The Singapore Free Press, 3 June 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE No. 1""* SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    13 1 The Duchess of Kent, pu lurid at the beginning of Sou*h\\ark__. Shakespeare festival.
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    'EMPIRE PAID FOR THE WAR'
    130 1 'EMPIRE PAID FOR THE WAR' LONDON. Sun. lORD Bea-. erorook writing m his own paper the Sunday Express Mi»j asks rhetorically: "Who paud ror the war?" and declares: rae great share of the burden **s borr.e by our overseas Empire Mate, he ooinu out. received Irom the United States J2-29.00Q.000.
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    2 NATIONS AT POLLS
    59 1 > I -iropean nations have r hp oolLs. mi n France. liLJ! DOr fr th Dolls closed r -er heavy but quiet oT ?*rty voting. p2 26.000.000 people m and her colonies have yesterday Italians vote— in the first free t> election since before I»- Ttll
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    GOVT WILL MAKE FILMS HERE
    405 1 $150,000 Deal In Cameras Free Press Reporter THE Government of Malaya, I understand, has purchased the entire filming outfit from the Services film unit for about $150,000 with the intention of creating a new and important film producing section. Included m the deal are up-to-date
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    LIBEL WRIT FOR RAJA MUDA
    169 1 LIBEL WRIT FOR RAJA MUDA Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Sun. THE Raja Muda of Sarawak. Mr. Anthony Brooke, told me today that a writ for libel had been served on him on behalf of Mr. G. T. M. Macßryan. who v as formerly the Rajah of Sarawak's private secretary and
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    10,000,000 DEMOBBED
    88 1 NUREMBERG. Germany, Sun. A HIGH Allied military source said today that Russia has 6.000.000 men under arms but is preparing to reduce her forces to 4.500.000. Soviet military leaders have released more than 10.000.000 troops from service m the last ten months. The top age for conscripted classes
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    Mandrake In Page 2
    20 1 Mandrake the Mariclan, the popular strip cartoon star, joins the Free Press today. See Pa(e Two.
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    Living On The River
    43 1 W/Cdr. Guy Harris, m Battle of Britain pilot, has solved his housing problem m London. He has bought the 68-year-old yacht "Hermione", moored at Chiswick. for £250, and will live there with his wife and four year old son.
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    MOSCOW LASHES OUT AT U.S.
    206 1 LONDON, Sun. rE Soviet Press and Radio today launched an unparalleled propaganda attack on American foreign policy, charging that the United States has embarked on a campaign of "open violation and unilateral enunciation" of the Potsdam and other Big Three decisions. Never before has such
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    SEAMEN TO STRIKE
    46 1 Ship owners on Sunday rejected the demands of seven seamen's unions, for wage increases of 22 to 35 cents an hour m a 40--hour week says U.P. from Washington. The seamen have threatened to strike on June 15 unless their demands are met.
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    London's milk cut by strike
    190 1 LONDON, Sunday. MANY areas m all parts of London went without mi'k during the weekend because of the unofficial strike of workers m the bottling depots of United Dairies. No milk was bottled at any of the depots, and faced with the prospect of a
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    PRISON REVOLT
    50 1 PRAGUE, Sun. One prison warden was killed when German S.S. men imprisoned at Aussig, 45 miles north-west of Prague, last night staged a prison revolt. After an all-night shooting duel with armed police forces S.S. men this morning occupied the entire building of which the prison forms part.
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    She Was Born In A Lift
    114 1 MRS. Albert S. Baker or Tennessee was going to have a baby. She tol 3 her husband not to worry as every thing was to be alright. The attendant at the hospital said, "Sure, Just another baby, take it easy." The attendant rolled Mrs.
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    Kurds Attack Govt. Troops TEHERAN, Sun.
    47 1 Kurds Attack Govt. Troops TEHERAN, Sun. THE report of renewed fighting m Kurdistan between Kurdish forces and Government troops appearing ln the newspaper Kalhan yesterday was confirmed tonight by a Persian Government official. "Democrat" forces and Kurds are attacking Government units who are defending themselves, he said.
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    TALC KILLS BABIES
    44 1 All talcum powdGr In New Zealand has been withdrawn from sale for laboratory tests after the New Zealand health department had attributed the deaths of five babies to tetajius carried m the powder used to dust them, says A.P. from Auckland.
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    FRANCO PRINTS THE NEWS
    257 1 FRANCO PRINTS THE NEWS MADRID, S^nd y. 4LL Madrid morning paperj feature prominently the recommendation of the Security Counc 1 s üb-comm iVet tha t th c United Nations should break off relat ons wilh Spain unless the Franco rgime changed. Instead of suppressing such news as they would formerly
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    BALE OUT At 600 mph
    193 1 LONDON, Sun A TOUGH and wiry young Irishman of Higher Denham, near London, will next week risk his life by being catapulted from a plane by a powerful explosive charge while flying at between 500 and 600 m.p.h. He is Bernard Lynch, 27. and he
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    GLAMOUR IS BACK FOR WOMAN AT LAST
    331 2 GLAMOUR IS BACK FOR WOMAN AT LAST AFTER the long grey years of austerity, glamour is coming back for Britain's women. More and hetter cosmetics, with the reappearance of famous brands, more corsets, and nicer clothes with all the pleats, tucks, embroideries and other gay f ripperies of pre-war days
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    DRESSY SKIRTS & BLOUSES
    130 2 DRESSY SKIRTS BLOUSES TUCKS and frilling are the main features for day-wear of non-austerity blouses m London yesterday. But designers have let themselves- go on the evening blouses. Some, m delicate coloured chiffons, sport silver or gold sequin epaulets. Others are embroidered with heavy crustings of coloured beads. Prettiest blouse
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    Cottons Stage A Comeback
    97 2 Cottons Stage A Comeback COTTONS are staging a big come-back London. The newest designs from the Horrockses mills shown recently were mace into the kind of gowns and coats which have cA\ the sophistication of formal clothes. Designs range from bold scattered stylised floral designs to prim Victorian posies, from
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    Youth, art and London town
    430 2  - Youth, art and London town ROBERT WATCHMAN By THE plans which Svcn Blom- berg, his wife Mimi Forrt and their fellow-artist Raymond Mason jointly made for the invasion of London were very thorough and involved them m a good deal of exertion. But they were all young, be ins respectively
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      COURTSHIP -BY POST
      64 2 Mr. Dan Febland. ex -RAF, and an American officer v. riva!s for the hand of Miss Kar iet Cohen, of Rro«. York. Mr. Febland's courtship was done entirely b\ Jusan as a result of his mother meeting Mis:> <o' York during the early part of the war.
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    County Commitee's Book On Love
    367 2 County Commitee's Book On Love A BOOK on family love has le.n bioughi Wt Ly G County Education Commute <\ In th? c v. I are 91 boys and girls handed over mostly by ;h courts to the committee as being m need of can i tion. I Foster parents
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      758 2 SINGAPORE B. B. C. I RADIO SEAC RED \LIWORK from noon to 520 pm 8 35 p.m GSJ On 19. 25 and 49 metres You, 5 p.m. From the Orchestra Pit 1 pjn. and 6.30 to 11 pm on 225 1393 me tres. from 5.£0 pm JUNE 3 530 pm
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      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      77 2 mAUDRAKE TakeS A BOW Exclusive m Malaya to the Singajtore Fro r rl I W^ H V J!^l^l l CT tiatt ~ZA \Thb blooo-cwllm* r 51 limwyminiimrm Xci cream im-Mi^ eh >w hi H4RWY «w« Ltf, i^ iJTf iIT < .ii TW TlU' mcjweam and •iW |x f Mii ups
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    R.A.F. FIGHTS CRIME IN HONG KONG
    174 3 •j::! v ew of Hong Kong where R.VF. Police are bnny r-akinj daily checks on sh'p-.' cargoes, street stalls and business nremises. A r ..v k s carried out. Chinese cr wd round the mobile lad o van which keeps m touch with Headquarters.
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    The Singapore Free Press
    496 4 MONDAY, JUNE 3. 1943 THE Japanese did little materia damage to Singapore— all th rubble produced by th? Nii assault on the island wouk s areely fill any self-resoectin' European bomb crater— but th< moral and psychological hur done by the enemy might wel be more
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    Why The Pound Is buying Less
    1111 4  - Why The Pound Is buying Less H. C. O'NEILL By WHAT is happening to our money? If it is as real as it seems, what is the true meaning of the decline m purchasing value? Whither are we going? Events are now forcing these questions on everyone's attention. The comfortable
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
    188 4 FOOLING" A CABINET During the Downing-st. talk' at the 8 beginning of tl jS the Dutch Ministers were handed some headed letter-p.per for taking notes. A few blank sheets were found m a portfolio several months afterwjrds by a aT^aSL^ St? ff at SW As a Joke,
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    LEADER PAGE
    33 4 Aftermath of the Lidice massacre m a Prague court. Karl Frank (left) and his old boss, Kurt Dalucge, former actingProtector of Bohemia accuse each other of the responsibility for the crime.
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    VENGEANCE ON THE VILLAGE GREEN
    695 4  -  GUY RAMSEY By QN May 27 1942, at 10 a.m., Reinhard Heydrich, 38--year-old Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, drove trom Prague on his way to Berlin to lay before his Ftihrer plans which should reduce to absolute slavery tne country he was protecting." In
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  • LETER TO THE EDITION
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      Reprimand For Radio S'ore
      69 4 WE Ls.ened v. th a news brofl J24 :rom Sings what we ha: l clashes m B.;. I ttt soldiers w We hope that I your paper our j reach the people this announcem~nto know what th v (One would think jof operational Batavia. If the
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      Clerk's Salaria
      118 4 MUCH has ITI about high sa prices up I earners point of v. v. over-rich Mftekmai their surplus weal' forcing prices upwa ci can aiford to paj demanded. Have you compa r clerks salary with of, say, a trishaw rfc seller? Wage-ea limited income. I ca will always
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    QUIZ
    38 4 1. What are hot I 2. What is asc 3. Who rebuked suspending a > head 4. Was the sta< betta: ia I 1 nish <c» [tali 5. Who was the "Dv 6. Have cows up; (AaMPcn i
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      10 4 I FAITH 1 Wickedness burnefh a-; tbe lire. Isaiah, 9,
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    NEWS PAGE
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    52 5 i:i MidorUawa (top left) and Major IcHkawa (aho.e) tu-. japs condemned to dea'h for their part m the Kalagon Masaere, await their fate m the Rangoon Jail. They are :l«»wfd special privileges which include the daily issue of ten (.ar ttes, books to read and quarter of an hour's open
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    MACDONALD SEES MALAY RULERS
    411 5 Extended Discussions On Union Proposals] ,Free Press Reporter pERS are Indications that the Government intend Meting m some measure the demands by the Rulers and leaders of the Malay community m Malaya on the subject of the Malayan Union proposals. Important drscussions are taking place m
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    CHIEF JUSTICE'S PRAISE FOR COURT STAFF
    141 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LLMPUR, Sunday. AS I gaa Loth the Bench and Bar strive to combine the s of wisdom and independence and maintain pati d a sense of proportion and act together with comX end loyalty, there need be no fear
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    "PEOPLE THOUGHT BROOKES DESERTED THEM"
    297 5 Free Press Correspondent LONDON. Sun .'ay 1\ a letter to The Times, the Tuan Muda of Sarawak, Capi. Bertram Brooke, c aims t^at on hia arrival m Sarawak he found the people had b.en led to understand that he and the Raja Muda were both
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    AUSSIE OH TREASON CHARGE
    179 5 AUSSIE OH TREASON CHARGE CHARGED with having broadcast enemy propaganda over Shanghai and iokio radio stations, John Holland, an Australian, wa^ Holland, an Australian, formerly employed m Singapore, was flown irom Sugamo Prison to Morotai at February. Holland was formerly an Australian car salesman and was placed under what he
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    2000 Indonesians Leave Malaya
    111 5 2000 Indonesians Leave Malaya TWO Dutch ships carrying 2.000 displaced Indonesians from Malaya were due to arrive at Batavia yesterday. A British spokesman said ln Batavia last Saturday that air evacuation of former internees from Central Java is proceeding extremely well, and disclosed the Indonesians have promised to start additional
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    HOSPITALS BOARD
    35 5 Dr G. V Allen, the Principal of tlie Medical College. Dr. If. C. Bain, Lady Song Ong Siang and Mr Kwa Sirw Tee have been appall ted members of the Hosp'tals Board, Singapore.
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    Java Dancers In London
    64 5 Java Dancers In London A party of five women and 12 men from Java have arrived m England from Holland on a concert tour, duiin; which they will perform the 1.0&0--year-old sacred dances of their native land. These dancers have never been seen outside the courts of the Sultan's Palace.
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    RAF To Drop Leaflets
    113 5 RAF To Drop Leaflets From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. HUNDREDS of leaflets will be showered by R.A.F. planes this week on, guerilla bands operating as bandits m the jungles of northern Malaya. The leaflets will call on them to surrender arms and be disbanded hive the vemainder of
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    Chief Justice Homeless Too
    117 5 SINGAPORE'S new Chief Justice, Mr. C. M. Murray Aynsley, who arrived on Saturday from England by air, if faced with a problem which is worrying thousands of person on the island right new. He is without a house. The Chief Justice is staying temporarily at Government
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    Union Citizenship
    50 5 I The Malayan Union Citizenship Proposals Committee met m public session on Saturday at the Council Chamber, R.A V. Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, to hear the oral evidence of those arsons and bodies that have ex- essed their desire to supplej ment their written views on the citizenship proposals.
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    'Don's Be Rasa' Says Malay Leader
    208 5 Free Press Reporter PENANG, Sunday. ADVICE to the Malays not to be rash H rn there should be a settlement soon" was given by Dato Onn bin Jaafar, president of the United Malay National Organization at a rally of Penang and Province Weliesley Malaya
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    Lancastrians Use Heathrow
    126 5 Lancastrians Use Heathrow 1 AM) plane passengers from Au«=tral?i. Singapore and other stops on the Empire's .Eastern air routes will m future be spared the V> hou»-s train journey to London from iltirn aerodrome as all land planes operaiing the Empire's Eastern air services will m future land at Heathrow,
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    VISITORS TO ROYAL FARMS
    60 6 -be King, Queen and the Princesses personally welcomed the eicfa^s who are attending th International Conference of Ar~i<»iiltural Producers when they visited the Royal Farms at Windsor. Princfss Margaret Pose is seen shaking hands with Professor NG. Baaga one of the delegates, who has been m
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    Two Blankets And A Blonde!
    251 6 •THIS is the story of a vigilant major, a bed-less blonde, two I U.S. Army blankets, and an understanding mags.rate. Major S. W. Smith was making a routine patrol around the American Army camp he commands near Southampton when he found a young blonde girl
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    QUIZ Answers
    44 6 1. A Mexican dish made oi naire and meat highly seasoned. L. Ciu -1 which results from the 1 1' re ol two or more primary colours, such as green, from .'ellow and blue. 3. Dionysius 4 French 5. Sarah Bernhardt 6
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    Not Trying To Regiment Japan
    90 6 TOKIO, Fri.— The Communist Party of Japan declared it was not seeking to regiment the Japanese people under a minority leadership, and spoke resentfully of alleged attempts to alienate the masses from Communism. The above comment by the Communist spokesman Kenji Miyamoto was m reply
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    UNIVERSITY CHANCE FOR EVERY SCHOLAR
    520 6 UNIVERSITY CHANCE FOR EVERY SCHOLAR By ERNEST JAY, Political Correspondent A BOLD move to open the Universities to the sons and daughters of parents unable to afford the cost of fees and maintenance has been announced by Miss Ellen Wilkinson, the Minister of Education. The Ministry is to increase to
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    HUNDREDS LINE UP FOR £40 CAR
    207 6 HUNDREDS LINE UP FOR £40 CAR HUNDREDS of people, young and old. trekked to the home of |an ex-soldier. Mr. Roland Mark- ham, of Caterham-drive. Bark- ingside. Essex, hoping to buy a three-wheel car which he had advertised m the local paper for £40. They arrived m limousines on foot,
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    They Stuck By Your POST
    399 6 They Stuck By Your POST ON one of those wartime nights when raiders were over, a postman was clearing a pillarbox m the village of Blackpill, between Swansea and Mumbles. He was mortally wounded by a shell-splinter. But he refused to be moved until full arrangements had been made for
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    NEWS PAGE
    18 6 "Thanks for the mink, Mr. Peabcdv: I real'v can't imagine why you're so rood to me."
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    No Docket Increase, Says Minister
    215 6 LONDOX IN the House of Commons recenLly, Col. Wh?atl, v (Catservative, Dorset East) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would reconsider the whole question of dockets and units m view of the impossibility of newly-marri-ed ex-servicemen being able to make a
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      51 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya THE L RINGSIDE N ARMS^B DEARIE -THEY AIN'T M 173= GOOD HEAVENS?-} I AND CATCH THE BOYS ]g8 \STAYING 'ERE NO /Jjtlt\ L/J2. 72? W^^SKS E ***<> KlO!—] BEFORE THEY GO To/ E J/J MORE/ V'^HftFc W BAR TQ^~^^ C MUST
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      SAVED
      32 7 oilkec-er m an au *.>ard position as he is a'^out to i:.r> for thia healer from lan International soccer match played at Stamford Bridge m which England beat Switicrland four— one.
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      440 YDS. PECORS
      42 7 i lii ci*. Sat. B itish West I tal n of 111--v.. _L.i r cord tor en Saturday ruu.'i>tinc? m €&2 old re. :»rd was t in j m the ••_<..) i rack and -.1 >«. at (.ham- •I- A P
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      OPEN GOLF
      24 7 I 1 ear irom I eland, became nan to win the di golf title California-born Jr.. four and le final match n
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      27 7 Freddie >Iil!s scores wi h his ri;ht against i»us Lc;ntvicn, by whom he was beaten m the tnh round of world cruiserweight title fight at Ilarringay Stauium.
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      ARMY MISS PENALTY AND GO DOWN TO CHINESE
      399 7 ARMY MISS PENALTY AND GO DOWN TO CHINESE CA. goalkeeper, who was making his tmtst appearance m big matches, was frequently caned upon. He did well, but there were a lew occasions when he lacked confidence m handling the ball. Five .mutes from time, the Army side scored, Gross netting
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      HAMPSHIRE 197 v INDIANS
      295 7 HAMPSHIRE 1 97 v INDIANS SOUTHAMPTON, Sat BATTIXfI on a pitch made soft by rain which held up the start of play till 2.45 pjn., Hampshire were all out for 107 m the first innings of their match against the Indian cricket tourists which started here today. The outstanding feature
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      BRITAIN URGED TO 'CONSCRIPT FOR SPORT'
      190 7 LONDON, Sun. I AMENTING that Britain is a "perpetual loser m L football, tennis, golf and boxing, Peter Wilson, one London's best known sports writers, suggests m the Sunday Pictorial that Britain "conscript for sport." "Britain has come to the crossroads m international sport,"
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      MORE STARS FOR WIMBLEDON
      208 7 MORE STARS FOR WIMBLEDON FURTHER news has come Tn of more pre-war favourites who will be competing at Wimbledon) this summer. Dorothy Btindy, daughter of May Sutton the first overseas player to win a title at Wimbledon (m 1905^ will be com'nj; over with the American Wightman Cup team for
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      21 7 S. Banncrjee, tne Indian cricket: r. who was associated with Sarvate m a record tenth wicket stand at the Oval recently.
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      LARRAWAY WAS TENGAH HERO
      294 7 IN a cricket match played at Tengah yesterday, the R.A.F. Tengah) beat the Ceylon Sports Club by one wicket m a thrilling finish after their ninth wicket had fallen when they were s:ill ten runs short of the C.S.C. total. Chiefly responsible for the Airmen's success,
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      WATCH THAT BUCKLEY MOVE
      469 7 WATCH THAT BUCKLEY MOVE I "7PECIAL message 1 have just ree ved from London tells us th:.t Major Buckley, possibly the most successful and bestknown manager m English football today, has been appointed Manager of the Hull City club, writes Graka-/. Selkirk. No further details are yet available and no
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      SINGAPORE GILF CLUB OPENED
      112 7 SINGAPORE GILF CLUB OPENED THE Royal Singapore Golf Club was reopened ye3t?rriav mcrning when the Governor. Mr. F.C. Gimson, hoisted the flag over tlie clubhouse m the presence of over 100 former members of the club, including the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P.A.B. MeKerron. After the Governor bad Mferted the Union
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      365 7 BOUSTEA9&Co.,Ltd. TEL 51 61 2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN UNE Neleus from IK Mid June Paasensers and rarro aer.*pted to CX. Honrkon and sh.._. aa opportunftie^ offer BURNS PHILP LINE sail nc for Sydney Car.y'nt P— mmm and rare* First Class tare EBd sin-.< £IM rvinrn Second Ctass fare Ll2-6 -8
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  • NEWS AND LATE SPORT
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      HOME
      28 8 The old part of Stevena*e m HertforcshLe. around which the British s ov eminent is to make an experiment! new town to "decant' 50,000 people from London.
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      Ministry With 40,000 Jobs
      151 8 THE efficiency and administra- tion of the British Ministry of Food were questioned m the front page of Lord Beaverbrooks Sunday Express yesterday, says Reuter With an eight-column heading "the Ministry of 40,000 jobs" the report says the Ministry was founded at the beeinnin«? of the
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      Oversea Allowance Changes For Forces
      225 8 LONDON, Sunday. THE War Minister, Mr. Jack Lawson was asked m the House of Commons by Mr. Levy, Labour member for Etn, whether he had any statement to make about the future of the Mediterranean, Far E stern and Ca!on al allonanc s. Mr. Lawson
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      U.S. SINKS 5,500 TON JAP SUBS
      126 8 WASHINGTON. Jun. ACCORDING to the Honolulu Advertiser, four Japanese submarines, including two designee* to carry aircraft— they were the world's largest— were sunk last week outside Pearl Harbour. The captured submarines were destroyed by experimental torpedoes whose design is listed as top-secret by the
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      SUPREMO IN PARIS
      46 8 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, arrived at Orly airfield. Paris, yesterday on his way to London to take part m the victory celebration. Today he ls due to receive the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.— Reuter
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      SHOT OFFICER: 5 ARRESTED
      43 8 Five Poles were arrested yesterday In the Dusseldorf area of Germany m connection with the slaying of Captain Max Patterson, who was shot on Tuesday night while attempting to stop a raid on a farm near Opladen, says A.P.
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      COMMUNIST FIGHT FOR MINE UNION
      265 8 COMMUNIST FIGHT FOR MINE UNION LONDON, Sun. THE struggle for control of Britain's National Union Mineworkers—a union of 700,00 members of whom 400,000 are paying affiliation fees to the Labour Party— is developing between Labourites and Communists at the very moment when with coalmines nationalised and a coal crisis looming
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      ANTONESCU EXECUTED
      22 8 Marshal Antonescu, former proNazi dictator, of Rumania, and three of his subordinate have been executed, says Reuter quoting Bucharest radio.
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      RUSSIA PROTEST
      51 8 The Soviet Ambassador to Italy, M. Mikhail Kostylev, has protested to the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces m the Mediterranean following the incident at Campiano aerodrome last Wednesday when a Soviet diplomatic courier was forced from his plane and hit by an American military policeman, says Reuter from
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      'BAD TEMPERED' BRIG
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