The Singapore Free Press, 4 April 1951

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951. PRICE TIN CENTS
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    LITTLE RESISTANCE ON 38th
    234 1 MacA: Plans unchanged ITC 0/^ TOKYO, Wednesday. JJ b. I HOOPS and tanks advanced m strength north of the 38th Parallel yesterday along a ten-mile sector m Western Korea and met little resistance from vanguards of nearly half a million massing Communist soldiers. It was the
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    RICE: NO UNDUE CONCERN
    45 1 RICE: NO UNDUE CONCERN I R port.-r the I :n--nix-Park tt tho it j >n wai rable than nber i that ;abe io b«* I fore- the :mp r used to a nmittee n was ry I m reoeal said itiorj e i use for
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    Britain asks Heds 'return deserters'
    33 1 Britain asks Heds 'return deserters' LUN, Wed. ities j rE Rusaiana have lo the G K. Bourmmandant. Colonel..;ov. sking the ation :e_. been abr Berlin Tiie oil IS Tass. had asylum m A.P.
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    COALFIELD TAKEN
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    25 1 ■PS. I'UGH GMTCKFLL. unc Hor of the Exchequer whose economic survey JRRRRR*mmm\y waiwei Britain to expect higher t>- s s IT. Report m Page 8.
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    China swept by killings
    159 1 HONG KOaNG, Wednesday. THE smell of death hangs heavy over China today as the toll fram Communist firing squads mounts ever higher and mobs celebrate with a "dance macabre* through city streets. The steady flow of reports- from the mainland paint a grisly picture of execution
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    'Let MacA advise U.S.'
    70 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. THE Republican Senator, Styles Bridges, yesterday demanded that Gen. Mac Arthur be called home to advise Congress on lhe rar Eastern policy. Mr. Bridges said it is 'up to the Congress" to WOrk out a foreign policy for the rar East because the Stale
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    TEACHERS TO BEGIN STRIKE
    131 1 LONDON, Wednesday. A STRIKE call went out yesterday to 850 teachers at 100 schools m the northern English County of Durham. They will start landing- m their notices today some one month, other three months according to their contracts. Leaders of six unions meeting here called
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    Befriend Japan urges Dulles
    64 1 Mr. John Foster Dulles warned yesterday that the failure to conclude an adequate peace treaty with Japan might lead to "a combination of Russia and China and Japan which could present a great danger to the world." Mr. Truman's special envoy issued his warning m appealing
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    S. AFRICA REFUSES
    37 1 India has informed the United Nations that South Africa has refused to participate m a roundtable conference on the basis of the General Assembly resolution on the treatment of Indians fcr, «b-..»V. Afr\ni Reuter
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    BANDIT KILLED AFTER ESCAPE
    49 1 A bandit who escaped during an engagement with security forces m the Batu Gajah area of Perak yesterday was later trapped by a potrol and shot dead. He had already been wounded and weakness caused by pain ancl less of blood slowed down his escape.
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    66 1 A tattered White Ensign, which went ;:>io captivity v .h one of the crew after the destroyer Havoc went aground on the enemy-occupied Tunisian coast, will get a place of honour m St. George's Church m the Royal Naval Barracks at Chatham. Examining the ensign m the church are Lieut.
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    RUSSIA 'READY TO STRIKE SOON'
    171 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. fIEPRESEN TATIVE Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said yesterday that m a short time Russia will have a stockpile of atomic bombs sufficient to initiate a terrible aerial attack on "our cities and homes" whenever she wishes to do
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    Spain and Turkey are excluded
    150 1 Spain and Turkey are excluded WASHINGTON, Wed. 'J'HE U.S. Senate yesterday rejected a troops-to-Eu-rope amendment which would have called for the utilization of Spain, Turkey and Greece m the defence of Western Europe. The U.S. Vice-President. Mr. Alben Barkley, announced that the amendment had been defeated m a rare tie
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    Amateurs again fly at night
    41 1 Pais Royal Singapore trying Clnb this week resumed night flying. Picture shows Wnig Commander C. Masterman, the instructor, taking up the first pupil m night-flying, Mrs. Alison Eyre, wife of a Sineanorp architect. Free Press Pictures
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    'GRIM DANGER OF WAR'-MENZIES
    275 1 MELBOURNE, Wednesday TiHE Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert G. Menzies, said yesterday that the democratic countries of the world must get ready to defend themselves m not more than three years. The Premier m a pre-election joint statement of Liberal and Country parties policy warned of
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    ATOM TESTS IN MAY
    57 1 At least one of the coming atomic tests at Eniwetok will take place early m May, it was disclosed yesterday. Representative F. Edward Herbert. Democrat, appointed to represent the House Armed Service^ Committee at the tests, said he was told he would leave Washington on May
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    RED SUSPECTS
    27 1 Tweniv-nine Communist Hukbalahap suspects, comprising 25 Chinese nationals and four Filipinos were caught yesterday m a citywide dragnet laid by the military intelligence service. Reuter
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    Safe from Reds for 2,500 years
    37 1 COLOMBO. Wed. CEYLON'S Commerce Minister, Mr. Henry Amarasuriya, expressed his firm conviction that "Ceylon with its traditional, background of religious culture will repel Communism for another 2,500 years at least."— Keuter.
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    NEW BONN OFFICE
    18 1 A West, Gorman Cun.su lat eG neral is expected to b, led at Bombay soon.
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    Russia rejects agenda
    189 1 PARIS Wed. THE West ftceaaed Ri yesterday of .seckiiv turn the Big Four dep u conference Into a drawr propaganda ba:t V and said it would accept th" eha'. that was what the R wanted Speaking fo r I Western deputies. M. Alexandre Parocii pf France Manned
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    French agree war could be ended rev
    82 1 French agree war could be ended rev FRANCE like Britain that now |g a good tin to end the Korean WRM Foreign Min_try official yesterday. He said Fiench reaction the speech on Monday Mr. Herbert Morrison. Br; Foreign Secretary, v. M erallv favourable." He explained, however. I France tfoea not
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    Body Organs do Need Plenty of Exercise
    742 2 THE SINGAPORE DOCTOR' AMOUNT OF FOOD USED DICTATED BY WORK DONE n^HE lack of exercise causes the abnormal working of the various organs. When one organ is not sufficiently used it will become weak and may Interfere with the work of other organs.
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    She waits to hear a secret
    450 2 DONNA RACHELE r TODaAY a quiet greyA haired woman of 55 sits m a modest fourroom house on Rome's Via aAsmara waiting to be let m on a secret known to only a handful of men m Italy. Tiie woman is Donna Rachele. widow
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    SHARE HOSPITAL ROOM WITH THREE
    415 2  -  Sir HENEAGE DGILVI says famous British Burgeon Chapman Pincher Column TF you had to go to hospital for several weeks, where would you rather be— in a private room, a big ward, or a room with two or three other people? A room with three
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    37 2 Tola tide Hon lan. Britain's favourite American star, says "I love food and eat plenty of it." Her measurements are: height. 5 feet 4 1 inches: bust 34 ins; waist, 24 ins; hips. 34ins; weight, 110 lbs.
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    Diet Your Way To Health
    657 2 Diet Your Way To Health i conouoinc... In her last article, AMYLANDRETH wrote about the balanced diet. This week she writes about vitamins, starchy foods and exercise HERE are some of the known vitamins and the foods m which they are found. A— ln liver, kidney, red salmon, egg yolk,
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      249 2 Just the thing j for that bad cough Campbell's Cherry (f 3 Cough Syrup is one of the ttm < y OC9t remedies for coughs, colds and bronchitis It is pleasanth flavoured and can be taken /^S> without dilution. It is par- %hC ticularly helpful to the /Mm elderly when
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      167 2 We'll soon have that better 44}- (ftimtk V *jr V Children *a.*l_n ailment T*ti L _^U x^^^tfc *k^l_^ touch of Gerrr f >. I fl If I \_r Uevet itriation, subcue Tr harmful bacteria that Gennolcne draw s m*\y^^n^L\ sbrasiona. blisters and Ml V-*_^* ulates the growth of new i
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      258 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you have ex-. ceplional potentials but must learn to mak? the v.--most use of th r m. Your ambitions are vaunting but yd_ are in-lined to think an'l talk abmH \< ur plans rather than getting to work and instrumenting them. For you, .here is
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      234 2 New Crossword No. 31S r_ l I 2"! ?H 4 I "Fl F~ ll H| 15 WtMS ZT m _P" 1 1 1 I J CLI'ES ALKOSS 1 Artistic cluster (ft). 4. This bird loses its tail m a Yorkshire n\er (ft) 7. When good children get what they deserve,
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    32 3 HOLIDAY Tunku Bahiyah (lef.) and Sfcahari-*, daughters of Sir Abdul Rahman, Sulun *i Sttrl Sembilan. as (hey arrived at Waterloo Stat„n iRRmRRk, from S'>_;h **m -n*.on for a six-month holiday m Britain.
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    DIVERS FIND LOST CITY
    199 3 HANOVER, Wednesday. H\n Atl.iniU, the Lo t City, be mi found at last? li lhe claims of a Herman pastor scientist, a h have ju^t been published, are anything to g«! then Atlantis has certainly become something m ire than a legend. forma part of a
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    PLAN TO ALTER CANTERBURY
    39 3 > •■•ling I the m r r In the I i h ime o:' I lanthe plan proi lop large ai i town's 1 t i times.—Sent Uaa U5.000 r vl Leh 61.000 But manj Reuter
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    NEW SIAM NOTES
    37 3 A totaJ of 1.175.000.000 baht m new currency, including one million 1.000 baht notes. is to arrive m Bangkok m June to be placed m cireulaThe new notes are being T.nted m England. A.P.
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    SCHOLAR STOLE CHOCOLATE
    204 3 NORTH AJHPTON, Wednesday. THE troubles of 34-year-old John East, brilliant scholar with "a war nans-over," have ended. He appeared on remand at Northampton accused of stealing: four sd. bars of chocolate The recorder was tola that East worked m the PublicRecords Office m London before the war
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    Boy trapped for 2 hrs in mine
    117 3 Boy trapped for 2 hrs in mine LONDON. Wed. ELEVEN YEAR OLD Michael Chapman was trapped for two hours In a 40ft. chalk mine near nis home. He went exploring, got the bottom of the mine, and could not get up. His friend, Michael Golder. ran for he p. Fifteen
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    NOT UNFAIR
    31 3 Western industrialists need no longer fear unfa r competition norn Japan Mr £akJszu Shimoda nea cl ol the Japanese trade »_fm_d to the Netherlands, cia.mtu 3 1 J______j_ A.P.
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    CANCER FIND AIDS RESEARCH
    491 3 Bloods that won 't mix PA\pfr NEW YOR K, Wednesday. L?f H; y ln a woman's body has led to discovery of ahnnt n? m n eW blood type and a startling finding Tf Sa 2 S u a leadin Am erican blood expert not mix
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    'ACCORD SOON'
    22 3 Buenos Aires Rad o f«2e_ that agreement would be reached ta the Anglo-Argen-tine trade talks within the next a* hours.
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    'Catching pigeons is no fun'
    280 3 —Says Mr. Edwards LONDON, Wednesday. M R. Norman Edwards has official permission again to catch pigeons m Finsbury, London. The new permit has arrived at his home m Milton-road, Highgate. The old one was torn up by an angry housewife. 4 For it is not
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    BUCKLEY
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    Bridge Quiz
    343 3 Neither side vulnerable. North dealer (Cover the Weat and South hands) The bidding North East South West Pass Pass I<> 1 4 «0 24. 4« *0 Pass Pass Dbl All Pass VXfEST opened the club nine. won by North's ace. A low diamond lead was taken by Souih's
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    He ticks in the Army
    54 3 A tick-tick noise m his head failed to keep 20-year-old Jack Husband from being conscripted. Jack has heard it for 11 years. m <.rmy doctors could hear lt four inches from h.s head. They said it did not matter to them if it did not
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    Courtesy by gas
    41 3 THE British Eastern Gas Board has installed its latest type of gas street lamp outside the windows of the Eastern Electricity Board m Kingstreet, Thetford. A gas official said: "We thought it might be useful during power cuts."
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    32 3 A PIECE OF CAKE Members of the Cambridge boat crew grab for pieces of the specially made 'Eights' cake when the team had a night out to celebrate their victory over Oxford
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    22 NEW HOUSES FOR HANOI
    67 3 The North Vietnam Governor. Nguyen Huu Tri, has officially opened 22 new Gov-ernment-built houses In the Tonkin capital for poor Vietnamese. The Hanoi Mayor, Tham Hoang Tin, said at the ceremony that the ciiy had lost 385 of its 13,000 buildings m the fighting with
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      203 3 SALE of SALE NOW PROCEEDING SWIM TRUNKS U^ BY G ANTNER —B.V. D. AND JANTZEN \JL^J IN COTTON. SATIN AND NYLON. FLORSHEIM SHOES #B AMERICA'S BEST FOOT- 1 WEAR. 1 STYLED FOR BEAUTY SOCKS MW INTERWON EN ESQUIRE jffifff AND MONTFORT f IN PLEASING ASSORT£I MENT. /if NECK TIES WWJ
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      203 3 Radio SINGAPORE (BLlIf NETWORK) 10 a.m. Korean News and Emergency News; 10.45 For the Schools; 12 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. Heinz Alexander At the Capitol Hammond Organ; 1.30 Time Signal News; 1.45 Lunch time Prom; 2 For the Schools; 5 Programmes m Malay; 6.15 Programme Summary; 6.17 Young People's
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. April 4. 1951. Workers and T.B.
    586 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. April 4. 1951. Workers and T.B. ALLof us salute cour- age, and so everyone must have felt the deepest admiration lor thc young Singapore Chinese girl whose story the Free Press oublished yesterday. l**m years she lay en:n plaster of paris. m ital bed m
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    Why Do They Confess?
    1039 4 nere ts tne most convincing explanation 7 happens at Communist treason trials ,1 believe it to be true' Montgomery Hyde M.P. comments on a new book OETWEEN the two wars I paid a visit to Moscow. It was just after the trial of the British engineers
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    Cultivating a Desert
    159 4 JO CULTIVATE a desert seem an impossible task— but m Egypt they are trying to do it. For the past few weeks agricultural experts have been examining the Western desert battlefields with a view to placing some 600.000 acres under crops at a cost of some £15
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    New Records
    459 4 Eigar-Concerto m B Minor played by Heifeta (violin) and the London Symphony Orchestra (Sargent). HMV. DB 9533-37. A recording landmark though it was the old Elgar-Menuhin set was showing signs of wear and this is an excellent replacement. The work, one of the very few great violin concertoes.
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    Too Many Long Faces (says PRESTO)
    994 4 Too Many Long Faces (says PRESTO) Festival Hall funed -up "lITTLE Sir Echo" was mercilessly chased through the gleaming, luxurious new Royal Festival Hall recently when tests were made at a "tuning-up" concert. While the musicians m the orchestra tuned their instruments scientists were tuning the hall with screwdrivers. Wooden
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    FAMOUS TOMB FOUND
    205 4  - FAMOUS TOMB FOUND MARGARET GILRUTH By [Nth, fore Chi metropolis lay alQm aCe f a I Une^ limestone f shadowing the Nlle It neared reaches. Durir^' so have been the name aeologist neism, ha* t. is an Bgyptj dna, and i that the In Mentemhe- nd Mememhet. __g f been
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    M.C. WON'T ACCEPT $250 ALLOWANCE
    452 5 M.C. WON'T ACCEPT $250 ALLOWANCE Out of proportion to rate for Councillors Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH he favours the principle of the payment of an allowance to Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Mr. Yap X (.eck, a Nominated member of the Commission, will personally not accept the $200 a month which
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    FAR EAST PRESARIO
    13 5 FAR EAST PRESARIO ;,/M N'SKI. m no irr.ipt-r. m the t to I
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    SPCA MEETING: NO FURTHER ADJOURNMENT
    7 5 SPCA MEETING: NO FURTHER ADJOURNMENT I h
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    GOVT WARNED
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    New Federation housing scheme
    83 5 A ONE-AND-A-HALF million dollat Federal housing: scheme for Selangor may be s'arted shortly. Plans are now being worked out. It is not yet possible to ascertain how many houses can be built under this scheme. It will depend on the physical nature of the sites selected,
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    TWO 16 YEAR OLDS WERE THE KEENEST
    333 5 Chinese adult classes open Free Press Staff Reporter IirHEN the Chinese adult classes sponsored by the Singapore Chinese Schools' Conference commenced on Monday night, two students who showed most keenness to study their mother tongue were Low Yee Lum and Lim Teck Guan,
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    18 5 BELOW: Mr. Koh Chin Tens while the bride .s the saw*- jgrtfr? iS2 Hoon Noi and the JBJJJ-J-
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    People in UK, are 'friendly'
    7 5 DOUGLAS CLUNIES-ROSS
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    Scholarship winner back
    139 5 Free Press Staff THE extensive network or 1 England's postal services, the system of education, the technical schools, and tne mendliness of the people -who were always willing to help- were the things that most impressed former CoTony sportsman. Douglas rlunies-Ross, wno returned 2 Sin-apre yesterday from
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    Small-pox in Haiphong
    24 5 I:lform S U _Sc exists Ti^Hafpahong that smallP 0X < n f PP ted $Sch is declared an <nfeetea place. SSTSUSB Sl*W*«^
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    Labourers popular, but Amahs luckier
    130 5 Labourers popular, but Amahs luckier Free Press Staff Reporter LABOURERS beat the amahs m popularity at the Labour Department's Employment Exchange last month there being 870 requests for them as against 380 for the amahs. But of the many vacancies for labourers the Exchange only managed to supply 149. Those
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    Mrs. MacDonald returns
    53 5 Carrying 15-month-old baby, Fiona. MRS. MacDONALD, wife of the CommissionerGeneral, steps off the gangway of the Willem Ruys m Singapore yesterday. Behind are 8-year-old Elizabeth .fane Rowley. Mrs. MacDonald's daughter by her first marriage, Mrs. Tan Chin Tuan. Mr. Mac Donald and Lady Gimson, wife of th-
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    GARDAIN HUNTERS AT ROBINSON'S
    25 5 picture Birgai hunters crowded into Robinson's, m Rallies Place, again yesterday— the second day of the stores annual sale. Free Press
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    'CIVIC LOYALTY —YESTERDAY AND TODAY'
    146 5 'CIVIC LOYALTY —YESTERDAY AND TODAY' Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore V.M.C.A. has arranged for a series of three talks, entitled "Civic Loyalty, Yesterday and Today," to be given by the Secretary for Public Relations. Mr. G. G. Thomson, on three consecutive Mondays, beginning on April 23. Mr Thomson will
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    HIGHER INCOME TAX RATE ON INCREASED COL ALLOWANCES!
    301 5 Free Press Staff Reporter M T WO Progressive Party candidates for Council v 1 John Laycock and Mr. N. A Mallal-said .^Tncre" the that, if they are re-elecUd. they would n B t C increased personal allowances granted on Income Tax pa>
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    A BISHOP MAKES HISTORY
    186 5 A WORLD WAR 1 pilot m the Royal Flying Corps and later m the infant Royal Air Force, the Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Maurice Harland, is due m Singapore tomorrow on a three-week visit to the RAF. m the Colony and the Federation and Hong Kong.
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    First Co-op store for Estate Labourers
    74 5 THE fir. t Co-Operative WOl c f«T estate labourers onh was opened on Mondkv by the Commissioner for Co-Ope^ tive Development. Mr. T. F. Carey, on the Prang Be<ar Estate m the K-jBDf distrirt ol Selangor. Sometimes referred to as "model estate. Prang Besar
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    Little Theatre production
    132 5 DONALD MOORE'S produc- tion of Christopher Fry famous comedy, "The Lady Not for Burning." will now. be staged at the Little Theatre m Armenian Street the first week m June. Staging of the play last December was postponed for various seasons. This comedy by Fry ha* been
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    95 5 Six k;H. and a *r«;lie, ttmm St. Hilda.. School. Sim; apt*.' i went <>n an educational tr.u» ye terdav to the Sultan Sho-P Ufhfl Kou«e. eißht mile* Sitfcapore. i They ai> *een on the oV< k o. 1 one'tf Ike Master Mt«n OHmcs launches mmfm*tßß »"t ,r lanrh on the
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    CEYLM OFFERS A SCHOLARSHIP
    30 5 A sons to SUM iI is bcin«z oiffen d i Goveriimeiu. it i Kuala Lumpur >c ir... .v. The \al« < <>' t;t RS l.fM tt, <i livinp
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      143 5 i J T~' uV*WmJr^ _^v_> Lml m\ Ti_£( JB— _B _^_M AT_ > E Jfefet^i_( HONGKOHG, BANGKOK, INDO-CH.HA, where exohc archi- land of ancien trading centre, a fcture and mysbc wooden brought Derfect holiday Oriental lasinabon within a lew hours place of glonoua prov.de a setting lhght b y regular
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    Fly's-wing clue led to boy killer
    1373 6 Fly's-wing clue led to boy killer i-'ABJAN OF THE YARD HEARS THE STORY OF THE BURGLAR WITH A GUN. Ex-Superintendent ROBERT FABIAN continues his tour of Britain, m which he spotlights brilliant, real-life detective stories cases which local police solved ivithout calling m Scotland Yard. JOHNNY CALDWELL removed Ms shoes
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    Argentina wants English League team
    167 6 MANCHESTER United now m second place m the I First Division of the English Football League, would be unable to accept an invitation to tour Argentina this summer, the secretary, Walter Crickmer, said yesterday. Commenting on reports from Buencs Aires that the Club might be
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    ROBINSON, THOMAS TO FIGHT IN LONDON
    265 6 A WORLD welterweight title fight between Ray m ("Sugar") Robinson and Britain's Eddie Thomas holder of the British, Empire and European titles, is a probability for June, m London. George Giflford. Robinson's manager, said that he had approached promoter Jack Solomons "ten days ago"
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    FIFA accepts affiliation of S'pore A.F.A
    110 6 FIFA accepts affiliation of S'pore A.F.A HTHE executive committee of n> ffi rT tbaH r I ;t dCr c a tion has **5 affiliation of the Singapore Amateur i C( 'Pt elation provisionally, pending th. ,tba IIW meeting m London next October xt The executive committee a; it* which ended
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    Chew Bee wins twice at Nice
    60 6 Urn* i new Bee (Malaya) was beaten m the third round of the men s singles m the international lawn tennis tournament at Nice yesterday. He lost to Benjrt Anelsson (Sweden). 1-6. 6-3, 5-7. The Malayan beat Mijjuel Mavra (Spain) m the first round
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    RICHARDS MAY RIDE IN AUSTRALIA.
    18 6 RICHARDS MAY RIDE IN AUSTRALIA. MELBOU Is champ m austral It SUch it is p may be Reuter
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    BIG FIELDS FOR Ist PAY'S RACES
    726 7 BIG FIELDS FOR Ist PAY'S RACES 9 horses not accepting By ALLAN LEWIS JUbLUb will be big on Saturday, the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting. At present only nine scratchings are known. Ihey are Sailing, Well Done, Braton, Hopalong, 4 ra,n A Admiral Wh y Worry,
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    A PAT FOR PLUTO
    33 7 picture. ipn pattir her SSMSt, Plato Up<»h Polo ;i..d iftei they had v jii the women's race over •t the Ked-ah (>vmkhana at Alor Star last Satttrd Free Press
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    Hock Leng wins at Bournemouth
    162 7 INt; Ho k I eng. the Singapore badminton mi, won the Bournemouth men's singles nd d m a cable received m Singam Hock Lens: himself. In winning accounted for David and Eddie [-England men's doubles champions. ther Peng And viid not tufa channel cv Mr.
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    Pan-Malayan participation in athletics
    103 7 Pan-Malayan participation in athletics A FTER two hours of friendly discussion at an informal meeting between officials representing Singapore and Federation Amateur Athletic Associations at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday, agreement was reached as far as athletics was concerned that future representation m international sports competitions should be on a
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
    34 7 The Aided Indian schools' athletic sports will be held at the Rangoon Road English School ground on Saturday. April 7. at 3 p.m. Mrs. P. Govindasamy Pillai will gw« away the prizes.
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    Rees, Faulkner to play here
    44 7 BRITISH Golfers Dai Rees and Max Faulkner will play at the Island Club on Friday (3.45 p.m.). Rees and the Island professional, Jack Hodgkinson. will play Faulkner and McEwan, the R.S.G.C. professional. Tickets can be obtained on the course.
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    67 7 TODAY'S SPORT SOCCER: Div. 1: Chinese Casuals v S.R.C. at stadium; Div. 3A: Marine DepL v Social A.P. at Gevlang; Div. 3B: Hotspurs v S. Medical W. V. at C.V.M.A.; Bus. Houses Lge. A: Fraser Neave v Malayan Breweries at F M; Bus. Houses Lge. B: Straits Times
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    BANK WIN 6-0
    25 7 Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Lrounced Stme Darby Sports Club six-nil m a Business House League •A" game at the Breweries Ground yesterday.
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    30 7 picture. Ja We'uta <t«ft) ***** ai )j tead tir*™ I? Ga-dner m tnrir European heavyweight chamr/ien fight at Earl's Court, London, on March 27. Gardner won on points. Topical Press
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    PEGASUS IN FOR £5,000 PROFIT
    227 7 PEGASUS IN FOR £5,000 PROFIT From a Special Correspondent THOSE mid-century Corinthians. Pegasus, are taking a large sHce of the big money hi amateur soccer today The run that has taken this combined University side to the Amateur Cup final means that they should clear at least £5,000 on the
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    Georgians' fixtures in S'pore
    128 7 Georgians' fixtures in S'pore rjUE to arrive m Singa- Pore next Tuesday, a cricket and a soccer team from King George V School, Seremban, will be meeting local school sides during their week's stay. The visitors will leave on April 16. They wUI be patting up at Raffles Institution during
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    55 7 picture. Puliu Brani's inside-left, Ahmad Yusoff, takes a flying kick at the ball with the ffrace of a hurdler. But S.C.C. goalkeeper, Be h rends (left), is taking no chances. Behrends stopped this one from Yusoff m Monday's First Division League match at Jalan Besar. Pul*»u Brani won by two
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    Rovers move up to fifth place
    459 7 Rovers S.C. 4; Amicable A.A 1 VJLfITH A comfortable four-one win yesterday, Rovers have moved up from ninth place to fifth m the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League Rover* have now joined the leaders m the race for 1951 honours. Rovers had little
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    Shell defence gives way
    64 7 1^ 7 EAK defence by Shell S.C. was partly responsible for their four-two defeat at the hands of Pulau Bukom m a Business House "A" League soccer match on the padang yesterday. Pulau Bukom's outside-left. Hamid bin Ma'of. scored three of his team's goals. The other
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    Guthries win
    35 7 GUTHRIES Sporu Club defeated Bata S.C. by two goals to nil yesterday at St. George's Road m a Business Houses "B" League soccer match. Chan Sam Weng and Rees were scorers for Guthries.
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    Rugby results
    30 7 PENZANCE and N.-vlyn drew aith CardVT m a Rugby Union sa'jrie yesterday, both sides scoring three points. Dewsburv trounced Castleford 16-5 m a Rugby League fixture. Reuter A.P.
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    TITLE FIGHT
    29 7 Heavyweight champion E2zard Chares and Jightheavyweigtot champion Joey Maxim are due to meet m a 15-round bout for the heavyweight title nt Chicago Stadium on May 30.
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    R.A.F. teams draw in hard-fought game
    341 7 UNITED SERVICES LEACUE SOCCER RAF. Changi 1; RAF. (M.U.) I Royal Ai_ Force Changi had a slight advantage over RAF. Maintenance Units m yesterday's United Services League soccer match at Changi, but both sides put so much into the game that a one- nil
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    3 late goals for R.E.M.E.
    73 7 3 late goals for R.E.M.E. RE.M.E. proved too sti lor R.A PC m tl r United Bei flees league m encount< r ysterdav at Row croft sports ground. Playing one ol their n impressive ma'cht-s this son. R.EM E. were held until the final tea minutes. Tl n R.E.M E
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    MORE BURDENS FOR THE PEOPLE
    292 8 Women wanted for industry LONDON, Wednesday. THE British people were warned by the government yesterday that they must shoulder still more burdens to prevent the rearmament programme from bringing post-war recovery to a standstill. This reminder that Britain's struggles have brought her nearly to the
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    Icebergs as air bases?
    42 8 ISLANDS of floating; ice 20 miles wide near the North Pole are being; suggested by army officers with Arctic experience as sites for air bases. Picked crews are n*>w spending a week on a floe testing "survival equipment."
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    Australia wants Jap arms limit
    171 8 CANBERRA. Wed. AUSTRALIAN Externa .Affairs Minister. Mr. Percy Spender, declared last night that Australia would continue to press for specific 1 clauses m the Japanese peace treaty to prevent any possibility of Japan's rearming for aggression. Ho told reporters that two main dangers to Australia
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    AIRLINER 'NOT SABOTAGED'
    68 8 The United States Th.. j a\ir Division m London yesterday denied it suspec sabotage of the 80-ton G.obemaster plane with 5i men eve:- raid-Atlantic or. Good Friday. Tiie iour-engined Globemasier, one of the world's largest air transport type m cc, disappeared on a Bight norn Limestone, Maine,
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    SHE LOST PET IN CRASH
    217 8 LONDON, Wednesday. r ADI WRIGHT, horsewoman wife of Lord Wright of Durley, one time Master of the Rolls, has lost her pet— a biff chestnut hunter which followed her like a dog, rang his stable bell, and did many tricks His name was Gold Dust.
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    BISHOP TOURS FAR EAST
    50 8 The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Rev. M. H. Harland. left by air yesterday for a flying tour of Royal Air Force stations m the Far East. He will visit stations m Singapore. Malaya. Hong Kong and Ceylon. Karachi, travelling m Royal Air Force planes. Reuter
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    FLYERS KILLED
    24 8 A civil training plane cf the Misr Flying School crashed near Port Said yesterday killing three of the E_vntinn youths aboard A.P.
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    H.K. MONEY
    26 8 Yesterday's closing quotations on the Hong Kong money exchange market were HK56.035-6.065 per US$l HK 15.40 per sterling HK$3l9 per tael of gold.— U.P
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    Tall dog story
    45 8 oW____Ste0 W ____Ste «r°*l m re th fifteen inches hi a t the J™.* er are l°_ pay a 5 -a-year tax m Natal sheenbreeding area?. This ends a five-year search for ?he legal definition of a dog which can kill sheep
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    Plane circled and circled
    395 8 TROUBLE OVER LONDON LONDON, Wednesday. TT was a plane passenger's nightmare. They were all set to land, but tbe plane kept circling, kept circling, kept circling and along came the radio officer and said "Trouble. This happened to ten men and 16 women holidaymakers m a
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    HAWKER TEST PILOT KILLED
    74 8 Squadron Leader Trevor S. (Wimpeyt Wade, well-known jet plane pilot, was killed yesterday after parachuting from a plane near Lewes, In Sussex. Wade. 31. was chief test pilot of the Hawker Aircraft Company. He took off from Farnborough m a P-1081. the latest Hawker jet fighter.
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    GETTING WORSE
    26 8 The U.S. High Commissioner for Austria, Mr. Walter J Donnelly, said yesterday he was "very concerned"' about the rapidly deteriorating economic situation m Austria
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    44 8 DOLLAR DRAW— The Ocean Monarch. Britain's latest 'ideal ship', will be used on the New York-Bermuda run to carry American tourists. Costing £2,500.000 and accommodating: 430 passengers, the Ocean Monarch has successfully just completed her trials. She was built b y Vickers-Arm-strongs at Newcastle.
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    INDIA 'IS NOT HOSTILE'
    270 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. THE State Department, m an effort to speed Congressional action on the Administration's India famine measure, issued a lengthy background memorandum yesterday denying charges that India is unfriendly to the United States and has not really tried to help herself. The memorandum was also
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    SHOT HIMSELF
    38 8 Major George CornwallisWest, aged 76 author and playwright, who married the widowed mother of Mr. Winston Churchill, shot himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed by ill health, a London corner recorder' yesterday. Reuter
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    IMPROVEMENT IN STOCKS MAINTAINED
    147 8 l wimmmmmm*********m^ London Stock Exchange RECENT improvements m the Stock Exchange generally were maintained and occasionally of trade at the end of account, states Reuter's financial correspondent. British Government stocks, however eased after being fractionally higher on renewpri rfpmnnH for longer dated issues* but the™ w^SfffSS
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