The Singapore Free Press, 11 April 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ■> SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    JOCKEYS WEPT FOR DAWSON
    493 1 Police hunt the killers From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Tuesday. yyHEN the hand grenade came through the window of the Hotel Mctropole at Ipoh last night, jockey Charlie Ellery shouted "bomb" and dived behind a pillar. But Ted Dawson did not realise what he meant, sat where
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    33 1 pit'turf Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Funk, after their marriage this morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Mrs. Funk is the former Miss Belina Chun? En Moi of North Borneo. Free Press
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    Battle delays night mail
    21 1 Reporter I MCOIMI I r.eld up Axemen; >] and b of ..ne and ..:e k B -er hea-
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    A coming to S-E Asia
    32 1 im>\. Tues. I o question of i it'ttten being tn \dmiralty >pok- r■ i iid intbatten is r^lin- >Ifditerranean \t month to hi> tppointtnent llm Fourth U.P.
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    CHAKMAK DEAD
    13 1 Chakmak, nder of the )rld War I, i/ibul after a A.P.
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    30-NEEDLE MEAL
    13 1 ilkman'a wife 30 sewing nail was re- on well yes- A.P.
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    Hatta pleads for unity
    219 1 JAKARTA, Tuesday. DR. Mohammed Hatta, Indonesian Prime Minister, appealed m a broadca&L last night to Indonesians m and around Macassar scene of last week's revolt under Capt. Andi Abdul Aziz, not to support his actions, "which will possibly result m the tearing to pieces of the
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    19 1 Mis* Carmen Franco 13--year-old daughter off General Franco, was married m Madrid yesterday to the Marquis de Villaverde, physician.
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    DUTCHNOD TO BAO DAI
    78 1 DUTCH NOD TO BAO DAI WASHINGTON, Tues. THE Netherlands is expectA ed to announce within the next 24 hours its recognition of the newly created Vietnam government of Bao Dai and the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia. The United States of xndonesia. equal partner with the N therlands m the
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    6TH SMALLPOX VICTIM DIES
    53 1 THE smallpox outbreak m Glasgow claimed its sixth victim yesterday when Miss Catherine Wilson, a 20-year-old nurse, died m the Knightswood Hospital where she had worked. Miss Wilson was one of the 16 smallpox cases treated m Glasgow. There have been no new cases m the
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    KILLS IN FLIGHT
    26 1 A new insecticide, called Allethrin and shown m New York, Is said to be strong enough to kill a housefly m flight. A.P.
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    ESCAPED PREMIER
    22 1 The Indian Governmer asked Pakistan to ex Lalk AH, the former P. of Hyderabad, who recentl> fled to Karachi- U.P.
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    55 1 pictures •1 brought my bow and arrow to the championships but nobody asked me to play" thought the little gibbon (above) as it sat on the touch line at the University of Malaya's ground yesterday watching the first Singapore archery championships. Right— Miss D. R. Huijer. a Naval Base bowwoman.
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    'LIMIT HELP TO MALAYA': AUSTRALIA
    125 1 'LIMIT HELP TO MALAYA': AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE. Tues. ANY Australian aid against Malayan banditry should be limited to calling on volunteers to form a special police force for service m Malaya and sending small arms if needed, says the influential Melbourne morning paper, the Au;e. In a leading article. "Asian opinion
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    RED LEADER WON'T EAT
    64 1 Turkish Communists watched anxiously yesterday as Nazim Hikmet. the nations leading Communist and poet, went inio his third day of hunger strike "to death m protest against the government's determination to keep him m exile. Hikmet has refused to t-at a single drop of water since
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    Catholic 'slaves'
    35 1 The Vatican last night broke its long silence on the state of Catholicism m Poland with a bitter report claiming that the Communist government is "enslaving" and wiping out 21.000.000 Polish Catholics U.P.
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    U.S.I, to take over Dutch shipping Co.
    114 1 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. THE Government of the United States of Indonesia has proposed taking over the whole fleet of the Royal Netherlands Steam Packet Company, X.P.M., m Indonesia During the period of payment the present management would continue to control the company but
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    U.N. MISSION IN S'PORE
    69 1 A SIX-man U.N. mission, headed by Mr. Maurice Pate, Executive Director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, arrived m Singapore today by X.L.M. Constellation from Jakarta. The mission will spend two days m Singapore for discussions with the CommissionerGeneral which, it is understood, will
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    MANY FLEE FROM QUAKES
    46 1 People camped m the streets or In fields of Reggio Calabria on the southern tip of Italy yesterday, after a double earth tremor. Many fled from dance halls and cinemas when the city rocked but no serious damage or casualties were reported.
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    AID FOR VILLAGES
    21 1 The Indonesian Republican Government Is to make two to three million guilders available to improve Sourabayas villages. Reuter
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    Mrs. Stewart's letter
    81 1 A LETTER arrived m Australia recently addressed: "To a flight hostess who lives m the Country north oi Sydney on a sheep farm, who flew from Singapore to Karachi on Monday, Dec. 12." The letter had been posted by Mrs. Duncan Stewart, widow of the assassinated Governor
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    STILL GRAVE, SAYS NEHRU
    220 1 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. rHE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, said yesterday that the newly concluded 12- point Indo-Pakistani agreement to protect minorities had prevented an international catastrophe but warned that the situation was still *rave. Mr. Nehru said commuiuu rioting, which had caused more than a
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    The Flying Trader tries again
    142 1 The Flying Trader tries again F. P. Shipping Report, r TNDETERR£D by the thivat U of th»' Nationalist blockad*\ the 7.600-ton Isbrandts-n Line freighter Flying Trader is carr>'ing on h»-r blooka' busting by sailing for Sha: hai from Singapore today. At the moment, she is !y.: alongside the wharf at
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    PLANS FOR JAPAN
    25 1 Plans to make Japan supporting after American airt ceases are now being studied by the Economic Sta! Board m Tokio A. P.
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    GROUCHO IS SAD
    20 1 The film comedian. Grouct;<> Marx, saici yesterday that may soon divorce his f •because ue are unhappy
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    Crying Over Spilt Milk
    506 2 MARGARET SHERMAN lifts some simple ways of removing spots* and disfiguring stains. IIIK British Navy has always been a weakness with me, and never more so than the other Sht when swift aci on the part of one naval type Mved my evening— and my new
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    'I HAVE WRONGED MY WIFE'
    661 2 'I HAVE WRONGED MY WIFE' CANON WARNER advises married couples I HAVE dune my ivife a <7rea£ wrong. We have been married over 20 years: she is a grand person, charming and good-looking, but her physical attraction finished for me s m ome years ago. and we have not lived
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    PINS
    287 2 PIN S Every year 750 tttns of them keep Britain and her cusUnners pinned together, says Margaret Dale. MNCE upon a time people returning to Britain from a visit to the Continent were not questioned about currency, but were asked gravely: ■•Have ye any Richard the Third had banned their
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    U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY
    427 2  - U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY KAY MURRAY By WHITE collar workers are headline news here In New York this spring. The whiter and larger the collar the better. It's all m aid of this "larger at the top" fashion, which has been endorsed by the three fashion centres of the world. New
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      49 2 LADIES! Advantage of this Special Offer m OUR ANNUAL SALE \> Lightweight Roll-On Girdles All Elastic two wav suspenders Site M USUALLY $4.50 NOW $3 5^ ROBBNSONS RAFFLES PLACE SPC'^ the newest range ...Printed Taffetta .A I All .11 60 •62 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE:: PHONE 7238 LADIES* DRESS MAKERS
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      51 2 Solution To Crossword No. 17 SOLUTION. Across: 1, UdU 3. Proper. 8 Send. 9 Unt.e. 10 Stable door. 12, Team worker 16 Virtu. 17. Stone. 18, Lolled 19 Skit. Down. Desist. 2, Syria 4 Round house. 5. Patio. 6, Roed. 7 Field mouse. U, Ardent. 13, Eiuxl 14, Knock. 15.
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      55 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR R ol:s nal mates it easy mr to p»-!v a4mi from ail m^. As a leadtr come highiv your ow B are not the t>pf ronfined wMliin 4 smtD irroup ai.' h ay»- tv minor r> self out at pride v! ment. am! 1... r. j»»: ahrad
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    NEW RED PUSH EXPECTED SOON
    464 3 U. S. faces series of weak spots 4 PR1r c v WASHINGTON, Tuesday. A^Swtl tol war P° lic > of containment of t -ak f n H 5S' On aPPears to be mi n a dangerously ".Ice lh f«-T?h a d rnUed States officials .ffensive.
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    'THE OLD MAGIES' WILL GO
    40 3 lay. irr.aik. the oerevi Magpies, near tic -t regular •-coach London la being swalfor nines or' airliners ill parts of iibouring the Old lebouae as d legenc 1 rurpin no, i est Bess lorerounfi Reuter
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    47 3 ke, thr .iiiidon v > tirst Fir.>tar< frastilt into vtiuv «s it inikfs it*. i it lb< pcMfita p«>.»l. lifl<>\»-, a I Its peel Ihf r. nprror Ls MM of r i!id nol Mirvivr) wliith started thoir iretic by ship ;ind were th»*n fl(»v\n f'rituin from M<mt«-\ idio
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    UNDER WATER 21 DAYS
    41 3 UNDER WATER 21 DAYS The U.S. Navy announced terday that one of Iti Snorkel submarir.es made a 21-day 5.200 mile run from I Kong to Pearl Harbour without surfacing Officers believe it i .is the run ever made v L\- A.P.
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    All-weather aids for carrier planes
    66 3 l'\ll\F\T. Maryland. Tuesday and air navigation experts here I thei were eonvinc-d that an all-weather B tan be evolved for aircraft-carriers. \ch a system is linked with the tig jet plants back to their carriers supp] exhausted. pj :i it Only ::s dri UfMculti^ ng
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    Credit in Sydney
    55 3 SYDNEY, lin Cl STOMFKN are treai»d uith mock courtesy at two Sydney suburban eattag houses. One displays a siun: redit ?iven to 'hose over HO accompanied !>y thrir parents The other has a placard m the window: "Don't hesitate to ask for credit Our refusal will surprise
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    JAP SMUGGLERS
    40 3 A CHINESE Court In Formosa ha.^ :iced several Japanese to imprisonment ranging from two months to years for smugglin A Japanese motorised junk detained last February when the Nationalist military authorities discovered a cargo ol smuggled goods aboard.
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    RARE TIGER HUNT
    7 3 «w in the A.P.
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    NEW AIR RECORD
    31 3 A British Gloster Meteor single seater jet fighter has set up a new record for the flight between London and Copenhagen, doing the trip m 67 minutes. Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    336 3 WEST opened the queen o. clubs. East naturally pul UD h.s king, anl South was ed to win with the da:, He would haw preferred to ietue th- flrsi trick but tor th U« that the expected spade shut would have set the contrad at nnct South could
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    Health teams bring aid to rural sick
    198 3 The leader of a World Health Organisation Maternal and Thild Health Team visits a village home m Delhi province, India. This baby, covered from head to foot with scabies with some secondary infection. wa s afterwards given treatment by the team's pediatrics nurse.
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    MILLION U.S. CAR DEATHS
    157 3 NK»V \OKK. Ju (i v T»HE millionth American victim of the automobile 1 will be killed m late 1951 or early itSfc, the Still annual safety convention tnd exposition vv iv mid recently. Mr. John Cruick^hank. duel eng of the U. S. Guarant?e Company, told delegates
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    Bigger 'dole'
    31 3 President T uman hu> sen! to Con recommending an extension of unemployment compensation payments to an additional 6.000.000 peoplr and raising benefits by about 20 per cent A. P.
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    White Band to attack Prome
    44 3 RANGOON 1 THE Bommm i 111.1:1 norths RanjMon Ukrty scone aaain Band PVO.s and Stalin. this trnwadd) PVOb art- mai thei r forces m I .iring tackinc Prome, whence the Communii th^ni m mid March alter a batr! A.P.
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    EAGER QUEST
    27 3 Classes m Russian ar m?, held m all Chinese cities and 7.000 students are learning the language m one radio rlass m Ptkin2 alone. A.P.
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    Afraid of daylight?
    46 3 pHINKSE Communist leader copyinff Stalin m more lVkine reports state that rial visitors after 11.30 p.m. of the ni^ht and sleeps m Mao Tze-tunp seems to he ways than one. he receives most of his offiPresumahly he works most the day time. U.P.
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      167 3 BFEBS fSingapore] AU todx\y UA rWOKK) TODAY 1030 ;im News Bulletin: 1040 111! mi »tr,. «4S P" Programme summary, coffee Hour Favourites: 11 Star J1 imtnv 447 -From the London Editorial, Artist; 11.15 Australian Light »n»a in-m Kl. BBC: 455 'Composer of the Music; ll£> News S^^ d -/BB^° mn
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Apr. 11, 1950 STORM IN A TEACUP
    346 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Apr. 11, 1950 STORM IN A TEACUP i' \^v':>*3AßY iu>s is be..bout the ti Director < ions, Sir ria: There iS no »nhe:- be title oi even though L. |BiU num- it-v-m <.o think ish mi World v« imn loo) m ht p: I Cii
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1391 4 Don Iddon's Diary NBW YORK: f AM sitting m my apartment when v strange thing hup pens II is 9.45 at night My wife comes into the living room and says' There's an extraordinary fight m the sky, going along al :i Fearful rate 1 go to the window and
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  • Letter to the Editor
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      'LET'S HAVE A LITTLE LOVE'
      207 4 A FTER having read your short stories for the last few months, I find your last Wednesday's abort story. "Love's Way." particularly nice and entertaining. I like it because it is based on the Chinese custom of marriage through the matchmaker. Seldom have I come
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    Russian Objectives In S.E.-Asia
    705 4  - Russian Objectives In S.E.-Asia J.L. HAYS By JHE Asiatic uman-in-the-jungle" is ;i hungry man Hie Wist can win him out hid the Communists for him only by feeding him. The Communist problem m South-east Asia is predominantly an economic one. There is no purely military solution Such an authority as
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      42 4 i~'' ROAST^<s^ CHICKEN W j ne plump chicken fron C serve chipolata sau c c. one cf the del'C vegetables. AND DEINHARD V SPARKLING MOSELLE $12.75 a bottle COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH A fresh collodion <>J afternoon dteises on display i._.....!1!!!i1'.aaL«8
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      55 4 United nations Social Comwuhon j r. p? [NICE- MORUING\ 1 The Soviet Union a7id Poland walked out of the United Nations Social Commission today because China was *VSttm! £&W* U !P it l and n0t the CommufSSs "e'd out 1 I™ th i R tssian delegate has walkea out 'extract
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    DUTCH VESSELS SKIP M'CASSAR
    246 5 DUTCH VESSELS SKIP M' CASSAR S pore sailings affected Un n r .Press Shipping Reporter \O Outch Ships will call at Macassar, where the rebel troop, of Captain Abdul Aziz are m control, until th t situation there is more settled Macassar as capital of Celebes forms part of disturbed
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    EASTER BRIDE
    15 5 fdgfd t r II IS -it i th?»r wed- was Miss Free Press
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    Holiday trips by air
    95 5 Holiday trips by air Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYANS desiring to tour Australia without any of worries usually besetting rists will be able to do .so I through Qantas Empire Airways from June this year. The company has just annced n series of fully inishre group tours of thai COUIi
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    NIGHT ROBBERY
    28 5 Two Malays, walking along Marine Parade. Katong last night, were robbed of their Identity cards, a wrist watch, a rain coat and $23 by another Malay.
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    PLEA FOR S.I.T. TENANT
    145 5 Frc^ Pros Staff Keporter V PLKA has been nade m Municipal ntnimii.ee by Mr. C. F. J. L*s (Progressive West Ward) on brhalf of the Singapore Chinese anti-bandit fighter. Mr. Ng Ton* Nam. an order for who.M' ejection from an Improvement Trust Hat m Tion; Bahru
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    OBSTRUCTION
    24 5 RAUB. Mon.— For obstructing the five foot-way with their goods, Teh Soy Honj; and Chen Tuck ¥o<»n were fined $5 each at Raub.
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    POLICE WELFARE BOARDS
    273 5 POLICE WELFARE BOARDS HPHE Singapore Poiice Force has organised welfare committees to look after the interests of its members, the Free Press was told yesterday 'by the Commissioner of Poiice. I Mr. R. E. Foulger. Mr. Fouiger made this state- merit when asked to comment on the plan for a
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    AMMO FOUND
    30 5 I Ten hand grenades, 50 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition and 15 bombs were recovered from a compound at Lim Chu Kang Road yesterday. They were all unserviceable.
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    Twelve pedigree passengers
    214 5 Free Press SUrf Reporter TWELVE passengers m the Ben Line steamer 1 Benattow, when she arrived last week-end on he, maiden voyage from the United Kingdom, were of the Ayrsnire oreea. "Ten of them are In calf, said The Man In Charge—2l--vear-old Alex Dunlop, who U the
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    PROBLEM OF THE MOVING FLOOR
    266 5 TENANCY POSER FOR S.M.C. Free Press Staff Reporter 'rHK question of whether the truant of v Singapore shop, who has been allowed to build a mezzanine Moor, must take the floor with him when he Rives up his tenancy, is one of the mohlpms which
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    132 5 _55? Singapore people chose Easter Monday for their Wedding day. Left: Miss Patricia Margaret Hayes. Assistant Lieutenant of the 11th Singapore Girl Guides, and Mr. v alter George Steven, ex-group Scout master of the Ist Singapore Trafalgar Sea Scouts, were mirried at the Presbyterian Church The guard of honour was
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    THE HUSBAND MUST PAY
    97 5 THE HUSBAND MUST PAY Free Press Staff Reporter SEGAMAT, Mon.— An estate owner. Cheng Chee, was summoned by his wife at Se»gamat for failure to pay her $40 monthly maintenance awarded by the cou*.t "My wife is a bad womar and is not acting m the way you would expect
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    M.Y.F. PARTY FOR PENANG
    89 5 EIGHTY Singapore delegates to the All-Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute to be held m Penang from Apr. 13 to Apr 17. left Singapore yesterday m the 8.1. ship Rajula for Penang. Accompanying the party was the president of the Singapore M.Y.F Mr Wee Teow Kee and
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    Can son inherit father's tenancy?
    253 5 Can son inherit father s tenancy? Free Press Staff Reporter IF two Singapore Municipal employees share the same Municipal quarters, and one dies or lea\<^ the service, should the other be allowed to take over tenancy of the quarters? This is the question which the Quarters Sub-committee of the Municipality
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    RECORD CROWD SEES PERAK 'DERBY'
    231 6  - RECORD CROWD SEES PERAK 'DERBY' ALLAN LEWIS Indian Heather romps home From IPOH, Tuesday [MIX largest crowd to attend a race meeting m the Federation turned out at Ipoh \i>Urday to see Malaya's richest race, the Perak "Derby", m which Indian Heather romped home by six lengths. Punters wajrhed anxiously
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    31 6 picture. Kill (Dunwoodie) just getl up to heat Ministrel Boy (Ay res) (on thr rails) m the sixth ra«> at Ipoh on Saturday. Third was Invest (llealey) (N<>. I). Free Press
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    2,000 Guineas candidate wins easily
    141 6 2,000 Guineas candidate wins easily I r'ORDEN Richards rode hta probable 'J.ooo Qvtneaa mount, the Do Idea Road, by Wailing Btreel out of Yasna I and owned by retired Irish diplomat. Sir Percy Lorraine. ;to a splendid win m the Coventry Foal Stakes run over one mile at Kempton P.irk
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    Race for French 3-year-olds
    46 6 jyjARCEL Boua 2 I 10 c; Cardanil. by run I n by R >ne. A Lopez's I hth by hall writ h i X Sai taor a Ird. I as but it vi HI no< U II ices 14 and 21. Reuter
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    5-NIL ROUT
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    Big Sweep results
    50 6 I"\\Y Bu s v^ p rlr.i v\ n <>n T it Ipoh >«*st#*i d.o r -NuHi-d tv folloft Total T-. 13K5.1 1-t md w "?rd st.n t i i ;i 4437 «»n < ition Pri i*t pack n.i. i 391K- DOUBLE TOTE 18 tit k» *.> pMjimt
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    11 6 dsgfdgdsa you i provided at n,,i Motoi mil, ijuart.-r Free Press
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    Picture Goer shows distinct promise
    197 6  - Picture Goer shows distinct promise ALLAN LEWIS piCiTRF Goer again ran a good rare n the opening: event at Ipoh yesterday. 1 He showed distinct promise and should be followed 111 future engagements. A Held of only six went to the post. Colony the hot favourite, followed the leaders. Olencoe
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    Army, Nary tie in ISBA tourney
    338 6 By \K( Hlr Ql l( X kRMY and Koyal N.i\\ and Kn\al Mannrv with i\ points each, tird m tin- Imperial S. r\ Roxinc AtsoeiaU^n annual championships on April :>, at Hullavinston K\l Station, whith. despite its rural situation m the heart of Wiltshire
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    Corner-kicks bring three REME goals
    13 6 Corner-kicks bring three REME goals T Indians P I XI M l I
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    Sportsmaster wins Queen's Prize
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE ISSUES STILL VERY OPEN
    721 7 ENGLISH LEAGUE ISSUES STILL VERY OPEN Manchester Utd regain Div 1 lead 0 N snow-swept or water-laden pitches and m winds of gale force few of the championship or relegation issues m the English Football League became any clearer after the Easter Monday programme. If anything, some of the situations
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    West Indies team arrives in U.K.
    103 7 W est Indies team arrives in U.K. r> of the West Indies cricket arrived m *Mi«land yesterday as s u>hed the country. It was a dismal men from the sunny islands. hn Goddarl Gerry Gomez, Clyde •Veekes. Ceril Williams, Roy Mar- -rail. Robert Christiani. Jeffrey Jones, Sonny Ramadhin and 31
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    355 7 IF Dave Sands' form during his two-round exhibi1 j tio n with his younger brother Alfie at the Happy World arena yes erday is any example of what he really would be like when he is fighting m earnest, then triple champion of the Orient.
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    Lewis's best bets score
    41 7 ALLAN Lewis. Free Press racin? correspondent, tipped three winners at >esterday's lpoh races. They were Indian Heather, winner of the Perak "Derby," Colony and Pats Fancy. Colony and Pat's Fancy were eiven as thr day's best bets.
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    PENANG DEFEAT PERAK
    36 7 PENANG DEFEAT PERAK r-state ended iring the It was game. iang gain :ory on rta club tang >r tht lv;. t* 1 mpleted n the mpur us m 209 P a total d up r irtcefs
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    New C.S.C. pool ready by August
    34 7 New C.S.C. pool ready by August com* this year. 1 com- be :r.em\.:ered m m- I s] m 1948 to .ire re'.vomen station for je very v of! *he i ib l 3 m
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    FOR IRELAND
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    Relay record broken
    72 7 FOIR South African women sprinters Misses F. Willis, S. Black. E. Maskell and Daphne Robb broke the women's 440 yards (4 x 110) world relay record at Kimberley yesterday with a time of 47.3 sees. previous record of 47.4 sees, was set up by the Netherlands national
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    R. KNIGHT IS BEST ARCHER
    143 7 p. Knight of the Royal In--11 ternational Club set up a new Malayan record for archery at the Singapore Archery Clubs Open Malayan meet at the University of Malaya grounds yesterday, with a store of 538. The old record was under 500. The all-Malayan long-dis-tance
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    PAU GRAMD PRIX RESULT
    90 7 PAU GRAMD PRIX RESULT I^HE Argentine ace, Juan Manuel Fancio, driving an Italian Maserati, easily won the Pau Grand Prix motor race at Pau (south-west France) yesterday for the second year m succession. Francio's time for 110 laps. a distance of about 188 miles. was 3 hrs. 14 mlns. 20
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    Last-minute try saves Cardiff
    304 7 A LAST-MINUTE try by Frank Trott, the Welsh international full-back, saved Cardiff from defeat against Harlequins yesterday. The game ended m a six-all draw. Barbarians, with 12 internationals, were a shade lucky to share 22 points with Swansea. Once again they owed almost everything to Lewis
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    13 7 picture. Indian Heather, winner of the Perak "Derby" at Ipoh yesterday. Free Press
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    IRISH GRAND NATIONAL
    79 7 TJOMINICK'S Bar, aVix-year-old gelding byJEmbamo out of Domlnick's Hell, won the Irish Grand National, run 3 2 miles at Fairyhouse. Eire, yesterday. Ridden by the champion Irish jockey, Martin Moloney. Dominicks Bar, starting at 8 to 1, won by two lengths from the 10 to 1 chance,
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    Davies wins golf after hard fight
    379 7 TtEREK Davies became the 1950 Malayan amateur golf champion yesterday, when he beat Ur. M i Bain, president of the Royal Mngapore G»lf one vp the match being derided on the IBHI gmti. The towering 6 ft. 7 ins. Davies, who is 26-yea' s
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    Tomorrow's Y.M.C.A. ties
    115 7 I*omorrovi i 4 <-s m BH IMC A 1 Men's singles: Lim Hee CtUH ArJiur Lim and Gcidor. Lim S. A D. d A G I H Kami* ai.d I. A. Alsace!? C. K. Loh an* CCap: J L Wli'moie »nd R. F Smith v. X H
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    DINNER FOR PENG SOON
    61 7 "THE Mayflower Badminton Party will hold a d:nner m hcnour of Wong Peng Soon, the All-England singles champion at the Great World Par.; on Saturday, April 15. All members who desire to attend the dinner are to contact either Mr. Lim Chin I.urn <c/o Ford Motor
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    ENGAGEMENT
    37 8 GUNN-LEE: The engagement Is Announced today between Chit lljc, e'dest son of Mr. Mrs. Cunn I^y Tor. and Lucy (Slang Jin>. second daughter of Mr. Mr.s. Lee Guan Khoon and granddaughter of Mr. Lee Soon Po.
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    'RUSSIA TAKING PART IN CHINA WAR'
    284 8 'RUSSIA TAKING PART IN CHINA WAR' Chiang makes protest to U.N. HONG KONG, Tuesday. RATIONALIST China, m a protest to the United Nations, yesterday charged that Russia had sent a "large number of military aircraft and personnel" to aid the Chinese Red army. The protest, which was sent to the
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    74 8 DoKKfd »»v ill-huk rver sine- they st.irU-d on their world flirht on April 1-April Fool's Day— DiAIUI and Bob Bi.xb> ran into a jinx again yesterday mornin- «l>tn rnBin trouble prevented their scheduled 3 am departun- Irom Tokio for Midway Island *nd the I nited sta p s map above
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    'REACTIONARY'
    32 8 The Chinese Commu day branded as iunary" Owen Lattlmore. American Far Eastern •■xpert who has been undei fire m the US Senate for allegedly following the Communist Party line. U. P.
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    Europe's food position improved
    130 8 Europe's food position improved WASHINGTON, Tues. EUROPE Will not be far short of the ability to produce its own food aiter 1952 when the Marshall Plan is due to according to the Economic Co-operation Administration. The agency reported •steady restoration of domestic agricultural production but added: Even though agricultural r
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    MOLECULE CAN NOW BE SEEN
    40 8 MOLECULE CAN NOW BE SEEN BERLIN 1 MR ERWIN IfEULLER, 39--y<-ar-uld physinsi Blins Kaiser Wilheiu ;ounceci j i of a Di Meulk tid till mici iim tc as small as be used only before its fine p*"l--bj it if. U.P.
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    Pilgrims draw street walkers
    82 8 ROME T'i POLICE bt^an era down on Rom< > I Uc< \\><-d unlic< wtdki r^ vesU rday for I prostit Lfti Holj year pilgn A special Holy Year >^;.a urims Thirty mere at the I and tar. r.ent run Ix^pita'. foi rei dtoftM (hrckups. MOTP ih«n
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    SHIP AWAITS RED PERMIT
    47 8 liHE evacuation ship. \n- king, loaded with mnr«than TO passengers for Shanghai was still at anchor at Hong Kong by nightfall yesterday. She was waiting for the Chinese Reds to agree to plans to evacuate at least 1.600 foreigners from Shanghai. A. P.
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    Boy wins ranch
    38 8 A 17-year-old school boy m Brisbane has won a 72.000 acre sheep ranch m a land ballot. He will have to pay a yearly rental of only £35*8 for the 115 square mile property. A.P.
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    MORALS CHECK
    20 8 The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has engaged a man to make an on-the-spot check on Hollywood morals. A.P.
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    Egyptian uproar over 'lies'
    127 8 Egyptian uproar over 'lies' CAIRO Tues. "THE dollar, if used a» instrument of insolent domination, as an expression of provocative authority and argument of silly frenzy. Is bound for bankruptcy." angrily said the paper Al Ahram, commenting on an Egyptian protest to the U.S. Government. The protest was mad** agpinst
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    Tension easing in Saigon
    74 8 Tension easing in Saigon SAIGON. T CtAIGON*S two months O political u-nsion hfta been author:' Thi6 LI attributrd to the rrnmonfs determined at.if and to err measures taken by ti. namese polirr and security. Students and intellect 1 arrested iftej tne March 19 disturbances have been released with a warning
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    SENATOR ASKS GUARANTEE
    82 8 WASHINGTON. Tue* US. SENATOR William Knowland, Republican, urged on 'Sunday that the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. back his demand for South Korean financial stability with a guarantee that the Korean people will not be "abandoned to the Communists." Mr. Knowland told a reporter he intends
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    Death struggle in zoo
    74 8 'FHEODORUS GERBER, 56, curator of the Bloemfontein 1 Zoo. was killed m a struggle with a wildebeest while visiting the animal's 18 ft. by 10 ft. paddock. It is not known how Gerber. widely experienced m the handling of animals, happened to be m the paddock.
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    £1,200 nugget found in a backyard
    149 8 MELBOURNE, Tuesday AIM-OUNCE gold nugget, shaped like a dog and worth £1,200, has been found m a backyard mine al Wedderburn. The nugget has been named (iolden Retriever. Gold worth E 12,000 had already been won by backyard miners who dug more furiously when
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    'Prayer saved 15 airmen'
    147 8 'Prayer saved 15 airmen' TOKIO, Tuesday. F^IFTEEN American ftirmeQ aboard a distressed plane ofT Okinawa on Good Friday night claim they were saved by 'air power and prayer power", states an oilicial statement from (ien Dougl:u» Mac Arthur's Headquarter^. As the crew threw freight and vegetables <mt <>f Lhe C-46
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    Shot self with a cannon
    31 8 Shot self with a cannon BEVERLY 'Mass.*. Tuev SAMUEL VUC.HAN. i..°». prominent Boston la»--jrer, railway director and i>ank offiri.tl. killed himvlf hy dis( -hareiiiK sm.ill brass r.tiuion m hK mouth A.P.
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    N.Y. STOCKS IRREGULAR
    73 8 rpHE New York BUxk Kxchangt- yesterday was called upon to absorb materially increased corrective profit-taking m early trading, which halted the forward momentum. Sentiment, however remained cheerful. Initial well-distributed ?ains were gradually cut down until fractional declines held slight edge. Rubbers, however, were mostly higher with some
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    TOO LITTLE, TOO MUCH
    35 8 Now York, so short of water that it engaged a rain maker, has a new problem One of its reservoirs overflowed and .spilled 100.000.000 gallons m less than 24 hours. A.P.
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    Smallest baby born alive
    45 8 A 19j ounce baby girl, possibly the smallest child ever born alive, died m California yesterday, 62 hours after her premature birth. The child, born to a 25--year-old wife of a businessman was about the size of a man's hand. U.P.
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    HUMAN RETURNS
    14 8 President Truman has returned to Washington after a month's holiday In Florida.
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    BIG DAMAGE TO US WHEAT CROP
    51 8 A tT.S. Government ?:rain expert has estimated that damage to United States winter wheat from drought and insects will reduce the crop by perhaps as much as 150 million bushels. The Government's forecast of last December put the winter wheat at 885 million bushels.
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    SCIENTIST DIES
    13 8 Mr. Leonas L. Burlingamo, world-renowned authority on urnetics, has died. A.P.
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    GROWTH SPEEDED BY NEW DRUG
    167 8 GRO WTH SPEEDED BY NEW DRUG PHILADELPHIA. Tuesday /\NE of the wonder drugs developed to nght disease —golden aureomycin— has been found to be a powerful growth stimulant which may help even stunted children. Tiny amounts of aureomycin mixed with feed has increased the growth rate m nofcs d v
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