The Singapore Free Press, 15 May 1947

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALA YA gdfg: SINGAPORE. THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    RICE ROTS AS RATION IS CUT
    209 1 RICE ROTS AS RATION IS CUT Free Press Staff Reporter MALACCA, Wednesday. r IIILfi a cut of half-a-kaii a week m the rice ration m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has been ounced, there are rice stocks m the waterside godowns along Malaya's West (oast ports to last the area for
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    ½ KATI LESS PER WEEK
    7 1 KATI LESS PER WEEK Ration •ies I
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    FOOL-PROOF RATIONING OF BUTTER
    5 1 FOOL-PROOF RATIONING OF BUTTER masa
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    CINEMAS MAY HAVE TO GO
    5 1 CINEMAS MAY HAVE TO GO
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    PASSENGERS SAW TRAIN MURDER
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    CHURCHILL BOOK COST £250,000
    6 1 CHURCHILL BOOK COST £250,000 ddzd A.P.
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    BID FOR BIGGER N.E.I. PAYMENT
    211 1 BID FOR BIGGER N.E.I. PAYMENT Free Press Staff Reporter rl. Van Der Gaast, a senior member of the Singapore nomic Secretariat, is leaving for Batavia on Monday, mpanied by a Dutch liaison officer, to discuss claims lodged by Singapore Chinese shipping firms against the~ Dutch Government f< d cargoes m
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    S'pore acclaims council plan
    294 1 Free Presws Staff Reporter T*!!!-: unofficial majority m the re constituted Legislative 1 Council to bi> set up shortly m Singapore, announced m the Commons yesterday, is welcomed by community leaders interviewed by the Free Press. The decision to introduce voting, for the first time m
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    FLOUR MILLS ARE REQUISITIONED
    67 1 More flour mills have been requisitioned by the French Government m an effort to save the coutry's bread ration which is threatened by another cut. The mills have been taken over because the workers have gone on strike. The Prime Minister, M. Paul Ramadier, is to
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    Police fire on armed mob
    62 1 POLICE opened fire m Lahore yesterday on a crowd armed with hatchets, swords and lathis. Nine people are reported killed and :0 injured m fresh communal rioting m the city. Politic pickets were strengthened m strategic- spots m the city ifter a report that a
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    IN TRAINING
    86 1 IN TRAIN ING Malayan nurses m training m Australia: Miss Alice fjheata (left) and Miss Ooi Son lin making friends (see upper piclur i with one of their little patients at the Children's il »>.. 1 m Melbourne. Above: Miss Ooi feeds a baby on the verandah of the hospital.
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    $350 MILLION ON RELIEF FROM U.S.
    93 1 THE U.S. Senate on May 14 approved by 79 voles to 4 •OCO.OOO pon-UNRRA relief ■mmc for war ravaged ooun- Europe and Asia, and back to the House of Repr tives ior reversal, the House decision to limit the cost cf the :amme to
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    MACARTHUR TO STAY
    22 1 General Douglas Mac Arthur rday stated that he intends to remain on the job m Tokyo until peace negotiations
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    282 MURDERS IN ONE MONTH
    202 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. HURMA'S crime report for April, listed 2.199 cases of 15 crimes of violence 282 case? of murder and 1,917 dacoity and robbery. Crime figures for the three-month period from January to March were 773 cases of murder and 5,743 of dacoity and robbery.
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    PLANE CRASH-LANDS
    20 1 A British European Airways Dakota crash landed near Glasgow yesterday. Non e of the passengers was injured.- U.P.
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    FINE ON U.S.
    330 1 Illegally imported Free Pre^s Staff Reporter A FINE is to be imposed on a Singapore Chinese importer, 1\ for bringing into the Colony 1,000 cases of American cigarettes m contravention of the Import and Export Ordinances. These cigarettes are now on sale at 60 cents a packet
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    20 DEAD IN FILM BLAZE
    27 1 20 DEAD IN FILM BLAZE ROME. W FIREMr the ruins headquarters m R had be re of de. i i m r ti n a*The bui. U.P.
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    GERMAN AIR LOSS CHECK
    65 1 LONDON, Wed. Q ING the Battle of Br. v oa\vee n July 10 and O I 31, 1940— the R.A.F. claimed th 2,692 Germ raft had b?en destroyed. German records m fact showed that 2.:576 German aircraft were put cut of action— l.733 destro\ and 643
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    CHARGED WITH HELPING JAPS
    72 1 CHARGED WITH HELPING JAPS John Kenneth Gracie, 19. a übject, who gave his birth as Ardersier. Invsr-ness-shire, a former £ha: resident, was charged m Kong yesterday with aiding the enemy by broadcasting criti of Britain and the United during the war over radio m Shanghai It was alleged that i...
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  • FEATURES
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      LIFE & DEATH
      578 2 LIFE DEATH Local Film Review A LANCASTER ai "craft, winging its way back from a raid on Europe, has been badly shot up. The living crew members have baled out and the skipper, hopelessly lost, calls up base, explains to a pretty American radio operator that a landing is impossible
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      SO THEY 'MADE-UP'
      295 2 HKostei, the vet' ran motion picture director who was born m Berlin, Germany, recently told a secret about how actress Diana Barrymore. and aci Robert Cummings ended a first-rate quari tie was the film tween US GirLs," and wl l1 r was! }i ibs I Ld he
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      NEW VOICE RECORDING
      64 2 A.V method of recor speech or music. <!• firm of el r. Britain has the British I: morrow Birmi The medium wire. meter; a two-hour occupies a spool four diair. I c unces. with ted playin n absence gramm< s th be n ras, sym cr other
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      THE QUEEN IS 'PRINTED'
      33 2 QUEEN MARY, I Tnil, one cf 1 test 1 her i ■id ■d. The form bearing fingerprint will be preserved a memento of Queen Mary's hour tour of inspection.
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      349 2 SOUTH .v when he Jumped to four over East.-, opening bid. The was to k? c p West '«t cf the a It was too danger v I to bid with his shabby ham! after his partner doubled four heart*. If South had bid only one I
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      UK's CHANGE OVER
      204 2 UK's CHANGE OVER riNEMAS audu v Britain h. given the British film try r .test fillip They have tv whole-hearU dly to a ence for British films ish stars and Br; There has t ed change I Audiences prefer dr othe ture and crim^ I thin tor h Films popu
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      POSTERS WORRY COUNCIL
      4 2 POSTERS WORRY COUNCIL dc,d;
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      29 2 Just I npacked I.at, PEIvING (Chinese .MI ?V kaS K0 PERSIAN CARPETS RUGS Prices Lowi yuaiii> Specially made m various attract Your Early Inspecti also at AYE CO.. 107.^
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  • NEWS
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      BRITISH CAR EXPORTS IMPROVE
      214 3 BRITISH CAR EXPORTS IMPROVE Motor industry revives \\D Nl/FFIELD motor car minufacrul have reported large increases manufactured cars. Nuffield's s Thomas, states that his group urs and trucks to Europe at three of the six years before the war. s totalled £9.000.000. Britain, Ix>rd Perry, says that United Kingdom exported
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      RUSSIAN CHARGE NAILED
      10 3 RUSSIAN CHARGE NAILED :he I I I I I l
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      TWO SQUAT ON FEUDAL ISLAND
      56 3 TWO SQUAT ON FEUDAL ISLAND THAV.V Dame of the i rting E and his ion on the her ures 3 nouses. n 5a id that he on Brvqhou I during the gales son re. autiful isiand upporting. Hathaway said "Captain it me a notice sa )ccupying -he island until it
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      WHALE STOPS OCEAN LINER
      39 3 ARTY-FOOT whale impaled the 11,000-ton rt crossing :l causliner to stop and P. Kippins of the Port he hoped the i rkrhy" d and the drag of its -aped on the bows slewed p down.
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      COUNCILLORS TO GO ON AIR
      253 3 COUNCILLORS TO GO ON AIR KIN(. I'M I <>f Greece was best mar. at the wedding oi ter. Princess Kath rine, when she married Major hard im, a British Army officer from Bickley, Kent, m Athens. first met m a liner when the Princess was going to England after a
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      GOUDY TYPE FACES
      30 3 A Shotting of Popular QoudyTypes Frederick Goudy, the designer }f printing types (examples of his work ihown ab>ve> died m New York at the age of 82.
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      POLICE PROBING FASHION DEALS
      178 3 POLICE PROBING FASHION DEALS BLA( X MARKET shopping expeditions m Berlin's smart West End by British wives, who are barred from buying German clothes of any kind, are now being investigated by Scotland Yard's Special Branch team m Berlin. Inspector Tom Hayward, m charge of the investigators, is a now
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      GERMAN PLANT CUTS UK COAL
      6 3 GERMAN PLANT CUTS UK COAL a >.-
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      VERDICT: 'FOUND'
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      Microphones for mothers
      28 3 <d maternity department ot the Royal Winch re b°dside microdevices and shadowless wing on towel rails at each l>edi tb air conditioning, have are b^<
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      TOAST TO THE GUARDS
      71 3 TOAST TO THE GUARDS THi: inn at Gulval, Cornwall, which used to be owned by a Coldstream Guards officer who was killed m action, has been renamed "The Coldstream-r" and has been presented to the Coldstream Guards' Association, who will hold it rent fn-e for 99 years. Here 74-year-old Jan
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      Happy days end for tramps
      241 3 Happy days end for tramps DEVON, finding itself far too attractive to the tramping fraternity, plans to make a change. The "knights of the road" are going to be subjected to strict discipline m con trast to the easy-going life they enjoyed there during the war. Then, vagrants using the
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      HE LEAD GLIDERS
      21 3 The Marquis of Londonderry has accepted the presidency of the British Gliding Association, and ha.s given a trophy.
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      SHE BURGLED IN SECERT
      406 3 SHE BURGLED IN SECERT Woman led doable life MRS. EMILY MAUDE CLARK, 34, of High UycomDe, England, for two years !cd a dual life winch her husband never suspected. By day she was a perfect housewife, and by ni*?ht she was a skilled and determined house breaker. At Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,
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      SHE SLEPT AT THE ALTAR
      74 3 SHE SLEPT AT THE ALTAR A CHURCH worker, Miss K. Corah, was arranging flowers on the altar of Hugglesco c Parish Church, Leicestershire, wthen she lifted the alar curtain—and found a girl lying there. Fearing that the girl was dead she rushed out of the churcn and told the vicar.
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      GOVT. TO AID UK FILM INDUSTRY
      144 3 GOVT. TO AID UK FILM INDUSTRY Mr. addressing the* annual meeting oi the Association of Cine Techniin London said that the next few months will be < ones for the British film industry All 'he film trade boards are to submit their views to the President of the Board of
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      EIRE GIRLS STAY AT HOME
      58 3 lAUSE th Eire Governw ment claim they are needed for essential jobs at home, Ir Is who would help solve position m Bi hospitals are being refused exit permi s. jfirls have be n a ;cepted for training as probationer nurses, the only ones allowed
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      45 3 P^^^ii CORK-TIPPED j r^g \ss G ARE T T E S^^t Made sp^cialls? to /'{iffsY prevent sore throats J^^^'f 50 's Air-tight tins 10's Packets i^^^^rM with M Easy -Access inner foil and Cellophane wrapping. Imported from London, England CARRERAS 150 YEARS* REPUTATION FOR QUALITY
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1947. On To Self- Government
      808 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MAY 15, 1947. On To Self- Government annouE Jonci. m i. night Govern] Coun. re will be Bri ish Government's inteni to the people a t If-government long been known t to have the v and that we should portion of J the members of
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      FAITH
      26 4 i no man deceive you with vain wards... The fruit of Voe is n all goodness and r S«it?-ousnr and truth. F'-ilic..ian>. 5. 6 9.
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      IT'S A CHEAP HOLIDAY
      920 4 IT'S A CHEAP HOLIDAY Do You Know Port Dickson? WHERE are you vants, on a stretch of the spending your Malayan Coast as beauholiday this year? tiful as any of the How would you like to Coastal resorts m the take over a holiday bun- world for only $1.50 a
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      OVER THE IRON CURTAIN
      319 4 ALEXANDER CLIFFORD TAKES A I At Leningrad CERGEI I'etrovich, the sandy-haired attendant, came stagring back from the imovar with gh of w< a m either hand. Tii a samovar at I eh coach of the B Arrow, th ping car express which does MoscowLeningrad m it.
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      353 4 MRS. CARLOTTA OPPEN--111 HEIMER, who enterl ained hundreds of G.l.s durir.n the war ai her home m Gerrard's I Bucks, is returning from An rica to E: with st; cks presents thej a her. She has frocks, shoes, nyl umbrellas, handbags, f. unti pens, food and a
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    • Miscellaneous
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      53 4 QUIZ 1. How old was Jascha B when lie began pla violin? 2. In the follow what part of the pla: for food: (a) aspara potato: (O tomato? 3. Was Rosinante: <a) B 1 inamorata: (b) the steed of D< Quixote: (c) the word 4. What is Okra? j Answers
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      S'PORE AGAIN SHORT OF CIGARETTES
      270 5 'Smokers themselves to blame* roe rrtss cuuu lvcpuiu-i rtage of the more popular brands of Singapore is attributed to smokers Ito hoarders. Tobacco importers are larket the same over-all quantity of the beginning of the year a million mth— hut there is a shortage of
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      S'PORE PLANS GYMKHANA FOR JUNE 7
      17 5 S'PORE PLANS GYMKHANA FOR JUNE 7 E c i Open 10, $1: Car i torpedo the sloop
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      WATCH YOUR DRIVING
      4 5 WATCH YOUR DRIVING r
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      CAMBRIDGE EXAM
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      DANCE CONTEST
      28 5 During th of 1- > l>a v npionship held aret from i to i c. s. Swee, sth Mr. O. T. J. Pual and Miss Susan Chan.
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      Ex-SINGAPOREAN HEADS R.A.F. MISSION
      84 5 AN ox-Sii: r roup Captain R.R. Ramsey r a ding an armament mis fr^m the Empire Air Armci. >1 m L: The mission is now m Singap having arrived m the fan Avro ft "Thor II" Group c': 1 Ramsey Rae whs 1937 0 3 taker.
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      THIS COPRA PORT HAS A BOOM
      203 5 AFTER three drowsy cent; the picturesque South Seas copra port of Celebes has awakened with a n Today Macassar, still excited over becoming the newest addit;. roster of capitals, is the nerve centre of the 4 East Ind and a boom town. haven't boon
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      STORE INDIA CLUB
      30 5 A meeting of Indians will be held itom-crrow evening at five o'clock he Indian Chamber of Cornice. Collyer 1 the •mation of an India Club m [Singapore.
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      S'PORE TRADE IMPROVES
      242 5 S'PORE TRADE IMPROVES Free Press Staff Reporter THE monthly trade figures for .March prepared by the 1 StatL t itiil Branch of the Singapore Import and Export Department, shows a remarkable trade recovery over previous months when commerce was hampered by strikes. Imports totalled $123,524,103 and exports $125,053,521. Exports to
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      TO VISIT SUMATRA BATAKS
      92 5 The Rt. Rev. J. Sandegren, Bishop of Tranquebar (South India) and head of the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church m India. Burma and Malaya, arrived m Singapore yesterday by the Raiula on his way to the Netherlands Indies. (From left to right) Mr T. G. Francis of
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      Drowned on hoard ship
      82 5 Free Press Stall Reporter TRAGEDY befell a member of the crew of the U.S. steamer Richard Raodell, three days bef re reaching Singapore from Japan. The sailor was iound drowned m v cargo hold which bad a water hailast. The Captain's report suggested that the sailor
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      DUTGH TROOPS
      106 5 I lEUT.-GEN. H. J. Kruls, chief L 01 the Netherlands General Staff, told a Press conference m Batavia on Wedesday that the Seond Netherand s Division of X 000 men 'would arrive m the NEI during the next three months. The new division wculd bring Dutch strength m
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      BIG RUSH FOR
      74 5 Free Press Stall Reporter TWO thousand four hundred tins of Milkmaid condensed milk, unpackc d m the Chain I Utility Store, were sold out within two and a half hours. The small consignment received by the Store after the general shortage experienced for the past mor-th^ brought
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      BUS FARES GO UP TOMORROW
      73 5 BUS FARES GO UP TOMORROW Free Press Staff Importer. INCREASED Singapore Traction Company fares will be Ir force from to-morrow. The^ are 10 cents for 3 sections; IS cents for 5 sections, and 20 cent; for more than five sections. The maximum fare remains at 2( cents. School children between
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      AS OTHERS SEE US MALAYANSARE UNEASY
      703 5 AS OTHERS SEE US MALAYANSARE UNEASY imore thau 249,000. 1 enjoyed the jungle—: limited spell. Malay hunters ti 'to find a tiger for me, but could only produce his footprints b\ drinks g pool. Their advice was Interestii "If we meet a tig The tiger 13 a cat, and a
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      SVC FOR JUNE 12 PARADE
      37 5 SVC FOR JUNE 12 PARADE The Si] v. ill be represented on Ki3 B^rt: a guard of 100 me::. Pi arill take place at S.V.C. HQ. Beach 1715 h Uriforms wijl be provided c will levery par
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      £20,000 FOR MUSIC
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      Red tape made him an 'outcast'
      201 6 Red tape made him an 'outcast' AN KX-SOLDIER, 'made an outcast by red tape," listened from the dock m Bath Magistrates dut< to an unex leech m his defence by a witness— the police butgcon. The man, Charles Edward j,,hn, a-v.l 12, f Lovew o i Coti s, Ikith, appeared
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      SO HAPPY HE FORGOT
      7 6 SO HAPPY HE FORGOT Mr. G to
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      WOTAN LIVES AS A KING OF CATS
      43 6 WOT AN LIVES AS A KING OF CATS Wked on the plane at Le Bou: Paris, 1 it 1 There was a car waiting for It wa :npHe has m Ila Gibbon, v, Gibbon an 4u cats. he and vcn r the c
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      Mongrel saved four lives
      107 6 Mongrel saved four lives V il^ t«n j eai Spot, .i mo m the pet > xi\ b m the vill i t Cwmgredd. Hiv framed picture was on the sit! I onrd. i i€ morning his barking wakened four people sleepipstairs, and when Mr. Will M rgan ran down
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      ROAD UP
      13 6 Hoaxers traffic foi hours with •'Repairs" signs at Sydney Harbour Bridee.
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      IN SERVICE AGAIN
      20 6 ilogne cross- mailboai servi-ce, suspended since 1940 will be 1 by the Southern ■•;tv on July 1.
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      ALUMINIUM FOR BRIDGE
      92 6 ALUMINIUM FOR BRIDGE the more "usual moving br over the of an etiuiva I steel brid will be c will nave a r oo feel will carry a railway tracir road traffic. Machire lilting i will be piaced below grow d 1 ;vel Tne u» aluminium alloys will make the
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      MONEY FOR MUSIC
      22 6 Jean Bryant. 12. has won Plymouth Odcon Junior Cinema Club's stamp competition with her collection of 30,000 Briton stamps.
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      UK PEOPLE RETURN TO RELIGION
      271 6 UK PEOPLE RETURN TO RELIGION Bishop forecasts revival PEOPLE m Great Britain are swinging back to religion after Ihe fruits of their war lime loose-lHrillg 50.000 divorces a year and a climbing rate of (rime said Dr. J. W. C. Wand, the Bishop of London, m an interview with I'mtcd
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      PRIVATE SOLDIER COMES FIRST
      44 6 m an British Army overseas commands semi-permanent mar- ried quarters are being built or existing quarters are being re- novated. M. J. Freeman, Undersecretary of War, said m the i Commons. The number was dictated by the labour and materials.
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      ROAD SAFETY IDEAS
      8 6 Red lamp d-and-i bion Comj
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      LET DOG OUT OF BAG
      131 6 T:IRTY New York-o.und air passengers from Vienna Irankfurt, and other paru> of Europe were delayed for more 1 than an hour at Shannon airport by a pet dog which a n Australian girl wanted to takrAmmca. The dog had been brought aboard m a bag,
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      GANG BUYS UP SHELTERS
      74 6 GANG BUYS UP SHEL TERS A 001 NTRY-WIDI kef m the theft of Anderson and H Momson airraid and their o SSIS St. Ml in >i;.=f F i ng big money out of the racket. M. of the 4n<thej en empl To p top to 1 n to hi reque.
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      JOY TO WORK
      23 6 ffm :M K f B Hvil m Minis j desi l>rf VI r Hvnd j ler and i 1 Britishjonfjofj
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      NEW UNIVERSITY
      5 6 NEW UN IVERSITY dfbf kd
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      HE WILL SEARCH FORA GENIUS
      154 6 DR. CHARM. organist of Bradford I tgland, is sure that he can find a musical genius hidden amon schoolchildren at Leeds. The Leeds Eduonal Authority 1 en Dr. H r unlirr to mil tuition for every child m the city over 1 1 y. ara
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      WINE DANGER TO SHIPPING
      76 6 I ARGE L wCTghing floating m The Solent off ithampton are a danger to small shipping. They are from The wrecked 3,874-ton Greek steamer Varvassi, which abandoned after »und m a vale on the N Jan. 5. The vessel has now started to break up as
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      Doesn't want a better job
      69 6 D()N\M> Wilkes, 24, of Church Stretton, Shropshire, told Shrewsbury Reinstatement Committee thai he wanted to keep his <c:) lOs-a-week job as cinema operator at Church Stretton so that he could live with his -parents. His employers said they wanted to promote him to manager at
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      124 5 Believe Us This Is The Funniest Picture To Be Seen Ii Singapore? And Will Be For A Long Time!! OPHNS TODAY P^SpiXSS Four Shows 1.30 4 6.30 9.30 p.m. |f| w* CASS DALEY MARTHA CDRSSCOLI t PATRIC KNOWLES jlfc^ I MARION HUTTON end jO. The Glenn Miller Singeri i«iT DELTA
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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      93 6 AThAY Phone 11 a.m.. 15, 6 i"i and 9 OPENING TODAY >ther Britisji s Heaven and Karth tor a man's soul! Die! really hapfK or it imagiuation? DAVID NIVEN ROGER UYESEY-RAYMGNOMASSn f f KIM HUNTER Prfuburtje, classi fi( <1 advertisements Di■i i i I $1.50 oei line. Mm Charge $6/-
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      36 6 J YEARS K» mal jSjjS^ l MORE ADVENTURE |«jjf§ynjjj THAN YOU'VE EVER SEEN! QJULOVAN NO EXPENSE SPARED TO PROVIDE "SSS" UNSURPASSED THRILLS SS PLUS a SpeciaJ preceding g BAMililTAil The Most Dangerous W onrian m France
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      107 6 J<£\i -3 t Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malawi i'must sefVric '\f But u/A//e Me L> its no use, jane A haveV/noton your^ AGAIN BEFORE WE GO iB /fo i Lydta CT|* •>/ I BELIEVE I'VE GOT To GET INTO V LIFE, ERIC/ HOMt.—AND-AND (SNIFF!) iffl £-O\s'ace L-
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      169 6 Free Press CrcsswordMe. 104 ■2 1 Is r, 1. You wan: your ,v, the good of French to us?— Well, it'll bring Adopt restraining measui^es (6): 9. G>ii. of look that makes one whirl round (-5 shelter to be found m West Yorkshire 1 3 gling trick (4); 17. A
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  • SPORT
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      LEAGUE 2nd ROUND OPENS TODAY
      86 7 1 ~2 t a m \Ck(l I \j lilt? come to the second round of the competition, with S.C.C. anj Royal Air tlly, sel this year's league ball rolling, rsl game m the second round at Jalan round games have not yet been played. and
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      ORTIZ WANTS TO RETIRE CHAMPION
      183 7 ORTIZ WANTS TO RETIRE CHAMPION LOS ANGELES, Wed. CALIFORNIA "S Maniel Ortiz who will box Hawaii's David Kong Young m a Honolulu 30, wants to retire with the world bantamIght crown he now holds. The 21-year-ol< :an dcci: "I am sure I have done with boxing. I have money m
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      FINAL WALKER CUP PAIRS HANDED IN
      35 7 FINAL WALKER CUP PAIRS HANDED IN Great and rdea •■•ping to 1 garden of j head Dy appeur- the ill- re *hey MarH ted the ;e on ish proteam to hand pcs t] c F
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      Rangers Win Charity Cup
      27 7 GLASGOW Rangers beat Celtic one nil m the final oi the Glasgow Charity Cup terday. The game was Dlaved at Ibrox Park. Reuter.
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      JOLLILADS BEAT CATERING CORPS
      121 7 The Jollilads Athletic Union beat the Army Catering Corps East by four goals to nil In nendly soccer match* yesterday at the Medical College Union ground From the kick-off the A.C.C exerted pressure, but the Jolliiads team opened the score through Qsman, the let winger. As
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      AMATEUR GOLF TITLES DRAW
      107 7 Wed. Golf the ateur iayed players. entered ker Cup cap*ered. chamI. C. Gibson. Smiley Quick oi Los Angele.s. the United States public links champion, tees off six minutes later against H. J. G. Phiminster of England and there appears to be every- possibility that Quick and
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      NINTH WICKET STAND GIVES SELETAR WIN
      265 7 NINTH WICKET STAND GIVES SELETAR WIN THANKS almost entirely to A. C. Shea and F L Busweli who, after taking all the wickets between them, put on 52 for the ninth wicket after eight had fallen for 35. RAF. beat 2nd Echelon by two wickets on 3un--1 day at Seletar
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      TLOCZYSSKI WILL HOT PLAY FOR POLAND
      45 7 WARSAW, Wed. Ignancy Tloczynski, the Polish international lawn tennis player, will no play for Poland againt Great Britain m the Davis Cup encounter here this week. Tloczynski, now resident m Bris been refused a visa to enter Poland. Reuter
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      RL. Cup Winners
      71 7 Bradford Northern won the Rugby League Cup after defeating L?eds m the final at \V.n;h!ey Stadium, London, with an ei£ht points to four victory. There was an attendance of 80,000, an all-time record for professional rugby and it was the first time, apart from a war-time success,
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      ALL AFTER BRUCE WOODCOCK,S TITLE
      359 7 ALL AFTER BRUCE WOODCOCK,S TITLE mi'l'll BniCC Woodcock nursing the injuries he received m Tf his battle with .h^ Baksi and likely to be out of the ring for many months, covetous eyes are being cast on his British heavyweight championship, and a number of big fellows are beginning to
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      Soviet Journal Belittles British Victory
      77 7 Soviet Journal Belittles British Victory MOSCOW, Wed. COMMENTING on last Saturday's foctball match hi twe n Britain and the Rest of Europe, i he Soviet newspaper, Koms >- mol Pravda, said on Wednesday that the British had "gained a cheap victory over a weak opponent." Th< commentator said that the
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      BOWLERS TRIUMPH ON "SPORTING" WICKETS
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      MANCHESTES CITY HELD TO DRAW
      56 7 London, Wed: Results of league soccer game played toduy are: Division two: Bradford 1, Manchester City 1. Division three: Northern: Accrin?ton 1, York City 2. Because of the Government ban of midweek matches, special sanction of the Football League and the County Association concerned was
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      DRAW FOR FRANCE v INDIA DAVIS CUP TIE
      88 7 PARIS, Wed. THE draw for the matches m the second round of the Davis Cup tie between France and India here tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday, was made as follows: Tomorrow: Bernard Destremcau of Franco v Sumant Mlsra of India and Marcel Bernard
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      RETURNS AUTOMOBILE TO STAY AMATEUR
      66 7 OTTAWA, Wed. DARBARA Ann Scott, the beau- til'ul Canadian girl who was presented a canary yellow automobile by the city of Ottawa after she had w:n the world figure skating championship, returned the car to the city m the hopes of remaining eligible for the
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      HANTS START WELL v S.A.
      383 7 HANTS START WELL v S.A. SOUTHAMPTON, We i day. PLAY was restricted to j0 minutes before lunch when Hampshire begaa their three day match with the South African cricketers here today, and Hampshire, battuig first, on an easy-faced wicket scored 76 without Joking a wicket. Rain began to fall as
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      BLUE TRAIN WINS BY 4 LENGTHS
      139 7 BLUE TRAIN WINS BY 4 LENGTHS NEWMARKET. Wed. THE King's Derby candidate, Blue Train, watched by Princess Elizabeth accompanied by the Princess Royal, scored an easy four lengths' victory m the Newmarket Stakes run one-and-a-qu^rter here today. One of the most perfectly bred horses ever to race he is by
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      FRENCH ATHLETES FOR LONDON MATCH
      102 7 LONDON. Wed THE Lyons Sports Club r.n--1 nounced yesterday that ths Racing Club de France has deled to accept an invitation tc comp?te m an athletic meet next month against the P lyteehnic m oi L mdon. Brifsh sports wriu fated that the French team
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      MARINO PREPARES
      51 7 L? >>iow, Wed. DOXER Dado Marino yesterday v began serious training for tne title bout with world flyweight champion. Jackie Paters :n. ~on .•une 11. He started rad work a: early morning hour, then followed by sparring with three imported partners. Previously he had eoncentated on c nditionine.—
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      Admiral not to be disciplined
      140 8 LONDON, W IJO Admit. i* the Na\y had b< nd did SO A sald Adm, did not the ilty or and made it cl incumbent on all irry Irst Lor Admiralty had accepted Admiral Layton's explanation but coasidered it correct lain to him that the
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      CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      207 8 CITY NEWS S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY h narKet corre-vpondcnl jjives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m. today as follows: Bu I tl 'JLs. D«r lb. p«r tb. jx>l 35', S fob m f I B.S.S fob m h 1 R fob m bales M 33 l 33 4 Fobc
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      Rubber Sales
      73 8 NEW YORK. Thurs. D futures were moderately tive yesterday. Sales totalled 224.000 pounds. The market closed to .35 of a cent higher. September option was quoted at cent a pound. Traders bought and sold December positions > difference. -s in first-hand markets were -d to- be offering rubber
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      'REGRETS ATOM BOMBING JAPAN'
      120 8 'REGRETS ATOM BOMBING JAPAN' LEEDS. Wed ADMIRAL of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham, First Sea Lrd the Nagasaki Hiroshima bombings, said today he had al the pping of atomic b nibs on Japan. the b >mb shortened the war by "two Dr three months" but :;a: nvineed that Japan would have
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      GUARD FOR RITCHIE
      40 8 Four jeeps bristling with automatic weapons, guarded General Sir Neil Ritchie, Command er-in-Chief of Southeast Asia Land Forces, whe n he stopped off m Palestine for a few hours yesterday on his way back to Singapore.— Reuter
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      SIVIET ATTACKS UK ON PALESTINE
      241 8 SIVIET ATTACKS UK ON PALESTINE FLUSHING MEADOWS, New York, Wed. A STRONG attack on Britain for what he called the bankruptcy of the mandatory system m Palestine." was made by the Russian delegate, Andrei Gromyko, at the plenary session of the United Nations Assembly when the report of the Political
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      'No hang-over' whisky
      50 8 without hans-over, equal m taste and quality to the best gi tin liqupra, could be manufactured from i>etro!eum if njanulutnn-rs lllld drinks did not have a "prejudice" aSklst obtaining liquof rron ofl uolls Dr. Henry Haas, head of thi che 1 l>ln(1U 5 Houston, Texas, sa?d A.P.
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      GRAIN IS RUSHED TO GERMANY
      498 8 w ISHINGTON, Wednesday. OP: I! v emergency shipments of between 130,006 and L 50.000 tone of wheat and other grains are being rushed from the United States to German} to meet the food crisis m the British zone, it was announced from the <»Hi.i of
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      EXPLOSIVES SEIZED
      26 8 Port officials at Genoa, Italj have seized explosives aboard the Italian ship Citta di Bari. Official; think the explosives were destined for Palestine. U.P.
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      BBC man to give army lectures
      215 8 BBC man to give army le ctures Fr< i aff Reporter A CIVILIAN lecturer for service men and women am ri m Singapore yesterday to begin a tour of Navy. An and Air Force establishments mi n the Far East. He is 1 or Glenny, i retired Royal Navy commander
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      RUSSIANS MAKE BIG OIL FIND
      15 8 M Pla I .iiical ma Russian geolog Ti. U. P.
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      INDIANS MUST DECIDE
      97 8 LONDON. V. INDIAN leaders them take two crucial decisions the conference on the procec :or transfer of power called by Viceroy Lord Mount batten for June 2, British poitical quar stated m London today. It is generally agreed thai key decision will be whether India should unite
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      LABOUR ENVOYS MEET BEVIN
      53 8 Th c British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Bevin, yesterday conferred with 14 British labour attaches to foreign countries who had gathered mi n London. Mr. Bevin stressed th,-, importance of their dual task: to inform Britain of overseas labour developments, and to inform other countries of British
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      CHURCHILL PLEADS FOR GERMANY
      132 8 CHURCHILL PLEADS FOR GERMANY LONDON, Wed. BRITAIN and France must take lead In bringing the Gorman race back Inl the European circU declared Mr. Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime Prime Minister, at a meeting tof the United Europe Committee, of whicn he i.s founder and chairman. H e said. "Germany today
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      5 8 NEW S'PORE COUNCIL WELCOMED dad.a
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      44 8 WEATHER Long bright periods hou 7: do- F Rainfall i at 1 M p m n m JJ and at 7 3f thi- m<»: SINGAPORE riDI THI RSDAY MAI Low S If MM i T (t pm 6 S fi 12 21 pm 2
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