The Singapore Free Press, 12 April 1951

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    MOVE TO IMPEACH TRUMAN
    639 1 Mac Arthur plans to tell Congress his side of the story Sacking starts bitter political battle WASHINGTON, Thursday. v y\>\ BLICAN leaders at a secret meeting yesterday discussed the R possibility of trying: to impeach President Truman for firing U Arthur. Ikpubtkans assembled m the office
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    MacArthur will still get his pay
    181 1 MacArthur will still get his pay WASHINGTON, Thurs. A it OH relieved of all umands. General Irthur will continue to pa\ and allow- ie> .uni will be subject I rs of his military Mpfriai n until he dies. five-star rank are Their salary .illou ances total C6.lt! a year) quently
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    12 1 ods train from v derailed this n Simpang i Bakap.
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    SHARES DOWN BY $1,000,000,000
    51 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. AN estimated 51,000,000.000 was sliced off stock market values m all Street following the news of the dismissal. Sales of so-called "war issues" were heavy Observers felt that Gen. ivlacArthur's removal might serve to open the way for talks on a Korean peace
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    'Stunning blow' to Chiang's men
    342 1 PHINESE Nationalist officials m Formosa regard Gen Mac Arthur's dismissal as a stunning blow to their cause. Representative O. K. Armstrong. Republican, m Formosa after visiting Gen. MacAnhur and U.S. troops m Korea, called the dismissal the -'greatest victory for Communism since the fall of
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    NEWS MADE THE COLONEL WEEP
    745 1 From SYDNEY SMITH WASHINGTON, Thursday. A GIGANTIC figure and American institution has disappeared overnight. Army officers told me that the betting against the President's action yesterday would have been "a thousand to one against." I .1 i"M The story behind the President's decision, his unusual
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    MacA's AIDE ASKS TO BE RETIRED
    40 1 TOKYO. Thurs. MAJOR-General Courtney: Whitney, one of General Mac Arthur's right hand men. announced today that he has requested retirement from active duty so that he can leave Tokyo with Gen. Mac Arthur— A.P.
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    'STORMY' BIG 4 SESSION
    42 1 The Big Four deputy Foreign Ministers had a "stormy" five-hour session In Paris yesterday. There were no new proposals. The deputies once again failed to come m sight of agreement on an agenda for a Foreign Ministers meeting.
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    BEHIND WIRE
    13 1 At least 223 former German generals and admirals are s<a.- A.P.
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    M.P. ASKS ABOUT S'PORE ARRESTS
    110 1 LONDON, Thurs\ay. MR. STANLEY Awbery, Labour, asked m the House of Commons yesterday how many of the men arrested m Singapore iv January as suspected Communists were still d?tained. He also asked when they would be brought for trial. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths,
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    GERMANS GET BIG TANKER ORDER
    53 1 GERMANS GET BIG TANKER ORDER The Howaldt shipyard m Hamburg has received an order from "a Pan-American shipping line" to build the world's largest tanker. The tanker, to have a capacity of 40,000 tons with turbine engines totalling 17.500 h.p.. and a speed of 16 knots, is to be completed
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    18 NEW RED DIVISIONS IN N. KOREA
    201 1 1 8 NEW RED DIVISIONS IN N. KOREA WASHINGTON, Thurs. T'HE U.S. ARMY said yesterday that 18 new Chinese Communist divisions hay." been moved Into North Korea from Manchuria since April 3. This would mean an additional 180,000 Chinese Red troops m Korea, if the divisions are up to full
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    Riot reports next month
    63 1 LONDON, Thurs. THE Singapore Riot Commission's report on the I December riots should be m I the hands of Sir Franklin Gimson. the Governor, early In May. Sir Lionel Leach, chairman of the Commission, is busy m London putting the finishing touches to the report. It
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    LAU RELIEF FUND $670
    64 1 The Lav Relief Fund stands at $670.00 this morning, with the addition of 11 donations totalling $147.00 m the past 24 hours. Latest donors are: Anonymous $5, Kobert Chan $5, Anonymous $10, Ms. Kota Nica $20. anonymous $20, anonymous $5, S. M. Lee $2. Rosaline Chua
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    No change in policy on Korea
    291 1 No change in policy on Korea WASHINGTON, Thursd.iv DIPLOMATIC officials said yesterday that I ncr policy declaration on Korea was "being: expedited" m the wake of Gen. Douglas MacArthur m dismissal. The new declaration would be the < United States and United Nations moves to end the Korean war without
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    RUBBER DELEGATES NAMED
    81 1 RUBBER DELEGATES NAMED LONDON Thurs. A BRITISH Colonial Depend' Territor c delegation tv the Huh Study Group will atten 3th meeting which < m Rome on April I Sir Gerrard &aii*ofl arill lead the British Codonial legation and Mr Btrntfm Waddington will be the ol delegate. Advisers ail Tuan Sheikh
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    STOP PRESS U.S. 'tries to avoid war'
    62 1 STOP PRESS U.S. 'tries to avoid war' WASHINGTON. Ti J>RKSIf>f:NT Truman today thai I \S Jfmm m the Far Fast wjs de>ign ed to prevent a third wor.<i war. "So far it has bei-.i successful." he said tn broadcast to the natio It would he wrong tragically wrorif* for I'nited
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    SECRET U.N. PEACE TALKS OPEN
    249 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Thurs. rpHE removal, of General 1 Mac Arthur touched off secret talks m the United Nations yesterday on possible peace moves by tne U.N or Red China. But there was no hint that Red China was ready to talk peace. Nascorliah Entezam, of
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    Matapan Hero Tells His Tale
    939 2 IT was on March 28, 1941, that Admiral Cunningham, flying] his flag m the battleship Warspite, engaged numerically I superior Italian forces off Cape Matapan, Greece. Three T i Italian cruisers and two destroyers were sunk, and many more T vessels severely damaged without any
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    PEOPLE
    153 2  -  JON HOPE By HAROLD LAYCOCK was assistant editor of Brltsi All y -the Foreign Russian language r that used to circulate .nd the ne.ghbourhood of Kremlin Since he quit I I r Marylebone. Layi n has been busy at his .vriter He tells me that the result of his
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    234 2 DORN today, you are sometimes rather slow to make up your mind hut once your decision is made, it is irremovable. The *tars have given you many talenU and yon may have difficulty m selecting a career since you find It so easy to do so many
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    Glum? It's Been As Bad Before
    560 2  - Glum? It's Been As Bad Before SIR CHARLES PETRIE by A distinguished historian looks back, finds a lesson for today -I HAVE lived to see things all as bad as they can be." This remark was not made yesterday by an elderly gentleman m a West End club, but by
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    62 2 •JHEN. the Biitish people relused to be-ieve thai things were as bad as the experts toJd them. They were very angry with the politicians whom* they considered responsible, as they showed at the General Election which put Pitt In power, but they never lesi confidence m themselves. Anybody who feels
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    Strange, Absorbing
    755 2 Strange, A bsorbing PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m the U.K. SHADOWS Move Among Them is one of the oddest and most original modern English novels that I have read for a very long while. The author, Edgar Mittelholzer, comes from New Amsterdam, m British Guiana, an outpost of Empire
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    23 2 Bette Davis, the film aetre-, s'j, on the set at NeUle.Vd sum where she is making "Another Man Poison rill, her husband, looks
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    QUICK LOOKS
    52 2 The Hunt for the Burn, toy Ralph Izzard. <Hodder and ■hton). Recommended reading loners of adventure itones. The graphic account of a hunt for a prehistoric yi.uiial'.egt d to fia. i lighted m tht Himalcycn regions. The Case of Comr.. Tdayev, by Victor S< (Famish Hamilton Reconstruct -on
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      288 2 POEIRY I The Voice of Pcetvy 1930-1950 by f < B One Hundied Yca.s cf Enql sh i B Complete Works cf Shakcspcrc liiusr.-jtcc M The Works of William SSakcsperc I The Poetical Works of Shelley B The Poetical Works of Tennyson B The Poetical Works of Keats B The
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      55 2 Solution To Crossword No* 32-4 ACROSS: C.*Cen.re. 7, Forward Agenda. 9. Femes-. 11, Gasv. c.rks. 14, Her. 15, Aye. 16, Over,!ayr,. 19, Instant. 20. Lif cd. 21, Secrete. 22. Sprats. Down: 1, Pi;krr. 2, Swinger. 3, Crass. 4. Edgeways, 5. Tenure. 6. Elapse. 10. Earliest. 12. Oysters 13. Moulds. 14,
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      196 2 IrT^w Crossword Wo. %%5 m rr b—| |4~i p rr :n_i±_: baßpUj-B. g nssaai B Bt 3 naaa____ i _B^l ig j l6 i ,9 i II I I ■1■ i .*.*s 1. Uz c a lj.e hi s fellow men (11); 7. Sn'p's prepress (7); 8. Cockatoo'! tail a
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    NAPALM RAINS ON VIETMINH
    401 3 NAPALM RAINS ON VIETMINH Whole sections burned alive r>LA7ivr ii- HANOI, Thursday. nTn^S K JeII !f d petrol from American-made GenerSnSmn m v J****** havoc with Vietminh N»SS_SfeiI N^ yen ia P's Communist-led themS* in S L StanC forces wh «*ever they expose nVuTisl l^ti n on aSSaU,tS n thh
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    16 3 a»:ai the Maw of tour of ihe Midlands. Above them „yah is the Queen with the
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    HE CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT WAR
    178 3 HE CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT WAR BIRMINGHAM, Thurs. ex-R.A.F. man told a conscientious objectors' tribunal of the years he spent as a prisoner of the Japanese. It saved him from being called up as a Class G t retertlst. Kenneth Rodger is 38 now. He joined up as an RAF.
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    24 3 GENERALS COMTEK General Mac Arthur confers with an unidentified general on his final visit to the front line m Korea as United Nations C.-in-C.
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    Bridge Hand
    219 3 ..-Cray tl era! on- ihe N rU D Q J .nd c pens c Cub, vhleh i b.d of One a red I th Ore > Dftaamdl •y players •->ndit:ona''y I, but Sou:h One-ove-- j st's intervention. I his par.ner h:m w.'h far ■h In Clubs. it his
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    BELGIANS GET 'ULTIMATUM'
    63 3 The ECA authorities m Belgium ofTiciairy announced h?re Wednesday that the Belgian Government has been given until April 30 to rectify the diversion of ECA aid from Greece. A Bei^an court has attached U557,000,000 of ECA aid to Greece deposited m a Brussels bank to cover an
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    Truman hands out a rebuff
    62 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT Truman has given a pointed rebuff to American Legion Commander Erie Cocke, Jr., supporter of General Mac Arthur m the row over Far East policy. Cocke had an apnointment to lay his views before Mr. Truman, but the Whi'e House cancelled it.
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    VOICE IN CELL STOPS EXECUTION
    227 3 VOICE IN CELL STOPS EXECUTION PARIS, Thursday. A« innocent man waiting m his death c m the Sante, the notorious Paris prison, to guillotined for murder, heard the voice of the r<_ killer m a neighbouring cell. He called a guard and was brought before the prison director. After his
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    NO ARMS APPEAL
    21 3 The Yugoslav Ministry of Information has denied puoltehed reports that V.. slavia has asked the West for arms.
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    BUCKLEY
    7 3 BUCKLEY ABHORS APRIL 0 SHOWERS I"
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    He 'sentenced hens for life'
    54 3 LONDON, Thurs. JtyJR Charles Edmund Garner, who pioneered the battery system of egg production m Britain, has died at Weedon, Northants. He was 75. He copied the idea from the U.S., and began making batteries of small cages m 1925. He was accused of sentencing
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    Pig glands exported
    63 3 MELBOURNE. Thurs. PIG glands for manufacture of the mtra**'' are only one of Australia's odd exports. CKhere ua.e included: Fowls' foe: ftwof-ps) fcHone- Kon rr "i^s' fl?? .c case), for Port of Spain; prayflsh tails, m ev«_ry u**-ca-bound ship; eucalyptus leaves and branches <*28 bales), for Boston;
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    COW WAS BAIT
    46 3 Well baited with poison, a specially slaughtered cow was responsible for the death of a notorious din c ne?r Busselton, West Australia. The dingo inspected the cow but would not touch it. He went back for another inspection and stepped into snare.- Reuter
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    Judges to die for corruption
    113 3 Judges to die for corruption HONG KONG. Thurs. THE .Snanghaj au:.\ on Maxell 31 tenia two judges of the peo rt Lo death for cor. up and executed anoth' "counter revo'utiona April J, ar> to p Commnr.LV i reaching Kon-* X' The i who were described as former < OBcla
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      134 3 MftrHj^e-fg Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya AAANDAA«E GESTL'AES-THt GUn\ I KEEP YOUR tYfe-- AND Hf I I THOUGHT SO/ WORKS LIKE A ■Rn—Ml a__l_flßW_?___ seems ro change into a-- your fist-- on them, W,/, bicycle/ this is your moving T WORDS' i 1 I 1 LOTHAR, WHILE!
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      197 3 Radio SINGAPORE •81.l r- NETWORK) 10 am. Emergency News from KuaJa Lumpur; 12 Programmes m Malay; 1 p.m. Light Music Medley; 1.30 Time Signal and News: 1.45 Gene Krupa Orchestra; 2 Close; 5 Programmes m Malay: 6.15 Programme Summary; 6.17 Calling All Hospitals with requests for patients; 7 Time Signal,
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. April 12. 1951. MacA— the battle goes on
    416 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. April 12. 1951. MacA— the battle goes on A:, Intolerable situation ig been ended by Kesident Truman. Having tailed to silence c -neral Mac Arthur by akes and directives, 1..- has taken the only p possible stripped him of all his Far Eastern commands Jership
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    THE FAMOUS STONE CROPS UP AGAIN
    72 4  - THE FAMOUS STONE CROPS UP AGAIN Cummings by t "At least, Jones, 1 m the Iron Curtain t countries there's I always a British j Consulate to es- t cape to m case of j trouble." J (Scottish Nationalist feelings have been arous--4 ed by reports that t arrests are
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    THE MOSCOW SCENE
    299 4 THE MOSCOW SCENE AS dusk falls over Moscow, five red stars are lit up and gleam, like great carved rubies, against the night, at steeple-height or so above the city. They surmount five of the towers of the Kremlin wall— towers that once held high above the ancient capital the
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    Russia's KREMLIN
    522 4 Russia' s KREMLIN Seat of all power m the Soviet, described by CYRIL RAY circuit of that outer wall— a triangular mile and a quarter, through the Red Square, past the ponderously severe modernity of Lenin's tomb ana the architectural fantasy that is St. Basil's Cathedral, along the Mos.kwa river,
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    It Seems To Me...
    621 4  - It Seems To Me. POLITICO By LIVERY racegoer who has ever dreamt of backing winner after winner will be interested m a story published m the London press recently abotit a tipster who, try as he would, could not find a loser. The story was told at London Sessions when
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    The MAGINOT LINE is in the news
    919 4 The MAGINOT LINE is in the news SMARTLY uniformed aide any day now will place a thick file on General Dwight D. Eisenhower's desk m his office overlooking the Arc de Tricmphe. The rile will bear -the words "Top Secret: Maginot Line." After eleven years the famed Maginot Line is
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    They are able to relax here
    379 4 They are able to relax here A British newspaper Has recently criticised iy Elizabeth's advisers for, among other thin?** 11 lowing her to be away from Britain and her chUri for 11 weeks while holidaying m Malta, whe/ sailor husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, is statio Lionel Crane, reporting the
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    MEW COUNCILLORS TELL THE PEOPLE...
    609 5 MEW COUNCILLORS TELL THE PEOPLE... for Progressive Party SHALL NOT FAIL YOU M who A tSk _££__J1 h3V R rr,essa e for this *ectorate-tho*e who Itated ml ™h*£ gCt tht?ms v <* registered as voters and -t h eiecled me and other members who are not registered voters. anyway? not
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    CHIEF OF BLOOD PLASMA FIRM
    23 5 CHIEF OF BLOOD PLASMA FIRM I AS VSHER, of Dexa firm which I plaswta been, arrived Tuesday by '-c course of Free Press
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    MALAYA AT YOUTH LEADERS' COURSE
    73 5 YOUTH leaders from India, Ceylon. Malaya and Africa, totalling about fifty men and women, are attending the fifth annual residential course organised by the National Association of Girls" Clubs and Mixed Clubs at Wtsthill Training College. Birmingham. The course lasrs one week and consists of
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    Theosophical Society
    27 5 There will be a discussion on "Problems of Spiritual Life" at a oublic meeting a: the Theosophical Society. 8. Cairnhill Road, at 6.30 p.m today.
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    COMPORT AFTER FOUR YEARS
    125 5 For the first lime m t\>ur years \<">;erda\, Madam I.au. the Singapore paralytic and destitute woman whose plight has aroused widespread sympathy, slept m a comfortable spring bed m Ward 16 of the General Hospital (above). An ambulance brought her and her husband Ng Siang Hua,
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    FOUR MORE CLASSES FOR ADULT CHINESE
    219 5 Free Press Staff Reporter EX)l T R more classes for adult Chinese will be opened by the Singapore Chinese Schools' Conference following: the encouraging response from Chinese illiterates m the Colony to the 11 classes which were started last week. j Two of the
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    Will someone oblige?
    75 5 MRS. Marjorie Topley, the newly appointed lady Curator of Anthropology at Raffles Museum and Library, told the Free Press yesterday that she teas interested m getting m touch with anybody who could supply her with information on Chinese women's religious organization work. Mrs. Topley is now making
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    VARSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
    23 5 About sixty Pcrak students are sitting for a three-day University of Malaya entrance examination which began m three centres yesterday.
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    'CHAOTIC TRAFFIC CONDITIONS'
    234 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE failure of the Singapore Government to take action on the report of the Parking Committee has largely contributed to the chaotic traffic conditions and the appalling accident statistics prevailing m the Colony, says the Traffic Advisory Committee m its annual review for
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    First post-war German ship arrives in S'pore
    43 5 picture. The first German vessel to rail at Sir ga pore since the war is the 4,700-ton freighter Mai R.ckni.rs. (above) discharging cargo m the Outer Roads yes-er-day. Bclnw is her Virwi Fianx Ahl.- Free Press
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    2 Govt. actions: 'benevolence & niggardliness'
    626 5 2 Govt. actions: 'benevolence niggardliness' Free Press Staff Reporter TPWO Singapore Government actions have caused A happiness, on the one hand* and extreme heartburning, on the other, to Chinese volunteers and their friends. They concern the transfer of $2,929 to the Straits Chinese British Association Volunteer Memorial Fund and a
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    SCBA HAS A SCHEME FOR NEXT ELECTIONS
    268 5 I ree Presa Stall Reporter T*Ht SLraiU 1 hrnewt British Association is going to pat into pt.irti(f al it* next meeting t«» held shortly, a scheme it has di» curved and adopted lo rejci-*rr" voters for elections m Singapore." Mr T. H On*.
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    OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF NEW COUNCIL
    78 5 THE foil v. .11 t official i new Count H E t!i< nor nklin G nial Becretarj Mr P L. he; th<* At ton- I .tl. Mr. E J 1)... i rial S< ci lor i/ig.t' I »f Munic pal Coin Wan fu Id tS
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    Variety show
    23 5 11:- t at (he jii .ud of it. 1 V H< rw i ceo. Ol I): dfii ii < Tliere will i
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    BELLA MARIE A STYLISH WINNER
    811 6  - BELLA MARIE A STYLISH WINNER ALLAN LEWIS Made opposition look moderate By lIAVING her first race m Malaya, Bella Marie n made the opposition look very moderate m the fourth race (CI. 2, Div. 2— 6 F.) at Bukit Timah yesterday, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting.
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    Recovery makes amends for first day's defeat
    441 6 OECOVEKY II made amends for his fixst-run defeat when he scored rather X easily m the fifth race (CI. 3. Div. 1-6 F.) yesterday Taking charge after travel nsr a furlon- Recovery was never m danger of defeat afterwards and Sfi^l&liS&iK-aMfcNMta tail-end of
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    Y.M.C.A. tennis
    74 6 A^.G.B. Pakir and H. KhamJ won yesterday's men's doubles semi-final m the V.M.C.A. tennis tournament. They beat Lim Hee Chii. ->nd M. K. San 6—B. 8— r > 6 —4. In a hard-fought match. T^OTA Raja "A" beat Rocklites by one goal to nil In a S.A.F.A. Div.
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    Yesterday's Bukit Timah race finishes
    97 6 avACI 3: Best L.. (Crowe] ..prints a\r ar: Class 2. D 2? 1 field to win drawing r fre-i Carra 0,.. and Ww»*!s r Lad rJ>. Luc ft r (Woor^) was fom-f* Ay Jta c SfcOW (Tulloh come^with a sirs! to b.at Neptune's Daajfr'^r (J.
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    English cricket 'on way back'
    341 6  -  ARCHIE QUICK By f AST week I had the opportunity at a cricket quiz m Brighton of talking to some famous old-timers and some players of the present generation. Men of the past like Jack Hobbs, Maurice Tate. Patsy Hendren and Herbert Strudwick what a
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    Aavunces in home issues
    122 6 Aavunces in home issues I ~^H London Stock Exchanit] _____R_RIRRRR__RR_RR__IRR___J LONDON 1 U/ITH Britain's budget proposal expected many sections of the were buoyant yesterday, si rr*s finaii correspondent. Sharp advances In home 1 unaccompanied by a marked i: business but relief was expr a dividend limitation le^islatn capital gains tax.
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    BURGIN GETS BEATING
    22 6 BURGIN GETS BEATING RAY I B mom I who for B Bur. knoc k gui". he thou ped of the 27ti A.P.
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      66 6 Big Sweep results BIG Sweep drawn on race seven yesterday resulted as follows: Total Pool $493,277 Ist No. *****7 ($221,974) 2nd No. *****0 ($110,987) 3rd No. *****0 (S 61,659) Starters ($5,138 each) Nos. *****2, *****5. *****9. *****6. *****6. *****5. *****8. *****3. *****1, *****7, *****1. *****5. Consolation (53.699. each) Nos. *****8.
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      40 6 Chances missed galore were missed J by both teams when Rot—•iam Sports Club beat Bat a Club by the only goal ored m yesterday's SA.F.A 'sinjess House 3B League er match at Police ;T*ainV School. ~":tterdam.'3 pentro-for-:a\ Komlnc, was re-:pj:
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    Kluan GES teams back from tour
    80 7 AN'G. Thurs. be Government 'hoot, Kluang. low immediased for the idays and is with pupils at Pilah and Sega*o Kluang on .tn enjoyable their matches ball Ist XI 3 2nd XI drew I st 39 -46 2 0 Football Ist 2nd XI lost ball
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    SCC start well but lose 4-2
    48 7 rt m scored two s Sin- :.> ed out cable A v. m ye<R mich 1 o. second > up fcvir replied hron Chip ban when ho ranee lc m the er\al Club dehold out the rank In the t.ht Ah irtli h scrimmage
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    RAF Changi teams
    118 7 RAF Changi teams _£J AP. Changi team lor their Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament fixture against s.RC. on the Padam* on Sunday W 11 a.m. will be: Ft.-Lt. Barton .capt.) Ft.-Lt. Buckland, Bt -Lt Siapley. F O Cosh. Sgt. Burton. i, Hutchinson Cpl. Buchanan. I-AC Hopkins. LAC Fitzpatrick. I AC
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    TODAY'S SPORT
    59 7 SOC'CF.R: Div. 1: Indonesians v t hine>e Casuals at stadium; Div S: S.H.B.R.t v Cheerful Lads al BODCA; Div. 3B: Customs t'.M.Y.A. at C.evlang; Business H>e. Lge. A: 1i r. eo Motors v Shell at V.M.C.A. Business Hse. Lge. B: Nrderland Trading v Straits Times at Farrer Park:
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    ANOTHER GOOD GALLOP BY DECANTER
    439 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS Gal way Greer also impresses By n 7 ,7, for his engagement yesterday, riaMk r (C owe) showed tha he h quite all 1 A y T< lt hng off three furlongs m 37| seconds on the second grass track, which was m
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    Jaffa, Jimmy in useful trial
    256 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By JAFFA (Farad), Golden Grove (J. Donnelly) and Jimmy (Tait) provided an interesting gallop over three furlongs which they covered m 39 4 5 sees, on the training track this morning. There was little between the three horses at the finish. Blue Print
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    VON CRAMM WINS IN ROME
    77 7 QERMANVS Gottfried von Cnimm defeated Sweden's young star. Bengj Axelsson, 2-6. 6-3. 6-0. 6-3; and the American acts. Budge Patty and Dick Savitt. eliminated their Italian opponents m Rome's international tennis tourney yesterday. Patty won over Luciano Luchetti 6-2. 7-5. 6-2 while Savitt ousted Giuliano
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    Australia's swimmers to the fore
    160 7 JF ALL leading Australian swimmers are available they are likely to figure prominently m events at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Two possible gold medal winners are m America. John Marshall, who is studying at Yale, has broken several world records there from 200 metres to
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    WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    413 7 WEIGHTS FOR SA TURD A Y WVTEIGHTS for all nine races for Saturday, third and last day of the Singapore Turf Club's April meeting, are: CR. ft, Div. 1— Abt. 6F. Beet B«t 9.00 Lough Carra 8.13 Ganvbar Melayu 8.11 Bella Marie 8.10 Liberty Flaff* 8.08 Decant A 8.07 Wonder
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    S'PORE SCHOOLS XI ARE CONFIDENT
    272 7 4 FTER their convincing twoA one win over University yesterdOJ, Singapore Combined Schools XI are very confident that they will score yet another victory when they meet Johore English Schools Combined XI at Victoria School ground on Saturday. The schoolboys have every reason to be
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    Sudan takes the lead
    40 7 picture Judan, cleverly ridden by McCloud, forces ahead half-way U p the home straight to win from Hircourt (No. 12) (Farad) and Perverse (No. 11) (Spencer) |n the seventh race at Bukit rimah yesterday/ Free Press
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    Varsity team outplayed
    342 7 Combined Schools 2; I'niversity 1. SINGAPORE Schools Combined XI were a very lively side yesterday and more than deserved their two-one victory over University of Malaya at Sepoy Lines. Actually they netted four times, but were ruled off-side twice. The Schools XI included five SA.F.A. First Division
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    18 7 MttlflCK (Lewis* bein? led m by Mr. T. L. Tan* after winning Race Three at Btikit Timah yesterday.
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    Army defeat RAF at golf
    194 7 Singapore Army OoU Society beat the R.A.F. by 1% matches to 3'j m a golf match played at R.S.G.C. yesterday. Ihe results were t Army mentioned first i Col. Serjeant and Maj. Brebner lost to AVM Blucke and W/Cdr White, Maj. E^an and Ackerley beat
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    Services boxing tonight
    192 7 Services boxing tonight j^INALS of the Si I ?n--tei -Services team and dividual boxing chain: ships take RA F. Chanpi at 830 pm ton There are 30 en?:; for each weigh! from f the three Services The India Cup. I sented to the winning by General Sir Join. T! g
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    GEORGIANS HELD TO 2-ALL DRAW
    47 7 j^ING George V Scl BeremlM i i sports Lxtun I with Si: pore schoois when tl: Bt. Andrew s Bcho< I cer on Tu< their arrival. Tne pame ended m a all draw. Today th'-y rr.« R Institution at sot pi r
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    134 ENTRIES FOR K.L. RACES
    33 7 134 ENTRIES FOR K.L. RACES KUALA LUMPUR T TOTAL of 134 v been entered 1 langor Turf i meeting on April II 28 The entries romp; ~<] horses In Class 2 and Class 5.
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    28 8 Straits Times Free Press For the convenience ot advertisers, omt Representatives at Ist Floor, Singapore Cold Storage. Orchard stood. will receive small advertisement} snd answers to bo* number*
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    BIRTHS
    84 8 GARDNER. To Mavis wife of Capt F. L. Oardner R.E.M.E. at BM.il 11.4.51, a son. Both uell. KOOY To Maria, wife of Mr. J. Kooy. at the K.K. Hospital, on tho 10th April, 1951. a girl. Emalie Mareike. Both well. TO ANNE, wife of Mr. J.A.E. la of the
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 8 IIC MKS CO. RODRIGUES a to thank all relatives and .ho kindly attended their :ng on 7th April. 1951 and their valuable gifts and of congratulations.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    23 8 FREE3OROUGH. ERIC. A. Marfan Police killed. AprU 12th. !:>49 Ne<;r Yor.g Peng, late r. Kin^s Own Royal Regt. A. P. U.P.
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    MR. BEVAN DECIDES TO STAY
    193 8 MR. BEVAN DECIDES TO STAY Labour Party split avoided LONDON, Thursday. A DIVISION m the Labour Party was averted yesterday when Mr. Bevan, Minister of Labour, decided to stay m the Cabinet although dissatisfied with the changes m the National Health Service. It had been widely predicted that he would
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    Esquire girls obscene, say Italians
    97 8 Esquire girls obscene, say Italians ROME. Thurs. AMERICAN artist Al Moore's paintings of luscious girls for Esquire magazine brought Jack L. Begon, publisher of Rome's English language Daily American, up against trouble again yesterday. Begon was convicted of distributing obscene literature last December when the girls— in Enquire Calendar form
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    Major crime every 18 seconds
    91 8 Major crime every 18 seconds WASHINGTON. Thurs. EVERY 18 seconds iast year someone committed a major crime m the United States, according to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, m his report for 1950. The total rolume of crime m the country increased 1.5 per
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    Disney picks Friar Tuck
    105 8 LONDON, Thurs. UR. James Hayter is to re- place Mr. Robert Newton as Friar Tuck m the Walt Disney film of "Robin Hood." which begins at Denham Studios on May 1. Mr. Newton, now m Hollywood, has given up the role because his present film commitments
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    DOGHAD NIGHT ON THE TILES
    247 8 LONDON, Thursday IF you saw a dog begging— begging prettily, mind you— would you (a) give it a cup of tea, (b) invite it to a wedding, or (c) give it a glass of whisky? Mrs. Christiana Summerfield, of Eastwoodroad, Rayleigh, Essex, has such a
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    16 8 Pakistan now has a population of 75,687,000 an eight percent increase over that of 1941, A.P.
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    Women to go on mercy mission
    225 8 LONDON, Thursday. TWELVE women will m May leave London for Korea the first private volunteer unit to provide welfare for the 20.000 British troops now fighting there. The 12 are all widows, sweethearts, or relatives of men missing m Korea. Their leader is Miss
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    The laundry took 8 years
    76 8 LONDON, Thurs. A PARCEL of laundry, separated from its owner eight years ago, finally reached home after travelling halfway around the world. In April 1943 Mr. James Perry, of Chingford sent ten shirts, socks, pyjamas, and underclothing ashore at Wellington, New Zealand. That night his
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    Nelson sails out
    74 8 J^ORD Nelson, descendant of Britain's great naval hero sailed from England for the last time last night| driven, he said, by taxation and cancellation of a state pension to start life all over again. The 60-year-old Earl left Liverpool m the steamer Leinster for Dublin where he
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    30 8 DEATH ON THE STAGE— Simon Barere, 55, Russian born pianist, lies on the stage at Carnegie Hall, New York, after collapsing from cerebral haemorrhage. He died a few minutes later.
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    Collapses on gun charge
    134 8 Collapses on gun charge HONG KONG, Thurs. RONALD CHARLES THOMAS Hoc'/.idge. 29-year-old British businessman, collapsed m court yesterday when he appeared on a charge of unlawful possession of t*'o pistols. He was revived by police officers. Mr. A. A. Hooton, prosecuting, said Hockridge was charged with possession of two firearms,
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      209 8 MyCOUGHL ~7* stopped at once r^j People aD over the world r-a A v Uff/iyiVl VENO* COUGH MUTI M ..<%+' r —MOW. congh KC PP cd °™x>" they J. I J~lk\ Wttßmmml Ify*>«h«vc«badoou^hstaruk t na 1 m^^E i| tf H__iLl "WM now >^^ I* fTfrt|y'|| Stops ooufbuit attacks, easei i
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      32 8 THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris WMAT IS THE T^SC "M YCSuaLADv SMiP,.VAA^AM ALWA>aSO -GRETA '-^•Isltt 3iVQONESS f* (ft' /^_M__^i VVH^T HAVE I OONB TO EARN J FORvA_ SA N^ j THE HEW
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