The Singapore Free Press, 17 June 1946

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press. THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE No. l."- n SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    U.K. BREAD RATIONING 'HIGHLY PROBABLE
    272 1 LONDON, Sun. RUiT Vl\ S Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey laid the prospect of bread rationing directly before the Brilirii people tonight, and said the nation would offer no better proof of its international jjood faith. Strachey not only said that bread rationing was "highly
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    JAW WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED
    107 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. I MEMORIAL to BritUh war rt dead was unveiled by -G- Montagu Stop- ii, c-:r.-c. alfsea, ta the \Hf old British chu: eft Batavui tcday. Tbl memotiftJ is a marble plaI the crests of the •s and the insignia 13th Indian Corps, the 5th,
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    BOSK SEARCH CONTINUES
    45 1 BOSK SEARCH CONTINUES «nif Telegraph, m a r om Calcutta, said that Paper Hindustan Stanza* reported that Scotland Ir.dian Police authorities a vigilant watch entire India-Burma an effort to capture into Bose, former F. t c J apanese-sponsored movement, who was >ad. says U.P. from
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    PALESTINE A JEWISG STATE'
    54 1 PALESTINE A JEW ISG STATE 5 -^EM. Sun.-The Jewish Palestine, replying tone invitation by the S. Governments to Vl ew s on the main re- -cations of the Angloommisskm of Inquiry stated: "The only and lasting :oluPa>,. win problems of 1 Jewish People *s a w lfc:sh ment of Palestine
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    AZERBAIJAN GOES BACK TO PERSIA
    50 1 The Persian Cabinet has approved the settlement of the negotiation with the northern "home rule" province of Azerbaijan, it was announced m Teheran yesterday. Under the new agreement, Azerbaijan gives up Its claim to autonomy and becomes again an integral part of Persia, says Reuter.
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    HIGHEST PAID
    49 1 Thomas Lee McCarey. director of Paramount Pictures, who earned £278,258 last year ranked as America's highest paid person m a Treasury department report on high salaried individuals, says UP. Carmen Miranda, fiery Brazilian screen star. received £50.363, thus becoming America's highest paid actress and highest paid woman.
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    Britain cuts to 5 battleships
    197 1 Britain cuts to 5 battleships By Renter's Naval Correspondent LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S programme of naval construction is likely to mark time until the major problems affecting the future role of aircraft carriers are resolved. The Navy's capital strength is being cut to five battleships and six major aircraft carriers and
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    INTERNED NAZIS RIOT IN CAMP
    73 1 INTERNED NAZIS RIOT IN CAMP THE HAGUE, Sun. RIOTS broke out this evening at Duindorp internment camp for Nazis near Scheveningen harbour. Camp buildings were on fire and shooting took place. Five hundred internees tried to rush the gate, attacking sentries who opened fire. Internees are reported to have stormed
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    SHIP HUNTS FAIL TO FIND GRAND MUFTI
    199 1 PORT SAID, Sunday. THE Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el Husseini, was not found on board the British troopship Devonshire when she was searched by a party from the destroyer Virago, it was learned here today. It was suspected that he had
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    Supremo At V-Parade
    42 1 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatt n, Suprem c Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, pictured driving: with Field Ma shal Viscount Alexander, Governor General of Canada, at London's V-Pageant. Admiral Mountbatten was created a Viscount m the King's Birthday Honours.
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    Garibaldi's Flag Flies Again
    102 1 Garibaldi's Flag Flies Again THE fla? of Garibaldi's Roman republic of 1813 was hoisted over the Capitol In Rome today, says Reu'.er quoting Rome radio. To the strains of Garibaldi's anthem the flag, so old and battle torn that it is pinned to a board to keep It whole, was
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    MONTY IS FLYING TO INDIA
    121 1 MONTY IS FLYING TO INDIA JERUSALEM, Sun. FIELD Marshal Montgomery left Palestine today by air for India, it was officially stated here tonight. A Palestine Government statement says that Montgomery later left Lydda- for India m an R.A.F. plane. The statement does not say anything about Montgomery's mission to India.
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    Russia Begins Radio War
    389 1 PARIS. Sunday. AS the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers of Britain, the m it erf States, France and Russia prepare to meet m Paris tomorrow to discuss peace treaties, under the chairmanship of British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Moscow launches a new and intensified radio and press
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    NEW INDIA
    298 1 Congress, Muslims Still Talking NEW DELHI. Sun THE Working Committees of both the Moslem League and the Indian National Congress Party discussed the proposal, announced by the Viceroy yesterday, for the formation of a 14--man provisional Indian Government, and adjourned until tomorrow without reaching a decision. In a
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    LONDON TO HEAR TOSCANINI CONCERT
    78 1 The Royal Opera House, m Covent Garden has been in- 1 undated with applications tor seats for a concert on July 3 by the lull Milan La Scala orchestra of 120. conducted by Arturo Toscanini, says Reuter from London The concert is proving tj he
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    STRIKE PROCLAIMED
    41 1 The Greek left-wing-dominated general conference of labour yesterday proclaimed a. 24-hour general strike throughout Greece for Tuesday, m protest against the emergency measures introduced to stamp out the autonomists and activities by Communist bands In Macedonia reports A. P.
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    China's Inflation Has Gone Utterly Insane
    842 2 China's Inflation Has Gone Utterly Insane SHANGHAILATBON DICHARD E. LAUTERBACH, writing m the American magazine Life, writes this report on the crazy monetary situation m Shanghai. "ANE part frustration, U one part inflation, two parts speculation, shake we'l for Shanghailation." Among the postwar moneymad cities of the world Shanghai is
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    FEATURED PAGE
    38 2 "Alas, i o«?r Vori k \t»\ imf% ga?e« at the riu»M <' }.is former court jfstrr. 1 .•> Hamlfl may well be mov «f the most co:np! i and «-ati<f«. lag Sbakfsp' a i studK|! within li\in; :r.:irv
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    On The Very Edge Of Time
    427 2  - On The Very Edge Of Time Robert Waithman TWENTY people stood m a line on the edge of the bombed and burnt out patch reaching away from South Street, m the middle of Exeter, and peered down into a square pit that had been newly dug into thp earth. In
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    Four Englishmen play Hamlet
    516 2  -  JOANNE HOLBROOK By {X the course of the last two years London theati\*-g ;ei\have had an opportunity to compare four outstanding figures m the part of iiamle:. Tnis Shakespearean chancier is perhaps the mo.-t popular j role m all the theatre le :erj toiy, and has
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      59 2 MSlidrdk6 Exclusive m Malaya to the Singapore Free Press i I I^^B^SffilßwSrll I E I L BUT m MUST FI «T GET NAROaJ 1 1 I? BrVJJfJI C J£S .iJOL MUST y^\I GIRL T0 GET HIM- 1 HERE IS THE PLAN YOU Wll I T OOME,7WATNARDAISTHe|^\ BE REMOVED, SPECS/ rpny
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      INDIAN SOLDIERS TAKE A SUMATRA STRONGPOINT
      143 3 >M .'.rii t.iuia.i A....iCs I tvr a fighting job m tliv r«elherlands East lnIcrc &h«WI men of the Frontier Force Rifles collei ting transport m Medan, Sumatra, Tor mcupation of strctetic intl^u^sau st^ongpoint. 1 r a smoke ani then these r~n will prepare more
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      Britain To Have More Scientists
      96 4 Britain To Have More Scientists TO meet the scienti.-.;Lv fie Man-Pou. which Sir Alaj man. the Brr sent output of should be d possible, proi 5,000 new On the b turns to th'- U Committee, will be a d m 1950 and the minimi;! estimated to bit -When ftH have
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      INCREASED BIRTH RATE PROBLEM
      88 4 INCREASED BIRTH RATE PROBLEM BRITAIN S t.: rapidly. B?tv. May 18 20 .OK) m< babi i born than m the year. Yet mothers arr ped by the short? accommodation. Inl prams and coU A serious ha of hospital and accommodation, i London area Fa< < possibility of 40.000 than m
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      Crystal Palace Design 'Timid
      52 4 ;CTUD€NT°> of •J schools Ol oprosed to scheme acpro\ i c Crystal Pala^o First prct V^c 35 Architertvrai %i^« ol ArchitectiT^ v> statcn-.ent r, ning s:^' > nlo ai^d tirrid The stud< *hey describe tit approach to I tifninf, and r« i of the IiMTtD designer
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      QUIZ
      80 4 1. How did Topsy— Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous charac-ter-account for being made? 2. Nan.es the intruder among these "La Boheme," Girl of the Golden West. "Rigoletto," Tosca,' Madame butterfly." 3. The velocity of Mght was discovered by Rutherford, Newton, Roemer Kepler, Clerk Maxwell? 4. If you found a nightingale's
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      MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946.
      631 4 SHOWING m Slngpore tins week are two films which should be exhibited to everybody m Malaya, with the commentaries translated m the various languages, whether the people can alTord to raise the price of a cinema seat or not The first is the news rerl of
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      Strong Man Of India
      1540 4  -  HARRY MILLER By Free Press Reporter recently m Bombay DISING m the coolness of four m the morning, a thick-set, sturdy man. accompanied by his daughter-secretary, slips into the empty streets of Bombay, and marches up and down the elegant Marine Drive until he has covered
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      440 4 DEFEAT PEKMJRMANCT. Sitting with *Ms v/'.i'-* m a church %t North Finrhl^v recently was liilly' Hrrschell, of Baiirfrißgtiatn r n\ e, Finchley— and (iurhv' tr.<? service they took ae:ain tli« rows they made on their «"?ddlng day m 1942. They were smo»l:g more than 200 war-married conmes
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      52 4 Be sure your Eyes are functioning rormally have them examined hert tomorrow. Glasses will be recommended only if necessary. DAH SIN OPTICAL HOUSE 315 North Bridge Road. S'pere. Proprietor— P S DZING. O.D. Former General Manager of NAN SIN OPTICAL HOI'SE Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Former Supplier to THOMPSON OPTICAL
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      15 4 I FAITH j The thoughts of the righteous i are right. j Proverbs, 12, 5.
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      72 4 LOOK OUT! lt ft THESE MEN KILL IX .^7 |tf\|"ltf i ALHAMBRA VT^K. 5 Performance Daily <^^T Book 6909 17^7/ V V^^* Nazi Po\V rimi.ials 'wSIS^Jy VV have broken Prison! They have left dea.h A: destruc- S22Hl!£uZr von m their trail of cnii7i/*n Vengeance thru tne Death oULLIVAN V<r i
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      HARBOUR BOARD TO HAVE 26 'PREFABS'
      314 5 HARBOUR BOARD TO HAVE 26 'PREFABS' Eight completed Free Press Reporter £IGHT prefabricated transit sheds of steel and corrugated iron sheets have been erected m the Singapore Harbour Board area, four more are being completed, and a further 11 are to be built. It is hoped that the erection of
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      HEHRU SENDS RELIEF EXPERT TO MALAYA
      129 5 HEH RU SENDS RELIEF EXPERT TO MALAYA AT HASSAN, ad- Indian Relief Malaya, has ipone and exa comprehen- \.mme to take m the near :iu to Malaya .:ivct:o:*s trom NVhru. who ;ee during Ms Mai h and who :;ship. down to work. lana to contact all t relief committee n
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      UNKNOWN
      14 5 ':> San The Malayan C icil will be U rr.ber. Kuala ut 10 am.
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      K.L. JUDGE CRITICISES THE LAW
      201 5 K.L. JUDGE CRITICISES THE LAW Free Press Correspondent* KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. PTATING that the law as it now stands regarding the possession of military articles is most unsatisfactory. Major H. L. Wri?g:es\vcrth m the District Court here, yesterday. r?quitted and discharged Ho Soon Kit. and a Chinese woman. Wong Ngan,
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      Third Party Insurance
      148 5 COMPULSORY third party insuv ranee for rrotor vehicles will be introduced into the Malayan Union on July 1. the Free Press understands In Singapore however, the matter is still under consideration. Insurance companies. r,owe\vr, hsve not been idle Anti< -ipa-itis an early announcement *7 the authorities. Singapore
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      Union Ex-PoWs
      51 5 f^ec Pr«. 4 ss Correspond :nt KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. TKE recently elected provision--1 al corrmittee of the War Prisoners (Mala yan Union) As■ociation has railed a meeting at the Town Hall Kuala Lumnur, on July 3. to adont the objects and rules ol the Association and to elect
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      INDIANS TO UNITE
      129 5 Jl mass meeting of Indians is to bt held la Singapore m the near future for the purpose of tannins a united Indian organisation which will be representative of all Indian groups and associations. A preliminary meeting at which this resolution was passed was held recently a
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      79 5 Two well-known Singapore Eurasian families were- united on Saturday with the wedding at St. Joseph's Church of Mr. llric Deans, son of the late Mr. G.A. Deans and Mrs. Deans, and Miss Mavis Lazaroo, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Henry Lazaroo. The wedding of Majot Gordon Brewiss, RIASC, and
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      CEYLONESE LUKEWARM TO I.N.A.
      116 5 CEYLONESE LUKEWARM TO I.N.A. MR. V. Coomaraswamy Government of Ceylon Representative who visited Malaya to study the condition of the Ceylonese here. In his report to the Government of Ceylon says the interest of the Ceylonese m the Indian Independence League movement was lukewarm and the Indian National Army itself
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      Loan To Chinese Called A Bluff
      271 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MR. TAN KAH KEE, the Malayan Chinese leader, expressed lack of faith m the National Government of China m fulfilling her promise of a $40,000,000 loan to Malayan Chinese for rehabilitation, m the course of an interview with
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      Police Move To End Wharf Thefts
      282 5 ANE of the most important steps to be taken m the attempt to eradicate rob!>er!es and petty thefts on Singapore's wharves and m godowns is the merging of the Harbour Hoard Police with the regular force o t the island. This amalgamation has been
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      Selangor Issues Grow Food Order
      85 5 Free Press Correspondent KLANG. Sun. WITH a view to increasing food producing on country lands m Selangor the Resident Commissioner, Selangor, has ordered that the proprietor of any country land m Selangor comprising an area of 100 acres or more, shall cultivate or cause to
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      S'pore College Of Medicine Re-Opens
      182 5 S'pore College Of Medicine Re-Opens AtfTER an absence 01 more tnan four years, 20 senior medical students, who had qualified during the occuDation, returned this morning to the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, to undergo a six-months' course prior to sitting .'or the qualifying professional examination. They are
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      MAILS LOST
      46 5 Fre-^ Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun— The post office announces that mail, containing airmail correspondence despatched from Singapore to Swatcv on Feb. 22. was lost when the motor vessel conveying the mail from Hone Kong to the destination was wrecked at Haksha*jn, near Macao.
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      38 5 Lord and Lady Killearn enjoying a joke with Mrs. S.B. Tan, after a visit to the Victory Exhibition at the Happy Komi. The exhibition was a greit success, attract ing thousands of people from Singanore and South Johore
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      Mr. Lynch shoots up pylon 200 times for jet try-out
      129 6 TWENTY -SEVEN I E X OLD para* liutist Bernard Lynch, of Higher I>?nJ*am. Bucks, is goin? to be shot fivn a <;iost rt r Meteor jet ylane by an rxrlcsive cbar^e under th" seat. He Lr.s b?e:i rrhcai ,ji? for
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      MISSIONARY'S MEDAL
      27 6 Mr William Harrison Hudsnetn. Ynis>ionary interned at Shanghai by the Jananese m 1D42. has been awa-e'ed the MB E for services to the Allird cause.
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      QUIZ Answers
      33 6 1. I 'snect I grow'd ("Uncle Tom's Cabin," chapter 20). 2. Rigoletto," by Verdi; the others are all operas by Puccini. Roomer. 4. Generally a deep olive brown. 5. Cynosure, epileptic.
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      Coupon worth £1, judge rules
      74 6 JUDGE 11. A. Tucker has Put the value of a clothing coupon at £1 m Birmingham County Court. John Henry Rodway, of Bromsgrove (Worts), had claimed the return of twenty-six clothing coupons or their value from G. Goswell, a Birmingham tailor who, he said, had
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      FIVE REGIMENTS TAKE TO 'CHUTE'
      126 6 NEW DELHI. Sun. FIVE Royal Indian Artillery Regi- mentl are to be converted into parachute regiments. They are the 9th., 12th and 17th Field Regiments, the 6th Indian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment and an Indian anti-tank regiment. These unite jvill form the divisional artillery of the
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      DEATH PREDICTION
      36 6 A prediction that he would die next week was made by Arthur Foutham. 43, a Watford < Herts) recluse, a few hours before he was burned to death while reading Tennyson m bed by candlelight.
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      69 6 Itudolph Hoess, ex-*oinman-dant of the Auschwitz extermination camn, about to board a plane at Nuremberg to be taken to Warsaw. He and other prisoners, who are accused of crimes against humanity, had been held a« witnesses at Nuremb* rp and are now to stand their trial by a Polish court
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      Ex-officers ready to take any job
      302 6 SAVINGS RUNNING OUT THOUSANDS of ex-oflicer s now living on their war savings 1 and gratuities fear financial disaster when this money runs out. The reason is there are not enough good jobs not even at £6 a week to go round. Especially hard
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      'NO WIVES' SAY CIVIL SERVANTS
      73 6 A demand that all married women be removed from the Civil Service to make room for unemployed ex-Service-men and women was made by speakers at the conference m London of the Association of ex- Service Civil Servants. The 200 delegates all menapplauded Mr. A. Roberts
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      Plastics will keep the weather out
      153 6 Plastics will keep the weather out I For Women PLASTIC SHOES, mackintoshes and umbrellas will soon be on the market. This information is revealed m one of the latest documentary films m the "Britain Can Make It" series. In order to test the idea before putting the shoes on the
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      'ROCKET' KILLS 3
      89 6 'ROCKET' KILLS 3 A two cwt. cylinder of oxygen or llamethrower lluid. rocketed on" a burning dump m Coventry and killed three o*jpie CO yards away. It ploughed tbrougd the £h(d i In which they wvre sheltering frcm thunderstorm. Admiralty experts travelled !iom London today to investigate H) what started
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      U.S. demanding British cars
      222 6 U.S. demanding British cars AMERICA wants to import as many British cars as the British motor industry is ablo to produce, according to leading U.S. distributors. One of them said that he could immediately sell 50,000 Austin "Sevens" and another firm reported a great demand for Standard "Eights." American motorists
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      JOBS BACK
      18 6 Birmingham City Council ha^ decided to reinstate all conscien- i tious objectors formerly m their, employ.
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      BRITAIN BIG AIR AID 70 FRAME
      110 6 BRITAIN has if pTtm vide Franc craft, equipment and struction fac;liti. able terms. Details of this the reconstructs, o: Air Force and L.r are given by Mr M N Under-Serretary Britain will tu| years mainter... ments. aircraft a:. c for Pranor, ru-r a:and Indo-China
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      118 6 SHOWING TODAY! Sec the Nips Run with Their Tails Between Their Leg?. Actual and True Pictures of Planes < hot Down Before Your Eyes. Its Your Duty to See this Sensation Film. This Intense Drama Will Make Y° u Crip Your Seats. Scenes Taken at the Scene of Battle. You
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      48 6 J N E Exclusive to the Si?igapore Free Press m Malaya Jane Aas been /J5 A funny^w^ /that's Right^N J brainsJ-but^P Cctptused by the. P Vwhen You're gagged) I SYO LASH I I S2 ctocks 2A<rtakeA stair**/ W^urself? r I her to the J ™°!1 "|J^ JJ E
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      NAVY SOCCER FINAL WON BY 'ALAUNIA'
      466 7 fftOWPof about 3,000 spectators turned out at the I vul Base on Saturday afternoon to witness the A* j! oi tin Brsl knock-out soccer competition played ,gjl |\kk\ard since there-occupation Sixteen r look i art m the tournament and on Saturday Upturn Ihe H.M.S.."Alaunia"
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      LOUIS CONN WIND UP TRAINING
      57 7 LOUIS CONN WIND UP TRAINING I I \Ki S Sat v !< l champion Joe dl rounds to,,i, til- battle < MM on WeinesIU lbs. loins ion d lUht ei^ht fo«T Monday. He res ed .aid he expects :,*u to remain lake Conn. is u\er biN exueiijht of t a
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      RAIN STOPS CRICKET
      59 7 I INCI'AM Sat. mM had a tatmes*t today I the ball to :.'.< fl uith Not- the weather I Bm Sunday n fu Monday. red with s Scort-s 5 --r »r first m Ctaun i^ar.shire. t first InT'hirc miiings 29 firsi taHdogi 127 T n Glouces- i
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      MY TABLE
      123 7 I r. >r- positions m cricirt cham:ding mat-hes Weekly Home Sport Review W L D L. D Pts. 1 0 2 1 0 64 4 3 0 1 1 0 52 4 0 1 2 0 1 52 1 4 0 0 2 44 2 0 1 1
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      U.K. SPORT NEEDS GOVT AID
      1188 7 U.K. SPORT NEEDS GOVT AID LONDON, Sunday. (By Vernon Morgan) MUCH is being written m the British Press about the decadence "of British sport and the poor performances put up by British sportsmen against rivals m all forms of sport, notably boxing and athletics. There appears to be real anxiety
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      DAVIS CUP
      88 7 ST LOUIS. Sa*.— The U.S. hopes to clinch victory *n its first Davis Cup Tennis Tie with Philippines today were dashed when rain pnfrtpQQM p.ay till tomorrow Representatives of botn warns decided to hold bo'Ja remaining singles matches as well as the doubles clash on Sunday, rather than
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      I.S. OPEN GOLF
      14 7 r-TFVFTAND Sat— Bvrcn Nelson, nlavers m front of him.- A.P. Reuter
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      WIGHTMAN CUP
      17 7 I ftN-nON Sa* -The United States reLO T v.ntn i cvi M*u tennis Reuter auu
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      HIGHEST JUMP
      25 7 Viss D Simpson, Liverpool, wins the high jump at the Women's Inter- Varsity Athletic Road cVamrionships held recently at the White City Stadium.
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      KING STARTS MARATHON
      263 7 LONDON, Saturday. f?ROM Windsor Castle today 99 competitors set out on a run 2 to London, a distance of 26^ milrs m the historic marathon race which Polytechnic Harriers promoted regularly pre-war and which is being ie> ived the first time since 193;). The King, wearing a
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      JANSEN 100 NOT OUT v GRAVES HQ.
      223 7 AN unftnijhed ccAtv.iy by Roy Jaii.sen enftMed the Recs to easily beat the Graves Headquarters by 103 runs m a cricket match played at x7hmsi yesterday. Jansen batted splendidly and his Innings included 18 boundaries. RECS' XI R. Jansen not out 100. J.
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      New Walking Record
      120 7 LONDON. Sat. THE world no:i-stjp walking record for 24 hours was beaten at White City track today when P.J. Bemfltef of Polytechnic Harriers covered 129 miles 749 yards. 'Hie previous record was 127 miles 524 yards b> Tommy Payne m 1909. Harold Whitlock of the Metropolitan Walking
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      TENGAH RAF WIN BY SIX WICKETS
      63 7 R.A.F. <Tengah) beat th e S.C.R.C. by six wickets m a cricket match played at Thomson Road yesterday. Batting first the Chinese were dismissed for 93 runs of which Keng Hock contributed 37 runs. Marsh took six wickets for 25 runs. The Airmen replied
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      SOM PONG KNOCKS OUT GIBSON IN FOURTH
      242 7 COM Pong, former welter-weight champion of Malaya, scored an easy fourth-rcund knock cut victory over Charlie Gibson at the Happy World arena last nip.ht. The fight was scheduled for ten three-minute rounds. Som Pong weighed 141 J lb and Gibson 143 lb. Before
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      VICTORY CUP
      16 7 GLASGOW, Sat. Rangirs won the Scottish Victory Cup final, beat ins Jlibernians three-one.— Reuter
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      DE GAULLE BACK IN POLITICS
      141 8 BAYEUX, Sunday. GEN. CHARLES de GAULLE, leader of the Free French during the war, m his first important political speech since his resignation last January today urgently warned the French people against the danger of a dictatorship anil demanded a new constitution providing for a
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      TEACHER ON INFORMING' CHARGE
      167 8 TEACHER ON INFORMING' CHARGE Fn> Press correspondent PENANG, Sat. ARMED police guards were placed around the Police Court today when ten Penang civilians were produced before Mr. W. Foulsham to face charges of collaborating with and assisting the enemy. Th c accused include a Chinese woman Yuen Chee Wan, 28-year-old
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      POLAND: NO INTERFERENCE
      101 8 WARSAW, Wed. THE British Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross stated here today that Britain has no desire to interfere with the internal affairs of the Polish Government. In a press conference. Sir Hartley denied that the bringing of General Anders* army to Britain had any political significance, but
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      11 8 Searchlights V-light St. Paul's < athedral dome on V-night m London.
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      Plane Bumps Parachutist In Mid-Air
      103 8 Plane Bumps Parachutist In Mid-Air A professional parachutist escaped unhurt when a small two seater plane ploughed into his parachute m mid-air during a jump a* Adrian airport, Michigan, USA. says A P. The plane, piloted by Serline Mead of Detroit, ran into Warren Berg at a heirht of 1,500
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      PADRE ATTACKS MORALS OF ARMY IN GERMANY
      403 8 BERLIN, Sunday. THE warning that many troops belonging to the occupation armies were playing a shameful part m encouraging prostitution of the German people and turning Germany into a "cesspool of Europe big enough and deep enough to drown herself and her neighbours,"
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      U.S. OFFICER CLUBBED GIs
      79 8 A military court at Bad Neuheim, Germany convicted T .S. Army Lt. Granville Cubage of permitting an unauthorized punishment including beatings with clubs on American soldier prisoners at Uchineld, England, says A.P. Lt. Cubage denied ordering any cruelties and insisted like three enlisted men convfcted before
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      MIHAILOVITCH QUOTES BBC
      99 8 BELGRADE, Sun. THE BBC. figured m the trial of Gen. Dragomir Mlhailovitch, Chetnik leader accused of collaboration, which was resumed here today. Cross-examined about the "Black Troikas" which are described m the indictment as an "organisation for assassination." Mihailovitch said it had been formed "to frighten quislings."
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      CHANGE OF COMMAND
      30 8 Mr. Gen. H.C. Robertson, has taken over command of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces from Lt. Gen. John Northcott at midnight on Saturday says U.P. from Tokyo.
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      FREIBERG IN N.Z.
      21 8 Lieut.-Gen. Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., Governor General designate of New Zealand, has arrived at Wellington, N.Z., says Reuter
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      U.K. HAS FEWEST DRUG ADDICTS
      301 8 LONDON, Sunday. f\ESPITE years of heavy attack coupled with stringent rationing of food and drink the British people did not turn to opium smoking and the use of narcotics as a means of forgetting their worries. This is one of the three mam points which
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      CARTELS: NATIONS CANNOT AGREE
      44 8 Delegates from 11 nation* failed to agree on world trade cartels when the Commission on Commercial Policy met m Paris says Reuter. The Secretary of the Internpttcma] Chamber of Commerce sr.m presence of the Rti&sirn »;-.:i-9,ato was very e:icoui aging.
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      DACOITS KILL 235
      206 8 CIR Henry Knight, Acting Gover- nor of Burma, said at his first conference m Rangoon that the new drive against Burma's public enemy number one," the dacoit who is terrorising the countryside, was proving successful, reports Reuter's correspondent. Forty thousand illegal arms and nearly 1,000,000 rounds of
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