The Singapore Free Press, 29 July 1949

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press IN MAlAvl I J^gAPOBE. FRIDAY, JoFlsTrniT PKH b 10 < |.;ms
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  • 174 1 Will evacuate to Chungking tup n CANTON, Friday patch by air to Chungking. n«. 4 The BriUsh an <* American consuls-general m m Communist areas. Canton has oeen the seat of the Nationalist Goverrment since last February when It vacated Nanking as victorious Comnuinist armies
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  • 163 1 f7 WASHINGTON, Friday J <»ii! llted i StateS> Britain and Canada are to hold Lh S°" lon f Po"cy m the atomic enerev field, announced President Truman yesterday I his decision followed recent reports that Britain had asked for further technical information on atomic developments.
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  • 14 1 A new tropical storm was reported by the Manila weather Bureau yesterday.
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  • 32 1 Informed quarters In Brussels said yesterday that Belgian and rrench security officers were Investigating an international ring allegedly shipping recruits for Greek Communist forces from North Western European ports.- U.P.
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  • 50 1 ASKED m the Commons n yesterday what action he proposed to take over the petition by six Penang members of the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya for restoration to Penang of crown colony status, Mr. Arihur Creech Jones, Colonial Secretary, said he had not yet received it.- Reuter
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  • 63 1 THE Hong Kong Government announced yesterday that exporters of cotton yarn must surrender 50 per cent, of the proceeds from exports paid for m dollars. The regulation covers all yarn manufactured m China, Hong Kong. Macao and Korea. The move Is designed to conserve sterling area assets
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  • 153 1 SEOUL, Friday. A BATTLE appears imminent between 1,000 South Korean troops and I,OOQ North Koreans m the Kaesong area, 25 miles nojth of here, on the border between the Soviet-supported Northern Republic and the American-supported Southern Republic Southern troops captured a hill 200 yards
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  • 66 1 DR. KWAN CHI-YUI, chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Government's Mongolian and Tibetian Affairs Commission, yesterday denied that he was to visit Lhasa, capital of Tibet, to investigate a reported revolt against Chinese authority. He confirmed, however, that he would visit Sining, capital of Chinghai province, to
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  • 25 1 Nearly 30.000 stevedores struck yesterday partially crippling opera rtons m the port of Buenos Aires, one of the largest m the world.
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  • 59 1 TWO thousand more Japanese prisoners of war arrived m Tokyo from Siberia yesterday m the sixth ship ot the second round of this year's repatriation programme. Unlike the passengers of the Shinyo Maru. however, they caused no trouble. Meanwhile In the repatriation centre at Maizuru, officials carel'ully
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  • 90 1 STRIKE LEADERS CHARGED S MELBOURNE, Fri UMMONSES are to be issued under the Essential Services Act against miners and some union officials at Wonthaggi— Victorias only hard coal mine— for taking part mi n the nationwide strike without first holding a secret ballot. This was announced last night by Mr.
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  • 121 1 Officers club to close AFAREWEI.L dinner and dance will be Tield at the Mountbatten Club tomorrow night to mark the closing of the club on Sunday. The Mountbatten Club is to dose down because "the need for places like the Mountbatten has ceased to exist with the return of normal
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  • 36 1 During the week ended on Wednesday there were 188 arrests m the Federation one m Penang, four m Kedah and Perils, 77 m Perak, 36 m Pahang, 31 m Selangor ana 39 m Johore.
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  • 63 1 SIXTEEN British children who left Southampton by flying boat yesterdaj for Calcutta, Bangkok and Hont Long found gallons of ice cream, plenty of soft drinks, md piles of pames and magazines waiting for them m the aircraft. Their magic carpet was a h »lida> special of the
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  • 17 1 THE Dutch Minister of War Mr. Willem F. Schokking, will visit Indonesia next month.
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  • 23 1 The Far Eastern Economic Review published m Hong Kong: says Japan Imported U.S. 524.822.000 worth of goods from China during 1948.
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  • 119 1 THE WRONG HORSE WON GOODWOOD (Sussex), Friday. UORNET 111 will go down m racing history as the horse that lost a photo-finish. The stewards of the Jockey Club announced yesterday that the judge had misread the picture on Wednesday when he awarded the Bentinck Stakes to Lord Astor's seldink High
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    30 1 A.ie tide out, Mr. trie Meliiree, the pilot, and Miss Mady Comolli. a company employe, inspect the damase doiw to their Anson Feederliner when it overfan the Kalian? runway yesterday.
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  • 78 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE "Bisiey meeting of the 1 Singapore Rifle Association for the Malayan Championship will be held at the Seletar Range tomorrow and Sunday from 8 am The programme includes Individual, team and self-handi-cap events. There will be in-ter-club team and mter-ser-vice team aggregates,
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  • 226 1  -  ACHESON mm c WASHINGTON, Thursday, f Se^ ret;iry of State Mr Dean Acheson, told rW™w Ho s< of Representatives' Foreign Aft airs Committee today that he hoped to meet the Committee m closed session within the next few days to present the State Department's policy
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  • 74 1 THE Representative of the Government of India m Malaya, Mr. John A. Thivy, has been served with writs taken out by Mr. R. S. Herring:, manager of Dublin Estate, Kulirn, Kedah. and Mr. P. A. Gouldsbury, also of Kulim, both of whom allege libel. Writs have
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  • 70 1 N.Z. 'CURE' FOR SHORTAGE NEW ZEALAND will combat the dollar shortage through the Investment of foreign assets frozen there, said Mr. Walter Nash, Deputy Prime Minister, at San Francisco. Mr. Naih, who attended financial conference m London, said the investment of foreign assets frozen m New Zealand and a •'special
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  • 29 1 Petain Losing Mind' The son-in-law of former Marshal Petain said yesterday that the Marshal was barely able to walk and had almost completely lost his mental faculties.- A. P.
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  • 106 1 L.E.P.S riot in Nee Soon: 16 held JJreC Prrss stall I r CIXTEEN M;il. wore urn clash b a poU about 100 L.E.P.s m riit* vicinity of th»> village police statrun I night. Stones and sticks wcro used m the The cause <>i" which the C.I.D. Chin R. V. Powler,
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  • 41 1 TWELVE Italian 1 were injured when ing broke out duni bate on the IS-dftj old r munist inspired fa strik. The struggle Christian Dem Communist numb red after the Communl cused the using m settling kc U.P.
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  • 54 1 P^ BFBCIAL Marker ent fives the pi i, „f (m cents p«-r Ib.) at I I a.m JW follows; Buyer* SHItTi No 1 II S S Spot: loos* Fob m bales Ay* No. 1 R S s No. 2H S V H No. 3 R S S H
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    • 131 1 L T RADIO C<» 'etc/ Conirol, f Indigestion V, it ld f. Iy P re3c 'lbo<l »>y the medical proW v generally recognised that by \a I <* the principle of Acid Control Jt definite advance ln the treatment o? |1 anT°t« only the excess acid M g I, r/nrrJ^J
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    • 34 1 for tht be Food C Wine i Tow. Visit THE SINGAPORE RESTAURANT dAR 79,BRASBA5AHHOAO Reservations; Phone 4038 Xt /p£A ?^^fc Kich, line dM% tobacco and^ rtjTl the cork-tip t '^r^j&l cleaaer i IMPORTED "fROM^HONDON^EWOLANdI
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  • 486 2 iVS'V m case you are spending a holiday on the beach, remember that salt water can do damaging tilings to your complexion and hair il you don't guard against them. For the sake of your hair, mpoo it, or at least treat Ith ;i
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    15 2 H. ling, .2 of your children has not a new tooth f
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    440 2  -  JOHN WARE MEN'S DEPARTMENT By AFTER the '-'freedom A■• look" m men s suits, the shoe-makers ha v c produced w styles m shot's. They mostly follow the moci asm trend which started m America. But the British designs are an adaptation rather than a copy. Rugged la
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  • 119 2 fjr.Kr is a simple recipe for coffee nibes, with custard it is original, the Ingredient! are easy to get, and it does not require \or NEED 2 tabl*--sj>m»nfuK of gelatine; one* Jift.li pint (or I 07. > of coid water; 4 oz. susjar; i
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  • 211 2 %yHAT is comfort Designers, manufacturers and retailers have been giving themselves a headache trying to find out, because, they say, it is the most important selling factor today. A customer will buy an article <a> because it provides a ncw T interest and <b> be- cause it
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  • 215 2  -  SARAH LAYTON !Jv IF you're "around thirty" you are ;i very important person. As soon as the shops have cleared their shelves m the mid-year sales they will be filled with next half yearly fashions. Tnis sesfton the d< Lave concentrated en the woman who t
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    • 57 2 I V I/ lP I Tin* I < V 1 nrtc fru I tooth tnftrthrr I jT l^V OOVA II X Ultra smarf Su lolour Handbags AND EXQUISITE EVF.NfM POII, BATTERY ROM Gems, k^iwts#>i*< Buy With i KHALIK V*"ff. 11, THE ARCA. .jj-L. W(W A NAM£ AND Wt'^ X TO
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    • 494 2 F.V. C'^ossword Wo. 752 HIF HHF"! F"l I 4 i I 5 i |6 L_L_l_i_i_l_ YOUR LUCKY STAR. 9 10 liitl 12 1 DOKN totiav >»" have must not let yourself by i fa W% 7a l«T I W%> iZ tremendous physical rule 1 b> MMttMM .lone. lIP HP sumi.v
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  • 98 3 Grade II clerk made £23,500 v>lt si\KV question about imported k >nde<l the business career of a £333-a- v, zr>de temporary Civil Servants, who set Board of Trade, netting a profit of Ltover two years Leonard Houghton, of Springter, Essex, at the Old Bailey for two years and fined £1,000,
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  • 173 3 'Prince was drug pedlar A MAN known m the West End a3 "Prince Frederick of Pakistan" was found guilty on a drug charge. Sentence was postponed. Frederick Barnes, 30-year-old coloured builder, of Bayswater, W., was accused at Warwick Assizes on ten charges of receiving and DeIng m possession of drugs
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  • 23 3 The Polish Government hai condemned the recent. Papal edict threatening ex-"^^ f or catholics who were willing supporters of Communism.- Reuter
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  • 48 3 •!me Mr. the the and i to 500 irry 36 four above the weather at about 40,000 feet. The State-owned airlines have ordered 14 and the Ministry of Supply two The craft are not expected to be m commercial use till 1952- A.P.
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  • 24 3 Japanese fish product-^; i 1949 will top the output of ali fish producing nations, SCAP's fisheries adviser m Tokyo stated. Reuter
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  • 126 3 Few bowlers in the city THE bowler hat. once the trade mark of the smart City businessman has sunk low m popularity H t ?I in th »^t ware tiie Hatters' Information Centre too* a census at Charm* Cross Station, London. Out o 1,310 men makin* their way to work
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  • 26 3 The American ana Britisn military governments announced last night that many of their top officials would be shifted from Berlin lo V*extern Germany.- U.P.
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  • 57 3 THE French National Assam- bly ratified (lie Atlantic Fact has after an all-night sitting. Voting was 398 for ratification and 187 against. The debate wis marked by incidents and fisticuffs. Prance is the 9th country to ratify the Pact. Twelve have signed it. The Portugese National
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  • 56 3 TOP HANKING UnKeu States officers will fly to Europe today to discuss the arms aid progamme witn military chiefs of the Atlantic Pact countries and the proposed new military organisations. The mission vill be headed by Army Gen. Omar Bradley, Admiral Louis Denfleld. and Air
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  • 235 3 pt)RTY-YEAR-OLD Marian Kaczmarek, Polish "atom a£e M spy, spoke of his hatred from the dock at Manchester Assizes for the man who betrayed him. In thick, broken English he said of his lifelong friend Sigmund Balsz 31. "Once we were like brothers, but now I
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  • 49 3 SFVENTY thousand civil servants throughout Greece propose to strike next Thurs- day unless the government de- j cides to raise salaries by 65 percent The decision was taker Dy j the Civil Servants Executive Committee when the government announced an increase m salaries by 30 per cent.
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  • 518 3 Bank Holiday programme Free Press Staff Reporter Mhlj a^ bi gest carn «val of sport will be c g th j COn JJ! lg A Y^ ust Bai holidays, starting on Saturday. There is scarcely a game m season which will not be
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    36 3 Franz Bauer (centre) i*t Posing, Germain rnjovs t»w doubtful distinction of being the loo.ooftth Gerauia prisoner of war to l>r rrturned from imprisonment m KussU. Ilrr«* be i> uith P.o.W. W.9»9 (left) and P.o.W. I<M>.O#l (rirh'
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  • 96 3 THE Government has decided not to introduce a bill m the Legislative Council to Increase the Municipal Commissioners term of office by a year, Che Sardon oin Haji Jubir wa s told at yesterday s meeting of the Legislative Council. The Government reply said considerations which
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  • 38 3 The Chinese Communist Government has put large quantities of rice on the market m Shanghai, driving the price down by about 25 per cent, m two days, a New China News Agency broadcast said- Reuter
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    280 3 VX7ESI feared tn.it since Noi had bid diamonds a?, hearts and raised spades, h« might be void of cub*. Hfe fou diamonds to the jack, plus South > club bid. lulled hi-n into believin that he could afford to wait t his club trick or tricks; and. In
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  • 218 3 pGYPTIAN-BORN Dr. Ismail Tewflk, of Gillingham, Kent, was said by Mr. Justice Barnard m the Divorce Court to have degraded his wife day by day m the presence of the servants. The fixed Intention, he said, was to drive her out of the house. The
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  • 37 3 THE Thailand Ministry of Finance nas deolded to print cigarette duty labels abroad as duty label*, are 100 easily forged In Thailand when the originals are printed by the Government Tobac- co Monopoly. A.P.
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  • 213 3 QEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND overseas visitors are expected to bring Britain about £70,000,000 m 1951 festival year said Mr. Herbert Morrison In London. More than one-third of the money would be m dollars or hard currency. "This," Mr. Morrison told the Travel Association's annual meeting. Here are
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  • 46 3 MRS. Jean Donaldson, 32, was fined k 1 for poshing a perambulator m London while intoxicated. A policewoman said Mrs. Donaldson and her infant narrowly missed being hit by a bu*. The formal charge was "drunk In charge of a child."- A.P.
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  • 16 3 Hus#ein bury Pasha 19-membet Egyptian co*\ Cabinet held tti flni Ing m Alexandria. Reuter
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  • 87 3 THE Rtbber Miinuiiij-r -irrr.i Association has r rhat June con* urn p? I new rubbe- i>• died 84 tons tons, an Inrrcian 4.17 c r over the May fign I 81.293 tons. Natural rubber used ttai the month amount* 1 1 to 4 long tons,
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    • 140 3 SYEARSi5 YEARS i ALL PURE LAMB'S WOOL j WILL NOT SHRINK L* fAST TO WASHING MOTW. PROOF ODOURLESS NOTE THE EXTRA LENGTH 62" x 84" 522.50 72" x 94" $29.50 IN PASTEL SHADKS SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENAN G eft MMfefk .M<M^ -s,^^ VIOI.IW PIANO V Superb -His M*-fi'i's oi« |f^-or4.
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    • 554 3 iINGAPORE ot corvent films by Wats' I Eastern Affairs; Interlude; English VETWHRB °n 7.30 Round-up on the Ranse- Lesson iBBO; 300 Siamese: and 41 A selection of popular cowboy Programme News; 8.15 Siar l ler soots 8. Talk 8.15 Friday Prom mese (BBC); 8.30 News (Eng- from K.L. Concerto In
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  • 631 4 M uninformed, and a misinformed, nunsen has been talked m about social Ices. Tile nonsense talki >f two schools f demand the i to produce a fully.ne of social m the cradle-to- grave "pattern that it i Great
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  • 755 4 Lieut. Col. John Baker White, M.C., M.P., has represented Britain at a number of international conferences m Geneva and is author of Red Russia Arms," "A Soldier Dares To Think** and 'The Soviet Spy System." Director of the Economic League from 1f)26 to 1915, he
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  • 141 4 A SOVIET coal miner J\ receives 1 ?.uo roubles a month as his flat wage. Here's how his budget works cut m one month: Wage 1,200 roubles. Government deductions 195 rouMes. Rent and food 820 rouoles Balance at end of month 186 roubles The sum
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    18 4 ft* n/iravs the same on holiday oei a goraeous tan but Fred net>4r seems :o catch the sun."
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  • 968 4  - Indians In Burma Watch The 'Writing On The Wall' DOUGLAS LACKERSTEIN By RANGOON: JiUi 600,000 odd Indians m Burma are scanning wit li anxious eves the still faint writing on the Burmese political wall and waiting for a clearer outline to tell them their future destiny, To remain In Burma
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  • 718 4 Vassily is the apple of Stalin's eye STOCKHOLM: INTO the news again come the Stalin children, with the report from Switzerland's Neve Zurcher Zeitung that the Soviet leader's pride and joy, MajorGeneral Vassily Stalin, of the Ked Air Force, is now being groomed for an important Government post. The paper
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    31 4 Quick service is provided for dnve-in lunchers ai tl Angeles, California. Covered tray? sped along rails to the ccr can be returned to the kitchen by a button-pushing attendant the tracks.
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  • 9 4  - Navy POs don't like Nelson UNKNOWN gjul I I
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  • 103 5 inr Press Staff Reporter at which offences against the law imitted is 13 m the case of males and 18 of females This observation was made Vlr. T. P. F, McNeiee, Secretary for plfari Singapore. m the Department's five-year thai the treatment of juvenile the very
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    26 5 picture. I boys who paid a visii to the P ft O ngapore. About 10(« boys between the twelve were taker round the ship. Free Press
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  • 440 5 SE RVICE FOR JOBLESS IN S'PORE "71 /f' 7 T Mobile exchange plan studied MOHM v reSS Staff Re P<>rter 4 MOBILE employment exchange may be used mJt nK ?JP ore to find out what the unemployment s.tuat.on ,s like m the rural areas. The Fwe 1 ress was told
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  • 185 5 McKERRON: 'MUST BE PREPARED' Free Press Staff Reporter THE Colonial Secretary, Mr 1 P. A. B McKerrcn, said yesterday that it was more essential than ever that "we m Singapore Keep ourselves armed with 'he powers necessary to maintain peace m this Colony." He said that Communists were attempting, as
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  • 39 5 PASSING-OUT PARADE THE passing-out parade of No. 95 Squadron of the R.A.F. Regiment Malaya) will be held on Aug. 5 at R.A.F. Station, Sembauang. when the salute will be taken by the A.oc. Malaya, Air Vice Marshal F.J.W MelUrsh.
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  • 21 5 The Government of Singapore will invite tenders for an issue of $14 millions by Treasury Bills on Aug. 10.
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  • 22 5 T- Pan-Malayan nuiigkong University Alur I Association will hold a (.inner party at the Seavuw Hotel tomorrow at 8.15 p.m.
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  • 80 5 riiHE Singapore GovernJ. merit's share of a bill for the maintenance of 19 enemy alienr (Geimant) transferred from the Colony to Ceylon m 1941 a.a war defence measures came to $17,262, and ha> just been settled. The Finance Committee, reporting In che Singapore Legislative Council yesterday
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  • 143 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. A PAN-AMERICAN World Airways air stewardess Pegffy Gillespie. who arrived m Singapore yesterday, believes that the standard of service of Malayan air stewardesses is comparable with that M r i world. Pe??y fl#w to Singapore ym Bangkok with Chief Air stewardess.
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    47 5 picture. »*iv< l*« ..ilhsDie. rmu \.nerican World Airways r- <c*ntr?) wh \ntve4 m Singapore yesd b« Mrwayi 1 from Ban?kok to giv»- a He'u-ih Tapt. P, i. Mollard (Irft). general nlnw; ol .!Sm/*T d -ays and Mr. Gordon IMM >4.ri;'.l 'i'^s Muji**"-- for F \.A. Free Press
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  • 248 5 'Buyers may have to compete MALAYAN RUBBER FUTURE 4MKRICA may one day have to compete for Malayan rubber, said Mr. A. Bland (alder, m charge of the economic section of the American Consulate-General m Singapore, speaking to members of the Slngapoie Rotary Club yesterday. With economic recovery m Europe and
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  • 121 5 MR. C W. U. a leader of young men's work m -he Worlds Alliance of V.M.C.A. i will visit Singapore and probably the Federation ot Malaya before attending the V.M.C.A. South-East Asian Conference m Bangkok m August. He is the chairman of the World Christian Youth
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  • 111 5 Trih flrst batch of l(i Gurkha N.C.0.8 from Gurkha nlimenti and units m FARKLF are attendhig a coui.^ of administration duties at tilt GHQ School of Administration, FARELF, Sinpapore With the N.C.O.s an- thr; .> King's Gurkha Officers and two Warrant Officers who aw also attending
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  • 48 5 general meeting cf mem's of the Singapore branch the Society of Licensed craft Engineers will be 'd on Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 5 a. at Kallane: aimori. The purpose of the meeting to discuss the proiectoi Mvities of the ST..A.E at Hang on Air Day
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  • 22 5 Mr. A. D. York has b.tn ~Dur,inted to act Commissicner-Generr foi I Colonial Affairs In Corn- mi sMon^' -Genera!.
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  • 96 5 Sjlllix.Mb or tne GMq School of Administration, FARFI.F. They include three King's Gurkha Officers, two warrant officers and lo N.C.O.s from Gurkha regfmeatai and units. Bested ar" (loft tc right), RQMS Puma Bahadur Gurun?, Jemadar Padam Jang K;»i. Capt. W. N. R. Scotter of 1 2nd Gurkha Rifles
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  • 63 5 COLONY GESTURE LAUDED 8 of :t ci the Ped< Th< Becrftan I ■ays: "I i»m n this Import am) I tec tl ture of thr Sintai ciovci nment .> 11l cularly hearteni m t,, all i eenu The Comn General's n ind'Td li U Ing gesture to and. if I
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  • 13 5 held at tn, I Si.iizapore. >ti £\H lay, a'. 10.30 am.
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  • 3289 6 Form guide for tomorrow's races Free Press Racing Correspondent MERLIN, an improving four-year-old, won his race last Saturday convincingly and should have no difficulty m completing a double for the Penang Turf Club August Bank Holiday Meeting. He is up a division, but has not
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  • 215 6 grjlsg jrfhgjrjgkrpgjhrojhtdghjntdgfkjh kjhgjrhi LONDON, Friday. BRITISH Government stocks, wh\ch again dominated attention m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, closed much steadier after slumping to their lowest prices m ten yc-ars. Heavy and occasional panic selling at the start of dealings touched off fresh declines of
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    • 96 6 MdlidrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya *MJSB«» .HON^.^uPwmmj- -^YJSSr^'l ftkWiU V "^r\\MC^R -\1 IOF DEREK. -P^TfpiV > TH£PICTURE.^m-DiAMONO -^!Sj M 4- ftSL ~23H I A kl C JAINt Exclusive to the Sinpapon Free Press m Malaya HM/- MY PISTOL/- f JTWAS/— >J KwkAT/- AND LOCE I PiIAY,
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  • 192 7 RAF CRICKET, SOCCER XI's FOR JAVA Six-day visit m August JUh tommander-in-Chief, Far Kast Air Force has v acccpted an invitation from the British Cqnsul-Genewl m Hatavia, to son™ represent. SouX^. and <Tilk t team «> BaE an J d sides Netherlands Services and other local The teams will leave
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    8 7 IHtS ALWAV? Mtrti LUCIA IWITU Ml? TE-E- <?HOT^
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    27 7 pi'turo. Whitehorn. the Irmi Nay, n MMi Hears from th< i».,t f I i e n Vf r" an 2 w «^-h»lf, Chines S?ht wtaS.% >"~^ Free Press
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  • 80 7 PENANG. Friday It th« weather stays fine, the >Ing for the last races of the Penans Tun Club meeting will bo On a fa: trade this mornini; a few horses were given spurts down the straight. King Arthur was not fully nded w lining cs. Trainer
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  • 132 7 JAMES FUuHd, of the New York Athletic Club yesterday improved on the world putting the shot record with a throw of 17.79 metres during the second stage of the three- day international athletes meet between the United j States and Scandinavia at Oslo yesterday. The official
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  • 21 7 THE Khalsa Association are holding hockey practices on Tu.s--i days and Thursdays on their gTOund m St. Goorge's Road.
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  • 273 7 \yAKWiCKSHiiti: defeated Northamptonshire crirkift ,7 u y by wickets after l fluctuating day's cricket at Birmingham, m which 21 wickets fell for htl. rUnS ;u' a rw l cksllire began the da > 105 runs benincl on the first innings with seven uickets to fall,
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  • 287 7 Yorkshire lead on 1st innings A< tivc ct ntury by the former England captain, nan Yardley, his first of the si as< .1, and an ac Innin 1 m young Bri:.ii helped Yorkshir< Reid to pain a of New Zealan half the 111 rdley produced I form of the summer
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  • 183 7 Wool ley hits a six PRANK WOOLLEY. lormer Kent and England left-handed batsman, now m his 63rd year, yesterday revived memories of hts former greatness by orm-drivin^ a ball from Reg Perks for six at Worcester. He was playing for an Old Eng land XI. captained by P. O. H.
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  • 38 7 IUE Vella, Gus Lesnevich's manager, last night rejected the offer made by promoter Jack Solomons t< mutch Lesnevlch .against the world light-heavyweight champion. Freddie Mills, m a title fight m London In October A. P.
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  • 530 7 V|SITS OF FOREIGN TEAMS IN important rullnf laid down i, y the Singapore Xmateur Football Association Council at i*s .ncetins last night is that all initial arrangements or the visit of any touring team to the Colony should first be submitted to the S.A.F.A The
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  • 87 7 retired cri iterday lub They lnd name): C. J. B; rnett, shire, 20 Tests; S. F. Warwickshire and Lanca- 27; L. B and Somera I fwes, Yorkshire, 15. O. Dv« Lancashire, 24 A P. Pree- I G. C^tary, shin 14: G Gunn, Nottinghamshire, 15; J. w.
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  • 116 7 THE b.A.F.A. Council, at its meeting last night, decided ;o Mr. Kwok Ah Keng of :.rma to referee the M Cup soutln m sectl< n replay between Singapore Civilians and Army-Navy on Aug. 7. i"he action was m response to a request from the Referees'
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  • 173 7 N exciting international striKSle amorij; representatives 01 ngland. Ireland. Belgium and South Africa Is developing m th Irivh np.n golf championship, th^ eroml round of which was pl^c' rslcirtay on the Belvoir PPra r •ti >r, Belfast. \t the end of the txf* play th
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  • 71 7 j T HE anticipat. v last (our In the Bhaenger professional mwn tennis tournament emerged from yesterday'i quarter-finals. Results wore: Jack Kr:i (America) bet Kul Schrned'.r (Sweden) 6-4. 6-0, ft I; D<mr»ld Budge (America) beat M A I r 'rpr 'Ecvpt> 6-4, 6-1. 6-1: Dinny Pail? fAustr^ fi)
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  • 33 7 FAm Philippine- > "as heal '.-4, 6 1, on Wp<Jiy by ItirhnrUs s>iv.r N'pw J~r."-.ey> In the third round of the Meadow Club invitation t^nnk tournament nt F' r'-ampt.on. Nt"A York- Reuter
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  • 15 7 rNIGHT'b boxins card at the Happy World has been postponed to m-xt Friday.
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  • 181 7 \tnu uerDy s iour-year-oiu con, \l>( idon, en- hanced his reputation as the greatest stayer m Europe by winning the £3,435 (.oodwood (tip run over two miles and five furlongs yesterd.iv Ridden by Douglas Smitn and* a hot favou: 100 to 30 on, Alycidon, by Donatello
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  • 437 8 'AGGRESSION BY RUSSIA POSSIBLE' Acheson warns U.S. Congress WASHINGTON, Friday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Aeheson, told Congress yesterday that the United States should bogin promptly to rearm Western Europe because "the possibilities of direct military aggression" by the huge Soviet forces cannot be ignored. Leading oil the
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    75 8 photo. Aiomic scientists m the F'nited States hope to obtain a now and clearer understanding of nuclear forces as the result of cosmic ray data obtained by instruments m the nase of a rocket Which attained an altitude of 86 sniles above the ocean. Picture shows the rocket m flight
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    50 8 photo. Enzo Colomno. 51, leaves London's B »»v Street Conrl after appearing on a customs summons which ■ought forfeiture of £50JM worth of jewellery on which it was alleged no duty had been paid. Colombo* 4 former Milan jeweller, fled the Mussolini regime and went to England In 1939.— A.P.
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  • 135 8 REDS ARE 'POLITE, CORDIAL' BERLIN, Fri. HHHE Russians agreed to two JL Allied demands last night and said they would consider a third m what Western officials described as the "most polite and cordial" meeting of the Berlin commanders since the war Soviet Major-General Alexander Kotikov told the Western Command
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  • 20 8 I President Quirino will I issue a proclamation dec- iaring Oct. 24 Dnited Ma- tions Day.
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  • 42 8 THE South African Finance Minister, Mr Nicholas n.ivenga. said m London yesi terday America's gold policy is harming world trade. A higher gold price, which the I U.S. Government opposes, would ease the world dollar crisis, he said.
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  • 33 8 The Ministry of Supply announced last night an immediate increase m the price Lt will pay for rough copper. It boosted the price to £77 10s. per ton from £70.- A.P.
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  • 65 8 MILAX, Friday. UHOTOGRAPHERS cruis- ed out to take pictures of Mr. Winston Churchill sicimming. but police pelted them ir 'h stones and drove them off. Mr. Churchill, vacationing at Gardone on Lake Garde m Northern Italy, had requested privacy from newsmen arid photographers. The Milan
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  • 82 8 NEW YORK. Friday. FURTHER corrective profit- taking and some liquidation continued to impede the summer recovery and brought a small majority of fractional losses to the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. The market was colour] h the desire to allow correction run its course, to leave
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  • 118 8 SHANGHAI, Friday. r PHE Communists are having to discharge more people from government-owned enterprises m Shanghai. The newspaper Liberation Daily disclosed today that 27 per cent of 3,400 employees of the Government Board of Agriculture and Forestry had been released. There also was a report
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  • 66 8 NEW YORK, Fri. TUfE director of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences m Bombay, Dr. J. M. Kumarappa, is; one of the criminologists selected by the United Nations Secretary General to advise the United Nations on future crime prevention programmes. Dr. Kumarappa and six
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  • 160 8 LAUSANNE, Friday. rpHfc United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine announced last night that Israeli and Arab delegation, here had agreed that their talks should aim nf a 'definitive settlement of the Palestinian problem and the establishment of a just and permanent peace In Palestine." Describing
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  • 48 8 Chusan Island for Shanghai yesterday to tow the damaged Blue Funnel liner AnchLses 8.292 tons) to Kobe, for repairs. The Anchises was damaged during; Nationalist air attacks last month. Under a safe conc'uet agreement with the Chinese Government, the tvs; is being escorted by Nationalist warships. Reuter.
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  • 86 8 4 CHINESE houseboy m. Los Angeles, facing drport.ii\ tion to China under the Oriental Exclusion act. committed suicide by hanains because he would "rather be dead than live under Communist rule." Mr. Leon Simons told police that his servant. Say ffmif. 27, had previously said thatlie
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  • 145 8 SURPLUS FOOD SCHEME NEVA, Fri. ON the Initiative <>f India, v. icier International action *o increase world lood supplies by disposal of surpluses is shadowed m a resolution passed here by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Mr. D. P. Adarkar, economic adviser at the Indian External Aflairt Ministry,
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  • 35 8 FILIPINO Cor. nelio VaUareal, chairman of the Lower House Committee on Un-Filipino Activities, is reported to have said that educational Institutions m the Philippines :ire full >f Coir \s
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  • 168 8 GENEVA. Friday. OPEAKING at a United Nations Economic md Social Council debate on international measures for training public administration officials, the Indian delegate, Mr M. J. Desai, said senior evil servant* should be "shaken out of their traditional routines" and become "actively Interested 'n new methods
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  • 23 8 President Quinno may address the American Congress during his forthcoming visit to Washington, it was reported m Manila yesterday. -A. P.
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