The Singapore Free Press, 12 August 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA D;D,;D, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1948 PRICh Id (KMN
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    Berlin: showdown talks today
    437 1 Berlin: showdown talks today Fourth visit to Kremlin MOSCOW, Wednesday. ENVOYS of the three Western powers have 1-1 asked for an appointment with the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov at the Kremlin tomorrow. As the envoys met today co prepare their final answer to Soviet proposals for a German settlement
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    U.K. AID FOR ARABS
    22 1 Britain i.s to provide medical supplies for Palestine Arab refugees from military stores m the Middle East, Reuter
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    Audits kill 3 in estate raid
    69 1 fS rT Reporter Chinese raided Coronation Estate, m Kluung. (Johore) at 2.30 this md murdered a Chinese schoolmaster, .c dre^tr and a Malay special constable. x>lnu^ :te was injured, n burned down the store and ked the factory and office. II picture, Three RA.F.
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    RATION CARD WARNING TO TRAVELLERS
    140 1 RATION CARD WARNING TO TRAVELLERS Free Press Staff Reporter PERSONS leaving Singapore I must surrender their n cards to the Rationing Office within a week of their departure, except when they Intend to stay m the Federation for not more than seven days. The Deputy Food Controller A. D. Butler-Madden)
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    Mans now ider arrest
    21 1 I I s of rror- to I we not he I n Indian I had I I
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    BOMBAY ARRESTS
    21 1 Bombay police arrested 153 people during a 24-hour token strike called by the Socialist Party among textile workers yesterday.
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    Constable kills an intruder
    101 1 SPECIAL constable at Bradln Estate near Bekoh (Johore> stopped a Chinese yesterday evening m order to search him. Th-- Chinese struck the constable and fled but the guard opened fire and shot him dead il he ran. In the dead man's pocket five rounds of .303
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    Malayan Reds in South China
    111 1 CANTON, Thursday. /CHINESE Communists from Malaya and Trinidad are leading guerrilla bands which are operating m South China, according to an American engineer here. The engineer spent several weeks as a prisuiier of a guerrilla band m Kwangtung Province. The guerrilla bands, he said, believed
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    MORE ARRESTS
    40 1 FIVE persons were uneaied by the C.I.D. m Singapore yesterday. Four of them, three Chinese and an Indian were arrested under the Emergency Regulations. The other was a Javanese habitual criminal who was arrested under a banishment warrant.
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    BUSY BRIGADE
    28 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The Singapore Fire Brigade was called out four times yesterday but there were no casualties or damage at any of the incidents.
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    HOME TO CHINA
    26 1 Approximately 400 Chinese deck passengers are leaving Singapore today by the China Navigation Company vessel Anhui for Hong Kong, Bwai tow and Amoy.
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    SERVICE FOR GENT
    40 1 King George was represented by Lord Morrison at a memorial service In London yesterday for Sir Edward Gent, former High Commissioner of Malaya, who was killed m England m a plane j crash on July 4. Reuter.
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    WINTER WHEAT
    31 1 Winter wheat is being I planted over thousands of acres m Siberia for the fir&t time. Until recently all ati tempts failed due to the 1 severe cold.— U.P.
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    SYNTHETIC MAY OUTPACE NATURAL
    173 1 LOS ANGELES, Wed. MERICA'S synthetic rubber production may soon exceed the total natural rubber production of t. tire world, it was predicted here at the closing mt. .mg of the American Chemical Sosiety's rubber division. The development of new low temperature chem: rubbers lies behind the
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    HK TIN DEALERS ARE WARNED
    48 1 THE Department of Imports and Exports m Hong Kong has warned tin dealers that they must obtain a licence to bring tin into the colony. The waging wag given after a merchant had been convicted of having imported tin ingot* from Singapore. U.P.
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    82 1 Macedonian girls m peasant costume carry on a litter a wounded Greek soldier from the combat area between the Smolikas and Grammos mountains, west of Konitsa. Fierce fighting between Government forces and Markos guerrillas has been raging for several weeks m the area. On board the American Mail which arrived
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    New voters for the by-election
    287 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IT is officially expected that 1,611 newly-registered voters m the electoral district of Rural West will be allowed to participate m the Singapore Legislative Council to be held on Oct. 16. Nomination Day has been fixed for Sept. 3, when candidates
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    NEW METHODIST BISHOP COMING
    134 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A METHODIST bishop is to be shortly elected m place of Bishop Edwin Lee (retired) for the areas of Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo and Burma, said the Rev. (Dr.) M. Dodsworth, Malaya's delegate to the Methodist World Conference at Boston, who returned to
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    'Fifth Column' in'Varsities
    69 1 'Fifth Column' in 'Varsities THE Kuomintang Central Daily News m Nanking terday urged 'a purge of fifth columnists who are turning some Chinese universities into Soviet conceptions." The paper said that peace rumours, professional students and defeatism were all earmarks of the work of the Communist Internationale. 'Professional students are
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    Tale of two cities
    141 1 RAJS GOON RANGOON, Thursday. THE curfew imposed m 1 Rangoon last n amid mounting polr tension has now t extended to cover all city's suburbs. It will be enforced nightly until further notice. No incidents were rejin the city or ouilvinz districts, where roaa blocks were
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    BANGKOK
    90 1 In Siam, a count ry-round-up of Communists and other disruptive elemer imminent, it is reliably learned. An authoritative source m Bangkok told Reuter that the Government had decided to lake "prompt drastic action against threatening elements which are Plottine sabotage and unrest, and incrthe tension m the courr The
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    ONE DAY TRIAL FOR OKAMURA
    53 1 ONE DAY TRIAL FOR OKA MU RA PLANS for a lightning oneday trial for Lieutenant General Yasutsuga Okamura as a war criminal, were announced by the Shanghai military tribunal yesterday. Okamura is charged condoning atrocities against civilians and the destn. of Chinese cities. He is believed to b#» In a
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      MIRROR TO THE STATES
      599 2 MIRROR TO THE STATES A book that holds a PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. I'NDER REVIEW It* Americans. A Study m National I harter, by (ieoffrfy Go* r (Cre»<t Press, 10. 6d The Gallery, by John Home Burns. tSeckT and Warburg, 12i. Gd.) THAT we should understand Americans
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      Bridge Problem
      299 2 twin naes vulnerable, t u»t dealer. NORTH 7 C? A 10 8 1 f fit 6 4 4 10 0 4 WEST lUff, $QiV.\ 9 on; BOOTH 4 10 C 0 A X Q 3 I. ♦AKQ J 7 The bidding: East South West. tionu OUR esteemed columnist
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      PALESTINE FLASHBACK
      233 2 THIS may not be the most tactful moment to recall that the U.S. once protested that Britain was showing too much favour to the Jews m Palestine. Yet such is the fact. The episode refers to the Rutber *d Is re corded by Frances E. Newton In 'Fifty
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      FILM ART
      107 2 IT may seem far-fetched to d^er:: Till. \KI oh THE MI.M uy Ernest Lindgr?n (Allen and Unwln. 165.) as the book to end all books about the cinema. But there has DC been &o all-embracing and authoritative a study of the bases of file art Invaluable to the
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      She understood a President's
      51 2 DENRIEITA N, bitt n always tell, when ite H<< house r for Its, w\ war w a new clinu The P get "cho food. Mi that m her 13 the White H the only I I I tatter 9am I A I I I I I
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      BIGFOURCLASH CERTAIN OVER LIBYA
      562 3 BIGFOUR CLASH CERTAIN OVER LIBYA D;,D;D Future of Italy's Colonies T TRvi i LONDON, Wednesday. L the Principal problem confronting l e u men m the m S Four talks which have opened here on the future of Italy's pre-war colonies, xne Deputy Foreign Ministers, representing Britain, trance, the United
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      RUMANIAN 'NO'
      14 3 Rumanian Government circles denied rumours that Rumania will join the Soviet Union.
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      UNKNOWN
      26 3 Lgr *o allow her daughter, aged le Journey with a married d at her home. But under d her mind and consented. I I V
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      Jap, Chinese exports in competition
      119 3 /^HI NL.SE manufacturers In v Hong Kong have been adi to improve the standard 'heir goods if they wish to compete with reviving Japanese industries. If Chinese manufacturers would only learn to deliver according to sample r.spire confidence m r products, they need > fear
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      Wife had German baby, loses divorce
      374 3 4 WIFE pleaded m Bristol Divorce Court last week that her second child was born after six German soldiers assaulted her m occupied Holland. Her Dlea did not succeed, and her husband was granted a decree. Mrs. Vera Joyce Vardon I an allegation of
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      CZECHS FLEE
      29 3 The former Deputy Prer of Czechoslovakia. Dr. .Tenkl. has arrived m the U.S. zone of Germany. Dr. Zenkl was leader of the anti-Communist Nationalist Socialist Pa A.P.
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      SUITOR FOR PRINCESS MARGARET-REPORT
      226 3 "THE twenty-two-year-old Marquess of Blandford x is leading the field of suitors wanting to marry Princess Margaret, according to a U.P. report. The report said: Rumours of a royal wedding are gaining headway as Margaret, most independent and unconventional member of the Royal Family, approaches her
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      Air ace takes up farming
      133 3 TX>R Squadron-Leader Ronald r Kellett. Battle of Britain holder of the Polish Victoria Cross, D.S.O. and D.F.C. a new life is about to begin. Henceforward he will keep both feet on ground m a small dairy farm he has bought m Kent. After the war
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      23 3 UM&on't mat wave brought the children to Hampstead tieath Paddling Pool m hundreds—and they viade the most of their time m the water.
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      GOOD WHEAT CHOP FORECAST
      42 3 BRITAIN'S wheat crop this year is expected to be larger than m 1947 and prospects for autumn and winter vegetable crops are generally good. The American harvest is also expected N» hp a rprnrri or near record. A.P.
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      SLAV OIL PURCHASE
      32 3 YUGOSLAVIA, faced by jn- official oil sanctions imposed by Albania and Rumania, has concluded a purchase of oil, believed to total 10,000.000 tons, from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Reuter
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      Yacht theft: KC's motor boat chase
      165 3 Yacht theft: KC 's motor boat chase 'THE Hon. Ewen Montagu, K.C., Recorder of Devizes, and vice-chairman of Hampshire Quarter Sessions, chased across four miles of sea m a motor-boat last week to catch a youth m a rowboat. The youth was suspected of stealing the Recorder's £800 yacht. The
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      'Hunch' saved his life
      60 3 A SIGNALMAN, on duty for the first time m a signal box at the entrance to the British Railways. Western Section, goods* yards at Reading (Berks). Left his box one night last ueek because he "had a hunch." Two goods trains collided a few seconds later,
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      AWARD OF £13,000FORWARINVENTION
      60 3 FOR WAR INVENTION MAJOR A. S. J. Dv To:t. l South African, has been awarded £13,000 for originatir.g the anti-mine flail device for tanks used m the battle of El Alamein and m the Normandy landings. He had claimed £150,000. Field Marshal VLsccu-.t Montgomery said the invention
      Reuter  -  60 words
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      Couldn't aid rescue because of new suit
      138 3 GORDON Scotney. ot BlaCßheath. (London). went bathing with his bust friend. Terry Pankhurst. 11. off tiie foreshore opposite the Royal Naval College. Greenwlcn Suddenly Terry, a nonswimmtr, got out of his depth and floated away. Gordon, although ht had learnt to swim only
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      Expedition to "ruined city"
      112 3 4 USTRALIAN-BORN author J\ and explorer, Mr. Keith Douglas Young, is arrarging m Darwin to equip an expedition to attempt to reach the scenic wonder known as "The Ruined City", m the Gulf of Carpentaria cour. Mr. Young's plan is a result of a decision ol
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      57 2 "Ten Eventful Years" Exciting Events which changed your Way of Life 1937-IM6 Written by men who werr present at the events they depict NOW RECORDED IN FOUR MAGNIFICENT VOLUMES 4 VOLUMES 585.00 NETT. published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Ltd. Agents KELLY WALSH LTD. BOOKSLLLIRS STAriOSK.RS PRINTERS Raffles Place, Singapore MOST SPELL-BINDING
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      15 2 IiCSE. A^C ABOUT ~%000 Tmc U. 5... ~""©4 fei f iT'IU'T ANiS* »kn*s liTLilir^\\ p»/VY-c>u-r
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      23 2 A PLEASANT CHANCi •FRESH ENGLISH VtHITIM •FRESH ENGLISH HADDOCt •SCOTCH GOLDEN SMOKED fiUft FISH FOR BREAKFAST LUNCH AND DINNER FITZPATRICK'SFOODSUPj TEL. ORDER DEPARTMENT
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      84 2 QUICK LOOKS The Ides of March, by Thornton Wilder. (Longmans. 9s. 6d> A distinguished historical novel about the latter years of Julius Caesar, Thornton Wilder builds up a portrait of the great man, flanked by portrait* of some of his associates Cleopatra, Catullus trie poet, and Clodia, whom the poet
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      250 2 reader may find a trifle baffling The Fail ot Valour, by Charles Jackson Robert Hale, 10s. «d>. The author of "The Lost Week -End" ha« failed to bring it off again. His hero. a scholarly middle-aged professor, after years of happily married life, finds that the temptations of the flesh
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      122 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORS today, perhaps your most marked talent it for the written word, although you have a keenly developed dramatic sense and you might find your happiest medium m stage or screen production. If Inhibited early m life, you may not discover your gift until you have tried
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      127 2 JISHJHS SINGAPORE Hum lIJH aoosj to S ft p m 488 metre* ta tae nediua war* band aatf T.M ategacyctes ai th« 41 metre aaasl. rraai ett aja v 7.45 p sb.: rrooß 84t p m U 11 ft pn j 488 metre* to the metioxn wave b«o4. and 4
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      357 2 mary. 12.05 Musical Interlude; 12.45 News is Malay: 6 Programme Summary; 6.05 Religious H*ur; 6 .30 Musical Interlude; 7 Time Signal: 701 Musical Interlude; 7.30 News m Malay; 7.44 Musical Interlude. J RID AY PROGRAMMES IN ENGI ifcH 1 Gene Krupa His Band: I 30 News; 1.45 Fred Hartley His
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      153 2 S E A.C. ftAiilO bLAI Moa«rafttin< fr»o Uataaito: Oytoa tb* foiwm tnf van MilKg: to II ft m If 84 metre* and 19 Sfc metm 11 M-lt am Iff §4 m,Mr« It b**b A p. Oi It W artrct It 04 mrtrv* tni 4t n»r«re» ft— Si p B It
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      105 3 TARZAN In£lU«n«« Of th.% B!ad« Edgar Riot Rurrouehs f'i can't ayE you the map. (s."^^'-^ J»"-S^^SK3 foilS^reiJSSeS oSiv '^Whv I i^^=s. /^S> ;t'<; r,nNE 'TAR7AN Si M t- MIKA v L7EMANDED COLDLY WHY U<l^^T^^. /E L> »l |a.d^toooaS' /il^SSiSSfflCrVl ASK ME? w WOLP6ROvvi EC /^^«x t'Trf ffi^ IWff V I
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Aug. 12, 1948. Crowing Menace
      638 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. Aug. 12, 1948. Crowing Menace A;iOUS c to i be turned on Burma and j on Burma In particular, lor Republic ai- .uciabie it. The ..mese Government's joust I h the Communists would on the otner hand be much less serious than rshal Phibun makes
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      IT SEEMS TO ME
      765 4  - IT SEEMS TO ME Politico h "INSUrRECTION* was always 100 noble a name for the campaign of murder Li which MtJn/U •'%mmumsts are engaged, and m his broadcast last niffht Sir Alec Newboull wisely went back to ''terrorism" and gangsterism as its proper description. At one stage "terrorists" and "terrorism"
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      49 4 Michael Jackson, 5, hag a "cooler" at the wicket during his innings at a Shadwell, London recreation ground. For th€ school holidays the L.C.C. havt if fed 70 play centres like this :oith 3,000 men and v Shu the centres are m London parks, many are ai school playgrounds.
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      OLYMPIC FRAMES
      378 4 PPORT and art arc •J good companions, or should be. They certainly were m Ancient Greece. The greatest masters took the athlete as their ideal of beauty, and athletes gained the immortality of bronze and marble. When Baron de Coubertln •d at the end of the last century
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      Crisis in Fleet Street
      379 4 'pHE British Press reports the crises of the world, but rarely talks about its own. Yet, because of the growing shortage of its raw material paper its situation is becoming desperate. Exactly how desperate is shown m a pamphlet called "Newsprint," published at sixpence by the
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      Moscow hasn't been so gay for years
      518 4 Moscow hasn 't been so gay for years Peep-over-the-iron-eyrtaia cable froa GORDON YOUNG THE tougher the 1 Western Allies' effort to come to terms T ith Moscow, the gayei the Russian capital seems to look. If it's peace that the Soviet leaders want to talk with envoys of Britain, America,
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      THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PASSENGERS
      342 4 THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PASSENGERS lily COURTENAY EDWARDS PROVISION of 1,500 cars during the next two yeais for the use of Britain's crippled ex-Service men (ai? announctd m Parliament recently) will present no technical problem On the roads of Britain there are already many scores of cars specially adapted
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Progressives to celebrate anniversary
      125 5 Fret Press Staff Reporter Mug poli al association, the T* r" I.*1 a ral!y at st\ug. 2o its first anniversary tie occasion fittingly, the Party is programme, Including discussion i ■fl*Jj?!L/ c Party enw*i nearly to the I he I I bi for ..egislaI other c
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      AIR TRAMP' ARRIVES
      84 5 The twin-engtned Britl°* Wayfarer, Britain's JI?? P *^5 am r of the air." JJ?*^ arrived at Kallano on Tuesday. The aircraft, en route to iffi'* 1 operate tor the Shell Company, has il seats which can be removed for T h < i?,*"** Aviation SerJ'» v i
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      Newboult confident of victory PUBLIC MUST HELP
      599 5 Newboult confident of victory PUBLIC MUST HELP OROADCASTING from Radio Malaya m Malay last night, the Officer Administering the Government of the Federation (Sir Alec Newboult), after saying that the Government and the people had accepted the challenge of the terrorists, declared: "There is no doubt whatsoever that we shall
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      80 NEW CHINESE TEACHERS
      54 5 BY the end of the current year, the teachers' trainIng class, sponsored by the education authorities, Is expected to turn out 80 Chinese school teachers. To raise the standard, tne Education Department proposes to lengthen the period of training by a year, making the full period
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      EARNING DOLLARS VIA MALAYA
      272 5 Big prospects for Australia CANBERRA, Wednesday. JIjALAYAN and other South-East Asia territories offer big trade prospects to Australia to help to earn more dollars, says Prof. Douglas Copland, who is Vice-Chancellor of the National University. He said that although most of the South-East Asia was m
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      No volunteers from Australia
      111 5 NO Application has been received by the office of the British High Commissioner from Australian volunteers for service with the police or military forces m Malaya, It is officially stated m Canberra. An official spokesman added that neither had any request been received from Malaya for
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      Mr. Pakirisamy and by-election
      132 5 I^HE statement that a resoluA tion would be submitted to the meeting of the IndoMalayan Association on Sunday, nominating Mr. V. Pakirisamy for the Singapore by- election, (Free Press, Aug. 10) was made by Mr. G. M. K. Sabal and not by the Association's honorary secretary.
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      JUMBLE SALE
      46 5 PRESBYTERIAN Church i workers will sell dresses, suits, shoes and other articles at prices, starting from a few cents upwards, at their Jumble sale on Friday afternoon. The sale is being held at the Presbyterian Church Hall m Orchard Road from 3 p.m. onwards.
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      Stowaways cost firm $5,000
      209 5 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Wednesday. fHE adventure of three i 1 Italians stowaways, who attempted to migrate to the United States, on board a freighter, will cost the shipping company $5,000 -at every port guards have had to be employed to watch them. i The
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      'Spore as Red Base' fear
      108 5 THE possible use of Singapore or Hong Kong as a refuge for Chinese Communist leaaers has been raised by a report that the so-called Christian General,' Feng Yu-hslang has returned from the UJB. to "somewhere m Asia" to assume activity against the Chiang Government. Hong
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      70 5 John A. Roy ola. 27-year-old tilipino world traveller and wild animal trapper, is seen demonstrating how he "milked" a cobra. The whole process of "milking" 14 cobras took less than ten minutes, with Royola extracting ten grammes of venom. Royola is m Singapore with a cargo of animals and reptiles
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      TO STUDY BALLET
      31 5 Miss Gloria Lim, eldest daughter of Sir Han Hoe and Lady Lim of Singapore, leaves for England on Sunday to further her studies m ballet dancing and pianoforte.
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      FILIPINO MUSLIMS FOR MECCA
      102 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i FURTEEN Philippines Mus- lims have arrived m Singapore on their way to Mecca. In their group is a Senator, a Mayor and a former guer- rilla who fought against the Japanese during the war years. Leader of th« party is Senator
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      Gets chance to lead useful life
      207 5 Gets chance to lead useful life A BOY Just past his loth year who took part m a Singapore street holdup with three othrr youths was yesterday given another rhanre to lead a useful life by Mr. Justice Brown m the Assize Court. Two of his older companions had been
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      King, Queen thank the Palase staff
      41 6 King, Queen thank the Palase staff rf member of the Jaff at Buckingham Palace IBM ribed to the Royal SffOff Wedding present received "Thank You" from the King and Queen a card -:ng a signed photograph with a message of thanks.
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      U.S. AID FOR MUKDEN, NORTH CHINA
      416 6 U.S. AID FOR MUKDEN, NORTH CHINA 'Don't write them off ...plea THE U.S. Economic Co-operation Administrator m China, Mr. Roger Lapham, has advised the Chinese "not to 'write off* either Mukden or North China" as civil war liabilities. Mr. Lapham, who has Just returned after a two-week tour of North
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      SYNDICATES BUY INTO RENT RACKET
      194 6 SYNDICATES of small financiers In Britain have invested m the "nrst-time-let" house and flat racket which is out of reach of the law. Houses which have never been let before can be let unfurnished at any price. The syndicates are buying up such nouses and
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      U.S. Air Force is rapidly expanding
      221 6 THE U.S. Air Force is rapidly building up its B-29 Superfortress into a striking force that would- hit back at any enemy attacking the United States. says U.P.s Washington correspondent. There aa c eight groups (30 In each) of big atom bombcarrying bombers already
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      U. K. Ceiling price for illness: £78
      125 6 U. K. Ceiling price for illness £78 THE Ministry of Health scale of fees for treatment A of private patients m nationalised hospitals limits those to physicians to £5 ss. Od. for the first consultation and a total of £26 ss. Od. for any one case. The most a surg^-'
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      SETTLING THE MEOS
      42 6 The resettling of 62.000 Muslim Mcos m Gurgaon, near Delhi, is being considered by the rehabilitation board of the Government of India Shortly before his as nation, Mahatma Gandhi appealed to this martial race to stay where they were.
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      Plan for Anglo-Indians' education
      101 6 Plan for Anglo-Indians' education IDER the new educational plans for India. AngloIndians will learn the lange of the region wh< they it was decided at second annual meeting on ndian education held Delhi. was passed re- that the provincial governments be empowered to decide at which stage the regional and
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      OLYMPIC 'SNAPS'
      63 6 Little Salty Ana uj Middlesex, wonders whether she will ever be as bio as Ralph Budelman of Chicago, 6ft. Sins. U.S. Olympic water polo goalkeeper. 'i 0 com" petttors: Paddy Elmer tSail champion m and 1947 1 and Josephine n 1948 champion). tw: The Olympic Flame burns steadily
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      Singapore wife presumed dead
      83 6 A FORMER RAF. sergeant who could not find is wife when he was evacuated from Singapore was granted a decree of presumption of death at the Birmingham Divorce Court. Sgt. Hood married a Singapore Government Health Department employee at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, m August 1941.
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      OPENED 'LETTER BOMBS-GETS G.M.
      153 6 HPHE Chit-f Inspector of Explosives at the Home A Office, Hugh Edmund Watts, has been awarded the George Medal for his work "m opening, examining and dismantling a large number of I bombs addressed to various prominent people m Britain." It was Inspector Watts who made
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      'SET FIRS TO YACHT' CHARGE
      196 6 'SET FIRS TO YACHT' CHARGE A MAN who will g Assizes m a case concei I was warned by Mr. Jus: I not discuss the case m the I Derek Clayton- Wright. 30--year-old company direct Elgin-road Bournemouth charged with ma .^settine fire to bU jrach* Barcarolle, attempting to obtain by
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      119 6 JANE YOU PREFErYi DOM't SAYTUAxX/I'M TIRED OF RIGHT.'- ThßOw\/^>H DEAR, FRlTz'- WRY DO PRANCING ROUND IN GEORGIE.'- BUT YOU THAT SORT OF TfiRILL.'-] IN YOUR LOT WITH f GEORGIE AND I ALWAYS FANCY DRESS WITM MUST REMEMBER I WANT A QUIET ERIC ACE AND QUARREL? IMS I ERIC TO HELPING
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      Ldecision on broken time
      35 7 L decision on broken time o certain pay t -:•-.-•>•■ „>n !n rtardihlp ■bM \m i* •ra'nt»^-- r«■bcob of dH •Tteniion »lfc to nuUtt cuch pay>iMr oth«r i&n.M hat Jtend for :wo F««r». Urn ucdatlco Reuter
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      WHIPERING HOPE BEST ON IPOHTRACK
      316 7 WHIPERING HOPE BEST ON IPOHTRACK Final gallops for Saturday r<s-vPD*i w Press Ra c Jn Reporter j^ftVfcKAL good gallops came under observation on a fast track at Ipoh this morning when Saturday's runners were given their final workouts m preparation for the opening day of the Perak Turf Club's meeting.
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      Empire Games to be held in N. Zealand
      90 7 Empire Games to be held in N. Zealand THE British Empire Games will be held m New Zealand m 1950, either at fhristchurch or Auckland, It was announced yesterday after a meeting In London of the Empire Games Federation. The Federation decided to institute British Empire athletics' records to apply
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      YUGOSLAVIA REACH SOCCER FINAL
      375 7 yi GOSLAVIA qualified to meet Sweden m x tomorrow's Olympic soccer final by beating Great Britain three goals to one goal m the second semifinal at Wembley stadium yesterday. Conditions were all m Britain's favour The pitch was soft and slippery and the ball heavy and
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      ITALIANS WIN TANDEM TITLE
      73 7 ITALY (Teriuxi and Perona) won the Olympic 2,000 metrei tandem cycling title at Herne Hill yesterday evening by beating Greet Britain CR. Harris and A. Bannister) by two runs to one In the final Cycling 1.000 metres stendin* start time trial result: 1. j. Dupoot of
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      Yorkshire pair put on 302
      292 7 *.\i.> curiauea piay m many 01 me cngianu County cricket matches yesterday. There was no play m the Middlesex vs. Glamorgan and Essex vs. Kent matches and no play after lunch m three other games. Derbyshire captain E. J. 3othard put Yorkshire m to 3at
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      Great rally by Battery XI
      170 7 J)OWN by three goals la th« first half, the Ist Malay Coast Battery rallied strongly m the aecond to share points with Haikowyu Sports Club when they met m a third division league soccer match at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The game ended m a four-all
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      Ex-champion in training again
      133 7 By Pho*n!x a lapse of nine odd years Singapore yesterday evening saw the mum to the badminton court of the ex-Mala yan singles rhamp^n, Wa:l«»en Wong. Taking pan m practice games at the. General HospiUl »ncrt§ hall with her brother. Wong Peng Soon, the Malayan single*
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      AMDGW WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE
      68 7 DUE to transport difficulties, the AMDGW (Changi) SC has withdrawn from the third division of the B.A.F.A. league. Their match against Singapore District Signals REME at MfNair road today has. therefore, been cancelled. The other division three league team which has withdrawn are the Medical Services.
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      New basketball rules
      174 7 'THE International Basketball Federation, In Its first meeting m 10 years, yesterday In London adopted one of the most radical basketball rule changes In the past two devados. The Committee voU-J to wid<n the "foul lane" to 9 feet— no. v the maximum wid'h of the free
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      British boxer gains best victory of day
      387 7 One of the moat Impressive Olympic boxing victories yesterday was gained by the British heavyweight champion. Army Sergeant Jack Gardner, who knocked down K. Amesibich'er of Austria In the second round. Gardner's workmanlike performance established him ar. a poulble title winner. He softened
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      C.S.C. CRICKET XI
      76 7 'PHE Ceylon sports club team to play the RAP Tengah at Tengah m a game of cricket on Sunday at 11 a.m. (Transport leaves C.S.C. at 10 a.m. sharps will be: S. K. Sundram (capt.), 8. Yogarajah, R. V. S. Sundram. S. Kulasingham, S. Najaiah. G. Fernando,
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      Swimming champion
      41 7 Walter Ri s of lowa (U.S.A.f (fttftt) with his countrym&tf Alan Ford (New Haven, South Carolina), after Ris had won the 100 metres free style swimming final m Olympic record time at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Ford uas second.
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      HARD KNOCKS TAKEN IN GOOD SPIRIT
      585 7 A.AJ* 4; S.C.C 1. TT proved disastrous to quite a few players when A the Amicable Athletic Association beat the Singapore Cricket Club at soccer by four goals to one at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. During several phases of the game players were hurt,
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      Finlay & Ewell were unluckiest
      811 7  - Finlay Ewell were unluckiest CRUSADER Compiled By OEHIND all the records and the excitement, and the glory and the glamour of the Olympic Game.; m London there have been many stories of heartbreaks and bad 1 luck, and high among this category must be numbered the cases of 40-year-old V.
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      261 7 F.P. Crossword No. 461 ipi~ "F" ir ~6~ 7 I fe__:__J i_ 9 Bo |"ti 12 I? li_ l i 40 1 1 11 11 n y i'JitS ACROSS 2, Alert i 9). 7, Trim (4). 9, Pit for cult va< ion <6v 11, Loathed <5). 13. Treasure (3). 14,
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    MARRIAGE
    26 8 COLES-STRATTON-BROWN Mary's Church. Kua'a Lumpur, on 9th August, 1948. Nolea to Beatrice I cd. daughter uf thi late Mr. J rown and Mrs. Brown. P
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    BIRTHS
    70 8 To Majorie Ersylia. wife of Rev. R. J Lloyd, Port ChapAugust 10th, twins, a boy and a girl. COTTTNGTON —At the Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 1948. to Dorothy, w:fe of Capt. Jack Cottlngton. R E a son— David. HENO To Gladys, wife of Mr. Lg Heng. at fi
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    NIZAM IS READY FOR BATTLE
    425 8 Withdraw' demand HYDERABAD, Wednesday. THAT the Nizam will resist with armed force any attempt by the Indian Government at occupation of Hyderabad State was indicated today by a Hyderabad Government. demand for the "immediate withdrawal" of Indian Army troops from the territory. Further evidence of
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    U.S. is pulling out of Korea
    76 8 SEOUL (Korea), Wed. THE United States Army is rushing preparations to withdraw from Korea and has begun to ship out large quantities of supplies. United Press learns. Hundreds of trucks, jeeps, weapon carriers and a large variety of other goods are being loaded aboard
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    BARODA CRISIS -RULER ON WAY TO DELHI
    242 8 NEW DELHI, Wednesday. THE Gaekwar of Baroda, one of the worlds richest men, Is on his way to Delhi for talks with the Indian States Ministry after parliamentary demands m Baroda for his abdication, it Is learned here. i His State with a
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    China currency reform: U.S. loan?
    109 8 China currency reform: U.S. loan? SHANGHAI, Thursday. DEPORTS that China U seeking a large loan from America to reform her currency circulated again yesterday as the blackmarket U.S. dollar soared to the new height of $11,000,000 The Shun Pao, influential daily, quoting reliable Chinese sources said the Chinese Government would
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    SOVIETS ATTACK MacA s POLICY
    188 8 TOKIO, Wednesday. THE Russians today opened their long-anticipated attack on General Mac Arthur's policy against collective bargaining for government workers m Japan, adding more heat to a controversy that already has caused differences m SCAP'S headquarters and touched off the first open Japanese defiance of
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    IT'S GREAT NEWS.SAYS MENZIES
    223 8 IT'S GREAT NEWS.SAYS MENZIES IT is great news for every Australian who objects to tyranny," said the Australian Parliamentary Opposition leader, Mr. R. G. Menzies, at present m London, commenting yesterday on the Sydney High Court order restraining the Commonwealth Government from putting into operation the Act nationalising private banks.
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    Vietnam chiefs appeal to French
    208 8 Vietnam chiefs appeal to French SAIGON. Thursday THE head of the provisional Central Government of Vietnam. Gen. Nguyen Van Xuyan, told journalists yesterday that he was "ready to make substantial proposals to the French Government to assure the stability of French interests m Vietnam "I ask m return." he said,
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    RED ATTACK ON FINN PREMIER
    65 8 THE Soviet Literary Gazette yesterday denounced the Government of Finnish Premier Karl Fagerholm. which was organized recently without the Communists. The article warned that the "Finnish people will not forget the men of 1939, for whom they paid dearly." and charged Fagerholm with excluding the
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    S'HAI IS THIRD LARGEST CITY
    40 8 THE population of Shanghai 1 is over 6 000 000. The latest Increase is due to a large influx of refugees from North China This makes Shanghai the third largest city mi n the world.
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    1.000 ESCAPE SIND FLOOD."
    45 8 A THOUSAND people have been safely evacuated from flood -a fleeted areas m Upper Sind, according to an official statement. The floods are caused by a breach m the Sukkursogari Canal of the River Indus, about 200 miles northeast of Karachi.
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    'JEWS BURNED 28 ARABS ALIVE'
    115 8 THE Secretary-Genfral of the seven-nation Arab League, Azzam Pasha, In a telegram to the Security Council, alleged according to reports reaching Count Bernadotte's headquarters, that the Jews had burmtd 28 Arab villagers alive. The telegram was read: "It I has come to my knowledge from
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    RUSSIANS ARE RUSHING NAVAL BASES
    112 8 RUSSIANS ARE RUSHING NAVAL BASES MOSCOW. Wednesday. THE Commander- in -Chief of the Russian naval forces, Adm. Yumashev, said m a Navy Day interview today that the Soviet Union— "a great naval power"— was "energetically building new warships, technical equipment, armament and naval bases." He claimed that the world's first
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    NERVOUSNESS IN MARKETS
    475 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesday. prospect of a long delay before any conclusion is reached m the Moscow discussions created further nervousness m the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Marking down occurred m most sections and small losNes were widespread as a result of
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    U. N. mediator gets tough
    243 8 PALESTINE FIGHTING JERUSALEM, Wednesd i •'THE United Nations Palestine mediator, Count Bernadotte, today sent his chief Jerusalem observer to report to the Security Council a few hours after warning both sides that he would get "tough" over breaches of the truce. The observer, Col. Frank
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    MORE GRAIN FOR EUROPE
    53 8 THE Economic Co-operation Administration announced yesterday that this year's bumper harvests m America will mean an "appreciably larger" flow of grain to Europe under the Marshall plan m the next 12 months than was originally planned. It will also mean an "appreciable improvement the diet of
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    131 8 SPECIAL Market correspondent rives the price* off rubber at 11 a.m today as follows: per Ib. per ib Boyers Seller* Cta. da. No 1 B.S.S Spot loose 47 47*6 No i as s rot m bales Aug. 4**4 47V No. 2 R.S.S. fob In bales Aug. 45 }i
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    97 8 U.S. OF INDINESIA Dutch debate next week THE H\(,i F v f| T»HE new Dutch Cabinet k exnec^n .^^Uv 1 the Second Chamber next bi *U revise the constitution to provide fort J )r^2l ment of a I nited States of inn thf eaSM new set-up of the Kingdom ofTheV^Ta
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    U.K. must produce more
    47 8 BELFAST. Wednes BRITAIN must get output per worker if is to balance her eec: before Marshall Aid Chancellor of the Exch* Sir Stafford Cripps saic tonight. This does not necev^ mean longer hours but a economical use of laboi;- T f TJ** Reuter
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    8 8 Ceylon's U.N. membership in balance I flHj Reuter
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