Singapore Standard, 3 August 1950

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  • 17 1 Singapore Standard fa m -m. VOL. 1. NOM. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. IftSiV 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 220 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UP) Secretary of State Dean Acheson indicated today that the United States is reviewing its policy toward Formosa and an announcement of additional American assistance may be forthcoming soon. Acheson, at his press conference, declined to answer flatly yes or no
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  • 53 1 HONGKONG, Ai:g. 2 (UP) Observers here speculated today that Chinese Communist leader Mao Tze-tung may have gone to Moscow. Mao shunned yesterday's celebration of Red Army Day as other leaders delivered lengthy speeches and sent greetings. Neither Mao nor his deputy Liv
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  • 208 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2— (UP)— Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today that Soviet delegate Jacob A. Malik has violated Russia's obligations to the United Nations Charter on .Tuesday by attempting to block the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Korea. Russia. Acheson said, has worked
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  • 43 1 Nadra binte Ma'arof. better known as BerMan J?r Cr a < 8h J ly while »>wsband *:JS?2it A da i M **l teacher, beams protectively towards his 13-year-old bride. kT-LTn?. ">*"}** '«w days ago according to Malay rites—Standard photo by Lillian Buckoke.
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  • 462 1 New Chapter In Bertha's Life By Lillian Buckoke, Standard Woman Correspondent THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Nadra binte Ma'arof, better known as Bertha Hertogh, nodded her head indicating "Yes" and was married according to Malay rites a few days ago. Her husband is a Malay school teacher. Mansor
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  • 107 1 US Military Mission Due This Week THE United States Military Mission to South-East Asia will arrive m Singapore this week from Saigon, said Captain B. Jordan. Mission Chief-of-Staff yesterday. Capt. Jordan who flew from Saigon is here to make preliminary arrangements with the American Consulate for the Mission's arrival. The
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  • 183 1 BRUSSELS. Aug. 2: (UP) Bombs exploded outside three j Socialist buildings m Antwerp I today m a demonstration of North Belgian resentment of i the Socialist riot-strike campaign which is driving King Leopold from his throne. The King will turn over royal power to
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  • 53 1 CALCUTTA, Aug. 2— (Reuter) Three hundred and eighty-five Gurkha troops of the British brigade serving m Malaya will leave here tomorrow by ship for Singapore, after six months "home leave" m India. Another 500 Gurkhas belonging to the same brigade sailed for Malaya
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  • 142 1 LOIVDON. Aug. 2— (AP)— Turkey plans to apply forj membership m the North At-, lantic treaty organisation, the I British Foreign Office announced on Wednesday. If the application is accepted, the United States and other Atlantic pact members would be committed to
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  • 34 1 LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuter) I Commonwealth experts will meet m London probably at the beginning of September to discuss aid to South-East Asia, a Foreign Office spokesman said, today.
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  • 256 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 2 (UP) Mr. Aw Boon Haw, multi-millionaire owner of a newspaper chain m the Far East, made a plea for objective and no-political-taint news reporting and treatment m a speech on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his Sing Tao Jit
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  • 481 1 US Troops Retake Chinju Heights In Hard-Fought Battle TOKYO, Aug. 2 (AP) U.S. 24th Division troopg tonight seized the heights [of fallen Chinju, 55 miles west of Pusan, General Mac Arthur's Headquarters announced. The Americans earlier had been reported almost surrounded by a strong Red force that circled the slopes
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  • 305 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UP) A military spokesman said today that the 1 overall American situation m Korea is improving but still is serious. "Local withdrawals may look bad but the overall situa- I tioh is a different matter and it is improving," the spokesman said at a
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  • 79 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. (AP): Guam, under naval rule for 50 years, gained civil status on Tuesday. President Truman signed an organic act for the far Pacific island, this nations westernmost possession. The people of Guam were granted U.S. citizenship by the act. which
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  • 393 1 Red China Offers Aid TOKYO, Aug. 2— (AP>— l Peiping radio said today that Communist China had offered to help the North Koreans but I was turned down. The broadcast was heard here. The Korean Reds were quoted as saying help was not j needed now. US Casualties
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  • 106 1 CANBERRA. Aug 2 (Reuter) Australia has decided to send about 2,000 ground troops to Korea mostly battle-tested veterans, it was authoritatively learned here today. The force will comprise mixed units including infantry and machine gunners and will be able to go into action^within
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  • 70 1 U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS. Auk. Z— (AP) Burning Kumchon. on the central Korean front, was abandoned tonight to the North Korean Communists. The withdrawing American First Cavalry Division blew a railway bridge west of the city. Associated Press correspondent Hal Boyle witnessed the
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  • 364 2 Right Of Lawyer Questioned A SCHOOLBOY witness m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday questioned the right of a lawyer m putting certain questions to him. The witness. Yeo Oon Joon, 20. Trade School student, the principal witness m a bribery case Was m the box for the fourth day
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  • 28 2 Standard Staff Reporter Tha Theosophical Society m Singapore celebrated its Charter Day on Aug. 1. This was the 39th anniversary of the issue of its Charter.
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 2 Mr. and Mrs. Tay Cheng Chuan, #hose marriage took place at 30, Jalan Senyum, Changi Road, on Monday. The bride was formerly Miss Wee Lian Neo. Wee Ghim Siong
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  • 56 2 Standard Staff Reporter Tne Officer-in-Charge of Accident Investigation, Singapore Police Traffic Branch, Mr. G.D. Hunter Gray gave a lecture on "safety first" to pupils of St. Anthony's Boys' School, Victoria Street, yesterday. The lecture covered general safety rules for school children walking or cycling
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  • 630 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE COMPTROLLER of Income Tax, Singapore Mr. D. H. Tudor, made it clear to an audience of secretaries and accountants that he could not remit tax on the grounds of poverty if, for example, a man
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  • 796 2 Westerli ng: British Foreign Minister Says Extradition Act Applies To Indonesia I THE SINGAPORE Attorney General, Mr. C. H. Butterfield, said m the Supreme Court yesterday that the United States of Indonesia had succeeded to the rights and obligations of the Netherlands Government under the Anglo-Netherlands Extradition Treaty of 1898
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  • 146 2 Standard Woman Correspondent. SINGAPORE art lovers will shortly have a chance of studying one of the oldest and most popular of arts, that of handwriting, when the British Council Centre opens an Exhibition of English Handwriting, at their premises m Stamford Road, on Saturday,
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  • 274 2 THE REFUSAL of the Singapore Chinese High School and I the Nanyang Girls' High School to accept certain measures which Government has asked to be introduced m the schools is now reported to be delaying the decision of the Executive Council on whether to allow the
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  • 540 2 Standard Star! Reporter PUBLIC resentment In Singapore against Communism and Communist agents who have been trying to disrupt life m the Colony, has been aroused, a release from the Criminal Investigation Department states. Talk m the coffee shops and markets is against them. There
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  • 124 2 STANDING invitations to members of H.M. Forces to the Singapore Rotary Club's weekly luncheon has been extended to cover all branches of the Commonwealth Forces on visit, m transit or stationed m Singapore. This announcement was made at the Club's luncheon meeting at the Capitol
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  • 52 2 TWENTY four dead ducks were produced as exhibits m the Fourth Court before Police Magistrate Mr. P. Claque, yesterday, m the case m which Ng Joo Hiat was charged with mischief by killing them at Ponggol on Tuesday. Ng claimed trial and was allowed bail
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  • 77 2 Standard Staff Reporter TWO SINGAPORE boys have been given scholarships to study m the United States by Rotary Clubs. They are Wan Pin Chin of 252. Orchard Road, and Wong Wu-Tsuan of 4ivß Tiong Poh Road. Mr. Wan is being sponsored by the Norfolk Rotary Club
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  • 45 2 TEN Chinese found gambling on Tuesday night In two houses m Temple Street were fined a total of $250 irr the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. A sum of $54.43 seized by the police was given to the Magistrate's poor box.
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  • 206 2 IN at cyclist. Low ed his lorry ing m the ncse women f<* workers 00 July j Ilct *ejr This was si pore Corom 3 n at the Inque '"a* See Ton V '^c. Hian, 43, and ££?J* The cyr U* traced. On July
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    • 97 2 NOTK Change Of Address As from August I, 1950, The Singapare Tiger Standard Office m Kuala Lumpur will be: No. 45s Sultan St. Tel: K.L. No. 3310 P.O. Box No. 683. HH \iios\i MEM ivnu |\*h ll I 20!». i)uc- r. Mi I 'MR elvtf stud-. b Ac* oountancy Mathemai
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  • 82 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SIKFMB AN. Wed— Dato Abdul Malek, Mentri Besar Negri sembilan presiding over the 13th meeting of the State Council today announced, before Council adjournal Ins impending retirement shortly. He mentioned his forthcoming pilgrimage to Mecca as one of the reasons for
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  • 179 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An insight into the basic training of Asian Probationary Inspectors, recruits and wireless operators at the* Kuala Lumpur Police Depot was given today by the Commandant, Mr. r iv Mac Samara, when he conducted local pressmen n ij.^f-and-a-hali-hour
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  • 437 3 Redif fusion Staff Talks Break Down: Strike Notice Expires Saturday of Mr. D N 800 h A, gre f m n^ Was the reinstatement the Union alleged 'h«Hh! ant^ NetWOrk En Sineer, who, union acUvftiel be<?n for his trade Union and management I representatives first met to I try and
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  • 76 3 THE DAILY-PAID civilian •v risers of the War Departmust be given the same tions of service as offered by Government This demand was made m a •.on passed at the inaugural meeting of the daily-paid .•roup held at the pref the Army Civil Service Union yesterday.
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  • 115 3 MALACCA. Wed— The Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. E. C. Wisdom formally set m motion the irrigation pump of the Bachang Irrigation Scheme yesterday. This scheme will make 800 acres of swampy land suitable for paddy cultivation by drainage of water to cultivation le /el. The water
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  • 256 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A claim for a month's wages by a Malay driver, Haji Yassim bin Haji Suboh against his former employer, Mr. E. R. Williamson of the War Damage Claims Office, was dismissed by Raja Sulaiman m the First Magistrate's Court
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  • 162 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Selangor Blood Bank's call for donors met with a good response this afternoon when a batch of ten people, comprising a British soldier, several Social Welfare workers, and a European woman, turned up at the
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  • 283 3 Wealth Of Musical Talen t In Federation Schools Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An important discovery m a land m which the ilack of cultural activities ;has been so often remarked, and where diversity of i languages hinders the development of literary activities" is "a wealth of musical talent"
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  • Article, Illustration
    53 3 Photo by CHINESE FASHIONS from Ching dynasty and the early Republican period to modern cheong-sams for every day wear, were displayed by these women m the fashion show at Seremban organised by Mrs. Joan Woon, fifth from left, as part of the Chinese community's effort m connection with Seremh™ Welfare
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  • 97 3 KLALA LUMPUR, Wed. A summons, charging Miss Thambydurai, a Welfare Officer employed by the Federation Government, under the Anti Corruption Ordinance, was mentioned before Mr. A. P. Jack, the Kuala Lumpur, first magistrate, today. The charge alleged that shel corruptly obtained $10 from an Indian,
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  • 64 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Stating that the prosecution could not prove that the hand grenade was found near Liew Tiam's house with his knowledge. Inche Sufnan, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, yesterday withdrew the charge against accused. Liew Tiam, who was charged with possession of a hand
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  • 49 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government announced today the recruitment of two former officers of the Indian Police to the Malayan Police Force. One of the officers, Mr. J. Lobb has arrived m Kuala Lumpur. The other, Mr. Kemp, is expected to arrive tomorrow.
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  • 133 3 Standard Staff Correspondent tw KUA u LA LU MPUR. Wed.That there is great enthusiasm tor the study and teaching of art m all schools m the Federation, is stated by Mr M R Holgate, the Director of 'Education, Federation of Malaya m his report just issued. Really
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  • 122 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA TRENGGANU, wed— The proposed squatter resettlement area, about seven miles from the town of Dungun, was visited on Monday b> Sir Harold Briggs, Director of Operations, who arrived m Trengganu on board the HMS Cardigan Bay. He was a guest of the Sultan
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  • 36 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Seventy-seven English school teachers m Johore will be Sitting for their normal teachers training examination on Aug. 8 and Twenty are first year students 25 second year, and 32 third year
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  • 148 3 SULTAN ORDERS INQUIRY 6< ??r d A a r< S r taff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.™ Following the dismissal of the appeal of Tan Choon Chu.r and Tan Choon Chai m connection with the throwing of .1 hand grenade into the International Hotel, Batu Road, on April 26 last, the
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  • 116 3 S< o?4^« Staflr Correspondent SEREMBAN, Wed- At the Negri Sembilan State Council today, Inche Zainal Abidin bin Lati successfully moved the establishment of a police station or a police post at Ulu Bernang village m the Mukim of Lenggeng. 'He said the area was
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 223 3 s/7 j \f, in REX: "It's A Great Feeling" l M,lJh Today 12 45 3, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. n J SUN CINEMA: "Vijaya KulAnd Bab, Makes ri (Tamil >< 2 3 0 < 6 and 9 PAVIIiom 5 iffi! [)A5 P-m-' P JV 'Floodtide," 3. ODEON: "The Tragic y
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  • 450 4 Johnson Quits: 'Like Leaf Falling From Tree, Says Labour Standard Staff Keporter MR PAT JOHNSON, Labour Party Municipal Commissioner for North Ward, yesterday personally handed m his resignation from the Party at the Party s office m North Bridge Road. In a letter addressed to the Honorary General Secretary of
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  • 243 4 TWO FACULTY members of the University of Malaya will attend the International Congress of Mathematicians to be held m Cambridge. Massachu-: setts, from Aug. 30 to Sept 6, as delegates from the University, i They are Professor Alexander Oppenheim, Dean of the Faculty
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  • 163 4 Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR. Wed.—Recalling his speech while announcing the first part of the State Constitution m 1948 the Sultan of Kedah once again, at the Balai Besar ceremony of the presentation of the second part of the State Constitution, pledged that the time
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  • 175 4 standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.— For the first time m the history of the St. John's Ambulance Association m Malaya. a paid, fully trained European Lady Brigade Officer will be attached to the Association to help direct its activities, Dr. R. B.
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  • 40 4 Standard Stiff Correspondent PENANG. Tues.— A Chinese detective. Tan Boon Kiow, 23, heard a robbery charge explained to him before the Magistrate. Mr. D. R. Home yesterday m the general hospital, where he is now a patient. i
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  • 36 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. The St. George's Girls' School Society will hold a fair at the school ground on Saturday, m aid of 25 squatter families m British Tambuan Estate, Province Wellesley.
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  • 46 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PARIT BUNTAR, Tues.— The Principal of the Arabic School, Titi Scrong, Udoh bin Hussein, was fined $10 by the Circuit Magistrate, Inche Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah, for starting building operations without having first obtained i permission from the Town j Board.
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  • 280 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed.— Remarking that he could not allow an offence of this nature to escape without imprisonment, the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. M. Garton, today sentenced 53-year-old Dr. C. Murugiah, Medical Officer attached to the Ipoh
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  • 93 4 sianoara Man i orresponaem. PENANG, Wed.— The prompt aid given by Mr. J. P. Meehan, Chief Police Officer, probably saved the life of Chinese cyclist who was injured after a col- j lision with a military lorry at I p.m. last night at Glugor. j
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 4 -Photo by The Ceylonese women who took part m the Negri Sembilan Welfare Week Fashion Show at Seremban. Seated m .he centre Ii M the Organiser, wife ef the State Surgeon. Negri Studio
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  • 58 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed.— An Exchange Guarantee Committee has been formed by the Atjeh Trading Kongsi to carry out the guarantee procedure and to see that members comply with the barter trade regulations. A sum of $150,000 has been received by the Committee from
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  • 287 4 Standard Staff Reporter ANG HER CHIOW and Law Hoi Choi, two 11-year-old ornhans from the Singapore Canossa Orphanage, stole an extra thrill yesterday when together with 71 other boys and girls of the Orphanage they boarded a plane at Kalian, 1 airport
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  • 317 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed. The argument among Perak councillors as to whether or not speeches are to be read ;from written scripts provided the most interesting and entertaining part of the proceedings m yesterday's Council of State meeting. A verbal duel arose out of a
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  • 87 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed— Mr. A. J. P. Bunning of the Colonial Office is on a short official visit to Penang Where he is guest of the Resident Commissioner. Mr. R B. Bingham. Mr Bunning is a member ol the Institute of Tran>port and Adviser
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  • 51 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Tics A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Parit Buntar Coroner. Inehe Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah, at the conclusion of an inquest into the death of OJ.P. Gronemann. a Dane attached to Messrs. I E i 14. v Parit B I rati
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  • 105 4 Music By The Young: 'Wonderful Standard M is rath« r a see making l people. Y» i cert In th< •A I given I Sym] baton ol M ri< n, Dtpartn Six hi;:. atn t i Other I 7lt 30 mance. To i only a time I the i J
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  • 678 5  -  LOUELLA O. PARSONS b JL [OLLYWOOD, Aug. 2 1 The Korean situas responsible for an mie oi war movies, ings Over The i Pacific," described tribute to the U.S. l >9 Air Foice, goes before the cameras at Republic with
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  • 173 5 TfALISG STUDIOS, London, now has its own shorhcare receiving and transmitting station. The object is to keep teams on location (within 30 miles (4& kilometres) of the Studios) m contact with their Ealing base and also with other groups on location. Ealing will also be able to
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  • 76 5 XJOLLYWOOD, August AJ 2. Here's one way to get a movie job. James Craig, an enthusiastic duck-hunter. was introduced to director Joe Lewis one chilly dawn a year ago, m a duck blind. They became friends, thereafter hunted together several times. W r hen Lewis was assigned to direct
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  • 76 5 r ONDON, Aug. 2— Hollywood film producers may be permitted to take more dollars out of Britain as a result of recent talks m London between Mr. Harold Johnston. President of the American Motion Pictures Association and the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold
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  • 67 5 Jane Russell, who is currently making "His Kind Of Woman" with Robert Mitehum at RKO Radio, has been set to co-star with him m "Macao," with Josef von Sternberg directing. Jane has two other pictures as yet unreleased: "It's Only Money," with Frank Sinatra
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  • 332 5 FJOLLYWOOD, August 2 A The singing cry of steel on steel is heard the length and breadth of Hollywood. Rapiers flash and clash. Romantic heroes shout. "En garde,*' and thrust, villains who have lived by the sword, die by the sword. And,
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  • 92 5 \fEXICO CITY, Aug. 2 ifl The Mayor of San Miguel de Ailende. historic Mexican town which provides the key setting for Robert Rossen's production of "The Brave Bulls'* for Columbia, has agreed to hold up civic progress for three weeks "m the interests of the international fllm
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  • 223 5  -  WILLIAM E. McKENNEY BRDGE CORNER PY MOLDING the king, qneen and a sm.-ll card Oi a suit most players Would not hesitate to play eitht king or queen fourth I if the ace had not appc on the trick. Those would not have done so
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    • 239 5 YOUR RADIO PROGRAMMES Todays Highlights RADIO MALAYA (Singapore): Selections from "Annie Get Your Gun" by Irving Berlin are included m the programme of light music by the Radio Orchestra (lpm.). At 6-20 p.m. it's "Calling All Hospitals" with requests for patients. The Radio Scientist discusses scientific subjects of general interest
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    • 265 5 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 10 a.m. News from Singapore md Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur; 1 p.m. The Radio Orchestra: 1.30 Time Signal and News: 1.45 Light Music; by Carl Chandler Orchestra: 6 p.m. Programme Summary; fi 02 Childrens Programme; 6.20 "Calling All Hospitals;" 7 p.m. Time Signal. News
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  • 81 6 K. S. Chang. Editor in-Chiel Published daily including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star Ncjvs) Amalgamated, Ltd, at 128 Robinson Road, Singapore. Subscription rates: 10 cents per copy, $3 per month and $7.80 per three months m Singapore and throughout the Federation of Malaya, postage extra. Advertisement rates
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  • 748 6 PARENTS mindful of their children's future m Singapore, should now take the elementary precaution of seeing that their child ?n are either conceived or born m the Colony. That, m effect is the meaning of a resolution moved and adopted by Singapore's Municipal Commissioners last Monday. The
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  • 816 6  - No Sah, Ah is A Confidence Tipster TOM PHILLIPS A Confidence Trickster H tTOIENDS, let me Introduce you to a great person. For fifty years one of England's greatest Professors of Kidology, an entertainer known the length and breadth of the land, a celebrity who has been on speaking terms
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  • We, the People
    • 402 6 Sir.— Rending the 'Review of Views' column m the Singapore Standard, I was tiiken aback when confronted with the English version of the editorial of the Utusan Melayu asking a needless question on the mass meeting held last Friday m Johore Bahru. I think there is
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    • 190 6 Sir, As regards the payment of $500 a month or $6,000 a year to the unofficial members of the two Legislative Councils m Singapore and the Federation, it is not possible here to do more than sound a note of warning. Members need not be told
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  • Its The Talk of The Town
    • 364 6 THE outgoing president of the Straits Chinese British Association, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek stated at the 50th annual general meeting of the SCBA that the association has no sympathy with communal ism m this country. He added that on the other hand, a large percentage of
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    • 246 6 AND so after three hard years' struggle to convince a sceptical public that it was representative of public opinion, the Penang Association has finally given up the ghost. Known m pre-war years as the, AStraits Settlements (Penang) Association, it was renamed the Penang Association m
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    • 267 6 THE categorical statement by the acting Chief Secretary of the Federation, Mr. M. V. del Tufo, that the Government is under no obligation to house all its employees, must have come as a shock to all Government and quasi-Government employees. Mr. del Tufo's statement was made
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  • 11 6 "Cor what wouldn't I give for the old •Morrison*
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  • Review of Views
    • 43 6 Fate of a„ y nation c c own iv 1 IP 1 d**cl. <t I tin i eountrj I Wm I itatan i Onn Mil .1 I Malays i i m tin I 1M(? their q Xt up j:i .1- rou
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    • 47 6 !INDI P Ms terd ;»■■>: i» •":ic A disp kontf. Sin it IVM 'i ing i curate l "Em I The pasi eventful it v i reckoning 1- J during d;. v ItacAi thur'i > the i i atietben ••A..r.d 1 .t ntucn Th< re thai ■'•>ric!\.
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    • 104 6 TWO C men and the pio-t Cniau Jit P ly on the S retjin to Uh but they different can derive im I S ro Nai v takh b nt> COUI AI < i namel] oi i the H.-- < through mm mi N fail, it i. that
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  • 335 7 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 2 U Reuter)- After Russia, supported by India and Yugoslavia, had unsuccessfully tried m a stormy three-hour debate m the Secu- itv council to unseat Nationalist China, the Soviet delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik. served notice that
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  • 11 7 Is claim that •inks riave far. Reuter
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  • 87 7 TOKYO, Aug. 2— (UP): The U.S. Army announces that that Master Sergt. Quinton J. Mixon has received battlefield promotion to 2nd lieutenant for heroic action during the Kum River battle. During the Kum River fighting, Mixon's empany commander was killed and Mixon took charge
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  • 64 7 Miss Vera Svaneerova of Brno. Czechoslovakia's vounirest train driver, is 17. A .p. photo A French aryny unit, including Foreign Legionnaires, regular French soldiers and Morrocans, are shown m a village on the Red River Delta m Indo-China just after a successful sweep against Vietminh troops. In front
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  • 245 7 West Is Upset By India LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 2 J (UP): —lndia's support for thfl Russian ruling to unseat tagl Chinese Nationalist delegate has greatly upset the Western delegations. Some delegates thought the Indian attitude is indirectly helping the Soviet anti-US. propaganda campaign m Asia, while others had hoped she
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  • 90 7 BELGIUM. Aug 2 (AP):— The Socialist-controlled Belgian Trade Union Federation ordered all striking workers to return to their jobs today after King Leopold asked Parliament to delegate his powers to his son. Prince Baudouin. The King offered, m effect, a slow motion abdication. With
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  • 76 7 Unhappy Homes As Cause Of Arson' NEW YORK. Aug. 2 <AP>:— Most of the arson committed m American m the past year is attributed by the New York National Board of Fire Underwriters to "irresponsible and unbalanced persons," whose chaotic home conditions lead to crimes of all types. Poverty, alcohol
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  • 100 7 Red Koreans As Good Fighters As The Germans' Washington, Aug. 2— (AP)— The Korean Reds have more and better artillery than the Germans had m World War 11, Lieut.-Col. John Michael ies said m a recorded broadcast. He commands a regiment of the 25th Division m Korea. "One of the
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  • 24 7 Col. Charles Joseph Hubbard. 48-year-old Arctic explorer, and eight Canadians were killed when their plane crashed m the Canadian Arctic- U.P.
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  • 170 7 MOSCOW, Aug. 2 (UP) Marshal Josef Stalin has reaffirmed his pre-war view that, as long as capitalism encircles Russia, the Soviet state must grow stronger or it will be destroyed. The Soviet leader's pronouncement, regarded here as one of the most important public assertions
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  • 67 7 RANGOON, Aug. 2—(Reuter): Burmese forces have retaken the township of Tekilet m Kengtung State, from Chinese Nationalist deserters. It was one of several places seized by about 4.000 deserters who had crossed over from Yunnan and entrenched themselves m the hills. Burmese forces have for some
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  • 42 7 India Suited For Conciliation'' PARIS, Aug. 2— (Reuter): India could pursue useful efforts of conciliation for, as a great Asian power, she is more apt than the West to understand the mind of the Eastern peoples, says the Conservative newspaper Le Monde.
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  • 16 7 The Canadian Labour Minister. Mr. Humphrey Mitchell. 55. died on Tuesday.- A .P.
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  • 103 7 Washington. Aug. 2 cap) —United States Marines, who formed part of the newlyarrived reinforcements m Korea, had on four previous occasions been sent to that country. The Defence Department said each of these visits, spread out over 80 years, was "for protection of U.S. interests."' In
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  • 62 7 TOKYO, Aug. 2 (Reuter-AAP).-By co-operating nuuc United Nations m resisting aggression m Korea, Japan s effort m the cause of peace will come to be recognised by the world l and a peace treaty for Japan may be brought sn'mTch'nea^?, Japanese Premier *oshida told a
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  • 181 7 UN Said 'No To 23, 000 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 2. (U.P.): Harassed officials, turned away 23,000 ticketseekers who converged on the I already jammed United Nation building m a bid to gain admittance to the Security Council Chamber and galleries to witness the "Return of the Russians." Plans for news
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  • 33 7 The New York World Telegram and Sun has closed its plant pending a settlement of the 7-week-old Newspapers Guild strike against the paper. The business and editorial staffs remain on the pay-roll- U.P.
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  • 62 7 A Magistrate's Court m Kandy has thrown out a case m tohich Ceylon's Education Minister, Mr. E.A. Nugawela, was accused of hating "icrongfully" retained the skull of the famous Kandyan rebel leader, Menerawela Keppitipola Dissawa of Vva. The complainant, Mr. 17. Af Keppitipola, said he was the great-grandson of the
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  • 20 7 Ten people were killed and 90 injured m a train crash m the Ivory Coast of French West Africa.- A.P.
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  • 31 7 Under the Siamese Government's anti-vice campaign, publication and distribution of indecent literature is banned, sale of lifjuor is restricted and juveniles are prohibited from entering certain place* of entertainment. A .P.
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  • 43 7 The strict security check of members of the Australian Prime Minister's Department is being extended to their families. AiZ meinaers of the start*, including officers, are now required to name three "references." not being relatives or fellow-employees svh« *»»n Vouch for them.- Reuter
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  • 23 7 Indian and Nepal have signed two treaties, one of friendship and the other of trade and commerce, at Katmandu. Nepal s capital.- Reuter
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  • 33 7 A four-armed baby girl, oorn to a peasant woman at Ludhina (East Punjab., attracted large crowds who worshipped her as a goddess. The child died a few hours after birth.- A.P.
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    85 7 Ed m Shanghai on July 24, according to Chinese reports. Ffidng recently admitted that there were still some 400.000 Nationalist guerillas operating m Red China.— Reuter. President Quirino. m warning the nation to prepare for a possible world conflict, said. "Fight we must if fight be needed." However.
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  • 48 7 The four National Guard divisions called to active service have been identified by the U.S. Army as the 28th of Pennylvania. 40th of California. 45th of Oklahoma and the 43rd of Rhode Island. Vermont and Connec ticut. All are due to report for service on Sept 1. U.P.
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  • 34 7 The U.S. Court of Appeals has confirmed the conviction of 11 Communist leaders on charges of conspiring to organise tl?*' Communist Party to leach and advocate the forcible overthrow of thm U.S. Government.- Reuter
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  • 229 7 photo. SAIGON, Aug:. 2— (UP)— The rebel Yietminh radio, broaaV easting; from the Communist-controlled territory, announces that the "Vietminh State** is willing to carry out an excha.i^e ot French and rebel prisoners-of-war. In addition to military prisoners, the rebels are holding as
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  • 165 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 2 (AP)— Coming immediately on the heels of the MacArthur-Chiang Kai-shek agreement on joint Nationalist-IJ.S. defence of Formosa and Sino- American military co-operation against Red aggression, a declaration by Gen. Chu Teh, Commanderin Chief of the Chinese Communist Army said, "We are
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  • 49 7 'Formosa- US Alliance TAIPEH, Aug. 2 (Reuter): The MacArthur-Chiang Kai-shek defence agreement was described here today by a Chinese newspaper as "a Sino American military alliance with signature." The Generalissimo declared last night "I am now sure the peoples of all Asia will be aroused to fight Red aggression."
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  • 34 7 BANGKOK. Aug. 2 <UP>: More than 900 volunteers for the U.N. ground forces m Korea have reported at Bangkok's city recruiting stations m the first two days.
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  • 171 7 New Invasion Jitters In Indo-China i SAIGON, Aug. 2 (UP): I Korea's fate has brought new I jitters to this outpost where nerves have been worn thin by four years of guerilla terror. The big question m the minds of Saigon's warI weary population is whether Indo-China is the next
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  • 54 7 THE HAGUE, Aug 2 (Reuter):—Foreign Ministers of the live Western Union Powers have agreed to "bring about a substantia] Increaai m the defence etTort" of the five countries after an exchange of views on the international tion 'with particular rt ,nrd to eventt m the Far
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  • 281 8 Standard Staff Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore rose to new heights yesterday, business being done for first grade August shipment at $1.29$ a lb. The market was firm again at prices ranging from three to nearly five I
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  • 44 8 NEW DELHI, Aug. 1 (Reuter) The Indian-Pakistan trade agreement, which has signed last April and expired yesterday, has been extended until Sept. 30. Representatives of the two Governments will meet as soon as possible to review the operation of the agreement.
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    • 16 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. Aug. 2. The price of tin today was $368,121 per picul. Up $5.50.
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    • 105 8 The latest rubber price yesterday (Aug. 2) were, per lb. Buyers Sellers No R.S.S. spot loose |1.29 i $1.30 No 1. RSS. fob. m bales Aug. $1.29} $1,291 No. 2. $1.28} $1,281 No. 3 $1.27} $1.27! Tone: Steady, Firm. LONDON, Aug. 2— (UP) Spot tin hit a new free
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  • 275 8 AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 1— (IT)- Four of the five big tyre manufacturers m Akron blamed the increased cost of crude ruhber and the mounting prices of 200 related items necessary for tyre making for the five to 12£ percent price jumps which
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  • 24 8 TOKYO. Aug. 2— (ReuterAAP) The Japanese Government yesterday decided to increase domestic food produc-' tion with subsidies totalling 50.000.000 yen annually.
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  • 78 8 HONGKONG. Aug. 2— (UP) The Bank of China has i abolished its foreign exchange (transactions department and j turned over all exchange transactions to various appointed banks, according to a Shanghai report. The appointed banks are authorized to sell to the Bank of China foreign
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  • 796 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. Business m the Malayan share market today was on a small scale throughout the day. There were only minor fluctuations. Little interest was taken m the market. Closing quotations were: Robinson Hi Co Ist Pref 6% 5.00 5.25 2nd Pref H% 10 (>0 10 7ft
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  • 116 8 MUNICIPAL Sport 6* 192© ***** 106.50 4J% 1930 105 50 10f>50 3% 1935 86.00 87.00 3% 1937 92 50 93.50x1 8% 1938 92 50 93"0 xi 4% 1939 100 50 102.50 3J% 1948 90 00 92 00x1 Penan* 5% 1926 ***** 106 50 4i% 1929 104 00
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  • 67 8 The Eastern Saga which Is loading several thousand tons of rubber believed to be destined for the North China port of Tientsin. Meanwhile, a report from London yesterday said that the British Government was having under constant study the question of banning shipments of strategic materials to Communist China
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  • 247 8 Oil Issues Rise Sharply On UK Stock Exchange LONDON, Aug. 2— (Reuter)— Sharp rises m Canadian Eagle oil issues provided a feature m the oil section of the London Stock Exchange today. Gains of two shillings followed maintained dividend and increase m group profits (£6,046,000 against £4,644,000). Other oils were
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  • 55 8 LONDON. Aug. 2 (UP) The Daily Express today said that Britain will build a US $28,000,000 plant to mass-pro-duce Uranium 235 at the Capenhurst (Cheshire) atom research station. The Express said "This can only mean that the Government has decided to make Britain independent of the
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  • 25 8 WASHINGTON. Aug 2— (AP) The United States Senate on Tuesday voted 65 to 15 for a US$lOO,OOO,OOO Export-Import Bank loan to Spain.
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  • 207 8 I States Aid Funds. Secondly. more than 40 items, including rubber and leather, are to be included m the stockpile import programme which will be finance! by foreign currencies amounting to $250,000,000. is planning to import *****.000.000 worth ,°> petroleum, coking coal,
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  • 94 8 HONGKONG. Aug. 2— (UP) Negotiations for a trade pact between Japan and Formosa is moving closer to conclusion, according to Chinese reports received here today. The reports said Chinese officials took advantage of Mac Arthur's visit to Taiwan to urge an early conclusion of the pact. Governor
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  • 197 8 EXCHANGE rates now m force, as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are are follows: FREE MARKET CURRENCIES HELLING BUI ING isSSA. V. 4 i ,/16 X, n, w W JI New Zealand 2/4 1/31 l/tt nvSl India Ceylon 155 8/4 156 S/« 157 and
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  • 390 8 WASHINGTON, Aurt. 1 (INS) officials declared today that IS. i. f^ n hi to Europe will continue on a larj-p Government plans to gear-up Amcr r ll > defence production. lndUstr A careful study of the present closed that the United States can
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  • 42 8 UK May Stop Shipments To Communists LONTJ iN bargo i fie raw i other I -i A Fo: said th< coo ml Th» port> i and othei l discussj n v country Fr m Europe.-, For not Br di nued <.. munist C
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  • 36 8 Produce COPRA Buye: $41$. v at 5' Pepper easier both tl mark*- I I Pri dure Betel I (while Oil (rour. (Hamburf (Lampong (Muntok wak whit< (Unci (Sari v. oca (2
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  • 24 8 NEW YORK Pi future I with the month two i S Crude r Offei p. r D Si
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  • 350 9 Chusan Newest P. 0. Luxury Liner Arrives Singapore On Nov. 29 of the largest and most luxurious to Se built Siwar *ELZ -will dock here on Post-war Britain November 29. .aid bound, the i will sail from on November 7. vill be made at Port Aden, Bombay a large number
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  • 154 9 RIGHT: Making the new P. &O. Chusan mil i» a from the vertical to .test tb, sSb&^Mch xne nrst ship of her size to be fitted. i The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., known to the world as the P. 0., is showing its strong
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  • 221 9 FOUR emigrant flights to Sydney, scheduled for this month, have been fully booked. reporta KLM which has al-; ready operated five emigrant flighta to Australia and two to New Zealand this year. A I total ot 390 emigrants have been flown out from Holland on
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  • 96 9 THE BOAC. fleet of 22 Argonauts, which operates chiefly over tropical countries, is now being painted white on the top surfaces m order to reduce cabin temperatures while on the ground m hot climates. The 8.0.A.C. at first experimentally painted the upper surfaces of an
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  • 61 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 2: (Reu-|ter-AAP). The first Hongkong vessel to clear the port for Shanghai since the July 24 mining of the Filipino freighter San Antonio," left here yesterday with general cargo for Shanghai. The vessel is the freighter "Walter" flying the Panamanian flag. She
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  • 26 9 RANGOON, Aug. 2— (AP). The lights of Akyab, west coast seaport, have come on again after eight years, a correspondent reported to his newspaper here.
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  • 713 9 */r^o Standard Shipping Reporter MOST of the officers of the P and O shin of thp L e n r 'f Chl il an i 24 000 tOnS gross) which is expected to call for the first time at Penang and Singapore m
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  • 379 9 1 V H 6 ~K o^p B ll^i Pmv^Bb*! wf standard Shipping: Reporter WHILE steaming: at 19 knots off the Isle of Wight, the new 24,000-ton P.&O. liner Chusan was forcibly 55 t 2^ beel over man y degrees to port and
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    • 180 9 v.. ./a ,;.Jr* Despatches Arrivals TODW Haoov... TODAY— Gt. Britain, N. Ire--Kong and! land Eire Europe Nort h and pXZ* Japan i West Africa, West Indies, by to, c 1 and Ce y lon b y Benla v^ anoGran j wers; South Africa by Bosses ot America and va j
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    • 256 9 §B^pP|]|jgdOuf OF HARBOUR j i IMINXAMU (East Asiatic) l from Bangkok. Wakde, Nantin. Rimau, BangArriVaiS from Bangkok LOKSANG (Boustead) nara, Scudai, Van Den Brook, vi7CT.7nr.AV ANTILOCHUS (Mansfield) from Japan, Hongkong. Senai, Merlimau, Bentong, Tg. ES TS R .l-froni U.K. and U.S.A. HANYANG (Mansfield) Pinang, Hock Thai, Marosa. ETRUSCO (Harrisons and
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    • 185 9 Arrivals KLM CONSTELLATION from Amsterdam, Rome, Cairo, Basra, Karachi, Calcutta and Bangkok ETA 9.15. GARUDA INDONESIAN AIRWAYS DOUGLAS DC3 from Medan ETA 10.30 a.m. AIR FRANCE DOUGLAS from Saigon ETA 2.50 p.m. QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS CONSTELLATIONS from Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta ETA 2.30 p.m. from London, Rome, Cairo, Calcutta ETA 3-30
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  • 213 10 As heavily armed American Marines, newly arrived front the United States, moved up the front, the tempo of the Korean war increased m fury, with the North Koreans striving m a desperate bid to throw the Americans bach into the sea. The situation was particularly grim
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  • 546 11  - Private Affairs Mary Haworth r,\ Porn on Wrong- Side Of ***** In Prairie Town nun Finds Life lTn- irable There As People call Her "Old Maid;" Snes 51 and Asks Help. \RY HA WORTH: on the wrong side :i rks m a prairie f my contempoj who hadn't the luck
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  • 601 11 Vatican Paper So Influential Even Stalin Reads It A Really Unique Newspaper I VATICAN CITY. '(AP)- Each morning except Monday when he walks into his studs at eight o'clock. Pope Piul picks up a small brown envelope from his desk. On its face, there is print ed m Italian: "To
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  • 135 11 PARIS, (INS) The world's argest pearl, three inches long md two inches wide at the >ase. is on sale to anyone with i 25.000. The "Pearl of Asia," a >eautiful specimen tipping the cales at 605 carats, lies m the afe of the
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  • 116 11 LONDON, (INS)— The Lonlon Daily Graphic reported hat Russia is speeding subnarine production and plans o have 1.160 operating by an. 1, 1952. The newspaper's "Inside Inormation" column said that 10 of the subs will be longange vessels, capable of makng 26 knots and carrying V-2
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    199 11 Pp^s and echoes-column by Daiia Torre is an almost daily clash with Communism's top propagandists. Osservatore is published each afternoon except Sunday. Andrea LAazzarini, assistant editor, said Moscow is one of the paper's "difficult spots" because there are no direct reports from there. But the Vatican maintains
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  • 321 11 PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, —(A.P.)— ln 1929, a hurricane blew fisherman Theodore Tollofsen onto a deserted shore six miles south of here. The peninsula, which is now St. Andrews State Park, is almost as isolated now as then, and on that day 21 years ago Tollefsen
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  • 365 11  -  EDWIN P. JORDAN. M. D. Development Of Antibiotic 'Wonder' Drugs Still Goes On By Written for NEA Service IpVERYONE has become so j- 1 1 used to new "wonder" drugs of the antibiotic family which attack infectious diseases that it is hard to keep up with them.
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  • 25 11 Pheasants developed short, stubby wings for a reasonLong, pointed wings would be disastrous to a bird that must rise quickly from underbrush.
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  • 154 12 MENTAKAB. July 31.— Due to the efforts of Mr. Gurchan Singh Pahang will be sending a very strong Contingent for the 29th Malayan championships. The following have been selected to represent Pahang m the various events: 100 Yards Flat: S. S. Moorthy Leong Siew Hon.
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    65 12 Members and officials of the Selangor team for the AAA championships who arrived In Singapore last night after a ten-hour bus ride from Kuala Lumpur. Before they left the team was presented with a Selangor flag by the Mentri Besar of Selangor, Raja Uda, who m turn was given a
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  • 99 12 By OLLIE DA VIES SLOW work was done at Bukit Gantong yesterday morning where the going was good m spite of a light shower of rain that fell at 4 a.m. Only two horses were given half-pace work. They were Dark Brocade (Ingram) and Cinema (Lansdown), both
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  • 59 12 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Wednesday.— The following are the twelve entries for the Taiping soccer knock-out competition: RE. Sports Club, Camps United, Taiping Malays. Taiping Indians "A", Taiping Indians "B", Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (1950 runners-up), Malay Teachers, Taiping Chinese Combined *'A" Taiping Chinese Combined
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  • 61 12 THE following members of the Victoria School Hockey eleven 1949 are requested to meet at Victoria School on baturday, August 5 at 5.00 p.m. Suan Tin, Md. Amin, Soon Lock, P. Fernandez, Balakrishnan, Zamal, Soon Hock M Fernandez, Vincent Verghese Kum Chow Kway Joo, H Singh, P.
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  • 289 12 FREQUENT infringements interrupted what should have been a very good game at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when Rovers Sports Club met Pulau Brani United m the Singapore Cup competition. Rovers won three one but were fortunate m that two of their goals
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  • 251 12 v T^9. lucky Soals gave 30 BnX.A.0.C., a four to three victory against the Malay F.C. m a soccer match at Farrer Park, on Tuesday. The R.A.0.C., who, for the first ten minutes, were two players short, owing to late arrivals, were held
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  • 529 12 BY CAR, train, bus and plane, Federation athletes began arriving m Singapore yesterday for the week-end's Malayan AAA championships, all very tired but determined to win. The athletes, more than 100 of them, last night went into quarters at Raffles College
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  • 171 12 SEREMBAN, Wednesday.— The St Paul's Institution relay I team which lost the inter- school relay race at the tape to Tuanku Muhammad School at the Negri Sembilan A.A.A. (meeting, retrieved their position as one of the leading schoolboy relay teams m the country at
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  • 103 12 LONDON, Aug. 2: (Reuter). The Surrey and West Indies return match at the Oval started m dramatic fashion. Thunder rumbled as Surrey who won the toss, lost Laurie Fishlock with only two runs on the board. Then after 15 minutes cricket for seven runs rain
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  • 171 12 Asian Games Championship Postponed NEW DELHI, August 2— India's request for the postponement of the first Asian Games Championship, was agreed to at a meeting of the Council of the Federation held in New Delhi on July 31. Representatives from India, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Indonesia, Thailand and Burma, attended
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  • 96 12 THE following are the remaining fixtures for the above competition to be completed by September 30. Aug. s—Perak5 Perak vs. N. Sembilan (T. Anson). Aug. 13 Pahang vs. Perak (Raub) Aug. 19 N. Sembilan vs. Selangor (Seremban). Aug. 19 Penang vs. Trengganu (Penang). Sept. 2 Selangor
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  • 266 12 FINE batting b y GiU and Krishnan and accurate Son to g dsl- R Sl^r enabled the Raffles InstUu. tion to declare their innings closed at 241 for 5 wickets thC ViCt ria ScU The Rafflesians made a poor start, the first batsman
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  • 43 12 LAHORE. PAKISTAN, Aug. I— (AP).— The Second International Lawn Tennis championships of Asia will be held here, beginning December 7, 1950, the All-Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association has decided. The Pakistan tournament will be held m Karachi, beginning November, 2.
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  • 341 12 j MALACCA, Wednesday Lim Tiong Heng of the Malacca Chinese Recreation Club, won the individual championship at the Malacca AAA meet which concluded today. The unit championship was •undecided until the last event the last evening when the M.1.A., placed second m the inter
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  • 21 12 Arms,Legs Speed photo. Siddique Merican m action every muscir and nrrv* con. scripted for speed, with style taking M-mnd pUu- Standard
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  • 369 12 HONOLULU. Aug. 2 (UP) Da of Honolulu, won a unanimous d. Allen, (111$) of London m a 15-round :L night to become the new flyweight world. Some 10,762 fans wit though Marino won. he had to go the 1 As a result
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  • 40 12 SO' sev. Althea G lawn m U champ that ah. natioi month. v Tennii lifVO U. United s ehampioi down M for t! r No N has evei States Miss G *3Jt* courti cham arw COtlUjM
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  • 30 12 The Endeavour Badminton Party will hold an Half-yearly General Meeting this Saturday. August 5 at Mr. David Tan's residence. No. 64 Tanjnng Katong Road, at 2.30 p.m. sharp.
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