The Singapore Free Press, 3 August 1946

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    22 1 The Singapor Free Press THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN SINGAPORE No. 16,612 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PKIC I Ml t'!-:\1 >-
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    NDIAN .TROOPS GO TO B 4SRA
    106 1 NDIAN .TROOPS GO TO B 4SRA DELHI. Fli. being sent from Basra, Iraq, to Indian, British and and to safeguard British interests m Persia should cira demand, it is mnounced m Delhi. unique tonight stated r tha: they may be at the protection, should rtanc *r demand it, of Inand
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    DOG JAILS GOEBBELS FAMILY
    90 1 DOG JAILS GOEBBELS FAMILY N FRANKFURT, Fri. Government officials today that four ot the lamily of the paganda eh ef. Joseph been sentenced tc Bncd at Erbach lor harGuebbels' broths Gocbfctll, Press chief of during the Nazi crested by the Ame-tnter-intelligence agents tain hideout Goebbels relatives need as follows: Kathe
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    NICE CHIEFS TALK HPIRE Dll FACE
    22 1 of air and ground tion and post-war discussed by Bri- -Ol Stall m P. from London.
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    POPPLIES BLOOM AGAIN
    12 1 n this week m ml) rains, mm a p.
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    PEACE MAKERS FALL OUT
    364 1 Small nations oppose Big Four chairmanship PARIS, Fri. THK Rules Committee of the Peace Conference adjourned without taking a vote on a New Zealand proposal that the French Premier, Georges Bidault, should be named the permanent chairman of the conference. Many smaller nations, led by New
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    OIL TANKER BLOWS UP, 11 DIL
    125 1 OIL TANKER BLOWS UP, 11 DIL JERUSALEM. Fri. THE 6.000 ton British oil tanker. Empire Cross, exploded whileunloading at Haifa tonight. Eleven of the 40 crew are believed to have died. The explosion is believed to have been accidental, says A. P. adding that the cargo was reported to be
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    CRIPPS TOLD TO REST
    83 1 LONDON. Sat. SIR Stafford Ciipps, President of the Board of Trade and member of the Cabinet M'ssion to India, has been ordered by doctors to rest, it is officially announced tonight He will spend August la Switzer. land "m order to receive recuperative treatment." Sir Stafford
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    SUMATRA OILFIELDS LIE IDLE!
    158 1 MODERN American-owned oil refineries representing millions of dollars of investment, and some of the richest oil fields m the world, are lying idle m Sumatra because of the chaotic political and military situation, says U.P from Batavia. The Pladjoe and Soen^eigerong refineries m Palembang belonging to
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    Moneylender kills attacker
    151 1 Free PreSvS Report ci* A SINGAPORE money-lender killed one of a gang of robbers who attempted to rob him mi n a Market-street house yesterday, and was then shot m the face by the dead mans henchman, who escaped. This occurred a stone's throw away from Raffles
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    CRICKET ON THE PADANG TODAY
    118 1 CRICKET ON THE PADANG TODAY PRICKET opened on Singapore's Padang today ior the first time since 1941. The match if between Singapore Civilians and an Army eleven. Singapore's side is captained by A.C. Growder. former Singapoe and Malaya player. Though the wicket does n>t J look its best due to
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    Britain to drop Palestine ?
    324 1 Britain to drop Palestine LONDON. I rioav. A FOREIGN Office spokesman said today he "SMtf m,l deny" that Britain might resign her mandate MRRR fRMtm tine if current negotiations towards a settlement brok« down. It was the Government's hope, he said, that it Urn negotiations failed completely, to han^l th?
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      21 1 PHOTOGRAPHS Indue* t fl r »t a*ar %^i vixftt .ilrr.v Cbraitflli nljble. HEW REX Photo Studio i Rattles Place jttiafVl c.ub)
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      168 1 m*m Y. T. I*» J Pen Rape*.. Repairs (J-iflr.-.r.veJ lor Year* 332. Ror.ti endee .3 34 CWi» U -=__Plnr. yn The Straits Bud-get The weekly edition of the STRAUS TIMLS RRMMRRRRRRX 1 Mtil.iyan RRMfR and views, share mur!_ t review mci prices, m ill j tMMRRRRRRRRSR publk*:iti >n on TH
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      Bournemouth 50 Years Hence
      508 2 SIR PATRICK ABEi'.CROMBIE, the fan•cus town planner, has just ret ux /ted from Addis Ab-.ba where he had be lmi Staying at the request of the Emperor of Abyssinia tc gel ideas for the rept^.nr.io^ i>! the Abyssinian cv rial. One of his first questions was:
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      Mandrake
      9 2 E.xclusire to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya
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      Germans Get First Taste Of Defeat
      953 2  -  Mac Fee Ke_r By Reuter's Special Correspondent FE GERMANS are only just beginning to feel the consequences of defeat and they do not like them. Symptomatic of the situation is the sharp fall m the popularity among Germans of the British Zone during the
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      INDUSTRIAL RECONVERSION
      198 2 SOME notable achievements have been scored m Britain I reconversion of her industries from war to peace production, j and some impressive facts tate j recently been revealed by Bri- tain's Board of Trade For example, production of j private cars which, m 1944, averaged 175 per month
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      Blitzed churches for war memorials
      235 2 IIfHAT is to be done with Bri- tain's blitzed churches? Should they be restored, rebuilt, remc ed or replaced? Dr. Nikolaus Pevsner, who is Ass slant Editor of the "Architectural Review." reviewing ->oss bihties. considers that hese ruined churches which cannot or will not be
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      A LIBRARY FOR CHILDREN
      47 2 A sidelight en the road campaign m London kl children's lbrary which h. opened next door to a s the usiest part of town ti. being to take the book* children, so that they don't to cross a busy street |o main library.
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      471 2 D Antral IS/IHT AVA .Shows. 10 30 p.m. Rnythm on Ro a\e\XJi\J MMkmMekm *rl cords, 11.00 p.m. Close Down. RED NETWORK from noon CO R R *P 2 p.m. and 6.30 to 11 m. on MM m >m metres from noon to 2 m. on 4.825 i 5.20 p. m.
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      MR. HALE LIVED IN A.T.S. GIRL FRIEND'S MESS
      542 3 THIRTY-EIGHT year old Subaltern Phyllis Robins faced an A.T.S. court-martial recently because she had allowed the man she loved to live mi n her officers' mess. Her friend, Bertie John Hale, a civilian, used to have breakfast mi n bed and then
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      DEMOBBED MAN WENT BACK
      83 3 A BRITISH soldier has been banned trom Germany for five years by a Britsh Military Court which he faced charged with returning to Germany illegally after being demobbed m England. He is Ex-Sergeant Arthur Henry of Hastings, Sussex. He stayed In England only three weeks after
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      STILL TICKING?
      22 3 Digging is to be resumed to find a 2.0001 b. bomb under a house m Tedd ngton Park-road, Twickenham. Middlesex
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      HOW TO SPEND £2,500,000 A YR
      237 3 REPUTEDLY the richest man m the world— Mr. John D. 1 Rockefeller the third 6ft. 3in. of good-lookin<? cnarni. paused amid the hubbub m the hall of Claridge's Hotel, W., to tell m one easy lesson, how to spend £2,500.000 a year. "You don't
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      Haystack Gave Him A Shock
      63 3 DILL Morris of Letcombe Basm sett, Berk-. a?:d 54, was tlat hing when he threw a copperbound measuring tape over the rick. The tape crossed overhead wires carrying 11,000 vrlts nearby. Mor is p'ckcd up the tape wit^ a stick and "f*lt a sho~k that
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      WIGS ARE CHEAPER
      93 3 /ANNOUNCING also the removal of purchase tax on wigs, Mr. Dalton— th c top of whose head is completely bald- said: "I have got along without their ad, but some people who have suffered shock and illness require adjustments of this sort. A great many ladies require
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      814 AMERICAN WIVES SAIL TO JAPAN
      28 3 The Matson Liner Montery has sailed from Seattle for Japan with 814 w|ves and children of servicemen, says A. P. frc;n Seattle.
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      BRITAIN HAS 211\2 hp CAR NOW
      90 3 BRITAIN HAS 211\2 hp CAR NOW A MINIATURE single-seater car. powered by a two-and-a-hali i horre power engine, is now being manufactured *n Britain. The price, less purchase tax. is 198 Known as the Larmar. it is to be placed on Cf market m the first nlace exoressly for the
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      Rich Harbin faces winter disaster
      288 3 Rich Harbin faces winter disaster THOUSANDS of people face acute distress from hungtr and cold this winter unless China's exhausting civil strife ends soon, writes A.P. correspondent John Roderic from Harbin. Harbin which sits m the centre of the rich, food-bearing soil of the Manchurian plain and wittin easy reach
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      U.K. STUDIES ANTI-ATOMIC ROCKETS
      160 3 U.K. STUDIES ANTI-ATOMIC ROCKETS CH/ "ER" rockets to destroy hostile atomic rocket bombs m mid-air and a 200-ton jet-pro-pelled "flying wing are bein? developed under the direction of four British scientists. The four scientists are Sir John Lennard-Jones. Sir Ben Lockspe ser. Sir Alwyn Crow and Professor J. D. Coekcroft.
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      HELL FOR It RACKETEERS
      27 3 HELL FOR It RAC KETEERS Alfredo Cardial S^ha.itcr, Bishop of Milan. wan*ieu y.vtetcay that black .na'keters wi!l be denied Ccthohc C. lurch sacraments, says AP. tro'.n Rome
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      Baby Talk Makes News
      37 3 It was left to the judge to decide uh cl. was the bonniest baby at a I ondon Raby Show but we'd like to kno.v what these i»vo are saying about the jud;e.
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      TANK GUN WAS HELD UP A YR
      202 3 PRODUCTION of the six-pounder tank gun, one of Britain's most effective weapons during the war. was held up for at least a year because its effectiveness was not fully appreciated when it was first designed. This is one of the facts about tank
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      'THESE MEN SAVE UK KILLERS'
      270 3 BRITAIN'S oremost psychiatrist* were criticised to their ta-ces by Lord Cooper. Ie Lord Justice Clerk Scotland's chief criminal court judge— for hav.ng t o man/ charges of murder reduced by n iking exaggerated and vnproved "laims He told delegates to tne „m**> ference of the
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      TAX IS TAKEN OFF MEDALS
      62 3 EXEMPTION from purchase tax ot medal ribbons and m mature medals was agr. < d to by Mr. Dalton. the Chancellor, m rhe Ccmmcns. Mr. Keeling <Cons.. Twickenham* had comnlained that purchase tax en miniature medals at present was V etcria Cross Rs. 8d :D
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      MANCHESTER LEADS HOUSING RACE
      41 3 Hou-in returns tor Vr.e N rtii of Enaland show that M« nchesPr still leadinj m o ill in-r rerm?nent houses with 2^6 completed. London C xmtf Council ccm? ne*x: vi'-i 197 Co ntry ar? third with 102.
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      NEARLY LOST FAME
      68 3 Police all over Brita n are s-ek-ing a boy aged 13 who has be n missing trom home fjr t*o weeks. The hcv ';as dejected o* Icause he thou ht he was iot go ng to get a film role and MM caused a film compnny to
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      132 3 THE HOLIDAY-ENJOY IT Hill ihe Tarzan (Triumphant) Sp'nt! TARZAN CRUSHES ENSLAVEMENT BY AND TREACHERY OF THE NAZIS! PARACHUTISTS are DOOMED! FIVE SHOWS DAILY k_ jS^QSja^j j^N Tfi No v»8i» \^#»mi I \3mM/ JOHNNY WEISSMULLER *fj u.ed and bound, to be shot m the morrow out V j3Bß^yr .rnsational 1., jp**
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      The Singapore Free Press Death In The Troop Deck
      482 4 The Singapore Free Press Death In The Troop Deck »UR DAY. AUG. 1946 nav c I. u.e doubt that there be a full inquiry into the deatft. ca board the Mauretania RR Freeborn, the who was repatriated -rom Singapore for health rea- 81 ij CC Tie* Press corres--1 .aen. wr.o
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      Saturday Short Story A MISTAKE
      1541 4  - Saturday Short Story A MISTAKE HEATHER WILDE By A SMALL, grey-haired woman, neatly dressed but without a trace of smartness, climbed the dingy stairs with nervous, uncertain steps. She stopped before the door at the end of a dusty and uncarp^ted corridor. She bent and peered at the grimy card,
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      325 4 batten said farewell to Singapore to go to London for the Victory Parade, it was announced that when, m the near future. Grove Road was opened to the public again it would be re-named Mountbatten Road. Well, the load is now labelled Mountbatten Road but it is
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      183 4 QUIZ 1. Which country moved lac resolution, defeated by the UNO Security Council. that all United Nations should be calk upon to break off diplomat c relator with Franco Spain? 2. A Royal Commiss on Is ncunced. For what purpose? 3. Who is tbe new Prime M ster of France?
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      CHINESE LEADER ATTACKS UNION OPPONENTS
      772 5 free Press Correspondent MALACCA, Friday. plea It Parliament and to rhe Malayan and (...v.rnmcnts "not to give the slightest cre-•-.r.-ical. impossible and impracticable fairy „f iv furious intention to absorb Malaya," was ,adt h*. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, C.8.E., a former member of I vc
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      FOOD AREAS IN MALAYA EXPAND
      161 5 REPORTS from all over the Malayaa Union Show that satisfactory interest is being maintained m the production ol food crops, including vegetables. An over-all picture of iood crop cultivation is seen from the latest report of the Malayas Union's De_ partment of Agriculture. In Kedah,
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      12.000 ACRES CULTIVATED
      127 5 The control of short term food production on estates m PeraK was decentralised and made the responsibility of District Officers on June 23 by order of the Resident Commissioner, Perak. the Department of Agriculture to continue to give all adv cc necessary and assist with the supply
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      NEGRI EXPORTS FOOD TO S'PORE
      136 5 In Negri semb.lan crops oi vegetables hav e not been particularly good owing to prevailing dry weather conditions, but approx.mately 750 piculs of fresh vegetables were available for export to Singapore. Prices improved, partly owing to the poor harvest obtained. A totai of 3,495 acres
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      INDIANS TO GIVE UP TODDY
      114 5 TODDY di inking, long a favourite habit of Indian labourers on Malayan rubber estates, is expected to receive its most sev< re blow with the formation of a permanent prohibition committee at the three-day AllMalayan Indian Conference which opens m Kuala Lumpur today. A nucleus
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      CHINESE CAPTURES KEMPEI
      178 5 CHINESE CAPTURES KEMPEI fHCW Lam, a Chinese who works i on a plantation m the Kempas area made a dramatic recapture of an escaped Japanese wanted for interrogation by War Crmes for offences m the Batu Pahat area m Johore against British PoWs and the Chinese populace. Thp Japanese, Miura
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      18 MONTHS FOR $24,000 THEFT
      121 5 POODS to the value o: $24,441. v were statW to have been stolen from a Naafi E.i store m Re#d Street on July 25. Yesterday a Chinese was sentenced to 18 months' saol for taking part lo the housebreaking. In his defence he stated that
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      COURT DISMISSES EUROPEANS' APPEAL
      302 5 Jail For Having Arms APPEALS by two Europeans against sentences of imprisonment for possession of revolvers were dismissed by the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Europeans were Ronald Charles Marriott, who at one time served with the Special Investigation Branch, F. G. Thornso n of a
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      Free Food In S'pore Schools
      28 5 This picture was taken at the Outram Road English School where the pupils get a free meal every day at the •CJovernment expense.
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      BRITISH SHIPS FOR CHINA
      153 5 THE Ch.nese Government is I shortly taking delivery of 20 22* warships. the gift of the British Government to the Cmnese Navy, said a Government spokesman m Nanking yesterday. Press reports state that the ships are already m Hong Kong, where they will be handed over
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      UK REVIEWS LOANS FOR MINERS
      157 5 UK REVIEWS LOANS FOR MINERS I APPLICATIONS for advances for the rehabilitation o. tin mines m Malaya are now being examined m London by Government representatives specially appointed for the purpose. This fact was disclosed at the ann__i general meeting of the Malayan Chamber of Mines (Incorporated) m London on
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      DON'T PAY MORE THAN THIS
      352 5 THE Oo ernment of Singapore has recently released through appointed agents 1.200 cases of soap. 1,100 cases of candles, 256 soap, 1,100 cases of candles. 265 gross dress buttons and a quantity.of clasp knives for retail sale to the public. An official list was issued
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      OFFICER MUST NOT DRIVE RULE IS ON
      160 5 OFFICER MUST NOT DRIVE RULE IS ON Fret Press Reporter THE driving seats of military jeeps, staff cars and other army vehicles were officerless yesterday—the first day of the ban on officer-dr.ving m Singapore. Officers accustomed to driving their own vehicles since the UMM* 1 rat on were mere passengers
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      S.C.S.C. DANCE
      44 5 THE Singapore Ch nese Swimming Club will hold its first postwar dinner and dance at tho club on Aug. 10 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The social is open to members and their families only, and admission will be by ticket.
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      CHURCH SERVICE
      30 5 A service for the Malaya am congregation will be held m Christ Church. Dorset Road, on Sunday, Aug. 4, at 9 30 a.m. and on every alternate Sunday.
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      HOME HONG KONG PLANS £4,000,000 AIRFIELD
      257 8 HOME HONG KONG PLANS £4,000,000 AIRFIELD HONG KONG, Fri. HONGKONG is to have an airfield suitable for use by aircraft of trans-continental type if the British Government approves the plan now being drawn up by the local authorities, the Colonial Secretary stated m the Legislative Council. A good site has
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      Pow's Son To Marry Fraulein?
      107 8 pRIY.TF Fred Hurr wrote .r>»n (p. many to his parrnts m ..rmit vie- road. (Ireenwich tilling th r m he \ad become 1 11 to a blond? German uirl he met at a party ir. B?rlin, and as ;ed his fither's (os'nt I* marry her.
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      WIFE FROM U.S. FOUND SHOT
      117 8 BERLIN, Friday. W HILr r two-year-old (taught b th. played quietly IStalrs. Mr> John T. Burnite. i 31. ol H:\ni~burg. Penn^ylrania, today -hot herself with a n. vi. r plated In a bedroom of her home. Bhe riiel later In an army hospital. wai th,**
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      TANK BATTLE
      29 8 Athens newspaper reports said yesterday that the Greek Army wao us.r.g tanks and pianos agaii ll ailcsed Communist bands on the Olympus foothills says U.P rom Athens.
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      CHENG MEETS KING
      23 8 The King received the new Chi.tese Ambassador. Cheng Tienh.s*. m audience at Buckingham p^ r Tday. says Router fron. London.
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      BRITAIN ACCEPTS ATOMIC PLANS
      244 8 LONDON. Friday. rHE British Government accept both th? American and Russian atomic energy plans, said Mr. Noel Baker. Minister of State, m the House of Commons today. "They believe they need to be fused.'' he added. Mr. Baker who was speaking during a short discussion of
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      FROZEN TO DEATH,LJVED.
      132 8 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE Germans "killed" guinea pigs with cold and, then more than 15 minutes later alter their heart had. stopped, brought them ">>ack to life." The experiment reports were released by the Commerce Department's Office of Technical Services. The experiments were performed by German Air Force
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      RUGBY PLAYER NOT. GUILTY
      116 8 Arthur Evans. 4s. former Halifax. Leeds, Warrington and Welsh International Rugby League for- j ward and heavyweight boxer, was found not guil-.y at Halifax on a charge of administering coal gas J to his wif2 Olga. He was disCharged, says Reuter from Halifax. The prosecution had
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      U.S. ENVOY LIVES LN WOOLWORTH, HOUSE
      56 8 The United States Embassy m London has accepted the gift of Barbara Hut ton's Regent's Park mans on. West Lodge, as residence for the UJS. Amb\s?ador, says A.P. from London. Built by the Woclworth heiress m 1936. the mansion cost $600,000 (US.» and $2,000,000
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      GUAM 'GHOST' SENDS CAR TO ANTONIO
      43 8 A new car was consigned at San Francisco yesterday ior Antonio Artero Chamcrro. who saved the lif e of the "ghost of Guam/ George Tweed, when the Japanese tried to catch him m the jungl- says U.P.
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      'BRITAIN NEEDS NEWSPRINT'
      197 8 CIR KEITH, MURDOCH. Aus--0 traiian newspaper proprietor and chairman of the Australian delegation to the imperial press con:ere-ce held recently In London, told Reuter m London yesterday that it is impossible for Britain and Europe to keep fully Informed on ideas and events which are changing the
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      PRIEST'S SON JAILED FOR ARMS SALE
      177 8 JAMIL oin Haji Ismail, whose J 20-year-old R.A.S.C driver, father *as a kathi religious priest* and who would have followed his father's footsteps but for "evil influences'' during the Japanese occupation, was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment and fined $250 or a further
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      BALI LANDING REPULSED
      88 8 BATAVTA, Frl. [JUTCH tioops paticll.ng the coast m of Bali, cast of Java, engaged and dispersed a force cf about 150 Indonesian extremists who attempted a night-landing, Duich sources reported today. Several Indonesians and a quantity of arms were captured, the report said. When a harml^ss-looku g
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      THIEVES STEAL WOMEN'S COATS
      33 8 London police are looking for four men who bound and gagged a night watchman when they robbed a East London factory lan n:ght. They took 90 women's coats. Reuter
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      AN INTERRUPTION IN THE HOUSE
      63 8 AN INTERRUPTION IN THE HOUSE A car being chased by police at ".0 miles an hou.* through London streets crashed through the railings outside the Houses 01 Parliament ard fell 12 feet to the Hou*e 01 Commons "Speakers 4 Green One person was killed. T he crash interrupted a lop*
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      ARMS FOUND IN KURE
      24 8 An Australian patrol of the British Ocupation Forces, uncovered an aims dump m Kur<\ Japan yesterday says U.P. from Kure.
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      193 5 SALE BY TENDER IMMJ ProwlU dispose ot ih 3' B_:r.gsur Paper Koala Luxn- Uaa Co.. ire Kuaia i :i.ted ts disposal a ri:_ :odia_ of c to n m d posed are .1 *ns: drainage I v Br?.. 5 Ptpes. Pia'.es Ban. Etc s v. Screw* Bolts I Fittings. Ec.
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      W. INDIANS WILL REPRESENT G. BRITAIN
      438 6 Are kie Quick's Sports Column LONDON. Wed. ■PHE Ar«..y had no answer to the RAFs West Indians' Wint I and Mac Donald Bai!cy m the Inter-Service s Athletics l.eld at Aldershot. This was the RAF's second win of the liampionshlp title out of a
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      JANE
      9 6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya
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      Hypericum To Miss St. Leger
      73 6 London, Fr. THE Kings filly Hyper\um has met with an accident and will not take part m the St. I.eger for which she was last quoted 33 to on?. C. Moore, the Kin?s racing manager, stated today that Hypericum was found ca c t ber
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      29 6 and by next Olympics he and Eailey can win titles, but like all o.her athletes they should run to schedule and not keep trying to beat records" said Butler.
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      75 6 THE best Army performance at Aldershot was when stocky Sgt. Corfield, REME, T.pton Warriers and Scottish champion, led home three of his RAF rivals m the Mile event clock ng 4 mins. 24.8 sees. This was the only flat rac c m which the Army succeeded, the r other four
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      COUNTY CRICKET
      179 6 LONDON. Frl. rOUNTY cricket results today vere: At Nottingham, Nottinghamshire beat Warwickshire by seven wickets. Nottinghamshire 372 and 204 tor three (Keeton 82. HardstafT not out 85 >. Warwickshire 220 ano 353. At Leicester, Gloucestershire beat Leicestershire by four wickets. Gloucestershire 348 and 227 for 6 (CranD 50
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      BRITISH A.A.A. MEETING
      57 6 BRITISH A.A.A. MEETING The 120 yards hurdles m prcgress at the British AAA championships at the White City. Winn,- was P. Braekman, of Belgium (third from left). The runners are, left to right, R. A. Powell (Achilles), F. V Scopes (Achilles). P. Braekman (Belgium). A. Hughes (Achilles). Van de Sype
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      RONNIE JAMES FOR WORLD TITLE
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