The Singapore Free Press, 30 May 1947

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGESTAFI^ERNOON SALE FN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1947. PRICE 10 CFVTa.
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    WORLD PEACE HINGES ON ASIA
    425 1 WORLD PEACE HINGES ON ASIA Warns Bevin r MARGATE, Biursday. |Hh hntish foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin told the British Labour Party today that world peace IS dependent upon the solution of Asia's prohams and proposed that all the 11 nations which were at war with Japan should take part
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    BIG PARIS FIRE
    55 1 BIG PARI S FIRE Hundreds of people were rendered homeless and many more had their businesses destroyed when tire swept the Saint Oven district of North Paris. Seven Paris tire brigades were called out to light the fire which woke out m a cartridge case factory where several thousand barels
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    JAP 'MONSTER' SCARES C.I's
    144 1 JAP 'MONSTER' SCARES C.I's Tokio Radio Hoax F*ee Pre>« t'orrvspondi-ni TOKIO, Thursday. THOIsANDS of allied occupation troops and their families. 1 military police and Japanese listeners were hoaxed last night by the United States official radio station W.V.T.R. The station, which was celebrating the fifth birthday of the armed forces
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    ARMY COURT REPORT
    40 1 In London yesterday the War Office stated that the report of eommi: :ying the revision of court martial procedure rtly be submitted to the Council and Parlian Reuter adds that the committee's .findings are not yet kn-
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    42 DIE IN AIR CRASH
    51 1 NEW YOKK, Thimday A big I'nited Airlines plane crashed on takin? off ard burned nnc r LaGuardia Field tot. The police said that 42 of the 48 passengers and crew aboard wore killed. This b the worst commerci I airline disaster m the I Stites.-
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    AMERICANS TOLD BRITONS WORK
    191 1 AMERICANS T OLD BRITONS WORK I ORD INVERCHAPEL, Bnti*Tmba^tr T to Yht'united States, rejected suggestions that Britain was fust sitting back wailing for another American loan when he ad -d an audience at Mount Cook, Nebraska, m the heart of the traditionally isolationi-, Middle West. Speaking at a banquet to
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    TROOPS DONATE TO FLOOD RELIEF
    59 1 ABOUT £1,000 h. idybeen I"■ subscribed to the British I Commonwealth Occupation Force fo r the Lord Mayor of London's Fund for the relief of victims of the recent disastrous floods m Great Britain. Of this sum, mem- bers of the United Kingdom liaison Mission
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    HANDS FULL
    27 1 1 I 01*^1 In I rs the I that I the Itn"he new -Jin. the .ition xnd will m for is a d#»- A.P. ire.
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    LARGE GOLD SEIZURES AT BOMBAY
    7 1 LARGE GOLD SEIZURES AT BOMBAY rdhwr Reuter
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    ARMED MALAYS ROB WOMAN
    94 1 ARMED MALAYS ROB WOMAN Free Press Stuff Reporter AT 10 o' day morning, tv. iys, armed with pistols, i a hus m Ra c Course Lane, Sim and robbed a Chinese woman ol $3,640 m ca-sh and jewellery. A gang of two Chines and a one armed, robbed tto s
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    DOOR-STEP QUIZ IN BRITAIN
    78 1 DOOR-STEP QUIZ IN BRITAIN LONDON. Friday. THE Ministry of Health revealed yesterday that, siijce October 1943, about 300 specially-trained investigators have been going about England and Wales encouraging persons to gossip about their physical complaints. The object was to get an appraisal of the nations health from a new point
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    30 hurt in derailment
    58 1 Alii »l 130 people were injured, most not seriously, when the ZM p.m. Enston- to- Manchester express was deral ed yesterday while travelling at a hi-h speed near Metchley. Bucks. Five rear coachi* overturned and the rest of the train, dragging the other derailed roaches ploughed
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    ANSWER LABOUR CRITICS
    32 1 MR. £RNEST BEVIN, British Foreigrn Secretary, who took Labour Party Teals' to task at Margate yest rday, winuir.i: a overwhelming vote of c nfi~» •> after the foreign policy debate
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    GOVT TO ACQUIRE AIR LINE
    141 1 Free Press Stall Rep rter MR. Hudson Fy.sh. Managing Director of Qantas Empire Airways, said this mornning that the company was to be taken over by the Australian Coirm. wealth Government, but negotiations were not complete. He declined t 0 make any statement regarding the
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    STUDENT STRIKE OVER
    17 1 STU DE NT STRIKE OVER Students m Shanghai have returned to their schools, endinc a :hree-week strike
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    20 VILLAGES DESTROYED
    224 1 n \vnrr vruoit NEW DEL HI. Thursday. DANDIT NEHRU, Vice-President of the Interim Government, "0 v^Li° r t "I! by sir5 ir loday follo «ing reports that over 20 villages have been destroyed m communal riots m the Mated that seme of the rioters are usin<r modern
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    ENEMY STATES EAT TOO WELL
    121 1 WASHINGTON. Thursday. A LLEGATIONS that enemy states have been getting betj ter treatment on food mutters (than nations which fought alongside Britain he United j States will be mud, at the world als conference to be held m Europe m July. It is asserted by
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    NEW MOVE FOR TRADE WITH JAPS
    174 1 NE W MOVE FOR TRADE WITH JAPS Free Press Stall K«p rut k STEP towards free track? Japan is how Singapore merchants regard a latest announcement from London, saying th it the British Board of Trade have made three orders removing trading with the enemy restrictions on dealings with Japan.
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    SIAM PREMIERSHIP
    19 1 SIA M PREMIERSHIP The joint Parliamentary sessi n recommended Thamronq Jawasawat to the Regency C unil for the premiership
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  • FOR WOMEN
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      A SALE ON MONDAY
      552 2 In and out of Spore shops FREE PRESS WOMAX REPORTER H O S r interesting news this week is Robinson s sale. starts next Monday and m for the rest of week— but if > want to know any more about it you will have to
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      WOMEN'S ROLE
      134 2 THE vital role of Woman m a shaky post-war world was clearly and boldly emphasised last week by Am r can-to n Lady Astor, Britain's n ost outspoken woman mi n both politics and sport. Speaking as Pro. :e Lady Golfers' Union, at their annual lared: the women
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      TODAYS BRIDGE PROBLEM
      254 2 SrH's c -trump v a slam Invitation. N I a minimum i psning tjid the Invltai knew partner was n< -t t'.w beet player In to put it mildly and I ntract ml facui urned out exactly as North h op ;ned the four Bast played the
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      NOT A MALE AMONG 'EM
      233 2 i FISH which i and find out -;ty of t It Ls Ama Molly 1 ibed by Dr. and Mrs. Hubb A:: ■■'■< f v and Mrs Hubbs 1' m by hem. They tried les In an < ffort to gl r male ir In
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      WAIST LINES
      33 2 WAIST LINES 0 su mi In London dn ir« showin? t his attractive apron Su.san Small model m str ped rotton aN<» has attract: temd Of ileeves and the W llms the m
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      PLASTIC
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      41 2 "Sam H 7 oo(/ Scores Again Opening Today 4 Shows B^^^^^oN L3O 1 6.30 9.30 |..i DECiDIOLr pve*vc^ ffiil She knows how to 1p use her personality! J EXTRA Special Gam •S"he!r Majesties' S CHILDREN'S MATIM Cartoons Spori Upstair SI nnwn^^^
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  • NEWS
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      ATOM BOMB EFFECTS OVER-RATED
      689 3 ATOM BOMB EFFECTS OVER-RATED ijCSSOHS \Jt ±iivn<shitYin Tlihi<ni 7 a large^cale ato.nic war broke out to-morrow, the chances are that civilisation would survive ,cie nUfic reia^cherTareCw ,°n T*"?^ Which fflcial I ment and its Atomicln:rg7coS"ifn tO a the US Gover"of the effects of .t™l 'as a result of sur- 011
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      SPIT AND POLISH GO TO BLAZES
      149 3 SPIT AND POLISH GO TO B L AZ ES Ice men of Waddesdon, Buckingwin the area efficiency contest, put m Chief Officer J. May said: "1 am proud b me. 'Good health!" m the Bell Hotel someone rar. m to say: "The fire station's on fire." They found two polished
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      HE DID IT FOR BRITAIN
      145 3 HE DID IT FOR BRITAIN 1 MOIvIO KATSINA promised his dying father that he would give his services to Britain free. So he joined the Royal West African Frontier Force. When Private Katsina was demobbed he caused consternation by refusing his gratuity and back pay and leaving it on the
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      Birthrate up in atom city
      91 3 SCIENTISTS m New York declar tbeie is no ground tot siatement thai development of atomic energy may adversely affect human fertility and cut down the birth-rate. In an attempt to allay the fears of workers at the British atomic research plant they said that families
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      1,000 SWING FANS HEAR A SERMON
      168 3 1,000 SWING FANS HEAR A SERMON 4 THOUSAND "swing" fans Pfho attendod a concert at Wembley Town Hall were given a five-minuse sermon by ihe Rev. Herbert R. Peerless, vicar of St. Augustine's. Wembley. In reply to objections from local clergymen to a swing concert being held m the Town
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      TO HELP IN BRITISH HOSPITALS
      141 3 TO HELP IN BRITISH HOSPITALS TWC HUNDRED girls all :ed pei Latvia. LJ'huama and Esthonia have arrived at Hampstead (London) Reception Centre. They have come from the British zone m Germany and I will reinforce depleted hospital I domestic staffs all over Britain. The girls come from all walks of
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      MAN HELD UP HOSPITAL TO WOO NURSE
      35 3 MAN HELD UP HOS PI TAL TO WOO NURSE r to tidier to fforU nursed I year-old d Ro*id. 3ed?ed with pistol nt to a have nurse, I the 1 at a 'o have I
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      Pilot pays for widow's child
      480 3 Pilot pays for widow's child LETTERS said to have been written by a British Overseas Airways' Corporation pilot to a foreign Jewess, the widow jof a Czech, were read at Bristol magistrates' court. The court granted the woman. Mrs. Edita Blaha, of Hamptonroad, Kedlanri. Bristot, an affiliation order against the
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      'No roguer or proctors'
      134 3 No roguer or proctors' UNDER the English will madf m 1579 by Richard Watte of Rochester, lodging for six poo travellers, "not. being rogues o: proctors." was provided nightl: at a rest house m :he ci'y's Higi Street. There was also a supper o bread and meat, a pair of
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      EARL'S HOME IS USED AS JAIL
      81 3 EARL'S HOME IS USED AS JAIL THE right of the Home Office to requisition his family estate, Tortworth Court, Falfield, Gloucester, for use as a jail is to b e challenged by the Earl of Ducie who has returned to Englaaid after seven and a half years m Australia. The
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      89 3 Princess Elizab ih r»-«- tt§Q \i~..<-d the l>r^;x,s Hali m th it> of London to rtneive the !r<i-d m of ih. I)r Company. Th-- Drapers' {rewJom <(;nfe/red b> pal run n- iht- Kin« himself is a I x-man Ih. cc tniony was a preliminary \o the presentation or the freedom
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      THE DOCKER RETURNED THE WALLET
      145 3 THE DOCKER RETURNED THE WALLET \UHOv T Leo S< nez, a Canad an. grain-loader, saw his wallet containing 78 hard-earned dol disappear m a cascade of gra n pouring into the noid of a Bri-tish-bound ship at Regina, I katchewan. he said to the cr "Tell them to look on
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      600 WIDOWS ASK FOR HUSBANDS
      107 3 MEARLY 600 women of Velj n m Yugoslavia, want husband so that they can have children to larry ou the life of th*» village. Their husbands and hearts were murd red during th 2 war, when Ustashi Yugoslav pro-Nazi organisation slaughtered the 600 men who
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      36 3 f Morning tea- and a I j^Sm OARRICK '^JUj lit iHiSLfl^ Well, that's another job -^mr^^^m^Stk done! Now for morning tea There', real pleasure; fV^ l^^g^/r^ll m GARRICK COODMESS.* f^^^^ f '"^t fc^J* if CORF TIPPED
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      88 3 TARZAN Saurian's Strategy By Edgar Rice Burroughs *6 MS imOSTY KMffE SANK Tl kj^W I/ -^^5] JUST IN TIME TAR2AN PULLED \I I tarzan tGLEAseo ms swpandJ Pw K^r^- J<£ himself behind the root J m JVVO I M^Mklm _AS W&m SSTANTLY TnE -uGE REPTILE *f/ jj .C^ v. THEN
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1947. Malayan Soldiers
      445 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1947. Malayan Soldiers T \E British Am n to Malayans for a three-year term i i thi-s will naturally n it regular te< Although the whole n o: Im] is m course of meet the new requi. atomic wanare. one pi that has
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      PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS
      782 4 PEOPLE IN S'PORE MAKE NEWS A CHANGE of work from University librarian to that of personal secretary this is the promotion given to ..car-old attractive, ;inia born PAULINE BROOKS, who arrived m Singapore this week on the President Monroe together with her uncle KENNETH S. PATTON, m. appointed U.S. For<
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      QUIZ
      11 4 1. B idrawn I i Iran. I X 1938. 4
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      FAITH
      23 4 It i.s as sport to a f I t;» do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisd >m. Proverbs: 10- 23.
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      FISHY NOISES
      373 4 THE I .of Su and the Ma ayan :an no doubt t 11 you th na? v fi-li :n ters round Malaya bu^ can they {cl you whir are by the i they mak Un ntists. after a. little while, most probably L-ould because, with the aid of
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      A Tale From Tanglin
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      THE DERBY'S 1st SATURDAY For 168 Years
      89 4  - THE DERBY'S 1st SATURDAY For 168 Years ROBERT WATS ON rhwrn 7th Dei 1780 wii Tv rf ]1 1 on a Saturday. W: race it was d< Thursday. Diomed, tht£l,l2s. Th. I wa« fi day and on tlu I thi- can ou.s Derb; ■*ill pro THERt I d Dositi a
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      MALAY TEA CHERS ASK MORE PAY
      19 5 MALA Y TEA C HERS ASK MORE PAY Reporter x Fm> urn to S5O p.m. Tar>._ .ire j < rs
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      700 APPLY FOR JOIN AIR CORPS
      14 5 700 APPLY FOR JOIN AIR CO RPS I; j Empire -rid-fair. riper P O.
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      700 MEN FOR MALAY REFT.
      135 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE ment will ruiting campa'gn next month get 700 recruits v n regular ment with the Colours for seven years and with the He r five years. Three special recruiting tea tour the P a from June 12 to
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      DEATH SENTENCE ON FILIPINO
      40 5 JC. Guillen was sentenced of murder ident R N 10 Guill .ad: nd where Pt g a p'j ila. One bystander was killed and six injured when the grnade bounced off the stand before ex-ploding-.—Rout: r.
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      JAPS CHARGED WITH KILLING
      110 5 ALLEGED to have killed a British hours after the surrender, three Japanese are war crimes trial m Hong day. The accused, Colonel Tamura hi Major Hirano Nobuo, Cap-, tain Fujin^ Masayo. to be charg- ed together concerned with the killing of Sub-Lieut. Fred Hock- j R.N.V.R.,
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      MAN KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
      74 5 Nobody saw how a Chinese painter," Fong See Keng, was fatally knocked down by a military lorry driven by a Japanese P.0.W... Y. Shinkichi, at Blair Road on May 16. After the accident someone shouted out to the lorry driv-r to stop. Fong died m
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      TRAFFIC COPS ON PARADE
      55 5 TRAFFIC COPS ON PARADE picture. Mcmlrrs of the Mobile Squad of the Singapore Traffic Police on morning: parade outside their headquarters ia Maxu 11 Road. They are inspected by Inspector Rajah every morning before they go -n road patrols. Picture shows Singapore Polic? cops, standing t > attention beside thfir
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      SARA WAR COAL SURVEY BEGINS
      196 5 WORK has begun on making a survey, both aerial and topographical, of districts m Sarawak where it is known there ar deposi g a London message. The S yof State for the Colonies, Mr. Arthur m Parliament last wt-ek referred to this survey being undertaken.
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      VISITING CHINA
      21 5 The Chinese Ambassador to Siam, Mr. Li Tieh-Tseng, proceeded to China yesterday mcrning on a three-week visit, says Reuter.
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      VALUABLE RECORDS LOST
      175 5 I pOUR hundred volumes of manu- script papers relating to the administration of the Straits iSettlemedts for the period 1800 to 1867 were lost during the Jap occupation of Singapore. It is probable, says an official statement, that these manuscript records comprise the sole documentary evidence m
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      S'PORE LETS BAN ON OIL EXPORT
      410 5 S'PORE LETS BAN ON OIL EXPORT Lrooa news tor millers Free Press Staff Reporter THE ban on the export of coconut oil, except to the United Kingdom, will be partially lifted from June 1 when the Governments of Singapore and the Malayan Union will allow the monthly shipment of 100
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      Education can cut road toll
      217 5 Education can cut road toll SPOkE TRAFFIC CHIEF SAYS Fret' Press Staff Repox U SINGAPORE'S traffic chief, Mr. C. J. R. Bembroke, thinks the answer to the high road toll m the Colony is safetyfirs< education m schools. "The drivers of tomorrow are m the schools today," he said when
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      CHINA OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO SIAMESE
      119 5 Free Press Correspond nt BANGKOK. Thurs. OCHOLARSHIPS for study at Chinese ui wd\ be awarded every twD years to nl Siamese students by the Chinese Education Ministry, says a SinoN ws Service report published in Bangkok. Candidates lor the scholarships must have Rracuated fr^ir. dary
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      UK REPARATIONS MEN IN TOKIO
      55 5 UK REPARAT IONS MEN IN TOKIO The Unites Kingdom Reparations and Restitution Mission, sponsored by the Bsard of Trade :M d acting also on behalf of Burma an<i the British arrived m Tokio yesterday. The mission is h?nd:d b} A.A.F. Shearor. formerly a biHinessman m Jap?,:"!, and comprises five commissioners
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      SIAMESE WILL PLOUGH WITH MACHINES
      120 5 SIAME S E WIL L PLOUGH WITH MACHINES Free Press Correspondent BANGKOK, Thuis. IN an effort to step up rice production, Siam is rtsoitrng to mechanical ploughing of ;ice fields, ar>(i an order has *>2eu placed for 20 ploughing machine i, according to an official of the Siamese Ministry cf
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      GIFTS STILL ON OFFER
      58 5 GI FTS STILL ON OFFER Fr- >an Kepon THE Fr c Presf reader. offered to donate a sword, a fireman's helmet and tuo polo sticks, writes to sa\ only the sword has been away. The polo sticks and helmet are still available, and the I Press will be glad to
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      S'PORE MAY HAVE ART GALLERY
      188 5 S'PORE MAY HAV E AR T GALLERY THE Friends of S 1 Association, held th.ir first general meeting situ war, at the Adelphi Ho'-d. Singapore, yesterday. Professor T. H. Silcock tcok the chair, made a brief report on the state of the Society and following the electicn of office-bearers future
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      TALK ON GITA
      39 5 TA LK ON GI TA A lecture on "Srimad Bh Gita" will be delivered m E by Swami Vsmadevsnand;.. I sldent of the Ramarkri s'-on. Singapore, at the M premises. 9 Norn s Road, i 31 at 6.30 p.m.
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  • NEWS
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      BELGIUM HONOURS A HERO
      98 6 BELGIUM HONOURS A HERO pAPTAIN Howard Tripp, a wim now a (.'i: London stable, shares i li hurchill and F> Mon'gom having a street C tnlinental town, named I is "Captain Tti^d i m the Belgian indus' ?brcek, near I erp The 17.00. g Gerrr.. und Food Dump arI ek
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      PROSPERITY
      29 6 (< rpHE test of a coun-: .fare X is the employment of its Alia is on the ring 100 per cent. men*."— The Prime MinisJ. B. Chifley, at Canberra.
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      U.S. aircraft industry hit
      234 6 LE.-M>f:ks <>t the I nited Sf lircraft induct rv -{nut the day m conference at Williamsburg, Virginia, discussing Ike future oi Uu-ir tndustrj frith higb orticials <»f the Vrmv. \a\y and State Department, -v;i\- a New York report. Manufacturers believe that accumulated orders for commercial planes
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      MOUNTAIN RANGE WITH GLACIERS
      738 6 MOUNTAIN RANGE WITH GLACIERS Russian Discovery In Arctic MOSCOW. (By Airmail). STR.WGK m it may m thiv; a^ e o f fa^, travel and air exploration, three Soviet fMgTaphcrs liavt (iiMovi-rtd hi Far Eastern Sil»oriii a moiuitain ran^«. hitherto unknown. It contains no fewer than 114 glacu rs. It w
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      PEN PALS AT 12, NOW TO WED
      85 6 WHEN Marie Elisabet Ingard of Oslo, was 12 years old she became the ''pen friend" of a London boy of t*v same age. And m July, 15 years after, Marip v H marry her childhood correspondent, now Captain James Forward ex -paratrooper serving
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      Dog gets excellent at school
      79 6 I \DY t a Ihnpimg, attends classes regularly at Vnh;»n Hire School m Naii.'k, Ai.t^arhu setts and tfets report cards irum the headmistress, who permits l~id> to attend <!:*-.n.>«. herause he r master, WilHam <ienov:i, 11 fa doin? IdlMll iTllj better l1 his studies. Lady's
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      BALL RACKET UPSETS UNIV.
      267 6 BALL RACKET UPSETS UNIV. TOE I \RKKT for the first Urn, 1 am i bridge College. üble tickets for (he >la\ m him m m Uiag at £12. As the correct prices of (Jk Ik k ta are higher than ever before, the ball orgura the college authorities are a.si<mishe<l
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      RAF CUTS CIVIL AIR LINE AID
      167 6 RAF CUTS CIVIL AIR LINE AID COMMERCIAL air opera' ing through the Mediterranean ar<^a will now have to fly by their Thf R.A.F. has stopped providing knee at six mai n airp' m the area. When war i ed and the air op*- the B.A.f tinued to carry on thwhich
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      106 6 Free Press Crossword No. 115 1 »r^ Xt i M^ v CLLL-S At KOS3 O^-time feast that would just mak c us yawn now (5), 4. Building S2!T Ji mother and boy to provide for (5). 7. it's effect would be" J^SSj™"^ J 0 146^ W. A robbery brings on
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      53 6 A kiC JAiNI Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya P^m j^S f a kic PFEL St!<:H AMySORRY, DARLIMG, IT WAS L. VSi 1 -rf^O is^ UMNt AiS 1 THE BEST I COULD DO.'- &r v 1 ii f A j^S /S f° u r/no the plaza I all
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  • SPORT
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      WASHBROOK SCORES 204 NOT OUT
      59 7 WASHBROOK SCORES 204 NOT OUT jljg First-wicket stand With Place London. Thursday. he preN .'►•> day, batsmen dominated the I programme lodaj when temperatures r ek\er. months. Several centuries irked the days pla> but the greatest opening stand < f 350 between Washextras 12 having batted three hours k has
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      MAURIELLO STOPS OPPONENT IN FIFTH ROUND
      75 7 BROOK] n rhurs. TA.MI Miuri.llo, rotund tavern keeper from the Bronx, had all out to st;p Jimmy Carralo, young Long Island ter. i-1 the fifth m* i ol a scheduled ten-rourd heavyweight fight. 1 ime oil the floor from two second knockdou and fought
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      MITCHELL HITS ANOTHER 100 FOR TOURISTS
      17 7 MITCHE LL HITS ANOTHER 100 FOR TOURISTS I 108 > m I 1 > I I naith 0 s
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      SELECTING TEAM TO MEET NEGRI
      410 7 SELECTIN G TEAM TO MEE T NEGRI LtKK^t Notes The Sports Editor THE Sinuapore State side that wi!l mccl v >^.n Sembilan on June It and 15 at Sin- i is certain to be very differ nt from the one tha t met Seiangor over the Easter holidays. The t(
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      S. AFRICANS LEAD BRITAIN TWO-NIL
      117 7 S. AFRICANS LEAD BRITAIN TWO-NIL DAVIS CUP SCARBOxiOUGH, Thurs. SOUTH Africa gained a two-nil id against Great Britain whtr. their third round Davis Cup match opened today winboth singles decided. the first tie Tony Mottram raided British hopes, taking the first set from Eric Sturgcss, but reafter the South African
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      U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
      22 7 LONDON. Thur.s. Today's league f^otbali results Third Division < Southern): Northampton 2, Aldershot 2; Notts Reuter County 1, Reading 0
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      ORION B.P. BEAT MERRYMAKERS 7-2
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      S/LDR SPENCER SCORES 57 IN PADANG CRICKET
      328 7 S/ LD R SPENCE R SCORES 57 IN PADANG CRICKET AN interesting game of Cricket was played &n the S.R.C Padang on Wednesday between Mr. P. F. de Sauza's XII and Sq L. Stewart Harris s XII. which the latter won by 25 runs. The occasion was a farewell to
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      REACHING FOR IT
      51 7 i re? Press ph Show, ab:;ve. Krishna.- umy, Indian full-back, jumping for the ball with Mahmood, Malay left inside, while m th-* foreground is Zamzam, who led the Malay attack. Below. Haji Garhan get s his head to a corner kicked by Ha<3tin. The ball hit the
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      AGA KHAN'S DERBY HOPE WINS
      81 7 MANCHESTER, Thursday. THE Aga Khan's chief Derby candidate. Migoli by Bois Roussel out of Mah Iran, won the Royal Standard Stakes valued at £500 over a mile-and-a-quar-ter here today, but did nothing to suggest he will upset calculations m the Epsom Classic. Ridden by champion
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      MALAYS SHOW NEW SHOOTING POWER
      687 7 MALAYS SHOW NEW SHOOTING POWER By Our Soccer Reorter Malays ..4, Indians 0. FOUR goals to nil did net represent all the superiority of the Malays over the Indians whom they met m a second round game at Jalan Besar Stadium yestarday, for if the Malays had half as much
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      45-Year Scot Day's Hero
      359 7 45-Year Scot Day 's Hero British Golf Championships AKNOI STIE, Thursday THREE American, one Englishman and four Scotsnn m reached the "last ei^ht or quarter final stage of the British amateur golf championship here today. Om of the Scots, Robert Rutherford, 45 year-old member of the Royal Wimbledon London Club,
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      U.S. GOLDEN GLOVES TEAM WIN 7-1
      47 7 CHICAGO. Tnu THE Golden Gloves team o! America defeated an European amateur boxing up, seven bout one. Europe's only vie: ie m the opening flyweight bout when Luis Lv Martir.ez. Spanish boxer won a close de:ision over Bob Holliday. A. P.
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      32 8 H O M E One of England's loveliest villages. Castle Combe, Wiltshire, between Chippenham and Bristol, is up for sale The owner is hoping: it will pass to the National 1 rust
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      S'PORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
      282 8 CITY NEWS A Special Market corre^poij t gives tb« prices of robber at 11 a.m. today m foll.-ws: Bayers Sellers Cts. Cta. per H>. per Ib. No 1 B.S S. Spot 3« 3O' t No i R.S.S. fob m bales May 31 No I I.BS. M
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      MacARTHUR Jr. HURT
      30 8 Arthur hi or, the one-year-old son of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur. fractured his arm while Ie ng m Tokio yesi Hio on is not serious, Reuter reports.
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      EX-INSPECTOR NOT GUILTY
      91 8 V: cc Pi IPO H Tnursday. r the day found not gruilty by th M /am vs of mtu named Lim B on K«-nt« i .^d was <>no of four gtd to have been I by shots fired from tation as tliey, I four other Chinese b<
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      Arctic war is seen by U.S.
      337 8 Arctic war is seen by U.S. WASHING PON, Thursday. THK I .s. Ami) believes thJtt, if there is Mother war, its main defences muttl be "on the Arctic frontier.' Without naming, any possible aggr mmanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces. Gen. Carl Spaatz, today told the House Appropriations
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      BEVIN'S SPEECH
      134 8 (Continued from Page 1) Pal< "Instead of abu i Britain," he said, il I do wish all the people would bring forward and back up a resolution of their own. As for that Anglo-American commission, my friend, Mr. R. H. Grossman (one of the party 'rebel' leaders), knows
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      GERMANY'S BREAD
      24 8 GERMANY'S BREA D American and British taxpayers pay for one of every two slices of breed eaten m their z?nrs o r German U.P
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      GIRL KILLED BY COCONUT
      134 8 Til! -> Urnucr esterda I bai 13 jtMi old girl had died bj dh idi ci aftrr a coconni Fell on bei f i < id she was lin Sien Ben > ol Aljunird Road The rirPa mother told the Coroner. Mr W Portei that sho
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      NEW BRITISH-U.S. STEP IN GERMANY
      177 8 BERLIN, Thur sday AGREEMENT was reached today, on the formation of an ft Economic Council for the British and American zones of Germany, representatives of which will be elected by the German state parliaments. The council will create eco mic policies subject to the general
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      BIGGEST U.S. FLEET AT GIBRALTAR
      49 8 The advance units of what will bo one of the biggest United States Naval Forces ever seen m Gibraltar harbour arrived yesterday on a week's visit. Vice-Ad-miral Bernard Bieri, Commanding American Naval Forces m the Mediterranean, is m command of the Force, says Reuter.
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      Prisoners' hunger strike
      55 8 Bl c f n U)o P ris(:ners < including several political prisoners m aaigon Central Jail have been hunger-striking since Wednesday, demanding a "humane pris <n lite." accord ing to unofficial P>rts m Saigon, says Reuter. The prisoners' demands include icihties for daily bathing, better food and
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      ADJUSTMENT IN INDIA NEXT WEEK
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      AUSTRALIANS TO QUIT INDIA
      46 8 CANBERRA. Thur: nnHE [mm Mr L Cal the Au 'nment ha> chartered t] fur a number of "V m I will be fivcn v lan women and children, h€ I. Any remaining p will be given i and Europeans v Austral! Reuter
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      TIGER WORKS FOR WELFARE
      137 8 I i <>. M.ii! i ndent X! \i.\ LUMPUR, Friday. THK WtUmn Department, Pa- fiuifc list Sunday ben? fit ted by :>i!o b> pus>ing the hat round ulk n a lurj, r f* numkr of sp-ct.itor.s «r<i«dcd round a cat^e at "It'l»k sesik. Kuantan to see
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      58 8 DARDANELLES: NEW DEMANDS THE Turk** Fnmc Minis* Parliament to prolong m. Ed since 1940 m Istanbul Luropc is considered m I the belief that the l>: the fore again m tin m ugh th< from Turk -I iment M sib; po Dii had p<»rt the Turkish Pr Aug. 7. 194G,
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      POST-UNRRA AID FOR EUROPE
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      52 8 BUITENZORG. Thur> f^OL. A. J. Thomson. Nether* lands military r.dei toneslan bers of the Goodyear fad Buitenz yd to CoL Th Inn Army pla;- A 1 bomb. J;iv plan i I morn mis D. year pi m January I i by c T: I U.P.
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      BUSH FIRE ON KING'S ESTATE
      85 8 NDRINGHA rciREMI Light a JT heath and woodlands i the King's estate ham. N irfolk, through The blaze, seen 14 milt under control this morr The lire started among brae) and n Babi:. and, fanned by spread quickly. Workers on I .1 estate and the
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      CHILDREN'S FREE
      46 8 MATINEE MIOW THE Stage Club is giving matinee performance of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" for students and school children of Singapore at 3 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre. Seating has been arranged by Mr. R. A. Goodchild, Inspector of Schools, and admission is free.
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