The Singapore Free Press, 15 August 1950

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v 17.861. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. AUGUST 15 1950. PRICE TEN < KNi>
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  • 553 1 000 on way to airport From SYDNEY SMITH „,>!.« FISAX, Tuesday. Bradtej i task tone, on its fourth day cut off on Polling the eastern end of the American front, today saw its lories through field glasses. They were forward patrols of |H OOQ South Korean
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  • 150 1 Income tax: the figures I^HE first report of the Pan-Malayan ComptrollerGeneral of Income Tax. laid before the Singapore Legislative Council this morning for assessments raised up to Dec. 31, 1949, for the year of assessment, 1948 showed that Cninese residents m Malaya had their income assessed at $51,904,293 and paid
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  • 41 1 Sine the beginning of this y^yr there has b**en only one prosecution for spitting m the streets of Singapore. The accused was fined $10. This was stated m answer to a written question m the Singapore Legislative Council today.
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  • 30 1 Many prominent Indians la Singapore attended this mornings flag hoisting c« monv at India House, Grange Road, where the third anniversary of Indian Independence Day A a; > ch-brated.
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  • 27 1 Mr. Wang Jen-shu presented his credentials to the Indonesian President. Dr. Soekarno yesterday and became Communist China' 3 first ambassador to a non-Commum~t naiidVi A.P.
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  • 155 1 BRUSSELS, Tuesday. KING Leopold of Belgium secretly boarded a Belgian Air Force plane m Brussels yesterday, flew to Switzerland and returned with his wife, the 34-year-old Princess De Rethy. The reunited couple took elaborate precautions both m Switzerland and Belgium to keep the move concealed but
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  • 78 1 THE HAGUE, TttfcS. r)OCK strikes held no work In Holland's vv.o big ports of Amsterdam and Kotterdam yesterday. In Amsterdam taxis were off the streets because drivers were demanding double wages and a two percent holiday allowance. All work on big buildings m the city was
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  • 91 1 PROBE INTO GOVERNMENT METHODS rHF Singapore Government ha.s engaged the services of a tirm of business consultants to make a preliminary survey and report upon the problems Of organisation and method m the Singapore Government services. This was stated m an answer n m the Singapore Legislative Council this morning
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  • 55 1 Government is not aware of any slur having been cast on any particular community due to statements by responsible officers, based on lack of informatioo or misinformation. This was stated m reply to a question m the Singapore Legislative Council this morning by Mr. Balwant
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  • 289 1 THE Secretary-Cieneral of the United Nations, Mr. 1 Trvgve Lie, said yesterday that chances for world i>eacc would be very remote if the assess, m Korea get away with their flouting of international opinion and law. Mr. Lie, spending a lew days holiday m his native
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  • 64 1 Princess son play Princess Elizabeth, who is expecting a second baby any day now, played with Prime Charles on the lawn of Clarence House yesterday. After 15 minutes uith the little prince, who was .1 months old yesierday, the Princess retired into her lour-storey hoir«e. Outside m the Mall, several
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  • 100 1 ryJRING a talk on "Malaya's v Wav Ahead" at the Singapore V.M.C.A. lasi night, Mr. G G Thomson Public Relation Secretary. Singapore, said "If Malaya is to take a Malayan shape, there must be a Malayan opinion to define that shape. "If it is not
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  • 37 1 American members of the executive committee of the International Council of Christian Churches sent a message to President Truman yesterday expressing the Council's "unalterable" opposition to the appointment of a representative to ihe Vatican. A.P.
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  • 61 1 WEPOUTS My that quintuplets have been horn at Sanchara. a village m the Rtwa district of Central India. Mother and five children, it was said, were "doing well." A local newspaper urged the Indian Government m a leading article "to fix a generous allowance' 1 for the
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  • 237 1 60,000 REDS FOR TAEGU ATTACK TOKYO, Tues. WITH the greatest Com- munist offensive of th(» Korean war possibly only hours away Red forces today made probing attacks across the Naktong River while they massed 60,000 men for their big push on Taegu, vital forward base. These stabs come northwest of
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  • 56 1 TWO Africans v/ho won scholarships to an Indian university said yesterday they could not accept them as the I South African Government had refused them passports. The scholars. Mr. W. T. Zondo and Miss M. C. Nongauza, were awarded the scholarships by the Indian Government for
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  • 36 1 i Sr Owen Dlxon, CJiiit ed Nations mediator m Kashmir, due to report back lv the Security Conueil today had not yet completed negotiations, i1 a momb^r of his biaft i yesterday.— Reuter
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  • 192 1 RANGOON, Tuesday. HUNDREDS of Burmese men and women storm 1 the civil hospital mortuary m Moulmein yes day for a glimpse of the bloody and bullet -riddled body of the Karen rebel leader. Saw Ba I (lyt Ba U Gyi, Oxford educated, was
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  • 54 1 U.S.I. Parliament approves The Parliament of the United States ol Indonesia yesterday approved the dralt ronIstltuUon for the ntw Indoneslan state. The approval r.loan-d the way for a thioe-da;; in S ;allation programme Thai van culminate m the formal Oag- raising on Thursday, the iittn i anniversary of the Indoi^e&jan
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  • 28 1 THERE are 562 per ployed by the Si: pormrj Of b^r 145 art porai; posts' These reply to a question a' ipore Ia mint.
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  • 17 1 Bunn* and Ceylon ment to of 300 (i(M» bOQ« of Bi: rice A .P.
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  • 438 2  -  A.V. Sellwood DESCRIBES TESTS THAT PUT YEARS ON FABRICS. rjOWN by the Thames at Henley they're trying to wear out your clothes. Moth grubs are planted m woollies., shirts treated to a tug-of-war, nylons go up m smoke and blouses are mangled to death. The seven
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  • 196 2 oTYLE ivjta for i Scots: If you are a Sutherland or Lindsay, you will be right on top i of fashion if you wear your clan tartans m New York this season. 'A'l dark. and 28 years old. -s buyer; for a famous Kefi York sore,
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 2 4 Ml dress which ivas one j of the features oi a Paris fashion show.
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  • 357 2  -  GENE HANDS AKER By HOLLYWOOD. FUNNY thing about tall -girls. It is the little men who most often ask them to go out. Some "shorties' 1 prefer them m flat heels, some m high. Smaller boy friends give more expensive presents than the big fellows do.
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    50 2 Francis Marshall has sketched two typical and becoming hats. One is a deeper-than-beJore bowler: the other is reminiscent ola French curls hat. Sote the veH. It hangs like a visor from inside the crovn. Man m tiu sketch is Mr. Fath. Woman m the Andalusia* ttyle dress is Madam Fath.
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  • 447 2  - The New Woman Of Fashion IRIS ASHLEY By IACQUES FATH, Dior's closest rival, says the New Woman of fashion is to be "high toned;* her silhouette "a pillar." She is pale, with dark hair and dark lips. She wears ''discreet" clothes. Fath's show, scheduled for 9 a.m., was slightly disguised
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  • 388 2  - U.S. Woman's Diary KAY MURRAY By TF your child throws tantrums, don't sparik him- change the decor of the nursery. This is the original advice* of Dr. James Bender Director of the New York Institute of Human Relations Too few mothers, he says *'study the influence of colour on a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 50 2 SOLUTION TO Crossword No. 124 SOLUTION.— Across: 1, Bubble. 4, Swag. 8, Out-patienis. 9, On the line. 11, Schooling. 15, Hold the fort. 16, Apse. 17. Ash-tip. Down: I. Boot. 2, Bulton-holes. S, Least. 5. Winning post. G, Gis jet. 7. Wl«. 10 Asthrv>n. 1">, Otto. 13, Ideaa. li, Stfiy.
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    • 175 2 LUCKY STARI noiJN t«. lay, the a have given you many talents, but they have, m addition, bequeathed you a fiery temper and impulsiveness which you must learn to control. What you become depends, to a lar^e decree, upon your own efforts. Never rely upon others. Concentration on one thins
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    • 145 2 New Crossword No. 125 I.l!S A( ROSS 1. No' really backward Bag officer 4-7 7 h ten (alias Bali «7> 8. m. i uoeal *tart •:<>. 9 I not atiradive aches (6, 5). 11 Bill would be ill (and more I ill> U" BO rut down (11). 13. Make a
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  • 191 3 MELBOURNE, Monday. [>n Uarence Irving Benson said, following luation of the Duke of Windsor's memoirs i!ey Baldwin told him Australia had reject Willute Simpson m 1936 as a Consort Benson, prominent Melbourne clergyman, statement m an article published by the Sun-Pictorial. I tat m 1939 ;t
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    50 3 picture. An American soldier serving with the United Nations forces m South Korea shields himself and his equipment from the searching eyes and the subsequent deadly fire of his Communist enemy by spreading rice straw m bunches over his lorry, the machine-gun mounted on toy of it, and himself. Reuter
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    86 3 picture. i.nting glass-enclosed 140-foot high steel cylinder II ,vrr a block of flats at Pimlico. London revolulondons heating system. Using exhaust heat i from the Battersea Power Station, it will give i md hot water to the Westminster City Council* ■ewFjmlico housin* estate, fhe adjoining Dolphin Square' tkt largest blocks
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  • 30 3 German plants dismantled A ;ed authorities Germany) said ng of German M completed by lot one plant. led with autnoiis that Britain. France are conU rearmaans to bulWestern defence A.P.
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  • 258 3 SECOND ENEMY IN KOREA Disease must be fought, too WASHINGTON, Monday. T^HE Army is preparing to take on the secondary enemy m South Korea disease and pestilence. It was admitted at the outset that casualties among American troops will run high. The rice paddies, where much of the battle is
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  • 120 3 PONDICHERRY. Mor). 'pHE French India Youth Conference, meeting at Pondicherry yesterday appealed to ISocialist and other progressive parties m France to use their Influence for "the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of French supremacy over the* French settlements m South India." The confer^no, attended bf over 100 tielonraU's
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  • 66 3 Elephant export ban may end The Ceylon Government U proposing to lift its ban on the capture and export of elephants, it is learnt. This move la believed to have been influenced by the good demand for Ceylon elephants m the zoos of other countries, and also because of the
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  • 25 3 A delegation from North Korea, China, Outer Mongolia and the Vietnam Republic have arrived m Prague for the second World Students Congress A.P.
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  • 91 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. U.S. Defence officials ha^re asked newspapers and radio to keep secret the movements of most army, navy and air force units. The matter of censorship m the Korean war also was being studied both at the army headquarters m Washington and by Gen.
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  • 35 3 Japan and Indonesia are expected to do U5574,400,000 orth of business by June 30, next year, under the recently signed trade pact between the two countries, the U.S. Department of Commerce estimates. A.P.
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  • 76 3 NEW HELHI M THE Indian Home Minister. Sardar PmtH has said that tho Communists have 'brutally" killed 2.500 persons including women and children m Hyderabad State ulone In the past three years. India's Iron Man made the charge m Parliament as he pledged the national and
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  • 121 3 CHINA REDS SEIZE U.S. OIL STOCKS HONG KONG. Mon. T*HE Peking radio reports A that Chinese Red troops In Shanghai have seized all oil stocks of three American and one British company on the grounds that the oil belonged to the U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration and, therefore, has now become
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  • 125 3 LONDON, Mon. 'pHE world has enough resources to ensure adequate food supplies but food production needs international attention over ;i wide field of allied problems, m the opinion of Dr. Charles Kellogg, Director of the Soil Survey Division of the United States Department of Agriculture. In
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  • 32 3 The new Argentine Bill raising almost all taxes, sprung on the publh' without yarning when it was adopted without debate by the' Senate last week, has now become lav..- Reuter
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    256 3 Both tidi* vulnerable South dealer Tb« bidding. South WesT Noff 4£> All V*— OOME expert .ii prefer 'fancy' rebid of three clubs. hopii.s partner could rep.*; mj heart raise. But South s t«d was perfectly prop-r; he hW*l North would be short ;n spiles, even if he weren't,
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  • 204 3 BELGRADE, Monday. TS YUGOSLAVIA next on the Kremlin's list after Korea for a cold war shooting match? This is the question many people m Belgrade arc asking. Russia's satellites along Yugoslavia's North and Eastern borders have Intensified their nerve war against this country since the
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  • 50 3 Police m Hong Kong have smashed a well -organized ring engaged m forging i Dutch visas for Indonesia. Five persons were arrested. Among them was a fomer employee of the Dutch Coni sulate, a shareholder of a shipping company and a ho- I tel manager. U.P.
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  • 32 3 j Australia's coal miners, In a nation-wide plebiscite, have rejected a proposed alliance with seamen and dockers to fight the Federal Government's bill to dissolve the i Communist Party. Reuter
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  • 54 3 A CAMBRIDGE dental surgeon has been growing teeth for the past 10 years, by planting seeds m test tubes. Mrs. Shirley Hughes de monstrated her methods recently to the British Dental Association conference at Birmingham. She denies that her teeth will grow from seeds m human gums
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  • 158 3 U.S. rubber stocks increasing AKRON, OHIO Mpn. rpHE United States is at present m a far safer position m regard to rubber supplies than it was m 1940 despite the rise m annual onsumption over the decade from 650.000 to 1,000,000 tons, said an Akron industrialist a* the week-end. John
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  • 108 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. THHE Indian Prime Minis^r. X Pandit Nehru, and D puty Prime Minister Sardar Patel yesterday mourned the death of Colonel Uni Nayar. India's alternate delegate on the United Nations Commission m Korea who was killed m a landmine explosion near Taegu. Replying to
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 266 3 CTXTr" 1 A POTJP Bolcist Performs"; 5.15 Thai: OinVJir\* I News pnd Talks (BBC); 8.45 (BLUE NETWORK) llewi m Dutch <BBC»; 9 Kuoyu* 484 and 417 met r es. fc^s and Programmes (BBO; Under One Pla»— A Pro--10 a.m. Nev.s ftow Suuawoi K amn c on the work of the
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  • TUESDAY. Aug. 15, 1950.
    • 275 4 'THREE years ago today, a great new nation was born. On August the fifteenth. 1947. the Indians became masters of their own destinies, though happily remaining inside the framework of the British Commonwealth. It was one of the most momentous events in history. How have things
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    • 155 4 A 'I home. India has tackled hfT immense p more than a iair I Ol The j a maintiespi frantic < -\Ttpts tO m- m reen s i i-i industii pro- C The n^ for) p b iy two i lion tons more coal last before. Steel i
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  • 1104 4 Don Iddon's Diary WASHINGTON: VO wonder America's capital is crowded. There are. or soon will be. 10.000,000,000 dollars lying around here waiting to be picked up. That's the down payment on the new armaments programme. So every train and plane to Washington is packed with business men and lobbyists. A
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  • 480 4 Awaiting the Royal Baby -rHE new Ruyui bab>, expected soon will be the first ever to be born m Clarence House. Prince Charles was born m Buckingham Palace. But though the setting is new. Princess Elizabeth will be surrounded by the faces which became familiar to her when Prince Charles
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  • 975 4  -  MICHAEL ARDIZ-ZONE By THE Protectorates of Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Swaziland are remote, unimportant, and expensive units of Britain's Colonial Empire. But the quarrel about their future ownership, which has been brewing now for 40 years, may lead to a dangerous Commonwealth split. If badly handled
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  • 110 4 The U.S. Library System r JMIi I'iiit have n impoi ties IlllllKlil m the ad educatto ing. brought thcii U VOJUfth v child roil m lxK)ks to Today cepled b United I Ual part nJ ties Therf an States bodaj free. pub.. books desrript. are i KfUfUIM 1 those Insti;
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  • 181 5 Safeguard m event of polio iv -i l e Press Staff Reporter |IN order that Singapore will have sufficient J2w2 f Iron V unRS for dealin S with any paralysis) °th CUte P^^itis* (infantile Two more (lOvernme "t has decided to buy ronfe^enw SSlfaSf
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    50 5 Clenched fists Clenched fists went up as black-listed students of the Singapore Chinese High School signified approval of resolutions at their special meeting m the assembly hall yesterday. They delayed the reopening ceremony of the school by preventing the staff from entering the hall. The demonstration lasted about 15 minutes.
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    34 5 r E. BaHance, \f»l on the PresiU- I nisht from Mr. Ballanre jv to Rangoon I t ike up a new ttlrtw to the lid Kmbassv mop was rp- the IS. Rtntaiw Free Press
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  • 49 5 FROTEST TO REGISTRAR I n; u! T X.- porter Municipal ade he Reqiif^ Singapore. rade i" hedral of the by women h will support a G Pillay who remov. 1 of next ge. ners. :.»v to .es will 14, Lorong hem n m :ers they brins up. before the
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  • 66 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pENANG Malay teachers, at their annual general meeting las: week, passed a resolon demanding a higher standard of qualification for teachers attached to the Sultan Idris Training College and the Malay Women's Teachers College at Malacca. The resolution says that this would result
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  • 34 5 Radio Malaya will broadcast the third and last talk by Mr. J. A. E. Morley. actIng Deputy Economic Secre- m the Federation, on the Federation Development Plan 7 12 p.m. tomorrow night.
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  • 5 5 ?PUR M I
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  • 479 5 By MAUREEN MALLAL \|R. F. Wakkermann, sales manager of a Singapore LTI shoe company, is a dangerous man to know, for he can tell you things about yourself that you might not have suspected before and many about which you would certainly not care for
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  • 38 5 From Our Own Correspondent TELUK ANSON. Mon.— For breaking the curfew at the ninth mile, Changkat Jong Road, Teoh Teik Bee and Saveri were convicted and fined $25 each or two weeks' imprisonment at Teluk Anson.
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    54 5 picture. "It was just like going m for your innings at cricket against no opposition" was AS Kenneth Wallis's comment on the part played by H.M.S. Belfast m the Korean war. The British cruiser, which arrived m Rin?ipore yesterday, was there from the start and fired more than 1.000 rounds
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  • 115 5 Free Press Staff Reporter I^HE Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve has been requested by the Com- missioner of Police, Singapore, to continue its patrols at night on the patrol ship Panglima m conjunction with the Police Marine Patrol. The Commissioner has asked MRNVR headquarters that joint
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  • 40 5 BRITISH COUNCIL EXHIBITION An exhibition on the History of English Handwriting will open at the British Council centre, Singapore, on Friday at 5.30 p.m. Prof. C. N. Parkinson, Professor of History of the University of Malaya will open the exhibition.
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  • 63 5 Surface mail is expected In j Singapore today from Sam, Java, the Philippine Islands and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are. nocn for Kelantan (parcels only;. I.u'oChtoa. Urcr.t Britain, N. itct\.a. Eire, Europe, North and West Africa, West Indies. Egypt and Ceylor.;
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  • 227 5 Free Press Siair Reporter 4 N experienced Guide oilicer will come to Singapore this month at the invitation of the Colony Government and stay here for six months to initiate a Guiders' Training Scheme. I tho Singa >< re Legl itive Council today a contribution of
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  • 288 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE woman, Mrs. Elizabeth ("Peerless Blossom") Choy, who was awarded the 0.8. E. for heroic wartime services, may be a candidate for the Municipal elections m December this year. She told the Free Press yesterday that she was considering such
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    3 5 MRS. ELIZABETH CHOY
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  • 53 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KAJANG, Sun. An 13--year-old woman, Fong Heng, who appeared before the Kaiang Circuit Magistrate, for being found out of doors during curfew hours pleaded guilty, but explained that she had been looking for her grand-children who were missing from the house She was
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  • 201 5 More Chinese broadcasts: Council vote Free Press Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT will spend $66,190 on addition I Chinese broadcast programmes and to p;»V translators and readers employed at the Chines Secretariat on a recommendation by the Finance Committee tabled at this morning's meeting: of tie Singapore Legislative Council. A sum of
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  • 109 5 2»IX Indians. O Abdul Rahlm, 20 o'msjdem, 24, Haneefa, Eonumed Kanju, 31, Omar I 29, and Abu Maidin. i charged m the Sins Second Police Court yest*. rdav with rioting In the Naval Base on May 7 It was alleged that caused hurt to four Sukumaran. S.ir
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  • 46 5 RECRUITMENT FOR POLICE FORCE KUALA 1 Rt cruiting of C: regular Malayan Pc>: win takp place at th< 8 han police .station at 9 a. Monday [ntendio emits m Malacca and Stmbilan an> i call on the OCPDs m h« own areas for puff' farther infor.na*
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  • 504 6 MECHANICAL CULTIVATION OF PADI TRIED OUT Holds best promise of extensive increase Free Press Staff Reporter JT is m the development of new large areas of padi land that mechanical cv Itivation is likely to prove of most value, says Mr. P. McNee, Director of Drainage and Irrigation of the
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    34 6 picture. Mr. Livingstone WoodI lovd. who i 6 to be the Fifth Engineer on the motor vessel. James J. Maguire, now m Singapore arjlg»d_inj*in-^ xapore yesterday afternoon h> Q.E.V-8.0.A.C. Constellation from London. Free Press
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    84 6 Mr. R. Marino Corpus, an official of the Central Bank of the Phil ppines. is m Singapore with his wife on a short visit to observe and study the workings of the Colony's Foreign Exchange Control and Import and Export Control. Mr. and Mrs. Corpus are leaving by air today
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  • 111 6 Sunday work at S.H.B. Free Press Staff Reporter REIMBURSEMENT to the Sinnapor^ Harbour Board by the Government In respect of Sunday work tor the period iJuly 1948 to December 1949 will cost an additional $54,--975, payment for which was approved at today's meeting of the Legislative Council. The reimbursement represents
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  • 108 6 SINGAPORE c d Btorage Sports Ca/i Bt J «*phs Institution r>v 16 ruru m a friendly cr:cKt>t Match p!a\»'d on the SJ I. ground yesterday S C.S batted first ar.d for 66 runs D Keyt. fjrmrr Combined *.i< !he bifheit scorer *:th lrt runs C
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  • 255 6 BOY SCOUTS' ASSN. NEEDS $30,000 Free Press Staff Reporter 'THIRTY thousands dollars are needed by the SinKapore Boy Scouts' Association for repairing and furnishing its dilapidated headquarters m Armenian Street and for the development of its training camp and other sites m the Colony. The Association has aiready launched a
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  • 63 6 RAY AND JAKE CONSCIOUS TiiK International Boxing Club i.as |lven up its efforti .st«K-e a lake Lam^tta- "Sugar' Ray Robinson middlewticht title fkht becMhe both box*- -s i too much irn ley. Lamotta. t l champion ll demanding 43 per cent of t lie ;.(i Robins' world welterwi champion who
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  • 99 6 I\)M BROWN, Gardnar Mulloy, Ted Schroeder and Billy Talbert were named yesterday to the United States Davis Cup team which meets Australia on Aug. 25. 26 and 27. Brown is the only new member of the team from the 1949 side which beat Australia 4-1
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  • 190 6 Free Tress Staff Reporter pKOM the outside congested blocks of houses In Singapore's Chinatown may look dangerous and collapsible at any moment, but structurally they are as strong and secure as any ordinary building. This was stated yesterday by Mr. b. C. Rae, Municipal
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  • 27 6 Tamil L»r.»rhe; hood A.vsot uiion h°M Singapore Cricket Club to a dray* m a SA FA S«-. Leaßue m^trh played en :he Pa- darig yesterday.
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  • 267 6 Free Press Staff Reporter QNK of the film industry's most novel inventions the Cycloramic screen and multi-sound system, which has proved a great success m the I nited States -will be used at the Capitol Theatre Singapore, during this weeks showing of David o Selznick's
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  • 315 6 dfsdf LONDON Tuesday FkESPITE an undertone of caution whilst 1J developments m Korea, the Londo,, change recorded quiet firmness m mam dom issues yesterday, states Reuter's laancial pondent. British Government funds respond t fractional gains to small buying and improvements of a few pence 'm industrials.
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  • 16 6 R.U. officials S'pore Asian P. rji s X H Chin Ti- mo i B I i.
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    • 73 6 imtni LAST DAY 11. 1.4.>. 4. H. 30 ?30 p.m. Q NUM^HtIY UIANOR Dooont Kvtlc&a CHAfNII6N7NIN6 TfOMORROW! '31 IM and |I T :so p.m. FROM THE RADIO THRILLER THAT SHOCKED MILLIONS VERY SOON *T* Shah GOO yJ* Save Money by sending your telegrams m Code Worda. We stock al] Code
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    • 138 6 .ii.nr.il IWVIE FROM THI <.l:i VI n|li >; m TODAY ONLY 3 SHOWS mi «I4JLA V I K •Fl spfn.rr ik\( v Kckarak Klui! 1..,, R ■n m.«;.m-> "EDWARD MY SON TOMORROW —Did HV Think It Uould H«p,». n lo Hfar Ihr Roar Of War IIMMi «> Thrir Missions. Some
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    • 196 6 m^ndrdkG Exclusive to the Singapore Tree Press m Malaya [$]*S*yJ* j\ -MORE CLEVER I I THIS IS NOT I I»M DO YOU THINK I GOT TH,S 1 I WHILE YOU i I YES '-< ICl*ki^>g METHOOS TO ADO M LIKE YOUR MAGNIFICENT RUBY? BY BRIBERY.' SERVE ME MR JAyI SOMS
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  • 539 7  - JIN EONG AND PIRUS LEAVE FOR BOMBAY VETERAN Impressive m final Singapore training By T»HE two Malayan players, who are competing m the Cricket Club of India x Open badminton championships at Bombay from Aug. 19 to 30 Tan Jin Eong of Perak and A. Pirus of Selangor— left Singapore
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  • 39 7 rPHE visiting Singapore all-star basketball players met their first defeat In Hong Kong last night when the speedy fast-break-ing South China team won by 67 to 46. Previously, the visitors won three games m succession. Reuter AAP
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  • 51 7 |}OY Brooks, triple champion of the Orient, is expected m Singapore tomorrow for his fight with Flashy Sebastian on either Aug. 25 or Sept. 1. Sebastian outpointed Brooks m Manila more than two years ago, but since then Brooks has in> proved considerably and is out for
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  • 326 7 By RALPH MODDER A LL hopes which Singapore promoters might have entertained regarding future engagements m Singapore for British Empire middleweight boxing champion, Dave Sands, might now be abandoned, for some months to come at least, for Jack Solomons, the London promoter has sent
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  • 107 7 T7«OUR British car racers nay beaten five *or|d records for cars of O*m F 'from I.l^o to 1.500 c.c.t. it was HUMW yps'orday. The drivers were Alan Hess. Arthur Fisher Ronald Jeavons and John Walter. Driving a 7 h.p Austin m turn on the speedy
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  • 84 7 THE following officials weie elected for the coming year: president Mr Andrew Gilmour i re-elected); hon. secretary Mr. E. Strickland (re-elected) vice-presidents Mr G. H. Kiat nnd Dato C. J Paglar. assistant secretary MrWeeKm Wee- treasurer Mr. Evan Wong; chairman, Board of Control. Mr. G. E N. Oehlers;
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  • 30 7 Oriental Telephone and Electr.C Company S.C. defeated Chartered Bank S.C. by three goals to one m a SAFA Business House B «xISr? Played at Geylang SUdium yesterday.
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  • 304 7 T vm ASHIRE, county championship leaders, found L the ?oing tough against Northants for whom i Jdkeman, onetime Yorkshire batsman, commnd 111. Lancashire lost three wickets C ii i.ue. Surrey, second m the standings, ?ly outplayed Essex who, with one second •ket
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  • 56 7 it \m*>. the Kent mi batsman, .wied to captain t wealth cricket mh »hnh uill tour India, n and Ceylon during inter. ,i %fNterday that not decide until tou he will see ...rth. former i -keeper, who thr touring > wfu) is the only n the M.C.C.
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  • 29 7 CHARLES TO DEFEND TITILE r. :np.onbc Beght i he coming U has oeen ::nes already Vu'.ea- i -n O.:ober Ohio c on I Joe I kr.r,.iout as'iin'"-: i U.P.
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  • 193 7 MAURICE Verdeun, (France) became world amateur sprint champion by beating Pierre Even, (France) m the best of three final legs m the world cycling championships at Liege yesterday. Verdeun became champion by only three-quarters of a length m the final leg. Jan Hyzelendorn iHoll. «d took
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  • 25 7 The RAF. Referees Society Is holding its flr^t annual dinner m Singapore on Friday. Sept. 15. at the Shackle Club at 7.45 p.m.
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  • 52 7 SOCCER: Community Lge: Malays v Furasians at Jalan Besar stadium; Business Use. A: j Malayan Airways v Sime Darby at C.V.M.A.; Business Hse. B: Mansfield v Oversea Chinese Bank at (ieylang; Jnr. Cup-tie replay: Cheerful Lads v Social A.P. at 8.0.D. ground. TENNIS: Tanglin Club and Y.M.t .A.
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    23 7 ROLLING OVER: A S. Paterson (Victoria Park A.A.C.) for Scotland winning the h"hjumpat^ at tho >Ullte Clty L n don. on Auff. 7.
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    6 7 A latest picture of Dave Sands
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  • 188 7 Swede made Channel swim favourite A London bookmaker has made Larsbertil Warle, 30--year-old Swedish clerk, the favourite to win the Daily Mail's Channel swimming marathon on Aug. 22. In the first price list of odds ever issued on Channel suimming, the bookmaking firm of Douglas Stuart quoted Warle as a
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  • 253 7 FOLLOWING are thil weekend's fixtures m th»' Singapore badminton championships: Sat. at 2.30 p.m.: St. Andrew's School v Victoria; Tournament official Lav Teng Chuan. Umpire, Mohd. All bin Mustan. Referee, Lee Hock San. At 7.30 p.m.: Goh Tian Chye (Useful) v. Ng Cheng Hua (Marlgold); Mohd. Sadali
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  • 369 7 SAFETY first tactics adopted by West Indies m order to avoid losing the match and make sure of gaining the "rubber" provided poor fare for a 30,000 capacity crowd on the second day of the fourth Test at the Oval yesterday. The crowi, which
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  • 63 7 TJ.S. TENNIS STAR Oussie Moran said yesterday that she had decided net to turn professional unless promoter Bobby Riggs meets her request for U5575,000. •I wont give up my amateur standing for a cent le«s," the colourful tennis star said. "After all, amateur tennis is too
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  • 136 7 W INDIES— IST INNS. Rm b Btdser Sto«mpyrr Ibw Bailor Worrell Ibw Wruht 1 > Ncekes c Hftton k Uriehi V\»U«u k Hricht <...mr: c Mrlniyre k Brown I Chri.vtiani C Mclalyre b Uedser it <>odd^r<i nui oat < Jones k Wright I l^midklo c Mriatvrr k i zbi
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  • 134 7 REG Harris. Britain's world professional sprint cycling champion yesterduv rode brilliantly M retain h\> title at Liege, Belgium, by beating Arie Vir Vliet of Holland, m two straight run; m the final. He It the first Briton to 1 In the title for two years m
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    • 82 7 2 i s::«:a?cre j repertory JGEROUS CORNTr •t^n tr y^ Hl > a 1 Ey I 1 j. B. Prie^:. J c 2 VICTORIA THEATRE NfCHTLY AT NINE I MON. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25 AND SATURDAY 26th NOTE NO SUNDAY SHOW -is at ROBINSONS. Phone 5g94 c Baokins office
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    • 126 7 Is£o&^ BECOR Ds jfe HARRY JAMES L and HIS ORCHESTRA JEFFRIE'S BLUI SHARP AS A TACK P NIGHT SPECIAL KING PORTER STOMP R RECORD SESSION INDIANA R 28tS I ITTLE STAR (SBtrcßitt) FT A LIITLE BIT OF HEAVEN -FT R 2958 CONCERTO FOR TRUMPET TRUMPET BLUES AND CANTABILE R THESE
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  • 56 8 SEXTON To Patricia, wife of Major Richard Sexton, m London on 9th August, a son. Jonathan. PORSYTH. To Betty, wife of C. R. Forsyth on 13th August 1950. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter. SOON: At Penang Maternity Hospital on Aug. 14th, 1950. to Mr. and Mrs. Soon Cheng
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    54 8 picture. EXPRESSIVE GESTURES: —The IS. delegate to the I.S. Security Council meeting. Mr. Warren R. Austin (bottom), practically pounds the table as he charges the Russians with obstructionist t;u tics, while the Soviet delet-ate. .>*r. Jakob A. Malik, puts the tips of his lingers together as he listrns before replying:
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  • 292 8 BOMBING 'BARBARIC' SAY REDS Accurate hits by 8.29s TOKYO, Tuesday. pHE protests of Pyongyang Radio against the "barbarous bombing of peaceful residential ireas" were interpreted m Tokyo yesterday as evidence that B-29 strikes actually are taking a mounting toll of enemy munitions, oil and other resources, and delaying transport. Major-General
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  • 31 8 The bodily Assumption into heaven of the Vigln Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ, will be declared to be a dogma of the Catholic Church on Nov. 1- A.P.
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  • 140 8 NEW YORK. Tuesday. LMGHTKFN ex-Servicemen paralysed from the J waist downwards sat helpless m a hospital In Richmond, Virginia. M two of their comrades argued furiously. Then, before their horrified eyes, one man pulled out a gun and, ignoring their pleas, ttred six shots at his
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    10 8 We cail'l pdy M «oldirn till rhey »e»tle tbtt Korea*
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  • 72 8 During 3 revival meeting at St. Joseph, Missouri, the Rev. J. Shuler asked the congregation: "How many of you heard mv radio programme this morning?" About fifty people held up their hands. Rev. Shuler shook his head and delivered a lengthy sermon on the Commandment which
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  • 54 8 West Berlin railwaymcn I yesterday demanded a road I and rail" corridor between Berlin and West Germany Ito br controlled by u)l four 1 Allies. Such a corridor would pre- vent any further Soviet interference with interzonal rail and road transports, tbe rallv.aymen declart d at a 1
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  • 51 8 Jap Ex-soldiers Forbidden To Beg The Tokyo Metro;' Government will chase trip pled former Japane.--the streets of the r. These ex->rrvicemer Ing white robes and solicit donations on busy sidewalks and outside tram itatlons, have been a familiar si'ihi m j Tokyo since the end o f the i waj
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  • 209 8 FAKIS. Tuesday. DI'MANIAN-BOKN Princess Irene Ghika— the girl IV whom everyone expected Errol Flynn would marry— is missing. It is just a week since news leaked out of the American star's engagement to New York's stylish Patrice Wymore. A friend of Princess Ghika said yesterday: "The
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  • 45 8 An anonymous telephone call yesterday told polir^ m Milan, Italy, that a bomb had been placed at tbe entrance of the Sforza Castle. Polic? nulled to the scene and found an empty metal tube with a big sign reading: "Attention— Atom Bomb." U.P.
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  • 97 8 LONDON. Tues r PHE nil market was totally unable to find any .\i»ot tin on offer m the afternoon session yesterday, and only 25 tons uere availaole for buyers m the three months category. But both spot nnd three months were marlced up to the
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  • 33 8 Delegates from the world's principal drug manufacuning countries except Russia— have .agreed 10 a proposal lor Unii ted Nations control of opl^um used m the manufacture of 1 narcotic drugs. U.P.
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  • 71 8 Support for Khama MAFEKING. S. Africa Turs. KHAMA'S legal adviser said yesterday tnat the Bamangwato tribesmen had agreed unainmously to fight a British order sending their chief designate into exile for marrying a white girl. "I have Just completed a tour of the Bamanswato territory where I consulted all the
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  • 25 8 Australian Army bomb disposal units are now clearing unexploded ammunition left m the British Solomon islands battlefields from the Pacific war. Reuter
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  • 226 8 MURDERED BY 'KIND PEOPLE LONDON. Tuesda> "rODAY several "very kindly and pleasant people will commit murder, states the Ke\. Stenhen Hopkinson, m his monthly letter to parishioners. But the victims will not be chosen m advance, says Mr. Hopkinson, who If Vicar of St Mary s, Battersea (London). He adds:
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    46 8 puture. MOD! I. \l\KEK:— H«*rr H-inz S( harrM -hmidt. a \N«-t Berlin engineer who earns his Hvtaf b> naakinj; models ol all types of aeroplanes, at work on some of his model* Mi* ornniissions come from American. British Srandina vian and I>ut< h airlines. A. P.
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  • 17 8 The s auotai Konj HKSG.39 per U^ HK515.60 P'T p •und HKS3I4 p» r Uw»l
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  • 23 8 No isolation for Pakistan -Ali Khan THE I ter 1 yest m iNatl strong ly say pal 'neutral Sp. I remain on* A.P.
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  • 7 8 US envoy sees Mr. Attlee T U.P.
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  • 6 8 TURK GENERAL FOR KOREA A Am
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    • 118 8 APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE OF THE COl N -ECR-: I SINCAPORt. I thi c ai^ou- to t*» iL'RCH to be :*>- ne add. tht Mviciatka I r.d possess and •aj ia b- io p. i« i* Hw X kuid on t -•:ai.' n I -'liri I jncil m..y d« m
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    • 77 8 HIGH TIDES Today I3J< pm. 8 8 1 1 d 4 p.ni 10.3 norrou 12 51 pin 9 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris b"-v^ LBT f S GET TiJ.5 STRAIGHT. "wS DON T V\A\T Yl\ FACT V\'E X UWPCR'I.'NAT£ u v \\v "X 1 Cmu*A WE HAPPEN TO ha\ c
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