The Singapore Free Press, 25 August 1952

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1952. PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS
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    U.K. 'baby airlift' plane crashes
    125 1 U.K. 'baby airlift' plane crashes BERLIN. Mon. a 3RITISH "baby air A ish< d zone of Germany v the Ru.b'.ocked a'l Bn- gate Tien -engined York wai reported one engine M craf: I m I lit Gerld only one and a of Ber Qg Be German led the wreckind r
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    Defence workers threaten strike
    20 1 i members loved m '.ions from Sep3. m protest aga: n lent's reicy, accor; Poona. Reuter
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    DEATH VILLAGE GETS DETENTION
    189 1 1 roops round up silent men at nine a.m. Free Press Staff Reporter viinrrK^ TINGGI M^av. \ILLAGERS of the sealed-lips village of Pennatang Tinggi m Province Welleslev were moved from their homes to detention camps as the clock struck nine this morning. lluv luul defied the
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    MUSTAFA KHAMIS
    53 1 A.P. picture. grimaces and gestures as he is sentenced to death by military court at Kafr E Dawar after being founc guilty of being one of th principal instigators <- recent strikes and riots a the Mb>r spinning factorNine people, including a p< liceman and two soldier were
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    U.K. dancer for Japan
    68 1 LONDON, Mon. SON I A Arova. 26-year-old Briiish ballerina, has signed a £4.000 contract to dance m Japan. lOu Arova is appearing m the London Festival ballet which has agreed to lend her to the Japanese Jkomaki ballet company for a week's tour. She is the
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    Cinema roof fall
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE workman was injured shortly after midnight last nigh: when he fell 30 feet from the roof of the Capital Cinema. Singapore. He landed on a lower portion of the roof which covers the circle seats. The place where the man was
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    U.S. award for Briton
    36 1 Major Henry C. Withers, R.A., of Dorset, England, has been awarded the U.S. Army's Silver Star for Gallantry for his part m the fighting along Korea's Imjim River m April, 1951.- A.P.
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    MRS. M. CAN STILL GET HER $500
    133 1 Free Press Staff Reporter MRS. Vilasini Menon, the Singapore Legislative Councillor who has gone ito India and for whom I there is a warrant of i arrest. Ls entitled to draw her $500-a-month allowance under the rules of the Council governing members on
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    LOST WATCH
    39 1 After a two-hour swim at the Changi Beach. Singapore, on Saturday an Englishwoman of the G.H.Q.. Tanglin. found her watch, worth $100. two pens and $50 m cash stolen The articles had been left oh the beach
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    THIRTEEN BURNED
    26 1 Thirteen workmen were burned and blistered when a gas container exploded aboard the steamer City of Barcelona m Queen's Dock, Glas- Reuter gow yesterday.
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    Mystery oil man in Teheran
    34 1 Mystery oil man in Teheran TEHERAN, Mon. The newspaper, the Keyhan, reported yesterday the arrival m Teheran of a mysterious unidentified American oil tycoon who is negotiating for the purchase of Persian oil products.
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    Professor, going to sea, forgot his charts
    293 1 CASABLANCA. Mon. PROFESSOR Alain Bombard of France set out alone m his 15-foot -rubber dinghy yesterday to cross the Atlantic, but forgot his charts. They were swum out to him by Gisele Vallery. a 100--metre breast stroke woman champion, who put them on
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    Duke at horse show
    44 1 photo. Tilt DIKI 01 EDINBURGH (wearing bowler) talking with the Earl of Dalkeith and his fiancee, Miss Jane McNefll (seated between them) at th e Edinburgh Horse Show on the Inverleith Rugby ground. The Duke presented awards to competitors Reuter
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    'Flying saucer took shot at me'
    268 1 'Flying saucer took shot at me' Scoutmaster tells police NEW YORK, Monday. VfILITARY authorities here yesterday sharply i?1 questioned a 30-year-old scoutmaster who claimed on Saturday he was "shot at by a flying saucer" while on an outing m the Everglades, Florida, with his scout troop. The man, J. S.
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    They'll live in pigsties
    23 1 THE Leopold ville (Bel.ian Congo) Municipal Council has authorised a :ocal owner to "transform pigstie.s into bachelor homes." A.P.
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    SETTLEMENT AT MACAO
    99 1 HONG KONG. Mon. rfcOOPS on both sides of the frontier between the Portuguese colony of Macao and China yesterday began t demolish delence works after settlement of a month-old border dispute. Chinese travellers with permits were admitted into China for the first time since July 26, when
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    Two hurt in car crashes
    73 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A EUROPEAN and an Indian were admitted to the General Hospital Singapore, shortly before midnight yesterday with injuries following motor collisions. The European, who was hurt when his car and a lorry were m a head-on smash near Nee Sdon Police
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    NEW PIPELINE
    31 1 Construction of a new 12--inch pipeline 130 miles long between the Mosul oil fields m Persia and a station which will pump oil into Dantias A.P. has been completed.-
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    Soviet Note gets nowhere says West
    341 1 Soviet Note gets nowhere says West WASHINGTON, Monday. DIPLOMATIC sources m Washington today saw little chance of the West accepting the Soviet proposal for a four-power meeting on a German peace treaty. The same view is taken m London. U.S. State Department officials refused comment on the new Soviet Not?
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    KASHMIR TALKS
    34 1 GENEVA. Mon, The conference on a Ministerial level between India and Pakistan on the future status of Kashmir, which was due to start today, will probably not be- gin until tomorrow.- Reuter
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    Vice probe 'unfair to models'
    148 1 Vice probe 'unfair to models' NEW YORK, Mon. TWO PRETTY GIRLS picketed the Manhattan District Attorney's oSiice to prothat the current cafe society vice probe Is "v: to legitimate models." number of alCeged call- held as ma' ■\s m th* 'gation. have described th« models. But 18-yf-ar-old blonde Christine Christy
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    URANIUM FIND
    33 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. A geological survey announced the discovery of a uranium deposit on Seward Peninsula, m Alaska, 61 milei from Russian Siberia. Uranium is the basis material of atomic U.P. weapons
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    THEY STILL SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF CHRIST
    31 3 D. Di Bradford P the F mslow, a r of E. place re I eople of r^'e t the h the Sermon was preached
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    Robot gets oddest fob
    31 3 SYDNEY »lon problems havr titled for >olu--iin" thai I o\v apernment tie> and reitions havt' I the oddest jobs lot the erimth of 'Pi'lation under environment. Reuter-AAP
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    A TEACHER STEAMED OPEN THE BOYS' MAIL
    219 3 LONDON, Mon. pHILDREN m 'progressive" schools, who think they are the masters, are often secretly hoodwinked by teachers, according to child welfare expert. These children obey only the rules they make themselves. But examples of "remote control'" by staff are given by Mr
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    Rich man finds tax-free Bermuda too costly'
    275 3 Rich man finds tax-free Bermuda too costly' MR- STANIIOPF inirt v LO DON > Monday. JkßaSSfsss He said m his hotel here- I to Bermuda, they tie tl ofTfe tO the American Wai My gardener there, a Portuguese 'en to 12 guineas a Y^ek* sssssr 1 six to eight many
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    Electric train hits car
    31 3 An Electric train speeding it about 75 miles an hour truck a motor car at a -ing near Recime. Wisconsin, killing one person -d injuring 68.- Reuter
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    SILVER FOR SALE
    29 3 The Japanese Governmen: will shortly offer for sale or the New York market 10C tons of silver as a means tc ter its gold holdings U.P.
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    Police cell was "bridal suite'
    265 3 EDINBURGH, Mon. rpHE "peculiar notions'' of Robert Townsley, a 1 Penicuik man, on -how a wedding should be celebrated were not shared by his aunt. Con- 1 sequently, Townsley and his bride, Esther, spent their wedding night m a peculiar place a cell m the
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    POLIO RAVAGE
    19 3 Infantile paralysis has killed 140 people and affected 2,300 more m North Rhine Westphalia since January. Reuter
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    BUCKLEY
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    Permanent fixture
    5 3 of Govern: U.P.
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    SLEEPY SICKNESS
    9 3 :ialitis isleepv epidemic has claimiiifornia with- Reuter
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    Special talk
    39 3 More than 80.000 Catholics n East and West Germany m driaeling rain m Berlin to hear a r cciii] message from Pope Pivs Xll urging them to put strength their faith against the U.P. rs ol materiaJlsm-
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    They borrowed police car
    32 3 Vienna police have issued warrants, for the arrest of two men wh.o they believe often borrowed a [provincial police chief's car )to smuggle foreign currencies into Switzerland.- Reuter
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    QUITS POST
    33 3 Ahmed Shafigh, husband of the twin sister of the Shah Princess Ashraf has resigned as head of the Persian civil aviation office. His wife left A.P. lor ho rope it r^nily.
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    SPOTLIGHT ON MARILYN
    41 3 MAN AT WORK Ace photographer. Earl Theiser, moves m for a close-up of Marilyn Monroe on the 20th Century-Fox lot m Hollyicood as an assistant holds a light extension. What man would fight shy of such congenial work?
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    Gaol for 2, breakfast for one...
    158 3 ONCE upon a time there were two hens, one black, one brown. A few days ago they were sent across thr Border from Preston, Lancashire, to compete m the poultry section at Perth Agricultural Show. They did very well, too. One took a first
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    ASIA TOPS LIST IN LEPROSY
    48 3 From two to seven million people are suffering from leprosy, according to a worldwide report issued at Geneva oy the World Health Or;anisation. The principal centre is m Asia, with an estimated million cases m India and an- U.P. other million m China.-
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    156 3 gORN today, you have powerful and at times tempestuous nature. Quick to anger, you are a s quick to forgive. Your emotions re very strong and if you will £et control of yourself at an early age and channel these energies into an artistic career you can
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    Bridge Hand
    318 3 Both sides vulnerable. North dealer The bidding North East South West Pas 9 Pass Paw Pass 4^ All Pat* "t 0 take a lock around is almost always a poor lead: the purpose to knock ofT the opponents' lowpr honour 1 where the lead does not sar a
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    JAP SHIP IN HULL
    27 3 The first Japanese ship to visit Hull for 13 years, the 6.849-ton Helan Maru, berthed there with 1,661 tons of Japanese steel Reuter
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      147 3 New Crossword No. 749 tilt. ACROSS 1 No doubt it gives you tha t crushing grip (4, 4). 8. He plays a di passionate part (3). 9. It g.ves one icy toes (7). 10. AI blouse Tom (anag) (11). 11. Produces a stir with the after dinner cud (6 5).
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      36 3 Solution to Crossword No. 748 YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. Across: 1, Fills up. 5, Garden chair. 7, Rota 8 Arches. 10 Avenge. 11, Rose. 13, Dissentient. 14, Snodgrass. Down: i, First Lesson. 2, Lies. 3, Secure. 4 Pea-
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    Dog watch
    251 4 FE Singapore Government has a skeleton plan to deal with any outbreak of rabies m the Colony. The to take the skeleton out of the cupboard is now. no f the end of the year Let us have some fle^h and blood on this skeleton befcre there is
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, August, 25, 1952. The trap baited
    310 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, August, 25, 1952. The trap baited rpHERft ta iittie chance jf the Western Powell idling into the trip lich was baited fo them and set yesterday by the Kremlin. The Her 10 aiscuss a commission to consider conditions for all-German frt; .ons after a PourPower
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    U.S. Isolationism is not dead yet
    889 4 IV3NT write off th isolationist Old Guard of the Republican Party yet. A new figure, far more ruthless, charnjin^ and brilliant than rAtor Robert A. Taft hi d from the Convention, and he is likely to cause many people a great deal of worry
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    'ANNE' ARRIVES
    41 4 Dolores Gray "Annie" of 1,304 performances of "Annie Get Your Gun" was presented with a lobster when she landed at Plymouth on her return to England for appearance m a London theatre. '»ir Anthon> Kden imineri; Mi> Ciariiia Sp<:aixi
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    A REALLY BIG NOISE
    179 4 A REALLY BIG NOISE VOISE— at its loudest —is the subject of a scientific story trom California where soni experts at the Statt University have jus: built a 90-foot siren rich pitches a scream equivalent to 2 million voices on the same not? or a massed orchestra of over 2.000
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    Friendship is the new weapon
    732 4 Friendship is the new weapon NORMAN LINDHURST describes a rune meth<hl uf encnuragitig desertions from the Red Army. BONN rpHROUGH the sullen ranks of Red Army men m Eastern Ger many are passing whispers of a "home m th* west which awaits any Russian casting his lot with the Free
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    Allied air power increasing
    217 4 •pORGET about the 1 huge man power reserve of the Russian Army and concentrate on quality on our side." This is the basis of the advice General Ridgway has just given to his Commanders In Germany after a prolonged inspection of Allied troops stationed this side
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    CORONATION SECRET
    151 4 CORONATION SECRET LOMDOH LET. 0 I nati 1 of t! the onl\ will b( bration. the Queen i the ma: 1 mill: tish 1 soon norii other the gC\St (Vi of tlie ci and I shoui or tv day tillltlU^ til Qfd bury how t sen > R St. E
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    POLICE WANT 100 INSPECTORS
    223 5 Local men will be trained for the posts SINGAPORE Police Force will increase the strength of its inspectorate by the end of he year, Police Headquarters announced ytserday. Sanction for the expansion was given •y Government eight months ago. It was also announced that the policy
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    8 ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR YMCA
    67 5 8 ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR YMCA Staff Reporter Chinese art Id an exhibi tie of Chii; 0 raise funci new Chinese •vailding m the Iyer Basin area <*i r^r. a;:i be held gipore Chinese Commerce on T P F Mori t of the City be invited Chinese jxaint--1 arvi
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    WD staff wants higher allowance
    80 5 WD staff wants higher allowance LUMPUR. Mon. R. D demands for rates of .^ance for War nap yees have b> the War Dein Staff Assonaands. i ion pointed out eminent had waired all distinction between temporary afflcer> and had extended tile aIL Th e War Department suit," Mr. E. A.
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    RE-SETTLED
    15 5 n.— Fifiy c persons, whose ai and Kampong requisition- j been .tes m the
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    Govt. gives free milk to 2,600
    73 5 JIXGAPORE Government Health Department distributed free milk to 2,284 children and 31> mothers m the rural areas last month In June onur 219 mothers i and 1 661 ch?!dren go* free milk. Last month's Health Department report says Government's travelling dispensary visited 1987 new
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    RULERS' PRESENT TO CONSUL
    135 5 TWO Federation flags were presented yesterday by the Malay rulers to Mr. Hendricks Van Oss. the American Consul, for the American Consulates m Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Inche Mustapha Albakxi, Keeper of the Rulers Seal, made the presentation. He said the flags were m {appreciation of
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    ADJOURNED
    56 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. When Endot bin Daud, driver of an armoured car, who pleaded guilty last week to negligent driving and causing hurt to the Mentri Besar, Johore, and his driver, came up for sentence on Saturday. the prosecution successfully asked for an adjournment as the matter had been
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    Safety Week brings profit
    84 5 Safety Week brings profit TAIPING. Mon. rE recently -held Taiping Safety First Week was a I zreat success, showing a ere- dit balance of $199.34. Chairman of the Town Board. Larut and Matang, Mr. R F H Drake-Brockman. attributed the success to the fine work done by the Com- i
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    7,111 new drivers
    32 5 The Licensing Department of the Singapore Traffic Police last month issued provisional licences to 7.111 people. rhe department tested 1.852 new applicants and failed 597 Revenue collected was $36,457.
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    HIS NEW JOB
    27 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Mon.— Dr. X K. Mandal has been transferred to the District Hospital Kuala Kangsar. as Medical Officer, from the Ge""r>! hospital Penan^
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    Blackout schedule
    97 5 SUBSTATIONS liable to load shedding tonight are: 8.A.T.. Trafalgar St., Anson Road. Tioac Bahru, Sago St., Raman St.. Peoples Park, Xanson Road Lam Soon. Ban Hin. I.E. Networks. I E. Factory, River Valley Road. Killiney Road. Orchard Road, N.A.A.F.1.. Armenian St Static, Adelphi Capitol. Newton 1 and 2.
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    ELEVEN QUALITIES A TEACHER NEEDS
    230 5 ELEVEN QUALITIES A TEACHER NEEDS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. VETERAN schoolmaster Mr. Yeap Chjong Kong, on Saturday prescribed foi younger members of his profession a lona: list of the Qualities needed by a good teacher His advice, given at the Malayan Teachers' Union annual dinner m Kuala Lumpur, followed, a recent
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    MCA plans Mandarin classes
    77 5 MCA plans Mandarin classes rE newly-formed Cultural Sub-Cimmittee of the Malayan Chinese Association, Singapore -branch, plans to run Mandarin classes for adults. Officials of the sub-com-mittee ar e Mr. Y. C. Ying, chairman; Mr. S. H. Lee, vicechairman; and Mr. Chung Ching Hal, secretary. Mr. Chung has proposed to the
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    ILO PARLEYS ON MANPOWER PROBLEMS
    147 5 Free Press Staff Reporter INTERNATIONAL Labour 1 Organisation has invited Singapore Government to send officials to the three reiioral institutes it is organising to help Governments m Asia and the Far East to tackle manpower problems. A, Ilrt n» the other countries nesia Siam, India,
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    City Council to discuss this report
    138 5 City Council to discuss this report mHE report of the six-man A Infectious Diseases Committee, which made recommendations on the division of responsibility m Singapore for the prevention of infectious diseases, will be discussed by the City Council on Aug. 29. The committee recommended that the City Council should be
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    Big demand for air transport, says KLM
    142 5 V'EXT year's prospects for civil aviation will be favourable though higher prices and increased \;<ae:es will affect operating results, says K.L.M.'s 1 annual report for 1951. The report, just published, says that to cope with the large demand for air transport last year,
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    DROUGHT ENDS
    16 5 TAIPING, Mon.— The long drought m Taiping has been broken by a torrential rain.
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    THESE NUMBERS WON $400,000
    36 5 picture. Free Press JHS GIRLS hold the numbers of the first orize ticket (*****13) m the MCA lottery drawn yesterday at the Chinese Assembly Hall. Kuala Lumpur. The prize is worth $4*ft,M#.
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    YWCA WILL FIND THEM 'HOMES'
    127 5 Free Press Staff Reporter fFHE V.M.C.A. m Singapore will set up a bureau to help women and girls seeking accommodation. An official of the assocxation sai^ yesterday- "Many enquiries have been received by the Y.W.C.A. for inexpensive living accommodation In Singapore." The bureau is primarily
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    Course for teachers
    91 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon MEN teachers from various* states are attending trw Federal course m physical education opening at the Victoria Institution here to- j day and ending on Saturday. In addition to physical education, athletics and. if time permits, swimming and games will be taught. Later, there
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    140 attend Seremban camp
    129 5 ONE hundred and forty men and women from all ;he parishes m Malaya attended I the six-day Malayan Anglican i Pelicwship camp, which ends today, m Seremban. The British Adviser m Negri Sembilan, Mr. M. C. ff Sheppard. opened the camp. toiical competit ons and a
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    STUDY TOUR OF TB IN S'PORE
    45 5 Professor F Heaf advist r on tuberculosis to the Cctanial Office, re'urned to Singapore yes erdav after touring the Fedem'. Professor Heaf who wa£ sent from Britain to study thr T.B. problem In Malaya. begins his Singapore tour oday.
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    Drivers fined
    24 5 Eight Sinjaport 1 car cfrwrs were fined $10 :n Johore Police Court for driving w out having renewed the:r Road Tax Licences
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    SEAL PRINCE SHOWS PROMISE
    748 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS One to follow over distance By gRITISH FILM, who was rather neglected on the totalisator won the main distance race, Cl. 3, 1} miles, at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, the final day of Selangor Turf Club's August meeting. After lying handy for most of
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    WORLD CHAMPS
    32 6 rE United States Hurricane.- of Blind brook waterpolo team won the world championship gold cup tourney yesterday by beating Britain's Hurlingham by six goals to five a: Deauvilie. France.- U.P.
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    Braddell beaten
    26 6 After holding Indian R.c for the whole of the first h*lf, Br<ddell SC lest an exciting s<voo; friendly by 4-1 at Far.*r Park yesterday
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    Doubtful starter wins sprint
    329 6 \f ONA'S KI'DA, who was given as a very doubtful ?1 starter, improved her own weight m one week and won the main sprint at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, to register one of the easiest wins, s?en for some time, on that course. Her performance on
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    SURREY MADE TO FIELD ALL DAY
    324 6 SURREY MADE TO FIELD ALL DAY SURREY, the new county champions, were given a hard day m the field on Saturday by Hampshire who topped the 300 mark. Rogers and Gray put on 128 for the first wicket, wearing down accurate and hostile bow -in !v cricket. Rogers scored 72
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    Manjrekar hits his 3rd. century
    146 6 Manjrekar hits his 3rd. century TiHE Indian tourists did 1 well to totad 289 at Lord's on Saturday against keen and fielding by Middlesex. Robertson and Sharp open ed for the county an hour before tl se and n< d troubled. <ature of the Indian inning wi^ a bright centur>
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    Veteran wins golf title
    89 6 JACK WESTLAND, a beaten finalist 21 years ago, is XS. amateur golf champion today. .The 47-year-old Everett, vVashington. insurance man. who took time out from a hot political! campaign lo P':ay m the title tournament turned back the repeated challenges of young Al Men?ert, of Srvokane,
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    U.K. RUGBY LGE. RESULTS
    69 6 CATURDAY'S rugoy league results: Batley 20, Rochdale 12; Belle Vue Rangers 15, Hull Kingston Rovers 3; Bradford Northern 40, Bramley 11; Castleford 16, Hunslet 7; Halifax 11, Leigh 10; Hull 27, York 6: Leeds 2, Barrow 3; Liverpool City 5, Dewsbury 31; Oldham 32, Peatherstone Rovers
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    JIMMY WILDE FOOLS THE 'WIDE BOYS'
    827 6  -  CHARLES BARNETT The Jimmy Wilde Sfory By JIMMY Wilde was acclaimed the greatest fighter boxing has ever known. The living legend comes to the columns of the Singapore Free Press m one of the most fascinating series ever penned. Wilde retired m 1921. He
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    SOLOMONS HAS ANOTHER ATTEMPT
    186 7 SOLOMONS HAS ANOTHER ATTEMPT 7 lies to U.S. to get Maxim Free Press London Correspondent nROMOTEB Jack Solomons, last night left Hlon by air for New York to*make a tin:! effort to get Joey Maxim, world lighth( i£ht champion, over to Britain to ht Randolph Turpi n next month boxins
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    Army match ends in draw
    247 7 T :iet match 1 v'aiara* and Nee ring ttoe rvt, n m\> w\ Ist. in v jba Ibw SUp to > Diptock 14 I i >ck T I lej b Diplock v a Diplock 66 DiplCK'k 11 '•L'-pto 54 i>iplock 4 tMirbam not out 19
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    RETAIN TITLE
    14 7 I 'he Penan? fh^mpionbeatim Indians by Q the QnaJ ar West em
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    R.E.M.E. DID NOT MISS DOOLAIN
    449 7 R.E.M.E 3; S#ER 0 R !u*V' J: lectrical Mechanical" Engineers won their Singapore Zone final of the Caldbeck Cup more easily than Saturdays score suggests They beat Singapore Engineer Regiment by three clear goals, and gave the impression that had danger threatened they could easily
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    Davenport goals put Lodgers in the final
    424 7 R.A.F. L.U 2; F.B.W 0. r<HANGI Lodgers won through to the final of the Royal Air Force Malaya inter-Unit Soccer Cup with their semi-final victory over Flying Boat Wing at Changi yesterday. Highlight of the match was the brace of goals notched by
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    Little Mo and Brough lose final
    137 7 Little Mo and Brough lose final nORIS Hart and Shirley Fry retained their United States national women's doubles tennis title, defeating Maureen Connolly and Louise Brough, 10-8, 6-4, yesterday at Brooklyn, Massachusetts. Hart and Fry, joined Maureen Connolly and Louise Brough m the final round by defeating Britishers Helen Fletcher
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    Neutral Cup Final venue
    120 7 HTHE Football Association of Malaya, at a Council Meeting at the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club yesterday, decided that this year's Malaya Cup final will be played at a neutral venue either Ipoh or Seremban, on Oct. 11. This will be the second time that the final
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    Goalkeeper saves Bank
    180 7 WILLIAM van Huizen, Hongkong Sbanghai Bank goalkeeper ssvtd his side from defeat when they met Pulo Bukom Sports Club at 9t George's Rriad. yesterday. The Bankers eventually won one-nil. For the first five minutes. Bankers tried the pace and RaWtn Omar drove a stiff grounder goal- wards.
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    LUIS ROMERO WINS
    27 7 Spaniard Luis Romero. v%yp ti a n bantamweight h^mpion. outpointed Gervs Hans Scheming m a IQ- round bout at Zaragoza, Spain, before 12,000- A.P.
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    FIVE KILLED, 23 INJURED IN CRASHES
    176 7 FIVE people were killed and 23 injured m a series of smashes yesterday at the international! motor-cycle races being held m Hamburg. Three accidents which took place before a throng of 100.000 spectators were responsible. All the fatalities and 20 of the i Injuries
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    Britain wins Paris meet
    72 7 BRITAIN yesterday, beat France by 120 points to S^the biggest margin ever —m the 21st international athletics match between the two countries m Paris. The British women also won their match against France by 60 points to 43 It was Britain's 16th win of the series.
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    TRIUMPH FOR FERRARIS
    69 7 ALBERT Ascari of Italy won the Grand Prix de France automobile race last night leading his mates on the Ferrari team to a 1—2 3 sweep. This was the eighth and last of the French racing season's Grand Prix de France. All were run with a three-hour
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    R. CHIA, MRS. DEW WIN PLTA TITLES
    69 7 DOBERT CHIA of Penang and rV Mrs. Helen Dew of Malacca, who are both m line for the Triple crown, yesterday won the men's and women's singles titles. of this year's Penang Open Tennis Championships on Penang Sports Club court. Chia beat his
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    FIVE CUP GOALS FOR TUAN MONG
    290 7 COMBINATION between a v lively set of forwards and a solid defence enabled the Tuan Mong Old Boy's Association to beat Tampenis Rovers by five goals to nil m their Singapore Amateur FA Junior Cup quarter-final at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Old Boys
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    BUNDLE OF TRICKS
    11 7 BUNDLE OF TRICKS STAN MATHEWS had opponents running the wrong way.
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    A POSER FOR THE JUDGES
    162 7 rpHIRTYFIVE road cyclists!] stormed "en masse" across i < I the finishing line to provide a i near problem for officials when 1 the professional road race world l t j cycling champi:nship was held here today. Heinz Muller, Germany, who put m a terrific
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    TITLE FIGHT
    47 7 rpWO Dortmund fight promoters, not named by the European Boxing Union m their official announcement, have been given the go-ahead to stage a European heavyweight title fight between Germany's Heine Neuhau*. and Britain's Johnny Williams. The contest is to take place before December 10. A.P.
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    THE RED TURBAN WAS EVERYWHERE
    393 7 Singapore "A" 2; Juhore Chinese 1. SINGAPORE "A", keen, fast and displaying plenty of thrust m attack, humbled the visiting Johore Chinese by two goals to one, m a friendly soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. It was a gallant effort mingled with excitement
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    Navy could not score fast enough
    233 7 Navy could not score fast enough T^HE Royal Navy's bid to .score 96 runs In 95 minutes to beat S.C.C. failed on the Singapore Padang yesterday but it provided an exciting finish to a raininterrupted match. The early batsmen fell behinu the clock. Straker, who stayed R0 minutes tor 30,
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    Ooi retains his titles
    77 7 "If ALA VAN Thomas Cup player. xTJ Ooi Teik Hock, retained two of his three Penang B.A. titles tonight. In the singles, Ooi received a walkover m the final from his doubles parcner, Lee Hoo Chye. Then Ooi and Lee won the i men's doubles final,
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    U.K. soccer begins with surprise defeat of Spurs
    568 7  - U.K. soccer begins with surprise defeat of Spurs JIM CHAMBERS By ENGLAND'S new football season opened m "temperature soaring to the near eighties on Saturday and the big upset on the first division programme was the defeat of Tottenham H. tspur last season runners-up m the championships, who were beaten
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    THRILLING FINISH
    128 7 rE annual criket match between Indian Association and the R.A.F. < Singapore i, played at Changi over the weekend, ended m a draw after an exciting finish. Wood declared the airmen's first innings closed as soon as the Indian Saturday total of 134 was passed at the fall
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    WANTS MARINO TO RETIRE
    94 7 WANTS MARINO TO RETIRE CAM ICHINOSE, ex-champioo Dado Marino's manager, said yesterday, that if Ha' Dado Maiino fights J&] Yoshs Shir a i for the 1 again, it will be m Horn-. 'Tokyo is too tough on taxes." Sam said. "Any* cided so far." Ichinose said he did not w
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    U.S. GOVT. HITS MONOPOLY TACTICS OF OIL FIRMS
    357 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE l\S. GOVERNMENT charged yesterday m a long secret report that an international "cartel** of seven American, British and Dutch companies control the free world's oil industry m a vice-like £rip. Through a maze of interlocking ownership and Ktrictive agreements,
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    4 WALK OUT AFTER 10 DAYS IN TOMB
    392 8 BERM; M< nday. t SWISS schoolmaster and three teenage youths walked last n<£ht from their 10 day entombment m Hell's Hole, a mount .tin gr tto near Stalden into a group of rescu rs w'm had almost given up hope. Continuous ram
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    Killer of 10 prefaced confession with rhyme
    324 8 Killer of 1 0 prefaced confession with rhyme STOCKHOLM, Mon. A POLICEMAN who killed ten people and then ended his -miserable life" by jumping ;nto a lake left a nc^te outlining with the exactness of a police report the details and motives of each crime, the authorities revealed yesterday Tore
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    Funeral for Dr. Schumacher
    45 8 Dr Kur: Bchumacner. V German S diea last Wednescay. wu burled yestenfcr n cemetery In H choice for a 1 resting place. Tc mans crowded around :he city I S vope pa:.: c to v -.i2i freedom -If m. 1 Reuter
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    MacMUNN DEAD
    36 8 Lt.-G.n Sir George F. V Munn -the man largely for carrying out the uatlon of British troops m the Dardanelles camp m the P ret World War. mcd at E nstead. Hr- wi*R3. A.P.
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    NEHRU FOR U.K.
    19 8 The Prim 1 Minister. Mr. Nehru, will attend Queen Elizabeth's Coronation m London next June. Reuter
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    Upset, Truman sat down to write a letter
    399 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. BOTH the Republican and Democratic Presidential candidates, General Dwight Eisenhower and Governor Adlai Stevenson, are m trouble with the professional old guards of their resp active parties. Central figure of the daily debates and exchanges between the two candidates was
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    ARABIAN PRINCE CALLS ON TRUMAN
    36 8 photo. rRIMt ABDUL AII FEISAL, Minister of Interior and Public Health of Saudi Arabia, chats with President Truman at the White House, Washington, during his tour of the United States.. A.P.
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    He threatened actor charge
    61 8 NEW YORK. Mon. CIDNEY Davis, a 55-year-old v lorry driver, was charged yesterday with an atteir.pt to extcrt i.'357 from film icfor James Stewar:. The Kansas Ci-y office of FBI said Davis gave himself up voluntarily and said he wrote a letter to Stewart en Aug.
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    'National army for Germany'
    64 8 For/ncr Genera] Bernrnrd "Pr Ramcke. "green parati on commander served B five-year sentence. said :n ihn yesterday Germany should build up a national r than contribute European army His audience consisted of former rr embers of the S.S. which was outlawed by tin N remberg International
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    ATOM HOMES
    37 8 Sir John Cockcroft, head of Britain's atcmic energy establishment at Harwell <aid In Adelaide, Australia, yesterday Ihst the use of atomic energy for industrial purposes might be possible m eight or 10 years, says Reuter
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    He claims Atlantis
    90 8 HAMBURGH, Mon. GERMAN clergyman-scientist said yesterday he has found what h e believes to be a king's castle and a mple of legendary Atlantis on the bottom of the orib Sea off Heligoland. The Rev. Juergen Spanuth, of Bordelum, said a divr of his expedition, closely following
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    BIG AIR RAID A MILE SOUTH OF THE YALU
    81 8 TOKYO, Mon. ELEVEN American Superfort bombers have attacked a railway marshalling yard m northwest Korea, a mile south of the Yalu River frontier with Manchuria, the Far Eastern Air Force announced yesterday. Pilots reported that Communist night fighters challenged them and
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    NUNS ON TRIAL FOR LARCENY
    43 8 The principal prosecution liled to appear m court yesterday for the tria! er Superior Soulakiotou and of the Ker..O'd Calendar Monastery who charges ranging from larceny to wilfully ciusin? of three nuns. The trial was postponed inciofrvtely A.P.
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    Jap Reds admire Mao's picture
    75 8 Jap Communi--terday "peacefully* 1 observed the twi .ed celebration of the Japanese CommuParty's 30th anniversay m Tokyo's Edogawa Park. Nearly 2.000 policemen were on the alert around the area. Over 15.000 persons, gathered from Tokyo and nearby pre- feetures for the occasion, eni themselves by
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    WARTIME HERO DECLINES BAIL: SECRET REASON
    557 8 LONDON. M onda tUJNDS entrusted to a former Burma iung 1 for the maintenance of a young Karen used by the man to further a rising b* th< k cr (a minority community m Burnu n Ttl Burmejfc Government, a London court wa* tniii
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    BUDDHIST CONFAB
    18 8 •day dccic f I a Pan-Asian Bug.. conference m East p.xk on Feb. 23. 1953 A.P.
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