The Singapore Free Press, 11 May 1949

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA No. 17.470. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    ALL-OUT ATTACK ON S'HAI
    405 1 ALL-OUT ATTACK ON S'HAI 200, 000 Reds m big battle SHANGHAI, Wednesday. •JHREE Communist armies, with a combined strength of 200,000 men yesterday, opened up a furious attack on Nationalist positions near Quinsan and Taichang, 30 miles west of Shanghai, m what is apparently the opening of an allout offensive.
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    29 1 picture Squadron Leader R. D. Yule, officer commanding -the Spitfire squadron which left Singapore this, morning for Hong Kong, snapped as he became airborne at Sembawang AirAeld.- Free Press
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    Spitfires leave for H.K.
    173 1 Spitfires leave for H.K. m- •<• Press MulY Keporter. W\ IE ten Spitfires of 28 m* Squadron left Singam ::is morning on the st lap of their 2.630--m flight to Hong Kong X re they will be ft ned as "an insurX policy against anyt ng that may happen." squadron,
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    U.N. asked to keep out
    68 1 U.N. asked to keep out Mil Eric Louw. chief South P African flelegate. propos- m the United Nations biitical Committee yesterday hat the General Assembly p -uid declare itself without UrLsdiction to deal with InUa s complaint concerning i ..ent of Indians In the His resolution asked that h- Assembly
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    STOP PRESS
    59 1 IKree Pivn, Mart Reporter rfIHIRTY bandits armed 1 with $t*Mi> carbines and riiles raided a Chinese mine at flu Yam Bahru. Kuala Kubu. Selangor. early this ni irnnu They stole 1! identity rard> and for red labourers out of the konitsi. set flre to Ihi* koncsi and the
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    UN POSTPONES INDIES DEBATE
    242 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. THE Cnited Nations ad hoc Political Committee decided t«»da> by an overwhelming majority to postpone the debate on the Indonesian question until the next session of the Assembly. Voting on the adjournment, proposed by India and Australia, was 42 to 6 (the Soviet
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    U.S. STORING ATOM BOMBS IN BRITAIN?
    116 1 MANCHESTY.rt, Wed. UARIAN KACZMARtiK, a Pole committed for trial at the next Manchester Assizes on eight charges under the Official Secrets Act. was yesterday alleged to have asked another Pole, Zyghund Balusz. to find out if atomic bombs were being brought to Britain from
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    TOWN SCREENED
    25 1 The town of Jong Jong In Kedah %-as screened at dawn yesterday. More than 500 people were checked and two men were arrested.
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    REINFORCE F.I.C. CALL TO FRANCE
    191 1 PARIS. Wednesday. A FRENCH military delegation just back from Indo-China has urged speedier reinforcement* and stronger military action to back ex-Emperoi Bao Dai, who heads the new Vietnam state. The delegation has presented a unanimous report to the Prime Minister, M. Henri Queullle, it is
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    300 HOMES BURNT
    27 1 More than 300 houses or half of the entire town was destroyed by a fire which swept Furuhira. m Hokkaido, late this morning. Reuter
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    MIDNIGHT ATTACK
    17 1 Fifteen bandits opened flre on a police station at Perils Just before midnight last night.
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    ROBBERY IN LANE
    28 1 In broad daylight yesterday, three Chinese youths held up an Indian In a lane off Peck Seah Street and took his wallet which contained $26.
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    Treaty talks stop
    27 1 Treaty talks stop The Austrian treaty talks were adjourned m London yesterday until after the Paris meeting of the Big Four" Foreien Ministers.— Reuter
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    Bandits kill police
    27 1 Four policemen were shot dead by armed bandits near Khammamet, on the Hyderabad border, on Monday, according to press reports from Madras. A. P.
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    TARTAN RED TAPE
    103 1 r IMM King may soon get 1 a length of tartan ribbon for hi 8 Scottish Highland regiment dress uniforms after waiting for it for two years. Reason for the delay is a Board of Trade ban on imports. Almost all tartan ribbon for civilian use and
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    Masquerade parade
    76 1 A MASQUERADE parade to publicise the importance of defending Shanghai against Communist onsliughts will be held today with more than 80 trucks and cars participating as part of an extensive publicity campaign conducted by the Greater Shanghai anti-Commu-nist Commission. A special broadcasting programme on the same subject was
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    KAMPONG GUARD SHOOTS BANDIT
    39 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A solitary Kampong Guard at Bukit Bandar. Muar. last night confronted by three armed bandits shot one of them dead. The other two fled, leaving behind a gun and some ammunition.
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    No blockade, but cold war goes on
    159 1 BERLIN. Wednesday. VI ASS demonstrations m the U.S. and Russian secifl tors of Berlin will be held tomorrow following the lifting of the blockade by the Russians 40 hours before the agreed time. East and West German sector officials will hold their first
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    REVOLT FEAR IN HONG KONG
    115 1 LONDON. Wednesday. THE British Government does not anticipate any fullscale attack on Hong Kong despite the approach of Commiinist troops m South China, official sources said yesterday. The chief danger to Hong Kong, they said, is the possibility of Internal distur ounces by "rebellious elements"
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    Anti-Australian move in P.I.
    110 1 MANILA, Wednesday. T*HE Philippines may join other Asian countries x planning to boycott the 1956 Olympic games to be held m Melbourne because of Australia's antiAsian policy. Congressman Francisco Perfecto yesterday filed a resolution In the Philippines Congress expressing ••profound and vigorous" opposition to Philippine participation
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    34 1 picture. The Station Commander at Sembawang airfield, Wing Commander A. G. Dudgeon helps Squadron Leader R. D. Yule to fix his paracute pack, before he took off for Hong: Kong this morning.- Free Press
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    SLAVS ACCUSE ALBANIA
    45 1 mHE Yugoslav Government A press accused Albania yesterday of "brutal" attacks on a Yugoslav motorboat relayIng birthday greetings to Marshal Tito from Yugoslav border guards. The boat allegedly was machine-gunned and captured on the frontier lake of Scuttari on May 6. U.P.
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    EGYPT POLICE RAID
    30 1 Four hundred Egyptian police aided by "citizen commandos," raided more than 700 houses yesterday In Cairo's biggest manhunt for members of the outlawed Moslem brotherhood movement. Reuter
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    Bumper cotton crop
    30 1 Uganda has had a bumper cotton crop valued at over £17.000,000 following its "plant the maximum acreage" campaign and the best weather conditions for several years. Reuter
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    Malayan loan success in doubt
    287 1 Malayan loan success in doubt LONDON, Wed. f ONDON Stock Ex- change views are mixed about prospects for a successful flotation, tomorrow, of the new £8,050,000 Malayan loan, says Reuter's financial correspondent. Financial commentators are mostly agreed that the stock is an attractive one for institutional investors. It was emphasised
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    Rubber prices
    54 1 J^ SPECIAL Market rorrr.»por>ddenl fives the price* of rubber (In cents per Ib.) at 11 am today follows Bu>h- S» liens. N« 1 ft S S Spot loose 35', »*f F.o.b. la bales May No. 1 S.S.S. 35', No. 2 ESS. S3.. ZX*i No. 3 R.S.S 31 ;i
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    Far East Likes 'em Coloured
    605 2 WHILE coloured lilms have lost much of their appeal to American audiences, according to Otto Preminger, Twentieth Century-Fox actor, producer di rec t o r ("Forever Amber" and "Daisy Kenyan"), there is a great market for this type of picture m the Far Kast. While
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    He had to go crazy
    250 2 REELING lonely and dispirited because his show was a nop, Bud Flanagan went back to his dressing-room to find his old partner Ches Allen sitting there. 'I wonder If the boys would like to get together In another crazy show?" Bud asked. "Sure," said Ches.
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    PAINTBOX
    67 2 THE "Musical Paintbox" cartoon SOMERSET has been sent to Singapore. Holland, Italy and South Africa and several films have been shown m Canada. Characters m David Hand's "Animaland" and "Musical Paintbox" cartoons are becoming known throughout the world. Four of the film*. The Lion. The Cuckoo. Wales and The
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    Bridge Problem
    392 2 EAST shautd his bid Ixxaus* the opponents were on .core, he also chc«e to open with one heart rather than one club, trying to make it more difficult for them to overcaU. But, of cours-i. he couldn't keep the opponents silerrt with their preponderance of the cards. West
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    FAMILY LIFE
    411 2 At The Local Cinemas By OUR FILM REPORTER TOMORROW the Pavilion will screen "HERE COME THE HUGGETTS", which epitomises the life of a suburban family of live husband, wife and three well-behaved daughters. Dad and Mum are Jack Warner and Kathleen Harrison, the three daughters are Jane Hylton,
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    151 2 American comedian, Danny Kaye (centre), sits with 92-year-old Man of Letters, George Bernard Shaw, at the Ayot St. Lawrence (Hertfordshire), home of Mr. S. Winaten (left). Shaw's next-door neighbour. After the party, Mr. Winsten said: "Shaw and Danny Kaye put on an act. It was spontaneous and carried out m
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    Roz Is Ota Of Mourning
    328 2 Roz Is Ota Of Mourning By 808 THOMAS pOSALIND Russell has come out of movie mourning to return to her gay, dressedup self In "My Next Husband". No more weepers for her, says Roz and with good reason: her film dramas were okay with the critics but death at the
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    17 2 Betty VnderxDooc her charms on a Wo. beech and m an RKC production "San which stars Mar"
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      856 2 crurRDHDr Newsletter; 7.15 Singapore Share TOMORROW oillVjAlHJlvC. Maflet report: 7.20 Hawaiian 4.45 p.m. English: Programme R i| l MrnvHRR t Music: 7.30 The Joe Mooney Summary: News Healdines; Share IDLLt ««ww»' Quartet and Th* Charioteers. 8 Market Report; 5.00 Artur Hubin--484 and 41 7 metres. Porum of the Air A
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      322 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are You have a strong sense inventive and highly of family ties and should individual m your ap- And great happiness m proach to everything. You barriage and having t also have a good head for home of your own. business and can push
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    HYPNOTISM BY RADIO ADVOCATED
    123 3 HYPNOTISM BY RADIO ADVOCATED A| hypnosis by radio and B could wipe irr.an misery, accordm t)3 visiting English ■yrhologist who recommends X a programme for India. I J. Louis Orton, 72. says %t like to see India ni of this nature It- ng confidence and alX -bit ion to everyKa
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    114 3 Mao-Tse Tung (left) commanding the victorious Chines* Communist armies driving into Peiping m what looks like an American Jeep believed to have been captured, with other American stores, from the Nationalists. On the rUht leading Communist troops are seen entering the city by one of the ancient gates. Even the
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    Yugoslavs kill Hungarian
    96 3 VLGOBLAV frontier guards i >t and killed one Hungar soldier on May 6 m the at* nd border incident within two weeks. has already protesed against the killing of t^ Hungarian 'soldiers by a TK i'- rder patrol on jm.. 24 ■he Yugoslav announcemtr: said the new
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    Sinister' drug is ruining 250,000
    200 3 4| SINISTER, narcotic-like drug called "Peyote", used m primitive religious rites, is spreading among the Navijo tribes. This vicious drug should come under regulan by the federal government and its use Inhibited." says Dr. C. G. Salsbury. Superintendent o«the Canada Mission at Canada, Ariz. frorr
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    Whisper betrayed village bandits
    248 3 T*HREE men from the Village of Crime were 1 sentenced to death, and 22 more to prison terms of from three to 20 years. They came from Neumuhle, South-West Germany, and the German court at Zweibrucken which tried them had for eight months been hearing For
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    Red M.Ps. want Yangtse inquiry
    98 3 rOUR BritUh Members of Parliament two Communists and two left-wing Independents have signed a notice of motion calling for the setting up of an independent commission of inquiry into the dispatch of British warships to the Yangtse river. The signatories are Communists W. Gallacher and
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    THREE WORDS LED TO BANK ARREST
    145 3 THREE WORDS LED TO BANK ARREST TOWARD WILLIAM OLIVER, 45, accused at Wrexham of a £44,500 bank theft, was said to have been trapped by three words he was alleged to have written on a copy of The London Daily Mail. The words "W. Martin, 18 Field," led the police
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    Self-rule plea by Formosans
    67 3 TEN exiled political and cultural organisations from the island of Formosa off the South China coast, claiming to represent 1.000,000 formo«ans abroad, have appealed to the Far Eastern Commission m Tokyo to give the island self-government. They said Formosans did not want to be governed either
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    TRADE TALKS ON MALAYA
    62 3 BRITISH colonies, including Malaya, were considered during recent trade talks m London between British ministers and Mr. C. D. Howe, Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce. Parliament was told. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker. Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, said they had had "valuable talks" on trade with the
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    MORE CHEESE
    26 3 Britain's cheese ration will go up from one and a half to two ounces a week from May 22, the Food Ministry announced. A.P.
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    'I'LL MAKE ERNIE RESlGN'—Stanley
    155 3 'I'LL MAKE ERNIE RESlGN'— Stanley CIDNEY Stanley, fugitive. central figure m the British government's recent bribery investigation, said m Tel Aviv that when he tells what he knows the Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest, Bevin, will resign. "Ernest will teU the world that it is his health, hot I will shortly
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    STORM OVER SPEECH BY CREECH JONES
    292 3 'Unacceptable 9 says Rhodesian rpHE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Creech Jones, has angered Europeans hi Northern Rhodesia by a speech during his recent tour m which h e said that permanent white settlement would have to be controlled. Mr. Creech Jones was pointing out that
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    Big four faces Berlin dilemma
    245 3 Big four faces Berlin dilemma A MERICAN and German circles are discussing the A possibility that the four Foreign Ministers may end Germany's currency dilemma by allowing both East and West marks to circulate throughout the nation. Th e Germans themselves would place the true value on each kind of
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    A new King of Swans
    193 3 A new King of Swans ANEW king of the swan 3 began his rttgn at Richmond. Surrey, recently without ceremony. Succession was decided by a fierce fight, which lasted over an hour and onded with fatal injuries to his predecessor, an enormous old bird which had lorded it over hia
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    FOR OVER 40 DENTISTS
    84 3 1 SMALL magnifying glass *»help.s to put better fillings m teeth, says Charles A. Levinson, of Brookline. He uses one set like a dentists mirror. With it, he says, he sees bits of decay weaknesses due to thinness m walls made by the dental drills He
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    ALABAMA AID FOR NEGROES
    128 3 ALABAMA has put forward multi-million dollar programme to meet the urgent demand to sive Negro students the same college opportunities as those provided for white persons. The proßramme, devised by a special committee on Negro education, calls for a separate Negro state university and a law
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    34 3 The Queen at the India stand when she visited the British Industries Fair at Earls Court, London. The Queen Mother. Queen Mary can be seen m the background looking at some of the exhibits.
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    IN SYMPATHY
    35 3 TWO pretty 19-year-old twin girls underwent operations for appendicitis wtthin 30 minutes of each other m an Adelaide suburban private hospital. Their mother said this was the fourth illness they had suffered simultaneously.
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    India to have guards brigade
    94 3 India to have guards brigade THE Indian Army will soon have a Guards Brigade modelled on the famed Brigade of Guards of the British Army. The Brigade will have three battalions, the first open to 6-footers only, the second to those who are between 5 2 and 6 feet and
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    ADVICE TO FATHERS' BOOK
    81 3 A BOOK published m London provides harassed fathers with the ABC of bringing up a family. Published by the National Baby Welfare Council, it tells almost everything a man should know if he is to fit himself for fatherhood. Fathers are warned not to use bad
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    'BACKWARD' BELGIANS
    55 3 BELGIAN Professor Ver* vaecke believes that nearly 45 per cent of Belgian children are mentally 1m- I mature. His figures show that out of a total of 900,000 scho liars, 300,000 are one year be hind intellectually. He estimates a further 75 000 are more than two years
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    Sold a pup
    118 3 HE wanted a ***** puppy. Tlje smart boy m London's Petticoat-lane said, "Nice pup, 'ere. guy. Three quid. Pedigree long as yei arm." The deal was done. Home went a happy man. But the pup went off its food. The owner took her to Paddington branch of
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    ANGLO-ITALIAN ACCORD HINT
    56 3 A BRITISH Foreign Oihce spokesman said he could not confirm reports ol an Anglo-Italian agreement on the disposition of the former Italian colonies. He declined any c tfnment when asked if Italian For* go Minister Carlo Sforza and Mr. Ernest Bevin had reached an understanding during Count
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    CROWDS RUSH FOR NYLONS
    51 3 POLICE were called to maintain order wi: -n thousands of women ar.d several hundred men mobb< 3 eleven stores m London advertising nylons for sale. Excited by advertisements m Saturday newspapers. some queues staried oeiore dawn and most lines had at least 2,000 people m tVrm
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    THOSE APPEALING FAMILIAR FACES....
    821 4  -  NAN HALL Story by pVERY day m Singapore you see faces that appeal to you although their owners are unknown to you and their lives never touch even the fringe of your own. They belong to people of no account whom you probably pass by without
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    FIGHTING GOES ON IN KOREA
    324 5 China Reds to aid North? gEVERAL lives are being lost every day m Korea's undeclared but vicious border warfare along the 38th parallel which separates Communist-run North Korea from Americanoccupied South Korea. Communists from the North keep attacking the 200-mile front but have so far
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    13 5 Su- I>m l»t*>> of Windsor <»t«?raph«*d recently as f went >hoppm; m Paris.
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    'Obsessed by her suspicion'
    169 5 'Obsessed by her suspicion' fl who became obsessed I with a suspicion that h^r hu 1 had associated with H American woman while h* Wrked m the United States, •a [used a decree on th« gr> li of his allied cruel:/ eecs Divorce Court Air Jus* ice Hodson found Hr-
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    E.C.A. GRANT
    34 5 X PAVL HOFFMAN. Economic Co-operation Adn;srrator says that the 'nd instalment of the 'A grant could b« cut b«- the US$3 580 000 flguiv by d'H.-line m th« prlcei ot Dds exported.
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    BEVIN SEES SCHUMACHER
    62 5 npHE British Foreign Secre--1 tary. Mr. Ernest Bevin. rtcently reviewed American troops at Tempkhof aerodrome. He said he hoped the Big Four Foreign Ministers' meeting m Paris would bring laatlna peace to Europe. He later went to Melle m the British zone of Germany where he had
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    British jets worry U.S.
    157 5 OEPORTS that Britain is already actively experi- menting with jet passengers planes is causing concern m I.S. aviation circles. It Is feared that at the present rate of progress Britain will supplant the U.S. as the leading commercial air power and within two years will have
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    57 5 Second Lieutenant Saunders. individual winner of the Inter -Services Cross Country Championship, runs past a warning notice board M he leads the field over the six-mile course at Bulford Ranges, Wiltshire. The Army also won the team race and the Kitif George V Challenge Cup. taking it from the R.A.F.
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    30 5 photo. Mr William Wright. 66. of London, is seen standing at his door serving hot cross buns to children a r:.w»n Friday custom which he ha« observed since 1939.- A.P.
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    Harpoon line half-severed seaman's leg
    131 5 Harpoon line half-severed seaman's leg British whaler ha*» come home from the Antarctic with a tough radio operator who had had his le* amputated ar. sea without an ana sthetic and wants to *jo whalln* again. I don't believe m anaesthetics" said lie radio operator Kenneth Sinclair of the whale
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    M.Ps. DEMAND NEW DIVORCE RULE
    118 5 MORE than 120 M.P.s have signed a demand that divorce be available to couples who have been separated for seven years. The demand was In the form of an amendment to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous! Provisions) Bill, now before the House of Commons. It is
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    Told a lie under truth drug
    146 5 Told a lie under truth drug IN an effort to discover the Identity of a middle-aged woman found wandering with lost memory doctors gave her the 'truth drug"— pentothal. "What Is your name?" she was asked. "Mary Burton,' was the reply. The woman said she had worked at Manchester food
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    55 5 photo This Peiping scene, of civilian residents raising their clenched fists in a welcoming salute to the Chinese Communist troops entering the city, has since been duplicated in Nanking and many other cities. In background are portraits of the Chinese Red leaders the centre one being that of the Communist
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    M.P. LOSES HIS SLANDER SUIT
    64 5 M.P. LOSES HIS SLANDER SUIT MR. JOHN LEWIS. M P.. for Bolton, lost an action for slander m the Kings bench Division against Mr. 1 ouis Freedman, who lives m the same block of flats as Mr. Lewis* at Abbey Lodge. Regent's Park, London. Mr. Freedman was alleged to have
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    AUSSIES NEED US DEFENCE'
    78 5 AUSTRALIA needs close ties with the United States as never before, said the vicechief of the General Staff, Lieut. Gen. Sydney F. Rowell speaking at Melbourne. "We depend on the good will of America for protection m the north and northeast," lie said adding that Australia
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    DUTCH PROTEST
    32 5 DUTCH polk-e m Devon: er. Holland, broke up sevo-.U small d^mon trations pro.'.skills againsi the arrivai it British -anti aircraft troop.! v issi.-.t r> rrh aircraft forcca mi n tainlng.
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    'U.K. INVESTED TOO MUCH IN ARGENTINE'
    197 5 'IT would hav e been better if, m the past, more British money had been invested m Australia and less m the Argentine" said the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. Hugh Dalton, m a speech at Stockton -on -Tees recently on the
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    45 5 photo. Princess Margaret (nearest camera) is unnoticed b> a young local inhabitant, as she passes a handicraft sliop when she went shopping on the isle of Capri, accom panied by l.adv Mary Harvey, wife of Major T. C. Har vey, the Queen's private secretary.- A.P.
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    Partition of Jerusalem into 2 cities
    276 5 Partition of Jerusalem into 2 cities CLUBB PASHA URGES- PARTITIONING of Jerusalem into Arab and Jewish cities "is the only possible solution" for the Holy City, the British commander of the Transjordan Arab Legion. Major-Gen. John Glubb Pasha, told a press conference m London. Glubb Pasha added, The United Nations
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    Till your land, parsons told
    95 5 pARSON^ should buy tv ois ano cultivate the ie:torv garden themselves, says the Rev. Noel Boston vic*r of East Dtrrham. Norfolk. In the "Norwich Diocesan Gazette" h« Writes: "Half-an-hour with a light tractor would aec mplish more than many days' work with •>pade and hoe.
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    She was asleep, not dead
    109 5 After a restless night elderly Mis* Sauverin fell into a deep sleep. Woman boarder at the same house, noticing her empty chair at breakfast, went upstairs to rail her. She could not wake Miss Sauverin. The friend, now worried, called m a passing post matt
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 11, 1949. GIVE US A REASON
    697 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 11, 1949. GIVE US A REASON PERHAPS there is a reason for it. but the freezing of stocks of sugar impoued by private traders from Taiwan because it is appearing on the free market m Singapore seems to dc another Instance of the control
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    Visitors See The Ugly Spots
    861 6  - Visitors See The Ugly Spots Sit Yin Fong WEEKLY LABOUR COLUMN -By- QNCE m a while, a visitor comes to Singapore, and with his fresh perspective rakes up a particular facet of colony life that is ugly but nevertheless true. Such a visitor was Mr. Woodrow Wyatt, Socialist M.P., and
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    77 6 Princess Margaret is seen here accompanied by Lady Mary Harvey, wife of Major T. C. Harvey, the Queen's Private Secretary, out driving on her holiday at Capri. While there she went by boat to see the Blue Grotto, which can be entered only when the sea w dead calm. That
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    4 6 VIS-HE'S GOING OUR WAY
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      Whitley Council for rubber unions
      523 6 Whitley Council for rubber unions to the SinA gapore Acting Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. C. W. Lyle, for the successful negotiations between the newly formed Singapore Union of Rubber Workers and the management of the various factories. Now the workers houid be content with the new rates of wages,
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    Hong Kong trades on a razor's edge
    1004 6 Hong Kong trades on a razor's edge Grim news from China turns everyone's eyes» East What goes on? What next? What about Hong: Kong? Could it be held? This dispatch w*s written by G. WARD PRICE after a recent stay there. HONG KONG: pLYING above the mainland of 'Eastern Asia,
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    The buzz about the Wing-Co
    271 6  - The buzz about the Wing-Co MAURICE WILTSHIRE By WILTSHIKC T HE chalk-. niaon his i^hof^ nails is a Sybarite with 30Wing Con.::. neth Prir Wefl^ avenue. I. Bm|w hamshire. Mr W He s.ep—and on nights fcL. It was n i morning In week tha; I to find a v his
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    BIG TELEPHONE EXPANSION SCHEME
    282 7 BIG TELEPHONE EXPANSION SCHEME 10,000 more subscribers Free Press Staff Reporter part of a programme of expansion of the telephone service m Singapore, a 5,000-line, three-storeyed extension to the central telephone exchange m Hill Street has been completed. It is awaiting more equipment from the United Kingdom. Mr. R. W.
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    Rare S.S. stamps in world demand
    335 7 picture. Free Press Staff Reporter i{E is a big world-wide demand lor rare specimens of Straits Settlements stamps such as the two issues which fetched £1.050 at a London auction recently. This was told the Free Press yesterday by Dr. 0 Bin Chiang, former
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    Health services: 'long way to go'
    351 7 Health services: 'long way to go Free Press Staff Reporter Yf ALAYA had still a long way to go m the provision iT of basic public health services and m the prevention of major infectious diseases. Professor, J. H. Strahan, told the Free Press yesterday. Professor Strahan was recently appointed
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    RURAL BOARD
    23 7 The monthly meeting: of the Rural Board will be held on Thursday, May 19, In the Council Chamber, Colonial Secretary*! Office.
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    CUSTOMS POST
    20 7 Mr. L. J. B. Johnson, Cadet, Malayan Customs Service, has been appointed to act as Customs Officer, Singapore.
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    SINGAPORE RIDERS HANDICAPPED
    605 7 IN a letter to the Editor, Capt. A. Kane, 11th 1 Hussars, Training and Transit Centre, Nee Soon, replies to Dora Miller, who wrote m the Free Press two days ago criticising the horsemanship at last Sunday's gymkhana at Thomson Road. Capt. Kane's letter, addressed to Dora
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    Girl in hotel: corporal's evidence
    184 7 Girl in hotel: corporal's evidence Free Press Staff Correspondent TAIPING, Tues. FURTHER evidence was recorded today by the Taiping magistrate at the trial of Corporal E. G. Wilson, charged with using criminal force on a woman singer, Cheong Slew Hong, intending to outrage her modesty. In his defence, Corpora 1
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    THE BIG BANG
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    2,118 HELD IN JOHORE CAMPS
    108 7 2,118 HELD IN JOHORE CAMPS Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. THERE at present 2118 detainees m the two Detention Camps m Johore of whom 1121 are kept m the camp at Kluang and the balance at the Majedie Camp, Johore Bahru. Of this total 19 Malays and 54
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    Malay pilgrim body formed
    117 7 F. P. Malay Correspondent A Malay Pilgrim Committee was formed at a meeting held by the Malay Welfare Council and Singapore pilgrim brokers at the Penang Kebajikan Club, Geylang. Inche Sldlk Abdul Hamld, president of the Malay Welfare Council, presided. The committee is Intended to facilitate
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    MR. R.E. HOLTTUM
    30 7 Mr. R. K. Holttum, Director of Gardens. Singapore, has been appointed Professor of Botany for the University cf Malaya and not Professor of Chemistry as reported yesterday.
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    A.D.C. APPOINTED
    22 7 Lieut J. F. Burnett, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, has been appointed an honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor of Singapore.
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    HOLIDAYS AT 60 CENTS A DAY
    183 7 -Picture by SEA and sun-bathing, hiking, climbing, cycling, moonlight picnics, and a great variety of games, amid striking tropical scenery, are available to airmen and airwomen of Air Command, Far East, who visit the new R.A.F. leave centre at Tanjong Bungah. Penang. A holiday
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    35 7 ISiilE Daud bin Ismail and Inche Roekiah binte Hassan, who were married in Singapore. The groom Is a police constable... lnche Roekiah Is on the staff of the Gey lan g Malay Girls School.— Sukaramai
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    Cinema tax cut query to Govt.
    182 7 Cinema tax cut query to Govt. Free Press Staff Reporter A PROPOSAL to Gov- eminent for the abolition or reduction of the entertainment duty will form the subject of a query which Mr. Tan Chin Tuan Chinese Chamber of Commerce) will ask the Government at the meeting of the Singapore
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    48 7 pictures. SMOKE rises as two tons of explosives go up at Mandai Quarry yesterday. The explosives were fired by the Army because they were m a dangerous condition. Top: Two miles away from the quarry, this man takes down his wall clock as a safety measure. Free Press
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    GIRL CHARGE
    54 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent MUAR, Tues— Charged before the Muar Magistrate with talcing away a Malay girl under 16 from her parents at Pinang Sribu, Haji Yusof bin Hajl Nor was allowed ball of $600. Ahmad bin Yunos and a woman. Wok binte Tahlr, were each granted $600
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    NEW SCHOOL CLASS
    37 7 A post certificate class has been established at the English College, Johore Bah.ru. Pupils from Muar and Batu Pahat who Intend to enter for the entrance examination to the Colleges have Joined this class.
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      107 7 AirmaiL are expected to arrive m Singapore today from PoUaod.l Australia, Borneo, indo-China. Siqm China. Hunt? Kon* v Japan, and the N.E.I. Closing times for posting airmails at thr 0.P.0. are: to Padang: 1.30 p.m.; to PalembanE; and Batavla: 4 pm; Medan, China. Hong Kong. Macao. Japan, the U.K.. Aden.
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    SCHEME TO DEVELOP MALAYA
    194 8 SCHEME TO DEVELOP MALAYA Spore may get $14,500,000 Free Press Staff Reporter. THE work of the three committees appointed to allocate the £5,000,000 Colonial Development and Welfare grant m Malaya is now almost complete, said the Financial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, yesterday. Some of the projects will
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    YOUTH CRIME DROPS
    172 8 YOUTH CRIME DROPS THE Social Welfare Department reports a big drop In fchc number of cases of juvenUe offences. Last month 47 cjm?s were dealt with by the Singapore Juvenile Court, compared with 84 m March. However, says the official r >rt. cas^s of a more sen us nature 'have
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    YOUTH RALLY
    48 8 THE Singapore Christian Youth Council is arranging a united youth rally m the grounds of the Presbyterian Church In Orchard Road on M<tv 23 at 530 p.m. Features of the rally will include hymn and chorus singing. testimonies and items rendered by the Trinity College choir.
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    KNIFE CHARGE
    83 8 BUTTERWORTH. Tues.— Wong Ah Phong, a cook employed by the R.A.F., Butterivorth. today walked up to the bench> and showed some scars to the Circuit Magistral. Mr. E M. Smallwood. Wong was complainant In a case m which a mess boy, Muniandy. was charged with inflicting eeveral wounds
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    S.A.T.A. move to stop spitting
    220 8 Free Press Staff Reporter ENFORCEMENT of Singapore's anti-spitting laws, J with prosecutions and $25 fines, may form part of the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association's hygiene drive which is now being stepped up with Government help. The director of the S.A.T.A. clinic. Dr. O. H Garllck. told
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    Municipal workers' debts 'alarming'
    222 8 r ree Press Matt Keporter \IOST Singapore Municipal employees are heavily m debt despite ex-gratia rehabilitation payments and salary advances, according to the employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. The society last year lent $114,306 to 352 of its SI S members. "The presence of moneylenders
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    WOMAN WARNED THE BANDITS
    190 8 Free Pre*« Staff Reporter IPOH Tues. WHEN 24-y*»ar-old Wong Slew Yin was charged m the Assize Court yesterday with failing to report the presence of armed men m Siak Siak Siputeh. to the police she said: "I was afraid of these people and I dared not
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    ANTI-SPIT CAMPAIGN
    21 8 ANTI-SPIT CAMPAIGN picttirr. TWO women study one of 30.000 posters put up m Singapore m the campaign against spitting. Free Press
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    CAMBRIDGE EXAM.
    24 8 Candidates for the 194'J Cambridge School Certificate examination may offer the following practical science subjects: biology, botany and chemistry, it is announced.
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      Exports fall hits prices
      466 8 LONDON, Wednesday. \TEWS that Britain's export figures for April had W shown a decline unsettled the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent: Small losses were widespread m most sections, with industrial equities the chief sufferers. Cements, rayons, motors I and miscellaneous leaders i were
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      Gaoled for extortion
      91 8 TWO memoers ol a secret society known as "Gang 36" were sentenced m the First District Court yesterday to two years' and I*3 months' rigorous imprisonment for extortion. It was stated that the two men. Llm Ah Tee and Ong Chwee Seng, forced a fishmonger, Quek Yang
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      BRIBERY REPORTS
      112 8 pOMPLAINTS and alle 5a V; Won* of <«»rrupt, ftn a^aifist Govrrnmrnt vants or others will |><,. U the attention of th« p pl(O l( A nti -Corruption Braru h i C.I.D. chief. Mr E K ow said yrsterday. Complaints ma> lie >fn( m sealed cover to Fowler, or
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      GANG ROBBERY BID ALLEGED
      87 8 GANG ROBBERY BID ALLEGED Minon bin Sa mail bin Sani u>with attempted and Mohamed Hu Hassan and Haron with abetment, m I pore As.si7>- Court The proM'f- v that they v. gang which tri'-d I Chinese family at at the 15th mile. X: last July but wer. ed by the
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      156 8 mdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya -____j_ awuqpOUCiMAM MSHRO«m\ \TH£ SMIUM6 I WHY BLOW THAT fI I WhQ IS TK UMLN6 THXf WHQ LOOKS cT/v>--ruc tuicc i I I I 1 GESTURES IT'S A»« r "■'-^^ncv I J/\p|E Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 17
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      80 8 SINGAPORE SHIPPING SHIPS m port alongside 'he Singapore Harbour Board vtu yesterday igodowns m brark were Main Wharf: Aenea* «3i-S4. Shiliong 38-39 Kampar '40-41 Welle reden 42-43) West Wharf: Masula '6-7 1, Eurymedon <6-9), Titan < 11-MI. Eastern Saga (15-16*. Empire Dock: Gujarat 1 7-18 Serdang < 21-22. Benrtnnes 25--2
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    Fingerprint Sleuth
    1727 9  -  BIRCH r YELLOW HANDBAG UPSET THE PERFECT MURDER by Chief DetectiveInspector Sydney S. Birch was for years second m command of Scotland Yard's Fingerprint Department of the YARD MA SHIVERING black T jnd brown longrel puppy vouched behind lushes one night fw ran ago at Jinj;s<io\vii, near the
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    AN OLD SIAMESE TALE OF OPIUM
    571 9 QNX'K upon a time there was a Yogi who had a cave deep m the forest. Around the cave was a little female rat which became quite tame because the Yogi fed it scraps of food. One day the Yogi, m a lonely mood,
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    Colombo's black scavengers
    350 9  -  KENNETH TAN by (XN landing at Colom- bo, one vi the first things the visitor will notice is the multitude of black, ugly, noisy crows. According to most Ceylonese they are a blessing to the country, because they are nature's own dustmen for they pick the cities
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    20 9 Buddhists praying at the Po Kok See Temple m Thornton Road. Singapore, on the occasion of the birthday of Budhha
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    The birthday and death of Lord Buddha
    884 9  - The birthday and death of Lord Buddha K.S. CHIA by tyESAK full moon day this year, which falls tomorrow, will go down m the annals of Malayan Buddhists as a day of great rejoicing through great achievement. For the first time m the history of this country. Wesak Day is
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    'IT'S GOALS THAT COUNT' – COACH
    685 10 'IT'S GOALS THAT COUNT' COACH Changes m Cup side likely By CRUSADER IT'S goals that count, especially m the Malaya Cup competition/ Mr. Choo Seng Quee, S.A.F.A. honorary coach, told the Fre e Press yesterday, expressing gratification over the performance of the Singapore Civilians' experimental team against the Combined Services
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    25 10 picture. A general view of play m progress m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships, which are being held at the S.C.C. courts Free Press
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    A.C.S. SPORTS PROGRAMME
    304 10 A FULL pNfrmflUM hd* b#:n| drawn up for the 35th annual; spoit, me t of the Anglo-CbJneee I School, Singapore, which will be held at Jahm BOHtf Stadium on Saturday, tarting at 23J pm. Mrs. Wu Paak-shine. wife of ttK Chinese Consul-General, will give away the priz°s.
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    U.S. GOLFER DEAD
    33 10 MAXWELL R. Marstoi.. 56. fcrmer United States aa.ateur golf champion and member of the Walker Cup team m 1322. 1923. 1924 and 1934. died m Hamburg. Connecticut, last Sitmoav. A.P.
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    SPEEDWAY CONTEST
    33 10 'pHIRTEEN ConU.neiK^l motor x cyclists have enieied lor ihe world speedway champion hip, starting on May 1C r.nd culminating m the hnal at Wfinbley Stadium on S pt. 22. A. P.
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    Why embarrass our Cup men?
    447 10 By PHOENIX VOTHING seems to me more inappropriate than 11 the Thomas Cup team versus The Rest badminton match, which is being arranged. Whether for exhibition or for charity, there could be little justification for it. Th e return of the Thomas Cup team should
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    22 10 picture. 11. K. Yadi. the well-known Malay tennis player, competing m the S.L.T.A. championships. Hi> doubles partner is H. Kamis.- Free Press
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    Bookies' turnover $500,000 a day
    359 10 Free Press Special Correspondent BOOKMAKERS m Malaya will for the 68 racing days this yeaj. collect between them something between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000 m bets, racing circles m Singapore told the Free Press yesterday. The special committee appointed by the Singapore Government to investigate th
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    J.M.S.C. ELECTS COMMITTEE
    82 10 JOHORE BAHHL. lr.es. DR. J. M. Lowsou. Principal Medwal Officer. Johore. was elected president of th 9 Johore Medical Sports Club at the annual eer.eral meeting held m Johore Bahru. Others elected to office were: vice-president. Dr. Molid Salleh; hon secretary. Lnche All bin Kling; committee; Mr.
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    Tennis 'invasion'
    54 10 A MERICANS will make the rl biggest "raid" since the war on Europe's major lawn tennis honours this summer Ttfie "invasion" will be spearheaded by Dick Gonzages United States champion' Davis Cup star Ted Schroeder. and 1948 Wimbledon champion Bob Falkenburg The contingent will comprise eight men and
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    More cinder tracks plea
    237 10 COR a nation that has aw ays taken part m intern uional lletici and hopes to continue on irger scale m he future. Brii ls badly off for cinder track,?. ./hon the' coming season start* May 14, thre wU be less than J cinder tracks, .some
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    Knows finer points of game
    339 10 MALAYAN SOCCER STARS 8 By MAKK FOK.N A.MII X LEE Sze Tat can easily claim to be the best < i IUIeM soccer player m Johore and on c of the fmvrnos Chinese exponents of the game m Malaya This a claim based on his
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    TOBOGGAN STRONGLY FANCIED TODAY
    358 11 Latest hints from track By TRESPASSER OBOGGAN, Badger and Selopian were the horses most fancied on the course this prning for the fourth day's races of the Singaire Turf Club Summer Meeting to be run this mm Toboggan has only Soltara to beat m the second
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    UNKNOWN
    91 11 Hee Press Staff Reporter ■JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. TfIMELF Training Centre had I Honiy themselves to blame for t: 2—l defeat by Perlia In yesterday's League Bee fixture on the Istana Mtilnd by a goal In the g^pd half, the Training Ke were awarded two pgKties. one of them Just
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    39 11 T*^ V -SIX members of th? 1 A Association party. wMtafe -national BMft# '.en. \on»-?y and "■9 A "i- aa "B" team Ifr Finland and IMS' farina the next fortnight. Hk ckhelm by two pSsaca IVSF rr. London.
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    34 11 Iny m tbe >U>iiower Badminton Party's juvenile tournament photographed the Party's court m Moulmein Road. With them is Chin Chim Bock, former Singapore Colony representative, who has been giving the t »ys useful coachinf.
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    U.S.A. TENNIS FINAL
    23 11 A. ALSAOOFP (-40.3) beat 1 A Sujak '-15J> 6-3, 3-tJ In the Malay Spores Association's "A M cli>sT handicap tennis
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    875 11 Race 1: 2.ls— Class 3, Div. 4—6 F. and 19 Yds. 000 Gay Aggie Flannery 900 Mesdames Lim Wee Turley 000 Heart of Oak Harper 8.11 "W. Beng Heng Kor.gsi" Daniels 1 000 Gold Chain 8.10 "Lynn Stable" Heddl 004 Sir Keith Farad 8.07 "Mrs. Dixie" Menzles 410
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    189 11 TRESPASSES EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER MOST FAVOURED SELECTION RACE 1 JOHN BULL LUSAN MAID LUSAN MAID SIR KEITH 1 13 Lusan Maid John Bull Gay Aggie Gay Aggie LUSAN MAID RACE X TOBOGGAN TOBOGGAN SOLTARA SOLTARA 2 43 Soltara Ballymar Ballymar Toboggan rmtara SUckness Alabama
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    MOONEY CLAIMS 6 VICTIMS
    216 11 MOONEY CLAIMS 6 VICTIMS EXCELLENT left-am bowl- ing by burly Tom Burtt, supported by the alert wicketkeeping of Frank Mooney, who claimed six victims m Worcestershire's second innings, were many responsible for the New Zealanders' Initial first-class victory yesterday. Set co make 367 runs to win m just under five
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    SCOREBOARD
    221 11 New Zealand 2nd inns. B. Sutcliffe b Jackson Ml V. Scott c Wyatt b Howorth. 75 F. B. Smith not out 45 J. R. Reid Ibw Jackson 23 W. Wallace b Howorth 26 T. B. Burtt b Howorth t W. Hadlee not oat 7 Extras. 10 Total (for 5
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    Exciting finishes in county cricket
    710 11 T*HERE were some exciting finishes m the cricket 1 county championship matches which ended yesterday. A grand day's cricket at Lord's ended with Middlesex avoiding defeat from Nottinghamshire with one wicket intact. Middlesex, set to make 222 m two hours 35 minutes, needed to average
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    NAVY GAIN 7-1 WIN
    133 11 DISPLAYING better strategy and making no mistake with every opportunity presented them. Royal Navy yesterday overwhelmed G.H.Q. Signals 7—l In their SA.FJL League fixture at Seletar last evening. The Navy opened the scoring In their first few minutes, when Davles ~hot In low and hard past
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    T.B.A., C.S.A. draw
    49 11 SIX goals were equally shared by Tamil Brotherhood Association and Chinese Sports Association m their Junior A, Group 1 soccer league fixture at Geylang Stadium yesterday Scorers for the Tamils were Yogorajah. Thomas and Rajoo and for the Chinese Weng Kee, Kirn Knm: and Sum Long.
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    RAF SELETAR WIN
    40 11 O.A.F. SELETAii oeat KAJ-. XV Changi 2—l m a S.A.F.A. Senior League fixture at Selotar yesterday. This victory placed Seletar at the top of the League table. Durden and SyreLt scored tor Seletar. Williams replied for Changi.
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    CASUALS OUTPLAYED
    184 11 CHINESE Casual* were o.splayed m a Senior Division League fixture at Jalan Besar stadium ye^rday when they kwt to the Royal Engin°ers by seven I goals to one In a one-sided game. I Kennedy, the Sappers' centreforward, was m rare form, scoring four poab and doing the hat-trick
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    BIRTHS
    85 12 TO P£LRiY, wile of R. L. A*ers, on May 8 at Penang a daughter ROBEY: On May 7, to Muriel (n?^ Russell> and Erroll, a son. CLERC: At Youngberg Memorial Hospital, on the 10th May. 1941 to Kathleen, wife of Paul CK-p. a son. Jean Louis. TZTHERICK: On 10th
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    132 12 8!1-KOE. The engagement Is arm ><inced today between Mr. Sit K<*e Yew third son of Mr. 1 FM and Men Koe Kiew Har, of Mr. Koe Kiat Ghee. B E N G A G E M E N T is an"?d m Ipoh between John A ur Robert Taylor.
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    MARRIAGE
    41 12 rai MARRIAGE takes place y BfCvwa Mr. Lim Cheng Churn, eldest son of the late V Mrs. Lim Hock Seng and M: i Wee Gek Choo. voungdauehter of the late M. Wee Cheong Whye ?.nd M m Le« Siew Lian.
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    RED ABOUT FACE
    157 12 RED ABOUT FACE LONDON. Tues. MOSCOW Radio said today that collaboration between the American and Russian economic systems was both possible and desirable. The broadcast won special attention since it comes less than two weeks before the May 23 Foreign Ministers' conference which will try to settle the German question.
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    'Can increase India's food by 40 per cent'
    167 12 WASHINGTON Wed THE Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Mr Morris E. Todd. said here yesterday that, given the necessary funds, he could increase India's food production up to 40 per cent Mr. Todd said he would do this
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    PAKISTAN MAY BE REPUBLIC
    450 12 P.M. tells of new constitution CAIRO. Wednesday. PAKISTAN may follow India's example and become a Republic, the Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, told a press conference here yesterday. The Premier, who is on a three-day visit as guest of the Egyptian Government, is on his
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    22 12 photo. Chinese Communist troops captured near Shanghai are here seen being led through the city under guard to a prisoner camp.- A.P.
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    AIR RECORDS BID DELAYED
    51 12 A BID by a Hawker Fury 1 lighter plane to break the London -Rome and London Karachi records was yesterday postponed for the second time m 24 hours. The start is now due tomorrow. The Hawker ftjrhier is to be delivered to the Pakistan Air Force.
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    U.K. developing A-bomb plane
    265 12 LONDON, Wednesday. DKITAIN is developing iU first high altitude jet bomber designed to carry the atomic bomb, it was disclosed yesterday by a source closely connected with the plane's development. Neither the Air Ministry nor the Ministry of Supply would comment. T^is would place the new
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    Jap children's plea to Govt.
    76 12 TOKYO. Wednesday. L>USY members of Japan's Diet paused from their taski of government m the Diet building yesterday to recent a deputation of two am all but resolute Japanese children nho presented a petition asking that Jtpan import live elephants. They explained solemnly they had
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    REDS RIOT
    107 12 Five-; houiand Communists, demonstrating against the Austrian Government's wage price policy, scuffled twice with police yesterday and several persons were hurt. U.P. Because the parish boundary extends into the River Thames, choirboys from St. Munstan's Collese. fatford (London), put out onre every three years m a boat to
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    PALESTINIANS TO DIE
    59 12 AN Amman High Court of Appeal yesterday confirmed the death sentences passed on four Palestinians, who had been found guilty of making an attempt on' the life of King Abdullah on March 26 by placing electric mines on the road between Shouneh and Amman. The judgment will
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    18 12 The Japanese Stock Exchange, closed since the early days of the occupation, will re-open on May 16. Reuter
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    President of S. Korea accuses US
    160 12 President of S. Korea accuses US SEOUL, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Synghan Rhee of America n-occupied South Korea yesterday accused the United States of having acquiesced m the division of Korea with the northern industrial half turned over to Soviet control, and with having enforced a policy of appeasement of the Communist
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    Republic of India by August
    120 12 NEW DELHI. Wed. RATIFICATION of the London Commonwealth agreement will be the first Item on the agenda of the Indian Constituent Assembly due to meet on Monday. Prlmt Minister Pandit Nehru Is expected to move a resolution: that "this Assemly do hereby ratify the declaration
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    N.Z. SUPPORTS PACIFIC PACT
    84 12 THE New Zealand parliamentary secretary of Finance. Mr. H. E Combs, has pledged support for an arrangement m the Pacific similar to the Atlantic pact. He told a luncheon of Congressional Foreign Affairs CommitU'H m Washington"We In New Zealand have only 'one coa.st.line the Pacific coast.
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    PRINCESS SEES POPE
    60 12 ORINCESS MARGARET. In a I long black dress with long sleeves, black gloves and a veil, was yesterday received m audience by the Pope. The audience, which took place In the Pope's private library, lasted 20 minutes. British officials described It as a 'semi-official visit." m keeping
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    Wedding crash
    44 12 FIFTEEN people m a marriage party of 36 were killed when a lorry m which they were travelling struck a culvert and turned over into a ditch 240 miles from Gauhati. Assam yesterday Bride and bridegroom In a following car escaped Injury
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    U.S. SPIKES RED WAR CLAIMS
    163 12 r^rxP tt 4 o WASHINGTON, Wednesday nnHE United States Government has published offlL f^oH Wa rti r c c,e ,Y idence tha t American troops hihll t V 1 66 6 capital of Czechoslovakia, but held back at Russia s request. This evidence effectively spikes
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    13 12 India and Egypt signed a one-year trade agreement m New Delhi yesterday U.P.
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      327 12 ACKNOWLEDGMENT m l L S O N The relatives of rhe late Nelson Horatio w m, wish to thank all fho Bf who attended ;he fur.~rr«l of Mr. N. H. Wilson on the Bth May. 1949. Also, all tho-e who sent wreaths, and len- cars. FINANCIAL l OANS on good
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