The Singapore Free Press, 16 September 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA asdfdsf SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    PINCERS ARE CLOSING: BIG NEWBLOW
    503 1 PINCERS ARE CLOSING: BIG NEWBLOW Attack m south, attack m north POWERFUL United Nations' forces this morning burst out of their "defence box' m South Korea m the beginning of a big drive to link up with the U.S. forces which came ashore at Inchon yesterday. The T.N. forces m
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    G.I.s thrown into fire
    51 1 W ,IU SECOND DIVISION IN KOREA, Saturday. W imMkn te>titied yesterday that at least mirades were thrown into a roarr Korean captors on the western the latest m a series ot Red American prisoners came to d States Second Division inves- b i t death warn
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    Refugees blow up aid agency
    53 1 Refugees blow up aid agency j- s^* m DAMASCUS. Sat. VOHT watchman killed m Dama^ irtj! rd:iy when unknown >n» dynamited the > of a reliel icj for Palestine refugees. ;>aper El Manar ■d the blast on disgruntled The refugees rood and a.ssistance agency ur:=att=fac- lie 1 ed MM r.ed
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    VICTORY FOR GOVT.
    20 1 Greece's thr?e-way coalition Government won a smashing vote of confidence last nisht by 153 votes to 43.
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    U.S. HAS A FOOD PLAN FOR ASIA
    137 1 WASHINGTON, Saturday. PHfc U.S. State Department has a plan to stimulate x food production m Asia and the Midcfle East as a counter to "the spread of instability and Communism among: hungry millions", an official said yesterday. It will cost U.S. $300,000,000 a
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    Manoeuvres in Singapore
    91 1 air Crewi < f the RAF., ft RAAJF. and R.N.Z.A.F., together with the Malayan i Air Training Corps "and Gurkha Police, are taking part •m "Operation Evader,' a two- day military exercise which began m Singapore this I morning. The scenes of operations are the MTtb-vttl and
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    U.N. membership for U.S.I, sure
    36 1 The Indonesian Republic n to become the 60th member of the United Nations. Diplomatic informants say' Indonesia may apply for membership early m the com- log General Assembly session I A.P.
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    INCHON HAS ALL THE SNAGS
    213 1 INCHON HAS ALL THE SNAGS r r*HE I.S. Maw had a list of', 1 all possible natural handicaps to amphibious operations "and Inchon hart them all. said a Nary spokesman yesterday m Washington. He said Gen. MacArthw and the Navy had decided to ao ahead, trusting to "some' luck nnd
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    Anti-Red drive
    34 1 The new anti mist Internationa] Confederation of Trade Union.s said m Brussels yesterday that French. Italian, Greek and North African longshoremen are ready to join an I.C.F.T.U. drive against Communlit-led strikers.- U.P.
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    Best bets for today
    42 1 A MAN LEWIS, Free Pr.ss iTV iMi-ins correspondent, Kivrs FOl'R O'CLOCK 11. GRECIAN PRINCE. MAYFAIR and TOMTOY as the best bets for toda>'s races. TfctSpasMff'l best bets are MUMlii and NfcROLIA. (See paße 7 for Ltle>t track tfetts).
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    20 1 So you $cc. Ccorge. thert *te •Mitt ways of winning gold cup than running ten furlongs m fne her sun."
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    Pole seeks British asylum
    48 1 LONDON, Sat. r r»HE head of the Polish purX chasing mission In London, M. George Kostrzowa, has applied for asylum m Britain, a Home Office official said yesterday. The official said that- M Kostrzowa's application *as under consideration and no decision had Oifice.- Reuter
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    U.S. ENVOY SEES GROMYKO
    40 1 The United States Embassy In Moscow announced yesterday that the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Admiral Kirk, had called on the Deputy Soviet Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. Andrei Oromyko. and held secret discussions.- A.P
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    ARMOURED DIVISION
    25 1 ARMOU RED DIVISION Britain wll! send her new- ly-formed 11th Armoured i Division to reinforce occupation fbrcea m Germany. Rhine Army Headquarters announced yesterday Reuter
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    More chips for Farouk
    61 1 3, r ING Farouk of Egypt relrhratcd his return from a lV three-day visit to $paftt with a seven-hour session v the casino at Biaritz until yesterday morning:. The king played from seven p.m. until after two a.m.. even missinf dinner. He ate some sandwiches and
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    FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE SKY?
    377 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I^ARNEST eyes scanned the Singapore skies this morning. Will it rain? (It will not. says the weather forecast). Last night, too, eyes were turned heavenwards, by students of astrology. The message from stars and clouds will help many to pick Four
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    Introducing BUCKLEY
    55 1 The Fr< c Press has pleasure m presenting a famous comic character Buckley. Buckle;/ iron iame during the last war. iji Yank magazine, as the irrepressible G always m trouble. you- he is back at war m Korea. You ivill find him making the best ot thmqs m
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    US orders ail-out synthetic output
    307 1 US orders ail-out synthetic output WASHINGTON Sat. PRESIDENT TRUMAN" has ordered that ail United States' synthetic rubber production facilities be brought into full j operation to meet defen< needs. Mr Stuari Bynnai Chairman of th» Na kraal, Security Resources Board, hv.4' leading Government rubb r officials, said yesicrday I Mr.
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    Royal house unsold
    64 1 LONDON Sat Wr 1 NDLESHAM MOOH where Princess Elizabeth and her husband, the Duk of Edinburgh, lived from m 1948 until last November. went bogging at an auction sale on Tuesday. Mrs. Warwick Bryant, ihe owner, wanted £40 000 tor estate which lnduded 54 acres *>f grounds
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      11 1 CUE KOUSE *<%* CAir -i»ou Uei THE PERFECT SOLUTION IS TO SAY
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      97 1 I M. Flihter S. Grinsiru v Diamonds I Jewellery I 67, Stamford Rd., Court Bids.) Spore. Telephone 7923 SIDNEY TORCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA SEMPER FIDELIS <Souuu IMPERIAL ECHOES MARCH R 33i'T BEACHCOMBER ENTRANCE OF THE LITTLE FAUNS R 3248 FIDDLER'S FOLLY PADDLE BOAT R 3224 A SONG BY THE WAY
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      The Renegade
      511 2  -  Capt. W.E. Johns By yij Oom/,<.,..v.,v 1 .,'0-/(i «v///.<: >i Bioq es be.ttttS€ of trituble m .lu'aiju An MINmi cnirtt't vr it lf< fSr« n« i /o In //e i '<• rh€ ilutn.or m l/< 4.1 i jiirtale •'oad- we oad; ctci Va/tdor ho* trip, Jiniimand. as >
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      32 2 Ron Barham. 22-year-old ex. -lance corporal m the Welsh Regiment is put through the hoop ithen he m pmt9m out" as a fully fledged craftsman at a London brewery's initiation ceremon y.
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      A Sea Battle-And a Plan
      1129 2  - A Sea Battle-And a Plan S.C. GEORGE By Midshipman Andrew Chrislie and his friend, Ben Noakes of a privateer recently returned from sea, are pressgangred on to a Naval warship at Plymouth. Andrew Ik now an ordinary seaman. The warship sails for Calcutta where they join a fleet bound for
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      REMORA OR SUCKER-FISH
      242 2 STRANGE ANIMALS IN STRANGE JOBS— 2 AN animal that provides food for man is the SUCKER-FISH, called the REMORA. The remora, by nature, is a perfect parasite. It inserts its sucker into the body of some big fish, or to the underpart of a turtle, choosing a
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      In The Deep Sea Kingdom
      377 2  - In The Deep Sea Kingdom LAURA FILER A Korean folk tale retold hy HIS Majesty, the King of Fishes, was lying at deaths door with a fish-hook buried deep m his Royal nose. A large tear rolled slowly down one gill He would never learn. Although "every delicacy was at
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      24 2 Cooking contests art a lecture of W < Boys' Club m Sew York. Here is th, famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel m V of the ciif r
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      186 2 Junior Crosswor* (MFS \<-ROSS. I. BnilM .i.jy eat clothes. 5 A native nl M I9g g|A &jS Cuba. 6. 'Hie bluish-black fnut oi El^^ the blackthorn^ 7. Btrong taste sr h~~^* smell. 9. Lizard ;ible to change its 1 B colour, n. The Gobi Desert is tr, &H 8 this
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    US stand on Red China opens rift
    34 3 S renting the stion of at no Q nvrnment ■.ains a im^ng the G Dent, .nnot move id withrc rift beirse part r East were Ml elec-
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    Siam made first offer
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    DIVORCE FOR BARBARA
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    BARONET SELLS CAR SPARES
    118 3 BARONET SELLS CAR SPARES I LONDON, Saturday. > HM.il FRANCIS BELL, the fourth baronet. mntur t\res and spares, runs a dry-cleaning i!ul !<>urs hLs S.OOO North Riding acres with i?)i; t° brin^ farms and homesteads up I m his plan to make the She drives a van. and is a
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    'Ambitious project'
    25 3 Messrs. Jardine Matheson Co.. Ltd.. are sponsoring an ambiiious project for the erection of an ultra-modern building on the overlooking Oaka ghjhgj A.P.
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    TOO LATE
    30 3 The Cominform weekly. For a Lasting Peace, for a Peoples" Democracy," is now beiuu. issued m the Korean language, said an advert ispment published m Prague A. P.
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    Good shot
    23 3 > 'l"! Mfltfj an inch m diameter, found embedded k tree near Wisbech, Cambridipeshire, is bebeen fired during the 1642-1648 Cfrril War.
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    Defence to raise taxes in U.K.
    93 3 Defence to raise taxes in U.K. LONDON Sat. Britain, wearied tq Ul of shortages, xhe •■'.d's highest tax^s and the >rt of luxury goods, was told that the new rearmament programme would put it back m economic trouble Minis! r Economic Affairs Mr Husrh Gaitskell. reporting to a special session
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    Bridge Problem
    171 3 I: amp South lead* South are to win tricks against aiamond qi*<i*. diamond .->pade c; Ra»t wins and Mi North tnonda anc two hearts: a heart return gi\e> a two hearts and North wins i he diamond ace and good club. If East wins the flrst trick with
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    'The Mudlark' starts a row
    207 3 LONDON. Saturday. A ROW has blown up over the suggestion that the Irene Dunne picture about Queen Victoria "The Mudlark'' should be chosen for this year's Royal Film show. British film producers may decide to boycott the performance if "The Mudlark" is nominated This is
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    29 3 MAKING SI XX Werner Schlunk. Berlin taxi driver, takes his big: do< with him for protection during nuht driving. It has been trained to ratth attackers by the throat.
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    CZECH ATTACK ON 'TOMMY'
    484 3 CZECH ATTACK ON 'TOMMY' A 'robot with no initiative PRAGUE, Saturday. rpHE despatch of British troops to Korea has been followed by a slashing attack on the British private soldier from the Czech Army organ "Obranu Lidu." Tommy Atkins, according to the Czech paper, is nothing more than a "thoughtless
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    32 3 TRAPPKI) Wedged between walls of tu:> I David Caruso, 7, cries as firemen work to free him from the narrow gap m which ne was caught for nearly thr»« hours while playing.
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    POPE HAS A GOOD WORD FOR TOBACCO
    112 3 CASTEL GANDOLFO, Sat. POPE Pius XII has a good word— and one of caution lor tobacco men. Addressing delegates to Europe's Tobacco Congress held m Rome, the Pope said: Some may be astonished perhaps at our granting your desire for an audience*, thinking
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    Entry rule
    35 3 The Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting m Dublin has unanimously adopted a resolution to regulate the admission of children under 15 into cinemas and tj give children "rational" stx education to combat veneral diseases. UP.
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    CHURCH FLAYS 'PAGAN' RITE
    107 3 LONDON. Saturch ORITISH Churchmen have denounced the seal ins? of cremation ashes as "paean" and 6eh from their canon laws a clause permit tine practice. This action was taken by the Lower House ot the Convocation of Canterbury. "Parliament" ot the Church of England, after Canon
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    Leader directs from wheelchair
    33 3 Orw- t lead*-: -Islam Army/ an irr- Muslim unit m 1 i conducting operation! from wheelchair, a<- > He :I: tarer pan ol r >:. amputated t with Java recently Reuter
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    ENVOY GOES TO TAIPEH
    68 3 The Brazilian Ambassador o Nationalist China, Mr. Rio Blanco, was dur to arrive at Taipeh on Sept. 15. Thp envoy China m 1948 Just before •he fall of Nanking. In the absence of Mr. Shin Suk Woo, Ambassador for the Republic of Korea, he will be
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    3 YEARS FOR JAP RED
    53 3 Hiroichi Sato, Chairman of the Akita (Northern Japan) area committee of the Japan Communist Party, had been sentenced to five years hard labour by a United States military court m Sendal (Northwestern Japan). He was convicted of distributing anti-American handbills Among citizens of Akita on
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    £500 FOR RELIEF
    26 3 Viicountess Mountbatten. wife of Vice-Admiral Earl Mountbatten, had contributed £500 to the India Relief Committee to help victims of the recent Assam earthquake.
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    EAGER TO SERVE
    29 3 Thousands of Swedes r jshed' to report for military duty after receiving test callup ordefs to shd% how quickly Sweden could mobilise m an emergency.- Reuter
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      435 3 m^ JJlBnf, aij per, >ou'r<. juh u lit lis too carfy*Vlc*j nit 1952 <Sr.1 Solution to Crossword No. 152 SOI-lHON— Across: 1. Heretic 7. Round :.^:::be:\ 8. Ocelot. 9. Peep. li. Rff'd. 12, Letter 14. Represented. 15. Free right Down: J. Housekeeper 2. Red hot. 3. Tour. 4. Cable stitch.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 16, 1950. Gold Cup musings
    614 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Sept. 16, 1950. Gold Cup musings AT ten minutes to five this afternoon, a great silence will descend. :tv-six hooves will be standing In more or X -*s of a straight line. Fourteen small men ill be perched atop fourteen easer horses i these figures
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    This Communist Legend is a Lie
    864 4  -  GEORGE MURRAY says 'jTHE late Adolf Hitler did not bite the carpet m September, 1939. Instead, he was hysterical with joy. He hammered on the wall with his fists, uttered inarticulate cries, and finally shouted m exultation: "I have the world m my pocket.'*
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen
    676 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen U'liH the next Sin- gapore Municipal elections barely three months off— first Saturday m December it la not too early for elected Commissioners to take time on* for a little selfexamination. The bright promises that were made m the heat of the campaignhave they all
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    15 4 fart*? a? .r Hg3^iSsSs <o fcij disgtttt, ttfTM ot^ fo be his own home town.
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    Island Where Crime Is Unknown
    810 4  - Island Where Crime Is Unknown RALPH HEWINS {and where Russians are popular) By FOR eight months of th<! year ordinary clocks and watches have little valua m Spitsbergen, near Scandinavia. Since there is uninterrupted daylight for four months you may not be sure whether It is a.m. or p.m. You
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    28 4 Hut listen— my fxmfxm cU-arly says i We. Ernest Ikrvin vqueu and —mark this— RBQLIRU that the hcarct ihould be afforded EVERY auistonct of uh.ch hf •»««<* *n need"
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    Piercing the Iron Curtail,!
    63 4  - Piercing the Iron Curtail,! STEFFAN ANDREWS fey I VBI thousa: radio^ throuL-: other cr new mv I Iron C Barrett chart- I of An. that I the radj will b. Soviet-orl The prop., pi ci onini' i roy d k r v. put m a chei Tbc PC of the
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      14 4 YSNG'S Camphor-Wood Chests Teak Black Wcsd Tables Ladies' Handkerchiefs Curios 37, Stamford Road Singapore.
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      66 4 KetfKX>fe uS cpyyyjo^ ;-*P%r\ '<^"'i* i' y' frl A V*^^ V And approvingly the aud ence all at various times enioyed the benefia wholesome Domo. The housewife, the cook., the scouts, the guides all know On Safari and Shikan it is a recognised ard standby a sustaining food a delicious
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    WIDOW LIVED IN HOUSE OF SNAKES
    571 5 WIDOW LIVED IN HOUSE OF SNAKES And an old man ate rats *r>HE sioru of Grandma A Onq and her crippled daughter has shocked Singapore. But her case is not unique. Nor is it the most distressing of the 300 cases of destitution which have come to the notice of
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    49 5 piciurr*. FL'MBLING fingers and hurrying feet m the t hread- and- need k» race at the Johore Police children's sports at Johore Bahru on Thursday. Right Mrs. P. H. D. Jackson, wife of Johore's C.P.0.. presents a trophy to a member of a victorious relay team Chang Ah Tai
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    ONE-WAY BUS PLAN
    17 5 ONE-WAY BUS PLAN I Pi" gressivc action R ad I Road Pen >iuch greatly a serawn ow-
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    TEACHERS HIT OUT
    221 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government*! action m sending option furm^ on Benham pay scales to Government teachers while the scheme wui atll] being considered was criticised th;> morning. The criticism was made by thp president of the Singapore Teachers' Union. Mr. P. V. Sarma, addressing
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    $14,000 FOR NEW PIANO AT THEATRE
    130 5 A GREEING that the present 'iifeless" piano at Virtorla Theatre and Memorial Hall would not be In keeping with the prestige and standing of Singapore, a committee of Municipal I Commissioners ha.s strongly i recommended that the Com- < mlssioners provide 14.000 m next
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    37 5 BKODEKIE ANGLAIBE the new figured organdie that a lot of Singapore women seem to be buying for Gold Cup Day. Here is ft frilly model tropical, white and cool. Free Press picture. Dress courtesy of Ekie Mary.
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    GOLD CUP DRESS PREVIEW
    350 5 CALES of women's clothes have boomed during the past week. Apparently, the women of Singapore have been preparing for Gold Cup Day. A saleswoman m one of the stores m Raffles Place said yesterday that broderie anglaise (figured organdie) had become all the rage and that
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    $10 m. spent on city services
    386 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OI\(;APORK Municipality spent more than $10,465. 000 last year (including capital cost) on roads, bridges, drainage, sewerage and other works carried out by its Engineer's Department. "But progress has hardly been equal to the needs of the town and it
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    New Singapore scheme to train technicians
    367 5 New Singapore scheme to train technicians Free Press Staff Reporter A NEW scheme to admit boys into the Singapore Junior Technical (Trade) School at an earlier age 13 years instead of 14 and to provide them with academic training m addition to their technical course is being considered by the
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    WEDDING IN SINGAPORE
    117 5 The marriage took place at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday between MLss Joan Wallace Baldwinson the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Baldwinson or Singapore and Mr. GeofTrey William Morton, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Morton of Nottingham. Mr. Morton If the
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    Dunce cap didn't fit
    180 5 Free Preys Slaff Reporter ONE of tiie chief Instruct rs at ihe Singapore' Junior Technical I to 26-year -old Mr Lim K'..:i Chona h former Penang i School, boy V.'. a pilct, with Bomber Command Britain, took pan m rains c Germany durin Mr. Lim. \vh<
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    DINNER PARTY
    45 5 Mr \V X < lextlr v leave of his firm bf t. i P< it H ht. Mr Wot> is short! London and th( C to ])rc»!note rloser rel between textile tu'Js nv. pliers and to study b nitiefl and iiu .u>v;.-i conditions abroad.
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    UMNO MEETING
    76 5 Representatives of the Executive Committee of the United Malays National Organisation will speak at ihe Inaugural meeting of the Singapore branch of UMNO on Sept. 24. The meeting will he held at the premises rf the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society m Geylang. The two sponsors of the
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      90 5 Health. fOr Comfort Cleanliness AERTEX SPORT SHIRTS \S fUim Colours or m Checkt Ni*e> 3 r to H SILVERWARE emlisc m Sterling Silver and Klectro>f Muulitv. Our selection comprises many n«tiMM for Weddings, Birthdays, Preitions and the individual grifts. S P. H de SUVA, .:i(.!l STBSBI SINGAPORE c Embankment, K.
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      60 5 A fine selection of Crystal is ?^s# HOW on sale m our Hardware 7j^^^ Department and we illustrate S* 'A//*l&fc\ below one pattern of stock w ■/f\C'4oo*?ysS Tableware. 'l^T Cr J p STIART /ringer Bo* I X..>« Liqueur IK <ant«r 2.>..> C Sons, reasonable m price yet shrrr% 12 elegant
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      54 5 MAIL Surf. .or mail to wptrtwi m Btngaporc U day from P.ileir.t Hor.p Kong, China, Japan. N Borneo. Labu.uv Brunei, hi J.xa and 'he Federation. Latest times for mail at the GPO today are noon for Barawat icxcrpt ltari>. liedan, Burma. North Ii Pakistan. South India <le only) and Pcntlanak.
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    NEWCASTLE HAVE HARD TASK v. BURNLEY
    434 6 Today s soccer programme From JIM CHAMBERS VORTH-KAST England ifl ruling the soccer roost at the moment, with Newcastle United topping the First Division of the English Football League and Middlesbrough tieing with Arsenal and Huddersfield Town for second place. After today's games, however,
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    45 6 picture. Vasco r.a Gatna (Jones) leads into the home straight followed by Billy Carol (Lansdown) anil Cadzow Glen (Charles), In ifce third race (Class 1, Dlv. 2) at Rukit Timah on Wednesday. Cadzow Glen won from Vasco da Gam a and Gold Medallist Free Press
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    SCHROEDER GAINS HIS REVENGE
    49 6 AMERICA'S Ted Schrorder gained his revenge on Thursday over Australia's Ken McGregor, who had defeated him m the recent Davis Cup championship. Schroeder boat McGregor 4-6. 6-3. 6-1. 0-6. 6-3. to enter the semi-finals of the Pacific South-west tennis tourna- merit at Los Angelas. A.P.
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    Chess League results
    224 6 THIRD-round results In the I Singapore Chess League were University of Malaya beat Anglo-Chinese School 6 0. Singapore Chess Ciub beat 1 Chinese Swimming Club II Chinese Swimming Club I j beat C.V.M.A. 6—o. CSC. II gave Singapore Chess Club some very anxious moment* and lost by
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    Pakistan win 10-0
    37 6 4 Pakistan team yesterday beat a representative Italian Universities side by ten goals to nil m the International hockey tournament which started at Saronnn. Italy. Pakistan scored three ;>f tlie goals before half-time. Reuter
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    WALCOTT SIGNS FOR ENFIELD
    51 6 |LYDB WALCOTT. 4he West Indies wicketkeeper-bats-man, yesterday signed as a professional for the Enfield Club, which play In the Lancashire League. Walcott will play next summer, probably as a bats-man-bowler. He bowls me- 1 dium-pace. It If believed he is to get a record club salary.
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    Eurasians, Airmen in dull soccer
    187 6 COMBINED RAF just defeated Eurasians by two goals to one In a Community League tie at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The game was dull and uninspiring with both teams 'showing lack of team-work. However, better opportunism by the Airmen gave them victory. Rowley, inside-left opened
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    RINKEL BEATS MOTTRAM
    99 6 RINKEL BEATS MOTTRAM IVO RINKEL, the Dutch tennis star, created an upset m the South of England championships yesterday at Eastbourne by def Ing Tony Mot tram Britain's No. I. 8 6 0-6. 6-3 m the semi-finals of the men* sinuies. In the final today Rinkel will meet Mottrami Davis
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    BRITISH GOLFERS ELIMINATED
    58 6 Philomena Oarrey. of Bui:ray. Eirr. lone sunrlfor among British Cunis. Cup golfers, was eliminated m the quarter-finals of the U.S. national women's am... championship on Thursday by Beverly Hanson of Pasadena. California, five and four. Scottish-born D<>» Kk-lty, pre-':ournament ltouj also lost to Mac Murra\ Rut Und.
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    Speedway League
    42 6 BRISTOL defeated Bel> Vue Manchester m a National League speedway natch at Bristol last night by IT points to 37. In another league match at tfarringay, the home team **as beaten by Wimbledon who scored 58 points to 26' Reuter
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    Ayr Gold Cup result
    120 6 THE Maharaja of Rajapipla First Consul, by Blue Peter out of Malmaison. yes- terdsiy won the Ayr Gold Cup handicap sprint at Ayr racecourse, Scotland, 'beating Fair:?irl by three-quarters of a length, with Dorogoi. a; length away m third place Charlie Smirke flew speci- ally to
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    Interest falls in market
    330 6 [London Stock Exchan^] LONDON v THE possibility of an early general I nited Kingdom checked interest and !>Ur J advance end of account and weekend the Stock Exchange yesterday, v X fiancial correspondent. A slightly low 1t n(1 fairly widespread. British Government storks a** reaction from
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    M.P.H. beaten 2-0 by Airways
    25 6 U ablrd M defeat Mala-..--by two X' a.. :;Tapore B 1 luck differ the Ru i Publisher:, gut 1 ret>-
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    Locke wins
    14 6 0 i) s and ma:f. Loci I rurned 1 I by n
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    SHBRC badminton
    24 6 i H^rbou* •Uend gadf hall 1 1 i Wednesday 6 The meeti posab Nc pftitjor> open doubles mental t*ar: \r:eran« ai. Includrd.
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    GAME WASHED OUT
    9 6 HEAVY l pU) X d uh-kets
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    Uninsured or Snowy Owl?
    231 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS B% .iti«»n (up came m for almost as much uaiejM as thr princip*! race this morning. ..pinion di\i(led on the chances of Snowy Owl II I jnusureJ. Bright By« and Croydon were als« t4 a-* likely winners. If I'ninsured draws a :i(ler number five
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    MR. McG. WATT ENTERTAINS
    28 7 R I ye H I pre- i »mp- n Hoobs Mr A i d Mr* nd Un v r. n Chye. E OK I
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    WOODCOCK TO DEFEND TITLE
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    PRESS WIN 4-1
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    GOLD MATCH
    18 7 I: ,t1 Kcnurter hAHHU. Fri The between the Joborc a ..ke pl««ce r.e Islai-.d Clubs I'
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    Barnes out of coming Tests
    43 7 r Hi l«>i nier \iin- ilijm I >t t riikf te r. 11 thr forth- > i „tm>i \*sU he will writ»* |M Melpip«*r. i It, i iid lilt \i ittan InM i i cain*l Im:- slralia four Reuter
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    Raj Mahal, says Trespasser
    101 7 I think Raj Mahal has a first-rate chancf of winning the Singipore (.old 1 up today if he Rets a good start. Judging by his finish over six furlongs on Wednesday, he is ver> fit. and there is no reason why he should not stay, bein*
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    TAR A STREET HARD TO BEAT
    1046 7 TAR A STREET HARD TO BEAT i summing up for Gold Cup i 'Fittest horse m the race By ALLAN LEW IS J*HE only race on this afternoon's programme that came m for lengthy discussion on the course this morning was naturally some punters may take this as a lip
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    20 7 photo. \K V!\\H(: Seratih 11 <\V. R. Johnstone), St Ltf '<» r >' M. Roussac from Vieux v l>ont-aster last Saturday.— Reuter
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    S'PORE ARMY TENNIS RESULTS
    643 7 'pHE SnigspK'ie Baso Dia ,Armvi u-nnis ch^tnp.onsh.pi 'are now m progress. The results «.f UN uUfd f^ r are HI Round: Mat »P«on tM-at Mai A R Dave b- 6 I x AOMS -:->-" v M H üburg t-1. M fa: MaJ W. L beat t
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    All The Latest Selections
    247 7 i ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP \LL BOY POINTER JX( KS I)ARLING STAR OF INDIA PRINCE EI.'C.ENE JACKS DARLING JA(kS DARLIN<. KAi.fc l Double Aries Jack's Darling Jack's Darling Texas Texas Texas Texas Texas Ouranos Arctic Ix»rd RACK 2 MAY *AIR MAYFAIR MAYFAIR MAYFUR MAYFAIR 2.45
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    Today's acceptors
    1129 7 CARD of events for today's races is given below. Double tote will be on Races Five and Eight; Big Sweep on Race Seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 1. Div. 3— 6 F. 19 Yds. 1 000 Cabaret < > 9.00 Ms. R. Shaw Browning Spencer 2 000 Oregon Healey
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    14 7 Try to forget your urestlitig days, grappler, and just ease me into the saddle."
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    S.C.F.A. BEATEN IN RANGOON
    78 7 BURMA Chii it Singapore Chinese FA. by goals to one m the lirst of the tourists' tour matches] m Rangoon yesterday. Singapore's »-per Lee Pak Tong was Injured tr. to prevent Burma rscorin few minutes before the end. He vmi carried ')ff the field on a
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    Soccer fans paid $40,000 to see HK XI
    114 7 CINGAPORE soccer enrhuw^ui paid 8 total of $39 683 to se^ the Hong Kong Chinese so< ■*r team play their eight mutch** here Of this sum the tourists recened approximately $10,000 as the»r share of the gat* .25 per Mat In Singapore
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    BENLAWERS WIN
    18 7 In cr< -v ed a friendly h«- Nomc'i:-:] MS. I and m by Emu Ohm Road
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      72 7 Today's s?ar; II \t ISCl: Mn a|>ore <iold I>a«. sn(( I K Pjassncai ri I t jver i KSMt V ll at (.f\!jr I v I < lit e r K I I i .1 KJ.. 5.1$. »KH 1\1.\ <...,.! I 1 1 .k -Ih-i I iin.ri at PcsK A
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    BATTLE FOR CHARGE OF CHILD
    496 8 Father tells his story PARIS, Saturday. pERALD DAYNES, father of three-year-old Laurel Daynes. the subject of the custody dispute m the Chmteaa Frontenac Hotel, Paris, drank cup after cup of black coffee as he told his story to reporters. He sent his 26-year-old wife Eunice
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    25 8 HOUSES COLLAPSE Rescue workers search for bodies among the wreckage of three houses which collapsed m Swansea, Wales. Five of the seven deid were children.
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    'USE CHINESE MONEY,' REDS ORDER
    72 8 'USE CHINESE MONEY,' REDS ORDER HONG KONG. Sat reports said South China authorities had been ordered to drive all for eic:n currencies out of local circulation before October. The Chines* have been using silver dollars and Hon* Kon? dollars since the war m preference to the Communists' own paper money,
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    CHATENDS A GRUDGE
    168 8 CHA TENDS A GRUDGE p> ED-BEARDED. 58-year-old George Manning saw his v. ife at Port Talbo<\ Glam and spoke to her for n first tine m 20 years. They chatted for five minutes. Then Manning went before the magistrates. And he told them that the grtiHge he had borne against
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    Holland sends books to USI
    81 8 LEYDEN. Fri. THE first 36 crates of an Islamic library of 60.000 books costing several million guilders have been dispatched from Ley don to Indonesia. The library, which will take five years to complete, |a being collected for the Indoneci.n Government by a lar^e publishing
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    SAWDUST AS FERTILISER
    50 8 S AWDUST AS FERTILISER Sawdust can be turned Into synthetic topsoil to grow bipger, greener vegetable.^, said Dr. Edward Farber. a Washin'j;ton timber expert Heavier, healthier radi.shes, beets, onion's and tcmatoes were produced from an acre of soil spread with a layer of chemically treated .sawdust, Dr. Farber said.- A.P.
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    Three Powers agree on defence
    116 8 Three Powers agree on defence NEW YORK. Sat. BRITAIN. France and the United States have agreed that "immedi;t'f effective steps" must be taken tn strengthen the defences of Europ? and Asia against possible aggivssion. An inierim communique issued by the Foreign Ministers of the three Western Powers after the third
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    U.N. POST FOR PAKISTANI
    51 8 Mr K. B. H. M. Habibuik.h < of Pakistan, has been unanimously elected a Viet President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations for a two-year term on a British proposal. Dr. Herbert Evatt, of Australia, remains m office as President without the necessity for
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    19 8 The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company has made a loan of £8,000,000 without interest to the Persian Government, against future royalties.-
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    WOMEN—AS SEEN BY YOUNG MEN
    176 8 WOMEN— AS SEEN BY YOUNG MEN BRUSSELS, Saturday. WHAT is tlu outlook of young men towards women Tf m the world of today? A report drawn up by the Young Christian Workers' organisation m 00 countries and discussed at a six-day congress at Bratoe 1 Alleud gives these answers: More
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    'Turko' says: 'Hard up'
    237 8 BRUSSELS, Saturday. "IHRKO" Wesleiiing. former Indonesian rebel leader, is hard put to make ends meet. In a modest boarding house m Brussels, ne said "M" wife and I may be forced to try to get into Spain We only have light tropical clothes and it costs
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    The road to fame
    90 8 PKOROK Bernard Shaw observed tarlly the other day that his death would make his surgeon really famous. "it will do you no good if I set over this," the crusty. 94-year-old Irish playwright warned the surgeon. L W Lewes, m the Luton hospital. "A doctor's reputation
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    Nurse was Red trained
    63 8 KOREAN WAR FRONT Sat £HAE Kum-byung, an attractive 19-ypii-old North Korean nurse captured m the fighting north of Tae^u, told intelligence officers at an interrogation centra that she wa s trained by the Chinese Red Army m Manchuria and gent to North Kor^q before the war
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    Whose skull?
    28 8 A skull found by a small boy m Muswell Hill-road, London, is now m Highgate police station lost property office. No body has yet claimed it.
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    URANIUM FOUND
    36 8 j Uranium ore found m the Ferguson River area of Australians Northern Territory I early thus month appears to be a valuable deposit •unlikely to peter out." said Prof. MacDonald Holmes of Sydney University.
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    MORE VOLUNTEER
    36 8 Since the end of Juno 20,206 Britons have volunteered for i civil defence work m England and Wales. This was almost rive times the rate of recruiting m th<* thrAP nr*»_ vious months.— Reuter
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    U.S. to seek Jap peace
    83 8 WASHINGTON. Fu 'JHE U.S. State Department has informed th* individual members of tn? 13--nation Far Eastern Commission that it wants Ui hegfn discussions with them within the next fortnight or so" concerning procedu a for a Japanese peace trrv This was disclosed by d plomatic
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    India seeks settlement
    72 8 L_ NEW DELHI. Sat. THE Government or India is 1 "anxious to settle all outstanding disputes with Pakistan by peaceful methods, negotiation, mediation and arbitration" and has begun correspondence with the Pakistan Government to this effect, says an Indian Foreign Ministry statement H? said, however, that Kashmir,
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    CHILE REJECTS SOVIET CLAIMS
    21 8 smement 8 F relßn Offlc r^ 18ri lh 5 In 4 Chilean «'wt^r oy other powers.— Reuter
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    Arms race had
    14 8 g-S. Mr Dean A Kim°**H f na.s said a head- A.P.
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    RUMOURS OF GRAFT IN DIET
    99 8 RUMOURS OF GRAFT IN DIET TOKYO, Sat CTRONG rumours of a scandal allegedly involving Japan's Diet members and possibly high placed Liberal Party leaders have sDlashed into front-page headlines of Japanese newspapers. The rumours alleged that the Japan Electric Generation and Transmission Company had distributed &m P VoOO.OOO to *****0000
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, Sept. 16, 1950.
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      SHE CHARGED $200 FOR SEASICKNESS
      257 1  - SHE CHARGED $200 FOR SEASICKNESS GEORGE SEOW by I v s to the I kingdom I la China I s !i"t a tad I iinah. I 67I V. Kin I when I .aid to Iren of I AmeriI f amiI to 1930. I der I of a I Sine I
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      Hawker sent his son to 'Varsity
      307 1 NEOH TEIK HONG introduces a man Singapore can be proud to have among its citizens. pOX yews, Ng Kirn Wah, a Chinese hawker, has been aellina I«xhj up and down Kiist (!oast Road, Singapore, to make money to give his children ;i good education.
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      YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE RED CORD
      398 1  -  Stephen Sim Marriages are made m the moon and no matter what you do says THERE is a Chinese proverb which says: "Marriages are made m Heaven but prepared the moon". So when the Chinese celebrate the Moon Festival on Sept 26, young people
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      24 1 "Bit out of touch tcith the Mother, isn*s he'f (Urn of the «uns energy was urged at Wednesday's meeting OX the British Association I
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      A BED TIME STORY
      266 1  -  Kluanger by f\NCE upon a time there was a beautiful Princess. Who lived m a castle, but I don't know the address. All I know is that the place was somewhere m Johore. And she was locked up m it. but Heaven knows what for. That
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      Cremation—solution to over-crowding
      544 1 Cremation solution to over-crowding Singapore is to have a public crematorium and m this article KENNY KAYE discusses soot the problems on this subject. SINGAPORE is going to have a public crematorium, the Municipal Commissioners having approved m principle the election of a modern one with three chapels attached. This
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      TWO PAINT 1 PICTURE
      68 1 npWO young Chinese now x exhibiting In London paint most of their pictures jointly. Mr. Chen Fu. 34. the male partner, doe* the people, animals and insects, Miss Wu Yung-Hsiang. 35, paint? m the landscapes. Miss Wu is the daughter of diplomat Dr. Aitcheti K. Wu,
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      Judy Won't Act, 'I Am Scared'
      768 2 BY OUR FILM CORRESPONDENT JUDY GARLAND, who recently injured her throat after hearing she had lost a film part, sails for London m January. But not to make stage appearances. She has turned down an offer, she said "because I am scared." re made
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      All-out Rep bid for Favour
      325 2 Free Press Theatre Correspondent \FiER the disastrous run of -They Married A Crook" (m midweek the audience was around the 20 30 mark), the Singapore Repertory Company is making an all-out effort to return to popular favour tonight with "Message for Margaret", a drama which
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      15 2 /i ■< ,<;■..' ffichid. A </, 4 \\\t'' .v. t.'.c )runi 'Stars My Cro.tn,' coming to the Cathay.
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      FILM 'FAUST', A STORY, WITH MUSIC
      596 2  - FILM 'FAUST', A STORY, WITH MUSIC PRESTO By FfAI'ST AND THE DEVIL", which was given its premiere on Wednesday and which comes to the Pavilion next week, represents the most ambitions attempt so far made to turn an opera into a film. It is a very creditable attempt and if
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      HELLTO PAY
      89 2 QPINION of *h? British and U S. film censor! is divided over one <rord m the British film They Wen Not Divided" The film tells th- ttory ol the Guards Armoured Division's advance from file beaches. Originally. Michael Tiubshave. who plays a squadron commander, laid— with the approval
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      at the Cinemas
      78 2 < \l'l l;)l Rc^i'r.na N! C > v in;if mewe than tile Mlial -Uin feudin* k'Ugh parked film It Ufth the '»lf of a i»nf j-nd bluociv frud between Amcrii > famous feudin? lie*. th^ Ha (fields fnd the ?-'<*Covs and proviof* *r>me un» xpectedlj- l»nf charactci
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      Olivia And Joan Still Can't Make It Up
      275 2 Olivia And Joan Still Can't Make It Up sisters Joan Fontaine (blonde) and Olivia de Havilland brunette) have now both forgiven their aged lather. Walter de Havilland but not each other. Joan, 33, has arrived back m Hollywood saying she ws» very happy and contented" after flying to Mr. de
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      A TYCOON WITH BIG IDEAS
      397 2  -  DAVID LEWIN By BY most counts Darryl F. Zanuck. who was m London is the biggest film producer m the world. Bie because as a production chief of Twentieth Century-Fox he is m charge of 30 films to be made m the current year at
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      IT'S CHEAPER TO BUY A DOG
      467 3  -  Philcov ov 1 1 i asj for a I 1' i detective to I si I ion when X .to quit the I >»*'• jul( J it when I B ght of packn v 1 I P ro a holiday so there I I
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      426 3 quent occasions to keep m the house pieces of jewellery quite fabulous sums He had heard of the numerous robberies m the neighbourhood and had been scared stiff ever since he'd moved m. As I surveyed the house I noticed he had a safe to
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      SHE RIVALS THE QUEEN OF SHEBA
      515 3  -  John Martin by fHK fani<> v s American dancer and choreographer, Miss (Catherine Dunham, lias returned to the United States alter t\\<> years m Europe. Miss Dunham, who is noted particularly for her vivid interpretations of primitive tribal rituals, has added to her repertoire
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      COLLECTION
      218 3  -  T.O. HARE IlKTEUIGEKC* TEST I i picture. by VOT a very good collection." said the captain of the Quidnunc. "I had hoped that, for a man. v, ife and two children, there would be at leaal ten quid." His ship, carrying a number of refugees, had been s'randed owing
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      Circuses are more popular than ever
      422 3  -  GEORGE FRANKS THE DAY OF GREAT CLOWNS SEEMS PAST BUT EUROPE'S 32 large circuses and one hundred more smaller gypsy ones are doing record business. Although circus folk admit that m some respects the circus performances are not so good as they were before
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      Dyson visitheralds 1956 Olympic bid
      513 4  -  Chatterbox Jty GEOFFREY Dyson, most successful professional sportsman m lingland at the moment, is expected m Singapore today to conduct a nine day coaching course for the benefit of the Colony's athletes. He hold similar classes at Kuala Lumpur. By successful I do not mean
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      Fanny has a problem
      132 4 pANNY Blanker.s-Koen. the 32--year-old Dutch housewife who won *hree gold medals m the ■print' event* at the European athletic championship m Brussels, hai a problem. Shall ■he continue her ■porta career and prepare for the 19.52 Olympic Games In Helsinki, or five up running and devote
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      Surfeit of soccer
      436 4  - Surfeit of soccer CRUISADER \U a MONTH and a half before the official .>on is due to players are beginto show signs of ness. This is. I be- due to too much fore lias the Sin- Ateur Football •n crammed va unenta into one til -ar. had the Son. r
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      Little Paras to broadcast
      75 4 lITTLE PARAS, the "Boxj ing Troubadour.' 1 who will fight at thp Happy World .stadium shortly will sing m Radii. Malaya's programme 'Talk f the Town" at 8.30 p.m. next Tuesday. Paras, who If a well-known Filipino vocalist. having broadcast m Australia as well as having
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      47 4 Geoffrey Dyson and his wife, Maureen Gardner, chat while having breakfast. Maureen is remaining behind with year-old Ron Timothy m the home of her parents In Oxford. She exports to accompany her husband to New Delhi next February and run as guest performer at the \>ian Games.
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      NEW INVENTION AIDS SWIMMERS
      691 4  -  GEORGE CREIGHTON Hy IN a quest to perfect 1 the technique of imparting advanced instruction to Olympic possibles m training for the 1952 Olymolc Games at Helsinki, a machine which can accurately detect faults m a swimmer's style has been invented by Mr. Harry PonMm. a
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      Pep-drugs for racehorses?
      463 4  -  CHAPMAN PINCHER By PEP-DRUGS, which may be able to boost the speed and endurance of racehorses, greyhounds, and athletes 10 a decree never possible before, have been discovered accidentally durln? medical experiments. I learned from British Association scientists meeting at Birmingham recently. Sport* officials will have difficulty
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