The Singapore Free Press, 17 August 1946

Microfilm: NL3652
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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r,, II SINGAPORE SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Article
    90 DIE IN CALCUTTA CLASH
    335 1 900 hurt in 'Direct Action 9 day stabbing CALCUTTA, Fri. lIEA VY casualties resulted from the Moslem league's "direct action" day in Calcutta today, protesting against the British plan tor India A check at four leading Calcutta hospitals reveals a casualty list of 90 dead
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    27 1 1 PaiLs ptacf i-onifrence (t I' a;e Jaint-. Bmii s pictured i ?o n$ off the p <*.i* with a ♦wl* warn Ir arrived in I- MM
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    BORSTAL BOYS START FIRE AT DARTMOOR
    115 1 p "R cosei n.i-.s msubordi- I Dm mooi prison •.*ulminated in Iftiaf o: a nr-?. led prison ICQ to hold a .<p^;al meeting representations A the Governor lo thr 3 n-.e Ofß?s 'ar the jubie has b*en ron■N H a s:~\..>n used *s the
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    'STALIN WOULD BLITZ LONDON'
    31 1 un. President ol ch e '-Amer a t La^ur Council r StalahadtaSS -n-ret 01 aiomic XrtmmK would not •a: ..lands You in London just 'o you. reports
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    IN THE TAGUS
    20 1 ,a warships, inL :,,,-<■•«* Franklin PuUd i nUl the Tagus--1 'tei ni he flrst L p :rom L^bon.
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    COLONELS DEPORTED
    29 1 Six een Greek army officers have been deported. They include two colonels, one lieutenantcolonel and thrte majors, all of the left wing ELAS, says UP from Athens.
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    WOMEN FIGHT TO SHOP IN S'PORE
    159 1 Free Press Reporter CEVERAL hundred Chinese, Malay and Indian women tried u to sate crash into John Little's this morning to buy cheap Japanese textiles ranging in price from $1.20 to $3.25 per yard. Police assistance was called and it took five constables manning
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    SPEAR KILLS MAJOR
    52 1 I'AIROBI, Fri. MAJOR Hugh M. Grant, district commissioner in Narok district of Kenya, was killed today by a spear thrown at him by a young member of the Masai tribe, of which Narok is the administrative headquarters. The assailant has been arrested. Full details are not yet
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    SHANGHAI LOOTS, SMUGGLES
    128 1 SHANGHAI, Fri RESPITE <U1 efforts of the Shang- hai Customs and port authorities, the smuggling of dutiable goods into Shanghai continues on a large srale. Nylon liquors and wine and cigarettes head the list ol smuggled items. Meanwhile, wholesale pilferage of imported cargoes goes on. According to
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    She Was A Crack Liner
    72 1 She Was A Crack Liner One-time bolder of an Atlantic speed record the crack Italian liner Rex now lies a half submerged wreck near Trieste. She was holed by a squadron of RAP. rocket planes. Ihi> Un t a ship: it's the Hotel Normandie built on the dunes in Belgium
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    GANGS RAID S'PORE TRAINS
    268 1 GANGS RAID S' PORE TRAINS Free Press Reporter THOUSANDS of dollars worth of goods destined for Malayan 1 Union towns have been slolen by train robbers who employ a technique perfected during the Jap occupation. Concentrating on rice, flour and lorry and car tyres, the looters apparently have inside knowledge
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    ANTI FRANCO MEN ACT
    34 1 The first manifesto of the Soanish underground movement failed yesterday upon all anti- j Franco forces inside and outsid? i Spain to work to overthrow Franco, says U.P. from Paris.
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    U.S. MAY LET IN JEWS
    352 1 U.S. MA Y LET IN JEWS WASHINGTON, Frf. PRESIDENT TRUMAN, in a statement tonight, pxpressed the hope that- as a result -n the British conference with the Jews and Arabs, a "fa 2 solution to the problem ot Palestine can be found, an -i steps taken to all.viate the situation
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    GIRLS SIT FOR AIR SCHOLARSHIP
    36 1 Young girls ot 18 and over throughout Britain are eoMpetftng for flying scholarships which will give them free training in their spare time for a pilot's lir*nr*. says Reuter from London.
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    5 SOLDIERS EXECUTED
    34 1 Five soldiers and four civilians implicated in an attack on a poa» post near Kllkis in northern Salonika in which 20 persons wer? killed, were executed vesterda", says UP. Irom London.
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    Tour Smokes for next week
    48 1 i CINGAPORE'S rationed ci«a- rettes for next week will be: Players, Gold Flake, Capstan and 10 per cent, of Senior Service. Informing the Free Press of this today the Malayan Tobacco Distributors state that dealers have been told how to manage the issue
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    PEER'S GRANDSON SENTENCED
    85 1 Ch^.les James F.tzroy. 17. grandson of Lord and Lady Southampton and son of the Hon Chailes Fitzroy. nephew of the former Speaker of the House of Commons, who pleaded guilty at an RAF court martial to being absent without leave, has been sentenced to 56 days detention.
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    WELLS CREMATED
    34 1 As the remains of H. G. Weils were cremated yesterday afternoon. J B. Priestley said "This was a man w^ose ward was light lc a thousand dark places," reports Reuter from London.
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      38 1 FOOD TALKS TONIGHT Radio Malaya's "Radio Gazette" broadcast on the 300 and 61 metre bands tonight at 9.45 will include a talk by a member of Lord Killearns staff on the latest developments in the iood crisis. I
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      500,000 hope to see 49th U.S. star
      656 2 Hawaii looks to independence rsT all of Unc!e Sams Pacific inlanders are happy today, although there was a chorus of approval Wiien the Jcly 4 ceremonies made the Philippines an independent republic. Hawaii, witi 502,122 anxioui cit zens, h pressing for aeiicrt regarding
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      Navy's 'Sweetheart' gets the M.B.E.
      324 2 P*TTI t eve r-smilUv o Dor. is i Hare, "sweetheart of the British Merchant Navy," radio hostess and commerce of the world iamous Merchant Navy Club. London, recently received Royal recognition of her war- time work j by the award of the M.B.E. a decoration
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      METAL MAGIC
      120 2 ||NE day Miss lgni Hughes IT was in her New York studio Irawing illustrations lor a book of children's storiefe dealing with mechanical characters. This gave Toni an idea, and she decided to make models of theee drawings. So she bought up all the junk a local hardware
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      New China banks on foreign funds
      462 2 pOREIGN capital and I foreign materials and technical aid are counted on in a five-year plan drafted by the Chinese Government for th« rehabilitation and expansion of the country's communication* A start .Till be made in January next. The plan calls for the development
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      DEBRIS IN DUMP ST
      94 2 ILTHOUOH almost a -ear has elapsed sine* Japan's surrender crippled and rubblestrewn. There is little opportunity for social life, sports or entertainment in Hankow. The Hankow and French clubs are blackened ruins; Hankow's notorious "Dump Street"— where all the cheap cabarets used to be situated— is
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      69 2 i HAPPY WORLD BOXlfi M TOMORROW MGHI CTi JUNIOa PSOMOTMH Jg j. Mr MaUh.w dr -u.-j I 1 j|^^>v R.H. PANTON I tfjHtjrl MAURICE TOX I Llil *suoc^P'" ____^---^B ~^om *''la JA(K BIRCH I I POOD! FOOD! FOOD! J That's Th« Cty Of The Day %t < ••i.ic.il* d H
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      54 2 Msindr/lkP Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya J^S I A4ANO«AK£'S HYPNOTIC I rTW£/P/WC TWAT THE°!>OME's"HEEN s /> xS^^^^^l JL WA WO EPFK7 j «£AfIWC MAKES UP FOR MS LACK The story, so far. L/f iik 0N wmme... of eus-how cah thm overMASDAAKE AND LOTWAR TRA.'L THE ///i^^B^^N^ c
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      519 2 -your lucky STAR Fort u lit* torecast for p^opl^ born today You have the requisite umber of talents e I many others— but you u Dot as aggressive u m might be acnut makin* Dest possible use cf ft:* gifts You ares .a let thing* sl.c aloai ii& nilly. You
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      73 3 TONlrilT ALL m WRESTLDf awx%a v n a WEAT WORLD al 8 30p s CONu4-BrttUh WU»r* SON Or KONCi-( bine*. b.mplor JEFF CONDA J W 3ON OF KONG f W* Jm t hin«*e *M Lbs. Giant Killer I v S Ki CAUOi ioxs SAILOR MUS|(ET V CHUNKY HARMAR Bxs JOE
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      BRITAIN GOES ON HOLIDAY
      249 3 Cheap day tickets are back, more petrol and clothes BRITAIN started her biggest holiday season for seven years with a send-off of more clothing coupons, the return of cheap day tickets, more petrol, and the start of family allowances. Single fare for the double journey is
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      U.K. ROAD CODE IS LAW NOW
      139 3 U.K. ROAD CODE IS LAW NOW ALTHOUGH many M.P.s, on 00-h sides, wanted the piopos d new Highway Cods withd:awn ior drafting into simple En^icjh, they approved it by 200 votes to 73 because The Speaker ruled that the Order could not be amended; if members intended to adopt suggestions,
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      OUT OF THE FRYING PAN IMO THE FIRE
      40 3 OUT OF THE FRYING PAN IMO THE FIRE BACK from Burma Dennis Fol-de-ii set up house with hU wife In New Brent-street, H?ndon. Th^n Qh house caught tire. the roof tell in. and tney loot their furniture and weddm? presents.
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      DUD AT HIS ANVIL
      21 3 Th? Gloucestershire town of Lydney ria^ lost its las: blacksmith. George Phillips, who died at his anvil.
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      DEMOBBED TAKE DOMESTIC JOBS
      136 3 HDKD6 of ?x-i>»-rvic?men are taking jobs in domestic senic? M\ny employers prefer th-m. and as hou*?they ate mm ,> placing maids. Ponaer Army cook< are ng thtm^olves a^ cooks- general— "able to cope with ftmifr s are b^i:.; ;)ia*ed bv doHmdw in Sr^tland, girls and women
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      37 3 rVimtss Margaret, pictured shorily before m:dni<ht as she \-U the Sa\o> ballroom. Lon- »n after dam in > in public for th? first time r?»fntly Sh^ was in .1 part\ with Prm-ess KlinVth They both wore white drtssrs
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      RAF FIGHTERS WILL BE JETS
      54 3 A -:•>■ advanced trainer -aft re.;embiirt;» the Spit--S«P?We of 40; m ph. \f' <w Si IWil1 Wil to meet the ;v,,, :r levolutionise v^ l^ report to Coun-i nMkti it clear n;' 0 T; '"Jet fighters. unini aircraft will be introduce pilots to ■•w thai,
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      Duke Will Deputise For King
      83 3 Duke Will Deputise For King THE Duke of Gloucester is returning to England next January from Australia where he is Governor-Genera), to see the King before the Royal Family leaves for the tour of South Africa in February. The Dukes tenure of oftic e in Australila expires on January 30.
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      27 3 Naval officers drink a class ot beer brewed from s*a water, experiments in brewing beer aboard ship from d stiHd *ea water have proved a complete success.
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      Wife tried to scare husband, he died
      127 3 W ife tried to scare husband, he died A GESTURE made to frighten her husband brought drama into the life of Mrs. Mary Davies. 52, of Feeder-road. Bristol. For when she climbed the canal railings after a tiff and fell in, her husband jumped in to save her— and was
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      'GIRLS MUST WEAR PIG TAILS'-HEAD
      134 3 A neadmUtress is trying to en*oire a pigtail hair style for giri- or 11 to 18 a f her school. '•Please send your daughters j back from holiduy with their hair j uncurled and tied back, preferab- j ly in two plaits, from the yours-
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      ILL IN ROYAL TRAIN
      37 3 While the royal tra n was taking th? Queen and Quern Marv to Brghton en holc'ay. l?3d ns iriOtor exar»Mn°r L?sli° Cous'ns, a^ed 45. of Hov?. was tak?n aertonslf ill: he died lat?r.
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      JAIL FOR SHIRKING
      19 3 Spiriting at work to t>? f)uniihed by fines or gaol in ,the Er.tish zone of Germany.
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      NOW HE DRAWS THE CURTAINS
      73 3 TWO women gave evidence at Taunton. Somerset, against an ex-RAF man, Leonard Hancock, 36. shop assistant, who. they said, won nothing when -he did physical exercises at his open bedroom window in the early morning. Hancock living in Laburnumatreet. Taunton, said he did not wear
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      HOLIDAY FOR M.P.s
      12 3 Parlament will resume its sittings on Tuesday. October 8.
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      He Fights For Prize Money
      92 3 He Fights For Prize Money This is Captain Millers British sea captain of the Cardiff, steamer Elizabeth. Hr claims the prize money for the C.S.* feed jI ip /iifi/i<an Farmer' After s'.i n had been abandoned by her crew in mid -ocean following a collision with a sister ship. antain
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      FISH PRICES 'TOO HIGH'
      121 3 PRICES of fish in Britain's fishmongers' shops are too high. That is one of the :on:lusions of the special Government committee appointed to inquire into th? recent strike of tnwlermeft Skippers working out ot Hull are earning an average «»t £5.000 a <par (.rom £1.500 to
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      £9,000,000 ACCOUNT
      27 3 Durham County Council. *ith 105 S#c.altst members and 12 Moderates, dec d:d to transf?r its £9.000.000-a-year banking account to the Co-op?: ative Wholesale Society Bank.
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      BORN WITH TEETH
      23 3 Baby girl with tro perfertlylormed lower front t?eth has been born to Mrs. Gladys Semnmis. >f Orange Park. Ealing. London.
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      WHEAT FLUNG INTO THEIR FURNACE
      130 3 BECAUSE of the coal shortage, two electricity supply companies in the Argentine have burned more than 4.000.000 tons of grain under their boilers aus fuel. This would be enough to honour all the bread ration in Britain for 40 weeks. The figures are giv:n in
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      WOMEN SAID TO HAVE AIDED PoWs
      146 3 WOMEN SAID TO HAVE AIDED PoWs ALLEGATIONS t u at ih? m women a'tfNmptrd to ad n r^ape of CVrman p'aon^rs of war were made in a Birm njl'.am court recently. Two of th» womr»n w?re Mrs. Mar en B?atiic? Pole Cadburv member of the cocoa i airly. »n»1 her
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      R.N. dockyards help civilians
      134 3 ROYAL Naval dockyards mra going to make goods lor civilian use a temporary measure for using surplus productive capacity ard maintaining employment. CHATHAM will now turn out coah boxes dust b'ns, water tanks wheel barrows, pillar-boxes, steel lamps, meat safes, prefabricated housing components, furnitwe, greenhouses and
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      The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 17.
      467 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 17. sign of the reduction of the Forces in South East Asia is the disbanding of the R.A.F.'s 232 Group, which was formed at Comilla in April last year to operate all R.A.F. air transport east of Calcutta, as far as the Netherlands East
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      4 out of 5 houses for rent
      792 4  -  J. BROWNE &E, ENGLAND PLANS ghgfhgfhgfhg WHILE the housing shortage is debated with concern throughout Britain, the problem is more acute in the South-East than in most areas; bomb, flying bomb and rocket took toll of a vast number of dwellings. The Minister
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      Calling P.O.Ws.
      93 4 UY Association (War Prisoners 171 Singapore) has been recently advised that the Government is 'mast anxious to give all possible help to ex-Prisoners of War and Internees who have fa led to find any accommodation, and requires a list of persons so situated with a view to giv.ng
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      615 4 DROFESSOR ALBERT SZENTr GYOKGI, of the chair of Medical and Organic Chemistry in the University of SZEGED, Hungary, has just been awarded the Cameron Prize in Practical Therapeutics by Edinburgh University for his work in connec ion with Vitamin C. Some years ago he jwas awarded the
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      Built Siam rail-ferry
      195 4 Built Siam rail-ferry OUR GOOD NEIGHBOURS rK Ihe first months aftei Japanese surrender Malayan Railways managed by the Strand ope rated mainly bv Forces with TOCb local f sonnel as could b^ re^ ployed. A very imooriur.t cor towards restr.rtins the m* yan Railway was the 1 tion of 28
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      Paddy's Request
      136 4 BEING regular readers of your papers, we pay special attention to page eight, as it always displays a photo of "home." We would consider it a favour if you could oblige us with a snap of Ireland, the island of saints and generals. Being residents of Ireland, naturally,
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      FAITH
      12 4 Let all xb+sr that put Invt la T%ee rejoi**. Psalms. 5.
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      Air warfare of the future
      306 4 AMERICAN and Russian scientists are working independently to build a new atom-smasher which may create energy much greater than that of the atomic bomb, the University of California announced. With the aid of the new machine, scientists hope to study the fundamental forces wl.lcb hold
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      Letters Wot! No Ring?
      96 4 Letters Wot! No Ring? WRITE to warn people of what may be a racket. In one of the European-run Servicemen's clubs in Singapore, I bought a fifty dollar lady's ring from a jeweller, who has a contract (from Army Welfare, I believe) to carry on business inside the club. The
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      12 5 im>- fire vft a Singapore; ammunition dump (at Nee Soon. Setetar) ablaze.
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      Third Trooper Docks Aug. 23
      152 5 Free Press Reporter FF. third trooper to arrive in Singapore this month will be the Empress of Scotland on Aug. 23. No informa- I \ei been received regarding the number of civilians ..nri Sen ice personnel on board. e.-sel, however, is scheduled to leave with
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      MUTINY COURT MARTIAL ADJOURNS
      122 5 MUTINY COURT MARTIAL ADJOURNS Bptdft] Correspondent KLUANG. Fri. THE RtU General Court Mar--1 which 262 men of Hfc Pa..uhu e Battalon are I a. charge of joining rose after the morndav and will resume Monday morning. of law was raised by ndmi officer Capt J.P. i whether the nomi--lleged mutineers
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      NEW PLAN TO GIVE S'PORE 50,000 MEALS
      238 5 NEW PLAN TO GIVE S'PORE 50,000 MEALS THE launching of two new 1 schemes to provide 50.G00 35--cent meals a uay for the people of Singapore, thereby delivering a severe blow to \t black market operators in food, was announced by Mr. T. P. F. McNeice of the Social Welfare
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      RAF WILL MAKE LAST DDT SPRAY FLIGHT
      305 5 RAF WILL MAKE LAST DDT SPRAY FLIGHT FREE wMfely-dispersed mosquito-breeding area is South-East Asia will be sprayed with DDT by an RAF. Dakota from Seletar airfield. The operation will last a month, and RAF installation at Batavia, Palembang, and Mingaladon (Burma) will be thoroughly sprayed. This will most probably be
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      INDIAN MUSLIMS TOLD: 'NO POLITCS'
      166 5 INDIAN MUSLIMS TOLD: 'NO POLITCS' IN a mass rally of All-India Muslim League adherents in Singapore yesterday morning, Mr. M. Karim Gani, president of the South Indian Muslim League, and a former minister in the Azad Hind Government of Subhas Chandra Bose, asked Indian Muslims in Malaya not to "interfere
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      POLICE GET JEEPS
      19 5 o: the co-operation autho ru^ e Arm J. with the clvil erimeu the war a S^nst
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      RAF FAMILIES
      44 5 Sixteen R.AJ families and three families of Air Ministry civilian employees arrived from U.K. in the Monarch of Bermuda. A further 43 famlies of offices and airmens are travelling in the 1 ner Britannic expected to sail from England on Aug. 22.
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      LADY GENT ARRIVING NEXT WEEK
      108 5 LADY GENT ARRIVING NEXT WEEK rRE than 450 passengers, the majority of whom are Malayans, will arrive in Singapore from the United Kingdom and Holland by two Du'ch s&ips early next week. Frst of these vessels to put into port will be the 20,000-ton liner Oranje on Monday, with 192
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      'RAPWI' SQUADRON DISBANDS IN SEPT
      264 5 FE RAF 31 Squadron, based at Kemajoran airfield. Batavia, which was responsible for the air evacuation of a total of 19,490 displaced persons between May 20 and July 24 in Java still operates a regular service from Batavia to Bandoeng, carrying suppl es and equipment
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      ABETMENT CHARGES
      126 5 POR abetting the offence of criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect to military property valued at $6,000 oy instigating Mohamed Sadtgu to dispose of the goods, 23 year-old Ho Ah Kaw was produced in u«e Third Police Court and charged. It was alleged that the
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      Rubber estates 'must keep costs down'
      258 5 WARNING estates that if the plantation rubber industry is to prosper it must keep its costs down so as to compete with synthetic rubber manufacture, Mr. G. W. Husband, chairman t>f the Johore Planters Association, speaking at the general meeting in Johore Bahru yesterday,
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      Question strikes Jap officer dumb
      316 5 Free Press Reporter 1 QUESTION by the prosecution officer in a Singapore V« A Crimes Court yesterday struck a Jap PoW camp com mandant dumb. The Jap, Capt. Hachi*uka. chid of the PoW camps in Fakmbaa*, was asked whether, in spite of the aeu <
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      ASSIZE COURT ACQUITS THREE WOMEN
      86 5 ASSIZE COURT ACQUITS THREE WOMEN THREE omen were acquitted and discharged by Mr. Justice Worley yesterday when a common jury returned a verdict of nut guilty against them on a charge of bavins dishonestly retained stolen property, the proceeds t>; an armed pang robbery The women Thomas Mendcza, Mabel Santa
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      A verage UK wage rates £4 12s. 7d.
      383 6 WAGES in Britain on the average rose during the war by 74 per cent. This Ls disclosed i n the report of a special inquiry carried out among manual workers in January and published in the "Ministry of Labour Gazette" recently. The
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      SOLDIERS' WIVES LIVE HERE
      49 6 l ..e e a e the newly prepared married quarte-is for British solders in Berlin. In this ivy-clad Llock of flats British soldi rs famil es will be acroxnmodaUd. Kach family wilt have a self contained flat with furn tare requisition :d from the Germans.
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      V.C. PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIP
      47 6 M^jor Robeit Cain, Isl? of Mans y v.C. who won the decoration at Arnhem. handed over 1 500 to his old si" 001, K.ng '»V; 'ham's College to lound a holarship for the management -> r^iT of Shell Petroleum Company. His emDloyers jubscr.bed ihe money.
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      Cunard Build Up Food Staff
      64 6 NEARLY 900 catering experts are being: built up by the unard White Star line to serve passengers in the Queen Elizabeth on her maiden passenger voyage on October 16. Many of them are men and. women with long serviv-e in the lines biegest sh ps~
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      HOMELESS LIVE ON THAMES
      151 6 rsCAPE from th. -ousing pro- blem has ,een found by a bana of hardy Britons, mostly Trom London, in a new life aboard surplus Adniii lty craft. These men are alongside a stretch of grazing land aiong the Thames near fctaines. /noie or less together in
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      SCIENTISTS VOLUNTEER FOR MIDGE BITES
      320 6 SCIENTISTS VOLUNTEER FOR MIDGE BITES FUR scientists are spending this summer exposing bare arms and legs to midge bites and capturing and tabulating the insects that bite them. The result of their researches may be the extinction of one of Britain s greatest The investigatS« f known as the Midge
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      BOY SOLD HIS SUM ANSWERS
      234 6 THE boy who sat next to Peter Ford in school was always asking questions. Peter told him the answers when he could, but he failed to see why he should g\\e something for nothing. So he issued a prospectus among his fellow-pupils at Illord College.
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      NEW NAMES GIVEN TO BISCUITS
      94 6 THOSE wholemeal b'JCldti Known to our grandmothers —and probably their grandmothers, too -as digestive biscuits, may not be sold under that* name after September 30. Ministry of Food officials have decided the word digestive' is mislead, ng. The public might think, they say. that the
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      HOME
      26 8 .1 ral pcture sho, s the beaches M Folkestone. Kent, where ma nv Londoners are spending summer holiday this year in Britain. Kenu,ley Newspapers picture.
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      Constellations to fly again
      95 8 LOIS DON. Fri. *JIANT U.S. Constellation air a liners grounded in July »»:»ausj of. acidmts are to sume Atlante flights. The Constellation flipper Bermuda due at London airport on Tuesday will reinaugura'e the service. Panamrrican Airways announce. <h'ef modi a cat ions made during the 40-day
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      GOERING ASKS LEAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN
      119 8 UERMAN Goering asked the In--11 terna'ional tribunal though rus attorney yesterday for permission to testify again in order to refute implications that he had ?:ivth ng to do with the scientific 'tortures and experiment at bn« Von centra* lon camps, oays UP. from Nuremberg
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      'SOVIETS ARE UNREASONABLE AT PARIS'
      350 8 'SOVIETS ARE UNREASONABLE AT PARIS' NEW YORK, Friday. QENATOR TOM CONNALL Y, chairman of the Senate Foreign u Relations Committee, said today that "Russia has maintained an unreasonable positn a at the Paris Conference." He made the statement on board the Queen Mary before leaving for Southampton. "We are all
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      COMMUNISTS ATTACK BUT TALK PEACE
      324 8 NANKING, Fri. a background of reports that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has called a conference of China's leaders in an effort to find a solution to internal strife, and that the Chinese Communists think Gen. George Marshall, U.S. special 'peace' envoy, can btfll succeed in bringing
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      MIDDLESEX BEATEN
      199 8 MIDDLESEX wer e beaten by an i lf innings and 14 tans by Kent at Lord's to-day. Results in other Country cricket games were At Cheltenham. Gloucestershire beat Surrey by 55 runs. Gloucestershire 132 and 299 for 7 declared (Wilson 59, Barnetc i 101, A. V. Bedser 4
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      IT'S 'INDEPENDENCE DAY' IN INDONESIA
      278 8 BATAVIA, Friday. THOUGH there is very little prospect of serious disturbances 1 in Batavia on Indonesia's independence day the authorities face to-morrow's dawn with some nervousness. All commemorative ceremonies and demonstrations have been banned. This ban includes the semi-private ceremony of unveiling the independence memorial,
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      UNRRA FUNDS WILL HELP CHILDREN
      138 8 UNRRA FUNDS WILL HELP CHILDREN I IjNRRA decided yesterday to establish an international children's fund in liberated countries. The fund will consist of money and supplies left over after UNRRA's liquidation next winter. The resolution, offered by the Polish delegate. Dr. Ludwig Rajchc an, was approved at a plenary meeting
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      U.S.-BATAVIA
      22 8 Trans-Pacific air transport service between Los Angeles and Batavia is scheduled to stare about September 15, says p from Los Aiige-les
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      DIVER SEEKS SILVER HOARD
      165 8 UICTOR Berge, South Seas pearl operator, hopes to recover 10 million dollors in the Philippines s.lver from the bottom of Manila Bay. Berge said that President Manuel Roxas ha. granted him permission to attempt to iccover the silver which was dumped approximately one mUe off the
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      37 4 QUIZ What particular powers or characteristics belonged to these?— 1 Houdini. 2 Stentor. 3 Captain Webb. 4. Galahad 5 Orpheus*. Solomon. 7. Cassandra. 8. Nestor. 9. Cinquevalli 10 Pro. teus. 11. Blondin. 12. Atalanta. Answers on Pa*e
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      81 6 QUIZ Answers 1. Power to escape from bonds. Powerful voice. 3. Swimming. 4 Chastity. 5 Skill in music. 6. WUdon. 7. Power of Droohecv. 8. W'sdom (through a^e>. 9. Jugzlir.g. 10. Power of rhane»n°: his l 11. Acrobatic balancing. 12. SrePd in lunning. J Nf Exclusive to the Singapore Free
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      Sport Heads Fear Television Menace
      383 7 Sport Heads Fear Television Menace v LONDON, By Air Mail. CPORTS promoters and controlling associations, alarmed by u the menace of television, have approached the Government's committee on television to get a clear-cut case of copyright established, writes Frank Butler in the Dairy Express. There is no law to prevent
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      NEW SWIM RECORDS ESTABLISHED
      93 7 NEW BRIGHTON, Cheshire, Fri. French swimmer, broke the new British 150 yard* men's backstroke record which he himself set up yesterday when he won the final in the British amateur swimming: championships which Mere continued here today. H*s f'me was 1 min. 38.6 sec. Another British
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      GOVER AND LANGRIDGE FOR OVAL TEST
      699 7 GOVER AND LANGRIDGE FOR OVAL TEST LONDON, Fri. FOLLOWING the announcement that the England bowlers t Voce and Pollard have been pronounced unfit and will not be able to play in the final Test match against the Indians which starts at the Oval to-morrow/ Alf Gover, the Surrey fast bowler,
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      ARMY SOCCER XI v CHINESE
      123 7 THt follo»i»f h *T» I sHMed to represent the ombined *rnnv a?amst the ii% to-days chanty iJ; lan Bcsar stadium Gaalkteixr: Si? Goraiii (ALF <,« Hibernian): left back: iiir Stevenson (711 Army T*s r O v RF India Comd). right hZk I (pi (hampion (REME
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      CRICKET ON S.R.C. PADANG TO-DAY
      41 7 /CRICKET on the Singapore Recreav' tion Club half of the padang will be started today when an S.H.C. team meets the Air Ministry Works Directorate Sports Club. The game will be played on a matting wicket.
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      ROVERS' SOCCER
      81 7 r FHE Hovers soccer team to play J- R.N.A.S. Sembawang at Sambawang today will be chosen from: Ong En* Hoe, A. Rahman, Tan Chin Lye, Ong Swee Hock, IJaiith bin Oman. I.J. Vass. Ong Leong Hoo. Chew Kwan Leong, Sharlff Mardon, Haii Grahan, Kennt Leembrucgpn, Qhla Boon Leong.
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      COLONIALS
      60 7 'OLONIALS against the Naval Base cricket team on Sunday at Jalan Besar Stadium. Play starts at 11 am. A.E. Delilkan (Capt.). L.C. Delllkan. R. Delilkan. W. Ratnayake. C. Colling, L.S. Nathan felsz. E.P. Maclleyzer, D.R. Miller, A. Fernando, D.E. Anderson. Thiagarajah. Albert. Arirachandra, J. A. B. Galtegoda, J. Delilkan.
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      CONSISTENT SCORER
      28 7 A new picture of Denis Cempton, th e England batsman, who has been one of the most consistent scorers In English wicket daring; the past month.
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      ENGLISH CRICKET AVERAGES
      374 7 ENGLISH CRICKET AVERAGES •THE foUowinc «w the English and 1 Indian cricket averages up to and inctadfcw A« 2. KKGUHI AVttAGES BATTING HicfaMt Inmlf .OJtuns scoreAvße W. R. Wmim-w»»h 2 1.425 211 7t.l€ C.Washbrook SS 7 2,122 182 75.78 M. P. Donnelly S4 S 1,204 142 Mil D Compton S5
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      TONIGHT'S WRESTLING
      112 7 Tomght'« Afl-ln-vrestiing programme at the Great World Arena will see two British Empire Champions in action. One is Jeff Conda, styled as the It. heavy weight champion of the Empire who clashes with the 303 lb\ Chinese Son Of Kong, over 10 rounds. Kong, who is the official
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      S.R.C. MEETING
      36 7 r pHE Singapore Recreation Club will be holding a meeting at the clubmoum on Friday, Aug. 23 for the purpose of electing sports office bearers. Playing and non-playing members are requested to turn up.
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      INDIAN TEAM FOR WORLD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
      178 7 From Venon Morgan, INDIA'S national nag will fly for the first time In Suiope next week when film-actor cyclist Janki Dass carries it high at the march past of nations taking part in the world cycling championships at Zurich. Dass, manager of a six-man
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      95 8 ship movements! IN SINGAPORE RO\DS F.. Passmore. British. 3iT ton*: from 3*»n?koic Aug. 15. destination and drtr i o/ departure unknown. Tair-a, British. 3.756 tons: from Kure Aug I>, destination and da-** or Ue- :pa :re unknown. Bidor. British. 436 tons: t\\»m Rang- 'ksA Aug. 15. destination and date of
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