The Singapore Free Press, 29 July 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA t7.glgf SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY £9, 1948 PRICE 111 CEMS
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    100 die in factory blast
    670 1 100 die in factory blast Thousands still m blazing ruins LUDWIGSHAFEN, Wednesday. l TERRIFIC explosion wrecked the greater part of the Riant I.G. Farben chemical work> here today, killing an estimated 600 people and injuring 2,500 others, blasting this Rhine bank town m the French zone of Germany, and creating
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    New approach to the West
    41 1 1 ONDON, Wednesday. SI ties and France will offer th Russia "on a general t whole." m authoritative \NNoeiated Press today. :i Powers' reply to Russia crisis is expected to be ;ri Minister. M. Molotov, m
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    Govt, keeps Sarawak ban on Brooke
    109 1 Govt, keeps Sarawak ban on Brooke THE reason for .the embargo on Mr Anthony Brooke, nephew of the former Rajah Sttta* S still holds good. Mr. David Rees Williams. Under Secretary for the Colonies, said m a Parliamentary reply yesterday. He wao txkA able to say when it would be
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    TOP PRESS
    18 1 armi hinese I l UIN thi* —Ml >hot irmt-d n d kiririupp»*d P k X **»rtedl
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    TWO ARMED ROBBERIES LAST NIGHT
    95 1 TWO ARMED ROBBERIES LAST NIGHT Free Press Staff Reporter AN opium den m Jalan Besar and a house m Chin Check Street were robbed by armed and masked men during last night. Four robbers one armed with a revolver and another with a knife took a small amount of cash
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    41 1 Korea's leading girl discus thrower, 17 -year-old Pak Pong Sfiik, takes a cup of chocolate alongside the official "Welcome" poster at the Olympic Training Camp at Uxbridge (Middlesex) ■utside London. Opening of the Olympic Games today See Pages Seven or Eight.
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    KING SEES QUEEN E.
    49 1 THE Royal Standard was broken at the masthead of the 82.673-ton liner Queen Elizebeth for the first time when the King and Queen and Princess Margaret went aboard at Southampton yesterday. It was the King's first visit to the iner-the largest m the world Reuter
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    COMBINED OP. ON PULAU TEKONG
    142 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FOR the first time since the hunt for terrorists m r Singapore began an LCT was used early Wednesmorning m combined operation on Pulau Tekong. about five siles from Changi. On board the LCT were a strong force of the Devons.
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    GERMAN GOODS IN SINGAPORE
    52 1 Free Press Staff Reporter FE first post-war shipment Of German-manufactured i goods to arrive m Singapore; since the war is now being unloaded at Singapore Har- bour Board wharves from the j Glen Line vessel Glenroy. The cargo comprises bicycle tyres and tubes, cycle accessories and
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    EX-QUEEN ROBBED
    27 1 Jewellery worth £1.000 was stolen during the night from the Chelsea apartment of former Queen Marie ol Yugoslavia, mother of exiled King Peter U P
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    C-G. assures the Chinese
    132 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AT a conference last night m Kuala Lumpur, with Chinleaders, the Commissioner- general Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald, gave an assurance I that the Government wovild get sufficient troops from outside Malaya and "finish the campaign against Communist terrorists at an early date."
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    Evatt on the 'terror'
    86 1 fIUIE Australian Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H. V. I Evatt, said m London yesterday that the element to blame for the current terrorism m Malaya "is not so much open opposition to the Government as the activities of fly-by-night organisations." Dr. Evatt said terrorists were
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    War claims: more delay is likely
    194 1 War claims: more delay is likely LONDON, Wednesday. R LYING to questions m :h£ Commons about war damage compensation m MaMr. David Rees-Williams said it was clear that considerable preparatory work still remained to be done before a scheme of compensation could be put into effect. A statement would be
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    NOT CENSORED
    30 1 SIR Laurence Oiivicr's movie of Hamlet will open m Boston next month for its American premiere. Censors did not, after all, make any cuts m the dialogue UP
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    16 killed in bomber crash
    123 1 FIVE bodies have been recovered from the American B-29 Superfortress which crashed m shallow water a j mile off Aden, Southern Arai bia, on Wednesday night with !17 or 18 U S Air Force men j on board A search for the other bodies is
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    SECRECY CLOAKS ARMS SHIPMENTS
    120 1 MANILA, Wednesday. VIRTUAL wartime secrecy surrounds shipments of arms and ammunition from the United States via Manila to Singapore m order to avoid the theft of the weapons. One Skymaster which left I here recently for Singapore I believed to be loaded with I several tons
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    'JINNAHBAD' SOON?
    20 1 There is a proposal to rename Karachi as "Jinnahbad," after Pakistan's Gover-nor-General, according to the Hindustan Times. A.P
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    Police beat off bandit attack
    163 1 Free Pre** Staff Reporter JOHORE BAIIRU. Wed. EARLY this morning there was an exchange of shots between special police constables and a gang of bandits on Middleton Estate. Rengam. The bandit< were driven off, some wounded, it is believed. After the bandits had fled three
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    U.K. DENIES PLANTERS' 'ULTIMATUM'
    535 1 U.K. DENIES PLANTERS 'ULTIMATUM LONDON. Wednesday. rE rubber planters of Malaya have orue again be«i m touch with the Colonial Office, through the Rubber Growers' Association, on the question of more reinforcements for Malaya, a Colonial Office spokesman admitted today, says the As^xiated Press. This news followed further Government statements
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    'Amalgamate the police'
    77 1 IN the House of Commons yesterday, the UnderSecretary for the Colonies. Mr. David Rees-Williams, rejected a suggestion by Mr. Walter Fletcher. (Cons.) that the police forces of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore should be amalgamated m view of the present situation m Malaya. Mr. Rees Williams
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    SALE OF AJAX U.K.UNDECIDED
    59 1 THE House of Commons was told yesterday that the Government was still not decided whether to sell the British cruiser Ajax to Chile. Mr. John Dugdale. Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, said. "The Chileans asked for a price and whether the ship could be sold, but
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      QUICK LOOKS
      160 2 JOY and Josephine by Monica Dickens (M )seph, 10s. I For the past 2.000 years medy have been confusing cradles and getting babies mixed up. I ica Dickens mats it again herovie. who might have been to a baronet, as a result of a fire at an orphanage
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      WHO WAS BEST BAT?
      325 2 WHO has b<x n cricket's greatest batsman? W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs Victor Trumper, Wally Hammond or Don Bradman? If "WimUh.s" and ll of statistics is the final thority. then no one (k ny that Bradman has the moa remai runng machine m the history of
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      GO EAST, OLD MAN
      144 2 VERNON Bart!- tt urna- list, broadc&s' Inch MP. 1 B water. i> tOO pra-" his own journeyings m the dull lead< n stylo of some travellers. As one. indeed, would expect of this shrev commentators on world affairs his latest book <•«» i IST, OLD MAN
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      Bridge Problem
      221 2 "I have l> :ully flattered." 1 remarked Bast m rei Urn d« al. The rMUM t-°P total j>oint duplicate game Rut the ea. to my ego that I am almost I opened trump drew two more rounds, then cashed hL? two top clubs and D With the club
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      Cesare Borgia Step Out..
      253 2  - Cesare Borgia Step Out.. PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m UK Photo TO the average man the name "Borgia," if it means anything at all, usually conjures up a single vivid picture. It is that of a dinnerparty with a background of doom. A handsome bearded young man, m the
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      27 2 History of the 2nd I Araylls Malayan Campaign 1941 1942 by I. Mat A Stewart S9OO KELLY WALSH LTD. UOOK>HIHtS v|\||Osjßv PRIM I K> Raffles Place, Singapore
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      360 2 df,,gf,xgf,xgc,fc SINGAPORE from U'.OO oixm to l 00 p m metre* m the medium wave j bano *nd i 20 merarvrle* id the tl nniri band rrom r> t>o p.m to 45 p m from J3d p m ft 11 00 p m 485 metre* m the medium wave band
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      330 2 |n s^n, •to ha^c >~»C_«_ WITHOUT T.uE^" ►*AS BECOME aOv__ B-E-*t>**?Effs Mg POvEt»r>... cr_A/wic a*—M _KNiT w av A. I St \^M I l tadt O Hall; 5 10 5.30 I l'he Swing Sh rlbbs; 6.3<> m- [I titan 30 taring noted Talk: 8 I the Move; 8.15 Songs from
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      25 2 rd Melo- ra--930 Radio Newsrel; 9 4 trc; m 45 Chorale; ll 00 II 11.30 World News U Ion; l *o l**r< gramme Announcerr.- Nts
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      262 2 your LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have tremendous energy and lv '»c happ>, must be on the go all the time. When you lind yourself stymied by conditions and m a i unpasse, you become moodj and depressed. t-nen a new idea on the morrow, you wdl bound up, *ed
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      Captured rifles for raqui army
      6 3 Captured rifles for raqui army ;dgfndfs,mdf,mdfmdf
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      Switzerland preparing for war
      7 3 Switzerland preparing for war uh.gl. A P
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      IRON ORE THE JAPS
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      SOVIET POLL IN KOREA A FRAUD'
      223 3 SOVIET POLL IN KOREA A FRAUD' U.S. General on Red 'stooges' I SEOUL, Wednesday. I" lEUTENANT General John R. Hodge, American oc cupation commander m Southern Korea alleges that elections to be held m the Soviet occupied zone of Korea on August 25 will be a "fraud and fake." In
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      MINE DETECTORS IN WILL SEARCH
      155 3 MINE detectors are to be used m an attempt to find M the missing e3.000.000 will of Mrs. Daisy Alexander, formerly of No. U, Grosvenor -square, London. Mm Alexander, who died m 1940 when she uas SO from shock following the explosion of a German
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      MPS CLAIM 3 MORE VICTIMS
      22 3 T. Oxford climber leatl the l Bell had ihout a guide to scale They .nd roped together.
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      He'll wed secretly or work may stop
      112 3 He'll wed secretly or work may stop THE date on which a cotton mill director of G3 will 1 v lormer winder m his mill is being kept 80 that the 600 mill hands won't be tempted from work to see it. rge Myers, m ■r of the Ox m
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      U.S. winning 'cold war' in Korea
      124 3 RUSSIA is increasing its propaganda m Korea but. neverthel the United s in winning the "cold •Air there. Mr. James Stewart, chief of civilian information for the U.S. X forces, said m Washington thus week. He declared that the Russians had launched a big
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      SKELETONS IN ARMOUR
      91 3 SKELETONS IN ARMOUR THE people of Battle (S 0 have reinterred the .skeletons of men who lived rly 'jou years s| The skeletons, m fragments of armour, are believed to b. those ol warriors who fell m the Battle of Hastings m 1066. They were unearthed In Deanery Gardens, near
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      GRAIN DELIVERED BY RUSSIA
      75 3 THE President of the Board 1 of Trade. Mr. Harold Wilson, told the Commons yesterday that Russia has delivered 500,000 tons of the 750,000 tons of coarse grain she promised under last year's Anglo-Russian trade agreement, and Britain has delivered 12.000 tons of the 25.000 tons
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      'LITTLE CHARLIE' LIKES FRIED FISH
      321 3 IT isn'l safe to leave things lying around m a basement flat m Adamson-road, Hampstead, London, Residents say it is hauntxd by a hunch-back ghost call Little Charlie. And Little Charlie— he's suppi rj to be a dwarf over 100 years old— is lightfingered Forks,
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      Bachelors gay
      148 3 YOLWG men courting at Forbes, a town m South Wales uith a population of 6.000 are being sub' Sled to some close questioning by the lady of their choice as a result of a disclosure by the leader of a band of six bachelors .hat they had courted
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      Jobs here for rwo EXPERTS
      81 3 Jobs here for rwo EXPERTS CINGAPORE Municipal C^mv missionera are advertising I ctricity at. The Tirm has an ad. tor an Q er, wanted by the Singapore ImproveTrust. The land oflieer's salary a maximum ol $800 a month. plus cost-of-living a., and port allow an P Lnt of entry m
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      MAGIC-FOR MEN ONLY
      140 3 FOB the sixth time, the Magic Circle. or-janKi tion of magicians, has is fused to accept women members. Despite the pleading of a eount> court judge a respected magician with a long histor> of hav'ug nothing up his sleeve the members of the Circle, at their annual
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      U.K. DEPORTS A CZECH
      152 3 A COUNSELLOR to the Czechoslovak Embassy m London. Dr. Pavel Kavan urged the British Government ernment to prosecute a Czech official of the AngloCzech Friendship League. who is to be deported. Earlier it had been j stated that the secretary of i the League Mr. Franck
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      CRASH VICTIMS UNIDENTIFIED
      84 3 rE Maccao Daily News said recently that the authorities were investigating the cases of three unclaimed Chinese victims of the Cathay Pacific airliner crash of July 16. Officials are puzzled because no one has claimed the three bodies since their recovery from the sea. Some official quarters
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      NEW ATTACK ON M-PLAN
      260 3 U.S. Accused of 'spying' GENEVA. Wednesd. jNITED States and British delegates to the I'nited •L Nations Economic and Social Council today countered the Soviet charges that Marshall Plan will enslave Europe by contending that all is not well m Yugoslavia. In reply to the Russian allegation
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      VAST AREAS CHINA FLOODED
      85 3 TENS of thousands of square miles of China's richest farming areas have disappeared beneath the flood wa* of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.. U.P. reported this morning It is certain thousands have died and millions are homeless. Water conservation authorities m Shanghai say it will not
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      JEWS TAKE OVER OIL REFINERIES
      114 3 JEWS TAKE OVER OIL REFINERIES DRITAIN, m her protest to Israel over the occut by the Jews of the Br. owned oil refineries and pipe line terminal at Haifa is believed to have described .he Jewish action as "hasty and ill-considered", and not n accordance with the loncterm interests, of
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      16.615 RECRUITS FOR U.K. FORCES
      98 3 TIE Minister of Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, m a statement issued m the Commons says the total recruitment to the forces m the second quarter of this year was 16.615. This induces 13.340 recruits on regular engagements anu 3 275 under the bounty scheme.
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      Busta' is heckled
      144 3 MR. Bustamente. Jamaican labour leader, now visiting London, was continually heckled when he spoke recently on the colour problem to 500 coloured students m Caxton Hall. He stood m silence on the platform sometimes fDr five minute intervals listening to abuse. When he declared: "Colour discrimination here
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. July 29. 1948. Hyderabad Faces War
      358 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. July 29. 1948. Hyderabad Faces War The coincidence of a forceful speech by Pandir Nehru m Delhi, and a brusn between Dominion troops and Razukars on the Hyderabad frontier, has lent substance to the spectre of war which for some time has haunted the last
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      The Games
      237 4 Kings and Queens and Princes .1 be among the throng of a hundred thousand who gather today at Wembley he opening of the Olympic Games, the greatathletic festival m the world. The games were last held In ridon m 1908 when, despite the contretemps which surrounded the maratl
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      IT SEEMS TO ME...
      1206 4 IT SEEMS TO ME... AFTER exactly forty years, the Olympic Games are back ap;ain m London, but British athletes are unlikely to repeat their achievements of 1908, when they won 57 of the 101 events. There will be mild jubilation if even a single victory is scored m track and
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      Is Stalin the Boss?
      337 4 TS Stalin w ti ivbu--1 ro the boss of Russia? The question tx en much debated h t :dent Truman on his tern tour of the United Stales said Stalin to take orders from the Politburo. And it was a matter of wonder m the high
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      What the Russians are talking about
      628 4 By GORDON YOUNG Stockholm WHEN Russian papers came out with articles glorifying the Red Air Force, whose display over Moscow was cancelled by rain, the ordinary citizens of Russia got almost their first hint that then crisis about. Por the strange thin£ is that
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      FAITH
      27 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes, 8, 4.
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      China Land Reform
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      BIT-ELECTION: PARTIES ST BUSY
      109 5 BIT-ELECTION PARTIES ST BUSY tfrtt Prtßm Staff Reporter g in Singapore are preparing for (W-dertHNi to fill the vacancy m the v il caused by the death of Mr. Progressive Party yesterday :ion of nominations but came pending further information ion of the electorate. Did nominate a candidate ul Majid,
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      BRITISH AID FOR COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES
      154 5 PLANS are now being prepared for a university and five new university colleges to be opened m the colonies. This was announced by Sir Alexander Carr Saunders, Vice-Chairman of InterL'niversity Council. He was speaking at the Congress of the Universities of the Commonwealth being held
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      To celebrate quietly
      144 5 THE Information Officer the Government of India Malaya, m a statement aid the Government of India has decided to j rate the Independence i "m5 "in a very sim- pie manner." I view of the internal i io and the fact that a Gandhi's death is still
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      $1500 CHAP JI KEE FINE
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      S.H.B. pay is being revised
      293 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SPECIAL three-man committee, appointed to study the question of a revision of salary scheme for clerical employees of the Singapore Harbour Board has submitted its report to the Chairman of the Board. "We are now awaiting a decision," said the
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      Secret society men held
      108 5 TEN Chinese secret society men Delieved to be responsible for many recent robberies on premises used as opium dens have been detained by the Singapore Police. ngapore's C.I D. chief Mr E. V. Fowler) referred to a robbery that occurred m Pagoda Street at 11 a.m.
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      NEWSMAN TO TOUR EUROPE
      77 5 Free Press (bines* Correspondent MR. Lien Shih-seng. special correspondent of the Nanyang Siang Pau. sailed for Europe this morning on a one-year research tour, during which he proposes to nd nine months In the United Kingdom. Mr. Lien, a graduate of University, Peiping was until recently
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      HURT TRYING TO ESCAPE
      107 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. REPLYING to the District: Judge who inquired v. he failed to stand up m the dock to answer the charge against him, Wong Sek Wah, replied that his spine was hurt. Explaining his condition, the Court Inspector said that when Police went yesterday
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      DR. G. H. LOWE
      16 5 Dr G. H. Lowe, has been appointed acting Chief Health Officer, Singapore.
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      'VERY LUCKY,' SAYS JUDGE
      67 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Aris bin Ha.il was sentenced tc» seven years' imprisonment at the Assizes here today for being m possession of a .32 pistol and six rounds of ammunition or April 6.. He was told by Mr. Justice Laville that he was very lucky. Had
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      Plea for Reds in Malaya fails
      270 5 Plea for Reds in Malaya fails LONDON, Wed. COMMUNIST M.P., Philip Piratin, caused an uproar m the House of Commons today when he asked what compensation would be paid to Communists "murdered by the authorities" m Malaya. This question arose from a reply by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr.
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      60 5 picture Four pupils of the Taylor Dance Studio performing a Chinese dance at yesterday's dress rehearsal at the Victoria Memorial Hall. From left to right: Rosalind Yap, Mary Chan, Mary Tseng and Marian Lim. The show opens today at 6 p.m. and proceeds will be donated to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis
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      U.K. supplies Malayan orchids to Siam
      122 5 U.K. supplies Malayan orchids to Siam ORCHIDS are being flown from England to Siam— a "Coals to Newcastle" trade. The orchids are the result of hybridizations of plants originally brought to England from Malaya by Sir Hugh Low almost a century ago. Sir Hugh founded his orchid nurseries m 1830
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      FIREMAN JAILED
      70 5 The captain of the Memnon yesterday asked the Eighth Police Court Magistrate. Singapore, to punish one of the firemen attached to his crew as an example to others. The fireman. Albert Jones Klnsey. a 25-year-old Englishman, pleaded guilty to a charge of theft and was lined $50 m
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      ROTARY TB CLINIC BY NOVEMBER
      174 5 FINAL plans have now been 1 approved for the Singa- i pore Rotary Club's $200,000 1 TB clinic, which will be built m the grounds of Tan Tock j Seng Hospital. .The clinic will be ready for patients m Singapore by the end of November.
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      DEMAND FOR CREMATORIUM
      154 5 'To conserve land 9 rE Singapore Municipal Commissioners will be asked, at their monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon, "to take immediate steps for the erection of a crematorium m order to conserve valuable land for the purpose of future development The Commissioner who will start the debate will
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      DETAINEES MAY OBJECT
      128 5 THE Governor of Singapore (Sir Franklin Gimson) has set up an Advisory Committee under the Emergency Regulations to consider objections by people detained under the Regulations. The Governor under the Regulations can order the detention of any one up to two years if this is considered m
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      Road Mishaps
      118 5 At the junction of Selegie Road and Bukit Timah Road just after mid-day a Chinese was knocked down by a van. He was taken to Hospital. A seven year-old Chinese girl was fatally hurt and several others injured m a number of road accidents yesterday The girl was
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      New salaries: a warning
      198 5 SPEAKING m the Selangor State Council porta Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham said that if the up-grad-ing of Government officers gave only a meagre perc-eni-age increase m salaries, then any salary scale, however attractive, would be a farce. He was commenting on the Select Committee's report
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      ACTION CORNER
      12 5 Mr. Choor Singh has been appointed acting Coroner for Singapore.
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      Compensation rates are being studied
      119 5 Compensation rates are being studied Free Press Staff Reporter WHILE rates of compt tion payable m the ca>c of injury to or death of unpaid police volunteers luxiliaries) have been announced In the Federation, a dec. 1 is still being awaited for th a serving m Singapore. The Secretary for
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      BLITZED CHURCH REBUILT
      49 6 The aying the foundai I mark .he r«iing of the 1300-year-old All Hallows-by-the-To:. the first of the City of London's blitzed churches t t for the r< n had been ited by r ica and Sen Zealand while a Canadian from Montreal gave IS new be
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      Convict on licence led 'dream life'
      232 6 Convict on licence led 'dream life' A CONVICT out on licence, William Cecil Harding, 48, extracted £1.000 from the man who befriended him. and embarked on his dream li: It lasted a packed six weeks He "dazzled" a girl with dinners at the "mar- her and went on honeymoon to
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      India "needs technicians"
      67 6 FMEI m studeni rday that India's and I the In st tide: arly civ vi h lav and l( .lined men. Thneed now is for agriculturists, ra and He ed his regret at the division of India but that, "for :al i r spiritual rea it had
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      BERLINERS AGREE
      31 6 Hty-eight percent of the Germans m Western Berlin believe that the Western Allies are doing the right thing m staying m Berlin, according to an American-conducted public opinion survey.
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      OLYMPIC FOOD LEAK FEARED
      259 6 OLYMPIC FOOD LEAK FEARED Police watch on athletes 9 camp POLICE are keeping watch at some of the Olynipic Games camps m Britain to prevent special food supplies for the athletes reaching the black-market. Overseas competitors have brought so much fjod with them meat by the ton, butter by the
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      Beat himself
      46 6 BECAUSE her next-door] neighbour, 39-year-old Mr. Geoffrey Postle, looked after her garden so well, 80--year-old Mrs. E. Kiddell, of Woodcock-close, Norwich, has been awarded district first prize for her garden m Norwich Corporation's gardens competition. And Mr. Postle' s own uarden was placed second.
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      'JEALOUS' WIVES TOLD JOIN UP'
      183 6 Cot I \i. ereaingg .md a s< •hfmr to give wives a Outre m the Territorial Arm> ti .nl\o< a ted b\ snl folk Territorial and Auxiliary lours Avsoeiation to the lay m recruiting. The Association blames the falling-oil In recruiting partlj io the "Jralooij"
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      MAN WHO MAY KILL, SET FREE
      219 6 ITfHEN a man, who during a mental black-out attacked his wife with a chopper, was discharged at Winchester Assizes the judge said: "He is free to go home, and kill anyone he likes." The man, George William Attrill, 36. of Shanklln, Isle of Wight,
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      The horse that smokes a pipe
      269 6 The horse that smokes a pipe THE horse looked pr. much like all the other thoroughbreds coming m from the morning gallops at Newmarket But there i i difference THF. HORSE WAS SMOKING A PIPE' ry so often he rolled his nostrils back In a wide grin Ol *ment. "Does
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      Joe walked on the water
      145 6 WALKING through I d down the f Cadogan Pier, .1 Lond And Joe proved it. IK took oft his mack, lit a cigae and. wearing woollen trunks, stepped into the 25ft. deep Than. Thousands cheered as walked across the 250-yard ten. IK kept his head
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      BREWERS MONEY' FOR COMEDIES
      103 6 *r> HEWERS' money" ii certain O mention drink 8.8.C. j Hill, of Hnddersfield, at the ference at Bristol. named one radio comedian and a weekly pro..nme. "What are we going to do about it?." .-:ed. The Rev E. C. Ur. era. .ry of the Temperance and
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    MUST PAY WIFE FOR CAR CRASH PAIN
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      78 6 JANE Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya IVE GOT TO REPORT ~fill|] f/ 1^ """^IM WHAT isY* TkAT WHAT'sNI KwHY, SURE^I THINK AT HQ, JANE, SO You'd Vflt (GOOD HEAVENS.' If (T, DEAR?/ BE EH HAPPENING THE NEW /I'LL GO BACK BETTER COME WITH ME" [J_ /«_*■>-— by
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      GRAND PRIX DEAR GBEST ON TRACK
      377 7 GRAND PRIX DEAR GBEST ON TRACK Final gallops for Saturday ryj> x^r. r> ¥t i ee Press R -c in Reporter f RAND Pra II and Dear did the best workouts on VJ the Penan g track this morning when several horses W C cn their final all °Ps for
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      SPECIAL OLYMPIC STAMP ISSUED
      53 7 'pHE British Post Office has issued four special stamps to commemorate the Olympic Games. Their denominations are two and one-half ponce, three pence, six pence arM one shilling. The stomps, which are twice the normal size, bear the five intertwined Olympic rings and the words Olympic
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      Brookes scores another 100
      210 7 THERE were only two county cricket championship matches on the programme yesterday but Warwickshire began an engagement with a Royal Navy team and Worcestershire started a match with the non-championship side, Devonshire. Nottinghamshire were kept m the field all day by Northamptonshire for whom Brookes and
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      TWO NATIONS WITHDRAW
      87 7 BULGARIA and Palestine have definitely withdrawn j from the Olympic Games, and Rumnnia must be regarded as an extremely doubtful starter it was officially announced at the Olympic Games headquarters m London yesterday. The Organising Committee I were informed by telegram that "owing to unexpected difficulties the
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      Goodwood Stakes won by Australia
      55 7 •:.'s AunJia won Goodwood Stakes o\>: inilee, three furlong yesterday. Mr. B. J. Hi 1! aid's Billet D. C Barird. Pilt««o ran was 100-8 Aural ia B B Uet and 100-6 .y was favourite ai 100 30. Anrmlia won by a h. Ac four length*
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      ITALIAN SWIMS THE CHANNEL
      230 7 ITALIAN S WIMS THE CHANNEL GIANNI Gambi, 40, internationally known Italian long: distance swimmer, was picked up exhausted on the beach at Dover yesterday, after swimming the Eng-lish Channel m 12 hours 36 minutes. Gambi. a horse breeder from Ravenna on the Adriatic, entered the water at Au Dresselles, three
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      Australians among the mns again
      14 7 Australians among the mns again I I AdCTSjoreboard i Gotha rd 1. W» H
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      DUKE IS NOT MYSTERY ATHLETE
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      Czechs reach Davis Cup zone final
      194 7 CZECHOSLOVAKIA will meet either Australia or Mexico m the inter-zone final at Boston on Aug. 19. Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 for the right of opposing the United States m the David Cup challenge round. Yesterday, at Prague, the Czechs made certain of success
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      INDIAN SOCCER TEAM WIN 8-2
      65 7 "THE Indian Olympic fooib«J*l team, playing the r last trial match before the Gam. s open tx-at Alexandra Park Football Club. Nwrth London, yesterday by eight goals to two after leading three-one at half time. The Indian centre forw-.»r.l Dranana scored four goak All the
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      Fred Perry wins easily
      205 7 CONTINENTAL professional tennis players swept into the quarter finals of the Slazenger £1.000 tournament at Scarborough, England, yesterday by routing four British players m quick time. Yvon Petra. France, beat O. F. Roufeli 6—o. 6—2, 6—o; The brawny Swede Karl Schroeder trounced S. Evans £_2, 6—l,
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      DRAW AT GEYLANG
      33 7 PLAYING with 10 men .c Katong Eurasians -Id the Tiger Sports Club to a one-all draw m the second I division S.A.F.A. league ••atch 'he Gcylang Stadium yes- I terduy.
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      Answer to critics
      57 7 J ORD Burghley, chairman of the Olympic Organizing Committee, speaking at the opening of the press centre at Wembley Stadunn m London yesterday, said that the entry of 6,000 competitors for the Olympic Games gave adequate answer to ihe critics 7cho had .dcred the Games were being
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      FIFA fails to define amateurism
      136 7 THE Congress of the International Football Federation (FI.F.A.), which continued its meeting m London yesterday, failed to reaoh any d- cision on the definition of amateurism, with its important bearing on the question of "broke time' On the motion of Sweden, tided by Wahs. it
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      Leeds may honour Don
      95 7 A PROPOSAL is being considered m Leeds that the city should honour Don Bradman because of his association with Headingley, even though it has been at the expense of English cricket. One suggestion is that the freedom of the city should be conferred on him. Ernest
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      14-YEAR-OLD OLYMPIAN
      42 7 Marjorie McQuade, at 14, the youngest member of the Australian Olympic team and a candidate for the 100 metres free-style swimming title, talks with High Commissioner W. J. Beasley at the reception held at Australia House, Strand, for the team.
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      South should win this time
      573 7  -  CRUSADER By WHILE the world's leading athletes start striving for the top honours m the Olympic Games which get under way m London tomorrow morning with the qualifying round of the high jump, Malayan sportsmen will embark on Saturday on an interesting round of August
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      Recs fougt to the last
      490 7 Recs fougt to the last Rovers 1; S.R.C 0. WERE the Rovers given a "lucky break" when they beat the S.R.C. m a first division game at Jalan Besar yesterday? The majority of the spectators who witnessed the pame thought so, for the m of victory was slender and their
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      RAOC SWIMMING
      22 7 THE R.A.O.C. Farelf annual •swimming gala finals will be held at Gillman swimming pool, Alexandra, at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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      RIZA BEY, DASS IN RETURN FIGHT
      103 7 A RETURN contest bet v. Ali Rlza Bey and Arjan Dass tops the wrestling bi. the Great World on Saturday. The men met three weeks ago I but the fight, which took I place m a downpour of rain, had an unsatisfactory enwhen Riza
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      293 7 F.P. Crossword No. 449 Hi 1 PM 2 I I 3 I I 4 I IM I 6 7 8 m v -9 X) jT^ 12 mmmmm. mmmmmm i > i xiwU ,nni mmmmmm mmmmm. —I I ll mmmmm. Hill I■■ mmmmm pa pzT 23 i in 24 25 _t_
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    KING OPENS OLYMPIC GAMES TODAY
    374 8 Flame went out at Dover WITH the 6,000 competitors drawn up facing the tribune of honour. King George will formally inaugurate the Games today with the words: "I proclaim open the Olympic Games of London, celebrating the 14th Olympiad of the modern era." A fanfare
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    BIRTHS
    38 8 At Kandang Kerbau Hospital. 27th July. 1948. to Zoe j c Brown, a son. SON —On July 28, 1948. at B-.-ngsar to Hermlone. a son and I T. H. I Upper Joad. on 27th July. a son.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    45 8 Malayan Nature Society meeting 1, Is cancelled and is now fixed for Sept. 11 at Majestic I X Lumpur, at 6.30 p.m. ,s been recei-rcd that Mr. Sim Siang Jin of Oversea Banking Corpn. Ltd has passed the Assort the Institute of Bankers. London.
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    ENGAGEMENT
    20 8 announced Hyacinth youngest daughter ol I. M. Consigliere to Frank eldest son of Mrs M Harris ot Farnham Surrey
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    8 8 W. H Esson ackno-,-rateful thanks the many
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    Security for Empire producers
    156 8 Security for Empire producers LONDON, Wed. THE policy of the British 1 Government is to give to primary producers, particularly those m the British Commonwealth, long-term security rather than merely offers of high prices for their pro- 1 ducts, the Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, said here today. Mr. Strachey,
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    39 8 I The Italian Communist Party leader, Signor Palm\ro Togliatti, is here l er the rec* nai tien attempt on him. He has recovered sufficiently from his three bullet wounds to enable him to leave hospital m the near future.
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    BOMBER OF U.N.O. HQ. FOR TRIAL
    96 8 BOMBER OF U.N.O. HQ. FOR TRIAL NEW HAVEN (Conn.), Wednesday CTEi'H_N J. SUPINA, the self-confessed M Lake Success "to jolt it into •n to ensure was turned over to rk au* ,day trial on charge of n is mlscrj In order! former J. the ju I he had read "the
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    TO RACE UP FUJIYAMA
    85 8 TOKIO, Wednesday. rTHREE HUNDRED men, soldiers and civilians, will race to the top of Mount Fujiyama on Aug. 6, 7 and 8. They will go half-way up the mountain on Aug. 6, resting at night. In the morning they ivill race to see who can reach
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    New rule on remittances
    227 8 Overseas Chinese NANKING. Wednesday. r rilE new regulations announced by the Executive Yuan for the free import of certain products are not likely to achieve the purpose of returning overseas Chinese remittances to legitimate channels, according to financial experts. The complex rules and controls by which
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    STORY OF PIRATE FIGHT IN PLANE
    265 8 STORY OF PIR ATE FIGHT IN PLANE MACAO, Wednesday. A S rATEMENT today by the Police Commissioner, Mr. Luis A. M. Palletti, that he was now definite that pirates had caused the crash of the Pacific Cathay Airliner on July 16. was followed by a newspaper account of the struggle
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    Special Games stamp issue
    77 8 BRITISH post offices ha. sale today a special issue ol postage stumps and a special air \eW r iorm to com- memorate the 14th Olympiad.! which opens today at the Empire Stadium. Wembley. The issue consists of lour 'denominations. 2V 2 d. 3d, 6d. and Is.
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    Britain may seek new oil sources
    109 8 Britain may seek new oil sources LONDON, Wednesday. THE Foreign Seer tary Mr. Era m told the House of Com mot. s today the .ng ol the pipeline m Palestine had reduced availoil production by about 4,000 000 to He said: 'It would be premature to make any furl statement
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    ASKED U.S $40,000 'KEY MONEY'
    123 8 SHANGHAI Wednesday, i I£EY MONEY racketeers— tenants who sublease .heir houses or flats at fabulous amounts cheating both landlord and the new occupants are coming m for official attention here As high as U. 5.540.000 has been demanded for :i palatial home with a garden
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    UNESCO ADVICE SOON FOR SIAM
    60 8 DH Kuo Yu llou, Adviser to UNESCO, is at present m Bangkok on a fact-finding mission prior to Siam's admission as a member of UNESCO. Dr. Kuo told the press yesterday that he was greatly impressed by his observations and studies and hoped that UNESCO
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    PRICES TEND TO BE LOWER
    458 8 London Stock Exchange LONDON, Wednesd I___DING In the London stock markets tod. very slow, with prices mostly tending low< Renter's financial correspondent. An exception the Gilt-edged section, where a feu small bi^ orders, coupled with a shortage of stock, brought abcut fairly general advances of
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    OFF THE RATION
    21 8 Shoes, bathing suits, leather clothing and children's raincoats come off the clothing ration In Britain on Aug. 9.
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    FIGHTING IN SOUTH PALESTINE
    66 8 FIGHTING IN SOUTH PALESTINE OEAVY fighting betue, forces is taking ppa(,i a( southern Palestine U ith ini'ri aj observers looking on. irhilc m fen? of Israel's reply on the I NO (1 S ,em -*tts posal, a clash occurred Immum-h J U^»uJ. troops last night u *b aJ^J An Israeli
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    NEW CZECH PACT
    15 8 The Cl \ak P: Anton m nounees that h: insider, with Hunga
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    PLANE CRASH:4 DIE
    17 8 Four persons wer> to d^a'h at Melur: 1 yesterday whc: plane, crashed m flan
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    Rubber prices
    126 8 A SPLCIAL Market corr espoa^mt gives the prices of rubber U 11 a.m. tod* y as follows: per Ib oc« Buyers Setlen OU Cts No. 1 B 8 8 So** loose 48 s. 4« No 1 v. a fot m bales Aug 14 No X s for m
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    Tipplers drop dead
    41 8 TOKIO Wedne^d IAPA barteiider-r <\ ■ociation today to pi their customers from drink "secret techniqu cock!. An occasional Uppler drops dead after taking d _t at local bars I Hy dete: had consumed methyl a. 1 j A P
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    Bustamente is pleased
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