The Singapore Free Press, 5 July 1946

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE VNBNBN\ SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICL 10 CENTS.
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    44 1 Pictures. rail l»riJ;e linAin? Kuala I •••npur with Port SwettenM bvm repaired by Royal Engineers supervi* n Jap tans Ton picture shows Jap looking at the finished •**cond picture shows bal?s of cloth being unloaded at Bangkok f«»r the rice farmers. Army Film Unit
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    STATEMENT ON UNION SOON
    135 1 London Quotes Free Press London, Thursday. iil cm! cor respondent formed quarurj when the Colonial I on the future in Union i=; issued jllow the lines of ■i :ro:n Singapore.' the Singapore Free ory an Page on? "utlming the intentitute a Federation <m Union and a
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    Bikini Test Animals Survived
    94 1 MOST of the animals aboard the transport Burlcson escaped alive from the blast of atomic bomb, a survey showed reports U.P. from Bikini Atoll Three hundred ra s and ten «oa:s and pus aboard the animal shin were killed, out o( a total of 3,101 rats,
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    POLICE FOIL CINEMA RAID
    85 1 A NUMBER of detectives and police officers were in the neighbourhood of the Capitol -Buildin* last night where they expected an attempt to rob t enema of the day's takings would n ti 'believed that scouts, emDloyed by the gangsters, gave warning that the police were
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    Bakers threaten ration strike
    243 1 LEEDS. Thurs. YORKSHIRE bakers, at a meeting in Leeds last night, agreed to refuse bread units when offered by housewives on July 21 (the date on which bread rationing begins.) The meeting agreed to call a strike if any member of the trade were prosecuted. Delegates
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    COUPLE SHOT BY S'PORE GANGSTERS
    154 1 AN Indian and his Chinese wife were shot at and wounded by three Chinese robbers at 3 o'clock vestcrday morning in a house in Silat Road. Singapore. The robbers, all armed, were leaving the premises with some jewellery they had taken from the Indian and
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    U.S. SOLDIERS KILL RUSSIAN
    173 1 VIENNA, Thurs. AMERICAN military policemen today shot and killed a Russian soldier who threatened Australian civilians with his revolver in the American zone or Vienna, official Army sources annoi'nced. The Russian soldier was s'ghted first by American policemen in a J CC P before an American
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    'POLICE READY TO TACKLE CRIME'
    289 1 Malaya in Parliament LONDON. Thurs. THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Gordon Hail, stated in the House of Commons today that the s c>vernor of the Malayan Union had informed him there was evidence of an organization of criminal elements responsible for lawless
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    JEWS SET OFFICERS FREE
    201 1 JEWS SET OFFICERS FREE JERUSALEM. TUmML THE three British offieeis who have been held captive by the Irgun Zvai Leuini (Jewish terrorist group) fo: three weeks, were released in Tel Aviv this afternoon cl reported to the Tel Aviv pentad police station, the Pale tine Government annou:ir.« today. It was
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    PEACE CONFERENCE FIXED
    263 1 21 Nations To Meet On July 29 PARIS, Thurs. A FTER many failures to reach an agreement, the Big Four Foreign Ministers today fixed the 21-nation Peace Conference for July 29. The Ministers first met in April this year, continuing the discussions into May, when the meeting
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    U.S. ACTING ON PRICE CONTROLS
    96 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs rt I Senate House jinking Comm;*: approved the new one-year pri rontrol bill by 12 to 5 votes Democratic leader iMlftt Alben Barkley o! Kentucky vj d there was every reason to bel: v<* that the Bill would be enacted. He said he
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    SEAC 'GOOD MORNING' FOR 'DAILY MAIL'
    75 1 SEAC 'GOOD MORNING' FOR 'DAILY MAIL' LONDON. Thurs. The Daily Mail announces that Frank Owens column "Good Morning." which appeared daily in the iormer forces newspaper SEAC published in Singapore unt.l Mav 15— will be featured in the Daily Ma 1. Owen's views "will interpret honestly the thoughts and teelings
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      18 2 -I Gfcri tadav h tiwny* #>d Salh f>a> who has a 10-g-Urm contract inth Two Citks film Studios.
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      BRITISH LEGION EXPANSION
      269 2 WITH British Legion membership topping the three- quarter million mark, branches all over the country are making plans to provide themselves With headquarters which will accommodate their ever-increasing membership. In m^ny localities new headquarters will also serve as centivs ol social activity for th? ex-Service men ana
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      Manuel Roxas: Man of the Hour
      571 2 By a Special Correspondent Yesterday at Manila, the leader of the Filipino resistance movement during the Japanese occupation was installed as President of the newly-bom Philippines Republic. This article tells of the remarkable rise to political power of the Man of the Hour Manuel
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      MENACE TO SCHOOLS
      100 2 THE Harpur Trust from which the Bedford public schools derive a high proportion of their income is threatened with the losr of part of its estate in Holborn for a housing estate if present plans are carried through. Representation hav« been made to the Minister of Housing
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      FIRST AIR VARSITY IN EMPIRE
      170 2 FIRST AIR VARSITY IN EMPIRE fRANFJELD is to house the first College of Aviation established in the British Empire and the aim of this new University of the Air is to fit graduates to become leaders in the field of research and industry In the world of aeronautics Candidates will
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      10,000 MAY BE OUT OF JOBS
      67 2 Concern is felt as to the fate of the Avro aircraft works at Yeadon, where at one time 10,000 people were employed on war work. The A. V. Roe Company, who have run the worts, are Irnvin-* and are to concentrate at their Manchester
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      1 2 HGHGHGH
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      Battle on for Britain's cinemarevenue
      497 2 Battle on for Britain 's cinemarevenue BEHIND amiable professions of goodwill from both sides of the Atlantic, millions were being moved like chessmen today in a battle of position lor the rich revenue of Britain's 5,500 film houses. Outwardly, all parties involved agreed they wer? not engaged in any competition,
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      5th Dukes In Huddersfield
      123 2 5th Dukes In Huddersfield lIUDDERSFIEL-D recently had the pleasure of welcoming home the "sth Duke of Wellington's' and thousands gathered in the rain to pay a fln*» compliment to the town's own Regiment. The battalion was represented by a token force of ten officers and men who travelled from Germany
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      LADY KILLEADN THROWS A CHILDREN'S PARTY
      105 3 tin. wife of south East Apia's Special Commissioner, was httSt^Ji to a lar°e num'it r of irtv for her dausb ter Jacqueiia Jean's third birthday. Ticture shows the Sultan f r's r^'»**'*'* K i!d'-*^i w«*b lady Kili'arn. and hfr so 1 Governor Gimson look
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      42 2 -^~2j3^H^B^^^L lit, $m VALET BLADES «re bach again Bring out your V T alct self-stropping razor and shave again the Vale; way. ,&«rv day smooth, quick shave and weeks of perfect shaving from every blade. Valet blades for tkeJßcror that stoops i/>
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      417 2 SINGAFOKr. KfctJ tfeinOK* tro« ttooo a> t pjn tod «l«r m II i» n. ob ii: metres rrum 0000 »e t a* uo 1 825 mci sec a (ti metre tmn4 «nd frwp 745 to 9.3t p.m on I.f r-«c v-f <d <1 metre <Mna JUINSSB aouc U> ilj aj
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      9 2 m3nflrdK6 Exclush^e in Malaya to the Singapore Free Press
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press
      477 4 FRIDAY. JULY 5. 1946 THERE are two important 'oolicy 1 reasons a;ainst releasing the army's surplus of transport to hrlp relieve trie thortase of vehicle amon^ the civilians and commerc al firms in Singapore and Malaya. firstly it helps the Tr^a.sury to produce cheaper-looking estimates for
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      A SOLDIER GOES HOME
      1234 4 His wife and sons are lost, his country is defeated, his city smashed. ONE DAY, early in 1943, on the dusty road to Bizerte, in Tunuia, Fritz Riemer. a company sergeant in the Getman Military Police, heard the rattle of a tommy fun fery close, closer
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      362 4 THILDHOOD ambition was re- alised for Lieut.-Col. D. S. Brar, of the first Mahrattas when famous Birmingham firm, presented him with a 22 shot gun because he confessed to the Mayor of that city that he hai never possessed an air-gun Lt.-Col. Brar will sal home In
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      Uranium & Mud Are Health-Givers
      378 4 Uranium Mud Are Health-Givers A SCORE of Czechoslova kia's world-famous resort spas are being re-opened after bein^ shut of! trorn the world for six years because of war. Jachyniov spa is helping people to health with uranium, the basic ingredient of the deadly atomic bomb. Jachymov claim-, the distinction of
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        'Marxicin' Provides The Key
        184 4 'Marxicin' Provides The Key V 1 "WE want t<- ff ouro,, c: P«ck(ts' tion by Pnw I lavsky, it j)( issue of him present for- to me pai apt. I though it u to carrv t. ther. Our Ru •Unior: opens Oo t«i our H xt d through v. reach
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        QUIZ
        107 4 Can you gui r\-.\ being talked ifcoti ing fragments 1. Must have tn the passen?r:> I should think i got through What was passe np^rs b 2. He certu triumph a- ~outr. "Yes. and laid I where W stands Who scored Bourn err< 3. "They've na-e count "He's eanno
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        FAITH
        19 4 If anv mi v -i' which I r hath hu* 1 upo-r, he vlmll r-.-ceve reward. I QorintJ
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  • NEWS PAGE
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      POW ISLAND GENERAL THANKS THE BRITISH
      480 5  -  HARRY MILLER To Work For Peace By Free Press Reporter j,; KHIGURO. the Japanese eommander-in-Lci c] ail Japanese surrendered personnel o n th<> of Rransn&Mi Grita*. 40 miles awa/fiwm Iks sraciciis'y of the respect and Ikaikai been created an the islands between and the
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      V-PARADERS PETITION TO WHITEHALL
      127 5 V-PARADERS PETITION TO WHITEHALL 1 :.g the demooitLf Ma.ayan Royal Qtcci Reserve. Strails > Voi -i.tce. Force. Ma- Air Force on all teal defence Jer the Local Deitrciiliitl—. 1940. year, was passed K Advisory Coundoes no* purport to Volunteer Force <>r react Corps. The :..ive power to caU o: such
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      LT. COL. PATERSON
      38 5 v F 1-n Unit picFr? Prrs, on W:dK "i Majcr S alca'rC.O. of the British >e Soon. M?.jor "?T» b, in f'act. 0.C.; W n- rt Noe Soon: Bf CO. is IX. Col. E :soa.
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      Drive On Hawkers Soon
      161 5 Drive On Hawkers Soon ARRANGEMENTS are now tor.iplete lor a co-ordinated attack on the black market in Singapore by all tne (iovtr.iinc.t deparinients concerned. The departments co-opcratinK in ihis campaign will be Food 1 ontrcl. Police, lustoms, Mu»icipaliiy, Public Relations and Social VVeliare. Ihe first aspect o! the problem to
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      BRONZE TABLET FOR RAFFLES
      116 5 IT li the intention of the authorities to place a bronze tablet at the foot of the sta'.u? of Sir Stamford Raffles in Empress Place in the near future. The tablet will bear a description of the events which led to the .tatue being removed from
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      S'PORE FILIPINOS CELEBRATE
      212 5 SINGAPORE S 500 Flkpir.os celed br^ted their independent yeserday with a s2ries of functions starting with a H th Mass, at the Cathedral of Che Good Shepherd and ending with a tea party and danc? at the Memorial Hall. wh:re for the nrst time hn the h
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      Rice For Malaya
      66 5 Rice For Malaya Picture. As the mov -ment of Slanrse ri. e into Malaya ?ains momentum, a close check is bein- kept nun the loadin; and unl3ad'n ;of railway frei-ht uajons. This picture shows Sgt. J. F. Bridge and rialmun CI.T Hughes <h rt-kin^ up a trainload of rice at
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      PLAN TO BREAK BLACK MARKET
      264 5 By A Special Correspondent THE war against black market operators in Singapore which is just beginning may be likened to a military operation but nith the people of Singapore acting as a vast intelligence corps giving their general all the information bout the enemy at
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      Jeep death crash: S/Ldr charged
      537 5 A FATAL .'iccident in Orchard Road recently had a sequel at an R. A. F. court-martial in Singapore yesterday when Squadron. Leader Peter Jack was on trial on a charge of manslaughter by causing the death of Lieut. W. Mills, of the Ist Northampton Regiment.
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      U.S. WANTS OUR JET LINERS
      67 6 U.S. WANTS OUR JET LINERS that Pan-Amenean rid Airways will buy Brltisfi raft becj we ate ahead oi a- rid n tie development oi j -;?rcp^ i: :s- president of q Air.vav.s. tiAd In -We would certainly i'>- -:i aircraft ir th-v were better oi more aivanced than Amer-an circratt
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      STILL OLD FASHIONED
      34 6 'I r y.\ a the main 1 -c-r i £M yards fiom the of ii :i- n an. Backs, still u-; s :.i lvmps and t wateZ front the w" 1
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      ROLL ON THEIR 12
      29 6 "Deotobbt Uitiss o' ly rat- > mav rejcln the Roval Navv 1 pest gSTT c? 1l to connt > i"-ds a 12 vear a^lCfltal. QIS Iraii announce*
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      No. 1 TELEVISION GIRL TO LEAVE
      121 6 Jasmine Bligh. No. 1 television announcer. Is finding the strain of always looking her best for the camera too ereat. So she is leaving the B B.C. on July 10. "When you have to live on the appearance of your fare it becomes. I've
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      THE RAF DE-REQUISITION A S'PORE HOME
      486 6 THE RAF DE-REQUISITION A S'PORE HOME Free Press Reporter THIS is the story of a Singapore civilian Mrs. Rita Asmus, who owns four houses in Singapore. Mrs. Asmus wrote to the Free Press saying that she returned to Singapore from India with her two children and was forced to stay
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      THE HOUSE THE RAF LIVED IN
      97 6 THESE Free Pi ess pictures show the condition in which Mrs. Asmus's property at 8 Broadrick-road, lirove Ks ate. was handed hack to her by the Custodian's deppartment. The pin-up is one of t*o on the walls. Second picture shows part of Ihe bathroom.
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      QUIZ Answers
      56 6 1. Ir ;,}i mail train's dash over biasing Mi na] Bridge. 2. Mr. Bo in, Forcion Scor^tary, at Labour Party Conference. Lord Loui.s Mountbattcn, Supremo Allied Commander in South Ea.->t Asa. 4. MihailoviU-li clmimi that Foreign office ordered him to fight against the Yugoslav partisans. 5. The Grand
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      £15-a Week Girl Would Rather Wed
      189 6 A YOUNG actress, earning £15 a week, who was refused permission to marry by a bench of magistrates, s.rd afterwards that if necessary she would give up her sta^e career to marry her £6 a week sweetheart. She is Miss Helen M Gibson, aged
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      NURSE GETS £7,000 IN DAMAGES
      132 6 TWENTY- YEAR -OLD Irene Nat- trass, a probationer nurse, Shrewsbury-crescent, Sunderland. was awarded £7,000 damages for burns which ihe ludge said would atfect her chances of marriage The damages were given against Sunderland Corporation at Durham Assizes. Miss Nattrass was ;*o badly in lured when
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      TRAFFICKERS IN COUPONS AT WORK
      160 6 TRAFFICKERS IN COUPONS AT WORK BLUE r.louunc coupt.ns. issued in supplementary ration books '.o demobilised Servicemen in Eirtain, are being illicitly i»old at 2s e: cli in small quantities. They are distributed by •niddlt-men" at £i per page >f 20. With e^c-h discharged man leIcciving a basic issue ol at
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      172 5 GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE REHABILITATION LOAN ISSUE OF $25,000,000 AT 3% Registered Stock Repayable *****97c 1. The Financial Secretary, Singapore, has authorised the issue of $25,000,000 Rehabilitation Loan as from tftt Bth July, 1946. The loans will be issued at par. 2. Interest will be at the rate of 3 per
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      342 6 a v u A 0 11 A 5 B< showv l>aiU A 1j W A fl i*— l < i «-v l5 THE BETTER, BIGGER PICTURE Bookings: TH Ml TERRIFIC! Voted Last Night's Audien,^ UNRIVALLED I'NDER-WATER ACTION SHOh GUNS THUNDERER— When IS. Sub (Ol*rii; MN Comes To Mount Fujiyama— With
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      109 6 J^4 3n£ Exclusive to the Singa pore Free Press in Malaya /surprise?- surprise/-\__J /"what.'-afTer You f yes, the rihgmas7ler\ (S\ I'VE GOT PROMOTION OVER T^^^^ NEARLY BURNT ME ALIVE 9 WHO RESCUED ME FROM Tme\ >V rr^v THAT &ANKBUSTING JOB, NO THANKS/ BESIDES. />A ft TA liJ BURNING BUILDING?— /K^C^
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      Wimbledon
      9 7 nrral vLw of the centre court at Wimbledon.
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      HAMPSHIRE WIN BY INNINGS
      140 7 HAMPSHIRE WIN BY INNINGS LONDON, Fri. B scored the only two-day victory in County hes in progress to day, beating Sussex by i g 34 runs. J v centres there has been high scoring. At r have replied with 453 for five to Matte 1 ■:t getting 171, while Hammond
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      HUTTON GETS BRILLIANT 183 NOT OUT
      577 7 HUTTON GETS BRILLIANT 183 NOT OUT BRADFORD, Thurs. fa BRILLIANT innings of 183 not out by Len Hutton has put Yorkshire in a position to beat the Indian cricket tourists, possibly by an innings. At the end of the second day's play today Yorkshire had declared at 344 for nine,
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      Welsh Services Rugby XV
      110 7 r TBE following team bu been chosen to represent Wales is the Services International Kugbj match against England at Jalan Beaar Stadium to morrow at 5.15 p.m.: A. N. Griffith (Cardiff*— Capt.; S.G. Gillar* (Cardiff), C. Saonden (Newport). OX. Lewellyß (Bridgend), C. Ware (Mid Wales); B.
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      SEMI-FINALS AT HENLEY TO-DAY
      227 7 SEMI-FINALS AT HENLEY TO-DAY Henley, Thurs. 1 Frenchman, an Argentinian and two United States entries advanced through the heats in the Henley Regatta, today and will row in Friday's semi-finals of the ancient Diamond Sculls trophy. J. Sephariades of Franco turned in a steady performance on choppy water to oust
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      SIME ROAD CAMP FOOTBALL
      86 7 HPHE Sime ftoad Camp tocrball team, A which has scored a string of victor iet recently gained yet another on Tuesday when they beat the Singapore Radio Station by four goals to two on the camp ground. With the assistance of Indonesian labourers, campers have transformed
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      TABLE TENNIS
      56 7 rPHE following will reiresent the A Chinese Swimming Club in a return friendly table tei-nis match against the United Services Team at the Shackle Club at 7 p.m. to-day: Singles: Chua Kim Horn, Chan Kwok Ming, I oke Seek Cheong, Wong Tong Goon A. Tan Miang Siam. Doubles:
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      Personalities In Sport
      369 7 TOM PEARCE T. BROWN LONDON, Wed. DIG, burly Tom Pearce, the Essex u captain, who iias just com--1 pleted another unbeaten century for his County, is by nature living in the wrong century. He should really be a swash-buck- I ing caval.er. Educated at Christ's Hospital, Pearce
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      PENANG RACE MEETING
      134 7 (Prom Our Own Cor. ondent) penang. mm. 'THE Penanjj Turf Club has announced an imrvase of S2OO in stakes roughly a 20 per cent, .increase for each race at its forthcoming two-di.y meeting on July 27 and Aug. 3. Purses will be $1,200 'or horses in j
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      100 7 VII A■■ ]1 A M 20 4 15 y 4 STH H V 6 3j 9 3 p m NOW SHOWING THRILLS! ROMANCE! ACTION! H Pov^er as a Red Blooded Hero captivated by the trm- anj (harms of a South Sea Beauty Gene Tierney. \l!urin<r, Captivating and Glamorous '"^its TYRONE
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      232 7 Well Known CLASSICAL RECORDS M Le Sa.re Doe Pn (.temps" (Th» Rite of Spring) IGOR St^AVINSKY conducting Orchestre Symphonic it Paris. "Rustic Wesldinff Symphony" HOWARD BARLOW, cenducting The Columbia Broadc urting Symphony "SYMPHONY PANTASTIQUE" (Berlioz) ARTHUR PODZINSKI, ct nducting The Cleveland Orchestra iolln Concerto So. 4, In D Major" (Mosart)
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      359 7 BOUSTEAD&Co.,L.d. rEL 5161-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LINE Gleaofte for IK SaLs July It Samaette frorr IJt. Doe Juh Promethean from U si i>«r Jol> IS Cm we mm «bo eanro *ec<-p*eo io OK Boojfftoat aad Sh.uel»a< m opsMKtaniue* offet BURNS PHILP LINE Rhezenor from Austral a G 4 Devon from
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  • NEWS AND LATE SPORT
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      HOME...
      8 8 A cuiet iorner at Cuddington Village, Bucks.
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      JAPS SAY MacA'S MOTHER WAS A GEISHA GIRL
      128 8 JAPS SAY MacA'S MOTHER WAS A GEISHA GIRL THK Japanese. whu tell wonderful fairy tales, have added another to their national folk-lore With the rn.:, story that General MacArthur was born in Japan and his mother was prohahly Japanese The story goes that the Geneials father, (ieneral MacArthur, who served
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      WIMBLEDON FINALISTS
      168 8 WIMBLEDON. Tnurv THE American girLs. Pauline Betz and Louis Brough. qualified today to f hi for the Wimbledon championships singles i*tle on Saiurdav. Top-seeded Pauline Betz eliminated Dorotny Bundy i nstraight •etfl 6—2. 6 3 Louise Brough jumped off to a good start in her 8- -6. 7
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      BIG GALE HITS S.E. ENGLAND
      187 8 LONDON Thurs. THF worst storm for many years swept over South-east England during the night. For more than ten hours, it raged over the coast. Reports today tell of lightning flashes at the rate of fifty per minute, streets flooded four feet deep, road washed
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      PEERS WILL DEBATE INDIA
      126 8 LONDON, Thins. A DEBATE on India has been arranged to take place in the House cf Lords on July 15. The British Cabinet has not yet received the report from the members of the Mission and it is likely, writes Reuter' Political Correspondent, that a special
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      TRAITOR MUST DIE
      82 8 TRAITOR MUST DIE VITALI Hasson. Jewish traitor who was said to have helped the Germans in deporting 50,000 Salonika Jews to Belsen and Autchwitz concentration ramps. was sentenced to death at Salonika yesterday. Hasson. was reputed to have i buried immense rich?s extorted i from hs Jewish victims, and was
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      SARAWAK MAY FIND NEW OILFIELDS
      375 8 SARAWAK MAY FIND NEW OILFIELDS KUCHING, Thurs. ACCORDING to Government officials here, it is possible A that the oil refineries destroyed at Miri on the fourth day of the Pacific War will not be rebuilt. The Shell interests concerned may decide to rebuild their refineries in Brunei, east of Miri.
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      INSPECTOR FOR ASSIZES
      104 8 PP. Webb, a 3'J year-old j Eurasian police inspector, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes on three charges of causing hurt a: j the conclusion of the first part of a preliminary inquirv dealing with alleged offences in connec- i tion with Webb's
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      U.S. WILL GET N.Z. BUTTER
      57 8 Dockside workers in Auckland. New Zealand, yesterday agreed to load 896.000 pounds of butter for the United States following advice from Union leaders, says Reuter. Earlier, they had refused to i load ten million pounds of butter j demanding explanation why it was going to
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      £15,000 STAMPS LOST
      30 8 One of the finest postage stamp collections in Britain— valued at £15,000 by the owner has disi anpeared from a Brixton house, The stamps were not insured.
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      LEISURE MAKES CASH
      17 8 Britain's tourist industry is expected to yield one hundred million pounds a year eventually.
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      EDITOR ARRESTED
      32 8 Yod Tham Sere, former editor and present editorial adviser of the Siamese newspaper Varasab was arrested "for investigation" 24 hours after Siam imposed Government Press censorship, says A.P. from Bangkok.
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      MEDALS TO SPARE
      21 8 Little over half the civilians in Britain entitled to the Defence Medal have submitted claims for the award.
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      NAZIS PLOTTED NEW RISING
      157 8 FRANKFURT, Thurs. IINITED STATES intelligence officers, explaining why extensive security measures were taken at the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, today accused th* Nazis of a plot to sabotage the war crimes trial by ;an armed uprising in Bavaria which security measures defeated. Officials said that an
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      ROYAL EVIDENCE
      41 8 The King of Siam and the Queen Mother will testify in th" 1 case of the late King Ananda I Mahidols death, tomorrow, when I the Commission is giving audience i i nthe Royal Palace, reports UP. from Bangkok.
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      SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB.
      168 8 The Singapt re Swlmrani? Club wil be de-requisttoned en the lft July.. It is intended to re-open the Club to its Memb.rs on the r .th July cticr ihe change over has bern co.rr^cted. Former Members are reouested to apply to the Treasurers. Mt:.<rs. Rennie j Lowick
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      169 8 SPECIAL NOTICF The Committee have decided to ad mit Lady Members to th.» Club from 8 a.m. on the opening da* Sun •-'aj July 7th. This appl'tr only to t»»c opening day and will not be appln *ble to sub- sequent Sundays. By Order of the C ;r.mittee. G. HOLT
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      153 8 I NO THRILL ON EARTH-Z! CAN TOP THIV COLUMBIA'S SOCK -A SECOND TECHNICOLOR OUTDOOR SPECTACLE A "MOVIE" THAT MOVES! Preceded By: IWOJIMA IN TECHNICOLOR NOT A GLORY STORY BUT A IT OF WHAT SOME OP THE BOYS V. THROUGH SOME THAT DIDNTBt PF" T -n !NO 'NATIONAL PKOI> \ND\' BUT
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