The Singapore Free Press, 7 July 1948

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERKOOM SALE 111 MALAYA v. i" SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948 PRICE 10 CfcVIS
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    Malaya still outside aid pact
    889 1 Malaya still outside aid pact Wants time to reconsider Fress Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, told the House of Commons today that Malaya and Borneo are two of several important colonial territories which have not yet acceded to Marshall Aid agreement, because
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    POLITICS IN SCHOOL: PRINCIPAL RESIGNS
    36 1 POLITICS IN SCHOOL: PRINCIPAL RESIGNS Ft* f* lff Rep the hool, Eng a recent the i* -Aing rs to acti- I i. r ".es rant--0 v no m the he Eg X n3--1: X fnT: \ction.
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    INJURED BUT REFUSED AID
    33 1 MePreto Staff Reporter 1 TOCN'G Tan I I >ed to F 1 k f. yearl Teng, i MaL car. t k::^ Hospital f I The ptwa? a colF r
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    FAN HIT HIM
    7 1 reporter to get arred
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    FOUND HANGED
    17 1 POUNSELLOR of the French v Embassy m Moscow, Hatteau was found hansjine In hia room.
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    S'PORE MUSICIANS FORM UNION
    122 1 Free Press Staff Reporter QINGAPORE musicians have banded together and formed their own trade union, to be known as the Musicians' Union of Singapore, m conformity with the Trade Union Ordinance. The Hon. Secretary of the new union, Mr. Jacob Chan, told the Free Press this
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    UN OFFICER DEAD
    21 1 The United Nations Palestine Truce Commission suffered its first casualty yesterday when a Frenoh officer was fatally wounded.
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    A clerk upset the motor trade
    275 1 A clerk upset the motor trade Free Press Staff Reporter QWING to the negligence of an overworked clerk the motor trade was not notified m time <rf the recent decision to restrict the import of cars over 20 h.p. from all places except the United Kingdom. Although signed on June
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    THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA
    85 1 PARIS, Tuesday. DR. Jean Jars left prison last week after a sentence abortion. Yesterday two •policemen" told the maid wanted to search his apartment for more evidence. The "policemen" stripped the apartment of money and Jewellery. Madame Jaxs. convinced that her husband was to be arrested, took
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    UNIONISTS JAILED FOR SEDITION
    146 1 UNIONISTS JAILED FOR SEDITION Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore First District Court Judge, Mr. E. P. Shanks, this morning convicted and sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment four Chinese committee members of the Singapore Harbour Labour Union, on two charges of "conspiring to publish and distribute a seditious document."
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    ANTI-REDS WIN
    42 1 PROVISIONAL Finnish election results indicate that the an ti -Communist parties will have 108 seats In the new House and the left wing parties 92, as against 101 and 99 respectively m the 1945 elections, Helsinki radio has reported.— Reuter
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    DOUBLE SEVENTH: POLICE ON ALERT
    61 1 Free Press Staff Reporter "VTO special precautions are ll being taken by the Singapore police on the occasion of this year's Double Seventh, but the police are on the alert and will be prepared to deal with any situation that may arise." This was announced
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    BOMBAY DEATHS UP
    20 1 The death roll from Sunday's Bombay riots rose to 42 yesterday as injured victims died m hospital.
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    Hiss.... or history
    47 1 CHINA'S legislators debated yesterday whether stenographic record of their sessions should contain record of "frequent hisses," with which speakers frequently are The former Minister of Information Mr. Chang Taofan. said, "it is not nice to stain historical documents with records of such minor misdemeanors."
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    54 1 picture Heavyv>eight champion Joe Louis, having announced his retirement from the ring, receives hU cheque from Mike Jacobs, 20th Century Sporting Club promoter, for successfully defending his crown against Jersey Joe Walcott. In return, the Brown Bomber hands Jacobs a pair of boxing gloves to signify the end of his
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    'Dual nationals cause friction'
    194 1 'Dual nationals ca use friction' HONG KONG, Wednesday. ONE of the major causes of friction involving Chinese throughout the Far East is the Chinese Government's insistence on dual nationality, said Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead, one of the foremost British journalists m China, m an address to the Rotary Club
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    Armed guards at Service
    337 1 Armed guards at Service Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PT. Mary's Church was ringed with armed 3 guards, of civil and military police, this morning as the highest m the land attended the memorial service to the late Sir Edward Gent, High Commissioner of the Federation. As detectives
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    PROTESTS TO RUSSIANS ON BERLIN
    276 1 PROTESTS TO RUSSIANS ON BERLIN LONDON, Tuesday. DRITAIN, the United States and France today strongly protested against Russia's land blockade of Berlin. Notes were handed to the Soviet Ambassadors m London, Paris and New York by the three Foreign Ministers. Text o! the notes they were identical— has not been
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    50 NOW DETAINED
    30 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Four persons, three Chinese and one Indian, were arrested yesterday In Singapore under the Emergency Regulations, bringing the total under detention to 50.
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      10 1 J J^FMTHAT j De sure jou buu JV ILLS' 5
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  • FEATURES...
    • Article
      OLIVER TWIST IS GOOD
      827 2 OLIVER TWIST IS GOOD BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER T OXDON'S film crit IcB, unanimous m their approval of "Great Expectations," are unexpectedly at variance over David Lean's second Dickens film, "Oliver Twist." One critic i ranks it Hamlet M the second greatest picture of the year; seldom has <
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      Wilding Is Signed Up For Ingrid
      117 2 Mi i m I. 1 WILDING, voted second to John Mills as Britain's favourite actor m the National Film Award, was last week signed up as Ingrid Bergman's leading man m "Tnder Capricorn" after 18 months' negotiations. He will thus follow m the screen
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    • Article, Illustration
      Bridge Problem
      342 2 'J'HERE L» something \>ry wrong wih th« bidding when th« side that can make a slam at one declaration goes down thr«« at a m* r»- game contract m another. That's what happenei here. Wt-st op*iud the heart king. East gave him tlu nine so Souths hold-up didn't
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      MAKE-BELIEVERS AT WORK
      625 2 MAKE-BELIEVERS AT WORK TT had all the appearance of being an ice-cold situation, this romantic scene between Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power for "That Wonderful Urge." There Stood Gene calmly licking icicles while Power did his best to make love to htT. Adding to Ty'a Dilemma, the icicle kept getting
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      DANCE TIME
      139 2  -  ELIZABETH LEE By rNK.HT. over Radio Malaya at 8 20. I shall teach th* Natural Turn (m the Quickstep >■ which on« uses to negotiate th>t corners of the baltroora. The diagrams below illustrate it step by step. The sth step (Pi*. 5) is particularly to be noted.
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    • Article
      U.K. to invade U.S.
      281 2 U.K. to invade U.S. JY OUR FILM REPORTER DIGGEST attack on the American film market is coming i Mr. J. Arthur I!. who says that m the latter half of this he will tend 24 Bri pictures to follow m the wake of "H. In a personal ntm to American
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      21 2 When REX Plays A Serial— lt Has to be Very Big/ Remember the Batman. Now get ready for Columbia's Deseit Hawk
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      723 2 LUCKY STAR DORN today, you ar i natural executive and busine<A manager. **ou have a good busi■CSs head and know when to be tahuUting or shrewd and when it is he-t to play your hand with the soft ped.tl on u^ing the iron You aw a fine pr rson t<>
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  • NEWS...
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      U.N. guards leave for Holy Land
      7 3 U.N. guards leave for Holy Land t
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      GREEK REBELS
      13 3 I i. pc''*t-r I ::.:d on I said t rr.iles Reuter
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      Barley grows after 700 years in monastery wall
      196 3 ♦*dded for 700 years in a fresci ona»tery of Djurdjevi Stubo^ •minated and grown. The mona 163 and 1172 and the fresc found was also painted aboi that time. That a 700-year-old barl kernel should grow is not unusual Grain four in
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      RIOT FOLLOWS RICE JUMP
      45 3 A riot broke out recently at Kwangchowan. chief seaport of Kwangtung Province, following a jump m the price of rice from 10,000.000 yen for 110-lb. bags to 18.000.00 i). There were several casualties wnen gendarmes attacked the rioters with clubs A.P.
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      POWER-CUT PARALYSES BERLINZONE
      406 3 POWER-CUT PARALYSES BERLINZONE Red move's misery trail THOUSANDS of Berliners now go to bed early, set their alarm clocks for midnight and work m factory or workshop until 6 ajn. Housewives plug m tlieir electric irons and do their ironing. Hie reason is that this is the only period of
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      The devil's own
      76 3 YEAR of the devil has made more than 700 Siamese women m Singhaburi cut off their hair. The craze spread like wildfire after a religious mystic dreamed the Devil had decided to kill every woman m Singhaburi Province. The women might escape, he thought, if they cropped
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      US DEATH TOLL
      57 3 A MERICAS holiday death A roll stood at 355 yesterday with the three-day Independence holiday weekend, which began on Saturday, still not completed. Traffic fatalities were 206, only 29 less than the 235 1 which the National Safety Council predicted. Drowning caused 106 deaths, 41 died m
      Reuter  -  57 words
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      50 3 The mass start (below) of the 500 cc Dutch Tourist Trophy race held at Wassdorps, Assen. Holland British rider Artie Bell (No. 61) led from the start to win easily —covering the 330.72 kilometres m 2 hours 29 minutes On his fastest lap his speed was 140.4 kilometres an hour.
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      Mexico crash: 14 feared dead
      97 3 CHARTERED airl.ner. >sing for two days over •^eastern Mexico, has i about 70 miles northwest of Veracruz, killing eight .American and six Mexicans. An embassy searcn plan* sighted wreckage but did not identify it positively as that r»e missing plane. The consul said. 'A native
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      CHINESE DEMAND JAPPEACETREATY
      202 3 pONCLUSION of the Japanese peace treaty ha< again become the focal point of attention am* i g a growing number of Chinese m Nanking who Wf hijrh quarters are privately discussing abandonm- 1 1 of the veto power by the Chinese government to enabl an early convocation
      Reuter  -  202 words
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      U.S. 'Med' fleet strength not increased
      109 3 US. naval strength m the Mediterranean will continue "about as It Is now", according to Vice-Admiral Forrest Sherman. Chief of U.S. Naval operations, at a press conference at Istanbul. The U.S. at present has one carrier, three cruisers, ten destroyers and auxiliary vesseLs on
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      U.K. COAL LOSS £20,000,000
      78 3 THE British National Coal 1 Board, is expected to report a loss of about £20,000,000 on the first year of operation, but m the past three months the industry has begun to pay its way. President of the Mineworkers Union, Mr. Will Lawther, said, "We would
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      JAP CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
      81 3 THE Japanese have contributed 1,000,000 yen toward a Christian University m Japan and hope to raise 150,000.000, Dr. Carl D. Kriete told American Church leaders. Dr. Kriete. missionary, educator and former president of Miyagi College, recently returned from the Orient. He emphasized that Japan -has definitely broken
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      MOUNTBATTEN GOING TO SEA
      51 3 VISCOUNT Mountbatten yesterday denied that he might be going to Malaya. "I have never heard of it," he told Reuter at an India House reception m London. He asked the Admiralty about a job and had been told to report back later m the year, tie
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      65 3 British troops hard at loork unloading a cargo of meat from a refrigerator ship at the Victoria Dock. London. They had been called m when attempts later successful to induce dockers on strike to return to icork, had failed. Right: A big 'push': A soldier finds the unaccustomed job of
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      'Illness too costly now'
      361 3 STATE AID ESSENTIAL rtECLARING that most people nowadays could no afford to be ill so expensive were modern treatments of common diseases, Sir Lionel Whitby, new president of the British Medical Association said this had hastened the inevitability of State medicine. Speaking at the annual meeting
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      28 6 U.S. Republican national convention at Convention Hall, Philadelphia, as delegates stood for the national anthem. Political conventions are invariably associated with American flamboyance and hiah-vrejtsiire. salesmanship.— A. P.
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      PEOPLE WANTED, APPLY AUSTRALIA
      434 6 PEOPLE WANTED, APPLY AUSTRALIA Mass migration plan from U.K. existing ones," the broadcast added. "Particular attention would be paid to aircraft production and shipbuilding." The Canberra correspondent of Radio Australia says that Australian Government officials believe that defence requirements will force Britain to agree to this mass migration. WANTED a
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      50,000 FOR AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN ARMY
      129 6 50,000 FOR AUSTRALIAN CITIZEN ARMY A -New Order" for the A new Australian citizen army— the Commonwealth Military Forces was indicated by the Minister for the Army, Mr. C. Chambers, when the recruiting campaign was opened at the beginning of July. Fifty-thousand men are Minister said every en--agement m pay.
      Reuter  -  129 words
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      British nurses opposed to Aussie plan
      138 6 BRITISH nursing associations are protesting gainst the British Government's agreement to allow the NSW. Government to recruit nurses from Britain. The associations say that Britain needs all her nursesand more. Mrs Iris Brooke, a registered nurse, and the only -woman on the executive of
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      Famous cruiser for India Navy
      65 6 THE British Cruiser Aohilleo, famous lor h<-r part m the Battle of the River Plate. was handed over to the Royal Indian Navy with full naval ceremonial at Chatham. The Achilles, now to be known as H.M.I.S. Delhi, will leave for a work up" m
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      EN ROUTE TO OLYMPICS
      46 6 EN ROUTE TO OLYMPICS A CHINA National Aviation Corporation Skymaster arrived at KallanK Airport on Monday with the China Olympic b:u»kt tball team en route tor the United Kingdom. The llight was not the inauguration of the scheduled, 1 air services Unking Shanghai with Singapore. picture.
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      Crocodiles attack camps in N. Australia
      256 6 pROCODILES m Arnhem Land, northern Australia, V* are so hungry, thick, and dangerous that buffalo hunters are carrying rifles to protect themselves when they go to rivers or lagoons for fresh water. The crocodiles went inland from coastal creeks and mudflats during the heavy
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      IRRITATED REBEL
      60 6 Hukbalahap leader Luis Taruc. m an irritated letter to the Manila press reiterates that the "Huks and PKMS ((affiliated peasant groups) are not surrendering. "They noticed with growing disgust use of the word surrender." Taruo said "I agreed to come to Manila to meet the President and accept
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      Scots woman protests at flag ceremony
      190 6 THE Union Jack, which was hauled down m Fort William, Calcutta, last year when India has be^n created a dominion was hoisted at Fort William. Scotland. The flag had been handed over to the safekeeping of the town by Field Marshal Auchinleck. former Supreme
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      Xuan lacks Vietnam and French support
      381 6 ONLY an agreement between ex-Emperor Bao Dai of Annam and Dr. Ho Chi Minh, leader of Yictminh resistance, could bring prosperity back to IndoChina, according to well-informed Saigon observe The Vietnamese people do not regard the formation of the central provisional government of Vietnam
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      TAIL ON FIRE
      30 6 An Air France airliner landed at London airport on Monday with her tall assembly on Tire. The nre was put out quickly and note was injured- A.P.
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      New health arms goes into action
      157 6 DESPITE 'Pl raw tlt Bivii/wr« o national Health Sm give every Briton. regardlZ ,7 -N J medical care he need^ e^TL? «^J J simultaneously with a eta suranco scheme iangMd to nr,* 11 *U grave social security F VM c^J The display outei and
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      PEIPING RIOTS: STUDENTS SHOT
      84 6 PEIPING RIOTS: ST UDENTS SHOT POUR Manchuit rteafei standcr were than 10 wourx on Monday nig:. on 5.000 stuc strated within P< diplomatic quarter the Peip:r.r C decision to send training earr.j* I mer. The stu perse after police ha^ attempts to attack I of the Secretary -G«: the Peiping
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      KASHMIR MISSION
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      "NO ARMS" TYPE
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      UNKNOWN
      155 6 JURYWOMA* W sons, of Hilling London, refused to ab: r tion on law t I verdict of not guilty m And by a 17th -cent U under which a r forrtd i Staines won her p» A new Jury was sv subsequently acquitted H tio Rogers. 49. a manufacturer
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      17 3 ■NIORESSIRG SALOON I BHIiMc Ed Singapore. F--*tl>ISH MASSA6C 4 tt SEBASTIAN Pbvsin thrt-aptst C«Wtic Chapel-Kaumc i a
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      34 3 TARZAN The Roar Cv r &urrm.ihs I T: 1 I 3WW| j -WHAT IS |T?' HELEN ASKED. 'fT SOUhOS LIKE TMUNO6R//.^ "TsfiK I t EAaHT>€CAU.?' -v /^VfH| '^HOtY ioW/'WOLPW^I AIMED. 'ITS ELEPHAKTS/ A 7«4113K
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. July 7,1948. Amendments to Income Tax
      677 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. July 7, 1948. Amendments to Income Tax YESTERDAY the Federal Legislative Council approved a number of important amendments to the Income Tax Ordinance, the chief of which provide increased relief for the planting and mining industries on account of rehabilitation. At its next meeting. Singapore's
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    • What People Say
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        Donors, please
        84 4 rE Blood Transfusion Service is making; a special effort to increase the Donor's panel. In this regard we arc very grateful for the assistance which your paper has given the Service since its inception. In spite of your help m this respect the response of the public has
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      • Letter
        Don't hoot
        175 4 IN your issue of July 2 you made mention of a fatal accident that occurred at the corner of Stamford Rd and Hill Street. This accident I regret to say was caused -through the non-enforcement of the "No Hooting Ban" because on this particular corner, as on others,
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        Wot! No Petrol
        136 4 THINGS have come to a 1 pretty -pass when the organisers of a free musical concert m Singapore have to apologise for so badly organising their concert as to inconvenience a few people (who were a s much to blame anyway i>f iiC e I can remember
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      HOW STRONG IS SOVIET RUSSIA?
      959 4  -  CORDON YOUNG An assessment based on observations through Stockholm's window on Moscow by STOCKHOLM: RUSSIA is reorga- nising all her defence forces m such a way that she can hope to be able to fight an atomic war even without the atom bomb. This is
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      FREEDOM FROM WANT
      729 4  -  G. Grafton Green By POM last Monday, no man, woman or child m Britain need ever again be m real want. No family m the land need fear that an unexpected illness with heavy doctor's bills will wreck the economy of the home. No siok person need
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      17 4 EAST COAST TRAVELS: The istana of the Sultan of Pahang at the quiet little town of Pekan.
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      RETURN TO ALLAH
      386 4 by Sheik P. Noorudin. YfITH the sight of the first moon tonight, all over the Muslim world, Ramzan will be ushered m with an air of solemn sanctity, which will make even the moA erring m the Islamic fold return to the ways of Allah. Except the
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      FAITH
      23 4 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow tip himself. Ecclesiastes, 10, 12.
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      Tsingtao gets a bath
      25 4 Tsingtao gets a bath 1 I I I I I I I I I I -I I I I I H I I I I
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      MORE MEN FOR RURAL POLICE
      277 5 MORE MEN FOR RURAL POLICE Force ready Free Press Staff Reporter ALL police stations m Singapore's rural areas have been strengthened considerably. While details of the steps taken cannot be disclosed, it can be assumed that the Singapore Police Force is now ready to deal with any emergency, and provide
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      58 5 The U.S. Consul-General, Mr. Paul R. Josselyn, giving the main speech at the Philippines Independence Day celebrations sponsored by the Singapore Filipino Association at the Cathay Restaurant on Sunday. At the main table (from left) are the Rev. Father Bonamy of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Mr. P. G.
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      POLICE HOLD MALACCA REPORTER
      172 5 AN official communique issued m Malacca denies report m a "daily news- j paper" on Sunday that terrorists had threatened to wipe out the Police station at Asahan and says the staff reporter allegedly responsible has been arrested under the emergency regulations. The communique says that
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    • Article
      Fruit inquiry
      36 5 MR. A. G. Strickland, Chief Horticulturist of the South Australian Government, will fly to Singapore soon to report on the condition of the Australian citrus fruits arriving there, says an Adelaide report from Reuter.
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      UNKNOWN
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      UNKNOWN
      19 5 ■fits >urt Reporter I ■iSERTS, a B H a $500 I m X r •iwtto rail for two
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      SHOEMAKER FOR ASSIZE TRIAL
      61 5 NAWAB Din, a 40-year-old Punjabi shoemaker of Jalan Sultan Road, was committed m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday to stand trial at the next Assizes, on a charge of carrying a revolver. The prosecution alleged that police searched Nawab m a Johore-Singapore bus, and found him
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      New legislation controls Press
      419 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent Xl ALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. PHE Printing Presses Bill was passed m the Legislative Council today, giving the Government the right to demand that a newspaper publishing any incorrect statement of fact should publish free of charge the Government version. Introducing the bill,
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      STOP THIS NONSENSE'
      118 5 STOP THIS NONSENSE' Free Press Staff Reporter REFERENCE to what he calls the "nonsensical" wording of the beginning and en^ of Government correspondent will be made by Mr. John Laycock (Municipal North East) at the next Legislative Council meeting on July 13. Mr. Laycock will move on the adjournment that
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      49 5 77ie Chinese m Malaya have started a fund for the relief of the flood-stricken m Foozhow m China. These Associated Press pictures show the swollen Mm River sweeping posts and debris beneath a bridge at Foochow. boats m the main streets of the town, and two of the floodstricken.
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      SCHOOLBOY WAYLAID AND ROBBED
      243 5 WAYLAID and robbed m Middle Road on March 22 while on his way home from a night school m Short Street, a 17-year-old Chinese, Lim Ah Kirn. described the hold-up, m his evidence m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday. Two Chinese. Yap Ah Chye of Jalan
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      BURMA CALLS OFF I.S.S. TALKS
      267 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE world conference of the International Student A Service scheduled for this month at Rangoon, to which Malaya was to have sent four representatives, has been cancelled. In its place, an enlarged summer conference of the I.S.S. at Combloux, France, will
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      SATA FUND IS NOW $185,917
      120 5 TPHE Singapore Anti-Tuber- culosis Association Fund now stands at $185,917.83. Donations received during June were as follows: S.A.T.A. Flag Day $15,438.86, Anonymous $127, H. B. F. Moorhead $105, Anonymous $100, W. Sharpe $50, the Buddhist Union $50, Koh Hor Khoon $42, Teachers of Raffles' Girls'
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      SPORE COUNCIL MEMBERS
      68 5 WHILE Mr. Andrew Gilmour, the Secretary fox Economic Affairs, is temporarily discharging the functions of the Colonial Secretary, during the absence from the Colony of Mr. P. A. B. McKerron Mr R. P. Bingham. the Commissioner of Labour, has «Deen appointed a temporary member of the Executive
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      MAJOR TO BE DISMISSED
      79 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues FUND guilty of being drunk m a Batu Road milk bar shortly after midnight on May 17, Major K. F. Cole, Royal Engineers, was sentenced to dismissal from the British Army at a Kuala Lumpur court martial today. The findings and the sentence
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      JAIL FOR OPIUM
      33 5 Tay Joo Chai. a 53-year-old Teociiew who yesterday pleaded suiltv to a charge of possession of opium m the Second District Court. Singapore, was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment.
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      Franchise Bill amendments
      354 5 OEGISTEKED voters m Singapore are not likely to A1> be deprived of the franchise purely because the> have "at any time held passports issued to them by foreign governments." The intention to deprive them of the franchise contained m proposed amendments to the Singapore Legislative Council Elections
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      64 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya tell ite oThexsTforelocx's goTiT/Tmow awful !-after\ TbuT mutter's mao!Vwe mu*TcaTch himYdow't forgft^ WE'RE AFTER i CAN'T WAIT To /COMfNG HERE To TOO.'— FORELOCK- BEFORE HE GETS ATM' HFS The EQUATionJ^EXPLAIN FURTHER, /SAVE US ALL FROM THE EQUATION? —J To The VILLAGE
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  • SPORTS....
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      HREE TEST BATSMEN SHOW TOP FORM
      619 7 HREE TEST BATSMEN SHOW TOP FORM Edrich at best against Derby fHE return to batting form of Bill Edrich, who scored 197 m the match against Derbyshire, Jack Crapp's century against the Australians, must have been the most pleasing features of the matches finished, from the England selectors' point of
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      12 7 photo. -old Calif ornian, m play m ay when he beat A.P.
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      UNKNOWN
      86 7  -  CALL BOY B^ Cind«r«Ua. Br.ght House ■T Winds have all been I that they are all be well supported. vral of the griffins have show.ng good form, and I to re««rve comment m prospects until after tomcrMl gallops. If 15 horses handicapped m dm and with two griffins' i
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      DOCKYARD WIN
      40 7 Bukocn lose two-nil to Dockyard XI m a D.v. II soccer game, yesterday. Both goals scored ia the first n gift goals for the Dockyard. They resulted from b mistakes by a defender he goalkeeper of the Bukom
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      CRAPP SURE OF TEST CAP
      195 7 JACK Crapp. Gloucesterleft hand batsman, should be a certainty for England's team against Australia m the third Test match, beginning at Old Trafford. Manchester, tomorrow. In the match at Bristol, which ended yesterday m a win for the Australians against Gloucester by an Innings and
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      ATHLETES WIN
      33 7 The rain and th« slippery ball did not prevent the Chines* Athletes from beating the Singapore District Signals by s—o5 0 ta yesterday's second division SAFA Vague soccer on the padang.
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      WARDLE 12th MAN
      34 7 J. H. Wardle of Yorkshire, slow left hand bowler, was chosen yesterday as the twelfth man for England for the Third Test match against Australia beginning at Old Trafford, Manchester, tomorrow
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      FENTON, FANFARADE DO BEST TIME
      276 7  -  CALL BOY By pENTON (Stirling) and Fanfarade (Wadsworth), 1 doing half a mile m 50 3 5 sec. and the last three furlongs m 37 2 5 sec, returned the best time at Bukit Timah this morning when most candidates for the Singapore races had
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      UK Walker Cup team may not go to States
      117 7 BRITAIN'S ruling golf body, the Royal and Ancient Club of St. Andrew's, said yesterday that there is so little money available m hand that Britain may not be able to send a team to play -the U.S. for the Walker Cup
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      K. RAJA WITHDRAW FROM MALAY F.A.
      42 7 a meeting held yesterday, the Kota Rajah Football Club decided to withdraw its affiliation with the Malay F. V Letters will be sent to the 8.A.F.A., M.F.A. and Malayan Malays F.A. informing them of this decision.
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      RAIN FOILS C.A. OF VICTORY
      330 7 rpoRRENTIAL rain and a 1 sodden pitch were responsible for the Division I League fixture between the Chinese Athletes and the SRC. being abandoned yesterday seven minutes after the second, half started vhen the Chinese were m a winning position leading with the score, three-one
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      Wimbledon finals
      49 7 photo Bromwich makes a winning half -court volley during the Wimbledon final last Friday when he went down after five sets to Bob Falkenburg. Louise Brough, triple titlmt at Wimbledon, m play m the women's singles final m which she beat her countrywoman Doris Hart A. P.
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      OXFORD WIN BY INNINGS
      128 7 THE South African, C. Van 1 Ryneveld, and the Indian A. Kardar, both bowled splendidly to help Oxford to beat Cambridge at Lord's yesterday. It was the first time since 1923 that the University match was decided by an innings margin. Van Rynevled, varying his legbreaks
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      O'SULLIVAN DRAWS WITH SANDEYRON
      57 7 jyfAURICE Sandeyron, French holder of the title, and Dickie Sullivan, of London, fought a draw m the r 15-round European flyweight titl* n*ht at Olympia London, last rpght. Both men gave and took heavy pun shment and the majority of spectators thought the decision of tbi
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      Valberg finds a benefactor
      403 7 Valberg finds a benefactor From Bill Macklin, A.P. Correspondent OLENDER Lloyd Valberg, Singapore's sole hope for Olympic honours, is doing strip-tease m England. The first day after he arrived m England by plane, Lloyd do/ined five sweaters to protect him from the cold. Gradually he's shed them until be now
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      China set on victory today
      656 7  -  CRUSADER By T*ODAY the China Olympic team will play their A seventh and final game m Singapore before leaving for London via Calcutta, and it will depend on the Singapore Civilians whether it is going to be a good match or not. The China players
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      Bradman may get testimonial game
      102 7 J*liE South Australian C Association has suggested \o the other States that a D:i Bradman testimonal match should be played the next season The proposal will be HkwM at a conference of the State Cricket assoc at ions at E September An official of the
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      260 7 F.P. Crossword No. 430 i §§p J 3 "|j 4 5 6 7 ZiiHZZiii!IIL~ZZI!_ 15 K. Pl 7 n 'MUI. i_ ZBB^ 25 M w 'Z 27 M W29 11 (S-iiii /aym 2 30 31 W?L 53 34 ILZZIZ *°1 I I II mi m~W~ CLIES ACROSS 4. Bequest (6).
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      LIFT BLOCKADE' PLEA TO U.N.O.
      418 8 LIFT BLOCKADE' PLEA TO U.N.O. 'Strangling 'of Indonesia NEW YORK, Tuesday. mHE Indonesian representative today asked the Security Council to intervene m what he called the Dutch "economic blockade of Indonesia" by which, he charged, the Netherlands Government was trying to "strangle the Republic." The Indonesian representative, Mr. L. N.
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      OFFENCE TO RELIGION
      91 8 TURIN, Tuesday. LUCIANO ROLANDO, 20--year-old militant leftist orator, toas condemned today by the Turin Tribunal to eight months* imprisonment for an "offence to religion." Rolando was tried and condemned for statements he made m January. 1947, that the Pope and the Catholic Premier, Signor Aldde de Gasperi,
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      U.S. naval moves in the Med.
      93 8 ISTANBUL. Tuesday. ACTING on urgent orders, seven U.S. warships, includin two aircraft-carriers, sailed out of Istanbul and Naples harbours under forced draft today with their destination a mystery. Varying reports had them headed for Palestine .uid Trieste, both of them Mediterranean trouble spots, uid
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      U.S. military aid talks
      217 8 U.S. military aid talks WASHINGTON, Tuesday. OEVEN-NATION military talks to pave the way for direct United States armed support of the Western European alliance, which began at the State Department here today, are expected to last several months. Besides the United States and the Western m countries— Britain, France, Belgium,
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      MARRIAGE
      24 8 DR. K. K. KANAOASINOAMLeelavathy At Kuala Lipis on Thursday. Bth July, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are cordially mrlted
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      ENGAGEMENT
      39 8 WHEATLEY-LAPRAM The engagement is announced between Valeric Olg*. youngest daughter of Mr. X O WfceaUer of Messrs. Gammon (Malaya) Ltd. ChangL, Sin ara pore and Bdward Victor. third son of Mr. and Mrs W. P. Lapham of London.
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      DEATH
      16 8 July 6th Ronnie An« son of An* Soon Hoe passed away peacefully at General Hospital.
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      GOLD FOR U.S.
      14 8 Britain has shipped another $54,307,000 worth of sold to the US.
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      Conscription tor N.Z.? WELLINGTON, N.Z.. Tues.
      65 8 Conscription tor N.Z.? WELLINGTON, N.Z.. Tues. AN indication that the New Zealand Government is considering the introduction of compulsory military service was riven by the Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, m the House of Representatives tonight. "It is my opinion that we must have a defence force," said Mr. Fraser,
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      Moon Murder' fourth victim
      73 8 Moon Murder fourth victim COVENTRY (England) Tuesday. THE battered body of a 15 year old girl was found 400 yards from her home here today, the fourth youngster to be murdered m England recently during the new moon period. The body was found by a working man today on a
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      Rubber prices
      126 8 A BTKCIAL MmW tuiMpiafi A gHai Urn priM erf rsbaai at U toOavss par ib. da. O*. No. 1 ft. 8. 8. Spat N« 1 5.8.8. KM la baks July OS 49% N«. t ft. 8. 8. taft la bata July U% 4«H N«. I ft. 8. 8.
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      S'HAI SWOOP ON HOARDERS
      176 8 SHANGHAI, Wednesday. AT dawn today, 5,000 police and garrison agents swooped down on godowns and shops m the city m an all-oat attempt to stop hoarding and thereby cut prices. This step was decided at a series of conferences between the Garrison Command and the City
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      Doctors sued for wrong diagnosis
      107 8 LONDON. Tuesday. AN American engineer today n sued two London doctors for telling him six years ago he had cancer and had only three months to live James Forbes Whiteford of Hilling don claimed da ma Res for breach of guarantee and negligence from Dr.
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      AGROUND OFF MALDIVE ISLES
      50 8 THE 5,671-ton Norwegian 1 freighter Thalatta. which left Colombo on June 29 Is aground near the Maldive Islands m the Indian Ocean. Another freighter. the 5,1 50- ton Glasgow vessel Myrtlebank. to standing by but. is unable to assist as *h* is hearily loaded, adds A.P.
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      RED THREAT
      20 8 Communist- led Italian labour unions have threatened more strikes which might add to the 2.000,000 Jobless m Italy.
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      CULTURE PACT
      17 8 A cultural convention between Britain and the Netherlands will be signed at The Hague tqtfay.
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      Truman likely for nomination
      59 8 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. IGNORING the latest "no' from General Elsenhower a stubborn group of "ditch Truman" Democrats has renewed its drive to nominate Gen. Elsenhower for President. However, most observers freely predict a first- ballot Ylctory for President Truman The Democratic nationa chairman, Mr. J. Howard McGrath.
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      PESTS RUIN 10 MILLION TONS RICE
      160 8 NEW YORK. Tuesday. A REPORT by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation says that much rice is being lost through faulty storage methods, improper milling and poor cooking preparations. The report notes that 10,000,--("00 metric tons are lost annually through attacks by insects
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      33 8 Mr. Thomas K. Dewey (right), Republican candidate for President of the United States, and Mr. Earl Warren, the Party's choice for Vice-President, pose together after the close of the nominating convention m Philadelphia
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      GENERAL FALL IN PRICES
      528 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesday. SMALL losses were recorded m all sections of the London Stock Exchange today, the only exception being South African mining shares, which had rises of Is. scattered throughout the list on local buying, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Rubber* advanced while Tina
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      PAKISTAN CAPITAL
      25 8 The Province of Sind has acquiesced separation of Karachi from the province and its conversion into a centrally administered area as Pakistan's capital.
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      UNKNOWN
      271 8 Palestine true* Palestine, has tski*^J«C| appeal to Jews and r Y*»*(s of the truce m Palestine Both sides hi y to his suggestion for nti > t? orr I or both do not agre. het^ 1 Security Council would be ccSISNi appropriate action/ untril^ *1 Barrinf any unforeseen!/ Nt
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      UNKNOWN
      33 8 'I j -el Wsioric IceJl -J ■jwiiM of niartg j A pro«c«ut MW Grortr a Jl ■VMM 2S Jto. ■■■Mi fcMMI MnttM the ««J J 07 another of tbtJ2 by Grot** Reuter
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      9 8 noimced m Uatejj ■til Upa -5J v-ar-old LocdoGssi
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