The Singapore Free Press, 21 July 1948

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    26 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA jh jk jk kjh jk hkjh j hkj jk SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1948 PRICE 10 CEN'IS
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    U.S. fighters fly to Germany
    322 1 U.S. fighters fly to Germany Gen. Clay to see Truman LONDON, Tuesday. CIXTEEN US. jet fighters— P.Bo Shooting Stars landed m Britain tonight after a flight across the Atlantic. Another 75 are to follow m the aircraft carrier Sicily. All the fighter planes, which will eventually be based m Germany,
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    46 1 purtwe H .W.S. Rocket stands by :he aircraft-carrier Implac:s choppy seas break er bows, during exereism by units of the British Home Fleet off the Isle of Wight. A jackstay running between the ships has been lung for the transferina of to the carrier A. P.
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    SON ON PERAK STATES
    16 1 SON ON PERAK STATES Lg >uff R^ m I i I I I I I I
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    Big police raid near Jurong
    118 1 Free Press Srtaff Reporter IN tfce fifth targ«-ecak police raid m Singapore rural areas, 182 people were yesterday "screened at Tuas villas*, Jurong. Four men a Formosan and three Chinese— wet* arrested under the Emergemy A strong force of police ed off the area m
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    French get new Premier today
    124 1 PARIS, Wednesday. 'THE President of France, M. Vincent Auriol, Is expected to day to name a premier m succession to M. Robert Schman. Both the President and the veteran Socialist leader, M. Leon Blum, who continues to exercise strong influence, were reported to favour a
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    57 1 Captain C. H. Teng of the Chinese light cruiser Chungking speaking at a tea party for the Chinese Navy visitors given by 150 Singapore Chinese associations at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Seated on the right is the Chinese Vice-Consul, Mr. Cheng Sim Aik. On the left is Mr.
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    He robbed Red H.Q. in S'pore
    83 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rO men who stole a quantity of paper, a pair of trousers and a pair of shorts from the offices of the Malayan Communist Party m Queen Street were convicted by the Fourth Police Court Magistrate yesterday. He sent one
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    SHOT BRITISH OFFICER NAMED
    57 1 VRMY authorities revealed lay that the British offix dead by bandits near South Perak, on Sunday *as Captain Roy Pickin, aged Tamworth, Staffordshire. Captain Pickin. who was 25 and unmarried. Joined the 2-7 Clarkha Rifles towards the end year. He had previousred with the 3-1 Gurkha
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    S'PORE AND THE U.K. TAXPAYER
    137 1 LONDON, Tuesday. SIR John Barlow (Liberal National) complained m the House of Commons today that large dumps of Army surplus stocks had been lying m the open m Singapore for months past and were deteriorating rapidly. These stocks, he said, were released periodically at prices
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    $100,000 DEATH THREAT ALLEGED
    84 1 IN the dock m the Seventh Police Court this morning was a young Singapore Chinese, alleged to have posed as "leader of the Communist Party" m an attempt to extort $100,000 from Wong Ying Seng, a pawnbroker. Told over the telephone that he would be killed
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    POLICE FIND SLASHED BODY IN THE SEA
    103 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE brutally slashed body of a young Chinese was found m the sea near the Master Attendant's Pier this morning by Marine Police. There were seven slashes on the man's left arm, and his skull was cut open, while
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    Police to be recruited from Punjab
    75 1 Police to be recruited from Punjab NEW DELHI, Tuesday. MALAYAN officials are shortly going to the Punjab to select Muslim recruits for the Malayan Police, reports the Delhi edition of the Statesman. The selection will be made from former Indian Police personnel who opted for Pakistan but whose services are
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    WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN ROAD
    36 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE decomposed body of a Chinese woman was found at the junction of Bartley Road and Paya Lebar Road at 5 o'clock yesterday evening. Investigations are proceeding.
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    INDO-GERMANTRADE
    20 1 The Indian trade delegation to Germany has begun "exploratory discussions" with the trade division of the Soviet military administration.
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    EXECUTED JUDGE
    29 1 Two Japanese generals are expected to be tried this summer for the execution of the Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court early m the Japanese occupation.
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    Still in the air
    65 1 A PPROXIMATELY 100 officers and men of the InniskilA liiiff Fusiliers were flown from Hong Kong to Singapore yesterday, reports the United Press. The flight was "top secret," the American agency added. At least it is secret here. "We can say nothing," an Army spokesman snapped
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    New Far East Chief of Staff
    100 1 MAJOR General Redman. Chief of Staff of the Far East Land Forces, has been appointed Director of Military Operations at the War Office. He will be succeeded by Brigadier M. Kirkman, formerly Chief of Staff for Palestine and Transjordan who will hold temporary rank
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    RICE WAS SOLD AT 11 CENTS A KATI
    155 1 Free Press Staff Reporter OVER 600 bags of Java ric c alleged to have been illegally imported, were sold m Singapore for 11 cents a kati, the Second District Judge was told yesterday, when Ho Beng Soo was charged with bringing the
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    Malaya: 'As bad as 1941'
    195 1 Sydney paper SYDNEY, Tuesday. AMID growing alarm over the situation m Mala) a, the Sydney Daily Telegraph today urged the Australian Government to offer men and arms to Malaya instead of waiting for Malaya to make a request for aid. "When the Japanese invaded Malaya
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    BOUND MAN SHOT DEAD
    58 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE houie painter was shot dead by four gunmen last night m a kampong five miles from Kuala Lumpur. He was dragged out of his house, and his hands tied behind him. The gunmen then fired several shots into nis head.
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    Estates seeking armoured cars
    191 1 Estates seeking armoured cars Free Press Staff Reporter MANY estates m the Federation are seeking armoured cars to patrol their estates and to protect managements when collecting pay-rolls and paying labourers. There are believed to be several armoured cars lying at dumps throughout the country which were bought from the
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    CYCLIST DIES
    32 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A Malay cycl. bin Dabik. who was 5 involved m a collision 1 motor van on the airport side of Kallang Bridge, died at 5.30 p.m.
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  • ENTERTAINMENTS...
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      RANK TO MAKE FILMS HERE?
      497 2 BY OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER npHE time is, I think, 1 coming when the Rank Organisation will be :is m Malaya. to the .ion. Earl nt and Gen- eral Manager of Odeon. Canada, it is one of Mr. Rank's objectives to make tilms m every
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      DANCE TIME
      179 2  -  ELIZABETH LEE By r pt>\l<;ilT, tm Ka«M »I-|jya IIiWM with th» tjui k-? :v and the m§ v> i. i li 'ho I Ihis ha* five I i» u^uilh •fandwiv'li-*! b.tuftn the Pro*!"' :n>v and the Natural Turn, whuli h.i\e alrr»dy {m <n d.a/( vMti Of those fi
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      TONE FOR FRANCE
      37 2 PRAN TONE la the 1 latest to for Hollywood fof Europe. He will sail foi Pntn c to produce and .star m a drt. I h a chase scene m the tower. A. P.
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      THE RACE FOR 'OSCAR'
      287 2  - THE RA CE FOR 'OSCAR BOB THOMAS By A. P. Correspondent AS the Oscar competin breaks into the last half of the rare. looms as the best choir, r*i Ol produc- me b. .wr l understandin careful use of the n dium. l d. oiivi.T hai (1 the Aim with
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      ANIMALS: BEST ACTORS
      378 2 By KALFII DIGIITON, A. P. Correspondent BEST wild animal movie to come out of Hollywood, since the war halted location trips to distant places, is Monty Shaft's "Man-EaU?r of Kumaon." a story of India. Stars of the production unquestionably are its tigers. The one which plays the
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      Bridge Problem
      352 2 J^ASTS doubk' of throe hearts was certainly questionable particularly its that contract could not have bet-n defend. Whether West would hftVC left m the double or not is natter he never had to decide, for South (who should have Vft it in> ran vo four clubs. At any
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      'THE QUEEN OF SPADES'
      82 2 I AST shots for the Associated British-Dc BrunwaM production, "The Queen of Spades," co-starri.g Dame Edith Evans and Anton Wai- brojk have bee: at Welwyn Stiu The film has been over to editor H son, who is m the pr of preparing a rou After a
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      Made in UK
      122 2 BY OUR FILM REPORTER ALTHOUGH dueed h pore only o Britis] been Installed cinen B< H A. O f C have ii; Kalee eg cinemas m 1 m NEI being tet up). Christmas Island Sarawak and neo. r mobile v British mad< latjons Caravan f two and
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      Mr. Schenrck was 'moved'
      65 2 rl( HI l» the tr. which all with 20th (Vntur> Internationa! and m \tinrit .i .irpor.it) honour, gregariou* M 5< hem k first time m his hf at a losv for words t<. press hi^ l: r a 1 1 1 1 1 ation Internationa! Prev
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      In the negative
      3 2 In the negative
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      113 2 LUCKY STAR DOKN today, >ou ha\c original and n«u I about thin**. You aKo have the courage of >i»ur loiuictions. No matter how much others try to pursuade >ou to change your mind, >ou will stick to your ideal and push through to su« This is a fine element m
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  • NEWS...
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      Germany's 'boss'
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      man dragged cliff edge
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      CALL UP OM 18 TO 26
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      US-TRAINED ARMY IN S. KOREA
      230 3 SEOUL, Tuesday THE United States is quietly building a native army m South Korea. Its size is a secret. But any casual rver con see that the force is growing rapidly Green-uniformed troops can be seen drilling on the countryside The organization is known as
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      34 3 A forest of hands greets Czechoslovakia's Communist President, Klement Gotticald, as he appears on the balcony of the Presidential Palace. The demonstration of loyalty came from Czech workers the backbone of the Communist regime.
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      'Men avoid Jilted girls'
      202 3 —JUDGE Nurse awarded £250 STAFF Nurse Chrissie Pearce, 34 of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, Staffs, was awarded £250 breach of promise dam- > at Birmingham Assizes against William John Chignell, £6-a-wetk photographer, of Thirdavenue, Selly Park, Birmingham. I A jury oi nine men and i three women
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      Missionaries fly to safety
      31 3 4 i flown safely d TaiI plane families of Ct mment the trend Taiyuar to turn m favou; Yenx\\\ be made to evacuate ..iries ing there.- A.P.
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      'Tapped' phone led to wife's arrest
      104 3 4 US. Diplomat's daughter was found guilty m New V rk of loitering for immoral purposes." She Mrs Nancy Fletcher Choremi, 27, daughter of i Fletcher, Consul-General m Casablanca, and of a wealthy Egyptian cotton broker. :oDDed on c conversation Madeleine Blaiv^r a Mrs.
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      54 3 "^ezr L:n>k" thop window models are m short supply, so Ron Caiill, ex-Royal Enr, and Wally Ft ex-Commando of Leeds, Yorkshire, have started reshaping old models to meet the demands of fashion houses. Window dressers have complained that the old models are too stout m the waist to accommodate the
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      MORE WAR TRIALS
      36 3 Americans m Nuremberg. been advised that the end to bring th> ir crime case against Field ->hals Gard van Rundstedt. or vor. Brauchltsch and Fritz von Mannstein. all of whom are British prisoners.
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      The end of a strike
      43 3 London dockers and $i Uream back to the ships at Victoria Docks to resume unloading vital cargoes at the conclusion of r 16-day strike which had necessitated the employment of troops by the rnment as an ernerqency measure.
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      ONE NURSE TO 7,000 PEOPLE IN INDIA
      172 3 ONE NURSE TO 7,000 PEOPLE IN INDIA INDIA'S women Minister of Health. Rajkumari Ai.irit Kaur, said m London she b°lieved the worst of the rcmmunal trouble m India was over, and communal hatred was dying down. "In the Dominion there are over 40,000,000 Muslims, and they are living: m peace
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      U.K. CITIZENSHIP FOR COLONIES
      163 3 THE House of Commons has passed a British Nationality Bill which provides for the establishment of a common citizenship for the people of the United Kingdom and the Colonies. The Bill will now j go back to the House of Lords for reconsideration. j The Lords,
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      AMERICA MAY RATION MEAT
      64 3 CONGRESSMEN will propose meat rationing for the United States when Congress meets on Monday m the special session called by President Truman to discuss the growing threat of inflation. Meat prices have been reaching record heights m New York and many other large cities recently. Coal
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      WORLD DRUG RING BROKEN
      56 3 DOLICE believe they have broken up the Los Angeles end of a huge international narcotics smuggling ring. They have arrested four members of the same ring which recently lost *10 million worth of drugs on a New York garbage barge. The drugs came from the Far
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      'LAST DITCH' BATTLE FOR 'KEY' CITY
      297 3 'LAST DITCH BATTLE FOR 'KEY' CITY China Reds attack THE sudden successes which have enabled tl*e Chinese Communists to menace the city of Taiyuan, the capital of Shansi province. tfieir troops are already attacking the city walls have astounded observers and represent a bad blow to Nationalist hopes m that
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      Rapid release of sterling
      92 3 IN the Commons. Mr. Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre. (Conservative) asked the Cha lor of the Exchequer vu,; British Government d to release sums sterling balances m 1948 at about treble the annual ra;e Of 1947. "Apart from agreements with India ar.d Pakistan", replied Sir 3 Cripps. "further
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      CONSUL TO LEAVE
      33 3 The Franco Governs has ordered a British vi Consul, James mtry by mid Frid; A defendant 1: Communist trial at Ocana add knowing Beaumont m Toulouse, where information officer. U.P.
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      India has eye bank
      81 3 INBIA now has an eye bank -1 It has been opened at the Gandhi Eye Hospital at Ali- garh, United Provinces. The eye bank will store eyes of donors after their death and these eyes will be used m cornea! grafting operations which are of particular
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      157 3 I f^^ The St^ps Turn dn I J PARLOPHONE jW NEW RECORDS M A MOmiER'S LULLABY Jj IP YOU EVER NEED A FRIEND Billy Thorburn's Orjran. Dance Band F 2286 C 1 BELIEVE ME. IF ALL THOSE ENDEAR] YOUNG CHARMS (Mcx THE ROAD TO IRELAND (Noel* t, Benis Martin with
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      71 3 TARZAN Dirty weather &fe» r R/f<r Burroughs T t, .jL kl P 7;r ?y 71 f "SEE THAT THE TENTS ARE WELLH TASJ^S TARNOT. AND WOLF O^^J^^ 1 ."Ml^UjMto L* /T JfJ JM PE&GE° DOWN, LARSON,' TARZAN *0R CKOCOOIIES. THE SAFARI, LEO BY LARSON«|4I i < *«^|i'<ijjM W >^L jjfm
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 21, 1948. What We Want To Hear
      408 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 21, 1948. What We Want To Hear High P< now would br ogeroua as the cj which until recentij «v the stamp of nt. ment has nothing .> own pi*:rtcomlngs. but it to gain d -lan, and by a new and this ng appeal
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      ANAK AGUNG OF BALI
      790 4  - AN AK AGUNG OF BALI ANDREW ROTH by a well-known American journalisA "TOO bad there is only one Anak Agung!" This is a complaint heard often m Macassar from both Dutch and Indonesians. Anak Agung is a Balinese title which translates literally as "Most Important Child." The peraon referred to
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      A 70-YEAR-OLD IDEA
      855 4 ABOUT half-way between Folkestone and Dover, where the chalk -face slopes sharply down to the sea, there is a doorway made of railway sleepers set m the face of the cliff just above high tide. Insid<\ there is what looks like an ordinary railway-worker's cabin, lined with
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      Africa troubles the Empire
      887 4  -  ARTHUR L. GAVSHON Ny A. P. Correspondent WHITEHALL is Tf afraid that South Africa's new (i o v c m m c n t will weaken the British Commonwealth of Nations. After a cartful appraisal of Dr. Daniel F. Malan's Nationalist victory, many responsible Government leaden
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      2 4 HOSTILE FIELD
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      FARMERS—ALL
      261 4 FARMERS— ALL EVERY morning, a l>:tk? i before 9 o'clock, a bus load of 16 studenW leaves the main street of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, bound for Paokin*rton Hall, beyond Coventry. Ahead of them is another arduous nine -hour day of tilling and ridging, ploughing and hoeing among Packington's 1,000 green
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      Blunde Caused Berlin Aqueez
      12 4  - Blunde Caused Berlin Aqueez WESLEY GALLAGHER Hi [I ft I I A
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  • LOCAL NEWS...
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      65 5 Miss Margaret him, as "Orchid the Warrior Lady," dances a symbolic war dance during a dress rehearsal of the play of the same name at the Victoria Theatre on Monday, while other ceremonially -dressed members of the cast look on. The play, which is being performed by pupils of the
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      RELIEF FUND COFFEE AT $10 A CUP
      117 5 RELIEF FUND COFFEE AT $10 A CUP Free Press Chinese Correspondent rE drive for funds by the Foochow Community Guild for the relief of flood refugees m Foochow district has so far netted $35,400. So far, more than 20 coffee shops have each contributed a day's takings to the fund,
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      Chinese war claims in Siam
      114 5 THE Chinese Embassy m Bangkok is now receiving Chinese claims for compensation for damage caused by Japanese troops to Chinese property m Siam during the war. The Embassy will forward the claims to the Chinese Government at Nanking, which will negotiate with the Supreme Commander,
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      PETROL-SAVING DEVICE
      62 5 Free Press Correspondent ANEW petrol-savins device, that should be on the market by the beginning of next month, has been invented m Penan*. Secret trials by the inventor, Mr. S- R. Griffin, of the British Engineering Company, have proved very successful. The device that can be fitted to
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      'Politicians' interfere With co-ops for labour
      178 5 'Politicians' interfere With co-ops for labour •yHE position of the 1 operative ief among labourers ii satisfactory, remarks ;ne Director of Co-operation, Singapore, Mr. J. G. Crawford, m his annual report. These sothing to do with politics, out •politicians' are succt-^ful m pi of the functioning. II members had their
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      $40 MILLION FOR CLOTH
      366 5 $40 MILLION FOR CLOTH First quarter trade returns Free Press Staff Reporter A BOUT $40 million worth of textiles and cotton and linen piecegoods, not including handkerchiefs and woven material, were imported to Malaya m the first quarter of this year, according to official returns. One of the biggest items
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      'Singapore has no territorial waters'
      123 5 toliy I** al m which a man had been lirrtsted. w» others, at sea, between the island ittai v l! Tan i° n S Gul and convicted on Mr. I). K. Walters yesterday Court, consisting of the acting lr Justice Gordon Smith), Mr. cif Joblint:
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      PERAK LEADS IN TIN OUTPUT
      75 5 THREE thousand six hundred tons of tin were proI m the Federation last month, Perak state leading with the highest output of 7 tons. Selangor produced 866 tons, and Negri Sembilan 112 tons the total tin produced m all of the Federation was 3.683 tons.
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      BIGGEST LATEX TRAILER
      127 5 BIGGEST LATEX TRAILER Free Press Corresporulen' I EAVING Ponang at the Li end of this week ifl the largest latex-carrying trailer yet to be seen on Malayan roads. This trailer, which carries a 1.000-trallon tank and is 27 feet long, will travel from estate to estate picking up the raw
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      FOR EMERGENCE
      20 5 »-UANTAN. Tues.— The Fire Brigade is filling from the Kuantan River, the town's storage tanks for emergency use.
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      At Scouts' Dance
      34 5 At Scouts' Dan ce p t crowd attended the dance ■-oup Boys' Scout m aid of the I at the St. Andrew's School picture arc from right) the -ict Commissioner, Singaand Mrs. Bernard Eales.
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      JAIL AND CANE FOR EXTORTION
      40 5 Tan Ttck Guan, a youu; Chinese, who tried to export $40 from a boatman on March 29. was yesterday sentenced to 18 months' rigorous imprisonment and strokes by the District Judge (Mr. E. P. Shanks).
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      SPENT 42 YRS IN CHINA
      185 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FORTY-TWO years ago, the Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Davies were sent by the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society as missionaries to China. To-day, thy are m Sir. on their way home to the United Slates and retirem< nt They will
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      42 5 Courtejiay Taylor who runs the Taylor Dance Studio m Singapore is seen m a striking pose m a ballet act. Pupils of the Taylor school urill take part m a two-day dance recital at the Victoria Theatre on July 29 and 30.
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      Australian bid for NEI markets
      250 5 A ustra lian bid for NEI markets A USTRALIAN exporting interests have started a /i large-scale drive to re-capture valuable markeLs m the Netherlands East Indies dormant to Australia since the Japanese invasion. Before the Pacific War, N.E.I, was one of the most important of the near eastern markets m
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      THREE AIRMEN CHARGED WITH THEFT
      197 5 THREE AIRMEN CHARGED WITH THEFT THREE airmen, Ronald Hurst, aged 24, Edward Irwin Tuck, aged 20, and Michael Emanuel Perez, aged 20, all of the RAF. Seletar, were charged m the Seventh Police Court, yesterday with theft of a three-ton truck and a generating set from the R.A.F. Station at
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      VOLUNTEERS' MEDAL CLAIMS
      54 5 VOLUNTEERS' MEDAL CLAIMS LAST month, the Commandant of the Singapore Volunteer Corps appealed to ex-volunteers to inspect the medal rolls at SVC. HQ., and report omissions. As a result. 94 more claims have been certified. Any other cases should be reported immediately, as the first Order for the Awards will
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      EUROPEAN ON DRIVING CHARGE
      64 5 EUROPEAN ON DRIVING CHARGE RW. C. Meade of the Department erf Civil Aviation, Singapore was charged yesterday m the Third District Court with causing the death of a Chinese, Urn Teck, through negligent driving m Mountbatten Road on July 16. He pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned to
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      EMPIRE TALKS ON VARSITY STAFFS
      158 5 Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Tuesday. C GEOGRAPHICALLY, Australia and New Zealand are 1 marked out for spe ciall y clos e relations with Hong Kong and the new University of Malaya, says The Times m an editorial on the sixth congress of Universities of
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      DANUBE BLUES ON FREE RIVER TRADE
      446 6 Another conference clash coming DIPLOMATS of the western world will probably be i« for a stormy session when they meet the Russian satellites on July 30 <to discuss resumption of free navigation on the Danube River. For the first time m a major post
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      45 6 TO BERLIN m the Odd on the sack of food by the British Qi c iot, Gt ilir iJrian Robertson, at an vi near Hanover m the British Zone of Gcrr>, This is one o/ the points from ivhich supplies are. being flown m. Reuter
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      23 6 T//£ DANUBE is navigable from the Black Sea for hundreds of miles through Bulgaria, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria, to Vim m Germany.
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      Indian labour leaders 'jailed without trial'
      214 6 WHEN the United Nations Economic and Bodal Council met In Geneva for a sixweek session. It was faced with an accusation made by the World Federation of Trade Unions, alleging that basic trade union rights w<re noing denied to workers In South Africa and
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      Young prince in 2 roles MISSING AT ZOO
      107 6 Young prince in 2 roles MISSING AT ZOO PRINCE William, aged six. of the Duke of Olour.s'- vanished for :i while at the London Z ntly. He was found standing alone, watching the animals. Scott, who was m charge of him. remont^au "Thoy k.ep a little house here for naiißhty
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      PAGE AT WEDDING
      52 6 THE Prince was one of the V Phipps. daughter of Lady Sybil Phippa, to LieutenantColonel P. Parbury (from Australia) at their wedding at Holy Trinity Church, Lo. don. The bride, who niece Ot the Duchess of Gloucester. «ti the Duchess's lady m waiting, m Australia Planet News
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      Razor gangs wage rent war on wives
      205 6 m the Gorbals district of Glasgow are x being threatened with razor-slashing and beatings- up by gangsters if they complain at paying extortionate rents. One woman who defied them* was brutally assaulted. This was stated when a deputation of Scottish tenants' associations went
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      Gateway to seven lands of Europe
      6 6 Gateway to seven lands of Europe
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      Labour seeks slogans for fourth year
      162 6 T ABOUR begins its fourth 1^ rnmetu m Britain on July 26 and party organisations are being keyed up for a creat electioneering ■PUi nths or so before Parliament, is di. iers of the par:y r. that they cannot ask foi h, mandate mere'y
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      RIFLE IS NOT OUT OF DATE, SAYS MONTY
      20 6 jh jklh jkl hkj kj hkljk kjl jk jk kj jkljk Reuter
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      Wife divorced 'by 2 husbands1
      10 6 Wife divorced 'by 2 husbands 1 1 I I A.P.
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      CZECH SPY PROTEST
      27 6 United States m.. thonties m Pra txi Czech eh American Ck) Rence had sent spi assassins into Czec and have derr.: >ology and retrac*
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      U.K. COAL NOW SHOWS PROFIT
      51 6 THE National Coal Board has announced that it has made an estimated profit of more than £500.000 during the first quarter of this year The announcement came a f. m days after the disclosure that the industry had lost .€23.250.000 during the first of nationalisation.
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      SPANISH TERROR
      32 6 Spanish police have arrested 13 men alleged to be Communists trained at a •'terrorist school" at Toulouse m Southern France. The men had a store of machine emu and explosives
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      State aid sought for revival of China silk trade
      306 6 pHINA'S silk industry— r a V, war which destroyed I duction facilities faces a I measures are taken to speed v This is the opinion of Shi base their optimism mainly "~*m\ output, which has opened i, IP to China, and
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      53 6 Phone CATHAY. "00 THE HOUSE FOX COMFORT. LAST DAY! nUULUNG AND FORCEFUL DRAMA. L JOHNJHOWARO* so«i£uw aI ■W. J*"T *^T*^ > aui> a9ll rt'-j**^H Hf 1 w flu HB^L^ TOMORROW COOOIE "wiTNltt flnßk. OtlfflTH JONES JOHn'mcCAUUM 1& M OAVK> lOMIMMH IVONNI OWIH *T^k MAKCAMT «L1 Ml ftfCMO vJTL THERE'S SO.Vl^rillNG
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      63 6 J/VNf" Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya W.VE Jt^rSEEMy^HEAVENS.'AI/AHEMf-lF YOU PACIT\|/W MOMENT, JAAJEf-^ lAbuT |T IS SOME COKSOLAT.nI>! MY WIFE COMING/ SHELL SEE l'M 1 YOUR BAGS, JAWE, THE (f I ANTICIPATED THAT WE J THAT THE CHIeHSas UP THE PATH!- (MOT THE ORIGINAL INSPECTOR WILL RUN US
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      41 6 ALHAMBRA PHONi GRAND RE-OPENIHG. TO-DAY 6.30 and 9.30 P.M YVONNE DE CARLO WIT MA«n« IMKOIU I MART A TOREN N^H^. M e^-« k«4I C 4IIIJTOM CNNEtIf OPKKMH) HI lHt HANK Mcc/ o# rlrinlcs and mm into a rcv;al pleasure wcA c
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      China team lose twice in Calcutta
      13 7 f I Lsane Kaxn- Exn to A.P.
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      LOUIS MAY FIGHT GUS LESNEVICH
      263 7 LOUIS MAY FIGHT GUS LESNEVICH Sept. 22 named as likely date AT Fleischer, Editor of Ring, says m the latest i-sue of the magazine that Joe Louis would come out of retirement to defend his heavyweight title against Gus Lesnevich at the Yankee Stadium on Sept. 22. Fleischer said that
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      Valberg wants to tight a London fire
      126 7 Valberg wants to tight a London fire I LOyD Valberg, Singa- pore's 26-year-old Olympic high jumper, wants to learn more about fire fighting while he is m London, he said yesterday. For one thing he wants to assist the London Fire Department m fighting a dock fire if one happens
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      To the schools for new talent
      438 7 By CRISADER QO Singapore has taken a second step towards representation m the future m international athletic competition. This, at any rate, is how I like to interpret the nomination of Mr. J. S de SOU*, first by the Singapore A.A.A. and immediately afterwards
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      'Pressure on Louis'
      51 7 JOHN Roxborough. Joe Louis* manager, said m Detroit yesterday that "a lot of pressure" is bringbrought on th e heavyweight boxing champion to discard his retirement plans and fight (ius Lesnevich m New York m September. "So far it is just pressure, though." Roxborough insisted.- A. P.
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      AUSTRALIA WIN EMPIRE SHOOT
      39 7 AUSTRALIA, with a grand x\ total of 2.191 points, won the Empire rifle shooting match, a two-day event for tns of eight, at Bisley. Surrey, yesterday. G. Britain weir second wth ;2.135 points.- Reute r
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      Wragg's great effort was not enough
      285 7 R.E 3; K.E.M.E 0. nESPITE the magnificent goalkecping of Wragg, who was at his best, the Royal Engineers wm the Parker Cup when they beat Base Group R.E.M.E. m the final of .the Army inter-unit football competition at Tanglin barracks yesterday. Todd and Jordan,
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      Eleventeams enter Gold Cup soccer
      140 7 TLEVEN STATES have en- tered for the Sultan's Gold Cup competition, run by the Malay Football Assn. of Malaya for Malay State teams. The entries are: Perils, Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganu. Pahanp. Perak, Selangor, N. Sembilan, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Only Penang, last year's run-ni-rs-up, failed
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      SWIFT B. P.
      38 7 Entries are ir.v.ted from members of the Swift B.P. for the 1948 singles champion^n p tournaments CA\ B\ 4 C women). Entries must reach thi Captain. Mr. Tan Kee Lin on or before Aug. 2.
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      AUSTRALIANS WIN
      27 7 The Australian! u-at IClddl by ten wickets at Lord's yesterday. Scores m brief weie: Australia 317 and 22 for no wickets; Middlesex— 2o3 and 135.
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      LIAN SIN SCORES 5 OUT OF 8 GOALS
      343 7 A.A.A 8; Indian Association 1. THE Amicable Athletic Association collected two easy points at the expense of the Indian Association m a first division league soccer fixture played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when they outplayed and outscored the Indians to win
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      Finlay will take oath
      145 7 YY ING Commander DuitsiM Fnlay, Great Britain's 40-yoar-oid international hurdl t, who will be competing m his third Olympiad, will take the oifh en b half of the 4.000 com po; 'tors at the opening of the Games m London on July 29. This is m
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      Boxing at Olympia
      40 7 Stan Rowan, of Liverpool, defeated Theo Medina of trance, m their eight-round bantamweight contest at »i v L" pza London > earlier this month. This photo shows Medina (left) ducking m an endeavour to get inside Rowan's guard.
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      ENGLAND HAVE NOT WON AT LEEDS
      390 7 From Bill Bowes PNGLAND has a poor record at Leeds, where the L fourth Test asrainst Australia will start tomorrow. Ileadingley was the scene of Macartney's century before lunch; it is the only recognised cricket; centre where Australia has never tasted defeat and ttradman.
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      Derby regain County lead
      594 7 THE splendid form with the bat shown by Jim Laker, Surrey's Yorkshire-born ollspinner, against X at the Oval may influence the England m his favour when they filwoae the final eleven I fourth Test tomorrow. In that event Ke:.i. be the one io stand down f
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      CHONG HWA OLD BOYS WIN 4-1
      75 7 THE Chcuic Hwa Old Bey. b. at the Singapore Tract on Company four-one m a return table tennis match on Monday. Scores were (Old Boys mentioned first Onf? 6\mg Sing beat W&LHam Bony 3 o: Lee Loan* Han beat Tan Sons Poh 3—o: Long
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      SERANGOON LADS WIN EASILY
      118 7 THE Bcrancooo Lads BP. beat per B.P. m a diy badminton match b\ games t-o one on Sunday at the latter's court. Results: <S' Lads players mentioned fir> Singles: Chua Kee Meng Sullivan 15 10. 15 7; Scan Kirn Teck beat Khng Khai Em If 6,
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      240 7 F.P. Crossword No. 442 1 H W W I l 5 l 6 1 7 T" 15 16 pl 7 ZHEi~iI 1^ WL Z 4. Place (6» 3. Middling f7). 10, Since (3). 11, Obtain 12. Difficulty (6). 15. Scatter (8). 17. Writer c 3). 18. Poem V 3>. 19,
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      FIGHTING GOES ON IN PALESTINE
      285 8 FIGHTING GOES ON IN PALESTINE Egypt's threat of reprisals riGHTING was still continuing m northern and central Palestine yesterday, on the third day of the truce imposed by the United Nations, according to Haifa reports. The Egyptian Premier, Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha, has threatened reprisal air attacks on Israel if
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      7 8 NOKRASHY PASHA .."We shall bomb Israel if
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      BIRTH
      18 8 ZWARTEVEEN— TO Wies: wife of J. A Zwarteveen at Kandang X rbau I on July 19th; a
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      49 8 Mr? I P Gomez begs to ln:ripr.ds that a R^qurem High Mas* will be ?un« on 30-7-48 at 6 30 a.m. at St Lomis Church Taiping: for the repose of the soul of the laI F. Gomel who expired on 30-6 43. All are earnestJy remitted to attend.
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      DEATHS
      48 8 Th« death took place at Batu Gajah Hospital on July Sixteenth of Mr R. V. D.u-?e of Chenderian? Tm Dredsuitf Ltd. Perak. R. A. PINHEY Major late of Buffs and ex-P.OW.: Cnangi and ■er opera' :on. Beloved husband of Sylria «Babe) Pinhey, of 41. Faraabv Road Bromley;
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      Nehru was also marked for murder
      166 8 Nehru was also marked for murder NEW DELHI, Tuesday. THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, was included In the list of people "who should be finished off." Dlgambar Ramchandra Badge, darkbearded man who turned King's evidence m the Gandhi assassination trial, said In court today. Badge said that Apte, one
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      King praises Palestine force
      70 8 LONDON, Tuesday. XO mark the disbanding of the 350-man Palestine Police Force, it paraded today at Buckingham Palace where the King praised it for 'a job well done." The King referred to the "calumny and provocation, as well as the murderous attack which you have had
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      JOINT MANOEUVRES OFF JAPAN
      61 8 THE British Pacific Fleet will leave Hong Kong *oday for a two- months cruis? of Japanese waters. durin* f h It will take Dart m Joint manoeuvres with Ausaji and American warships. The flotilla includes t: hip cruiser London. th 3 cruiser Sussex, dettros ack. Constance
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      JAP BARTER
      22 8 A $12 000,000 barter agrt'Obetween E»;>pt and Japan will Kive Japan raw a m exchange to; and rayon pioceKoods. porclainware
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      'RED TERRORISTS IN U.S.' WARNING
      165 8 'RED TERRORISTS IN U.S. WARNING WASHINGTON, Tuesday. JT was learned -today tfiat the State Department had informed Congress that an "alarming" number übversive foreign agents had entered Uie United States through the United Nations, including "Moscow trained terrorists." Department officials recently told a Senate subcommittee that the Govemmeai was powerless
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      CHIANG'S BID FOR PORT IN MANCHURIA
      124 8 CHIANG'S BID FOR PORT IN MANCHURIA SHANGHAI. Tuesday. NATIONALIST forces, striking out from Mukden, have by-passed the steel city of Anshan and reached Newthwang near the port of Yingkow, 100 miles from Mukden, it is reported. The report forecasts an early Nationalist attempt to take Yingkow by assault from sea
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      Chinese crew wound officer
      130 8 CAPTAIN Scott, the master of the 5,136-t British freighter. Hellebic Trader, bound for Sierra Leone who earlier reported that hi.s chief officer had been attacked by a member of the Chinese crt-w with marlin spike has now reported "all quiet on board." The message said: "The
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      MALAN'S PLEDGE 'IF WAR COMES'
      74 8 M ALAN'S PLEDGE 'IF WAR COMES' THE South African Prime Minister, Dr. D. Malan, said at Johannesburg last night that if war broke out South Africa would side with the anti-Communist countries. It could only be possible to see what could be done to help overseas if South Africa's own
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      GIANT PLANE CRASH
      28 8 The prototype of a gian*. French troop carrier—designed to hold 134 passengers crashed on :ts first test flight near Paris yesterday killing all five occupants.
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      BEVIN RETURNS
      16 8 Tlic British Foreign sretary. Mr. Ernest Bevin, left The Hague last niirht London U.P.
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      PRESSMEN SEE U.K. ATOM CITY
      285 8 HARWELL (Berkshire), Tuesday. DRITAIN, ai the peak of an international crisis, has L* given the world a glimpse <>f her top secret atom plant for two days. Represents lives of the international pnews have toured 75 per cent, of Britain's "atom capital,*' (he atomic energy
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      Tudor II tests disappoint: Blow to BOAC
      163 8 Tudor II tests disappoint: Blow to BOAC FLIGHT teftl of the Tudor II airliner, which it was hoped would boost British prestige, have shown 'unexpected and disappointing results," the Ministry of Supply disclosed yesterday. No estimate could be given of the time required to make the airliner fit fof service.
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      48 8 Mr. Winston Churchill heads a deputation to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. The deputation comprised 20 delegates from The Hague Congress. They secured a promise from Mr. Attlee that he could examine a proposal for convening a European Assembly with the aim of securing European unity.
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      Peers reject 'no hanging' compromise
      172 8 Peers reject 'no hanging' compromise VUNLHJN, Tuesday. THE House of Lords, where the Conservatives are m a majority, tonight rejected a Government compromise proposal on hanging, dividing murder into two degrees, one carrying the death penalty and the other life imprisonment. The voting was 99 to 19. It is expected
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      BLOCKADE RUNNER FLYING TO U.K.
      133 8 BLOCKADE RUNNER FLYING TO U. K. pREDERICK Sydney Cotton, "mystery airman" and Australian businessman, who flew over Indian territory to Hyderabad to deliver medical supplies, drawing a protest from the Indian Government, Is now en route to Britain. His four-engined Lancaster aircraft is due at London Air- port Wednesday. India
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      OPERATORS BEWILDERED
      484 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Tuesda> of the Russian intention to supply the 11 Western sectors of Berlin with food created bewilderment on the London Stock Exchange today, says Reuters financial correspondent. Opinion sharply divided on bullish and bearish views of this new development. There was, however, some bear
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      Shah of Iran meets King
      49 8 fpilE Shah Of Ir;. m Th< uniform of the Marsha. Iranian Air Force, was gn ■< by the Duke of Gloucester and a R.A.F. guard of honour. He th»-n drove with the Duke to Buckingham Palace v. Is to stay for two nights as U.P.
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      TALKS TO AVERT FORD STRIKE
      7 8 TALKS TO AVERT FORD STRIKE F U.P.
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      N.Y. stocks
      71 8 ■THE New York Stock Exchange 1 yesterday was occasionally active and maintained it* recovery, with buyers encouraged by subsidence pressure. Gains up to U. 3. $2 were rather well distributed. There was little change In late dealings and the market closed firm at or around the day's best
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      New approach to Moscow
      87 8 New approach to Moscow WEST UN,ON Oi c /Slo ABROAD new approach Western Powers, lead m- ll i J on Germany, has been agreed <V v th"^ A 1 Union powers meeting here. i t H^ j is subject to confirmation by ih, > pJ It is not thought tl
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      Rubber prices
      125 8 A SPECIAL Market rorrckpondrnt tires the prices «f rubber at 11 ajn. today mm fellows: SINGAPORE CHAMfSEB Ofr COMMEBCE The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rabber Asocial ion's ■•on prices, jesterday. were a cent* per ft. per Ib. oer ib Bayer* Seller? CU. Cto No. 1 BSS. Sptl loose
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      A.T.S. not to leave Berlin
      80 8 rPHE British War Ofl gesuon In th^ Comn. that the A.T<S. be cvacu^ from blockaded Bei Mr. Miohael Stewar Department's Financial B retary said they necessity for such a Mr. P Dormer C\ had urged that e vacua: i n ol the Brit.ih ser that
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