The Singapore Free Press, 5 October 1948

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1948. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Federation to keep the Reds out
    213 1 Man applies mlso to MPs. K rtl >taff Reporter Li MPIR, Tuesday, ft urnment is to take B to prevent all known L including British Members X nterinjET Malaya, the H; ounrii was told at its The Government f deportation, and the teirorists, m
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    37 1 A. ?Si r<?am Guards bugler sounds "Lights Out" after the l.*QO men of the 2nd Ou ards Brigade who arrived m Singapore yesterday had "be dded m" at Nee Soon camp. The Guards are living m tents.
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    NEW MCS POST CREATED-FOR THREE MONTHS
    6 1 NEW MCS POST CREATED-FOR THREE MONTHS
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    NAAFI BEER
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    PRIDI, IN SHANGHAI PLOTS A NEW COUP
    188 1 m SHANGHAI, Tuesday. I»HE former Siamese Pre- mier. Pridi Panomyong, is hiding m Shanghai, thr» ■tnglish-language newspaper China Press said this morning. It quoted the "most reliable sources" as saying that Pridi. who was ousted m a coup by Marshal Phibun last November,
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    More Reds held in P.I. roundup
    72 1 MANILA, Monday. FVE more Chinese Commur. ispecta have been nunded up In Manila bringing the total detained to 28. They will be turned over to immigration authorities. The police said that suspects would be subject to deportation proceedings- and that evidence had been found
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    TUGS 'RESCUE' S'PORE TROOPER
    42 1 TUGS 'RESCUE' S'PORE TROOPER rfO SMB. tugs had to tow the trooper Dllwara alongside the wharf this morning owing to a heavy east wind and a strong current The Dilwara has arrived from Hong Kong with troops for Singapore and United Kingdom.
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    TERRORIST KILLED
    36 1 T ERRORIST KILLED A MILITARY patrol last evening shot dead a i terrorist north of Niyor. m the Kluang area of Johore. He threw a hand grenade as he was being pursued but no-one was hurt.
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    5 nations want military M-plan
    241 1 t_, LONDON, Monday. THE chiefs of sUft of the five Western Union nations— Britain, France, Belfium, Holland and Luxemburg will meet here tomorrow under the chairmanship of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder. According to the Belgian Defence Minister, M. Raoul de Fraiteur,
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    British fleet alerted, says Lloyds
    124 1 British fleet alerted, says Lloyds LONDON, Monday. I^HE Admiralty was reportlay by an authoritative Lloyds List and Shipping Register correspondent to have sent out a "general alert" regarding readiness of the British fleet for any emergency. An Admiralty spokesman said the article only reflected recently announced orders to speed up
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    More US airmen for Europe
    60 1 AUSTIN i Texas Monday. •THE UJS. 331 st Air Fort Troop Carrier Wing was preparing today to move to Europe on a permanent basis. The Commanding Officer announced that orders had been received and the move would lake place within 30 days. The Wing will
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    DR. OETOYO
    47 1 Free Prto< Staff Reporter THE Indonesian Republic representative m Singa- pore, Dr. R. Oetoyo. who has been ov a visit to Jogjakarta returned to Singapore yesterday via Bangkok and Penang. With him was Mr John Coast, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Republican Qov- j errment.
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    IRISH STRIKE IN WELSH PIT
    58 1 CRED Beiims. a Welsh mii.er. yesterday began a staydown strike m a Glenrhondde (Glamorgan) coal pit. Though old by the doctor he Is fit to work. Fred claims that the coal dust is killing him. Ninety fellow workers came up as Fred went down. They
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    Man and superman
    27 1 India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru has arranged to ni^et George Bernard Shaw while In London but the time and place are not yet fixed.
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    'Pay up' demand to the Japs
    145 1 Free Press Stajf Carrespondent. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A CLAIM of $50 million ha, been included m the reparations asked from Japan for the lew collected by the Japanese military administration m 1942 from the Chi- community tn Malaya. Government announced thU m a written
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    .....AND HERE IS THE NEWS
    178 1 .....AND HERE IS THE NEWS Free Pres* Staff Reporter '/CHARLIE. the Tanglln \j burglar, visited the Broad- j casting Mess at 2 Stevens Road at 2.45 this morning. This was four hours after the last night bulletin of the Radio Malaya had repeated i a police warning that "Char- lie',
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    ARMS CACHE IN S'PORE HOUSE
    39 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore C.IX>. last night found 9,170 rounua of 58 ammunition m a house m Urn Chu Kang Road Two Chin- ese have been arrested m i connection with -his seizure.
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    BURMA REBELS FACING 'SPLIT
    116 1 RANGOON, Monday. OFFICIAL Reports m Burma say that "very strong" negotiations are underway for a Reconciliation between Government "Yellow band" forces and dissident "White band" People's Volunteer troops, who went over to the Rebels m August. If these negotiations axe successful the rebels will find the
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    FOUND WOUNDED ON 5-FOOT-WAY
    51 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A SHANGHAI Chinese was found lying on the fivefoot way outside a shop m Selegie Road yesterday with a serious selX-lnflicted wound m his throat. A carpenter's chisel, believed to be the instrument which caused the injury, was was recovered by the
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    CYCLIST INJURED
    24 1 A Chinese cyclist, who collided with a station wagon m St. Andrew's Road yesterday morning, was unconscious when taken to the hospital.
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    $1,000,000 gift to H.K.
    28 1 Robert Ho-Tung, well known Hong Kong businessman, has promised a gift of $1,000,000 toward the erection of a woman's hosttl In Hong Kong University.
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    35 1 Men of the 2nd Guards Brigade, who arrived m Singapore yesterday on the Empire Trooper, have a meal at Nee Soon camp, where they are living m tentg before they start training m jungle warfare.
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    'We go ahead,' says the West
    366 1 PARIS. Monday. <TVE Foreign Ministers of the three Western x powers decided today to reject Russia s proposal for a new meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers on the Berlin crisis. Mr. Bevin, Mr. Marshall and M. Schuman. after a meeting at the
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    Taxi driver had pistol
    29 1 m PfeMa Slaff Reporter A.:. to town, wa[andai I up oy Indian who i a revolver. I $100. Yesterday Sikhs overpoMTc Sikh m :I him
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    HAD REVOLVER IN STREET
    55 1 Free Press St-ff Reporter A CHINESE who was f ft ed at 5.45 o "clack morning U Tras Street had a revoirer, and four r of ammunition. There were no arrests under the Emergency Reguatkms yesterday. but an Indian was arrested last night for being a
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    S'PORE LOVES ICE
    804 2  -  Roy Ferroa by A QUARTER mil- lion people m Singapore are ice addicts. They drink iced water at mealtimes and throughout the day, sip iced srengahs m the evening, dine off delicious yiands, the contents of which have afl been kent m the ice-box. Children, likt their
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    Bridge Problem
    375 2 YOU ca:aiut be a great bri \gi niayer or even a very good one— X you decide your bidding or your play purely by what you see m your own hand. Of course, you cannot legitimately lock Into the hands of your opponent*, but if you k<cp your
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    34 2 How to be doubly "m the swim astral td at Mayfair Hotel, London, where mannequins displayed the latest Jantzen swim suite. Notable features were models m Lastex and "dress-maker" swimsuitg m printed waterrepellent fabrics.
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    An Australian Revival
    349 2 THE Australian Encyclopaedia, flrst published m Sydney 23 years ago, is to be Issued again m a revised and enlarged edition. Its editor will be Alexander Chisholm, a prominent Australian journalist, who contributed to the first edition when it was published m 1925. Im believes that U
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    IT WAS GOOD TO GET TOUGH AGAIN
    171 2 IT WAS GOOD TO GET TOUGH AGAIN "I STOWED away on a snip 1 bound for Alexandria Dut was discovered and put ashore with the pilot at Dover. After a night on the cliff* I stowed away on a cross-channel steamer to Calais Hidden behind some barrels, lying on the
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    FILMS TO COME Impossible P
    105 2  - FILMS TO COME Impossible P FRED MAJDALANY By ALL fa the some extent impossible. The one ence Day wrote ab has become clascause he is ev< body's fat he enlarged. Bursting out of his Victorian-American frock-coat is a surf* the pomp, vanity ter, conceit, intolera stupidity, and tl lessness which
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      18 2 —/SUM I a I i Starring 50 Top Chinese Slai* •«<S a vi. 1 iM'.ic ■opporting east of •*>!
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      96 2 j ~TjJ 'F OCRS of Caxrier Room A.r world know chat they feel b and accomplish more m cool, comf With air conditioning, doors and shutting out the din of ourside noise* N from outside traffic— no irnr.i:iom office really private. Fresh, filtered, cool aii genr'; >• civ farigue. A
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      200 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR nORN today, you have a hearty distaste f«r an) thine second rate. You like the best of everything whether it be clothes, food or individuals. You are willing to work hard for what you want, but you are enough of an executive to see that routine work
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      292 2 SINGAPORE From 12.00 noon to 2.00 p m 485 metre* In tho medium wave band and 7 20 megacycle* m the 41 metre band. From 8 00 p m. to 1 45 p in.: from 9 30 p.m. to 1 1 00 p ni 485 metre* m the mcd urn
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      346 2 25.51 met r eg U. 16 m 730 pm. to 815 p m M( 1 19.59 metre* 15. 3? megacycles: 10 00 pm. t© 11. 55 pri VI.C 9 11.82 metre* 17J4 megacycles! 10 00 pm to 11 10 p m »'i.m 55 40 metre* 11.81 gaevcleg TODAY 10.30 Australian
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      75 2 h; 8 Bn Talk; 8.30 News; 8.40 News Summary from United Nations Organisation at Lake Success; 8.45 Orchestral Half Hour Modern Ameri- ran Composers; 9.15 Australian Sporting Diary Repeated i; 9.30 Music for Millions; 9.45 Background to Australia; 10 Australian News; 10.10 Brass Bands; 10.15 Sporting Diary; 10 25 Light
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    Paris police bar way to rail station
    22 3 rfrom entering the l wur general strike. Nettr- covMtm came out csmg cost of Ivctng.
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    FRENCH DIVORCES 1,000-A-MONTH
    17 3 FRENCH DIVORCES 1,000- A- MONTH me :ng divorced but the Wr same as m the United Reuter
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    China-Burma border warning
    72 3 uenual NaUc "New Times yesterday sounded an editorial warninhat Bur.erritory m the «r The paper, commenting on by Dr. Fu Chuf the Chinese Border Commission, that Lq northAa^ once admi- 6>- China, declared complacency should be allowed to Intrude about internationally co:: irooUer -hasised that border 'c
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    U.K. EXHIBITION
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    US. PLANS FOR ATOMIC DEFENCE
    325 3 US. PLANS FOR ATOMIC DEFENCE Con tinen t- jumping rockets by 1977 WASHINGTON, Monday. THE United States High Command has drafted a r s#-year defence programme based on the belief that Russia will have the atomic bomb by 1952 and continent- jumping atomic rockets will be ready by 1977. Army,
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    BIG LOAN FOR U.K. INDUSTRY
    62 3 SIR Stafford Cripps. British Chancellor of the Exchequer, said yesterday that t nd would toon sign a at with the EcoI oration Adminion providing $300,000,--000 for British industrial recovery. The money would be spent on plants and machinery to production and export, he declared, adding:
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    'MARRIED' GIRL AS WIFE WAITED
    193 3 AT three o'clock m the afternoon, Alfred Pickering, 29, of Cromer-road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, waved 'cheerio" to his wife, Beatrice, mother of his five children. "See you later at mother's", he said, as he left the house. At four o'clock Mrs. Pick Ing was waiting
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    Big returns forecast for P.I. Ramie project
    172 3 MR. Willis G. Waldo, who is here to help the Philippines G< at pus-i through its ambitious ra project, told Manila Rotarians recently that ramie holds possibilities for industrial development m the Philippf.es and will give n returns for tr of m:- Nt
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    CYPRUS PROTEST
    36 3 BUSES and cars flying the blue and white flag of •i yesterday converged a, Cyprus, tc Join m the demonstration -uu^ d by the Greek dox Church m Cyprus to demand unity with Greece
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    U.S. steel record
    34 3 Am«ricarr stwl mills are ra- cord peacetime pruq of ab< ut 88 OCO.OOO put for the B months w 1 654.000 tons more than m tixe Nine period last y*ar.— A.P.
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    Eastern strategy
    40 3 Pakistan and Afghanistan are Joining In preliminary tails between Near and Middle East delegations to the i United Nations to plan a com- j mon strategy In the coming weeks of the General Asseni- bly m Paris. Reuter
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    'THERE'S NO DEFENCE' —BIKINI WITNESS
    144 3 ll'Hh.N an atom bomb falls there Is "no place to hide" according to Dr. David Bradley, a young San Francisco doctor, who went to the Bikini atom bomb tests to see that no one got hurt. He saw the experiment from the air as an
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    SHE JUGGLES BABIES BACK TO HEALTH
    181 3 SHE JUGGLES BABIES BACK TO HEALTH F<OR the past eight years Mrs. Estrid Dane of London has run a clinic m which she tosses three-month-old babies m the air, bounces them gently on their heads, swings them by their feet and puts them through a series of active exercises that
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    35 3 ..aua but thrtf won't be seen m their scarlet and QOld uniforms they have sterner work to do. The Band above U that of the Cold.stream Guards marching through Liverpool to give a lunchtime concert.
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    UK wants Polish eggs
    30 3 •A British trad? delegation is to open talks with Polish offlcial* tn Warsaw today to set-are incr* Polish exports of bacon and agricultural products to Britain.
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    STEEPLEJACKS SWAYED, FAINTED..
    143 3 PEERING over the top of a I 200- ft. chimney a steepleJack turned dizay from breathing flue gas. He started to sway. His companion grabbed hfra Just. In time to fasten a safebelt round him. Then he, too. collapsed, but he was sared from falling by hia
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      64 3 TARZAN Temporary Seclusion By Edgar Rice Burroughs "^Wt j rr ti^. TiJ^liC "TMBAth AM6MTY LEAP <^jtt& „.fvy-»ri:r > *»-r"« Oj &/*V A< Mll**iltT UP .^^H ANU TAK<MI I »^1 y B Ma^k. TH£(?t 'n- -3 too yi*m!" cmmtar Wk "Or*S>Oiikv S ■fl^ PROTESTa>. *WE CAN'T «€AQJ IT." K^^* /^4 /flrJ^B^^vW
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY,Oct. 5,1948. Eleventh hour Bluff
    98 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY,Oct. 5,1948. Eleventh hour Bluff Tl As tile icil of the ed to wers" la, by many, is i peace. whipped pro- 1 :\e ior s n the i well land rom Mr. B< said I ■rket Rus..nd commanders de- of the issue n mar-. .irol
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    Diary
    1040 4 NEW YORK. LONG New York's waterfront workmen are busy. In the mid-Forties, flanking East River, they have begun building the world's most spectacular peace headquarters or a grandiose tomb. No one here is quite sure which. Statesman profess confidence, but plain men are ptical. There is no American fervour
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    FAITH
    21 4 The preparations of the heart m man, and the answer of the tongue i< from the Lord. Proverbs. 16. 1.
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    THEY CAME TUMBLING DOWN...
    510 4  -  JAMES FLOOD By IV Correspondent HONG KONG A 'ER of Hi Kong ilt dwelling 'he old "falling 1 In tt on skill, the Kremlin I ly p: which to make more mime m which Russcientists can prosetheir quest for the atom bomb. The Western tin nothing'
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    37 4 A view of the two Kuala Lumpur Flying Club hangars, with some of the C lined up. Maintenance, as m Singapore, is done by Malayan Airways, but Singe, not the good fortune of having its own hangars.
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    AIR COLUMN Perpetual Pals
    658 4  - AIR COLUMN Perpetual Pals GEOFFREY GELDARD BY [AST night past and serving members of the Royal Air Force "got together" for a social evening m the S. V.C.Me They are members of the Royal Air Force Association, an organisation which "exists to perpetuate the comradeship of those men and women
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    Beating lady Nicotine
    3 4 Beating lady Nicotine
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    PROGRESSIVES WANT TO SCRAP B.M.A. RULES
    397 5 PROGRESSIVES WANT TO SCRAP B.M.A. RULES j Motion for Council THE first step to end government by proclamation m Singapore has been taken by the Progressive Party president, Mr. C. C. Tan (Municpal South-West) m a motion, to come More the Legislative Council on Oct. 19, for leave to introduce
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    Fined $1,500 for tobacco
    40 5 rVO men pleading sion of 160 I bacco In a sampan on Sep* relay fined a i v the Fourth Police A. G. jan and the cd )bacco, prisonf a $1 r. his as- $500 fine.
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    R.E.O.C.A. DINNER
    16 5 .ble f the Old Ccmradwiii be :üb, -d, at iate as was pre- cd.
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    MERCHANTS FORM CLOTH SYNDICATE
    44 5 MERCHANTS FORM CLOTH SYNDICATE Free Press Chinese Correspondent r*ERTAIN Chinese textile importers m Singapore v are understood to have joined big Chinese manufacturers m Hong Kong m forming a syndicate to monopolise Chinese cloth exports to South Seas markets, chiefly Singapore and the Federation.
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    8 JOIN THE COLLEGES
    71 5 studen.s have D adm tt«d to Rallies ge. bin Rahunan. Mohammed and •n Osman with Juhore Scheme Scholar- > Goh Tiang Tak with a Federation »cholarship, -Jh o 800 &ig With a Sultan Ibrahim schc: Chin Ah Kow w.th a Johore Education Department Scholarship and Abdul
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    Scottish 'varsities dinner
    94 5 Scottish 'varsities dinner TUniveroitits dinner ln| held this year at 1 en Oct. 29, at 8 p.n: riculated students, men am: wronvn, are eligible. Guests ma;, be brought. The charge for ail 1 18 per h ad. Thoc-e wishing to attma BhouJv! inform Mr. W. Munro not later .lian Oct.
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    EXAM RESULTS
    146 5 LEN clirlcs have passed the senior and 43 the junior I> -i B examinam of the Johore Clerical 6*ti six the sen or and nation, Di\' A. In addition, five have pa?s d entrance exam natron to D ision A. The examinatiorj were held at Johore Bahru. S^gamat,
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    CUSTOMS OFFICER
    159 5 Mr. M Klllick. Cad< M Customs St-rvice, has been appointed an acting Custom* Officer According to a well-inform-ed source, the syndicate capitalised at Hong Kong $10 million, will operate like a "trust," aiming at monopolising exports of Chinese textiles. Indenting, Orders The syndicate will be responsible for taking
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    1120 women to help in registration
    6 5 1120 women to help in registration
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    Evening classes in Johore
    175 5 Evening classes in Johore on violence m Malaya. Mr. Tan said: Tor obvious reasons, the Chinese Government is m no position to suggest to overseas China m Malaya what to do to cooperate, but any measures instrumental m bringing about an early return of peace and order will undoubtedly be
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    3 CHILDREN'S HOMES PLANNED
    153 5 r PHE Government House fete A on Saturday In aid of the Handicapped Children's Fund is expected to raise nearly $50,000, the organising committee chairman, Mrs. S. F. Ho, said yesterday. "We will need to raise much iore for the Handicapped ;nd bofore we at- hunt's
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    War on terrorism Nanking says 'Help the Govt.'
    360 5 War on terrorism Nanking says 'Help the Govt.' Free Press Chinese Correspondent THE Chinese Government is deeply concerned over the welfare of the Chinese arising from the emergency m Malaya, and has exhorted them to i co-optrate fully with the Malayan authorities to restore peace and order as quickly as
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    Chinese buy Japanese ship for scrap
    83 5 Chinese buy Japanese ship for scrap OCRAP iron from a 16,000-ton Japanese merchant ship which was sunk m the Singapore Koads during the Japanese occupation and salvaged nearly two years ago, has been purchased by Chinese buyers m Hong Kong and Shanghai. The ship is the 36-year-old Horai Maru which
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    C.G. FLYING TO LONDON
    56 5 IT was oflicially annou 1 yesterday that the joner General, Mr. Malcolm Mat Donald, is join? to London for consultations with the British Government on South Asian affairs. tie wiJJ it.: ipore at the end of this week, and is expected to be back m Malaya
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    Theological College opens
    25 5 SIN GAP U college for Ang. student^ w. j yesterduy m conduct- Amstutz Mor< R K.S M I) their The i dists.
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    LCC EXAMINATIONS.
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    $1,000,000 TO FIGHT T.B. IN COLONY
    60 6 $1,000,000 TO FIGHT T.B. IN COLONY Ten little girls doing the Highland Reel for Lady Gimson, when she opened the "Fancy Fair" staged by the Committee of the Girls' Hume Building Fund m Bras Basah Road. The girls are Antoinette Greer, Audrey Gjw, Doreen him Linette him, Evelyn Ec, Anne
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    TAMIL YOUTH CONCERT
    421 6 TH£ Boy C a i A. ems m at will 6 m the Wes. post-v MethodYouth I oe by pro:ime obtainable at I There will be repeat perThursday at 8 p m. when admission will be oy ticket. Govt. plans outlined AFTER he had laid the foundation
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    $50,000 FOR WONDER DRUG
    42 6 The Federal Legislative ;ncil has approved the of $50,000 for the A the wonder drug, •nin, used for the cur- of tropical typhus. Until now, only a limited k of the drug has been liable m the Federation.
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    PENANG PADI RECORD
    114 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent PENANG, Monday. A RECORD padl harvest has been collected m Penang and Province Wellesley this year. As a result. Government has been able to buy 195 095 oiculs of padi during the oast nine months, an increase of 93 per cent over last
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    DRUG KEEPS BOY ALIVE
    89 6 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUANTAN. Monday. AN unconscious Chinese boy of eight given streptomyoin (tail/ for tubercular meningitis, has lived for six rL>. People with th«live more than a w< boy c: bang. Though nis pulse rate is low ar. jreathing faint. it is thought that
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    GIVEN MONTH TO GET JOB
    96 6 THE Singapore District Judge (Mr. E. P Shanks) yesterday told a youth of 18 he would not be sent to Jail If he could show m a month he had secure 1 a useful Job. The boy'« mother said i!s father was a lorry driver
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    Johore emergency criminal case
    82 6 Free Press StafT Correspondent JOHORE BAHRl 7 Monday. 4X emergency criminal case came up for trial yesterday m the Supreme Court before Mr Ice 1 ivi'le. Wontr Choon Than and Wong Sek Wan were charged with consorting with persons who had m their jM)sst i >sio.M
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS $130,000 FOR HOTEL FEES
    372 6 FEDERAL COUNCIL NEWS BRIEFS $130,000 FOR HOTEL FEES KUALA LUMPUR. TupA pent further us spent In IS by the Fe reration < I ernment by .vay of a&. to Gov- ni pellet to live m hotels as a result of housing shortage; s a Government reply to I Mr Tan
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    Convent needs $150,000
    82 6 Convent needs $1 50,000 EXPANSION of the Carmelite vent is to be carried out when funds are available. It i^ estimated that tho expansion scheme will cost about $150,000. The Catholic Young Men's Associations of the Sacred I Heart Church and St. Teresa's church will stage a concert I shortly
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    COMMISSIONS IN M.R.N.V.R.
    35 6 COMMISSIONS IN M.R.N.V.R. The following Commissions h. Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve have been approved by the Governor: J. W. Hoskins. a* acting sub- Lieutenant, S. J. Masters arrd A. G. Cltator as acting SubLieutenants.
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    RUBBERS, TINS ADVANCE
    400 6 LONDON Mouda QI'IET trading m the London Stock Exchange produced firm markets toda> I Reuters financial correspondent Rubber shares advanced and Tins were irregular to higher. Demand m Industrials was concentrated m better class Issues, most of which recorded gains of a few pe;ce. Of the groups.
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    Escaped Japs seen
    12 6 O4^ lanan*A« lw4flflMMPK*< oiA Japanese ffii^^ihave beec seen AM
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    $500,000 FOR SECRET SERVICE
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    2 HORSES TO SCORE DOUBLES
    211 7 Second day of penang races Hating Correspondent maiden who has to date earned md added money, has at last r his effortless win m Penang et out < tndicapper has promoted him a n viturd^ we !i^ naiden is m such fine :ik he will
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    Insurance for boxers
    130 7 FIGHTERS, regardless of where they live, will be protected by insurance whenever they appear m a Pennsylvania boxing ring. Leon Rains, Chairman of the State Athletic Commission, announced that a plan to insure boxers against injuries and pro* vide a death benefit has been put Into operation.
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    DUTCH STARS TO COMPETE IN U.S.
    10 7 MRS Hl: and S
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    U.K. RUGBY RESULTS
    13 7 tCuKhy Union ii J4; Peuryn 3. Rugby L»»<m I Reuter
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    NEW SOCCER RULE CAUSES CONFUSION
    395 7 INTRODUCTION of the new obstruction rule m I.K. soccer has caused confusion and Third Division League clubs are making a move to have the position clarified. Apart from the fact that referees vary m their interpretation of the law, the not-so-strict officials are awarding indirect
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    RAITH ROVERS WIN
    26 7 J">AITH Rovers beat East Stulmgshire by two goals to rril m a Scottish League "B" division supplementary cup first round fixture yesterday Reuter
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    Athletes clear second hurdle
    4 7 Athletes clear second hurdle
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    £10 player now worth £20,000
    443 7 £10 player now worth £20,000 EMGI WD'S new football centre forward, John Milbui n. Is nowranked m the £20,000 oU*s when transfer values are talked about. Vet hr tost Newcastle I'nited only £10 as a signing-on fee when he joined them m 1942. Familiarly known as Jackie and asrd only
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    One year to decide on new golf rules
    392 7 HOW far-reaching are the c fleets of any changes made m goli rules was shown by the many suggestions received from all parts of the world when the Rules Committee of the Royal and cient Goli Club of Saint Andrews— the ruling
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    Ward & Micklem win golf title
    74 7 Ward Micklem win golf title RYDER Cup player Charlie Ward, partnered by Walker Cup star Gerald Micklam, won the Daily Telegraph amateur-professional golf tournament on Saturday, beating Irishman Fred Daly and Scottish amateur Morton Dykes at the 19th hole. Ward won £600 as the winning pro and Daly. £300. Ward
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    North-Western rout Purdue in U.S. football
    435 7 North-Western rout Purdue in U.S. football Tbodly to the centre of the U.B National Collegiate Football stage on Saturday, with a2l to nil conquest of Purdue. The North-western victory VfcX the highest of the second Saiui•ball a CaturJay tiia*, aiso saw Harvard ope*i a new coaching regime by spilling Columbia
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    Boys' Club to Compete for soccer cup
    120 7 Boys' Club to Compete for soccer cup I^HE Singapore Youth Council has organised a football competition between the Colony Boys' Clubs, the two Boys' Homes and St. Joseph's Trade School. A silver cup will be awarded to the winning team. The first matches will be played on Oct. 9 and
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    Thompson to miss tight
    62 7 T hompson to miss tight BILLY Thompson, B: I his mar Th suffered I cut over his left eye m his Empire title right with Arthur King of Canada at Manchesist Friday. King won the bout when the Englishman failed to come out for the eighth round. Manager Benny Huntman
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    LEICESTER OFFER TO DUTCH PLAYERS
    70 7 gRITISH Second Civ lien soccer club. Leicester, is trying to buy Jonanr.es Plocgcr and Car l Aage Praest. top-ru.iucing forwards of the Danish National amateur soccer team. Both player* i Ddlrmed m Copenhagen yesterday that they had each received an ofler of £10,000 to play
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    Stilish ABA adopts new rules
    164 7 Stilish ABA adopts new rules amateur boxing i which were brought into being at the annual meeting of the Amateur Boxing Association m I London, are iikely to cause some controversy especially that dealing with fore. ABA. charm Overseas eh: :ierto excused the A B A. prelimina: will row ha\»
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    Davis Cup entries may be restricted
    73 7 THL number of nations competing for Davis Cup trophy event i* to be causing concern to lawn i» administrations who feaf Is becoming wieldy. The biggest problem h pean Zone, the ent: amped from 15 m id4o t>o 25 for the last season's con.;
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    DEATH
    37 8 NTJNM. On 4.10.48 at No. IS 6t Barnabas Road, Singapore EUOENIB EMILY NUNKS. 68 years The cortege will leave her residence at 4.46 p.m. today for the Church of Bt. Joaeph and thence to Bidadari Cemetery.
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    'A-BOMB' EXPLOSIONS IN RUSSIA
    39 8 A corporal of the Corps of Drums. Coldstream Guard* (centre), reads a letter from home which was waiting for him when he arrived m .Singapore yesterday while his tent-mates "settle m" at Nee Soon camp.
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    'Hitler is alive' tale irks Reds
    123 8 Soviet offer to give proof PARIS, Monday. rpHE Swiss Federal Political Department has ordered an official black-out on reports circulating m Switzerland today that heavy explosions from Russia, which could be those of atom bombs, were recorded by the Meteorological Office m Zurich. These
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    France quiet as big coal strike begins
    325 8 thorltles since the nature of such reports have a strong political and military significance." He pointed out that there are meteorological stations under allied control which are nearer Russia than Switzerland, and which presumably would record the reported atomic explosions. One is at
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    TRAVEL BAN IN RUSSIA TIGHTENED
    140 8 WASHINGTON. Monday. THE U.S. State Department said today that the Soviet Government has placed new restrictions to travel In Russia on staffs of foreign missions and consulates The new list of banned areas was said to have been given m o circular note from the
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    Warning by Pres. Quirino
    93 8 MANILA, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Quirino yesteri day called on Filipinos to "unite and prepare to defend their democratic institutions." H»- told a meetin? of provincial governors and mayors: An unarmed war is underway abroad, and at home rebellions plenums are causing trouble In the expectation that, together
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    Rich new oil field
    143 8 The Basrah Oil Company has discovered rich new oil pools In an area of Basrah. Iraq Included m c. oanoc -t granted to a British company. Production In U field is expected to start next y?ir A. P. PARIS. Monday. NOT a single incident was reported
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    Rebel leaders to hang
    93 8 MADAGASCAR, M TWO Madagascan deputies of the French ly and four other '«»aders of last year's attempt overthrow the French adplstratlon were condemned death yesterday by a crl- al court here. Four others were sen'enced to l'fe imprisonment. The revolt broke out In March. 1947 and
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    21 ABOARD LOST PLANE
    68 8 A CHARTERED DC-3 passenger plane with 21 i I aboard has disappeared some- i where m the Atlantic Ocean lon a flight from Hi m Jt rscy j to Miami. The UJS. Coiut Guard has out 1U n planes to .search the area around the nama
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    ROME'S DEAD ARE 'STORED'
    216 8 LUNCH hour traffic m Bonn was paralysed yesterday when bu* and tram workers staged a 13-minute token strike In support of 14,000 municipal employees who have been out since Bept 25. The streets are filthy with refuse. Corpses have !iad to be stored In the central
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    'NEW RUSSIAN EMPIRE'
    107 8 PARIS, Monday. ACCUSING Moscow of forging "a new Ku&sian empire" where freedom is a mockery, Mr. Christopher P. Mayhew (Britain) told the United Nations Social Committee that Communism is one of the most ruthless forms of dictatorship, economic and political, that the world has ever seen. Mr.
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    MAYFAIR SOCIETY IS BUZZING
    52 8 LONDON, Monday. MAY FAIR is tmzziny over Miss Sharman Douglas pretty blonde daughter cf the American Ambassador, who has begun splitting her uates between Princess Margaret's two regular escorts -the Marquis of Blandford and the Marquess of Milford Haven. It began recently when the Marquis of
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    Rank tells of film 'war'
    88 8 LONDON, Monday. MR. J. Arthur Rank, Britain's biggest film magnate, said yesterday that he had decided to increase the production of British films because he feared Hollywood "might again ban exports" to Britain. The increased output was to ensure that never less than 50 per
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    S'pore sisters marry brothers
    93 8 Free Press Reporter THERE was a double wedding at the Cathedral of the Good. Shepherd th.s morning when Miss Eilee.. Rantun. daughter of Mr. Arnold Rantun, of Java, was married to Mr. James William Pennefather of Singapore and her er Miss Sylvia Rantun married to Mr
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    U.S. BANK CO. IN CHARGED
    67 8 I^HE Federal Reserve Board has announced that it will hold public hearings m Washington on Oct. 12 of antitrust charges against the Trans-American Corporation of San Francisco, the nations biggest bank holding company. The Trans-American Corporation has an Interest In over 500 banks and Industrial
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    KEVIN FLIES TO LONDON
    54 8 THE British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Bevin, now m Paris, will return to London today for the Empire Conference which begins later this week, a British delegation spokesmen ia Paris said last night. Thr spokesman qdded that Mr. Bevin might fly back to Paris foi one day
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    London schools scheme
    232 8 The building of pew schools and improvemerrts to existing onea will crct London over £600.000, Reuter reports. seen escorting Miss Douglas around town while Princess Margaret, a friend of Sharman's, was on holiday in Balmoral Castle. The other night. Lord Milford Haven. 29-year-old cousin of Prince Philip,
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    U.S. is united on Berlin
    263 8 WASHINGTON. .Monday. QENATOR Arthur Vandenberg tonight announced complete Republican Party support of American policy on Berlin, though he criticised as a "tragic failure" the fact that President Truman did not obtain, after the war ended, a clearly written covenant giving the Western allies access to
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    Rubber prices
    174 8 SPECIAL Market correspondent fives the price* mbber (m cents per Ib.) at 11 a.m. today as follows: Tone of market: Quiet. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Singapore Chamber of Com- mercc Rubber Association's noon prf«es yesttrda? were. In cent* ipcr Ib N. Y. stocks QN th« New York
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    BLOCKADE OF BERLIN Direct attack on Western power
    9 8 BLOCKADE OF BERLIN Direct attack o n Western power
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    Speaks at own burial
    63 8 PA; THE United States and Br Russian blockade of Berlin on the Western Powers and a threat to nl^N; demanded action on the di t* ions Security Coun< (3 American and British against a Soviet argument I had no right to considc against Russia. The Ru
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    Clashes at U.K. army rallies
    37 8 Three years ajro Enoch Jew of Wtocoo*in 1U.8.A.1 then S4. preached his own funeral sermoo and recorded It On Jewel died Today he buried and mourners w<ii hevr hw recorded sermon U.P.
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