Singapore Standard, 16 August 1950
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Title Section17 1950-08-16 1 Singapore Standard *l _fe n a VOL. 1 N WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16. 1950 12 PAGES TEN CENTS17 words
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526 1950-08-16 1 LONDON. Aug. 15 (IP) Princess Elizabeth tofat c ave birth to a girl who is third m line of succession I ii British throne. The princess was born at 11.50 GMT. \n official bulletin said both mother and child are _o n_526 words
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62 1950-08-16 1 Royal Air Force Lincolns, Busang and Spitfires will |i past over Government hou>e and the Padang at 9 o'i.t.k this morning m honour of the loyal Birth. According to a previous Government announcement on the Royal Birth, a 21-gun salute will he fired62 words
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72 1950-08-16 1 BEARLITZ. Aug. 15 —(UP)— The Duke of Windsor member of the notified of irth of a daughter to his Pr:nce_s ElizaTh. thai the Duke. n opened the tor Elizabeth hildren, was not inliately again em•.tween him Gett:r.4 the news unofficially nen. the72 words
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Article26 1950-08-16 1 ManiKm have been id\ ised kj the civil defence authorities to abandon the city m an atomic war and go to the countrv— Reuter.26 words
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Article, Illustration104 1950-08-16 1 I**** 1 anrlval of the US Marines m Korea has been termed aa the turning point of 2. c s°_« an J_ a J 1 cockiness and determination, necked by their experience m the _T ar had teUin effec both on *h« UN forces andAssociated Press - 104 words
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211 1950-08-16 1 Standard Staff Reporter TWENTY minutes of eloquently objective speech by the nominated Trade Union representative, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, unexpectedly enlivened wnat would have been a dull meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. Mr. Lim's speech long and lively bitterly attacked the211 words
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132 1950-08-16 1 BOMBAY, Au£ 15 (Reuter).— Gen. James N. Doolittle, former Commander of the United States i Eighth Air Force, declared last night that a Russian invasion of the Middle East would bring about "all out war m which Russia and America will clash." Now Vice-President132 words
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199 1950-08-16 1 NEW DELHI. Aug. 15. (AP). India must depend on her- self and her inherent strength, not on others, m the darkening i international situation, Pandit Nehru told his countrymen today. He was addressing a mammoth public meeting outside the walls of the 300-year-old199 words
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159 1950-08-16 1 THE Acting Colonial Secretary, Singapore. Mr. W.L. Blythe, has given an assurance that the provision of a post office at Pasir Panjang m 1951 will be considered, but he said it was not possible to give an assurance that it would be159 words
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43 1950-08-16 1 LONDON, Aug. 14.— (UP).— Britain today ordered all youths born between July 1 and September 30. 1932 to register for military service by i September 2 under the quarterly prolamine of the National S v'-~ Act.43 words
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351 1950-08-16 1 TOKYO, Aug. 15 (AP) American and Sooth Korean forces advanced to a point within one-half mile of Communist-held Pohang, important east coast seaport, General Mac Arthur's communique said today. A briefing officer told correspondents that a double attack was underway with351 words
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Article280 1950-08-16 1 TOKYO, Aug. 15 (Reii-ter-AAP) The whole west wall and northwest corner of the Allied defence box began to crumple today under the weight of Incessant Communist probings and crossings of the Naktong River. Spurred by their leaders' demands for a "liberation month" victory the Communists280 words
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Article203 1950-08-16 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. "We have heard Democracy m words, but we want to see m action", said Mr. P. P. Nara- yanan, President of the Malay- an Trade Union Council, at a I tea party given to welcome the j International203 words
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100 1950-08-16 1 TAEGU, Aug. 15 (AP)— "We shall complete the unification of the north and south under the Republic of Korea for all time to come," President Syngman Rhee said on Tuesday. Speaking on the second anniversary of the proclamation of the Korean100 words
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106 1950-08-16 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 15: (Reuter). Sir Gladwyn Jebb, chief British delegate to the United Nations, said tonight, there were indications that the Soviet delegate, Mr. Jacob Malik, might walk out of the Security Council again when his presidency expired at the end106 words
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56 1950-08-16 1 FORTH WORTH. Aug. 14: (Reuter). A B-2i. bomber crashed and burned near Caswell air force base today. The fate of the occupants was not known. Normally a B-29 has a crew of 14 or 15 men, but air force officers said they did not56 words
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Advertisement91 1950-08-16 1 S ,ST 11- C°»«" T ftßSsts fi ___^_nrS_T__f_i > m s £m j ===gS== l^^B__Ss__-l < M r M M^^^_'^___^___.___._^ i J^S-S__--SS--S_-_-!-»»-^» Hjf BELGIAN GRAND PRIX 2nd July 1950 Class 5 tl "nd 4th jth Gtb .__Ss=l^— GRAND PRIX DE LA CAMBR B BRUSSELS, BELG j M 9th July 195091 words
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Advertisement70 1950-08-16 1 On Other Pages Page Govt's Cruel Joke... 2 'Resign From Union' Request 2 Enough Rice for Colony *No Intention To Muzile Press 3 r Official's Wife KidI napped s Society To Help J Clerks 4 Si Korea: Indian Settlement Plan 7 Income Tax Collections 1 i Tin Price Record... o70 words
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Advertisement78 1950-08-16 1 Burnt aid Cut Set Rings Gold aid Silver Cigarette Cases U. S. de SILVA JEWELLERS 106. ORCHARD RD. Patent GROOVED P^^__^_fl -fl _X 1 l^_. Ammaorr at W J___s_____r Bm Wr M M W The p,trnt _B -tefctiti _fl _r jr^H E makes belt H^nEr X impossible under ___r X78 words
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571 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter A SPIRITED attack by Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Trade Union member) on the O____to__lo__n going abroad on scholarships to vacate their quarters _?H v _nS ves°erd_y r 90-m?nut^ .melting of the Singapore Legislative Council Lim r e-er-ed to Government Circular571 words
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Article113 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE total number of seiz- able crimes has fallen each year since the peak figure of 14,443 m 1946 to last year's figure of 6.437, states the annual report of the Singapore Police Force. The report states that adequate police strength has done113 words
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170 1950-08-16 2 Govt. Inquiry Into 'Breach Of Promise' Standard Staff Reporter IN THE Singapore Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Lim Yew Hock (Trade Union member) drew the attention of the Government to "a breach of Dromise" made to the clerks m the Department of Broadcasting to place them on the permanent establishment from170 words
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Article64 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S five iron lungs at present are not considered to be sufficient to deal with an outbreak of acute poliomyelitis, and Government has decided to provide two more. The Finance Committee has approved $1,501 for an order to be placed for one64 words
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Article, Illustration388 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. BALWANT SINGH (Member for Rural West) drew Governments attention to the way the Film Appeal Boards m Singapore and m the Federation were working. He said that the Singapore Government did one thing and the Federation another thing388 words
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77 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. JOHN LAYCOCK, Second Member for Municipal North East, objected to Councillors reading out written speeches at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore legislative Council. Mr. Laycock drew the attention of the House to a Standing Order which prohibited reading out of77 words
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Article, Illustration8 1950-08-16 2 He Stole The Thunder MR. LIM YEW HOCK8 words
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368 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE Labour Department, m disputes between managements and employees, assumed the role of conciliator. As such, it was of the utmost importance that it should not become involved m supporting or contradicting statements made by one party or the other. If the368 words
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204 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE ACTING Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythr. ann0.,,.,, v Islative Council yesterday that the Postmaster-General had been sider his request to seven. Singapore super-scale officers to n J* r T. Workers' Union- The request had been made because204 words
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Article154 1950-08-16 2 Consumer Co-opMove May Perish Standard Staff Reporter UNLESS sufficient capital Is obtained for the recently formed Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd., to en- j able it to start trading on a substantial scale, danger exists that the consumers movement m Malaya may perish. In voicing this warning, the feting Director154 words
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Article52 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE first prosecutions under the Holiday Bill will be heard m the Singapore Police Courts |on August 31. Mr. C. W. Lyle. j Deputy Commissioner for Labour, told The Standard yesterday. The Department is now daily receiving reports of violations of52 words
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140 1950-08-16 2 Workers Told To Follow SHB'sExample Standard Staff Reporter THE good relations between labour and management at the Singapore Harbour Board were cited by Mr. Thio Chan Bee as an example for other employers and workers to follow. He mentioned this m his adjournment pee_-h m the Legislative Council yesterday. Touching140 words
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368 1950-08-16 2 Government Urged To Treat Squatters With Sympathy Standard Staff Reporter MR. THIO Chan Bee (Nominated Inofficial) .peaking on the adjournment at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday, urged Government to appoint I commission to study the question of squatters as soon as possible and to submit its recommendations. Mr. Thio said368 words
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182 1950-08-16 2 Standard Staff Reporter A SUGGESTION that I Government should t. the running of the telephone service m Singapore wai at yesterday's meeting ol I Legislative Council by Mr. R. Jumabhoy, Member for the Indian Chamber of Cornmei < Mr. Jumabhoy asked foi assurance from182 words
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Article41 1950-08-16 2 MARY Merrall, one ol Britain's top-line actresses and doyen of the London arrives m Singapore todaj by air from London. She is being met at X.. by her daughter. Mrs. Iferrai Pretty, wife of Brune.'> EU I* dent Commissioner.41 words
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Advertisement107 1950-08-16 2 VEHICLE FOR SaIT Dodn 11 G $1100 WANTED TOJPUJRCHAS[ r •q ft. m No Well Eg tipped Op- i se. i h Modf toi And ExperielARQI \Rh \<,(R 1 .1 v 141. South Hoai PLASTIC t-»r PI I OKI -i I M I \MT n i •lIM I |Ml l107 words
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166 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter PRESENT stocks of rice m Singapore, together with deliveries forward ifatnd the Govenu a «tt>, eorttict with £a fdequate to niaintainjhe present ration for the remainder of\ hi year. This assurance was given py Government m the Legislative Council166 words
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Article109 1950-08-16 3 T „c SINGAPORE Govern- j the services, X firm ss conault- 3 preliminary Srvey and report on the pro-, terns of orgai isation m the it service! The preliminary survey will wp uhdertaken as soon as a c m be appointwitta the firm's rend continue the109 words
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Article213 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 2.000.000 identity; were checked m Singa-' inits of the Singapore F :^e last year, accord*he annual report of the! Force issued by the Commis-I of Police. Mr. R. E. ger. r security measures tak-j the Police were exercises' Harbour213 words
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52 1950-08-16 3 CON! ROL of the importation Chin. ese P-nlications from oh n. 3 Hongkong, for JJnew legislaUon was ined recently will cost the ,re government more 2 n a?ce Committee has M.190 to meet the owanres of a ly rr_ a "d readers *^"i OUt52 words
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Article, Illustration271 1950-08-16 3 Standard Shipping Reporter THE SINGAPORE Legislative Council adopted two amendments yesterday m the Emergency Regulations Ordinance one dealing with Identity Cards issued by the Federation and the other concerning deportees from the Federation. The effect of the amended by the Singapore mial271 words
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Article148 1950-08-16 3 500,000 People Screened NEARLY half the population of Singapore was screened under the Emergency Regulations by the Singapore Police Radio Division last year, according to the annual report of the Singaport Police Force. Radio patrols also handled 21,295 reports, effected 641 arrests, issued 8.912 summonses and recovered three stolen cars148 words
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295 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter MALAYA is to have 22 new post offices— l 4 m the Federation and eight m Singapore-under the Development Plans, states the Annual Report for 1949 of the Postal Services Department issued yesterday. The Report adds that 47 of the295 words
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Article, Illustration49 1950-08-16 3 Tin- first of a batch of New Zealand artillery officers who will undergo a 12- week period of training m Johore arrived m Singapore by a BOAC Argonaut from Hongkong yesterday. They are 2 Lt. A. H. Thomas, Royal Artillery, and Lt. A. M. Ross, Royal New Zealand Artillery.49 words
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Article167 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter The Singapore Government Survey Department expects to work much harder this year than ever before. The Departments' Annual Report for last year states there are more than 1.000 expired 99-year leases m the town awaiting reahenation. There are many improvement and housing167 words
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Article, Illustration286 1950-08-16 3 Burma' s Envoys Enroute To Attend USI National Fete Standard Staff Reporter. j CARRYING gold lettered! scrolls encased in beauti-{ ful Burmese teak boxes, four Burmese delegates to attend the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta tomorrow passed through Singapore by KLM Constellation yesterday. The scrolls are letters of congratulationsStandard - 286 words
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210 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, said m the Legislative Council yesterday that the "fairest way of settling the question of allowances to members" was to consult members of the United Kingdom branch of the Parliamentary Association who would be visiting210 words
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273 1950-08-16 3 42 'Met Stations Re-equipped For Study Of Climate FORTY-TWO auxiliary stations for regular observations of rainfall and temperature have been reequipped throughout Malaya m order to gain increased knowledge of the climate of the country. This is stated m the 1949 Annual Report of the Malayan Meteorological Service issued yesterday.273 words
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405 1950-08-16 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government has no Intention of using the Emergency Regulations to attempt lo muzzle "honest and reasoned criticism" or to interfere with the Press m the conduct of its proper functions. This assurance was given by the Acting Colonial405 words
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Article280 1950-08-16 3 THE Singapore Government is not contemplating special educational facilities for unemployed juveniles under the new "Children's Charter", but will accept applications for admission to the Colony's supplementary schools on behalf of children who are not more than two years older than the usual maximum age280 words
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Advertisement84 1950-08-16 3 The famous "LONDONUS" Sports Wear E _*<__&- 4*y s'WX f mm t .fr- s _t. &_ii. >: -*_J_ifei_. i__l __f y I_L r -ir v_~ i. JSS- v. \~fc_Fsi > T x^» f. mi fIL- MSffi LONDON LOOK B_HI«GSPI_EfI_niffiTOLEI_SUHE. We have /us. unpacked a very attractive collection c. "tondonus" sports84 words
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Article378 1950-08-16 4 Troops Scouring Pahang Jungles Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Strong patrols of security forces are scouring the jungles somewhere m Pahang m search of a European woman, the wife of a District Officer, who, with a Chinese translator, have been abducted by bandits. They were378 words
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215 1950-08-16 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Tues.— The victim of a bandit ambush, Mr. J. A. Diggens. assistant manager of Serdang Estate, was buried with full. military honours here; this afternoon. Mr. Diggens and two special j constables were on their way to Penang by car215 words
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44 1950-08-16 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Tues— A refresher course for Indian school teachers m Perak will be held from Aug. 21 to 26 m Ipoh. The course will include physical training, games, handwork, theory and practice of teaching, geography and literature.44 words
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Article, Illustration32 1950-08-16 4 Dr. F. 11. Mills, authority ea "Blue Babies" who arrived m Singapore o_ Monday. He is on his way to Paris to attend a conference on heart disease. Story on Page 10.32 words
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252 1950-08-16 4 Indians Mark Independence Day Quietly THE INDIAN Independence Day was quietly observed m Singapore yesterday when Mr. John Thivy, Singapore Representative of the Government I of India, hoisted the Indian tricolour at the India House m the morning. Around Mr. Thivy stood a j group of men with their hats252 words
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Article, Illustration468 1950-08-16 4 Standard Staff Reporter BORN IN Manchuria, brought up in Korea graduated at Columbia University, U.S.A., with a Bachelor of Arts degree for English literature, and now on her way to Paris to complete her cosmopolitan education, petite Ruth Langdon. daughter468 words
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Article, Illustration199 1950-08-16 4 Standard SUIT Reporter SOME OF the 400 students of the Nanyang Girls High School yesterday heard their Principal, Mrs. Liew Yoon Sicn tell them "Love conquers all. Love is everlasting. Politics change from time to time.'* Although it was the 34th anniversary of the199 words
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98 1950-08-16 4 USI Fifth Anniversary Celebrations Standard Staff Reporter TWENTY thousand Indonesians are expected to take part m celebrations m Singapore next Sunday to commemorate the sth anniversary of the United States of Indonesia. The Indonesian Representative m Singapore Dr. Z. Zain. is expected to deliver a message to a mass gathering98 words
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277 1950-08-16 4 Building Society Will Aid Clerks Get Own Houses Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Tues. The object of the Federal and Colonial Building Society Ltd. is to provide financial assistance to those wishing to purchase or construct houses of their own. This was stated by Mr. J. Burgess, general-manager of this society277 words
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Article46 1950-08-16 4 Objects Io Electricity Deposits Standarl n iron r^^s Chu, l has. the L. Centra eratiuti < pur, sui > La CEB is Hon r ■fcotUd month,- t rusto count -1 havi- &4 I ty B watt I town I taken li Con posit wil In cxci < The to*,46 words
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Article24 1950-08-16 4 Stand. rd ft y m t VY V ing of tl the I L A to gi\. Onti rountr m24 words
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Advertisement106 1950-08-16 4 S CAPPING THE CLIMAX 3|p j ____>_____ SUPEMOfi QUAIITT COO UTEB OH IM THI IDEA! COM t-DOJ.. FBO»VCT_OM SUPERVISE* rr THE STJUX A<_E_fTS.|.A.-_UrniOIOtaTCILTP. StmiAPOIX. doribo qeJdeo ike little /ot.op Just arrived a new collection W 'Woollen Frocks and Coats" Tia\i\e*> hotel /olncjapohe SINGAPORE'S NEWES7 BEST _^ltl -Lt! or a quick106 words
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Advertisement132 1950-08-16 4 ft-it_>lt_.i_^_4-;43_fr_:-fifrHf-fcr T^mtt CM 2+ OPENING TO DAY 3 SHOWS 3, 6.15 9.15 p.m. R— K— OS "MY FOOLISH HEART' starring SUSAN HAYWARD DANA ANDREWS with Robert Keith EMOTIONAL DR .MAS of HAPPINESS HEARTBREAK HIM II MS7I ilYlAUfi M* Today Only: 3 00, 6.3 M 9.15 p.m. Joan Fontaine Arturo De132 words
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Miscellaneous240 1950-08-16 4 Crossword Puzzle M rormxoV9 ACOSi 31-r..a^ed loadlf [pilUp] BjEggL --Thraetao-d. (Jm,tn h hwm Kl__ElsoJ_-s_t lE_J_ i-lron .«~r« l ,n "J r AAI^L ATA Tl_n___k>C. vmJSS^ m T**£S££«* \^^m^^S^E itS!^ 7 S__l° n or Adam A M^Pfe_^ A^J_~ _TThnr._ k Fr nr »0— silkworm IP. N-T.k !kl 1 l_l_r-vt_ ,^'l _iZ^___240 words
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Article728 1950-08-16 5 LILLIAN BUCKOKE - LILLIAN BUCKOKE Around The Spore Shops With T ALMOST overstayed I im fifteen minutes inr,k round m Robinsons XTother day! Had heard Jpv had some 'quite «H.d' lace on view Something been seen g re for ages! 10 I some m my it didn't appear J^ease It- definitely728 words
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Article, Illustration84 1950-08-16 5 Meet ballets are fantasies. So are moat operas. Mix one el each and what do yon *et? Something beautifully fantastic like a ballet dancer Parts star Ludmiila Tchertaa flirting with a Napoleonic head on a stick, watched by m turnip head on a barrel. Ludmiila, 20,Mirror - 84 words
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Article, Illustration355 1950-08-16 5 WILLIAM E. McKENNEY - WILLIAM E. McKENNEY BRIDGE CORNER By 'THIS is the second of a A series of articles on trump coups. In today's hand you will note that South holds five trumps against the declarer and still makes only one trump trick beoause declarer is able to355 words
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Miscellaneous769 1950-08-16 5 TOUR RADIO PROGRAMMES EADfO MALAYA Songs by Rahman Kenchana 9 p.m Clock Chimes. New ReWati; 8.05 Relay from BBC. curdings; 9.30 Second News <_T; SINGAPORE (London); 8.15 News; 830 945 Singing For You Turner m. v-*«._l- Domestic Programme. Layton; 10 p_m. Movie Maga_d_ae; ENGLISH PROGRAMME CHINESE ntOG&AMME Je?° Music (0/769 words
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Article465 1950-08-16 6 •THE re-opening of the Chinese High School at 1 Bukit Timah was unfortunately marred by the irresponsible behaviour of a group of students who were clearly out to make political capital out of the whole affair More than 200 students held a secret meeting lasting some half an465 words
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Article168 1950-08-16 6 gINCE writing the leader 'Good Leadership,' it has been pointed out to us that the Vice President of the Singapore Administrative and Clerical Services Union, Mr. S. Sinnathamby. only said he would have suggested the closing down of the Union if it were "placed m a helpless position168 words
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Article55 1950-08-16 6 "Refrain from begetting offspring for a period of two or three months/ F This is one of the advice given to those exposed to atom bomb radiation m a new handbook published by the U.S Government nan^ool_ Isn't modern civilization wonderful? At thi rate of progress we shall55 words
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Article, Illustration847 1950-08-16 6 DOUGLAS HOWELL - DOUGLAS HOWELL By ..„C-3UI A PLEDGE BENEATH A SYCAMORE TREE Bridlington, Yorks, JN a tiny red-carpeted office on the promenade, fifty-three-year-old Tom Jacks puffed his pipe and said: "Very soon now I hope to stand before that sycamore tree and say, 'I have kept my word, Joan,847 words
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Article66 1950-08-16 6 I BELIEVE that we should have a plan (for atomic defence) set aside m a closet. It should be of such a nature that it could be put into effect as soon as danger becomes imminent. Sen Edwin C. Johnson (D.) of Colorado. B '"THE nations defences66 words
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Letter329 1950-08-16 6 Sir: I am- not exaggerating at all when I say that 1 was fairly flabbergasted when I read a few days ago m The Standard that Mr. T. E. Upton, of all men, had suggested m the Selangor State Council the other day, that the government of329 words
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Letter249 1950-08-16 6 Sir: "Just a simple Malayan**, m his letter has given the Straits-born Chinese, or the Peranakan China, as the Malays used to call them, a pretty sound admonition, especially when he refers to their lack of initiative. But. the trouble is that they have inherited this249 words
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Letter166 1950-08-16 6 Sir .—Prof. Sharma states o n .K y? U issue of August 9 that World War 111 would f. for 2 years 9 months 10 days and then after that there would be peace and [Prosperity. World War II ►started from 1939 and lasted until 1945. and if166 words
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Article589 1950-08-16 6 Cassandra - Composite You Cassandra .by I SIT this side of a typewriter. You sit the other. You are invisible. But I know what you look like. After writing several thousand columns and having read several thousand letters m reply to them, you might care to know just how you appear to589 words
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Article, Illustration16 1950-08-16 6 "Winnie Did you send your moth.r a card savin* 'Weather lovely, wish you here'?"16 words
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Article256 1950-08-16 6 Reivew of Views At Loggerheads HOW the mi,, fought, ntr.'! 'I*.. the nt ly mdii vernacular j Three ot the t>'< commented on r each of n„ fa MB be done g i enough t k at I X p< tors dn\, c, dd N mission ur rial Shirk No256 words
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Miscellaneous115 1950-08-16 6 M M v _?*__^T_ i .iiautMT ~*l _______fl '-jr __44_Kj 9-~^^^ «_H _fl~ HARRY iK^ T.- .timor r -B WALLtT t_^_| ____J_i C^MITI, HI. I I ACT Hi/ «V___ i._ York Clt V ___►"•""-<*■• I LUbl by .~__Tlß^^r M^___^Vl Of Sta. f.Vco. J.^ lIM^ _______PP%_5 B»_. w^Kwf i_r —^H J115 words
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243 1950-08-16 7 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug 15 (Reuter)- As the Security Council resumed its bid nci the Korean war yesterday, with Russia effectively continuing her two-week- 1 *_i fiUbuster, India urged immediate formation of a "shadow" security council- I 01 t the big243 words
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Article184 1950-08-16 7 'Russia Aiding N. Korea' I (LKE SUCCESS, Aug^ .c (lp) France and r have charged Rusith aiding Communist North Korea by a procedt^ stalemate which ha* sed the U.N. Secu►uncil. itonio Quevedo. terday's debate by Wr Malik's conduct v violating rules ring the will of the said he would op-184 words
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Article122 1950-08-16 7 Moluccas To Appeal For UN Aid THE HAGUE, Aug. 15. (Reuter) The self-styled "Republic of South Moluccas,** saying that the Indonesian Government is planning a "mass attack" on Amboina and that this is compelling the "Repub- lie" to carry out a scorched earth policy, is seeking United Nations aid toReuter - 122 words
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Article129 1950-08-16 7 i TAEGU, Aug. 15. (Reuter) Encouraged by a message from President Truman, expressing confidence that the Red aggressors would be driven back. President Syngman Rhee, told his people yesterday, on the second anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Korea. that U.N. victory129 words
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134 1950-08-16 7 RANGOON. Aug. 15 (AP): Hundreds of Burmese men and women stormed the civil hospital morgue m Moulmein yesterday for a glimpse of the bullet-riddled body of the Ka- ren rebel leader, Oxford-edu- catcd Saw Ba U Gyi, who was I killed with two134 words
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88 1950-08-16 7 Tribesmen To Contest Seretse Exile MAFEKING, Aug. 15 (UP): Seretse Khama's legal adviser. .Mr. P. A. Frankel. said that the 3an.«.ngwato tribeshad agreed unanimously a British Government ng their chiof-do. ignate into exile I'or marrying a irl Frankel made this stateterday after completing the Baman_;wato t?r--e he consulted all the88 words
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Article43 1950-08-16 7 'Attention— A-bomb' MILAN. Aug 15 «UP): An anonymous telephone call d police that a bomb had been ed at the entrance of Sforza C istle Police rushed to the c and found an empty metal tube with a big sign readAttention Atom Bomb.43 words
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Article, Illustration61 1950-08-16 7 1 President Quirino has askec the P.l. Congress for a U. 5. .21. ...4.443 appropriation for expen ses of 5,000 Filipino troops t< fiiiht m Korea. A.P photo. SUIT Sergt. Ralph D Nelson is seen holding leash of one of 31 U.S. Army do^- nc K-9A.P. - 61 words
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Article, Illustration125 1950-08-16 7 Tito Declares Against Aggression BELGRADE, Aug. 15. (UP) —Marshal Tito told Indian journalist Kamalesh Bener.i that Yugoslavia would not automatically fight on the side of the Soviet Union m the event of war between Russia, and the United States. He told Benerji that Yugosla- via would go to war onlyA.P. - 125 words
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Article115 1950-08-16 7 A-bomb War Ahead— Doolittle BOMBAY, Aug. 15— Unless United Nations-backed Amen-, i ca stabilises the situation m Korea, the next step to toe friction between toe United, stated and Russia might De, ?ln all-out slugging match iSh atomic bombs- decided! business tour. Making it clear to* hjwajspeaking as "Jimmy Doomt^UP - 115 words
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Article27 1950-08-16 7 C_ft3. B&_f&a_K3 BJSS LareSolana region of jalis-o State. Mexico. TteN inc luded Loxano and ejjjjj hte henchmen, three fjldiei* "wo policemen and two ooy spectators. Reuter AAPReuter; AAP - 27 words
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Article14 1950-08-16 7 de Rethy and young I is expecting her seconc. cnuu 1 early ««ar. ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article48 1950-08-16 7 A Canton message to Hongkong said 30 members of the Red Air Force personnel at two Canton I irfieldS. including four allots, had deserted since J ul 2j|- A J added that five other Red Air Force men near Macao had been arrested for trying to desert- A.PA.P. - 48 words
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Article16 1950-08-16 7 Peking's ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. Wang Jen-shu. presented his credentials on Monday to President Soekarno A.PA.P. - 16 words
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Article22 1950-08-16 7 Muslim Gen. Ma Chen-siang, former Nationalist Commander m Sinkiang, has returned to Hongkong from a pilgrimage to Mecca with his family ReuterReuter - 22 words
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Article24 1950-08-16 7 The triplets born to a Sinhalese woman m Colombo, who have been named after three Ceylonese ministers, ana their mother are all doing well.24 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-08-16 7 photo. A U.S. Marine helicopter takes off from a Marine forward command post near the Korean front. The aircraft is used as a liaison unit between front-line positions and the Marine Division base. A.PA.P. - 34 words
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Article, Illustration8 1950-08-16 7 photo. l ar __v__r? s&rsrsv *s _4na_T_c A.PA.P. - 8 words
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Article138 1950-08-16 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UP) The British Government has asked the United States to prevent; Gen. Chiang Kai-shek from launching any further attacks against Red China m order to avert America being embroiled m a war with Red China, a diplomatic source said. The request138 words
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107 1950-08-16 7 US Warship In Raid Far Up N. Korea TOKYO Aug. 15 (AP):— A U.S. Navy cruiser ranged to within 100 miles of Soviet Rusr i sian territory to shell military! targets on the North Korean: east coast Monday. A U.S. Far East Naval Hea.Vl quarters release said today theY, cruiser107 words
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Article62 1950-08-16 7 VATICAN CITY. Aug. 15 (AP)— The bodily assumption into Heaven of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, will be declared a dogma of the Catholic Church on Nov. I, it is learned here. The Pontiff has called a secret consistory for Oct. 30, at which final62 words
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184 1950-08-16 7 NEAR POHANG, (KOREA), Aug. 15 (AP)— Wiry.t 28-year-old Col. Kirn Hi Che. who never saw action before the Reds invaded South Korea, has m the past six weeks become a hero of South Korea. Each of, the three U.S. divisions he has served with184 words
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Article70 1950-08-16 7 GENEVA, Aug. 15. (AP)— Influential U.S. members of the executive committee of the 41-nation International Council of Christian Churches have sent a message to President Truman, expressing the CounI oil's "unalterable" opposition to the appointment of a repreIsentative to the Vatican. The message said such a move70 words
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63 1950-08-16 7 Red PM' s Order, Win By End Of August' TOKYO, Aug. 15 (AP). North Korean Premier Kirn II! Sung has ordered his troops to. "drive the American and Southj Korean forces from Korea by the end of August." He said m an Order of the Day. "The longer this is63 words
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Article47 1950-08-16 7 FIFTH AIR FORCE HQ., Aug 15 (UP): A spokesman said; that, although the radio trans-' mitter over which "Seoul Cityi Sue" makes broadcasts was attacked on Sunday night, the memy's woman propagandist was i off the air only a short Urn«.47 words
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186 1950-08-16 7 B.-29 's Destroy Five Main Red War Bases TOK¥G, Aug. 15 (UP)— B-29 superforts dropped more than 27,000 bombs, totalling over 7,000 tons of explosives, on enemy targets m the past four weeks, concentrating on five major strategic targets, including the Seoul and Pyongyang marshalling yards, which ire listed as186 words
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Article53 1950-08-16 7 JOHANNESBURG, Aug. I II (Reuter).— Two Afri- I cans. Mr. \V. T. Zondo and I Miss M. C. Nongauza. who respectively won Indian Government scholarships for medicine and teaching to an Indian university, said they could not accept them as the South African Government had53 words
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103 1950-08-16 7 Cyprus Group Snubbed By Griffiths LONDON. Aug. 15. (Reuter)' A delegation from the British Mediterranean colony of Cyprus, now m London to press for the union of the island with Greece, has announced that the party will go to Lake Success soon to present the case before the United Nations.103 words
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96 1950-08-16 7 JAKART/-, Aug. 15 (PANA).— Mr Hadji Agus Salim, adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Indonesia cannot help U.N. m Korea "because the Dutch army is still here. This fact, he said, was responsible for sftch trouble as96 words
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Advertisement55 1950-08-16 7 f FOR GOOD IMPRESSIONS ___J__! JiTn __r____ A Iribbons AVAI L A B L E%T% 1 IN MANY COLOURS J FOR ALL MAKES OF 1 I TYPEWRITERS I W W^P^_l ,04 ROB |NSON ROAD> B I _T __J_l___J SINGAPORE. I I UMH TEL 648Q1 I ALSO AT HUALA LUMRUa I55 words
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Advertisement373 1950-08-16 7 Foot Ailments t GET I fr II DR. SCHOLLS 1 L__ i Foot Appliances I Made from the Formula of Dr. William M. Schol i fr The Noted Authority on Foot Ailments BATH SALTS. Soothing and relieving to tired and aching feet Smr.ll ct Large 75 cts BOROLIN BANDAGES. Las373 words
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292 1950-08-16 8 Standard Staff Reporter FIRST published report of the ComptrollerGeneral of income Tax, Federation of Malaya and Singapore, covering the period from the date of inception m January 1948 to the end of 1949 showed the total net collections m Singapore on tax292 words
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Article, Illustration206 1950-08-16 8 I Standard Staff Reported I OUT of a million people, Singapore's 9,179 taxpayers, whose incomes were assessed ,at $117,009,814 m 1948, paid $8,265,199 m taxes to Government. Statistical statements for 1948 showed that the total income of individuals and companies was assessed at $209,753,228 of206 words
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Article85 1950-08-16 8 London Tin Up Another £I7 1/2 LONDON. Aug 15 (UP>— The tin market was .m totally un,abie to fini Un for spot delivery pand U_e price was marked up £17-1/2 to the new peak of £8.'.8-l 2. Some 70 tons were produced by sellers for thre* months' delivery, and this85 words
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Article30 1950-08-16 8 TIN price m Singapore yesterday reached an alltime record of $414 per picul. a rise of $9 *5 per picul over the previous day's quotation.30 words
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165 1950-08-16 8 LONDON. Aug. 15— (Reuter) •—Sentiment m the London Stock Exchange today was aided by the resumption of trade talks between Russia and Persia. Quiet firmness was fairly widespread, but the turnover remained very small. Gains of up to three-sixteenths were shown by British Government165 words
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Article25 1950-08-16 8 CUTTACK. India. Aug. 15— (AP)— India should be selfsufficient m jute by next year, accoiding to Sir Datar Singh, Ministry of Agriculture official.25 words
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92 1950-08-16 8 Imports Of Rubber TenYear Record Standard Staff Reporter IMPORTS of rubber into Malaya last month dropped to 41.019 tons from 44,567 tons m June. Singapore's imports last month were 33.098 tons and the Federation's 7.921 tons. However, Malaya's imports of rubber for the first seven months of 1950 at 212.33092 words
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Article124 1950-08-16 8 S'Dore 8* 192t 103.00 106.^0 4i% 1930 ***** 106.50 3% 1935 8600 87.00 3% 1967 B 2 SO 93 f»OxJ 3% 1938 92 50 93 50x1 4% IU3V» 100 S(J 102 V) 347. 1948 9000 9100 Penan* ft% 1920 luf> uo 10b set 4i% iyiiy 104 00124 words
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Article85 1950-08-16 8 EXCHANGE rates now m force, as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association, are are follows FREE MARKET CURRENCIES u-jy»_ rata, tor Ah Mai) transmission. CONTROL DIRECT RATES IM Chln II m MMWM ■•TIM Air Hal* g&J- S "ft "<>. »Urn v. To a i/ie m-ji85 words
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Article53 1950-08-16 8 RANGOON. Aug. 15— (AP>— Burma and Ceylon have signed an agreement for the shipment jlo Ceylon during 1951 of IMO.OOO tons of Burmese r rice. it was officially announced on Monday. The announcement said that Burma has agreed to supply Ceylon with further 1951 requirements from53 words
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Article37 1950-08-16 8 NEW YORK. Aug. 15 (AP)— United States Rubbei Company reported its net eara mgs for the first half of l9o totalled U558,848,757. This m 35 percent higher than ihcom* for the same period of 1949.37 words
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Article748 1950-08-16 8 SINGAPORE, Tuesday With the tin metal price rising steadily most holders of Malayan tin shares were holding off for better prices today, though London continued to bid m the local market. Industrial shares were steady while rubber shares were neglected. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller748 words
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Article191 1950-08-16 8 (Up to Dee. SI, 1949, For Amsessme nt Year 1948) _L BMPLOIimWTSJ— J?- (i) Government servants and pensioners 1.H7.660 (ii) Ifcin-governnient employees and pensioners 48.0. 0.966 RENTS 5.50... 506 3 DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST M mm 5.174.600 4%. TRADES: AA Rubber planting mm •m mm 1,29b... 06191 words
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237 1950-08-16 8 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UP):— Government experts today stated that the Korean war might not affect the production of civilian goods as much as they first expected. Military and civilian economists, after a careful second look at the industrial237 words
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Article124 1950-08-16 8 HONGKONG. Aug 15 (Reu-ter-AAP) .—The Peking Government is reported to have placed an order with a South American country for 600.000 drums of petroleum to meet needs caused by the recent export ban on liquid fuels imposed by the British and United States Governments,124 words
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Article78 1950-08-16 8 Rubber Drops 12 Cents Staudard fl R INOAPORI t7 Mem m tfc SttliJySSh market drop; the m int.- rubber for "••I Th,s :t--effect or eased during w^ Thei r___... ouidation, !,i^ Ct. There v.. n small bu\ ST' Japan Singapore C! merce Rubber noon .noes > n. 0 1^ 15)78 words
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Article32 1950-08-16 8 Standard ..ui! I; potter Prices m produce mar. Were Betel N (wh< »lei Oil $< $65 iJav burg cut* (Lnmpo-if D tok white > whiteV Sn| rLingfn) I (Sarawak! Ml $22 flake).32 words
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Advertisement104 1950-08-16 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber price yesterday (Aug. 15) were, per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1 RSS Spot loose $1.i2 $1.13 No. 1. RSS fob m bales Sept. $1.04 $1.05 No. 2. $1.03 $1.04 No. 3 $1.02 $1.03 Tone: Steady at the decline. TIN SINGAPORE, Tues., Aug. 15.— The price104 words
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Advertisement61 1950-08-16 8 BSTTSR START SAVMG WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY/ VOL/ TOO C/AN OPE./ 4 S/4 VINGS ACCOUNT FOR AS /-/TTtF 4S INTEREST WILL BE PAID AT 2% PER ANNUM CHUnG KHIRUI|nn_LTD. t^ nm^ n MMUiinnMMminnnrtrtrti I WOO HING BROS Dealers m all kinds ol WATCHES, CLOCK, BIMBI PARTS AND ACCESSOItII MAIN OFFICE:--186.61 words
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Article, Illustration105 1950-08-16 9 Nine pilot balloon observations are carried out daily m five Malayan Meteorological centres, including two at Singapore. Four balloon observations are made at each centre daily m order to meet local requirements and to conform to international standards. As a temporary measure the -Met" Department proposes to105 words
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Article, Illustration180 1950-08-16 9 Matidard Shipping Reporter C Officer Odd Aakerholt, of the Norwegian Yang, sailed from Singapore m his ship vi ntng— and, as he did so, passed at sea a which he served and was nearly captured on the invasion of Norway m180 words
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123 1950-08-16 9 THE HAGUE. Aug. 14— (Reuter) Dock strikes held up work m Holland's two big ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam today. In Amsterdam taxis were off the streets because drivers were demanding double wages and a two per cent, holiday allowance. All work on big123 words
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Article86 1950-08-16 9 Sea Report Of Weather Increasing 1 SHIPS reporting weather conditions regularly to Penang and Singapore have been on the increase, states the Malayan Meteorological Annual Report for 1949, This is attributed to instruc- I tions issued to British shipping m the Marine Observer's guide through the Meteorological Office, London. Shipping86 words
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380 1950-08-16 9 Snipping Aviation WeaafJter JPJrecfor Snysr Standard Staff Reporter WARNING that Malaya's only Forecast Office it a- possibly not be able to cope with ut ure needs of "J^S/SBf 1 Z£s was .given by the Director of the Malayan M^teo^ol^ B. Moorhead,380 words
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Article, Illustration51 1950-08-16 9 Mr. Folke A. Thorsell, sales j executive of the Swedish Firm of A. B. Schroders Woodexport m Gothenburg. Sweden, (one of the world's biggest exporters of news- print) spent a week m Singapore studying the newsprint position m the Colony. He left Singapore by KLM Constellation yesterday for51 words
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Article188 1950-08-16 9 PLANS have been made for the expansion of the Malayan Naval Force to nearly three thousand officers and men over I a period of six years, says Com- mander H.E.H. Nicholls. Senior Officer of the Malayan Naval Force m his 1949 report. "Immediate plans",188 words
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Article81 1950-08-16 9 IT HAS been announced by Lloyd's Register of Shipping and the Registro Italiano navale that they have entered into an agreement for the purpose of maintaining the highest standard of classification and promoting to the fullest extent the interests of shipowners, shipbuilders underwriters and other parties concerned.81 words
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Article68 1950-08-16 9 SEA Radio Meet Urges Orderly Use vv— y— p VJV NEW DELHI, Aug. 14.— A Radio Consultative Conference of the South-East Asian countries, was inaugurated m New Delhi on August 7. by the Deputy Minister for Communications, Mr. Khurshed LaL De-' j legates from Afghanistan, Bur--1 ma. Indonesia and Ceylon68 words
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Article17 1950-08-16 9 14 (AP) will no longto buj pure petrol > use mixtures at least ten percenl17 words
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Article63 1950-08-16 9 TOKYO. Aug. 15— (Reuter- 1 AAP)— The lino Shipping Company has applied to the Ministry of Transportation tor permission to operate a regular monthly cargo schedule between Japan and Bangkok via Taiwan. Jiji news agency reported yesterday. The same report said the company is also planning63 words
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Article, Illustration70 1950-08-16 9 picture. Mr. S. H. De Kantzow. extreme right, seen here with his wife and Mr. E. R. Knight, local manager of Australian National Airways, arrived from Hongkong* yesterday to meet his mother who is arriving from the United Kingdom today. Mr. De Kantzow is the General ManagerStandard - 70 words
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300 1950-08-16 9 LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA (AP)— An electric shocking device which causes mussels and barnacles to commit suicide may some day save ship owners and seashore industries millions of dollars a year. The inventor, Henry T. Burkey, a Los Angeles electrical engineer, believes300 words
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Article31 1950-08-16 9 NEW DELHI, Aug. 14.— (GIIS) A new 7,895-ton chartered vessels, SS Skeldergate, will now be used by the Eastern Shipping Corporation for India's trade with Australia. kljhko31 words
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Advertisement38 1950-08-16 9 F ASI REGULAR TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE Direct Overland 1 F ncisco, Los Angeles AH American Canadian Cities S.S. "J.L. LUCIiXNBACII" lull Particulars of dry Cargo, Deep Tanks, Passenger Bookings etc. Agents ANGLO-FRENCH BENDIXSENS LTD. r Singapore *****/3 Penang 87538 words
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Advertisement498 1950-08-16 9 SAILINGS .ROM SCANDINAVIA IMMMI (O tO.ll_t.N_Ul V K./ CONTINENT. SCANDINWIA ms "KVERNAAS" due abt Aug 21 m... •FA-STRIA" O.n t. for Manila. Hongkong. Kobe. *-^,__w- o«». Yokohama _t Takubar IT» for Colombo. Aden. Port Hat.! mjm. 'KAMBODIA" due abt Sept 13 Oenoa, London fpa.H_er.eers tor Bangkok Manila Hong- j enly.498 words
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Miscellaneous52 1950-08-16 9 Despatches -Java 9 a.m. by' ng and China Bradeverett; Japan Bradeverett; Treng-j only) noon by DRROW Burma by North India and I v Rebeverett; South crett; Pontia- 1 ili; Pakistan (parI Star Alcyone. Medan by Ophir, N T Ireland, Eire, h and West Africa, Egypt and Ceylon: Australia by Gor--RROW52 words
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Miscellaneous256 1950-08-16 9 JllllliP, IN and OUT Of HARBOUR]?. SOCOTRA (Islay Kerr) Coumantaros, Szechum,. Arrival.; i !r S, r Il. I J__l ti nt inner roads MmVd,i LA COLORADO (East Asiatic) Halvdan, BaUvia, Rantau, YESTERDAY __A r B^ g a M.T.S., Katong, Seroei. Bulch, BINTANG (East Asiatic): HOEGH TRADER (Rotterdam Segamat, Mentakab, Resang.256 words
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Miscellaneous211 1950-08-16 9 n_«_R_. 4J-lffF4iS 1 i |T^^~^^^B__s^Bi^B~^^^^~"~^ _rif^ilT __K~_____. ArriVdlS Irom P"'emb.._g EfA l_st> p.m. PAN AMERICAN WORLD H airways clipper i/epanure* from Manila ETA 8 a.m. Ji KL Sl l CONSTELLATTOIf Kf m 1 1 axir__r i or Ban kok Karachi B..gb. hLM tONi-ThLLATION dad. Damascus, Geneva, from Jakarta ETA 8.30211 words
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Article761 1950-08-16 10 Samuel G; Esther B. Kling - Your Marriages Samuel G. Esther B. Kling rtv Hllll Don't Ream! Hi* Old Girl Friend* Q Should you resent your flame's former sweethearts? A No Many girls are iealous of their betrothed's former friends and wish that he had never looked at a girl before he met them. But if761 words
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Article156 1950-08-16 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Sir Henry Gurney who was on a visit to Kedah returned to the Federal Capital by plane 3'esterday. Accompanied by Mr. E.V.G. Day, the British Adviser, Sir Henry Gurney visited the Langkawi Island and showed much interest m the delights of156 words
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113 1950-08-16 10 Standard Staff Reporter I' 1 ELEVEN North Korean, l motor torpedo boats have been', sunk m two different Naval actions m the war against' i Korea, stated a senior officer.! Naval spokesman m H.M.S.] i. Belfast, when the cruiser an-/ ch'>red at113 words
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Article143 1950-08-16 10 SEREMBAN. Tues. That] 1 the slow progress m wet padi/ planting m Jelebu and Rembaui 1 districts during the last month was due to the present rubbers] boom, is the reason given by/ Mr. A. L. Barcroft, acting/ State Agricultural Officer,1, j Negri Sembilan. m his143 words
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Article107 1950-08-16 10 Tapioca SEREMBAN, Tues. Refer-J ring to the production of(, tapioca m the State, Mr. A. L. Barcroft, the State Agricultural 1 Officer, Negri Sembilan, m his/ report for the month of July,, says that the Chuah Settlement continued to maintain the/ cultivation of tapioca, and107 words
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Article103 1950-08-16 10 c Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Tues. Negri/ Sembilan produces its own J sugar though not from the I 3 sugar cane. In the Pantai]' >- valley of the State, nipah palms I c can be seen. From these palms, the villagers extract palm/ g sugar.103 words
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48 1950-08-16 10 Special To The Standard SEREMBAN, Tues.— The Malay National Bank will open a branch m Kuala Pilah shortly. Kuala Pilah is the heart of Malay rural activity m Negri Sembilan and the nerve centre of an agricultural area m the State.48 words
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Article176 1950-08-16 10 Standard Staff Reporter ONE OF the two Australian authorities on "blue babies", Dr. F. H. Mills, arrived m Singapore on Monday by' Qantas BO AC plane from Australia. He was accompanying Dr. K. Maddox to Paris, where they will attend a conference to discuss176 words
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Article136 1950-08-16 10 SEREMBAN, Tues. According to the monthly report of the Department of Agriculture, Negri Semliban. issued here yesterday, was glut m the supply of certain vegetables during July. The report says the weather conditions during the month continue to be favourable and this, coupled with the136 words
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183 1950-08-16 10 Well Chosen Programme At Victoria Hall I Standard Music Critic THE SYMPHONY concerts to be held m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday and Sunday next will be given by the Singapore Musical Society's Orchestra and conducted by Mr. Glan Williams. This is the fourth of the Society's 1950 series183 words
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Article23 1950-08-16 10 A pilotage licence, according to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance has been granted by the Pilot Board to Captain G. Sinclair.23 words
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Article, Illustration349 1950-08-16 10 EDWIN P. JORDAN - EDWIN P. JORDAN Muscular Rheumatism fu Too Serious But Is hwJki By \l A oltllu. wrlHea for N, s sri„ri TJHEUMATISM fa an old- fashioned name but even now there are some muscular aches and pains which cannot j be blamed on any definite form of arthritis349 words
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32 1950-08-16 10 Week KUALA Pi: T .,v a |eneral n District Of! decided to Welfare We, Sept. 6 Committee d. I fi and th« ten: and »ccer n32 words
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Miscellaneous149 1950-08-16 10 OFF THE RECORD §j Bl fcrf "Now Ed, if Junior wants to be a fight promoter/ yo« should encourage him!" B/Sf% t>^' THT™ a~poo^t^ok^) i^anp^^B '/a bag I ISx^^^lp^ fl?-* r^"^~^~Xl /^^UB /^)METH^3|^ INJ^VBEANS/J/l N J^VBEANS/J I Tj^c^^y /?S OX fT^T [BIQgRAPMIEJs 1 fMYSTERYI ROMANCE] J *^X J ll^--^..^...,-. Cpr149 words
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Article, Illustration213 1950-08-16 11 TEN American millionairetourists—"Six over 50 years of age"— left Singapore yesterday {by a Cathay Pacific Airways Skymaster for Bangkok. They came to Singapore by I the President Monroe on Sunday after a hectic tour of the (Colony, left for a "quick look" at Bangkok. TheyStandard - 213 words
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Article217 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Ksputer EXTENSIVE plans to reon and other cities rf Burma, which suffered heavy r.: World War ;::der way. Mr. (j Gale, a member of The Burmese National Planr: I and Economic The Standard yester "Re work was started about year ago," he continued,217 words
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Article35 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Reporter A EUROPEAN Army dispatch I seriously injured vesening when the motoric, he was riding, and a y en by a European er< ed m a collision m I _?apore.35 words
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Article26 1950-08-16 11 Mindard Staff Correspondent LUMPUR. Tues. 'c Hassan bin Hitam of the Malay Regiment, a m action on Sunday an engagement with m Pa.ang.26 words
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Article, Illustration16 1950-08-16 11 One flf the participants In !(,<. derated bullock carts fortux-titi"-' 1 tne Malacca fl.,!f ir Week celebrations.16 words
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Article18 1950-08-16 11 ISianrl^rd Staff Reporter Investigation <nd the Anti-Vice iCted raids last a, tamed two men and girls.18 words
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102 1950-08-16 11 Standard Stiff ~m|l^g|a| KUALA LUMPUR. Tun. A lorry driver, Murugesu was today fined $200, m defalk four months' rigorous impri: sonment, by Mr. A. P. Jack the first magistrate, on an alternative charge of driving a lorry dangerously at the 4* mile, Salak South,102 words
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Article127 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Without being called for his defence. Low Poh Mun, the former manager of a Goldsmith's shop m High Street, was today acquitted and discharged by the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. D. M. K. Grant, on a charge of127 words
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85 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR— Tues.— Alleged to have fired three shots from a pistol at a Chinese, I Tan Lin, at the junction of Jalan Haji Salleh and Sentul Pasar, a Sikh, Chanchal Singh, was today charged before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First85 words
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Article49 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Tues. The trustees of the Malacca Scholarship Fund are offering four scholarships to Malacca students who have already been accepted for admission to the University of Malaya m 1950. Details and forms of application can be had on application to the Education Department.49 words
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218 1950-08-16 11 claimed but, says the report, later assessment tends to increase i^ relation* toTe value of claims dealt with. sio^th^ 1 Commission, the ILAF. and Naw cooperate very well wi th £7 Damage Claims Common nd P a yement of claims218 words
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633 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent cal £*<__££ L ™PUR, Tues. A Kuala Lumpur median ord* <?™ T T 'J' H Ponnampalam, today sought it?aiSpr n/° m f i he Supreme C^urt toS>t aside &ie Teonl K?L Vkk f _fe of his houses to M** 1^633 words
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Article118 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Reporter EVERY morning, a pretty '.Chinese ex-dance hostess wends her way to a Police stai tion m Singapore with flowers, food and fruit for a friend. Her friend is a German engineer, who is being detained under the Alien's Ordinance. He arrived118 words
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Article94 1950-08-16 11 I KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— I Indians in Kuala Lumpur celeI brated the third anniversary of j j the gaining of Indian indei pendence with a meeting at the Selangor Indian Association today where they heard 1 an address by the Indain Agent, Mr. S. G. Ramaj chandran.94 words
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Article95 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Corre. pon____t KUALA LUMPUR, Tuea.— A new Malay political organisation will meet at the Hotel Majestic on Sept. 2 and 3 It is the Peninsula Malay Union whose rules are now under consideration by the GOV erninent 4 The pro-tern president of95 words
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Article51 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KAJANG. Tues. Ninetyfive Chinese, men. women and children, and an Indian. Tara Singh, who broke the curfew at Simpang Serdang, m Ulu Langat district, were fined $15 each by the circuit magistrate. Mr. AJP Jack. In default, they were ordered to serve one week's51 words
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Article, Illustration259 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent MR. G. H. OLDRIDGE, General Manager of Rediffusion Limited, yesterday offered a $5,000 contribution to the -strike fund if the Union could even "remotely" prove that the Company had attempted to bribe or intimidate the strikers to return to259 words
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Article63 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The police have made a number of arrests today following the report of the loss of about 200 bags of rice, estimated to be worth about $10.0.0. from the rice godowns of the East Asiatic Company m Kuala Lumpur.63 words
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Article91 1950-08-16 11 MUAR, Tues. A general meeting of the representatives of all sections of UMNO m Muar district was held m the Muar Club. The following were elected officebearers for 1950-51: President. Inche Mohmood bin. Mohd Shah (District Officer). Vice-Pre-sident, Dato AhmaJ bin Haji Tahir. Secretary, Inche Mohamed Yasin91 words
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Article43 1950-08-16 11 MUAR, Tues.— Four Chinese and three Malays were each fined $5 for gambling m an open space at Jalan Wang Siong, Tangkat. They were arrested on returning to get their bicycles which they had left behind when surprised by the police.43 words
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Article, Illustration41 1950-08-16 11 Fowls cooped up m these baskets m Randans Kerbau market, Singapore, found .humpions m Mrs. R. S Cletuona, founder of the Singapore Animal Levers' League and boys of the Radio Mas English School who went round r .lie ing the overcrowding.41 words
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514 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— An account of how he had taken part m the abduction of a Chettiar from Klang on June 11, 1948, was today given by a prosecution witness, Ng Ah Pee, at the continued hearing of the514 words
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183 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KOTA TlNG.il. Tues.— How a 32 year-old Chinese woman escaped from Police custody and jumped into the river m an attempt to kill herself was related to the Circuit Magistrate of Kota Tine .1 today. The woman, Lim Tanr Kwee of183 words
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Article43 1950-08-16 11 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A police c ....stable who was m the vicinity was shot and seriously wounded by bandits who. yesterday, threw a hand grenade into a shop m Malacca. The hand grenade did not explode.43 words
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Article41 1950-08-16 11 KAJANG. Tues— For travelling on the Broga/Semenyih Road, a restricted area. without a permit, Wellaytham. a goldsmith, was fined $100 by the Ka.iang Circuit Magistrate. Mr. AP. Jack. He was allowed two weeks to settle his fine.41 words
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Miscellaneous243 1950-08-16 11 //YV// T_f (Capitol Klang k That Dangerous i/ or fl y c 3 £jj and 9 15 pm Ru»,v s«.- XL Municipality MeeUng. Song of Surrender 1, 3. 10 a.m. Cricket and Soccer: V.I. vs Penda Goes To Town) ang Free School. V.I. ground. S 9 m Ful-ac_ R tary243 words
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427 1950-08-16 12 SPORTSMEN are not always m form and Awant Bakar, spearpoint of Singapore's vanguard m the M3_l lava Cup final against Penang last Saturday, was noi exception whenhe played for Malays against Eurasians m the Singapore Community League at Jalan tsesarj Stadium yesterday. Malays427 words
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266 1950-08-16 12 Business League SIME DARBY Sports Club beat the Malayan Airways S.L. by five goals to one m a Business Houses League soccer match on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. The best goal of the match was by Hon Yam and it was the Malayan266 words
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299 1950-08-16 12 THE replay m the Junior Cup soccer match between the Cheerful Lads and Social Athletic Party played at the BODCA ground at St. George's Road yesterday resulted m a win for the Cheerful Lads by two clear goals to nil. Social A.P. did299 words
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Article163 1950-08-16 12 Standard Staff Corresponden KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.Bowlers took the honours m to day's cricket match betweei the Singapore Raffles Institu tion, and the Penang Frei School which ended m a dray on the Victoria Institutioi ground. Peng Khuan pinned thi Raffles batsmen down with i fine163 words
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Article29 1950-08-16 12 AX Extraordinary meeting _J civilian association Football Referees will be held on Friday. Aug. 18 to read and if approved, adopt the Rules of tat Society.29 words
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Article, Illustration50 1950-08-16 12 Alf. Wason (17) can afford to smile he has his own little world at his feet. For his win m the Heme Hill (London) Supporters-Club championship race he won: a cup, a medal. a black and white champion's sash, a bouquet of flowers and these adoring looks from two admirers.50 words
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226 1950-08-16 12 NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (Reuter) Ezzard Charles world heavyweight champion according to the National Boxing Association, is a 5-1 favourite to beat Freddie Beshore tonight when he puts his title at stake. Should Charles win convincingly it is expected that226 words
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Article, Illustration97 1950-08-16 12 CHICAGO, Aug. 15— (AP)— Henry Ransom of the St. Andrews Golf Club, m Illinois, went six strokes under par m a sensational five-hole streak and won the Tarn O'Shanterj "world" professional golf tour- 1 ney play-off on Monday from' Chick Harbert of Detroit. The win was97 words
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Article, Illustration66 1950-08-16 12 Only Seven Stayed About 2€»,<MM. people watched this outboard speedboat race for the Daily Mirror's Championship of Britain trophy. It was won by 22--year-old Billy Nicols from seasoned speedboat drivers. His was first among the seven survivors of 36 starters. The gruelling 2 hours 4 mins. of the race saw66 words
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Article369 1950-08-16 12 County Cricket Review SURREY scored an innings victory over _L.ssex at Chelmsford today thus getting within 12 points of the total with which County leaders Lancashire started the series. Lancashire themselves were forced on the defensive against Northamptonshire. Jim Laker, Surrey offspinner, bowling with an accuracy369 words
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Article103 1950-08-16 12 NEW YORK. Aug. 14— (UP) Tom Brown. Gardnar Mulloy. Ted Schroeder and Billy, Talbert were named today to the United States Davis Cup team which meets Australia on August 25, 26 and 27. Brown is the only new member of the team from the 1949103 words
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Article120 1950-08-16 12 MONTHEY, Switzerland,! Aug 14 (APL A British Austin 7, driven by fourj famous British car racers has beaten five world records for cars of class F (from 1.100 to 1.500 cc). The drivers were Alan Hess, Arthur Fisher. Ronald Jeavons and John Walter. Driving the120 words
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839 1950-08-16 12 OVAL, London, Aug l. /u p t FACED with a West Indies first innings total of 503 England had m_S__. for four when play ended for today. Button's confidence against the vIndies bowlers was the brightest feature of todays play for England839 words
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Article56 1950-08-16 12 »'EST IXf)|| s ENGLAND t i Hutton n l ,n *NBlw. on < J J. _.i N Sheppard b j Compton run ,t arin i| D 44 n Va entinc Bailey not uut I 1 8 |59 W^et. fell a: 73. l2g 9mm 'I. Worrell g J I Valentme56 words
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273 1950-08-16 12 Alfa -Talbot -Alfa In Thrilling Pescara G.P. PESCARA, Italy, Aug. 1(5 \P> Fangio. Argentina's* leading racing di won the 19th running of tho (.rand P was his seventh victory m 11 itai national races m Europi? th Louis Rosier, of Fram e. driving the powerful new Talbot, took second place273 words
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Article27 1950-08-16 12 SEC n.it 1 lescript !he t lay even A X li the Eii NoihU id eh Lock .hum m\ v while Ke __Mcri| the d27 words
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