The Singapore Free Press, 1 September 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON :*ALE IN MALAYA I [No. i:.k:k SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SKS^EMBER 1, 1950. PKICE TEN CENTS.
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    BIG RED PUSH: SAVAGE FIGHTING
    149 1 'Suicide attacksdead heaped up \.>nh Korean divisions, m a bi£ offensive early this morning, jnflUßld up t»> two miles into American-held territory m an all-out < oon Masan, gateway to the vital supply port of Pusan. The i onununists stormed over the Nam River under
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    7 GIRLS FIGHT WAR ON STAGE
    318 1 7 GIRLS FIGHT WAR ON STAGE From LIONEL CRANE MASAN. Fri. IZOREAN gfirls are tak- ing an active part m the war on this southern front. Four of them are training to be fighter pilots: and seven others are taking part m the only stage show for troops m South
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    PLANE DISASTER MYSTERY
    264 1 CAIRO. Friday. INSPECTORS were last night examining pieces of the Trans-World Airlines Constellation which crashed in the desert south of Alexandria yesterday, killing 48 passengers and seven airmen. The investigators' task will be to ascertain whether the plane exploded in mid-air or crashed and caught Are. Little
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    500 Reds killed
    35 1 Bouth Korean Marines s id vf'siertiay that since Lhey began operating on r he 1 Ponyong Peninsula fortj aighl ago they have killed 1 500 Reds Jiid -apt u red 36.— A.P.
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    One crash victim picked up at sea
    228 1 Tilt first survivor from the RAF Dakota ainruft which was lost m the South China Sea at dawn yesterday was picked up by motor l.tunch early today. He is an army officer, one of five passengers aboard the aircraft. He has been transferred
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    Malik's agenda 'for a century'
    454 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. O( SSIA'S delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik, convened a Security Council meeting the last m his presidential tenure yesterday. Mr. Malik opened the meeting by reading the full agenda, comprising Korea. Formosa, the United States Air Force's attacks on North Korea and Mr.
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    BROOkE LEAVES
    30 1 Krt-t- Prr-vx stiff Reporter Anthony Brooke, *xi Mu da of Sarawak, left apore for London this I a QEA-BOAC airHe was seen off by > >n leaders <>f •yak.
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    BRITAIN FORMS 'TASK FORCE'
    43 1 Britain was said to be fonvim a "task force" of several army divisions and air squadrons m preparation for possible Communist aggression' Reliable sources said that the task force would be held iii reserve "ready for action anywhere." U.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    42 1 Korean Reda luiim heil a general attack all Uong the Western front of the Allied h ..i h-head last night, it was officially stated today. The dri"^ for Musan is said to be losing momentum In face of stiff resistance.
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    FREER PETROL
    22 1 The Indian Governmer.! an nounced yesterday further derationing of petrol m most parts of India, including Doihi. from today. A.P.
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    PIPES DRAW SNAKES FROM NEST
    157 1 PIPES DRAW SNAKES FROM NEST WITH BRITISH TROOPS IN KOREA. Frl. QlOOl ma bagpipe played O h >ng the wild Korean hill- >>n Wednesday night br-; n' snakes from their ne.-N and consternation mm < f he men. The sfKtkrs appeared when the ps ni the Argyll* and Si: -..inds
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    30 Youths enter police school
    74 1 I'iIIRTY Chinese and Malay youths arrived at the Singapore Police Training Depot al Thomson Road this morning for training at the new Police Cadet School which was opened today without an* pomp or ceremony. The new cadets, Who l:ave already been measured lor their uniforms,
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    BURMA ENVOY FOR RUSSIA
    43 1 The Burmese Ambassador m London. U. Ohn. called yesterday to say goodbye to Mr. Ernest Bevin. the Foreign Secretary. U. Ohn has been twitched to Moscow, where h*> will serve as his country's first Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. A.P.
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    FORMOSA 'A VITAL LINK'
    50 1 Formosa "is an absolutely rmm till link m our defence chain m the Pacific." 1 said Mr. Paul McNutt, former U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines In a Lecture In New York. 'For that reason. Formosa must not fall into Communist hands.* 1 he declared. A.P.
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    Quads born in 75 mins.
    55 1 V DESTITUTE Chinese w*man Z*lt birlk to quadruplets m lion*- Kong y esterday. and immediately appealed to "some kind fam ily'" to adopt them. Thirty-three-year-old Lao Tai Xi bore three boys and a giii "within s >patf quarter s' an hoar. The rnildren and mother
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    U.S. ASSURANCE ON FORMOSA
    215 1 WASHINTON, Friday. PRESIDENT TRI'MAN yesterday gave assurances that the United States Seventh Fleet would be withdrawn from Formosan waters at the end of the Korean war. At the outbreak of the Korean war President Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet to prevent any attack on Formosa. The
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    Shouting war
    35 1 \MERKANS erected a loudspeaker m front of North Korean lines ye>terday and urged the Red* to surrender. Simultaneously a H-d .-A'rtold the Amrr,cans t go MXc NoiH.-d* >urrniu< J Nobody went home A.P.
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    General's son dies of wounds
    66 1 KUALA LUMPUR Fri FIEUTENANT K. E. Mclntyrt i of thp Ist Battalion Bi fi^rth Highlanders, died m hospital on Tuesday a s a re- I suit of wounds received m motion With terrori.>is m Pahang on Monday morning. The funeral took place at the Cheru
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    Control on rubber for Russians?
    220 1 I LONDON. MiftJT. DRITAIN may move soon t»» cut mounting sales of rubber t sia on the Singapore tree m.iii Diplomatic officials m is yesterday said the Urn has been asking Britain to tak» action. Russia ijet.s about three ol her raw rubber Malaya. Both
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    A Holiday In France
    645 2 A Holiday In France "^■a^jTTH?! 'I. l% jkAJMdlSßffislLlifll^ 11ERE we are m Collioure. near the Pyrenees. The shingle is speckled with small boats, cobalt, saffron and tangerine. The sea vail is laced with long, brown nets. The illuminated face of the clock on the Saracen fort spotlights the bl lebloused
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    THIS IS
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    Those Exciting Fashion 'Extras'
    298 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY By MADAME SCHIAPERELLI, who unce gave us a perfume named "Shocking", showed a new "Shockjug" m her Paris show recently— an umbrella handle made like a leg In a little silver shoe 1 1 was. of t Jusi one of the gas acceaforiei ol
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    30 2 Pendant effect is giv< n b% the ltd i I Blast top tm this new autumn evening fashion ttuuen m the collect ion F( U r A'ui^ I oj London.
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    Don't Marry Because You 'Must'
    510 2  - Don't Marry Because You 'Must Canon H. Warner Says HOW many parents, I wonder, became angry with the vicar who said that "no unmarried girl expecting a baby should marry with the idea that she ha* got to do it"? Only those, I imagine, who talk about "the honour of
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      98 2 J Cyy> fY/r?l/ who decides It's b.iby who decides about the miik. Steady growth, lots days and peaceful nights they tell a ..cr m the happiest of ways the milk baby prefers. And surprising how many babies choose Obtermilk. The formula of Ostermilk is such that it is most suitable
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      200 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR D<)RN today, you are what is called a born executive. You know how to niiuvise large projects, to picK the personnel shrewdly, and plan the schedules so tbat they work out methodically and efficiently. You are original m your approach to most problems. You are often critisized
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      222 2 You enjoy the outdoors, but will consider that living m the country is for your leisure hours. When working: you will want to be m a large city. Although you appear, at times, to be jolly and carefree, basically you are very serious and even severe. You know what you
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      188 2 New Crossword No. 140 s^^kj| QESSSjB I m |b| WM !S^^s ¥*>&-& a^^^" flFiUnWHwiMal II f** Tn 555 I T2T 13 114 15 Wy^fjP l I I n ROSS 4. 7. Striking oolours i 5. 3. 4v R. Grit's liv tu«s to tin mill o). 9. G-B.S. wrote of the
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    ARGUMENT ON AIR BOMBING
    387 3 Lessons from World War II NEW YORK, Thursday. OOMBING of North Korean industrial targets by U.S. Air Force planes under General Douglas Mac Arthur's United Nations Command has raised an international controversy which has still to be resolved at the bar of world opinion. There is
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    Slav 'spy' for Russia confesses
    74 3 Slav 'spy' for Russia confesses I BELGRADE, Thu^s. IN alleged Yugoslav spy claimed yesterday that he as made advances In the clence of atomic energy and iven the secrets of his flndrzs to Soviet Russia. The admission came m a led Belgrade district ourt from Ris:a Ilic, assistant •rofessor or
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    'NEHRU VITAL TO THE WEST'
    124 3 NEW *ORK, Thursday. M! MWVOKR Tl>lr;s said yotrutay it was \ital" thai Americans should understand Pandit ehru. and asserted that the struggle for Asia I— mlhW| could be won or lost m the mind of ne man Jawaharlal Nehru". Thf Tim^s. which on occasions In
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    Spender wants Pacific pacl
    64 3 The Australian ExTernal At- j MinUter. Mr. Percy, M advocated the n of a Paciiic Defence i similar to the North intlc Pact with American md British Commonwealth .cipatinn. Spendei said on arrival m 1 lob from Amsterdam that the i;on of South Korea emphasineed for
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    27 3 .iritl unii>ual portrait Printer M.ir-arft. taken [>>v bin n m Kmkinshani Paljte. The PtteccM is wcariny I .\n »t win c x.uin deroraled with nhiir and pink
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    Record rice crop in P.I.
    32 3 Record rice crop in P.I. WASHINGTON, Thui the us. Department of dieted"'. 1950-51 Phi >n will I lon pounds l:r> ber. h 5.711.--00 po I pre- 1 c of 4719.--oOn.OOO pouiu A.P.
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    QUAKE AREA TOUR
    17 3 Pjr.di' NVhru. the Indian Premier, li to visit the earth-quake-devastated area of Astant A.P.
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    Allies train in Germany
    68 3 FRANKFURT. Thur> BRITISH. American and French troop.s will join c from September 11 to 1 18 In one of the biggest military training exercises held vi Germany since the Wi Practically all the American troops In tho E imand part, I army Ik annoui today. This
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    NEW MARINE RADAR
    23 3 Th<> Cossor Rodar Ltd. a London firm, ha.s introduced a new ty;v of British marine T adar into Japan.-: Reuter
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    20 3 The King inspects a guard of honour of Royal Scots Fusiliers on arrival m Ballater on his way to Balmoral.
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    Bridge Hands
    293 3 >f Ibis vio,] 'pHEODORE A. Liwjhtner MM us M one of his examp hands m his expose of the weaknesses of the Goren point count system. Oatag Mr. Goren "s count of 4. 3 2. 1 for high cares. thK hand is worth 13 points and only an
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    Mao tightens control over Chinese people
    315 3 Mao tightens control over Ch inese people HONG KONG, Thursday. RED CHINA let out word yesterday of two move* that will mould the country's life still closer to the blue-print of other Communist police states of the world. 1. The first police force m China is to be given "a
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    82 MARINES RECEIVE THE PURPLE HEART
    124 3 WITH THE UNITED STATES MARINES IN KOREA. Wed. TPHE Marine Brigade proudA ly lined up 82 of Its v.ounded yesterday to hear high praise from President Syngman Rhee and receive Purple Hearts from Gen. Craig m the largest mass presentation of Purple Hearts In
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    VIETNAM'S NEED
    35 3 Vietnam needs a strong national armv which would be capable, after training by French technicians, of progressively assuring the defence of the country the amese Premier M Tran Van Huu. told reporters. Reuter
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    Squabble over 5,000 tons of war scrap
    210 3 TOKYO, Thursday. rilKhh groups of Japanese— llshermen, villagers and businessmen— are squabbling over rights to 0.000 tons of former Japanese Army ammunition Ihe squabble is taking place on Hachijojima' a S^ 13 mUea sollt h of the Go-.'ornm.-Mr announced las! week thj "comparath
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    RIDS JAIL 20 JEHOVAH MEN
    80 3 The K.i German P< ople's i police arrested aboul 20 leadIng preachers of the "Jehovah's Witnesses" religious seel In the Soviel s* ctor of Berlin In the SovJ of Gtmany. Some of the arrested "witnesses" were taken from ihcir homes m handcuffs The "witnesses'* have
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    Reinforcements
    44 3 The earliest possible dispatch of two to three additional American divisions to West Germany will be recommended to the U.S. government by the High Commissioner, Mr. John J. McCloy, during his current visit to! Washington, wt H- informed sources said In Frankfurt.— U.P.
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    ONCE 5,000, NOW 180
    239 3 HONG KONG. Thursday. 80 Americans and 100 Frenchmen are all that remains of two of the largest foreign communities m pre-war cosmopolitan Shanghai as the alien exodus from the city continues. Before Pearl Harbour these two communities totalled over 5.000 and played probably the most important
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    Peking hits at U.N.
    101 3 HONG KONG. Thurs RADIO Peking yesterday widened its attacks upon the United States to include the United Nations m what sounded like th" possible abandonment of Chinese Communist attempts to be admitted to the United Nations soon. After rpcountin^ the protest of the Chinese foreign Minister.
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    TRAINING EXTENDED
    21 3 Tin* period of military training for Luxembourg c\m- scripts is to be Increased from I six months to rear.
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    Too much 'diplomatosis'
    61 3 Sir Howard Florey, Australian-horn British pathologist, says Australian medical students are too addicted to "diplomatosis," which he defined as a passionate belief m the value of securing diplomas and "swotting up" or "cramming" innumerable tex^ books. Sir Howard said "diplomalosis" tended to stifle initiative m original research.
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    U.S. PUTS PRESSURE ON TITO
    154 3 U.S. PUTS PRESSURE ON TITO BELGRADK We i A CAREFUL campaign t* win Marshal Tito's st i trieally located Yugoslavia into the Western world hae been pursued with grow.ng determination by the Unit-d States now lor a? feral week*. Il will probably be deni"d by U.S. Slate Deoartme it rces,
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    THIS IS
    12 3 S John Newton Bt nhi hi'l he m Smoopore or>
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      83 3 Brylcreem^ to be sure... makes a tidy difference to your hair Ss^ JL»et Brylcreem look after your hair and you're bound to flpNMt benefit for Brylcreem gives your hair this double benefit: *i^-H (1) Day-long smartness. (2) Lasting hair health. l\ Besides setting the hair naturally, Brylcreem with its pure
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      224 3 I IBBC i; */j "Composer of the *>*m3*lr UnL Weck"-Rsc'lim::ntnoff: .0.15 -Spe(BLUE NETWORK) rial Dispatch' (BBC); 5.30 "Lon--484 and 41.7 metres. don Studio Concerts"; P.OO Indo--10 a.m. News from Slngapoie; nesian: News and Programmes 12 Programmes m Malay; l p.m. (BBC»; 6.30 News m Cantonr-se Light Music; 1.30 Time Signal
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 1950. A month from now
    279 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Sept. 1, 1950. A month from now BY this time next month, it is reliably forecast, the United Nations' forces m Korea will either have broken out of their bridgehead around Pusan or will be m the last stages of their preparations to do so.
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    India's Reds Are Down—And Out
    1034 4  - India's Reds Are Down— And Out RUSSELL SPURR By INDIA'S Commimist Party is m clanger of collapse. Its membership has dwindled, funds are exhausted and quarrels among the leaders have split it. The few remaining faithful, bitterly divided, are m prison, m hiding or politically helpless. India's best-disciplin-ed party was
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    Malan and Smuts Are Kept Guessing
    533 4  - Malan and Smuts Are Kept Guessing NOEL MONKS GERMANS IN WEST AFRICA ?y THREE thousand Germans —some of thorn saved from deportation by Dr. Malan'S Nationalist Government— have the destiny of South Africa m their hands. Y| th- :a In t I d lent and ultim r. ly it depends
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    The Nazi Generals Are Restless
    599 4  - The Nazi Generals Are Restless KENNETH AMES GERMANS IN WEST GERMANY by BERLIN: IN the village inns and the coffee-houses of Western Germany the former generals and Wehrmacht star! officers are beginning to show vocal si^ns of unrest. Every week a ing of* war-time ielkr.v-om-cers is held m some lonely
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    Leader of the Marine Commando
    154 4  - Leader of the Mar ine Commando Peter Lovegrove By SURREY -bor: Burns Dr year-old Roy; lieutenant-colo. is leading th< Commando In has had plent\ perience of the nine: raids and landings ber enemy lines Mi service unit WtU quired to under* behalf of the r Nations. jolnec rh« Renown when
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      20 4 POPULAR HOUSE SPORT CUPS 0 MEDALS I P. H. HENDRY. Jeweller > 78, North Bridte Kd. Spore. A V m 1
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      82 4 ALTERATION TO THE PRICE CF BREAD IN SINGAPORE FROM Ist SEPTEMBER Due to the increase m flour prices Bread will be 25 cts. a (b. and self raising flour will b 80 cts. a 2 ib. bag COLD STORAGE BAKERY a-« "kershaw cari zEisr ylr .»i BA^ R siroud Ros
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    POLICE TIGHTEN COASTAL SECURITY
    295 5 POLICE TIGHTEN COASTAL SECURITY 34 speedboats ordered Free Press Staff Reporter J*HIRTY-FOUR fast armoured launches and motor sampans, costing more than $1,000,000 m all, are to be ordered for the Singapore Marine Police to strengthen their security precautions along the Colony's coastline. In addition, the Marine Police are recruiting 160
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    Wiltshire to act as police chief
    65 5 Wiltshire to act as police chief i m S( itT Reporter MR R C B Wiltshire. De--1 v Commissioner of ipore Criminal .rtment. will er I Police ny v hen Mr. F I leaves to take ent m c end of next I w Deputy al of c. b "uiH
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    UNION MEETING
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    Lisbon goes to Portugal
    118 5 Free Press Stall Reporter gTCUTCHING one of the few t-ddy bears of portur in his hand and raa I i p-old P Kdward Solano, I oil a K.i.M. plane at K Arh him J .11 9 toting a toy <jun. and ■11' re the s as
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    34 5 MClure. liiSS June Danker pr€*sonts a bouquet *o Lady Cii: at the Silver Jubilee dinner of the Singapore Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift and linn S<wm#»»v m the Victoria Memorial Hull last nitht. Free Press
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    Birth control for Sarawak
    286 5 Free Press Staff Reporter a 50- YEAR-OLD Sarawak Chinese woman, wh 0 has conceived 24 times during her married life and two of her daughters are now In Singapore to 'learn birth control methods fro m the Family Planning Association. The mother and one daughter hope
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    32 5 picture. THK Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. speaking at the Silver Jubilee dinner of the Singapore Government Servants* Co-operative Thrift and Lnan m the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. Free Press
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    Squatters to make way for school
    201 5 \IORE than 20 families have sought the assistance aTJ of the Department of Social Welfare following recent quit notices served on them by the Land Office. These families are from a site m Havelock Road, Singapore, where a new Government regional school is to
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    School plea to Colony govt.
    83 5 TH E Singapore Government will be approached soon for help m building a separate school for the senior ents of the Singapore Chinese HUh School. This decision was taken at the annual meeting of the nmittee of management of Chinese Hish School a' Chinese Chamber
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    LABOUR DAY
    47 5 Americ s I Day, which falls on Sept. 4 this year. v. ill be celebrated bj Americans In Singapore ano the F. leration i Malaya, it will be observed as a ho!: by the American Consula'.eGeneral in Singapore and the American Consulate in Kuaia Lumpur.
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    ISLAND CLUB
    52 5 The foundation stone for the Island Club's new build- Ing at the 6th mile, Thomson Road, will be laid by the Commission General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. to- i morrow at 5. pjii. It is hoped that the build- j intj will be completed by the end of
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    INCREASING TRADE WITH RUSSIA
    195 5 Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYA exported $69,002.--940 worth of goods to Russia m the first seven months of 1950— an iner of $15,153 5H over the whole of last year's total value of ixporis to that country. In the first half of this year exports amounted
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    Commissioners attack Singapore newspapers
    1102 5 Free Press Staff Reporter a PRESS which showed a tendency to distort facts and to hit a Mm b the belt savoured more of a "gutter press" than a responsible journal declared Mr. Pat Johnson (North Ward), until recently Labour Party loftier tm the Municipal Commission,
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    THREE SAFE BITS FOR K.LUMPUR
    1780 6 Tomorrow *s race prospects From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPI R. Friday. THE Blessing, promoted two divisions for his win 1 on Wednesday, carries 3 lbs. less over the nine furlongs Div. 2 tomorrow, the concluding: day of SelangorTurf Club's August-September meeting when the programme has
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    WINNER OF RACE 1 AT K.L.
    36 6 picture. TE TAXI (E. Donnelly) winninr the first race at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday from Jaunty (Ayree). Golden News (McPherson) was I 1 2 lengths behind f ""nty. Free Press
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    U.K. MONEY
    7 6 Konj HK$6 3 HKs U.P.
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    Market has a quiet day
    310 6 gfWBaBWBWBaMSWWSW*BBB«BS«^^^^^^^^-^^^*-^B^"^gC£2 BSSSJ London Stock Exchan§| £SJ LONDON, Friday I>Y and larpe it was an uneventful day m 13 London Stock Exchange with coppers and recording no quotable price alteration > Gilt-edgeds were marked higher m the < stages m anticipation of a continuance of U.
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      258 6 MdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya < \\\S!s\\& A\ I I HONLSTLY, I WOUION'I,M*. JAY.iI YESJMAT HAPPENS.WUtN? WhAT--| iLET'S NOT TALK ABOUT S IiCH AN JLJIJLJJ l;j VU* Ira M1 v ANYHOW, I'M NOT A M JSEUM P IT DOB, WE GET A r-pf- 1 HAPPENS UNPitASANT
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    BROOKS FAVOURITE FOR TONIGHT
    484 7 BROOKS FAVOURITE FOR TONIGHT Sitphol should win easily DOY BROOKS, triple champion of the Orient, will enter the ring at the Happy World arena tonight for his 10-round return bout against Flashy Sebastian, a big favourite. Perhaps it was Brooks' showings against British Empire middleweight champion, Dave Sands that have
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    25 7 U.K. SOCCER RES ULTS .tyed ::c!on >r ..^Tvich Town 0 I v: Aich ntsH urn n 11 p mon MM M>» •:v 1 Reut er
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    18 7 \V STAR 11 returning to scale aiier winning thr ninth race at k Lurrpur on \Ve»lne^- Free Press
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    Sports coach due Sept. 16
    104 7 GREGORY Dyson. Bri- VI A. A. A. tt ICh, who been engaged for coachathletes ir we and here on Sept. 16 This til announced yesterday lie meeting of the Singapore o:>inpic and Sports Council. Dyson w:ll give a series of at the Victoria School been
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    54 7 BURGESS (on ground) Tottenham Hotspurs' captain, scores the fiipt yoal for his side m their League match against Arsenal at the Arsenal Stadium, Highburj, to level the score. Burgess headed th« ball In from a free kick perfectly placed by Ramsay. Swtadin, the Arsenal goalie, is seen making a vain
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    Rain ruins all County cricket
    212 7 DAIN all over the country ruined yesterday's cricket card. Only at the Oval and Canterbury was play possible and even then the ration was small. But for all that Surrey, who must beat Leicestershire to tie with Lancashire for the County Championship, made pood progress.
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    Soft going likely at K.L. tomorrow
    167 7 From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. r riloL GH the No. 2 grass was opened for fast work this morning, things were quiet on the training tracks. The only horses to go fust were. Maestro (Wahab) who ran three furlongs m 43 seconds. He
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    LOCKE LEADS IN GOLF TOURNEY
    89 7 BOBBY LOCKE. South Afrian folder or the British Open Doll title .Heads the field us they go Into the last two rounds of the Lotus .€1.500 72-hole stroke tournament. On the 6.515-yard Moortoln course yesterday Locke carded another 63 to give him a 36 holes
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    Rain prevents play
    46 7 "NJO pLty was possible yesitiuay In tht match between an England XI and the Commonwealth side nt Kingston. So much r.un fell during the night uid early morning that it was soon evident hat the game could not be conlinued until after lunch.
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    Davis Cup, a 'war portent'
    105 7 i I Y>EOPLE nho heHeve m signs and portents (ire i somewhat gloomy over a recent sports event. At least someone wrote lo a Manila sports editor saying: 'When the Australians win the Davis Cvn tennis title, watch out a world icar > II coming
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    WOON-CHEOK IN TROUBLE
    48 7 picture >it tur TAM WOON-CHEOK (2), the Hong Kong Chinese goalkeeper punching clear I as Whitehorn (Combined Services) iumiM for header. Free Press WOON-CIIEOK, the Hong Kong goalkeeper (back to camera) kicks clear before Day, Services' inside-right (centre) oin get at the ball.- Free Press
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    Unluckiest horse of the year
    151 7 PRINCE SIMON will not run m the St. Leger, it was stated last night. The colt was second favourite at seven to two at the last call-over. Trainer Captain Boyd Rochfort said the coll had developed a slight inflammation on a tendon. The decision wtt
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    Champagne stakes
    58 7 Fourteen final acceptors for the Champagne Starunning over six furlongs at Doiicaster next Wednesday, Sept. 6, are: Scarlet Emblem, Bit* Dipper. Btraolight, Golden Teat, Sashcord, Fraisc dv Bois, Arctic Prince, Noceur, Royal Moccasin. Bois de Grace. Rowley. Turks Roliance, Saxon Prince and Persian Valley. All carry nine stone
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    RUSH FOR TEST TICKETS
    62 7 APPLICATIONS far tickets for the first cricket Test between Australia and England to be held here on Dec. 1 have been received from Bombay, Penin? and Port Moresby. This was announced yesterday by Ed Williams, Secretary of the Queensland Cricket Association. He added that applications have
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    H. Kong were a rattled team yesterday
    332 7 H. Kong were a rattled team yesterday OONG KONG Chinese suffered the heaviest of their three successive defeats m the Colory when they went down by four goals to one to Combined Services at Jalan Besar yesterday. Services must be given full credit f or i victory, especially to diminutive
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    Today's sport
    48 7 SOCCER: Community Lge Euiopean^ v Eurasians at .lalan Besar stadium; Jnr. Cup-tic Fathul Karib v Kola Raja A at Cipylanit Busine&s Use. I Bukora S.C. v OrlrnUil ToUphone at BOD.; Straits Times v GMthri*S.C at C.V.M.A. BOXING: FUusbv Sebastian I Boy Brooks, Happy World. 9 p.m.
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    W. Indies 249 ahead of Kent
    95 7 W. Indies 249 ahead of Kent WEST INDIES com their petition on second day of their rr:. against Kent at Canterb 1 yesterday. The county managed B avoid the follow-on by 31 ran With a lead of 119 West Ir--1 dies batted a?ain and wh to stumps were drawn wen
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    Scoreboard
    152 7 WhST INDIES— IM Iniu.Kent Kj inn* Fagg b Pi<rre Wollett c Jones b Pierre I Ames Christiani b Junes 1 Hearn c i hriMiani b Pjerie s Coudrey run out Clark c Gomel b alentine I f ton c Wrrkes b Valentine 1 1 Doviy c Waicott b Come/
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    BIRTHS
    69 8 ROXBL'RGH On 31s; Aldus'. 1950. to Stella, wife Of E. Roxburgh, of the C -rural Fire Station Malcolm Brian. I MAN On Ausun 30. 1950. at nsr. to Allwynne (nee K 1 I •..m.-c Man. a son. HATFORD On Aug. 30. at f Hospital, to R a. Stra'ford. a
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    FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE
    30 8 DOHERTY The D Kenneth Gordon the Federation Force, elder son Gordon Irv n „f G -upon-Tyne. bore Doher'y. ran Someran place a1 I, S':>ore i will be 1
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    THE LIGHT THAT FAILED IN KOREA
    504 8 THE LIGHT THAT FAILED IN KOREA Slow agony of Korea trains From FRANK OWEN A RIVER BED IN KOKEA. Friday. WHY, the place looks exactly the same as Hong Kons— without Honff Kong/ This is the way Sergeant Walker of the Argylls saw the port of Pusan as we entered
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    24 8 FREE MEW Nazi war criminals leaving Wandsbertj Prison, Bavaria, on release after serving two-thirds of their seven-year sentences. They were freed for good conduct.
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    A SIGN OF NO CONVENIENCE
    134 8 LONDON, Friday TLfRS ENID WAUGH returned home from holiday with her husband to find a public convenience sign on the lamp standard out- side their home. People made inquiries ar the house m Grange-crescent. Sunderland. Said surgeons wife Mrs. Waugh: "I endured I the indignity
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    HUNGARY ENDS CHURCH FEUD
    231 8 BIDAPEST, Friday. PHK long feud between the Hungarian regime and the Koman Catholic Church has come to an end with the signing of an agreement between the two partners after eight weeks of negotiations. The agreement, the text of which was released by Hungary's Foreign Ministry,
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    Malan wins elections
    80 8 JOHANNESBURG. Fri. DR. MALANS Nationalist Parv is wrceplni tru* board In South-west Africa'! elections. They won 12 of the 13 local legislature leatf .so far announced. Th^y have win the one Union Parliament teat whose result is complete. That teat, Windhoek, capital of the territory, was considered
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    New alloy helps jet engines
    116 8 New alloy helps jet engines BIRMINGHAM Frl. A BIRMINGHAM rolling raili is producing a new and secret alloy designed to improve the performance Of jet engines which it is claimed will gift Britain a new lead m jet propulsion. British security has only just lifted a ban on even the
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    India won't reconsider
    95 8 India won't reconsider NEW DELHI. Fri. T*HE Govtrnm<'nt ot India A luis turned down the Pakistan Governments suggestion that India should reconsider her decision to participate m the proposed round-table conlerence on the South African. Indian question. The Pakistan Government was stated to have made the suggestion ta view of
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    Shock for the fish
    54 8 JpiSH m Austratiaa streams n,' m foi a >hock but they wMI survive it if they are ouitialiy "desirable." With electric equipment similar to that used m America. Fisheries and Game Department official* will "stun*' Ash m streams for population survey purposes and to rid the
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    Busy session for tin
    82 8 LONDON. Frl. 'pHE ljii BUUrket yesterday had the busiest session for more than a month The total turnover was 220 lons of which only five ur.s were spot. 02 Spot metal lost £11-1 '2 at £767-1 2_j)ex_j.on, and three months fell ~Z9^Y72 sir £759- 1/2. The
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    23 DIED IN SHIP SINKING
    71 8 23 DIED IN SHIP SINKING The United states Navy announced yesterday that the sinking of the hospital ship Benevolence last Friday, while on a trial cruise before .sailing for Korea, was now :^-18 known dead and five still missini The live people still not accounted fur were presumed dead. A
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    DEFENCE TALKS
    21 8 The Prime Minister. Mr. Utlee. has warned Cabinet iinisterj to be available for op-level defence ondon nrx; week.- Reuter
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    Mothers say 'thank you'
    89 8 CAIRO. Fil THREE British mothers who came to Ejiypt to see their sons before they were hanged yesterday morning have begun the lovely trip home. The mothers, Mrs. Rose Cato, of Luton; Mrs. Florence Smith, of Hackney, London, and Mrs. HansDSan of Croydon. Surrey, said rhanks
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    King flies to unify nation
    136 8 TEHEKAN. I nd n IRAN'S 30-year-old king is flying: about his V*m munist-thrratened nation on a mission strengthen unity of some 15,000,000 tribesmm peasants. Personally piloting his converted HI, fFortress, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahh more and more time showing himsell to his Friends say his
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