The Singapore Free Press, 11 January 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA II SINGAPORE, THI RSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1951. PMC* TEN tENTS
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    U.S. DENIES KOREA EVACUATION
    118 1 'No such suggestion from Mac Arthur WASHINGTON, Thursday. I M I Xl) S 1 A 1 K> Detente Department yesterday denied that any inundation had heen received from General Douglas Mactrtat United Nations troops should be withdrawn from Korea. D the heels of a story by
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    Six youths burn bus
    35 1 Six youths burn bus M.trt Reporter T McKenzie R i rtactl 11 C m trmed the Delta k H id ;nctrmed oB€fl driver and con >;>rinkled p nil its of It abla :T m ditTerent
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    Bevin's 6 points for Korean peace
    138 1 LONDON, Thurs. Till: BRITISH Foreign Secretary Mr. Enesfl Bevin. hai proposed to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference that taUMU_tl China should be admitted to the United Nations to bring about a cease-fire m Korea and a ><»lution of the Far Eastern problems. Mr. Bevin
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    C'wealth plan for U.N. today
    445 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thursday. BRITISH sources said yesterday that the Commonwealth countries hoped to have an intermediate plan' for ending the Korean war ready for presentation to the I'nited Nations today but m Washington, the IS. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean \cheson. said he was pessimistic
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    USSR for treatment
    27 1 OSLO, Than. THE Deputy Chief of the Norwegian Communist Par4y. .Mr. Johan Strand Johansen, has gone to .Moscow to undergo "medic il treatment." A.P.
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    Indonesia rejects break
    115 1 JAKARKTA. Thurs. 'T'HE Indonesian Parliament lias rejected by 66 to 63 votes, a motion to liquidate the Netherlands Indonesian Union State. The Government is at odds with the Netherlands over the future rule of West New Guinea, but it regarded the motion a.s too strong. Indonesia and
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    New reply to Russia
    103 1 PARIS. Wed. 'THE U.S. Britain and France have completed the draft of a new reply to Russia's request for a Bit> Four foreign ministers meeting, it was learned today. The draft was completed by U.S. State Department officials and the British and French ambassadors m Washington
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    WAR NO SOLUTION
    35 1 The official version of President Chiang Kai-shek's recent address to members of the Kuomintang quoted him as warning against the idea that a third world war would solve all China's troubles.— A.P.
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    REBEL KILLED
    29 1 RANGOON.Thurs— A Karen rebel leader, Saw San-kay. was killed m aji action against Government troops In the Moulmein district of southern Burma, a communing c said today.
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    PROTEST TO TITO
    60 1 Hungary has sent a protest note to Belgrade accusing he Yugoslavs of "covering ■>" the erim 's 01 their border ircis UP picture. Into Onn bin .la'afar (left) with Dato Abdul Razak at Kalians: Airport this morning before leaving for Colombo by BOAC plane. Dato Onn vnd
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    Reds raid village
    22 1 Armed bands of North Koreans are raiding villages north and south of the 38th Parallel m a vigorous cons-
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    ACTRESS DIES
    21 1 Olga Nethersole, 80, English actress noted for her daring stage portrayals of several decades ago. died at Bournemouth. A.P.
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    MEETING ENDS
    17 1 The Pan-Indian Ocean Science Congress has concluded its session m Bangalore after deciding to reconvene
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    48 1 picture. Lalitha, the rid t of the three Indian dancing sisters, makes the finishing touches before going on to dance the Invocation to the goddess of stage and dance with Padmini, at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore last ninht. Gorgeous silks, colours and jewels distinguish this show.- Free Press
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    14 MORE S'PORE ARRESTS
    94 1 14 MORE S'PORE ARRESTS Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore police have arrested 14 more people under the Emergency Regulations during the past 24 hours. A C.I.D. spokesman said this morning that of the 14 arrested, two Chinese are being held for Communist activities m the Colony. Tiie arrests of
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    Dato Onn leaves
    91 1 Free Press Staff Reporter ACCOMPANIED by Dato Abdul Razak of Penang, Dato Onn bin Ja'afar. chairman of RIDA. left Singapore for Colombo today to study rural administration, industrial development, and the working of co-operative societies m Ceylon's rural areas. This Is Dato Onn's first real visit to
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    PEPLER LEAVES SINGAPORE
    56 1 vjIR George Pepler, Singapore's Town planning consultant, flew back to London by Qantas Constellation at 6 a.m. today with. Lady Pepler. Sir George was particularly encouraged by the public response to the exhißition on Singapore homes at the Victoria Memorial Hall and congratulated the people of the
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    WOMAN ROBBED
    27 1 Two masked Chinese armer* vith knives robbed a Chinese woman of a gold chain and locket at her house m Cavan Road, Singapore, last night.
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    Minister sacked
    64 1 SANTIAGO, CHILE, Wed THE Chilean Government has announced officially that Manuel Garreton Walker, Chilean Minister m Ankara, has been dismissed from th Foreign Service because he was involved m gold smuggling into India. Walker was questioned by Bombay police when returning to Ankara from Seoul, where he served
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    More alien soldiers
    24 1 Legislation to permit more alien soldiers enlist m the United States fighting forces has been introduced m the U.S. Senate. A.P.
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    PREMIERS URGE PEACE TALKS
    255 1 LONDON, Thursday. THE Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference agreed yesterday that the Big Three Western Powers should continue to seek peace talks with Russia, providing there was a guarantee that such talks would not be a waste of time. The Ministers also concurred with the Atlantic Pact
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    Supplies to China denied
    67 1 BOSTON. Thurs. THE United States Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Charles Sawyer, denied that his Department had let strategic materials go to Communist China since the outbreak of the Korean war. Senator Herbert O'Conor. Democrat, head of the Senate Commerce sub committee, criticised Mr. Sawyer's department a
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    SABOTAGE FEAREI
    35 1 The possibility of sabota. 'vas discussed when an m Wiry opened m London into tne loss of the Indian ship Enterprise, which blew up June, killing all but one her 74 crew Reuter
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    U.K. policy in Malaya 'doubtful'
    206 1 LONDON, Thursday. THERE are still serious doubts concerning am* biguous assurances given by Mr. Atttoe, Prima Minister, as to how long Britain will lemain m Malaya, said Mr. Ashworth Hope, chairman of th' Malayan Tin Dredging and Southern Malayan Tin dredging, at a meeting yesterday
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    TANKER AGROUND NEAR S'PORE
    40 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The Unitei States Navy chartered tanker Tomahawk. went aground on Pulau Nita. 20 miles from Singapore, at 3 a.m. today. The Singapore Harbour Board seagoing tug. Griper, has gone to its assistant
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    TIN RECORD
    73 1 NEW YORK. Wed. THE price of spot tin reached a new all-time high level today when Grade A metal was sold at U.S. 51.69 per pound which was a rise of six cents over Tuesday's peak of |Ut The rise followed strength both at Singapore and London. Dealers
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    King to see Liaquat Ali
    79 1 LONDON THE King Is breaking holiday to return to I don tomorrow to grant audience to Liaquat Ali Khan Pakistan Prime Minis' The King is at pre* holiday at Sandringh I country how He will also, it was understood, give an aud Attlee. British Prii
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    Slave-trader To Priesthood
    474 2 Slave-trader To Priesthood 4 j PETER QUENNELL 5 reviews new books t in the UK iy ks sn< and 'hat ar? maa minor characand Seowht n the rr. of Jan* 1 Ausdeciines the card-tabl Those few ol us who re hf pilar pree are apt to hi a difficult time
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    QUICK LOOKS
    130 2 I he Staple Art of Mur- JJ der. by Raymond Chand- ler. (Hamish Hamilton). Eight homicidal enter-)} i Raymond^ l ngagingss /> The Visiters' Baok g f edited by Harry Ballam i and R v i sh) An agreeable compUa-SS \s tion of views on England)? 'f? and
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    ANY TOKENS TO SPEND?
    525 2 Robert Ottaway on new books T^HE quickest way to a reader's heart, I am sure, is through a book token. It should be an indictable offence to foist oner own literary taste on one's friends. An acquaintance of mine found that by Christmas Day he had
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    No Arguing With This Priest
    477 2  - No Arguing With This Priest G. M. THOMSON •By The Little World of Don Camillo. By Giovanni r.uareschi: HERE is a toy pistol fired m the cold war! Here is a little world as sly as a fairy tale; painted m the gay primary colours of the nursery; and as
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    P.O.W. Secrets Out
    240 2  -  JOHN HOPE By IS it wise to reveal to the world secrets about techniques evolved during the war to help Servicemen escape from enemy territory? I find ex-Servicemen divided over the question. So the news that a book called Ways of Escape is to be published m
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    FAMOUS FOLK FAIRY TALES
    160 2 RED FAIKY BOOK. Collected and edited by Andrew Lang. Foreword by Mary Gould Davis. New edition. Longmans. Green. YELLOW FAIRY BOOK, Collected and edited by AnLang. Foreword by Mary Gould Davis. New edition. Lonjmans. Green. A most v, two ol A: famous colland fairy tale t
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      280 2 YOUR I LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a tremendous capacity for friendship. Once you have given your loyalty, it is for life. Hence, you must be very cautious m all your attachments. Think twice before accepting someone into the chosen circle of intimates. j And m romance, make very
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      127 2 New Crossword No. ?49 TT Ml |B^ 1 1 ■LJRLJI.-l wm-J MB I _Hf*^a_r^_l _Hf -HI ■B^> k» CLUES ACROSS 8 Warning against repetition <4. 3. 2. 8, 5> 9 How makP a haufle <4. 2, 10 Aid m a wager ,4,. 12. The "mpkm Tas a b put you
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    THE ENGLISH – AS OTHERS SEE THEM
    428 3 THE ENGLISH AS OTHERS SEE THEM Impressions since 1500 LONDON, Thursday. THE English as others see them, and have seen them m the past 450 year*. That is the theme of a highly entertaining "Visitors Book compiled by Messrs Harry Ballam and Roy Lewis and published m London by Max
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    Spain may remain neutral
    252 3 MADRID, Thursday. i > Spain eaten ISSI, it seems that she may follow the \ample of Sweden and Switzerland and repare to remain neutral if there should be a Third War. anco'a sudden demand for the return se to this conjecture Commentators recalled how, when Hitler
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    WOOL PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH
    33 3 WOOL PRICES WILL REMAIN HIGH BOURNE. Tl ai ll i for .-> Of I are ..MdeiabLy cut altoo be And C nunerce be"d rguI pur-re-a diss will I I E irooe iiac. b Reuter
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    Taft calls for 10-year arms programme
    178 3 Taft calls for 10-year arms programme WASHINGTON, Thurs. SENATOR Robert Taft, Republican Opposition leader, has called for a 10-year middle-course programme to prepare the United States for possible war. without wrecking its economy. Mr. Taft said that the building of an international army m Western Europe is "more likely to
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    Mercy plan to North Korea
    73 3 GENEVA. Thurs. THE President of the International Coirmiittee of the Red Cross. M. Paui Ruegger, announced m Geneva that he had proposed to the North Korean Government that he pay them a personal visit. His telegram to the North Korean Foreign Minister, Pak Ken-yen, proposing
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    UNUSUAL FINE FOR CHARITIES
    71 3 Every member of the Fiddlers" club at Margaret ting, near Chelmsford, Essex, pays one penny fine if he is spotted holding a glass of beer m the right hand. This is only one of the many ways m which these benevolent "fiddlers" raise maney for local
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    REPORT DENIED
    62 3 A Far Eastern Air Forces spokesman m Tokyo has denied* a published report that United Nations warplanes have been ordered to kill anyone except women and children sighted behind Communist frontlines m Korea. U.P. A few wealthy Tibetan farmers have crossed the mountains into the Indian d.strict of
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    GALLANTRY AWARD
    25 3 GALLANTRY AWARD E Pattersburg, j be awarded :he ..ed Service heroism h the beadny of the First Infant ry Re- >cond Division. near Kor< U.P.
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    U.S. SATISFIED
    50 3 The Deputy Chief of E C A.'s China mission. Mr. John B Nason. said m Taipeh that the United States Government was well satisfied with the progress of its aid programme m Formosa and confident the goal of economic self-sufficiency would be attained within a reasonable period. Reuter
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    GIVIL DEFENCE
    19 3 i\ G rmanj is planning defence of Iti 9 urity ire being d as been sent Reuter
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    DINNER OFF
    24 3 The White House Correspondents Association has cancelled its annual dinner for the President because of the "uncertainty of the world situation."- A.P.
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    Bridge Hand
    238 3 double-ban- tied Mt i on this G of Canton. 111. bad played a\ the en-, a »yciow.pped. H hi. .-M>utn av^st A INT N T All t ,ed the spade Jack. \Mth the queen aad ■mother soade. Sou'h won wd i^k another club finesse to win three club
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    U.S. has sent 1,600 tanks to Europe
    118 3 U.S. has sent 1,600 tanks to Europe WASHINGTON, Thurs 'pHE United States has sent more than 1.600 tanks and fighting vehicles to Western Europe under the mutual defence assistance programme m the last nine mcnths. The Acting head of the programme at the State Department, speaking m a television programme,
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    BUCKLEY
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    'FREE GERMANS' DEMAND
    253 3 FRANKFURT. Thursday. MORE than half of all the Germans convicted of war crimes have been released from prison. Hundreds have been granted clemency or reduction of their sentences. Others are being set free every month under an Allied programme of parole, clemency and review. But the Germans'
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    STUDENTS TO MEET
    45 3 Students from 38 countries are expected m Berlin on Sunday for the Communistsponsored International Students' Association six-day executive meeting. Countries to be represented include Britain, the United Sta^s, France. Belgium, Canada, the Scandinavian countries. South Africa. New Zealand. Burma and Vietnam. Reuter
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    Earliest Easter in 50 years
    218 3 CHICAGO, Thursday. 'THE year 1951 will be distinguished by at least one J thing. Its Easter— on Ma?. 25 will be the earliest observance of the holiday m the second half of the 20th century. The world will have to wait until the year 2008
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    Portraits in silk
    52 3 \fRS. Dora Owen. 73-year-old Londoner, hi* completed portraits of Mr George Bernard shaw Mi. nston Churchill and other wrrld tmsmmm personalities— on a sewing machine m coloured silks. The framed wwHi can easilj be mistaken for paintings until the viewer looks closely and rinds thousands of Intricate
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    GOOD LOOKS ATTRACT THE YOUNG
    132 3 GOOD LOOKS ATTRACT THE YOUNG urn at \o\\ The I a stu apptract r for childrei 10 After that, a child's racier appears to enter m Under a young Vien: doctor. Frendrich Haiker Unr jte of I choi tiried out i i by questioning several hundred children between the of
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    WAR AND PEACE
    54 3 The President ot the University of Pennsyivar. Harold Slassen. said m New York there are "very real dangers of war' fc prospects tor p rear*. U.P. The average man;. he Australian male 4 28 for the femai a mon wealth i ian. Mr. Roland Wilson, announced. However,
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      219 3 CTJJQ APORE Jiiar >'; 4.47 From the London (BilF < TVvOKK) I Editorials (BBC-: 4.55 Compose! Xt f-™, QJnaannro- °f the Week— Rimsky-Korsakov; 10 a.m. News from Singapore, 1 5.15 Statement of Account (BBC 1 12 Programmes m Malay: 1 pm. The Radio Orchestra; 1.30 Time 5.30 Two's A Pair—
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      The man who goes free
      117 4 The man who goes free 1 c ed out by under the En Ihe Gwei w i md :is•i of dell he is :^.ed la warrp'it pn s* Island. tie persou about on we :ti si ions lay m ,-n is denied. d. 11 ide lulor T 1 ha; c
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    LOOKING AT 1951— by a man at home..
    501 4 THE YrIAR, 1951 A ...And tne almost inevitable *q v t s t i o n "Where do v.c go from here if we go anywhere It is c a b v to be pessimistic about the prospects for 1951. There is
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    ITS TIME TO STOP LIVING AT SECOND HAND
    781 4 ITS TIME TO STOP LIVING AT SECOND HAND the man who has developed himself, individually— as I believe v. c all could. Like a man I know— a Scotsman— who began life as a railway porter. At the end of each days work he walked six miles to and from
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    'Othello'—Communist version
    146 4 'Othello' Communist version TO enable the public behind the Iron Curtain to enjoy fully the plays of Shakespeare, the Hungarian poet Geor»e Somlio rewrote Othello "m the way m which Shakespeare would have written it had he been alive today." The adapted version opens with members of 'the Communist youth
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    Premiers at the Palace
    13 4 Australia, Louis Stephen St. Laurent. &gg^e£_!_!__i R >ec t
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    French Reds a new leader
    292 4  -  Frank MacMillan By SOME weetis a.^o the General Secretary ot the French Communist P a r t v. Maurice Thorez, fell victim to a mysterious illness and two "bourgeois" doctors were called 115. Now Thore? has been taken to tn* 1 special hospital near Moscow
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    The City That Wan Once Seoul
    586 4  - The City That Wan Once Seoul RALPHIZZARD By ''FHE tragedy of the 1 fall of Seoul is that this city was the only one m Korea with any pretence to civilisation and culture. In Its scenic mountain set ting, faintly resembling Innsbruck's. Seoul boasted fine art museums and the best
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    ALL ABOARD FOR THE SHOREI!
    37 5 picture. tain's from the t'.S.S. Southerland rats her w.iv shoreward h Seaaaa L, L. (ivy. v iratefcteg the liberty men seated below who are for m evening m Singapore.- Free Pres s
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    2 new child feeding centres this year
    130 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rpWO \F\\ communis .md child feeding centres set up m Smuapore this year Dv the Social Department to replace existing ones m p and I ppcr Seran«;oon. W Webb, the Department's Secretary sterday that these centres 340 children m
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    WHY EUROPEAN OFFICERS RESIGN
    419 5 Party politics uncertainty Free Press Staff Reporter gKING unwittingly involved m Singapor party politics and a feeling of uncertain! of their career m the Municipal service an among the reasons leading to resignations ol European officers from the service. Mr. T. F. Stevenson, acting Municipal Assessoi
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    S'pore must plan city, housing
    198 5 S'pore must plan city, housing Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE has to do a whole lot more than it is doing: towards the planned rebuilding of the city. This view was expressed yesterday by Mr. Jacob L. Crane. Chairman of the United Nations Housing Mission, m the course of an
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    "Your Home And
    45 5 Your Children Mr. A. W. Frisby. Director of Education. Singapore, will eive a talk on "Your Home and Your Children this afternoon at 5.30 p.m. at the Victoria Memorial Hall, m which the Exhibition of Town Planning and Housing is being held.
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    Acquitted
    15 5 MUAR. Wed.— Charged at Muar with bribing a Chinese special constable. Subramaniam was acquitted.
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    Free service aim of S'pore medical plan
    343 5 *T»HE SINGAPORE Medical Plan seeks to double the present clinical facilities m all lields", said Dr. VV. J. Vickers, Director of Medical Services, when he delivered an address at the Exhibition of Town Planning and Housing m the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday evening.
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    Joss sticks dearer now
    87 5 F. P Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed. BECAUSE of higher production costs, joss sticks will he dearer for the Chinese New Year. One reason. according to dealers, is that many labourers formally engaged m cutting forest trees on the mainland have now turned to the more lucrative
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    The Indian grace of movement
    462 5 a BRILLIANT riot ol .A colour. scintil! ating jewels and limbs, g us costumes and, of course, the Indian grace of movement, was the impression T brought away irom the Victoria Memorial Hail last night irom the progt amine of -Indian Dane by Lalitha. Padmiv
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    Protest against new passport restrictions
    572 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IN ONE of two motions to be introduced by Cnoffieials at the next meeting A of the Singapore Legislative Council on Tuesday next, Mr. Tan Chin Tu.n (Chinese Chamber of Commerce) will ask the Council to say that every holder of
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    Don't obstruct pavements
    132 5 O dors, bicycle repairers, barbers and others are warned that action will be taken by ihe Singapore Municipal Town Cleansing Department against them, if they are found obstructing the five-foot-way with their merchandise and parapherr.: In spite of the con raids and proserin against five-foot -way offenders
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    SPORES NEED NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    97 5 SPORES NEED NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE Hi Xafl P.» p yHL I 1 B ed the I h Service m Soon k of Town Plain me m the 1 Hall. Dr V ck< National Health S- the and 1 be and i "A out an md without I chaos and an
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    C.G. on visit to Hong Kong
    36 5 C.G. on visit to Hong Kong TAI. Kong. This is on Will stay with and i advisers on current n Mr IfacDonald it mpanied by Mr Depot General for Colonial urn to bet -nd of the
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    EXAMINATIONS BOARD
    61 5 r J HI been bers ot the Examinations Board ion 18 of the High vices Scheme 1950 Chairman: The I of Education. Singapore; M bers: Department of I tion (The Principal. Rj Itution, S.ngapore of Malaya (Pi F. Mason Professor R. C. R. Morrelh: Unofficial M» Mr. M
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      32 5 MAIL I Surface mail l> expected m ttwak, India and tl PW< ration. Lab mes tor posting surface the G.P.O. today are: noon BibU and Nortn India; 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    PENANG TOOK MAIN HONOURS
    1173 6  - PENANG TOOK MAIN HONOURS VETERAN Malayan badminton m 1950 Hv Peng Soon No. 1 performer REST individual performer m badminton last year was Wong Peng Soon and the strongest State was Penang. Peng Soon should be given the individual honours despite his deteat by Ooi Teik Hock at Penang on
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    42 6 picture. Prince Edward Road Boys Club team (right), winners of the McKerron Cup for inter-boys' club badminton. They hVat Jalan Eunos Boys' Hub (left) by three games to two m the final played at the Clerical Union hall last week-end.- Free Press
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    Lanes bowlers due here this week-end
    137 6 OOY Tattersall, the Lancashire off-spin bowler, and Brian Statham, the young Lancashire fast bowler, will be passing t trough Singapore this week-end on their way to strengthen the M.C.C. team i»j Australia. They leave by air tomorrow and their plane is scheduled to go
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    U.K. RUGBY RESULTS
    35 6 YESTERDAYS U.K. Rugby Union results were: County Championship: Eastern Countries 3. Surrey Kent 0. Middlesex 3. Other mat he*.: Headmgley 16. London United Hospitals 25; Royal Nary 0. Civil Service 6. Reuter
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    FINCH TO FIGHT VILLEMAIN
    50 6 ALBERT Finch, former British middleweight champion, has agreed to fight Fiance's Robert Villemain at the Palais des Sports, Paris, on Jan. 29. Finch lost his middleweight crown when he was knocked out m the fifth round by Randolph Turpin at Harringay arena. London, last November. A.P.
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    ORTEGA WINS ON T.K.O.
    30 6 JOHNNY ORTEGA beat Jimmy Espiritu of Manila, on a technical knockout m the ninth round :n California on Tuesday. Orti^a weighed 111 lbs. Esointu 116 lbs.
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      142 6 LONDON, ThutMi RECENT buying enthusiasm m the Stack I has been checked by the motor induMr\ iarp reminder of acute shortages of raw mate* i Reuter's financial correspondent. Price movements of domestic sto< were irregular and mainly to lower levels. Steel shares. textUes and motors showed
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      NEW SWEEP ON VIETMINH
      65 6 FRENCH infantry troyed 10 Vie imunist camps to 'seized ammunition a 'plies m a 'swamplands 20 i: Saigon. A French til n said lha were killed m clashes m the Sa and sporadic figl Tonkin province I The lull m fight r north ended abi jthe
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      S.C.C. SOCCER OFFICIALS
      52 6 A^T a meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club (Soccer section yesterday, the following were elected office bearers for the coming season Captain for the season. Q. Murray; vice-captain. R. Macgregor. The Selection Comee will comprise of G. E. Verall: G. Murray; R. Macgregor; J. B. Forbes and
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    ALL-MALAYA ARMY TO PLAY NAVY
    478 7 ALL -MALAYA ARMY TO PLAY NAVY Rugby match at Nee Soon Free Press Rugby Reporter ALL-MALAYA Army rugby XV will meet Royal Navy at Nee Soon next Wednesday, and a very entertaining game is promised. Royal Navy are a strong side, with many allround experienced rugger men, as shown m
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    Colony's latest rugby 'find'
    221 7 ERSONALiTIES IN SPORT.. 9 By CHARLES BRYCE HPlfOfl has made a quick name for In Colony rusby. On Saturday he will be 1 name for the Singapore Civilians ;li when they met*t Penang at Kuala l the H M S. M tlav.i final. ailable to the
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    Forward tussle on sodden pitch
    289 7 VEE Soon Garrison XV proved too strong for the Singapore Cricket Club *A M rugby ttam on the Padang yesterday, when they won a rugged struggle nn a rain-sodden pitch by eight points (a try and a roal) to six (a try and a penalty
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    Barrier test for 3 horses
    37 7 Barrier test for 3 horses I .»rr»->pondent .V I Jan. 20. a i the ieir enWill haT< Class 4 !0.: Ch. I Divs. 1 5, 1 und lan ll>: t I SI Jan. c 5. 6f. C
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    SOLE TRY WIN FOR R.A.S.C.
    16 7 G H Q. s er 4 h »d :iy by B'lrru-
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    Teams for today's S.H.A. game
    25 7 >■ S.H A pi the semi final, von; Col. I E\an^; O Buller. Sgt. C. Cooke: n e'e Devada*? s. X
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    'TREASURE HUNT'
    22 7 aapcre Motor Club will hold I treasure hunt" on 21 at 930 a.m.. starting at the Victoria Memorial Hal: entrance.
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    UK SOCCER FIXTURES
    245 7 FOLLOWING are U.K. soccer League fixtures for Saturday. Jan. 13: NGUSfI I r U.I E— DIV. I \rM-nal M.ildit »brough A»ioii ilia v 1 allium Hurnn> v llu(iuir>ii(w<l lhir.i»n >h«-tlic.il \\«-d. t hr.v.-a \r»i.i>l l>tr;>v t li\erpm>i I rtrn Mo»r Manrht^lir I. I oi irnbum Port^naoatb Urvl
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    REST HOCKEY X!
    46 7 The to lowrr.g will represent the igainst Europeans at hockey on the Padang on Jan. 18: Low Hong Hee: R. H. Barth, Chya Eng Ch<ng: P. Pennefather. S Vellupillai. G. Clarke.; Swee Lim Swang. Chai Hon Yam, A. Clarke. B. Coutts. E. Ebert.
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    9 7 HOCKEY: G.H.Q. x Poflce. Tan, r im.
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    QUICK WIN FOR CHICAGO BOXER
    87 7 JOHNNY Bratton of Chicago knocked out Sammy Mastrean of Pittsburg m the third round of a battle m Chicago on Tuesday which established Bratton as a serious threat In the welterweight ranks. Midway m the 3rd round Bratton landed a hard right to Mastrean's chin
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    RIDERS' WEIGHTS AT TRACK WORK
    568 7  -  ALLAN LEWIS By A SINGAPORE reader has written asking if I am able to give the approximate riding weight of all jockeys when riding horses at morning exercises. Approximate weights of jockeys when riding morning exercise, arc: Abdul Farad. Bst 91b.: Abdul Mawi. 8 st.;
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    ISLAND CLUB TOURNEY
    142 7 FOLLOWING are the draw and start inu times for Island Club Lady Captain's Prize (Stroke play* over 18 holes <12 hid holes) tomorrow. 900 Mrs. C na^ih <1 1 > v. Mrs. O'G earj (7>; 9.10 Mrs. Cosman-Davies <17. v. Mrs. Levy (17i; 9 20 Mrs. Huxley
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    Selangor TC Feb. meeting
    145 7 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR Wed. "THE Selangor Gold Cup race for horses of Class 1, Div. 1 over one and a quarter miles with $5,000 stakes will be' the highlight of the Selangor Turf Club February meeting (Feb. 3. 7 and 10). Class 1 horses
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    Blackpool, Derby win replays
    92 7 TWO more First Division football teams won through to the fourth round of the Football Association Cup tournament yesterday as Blackpool defeated Charlton Athletic three-nil and Derby County eliminated West Bromwich Albion one-nil m third-round replays. In another third-round replay. Exeter City defeated Grimsby Town 4—2.
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    DRUG CONTROL DIFFICULT
    46 8 The international control of narcotic drugs is becoming increasingly difficult through the development of an infinite variety of new synthetic drugs and through the failure of various governments to provide production and consumption statistics, the permanent Centrai Opium Board at Geneva reported. AP
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    BRITISH GOLD STOCKS HIGHER
    207 8 BRITISH GOLD STOCKS HIGHER Reserves "still too low" LONDON, Thursday. GOLD and dollar reserves of Britain and the sterling area jumped by $544,000,000 at the end of last year, the Treasury announced yesterday m London. They amounted to U553,300,000,000 on December 31, 1950, compared with $2,756,000,000 at the end I
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    A KING APPEALS FOR PEACE
    52 8 A KING APPEALS FOR P EACE King Tribhuvana of Nepal yesterday appealed to his countrymen to do 'everything necessary to restore peace and order m their country. He asked them to give their "fullest co-operation" m the steps to be taken for giving effect to reforms announced m the capital,
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    SOVIET ARMS AID
    27 8 The China Union Press of Taipeh said that enough Soviet arms and equipment for 30 Chinese Communist divisions had arrived at Mukden. Manchuria. A.P.
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    'CALL-UP AT ONCE' MARSHALL
    98 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs. T*HE United States Secretary of Defence, General George Marshall, called today for the immediate conscription of 450.000 unmarried 18-year-old youths to increase the strength of the American armed forces. Gen. Marshall appearing before a Senate Sub-commit-tee, said the present conscription law should be supplemented
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    SHIP EXPLOSION INJURES 12
    48 8 SHIP EXPLOSION INJURES 12 An explosion aboard the inter-island vessel, Empress of Guiuan. early yesterday at Cebu injured 12' persons, three seriously. The blast was followed by a short-lived Are which occurred as the ship was about to sail for Leyte and caused damage estimated at $10,000--000. Reuter
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    Legs for the mermaid
    269 8 Legs for the mermaid LONDON, Thursday. MIRANDA the Mermaid, but without her tail, is to be the centre-piece of a fountain In the South Bank Festival Gardens. Instead of a tail she has beautiful legs— with fins instead of feet. Her creator is Mr. Arthur Fleischmann, Czechoslovak sculptor, now an
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    WEST REJECTS RUSSIAN KINO OF PEACE
    152 8 WEST REJECTS RUSSIAN KINO OF PEACE LONDON. Thurs. i,|R. LOUIS St Laurent. .▼1 Prime Minister of Canada. i a broadcast from London night said the free world c not Ignore the fact that Soviet Union was "armed ihe teeth.*" He said: "W >t prepared to surrender our freedoms for the
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    Friendship link
    103 8 Friendship link KINGSTON. Surrey Thurs EMBROIDERED with 200 names on the edges, a table cloth forms a frienshio link between an old peoples organisation In Kingston. Surrey and San Franscisco The cloth, which has a map of California as its pattern, has been presented to old people of Kingston— 'the
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    NEGROES BACK WHITES
    54 8 The National Association the Advancement of Coloured People m Richmond, Virginia, yesterday objected to segregation that discriminates against white people. The organisation called for the boycott of a scheduled concert by the Negro contralto, Marian Anderson, because the concert managers reserved all the best seats m the
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    Tusked sea serpent puzzles museums
    166 8 SYDNEY, Thursday. A STRANGE creature about 30 feet long with a head about three feet across and a tapering body has been washed up at Waimarama, near Hastings New Zealand. The identity of the creature, which was dead when found, is puzzling naturalists Its appearance
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    MIRACLE PLAYS FOR FESTIVAL
    49 8 The only completee eye!.. of miracle plays m e-istenc will be revived m St. Mary's Abbey, York, for the Festival of Britain. Members of York's craft guilds will take part m the religious dramas which were a feature of 13th to the 16th centuries. Reuter
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    1,000 to 1 against war
    65 8 T^HE organised bookmakers of Britain have decided on 1.000 to 1 as the fair odds against a world war m 1951. This was the concensus at the annual dinner of the Bookmakers Protective Association on Tuesday. "When a bookmaker offers odds like that against anything."
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    Separate U.S. Jap peace
    34 8 WASH AUTHOR!! hop*' ot a nee on and lian< Mlie.s and T Tli John T m char^ menu will flj the end expiate the to General I Arthur and U.P.
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    FIRE KILLS FOUR
    33 8 *m£ G ATA Thurs F KUled lour people. Injured 16 others, and threatened to destroy the entire main wharf of Saranquilla dock area here last night and early today. Reuter
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    U.K. MONEY
    26 8 Yesterday's closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were HK$6.O2 6.02 per U.S dollar HK515.40 per pound sterling. HKS337 per tact of gold
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    HE GAVE NEW WORD TO THE U.S. LANGUAGE
    388 8 ROME, Jh THE last novel of Mr. Sinclair Lewis, ;i„ writer and Nobel prize winner who i yesterday at the age of S5, will be publish. under the title. "World Brigade.* It Is with an Italian setting. Mr. Lewis was one of
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