The Singapore Free Press, 3 January 1951

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1951. I'KKI IKN KN is.
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    CWEALTH WILL DISCUSS CHINA
    248 1 Talks with R ussia LONDON, Wednesday. RUSSIA'S LATEST NOTE to the Western Powers on the subject of four-power talks will be discussed by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference which will open m London tomorrow. A point of interest to the whole Commonweaim m the proposals for
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    U.S. wants To GET TOUGH
    66 1 IKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. l\ n Political Committee t lie next step to be c to the 1 *r K.ist. >s:i.s tO S. spok rii an "out Ainclc Th I B Rau ol [nd •wore drastic ded an Cbmn unis! tion? til ruled cm: foi I
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    Two injured In train attack
    5 1 Two injured In train attack
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    'DANGEROUS' BILL PASSED
    15 1 'Ed ut on k c and s signature I debate.— l U.P
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    13 LOST CARDS
    27 1 ThT^"e^ neoole were fb'oPd of their identity cards by small gangs of Chinese opera tin» at various points m Alexandra Road. Singapore, last night.
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    No news of Pakistan
    87 1 LONDON, Wed. THE British Ciovernment vn.is still without news yesterday whether Mr. Liaiiuat AM Khan the Prime Minister of Pakistan, would attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' talks which op.»n tomorrow. Latest reports from Karachi said Mr. Liaquat Ali khan had not altered his stand that the
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    N.Z. to urge Pacific past
    70 1 MS. G. HOLLAND. N W Zealand Prime Minister, said In London last night that New Zealand was still pr for a P Pact and he hoped to raise this at the imonwealth Prime Ministers, i nee. He s.iid the pact prop winch New Zealand had
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    ITALY ACCUSED
    20 1 Albania yesterday accused Italy of parachuting spies and saboteurs into the country to overthrow its Communist re■ime. A.P.
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    Speed up in C'wealth defence
    182 1 Speed up in C 'wealth defence LONDON. \\< d. U and Sou h Africa likely to be asked at Conn ime Minisnference to speed up sending forces Middle East m the even war. according to a usually reliable .source. South Africa has already promised a substanM.il contribution to the defence
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    Malan seeks defence union
    63 1 JOHANNESBURG. Wed. tfOUTH AFRICA is likely to raise the question of an African defence alliance at this week's conference of Commonwealth Premiers m London. The political correspondpnd of the Johnnesburg Star United Party said yesterday that South Africa was trying 10 arrange a meeting next month
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    NEW YEAR DEATHS
    21 1 Four hundred people weiv killed ID accidents m the United States during the New 1 1- week-end.- A.P.
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    They havelegs to match
    54 1 They have legs to match THOUSANDS of starlings from Russia have invaded Birmingham. Mr. Ernald James, bird expert, says can ten Russ an starlings from home birds because Key are thinner, more ajgressive-and have pink legs. "When my wife puts out food for sparrows, they are pushed back by the
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    U.S. Bills off
    35 1 Bills to make an estimated c.8.000 Asians m the United States eligible for American citizenship, and to provide burial benflts for Philippines veterans died with th* n-asslne of the Blst Congress. A.P.
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    Varsity told: 'Admit negro'
    71 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE United States Supreme Court yesterday unanimously upheld a decision that the Louisiana State University should admit a Negro .student for the first time m its 90 years' history. The decision was given by a District Court m New Orleans directing the University to
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    A SON FOR SABU
    41 1 Sabu Dastigar. "Elephant Boy" of the films becanv father yesterday when a son was born to his wife, exactress Marilyn Coop"r. m Burbank. California. The baby who wild be named Pa«i Dastifirar. 1* their nrst child. Reuter
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    CARGO BOATS TO CARRY HELICOPTERS
    85 1 CARGO BOATS TO CARRY HELICOPTERS WASHINGTON Wed. TPHE United States is to A start building 50 superspeed cargo ships designed to meet atomic age defence needs— with US$35O.--000.000 provided by U.S. Congress. The ships are to have a tor speed of 22 knots-fa-than any eare;o ships ever built m the
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    Sl,OOO reward for killers of detective
    47 1 Sl ,OOO reward for killers of detective Free Press StafT Reporter SINGAPORE police are offering a reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arI rest of the murderers oi I Bens: Slong, a Singapore d ivc. who was shot d ?ad In Havelock Road last nig]
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    Two caught red-handed
    57 1 Free Pn»ss Staff Heporter THREE pedestrians came to the rescue of a woman 1 and succeeded m arresting two of four men who had robbed her of 5T. 55 and her identity card m Sims Avenue Singapore, at 9.20 p.m. yesterday. Police later arrested a I man
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    RUSSIA IS 'READY TO MEET WEST'
    342 1 LONDON, Wednesday. |)l SSI A has again told the Western Powers that Foreign Ministers' talks should deal initially with Germany and that the Prague declaration made by eight East European governments should be taken as a basis. She reiterated her attitude in a Nore
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    Red a-workers may go
    75 1 PARIS, Wed. THE French Government may order a purge of Communists still serving m the National Atomic Energy Commission. Madame Irene Joliot-Curie. v;ife of the French Communist scientist, M. Frederic Joliot-Curie, is still a member of the Commission. M. Joliet-Curie was dismissed on April 28 last
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    Seoul drive puzzle
    181 1 By JOHN SHAW Special To The Free Press NORTH OF SEOI L, Wednesday. V T OBODY KNOWS yet whether an all-out Chinese offensive over the 38th parallel has really be&un or not. What is certain is that Chinese are amouj; the forces that made the New Year's
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    INQUIRY WAITS
    62 1 LONDON, Wed. A Colonial Office spokesman said last nuht that a number of men h ul b^en approached to serve on the Commission of Inquiry being formed to investigate last month's rioting m Singapore. Replies have not yet been received and no date has yet been i\\ed for
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    Separate Jap treaty denied
    130 1 Separate Jap treaty denied WASHINGTON. Wed. REPORTS that the United States was considering a separate peace treaty with Japan were denied last night by the State Department Mr Michael McDermott. State Department spokesman, told his press conference that the United States wis still consulting on the conditions to be incorporated
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    GENERAL BURPED
    13 1 GENERAL BUR PED Walton Harrison Walker was b\ rday -•ion i. A. P.
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    'Russia has A-bomb'
    95 1 'Russia has A-bomb' ■IS. ATOM (.HIM WA MR Gordon l h Dl the U.S Con. i hingtoi I possess tin nb Although announ< in Srpier lie rx; did not > that it had been < x; The In recently >• n Brewster R »p I 1 •iCi who said I
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    MacA. reproved by ex-P.M.
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    A MUSLIM NEED
    5 1 A MUS LIM NEED A.P.
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    A Problem of Pregnancy
    527 2 A Prob lem of Pregnancy I er is 21. She 4 *is married and H three children I) fill *f periods. a she ghbours k and next day had an ab--7 charge, der treatment. me v hat 'rouble and remedy t.\ \F ICOLOGI s n ii I ma] :;ey v>htn
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    Tongues are Tell-tales
    503 2  -  Dr Charles Hill MP says \riIETHEi< a saus c a n really be .iudiit'd its overcoat is a matter of doubt, as are the contents of that •erious food But it. is certainly true that the colour and coating of the human tongue can tell a revealing
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    FEAR POISONS THE BLOOD
    343 2  -  THOMAS HENRY says |>AGE and fear produce strange chemical poison m the blood which persists and even grows more virulent for days Experiment.: demonstrating this have been reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science by Drs. D. I Macht and T. H. Hotfmeiiter
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    APES ARE SO PEACE-LOVING
    208 2 jtfVEN fierce-looking apes are more peace-loving and lawabiding than many people m the world for "they have never been known to wage a war or attack men unless m retaliation,' Lee Crandall, general curator of the Bronx Zoo. said m an interview And, as far as
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    Radar for the Housewife
    544 2  - Radar for the Housewife A. P. DAWLISH By TO the layman, radar A is a sort of magic eye which enables men m aircraft, aooard ships, and on the ground to see through darkness, rain, smoke clouds, or dense fog, and, m general, to observe what is happening far beyond
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      45 2 Solution To Crossword No. 241 TUESDAY'S SOLUTION Across: Subdue. 6. Occult 7 8. Covenant 9. Plain. 10 Snetk. 14. Tat^ni^n. 15, Blue 16 Avowal. 17, Tender. Down: l' Schoo 1 1, Superintend. 3, St«am 4. Eooi BQ d sfioe. 5. Ugly. 11 Ara- 12, Aloe
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      130 2 H*?w Crossword Wf». 1-4% CUTS ACROSS 1 Oh. it's gin! so uplifting < 8); 7. but this one couldn't care !^ss «ID. 8. Preserve a bit of the old castle (4)- 9. Jacob drer.mt of one (6); 11. Give puss a hint <3-3) 12. Saul spaied. but Samuel «lew him
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    PLAN TO USE UN TAPPED MANPOWER
    55 3 PLAN TO USE UN TAPPED MANPOWER photo. The I'nited States Medal for ."Merit awarded posthumously to Al Jolson, who died last October after an entertainment tour of Korea and Japan, is presented to the singer's Uiree-year-old son, Asa Albert Jolson. by Gen. Marshall, t'.S. Secretary of Defence, in Washington, while
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    I.R.O.HAS DONE WELL
    88 3 I.R.O .HA S DONE WELL IION(i KONG, Wednesday. I -HI. International Refugee Organisation has re--1 almost a million displaced persons since s started bx 17 governments m 1947, according Sil Arthur Kucker, Deputy Director-General of IH(I About one-third of the total went to the J nited Stales. •Things looked pretty
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    Opium sent in newspapers
    88 3 HONG KONG Wed. A CHINESE m Hong Kong found a new use for newspapers to smuggle opium into the ed States. Lvi Wai-kit. 42. told a that he had mallled several rolls of newspapers to a Chinese friend In t^ie United States. The lnt of the
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    HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint max factor of
    125 3 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint max factor of Ctlumbui Hollywood Jani* Cartrr > i that >!ie has one ol be Mitihil ii frcfjuencl) m thr whole ftltu rhr\ love her for it. leads M the ob>ervation MiU i.irthrr «.\\ii pi and appeal. tlin^ eked to sre it v applications arc up to
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    Police from 'small' states
    291 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday A UNITED NATIONS police force composed of young: citizens of the world's "small' countries, containing no troops from the "Big Five" and empowered to act on its own authority against aggression when Security Council action is bio Red by veto is the proposal
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    U.S. proposes food reserve
    94 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. A GROUP of American farm and economic experts have recommended that reserves of wivat and maize should be stored m America, Britain, Western Europe and Japan for use m the event of another war. The committee also suggested that Atlantic Pact nations should draw
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    G.P.O. PAYS £45,000 FOR IDEAS
    153 3 G.P.O. PAYS £45,000 FOR IDEAS LONDON, Wed. QINCE the General Post v Office awards for suggestion scheme was introduced In Britain 44 years ago, more than 130,000 suggestions have been received and £45.000 paid as awards. During the quarter ended Sept. 30, this year, the G.P.O. awards committee granted awards
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    BUCKLEY
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    FIRMS MOVE TO BERMUDA
    179 3 HAMILTON, BEKMI DA, Wednesday. RICH, virtually tax-free Bermuda is becoming: a haven for business concerns from around the world. ITr TT In growing numbers ever since world vvar 11, trading and investment firms have Deen moving their headquarters to this sunny iictle British colony— famed heretofore
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    CARGO SIIIPS FOR DEFENCE
    45 3 The U S. House of Representatives has passe* and %ent to the Senate a compromise U. 5.520.000 million defence appropriation bill. It accepted a Senate amendment adding U. 5.224 million to the maritime administatlon's authority to build fast cargo ships.— Reuter
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    Plan approved
    32 3 A master plan to n obtli« the civilian defences of the isp of attack has been approved by House of Bepmrntßttm. was sent to the Senate for final Con<;rc.ss!cn«ii action
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    NORTH POLE VISITED EVERY 2 DAYS
    128 3 NORTH POLE VISITED EVERY 2 DAYS NEW YORK. Wed. r*OAL of the explorers lor U centuries the North Pole is now being visited once every 48 hours as regularly as clockwork by a handful of hardy young "men m an American aircraft. They take off from Eielson Air Force base
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    Bridge Hand
    388 3 (loth sides vulnerable. S>»uth dealer r*E law of physics—that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction —has its counterpart m bridge. For every good offensive move, there is a defensive play that may offset it, especially where the situation is such Uwit the offensive move
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    PIGS DID NOT LIKE THE SEA
    62 3 A small Turkish ship, bound for Trieste, has docked m Brindisi, to unload a cargo of live pigs enroute from Istanbul to Switzerland. The sea had been so roujrh that 15 pigs died of sea sickness m the Lower Adriatic. To save the survivors
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    Festival dome is symbolical
    253 3 LONDON, Wednesday. /COMPLETION of the world's biggest dome, now glistening m the winter rain be rde the Thames River, has given Londoners visual proof of the progress of preparations for the 1951 Festival of Britain. Soon probably during January Britain's finest Droducts will be taken to
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    Air stewards last longer
    240 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. DOMANCE is airborne for many a flight stewardess K% but strictly grounded for her male counterpart. Commercial airlines often complain ol tne loss of their pretty and carefully-trained stewardesses who fall in love with the D&ss?ngen and inarrv them' Stewards are fairly safe
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    BANKS CLOSED
    34 3 The Government of Eire has authorised all banks in the country to remain closed until Tuesday of »ex( week if the strike of 5.000 bank employees con- j tin ues.- Reu ter
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    MORE USSR FOOD
    16 3 Russians will receive more meat, butter and nulk m 1951 ihan m 1950.
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    EARTH IS SOLD IN NEPAL
    35 3 The people of Nepal valu»» their land so highly tha is sold by the basket Fanners buy the earth to spread on land from which 'hoy g?t their living A.P.
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    FREMCH TO GET U.S. EQUIPMENT
    94 3 FREMCH TO GET U.S. EQUIPMENT LANDAU cd. rpHE French Army of 1 Occupation m rmany. now using arms and equip' tck to be entirely I up-to-dn equipment. i undt la l m Se; H and M th end TtoU division )iy d- General Robert U>th the Af I ir A
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    ROMULO IS CONFIDENT
    57 3 General Car! P. I, has left Washing* v.. tor Man:ia conlideni that United staler vill H.II attention to the defence the Philippines and I economic aid for I .nds. I return to the Ph pines convinced that Un'.U'd Stat.^ fully the vital part the plays m Asia.
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    Bang, bang, bang
    58 3 PVESPITE the 8.8.C.'s ban on radio jokes about the mi«s- m? Scone Stone, one corrio team to Mm tune popular song: called "The Thins" chorused 'Oh. th»v got hold of the bang, bang bang. And look it back uj> north." Most listeners were able to fit the
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    The Singapore free Press WEDNESDAY Jan. 3. 1951. Crowd of witness
    229 4 The Singapore free Press WEDNESDAY Jan. 3. 1951. Crowd of witness rwPPONENTS ul Sir.. s education p long-term iind emerency ougnt to bs m In Waterloo S mornin The sitiht of pa .v the ne Stamford Girls' that if they did DIM Ret th< children tL >uld not f places
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    Steel is the master
    142 4 JN Urn > t :ter of notes and talk that obscures what i> really going on m the world just now there are i facts cropping up from which the ordinary man B take heart. For example, a New Year message from the Un: Sta that
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    945 4 Don Iddon's Diary "U.N. plan a trap" General Wu THE bitter tea of General Wu was not the Christmas punch the United States was hoping for. The American stomach can accommrxiate raw gin, straight Scotch, bathtub bourbon, rot-gut rye. or proof liquor distilled m the kitchen sink, but it turns
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    EISENHOWER RETURNS TO COMMAND SHADOW ARMY
    165 4 EISENHOWER RETURNS TO COMMAND SHADOW ARMY fiENERAL ElSr 1 HOWFK. Sup: Allied Commander i ing the war now i turns to the Euro military Kene m mand of a army. The map Western Eurojx Iron Curtain to armed men at ihf» mumnit, On paper. 0 hower has at his d.
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    Titled owners of London selling out
    734 4 Titled owners of London selling out WRITES OUR LONDON [CORRESPONDENT 4 BOUT 20u years ago one of Lord Portman's family was put on a diet of asses' milk. To ensure a steady supply his lordship bought a herd and some pasture land. In the years between the Portman pastures have
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    WINTER HOLDS A FIRM GRIP
    957 4  - WINTER HOLDS A FIRM GRIP CYRIL RAY The Moscow Scene >+♦>♦♦♦♦ 'Ry t **t AFTER a couple of false staits, winter now has a ttrm grip on Moscow. It is seven degrees Centigrade below freezing point as I write and it is growing colder and colder. There is every prospect
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    Nationalists returning in Japan
    110 4 Nationalists returning in Japan AS the "hot/ v ai from crish to In the Far E; are signs that sol. Japan's most d; anti-West polH may be on the ma I m. Twelve such cent y released )s. Tin time m and are nov a new omii pies Dem Three
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    U.K. TELLS SPORE: DONT SEND T.B. VICTIMS
    408 5 U.K. TELLS SPORE: DONT SEND T.B. VICTIMS picture. Hospitals long waiting lists nn(T()R rt r Staff Reporter [)Ul IUKS m Singapore and other British colonial territories have been officially advised that they should not send tuberculosis patients to the Lnited Kingdom for treatment unless the patients have secured a definite
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    World interest in photo show
    138 5 Free Press stall* Reporter iM has been aroused m international graphic circles by Ibe Singapore Art :x s second Open Photographic Exhibition to h il this month. A Gi m The Ml M\\ F Tv the c» This is the bit ion on the •951
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    Jobs for air hostesses
    63 5 Free Prr>s Stall Reporter Q ANT AS Empire Aim for eicthi I v. ill be going on now and March Two r mbers who t: to Australia on end of this month Gwendoline Day and Pat Harding. An official of Qantas said hat he was beinu
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    FINED $300
    32 5 Tan Kec Chuan. aged 47. a trishaw-rider was fined $300 .c Singapore Third Police Court yesterday m default one month s imprisonment for ion of seven gallons of dutiable samsu.
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    POSTAL NUMBERS ON SIGNBOARDS
    87 5 Free Pros Stall Reporter gO that the Singapore public will be more conscious of the postal districts, into which the island has been divided to facilitate delivery of Utters, the Municipal Commissioners have agreed to attix the numbers of postal districts on signboards of main roads.
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    SUSPECTS TO BE TRIED
    72 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CJUSPECTED offenders m the O recent Singapore riots will be charged m Court as soon as investigations into all cases are ccoipleted. said the Assistant Commissioner of the C.1.D.. Mr. D. K. Broadhurst. yesterday. Commenting on "misunderstanding" over the preliminary report of
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    EX-OFFICERS TO JOIN VOLUNTEERS
    88 5 EX-OFFICERS TO JOIN VOLUNTEERS Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Tv QNE hundred and seventy former officers have applied for commissions m the Federation of Malaya Volunteer Land Force since the announcement made last month that the force was to be resuscitated. Most of the applicants were former members of
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    One enemy—the Red's
    93 5 One enemy— the Red's (COMMUNISTS m Malaya are the enemy of Islam and of the Malay race, the Sultan of Kelantan said m a New Year message to members of the Malay Regiment, police jungle companies, and special constables when he addressed Malay Regiment soldiers. It vms the Communists' aim
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    S'PORE SHORT OF U.K. CEMENT
    159 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T^HERE is a shortage of British cement m SingaA pore due to shipping difficulties, importers told the Free Press yesterday. The price is now between $80 to $86 a ton compared with $76 a ton. last year. A leading British Importer
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    Trade school enrols 65 students
    302 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DIXTY five boys have been admitted into the new Singapore Junior Technical School ir Balestier Road, which will offer them academic as well a.s technical education when it opens next Monday. Among them are three Malays and one Chinese who have
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    S'pore launches praised
    91 5 A tribute to the sea-going qualities o? his four Sin-gapore-built motor launches was paid by Captain W. Gibson, Marine Superintendent to the North Borneo Government, after he had completed m one of them a 1.800-mile journey from Singapore to the east coast of North Borneo. During the
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    Un registered S'pore firms are warned
    278 5 Un registered S'pore firms are warned Free Press sun Keporter measures will be taken b> urn Registrar of Companies and Business s Nuscs UH« against Singapore shops which fail to u«" th' m. I registered Mr. A. H. Harrison, tin- Registrar, iuic Press that a. number were discovered l-. lift
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    U.S.WRITER IN S'PORE
    24 5 U.S.WRITER IN S'PORE Ut thinks tl m- pub ished Pulitzer pru I .«> South P. VUiit h as a p raid Tnbui ihe Herald I
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    JOBS COMMISSION
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      68 5 APPOINTMENT Mr. Tan Kah Leong has been appointed an Assistant Registrar of Societies effect from tomorrow. MORE SALES MORE motor cars and motor x cycles are expected to be sold m. Penang m the New Year when the age groups for driving licences are reduced. The reoent announcement that driving
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      76 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected In Singapore today from Great Britain. N. Ireland, Eire. Europe. North and West Alrica. West Indies, Egypt, Ceylon and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon for Great Britain, N. Ireland. Eire. Europe, North and West Africa. West
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      36 5 CHINESE Pl^ A play entitled "Justifiable Revenue will be staged by the Singapore Biong Leng Musical Association m aid ol the Chinese V.M.C.A. new building fund at the Happy World Stadium tomorrow night at 8 p.m.
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    Tomorrow and tomorrow
    1897 6  - Tomorrow and tomorrow HELENA MARIA Free Press Wednesday Short Story by "(JOME, I'll show YOU 10 XOUT 1 < M >'m' The Ih>sl took one of Ihe silver candleIs from the dining lable. The guest followed him up ■ppin he roo orridor, thp handle ol tho door and M md
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      212 6 iS?» JSSs& Sf«s Ktfifti 9KS >>f Ktt 998K ZSW s£«i »T«& Z7a AN IDEAL NEW YEAR GIFT THE STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL ■J'HIS is the first time since 132 Pages the Liberation that we •20 Full Colour have been able tO P roduce a illustrations m- STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL on eluding
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      194 6 MdndrSKfi Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya BflH^T i~~ [AMEN 1 THINkF HE WAS AMBITIOUS.'] I I SHIVER WHEN I THINK HOW KJEARLy) |SO£'VOS TWf l//i THE DARK W*Sm/JUL^\ L_l i)\ THf NiGHT-J USING SUPERSTITION WE SUCCEEDED/ HE WOULO HAVE, IF ONE, AND COCKAIONE iS A HAPPY YOU,
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    DRASTIC CHANGES IN SCOTS' XV
    807 7  - DRASTIC CHANGES IN SCOTS' XV PETER LOVEGROVE From Young players given chances are making drastic changes m their national XV and giving youth its fling m a determined effort to build up a side which will take a more prominent part m the international Rugby Union championship. opening international match
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    Split season for soccer mooted
    94 7 Split season for soccer mooted :l columnist yesterday dared to Britain's favourtte winter sports >\ art- not real v winter sports after i-t was John Macadam, who writes Dalh Expn st 15 days 38 soccer of th< ther— Three otln r matches f bli ards after they had r and
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    SAIGON \TEAM DUE TODAY
    77 7 HTHE French Air Force rugby footballers from Saigon are arriving at Seletar today by plane. They have two fixtures m Singapore. Tomorrow they men Royal Navy at the H M.S. Terror ground and on Saturday they play against RAF. (Malaya) at Seletar. The Navy fifteen for
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    LIEF SAVING TESTS
    62 7 IN a Royal Society Examination conducted by Mr. R. at the Mount Emily Swimming Pool m December the following candidates pasi Bar to Award of Merit Lee Hon Meng (4th year*: Lee Joh Men '2nd year*; Foong Kan 1 1st year' George Kwok Ucnn (Ist year*. Award
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    87 7 YESTERDAY'S U.K. soccer X rt suits were: SCOI ll>H LI \<-l L Ul\l>U».N AirdriconiMOs > KASgera l»uriil»-*- Morton 1 •East tile I WoiherurU Hilurnun •> Vlo-rdrru i Parlick I hisllr v 1 ..Ikirk M. rt-n I Hearts 0 I tiircJ Lanark t llvdr I B UIYIMON Dumliarton 1
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    K.O. hockey
    35 7 RAF Beletar will meet Binga« Cricket Club In the quarterfinal Of the Singapore Hockey lon's knock-out tournament tomorrow on the Padanf. The match was originally fixed for Fndt.y but has been brought forward.
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    NEHRU TO OPEN ASIAN GAMES
    177 7 ARRANGEMENTS have now been finalised for A staging the First Asian (iames In New Delhi from March 4 to ."March 11. 1951. Construction work on Inn Stadhlm, where nea -ill be held, has completed and an Ath- been eree'ed. ceremony of the w stadium will
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    S.C.C. TEAM v. ARMY TODAY
    103 7 CINGAPORE Cricket Club will be without two of their star forwards when they meet the Army at rugger on I the Padang today. Roualle and Coulson-Gilmer are both unable to play. Piizou, a newcomer to Singapore who has played for the Civilians, will be scrum-half.
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    Fuss over nothing...
    48 7 Fuss over nothing picture. NEAR MISS: Derby S oalkeepcr. Brown, made a ?ot»d effort to defend his soul in the match asiinst Tottenham Hotspurs at Tottenham. London, on Dec. 2€. His effort, however, was unnecessary as the ball went wide of the net. Tottenham won 2-1. Paul Popper
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    MCC COLLAR NSW ATTACK
    224 7 v»rvMi. i j^^^^^^^^^^^" Fast cornering AN an easy wicket New v South Wales toiled all day fci the field yesterday as Len Hutton < 150) and Reg Simpson (155 not ouU put on 236 runs for the third wicket for the M.C.C. This was a record,
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    S.T.T.A. meeting
    45 7 OINGAPORE Table Tennis Association Council mi at the Nam Wah S.C. <Sago Lane) at 5.15 p.m. today to draw up fixtures for the Philippine Chinese team exp ed here later this month. The tourists will play about six matches during their stay here.
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    LATEST U.K. SOCCER LEAGUE PLACINGS
    980 7 FOLLOWING are the U.K. Football League placings after the matches played on New Years Day and yesterday: FIRST DIVISION SECOND DIVISION THIRD DI\IS!ON (South* THIRD DIVISION (NorUO B f DIVISION Goal? P W D L F A pt.s Tottenham 25 15 6 4 56 30
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    How Charles, Ay res fought out title
    597 7  - How Charles, Ay res fought out title From ALLAN LEWIS PENANG, Wed«i sdajr. pAVOIKITES had a vcrv lean tme at tl: I >in* Christmas-New Year meeting. On v lour fl >( favourites obliged during the four rit\^" r The horses were not alone m th.s r \i.! ur Ayres, who
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    Ballot for new horses
    102 7 Ballot for new horses I>J I lON was arrived .it niiMi: v the li i S (he iit< of (ii|- f the Imrws that an d under a flaring Association i» I believe the h«rw t be ha I cited for. Fach <lub uill have the pri\ of allowing: th»
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    US DISREGARDS PRICE CONTROL
    31 8 c Btabtli- 1 n Administration said that ti m.- .luntary price control iking little On'v ;i small number of ►ncerni lied b>'mtoer 1 levels. DR MOHAMMED ROEM
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    INDONESIA MAY END UNION
    189 8 Move follows Hague failure JAKARTA, Wednesday. THE Indonesian Cabinet has agreed "m 1 principle" to annul the statute which established the Netherlands-Indonesian I nion, it was reliably reported yesterday from Jakarta. The decision was taken after the failure of the recent Hague talks between the two
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    German demand discussed
    47 8 The United States Hteh Commissioner In West Germany Mr. John J. McCloy, and Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, yesterday discussed Germany'! demand for more sovereignty In exchange for German troops m Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's Atlantic Army. The talks began without British or French participa- U.P
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    DIVORCE AFTER 7 YEARS-NEW BILL
    124 8 LONDON, Wednesday. TIIK BRITISH Marriage Law Refo S p ie i?; 1 thn.w its weight behind a woman M.P s mo\e to end ihe situation m which one party can block a divorce m eases «f legal separation. Mr Hrene White. Labour Member of Parliamen
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    EX-MINISTER BECOMES MONK
    73 8 A former Maltese Minister of Finance and Industry. Dr. Arturo Colombo, yesterday became a Capricia monk, intending to do missionary work m India.- A.P. GRELK MEETS BILCAR]AN A Greek officer (back t( camera) and a Bulgarian officer (facing) meet m the centre of the railway tracK, over
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    Prices in U.K. rise sharply
    203 8 LONDON, Wednesday. RETAIL prices m Britain are rising rapidly as a result of increases m wholesale commodity prices WhU SSKSJM^* was g iven several months ago by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Gaitskell. On Monday tyres rose by 20 per cent., and there
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    'TRAITORS ARE SHOT' SCOT TOLD
    138 8 GLASGOW. Wed. ASCOT who offered a reward tor word of Britain's kidnapped Coronation Stone said yesterday that he has received a letter warning "traitors are shot." He is Mr. Ephraim Connor, a Glasgow business man who. with two other Scots, put up £500 for information
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    WINTER CRUISE
    18 8 Units of the British fleet left Valetta, Malta, yesterday for their Eastern Mediterranean winter cruise. A.P.
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    FUEL SHORTAGE CAUSES CAUTION
    138 8 FUEL SHORTAGE CA USES CA UTION LONDON, Wednesday. A SLIGHTLY lower trend marked the end of trading period m the Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuter's financial correspondent. Developments m Korea and the seriousness of the fuel position at home underlined the existing note of caution. Pinchin Johnson were a dull
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    H.K. MONEY
    27 8 Yesterday's closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: HKSS.O3 6.02 per U.S. dollar. RK515.20 per pound sterling. HK5312.5 per tael of gold.— U.P.
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    Red fuse to a bull
    51 8 FIVE times a blown fuse cut off electricity m a large part of Hunstanton, Norfolk. No one could find the reason for it. Then a two-year-old bull was seen jabbing a fuse box on a pole m a field. And the blown fuse mystery was
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    IKE'S COMMAND
    29 8 Britain yesterday formally put all the troops she has ihus far committed to the defence cf West Europe under the command of Gen. Dwight ..owe:-. A. P.
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    81 DIED IN PIT
    21 8 ■.hty-one miners were kil- led In a pit explosion m Tatabanya, western Hungary, on Der. 30- A.P.
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    PLEVEN FOR U.S.
    20 8 French Parliamentary sources reported yesterday that the Premier. M. Ren» Pleven, would visit Washinglate this month.- A.P.
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    Two awards to Scots Guards
    147 8 A.P LONDON, Wednesday. AWARDS to a Scots Guards major and corporal serving m Malaya were announced yesterday m London. Major Edwyn Inigo Lloyd Mostyn itceives the Military Cross and Corporal (local Servant) John McNaught Allan the Military Medal. During a patrol clash with 1 bandits
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    Silence on record
    37 8 pAKLETON Smith. Direr tor of the National Arts Foundation, New York, yesterday urrged juke box distributors to put a blank disc m their machines "so customers may buy 10 cents worth of silence."- U.P.
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    Cold record
    32 8 Irkutsk. Siberia, one of the coldest places on earth, yesterday had almost the lowest temperature ever recorded there— minus 58 degrees Centigrade (104 4 decrees below freezing point Fahrenheit I
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    Saigon silent on war events
    77 8 Saigon silent on war events SAIGON pRENCH Army Header yesterday cot. i slackout on tiews reporting 3n the situation m N "hina. where French troops are Communist-led sfTensive. For the third say. the French cc no Bubs .ion o:: the mi! md tailt port an; dev< correspondei. from oth I
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    Robbers shool accountant
    48 8 NEW DELH pOUR armed n raided the m Karol Bagh suburb, as closing a: lvi Frightening firing m the a. seized R5. 17.000 1.200' In cash, and seriou bank acccur. to intercepbers also fired i side the ba: If ofl m a c i A.P.
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      43 8 BIRTHS Of H Malacca DD To i I c: do: r to on 1 D <*nc! I X X H \\MH \< I Ml N I lILOD( rri'Ai ions \V- \m i i I HUN •■•arv- I VII! B B > J 13 Bi 1
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