The Singapore Free Press, 13 July 1946

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17 24 The Singapore Free Press
  • 21 17 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE NY. 16.593. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 20 17 k^lioaol baby weeit m fclngland t-.ese A. T.S. a k ack i,irU attended a child nursing course.
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  • 144 17 KOC HESTER, Fri. tUHL.N a younj ex-Welsh n .j-^nun coniessed at the I BBbb County Court that an e\-\TS pri, ate had jilted for an airman, wnitehared Judre F. Clements I up hi-, ar.ns ia amajeVVhat!" he cried incre»*i>. "s ..e those tne RAF n nt.e:»nce
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  • 62 17 6d. RUBBER WARNING T London, Fr: -or.don weekly Economist, a ier.gthy analyst o* the ta .'or the rubber inr.usrry. warned against the long lanftn of high prices. Economist asserted that estalei must expect within Ij years, to receive half urrently obta ning. pence a pound may •^eap enough to enable
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  • 24 17 200 Czechoslovak boys 10 to 14. arrived m yesterday for a M iay m Marlow. Buckthe Midlands and rth of England.
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  • 222 17 fHE giant 34,000-ton Cunard-White Star liner Mauretania, carrying a complement of more than 1.000 passengers, 680 of which are returning Malayans, is expected to berth alongside the Singapore Harbour Board godowns 21, 22 and 23, at 1 p.m. today. There are also approximated 400 Service
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  • 44 17 Preference for colonial status under 3ritain rather than trateeshlp under the United Na[o^ was expressed by the Chamber of Commerce m a resolution passed at Dar-es-Salaam on pro£S to replace the Tanganyika mandate by a trusteeship, Reuter reports.
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  • 98 17 SHOTS FIRED IN S'PORE POLICE CHASE ARMED robbers fired at police m daylight yesterday m a chase down Hill-street Singapore after three Chinese— two carrying pistols entered a house and stole $125. A "Stop Thief" alarm was raised and the police armed with rifles arrested one of the robbers who
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  • 344 17 'Rejection Would Widen Soviet Influence 9 WASHINGTON, Fri. THE debate on the £1,000,000,000 loan to Britain ended today. The U.S. House of Representatives finished its bitter debate with a declaration by the Democratic Leader, Mr. John McCormack, that tomorrow's showdown vote would determine whether the world
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 17 J rtiyps servin* m VIWnwMMJf can nhor-e home for three m'nutes at five shillings a time. Pictured above <'pl. Kitty Mc Corn ell calls mother un and says "I'll be home m H days."
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  • 214 17 WASHINGTON. THE Civil Aeronautics Board has ordered all Lockheed Constellation aircraft on American commercial airlines throughout the world to be grounded for 30 days from midnight, pending the outcome of the inquiry into a Constellation crash at Reading airport m Pennsylvania today, ln whi~h five people were killed.
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  • 39 17 Government plans to nationalise the coal industry became law yesterday when the Coal Industry* Nationalisation Act was given Royal assent. The industry will be run by a nine-man Coal Board says Reuter from London.
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  • 230 17 NEW YORK, Fri. PRESIDENT TRUMAN today issued a statement saying that the United States had made good its (amine relief promise and that m the year ended June 30 exoorts of food {grains exceeded the country's commitments. The statement was issued after a report by the
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  • 73 17 Batavia, Fri. WHAT a British spokesman described as the "Belsen camp of Sumatra" was accidentally discovered by a low-flying RAF Dakota near Padang writes Harry Hoogendoorn, A. P correspondent. Fifty emaciated people were discovered m the camp, Including Eurasian, Chinese, British and Indian civilians. Survivors said
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  • 29 17 A fire started by an explosion destroyed part of the SchenleyCoronet brandy distillery at Stockton, California, yesterday burning thousands of gallons of brandy and alcohol- A. P.
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  • 250 17 PARIS, Fri. THE Big Four Ministers today agreed on the outline drafts of the five peace treaties with former enemy satellite nations— ltaly, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Finland. The conference ended tonight. Before adjourning the Ministers discussed the allocation of Italid.i vessels to Yugoslavia and
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  • 117 17 HONG KONG. Sat. EMPHASISING the public can have complete confidence m the stable, secured currencies cf Hongkong and Malaya, which are firmly linked with the sterling, Mr. Arthur Morse. Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bcnk, at the first post-war annual meeting of executive ia
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  • 36 17 AUSTRIA GETS 280 GERMAN FACTORIES The National Broadcasting Corporation intercepted an announment from Austria saymg that 280 former German factories m the American zone of o.Tupation will be handed over to th^ Austrian government, says U.P.
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  • FEATURE PAGE
    • 281 18 SOME of the unsolved problems m metallurgical science are being referred to electron m:cro3copists m Britain m the hope that the high resolving powers available m their instruments will reveal some s'gnifican*, clues which have hitherto remained hidden. The specimen is first highly pol shed so
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      7 18 Anne Leon is our Pin-l'p girl today.
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    • 52 18 A CONTRIBUTION of one ounce of flour per day by all troops m the British occupied zon c of Austria will help to ease the world food shortage, it is estimated that this cut m the flour ration m the zone will save 50 tons of flour
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    • 131 18 THE model of the first aircraft to be specially designed for agricultural work has been demonstrated m England. The aircraft, called "Spraying Mantis' w.ll, it is stated, solve the majority of the world's pest problems. This giant Helicopter— it can lift three to four tons by means
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    • 853 18 'OF MICE AND MEN' One million mice are always available for research for the good of Man, and the work of breeding and distributing them is told m this story WHEN ten-year-old Arthur brought home three white mica In a cardboard box with holes punched for air, mother complained to
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    • 398 18  -  BRIAN McCORMAC BABIES are just grown up people young which "is a sobering thought. Babies are blue or purple to start ofl with, but they usually change colour later on. Babies are always beautiful. Nurses, when showing babies to their mothers, always say "It* s a
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 62 18 A GOOO SELECTION OF PIANOS ti t reasonable prices. m*- WA* W\__ tm\ WWi I GRANDS, UPRIGHTS. Steinway. Rachaels. Moatrie. Collar d Co Hard. Bechstein. Strohmenger. KELLER PIANO CO., 1. Orchard Road. RAFFLES COLLEGE. Students who were attending the College ln »S*l and who wish to return when it reopens
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 30 18 Mandrdke Exclusive m Malaya to the Singapore Free Press I 1 2nKMSffi£E^ tISSSSS®* s"^5 I™ ANOTHER MOMENT, THE ROOF I iOTHAfI CLING TO <^y Yfc <!fef^Spfe^ ITHAT WAS LK~rBB^^^ -^^^V^S^T^
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    • 458 18 BWBBMmmmmaWM OIVBXaiXr UtVL io.is p.m. v< REO NtIWORW from ooon to Pm. Raa. 2 p.m and 6.36 to 11 pm on 225 don Calling. 16.» metres from noon to t pm on 4 8»5 as Teacher 10 KS mes sec. m fl metre band and from H.OO p m. F
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  • PICTURE PAGE
    • 121 19 \i iKAL Sir Dciu^ t#wjt', i.c.vly ppo nted British Pacific I i i.mmander-in-C.':!c .fa pictured talking wilh men of mta Br ;or ar_e on Ike Oir-i i o'Uer cpp;riie Hong Konr. picll shrws Adr-.iral :*i General watching Chinese r*MI gather m the rire harvest. S*« taken
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  • LEADER PAGE
    • 517 20 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1946. rrSGAPORE is stiil suffei ng frcm strike fever and is likely to continue to do so until the j cost of hying is brought more i.?arly down to th? wages level. I paper the easy way is to put up wa?cs. but
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    • 1025 20  -  ALAN GARDNER By AT the Nuremberg trial Admiral Doenitz, Hitler's successor, said: 'Next to the atom bomb, radar was the most decisive weapon of this war." How then, will the machines which located Nazi bombers during the Battle of Britain, Hying bombs o\er the South Coast,
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    • 352 20 ROUND THE WORLD. A 63--year-old sportsman and adventurer is leaving London on a journey round the world In a caravan, which he estimates will take him six years. His name is Major Noel Sampson, and the caravan, which has been built to his own design, is a
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    • 416 20 AN AMBITIOUS expedition, reminiscent of romantic fact and fiction of history but aided by modern science soon will set out from the fishing village of Kessingiand, Suffolk, England, to seek treasure and high adventure. Its destinations are the Pacific islands of Cocos. off the north-west
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      • 133 20 HOW TO CONTROL PRICES MANY com: v mad.- co r "Authorities d agau^ are fighting to v.wit <** other. Who JJ price conr this will d 0 result. Divide the c s divisions a.s Pccton. It there ar JJJJ? tors employ more then well. Allot 01 'qqj individ... i'speam with
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      • 92 20 'I.L. P. Is Not Trots k yite' IN the article d KG VI > lis and July 6' thc ILP 'is Labour! es of \M I wish lo >s not a revolu' Pfttt? The T* Britain is k tionarv Oon Wi tish section national I This movr-nie-.-the lIP wn eh
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 73 20 i FAITH 1 Gl ry. onou an ne*et j every man th*t ,r i Romans 2. It I HAPPY WORLD tomorrow 14th july 1948 BOXING MR. NL. UM Presents An AU-Arttsn MMMWt Programme jm \W^a GRAND LIGHT-WT CONTEST 8,,, BETWEEN TWO SERVK I S Bl s; T f* (Handsomr Trophy
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 58 20 QUIZ The questions relate to London 1. Where does the Edith Cavell memorial stand? 2. What street joins Le'cestersquare to Piccaillly? 3. Where is the National Gallery? 4. What is the thoroughfare which leads from Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park Corner? 5. Can you comnlete- (a) B Encage (b> Petticoa*
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  • NEWS PAGE
    • 342 21 NO BLACK MARKET IN ARMY SURPLUS ASSURED Free Press Correspondent £VERY precaution will be taken m the disposal of surplus military stores m Singapore and the Malayan Union to ensure that there will be black marketing:. Head of the disposals organization. Brigadier C. C. Clark, m an interview with the
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    • 38 21 JAP STOCKS DESTROYED Mrt-d liger Balm products, collected from vari:i Malaya and found to contain ganga (narcotic Indian h«-mp>. were destroyed m Singapore yesterday. fiftsrr ihwrns the Jap medicines heing destroyed m the presence of a Customs official.
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    • 147 21 Troops Guard Court AS Butterworth TrvHn Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Friday. rlfc\ ihr 10 accused arrested m the July 4 rice demonrtmtitM outside the Bukit Mertajam police station were produced kwhn Lt. Col. R. F. H. Drake- Brock man today, the Bu:Wr*<>r:h Court was guarded by a strong force of
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    • 136 21 Arres ts Within Few Minutes 0f Robbery rtspondcsl ITIIHIN a feu minutes of '•r^akin? into a h#«se m shr v sherry Road and nWbukz th- Indian occupier of U-* m caNh and jewel'erv T««>rday afternoon, a police atfcil* pafo I from Kandans: ation v«as able tAmikf four arrests. Credit is
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    • 58 21 oan originally the Government th? pineapple mii has 'whittled proportions." red a temporary d'.tstry has now y rry out its planting Ka own resources I capital. Board ls going nnal proposal iw company which is for an even>r. of all pinein this country. Of new
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    • 34 21 A suicide wh.lst I h-l mind was i lanced was rePoh Guan Hock ■wr, yesterday of a preliminthe death rf F. :merly a wellness man. who :n his bedroom on Mar. 3L
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    • 120 21 3 SERVICE POLICEMEN FOR ASSIZES AT the end of the preliminary inquiry yesterday morning m the Second Police Court, James Marshall Hall, 'Cyril Henry Bartlett and Ernest William Johnson, three Service policemen, along with two Filipinos, Ignatius Undasan and Stanley Almonte, were committed to the Assizes on charges of armed
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    • 205 21 IS a protest against what it A terms an unsatisfactory reply to a memorandum submitted by the association for consideration by the Singapore Advisory Council the committee of the WaPrsoners (Singapore* Association have decided to call a general meeting of the association The meeting is to be
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    • 62 21 PLIGHT SERGEANT Frank Albert William Jackson, aged 21 years, of the R.A.F. (Changi), *as yesterday acquitted without his defence being called by Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim m the Fifth Police Court on a charge of causing tht death of n Chinese, Goh Kh Choon, at the junction
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    • 19 21 A Welsh service w 11 be held at the Union Jack Club at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
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    • 46 21 PENANG, Thurs.— ln the Balik Pulau district today a strong police posse conducted an intensive" arms drive during which th.^y raided kampongs, villages and the hills m one of the biggest hunts undertaken so far. Ten persons, it is learned, were detained for questioning.
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    • 194 21 THE Chstoms Department is conducting a vigorous drive against the black market m liquor- m Singapore and men from its staff recently paid surprise visits to a number of shops to keep a careful check on prices of liouor, particularly whisky and gin. As a consequence
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    • 55 21 A fatal accident resulting m the death of three Indian railway porters and two Indian soldiers, occurred last night on Kampong Bahru Road when a section of an iron bridge that was being conveyed m a military truck fell off. Four others, two of them Chinese
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    • 32 21 Malaya's allocation ot dried fruits from Australia may be procured commercially. Applications for import licences (A. P. Forms) should be submitted to the Registrar of Imports and Exports, Singapore.
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    • 37 21 pictures. Japanese surrendered personnel helped to rebuild the important Connaught railway bridge m X lang which was destroyed during the Malayan campaign. Picture shows these Japs working on the new bridge.— Army Film Unit
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    • 102 21 JAP COLONEL WEEPS IN COURT ADMITTING that it was against the usages of war to transport PoWs m ships carrying such dangerous war materials as bombs, petrol and detonators, Lt.-Col. Anami, commandant of PoW camps on Haroekoe, Ambon j and Amabai Islands said that ne had no alternative but to
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    • 61 21 TWO charges of murder were explained to Mokmin oin Asm, a Javanese, when he appeared before Mr. R. C. Hoffman, m the Fourth Police Court yesterday. Mokmin who was alleged to have caused the death of Lee Hoay Seah and Thean Chiau at Pulau Bukom on July 9,
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    • 300 21 JAP ADMITS BAYONETING PRISONER HOW an Australian PoW, Private Durkin. was ordered to stand m a grave and was then bayoneted by a camp guard Otsuki was related yesterday at the trial of the three Japanese. Capt. Hosumi, Warrant Officer Okawa. and Pte. Otsuki, who were charged m the Australian
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    • 65 21 Free Press Correspondent Penang, Thurs. A PADI planter was 3hot dead at Pematang Pauh Butterworth. early this morning whrti robbers brolie into his house. The planter. Chan Ah Foong, was awakened by a noise made by the intruders and on his offering resistance was killed by
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    • 79 22 £40 Motor Cycle A miniataiv 3.*> m.p.h Motorcycle is beteg produced every three minutes m a Soiithpurt factory but. becuise o( (iovernmont instructions, it is for "exr.ort only." Thc factory plans to produce 75,000 m the next thre* yar.s all for export. The machine is called the "Cor?i and is
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    • 142 22 /BOUT 10.C03 tons of Japanese oombs, shells of all calibres. mines, rockets and torpedoes have teen destroyed by the troops of lhe British Commonwealth Occupation Force m Japan during tho last few weeks. Vast quantities jl tnese stores have been dumped Into the sea. destroyed
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    • 116 22 WASHINGTON. Thurs. TEN. Dwight D. Eisenhower to- day predicted a United States -army of not less than 800.000 mien for the n=xt 15 cr 20 years. Testifying before the House Military Affairs Committee. he urged passage o.' legislation whicn I would increase from 25,000 ro
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    • 16 22 David Wshait, 85 of Dunfermline, is flying ta Canada to see his daughter.
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    • 435 22 WOMEN CLASH ON TROOPER: MP's CALLED A REPORT deploring the fact that civilian passengers are allowed to travel m troopships is going to the Air Ministry and War Office from senior officers m charge of troops following the arrival of the 28,000-ton Tner Georgic A Liverpool from Bombay. This report
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    • 20 22 A man who flew to Britain from Sant ago, Chile, plans to be first post-war cross channel swimmer.
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    • 72 22 JOSEPH Varga, 34-years-old merchant seaman, of Detroit, believes m marriage on the grand scale. He explained to the authorities, after being released on a theft charge, that he had seven wives, all of whom he wished to divorce, so that he could marry a woman
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    • 98 22 CATTERICK, Thurs. SENTENCE ot ter. years' imorisonment with remission ?f two years and of discharge from His Majesty's service with ignominy has been promulgated on two o* six soldiers who were tried by the general court martial at Catterick Camp on May 21, on charges
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    • 18 22 So many Sheffield pubs have run dry that the Sheffield Durts League matches lave been suspended.
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    • 229 22 'Broken' DSO Admits Threat To Ex-WAAF SAID by a psychiatrist to be a war casualty and tt completely broken down man, Mai. I William Anderson D.S 0.. aged 37. pleaded guilty at a court martial at Crookham. Aldershot. i to five charges of sending letters threatening to murder Mary Lucy
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    • 229 22 FAMOUS UNITS of the British Territorial Army are to preserve their identity, though the T.A. is to he reconstructed on the pattern of the modern army, 'lhe Target strength is 150,000 enough to form the nucleus of a national Army. Mr. J. J. Lawson, War
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    • 27 22 British clothing outfitters aro considering making a proposal to the government that demob suits be handed over the shop counter at any outfitter's shop.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 81 21 MARIA MONTEZ Plays Spectacular 'Roles' For She's m a Dual Role! MIDNIGHT TO-NIGHT CAPITOL §p mums w« j WAH AN imLm&TwmW M WW^7 HvßlWl^jl Jm I Lou Collier Mary Noth *>mim< '■'^P K^ "fH I Moroni OUen Samuel S Hind* -'''V^t^fr^ tA A F an^ JLWMw 1 .MX Wa^lW:&ct*^Lm. Wx%
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 149 22 5 10 30 -am- 1 30 4 630 9.30 HERE'S YOUR WEEKEND SHO*. LOOK AT THE BASH r^jriiiircooDßAcmfl^ 1 mKkV mmmZmm&lamW"* I m^^mmmMW^^^^^Wm^fW^^A JBW Poulette's baclc.in the W> Tf OT raciest, most riotous I jg> romantic escapade Iftfe^^ /A J youll see this year! v» §\o%m iSm 1 Jl 4
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 100 22 QUIZ Answers 1. St. Martin's-place at tho north-east corner of Trafalgarsquare. 2. Coventry-iteet. 3 TrufaUar-square. 4. Constitu-tion-hill. 5. <a> Birdca-re-v.alk: »b> Petticoat-lane; (c) Potty France. JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya /yoUR NEW TttOUPEftA A MILLION PARDONS, SKSNORINAf-^lttSiß A.TheY WERE ONLY REHEARSING,^ STARTED CLOWNING JL BUT YOO
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    • 55 22 WESLEY CHURCH 4 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Attention 15 respectfully invited to the change m hour for the Sunday evening Church service which has been held at 5 o'clock. Beginning with next Sunday, July 14, and continuing until further notice the regular Sunday evening $»r--vtce of worship In Wesley Church
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  • SPORTS PAGE
    • 840 23 VOCE- BOWLER ENGLAND NEEDS MOST All In The Game. From George Chisholm LONDON, July 1. day is it? Because this is telling you about Monday's News. Yes, a dog named Monday's News won the Greyhound Derby. It was a big surprise. Before a heat had been run he was 500
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    • 101 23 THE major sports events tak- ing place m Singapore today are the Services international rugger match between Scotland and Ireland at Jalan Besar stadium and three soccer matches m two of which Singapore's leading Chinese teams will be concerned. In one of them the S.C.F.A. will
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    • 221 23 NEW YORK, Fri. BEHIND the $30 top price ticket' for the Louis-Mauriello heavy-: weight championship fight m September is the story of the beating which promoter Mike Jacobs took on the Louis-Conn affair. Mike made money over it, but nowhere near as much as
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    • 306 23 HONOURS were shared when the Recs. met the Police at Thomson Road yesterday, each side scoring once. Both sides played scrappy soccer, bad finishing the order of the day. This was particularly so with the Recs who were guilty of far too much individual play. After
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    • Article, Illustration
      14 23 Dai Rees, the dimuniiive Welshman, m a bunker during the British open golf tournament.
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    • 177 23 LANCS WIN BY TEN WICKETS LONDON, Fri. LANCASHIRE were again among the winning counties today, other victor^s being registered by Somerset, Glamorgan, Notts and Kent. Scores were; At Taunton, Somerset beat Northamptonshire by 239 runs. Somerset 238 and 288 for eight declared. Northamptonshire 158 and 129 (Wellard 6 for 65)
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    • 78 23 rPPING to-night's wrestling card at the Great World is star Garside m a bout against Zombie, who is making his farewell appearance m Singapore. In the second big event Chunky Harman, the unbeaten British featherweight grappler, faces the speedy Mir Khan of the Punjab. In the other
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    • 81 23 rpHE Hospital Assistants and Dress- ers' Association hockey eleven will pay a friendly game of hockey agalr.st the Jfc.A.F. Hospital eleven, at the Mental Hospital ground, off Yeo Chu Kang Road, to-morrow. Buily-off will be at 5.15 p.m. The following will represent the H.A.D.A. Team: Mustafa. Sebastian John. CT.
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    • 38 23 Buffalo, New York, Thurs. Willie Pep, 127, of Hartford, Connecticut, worlds featherweight champion, technically knocked out H. Gibson. 127, of New York, m the seventh round Of a scheduled tan -round nnntitle bout.- A .P.
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    • 71 23 SPECIAL NOTICE The Committee has decided that as a temporary measure Lady Membewill be permitted to use the Club all day on Sundays. Cold Luncheons on Sundays will be available for a Limited Number. Dinner will be served on Saturday, 13th July, and Dance Music will be
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 212 23 ACTION As Icn ti^ ht For Jewelled Women Golden Fortunes ISOMANCE: Scenes Exotic Splendour with the Queen of Dancing Girls] HVrillTin*" T Tliriil >' ou as the Romantic Ui.niu*.<.. Roj ue Intrigues with a Chief for an Empire! iHE U ORLD RENOWNED KISMET" M.CMS TECHNICOLOR TRIUMPH) UHLD COLMAN MARLENE DIETRICH
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    • 5 23 Other Sport In Page Eight
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    • 282 23 BOUSTEAD&Co.,Ltd. TEL 5161-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LINE Glenogle for U.K. Sails July lt Samsette from CX. In port Prometheus from IK. Due July 1$ Passengers and cargo accepted to CJJL Hongkong und Shanghai as opportunities offer BURNS PHILP LINE Rhexenor from Australia G. 4/1 Devon from Australia In Purl Sailings
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      16 24 Hon bo>s cLtst.r roima ai on I olic c uur n tie Ko al visit
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    • 217 24 NANKING, Fri. PES. George C. Marshall, special U.S. envoy to China resumed peace negotiat.ons today alter a lull of several < ays. as dispatcher from North China reported heavy Communist attacks against Government positions m Hopei and Shantung provinces. Gen. Marshall today visited Generalissimo
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    • 228 24 HONG KONG Fri. HONG KONG today is the happy hunting ground of Chinese secret agents, gendarmes, strong-arm men, propagandists, agitators and political malcontents of various stripes and allegiances. Operating against a background of official British silence, reluctance or inability to act, they grow bolder day
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    • 529 24 ENGLAND SCRAPE THROUGH IN TRIAL Compton Scores 103 CANTERBURY, Frt THE England Test trial which had some dull moments ended in a blaze of excitement with England scraping home by the margin of 18 runs. Twice they declared but the Rest gave an admirable last innings display and aliriost saved
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    • 434 24 INDIANS WIN ON TIME CHESTERFIELD, Fri. By Learie Constantine. THE Indians triumphed over Derbyshire here after one of the most dramatic finishes seen on the ground. With the I fieldsmen crouched round the I bat last Derbyshire players came together with only tour minutes left for play including an extra
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    • 76 24 CANTERBURY, Fri. THE England team to meet India m the second threeday Test at Manchester starting on July 20 is: W. R. Hammond, Gloucestershire (Captain). P. R. Gibb, Yorkshire. W. Voce, Nottinghamshire. L. Hutton. Yorkshire. J. HardstafT, Nottinghamshire. D. Com n ton, Middlesex. C. Washbrook,
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    • 92 24 BOURNMOUTH. Fri. A possible second victim of the rK r.urderer of ex-Wren Doreen Marshall m Branksome Denechine. Bournemouth, may be "Peg^y" for whom police are searching. "Peggy" knew Miss Marshall and the police have been wishing to Interview her. The possibility of second murder has arisen
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    • 30 24 The British Council is to extend its work to the Empire and plays, art exhibitions and lectures may be sent to the Dominions, says Reuter from London
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    • 204 24 FRANKFURT, Fn UORE than 50 per cent, of UJS. soldiers m some areas of the American zone are suffering from venereal disease, the U.S. Army i.i Europe admitted today. The rate, over 500 m every 1,000 per year/ is the highest figure yet
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