The Singapore Free Press, 8 May 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTEBNOON SALE IM MALAYA SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1*52. > IK/SSa PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    'FINAL CRISIS' IN KOREA
    608 1 Eden: no compromise on return of prisoners LONDON, Tkitrsday. gRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES yesterday renewed their desire for peace m Korea bart said it could never be achieved at the cost of forcing 70,000 nnwillinr prisoners to return to the Communists. Washington observers regard this
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    2 princes obeyed the call of the West
    157 1 2 princes obeyed the call of the West LONDON. Thurs. riE a f the Wild West clashed head-on with the yi dignity of two youn* prince^ yesterday and ;i imc "of cowboy land i happened a: tte British Industries fair. Prince WilBaji n. and Prince Richard, 7, sons of the
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    Tunisians welcome freed leader
    97 1 Tunisians welcome freed leader PARIS. Thurs. TUNISIA'S National^; exA Premier, Mohammed I -<. received an enttiiiastic 'welcome from 800 T muur^ his return to his mm near Tunis last night 1[ ci the French freed him Inn 41 clays 1 forced residW«e "he south. Vcs&h the short notice of na
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    'No sacrifice of P.o.Ws'. —Truman
    106 1 WASHINGTON, Than. PRESIDENT Truman said yesterday that the Vnited States would not buy aa armistice m Korea "by turning over human beings for slaughter or slavery." The President was backin; up the stand by United Nations trace negotiators against forced return of prisoners of war
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    Fire victims nay get aid
    85 1 F«ee rress Staff Reporter rE Public Assistance section of the Singapore Social Welfare Department will send an investigator today to the scene of yesterday's attap house fire at Aljunied Road. He will see whether relief can be given to 35 people who were left homeless
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    HOW BRITAIN WILL DIVIDE JAP ASSETS
    86 1 HOW BRITAIN WILL DIVIDE JAP ASSETS LONDON, Thurs BRITAIN will divide up preWorld War H Japanese assets among former prisoners oi war "as soon as they become available", a Treasury spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said administrative officers have been appointed to collect and realise Japanese assets. He said the
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    Jump to death
    48 1 picture. THIRTY horrified spectators watched m Merle Bifcbt, a 38-year-old Negro and lather of four children, leapt to his death from the top ol a 110-foot grain elevator at Indianapolis, USA. For two hours police and firesaen spread nets and A.P. tried to rescse him-
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    Monty in Greece for defence talks
    143 1 ATHENS, Thursday. PiELD Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Deputy NATO Commander arrived m Athens yesterday. Speculating on the reason for the Field Marshal's visit, Greek reports indicated that his main purpose is to decide who will command the Greek and Turkish land forces. Field Marshal Montgomery
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    THE HEAD: AGAINST ORDERS
    151 1 LONDON, Thurs. ANSWERING questions m the House of Commons yesterday about a picture of which was given prominence m the Communist newspaper, the Daily Worker, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, described the particular circumstance that led to the decapitation of a
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    GERM LIE IS CRIME -ACHESON
    132 1 GERM LIE IS CRIME -ACHESON WASHINGTON, Thwrs. rtt Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, yesterday branded as an "international crime" the Soviet accusation of the. United States of germ warfare m Korea. Mr.* Acheson made the charge at his weekly press conference m elaborating on a prepared statement disputing alleged
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    U.S. OIL STRIKE
    37 1 The nationwide strike of 90.000 VJS. oil workers continued yesterday, with strike leaders delaying a decision on whether t© resume work pending a Washington meeting with the Wage StabilisaI tion Board next Tuesday. Reuter
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    DRIFTING SHIP FIGHTS GALES
    173 1 CAPETOWN, Thursday. THE Soutn African Navy is expected to go to the rescue of the disabled Capetown ship, Tristania, which has been drifting helplessly m wild gales m the South Atlantic since yesterday. With 45 men antf one woman aboard, the Tristania has twice narrowly escaped
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    Germany to share loss
    56 1 BONN. Tburs. A GIANT programme to make West Germans share the financial losses of Hitler's war was approved m principle yesterday by the Federal Parliament. It calls upon Germans who escaped was damage to raise nearly U5515,000,000 m th« next 30 years to help to rehabilitate
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    TAFT, KEFAUVER TAKE THE LEAD
    143 1 NEW TORK. Thurs SENATOR Robert Taft and Senator Bstes Kefauver went into the lead yesterday m the. RewibMcan and Democratic races for the presidential nomination with victories Jn th* Ohio prin^ies. Senator Taft. m c clean «fApr> of h1« horn* state, won all of thp
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    RUBBER DOWN 2¾ CENTS
    43 1 MB price of rubber dropped I by 2% cents m the Singapore robber market when it re-opened this morning. It closed steady yesterday at 96*4 cents a pound after four days of nervous selling by Malayan producers and stockholders.
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    Good bets at Penang
    43 1 ALLAN LEWIS. Free Ccess racing correspondent, suggests two gowd Arables at the Penang races today. They an: Sealed Orders and Beau man. Cinema and Elegant Kid. TRESPASSER recommends Winagain and Gilded Dome. THE GOING will be soft at best
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    Indian Navy to call here
    44 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs SEVEN ships of the Indian Navy will sail from Bombay early m June on a six-week goodwill cruise to Indonesia. Siam and Malaya. They are scheduled to call at Djakarta, Sourabaya, Bangkok. Singapore and Penan g.
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    U.S. air chief warns of Soviet threat
    212 1 U.S. air chief warns of Soviet threat 'A-aitack im ftp* yean' WASHINGTON, Thursday. rIE U-S. Air Chief of Staff, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenber*. saftl yesterday that within two years Russia "will possess the means of launching against this country a lons-range atoaric attack m force". Re added: "Unless effectively opposed
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    FLYING BOMBS TO REFUSE A.A. GUNS
    110 1 FLYING BOMBS TO REFUSE A.A. GUNS LONDON. Turs. I GUIDED missiles will supersede anti-aircraft gunnery m the immediate future. Supply Minister. Mr. Duncan Sandys, said here yesterday. He told representatives of leading engineering: firms that the Government "superpriority" programme m defence projects included certain aircraft, tanks, vital ammunition, electronic and
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    WATER DISPUTE OVER INDUS
    57 1 A four-year-old dispute yesterday between India and Pakistan over water rights reached Washington A conference here was attended by engineers trom both countries and representatives of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The dispute concern* the supply of water to Pakistan's irrigation canals from the
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    ARCHBISHOP'S COMPLAINT
    45 1 The Archibishop of York. Dr. Cyrfl Oarbett. complained yesterday that some use the Holy Bible only for sorting crossword puzzles. Th« Archbishop deplored the decline m bible reading m his address to annual meet!n e of the British and Foreign Bible Society.- A.P.
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    Appalling Papal legend
    348 2  - Appalling Papal legend Thomas Mann Seeker Warburg THE HOLY SINNER. By and MANN puts some new stitches into an ancient tapestry (High German, 12th cent). He gives new words to an old legend, putting them into the mouth oi Clemens, an Irish monk. Out of respect for this fictitious narrator,
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    King Who Has had 200 Wives
    980 2  - King Who Has had 200 Wives H.ST.JOHNPHILBY By "Arabian Jubilee" ABDUL-ASIZ Ibn Abdul-Rahman Ibn Faisal al-Saud, Lord of Arabia, Sheik of Sheiks, Guardian of the Holy Cities of Islam— better known as King Ibn Saud was born to be a legend. And m the desert, where history comes down by
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    QUICK LOOKS
    185 2 Remember and b e Glad, by Cynthia Asquith. (James Barrie). Another agreeable potpourri of reminiscences prepared by Lady Cynthia Asquith, Nostalgic recollections of "hansom cab, fresh paint, spick-and-span days.** The Scandalmonger, by T H. White. (Cape). Amusing compilation of gossip about the 18th century: with no special pretensions
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    New Agnes Keith Novel
    96 2  -  Agnes Keith Michael Joseph WHITE MAN RETURNS. By THE (American) author of Three Came Home goes back to the Far East with her (British colonial official) husband. T o a different Far East, to which white men have returned— but for how long? The operation may
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    Hitler tanned it, so did Shinwell
    896 2  - Hitler tanned it, so did Shinwell JAMES LEASOR Mm* *m* ty o By HITLER banned it m Germany m 1935. Shinwell banned it m 1947, during a fuel crisis. It: The Isis, Oxford's famous undergraduate weekly, which celebrates its diamond jubilee this week with a double-size (80-page) issue, and a
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    INCENIOUS-& VERY FUNNY
    460 2  -  Henry Green DOTING by A CCORDING to trust- worthy critics of his own generation— the generation that grew up, found or failed to find its feet, and moved reluctantly towards middle age between the first and second world wars Henry Green, author of 'Tarty Going", "Loving", "Back",
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      74 2 DO YOU KNOW ANY LANGUAGES? Ly all's Guide to the 25 Languages of Europe, and Arabic will tell you hew to say that you want co say and how to pronounce it. *A CA SIDGWICK tfc JACKSON LONDON DONALD MOORE SINGAPORE Hughes itw* Obtainable from MEDICAL, HALL LTD. DISPENSING— FAMILY
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    A PIECE OF CAKE OF THE ORANG UTAN
    116 3 LONDON. Than. A, X hostesses ca British Mi services know mil tLt racouns or pilnttii British OvtneasAir**J* tu'^ct pamphlet to tbeur l^ff iiitinjr tTpes of meali ft>r ev ery kind of creatme. The crane uiaß y y _Jf nvt n bread and
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    STORY OF A BRIDE'S CONFESSION
    337 3 PORTSMOUTH, Thurs. 1 T s not my fault— it's my Irl r.cis faul;." was the r which, it was alleged at p \>: uth, a Pole gave riarged with the mure ktis 18-yea^-old bride. man. Antoni Caachur, a a 26, labourer, was sent i trial
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    Fresh Karen plot alleged
    89 3 RANGOON, Thurs. gIRMAS leading government party newspaper has alleged that Thakin Ba Sein, leader of the proWest Burma Democratic Party, had recently plotted with underground Karen rebels to intensify their revolt and march on the capital. Mandating, official organ of the ruling anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League.
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    Court rules on gambling tax
    72 3 The United States District C -urt has ruled that tn^ SoO gambling tax and r?gisl ration of bookmakers an numbers-operators is unc sutattonal. I also ruled against stamp r and the furnishing of inwKmatioa to the Internal Keventte Bureau m hearing a sustaining motion for
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    INDIES MUSLIM PARTY SPLITS
    50 3 A split m Indonesia's biggest political party has become a fact with the decision of the Muslim Nahdatul Ulama to break away from the M&sjumi Party. The Muslim Masjumi Party is the biggest parft m Indonesia and probably the most influential hi the coun- tnr. Reater
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    New German car to sell at £600
    297 3 AMSTERDAM, Thursday. ANEW 87-miles-an-hour German People's Car is about to drive straight Into the heart of the world's markets. It v reported to be a flveseater saloon with a 1,500 c.c. engine capable of extremely high performance for a massproduced car. It is
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    'TO LET, RAILWAY STATION'
    107 3 'TO LET, RAILWAY STATION' LONDON. Thurs. UNUSED railway stations throughout England will be used to accommodate holiday-makers during the summer following a decision by British Railways to transform some of its branch line property into holiday camps. Visitors will sleep m onetime waiting rooms and dine m what once were
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    U.S. to make more cars
    51 3 U.S. to make more cars WASHINGTON. Thurs. rE United States GoTernment has authorised major increases m production of passenger cars, washing machines and other consumer durable goods after U The* increases are being made possible, the Government saSC by a slight decrease m allotments of metals for military produc- A.P.
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    HOMES FLOODED
    26 3 Two thousand homes were flooded and at least two people killed and two injured m a violent rainstorm^ on Kyushu Island, southern A.P. Japan
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    CANDIDATE
    19 3 Senator Brian McMahon, Connecticut, recently announced that he is a candiHota tnr the Democrat pre- sidential nominatlon.- A.P.
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    Animal plague sweeps Britain
    125 3 LONDON, Thurs. rr; i Oovernmen t has banned the movement of livestock throughout Cngu *a and Wall*, as foot and *>o *th xfiWfMt spr-ad m Engird tnd to Jersey, Channel W **<S hom ->f famous stricted area. Dogs found running loose were ordered to be shot
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    WAR OFFICE ADMITS SOLDIER DIED OF 'NEGLECT
    452 3 WAR OFFICE ADMITS SOLDIER DIED OF 'NEGLECT LONDON, Thursday. T»HE War Office has admitted to the parents of a x 19-year-old public schoolboy who died on National Sendee that a court of Inquiry was wrong m its finding that there had been no negligence. A letter sent by Mr. James
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    New 'fifth column' threat to Paris
    233 3 New 'fifth column threat to Paris PARIS, Thurs. PRIS is lighting a nourishing espionage service, foreign spies, a domestic fifth column, clandestine workrooms, microscopic cameras, secret telegraphic codes, and all the trappings of a cloak-and-dagger thriller. It has nothing to do with the atom bomb or military secrets. If one
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    AIR TRAFFIC EXPERTS MEET
    62 3 Civil and military aviation! representatives of the United States, Britain, the Philippines and Nationalist China opened a conference at Nichols Field near Manila on air traffic m the Far East The conference will deal with the establishment of traffic control stations between Manila -and Tatoeh Manila
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    BUCKLEY
    6 3 I ~t WAS BUSTED I*
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    OIL MENIAL
    32 3 The Arabian-American oil company has denied a London newspaper report that Saudi Arabia was demanding a new contract with tho pomnanv etving it 60 per <jent of the proflts.- Reuter
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    Pre-emptive Bidding
    517 3 A prcper pre-emptive Md is an £jKTJft« IBLgl BLg ErawttgsS jJSes/should the pre-empter take any further action. The unwritten law among gocd Diavers is this: Onee v you have SadTyou? shut-out bfil the final dedsU should be left to your partner. Even if your »»»<*« worthless 7 SS^mS
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    China trade mission returns
    75 3 MOSCOW, Thurs. FIVE British businessmen have returned to Moscow after continuing negotiations m China on the £10,000,000--a-side Anglo-Chinese trading programme concluded at the recent Moscow economic conference. The businessmen, who spent a fortnight m China, said the British Huns involved were now planning to send ripresentatives
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    Rhodesian Federation
    88 3 LONDON, Thurs. nnEH COMMONWEALTH ReL lations Office ha s announced that the conference on the proposed federation of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and NyasaJland had agreed on "all important matters of principle." The agreement included the setting up of a federal legislature and executive as also the maintenance
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    MORE CANCER VICTIMS SAVED
    38 3 The American Cancer Society ays doctors now are saving one lh every fow cancer patients, and could possibly double this rate "without a jot of further knowledge" if the disease is A.P. caught early.-
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    CLARK FOR TOKYO
    24 3 Gen. Mark Clark hat left Washington by air for Tokyo to take over his new oast of United Nations Cpm- U.P.
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    IRRESISTIBLE
    23 3 .IS WHAT Janet Leigh finds the water, and irresistible is just what this talented y oong actress is to many film fans.
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    Hat she picked up won her freedom
    216 3 Hat she picked up won her freedom LONDON, Thurs. A CASE O< Of tift ni 1 ?i! at^Lamueth. Within a minute she was freed—-he-cause she had absentmindedly "shoplifted" again m court. Mrs. Emma Banks, aged 68. denied stealing a sixteen and eletutp— V RTeen A store detective said she mjeked
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    Steel dispute takes new turn
    87 3 NEW YORK. ThujA THERE has been a new deve- lopmcnt In the United States steel dispute. Thirteen Republican senators introduced legislation to direct the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Charles Sawyer, to give up tht steel plants seized by the Government and return them to their
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    Envoy meets Truman
    32 3 William J. Sebald, formei political adviser to th^ Allied supreme commandei m Japan, conferred with President Truman before his departure for his new post as Ambassador to Burma A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, May 8, 1952. Malayan merger
    474 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, May 8, 1952. Malayan merger IN retirement, the former Governor of Singapore has spoken his mind openly on a subject of the greatest importance to the future of Malaya and its peoples. Says Sir Franklin Gimson. "The Colony and the Federation must be merged". That
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    ALL QUIET IN THE GLASSHOUSE
    969 4 ALL QUIET IN THE GLASSHOUSE Don Iddon's Diory Fram New Yo A MAN could be |orgiven for confusing the new New York home of Lever Brothers with the headquarters of the United Nations. Both buildings are mammoth chunks of shining glass and stainless steel— strict, severe, and soaring to the
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    The Bravest Of The Brave
    668 4  - The Bravest Of The Brave EILEEN TRAVIS Gen. Mac Arthur Called Them by "A SOLDIER don't get A cold", said the embarrassed Turkish private, refusing the gloves. He was driving an American technical expert pf the Joint Military Mission for Aid to Turkey, a man who has been m Istanbul
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    British Airways Fight for World Supremacy
    529 4  - British Airways Fight for World Supremacy William Courtenay SUMMER services by D air started m Britain recently, and with them began a .strenuous attempt by British European Airways to^ put themselves into a profit-earning position. They have a twopoint plan of campaign: 1 To go att out to cap- ture
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    Extortion of Chinese
    111 4 WASHINGTON. IN New York a Federal grand jury is trying to stop the extortion racket oy which millions of dollars have been wrung from the pockets of Chinese living m America, under the threat open or implied that their families m Red China will otherwise come to
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    CITY MAY CONTROL POOLS
    222 5 Plan to ensure water is safe for use Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council may soon introduce bylaws to control private swimming pools m the Colony. Control would ensure that the water m the pools is up to standard and safe for use. At present
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    SQUATTERS WILL GET TITLES FOR LAND
    265 5 SQUATTERS WILL GET TITLES FOR LAND «rx\A LUMPUR, Thurs. ££r POLICY of the iSate and Settlement rJ nments is to issue £id Dato Mahmud bin 23 Member for Lands, JJt es and CommunicJSons, m the Federal LHislative Council yest rriftV fvo Mahmud. replying estions on the new vil- said each
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    UMNO branch pirks officials
    101 5 KUALA KANGSAR Thurs.— The official of the Kuala Kar.gsar branch of the United Ma ay National Organisation Icr ±c year are: Presider.:. Dato Muda Setia •hlh Abdullah bin Ncordin: rresldpr.t. Inche Shahudin fcr^ Hal Mat Ludln; secretary. Inche Moham^J Aiwy bin Haji Bulalman. assistant secretary. Inche
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    Contractors warned on building law
    170 5 Contractors warned on building law Free Press Staff Reporter AN official of the Singapore Chinese Contractor's Association warned contractors yesterday that they would be acting against their own interests if they underestimated the cost of proposed buildings and thus evaded the law limiting the cost to $50,000. He was commenting
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    LOCOMOTIVES FOR INDIES
    50 5 PENANG. Thurs. On board the 10,000-ton Royal Rotterdam Lloyd vessel Kota Inten, now m Penang, are 324 tons of Krupp locomotives tenders and railway cars for the Indonesian Railways. "This is the first time we are carrying locomotives," Chief Officer J. C. Maas told the Free Press.
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    Blackout schedule
    59 5 CUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: Arthur Rd., Tmnjong Katong, Broadrick Rd., Telok Koran. Bedok, Chanfi 9% mile, Changi Prison, Tanah Marsh Bcsar, Selaraiif Barracks, Atlas Ice. Happy World, Asia Rubber Lorong 3, Sims Avenue Sawmill, Shell Co., Lee Rubber Works, Mi. Batten Network, Spore Swimming Club,
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    3 brothers will wed on same day
    108 5 3 brothers will wed on same day Free Press Staff Reporter rnHREE Chinese brothers will be married at a jointceremony on May 17 at the house of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lim Pang Gan, m Singapore. The brides come from different families. The couples are: Mr. Lim Tee Woon
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    TWO MALAYANS WANT TO SEE TRUMAN
    266 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FCHE Hamid Salikan and Mr. Fong Kirn Wah, two employees .of the United States Information Service m Singapore who will be leaving next week oh. a three month orientation course m the State Department, said yesterday: "We would like to
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    Council asked: 'Lift ban'
    48 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs A religious body banned m the Federation, the Watch Tower Society and Jehovahs Witnesses, yesterday appealed to the Federal Legislative Council to have the ban lifted. The society, banned on July S last year, sent a 16-page memorandum to Legislative Councillors.
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    POLICE ROBBED
    31 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A thief on Tuesday stole two wrist-watches from one of the barracks In the Federal Police Depot m Kuala Lumpur. The watches were valued at $100.
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    DRIVER KILLED
    25 5 IPOH, Thurs.— Six armed and uniformed bandits on Tuesday entered a mine m the Tapah area of Perak and killed the engine driver.
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    66 5 THE SnGAFO^ BRANCH of ft^S^^&SZ^ eon meetin* on board M r ?f b "^S N g Vtiwn of two world wars, who fa mes. Hon. secretary and trensnrer, a W.K.N.&. r> e hlers, Miss G. Adams, Mrs. V. shortly leaving the Colony From left are: chairman, Mrs. M Wallwork, Mrs.
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    MENACE TO SWIMMERS
    33 5 MENACE TO SWIMMERS picture. LOGS lying: along the sandy beach at Marine Parade, Singapore, one of the Colony's popular seaside resorts. These logs are a menace to swimmers during high Free Press tide.
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    S'pore produces more timber
    279 5 IM ORE sawn timber was produced m Singapore last year than m any other year since the war, with the local market price reaching $185 m the latter part of the year, says the-'annual report of the Forest Department published this morning. Adding the outturn of
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    SEATS AVAILABLE FOR RECITAL
    44 5 A FEW seats at $1 50 will be available to the public on the platform both for tonight's recital by Gieseking at the Victoria Memorial Hall and for Sunday's recital. They can be obtained at the door on early application.
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    "Bus service in June
    66 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. HPHE Kuala Lumpur-Singa-pore express bus service is expected to start early m June 11 months after the Department of Road Transport had given its approval. Mr. S. C. Law, secretary of the $200,000-company, told the Free Press that "certain difficulties" had delayed the
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    Murdered
    18 5 A worker on a tin mine m the Tapah area of Perak has been murdered by terrorists.
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    RAF MOW ON HOUSES WELCOMED
    190 5 RAF MOW ON HOUSES WELCOMED THE setting up of a central authority to deal with the housing of RAF officers and men living m civilian accommodation was welcomed by househunting civilians and some landlords yesterday. A European commercial assistant who was "deprived" of two houses he was trying to rent
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    Raids go on—but more take to vice
    208 5 Raids go on but more take to vice Free Press Staff Reporter JUVENILE prostitution m Singapore continued to increase during the last six months, Mr. L. Corriwell, head of the anti-vice squad of the Social Welfare Department, said yesterday. Girls below 17 years of age were detained following raids on
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    Anti-bandit drive hopes
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rE energy with which the new drive against the forces of disruption was being pursued was- encouraging to the prospect of eventual success, said Mr. D. T. Waring, presiding over the 23rd ordinary general meeting of Larut Tin Fields yesterday. But he added even
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    ALUMNI ASSN. OFFICIALS
    74 5 EPOH, Thurs. Dr. W. W. Chow was elected president of the Perak branch of the Hong .Kong Alumni Association at its annual meeting m Ipoh. Other office bearers are:— Vice-president, Mr.- Too Joon Ting; secretary, Mr. Poo Yin Chee; asst. aec., Mr.. Liew Whye Hone; treasurer, Mr.
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    Tin ore stolen
    39 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The godown of Petaling Tin Dredging Company, near Kuala Lumpur, was broken into on Tuesday night and $1,400 worth of tin ore was stolen, police said yesterday. No arrests have yet been made.
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    92 5 KUANTAN, Thurs. The president of the UMNO, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will visit Kuantan on May 18. He will give a public address at 9 a.m. on the same day at the Persekutuan Mefayu. Steve Brian, Australian middleweight, who fights triple Orient champion. Boy Brooks, at
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    'U.S. WILL MEET MALAYA'
    206 6 'U.S. WILL MEET MALA YA rE United States are confident that they will beat their first opponent m Singapore—whether It be Denmark or India. Robert B. Williams, a member of the* American team said yesterday. "Of course, Malaya is good/ he safd. "W e can't flatly predict a victor/ over
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    INDIANS LOSE 4 WKTS FOR 64
    365 6 INDIANS LOSE 4 WKTS FOR 64 Laker and Lock trouble tourists THE Indian touring team's batting let them down yesterday the opening day of their match against Surrey at The Oval, when they lost four wickets for 64 runs m 90 minutes after dismissing their opponents for 219. Vijay Hazare
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    S'PORE BADMINTON
    53 6 The Singapore Malay Badminton Association will hold an Extra-ordinary meeting at the Kota Raja Malay School at 9.00 ajn. on Sunday. Presidents, hon. secretaries and committee members of tne affiliated parties are requested to attend. Malay parties, not members of the Association, are also Invited to send their
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    51 6 SOCCER DIV. 1: S.C.C. t Fathul Karib at I. Besar. DIV. 2: Cheerful Lads v Tamil B.A. at Geylang;. DIV. 3A: Cheerful Lads *A* v CYMA (PM) at CYMA. DIV. SB: Spore fire Bde. v B. Tlmah S.C. at BODCA. BUS. HSE. LGE.: F.AN. OTEC 'A' at Farrer
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    Bright batting by Rhodes
    241 6 Bright batting by Rhodes A DERBYSHIRE seventh wicket stand of 99. be-tween-"Dusty** Rhodes and Derek Morgan foiled Middlesex m their opening County 'cricket championship match of the season at Lords yesterday. Middlesex appeared to have landed a gamble when, after putting Derbyshire m to bat on a drying pitch, they
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    37 6 Randolph Turpin, appearing for the first time as a Hfhtheavywcight, knocked out Jacques Hairabedian, the French champion, m the third round of their light vat Harringay recently. Photo shows Hairabedian (left) and Turpin during their fiffht.
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    REME SWAMP BODCA 5-0
    429 6 R.E.M.E. 5; 8.0.D.C.A. 0. D E.M.E. consolidated their position at the top of the league when they swamped bottom-of-the-table 8.0.D.C .A. by five coals to nothing m their S. A.F.A. First Division clash at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. B.OD.CA. were a completely disjointed side m the
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    Chew Bee wins third title
    120 6 /\NG Chew Bee, Colony's tennis v ace, won his third tttle at the TMCA open c ti>m p 1 < >n^h < pf yesterday when he partnered Urn Hee Chin to dethrone the holders Low Kee Pow and Llem Khe Liang:, and win the men's
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    40 6 CHESTER, Wed.— Mr. J. Wetoll's Le Tellier won the Chester Cup, run over 2 miles 2 fur. and 77 yards here Oils afternoon. Lord Milford's Eastern Emperor was second and Mrs. A. G. Samuel's Nanolprm Rnnanarfp third. Fourteen ran. Reuter
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    Marino in top condition for Shirai fight
    436 6 Marino in top condition for Shirai fight WORLD flyweight champion Dado Marino win i m top shape by Monday night, May 19 z} he defends his crown against challenger \v Shirai, the Japanese flyweight king, Sam ichi^Z Marino's manager, said yesterday. Honolulu's Marino and Shiral are sfhedul™ go 15 rounds
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    STRANGLER TO MEET THE CHIEF
    224 6 BY MATMAN T>EDSKIN wrestler Cte Little Woft takes a Strangler Bright of Engiaa at the Happy World Stadia on Saturday. The Strangler. who fc lieves In action all the t:a boasted yesterday that fai "crash headlockjs." as he caii them, will put any wrests out
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    BROWN TO LEAD M.CC. v INDIA
    54 6 LONDON, Wed-F.ecc* has been invited to c*P^ strong MCC tean: to opp India at Lord's on May n. vitations have been sen. w following: ,>.* Freddie Brown, Trr or »J Reg Bimp*m. D B. Car. vj Compton, Tom Giawne} Spooner, John Ikin. B"an ham.
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    33 6 picture. A tussle m the Aryan Gi* khana goalmouth betw«i Arokianathan and Pew Kvng during Tuesday match on the H.Q. Maliji ground. Kuala Lumpur S*. laagvr Chinese Recreate Free Pressar Club won 5—3,
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    SEALED ORDERS BEST AT PENANG TODAY
    1227 7 Thaumaturgy will be His main rival From ALLAN LEWIS A GOOD shower of rain yesterday, which will make the going soft, should dispel any doubts about Sealed Orders being the best bet of today, second day of 'the Penang Turf Club s Summer meeting.
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    It was 60 mm. of thrilling soccer
    259 7 OIXTV minutes of fast football, crammed wich 5 excitement, was the order of the day at Raffles olie-e ground yesterday, when Combined Schools hpld Vniversity of Malaya to a one-all draw. HeaT, ram started along v i\ the "ame and it stopper onlj
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    COSMOS SC WIN 10-0
    232 7 REST OF SOCCER poSMOS S.C. had no opposition from a depleted 8.0.D.C.A. side m their S.A.F.A. Div. 3£ fixture at Geylang yesterday, and scoring at will, collected ten goals without reply. Scoring five goals m each hall Cosmos completely routed 8.0.D.C.A. who fielded nine men m
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    CHARLES BEGINS TRAINING
    67 7 PLEASANT VILLE. New Jersey, Wee -Firmer heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles boxed today tor first time m his training programme for his return fight »»th ehampka Jersey Joe Walcott m Philadelphia on June 5. Charles, weighing 194. boxed t v unds with light heavyweight J Keane of Washingtno.
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    Sanad 41 not out
    36 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Wed.— ln a one innings cricket match here en Sunday, Malay Collegians .defeated Captain Leak's XI by six wickets. Collegians' Sanad top scored wi f h 41 runs not out.
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    AUSTRIA WIN
    24 7 Austria beat Eire by six Jjafc to nil m a soccer international m Vienna yesterday, •Jin leading 4—o at half- ume.- Reuter
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    ST. JOHN'S OBA WIN SHIELD
    62 7 KUALA LUMPUR, W«ed. A hat-trick by Alban Gomes enabled St. Johns Old Boys Assn. to beat St. Johns Inst. 3-0 m their Khoo Teik Ec Shield soccer match today at Bukit Nanas. Splendid goalkeeping by Slew Kong kept down the score against the schoolboys. At
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    HAT-TRICK
    33 7 SITIAWAN, Wed.— A hai-trfck by centre forward Axmuar enabled Ayer Tawar Rangers to beat Lumut Mukim 3-2 In a Dindings League macth heere on Monday. Lumut scorers were Yusoff and Abdul Rashld.
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    Today's race card
    613 7 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys for today's races at Penang arc given below. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race 8. Horses scratched from all engagements are: Lianda, Rupert, Running Footman, Payeur, Parlock, BrecongiU, Jeannette, Palitoy,/lbert M. and Cobro. RACE 1—2.15: CLASS 5, DIV. F. 1 002
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    12th. OF AUGUST RETAINS FORM
    330 7 TWELFTH Of August proved 1 that he is quite fit and retaining his K.L. winning form when he disposed of three m just under 38, on the heavy second grass track at Penang this mornins Ridden by his usual race pilot, Len Pry, he worked
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    196 7 ALLAN LEWIS 'TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP v CALL BO If POINTER PACE I SHMOO SHMOO LUCKY TOM LUCKY TOM T^ T T I ALL 845 Frog Trent Fall Shnwo SJ"***-.,, tI^LI Treat Fall Lucky Tom Trent Fall Trent FmU Tfc—4er "^4?* f^Z**. SANGUINE ?SSe^Pri»ee Sa^SLe S£^sprlnce Cinder's
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    Ted Drake to manage Chelsea
    202 7  -  JIM CHAMBERS By SHefsUP sion to BUly BirreU, who has decided tojgtire. Drake, who has been trying to steer Reading, a third division team, to promotion, will be, released by that club to take up the Chelsea iob. Cricket has started m its usual modest
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    CARRUTHERS TO TRAIN IN S.A.
    61 7 SYDNEY. Wed— To cope wiUi the altitude problem Australian bantamweight champion Jimmy Carruthers plans to train In JohannesDurg (South Africa) for eight weeks before he figh world champion Vie Tcweel there for the title. This plan was suggested Carruthers by a University |>rofessor here to
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    PERAK MALAYS TENNIS REVIVED
    89 7 iPOH, Wed. The Perak Malay lawn tennis championship* last held In 1949 will be revived this year. There will be four events men's singles, men doubles, handicap singles and handicap doubles. The tournament will begin on Saturday KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— B. M. Somes won the Selangor
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    BUTTER EASES TAX DEMANDS ON SPORT
    263 8 BUTTER EASES TAX DEMANDS ON SPORT LONDON, Thursday. MR. Butler, Chancellor of the Exchequer, "threw the towel m" m the House of Commons after members of all parties— some of them famous names m sport— had flailed his proposal for a higher entertainment tax on football and cricket. He announced
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    Pope sail 'no' to Germans
    119 8 Pope sail no' to Germans VATICAN CITY. Thurs. nOPE PIUS XII refused to lobey a German order to leave Rome as Allied troops were marchtn* on it m 1*44. This was disclosed yesterday with the publication of a speech made by Monsfcgnor Ferdinando Baldelli, President of the Pontifical. Assistance Commission
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    7 KILLED IN TRAIN CUASH
    33 8 Seven people died and 95 were injured when an electric train crashed into the fc*ck of a stationary train m thick fog 15 miles from Reuter Sfdney yesterday.-
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    Juin becomes a Marshal
    57 8 Juin becomes a Marshal PARIS, Thura. FRANCES only five star r General, Alphonse Juin. was made Marshal of France yesterday, the Council of Ministers announced. Marshal Juin. who Is Inspector General of the French Armed Forces and Comman-der-in-chief of the Allied General European Land Forces, will be France's on T
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    OIL NEGOTIATIONS
    30 8 A spokesman Of the Ara-bian-American Oil Company said m New York yesterday discussions were under way over Saudi-Arabian oil but would 1 not disclose any de- tails.- Reuter
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    20 8 picture. DARK HAIRED Bemadelte OTarreil, «n lirsfa Film actress, is the pretty model for this red-and-white cotton one-piece swimsuit. Reuter
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    THEY PLAN TO WIN FOOD FROM DESERTS
    89 8 JERUSALEM. Thursday. SCIENTISTS from 12 nations wUI meet here today tJ to discuss ways of winning food from deserts to meet the. challenge of a world population growing at the rate of one a second. Prof. S. Samboursky, chair- man of the Israel
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    TWO CEREMONIES
    24 8 The Indian and Spanish Ambassadors, K. K. Chettur and Francisco 'l. Del Castillo, yesterday presented their credentials to Emperor Hiro- hito.- Reuter
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    PARTY FOR PLANIST
    40 8 WORLD FAMOUS pianist. Walter Gksekin*, fi^ IP^w to cooktatl party «t H% Mmster'i V«i<* t«l« Im* ■H*t. Pie««re «h»ws Mr. GfesHrin* fleft) chmtK««f with Mr. E. G. Syraee and the Com Generml. Mr. Free Pressar Aumcoui MFscO#iuiiu.
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    Easy million" Olga loves paying tax
    240 8 Easy million" Olga loves paying tax LONDON, Thursday. BLONDS Mrs. Oiga Konow, the "Oii Bmat Oiga" of U.S. Congressional hearings, arrived hi London last night to buy a tanker and promptly dropped a bombshell. "I love", she said, "paytn* taxes". The bewitching shipping executive told reporters she was haggling over
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    MINERS WONT COME UP
    71 8 Although they have not seen daylight for seven days and most of them are suffering from -colds 127 staydown miners at Collinsvilie state coal mine m .Northern Queenland yesterday rejected a mediation offer. The offer from the Queenland Coal Reference Board suggested that the Board w-mld
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    Ship saved from sand bar
    48 8 The 28,164-ton Orient liner Orcades was refloated last night after being aground with 1,400 passengers aboard for Almost 20 hours on a sand bar inside Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. An Orient line spokesman said she appeared undamaged and was going on to Adelaide-.
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    Waterside men plan new strike
    57 8 About 27,000 Australian waterside workers who struck for 24 hours from midnight on Wednesday decided at mass meetings m all Australian ports yesterday to have, a similar stoppage on June 24. More than 100 shins mostly overseas vessels— were held up by the strike, the
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    Row in Jap party over Shigemitsu
    156 8 TOKYO, Thurs. UIDEKI Tojo's war-time Foreign Minister, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, has accepted a tentative offer of the presidency of Japan's progressives, touching off a raw m the influential conservative party. Mr. Shigemitsu, who signed for Japan at the surrender, told the press yesterday he
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    Strike pips Calcutta
    51 8 CAUnjTTA, Thurs. A ONE-DAY general strike called by an Indian Cabinet ex-Minister yesterday paralysed Calcutta's transport system. A ettteens committee called the srtifce m protest against "truncations" of the East Indian Railway and the location of the north-eastern zonal railway headquarters In a district considered un- satisfactory.-
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    GAS SCIENTISTS DIE IN FUMES
    41 8 Two Russian scientists and a German assistant, experimenting with poison gas at a former Wehrmacht test plant m East Germany, have been killed by hydrocyanic acid fumes, the West German paper "Die Welt" reported yesterday. U.P.
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    Unknown EDEN WARNS ON DANGER OF DELAY
    289 8 Unknown EDEN WARNS ON DANGER OF DELAY u^#oiW ye- £»">(* LONDON, Thursday. THE Foreign Secretary, Mr -Jf^ ny .*^Lifc!is the House of Comrntm yesterday that Britain was ■<* prepaid to hold up pnatnt plans for integrating Westerii Europe m order to stage a four-power conference on Gewaay. Mr. Eden said
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    A-FLASH AWAKES SLEEPERS
    204 8 LAS VBGAS, Thurs. AN atomic device was detonated atop a JOO-foot steel tower before dawn yesterday at the Atomic Energy Commission's Yucca Flit proving grounds producing a colourful flash far brighter than any seen during the It previous tests at the desolate Kevada desert firing range. The
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    FISHING PACT
    18 8 The formal Japan-U.S.-Canada Fishing: Agreement will be signed today at the Japanese -Foreign office. Tokyo.- A.P.
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    Singer tola 'Don't talk'
    70 8 BERKELEY, CALir Th. m San Franeisto an d 0 land, sinter Paul Rob^J In* won i permission t 0 jJSJJ a Mar concert m »c Berkeley schc^i WW* approval „f ■■■ill ■lillll fnr Ik n a^ncMHm ior the concert condition tha» ttgeljeao speeches. Soviet Union. he
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    They queue up to conquer Mount Everest
    124 8 They queue up to conquer Mount Everest NEW DELHI Thurs EXPEDITIONS are queueinj fi up for the privilege Qf Climbing Mt. Everest Jj booking are lilted far If the Swiss fail to reach the summit this year, the Bri. tish are preparing to try neit 4^. If the British fail
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    STAR SIGNS UP £40,000 JOB
    44 8 British star Margaret ("Wicked Lady") Lockwood. yesterday signed a contract which will reinstate ncr as Britain's highest-paid movie actress. Th« contract- with the Herbert Wilcox-Anna Neacle Company— is expected to m the 36-years-old actress about £40,000 sterling a year.
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