The Singapore Free Press, 9 August 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N*. 17,856. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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    S.KOREANS REGAIN RIVER
    364 1 Americans blasted by own planes S OITH KOREANS last night regained the bank of the Naktong River m a two mile advance, pushing back the North Koreans who id held a bridgehead m force 12 miles northwest of Taegu. In a counter attack, the Southerners forced the
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    A LONE SNIPER CAUSES HOLD-UP
    455 1 From JOHN SHAW MEAN SOUTH-WEST FRONT, Tues. THE American offensive 1 lag the south coast f v been held up for the wctai day by a Red m counter-attack. Anu-rican forward Chindong-ni area tally cut off from r supply lines Trucks ?un and sniper travel
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    Reds on U.S. 'atrocities'
    266 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. T«HE SOVIET Chairman of the Security Council yesterday opened the meeting by reading a telegram from the North Korean authorities charging the Americans with using "inhuman and barbarous methods of war", and "ruthlessly violating the rules of international law m bombing raids throughout
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    Playing field tax may rise
    137 1 THE Director Of St. Joseph's Institution, Singapore, the Rev Brother Paul, who also represents St. Patrick's School at Siglap, said yesterday he had been asked to appear before the Municipal Commissioners m commit cee at their September meeting to show cause why the assessment rates
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    COST OF BIG PUSH —67 MEN
    107 1 LAST night'i communique stated The U.S. offensive m the south was held up on Tuesday while isolated pockets of Communists were cleaned out. This hold-up was temporary and the offensive was resumed m the direction oi Chlnju. Enemy casualties continued to be high. Approximately
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    IN YOUR OLD KIT BAG...
    34 1 picture. Guardsman M. Rodger s. of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, smiles as he picks for home. He has had tico years o/ bandit-fight-inu m the Federation.— Free Press
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    DUTCH GOVT. TAKES OVER MARIA CASE
    178 1 THE HAGUE, Wed T'HE Netherlands Foreign 1 Ministry has now virtually taken over the oa.M 1 of Maria Kt-rtogh (Nadra AdabD. who was married recently to a 22-year-oM Malay school teacher m Singapore. The Ministry will also pay the cost of the attempt to
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    JOINT WAR PLAN
    26 1 An historic meeting between Canada and the United States to map out a joint industrial blueprint for war began at Ottawa yesterday. Reuter
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    'PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO NEHRU' BRITAIN, U.S. URGED
    279 1 'PAY CLOSE ATTEN TION TO NEHRU' BRITAIN, U.S. URGED LONDON. Wed. THE TIMES yesterday urged the United States and Britain to give close attention to the words of the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, on Asian problems. "Mr. Nehru, by reason both of his own character and of the power
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    Iraqi Queen-mother ill
    68 1 QUEEN Aliyah, mother of 15-year-old King Faisal of Iraq, entered a London nursing home yesterday and is expected to have an operation. Her brother and regent, Kmir Abdnl Illah, arrived m London by air last night from Bagdad and went straight to see her. H-~ will be
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    SCHOOLS FOR JOBLESS QUERY
    129 1 SCHOOLS FOR JOBLESS QUERY ARE there any special edu- i cational facilities provided by Governmtnt for j unemployed juveniles m the Colony? This is a question to be tabled t>y Mr. Thio Chan Bee at the meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council next week. Mr. Thio will ask approximately how
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    3 BANDITS DIE
    23 1 Three bandits were shot dead by security forces m Perak yesterday. A shotgun, a pistol and some ammunition were recovered.
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    CHINESE STUDIES ECAFE REGIONS
    112 1 IN Singapore to study domestic capuai anu 1 improvements to existing toj^J^^^ banks, stock exchanges etc., m ECAFE regions— and to investigate methods of PJ«ntW Inited i Nations documents m Chinese, is Dr. I H. J D Fong I Ph.D.. a United Nations Official from the
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    Best bets for today
    35 1 From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wod. MY best bets for today an' ROYAL EAGLE and RICKSMKAD. The Koing is likely to be good. Trespasser's best bets are NKPTINKS DAICJHTER and SHEFFIELD PLATE.
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    Woman, amok with chopper, hits boy
    192 1 Woman, amok with chopper, hits boy Free Press Staff Report r WHILE preparing her food yesterday, middle-aged Teochrw woman m Pulau MinyaU, Geylang, suddenly rushed from her house, made for six-year-old Teh Yew Kooi, who was catching crabs m the river nearby, and began slashing him with a parang. A
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    DOOLITTLE IN SINGAPORE
    55 1 Free Prrsv Staff Repn: Gtaerul Jair.es IXleader < ruici which resulted In i r film being m "3U Secoi I d m Bingap ma: the sup aiid Shci. Company cap.ured at Seou: be of any invadine army A rice-pretid M d of Shell. 0 i f v
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    That Unsolved Mystery —Baldness
    1520 2 That Unsolved Mystery —Baldness OilYU^l,rL//CC/ UUI^IUK VLTHAT is the cause of hair falling out prematurely m young men. Can it be prevented? I am 24. Neither my parents nor my ancestors were bald. But for a year now viy hair has been falling out and I look like being held
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    Detecting The 'Wrong' Child
    542 2 Detecting The 'Wrong' Child The j Chapman Pincher Column [IJONSIEUR and Madame J—nodded happily as they caught sight of their six-year-old twins Victor and Pierre marching hand-in-hand m the procession of Swiss children. But their happiness gave way to astonishment when they noticed a boy called Eric walking a few
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    16 2 "M v approach shots have improved enormously since 1 introduced this new system of testing reflexes."
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    The Allergic Diseases
    535 2  -  Dr. Charles Hill GGF the Radio cjoctn. lIAY lever picks and chooses its victims with discrimination. But flrst a word on allergy. When we say that we are allergic to people we mean that a little of them goes a long way. In much the same way,
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      205 2 WHICH OF THESE AILMENTS DO YOU SUFFERj^Jjjj u!li "these warnings jfrA. tit*" #r w&m m.*y come T*ur doctor wl!I tad yon that oftaa tfaia *—4 aveti m Calcium, f hoip»-or«i. Cra» •ra warnmi sitnt of M MINERAL AND par. Iron, Magnesium, Foo« ice r«. itt V.TAMiN DEFICIENCY-— warning* that Vitamina
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      250 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have a repress this part of your good business head. nature or it can bring you Practical, you also are great unhappiness. sharp m sizing up people. Highly adaptable, you You are able to pick a good, are also self-reliant. You honest worker from
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      177 2 New Crossword No. 120 CLI'ES ACROSS 1. Dolus with wooden brainboxes? (10 1. 8. Bridge to Aiigl< (s>. 9. In Belgium Id get this little fellow (5). 10. Get pick m a j-port (3-7). 12. Does It warm up the leading oarsman? (4, 6» 16. It houses opera m Milan
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    20 CLUES TO CAUSES OF CANCER
    288 3 20 CLUES TO CAUSES OF CANCER Fifty nations compare notes PARIS, Tuesday. A LOOK at the world gives about 20 clues to the causes of many types of human cancers, and how to avoid them. These apparent causes lie m how you live, and where. Scientists from nearly 50 nations
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    43 3 I MhuUv I. S. Ambassador to Britain, pins the Merit i Chief Commander) on Field Marshal ;n Slim for meritorious services between October uid May 1'»45. as Commander of the 14th Army m The ceremony took place at the I.S. Embassy m London.
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    'BAD' KOREANS NOW HEROES
    114 3 'BAD' KOREANS NOW HEROES HONG KONG, Tuesday. I'HINESI Communist propagandists must be vtrfcbm uxertime today. In a matter of weeks to convince Red China's man-in-the-•ii.it 11m Koreans are not such bad characters iffef all- X m China has always been a fair game i.tontent who wanted to push somebody and.
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    11 3 It *oon won't be %»U to discuss potirict m th« club.
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    68 3 The m.un i>ust o> Hie l^t. End and :>rd Battalions of the Parehute Kegiment at Queen's Parade, Aldershot, when the King presented them with their first Colours. The occasion was unique, for rarely does the Kin? present Colours to any regiment of which he is not Colonel-in-Chief. It was also
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    Screen test for Sharman
    30 3 Screen test for Sharman ,DRID. Til- lAN C f for a an That which producer of the 1 the a ihe US. Am- n- rr ures ':n!v m Spain. A.P.
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    STORM DELAYS AID TO DOCTOR
    31 3 STORM DELAYS AID TO DOCTOR ..in cruiser. i Heard IsAntarctic yes- blizzard after a lash from Australical aid for sick nikoff. member iHm Antarctic zzard nrevented an a landing. A .P.
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    SERVICE RESUMED
    20 3 rail service to og has been resumservice was halted ays following a dell miles from the border. A.P.
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    No frontier solution
    65 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. THE Indian Premier, Pandit Pandit Nehru, told Parliament yesterday that it would be impracticable to change the boundaries of East and Bengal as a solution to India's and Pakistan's ree problem. Weot Bengal is under Indian rule and Ea<t Bengal under Paki=tan Both provinces
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    Caif has two heads
    89 3 'WISH calf, having two heads may be exporiea iv *A ih e United SUtes m a few "JJ* 11 t the farm o f The calf was born three months *?S J£n d it Hufgschmann m Allrop South Jutland jna Mill joing strong, study mr the
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    His father will not believe it
    113 3 HULL. Tues. 'PHE Hull coroner recently recorded "Suicide" on a youth or 17. So id the father: "As long as I live I shall never believe it." Pete Carl Comerford was found hansinq from the kitrhcn dcor m his home m Coldman-street. Hull. His
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    New cure for chronic ulcers
    73 3 Two Indian scientists are experimenting with the possibilities of healing wounds, especially chronic ulcers, by application of blood and blood cell jelly. They are Dr V. B Lai. technical director, and Dr. P. B. L Verma. chemical techn< logist. of the New Delhi Blood Bank
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    Appointed secretary
    40 3 Dr. Rajah B Manikam, of Na»pur, India, has been named joint secretary for East Asia and roving ambassador for the World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council It a joint committee meeting at Whitbv. Ontario, A.P.
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    'Would Jesus use an atom-bomb?'
    214 3 OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Tuesday. r FHREE pacifists have picketed the entrance to the atomic plants ai Oak RMge. distributing "peace" leaflets. Wearing blacfc annoands and bearing placards, they were led by a Japanese-American who infiltrated the heavily guarded restricted area last March to hand out
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    Red 'peace' Stamps
    23 3 The General Posi Office m Communist Peking has issued i new set of stamps 'm de"pnee of world peace." A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    316 3 Both sides vulo«rabl«. West dealer QOMETIMES even large swings m team of four matches are narrowly earned, il not a matter ot good luck. But m this deal both halves of the winning team did well. At the first table the bidding went: West North East South 1
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    Capture cards from Korea
    75 3 GENEVA. Tues. fHE Central Prisoner-of--1 War Agency, which protected the interests of millions of prisoners on both sides m the last war. has announced the receipt of the first capture cards for North Korean prisoners m American hands. The agency. which is operated by the International
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    Motorist fined for speeding
    59 3 Motorist fined for speeding In the traffic court In Adelaide a man said that as his car had not started to rattle he could not have been travelling at 38 m.p.h. over an intersection alleged by the police. The magistrate decided the police speedometer more factual than the pitch of
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    ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE REVIVED
    182 3 NEW DELHI, Tuesday. rra£ i i..Nil KIES-OLD historic trade routes between India and Indonesia are being revived now that both are free to manage their own affairs. Nearly 2.000 years ago. Indonesia was part of a Hindu empire. The cultural and commercial contacts between the two
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    P.I. rice increase
    28 3 It has bern conservatively estimated, according 'o the Manila Times that Philippine rice acreages and production for 1949-50 will far exceed the pre-war figure-; Reuter
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    War will find them ready
    179 3 U&LU. Tuesday. MEMBERS of a religious sect m South-West Norway are convinced that war is coming: again to Norway m the near future. They are making their preparations accordingly. Already, they have collected large quantities of food and stored it up m the mountains above
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    TYRE PRICES INCREASED
    58 3 The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. at Akron. Ohio, has increased prices of tyres sold to manufacturers of automobiles, trucks and tractors for equipping new vehicles. The increases ranged from eight to ten percent on passenger car tyres. 12$ percent on trucks and bus tyres and six
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    SPAIN ON U.N. AGENDA
    42 3 Tne Dominican KepuDiic has put the question ul Spain's relations with the United Nations on the agenda for the September meeting of the General Assembly Previous attempts to rH Spain admitted to the United Nations have r.iilod. U.P.
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    NEW LIFE SAVER FOR MEN IN SUBS
    134 3 NEW LIFE SAVER FOR MEN IN SUBS DUBLIN. Tues DENNIS Madden, a Dublin) transportation contrac-* tor. has just invented a submarine safety device which he claims, will reduce the loss of life on disabled submarines to a minimum Full details of the invention are unavailable but th* main features claimed
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    Operation changes sex
    41 3 MKLBOURNE. 1 v A BALLARAT poultry er opora'.rd MB MM rt I I Fthode Island rwo mon;hs latei -d hen-li'.e atlribu It ducks knateft^ and overcomin'? mi •onsciousn^ss no «r« Orood of ei"l»' clli^k^ i maternal soli'Uud. Reuter
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    DONATION FOR JUBILEE YEAR
    49 3 Australia s Pi ral c. ment will contribate GA33 000 lor the 1951 Jubilee V- »r celebrations. Announcing thl I A ing Primp Mm I h F;)dden. said thai by ment the Com- il i wpuld i A #<r thii for State Oovernmeni nroeran Reuter
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    INQUIRY ORDERED
    24 3 The Indian Pun- M Pjndit NpIk'.; I Inquiry into thf pui Swpc ca'ed rooflnf which v In the fi on.- A .P.
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    Red ambassador
    12 3 ed Gen N C PwDemocra I Republic of X A.P.
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      179 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] (BLUE NETWORK) 4.45 pjn programme summary; iM -nrf 41 7 metres 4 4 "From the London Editorials' 4OT and 41.7 meires. (BBC) 455 "Composer of the 10 ajn. News from Singapore: week"— Lisit; 5.15 "Report from IS Programmes m Malay: Britain" (BBC); 5.30 "Bandstand"; p.m. Dane M«s.c-Bob
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    CIVILISATION COMES BY AIR FREIGHT
    293 4 AIRWAYS are proving the backbone of post-war rehabtlitation m the South-West Pacific Qantas Empire Airways, which runs the important air services m New Guinea, recently extended its Highls to West and East Papua and tiie Solomons. Kiriwina, Buka, Bum and other remote places familiar to
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      RUSSIA'S 'GREAT LIE AND SILENCE'
      2575 1 RUSSIA'S 'GREAT LIE AND SILENCE' By LOUIS FISCHEM-2 J^OUIS FISCHER was born m 1896 m Philadelphia. After a few years as a schoolteacher, he found his vocation as a journalist,! when he was sent to Berlin m 1921 by the New York Post. He spent most of the next twenty-five
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 9, 1950. The gates hold
    374 2 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Aug. 9, 1950. The gates hold IIR. Maic^'m MacDonald, m his broadcast on Monuav n'ght, painted an eucouraiiJniz uicture of Communist setbacks |c SouthFast Asia He reported that m those k*-y countries. Indo-China and Burma, the forces of j freedom have more than held their
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    The Reds Owed it All To NUMBERS
    850 2 la chic McDonald reports on the early stages of the Korean war. TOKIO: WHEN I returned here after 24 days m the Korean front line the American position was the worst since the shooting began. Matters have improved since but at that time
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    Let's Hear These Artists
    623 2 Let's Hear These Artists I Music i Topics by I PRESTO 1 AST week Colin J Horsley, one of the most promising concert pianists of the day, passed through Singapore. Hr was on his way from New Zealand, his ;ve country, to Britain U) play m the concert Not so
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    New Records
    354 2 Brahm* Concerto No. 2 m B Flat Major played by Rudolf Srrkin i|"-""' and the Philadelphia Orrhestra (Eugene Ormandy). Col. LX 8713-8. This is a mammoth work that makes heavy demands on a pianist's physical stamina as well as on his technical skill. If either fail the strain
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    BACH—GENIUS AT CUT PRICE
    475 2  -  OUCH If the lame of Johann Sebastian j Bach, who died 200 years ago that it is odd to think of music's old giant as a frustrated man. The great of the art have accorded him a lofty eminence. Beethoven called him variously "the patriarch" and
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    END-PIECE FROM LEIPZIG
    85 2 IN March 1949 the proposed programme of the Bach Society was condemned as "too religious" and the Communist Party took over direction of all the preparation for the bl-centenary celebrations m Leipzig. Now the great composer* has been dubbed "the musician of the proletarian worker symbolic of
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    50 Skeletons —ana a Job Half Done
    278 2  -  MARGARET GILRUTH l'.\ AN ancient village and a cemetery are being excavated m the desert which r ims Cairo's outer suburu^. Because the finds are exciting, and because builders want the site for a sweep of new villas, digging and probing into the
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    50 2 to be men of the prehistoric r.iKidle-class. They are .six feet tall, with fine str> 1 Of bones, well preser teeth, and nonnul sk'. They were til buried trarteci, pasitions. on r left i! ndng wi*l toward! the rising sun. Those fouJ\d a few I away at Hehvan were, h
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    PEN FRIEND, PLEASE
    10 2 I A" rori:ri iinn Kilmore-Nt! Chrisirhurt h
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      39 2 CALDBECK'S Amontillado Fino SHERRY Produce of Spun iJEfI 'SCANPyiu/ piano accordion: CTUI BETTER I? AND HP 'fuH Importers: W.\ ]^m i FOORMAN'S MUSIC STUDIO SPORE. 37 ORCHARD ROAD Ist FLOOR Tfl 4739 PENANC: ROBINSON PIANO CO 4E BIACH ROAD
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    HARBOUR BOARD SETS UP RECORDS
    213 3 r olume of cargo greatest ever Free Press Staff Reporter r o\-!ITITING an all-time record, 4,061,961 V IItTK of cargo were handled by the Singapore Harbour Board for the year ended June 30, cording to the latest statistics from the Board- Traffic Department. •imber of
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    91 3 picture. MR. A. Vl.ll AKKTN AM m Technical Assistant m the Singapore P.W.1)., who is sailing for the United Kingdom tomorrow to do a four-year course m civil engineering at Brighton Technical College on a Colonial Development and Welfare Fund scholarship, was entertained to dinner last night at the Islamic
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    Experienced of banditry in 1st day of visit
    82 3 Experienced of banditry in 1st day of visit IPOH, Wed. rv FAR -OLD Miss me, who flew out in Surrey to r Sgt. Richard Fourth Queen ho was wound1 grensome- rrorist activi- first night in Red Cross r in Singapore rangements for .'j by the night <ies. the be ngatrtxB
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    SINGAPORE SCOUTS FOR MALACCA
    11 3 SINGAPORE SCOUTS FOR MALACCA 13 Bcouti pore left Kong Tn^y are
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    U.S.I.S. FILM SHOW TODAY
    94 3 FE United States Inform- 1 ation Service will give an < educational film show at the V.M.C.A. m Orchard Road at 7 45 p.m. today. i Four films have been selected for screening tonight. They are "Burroughs Newsboys Foundation." "The Nations Capital." "Central Park" and ::gs
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    MAIL
    53 3 Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Hong Kong. China. Japan. South India and the Federation. Latest time? for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: Noon for Great Britain. N. Ireland, Eire. Europe. North and West AMca, Wes>t Indies. Egypt, Ceylon and Manila; 5.45 p m.
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    Union chief due on Friday
    70 3 MR. F. W Dalley, chairman of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions delegation to Asia. arrives m Singapore on Friday afternoon on a short visit. While here he will meet Singapore Trade Union representatives. Mr Ng Kirn Seann. a member of the Federation Police
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    You need not worry about taxi meters
    238 3 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Free Press has received several verbal com- olaints from readers concerning what they alleged to be faulty functioning of meters m Sinß Se* X Mr. W. A. M. Watts, the Registrar of Vehicles told me it was more
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    Nightly parades m church precincts
    373 3 'OUTSTANDING DISGRACE' Free Press Staff Reporter pATHOLIC authorities, as represented by two schools, a church and a youth centre, all situated m the Bras Basah Road -Queen Street area, are against the action of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners m siting a taxi-stand right opposite the
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    'Turko's fate still dangles in mid-air'
    164 3 4 HINT that the Indonesian Government may become A "iust a little hurt and affronted at Dutch uncoowraUveness'' over the "Turko" Westerling case is SSdf in the latest bulletin issued by the Indonesian The cUscSg 6 the Westerling affair says: •'Turko Westerling's fate still
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    They aim to keep down pork prices
    389 3 Free Press Staff Reporter BALI may sound romantic to globe-trotters, artists and philosophers, but to a section of Singapore businessmen it is nothing more than dollars and cents. These are the members of the newly-formed Singapore Bali Pig Importers' Association, whose main object
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    Hawkers do roaring business at Esplanade
    230 3 Hawkers do roaring business at Esplanade Free Press Staff Reporter T UCRATIVE business is responsible lor the steadily increasing number of hawkers catering for the public on the Singapore Esplanade near the Cenotaph every evening till well past midnight. Until recent weeks, raids oh the hawkers on the Esplanade had
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    Sinhalese crest
    84 3 7^HIS is the crest adopted by the Sinhalese Association, Singapore, at their extraordinary general meeting on July 26. Mr. H J. C. Kulasingha, president of the Association and chairman of the Pasir Panjanq Rural District Committee, himself designed it. The painting icas done by Mr. G. A. Peiris,
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    E.S.A. wants more members
    66 3 THE number 01 Asian n- embers of the Ex- Service Association, Singapore, is increasing. Mr. Halliday. the secretary, IsM the Free Press yesterday However, he added, i»e would like to see more exService men and women of all nationalities join the Association. Mr. Halliday said the
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    Public health film shows
    151 3 Free Press Staff Report rr OEGUI AX film shov%s c Bcerning public hei 1 n subjects are to be held m th* near future for n&enitoen the Sanitary Inspector* sociation m Singapore, tit president. Mr. S. V. Ho told the Free Press ywterday. The Association* I
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    50 MALAYANS SUITABLE
    370 3 H.K. University Free Pre>s Staff Reporter piFTY Malayan students have been found satisfactory for admittance Into Hong Kong University's Faculty of Medicine this year by a two-man selection committee from that Institution -Prof. S. M. Banrill and Dr. D \V. Oould. Bui whether all of them will
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      181 3 EUGENE ORMAHDY j conducting THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA on COLUMBIA Records. INVITATION TO THE DANCE <W-tx:. O; Part 1 and 2 l TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR B. Part 1 and 2— LXIIBI SUITE FROM 'DER ROSE\'K AYALIER" <R RIMNII Op. 59 IX HH 68 CONCERTO No. 2 IN B
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    RUSH FOR BIG ODDS IN CUP DOUBLES
    344 4 RUSH FOR BIG ODDS IN CUP DOUBLES Bets pour m for bookmakers THE annual rush by punters to get big odds for their doubles on the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups has begun. Bookmakers have been besieged with hundreds of bets, both big and small. There has been heavy support for
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    SANDS TOO GOOD FOR BRIMM
    65 4 AUSTRALIAN triple champion and British Empire middleweight tit!e-hoLI r Dave Sands H6P 4 lbs > ea.si\y defeated American Henry Brimm (159^) at the Sydney Stadium last night. Brimm was knocked down three times m the first round and after he had been floored igain m
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    Weights for Saturday's
    240 4 WJ IC.IITS for si\ of the eight |MM at Penang on SaturdJ\ are given below: f 1. 1. DIV. 1—« Kurt. >p^-.us 9 -0* King Arthur 9.00 i;old Medallist Hi; Tudor Pride Ml Theatre H1 Fmpire Rose 8.11 Billy Carol Prince Charming K.OB Minstrel Boy 8.08 lv-n.-e
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    U.K. CRICKET RESULTS
    238 4 I*^5 JLTS or English county V cricket matches ended rday were: Hove. Middles, x beat S by 24 ran M.ddlesex 257 and 347 ior 8 riecl. tDeues 101. Dems on Ho>. Sussex 319 for 8 \r.d 2-M <J Langrid?* 93>. M Lord's. Roy a! Navy v RAF
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    Park to win from Clynor
    577 4  -  ALLAN LEWIS PENANC COLD CUP PROSPECTS By SIXTEEN horses nave been handicapped tor the Penang Gold Cup to be decided over 11 furlongs on Saturday with Four O'clock II m pride of place with 9.7— an increase of 8 lbs. on the weight he carried
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    War brightens the markets
    368 4 [London Stock Exchang? LONDON, U, di ,esc A BRIGHTER atmosphere was an, London Stock Exchange yesterday generally more hopeful feeling regarding Korean situation, stated Renter's i«ar pondent. Business however was partly r of account considerations. Comnv manded the greatest interest. In this group rubbers were the
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    Wednesday Short Story
    20 5 :ie a li ulsive je>k. rolled oQ the bed and lay still. Dculh silently closed the door.
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    AN EVENING WITH DEATH
    527 5  -  ERIC MITCHELL by i :n.. scarceminute after had rcververed lh« m;i luce, IVath lefl the Serangoon and HitUd Ihe nticturnal v benl on liis nl errand of of all the ssins by the ,-ican- r street ited -..r.ple Bras a d B I Vt tofl I
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    My 4-hour duel with the White Death
    1275 5  - My 4-hour duel with the White Death ARTHUR MORLEY MY MOST EXCITING ASSIGNMENT— 7 by THEY are known as the White Death along this sub-tropical coast— sharks as long as the average English suburban sittingroom, weighing more than a ton and possessing all the instincts of killers. They are Australians'
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    SERVICE WITH YOUR PETROL
    49 5 SERVICE WITH YOUR PETROL There are 224.000 gusoiin.e service stations m the I States Ai ttme sta'.ion.torists may obtain gasoline and oil supplies, minor automotive repairs and and car washine and lubrication The stations vide free toilet and lavatory facilities to travellerfurnish travel inforn and road maps without charge.
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    A small man with a big name in soccer
    713 6  - A small man with a big name in soccer KOH PENG LONG COLONY S MALAYA CUP PERSONA LITIES-4 By This is the first time Boon Leoxig has b°en chosen to play in the Malaya Cup •classic' and he has proved himself worthy of his inclusion in the Singapore team. He
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    Grieves to carry on cricket
    266 6 Grieves to carry on cricket KEN GRIEVES, the Lanv!nr- Australian cricket all-rounder. who also keeps goal for Bury. will stick to his whi'e flannels this winter. Unable to agree with Bury (m the qupsU'ii "i n Grieves has accepted an invitation to tour India and Pakistan with the Commonwealth cricket
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    Colonials C.C.
    62 6 rpHK following have been invited to play for the Colonial* Cricket Club against the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club, m a Senior Tournament cricket match on Sunday Aug. 13 on Hong Lim Green. F. Chopard (capt.), W. Ratnalake, J. Martens. D. Key:. H. Shah. M. Shah. D. Miller. O.
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    Gabos solved a big problem
    382 6 A WANG CABOS, 30-year old member of Pulau Brani United, the Singapore A.A.F.A. Senior League team, is the answer to the M missing link hi Singapore s Malaya Cup team to meet Penang m the final at Kuala Lumpur this Saturday. Gabos was finally selected
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    'WICKET-HUNGRY' TOM GODDARD
    485 6  - 'WICKET-HUNGRY' TOM GODDARD JOHN ARLOTT PAVILION PROFILE... II By IN Gloucestershire he is known simply as •Tom." He is 49 years and 28 cricket seasons and 2,800 wftekets old. Ht> plays cricket because he wants to At an ase when n men are relaxing and softening physically he is still
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    He helped his rivals to win
    266 6  - He helped his rivals to win ARCHIE QUICK By THIS is the »tory of th« dilemma of an Arm* 1 athlete. In the pre-war years of 193' Colonel (at he it now) C. H. r\ Hair.ngton I hurdles champion and Adjutant of the 2nd B* Cheshire Regiment when they won
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      276 6 ESSES STARTS TODAY II > i^ 4 30 tf.CO P.m. ■Mi 1 g L «m. munMMIIIIWT i BhalBRE-^;; MM iAW Ivu-WDIOOD BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM There is an old jdage which warns us against being penny wise and pound foolish. And yet how many people are like that. They spend large
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      159 6 L!. C.n Sir j Stccle present* the Inter-Un.t OWk^T Shuid tf Cjpt. A W. Franklin, captjtn of the wmntn< Ist ParscKntc team. *t th« conclusion of the Army AtKletu L'n Team ships, m the Military Stadium. Aldershof Army N «»s picture FREE GIFTS "LIFEGUARD" condensed milk last 30 years, the
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    Weekes scores 7th 100
    95 7 Weekes scores 7th 100 s ,E£K£S gave ir.:_ display I L41 for the .,rr Glamoresterday and -K> runs for :~d freely and 50 in T5 minplay Mi -:rokes. He .i 50 in 45 >mplete hia f the tour. ml added 96 lay before asniflcently by Emrys The fourth 125 IB
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    10-nil Victory
    24 7 fet v..i'.ch a r 30 Bn. M*rcharr. awtra, by h an *ttheii :.er ta tlM r: LOOMS- P\ I I S 3<?t-
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    ROYAL EAGLE BEST FOR TODAY
    622 7 ROYAL EAGLE BEST FOR TODAY Ricksmead to score again From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG. Wednesday. y^ALLY BAGBY, who will be astride Hariman and Ricksmead, should have his winning mounts here today. Hariman is a strong stable fancy for the fourth race, while Ricksmead is another strong fancy. Best bet Is Royal
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    THE GAMBOLS
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    COLD STORAGE SPORTS CLUB
    44 7 Due to present officials going on home leave, the following have been elected Singapore Cold Storage sports officials for the "gS? 8 Sfn^Secretary. Sports Club:-Mr. H. W. Taylor; Cricket Convenor: -Mr. P. De Kretser; Football Convenor— Mr. C. B. Humphries.
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS
    73 7 OESULTS of yesterdays tennis xv ties m the V.M.C.A. tournament were:Clau A Heap Doubles: (SemiFinal): Dr. Chan Ah Kow and Tan Hock Seng <— 30) beat W. E. Tan Eind Chia Chin Siang (—3O) 10-8. 6-4. Class B Heap Doubles: (SemiFinal): Dr. Ong Swee Law and Un Hon
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    Tanglin Club tennis results
    147 7 \f rs K. Oreenwood and Mrs Pearcy beat Miss Nathan and Mrs. Dawe quite easily to wi n the Women's Handicap Doubles title m the Tanglin dub tennis tournament yesterday. Mrs. Greenwood and Mrs Pearcy playing at a handicap of —15.3 won 6-1. 6-2 from their
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    BENLAWERS WIN
    83 7 TN a friendly soccer match played at Oiilman Barracks the MM. Benlauer* defeated the same company sh.p <s. Bendoran by ftvc goals :o three The first goal was scor*»d by Shanks for the Benlawers and s.s. Bendoran equalised through Glency and Shanks again scored the second goal for
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    Florence Chadwick swims Channel
    307 7 FLORENCE Chadwick, 31-year-old California, typist, yesterday became the fastest woman ever to swim the English Channel, smashing the 24-year-old record set up by fellow American Gertrude Ederle. It was Chadwick's first attempt. The American girl stepped ashore at South Foreland Point, near Dover. 13 hrs. 23
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    JUNIOR BADMINTON TIES
    282 7 rE following ties In the Singapore Badminton Association's junior championships will be played at the Clerical Union Hall this week-end SATURDAY at 7.M pjn. Lim KLn Choon (Useful) v Ng Cheng Hua (Marigold) I Seah Kee Kwang (Marigold) v Ooh TUn Chve (Useful) John Chua (Usefuh v
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    201 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER SACS 1 J" 8 8 J I WEL OUR LOVE OUR LOVE WINDSOR LADDIE UNITED PISCES J 3« I!****? Evening Star Windsor Laddie United Pisces O«r Love O»r Loch Clyde Miss Jewel Our Lave Mte Jewel BACK t
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    22 7  -  GEOFFREY EVANS By If -They re not playing a school of any kind, sir— they rt playing England, sir
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    UK speedway results
    108 7 UK speedway results gRADFORD completed a National League double victory over Belle Vue, Manchester, last night when, following their afternoon success on the Manchester track they won at Bradford by 47 points to 37. West Ham, IfMtag 46 to 62 against Walthamstow m the return half of their London Cup
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    P.W.D. SOCCER FINAL
    50 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Southern Section Final between Singapore and Selangor In the annual inter-state P.W.D. football competition for the shield presented by the P.W.D. Technical Services Union has been postponed from tomorrow to Thursday. This will be played on the PWD Sports Club ground. Cheraa Road.
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    Kota Raja outplay R.A.F. Changi
    168 7 If OTA RAJA got through their second round of the S.A.F.A. Cup competition by beating R.A.F. Changi by four goals to nil at the Jalan Bear Stadium yesterday. Goal-getters for Kota Raja were Awang Bakar (2>, Madon and Hussien. First goal for Kota Raja came
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    4-3 VICTORY FOR C.Y.M.A.
    96 7 Free Press Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. THE Special Constables were defeated yesterday by the Catholic Young Yen's Association by four goals to three, m a League soccer match. The CYMA opened the scoring m the first half when Err Kwang netted. The Specials then scored twice
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    Tawan due here today
    117 7 NAI Taw an. the S^m» weight vh* ha- been »ith Flashy Scba^ 10--ound bout at The Kapj: Wor;.i :his Friday, i-s expected in K. Lumpur today. He will le; Singapore sometime this tventag. According to press repor: Bangkok Tawan knocked N I hi» opponents in the
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    AMPON BEATEN
    38 7 AM PON BEATEN pELICISIMO AMPON of t v .e Philippines was defeated m the third rou the men's singles m thr Hi I port Casino law: tournament by Harry of San Francisco, vhc t I 9-7, 9-7. Reuter
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      291 7 Today's acceptors DELOW is the card for today's races at Penang. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. RACE 1—3.30: CLASS 5, DIV. 2— 5J FURS. 1. 000 Windsor Laddie Mawi 8.12 1. 000 Greetings Ingram 8.11 J. 000 Loch Clyde TuJloh 810 4. 400 Laurie Tait 8.09
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      53 7 Today' spott SOCCER: Comm. Lgr Euras^. v Royal Navy at Jalan Besar rt»dium. Business Hse: Man-h»'<; O.T^.C at Geylant; Bu^ra v O.CJI.C. at CYMA. Snr. Lf*: T.B.A. v SC C TENNIS: MCA and Tan-f:n Club tourneys iCont.t. SWIMMING: RAF. *r Swimmlnc Gala. CRICKET: St. Andrew. >rh^! t. 21 Guard Unit,
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    TIBET ATTACK UNCONFIRMED
    64 8 No confirmation was available m London yesterday of reports that Chinese armies are now advancing toward the Tibetan borders, but such a Chinese move has been expeced for some time. In usually well-informed quarters it is understood that the Western Powers have for some time recognised that
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    FORMOSA WORRYING BRITAIN
    315 8 MacA.'s policy not trusted LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN is worrying about American policies in the Far East, and the increasing possibility that she may be involved in a third world war for reasons that would be difficult to justify to her people. The biggest worry is Formosa, and,
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    Gordon Walker indisposed
    89 8 ADELAIDE, Wed. MR. Patrick Gordon Walker, British Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, was not well enough to attend a State Government dinner arranged m his honour last night. He gave a lunch-time address on arrival m Adelaide from Western Australia, and was then ordered to bed. The rest
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    IT PREYED ON HER MIND
    157 8 LONDON, Wednesday. ANE thing above everything else seemed to worry Miss Isabel Diana Boyd, aged 30. She thought she had body odour. While sailing to Australia on the liner StraUimore she consulted the ship's surgeon and nursing sisters about it. They all told her she
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    71 8 LONDON. Wed. I^E tin Dt&rtet continued firm yesterday with a moderate turnover of M tons. Spot was marked up £4J to the new high of £7541. and three months was up £4 U) £747 i. The closing prices were: Spot— £7s4 buyers and £755 tellers, with
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    PANAMA AID FOR U.N.
    44 8 PANAMA AID FOR U.N. i>ANAMA h .-fd a corps i rolunteers to flght m Korea, bas'-s for train United Nations forces, tn passage to United Nations troopt, the use of the Panamanian Merchant Marine for transp nation ol troops and supplies, and farm lands
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    GIRL USED SARONG TO SAVE FISHERMAN
    228 8 FIJI, Wednesday. A YOUNG Fijian girl who, with her sarong, saved the life of a white man m a storm that swept the South-West Pacific, has been told that the King of England "has been graciously pleased" to award her the British Empire Medal.
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    S.A.L.S.U. lottery
    51 8 S. A.L.S.U. lottery OESULTS of the draw of the Singapore Admiralty Lo- ral Staff Union lottery held j on Sunday are: Ist prize No. 1178: 2nd prize No 1107: 3rd prize No. 28U5. Consolation prizes: Nos. 1170, 3356, 1669, 1469, 1155.: 1167, 2925, 2171, 1265, 2088. 2706. 3093, 2334. 2758,
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    MORE DEFENCE EFFORT ASKED
    57 8 behalf oi :sh Mr. daf called upon Europe for greatommon defence effort? tn on. Mi Callaghan told the European Consultathre Asbly m :>ourg Uiat Britain 1 5 fully determined <\nn from wha- trter It may come The youthful Labour MP v. pening >peak.,s 'he Assembly examined
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    19 8 Th.' At Prime Minister Mr. Robert G. Men/.e<. ha.s anived n; Ottawa on Ins lir.v vk since 1948 Kei.t«»r
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    'Fought at Stalingrad'
    69 8 COME of the North Korean soldiers now m action fought with the Russians at Stalingrad, according to a letter received from Korea by the Vatican's Congregation of (Propaganda Fide (propagation of the Faith). The letter to the Con«rogation, said that the prrparations for the Nor44i Korean attack
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    YOU NEED A HARD HEART TO HOARD
    154 8 ATLANTA. Wed. JOHN KEASLER. a reporter of Atlanta. Georgia turned hoarder for a day to test local reaction. Keasler reported that bus he loaded a market cart with sugar pepper and cigarettes he received m addition to dagger-like stares "several frank comments on
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    H.K. MONEY
    27 8 The following were yesterday's quotations on the Hong Kons Money Exchange: HKS6.3I per U.S. dollar. HK515.70 per pound sterling. HKS3IS p^r tael of gold U.P.
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    Beauty rites shock vicar
    143 8 I ON DON, Wednesday. 4 BACHELOR vicar, he Kev. Eric Bailey, recently attended a beauty demonstration. This is what he writes about it in his parish magazine: •What a frightful sight a woman is made to look before retiring for the night. I can't help thinking
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