The Singapore Free Press, 28 May 1948

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE HI MALAYA fghgfh SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948 PRICE 10 CEN I S
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    BRITAIN ANSWERS UN APPEAL
    318 1 BRITAIN ANSWERS UN APPEAL May cease aid to Arab States LAKE SLCCESS, Thursday. DRITAIN told the United Nations today that British officers fighting with the Arab Legion would be withdrawn from service and that Britain would abide by any decision to impose an arms embargo on the Arab States. Britain's
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    Minor parties cause Chinese Cabinet hitch
    11 1 Minor parties cause Chinese Cabinet hitch I i ii new ex-
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    Voice 'broken'
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    Police out for rubber strike
    181 1 Free Press Staff Reporter T>()LICE precautions will be taken tomorrow against intimidation m a strike to be called by tht Singapore Rubber Workers' Union from 6 a.m. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. J. C. Barry, told the Free Press this morning that no request
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    S.T.C MEN TO MEET ON WAGES
    130 1 Free Press Staff Kei>orter A MEETING of employees of the Singapore Traction Company is to be called to consider a company statement rejecting a demand by 560 artisans, fitters and labourers for a "general increase of wages." I The S.T.C. Employee Union president. Mr.
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    HIT BY TAXI
    37 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Crossing Geylang Road near the Geylang 'ice Station at 8.45 this morning, a Chinese pedestrian was knocked down by a taxi. He was admitted to the General Hospital badly injured.
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    U.S. 'HAMSTRUNG' BY TIN DUTIES
    162 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. BRITAIN is using a "prohibitive" export tax on Malayan tin to "hamstring" America's major Government-run tin smelters, Mr. John Croston, a member of the National Securities Resources Board, alleged before the Senate Armed Services sub-com-mittee here today. In his testimony, Mr. Croston claimed
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    SECRET ANTI-RED RADIO FOUND
    38 1 A pirate radio transmitter which urged Australian exServicemen to "get stuck right into the Reds" was confiscated here at Melbourne yesterday when the owner and scriptwriter was fined £30 for having an unauthorised broadcast.
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    'Body buried to hide murder'
    100 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. "pO save a compatriot iromj 1 punishment for murdering a Chinese tapioca planter. in| Malay had the body; Duried, it was alleged at Lumpur First Magist- Court today. In the dock was Roucin bin Kamat. The body of
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    RETURN CALL TO MACARTHUR
    70 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE Senate Appropriations Committee today voted by 17 to two to request Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur to return to the United States to testify on the Far Eastern situation and to give his ideas on American military needs at home and abroad. Gen. Mac
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    DHOBY GHAUT FIGHT
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Chinese was injured m a brawl between civilians and Servicemen m the Dhoby Ghaut area at about 9 o'clock last night. Police broke up the fight.
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    Commissioners are two short
    136 1 Free Press Staff Reporter WHEN the Singapore Municipal Commissioners meet this afternoon, they will be two short m their ranks Mr. N. A. Mallal has resigned and Mr. A. Corbet has gone on six month"s leave. Mr. Mallal, who was elected to the Legislative Council as
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    Armed robbers stay at home
    92 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THERE have been no reports of armed robberies m Singapore during the pas*. 72 hours. Two simple robberies were reported to the Police during thr past 24 hours. In one. a Chinese was held up m Kitchener Road at 8 p.m.
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    SHINTO NOT DEAD
    48 1 American officials m Tokio said yesterday that Shintoism m Japan is not yet dead. A 'SC.A.P. survey into Japanese religious organisations said •it is too early to claim that the Japanese people are fully emancipated from the influence of the former official 1 Shinto cv'
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    President seeks a wife
    86 1 THE Philippines' most eligible man, President Quirino, says he is still looking for a wife. (His first wife was killed by the Japanese during the Battle of Manila three years ago). He told reporters: "I travelled around the world recently, only to be convinced that if
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    Gen Smuts loses his own seat
    160 1 CAPETOWN, Thursday. GENERAL Jan Smuts, South African Prime Minister since 1939, lost the parliamentary seat he has held for 24 years as it seemed clear tonight that neither his United Party nor the Nationalist opposition would gain a clear majority m the South African
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    Dutch Indies recovery bank
    102 1 A Bill has been submitted to Parliament providing for the establishment of a "Netherlands Indonesia Company for Financing Economic Re- covery m Indonesia, a Netherlands* Indies Recovery Bank. The object of the bank is to enable enterprises to pay for their re-equipment and to guarantee new
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    Warning to Chinese High School
    283 1 Warning to Chinese High School After anti-Chiang meet Free Press Staff Reporter THE recent anti-Chiang: Kai-shek meeting sponsored by the China Democratic I nion m Singapore has led to an official warning to the Singapore Chinese High School against ailowi certain of its teachers lo engage m political activities during
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    1 DEAD, 6 HURT IN ACCIDENTS
    106 1 Fre c Press Staff Reporter ONE person died, two were seriously injured and lour others were treated as outpatients as a result of 28 j traffic accidents between 6 1 a.m. yesterday and dawn to- day, A 19-year-old Chinese g.rl. who was expecting to
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    CONNEMARA LTD.
    51 1 Fr«e Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. At the annual general meeting of Connemara Limited, it was stated that the company was not declaring a dividend owing to the cost of replanting and rehabilitation programmes and until a rea- j sonable amount of war damage claims were recover-
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    MADAME CHIANG
    17 1 Reports that Mad Chiang Kai-shek It to vis-t Siam are untrue, states Router from Shanghai.
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 Britain made a final move for peaceful mediation between Arabs and Jews after Russia had called on tinSecurity Council for the strongest possible action to force an end to the fighting m Palestine. Britain proposed a four week armistice m Palestine to hrin? a peaceful .settlement of the
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    Keeping a trim figure
    697 2  -  ELIZABETH TAYLOR By Figure is important to youthful movie star Elizabeth Taylor, even though the London-born actress only celebrated her sixteenth birthday last February. KEEPING the figure trim involves three important factors. The first is exercise, which you should do m some form every ?ay. My
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    Sectors hold up marriages
    212 2 By Richard Kasischke, A.P. Correspondent IF cupid is growing prematurely grey he can attribute a large share of his worries to the hindrances to romance which exist m partitioned postwar Berlin. Because of chronic shortages of food and lodgings, a resident of one sector can't move
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    Bridge Problem
    215 2 YOU never can tell what will happx-n when a preemptive bid is tossed into the bidding machinery. If South had r.-s--cued the three spade doublr into four diamonds, he would have been set— but his three notrump contract came home on excellent play. West opened a low heart.
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    A FROCK LIKE MUMMY'S
    331 2 By A WOMAN CORRESPONDENT I ITTLE children's frocks are the easiest things to think out m the garment line. It is astonishing with what a feminine eye these little people regard their outtits, which have now almost become the complete replica of their mothers' outfits. Years
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    TAFFY-PULI
    172 2  -  Joan Castle Shopping column By THILDREN love making candy and it pleases mother too, for she knows they are getting wholesome sweets and it is good training for the young cook. When a teen-age birthday party takes the form of a "taffy-pull", it's epoch-making. Be sure to warn the
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    MICHAEL WILL MARRY IN JUNE
    17 2 MICHAEL WILL MARRY IN JUNE PRINCESS A ban-Pa June v potti Unit M:■ has > Family Lausan:. Ath«
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    Too Many Childre
    154 2  -  Mel Most By A.P. Correspondent LIKE the famous old lady who lived m a shoe France has so many children she does not know what to do. Faced with an unexpected m her infant population, she is hard put to feed it on more than the *'brothex
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      152 2 RADIO LISTENING SINGAPORE From 12-00 rood to 2 00 p.m. 526 metres m the medium wave I band and 7.20 megacTck* In the 41 metre band From 6.00 p.m to 7.45 p m.: from 9.30 p m to 11 00 p m.: i 526 metres m the medium wave band,
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      235 2 SATLKDAi 1 Lunch-Time mu*ic by The Radio Orchestra; 1.30 News (including Market Report). 1.45 Tommy Dorsey His Orchestra; 2 Light Music; 2.30 Cowboy songs. 3 Navy Mixture Melodies. 3.15 Peter Yorke His Orchestra; 4 Song Time; 4.15 Tea Dance; 5.10 Sports Hour; 8.15 Programme Summary. News; Summary Si, announcements; 8.20
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      375 2 G Fools Paradise— BßC. Transcript on; 6.30 News; 6.45 Song Recital— Featuring Tite Schipa (Tenor); 7 Music for Mil ions; 7 30 ITMA featuring Tommy Handley (BBC. Transcription); 8 Talk— Background to Australia; 8.15 Pian.st— Valda Aveling; 8.30 News; 8.40 Music for Millions; 9 Talk Economic Review; 9.10 Famous Coll.sts;
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      279 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fortune forecast tor people born todai DOKN today, you are very impulsive and adventuresome, You are probably a little too fond of games of chance. You should curb this tendency since it can run away with your common sense, it Is likely that you will be quite
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    FASCIST LEADER SPEAKS
    9 3 FASCIST LEADER SPEAKS Ii Sir m of m Lon--1
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    EVEN MPs FAIL TO FILL FORMS
    547 3 EVEN MPs FAIL TO FILL FORMS Insurance plan 'apathy 9 m U.K. WITH Britain's new compulsory National Insurance scheme due to come into force on July 5, only one tenth of the 3,000,000 newcomers who must start paying contributions for the first time have so far applied for the necessary
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    NO BEGGARS IN RED CHINA
    24 3 I have arrived m Shang:::munic>t China :e high. Tht- peasants peared well fed and food WM fghfgh A.P. fghgfh
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    Aussies get 'tough' with deserters
    64 3 Aussies get 'tough' with deserters be r over- Bd ships :n n Minister Arthur A. earn can .ad held m p. mtil they are d' rx>rtf-d. d 120' iules, I i appro .> ioun the shipment md o stop in-: Welsh, reporter "Ma 3 desert b been here brt i
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    Off the rails— 38 years ago
    52 3 IMAN livm. m.ide r»p.ir.itior. tu the r'ln Raihrmyi for havin? wrongfully use l i m Tht- chairman of the nan Railways CominiNvuM ,-r>.. Mr. N. Harris, recently ret -Mved a leti<*r toniairun,' 1 with the informali-m I used a uhu h I was not
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    U.S. SUB CHASERS
    31 3 U.S. SUB CHASERS Con of the NmTSI D.< aid nine c: United St. b( issigned to be towed from the Ines The rine ht craft M United Government to Ch U.P.
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    British Jet inventor is awarded £100,000
    174 3 ORITAINS jet propulsion pioneer Air Commodore Frank Whittle sat m Somerset House to hear the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors give him £100,000 an award he has never claimed. He had previously stated that as he is a serving Royal Air Force oilicer
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    Burma's big future on paper
    292 3 A TWO-YEAR Plan for the economic development of ijdrma has fceen announced. It touches on four main points: agriculture, Forests, Industries and Labour. The plan draws attention to the worldwide shortage of materials and technical personnel, but emphasises the raed for "immediate action' 1 with
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    NEW TOWN OPPOSITE HK
    69 3 \N a i >wn is being built by private enterprise m the Now Territories, mainhmd rural portion of Hong Kong. Tho towc will havp a popun of 3.000 and 200 buildincluding a larß* 1 market, 130 shops with living accommodation, a theatre, disand fire Police retorts
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    EVAN-LY DREAM
    24 3 Dame Edith Evans. on 12-day visit to Moscow. said: "I've fallen m love uith .'i' Kremlin: it's infinitely beautiful than I dream-
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    Evatt-'champ' of the "little men"
    339 3 Evatt- 'champ of the "little men" A USTRALIA a^ the champion of the small and *i medium powers is the envisaged by Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, Australia's fiery Foreign IHn ihe force of whose personality is felt m Uiiiiea N halls vrn though he is 10,000 miles away. Because of
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    Threw body over balcony' murdsr charge
    63 3 Threw body over balcony' murdsr charge PEDRO E Cyrii Ei>tor 4! v I mure rred Mi. land 26. of Duri ution girl was found dead <v. und^r the :lat oc. upied by Epton. She had been dead days a* I In an i -Uand werr him. He lat r accused
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    HK pillage rate lowest in orient
    31 3 I p rt .d at .cnng the chairman or the Kong ;ind Kuwioon Y. God ny. Mr. David F. Landa. :g, drolartd .1 rt U.P.
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    FAR EAST 'HEATHROW'
    19 3 THE rt cordio ?es, Mr A J T Ki. 15.106 i nd nthls 28 000 U.P.
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    BAKU NO.2" GROWS
    12 3 n Bak •!g m the D the )ffic::\l S
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      The Unions and me Law
      592 4 IN IT trfnij oi tne trade' unions it has become platitudinous to refer to a j.ow long history of strife, and sometimes kiw breaking, as growing pains that were to bo expect ;d m an i.-lant movement for whom undesirable political influences quickly s^ood as
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    John Bull Is A Bit Happier
    602 4  - John Bull Is A Bit Happier ROBERT WEIL By A.P. Correspondent THE heavy burden of day to day living is easing a bii for Britain's John and Joan Bull. Life is still far from good. There is an immeasurable gap between present austerity and pre-war plenty, between scarcity m Britain
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    Rajaji—Peacemaker
    571 4  - Rajaji Peacemaker DEWITT MACKENZIE By A.P. Correspondent TREAT hopes of Hindu Muslim peace m the Indian subcontinent are attached to the appointment of Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari a s successor to Lord Mountbatten when the latter retires from the Governor-General-ship of the Dominion of India next month. Rajagopalachari is generally credited by
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    People in Singapore make news
    897 4 People in Singapore make news AN a visit to Singapore recently was a war veteran of Bataan who was captured by the Japanese and took part m the famous Death March. He was Lieutenant JOSE MINA ORDONEZ, captain of the 3,500 ton Philippines warship from Manila. Thirty eight year o1
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    BOYS' HOME
    352 4  -  M.T. LEONG Salvation army, By ITNMANAGEABLES, orphans, Juvenile Court cases, and victims of domestic tragedy make up the 120 boys, aged from seven to 16, who are inmates of the Salvation Army Boys' Home m Thomson Road, Singapore. Twenty seven of ihe boys received sentences ranging from six
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    FAITH
    24 4 Inasmuth m PC ha* Imm it unto one of tfc least to thfv> tot brvtbm ye have donr it om« m St. Matthev2s«
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    £400 AN HOUR TO FLY
    483 4  -  RONALD WALKEN Hv HTHE full story of two 1 new types of airliner which will cost Britain more than £16,000,000 is told for the first time m the report of the Select Committee on Esrtima'tes, published recently. They are the 129 -ton Brabazon I landolane.
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      17 4 U£y|Slnrf>e T^k m^fmit— MJ I fl/*V 4ron> P. H. HENDRY Jewel ten, 78. North Bridfe Road. Spore.
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    DEMAND FOR CLEANER FOODSHOPS
    257 5 DEMAND FOR CLEANER FOOD SHOPS picture. Free Press Staff Reporter A CALL for stricter control of Singapore cof- fee and eating shops, to ensure that they are clean and suitable premises for the consumption of food and refreshments, has been made by Mr. A. P. Rajah, a Municipal Commissioner. Mr.
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    15,000 radios glut market
    293 5 15,000 radios glut market I Fret Pre** Staff Reporter L 4 QQ mUmmm that Singapore has oil the market E<b> many &s 15.000 unsold radios and 55 C i ihe >hopwindows. As m Britain, X in> h.i\e more sets than can be sold. W m the United Kingdom estiL. of
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    NEI BUYING CHINESE TEXTILES
    50 5 NEI BUYING CHINESE TEXTILES jf BP^» frre hinrv i I tfrespondeiH k- are now li n China Hi i .<r the supply It mo. .s on a merit H|r ?.e Free Hfe :ient Bt teal but H^* cost V *cessBf the W* ese H^ and mm. P^ r^ to I
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    BARGES TOWED 4000 MILES
    152 5 TWO ocean-going tugs, 1 the Humber and Dorset, have just completed a 4,000-mile voyage from Sydney to Singapore towing two barges with cargoes of food, coke and steel for the Shell Company. The voyage took 63 days. The Humber ran Into a heavy cyclone off Queensland
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    CHINESE NOT TO BOYCOTT JAP GOODS
    182 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Chinese I Chamber of Commerce I has decided not to sponsor a boycott of Japanese goods as proposed by the Hong Kong Chinese Manufacturers' Association and the Chinese Cotton Textiles Association recently. It was considered, after a long
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    Malaya's oil unaffected by Palestine war
    175 5 Malaya's oil unaffected by Palestine war Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE the fighting m Palestine has reportedly resulted m reduced shipments of petrol to Australia from the Middle East, officials of Singapore oil companies say that Malaya's supplies are not affected. The bulk of the petrol arriving m Malaya comes
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    2,000-mile trip for Lincolns
    135 5 qX)MORROW, four "Red L Lion" Lincoln bombers of No. 97 Straits Settlements Squadron will make an eleven hours' flight, involving a round trip of more than 2.000 miles. The Lincolns will leave Tengah m the early morning and fly over the South China Sea direct to
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    POLISH CONSUL
    17 5 Monsieur Albert Morski is now Consul -General of Poland m England with jurisdiction m Singapore.
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    MORE U.S. SHIPS TO CALL HERE
    136 5 MORE U.S. SHIPS TO CALL HERE Fre c Press Staff Reporter FAST American freighters with modern refrigeration and storage equipment will soon be calling at Singapore on a new Far Eastern cargo route. The United States Maritime Commission, which controls trade routes, has granted permission for the resumption of the
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    AIRMAN POLIO VICTIM BURIED
    50 5 PENANG, Thursday. The airman who contracted polio m Singapore and died m Penang was buried with full military honours at Western Road Cemetery yesterday. He was 19-year-old aircraftsman R. P. Hollands. The Commanding Officer, Butterworth (S./Ldr. J. J. Mackay) and other high officers attended the funeral.
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    INSURANCE ON TRISHAS?
    46 5 THE advisability of en fore-- ing third party insurance on trishas m Singapore fas under consideration, the Free Press understands. There are now 9,024 trishas m Singapore. Third party insurance on them is considered desirable as there have been many accidents involving trishas.
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    New fire station for west coast
    253 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rtake care of increasing fire risks on the west coast of Singapore, a new fire station, built on modern lines and equipped with two or more fire engines, will be sited m Alexandra Road. Th*> establishment of the new station
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    MODEL PINE ESTATE IN JOHORE
    490 5 Syndicate opens up huge area Free Press Staff Reporter A MODEL pineapple plantation— which will be the largest m Malaya has already passed the blueprint siage, and^by 1950, it is hoped to have 3,000 acres under cultivation yielding 300,000 cases of pine a year. This
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    DEATH THREAT IS ALLEGED
    69 5 HPHREE Indians were alleged 1 m the Eighth Police Court yesterday to have threatened a Chinese with death if ho did not make a false check of his labourers. They are P. Govindasamy, Veerasamy and M. Suppiah. charged with criminal intimidation. The alleged offence was stated
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    NEW BOOKS FOR MUSEUM
    74 5 Under an amendment to the Printers and Publishers Ordinance, said an official statement yesterday, three printed copies of every book published m the Colony must now be, sent to Raffles Museum and Library one month after printing. This is similar to U.K. legislation which provides for
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    SHOW AT THE LITTLE THEATRE
    70 5 At the Little Theatre, Armenian Street, on June 4. 5, 7, 8 and 9. "They Came to a City" will be presented by the Little Theatre Players, at 8.30 each evening. In this play, J. B. Priestley puts forth his opinions on the times m
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    KEDAH AIDS POLICE RECRUITING
    225 5 KEDAH AIDS POLICE RECRUITING Free Press Staff Reporier /^RGANISED recrmu, g yj of Malay youtha M Kedah for service w. h the S nga^pre Police Force is being undertaken for the firt time m the history «>f •the Force. Inviting applications, the Chief Police Officer, Kedan, promises those enrolled as
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    APPEAL FOR MORE BLOOD DONORS
    194 5 FIVE thousand books, containing an appeal for more blood donori, have been distributed by Public Relations Department m Singapore. They hare been sent to all big organisations, associations, clubs, schools and to community leaders, doctors and lawyers. Distribution began on Monday. and is almost competed
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    ATOM SECRETS HARD TO GIVE AWAY
    284 6 ATOM SECRETS HARD TO GIVE AWAY Spies need scientific training IT would not be easy to give away atomic secrets says Dr. Edward U. Condon one of America's top atomic scientists. Dr. Condon, who is head of the U.S. Bureau of Standards and handles some atomic work, says it would
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    Bevin rejects Soviet talks on foreign policy
    87 6 rHE Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, has rejected the idea of talks with i Soviet Ru^ia on outstanding Ign policy. Mr. John Piatta Mills, rexpt led from the Labour Party because of ala prc-Ccmmunist vi I .n the Comn. Brl .ld invite the
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    Russian radio news for Japs
    302 6 WITH a ilip of a switch, Japanese with ordinary priced radio can get Moscow views on what is doing m Nippon and around the world. Five times daily, Russia beams JapaneseLanguage broadcasts to Nippon. sending the Kremlin's interpretation of the day's happenings, either direct from
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    Decline in Scots Church goers
    171 6 IT is d mtniul v. the country la h )us than it was last century but Hinrn s a general impression that the church ground. *tate« The Scotsman. On the opening day of the Church of Scotland Assembly it was stated thai then was an
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    HELICOPTER FLIES ENGLISH CHANNEL
    49 6 What is claimed to be the first helicopter of its type to cross the English channel, arrived at Antwerp airport yesterday afternoon piloted Iby Allan Bristow of Yeovil. Somerset, and Ann Marie Good, of Antwerp. »It flew from Lympne. Kent, to Antwerp m 95 minutes
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    Ring out wild bells: others were wild too
    172 6 iLL v.ius harmony, it) Stmni«.iU until four bell ens fr< ni > i<;i b^u- 4 f p- Lerboroueh cantt to s: Martin's church to Dracticr. Houi after hour they rang. At 10 p.m. someone |< the rofx* leadirp frrni the belfry to
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    'I'd do it again,' says Dr. Laurel
    86 6 rrHE wartime President of 1 the puppet Philippine Republic, Dr. Jose P. Laurel, defended his actions during the Japan' se occupation. "If I am given a chance, I am going to commit treason again, if to commit treason is to elTect the national
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    New House of Commons, 1950
    105 6 rHE Speaker oi the Hon.Of Commons, Col. Douglas Clifton Brown, us.-d a 100-year-old mallei to lvi the foundation stone of the new chamber erected on the site of that destroyed m a German air raid m 1941 The mallet had be»n used m the building
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    U.S. RAIL CONTROL
    27 6 American railway labour 'ers have ure:ed Government ownership of all ra^lways. President Truman seized the railways on May 10 to ay rt a strike
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    U.S. Army prepares to leave South Korea
    202 6 WIVES and children of United Stales Ai sonnel m South Korea are to be evacua pai; Hon for a possible wi'hdrawal of the forces. The Communists have been demanding for some time the withdrawal of United States troops. Stalin, m his exchange of
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    BONES ON 1066 BATTLE SITE
    72 6 BONES ON 1066 BATTLE SITE HUMAN &kel< ;3.d rusted traces (1 armour have bet fow d In *iii? fn <r ion of me Dean of Br^ Moe Rex AT A Nay lor lives near tShe loenc of oi Ha> Mr W. All- til D -zn's churrtnwarcion. said "Ttie :.:'«r- of
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    TUC PROTEST
    24 6 The General Council of Britain s Trace Union Con^ representing t.000.000 orgai ed workers orded "emphatic proU; against m.tss executions m Greece.
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    PAPAL LETTER ROUSES POLES
    27 6 THE P<>; th-. nd. A storm of pro aroused over th< I Dres&ion c: "millions of from ■fcichts naw i>ari of A.P. fghgf
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    4 die in One police class
    8 6 4 die in One police class I Reuter
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      95 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya '"'YES, I THINK I SEE MY^\| /^""^^T^ 1/1— I— I'M SORRY,^^J6fi 1/hAVENT YOU G(ST ANVT^ING^i WAY lo TURN THE BOYS' 1 f '&OY&' X (JANE,' I DIDN'T l\njg& BETTER To DO Th AN PLAY H CRUSH on MF To OOOD \J
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    MORE RAIN AT IPOH
    31 7 MORE RAIN AT IPOH \nd f* F**t IIK»h xh did th K rr *hile EiSe m freely JJJIone wn *.th BalfM aLso id should br iL« pffdomin.ince. Boroucb. md I L
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    Probable Derby jockeys
    4 7 Probable Derby jockeys ■Sle
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    BRADMAN: PLAYER OR GENTLEMAN?
    194 7 BRADMAN: PLAYER OR GENTLEMAN? f(.«.bNlH»s quite unofficial, has been made at Don Bradman should be invited to play m fntkmen versus Players match due for Ix>rds I to IS Grace Centenary Match and kef enthusiasts who think Bradwould add lustre to the game. P I L f "fSt tO I
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    GAME LAW TO ATONE FOR CUP DEFEAT
    679 7 GAME LAW TO ATONE FOR CUP DEFEAT Straight races a real problem Free Press Racing Reporter rjAME Law has a bright chance of atoning for his Governor's Cup defeat at Ipoh tomorrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's Summer Meeting. Kin? Midas, Liberty Man and Predominance, I understand,
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    38 7 Gunnar Lindekrantz of Sweden, winning the high jump at the International Athletic meeting during the British Games at White City on May 17. He jumped 6ft. 3in. which is half an inch lower than Lloyd Valberg's Singapore record.
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    Defence error was decisive
    80 7 IN the S.A.F.A. third division match played at McNair Road yesterday, the Chinese Athletes berxt. the Ist Malay Coast Battery by the odd goal m five. Following a tussle after a corner shot, a Battery defender deflected the ball into the net by mistake to give
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    Mrs Pat Todd refuses to play tie
    314 7 Mrs Pat To dd refuses to play tie T H E first major upset m the French lawn tennis championships m Paris occurred yesterday when the United States Wightman Cup player. Miss E>oris Hart, needed number one for th* women's singles, was beaten m th« s*mi-finals by another American, Miss
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    LANOMA B.P. WIN FOUR-THREE
    123 7 In a return friendly badminton match erf four singles and three doubles played at the St. Patrick School Hall the Lanoma Badminton Party defeats the Carefree Badminton Party by four games to three The fol' owing are the results Lanoma B.P. mentioned first): Sin*K%: Milton Nonis
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    Fishlock again in great form
    257 7 THE aftermath of Wednesday's rain was apparent when a start was made m the English County cricket championship matches yesterday. Surrey lost their opening bat Eric Bedser against Sussex at the Oval without a run being scored but went on to top the 300. Lefthander
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    Bukom better as a team
    218 7 P. Bukom 4- Kranji 1 OUPERIOR teamwork enabled v the Pulau Bukom Spurts Club to trounce the Kranji W. T. by four goals to one when they met m the Second Division of the iS.A.F.A. league at Geylang Stadium yesterday. The Wirelessmen had their forwards
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    CORONATION CUP ACCEPTORS
    58 7 THE filial acceptors, with weights, for the Coronation Cup to be run over a mile and a half at Epsom on Friday, June 4, were announced today as follows: Goyama and Auralia. both 9st 31bs; Sayajirao, Mighty Maharatta. Sie&vo, Ml&oli, Bayeux and Pearl Diver all 9st; Mombasa
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    C.A. DESERVED TO SAVE POINT
    295 7 Folk* t -OA I THE Chinese Athletes fully deserved the one point which they got m the two- all draw against the Police m a second division A. P. A. soccer game prayed at the Police Depot, yesterday. They had met m the Police a
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    Hussein paved way for victory
    409 7 By ROBIN M.F.A 2 R.A.F. (C) l 1 1 EFT- winger Hussein, of the iron instep, paved the L*, way for M.F.A.'s Cwo-one win against R.A.F. Cfaangi m the First Division S.A.F.A. match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. His elusive bursts of speed, coupled with
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    Lanes 108—3 v Australians
    427 7 AFTER dismissing the strong Australian side for 204 runs, Lancashire replied with 108 for three wickets at Old TrarTord yesterday, the second day of the game. Rain had washed out play on Tuesday and Ken Cranston, winning the toss correctly decided to make the Australians bat
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    Scoreboard
    143 7 AUSTRALIA Ist INNS. Barnes c Cranston b Hilton n Morris < E. H l.dri. h b Pollard It Bradman b Hilton 11 lan Johnson Ibw b Hilton S Loxton b Roberts M Harve> b Roberts 36 Hamence b Poliard 2 Lindwall c Law ten b Hilton Sagger* not out
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    Penalty made the difference
    170 7 Tigers 2: Indians 1 A PENALTY goal m the first half helped the Tigers to score a two-one victory against the Indians In a se- cond division league maicn on the St. Oeqrge'i R<>ad ground yesterday." The Indians lost several opportunities by poor centring from both
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      233 7 F.P. Crossword No. 3** i I 12 13 I 1 X I VI- |5 LI II 8 9 L 'o jS- ~JL Wi '2 W2W I3 Wi Z H ~Ws> o __j^ Jm 1 1 w'^ 26 32 i_ll!L_ m fw¥\ 1 il 1 feJ" CLUES ACROSS 2. Stalks (6).
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    RUSSIA BLOCKED WORLD PEACE SAYS US.
    386 8 RUSSIA BLOCKED WORLD PEACE SAYS US. '3 dozen pacts violated WASHINGTON, Thursday. rrHE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, has sent to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a list of Russian actions which are said to have prevented a just peace being attained. It covers about three dozen violations
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    ASSASSIN POSED LIKE POLITICIAN
    156 8 NEW DELHI, Thursday. WITH the air of a veteran politician God>e, accused of the murder oi hatma Gandhi, posed for cameramen with his tight companions when their irial opened m the historic Red Fort today. All the accused are members of the militant Mahratta race, the
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    Red onslaught on Changchun
    226 8 NANKING. Thursday. rOIMI'MST troops today captured Tafangsun airfield, one of two on the outskirts of Manchuria's capital, Changchun, after 36 hours of unbroken onslaught. The Reds, estimated at 20,000 penetrated deep into the south-western business sector of the city last night, pro-Government despatches added, but were
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    Hitler's death is official now
    114 8 Hitler's death is official now MUNICH. Friday. DENAZIFICATION officials m Munich said yesterday that they had obtained sufficient documentary evidence from the War Crimes Ollice at Nuremberg to establish legally Adolf Hitler's death. The evidence would enable the Bavarian State Government to seize Hitler's property m Bavaria. But a German
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    REPUBLICANS STILL IN DARK
    347 8 Soviet-Indonesian pact mm liatavia, Thursday, I>EPI BLICAN and Dutch officials were tonight still without oflicial knowledge of the Soviet-Indone-sian agreement to exchange "consulate officials," reported by Moscow to have been concluded m Prague. Diplomatic circles m Prague according to a Reuter dispatch, also learned with con-
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    King would go down with people
    169 8 King would go down with people NEW YORK, Thursday. THE unqualified determina--1 tion of the Royal Family. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the whole British Government to stay m. Britain and go down if necessary under a Nazi invasion was disclosed m an article based on the secret papers of
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    Profiteers hit by new rice ration
    324 8 From Our Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. RICE dealers m Kuala Lumpur today described the increase m Malaya's rice ration as the "last blow but one for the blackmarket" m the Federation. One more increase to bring the ration up to three katis a
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    Cold 'scoop' in jungle
    89 8 r*OLD has been discovered near the Siam-Burma frontier by a 20-year-old Siamese boy, who was on a hunting trip m the banditinfested Kanchanaburi jungles, when he noticed yelloio metal shining out of a slimey, vegetation-infest-ed pool. Scooping up as much of the metal as he could
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    British cars out-sell U.S.
    65 8 BRITISH exports of cars and c immercial vehicles m April beat the monthly target rate set for the end of the year and topped the United States figures for March by 500, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders have announced. The figure for cars was
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    US 'gets tough' over Kashmir
    158 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. AT the Security Council meeting yestexday the U S Representative Mr. Warren j Austin for the first time took a strong line on the Kashmir issue hinting that the United States expected both parties to accept certain obligations :of pacific settlement whether
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    '13 MILLION BRITONS MUST LEAVE'
    180 8 LONDON. Thursday. BRITAIN must send 13,000,--000 of her 48,000,000 people to the Commonwealth and Empire to ensure military and economic security for the 35,000,000 who would remain, the Earl of Portsmouth declared m the House of Lords. "Great Britain is struggling just to keep her
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    TINS UP ON DULL MART
    466 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Thursday yHK London Stock Exchange was dull and feature- less today, says Reuter's financial correspondent Rubbers were unchanged to lower while Tins advanced. Small support Tor British Government securities lifted these prices by one-eighth but, on the drying up of business,
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    Rubber prices
    121 8 SPECIAL M»rk«* correspondent fire* the prices of rabbet ■< 11 a.m. today as follows: Buyers. Seller* Cta. Cts per Ib. per Ib No. 1 B.S.S. Spot loose 44 44 No. 1 R.S.S. fob m bales June 44 4 4 No. 2 R.S.S. fob m bales June .43 43
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    N. Y. stocks
    72 8 QN the New York Stock Ex:\gt yesterday, sagging tendencies developed m industrials and rails ow-ng to slackening ir.vrrst. Price charfractionally mixed. Some increase In press. late dealings notnbly Meek •cks tobaccos and ail brought losses covering r 9 |l, arket closed barely steady k. Stocks shares Lraa<
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    Not so old, after
    59 8 MRS. Ellen Walker, of Wakefield brated her 101 st hirthda* Tor celebrated it last year, then < h« < ip and was a year younger than sh- ihMrs. Walker, who ke^p> hou> bachrlor son. George, calls him fro b> blowing a miniature bugh Oi w*" r
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    Hirohits may throne August
    8 8 Hirohits may throne August I 1 I Reuter
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    INDONESIA REBELS JAIL
    4 8 INDONESIA REBELS JAIL Reuter
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