The Singapore Free Press, 21 October 1947

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AITFERNOON SALE IN MALAYA f^_= SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1947 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Article
    TWO CRUISER FLEET FOR PACIFIC
    431 1 TWO CRUISER FLEET FOR PACIFIC Five air arm bases closed LONDON, Monday. JJIVE hundred warships laid up m "reserve," reduction j of the Pacific fleet to squadron strength and the closing of the Fleet Air Arm station at Trincomalee are among the economy measures hidden m today's laconic Admiralty announcement.
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    UK's MEW SUPPLY MINISTER
    54 1 MR. GEORGE STRAUSS, Britain's new Minister of Supply, was before the war a well-known of the London Metal Exchange and was interested m tin problems. He is reputed to be one of the wealthiest Labour members, having been left a considerable fortune by liis father, who
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    Millions change homes in India
    154 1 Millions change homes in India NEW DELHI, Monday. MFLE of non-Muslims from West th-West Frontier 'province (both m rom East Punjab (Dominion of hoped to be achieved m six weeks Indian Minister for Relief and Musd to ■J- m 2.500.000 km Ii hes<? .mci on and mocirlal had Punjab was
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    EGYPT CHOLERA: NEW HIGH TOLL
    34 1 Cholera deaths m Etiyut m the past 24 hours totalled a new high record of 366. There have been 2.637 deaths since the epidemic bgan on Sept. 23. Reuter
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    'KICK REDS OUT OF HOLLYWOOD'
    265 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. ALLEGATIONS that Communists had "infiltrated A into Hollywood" and were "trying to steer us into the Red river" were made by three leading executives of the film industry, testifying before the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities which opened its public hearing today. The
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    CHINA BUYS PLANES
    20 1 The Chinese Government is to buy 150 surplus Canadian Mosquito fighter-bombers, according to the Ottawa Press.- A.P.
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    Bigsalesfor Free Press
    197 1 riMIE Singapore Free Press was 1 yesterday sold m the city area by a staft' of volunteers from clerks and workers m our oliice and the demand was so great that additional copies had to be printed. This method of distribution was necessary twins to the fact
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    MOB DAMAGES FOUR BUSES
    147 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CROWD of about 20U people last night stoned buses belonging to the Tay Koh Vat Company, which did not observe the hartal. A driver and some pas- j sengers were slightly injured and damage was done to four vehicles. The incident
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    4000.COAL MINERS OUT ON STRIKE
    41 1 MORE than 4.000 coal miners walked out of 17 pits m the Ranarchshire area m Scotland m an unauthorised strike yesterday. The men were dissatisfied with the progress made toward settling the claim for increased wages.
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    US move to solve Indies problem
    260 1 FLUSHING MKADOWS, Monday. *T<HE l T nited States today submitted for the Security Council's consideration a proposal calling on the Netherlands and the Indonesian Republic, together with the Council's own three-men committee, to consult on means to give effect to the cease-fire order m
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    HARTAL 'OUTRAGE' SAYS JUDGE
    92 1 Freo Press Staff Reporter CONGRATULATING jurors yesterday on attending the Singapore Assizes m spite of the difficulties resulting from the hartal Mr. Justice Brown referred to "the outrage which Is being oerpetrated on the public." He said that the hartal must have caused them inconvenience and
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    RUBBER JUMPS
    34 1 After the quiet week-end the price of rubber m Singapore this morning jumped 1% cents per lb for both Spot Loose and No. 1 f.o.b. m bales for November. See Page Eight.
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    GIRL TRAFFIC STOPPED BY PORT SCREEN
    325 1 Free Press Staff Reporter NEARLY 7,000 women and girls passed through the immigration screen m Singapore m the JulySeptember period, said Mrs. M. Webb, an official of the Immigration Section of the Social Welfare Department, addressing a training school conference m Singapore yesterday. Of
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    CHINESE ROBBED OF $3,200
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TWO Chinese and one Indian, all armed, broke into a house m Guillemard Road, Singapore, at 9.30 p.m. yesterday and robbed a Chinese family of cash and jewellery valued at $3,294. In another robbery, a house In Havelock Road was broken into
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    EMIGRANTS LEAVE
    27 1 The first batch of 2,000 artisans from the English Midlands emu grating m the next few weeks, left Northholt airport last night) for Ontario, Canada.
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  • FEATURES
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      LONDON LETTER
      570 2  -  Hall Romney by IT will probably be a 1 very long time before you m Malaya are able to see on your television screens what is happening m far away Britain. But Lord Mountbatten, m his recorded speech at the opening of Radiolympia, hinted that the time would
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      Live & Auto Typists
      186 2 Live Auto Typists MONG the devices seen at the business efficiency exhibition at Fmp«re Jlull. Olympia. at the beginning of this month, is the Auto-typist, manufactured by the American Automatic Typewriter Company of Chicago. This machine is designed to write complete letters. Each letter is cut on a separate record
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      BRIDGE PROBLEM
      251 2 AS described yesterday. Souths misplay cost him a 500 point set, so East-Weet were lucky. But their food fortune was In no way creditable to West whose two-heart bid left much to be desired If North had passed two hearts, it is questionable whether East should bid again.
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      KEEPING YOUR MEN AT HOME
      778 2 KEEPING YOUR MEN AT HOME A little advice on how to treat them when they are sick by a Woman correspond UOW many of us go willingly to bed at the suggestion of an approaching indisposition? When we feel really ill and our knees just fail to take the strain,
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      BEAUTIFYING CRIMINALS
      201 2 A plastic surgeon who has operated on 376 penitentiary inmates m a 10-year exprr.ment has expressed the belief that their ugliness or deformities may have served as the trigger that started them off .m crime. The operations to improve the appearances of the convicts were performed at the
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      YOUR LUCKY
      115 2 fortune Pie borndoite iK»:entUlii«« I? d **.JSR Shoved m medi-nriu thZ FOM fee: and fight ip, opp< s »mon. oae; Tg| T teamed this Ifsscn/wu > vi innermost do You niUj m •»nd \our mimdi reflect n fccUiifi rather *nl>. I Nfnsiiivf t,, what (05 ftroani jn. Whm
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      695 2 [RADIO PROGRAMME SINfiAPORF Newell: 8 p m "La^ht Music' dnstru- 11 a.m. The Savoyard*; 11.30 utiivjnf\/nu mental*; 8.20 Famous Chrval Groups'' Concert Style: 12 midday B Rliu» Vntu^rL Tile Don Cossacks: 8.30 Australian down: 12.15 Bnrid of the Wwk; 12 IS oiih? i^«iwotk News; 8 >4{J MUSIC for Mi n
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  • NEWS
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      INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS OF EUROPE AID
      413 3 INTOLERABLE CONDITIONS OF EUROPE AID r r c economic war' likely, say British M.Ps WHILE U.S. economic officials m Washington wer c predicttf in X tha t American exports of machinery and other materials U> Russia would be drastically decreased if not cut off all together, as the proposed United
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      Cripps calls for 'quality films
      183 3 0 STAFFORD [II'PS. Britain's new Economic sprtmo is Wt the film industry to replace ujv (,f the second features which now disgrace bv'vitt hifh quality British short films. bring together the circuits on some such basis," he told of Specialised Film Producers m Un/butso far
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      No third party' says CIO chief
      19 3 CIO I U S. •he E upI m!- *he 1 i >ust 1
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      HK protests over China's 'robbery'
      38 3 J tribe the latest Chinese blocked unlicensed imports as "privileged line time repute the Central 't. Chang Kia-nogu's statement that supply of goods, reports United for ■*efl lmj of Ste-. ■ngand added i
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      T.B. RAMPANT IN GERMANY
      60 3 ABOUT 1.uu0.000 people In Ocr- many are sutlering from active tuberculosis, it was stated at a doctors' conference m Nauheim. Tho figures from deaths from tuberculosis were four times as large as m 1934 and. if the present upward trend is not stopped, about 2.600.000 Germans
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      ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR MAURITIUS
      151 3 VOTES lor women, the abolition of the property qualifies roten, and other electoral re"nns for Mauritius have been anoced by the British OoYernnt. The population of the island, (numbering I hall a million. ided 143,000 people of Euro- African or mixed descent, 265,000 Indians and 10.000
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      76 3 picture. Nelson's famous flagship, H.M.S. Victory, visited by hunreds of thousands of sightseers yearly, is now undergoing reniwing at Portsmouth Dockyard. The long task, which may take until nest April, la m charge of Commissioned Boatswain E. R. Baunell, who has about 20 expert riggers working under turn. The guns
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      THE 'BULLS' SAW RED
      83 3 A stockbroker m anew plum f n S\ r ed suit walked into the ftock Exchange and on?, i? 3 cket u *iPi>ed off by other brokers who did not like the colour. His collar and tie went next. He tried to escape, but was stopped
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      New jury sworn in assault case
      126 3 F l^ a jury of seven men at Old Bailey had heard John Henry Cole, 28-year-old electrician of no fixed address, plead guilty on three charges of robbine with violence three women, a fresh jury of six men and one woman was sworn m
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      Catholics allege discrimination
      84 3 THE Vatican ra.d;o has protesud that Roman CathoUo prelates, unlike representatives Bi the Anglican Church, the Free Churches and Jewish organisations, will be excluded from addressing the King direct m the wedding ceremonies of Princess Elizabeth. The rad:o declared (hat preparations for the wedding brought out .'new
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      FRANCE INVITES JEWS
      40 3 FjiRANCE is offering an unlimited number of working contracts to skilled workers amon^ Jewish displaced persons m Germany a.nd Austria. Farmers, glass workers, locksmiths and welders, machin ists. sheet metal workers Md plumbers are wcuntcd. A. P.
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      'Vatican policy a menace to world peace'
      73 3 'Vatican policy a menace to world peace' SEPARATION of Europe int.) hostile groups is encouraged by Vatican policy, said Dr. Cyril Garbett. Archbishop of York. And if the groupings into nonCommunistic and Communistic became permanent, another war would b<« inevitable, he added. Dr. Qarbett, who was speaking at Malton. Yorks.
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      US TO NEGOTIATE WITH DENMARK
      75 3 THE United States wants a tkem urggiugnl with D( nmark 'which would tako fully into account Danish sovereignty over Greenland and legitimate United S atefl and hemispheric defence requirements." a State Department spokesman declared. He was replying to Mr. Gu-stav Rasmussen. Danish Ftoreign Minister, who
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      DUTCH MOPPING UP IN INDIES
      67 3 THE Dutch Army command announced on Saturday that four "clearing" sweeps had been launched against Indonesian Republican forces operatine In areas of Java and Sumatra over which the Netherlands claims control. The announcement said the operations wei> undertaken east of Salatiga and north of Poewokerto
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      PRIESTLEY SAYS U.S. IS 'THREE RING CIRCUS'
      174 3 THE Government of the United States, says Mr. J. B. 1 Pneotley, "is clearly swayed by what is largely an irresponsible, sensation-loving PlfcM, and an electorate that Can be stampeded Uke cattle." Writing m the magazine '47," i he declared that "the most
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      49 3 The home of Patricia Blasins, of Philadelphia (U.S.A.), is ojten the scene of lively doinys when her 3-months puppy, Rambler spars ivith 15-year-old parrot. Linda. (Top) Linda snaps back as Rambler tries a few feints, and (above) ducks a left hook as the puppy goes m to the attack.
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      FERGUSSON LEAVES PALESTINE POLICE
      46 3 Colonel Bernard Fergusson, who fought with General Wingate m Burma, and who refused to testify during the recent court martial m Jerusalem of Captain Roy Farran on a charge of murdering a young J« w, has resigned from" the Palestin? police force.
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      ABDICATION DEAD ISSUE SAYS SCAP
      461 6 ABDICATION DEAD ISSUE SAYS SCAP Jap Emperor twice wanted to quit TOKIO, Monday. IN connection with demands for the abdication of Emperor Ilirohito made m the American and Philippines Press and by the Chinese Control Yuan m Nanking, it is learned that Japanese Court officials hav c already talked the
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      66 6 Doris von Knohhjck. a 21 -year-old German girl, was discovered by American Overseas Airline officials m a sealed box at Rhein Main airport m Germany. The box is believed to have been delivered for transport to the U.S. by a G.I. The girl, seen here after discovery, wot scantily dressed
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      David's courage earned aid from neighbours
      109 6 David's courage earned aid from neighbours ¥7HDR twenty minutes David V Johnson was trapped under a trolley bus, pinned by his Icks. He was conscious all the time, and his courage, said neighbours who saw him. was amazine. Both his legs had to b<> cut c£T. It was a close
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      NO INCREASE IN MINERS' 'STINT'
      110 6 THE r»'jx>rt of the fact-finding committee in'o the Grirmthorpe "stir^t" dispute, which cost Britain 600.000 tuns of coal, is understood to hay»- recommended that stint should not b« increased. Afer a meeting of 500 Grime. thorpe men m Cudwonh mining village today Mr. Envst Jones.
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      SOVIET DEMAND IS REJECTED
      66 6 THE kussians suffered another 1 d( feat on Saturday m the 57Nation UN. Legal Committee which rejected by 35 to 7 votes the Yugoslav resolution accusing the Western Powers of harbouring war criminals The Committee adopted Instead by an almost identical vote a British resolution reaffirming
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      £750 TO SEE ROYAL WEDDING
      60 6 London bhuk marketeer* are reported to have offered uss3.ooo f £750 1 each for invitations to the marriafv of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten on Nov. 20. However precaution'! ar« being taken ami it \m unlikely that black mark» i »'trri> will (.-ontrivo to
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      BELIEVES IN WITCHES, NOT FEEBLE MINDED
      49 6 Th«» Scottish Land Court at Stonnway htm rejected a contention that a man who belirvcd m Witchcraft and talk«d of g»'tting tnarrted despite his 70 yemrs and declining health was l'roblo mindrd and unable to make a will His will was declared valid.
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      No more records by U.S. musicians
      79 6 No more records by U.S. musicians JAMLS C. Petnllo, chief of the powerful U. S. Musicians Union, said m Chicago that aftr Dec. 31 710 union members WOUia ever make another phonograph record or transcription, the AFL American Federation of Musicians fiaving voted unanimously to halt the making of commercial
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      Roxas challenged by P.I. ex-puppet
      310 6 A SPOKESMAN of the Malacan Palace, official residence m Manila of President Roxas, was non-committal regarding unconfirmed reports that Dr. Jose .P. Laurel, ex-president of the Japanese puppet government of the Philippines, had publicly amiounced his intention to run for the presidency against President Koxas
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      UK CAR CHIEFS DEFY MINIUSTER OVER MODELS
      299 6 UK CAR CHIEFS DEFY MINIUSTER OVER MODELS HTHE motor industry has reieeUj J K 1 the Ministry of SuppK d v*u iw I model per firm or factor! mak its N B Society of Motor Manni,, urPr special 3 M that any suddenly enforced edL?in d Tr d* V make
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      CHINA DEMANDS INDEMNITY FOR BANGKOK RIOTS
      23 6 CHINA DEMANDS INDEMNITY FOR BANGKOK RIOTS 1 I I I I I 1 m I I I t I: 1 I m A.P.
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      SHINWELL TAKES A GLOOMY VIEW
      13 6 SHINWELL TAKES A GLOOMY VIEW P -L'EL SKIN\VELL, W turr. firm n end
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      CEYLON DAY OF PRAYER
      91 6 NOV. 27. 1947 the day bef< r ceremonial opening o\ I Parliament elected m. "near Dominion" constitution will be observed as a day of 1 prayer throughout the Island. A preaa communiqu d by the Ministry of Home Affa i vites all religious bodice of i
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      MILLIONS FOR VOTES
      49 6 The American Federation Labour has voted SI OOO.onu for a public relations programme to be financed by an annual thx tax on members, and has authorized the Executive Council to raise $2,000,000 more 11 i. Nary to win labour support among the nations voters n< U.P.
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      DEATH OF AMDIRAL
      56 6 The death is announced of Admiral of the Fleet Sir O.<mond De B. Brock, Chief of Btafl Admiral Lord Beatty m the I World War. Sir Osmond, \vh 75. fought Chinese pirates m his early life and a^ a midshipman wan l Royal Humane Society i medal
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      ROUND UP OF GANGS
      22 6 A total of 8.000 alleged gangs and strong-arm men have arrested m Japan m the past four months.
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      BIG WELCOME FOR PLANE SURVIVORS
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      HIGHER PAY FOR B.B.C. AUTHORS
      11 6 HIGHER PAY FOR B.B.C AUTHORS 1 for 1 •1 3 i
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      FALSE ALARM
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      BERLIN SPIVS
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      26 3 r^ZAN Back m control By Edgar Rice Burroughs STEALTHILY, HE ENTEREP ==^r^^ :i- croum iw/^ ntc&PQ ATF-i V THP rr^ fcJ.S--^zrL!s3ss mm captain was borne &ackwari7.
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1947. Dynamiting the Rock
      656 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1947. Dynamiting the Rock \7'ESTLKL)A'i 6 hartal demonX Itrated nothing that wo did not know already. It demonstrated that given determined organisation, it is possible tie up the daily Life and industry Of the country. It demonstrated that leaden of the opposition to
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      DOn IDDONS DIARY
      1414 4 Soft Soap Salesmanship Is No Substitute For Leadership THE product is starred, striped, and stamped v Made m U.5.A.," but it is not world leadership it is committee calling, commission forming, confusion and contradiction. cr e arc counsellors, investigators, face finders, and brains truMers. There is cve
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      Within The Sight Of A Jap Peace
      988 4  - Within The Sight Of A Jap Peace OEMS WARNER Rv TOKYO. IN September, 1946, when the spearhead of the American occupying forces dropped m on Atougi airfield and slowly fanned out until there were Americans from KagOshima on the Southern tip of Kyushu to Wakkanai on the northern shores of
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      Unrra Scandal in Greece
      283 4  - Unrra Scandal in Greece EUGENE PULLIAM By WITH the an I of the firs' ships at Athens the A rican Mission is i fronted with the problem of averting a reccurence of the UN scandals which invol both Greeks and Americans. The Gn ek Unpor aided by puliWcia bankers, managed
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      3 4 THE **W FIRM
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      30,000 CHINESE REFUGEES IN INDONESIA
      233 5 I irrny report I for Nanking mc o Correspondent R etc m Indonesia are m dire I :>!>(> arc still missing, while exI i life and property have been I of central Java, ac- Ying-dm. head of the Chinese B nt to Java and Sumatra
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      Hartal stops witnesses
      41 5 il M MHKI{ of witnesses and rt arcuNod persons failed to turn up m polirecourts yestor<lj>. li.irtal day. IVbMristrateg were indulgent m view Of the lack of transport. Witnesses Mere brought to the coroner's court m police vehicles.
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      AUSSIES TO MAKE ANTI-TB VACCINE
      67 5 THLKL i* good news for TB 1 M* to countries neigh. bouring Australia. Th* n^.ar. ufaoture of the new tuberculosis vavoine has been authorized by the Australian OoTemmtnt The Minister for Health. Senator McKenna. said that every assistance would be niven m the drive to
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      108 5 A'>>ut 100 Malay women and girls attended a meeting at the residence oj tnche Zahara bitite Noor Mohamcd to form the Malay Women* Wei fare Association on Sunday. The meeting unanimously elected the organiser, lnche Zatuira, as president of the Association. It is the intentuu of the Asto provide scholarships
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      MR. N. RAGHAVAN
      28 5 Mr. N. Raghavan. former Ptnang lawyer and now the liiConsu] General m Java, is expected to visit several towns important places m Indoneanont; them Jogjakarta.
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      GOVT SERVANTS ASK MORE ALLOWANCES
      327 5 Free Press Staff Reporter >ingapore Teachers* Union, making a fresh representation on behalf of nine Government and Municipal employees' unions with a total membership of over 5,100 asked the Government to revise its cost of living allowance rates to bring them into line with those
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      PROGRAMME FOR FREE CINEMA
      80 5 |N conjunction with the British Paster* Exhibition at. the Great World, the film unit of the Public Relations has arranged a free cinema show on Sunday night, opposite the Chunckinc Hall where the Exhibition Is being held. For the rest of the week., free ci.it uin
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      EGYPT DOCTORS POSTPONE TRIP
      64 5 rHE cholera epidemic m Egypt has pomp ll<'d six other Egyptian doctors to postpone their departure for Indonesia, according to the Egyptian medical mission who has arrived m Bukit Tlnggi from Stngapoie. In addition to the l' tons of medicrl supplies which the mission brojghi with
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      DR. N.K. SHARMA
      73 5 DR. N. K. SHARMA. Medical Officer. Jnhorv. who was sent to Madras to do postgraduate work at the Government Opthalmic Hospital, Madras, has been successful m the Licentiate m Ophthalmogy examination held by the University of Madras m October. 1' is learnt that, on his return to
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      41 5 Despite the absence of parental care, life m the Salvation Army Boy's Home is not all gloomy for the boys. Here a group of the boy a are seen at playtime. The older boys play football and rounders and learn boxing.
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      'SINGAPORE CONGRESS LEADERLESS'
      391 5 'SINGAPORE CONGRESS LEADERLESS' m a lengihy statement on tiiel 1 resignation of Mr. R. Jumabhoy from the presidentship of tile Singapore Regional Indian' Congress, Sardar Budh Singh, I president of the Malayan Indian! Congress, says Mr. Jumabhoy 's resignation has left the Singa- 1 Do r e Congress "loaderless on
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      RETAILERS TO CUT PROFITS
      557 5 Agreement alter talks on "ring" Free Press Staff Reporter INSTEAD of allowing vegetables to rot rather than sell A them at a smaller margin of profit m the markets, Singapore vegetable retailers, after discussions with the Food Control Department, have decided to stop this wasteful practice.
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      EXAM DATES FIXED
      29 5 London Chamber of Commerce (Autuma) 1947 examinations will i be held m Singapore on Nov. 3. Cambridge school certificate 1947 examinations start irom rv o 1
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      PHILIPPINES WILL NOT GRANT AMNESTY
      178 5 THE Philippines Solicitor-Gen-i eral Manuel Lim was quoted i by the Manila 3ulietin yesterday, I just before the opening of the trial of Dr. Jose P. Laurel on treason charges arising out of his Presidency m tn e puppet Jap 0 Republic, as saying the
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      188 6 AIR-CONDITIONED CAPITOL I'll. mi- 5159 DAY 11 A.M.— 2 P.M. 1.15 P.M. 6.30 AND 9.15 P.M. ALEXANDER KORDA'S SANDERS O F TH E RIVER" STARRING PAUL ROBESON LESLIE BANKS BASKD ON EDGAR WALLACE'S TENSE JUNGLE THRILLER TO- MORROW f ROIERT SUSAN i YOUNG- HAYWARD 1 v," They Won* Me I
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      34 6 H pUONC 6900 Q LAST 4 SHOWS 2 p.m., 4.15. 6.30 and Ml p.m. TO-MORROW THE Ist INSTALMENT 15 KNOCK-OUT REELS AGENT" Starring ROD CAMERON Sensational Star of "The Lady Objects"! .nuJ Joan Marsh
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      37 6 VICTORIA THEATRE COMBINED SERVICES EKTERTA!.* 1 the company who <w "OUT ABOUT" IN A NEW FEVUETTE "FANCY FREE DEVISED PRODUCED by GEORGE CIAP 1 To-night a< 8.45 P> BOOKINGS:-ROB1NSONS (Raffles PU«) 1 THEATRE BOX 0 N PhM
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      MONAGHAN OUTPOINTS MARINO
      573 7 MONAGHAN OUTPOINTS MARINO Colourless Fight Booed By Crowd ££f°S, i n h eTo n u a e ShanS f the fight under control, but he lacked fire whi if MnnS Ye although showing little iniUaU^^ though generally on the retreat. n There were few exciting mci- dents and the audience
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      Dawson Wins In 4 Minutes
      66 7 Freddie Dawson, the American Negro, who beat Vie Patrick the rL'^. ra i l^M Uqhtweigia champion, is here seen standing over tddie Miller, the featherweight champion, whom he beat m four minutes. This picture shows Miller crumpling to his knees after Dawson had landed with
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      Indians Do Well Under Adverse Conditions
      88 7 Indians Do Well Under Adverse Conditions Jffl From X S. Duleepsingh Jfc: ivc no reason to be dissatisfied with B match against West Austraw play at Perth yesterday they M 166. The match will 9 yesterday the West Austra- on a pitch which at no time 9 The home batsmen
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      Scoreboard
      96 7 W \ISTR\LI\— Ist. Inns. irmndy c Irani b Mankad 19 Idu.wds t Llahi b Mankad 49 Robinson c Mankad ZZ Watt c Rangnekar b Ihure 11 Bandy c Rangneluir b Mankad 18 B.trras not oat 34 Herbert c Sohani b M»nkad Kt^sey not out 6 Extras 7 Total (for
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      Chung Wah Football Club Officials
      143 7 THE annual general meeting of Chuns? Wah Football Club (ChinAthletic) was held on Thursday und the following were elected officebcwtn for the ensuing yearPatrons: Dr. Wu Paak shing. Mr. A C. T. Kwong, president. Mr. Lam JOOB Chong; vice-presidents, Messrs. Lam Chat Chang, Yap Leong
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      S.C.C RUGBY TEAM
      69 7 *T*HE following will represent the SCC ''A" at rugger on the Padang tomorrow evening at 5.15 against St. Andrews Old Boys' Association:T. O'Bnan; R. M. Nelson. C. Milton, W. A. Rodick, J. V. H. G<(Jcs; W. C. Bainbridpe, H. P. Wilsun, B. T. North. P. M. Pascov.
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      UMPIRES' MEETING
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      DROBNY SCORES GREAT VICTORY TO GET TITLE
      50 7 lAROGLAV Drobny, the Czecho«l sluvakian Davis Cup star. came from behind sensationally yesterday to defeat Franciso Srdura of Equador 4 6, 7 9, 6—3, *> 4. 6 3 and win the men's singles championship m the sixth Pan-American tennis tournament -U Mexico City
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      Today's Sports Events
      55 7 Rustier. B.C.C. 'A" vs 5.A.0.8.A., padang. 5.15 p.m.; Police vs Ki'Ml Base. Thomson Road, 5.15 p.m.: M.C.U. vs 223 BOD, St. George's Road, 5.15 p.m.; Army trials for the five-sided rußger competition, Thomson Road. Hockey: S.C.R.C. vs Indian Assn.. Hong I.im Green. 5.15 p.m. Soccer: S.A.I A.
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      'SAILOR' BROWN TRANSFERRED FOR £10,000
      180 7 THE BCOOIKI DiV.iiOn c.ub, Nottingham Forest, received their highest ever transfer fee when Albert "Sailor" Brown went to Aston Villa for £10,000. International hnside forward Brown, who was transferred from Chaxlton to Forest for approximately £8.000 m May 1947, was a member of Charlton's Cup
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      CUP VETERANS TO HOLD PRACTICE ON THURSDAY
      42 7 MALAYA Cup soccer veterans will hold their second practice game on St Joseph's Institution ground on Thursday at 5.15 p.m. All members and others who wish to play lor trie veterans are invited to attend.
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      Sensational Backing For Cambridgeshire 3-y-o Filly
      394 7 Sensational Backing For Cambridgeshire 3-y-o Filly npHERE was sensational packing A for the three-year-old nlly. Wild Child, at the Cambridgeshire callover which was one of the heaviest m recent years. Various horses were supported to win a total of £33,000 when the card was called over at the Victoria Club,
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      Six U.S. Fights For Woodcock
      372 7 piRST steps towards the reintroduction of Bruce Woodcock to serious business m the muscle game were taken when the British champion's manager, Tom Hurst, arrived at London Au'port with something more than a 100,000- dollar look m his eyes. i o f H r U
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      S.R.C Hockey Teams
      151 7 TIIE following will represent the S.RC. 1 at hockey against the S.C.R.C. on trie padang tomorrow. B. Noronha: R. H. Barth. P. Neubronner: H. Hoeden. G. Clarke. J Srheorder: D. RosS. R. Barker P T Mornscy, A. Clarke and E Ebert Urn Mr. G. A. Tessensohn Against
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      Tardbah Does Best Gallop
      271 7 PENANG TRACK NOTES Free Press Racing Reporter PENANG, Today. T'ARABAH, the new Australian importation with a brilliant record, who is being mentioned as a certainty for the class one six-furlong race on Saturday, the fifst day of the Penang Turf Club's meeting, did the best gallop
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      Biologists Win Medical College Annual Hockey
      335 7 Biologists Win Medical College Annual Hockey Biologists .1 Ana I omit. Is .0 •THERE was good fun, if not 1 hockey, at the annual Biologists versus Anatomists rryxed hookey encounter at the Medical College ground last evening. With seve n ladies m each team and the men playing a one-handed
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      41 7 CMaI IME CBO SCHBDUt* AMD 1Y EF ««VICWi AS UIfDEB *ND SKYMASTBB BSMTICKS >TOBB "VNGKOK 1 a 'l\, LOfi ANGELES ONTARIO CAL utPC lvi GUAM A WAKE ISL. RBS rOR BANGKOK «nd October Honekonr— Manila BOUSTEAD AND CO.. LTO. TRAVBL ACENCRS
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      294 7 Free Press Crossword No. 217 I j^H^KBB I CLUES ACROSS 1. Egyptian seaport 3, Red paper seal used on legal papers (6) fc U.S. Secretary of State (8). 8, Dried outer covering of nutmeg (4> 10, Crushed mixed fruit with cream (4). 11, Short ship's rope for sceuring articles (7).
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      28 8 Princess Marijke, S-mmth-old dauphter 0 Netherlands, v j^ Bernhard v teen holding Ih .^<^ performed from a silver font Juliana and m the backn- )U]) t t ™5* up^
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      INDIAN PEFPER
      28 8 THE Government of India lias decided to remove wholly the control over the export of pepper from yesterday it Is officially annminrpH In N»a> D*lhi Reuter
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      King prorogues Farliament
      404 8 King prorogues Farliament LONDON, .Monday. I/" ING CiEORGE, m his speech proroguing one of the busiest parliamentary sessions m British history, declared today that national economic recovery cannot be achieved without international co-operation and praised the I'n i ted States' elTorts to boost biftpna production and world trade. The King
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      26 8 A peaceful corner of Canterbury seen from the HiJmE Toner oi the West Gate and showing the peacelltfmi" ful River Stour and examples of old architecture
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      THREAT TO HAUNT
      50 8 A man advert :.sing m a newspaper "'Advertiser intends to hang himself on Oct. 20 if Two or Three Rooms are not offered to Him. and intends haunting all landlords" has rece.ved two parcel! containing a rope and letter from a woman offering to save his soul.
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      HARTAL FAILURE IN MALACCA
      433 8 ■pHE harUti yesterday wad a failure m Malacca and only partially successful In Penang, according to Free Press Staff Correspondent*. In Selangor, Chinese and Indian labourers did not work, tin mines were idLo and, generally, the State was dominated by fear of intimidation. At Port Swettenham
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      BIG DE GAULLE VICTORY OVER FRENCH REDS
      346 8 Nation favours U. S. friendship PARIS, Monday. TEN. Charles de Gaulle, France's war hero, swept back into political power today on a wave of reaction which gave the Communists their biggest defeat in Western Europe since the end of the war. France has
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      MANCHURIA SITUATION 'CRITICAL'
      388 8 MANCHURIA SITUATION 'CRITICAL' NANKING, Monday. THE battle for Manchuria reached a new pitch of intensity m the past 24 hours as several more Communist units crossed the Sungari River to join m the onslaught against key Nationalist positions. Reports of "critical" position of three Important Government cities Kirin. 60 miles
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      British officer mentioned in U Saw trial
      291 8 British officer mentioned in U Saw trial RANGOON, Monday. DA Nyur., an alleged conspirator m the ass&ssi nation of U Aung San and six other Burmese Ministers, who had turned King's evidence In the ia.se against U Saw. declared today that, by posing as a police officer, he collected 200
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      MILLS REORGANISED
      31 8 A big textile mills' reorcanisation has been announced at Leeds. Fourteen firms associated with the William C. Gray ktoud of companies m Yorkshire and Northern Ireland are Involved.- Reuter
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        A CLERK ON THE HARTAL
        171 8 I hasten to thank the organl- i satloni and persona respond- ble for the hartal yesterday. As a result. I had an excellent constitutional walk to and from Office, had a free copy of the Straits Times from a police station, drank a cold nan
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      TREASON TRIAL IN SLOVAKIA
      56 8 THE trial opened before the 1 Bratislava National Court yesterday of Father Stefan Tiso, former Premier of the Slovak Puppet Government, and eight members of his cabinet who were accused of treason, co-operatinc with the Germans, forminc Fascist Hlinka guards and working for the separation of
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      RUBBERS IN NEW ADVANCE
      390 8 RUBBERS IN NEW ADVANCE Lon<|on Stock Exchaa 3 LONDON .Monfo I •THERE wiis little inference to be drawn Irom todawjj 1 ments on the LoadOfl Slock Exchange, the ratedwhichaacr c due to special circumstances and not acciiLJj by the buofalfo that BOtne <>f th<> movements would) says Reuters financial corr<
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      RUBBER PRICE
      71 8 ASPLCIAL Market c«ntf" ont eives the prices fl.i" it 11 am today as follows Bayer* Cti per tb No. l«-»J 1 100m 1 nominal' s 1 X 1.1. fob m bal^ Urn N«. 2 X S S. fob m b.ile> N Xo. i BJJ y, m hJI«- l«5
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      INDIA-UKRAINE CONTEST IN UNO
      72 8 riiHE United Nations Assembly m. failed m a now ellort yesterday to break a three-week deadlock between India and the Ukraine m a contest for the Security Council seat that Poland will vacate on Doc. 31. Yesterday's ballot, th e tonth since the contest began on
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      POW RELATIVES AIBED
      29 8 Bridlington Yorkshire inhabitants have sent 21 seven-pound food parcels saved from their rations to relatives of 21 German prisoners killed recently m a. lorry-train crash there.
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      MALAYA NEEDS POLICE COLLEGE
      320 8 Free Press Staff Reporter AT a press conference yesterday the Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. E. Foulger, emphasised the need m Malaya of a central institution for the higher training of Police. "Such an institution;" he said, "could possibly serve the needs of other colonies m
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      64 8 WE A THER Rather eloudv WLAIILLK. rtj>ort for the next 24 hours compiled by the R.A.F.: Rathrr cloudy. jcr.uJu.iJly becoming fair. Wind M>uthrrly. lixht. ■HMtl: 6.21; tmmmt Mi. Moonri>r: 12.01 p.m.; mnoiurt 00.19 a m Rainfall: .35 mv Temprraturrs: Max: 88.1 Atg.; mm 74 3 iJ« i; Relative humidity perrentAfrs:
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      13 8 SINGAPORE TIDES m h Hi mi 2.05 p.m. l/ow 7.57 a.m.; 9.04 p.m.
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