The Singapore Free Press, 30 August 1948

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I- SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948. PRICE 10 CLMS
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    Agreement near at the Kremlin
    74 1 Final talks likely today MOSCOW, Sunday. ire good for an agreement on proj week «fl the four, -power talks on \remlin, A.P. reports "on exceline technical points are holding up such an agreement, od to he overcome within n envoys negotiating with the U.S. Emb;
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    THREE DETAINED
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    STOP PRESS
    69 1 An airliner, with 33 pa>.sengers and seven crew aboard, has crashed near Winona. Minnesota, says A.P. The plane was bound from Chicago to Minneapolis. All except four of the crew wer c killed. Chinese Nationalists have re-captured both airfields on the outskirts of Changchun and the Chinese Air
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    66 1 uiV^Shnr echU oad dv n O Soccer" m southanv mILK**?/*""' T he S P«/* r stood by to attack 227™/ P 2f r 5/' < y w 0/ iwaents which the ground P ar\?n S n ?l ght {AAc)b c) two medical orderlies have ?n2X LA m J^am Choh during
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    CHINESE ECONOMIC CHIEF TO DIE
    199 1 SHANGHAI, Monday. /GENERAL Chang Yah-min, former Chief of the Economic Affairs Department of the Shanghai 1 Woosung Garrison, was sentenced to death today for violation of the economic control regulations. Shanghai's top-level economic authorities have decided to tighten the control over materials to prevent them
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    'I NEVER SAID THAT'-EINSTEIN
    62 1 'I NEVER SAID THAT '-EINSTEIN ALBERT EINSTEIN yester- day denied the authenticity of a message, reported m press despatches from Warsaw, as having been sent by him to tha World Congress of Intellectuals. The message consisted largely of generalities on the theme that "boundless national egotism must be overcome, and
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    RED FINNS MARCH
    26 1 More than 10,000 marched yesterday through the streets of Helsinki with red flags as the Finnish Communist Party celebrated its 30th anniversary. U.P.
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    STOCKPILE BEHIND SCHEDULE
    130 1 STOCKPILE BEHIND SCHEDULE WASHINGTON. Mon THE U.S. stockpile of war 1 materials, Including tin and rubber, Is Tar behind schedule, the U.S. Munitions Board disclosed yesterday. The total stockpile of war materiaJs -s still only 15 per cent, of the target of $3,400 million. But partly this is due to
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    Rocke flight to the moon
    117 1 TORONTO. Sunday. THE Canadian Rocket Society yesterday exhibited plan* for a 200- foot, $1,500,000 atom-powers rocket ship it hopes to send to the moon and back some time before 1960. The rocket, which would be launched from a half-a-mil-lion dollar site, would be capable of
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    49 1 Mr. K. K. O' ney-General of the Federation of Malaya, who is a present on leave in England. It is reported that he will not be returning to Malaya but will exchange posts with the Attorney -G 'en er -a I oj Kenya, Mr. S. W. P Foster Sutton,
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    'OVERSEAS CHINESE BEHIND TERROR'
    293 1 'OVERSEAS CHINESE BEHIND TERROR LONDON, Sunday. BLAMING the growth ol Communism on Chinaborn immigrants to Malaya. 8 t Shcnton Thomas, In an article m the News of the World said that m the thirties, when it was developing, "the Indian and Malay communities were little affected by and on the
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    Fire engines out 7 times
    64 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Fire Brigade answered seven fire calls within nine hours yesterday. Five were lallang fires reported from Queen Astrld Park, Tyersall, Sime Road, British Military Hospital (Alexandra) and 8y 2 mile, Tempenis Road. At 10.30 p.m. the S.F.B. sent an
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    GRAZIANI FOR TRIAL
    24 1 Marshal Rodolfo Grazianl, will be tried on charges of Fascist activity m the Palace of Justice at Rome on October 11.
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    NEW FIGHTERS FOR R.A.A.F.
    53 1 AUSTRALIA'S air force, at 1 v present a "skeleton force" is forming, said Mr. A. S. Drakeford, Minister for Air, m Melbourne yesterday. New Fighter squadrons will begin operating m October. Australia's defence allocation of £250,000,000 for five years was very large for a small population,
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    PLEDGE TO STALIN
    37 1 It was Miners' Day m Russia, yesterday, said Moscow Radio. In a letter to Stalin the miners promised to raise Russian coal production to 500,000.000 tons a year m the course three five-year plans
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    Burma expects worse to come
    212 1 Burma expects worse to come RANGOON, Sunday. AS Burma prepared for an intensification of "Red Flag:" Communist activity, the Government today claimed successes m heavy fighting m many parts of the country. In Rangoon, leading citizens have set up "peace preservation" committees to safeguard lire and property, anticipating renewed violence
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    'NO WEAKENING' ADMIRAL BOYD
    142 1 HONG KONG, Sunday. RETURNING ten days earlier than schedule after manoeuvres m Japanese waters with the American fleet, Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, was today preparing to leave for Singapore aboard "i.M.S. London. Admiral Boyd said he hoped 1 the near
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    P.I.'S CHINESE TIFF
    31 1 The Philippines Goverirment has i asked Chinese to suspend all alr- line flights to Manila, until the Chiirese Government granted 're- ciprocal rights' to the Philippines I Airlines.
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    KNOCKED OFF HIS BICYCLE
    41 1 AN Indian milkman was knocked off his bicycle m a collision with a motor car m Paya Lebar Road early yesterday morning. He was admitted to hospital with many injuries but is not m a serious condition.
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    VAN MOOK 'SACKED'?
    96 1 BATAVIA, Bu:iday. A DUTCH communique today said that the acting Governor-General, Mr. Hubertus Van Mook, will leave on Sept. 8 for Holland for "general discussions on the situation" In the East Indies. Well-informed sources con- nect Dr. Van Mook's departure with bad relations between the Dutch and
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    C.C. Tan flays S.M.C. chief
    278 1 C.C. Tan flays S.M.C. chief Free PICM Mail Reporter FRESH from celebrating its first anniversary yesterday, the Progressive Party replied this morning to the fear expressed by the Deputy Municipal President, Mr. W. L. Blythe, of one political party dominating future Municipal affairs. "Wp intend to regard the Deputy President's
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  • FEATURES...
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      EAST & WEST MEET
      470 2 EAST WEST MEET In China's Oldest Dockyard By RO\ ESSOYAN A.P. Correspondent EAST meets W. m the Kiangnan s dockyards m Shanghai, "the biggest and oldest dockyards m na. The Chinese n operates this blend between the old and the But neither the nor the Chinese v rnment pays any
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      47 2 chip la* i at bow of a vessel m for repairs at tlte Chinese nary s Kianunan dork-yards, i tt West. Thp dockyards ore a blend of modern and ancient methods ch^ap Chinese labour working with hand tools while modern machines ft »i abroad are being installed.
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      They are well cared for
      337 2  -  Hall Ramney LONDON LETTER j By DAK E N T S and friends of Malayan students m Britain who may be concerned for their welfare would, I think, be reassured by a peniSft] of the annual report of the British Council. Many of these students
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      Bridge Problem
      297 2 TOl Mdd :.-d and ptive b d i four s;;r parr nor. opens th. I I plftj the deuce and West i u win this tr.ck with tl.< k South following with t! MT«0 of ciubs. >\ I There is only t-nc from those jrou Ln your hand
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      Catholics meet
      86 2  -  JOHN TALBOT By Reuters' Correspondent VATICAN CITY. THE National c x vention of Catholic Action V due to take plar Rome from Septeml 10 to 12 in celebrat the 80th am. the foundation r! organisation will 1 1 of the greatest man tations of faith modern history. In
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      395 2 SINGAPORE N and In.m 12 N noon I 90 p.m HONDA 1 the medium *ave 1 p m. World News; 105 A .ami and fcl*i in I A Carte; 1 15 Yours f« the ;he 11 mftrc ,1 55 Program:. I n.m DO pm. to 1 i.*> pm „2 r
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      199 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR D<>n\ t«.d.i>. U .ii« MM v "i the happ> lock) s«'Ul> who st-nis to ii«.al through life with the gr-.ittvt (1 f m \<>u are a natural nu:ne> -maker and pi ti* ill\ everth>iug u tow. seems to turn g«»M. lhi> does not me a n. howe\er,
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      Tyrone Power's Mexican bride to-be
      14 3 Tyrone Power's Mexican bride to-be -ed-haired Mexican marry in Rome. Malaya when y i
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      'Reformed' Chinese Reds plea to Mao
      157 3 NANKING. r Chinese Communists told a news i their representative, Chan Communist education m China was a |::tted because M can- tding of I arr IComdf cd the volu•a: n ia calcuI retail pato send their children to Communist schools and those who enrol
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      NEW QUEEN OF HOLLAND NEXT MONTH
      675 3 NEW QUEEN OF HOLLAND NEXT MONTH Juliana's investiture ceremony AMSTERDAM. •yHE accession of Queen Juliana to the throne of L the Netherlands will be proclaimed by the royal heralds immediately Queen Wilhelmina officially abdicates on September 4. The new Queen will make her first official tour of the Dutch capital,
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      Hiking from U.K. to Aust.
      89 3 MR. Arthur Geldard, 30- year-old contractor snd ex -Serviceman has left his home m Jheshire (England) on a 12,)00-m:ie orerland hitch-hike to Australia. Fifteen others were to have travelled with him but cancelled their plans at last minute. Mr. Geldard said "au revoir" to his
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      Bigger bounties for Volunteers
      131 3 Bigger bounties for Volunteers TERRITORIALS and similar 1 volunteers in other armed services are to get bigger bounties, it has been announced In London. The maximum will be £12 a vear instead of £8. There will be proportionate increases for the women's Auxiliary Forces. Volunteers affected are those in the
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      Model jet flew at 152 m.p.h.
      142 3 rEN 36-year-old Edward Jaggers, then R.A.F. Spitfire pilot, first chased a "doodle bug" over the English Channel m 1944 he had the idea of producing a model jet plane on the principle of the German V.I. At a model aircraft rally at Radlett aerodrome,
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      MAKING WAR A LITTLE NICER
      82 3 MAKING WAR A LITTLE NICER ANEW convention to protect civilians from aerial bombing and other types of modern warfare is one of the objectives of the Brazilian delegation to the International Red Cross conference m Stockholm, the president of the Brazilian Red Cross. Dr. V. Lima, announced. Dr. Lima, who
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      1,000-a-day rush for 'specs'
      126 3 T)EOPLE applying for 1 spectacles under the National Health Service indicate that the £2.000.000 which the Health Minister. Mr. Bevan, estimated as the cost for first nine months, will probably be spent much sooner. In London alone applications for glasses are pouring m at rate of
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      Duke's next assignment
      93 3 MAVAL colleagues of the 11 Duke of Edinbu. are now receiving postings alter greenwich course are conjecturing as to the Duke's next assignment. General feeling is that the Duke will be joining a Joint service course at Chesham Bucks la next few weeks. The Joint staff college
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      Wife had secret lover for 7 years
      205 3 rkAMAGES of £2,000, a divorce and the custody of his son have been awarded by a Swansea judtje to a man whose wife had carried on a secret i affair for seven years. "It is shocking case c«l treachery." .<aid the judse. Commissioner
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      REVOLT AGAINST 'JIM CROW' LAW
      76 3 ORGANISED attempts by non-Europeans to violate South Africa's railway segregation laws now threatened by a "train apartheid (separation» resistance committee" will be dealt with drastically, the Transport Minister, Mr. P. O. Bauer, said last night. As part of their campaign. non-Europeans are to pack the
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      ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
      45 3 SanamkhJ Hirasawa suspected of being the man who murdered twelve Tokio Bank employees by OJl&s February, tried to commit suicide m the Tokio Jail by slashing his wrist with a piece of glass. Tokio prison guard? saved H'rasawa before he lost much blcod.
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      'Toothache town' asks for Army dentists
      129 3 'Toothache town' asks for Army dentists A CITY of more than 53,000 people, whose 50 dentists have refused to join the Health Service Scheme, has appealed to the British Health Minister, Mr. Bevan, to send Army mobile dental surgeries to them at once. The plea comes from Worcester Trades Council
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      U.K. airport wheat crop experiment
      78 3 THI: first experiment m it and b h.i.s Droved On Barnet Bypass 13 lrj;n L'indu jutho; wa'ctiino an may put I .< oi cultivatKXj my at London airoori oftec surprised to s A harvesting op« rations m p. i they tax^ trick.-. daylight I Gtfinnell
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      Ceylon-U.K. copra pact
      112 3 THE Ceylon Minister o? ■1 Trade and Commerce announcing details of the revised copra agreement the United Kingdom, that the. United Kmgdom wouK: more copra or coconut other than that which has already left Ceylon ports. The Pakistan Government will get 8.000 tons of copra or coconut
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      114 3 SPECIAL BARGAINS KINGSIL BATON i f| $1.50 I ill ITALIAN PURE SILK VM $4.50 $3.90 PLAZA SILK $4.50 <-<^fc? IN SIZES 8J TO 10 S AND rs\ A VARIETY OF SHOES .011■ S BW 111 I I J g «V I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANC FOR YOUR RELAXATION, COME TO:THE
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  • LEADER...
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      The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 30, 1948. Getting at the Roots
      228 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 30, 1948. Getting at the Roots OU .ire •jle >.C. Pr -.ill aid ble his d- my's be I :n--■.nd I is o. b»- n rt -ire are und- t orders to aed troops, but even so it is necessary to be and to
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      The Church reports on the State of Christendom
      778 4  -  GUY RAMSEY by The 326 Archbishops and Bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion who formed the Lambeth Conference of 1948 have issue a 120--page Report of their activities and recommendations. They range from theological technicalities to the atom bomb, from details of
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      America mourns the Babe's death
      543 4  -  AILISTAIR COOKE By NEW YORK. LIVERY kind of American newspaper, from the Wall Street blue to the yellow loids, threw Berlin, Mrs. Kosenkina, the Presidential campaign, the Communist spy in-- tion or! the front pa<*es to spread dark idlines to irn the Incomparable MBabe Herman
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      87 4 Baby Linda, three months old. is fed by BOAC receptionist, Joy Reed, before leaving London by air for a new life m a new worldand with a new name Mrs Passmore, of Kismu, Kenya, wrote to her sister at Kendal, Westmoreland: "Please find me a baby girl. 1 won't mind
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      46 4 Alth( Vatson is (nly ten, he is a born naturalist, end spends ai; his hich his par* have turned over to t as a miniature zoo and aquarium "The b>y has been he h i '>egan when I a spider c c feed■.t room TOT PhotO.
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      The reunion jig in Ireland
      527 4  - The reunion jig in Ireland RICHARD TOMPKINS liy A. P. Correspondent Til itical fiddlers all tuned up for a reui dan the northern branch of Irish family. dyed-in-tl er officials are dainful of their i them cousins. Tin a united md is perennial, but the prospects of antireach ing <nd
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      FAITH
      22 4 An man ll abomination It the ju^t and he that is upright m the way is abomination U the «irked. I
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      SIAM To COPY U.K.
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      NEW RECORD CLAIMED
      48 5 „m record for -ations icns c -iday, ivhen x Co., Ltd., 13-inch diaone :om■i at the site .avore Imits off Road. as more than tgth and the en on that believed be a 'i from is m the Mr iger of ussing al- J. Bell,
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      $1 million for trolley buses
      277 5 c Pre>> Stall" Keporter thousand people use the trolley and this number is ma se when more new vehicles are ice towards the end of the year. Ewiog, General Manager of the Company, m an interview with yesterday, said that the present basing programme will
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      14 5 itfa the high. uth Life -Bra Bra's quilted Correct Hold kftd Life -Bra is
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      CALL FOR YOURS
      41 5 CA LL FOR YOURS Certificates for candidates wfcc took December 1947 Senior examinations have now arrived from Cambridge. Successful school candidate > should call at their resn-ctivr schools and private candidates at the Education Office, fifth flocr. ton Building, for their certificates.
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      GOVT CLERKS ASK FOR SALARY REVISION
      530 5 Represen ta tions to Commissioner I Free Press Staff Reporter j THE Government Clerical Services Union m Singapore has submitted for Government consideration proposals for a revision of salary M'heme. The Union has sent a four-page memorandum to the Joint Salaries Commission Officer, Mr.
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      UK PROBATION OFFICER TO HELP COLONY
      118 5 UK PROBATION OFFICER TO HELP COLONY MafT Reporter WORKING In co-operation With the Social Welfare Department on probation M: F J. M. Briggs, probation officer from the Colonial Office, who will be m Singapore for one year. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Briggs was eimaged m various aspects social welfare
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      Shell Company men jailed
      61 5 .Free Pr*v» «>rr« >pondent JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. TWO employees of the Shell :npany. Singapore, were convicted on a charge of criminal breach of trust m respect of 800 gal: of Diesel oil. and sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine o! $200. wore Kassim
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      54 5 picture. The Director of Information Services in the Colonial Office, Mr. K. W. Blackburne is seen replying to a speech at the dinner given to hiin by Singapore newspapermen at the Wing Choon Yuen restaurant in the Great World on Friday. The dinner was organised bv the Chinese Journalists' Union.—
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      Australia ready to overhaul Daks
      164 5 KRANGEMENTS have been v completed with the Royal Air Force for the major repair and overhaul of Dakota transport aircraft from the R.A.F. Far East Command, Singapore, to be undertaken at the workshops conducted at Parafield, South Australia, by the Division of Aircraft Production, Department
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      MERCHANTS WARNED OF FIRES
      224 5 MERCHANTS WARNED OF FIRES Free Press Chinese Correspondent SINGAPORE Chinese merchants have been asked by the Government i to take fire precautions in godowns, factories and j business premises during the present emergency. In a letter to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the acting Secretary for Economic Affairs, Mr. Van
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      $600,000 FOR NEW BUILDINGS
      202 5 $600,000 FOR NEW BUILDINGS Free Press Staff Reporter FORMAL approval has been given for a Municipal j building programme involving a total of over $600,000. A major part of this is the construction of 12 blocks of labourers' lines and six blocks of outbuildings at Alexandra j Road at a
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      New gas mains
      141 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Gas Works has been authorised to carry out A the laying of new gas mains m certain parts of the town. New mains will go from Farrer Road to Cornwall Gardens on the north side of Holland Road; from Cornwall Gardens to
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      53 5 A I fina ky Dip' Day (also Teachert' Day* celebration, organised by the May fair xal and Dramatic Association, at the Capitol Theatre m Sin* gapore on Friday. The little girl had picked the winning ticket from a box hi the background is a drawing of the Chinese sage, —P
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      GROCERS MUST QUIT MARKETS
      98 5 THE Singapore Municipal Commissioners have refused to postpone their decision which will clear the markets from next year of stallholders who do not sell "articles of food for human consumption which are subject to speedy decay." Representations were made by •he stallholders who Vifl b" affected
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      ART DISPLAY
      19 5 PTS from the Imperial P I were u&vd t well-known ling for he v. V MCA t:
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      ARAB SHEIK FIGHTS FOR THE JEWS
      6 6 ARAB SHEIK FIGHTS FOR THE JEWS
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      BURMA RICE EXPORTS IN DANGER
      186 6 BURMA RICE EXPORT S IN DANGER Revolt may cost P.I. 20,000 tons WASHINGTON, Saturday. RICE eating nations are watching the political disturbances in Burma with sharp concern. They are looking to Burma for approximately 1,500,000 tons this year. But if the disorders continue, it is feared they will interfere with
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      Her rescuer
      138 6 AN Arab and a Jewess who are not enemies they are on the same side. The Arab. Sheik Abu Gosh, who leads 70 Arabs from the village of Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, is a member of the Jewish Stern Gang, the terrorists most hunted by the British troops
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      P.I. MAY START BARTER 'WAVE'
      233 6 P.VKTEK. the oldest form of trade, may be resorted to heavily, not only by the Philippines, but by most nations, if the "dollar problem Is not solved. Mr. (ornelio Balmaceda, Under Secretary of Commerce, who has recently returned from a world _{tour of trade study.
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      U.K. EXPERTS TO WORK IN AUSTRALIA
      153 6 U.K. EXPERTS TO WORK IN AUSTRALIA OVER 100 highly qualified Brill to la lp build Australia's fectet rocket ran^ Mr. \V. T. Haslam, Director of Works m South Australia, who has recruited the meo m Britain, told Renter: "They are extraordinarily good men. They are all well traim-d and should
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      German trade plan approval
      71 6 Of a United States propothat tht main trading nation* of the world, grou; m the Geneva tariffs and trade agreement, should extend m« .red-nation treatment to Western Germany. Britain does not think i favoured-nation treatment should be extended to Japan Slrong opposition to th United States
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      39 6 Mrs De Wharton Burr, who broke seven world archery records to regain the world title, signs a target lor a young admirer. Mrs Burr's score m the International Tournament at Dulwich was 2506 185 more than the previous record.
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      DIPLOMAT RESIGNS
      32 6 I vac G Nagy. "rat aecretan at the Hungarian Legation In Washington, haa resigned and li expectrd to apply for permis*. remain In tha United States es political rtfugee,*ay» A.P.
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      Witchcraft priest 'talked to dogs'
      185 6 \fOXTAGUE SUMMERS, retired Roman Catholic priest and one of the world's experts on black magic and witchcraft, died m his study at Rich- mond, Surrey, aged 68. He collapsed at his d* whiJe revisini the Us: ciiapter of his 130,000-word life gtarj. He was eight
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      Plotted to kill mother-charge
      80 6 A SOS who is accused of plotting to kill his mother for her insurance was bailed out for £500— by his mother. "1 just couldn't sleep for thinking of my boy m prison," widowed Mrs. Mary Young. 63 told the sheriff at Still water, Pennsylvania (U.SA
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      55 6 -Mr Universe. 1948." Mr. John Carl Grimock of ISA., shows the biceps of a icorld champion to Mrs. Harold Lausanne, wife of the British middleweight lifter Olympic champion. Ruben Martin, a compt tor. looks on. Points were allotted for muscular developments, posture, physical efficiency, vitality (personality, etc.) and organic condition
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      END OF U.S. SERVICES 'WAR'
      80 6 END OF U.S. SERVICES 'W AR' JHE hmiust United States defence ofllcen recently announced agreement In peneral terms on the respective duties of the three Services, ending difference between the Navy and Air Force existing since the air arm was made a separate Department. The office of the Secretary of
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      Warning to pearl poachers
      42 6 THE Australian Govern ment planning tighter control in it* northern wate-s to keep out Japanese and other f reign pearlers Federal officials U had beard nothing of a ported Japanese proposal for a Joint Australian Japa- £?21 U.P.
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      51 6 JANC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press* m Malaya [This is where ]E?£>sP 'and now let's \j omw s^lV'n II il N /goodness-'-Ysome of theaT^ YOU'LL EXHIBIT M^KfeS HAVE A SQUINT H &JI 11/ THEY'RE ARE I^ELL KNOWH Lthe hewest^^|^j our prospective jg&^k fl fll WtrU ftS CERTAINLY A cdolL»riers
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      Spencer just fails to equal record
      602 7 Spencer just fails to equal record niDIN-r Jfl n s t Racing Correspondent R joeke> ?.hiit S d VigOur and dash vt>t a winners for h/l SP^er, piloted home four eouallPri <? a lahad won Spacer would have Snnir? Malayan turf record of riding five Zm e P l n
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      Citation wins U.S. Derby
      51 7 v S champion old Citation i lt-ngth victory i in Derby at Park on Saturworth 12), bringing trnings to a IS months of i rl third greatest .on by a horse. Bull Lea out irted at I and won \merica. He JJJied the one-and-a-cs in min.
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      INDIANS WIN GANDHI CUP CRICKET
      62 7 INDIANS WIN GANDHI CUP CRICKET ?ave splay to beat Cricket Club first .<- match Memorial :he padang the g~ the d their C C. disced by Rev :tled B *haram the nt n get i I hours r the loss i by R 1. I.H J M shah sithanuai 4
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      Perak AAA meet results
      104 7 torrcNpiindt-nt ":iv K:r.ta Indian 3 riool Sang. g Wan •l> Tan Foo CI.. M. Gantsan; 3. F. 23 2 5 Ja\rlin throw: 1 Kwai 2. Sangat 121 On. mile: 1. K K. I 2 G :ie: 5 .t. 5 s*C3. i jump: 1. V. Kandtah; 2.
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      SOCCER RESULTS
      40 7 ■yilE following are delayed results of s md i: soccer gan.- d on lay: Scott.&li Id »C M, D Hamilton Academicals 1. Raith Ro\ers 4. Irish League City Cup: BaUy- mena Utd. 0. L nil Id I— Reuter
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      S.C.C. HOCKEY MEETING
      31 7 fHE Singap C. I Club hockey will be at the c'.\ib next Monday. SThe Korand football teams are sch ••e m Shanghai by ship on S*pt. 4. U.P.
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      Mrs. Ong, Mary Voon to contest final
      447 7 By C'OrRTC'RAFT 4 BKAIXY player, whose deceptive cuts won her rounds of applause and many aces, Mrs. Ong Heng Kwee, this year's favourite for the women's junior singles title, easily entered the final with a two-set victory over Miss Rose Soong (Useful) in
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      YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
      171 7 Men's open sinfl«s: Lim YewHock (Endeavour) beat Lee Kirn Seng (Mayfair) 15—5; 15 10. Loong Pan Yap (AAU) beat Ahmad Mattar (Eclip e> 13—13; s—l: 2—15: 15—7. Men's open double Michael T. a and Quek Keng Chutn (Diehard) beat Robert Lee and Low Scan Chuan (Plavfair) 15—5; 13—13
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      INDIAN BATSMEN
      38 7 Kuldip Singh (left), who scored 50 not out for the Com' bined Indians against the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday, and Dr. Abraham go out to resume batting after lunch. The Indians icon by five wickets.
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      Grand Arsenal rally fails
      465 7 From JAMES K. CHAMBERS A.P. Sportswriter lyARM sunny weather lured the fans to football grounds on Saturday, aggregate attendances at the 44 English League games being around 1,160,000, believed to be a record for a single day. Top attendances were those at the ArsenalManchester United and
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      28 7 John Prtchett of Sutton. Coldfield, btat David R<-id. a Glasgow schoolboy, at the 37th hole m the final of the Boys amateur golf championship at Kilmarnock on Saturday.
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      SAFA MUST REVIEW NEW POLICY
      1167 7 SAFA MUST REVIEW NEW POLICY 'Open-door 9 has hit standards By CRUSADER IIfITHIN the next four weeks or so Singapore's league soccer season will come to an end, and already soccer players and fans are beginning to ask whether the "open door" policy, adopted this season for the first time,
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      142 7 F.r Crossword No. 475 p I I M i 5 V:t 1 i ZFmZCE.! l i i rf~ riii i nn~^i~rTT" »6 i 7'" n3| r^~^- ~T7TWi "~~~p T^ T2T 2T 2^~ ,J_ p| I I [s% ii > id •.i 4 8. A resh (4». 10, Perch «a>. 13,
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      BIRTHS
      70 8 To Mr. and Mrs. C. M Menon a daughter, *t K.K. Hospital, on 21.8.48. MASTERS .—At Kandang Kcrbau. on the 27th August to Madeleine (Mandy). wife of S. J. Masters, a daughter To Shirley, wife of Tibor Kunstler. at K.K. Hospital. 28 8.1948. a son. Paul Tibor. ORINBERO.— To
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      DEATH
      57 8 \N— Mr. Tan Seng Bee of i l strs. Brmkmanas Ltd., S.ngapassed away peacefully at I of 67 years on 28-8-46 at residence No. 13. Duxton Hill leaving behind his beloved wi/e, 3 5 daughters. 1 son-in-law and 2 grandsons to mourn Ms loas Oartege w.ll leave for interment
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      69 8 Madam Seah Soon Keow and wish to thank all friends, business associates, members of clubs and associations and relatives who sent wreaths, messages of condolence, scrolls. Joss sticks and papers, etc. and those who paid ni*ht visits, rendered a&sistanee and attended the funeral of the late Mr. Tan Chin
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      W. GERMANY TO HAVE OWN GOVT
      241 8 New Republic on Wednesday FRANKFURT, Sunday. THE second German Republic will be born on Wednesday, nine years from the day when Adolf Hitler started the war that destroyed his Third Reich. On that day the assembly which will lay the constitutional foundation will meet
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      100 villages wiped out
      53 8 CAWNPORE, Bund FLOOD of the river übmerged about 1< i 1 strtcta the f > crops and property, have t cuab .md so Tonight th< i only two feet below the 1924 r bcre, and the heav. which started this evening was considered alm< 11 the
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      CHANNEL SWIM BY EGYPTIAN
      63 8 CHANNEL SWIM BY EGYPTIAN II ASS AN ABD EL REHIM one of four Egypt who left Cap Orls I France, yesterday to W9 the Channel, landed near St. Margaret's Bay just north of Dover last night. He made the crossing In 17 hours 38 minutes. One swimmer gave up after
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      CHIANG'S BID TO FOIL REDS
      178 8 SHANGHAI, Sunday. NATIONALIST attacks have been launched m Manchuria and m important centres m Anhwei, Honan and Shansi provinces m an effort to disrupt Communist preparations for their impending allout autumn offensive which is expected to start m >• ptember. In a surprise counterattack. Government
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      Schuman to form Cabinet
      180 8 Crisis m France PARIS, Sunday. 'PHE Popular Republican, M. Robert Schuman, has accepted President Vincent Auriol's invitation to form a Government to succeed M. Andre Marie's 32-day-old cabinet, after the former Prime .Minister of France, M. Paul Ramadier, had refused, says the French news agency. The
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      GREEK DRIVE TO SEAL OFF FRONTIERS
      160 8 GREEK DRIVE TO SEAL OFF FRONTIERS ATHENS, Sunday. OPERATIONS tgllnst 2.500 is m i the Grammos yard the Junction of the Albanian, V :md Grt iers. were under it and expected to be i: wing by morning, a mil.' m disclo There is a security blackout on the exact I
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      19 8 Australian wheat exnorw this year, totallin* 105.0C0.000 bushels up to Aug. 21. are the biggest ever by 36.000.000 bushels
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      Rubber prices
      61 8 SPECIAL Market corres-iond* n «lye* the price* of rubbei «l 11 am today as followi: per Ib oet ib Buyer* SNIeT" No 1 B S S Sdoi No I X h for In bales Sept. it I No. Z It S S fob m bales Sept. li t:i',
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      'CRISIS' IN 'ISLE OF 7 SLUMBERS'
      214 8 PARIS, Sunday. T*AX collectors on the mainland of Britanny here turned the spotlight on the customs of the He de Seine, a desolate island off the Brej ton coast known m Celtic times as "the Isle of Seven Slumbers." From time immemorial, the 1,500
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      OWNERSHIP OF SEA BED
      72 8 BRUSSELS, Sunday. A MONG the subjects to be discussed by 400 delegates from 19 countries at the 75th anniversary conference of the International Law Association here this week will be the ownership of the sea bed. This problem has become important m view of the likelihood
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      BULGARS PROTEST
      34 8 Bulgaria has filed a strong protest against Turkey's refusal to hand over for trial seven Bulgarians charged with seizing a Bulgarian plane and landing it m TurI key after killing the pilot.
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      QUEEN AGAIN FOR SIX DAYS
      225 8 THE HAGUE, Sunday QUEEN WILHELMINA, who has been m retirement since May 13 owing to ill-health, will tomorrow again become constitutional head of the Netherlands for six days to celebrate her 68th birthday and golden jubilee on Tuesday. Queen Wilheimlna will officially abdicate on the
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      Italy's Reds challenge Government
      166 8 Italy's Reds challenge Government ROME. Sunday. THE Communists threatened today to set off a showdown nght with the Government m September by demanding a parliamentary vote of no confidence m the Premier. Signor Alcide de Gasperi, on charges that his Government Is anti-labour. The Italian Parliament is scheduled to meet
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      US HEAT-WAVE DEATH TOLL RISES TO 147
      82 8 NEW YORK, Sunday. I^HE heat-wave that ha* been scorching the I: Liij>ed 147 d In 16 States during the last four days. dead were victims of i eat prostration >me were drown' d as the heat-wav ai.ds to tj ie a:d other :mg
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      NEW WARNING BY CHURCHES
      67 8 DR. J Hutchinson Ct)ckburn. director of the reconstruction department of World Council of Churches, last night appealed to the Council to start planning to meet the Inroads of the state upon human riehts "If It is anti-Christian, this most dangerous colossus of the day will reduce
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      Czech bishops accuse Govt.
      130 8 Czech bishops accuse Govt. PRAGUE, Sunday. A MEMORANDUM from Catholic bishops to the Czechoslovak Government, read m churches throughout the country today, charges that a secret anti-church fight has been started. It calls on the Government to end the 'systematic battle" against the Church. The letter ma read amidst the
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      'U.S. dose to war'
      84 8 NORFOLK, (Virginia) Stn. THE U.S. Progressive Party presidential candidate, Mr. Henry Wallace, charged the policy-makers of the Democratic and Republican parties today with using "a language of peace and a language of brotherhood" while their purposes are the "purposes of a deceiver." Mr. Wallace, opening a
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      Fresh border fighting
      238 8 HYDERABAD TENSION i BOMK.W Sunda T^HE India-Hyderabad tension rose dangerously today following: an armed clash Ilvdcrahad Kazakars (.Muslim militia opposed to Hyderabad accession to the Indian I nion) and i Madras i>olice at Polampalli village, m Madras Province. Madras police are being rushed to the scene of
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      Unrehearsed, but televised
      85 8 LONDON, Monday. r II7HEN Wynford Vaughan Thomas, television broadcame homo with a bandaged finger on Saturday fht, Mrs. Thomas knew y. She saw it happen on r television screen m her Kensington home. Her husband was broadcasting impressions from the London zoo. An attendant showed him a
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      'JERUSALEM BATTLE SOON OVER'
      55 8 'JERUSALEM BATTLE SOON OVER' I Arabs, Jews oar*. A Qt'ICK end to the "ruU, m Jerusalem was for« rab battle Lundstrom, chief of staff t« th. r *b. 4. Palestine mediator, Count Bernadott* Gen. Lundstrom disci and Arabs have agreed Je«| the pacification of Jerusalem of a neutral zone m
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      REDS SPONSOR LEIPZIG FAIR
      24 8 THE Commune Autumn Fair open* ay at Leip. si an zone of Q Its exhibits redm efff et block m.
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      'Tito's life menaced'
      24 8 LONDON Sun TEW people m I pear to clout be a series o; of the O nueani ri ort rwu U.P.
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