Singapore Standard, 21 May 1951

Microfilm: NL2280
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore standard mhfmfh vTI Ns^ f SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1951. 8 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS
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  • Article
    3-Power Talks 'Valuable For SEA Future'
    399 1 3-Power Talks 'Valuable For SEA Future' S -iiu'urd Staff Reporter ipartite talks just concluded have been rtsiin^" and will prove to be "very valwtwn oi South East Asia**, said Gen. Jean rassigay, I reneh Hi?h Commissioner and slaicnart iwied m Singapore prior to his r^terria} morning. He said the prese-:
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    26 1 rrdeaesiaa i vsili br niar- ii Cairn to p n bo s> fermrr !»istei ti SSe> iair- leaiejßeel i ber ii todoaesiaa I ml -d \'alionv
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    Gen. De Lattre Leaves For I-C
    31 1 s- I Sa >n to i 5 t KU3" !->. B -c h e I l Air I I M lenera V Si n *a- RAt
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    Martial Law Extended
    31 1 TEHERAX. May 20 < Rev er The Persia:. War Minister anawnced m Parliament today indefinite extension of martial law m Kh'.izistan. the main centre ol ie Persian oil industry.
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    Gen. De Lattre Bids Farewell To C-G
    35 1 photo. General Ye I.attrp dp Tassiqny sayiag ?;>od bye to the Dramissioner-d'neral, Mr. Malcolm >Ik Donald, just before taking oil r.n his Dakota from the Teni;ah airfield. Standard
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    Many Mishaps —'Normal'Day In Singapore
    150 1 Many Mishaps 'Normal'Day In Singapore Standard Staff Reporter A CHINESE wns binen by a pig m Yio Chu Kang Road yesterday afternoon. About the same time another Chinese was slung by bees at the Haw Par Swimming Pool m Pasir Paniang. Then a Chinese fell down from a house m
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    Improvement In Malaya Noted By Gen. Marshall
    110 1 WASHINGTON. May 20 An improvement of the situation m Malaya. Indo-China and Formosa recently was noted by U.S. Defence Secretary George C. Marshall m an address at the second annual national Armed Forces Day banquet. He said that m contrast with the situati
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    Body Of Abducted Man Found
    91 1 Standurd Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun.— Four days after his abduction the body of Khoo En? Huat. 35-year-old Sitiawan 'a-ided proprietor. was found with his hands tied behind his back, a rope round his neck and a stab wound m his throat. As earlier reported m
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    Mere Aid For Kedah Chinese Schools
    47 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Chinese schools m Kertah may be among the first m the Federation to receive Increased grants-in-aid from Government as the result of a petition from Chinese residents of the State A recommendation for a sup-
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  • Article
    UK Malay Society, Leaders Hail UMNO 'Open-Door' Move
    378 1 Standard Staff Reporter A STANDARD cable from London yesterday conveyed that the Malay Society of Great Britain has approved the UMNO move to admit non-Malays into the United Malay National Organisation as lull members, and it was hailed by Malay and non-Malay
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  • Article
    'Quake In Spain
    33 1 MADRID. May 20 (AP) Spain's strongest earthquake m 50 years hit the central and southern part of the country yesterday, the Madrid observatory reported. No casualties were immediately reported, however.
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  • Article
    HAND-GRENADE MISSES EMIR
    64 1 TRIPOLI. May 20 (Reuten The Emir of Cyrenaica. King Designate of Libya, escaped assassination by inches yesterday when a hand-grenade thrown from a first storey window exploded on the pavement alongside the Emir's car as he made his first State entry into Tripoli. He is to rule
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  • Article
    Soviet Activity
    37 1 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 19 (UP)— lncreased activity oi Russian soldiers on big Diomede Island three miles from United States territory was reported today by the Star Weekly, an Alaska newspaper. Tl&-^ ininaif r Ii.3(J a.m!
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  • Article
    Have You Lost Any Car Parts?
    115 1 A CORNER of the Central Police Station charge room last night looked like a motor shop. Tyres were stacked neatly m several piles. New shiny hub caps lay on the ground and there were three radiators. Fourteen wheel frames— all from new cars were
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  • Article, Illustration
    Over $600,000 Worth Of Opium Seized
    138 1 By MICHAEL GOH Standard Staff Reporter OVER 5600.000 worth of opium were seized by the police yesterday from a house m Ipoh Lane m the Joo Chiat area of Singapore. The opium were m 74 tins packed m 37 sack*. A man has been
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  • Article
    Red Push Halted With Big Losses: New Air Victory
    389 1 Red Push Halted With Big Losses: New Air Victory U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HQ., May 20 (AP).— The battered but iindefeated U.S. Second Division troops tonight stabilized their lines on the East-Central front after beating off heavy Chinese attack*. Earlier, 28 U.S. Sabre jets caught 50 Red MIG-15s on the Korean
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    Gen. Harding, Wife Leave For Home
    145 1 GURKHA Riflemen formed a fa re wt 11 guard- of-honour at Kaliang Airport yesterday for the retiring Commander-in-Chief of Far East Land Forces. General Sir John Harding General Harding and his wife left by RAF Dakota for Penang to catch the Canton for England.
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  • Article
    Shot OCPD's Night Ordeal In Swamp
    143 1 Standard Staff Reporter SHOT BY BANDITS m shoulder, knee and hip m a river ambush m Johore, Mr. W. R. Mathieson. O.CP.D. Kota Ting^i lay helpless for a whole afternoon and night m a crocodile-infested mangrove swamp l>efore he was rescued on Saturday. Mr.
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    Mine Sweeper Anchors Near Norbay
    316 1 Standard Staff Reporter WHILE the sun glinted on the polished brassworfc of the British mine sweeper. M 4Mf>. anchored nearby. Captain R. C. Thomas, Master of the Panamanian ship Norbay, acting under instructions from the Great Southern Steamship Company, owners of the vessel, boarded his
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    25,000 Reds Killed
    48 1 WrTH THE UNITED STATES SECOND DIVISION. KOREA. May 20 <UP> Major -General Clark Ruffner said today that he beiieved the Second Division m hurling back the main weight killed 2"). 000 Communist troopa m hurling back the main weight oi tte Beds' eastern front offensive.
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    S'pore Church Worker Gets Papal Medal
    217 2 ON BEHALF of the Pope, ihe Bishop of Malacca, Mgr. M. Olcomendy, yesterday presented the Bene Merenti (Papal Modal) to »J8 year-old Mr. William F. Scully as a lakm of his devoted service to the church for the past 54 years. Mr. Scully joined
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    Two S'pore Women's Clubs Amalgamate
    246 2 Two S 'pore Women 's Clubs Amalgamate lUX LOTUS dob and die Ladies 9 Union, two well-known dobs tor Indian and Ccylonesc women «»i Singapore) luwe non been amalgamated into one club, rallt-d iht- Kamala Crab. The suggestion to unite, it is understood, came from Mi Jawarhala] Nehru, the Indian
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  • Article
    Sixth Fair Price List
    168 2 FOLLOWING is tlie sixth i "fair price" list isMied by the Singapore do\ eminent: < MiulriiMMl Milk; 14 OZ tins] "Farm Ac:>> "Nursia "Seal' c i Quality 'Bicycle M Daii j I.: ra Faa nnei "Killaroey I Three Gold Rings"; "Three Star" -all 80 cts. "Acorn
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    Commission To Probe Benefits On Retirement
    95 2 A COMMISSION of Inquiry has been appointed by the Singapore Government to enquire Into the desirability and practicability of ensuring the payment to wage earners of benefits on retirement, to make a report and submit its recommendations to Government The Commission will consist ..f
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  • Article
    Malayalam Classes
    42 2 Malayalam is now being taught under the auspices of the Sree Narayana Mission m Seletar and classes are conducted by Mr. P. i A. Velayudhan, Those interested iin sending their children to the school should register their I names immediately.
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  • Article
    Journalists To Guard Freedom Of The Press
    195 2 Standard Slaff Reporter THE Singapore Union of Journalists al their annual general meeting yesterday derided to appoint a Vigilance Committee to investigate reports of encroachments on the freedom of the press from within and without, and of obstruction to members m the normal
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    S'pore TUC Flays Paper's Policy; Reporter Barred
    508 2 Standard Staff Reporter A STRAITS TIMES reporter was asked to withdraw from the inaugural meeting of the Singapore Trade Union Congress yesterday through a resolution adopted by the meeting which was held at the Clerical Union Hall. The resolution, introduced by Mr. M.
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  • Article
    Appeal To Unions For $15 Each
    154 2 AN URGENT appeal to the Singapore trade unions to contribute at least $15 each to enable their delegate, Mr. V. K. Nair, to proceed to Karachi to attend the Asian Regional Conference of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions next Friday was made
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  • Article
    MCsExpected To Follow Govt. COLA
    147 2 MCsExpected To Follow Govt. COLA Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners are expected to implement the recommendations of the joint Committee on cost of of living allowances appointed by the Singapore and the Federaj tion Governments, if the Legis- lative Council tomorrow adopts the resolution to grant them!- creased COLA,
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    S'pore Buddhists Celebrate Wesak
    182 2 S 'pore Buddhists Celebrate Wesak Stamlan! Staff Reporter THOUSANDS of Singapore Buridhitts yeMenlay celebrated Wesak Day by offering prayers al their temples. At the Buddhist Union In Marine Parade, Mr. Ec Yong Lee, the President of the Union welcomed the Yen. Narad;; Thero. who arrived recently from Rangoon. Yen. Narada
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    Canberra Varsity Official Here
    35 2 SIR DOUGLAS Copland. ViceChancellor of the National University at Canberra, arrived m Singapore by Qantas/BOAC on his way to London to attend the conference of the European League for Economic Cooperation.
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    Double Celebration On Pres. Harding
    192 2 A HAPPY reunion between two very old friends took place yesterday on the American President Lines passenger freighter, President Harding, m the Singapore's Outer Roads. The happy get-together was between Mr. J. Oremus who was on his way to Colombo accompanied by his newly-married wife,
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  • Article
    Fought In Public
    38 2 XORDIX BIX AHMAD tnd Re. y es Prancic Alferer were each 'fined $5 m the Singapore Second Police Court Cor flighting with one another at Baffles Place on May 18. hold rr/r-? thet city ATHIRDEyE.^
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      122 2 fifilllliiffl Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay: French (conversational) 10 a.m.. New Bamboo Club 5 p.m.. Annual tennis tournament at 8 Fort Canning Road, Y.W.C.A. International Fortnightly Club meeting Speaker Mrs Antstutz on "Magic of Words' followed by General Meeting and re-organisation of the International Fortnightly Club. Victoria Memorial Hall: Buddha Day (Wesak>
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  • Article
    BOMB ATTACK FAILS
    270 3 Police Officers' Narrow Escape Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Quick thinking on the part of a Police Lieutenant probably saved tin? lives of two other Police Lieutenants and hit* own whrn a grenade was thrown into a Police Lieutenants' mess last night m Bukit Mertajam, Province
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    Coroner Returns Open Verdict
    135 3 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH. Sun.— An open verdict was returned by Coroner Che Buhaudin yesterday at the inquest into the death of a 58--year-old woman. Leo Ah Kuni, at the Ipoh Detention Camp on March 13. Lev) was found dead m one of the bathrooms m
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    Inflation Talks
    43 3 IPOH. Sun— The Member for Economic Affair.-. Mr. O A. Spencer, and the Deputy Economic Secretary. Mr. J. Morley, met the Council oi the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines m Ipoh yesterday for discussion on problems arising out of the present inflation.
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    SJAB Men Get Certificates
    128 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. Fifty-four members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, who have passed the first aid examination, were presented with certificates by the Resident Commissioner. Mr. A.V. Aston, at a mass meeting of members held yesterday m Cheeseman Hall. Westlands School. The majority
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  • Article
    Sir John & Lady Harding Leave
    93 3 Sir John Lady Harding Leave Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Sun. Sir John I And Lady Harding arrived by plane at Bayan Lepas i airport at about 5 p.m today. i They were met by Brigadier Scorne of Taiping and Lieut-Col. Preston and Lieut-Col. Steer ol Penang. who accompanied them on
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    Wesak Eve
    108 3 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, SJun.— Liberating of live birds by Chinese women observing eve of Wesak. full moon day was witnessed today at Buddhist temples here. Aims giving and feeding of poor i was also carried out by many Chinese women at various temp'.es which were decorated with
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    Dato Tan Cheng Lock's Move To Open MCA Door
    109 3 Standard Staff C orrespondent MALACCA. Sat. Datp Tan Cheng Lock, presiding today at a meeting of the Working Committee of the Malayan Chinese Association. Malacca branch, proposed that membership of the M.CA. with the right to vote. should be offered to
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    FEDERATION NEWS BRIEFS
    470 3 THE annual general meeting of the Kuala Kangsar Indian Association, preceded by a tea party, will be held at 5 p.m. today'at Association premises. FOR breaking the curfew, at Pekan Nanas village, Ng Van Tai and Ton Kian, were each fined *25 by the Pontian magistrate. <r
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    Selangor Teachers Fete Education Chief, Colleague
    363 3 Selangor Teachers Fete Education Chief, Colleague Standard Slaff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Regular conferences between the Member for Education and teachers at which the problems of both can be discussed and, if possible, solved for the betterment of education m this country. was suggested tonight by Mr. K. V. Thaver,
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    63 3 Madam Peng Thoon Kee, who celebrated her 71st. birthday on Friday, is seen rutting: her birthday cake m the presence of some of her grand and great-grand children. In honour of her birthday, her sons Yeoh Theap Lye, Yeoh Kirn Thien and Yeoh Chin Hin— all prominent Perak businessmen, entertained
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    Let's Have Action
    758 4 TyilK wheels of Government move slowly—sometimes too painfully slow. For days, the Governments of Singapore and the Federation displayed lamentable indecision on the question of what to do fa 750 tons of lubber consigned to Whampoa, Canton. The impression we formed from our inquiries m this direction
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    LITTLE RESPECT IS PAID TO SAFETY RULES
    1127 4 LITTLE RESPECT IS PAID TO SAFETY RULES XHERE is no denying that m Singapore today, little respect is being paid by road users motorists, trisha-riders, cyclists as well as pedestrians —to the traffic regulations m force to promote safety on the roads. Indifference by the great majority of road users
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  • We,the People
    • Letter
      Malaya Indian Confusion Is Aggravated
      501 4 Malay a Indian Confusion Is Aggravated Sir: The move m the federal to torm an Indian Organisation to be known as 1 the Congress of Indian Organisations has only added to the confusion m the minds of Malayan Indians. This confusion is aggravated by the fact thai among the prime
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    • Letter
      'Mere Sugar-Coated Bluff'
      149 4 'Mere SugarCoated Bluff' Sir: The recent le'ter appearing under the heading Ban on Trixis Hit Poor Alan —is actually a bit of sugar coated bluff. While it sounds sympathetic towards the poor nevertheless the actual blow is to the capitalist himi>elt. for one need not have to be endowed with
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      'THE FINAL WEAPON'
      280 4 Sir. The article "Not the best weapon" which appeared m your paper of the 15th instant, indicates a misconception of the issue confronting the Civilian employees m the three Services. The majority of us will agree m its widest sense that the '"strike weapon is not the
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    • Letter
      'Young Malayans' Eager To Help
      390 4 Sir. It is beginning to seep into the public consciousness that there is a State Welfare Lottery going on somewhere. I myself saw an excellent short film recently about this Lottery, and I have seen a large advertisement m a Federation newspaper. I have not
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    • Letter
      Asks To Be Enlightened
      45 4 Sir; The present thre« power military talks in Singapore for the defence of South fcast Asian and Pacific countries is welcome to all concerned But I lor one wonder what useful purposes it could serve when nan a nf, th* Acj-ji*
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    • Letter
      Korea War Reasons
      74 4 Sir:— Referring to the news item under the heading "Ridgway's stirring letter read" published m your Tuesdays Standard. we come to learn exactly why the Americans are fighting m Korea. If I interpret Ridgway's words correctly, I should say that Americans are lighting there now more aa
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    USELESS EUSTACE
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    Ceylon Reds Jolt Nation
    509 4 COLOMBO. TpiIOSE armchair critics and lotus eaters wallowing In the luxuries of Cinnamon Gardens have had a rude awakening. Possessed of wealth. and perhaps plenty of it, while paying lip service to the democratic way of life and Government which the United National Party is striving
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      122 4 What are your chance* qf getting a Good Nights H^" It 5t very important that you thoulo cutloolc, your health, your energy, you* I the revitalizing effects of deep. re-^'. A cup of 'Ovajtine' at bedtime i> H« world* accepted aid to ileep. IWI J^^"~^\\ delicioui food beverage is comp^e^e'v
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    Cricket Feat: Score 22, Win By Innings
    148 5 KINGSTON. JAMAICA. May •>0 .Route!' A teat, perhaps unique m cricket history, was performed m >'» .Jamaica league match here on Saturday. Melbourne C.C. third oldest cricket club m the West Indies though scoring °ni> runs tM>:it Kingston by an innings and four
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    US Naval Chief Sees 'Series Of Small Wars' Ahead
    238 5 LOUISVILLE, (Kentucky) May 20 (Reuter) Adm. Forrest P. Sherman, chief of U.S. Naval Operations said that America might have to fijdit a whole series of relatively small wars if she intended to maintain her defence of the free world. In an
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    34 5 Photo. Mr. Alexander Calhoun. Vice-President of the National City Bank of New York. Far East, and his wife who arrived m Singapore by Pan-American Airways from Manila on a short visit to" Singapore. Standard
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    Pak., India 'Unable' To Send Troops To UN Korea Army
    182 5 Pak., India 'Unable To Send Troops To UN Korea A rmy KARACHI, May 20 (Renter) Pakistan cannoi spare troops for Korea because oi the unsettled Kashmir question and other matters," an authoritiative source sai«l here. He was commenting on a requiesi by ihe U.S. Government that Pakistan and Imlia semi
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    60 5 Meut-Gen. James A. Van Fleet. (left), IS. Army Commander, pins the ribbon of "The I nited States President's Distinguished I Hit Citation" to the breast of ('.S.M.Arthur Courtney, m a ceremony at the British '.29th Brigade Headquarters m Korea. American's highest military award was made to the Gloucestershire Regiment, and
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    Tsiang: FE Must Not Be Written Off
    57 5 LAKE SUCCESS. May 20 (AP> T F. Tsiang. Nationalist Chinas Security Council representative aivd delegate to the United Nations, said yesterday the Far East must not be written off m resisting Russia. In a U.N. radio broadcast he said Russia's 'imperialism through revolution"
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    IKE FOR GERMANY
    39 5 Gen. Eisenhower will today visit British and Danish troops based m Germany. It will be his third inspection visit to Germany from Paris m a month. Earlier he saw American. British. French and Belgian units. U.P.
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    New Rocket Bomb
    60 5 The Brazilian Army is reported to have successfully tested a new rockei bomb invented by a group of technical officers. I*, is said to be about two yards long and four a::d a half inches m diameter, with an explosive power comparable to that of a .75
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    PAK. GENERAL IS ARRESTED
    47 5 KARACHI. May 20 (AP)— Major-Gen. Nazir Ahmad, a senior officer ol the Pakistan Army, has been arrested m Karachi m connection with the alleged army conspiracy. Nazir Ahmad recently returned from London after completing a course of training a1 the Imperial Defence College.
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    Brown Will Skipper Again
    85 5 LOXDOX. Mj v 20 (Reut< >— Freddie Browrn of Northamptonshire has accepted an in\ itation to captain Engl; id m the Tests againsi South Africa this season. Brown who will be 41 m Dc cembe;- captained the M.C.C. side on the recent lour of Ausi i
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  • News Briefs
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      MORE US TROOPS FOR EUROPE
      69 5 NEW YORK, May 20— Som< :;.20t) American infantry men have iust sailed lor Germany as the vanguard of the 18,000--strong 14th Division that will bolster Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's North Atlantic Treaty army. The men m nattledress U>ft jin the Navy transports Genenil Patch and General
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      51 5 British Foreign Secretary I I Herbert Morrison had two lengthy talks m Bonn with Dr. i Konrad Adenauer. The West i German Chancellor may visit Britain at the invitation of the British Government later. He has already visited France and j iis expected to go to Italy next I month.
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      39 5 Robert Dowell. an American I seaman reported missing .-ince May 16. has found his way to the American Embassy m Taipei (Formosa) as 'iOO Chinese police i were abmi! to give up hopes m j their extensive manhunt. Reuter
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      32 5 The Chinese Communists have put their drastic blood purge on an "assembly line* basis with "suggestion boxes" for those who want to tip off the authorities anonymously i on susoected anti-Red U.P.
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      76 5 The United States saluted its i fighting men m celebrations froto coast to coast on the nations .second annual Aimed Forces Day as .soldiers, sailors and airmen stayed impressive parades. In the air. besides local displays of jet fighters md other military planes zooming over crowded cities, ei^ht monster B-36's,
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      78 5 Training of senior officers of the Japanese National Police Reserve Corps will start on May 25 at the Corps' newly-opened training: centre at Kruihama, near Yokosuka. The training* of the Corps' 260 officers who were part of the now defunct military and naval academies will also start at the same
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      143 5 Copper and brass Tor U. S. civilian industries have been drastically cut m a Kovernment ordei setting aside 75 per cent, of all these metalf for defence purposes. Reuter. Charles Ciardi. former member of the Hongkong volunteer defence corps and now an oil greaser aboard the French liner La Marseillaise,
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      19 5 A Red Chinese purchasing mission Is now m East Berlin to buy strategic .supplies from WeM Germany. A. P.
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      49 5 The question of whether husbands should wash babies' diapers was debated bitterly at the annual conference of the British National Marriage Guidance Council at Harroßate. Prof. Brian Stanley. Director of the Institute ol Education at Dm- ham University, thought washing diapers was carrying democracy a bit too far. U.P.
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      85 5 Two U554.200.000 luxury oil tankers, ranking among iw world's fastest and Largest, are to be built m a British shipyard for the Standard Vacuum Oil Company for sterling area trade. The tankers— toe first Britishbuilt and British-manned m the Standard fleet— are being run- tructed m the Cammel Laird Shipyards
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  • Article
    Red Chinese Moves On Burma Frontier
    106 5 RANGOON, May 20 (AP) -The newspaper Nation reports that the Communist Chinese Embassy here has admitted Red Chinese troop movements along Burma's border. I The paper published an m:- terview with Kung Ta-fei, First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy, quoting him as saying there
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    Soviet Splash US Senator's Peace Proposal
    247 5 Soviet Splash US Senator's Peace Proposal WASHINGTON. May 20 (Beuter) Tli« .S. Slate Department r«ai<l today it wouM MwteaMM any move whfeh na* not fc appeasement lo MM the Korean war on honourable term*. This statement was made by a spo i tan ;;>! tin department commenting on a resoluti
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    50 5 The photographer who made this picture of motion picture actress Joyce Holden on the beach will never know if she were coming from or going for a swim, tie forgot to ask. Of course the title of her forthcoming picture. "One Never Knows." has nothing to do with the caption.
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    US Rejects Russian Proposals
    140 5 US Rejects Russian Proposals WASHINGTON, Vluy "0 (IT)— The I'niled State* Ins rejected a Russian move (o give Formosa to Commm'^ China. Russia on It; 5 1 pi p 1 Japanese peac< treat ftiv< c island to the H< ds. Lin ii I: 1 ese nearmameni id :■<.:• Ann ican
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    Daughter For Chaplin
    114 5 SANTA MONICA c\:.' May 20 ißeuter)— Mrs. ONi-;;i C :tplin, it e uf comedi Charlie Chaplin, gave biti laugh- t j esterday— their Eoui th c d T:ie' bospitaJ siid B»e moi c ;!::d her 7 ib 4 >/ baby named Victoria were dn::-o nice Chaplin. 62.
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    RGA Warning To Malaya
    49 5 RGA Warning To Malaya Standard St.ttt Correspondent LONTM >\. Ml 3 M laya Commil tee of Rub communication to r> t- nnu nts wai I the [oose I golden egfT by free ibber pi ifits 'l 1 Committee is tnent lvi c tow price period mand and production duiine I
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    PAKISTAN DENIAL
    45 5 X VRACHI. Miv «J W tement bj the ifij bass? I. g ed by the Pakis^ I i c LSI Lib 51. a S I bank guard and I s given thi I C Gen< M ML [JSSIOO to help pu dia.- Reuter
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    Offence To Use Malayan $s Outside Sterling Area
    277 6 Foreign Exchange Guide To Travellers Standard Staff Reporter IT IS an offence against the Malayan Finance Regulations to spend or exchange sterling notes or Malayan currency notes m countries outside the sterling area. This is stated m a pamphlet issued by the
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    102 6 photo. MORE than 100 members and guests of the Pulau Bukom Clerical and Artisans' Club attended a dinner held at the Southern Hotel on Saturday night on the occasion of the club's fifth anniversary. Picture shows the president of the club, Mr. Yeo Kiat Seng making an address. lie called
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    FOOD INSPECTORS PROBE CHEAP COFFEE POWDER
    178 6 Standard Staff Reporter THE SUDDEN appearance of extraordinarily cheap coffee powder and pepper In the Singapore market has aroused the suspicion of certain commercial circles. Food inspectors of the Municipal Health Department are now investigating to find out whether they have been adulterated. Samples
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    More Sardines For Singapore
    53 6 Standard Shipping Correspondent The S.S Silvermaple due m Singapore to-day from United States ports, will discharge 6,228 cartons of sardines and H. 600 sacks of rlour for Singapore. The vessel will also unload here another 1.428 sacks ot flour which is for transhipment to Port S
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    "Dog Tired"
    46 6 Standard Start Reporter TWO bulldogs arrived In Singapore yesterday, "dogtired, after an 8,000-mile :.ir journey from London. The sleep- j ing canines were awakened to be put on another plane for Mam!., j A Filipino senat ft will keep j their, as household pets.
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    MOVE BY GOVERNMENT WELCOMED
    196 6 MOVE BY GOVERNMENT WELCOMED Re-export Ban Relaxed Standard Staff Reporter THE DECISION of the Singa- pore and the Federation Gu\ernments to relax the ban on i export or re-export of textiles should be wel< omed by ali i piecegood> importers m Malaya. An official statement explains that exports to destinations
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    Jap Prisoners Reach Tokyo
    60 6 TOKYO. May 20 (ReuterAAP) Three former Japanese war criminals, who had served out their sentences m Singapore, returned to Japan today aboard a British ship. They said that two general rank officers were among the 93 still remaining. Work m the prison consisted of doing laundry
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    Freighter Brings Lubricating Oil
    81 6 Standard Shipping: C orrespondent THE FREIGHT ship Soestdyk which called at Singapore brought as her main cargo 2.214 drums and 754 case^ of lubricating oil. The vessel also discharged 99 packages of incense. 1.000 bags of onions. 300 bags of chick peas. 1.000 bundles of bent
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    Moderate Turnover In Share Market
    886 6 Moderate Turnover In Share Market (By A Special Correspondent) IN a business week shortened by Whit Monday, Malayan markets saw a moderate turnover and. with buyers showing caution, prices m general inclined to ease. Only toi wards the end was there an improvement m bids for Dollar and Australian tins.
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    This Week's Business
    114 6 Industrials: Fraser Neave Ord. $3.35. Gammon $1.85 to $1.80 Great Eastern Life partly $10.35 fully $34.50, Hongkong Bank $710. Malayan Breweries $5.65. Malayan Cement .25cts Singapore Cold Storage $4 1?' Straits Times $3.05 $3.00 United Engineers Ords. '$9 75 Wearne Brothers $2.87 i to $2 80* Dollar
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    BROKEN RICE
    29 6 longing to Messageries Maritimes Company is loading as her main cargo from here 11.022 ba<*s of broken rice for Pondicherry The vessel is expected to sail today.
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    Whirlwind Finish Gives England Win
    276 7 Whirlwi nd Finish Gives England Win B> Jim Chambers, A.P. Sports Correspondent LONDON, May 20 (AP)— A below-par Enland national football team took a long time to -el into >tri«le against Portugal at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on Saturday, but m a whirlwind finish cracked m three quick «coals to beat
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    GOLF Here's How
    45 7  - GOLF Here's How Slammin Sam Snead hb fm d i.-uuu has p| led, the lrft starts ristaf, as picIhc sa»t time, a 051 9 Urn left s p] m t providing M 1.-iind-.tion t the the igh H this vith- si is c i ted
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    Schoolboy Breaks Two Records
    35 7 Schoolboy Breaks Two Records n. The the -< S re- nd B" D:\ :v l\;anku Kuala r-school Chung i an while by 1 King B ys 1 mile. i the mi c i and the t
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    S'ban Chartered Bank Sports Club
    70 7 S'ban Char tered Bank Sports Club >I ".:bax. Sal At the ani leral meeti ig ol the Chi tered 8... k Recreation Club of Serembanj le following office bearers were sleeted: President, Mr. Thomas Cheung 1 re- c lected), secret ar y Mr. G Kandasamy, treasurer, Mr, Lee Yeun Meng,
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    UK Soccer And Rugby
    110 7 Sal tccer 5 firsi I _..«nd 2 i played at Goodi- >nal m .d 1 (p Welsh 2. Le v nscn Lincoln City 3. Grimsby Town 0. Swindon Town l. Armborn Genoa j I 0 Ti uro Cit> l. Bris•>i City 7 Leatonstone l. \v geningoi
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    Lim Boh Yam Wins Eu Tong Sen Golf
    79 7 MM BOH YAM won the Eu Tong Sen open championship by beating R. E. L. Wingate by two and one at the Island Golf Club yesterday morning. The pair were all-square at the ninth but Boh Yam played better game to beat
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    New Indian Soccer Body In Singapore
    253 7 OVER fifty players and officials of Singapore Indian soccer clubs held a meeting: at the Indian Association Club yesterday and organised the Singapore Indian i Football Association. This move followed the decision of the I A. to cease Its interests m organising soccer m
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    Charity Soccer At Batu Pahat
    200 7 BATU PAHAT, Sun.— Johore Combined did not disappoini Batu Pahai fans who turned up at the Government English School ground *•> see a thrilling soccer game between Johore Cameronians and Johore Combined m aid ol the District Welfare Fund. The hard-fought game ended m a
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    ONE MORE STRIDE
    28 7 Singapore Catholic High School's Yang Yee Chit winning the 200 metres event at the Chinese Inter-School Sports at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday m 24.2 sees.
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    St. Joseph's Beat Raffles
    69 7 St. Joseph's Beat Raffles ST. JOSEPH'S Institution beat Raffles Institution by one wicket when they met m a cricket match played on R.I. ground on Saturday. Batting fir.st R.I. were all out for fi2 Top scorer for R.I. was V. Gill (29). Bowling well H. Pereira, X. Pereira and Delikan
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    Lamotta Agrees To Fight Murphy
    50 7 NEW YORK. May 19 (UP' Former middleweight champion Jake Lamotta has agreed to the terms for a June 27 outdoor bout against Irish lightweight Bob Murphy, the Internationa] Boxing Clutf announced Saturday night. However, the IBC said the bout has not yet been officially closed.
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    Italian Boxers Walk Off With Championship
    209 7 MILAN, May 20 (AP) Italy walked sway with the European amateur boxing championship for J*J.">l. taking four out of ten titles m Saturday night's hard fought finals. Germany, Frame, Sweden, Belgium and the previously highly-touted iron curtain teams entered l»y Poland, and Hungary ended
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    OLYMPIC MILE HOPES BATTLE NEXT MONTH
    201 7 LONDON. May 20 (AP) Scandinavian track Cans will soon get the chance to see Britain's chief Olympic hope. Roger Bannister, the 22-year-old Oxford University miier. Bannister has been Invited to go along to Norway and Sweden with a mail track team m mid-June. The
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      405 7 Today's Radio Programmes RADIO MALA\A {,3^l fcT^ N u SINGAPORE MALA¥ PKOGRAMME 3l.M*rirUlltt (U.OU-1.00 484 4* Metres.) ENGLISH PROGRAMME IJMM m 4 Metres ii noon Programme Sunimar?: k tt a' »..»Mai itM Malay Variety: 1i.4."> News; ♦> p.m. t.'(H) kct 416* metres) Community Listeniug Programme: 7 n«««* p.m. Programme Summary.
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      339 7 KL'ALA LCMPL'R CM metrei A 6O'^s k ivs m 4!< metre band) MS a.m. MB As Singapore: Hi a.m. Emergency News; MJt t.Bt As> Sin>;a pore: »i p.m. I.N. Story; S.fS l.lt A* Sjntaporc; I.\i Interlude; <.:{« Hook Line and Sinker; 8 p.m. World AlTai'9 <S): X.15 Piano recital by
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    CSC Win Needle Tie, Recs Take Full Pts. Off Seletar
    458 8 CEYLON Sports Club climbed to an almost unassailable position as the top of the Singapore Cricket Association senior league yesterday with a first innings victory over the SCC It was an interesting match. The SCC batted first, losttheir batsmen at
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    1186 8 ISI 'rii.lM hunffi TIIK Singapore Chinese Recreution Club beat RAF hangi for first innin;> points at Hong Lini Cireen. K\r hanci l>t laaincs: S: ktlej Bng Chen >, II [sherwood c Toon Pook b Bng Cheni r>>-h E:.i Cheng :?uc.<.land c Kirn Swee b Ens sng
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    Good Wins For Khalsa.RNAS, Braddell C.C.
    267 8 Junior Tnurnvfg KHALSA Association beat R.A.F. Tongrah for fir>t innings points m their 9CA Section "A" tournament match at Tengah yesterday. M. B. Singh, s(i. was top scorer m Indian Assv>ciation's 117. Orr took three wickets for 21 and Snu™* two for 14. The
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    Rotterdam SC Beat Dunlop
    55 8 DISPLAYING better combination Rotterdam Trading Company defeated Dunlop Sports Club two-nil m their Singapore Business Houses League soccer match at Thomson Road yesterday. Rotterdam scored through Fook Choong late m the first half. With a one-nil lead after change-over Rotterdam continued their attacks. Midway through Fook
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    Fraser, Beaty Win Selangor Doubles Title
    170 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— S.C. Beaty and I. D. Fraser won the Selangor men's doubles lawn tennis championship beating H. J Sinclair and A.H.S. Reid this morning at the Lake Club courts. The score was 6-3. 3-6. 6-3. Beaty's spin service and the pair's "greater
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    SMASHES RECORD
    96 8 Record breaker at the Singapore Chinese schools sports Miss Tens Pui Hwa receiving her hurdles championship trophy from Mrs. Frisby wife the Director of Education Singapore. Miss Ten* smashed the Malayan and Far Eastern 80 metres hurdles record yesterday winning m 12.8 seconds, seven-tenths second faster than her
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    SAJARAH FORCE DRAW ON RAJAS
    205 8 ALTHOUGH first to score. Kota Raja "A" had to share honours with Katong Sajarah Sports Club at Geylang yesterday m their Division 2 tie, Katong equalising with six minutes to Katong Sajarah have now i ed a total of 14 points from line games and
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    PENANG MALAYS LEAD
    133 8 PENANG MALA YS LEAD PENANG, Sun.— Penang Malays were m a strong position with lead of 203 runs over Kedah Malays at close of piay today m their two-day cricket match which commenced this morning on the Dato Kramat ground. The feature of today's piay was the grand partnership between
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    Rough Soccer
    29 8 TELOK AXSON. Sat.— Three players were ordered off the field when the Police and the Rovers met m a scrappy match at the Speedy Road padang yesterday.
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    Amrik Singh Runs Riot Against YMCA
    224 8 Stonor Shield Cricket KUALA LUMPUE, Sun.— YMCA fared disastrously today m their Stonor Shield cricket match against Selangor Indian Association scoring the record low total of 25 all out. Amrik Singh was responsible for the rout taking seven YMCA wickets for L 6 runs.
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    Police Win By 9 Wkts.
    209 8 KUALA LUMPUR Police beat PWD Sports Club by nine wickets today m a Stonor Shield .eague cricket match on Police Depot ground. PWD were all out for 34 runs. Bin Kheng taking five wickets for three runs, and Balaratnam four for sixteen. Benjamin was the
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    NS Chinese Lose
    57 8 SEREMBAX. Sun. Selangor Chinese defe:>v-cl Ntegri Sembilan Chinese at Seremban today m a friendly soccer match by 4 l. N.S. Chinese led I—o m the first half with a goal scored by Hong Chye. Heng Sect equalised for Selangor after half time and then Eng Kirn and
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