Singapore Standard, 14 May 1951

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    Masthead
    31 1 Singapore Standard $k il m 3. 1 I iiii ii i i i i ii m ii. ■^■__M»»»_»i«Bw>a_w__tfc^^___________g____T VOL. 1 NO. 317. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY, 14, 1951. 8 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS.
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    Britain May Ban Rubber TO Russia
    197 1 Britain May Ban Rubber TO Russia LONDON May 13 (TP)— Diplomatic quarters said thai Britain's ban on rubber exports to Commu- \wnr\ nnv soon be extended to Russia and other Iron Curtain countries. But for the present, they said. Britain will continue rubber shipments to Russia limiting them to around
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    UN Urged To Set Up Own Finance Body
    98 1 S 'ESS, May A group o: I■• e experts has ac. i>€ I iti r.s Orgamsatting up its e corporation to len I i 3 me of a nu il ol made h>. a ri on eas r 1 nr development oi
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    Negligence Blamed For Girl's Death
    46 1 Negligence Blamed For Girl's Death 'RE BAHRU. May 13.— iuesl he it< bant and §n ed tied of skull after ed < by a mili--1 W kg A e B vh- ite I thc acciby the of Les Ramond i the vehicle. e Souza he i a
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    Sub-Committee To Decide On Move Of STU
    153 1 Sub-Committee To Decide On Move Of STU Sttndard Staff Reporter A THREE-MAN sub-c .mmittee yesterday v. > appointed by repre es of 26 Singapore T ie Uni ara at a mei held I te premises ol the Singapore rte=;: Indian Cng ess in Race C se Lane. T ia c
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    Burma 'No' To Ho's Man
    32 1 The B mese Government is refused Communist leader Ho C Minh's representative ta R ung permission to publish a Vie namese language newsp ope: in Burma. A.P
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    Gen. de Lattre Arrives In S'pore
    69 1 General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French High Commissioner and C-in-C in Indo China reviewed a guard of honour formed by the Ist and :>nd Gurkha Rifles on his arrival at the Tengah aerodrome yesterday. On the General's right is Group Capt. R. C.
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    Big-3 Indian Bodies To Be Unified
    175 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tiie present big-three Indian organisations In Malaya the Malayan Indian Association. the Malayan Indian Congress and tiu- Federation of Indian Organisation may cease to exist if an agreement reached at this morning's meeting of representatives of these organisations
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    2 Advisers To Assist Delegate To MTUC Meet
    111 1 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. At tLe ftlSt outstation meeting of the Central Committee of the Malayan Trade Union Congress held in Penang today, it vvas decided that the Rubber Workers and Estates Staff Unions mav send two members as advisors to
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    USAF Loses 212 Planes. Reds Only 149
    79 1 WASHINGTON. May 13 (AP>— The United Stales Air Force has lost 212 planes in Korea while Communists have lost 149. Making these figures public last night, the Air Force offered no explanation. However, American aircraft have been used constantly in support of ground
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    Heavy Air Strike On Red Troops
    65 1 TOKYO. May 13: (UP>— The Allied Air Force mounted a mighty air assault today asainst the Communist supply troop build-up along and north of the 38th Parallel. The Fifth Air Force reported nearly 600 fighter strikes up to sundown. Thirteen Superforts dropped 130 tons
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    Marshall: UN Allies To Send More Troops
    52 1 WASHINGTON, May 13 (UP) Defence Secretary George Marshall said today that there "are good prospects for further increases" in troops furnished for the Korean fighting by America's United Nations allies. He said this in testimony before the Senate Committees investigating the dismissal of
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    S. Koreans' Fighting Wins Praise
    119 1 WITH THE EIGHTH U.S. j ARMY IX KOREA. May 13 (Reuter-AAP)— The Eighth Army Commander. Lieut-Gen. James van Fleet today praised the South Korean army for its achievements in the past 10 days. "The R.O.K army on the east and west has shown great spirit
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    Selangor MCA Branch Opposes Open-Door Move
    121 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor branch of the Malay. ui Chinese Association at a meeting today decided to oppose the proposal to extend full membership of the Association to ail communities in this country. It was further resolved that should the Association decide to
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    CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION
    70 1 Scenes reminiscent of the visit of the statue of Our Lady of Fatimah to Singapore last year were witnessed yesterday the feast day of the Pilgrim Virgin at St. Joseph's Church in Victoria Street. A crowd of over 3.000 people took part in a candlelight procession round the
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    Racing Motorist Killed
    21 1 London racing motorist F. R. G. Spikens vvas killed in the Chimay Grand Prix in Belgium yesterday. Reuter
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    Four Robbers Beat Hasty Retreat As Chinese Woman, 61, Puts Up Resistance
    250 1 Four Robbers Beat Hasty Retreat As Chinese Woman, 61, Puts Up Resistance Standard Staff Reporter A 61 YEAR OLD Chinese woman was slightly injured when .she resisted four robbers, one of whom was armed with a revolver and the rest with knives, in her house olf Changi Road early yesterday
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    Adm.Struble To Take Part In Talks On SE Asia Strategy
    524 1 Vital Meetings Slated „,r THE SCHEDULED meetings in Singapore oi the Commander in Chief of the French Union forces, Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny with the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald and the Chiefs of Staffs of the British
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    Mme. Auriol Sets Air Reeord
    64 1 MARSEILLES. May 13 (AP)— Mme. Jacqueline Auri oi. daugh-ter-in-law of the President of the French Republic, on Saturday set n new speed record for women flying over a 100-kilometre closed course Mine. Auriol, $4, flew a vampire jet from the air base at Lstre. north
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    18 Oz. Baby Girl
    49 1 j CHICAGO, May 12: CUP>— A baby girl. win>.se weight haa dropped to 18 on. ices since birth, was given a blood transfusion today consisting of a teaspoonful of blond She measures only 113 inches. The doctors sa;d .-he has "a good chance" to survive.
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    Fighters Crash
    24 1 SYDNEY. May 13: (BeuterAAP) Two Vampire jet fighters crashed into the Km u.vi River 30 miles from Newcastle today, killing two pilots.
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    Aussies Ready
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    Ticket Holder Faints As HK Derby Winner Disqualified
    111 1 HONGKONG. Maj 13 (Router AAP) Th« Boftffcoac Derby, which was run yesterday, made turf historv It Is believed that for the first time this classic event winner was disqualified. London 17. which flashed past the winning post about three lengths ahead of
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    Moving To Success In Korea: Marshall
    221 1 WASHINGTON, May 13 (AP)— IS. Sc, reUr> of Defence George Marshall declared yesterday "we are moving toward success" in ending Red Chinese aggression in Korea, but warned that Russia is the "real opponent" who could plunge the world into war. I (he sixth day
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    Aeheson Ouster Within 3 Weeks, Says McCarthy
    80 1 WISCONSIN. May 12 (UP)— Senator Joseph McCarthy, Republican. Wisconsin, predicted today that Secretarv of State Dean Aeheson moll be fired within three weeks and President Truman will try to find 'a Republican stooge" to replace him. He asserted that the Administration made the
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    Dutch Get Award
    37 1 TOKYO. Mav 13 (AP) —The Netherlands detachment in Korea has been awarded the Distinguished Unit citation for exceptionally outstanding performance of duty and extraordinary heroism in combat at Hoengsong and Won.iu on Feb. 12-15
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    Josey On Freedom Of Opinion
    281 2 Josey On Freedom Of Opinion ON RIGHT to freedom of opinion, Mr. Alex Josey, j News Editor, Radio Malaya. in his 'Malayan Affairs' broadcast last night said it w..s a "human right we all share.* 1 "Rich and poor: tin miner, rubber tapper, shopman. merchant, government officials we all have
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    'Dead Boy' Davis To Be Operated On
    142 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE PARENTS of Edmond Da*i*. 18 year old technical assistant in tht* meteorological office at Kallang Airport, who while awaiting an operation for lung trouble in the Singapore General Hospital, was reported dead, visited him on Saturday in the hospital
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    28 2 photo. Dr. Anton F. Bruun, (left) leader of the scientific expedition in the Danish frigate Galathea. now in Singapore, and Captain S. Grove of the Danish Navy. Standard
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    Mrs. Eu Hopes Public Will Support Rally
    91 2 j A FERVENT hope that the public will rally round and give the movement their fullest support, was expressed by Mrs. Robert Eu, President of the Singapore Consumers Association, yesterday. Mrs. Eu told The Standard that .she had not lost any con- fidence
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    36 2 Photo. I.idv II in Hop I im expounds on "How to be a pood mother* to members ot the hine_«e->pe. iking; section of the Y.W.C.A. at the Mother's Day social at Raffles Quay on Saturday. David
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    Bilharzia Threat Not Serious Here
    414 2 Standard Mail Reporter THE danger of bilharzia infection, a debilitating disease transmitted by parasites in water-borne snails, i* not serious in Malaya. In fact this infection does not originate in this country, said Dr. A. A. Sandosham., the Parasitologist in the Faculty of Medicine in
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    800 Unionists Pass 14 Resolutions
    265 2 Standard Staff Reporter FOR the first time perhaps in Singapore, almost all the members of a Union, the Singapore Air Ministry Local Staff Union, numbering 800 turned up to attend the annual general meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. The meeting passed fourteen resolutions.
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    De Lattre Arrives For High Level Talks
    357 2 Met By MacDonald, Gimson At Tengah Standard Staff Reporter GENERAL de Lattre de Tassigny, C-in-C of the French Union Forces and High Commissioner of the Republic of French Indo-China, landed at Tengah airport yesterday for high level talks *vith the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm
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    PEOPLE'S CAFES: MOVE STUDIED
    248 2 Standard Staff Reporter CHANCES of Singapore's Social Welfare Department re-starting Peoples' Restaurants ,?re remote. The Standard understands that the Department is not particularly in favour of reviving the restaurant* at the moment because there are in their opinion other measures to help cut the cost of
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    TEA-PARTY FOR MR. WONG
    60 2 MR WONG Peng Swee recently Assistant C otri Iter of Posts was tefed to tea-party given by uniformed branch of the department at Maxwell Road yesterday evening. M. Wong first Asian tn be appointed to the rank A sista Controller of Posts aftei the wai te
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    4th List Of 'Fair Prices'
    156 2 4th List Of 'Fair Prices' THE following i- i> f tirth lit uf "fail priies" of rum _i*ditics i-»utj b\ the Deoaty Coatroller <>t Sapplies: CONDENSED MILK: I tin: "Lifeguard" increased from 6C to 65 cents; ••Select". "Four Cows", "Bockloksiew"—63 cts. sardines ou tins): 4 os.: "Ay am" (Portuguese) 60
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    New 1,000 Line Exchange
    110 3 MALACCA, Sun. A new 1,000 Line manual telephone excnange was cut into service at the Telecommunications Ofriee Malacca, yesterday at 2 p.m." Ihe changeover from the old ■exchange was accomplished speedily ami few, if any, o f the local subscribers were* interrupted. Tht- new switchboard costing
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    39 3 Foo Yee Yuan, second son of Mr. Foo Chin Wong, who wares Malaya on May 20, in the Canton for the United Kingdom to take up Accountancy. He is an old boy of the Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur.
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    Campers Ask For Power
    57 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The Johore Government, The Standard learns, is studying a request by the settlers of the recently formed Senai Resettlement area for electricity and a dispensary. This settlement with over 2.~0 nouses has a population of over 1,500 :\::d the need for a dispensary
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    New Rubber Shoe Led Commandos To Bandit Lair
    348 3 N e w Rubber Shoe Led Commandos To Bandit Lair Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Sun. The area around Malim Nawar, 24 miles south of Ipoh, was the latest bandit hunting ground for the 42 Commando I Royal Marines who have to date killed 28 bandits and captured 15 in their
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    Registration Of Malacca Voters Starts Tomorrow
    208 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA, Sun. Malacca Municipality is all set for the registration of voters for the forthcoming December Municipal elections. On Tuesday May 15, the various Polling Station's in the 3 Municipal Wards will be opened for registration of j voters in the
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    Malaya's Delegate
    52 3 DATO Ha.ii Mohammed Eusof, Federal Councillor, will be the only delegate for the Rotary district ot Malaya and Thailand at the forthcoming 42nd annual convention of Rotary International from Mav 27-31. Dato Eusof, who is attached to the Co-operative Department. Kuala Lumpur. left Singapore last month to attend
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    Kedah Wants More Money For Schools
    113 3 j Standard Staff Correspondent ALOR STAR, Sun. The Kedah State Council is to apply for a supplementary allocation of $57,927 from the High Commissioner, Federation of Malaya, to cover the cost of increased grants-in-aid to Chinese Schools in the State, this year. A motion
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    Another Negri Chief Installed
    68 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sat. Accompanied with customary rituals of purification and obeisance, a tribal installation took place today at the village of Rasah. near Seremban, when a territorial lembaga of headmen of the waris (tribe) di ayer of Sungei Ujong. the Dato "Maharaja di Raja
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    Govt. Employees Get New Homes
    61 3 Standard Staff Correspondent FROM the beginning of the month. Government subordinate staff in Malacca have begun occupation of the 3t> semidetached bungalows on the Government Housing Estate at Bukit Piatu. The buildings were built at an approximate cost of $200.--000. Consideration is being given to
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    Extension Plans To Seremban A-C School
    164 3 Standard Stall" Correspondent SEREMBAN, Sun. Details of a 8170.000 project for a jjirls section in the Anglo-Chinese School, Seremban, have been revealed. The plan is to increase the present enrolment of 428 to 1.022 by the addition of 17 newclassrooms. The site occupies approximately
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    34 3 KAXG SOO TEE (52) was killed and another injured in Kampong Simpah, Buttervvorth. on May 9. as a result of a coconut tree falling across their house. Yesterday the Coroner returned a misadventure verdict.
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    On The Offensive
    807 4 r |"Hh statement oi the Commissioner of Police in Singapore thai the Police Force is now on the oil. nsivc in tackling crime should do much to boost I iblic confidence, which has suffered to a noticeable 1 nl during the daik days of the December riots
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    He gave new heart to INDO-CHINA
    1307 4  - He gave new heart to INDO-CHINA PHILIPPE DAUDY mm if aaa i L Mmmf m I Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tasuugny arrespomwdewi t SIX months ago, the national Vietnamese and French forces arrayed against Ho Chi Minlrs Communist armies in Indo-China had as good as given up the war
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  • We, the People
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      Textiles: 'All We Ask Is Free Trade In Free Port
      1097 4 —The Deputy Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. A. D. Stutchbury is quoted in The Standard as saying that e Government action in pi hibiting the re-export of textiles I i Hongk g has little to do with the i stion
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      CALL FOR JUSTICE
      941 4 Sir:— l read with intense interest Mr. Tajul Aripin's letter which appeared in your widely read paper of May 9. I cannot but associate myself with all that he has stated in his letter. The Government I mean the post war admlnis t r a t i
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  • USSR SETTING STAGE FOR INTERVENTION
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      Gen. Marshall Tells Of Red Build-up In Asia And Europe
      507 5 Gen. Marshall Tells Of Red Build -up In Asia And Europe WASHINGTON, May 13 (UP)— Defence Secretary George Marshall^ has disclosed military fears that the Communists are "setting the stage for Russian intervention by charging that Japanese troops are fighting in Korea. He also told the Senate committee investigating Gen.
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      Truman Stresses Need For US 'Readiness'
      66 5 WASHINGTON, May 13 Reuter) President Truman said that present world conditions required a constant state of readiness" on the part of the U. S. merchant marine. In a proclamation setting aside May tl as National Maritime Day. he said preparedness was needed in all
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      'US Still Willing To Buy Fair Price Tin'
      352 5 'US Still Willing To Buy Fair Price Tin Malaya 'Soaking' America W AS H I N <; T O N May 13 (Renter) While j America i- willing to negotiate on a reasonable price basis, if tin producers reject such an approach anti I persist in trying to "soak" her,
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      Blackmail By India, Cox Charges
      140 5 WASHINGTON. May 13: (Reuter): Representative E. E. Cox accused India of playing Russia against the United States in an effort to "blackmail" Congress into a free gift of 2,000,000 tons of grain. He asserted in an intervi. v that "Russia is the dominating intluer.ee in
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      40 5 photo. Eileen r.ii/aoem smnes graciously at tne crowd as she and King George drive through Fleet Street on the way back to Buckingham Palace after attending the Festival of Britain service of dedication and thanksgiving at St. Paul's Cathedral. A.P
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      Entertainment For UN Troops
      65 5 Entertainment For UN Troops The flrst United Service Organisation entertainment unit has left for the Korean battle- fronts from New York. It will provide entertainment f or j soldiers of ail United Nations j forces. The unit, a group of eight entertainers, is the first to be organised since the
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        HEAVIER PENALTIES FOR PI REBELS
        238 5 MANILA, May 13 (AP):— Heavier penalties for the crimes of revolution, insurrection and illegal association, aimed at P.I. Communists and Huks, are proposed in a bill sponsored by the National Defence Department. The bill would permit judges to impose sentences from four years in prison
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        22 5 A series of minor earthquakes have shaken the West Indian Islands of St. Kitts and Nevis during the past few days. Reuter
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        40 5 Three Australian geologists have left Canberra by air for Karachi on a mineral survey expedition under the technical co-operation programme of the Colombo Plan. They will be away six months making surveys in the high Himalayan region of Pakistan. A.P
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        65 5 Talks between Nepalese Ministers and the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, in an effort to resolve the crisis in Nepal's 10-man coalition cabinet. have resulted in a compromise formula. The formaula is believed to suggest the setting up of a 40-member advisory body and the possible appointment of one or
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      Humans Can At Once Enter A-Blasted Area
      220 5 Netv Eniwetok Tests Show** SEATTLE, May 13 (AP) Representative 11. nry Jackson said that the latest mid-Pacific atomic testa at Eniwetok Atoll proving ground had shown that troops and civilian defence crews can j:o immediately into and through an area devastated hv an
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      'Russia Has Atom-Bomb Plant In China'
      129 5 'Russia Has Atom-Bomb Plant In China' I OKLAHOMA, May 13 j (Renter): Congressman i O. K. Armstrong said here I that he had seen a Chinese Nationalist intelligence re- port indicating Russia had three years ago already begun building an atomic 1 bomb works in Northwest 1 China. Mr. Armstrong.
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      Europe Union Gesture To US Congress
      155 5 STRASBOURG. May (Reuter):— The two-year-old European Assembly ha? agreed unanimously here to a^k U.S. Congressmen to meet it for a public discussion on the vital j problems of Europe «i I America. The resolution was presented by Mr. Ronald MacKay, British Labour representative, on
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      Anti-Red Safeguard Committee Quits
      79 5 WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuter): —A dmi r a 1 Chester V, Nimitz and seven other members of a Presidential Commission set up to safeguard America's internal security against Communism have resigned. President Truman has announced. The resignations followed the refusal of a Senate Committee to recommend
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      Chile Rejects UK Antarctic Protest
      40 5 SANTIAGO May 13 (AP): A Foreign Ministry spokesman said that, in a note next week, Chile will reject the British protest against Chilean bases in the Antarctic where Chile, Britain and Argentina claim =<>vereign rights.
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      46 5 Movie star Jane Russell is photographed wearing one of the. world's most expensive modern Jewellery creations, a necklace valued at US$l5O,OOO. It plays a key plot role in a film being made in that city, "The Las Vegas Story". It holds 500 diamonds weighing 200 carats.
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      Soviet Entered World War lIIn Accord With US
      523 5 Soviet Entered World War lI In Accord With US WASHINGTON, May 12 (AP)— The fateful decisive years around the end of World War II were minutely examined in a lengthy questioning of Secretary of Defence Marshall by Republican Senator William Know land of California. As the fourth day of Marshall's
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    PRICE DROP HITS SHARES
    641 6 Market Eases As Sellers Appear UNCERTAINTY was the key-note of the past week on the Singapore share market. Monday, opened with a comparatively optimistic lone but from Tuesday onwards, as the price of rubber declined, the market became considerably easier with more sellers coming forward in
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    85 WIN CROSSWORD NO. 4
    740 6 PUBLISHED below arc the 1 correct solution to Crossword No 4 and the names of those who sent in correct entries: Lionel Javatilaka, 85." Jalan Inai, Kuala Lumpur; V.V. Kanagasabai, 1725—3 Peel Road. Padu. Kuala Lumpur; V.M. Dora'.! 13 Blower Ampang Road. Kuala I.umpur; KH.
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    72 6 DR. GRACE E. PICKFORD of Yale University (left), onlv woman scientist in the Danish frigate Galathea which arrived in Singapore in the course of a two-vear round-the-world deep sea scientific expedition, Lieut Flemming. (right), nephew of the King of Denmark, is one of the navigation officers aboard the ship. Formerly
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    Distribution Of Profits
    88 6 THF. directors of Jelebu Tin Dredging Ltd.. state that after taking professional advice and having in mind the best interests nt the shareholders, they are firmly ot the opinion that it is not advisable to recommend a return of capital at the present time, but to make
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    Alor Gajah
    36 6 ALOR Gaiah Rubber Estate T.td., made a profit of $1^.799 <7i{ r foi the year ended Sept. 30. 1950. and paid 5 r o on Dec. 28. 1950. against nil previously since the war.
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    P.BraniOre-Treatment A Success
    145 6 P.BraniOreTreatment A Success Standard Staff Reporter A TOTAL of 52.851.921 is at the credit of the prufit and loss account of The Straits Trading Company Limited at Dec. 31. 1950 according to the report ol the Directors issued in Singapore on May 12. The balance, after writing ofi depreciation and
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    Canton Insurance Co. Pays HK$l5 Dividend
    42 6 The Canton Insurance Com;. any In Hongkong has announced a dividend of HKSIS per share free of tax. The company*! premium income has risen by 8tK5311.947 the highest figure ever attained by the company. Reuter AAP
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    THE REST FIGHT BACK
    410 7 Interesting Play m V k mm ww ~w promised Today To day's Play Play will begin at 11 a.m. today in the annual Europeans versus Rest cricket on the SCC ground. The Rest lead with 43 runs and four wickets in hand. II KOPEANS are in
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    Penang Race Statistics
    46 7 Penang Race Statistics s rtatisl s Kl \n I J }3 11 2 i a 2 1 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 111 0 3 I 1 12 1 12 0 1 0 0 12 o i 15 8 0 n i 0 I
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    RIVALS MEET
    28 7 photo. The Perak (left) and Selangor teams photographed before their inter-State cricket match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday Selangor won by 48 runs. C. F. Larm
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    Selangor Beat Perak By 48 Runs At KL
    444 7 Selangor Beat Perak By 48 Runs At KL KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Perak suffered their second cricket defeat of the season today when 43 minutes from close of play, Selangor beat them by 48 runs, thus repeating last year's success. Perak carried their overnight 1 score of 88 for seven td
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    Hendon Club Beat HK 2-0
    154 7 HONGKONG. May 13: (AP)— Tne visiti Lg Hendon Footoail C ab yesterday downed a combined 'Hongkong side by 2—o in a match that was move of a swim irthing else. Driving n pla: <■ s sloshing ai und in water up to the nkles One
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    Yorkshire Struggle In 'Roses' Match
    316 7 LONDON. May 12 (Reuter) Yorkshire had to struggle hard for runs in their "roses" match against Lancashire which began at Old Trafford, Manchester today. After Len Hutton, the Eng- opening bat had been dismissed for one run, Lowson and Halliday retrieved the position with some
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    MCFA CUP FIXTURES
    170 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Nine State and Settlement teams have entered for the M.C.F.A. competition which begins on June 9. This decision was reached this morning at an executive committee meeting here. Tiie draw of both sections ot the competition resulted as follows -NORTHER N: Kedah v. Penang
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    Braddell CC Win
    55 7 BRADDELL CRICKET Club won first innings points from C.Y.M.A. in the Singapore Cricket Association junior tournament played on Police ground yesterday. Braddell CC 137 for 9 (Clarke 55 not out: Rodrigues 6 for 33. CYMA 52. (Metcalfe 5 for 20) and 46 for six. (Clarke 55 not
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    S. Africans Do Well At Cardiff
    272 7 CARDIFF. May 12: (Reuter)— The South Africans, with first use of a perfect pitch in brilliantly fine weather, made 275 for five in their first innings against Glamorgan here today. For a long time the tourists battered very stolidly, but towards the end of
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    Davis Cup Results
    133 7 THE HAGUE. May 12 i Reuter >— Holland and Ireland each won a singles m#tch on the i first day of their second round European zone Davis Cup tie here today Results:— L. Kriut (Holland^ beat J D. Hackett (Ireland) 6—3, 4— ti. 6—4. 6—2. G. P.
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    Missed This Time
    27 8 photo. San I.iong (dark shirt). Star in the Indonesian attack yesterday. Just fails in this tussle with Chee Seng and other Singapore defenders. Standard
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    Perak Junior Badminton Tournament
    246 8 Perak Junior Badminton Tournament IPOH, Son.— Farmer Perak Chinese Middle Girls School student Miss Woo Yeat Kum annexed her first title in the Pel > open junior badminton championships last niuht. when, in partnership with Chan Teng K >k. she took the mixed doubles b tno irs. Chan and Miss
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    Walker Cup Leaves For US Once More
    377 8 Walker Cup Leaves For U S Once More BIKKDALK, ENGLAND, May 13 (AP)— The l/nited States gave the British their once-every-two-years glimpse of the Walker Cup yesterday, then wrapped up the amateur golf trophy to return to its perennial American home. 'i he British fought with ai azing strength to
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    GOLF
    151 8  -  Slammin Sam Snead wm. 3y Sail Jt\g*a wrong with this picture. De >ou gel it' >u_e y*u (hi It s that opoi lett hand. Wary had! At the top el the sum.; is the vcr> place the Mads must be kept closed. O: the left i grip is .Used
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    INDONESIANS TRIUMPH AGAIN
    554 8 Singapore Fade Out After Good Start A CAPACITY crowd at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday saw the Indonesian Tourists beat Singapore (SAFA) to the tune of four goals to one. It was a thrilling game and the visitors deserved to win, but had Singapore taken their chances in
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    17 8 Awang Bakar trots forwards on the remote chance that Indonesian goalkeeper. Han Seong will tumble this clearance.
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    ST. PAUL'S WIN CBOBA TOURNEY
    102 8 MALACCA. Sun Seremban's St. Paul's Old Boys Association scored a solitary goal early in the second half to claim victory over the Malacca St. Francis Association yesterday and become champions of the Brothers School Old Boys soccer tournament held here. The goal was scored by
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    Lim Bo Yam Heads Eu Tong Sen' Cup Draw
    92 8 i The results of the draw for the first round of the Eu Tong Sen Golf Cup. played at the Island Club were as follows: Lim Bo Yam who headed the qualifiers with 73—7=66 on Saturday, beat Shellard by one up.
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    SCHOOLBOYS TROUNCE SCC
    260 8 Singapore Combined Schools yesterday registered a comfortable win over a Singapore Cricket Club side by 109 runs at Rattles Institution ground after batting first and scoring 164 for seven, declared. The best efforts by the schoolboys were Steven's 52. Wong Fong Weng's 41. and Hav's 32. Sandosham
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    PENANG BEAT TAIPING & DISTRICT
    97 8 PENANG BEAT TAIPING DISTRICT PENANG, Sunday: -Taiping and District combined SOCCer [earn gave a brave but unavailing display against Penang on Victoria Green here today They were beaten by five goals 'to one. lie visitors began promisingly when Wilson sent a long pass to Southal] whose centre saw Her Penang
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    TREVOR, WHITE, FASTEST AT IPOH SPEEO TRIALS
    762 8 IPOH, Sun. Rain spoiled times but did not dampen the enthusiasm of either spectators or competitors in the Ashby Road speed trials today. But the rain brought a spate of minor crashes, and all occurred at the appropriately named "Crash Corner," where no
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    Festival Hockey
    48 8 LONDON, Mav 12: (Reuter)— Three international "Festival of Britain" hockev matches were played at the Twickenham Rugby ground today. In the first. Belgium beat England bv l— o in a men's match. England beat Scotland by five! goals to one in the women's J hockey international.
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      16 1 Singapore Standard WEGDGF vOL 1 NO. 318 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951. 12 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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      UN C'ttee Urges Ban On Arms To Red China
      357 1 UN C'ttee Urges B an On Arms To Red China \h\Y M)RK, May 14 (IP) The United Special Committee on Korean Sanctions recon mended a tight strategic embargo on jhirnnmtfl to Communist China. The special group, known as tiie Additional Measures Committee, voted 11-0 with Egypt abstaining to recommend the
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      US To Spend $5,700,000 On Taiwan's Navy
      84 1 1 May 11 (Reuter\\f \mi erica's Chief Mili- ;!v lb nese Nation- -nnn-nt. Major :!#ral \V iII i J m Curtis is .mn minced that i sited States would >o Oi 0 before the m holding up oaaßsl navy. rai <• this s
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      China Floods Feared As Yangtze Rises
      43 1 China Floods F eared As Yangtze Rises M UP) N ra ay that i er Yangta lue to in the pasl another e i the "k e -rn and completed report e-.el a E -t was ipa ed i i ed in the
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      Adm. Struble Arrives For Talks
      49 1 photo Admiral Sir Guy Russell, Naval Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, seen greeting Vice Admiral A. D. Struble (right), U.S. First Fleet Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific when the latter arrived at Changi Airport yesterday from Manila after hopping the Pacific from the United States. Standard
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      Parachute Brigade In UK Alerted
      197 1 LONDON. May 14 (AP) Britain today altered its 16th independent parachute brigade. mown as the "Fire Brigade" because it is used in emergences. A weekend order directed he brigade's 3.000 members to return to headquarters barracks at Aldershot, 35 miles 'rom London. No indication .vas
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      UN Troops Awaiting Red Drive
      116 1 TOKYO. May 14 (AP):— United Nations troops in Korea dug in and waited tori? v. confident they could stop the next Red Communist oilensive when it comes. The whole front vvas quiet, j It usually is when the Com- munista are preparing to strike. An
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      Chinese Desert To UN Lines
      75 1 KOREA. May 14 (UP) For the first time since the Korean war started a small but steady stream of Chinese deserters including officers is trickling into the United Nations lines. About a third of a^ prisoners being taken now are Chinese who give themselves up.
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      Labourite Opposes West Army
      169 1 Labourite Opposes West Army STRASBOURG, May 14 (UP) W. Gleuvii Hall. British! Labour Party spokesman, today j attacked a proposal for a European army as an attempt which can only "foster illusions." Speaking to the Consultaitve Assembly of the Council of Europe, Hall said Western Europe's detence can only be
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      Radio Ceylon To Relay VOA
      150 1 COLOMBO. May 14 (Reuter) —The United States is to relay the Voice of America over Radio Ceylon, it was officially announced here today. An agreement was concluded today between Prime Minister Don Stephen Senanayake and United States Ambassador John Satterthwaite, the announcement said. Simultaneously, another
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      KING ON HOLIDAY
      52 1 BALMORAL, Scotland. May 14 (Reuter) King George VI relaxed quietly here today on the first full day of his Scottish holiday. Snow on the hilltops overlooking Balmoral Castle made a pioturesque setting for his stay. The King is here for about a week with the Queen and
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      Gen. Harding Thanks All For Support
      296 1 Standard Stall Reporter "MANY dangers and difficult ties lie ahead but I am confident that you will never falter in your duty." said General Sir John Harding, C.in-C, FARELF. yesterday in a Special Order of the Day, to commemorate his giving up of the
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      Syria Asks Egypt For Arms Aid
      87 1 CAIRO, Mav 14: (Reuter)—Syria has asked Egypt for military aid. especially planes, it was disclosed here today. Syria was also said to have sent a similar request to Iraq who was understood to have agreed to send 18 Spitfire fighter planes. To SVidy the
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      Woman Killed
      47 1 A CHINESE woman met with instantaneous death shortly after noon yesterday when she was bull-dozed by a train near the Tanglin Station at Buona \ista Road— Alexandra Road junction. The woman was alleged to be trying to cross the railway track when the accident occurred.
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      FOUND DEAD
      47 1 HONGKONG, May 14 (ReuterAAP) Lt. D.F.H. Carter of the Royal Artillery was found dead on Clear Water Bay Road. Kowloon, last Thursday night, it was announced today. A postmortem held the following day showed that Carter died from a gunshot wound. Investigations are still proceeding.
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      'US Will Have To Fight Alone'
      105 1 EDINBURGH. May 14:— (Reuter)— A Church of Scotland survey of international affairs declared today that if the United States launched a preventive war she would almost certainly wage it alone. war was scarcely conceivable but that the fear of it had caused serious anxiety.
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      Chinese Assaulted In Road Accident
      79 1 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon.— A group of Malays assaulted. a Perak Chinese businessman Ng Yin. and his Chinese driver. Chan Mooi. following a car accident in which a Malay boy was knocked down at Tanjong 'Tokong Road, about 3 p.m. today. Ng Yin and
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      3-Power Military Talks To Open Today In S'pore
      683 1 3-Power Military Talks To Open Today In S'pore TOP-RANKING military representatives of America, Britain and France are lined up today at Phoenix Park, Singapore to begin a series of important conferences on the military problems in South-East Asia. The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, has to a large extent been responsible
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      Gen. de Lattre Sees Gurkhas In Action
      257 1 Standard Staff Reporter GEN. de LATTRE de Tassigny, C-in-C of th* French Union Forces* in Indo China, will take off by helicopter from Bukit Serene for Phoenix Park this morning to attend a high 1 vel military conference. The General yesterday drove to
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      Reds Won't Get Rubber Shipped From Singapore
      130 1 LONDON. May 14 (Reuter) Official circles in London believed today that a shipment of 3.700 tons of rubber which left Singapore on Saturday for China will be stopped. The Governor of Hongkong, where the ship Nancy Moller is due, has power to detain
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      Sikh Succumbs To Injury
      64 1 lIAKAN SINGH, a M year oil Sikh, who was involved in a fight with another Sikh in Chander Road on Sunday evening, in winch staves were used, died in the General Hospital yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Police detained man in this j connection. Makan Singh waa
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      VIPs ARRIVE FOR 3-POWER TALKS
      370 2 Adm. Struble, 3 French Chiefs Land At Changi THREE plane loads of top ranking United States and French Military onunanders and their staff officers landed one after another at Changi Airport >e>ter<lav. A' U.S. Navy Skymaster brought Vice-Admiral A. D. Struble, U.S. First Fleet CommandtT-in-Chit-f
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      SPECULATION ON 'YANKS ARE COMING'
      364 2 Standard Staff Reporter TALK circulating in Singapore yesterday that US. air force; men and US. sailors might be stationed in the Colony was welcomed by traders. 1 w 4 girls, dance bost< sses, and a host of other pe< pie, A B B ssistanl In
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      Nair To Probe Stall Allocation
      187 2 A PROBE Into the allocate 0 uf stalls to the various hawkers in Seng Poh Road Municipa] Market in the Tiong Bahru Estate will be called fori by Labour Party Municipal j Commissioner fur South Ward, Mr. MP D. Xair. Mr. Nair told Tiie Standard
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      MOVED FROM IPOH
      36 2 INCHE Amirnddin bin Mohd. Hak'lm. Labour Officer, of Ipoh. is now attached to the Kuantan j Labour Department. Together with Mr. Toh Kin San. Chinese Labour Officer, their duties cover Trengganu and Kelantan.
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      Strike Threat: Raj Meets Hospital Men
      100 2 Strike Threat: Raj Meets Hospital Men Standard Staff Reporter THE 800 Singapore Government hospital attendants who recently wrote to the Colonial Secretary that they would strike work if their claims for revision of salary are not settled at an early date, have been urged by Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj
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      Indian Girl Dancers Perform Toniglit
      295 2 Success In Federation Standard Staff Reporter THE Padmaja group of Indian dancers will open their Singapore _*ea_*on at the New World tonight expounding the ancient Baharata Nat vain of South India and Kathakali. the silent mimic drama of their home, Kerala. They have danced their
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      39 2 photo. Vice-Admiral A. D. Struble, U.S. First Fleet Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific inspecting the Guard of Honour from the R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) when he arrived at Changi airfield yesterday. This is Vice Admiral Struble's first visit to Singapore. Standard
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      New High In S'pore Road Accidents
      123 2 New High In S'pore Road Accidents Standard Staff Reporter ROAD accidents in Singapore reached a new hi.'.i during April, when 808 accidents were recorded, or an average rate of about 27 accidents per day. Eleven persons were killed in April, while one died as a result of an accident in
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      MCs Seek: Powers Of Arrest
      214 2 Illegal Slaughter Standard Staff Reporter ILLEGAL slaughtering of pigs by hawkers and others in Singapore is resulting in considerable loss of revenue to the Municipal Commissioners. This was revealed at a recent meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Commissioners. The receipts
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      More Patients Can't Pay Fees
      80 2 Standard Staff Reporter PATIENTS who cannot afford to pay doctors' fees and medicines are increasing in Singapore, states the report of the Muslimin Trust Fund Association which runs a free clinic called the Alsagoff Outdoor Dispensary in Palembang Road. Stating that those "with better means"
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      BODCA's 1951 Officials
      117 2 FOLLOWING were elected Officebearers of BO. DC. A. for 1951-52: Patrons: Brigadier C. H. Macwittie, Director of Ordnance Services. FARELF; Col R.C.C. Turton —Commandant 223 BOD; Lt. Col. L. Briggs Major R. J. L. Bessel. Major G. M. Rogers. President: P. Gupta; Vice President: S. T. V.
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      37 2 Dhoto THREE Travancore girls, Padmaja, Lalitha and Subhadra, who v"H open their Singapore dance season at the old cabaret hall in New World. The dances start at Ria every night and will continue for ten days.- Standard
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      Stole Lady's Cycle
      43 2 YOUNG Ramasamy, who had a previous conviction, warn sentenced to one year's r.i. to be followed with two years police supervision by magi<:>jte, Mr. H. L. Wrigglesworth, for theft of a lady's bicycle at Phee Choon Road on April 1.
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      Pilot Driver Saves Train From Crash
      174 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The presence of mind and stout heart of the driver of the pilot train which preceded the night mail carrying Mili- tary personnel from Singapore ;on Thursday night averted a crash. In the early hours of Friday morning,
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      CLERK INJURED IN ACCIDENT
      111 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A Chinese Government clerk was badly injured today when the car which he was driving along Pudu R >ad. Kuala Lumpur, this afternoon, collided with another car coming from Pu'iu towards the town. The clerk was going in the direction
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      Airmen Visit Johore Bahru
      101 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon— Over one hundred officers and men of ie Royal Air Force stationed at Tengah, Seletar and Changi. with their wives and children, visited Johore Bahru yesterday; The partv travelled from Singapore to Johore Bahru in five RAF buses— two of which were double
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      New Police Station
      53 3 THE eighth permanent degular police station to be built in Negri Sembilan since the emergenev, apart from a number of police posts throughout the State was opened on Saturday bv Y*T.M Undang of Sungei Ujong, Dato Klana Putra Mohd. Kassim bin Dato Nika Haji Abdul Rashid, at
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      Ex-MPAJA Man Shot Dead In Pahang
      193 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A former member of the MPAJA who went underground at the outbreak of the Emergency, was shot dead by security forces early this morning in Triang, Pahang. He was Lim Kim Seng, 26-year-old Hokkien, who was dressed in
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      Councillor To Attend Rotary Meet
      108 3 Councillor To Attend Rotary Meet DATO Haji Mohammed Euosf, Federal Councillor, will be the only delegate for the Rotary district of Malaya and Thailand at the forthcoming 42nd annual convention of Rotary International at Lake Placid, New York, from May 27-31. Dato Eusof. who is attached to the Co-operative Department,
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      30 3 CHEE See Lip, a lorry driver. who drove his lurry ov. a public road without a number plate, was fined S5O. or ten days rigorous imprisonment by the Kluang magistrate.
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      Tribal Chief Installed
      69 3 SEREMBAN. Hm- At Rasah, the traditional seat of the chiefs I of the war is di ayer of Sungei j Ujong, the new tribal headman (lembaga) of the waris di ayer.; one Of tiie two tribes of Seremban and Port Dickson, was installed in office today. He
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      Seremban Fashion Show
      69 3 SEREMBAN. Mon.— Modern dresses, exquisite cheong sams. brflhant and Malay bajus figured in a f rand fashion show of the ancient and modern dresses Of East and wesi. stared bv the YWCA to raise funds for their building. Staf |peaLig at the function. M«. J. Wtahart .the
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      ALLEGED GUN THREAT
      91 3 JOHORE BAHRIT, Mon.-L.ee Kim Wah. Interpreter to the Gurkhas at Linden Estate, Johore, claimed trial, in the Magistrate's Court, to a charge of being found drunk and disorderly while in possession of a revolver. It was alleged that Lee ivim Wah took a revolver and threatened to
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      Govt. Building Plans Progress In Kluang
      283 3 Govt Building Plans Progress In Kluang Standard Staff Correspondent KLUANG, Mon. Although large scale private building operations are more or less confined only to minor repairs, work on essential Government buildings is progressing satisfactorily. The re-settlement camps are a hive of industry and work is progressing rapidly in spite of
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      Councillor Entertained
      91 3 SEREMBAN, Mon. Woman Federal Legislative Councillor, Che Siti Rahman blnti Salleh of Kuala Lumpur, told the members, of the Negri Sembilan and Malacca branch of the Telecomms Telephone Operators Union at a dinner party in Seremban that she would not forget that she is still one of them
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      HEAVY STRIKES ON TERRORISTS
      89 3 BANDIT target areas in Perak and Negri Sembilan were attacked by Brigand light bombers and Tempest fighters of the R.A.F. in heavy airstrikes yesterday. The Brigands and Tempests both blasted the Perak target, while two Brigand formations went for the one in Negri Sembilan. Bomb, rocket
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      LIFE BEGINS EARLY IN AMPANG; STRICT CURFEW
      472 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Life began early today in the little mining town of Ampang on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur since a strict curfew \sa* imposed on the town from yesterday until further notice. People who had to go to
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      Big Rise In Post Office Savings Bank
      161 3 Big Rise In Post Office Savings Bank Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. 1 ie greater interest taken in [the Pbst Office Savings Back t by anal] investors, is reflected in the number oi new accounts opened last month 5,400 M 044 more than m March During Aj.il $4399,243 111
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      Banishee Who Returned, Jailed
      61 3 Banishee W ho Returned, Jailed JOHORE BAHRU. H A Chinese woman. Wong Har. who returned to Malaya after she was banished from the Federation in 1949 was sentenced to two years' I in the Sessions Court here. Wong was arrested near Scudai J during a security screening on I Dec.
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      Took Fare, Fined
      27 3 KIEW Swee, private car driver, who admitted havi g carried one passengei foi hire was lined 1300 in the Jo! in 1 Magistrate's Court
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        226 4 Standard Air Reporter KARACHI or bust! That is the determination of 80-year old Abdul Fuzzles, who was assisted out of Kallanf Airport on the arm of a Qantas hostess after arriving by a Q.E.A. Constellation from Sydney yesterday. Sixty-five years ago, Abdul ran away from home in
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        New Bill To Discourage Exhumation
        153 4 New Bill To Discourage Exhumation Standard Staff Reporter A BILL to amend the Burials Ordinance in order to discourage exhumation of corpses by licence within t\vc years from the date of burial is to be introduced into the Singapore Legislative Council .it its meeting on May 22. The Bill provides
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        French Officers Arrive
        157 4 The Chief of Staff of the French Air Force in Paris, General Fay (fourth from left) with the French Naval Com-mander-in-Chief. Far East. Admiral Ortoli i second from left) and the French Air Officer Commanding' Indo-China. Gen. Pelissier (extreme right) seen taking the salute on their arrival
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      Four Ways To Ease Traffic Congestion
      221 4 A FOUR-POINT suggestion to relieve traffic congestion in Singapore, now that the introduction of motor trishas has been banned by two committees of the Municipal Commission, was made by Mr. George Lee, proprietor of George Lee Motors, in an interview with The Standard, yesterday.
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      30 Absconded From Muslim Orphanage
      72 4 30 Absconded From Muslim Orphanage Standard Staff Reporter THIRTY boys of the Muslim Boys' Orphanage at Lorong 29, Geylang Road absconded "because of inability to study and do their school and orphanage duties." states the report of the Musiimin Trust Fund Association which runs the orphanage. The education of the
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      PRAISE FOR RUBBER MEN
      57 4 A TRIBUTE to "the steadfastness with which they have faced the dangers and supplied the world with a commodity which is necessary to civilization today*' was paid recently by Mr. Dugdale. Minister of State to the Rubber Producers of Malaya. He was replying for the Government
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      More Potatoes For S'pore
      109 4 More Potatoes For S'pore THE passenger and freight ship. Ruys. which arrived here from South American and South African ports brought as her main cargo for Singapore 8.940 crates and 6,220 bags ol potatoes. Besides the above cargo the vessel brought 941 packages of sundries. 2.300 cases ot apples. 20,580
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      Seamen's Registrar
      23 4 MR. JOHN ANTHONY Leighton Pavitt has been appointed to be Deputy Registrar of Seamen, Singapore in place of Mr. F.W. Jannings.
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      Pan-Malagan Art Show For S'pore
      166 4 Standard Malay Correspondent AN EXHIBITION of Malay arts and handicrafts from all over Malaya under the auspices of the Malay Society of Art, Malaya, will be held in Singapore some time this year. This was announced yesterday by Inche C Mahat, President of the Society.
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      US Adult Education Team To Combat Illiteracy In Malaya
      291 4 US Adult Educa tion Team To Combat Illiteracy In Malaya Standard Staff Reporter A MISSIONARY team of Americans concerned wilh the problem of adult education and combatting illiteracy will arrive in Singapore from Rangoon on Friday, May 25 on a six-day tour of Malaya. The team is led by Dr.
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      Korean Wounded Fly Home
      112 4 SICK and wounded men reI presenting five of the United Nations fighting in Korea are due to leave Singapore this [homing by air for their homelands. They are 14 British, seven Belgian, three French and one each Dutch and South African casualties. They were flown to
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      68 4 MR. NIK DAI I District Oflirer in I' in KHanlan returned Singapore b\ i < f r MI Constellation from after c unpleting sh:re Course for ad tive officers in H» He i- to ait.t lied 1,, the Suite s< Ipoh. "London is newsmen at tl "but Uk great seen
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      Lee Clan Officials
      140 4 FOLLOWING are the oo\cbearers ol the Singapore Teochew Lee Clan Mutual He]., Sm ic President: Lee Soo Mok. VicePresidents: Lee Yam Buck. Lee S v. Che sk. Lee Guan Choi. Lee Cher Lim. Lee Choon Hee. and Lee Swee Chek. Secretary: Lee Choon Bag: hast Secretary: Mi
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      New Treasurer
      43 4 HAJI MOHAMED KHAN of 35, Nunes Building, Malacca Street, Singapore has been appointed Hon. Treasurer of the Nadra Appeal Fund in place of Syed Abdullah Ben Yahya who is leaving the Colony state* a release from The Muslim League of Singapore.
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        532 4 piSlQ^pfts DEATH MADAM Ho Siew Nong. beloved wife of Mr Kwok Ah Keng.. passed away at 43. Butler Road. .Seremban at 3.40 p.m on May 13th. She leaves behind her husband. Mr. Kwok Ah Keng and four children The funeral took place at 4 30 p.m. on May 14th after
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        95 4 SINGAPORE JJIAEJ CHINESE Y.M.C.A.. Selegie Road: Teacher Rest House Committee meeting 5.30 p.m., Basket ball 5.30 p.m.. Body building 5.:'.0 p.m.. Table tenuis 7.30 p.m.. Evening school 5-9 p.m., Student free English classes 7— 9 p.m. Y.W.C.A., Raffles Quay: Mandarin (advanced) 10.30 a.m.. Ballroom Dancing (advanced) 5 p.m. BRITISH Council
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      Bandits Warn Malays, Kill Chinese Tapper
      243 5 >i iii r.iiuniii, .uuii. How two Malay tappers living on a Chinese owned rubber estate in Pondok I.abu. Pro. vine? Weilesley. were confined in their house and prevented from assisting a Chinnese colleague, who was shot dead bv bandits, was told to (he Abdul
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      More Loans Taken From Thrift Body
      135 5 More Loans Taken From Thrift Body Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Mon.— The number and amount of loans in- creased last year due to the 1 grant of loans to new members to enable them to pay off their debts and to existing members who had to meet medical expenses, says
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      Aw-Goh Wedding At Khek Assn.
      163 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. A large crowd of friends and relatives attended the wedding of Miss I.ilv Goh. eldest daughter of Mr" and Mrs. Goh Hee Beng. and Mr. Aw Khoon Hai, second son of Mr. Aw Tong Kai and the late Madam Chen
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      Donates House For School Library
      77 5 Standard Stall Correspondent TLLUK ANSON, Mon.— When the Mentri Besar of Perak opened the new An_>lo-Chinese School at Teluk Anson, during the week-end, he was told that Mr V.R.N. Kannapa Chettiar donated a house for a school library and reading room, in memorv of his
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      Union Boss Calls For Faith
      140 5 IPOIf. Mon.— A call to members of the P.W.D. Union, Perak branch, to have "faith, hope and courage." was made by the newlv elected chairman. Mr. R. A. Parthan. at today* annual general ingDeelarin? that the members of the Union were not as united as
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      MRS. KWOK DIES
      35 5 THE death took place at 43. Butler Road. Seremban. at 3.40 p.m. on Sunday of Mrs. Kwok Ah Ker.tj. wile of Mr. Kwok Ah Keng. Negri Sembilan representative ot" the Shell Co.
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      Dodging Now A Slow Process
      73 5 PENANG, M >n. Groups of Chinese youths waited patiently outside the Port Health office early this morning following news that vaccine would be available as from today, but 50 of them wore attended to by the port health officer. In order to avoid congestion, tiie
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      New Labour Party
      34 5 i PENANG. Mm. The in.v.:gural general mooting to esta- blish the Labour Party in Penanf will be h^!ri at the Penanj Clerical and Administrative Stafl I Union, 27 Ansoo Road, tomorrow
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      Merchants Complain Of RI Sarong Ban
      123 5 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Mon. Local merchants trading in the hant'.looni l'alayakat Sarongs, have made representations to Mr. M. <;<)|:ola Menon, Representative of the Government of India, over the sudden banning of the importation of their sarongs by the Indonesian Government. Thoy informed Mr.
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      Bureaucracy Nears End
      142 5 PENANG. Mon.— ln a broadcast today, on tiie opening of ihe Penang electoral rolls, Mr. H. G. Hammett. Municipal President said: "The days of benevolent bureaucracy are coming to an end and it will soon be for the people of Malaya themselves to decide who shali direct
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      Mine In Graveyard Approved
      293 5 MINER PROMISES TO BUILD SCHOOL Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Mon. A public meeting of Kinta Chinese today gave approval to Mr. Choong Sanrs application for a portion of the burial ground reserve at Pinji to carry out mining operations. Mr. Choong, who owns a mine reputed
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      33 5 Picture shows the District Officer, Butterworth. Mr. S. T. Stewart, laying: the foundation stone of the Mah Wah Chinese School at the squatter resettlement area. Tassek Glugor, Province Well?sley. on Wednesday last week.
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      Judgment Held In Bank Of China Case
      260 5 PENANC, Mon. Judgment was re_**rve<l at the conclusion of the hearing of the appeal before Mr. Justice Jobling in the Supreme Court today, in the ease in which four men Lim K m Cheng, Yeap Bean Hong. Lee Eng Hock ami Saw Boon
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      Illegal Entry
      74 5 TELOK ANSON, Mon —Four Indonesians, three men and a woman, were produced before Magistrate Che Abdul Hamid on charges of entering the Federation without visas. The four, Manap bin Tungga, Majid bin Sais, Husah bin Ujang and Rubia binti Ujang were alleged to have landed at Sungei Besar,
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      Festival Called Grandest Show On Earth Today
      258 5 llN)if, Mon. Memories of a two-hour glimpse of I lie Festival ot Britain will not Im* forgotten canity hy IVrak'n newly appointed Slate Seeretary, Inehe o*maii hin Talih, who rccri\eil his instrument of appointment from the Sultan of Perak al ihe Council Chamber
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      40 5 tang Allied Di pertuan Mu«. and his hride. 'A (UP) Mulia Te a k u oh < daughter of Hit Su.. Selangor. at the "ftersandii... ceremony and eating of "Nasi Srmangat" celebrated at Istana Mai i a h early this month.
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      Johnny Lam Wins Singing Contest
      64 5 Johnny Lam W ins Singing Contest PENANG. lion. Mr. Johnny Lam. who sang the popular hit. "Down the old Spanish Trail won the 'cowboy songs 1 competition held at the City Lights i dance hail last night He scored 17 points. Mr. HL Richards was second with 14 points, while
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      12 Villages Elect Own Committees
      137 5 SUNGEI PATAM. M X"he arious communttie <>t Baling District at a recent augural meeting elected 'op Baling District Communal i roodm tl Commttb e utd 1 2 Village Committees for Km a Ketil, Binjoi. Tawar. Kc tn ba, Kuala Pegai g, Kuperig, Pulai, Baling. Bandar,
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      Boy, Am I Tough!
      765 6 IT would seem that 'here are some American politicians who are so tough thai they have to use wire tooth-brushes and pay regular visits to b_:.:." sal ions to keep the hair on their chests under control. They aif so nv.scle-bound that they c\c.:. Bex their
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      THE AFRICAN DILEMMA
      1114 6  - THE AFRICAN DILEMMA PATRICK O'DONOVAN Bv "[Y displaying a reasonable (and easily acquired) despair for the future of Africa, it is necessary to be careful. For the British portion of the continent is not facing difficnlties of a quite new kind; it contains the seeds of most of the troubles
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        NOT THE BEST WEAPON
        522 6 Sir. Il I?* inferred from tht various Pr* I*!*1 reports lhat llu- 6,000 strong Vi D Civilian employees in ihe Colony are shortly to effeel a strike if the good employers, this includes the War Office as well, do not accede to the terms of wages
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        Is Democracy On The March?
        419 6 (By ASTER GUNASEKERA) DEMOCRACY, we are told, is on the march in the Federation. As proof of this proud finger is pointed in the direction ot the member system of Government, descrioed as the first step on the road to eventual self-govern-ment. But is democracy
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        TRAVELLER DEMANDS VALUE FOR MONEY
        296 6 Sir: Banyak Susan of Singapore has voiced the sentiments of the travelling public of this Colony by writing about tiie "anomalies" ni the S T.C. bus service. As a traveller who daily spends more than a dollar on the S.T.C service for himself and his
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        HAS WORRIES ENOUGH
        347 6 Sir. With reference to the Open Letter from Mr. Rahman A. Devan. published in your issue of April 24, I feel that I owe the members of our Union, and perhaps the general reading public, an explanation as to why my reply did not appear in the
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      Review of Views
      104 6 Review of Views Back The Ban BRITAIN'S bai Communi I theme ol Singapon Jit Poh esci ibed an "int* will und"!-. backing ot the world." ["he Dai obi cision result it mship and C Am. I Churc "Only a lew Malaya wil] d "bv the ba 1 ver. Ch d
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      VICTIMS OF NAZI "SCIENCE"
      538 6  -  O. M. GREEN BV: LONDON" SEARCH is still being made tor surviving victims of the so-called "scientific experiments" carried out in the Nazi concentration camps and ist il 1 there is no exact information as to their numbers nor any clear idea of what can be
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        12 6 •UK _N T l Have you heard the latest... a& ijmAx Rolled.Oats
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      Chase:Taiwan May Become War Theatre
      298 7 Chase:Taiwan May Become War Theatre I \IUf I. H«J I t (l l*)— Major Genera] William C. t niiimamlcr ot ihe I nit<*<l States military mission i,.ino -a, lodaj warned that this island could become a war theatre. unase tola a press conference: "This could become a very active sector
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      US To Fight Any Attempts To Hand Over Taiwan
      81 7 ISHINGTON. May 13 i Catted states attempts to "Formosa ira to tlie oniniuniNt Covern ,t< 0— k tals said I this "realistic supports previous i iran i tews that the 1943 igreenC— I to return to the Republic of ■i.i did
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      ABC Newsmans tody Found In Oslo Harbour
      62 7 (UP) Moore, i B ting O mwho dis- sterious here asl De> fc daj In ur. r I IS the I e I M pc t wish t es time res ed e Ui group lents I Gei a i I I a
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      HK Has Wettest Weekend Of Year
      72 7 HK Has Wettest W eekend Of Year M Renterpassed its I te vear fe I in signal Na I was evening a pll afflc bet aee i r\ c was ed except I a Mac be. «re isted here j id .ing air- its. At least p es flew over
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      Planes For Karachi
      28 7 fPRUS, May 14: I r fi 2h*e r s I kings landed their a ty K ichi They Pakistan Aii j o iwn to Karachi
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      Ridgway's Stirring Letter Read
      177 7 Ridgway 's Stirring Letter Read NEW YORK. May 14 (AP) The United Nations Commander in the Far East. General Mathew B. Ridgway. said in a letter read this weekend at his church here that U.N. soldiers can see on the scarred roads of Korea why they fight "Hundreds of thousands
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      Japan To Get Huge Aid From US
      39 7 Japan To Get Huge Aid From US WASHINGTON. May 13 (UP) —-High American officials said tonight that thev expected Japan would get the full $150,000,000 in American relief and rehabilitation money budgeted for the Osteal year ending June 1942.
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      BURMA ELECTION
      40 7 RANGOON. May 14 (AP>—lf Burma's Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League (AFPFL) loses the coming general election, the country will" be handed over to Communists and there will be a fresh civil war. Kyaw Nyein. Co- operatives Minister, predicted today,
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      US Develops Some Deadly New Weapon!
      276 7 WASHINGTON. May 13 (UP)— Brigadier General R. S. Moore. Congressional Liaison Officer for the Army, said today that the United States has developed deadly new weapons that are far superior to anything Russia has. Among them he listed hand grenades that "will kill any
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      Flies 1,000 Miles With Heaviest Load
      43 7 LOS ANGELES. Mav 14 (AP' —A Douglas Globemaster Eleven has flown with the heaviest load carried bv a mass-produced transport plane—90 tons which it carried—for a distance of 1.000 miles, unloaded, then returned to base without refuelling.
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      Resignation Accepted
      48 7 PUSAN. Korea. Mav 14 (AP)— The National Assembly today voted 77 to 10 to accept the resignation of "Vice-President Lee See Yung, aged 82. Last week the Assembly voted against the acceptance. Lee had complained, he had no real authority and criticised President Rhee's Cabinet selections.
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      COMPOSER DIES
      50 7 NEW YORK, May 14 (AP)— Old time music composer Bert Grant, 72. died in a nursing home here after a long illness. He composed such favourites as "the Rocky Road to Dublin." "When the An gel us is ringing." and "If 1 knock the 'L' out of Kellv".
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      39 7 General cle Lattre de Tassigny is shown how Security Forces fight the bandits in a mock battle yesterday. On the right is Col. Todd of the Army Public Relations. (See Story on Page 1) Photo by Peter Robinson Studios.
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      Marshall To Ask $8,000 Mil. For Defence
      157 7 WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuter) The United States Secretary of Defence, General George Marshall, plans to ask Congress for several thousand million dollars possibly six to eight thousand million for a gigantic military building programme. A spokesman for the House Armea Services Committee said
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      Aly Dances.. Rita Seeks Divorce
      5 7 Aly Dances. Rita Seeks Divorce
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      Harriman Says Soon But Bridges Thinks It May Be Long Time
      333 7 When Will Korean War End 2 WASHINGTON, May 14 (AP)— -W. Averill Harrimau, special assistant to President Truman, said Sunday that the Korean war may end "next week, the week after, in a month or in two months." Harriman
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      Leaves Korea
      35 7 j qomfwufrf tv vr_nr\ L^™BE IN KOREA, JJ** l*| ifif^li L r iSfl£ pipes 01 tne tional lumci ki__cs j d f n to members „t K* Midd]escx Battalion when §|y^^g omB/^SBW^ fnr
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      Reports Of Peking's Difficulties With People. Russia Grow
      243 7 Reports Of Peking 's Difficulties With People. Russia Grow WASHINGTON, May 11 MP) tinnils that ike fed Chinese regime i> running into difficulties with both tinChinese people ami also w\l\\ Bwilfci are piling up in ashington. Tiie reports tell of disafiTection and unrest inside China, some of which is blamed
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      Whaler Capsizes
      52 7 VALETTA. MALTA. Mav 13: Reuter)—Five British sailors j swam ashore when their whaler j capsized here today, but pla .esl and boats were tonight still} scouring the coast for a sixth man—who cannot swim. The Malta Broadcasting Corporation recalled tthe crew the destroyer "Chieftain*' t< join in the
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      Iran Premier Says His Life Threatened
      155 7 TFHERAN. May 13 (UP) Iranian Premier Mohai ed Mossadeq told Parliament today that his life has "een threatened by Fidaiyan Lsla the same lanatic Moslem gang which assassinated his preoeeessor Ali Razmara. rhe 69-year-old Prime 1 ter's voice quivered wn as he told the
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      South KoreanS Express Gratitude To Britons
      63 7 South KoreanS Express Gratitude To Britons zokyo. w >■■ •■>■- AAP) —Ar officii South Kor< in delegation wen to the B tish Embassy here today to express their country's gratitude I the galla it action >1 the G <■ ters in the C mmunist off* e last inonth rhey conveyed
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      Noted Gorilla In NY Bronx Zoo Drowns
      221 7 NEW YORK, Mav II (MM—Makoko. Wm.xv old gorilla, drowned in a neal in tiie Bronx Zoo >iin<ln\. More than a thonnnnd persons witnessed tin tra««-<l\. mmm the heroism of a keeper ot hir«U who plunged in to rescue th«* pert apt'. t-. I
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        37 7 jfc"3^| I THE FLOOR IS 7'\ WHAT WAS W^TTP] SiT, ufl f~ -TH^m^T OH ■IW'Sr'i v, caving in f-r^-y that noise, mo^Wkm how f -^trW 1 not X^aj 2=^z^^/^«^r L NANCY v—^K^^i AWFUL ./> j 3*m A so
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      Impressive Buildings Only May Be Built Along Robinson Rd.
      279 8 Impressive Buildings Only May Be Built Along Robinson Rd. Vacant Plots For Offices Standard Staff Reporter U \NT plots of lands fronting Robinson Road near the Chung Khian Bank Ltd., behind the bank and the Cable and Wireless offices and in between the newlv constructed roads are for public sale
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      Bombay Rice Scheme
      59 8 The Government of Bombay I has sanctioned a Rs. 6,000,000 scheme for intensive cultivation of rice In the State. It is estimated that over two million acres of land in the State are suitable for such cultivation. Seed. manure and insecticides are to be supplied by the
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      US Worried Over Price—Not Lack
      544 8 US Worried Over Price— Not Lack *Tin Crisis Overplayed' Standard Stall Reporter \.[r lIN CRISIS has been overplayed, considering lhat \i Bt ria has an estimated IWO vear?* supply of the metal on liaml in public or private hands besides bong asanfvd of Boli\ia"s annual OOtpnl of 35,000 tons, says
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      61 8 The new chief of the Economic Section of the L'.S. Consulate in Singapore. CS. Consul Joseph Ragatnick, who arrived in Singapore vesterd.lv by a Qantas BOAC Constellation from London. Consul Rag-.it nirk is from the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., where he had been attached for the List 10
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      US Tin, Rubber Imports Down In February
      139 8 US Tin, Rubber Imports Down In February 11l I tUIMUI J AMERICAN imports dropped in February, with notable decreases in rubber. woo!. nonferrous ores. tin. petroleum, semi-manufactured goods burlap and newsprint. Exports rose appreciably, with raw foodstuffs and finished manufactures leading the increase. Tne decline in imports of crude materials
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      80,000 Workers Celebrate Philips Diamond Jubilee
      399 8 80,000 Workers Celebrate Philips Diamond Jubilee Standard Staff Reporter AGENTS IN MALAYA of the international industrial organisation of the Philips Industries of Eindhoven (Holland) are following with interest Hu* diamond juhilee celebrations of the workers and management whom iiie\ represent. The sole agents in Malaya of Philips are William Jacks
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      Parit Perak 1950 Div. To Be 40 pc
      198 8 THE directors of Parit Perak Rubber Co. will recommend payment of a first and final dividend ot 40 per cent. less tax for the year ended Dec. 31, 1950, at the general meeting of the company tomorrow in Penan?. After charging replanting
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      Foreign Capital In India Firms
      71 8 Foreign Capital In India Firms The amount of capital repatriated from India since July 1947 is estimated to be Rs 440 million, while fresh foreign capital invested in India, since 1947. was estimated at about Rs 80 million. This figure did not include any re-investments of profits earned by foreign
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      Nationalise Transport After Telephones: Lim
      600 8 ■'SB O mfmt Wm> m.m Standard Staff Reporter i HOPE was expressed hy Labour Party President Mr. Lim Yew Hock that the decision of the Government to exercise its option to acquire the Singapore telephone system as from Dec. 31, 1954 would he followed by
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      50,000-Year-Old Seeds Sprout
      112 8 50,000- Year-Old Seeds Sprout TWO lotus seeds, believed to be 50.000 years o:d. netian sprouting a tew days after horticulturists in Washington prepared them tor germination. Trie seeds were lound in Manchuria and made available to the United States by Dr. Seido Endo, paleontologist of Sendai University in Japan. I
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      Govt Ends Use Of Aliases In Trade
      140 8 Stamford Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government has derided to al>olish tbe use of aliases or nicknames in the registration of business names to prevent tax. evasion. It is understood that the use of aliases has enabled many businessmen to evade paying nigher income tax
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      LONDON COPRA SPOT PRICE
      77 8 LONDON copra spot market price fixed by the committee of London Copra Association last week, usual terms of the Association's contract No. 2 for settlement on difference or deficit delivery under clau.se seven were as follows: Fair Merchantable Sundried Straits £110 FM Straits £109. The prices
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      CHECKING EROSION
      35 8 Indian villagers will shortly be given training by United Nations experts in checking soil erosion and methods of raising farm output. The scheme will be worked through the UN. Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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      JOHAN TIN OUTPUT
      28 8 Sime, Darby and Co. report that the April output of Johan Tin Dredging, Ltd. was: 25 19 piculs. Tribute to Company for April was $1097.
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      Free Gold Mart As Solution
      143 8 KUALA l "ll ;_> .j.;.-. nod uwtt oa person tfe*. menl ■nesting infltl a U to statu la its March iss to oott if living T.e ec. s'.ep Governme I lo ball be been to re C< 'I.A forGoi should be st a the sttuati
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      Big Tyre Orders For US Firms
      37 8 Big Tyre Orders For US Firms have r« defence t Street .1 mri A toUl «if srden foi i lace I witl i turns bnee District 1 i w casi gi I i In additi E I
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      Padifields Of Ulu Langkat Now Lallang – Covered
      200 8 Padifields Of Ulu Langkat Now Lallang Covered Standard Staff Correspondent KAJANG (Selangor), May J I Matxrm kMt t certain sections of the Malay comtminitv in k the l>elated padi-plantinp MMM in the I 1,, trirt because this will affect the padi output prominent local Malay, Inche Shaba told The Standai
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      2KPM Ships Bring Cattle
      59 9 Standard Shipping Reporter TWO K.P.M. cattle ships brought a large quantity of livestock from Indonesian ports for Singapore and the Federation during the last two days. The first ship in was the Waikelo which landed 456 buffaloes, 192 goats and 900 pigs on Sunday. The Waibalong
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      Ship To Call At Okinawa
      50 9 THE American President Line freighter the 7.995-ton President Harrison will be the first A.P.L. vessel to call at the port of Okinawa The ship left San Franscisco on Apr. 12. and she is also calling at Manila, Cebu, Hongkong, Kobe. Nagoya. Shimizu, Yokohama and Otaru.
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      'Biggest Boom' In Air Traffic
      39 9 HONGKONG, May 14 (AP)— A United States airlines official yesterday predicted that Japan's re-entry into international society and trade would provide "the biggest boom" in Oriental air traffic since before the Sinn Japanese war.
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      Ceylon Plans Trade Fleet
      133 9 Move To Smash Shipping Ring Standard Ceylon Correspondent COLOMBO, (Airmail) The Government of Ceylon is seriously considering the possibility of buying a few merchant ships to carry the country's essential imports. This is because of the recent worldwide increase in shipping freight, followed by a special
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      64 9 CHU DRLN of Dr. and Mrs. E. Noronha of Kuala Lumpur, Edward (14) and Yvonne (17) will miss one week of excitement in Malaya. They missed the plane in Perth— and so lost one of their four weeks holiday with their parents in Malava. Standard picture shows the happy reunion
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      Evanger Carries Coal To Japan
      104 9 THE first postwar freighter belonging to the Norwegian shipping firm of Westfal-Larsen— the 3,870-ton Evanger continued on her voyage to Japan after calling at Singapore for bunkers during the weekend. The freighter carried a full cargo of 6.347 tons of coal which she loaded at
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      40 9 COURTESY, strict observance of highway code and attention to the safety end convenience of passengers arc among the rules of conduct which drivers of taxis displaying this badge have received. The badge indicates rnemberfhtp of the Singapore Hire Car Association.
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      PAA Engineer Wins US Aviation Award
      125 9 I A PAN American World Air- ways engineer has received one of the aviation industry's highest honours. John E. Lindberg, Jr.. staff engineer at Pan American's Pacific-Alaska Division base in San Francisco, won the American Aviation engineering award for his work in the invention,
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      Seamen Leave For Tokvo
      45 9 BOMBAY. May 14 —Fifty-five Indian seamen have left Bombay for Tokyo. Thev will replace a similar number of Indian seamen now in Japan. This is the first time Air India International ts operating a Constellation charter fight to the Japanese capital.
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      JAP SHIPPING LINE
      37 9 BANGKOK. May 14:— Another Japanese shipping line, the lino Kaiun Kaisha, has started regular services between Japan and Thailand. Japanese lines which have already opened services include the 0.5.K., N.Y.K.. Mitsui, Kansai and Kawasaki.
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      Two Types Of UK Engines Off Secret List
      177 9 TvVO new types of British engines, both notable for low fuel consumption, have now been released from the secret list the Nomad and Olympus. Also announced are two advanced versions of one of Britain's most powerful turboiets the Ghost. The Napier Nomad
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      Helicopter Terminal
      103 9 PLANS for a helicopter station in the heart of London are being displayed in the British Parliament buildings. A platform seventy feet above street level is envisaged, built of stressed concrete. The alighting area would have a diameter of 340 feet. The site for this air terminal Is
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      LONDON-PARIS RUN
      22 9 BRITAIN'S nationalised railways are considering the use of the giant 100-seat Brabazon airliner—the world's biggest for the London-Paris run. Reuter
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      THE MUSICAL SCENE AT FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN
      1037 10  -  'ANACRUSIS' ./JSW NOTES BV THE musical mise-en scene of the Festival of Britain must surely represent a landmark, not only for music in England but for English music also. A formidable list of fixtures represents all aspects of musical endeavour concerts, opera, ballet,
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      Far The Discophile
      426 10 X ltd! \l. Overture, 'The Merry j_\ Wives of Windsor." London Philharmonic Orchestra tßoult>. -HMV I)B *****. THIS overture. though popular fend very tuneful, is never bai .i. It is. in fact, verv well construe ed much better than most R ssini overtures, for Instance I think
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        87 10 fi -;/-/7r f J^x?^» **&~*<gwy%^ M709 TODAY 3. 6.15 9.15 p.m. 20th Century Fox BETTY GRABLE "WABASHAVENUE" With Victor Mature Phil Harris IN TECHNICOLOR OPENING TOMORROW Columbia Pictures "I LOVE TROUBLE" na ***** cmMomr Today: 3.00, 6.30 9.15 p.m. Nila Djuwita Ali Yugo in "ANGGEREK BULAN" Indonesian Drama! Music, Songs
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        780 10 Radio Programmes KADIO MALAYA fc»t w teochew and Hakka; 10.15 -m.iirs of Canton: 10.4.1 Operatic SINGAPORE Jann ENGLISH PROGRAMME KUALA LUMPUR (7200 kcs 4167 metres j metres 6025 k cti In 4!* m. y.:;."> a.m. Schools Broadcast 10 a.m. band) News (R.L.); 10.45 Schools Broadcast; s«k. 1 „i c D
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      Try The Swallow Dive
      1354 11 Can mMafce The Rest 'Reasonably Simple 9 Says Johnson WITH constant practice the take offs should now have become easier if not perfect, as to attain perfection takes many weeks of work. New dives can be attempted, and in this article I am going to explain
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      SINGAPORE CHINESE 'Y' BILLIARDS
      166 11 In order to encourage interest in Billiards and to promote friendly rivalry in the game, the Young Men's Department of the Chinese Y.M.C.A., is organising an All-Singapore Junior Cham pionship billiards tournament. All arrangements tor this competition have now been made and a very good entry
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      Soviets Claim New Records
      95 11 MOSCOW. May 13 CAP):— Soviet Russia claimed new swimming records today. Thursdays U.S.S.R. all-star relay team swam an 800 metre tree-style relay race in 8 mins. 4(>.9 sees., which. Izvestia said, is a new record for the USSR, and a new European record. 15 sees, better
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      Gavilan Favoured Against Bratton
      158 11 Gavilan Favoured Against Bratton M.U May 13 (LP)— Kid Gavilan wan <1 at 2 to 1 toilav to beat Johnny Bratton for the *elt< rweigkl title on Friday ni«ht in the top bout on this Mreek'i boxing »< .Ktliile. Bratl iol Chicago Bs a 147-pound the National iati 'he winner
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      GOLF
      113 11  -  Slammin Sam Snead mm Wati By V >r mi your club a t .idciress posi- .lubhead should Jmagiltirj direetiou il iat a foot. Ikea, Bf the shenMci and hip w lata play, the club- Marta raoviag m. fa e not yet 1 lat's corn t ead is well the
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      Mayflower To Fete Peng Soon
      76 11 THE Mayflower Badminton Party ia ho. clmg a dinner on Mond ly May 21. at the Wing Chi-"-A Yuen Restaurant. Great World Park, in honour of Wong Peng Soon for his successes in the 1951 All-England and Danish Championships. Members who wish to attend the
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      Bcb Spokens Killed In Chimay G.P.
      128 11 CHIMAY. BELGIUM. May 14 CAP)— British racing driver R. F. J. "Bob"' Spoken^ o: London, was killed on Sunday when five cars collided during the first lap of the Chimay Grand Prix. Aldo Gordini. France, skidded across the track at the end of the
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      Argentine Play Fine Football To Beat Ireland 1-0
      294 11 DUBLIN, May 13: (Reuter) Argentine beat Ireland by one goal to zero in the PMeer international at Dalymount Park today, Labruna scoring eight minute* after the interval. I Conditions contrasted with those at Wembley a few days earlier when England beat the
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      Another Win For M. Boussac
      117 11 Another Win For M. Boussac PARIS. Mav 13 (Reuter)— Djelfa iDjebel -Cynthia II) >urvived an objection to wm I.e Poule D'E.-.-ai De Poulichas— tht French 1.000 Guineas— over one mile at Longchamp todav for ML Marcel Boussac. There was a photo finish fot second place belore Douselle was placed just
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      DON CAMPBELL TO RACE "BLUE-Bird"
      77 11 GARDON'E. ITALIAN RIVIERA, May 14 «AP>- British motorboat ace Donald C npbell arrived here on Sunday foi t'_e international motorboat races scheduled foi the end nl \l._y. His craft, "Blue-Bird**, with a Rolls Royce 2.400 horsepower en« gine. arrived on Saturday aboard special Loi i
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        Ipoh Police Break Their League'Duck'
        175 12 IPOH. Monday. Ipoh Police b: ike their 'duck' after nine t> utingfl in the Ipoh and District I i >tbaii league when they .need the once formidable Kinta Indians by six goals to nil today. Centre forward Hashim scored tour of the six goals for
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        Selangor Tennis Championships
        63 12 .WO doubles matt hes were i in the Selang >r Lawn nia Cr.:.mp!rr<~.ys<. today with going to LBM. Arista md C Madhavan and Bantu and I drat pair beat TV. Stemft and LC. Ling 9—7. I—6. 8- 3, Ramu and Suppiah ousted A I D inker and
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      European Wickets Tumble In Dramatic Finish
      910 12 European Wickets Tumble In Dramatic Finish Rest Win Annual Colony Test Again THE glorious uncertainly of cricket manifested Itself in the annual Europeans versus The Rest match which concluded on the Singapore Cricket Club ground yesterday when the Rest repealed last year's victory but this time in a most dramatic
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      27 12 photo. Ho Kok Onn, Singapore's 1947-48 lightweight Iffightlifting champion, shares a joke with his bride, the former Miss Tan Chwee Eng whom he married on Sunday. Standard
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      Britain Enters Hockey Team For Olympics
      44 12 LONDON, May 13 (Reuter) Britain have decided to enter a .team for the field hockey programme at the Olympic Games in Helsinki next year. In the 1948 Games Britain reached the final where they were beaten by India.
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      NETHERLANDS, PHILIPPINES NEED ANOTHER WIN EACH
      169 12 LONDON, May 11 (\P)~ The Netherlands and Ihe Philippine each needed only one victory today to gain the third round of the European zone Davis Cup tennis eliminations. The powerful Philippines team took a 2 l margin over Brazil on Sunday when internationalist Felicisimo
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      Non-Benders Lose At J.B.
      67 12 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Johore Cricket Club defeated the Singapore Non-Benders by 37 T rul' ln a match P^yed on the V^V padan yesterday. JCC. batting first put uo a score of 177. Oliver Wright (39) beck n e fi? (33) and L Va sJhoon-* Sfft (16)
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      Joannes Get Eighth Victorg
      220 12 MARINE Department defeated H.M.S Terror four goals to two in a biv. 3 "A" soccer match played on the C.Y.M.A. ground yesterday. This was Marines eight successive win. Playing a player short after resumption Marines were still able to keep back the Terrors. Goal-keeper Osman Rapan
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      TED SCHROEDER, NAN CHAFFEE LOSE
      73 12 LOS ANGELES, May 14 (AP) U.S. Champion Art Larsen Sunday defeated veteran Davis Cup player Ted Schroeder 6-8, 7-5, 6-3 in the finals of the Southern California tennis tournament. Maureen Connolly. 16, American Junior champion, played with precision remiciscent of Helen Wills as she took
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      Carruthers Wins
      41 12 Carru thers Wins SYDNEY. May 14 (ReuterAAP) Jimmr Carruthers won the Australian bantamweight boxing title here tonight when he easily outpointed the holder, Elley Bennett, at the Sydney Stadium. Carruthers, who is a southpaw, h d MHHw. and Bennett 117} lbs.
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      Where's That Basket?
      60 12 photo. Manila's Black and White 'eager, six-footer Tan Tay swerves past a Singapore Combined defender during Sunday's basket-ball match at the Happy World Stadium which the B and W wota 52-48. the closest they have been held in their series of unbroken victories in the Colony. The
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      Miss Woo Wins Triple Crown In Perak Junior Badminton Tourney
      300 12 Miss Woo Wins Triple Crown In Perak Junior Badminton T ourney IPOH, Mon. Miss Woo Yeat kum took three titles in the Perak open junior badminton championships which concluded last night. She won the mixed and women's doubles title with little opposition, but was given a good light by sikh
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      Schoolboy's 76 In Seremban
      91 12 SEREMBAN. Mon— S. Gunendran. a Seremban schoolboy, who recently scored 53 runs yesterday batted steadily again scoring 76. He was playing for King George V School in the inter school cricket match against the Victoria Institution of Kuala Lumpur. King George V School batted first and
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      SASA Officiate
      64 12 AT th* annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association, the following officers were elected: President: Mr. G.H. Kiat (CS. C). Vice-President: Mr. Lee Fong Lim (Y.M.C.A.), Hon. Sec./ Treas: Mr. Tan Sin Whatt (T.S. C), Committee: Messrs. C. Quince (S.S.C.), Tan Sin Ho (T.S.C.). Tan Wee
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      Singapore Chinese Hold Indonesians To Thrilling Draw
      455 12 SINGAPORE CHINESE thrilled over 8,000 fans at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday by holding unbeaten Indonesian tourists to a 1-1 draw In performing the feat, the Chinese displayed same punch and spirit that the Combined Services demonstrated when they too held the Indonesians
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      Mystery Of The Missing Red Boxers
      178 12 Mystery Of The Missing Red Boxers MILAN. May 14: (UP>— Russia's amateur boxing squad the flrst she ever entered in an international tournament was officially scratched from the international championship meet here today for "non-appearance." The Soviet team 20 boxers and eight officials was automatically eliminated as the deadline for
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      S'pore, Negri School-Draw At Serembu
      73 12 S'pore, Negri School- Draw At Serembu SEREMBAN pore Combii Sembilan C ed thrilling the match e draw. Singapore bettor ba.. Negri when Mohid* for an uni an ch scored for i. Negri eqi also on pen On re.sumps, ahead with I which Kok t pass by Av: Negri equ Lnv
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      St. Andrew's Old Boys Win Again
      30 12 THE I mat I played 1 being all out f tne Old I I the;- sr I and wi t f Claude g i
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