The Singapore Free Press, 29 July 1946

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    Masthead
    21 1 The Singapore Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE 16, a:. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    S'pore May Be Without Pork
    93 1 Free Press Ker>ort«»r ITMFSS immrrirate action is taken to tan other <>ouroes ••f supply, Sin.ji'nnt* will be •j hout supplies of ;n>rk within a l>nr clays. Ihe export of r»»iis from the MkiAvru I'nion has i eased, and Singapore is fast mating up its n
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    CHINA AGREES ON NO-MAN'S LAND TRUCE
    98 1 Peipin^. Sunday. MHi Communist and Goveminent representatives have ppttd the American proposal •ablish a 20 ni!:es No-Mans-I m Manchuria agreement .s not neces- an agreement by the rival hi the field, and the effec- of this mov? remained i seen. it American propottl f'>r
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    KARENS ASK FOR SEPARATE STATE
    38 1 K ARENS ASK FOR SEPARATE STATE Lira race, which in'.abiis irtt )f Hw^bern i a ndiiii a mission dtscnai plans for the on of a separate Karen when Britain grants iOKf Jnont to Burma, reports fi m Rangoon.
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    PEACE TERMS TOMORROW
    463 1 Big Four agree: first meeting today PARIS, Sun. THE drafts of the peace treaties will be handed tomorrow morning; to the 17 powers who are not on the Big Four Council and will be published in the Press on Tuesday morning, it was announced here today after
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    142,076 DIED IN WAR CRIMES
    80 1 1 42,076 DIED IN WA R CRIMES WASHINGTON, Sun. ANEW estimate that a total of 142 067 Americans and Filt pinos died as a result of. war brimes was reported by Assistant War Department Secretary, M Homer C. Pctersen. The list is still growing. All but, some ***** were killed
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    100 Nips ask to live in S'pore
    219 1 Free Press Reporter ABOUT 100 Japanese civilians who were living in Singapore and on the Malayan peninsula are today watting in their internment np to hear whether they are to be allowed to live hero again. Their applications for local residence are now
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    SOLDIER KILLED IN JERUSALEM
    284 1 JERUSALEM, Sunday. THE British Military Headquarters in Jerusalem stated tonight that, according to an unconfirmed report, a British soldier had been shot and killed on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem Road. The death roll in the bomb outrage in King David Hotel has reached 82. Two more bodies were
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    JEWS STEAL GEMS
    27 1 Jewellery, pearls, and gold valued at £5.000 were stolen yesterday by eight armed Jews from a Tel Aviv caie, says A. P. from Jerusalem.
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    DEMPSEY MOVES TO SUEZ ZONE BY SEPT
    55 1 DEMPSEY MOVE S TO SUEZ ZONE BY SEPT British H.Q. in Egypt will leave Cairo for tho Suez Canal zone, before the end of September, says Rputer from Alexandria quoting a communique from G?t\. Sir Miles Dempsey, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East. G.H Q. Middle East, will make a similar move at
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    GERMANS FEAR NEXT WINTER HARDSHIPS
    49 1 Hamburg workers wi'.l not b a able to stand another winter like the last winter, the Hamburj Transport workers union declared yesterday in a memorandum which it has decided to submit to the British Military Govern- j ment. reports Reuter irom Ham- j burg.
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    U.S. TO KEEP SYNTHETIC
    101 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. SUBSIDIES and the compulsory use of synthetic rubber were recommended by the US. Federal Interagency Policy Committee on Rubber as the best «.ay ot preserving the U.S. synthet.c rubber indus'ry for national defence and keeping the U.S. economy relatively independent of the fore gn
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    DE GAULLE ASKS FOR ALLIANCE
    155 1 TENEKAL de Gaulle, wartime U leader of Fr?e France, vpsterday urged the rapid ronclusioi of an Anglo-French" alliance. The General was making his second' political speech since resigning as France's interim President last January, says Renter I'rom PnrU. Both c!o Qaull? and Frenen Prime Minister
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    MORE FOOD HOPES NEXT CROP YEAR
    227 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. THE United States department of agriculture forecast an "uncomfortably low world food supply for the 1946-47 crop year. In a report 10 Presidtnt Truman's emergency famine coir.mittee. the department said crop* will be larger than in 1945-46 out the increase will be
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    GUN GANG ARRESTED
    207 1 POUR CMiies?, one am* i with a Japanese pistol, wer=? urrested by three detectives Johore Hoad. Sm^apo.e a:ter a.i fX":tirs chase at 4 o'clock I n.ornine: Th? d tectivfcs chalKrij^d U lour wh.'n one o* them threw pistol on a rubbish heap. The *o r men then
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      Laundering Becomes An Industry
      167 2 WITH iht war ?ame a wide cmploymei.t o[ women in indusiry. especially married women 'a no did not consider vocational employment before. Most or thecse round that they were not able to cope completely with dot .stic duties particularly laundering as well as fulltime employment. The
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      CIVIL PLANES
      57 2 PRODUCTION of the first post- war British civil a rj-ait- the '•Freighter' 1 and the "Wavfarer"— i.« under way and will be stepped up to meet ttie grown:? demand for these airrratt. The tar^t outDut is 15 per month. Tile f.rs f "Wayfarer," recently completed. vas earmarked to
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      RAF ACES TO MAKE AIR RECORD BID
      706 2  - RAF ACES TO MAKE AIR RECORD BID ALAN GARDNER By ANE morning within the next 30 days, three ace British fighter pilots will attempt to beat the world's speed record set up by Group Captain Wilson last Winter. Two specially-prepared Gloster Meteor Meteor IV's. driven by the latest-type Rolls Royce
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      WRITERS HONOURED
      45 2 IT has boon announced recently j that two of Britain's notable I Catholic writers -Mgr. Ronald I Knox and Evelyn Waugh— have been selected by the Governors jof the American "Gallery of Living Catholic Authors for*thei r literary awards for 1914 and 1945
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      BUILDING A HOME LIBRARY
      444 2  -  John Dodds By rVERYONE who can read has. usually, more or less definite standards of literary appreciation. Therefore. I am going to range over as wide a field as I can, to bring to your attention some books that are worth reading omitting altogether that type
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      MAN WHO CHARTED THE SKY
      116 2 WHEN J0:,,. in an year belief still In and aii U t ;noved ma Except who a. Gal leo thai case. mer. ignorant o: lieavens. iind. at 14 tir mnpUint to then, ohysical id him an trdi i I s till in his devote bin
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      WHISKY FOR U.S.
      8 2 000 and 147.0 BUtei respertiv< ;>
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      384 2 RADIO MALAYA RED NETWORK from nooo to 2 p.m and 6.39 lo II pm ou 225 metres from roon to i p m oo 1825 mcs see Id M metre band and :n> 7.45 to 9.3d m on 4.78 n.sc <o €1 metre in.i. CHINESE mx>3 to lld m I
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      MALAYAN UNION EXPORT BAN HITS S'PORE
      383 3 MALAYAN UNION EXPORT BAN HITS S'PORE Supplies of pigs cut Free Press Reporter CINGAPORE is faced with the prospect of a pork famine. A shortage has resulted from the recent decision of the Malayan Union Government to stop the export of pigs to Singapore. Famine is expected to follow, unless
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      LIVE MAN USED AS SURGEON'S CASE
      223 3 Free Press Reporter HE story of how a Japanese doctor used an Indonesian labourer as a live exhibit for an anatomical (u.nonstration to medical orderlies at the Oudonjr labour camp near Phnom-Penh, French Indochina, n il! be .infolded al the War Crimes Court in
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      BRAZIL RICE FOR CHINA
      42 3 JHE first shipment of ***** bags of Brazilian rice arrived in Shanghai on Saturday, and substantially eased the food shortage. Rice ordered by the City Government is being sold to schools, factories, and various Municipal c rganisations. A.P.
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      CONVICTED FOR STEALING
      94 3 LIM Beck Teck, a 27 year-old Chinese, pleaded guilty before Mr. R. C. Hoffman in the Fourth Court, for the theft of two dozen handkerchiefs, the property of NAAFI, valued at $12 on Saturday. He was sentenced to one day's imprisonment and a fine of $50. In
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      KEDAH ASSIZES
      49 3 Free Press Correspondent THE Kedah Assizes opened at Alor Star last week. The Kedah state poLce band formed a guard of honour for the new Judge, Mr. Justice R. Moor. The O.S.P.C. Alor Star. Mr. J. N. D. Harrison introduced Mr. Moor to the communal representatives present.
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      Protected areas in Singaoore
      59 3 T'.IF wharves "and certain other specified area"" withit the port have been rteclarrd ..•ectfil ar ?s I>o C«o\ eminent (iazette ..ustions masters of alt vessels rthin- in Kenpel Harbour t entrv into these areas is ■Meet to special reculations i .h 'should be obtained on -.val
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      MALAYS TO SPEND $150,000 ON EDUCATION
      144 3 MALAYS TO SPEND $1 50,000 ON EDUCATION Press Correspondent estimated expenditure of 3150 000 annually fo: educaI was among the measures -cl at the two-day connce of the United Malay >nal Organisation in ing ovrr the weekend. "r.e conference ended at 5 p.m. ;.r. and delegates then add tc the
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      INDIA STRIKE CONTINUES
      95 3 BOMBAY, Sun. A COMPLETE deadlock in the efforts to end the 18-day-old postal strike followed the departure to Delhi today of the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. Krishna Prasad. The strikers' leader, Mr. V. G. Dalvi, said: "The strike will continue perhaps with double v gour
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      PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS OF VOLUNTEERS
      244 3 A MEETING was held at Government House. Singapore, la :,t Wednesday to discuss t.ie Question of the treatment of Chinese members of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Fon-e which had been raised In a n.emorandum submitted by the Straits Chinese British Association, states a communique issued
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      DANISH SHIPS RESUME MALAYAN CALLS
      186 3 NOTWITHSTANDING losses in the Battle of the Atlantic and oher operations, Danish shipping is staging a P"-war comeback, and vessels of the East Asiatic Company fie i^t are one- again a familiar sight in M Twr n s^rv!?cs- are already o Jration-the Europe-smgapore -Bangkok run
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      STAGE CLUB SHOW
      28 3 A scene from "Twoniy-nine, Acacia Avenue," a Stase Club show which opens at the Garrison Theatre toni«ht. The players are drawn entirely from the Services.
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      Army Helps Malaya In Care Of Livestock
      312 3 A r my Helps Ma lay a In Care Of Livestock A VITAL part of Malaya's rehabilitation which, as yet, has received little notice, is the work of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in restoring the numbers and condition of Malayan livestock, states a release from ALFSEA. By V-J. aay
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      AUSSIES HOLD 'PIRATE SHIP'
      81 3 THE Netherlands East Indies Government has approached the Australian Government regarding the alleged Indonesian "pirate ship" which, with her crew, Is said to be held by Australian authorities at ThursdayIsland off the northern tip of Queensland, the Netherlands New* Agency reported here. "Investigations,"' the agencj r
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      MALAY ACQUITTED
      34 3 PENANG, Wed. UOHAMED bin Hassan, sell-' styled "Eddie Polo of Penang" was acquitted and d:s- charged by Mr. C. W. V. Carov at i the Penang Assizes, on a charge of murder
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      TRAINS FOR CHINA
      33 3 TWO nine-ton tenders was placed aboard the Silver Sandal yesterday lor shipment to Hong Kong. They ars the first of 160 locomotives to be sent to China by UNRRA.— A.P.
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      'THE FROG' JUMPS TOMORROW
      95 3 'THE FROG' JUMPS TOMORROW Frro Press Reporter NINE Japanese war criminals wi!i be hun°ed it Changi jail tomorrow at 9 a.m Their names are: Chief Petty Officer. Nakavama Harumi. Chi?f Petty Officer Fuji;Takeo. Lieut. Hashimoto Minom. Cpl. Kurosawa Sadao. Kubol; NQt>oru. Sawane Hatsutaro and Ucnimura Sadao (civilians attached ta th'e
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      POLICE SEIZE 80 PISTOLS
      179 3 Free Press Reporter AN July 1. the Free Pi;ss Um** ried a :ront-page story hear lined "Police Raid Singapore Gangs: 21 Arrests," and from th*s day the Singapore polic? NlWffth 4 their cou U'T-offensive again*. robbers and |unMMI on t':e inland. More than £0 revohert a:.d
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      JAPS REPLACE LIGH TERMEN
      48 3 Free Press Correspoiident AS the Penang Harbour Boara lightermen's .strike continue^. 100 Japanese PoWs were allotted to work on tho wharf last Fr day in pl?3e of the strikes. Tbey were engaged en two ships alongside Swettenhsm Pier and ten more in the roads
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      Tokyo Married Quarters
      31 4 I Mmi hiiu I.;' I? an a bf.t/fd vii^ in the eentre of Tokyo will accommodate the ui\es and thiliren of Service peopl- in tht* Japan OCCVpotioa forces.
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      BRITAIN HOLDS MOTOR CAR JUBILEE
      240 4 BRITAIN HOLDS MOTOR CAR JUBILEE LONDON held the Golden Jubilee of the motor car industry yesterday when the King took the salute at a drive-past of veteran vehicles. The parade of sputtering ''horseless carriages" recalls the story of motor car building in Britain. First efforts were made in 1884, when
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      Poker club made '£500 a week'
      260 4 l POKER and -:>;i lummy ciuo. raided in Paddington by t'.ie f\ polico ai midnight recently was aald at Ifarylebone police court > have made rroi.--r.ian C5OO profit in one week. Companv directors, a kiwyrt land many of Independent means, were caught there and
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      Piracy Off Scotland
      47 4 piKATES are o^r-Uin- ofT the coast of Ar^ylKhire. In (heir latest raiJ on Dunmore I »rm on t*»e lonrlv isle of Kas- they took «>n«» humlred suats. The pirate> kiSl.^d the animals and sailed with turcas'S They left only euht ioats on the farm
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      NAVY COOK ROASTED A KITTEN
      68 4 NAVY COOK ROASTED A KITTEN i 1 NAVAL p COO*, who iidmitted he adnt an excuse I I ard u Rn*d 19 at I ipfceltown lArfyllshirei shrCourt fnr n a iivc- hi kitten aliv? kn valley Tl c cook. Cbarta Arthur Stan%ey, ii^ed 26. of London, put tho :<. r
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      DOLL SAVED 20 MONTH BABE'S LIFE
      102 4 DOLL SAVED 20 MONTH BABE'S LIFE TODOUNG down the line he- lw(cn Taunton and Barnstaple, l>evon. a haby lutchins a dull disappeared unJer the rncine of a train whirh rouid not stun in time An hour later hahy (iwendolinc Stevens, agfd ?0 months, wao safe in mother's arms uith a
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      ARMY WANTS COLLAR AND TIE TO STAY
      95 4 TliK proposed dark blue 1 "walk- mjj oui" dress for tho Army may bo modified before it ils adopted. •'ilicie has been such an outcry among serving soldiers about the design of th? suit p-rUcukirly the .stand-up <• )iiar -that many 'ommandiiia ofTk^rs
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      BRITAIN TO HAVE BIG AIR SCHOOL
      119 4 BRITAIN TO HAVE BIG AIR SCHOOL FIFTY :ts drawn Iron: tchoola all over Britain will assemble at C'rantield R.A F. aerodrome, near Bedford in Ortober to attend the first term of Britain's College of Aeronautics- an educational establishment wl ich will be unique In the world A nouncing the openina
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      HE WAS TOO SMALL TO DRIVE LORRIES
      71 4 HE WAS TOO SMA LL TO DRIVE LORRIES Private Douglas Ross, a^rd 2::. o! the Canad an Army, is only 5 ft tall but h> drove heavy lorries at the front during the war. Returning to Britain ho was told he was too .small lor lorry driving and was put
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      RICH FLY FOR A HOLIDAY
      239 4 RICH FLY FOR A HOLIDAY ANYONE run i ravel anywhere now at high speed, in comfort and even luxury without any priorities by chartering a private Aircraft. Well-to-do pi 'pie are by-pas-sing travel discomfort and usins planes to go on holiday or even !to and from thetf offices For them
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      3 WELSH BOYS MAKE GOOD
      67 4 Wales has honoured Itor <>i its most illustrious Labour pion- c?rs, oii~e pitboys. r.ow Cabinet Ministers. They are Aneurin B< > \:n Mi'i.ster of Health: Jim OriAths, Ifio. ister of National Insurance; and Geor<_-e Hall. Colonial Secretary. In the colourful sett ng of a ron^regation
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      EAST ENDERS GAMBLE MORE THESE DAYS
      37 4 No longer satisfied with a in 11--in;4 et h way o\\ i lar.ccd horse wr a flutter on tho ciw.s in the evening Ea<t E-.drrs are gambling more than ever bclore.
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      SAILING THE SEVERN
      48 4 Schemes to make the River Severn navigable to l 000 ton ships lurthfr down r.vtr uere outlined to Parliamentary Secretary Strauss to the irantport Ministry when he travelled 6f> miles rtown river in a launch on the rir^t of canal inspection* he Is tarrying out
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      THE LAMBETH WAY
      41 4 Three Lambeth. London caruentr v anprent ces have lo!t for a working holiday In France. They will help young Frenchmen to bu Id prefabricated houaei in Savoy anci r o to Paris to spend the money they earn
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      QUIZ Answers
      23 4 1. Beds-r. 2. ,a> Table tennis. <b> Lawn-tennis; <c> Rugger(d) Lawn-tcnni.s; (e) Cricket 3* Ascot Gold Cup. 4. Bridge ft' Chess.
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      240 4 TO-DAY'S CLOSIJSG (H>l\i\,l OF TWO BIG FEATfftis: THE LAST 2 SHOWS /•ZsTfl*;^ CgAPITOL) BIG TRIUMPH IN "SAN ANTONIO" IN TKHNK OI.OK Hear the I.a*t of th^ Popular Favourite ">ornr »*v Alr\i<* S.-njth. ALL-MALAYA PREMIERE— 6.3O o/" Ditcctor SIR Alexander KOstOA*& C Post War Drama' -^-^i-v-- B^^^^ B^^ -^V wT* 4
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      41 4 JyOfSJt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya -j- I «>-^ it It ml \i I M JnnKINU I Iffl ///ill 1 AN I /^UIH I lIH r-^ .rj--^ Vrtiio r£7~ u F&\~ \f Xi »Eni WITH SOME f^Ufc^C >. SOPHIE v'^^^^^
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  • PICTURE PAGE
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      SIAMESE DANCERS TELL A STORY
      108 5 P ICTUSES slow Siamese interpretative i&HC€fl fir* dramatised by Kin- Kama I in the nineteenth rrntury. The characters com a from t<»e epic l»ocm Ramayana, which tells of the lovp of Rama and Sita who was carried °tt by the Demon I asa aii'ha So
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  • LEADER PAGE
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      MONDAY, JULY 29. 11M6.
      572 6 HE campa:?n a?airst the Black Market in S r»gaoo:e t-ould rarely be d?s:rib:d as a war afainst the rackfteers it courts to little nv.re than rlatoon sUnatenini bt-.veen outpc^"pv^mpie of the intrfcCtivin?6S i f the present Government aoton is the drive to clear the Hmnnn*' of
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      Good Morning ....
      1652 6  - Good Morning Frank Owen By Commenting on the tabled motion of 100 Socialist MPs, calling on the Government to hold a Press inquiry, Frank Owen says: "The British Press is not a monopoly at a 1 1... the newspapers have nothing shady to hide..." HIGH In the demonology of the
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      382 6 PARLIAMENTARY Who's Who of Britain published in Spain is worth recording here. It contains the following: AtUe, Clement: An able politician, although he used to write poetry. Dalton, Hush: Good war record Reputed to have a parade-ground voice in the Commons. Baker, Noel: Speaks s'x languages, but
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      'Wicked Uncles' -a legend of Fleet Street
      16 6 'Wicked U ncles -a legend of Fleet Street LOKI) KMimKMh: 1.0R1>4'.1 U I .SHOOK I.Oi:i) KIM-IM
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      QUIZ
      37 6 1. Nai 2. In v trophies I peted l i Wip.htnar. DavLv; Lai 3. In French her* first th r ct 4. In v,:.:- h the |MM I 5. A: v. hesitate U kower? A' Pff*
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  • SPORTS PAGE
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      FORMER SWIM CHAMPION IN NEWS
      848 7 ■211. ill TtS Game From George Chisholm: LONDON, By Air Mail. ONG around for the interesting sports topics that 0 >ou with the playing fields of Eton and Ileckfce, I cannot do better than start you off wUh a about the woman who made cricket
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      Ascot Plans Race Between World's Best Horses
      171 7 Ascot Plans Race Between World's Best Horses By Vernon Morgan. LONDON. Sat. A SCOT authorities are. I under- stand, planning a big new race which they hope will attract the best horses in the world from the United States, France. Italy and even Latin America. The race, which will be
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      SURPRISE FOR N'HAMPTONS
      143 7 R.A.F., Seletar 2. Northamptonshire Rgt. 0. QELETAR airmen brought off a soccer surprise yesterday when they beat the Northamptonshire Regiment by two goals to nii in a fast and cxriting game played at Seletar. The soldiers did not play with thf same understanding they did agatnu the
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      KENG HOCK NETS THREE v CHANGI RAF
      310 7 SCFA. 4 R.A.F. 'Changi) ..1 FINE opportunism by Chia Keng Hock contributed largely towards a four-one victory which the Singapore Chinese Football Association scored over RAF. iChangi) at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in a soccer match. Organised for the benefit of the RAF
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      SECOND TEST AT OLD TRAFFORO
      26 7 SECOND TEST AT OLD TRAFFORO Len Hutton takes a hugh swipe through Amarnath's leg-trap in the Second Test match between England and All-India at Old TraPford.
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      INDIANS PILE UP HUGE SCORE
      440 7 By Learie Constantine BRIGHTON, Sat. ON a hard wicket and fast outfield India provided a real taste of her batting ability, giving the Sussex bowling a severe trouncing here today. The opening stand of 293 between Merchant and Mankad in three hours, 20 minutes showed
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      COMPTON SCORES CENTURY
      220 7 COMPTON SCORES CENTURY LONDON, Sat. I TEST batsmen Denis Compton and Len Hutton were amon<the chief scorers in County cricket matches starting to-day Compton scored 142 for Mid^sei>ex against Kent, while Huttcn irade 91 not out and of York's total of 150 for five in reply to Surrey's 114 at
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      475 7 SPORTS TROPHIES Call at U. S. de SILVA Jeweller 106, Orchard Road. Singapore. "BiZLA CIGARETTE PAPERS" in packets, bobbins or in sheets. All-British product and therefore the Best in the World. Sole Importer*: Messrs. PETER CHUNG CO. Messrv MONK O LTD. 7 9 Robinson Road. SALE BY TENDER. 1. The
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      264 7 BOUSTEAD&Co.,Ltd. TEL 5161-2 LLOYDS AGENTS GLEN LIKE Sanurtte trim, i K In port Prometheus from IK Due Aug I Empire Wallace Loads for Hongkong July H Passenger* ana car(o accepted to IK Hongkong and >hanfhai as opportunity* »fln BURNS PHILP LINE Devon from Australia (j 1 Marrlla from Australia In
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      HOME..
      26 8 HOME >.• k nav prikertag tiown on fa m n .ir Bsckddi, Hunting^ n *htrc trutor dr.\uj» tht 1 baler whirh is powered by its own engine
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      .RUSSIA STRIPS GERMANY OF PEACE PLANT
      490 8 .RUSSIA STRIPS GERMANY OF PEACE PLANT BERLIN, by Air Mail. BEHIND the fact that the administration and feeding of the British Occupation Zone of Germany is costing British taxpayers some £80,000,000 a year is the continued failure of the occupying powers to agree to administer conquered Germany on a basis
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      Bread Off The Soviet Ration
      49 8 BREAD, Hour and oert als will come off the ration throughout the Soviet I'nion this autumn, Moscow radio announced las night say> a Reuter message. Kour thousand three hundred baker shops have been opened in Russia during the pa^t two months, the radio added
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      PARIS TALKS
      286 8 Cintinueci fiom Page 1 rhe attitude of then tommies to the questions before ihe conrerence. Alter these speeches which are expejted to occupy ttH greater pan of the week the conference will get do*n to :;>*» detailed rules o: procedure and agenda. IfM conference will then split L|
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      BIRTH RATE RISES
      38 8 More live births -.vere registered in England and Wales during June quarter than in any othei" qi-arter since 1929. says R?uter irom London. Total was 203.797 representing a r.ir.h rate of 19 2 per thousand.^
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      ROCkET 'FISH' NOW
      19 8 ROCkET 'FISH NOW Rocket power has now been adopted for use under the sea ■says AP. from Sharon Pennsylvania.
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      ANTI-GOVTFRONT PLAN BY TORIES
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