Singapore Standard, 20 August 1951

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard lgjfkgfjgd I! NO. 50. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1951. 8 PAGES FIFTEEN CENTS:
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  • 224 1 T own Is Obliterated, 50 Killed During Jamaica Hurricane I brought 2^ hour i oMerro L a l destruction this island on Friday ni<;lit. Millions oi' pounds sterling worth of damage was wrought by winds which at times reached 100 miles an hour. The historic town of Port Royal as
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  • 108 1 26 More Seized In Sourabaya A-. 19, (AFP) uao government fl -tries of security lay with .arge- -i in the east Java S irabaya. 9 f 26 persons Here 9 e (luring the day. the chief editor of the .esian dai^y. the fl which ret-ently ,vo sensationai arti- to reveal
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  • 92 1 Award To Mark 'Grant Of City Status Sought i trd Staff Reporter STION to establish a I commemorate the t> Status to Singapore by the Labour Comrr.i>>i<>ner A ird, Mr. M P D. Xair. ■...I move n notion establishment ol such ihip at the next ording oj the Commission I
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  • 112 1 Standard Staff Reporter Joseph John Brown, mysterious Australian who arrived in Singapore from London by 8.0.A.C. late last night, was camera-shy and declined to be interviewed. All he said when asked to make a statement was. "I think it is good for me that I do not
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  • 157 1 2 Top Indian Leaders Hit At US Policy MADRAS. Aug. 19 (AP) Two of India's top leaders attacked the United States today for her policy towards this country. Mohanlal Gautam, General Secretary of Prime Minister Jawabarla] Nehru's Congress Party, said the U.S. was backing I Pakistan in the dispute over
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  • 74 1 Eugene Ackerman. president of the Wool Bureau. Inc., of New York, says there is no such thing as "synthetic wool" fibre and that the government does not plan to develop it. He added. "There is no fibre in existence that has all. or even a major
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  • 24 1 TOKYO. Aug. 19. (Reuter-Gale-force winds fringing a typhoon killed four people, destroyed houses, damaged flood embankments and tore up roads in Southern J;:pan today.
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    42 1 M* H E Rea (left), acting General Manager for standard Vacuum Oil Company in Singapore, shakes hSSk with Mr D F. Davis. SVOC Public Relations Depart^ Manager, at KalUng Airport yesterday Mr U n Rhoem new General Manager of SVOC ui the
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  • 54 1 Princess Anne is pictured with her mother and brother, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Charles, by Marcus Adams on the occasion of the baby Princess's first birthday. She is wearing the coral necklace used by her mother when she was photographed at the same age by Marcus Adams
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  • 270 1 Ma lay an Studen ts In UK Support Forum, Says Sec'y Standard Staff Correspondent PEINANG, Sun. Through the medium of the Malayan Forum, which it* the first Malayan political organisation in the Lulled kingdom. Malayan students of all raees there have been working together to achieve national independence for Malaya.
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  • 50 1 Three bandits were killed and three were wounded in the Federation in the 24 hours up to 9 this morning. During the same period one member of the security forces and one civilian were killed and eight members of the security forces and one civilian were wounded.
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  • 23 1 A Communist war communique said a U.N. destroyer was sunk od Saturday off Changchon on the Korean east coast. U.P.
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  • 197 1 Standard Stall' Reporter ALTHOUGH the last batch of 231 Japanese war criminals from North Borneo, Malaya and Burma is on the s.s. Tairea heading for their homeland where they will complete their sentences, there are still two Japanese in Changi Prison. These two
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  • 140 1 TAIPEH, An??. 19 (AFP) The sudden arrival in Taipeh of Col. Dick Hayward of the United States Marines and specialist in amphibious operations ha* given another hint to the general impression shared by foreigners in Taipeh the American Military Assistance Advisory Group is slowly
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  • 12 1 ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 19, <AP» >v^i Arab countries will
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  • 175 1 Allied Hq.: Truce 'May Be In Sight' If Reds Sincere TOKYO, Aug. 19, (UP) The four-man suh-eommittec held the shortest of its three meetings today as Allied Headquarters said a Korean armistice "may be in sight"' if the (loininunists are sineere. The negotiators pored over maps at today's meeting, which
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  • 102 1 Oil Men Meet To Discuss Iran's Reply TEHERAN Aug. 19 (Reuter)— The British and Persian oil delegations met again this morning to discuss Persia's objections to the British plan for settling the dispute Mr Averell Harriman, President Truman's personal representative, attended the meeting, which was held at the Shah's summer
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  • 118 1 BASRA. Aug. 19. <Reuter>— British naval forces in the Persian Gull biggest in the area since the war are massing oft Abadan, it ii reported here. The cruiser Euryalus, standing by off Abadan, has cancelled a two-day visit to Mina near Kuwait. The Royal fleet
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  • 88 1 HONOLULU, Aug. 19, (Router) Governor Thomas Dewey of New York paid tribute to the fight Britain and France were putting up against Communism in Malaya and Indo-Chin.- in a speech here last night. Mr. Dewey, who is on his way home after touring the
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  • 204 1 Biggest UN Offensive Since Start Of Talks TOKYO. Au». J9 (I I')— I ..ih,l Nations fon < laiinclitul three noordin«lf<l offesMtVea wtrmtm tl»<- Korc-m Itatlirfronl today with WUUmcA arlillrry and na\al gunfire and tactical air support leading the ua>. It wbm \he Largest teal ground action conducted by the AJlied
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  • 106 1 KAESONG, Aug. 19. (UP) The Communists charged today that United Nations forces had committed another violation of the Kaesong neutrality zone and the United Nations admitted after an investigation that the charge was technically correct. The Communists charged that United Nations forces fired Into the neutral
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  • 61 1 Standard Stall Reporter MR Eric Llnklater, the famous British novelist, who was due En Singapore yesterday did not arrive as his plane w a^ heid up by a typhoon m Japan. He is now cue in the middle ui next week. Mi. Linklater lias been
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  • 62 1 AT 1 a.m. The Standard office received a call from a reader living: in the Pasir Panjanj? area that a ship oft Pulau Bukora (Shell oil island off Singapore was "burning fiercely." A message a little later said thaf the ship was the 8.036 ton oil tanker Dromus
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  • 89 1 HONGKONG. Aug 19 <UP> Rescue workers here weie workIng frantically today in an effort to cl>% 12 squatter hut occupants who have been buried since earl} Saturday morning in the must disastrous landslide in Hong kong's history Several hundred tons of r;i > and a
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  • 32 1 Two p«M>ons wen- killed aitd 126 injured yesterday when tue broke out in a ba>eball p«rk at Nugoya (Japan* and created panic among the 30.000 fans. U.P.
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  • 228 2 Standard Staff Reporter A FIRE BROKE out in a storage hut behind the factory of the National Carbon (Eastern) Limited at the V\ mile Bukit Timah Road at 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning and completely gutted it. The temporary plank and attap hut contained over 100
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  • 107 2 Duriana are making a welcome r« ippearance inSingapores C at f;• the last few 3 s nee e dorian se I in an added cry to the allt of the nmty v been the a its of **L >lian. 1 Me i and childi e
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  • 97 2 Hi N K MG, Aig 19 R< tt( AAP a at} w ives e? essed their coni the ire ol r jkons vhen ntervii ed by K Hongkong rt night Mrs Bt said the p pie in the kingdom got the I rding H gk
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  • 30 2 I 5 the 18th Prici si ssued by I e DC" i S »hiag Soap Sa« i i aporattd Milk 141 i m S cts
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  • 34 2 A SPJ "lAL :".r the Singa] Municip< I C ramis- era vil] be held a; 2;-' i w aftei n to consider p sals financing El< I city, Water and other Extensions
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  • 49 2 THE COST of Living C wni ttee meet on Aug. 24 a1 Sin gip >re T#ichers' l" i i ses in Onan n ad to consider ■le tion of the lower I g qi orkers. F t ade inions in Singap re i been invited to the meeting
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  • 126 2 Standard Staff Reporter THERE \uis perhaps never a better ru>h for the roasted suckling pig than on Saturday night. For hundreds of diners at the mans Chinese restaurants In Singapore, the dish appeared to taste better than ever in view of the ban publicised earlier in
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  • 447 2 They Seek An Assurance THE CATHOLIC Nurses Guild of Malaya, which has a membership of 250 nurses, has asked for an assurance from the Singapore and Federation Medical Authorities that they be freed from giving advice or preparing a patient
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  • 73 2 MORE THAN 400 guests attended the ear-boring ceremony ol Mr. Satheyvall's three children at their residence at 139 Ceylon Road, yesterday morning. The children .?re Kanndosamy iB'. Letchumi <s>. and Kri^':;!::ivainy (2). The ceremony was carried out in traditional Hindu style. After the ear-boring, the children
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    98 2 More than 300 people were present at a farewell' dinner given to Mr. A. Knottenbelt, managing director of Jacobson van den Berg on Saturday nl?ht at the Happy World. Mr. Kottenbelt leaves shortly for New York. The dinner was also a welcome to the new managing director of the company,
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  • 190 2 Standard Staff Reporter A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl, Baby Vidya, stole the show at the Indian Variety Concert in aid of the Netaji Hindi High School Fund held at the Victoria Theatre over the week-end with a Gypsy Dance. Not awed by the occasion she danced her
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  • 122 2 And Get It THE Director of Medical Services Singapore. Dr. Vickers, and the Federation Medical chief, have assured the nurses that every consideration will be given to see that Catholic nurses are not asked to participate in the four practices detailed by them. Attention of all State and Medical Departments
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  • 332 2 Standard Staff Reporter QUESTIONS on the £160 incremental bar examination* for ehicles Sub Inspectors of the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles* Department held la>t month will be tabled at the next ordinary meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners by Mr. S. S. Manvam (Progressive North). Mr. Manyam
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  • 113 2 Standard Shipping: Reporter A FURTHER BATCH of 39 men applying for jobs in the new Singapore Harbour Board Police force faced the selection board yesterday. About 50 per cent of the total number oi candidates came from the Federation. Out of the 39
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  • 26 2 MR. PK. HERNON, organising secretary of the Singapore Adult Education gave a talk on adult education yesterday morning at the British Council Hall.
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  • 117 2 SUB-STATIONS liable to Bketf- ding today are: d\v Nassim Hill. Dalvey Road. Paterson Road. (ireat World. Alexandra Incinerator. Tiong Bahru, Havelock Road. Malayan Breweries. ABC Breweries. l)ietlielm, Tanglin Boad, Phoenix Park, Alexandra Brickworks. Paslr Panjang. Reformatory Road. Oxygen Factory. Ctomw nite. St. James. Mirl Road. Silat Road. Bnkit
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    43 2 P l t The staff of tfcc Eufem Agencies Ltd and thrir inmdv numbering MR Uuui |S| fey a success;^ get-tegetfcer at tin S.\.C. Hall on Balaviay night. The get tffjhu inrlud.d dinner and d.mcinq- Fictun shows a group ;,t the n.iriv Standard
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  • 45 2 Standard St.itl K.p ;i -i»T SIXGAPORi: Poli« picked i.. bodies m Rochore Cma One middle aged Chinese, identity is yet unk ;':::er was a new b ra C baby Both b>>d f!; wi re md c:'ie hour o; Lch ilhi r
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  • 18 2 Josey On Trials Of A Unionist HOSI rR\>F |mr| •aid if, vj tad :;m,, B r- Ac; J
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  • 273 3 Adult Education Group Launch Mass Literacy Move Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Plans for a full scale drive to promote adult education in the Federation during the next few months was approved today by a committee of the Federation Adult Education Association in Kuala Lumpur. Large sums of money
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  • 255 3 Gurus May Raise No. Of Citizens Standard Start' Correspondent Kl VI A LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor branch «>f \\u- Malayan Chinese Association is to engage Malay leaehera to teach Malay to Chinese who internl applying for Federal Citizenship. This was derided at a committee meeting of the Association held here
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  • 18 3 A 381-grave Indian Burial ground in Tupai, Taiping is to be removed to another site.
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  • 90 3 IPOH. Sun— The Perak Branch of the MCA. has received a request from the Superintendent of the Detention camp here to help "alleviate boredom' among detainees by supplying tools and equipment for hobbies such as carpentry, tailoring and vegetable gardening. Mr A. Wurman. Senior Superintendent
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  • 487 3 Standard Staff Reporter VEHICLES' Inspectors of the Singapore Registrar of Vehicles Department on outdoor duties are receiving salaries of $ltio or less per month "and no one could be expected to run a car or motor cycle on that salary." This view was expressed by the
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  • 98 3 Standard Staft Correspondent IPOH. Sun.— The following is the result of the Yuk Choy High School lucky tickets draw: First ***** Second 4.702, Third— 3992B. "4th— *****. sth— ***** r.th— l7GG9. 7th— *****. 8th 1 -*****. 9th— *****. 10th— *****. 11th -*****. 12th— :>5942. 13th— *****.
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  • 113 3 Standard Staff Correspondent BATU PAHAT, Sun. The Pontian District Welfare Committee decided at a recent meeting, at the District Office. to supply butter, Ovaltine. milk, biscuits and other tinned foods to the 22 patients of the Pontian Hospital beginning this month. The Committee approved
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  • 146 3 Standard Staff Reporter. THE SINGAPORE Harbour Board Staff Association, at an extraordinary genera! meeting, reiterated its original decision taken at the annual general meeting to press for increased cast of living allowances at the same rates as those paid by the Colony Government.
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  • 74 3 Standard Staff Correspondent MALACCA. Sun. There has been a further resignation from the Provisional Committee of the Malacca Labour Party. Mr. S. V Raman. Chairman of the Malacca Estate.-, Staff Union, has resigned from the Vice-Chair-manship of the Party's provisional committee. While the Labour Party i* having
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    • 873 4 I X NITED States officials are at it again fresh attacks have been made on rubber and tin producers by the Administrator of the U.S. Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mr. Stuart Symington, and the head of the General Services Administration. Mr. Jess Larson. Mr. Symington, in evidence before
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  • 990 4 ENORMOUS SUBSIDIES TO KEEP BOWN COST OF LIVING IN CEYLON [From Our Correspondent) x COLOMBO DESPITE the high prices that have to be paid abroad the Government of Ceylon has not merely adhered to its policy of stabilising the cost of rice, flour and sugar the three items which are
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  • 751 4  -  PHILIP TOYNBEE By IM) LITICI A N S ami "practical men* 1 are 'usually rhary of th<* intangible. They an 1 idolaters at the -liriiu* of "results*' by which they mean tangible rvsuhs which ran l>«* translated into statistics. It is a dangerous propensity, though a
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  • 279 4 asks EVE CHAPMAN ONCE every 'er m a I e e nagers' club started by a famous cosmetic ruin visits a few modern minded schools to give schoolU avers a talk on beauty and fashion. Parents o! teenage daughters don't n e e d to
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  • 651 4 We must not silence our 'Reds? SAYSA.J.P. TA YLOR FelloM Of Magdalen (-ol!c«:<% Oxford. LONDON r PHE missing diplomat* A are still missing. One day we may know whether there is any trinh in the story thai they have gone to Moscow It is possible thai these two men have
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    • 47 4 la Sickness... H When no other foods DM be t«^ sustain you [to ricl In Nealtti v e s Ovaltine helps »oe*i v frayed nerve., ffcrtaj P«i !he Ovaltine 4 i, cur H is regularly used »n «il HMIN D0 j^o* Sing homes It is widely reco«r.m»na»
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  • 252 5 US Officials Hopeful For Early Truce Line Agreement IF TWUCE TALKS FAIL WASHINGTON, u 19 \r>\ T fT m.Utkally yesterday of the ch^noi^i i government officials spoke issue. The new approach being taken by the subcommittee of the armistice negotiators accounted somewhat for the brightened prospects as Washington officials now
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  • 208 5 .tor., twe Rtpuhl.rans ami one Democrat. y,,,, r ,Mm,^ml lh, opmim, that if the Kac^oog eea^fire l.ulol. dw I n.ted Nat.ons mi-ht undertake opera- auaiiiM Ac < omnuinisls i n Korea on the lines .-ii«l l>\ General MaeArthur. The senators were Robert Taft,
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  • 34 5 Worsening Oil Crisis May Hit BOAC Services Aug (Reuter) -i n icca to Ihe I Au tralia may il Ihc Persian ts wotse, Sir Miles v, it nan id the BnI Airway S, warned
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  • 28 5 rON A.m. 19 -AP> v n disclosed i p ssible tests already conu .i^d in It Um c *UJJ, i maj be 8 -Hi. in
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  • 118 5 Soekarno Only Expressing Own Wishes Hague THE HAGUE. Any. 19. <AFP> —Official Netherlands circles today hinted thai Soekarno's receni statemeni urging an immediate rupture ot the lasl bonds j between Indonesia .n;d the Netherlands might well indicate the purely persona] wish of the Indonesian president. The same i circles added
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  • 41 5 HUNGARIAN Education Minis- i ter Josef Revai yesterday deciar- ed the charges that Hungary was rebuilding \wv economy on slave labour as an "idiotic lie" and denied that her five-year plan was aimed al increasing her war; ootential. Reuter
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  • News Briefs
    • 126 5 GRENOBLE. France, Aug. 19, 'UP) -A j?iant chimpanzee in a .circus show here Friday night strode up to one of Ihe spectators, clasped him in its arms and planted a long kiss lon his head before calmly walking away. The spectator was Viscount Pierre De La
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    • 111 5 VKILKD threats of a new Communist putsch against Wen Berlin to wmd up the Communist Youth Festival, tailed to materiai lise here on Saturday. The West Berlin police remained on lull aleri because of information that the Russian sector leaders planI ned to storm the .sector border i with selected
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    • 44 5 A DECREE of the Venezuela military government Junta yesterday ordered the striking All America Cables and Radio employees to return to work immediately. Tne decfee said the walkout was affecting normal communications with tn£ Oiv*&ide world and "upsetting Reneral activities in the country*'- U.P.
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    • 34 5 THE final draft of the Japanese peace treaty uns recelved by the Indonesian government Thursday afternoon but the government his not yet found time to study it. informed circles said here Saturday night. AFP
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    • 39 5 THE French authorities Saturday announced that they would sponsor- Europe's greatesi postwar exhibition of vital machine tools next month. It will be a feature of the latest machine tools perfected by France, Belgium. Germany, Holland. Switzerland, and Spain.- U.P.
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    • 33 5 THE US pressing need for more copper was underscored this week when the govern- ment disclosed that industry already is withdrawing metal from the strategic stockpile, supposedly a reserve for defence emergencies. A.P.
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    • 29 5 SIR Gilbert Laithwaite Britain's new High Commissioner to Pakistan, left Liverpool today lor Karachi aboard the Anchor Line steamship Circassia due to arrive ther P on Sent. 5 Reuter
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    • 28 5 One hundred and fifteen Socialist youth delegates from IT countries Saturday began the five-day conference of the Third Congress of the Socialist Youth International in Ham burg. Reuter
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    • 45 5 PRESIDENT Truman und daughter Margaret and several of her friends boarded the yacht Williamsburg Saturday for a week-end cruise on the Potomac River. The White House did not list the names of the friends. The party is expected to return to Washington Sunday afternoon. U.P.
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    • 36 5 MRS. Vijayalakshmi Pandit. Indian Ambassador to the I'nitcd S?;tles. left Paris Saturday by air tor Bombay on her way to New Delhi. Sin* had spent 48 hours in the French capital on a private visit. AFP
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    • 21 5 SPAIN won the International Amiileur -Film Festival which closed in Glasgow last night. France was second, and Italy t lird. A.P.
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  • 72 5 photo. Viscount Jowitt, British Lord High Chancellor, an -Ives lor (he Law Council of Australia's seventh legal convention an impressive gathering of legal giants from all parts of the British Empire and legal highlight of the Australian Jubilee celebrations jne coancil iru-t Aug. 8 in Sydney
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  • 193 5 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (AP) Senator Waller F. George, Georgia Democrat, said yesterday he will try to cul about U5.52,000.000,000 out of 'President Truman's foreign aid programme when the hill reaehes I lie U.S. Senate next week. This is twice the
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  • 200 5 WASHINGTON, Aim. 19. A group of eight American Republican senators belonging to the investigation committee on the MacArthur affair yesterday published a lengthy report containing their personal views on the affair and renewing violent attacks against the Asian policy of the Truman administration, and
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  • 92 5 Barrett Calls Red Allegation 'A Lie' TAIPEH. Aug. 19. <AFP>— Col. David Barrett. United States Military Attache here implicated by the Communists in the Peking trial, said last night: 'It is not in my tradition nor is it any of the United States Army to murder anybody." Denying the Communist
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  • 181 5 PARIS. Aug. (AP) The semi independent countries ol what was once French IndoChina Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam are to be invited by the United Si ales to take part in the Japanese treaty conference at S;,n Francisco next month, French sources said here
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  • 123 5 CAIRO. An. 19 (Reuteri The Egyptian Foreign Minister Salah El Din Pasha, Saturday described as "unsatisfactory" Turkey's attitude supporting the resolution in the Security Council for the lifting of Egyptian restrictions on shin^ in the Suez Canal. The Minister said Turkey still had time to
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  • 92 5 ALEX A\UR 1 A. Ait;. 19, AFP> Sir Ralph S evenson British Ambassador to Egypt, yesterday hanried to the Egyp tian Foreign Minister, Saiaeh El Dm Pasha, two personal Letters from Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison. One was addressed to Premier Sahas Pasha and the other
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  • 139 5 LABOUR MP FORECASTS: HARTFORD, ENGLAND, hmm. l«>. (W) I Lalxuir Mi'iiilmt of Parliament m lure la<»l ni^lil tlcil he liclicxcfl Prime Mini*lrr AtlUc vould call a general rlertion in Britain for (h-\. 25. The pred; lion, by Norman Dofl<K Parliamentary Privati Secretary
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  • 81 5 TRIESTE. Auk. lg, (AP) Fieiri Marshal Viscount liootgomery of Alamein. DefHity Supreme Commander of the Atlantic Paci hfations Defence, made a rapid journey yesterday to survey [taly's eastern I rout i< r. He also made .i visit to Castello <ii (iorizia and iin military cemetery at
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  • 49 5 TEHERAN Aug. 19 i if P American Ambassador to P Henry Grad3 will leave his post here h! Ihe end ol this month. it was learned litre last im'ht Ambassador Grady informed Washington some months ago his desire to letite 'nun diplomatic service.
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  • 180 5 Youth Shows Courage To Cirl, Blast s Head WATKKBrRY. (<nut<ii<ui Ann. IM. [UP> HertwH M(Donald. 17, wanted lo |tm\c to his ku\ thai h< I 4 plenty of nMirftg* McDiinaid pulled out a Tl < aLhit- revolver and I lie wa.N yoinji to play a name rnmr dan .;<t«uis Ui.tri
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    24 5 Mr. Geoffrey Wi'son v\ r«T«*nt!y l«Tt London r Colombo lo h»\id th«" Iho Plan 'i'«"'hn < ;i! o ti«m li 11 rB:: n British Official
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  • 56 5 US Private e Income Highest In History WASHINGTON lerl come flow I du in the Uniti duj ing 1950 rase 1 217.0 ("id in h ii. v I r $1,431 fof m n and rhi M in fhi i mi n»si of living f i. I 1 net rjM- vas.
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  • 393 6 Good Volume Of Business Passes By A Special Correspondent MALAY 7 AN share market was active and a good volume of business was written while prices flucluated irregularly in the several sections. Industrials were firm on the whole and some substantial sums were invested. Sentiment in
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  • 320 6 The W eek's Business Industrials Praser Neave 53.90, Hammer $40.00, Malayan Breweries $7.05. Malayan Collieries Si. 7. i and $1.75, Malayan Cement 30 to 33 cents, Straits Steamship (19.50, Straits Times Straits Trading Sl9/.5 and $19.65, Singapore Cold Storage k 4'.;, to $4-80, Singapore Trac- m Ord. 17 Union Insurance
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  • 214 6 London Tin Corporation Limited reporting for the financial year Apr. 30, this year showed I profit in consolidated account of £734.338 (20:-t r '> atrer taxai tion. A fin:i! dividend of 13 per cent, i* proposed making 18 per cent, for the year. Xet liquid as[sets In Consolidated
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    70 6 The British India Steam Navigation Company's freighter the 5,732 ton— Okhla is loading about 1.700 tons of scrap metal for Kobe as her main cargo from Singapore. Besides the cargo of scrap the vessel also has 44 tons of tin chipping* for Hong kong. Lorries loaded with scrap can be
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  • 94 6 HONGKONG. Aug. 19, (Renter-AAP) Chinese manufacturers in Hongkong* are taking jireal intere-t in the lour of the South Seas regions sponsored l»\ the Chinese Manufacturers Union. Yesterday was, the first day of registration of Intended participants and mure than Id manufacturers registered vhieh wore more
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  • 81 6 MR YO.XG MUN SEN «vellknown Penang artist, will hold an exhibition of about 100 of his water colour paintings at Robinson's from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1. Fine examples of Malayan scenes depicting Malayan kampong and industrial lne will be on show. Also on exhibit
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  • 65 6 THE Postmaster-Genferal. Malaya, announces that with effeci from September 1. 1951. the pi).»ta?e rate for the transmission of insured boxes by ;ur mail to Grout Britain and Northern Ireland will be revised as follows: $5.50 for the first 10 ounces or part thereof and 25
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  • 27 6 GOPENG Consolidated Limited has derlnred a third ir.terim dividend of 15 in ra^ed ol the vear etidir-e Spet ember 30, IV>.~>l. payable on September 14
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    • 443 6 Crossword No. 42 I I* 4 I Biv CUtS &CBOS6: 1 family wmc In s w L:: ;laad 6 8... ds players ma-* take one e tfaer daring or if:er plav 8. Burdened oer-ts-.n number with pod 9 Un-ao stantial way to start to cogitate. 10. Epraiet' lor a poreuptee,
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  • 448 7 2 Major Surprises LONDON, Aug. 18 (Beater) England^ football season opened today with well over a million people turning up to give it a rousing sendoff. Major surprises were the defeat of champions Tottenham Hotspur and the victory of weakened Chelsea team at Blackpool.
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  • 45 7 L\ a keenly Eought out SAFA Dv n II league soccer match played at Geylang Stadium yester-clay, Indian Recreation Club beat Chinese Athletes "A" bv 3—2. Scorers for Indians were Nadarajah, Carrol and Suppiah. Tian scored both goals for
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  • 50 7 GLASGOW. Aug. 18. (Reuter> —Gilbert Heron. American-born photographer from Detroit, Michigan today became the first coloured footballer to play in Scottish senior football. He made his debut for Glasgow Ce':c and scored one ol »n e fcwo goals which earned his team victory against Morton.
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  • 324 7 RESULTS ol the Singapore Bad- minton Associations, junior tournament played over the; J weekend were:— Saturday Night: Lim Kim CKoon and Tan Chin Guan Useful) beat LOW Win,; Kee and Pun Yew Hong <useful> 15.9- 15-8. Tan Boon row and Urn H(>ei Min (Mayflower) beat Joseph
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    42 7 The Bukit Timah Saddle Club orguni^f a children's G>tnk|iaßS on Saturday. Several interesting events were held, incoluding talking race, potato face, bending race, high jump, handy pony and obstacle race. Above: a competitor gracefully goes over the fence in the high jump.
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  • 409 7 BRIIJ.I.WT goalkeejung hy Narayanan saved the Indiana from a heavier defeat at tin* hands of Singapore Chinese who von 3-1 in a SAFA community league match al Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Narayanan made many daring saves and deservedly won ihe rounds of applause from the l>ig
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  • 29 7 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: Div. II R.A.F. Tengah c. Rocklites S.P. at < reylang. BUSINESS HOUSES LEAGUE: Sime Darby V M.P.H. at F. N Shell v Sinn cue at Shell ground.
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  • 129 7 ALEC Morrison of Changi (RAF i Cycling Club smashed the 50 miles cycling race record j in yesterday's SCRA trial held at Bukit Timah course, returning a time of 2 hours. Hi min and j 24 sees. Awathar Singh sustained a puncture at ;;o miles and so]
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  • 14 7 Bahru Rangers Eurasians in- a friendly -soccer game on the padang today
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  • 94 7 IPOH, Sun. Roughhouse Nancy and Queen Zahura attracted the largest wrestling crowd in Ipoh last night. They caused a stir in the Jubilee Park us hundreds of enthusiasts tried to gatecrash into the arenr. The start was delayed for almost an hour because the crowd
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  • 114 7 PLAYIXG for Singapore Cold Storage in a friendly cricket match against RNAS Sembawang yesterday. Colony cricketer P. de Kretser scored 112 (retired) and took a to^ril of 11 wicket-- for <in runs in two innings. The game was played at Sembawang. Cold Storage w>n I
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  • 73 7 Sinhalese sco ed an outright win over RAF Te i yesterday's SCA cricket. But it wps a thrilling finish :< I Si i ese sco-ed the winning hi a four off the last b;i i of the match. The honour fi igly fell to Senevifatne who
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  • 70 7 BRADD C ;"ki I C feated C.R.E. (N) by an i ng in a S.CA junior nan match n aycd the BCC ground ;t< ia Batting first BCC made 189 feu six wickei s fir red, Clarke c< in tribu ed 51 and Metclafe 5 i CRE were
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    • 30 7 TlMEs€Cfii HIGH TIDES at the pi w irts in Malaya AM F.M Singapore 00.28 1.14 Malacca 09.46 10.17 t Port Dick^on 08/37 8.48 Pori S'ham 07.48 7.56 Penang 02.45 2^o
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  • 533 8 Singapore Cricket Tournament Ends Europeans Lose Deciding Match THE CURTAIN on the third annual SCA tournament was run:: down yesterday when the Ceylonese won a convincing victorj and the championship over the SCC in ie deciding match of the whole competition before an unusually large crowd which
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  • 308 8 SRC II l»* Army 11 on BfSl Innings in their >( A Section A match on sK( ground yesterday. UK-UT— ISI INNS Bui I wi it S Pe W( U 0 i w< t«i S. Olive I I J D r j. D Ahat II
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  • 82 8 THF. SCA Section U A matcn between RAF. Chanai II and REME Civilians ended in a win for the former by an innin°s and 73 runs at Changi yesterday I REME were all out for 4$ of 20 were from extras. Robinson took six f»>r eight
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  • 345 8 IPOH, Sun. Ferak beat Kedah by an innings and .>2 runs in their first inter-state erieket encounter played at Ipoh during the weekend. With a deficit of 81 runs in the first innings kedah collapsed in the second when the whole team were skittled out
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  • 38 8 THE Johore Badminton Association has selected the team for the Foong Seong Cup competition against Singapore to be Stayed at Johor e Bahru on Aug. 5 and 26. The team:- Tengku Atjtfiil
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  • 1127 8 CSC beat SCC. fle ran out \a c rhuraisißcl m b Velupillai f* He.i:d b Bondram S Reynolds b Kagalah 13 Price b Perera i r&ncis c Williams bNi h Li p] »ck c ThUagaretnam i Perera 1 4 Harrison c n.i^.m!- b Perera Reee c w-aiir.ms
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  • 533 8 EUROPEANS NO MA TCH FOR REST PENANG, Sun. Rest beat Europeans by an innings and 17 runs in their annual crieket classic which concluded this evening on Western Road ground. Old Willie Williams who was called upon to play for the Rest in the last minute got most wickets for
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