The Singapore Free Press, 11 June 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE I'. l' SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1C43. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    KING UMBERTO WON'T QUIT
    321 1 ROME, Mon. J^ING Umberto is not leaving Italy fur the time being, on the grounds that the result of the plebiscite was indefinite," his aide, General Adolfe Infante, said to-night. General Infante told the Associated Press that Umberto- might- leave Rome to tk relieve the tension,"
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    14 1 Ihc crew of the l?*<linij tank in London's victory pageant pictured at their ritpot.
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    HOMEWARD BOUND
    27 1 A dispatch from Naples yesterday said 1,300 Polish soldiers, of Gen. Anders* Polish Corps who chose to return home, have sailed says A.P. from Rome.
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    JACK JOHNSON DIES AFTER ACCIDENT
    42 1 I CAROLINA, Tues. lormer world hi boxing champion, a hospital here in an autot yesterday. >uid Johnson ao- ;ntrol of the bis was driving. It 1 a light Dole and A companion also ;red slightly. j A.P.
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    JEEP HUNT ORDERED FOR WITNESS
    72 1 JEEP HUNT ORDERED FOR WITNESS ::u:;g's hearing -?apoiv court Major F. T. ML., on charge* aversion of motor nans entrusted to e prostjution V C. B. Menon was ing from the wit- ed at the rt*qi«est nstl Mr. G. M. identification of Brigadier 'lavlor. echamcal Engineeruj; teed, however, that the
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    LANDING ANNIVERSARY
    21 1 i-'ht n d all over commemorate two y?ars a?o. on tformnrdv I action ot th3 i r round forces,
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    'The Steadiest Country In The World'
    146 1 LONDON. Mon. THE War Minister. Mr. Jack Lawson. speaking at tne reunion dinner of Headquarters, 14th Army Lines of Communications Command. S.E.A.C., said: There is one thing we aTe proud of in this country In spite of our difficulties at present, domestic and forciun
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    NEWS AND U.N.O.
    23 1 Mr Francis Williams, Press adviser to Mr. Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister, suggested ship in the United Nations. A. P.
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    POLICE TAKE 'FOOD'PRESS
    63 1 POLICE TAKE 'FOOD' PRESS The Hamburg police seized a secret ration oard printing plant yesterday, says U.P. from Germany. The ending or the wholesale printing of illicit ration cards which brought a high price in the black market is expected to ensure fairer distribution of available stocks. The distribution or
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    BULLET THROUGH KING'S HEAD
    190 1 BANGKOK. Mon. A COMMUNIQUE from the Royal Household said today that yOHH King Ananda MahMol w*s killed by a bullet from a 45 Arm> Colt which hit him in the forehead and went through his head. The Royal Household communique said that the 20-year-old monarch had
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    G.I. WIVES BRIEFED FOR JAPAN TRIP
    72 1 Three hundred mothers, wives and children of U.S. servicemen in Japan have been briefed for their trip to Japan, says A. P. from Seattle. They are scheduled to leave tomorrow. Ma j. -Gen. Byers, Bth Army Chief of Staff, said, "Great efforts hnve been
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    PRINCES ACCEPT, CONGRESS 'NO'
    157 1 Interim India Govt. NEW DELHI, Monday. THE Indian Princes today accepted the British Cabinet Mission's proposals concerning India and decided to negotiate with the Viceroy on the issue requiring adjustment during the interim period, But the Indian Congress Party has rejected Viceroy Wavell's plan for an
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    4 capitals hunt Grand Mufti
    333 1 WHERE is Hajj Amin El Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem? This is the question that diplomats of Uur capitals are asking, not without some embarrassment and confusion. The 53-year-old Grand Mufti was reported to have escaped from internment in France and arrived in Damascus
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    GUN WOMEN BLOW UP TRAIN
    85 1 JERUSALAM. Mon. THREE trains were derailed and their engines blown un by armed bands in Palestine tonight, says Reuter. It was reported that the Jeru-salem-Jaffa train was held up tonight between Sarafad and Tel Aviv. Reports say that the enginj was detached from the train
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    NEW TERMS FOR ITALY
    99 1 THE British draft of the annex to revise the Italian armistice terms has been handed to the Italian government says Reuter quoting the Foreign Office spokesman in London. The annexe is to arrange for the re-deployment of AlUed troops in Italy. Under the new terms the
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    HERMES II ON TEST
    47 1 Britain's latest 355-m.p.h. stratosphere air liner, Hermes 11, has been comnleted. It is stated that at a public test it behaved "beautifully." This new air liner carries 34 to 50 passengers and cruises at 300 miles speed at a height of 22,003 feet.
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    AUNG SAN CABLES HIS PROTEST
    147 1 AUNG SAN CABLES HIS PROTEST RANGOON. Mon. AUNG SAN. head of the "AntiFascist L o a2ue.' has sent a cable to the Secretary of State for India. Lord PeUiick-Law-rence. now in India, protesting against the "false allegations'' of j the Conservative Member of I Parliament. Cant. L D Gam- mans,
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    UNION URGES FRANCO BREAK
    65 1 The executive council of IttS powerful British Transport and General Workers' Union yesterday en lied for the rupture of diplomatic relations with Franca Spain. The resolution als 0 said It was necessary to pursue "the brcidest possible foreign policy* nnd asked for the development of trading;
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      Britian's Shifting Population
      905 2  - Britian's Shifting Population Dr. MARK ABRAMS Evacuees still on the move By PEFORE the war one of the D disturbing s3cial factors was the intrnal migration oi populafon in Britain. During almost two decades of chronic unemp'oyment the young men and women of Scuth Wales and the Tyneside turned elsewhere
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      THE MAN WHO SUCCEEDS MONTY
      693 2  - THE MAN WHO SUCCEEDS MONTY VICTOR THOMPSON By IN the Middle East, in 1C43, when Servicemen called it the Muddle East with some justification, they u c ed to say: "Sholto will fix it." It was uttered confidently, chiWry by R-A.F. "types," in Shepheard's, the Turf Club. Gezirah Club and
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      Gamblibng Girls In This City
      118 2 Gamblibng Girls In This City BOftTOMI a: spent lirh visitor and the old <Uass with lavish: 'a'SM luxury shor> 'ligh stakes lost its value UmertHr .uj '"fwith Br:Trish tinner. n?'-.senr rnT <: yountr Irish i: Manv of (h« the well-sto'-k" ar «uirod They jo'», The most I Hotel rhar r
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      CLEANING BRITAIN'S 'DOORSTEP'
      153 2 CLEANING BRITAIN'S 'DOORSTEP' DAILWAY v I Britain's c I line railwav stai I so that visit I rot "shocked -a^H I ,1 They also v I of the industry I Six hundrr-d d* I conference of iho I teso^iation. re] I bershio of nea I ed a reference I of
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      352 2 Singapore i S^TlZi"- uTr'TT^Trr 1 s&r nfi lstjs ss b. b. c. is. «fla ?ii? r" 9 F th? T.45 to 930 PJn on 4.V8 mse/see in 520 d m x m i-«. NeWB 201 P-»- Heard melodies Se Plw show £SS; 5 PD tn Hokkien at 1 p.m. m
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      THE R.A.F. SUPPLIES BANDOENG
      140 3 t r?»:i s f! i r;»m Kata\ia are keeping up s-par?.teJ from Java's capital by 1.10 n »*i f f shows tv.;> of the rrew of t, t.:k- afl uifi ««0 !l:s of food, clothing and m i al suprl> f s Lcßl garrison at Tjianl
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1946. 'Tito' of Burma
      791 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1946. 'Tito' of Burma 'TKZ Eritish Government, who so fur aie making a gone* job of handing over ludla to the Indians, arc apparently In an indecent hurry to get Biirma otT their baadi tco. /ltho*.:?:h Mr. Arthur Henderson, U^der Sscrrtary for Burro
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      Air Pageants Again This Summer
      197 4 Air Pageants Again This Summer Ain pageants— always popular f* in the United Kingdom before the war are starting again this summer, and are expected to :'raw bi-rger crowds than in increaslngi air-minded Britain. Ihe first takes place towards the end of June at Southampton Airport, under the auspices 01
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      RE-BUILDING BRITAIN'S POLICE FORCE
      919 4 RE-BUILDING BRITAIN'S POLICE FORCE THE so-called "crimi wave" that has recent ly perturbed the pubic ii Lng and is the outcome of i combination of factors, and i contributory cause has un doubtedly been th e dcpletec numerical strength of the police service. During the war, when the regular police
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      QUIZ
      36 4 1. How old is princess Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret? 2. Wb*n was the title Mayor 3. Where is there a town namsH Santa riaus? 4. Which Indian Maharajah re"entty abdicated In favour of his son?
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      Belter Navigation By Radio
      189 4 Belter Navigation By Radio A RADIO navigation device for n locating the position of a snip or an aeropfane to within a few vards has been in use by the Navy since D-Day. It has alI ready given extraordinary results j up to a distance of 500 miles In 1
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      People make news
      348 4 ■PACT-GETTER Rc ff Pieman' I* Foster, who wrot? yesterday's iLondon V-Pageant and Malays iaoroad stories, specially for the Free Press was formerl/ SEAC Services newspaper reporter in London. Reg— or the "Fireman" as his Ploet Street friends and many in South East Asia know him because of
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      "Military Pay Ar Economic Wage"
      354 4 "Military Pay Ar Economic W age" Letters to the E YOU have attacked the pay Rtk editorials of May 27 and 28. Fat rutcly forgotten icwrml relevant facts. that prices generally are Mventi t'mcf t hay were in 1941, yet salaries paid by G nuercial firms arc almost :he rrune.
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      REME MAJOR ON COURT MARTIAL
      610 5 REME MAJOR ON COURT MARTI AL k FIELD general court martial which began in Singapore yesterday heard how the officer commanding an R.E.M.E. base workshop in Singapore was alleged to have allowed a civilian contractor, V. C. B. Menon, to remove captured Japanese war material such as motor-cars, lorries, vans,
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      S'PORE MASSACRE:SIXTH JAP SUSPECT HELD
      212 5 S'PORE MASSACRE:SIXTH JAP SUSPECT HELD tree Press Reporter i ii% iiiion to the two Japs arrested in Singapore and iite three others traced to Japan, a sixth rjdtai man, Capt. Goshi, has been detained on I 01 being concerned in the February 1942 o of Chinese in Singapore. was picked
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      Jap who was different
      141 5 A TRIBUTE to a Japanese "who was different" is paid by K. T. Alexander writing in the May issu? of the Cathedral Courier. Singapore. He says: -During the dark days ot Japanese occupation in Malaya, there was a man namea iokuji Ogawa who, in suite ot
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      FORGERY ALLEGED
      96 5 Free Press Correspondent Penan?;, Mon. EVIDENCE that certain signa*J tures on back-pay rolls were not thi'ir own was given by several Volunteers in the pblice Court today when a preliminary inquiry was held into a charge o* foriery against Ooi Khye Titt. a corporal in the lojal Volunteer
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      Gun Duel Sequel
      74 5 F.ee Press Correspondent PENANG. Mon.— Alleged to have been a member o: a gang whi^h engaged police m n run duel last week, a youn.4 Chinese, ian Ah Sen* appeared in ti~.e Police Court tc^ay on two counts of carrying firearms an-i being one of sb persons
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      HELP FOR INDIANS FLAYED
      152 5 HELP FOR INDIANS FLAYED [NTMENT over the help 1 rendered bv G vernment and the theif nationals in I i wifl fAiM'ejacd i pan! of Singmpore i at Calcutta. aid in an inter- uing the last eight Government of Tn- i«h its a^ent -i ra'trv sum" of I about 630.030.
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      A.C. GETS C.B.E.
      38 5 A s Blackburn, an C. o| the 1014 war. irrVd the C BE. for lfidn." RHcfrfofrc o r-v^.^d force, in Irym. r ~r says that Bln'kluded men who "left in dubious circu^"nnd it fought splen-
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      FORCE 136 OFFICER IN COURT
      178 5 FORCE 136 OFFICER IN COURT Fress Press Correspondent KRIAN, Sun. ARISING from an incident in n which a Chinese was shot while, it was alleged, he and a party of Chinese were stealing coconuts, Major I. a. McDonald, an estate manager, and a former member of Force 136, the underground
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      Prisoners Leaving India
      136 5 Prisoners Leaving India A llAbd "personally-conducted" exodus of thousands of war prisoners interned in India is under way, the Government u, India has announced. The lirst step in abiding by rules ol the Geneva Conven ion was taken several days ago wiin the departure of 1.770 Japanese civilians for Singapore.
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      CHINESE BRIDES
      58 5 Mhs EfTip lim. daucrhtet of Dr. Robert K.S. Lim, Chinese scientist and Army surscon- general and prand-dau^htcr of Dr. Lim lioun Ke"K, of MiiTapor", was married in l^ncrley. Bucks (Tn^land) recently to Mr. O. P. Edwards I5elo;v: Miss Add I. in. daughter of Dr. lin YutaiiT, Chinef?- author
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      ARMED HOLD-UP
      42 5 ARM ED HOLD-UP ALLIWAL Street scene of two recent ro';)iber' o s was the venue for another during th? weekerd v/h^n three Chinese, two of whom were armed with pistols, robbed two compatriots of $175. a gold rins and a wrist watch.
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      TEA PARTY
      41 5 Mr. J. Kima, managing director of Messrs. K. Chellcram and Sons 'Far East* Ltd., gave a tea party yesterday on the occasion of the opening of his firm's branch in Singapore. Among the many well-wishers present wore prominent businessmen.
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      Malaya Gets £3,375,000 For Empire
      333 5 Malaya is exporting to the United StatCJ nearly six times as much as she imporls— one of the few countries in the world to maintain such a favourable position. Statistics Just released by the U S Department cf Commence for the January-February ocriod. the latest
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      Perak Judge A Bomber Pilct
      114 5 Perak Judge A Bomber Pilct Free Press Correspondent TAIPIM*, Sun. THIRTY-Tve-year-old Mr t.P. Newton, who dis inguished himself as a no Tiber pilot over Germany, gaining the D.F.C., has be r n appointed District Juice. Peak North. >7r. Newton arrived last w *eK f.om England to take up h s
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      RICE PRICE FIXED
      184 5 TONFIDENCE that the export oi rice from Siam to the .famine areas of Asia under the Combined Food Board allocations will go forward "as it is in the inter-' ests of all parties that it should do," is expressed in a communique issued by the n^xlv- formed
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      TALKING PICTURE
      22 6 i.ejural Smuts and Mr. AttlM 1 ~ri an "oil' the record ihat at a London gathering in Smuts' honour recently.
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      BAN DIVORCES, SAYS CARDINAL
      198 6 BAN DIVORCES, SAYS CARDINAL DIVORCE, contraception, rex teaching and day nurseriea were criticised by Cardinal GrifF.n when he addressed 30.CG0 Reman Catholics nt Bc!Ie Vue Stadium, Manchester, it ntlv. This ia what he said about them: DIVORCE.— DaiIy th? number c: ciivorc? cases is increasing, :d d lily the tx:uie
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      KENT'S MASS BAPTISM
      61 6 The soaring ">ii"thrate in Kert, i' is reported, forced the Rev. F. More to held a mass baptism ioi twenty five ba'oies as "the only solution n the problem ol settin t the cere-poiv ri- no on tin**." The orgmnlsl rad to play fortlssin: to dioAn the
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      Dumb Gratitude
      81 6 MADftlft, Sun. Tw?ntv-s!\ years u:o I steban (astello Abona. n haUvc of tijost in the P.ovir.'-p of Alicante, ts a^ci insr.itii»ousl> from a ship. reck. He rsolved to spend the rest of his life i.i penance on bended kne r s, so he hau a table turned upside
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      IMPLACABLE AND SEAMAN RIGGS
      97 6 TO save the life of Able Seaman Risgs, of Galashiels, who developed arute apenciicitis i board the des royer Jarvis, Britain's newest aircraft carrier. Implacably turnerf back at full sp?ed ard steamed parallel to the Jarvis twenty yards apart while Rteps. Wftj transferred in a cot
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      WIFE WHO WALKED OUT
      127 6 AFTER six years In the RAF Arthur Tricker came homo to his wife. She turned her back on him and told him she no longer loved him. He went cut and hanged himself in a shed. His i'athcr told the story to the roroner at Ablngdon
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      BBC GETS VASE FROM DENMARK
      84 6 DANISH listeners have made a gift of a porcelain vase to the BBC In gratitude for the programme to their country during the German Occupation. Seme of Denmark's most not--1 able artists and craftsmen colia- borated In its making, and afterwards the mould was j
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      25 KILLED IN HOTEL FIRE
      38 6 Twenty-five people arc es Imatcd to have been killei in a fire which guttrd Cranfield hotel Oubuaue. lowa. Manv gi"\sts leaped in!o escape nets. Four people who missed the nets were killed.- Reuter
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      RAF TO SPEND MILLIONS ON BRIGHTER CAMPS
      306 6 RAF TO SPEND MILLIONS ON BRIGHTER CAMPS Cinemas and bars for airmen TWO million pounds are to be spent by the Air Ministry in j the next 12 months to brighten life for RAF men. Wartime conditions, which meant that 18 men had to sleep in a Nissen hut, are
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      TALKING ABOUT BLUSHES
      182 6 TALKING ABOUT BLUSHES ARTISTS' models— and Ih.ir *i blushes came up for discussion at a church court in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. It all arose over a proposal to place a memorial in Hadleigh Essex, Parish Church to Thomas Woolner, noted sculptor and poet, born in the villag- e Hadleigh
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      'JEEP PLOUGHS' FIGHT FAMINE
      93 6 To he'p combat the threatened famine in* India the Army is turning its modern 'swords' the tanks into ploughshares and replacing bullocks by jeeps and armoured carriers. Built from the armoured plates of broken-down tanks and parts of unservicable military trucks, a new triangle-shaped plough has
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      HID DESERTER SON SIX YEARS
      196 6 A FATHER who nursed his soldier son back to health Bftsr Dunkirk, and hid him for nearly six years, was tire j C3'J at Pickering, Vorks, for harbouring a deserter. The son, Lionel Pe.er Gibson, went to France with the Gicon Howards, it was said,
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      QUIZ Answers
      89 6 1. Fifteen. She willl be 16 in Augus t, 2. About the time of King Henry I, 3. Indiana. U.S.A., 4. The Maharajah of Gar hal. Northern India, who had ruled lor 33 years. His son is 25. j Queen Maiie Jose of Ital> and her children have
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      137 5 ALL-SINGAPORE WILL BE TAKEN BY THE MOST DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE BY THE BFAHTY MfiSTEifilftFftFJ may never again in our time be privileged to see a film that has cost a huge fortune with a wealth cf thought, art end beauty thrown in TO MAKE THE WORLD HAPPY AND SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY!
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      47 6 J A P Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 'out o' me way/^N /now you're 4 OU6HT As *>. j,^ YOO-YOU PERISHING FORIT 7 K fcf > MUCH/-REHEARSING 'ORI2OMTAL JVME GAL. 1 > ""T /V"' A /Mj*V/ A COMIC KNOCK J<9H V^EAVYWEIGHT/y X^_^y--^ V ftwf' ABOUT TURN.'— jj-NH
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      AMARNATH SCORES CENTURY AT CARDIFF
      213 7 AMARNATH SCORES CENTURY AT CARDIFF tnan doubled the number of runs he scored nn tha whole lour. Entirely at ease from the moment he went in, Amarnath gave no indication that he Is a batsman out of form. Sixte?n of his first 18 runs came from boundaries and his powerful
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      AT PARIS
      25 7 Da Rui, French goalkeener, takes the ball of Carter's feet in the international soccer match at Paris i n which trance beat England.
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      MALAYAN BOXERS IN AUSTRALIA
      162 7 i Own Correspondent) MELBOURNE. June tf. T Malayan boxeis, Bat- Tiger A'nan. Kid Boy Andre and B.ittling .iccompanJ.fi by SingaI K!m L!n Ann and rner, turn ai rived m I i n fijwiflni to Melbourne on Saturday IwM he mtiwiucea flfftt fi ij tlv? sam j
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      SCOREBOARD
      97 7 INDIANS— Ist INNS. Merchant b Wooller 52 Mushtaq Ail c \V. E. Jones b E. Da vie* 16 Man k ad b Robinson gl Harare b Clay 7, Amarcath not out 10 i Hafeei c Jones b E. Darhs 0 Banncrje* c La\is b Clay 15 N > iioni
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      V-DAY SOCCER
      60 7 Free Press Corr.. BAFU PAHAT. Sa;: The Fir.n D^\on^h;re Regiment sccrcd o sevt^n-on: victory o^er Batu P<»bat in i V-Day foo bail match plaved hero t< day. The military team vrrre superior In a!l denartmrrts of the game and mi^ht have scored uibv c^als had It not b*en
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      HAMMOND & EDRICH GET CENTURIES
      182 7 HAMMOND EDRICH GET CENTURIES LONDON. Mon. Rain prevented play in four of today's County cricket games, but this did not prevent three century innings at other centres. At Lord's Middlesex scored 317 for ei^ht against Suss°x. Pobertson scoring: 128 and Edrich 109. The t^ird century was scored bv Walter Hammond
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      WIGHTMAN CUP OPTIMISM
      183 7 LONDON, Mon. THE first Anglo-American international lawn tennis contest since the war opens at Wimbledon this week-end, when this world famous arena will have the women players of the two countries play for the coveted Wi^htman Cup. Britain is regarded as having the brightest chance of taking
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      THERE'S BIG MONEY IN SNOOKER, DAVIS PROVES
      413 7 THERE'S BIG MONEY IN SNOOKER, DAVIS PROVES JOS DAVIS has set out to prove that professional snooker, staged in a big way, can be as big a money-spinner as any other kind of sport. And it can now C2rtainly b2 claimed, as a result of his recent defence cf his
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      TABLE TENNIS
      57 7 Before a fairly large crowd on Sunday, the Chinese Swimming Club defeated the Hospital Assistants' Dressers' Association in a friend y game of table tennis by six games to three. Clubs and Associations desiring table tennis matches wi.h the Chinese Swimming Club should communicate with Mr. Lim Choo
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      U.S. WOMEN WIN BRITISH TITLES
      72 7 MANCHESTER, Sat. MARGARET Osborne of San Francisco won the Northern British lawn tenn.. tournament yesterday, defeating her fellow Californian, Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, 6—l, 6—3. Derek Barton, the BritLh Davis Cupper, annexed the r.en's singles championship. Miss Osborne and Mis Biough won the women's
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      TWO VICTORIES FOR TENGAH CRICKETERS
      428 7 THE R.A.F. (Ten gah) scored two good victories in cricket matches played at Tengah over the week-end. In the first same on Sunday they beat the S.C.C. by 67 runs, in spite of a tine double by Growder, who took six for 75 and then
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      WILL CONN FARE WORSE AT SECOND ATTEMPT?
      512 7 T LONDON, Monday. HE world heavyweight title fight at the Yankee Siadium, New York, between holder Joe Lous and challenger Billy Conn, on June 19 and the bout between Jackie Paterson Holder, and Joe Curran of Liverpool at ""ampd^n Park Glasgow, just a
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      LESNEVICH ON CONTRACT FOR LONDON FIGHT
      206 7 Be-ore Gus Lesnevieh, world light-heavy-weight boxirm champion, flew back to New York *ie paid a compliment to Britain oy signing a contract which means that he cannot fight in any part of the world until he fisfcts again for Promoter Jack Solomon^ in London
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      33 8 P liool eMMrm in John Bunyans biit.irlace. the 11. age of El, tow. Bedforshi e, celebrate Victory with a Maypole dance. In foreground Victory "Queen" June Thompson drives in a flower-bedecked car.
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      Atom Bomber Makes A Dummy Run
      148 8 Atom Bo mber Makes A Dummy Run THE atomic task force put army and navy planes into the air for the first time on Sunday to rehearse for the day of the first atomic tes 1 writes El'on Fay, Associated Press science correspondent from the l'-S.S Mount McKinley near Britain
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      FRENCH WELCOME BEVIN PLAN
      122 8 FRENCH WELCOME BEVIN PLAN PARIS, Mon. TRENCH Government quarters r today welcomed the news that British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin will propose the creation of a new Germany divided into a number of federal states on the resumption of the Foreign Ministers* conference this week. But. France will still insist
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      PLEASURE TRIP
      35 8 Units of the 12th U.S. Fleet are to stajt in a series of training cruises and good will visits to northern Euror>eaa ports, including Sweden. Denmark. Holland and Belgium, says A.P. from London.
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      V-DAY CROWDS STRANDED
      84 8 LONDON. Mon. THOUGH the tube service was 1 extended untli 2.10 a.m. en Sunday morning, many people were still hemmed in by celebrating Victory Day crowds and. found themselves having to spend the night in West End until dawn yesterday. As soon as the first buses began
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      LASKI CALLS FOR RUSSIA'S FRIENDSHIP
      503 8 LASKI CALLS FOR RUSSIA'S FRIENDSHIP BOURNEMOUTH, Monday. ENTHUSIASTIC applause greeted some of the references ii to Russia and atomic energy secrecy made by Prof. Harold Laski, Chairman of the British Labour Party, at the biggest annual conference ever held by th e British Labour Party which opened her e today.
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      NEW PRESIDENT?
      40 8 TLj French Popular Republican Movement Party indicated its willingness yesterday to take the presidency of the new interim government, says A.P. from Paris Their action raised Foreign Minister Bidault into the front ranks of candidates for the presidency
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      EMPIRE PREFERENCE UNTIL NEXT YEAR
      264 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. THE United States Government will not be in a position to negotiate with Britain for a diminution of Empir e preferences until the summer of 1947 at the earliest, it was learned here today. New decisions taken by the Economic Division of the
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      ARMY QUIT BARRACKS IN EGYPT
      78 8 CAIRO. Mon. H7INGATE Barracks, which have been occupied by British troops, were today handed back to the Egyptian Army. This is confirmed by British Army Headquarters in Egypt. The barracks were being constructed by the EgvDtian Army when the war broke out and ov mutual
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      MIHAILOVITCH BOOED
      150 8 TEN. Mihailovitch, former Yugou Slav War Minister and Chetnik leader, was greeted with hisses and boos and cries of: "You should be hanged" when he entered the courtroom at Belgrade yesterday for trial on charges of collaboration witji Germany and Itnlv and other war crimes. On trial with
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        MILLS LOOKING AROUND IN NEW YORK
        129 8 NEW YORK, Men. CHEDDIE Mills, British cruisir- weight chamDion, and As manager Ted Broadribb, arrived at La Guardia Airport aboard a Clipper here this evening. They will stay for two mourns during which time thev v. ill see the world hcfivyw:-ignt title fight between
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        PATERSON'S EYE INJURY EXAMINED
        114 8 PATERS ON'S EYE INJURY EXAMINED GLASGOW. Mon. THE doctor who examined the in- jurcd eye of Jackie Pat?rson here today certified that he will be unable to box for a few weeks. Paterson is due to defend his world and British Empire flyweight titles against Joe Curran of Liverpool at
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        CHINESE NAVY AT HONOLULU
        85 8 DLYING the flag of China, a 1 squadron of eight war vessels of the new Chinese Navy on Sunday steamed proudly into Honolulu harbour and Fort Kamahema ?u l s unde red a 21-gun salute as the flagship moved to anchor In Kewale basin. The Chinese
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        RUSSIA EXCEEDS HER QUOTAS
        53 8 MOSCOW, Men—Russia's key industries last month exceeded their oroduc Ion cuotas fixed in the Soviet new five-year plan, according to the Tass Agency Significant production increases were cited in the iron and steel and non-ferrous metal knd stnes in textiles and in the oil industry, said
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