Singapore Standard, 18 August 1950
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Title Section17 1950-08-18 1 Singapore Standard .a n j. VOL. L NO* 47, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST _m_m 12 PAGES TEN CENTS17 words
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297 1950-08-18 1 Three Red Divisions Launch Offensive Toward Taegu, Drive S. Koreans 2-3 Miles TOKYO. Aug. 17 (UP) Three Communist divisions launeho^ toward ti Korean emergency capital of Taegu along a li_£^ ?J d ff! ffensive give the South Korean defenders back two tothree mites fa^rLl° n today and Southwest of Taegu297 words
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Article, Illustration62 1950-08-18 1 -Photos by A LARGE gathering of distinguished guests were "present at the reception given yesterday at the residence of Indonesian representative in Singapore to celebrate the sth anniversary of the USI. Upper picture shows Dr. Z. Zain, Sir Franklin Gimson. and Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Lower photoLillian Buckoke - 62 words
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172 1950-08-18 1 Standard Woman Correspondent A SICKLE moon descended towards the residence of Dr. Z. Zain, Representative of the Republic of Indonesia, last evening, and guests of all nationalities toasted the fifth anniversary of a young republic. Guests of honour were the Commissioner General for S.E.172 words
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Article318 1950-08-18 1 UN Planes Deal Reds Big Blow CARRIES-BASED Navy pilots of Task Force 77 yesterday raked the East half of Korea between the 36th and the 38th parallel, taking heavy toll of Transformer Stations, with the Bivouac areas, troops eoncentrations, bridges and trucks, according to a press report released from Tokyo318 words
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Article82 1950-08-18 1 Standard Staff Reporter One of the biggest gold seizures in recent months was made by the Police on Tuesday afternoon at Kampong Bahru Road, when a middle-aged Chinese was arrested and found to have 1,000 tahils in gold bars tied round his body. The82 words
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47 1950-08-18 1 AS a consequence of yesterday's decision by the High Court against the request for a Writ of Stay of Execution, the Singapore Government is now completing arrangements for the deportation of Westerling in the near future, it was officially announced last night.47 words
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77 1950-08-18 1 WITH THE US. IST CAVALRY, KOREA,. Aug. 17 (AP) Thirty-two American prisoners with hands tied behind their backs were shot dead today by Red Koreans on a hill west of Waegwan just before a U.S. patrol reached the spot. The Reds tried to77 words
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134 1950-08-18 1 India Puts Off "Little Six" Plan i3ef ore UN LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 17 (UP) India has decided to postpone offering a formal resolution to set up a United Nations committee of the small powers to draw np a Korean peace settlement, it was revealed today. The cautious attitude of the134 words
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Article, Illustration533 1950-08-18 1 PERCY JOSEPH - PERCY JOSEPH By Standard Staff Reporter C One Chinese was killed E^nd 11 others injured L3____ a hand grenade ex■poded in the middle of Street after it had bounced off a Police radio patrol car. f The patrolStandard - 533 words
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187 1950-08-18 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 17 (AP) The British destroyer, HM.S. Concord and S^ff «.fS atterU fOUKh eun duel today in the _.co™d cla^h B S!_td W S__r_ *________>rtUlerymen on the approves to Hon^on* was officially reported the Navy frigate Whitesand Bay exchanged fire187 words
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184 1950-08-18 1 TAIPEI, Aug. 17 (AP) The Soviet Russians are building a submarine nest within 120 miles of Formosa, according to Nationalist intelligence report. These also reported the Soviets are converting the port of Yulin on the south coast of the big South China island184 words
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62 1950-08-18 1 BRIGADIER A. de Burgh Morris, who is to take over command of the 48th Gurkha Brigade in Pahang shortly, was met on his arrival in Singapore last night by his brother. Mr. Nigel Morris of the C.1.D., and his batman, Quaim Khan. Brigadier Morris62 words
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43 1950-08-18 1 Standard Staff Reporter A 46-year-old Chinese woman, Liew Huat Seng of Tanjong Katong, was rescued from drowning by the timely arrival of a squad of constables on rounds a few minutes after midnight last night At Marine Parade,43 words
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35 1950-08-18 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 17 (Reuter) Gen. Douglas MacArthur. United Nations C-in-C today appealed to United Nations members to send him ground forces to Korea as speedily as possible.35 words
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Advertisement62 1950-08-18 1 On Other Pages Page Chinese Schools Quiet 2 Subsidy For Adult Education 2 Bandit Attacks Repulsed 3 Chinese Saint 3 Yong Yit Lin Murder Inquiry 4 More Houses for Penang 4 Red Invasion of Formosa Report 1 Burma Rice Export Prospects S 2,000 Tons of Sugar for S'pore 8 US62 words
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Advertisement41 1950-08-18 1 __M_V^/^h____^C J i _____M v 0¥ p_aDp_k mmWmVj __ff» M __TY _____k _R m n^__B____^_r4c_? 1 RIyJM __L___ GjMQn&m Gian Singh's Goods 111 Must bo good Jg| \j? The Departmental Store gk\ m lhe heart of the^Wl _r t _v^^_* ■—^—^«--w^^^--»---_;-__S^_s^_B_B_B_m_^____^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^-»r^_i__i_i_Ms__E41 words
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35 1950-08-18 2 Assistant For Ceylon Commissioner Mr. M. Seravanamuttu, the Ceylon Government Commissioner in Malaya and Singapore, is to have an assistant soon. The Assistant will be stationed in Kuala Lumpur No othcer has yet been selected35 words
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Article, Illustration367 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter FEAR AND anxiety for the future of the school, in view of the two Incidents which marred its reopening, are causing students of the Singapore Chinese High School in Bukit Timah to hesitate in enrolling for the367 words
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Article147 1950-08-18 2 Police Offer Ends Tomorrow Standard Staff Reporter CHINESE owners of factories and godowns in Singapore are given until tomorrow to decide whether they will avail themselves of the services of special police to guard their premises. They were recently notified by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of a Police plan147 words
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91 1950-08-18 2 HOLDING that the trial judge had misdirected the jury in his summing-up, the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday allowed the appeal of Ahamat bin Hassan against I sentence of death for murder. Ahamat wa.s alleged to have shot a Boyanese woman, Abibi. with91 words
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Article23 1950-08-18 2 The Malayan Postal Services Department reports an increase of $2,298,980 in its revenue for 1949, resulting in a profit of $5,362,705.23 words
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199 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter a„.S E YEARLY of 200,000 emigrants into Australia is causing great Concern in the country and the Government is faced with an economic problem which will take some time to solve. Mr. A. R. Randerson, financial consultant of the Sydney199 words
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178 1950-08-18 2 A DARK. ill-vent'lated leaky, hovel or portion of such B n el is the lot of far too many of the inhabitants of the rural areas, says the 1949 report of the Singapore Rural Board. It points out that when it is178 words
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Article, Illustration64 1950-08-18 2 WAN PIN CHIN. 21, of Orchard Road. Singapore, who won an American scholarship to the CoUege of William and Mary at its branch in Norfolk, Virginia. He will undergo a four-year course in chemistry. MK. DOUGLAS TAN, will go to Florida Southern College »n Lakeland, Florida, where ne64 words
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217 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter mIS* i SINGAPORE Rural Board at its meeting yesterday t > u d J° Seek le^ al adv *e as to whether they have power to stop certain types of advertisements or displays in the rural areas. The Chairman217 words
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473 1950-08-18 2 A POLICE corporal, two constables and a Chinese, who were involved in a corruption case— described by defending counsel. Mr. C. H. Koh as a "fantastic story" were set free by the Singapore District Judge yesterday. The accused were Cpl. Ibrahim473 words
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Article, Illustration49 1950-08-18 2 Their Unanimous Verdict: Picture by STANDING before one of S ingapore' t radio patrol vant ere from left to right: Inspector U. Maung Maung, SubInspector Mya Tan and Constables Maung Hla Aye, Maung Nyunt Shioe and Maung Hla Aung, dressed in uniforms of the Burma Police Force. Michael GohMichael Goh - 49 words
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207 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Government has offered to pay the People's Education Association a dollar per month for every adult it teaches. Mr. R. M. Young, Acting Director of Education, said yesterday his department had already informed the P. E. A. about207 words
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121 1950-08-18 2 REQUESTS for private box facilities at Malayan post offices have exceeded the supply, the 1949 annual report of the Postal Services Department, Malaya, reveals. There were altogether 2,881 private letter boxes, of which 1.350 were in Singapore. At villages upcountry where the volume of121 words
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Article63 1950-08-18 2 THE deith occurred vesterdav «»f Mrs. Hannah Sundram. wellknown Singapore educations! and singer, at her residence in MarfoUpUtD Road, off Stevens Road. Singapore She leaves behind her daughters Daphne (wife) of Dr. Sathiah of Klang > and Irene (wife of Dr. R.jaratnam of Kuala Lumpiiri-and three63 words
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Article178 1950-08-18 2 Standard Sun Reporter TWO DAYS* stay in Singapore has created a great impression on Inspector U Maung Maung and his four subordinates of the Rangoon Police Force. Said the Inspector yesterday, "You have a clean and well ordered city. It's most impressive.** These Burmese cops are178 words
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105 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter THK WORK of the S ngapore Society for the pr. tion of Cruelty to Animals in tne rural areas was highlv commended by the Rural B. ard at its meeting yesterday. The B >ard also Onproved in principle an annual grant105 words
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Article, Illustration234 1950-08-18 2 THE ROYAL Air Force in Singapore on Wednesday and Thursday celebrated the birth EliAh^° nd /J 11 to Process Elizabeth with full-scale parades at each of its three stations on the island At Changi yesterday, airR e A n ."?J airwomen of the KA.F paraded234 words
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173 1950-08-18 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE IMPRESSION that the Singapore Rural Board is an obstructive body" must be "disabu ed VI I Uiyo Fung an unof.ieial Member of the Singapore Rural Board sgid^atthe Boards monthly nweting yesterday. Mr. Chin said he had countered sucii an173 words
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Article60 1950-08-18 2 Naval Force Gets More Insructors Standard s utT ANT- *"*>*, officer- De > the Malay given to enal tant h Thi annua! Naval In —.1 could n tn^ were _n n NmfcS tors maintaii *h foundat if'hi ti-w r,r Thc not h, ministral th its adn OUtl-v own verv 160 words
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Advertisement113 1950-08-18 2 OBITUARY nvothi Dr at.fi M, land V 1: 1 In.uth yestei hon Inter- i F acknowledgment' I ail t v TUa ftl FOR SALE r VEHICLES FOTSATT C Stand s NOTICE I MA I. y > CM I A Est ASStMI.XTItn UNLIMITED CASH SWEEP Por Ml \IBLR> ihilf llrunini: .<.'113 words
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266 1950-08-18 3 TTAT A 7n____" OUMr Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs —tw u in Perak were beaten -ff by secTr... band l£ attacks place this morning One w-T»i y ?u Ces Two to ok police post and the othe? wl l!„ hen attacked266 words
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Article89 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A total of 267.874 letters were consigned to the "dead letter" office last year, states a report of the Postal Services Department. Malaya. The figure represents a decrease over the previous year's total of 270.221. The total last year includes89 words
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Article19 1950-08-18 3 SEREMBAN. Thurs. A membership campaign has been launched by the Seremban branch of the Malayan Indian Congress.19 words
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164 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Fourteen new post s are needed in the Federation to deal with the ng volume of traffic in mails. The need for these «w post offices has been mentioned in the proposals wr the Draft Development Plan for the164 words
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187 1950-08-18 3 24,000 New Depositors In PO Banks Standard SUIT Reporter M ?f EARt lY 24,000 more Malayans joined Post Office savings banks throughout the country last year making the $?._o7 nUmbe of depositors a af^rding to the 1949 Annual Report of the Postal Services Department. Malaya just issued. Deposits made during187 words
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85 1950-08-18 3 Standar dStaff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Mails to Ringlet and Tanah Rata were destroyed today hy fire caused by bandit activity, states the Postmaster General. Correspondence contained in the mail included letters posted at Penang up to 6 p.m. yesterday. Ipoh up to85 words
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Article85 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Security forces scouring the jungle for Mrs. Nora Evelyn Stutchbury. wife of the District Officer of Bentong. located two bandit camps and a small shelter, all of which showed signs of recent occupation. One section of the security forces85 words
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111 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Reporter A POLICE Commissioner who has had no Communist disturbances or acts of violence to deal with during his five years of policing in the Far East is in Singapore. He is Mr. L. V. Ostmeyer, former Commissioner of Police in Pontianak,111 words
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Article76 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE Harbour Board is negotiating with Government for the lease of the foreshore and sea-bed at Telok Blangah where it is proposed to erect a new jetty for Cable and Wireless Ltd. The lease will be for a term of 99 years.76 words
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Article, Illustration47 1950-08-18 3 SEGAMAT. Wed.— For failing to report their change of address. Tan Woo, 45, and Goh Chai, 44. both of Jementah tpwn, were fined $25 each at the Segamat Court. The UMNO general assembly was held at Muar Club. Picture shows delegates at the maintable.47 words
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301 1950-08-18 3 Oceitttation Deal dispute Standard Staff Correspondent n a l a UAL LUMPUR, Thurs. Dr. J. H. Ponnampalam, a Kuala Lumpur medical practitioner, who is seeking an order from the Supreme Court to set aside the transfer of a sale of his two301 words
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Article43 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEGAMAT, Wed. The Methodist Church has started Sunday School English classes on every Saturday at the Kluang Presbyterian Church. Two members of the Government Hospital staff are conducting the classes, assisted by the Rev S. M. Pandian.43 words
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Article, Illustration187 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. the beginning of the rgency civilians and security forces have pain a heaver to th in the bandits, and the Chinese have been the est losers is disclosed in the chronologv of important events during the Emergency in187 words
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Article38 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— where in Selangor, early morning, security forces •ed bandits, killing three and wounding a fourth, a was captured. Two hand grenades, about e pistols and some munition were recovered.38 words
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Article99 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Fines totalling $650 were imposed by the President of Sessions Court on a Malay named Karim bin Ali when he pleaded guilty to charges of hunting deer without a licence, possession of a shot gun without a licence, and causing the99 words
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31 1950-08-18 3 SEREMBAN, Thurs— A Production of 5,500 ducklings and 3,000 chicks in the Rahang Hatchery is reported in the monthly report of the Negri Sembilan Agricultural Department.31 words
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Article22 1950-08-18 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.--For the week ending August 15. 350 arrests have been made under the Emergency Regulations in the Federation.22 words
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Article50 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Min Yuen workers in the Ampang District were this morning asked to surrender by the authorities. Leaflets were dropped to them by R.A.F planes. The leaflets also warned the public that assistance to this organisation would mean death.50 words
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Article209 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE STRIKE threatened by godown labourers handling rubber for Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfleld (Malaya) Limited will not be called today, because boss and workers have reached agreement on their dispute The labourers, through their Union, the Singapore Godown Labour Union, served strike notice209 words
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Article, Illustration73 1950-08-18 3 Photo A large party of Malay girl guides arrived at Fremantle, West Australia early this month aboard the liner Gorgon from Singapore. The guides are on a visit to West Australian guides and will take part in rallies in several I»rts of the state. Photo shows the fourA.P. - 73 words
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Article102 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A Javanese woman Amah of the Johore Hospital, Marten binti Mohamed, appeared before Inche A. Kadir Yusof, the Magistrate, on a charge of harbouring an escaped prisoner. Omer bin Sajnri. She was convicted and fined $15 or five days' simple102 words
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Article73 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Philatelists helped to boost Malayan postal revenue last year. According to the 1949 report of the Postal Services Department. Malaya, issued today, revenue collected by the post offices last year amounted to $14.456,5.'. 9. an increase of $2,298,980 over the73 words
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279 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Subpoenaed as a defence witness at the trial of a Chinese, Low Ah Poh alias Low Kit Poh. on a charge of abducting a Chettiar from Klang on June 11, 1948. a police inspector. Harnam bingh, today denied279 words
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Article48 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs Mr. S. F. H. Day. the Johore Electrical Engineer, who spent his leave in England arrived here yesterday He is going to Kuala Lipis, Pahang within a few days to assume duties as Electrical Engineer of the48 words
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44 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Sultan of Pahang on behalf of the Rulers of the Malay States their Governments and people has sent greetings and sincere good wishes to London on th<» birth of the Princess.44 words
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Article, Illustration336 1950-08-18 3 Chinese 'Saint' Hasn 't Slept On Bed For 50 Yrs. Standard Staff Reporter SEVENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD white boarded Ng Tuck Teong— regarded as a Singapore Chinese "Saint" claims to have not slept on a bed at night for 50 years. His mode of sleep has been to sit upright on a stool336 words
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78 1950-08-18 3 INDIANS in Muar. Port Dickson and Seremban celebrated the thud anniversary of Indian Independence on Tuesday. At Mu;ir, speeches were made by Messrs O. M SuN.ihuanyau. P. Manikkam. Amar Singh and G. Veighese, at a tea party. At Port Dickson, Mr. 88. Sen Gupta and Mr.78 words
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Article101 1950-08-18 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three masked Chinese, at the point of a pistol, forced open the iron gate of a house in Ceylon Lane early this morning and robbed the occupants. a Chinese and his wife, of $50. The gang threatened the couple when101 words
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Article44 1950-08-18 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thins No further claims against the Government, arising out of the Emergency or Defence Regulations 1939. will be accepted by the Pre-Occupation Claims Office. This however, does not refer to ordinary War Demagt Claims against the War Damage Commission.44 words
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Miscellaneous300 1950-08-18 3 f F E DE RAT \sPUj!g&C# IPOH- ZZ 3^^™^ s Oden: Captain Carey ISA :i tf. d rid cf p. in H "inrl Q n rr_ Rex: Montana 12.45 3 6.45 and Udo: D.ncin, in the Dark TJi and 9 <U p m S T.O H and 8 3(_ h300 words
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Article, Illustration408 1950-08-18 4 AT THE continued neanng oi tne preununary Inquiry in tlie Singapore Relief Court yesterday into the fatal shooting of Yon? Yit Lin. a former detective sergeant Chao Yu Lin, who was employed by Yong gave a graphic account of408 words
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Article66 1950-08-18 4 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs. A mystery drama entitled "Grand National Night" will be staged by Molly Corkrun and party tomorrow at the King Edward i VII Sch«x.l Hail in aid of District Welfare funds. The cast includes Molly Corkran. Mrs. R. Burton. Mr. L. H.66 words
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Article20 1950-08-18 4 PENANG, Thurs. There were I^B births and ?,H deaths in Penang for the week endinn .kug. ll'20 words
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Article132 1950-08-18 4 THE Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday was told how 55-year-old Maris bin Ali, held in fear of the father of a 6-year-old girl, scrambled up a tree for safety. On July 12 at Changi, it was stated that Maris led the little girl to a132 words
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Article44 1950-08-18 4 The French Consul-General, Singapore, M. Andre Gibault, has sent a congratulatory message on behalf of the Consular Corps of Singapore to the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. for submission to Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses on the occasion of the Royal Birth.44 words
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198 1950-08-18 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Thurs.— The Kinta Town Board this morning discussed the question of smoking in cinema halls and finally decided not to interfere with the liberty of the individual for the present. The chairman, Mr J M Brander, said they would198 words
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414 1950-08-18 4 More Stand Pipes In Rural Areas Next Year Standard Staff Correspondent THE SINGAPORE Rural Board will construct more stand pipes in the rural areas next year, instead of asking the Municipality for a reduction in the cost of water consumed in rural households. In consequence the Board at a meeting414 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-08-18 4 Two European Police officers examining a car damaged by splinters from a hand grenade whicii exploded at the Bugis Streel Victoria Street Junction last night. (Story in Page 1).29 words
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Article, Illustration73 1950-08-18 4 standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Thurs. Mr. M. Retnam, an employee of the Malayan Railway stationed at Taiping has reported to the police the disappearance of his 14-year-old son. Samuel. A student of the Coronation English School, Samuel was last seen riding a sports bicycle towards the direction of Bagan73 words
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Article29 1950-08-18 4 The Federation of Unions of •Jovernment Employees is giving a tea-party to the ICFTIT delegation at the (MI. Cafe, at 4 p.m. on Saturday.29 words
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Article44 1950-08-18 4 TAIPING. Thurs. Dr. L fl Turner, Medical Oilicer *inchargo of Taiping General Hospital is on a month's casual leave. During his absence Dr (Miss) I. M. Almond, who was recently transferred here from Kuala Kangsar, will b e acting for him.44 words
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Article, Illustration411 1950-08-18 4 Hospital A ttendant Alleged To Have Taken 'Tea Money Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. -Ohoong Yoong, a hospital attendant in the Ipoh District Hospital, was charged before Mr M. R. Fletcher Rogers in the Sessions Court this mom ing on three counts of accepting money while being a public servant.411 words
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51 1950-08-18 4 TAIPING, Thurs. -1- Miss Teoh Chye Gian of Taiping, a lecturer at Nurses' Training School, has sailed for the United Kingdom on a Government scholarship for a year's specialised training course in nursing. Miss Teoh is a former pupil of the Lady Treacher Girls'51 words
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Article180 1950-08-18 4 Standard Staff Reporter A memorial service was conducted by the Acting Vicar of Singapore, the Rev. Kinross Nicholson, at the St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday for lan Morrison, correspondent in the Korean war for the London Times, who was killed on Aug. 12 by a landmine. At180 words
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Article, Illustration272 1950-08-18 4 Second Batch Of Mouses At Green mane To Be Built fawnoard fctail Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. The second ba». h of h Green Lane housing estate is about to i M u< pas announced by tbe Municipal Pn "m riammett, at today's meeting of the Commi i Mr. Hammctt said that272 words
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Article35 1950-08-18 4 standard Ma| „-r m Mm kt PENAH I Mr J At ;i til Mr 1 11 issod tution Utution i 4 Ihe would n I Thc H.G i. but a35 words
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Article14 1950-08-18 4 PBAJ [i Federal 1 arrived Inn:.. l'v StS i14 words
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Article32 1950-08-18 4 st.mii.ini Mai I mi *\>nint crs In 1 brkifi temporary s This u Board, Ir Mr Bl I h 1 1 allow the l in tin lago.32 words
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Article26 1950-08-18 4 St.ndj.nl v PBfAfl ang Me li ioty u nual nor at th< H< lei on Sat Thc t before I will Uki26 words
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Miscellaneous308 1950-08-18 4 Crossword Puzzle a* B to wmon mmm ACItOSS 4_— Man's name CEPM I__.altl.-I l 45- Wager LC P_j HA T S \C jH P 4T -Tribe ART JBEW |m[4BE_ 4— Parent icolloq.) 4»—Tlbetan priest pUg 9" f^§«7*7_lS- «-KUled BS-Two-toed sloUi __4=A SiSEEBIS 11 -Hat ornament 12— Male sheep (pL) __]_-_P,O308 words
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Article319 1950-08-18 5 If YOU ARE A THIN GIRL YOU'RE COWCTOHAVi? jTgjfOiJß WAY (SAY THE DESICNap_~Mn-_l p are a thin girl re going to have it v n way until next London fashion e just finished their Autumn and r collections— and the dc hips has had319 words
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Article, Illustration256 1950-08-18 5 r\RDINAR\' methods don't v always distribute the starch evenly through flimsy curtains. So try this: prepare a boiling hot starch solution, dip tne curtains in and then run them through the wringer. r*AJ9NED shrimp will taste like frerh shrimp if you soak them tor 15 minutes inPANA News - 256 words
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Article, Illustration386 1950-08-18 5 ALICIA HART - PICK YOUR SHOES FOR WEAR- NOT GLAMOU R ALICIA HART By E VER been stuck with a pair of J* that looked wonderful bm hurt Shoes feet after a few hours wear* if J_s_» chances are you bought shoes '"to fit have l instead of your foot. It's a common386 words
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Article, Illustration278 1950-08-18 5 WILLIAM E. McKENNEY - WILLIAM E. McKENNEY BRIDGE CORNER By r rHIS is the -fourth of a series of articles on trump coups. A double coup is no more complicated than a single coup, once you understand the principle of tthat you have to do to make278 words
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Article173 1950-08-18 5 piRST you broil it, then you bake it in cream. And then well, read on and smack your lips. BROILED CHICKEN IN CREAM Four small broilers, onion Juice or onion salt, lemons, salt, pepper, paprika, cup cooking sherry, cayenne, 2/3 cup cream (or evaporated milk).173 words
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Miscellaneous562 1950-08-18 5 Radio Programmes RADIO MALAYA 1205 Kronchong Selections: 12.45 crvrAonor News; 7 p.m. Programme SuraMaMjAftml. mary; 7.05 Interlude; 7.15 Dewan ENGLISH PROGRAMME Pengethahuan: 7.30 Popular Re1U a.m. News trom Singapore Quest: 8.15 News; 8.30. Forces' and the Emergency News from Programme for MO Rs and Kuala Lumpur; 1 p.m. Lißht Police.562 words
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Miscellaneous196 1950-08-18 5 answering your requests; 7 p.m. News. Share Market Report; 7.15 "Fats" Waller entertains; 730 Light Music played by the David Granville Ensemble: 8 p.m. Talk from Singapore; 8.15 Varietv Bandbox; 8.45 Concerto: 930 News; 9.45 Just Unpacked (the weekly review of new records); 10.30 Dance Music 8.F.E.8.5. (Singapore) 15.30 Mcs-196 words
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Article751 1950-08-18 6 A FAMILIAR figure has returned to our midst. His lean and haggard face, his deep-set restless eyes and his cruel lips are bringing terror to those who have come close to him and death to those whom he has touched. He is— FAMINE In our preoccupation with751 words
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Letter401 1950-08-18 6 Sir:—l ciave some space in your esteemed newspaper to air a matter which 1 think all people in Singapore should 'iear about. It is the case, of our ship, the s.s. Champollion which came into port on Wednesday from Saigon. When our ship anchored ootside Singapore,401 words
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Letter190 1950-08-18 6 Sir:—May I be permitted to clear certain doubts J raised bv your correspondents "Spectator." "RAMAN" and others on the formation i of the F.1.0. J They all assert that the < F.1.0. was formed before 22.7.50 and the meeting on < 22.7.50 was an inaugural meeting, notwithstanding190 words
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Article647 1950-08-18 6 Review of Views I Seal Of Approval TELEPHONE service Is pub-f lie utility and should exclu-5 sively be the concern of the government, Nanyang Siang* Pau declared editorially yes- 3 terday. echoing the suggestion 5 made on Tuesday at the Legist lative Council that the govern- 5 ment take over647 words
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Article491 1950-08-18 6 Simpang Lima - POST -WAR SEREMBAN Simpang Lima IJRE-WAR somnolent SeremA ban. capital of Negri Sembilan, is nowadays unworthy of that sobriquet. Not to be outdone by other mem* bers of the Federation, Seremban is up and doing. One of the most striking features of post war life is the progress of welfare491 words
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Article, Illustration746 1950-08-18 6 UUIBM - UUIBM The British Council will hold on exhibition of manuscripts ond D h recently arrived from Hongkong where o successful exhibition who ol 9 p l$ oiso held $»Y= 'T'flE Exhibition of Handx writing and Manuscripts, to be opened tomorrow evening at the British Council Hall,746 words
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Advertisement13 1950-08-18 6 HARRISONS CROSFIELD (M) LTD. Sole Agenfs 'LONDON" BRAND CEMENT WHtAFQKE— KUALA LMWLX- JLWANG13 words
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Miscellaneous180 1950-08-18 6 \_W^ Ji^vmimm __lE_v| U?f K ofCumMrUnd.Md IF _PM /^T COMPLETED A-4-VEAR W tfIMES^K V *&F HITCH M The ARMV AT jK-__i_____ B >S^_/ The AGE 17/ fM PB __s_r 9 > -ji __L_^_-< sr7 __i*^tf i jC^______> jp_. DCf J_\mt~^_L JB^ l *_H BJS| _fx7 __^X JTBi?l IL i__e_________________i lt_3__B180 words
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Article, Illustration247 1950-08-18 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 17— (AP)— The Chinese C_mm__<.» tmi Z i> scheduled for late September or 31 10 „na. storms when the 100-mile wide Formosa Stratt fa __h_ PWl _i •*> Son fleet of 10.000 motor-driven junks sailinirfrnm «_rJ.247 words
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Article131 1950-08-18 7 LONDON Aug IT (AP) <[_ United States nad comniained informally to Britain [tat net projected 3 4iio milprogramme ot rearmament doe? not go tar enough. officials here said "fliis intonnai.on developed a s Prime M.nister Attlee rejtted I demand from Conservative leader Winston (himh.ll131 words
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Article18 1950-08-18 7 The Moscow press has made no mention of the birth of Princess Elizabeth's daughter A.P.A.P. - 18 words
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248 1950-08-18 7 LONDON Aug 17— (UP)— When Princess Elizabeth sat up in the bed yesterday and broke the news to Prince Charles that he has a baby sister, the 21--month-old boy showed no signs of jealousy, Court circles reported. Queen Elizabeth was on hand at Clarence248 words
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Article58 1950-08-18 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 17. (UP)— The United States ex- begin talks in September on a Japanese peace agreement with other Allied nations that fought in the Pa-ific. offiirces here said Iney said the British Commonwealth nations, France. Netherlands and the Philippines would he among those ith58 words
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Article36 1950-08-18 7 TOK.O. Aug 17 (ReuterAA> A British cruiser operating on the weft roast of Korea nomuarded and heavily damaged a factory near Kunsan. The ing was accomplished with the aid of aerial spotting.36 words
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74 1950-08-18 7 RANGOON, Aug. 17 (APIBurmese military and civilian authorities have been alerted to help three Britons, one a woman, to escape from rebel territory in central Burma, where they have been trapped since last year. The Britons are employees of the British-owned Mawchi74 words
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Article33 1950-08-18 7 MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (AP): Russia has made an unofficial bid to all Baltic nations for a pact closing the Baltic Sea to ail warships of non-Baltic powers. A.P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article38 1950-08-18 7 WASHINGTON. Aug 17 <AP>: The House has passed a bill to allow an estimated 760 alien wives and children of U.S. servicemen to enter this country. Most of the aliens are Japanese.38 words
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Article39 1950-08-18 7 MOSCOW. Aug < Reuter): The Soviet Foreign Ministry has passed on to lhe North Korean authorities a British request tor a safe conduct to China for Capt Vyvyan Holt, British Minister in Seoul.39 words
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43 1950-08-18 7 RANGOON, Aug. 17 ,AP): Burma's faith in Indonesia s ability to aid the promotion of peace and a better living standard in Southeast Asia was expressed by Prime Minister Thakin Nn in a message to President Soekarno.43 words
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Article31 1950-08-18 7 Departure of the Dutch destroyer Kortenaer from Soerabaya on Aug 25 for Holland will leave only one Dutch warship, the destroyer Bankert, in Indo- nesian waters.- A.P.A.P. - 31 words
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Article, Illustration29 1950-08-18 7 phota Father Otto Spore of the U.S. llth Artillery regirn^ 5 M a armc Division, celebrates masj in a field behind the battle lines ia South Korea.- I. N.I.N. - 29 words
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Article117 1950-08-18 7 Quakes Wreck OneTown NEW DELHI, Aug. 17 (Reuter)—The terrific earthquakes which shook Eastern India on Tuesday night, now said to have originated in Tibet, virtually destroyed north Lakhimpur town, about 150 miles west of the Burma frontier. The roads there bore deep fissures and depressions and an important bridge outside117 words
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126 1950-08-18 7 Seretse Drama: Ex-Regent Intervenes JOHANNESBURG, Aug 17 (AP) A dramatic twist has been given to the Seretse Khama affair by the sudden intervention of his uncle, former Babangwato tribal regent Tshekedi Khama, who has asked the British High Commissioner. Sir Evelyn Baring, not to send Seretse out of the country.126 words
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Article111 1950-08-18 7 8 Nazi War Criminals To Be Freed FRANKFURT, Aug. 17 (AP) Fnedrich Flick, the steel baron, and seven other prominent Nazis convicted of war crimes will be freed in eight days for good conduct, it is announced here. Otto Dietrich. Hitler's former press chief, and Walther Darre, former Food andA.P. - 111 words
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Article75 1950-08-18 7 BTH ARMY HQ. IN KOREA, Aug. 17. Capt. Herman West of Miami, Florida, was speaking to his headquarters by telephone from a forward command post, near the Naktong river south of Waegwaii last night. Suddenly the captain said: "Excuse me. Sir" and left the phone. A75 words
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Article63 1950-08-18 7 LONDON, Aug. 17— (AP):— Doctors yesterday used war-tested insecticide fogs in their fight against ;.e infantile paralysis outbreak which so far has hit nearly 1.400 people in Britain. Machines developed in World War II were employed to fill infected homes with a fog of DDT63 words
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Article, Illustration146 1950-08-18 7 US Proof Of USSR Arms Aid LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 17 (AP)— The United States will toss into the U.N. Security Council debate on Korea a new report on the critical military situation in Korea, which may give evidence to back up charges that recently manufactured Soviet war materials have beenI.N. - 146 words
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Article26 1950-08-18 7 SAIGON. Aug. 17 <UP): French civilians in Indo-China have been advised by the authorities to carry arms eonstantlv, especially in the rural areas.26 words
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Article83 1950-08-18 7 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Aug 17 (Reuter) Mr. Trygve Lie, I U.N. Secreary-General, has cabled an urgent appeal to the North Korean authorities to admit an international Red Cross representative into the areas controlled by them so that arrangements can be made for collection and83 words
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Article190 1950-08-18 7 THE HAGUE, Aug. 17— (Reuter): An American convict worked out how to split the atom while studying higher mathematics in a U.S. Jail. Director J. V. Bennett, of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons, disclosed this at a conference of prison officials, welfare workersReuter - 190 words
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Article31 1950-08-18 7 Sir Owen Dixon, the U.N. mediator in the Kashmir dispute, has decided not to return to Lake Success for some time yet He is engaged on demilitarisation talks at Karachi. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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Article24 1950-08-18 7 Nationalist Government in Formosa has decided to close the last of its Central News Agency offices in the capitals of Europe, including London APAP - 24 words
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Article23 1950-08-18 7 About 2,000 known Communists employed by power supply companies in Japan are to be dismissed to safeguard power genertaing plants against saboiage.— ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article88 1950-08-18 7 The City Council of Weirton (West Virginia) has adopted a new ordinance requiring all Reds in the town to register at the city Hall under penaltv of U.S. $100 fine and 30 days jail. Nobody was Interested when 10-year-old Billy Dinsdale valked into his parents' hut at an emergency housingReuter; AAP - 88 words
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Article45 1950-08-18 7 Red China has decided to adopt Russia's three-grade system of medical education in order to train medical personnel quickly. She needs :t.000.000 medical workers, of whom (jOO. 000 should be doctors, pharmacists and dentists. At present there are only 20.000 doctors and 20.00 nurses- ReuterReuter - 45 words
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Article16 1950-08-18 7 Mr. 5? Roger Tyler has been 1 appointed l r .S Consul to Jeru- falem.- ReuterReuter - 16 words
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Article88 1950-08-18 7 PARIS, Aug. 17. (AP) A motor-cycle with a headless rider in the saddle and a girl on the pillion roared on 100 yards after a collision with a car and then overturned, causing only slight injuries to the girl. The motor eyclist. Raymond Bertaux.88 words
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112 1950-08-18 7 KARACHI, Aug. 17 (AP)— The Karachi police using tear gas and lathis fought off a violent mob of 2,000 whicii tried to set lire to the offices and stores of the Municipal Corporation in retaliation against a Corporation order for removal of a temporary112 words
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214 1950-08-18 7 Siam Likely To Be First To Rush Aid Force WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (AP) -The U.S. Secretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, said yesterday that America has accepted Siam's offer to put 4,000 men on the fighting front in Korea. The announcement was made in the presence of the Siamese Ambassador,214 words
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Article103 1950-08-18 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (AP): An army spokesman said that the Korean situation in which the B-29's were used for close support of ground troops was not one of. "impending disaster** but that it was "very, very serious.** He said the Communist attack that had beenAP - 103 words
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71 1950-08-18 7 WITH BTH ARMY IN KOREA. Aug 17. (Reuter— AAP)— Two South Korean regiments, cut off for a week between Yongdok and Pohang, on Korea's east coast, were evacuated last night. IN naval forces standing off the coast coverrd the dramatic withdrawal with heavy71 words
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Article36 1950-08-18 7 LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuter) Britain is to increase her expenditure on civil defence in 1951 to £6.728.000 to protect civilians against a possible future onslaught by bombers and longrange missiles36 words
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Advertisement67 1950-08-18 7 S^ M_! P ttl I^S^ffiP H^l 1(9 ki_^_^/^^_vi^^^^iil2^^C K J_^T_fcs^___^ H-- 'ffi'vTWmSlSmWmmmmmmmmmm ~l\\ MW m, o>| 9 '"M-Plra_ll _P^_ ttl r *^^gi^^)T4^^y!W^P_-_-gW |L (MoenMAvF? j Qriginal-Qdhner CALCULATING MACHINE AT A COST LOW ENOUGH TO GET A MACHINE FOR EVERY DESK j ORDER NOW FOR EARLY DELIVERY f-»_^Pf1 l 7^ft 10467 words
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Advertisement36 1950-08-18 7 WHISTLES JM and CHAINS METROPOLITAN OM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GEONE POLICE WHISTLE Iff Hi/- Each JjE 9 "ACME W THUNDERER"... J/- Each i NICKEL PLATED CHAINS TO MATCH ABOVE .7*f/ rents <>avh ROBINSONS GENERAL DEPARTMENT36 words
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Article82 1950-08-18 8 NEW DELHI, Aug. 17.—India had a favourable balance of trade during the first half of the year, despite an adverse balance during the second quarter. The surplus during the first quarter was 44 7,000.000 rupees (US$87,800,000) and the deficit during the second 347.500 000 rupees82 words
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114 1950-08-18 8 NEW DELHI. Aug. 17— (AP) A government committee has recommended the establishment of a state trading corporation to deal with all import and export operations of a commercial nature handled by the government. The state trading committee proposed that the corporation have an authorised earjital114 words
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Article46 1950-08-18 8 LONDON Aug 17 (Reuter- m U Australian trade mission will go to Djakarta within two weeks to discuss a bi -lateral agreement with the Indonesian government, an official of the Feder.-l Department .1" Commerce announced ii MeM ne todav. according to Kad.o Aus traiuL46 words
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262 1950-08-18 8 RANGOON, An* 17 (AP) Wanton destruction of rice stocks and ricefields by Burmese rebels abandoning major towns will prevent the export of tlie bulk of tbe 1,600,000 tons of rice fixed by Burma for her 1951 target. A source close to262 words
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Article26 1950-08-18 8 KARACHI. Auj. 17 (AP)— The area under jute in Pakistan this year is down 32 percent from a year ago, official figures disclose.26 words
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133 1950-08-18 8 WASHINGTON. Aug. 17 (UP) The Economic Co-ope-ratioti Administration said today that it had approved more than U.S. $10,000,000 worth of non-military supplies for South Korea since the outbreak ol war. Much of the supplies has already reached the Republic. F.CA todav authorised133 words
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Article241 1950-08-18 8 UK Exports Hit New High LONDON, Aujf. 17 (Reuter) Britain reached a new dollar exports record to the United States and Canada last month. She sold them goods worth $61,000,000 21 percent higher than the average for the peak fourth quarter of 1948. To the United States she sent goods241 words
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Article, Illustration62 1950-08-18 8 The Norwegian freighter TAI TANG took on a cargo of copra and rubber before leaving Singapore for Norway on Tuesday. This Michael Goh picture shows the stern of the Tai Yang, and the lighters from which she took the copra and rubber. Shipments of rubber to USA and Europe have62 words
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Article91 1950-08-18 8 TORONTO. Aug ter) Canada this year expects a wheat crop of 544,000.000 bushels as against 367 million bushels last year, according to oflicial estimates. Estimates of other crops announced were: Oats 433,000.000 bushels against 317.000.000 last year; barlev 184.000 000 as against 120.000,000. and rye'91 words
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Article71 1950-08-18 8 TOKVO, Aug. 16— (ReuterAAP)— Japanese production of cotton goods is still increasing, the .Japanese Spinners' Association announced today. Cotton yarn production in July was 45.59f»,537 pounds an increase of more than 500,000 pounds over June's production and the output of cotton cloth increased bv (i7,0€0 yards to71 words
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Article66 1950-08-18 8 RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Aug. 17) were, per lb. Buyers Sellers No. 1. RSS Spot loose $1.34 $1.35 No. 1. RSS fob in bales Sept. $1.27 $1.28 No. 2. $1.26 $1.27 No. 3 $1.25 $1.26 Tone: Steady, quiet. TIM SINGAPORE, Thurt. Aug. 17.— The price66 words
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Article300 1950-08-18 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore rubber market opened steadier yesterday morning than the previous clay's close. It steadied on further buying orders from Japan but became somewhat erratic later. At noon quotations were about nine cents per lb. above Wednesday's levels, with the market300 words
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Article81 1950-08-18 8 HONGKONG, Aug 17 (Reuter- AAP)— Chinese merchants in Shanghai have requested their Hongkong representatives to hold up shipments of commodities to that city for fear a general slump in prices would follow the issuance of the second allotment of Victory Bonds Merchants sources said during the81 words
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Article28 1950-08-18 8 LONDON. Aus. 17. (AP) Britain's government-owned railways, which operated at a last year, are doing much better now, due to the May 15 freight rate increase.28 words
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Article826 1950-08-18 8 SINGAPORE. Thurs —London continued bidding for Malayan tin shares which showed small improvements in a few issues. However. tlie sharp fall in the tin metal price had a weakening effect on the tin shares section. Rubber and industrial shares remained unchanged. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buvei sailer826 words
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Article165 1950-08-18 8 EXCHANGE rates now in force, as supplied bv the Malayan Exchange Banks Association are as follow, FREE MARKET CURRENCIES SELLING TV I N <; London _5/*l/_S' 2'* T '7'i_ 34. *Srt■ H I* au str.ua 4 U 16 5/U I* til lS 24 9 2A 5/16165 words
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Article119 1950-08-18 8 DEVELOPMENT of a new purpose, decorative floor matUi_g for use in hotels, schools, churches, restaurants, theatres and office buildings has been announced by the U.S. Rubber Company in New York. The new nuilUng has a distinctive waffle-like design. It is produced in black, maroon, red119 words
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43 1950-08-18 8 BELGRADE. Aug. 17— (AP) —Yugoslavia has signed a new one-year trade agreement with Egypt, effective immediately. Under its terms, Yugoslavia will export timber and wood products, corn, tobacco and chemical products. Yugoslavia will receive cotton, rice and ores.43 words
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302 1950-08-18 8 TOKYO, Aug. 17 (Reuter-AAP) Ten Japanese technicians are now working in India as technical advisers for Indian factories and spinning mills, according to the Foreign Office today. Two more technicians are scheduled to leave soon. The Foreign Office report said that these Japanese were highly302 words
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Article126 1950-08-18 8 MUNICIfAI I Snora 3» 192f 105 0V ,Jt H% 1930 105 50 U*>so 3% 1935 86.00 HI 00 9% 1937 92 s<j a* Us i 3% 1938 9*60 < :Mrxi 4% 1939 100 50 in;. 50 3J% 1948 90 00 9100 Penan i 5% 192b 105 01:126 words
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79 1950-08-18 8 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE received 2.000 I from the United Kingdom una J Malaya. The sugar came in two in the Benattow and 500 tons in tl Although the two shipments had been a about a week, their arrival rules out am Vf^ a sugar79 words
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194 1950-08-18 8 FRANKFURT, Aug. 17 ,(UP) West Germany has relaxed restrictions on the export of scrap steel, so the 50,000 tons can be sent to the United States this month. The waiver followed protests from American steel interests that the restrictions would reduce scrap shipments194 words
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Advertisement38 1950-08-18 8 STOP VAV-VniAMIHC! START A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO -PAY/ err* __4 Ai f """<r_> <c~ 3 YOU TOO CAN OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR AS LITTLE AS $1. INTEREST WILL BE PAID AT 2% PER ANNUM. CHUnG KHlfllll Bnimin38 words
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Article60 1950-08-18 9 Aug. 16 rebelled the ins for rentry's inland by three I cost the 000 in ft, a_- i Watern Board successors •owned >mpany, I by the E It d several rebel, at ei ne ports to Rangoon •i ir. timate it will e« voars to serviceable60 words
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40 1950-08-18 9 FLYiNG-BOAT FIGHTERS 'ARE UNIQUE' I- tar«d- om fighters test issue Sir Arthur n and Saunder*- it it is a war. essfuJ devoI ng ti k opcraare there says Ibat the ■t re- uhter. erl ten and It to be a40 words
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Article43 1950-08-18 9 I Aug 16 I irrir II I] Miami on n tne path rrom New B'ireau planes torm area inricane waa t( ly 50 miles per up heavy ntk b were, rt" standby I rrieanJ d if •in on a43 words
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Article267 1950-08-18 9 Across The Pacific w :.GTON. Aug. 17 (AP) Describing the .Navy in the Korean conflict which beffan spokesman said that the US Navy shins redited with delivering 40,000 men P KO tons of military cargo and 2 000 000 roleun have also been carried267 words
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Article, Illustration34 1950-08-18 9 Greetings picture. Newly married Ken Boehtn. foreman engineer of M'livan Airways, who returned from Australia yesterday by Qaatefl Constellation, gets a "chairing" from his workmates Ray Evans and Jack Arthur at the airport. StandardStandard - 34 words
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Article, Illustration168 1950-08-18 9 Shippnig Aviation ™f *7SJ;OW Ocean Terminal building at Southampton Docks was officially BJEf recently by Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Prime Minister! i tie new terminal, unsurpassed throughout the world, has been designed to cater S assen er s embarking and disembarking from the iS?^* ean liners including the Queen168 words
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181 1950-08-18 9 craft N S7 W fo°^ EANS UP) A new la^ing craft 37 feet ong and 14 ft wide which will carry a platoon of soldiers or a 125 mm cannon with a creJ of three was recently shown to United States ordnance experts181 words
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150 1950-08-18 9 Flies4,000M. To Childhood Sweetheart Kallang Engineer Standard Staff Reporter POPULAR man-about-Ka 1 1 an g airport, Ken Boe h m, foreman aeroengineer of Malayan Airways, made a 4,000-mile dash to Australia last week to marry a childhood sweetheart. Yesterday he returned— "terribly disappointed.*' Ken got married all right. It was150 words
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Article100 1950-08-18 9 NEW DELHI. (UP) The Hindustan Aircraft Company at Bangalore recently manufactured five Prentice trainer planes and assembled 15 others. Minister of Industry and Supply, Hari Krishna Mahatab told the Indian Parliament. He said that out of the 15 assembled aircraft, 12 had undergone production test flights,100 words
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Article31 1950-08-18 9 TAIPEI, Aug. 17. (AP)— Reports circulating here said all foreign ships coming to Formosa must signal their position on reaching any point within 50 miles of the coast.31 words
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Article34 1950-08-18 9 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, Aug. 17— (AP)— A Com-munist-led strike of 10,000 dock workers here went into its third day on Wednesday, tying up one ot Western Europe's biggest continental ports.34 words
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Article33 1950-08-18 9 Mr. G. B. Biholinf, Genoa, owner of four American warbuilt ships, has contracted with the Ansaldo yard, Genoa, for an 18,000-ton tanker, to have a trial trip speed of 18 knots.33 words
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162 1950-08-18 9 BOMBAY, Aug. 17 (AP)— About 500 Moslems aboard the 7,000-ton pilgrim ship Jaladurga forced the captain on Tuesday to bring the ship back to port an hour after the vessel left for Jeddah, it was reported on Wednesday. The Moslems who were en rdtite162 words
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Article197 1950-08-18 9 Pilots 'Brain Fitted THE AMERICAN Civil Aeronautics A d ministration has consented to the use of the Sperry "Zero Reader" which has now 'been installed in a KLM Constellation. This is the first time the C.A.A. has granted such permission to an airline operating scheduled services. The Sperry Zero Reader197 words
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Article99 1950-08-18 9 NEWCASTLE. England. (Airmail)— (Reuter)— A modern iron-ore discharging plant costing one million sterling is to be built at Tyne Dock in Newcastle. The scheme will require Treasury sanction. Announcing this project, the Tyne-Improvement Commission said that under this scheme the increasing requirements of foreign99 words
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Article, Illustration103 1950-08-18 9 TOKYO. Aug. Iff— f-Heuter-AAP)— Only one of the 51 passengers of the til-fated ferry-boat "Sachi Mam" remained unaccounted for Dn Tuesday afternoon. Kyodo reports from Oita city. Kyushu Immediate rescue efforts saved 18 of the passengers, all of whom were thrown overhoard. The picture above shows Muslim pilgr-ms103 words
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Miscellaneous321 1950-08-18 9 II i India and Pakistan (letters n__rn__*_-_.__c only) by Bahadur; Christmas ft. :> pd It fit. 5 Island by Gorgon; Western TODAY Java noon by Australia by* Gorgon; Eastern Ophir; Djambi noon by Hoi- Australia and New Zealand landia; Sibu noon by Belaga; (letters only) by Gorgon; MomMedan noon by321 words
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Miscellaneous125 1950-08-18 9 C/Utt AftfUV/tLS\ ><_^ff [ond otf>Aart/ms\ t*-^^*- ■pr-. t£ __A__. ~-mlmm~±&* m^mirMnr-«y*' Arrivals KLM CONSTELLATION tr.»m Jakarta ETA 6 30 a.m GARUDA INDONESIAN AIRWAYS DOUGLAS from Jakarta, Bangka ETA 6.25 p.m. MALAYAN AIRWAYS DAKOTA from Alor Star, Penang. Taiping, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur ETA 6.15 p.m. from Kuantan, Alor Star, Penang, Kuala125 words
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Article519 1950-08-18 10 your marriage By Samuel G. and Esther B. Kling. Are You Shy? Test Yourself Q. How can you tell whether you're too shy for youi own good? A. Here are some of the signt. Check yourself against them. 1 You're apprehensive about meeting members of the opposite sex. 2. /ou519 words
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Article98 1950-08-18 10 S^KELEJ, CALIF, Aug. 17 _„r dawn disxonnnr^n from Alaska a °™t 30.000,000 years ago. but some ?vL rees are again growing China. Seeds m P° rte d from Two Tears ago it ___m found that the metasequoia o th Wn vTr? w^ od whi <-h had been thought98 words
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Article78 1950-08-18 10 GLASGOW. Aug. 17— (IMS) Professor Charles Anderson, psychology lecturer at Glasgow University, is going to find out why you laugh. He wants to know what is so funny about shagqy-dog tales and those mother-in-law jokes. He plans to ask children why they laugh at certain jokes and78 words
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1173 1950-08-18 10 GARY WANG - GARY WANG 'Tension Is Felt, But Not Visible 9 By Standard Staff Correspondent SAIGON, Aug. 13 (By Air Mail)— From an early hour on this love_y Sunday morning, the Cathedral bells rang their clear crisp notes, calling for the devoted to attend Mass.1,173 words
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Article, Illustration24 1950-08-18 10 Ed Reed - Ed Reed By "I guess other tourists have fed them all they waut all they did was grab my after d uner cigars!"24 words
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Article155 1950-08-18 10 LONDON, Aug. 17 (INS)— A tip from an American professor led to the discovery of what is thought to be the only tombstone recording London's Great Plague of 1665 which killed 65.000 persons. Professor Charles Wallis, of Keuka College, New York, a collector of epitaphs and graveyard155 words
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Article, Illustration312 1950-08-18 10 EDWIN P. JORDAN. M. D - EDWIN P. JORDAN. M.D. Early Action Would P reve(|t Most Appendicitis Deaths iu written for t "TVHOUGH the dentil rate been greatly reduced in rrcent years, m >st deaths from appendicitis, could be avoided entirely. If acute appendi.it i> is diagnosed early and the appendix is removed312 words
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Miscellaneous215 1950-08-18 10 »/*te?^_ -ffivt N /WE NEED JUST' I YiflL mow APfT^ r I L___> £><£. < X ,NK rLL^\ Stl Wm ABOUT EVERyTWNG^^B, (we GOl^ TO J _Jv% H^T^ ATM m CV* TAXE A WALK r>;_B} 'J "TTI Atf 'M THE STORE J^B TTFT AT xll r^l i -T? \__.(_V- TWIS215 words
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1067 1950-08-18 11 Leong Hew Meng - MALAYA 'S BADMINTON STANDARD DECLINING? Leong Hew Meng Malayan httntftiitttshi/ts IS ihc tandard of Malayan badminton on the decline? F a _„e ~_i\ ..i championships point ominously towards thi t I J* nd fi 2 Ures the Subts as to Malaya s chances in her defence of the Thomas C,ml«1,067 words
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123 1950-08-18 11 LONDON 15— (AP).— naker on Larsbertil Id Swedish favourite to win the D a Channel swimthon on August 22. In the first price-list of odds on Channel swimking firm of Dougl 51 luoted Warle as i three to one choice to be the fir.123 words
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60 1950-08-18 11 HONGKONG, Aug. 16— (AP) _T table tennis I month will •eave for a three-weeks tilt re and Malaya reliably re- on Wednesday. i S team— current are scheduled lea v« sit gapore on Aug. .ames, including one team have been which the Hong60 words
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350 1950-08-18 11 ;un,, «n> staff Correspondent ■-1. Wednesday.— _-«_r. have been re- nd Segamat Sports to be I 17 and 18 on There will tit on among Police, P.W.D and English School team champion- -»1.,t: Tan Kong Lee. William Tan »8 .Lun Ah Mee. Ng350 words
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58 1950-08-18 11 THE Second Annual Athletic Meeting of the Old Boys of the Christian Brothers Schools will be held on Saturday. Aug. 26 at St. Joseph's Institution ground. Entries should be sent to the Sports Secretaries of St. Joseph's Institution. St. Patricks. St. Anthony's and the Holy58 words
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Article64 1950-08-18 11 LONDON. Aug. 16 (Reuter) Brian Close, 19-year-old England "Test cricketer and Leeds United footballer, was today transferred from Leeds to the Arsenal. Close, who has been invited to tour Australia with the M. C.C., had made a number of appearances at inside left with the Leeds United64 words
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Article521 1950-08-18 11 LONDON, Aug. 17 (Reuter) After an eventful close season, English League soceer opens this weekend bv EnLZv^" 8 f T thc loSS of occasioned by England s poor showing in the world cup competiio°r n thrb?g^_.o a ff million fans at home «Wt There appears no521 words
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Article389 1950-08-18 11 SEGAMAT.— Five school records were broken and one equalled at the Segamat Government English School Annual Sports held at Segamat last week. Tee Eng Yiow of Cheeseman House bettered the 16-year-old High Jump record by two inches with a leap of sft. 3i ins. while389 words
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Article, Illustration52 1950-08-18 11 Ford Konao (right), Hawaiian-born l.s.A swimmer a huge crown trophy as he is conCTatidTtJS k4 S?k Kiphuth. U.S.A. team director, after w^hm£ithJ y i SS? metre free style event in the opening^ZJSltion tYZ LT.SA-Japan swimming meet. Konno covered the iifeLn*? m record time to help the USA. team '2 gelVay^52 words
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Article261 1950-08-18 11 Singapore Badminton Tournament The following ties will be played at the Clerical Union Hall this weekend: Tomorrow at 2-30 p.m.: Saint Andrew's School v Victoria School. Tournament Official Lau Teng Chuan, Umpire— Mohd Ali bin Mustan. Referee Lee Hock San. Tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.: Goh Tian Chye (Useful) v Ng261 words
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Article41 1950-08-18 11 The All-India table tennis team. ranKed seventh in the world, will be arriving in Singapore on September 1. to plav a few matches under the international rules. The team will consist of three players and a manager41 words
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Article251 1950-08-18 11 Following are the football league (English and Scottish) fixtures for this week-end: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION 1 A Villa v. W Bromwich. Burnley v. Arsenal. Charlton v. Bolton. Chelsea v. Shef. Wednesday. Everton v. Huddersfield. Manchester U. v. Fulham. Plymouth v. Middlesbrough. Stoke v. Newcastle Sunderland v. Derby251 words
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Article142 1950-08-18 11 IPOH, Wed— The highlyreputed soccer team of the 42 Command Royal Marines is among the nine teams entered for the Perak knock-out sorcer competition for the Lim Seng Fook Cup. The Civilian teams will therefore have a tough time against the Military who now have two outstanding142 words
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343 1950-08-18 11 Tfce Tmm Captains Agreed.*... LONDON, Aug. 16 (Reuter) There were wile scenes of enthusiasm from some of the West Indie; supporters after the West Indies had beaten England ir the fourth and last Test to win the series. Waving cushions, hurling their hats into the343 words
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Article101 1950-08-18 11 Standard Stuff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. Plaving t>elow form the Chinese Cluh sustained defeat at the hands of the Muslim Recreation Club by two clear goals in a first Division League soccer plawi on Westlands School ground. Shortly after the start the Chinese went down bv one101 words
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138 1950-08-18 11 LIEGE, Aug IT (Renter) syd Patters- »n of Australia who on Sunday lost his world sprint cycling title, on Wednesday carried off tbe world amateur pursuit championship here The 2..-year-old Australian lf ar beat Guido Messina champion of Italy, in the semifinals and took the138 words
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103 1950-08-18 11 DETROIT. Ang. lg— (Renter) Alice Marble, former lawn tennis- champion, declared today there should be no discrimination a°n;nst Negroes' qualified to compete in tennis tournaments. The test should be strictly ability, she said. Miss Marble made the comment when asked bv a reporter whether Miss103 words
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Article193 1950-08-18 11 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Wed —Perak Chinese will send a contingent of 18 to the Malayan Chinese sports meet which will be held in Singapore next month. The Perak Chinese team include some of the best athletes in the State A number represented Perak193 words
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Article142 1950-08-18 11 KOTA BAHRU. Thur- Se\ n school records were broken at the fourth annu.il athleticsports of the ttlah School held here al the week-end. The sports were watched by the Sultan of Kelantan the British Adviser. Kelantan and Mr. Justice Briggs, The reronis were broken in the142 words
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Article77 1950-08-18 11 London. Aug it (Beuter) —Cricket close of play score, today were: At Weston Super Mare: Somerset 17... Middlesex 72 foi one No play today owing to rain. At Scarborough: Vork hm beat Kent h y an Inningi and 114 runs. Kent 100 and ondly I_3 (Leadheater riehtarm kf77 words
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Article41 1950-08-18 11 A itrang Haogfconi Chinese soccer team is due m Singapore Ofl Attg. U hy 'plane The first of four „i Sf^W? 1 wil} ho <t the MCF.A. on Aug fi Ho cup Si Jalan Besar St dium41 words
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Article, Illustration654 1950-08-18 12 THERE were all the trappings of big-time soccer for yesterday's Singapore Boys Clubs soccer cup final a band, presentation, to a distinguished guest (Singapore Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice) flags and bunting and, last but not least a big crowdStandard; Sin Chew - 654 words
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Article99 1950-08-18 12 Siam Helps Sport With Tax Cuts BANGKOK. Aug. 17— (AP). The Siamese government is to promote sports in the country by cutting taxes on gate receipts, giving subsidies to athletes of national or international renown and cutting import duties on sports goods. The Cabinet Council has approved recommendations of a99 words
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258 1950-08-18 12 By A Special Correspondent MANY of the players in the final of the Nepal Football Cup at Headquarters Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, today at 5 p.m., were not born when the left back of the 1/6 Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha-Major Lachhiman Gurung, was already playing. He258 words
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248 1950-08-18 12 FOLLOWING is a report on the first round results of the Singapore Chess League played last Sunday University of Malaya beat Chinese Swimming Club I 4-2. Singapore Chess Club beat Anglo-Chinese School 5-1. Chinese Swimming Club II beat C.YM.A 5-1. Liow Vew Chye. A.C.S.'s248 words
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Article32 1950-08-18 12 The probable line-up for today s Europeans v Singapore District community league soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium is: Lloyd; Paine. Mathot: Morton. Davids. McGregor; McDonald. Scaife, Inglis, Murray, Bird.32 words
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193 1950-08-18 12 HERMAN RAPPA - HERMAN RAPPA By CONTRARY to contemporary reports' in Singapore Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands has not yet agreed to defend his title in London under the aegis of Jack Solomons, neither has ho been promised a tight with world champion Jake LaMotta. Information received193 words
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300 1950-08-18 12 AFTER decisively beating Kota Raja a week ago, Tiger Sporting Association disappointed supporters when they were beaten two-nil by Rovers in a cuptie match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tigers had as many openings and as much of the play, but300 words
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Article, Illustration97 1950-08-18 12 LONDON. Aug. 16 < Reuter' Following are the results ot the Scottish League football matches: •'A'* DIVISION Airdrieonians 2 Partick 3 Clyde 3 Morton :t Dundee 1 Falkirk 2 East Fife 3 Raith Rvrs 3 Hearts 4 Motherwell 1 Rangers 1 Aberdeen 2 Third Lanark 1 Celtic97 words
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Article118 1950-08-18 12 I JAGIR SINGH, the Ipoh Sikh featherweight, who is under contract for a series of fights in Indonesia, leaves for Djakarta today. Jagir is billed to fight Tan Gwet Tek on Aug. 25 at the new covered stadium at Gambir. The Sikh was unable to118 words
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Article178 1950-08-18 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Penang Free School rounded up their Kuala Lumpur tour with a seven-nil victory over the Victoria Institution at badminton today. After a keen tussje, the Penang Junior Champion Lim Ah Soo beat San Seong Choy in three sets 15-1, 12-15, 17-15. The other178 words
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Article245 1950-08-18 12 Week- End Cricket THE Evan Wong shield cricket matches in Singapore will be continued tomorrow. St Andrew's Old B A. will meet the Old RafYlesians (who are the present holders of the trophy) on thc CSC ground while the Anglo-Chinese Old B A will play the Christian Brothers OB A.245 words
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Article87 1950-08-18 12 SEREMBAN. Wed.—According to Mr. Lim Kee Siong. President of the Negri Sembilan Football Association, replies have been received from the King George V School Old Boys Association and the Saint Paul's Institution Old Boys Association agreeing with the suggestion of the Negri Sembilan Football Association to87 words
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65 1950-08-18 12 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Aug 16. (Reuter) Jamaican players in the West Indies team which defeated England in the fourth and final Test match at the Oval today will be given a civic welcome on their return. The West Indies team has three Jamaicans Alan Rae. Alfred65 words
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Article330 1950-08-18 12 THE BODCA "A", favourites for yesterday's Junior soccer cup-tie against CYMA, surprisingly went down by three goals to one on the latter's ground. The CYMA got off to a good start in the third minute of play, when Good Song sent a pass to Andrew330 words
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274 1950-08-18 12 CHAI SITPHOL, 21-year-old weight, who campaigned in Australia three months, arrived in Sintjap. with compatriots Nai Perg and Nai K trainer Kow Kim Lm. Sitphol. whose farewell tight with bantamweight (hari:; Elley Bennett three we*k> caused a sensation in Bri. is being matched with B274 words
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Article170 1950-08-18 12 lond Fo H Aug _m MON|>\_ \__.m 1 IlR>l DIVISION Black| Bu m Sheffield m H BI < OM) |i|\MON Bl.tckbum v B: Chesterfield i.- m THIRD DIVISION NoRUI Br-idtord v R Mansfield v D I Shrewsbury v fl York v Ha I THIRD DIVISION sot l(170 words
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Article75 1950-08-18 12 KOTA RAJA .1 powerful i f>risin rom "t Serwccs .1 tomoi ro* Wm- < i the Singai stl t Doli.th Don ward -i" Kota Rj rmwfi Aurora A lad to botl game Tl which i Singnpo!*' will be ..n SAFA p.»> i for this75 words
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