The Singapore Free Press, 14 August 1947

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    24 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA LARGEST AFTERNOOtf SALE IN MALA YA No. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, \<m. PKICfc Id CENTS.
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    TROOPS BATTLE SIKH RAIDERS
    515 1 TROOPS BATTLE SIKH RAIDERS Terror spreads LI §I ICJL tJ LAHORE, Thursday. r daj and night of fire and terror, A morning welcomed the first units of a th rigade which has been sent to the i ,10 quel arswi and massacre. Yesterday yxty i -it wore killed, while troops
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    FREEDOM DAWNS FOR INDIA
    117 1 FREEDOM DAWNS FOR INDIA Run sday. i: rv Bi fclsh- En] India wUJ |b marto d by i Bri isfa i\-mp I two newlj- at Dom rtions i Pakistan :to m New Council i art be s* ring-in lr nd n* n h aded cy nistei Sai irda: will b
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    WAR REPORT DELAY: PROTEST BY PERCIVAL
    198 1 LONDON, Wednesday. IN a letter to The Times, Lieut. Gen. A. E. Percivial G.O.C. I Malaya, at the time of the Japan- j ese invasion, deplored the delay j m the publication of his Malayan i campaign dispatches. This, he said, was "most unfair
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    MACDONALD FOR TALKS ON JAPS
    152 1 LONDON, Tuesday. rC Governor-General of Malaya, Mr. Malcolm MacDonaid, will attend the Commonwealth Conference for a n exchange of views on the Japanese peace terms opening m Canberra on Aug. 26, as a member of the British delegation. The British delegation will be i headed
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    DUTCH E. JAVA LANDING
    68 1 DUTCH E. JAVA LANDING In their "police action" against the Indonesians, the, Dutch are using modern weapons, most of them American surplus equipment. The Dutch bought a considerable amount of these weapons of war from American dumps m the South Pacific. This picture of a landing m East Java shows
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    GROPING FOR FISH
    34 1 A blind boy. aged seven, took part m a children's angling contest at Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. The challenge cup was won by 11-year-old Majorie Smith with a twelve-and-a-half ounce i catch. Reuter
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    New flare-up of Arab-Jew riots
    247 1 New flare-up of Arab- Jew riots JERUSALEM, Wednesday. nOLICE reinforcements are massed on the border between I the Arab town of Jaffa and the Jewish city of TeJ-Avlv I today, fourth day of clashes between Arabs and Jews involving 30 dead and wounded on both sides. Tension is growing and
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    £50,000 STOLEN FROM AIRCRAFT
    45 1 UNCUT diamonds worth more than £50,000 vanished without trace from a sealed mail bag m a KLM aircraft between Amsterdam and Karachi, the Dutch news agency reports. On arrival at Karachi, the bags were found to have been tampered with Reuter
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    No Free Press Tomorrow
    57 1 OWING to the fact that the bulk of Singapore's newsvendors are Indians and wish to celebrate Indian Independence Day with other members of their community, there will be no issue of the Singapore Free Press tomorrow afternoon. Publication will be resumed on Saturday. The Straits Times
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    GILT-EDGEDS & INDUSTRIALS SLUMP FURTHER
    126 1 GILT-EDGEDS INDUSTRIALS SLUMP FURTHER LONDON, Wednesday. BRITISH Government securities ("gilt-edged"), which yesterday fell to the lowest levels skvce the Labour Government took office, fell further through- out today's session on the London Stock Exchange, says Reuter's Financial Editor. British industrial shares as a whole also fell sharply to the lowest
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    6 WE IN LOOTING
    31 1 Six persons were killed and 13 injured at Hagabduttah m the Blue Nile province when a large party from neighbouring villagers attacked and looted two shops. U.P.
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    TAXI MEN NELD UP, ROBBED
    144 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THREE robberies, m which the victims were Chinese taxi drivers, were reported m the Bukit Timah Road area last night. Three Chinese, who engaged a taxi from Rex Cinema at 10.30 p.m. told the driver to drive to Bukit Timah Road,
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    LONGERHOURS UNDER NEW CRISIS LAW
    330 1 LONDON, Wednesday. rE Labour Government has moved swiftly under its new crisis powers. The Joint Labour-Management Committee voted approval today of the limited direction of labour m most fields of industry from October 1, and a longer working day. Direction will be achieved through channeling
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    SINGAPORE BANS NI ARMY PLANES
    90 1 I THE Singapore authorities have 1 banned the landing of Dutch aircraft of the "19th squadron", which flies domestic services m the Indies archipelago for the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways, KNILM. Planes of this Squadron are registered as military aircraft. Dutch KLM planes will again
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    Shahrir will address UNO Council today
    208 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. rE Security Council did not discuss Indonesia today, but tomorrow it will hear Sutan Shahrir's full statement. It is expected that he will ask the Council to bar representatives of East Indonesia and West Borneo who an now en route to
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    £20,000 CUSTOMS HAUL IN SYDNEY
    52 1 SYDNEY Customs officials who raided the steamer River Clarence when she arrived from Japan yesterday seized £20,000 worth of pearl necklaces, kimonos and silk piece-goods, the biggest haul of contraband pearls yet made m Sydney. The pearls, which were cultured, were found m the ship's
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    NECESSARY FOR BEGINNERS
    986 2 NECESSARY FOR BEGINNERS A Malayan Bookshelf I BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THE basis of your library should be a good collection of standard reference books. After all, even if you feel that you are sufficiently erudite to do without a dictionary most of the time, it still comes m useful
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    TODAY'S BRIDGE PROBLEM
    280 2 HERE is a hand that illustrates the importance of conventional plays m aiding experts to conduct their unusually fine defenses. West opened the heart king on which East played the six. South won and successfully finessed the diamond queen. But when he led the club ten. East
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    A FILM ON FOOD
    263 2 GIVE US The Earth." a new Metro-G^d-wyn Mayer documen/ ary i film, utilizes actual chari acters and situations m j presenting a problem which faces nearly every country i m the wurid: Food Produced by Herbert Morgan, Give Us The Earth reflects i the work of
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    ART CLASS The Battle Of Eye And Ear
    293 2  - ART CLASS The Battle Of Eye And Ear PIERRE JEANNERAT by APERA and ballet are combinations of audible and visual arts, and, if nicely balanced, should appeal both to ear and eye. (Though hypersensitive music love*rs may contradict this statement far as opera is con I remember sitting nest to
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      733 2 SINGAPORE "Tommy Handle;- Show"; 5.15 Every- Here We Are Again; 5.30 Tho Oi ch.s r man's Music; 5.30 "The Forces' Re- tra Speaks; 6 pm. Thirty to One; BJQ Blue Network quests"; 6 p.m. -Swing Show"; 6.30 News and Home News; 6.45 Btrictl) 12. 00—2. 00 p.m 455 metres la
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      49 2 QUIZ Answers 1. Richard 11. 2. The Bill, declaring illegal various arbitrary practices of Charles I, to which the House of Commons forced him to assent m 1628: (b) The Act, passed m 1689 on the accession of William and Mary, "declaring the rights and liberties of the subject."
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      142 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune towcm 'o: nOiiN t d.iv. tfaC oftM intellectual iiu mM 3 life are more imp-utiiit t thin mere nuicri<ti Kjj l!»ji yim dc have a nat™ gift for busiiK-ss «»r mrafrc;* ventMcs atici the (inn^i 1 that you will become cokJ«« tahly v el! li it
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    BEVIN OR CRIPPS AS NEXT PREMIER
    487 3 Crisis m British Labour Party pm »AltlK must go" demands by certain sections of I) h Pre^ and within the Labour Party, there is little con- me (»f »n> general demand for the Prime Minister's a W V,n or transfer to another post or
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    A TOWN BANS NUDE PORTRAIT
    95 3 THE 'Reclining Nude,'' the 1 painting by the English artist Matthew Smith, which is m the collection owned by the Hon. Vincent Massey. former Canadian High Commissioner m London, now being shown ihroughout Canada, will not be displayed with the rest of the collection m
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    BURMA REPORTS LESS CRIME
    77 3 JN spite of a sudden increase m crime m Burma's southern and northern ranges, an official statement issued m Rangoon, reports a "steady and appreciable decrease m crime m the last three months." July figures were given as 155 riurders and 1,184 cases of dacoity and
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    No cuts for MPs, says Attlee
    75 3 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee on Tuesday rejected a suggestion made by Mr. L. D. Gammans (Cons. Hornsey) that Ministers and Members of Parliament cut their own salaries from 20 to 30 per cent as a gesture m the nations economic crisis. Mr.
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    'SNAKE CULTISTS DRIVE 'EM NUTS'
    302 3 'SNAKE CULTISTS DRIVE 'EM NUTS' THE mountain town of Glendale, Virginia, U.S.A., of 1,500 1 population, is looking to the authorities for relief from the night-long hysterical chants of a band of determined snakehandlers outside the county jail, protesting the imprisonment of members of their religious cult, reports U.P. Snake
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    DE BEERS DIRECTOR
    25 3 Field Marshal Lord Wavell, former Viceroy of India, has been appointed a Director of De Beers Consolidated Mines m South Africa. Reuter
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    ODOM CASHES IN ON HIS FLIGHT
    206 3 PILOT William Odom, who has established the new world solo flight record of 73 hours and 6 minutes, is now engaged m both reaping financial and intangible honours and preparing for new flights, reports United Press from Chicago. Within less than 24 hours after
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    MRS PANDIT FOR UNO
    23 3 Mrs. Pandit, Indian Ambassador to Moscow, 'will head tile Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly m Septemb-.
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    NEW DEVICE TO REDUCE FOR DANGER
    74 3 be tried aut I 'is, atLoi ton Airport ito d .be reaper and s Fido, the f wartime many ciiveracdlationa last wmt- q, -r- «raa criticised v at London V"-- r'msmtg was wnlen exrj data of !;i:huS. adj bej sexpeel lights works mdescent BRcie]
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    PRINCESS'S GIFT
    12 3 tiaa n I r i if Sr d 1,012 food
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    GERMANS FOUND SECRETLY MAKING ARMS
    84 3 Military police of the U.S. Army of Occupation m Germany are here seen mounting guard outside one of two factories m Berlin which were closed after discovery that they were secretly producing "for a foreign power" uxir equipment, including components for submarines, tanks and aircraft,
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    MOST AMERICANS NEVER HEARD OF MARSHALL PLAN
    118 3 MOST AMERICANS NEVER HEARD OF MARSHALL PLAN A MAJORITY of Americana (51 per cent.) do not know of the existence of the Marshall Aid Europe plan according to a na" ion- wide Gallup Poll survey several weeks after the announcement of the plan. The poll showed that the majority of
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    PRESS SAYS GOVT. 'NOT' GOVERNING
    452 3 THE view that the British nation is drifting to economic dis--1 aster because the Government is not taking definite measures to meet the crisis has been expressed by Brit sh newspapers, reports Beuter. The liberal News Chronicle, which m general supports the Government, said that
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    EXPORT MARTS WORRY U.K. CAR CITY
    124 3 EXPORT MARTS WORRY U.K. CAR CITY THE Mayor of Coventry is to call a town's meeting m response to requests by trade union leaders. Officials seek a plan to prevent Coventry becoming a distressed area if a slump is created by collapse m the export, market. Availability of raw materials
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    OCCUPATION'BAD FOR MORALE'
    93 3 OCCUPATION 'BAD FOR MORALE' MISS Jean Begg, Director-Gen-eral of the Young Women's Christian Association Welfare Services m the Far East, who is wf 11 known m Malaya, said at a meeting m Wellington (New Zealand) on Tuesday that occupation duty m Japan was bad for the morale of Npw Zealand
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    243rd ANNIVERSARY
    27 3 Old comrades of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment attended the 243 rd Anniversary celebrations of the Battle or Blenheim, held at Kempston barracks, Bedford Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947. Independent India
    662 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1947. Independent India rUR hundred million people stand today on the threshold of freedom. Tomorrow, British responsibility for the governance of India ends after nearly one hundred years of Empire. If the struggle for freedom has been long, success was finally won with
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    WHAT ARMY DOES UNO NEED?
    969 4 WHAT ARMY DOES UNO NEED? IN order to enable 1 the United Nations to "take urgent military measures to maintain or restore international peace and security" in the case of an aggressive act which cannot be stopped by non-military means how many men, guns, ships and aeroplanes must be held
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    QUIZ
    32 4 i 1. Who was on the British throne when the Canterbury Tales was written? 2. What were: (a) the Petition of Right; (b) the Bill of Rights? ANSWERS m Pace Two.
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    THE BIRTH OF A 'SPIV'
    291 4 THE BIRTH OF A 'SPIV' ANYBODY who n thinks that the spiv is. a war-time growth is mistaken. As far back as 1937 John Worby wrote a book, The" Other Half; the Autobiography of a Spiv," and the late James Douglas ordained that it should be banned. Worby, m a
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    HE WROTE STALIN A LETTER
    784 4 HE WROTE STALIN A LETTER MATYAS RAKOSI m wrote a letter to Stalin and forty thousand Magyar prisoners of war trekked out of Russia m three months. Another letter from Rakosi, it is rumoured, may yield a slight Soviet concession on economic exploitation of Hungary m time to gladden voters'
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    INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM
    189 4 IT is reliably understood that the following song has been generally accepted as the Indian National Anthem m Malaya, for use on all Indian national and ceremonial occasions, till such time as the final decision on the Indian National Anthem is arrived at by the Indian Constituent
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    It Seems To Me...
    414 4 It Seems To Me... By politico Mr. Gv,a.l, Malaya's rfcratiZJ Indian, i; other ration scafe patently f ,..u,ht j. lomal rr,- a i liverish moment LVll; v b m w coy m ts ration pubS but there no i, m even ;/T. lfure.lt tvs fallen C 5 ouno-s r]; ;V
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    BOOKS FOR EXHIBITION
    108 5 MRS. JOANNA MOORE and MR. TAN BOON CHIANG sorting some of the books sent from Britain for the Singapore Book Exhibition to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from Aug. 15 to Aug. 23. The Officer Administering the Government will open the Exhibition at 4 p.m.
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    LORRY CURFEW STILL IN FORCE
    65 5 LORRY CURFEW STILL IN FORCE Mi Stall Reporter >"\..,,,i to -ik: and warei > force, apo B „:>>•• „f loKaea and 5 a.m. 3 p penuft fe map said v^^i; U m attained I ing looting <* m the v Sorcedb, I trols who I 3 xamme liing at Mght.
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    NEW MOON DAY
    21 5 1 i celebrated at th* Sinhalese 7. •[i Outram Road Ti n will be C;■ monk, the rifltanatba
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    SCHOOL MAY APPEAL TO WHITEHALL Premises taken over by Govt.
    482 5 SCHOOL MAY APPEAL TO WHITEHALL Premises taken over by Govt. UNLESS a satisfactory settlement is made, A he management committee of the Khee Fatt School, whose land and premises were recently acquired by the Government for public use, would be "obliged to seek justice from the Secretary of State for
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    SIX MORE JAP SHIPS HERE
    86 5 TWO Japanese destroyers and four "Sea Defence" ships representing the second group of Jap warships drawn by Britain arrived at Seletar Naval Base yesterday. A third destroyer is held tip at Hong Kong for engine repairs. Two of the destroyers, Sumire and Maki, were completed
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    GRANTED DECREE
    63 5 A DECREE nisi to be made abosulte m three months, was granted to Mary Lim nee Wee Siew Tin by Mr. Justice Jobling at the Singapore High Court yesterday, when she petitioned for a divorce from her husband, Lim Cheng Chuan, a clerk employed at the Ko Hong
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    S'pore port news
    144 5 WOOD SHIP ARRIVES LftnVafcrtoal Reporter J jju* r, GOTgon I. t ''~rn :r:v- V?S v. r- J v EKltfH J3r3 toOS s£j ratec carp 1 100 cases r." asesol Umat ICS, MM iTpeteiOCe I ng prodllCe: heifers BSen?ic, M t,4M Boor, j vegetaUes por* whar- L I
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    P & O Ships to resume UK-China run
    195 5 P O Ships to resume UK-China run THE reconditioned P. O. liner Canton will be making her first normal post-war voyage lrom London to Hong Kong m October, 'and will be sailing for UK from Singapore on Nov. 30, scheduled to arrive m London on Dec. 1. A revised table
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    YWCA PIONEERS PARADE
    65 5 MEMBERS of the YWCA Pioneer Group are holding a special parade at the Pioneers headquarters m Clemerceau Avenue, on Saturday at 4 p.m. Taking advantage of the August school holidays, the Pioneers will leave for tiheir holiday camp at Port Dickson next Monday afternoon, travelling up-country by
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    HELPED PoWs
    38 5 The award of King's commendation for brave conduct to Mr. N. R. Mistri, of Phoenix Aerated Water Works, Singapore, for services to British PoW m Malaya has been approved on the recommendation of tiie War Office.
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    CHINA REMITTANCES
    22 5 Family remittances to China for the month of July amounted to $1,197,946 from Singapore and $573,334 from the Malayan Union.
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    WHERE TO REGISTER FOR VOTING
    639 5 r[E following list of places where the people of Singapore can register as voters is published for the guidance of Free Press readers. MUNICIPAL SOUTH-WEST T.S.I, Mr. S. Kandiah, City Book Store, Collyer Quay. T. 5.2, Mr. M Chong, 167 Cecil Street. T.S. 3, Mr.
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    GRADS FOR RAFFLES COLLEGE COUNCIL
    244 5 Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE agreeing to graduate representation on Raffles Co'iego Council, the Singapore Government has informed the President of Stamford Club (an association of Raffles graduates) that such representation should be on a pan-Malayan basis since the College is a joint institution, but
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    INDIANS WILL CELEBRATE IN BIG WAY
    577 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE hoisting of th e Union of India flag by Mr. J. A. Thhy, 1 representative of the Government of India, at St. Joseph s School ground m Waterloo Street tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock m the presence of high
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    ANTI-P.o.W. AGITATION IS IGNORED
    153 6 ANTI-P.o.W. AGITATION IS IGNORED DESPITE protests, Croydon Town Council has decided to allow German prisoners of war to attend evening classes at local schools next winter. It was stated that the prisoners had offered to pay part of the fees out of the money they earn for work. Councillor H.
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    REDS 'BANDITS' —NOT SOLDIERS
    57 6 THE Chinese Government Information Office has 'advised" all Chinese language newspapers to designate Chinese Communist forces as "Communist bandits" and banned the mention of them as "armies" or soldiers." The Government directive stressed that the term "Communist bandits" was to be used during the "period of
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    N. SCOTLAND'S HYDRO PLAN
    59 6 THE North of Scotland hydroelectric board project at Glenshire, Argyll, designed to relieve Glasgow's present demands on power from stations m the Highland area, has been confirmed by the Government. The scheme is estimated to cost £3,150,000. The main generating station will be situated on the
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    PRICES SOAR IN KARACHI
    75 6 KARACHI was taken completely by surprise at being selected as the capital of Pakistan, and it now finds itself lacking almost everything it needs to function as a sat of government for c dominion of 70.000,000 people. Karachi does not even look like a capital. It
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    TRUMAN URGES TAMING OF THE MISSISSIPPI
    568 6 t i 119 1 31 1 J.* Scheme to save the 'worlds breadbasket AU.S. $4,000,000,000 programme to save the "world's breadbasket"—the Mississippi basin m which lies America s most productive fannlan*-from flood damage and eventually to turn it into a thriving zone with "9g*"*
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    THE RIGHT SPIRIT
    44 6 Svven nurses share about 127,- j under a will, just published Mr. P. M. Dewar of Bels--n Park, Surrey, who w.io Chairman of John Dewar and 6ons, the whisky distilllers. Dewar left £388.919 on which duty of £215,532 has been paid.
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    POLICE CHIEF ROBBED
    41 6 Thirty-three-year-old Assistant Police Chief, Jun Thukamoto, of Nagasaki, visiting Tokio, found pickpockets there a bit too clever for him. As he rode m a tramcar, an unidentified pickpocket stole an envelope from his hippocket containing 4,000 yen. U.P.
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    AMBER FOR EVER
    34 6 The sequence of traffic ligki signals is not to be altered m London, Ministry of Transport announces after consideration ol experiments at 35 crossings wher ihe red-with-amber before greer was omitted.
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    City Fathers gave it up
    67 6 CITY Fathers of Newark, New Jersey, U.S.A. decided not to bill William Cadmus for any more personal taxes after receiving this letter from the daughter, Miss Amy Cadmus: "Be stubborn if yon will, but at least show us the courtesy of addressing future bills to
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    Gurkhas went voluntarily
    451 6 Gurkhas went voluntarily QUESTIONED again on the transfer of Gurkha regiments to vi the Indian Army, to be officered by Indians, the Prime Minister, Mr. Clement AUlee, told the House of Commons that the transfer is a purely voluntary one. reports Reuler. The Ruler of Nepal had agreed m principle
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    UNKNOWN
    31 6 i attacked bra l troops «j It i be first Knew !ui 'i. see m ihu sea They ouas ■> Lgs tc the m r jytc large stocks ol^ U. P.
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    NEW HOUSE
    22 6 'I v i tax wi r.jnioera B tH h F: M r. c using drnei tw is MM are is
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    BUDAPEST COUPLE
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    MUST STAY IN CHURCH
    22 6 AT -•:>■■ r t^W vs tij BeeM i» Uncolashirc, fl *Jm m cia ilspensatlflo toflH X :.V6 days Reuter
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    NEWS $ LOANS NEEDED To WORK £ PACTS
    436 6 NEWS LOANS NEEDED To WORK PACTS BRITAIN has already concluded sterii n <r W ments with about 50 countries and fh l rtifc *»il outstanding ones are near conclusion reR i4S Editor. However, the whole quest u rn of f, euier TS| of sterling can be maintained is m the
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    UNKNOWN
    18 6 plete. Shop assists* are L a at i( J f O-::r.r.e" 4 luntaiii t m rk.- Reuter
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      26 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya STbP THEM. 1 <SOING TOJ3E V^^^^^^lfiMl HES GRIPPED ERIC'S f DO WN? —SHALL THE \§r n S§
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    GOOD TIMES IN TRAINING GALLOPS
    408 7 GOOD TIMES IN TRAINING GALLOPS Darnok, Apollo Wings Impress Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Today. GOOD times were returned at this morning's workouts on the Kuala Lumpur track when horses entered for the Selangor Turf Club's three-day meeting on Aug. 23, Aug 27 and Aug. 30 were given fast
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    HIGH PRAISE FOR TURPIN
    38 7 HIGH PRAISE FOR TURPIN .irI'IN IQ-vear-D'^' IPH 'i n middle. R .'J !I%to be the nr-.rf;^., U.-'l trainer s' h(,rtl. leaving tot l Xtrainins *rsii rrf ri>n r „r expt-rt eyes. f- -'iI!K, m any ;'.i. the Imemans
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    LED HEANEY v BALTAZAR ON SUNDAY
    112 7 LED HEANEY v BALTAZAR ON SUNDAY I ries m I 3 against I md H l I "b-v m i x a. dj B Jl camp m right, for I ney, Leos X at h< V an :n--v have X Baiiazar I tils m >- M before X nplained I
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    UNITED FAMILY WIN 5-2
    69 7 B- C. r. r Hall, J B.P. ba" B game (a Results' B .F 3? mentioned first*: B 9■: B DcskCT U 0 .9 King bed H 9—25 13—" H[~ B S i .r B, 0 B- w 5 12—15; B >- ilua B d s.\
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    DAVIS CUP ZONE FINAL TODAY
    30 7 MONTREAL, Wednesday. AUSTRALIA and Czechoslovakia start their Davis Cup interzone final here tomorrow with the winners qualifying to challenge the United States for the cup.
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    POOL OF YOUNS CRICKETERS SUGGESTED
    246 7 LONDON. Wed. I LTHOUGH England has been SUCCessxi ful against South Africa there exits a strong feeling among County cricket clubs that there is a Kng way to r o v England are to defeat the Australian next Summer, and it is believed that more
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    WINS GOLF TITLE
    53 7 BELFAST, N. IRELAND. Wed:— Joe McCartney, part-time professional of OUf:o:.\ :ie. Belfast, won the Ulster profßWfr"td golf title today beating Jack McLachlan of Royal County Down fiv a arid four m the 36-holes final. Thy previous holder Briti h flpcn champix: Fred Daly. did not defend hv
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    GLOUCESTER DISMISS TOURISTS FOR 225
    359 7 CHELTENHAM, Wed. GLOUCESTERSHIRE, leaders m the County cricket chain«t pionship, scoring 89 for the loss of two wickets, finisli^l the first day 136 runs behind but with ei^ht wickets m hand against South Africa whose first innings totalled 225. This is not a -particularly .impressive
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    Scottish Soccer Results
    98 7 LONDON, Wed. RESULTS of games played today m Scottlish League soccer are: "A" DIVISION Aberdeen 0 Hibernians 2 j ■\irdri 3 Celtic 2 Clyde 1 Falkirk 1 Hearts 3 St. Mirren 2 Morton 3 Dundee 0 Queen's P 2 Motherwell 5 Queen South 0 Partick 1 i
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    LOUIS WILL RETIRE NEXT YEAR
    54 7 CLEVELAND, Wed. HEAVYWEIGHT champion Joe Louis ll said today he would retire m 1948 with or without a title fight. The champion, ready to take off m a 2,500 open golf tournament, said he would like one more title fight and hoped a suitable opponent
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    100-1 AGAINST BOWLING FOUR MEN IN TEST
    227 7 LONDON, Wed. riNCOURAGED by the success of JCi a venture on betting on the England-South Africa cricket Test at Leeds. Scottish bookmakers are again offering clients a chance to get their money back or make a bit more m the last Test beginning
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    Boy's Dream Comes True
    219 7 A schoolboy's dream came true at Lord's the other day when 17-year-old lan Bedford made a sensational bowling debut m first-class cricket. Lan, who Is slightly built, is still at Wo^dhouse Grammar School, and usually plays for his school on Saturday mom ings and for Finchlcy
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    KANE MAY WIN A WORLD TITLE AGAIN
    349 7 KANE MAY WIN A WORLD TITLE AGAIN LONDON, Wed. THERE ait bright :idica*ions that 1 British boxing will be lifted from the doldrums into yf>hLic it slumped recently when the final blow was Jackie Patorson's failure to We*ghm for the defence of h s world i!yweigbt title which abs-Qoa.-tly wks
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    SURREY 'KEEPER ALSO BOWLED v M'SEX
    368 7 I LONDON, Wednesday. MIDDLESEX batsmen are being called "the heart breakers" by County bowlers. Four of them, Jack Robertson, Syd Brown, Bill Ed rich and Denis Compton, spent Saturday m knocking Surrey bowling all over the Oval and only two of them were out.
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    M'Sex 'Twins' Out Cheaply
    333 7 M'Sex 'Twins' Out Cheaply LONDON Wea. PR a change the Middlesex "twins" Bill Edrich and Dents Compton were dismissed both clean bowled for snail scores today and Middlesex are having the worst of the argument against Kent, who batted first and scored 301. Middlesex have replied with 133 for three.
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    Mills To Fight On Sept 8
    48 7 LONDON, Wed. FREDDIE Mills, British cruiser* weight champion, will meet Paul Goffaux, champion of Belglum, for the vacant European cruiserweight title at Harringay, London, on Sept. 8. The figrht will be decided over the full championship distance of 15 3-minute rounds. Reuter
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      284 7 Free Press Crossword No. 169 I I I I I I iF I CLUES ACROSS 3, Cutter no tailor will employ (6). 7, A gnat composer (5). 8. It's an awkward situation and is bound to be repeated before we've finished (6). 9, Mary is after the whole amount; just
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    House of Lords on dog-watch
    366 8 LONDON, Thurs. |\ESPITE strong Conservative and Liberal opposition the 1/ House of Commons voted adjournment today until October 20, leaving the Government free to cope with Britain's j economic crisis under its new unlimited emergency powers. The strongly Conservative House of Lords, however, iiiter agreeing
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    EGYPT'S QUIT BY SEPT DEMAND
    608 8 EGYPT'S QUIT BY SEPT DEMAND UK 1 hits back m UNO debate NEW YORK, Wednesday. DRIME MINISTER Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt I today called on the United Nations Security Council to order the withdrawal of British troops from Egypt by Sept. 1 this year m 18 days to
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    PEER CENSURES JEWS IN U.S.
    305 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE Marquess of Reading, the Jewish Liberal peer, declared 1 m the House of Lords today that the Jewish community m Britain regarded "with increasing pMsgust, detestation and dismay" th e campaign of vituperation carried o n by the "probably numerous and certainly
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    UK to export 75 per cent of car output
    185 8 LONDON, Wednesday. THE average Briton's chances of buying a new ca>r grew dimmer today as the Government asked manufacturers to raise j their export quota from 60 to 75 per cent, of output. Industry representatives said the request came "like a
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    SECRET DEFENCE TALKS IN BURMA
    62 8 ANGLO-BURMESE discussions J\ described by a Burmese Government spokesman as "absolute- j ly secret" began m Rangoon yesterday on Burma's defence policy programme after the Bri- j tish withrawal. The British delegation includes eigh 4 officers representing the Army, Navy, Ah Force and the War
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    STORE RUBBER PRICES TODAY
    135 8 A SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the prices of rubber at 11 a.m today as follows: Buyers Seller* Cte. Cts. per Ib per Ib No. 1 R.S.S Spot loos© Z9% 28»4 No. 1 R.S.S Cod m bales August 21 ft Z%% No 2 R.S.S. fob m bales
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      FEW SALES AT LOWER PRICE
      460 8 I.i'Mi"\. Thurato, BRITISH Government securities wen offered througU day cm the London Stock Exchange and provide chief feature with losses extending ujj to one-and-a-hatj with quotations a!so widened, says Reuters finandila pondent. This continued decline carried down other dm issues where, however, there was n<>
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      35 8 WEE We V.: But Ii H:. i v.. Ha* 111 au.t a: W- i j 10.5 a; N. Roa il C rt^? rll >r. 3c:^' AJI for buru. kI Brovc en i Deep.' El
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      SINGAPORE TURF CLUB
      29 8 SINGAPO RE TURF CLUB S 'I I irrtngecirl ■:;>•■ iJ Orttfau a about N aabei -■•-> These i s■■ aw i'^j Mferabei SinwKw- 1 Sub> rJ full part w the Be
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    GERMAN PRINCE MAY ASK BRITISH PROTECTION
    139 8 GERMAN PRINCE MAY ASK BRITISH PROTECTION BERLIN, Wednesday. iDRINCE Ferdinand, step-son of 1 the late Kaiser WMhelm II of Germany, said he was considering seeking protection of the British authorities co the grounds that German police, investigating his report of the disappearance of i $500,000 m Royal jewels, might turn
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    GERMANS ATTACK GIs. IN BERLIN
    80 8 GERMANS ATTACK GIs. IN BERLIN COME 40 persons, believed to have been Germans, attacked three American soldiers m a park about 600 yards from the Spandau War Criminals Prison m Berlin on Tuesday night. Two of the American soldiers, who belonged to the guard at the niison, fled before the
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      186 8 UK BACKS US ON GREECE LONDON, Wednesday. THE Foreign Office hinted today that Great Britain would support ar.y United Nations action bypassing the Russian veto of proposals Tor United Nations intervention to Greece. A spokesman said Britain "shares the wish of the United States Government to take any action, m
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      82 8 WEATHER Local showers WLATUI& report for the next 24 hours compiled by the KA.F: Fair with local thnndery showers to-day and perhaps early to-morrow morning Wind: South-easterly, ligfht or moderate. Sunset 6.43, sunrise 6.34. Moon rise 5.11 a.m., moonset 4.44 p.m. Temperatures: Max. 89.9 deg\ F., mm. 74 deg. F.
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