Singapore Standard, 27 September 1950

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard ff. jfc_ flt ;J. VOL. 1 NO. 87 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1950.
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  • 47 1 photo. General Mac Arthur, (centre) is shown here on an inspection tour of port facilities and other installations m the Inchon area. Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, (left) Commander of 7th Fleet, and Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith (right) accompanied him.- AP
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  • 308 1 83 Die In Coal Mine Blast Creswell Fire Worst Seen: 110 Rescued RESWELL, England, Sept. 26 (V\*\ Fi«litv miners .< r, reported killed U„| av wheJf Ini IoMOB twnwd Hrn CltSWel coal mine i,,|"o an inferno leatn 1..5.5.> lee. underground. The National Coal Board said three bodies were removed and
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  • 123 1 C'wealth Parleys Proceeding >N, Sept i -CReutsskms al le Comconferee I ere are I g satisfy Mr. Sj ender, i's ir Extern Affairs, attend ng this se ssi m v. cted to a draft report on lie aid mines I £1,725,1 000 for nenl of S rth and st Asian
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  • 46 1 i.-d Staff Reporter :TARY jeep driven by lid Mai ly, Ahmad yesterd xy skidded, j mi'.e B; kit Timah i a we* road into a n drain full of water turned. I and an occupant I out of the jeep m time injury.
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  • 25 1 JERSEY CITY. Sept. 26— (AP) Pan American World Airways formally took over American Overseas Airline? last night with a payment of U5517,450,000.
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  • 426 1 Good News For Standard Readers CALLING all youngsters and adults, loo throughout the length and hreadlh of Malawi, from the southernmost tip m Singapore to the northermosl point of the Federation along the Siamese border! Beginning next Sunday* October 1, The
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  • 300 1 By L. Z. YUAN Standard HK Correspondent HONGKONG, Sept. 26— The Chinese Communists have pro- posed to nationalize all public utility enterprises m China I m two years' time according to corporation law. regulating foreign capital and distribuI tion of profits now under consideration
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  • 35 1 WITH THE U.S. 25th Division IN KOREA, Sept. 26— (AP)— The first American war prisoners to be rescued from the Red Koreans were liberated today by U.S. 24th Division infantrymen.
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  • 149 1 French Give Up Pakha In Indo-China SAIGON, Sept. 26 (AP) The French Army today announced the abandonment ol a second outpost on the ChinaIndochina frontier Pakha. commanding an entrance to the Red River delta. An official announcement said forces had been withdrawn from Pakha, which had been under attack by
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  • 422 1 Malaya's Application For Further Grant Studied By UK Gov't Standard Staff Reporter THE United Kingdom Government ia now considering an application from the Government of the Federation of iMalaya for a further grant towards the cost of internal security, according to a Colonial Office statement, reviewing the United Kingdom's post-war
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  • 574 1  - Seoul In Flames As Invaders Put Up Last Stand Don Whitehead FDTBGDH SEOUL, Sept. 26 (AP) This South Korean eapital h a flaming, smoke-fogged city of horror today. Great fires are raging and a black dome of smoke hangs m the sky above as a fearsome signal of destruction. Street
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  • 34 1 TOKYO, Sept. 26, (AP). j A Korea-bound C-54 transport plane plunged into the sea with 51 persons today. Twentyeight were rescued, 22 are missing and one body was recovered.
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  • 226 1 MacA. Says Seoul Is Liberated TOKYO. Sept. 26— (AP)".— J General Mac Arthur today announced that Seoul has been captured. "The liberation of the city was conducted m such a manner as to cause the least possible damage to civil installations," a United Nations com"TOimique said. The text of the
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  • 38 1 British Fighter Plane Crashes HONG KONG, Sept. 2«— (UP;— A British Sea Fury I fighter plane from the carrier. HMS Theseus, crashed on the countryside today killing the pilot instantly- The Theseus arrived Sunday from Britain 1 recently.
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  • 160 1 UN Armies Likely To Meet Today TOKYO. Sept. 26. (ReuterAAP). United Nations forces speeding north-west from j Taegu and south from Seoul may possibly meet m the next 12 hours. The approaching spearheads had so far sped forward un- j resisted. The bold lightning move of the American First Cavalry
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    • 105 1 On Other Pages Page Government Move on Prices 2 Shop Assistant Foils Armed Robbers 2 Federal Councillors Form Political Group 3 Five Children Killed m Bomb Outrage 3 Kuching Airport Opens 4 Poultry Men Attract i Reds 4 Shopping Feature 5 V-Dav or Doom's Day? s —Editorial 6 Open Letter
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  • 275 3 Form Political Group In Federal Council By A. Gunasekera, Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Standard learns that for some time now the question of the lormation of a Parliamentary Unofficial Group m tne federal Legislative Council has been on the tapis since Dato Onn's suggestion at the recent
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  • 168 3 I JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— How 48 tins of cigarettes were found hidden at the back of a Chinese shop m the Tampoi j I village, Jalan Scudai. was re- lated to the Johore Magistrate j |by Inche Mohd. Sam of the j Johore Customs
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  • Article, Illustration
    75 3 Mr. Aw Hoe, Managing Director of the Singapore Standard and the Sin Chew Jit Poh arrived by BOAC Argonaut from Hong Kong yesterday with his wife and two children. Picture taken at Kallang Airport shows (left to right, front row) Mrs. Aw Hoe, Mrs. Aw Boon Haw, Mr. Aw Hoe,
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  • 333 3 RASC Covers 2½ Million MilesOne Fatal Ambush El A LUMPUR. Tues. ■he en 1 of this I Transport Com--YSC. will have __-»r.i''. m miles Is ol Malaya. is a fully li capable of k.'.l m protechimself and his and only once I les of this unit eked with fatal month
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    25 3 photo. The bren, fitted to a "unit-made-traversing-swivel" is ready for instant use. "I could let rip in two seconds," says Driver Geoffrey Jones. Army PR
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  • 49 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues— a sergeant of the Gurkha Riflewas killed, a Jamardar, a sergeant, a corporal and a lance corporal, were wounded wher a vehicle carrying Gurkhc Rifles left the road and dropped into a ravine m Pahan£ yesterday morning when bandits fired on a convoy.
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  • 178 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Fisheries Committee of RIDA. The Standard understands, will^meet here on Frida\ to discuss a number of small workable schemes whereby the lot of the fisherman can be improved. Fishing" implements and boats will be the main subject .of discussion. The
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  • 113 3 Malacca Boys' Home Given 4 Dormitories MALACCA, Tues. As a result of a substantial donation from the Central Welfare Council, the Malacca Boys' Jubilee Club committee will now be able to go ahead with its plans to complete the building with four dormitories. The Boys' Jubilee Home is situated at
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  • 31 3 KLUANG, Tues,— Towkay Lee Kok Wah, 48, President of the Kluang Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association passed away during the week-end. The funeral took place last Sunday.
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  • 252 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Five children were killed last night m Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, when a Chinese bantlit threw a hand grenade into a shop house. Beside the three boys and two girls killed, another boy, three
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  • 71 3 MALACCA. Tues.— The Sessions Court President, Mr. F.A. Chua, today found V. S. Chatterton, former registration clerk of Alor Gajah District Office, guilty of receiving illegal gratification of $1. Chatterton was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment. A Malay, Othman bin Abdullah, who was jointly tried
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  • 49 3 FIXES of SlO each were im- j posed on a Chinese. Dah Tien i Chan of Boat Quay, and Tan Soon Teck. of Maude Road, m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for gambling inside the Harbour Board area on Monday. Both were caught playing Chinese cards.
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  • 101 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The plane carrying six members of the United Kingdom Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association landed m Kuala Lumpur aerodrome half an hour behind schedule with a flat rear tyre It made a perfect landing and the
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  • 115 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. D. M. K. Grant. President of the Sessions Court today fixed Nov. 2. I 4. SO and Dec. 1 for the hearing of the case ia which 11 top officials of the Seiangor Health And
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  • 374 3 Malacca Import Dili ies Increase By $63,726 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Tues.— The total amount collected m import duties m Malacca last year was $336,831.22, compared with $273,104.73 m 1948; an increase of $03,726.49. Duties on malt liquors decreased considerably and there was also a slight decrease m collections from
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    • 80 3 Conference Delegates The Electricity Department Junior Officers' Federation of Malaya annual delegates conference was held at the Kilat Club, Bungsar Road, Kuala Lumpur, recently, with Mr. G. L. Wilkinson. Trade Union Adviser m the chair. Picture shows left to right (seated): Messrs. M. Gnanapiragasam, C. Vellupillai, Inche Pawan Chik, S.
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    • 375 3 §F F E DE RATl^^^^^i SELANGOR— Today Majestic: Customs of Our Fathers (Mandarin) 1, 3.15, 7 and 9.15! p.m Odeon: Sands Of Iwo Jima 3, 6.45 and 9.13 p.m. Pavilion: Hero's Encounters (Cantonese) 1, 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. Rex: Wabash Avenue 2.30, 6.30. and 9.15 p.m. Madras: Mah Low
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  • 835 5 Just Looking AROUND IN SINGAPORE SHOPS Ufitn SCcMcM Wcuckokz PRINTERS are having a busy time of it this jveek finishing off brightly coloured and very readable catalogues for firms who are keen to tempt Christmas shoppers well m advance. Monday was spent m calling on firms" large and small, to
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  • 133 5 ALWAYS press satin or the 1 wrong side, even if you use a press cloth, to be sure that you don't mark the fabric. Use a warm iron. Because of its glossy surface, satin tends to show iron marks so iron with a light touch. Fo~ the
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  • 611 5  -  GAYNOR MADDOX By JJOW about a steak? I mean a thick one marb 1 c d with fat, charred on the outside, red to pink on the inside and as tender as a young girTs heart. Any man knows
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  • 32 5 British film star Honor Blackmail models thi-. oris*) bffl<* and white striped blouse m classic shirtmakrr style with bishop sleeves with skirts and slack, suitable for the out-door girl.
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  • 216 5 r PEEN agers going out 00 their first "important" dates, ask some of these etiquette questions. "•Should the man or the girl walk first into a resturant'.'" If a waiter or usher is showing yuu to your .m ..is. the giri walks ahead of her escort.
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    • 184 5 YOUR RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE ENGLISH PROGRAMME 10 a m News from Singapor i and the Emergency News fror Kuala Lumpur; 10.50 For th i Schools; 1 p.m. Dance Music 1 30 Time Signal and News 1.45 Light Music; 6 p.rr 1 Programme Summary; b.o Children's Programme: 6.20 Th
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    • 209 5 Kronchong Party; 8.05 Relay from 8.8.C. (London); 8.15 News; 8. 30 Domestic Programme. CHINESE PROGRAMME 12.48 p.m. Mandarin light c songs; 1 p.m. News m Mandarin, n Amov and Cantonese; 1.15 Fooe chow selections; 5.01 Musical In- terlude; 5.03 News m Mandarin; j; 5.07 Talk on Communism m Canh tonese:
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    • 173 5 Report; 7.15 This is Communism; 7.30 "What's the Answer;" 8 p.m. The Radio Doctor: 8.10 Jo Rozells and the Hawaiian Palm Beach Boys; 3.30 Wednesday Symphony Concert; 930 News; 9.45 Personalities Parade: 10 p.m. The Virginians (Episode 3); 10 30 Dance Music. 15.30 Mc/., 11.88 Mc/s., 9.69 Mc/s., and 6.175
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    13 7 photo RMta had 10.M0.000 to 1.-..000.000 w«X liri™."" JOO. labour conditions A. P.
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  • 280 7 Marines Too Late To Rescue 3,000 GI PoWs In Seoul I TOKYO, Sept 26 (AP)— Biggesl disappoinlment Ihe u;;r tor the American lorees cane yesterday when Marine force, lighting its way to a stone prison m -ul. toun.l that 3.1)00 <;i prisoners housed there had ii removed only a few
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  • 125 7 Reds Caught Napping it Chongju KOREAN FRONT. Sept. 26 In Ihe centre ol re- j ChongjU- 21 square .t.re destroyed. A as the headquar•f.e Red Sixth Division :v ked. r* oP.e I* S *orce entered t south, infantrymen of Division attacked from approach. The Reds ight unprepared. They kefencea only
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  • 103 7 uRBASE IN JAPAN.; 21 (UP] A second com- j ghtingj unit was airlifted I into the battle for Seoul i With the precision made' us ifl Berlin, the Combat j i Command dew airborne s, ..rt::!ery, trucks, jeeps mition to Kimpo air- e-rmncte intervals. -trained ground crews
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  • 37 7 The Indian delegation is ex- 1 ptcted to sponsor the Indonesian j application for U.N. membership and it is hoped Indonesia will take her seat m the General As- sembly within a week A.P.
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  • 131 7 P\RIS Sept. 26 (AP)— When a burly six-footer policeman saw Georges Delcourt «4 ft. 10 m., 103 lb.) riding; his bicycle the wrong way on a one-way street past a police station, he contemptuously set out to lift the little man off his bike The next
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  • 157 7 NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (AP)— As the invading I Communis .North Korean army crumbles m Soulh j Korea, disagreement has arisen m U.N. circles over j whether the L.N. forces should press beyond the 38th Parallel, boundary between North and South Korea. Foreign
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  • 115 7 Bevin Backs Acheson's UN Army Plan NEW YORK, Sept. 26— (AP) Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin yesterday endorsed the Acheson plan, which calls for a U.N. military force, a roving peace patrol and means for convening the General Assembly m 24 hours if the Security Council cannot act. Mr Bevin was
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  • 80 7 TOKYO. Sept. 2b— (AP)— Twenty-three persons are believed dead m the crash of a C-54 transport early today. It fell into tne sea just olfshore after taking off. Tne plane carried 43 passengers, believed to be troops, and a crew of eight. The Maharajah of
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  • 401 7 NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (AP)— Statement A. Malik ihct he favours a meeting of top lead* aud the Soviet Union to negotiate for a "full pea lalion among U.N. delegates on whether it is part offensive" seeking to convince the
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  • 131 7 'Drop The N'lists' Call In US NEW YORK, Sept. 26— (Renter)— The Nat." >nal Board of "Americans for Democratic Action," a leftist group, has recommended that the United States withdraw her recognition of the Chinese Nationalist Government and, under certain conditions, recognise the Peking Government. The recommendations were included m
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  • 108 7 I NEW DELHI, Sept. 2b'— (AP) I An economy drive threatens to end the lavish marriage ceremonies of the Vaisya caste. the merchant community of the Hindus. Leaders of the community from Delhi, East Punjab and i Uttar Pradesh states will meet lat Meerut on Oct
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  • 76 7 LONDON, Sept. 26— (Renter) Ministers from seven Com- monwealth countries excluding South Africa, yesterday approved a draft constitution for a technical aid board which will initiate big development plans for South and South-east I Asia, it is learned. It was the first important j decision of a
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  • 108 7 SYDNEY, Sept. 26 (Reuter-AAP) --Twenty- jn-e-ycar-old Rickey Field is ra'Jling himself for A. £I.ooo— selling tickets at A £1 each. Winner gets the use of his services for 12 months and could. for instance, hire Field out as a labourer. Says Field:
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  • 18 7 Seventy-five people have just been arrested m Bombay city under the Preventive Detention Act Reuter
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  • Pope Says, 'Fight The Reds'
    • 24 7 Portuguese Prime Minister Dr. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar is on a visit to Spain incognito He is staying with Gen. Franco j near Corunna.
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    • 23 7 righting has broken out between 500 Huks and three companies of Government troops and constabulary 20 troops and constab miles from Manila.— A.P.
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    • 28 7 A total of 1.085 immigrants i went to South Africa m June this Ureal and 1,134 persons left, I reports the Union Department of Census and Statistics.— A.P.
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    • 25 7 The downpour which hit Hongkong on Sunday added I over 170,000,000 gallons— eight days' supply to the colony's dangerously low reservoirs. Wii't rationing is continuing.
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    • 72 7 King Farouk. who has left Cannes aboard his yacht, is expected to visit Nice and Monte Carlo and go on to Italy on his current "incognito" holiday. 1 In the presence of members of his family only, the ashes of Gen. Jan Smuts were scattered on Monday at the burial
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    • 25 7 Wealthy Sirdar Mohamed Nawaz Khan. Pakistan's Deputy Defence Minister, has been appointed Ambassador to France. He was educated at the Royal tary Academy, Sandhurst.— A.P.
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    • 71 7 CASTELGANDOLFO, Sept. 26 (UP) Pope Pius XII has called on the world's Catholic clergy to attack courageously the "iniquity" of Communism and abuses of capitalism. The Pope made his appeal In a 15,000-word "Pontifical exhortation" largely a spiritual mes«age advising Catholic clergymen on how they best can carry out their
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 7 photo. i I American tr. Go/don S. Seagrave (left) chats with his legal adv". r. U Kyaw Myint, outside a Ra goon courtroom after being refused bail. The 53-year-old doctor has been j held since Aug. 15 on a charge of having helped thi Karen rebels. A.P.
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  • 123 7 'Sold PI Immigration rermits To Chinese MANILA, Sept. 26 (AP)— A long-suppressed report on the issue of quota immigration permits to Chinese through members of the P.I. Congress and executive officials has at last been made public j Justice Felipe Natividad.7" who conducted an investigation at the request of Congress,
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  • 71 7 BONN. Sept. 26— (AP):— Aside North Atlantic Council deliberated m New York on German participation m a combined West European army. West German Parliamentarians sy'd that sentiment m the constituencies is strongly against pledging the Germans for a European army. German reaction generally is: "Let
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  • 222 7 Mao Is No Second TiSo y I NEW YORK. Seat. 2f» (AP)— -Dr. T. F. Tmaat* j Nationalist China's delegate, char-zed the kremlinj directed Gominfornj uith "fostering, fomenting and financing civil wars m ail countries not ruled hv a Uoni- nuinist dictatorship*'
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    41 7 An unexploded 2.500-lb. bomb, which had been Iving for ten years under the kitchen of tin- home of Mr. John Mansell m Richmond (Surrey), is here seen beinv lifted up after it had been dug out by a bomb disposal squad.
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  • 62 7 Indian Ocean Alliance ADELAIDE, Sept. 26 (AP):— Mr. Paul llasluck. Acstralian rich-gate to the U.N. Security Council, said here that aa lid i an Ocean alliance wou'd be more rea» than a Pacific- Pact. lie said, however, that it was premature to talk of a Pacific Pact because a t
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  • 159 9 HONGKONG Sept. 26 (Renter- VAP)-Si„ce the lan on gasolene shipment from n.o.t w.siern countries the h.nese mainland, Soviet ships have been^taS^ ,-orims Im quantities of gasolene to Tienuin I-mutao. shipping circles here said Today a Chinese motor launch towing a Wp den tug was
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  • 88 9 Two More CM Ships Join Reds iNGKONG, Sept. 26— -AAP-AP) Two China M erchants ra Navigation ships left r Canton on Tuesday. y are the Lin Sen and San. and now there only three vessels oi CMSN Beet ol 13. lying I i Hongkong harbour. ship was detained he UTS
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  • 69 9 Japs To Build Indian Ships KYO, Sept 2*5 (Reuterihe Centra] Japan f I:, history Company yes- j -..o ed a U*****,500 with the Great North- 1 S pping Company of India: construction of two -1 freighters, reports the DCW9 agency today. hip was contracted at 5 ''< <> and the
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  • 81 9 j HONGKONG, Sept. 26 i (Renter AAP) The first J British-flagged merchant Ship h to enter Shanghai successfully!] for the past two months, is due 1 to leave the central China port for Hongkong today, according j to shipping quarters here. She is the 5,000-ton In-
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  • 229 9 US Women To Train As Pilots OPPORTUNITIES to train as pilots and technicians m al; phases ol aviation wiil be provided air minded women m the United State< this year by the Women Flyers of America (WFA). This national, nonprofit organization will conduct its "Air Age Education" programme for women
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  • 51 9 NEW DELHI. Sept. 26 (AP) Indian National Airways has been granted a provisional licence for six months to operate a service linking Calcutta. Patna and Khatmandu. capital of Nepal. The airline attempted to start such a service m June abandoned 1 it because of bad weather.
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  • 62 9 Below left) Able Seaman Aime Bohec, of Bordeaux, and Quartermaster Jacky These, of Champagne (1. to r.) were among the few crew members aboard the French tloop Bisson when The Standard photographer went out to the ship yesterday afternoon. (Below right) These two "matelots" m working togs were also
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  • 253 9 A NE~ f model of the B-36 bomber, now m production m the United States, has 10 engines, the largest number yet to power a military airplane. Six of the engines are piston-type; four are jets. At hijrh speed the B-36D, as
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  • 289 9 Red Junks Exchange Contraband, Says Man-of-War Officer 1 1 French 'Pocket' Fleet Arrive I Standard Shipping Reporter AROUND the Indo-China coastline Chinese Communist-operated junks are exchanging contraband all the time with Vietminh agents. Sometimes the contraband consists of arms, sometimes rice. This was told me by an officer of one
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  • 65 9 NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (AP) The American President Lines already is considering replacement of three round the world luxury liners taken by the j Navy before construction was fully completed. George Killion of San Francisco, president of the line, said 'confidence m the future' led
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  • 154 9 Why Two Airlines Merged LONDON. Sept. 24 (AP) The mysterious loss of two Tudor-4 airliners m 1948 and 1949 was described by the Civil Aviation Ministry today as the death blow for the British South American Airways Corporation. As a result of the two disasters, the Ministry ordered the withdrawal
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  • 126 9 Japanese Ship Welcomed In San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25— (UP)— The first Japanese ship to enter the Golden Gate m nearly 10 years was met by a welcoming committee today before it began loading 8,500 tons of barley. The freighter Eiroku Maru is the first of a dozen ships
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  • 42 9 COLOXEL Clarence M. Young. vice president of Pan American World Airways, has been apj pointed by Governor Earl War- ren to serve as a member of the State's civil defence Utilities Committee, representing northern California air transportat-
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 227 9 i fl 1 Despatches Hoihow, Hongkong lina 8 am by Van 10 (parcels 8 a.m. by Tuna Song. I-Vmtianab by ang Van 'or Drj m i by Kota Nka A rivals H Dgk ng, China tan by Straat Malakka. rha l I y Train; > by Raj iia; Medan [air
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    • 479 9 ii.'U. lljllip^ IH-and OUT OF HARBOUR COASTAL MOVEMENTS! Arrivals: Buloh from Saigon, Coal Plant: Gujarat: Cable n P niriiirp« i VpslpHiv)- Ren- i Pnompenh: Kelantan from Wharf: Retriever; Pulo Bukom: to^fcV^ikolr -DarVel for I P^bang; Rasa from Kuantan; Kurdistan: Begium Standella, Miri. Labuan. Jesselton, Sanda- £*?SL fr m Pon U
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  • 96 11 [HOUGH Co-education ■al intended to be a i re of educational ■imtif m Singapore. inous reasons it has aa m certain sees el the system. 11: is stated m the ion Report, 11*49. .Wird. majority of the >H_ m vernacular attend "mixed" !>. and the two Gov(nt
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  • 37 11 Big Crowd Watches Fire-wailking Rite IT A large U i the fire-walk- the Indian Be rang yesTweive de- TOSS the pit of rs and later imI teet m milk. tages of certain were conducted m through the
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  • 275 11 Colony Labour Party Makes Some Changes In Original Programme Standard Staff Reporter THE General Council of the Labour Party nni.rf P r f has decided to delete from it* political and economic programme the recomI at 7 the judiciary should be independent of the executive. Party •fvVni lt J Ca
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  • 340 11 Three Big Irrigation Shemes In Malacca [ALACCA, Tues. Three major irrigation s were undertaken by the Drainage and Irriga- tmenl last year, at Duyong. Bachang and ru Qir. states the annual report of the SetMalacca for 1949. just issued. Normal draingation work was steadily maintained. g irrigation are;; aQea east
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  • 114 11 Commission To Reprimand Architect Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Municipality is to "severely reprimand the i architect of the owners of a house m Boat Quay for infringement of the Municipal Building By-Laws. This building was re built on a plan approved by the Commissioners, but on. completion of the
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  • 16 11 aSVSstafc have been comrnmcd rfjgg /TI leaded "m (l_ice custody till Oct
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  • 179 11 Tried To Walk Away With Shoes Th O Chinese, Larry Woo, 23, and Chuii£ Ah (hye, 23, were found m the Singapore Second Police Magistrate yesterday of stealing three pairs of shot»s valued at $15. Woo, who had a previous conviction for breach of trust, was sentenced to two months'
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  • 99 11 Windfall For Colony 'Rep' A MUNICIPAL Committee has decided to refund a sum i of 54. 1204. 07 to the Singapore I Repertory Company paid by it tor the use of the Victoria i Memorial Hall from Nov. 19 last year to July 4. The Committe agreed that as a
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  • 60 11 STC Men Help Quake Victims Standard Staff Reporter j THE Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union is the first trade union m Singa- j pore to collect funds for the relief of the victims of the j recent earthquakes m Assam. I India. The Union has collected $551 from its members.
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  • 62 11 Two Months For Stealing Wood FOIWD guilty of stealing $50 worth of wood, Ong Koon Kce. of Sambau Street, was sentenced m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to two months' rigorous imprisonment. Ong. who admitted one previous conviction was also ordered to undergo one year"s police supervision. A woman.
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  • 332 11 MALACCA, Tues. The emergency did not cause any serious interference with the Public Works Department programme last year, states the annual report lof the Settlement of Malacca, just issued. The report adds that some special work undertaken by the PWD 'had a direct bearing
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  • 77 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The President of the All Malaya Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. M. P. Nachiappa Chettiar, says that the proposed amendment to the income tax ordinance levying 20 per cent, for nonresidents affects the small investor. A substantial section of the Indian
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    64 11 Picture Stanvac's salesmen Thong Chong Shin, K.L., Leslie K. Boey, Bangkok. Ooi Teik Chee. Ipoh and Law Yon? Choon (front row) and Chang Chang Kwang. Singapore, Kee Yong Aun, Penang, and Tarn Kam Onn, Bangkok, will learn all about service station operation m Stanvac's new school for salesmen. Standing between
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  • 127 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Without being called on for his defence, an Indian. Suppiah, was yesterday acquitted and discharged by Raja Suleiman, m the first magistrate's court on a charge of enticing a married woman named Logammah on June 20, In making the order. the
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  • 186 11 Standard Staff Reporter A SCHOOL for salesmen and dealers has been opened by the Standard Vacuum Oil Company behind their service station m Orchard Road. The two week course will teach some Stanvac salesmen from Singapore, the Federation and Bangkok "proper service and sales procedure,"
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  • 118 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Young Men's Sikh Association maintained their unbeaten hockey record so far this season by beating the TPCA by four goals to one at Prince's Road today. It was their sixth victory to date. A feature of- the game was the fine
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  • 133 11 SEGAMAT. Tues— Muar beat Se_amat four-one m an interdistrict friendly badminton match played at the Chinese School court here on Sunday morning. Muar won both the singles easily, but they met stiff opposition m the doubles, losing one and winning two others m three sets. The
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  • 132 11 NEWMARKET. Sept. 2fi: (Reuter) French Squadron. Gordon v Richards' mount m the Cesarewitch Stakes there on Oct. 11, ran a splendid trial for that race m the two-mile Melbourne Stakes today. In holding going Richards rallied French Squadron, 5-2 favourite, to sucb purpose that
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  • 216 11 THE Ceylon Sports Club beat the Anglo Chinese School yesterday by four goals to one at hockey on the Balestier Road ground. Though the schoolboys put up a plucky fight till the end. the sodden condition of the ground and heftier Club side beat them.
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  • 578 11  -  Larry Allen By A.P. Correspondent TEL AVIV, Sept. 27— (AP)— The AllJewish World Olympics, attract inir athletes from 28 countries and costing USS7OO,OOO to sta«_v, opens here today m the nearby municipality of Ramat Gan. They are scheduled to continue through October 8. The organising
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  • 164 11 U. PENANG. Tues. Rough play prevailed m the first division cup-tie soccer match on the VVestlands School Ground this afternoon m wfiich the Ferry Youngsters scored an overwhelming victory over the Ramblers, last year's holders of the Victory cup, by five clear goals. In the
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  • 83 11 Jap Govt. Wants To Give Up Turf Job TOKYO. Sept. 25: (Renteri AAP) The .lapane.se Governj ment is expected to present to i the next Diet a bill calling for j the shifting of management of I horseracing from the Government to private hands, reports Japanese newspapers today. The idea
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