The Singapore Free Press, 17 July 1946

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    22 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE i i 1 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CEMV.
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    267 PARATROOPS ARRESTED
    264 1 267 PARATROOPS ARRESTED UP. Reveals Malaya Incident THF w a a LONDON, Tues. Paratroop Battalion in Malaya on Mavll 1046 revealed by Mr. ft I, Austin (Lab., Stretford) .ln the House ot ommons today when he asked if the War Secretary was aware that an armed detachment of the Devonshire
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    Good Morning....
    121 1 F column 'Good M I' which appeared In 'he former Services inper SEAC— publ shed in until May 15th the Singapore Free I daj in Page 4 1 as the an arrangement with Daily Mail .n London. :e<l as the sold er-editor a m:ilion soldier- readers. ivs the
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    MALAYA SOS FOR FLOUR
    76 1 TO an urgent S OS. from t s .e 1 Ministry of Food the UNRRA is sending flour to Singapore The Ministry requested that Malaya was critically short o! flour and asked if the UNRRA could help with a shipload to oe replaced at a later
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    HANDED BACK
    29 1 The American occupation authorities yesterday handed the great Hermann Goering steel and armaments works. Linz Upper j Austria, to the Austrian govern- ment says Reuter from Vienna.
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    BEVIN LEADS PARIS TALKS
    83 1 BEVIN LEADS PARIS TALKS London. Tues. FOREIGN Secretary Ernest Ber vin will lead th» British diplomatic delegation to the peac? conference in Paris, says Fiaset Wighton, Reuters political correspondent. Prime Minister Clement Atile? is not expected to attend. The British delegation is a pected to consist of two or three
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    STRACHEY THREATENS JAIL TO BAKERS
    113 1 LONDON. Tues. Uh John STRAi'HEV, Food Minister, said to-day that any ouk-r who wilfully refused to operate the bread rationing >me would be liable under 'summary procedure to one rnpri^onment and a fine of a maximum of £500 and rmcil to seven years' imprisonment with
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    'TAX' GUNMEN STEAL $1,000
    76 1 robberies occurred yesterday, when en collected a tota; I n.:d jewellery. fc m in Thomson Road Chinese got awav h from a heusc to two armed with -hers with knives. J ofTi.*ers enterBukit Tlniah Road ■'•e inmates of $1,050 1 worth o-f jewellery. fS? h »M)o\
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    GERENTSERS TO LEAVE
    538 1 GERENTSERS TO LEA VE APACHE DANCER Free Press Reporter INTERNED in a house on the west coast of 1 Singapore, awaiting repatriation, is a European who cut a figure in Singapore's entertainment world before the Jap invasion, during the occupation, and since the liberation. He is Paul Gerentser, for many
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    SS KILLED Gls: 43 TO HANG
    143 1 DACHAU. Tues. PRTY-THREE of 73 German j SS officers and m?n convicted of murdering some 900 American prisoners who surrendered during i the Ardennes battle (The Battle of the Bul?c> at Malmedy, Bel-; gium. at tMristmau; 1944. were: sentenced by a U.S. Court today
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    Lightermen offer to unship rice
    215 1 Free Press Correspondent ANE hundred lightermen resumed the unloading of coal y from a vessel in the Singapore roads this morning following an arrangement between certain lighter owners and lightermen, who went on strike on Monday. An official of Singapore lightermen's Association declared at 10.30
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    MORE PETROL
    72 1 i THE basic petrol ration to British I motorists is to be increased by 50 per cent, it was announced j in the House of Commons today. leports Reutsr. •QUAKE' WAKES SWISS People were roused from theis sleep at a number of places in Switzerland early yesterday by
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    To Die Today
    14 1 To Die Today Cien. Mihaiiovitrn f?n iig n.> tr al in R 1- ratio
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    KING PETER PLEADS FOR MIHAILOVITCH
    175 1 LONDON T'i? CX-KKJG Pe'er of Yugoslav a n day flMpafchti argent nv\ages to the King. Prrsiciert Tr man and tfaff Fr r r h PrT' Georges B dau!t. askir.g for Immediate iniervfnt on to s*v? C"\Draia Mihailov't^h. Ch?tr- leader who vas srnt«»nc^d5 r nt«»nc^d :i
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    U.S. RELEASES 'SPY' RUSSIANS
    62 1 U.S. RELEASES 'SPY' RUSSIANS The thre* Fussians held or American authorities are to be released. Hamfcurg radio quoting an announcement by United States headquarters in Germany, reports Reuter ttom London. The Russians, i^ of whom are Red Army officers, were found observing American military installations in Bert n on June
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    THANKS CHURCHILL
    29 1 The Foreign Affairs Commission o! the French Constituent Assembly exprossed Frances grati- de to Mr. Churchill lor his ron-iv-itmtton to th«» <'omn.on victory r#poru Reut*r from P«i<s
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    RECORD U.S. EXPORTS
    24 1 The XJ. S. Census Bureau reported yestrrday that eo.rmsrcial igniretj ByrKf* >Tav hit new 35--year hi?h, totalling *649,000,OWLrepoH» U.P. from Washington.
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    Nazi Hide-Out In Bavarian Alps?
    456 2 FANATIC SS troop > may have retreated into the Bavarian Alps for a irst-ditch ?tand when Germany fell, but American ithoritie;< suy there is not a vestige of organised reriaMmCT in the snow-topped mountains tedry. Ihe US. Army officially ha.s ciriued the report, still widely
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    WATCH ON GIRL FRIENDS
    160 2 THREE new moves -by Customs officers, magistrates and police to stamp out a vast Ano;loAmerican smuggling organisation, have been taken at Southampton, trouble centre of the gang's activit'es. Since December more than £10 000 in fines has been imposed there on smugglers. But fines are not
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    CITY OF LONDON BEING REBUILT
    757 2 UNDER the revised plans for rebuilding the blitzed City of London which may be expected soon, the famous Square Mile wi'l substantially revert to its old-time footing as a place where people live as well as work. The original plans formulated by the Corporation were
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    Husbands Must Dance With Wives
    181 2 The Revolting Doom Of The Man Who Would Not Dance With Us Wifr. THIS slender piece of satirical nonsense, by Lester Powell, was put over the Blue Network on Saturday night by the Radio Rep Players of Malaya Broadcasting. It was an amusing bit of
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    £100,000 MEMORIAL TO FORCES
    181 2 £1 00,000 MEMORIAL TO FORCES HURING the war the Lebanon Hospital lor Mental Diseases, in the Lebanon Hills at Asfuriyeh, near Berirut. provided 450 beds for sick and wounded of the Allied forces in the Middle East. There, in p ne-scented air. in sight of the Mediterranean, the men who
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    7 2 Barbara Hale is our Pin-lp C.itl t.dav
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    West Yorks Have Own Newspaper
    229 2 THE Second Battalion, West Yorks. have started their jwti weekly newspaper, called V ejt Yores Gazette." This .>. being' printed in Penang. The impetus for the enterprise came from the Commanding Officer. Major Osborn, EKSO, QBE. MC. The enterprise was launched by Australian officers. Major
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    Aid Even After Demob
    66 2 THE He Jt of It: I diefN Sal ors and A Famil c.< a I** ha.s msde H :o the fu*JJ nt ex-S» i ton 81 that the A 11 MW« them ki >' > all the 1.540 Ssafa brar. after deuior Some Service itl, it
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      101 2 NOTICE. Tenders ar*> invited for the purrfcMS of the ex-Japansse 3 S. "ZENYO MARU" at present beached off Tanon? Rhu. 2 Further particulars may be ob'ained from the Mastoi Attendant Ist floor. Fullerton Building. Singapore. J. Tend-is must be sealed and r>ark»d 'Tender f -r purchase of SS EHTO M/»RU*\
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      47 2 MdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya MEANWHILE. THE DOME, WHY HAVE WU BROUGHT fTiJiTL I FROM NOW ON, THIS I J MY l_l KJ A Q ftA'C DC CKjTA U Cki I I J > JB^ f L-— mm. I B^^C^^K. x 1 1 I
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      314 2 SINGAPORE B. b. t RED NETWORK from boo* U.' O|| R t« p.n 5 2 prn and 6.30 Ull t m o> t» s'2f5 2f pm metre* from roon it pm on 4.8*5 i U93 metro Iroiv roc« sec in fi metre banJ and from I A i;SV I"* 141
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    THE ARMY STEPS OUT IN ITS 'BLUES'
    118 3 TU! s.eps cut in LcnJon in its new uniform picture shows l r -0 men and three offiiJr?sr to show their "blues" to the Kins at Buckingham Palnce. AN officer stands with one of his men to show off the new Army uniform.
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    MEN WILL WEAR SAME UNIFORM AS THE OFFICERS IN NEW ARMY
    138 3 PICTURED above, in contrast to the new British Army uniforms on this page, is the khaki dress worn by the Army during the war for battle and—with collar and tie— for best. The soldier in the picture is Sgt.
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    The Singapore Free Press
    508 4 ULDH.E.-DAY JULY 17. 1946. IIJ. o*e. Hit* V'jud peop*» ar? gowfc 0:1 .>tr;ke tor one reasot; or another J: Persia n.ey dorit hke the ivurn o» tne:r Governor General «>r the al.eged pol Ural im?rlerence of the Anglo-Persian il coofipany. in Canada tne workers don't luce
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    Good Morning ....
    1876 4  - Good Morning Frank Owen By WAR," said Warrior Benito Mussolini, "alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of Dobility on 4he peoples who have the courage to face it." In saying this, Mussolini expressed more truth than he usually did when he addressed
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    THESE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS UNKNOWN
    444 4 THESE PEOPLE MAKE NEWS UNKNOWN UAUNTED by the sinister shadow of her sister, lawyer's wife Meryam Enrico Mancini, living in Spain, hopes to get to Hollywood and forget Claretta Patacci, the woman who was killed and suapende<i upside dow,n with Mussolini's carcase. m ARGANISF.D. On the "iiclp you: self system':
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    QUIZ
    32 4 1. Hc« Btf I hereNotirable I deness. H 2. cai.l.::. v been InllOti New E Hollanc. Si 3. Ls a c if;i Yes. no 4 wnmi in corrmo. WorciMv. Bridco V.
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    FAITH
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    MR. ATTLEE ORDERED FREE MEALS FOR S'PORE
    395 5 MR. ATTLEE ORDERED FREE MEALS FOR S'PORE Schools Benefit nFß^nvii Press Re Porter pKKSONAL appeals to the British Prime Minister, Mr hL2^ Attle t' by a Memb€r of Parliament, i.rlv H fVu^u Wh Visited Mal^ a during the early days of the liberation, and by a member of the Imperial
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    POSTMEN CALL OFF STRIKE
    129 5 POSTMEN CALL OFF STRIKE Presi Reporter i >tri.;e of unformed i Postal ar-d TeleCepartments. 1 at four o'clock v i boon a'ter thev .1 letter irom the Posts. Mr. W. Giltheir attention tj on penalties for VOl m 3 nti still affected uv .-japore are St. Jame< I Tnited Engineer';.
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    SCHOOL CONCERT
    51 5 ection of the St. 5 Old Boys' Association Lady Prec ous Singapore before the year. oers of the association nterested are askea :n cate with either the \-elary or Mr. C. S. 81 Andrew's School. r^adi.ig of the plav will -rturday, July 20. at fchod at 4 p
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    DEATH FOR HAVING A PISTOL
    101 5 DEATH FOR HAVING A PISTOL Free Press Corresponds: IPOH. Tues ANOTHER Chinese was ion- victcd today on a charge of arms s>css^sion and received the d at.i penalty from Mr. Just ce L. E. C". Evans at the Peiak Assixes. The man was 21->ear-old Kam Chan Sang, who pleaded guilty
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    FOOD IMPORT SCHEME
    50 5 nEGISTRATION is shortly A to begin of firms wishing to fall in wilh a scheme ij, importing fresh Australian products under Government auspices. These importers will also sell their goods under Government direction. Resistrat on is tring carried on in the Municipal Buildings by the Food Controller.
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    'Shoot To Kill'Rule For Military Units
    211 5 'Shoot To Kill' Rule For Military Units W ILE military and civilian staffs, as well as Japanese minals in Changi goal, are working fast preparing ids declaring areas ao "protected places," specific and ed orders have already been issu?d to military units giving "shoot to kill" instructions. The military authorties
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    UNLICENSED STORE
    28 5 rig eight tons of /übtn unlicensed store in in June, Ng Say Kia, En? and Company, was v Mr. Paul Storr in Pol ce Court yesterday
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    ALFSEA THRILLER FOR CIVILIANS
    79 5 THE ALFSEA Productions thriller "Someone at the Door" will be performed in the Victoria Theatre, Singapore, on July 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and is op 211 to both the general public and the services. This play has recently completed a successful tour of service
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    INDIANS IN MALAYA TO MEET
    105 5 INDIANS IN MALAYA TO MEET A THREE-DAY conference of Indians from all over the peninsula is scheduled in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 3, 4 and 5, to inaugurate a unified Pan-Malay-an Indian organisation on democratic lines for Malaya's 750,000 Indians, says A P. Invitations have been sent r o al'
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    FINED FOR THEFT
    47 5 For stealing half a pound of butter (valued at 50 cents) from the officers' mess at Raffles Institution, Wang So Soon, one of th e 'boys' working in the mess, was fined $150 or sx weeks in prison, in the Second Police Court yesterday.
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    S'PORE DETECTIVE ON 'HURT' CHARGES
    282 5 ALLEGED to have been concerned in the beatings of a detainee with the object of making him confess to a murder, a long-service detective, K. Naranasamy, was on trial yesterday at the Singapore Assizes, before Mr. Justice N. A. Worley, on charges of abetment of
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    Troops Visit Temple
    65 5 Unit photo. Troops, spending leave in Pen an e, make excursions to the many interesting spots of the island. Picture show3 ?ome of them at a Chinese t mrle, taking a keen interest in the sacred turtles there. Other attractions for the troops are the Botanic Gardens,
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    $10 Million For Singapore Loan
    261 5 rtill yesterday more than $10,000,000 of the Singapore Government's rehabilitation loan has been subscribed for, and subscriptions, averaging 51, 500,000 a day for the first week, are continuing to coine in steadily. Subscribers have come from all classes of the community, flnan cial houses, investors,
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    Seaman Shot In Rhio Waters
    159 5 Free Press Reporter TROUBLE between the Dutch authorities in Rhio and Chinese traders following: the death of a Chinese sail »r killed when the Dutch garrison fired on a Singapore junk has become the subject of inquiries by the Chinese ConsulGeneral in Singapore and the
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    POURED HOT WATER INTO PoW's MOUTH
    249 5 A VARIATION of the notorious water- torture consisting of the pouring Into the victim's mouth of boiling hot water was described in the Australian War Crimes Court yesterday when three Japanese and four Koreans were charged with the inhumane treatment of English, Dutch and
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    V-PARADERS BROADCAST
    43 5 Two members of the Malayan contingent to the London Victuiv Parade will broadcast tonight from Radio Malaya on the blue network at 9.45, immed atelv after the news bulletin. Comoirow at 6 pm. reoresentatives of the contingent will broadca&t in Malay.
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      13 5 SHOWING AT CATHAY TO-DAY Special Movietone News Flash War Criminals Executed at Changi.
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    Flying Farmer
    31 6 Arm f!i o^t r converts ;<>r »^"m use tprayj crops at ail mun-.L uion near Cambridge, ihe white cards on the sticks tun rreen i: spraying has been successful.
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    STRACHEY ATTACKS PRESS LORDS
    495 6 'Shameful gamble with the people's bread 9 NR. JOHN STRACHEY, British Food Minister, in a recent bread speech in the House of Commons declared that "the Beaverbrook, Rothermere and Kemsley Press was undertaking a raging campaign in favour of agitation to gamble with the bread of
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    '1.0 Babies Died' Libel Suit
    292 6 '1.0 Babies Died' Libel Suit A MOTHER whose baby was born and died in a nursing It home after her husband had been killed, pleaded not uiity at Surrey Assizes, Kingston, to libelling the owner of i.> home. She was Mrs. Diane Dae-Austin, aged 37, who VM alleged to have
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    TOO BIG A JOB
    36 6 Because five feet Albert Chr:sti° decided that winding the crimes at Hamptonhill, Surrey, church was too big job for a 1 ttle man the church tower has been silent for a week.
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    YOU BUY YOUR SHOES BY APPOINTMENT
    43 6 YOU BUY YOUR SHOES BY APPOINTMENT To cut out queues for new cons gnments of shoes a London shoe shop has introduced "shoes by appointment." The firm notifies registered customers of their appo ntment and allots each person 15 minutes to make selection.
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    'GALLEYS' DEMOBBED
    32 6 Floating kitchens which kept squads ot men at \vork day and n.ght unloading supplies at the Normandy beaches are now "demobbed" and back in the Thames Xor peace as lighters.
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    JUNKERSMEN AID RUSSIA'S JETBUILDERS
    136 6 JUNKERSMEN AID RUSSIA'S JETBUILDERS BUSSIAMS, helped by German I chllk&Mia, are reported ca I ft built the world's fastest aeroplane, with a sp^cd of 660--t7O miles aa he nr. I: is a .iier.t of a turbojel fighter which tha Ger- mi were ezperlmmlliic towards the end of th^ MUT, ar.d
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    Buried Her Jewels In An Orchard
    79 6 MRS. Gwen Jeffreys took her three ch'ldren to America from Britain in 1940 but before she Lft home she buried her jewels and som? money in two toffee tins in the orchard of he- Parcombe, Sussex, cottage. Now she has written to her brother
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    S'PORE WRENS WENT HOME IN BRIDE BERTH
    124 6 S'PORE WRENS WENT HOME IN BRIDE BERTH THE First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander has denied suggestions the conditions under which W.R.N.S. travelled from Sydney and Singapore to Southampton In the 26,000-ton Athlone Castle were unsatisfactory. He has studied special reports and says in a written answer:
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    RNVRSurgeon 'Held Wren By The Hair'
    146 6 A naval surgeon who, when drunk, was said to have seLzed the hair of a Wren and refused to let go until 'forced to do so," was sentenced at a Devonport disciplinary court. He was Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant Cecil d'Army Laidlaw, R.N.V.R.. H.M.S. Drake,
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    'LET SOLDIERS TRAIN IN GERMANY' PLEA
    110 6 'LET SOLDIERS TRAIN IN GERMANY' PLEA APPOSITION peers in the House of Lords are demanding let Britain's displaced persons— the countryfolk moved from battletraining areas go back to their homes. Lord Nathan, Under-Sec re tary for War, announced that the people of the Orford district of Suffolk were to be
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    £6 A WEEK TO LEARN
    49 6 The government is to nay living oilowances to demobbed men in the twenties who have attained high service rank but have no business experience, while they learn business management. A married mnn on a business course in London will receive about £6 a week.
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    QUIZ Answers
    13 6 1. Noticeable, suddenness. 2. Cyprus, 3. No. 4. All Poet Laureates.
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      113 6 JAINSfc Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya 'we'p^ c asmall\/i see--\ /^^that's the idea.'-^\| /well, I'm go\hg\/ that, my DEAR/^^n TEA/,,JAh£ SO WE ALLY ONE GOOD >v S VENDETTA AAJD VIOLETfA \[TO TRY MY LUCK Y KPMAINS To BE WW DO 7YO ACTS EACH- {TURN DESERVES) PAIR UP
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    LANCASHIRE TRIUMPH OVER DERBY
    275 7 omi u a LONDON, Tues. A \>HIKE had an easy victory over Derbyshire I tcda; to maintain their long succession of victor i* and i-onsolidate their position at the head of the (o unt} hampionship table, whereas Middlesex who ta ve hvn lying third, were trounced
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    YUGOSLAVIA LEADS IN DAVIS CUP
    74 7 STOCKHOLM. Tues. SWEDEN won the doubles match against Yugoslavia in the Davis Cup European zone final at Varberg Club today. Yugoslavia by 'winning the first two singles on Saturday lead by two matches to one with two more singles to be played tomorrow. Today s
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    RECS & S.C.F.A. MEET TO-DAY
    381 7 RECS S.C.F.A. MEET TO-DAY POTH the Singapore Chinese Football Association and the Recs will be at full strength when they meet at Jalan Besar stadium this afternoon in a game in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The game is surrounded with special interest from the facL that
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    WOMEN'S CHAMPION
    36 7 Miss Pauline Bet/. Wimbledon women's champion, in play against her compatriot. Miss Oshorne, in the final. Below Miss Betz receives the Cup from Queen Mary watched by Lord Louh Mountbatten and Lady Lou s.
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    RAIN STOPS YORKSHIRE MATCH
    124 7  - RAIN STOPS YORKSHIRE MATCH Learie Constantine By SHEFFIELD, Tues. TEN minutes sufficed to bring India's match with Yorkshire to a close today. During that time j Yorkshire added eight runs to I the overnight total making the 1 score 64 for 0 when rain, which threatened from the early hours,
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    ARMY CAPTAIN WINS SPOON SHOOT
    279 7 A LARGE number of rifle shooting enthusiasts turned up at the Mandai Riflle Range to compete for the weekly 'Spoon' last Snuday. The results were: 200 yds. 500 yds. 1. Capt. A.L. Comport. 30 28 =s 58 2. M.G. Calder 28 4 29 57 3.
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    GOLF'S POPULARITY IS INCREASING
    947 7  -  ALAN GARDNER BY REPORTS from every part of Britain indicate that golf Cinderella of sports will soon equal football and cricket in popularity as a National game. It is estimated that three times more golfers are playing regularly today than in 1939. Clubs have been swamped
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    SKATING
    35 7 LONDON, Tuesday Ms s Cecilia Colledge, European and former world amateur figure skating champion, has turned professional. She has a contract to appear in an ice review at a London theatre in October. Reuter
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    U.S. RACING
    32 7 CHICAGO. Sat. COSMIC Bomo won the 16.470 Arlington Futurity. America s rictiest race for two-year-olds iun over six furlongs here Jet Pilot was second with Milk wagon Joe third. Reuter
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    HOME...
    22 8 I>«P*r plays with children at a St. Jrin:es f s Palace parden party in aid of the Mothercraft Training School. London.
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    Soccer Pools 'And-social'
    162 8 k>t%^u in the Mouse or i om- mons i t he was a ware of the a averse comment in Soutu Wai n aoout toe v>i-te of paper by the Littleuo.d and >licrmaui Fools who have tioodid the area with circulars, >ir Stall ord l ripps. President
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    MIDAS NOT IN ECLIPSE STAKES
    78 8 I ORD Rosebery s four-} ear-old colt Midas who has noc hnd a race since he finished second to Dante in last year s Derby will not run in the Eclipse Stakes at Ascot on Friday. Trouble with a leg has kept him off the
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