The Singapore Free Press, 2 May 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA asdfasdf SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    BOMB MAN LED POLICE TO RED PLOT H.Q.
    560 1 BOMB MAN LED POLICE TO RED PLOT H.Q. 9 leaders held, documents seized Free Press Staff Reporter J^ED PLANS for a fortnight's orgy of assassination, arson and sabotage m Singapore have been thwarted by careful, painstaking police work. Picked nien of Singapore Police Force shadowed the man whom they suspect
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  • Article
    More new rubber used
    63 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. THE United States used 280, 812 long tons of new rubber m the first quarter of this year, an eight per cent, increase over the same period m 1949, th Commerce Department announced yesterday. Consumption m March, totalling 98,414 tons, was described as the
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    SMOKEHOUSE IS BURNED DOWN
    17 1 Stall Reporter T i burnt se of the Sungei rday t>bed the leaving
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    Police fired at
    23 1 Press NUff Reporter tables m the put area of Perak Ore from ten gstcrdif. ice returned the flre. no casualties.
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    To evacuate U.S.I. Dutch
    64 1 The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that five British liners would leave the Australia run during August and September to evacuate Dutch civilians from Indonesia. The Netherlands Government has chartered P. O liners Kanchi and Chitral and the Orient liners Ornia&'<fc and Otranto for one ♦oyv*r
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    One vote stops British Govt. defeat
    13 1 One vote stops British Govt. defeat r i Bri- the ght ransport Reuter
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    Peace policy
    35 1 Britain favours a peace settlement m the Middle East between a united Arab front and Israel rather than between Individual Arab nations and the Israeli government, officials m London said yes--1 terday. U.P.
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    U.S. OPPOSED ON TIN ISSUE
    183 1 \IALA\A\ tin circle! have criticised United States opposition to a commodity agreement on tin as siiiiijested by the International Tin Study Group at The Hague. Producers and smelters suggested the I ,S. favours commodity agreements only when they affect American products. D. A. M manager
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    STRANGLED 4 CHILDREN: 'NO PICNICS'
    102 1 STRANGLED 4 CHILDREN: 'NO PICNICS' TOKIO, Tues. A 28-year-old mother confessed to Tokio police yesterday that she strangled her four children because she 'could not bear to see the children stay away from school picnics." Sobbing out the story at a Tokio police station, Mrs. Tsune Takimoto said that, after
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    'MALAYA RICE SMUGGLING'
    41 1 Tho Burmese Government has announced rewards, of up to 50 per cent of th« value of rice seized, for the capture of rice smugglers. Large quantities of rice are reported to be smuggled into Malaya and East Pakistan.
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    2 MEN JAILED
    26 1 Police arrested a Chinese yesterday at Chameh m northern Johore. Another Chinese was arrested on a tapioca plantation m the Layang Layang area.
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    4 crashes, 14 dead
    68 1 IKMJRTEEN people wore killed m four ;iir crashes m 1 the I nited States on Sunday, iaclvding i rven-vear-old boy his father and mother who died when th< ir nrivate olan e hit a mountain m Arkansas. P In Kansas thre, men were killed when two
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    43 1 picture, Chinese police recruits m their 7ieic uniforms being sworn m yesterday at the ceremony at Kuala Lumpur before Mr. D. M. K. Grant. President of the Sessions Court, Selangor. They arrived by train on Sunday from all parts oi the Federation,- P.R.
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    Police shoot farm hands
    30 1 Two farm workers were killed and five others wounded on Sunday In fighting between carabinlers and demonstrators at Celano, Italy. m the Abruzzi hills.- A. P.
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    POLICE ESCAPE BANDIT ATTACK
    47 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A European sergeant and four special constables travelling m a police vehicle m the Muar area of Johore were attacked by bandits yesterday. Heavy exchange of flre ensued but the police escaped without casualty. The vehicle was not damaged.
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    MALAN ON SPAIN
    19 1 South Africa is considering opening normal diplomatic relations with Spain, Dr. Malan, the Premier said yesterday
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    Legal battle
    34 1 A young woman who saw two men fighting m a housing camp, sought the caretaker or a local policeman. Then she found the two battlers were the policeman and the caretaker- Reuter
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    PAPER IMPORT CUT
    18 1 Communist China has banned non-essential paper imports, according to the South China Foreign Trade Bureau.
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    NAN CHIAU STAFF GIVEN NOTICE
    154 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ABO IT 200 employees the entire staff of the Nan Chiau Press Ltd., Singapore, have been given one month's notice. A sub-editor on the paper. Mr. Y. C. Phang, said today that this had arisen out of eventualities which might result
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    45,000 villagers join Bao Dai
    107 1 PARIS, Tuesday. A TOTAL of 45,000 inhabitants of 35 Indo-China villages have gone over to the Vietnam Government of Bao Dai as a result of military operations near Hadong, six miles south of Hanoi. On the right bank of the Red River on which Hanoi
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    RED DOCUMENTS
    25 1 The manager of Sungei Papan Estate, Kota Tlnggi, reported yesterday thai he had found 100 Communist documents m various parts of tbe district.
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    LABOURERS ROBBED
    16 1 Armed bandits m the Tapah area of Perak robbed labourers of an estate yesterday.
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    36 1 pinurr The attap house off Lorong 33. Geylang Road, where hve Chinese four of whom make up the Town Committee of the M.C.P. m Singapore, were arrested by the police as they were leaving.- Free Press
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    May Day riots: 13 shot dead
    142 1 May Day riots 13 shot dead LONDON, Tuesday. IN THE face of grim Allied precautions, the muchheraldcJ Communist seizure of Berlin flashpoint of the cold war failed to materialise and. with the exception of South Africa, where shootings occurred, May Day celebrations the world over passed off without any serious
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    TREE RUBBER IN JAPAN
    32 1 The Japanese Government is ready to submit to \hr Diet a Bill proposing an establishment of commodity exchanges dealing m cotton yarn, cotton cloth raw silk and rubber.
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    COMMING TO MALAYA
    24 1 King George has approved the appointment of Mr. Henry Wilcox, Attorney-General of Trinidad to be Puisne Jud^e m Malaya. A .P.
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    COMMUNIST LINE
    14 1 A 4,000-mile telephone line has been opened between Moscow and Shanghai Reuter
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    He Lends £1,000 Jewels —For Nothing
    626 2  -  tnERYONE to whom *J I told the story said it would not be true. It impossible there be a catch somemtc I thought to my•el] Such things don't happen. Not today, anylust imagine yourself walking into a West End ,e seller's to buy a
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    U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY
    157 2  - U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY KAY MURRAY By i« r ::FN Gra I >well \l -he 111 ily i. tre her busl nd because >he thinks .1 lot .ibout a >er>onai I :h ruffle and Id me the oth< Ulti :nan g« hard, bold <.■ .on see a v man trd-featured face
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    148 2 BORN today, you ir«highly adaptable and can adjust to almost any conditions. In fact, you must learn not to adjust yourself so easily! If conditions do not please you, it is often better to change them rather than yourself. You have a pleasant, genial personality and make
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    Worth hits a century
    8 2  -  FRANCIS MARSHALL Sketches by
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    CRINOLINE EXPERT
    360 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY S WHAT rather lugu- brious type with \S the moustache is Charles Frederick g Worth, whose famous s < dress house is having c its centenary this year y, He was born m Lin- colnshire m 1825. The son Uof a solicitor, he was a apprenticed
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    TV's EFFECT ON YOUTH
    102 2 TV is beginning to spell "temperament" la some American homes, reports the United Parents As- ion. representing three hundred parent-teacher organisations. It's th*' younger set who n to be suffering most. The flve-to-seven s scream the place down when U. Is shut off, and refuse to
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    Women Who Like To Be Ill
    324 2  -  HAL BOYLE NEW YORK. By tifHAT convinces me that women are superior to men is their ability to enjoy a bnei illness. For years I have known that women, pound fo r pound, are better looking than men, more durable of purpose, ana less
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    IDEAL—BUT SO DULL
    152 2 IDEAL— BUT SO DULL MANY Palian war Drirfes In Britain (readers nf Turin's Gazetta del P are assured* tliink with the numero'.i^ buy friends they left behii In Italy: of their jokes and eraziness: their boisterous! jealousy: the quarrels and absurd acenes. In sh< i they remember "That magnificent, ri
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      269 2 New Crossword No. 36 o U ftOSd i Englj deer Hall *3>. 3. Sort of 1 :C er would Solution Tc\ l 3). 0... 1 sUment retribution (.3. 3. 2, J). 8. Bit ol a EUID »*vimuuh a<j tree? 151. y. Pithy irees is>. 10. Hindu gent -4i. 11. He
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    JAPAN SEEKS S.A. MARKET
    269 3 JAPAN SEEKS S.A. MARKET Fear of colour bar noted DURBAN, Tuesday. IN an effort to capture every available market m A South Africa, Japanese manufacturers are planning to send to the Union a number of Japanese trade envoys and commercial travellers with a knowledge of the Afrikaans and Indian languages.
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    SUBSIDIZE RUSSIA'-WALLACE
    118 3 SUBSIDIZE RUSSIA'WALLACE DES MOINES, lOWA, Mon. A GLOBAL economic smashup m 1952 and the probable emergence somewhere of "a greater Hitler" was predicted by Mr. Henry Wallace, former U.S. Vice-Presi-dent, unless co-operation is achieved between Britain, the United States. Rus.sLi and China within the United Nations. In a speech at
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    His frying pan brought wealth
    200 3 \\l) I AKK (Ontario). Tuesday. mown .rlie Chew, Chinese cook who „»M fortune out <»f his frying pan. has a iubil North Ontario gold rush, two 5, came r^ Charlie Chow's hotel ad, now railed "Hie Golden Mile, birthday of the 40-roorn hotel. N trby,
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    'Repairs' to U.N.—Lie
    132 3 'Repairs' to U.N.— Lie LONDON. Mon Tae United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Trygrc Ue, said that the organisation'l maciunery was "out of order" and gave the Impression lhai his lorthcoming visit, to Paris would be connected with trying to make repairs. Mr. Lie would not commit hi:ndirectly. but his ai.
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    'Big blow' for doubters
    22 3 thai i '•bis i nmn_ win v r >.ii Ml In ot i.»r!hprn i i 60--i struck Reuter
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    BLOOD CLAIM
    18 3 Dr. Shoei Izeki. P Gumma University, claims that he ran change the human bJ type.- Reuter
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    New instrument to bare heart disease
    196 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. ANEW instrument which diagnoses heart weakn< sses long before they show m clinical tests has been demonstrated here. The instrument, the Krasnu-Ivy Flicker Photometer traces hidden circulatory conditions by means 'of the patient's response to a flickering beam of I lisht The
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    NO. 1 WORRY
    33 3 Most ot the Germans m Western Berlin said. In a p-ibllc opinion poll, that they were more worried about making a living than about Soviet threats to the city.— A.P.
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    AIRLINER RECORD
    30 3 Britain's De Havilland Comet jei airliner flew from Nairobi to Khartoum yesterday m three hours 10 minutes, the fastest time for a flight between the two cities. Reuter
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    Nehru veering towards West
    88 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. A MERICAN officials claim to A see increasing signs that the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, is "growing disillusioned" with Soviet Russia and us showing a greater willingness to co atone with the democratic nations of the West. U S. officials believe that Mr.
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    PROSTITUTION BILL
    22 3 A bill to permit legalized prostitution m Argentina has been drafted by a member of President Pcron's parly. A.P. W.IV
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    AMERICAN CHARGED
    36 3 An American hnffinrmnhn Mr. B. C. Meyers, is among 26 people charged m Hyderabad with being involved m the escape of the former Hvd«-rabad Premier. Mir Laik All. from custody early m March Reuter
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    REDS SACKED
    12 3 The French Broadcasting Corporation has dismissed two Communist journalists.— Reuter
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    79 3 Dr. Kunrad Adenauer (third from right), Chancellor oi the West German Republic, caused several German Socialists to walk off the platform when he asked a political rally m Berlin to sing: the old German national anthem. "Deutsehland Ueber Alles." Top picture shows the Allied representatives remaining seated m the balcony
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    E. GERMAN POLICE ILLEGAL
    116 3 BERLIN. Mon BERLINS American District Court has declared the entire East German Communal "Peopie's Police" Force an Illegal para-military organisation. An American judge, J. A. Sab<>. iound two members of the People's Police, who had been arrested In the American sector, guilty ol wearing the uniform
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    LOVE, COOKERY IN ONE BOOK
    225 3 PARIS, Tuesday r\VO French specialities, i.ove and Cookery, are getting a special push this spring from 72-year-old "Prince" Curnonsky-a seasoned expert m both. "Curnonsky"— he was born Maurice Edmond Sailland— was elected 'Prince of Gastronomists'' m a newspaper contest 25 years ago. He was worked
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    Bridge Hands
    221 3 IF there ka valid point m this deal, it seems to us to hay»» missed ftre somewhere along the line. However. Us on« of tlw hinds the collegians had to play. so here it is. The point the par-makers had In mind was tha* East-West should stop .short
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    RICE CARGO SEIZED
    51 3 Nationalist warships m Ladrone Islands intercepted a Chinese freighter, which was commandeered by the Communists and carrying a cargo of rice. The rice is said to have been bought from Siam and the freighter was en route to Macao to unload the consignment for shipment to Canton.
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    U.K. Govt. hint to industries
    88 3 LONDON, Mon rpHE Deputy Prime Minister 1 Mr. Herbert Morrison has hlniPfi tnat the Government may be planning to take over the nations waterworks, cement, sugar and meat-packing industries by m^ans othor than nationalisation. Speaking at a Labour Party nutting at High Wyi-ombe. Mr. Morrison
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    VETO RESERVED
    23 3 The Allied High Commission has approved the West German Income Tax Law which j they had provisionally vetoed last week.- Reuter
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    US INVITES GERMAN EXPERTS
    161 3 FRANKFURT. Tue* I'HE exchanges division the American High Commission has Invited West German youth leaders, librarians, women's leaders n j museum specialists to apply for a series of new exchan?e projects providing three six months' tours m the United States. Total of 73 youth 1< will
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    Reds find U.S. movie habit hard to break
    229 3 HONG KONG, Tuesday. THE Chinese Communists haw hit a snag m th plans to wean moviegoers from the "deeach'i i cultures" of the West. And it s all Hollywood's fan; The Wangs, Lees and Chans of Shanghai, wh taxed motion picture tickets
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    Varsity course by radio
    65 3 POONA. Mon I>OON A Palmitlj i> tn start a "diploma course by radio" for the benefit of student* unable to join regular classes. Inder the plan, a student ran listen through pr«tuned receivers at home to all the lectures delivered at th P university. Thi s
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    U.K. MAY BUY BRAZIL TEA
    48 3 U.K. MAY BUY BRAZIL TEA PRELIMINARY ments for tte Mile by b o Brit&i ties of Brazilian tea havr lost been coiiCiUcied In I About 2.500.000 .n m m B hoi be p *)v British Inten if Brazilian govern n agree to imi>i)rt British-miM shoes m gc- U.P.
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    REDS TO BUY RUBBER
    37 3 RUSSIA and C China are mating inquiries m Colombo about buU buying of rubber. Purchases would be finun ed m sterling and a local firm has been approached to ac as agent- A.P.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      222 3 SINGAPORE "From the London Editorial*" rmiiir vi iH.iifk (BBC); 4.55 "Composer of Uie (BLtL NfcinUKlW) Week"— Rimsky Korsakov; 5.15 484 and 41.7 metres. "Commonwealth Survey" (BBC); femerjfency news from X.L 530 -whose Body?"— 2 Inspector at 10 a.m. Sugg Makes an Arrest'; 6.00 InTODAY donesian: News and Programmes 10. a.m.
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, May 2, 1950. BLACK DAY FOR REDS
    481 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, May 2, 1950. BLACK DAY FOR REDS MA> DAY, 1:^50. ..as a biack lor Si s Keds. > he .ol\u Jill < I o ueerei Marl a lori- ..ia- sabotage and m, i;<. i raiik- i ot tiki evtty-miud- before and Ol I the I
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1251 4 Don Iddon's Diary NKW \OKk: r [»AKK heart, Englishmen. Scolsnei, Welshmen, and Irishmen (Northern Division). And take credit At last the dollar dnw is m top fleai We are putting on m New York a show which is superlative. We are advertising with skill and a fine conceit of ourselves.
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      NEED FOR HOUSING
      214 4 THE Singapore Municipality has lately inaugurated with a fanfare of trumpets a number of housing schemes for their European and Asian staffs. In this matter it is well that not only the Municipality but also the Government should take note of the needs of the country as
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      FAMILY PLANNING
      187 4 A STATEMENT which appeared In your impartial paper on Friday should be challenged. I refer to the statement under the heading Family Planning Opposed", which said: "Among those who voted against the motion were all the Trinity College students who were.' present, Roman Catholics, Labour Party members, and
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      CLERKS SALARIES
      149 4 r WAS surprised at the scale of salaries recommended by the Benham Committee for the clerical services for, If my memory serves me right. I believe that the G.S.C. scale as recommended by the Trusted Commission was referred back by the Federal Council for further consideration as it
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    'GET OFF MY HAIR!'
    98 4 Miss Blanche The bom, a mezzo-soprano at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York can not only sit on her five feet three inches of hair it sometimes lies around and gets m the way. She tells a story of swooning during her role m "Misnon," while
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    Siam's New Queen is Captivating
    621 4  - Siam 's New Queen is Captivating WARD PRICE n •v^^^^s^v^. BANGKOK I RECENTLY enjoyed a unique fashion preview. Princess Sirikit. slim, graceful, dainty as a Tanagra statuette, showed me with girlish delißlu the various embroidered dresses that she was to wear during the ceremonies connected with her wedding on Friday
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    TRUMAN HAS ALIEN A TED THE FARMERS
    332 4  - TRUMAN HAS ALIEN A TED THE FARMERS Steffan Andrews Bj. COLUMBIA pRESTDENT Truman's popularity with the US farmers has slipped noticeably since his surprise election two years ago This U the one big fact to emerge from a two- week sampling of srass-root sentiment m a 4,000-mile swing through eight
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    JAP AIR MYSTERY
    75 4 JAP AIR MYSTERY AFTER plar.p over an even story f: an out Japans so far i Hup Group Id h i land ol AUfiM surren^' •n has no ft the Group, no ever seen .1 ronrrrr.' d search of th<» <■* The Group to a v.as on^ 1 and WrJl
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    BIG NUMBER OF REDS IN COLONY
    384 5 BIG NUMBER OF REDS IN COLONY 10,000 fellow travellers Free Press Staff Reporter J^ LARGE number of members of the outlawed Malayan Communist Party still remain m j Singapore, and the number of Communist sympathisers m the Colon y is estimated at about 10,000, says the Colonial "Secretary, Sir Patrick
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    22 5 JANE Altham forges ahead to win the race for children over seven years at the Technical Wine (R.A.F. Seletar) sports on Saturday.
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    pipe water scheme for all villages
    58 5 t Plf staff Reporter ,-c communities .ipore Rural h are no^' .r: will years time rxtension •v the 1 Bk Pat-; :<i a l pubttsh- i I -rferring to ruthe Ifsj i fjresi n <"f •er serv I te Colo- i ■resj level action
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    54 5 rV Van; di-Pertuan Br&ar of N. SembiUn recently performrci the opening ceremony of the Police Station at Kuala Pilah. Picture shows him speaking at the microphone m which he thanked the security forces stationed m Negri Sembilan for their services. Holding the microphone is Major J. ML Forhe s of
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    EDUCATION WEEK
    47 5 The first of its kind, the Singapore Education Week will run from May 8 to May 13. to show the public wl Singapore ia doing and aims o m ihe field of education. This waa announced yesterday by Mr A W Frisbv. Director of Education
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    CLUB TO HOLD CONCERT
    69 5 JHE Sure and Stedfast Club. Singapore will hold a variety concert m aid of the Boys* Brigade Organisation m Singapore, under the patronage of Sir Franklin Qimson, at the YMCA Stamford Road on Thursday at 8.15 pan Admission will be $2. Tickets are obtainable at the
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    New safeguard for poultry industry
    271 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IX> PROTECT Singapore's $17,000,000 poultry industry from disease, all Importers of fresh eggs and poultry m the Colony are now required to have A.P. forms as a precautionary measure. At the same time an official certificate is required from the exporting
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    The timid victims
    84 5 fiOMMENTING on the \j decrease m armed robberies last year, the Singapore Government's annual report says that "time and %?ain the public has shown that it can, m spirited moments, be its own best protector and stout resistance has thwarted or led to the rapture of robbers."
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    $50M. GAMBLED EACH YEAR
    204 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A Hoi 1 $50,000,000 change hands m legal and illegal gambling m Singapore each year and there have be«?n no signs that illegal lotteries and gaming houses have loosened their grip on the public. Staling this m his annual report for 1949,
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    36 5 picture. DRESSED for the May Day celebrations of her country, this is the 7.800-ton Russian freighter Chelyushkinetz as she looked m Singapore's Outer Roads yesterday. She is on her way from Odessa to Vladivostok.- Free Press
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    FOUR DOORS IN NEW STORE TAXIS
    222 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpHE 400 new taxis, whlcn 1 Singapore Municipal Commissioners have agreed to license, need not have to be of the approved model (similar to the London type), but they must have four doors. The Governor In Council has agreed to
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    SPORE WAR MEMORIAL
    15 5 St. Andrew's Cathedral, where the Singapore War Memorial will ix set up.
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    Overseas gifts pouring in
    259 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DONATIONS for the proposed Singapore War iMemarial which is to be attached to St. Andrews Cathedral have been pouring m from all parts of the world. Though no public appeal has yet* been made m Siagapore, world- wide responses to an appeal
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    Burglars are skilful
    41 5 Fret Press Staff Reporter gKILFUL burglars who rarely make false moves commit the greater number house-breakings m Singapore, says the official annual report on the Colony for 1949. European householders formed a large grouo of victims last year.
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    Aid for injured labourers
    139 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A WORKABLE scheme is expected to be introduced m Singapore this year for the rehabilitation and re-em-ployment of injured workmen, says the Colonial Secretary. Sir Patrick McKerron. m his annual report on the Colony published this morning. The possibility of introducing such
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    Traffic in women: 15,000 screened
    133 5 Traffic in women: 15,000 screened Free Prt-vs Staff Iteporin "TRAFFICKING m women and 1 and China ana olher terrorities m Sou.h Ea> A>.i is aecreasiMg ton; IDU trafficking between the Colony and the Fear increasing. Noting these tendencies, Colonial Secretary s nual report for 194& closes thai last yea.l mote
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    MAILS
    42 5 Singai>ore i South A I II and 'he I ration. La\e<-- time* lor mail ar the GP.O today noon for Grear b Eire Europe. Nor h :md A!:ua W"?t Inc.Djambi. Pont lan s 45 p.m. for Siam and ih> :o: I.:*buan.
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    Prices down on small trading
    462 6 LONDON. Tuesday 1 TENDENCY of domeslic issues on the London Stock Exchange yesterday was to slightly lower levels, says Reuter s financial correspondent. Approach of the end of trading period last day today was a restricting influence. Gilt-edgeds were widely one-eighth per cent. down on
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    N.Y. STOCKS AT NEW PEAK
    60 6 T I\W .short covering and 11. ment buying, inspired by the ■till New York Stock Exchange prday to a new peak for 1950 as measured by the industrial average. Activity was on a nood scale during the advance At the end of th« day prices
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    MAN CORED TO DEATH
    92 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. k WILD boar, which became Infuriated because a dog barltfri a* It- n d chasrd It. charged an Indian labourer on Amber Estate. Scudai and 2-Tod him to death The boar then turned on a Chinese tapper. Lee Yun. who. however, after being
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    UNIONS BACK STUDY SCHEME
    316 6 Spore adult education Free Press Staff Reporter QIX major unions m Singapore with a total fe membership of about 10,000 clerks, craftsmen, store-keepers and technicians support Dr. T. H. SilcockV suggestion of adult education tor Unl °Thev S 'are thp Singapore Clerical and Administative Worke s'
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    MORE RELIGIOUS STUDIES URGED
    65 6 I XU'INC. Mon. "riPKND more time on relO llflmu studies and do not br led ast.-iv b* wild talk." said the Keg-nt of Perak to over 500 people at the opening i-fremoiiy of the re-buili mo<»t|ue In Jelai. near Ha n Kurau. He stressed the Importance
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    37 6 MRS. J. T. Mynors. wife of the Officer ('••mmandtni Technical Winf, RAF Maintenance X aff greets Sgt. (iliddon b<»forr handinv him t he won In the mile race at 1 he Technical Win. i sports on Saturday.
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    Sultan's four brothers object
    178 6 Sultan 's four brothers object Free Piesv siaff Reporter hi \i\ l MHJI m |^()^R brothers of the Sultan of Ma«fr Ui stated that they would send a telegram Mentri Besar, SdaUtfOr, Raja Ida. tomorrow's proclamation of Part Two of S< State Constitution is illegal. Part Two, to be signed
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    SHIPPING IN SINGAPORE
    39 6 CHIPS alongside the S'neapcirf Harbour Board *h» •e:dj\ tgodown In twackeis' MR West Whau-f: A*iyan*x (4-5) Fprnda!«« (lit. Empire l>ock Mantis .21-22). Maxwell Brand«r lSl*St». Main Wharf: Kotanica «40». Siisen (41 Tegelt*rg 42-43*. Sunny vtlle >44).
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    DEATH SENTENCE IS MANDATORY
    74 6 I- re# Pre*v Start R< p Xl %LA LI MPI X Jl IK.KS m th» will have n«> d *hen sent**n« ins; agrnh and < <•!■• June I, Ihr detth mandatory v.iti Attorn** > -(i.ritr .il Mi i Brown Thi> rxlenMn death penalty in< Hmerßeti K**j;ui
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    Little interest in London tin
    19 6 Little interest in London tin T^HE I tor *po: but hei* shown session wer* B) three mon £591 U.P.
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    ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN: $50 MONTHLY
    139 6 ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN: $50 MONTHLY Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE Federation Government Is proposing to raise the monthly allowance for illegitimate children Irom $10 to $50. This ia contained m a bill prourimg for the mamtename ji m and children) which will be mliodured at the next meeting
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    U.S. admiral arrives
    125 6 OEAR-Admiral F. W. Boone, Commander of tfc** Seventn Fleet United States Navy, arrived m Singapore yesterday m his flying flagship to loin the units of his fleet no* visiting the Colony. His usual flagship is the cruiser Toledo, but for the Journey to Singapore from Hong Kong
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    ARMY DOGS ON SHOW
    133 6 TWELVE dugs from thr Guard Dog Unit, FARELF. will demonstrate the standard of training they have tamed m the performance of their duties during the 1050 Dog (Alsatians) Show at the Happy World Stadium on May 14. Their demonstration will include a parade, obedience tests, and
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    THE MASTERS QUARTET
    104 6 THE MASTERS QUARTET rHE Robert Masters quart' t attracted another good house to the Victoria Memorial Hall for their second recital last night and again young Asians were noticeably well represented. The programme was nicely contrasted. Schubert's delightful piano trio m B flat major being followed by a string trio
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    SHEPPARD HITS SEASONS 1st CENTURY
    455 7 SHEPPARD HITS SEASONS 1st CENTURY Test stars also begin well pHE English first-class cricket season, after a complete wash-out on Saturday, got under way yesterday m bright sunny weather. The I honour of scoring the first century of the season went to David Sheppard, who made 130 for Cambridge University
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    Island Club Apr. Medal
    160 7 FE Island clubs April Medal (stroke i golf competition played over the week-end resulted as follows "A" Division: V. R Peters 1 78 11 67) winner. Next best returns: T. G James (81- lit 70 H. Tooke (75 I) 73; K. T San <S4— l2 <
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    Rangers win League also
    166 7 /"•LASGOW Rangers by drawing In one of the two Div. A matches last night which completed the Scottish League programme this season, proved themselves the Scottish learn of the year". They had already won the Scottish Cup and their draw yesterday with Thnu Lanark enabled them
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    Boxer team win 38-36
    225 7 SINGAPORE basketball champions, Kong Siong Old Boys' Association, were defeated by a team from the aircraft-carrier Boxer of the United Stales Seventh Fleet, now visiting Singapore, by 38 points to 36 at the Happy World Stadium before more than 7.000 people last night In spite of
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    ALL SEEDED PLAYERS WIN
    101 7 ALL SEEDED PL A YERS WIN ALL the .seeded players won their opening matches m the British hard courts lawn tennis championships which began m Bournemouth yesterday The men's title looks a certainty for export, with six of ihe m yen seeded players coming from overseas. The eighth seeded player.
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    Mercer story for F.P.
    16 7 J (up L l t v be»ins to fame ««rt'> N tomorrow.
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    NAVY SCORE 2-NIL WIN
    12 7 so far Sta- donLnuoua ■*>n Geybeat Yu- The
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    SULTANS' CUP
    12 7 I da 1 I Tic- .'s m Cup r on
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    Weights for 12 Penang races
    288 7 Weights for 12 Pen an g races DASF :DAS v I Ml mandairn B*9 Kl-\]amn ;1 8.07 Vaasa iv ;»m» 8.06 John Ham 8 »-t 'a7z Princess 8. 05 -oltara 8.01 I'.irthdav Gift UH (i ni\ :f. hir I M < iptuin Yule '♦.OO Twelfth of Aiuu^« I 1 1
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    S'pore District XI v. HK Army
    126 7 SINGAPORE District fAnny) are trying out new players m their soccer match against Hong Kong Army at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow. The newcomerg to the Army XI are Henderson, formerly of Negri Sembilan. Riley iR.E.\ Eddy <R.Ej: Btrkett <R.E.M.E.> and Cheetham <R.A.P.C Nee Soon).
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    French horses in Derby bets
    162 7 T^IVE French horses were among the ten quoted at the Victoria Club London) call-over on the Derby last night. Three of them Pardal. Galcandor and Geraphar are owned by Marcel Boussac, while the other two were Lamiral. third favorite at 100 to 8, and Vieux
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    U.K. soccer results
    60 7 YESTERDAYS U.K. SOCCer result^ were; Third Division vuithern; EriMol Rovers 0. Northampton Town 0: Millwall 1. Newport County 2. Scottish L«-aeue-I)iv. A": Falkirk o. Baal Fife 2; Third Lanark 2. Rangers 2 GlasfWi Charity Cup (first mund): Patnrk Thistle 4. Querns Park 0. Other matches: Exettr City
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    Decision booed
    32 7 IAUTCH middleweight champion. Luc Van Dam lost a Unround non-title fight to Bill Jack*on. a lanky Negro from Jamaica at the Empress Hall, London, last night. The decision was booed.
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    PLAYERS MAKE GOOD MANAGERS
    229 7 pROOF that players make good managers is evident m the tact that the Three Football League teams who have already made sure of promotion began the season with new managers who have played for them. Arthur Rov/e, former Tottenham centre-half, has piloted the Spurs m their
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    Rousing welcome for Liverpool XI
    266 7 IUIE welcome given to the Liverpool football team beaten Cup finalists last Saturday—when they returned to the city last night could hardly have been great r had they brought the Cup with them. A crowd estimated at about 120,000 thronged the station and the two-mile
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    Silver Buzz wins
    56 7 SILVER BUZZ. 33-1 outsider yesterday won the £9.600 Brisbane Cup run o\er two miles at Brisbane, from the 6-1 favourite. Benvoio by half -a -length. Spellman, nine to one chance was third, two lengths behind Ben\olo. Seventeen ran. Silver Buzz is a son of The Buzzard, aii
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    F.A. suspend 2 players
    107 7 THE Football Association have suspended J. Scoular. the Portsmouth right half, for 14 days sUrtin X pel terday and fined him 1 10. They also suspended J. Morris of Derby County for 14 days. Scoular and Morris were sent off the field m the Derby County
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    Fast gallops at Penang this morning
    315 7 Fast gallops at Penang this morning From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Tuesday. BEST TIME returned at this morning's galiops on the training track here was 38 1 5 seconds by Christmas Knight (Bag by) and Bally mun IK (Lauler). There was little between them at the finish. Most impressive gallop, m
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    TECHNICAL WING SPORTS AT SELETAR
    299 7 TECHNICAL WING SPORTS AT SELETAR rPECHNICAL Wing of R.A F JL Maintenance Base «F.E Seletar, held their annual sports on Saturday. The events were held on an interSquadron basts M.T. Repair Squadron easy victors, although ar one stage they had a very hard fight with Aircraft Repftfl Squadron, who finished
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      26 7 SING APORE REPERTORY presents n TWL^ i MIST k Lx\ KENNETH HORNE v 10 TONIGHT and Wed, Thurs, Fri. Bal at Op.m. at the VICTORIA THEATRE
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    RUSSIA IS IN CHINA WAR CHARGE
    418 8 Jets aid Reds m operations HONG KONG, Tuesday. AS the Reds consolidated their hold on Hainan and stood poised to launch a massive onslaught on the Chusan islands, the fall of which would crack the Nationalist blockade, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek's government m Taipeh yesterday
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    Eat all you like now
    113 8 LONDON, Tues •THE Minister of Food, Mr. Maurice Webb, yesterday scrapped the ss. ceiling an restaurant meals imposed m 1942 and other austerity laws affecting British stomach, social gathering and tourist facilities. The chief effect is that the gourmand may now sit down to a
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    New Guinea wants to be independent
    119 8 SUVA, Fiji, Tues. NEW GUINEA does not wish to stay on Australia's back indefinitely." but wants to become economically independent as soon as possible, the New Guinea delegate. Mr. Waiau Ahnon. told the South Pacific Conference hero yesterday. Mr. Ahnon. opening a discussion on
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    Ho US aid, say China Reds
    62 8 TOKIO. T CHINA'S CommunL-t.s yt-s--day ruled out the idea of American aid for their tamine-stricken land. Liv Shao-chi, a leading minister, said: "The purpose of their so-called relief is that they want to conduct subversive activities among people of affected areas m China. "We
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    BATSMAN WEDS AN ADMIRER
    49 8 India's top batsman, Vijay Merchant, yesterday married a girl he first met when she asked for his autograph-23--year-old Miss Chandraprahba (Shining Moon) Shirodkar That was nearly two years ago. Merchant, who Is 38. captained the Indian Test team against the Commonwealth tourists last winter.- Reuter
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    Argentina free
    34 8 President Juan Peron told the opening session of the new Argentine Parliament that the nation was now able to "sell and buy from whom we wish" free from "any oossible blackmail." Reuter
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    ROMULO'S NEW POST
    23 8 The President of the United Nations General Assembly. Gen Carlos Romulo, will be appointed Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs- A.P.
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    INDIA STEPS IN
    19 8 India has replaced Russia as the leading supplier of manganese ore to the United States.- Reuter
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    'The colour will go'
    60 8 "DED Chinese are still Chinese, I believe, and some day the colour will go," the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Shigeru Yoshi<L», told pressmen m Tokio yesterday. Saying that he hoped Japan could come to terms with Red China, the 72-year-old Premier added, "They were formerly good
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    QUEEN'S NEPHEW IS FINED £10
    123 8 PERTH, (Scotland), Tuesday. A SCOTTISH Court yesterday fined a nephew of Queen Elizabeth £10 and suspended his car licence for a year for driving a jeep under the influence of drink. Timothy Patrick BowesLyon. 32-year-old third Earl of Strathmore and 16th Scottish Earl of Strathmore
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    FIRST STATE FARM
    17 8 China's first state farm, north-east of Tientsin, has been opened, Peking Radio reported. Reuter
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    HOTEL WOULD HOT SERVE DRINKS TO TWO
    114 8 HOTEL WOULD HOT SERVE DRINKS TO TWO SUVA. 'Fiji>, Tues. DRENCH officials from Noumea and Tahiti have protested to the Governor of Fiji, Sir Brian Freeson. because two of their native delegates to the Pacific People's Conference here were refused a drink at a local hotel. They had been invited
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    'World need not be poor, hungry, ill'
    212 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. I ORD BOYD-ORK, 1949 Nobel Peace prize winner, urged that "an offer should be made by all peace-loving nations to co-operate as equals through the United Nations, on a global plane, to abolish hunger, poverty and disease and bring m
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    Premiers converse
    14 8 Mr. Liaquat Ali visited Mr. Attlee at 10. Downing Street yesterday.— Reuter
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    MOSCOW VISIT
    14 8 A delegation from the Republic of Indonesia has arrived m Moscow.- Reuter
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    W. Pak. choked with refugees
    229 8 KARACHI, Tuesday. PAKISTAN yesterday warned Muslims intending to migrate from India that refugee areas of West Pakistan are choked. Minister of the Interior, Mr. Khawaja Shahabuddin, told the Press that there were no houses, no jobs, no fajms for any new refugees, and also warned
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    Man hits girl with hot pie
    60 8 MELBOURNE, Tues. SWARLES M\UHI. a \J shopk<*rn' r »rlmitted losing his temper m an argument with a woman customer and pitched a hot meat pie at her. The woman duck«*d and the pie hit Miss Shirley Lipman. -0. on th<" W« burning and blistering;
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    U.S. tribute to Queen Mary
    138 8 NEW YORK. Tues HPHE Lady with a Magic Carpet" and the "Grand Old Lady" are two of the descriptions given Queen Mary m the U.S. magazine New— week. "To Britons and Americans alike, the life she leads demonstrates that virtue can pay, it said. While
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    IRAQ RESUMES OIL TALKS
    74 8 Iraqi government negotiations for revising Iraqi oil concessions have been resumed m Baghdad with a new delegation from the oil companies. The Iraqi Government is expected to demand that her share from oil royalties be Increased, that royal payments be In currencies backed by gold and
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    THAKIN NU FLIES TO U.K.
    40 8 Burmese Premier, Thakin Nu, with the Finance Secretary, Hla Maung, yesterday left by air for the United Kingdom via Calcutta. Mrs. Nu accompanied her husband, who is expected to be away for three weeks. A.P.
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    RUBBER PLAN
    38 8 For the first time m 10 years, rubber has become a free market commodity m Japan Price and distribution controls were removed because o the advent of free trrlie and the discontinuance of rubbe allocations." Reuter
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    SEEING BAG DAI
    32 8 Vietnam's now Prime Minister, Tran Van Him, left Saigon yesterday for Dalat, Southern Annam. to report to Emperor Bao Dai on his progress towards forming a new Government. Reuter
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      356 8 Straits Times Free Press tot th« convenivnc* ot advertisers, our Representative at Ist Floor Singapore Cold Storage Orchard Road, will receive small advertisements tnd inswer« to bo« numbers BIRTHS RAJ To Retnabhal. wife of J. 3 R;ij. Malayan Police, on 29.4.50. I OFLYNN: On Ist May. at Bungsar Hospital. X.L..
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      75 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 10.56 a.m.. 10.50 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.45 a.m., 11.23 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris I tYwCRe ARE PLENTY OF OTMfR "X I ~~~^'^-f lT L OQ<S LKE t J THAT'S WHAT V>/ '.vl a .ac. ac iA,Tg icWAutf'^ THINGS I'LL HAVE TO TELL 1 r^&UML Y^'^ BOUGHT
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      11 1 Free Press America speaks to Singapore Supplement Tuesday, May 2, 1950.
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      A New Library Comes To Singapore
      679 1 I Slates »n Scr- hrarv i! pro sers on n try >ionerS vi [acvill ty end. •od- be United the lai ace. .'.ices kited I refei :or th° g Road I -d m the nough to irom ni 5 n\" naund construeand D ivaur.
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      'LITTLE AMERICA '-IN BLUE, CREAM
      629 1 A VISITOR stepping into the VSIS library will be particularly impressed by the special colour sclie m c <>f the powder-blue walls and the deeper Wilton blue shade of the pillars m the decora lion of the building. To lend harmony to these shades the
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      WHAT IS THE USIS?
      37 1 The ITSIS1 T SIS Singapore library staff, comprising (left to right) Mrs. Rita EHeh Han. Mr. Donald Tan and Mr. Bill Lim, photographed m the workroom, cataloguing books m preparation for the opening.
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      Negroes Play Their Part
      413 1 'PHREE of America's leading Negro universities recently sponsored a programme designed to mark institutional progress. They were Lincoln University, which is already making plans for its 1954 centennial; Langston University, now In its 53rd year; and Fisk University; which has just established a new department or
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      World's No. 1 Problem -AU.S View
      470 2 World's No. 1 Problem -AU.S View "THE most urgent x problem of our limes is how the sepa rate nations of the world can learn to live together without periodic resort to war," says a recent report of the Institute j of International Education m the United States 'As an
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      MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
      249 2 ]y]ANY symphony orchestras m the United States present special series of concerts for young people m addition to then regular programmes. Scheduled at times convenient for young audiences, the concerts feature "light" classical music and other selections that appeal to younger music lovers. The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra,
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      RIGHT NUMBER
      23 2 "This i* *****. ttfl Mis> Nora Dora.l of Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, who is receptionist and stenographer m the Dili offices.
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      Libraries to get together
      52 2 HHHE Council of National Library Associations is now planning the International Library Congress of 1950, the first since the Madrid meeting of 1935. The 1950 Congress, sponsored by the International Federation of Library Associations, will discuss topics of International interest. UNESCO is aiding with plans for
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        141 2 s getting somePEP a^ VIGOR Vsgettinq cS^fi/ itsa% 3 withaH66USSaf KLIM tayi aSIE th« BORDEN cow It't not surprising bow «udb coerg> voungsten can g» drinking KLIM milk every day Even flass<ul brim* wholesome nouruhment to necessary for growing children > k can depend ob KLIM to build four youngstrr
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      WHITE HOUSE HAD NO BOOKS!
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