The Singapore Free Press, 9 August 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SAUt IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 1948 w PRICE 10 CfcMN
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    Third Moscow meeting today
    386 1 Third Moscow meeting today Deadlock on the blockade MOSCOW, Sunday. A FURTHER meeting between the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Mototov, and the three Western envoys m Moscow— the third m nine days is expected to take place In the Kremlin on Monday. Throughout today the British, American and French Embassies
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    Serub Typhus drama Governor lent own plane
    175 1 Serub Typhus drama Governor lent own plane Ii pore, near death with d by the American In Malaya recently to test baas !H drug ChloromyeetirL lew with Associated ?h Smadel, head of nen the team had ft they received an urgent peal from Singapore. adel said "The es of helping
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    m.p.h. gale lashes tish coast
    10 1 m.p.h. gale lashes tish coast I m I I Reuter
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    JAPS IN CHINA
    27 1 DRESS reports from Muk- ten, quoted by A.P. say patrlatlon of more Japanese nationals Is planned. Most Japanese stfll m 'den are mmrng technl-
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    Col. Gray starts work this week
    175 1 /"X)L. W. N. Gray whose appointment as Com mi* sioner of Police for the Federation of Malaya was officially confirmed yesterday— will take' over his duties this week. CoL Gray came to Malaya about two month* ago to advise the police on methods combating
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    BURMA GOVT. ROUTS REBELS
    38 1 BURMESE Government forces have retaken Kayan, captured by the White Arm Band Section of the People's Volunteer OrganL&aon Wednesday, it waj learned yesterday. The resurgents were routed after an tvmzoment lasting tw) hours.- AP
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    RED MEMORIAL CRACKS, SINKS
    65 1 The mammoth marble memorial to the victorious Red S Army built by the Russians m i Berlin, is beginning to crack 1 and sink into the. ground. Sereral large hole* have already appeared and Russian engineers last week patched i up one gaping three-foot hole. Rains
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    S'HAI SWELTERS
    20 1 In Shanghai yesterday the >.t.ure was above 100 d-grees Fahrenheit for the 1 first ttitm t tri's summer
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    INJURED BY MOTOR CYCLE
    55 1 A MOTOR cycle ridden by mn Indian knocked down a 57-year-old Chinese pedestrian last night at the 10th mile, Bukit Timah Road. The man was taken to the General Horoital with serloua injuries. This was one of 14 traffic accidents In Singapore during the 24 hours
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    DOWN TO EARTH
    23 1 Two Chinese labourers working on a house at Jalan Besar were Injured when the scaffolding they were standing on collapsed.
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    10,000 Chinese leave Siam
    80 1 pruxo. MUKK Overseas Chinese students la Siam are returning to China to further their education because of Siamese restrictions on Chinese schools. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission estimates that more than 10 000 students have landed In Hoihow, Hainan Island. The Commission is also concerned over
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    KIDNAPPED BY RED TROOPS
    47 1 that an unidentified man was kidnapped after a struggle by four Soviet soldiers on leaving the Yugoslav Legation m Vienna two days ago. The Yugoslav Legation Is m the international sector of the city, which this month is being administered by the Russians.
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    P.R.O. FOR H. KONG
    23 1 The acting British Consul m Peiping. Mr. W. Gordon Harmen. has been appointed Hong Kontf Public Relations Officer. AP
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    HOTEL CONDEMNED
    15 1 The 40-year-old St. Francfc Hotel m Honfl Kong Ls to be demolished.- AP
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    The reluctant dragons
    64 1 A HANKOW multi-millionaire, LI Yuan Ta, refused to "e«-operate" with the authorities over the payment of his "soak the rich" Ux. The city government drafted 7* war refnge&s to his home for shelter and feeding. In Shanghai. Mayor E.C. Wu invited the city's richest merchants to a
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    Plane death damages suit
    72 1 A SUIT for $250,000 damages for the 4tatta of George Atcheson. Jr., political idviaer to General Mac Arthur. was filed m San Francisco agaJnst the Federal Government on Saturday. I The action brought by Mrs. I Mariquita Atcheson. the widow, alleged neslUence. Atcheson and nine others
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    RAF SLEUTHS'SEEK MISSING FLYERS
    116 1 RAF SLEUTHS' SEEK MISSING FLYERS LONDON, Sunday. QPECIAL Royal Air Force "sleuth" units are still trying to trace 22,000 of the Allied airmen listed missing m World War II although very many of them are believed to have come down m the sea. By last month they had traced 19,756
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    DR. WU PAAK-SHING
    32 1 Dr. Wu Paak-shing, Chinese Consul-General at Singapore, will return to Singapore on Aug. 13. and not today as reported He sails from Hong Kong on the Canton this afternoon.
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    19 arrested in weekend raids
    259 1 Frte Press Staff Reporter OINGAPOKE police arrested 15 Chinese aitd four Indians under the Emergency Regulations m a series of house-to-house raids during the we«*-end. This brings the total of emergency arrests m Singapore to 168. In a dawn raid on a Kampong house off
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    56 DIE IN BLAZING FACTORY
    97 1 SHANGHAI. Sunday FIFTY-SIX workers were burned to death and 38 seriously Injured when ft flre destroyed a Chinese shirt facjtory here last night. The death toll Is expected to mount as most of the Injured are In a very serious condition. The Municipal fire brigade
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    EIGHT DROWNED
    32 1 EIGHT persons out of 13 were drowned, including a young English girl, when a fishing boat sank In a storm off the Breton port of PerrosGuirec on Saturday nitrht UP
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    Police hunt Johore killers
    196 1 Police hunt Johore killers Free Press Staff Reporter pOLJCE and troops con- tinued their hunt this morning for the bandits who on Saturday nipht attacked and burnt down the buildings of Telok Sangat Estate, after killing the manager, Mr. H. M. Rice. A police spokesman expressed the view, this morning,
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    DREAD DISEASE
    24 1 OVER 250 eases of sleeping sickness have been eported In Toklo In the worst epidemic of the disease m 10 years.— Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    72 1 i KLALA LCMPUR. Mon. A CHINESE school teacher at Bukit Siput, a village two miles Sooth of Secamat m Central Johore. was shot dead by three gunmen at about 7.30 this moraine. The killers tied their rictim up, dragged him out of the house and shot him I
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      19 1 INVASION Five thousand Delhi schoolchildren face a setback m studies because 2 800 refugees have squatted m 22 schools.
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  • FEATURES
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      SHE WOULDN'T TAKE A BATH
      56 2 SIX V apparently seen any uring Paulette God Lana Tun Gl- PO! a m frotv pie." H'-r m ther Mrs Ele (plained that all requirements <>f modesty ved. But l Fused. She made Director Claude Binyon finally had to change the script. He switched the
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      IT'S A SMALL WORLD
      910 2  - IT'S A SMALL WORLD Hall Romney LONDON LETTER By THE world is a Mr all place. Even I was taken by surprise soon after arrival m this iittie Cornish village i>[ Lelant 1 had gone up to see the secretary of the West Cornwall Golf Club to arrange my first
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      Bridge Problem
      245 2 J^ETI S unr.i t :.d. n major suits mak bold ng It hi Uftd the op, art bidding, the contract may |ct too high for South to b hi« miv. Ucnc opening b <i And South bids his ci.pancy m top-card Krei W.st was only try Df r
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      TRUE ENOUGH
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      THE TALE OF A PAPER
      190 2 THE TALE OF A PAPER "THE only American A newspaper between Rome and Manila celebrated its second birthday last week m Siam, land of golden temples and sacred elephants. The paper is "The Bangkok Post." It's the handiwork of Alexander MiioDonald. n less New England journalist who's been poking; around
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      THE CAMELS ARE COMING
      68 2 iI'HILE gasoline ra- tioning m Karachi becomes more stringent daily and the black ket price of the fuel now fluctuates around ten rupees per gallon, •amel. fabled ship of the desert and staple 1 tra: „:ion for mrishinß and continues shuffling through the crowded stre. this
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      43 2 EHSICH OOMJ .cornißU' DON JUAN PhllhannonU CASvSE NOISFI t- J Phil fvm 0 Cond In R^xlz:: SONATA No 49 hi V H Denis Matthew f? THE LARK ASCr Part* -poo! PJ" ONDIN >Pjll r LES TIEH SHEPHERD FENN b> COLUMBIA 6RAPHOPHOHECW«r« lIK6APORI ijS)
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      509 2 SINGAPORE l g: 12 05 Mv metre* J.JO-midnifht lit 84 12.4 m.tr.» and <• 18 m«tre«. rrutn 124W oo«d to 100 p m Summary; 485 metret tn the medium wSTt MOM>\l band 4nd 7to mefacfrl-* to 1 p.m. World N\ws; 105 A the 41 metre band La Carte; 1.15 ?OUn
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      149 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today y»u havr a k t- r l l > srit ntifu niind that approat hes all qu- Itioni m a f.u t-hndmg attitude whether >our sctsaJ profession i> m the tdeacea or not! <vi aatr t s» It-reliant t belieTe m letting all points of
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  • NEWS
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      Mechanical man 'explains' his digestion
      31 3 I-iical Man. whose mental "i action while he audience. "Godfrey's" reactions *y his electronic brain. He is H. Lynton Fletcher, former Direc- iings of the 8.8.C.
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      32-NATION BROADCAST SQUABBLE
      555 3 32-NATION BROADCAST SQUABBLE East- West Conference 'stlit 1 ATMOSPHERICS" have affected the 32 nation after il Eur °P ean Broadcasting Conference, which alreLv cwfm W f ek s tr °uWesome negotiations airea J{y split into two blocs. frennpn e oio COI J fer t nee nas the task allocating K
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      AN OPTIMIST
      128 3 A SYDNEY resident aged 91 was recently nominated for membership of the Australian Jockey Club. It was explained to him that there was a waiting list of about 700 and that it mijjht be years before his turn came. "That's all right," he said. "I can wait." Reuter
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      Siam King's death New evidence
      250 3 I Phra Pinit Chonakadi, says I Kins: Ananda of Siam twc I a "far-reaching conspiracy Siam and establish a United 1 1 trie I l eider I occur--11 m jm both m I cz I 1 been m t fl fled I i'eut I vno
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      Ex.Red reveals party's 1941 plan for U.S.
      312 3 HONOLULU, Friday. 4 MERICAN Communist Party leaders were ordered to prepare for civil war m the United States m September 1939 if the U.S. entered the war as Britain's ally, the former editor of the New York Communist Daily Worker, Louis Budenz, testified
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      U.K. steel smelting time halved
      140 3 U.K. steel smelting time halved ANEW process has been discovered after a year's secret trial which halves the time taken to make molten steel and gives British industry a world lead. Alterations are to be made at foundries In Glasgow, Sheffield, the Midlands, and the North-East to apply the new
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      U.S. REDS' 'NO' TO EX-CHIEF
      56 3 THE former ge.icrai secretary of the the American Communist Party Earl R. Browder. lost an appeal to the Communist National Convention In New York for reinstatement Into the Party. He was ousted as a Party member two years ago. afttr beins accused of favouring a
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      GEM TERMS ALTERED
      54 3 fHe American Gem Society of Los Angeles (Cal.) has ordered that the term "flawless" be substituted lor "Derfect" m advertising or describing: diamonds The Society has also outlawed the use if 'blue-white" diamonds by its 1.500 member jewellers, and ordered that the gems be described as either
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      TAX ON 'CREYCING
      19 3 \BETS tax on greyhound racing bookmakers will operate on all London ♦"Pirs from next Wednesday- Reuter
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      7-MURDER KILLERS CORNERED
      126 3 7-MURDER KILLERS CORNERED JJEATH for one and capture for another when trying to shoot their way through a sheriff's posse ended a bis U.S. manhunt for two men who had murdered seven people m a fortnight. Shot dead was James West. 22. Robert Daniels, 24, who was captured, confessed to
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      To know him meant death
      134 3 ALFRED CLINE died m t\ prison recently without revealing the secret of the mysterious deaths that befell 11 elderly widows. Cline died o( a heart attack m FoLsom Prison, where he was serving l 126-year term for forgery. Between 1930 and 1946, Cllne married or
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      ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL
      68 3 MEDIAEVAL and modern pageantry mingled as King j George, Queen Elizabeth and the two Princesses arrived at Balmoral (Scotland) for a holiday. The King. In traditional Highland dress, Inspected a detachment of his own Scottish guard Overland fl^w an helicopter, bringing the morning mall for the
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      PLANES PREVENT FROST FORMING
      46 3 PLANES PREVENT FROST FORMING In the Fair-Held (Idaho' vheat belt, aeroplanes were lsed to save thousands of lollars worth of wheat from mseasonable frost. Planes lew low ovei t[>s fields brfoie lawn, rippling the stalks and )reventine f frosi from forming >n the tender kernels.- AP
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      ARCHBISHOP CENSURES UK MIGRANTS
      153 3 COME of the Britons who have emigrated to New j Zealand are not of "a very good typo"'— particularly the women, the Archbishop of New Zealand, the Most Roverend Campbell West WestWatson, told Empire bishops m London The Archbishop said that he i came to England
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      NEWSPRINT SWOOP
      20 3 Large quantities of newsprint being hoarded m Shanghai godowns are to be confiscated and resold to newsprint-short newspapers.
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      Mandarin is being fostered
      106 3 A STEP to iosier the spread of Mandarin. I,he national language, throughout Kwangtung Province has been taken In Canton with, the issuing by the Education Department of instructions to all schools regarding the employment of teachers. The circular stresses the need for employing Man-darin-speakln? teachers and
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      4 arrested for penthouse girl's murder
      148 3 Ci ANTON police have arre&t--d four men m connwith the recent penthouse murder of a pretty C v girl student. Miss Lav Sauching. Two of the arrested men are &aid to be carpenters. Earlier this month Naiss Lav's father found her m her roof-top
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      TENNESSEE RIOTS 2 DEAD
      81 3 T*HE Governor of Teni Mr. Jim McCord has ordered National Guardsmen 10 quell disorders In Polk County, which have already resulted In two men b^lng sh^t dead. The disorders developed after Tennessee voters had administered a crushing defeat to the political organisation of the Democratic Political
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  • LEADER
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 9, 1948. The Moscow Talks
      347 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 9, 1948. The Moscow Talks R. < little to Mib»t the corn I g the R Uty w mid lift the of B m claim control of B curr On hi M till m R an ::< shall "d In B reported •mprorr. have
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      Socialist State in Korea
      482 4  - Socialist State in Korea DENIS WARNER, I By Correspondent Reuter A.A.P. THE constitution of the Democratic Republic of Korea, promulgated on July 12, confounded both foreign and local critics of the Syngman Rhee Administration. To the charge that South Korea is a police state rigorously controlled by extreme rightSyngman Rhee
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      THE M.I.C. REPLIES
      92 4 What People Say IW l to hai 1 In usade a al Indian Cong: < v hed m the Free 1 5 ■nda m favour latloi und« ble. But his occasional bur oing to aftM C -of GOVnd I •risible enough urn' an Ind out being (old
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      Stiffer tests for airline pilots
      129 4 Stiffer tests for airline pilots riOMMKRr nd air-line A'ill have to pass stifTer licensing tests under new regulations aimed at reaching greater air safety and a higher standard of flying. The Ministry of Civil Aviation, announcing the changes, says the present Class B Licence will be replaced by these three
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      MAKING AND BREAKING THE POWER
      478 4 MAKING AND BREAKING THE POWER By A Special Correspondent AMIDST the per- m mar of machines and furro m St. Jamee Power ion, tired, sw< in.tr men wor] rishly, sleepless IW hours. Tli- c working a few more months of litV to a woi yout, dying turbine en- fit only
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      DON'T GROW RUSTY
      501 4  -  ALTON L. BLAKESLEE, Hv A.P. Corif-pondent. ANE rule for a happy old agt do not grow }*vThe rusting can he physical, v. ith chronic ill heaivh, or mental with boi >Horn and lack of enthusiasm. Some hints to avoid both kinds were outlined by Dr. Edward J.
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      FAITH
      21 4 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked rfjardeth not to know it. ft verbs. 29. 7.
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      Fabulous Babe
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    LOCAL NEWS
    32 5 It m London recently, pre- an, gifts marking the ap- prisoner at Singapore Lienard when they were At great personal risk, Lienard ob:*y drugs, food and clothing, •\any British lives.
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    Teachers' college 'a vital need'
    173 5 I rRALISED training college of teachers of I la should be established under I the new University of Malaya, I P Sam i retary of the Singapore I >\g problems which will Cf: >tablishment of the University. .::t be so designed as to enable kin
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    NEW FEDERATION POLICE CHIEF
    23 5 NEW FEDERATION POLICE CHIEF An official statement d that Colonel W. N has been appointed CommissiODer of Police for the Federation of Malaya.
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    ELECTED MAJORITY IS LIKELY
    360 5 New Municipal Commission Committee still studying Bill Free Press Staff Reporter elected majority of 18 seats or two-thirds of the recommended total of 27 seats on the Municipal Commission will most probably be the new composition of the Commission when this body undergoes the constitutional changes
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    Chinese Press backs Big 3 on Berlin
    279 5 Chinese Press backs Big 3 on Berlin i^OMMhNTLNG on ihe situaV> tion m Berlin, the Sin Chew Jit Poh, Nanyang Siang Pau, and Chung Shing Jit Pao unanimously agree that although the tension there is high, there is no danger of war. While agreeing the object of the Russians m
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    TO STUDY U.K. SCHOOL EXAMS
    35 5 TO STUDY U.K. SCHOOL EXAMS An Australian Education Officer, U\mm Fanny Cuhen, arrived m Singapore last; night by flying boat on her, way to England to study the system of school examinations m the U.K.
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    NO PASSAGE WITHOUT PASSPORTS
    97 5 NO PASSAGE WITHOUT PASSPORTS MR. Paul F, C. Sah, Chief Purser ot the China Navigation Company's steam ship, the Hai Hsia, told the Free Press that the ship will not accept Si'jsapore Chinese passengers for lion? Kong unless th proper pass- He said passport! are required by Hong Kong Immigration
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    Close watch for 90 Chinese
    149 5 for these illegal immigrants during their routine nightly patrols from Sultan Bhoal to the Naval Base section of the Johore Straits. A SPECIAL lookout is being: kept by the Immigration Department for 90 illegal Chinese immigrants who are believed to be still m Tanjong I
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    UNDER B.B.C.
    54 5 Programmes from the British Far Eastern Broar. Ing Service yesterday were the first to be radiated under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation, which has taken over from the Foreign Office. Up to yesterday, the B.F.E. B.S. broadcast news and other programmes, which have now been taken
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    6 scholars leave for U.K. Aug. 15
    210 5 6 scholars leave for U.K. Aug. 15 Free Press Staff R<*pe SIX b Idem 01 the Colo-.ial Development and Wei. Fund and the British Council scholarship.^— all Singapore Government employees will leave Singapore on Aug. 15 for the United Kingdom. The Canton which 1< Singapore at the end of this
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    INDIANS HOLDING MASS RALLIES
    55 5 F celebrate the first anniversary of Indian independence, the Indian Association and Malayan Indian Congress will hold mass ralllei on Aug. 15. The Indian Association rally U be held at Rac* Course ne. premises of the Association, at 11 a.m. The Malayatf Indian Congress meeting will
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    Custodian to take control
    131 5 Free I*m>> st.iiT Kep<» t< r AN order nas been gazetted m Singapore ensuring that all securiUe.s held on account of oersons resident m enemy j will continue under the control of the Custodian of Enemy Property m the event of the owners 2ohu to live
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    Teachers plan joint rally at Kuala Lumpur
    166 5 Free Tress Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Malayan Teachers' Union will be holding a four-day rally at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. A very full pro- gramme has been arranged, and the rally Is open to members of affiliated Unions and also to
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    $53,000 for China relief
    103 5 Fre« Press Chinese Correspondent THE drive for funds for Mood relief by the Foochow Community Guild has netted $53,000. including $2,016 trom the gate receipts of a charity i-ball match between the Chli;a Olympic team and the combined Chines' team last month. The Guild has so
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    FOR DEPORTATION
    20 5 Deportation orders have been issued against 53 Chinese now detained on charges of organising underground societies m Siam
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    CALDWELL 'A STUBBORN MAN'
    287 5 THE Rev. F McDougall. Australian secretary of the World Council of Churches said on his arrival m Singapore that the Australian Immigration Minister. (Mr Caldwell), was "a .stubborn m< rhe Council m Australia was the first body to protest, Mr. McSfusall said, at the deportation from
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    BERLINERS HOPE FOR BIG FOUR TALKS
    428 6 BERLINERS HOPE FOR BIG FOUR TALKS Race to frame German constitution /COMMUNISTS m Eastern Germany are racing to beat Communists m the West m producing the nations first post-war constitution. Both groups have set September target- dates. Berliners meantime voiced the hope that the week's Western Powers' talks with Marshal
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    U.K. GLIDER PILOT HELD BY CZECHS AS SPY
    347 6 BRITAIN s champion glider. Ladislav Marmoi ,-ieonabi. Tip and ended up lr here as a suspected spy. Last week In a hous< Southend, he pulled m his belt by thre< not. And said iied 12 stone when I left England In the
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    TRAVELS 3,000 MILES FOR 4s.
    61 6 ROBERT Jaynes. 26. American student at the I don School of Economics, left Shrewsbury on the last lap of a 3.000-mlle hitch-hike on which he has spent only 4s. m fares. Mi nas travell«*d through England. Scotland, Wales and Ireland since he left London on
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    Socialist hits at India's assembly
    154 6 Socialist hits at India's assembly JCTRONG criticism of the present Indian Constituent Assembly has come Irum ins Socialist UaU^r. Mr. Jaya Prakash Natayan. In an article ttvUUxl D!*- solve the Constituent Assern- < bly," appearina m Janata. •Lai organ of .he Socialist Party, published m New Delhi. Narayan says the
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    AJAX ON SALE FOR NITRATES
    98 6 AJAX ON SALE FOR NITRATES NEGOTIATIONS between N Britain and ChU« for the sale of a Royal Naval destroyer to Chile are continuing In spite of objection* raised In the Commonj. the Chilean paper, Fl Mercu:lo reports. The paper said the destroy er will be the Ajax. famous ▼eteran of
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    Helicopter
    52 6 BET you £100 that I race you to the "Tudor Rose Hotel." The challenge waa I made by George Ellis, of Sur- i rey (England). "You're on." said Charlie Allen— and his pilot. Cap- I tain Jimmy Youell, stepped Into a helicopter as Georges driver revived up a 24
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    LOCOMOTIVES GIFT
    29 6 Fjifty 100-ton locomotive* paj-t of Australia's contribution to UNRRA. are scheduled to b«>gln arrlvi; China this month -more than Iy» ir Later for the CantonHankow railway.— UP
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    Olympics torch is brought to Wembley
    21 6 John Mark runs n *o Wembley Stadium with the Olympic Torch while officials look on.
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    110 6 raced car, won £100 The race between helicopter and car from Croydon Airport I to the Tudor Rose at Old Coulsdon. two miles away, i had begun. It was soon over. People drinking their beer m the j bar heard the roar of an engine and dashed out to see
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    BIG NANKING BUILDING PLAN
    45 6 I^HE Executive Yuan bu approved a grant to build m Nanking, dormitories for 8 500 employees of the Minis' Yuan* and the President'! office. The funds are condr on the Government departments Involved r.lng land for buildings wlthour additional cost.- AP
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    Red spy ring rumours in Washington
    122 6 Red spy ring rumours in Washington REPRESENTATIVE Karl E. Muiidt, Republican, South Dakota, said In Washington recently that there was "good reason to believe a Communist spy nns was operating In Washington at present. The acting chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee said the possibility was being investigated. So
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    China censors foreign films
    118 6 THE Chil .inent has clamped a censorship on all film* China by icrelgn diplomatic It U reported In The move was aimed at Soviet Union, an American 4: "The Soviet* recently ,>ped-up showing* of their propaganda films here and In Nanking", he added •Much of their
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    SUIT AGAINST SHIPPING FIRMS
    88 6 SUIT AGAINST SHIPPING FIRMS {EIGHTEEN foreign shipping !i lines and six American lines have been accused of conspiracy to monopolise cano trade between Far Eastern points and U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico rta. A civil action has filed In the Federal Court. rark »New JVrsey* against e*e lines, all
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    Ex-Captain mess-boy had stowaway fiancee
    180 6 4 FORMER Lieut.-Ck)mmander m th« Royal Indian Naval Reserve haj arrived m Frem&ntle from Madras as mess-boy on the Norwegian steamer Kronviken— on which his fiancee wai asU The couple, who v. v, keep their names secret because their families do not know of their
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    Death for spreading rumours
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    US. RELAY PROTEST
    199 7 US. RELAY PROTEST Case for Olympic Jury of Honour H r jiifrir Olympic 400-metres relay team has Irtfialh protested at their disqualification m the Jl of 3* «y* ior J? v{ \l »>aton-changin at JJ\ le> s.iturday. After they had won the race metres, Britain was awarded the with Italy
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    Jap breaks 2 swim records
    104 7 TWENTY-year-old KonoI N'lhon University. Tokio, .niv. :he world record m th, metre free-^ hen h*> clocked m 4 m:n 33.4 sec. on Saturday. ;ie m :ig the ftnal event of -tional championships i 10.000 persons, including a number of Allied pernel, witnessed. Furuhashi. who on
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    ST. ANDREW'S SPORTS
    21 7 ath ::.eeting will tx v. Aug. 18. 0 arrc I be run <~-ff this gven< r:. \V dsv
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    KIWIS WIN 5-1
    108 7 JN a friendly game uf badminton played at Devonshire Road the Kiwi Members League beat the Pa.sir Panjang Recreation Club by five-one. lUaultj were (Klwia mentioned first) Sin*l. I. DeSouza boat Thomas Mathews 15—8; 15—10; j John Davis beat Ong Eng Hoe 13—13; o—s;0 5; 13—13: s—o;5
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    TEAM LODGES
    112 7 another' RECORD I Mid Whit field of the United States (No. 136) is seen winimg the final of the Olympic 800 metres m a new Olym--5S fc reco i?. l i me of mm 49 2 se Wembley on Aug. 2. Arzniir Wint of Jamaica (No. 122) was
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    One favourite per day in Penang
    494 7 Free Press Racing Correspondent rpHERE was a large crowd for Gold Cup day m A Penang on Saturday, final day of the August meeting, and the weather, for once, was fine, although the going was very sloppy. Punters started well when Airmail cantered home
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    Britain meet Pakistan today
    566 7 Britain meet Paki stan today OLYMPIC HOCKEY AN Indian-Pakistan final for the 1948 Olympic hockey tournament Is being forecast by those who have seen these two teams m action during the preliminary series which ended on Saturday. India and Pakistan have been the outstanding teams m the event, not only
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    Height limit for eagers
    176 7 THE International Basketball Federation rules. which not been changed since 1936, will undergo radical revision after th» Olympic basketball tournament atom Friday. Orignaliv the Olympic nilos-mak. rs who had look.-d idealistic-ally u^.rd the I niled States as the nome of basketball par ex, ell. nci plan
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    Basketball system may be changed
    317 7 pENERAL dissatisfaction with the tournament system adopted for the Olympic basketball matches will be aired at a special meeting of officials today. Olympic representatives and officers of the International Federation of Amateur BasKetball will attempt to find a more satisfactory formula for use m the
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    U.S. won 12 out of 15 aquatic titles
    381 7 U.S. won 1 2 out of 15 aquatic titles [TNITED States' swimmers and divers came near to cornering the market m Gold Medals m the aquatic events of the 14th Olympiad which were completed on Saturday night. They captured 12 of the 15 titles, were runners-up m 11, and established
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    U.S. have won 26 medals
    116 7 THE United States had by; ir the 1 olKctlon of medals than any other nations when the athletic events of the Olympic Games prided on Saturday night. Their athletes had won a total ot 26—11 gold medalsfive silver and 10 bronze. Next was Sweden with
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    Pessimists have been routed
    71 7 IT is expected that one and a half million people will have seen the Olympic Games events at Wembley by the end of next week. Sir Arthur Elvin, the Wembley chief, said yesterday: "The Games have been an undoubted financial success. The crowds have exceeded even
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    USEFUL B.P.
    80 7 HPHE following players have been chosen to represent the Useful Badminton Party m a friendly badminton match of foui singles and three doubles against the Chinese V.M.C.A. at the Clerical Union Hall at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tungku T. A. Jalil, Zairrul Abidin bin Ahmad. Cheong Soon Thuan, Robert
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    4 changes in England Test team
    194 7 4 changes in England Test team 'pHE England team for the fifth and final Test match against Australia at the Oval, commencing next Saturday, will be selected Iran the following 12 players: N. W. D. Yaxdley (Yorkcaptain. W. J. Ednch (Middlesex), J. G. Dewes (Middlesex). R. T. Simpson (Nottinghamshire*, L.
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    HOWARD WING OUT OF HOSPITAL
    39 7 Huwakjj wing ol cnuia, who crashtd In the preliminaries of the 1.000 metre.'- scratch cycling Olympic event at Herne Hill on Saturday, was discharged from hospital tonight He had broken tils collar bone- Reuter
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    ARMS RACE ALARMS UN. CHIEF
    389 8 'Stocks now piling up NEW YORK, Sunday. lI'HILE stressing the importance of Germany as the No. 1 problem of the world, the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Trygre Lie, m his annual report to the General Assembly, expresses concern over the race for the production of
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    Russia to reply to US
    97 8 NEW YORK, Sunday RUSSIA is reported to be ready to answer the United States' demand for continued talks on world arms redactions. The Soviet chief delegate to the United Nations, Mr. Malik, is scheduled to speak for Russia tomorrow before the Working Committee of the
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    CHIANG FOILED RED WARPLANS
    236 8 NANKING, Sunday. FHK Nationalists have achieved their main x military objectives of stabilising the situation m Manchuria, consolidating the North, safeguarding the North-West and frustrating Communist plans to cross the Yangtse River m an effort to carry the war to South China, says the Ministry of
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    BRITAIN, U.S. AGREE ON AID LOAN TERMS
    183 8 BRITAIN has reached agreement In principle with the ECA (Economic Cooperation Administration) on loan terms, and a final draft Is now being made, an authoritative Washington source reports. It was understood that the ECA agreed to eliminate tht clause whereby It could request
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    SUPERFORT RECORD
    25 8 A ostop ord for Superfortresses of 5,120 miles from Fort Riley, Kansas to Furstenfeldbruck. Oermany. has been set up by a volunteer crew.
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    Greek bid to trap routed Reds
    72 8 Greek bid to trap routed Reds ATHENS Sunday. THE Greek Army is relent- lessly pressing on the retreating Communist guerrillas along the entire semi-circular front of the Orammos operation, a General Staff spokesman said today. The national forces have reached the Albanian border at both enda of the semicircle and
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    Spitfires in action
    94 8 Three Army columns hay« crossed th« Sakandaporoa River *nd are moving north toward Kanziikon and other units, which captured Oxya. are driving on toward the Prophet Elia*' Heights m the Oxya district. Another column, on themmost end of the front has moved on from Kanlnka and is
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    S'PORE HIGH TIDES
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    10,000 Arabs face death
    227 8 JERUSALEM, Sunday. [TNLESS medical supplies and medical teams are immediately made available, at least 10,000 of the 100,000 Arab refugees living m squalor near Jerusalem will die. said the Arab medical health officer for Kamallah, 15 miles north of Jerusalem, today. He was commenting on the
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    500 DIE DAILY AT CHANG CHUN
    102 8 PEIPING Sunday. CIARVATION Is taking a 0 daily toll of 200 lives m the Manchurian capital Chu:i«chun, a:;d 300 m the "no man's-l'and'' outside, says a Chinese newspaper. People m "no-man's- land" include large numbers from Changchun who thought the Reds would allow them
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    CANADA TO GET NEW CABINET
    55 8 CANADA TO GET NEW CABINET THE .tiring Prime Minister 1 of Canada, Mr. Mackenzie Xt g, and his chosen successor, Mr. Louis St. Laurent are due to confer this week on two important matters They are the date Mr st Laurent; will take over the Government and the composition of
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    Rubber prices
    65 8 SPLCIAL Market correspondent fiTr* the price* of rubber »i 11 a.m. today m follow*: per Ib. Ocr ib Hnyen Seller* CU. CU. No 1 B.SB Spot loow 48H 48 No i KIS fot m bales Aug. 18H H% No. 3 KJi.S. fob m bales Aug. 46\ 47 No
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    U.S. fighters for Germany 'ready for air
    135 8 CiOL. H. R. SPICER. who j arrived m Glasgow on Saturday aboard the United States carrier Sicily vdth 69 United States Snooting Star jet flßhter olanes and 387 airmen, said: "This is a highlytrained outfit and we are pre pared for anything He
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    Marshall aid progress
    95 8 WASHINGTON. Sunday. AUTHORISATIONS for Mar- shall Plan procurements passed the U.S.$ 1000,000,000 mark with an announcement of new authorisations today amounting to $04,102,499 for nine Euroo*»an countries. China and Trieste. Latest authorisations announced Included $33,700,000 for China. Projurement authorisations for China have totalled $61,884,778.- Reuter Heoarded as
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    Nehru plans U.K. visit
    45 8 NEW DELHI, SunrUy. TIIK Indian Premier. Pandit Nehru, told a meeting of the (duress Pfeltj today that, time and conditions permitting, he ii attending the Commonwealth Premier*' conference m London and the United Nations (iene-ral Assembly m Paris next month.- Reuter
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    CONVICTS USED TO PLOUGH LAND
    105 8 MONTGOMERY (Alabama), Sunday. r«ONVICTS have been used instead of animals to plough land In Alabama, the State Prison Director, Mr. Frank Boswell, admitted to an official investigating committee here. Mr. Boswell insisted that the convicts, a group of Negroes held m Kilby Prison, had volunteered
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    NEWFRENCH CABINET MAY FALL
    403 8 NEWFRENCH CABINET MAY FALL PARIS. Sunday. AT the resumed debate today m the French National Assembly on the Cabinet's bid for sweeping financial powers, the Prime Minister M. Andre Marie, has so far successfully defeated a series of Communist attempts to kill the bill. After an appeal by M. Marie,
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    END OF THE TOW
    42 8 THE disabled Greek freighter 1 Pappchristidis wa* towed into Freman:> yesterday by the West Australian tug. 'Kybra The ship's rations had dwlnc dry peas and barley during the last few da- p 53. day voyage from Aden.- AF
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    ALPINE SEARCH
    34 8 PREPARATIONS art being ir.ade In Rome to reach the lonely Alpine ueak where Italian Police a-e reported to have :'ound a U.S. Army plane, missing for elkrh* months, with 22 aboard.- AP
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    CONGRESS MAKING FEAR': WALLACE
    206 8 NEW YORK, Sunday. THE U.S. inqu.ry into the alleged A activities m America oi Russian agents is part of v"au "a pattern of terror and fear.making," the Progressive Party candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Henry Wallace, declared m New York today. lit* denounced the Washing' v.
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    PAGEANTRY AT THE ABBEY
    113 8 LONDON Sunday. ECCLESIASTICAL pageantry Li .arked tn* concluding service today inste: Abbey of the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops. Fanfares on si'ver trumpets, played by the trumpeters and band of the Royal Horse 3uards, heraluti the emerald, Sold, scarlet and black-garb-ed Drocessku. From the Pa: I
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    8 8 Arab plan for own State 1 AP Reuter
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      117 8 BIRTHS FREEMAN— At Singapore, on August T'Ji. 1948. to Jo*n, mife of Major D. H Prwman. R A a BAINBRIDGE —To Margare: A. dfg on August \t Singapore, a son. M \RRIAGE REEVES-W. ELTI. On B*tUTdav In Suva port Mr. i C R«eve« to Mla« Eli* 9ct 18ct GOLD SILVER
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