Singapore Standard, 4 September 1950

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard >L 1 N:) 64 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1950. 8 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 325 1 Senators Back Truman Plan To Boost Force p \dmir im Wright •re 1 tor of the nf »ir Eastern If s I n Nt.ite Departrrift I i Singapore Saigon by i i He told v .:ui.;r.: j -terday that p aaa *nly to 'ac- himsi 11 ith condiI m sal
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  • 40 1 Two Wo men Hurt In Road Accident St.ind.ird Star! Reporter fl I mute, 31--rnara, Lira > Swee. ihred in a motasT cycle ght junction ol inf Road. ha i a She was le as a reand injured e removed nit si
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  • 36 1 Hand-Grenade Found In Army Compound Standard Staff Reporter A HAND grenade was found :n the compound of the Royal Signa-s quarters at Ayer Rajah Road yesterday evening by CSMO Callaghan. The grenade handed to the Police.
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  • 65 1 Body Of Missing Chinese Found Floating In Sea Standard Staff Reporter A "1-year-old Chinese, Lim »<>on Hun. was reported missing from his house at 59 Tanjong Pagar Road on Saturday morning. A search was made by his relatives, but he could not be traced. Just past noon yesterday, his body
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  • 116 1 MOSCOW. Sept. 4_ (AP)— Commenting on Sunday on President Truman's speech. Pravda said it was "just another attempt to justify the aggressive foreign policy of the United States in particular American armed intervention hi Korea." The paper said that the speech contained attacks on the
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  • 121 1 Menzies Says Beware Of Peace Moves MELBOURNE. Sept. 3, (Reu-ter-AAP). Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies today denounced "so-called peace movements" as "designed to undermine the will of the peopie to defend themselves in the interest of a foreign power." Mr. Menzies addressing a Wesleyan Church gathering declared in a bitter
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  • 70 1 TOKYO, Sept. 3 (ReuterAAP>— A railway tunnel caved in burying 49 construction workers alive near Matsuto Mura, 130 miles north of Tokyo today, the Kyodo news agency reported. Of the 56 men working in the tunnel onlv seven escaped. Successive landslides
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  • 72 1 Burglars Steal $431 Cash From House 431 Standard Staff Reporter AN Indian shop at Tiong Bahru Road was robbed of about 5633 in cash and cigarettes earlv yesterday morning, when burglars broke into the shop. t They robbed the shop of $4:U in cash and $202 worth of cigarettes. TAILPIECE:
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  • 49 1 The grandmother of a 16--month-old baby boy jumped fully clothed into a pond in Jurong last night, to pick out the body of the dead baby. He had been missing half an hour. He was last seen playing near the pond by m neighbour.
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  • 461 1 TOKYO, Sept. 3 (Reuter-AAP) A thin line of American Gls battled in driving rain and lightning tonight to hold off swarms of North Koreans attacking to within 12 miles of the key city of Taegu. The onslaught on Taegu. cornerstone
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  • 46 1 photo. Kenneth Moore, second in command of the British forces arrived in Korea, photographed receiving a bouquet of flowers from Helen Kim, daughter of the PRO Korea, after the arrival of the British troops at Pusan in Southern Korea. INS
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  • 199 1 TOKYO. Sept. 3. (UP,— The Communist Air Force came out of hiding at dawn today, to bolster the Red attack against the 25th Division guarding the road to Pusan. Russian made Yak II fighters, which had virtually vanished from the skies above Korea during
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  • 45 1 Yank Battalion Cut Off, Fights Back To Own Line KOREAN WAR FRONT, Sept. 4 (AP)— The American battalion which was rut oil near Lake Upo on Thursday by a Communist attack has fought its way back to the Second Division line on th* western front.
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  • 196 1 WITH THE BRITISH TROOPS IN KOREA, Sept 3, (Reuter-AAP).— British troops today shifted to another camp near the front of the line but are still held in reserve. Proximity of the new site to the scene of active operations caused them tonight to take added
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  • 93 1 Standard Staff Reporter A taxi-driver. Lim Siew Sing, was robbed of a wristwatch worth $47 and $7.50 in cash at the 4th mile Upper Serangoon Road by four Malays last night, one of whom was armed with a pistol. The taxi-driver picked up his fare
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  • 70 1 PRETORIA, Sept. 3— (Reuter) General Jan Smuts who has just recovered from a bout of influenza is suffering from heart strain. His doctor this afternoon issued the following bulletin: General Smuts has after his influenza attack shown signs of post influenza depression which have persisted
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  • 234 1 Standard Staff Reporter AS a result of sugar rationing being re-enforced, 100,000 people in Singapore, who have thrown away or lost their rice ration cards are expected to apply for new cards this week. The figure was a rough es- i
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  • 171 1 Typhoon Hits Three West Japan Ports TOKYO, Sept. 3— (ReuterAAP) For three hours this afternoon residents of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, three major western Japan cities, were kept indoors as typhoon "Jane" disrupted transportation, electric power and made the streets dangerous with flying roof tiles, window panes, signboards and debris.
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  • Article, Illustration
    52 1 Meetine after 10 years, at Kallang Airport yesterday, were ProfeSrßE. Holttum (riffht) of the Botany Department. CriraSty of Malaya, and Mr. T. C. Harveyson, Secretary of the Queensland Orchid Society. Mr. Harveyson who ar--12 wSSm Constellation Is en route to London on K^^ffi^^r" rSBf Thc pair first mel i« Brisbane
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    • 40 1 STENOGRAPH without SIGHS SIMPLE -I ♦jP"*^' SOENTIFIC J TUITION /Jf L CERTIFIED TEACHER jisr SSriFlfi a ifg-Bfp-jrJTHnfsai MOVIE MAKING is easy with the Bell and Howell FILMO BMM CAMERA M&'r'ite DEMONSTRATION SINGAPORE PHOTO CO., 37.39 High Street, Singapore IMione 3916
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  • 255 2 SELECT COMMITTEE ON RENT CONTROL UNABLE TO AGREE P. R. Abdul JafTar. a prominent member of the Johore Indian Muslim Conimurrtv. was unanimously elected President of Indian Muslin League of Johore. at a general meeting held in the League premises Jalan Ibrahim, last week. The meeting which was presided over
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  • 204 2 Labourites To Clean Up Council Standard Staff Reporter A PURGE in the General Council of the Labour Party of Singapore is expected to take place soon. The Labour Party started what is described as "a cleaning up" of its executive, recently, when it suspended one of its Vice-Presidents, Mr. M.
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  • 218 2 Family Of 12 Sees 'Cheaper By Dozen Standard Staff Reporter WHEN three taxis rolled to a stop outside the Capitol Theatre lobby at 4 p.m. yesterday, they suddenly became the centre of attraction of all those queueing up for the Clifton Webb-film "Cheaper By The Dozen". Everybody gazed with amazement
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  • 93 2 St.indird Stall Reporter V UOR D',*. i Lowther, R Artillery, who was the urvi\ t «.f the R.A.F. C ta last Thur was reporl I ye ter ■>* to be "very well" in the Br tish MUI try Hospital at Ales indra, S ngapore. Major Lowther was
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  • 36 2 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun.— Tbe PenanDiscussion Group will conduct a public lecture on "English in Vernacular Schools" by Dr. N. K. Menon on Friday, Sept. 8 Bl 8 p.m. at 43. Malay Street.
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  • 73 2 Standard Staff Reporter ONE hour after his arrival in Singapore last night after being flown out specially from Karachi, a BOAC Radio Officer hopped into another Constellation at Kallang Airport and left for London. He had come to replace the officer who took ill in Singa-i
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  • 114 2 The Commissioner for St. John Ambulance Brigade, Dr. D. A. B. Hopkin, speaking at a farewell party given in his honour on Saturday. The party was given by the English section of the Brigade at Headquarters. From left to right: Mrs. J. C. Barry, Dr.
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  • 30 2 The American Consul General. Mr. William R. Lnngdon will attend the rice conference opening in Singapore today a s an observer on behalf of the United States Government.
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  • 235 2 AN OVERALL "diagnosis" of the St. Clair organ in the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore showed that only 200-300 out of the 3,000 pipes are in good condition today. Mr. J.A. Riddell, who is now probably the only expert on organ repairing in Malaya, disclosed
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  • 173 2 Standard Staff Reporter SPEAKING at thc first annual general meeting of the Singapore Indian Fine Arts I Society, held at the British i Council Hall yesterday, the outgoing president. Mr. K. P. A. Menon stressed that the society should remain "an educative and cultural
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  • 88 2 The High Commissioner for the Federation of Malaya, Sir' Henry Gurney. left Singapon by air for the United Kingdom j yesterday morning. Mr. S. W. P. Foster Sutton.] who will administer the Gov- ernment of the Federation of Malaya during the High Com- j missioner's
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  • 185 2 Standard Staff Reporter MORE than 13,000 pigs will have to be removed further out to other localities as a result of a decision of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. This decision was taken at the last ordinary meeting of the Commissioners. It was decided to
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  • 333 2 Hard Work Rewarded FOR Mr. Frederick J. Lowes. Command Civilian Administration Officer today is D-day. He will reap the reward for 18 months of hard and unspectacular work. when he attends the first meeting of the new Air Ministry Joint Consultative Council for LocallyEngaged Non-Industrial
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  • 89 2 Stand.ird Staff R« porter IHE highest ain iber erf ie in Singapore foi the week en li ig Aug. 2tj was caused bv tuberCUj Losis ur.ich claimed 30. 1 Pneumonia came second 25. convulsions claimed 20, enti i I itis took a toll of
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  • Threat To Contra Soviet Shipments Affects Rubber
    • 219 2 Curtailment of free tin r**. t Iketa Malaya would i I travel any 1 1 effect n It •!">: as the Bar.ka si: plies a* -able, to say nothing of the v. output oi tin ;r<irr; which is now a\ ailal i I B by its treaty writh
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    • 168 2 in all brand er v Pet i st difficult 1 ing $8.2 scrip g t K.. ai from (1.45 to (1.40, but i a ■■< It decline in Rantau to (1 27J |l i: ...ii Tins K, Lan jui dad a Eail turnover with port buyers taking ofl
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    • 342 2 AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD. LEASEHOLD STATUTORY tk t, t SWGAWwS P R RO N plrties To be held at our saleroom. No. 10 Chulia Street. r ,V n Wednesday, tith September 1950. at 230 PM Lot Freehold tend situate at Amber Road, areas 49.086 sq. ft £uatt£s
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    • 139 2 JA^^^ mmmm AW Mt\ B MP#T J3I lift? BRINCf YOU tk f A NEW CONCEPTION OP L/FE-iN TABLET FORM W ,T|§jr Eminent Specialists in Fndocrinology JOtm thc M to v.vigorous manhood! 1 hey say. he whose glands arc opcr;, BR perfectly harmoniously balanced in then t^entai inter*. Esfey and adequate
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  • 358 3 v s| Dass, who hails rravmcore. South In- wets** Seorea'' the Johore Bahru Welfare Committee. aha the Secretary of johore Bahru District |lioß for the Preven- .i. ,>i Tuberculosis. Johore vHietv for the Pre- > a»| Cruelty to aniloh'tre State Council Prevention of
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  • 58 3 9 i Stal Correspondent ["he Chinese proposes to 00 buil ting ase in mera- Ing an exorvas elected nations. mprise the e Yew Sam fl ng, Loh j I k Beng Lee K Chew Boon K < hai Chia K Chiao Jian, I Siew Guat
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  • 136 3 Nautical School For S'pore Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is to get a Nau-, tical School soon for training' navigating officers and engineers for the merchant marine, it is reliably learnt. Officers graduated from this school will be recognised the world over. The proceeds of the Mercantile Marine Fund which now
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  • 86 3 Penang Welcomes Rationing Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. People in Penang, particularly the working class, welcomed the Government's decision to put sugar back on the ration. Mr. N. Ponnudurai, chairman of the Divisional Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council, said that by rationing every one would be able to
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  • 136 3 Mm bird Staff Correspondent LA LUMPUR, Sun rl ur ali ne do n >' [1 Is the peo- thai really ege, saii Mr the i ting prinTeehnicai C I ege a •"fresh- I at the ast night tarred to the building of and
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  • 99 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun.— A fire engine was rushed to the General Hospital at 7.45 p.m. today when fire broke out in the drug store, adjoining the dispensary on the ground floor of the building. The tire was first discovered by a nurse, who was
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  • 46 3 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING. Sun. A Malay girl. Som binti Said of Batu Kurau was charged in the Tnipin" Magistrate's Court with disregarding a Police exclusion order which forbade her to remain in Kampong Gudang. Som claimed trial and the case was postponed.
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  • 78 3 Three delegates— one from India and two from Indonesia arrived in Singapore by air last night to attend today's South East Asian emergency conference on rice at Phoenix Park. They are: (tofl to bottom): Mr. K. R. Damle, Joint Secretary to the Ministry of Food. New
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  • 58 3 PENANG, Sun.— Despite the inclement weather yesterday afternoon, there was a good attendance at the AngloChinese School Union tea-party given in honour of Mr. Kee Hup Keng. their vice-president, on his appointment as Justice of the Peace for Kedah. Mr. Kee Hup Keng is
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  • 254 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A European sergeant was killed and a military officer "was slightly wounded last night when a party of military and a party of police, mistaking each other for bandits, fired on each other. In another area,
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  • 103 3 sth MCA Sweep Results Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— For the second time a Selangor ticket holder won first prize in the MCA lottery today when the draw for the fifth sweep was made in the Chinese Assembly Hall. Results are as follows lst *****9 $39,359 2nd *****4 —2
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  • 94 3 Million Lottery Planned Delegates from all parts of the country and the sweep committee of the Malayan Chinese Association, this morning agreed on the proposal to issue a million dollar lottery. This sweep will be drawn in Ipoh on January 21, 1951. or at an earlier date as may be
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  • 301 3 Standard Shipping Reporter LIEUT. Ronald Smith, R.N.. one of the two Naval men seriously injured by. burns when there was an explosion on board the Boom Defence vessel H.M.S. Barwind off Singapore last week has died. 1 He was buried yesterday afternoon at Bidadari Cemetery,
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  • 104 3 Standard Stall Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Malay taxi and bus drivers from all over the Federation pledged their support to the new Peninsula Malay Association which was formed at an inaugural meeting in Kuala Lumpur. The association. it was stated, would pursue a friendly policy and
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 104 3 FE D E R ATI<3j^|jHHJ SELANGOR— Today Majestic: Wong Fui Hoong chapter 3 (Cantonese) 1, 3.15, 7 and 9.15 p.m. Odeon: The Yellow Cab Man 3.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Pavilion: The Blue Lamp 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. Rex- Rogues of Sherwood Forest 3. 630 and 9.15 p.m. Madras:
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    • 103 3 PENANG— Today Rex: Mother Didn't Tell Me 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. Winter Meeting 12.00 noon. Cathay: Sapu Tangan -Malay) 3.15. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. 10 complete cartoons 12 noon. Odeon: Outriders 3.15, 6.15 and 915 p.m. Girl Who Took The West 12.30 p.m. Windsor: Manthin Kuman (Tamil) 3.30 and
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    • 101 3 Savoy: Blood is Thicker; Innocent 3 7.30 p.m. Rex: The Capture 3, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. SEREMBAN— Today Plasa: Outside The Wall 2.30 7 and 9.30 p.m. Sapphire: Nick Carter (serial) 2.:i0. 7 and 9.30 p.m. Cathay: That Forsythe Woman 2.30, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. Metropole: The Dictator (Chinese) 2.30, 7
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  • 732 4 r)UT of the welter of arguments at last Thursday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, one point stood out significantly. It was the appeal by the Progressive City member, Mr. Sandv G. Pillay, to Singapore mothers to save the lives 'of their "children by immunising them against
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  • The Kashmir Episode
    • 215 4 NEW DELHI THE United Nations appointed Kashmir Mediator Sir Owen Dixon's failure to bring about a solution of the Kashmir issue closes a chapter in the two-and-half year old complicated story. India and Pakistan, wait nervously for the next chapter of the story to be written by the Secruity Council
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    • 281 4 ■T-HE condition in Kashmir which was ruled by a despotic, undemocratic king, a Hindu 'Rajah,' became the target for tribal raids from Pakistan. The Muslim majority in the state sought to ventilate their anti-feudal feelings by anti-Hindu demonstrations. Before the tribal "invasion" began, there were also racial riots
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    • 257 4 •"THE Kashmir Comm!- j ssion followed this cease- I fire action with a proposal for a plebiscite to deter- mine whether Kashmir should go to India or Pakistan. This was placed before both Pakistan and India on April 15, 1949 and accepted by both parties with slight modifications.
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    • 35 4 PAN A correspondent ROBI CH AKR AVORTI, writing from New Delhi exclusively for The Singapore Standard, reviews the situation as UN Mediator Sir Owen Dixon reports to Lake Success on the Failure of his Mission.
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    • 309 4 istan to book as the "aggressor" in the bar of the world, in which purpose, she seems to have been unsuccessful much to the indignation of Nehru. The question of plebiscite has, however, been recognized by both countries and it is in working out the particulars for the
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  • 177 4 Resettlement Scheme 'T'HE resettlement of about 200 families of Chinese squatters living along Jalan Lombong up to the 3rd mile Jalan Mersing and from Jalan Mawai up to the Permatang Estate, in Kota Tinggi, in an area about 25 acres in Lukot, 4 miles
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  • 8 4 Carmack in Christian Science Monitor
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  • We,the People
    • 303 4 Sir, It was George Bernard Shaw who once said. that Communism was so difficult to understand that there were in fact only two men living who could authoritatively speak on the subject. Politico economical thought and expression are so confusing that they have baffled for ages,
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    • 405 4 Sir: Your sub-editorial of 24th August entitled "The Blue Lamp" has prompt eci me to write this letter. The banning of this film by the loc authorities is tantamount to an insult to the intelligence of Singaporeans who in recent months have been allowed to
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    • 61 4 Sir 1 would be gimA El you toll mc whether special permissi m has been granted by the Traffic authorities to the S.T.C. drivers to ignore tbe sign placed on Craw Bridge En respect of Uu of traffic to be taken by vehicles proceeding Beach
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    • 15 4 ADYOCA petti that t i The op;. I rem The the I
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    • 10 4 Chasing Sixth Column Si; I right] I f<-< the autb
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  • 329 5 LONDON, Sept 2 (UP)— Prime Minister Ch-m*..* am 4 Mr.ston Churchill tonight, angrily picturingX?™^ W °w JL prima donna/ who is dlsiiiUtiii/Britato^JSn«^^ l T at i vc ,eader aneru- without his leadership. maia bccausc hc that the nation is In a
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  • Article, Illustration
    9 5 Clement Attlee .Churchill. .a querulous privia donna.
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  • 190 5 NEW DELHI. Sept. 2 (UP)— The Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru. suffered a political setback today, with the defeat of his nominee for the Presidency of the All India National Congress. Purshotamdas Tandon, who was privately backed bv Sardar Patel, Nehru's Deputy, and most
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  • 41 5 HONGKONG. Sept. 3 (AP) Radiophone service between Hongkong and Canada, Cuba and Mexico was started on Saturday. The service was to have been opened on Friday but was postponed owing to a misunderstanding over the starting time.
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  • 242 5 I NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (Reuter)— Labour disputes hit hard at American industries today, with strikes and threatened strikes throughout the country. In three industries alone electrical, farm implements wall-paper— more than yo,ooo workers were made idle by stoppages. Nearly 23,000 Congress of Industrial Organisations workers
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  • 93 5 LONDON, Sept. 2 (UP)— Informed sources said today that Prime Minister Clement Attlee has supported the West German Chancellor. Conrad Adenauer, in his demand for the creation of a West German security force, and for an increase in the allied occupation force. Adenauer's proposal was discussed
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  • 77 5 CAIRO, Sept. 2 (UP)— Five thousand mourners followed the funeral hearse of the glamourous Egyptian movie queen 'Camelia' today. She was one of the 55 persons killed in the Trans-World Airlines crash on Thursday. Ten thousand more mourners lined the streets,
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  • 105 5 HONGKONG, Sept. 3 (AP)— One of the Hongkong quads died last night just three days after it was born. The one who died was a boy born in "transverse" position. The Kwong Wah Hospital, where the quads were born on Wednesday night said the three
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  • 720 5 Grim Battle Along West Wall Directed In Tiny Schoolroom By Robert Miller, United Press Staff Correspondent: IN A 25th DIVISION COMMAND POST, Sunday Morning Sept. 3 (UP) The fate of a city, and of a nation, may have been decided last night in this blacked out school room. It is
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  • 235 5 World 's Biggest Pipeline Nears Completion In Near East CAIRO, Sept. 3. (AP) Only 20 miles of what will be the world's biggest oil pipeline running 1,067 miles from U S.' owned Persian Gulf fields to the Mediterranean, remain to be completed. Oil sources said on Saturday the iob will
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  • 541 5 LAKE SUCCESS, Sep. 2 (UP) General Douglas MacArthur's unified command reported to the United Nations today that there are indications that Koreans are being recruited in Manchuria for service in the armies of North Korea. In the third report from
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  • 185 5 LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 3 (AP)— A United States spokesman said that it is his impression that the name of Andrei Vishinsky is high up on the list of Soviet requests for visas in the hands of the State Department in Washington, and that he
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  • 277 5 Rumbling In Assam Causes New Terror CALCUTTA, Sept. 2 (UP)— Rumbling deep down in the earth, heard today in Assam for the third day running, lead to fears that a fresh earthquake of devastating proportions was about to occur. The rumblings were accom-J panied by loud cannon like reports of
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  • 93 5 RANGOON. Sept. 2 (UP)— It was reliably learned today that Dr. Gordon Seagrave has been rearrested by thc government on charges of high treason, and that he trill not be released on bail. It is understood that the main charges against
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  • 148 5 WASHINGTON. Sept. 3 (AP) Senator John MacClellan (Democrat, Arkansas) called on Saturday for an ultimate "peace or war" showdown with Russia. He conditionally advocated the kind of preventive war President Truman rejected in his radio speech last night. Senator McClellan said American strength should
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  • 22 5 BRUSSELS, Sept. 2 (UP)— The Belgian government will ask Parliament to extend the conscription period from one to two years.
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  • 266 7 TA Sept 3 (Reuter-AAP)— Russia's Chinese sdip* in l?,^ s and smoked pipes to identify each iXr I For osa wore white ased yesterday. y each other according to a NationiTsand word report of confessions of two Ch.'nAc* Q o~red on
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  • 92 7 Singapore Said Among Russia's Espionage Centres Russia's most important espionage centres in Southeast Asia were, in order of importance: Manila, Bangkok and Singapore. This revelation Ls contained, according to a Reuter report from Taipei, in a confession made by Edward Lee, former Central News reporter who had at one time
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  • 204 7 SAIGON, Sept. 3, (Reuter).— French official sources today confirmed reports that Vietnam police had uncovered a plot to murder the United States Minister to Indo-China Mr. Donald a Heath. Police would release no details of the plot, but according to usually reliable
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  • 163 7 TWO YOUNG Malays ambitious to learn Western culture are working in the United States Information Services office and library. They are brothers, Buang bin Tumin and Abdul Rahim bin Tumin,, seen left to right in this Standard picture. Buang, known to sportsmen as football left-winger for
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  • 486 7 PASSAU, Sept. 3— (AP)— Pope PiUs XII, in a message to German Catholics read at their 74th Annual Congress here on Sunday, called upon Catholics throughout the world to fight with all their strength to "build a dam" against the communist-propa-gated doctrine of dialectical materialism.
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  • 29 7 Standard Staff Correspondent JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A Chinese lorry driver Hang Teng Chin, was fined $50 for carrying an excessive load by Inche A. Kadir Yusof todays
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  • 146 7 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Several important matters dealing with citizenship and Malayan Chinese Association lotteries were discussed at today's meeting of the MCA Working Committee held here this afternoon. The MCA will not have a Malay Liaison Officer on its staff. An application by
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  • 91 7 Perak Sultan Back Sept. 17 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Sun. His Highness the Sultan of Perak. Sir Yusof Izzuddin, and the Raja Muda of Perak. Y.A.M. Raja Idris Iskandar Shah will disembark here when the Carthage arrives at 6 p.m. on Sept. 17. Coming back by the same boat after
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  • 50 7 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Sun.— Two hundred and fifteen new books have been added to the Malacca Library. Of these new books 58 are novels, 35 on crime, thrillers and mystery, 19 on world current affairs, 16 westerns, 20 biographies and 10 on literary work.
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  • 165 7 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sat— The President of the Sessions Court, Mr. D. M. Grant, fixed Sept. 25 for the hearing of the ease in which a Malay Regiment soldier, three Malays, including two special constables, and a Chinese are charged in
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  • 254 7 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has agreed in principle to pay the Municipality for water supplied to it at cost price, plus 2 cents per 1,000 gallons. The payment will, however, not begin until January 1
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  • 128 7 Call To Pak. Seamen Standard Staff Reporter A CALL for unity among Pakistan seamen in Singapore was issued yesterday by Moulvi Maduris Aii. Imam oi the Serangoon Road Mosque, addressing the inaugural meeting of the Pakistani Seamen's Union. Tne Secretary of the Union, Mr. Asab Meah, welcomed the suggestion to
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  • 88 7 Standard Staff Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The inaugural meeting of the Malayan Youth Council will beheld in the Victoria Institution I hall on Saturday and Sunday Sept. 9 and 10, when th amended constitution will 1 put before delegates from tl j various States
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  • 25 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A Japanese woman Masawa Tori, was fined $10 for mutilating her identity card by Magistrate Inche A. Kadir Yusof today.
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  • 40 7 MUAR, Sun. Kuttan and Wassan Singh, Indians, were arrested and brought before Magistrate Inche Abdul Rahman for disorderly conduct by fighting each other at Jalan Haji Abu Muar Town. They pleaded guilty and were fined S3 each.
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