The Singapore Free Press, 21 April 1947

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1947. PRR'I JO CENT*
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    KNIFE ATTACKS IN INDIA CITIES
    365 1 KNIFE ATTACKS IN INDIA CITIES BOMBAY, Sunday. pIOTING has again broken out m India m Cawnpore, Bombay and Calcutta. In Bombay alone, 20 stabbings were reported today— two of them fatal, m the United Provinces industrial city of Cawnpore, troops m armoured cars and Bren-gun carriers have been called out
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    A LOSS TO DENMARK
    8 1 A LOSS TO DENMARK The Late King ChrLstian
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    20 ARMY PLANES SABOTAGED
    32 1 The L:ndo n Daily Telegraph representative m Lisbon reports that 20 Portuguese Army planes were sabotaged on April 10 during an attempted revolt against the Portusuese government. U.P.
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    FOUR ARMED ROBBERIES
    68 1 FOUR ARMED ROBBERIES pOUR armed robberies were re- ported to the Singapore Police on Sunday involving $2,120 m cash and jewellery. There was a roadside robbery at 7th mile, Serangoon Road, when two Chinese, armed with pistols, stopped a van belonging to a biscuit factory and robbed the three occupants
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    MINISTER IN CRASH
    30 1 The French Minister for the Interior, Edouard Depreux, yesterday narrowly escape^ injury when a plane m which he was landing at Paris "pancaked" on the aerodrome. Reuter
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    GENERALS CAST NAZIS IN RIVER
    151 1 MUNICH, Sunday. HTHE bodies of Hermann Goering and the ten major Nazis I who were hanged at Nuremberg last October were cremated, the ashes thrown together into an army dustbin and then dumped into the River Isar near K.unich by four Allied Generals, writes Reuter's
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    90 1 LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON, a Vickers "Viking" tonehed iown KaMauj Airport. Stagapovf It i k 'h e first machine of this type to fly east of India and is MRying i kcrs-Arm stron? officials to Aust-alia and N<"T Zealand. The plane htm l^ r t Icr Austra'ia. rciu-r.ing a few wr
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    Dynamite had blows up
    65 1 r?ORTY people were killed and 200 w it injured when a railway wasin filled with dynamite blew up m Fiume railway goods station, reports the Italian news agency. The explosion rocked i*%~ enVrp eHy oi Fjrv.o. rrded to Yugoslavia by the p?ace treaty Vugoslr.v authorities hive
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    Army employs Navai Base men
    244 1 Army employs Navai Base men Free Press Siaif Reporter HUNDREDS of ex employees of the Singapore Naval Base iire registering for work at the missioner of Labour a office m Havelook Road, alter fcav! g been served wi h notices to quit by the Dockyard authorities. A naval ipoiiesman -aid
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    EGYPT CASE FOR UNO
    66 1 EGYPT CASE FOR UNO CAIRO. SuncL: EGYPTIAN Premier Nokrashi Pasha announced today that the Egyptian Government had decided to submit the AngloEgyptian dispute to the United Nations Security Council. A Cabinet member said after a three-hour cabinet meeting that Egypt would raise the question within two weeks. He added the
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    TROOPS CINEMA BOMBED
    23 1 TROOPS CINEMA BOMBED i .V&S In Royal no r .::ed I 20 I I m rvea I H M us- Reuter A .P.
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    DAKOTA CRASHES
    56 1 t The aircraft had been chartered to bring a football team from Dhe Clyde to South Africa. The Mercury Air Transport -ed are sending a relief Dakota due to arrive at Malakal on Wednesday to continue with the passengers and bring back the Clyde team m time for
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    DENMARK KING DIES AT 76
    300 1 DENMARK KING DIES AT 76 TIM. Cfcristian Ol Denmark died m Ihc Royal Palace at X Copcfthagen just after eleven o'clock tonight. The crisis bezan at 5 o'clock m the evening when the Kingfs nurses called doci. r- to the castle. For the last few hours the Danish Queen, tfcc
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    TOURS AFRICA
    26 1 President Vincent Auriol of cc arrived m Dakar yesteraboard the French warship Richelieu on the first stage of his of French West Africa.— Reuter
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    FRAULEIN GOES TO U.S.
    26 1 The first U.S. soldier since the r to marry a German with his Army's permission, With her for New York yesterday.- U.P.
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    Bells ring for Princess' 21st
    291 1 Bells ring for Princess' 21st PKINC i:ss ELIZABETH'S 21st birthday today will be marked m London by the flying of flags on Government buildings and a peal of bells for an hour at St. Paul's Cathedral and tor a shorter period at Westminster .\blx>. The Princess is celebrating her birthdaj
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    TIN MAGNATE DIES
    55 1 Simon Patino, a Spanish- Indian peasant, who became one of the world's richest tin magnates, died m Buenons Aires yesterday. He was 81. He is survived by his wife and his son, Antenor, who has managed the tin fortune m recent years. Petino built his fortune from
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    MALAYAN BEAR CHARMS CEBU
    54 1 A Mala... r anied Brenda has charm "i the people o! Cebu m the Philippines. Bre. da is the r^ascot of tae British cru. H.MS. Manxman Cebu v sitors yesterday crowdeu the ship during visiting hours to sec Br iida eat almost anything r hat is
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  • FOR WOMEN...
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      LAUNDRY MADE EASY
      918 2 LAUNDRY MADE EASY IN AND OUT OF STORE SHOPS FREE PRESS W; -M.W REPORTER AUICKER and easier laundering is a fqatur. f the dresses exposed by England th?s summer. Shoulder pads have alwa? been a nui-ance and the best plan is to clip them on with press studs, especially heie
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      CLEANS EASIER
      174 2 TIIK many housewr. 1 who now have to do their own cooking will be glad to hear about a ne* v getable < r which hi been on the market. It Will peel three pounds of vegetables m two minutes, needs no cleaning and is easy to dry
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      CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY
      138 2 CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY NEW surgery fur children and 'teen with heart trouble, to save ihem from a lifetime of invalidi.-m, has been described by Robert E. Gross, MD., of Harvard Medical School. Gross said the trouble that the new surgery repairs is a narrowed spot m the aorta. That le
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      TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
      347 2 \/J W' t hLs hand was h and that he had better play ish whatever suit his pari nrld SI major suit had been the chances were that East-West had major-suit length. West had many spades to hope that his par also had length tn that suit,
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      FRONT-RANK DESIGNER
      388 2 FRONT-RANK DESIGNER Paris Spring Collect,o ns BY A SPECLU CORRESPONDENT ANEW post-v, visible m the I Spring Collections. Chri Dior, newcomer among front-rank desi| foremost exponent. H mg a strong influxPans fashion. The figure on th e the sketch shows Di style: the long, skirt with fullness m th< below
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      YOUR LUCKY STAR
      99 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast foi people born today DORN today, yours is a strong character and you lut th^ will power and determinn to carry through any project, once begun. Set and determined m >our v.'.v ;i mmsi tight against becoming stubborn and dogmatic m your outlook on Iff*.
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      870 2 SINGAPORE WONDAI l. Pill Woria Ne*« 4.00 p.m. Light Music Featurl I i i Quarter; 1.15 Bllß Network English :o Harp" Fanfare; 145 Goitr: 8 pm. Rhy.hmics, Raio aa Costa P v Ist) World News >urs fjr 12 oo— oo p.a. 185 metr<^ m toe r F Hartley's Quintet. 4.30
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  • PICTURE NEWS...
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      SELETAR RAFS HOLD SPORTS
      81 3 AN Apr!] 9, 1947, the Ra^ at SefeUr, Singapore, held their annual athletic meeting, a feature of which wa* the keen enthusiasm of competitors and spectators T!ie*»e pictures 1 and 2: Tlu- Children's rare m progress 3: The Tu* of War event; 4: The c^iamp his
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      33 3 TAP 7 A KJ «%KA-Mnß TarxaK desperate By Edgar Rice Burroughs PRIMITIVE CREATURES SOUGHT nM^^^ M 8v« "SrEW "c LOSER I^Sp>A^. '^^t^t^' "iHHHI«OTb IZQab^liiS I N I, I 1 >t>&yssm z^.'*" z. -2290-
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1947. income Tax I.
      630 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1947. income Tax I. NOW that Budg:t Day is past, the people of England kn-jw the rst about income tax they are to pay a little less, though the standard rate remains at nine shillings m the pound. But m re the people
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      GOOD MORNING.... By Frank Owen
      1109 4 jit AY the sun shine, and all go well with the people of Britain now that the ice has broken," as they say m Canada. Certainly no people on this earth ever better earned a break. After the bombing and the battles were over the
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      QUIZ
      46 4 French deny that segregatior of Greater Saar is attempt t< seize Western Germany's nc! coal-mines? van has consistent!} i Winston C hnth inside and out ol of Ccmm:ns? British Pclil a ir nd Hyderabad owe allegiance to Viceroy tnd n to new Ind:an Interim > i:;ment?
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      Careers for Women
      41 4 V v h.i\<- to bave a tu.s.< tn< d, a „< j£ a j p ;»r--macist. Women's patience and delicacy of handling an specially suited to this. This Ls taking a throe year c< I ?a (London) IVIv technic.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      370 4 TEN tnbusand p:opie m B:mbay recently saw an yogi 11 AM A NAN 1> SWAMI, raised from a cement "tomb" m which he had been al d 24 hours befoie. He came out oi a trance and was normal five minutes later. DR. BHARUCHA, a heart specialist,
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      FROM TALES TANGLIN-15
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      KING CHRISTIAN THE MAN
      447 4 KING CHRISTIAN THE MAN FREE PRESS M'hi i,\L CORRESPONDENT THE death of King 1 Christian X of Denmark 1 at 11.04 p.m. night ended the 35 gn of "Europe's most democratic King". He is succeeded by his eldest son, Crown Prince derik. In 1912 His Majesty Cb X, by the
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    LOCAL NEWS...
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    CHINESE TRY 'BACK DOOR IMMIGRATION
    342 5 CHINESE TRY 'BACK DOOR IMMIGRATION An old gag fails again b ree Press Staff Reporter WHILi: the check on illegal immigration into Singapore from China is being maintained constantly, Chinese, determined to make their way into the Colony, are resorting to the pre-war ''back-door' methods of eluding immigration officials but
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    BURMA HUNTS 'RED' CHIEF
    312 5 \d 9ecret service men are scouring the Thakin Soe, dare-devil leader oi Burma's imunist) Party and one of the most colour- ful figure m Burmese politics Two months ago, when the Burmese Government declared the "Red Flag" Party illegal and rounded up its leaders. Thakin Soe
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    56 5 Plcinw show, i f v blocks of modern hoiiiss for the staff of the Special Commissioner m Sontlt-Ea i Lord Killearn. Built on a hill ofT Braddell Road, Singapore, the houses will be f<W occupation on June 1 \s soon as the blocks now building are complete, work will start
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    WAR GRAVES MEN GO HOME
    95 5 THE headquarters, Australian War Graves Group, SEAC, has finally closed down preparatory to returning to Austi. m the very near future. Smce its arrival truly i:. September 1945, every consideration and co-operation has been extended to the Group and "it is desired to express to
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    VICEREINE VISIT HOSPITAL
    96 5 Viscountess Mountbatten accompanied by I.t A. C. Taylor, Surgeon to the Vlesroy, visited the P>ritish Military Hospital nt Delhi Cantonments recently. She was nvt i>\ Bris. K. \V. I). Van-haii, IVelhi Distrii't Coiumander Matron Mi.v--j. Everett, QAIMNS, Matron-in-Charre, and Lt-CoL s. o. Bramwell, RAMC, Olßcer Com"landing the
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    BUILDERS MAKE 7 DEMANDS
    153 5 BUILDERS MAKE 7 DEMANDS demands have t>ecn sub- mitted to the Buiding Contractors' Association, on b:>alf of the Building Workers' Uni by the Federation of Trad Unions, Singapore Bianch. The demands are <l) Mm mum of $9 to SlO a day for skilled work mum of S's to $7 for
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    Powdered Milk from India
    17 5 Powdered Milk from India i or i prospect of Mi|H* Xt powdered xthenie manure r wiU ,rnment
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    MORE OCEAN WHARVES ARE PLANNED
    218 5 ItfORK on the restoration and movement of port facilities it Pun Swettenham its being tressed ahead. Further cor.skl- ris being given to dcvloptf th ion oi addiil ocean res. The General Manager of the an Railways says that en -.rage 1,560 tons of goods *'ere
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    BRITAIN AIDS COLONIES
    262 5 BRITA IN AIDS COLONIES BRITAIN'S further education and vocational training scheme for Colonies is proving Mw worth. In the first nine month*)! 1 nearly 1,600 candidates have bet f in Britain for vocational training; I and nearly 50 m further education group. This scheme is Britain's gift to men and
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    More homes for Killearn colony
    402 5 Free Press Stall Reporter rbe ready by June 1. stmi permanent homes for 50 members on the staff of the Special (omnissioner. Lord KilJearn, are fast nearing completion off Braddell R<,ud, Singapore. The houses when completed will be known as Braddell Rise. The\ will have
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    40,000 TONS PADI BOUGHT IN 3 MONTHS
    125 5 THi; Controller of Supplies, Malayan I'nion, announces that the Government, sinte the beginning of the year up to the first week m April, has purchased (iiO, 147.60 piculs (16 8 piculs ton) of localty-grown p:id 78.088 GO piculs were purchased A breakdown Of
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    S.E. ASIA AWARDS
    201 5 AWARDS for gallant and distinguished services m South East Asia have been announced m New Delhi. They are: D.S.O: T Lt.-Col. W. R. Yenning (Madras Regt): 0.8. E.: T Lt.-Col. W. B. P. Milne, MC. (R.1.A.), and T Lt.Col. A. T. Scott (Madras Regt), M.8.E.: T Maj.
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    PRINCESS LAUDS MR. NEHRU
    60 5 A TRIBUTE to the "spirit of I conciliation" of Pandit Nehiu as leader of the Pan-Asiatic Conference m New Delhi was paid by Princess Yukanthor of Cambodia on her return to Indochina as a member of the Indochinese delegation to the conference. "He managed to keep
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    EAST ASIA TALKS
    50 5 THE Indonesian News Agency reported from Batavia on Saturday that an East Asiatic Conference, including delegations from Burma. Malaya, Siam and Vietnam, will be held m 1948. preliminary to the plenary session of the Inter- Asian Relations Conference which will be held m China m 1949. A.P.
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    WOMAN BANDIT ELUDES CAPTORS
    65 5 BRITISH and Indian troops of the "Fil more than 30 villrges m I mana 1 Bu ma m their anti-ban sccord'Pp: to a I note on Saturday. In the jungle on the je, the troops covered the lair of a Bu: woman bandit leader. Ma Nyun.
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    BOYS' CLUB CLASS IN SEAMANSHIP
    71 5 BOYS' CLUB CLASS IN SEAMA NSHIP Ihrough the CGurtesy of Mr. W. J. Chiltcn of the Marine Police, a class m seamanship of three months' duration will be held at the Queen Street Boys" Club, Singapore. Members m this class will be given tuition to prepare for the helmsmanshi* examination
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      65 5 ust Four Sho*s I )M p. m. I jitiil BAIL ZORINAJ &M I OPENING TOMORROW I .4 Great Dramatic Triumph For Two I j!ea//y Great Stars". I -HPHONE NOW ROBINSONS I 4 Extension 4. ■ktbruTtheatre ■KSTAGE CLUB PRESENTS -RSENiC OLD LACE" I p m lathay I 930 I stop laughter,
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      31 5 A QUAUT) PRODUCT i INSIST ON i YACHT BRAND (COAGULATING) ACID j Obtainable from all Leading Hardware and Estate Suppliers throughout Malaya TAN SIM FENG CO. 11, PHILLIP STREET. SINGAPORE I
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    NEWS...
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    SCHEME TO MAK UK WORLD FASHION CENTRE
    343 6 SCHEME TO MAK UK WORLD FASHION CENTRE Challenge to Paris, Hollywood BRITAIN has a chance to become me worura mnm rentre for women's clothes. A way to Beiie that chance, and make the most of it, has been outlined m London. B was suggested thai a design centre should be
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    81 6 rn\\ I SMAN adds the final touches to a graceful *ruet !e mt;del oi a British es tart aircraft carr>er. The modd n eonstmctcd at the miniature "slipways" of M .wke's factory .tt N rthumpt n Ihe fact«>r\ produced true- 1) -scale model ship>> I exhibit-on and experiment purp sc.v
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    HIGH JAP GOES TO WORK
    103 6 HIGH JAP GOES TO WORK BIGASHI-KUNI. a Japanese prince of the imperial broken the of centuries by k for his living, i plans to open a Tokio restaurant bus m. prince said: "I am :nr wmer ties ar.d to open a business f n Shinjijuku «a suburb of Tokio) familiar
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    WORKS SHOW
    28 6 Because they feel their 2,200 women workers have little time for shopping, the Phillips electrical works management, at Mitcham staged a lunch-hour West End fashion parade.
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    GERMANS PLAN FOR TOURISTS
    253 6 GERMANY is planning to revive hef Important tourist trade. Hiia trade fore the war netted Germany important overseas credits, brought Into the coiintrj by holiday makers and foreign business agents. lies m the south and Wi si "t Germany had good tourist facilities. The main obstacle
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    COUNCIL TO BUY CRICKET HAVEN
    90 6 TONBRIDGE. Kent, uroan *>uncll has decided to r .1:5.500 for the A: und, nursery of Kent cricket for 50 years. I was Army dump m warIme. Then Tonbridge Cricket Club sold hound dicate, but tne Minister of Town and Country Planning banned racing there. The
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    MAIDEN VOYAGE
    33 6 The Asia (9,000 tons), the first vessel built since the war to enter the service of the CunardWhite Star Line, this month will! enter the Mersey to load coal for Montreal.
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    DRAUGHT TROUBLE
    31 6 As hotel accommodation cannot be found at WLsbech, Cambs. for competitors m the All-Eng-land Draughts Championship j th~r-> next w .-i'sfolk nave offered tine hospitality of their j homes.
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    NEARLY LOST A SILENT BRIDE
    118 6 A NORWEGIAN fiai a British ex-Serviceman was nearly sent back home on the ship on which she ar:l. She could speak no Eng-ish and made n o replies to immigration officials 1 qu« The girl is Ema Lein. from p Troncihjem. Her fiance, George ley,
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    LOST HIS HAIR: LOST HIS WIFE
    233 6 HIRRI BERNSTEIN, 26, has started ultra-violet ray treatme for bis bald bead to trj to encourage the fine nen sproutings that failed t<> bring hi scornful wife back t<» him. lint e\rn if the treatment give- him a luxurious new growth, HalT) won't BSk
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    DOCTOR HATES DOGS
    183 6 DOCTOR HATES DOGS DROP. CLARK, of Poulterslane, Worthing, hates d'The dog." I writes m the Medical World, "is a public enemy of a Large and increasing proportion of men. "If there is one animal that we can still do without or at any I extent Ith enormous benefit to health,
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    Bar fake 'English made'
    119 6 FELLING power of the "Made m Britain" label OH tailored clothes m the United States is reflected In an agre ment reached by the Federal Trade Commission m Washington with "English Tailors, Ltd.'* a New York firm. nis firm hag assured the Cummissi !i that it
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    ONE IN 3 GETS VARSITY PAID
    191 6 SIX THOUSAND students a year, or one m every ti. on be going to a university free. This will be th< suit of the Government's latest .scholarship plan, add awards already made by local authorities. The Minister of Education, Mr. j George Tomlinson, aim
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    NEW ROLE FOR OLD THEATRE
    15 6 the ft] >nal Tvincial cen: yal be ma, cod I
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      23 6 J/\r4t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya L\^ ca^yincrmeit s/as[j Jk Jzag sna Eaic V H ll F A breatmer \-4
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      119 6 Ff^e Pv^^a Crossword No. Sf CLI H 1. The London variety of this so: 7. A famous painter and handicraft I job anyhow (5). 9. 7 Across does spewants some gum (B>, 14. It meani. tied up I had to make a jump for i fixed on some people's coaus
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  • SPORT...
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      YOGARAJAH 117 RETIRED AT JOHORE BARHU
      284 7 YOGARAJAH 1 1 7 RETIRED AT JOHORE BARHU pASSING their opponents' score with five wickets m hand "he Public Works Department, 3ingapore, scored a creditable victory over the Johore Cricket Club m a cricket match at Jonore Bahru yesterday. Yogarajah (117 retired) and Roberts (104) were the most svcce&sful batsmen
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      REST BEAT ENGLAND
      29 7 Ir the annual England v. R st golf match played at the Royal japore Gclf Cub, yesterday, the Rest won by 9*2 to 5 3 4.
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      R.C.U. BATSMEN SCORE FREELY
      225 7 HAFFLES Col ege Union scored 123 for one pgair.st the S.R.C.. who had mide 89 for s x. when stumps were > drawn, m a game of cricket played oa the padarg yesterday. For Reffle- Rcmam scored 50 !etire<f and S. D. Willii-rm 55 not o
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      OUT FOR 6 MONTHS
      75 7 LEEDS. Sun A BROKEN jaw suffered m a rxmt v ith Jo B k-i wi 1 keep Bruce Wo dro~k oir of tl--e rinr for at c sc •ix months his doctors rsttm&te. The condition of Bri'i^h heavy w i ht 'h-mpi'ti. a pa ient 'n
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      UP FINALISTS DROP POINTS
      268 7 LON DON, Sundaj I ontest the Football Association (up I' BSt harlton on Saturday. Apr. 26, had ■ateck m their aspirations fora double Cap and B»pion>hi{>— uhen they lost yesterda>. three points behind Man- and while they may still accom- iof division there will indeed be
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      SIX-FIGURE PRICE FOR ENGLISH STALLION
      104 7 San Bruno. California. Sun. THE operators oi a famon- Kentucky horse farm had paid $100,000 for Beau Per. 20-yeor-old i-brcd :gh-bred s'allion. Beau Pere ua.s sold by tie mo ie magnate, Louis B. Mayo.-, to Brownell Leslie Coombs of Lexington, Kentr.ck- pu:cha i ed Beau
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      CLASSIC HORSES SET A PUZZLE
      582 7 From Venton Morgan LONDON, Sunday. JOHN Dewar's Guineas and Deiby favourite, Tudor Minstrel, and Sir Mired Butts' Petition, second favourite m both these classics, have set their backer a real puzzle by the facile way m which the colas won their races this last week.
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      BAKSI TO FIGHT SWEDISH CHAMPION
      86 7 LONDON. Sun. JOE Baksi may fight Swedish heavyweight, boxing champion Ole Tandberg m Stockholm on June 15. H.iksi registered a technical knockout mi n the seventh round last Tuesday night against British champion Bruce Woodcock. Baksi declined an offer to flgnt world champion Joe Louis.
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      KING'S COLT WINS
      57 7 SANDOWN PARK. Sat. KING George scored his first triumph of the racing season with the victory of the Royal colt. Underwood, m the one mile Marcus Hereford stakes for threeI year-olds. Underwood won by a neck. Underwood is the son of the 1938 English Derby winner, Bois
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      Holiday Football At The Valley
      37 7 Bartram, Charlton goalkeeper, is watched by centre-half Fhipps (No. 5) as he goes up t> punch clear a corner kick from Middlesboroucrh outside-right Fen ten m Good Friday's game at the Valley.
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      INDIANS WILL RELY ON BATTING
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    U.S Savings drop
    111 8 MONEY m the liands of the American people has dropped one billion doilars since Christmas. Some governRB analysists cite the cost of living -<• probable cause. They say prices ar- fixing many persons to dig into hoarded money to live. PubJe cash holdings m the U.S. jumped
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    MAN POOL FOR SPINSTERS
    256 8 MAN POOL FOR SPINSTERS NEEDHAM MARKET, Suffolk <kng.). Sun. ■TOE Rev. W. G. Hargrave -Thomas today proposed the 1 establishment of a pool of healthy men to help frustrated spinsters produce "beautiful babiea". It was another step m the campaign of the 58-year-old Vicar of Needham Market to enable Britain-
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    GUERILLAS BREAK OUT IN GREECE
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    MAN SURVIVES BRIDGE JUMP
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    2 taking same bride home
    65 8 TRANSATLANTIC Airlines officials who arrange flights to the United States for Americans and their Fraulein brides, have reported at least one German girl is taking no chances on miss ing the plane. Cross indexing of the letter files revealed that two soldiers are m constant
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    UNKNOWN
    383 8 THE island of Heligoland could be resurrected as a former 1 "Little Paradise" for German holiday makers, but there is little likelihood that it could emerge again as an armed fortress The British demolition of the fortress was carried out fuliy and nothing remains which could be classified a*
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    ONLY SMALL UNO FORCE REPORT
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    OIL FIRE AT HAIFA
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