The Singapore Free Press, 13 December 1950

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No 17.8 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1950. I'KKI IKN i I I S.
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    SINGAPORE RETURNING TO NORMAL
    300 1 Crowds m the city again U'ITH no incidents reported since cnrfm a mt i *wm returning to normal todav i oW" ?ft,r SlllW(ire beini; •P«^ lor business as usual." l{,it if a dVS Ctfs w >* re posed, workers will be let off early. Iffht eUrffw
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      ROUND-UP NEAR MOSQUE
      139 1 ROUND-UP NEAR MOSQUE Squads M F«»l'* m Kittle Me flti lag the near Uw Saltafl Mosque and rounding up youths, nio^th Muslims. At I arrests were n;ide A larije irowd tf sightseers satherrd round to look on. at the junction wi laasorah Ko.id ah A North Brid:« Koi.i ut-.ir iht*
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    GAME OFF
    17 1 The S 3 XV have cancelled their trip to fctangor on i lue to -re.
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    CURFEW AGAIN TONIGHT
    31 1 It i> oil-ciallv announml that the tt p.m. to 6 a m curfew will be imposed on Stagaperc afain t«aifht. Harclbills to inform the public are bein^ prepared
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    Welfare Dept. open again
    60 1 Th Social Welare D partment will be open oday aj usual. It was open rdav up to 10.30 a.m. All European staff turned up for work this morning and resumed their supply of dry rations to the various Homes under their control They are also deliwrins
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    Govt. has 14 vote victory
    55 1 LONDON. Wed THE Government won a 14--rote victory m the House it Commons last night 298 to 284. it del ated a it motion condemning the National Board which runs the itate-owned industry and demanding m indcpondint Inquiry into Its failure to mor< d Tiv
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    'WAR FORCED ON US', SAYS CHINA
    177 1 'WAR FORCED ON US', SAYS CHINA •THE Chinese People's Republic had assured Sir Benegai Kau, India's chief U, N. delegate, that it did r.ot want war but that war had been forced upon them by the United States and the United Nations, Sir Benegal told the Political committee yesterday at
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    in hospital
    274 1 MR. PAT JOHNSON, the Singapore Municipal Commissioner, who was badly assaulted by rioters at the junction of Katong Road and Crescent Road on Monday night, is lying critically ill m the Singapore General Hospital. Mr. Johnson was found by the Police on Monday wight, lying m a drain
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    Motor cycle 'tank'
    106 1 Two Europeans who were astride a motor cycle yesterday evening were travelling from their h^me m Charu;i to town when, nearing the Tanjong Katong road and Mountbatteo road junction, they were asked to stop by a mob of about 50 Malays. The irotor cyclist glowed down his
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    177 TO BE FREED
    20 1 Yugoslavia Is to free 177 political prin >nersß Iviaa&d Herzegovina und r a Government amnesty.- Reuter.
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    HUMAN ON THE AIR
    43 1 President Truman will address the American people by radio on Friday or Saturday night. He will speak on the world situation and the home front stapa he believes are necessary as a result of the threat of war. Reuter.
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    Rail proposal to British
    62 1 HONG KONG. Wed. THINESE Communists have v agreed to permit resumption of through traffic on the Kowloon-Canton railway if the British will consent to police inspection of all passengers at the Kowloon ter» minal. It was reported on Monday. Ill* report, did whether the pi itiooi
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    Airmen killed
    32 1 Seven members of the crew of a Royal New Zealand "Air Fprce Catalina ilyingboat were killed yesterday when the machine crashed on •ake-off from an island m Samoan s?roup. Reuter.
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    NEW COMMISSIONER
    21 1 General Jean de Lattre clc Tassigny. newly appoi: French Hi^h Commission* Indo-China, will be m Saieon oy Sunday. Reuter.
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    Knock-out
    87 1 THREE Australian wrestlers, on Monday night. drove into the Kantian*; verbaii police station m i G.T.C. bus. The three were walking lion? Upper Semncoon Road, when they Mt that they needed a fa>i transport to see them to safety. \tihil to g< t i ia\i, tin > saw an
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    FURTHER S.A. AND DENIED
    46 1 Mr. F. C. Erasmus, the South African Defence Minister, said yesterday m Capetown he knew nothing of a report that a further South African detachment would be sent to Korea. A South African Air Force Squadron is now o m Korea. Reuter
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    'GOOD HOPES' FOR KOREA—ATTLEE
    566 1 'GOOD HOPES' FOR KOREA— ATTLEE LONDON Wednesday. \IR. CLEMENT Attlee, the British Prime Minister. J told the House of Commons yesterdu>. "I have good hopes that the forces of the United .Vitions will maintain themselves m Korea.' A packed House of when Mr. Attlee entered t) his return by air
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    SPORE RIOT QUESTIONS IN HOUSE
    143 1 LONDON. \\.,i Ms<j v YNSI RANGE arranjicment^' to sufrgujrri th- fin... of rubber and tin. vital iefenc* MAterlj s. through Singapore arc b eini; considered bj the Federation of Malaya (io\ ti nmmt. At. I.mi > Grifliths, Secretary for the Colonies s.iio ?esterda m the
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    Newspapers $1 a copy
    56 1 PENAXG, \\>d. MEWSTAHftS, both Knslish and vernacular, are m great demand m Penan? and some news vendors have been selling: Singapore editions for one dollar a copy. Penang police yesterday "took normal precautions" to cope with any trouble similar to the riots m Singapore. There had
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    Troops' play put off
    61 1 Ti production "Ambrose johns Adventure' In aid funds for troops m K<< he Victoria 11 Dec IS and II Li lnd< I postponed. The pubic ire Lnl they have I returning tick aln bought and |tlninc a refund. But Is h ■]>•■ I thai Lik i
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Dec 13. 1950. Something lacking
    446 2 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Dec 13. 1950. Something lacking :nail minori\V of Singapore "ci who hive killed, burned and destroyed the r thirtysix hours >.aye been stopped from tl there must be a strict inquiry into the .sons why the situation was allowed to out of hand d that
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    The man who found the missing link
    1243 2  - The man who found the missing link Michael Ardizzone fdgddfg II all began, Dr. 1 Broom will tell you. rather more than 78 m a«o, at Miilport. on the Clyde, when an elderly. 1 j n e-retired Army orric^r amused himself by teaching a little boy of six liis own
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    SACK THESE MODERN WITCH DOCTORS
    620 2 pVER been Dallied by the namby-pamby treatment dished out to defiant younirsters these days? Ever been siiocked at the molly-.?oadling of ruffians wno have battered an old lady for her purse? Ever been flabbergasted at some fantastic "explanation" by a psychiatrist of a sadistic murder?
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    13 2 And tell Bevin thai gambling s another thing our two countries disagree about
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    'Good musicians, but your bands lack colour'
    359 2  -  Felix I— By™* WELL swing fans, my 1 notes this week are directed mainiv to dance band musicians and others who have the interest of local dance bands at heart: As promised last week, 1 have obtained the views of Mr. Fred Hartley
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      9 2 ROLEX I LONGINE WATCHES H.SENA LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG BANGKOK
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      13 2 POCKET CARTOON h> OSBFM I LASCA \1 i R )re»i w'onr dcnnrr— »i£n/""
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    DOCTORS,NURSES IN TEARS
    178 3 DOCTORS,NURSES IN TEARS from tear gas on patients Free Press Staff Koporter T£\Rgas which saturated the clothes of riot victim* brought to the General Hospital xe 4erda> brought tears to the eyes of the docj^rs ho^pi^l assistants, nurses and medical Stfits w^ :> attended to their injurieI constant of people
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    'VARSITY EXAMS PUT OFF
    15 3 'VARSITY EXAMS PUT OFF rl !n the of a f°w r i for h^lcl fi
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    CHEERFULNESS BREAKS IN
    46 3 picture, Free Press SCHOOLCHILDREN returning from school m Australia for the Christmas holidays, were confined on board jneir sh»p, Charon, all day yesterday and last night, unless their homes lay outside the troubled area m Singapore. Thesp smiling children didn't seem to mind.-
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    vote employees
    320 3 rree Press StafY Reporter 4 DECISION about open vote employees In the L Singapore Municipality, which was confirmed In April this year, "did not correctly express the intention of the Salaries Revision Committee*, reports the committee. This has now been changed to mean that when an officer is
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  • TODAY'S SPORTS NEWS
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      England team fail against country XI
      328 3 FROM TILL BOWES (Exclusive to Free Press) CANBERRA, Wednesday. M.C.C. batsmen failed at Canberra yesterday. The} played like a team of locals against New South Wales Country Districts XI, who bowled them out for 180 runs. There was looseness m their batting an obvious
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      Cricketers as ambassadors
      166 3 From BILL BOWES CANBERRA. Wed. THE expression that cricketers are ambassadors was amply demonstrated at Canberra, capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, where Freddie Brown and the England team since their arrival on Sunday, have had a continual round of official functions. On Monday night the Governor,
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    WILLIAMS IS TKO'd
    144 3 LONDON, Wed. JACK SOLOMONS, Britain's ace boxing promoter, had an international programme at the Harringay arena last night with several champions m action m non-title bouts. "Big Bill' Weinberg, an American, beat Johnny Williams, a British heavyweight who retired m the sixth round owing to an injured
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    A. KING WINS
    28 3 TORONTO. lues.— British Empire lightweight champion Arthur Kinc. 136 lbs. won a unanimous •round decision over Bobby I.loyd. of Pennsylvania. Lloyd a pound heavi' A.P
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      134 3 HIGH TIDES Today: 1.54 a.m; 12.45 p.m. Tomorrow: ?.41a.m: 1.36 p.m. nrSiindrdkS Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya m *T* ~> STAY HERE HEP UP- GtSTUMS IWAICM HIM [L—^ 7A-^J j'B^Jßi OARK-ONEf T-A^!S TMEftOOMOf THAT% WHERE ~7^" SUDDEN^ JHkliW^^ljW '^i Kirn "^S Jy^^f Exclusive to the Singapore Free
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    SITUATION VACNT
    17 4 CED Aces Clerk >le hmdling whole net books Apply own handurifir.* s' vms? ;iye requir
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    MISCELLANEOUS
    13 4 M bZKKiEL SONS. Qualified Op'tcaJ Practitioners. 13 Battery i Per anoointment Phone
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    8th ARMY SAVED BY RETREAT
    335 4 8th ARMY SAVED BY RETREAT 'As skilful as Rommel's' TOKYO, Wednesday. I-GENERAL Walton Walker saved his U.S. Eighth Army by a skilful retreat planned before the Chinese began their big offensive 16 days ago. When the full story is written it may be that the Eighth Army's withdrawal will be
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    SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY. LIMIIED
    119 4 (Incorporated In th e Colony of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that .he Forty-fifh Annual General Mfctinsj of the Company will be held at the Offices ot Boustead «fe Co. Ltd. Collycr ;)ore, on Saturday. the 16th December. 1950, at 12 noon BUSINESS. 1. To
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    MERCANTILE INSTITUTION
    69 4 2»9. Queen Street, Phone: *****. NEW SESSION Holds classes for SENIOR CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATION 1951 m all subjects, and LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS In Shor'hand. (Pitman Gregg*. Book Keeping. Accountancy. Typewriting etc. \dult KnglMi Linm-n: R;\ngum from Primary and upward. The Institution is an Educ. fional Trust, not
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    Pilot saved from Chinese
    287 4 SEOUL, Wednesday. 4 X American jet pilot who parachuted into Chinese lines after the engine of his plane exploded outside Pyongyang was rescued by another American airman who landed his night plane on a lrozen field. They tec* off over 150 yards of ice with bullets
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    Govt. defeated in Lords
    58 4 LONDON, Wed. THE Government was cieieat- ed on Monday by 84 votes to 28 m the House of Lords, where the Conservatives have a big majority. But it was only on a procedural matter whether a private member's bill, should be debated m detail or not
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    BOXING POSTPONED
    16 4 Friday nights boxing at the Happy World has been postponed until Friday next week.
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    NEW FRENCH DRIVE IN INDO-CHINA?
    65 4 NEW FRENCH DRIVE IN INDO-CHINA? TONKIN. Wed. f^RENCH Junker bombers, Spearheading what was believed to be a new French offensive against the Yietminh forces, yesterday showered anti-personnel bombs on Yietminh concentrations north of Phuiangthuong. 40 miles northeast of Ranoi. The Junkers are similar to those used during the Spa:.ish civil
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    ARMY EXPANDS
    20 4 The Spanish Government vtsterday published plans to increase the number of re- >. rye officers and non-com-•::.ssionod .officers.- Reuter.
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    Trouble in paradise
    74 4 T^IL rank ond file of the Oylon Communist party are rebelling against the party's decision to suspend eight members for "disruptive activities." Angry members stormed party headquarters m Colombo and protested against "unfair, undemocratic and bureaucratic decisions." In a written protest, the members said: "For years we
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    TURPIN WINS: YAROSZ IS DISQUALIFIED
    209 4 TURPIN WINS: YAROSZ IS DISQUALIFIED RANDOLPH TURPIN. the British middleweight :hampion. beat Tommy Yarosz. the American lightheavyweight, m the main event of Solomons' card at Harringay arena London, last night. Yarosz was disqualified m the eighth round for persistent holding. Turpin. at 11 It. 9 lb. was the lighter, as
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    GRENADE THROWN INTO STORE
    200 4 Freer Press Staff Correspondent. SEREMBAN, Wednesday. HANDGRENADE, allegedly thrown into a Chinese sundry and provision goods shoi> m Singapore street, a busy Seremban shopping centre, this morning caused only slight damage to property. No one was injured. The handgrenade was a British made one. The incident
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    More Turks for Korea
    42 4 THE Turkish General Staff will send reinforcements to Korea to replace casualties suffered by the Turkish Brigade m the recent fighting. It was estimated m Istanbul that the brigade had lost 750 m killed, wounded and missing.— Reuter.
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    U.S. record rocket fizzles out
    110 4 U.S. record rocket fizzles out PROVING GROUND. NEW MEXICO. Wed. THE sixth Viking rocket to be fired by the United States Navy hzzled out yesterday when an attempt was made to beat the world altitude record of 114 miles for a one-stage rocket. The 50-foot-long Viking cut itself off after
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