The Singapore Free Press, 27 August 1948

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA <T~ r SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948. PRICE It CENTI
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    CabinetmeetstodiscussMalaya
    283 1 More troops under review !un m Malaya was discussed by the Cabinet yesterday at a meeting which ted nearly two hours, state agency reports 0 London, g down of the demobilization rate vices, and defence questions were also discussed, says Reuter m reviewed the latest position taut! that the
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    50 1 Men of the 4th Hussars (above), now en route for Malaya, making their final preparations before embarking. (Left), a Guardsman, also coming to Malaya, tries his slouch hat on Jimmy Frost, aped 5. at Wellington Barracks (London) where the Coldstreams are being kitted out for their duty m the East.
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    TENGAH AIR CRASH ESCAPE
    17 1 TENGAH AIR CRASH ESCAPE lit porter ad a acky n a r-d his iken was it one
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    Malaya-Siam plan disclosed
    25 1 that Secof the im and the .n the i both and lor at any pose of getn D€ ac- .s. r^s by
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    Indonesians admit selling opium
    173 1 BATAVIA, Thursday. YL'HILE denying Dutch accusations of opium smuggling, the Republican Government today admitted it had sold large opium stocks to a certain pharmaceutical concern at the end of 1946. The Republican Govern-— ment said it made the condition that buyers must approach the Government m
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    COAL EXPORTS NEW RECORD
    59 1 Britain's coal exports again reached a new post-war record m July, despite the holiday period. Nearly 1,150,000 tons were exported m the four weeks' ending July 31, compared to 1,050,000 tons m the previous five weeks. The output of Western Germany and Poland, Europe's two largest
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    5 killed in bus crash
    33 1 Five persons were killed and '22 severely injured last night when a bus with 35 passengers crashed Into a house at Caprarola, 40 miles north of Rome. U.P.
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    INDONESIANS' TWO DEMANDS
    68 1 »THE Office of the Indonesian 1 Republic has announced that the cabinet and Provincial Parliament Working Committee has, decided not to continue negotiations with the Dutch until the Dutch guarantee diplomatic immunity for delegates and democratic rights for Indonesians m the Dutch-occupied areas. New York swelters New
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    THE GOVT. AND THE PRESS
    229 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE terrorist organisations are not well linked up, and they rely on the press foi much of their Information, states a Government note, issued this morning, clarifying relations with the press. It is not proposed m present circumstances
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    KARENS NOW IN REVOLT
    179 1 RANGOON, Thurs. I>EVOLT has broken out m hill regions of the Karenni state, m Burma, 70 miles north-east of Toungoo, and it is believed that martial law has been declared m the state. Messages reaching Rangoon state said that "the Karenni people are trying to wrest
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    47 1 Don Brad/nan, captain of the victorious Australian Test team, and one of the greatest batsmen m the history of cricket, celebrates his 40th birthday today. On his last appearance m first class cricket at Lord's the "old master" hit up ISO runs against the Gentlemen of England.
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    Indian woman held under crisis laws
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AN Indian woman was one of 14 persons arrested m Singapore under the Emergency Regulations yesterday. Of these five were Chinese and nine were Indians. The Indian woman is the second woman to be detained under the Emergency Regulations, the
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    'My policy stands,' Phibun tells China
    130 1 My policy stands,' Phibun tells China BANGKOK, Friday. THE Siamese Premier, Marshal Phibun, today said that his government had not received any official protest from China on the arrest and deportation of Chinese nationals. He added that, m any event, Siam's policy would not be altered. rnforcement of Siamese law
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    China move to stop hoarding
    91 1 THE Executive Yuan Economic Control Commission yesterday enforced rules for the elimination of hoarding, and the enforcement of price ceilings. Commodities for noncommercial uses stored m private households must not exceed three months' requirements of the family. Persons holding quantities m excess of specified limits
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    FELL FROM BUS
    31 1 A Chinese who fell of a trolley bus at the junction of Tanjong Panjang Road and Gopeng Street last night was taken to hospital suffering from multiple injuries.
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    JUTE FUTURES BAN
    28 1 The West Bengal Government has banned dealing m raw jute futures, "a form of gambling and the chief cause of the price rise."- A. P.
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    It could be the climate
    57 1 AN African chief, Micka, independent leader of 50.000 Kenya natives, paid a high tribute yesterday to Britain s all-out production drive. Micka, who is visiting Britain to study agricultural methods, said: "Britain is a fine country. I have not seer on* lazy man sitting under
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    Huks backed by Reds—Quirino
    125 1 Huks backed by Reds Quirino MANILA, Friday. THERE was no doubt that the Hukbalahaps m the Philippines were m communication with Communists, Filipino President Quirino said yesterday commenting on fresh disorders which have broken out m central Luzon. "The Huks are not constructive leaders of a peasant movement," he declared.
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    CLAIMS BY CHINESE
    80 1 A CHINESE Foreign Office source said yesterday that consular registration of personal property losses of Chinese m the Malayan disorders did not mean that the Chinese Government intended to press claims for repayment at present. "More important to all Chinese is the settlement of the Malayan problem.
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    The envoys will call again
    193 1 The envoys will call again MOSCOW, Thursday. THE three Western envoys are expected to meet the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, again on Friday or Saturday this time with the hope that final agreement will be reached on procedure for four-power talks on the future of Oermany. It is known
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    PROTEST AGAINST HOSPITAL SEIZURE
    39 1 HTHE Indonesian Republic -I- has protested U United Nations Good Offices Committee against Dutch seizure on Tuesday of a Republican hospital :n Batavia. The staff walked out, leaving about 100 patients m the hospita A.P.
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    Java estate pillaged
    24 1 Part of Tjisompet Rubber Estate, m Central Java. tM set ablaze yesterday by I rorist gang about 800 strong. U. P.
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    JULIANA TAKES OVER
    759 2 JULIANA TAKES OVER lULIAXA, Print Jof The Nell lamK will assume next month the heavy burden for which she I been preparing all her life. The retirement of a Wilhelmina takes v on September 4. On that day Juliana will her first drive through the capital city, dam, as Qn
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    RELAXERCISING
    374 2  -  FLORENCE MILLS By A. P. Correspondent TytRS. Claim Mann, golden haired dynamic beauty expert who uses music the whole gamut from Bach to boogie woogie to induce women to per their figures and stimulate their minds, is m Paris on a difficult mission. Shr is trying And the model
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    Bridge Problem
    215 2 Y^EST op. n. d the club the trick •nd ruffed a club Jr. dun. my. Then he led a spfidr *'>n with the juik .'nfted 10 a trump. Scu f h the opponents' trump urd i jack. Ihe finesse lost and, when E»M returntd il tiub ten, Wes
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    OLD-TIMERS
    296 2 Cooking Column By JOAN (Ml 1 lI I 111 SO many excit- Ing modern cookbooks full of new k and fancy dishes, one is to forget all about some of t oldvourito fulfil a for Ti I had to turn to Mrs I h that c C us reminded
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    RED HUES
    114 2 •THIS will I 1 autumn if d tivc French Carven has her way. In her B rolled inn sh" vable \o to fl d. <■■ .rile Of lometimef I finally, a UP v or pd fulness. beading or f an. SAUCY new black wool suit had a bi
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    INDIA AIMS TO BE WORKSHOP OF THE EAST
    617 3 INDIA AIMS TO BE WORKSHOP OF THE EAST factories set up with U.S., British aid JHE Union of India, now m her second year ol ».«k"? cpcndcncc has undertaken one of the mosi moitious industrialization programmes the world nas ever seen. Their ultimate aim, according to Sii »eneffal Rama Rau,
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    14 3 I: rid his U ptvt .ana Valley, near their :ying m the house born.
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    JAP INDUSTRIES TO HELP ASIA
    122 3 SHANGHAI, Thursday il capacity would be used to -'ruction and development of Dr P. S Lokanathan, Indian of the United Nations Economic ua and the Far East, said at a lere on Tuesday. %ounisell as caplinto ma- that it ions same "nited I thp :n
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    'GO WEST' GERMAN JAILED BY REDS
    60 3 A Soviet military court has enced to 10 years' imprisonment a German co-opera-tive stores manager, who urged customers to buy their food m the Western sectors of Berlin The accused had told Western sector inhabitants, who wanted to take advantage of the Soviet offer
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    Achondritic meteorite found in U.S.
    107 3 Achondritic meteorite found in U.S. THE discovery of the world's 1 largest fragment from an achondritic meteorite o.i a tarm r. ar Norton. Kansas last week has aroused w. spread Interest among scientists. The Unn-t rsities of Mexico a::d Nebraska h bought it at undisclosed pi An achondritic meteor. composed
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    Jail for child brides
    88 3 INDIAN child brides and bridegrooms will serve prison terms for marrying iilegf«Jiy if an unofficial bill discussed recently by the Indian Parliament becomes law. Th*, bill provides for a sentence of 15 days imprisonment for brides under 14 and for brkh grooms under 18 and three
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    19 3 Gold, silver and foreign currency converted into China's new gold yuan total art* $2,000,000 m Shanghai alone, says U.P.
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    23 3 Britain's only Olympic Gold medallists Stuart Morris and David Bond congratulate each other after winning the yachting Swallow Class series with 5,625 points.
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    OLYMPIC FILM SEP. 10
    73 3 u rLOKY OF SPORT"— the U £250,900— technicolor film of the Olympic Games will be ready for screening: m London an«l overseas on September 10. It has been produced by Mr. Knight with team of over two hundred who filmed the Victory Parade and the Royal
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    'SACK GOVERNOR'
    29 3 A petition by Falkland Islanders calling for Jie removal of their Governor, Sir Miles Clifford, has been rejected by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Archur CreechJonps rpnorts A.P.
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    15 3 Christine Norden, the jilm star, wears a striking halohat at a Roehampton Theatrical Garden Party.
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    INCURABLE' BOY TWICE CURED
    260 3 OIK-YEAR-OLD Trevor Groom, of Baron-road, Becontree, Essex, born a "Blue Baby," was considered incurable a year ago. He could not run He could not play. He became breathless and was m pain. J Now he is at home playing with toy motor-cycle and a steam-engine, and
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    He blames parents and licensees
    84 3 He blames parents and licensees BRITISH parents, landladies and licensees are blamed for the present trouble m West Africa by Mr Allison West African Secretary of the European and Colonial Oppressed Peoples Association. •'Parents breed hatred m the nursery with their bogey tales of 'the black man will get you'
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    30 3 A.T.S. girls from A. A. Command give a novelty "skirt and hoop P.T. display at a Royal Artillery show held m the Sheffield Sports Stadium m aid of Army charities.
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    PREMIER'S TRIBUTE TO 'FLYING DOCTORS'
    159 3 vyEST Australia's Premier, Mr. McLarty, has paid T? high tribute to five British doctors whom his Government has brought out to work m the far north-west of the continent. "They are doing a magnificent job," he said. "They are all 'flying doctors' of the type
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    Czechs are 'key to Red Europe'
    372 3 Czechs are 'key to Red Europe' PRAGUE, Wednesday. A LTHOUGH there are some differences 01 opinion on domestic policy within the Czechoslovak Communist Party, the Party is following the Cominform line and is being careful to avoid the ideological errors attributed to Marshal lito and his supporters, says Reuter. It
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    Indonesia is troubled
    900 4  -  ANDREW ROTH By fl aas just after the lisclosure of opium 3mugg)ii] from Jok Jakarta and the a I m o 8 t- sliniultaDeous celebration of the Third Anniver:he proclamation of die IrdoiK- n Republic. c Republic s spokesman m Singapore was depressed. Not so much about
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug, 27, 1948. No Truce in India
    209 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug, 27, 1948. No Truce in India REL n India reIceaplj It play but I o be I n to ai the quai ex- -lerabad. ar v which i i has y the of ernie Don A l od--1 I who to.. iis 40th birthd
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    FAITH
    16 4 ill i\u- tfaj I'HiK have I »'<«-n pl.t^utd imj chastened everj Minim ins 73. 14.
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    Japan buys US army surplus
    5 4 Japan buys US army surplus
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    Preparing for the Day
    133 4  - Preparing for the Day GEOFFREY GELDARD AIR COLUf By J r l is unfortunate 1 that Air Pay EL Air: mber 4 coinei< with a race da ngapore Turf Club. He the Air Day Committee has had 10,000 $1 tickets and 800 car tickets printed, and I doubt if many
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    TELEVISION SCORES
    456 4  -  COLLIA KNOX Ry COMETHING very v defini v happened tv telewon. i it is, it is p I )!ymi an.- and aim I k:: ily want I -In r I -ked th I how it Lik Britain's which nut only transmits out ntM with crystal clabut can pr
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    33 4 Wtu ti Hogarth secondary school. ChLsu London, plan to play tennis or cricket th own weather station to what the foreca 7ait- ing f. year his a man also i Mr. H LHASJHKASJHJNAS
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    Prison population rises
    454 4  -  RICHARD TOMPKINS H\ •Vi\ Correspondent LONDON. UKITAIN'S crime wave since the war has been the worst m nearly half a century and the prison population is soaring. "This reversion to conditions which have not seen for some 40 years is the more disturbing m that the peak
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    To make survey of Sarawak Chinese
    66 5 To make survey of Sarawak Chinese a Stall Reporter li nee Research >ut from the I nited Kingdom rapore. lie is 30-year-old Dr. uill spend the next 18 months will make a thorough survey imtry. Interview with the Free Hie Colonial Social Science ated to the Colonial Office, al cond
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    22 5 pictures. ire preSingapore yeswho arc accom- yage r. John Bradshaw vresi■r H Mea- Texas, on co. t head of the Free Press
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    $200,000 PRIVATE HOSPITAL FOR S'PORE
    340 5 Plans being studied Free Press Staff Reporter A PRIVATE 25-bed children's ami maternity hospital the first of its kind m Malaya will be built m Armenian Street, Singapore, If plans are passed by the authorities. The hospital, which will be built by Dr. William Heng,
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    38 5 pictwe The smouldering ruins of the packing shed on Amber E :a(e, Senai terday. More than 4 000 W. of scrap rubber and .s x tan> shed ucre destroyed after terrorists had set fire to th Free Press
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    One nomination only so far
    197 5 RURAL WEST BY ELECTION Free Press Staff Reporter •'pHOI'GH keen contest is expected m the Rural West by-election, to be held on Oct. 16, only one < i ndid.it e so far has publicly entered the field Mr. Cheong Hock Chye, the Progressive Party's nominee.
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    MALAY TRADE UNIONISTS
    79 5 idly Malay the Trade L. Bra lid m the p he had seen a bi^ m In the number of ■ip employment m and it was planned courage thi more imp Industry Sev ral Malay trade unions I b^vn formed and t 'her unions whose member ainly
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    WILL SURVEY MISSION WORK
    42 5 Makriig a survey ot m work m the Far Bast is the Rev. Edward De Persio, an American, who arrived m Sinpore ycsterdajF on the roe H i:itends staying m Sinpore for six weeks before moving to Burma.
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    CHINESE TRIPLETS
    61 5 Free Press Correspondent j SEREMBAN, Than. GIRL triplets have been horn to a 35-year-okl i Chinese. Ckaßg Sook Law, at the Seremban General Hospital. The woman, who lives m Loke Road, has six other children. The mother and the triplets are well. When born th*» babies weighed three
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    More polise from Palestine
    124 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE number of ex-Palestine police officers ana men for the Federation's special constabulary Is tr be increased by 200 maktiu a total of 500 special officers whose duties will no^- only b? the training of estate guards but also
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    S.V.C. OFFICERS DECORATED
    25 5 ri of the Settlements VolunForce have been awarded the Efficiency Decorations Lieut. -Colonel D. G. MacLeod and Major E. G H .lay.
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    MEDICAL CHIEF ON T.B.
    172 5 MEDICAL CHIEF ON T.B. ai Dr. W. J. Vick on r.B. last of the pul ••it is not the death r h w< it the In !i Is Imint," he said. toil r< a] and mental can b > achieved unless there is a very marked housing Improvement and a
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    MERCANTILE BANK
    24 5 The Board of Directors of the Mercantile Bank of In- dia has dec-ared an interim dividend of fiv<> per cent, less tax.
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    CARGO WAR RISK RATE CHANGES
    137 5 THE Institute of London Underwriters, m a new compulsory schedule of minimum war and strike, riot and civil commotion rates an- 1 nouncod these amendments affecting voyages to, from, between or calling at ports m the following areas:— Burma. China, Dutch East Indies, India, Malaya,
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    JOHORE WATER WORKS AIRSTRIP PLAN
    266 5 JOHORE WA TER WORKS AIRSTRIP PLAN Free Pres Reporter A PROPOSAL to buiild a p-ivate air strip m Johore. to facilitate travel by »ffieen of the Hilnjipwc Municipal Water Department to and from waterworks m Johore, is being studied by the W Engineer, Mr. F. G. Hill, who h.t- n
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    B.M.A STAMPS ARE USABLE AFTER SEPT. 1
    126 5 Free Press Stall Reporter OLD stamps, overprinted with the words "B.M.A. Malaya."' will not be sold over post ollice counters as from Sept. 1. but holders of these stamps will probably still be allowed to continue using them for a further short period.
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    David Hiven in U.K. for new film
    23 6 David Hiven in U.K. for new film a netc film. "Th Pimpernel." with hu on the deck of the Itner Britannic at Liverpool.
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    POLAR INVITATION
    18 6 The Br. n Office is cor.sid :ro:n *he N i "nent I nan Anl rear. U.P.
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    UK, FRANCE, RECEIVE MOST HELP
    405 6 UK, FRANCE, RECEIVE MOST HELP U.S. money props world economy SWITZERLAND, Thursday. BRITAIN has received more postwar grants and credits from the rest of the world than any other country, according to United Nations statistics just published here. Between May 1945 and June this year, government and private financial aid
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    U.S. agree to train Korean Army forces
    83 6 THE United State* has to continue trainIng X r- m armed forces rvs U American troops re- main m Korea. A formal pact providing for this has t ned by the Korean President. Syn^man Rhee. and the American Com- mander Lt.-Gen. John Hodge.
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    Pay Cuts: Labour Dept.'s Warning
    213 6 From Our Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. THE Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Pera (Mr. J. P. Biddulph) told the Free Press todii that "employers who try to cash m on the emergency to reduce wages will receive no encouragement from the Labour Department." However, he had
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    Cattlesbd murder: man to die
    119 6 Cattlesbd murder: man to die A 35-YEAR-OLD Punjabi. ii Dm. vai teiiteoced I to death by Justice Storr at the Ipoh As^.u-s for the I murder of a 50-year-old Sikh.! Achar Singh. :n Kampong Singhalese. Ipoh. The alh'Ked motive for thr crime was that the d« ci Mcd had given
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    A burning grievance
    67 6 A RGENTINA has found a A new way of putting "pressure" on Britain she is to keep a ceremonial torch burning until the Falkland Islands, which she claims ought to be hers, are handed over. The torch is just part of general celebrations to mark the anniversary
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    19 6 Hutt'in. t) star icit t > of Ted Bnskin. a H camera manufacturer, uith her seven-uecks-old daughter. Can dice Brisk
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    Jap author starts suicide wave
    145 6 k Tokyo suicide 'wave' has n been started since the author. CXsamu Da/v, threw himself into the Tamagawa sluice which feeds the Tokyo water reservoir {Sixteen suicides have since been roDorted m the drainage canal waterworks officiate say 30 bodies have been recovi red. Dramatic
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    8 Germans reach Eire in 32-ft. boat
    144 6 4 PARTY of eight Germans, including four womer 1 iirriwd m a Waterford (Eire) fishing village las tit after 26 days at sea m a 32-feet boat. They i tend to remain hr •l.re for 10 days before ri n their next move.
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    HOPE FOR ROME'S MISERY BELT'
    110 6 SOMEBODY is fin 10.000 resident r ,e6 oir ed I improvised from abanc son. -d from I d vehi< Rar lid iheir dd, clean streets and and -marble But now U 10.000 most of 1 behind R Ag: and engim iment v m replacin 6.000.000
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    GOOD DOUBLE FOR K.L. RACES
    594 7 Oregon and Gold Stream to win r-rJ^ cc^ Press Ra cing Correspondent bU «D double at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, opening: day of the Selangor Turf Club's Autr-sept. meeting, is Oregon and Gold Stream. I me six furlong handicap for class 2, div. 1 i n£
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    Woodcock to tight Lee Oma
    175 7 Woodcock to tight Lee Oma nKIIIMI fight promoter J»<.fc t -i SolM announced yesVrday that L e Oma 11-j t-or-oM America n hearrwa«ht, will fi«ht British heavywemht champion Bruce Woodat Harrirmay Arena on S*pt »1. Thi, wiM be Woodcock', nrst («nw*» since h« was tru>hed by American Joe Baksi ai
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    Fine gallop by Streotfield
    46 7 Fine gallop by Streotfield IN the only gallop on the X.1.. course this morning, Streatfield showed fine form when covering half a mile m 51 4 I tec. The going is firm. Likely scratching* are Belita. Hambrion. I'nited Sagittarius. Willoughby, Prince Avon. llacrnore. Saidan. Air Gee.
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    Jentalmen reply with 7 for 9
    10 7 Jentalmen reply with 7 for 9 v l j 0
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    BRADMAN IS 40 TODAY
    6 7 BRADMAN IS 40 TODAY ÜBO SCRATCHED
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    NEW PLAN FOR STORE BOXING
    323 7  -  CRUSADER By above will there be a re-. Perhaps the Singapore Boxing Board of Control could take the first step. A directive from the Board to all n md trainers *and boxers may well hav e the desired Mea: ;*>me faint hope of a revival
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    Briton fights Dara Singh tomorrow
    115 7 Briton fights Dara Singh tomorrow J£II a. the young B. toavywi clashes Dxa Singh, the S.kh giant, and All Malayan he€tvyw*- ght n for 1948. at th»- H Wcrld Stadium tomorrow a created a good imp: With hk ctory over Bosca Boa last week which h m for a clash
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    18 7 YESTERDAY'S I* X Rugby League "fc pool Stanley 3 Wdrnngtoo 40; Widnes 2, Salford 0. Reuter
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    TIGERS SCRAPE THROUGH
    424 7 Ti^er^ 2; Malay F.A. 1 SELDOM have the Tig< been seen to play so poorly as they did yesterday m their 8 A F.A. first division league game against the Malays at Jalan B* sar Stadium, and they j .nate to collect! both points against a team'
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    Valberg meets Creech-Jones
    36 7 Lloyd Valherg, Singaports Olympic high- jumper, seen shaking hands with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. A. Creech-Jones, who met competitors and officials of Colonial teams m London on Aug. 10.
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    S.C.F.A. delayed by 'unforeseen events'
    461 7 IJNFOKESEEN events had caused the delay and V postponements to Singapore Chinese Football Association fixtures m the southern section of the Malayan Chinese Football Association Cup competition, the secretary of the S.C.F.A., Mr. Koh Swee Chiang, said at a council meeting of the Association held
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    Queen's P. R. beat Leicester City 4-1
    59 7 YESTERDAYS V.K. leafiie football rcsolU mere: OND DIVISION Qaecn's P.E. 4 Leicester C. 1 tiiibi) mvbumi Bocram L*>*ton O. Mill wall NotU Co. 2 Wal«all third division Nonvnm r>on.ca<ter X i Tranmrre R. Hull City 6 Oldham I IRISH GOLD COT— IST BOIM)
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    Yorkshire win by 10 wkts
    327 7 pOUNTY teams generally found conditions good for batting yesterday and some sound performai. were accomplished even though Yorkshire finished off their match with a victory against Hampshire inside two days. Even here the Hampshire tail-enders proved difficult to dislodge, Bailey and Herman m particular batting
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    NON-LEAGUE CLUB PLAN CUP GAMES
    117 7 THE m Er. their plans time beinp and wil own Nal This n. mar National A clubs at a recent m arousing among B both Leap-.!f and It h the irnn-' clubs must pr that their r crowds and return if not lar clubs. The
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      108 7 Crossword Nc« 47S I U |3~| (4~T E~l |6" "^c j 1 ri i w j!4 if "~~i6^ zT rp g 35 34~55 ill 1 rT-Ekj 14, Partcle (4L 16. SW Collection (3 Writing fluid (3). 32. Not new <4>. 34- 39. Ooie Sat < Ll IS DOVNN aicour**: 8.
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    BIRTHS
    33 8 WARNES.— To Jean, wife v>f n C. Warnes, a daughter on August 25th. PRICKER. At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 25th August. 1948. to Paddy, wife of T rey Pricker a son
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    Federation of Europe: 'U.K. must act'
    128 8 Federation of Europe: 'U.K. must act' LONDON. Thurs. THE British Government was today subjected to strong public pressure to act as well as to talk about the European federation. The Premier Mr. Clement Attlee. wants to postpone any action and leave the subject to private organizations but growing numbers of
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    BIG U.K. NAVYAIR EXERCISES
    88 8 THE Ddttlesliip DuKe ol York with three aircraft carriers thro cruisers and more than a dozen destroyers and auxiliary craft w:ll take part m combined I tMd air rclsea m the English Channel at the end of September, the Admiralty announc* d last night. Aircraft of
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    INDONESIA HEALTH POOR
    78 8 THE Netherlands Government has reported to the United Nations a marked Increase m malaria, plague, typhoid, dysentery and smallpox m Indonesia. The "health of the entire population is gravely threatened," it said. The report added that the deterioration m health was due to the Japanese occupation, the
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    STILL ENTITLED
    40 8 Asked m the Indian Parliament yesterday whether the Government India proposed to abolish the tittei conferred on Irrdan officers by the British Indian Government, Mr. Sardar Patel. Home MinLster, aid the Government had not considered th« matter. Reuter
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    RECOVERY DRIVE IN CHINA MENACED
    369 8 RECOVERY DRIVE IN CHINA MENACED Illegaltrading begins again NANKING, Thursday. /\NLY seven days after the change-over to the fold currency, blackmarketeering is reported to have mushroomed again m many Chinese cities, threatening Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheks new bid for economic recovery. Chinese reports reaching Nanking say the Government's Aug. 19 price-freezing
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    HOPES FOR KASHMIR CEASE FIRE
    215 8 HOPES FOR KASHMIR CEASE FIRE NEW DELHI, Thursday. rE United Nations IndiaPakistan Commission are said to have agreed to accept the Indian suggestion for a "cease-fire" m Kashmir and the holding of plebiscite to decide to which Dominion the mountain State wUI accede. The Commission is said also to have
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    War talk at peace congress
    252 8 WARSAW. Friday. RUSSIAN .te Irya Ehrenb ,rld Congress Intellectuals which is mooting here to formulate a programme for world peace, that the Americans were prep^rin? for a "barb war." In a 40-minute attack Ehrenburg d«-scribed Americans as representing everyI thing from bourgeois barbarLsm to tavaf<
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    WANT BEER TO BE NATIONALISED
    201 8 WANT BEER TO BE NA TIONALISED LONDON, Thursday. of watery ale and queueing for cigarettes they cannot get, Britain's working people tonight demanded State control of the powerful multimillion beer and tobacco industries. The National Union of Public Employees, proponent* of extending social! jat ion to many private enterprises which
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    RED SHIPS OFF MALTA
    50 8 LONDON, Thursday. r£ Admiralty revealed today that five unarmed Russian trawlers had been observed m the Mediterranean area near Malta. It said that the trawlers had been m the ricinity of Malta for "«uite a while," and had been moving around "doing nothing m particular/ U.P.
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    13 to die for witchcraft ritual murder
    135 8 13 to die for witchcraft ritual murder MASERU. Basutoland. Frl. AN African tribal chleftainess and 12 African* were sentenced to death here yesterday for the witchcraft murder of an adult African on Jan 17. Evidence was given that, after a marriage feast, the chieftalness instructed that a man be killed
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    Atom victims were curable
    107 8 COL. Elbcrt Decoursey, who studied the eiii-cts oi atomic bombing m J.ij told the Internationa] s<x ol H»rmotol(Hiy m New York that American medical treatments could h ed hall of the 160,000 persons killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He examined 15.000 patit-nts and performed 260 autopsies
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    Rubber prices
    166 8 A SPECIAL Market curesotmdta rtTca the prices of mbbe* at 11 sun. today m follow*: per lt>. per ft. Bayers. SaOan. cv. ct» No. 1 H. 8.8. Spot N« i 1.8.8 roe In bairs S<*pt 41*4 43 No, 2 R.S.S. fob m bales Sept. .41 41 U No
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    SLICE OF HAMM
    28 8 Jeffrey Hamm, deputy leader of Sir Oswald Mosky's Union Movement was detained m a London hospital yesterday with head injuries and severe razor cuts.- U.P.
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    ACCOUNTS DROVE HIM TO SUICIDE
    137 8 LONLX)N f Thursday. MR. Clifford T. Ashbumer, 40. an accountant, couldn't stand the way his r.ew accounting machines were breaking down, but he managed to relax a little on his vacation, his wife said yesterday But, on the morning ne was to return from hla
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    THEY AGREED —ON MONKS
    80 8 HAIFA Thursday. THE United Nations Commission announced today that an agreement had been reached between the Arabs and Jews, under which five monks from the Trappist monastery m "No- Man's -Land" around Latrun, near Jerusalem, are permitted to resume work m their own vegetable nardens. The
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    TINS, RUBBERS ADVANCE
    290 8 LONDON, Thursday. 'piIFKE was a cheerful atmosphere m the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuters financial correspondent. Hopes were growing that the Moscow talks would produce a favourable turn and share prices responded to an increase m activity. Rubbers Guest Keen 45 9 Imp. Chem. Ord. 45
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    US seeks 30,000 tons of rubber
    251 8 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Thursday. ORESENT Anglo-American discussions m London 1 are partly concerned with the possibility of America buying 50,000 tons of the Board of Trade's 80,000-ton rubber stock, says the Daily Telegraph today. The paper makes this disclosure as the first
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    Bernadotte's ultimatum to the Jews
    106 8 Bernadotte's ultimatum to the Jews "THE United Nations 1 1 T W, 1 Bernadott*. has deman^Xt^ U visional Government at Tel Aviv a a!? Jew to evacuate positions they now frj area of Jerusalem. Failinr that 11^^ ask the Security Council to tX acL!^ J A report from the truce
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    RED WOMEN SHOT
    23 8 Gr day executed 15 guerrillas of them women One Communis; lear Sideropoulos secretary t ohyrop? Justice In 3i guerrilla government.
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      321 8 SITUATION VACANT APPLICATIONS for appointment as Probationary Teachers m the Dept.. of Education will b received up to 3 1st. Aug. 194*. ApDlications should be addrewed OH Dv Director of Education, Singapore, and must girt (a) Pud t, a«e and place of birth; cb> Detailed results obUJned la School Certificate
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