The Singapore Free Press, 18 August 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950. PRICE I'KN CKNTS.
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    BATTLE FOR TAEGU IS RAGING
    237 1 How U.S. bombers were fooled Korean forces counter-attacked this morning m an effort to ik up the mass Communist drive, estimated at three divisions, Taegu where shells fell last night. nn Red attack has apparently been concentrated m the area iree miles south west of
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    MASSACRE ON A HILL 'Please, Lord' a G.I. prayed
    754 1  - MASSACRE ON A HILL 'Please, Lord' a G.I. prayed LIONEL HUDSON By TAEGU. Friday. 4 N 18-YEAR-OLD American soldier from Chicago, one o' five survivors of a massacre on a hill near Waegwan. yesterday told me his story. Thirty-two Americans who had been captured by Communists were shot as Gls
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    Earthquake sequel: river drying up
    163 1 CALCUTTA, Thurs. THE River Dihang which has its source m Tibet and flows into the Brahiiitputra River m Upper A^am is drying up very rapidly," according to wireless messages received m Shillong (Assam) from earthquake affected areas yesterday. Earth from upheaval m the hills has
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    Invitation to Asian talk
    71 1 Invitation to Asian talk LONDON Fri. OURMA. Indonesia. Siam, Vietnam. Laos and Combodia have been invired by the British Commonwealth Governments io attend September talks m London on an £8.000,000 pHj for economic aid to Sniuh-East Asia, an authoritative source said' yesterday. The ris Governm«':its nad not vet replied io
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    RUSSIAN INDICTED
    23 1 a US Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicated Anatoli vakovlev. former Russian SJSSiuI m New York, en espfonase and conspiracy charges- A.P.
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    AUSTIN'S STIRRING APPEAL TO MALIK
    400 1 AUSTIN'S STIRRING APPEAL TO MALIK LAKE SUCCESS, Fri. A POWERFUL appeal to the Soviet Union to "forsake suspicion and isolation" was made m I the Security Council at its full session yesterday by Mr. Warren Austin, United States delegate. This followed a closed- I door" meeting tailed by the Soviet
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    'HURRY UP WITH UN TROOPS '-MacA
    226 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. 'PHE UNITED States asked other United Nations members yesterday to speed the movement of ground forces m the Korean war. In a second report to the Security Council on operations under General Douglas Mac Arthur's command, the United States also urged
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    7 1 Gerald Macßryan and the serpent this morning.
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    FIRST JAP SHIP SINCE LIBERATION
    95 1 I^HE first Japanese ship to dork alongside Singapore wharves since the liberation is the 6.798-ton freighter. Tatasuhi Maru. which arrived this morning. The ship, under Cap*. Tadaichl Matsumoto. U on her way to Pengarrang. South Johore from Itosakl to load 9.000 tons of bauxite for
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    CONTEMPTIBLE REMARK
    58 1 President Truman yesterday denounced as "contemptible" a statement by Senator Kenneth Wherry that the blood of the American soldiers m Korea rests on the shoulders of the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. Asked at a news conference about Senator Wherry's remark, th? President said, 'It was
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    Hung heads in grief
    69 1 A DEEP moan rose from the throats «>« l-00t» Baraans:A wato tribesmen massed on the airstrip :U Oa be rones, Buchuanaland. yesterday as an R.A.F. plane bore Seretse Khama. his white wife Ruth and their baby Jacqueline on the first stage of their Journey to London
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    FRENCH BOMB MALAYA RICE'
    176 1 SAIGON. Friday. r»R*NCE-S 17-year-old Junker bombers yesterday F"inetrated the Vietminh j^ 1 s south-west Cochln-China and bombed key targets at the"Sn»l Port of Vinh Thuanh. 150 miles south WeSt A°t f ufJ'sTrne time American-built King Cobra fighters struck at the port with bombs and cannon o«h
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    Nehru sends greetings
    57 1 BOMBAY, Fri. INDIA and Japan yesterday 1 resumed radio c-omniumca-tion after a break of neaily n Th/ Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, opened the service with a message to the head of the Indian liaison mission m Tokyo, requesting him to convey my greetings to the people of
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    WASHED FEET IN BEER
    46 1 A British Army court martial m London yesterday sentenced two soldiers to 56 days imprisonment for stealing a barrel of beer and washm? their feet m it. 41 Disgusting waste.' sau' the President of the court martial, Major L. H. Peacock. U.P.
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    Farouk to wed?
    39 1 King Farouk of Egypt and his party yesterday motored to Deauville, the French seaside resort, m seven Urooitttnes amid rumours that he would mccl wad marry j<y ear-old Narnrnan Sariek during his stay In Franc-.— U.P.
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    5,000 MEN IN 8 DAYS
    23 1 More than 5.000 men have enlisted m Canada's special force for Korea Recruiting began eight days a A.P.
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    New Transvaal gold rush
    84 1 CAPETOWN. Fn \fIORE than 300 men and women yesterday took part m a rush for riches when 120 acres of diamond bearing land was thrown open to diggers about 26 miles from Bloemhoff. on the Vaal Rivoi m the Transvaal. Excitement was so tense as the
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    MacBryan goes—with serpent
    366 1  - MacBryan goes— with serpent PETEK HILL By A GOLDEN serpent mounted on a thin piece of Brunei cane flew to London by 8.0.A.C. Constellation this morninr m the crook of the left arm of Mr. Gerard Macßryan, political adviser i« the Rajah of Sarawak and the late Sultan of Brunei.
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    Paris Pointers
    464 2 Paris Pointers IN PARIS NONA/ i.jrMrxiaiNuw smartest look is the "sleeveless look It is also the coolest. At the dress shows, walking along the tree-lined bouI'vards, sitting sipping apcrtifs, one sees e^erywh^re women with tanned bare a.m« locking fresh as p;ur!; tfl the e'ese ;.'iurdery weat ler Paris has been
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    'PUNCH-ME-BAG'
    106 2 V PUNLH-ME-BAG is an important pan of the equipment of a w York nursery school which ha.* recently added a psycholorist to its staff. Whenever it looks there's going to be a light, teachen encoiu- 1 z*- the chiidr. n to pun til do'i in.teLd of earn other. They
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    A River Where Time Stands Still
    519 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY By "THERE is a small place not far from the expensive high life and glittering elegance of the Place Vendome; it is just about 50 miles outside Paris. To be exact, 11 kilometres south of Fontainebleau is a charming, unspoilt little village
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    U.S. Woman's Diary
    340 2  - U.S. Woman's Diary Kay Murray By IF the small compact 1 handbags of the past two seasons have left you muttering imprecations under your breath as you try to locate your lipstick, you may relax. Bags for 1950 are big and bonny. Models at Elizabeth Arden's fashion show In New
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      191 2 li c*e fHe Ltd I Latest Fashion of French Com,, 278, Orchard Rd. T do)ux> qeddeo +U Id 4l c 4 0 Doris Geddes has pleasure h, announing that Mrs. Mar. Q has joined her Sfc Just Arrived Distinctive CO RO Jewellery fCH A L I X J ewe Her
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      27 2 POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER 0 ~l>nt fcience iLund'riu, I R ''lep'ie only cot Iv put IfVtfNM and t'u i, c ml bet* :u.m. v.t all I
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      178 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR I DOKN today, you are alert v and quick m everything you do. Highly emotional, you feel everything keenly and can make drama out of ordinary, everyday acts. You have a fine speaking voice and would do well as a public speaker, on the stage or as
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      71 2 You have a very vivid imagination which, at times runs away with your common sense. You women, especially, are sometimes afraid of the dark. Conquer this weakness. You have a strong love nature and probably will be happiest if you wed quite early m life. You must be careful m
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      107 2 Ne^- Crcssworfl No. 128 i no. i CLUES ACROSS See 7A. 10. Bony beaM ba'ckiro inds ?sf 11 S I%'^ 5K 9 when hair stands thus (2, 3) 12 Exrectan t fillt n rlUl slgn Corn lost m trade restriction^? ,8) forwtaller (II). H. o t .v CLUES DOWN 2.
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    CATHEDRAL CARVED OUT OF ROCK
    307 3 New wonder of the world MADRID, Thursday. LJIGH m the rugged Guadarrama mountains, 700 Spanish workmen are carving a new wonder of the world out of solid rock. For ten years now, eleven hours a day, six days a week, the work has gone on
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    ANCIENT BIBLE FIND IN SINAI
    106 3 CAIRO, Thursday. n\t,F> ut a hand-written Bible, older than the Klex the old-st known Bible, have found at St. Catherine's Monastery m th* m Sinai Peninsula. ry< In tne discovery was made by the American iatioo for the Study of Man. sponsored by the rary
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    Back in Hollywood
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    OVER-ESTIMATED
    8 3 X m produe1$ 13 rnnoh U. PP
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    REDS MUST REGISTER
    42 3 The Weirton City Council m West Virginia has adopt- ed a new ordinance requiring j all Communists m tov.n to register at the City Hall The penalty for failure is a US$lOO fine and 30 dayi In saol— Reuter.
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    U.K. upset over cheap H.K. shirts
    216 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. I>RITISH shirt makers will have to lower their per 1J unit profit and produce more if they hope to compete with the cheaper products of Asian factories, m the opinion of Hong: Kong operators whose shirts are causing serious concern to
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    30 3 picture. A U.S. 25th Division con voy ploughs through a river gully bypass towards the front m Korea as South Koreans labour to construct a brides nwr th» stream.- A.P.
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    Soviets pass on request
    85 3 MOSCOW. Thurs. THE Soviet Foreign Ministry 1 has passed on to the North Korean authorities a British reque>rt for a safe conduct to China for Captain Vyvyan Holt, British Minister m Seoul, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Alexander Bogomolov, has informed the British Ambassador m Moscow.
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    New air service
    30 3 A new weekly Tokyo-Hong-kong air service via Okinawa and Taipeh will be inaugurated shortly by North-West Air Lines under a special arrangement with Hong Kong Airways.— Reuter
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    MORE BURMA GOVT. GAINS
    36 3 MORE BURMA GOVT GAINS Burmese Government forces have liberated the entire Henzada district In Western Burma from the hands of the pro-Communist "White" People's Volunteer Organisation. Liberation followed Government capture of the town of Kyanein. Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    285 3 With both sides vulu«rabl«. yo« are North holding IAJMStI V J o The bidding Boutb West North Ea«t Pase Pass What do you bid' \"OUR hand probably isn't 30--inj? to take many tricks on defence. In fact, you may tnk» none at ail am] your length 111 spades
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    Britain sets new record in $ exports
    123 3 Britain sets new record in exports LONDON, Thurs. BRITAIN reached a new dollar exports record to the United States and Canada last month. She sold th^m goods worth $61,000,000, 21% higher than the average for the peak fourth quarter of 1948. To the United States she sent goods worth $31,700,000,
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    7 3 Were exputinQ me snitcnoter on]/ minute now
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    LEAFLETS DROPPED
    45 3 Th^ KationaliflU, seeking *o reach the Chinese people on the mainland m a new propaganda campaign against Communism, m recent days have been dropping hundreds of thousands of leaflets with co-operation of the United Nations against the Korean Communists as the theme.— U.P.
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    LOAN TO AUSTRALIA
    32 3 Mr. Eugene R. Blark. President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, said yesterday at Lake Success that negotiations for a loan to Australia were "m active discussion,"
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    61 3 picture A.P. Mr. William Bowen of London (left), first man to enquire at Great Scotland Yard about the new Army plans for volunteers for Korea, talk? with Sergeant Ronald Brady of the Royal Military Police. Volunteers must be under 30 and physically fit, and if accepted, are to serve for
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    'Crying under their quilts'
    265 3 HONG KONG, Thursday. WHAT has happened to all those "progressive' college students m Nanking and Shanghai who did so much to hasten the rise of Communism m China? Once they used to s r .age riotous demonstrations against the Nationalists at the drop of a pin.
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    MORE WHEAT
    20 3 Canada this year exp^ct^ a wheat crop of 544.000.000 bushels as against 367 million tmsh°ls last yar. Reuter
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    Coal cellar to chapel
    66 3 COAL cellar m an old-fashioned house has b«v v turned into a chapel for coloured student* m l.arl Court, one of London's inner suburbs. The Anglican Bishop of Kensington, the Kijjlu i; Cyril Eastaugh, dedicated this tiny place of pmM|h decorated m old gold and illuminated
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    RUSSIANS CORNERING WOLFRAM IN CHINA
    151 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. RUSSIA m increasing its efforts to get wolfram ore out of South China, according to reports from Canton. T of Soviet prospectors each with an armed guard of Chinese Communist troops —are operating m Kwan^tun Kwangsi provinces looki:v; for new deposits of
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    Headless man was driver
    75 3 PAf'lS T MOTOR -CYCLF w headless ridei ii. saddle and a irl the million roarca on to>- 10U after a crash B tar c H Tne moior-cycl^ was ridf Raymond Beriaux ag^d 3.. cam* into collision at a spe**d wi'h a moioi ca: and Bet taux's
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    Tokyo police purge
    36 3 The National RuraJ P Headquarters m Tokyo lowing a st of impending rai munists, ha* decided to prompt action a-iair, bers of iis torce fouivi Communists. the k news agenc y reported Reuter
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      269 3 SINGAPORE arSy^ioS IS AUSTRALIA 484 and 41.7 ""eires. (BBC)- 6.30 News m Cantonese VLC4: 19.59 metres 15.32 mc/«. tt -^-r?3SSi wiavvs. Light Music; 1.30 f.S l^ 7 .50 English Half-Hovir: News, 4.30 p.m. News; 4.45 (VLB> News: A f v f rf" Proeramme Tar Eastern Affairs', English "Bob Dyers House
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Aug. 18. 1950. A Chinese school
    319 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. Aug. 18. 1950. A Chinese school AN absurd situation has been developing at the Singapore Chinese Hish School. Apparently, the entire activity of the school v.as (until a police \^n patrolled outside) liable to be stopped at any moment by a few dozen youths who
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    'Peace' Is Now The Red Motif
    1329 4  -  ALEXANDER CLIFFORD DEFENCE OF EUROPE— 3 By" THE struggle for the scul of Western Europe is m a new phase just now. The transition has been £Oing on for some time, but the present war scare has suddenly clarified it. The mind of the
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    14 4 Jennifer Jones and Jc&eph Cotten m Portrait of JennU noic shotting at the Capitol
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    Moll Buzzers, Boffs, Muggers
    449 4 MEET THE PICK-POCKETS rpHERE is a dingy A little room down at New York police headquarters which is the brain centre of America's largest pickpocket squad. Headquarters of the pickpocket squad is a place the late Damon Runyan would have loved. For there is not a
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    145 4 ID 38, THEN npHESE three maps, all drawn to the same scale, belong to different dates. The one at the top right was current on June 17, 1940. The BlitzB krieg was 39 days old. The speed of the Nazi H forces appalled the world. Beneath, m the centre, comes
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    Cheap Power Is A Colony 'Must'
    686 4  - Cheap Power Is A Colony 'Must Bernard Braine M.P. says THE political advance lof colonial peoples cannot be faster than their economic environment allows. Where poverty and ignorance prevail, that advance will be painfully slow. Clearly, if responsible self-government is to have any meaning, it must be enjoyed not by
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    Search Radar for BOAC
    108 4 Search Radar for BOAC gXPI I J hi I enabled HOAC I orders I search rat I The ft: airline In buy th. produr install H land Com aircraft. 1 being fitted aircraft. Perl. prove a sure nADAR aircraft, icier. storm miles uv. whi< r pern as w< It nli
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    POISON LETTERS TO CHINESE STUDENTS
    303 5 POISON LETTERS TO CHINESE STUDENTS New mischief campaign Free Press Staff Reporter J^ETTERS were received yesterday by students of the Singapore Chung Cheng High School, Nan Chiau Girls High School, Catholic High School and Chinese Girls High School inciting the students to stage a walk-out m protest against "enslaved education"
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    21 5 picture. GSir John Harding, FARELF, and Harding, entering St. i Cathedral, Singa>terday for the me>ervice for Mr. Lan :t. Free Press
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    LIVING COSTS GOING UP IN AUSTRALIA
    59 5 LIVING COSTS GOING UP IN AUSTRALIA .r.g m Aus- r:>:n 2 rapidly a* me 200.000 immivery year. Rar.derson. ftnR I rinan.ind a former the Syrf vid this on Kallang a.rport Q E.A.-B O A ::-'m Sydney. n leaves today 0 on a b\. I h finding it be large s
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    S'pore takes to Coca-Cola
    382 5  -  MAI KEEN MALLAL By /^OCA-COLA, the world's best known commercial J product, has besieged Singapore m a big way. During the last six months, Singapore's Coca-Cola consumption has increased to an unexpected figure. To increase its popularity still further, Lion Ltd. has installed new machinery m
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    She wasn't gambling
    60 5 She wasn t gambling piNES amounting to $7bO were imposed m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on 26 women and four men for gambling m a house m MacPherson Road on Wednesday. All pleaded guilty, but one woman. Tan Gek Eng. who told the court that she had gone
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    55 5 picture. dose-BB v cw of the 40- spout filling machine m the Lion Ltd. factory. It is cap- i.ip nf Droclucin? 10,000 bot ties of Coca-Cola per hour. Pictured here on duty arc Tin Fook Lam and Sayo bin WongsoHoyoh, two members of the large staff helDinc to build up
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    AAM MEMBERS
    30 5 The Automobile Association of Malaya has received a telegram from London announcing that the membership of the Automobile Association of Great Britain reached one million on Aug. 15.
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    CALL FOR EARLY FED. ELECTIONS
    207 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent A DEMAND for the immediate holding of elections m the Federation will be made at the coming General Assembly of UMNO m Kuala Kangsar. The resolution will be submitted by the ITMNO1 T MNO branches of Johd;e Bahru, Kota Tinggi and
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    47 5 picture. DR. Z. Zain, Representative of the United States of Indonesia m Singapore, speaking at yesterday's reception to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Indonesian independence. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Sir Franklin (iimson were present at the reception, which was held at Dr. Zain's residence. Free Press
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    150 to study for teachers' diplomas
    250 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EH)R the first time since the inception of the Sin- gapore Teachers' Training College, 150 students will be undergoing a two-year teachers' training diploma course, beginning next month. The students for the diploma course will begin their training together with
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    MAIL
    38 5 Surface mail is expec'.td m Singapore today from the Fhuippine Islands and the Federation. Latest times for posting surlace mail at the G.P.O. today art-: noon for Java, Djambi. Sibu and Medan; 5.45 p.m. for the PtodCTOtion.
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    Rover for Mauritius
    95 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ROVER, seven-month-old pet dog of Mr. John A. Thivy. retiring Repre sentative of the Government of India m Malaya, will so to Mauritius on Sunday with his master. A cable from Mauritius has been received saying that Rover may go there, but will
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    Work to begin this year
    246 5 $I|-MILLFON BARRACKS Free Press Staff Reporter DLANS are being prepared for the Sl f SO:MMM Malayan Naval Force barracks and other i t»blishments at Woodlands, work on whih w ll before the end of this year. Plans will be submitted to the Govern i approval
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    MARRIED DURING HIS LEAVE
    41 5 Malayan Airways aircraft engineer, Mr. K. R. Beohm. who went to Australia recently on leave returned yesterday by Q.E.A -8.0.A.C. Constellation. While In Sydney, he married an Australian girl who will Join him m Singapore noxt month.
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    Mosque attendances falling
    155 5 Mosque attendances falling F.P. Malay Cf re upondewi 'PHE number of MusUi I tending the Friday gregations at mosques ir, 3 number of mukims m X is getting smaller the D san Melayu reports Alor Star* In many (MM the F. prayers have to be can* because the required quorum
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    Medical grant for Sultanah
    80 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Th A special allocaiion of $4,320 has been approved by the Johore State Government for medical expe!. for the Sultanah of Jo'hon The money is requires refund to the Sultanah the amount of dental expc n paid by her since July 1949. In anticipation
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    APPOINTMENT
    28 5 Mr P. A. T. Chrimes has been appointed to act as local chairman of the Singapoi> Harbour Board m place of Mr. J Cooper, who has resigned
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    STRONGER SIDE FOR INDIANS
    857 6 STRONGER SIDE FOR INDIANS League match against RAF Free Press Soccer Reporter INDIANS have, on paper at least, a stronger side than last season to do service m the S.A.F.A. Inter-Community League despite their 6 2 trouncing by Royal Navy m their friendly fixture last Sunday. With more practices, the
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    NY MARKET BRIGHTER
    124 6 NEW YORK. Friday. WALL Street had its best session yesterday since early August. Despite late profit-taking, v.hich trimmed most extreme gains slightly, the market finished with fairly widespread advances ranging m twn point s Early dealings saw the market given an encouraging fillip by rails. In which
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    EASY WIN FOR CHAMPION
    42 6 Ra 'ul Lesueur of Prance" became professional mol Mrpaced bicycle champion t.>r 1950 at Rogcur. near Li?^ p B ".-ium. yesterday. He covered ihe hundred kilometres '220 laps) Lc one hour. 23 mins 9 sees, ansy winner.— A.P.
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    Singapore Chess League results
    286 6 By A Special Correspondent piRST-ROVND results of the Singapore Chess League were: University of Malaya beat Chinese Swimming Club I 4 2; Singapore Chess Club beat Anglo-Chinese School s—l;5 1; Chinese Swimming Club II beat C.YM.A. s—l. Liov Yew Chye, A.C.S.'s top board, created thr first
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    372,000 SAW TEST MATCHES
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    Race across Channel
    112 6 Tm-IE nr.st swimming race icrOM the English Channel takes place next v.eek. Twenty-five of the worlds greatest long-distance swimmers have entered for thfa unique International sp^rtins event There are five won^n among the competitors, who come from thirteen countries. The race is being held between the French
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    H.K. MONEY
    28 6 The follov.inK were jresterliay's quotation! on the Hong Konc: Money ExchangeHKsfi 31 per U.S. dollar. HK.MS ;>0 per pound sterling. HKS3O6 per tael of gold U.P.
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    351 6 wewr LONDON. Friday. SAFETY first buying of British Government stocks continued m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuter's financial correspondent. The recent steady uptrend was extended by one-quarter to half a point, and further institutional support was reported. Much of the buying had been
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    TIN PRICKS FALL SHARPLY
    112 6 TIN PRICKS FALL SHARPLY LONDON, Fn '"PIN prtCCT collapsed yesterday marking ipparei The end of the boom. If followed a bin break In Singapore prices it appeared that the stoppage of British Govern: sales had previously caused a temporary "squeezr." am: that the cradual clearing of the position th-is created
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    581 7 QRIM STRUGGLE IN BOYS' CUP FINAL Score unchanged after extra time THERE was a real Cup final atmosphere at the S.R.C. padang yesterday, which perhaps only accompanied the Singapore Malaya Cup team when they played Penang at Kuala Lumpur last week. It was Cup final day for the Boys' Clubs
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    Narrow win for Fangio
    54 7 Narrow win for Fangio V .:\g\o, crack J radßt driver. I I KTTOW i 112-kUometrc I race on the an Alfa covered o 3 hrs. s. at an 13-373 kilolbO«l 84 uiinutf i Ro-.er of I hn 3 mins 9 1/5 >f It* 1 vaa h.rd »n cs. ilMl Up
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    Yorkshire win by innings
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    JUNIOR CUP TO C-Y.M.A.
    118 7 p.V.M.A. bear 8.0.D.C.A. D> three goals to two when they met m a S.AJ.A Junior Cup soccer tie played on C.V.M.A ground yesterday. CLTJtJL, »ho played wall together, had their first goal through Chu Ah Koon lust a In minutes after the kick-off. Ng Weng Yew
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    81 7 THE following will represent the J- Presidents XI against the Kota Raja Club m a soccer raatcn dium tomorrow m aid of the Kota Raia Rehabilitation Fund: "j&tton <Nav 7 Morton (Rovers;. isHB V. Roberts (Dockyard). A^ang Gabos. (Pulau Bra«) Reserves: Suppiah £Bf^* r*handra (T.b.a.i,
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    Tigers tamed at stadium yesterday
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN AGAIN
    162 7 JACK Bromwich and Frank Sedgman, Australian Davis Cup players, defeated Tom Brown, surprise appointee to the U.S. Davis Cup team, and Sam Match. 6-3. 6-2 6-2 m the third round of the national tennis doubles m Massachusetts on Wednesday. Brown, far off his usual game, made a
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    Let's have trophy races for CI.4,5
    694 7  - Let's have trophy races for CI .4,5 ALLAN LEWIS TURF TOPICS By THE question stakes for the richest of Malaya'g races is interesting for those owners who can afford to purchase a horse of class that may win one of these events. The "small" owner, who after all is one
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    4-1 victory for Breweries
    114 7 BREWERIES Sports Club scored a four-one victory over Borneo Sports Club m a SA.F.A. Business Houses "B league match played at Geylang stadium yesterday. Easily the better team. Brewenrs established an early lead when they scored two quick goal* through Aii and Osman m the first
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    EUROPEAN XI
    70 7 Europeans' probable line-up for their match against Singapore District at Jalan Besar stadium today m their Community League soccer tie is: Lloyd- Paine, Mathoi Morton Davids, McGregor; McDonald. Scaife. Inglis. Murray. Bird. Reserves: Wright. chatwin, Behrends and Tuck. WEMBLEY gained a narrow lead over Harringay In the first
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    255 7 Joe Louis to. fight Charles on Sept. 2 7 ALL negotiations have been completed for a world heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles at the Yankee Stadium. New York. on Sept. 27, the International Boxing Club announced yesterday. Mr. James B. Norris. stated that Louis, as chal
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    Nepal Cup final
    23 7 TpHE final of the Nepal Cup— Gurkhas annual football contest— will be held at Rifle Range Road, Kuala Lumpur today.
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    Boxer recalled to U.S. navy
    111 7 THE veteran Doxer. Steve Belloise, who challenged for th« middleweight championship twice and lost decisions both times, said m Ne w York yesterday he had b I recalled to temporary a< duty with the U.S. Navy. Belloise, a reserve petty officer, said he v. a>
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    W. GERMAN RECORD IN STEEL
    296 8 W. GERMAN RECORD IN STEEL Marshall Plan 'Encouraging WASHINGTON, Friday. yHE results of the Marshall Plan m Europe for the first quarter of this year are described as "more encouraging" m the report just sent to Congress by President Truman. The report noted that the "output of steel m Western
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    'ALLIES CAN COPE WITH BERLIN'
    153 8 'ALLIES CAN COPE WITH BERLIN' BERLIN, Fri. MAJOR-GENERAL Maxwell D. Taylor. U.S. Commander m Berlin, said yesderday that he is satisfied that Allied troops In Berlin can handle any situation that may arise short of an attack by the Soviet Army itself. Berlin is surroiindrd by 250,000 Russian troops and
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    24 8 A United States official said that the International Bank is expected to announce a loan of $50,000,000 for Australia next week. U.P
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    JAP ADVISERS
    20 8 Some Japanese technicians IK now working m India as technical advisers for Indian factories and spinning mills. Reuter
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    2 KILLED BY TOY EXPLOSIVE
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    Explosion in war plant
    120 8 CALIFORNIA, Fii. AFIRE and explosion last night, which may have been due to sabotage, levelled a, chemical plant making material for the Korean battle with damage t-itimat-ed at $250,000. Repeated blasts and flames, loiming a mushroom-shaped lireball, were mistaken lor aai atomic explosion by some .tridents.
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    39 8 'It can, rot Stevedores m New York refused to unload 185 ton* of Russian crab meat, whirh arrivrd m New York yesterday from Britain. One docker said: "It can rot m the hold before we takr it off."— A.P.
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    199 8 GENEVA, Fri. THE Rev George E. Collins, retiring Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, told the International Council of Christian Churches yesterday that the division of the world m Eastern and Western sphere was doomed to failure. "In the frequent deadlocks which occur m world
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    78 8 ATHENS, Fri. THE BritLh foreign Undersecretary Mr Ernest Davies, gave a strong h\ni at a news conference m Athens yesterday that prospects for future Oreek-Yiiooslav relations are bright. "After changing vtevs" wth Greek leadens. includiHK Ihr King and Premier Pla.stirajs Mr Davier told reporters tb«t
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    Vatican stays in Italy
    90 8 VATICAN CITY. Fri A REPORT that the Vatican would be moved to Quebec if war came, was described yesterday as "fantastic" by a Vatican source. It was added: "If another world war comes, it will be of such dimensions as to render insecure any point anywhere
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    27 8 The Japanese Government has decided to ask six rayon and 20 staple fibre manufacturing concerns to "exercise self restrain" m keeping prices down.— Reuter
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    107 8 WASHINGTON. Fn THREE diploma ;s of the Polish Emoas>y m Washington broke with the Communist Government, p*v<> up their posts ana Mtoed lor the rffht to >tay m the United States veste-day. The Government is investigating their cmft In th»* absence of evidence that any of them
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    33 8 7^S Nationalist China's Ambassador to Egypt. Dr. Ho Feng Shan, has asked the seven nations of the Arab League to stand by the Nationalists m the Uni<f»d Nations. A. P.
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    23 8 One thousand and fortyfour Dutch soldiers answered their government's appeal for volunteers to fight m Korea In three days. A. P.
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    50 8 LONDON. F British Charße DATfa ires m Peking. Mi. J C Hutchison, has been mstruci^u to proies 4 ;o tlw Chinese Communist Oavtrnment against the Bring by shore batteries on the Bntish destroyer Concord Hong Kong yesterv,. A Briiish ForeitM Offl.^spokesman announred this last night Reuter
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