The Singapore Free Press, 20 July 1946

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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE NO ***** SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TORIES OPEN NEW WAR ON U.S. LOAN
    308 1 IVATIYES m the Commons today launched X^ O1 tne loan, which one of ailed hritam s monetary Munich and a threat v i i foreign trade. the Financial Secretary to the Treasury vil Hall, described as "regrettable" what he iminations and queries about
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    41 1 h.iif a ship on its wmv up ih*c North Sea to rnwn its •tbet half. When the two halves meet it will be the eno of a journey which was interrupted wh en the Thorshovdi was torpedoed duri tg the war.
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    US PRICES AT 1920 PEAK
    127 1 US PRICES AT 1920 PEAK W YORK. Fri. rB- ir.au of Labour i^iics reported today week ended July 13 ifetwtd the highest wholesale o>min.*iit> prices of any week Th^ index was arr.p tim<\ Dun and s index lor 31 basic :r. modi ties WM also llgh st since 1920. Both
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    WHO WANTS A ONE-EYED LANA TURNER?
    82 1 WHO WANTS A ONE-EYED LAN A TURNER? WASHINGTON. Fr:. fOKGRISSWOMAM Clair Boothe piavw:ight and wife her of Lite and Tune X rascnated the House with a suggestion that l|| might be used to ■on Lana Turners -d Congressman Judd. j pnvsician. as saying that energy might be used for ation
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    THE LION STAYS
    37 1 ■v A t for the removal of Coat of Arms truin r ance to th* debating 'A Orange Free State council ha.s oeen reMr J W Mushet. an Minister for Publ savs Rmrter from
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    MUSSO'S NEPHEW FREE
    36 1 Vito Mussjlini. nephew of theDuce has been released Editor of the dictators Milan newspaper ipopolo DItalia. he was sentenced to 14 vears imprisonment for co laborattag with the Nazis says UP. from Rome.
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    U.S. GIVES SANCTUARY TO CHINA DEMOCRATS
    34 1 The United States Consulate, Kunming, China, is giving sane, tuary to eleven members of the Chinese Democratic League, who are believed to "possibly m danger of their lives.'
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    PALESTINE D-DAY
    144 1 JERUSALEM, Fri D'iLESTINE Jewry's *D Day^' for I the start of the proposed policy of non-co-operation witn the Palestine Government was, fixed for next Thursday at z fiverour meeting m Tel Aviv today. The meeUns members of the p A g «cy the Jewish National Council, Jew ish
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    Ensa Girl Takes Sleep Drug, Dies
    234 1 S'PORE GROUP CAPT. LOST Free Press Reporter PRIEVING over the presumed death of her fiance, an RAF i ll group captain whose plane disappeared, over Burma on June 26' Miss Fay Lever, an ENS A girl who wa s employed by ENSA Welfare m
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    VICHY GOVERNOR GETS 5 YEARS
    43 1 VICHY GOVERNOR GETS 5 YEARS The French High Court of Justce yesterday sentenced Leon j Cayla. former Vichy governor-! general tor Madagascar, to five v^ars' imprisonment. national indignity for life and a 10,000 francs fine. say s A P. from, i Versailles. j
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    GOVT DEFENDS A FREE PRESS
    259 1 Row Over News Inquiry LONDON, Fri. SUPPORTING a proposed Government investigation into v the ownership of British newspapers and newspaper chains, the Attorney General, Sir Hartley Shawcross told a Parliamentary by-election rally m London: "We mu?t preserve m its entkety our present freedom of the
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    SOS FOR NAVAL ESCORT
    301 1 SOS FOR NAVAL ESCORT Ships Make News LONDON. Fri. THE British destroyer Bleasdale made a dramatic dash to the 6.000-ton British steamer, Victoria j Peak, after trouble started between Chinese firemen and Chinese deckhands ofl Southend. The ship's fires went out and her captain's signal for help brought the destroyer
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    FEATHER HAT
    13 1 was *nrn h> l Mexican Martarita OTarrill for V.S. Independent Hay.
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    SOVIET HOLIDAY BUS CRASHES
    53 1 Fifteen people including 12 women were killed yesterday when a bus filled with Soviet soldiers and their famil.es was s'ruck by a Prague express train m West Bohemia The bus was taking a party on p sightseeing tour to Prague Tli dead included two Soviet soldi*.and
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    HEART ATTACK
    22 1 King Gustav cf Sweden suffered a slight heart attack while playing tennis on July 17. reports A P. from Stockholm.
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  • FEATURE PAGE
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      Some U-boat Victims May Sail Again
      266 2 ROUND the coasts of Britain to-day are" trie wrecks ot scores of sh.ps melancholy skeletons of the sea war. By mine. U-boat bombing plane and boat the Nazis tried to stranrje tn* British Isles m a relentless campaign against seaoorne supplies. That threat was
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      WAITED 28 YEARS FOR PENSION
      129 2 WAITED 28 YEARS FOR PENSION TWENTY-EIGHT years after he received a leg wound m action during the 1914-18 war, a former private In the Royal Warvicks has received a pension for the disability which followed his tntoiiy. He had been under tr-atmen: ever since his discharge from tbe Army m
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      TELEVISION COOK
      132 2 PHILIP Harbin ;s BBC Television Cook. He gave his first demonstration befor- the cameras the other evening. Harbin's career m cookery besan when, as a lad, he found that helping m tnc kitchen was good fun. Since then. although he h» s been an artor and a photographer,
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      City To Have Own Film Unit
      54 2 LIVERPOOL will soon have :ts own film production unitclaimed to be the first of its kind m the country Lieut -Colonel E. C. Arden, Diocesan Registrar, will direct th* unit, the first job of which will be to film events of historic or pictorial
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      ALL QUIET IN DERBY NOW
      118 2 IT :s quu-: m Derby now no 1 mere heated political aruuir.er.ts. disputes over the pro ;ro s [of the housing plan, or sport lans tearinc th°ir hair out m exasperation at rot bring able to buy Cup Final tickets. All that hai rnded: even
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      Nearly Missed Own Wedding
      155 2 THE problems arising out of the desire of British tioops to marry foreign nationals m the countries where they are serving now form a high proport on of the welfare work of the Soldiers. 'Sailors' and Airmen's Families Absoc at ion In Australia, two out of
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      Pan-Arab Union Is 50,000,000 Strong
      545 2 Pan- Arab Union Is 50,000,000 Strong A5O-million-population Arab Union stretching from the Atlantic coast of North Anica along the southern Mediterranean shores and though As a Minor to the Indian Ocean— that is the goal of th e m PanArab movement. it is a goal' with wide international implications, for
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      CITY WITHOUT CRIME
      90 2 YORK has been behaving itself no well lately that there wer* white gloves as a present for the judge at the summer ass zes It is a rare thing nowadays for a 'city to have no cases for trial and the Judge pointed out that m almost
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      GEOGRAPHY FROM SEAMEN
      115 2 GEOGRAPHY lessons seem much more easy and mtrre^ti.ic to the children of about 90j s.-Ik ols I m Britain. The reaver, is that they all have "pen frirnd.*- m British and Allied me:c:u Bt ships. The scheme started m I'M when four London merchant ships were adopted'
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      BORNEO BECOMES A COLONY
      149 3 nr?, \lr MiUmld vatcbed a It ye dancinc. Bflow. th- Brunei v iinocs paddle out to rreet the I• im ral Ki«:ht, congratulations r X in»d to harass the nm Mac:onnd »tf rrecterl l h> L 4 „iinmi s, rpr s^nt: i and the prospective A*"
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1946.
      522 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1946. f high time- ten months a.;er the liberation -that the Government of Singapore >.a;ed its policy en the WDblcm of Iwpartm m thi 1 The btnfcCi are I i; to gut their rcquiHbtawd properties by Octjoer j. but even n the Services
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      The Work Of A Lifetime
      1072 4 THE y*ar :.G> should witness the end of a mighty task begun fortyftae years ago the completion, at a cost of about £2,500,000, of the first Anglican Cathedra] built sine:* the Reformation m England's northern proricce;- the third to be built m all Britain. Already
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      427 4 (JETTING THE FEEL of the v American outlook on AngloAmerican relations brand new British ambassador to Washington. Lord Inverchapel. who, as Sir Archibald Clark Kerr was Britain's special envoy to the Netherlands East Indies, intends spending one or two months motoring from coast to coast m the
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      The King Will Need A Title Change
      385 4  -  JAMES H CRITCHLEY THE granting of independence to india will necessitate the abandonment of the title "Emperor of India" borne by the King, and this alteration m the Royal Sty.* and Title will under the Statute of Westminster, require the a.-sent of the
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      34 4 QUIZ 1. won the Oai and Oaaseaa Gin: i rhi B€Cttl «b» the v sar, c> the M nistrr 3 ffhat rak 4. Which tal cities En North r. Pole. «c > t.. 1 f
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      SINGAPORE ATTRACTS NEL LABOUR
      55 5 SINGAPORE ATTRACTS NEL LABOUR j.< m Rhio is unfavourable condil ons, and labour there is m L>!C'.»apore higher, writes < r o: ihe me Indies AiTairs wracton, geneshortages ir.d estate In -t- prr-war important South approximately t>> broughtrh" article v i e Ici reached kUF '-'ay ccm->-war i*apanty tea nbber
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      WHITEHALL TO REVIEW PASSIVE DEFENCE GRANTS
      317 5 WHITEHALL TO REVIEW PASSIVE DEFENCE GRANTS Free Press Reporter JHROUCH the good offices of Lady Louis Mountbatten, wife of the Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia, .the Secretary of State for the Colonies has promised to investigate the matter of payments to non-European members of the Passive Defence and Essential Services
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      Electricity Consumption Must Be Cut
      104 5 TIIK authorities m Singapore yesterday issued an ultimatum to electric consumers on the island, stat ng: 'onsumers of electricity are notified that for technical reasons m connection with the operation ol St James Power Station, it is necessary to reduce jisjhting to an absolute minimum
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      POLUNTEERS TO CALL ON THE GOVERNOR
      170 5 POLUNTEERS TO CALL ON THE GOVERNOR .i submitted !>y the Straits Chinese British B, Singapore, to the C^cvernor, Sir M, Singapore Chinese Volunteers ask inquiry into the treatment of Asiatic vo- the rberaiion, at which volunteers tan ive e'» 'Science. ntatives of the Association will be meetor next week to
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      SCHNEIDER CUP WINNER HK AIR CHIEF
      68 5 SCHNEIDER CUP WINNER HK AIR CHIEF S N Webster. A X.C.. has been I cr Command- la succession *o W A. D Brook. ad returned to Eng- important poot at Brouk was the air rank to reach after the Colony's iod during the diffiI devoted time to co-operation \:t Force
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      JAIL CHIEF ON TRIAL
      88 5 how bj urknowa prigonet *v&s slapped red and subjected to vi h a car.c for nearly H hou-3 m order t» m t-css. hi related to orley and a special Assize Court yesterVanikiin Tanapathy. ot the Outram n during the occuoa"d on eaaifCl relating murder and
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      SEVEN TAMILS ON MURDER CHARGE
      81 5 SE VEN TAMILS ON MURDER CHARGE A CHARGE 01 murder was explained to seven Tamils yes--1 terday when brought before the Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. K. C Hoffman, mey were Perumal .30» Velusamy <37>, A. Samy <30>, Arumugam (27), penyanan <38>, Vedamuthu (27), and Sasamuthu <20> who are alleged to
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      S'PORE DEFENCE SHIP AGROUND
      59 5 THE ship Pingwo, whicb helped to defend Singapore m 1942 j was driven ashore by the 120 j miles-per-hour typhoon which j struck Hong Kong on Thursday. Chinese engineers, employed 'n the Navy dockyard, rescued the crew and prevented the ship from drilling to the harbour
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      POLICE RAID GANGSTERS
      140 5 GANG robbers are not the only menace m Singapore today. Well-organised secret societies are today terrorising law-abiding citizens and extorting money from shopkeepers, stall-holders, prostitutes and waitresses. In some cases dance hostesses are also being victimised. Members of these underground gangs go about their work singly and
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      Export control 'must continue'
      247 5 Export control 'must continue US LOAN AND MALAYA Free Press Reporter PXCHANGE control over exports must remain as rifcid as E before, if this country is to ensure that J t receives the proceeds of those exports and, therefore, be m a position to purchase what it requires with those
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      ROVER CREW
      23 5 THh Sir Ismail Rover Cre v na* been reconstituted :n T <»hore after a lapse of three and a hall years.
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      P.C. ON CHARGE OF ROBBERY
      49 5 MOHAMED Ariff bin Hashim, a 25-year-old Malay policeman, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes, on a charge of robbing a Chinese. Chong Tse Lim. of $170. and of causing hurt to Chong's wife, Hang Ai Eng, m Upper Serangoon Road
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      GOVT. CLOTH FOR 100,000
      153 5 rOVEPNMFNT imported tex "£f 6 W ill shortly be put ««g market to be sold side Oy s.de Ears «£rS 100.000 persons will ben** Besides Government and Munic'pal employees, others who have received the ration, or will receive it snortly. include employees ot the Harbour Board,
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      Gov.-Gen. In Brunei
      93 5 Gov. -Gen. In Brunei ihiS? pictures, taUen by the Army Film Tnit, show the Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, replying to a speech of welcome by the Sultan of Brunei (dressed m black and wearing sun glasses), and the GovernorGeneral about to paddle a Malay fishing boat downstream to the
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      NEW OIL PLANTS IN BRUNEI
      176 5 MUARA ISLAND, m Bnr p. Bay, If to be the sin «>r the new oil rofinerlt to oe built by Shell Company interests for the handling of North Borneo's on. According to Reuter, Miri installations, which were destroyed on the fourth day of the Pac.nv
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      JAPANESE TO HANG
      160 5 A Japanese police lr.sDt-. Sase Yoriyuki. who o» his illtreatment caused tlio dcatii of two civilians, at Sibu. British Borneo, was yrstorday sentenced to death by hanging at th«> Second War Crimei C tg% by Lt.-Col P A Forsythe The case for the prosecution which was conducted
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      MARKET WATCH ON PRICES
      97 5 ri ensure tiu.t goods are sold m all markets at controlled prices. Food Control inspectors will be on duty m public markets m Singapore during public business hours. The marketts are: Orcnard Road. Ellenborough. Maxwell Road, Clye Terrace. B^ach R< ad, Kandang Kerbau. Sims Avenue. Baleslier
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      On The Move
      47 6 On The Move \u «>f li'n: Georje V ca d by Sir VViilam Reid l> k at f riT t'*e war i* piotrr d 01 its journey to the Tate v i.rro it will remain un •il Us r^tlesta' and are ready near the Houses of Parliament.
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      Govt. Schools For Fiancees
      170 6 GIRL^ about to be married, housewives who need new homentnnlng tips and fathers who want to help m the house, mto fc? Invited to go to schcol again. Miss Ellen Wilkinson, the M.n ter of Education, has announced a new scheme >r instruction m homecraft. She
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      When London Was Occupied
      73 6 Bl RIKD beneath rubble off (iu.ttr-tene, C'heapside. I <> don, excavators have found first c*rt. ry ba ldinss belonging to t c a c when the Ilomans oicufi«d London. Experts a^e now tr>inff to pi c» to^:thc~r information uhih n:a re ise the accepted picture of
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      PUBS ARE BECOMING BEER BAR SPEAKEASIES
      283 6 nEER drinking m Britain since July opened has become a U cloak-and-dagger affair, with secret signs to indicate that supplies are m, knocking o n windows of closed public houses, and back door admittance, m speakoasy fashion, for regular customers. All over the country
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      Grandma 79 Weds Farm Hand Of 18
      114 6 THE world's most remarkable married couple, 79-year-old "Grandma" Spouse and her lfc-year-old husband, Delbert. do not contemplate starting a family. Grandma is most emphatic on that point. Mailing a personal appearance tour m New York State with Delbert after honeymooning on their 17-acre
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      WIFE ALLEGES HUSBAND WAS FROG MARCHED
      144 6 WIFE ALLEGES HUSBAND WAS FROG MARCHED TWO warders at Stijngeways Gaol, Manchester, are said to have resignc-d after protects to the Governor about alleged illtreatment of a prisoner by other warders. The wife of d prisoner has declared her husband told her he was kioked and frogmarched. The officers who
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      Army Wives 'Gatecrash' Into Greece
      82 6 U7IVES of Briush Army officers are said to have "gatecrashed" into Greece at their own expense. They have been told to leave the country "as a matter of urgency." Their husbands have been ordered to see that th cv go "before the matter Ls taken
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      'Schneider' Man To Attempt Jet Air Record
      93 6 'Schneider' Man To Attempt Jet Air Record ELBOW gre.ise Applied by R.A.F. Corporal Gordon EUgden to the Gloster Meteor jet plane may make 20 m.p.h. d itercnce m the new world air speed record attempts on August 14. A hi' r h polish la essential to reduce friction to a
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      'NEW LIVES' FOR SALE IN BRITAIN
      124 6 ADL6LUTEK from the RAF is believed by police m Britain to be behind a big traffic m stolen Service demobilisation books and Service supplementary clothing books. Hundreds of these demobilisation books have been rcently lost or stolen from Service release centres. Majority of the
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      Police Re-Open Hendon College
      108 6 UENDON Police College, estabn Hshed by Lord Trenchard. when Police Commissioner, to train an "officer class." is to be reopened for the training of ordinary recruits. In 1939 it v.-as closed. At that time it was decided that recruits were not joining the police fore? m
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      No Raspberries At Royal Party
      121 6 THE raspberries and cream were missing when 7,000 people the King and Queen. And the nS"!© t£S*L£ war loaded the tables were absent, too? But the Gu rds Band played and toppers came back, cve n if thought it wa~ an austerity party. In the
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      A FRESH START
      34 6 With the object of givine soldier delinquent, a fresh start a small committee is now visiting military prisons m Britain to review cases ot all prisoners who have served 42 days
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      134 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Bctptie 2. «a> Miss Ellen Wilkinson: 'b> Mss Jennie Lee (Mrs. Aneunn Sevan); <o Lady Megan Lloyd Gecr^e. 3. The numerals which we ordinarily use a. 2. 3. etc 4. <a> Reyjavik; (b» Wcllingtcn; <c> Qu to. JAINE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 7Kc
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      WIMBLEDON FINAL
      26 7 I ft] and Geoff Broun m action during tht Wim- > i'ojMcs final m which they lost to Jack Kramer and Tom Brown of America.
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      AMERICAN TENNIS GIRLS WERE 'SUPER'
      756 7 AMERICAN TENNIS GIRLS WERE 'SUPER' AU 111 The Game From George Chishohn LONDON. By Air Mail. IJRKNVHMEX WON the Wimbledon men's lawn tennis championship and the Henley Diamond Sculls; Americans took the British Open Golf and WHmbledon women's titles. But there is good news for Britain m the field of
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      LANCS NARROWLY AVERT DEFEAT
      139 7 LONDON. Fri. .Middlesex aril Gloucester sco-ed victories taUMg today. Lancashire very ru-rrowly r.t Ike hands <»f Glamorgan. Scores were beat the y sta wickets. cr 4 C^nibined n. 9 r. reel fc tA by seven wlc--1 144 :cr 3 73 tfffrttf 1>Zou i. Leicester Worcester s'r.ir?.
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      GULF STREAM WINS ECLIPSE STAKES
      43 7 ASCOT. Fri. ECLIPSE Stakes result was: Gulf Stream <8 to IS>— l. Edward Tudor <9 to 2>— 2. Kholed <7 to 2> 3 Gulf Stream won by three lengths, with the same distance between second and third. Reuter
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      P. SMITH UNFIT FOR TEST
      51 7 LONDON. Fri DETifiR SMITH. Essex spin bowler, who is suffer. ng with a strained back, will be unable to play m the Test. Richard Pollard, Lancashire fast-medium bowler who gave a great display for the players aga nst Gentlemen yesterday, will take the vacant place.
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      BANK HOLIDAY CRICKET
      45 7 THE match over August bank holiday between the Colony and the Malayan Union will not take place because of the inability i of the upcountry side to raise an eleven. There will be played instead a match between Civilians and the Services.
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      BRITAIN TAKES TWO EVENTS ON 1ST DAY
      243 7 BRITAIN TAKES TWO E VENTS ON 1ST DAY A.A.A. Championships LONDON, Fri. lASSE HINDMAR of Sweden v -m 1 the two-mile walk In 13 mm. 59 sec. opening the foreign triumph m the two-day Amavur Athletic Association champnn- 1 jhipa at the White City stadium. J. Chapalle Belgian long dis-
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      VISITORS IN BRITAIN
      37 7 VISITORS IN BRITAIN .Alfred Strom and fty :er Arnold, the two Australian i>f!:sts m Britain for the Brighton- Glasgow cycle race, ou. for a training spin at Ealing. London. Both come from Bannstown, Sydney, N. S. W.
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      2ND TEST MATCH STARTS TODAY
      343 7  -  Learie Constant ine By MANCHESTER, Fri. THE second Test match between England and India starting on the historic Old Trafford ground here tomorrow is of vital importance to India. Win it she must to have a chance of even drawing the series. The chances of
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      17 8 lov.is, where onr<> an invasion uimad.i ma-srd to sail lor Normandy, picture j ai peace aiiam.
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      Cigarettes Worth 15c (US) Fetch $13
      131 8 Cigarettes Worth 15c (US) Fetch $13 IN violation of all law. except that of supply and demand I strolled into a Berlin street crowd and sold for 513 (US) a packet of cigarettes which cost me 13 (US) cents m Washington, writes Lyle Wilson. U. P torrespondent m Berlin. That
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      U.S. PLAN FOR PEACE
      146 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. CENATOR Tom Conn ally, chair- man of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today outlined a seven-point programme lor action by the United States to prevent the •unthinkable trage'y" *>f a third world war. Urging that the United States pin ttfl hope and faith :n
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      RIOTING CHARGE
      49 8 I cL>turbance m Cross Street on Wednesday night when two rival gangs clashed had a sequel m the Criminal District Court yesterday, six Chine.se and two Indians being charged with rioting Amone the Chinese was a 13--year-old boy. Tan Pan Chong. The case was postponed a weeK
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      NO SELLING RULE TO HALT CAR RACKET
      172 8 NO SELLING RULE TO HALT CAR RACKET LONDON, Fri. THE fantastic black market m motor cars today brought price increases ranging to £250 with the relaxation <;f petrol rationing. The Motor Trade Association of Britain directed that all purchasers of new cars be asked to si R n agreements not
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      TWO KILLED IN PERSIA CLASHES
      152 8 TWO KILLED IN PERSIA CLASHES LONDON, Fri. AS demonstrations and clashes continue m Persia where 50.000 people are on strike, a newspaper report that three British cruisers had recently entered a Persian port was authoritaivj.v den ltd m London today. It was stated that the British Navy maintains a Persian
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      GANG WAR SPREADS TO TOKIO CITY
      207 8 TOKIO, Friday. THERF was firing m two sections m Tokio today, and, at 1 least, three Koreans were reported shot. These Koreans were said to have been shot near the Shibuya station as they rode m trucks escorted by I'nited States military j police.
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      A-BOMB SECRET IS OUT
      184 8 ABOARD USS MOUNT McKINLEY, Friday. THE premature explosion of the photo flashbomb startled th? 'Operation Crossroads" task lorce today during a dress rehearsal lor the underwater atomic bomb explosion on July 25 and exposed an operational secret. In expla mng why the flashbomb exploded the or
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      'CHAOS' SOWN BOLIVIA WAY
      64 8 j TRAVELLERS arriving m p*ru 1 from La Paz. Bolivia. sa:d that the situation m Bolivia yesterday was grave following .Moody clashes between the police and strikers. Railway and rivil set vice em- ployee* had joined a national strike of teachers and trains were crowded with
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      NURSE JAILED FOR NEGLIGENCE
      82 8 Free Pres* Correspondent RPENANG. Thurs ULING that an overdose of sleeping draught had been given to the three babies and that it could have been administered only by the two accused or [one of them, the relief mairLsjtrate. Mr. C. H. Conaghan. this atternoon convicted a
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      RECS BEAT POLICE 3-1
      99 8 BETTER finishing by iheir forwards resulted m the Recs beating the Police by three goals to one m a hookey match played at the Police Depot yesterday. The Recs scored twice through R Barker m the first half wh:l rt M. Shah netted for the Police
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      FRANCE WANTS JAPAN TO PAY UP
      212 8 SAIGON. Fri. JJRANCK has submitted to Washington an "approximate fl and provisional" estimate of reparations claimed from Japan totalling 235,000,000,000 francs— $4,000,000,000 (Straits) for war damage m Far East. The claim, submitted to the Far Eastern Commission, asks for an immediate advance including the
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      EMPIRE SENDS FOOD GIFTS TO BRITAIN
      66 8 THE Dominions and colonies are 1 supplementing Britain's meagre larder stocks w.th gifts of food The food is being sent to hospitals, sanatoria and convalescent homes and to local authorities throughout the country for distribution. Up to yesterday 1,403.548 parcels had arrived, or were
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      LORD CITRINE NOW
      22 8 Sir Walter Citrine, the Trade Unionist, has taken the title of Baron Citrine of Wembley, sayj A.P. from London.
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      WOMEN LAG IN DEMOB
      133 8 LONDON. Fri. ALTHOUGH the releases of men from the Forces according to the atest statement by the Ministry of Labour, are well ahead of the programme targets for the three Services, the release of women iz 11,590 behind the schedule, the totals being: The Royal Navy
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