The Singapore Free Press, 13 August 1952

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 15. 469. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    SPORE AID FOR SARAWAK
    361 1 Head of police school and radio sets Free Press Staff Reporter JHE Commandant of the Singapore Police framing School. Mr. E. V. Smith, is bein* sent by the Singapore Government to- Sarawak t( L as lst >n the emergency there, it was officially announced this morning.
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    'I cut up man like my rabbits,' -breeder
    113 1 'I cut up man like my rabbits,' -breeder A DON. Wed \K-OLD rabbit r lohl the police at -on -Thames that n$ -i rtighbour he body ''exactly it open a t burned it m hi^ d. m court ye^ter- breeder, Peter knocked the head with a 1 kpt the body
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    NEW GIANT ATOM PLANT
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    $10,000 FINE
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    ZSA ZSA FACES LIBEL CHARGE
    93 1 SANTA MONICA, Wed. r[E Hollywood actress, Coririne Calvet, yesterday filed a USS 1,000,000 suit against Zsa Zsa Gabcr, Hungarian-born wife of George Sand i Z-a said I am not French," Miss Calvet proHer court complaint ■d th?.t IBM Gabor Nely and maliciously," told .V M.
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    PIANE BURNS IN MID-AIR: 24 ABOARD
    89 1 PIANE BURNS IN MID-AIR: 24 ABOARD j DE JANEIRO, Wed. A RADIO report heard here said a Douglas Dakota air liner with 24 people— 2o passengers and four crew— on board crashed yesterday at Palmeiras on a flight from Rio Verde to Goiania, capital of the state of Golaz. No
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    COLLAPSE IN COURT
    57 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Chan Kum Chuen, who was due to answer a maintenance summons against him m the Singapore Second Police Court, today was found by an interpreter collapsed m a chair m the courtroom. A bottle of disinfectant was found on the table m front
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    JET SERVICE
    25 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. A BO AC spokesman said yesterday that the company clans to operate Jet airliners across tb* Atlantic within two years. A.P.
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    NEW WEST DISARM PROPOSAL TO REDS
    246 1 NEW WEST DISARM PROPOSAL TO REDS NEW YORK, Wed. rE three Western Powers announced yesterday that they would agree to hold a five-power disarmament conference if the Soviet Union China would first agree to limit their armed forces to 1,500,000 men each. In a new plan presented to .he United
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    Reds free UK seaman
    75 1 MOSCOW, Wed. rE British Embassy m Moscow announced yes- terday that a British seaman. Stanley Brenen, of Southport. Lancashire, who served a six months' sentence m a Soviet gaol on charges of hooliganism, will be released today. Tn? 27-year-q!ri Briton worked on a Finnish steamer, the
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    U.S. WELCOMES KING FEISAL II
    28 1 Iraq's 11-year-old King Feisal 11, who arrived m New York yesterday abcard the Queen Mary, will have lunch with President Truman on Saturday.
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    EDEN: I'M HAPPIEST MAN IN LONDON
    161 1 LONDON, Wednesday. POREIGN Secretary, Mr. Eden— "the happiest man m London" will marry Miss Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 32, at a registry office here tomorrow. i Their engagement was announced on Monday night. Miss Spencer-Churchill, niece of Mr. Churchill, yesterday wore an emerald surrounded by small
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    DUKE AT REGATTA
    58 1 The Duke of Edinburgh, taking part m the recent (owes Regatta, helped to crew the Dragon Class yacht, Bluebottle, owned by the Queen and himself, m one of the races. Picture shows the Duke and Mr. Uffa Fox (designer of the Duke's yacht, Coweslip) try to catch
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    Boy king says: I want to know my people
    405 1 Boy king says: I want to know my people LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Wednesday. HUSSEIN I of Jordan, the world's newest King, said yesterday he wants to help "reform the whole system m Jordan" and lower the barriers between the King and the people. The 17-year-old King, his one-year at an English
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    Businessman dies in poiise slacion
    93 1 Businessman dies in poiise slacion Free Press Staff Reporter. MR. CHOO JOO KIM, a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who was Lt held by the police Cer the Banishment OrtV tee. died at 11.30 o'clock last night at the Central Police Station. The cause of death is
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    Germans may buy subs
    43 1 Warships and submarines appeared yesterday on a list of goods which can be imported into West Germany without restriction. The official government gazette published a list of "liberalised imports" containin? the item "over water and under water warships." Reuter
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    Warships recalled
    31 1 British Mediterranean warships, which were alerted to stand-by on the abdication of ex-King Farouk to safeguard British lives and property m Egypt, Will rpfcnrn fen Valptta en Friday.- A.P.
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    Case of a blind crocodile
    110 1 SALISBURY, Wed A crocodile seized Mudungwe's right arm as he fished m the Shashi river, Southern Rhodesia. With his left hand he stabbed the reptile In both eyes and it let him go. But he lost his right arm. H« was fish m c: at
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    MAN ON ROOF RESCUED
    40 1 MAN ON ROOF RESCUED Free Press Staff Reporter. A fire engine from the Central Fire Station summoned to a house m Maude Road. Singapore, shortly after midnight yesterday to assist m the rescue I of a man from a roof.
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    Chinese General accused of swindle
    240 1 Chinese General accused of swindle WASHINGTON. Wed. LT-GEN. P. T. Mew, a Chinese Air Force cfi. who is accused of embezzling 1 U.SJ?25;000,000 from the Naiionalist Government, seized by the police m Ma City on Sunday and is being held incommunicado, his lawyer reported m Washinglon yesterday. The lawyer. Mr.
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    GOING HOME
    27 1 After 16 months' active i service m Korea the Ist BatI talion of the King's Own I Scottish Borderers sailed for y in the troop
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  • The SINGAPORE DOCTOR
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      Leukaemia Turns Blood Grey
      913 2 It always killsthere is no cure THE word Leukaemia, the name of the disease that killed Eva Peron, means white blood. And the disease is so called because m its advanced state the blood actually turns a dirty grey m colour. Blood's red colour is due
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      Solution To Crossword No. 738
      58 2 YESTERDAYS SOLUTION. Across: 3. Rolling. 7. Stones. 8, Di.limb. 9. Infqne. 10, Errands. 13. Gins. 15. Onus .16, Canossa. 19. Priest. 20. Whoopee. 21, Armada. 22. 'Erasers. Down: 1, Asnic. 2. Contain. 3, Redness, 4. Osfh, 5. Lilian. 6. Nomads. 11, Roarers 12, Numeral. 13,
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    BRINGS AID BY AIR
    171 2 DR. Valeric Andre, born m Strasbourg, has been m fndo-China since 1949, on a mercy mission to the troops fighting the Communist -led forces of the Vietmmh. Doctor Valeric has gained the French Croix de Guerre and three palms, and on July 14 was awarded the
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    WHEEE
    507 2 LAST week a woman complained to her doctor that the noise of jet fighters screeching overhead kept her children awake and thus stunted their growth. A childless man living on the fringe of an airfield m Kent blamed his infertility on the sound waves from supersonic aircraft. An Essex
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    Exploring Space by Radio
    623 2 Exploring Space by Radio —is the fascinating new science, says Frank J. A?f igf tf F.R.A.S OUR knowledge of the universe around us has been built up over the centuries by astronomers who have studied the heavens with and without optical assistance. The message of starlight has been interpreted by
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      174 2 New Crossword No. 73° "™"^^™"^^^^^^^^^HB! |M^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^mm CLUES ACROSS 1. Just a touch of love (G). 4. Sounds like a piece of church land (4). 8. Even for the republican this is the next world <7 4). 9. He adjusts hi s politics m a politic way (7>. 10. It monop
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    Servant freed of murder chage
    26 3 \ulat icouitted of \ng\obed to death ra of Mr. retired were >ed wh.ie asleep in their Reuter r I Phi] U.P.
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    WAR MADE JAPS GOBBLE 'GOLDEN GOOSE'
    403 3 WAR MADE JAPS GOBBLE 'GOLDEN GOOSE' their souT Stunt fdv°/rtui' Onally find them l seaboard. 500 pearl cutti van 8 Japan's Pacific raisin? "mother" ovstpJ!,?.! flms are busil y irritating nuc ,er° > t^4I 1C t h X they seed with Japanosf-inventd cuHured'pe^! 0 groWth f the rtJ^** 11 w
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    Bridge
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    Half-naked girl upset the M.P.s
    165 3 Half-naked girl upset the M.P.s LONDON. Wed. A PILE of highly coloured "comics" confronted M.P.s. but the discussion was noi I light-hearted. Mr. Maurice Edelman (Soc, j N. Coventry), who brought m the comics, held one up. ••The picture shows a skeleton with a half-naked girl m some kinri of
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    Bride lost after dance on liner
    263 3 LIVERPOOL, Wednesday. AMONG the gay crowd at the ship's farewell dance the night before it docked at Liverpool was a pretty Canadian bride. Her husband, a nondancer, had remained m their cabin, but the girl, married just two weeks, joined enthusiastically m the hilarity
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    'Letters only' on first flight
    69 3 MELBOURNE, Wed. r ETTERS only will be accepted for the philatelic mail MJ to be carried on the first flight of the Qantas Empire Airways Constellation m the new air service between Australia and South Africa on September 1. Australian postal authorities have prepared a
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    226 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, >o u are f«rtunate m beuif hishlv ▼ersatllr and capable of carry"ing a number of projrrts to a completioQ at one and the same ton*. Your meaial and physiiil energies appear to be equally vi^oroas. which means you wiU be rood at Loth intellectual work
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    Burglars get £500 haul
    52 3 LONDON. Wed. nURGLARS got antique O gold and silver valued at rly £500 m a night raid .c country home of 111 James Powes-Lyon. cousin o: the Queen. It was the second robbery Sennicotts House. Chiche.>ter m Sussex since the Bowes-Lyon family boucht it eight years
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    NEW MEMBERS
    21 3 Japan and Germany will be admitted as members of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week.— Reuter
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    BUCKLEY
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    GIRL TOLD: YOU MUST NOT MARRY
    184 3 GIRL TOLD: YOU MUST NOT MARRY BIRMINGHAM, Wed. FOR the second time m nine i months a 19-year-old girl asked magistrates, to give her permission to marry. And, for the second time, they re::used. Miss June Young wanted to marry a £10-a-week capstan operator, 30-year-old Reginald Taylor, of Aston, Birmingham.
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    CHINA CAN GIVE INDIA NOTHING
    50 3 Mr. N. Raghavan, Indian am-bassador-designate to Cl?.ina, now holidaying m Oo:acamund before taking up his new assignment, said that he was against the popular dictum "that India should copy China.'' ''There is nothing political that India can borrow from China at present," he said.— A.P.
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    'BLACK HAND' GANG
    35 3 Eleven saboteurs known as the "Black Hand" gang, allegedly responsible for attacks on a post office, a cinema and a school m recent weeks, have been arrested at Sousse, eastern Tunisia.- Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, August 13, 1952 Muddle East
    563 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, August 13, 1952 Muddle East VO one can say the Middle East has not provided its quota of news m recent months. Persia, Eijypt and Jordan have been m the headlines consistently. Ipkrsia Dr llonadeq forced Parliament to tc him supreme powers months. But he
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    British Deputy C-in-C in Korea
    746 4  -  Michael Reynolds By rpHE appointment of a British officer, MajorGeneral S. N. Shoosmith, as a Deputy Chief of Staff to General Mark Clark, is welcome, if only because it underlines the important part being played by the British Commonwealth m the United Nations campaign m
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    'Singers' only' U.S. market
    377 4 SINGING L and-leader. Vaughn Monroe, who recently returned to Hollywood for his second picture, says that the music market m America is definitely for singers only. ghn maintains th is impossible these days for a new band leader to get started. 'Twelve yean ago when we
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    'Scotty'—a Penang legend
    457 4 'Scotty' a Penang legend WITH the recent fT death of Lt. Cecil C. Scott— Penang has lost not only her most popular bandmaster but a legend which had grown with the years. "Scotty' was to have left Penang on August 18 to live m retirement m India. He was. 58
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    ITS THE MOOD' THAT MATTERS SAYS FU HS!
    582 4 ITS THE MOOD' THAT MATTERS SAYS FU HS! MODERN CHINESE SONGS f HINESE lyrics, more often than not. seem incomplete to the Western mind. The words of a popular song seldom convey an intelligible story, they are fragments of a greater unspoken whole. The listener is left m the dark
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    'ENCORE!' MISS DEVI
    700 4 'ENCORE!' MISS DEVI TALENTED VIOLINISTS Moses Joshua, who is to play at a concert on Thursday next week at the Victoria Hall, is 28. He studied m Perth Australia after the war. He is preparing: for his L.R.S.M Below: Kay Cornelius, who will also play at the concert, has been
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    LATEST RECORDS
    83 4 LATEST RECORDS Kivei, Sumnit Song B« lot. sunriw The R«va| Philharmonic cham i. HM\ M s:s;.g. Del v c dronj rhythms v not everyone s composer, De- pelat* bu' Hie Cucko I amples ol Beecham. to tone t f charm from and that of a Recording tor ChausMn-Pormr Vrh nuhin
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    50 NEED 'FRIENDS'
    105 5 Free Press Staff Reporter CANON R. K. S. Adams, chairman of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association, yesterday made a fresh appeal to the public to adopt the children at Trafalgar -There are still about 50 child lepers waiting to be adopted," Canon Adams said. Fifty children have
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    Blackout schedule
    96 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight Malayan Brewery. A.B.C. Brewery. Diethelm Co.. Tanflin Road. A'exmndra Kd S.I.T. Phoenix Park. Alexandra South S.I T.. Alex. Brick Works. Pasir Knjanjr. Packinr H^. Reformatory Rd Ovveen Factory. Cressonite. St. fame, Miri Road. Si.at Rd Base Medical Store. Bukit Pasoh 8.A.T.. Maalan
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    PARKING PROBLEM: GARAGES THE ONLY ANSWER
    295 5 PARKING PROBLEM: GARAGES THE ONLY ANSWER —says Registrar Free Press Staff Reporter gUILDING of multi-storied motor garages m Singapore was the only answer to the urgent need for more parking space m the City, the acting Registrar of Vehicles, Mr. B. C. J. Buckeridge, told the Free Press yesterday. These
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    She will appear on TV
    56 5 MAISIE CONCEICAO, a Colony vocalist who will appear on television at th c Happy World radio exhibition tonight. Maisie will also be seen, with a number of other local beauties, m the Show Business. 1952. m aid of the Singapore Girls' Sports Club, opening at
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    Fed. to change pensions law
    187 5 Fed. to change pensions law KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THHE controversial Widows and Orphans! Pension Ordinance is to be amended shortly. This follows repeated representations by expatriate and local Government employees' or^anI isations. A bill published yesterday which will come before the Legislative Council, provides that officers, serving on probation or
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    HOME WILL GIVE MR. TAN A JOB
    125 5 HOME WILL GIVE MR. TAN A JOB AN inmate cf Trafalgar I Home— Singapore's leper settlement who is vow sitting for the Teachers' Normal Examination, will teach m the Home's school for leper children when it opens ID a few months. Mr. Tan, 22, was a studentteacher m a Colony
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    More Labour support for Lim Yew Hock
    232 5 More Labour support for Lim Yew Hock At ANY members of the Singapore Labour Party yesterday backed the demand of their president, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, for an emergency general meeting of the party to discuss the situation created by the nomination of Mr. Peter M. Williams to contest thr
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    311 TO SIT FOR CHINESE EXAMS
    92 5 311 TO SIT FOR CHINESE EXAMS 'THREE hundred and eleven students from five Chinese middle schools m Singapore will sit for their Senior Middle and Normal examinations, set by the Educa- tion Department, from Oct. 20 to 22. Tiie examinations will be held at the Chinese Industrial and Commercial Continuation
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    Aid for detainees
    49 5 The Association of Kampong Ketuas, Selangor, has appointed a sub-committee of nine to collect funds for Malay detainees. "I* <3 SHIKLJEY LIM rehearsing her dance number for theshow, "Rendezvous with Eve," which will be held at Raffles Hotel, Singapore, on Aug. 15, 16, 20 and 21.
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    New Board law for Perlis
    55 5 A Bill to extend the Town Board's enactment of the Federated Malay States to the State of Perlis is to be introduced m the Federal Legislative Council. The enactment under which Town Boards operated m Perlis is not considered adequate to deal with the present
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    TO STUDY MEDICINE
    28 5 KLANG. Wed. Mr. M. Devagunam, a well-known badminton player an<i an old boy of the Kiang High School has left for Australia to study medicine.
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    HYDRO MEN GIVE STRIKE NOTICE
    145 5 IPOH, Wednesday. DERAK Hydro Employees' Union has given the company a 14-day strike notice beginning yesterday. In the interests of both parties, said the notice, the union hoped that the company would consider claims before the notice expired. The notice culminated negotiations between the company
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    THEY GET A PLEA ON CIVIL DEFENCE
    133 5 pRIVATE establishments and factories m Singa- pore employing more than 150 people have been asked to set up civil defence units. Brigadier P. H. Denyer, Assistant Commissioner of Civil Defence, said yesterday the Civil Defence School m Kolam Ayer Lane would train instructors
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    Five years old
    30 5 IPOH, Wed.— The fifth anniversary of the independence of Pakistan will be celebrated, by the Pakistan Association with a tea party at the Station Hotel on Thursday.
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    Independence anniversary
    42 5 IPOH, Wed.— The Kinta Indian Association will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Indian Independence on Friday at 5.30 p.m. at the Association premises. The programme includes songs by school children, speeches and a free film show starting at seven p.m.
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    TENANTS FINED
    40 5 IPOH, Wed.— Five women, said to be chief tenants of houses m Falim and Foo Wha Cheng Street, were yesterday fined $30 each m the magistrate's court for failing to observe the regulations of the Tenants' Registration Enactment.
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    Poultry cages for markets
    136 5 Poultry cages for markets Free Press Staff Reporter POULTRY cages will be installed m Singapore's Orchard Road and Kandang Kerbau markets this year for stallholders. At present they keep their poultry m baskets. Eventually it is intended to have similar cages m all markets The installation of the co.ges :n
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    Malayan ships to fly own ensign
    259 5 Malayan ships to fly own ensign KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A MALAYAN ENSIGN will soon be flying at the masthead of all Malayan merchant ships. This is provided for m a Bill to consolidate all existing shipping legislation m the Federation, which was published m yesterday's Government Gazette. The High Commissioner
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    Govt. may take over camp
    72 5 PICNICKERS booking for the use of the Singapore Youth Council's holiday re- sort at Ayer Biru, South Johore. are being informed that their bookings may be cancelled at 24 fours' notice. An official of tfie Council told the Free Press yesterday that they may have
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    Water jump
    931 6 WEDNESDAY SHORT STORY by ALAN HYPER meet only an old Negro and a darky l>o\ m Joe's livery stables besides Miss Shrewvi\. But the yard seemed filled with a darting multitude, so harassed were these two by her demands and objections about girths and rusty bits and clean
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    New drug to fight Malaria
    138 6 New drug to fight Malaria I^ELLOWS and guests of the x Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene were given details recently of a new anti-malarial drug, named Darapin, which has been successfully tested and is now being produced commericially. The Briiish Government is reported to be showing interest m
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    U.S. SYMBOL ON STAMP
    124 6 WHEN YOU read about America's self-made millionaires you get the impression that they all started a s newsboys. The newsboy is one of the great symbols of the United States, so the Government U> putting out a new stamp m his honour. It wMI show a
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    On the trail
    24 6 yin urc. Six-year-old Johnny Daniels, of Stonebridge Park, Middl esei. trails a Guardsman icith pistol draw n outside Buckingham Palace Popper
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    A WRONG KIND OF EQUALITY
    675 6  - A WRONG KIND OF EQUALITY Barbara Vereker by THOUSANDS of women OB now make their names remembered us tractor drivers. This stirring pie of news was reported recently m the lending Hungarian iu\\v paper, "Siabed Nep.* 1 Furthermore, m Hungary, as m Russia, women can now work as miners and
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      135 6 m3ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya WAIT HE?*, LOTMAA. iU PHONE THE CHANCE TO6£TRJO FAST/ WHEN ME A^^ W^ CHIEf AND SEETP THEY'VE GOTTEN OF H:M--VVHILE r^^V^X^ COMES AFTER J f t' i iL^-^i^ l AWY AEPOftTS ON THE HE'S ALONE. .'J** ME, BE READY. F r
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    PERKY COUNT & ROPEWALK GO BEST
    277 7 PERKY COUNT ROPEWALK GO BEST Run 3 furlongs m 38 seconds From ALLAN LEWIS I pESKY COUNT (Jones) and Ropewalk 1 smith) were outstanding among the small number if horses that went fast on the No. 2 track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. king m the centre of the track,
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    IT WAS ADHIKARI'S MATCH
    170 7 IT WAS ADHIKARI'S MATCH Picket, d a rv by six ..cestershire im yesterday. Adhikari's P Umrigar too. for d 35 on a h which the i able Quick a mere er.eed bv the \x::h a result Sir cap'S in changed when •he dryen kept Be I SO in the first
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    5-2 WIN FOR COMETS
    74 7 \M Tues.— .ton match Comet BJ». btat Sunv five games to two. t C^met players menJrs: R oeat Charlie A. Ghaffar beat 15-8, 15-8; Lee Pan Terh 15-6. u l|ts R. Alimat and Voo i lost to Charlie Koh n Yam 6-15 15-10. Ghaffar and Ng
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    MILLER AFTER TITLE SHOT
    9 7 MILLER AFTER TITLE SHOT c red by the j
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    BEINS SCORES FIVE GOALS
    54 7 In Singapore Business Houses League Cup soccer match playefl at the River Valley ground yesterday. Hongkong Sn J^ na 4*S£ trounced Singapore Cold Storage A Be?n7 2 scored five goals todudine the hat-trick for the Bank while Peters and Bazin each d once. S.C.S. 'A ■eONQ
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    CUP TO ITALY
    51 7 ITALY defeated France 4-1 rday to win the Galea Cup tennis tourney for players under n of age. Belgium 3-2 for third pl-^ce.- TV ,ore Business Hor le Cup soccer match »et- Chartered Bank and Btanvjc .1 on the padang yesterd:^ j-j cnnrplesa draw. sg L A
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    INDIANS SWEAT FOR 2-GOAL WIN
    319 7 Indians... 2; Eurasiaus 0. INDIANS had to struggle unspectacularlv to beat Eurasians m yesterday's Singapore Amateur F.A. Community league match at Jalan Besar Stadium. The game was dull through^u'. After a scoreless first half the Indians unexpectedly opened scoring m the middle of the .second,
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    K.H. IP TO DEFEND TITLE
    191 7 K.H. IP TO DEFEND TITLE IT H. IP of Hong Kong will "-•be m Malaya to defend his singles title at the Malayan lawn tennis championships which begin on Aug. 28 at Ipoh. Ip won the title last year when he beat Selangor champion, S. C. Beaty. This year however.
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    K. L. SCHOOL BEATS R.I.
    87 7 piGHTEEN year old LohP>h Wall, who led the Kualn L'jmnur Methodist Boys School's attack, scored five goals and was malnlv responsible for his team's 7— 1 victory over Raffles Institution m a frienc^lv soccer match on the R.I. rr~und yesterday. Raffle* were without four of
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    'LITTLE MO' TOP SEEDED
    65 7 NATIONAL and Wimbledon women's tennis champion Maureen Ccnnolly of the United States led Britain's top feminine competitors into the 25th annual Essex County Club tournament yesterday. The 17-year-old net wizard is seeded first m the field of 32 for the singles crown with Miss Doris Hart
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    SPEED TRIAL POSTPONED
    66 7 THE scheduled speed run yes- terday of Lieut.-Col. A. T. (Goldie) Gardner has been postponed for "about a week" because of water on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Gardner, who arrived last week from England, hopes to Kama number of new records with his British sports car.
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    G.S.C. CONCERT
    39 7 A book of tickets for Row *A' circle tor aSS 27 at the Girl* Sports Cluo Kncert Show Business 1952 has been mVald The person who has the Skets-U requested to contact Miss L. Tessensohn immediate. y.
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    Surrey score 101 in 70 min. for full points
    751 7 Surrey score 101 in 70 min. for full points 2URREY moved one step closer to the County 7 cricket championship yesterday, by defeating Middlesex by eight wickets m the closing minutes of their match at Kennington Oval. The victory, good for 12 points gave Surrey a total of 224 points
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    RUTH AND McQUARRIE CAN'T GO
    100 7 RUTH AND M cQUARRIE CAN'T GO nU T H Ferreira, women's high jump champion of I Malaya, and Singapore's star sprinter, Sgt. McQuarrie, will not be able to represent the j Colony at the Malayan A.A.A. championships at Ipoh. Ruth is down with influenza, while McQuarrie leaves for Brita'n on
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    WIN FOR CANADA
    44 7 pANAVA s Brendan Macken V* beet Bob Perry (US) 6-3, H-13. 6-4, 6-4. on Monday m the final singles match of the North American Zone round oi the Davis Cup. It was Canada's only victory m thp hpst.-nf-fivp I series.- A.P.
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    AMUSING SOCCER AT FARRER PARK
    224 7 Asian XI 5; European XI 2. 4 MUSING soccer was seen at Farrer Park yesterday when the European XI of William Jacks Sports Club met and lost to an Asian XI by five goals to two. The players thrilled the crowd with their slipping and
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    Perak team's Cup rehearsal
    148 7 Perak team's Cup rehearsal pERAK will meet Negri sembi--1 lan m a friendly soccer match on Sunday on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground. Admission will be by tickets at $2 and $1. This will be a full dress rehearsal for the Perak team for the all-important Malaya Cup encounter with
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    BURGHLEY CALLS FOR MORE TRACKS
    217 7 LORD Burghley. chairman of the British Olympic Association said m London last night thit' Finland's organisation of the 1952 games was -first-class" and the event was "a great success." He said: "We can say confidently that they have made a noteable contribution to bringing the
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    Godfrey surprised them...
    92 7 Godfrey surprised them... SPECTATORS were surprised at Leicestershire jf #>rday to see Godfrey £vans. the Kent and England wicketkeeper, fielding near the boundary m the closing stages of the Leicestershire innings. He explained later that he had been to the local hospital to have a splinter removed from a finger
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    Swedes lead world chess
    158 7 A RGENTINA, Sweden and flussia were leading each of the three groups of the Chess Olympics preliminary tournament before the third round started yesterday m Helsinki Sweden holds the highest points of eight after an unbroken serfes of individual victories, while Argentina has seven and Russia
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    Channel swimmers still waiting
    74 7 1»# FELVE Egyptians roamed Folkstone yesterday hoping for a change m the wind to make the English Channel swim possible. They have been waiting a monlh along with other aspirants for a chance to try the swim. "Looks like we may get going m the next
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    BOROS WINS GOLF PRIZE
    46 7 TTNITED States Open Champion Julius Boros yesterday rallied for a two-stroke victory m an 18--hole play-off for the U5525,000 "World 1' golf first prize at Chicago. Boros finished with a 4 under par 68 to beat Cary Middlecoff. who had 70.— A.P.
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    WALK-OVER
    32 7 rwVERSEAS- Chinese Banking Corporation S.C. failed to turn up yesterday at Farrer Park for their Business Houses League encounter against the Mercantile Brnk Sporr Club, and thus conceded a v;. Ik-over.
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    CANOE RACE
    35 7 T OUIS WHITMAN of the lr Slat won the firs 1 of 'hrce races for the International Canoe race trophy, the New York Challenge Cup being contested on the River Aide, Aldeburgh, England.
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    Lodgers lucky to defeat 10-man Terror
    621 7 Lodgers lucky to defeat 10-man Terror Services sof«re- Round uo Chanffi Lodgers 2 H.M.S. Terror 1 DV defeating H.M.S. Terror m their United Services Senior League soccer match at Naval Base yesterday, Royal Air Force Lodger Units made sure of ending the season at the top of the championship table.
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      12 goals at Ayer Raja
      107 7 JJEADQUARTERS Royal A:my Service Corps slammed m nine goals m a high-sccring United Services Junior League soccer tie at Aver Ra a Hoad yts erday. Their opponent?. Re Kranji, netted thre\ After a closely contest d firstha^ the score was two-one In favour of R.A.S.C
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      NOW ALL DEPENDS ON CHANGI
      130 7 NOW ALL DEPENDS ON CHANGI IN their l&st Services Junior League match of the season yesterday Royal Air Fcrce Maintenance Unit Und XI beat R.A.F. Seletar ijrtl XT by ore goal to nil. Flying Bra* Wing, their top-of-the-table rivals, play their remaining fixtur- on Friday against R.A.F. Changl and must
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      INDIAN XI LOSES
      26 7 *pHE Lini Soccer Cub of Austria yesterday defeated India's Olympic soccer team 4-2 a. L4n«. Half time score wa t 2-0— A .P.
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    CEYLON TO BUY CHINA RICE
    377 8 Expanded trade relations to be arranged COLOMBO, Wednesday. TR.\DE mission to Red China is expected to leave here before the end of this month to arrange for the purchase of Chinese rice. The mission, which will also promote normal line: and commercial relations between Ceylon
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    MAIDS GO HOME
    11 8 Turkish who ex-Qr.een Narriman been sent back A.P
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    DEATH
    30 8 'JL: On August 3. at mrne, Edith Florence Gxenoved wife c. Oe- CM.CL, of z mother ot Au^r Robert Warren t. R AC. Wil!s> and Mrs F G tone)
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    TWO INDIANS ARRESTED IN S. AFRICA
    88 8 TWO INDIANS ARRESTED IN S. AFRICA JOHANNESBURG. Wed. r'O Indian leaders m Scuth Africa were arrested yesterday by plain clothes 1 deiectives under the Sup- pression of Communism Act. They are Mr. Yusuf CachaSecretary of the South African Indian Congress, and N. Thandray, Join: Secry of the Tr;. Indian Congr^
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    NAKED MAN SCARES BRITISH NUDISTS
    179 8 Tifl r LONDON, Wednesday. MEMBERS of the Heritage Nudist Colony at Finchampstead, Berks., have offered a reward for the capture of a naked man. He frighten* i thorn Club officials reported yesterday that the man had popped up. stark naked from behind bushes several times
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    Sad Shah gives land to people —it's all theirs
    228 8 Sad Shah gives land to people it's all theirs TEHERAN, Wednesday. nnHE Shah of Persia, m a curious ceremony at the A White Summer Palace at Saadaab, yesterday distributed title deeds to peasants who have been sold parts of the royal estates on long-term small instalments. The Shah gave 836
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    BLAZING SHIP MAKES PORT
    36 8 A cargo boat, the Saagkerk, with 2,500 bales of blazing cotton aboard, made a 250--mile journey through the Arabian Sea and reached Karachi, where firefighters extinguished the blaze after two hours. A.P.
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    Children were responsible
    41 8 More than 2,000 fires were started m Britain m 1950 by chUdren playing with matches. Chief > causes of fire wore smoking materials, ashes from open fires, flue pipes, electric heaters, slow combustion stoves, pas fires and candles.— Reuter
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    U.K. STOCKS AT SAFE LEVEL
    39 8 Britain's stocks of industrial raw materials are now at a safe level. This assurance was given yesterday by the Bulletin for Industry Monthly Review of the economic situation issued from the British Treasury Reuter
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    MID-EAST STAFF CHANGES
    48 8 Britain's Middie Bast Land Forces Chief-of-Staff. MajorQecen] c. D. Packard, will become Vice-Quartenrr st?r General m the War Office m February. The man who supplants him m the* Mid-East will be Major-General R. A. Hull, now Chief Army Instructor m the Imperial Drfence College. A.P.
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    JAPAN-INDIA PHONE
    14 8 A direct radio telephone service between India and Japan will open tomorrow.
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    Big rush for uranium is on
    150 8 EDMONTON, Wed. THE uranium rush m neighbouring Saskatchewan spread to north-eastern Alberta, Canada, yesterday. An overflow of prospectors, who trekked on foot into the Saskatchewan wilderness after the provincial government threw open the terri- tory for staking claims, i moved to the Alberta side
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    Stevenson, Truman confer for 31/2 hours
    185 8 Stevenson, Truman confer for 31/2 hours WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT Truman and Governor Adlai Stevenson had a very satisfactory ccuference yesterday on plans for the presidential campaign. Mr. Stevenson, the Democratic nominee, and Mr. Truman will not make public their decisions on campaign plans until later. Thus Mr. Truman's rcle m
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    Jap crown missing
    68 8 TOKYO, Wed. 4 A JAPANESE Parliament Committee said yesterday that a large quant. Japanese national treasure is missing and that receipts by occupation office's for some of it are '•extremely unclear and the figures do not agree. •We hav e confirmed the 5 of a considerable quanof
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    Egypt to end feudal system
    108 8 Egypt to end feudal system C AIKO, Wed. AX a rm y -drafted legisla- tion to wipe out the feu 1.1 system m E&ypt by Hmpillf land reforms I submitted to the government veiierday. The proposed legislation 1 c powerful land-controlling: pa«has use t;. recentl; ahoHched. The fc will ha\
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    TO BE FREED
    34 8 The Scutxi Korean Minis- ter of the Interior, Mr. Kirn Dai Sun announced m Pusan yesterday that all presidential election campaigners vho are new under arrest will be freed, says Renter.
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    INDIAN GOVT. WARNS REDS
    124 8 'Crisis law for 10 y gs NEW DELHI, V rr.lE Home Minister, Mr. Kiulas \a x tcrday warned the CommunK persisted m violent activities an A the government to det2in enrr without trial "may have to remain on book for 10 year, Mr. Katju spoke as
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    SKIPPER'S 'GRAVE ERROR'
    97 8 A U.S. Naval court announced FMterday le c:u- of astrous mid-AU^ntic collision I between Hit UJS. earner Wasp and th 3 destroyerminesuvep.r Eobson on Apr.i 23 was an "unexpfiained left turn" made by the sma'ler vessel. A total of 176 crew n bers di"cl m the g
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    Guided jet's tests
    33 8 Australia's first locally designed and built guided missile the pilotless jet-power-ed target aircraft. Jindvir— will go on its first flight trials at Womera rocket range m South Australia i A.P.
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