The Singapore Free Press, 23 April 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA EIL4S3 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 83, 1948. PKH I 10 IKMn
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    NAKING LEFT TO LOOTERS & REDS
    489 1 NAKING LEFT TO LOOTERS REDS Chiang says 'Fight on SHANGHAI, Saturday. QFFICIAL reports reaching Shanghai from Nanking at four o'clock this morning said that mobs are looting the city following the £pmplete evacuation by the Government, Nationalist troops and police late last night. Communist troops are moving across the langtse
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    POWERS FIRM ON\ BERLIN
    55 1 POWERS FIRM ON\ BERLIN IS. Sat. pi Mii So hum&n, turf there nverta- >> in New d the i possible <Adex > conf ert meet--1 howi.e not proposals i Berlin >übmitt«d would be yet At it Western )3 voted to vsians ov»r M n Berlin fed. but hat Th« u
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    JAVA TRAINS HELD UP
    46 1 JAVA TRAINS HELD UP AVIA. Bat were Central i yesterday. h news iMJNj a ■ogf Purbom Purwonegoro, a. kidnapping n md two fire- In C«nal Um«>s ht last < railway eman waa led when train Gandimak jhot at. < by a gang j .übber wtat# l Jara Reuter
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    YEN ENCHANGE
    13 1 |C rate of fm o ont U.s )rc!er«HJ by ir. A.P.
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    Arbs handed over
    14 1 t n Jeniirned over 4 about 350 war held in Reuter
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    'Amethyst attack unprovoked': Hall
    300 1 L^»^ CARDIFF, Saturday. ORD "all* First Lord of the Admiralty, said at a recruiting rally here last night: "the shelling of tht Amethyst by the Communists was an unprovoked attack deliberately carried out for what purpose we have yet to learn/' He said that Britain was
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    GAMBLING ARRESTS
    14 1 S^ven men were arr*»st^d in Singapore yesterday for pal-kow and Tan-tan gambling.
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    Ex-S' porean's bid to save Amethyst
    133 1 Ex-S' porean' s bid to save Amethyst LONDON. Sat. ORAYERS arr being 1 offered in Britain for a young Welshman who once served in Singapore in the Royal Navy Intelligence service. He is 25-year-old Mr Edward Youde. first secretary of the British Embassy in Nanking, who haa crossed the Yangtse
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    15 JAPS EXECUTED
    23 1 Fifteen convicted Japanese war criminaLs have been executed In Hong Kong and Singapore during the last 18 months A. P.
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    BDRMANS ATTACK 2.000 KARENS
    170 1 RANGOON, Saturday i^OVERNMENT forces, supported by planes, have launched a large-scale attack to retake the rail town of Nyaunglebin, 90 miles north of Rangoon from 2,000 Karen insurgents who Altered the town on Thursday with armoured cars after a week's siege. Heavy fighting is going on.
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    CONSTABLE KILLED
    34 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SHOTS were exchanged between bandits and special constables near the Shell Depot In the Talplng area yesterday. Taiplng police went to the scene and one constable was killed.
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    West Europe PMs to meet
    78 1 PARIS, Saturday. THE Foreign Ministers of the ten Western Europe nations will meet in London on May 3 to sign the treaty establishing European consultative assembly and a Ministerial council, the French Foreign Minister. M. Robert Schuman said yesterday. The ten nations include France. Britain,
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    C'wealth P.M.s take it easy
    101 1 LONDON. Saturday, /COMMONWEALTH Premiers are spending the weekend in informal meetings before returning on Monday to their task of discussing India's future relations with the Commonwealth. Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru is staying in the country with Earl Mountbatten, who carried out the transfer of power
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    FOR INDIES NAVY
    34 1 Twenty young Indonesian* are to receive officers' training at the Dutch Den Helder naval base. td"Tbrm a nucleus for the future Indonesian Federal Navy, it was announced from Batavia yesterday. Reuter
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    Yugoslav charges
    32 1 Yugoslav in a note to the United Nations yesterday accused the Greek army of violating Yugoslavia frontiers 19 times since last November and infringing her air space three times Reuter
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    Thieves get £1,000,000
    65 1 BANDS of thieves in Malaya and Egypt accounted for a large portion of an £8.000,000 shortage in British Army accounts for 1948. Sir F. N. Tribe, Auditor-General, said in a report issued yesterday. The loss due to pilfering of stores was fixed at about e 1.000.000. Looting
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    60 1 Vietminh guerrilla* questioning captured Vietnam Partisans enrolled by the French. The guerillas are steadily being reinforced by Chinese Communist troops who are infiltrating Into Indo China The Nationalist elements will, the French hope, be rallied by oxEmperor Bao Dal Who i# leaving Paris to return to Saigon to s«t up
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    Bombay 'key' Red held
    85 1 BOMBAY. Saturday. THE Bombay police have arrested a 'key member" of the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, under the Public Security Measures Act. The Communist, whose identity is withheld by the police, is said to have been acting as a link between Bombay and Calcutta in
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    PRINCESS MAY SEE THE POPE
    54 1 OROTESTANT leader* yes--1 terday asked the Kins to see to it that Princess Margaret does not meet the Pope during her tour of Italy. Princess Margaret leaves by special plane on Wednesday for a month's holiday In Ita^y. Dispatches from Rome say she may call
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    Kallang derelict plane is target
    226 1 Free Press Staff Reporter SIX-SEATER Avro Anson monoplane, given to the Department of Civil Aviation, Singapore, by its Australian owner in payment of parking dues at Kalian^ Airport which he couldn't meet, is to be bombed by tn e R.A.F. on Air Day about August
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    Rope offered to top UK Red
    271 1 LONDON. Saturday. pOLICE had to rescue Britain's top Communist last night from a crowd enraged over the shelling of four British warships by Chinese Communists. Mr. Harry Pollitt, general secretary of the British Communist Party, was dragged to safety by constables after members of
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    JAP-GERMAN TALKS
    18 1 Formal talks for a trade pact between occupied Japan and occupied Germany opened tn Tokyo yesterday.
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    SIX EMERGENCY ARRESTS
    29 1 Free Pre^ Staff Reporter SINGAPORE C.I.D. arrested six Chlneje under the Emergency Regulations yesterday. Four are suspected members of the Malayan Communist Party and the M.P.A.J.A.
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    'War now coming to America'
    164 1 NEW YORK. Saturday. •'IT is tragically clear that war is coming to the United States." former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and France, Mr. William C Bullitt, said last night. In an address prepared lor Colgate University iour.h annual series of lectures on human relations. Mr.
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    New ship for Malaya run
    71 1 LONDON. Sat. THE new P. and O and British Indian Company s liner. Carpentaria < 10.300 tons*, has completed Us trials. Built on the river Clyde. she is the first of a series of nine vessels of general,'. similar appearance whic'i are being placed into
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    FOR MALAY
    45 1 TWO Siamese journaiu>;.s chosen by the Bangkok Press Association and an official of the Publicity Department will leave for Malaya soon They will s uc'y conditions along the border from the Malayan side, and give Malayan newspapermen a better picture of Siani. A.P.
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    Rubber prices
    55 1 A SPLCiAL Market correspondent flv« th« pricag of rabher in MBti per Ib.) at 11 am i- d- M fotlows: Savors. SMlt-r-.. No. 1 R.S.S Spot loom SSS 35. tM.b. in ftataa Apr No. 1 R.S.S. IS-** 3S No. 2 R.S.S. 34 34*« No. S R.S.S. n% Ton«
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    Put a 'snap' into it
    965 2 STANLEY DEVON uses the best camera money can buy, BUT, he says, you can do almost as well with your little boqc camera and some common sense r^O out on a picnic on Sunday with the best camera that money can buy. Pull out the
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    Bridge Hands
    274 2 "TkIAMONDS are trumps. South KJ leads. North and South are to win four of the seven tricks against any defence. South leads the spade queen and North plays the eight. If East takes the king and does not get out the trump at once. North will ruff a
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    America's new speed camera
    209 2  - America' s new speed camera Steffan Andrews By THE U.S. Army is using a new-type telescopic camera mounted on a 90--mm. gun to measure the SDeed and height of the V-2 rockets fired at Whit* Sands. New Mexico. Army Ordnance officers there say the missile travels so fast a regular
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    Save your breath
    123 2 Men and women of Portsmouth and Southsea Life Guards Corps all fine swimmers and all volunteers are ever ready to rescue anyone in difficulties off the 3-mile beaches they guard. And because of regular and thorough practice they are fully equipped to* give first aid to any
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      36 2 SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK). 484 and 417 metre* Kmerfencjr news from RL at IB a.m. TODAY 10 to 10.10 a.m. News from KL: 1 Programme Summary; 1.02 Dance Husic-Oeraldo (LTS); 1.30 News 150 Interlude; 2 Album of
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      359 2 Harmon} 230 Swing Tuin Benny Goodman; 2.45 Sweet Serenade; 3.30 Songs of the Range; 4 "Band Call": 4.30 Tea Dance; 5 Sports Hour; 6.15 Dance Music- Jerry Shelton; 6.30 Children's Programme; 6.45 Light Music; 7 News; 7.15 Programme Summary; 7.20 Listeners' Post: 8 Saturday night at eight; 9 Hawaiian Music;
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      251 2 Prognur.me A News; 8. 15 Siamese (BBC); 830 New., (EnglishBBC): 845 Dutch <BBC): 900 Kuoyu (BBC): 9.30 Burmes* (BBC): 945 Enßllsh: Nrws 10 00 Radio News Reel (BBO: 10.15 'Orchestras of th« World': IMB The Art of Living (4); 11.30 New^ A News Analysis (BBC); 11.45 'Music for the Close
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      288 2 f he AsJt'ng. 8.30 World and Home News; 845 World Affairs (recorded from BBC): 9 81nfocii«tU: 930 The Starlit Hour: 10. 11 JO Saturday Sport (relayed from the BBC on 16.92- 49 38. ft 88 3 metres): 10 JO Rldin' Down the Canyon; 10 45 Rad o Dance; 1130 News:
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      69 2 LUCKY STAR BORN today, the stars have given you outstanding talents which only need the proper cultivation to make you outstanding among your own generation. A fame which will outlive you may easily be attained provided only, you stick to some one thing and concentrate on making it your field.
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    School boys in treasure hunt
    106 3 ■rt-FIVI sixth-form boys of Bradford, "i. urammar School, have set out on their eirure. With a change of clothing in -.a return ticket to Dover, and £5 in gone to explore a big slice of They ar e pioneering an experi;onal travel for a first
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    U.S. AID RALLIES JAP RUBBER
    378 3 U.S. AID RALLIES JAP RUBBER Competitor for world markets? USI TES a l d S helpin the Ja Panese "*ber sam* «ml y ,f reK 1 in lts feet The Japanese at the abZt Xtn~ i tW Uld "e nonsensical to talk rubber in \h Ja P a nese-Amerlcan competition
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    Premiers' pen pictures
    94 3 'pHE conservative London Daily Graphic gives the following pen portraits: Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, "genial. with a lawyers appreciation of subtle wit." But he can be tough on occasion and play a conference poker hand well.'* Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister
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    SCIENTISTS' COLONY IN THE CLOUDS
    122 3 SCIENTISTS' COLONY IN THE CLOUDS THE Government of India is planning to establish a multi-purpose laboratory 16,000 feet up on a Himalayan mountain top and a scientist's colony somewhat lower down. A party of scientists explored various peaks in the Himalayas last summer and .submitted recommendations on this project. The
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    'Russians have atom city'
    102 3 THE British-licensed Berlin newspaper Mittages Echo claims the Russians are operating a "miniature Atom City" near suburban Potsdam. The newspaper said the Russians had been conducting atomic research in a closely guarded little hideaway with a staff of German scientists since 1947. The work was solely
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    Votes for 'Miss Greek'
    33 3 The Greek Inner CaDinet has passed a law giving women of 21 the vote in communal and municipal elections. Women of 25 or over may stand lor election. Reuter
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    58 3 Princess Josephine Charlotte. 21 -year-old daughter of the exiled King Leopold of the Belgians, is assisted through the enormous crowd which gathered outside the Brussels Palais de Beaux Arts where she attended a .con cert. This was the Princess's first postwar visit to her native land and she was everywhere
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    Lahore Ceremony
    32 3 Lahore Ceremony r^, ni»r (.eneral of Pakistan. Al-Haj Khwaja g^.., n?ht» at the opening ceremony of the I Mrdual ollege for Women. Lahore with tkr (iwrrnor of West Punjab {Sir Francis Mud\e)
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    3 3 I ld:OCk-1-Tnands U.P.
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    kwangtung piastres
    22 3 Chines merchants in *outh\*est Kwangtung near French Indochina are using piastre* in place of the fas' depreciating gold yuan bills.
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    Persian Parliament
    15 3 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevl has opened the Persian Constituent Assembly In Teheran Reuter
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    REDS HAVE A 'BLOCKADE' PLAN
    201 3 A HIGH German source says J\ the Russians have a programme ready to present t<> the Wrstern Allies. under which the blockade of Berlin might be lifted. This source said the plan provides for barring Germany from the Atlantic pact, retirement of Western troops behind
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    AFGHANS IN THE MOOD FOR WAR
    215 3 AFGHANISTAN and Pakistan are fighting a propaganda war over a strip of tribal territory which gave the British no peace during their reign in India. The area, known as "tribal territory" or "Independent territory", lies along the so-called Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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    Tribe war near Durban
    72 3 TRIBAL fighting between two rival Zulu chiefs has broken out in the I'mzinto area, 50 miles south of Durban. Police reinforce- j ments have been rushed to quell the outbreak, in which two natives have so far been killed. More than 140 huts have been burned,
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    REBEL PLEA TO UN
    24 3 The rebel Greek radio is reported to have broadcast an appeal to the United Nations for peace in Greece. A.P.
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    CHILE QUAKES
    22 3 Thirty people were killed .yesterday and heavy damage was caused by severe earthquok^s in Central Chile. Three people were killed.
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    19-nation coal conference
    106 3 JJEPRESENTATIVES of 15 nations began a 10-day conference in Pittsburg t» plan international standardisation of working conditions for coal miners Delegates including co.il owners labour leaders and government officials will make recommendations ba^.^i on their findings to the It ternational Labour Oncaiti* sation at Geneva The ILO
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    Kashmir cases 'not serious'
    81 3 RECENT violations of the Kashmir truce reported to the United Nations Kashmir Commission by both Indian and Pakistani officials were proved not to have been serious, the Commission has announced United Nations observers investigated the reported violations on both sides of the lines. This statement has
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      129 3 |31)drdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Pros* in Malaya 1 I YOU FOOL' HERE M/Miffi- YOU Ve| 100 YOU REALLY BELIEVE I T^Tl I --WHHOUT MAKE-UP.OR PEWVIANENT AM I CARLA THE H SAIO THAT YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL? fMH&CIkU WAVE .OR BLEACM,OR FALSE EYEf• ?POSE -VOSf BEAUTIFUL, S/i BEFORE. WOW WOULO
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. April 23. 1949. TALES OF TWO CITIES
    643 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. April 23. 1949. TALES OF TWO CITIES THEY have ways of doing things in Bangkok that Singapore might consider imitating some day. For example, both cities suffer from a surplus of hawkers ot cooked and uncooked foods, and both cities complain about the bad manners
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    Hong Kong forges ahead
    721 4 OUTPOST OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY By HENRY BOUGH HONGKONG: J»HE Colony is forging ahead with its development plans, though the probability in the very near future of a Commun-ist-dominated China is .fully realised. An official estimate placed the capital invested in Government and private development projects in
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    INDONESIA'S PANKHURST
    687 4 By ELIZABETH MARCOS HPHE chronic "disease" that swept all nations did not touch Indonesia till the birth of Raden AJeng Kartini, a woman of the aristocracy. The idea of a woman being emancipated or, for that matter, what an emancipated woman could be, was something shockingly new, spoken
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    RENEWING THE FLAG
    170 4 A FEATURE of Civic ,Veek flta the Ayrshire uurun of Newmilns, Scotland, will be the presentation of an American flag to replace me originally given to the community by Abraham Uncom The history of the original, flag is told in Amsoc News published by the American Society
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    Australia's barrier is becoming barren
    632 4 Australia 's barrier is becoming barren PORT MORESBY, New Guinea: AUSTRALIA rules New Guinea today from paper 4 humpies with a handful of "ill-equipped, half trained civil servants," says Australian Journalist Osmar White, of the Mel bourne Herald. Only six years ago this torrid straggly little town was the focus
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    2 4 HAUCHTY, HAUCHTYI
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    Ships now leave on any tide
    99 4 Ships now leave on any tide Lock at t Wa^rT Vf r th new n^ ll^ rni^ng shin I" Dock b ss?S3 s i t» 0- ioet -ncgwenneaTt ieti of loci g*& each we: and the other !35 ft lm lock wffl sue sh h thot* ■M ."costs sad if
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      17 4 FAITH For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: ROMANS, 2, 12.
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    Chinese Chambers It meet tomorrow
    173 5 Chinese Chambers It meet tomorrow I free Pre>s chinese I torre>po«dent IMPOSITION to the imI Stion of taxes on I property in I during the I ation, an I the GovernI dy impleI heireepri-K^edui-rion policy. I Ding the I Governments I from the I Emergency I ctee rice alI and
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    Acid-throwing girl is bound over
    161 5 who pleaded guilty to having •in acid solution on a woman teacher's t a Singapore school, wa s bound over for six whs" vesterdav. .7— ■*|aj>.re Third Po:icc J. C. Walt I Tap m ok a lert lev because of the JEJB -::*ude M of
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    Varsitylibrarywillcost $2 million
    370 5 Varsity library will cost $2 million D^J^ 8 of what U will cost t0 establish and run the University of Malaya are given in an official statement yesterday. The Library will cost about $2,000,000 to build and furnish, each of the ten Halls of Residence will cost about $400,000; the
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    SUMATRA TOWNS NORMAL AGAIN
    197 5 Free Press Chinese Correspondent CONDITIONS in Dutch-occupied towns and areas y in Sumatra have generally returned to normal except at Kuala Tonggal, where two batches of Chinese refugees have recently fled to Djambi and another batch of 200 is also being evacuated because of the unsettled
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    53 5 Tengku Ya'cob, younger brother of the Sultan of Kedah and Deputy Director of Agric ulture, Federation of Malaya, Tengku Rafl'ah (his wife), and Tengku Mansar, who leave for England today. They were entertained by Syed Ahmad Alsakaflf at his house in Palm Road last Monday. They will stay in England
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    LECTURE ON ISLAM
    66 5 The Young Men Muslim Association will hold a lecture meeting at the premises of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, No. 31, Lorong 12, Geylang, on April 29, at 8.30 p.m. A talk on "Islamic studies and Malay in the University of Malaya" will be delivered in English
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    POLICE STAFF CHANGES
    56 5 Mr. A. R. Anderson, A.S.P., of the Singapore Traffic Police, has been transferred to Thomson Road Police Training Depot as Commandant in place of Mr. Parks who is going on leave to Enga Mr. D. E- Nickels A.S.P., of the Cantonese Sub-Branch, C.I.D. has taken over Mr.
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    BOOKMAKING INQUIRY BEGINS
    458 5 BOOKMAKING INQUIRY BEGINS Sever a I meetings by committee Free Press Staff Reporter THE special committee appointed by the Government to examine the possibility of controlling bookmaking in Singapore, has held a number of meetings and discussed various aspects of the question. Many more meetings, it i s expected, will
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    80 5 picture. moni 8^ 11 ca yin th b »by" and Ten w t^ llgli V esterday Mrs Given Wi1 fH5 y w rform *«l by the Re" E V SwJJ^ niSo^ the ext 'eme left. The cereChristopher John wore a long wWte'chrifLfJi»^, S^ loi ;.t h l pUill to the
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    NEW CYCLE BYLAWS NOW IN FORCE
    178 5 NEW CYCLE BYLAWS NOW IN FORCE Free Press Staff Reporter NEW bicycle bylaws, which have been passed by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, provide that every person "operating a bicycle I upon a public street shall ride or wheel the bicycle as near to the left side of the roadway as
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    LABOUR LEADERS MEETING
    194 5 T ABOUR leaders from all Lj over Ii J.ia and most of the South-East Asian countries and observers from certain Western countries are expected to attend the meeting of the preparatory committee of the Asian Federation of Labour which is being held in Indore, Central India, from
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    NO CARDS, FINED
    41 5 I^HE Rev. W. B. Eale s and Mrs. Eales appeared in tiie First District Court yesterday for having failed to take out identity cards. Both pleaded guifcy. Mr. Eales wa fi fined $60, and his i wife $30.
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    78 5 picture. picture. The President of the Singapore branch of the Society St. George, Mr. J. K. Gwinnell, laying a cross-shaped wreath at the Cenotaph this morning; In observance of the St. George's Day. The annual dinner of the Society will be held at the Rafflse Hotel on May 6.— Free
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    WOMEN FOR UMNO TALKS IN PERLIS
    157 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. 1 T a meeting of the Women's section of U.M.N.O. Johore held yesterday Datin Onn. 'wife of the Mentri Besar, Johore, and Inche Sharifah Hafshah binte Khalid, Religious Teacher, Muar, were elected delegates to the General Assembly of U.M.N.O. to be
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    KILLER SQUADS SMASHED UP
    416 6 Bandits, have lost initiative Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ANNOUNCING the "virtual elimination" of Sitiawan and Kepayang killer squads in two operations, the Federation Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. H. B. Shaw, at a Press conference today, said it had been entirely due to
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    25 6 MK V I) Ml 1( 118l KY. the Federation of Malava Be >r.\t*ntative in Singapore. will shortly leave for hn:ltod on a six months' holiday.
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    TERRORISTS LOSE HUGE ARMS DUMPS
    133 6 KI ALA LUMPUR. Fri. FHr. trend of incidents would. Indicate that the MUMJttti are no! so anxious to ammunition now as in irevkMi months, declared hr' Deputy Commissioner of 'tli-e. Mr. K. B. Sha*. at o conference today. Mr. Shaw went on to give la
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    MAILS
    61 6 Airmails are expected to arrive M Singapore today from U.K., Aden Arabia. Canada. Europe. India Iran Iraq Pakistan. Pales'.ne, Africa. Australia. New Zealand. Ceylon. Burma and Medan Latent time for pooling airmails at the GPO in 6 pm f<>r UK Aden. Arabia. Onada Europe India Iran. Iraq. Pakistan Palestine.
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    79 6 The Singapore Rifle Association held their first post-war annual dinner at the IIa PP> World on Monday. A farewell toa* wai drunk to Mr. and Mrs. Baigent (Secretary and Assistant Secretary), who have since left for the U.K. Members of the Navv Army, and RAF. were present and expressed their
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    Chinese bonds are marked down
    420 6 [LONDON STOCK I EXCHANGE I LONDON. Sat /CHINESE bonds were mark\j ed lower on the London Stock Exchange yesterday following news of the firing on the British warships on the YangLse and the crossing of the river by Red force*, j says Reuter'i financial cor-
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    SAFA invites 24 players fOr today's game
    456 6 SAFA invites 24 players f Or today's game npHE Singapore Amateur Football SMI ,j t A tors have invited 24 plawis to is^hu n Nfi^ Besar Stadium today at «.5« p.m. D H«! C Ui »M selection of the side to play K I omh 7 firm southern section of
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    CINEMA TREAT FOR 1,600
    20 6 t r**»' Pr»-v. NUfl Kf pur i^r OIXTKFN I •rLadv G and Lad I Shaw Bi
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    TAJ-GA SHOWS TOP FORM ON TRACK
    533 7 TAJ-GA SHOWS TOP FORM ON TRACK Fastest gallop by Mascotte Free Press Racing Correspondent a recent winner at Ipoh, showed vast improvement on the track at Bukit Timah this morning when he easily beat his stable companions, Clynor and Londa Lad, in a mile gallop. The Taj-Ud-Din grey, with Lawler
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    50 7 Pic- The Raffles College (upper picture) and Medical College teams, which began their Allen Cup cricket ficture on the R. C. ground at Bukit Timah yesterday. The Raffles College players are wearing black armbands in mourning for the late Prof. W. E. Dyer, former Principal of Raffles College Free Press
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    Medicals all out for 30
    246 7 fe, batting first In the interi h on the Raffles College ground all out for 30, only one batsman, P. im entering: double figures. of Carl Schubert and KailasaSchubert took seven wickets for .isapath^ two for seven. The other Chelvarajasingham at a cost of six
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    Radiant Rhythm
    32 7 The mishap to the racehorse. Radiant Rhythm on Wednesday did not occur at Bukit Tlmah railway tuition, but at the stables Radiant Rhythm broke shoulder bone and was subsequently destroyed.
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    73 7 picturs. Free Press k« -a ««h»ni«* Knccer team which lost 2—7 to the Johore Combined The Singapore Combined SchooU soccer tram w back M dp Schools on the Victoria^School n^/ n s u t Anthony's). Smahon (R.1.) Lim Sens Morney (St Anthony's Chi n w«- d S) |j l^ I
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    COSMOS SPORTS CLUB
    28 7 fPHE annual general meeting of Connos Sports Club will be held at the clubhouse at Pator.g Paair, off Upper Serangoon Read, tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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    Today's Sport
    54 7 SOCCER: Malaya Cup: Sinranore t. R.AJ I.—J.1 J. Besar »t»diam, PICKET: S.R.C v Hone Konc S'hai Bank— S.R.C; C.S.C. 2nd t. S.CJt.C— Honf Lim Green; S.C.C. v Kranjl WT-S.C.; Raffles Inst I.A.— R.1.; St. Andrew's School W, Borneo Co.— Woodsvllle; E.A.F. Seletar T. P.W.D.— Self tar; Police v.
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    UK SOCCER FIXTURES
    71 7 pOLLOWING are additional U.K. football fixtures for today. Scottish Cup final Rangers v. Clyde (at Hampden Park, Glassgow). Scottish League "A" Div: Dundee v. Particle Thistle; East Fife v Albion Rovers: Hibernian v. Falkirk; Motherwell v. Morton; Queen of the South v. Hearts. "B" Div. Airdrieonians v.
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    46 7 Nagiah, the Ceylon Sports Club bowler, who played a big part in Singapore's victory over Selangor in their inter-State cricket mrftch during the Easter holidays. Nagiah will be turning out for his club against Singapore Cricket Club in their S.C.A. tournament fixture on the padang tomorrow.
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    Colonials' team
    63 7 THE Colonials C.C. team 1 against the Indian Association on the Raffles Institution ground tomorrow in the Singapore Cricket Association tournament will be chosen from: A. Delikan (capt), W. Ratnayake. A. Perlera. A. Thlagaraiah. A. Fernando. S. de Costa, G. Lloyd, D. Miller. N. Woodhull. E. de Silva.
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    Sport-smile
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    UNKNOWN
    102 7 -"ess corner *J G4 m bit eham- ome inDgttl Of, ernatio- 1 J Fern■J Irst mr.er, has amenta, i was in the top Tr, Hague— I bfot, to the English e games players V to th»t J* .*o« Ann could not J?to »::h a pawn up 2J*tel> equal poslk
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    UNKNOWN
    18 7 *^S?? pore wm hold >. -pen champion- Ever— irday. Apr. Pm. at 95. :he "Mr. annual re- 1
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    Tigers take full points
    290 7 Timers 3; Tamils 1. TAMIL Brotherhood Association. conquerors of Kota Raja, started their S.A.F.A. Senior League yesterday game against Tiger Sporting Association by scoring in the second minute, but it was only a flash In the pan and they were eventually beaten 3-1. Tigers equalised shortly
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    THIRD LANARK WIN
    23 7 »|«HIRD Lanark beat St. Mirren 1 3-1 m a Scottish League Dtv. "A" soccer fixture yesterday.— Re uter and A.P.
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    U.S. NEEDS COACHES FOR SOCCER
    213 7 U.S. NEEDS COACHES FOR SOCCER TMPORTATION of first-rate trainers is the only thing which will start soccer on Its way to becoming a major sport in the United States, according to soccer referee Eric Korf of New York. "Soccer is not a major sport In America for only one reason
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    Dick Burton wins in last stroke
    209 7 rpHE Silver King £1,350 golf tournament, th e first A of Britain's £30,000 professional season, was won at Moor Park, Rickmansworth, yesterday by popular Dick Burton with an aggregate of 2£l for 72 holes. Burton, a former open champion and Ryder Cup player, who
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    Junior League results
    81 7 TN A JUNIOR "A", group 2, x League match played at Thomson Road yesterday, Police beat Naval Stores by three goals to one. Low Hong Hee scored all three goals for Police. At the Geylang Stadium yesterday Tuan Mong Old Boys' Association defeated Social Athletic Party four—
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    JOHORE C.R.C. BEING FORMED
    83 7 Free Press Staff R«porter JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. AT an informal meeting held here,- It was unanimously decided to form a Chinese Recreation Club In Johore Bahru. A protem committee was elected to make the necessary arrangements. President of this committee is Mr. M. Blrchee. Secretray-terea-surer Is
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    Macau table tennis team win easily
    294 7 Macau table tennis team win easily rpHE Macao table tennis team, now Visiting SingaA pore, easily won the opening match of their tour against Chin Woo Athletic Association, run-ners-up in last year's Singapore inter-club dMMDpionship, at the Great World last night. The visitors took all the five singles ties played,
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    PLAYFAIR B.P. OFFICIALS
    85 7  -  AT the annua! general meeting rx of the Playfalr Badminton Party, the following were elected office bearers for the current year: President, Mr. K. O. Cherian (re-elected), vice-presidents, Mr. 8. A. Durai; Mr. Johnnie Tay Teo Hong (re-elected), secretary, Mr. K. T. KuruvUla (re-elected), treasurer, Mr. Lim
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    Y.M.M.A. SOCCER TEAM
    50 7 rPHE Y.M.M.A. team for a friendly game of soccer against R.A.F. Tengah at Farrer Park on Monday at 5.20 p.m. will be chosen from: O. Angullia, Marzuki. Puteh, SM. All, Amat, Haron. Mawi, A. Rahlm, Aziz, D. Angullia, Jaffar (capt), Rah mat, Jaffa r Jabbar and Jasman.
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    SPORTS QUIZ ANSWERS
    139 7 A NSWERS to questions A on page 4 of ihe magazine. 1. 359; Hutton and Wa.shbrook; December 1948 3">.V Hobbs and Rhodes; Melbourne in 1911-12 tour. 2. Fifteen Bristol Cit and Brentford each used 'this number in 1903-04 uti'J 1934-35 respectively in fulfilling their Second Divhio.i programme.
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    S'PORE DISTRICT WATER-POLO
    63 7 S'PORE DISTRICT WATER-POLO »pHE Singapore District lArmyi A and "B" water-polo teams will meet the Tiger Swimming Club at Nee Soon at 11 a.m. tomorrow The Army teams will be•A M TEAM: Capt. Whitmore, S/Sgt. Richardson, W 01 Townsend, Capt. Marshman, Bpr. Beale Pte. Augles, Cpl. McLelland. "B" TEAM: Lt.
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    LEEDS BEATEN 7-2
    19 7 BRADFORD Northern beat Leeds by seven points to two in a Rugby League match yesterday Reuter
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    BIRTH
    41 8 BRADY. To Dorothy, wife of F^ter Brady. Kuala Lipis, on Ajrl 18th.. a scn^- still born. ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR MRS M. COOMARASWAMY, thank all the relatives and friends who sent valuable pr-sents and congratulatory mesm*?s on the occasion qf their imrriage.
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    REDS INVADING INDO-CHINA
    447 8 Infiltration by Chinese WASHINGTON, Saturday. CiHINESE Communist troops are continuing steadily J to infiltrate into French Indo-China to aid the Communist-led Viet Minn rebels against the .French forces, M. Paul Reynaud, wartime French I Prime Minister, disclosed here yesterday. M. Reynaud, who is meeting the U.S. Secretary
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    'AMBITIOUS' REDS TO BLAME
    159 8 THE chief U.S. delegate at tlae UN Assembly, Mr. J. F. Dulles blamed Russian ambitions to gain a Mediterranean foothold in North Africa for big power disagreement over Italy's former colonies. He was replying to an attack on the United States and Britain by Andrei A.
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    UK MINERSCLAIM REFUSED
    58 8 THE BritUh Government last night rejected a demand by miners for two weeks holiday with pay Instead of the one week which they now get. A Government Tribunal ruled that 'the present position of the industry and of the country does not warrant an immediate concession nor
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    NO U.N. INQUIRY
    32 8 The United Nations decidled last night against sendj ing an inquiry mission to Europe at the present time to investigate treason trials of Churchmen in Hungary and Bulgaria.- A.P.
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    ROMULO BACKS GAMBOA
    128 8 ROMULO BACKS GAMBOA NEW YORK, Saturday. BRIGADIER-GENERAL CARLOS ROMULO, chief Philippines delegate to tht United Nations, said yesterday that he had, during tht past few days, discussed the case of Sergeant Lorenzo Gamboa with Mr. Norman Makln, Australian Ambassador to tht United Statgi. Sergeant Oamboa. a Philippine born American soldier,
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    A 'Boys' Town' project for Goa colony
    139 8 OOA. Saturday. A BOYS TOWN. Eastern i\ style, is in the making In this Portuguese colony on the west coast of India. Catholic missionaries have acquired a large parcel of land In the city of Nova Goa as the site of their boys'
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    Israel, Syria can't agree
    69 8 DAMASCUS, Sat. BRIGADIER General William Riley. United Nation* Commander-in-Chief, said after a meeting of the Syrian and Israeli delegations negotiating a Palestine armistice that neither Syrian nor Jewish forces had agreed to withdraw from their present positions He added that he had decided to create a
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    25 8 r pil New York Stock Exchange yesterday shifted narrowly lower on n-<*> of a possible new coal strike The market closed irregular Reuter
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    21 8 Authoritative sources *In Washington say a single exchange rate for the Japanese yen will be established In a few days.- U.P.
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    ROBESON GETS THE BIRD
    29 8 DAUL Robeaon, was shoaled down by a Stockholm concert audience -when he tried to end his performance by singing 1 1 it- Russian song. Fatherland.
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    H.K. tightens ban on gold deals, holdings
    182 8 HONG KONG, Saturday. VKWSPAPKR publication of gold quotations from A^ abroad constitute an infringement of the Government ban on gold transactions, which came into effect on April 15, making illegal all dealings in. and possession of. gold without the permission of the Governor.
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    CATHOLICS ON SALVATION
    217 8 CA THOLICS ON SAL VA TION WASHINGTON. Saturday. rpHE Roman Catholic Church of th e United States has issued a n§w catechism which backs up Archbishop Richard J. Cushings' stand in a Boston "heresy" dispute. It says'that persons "outside the church", meaning Protestants and other non-Catho-lics, can attain salvation under
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    Cochin-China delay
    32 8 The newly elected Territorial Assembly of Cochin China which was expected to decide yesterday for, or against. Co<hln-China» participation in the new Vietnam state, postponed its vote until todav Reuter
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    Lawyer makes himself useful
    83 8 BRISBASE, Friday. r VHE austere silence of the corridors of the Brisbane courts was shattered by a woman screaming. "I'll kill you." as she chased a man down a flight of narrow stairs. At this stage another vian got in the way of the pursuer. The
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    'Percival too charitable'
    250 8 'Percival too charitable LONDON, Friday. THK Malayan campaign of 1941-42 needs "a serious history written by a qualified outsider who will pull no punches/' th« Influential Manchester Guardian asserted today. The paper was commenting editorially on Lt Gen. A. E. Percival's story "The War in Malaya a longer and less
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      16 8 THE SAINT Jf Leslie Charteris 's specia I Free Press A seria I begins today j\
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      54 8 S PORE TIDES lIII.H LOW I<mUv 03a.m; 2t7a.ni. 9 01 pm I it p.m. Sunday: 8.25 a jn: 3 00 am. 9.34 pm. S.ll p.m. M^"^^y ii *vOU^flT( £TAYiMi* m aiuiuw i n*j iaa k.«Lf rtg rL 'IO ftUCKf yOU OWl] am>ThiN# IL9I TO OOJ J X W*NT B PICP
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      Masthead
      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine APRIL 23, 1949.
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      WHAT'S TO BE DONE ABOUT THE HAWKERS?
      1350 1  -  CHIA POTEIK by Photographs rfTONE who has a food hawi Sin- iport wash bowls, rups and small id nl watfr. and uno that without tlis|: the quanw,Ui hv more drops, j i think, incline i, tht uett 'h;it the would not lose pack
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      How a scarecrow is born
      381 1  - How a scarecrow is born MARIAN WELLS by gKSIDKS parasites, insects and snails, birds number among the tanner's most pressing problems. They rival the hordes of black and red ants in ravaging his fruit trees, leaving large chikus half hanging from their stalks, and quite big holes in ripe papayas.
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      It's happy but rowdy in our street
      456 1  - It's happy but rowdy in our street K. S. CHIA by WHEN you live in a street where your home is separated from your neighbours by a wall on both sides and a roadway across which you can hear a baby wail every night, you do not have much peace,
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      Edward G. hates to shoot
      522 2 Edward G. hates to shoot GHOSTS of past great film roles still haunt many stars and probably will do their dying day. Boris Karloff's presence always causes someone to mumble "Frankenstein" and run for cover. George Raft is still asked to flip a half dollar as he did so memorably
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      Simple Symphony is first
      100 2 Simple Symphony is first PIST English ballet company to visit Australia and New Zealand the Ballet Rambert made, on the sands near Brisbane, a colour fion of Walter Gore's Simple Symphony." The film is intended for use in Australian schools. Sometimes described as the nursery of English ballet" Rambert was
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      A not so successful story...
      392 2 A not so successful story By Our Hong Kong Correspondent "fOME and look at my etchings, my gal, and I'll make a film star of you." This hoary line of approach may work wonders with the starstruck European girl but, if your intentions are strictly dishonourable, then you've got to
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      Judy Always Gets Her Own Way
      327 2  - Judy A lways Gets Her Own Way BRIAN YOUNG By lUDY Garland, one of Hollywood's brightest stars, is also a woman who has found the secret of combining the careers of wife, mother and actres s successfully. She is the wife of Vincente Minnelli, mother of three-year-old Liza Minnelli, and
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      VERSA TILE MICKEY IS INC.
      256 2  -  BRIAN YOUNG By IifICKEY Rooney has ITI frolicked Mis way through the professional entertainment world for a long time, leaving Just the first couple of years ot his life for loafing and a sprinkling of 4 amateur, diaper-clad stage appearances. The latter preceded his "oaftcial"
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      He wouldn't let them shave his chest
      457 2 He wouldn't let them shave his chest FILES in the hair department at the Max Factor studio show a select little group of actor-customers still resorting to false chest fronts in an effort to reflect manly vigour in scenes calling for openneck shirts, or no shirts at all. Van Johnson
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      She counts her cash on Saturday
      292 2 She counts her cash on Saturday IJOLLYWOODS busiest actress took on another full-time Job recently. She began acting in a picture. The lady in question, of course, is Marie Wilson. Every ntent. in the wfck. twice Saturday and three times Sunday. Marie appears opposite Ken Murray in the famous stage
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      How to write a 'smash hit'
      517 2  - How to write a 'smash hit' GENE HANDSAKER By HOLLYWOOD: I>AY Evans and .lay Livingston, composers of the Oscarwinning "Buttons and Bows", were ni^htclubbing with their wives at the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove. On the table wa s a batch of "We-Mail-'Em" postcards advertising the place. Ray picked one up,
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      Gold Digger
      9 2 Lark" ptoftoc becomes enh* *hen be tm
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      'How much do you know?' sports 'quiz
      335 3 1. (a) What Is the world record opening cricket Test stand? (b) Who made It and when (c) What was the previous best flfure, by whom, and when 2. What is the smallest number of players ever used by any English club in
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      MY FOOTBALL CAREER
      1006 3  -  Percival Soke By go be really expert at 1 anV sport one must JL vo\m. My brilKTjareer at soccer is >::/ due to this groundwork •S V e oi nine l 10 a school where Sball was compulJrjjid bt- cause of the of grounds "juniors played 40
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      Three all – conquering Penang mermaids SPORTING Chit-Chat
      1446 3  - Three all conquering Penang mermaids SPORTING Chit-Chat K.S. CHIA By three brilliant Penang. "mermaids", Miss Chung Yoke Ying, Miss Tan Kim Liew and Miss Lim Cheng Im, made a clean sweep of all four ladies' events of the inter-Chinese Swimming Club aquatic meet last week-end. They took first and second
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      S'pore faces badminton 'famine'
      489 3 S'pore faces badminton 'famine T*HE need for new blood for Singapore was never more evident than in the quadrangular tournament for the Pamadasa Memorial Cup, which was completed over the Easter weekend. With two top players, Wong Peng Soon and Ont; Poh Lim, away in Europe with the Thomas Cup
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      ITALY'S MILLION PROBLEM CHILDREN
      1042 4  - ITALY'S MILLION PR OBLEM CHILDREN Robert Shearer by OAILWAY stations. shopping centres aiul hotels in all big Italian cities are still today lour years afler the end of World War 11 infested with youths snatching a living as best they can t Vom the unsuspecting lo'irist. "Shoeshiners" they Used to
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