Singapore Standard, 8 September 1950

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  • 14 1 Singapore Standard VOI *P' *>**• SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER g 195 Q. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 559 1 Standard Slaff Reporter MMAY A sending two unofficial advisers to London to assist lhe h11t ,,l Kingdom delegation m the Commonwealth talks on plans flI .nomic development m. South East Asia. !!u uly.ers are Dato Onn bin Ja'afar, Federal
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  • 576 1 THE Supreme Commander of Allied Powers, General Douglas Mac Arthur. has given an estimate of the anticipated rice imports for Japan and South Korea, next year. This information on Japanese and South Kbrean requirements is contained m the SCAP communication to the
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  • 300 1 2 Women Die Of Poisoning Standard Staff Reporter TWO Chinese women m the Chinatown area of Boat Quay, died yesterday evening as a result of drinking a herbal brew, while three other teen-aged girls were also taken seriously ill. They were rushed to the General Hospital. It all started with
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  • 95 1 Standard Staff Reporter TWO INDIANS were injured last night at various times near the junction of Upper Weld Road and Jalan Besar Road. lii the first instance, an Indian, Joseph David, was stabbed by a compatriot following an argument outside a bar. A
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  • 56 1 BOA C Steps Up London-S'pore Flight Service LONDON, Sept. B— (AP) British Overseas Airways Corporation announced on Thursday it has decided to step up its London-Singapore service by making one Sunday flight per week m each direction. The flight will be made with Aeronaut airliners and will be able to
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  • 141 1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (AP) —President Truman expressed the belief on Thursday that the United Nations forces m Korea will make up for their temporary setbacks before the week is over. He told a news conference there has been no material change m the
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  • Reds' Two-Prong Drive On Vital Taegu Halted
    • 288 1 WITH THE FIFTH AIR FORCE IN KOREA, Sept. 7 (UP) Air Force light bombers and fighter slashed an enemy convoy and tanks with new tactics before dawn today. Meanwhile, the South Korean air force flew combat missions for the first time-%ince the second week of
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    • 330 1 TOKYO, Sept. 7— (AP) Bitter fighting raged all along the 120-mile Korean warfront tonight with the Reds reported to be pouring fresh troops into the deep wedge they have driven m the I.S. lines north of Kigye. The two-pronged drive on Taegu. main U.N. communications
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  • 164 1 3 Newsmen Killed In Plane Crash TOKYO, Sept. 7— (AP) Eleven people, including three International News Service correspondents, were killed on Thursday when a four-engine C-54 transport plane crashed and exploded eight minutes after taking off for Korea from a base m Southern Japan. They are Frank Emery, Charles Rosecrans
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  • 83 1 ROYAL MARINE Commando Vie Williams, of Preston, Lancashire, pushed his green beret through the porthole ahead of R.A.S.C Private Peter Harrison's navy-blue one when the troopship Devonshire arrived at Singapore from the United Kingdom yesterday. H.M.T Devonshire arrived crowded with Army and Air Force replacements for
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  • 128 1 Reds Isolate Tommies Near Taegu WITH THE FIRST CAVALRY DIVISION. Sept. 7— (UP) North Korean troops attacking eastward from the Naktong river bridgehead, 12 miles southwest of Taegu, today isolated a small British infantry force on the left flank of the British defense line. A First Cavalry Division report said
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  • 116 1 Navy Admits Downing Soviet Plane WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, (Reuter). The American Navy acknowledged today that two of its fighter planes shot down the Russian bomber off Korea on Monday. This was the first official word that American planes shot down the twin-engined Soviet aircraft when, according to the United States
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  • 37 1 The Commander-in-Chief Far East Land Forces. General Sir John Harding, left Singapore yesterday morning by air for Sarawak on a routine visit. He will be returning to Singapore during the weekend.
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  • 32 1 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson, leaves the Colony today for Penan?. During his absence, the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe. will be deputy.
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    • 69 1 On Other Pages Page Laycock Amends Marriage Bill 2 Federation Income Tax Law Amendments Suggested S "Control Area": New Regulations 4 Films, Entertainments 5 Leader, Feature 6 2 Chinese Red Divisions In Action m Korea? 1 All-Time Rubber Sales Record 8 Indian Trade Mission 8 Human "Guinea Pigs" Here for
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  • 684 3 .J V .%Z^^A^£^^tZ£2 of.HeFe.Wa, Exemption from Federation PprOVea P rod uct. tax, already granted to cooperative societies registered m the Colony, is incorporated m the local ordinance, while the exemption of income derived by a non-resident from trading m the Federation through
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  • 212 3 «u*dird SUIT Correspondent j lIMPIK. Thu s-All ■SIS "< thf Mihiy Reß| rationed m the area River were jo the snests of the L%|.ifPa>ir Ma< s r entertained at a TV ,urt* H■* IMNO t he District Officer,! -1 M have endured rLrui.v^ hardships m the
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  • 49 3 Special To Bang For Jltuiiti Cor: n;> indent install I on I iv X -ion?, r uri I '.v lence ;er- ise of i i I were for- n asJ ra^, I his ":iot. IS a:i MUinsha sof Tea of s years* I coons at j a Kedahl j
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  • 115 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Inche Taib Hadji Andak, the Johore Magistrate impo.sed a fine of $25 on a 50-year-old Chinese when he pleaded guilty t© a charge of altering his certificate of admission into the Federation. The Chinese. Chong Tan. was stated to have been born m
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  • 40 3 MUAR. Thurs.— The Malay- j an Chinese Association, Muaf Branch, has donated $200 towards the Muar District Fund for celebrations m connection with the 77th birthday of the Sultan of Johore. Federation Diary See Page 1 1
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  • 202 3 Hl -NDKE DS RE-SETTLED IN A. GAJAH s Uff Correspondent A^oro h -red •en resetted I r Gujah.j W squalors valleys v. ■■>■ JoQyertpre r et e i hoi. M was give any accurate figure as to the probable cost of the erection of the Jollye-Hamer hut. The J-H hut
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  • 29 3 MUAR. Thurs. The Malayan Chinese Association. Muar Branch, has been a.sked by the authorities to help m enrolling more Chinese recruits for the regular police.
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  • 225 3 AIRCRAFT of the Far East Air Force which smashed at bandit targets both by day and night during August, set up a new record for anti-bandit operations m that month. Peak day was Aug. 17. when the first aircraft took off at nine m the
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  • 407 3 Special To The Standard Dr. W. Glyn Evans, CMO, Malacca, yesterday, gave a talk to Inner Wheelers and Rotarians on certain aspects of T.B. work m the clinic at the General Hospital. Dr. Glyn Evans said that Malacca had the best T. B.
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  • 138 3 Muar Scouts To Hold Rally Sept. 27 Standard Staff Correspondent MUAR, Thurs. At a meeting of the Muar Boy Scouts Association, Inche Majid bin Othman, Assistant Inspector, Malay Schools, was elected Asst. District Scout Commissioner, Muar. Tt was decided to inform all troops to put up some item on Scout
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  • 94 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A specialist m criminal investigation and intelligence work will be arriving m the Federation towards the end of the month to take up the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police. He is Mr. W. D. Robinson. 0.8. E., who, until
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  • 70 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— On the eve of his departure to England to take up post-gradu-ate studies m children diseases, Dr. S. Appudurai of the Johore Bahru General Hospital, was entertained to dinner by his friends and eolieneues at the Johore Bahru Medical Sports Club. Dr. S. Appudurai is
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  • 75 3 SEREMBAN, Thurs. The negotiation committee of the Pan Malayan Rubber Workers Unions and representatives of the Malayan Planting and Industrial Employers Association will meet at" Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to discuss the memorandum recently forwarded by the workers asking for a "minimum wage," m view of the
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  • 100 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs- day: Since the Federal Government's decision to re-in-troduce sugar rationing m the whole of Federation, there has been a big rush at the Johore Bahru Food Control Office, for the renewal of rice cards which have not been used for months. According
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  • 55 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The first Malayan Photographic Exhibition was brought to a close last night with the auctioning of some of the pictures m aid of the M.A.P.T.B. Fund. The exhibition collected about $1,000 and the standard of pictures shown earned the praise
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  • 261 3 Bandits Driven Deeper Into The Jungles By RAF Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The round the rffcck airstrikes by the Royal Air Force on bandit hideouts throughout the Federation have had the effect oi driving them deeper into the jungles. This is proved by the fact that when security
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  • 45 3 SEREMBAN, Thurs. The! popular Siamese Ramv on g "invaded" Seremban last night, large crowds watched ramvong dancers and partners m action at the "Modern Show" which has opened m Seremban. Many residents of Seremban saw the ramvong for the first time.
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  • 65 3 Bandit Gangs Lack Morals KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.-* Security forces recently captured a letter written by Lee Tuan. a notorious bandit leader, to three comrades. Yap Kow, Meng Fai and Scow Y. Tan. The letter indicates the complete lack of morals among the members of the bandit ganps. It also shows
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  • 123 3 Sultan Sees Age-Old Ceremony Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Than.— In the presence of their Sultan, the women of Ulu Trengganu performed an age-old ceremony when they gave a display of "main balai" to drive away the devils and call on the spirit of padi to give a better produce.
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  • 512 4 New Regulation On 'Controlled Area 9 Explained Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— Details explaining a new emergency regulation with regard to controlled area and certain proposed measures to disrupt supply channels for the bandits were contained m a copy of the Chief
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  • 212 4  - Indian Trade DelegationTo Visit Malaya Thrilled By Anna Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH Thurs.— An Indian trade delegation will be visiting Malaya towards the latter part of this month to explore the possibilities of promoting trade relations between the two countries. The delegation will be m Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 24
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  • 28 4 PENANG. Thurs.— A consignment of 3.358 1/2 tons of Thai rice reached Penang today by the La Colarada which came here direct from Bangkok.
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  • 176 4 Dumb Girl Proves A Problem PENANG, Thurs.— An 18--year-old dumb Malay girl, who was admitted into the Green Lane Home here about two years ago, is today proving a problem to the authorities of this home. She is Halimah binti Mohammed, who has been found to be m a certain
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  • 212 4 Re-opening Of Toddy Shops Standard Staff Correspondent PEVvVG, Thurs. A delegation of the Malayan Indian Congress, IVnang and Pro\inee Wellealey, will be meeting the Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. 1\ Bingham, to present their case against the re-opening of toddy shops on estates. 1
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  • 88 4 Million Sweep Committee Named Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— At yesterday's meeting of the working committee of the Perak branch MCA, the following were elected to serve on the organising committee for the first millionr dollar lottery: Chairman:— Mr. Khoo Teik Ec, vice-chairmen: Messrs. Lav Pak Khuan and Cheong Chee
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  • 44 4 ALOR STAR, Thurs.— Syed Zainulabidin and Mr. K. Nair have been appointed delegates to the Malayan Youth Council meeting to be held at Kuala Lumpur on September 9 and Inche Ariffln Noh and Inche Ahmad Awang will accompany tn« delegates as observers.
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  • 218 4 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUiMPUR, Thun*. Instead of producing third grade rubber, the small producer is to be helped by the Rural Industrial Development Authority to turn out rubber which will be of appreciable quality compared to those produced by larger and better managed
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  • 219 4 Standard SlafiF Reporter MR. JOHN Laycock, Progressive Party Legislative Councillor -for Municipal North-East, will charge Government, particularly the Education Department, with breach of faith with student teacher*. In questions he will table at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, he
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  • 42 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PAKIT BUN TAR, Tnurs. Pleading guilty to a charge ol possession of a complete still. a middle-aged Chinese. Cheng Tit Moy. was fined $300 or three months' imprisonment by the Circuit Magistrate, Inch c Wahab bin Abdullah.
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  • 47 4 Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Thurs. The following places m Kedah have been declared protected places: 1. The Repeater Station at Kedah peak. 2. The Power Station at the branch road from the main Alor Star-Gurun Road and the summit of Kedah Peak.
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  • 71 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Two young Chinese, Neoh Lam Leong and Yeoh Seng Cheng, shook hands inside the dock of the Magistrate's Court today when they were cautioned and discharged by Mr. E. M. Smallwood on a charge of fighting each other at Victoria Street
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  • 123 4 'Unreliable Witnesses Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Than. Remarking that the evidence given by the I prosecution witnesses was unreliable, the Ipon Magistrate. Che Bahaudin this morning acquitted and discharged a 35-year-old Chinese, Teoh Kirn Joo on a charge of moving j rubber during prohibited hour.-. Tcoh was not called upon
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  • 82 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Hum. Another victim of the recent hanglgreaadf outrage m a eoffi eshop i:: Sungei Siput has died m the* Ipoh District Hospital this afternoon. The deceased is Chong Kee Seng, 52, a carpenter. He was having tea m the premises when the
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  • 251 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs.— The number of deaths from tuberculosis registered was 296, pulmonary 285 and non-pulmonary 11. The corresponding registrations m 1948 were 321 and 21 respectively, states the Municipal Health Officer's annual report for 1949. The death rate fell from 1.7
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  • 208 4 Caunter Hall Shames Penang They Quit Shanghai After a lifetime m Shanghai the KLssim families, two generations of whom have been born and brought up m the great Chinese metropolis on the Whangpoo have drawn out. because of difficulties with the Communist way of living. They well remember the Shanghai
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  • 121 4 A STATEMENT iMfAtag which an Indian was Idfed injured, was r< ad m th« Sin-..,. and he took had t J 1 1 The statement WAS to have been made by a S Indian, S. Ratnam. I fitter. I was charged with (he murder of
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  • 49 5 TVfR. NORTON V. RIT--ITX CHEY, President of Monogram International Corporation, New York, who is on a world tour, is expected to arrive m Singapore today by air from Bangkok to where he has flown from Tokyo. He will spend a few days m the Colony.
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  • 733 5  -  MELROSE GOWER by HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7. --Film fans are (he real talent scouts of the motion picture industry. When the public turns thumbs down on a player»that player inevitably becomes a dead duck. wnen the public nods approval, a 'star is born.
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  • 55 5 TTOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7.— Columbia Broaacasting System has announced it will build a "Television City" on a 13-acre site here. It will cost U.S. $35,000,000. Plans call for. at least five buildings, including a 13--storey administration building. The first television show is scheduled to be broadcast from
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  • 58 5 A romantic interlude between Ahmad (Radin Mokhtar) and Minarsih (Sofia) m the Indonesian film "Bantam" which will have its allMalaya premiere at Singapore's Queen's Theatre on September 22 for the Hari Raya season. This Malay production features a strong supporting cast including R.D. Ismail, M. Mokhtar. All Bey,
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  • 263 5 ALTHOUGH Elizabeth IV Taylor recently played the role of a bride m real life, her "reel" wedding m "Father of the Bride," M-G-M comedy now showing: at the Cathay Theatre, Singapore, was as rea? as any wedding could be. The church was
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  • 116 5 TTOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7.— British star Laurence Olivier, now making thj film "Carrie" with Jennifer Jones, has requested Hollywood to drop the "Sir" during his stay here. He declared m an interview that the film industry m England is "at a low ebb," and
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  • 27 5 HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7.— Margaret O'Brien's mother is divorcing bandleader Don Syluio because she says he talked her into the wedding against her will.- U.P
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    51 5 Something old, something: new, something borrowed is the old, old tradition for brides. Elizabeth Taylor believes m the good luck these tokens bring and had every one of them m her stirring role as a bride m M-G-M's "Father of the Bride," now showing at ♦he Cathay,
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  • 121 5 HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7 xx Shooting a picture m colour is always a lot more other than shooting one m black and white. It recently proved to be a little embarrassing to 15 Chinese actors. The 15 Orientals and Jeff Chandler, the star of "Smugglers'
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  • 39 5 <tr FHE Father of the Bride" opened its run m Singapore yesterday simultaneously with its opening m London. This was made possible through the picture being flown air-express to Singa pore for the purpose.
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  • 43 5 TVEW YORK, Sept. 7 —Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt recently appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra m the United States. Mr? Roosevelt was the narrator m a performance of Sergei Prokofieifs "Peter and the Wolf* at the Berkshire Music Festival m Massachusetts.
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    • 356 5 Radio Round-Up RADIO MALAYA Player- (m Hakka dialect); KAmu WlAijAi/m 54cj y Mandarin Songs; 9 pm civriPARF Si 8- Tune and Opening SlrtUArUlir. Annct. m Mandarin: 9.01 News m s-vr-i i«n PROGRAMME Mandarin and Market Report m ENGLISH rKOUKArarat Amoy gl5 Mandarin Selec ti«ns; 10 am. News from Singapore 945
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    • 127 5 Dr. V. Purcell To Broadcast TXR. VICTOR PURCELL. a well-known personality m the Malayan scene, returned recently for a three weeks* tour of the country. Before he left, he recorded his impressions of post-war Malaya, and his talk will be broadcast tonight over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya at
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  • 796 6 "REMEMBER the funny little animals that Al Capp the American cartoonist, created for our amusement? He called them "kigmies" because the only pleasure they got out of life was m being kicked around. The harder the kick, the more pleasure they got out of it. Give human
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  • 453 6  - They Go Home Very Early LEONG HEW MENG By IPOH. THE inhcbitcnts of Ipoh living m Jalan Pasir Puteh are being confined every night to their homes for the last two months because of a curfew which was imposed after a police jeep had been ambushed along the road. Because
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  • 137 6 Accidents Do Happen ACCIDENTS do happen. That presumably is the explanation for the discharge of a small rocket bomb from an RAF fighter flying low over Ipoh town on September 2. No pilot m his sane mind would do such a thing purposely. It was undoubtedly an accident. But a
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  • 24 6 8,000 Chinese To Quit WHAT will become of i about 8,000 Chinese now liv- ing m the Sabak Bernam area next year is anybody's
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  • 88 6 The Dancing Sisters TWO Ipoh sisters Linda and Omeng Marcello last Saturday showed the rest of Malaya the high standard of dancing which the dance hostesses here have achieved. They virtually swept the board m the 1950 All Malaya Ladies Ballroom Dance Championship held m Kuala Lumpur last Saturday. By
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  • 391 6 Open Letter To Mr. Laycock Dear Mr. Laycock, Referring to your speech as quoted m the Press of September 6, you have stressed that it is the duty of Government to deal with the problem of tuberculosis a statement which no-one will dispute. You add that we
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  • 231 6 Sir: I would like to add my views on the comments made regarding Indian degrees. I am giving my personal experience as regards the prospects for the holder of an Indian degree m government, m firms or m Municipalities. I hold a degree m engineering
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  • 443 6 A Curious Cameraman Experiments With These pictures arc genuine bird's eye views. Here LONDON. TJOW does life look to the young rooster, arrogantly strut ting around the chicken-run at the bottom of the garden? See for yourself. Look at these pictures by Cameraman
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  • 124 6 Review of Views I l ue liJ itienace GOVEBNM Mill meudnc 3 sraS "sari t hospital r responstbi diate saio that are m has, mom should^ 1 Giving c ente n i benefit i 2. Unnece departments (by < d« a:. Sending goyei to Ei i eve Peace Weapon nounced
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  • 511 7 gig Tank Battle To Start TOKYO- Sept. 7— As both sides m Korea began concentrating k f an.ap.ve armoured battle, with U.N. planes^oin^ Jl ou '"o ,he Red armour, Nationalist China (reports Associated' Press l; ,K. Success) told »he Ln,ted
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  • 119 7 W \-!!!\f.TON, Sept. 7 AP) The l-S. Defence I' "uriMirnt *ai«l ycJltwiaj that 8.863 L.S. casualties m Kor.au nar had been reported to the nexl-of-kin i N }>i. an increase of nearly 2,000 over the M r in.rittl for the period endt-d Aus;. 25.
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  • 33 7 Sept 1 (Heutct I idoae- oer m the ptecl hia ap- <■- m Foreign M I L" S I Caoi- expects to this month. r ii The Hague mcd
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  • 316 7 LAKE SUCCESS, Sept. 7 (AP)— Russia accused the United States yesterday of giving the United Nations a false report to cover up "an unjustified attack"' on an unarmed Soviet plane oft Korea on Monday. It warned the United States of possible "serious consequences"
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  • 238 7 Truman Says 'Sorry' To US Marines photo. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7:— President Truman has apologised for the "unfortunate choice of language" he used last vyeek m des- cribing the U.S. Marine Corps as just a Navy police force with a propaganda machine almost equal to Stalin's," reports United Press. The apology
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  • 63 7 PARIS, Sept. 7 (UP):— French Foreign Mini ster Robert Schuman said that he was convinced no nation now wants a third world war. "but the international situation is explosive and it is not time for anybody to play with fire." He said that France still opposed the
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  • 31 7 Tastefully-designed French I saris are back on the market m India and are finding ready buy- j ers, although their prices are double those of Indian make. AP
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    • 33 7 The third session of the World Health Organisation's SouthEast Asian R n < tpl Committee, which is to be held m K;indy (Ceylon) from Sepi. 22 to 26. will" cost the Ceylon Government R5.53,000.
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    • 62 7 The British practice of conferring the "freedom of the city" on distinguished persons will be adopted by Madras, if the Corporation Council accepts a proposal made by the Mayor Dr. P. V. Cher iy an. Reuter. The Speaker of the Indian Parliament, Mr. G. V. Malvankar, has arrived m London
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    • 48 7 Many Britons feel the Communist thrust m Korea is a tryout for Germany or Turkey, actor Sir Laurence Oliver told a news conference m Hollywood. "They believe the situation is the same as m the civil war m Spain, where both sides were trying out their strength." A.P
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    • 32 7 The P.I. National Red Cross, has announced that the week from Sept. 14 has been designated "Blood-for-Korea-Week" m the Philippines. The whole blood is for use of U.N. forces m Korea.--m Reuter
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    • 37 7 The vast Hotel dv Palais tn B'arritz (France), where Kxng t-rouk is staying, crowded With celebrities. Among them re the Duk» and Du"-]ss of \v Isor en I fUm stars ±orma i Shearer and Gregory Ratofj. A.P.
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    • 151 7 With B.E.F. at Naktong, Sept 7 Communist troops began dropping 75 mm. shells near one British company unit with disconcerting re--1 ruiarity. As each exploded, the Tommies dived fast to arth, but were up and back at work again a moment later. Between explosions Veteran Colour sergt. Joseph O'Keefe. of
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    • 19 7 The World Federation of UN. Associations m Geneva has formally admitted the U.N. Association of Japan to membership.- A.P.
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    • 42 7 News Briefs I US. State Secretary Dean Acheson said that an arrangement would soon be reached between Britain and United States on the question of shipment of British machine tools to Communist Europe. Discussions had hoen eoing on for some time. Reuter
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  • 116 7 Nudists Gain In Fight For 'Devil's Lake' BERLIN, Sept. 7 (AP):— Non-nudists are waging a losing battle to the nudists for Teufelssee (Devil's Lake) m West Berlin. The nudists have established a sun-bathing resort on the western banks of the lake m Gruncwald Forest, but non-nudists are not more than
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  • 63 7 GI In UK Gets 30 Years' Jail LONDON, Sept. 7. <AP>— An American soldier was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment on a charge that he stripped a 16--year-old English chorus girl and sexually abused her aboard a speeding train. The defendant, Cpl. Robert R Jones, of Wartburg. Tennessee, also was
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  • 50 7 Flame Shoots From Sea ANCHORAGE (Alaska), Sept. 7 (UP):— Residents of Nunivak Island, off the Alaskan coast, reported having seen for five minutes a mysterious pillar of flame" shoot skyward from the Bering Sea about 400 miles from Siberia. Military authorities here are at a loss to explain the report
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  • 43 7 SAO PAULO. (Brazil), Sept. 7 (UP):— "Thirty-six persons were killed and 100 injured yesterday when an express train jumped the tracks near here and plowed into several high tension poles. Several of the injured are not expected to live.
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  • 37 7 Fourteen people died of rabies m Bangkok during the first half of this year, the Pasteur Institute reports. More than 600 received treatment for dog bite, and 2.1G9 were injected against rabies.- AP
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  • 260 7  - Tortured GI Cried 'Please Kill Me STAN SWINTON By WITH U.S. 25TH- DIVISION IN KOREA, Sept. 7 (AP) An American sergeant yesterday told how he escaped from Korean Reds, who had used him an a human shield, and of hearing another G.I. scream for four hours until he died of
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  • 214 7 'Counted Gooks Till I Fell Asleep' ON THE NAKTONG FRONT, Sept. 7 (Reuter-AAP) Seventeen Gl's who were cut off for six days from their unit by advancing Communists showed up m Yongsan yesterday. Three of them were wounded. They cannot understand how they had managed to evade capture. One corpora]
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  • 244 7 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Reuter)— U.S. Slate Secretary Dean Acheson yeslerday announced that Asian Governments would be "consulted" before the British, French and United States Foreign Ministers reach a decision on the future of Korea and Formosa. The U.S. Government has m recent
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  • 92 7 WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. (APi Diplomatic sources here said that possible American use of military bases m the South Pacific might be raised soon m talks between American and Australian officials. The sources said Mr. Percy Spender. Australian Minister of External Affairs, may want to bring up
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    • 42 7 f/ mt CM OBTAIN AN I Qriginal-Qdhner I CALCULATING MACHINE AT A COST LOW ENOUGH TO GET A MACHINE FOR EVERY DESK ORDER NOW FOR EARLY DELIVERY j AL SO AT KUALA LUMPUR t PENANG I ESTABLISHED 40 YIARS IM MAUVA) f
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    • 34 7 WE HAVE RECEiIEU A NEW SiiiPMENY i AND AXMINSTER STAIR CARPETING 27 INCH AND 36 INCH $17.95 to $23.50 IN PLEASING SHADES OF OFF WHITE, JW U JLIS£ ICR V SOFr FURNISHING DEPT. ROBINSONS
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  • 432 8 Standard Staff Reporter IMPROVEMENT of India's trade relations with South-East Asia Will be the object of the present tour by six prominent Indian industrialists and merchants to this part of the world, said Mr. P. A. Xarielwala, leader of the delegation, m
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  • 110 8 COMMODITY PRICES RUBBER The latest Singapore rubber prices yesterday (Sept. 7) were per ib. Buyers Sellers No. 1. KSS Spot loose $1.49} 51.50* No. 1. RSS fob m bales Sept. H. 491 51.50& No. RSS fob m bales Sept $1.48} $1.49* No. 3 RSS fob m bales Sept. 51.47* 51.48J
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  • 85 8 BANGKOK, Sept. 7 (AP) Thai agricultural officials are confident that the rice crop for 1951 will exceed the 1,200,000 tons of the present year. The rains have set m six weeks earlier than during the 1949 planting season, providing better planting conditions. The
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  • 136 8 THR Singapore rubber market opened steady yesterday but with the publication of Malayan shipments of rubber at 110,627 tons— the highest figure on record it tended to ease. However, when factory and trade buying came m, the market became firm, and quotations advanced between
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  • 741 8 SINGAPORE, Thurs— Sterling tin shares again attracted attention from London, but there was very little response m the Malayan share market which remained quietly steady. Little interest was shown m Industrial and Rubber shares. Closing quotations were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer Seller Alex. Bricks Pref.' 1.85 1.90 Ord 1.90
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  • 25 8 PRAGUE. Sept. 7 (Reuter)— Czechoslovakia has undertaken to give India all possible assistance to build up new and improve existing Indian industries.
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  • 14 8 There were no changes yesterday m the Malayan debenture and loan quotations.
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  • 178 8 EXCHANGE rates now In force, as supplied by the Malayan Exchange Banks Association are as follows: aolian "onf" 001 Wlth lDdo ChlDa aQd 81a Permitted to Malavao Per pouad sterlmg; BKWOB |SI Uel 5 giU UA <toUalri HK515.50 FREE MARKET CURRENCIES SELLING BUYING T.T./0.0. T.T. OD.
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  • 80 8 HK Bank Is Winding Up In Canton HONGKONG, Sept. 7 (AP) The Canton branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is closing down. A notice m Canton's official Southern Daily on Wednesday armour «»d the bank had received permission to wind up business, had paid all taxes and utility
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  • 42 8 5 1 E* domestic tin sraeltine industry. uung ©d tin smelter, built during the Jaft war is operated at Texas City, Texas. Tin ore and tin concentrates are purchased by the Government's ReconstructO Mi ISaaoct Corporation.
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  • 413 8 Standard Staff Reporter THE FIRST effect of United States stock-piling of rubber is reflected m the increased tonnage of Malayan shipments of rubber which reached an all-time high figure of 110,627 tons last month, a rise of 7,473 tons over
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  • 122 8 NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (AP) Production and export figures indicate strongly that Japar well on her way to becom 1950's largest exporter of cotton manufactured goods. That is the opinion of many observers of the rapidlyexpanding Japanese industry, a dispatch from Osaka to the New
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  • 211 8 LONDON, Sept. 7— (Reuter)— Interest on the London Stock Exchange today was specialised rather than general. The main focus was on gilt-edgeds which showed rises up to half a point m the longer dated issues. Coppers and diamonds moved ahead under support believed to be
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  • 128 8 China Reds Cut HK Exchange HONGKONG, Sept. 7— (AP) Chinese Corrnuuists have depreciated the Hongkong dollar m terms of Pc emreucy tor the fourth tine m four months. The new rale of exchange is now IMP fJenrnir.piao) 4.750 to one I: kong dollar. The piers*, sel m A t, v.
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  • 79 8 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— For the purpose of assessing export duty for the period Sept. 7 to Sept.* 13. the Chief Secretary of the Federation has fixed the price of rubber at $1.40-1/2 cents per pound. For the same purpose nnd for the same period, the
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  • 29 8 Frazers To Help Japs Build Caw can-Jap,. w at a the Ea Ipolii v t a 1.1 Work* Jap:i: ed v I The j and d Ito J peri
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  • 93 8 WASHINGTON. Sept. 7. (Reuter).— The United States Government today took steps to boost the output of synthetic rubber from Governmentowned plants by 80.000 tons a year to about 755,000 tons a year m 1951. Two plants In Pennsylvania and Kentucky will be re-open-ed to produce the rubber,
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  • 226 8 The Government of India has completed arrangements with the assistance of the British Government to import 25.000 tons of sugar. Arrangements have also been made for the import of 60,000 tons of rice from Egypt. Floods m Orissa. India, have caused widespread damage to crops. According to official estimates,
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  • 100 8 Standard Market ReportN REPORTS of irrtval stocks of pepper Bingapon rau^oa ti^.e marlcH at modify to ease day. QuotatkxM toi both Muni white and Lamp li pepper were m<v !:< wn by $5. A!\jut five hrn <>t v. pepper tnd IS 1 I pepper
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  • 225 9 i];M H. of reopening commercial shipping laSes llonukong and Canton. H B «ac» British ships left for Canton on Sundavcjear for that port since the Chinese R^d^ Kwangtung last October. Offic ia tterZSl here said today both ships hadd^^S^ -p was
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  • 79 9 STOW AWAY TO BE SHIPPED BACK TO INDIA -muIT Reporter 1-1 <n British Rajula, which re yesterday p a "iice passen::au£ and land ipatant lian stowaway, the Rujula at Ita outward a Iras. v later when rried out a >'a away was the Immigraes tot detent ion, >hip docked at
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  • 58 9 ißeuterBritisfa T.uDO-ton Em] ire Gladstone. aground off the Ni m S utfa Wales a aa today .<. ifc at the stern c i w of. SSOT, who boardthis afternoon. peful she could be :ed ie weather holds." > have been re--1 vessel built m i ire
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  • 114 9 SPRAGfE TALBOTT. veteran newspaper and magazine cameraman, has been appointed chief photographer for the Pacific-Alaska Division of Pan American World Airways, the company announced last week. Be replaces John Lnhman, who resigned to go into private business. One of Talbotfs chief assignments m his new position
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  • 239 9 Pickled Chillies As Forget-Me-Not SaClort Token V .iton Reporter ghby, a young' one of the ten Audax who left i plane yesterday i a "valuable sou-i Si] pore. It was a f pick sreen chillies, i verv hot.- he the, were given to i friend here who I I me
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  • 505 9 Human 'Guinea Pigs' Of Royal Navy Here To Undergo Tropical Tests Standard Shipping Reporter AFTER FIVE DAYS and five nights on a lone ran, at a temperature of 15 degrees Fahrenheit m the Arctic clime of Norway, so that they could he tested by the Royal Navy as human "guinea
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  • 97 9 HERE is the diet of the Navy's "guinea pigs", per man, per day, over a period of five days, five nights. 1 pint of water. 2 tubes (tooth-paste size) of condensed milk. 1 bag of 30 toffees (each toffee covered m a fatty vitamin substance). "Yes.
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  • 89 9 HONGKONG, Sept. 6— (AP) The largest vessel built m Hongkong since the war will be launched here on Sept. 12. She is the Butterfield and Swire's cargo-passenger ship, S.S. Anshun.' The 400-foot long vessel will have accommodation for 40 first class passengers with a displacement
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  • 222 9 A MEETING of the Agency Committee of the Far Eastern and Australasian Traffic Conference of International Air Transport Association will be held m Singapore next Tuesday at the offices of Mansfield and Co., Ltd., Ocean Building. Collyer Quay, The Standard understands. The lATA
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  • 137 9 FINED $400 FOR SHIPPING OFFENCES Standard Staff Reporter Wong Ting Hee, the taikong of the motor vessel Thian Chee, was fined a total of $400 m the Singapore First District Court yesterday for breach of shipping regulations. He pleaded guilty to failing to have the name of the vessel marked
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  • 88 9 A lurther contract has been placed by the Liberian Navigation Corporation with the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Govan, Glasgow, for an ore-carrying motorship, Here are the names of the other voluntary "guinea pigs" who, as one reporter pointed out yesterday, "may become the Louis Pasteurs of the
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    • 46 9 I VST REGULAR TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE Direct Overland 5 ln incisco, Los Angeles All American A Canadian citie s S. -WILLIAM LUCKEMBACH" H T?S3 JIPU B^^" C *^r fuU Particulars of dry Car*o, Deep Tanks, Passenger Bookings etc Agents anglo.french bendixsens ltd. fcl Singapore *****/3 Penang 87S
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    • 198 9 (air arrivals I tSlßili Arrivals S^""* s KIM CONSTELLATION 1% from •'akjrt? E'A 6.j« a.m. Kua|a Lv r Ipoh. < %SS?AI N DOUGLA8 f _~5 E?-LE^ from Jakarta, Bangka ETA Iff lffflii 6 MALAYAN ALWAYS j g^HMAIL^ DAKOTA PI from Alor Star, Penan-. %;rrs gil^ggfer M from Kuantan. Alor Star.
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  • 488 10  - Your Marriage Samuel G Esther B. Kling By and Physical Attraction Not Mnough Q. Should you marry because of physical attraction alone? A. No. Countless marriages have ended unhappily because the only basis OI attraction between the mates was the sex urge. Mrs. M.. who came |O us recently for
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  • 55 10 LONDON. Sept. 7 (DCS)— Ilet-.ry Read's big complaint is that the bats won't stay ba the belfry. Read, who lives at High Hurst wood, reported that more than 80 bats formerly domiciled m the church belfry nearby moved into the r to! of his home soon
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  • 697 10  -  GEORGE McCADEN In Rapa, Men Just Sit And Idle By SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (UP)— lt's true about the fabled isle of Rapa it's a beautiful island of frustrated women wheue the out-numbered men don't have to work. So wrote Clifford Kruse, adventurous 30-year-old
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    18 10  -  Ed Reed By "They're not for me! I've got a baby brother I tell yoa!"
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  • 156 10 LONDON, Sept. 7 (AP)— Mrs. Kathleen Hall, the patient at St. George's Hospital, London, whose need for a very rare type of blood caused transfusion services m several countries to search for a week for the right donor, was stated on Wednesday to be maintaining the
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  • 261 10 ROME, Sept. 7 (AP) Those colourful flower stands the tourist sees along Rome's broad avenues and narrow ancient streets combine to make up one of the eternal city's fastest growing businesses. In fact, flower sales have so increased since the war that the city's
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  • 78 10 LONDON Sept Sneezes, ctvffc* ii!i:l cold symptoms v.ili M free vacation on a Srotl sh isle for Is men. Ten Ab.-rd-n Dtifenfa students have bees isolateil on the inland. i| «,i V{ n have bcf-n kept i d i;,.. Now niversitj t u-^nt to
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  • 318 10  -  EDWIN P. JORDAN Bl M n Written for M A gervfa. X-A3y, Diathermy May R p In Treating Painful Bursitis r pHE most common causes of, inflammation of a bursa, or bursitis, are single severe injuries or lesser but repeated ones. Kneeling for a long time may
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 324 10 CFOSSWOVd PIIZZIC NSWF ««vioc« puzzm (ICHOS* 31-Tent^d IHIAIPI ISINIAI I Il| IAILIPI 34-In,trurtlon [021] P N TOl \G\B\e\ I— ■awM pc« J5- -Spirit n l n c rji |c M7C bFfU I Ml t— A ,nal "The TempeslT ipi^ N f p|Nm^K T Ail ;N| B— Ti.--. 3«— Animal sim
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    • 160 10 ?lft -k^^ r4S^' ~557 ST' A'-^l YOU'RE SO LAZY— I I YOU NEED SOME I I i i'— T fp«_«f ALWAYS SLEEPING^/ EXERCISE ---GO X^ W~^~ If p L^OUT AND BURY y 1 v HV\ j^% mSp^T ■BMfcfc t""~ -^-^g."^ vvir.: I this will Jit will po. see, yankee. .we
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  • 228 11 DANGEROUS TRICKER, SAYS CROWN titT Correspondent MPI'R. Thurs.— Tamil woman, S Mrs. P. E. r:bed as a kster" by the v after she 'v before Mr. President of Court, to eight ing forgery, pted cheating led her plea judgment till Hill, who woman, subs guilty of re committed March this
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  • 17 11 returned banishee. g Seng Guan alias ppeared before the oe Magis- sue yesterday until tomor-
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  • 192 11 Challenge To Police By Lawyer A SINGAPORE lawyer. Mr D. S. Marshall, challenged the Police m the Second Police Court yesterday to prove that kati standard weights are to be found m the Government Treasury or with the/ Board of Trade. Mr. Marshall was defending 11 shopkeepers who are charged
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  • 67 11 A FINE of $50 was imposed on Loo Chin Hock m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday for fradulent possession of two gunny sacks containing 22 pieces of rubber sheets. He was found with the rubber sheets m a trisha m China Street on Au<*
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  • 137 11 Standard Staff Reporter Mr. Arthur Sevitt of 20th Century Air Travel, Sydney, filmed the beautiful countryside of Malaya and Singapore m an effort to boost air travel, just before he landed by Qantas Constellation yesterday. The Malayan 'shots' will form part of the thousands of
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  • 1183 11 THE UMNO General Assembly at Kuala Kangsar on Aug. 27 approved vital proposals of the UMNO with regard to acquirement of State nationality and Federal citizenship by non-Malays. These proposals were briefly reported m The Standard on Aug. 28. Below is the full text
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  • 540 11 First Hire- PUrchase Houses For Govt. Staff Ready photo. By JOHN C. SPITTEL, Standard Staff Reporter THE FIRST six Singapore Government servants to obtain houses on hire-purchase terms will be moving into their new $11,500 homes on Monday next. The houses are m Pulasan Road, off Duku Road. Katong. Terrace
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  • 39 11 TIONG BAHRU Community Centre will hold a film show tonight at 7.15 p.m. at the playground behind Eng Watt Street. A technicolour musical "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" will be screened, supported by news reels.
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  • 60 11 ONG AH KOW. of Dkkson Road pleaded guilty m the Singapore Second District Court yesterday to possession of four leaf packets and four pills of opium and a pipe for smoking. The pipe and opium were found m Ong's house on Wednesday. The case was postponed
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  • 323 11 Standard Staff Reporter MORE THAN 100 Singapore people representing schools, Government offices, associations and other organisations last night decided that there was a need for the formation of a Council of Adult Education m the Colony. A committee was formed to draft the constitution for
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    • 146 11 >_ 4 Closing date for entries has been changed to SEPT. 15 and not Aug. 31 as previously announced. Results of the Essay Contest will be published on Sunday, Oct. 8 m The Singapore i Standard- T > V SINGAPORE STANDARD'S ESSAY CONTESTS ect: Malaya I would like, and youth
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    • 378 11 g ~F ED E RATl^^^^^i Metropole: Indian Bcoul 2^o SELANGOR— Today U45 nd 9 30 n» Majestic: Wong Fui Hoong IPOII Today (Chapter 4) 1, 3, 7 and 9.15 P- m Rex: Outside The Waii 12 45 J, Odeon: The Reluctant Widow M 5 and 9.15 p.m. 3.15, 6.45 and
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