water had to be rushed to the landing stage to "tide over" the disembarkation tofYtght and
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      kNO CHANCE' OF U.K. LOTTERY
      61 8 k NO CHANCE' OF U.K. LOTTERY A BRITISH Government spokesman on Tuesday dismissed the idea of a British businessman who thinks Britain can make £1.000.000.000 In foreign currency by sponsoring ihe biggest lottery tlx> world has ever known. "The whole Idea Is contrary to the ethics of the Labour Party."
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      INDIA NEEDS MORE FOOD
      192 8 MANILA. Tuesday. fIGURES submitted to the' F ECAFE Conference at Baguio show that India's imports of food and grains have increased 1,200 per cent, over pro-war, and that the loss of production due to civil disturbances are likely to raise imports still further. Property damage centred
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      PERSIAN COURT CRITICAL OF PREMIER
      184 8 TEHERAN. Tuesday. OERSIAN Court circles today i Severely criticised the broadeast last night of Quavam Es Sultaneh. the Prime Minister. In which they say he hinted at the Court wlu-n Talking of reactionary forces. It WAI significant, they n.h.l that Quuvam did not mention the
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      COAL TARGET IN SIGHT
      58 8 IL'ITH coal output last woek at ff 4.2G3.200 tor*. Britain's mine" need produce only 10.220 500 ton* in four remaining weeks of the year to beat the Governments 200 000 000 toru target Total coal production up to Nov 29 wu 180.779.500 tons compared with 174.411.900
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      U SAW TRIAL
      64 8 yHE Crown c**e against U Saw. former premier or Burma and eight member* of his Myochlt party charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government and abetting murder, will end today Mr Tun Byo. counsel for the prosecution, announced In Ran Roon U Saw who U the principal
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      CHIANG ORDERS NEW BIG PUSH IN NORTH
      248 8 ANNOUNCEMENT of the 1 Government counter-ofTe Hopei, Suiyuan, Charhar, Sh the end of this month, follou Gen. Fu Tso-yi, Governor of Ch of the new North China He* vinces. Meanwhile, the centre of gravity of the civil war has shifted to Central China,
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      K.L..M. PROFIT FOR FIRST TIME
      82 8 ¥j*OR the first time in iU history. r the Royal Dutch Airlines ha*> closed its books with a profit. In 1946 the Company made a net profit of over €20,000 and paid its shareholders a dividend of four per cent On Dec. 31. 1946. th<>
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      FRENCH STRIKERS' NEW OFFENSIVE
      525 8 FRENCH STRIKERS' NEW OFFENSIVE Govt. in control after clashes PARIS, Tuesday. FRANCE'S two million Communist-led strikers, falling 1 back before Government forces seized occupied factories, railway stations and mines, launched a general counter-offensive today to retake their lost strongholds. 'Hie counter-moves began in the mid morning and the strikers, after
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      PARATROOPERS' CAPTURE HO CHI-MINH'S H.Q.
      139 8 PARATROOPERS' CAPTURE HO CHI-MINH'S H.Q. CANTON. Tuesday FIVE hundred French paratroopen wrre dropped on Kaobang, In Indo-China, near the Kwangsi Province frontier, and drov«> Vietnam Republican fore.--, farther DOlth-wesi n»\ir Yunnan, circles data to Vietnam affairs reported h»T»- today says A P. Other Fiench forces advanced from Langsen northward to
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      TIN SPARESARF IRREGULAR
      426 8 TIN SPA RESARF IRREGULAR LOn l 3l l «t2k Exchan, DRITISH Ku.uls todaj spent i .sales by Britain, says Keui r\ finaTc a I'^1 on.soi and Treasury I n rent »<>mv boar covering t0,,;, n V n *S?f i !%er lo bring about any In the Rubbers were dull and
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      RUBBER PRICES
      129 8 4 SPK'IM Mirket jTm Pnt givfs the pricf* n' -nhbff at II am todav *> follows Buvrr* vlffti Cls iU. pa Ih 8. No K > >p.n loom- 39'.. 41 No 1 S S S rob in b^irv Dm W *•>» No 2 R S S foft in
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      HOTEL STRIKE IN LONDON OVER
      31 8 •mi i raters hotels in I ml) n another fob for Mr- 1 the waiter w***.*^ month iuaed the nouncenx nt of y ■•her job- Reuter
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      SOVEET SYNTHETIC
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      LORD COLWYN ARRESTED
      147 8 LONDON Tuesday I ORD Oolwyu, who sorved rccentL ly with the Army WeUare Services in Bombay, ha* been arrested and will be charged with an offence under Section 41 of the Army Act. it was announced in the House of Lords today. No details of the charge
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      SHELL CAPITAL NOW £53,000,000
      83 8 THE shareholders of Shell Transport end Trading Company yesterday endorsed a resolution increasing the Company's capital to £53.000.000 to help finance an "Immense development programme" designed to increase the supplies of "sterling" oil and reduce dollar expenditure. The plans include the erection of two complete refineries
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      LABOUR M.P. DIES
      63 8 The d<*ulh yesterday of Mr. William Foster, Labour M.P. for Wigan si ice 1942. will add a sixth by-election to the current series Of what has come to be known as "Britain's miniature general election." Mr. Foster at the last general election had a majority of 16.726
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      U.K. SEEKS HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION
      164 8 OENEVA. Tuesday. BRITAIN advocated a binding convention guaranteeing fundamental human rights and opposed the Soviet demand lor simple declaration when the 18--nation session of United Nations Commission on Human Rights opened here today with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt presiding, lord Dukeston <Brttain> said a simple declaration.
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