The Singapore Free Press, 18 May 1949

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ASDS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Article
    CHINA-WIDE RED VICTORIES
    337 1 CHINA-WIDE RED VICTORIES S'hai pressed from 3 sides SHANGHAI, Wednesday. UNCHECKED Communist armies all but encircled Shanghai yesterday, swept to within 80 miles of the south-east port of Foochow and were reported only 225 miles from Canton, the refugee Nationalist capital. The southbound Red forces appeared to be virtually unopposed.
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    UNKNOWN
    76 1 fe-K <taff Reporter |-.>»i >sed Municipal ISV isci iil be Hf-'r Governor-ln-\t earliest possl-\-^^J -ys the offlVvm itioni on the *m il salary ,3 Singapore sterday. jf iddi that GovM tre that the de1m anting this W sing dissatls- Municipal eraS I a Governm a In lieu of m
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    UNKNOWN
    22 1 I; MG Wed. MM troops it 'hree > for I ye>:er- ent, conR Engineers i nfl immvbridges ■draa and have already U.P.
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    35 1 Ki-.muui bin Kosnan, a younf Singapore Javane&c who threw a hand gren.ule into a coffee shop m Delhi Street, injuring 12 person* on April 28 last year, was hanged (n Outrum Road Prison this morning.
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    S'pore arrests
    18 1 titan NUfT Reporter nested by .i\)vrt C.ID. tor flve, mwiu be s.iris m the l hap-ji-Ki"
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    SECRET REVEALED
    11 1 1 Miff Reporter Ci D yesterday d Chinese r.bers.
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    SAMBASIVAM NOT TO DIE YET
    118 1 THE Sultan of Johore had not yet confirmed the death sentence passed on Sambasivam under the Emergency Regulations, and therefore there was no question of a stay of execution, the Free Press understands. The Representative of the Government of India, Mr. John Thlvy. has made
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    Rebels routed in N. Burma
    140 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. DIRMESE Government forces yesterday routed 13 1.200 rebels who attacked with mortar and machinegun support strongpoints of Government headquarters at Meiktila, the North Burma Army radio claimed last night. The broadcast said aircraft bombed and strafed rebel concentrations east and west of Meiktila,
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    Let battle commence
    101 1 Let battle commence Free Press Staff Reporter r initiate a debate on birth control at the next meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commission on May 27, Mr. D. Robertson (South Ward), will move that facilities for obtaining advice on family planning be made available at the Municipal clinics for those
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    U.K. Govt China policy 'danger'
    88 1 LONDON, Wed. MEMBERS of all political parties are being asked to Join a non-partisan Parliamentary committee to force the British Government to take a positive stand toward the Chinese Communists. Conservative, Überal and Socialist members agreed that there was real danger In the Government's wait
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    BANDIT CAMP DESTROYED
    35 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A FORCE of military, police and kampong guards, operating m the Qriseh area yesterday destroyed a large bandit camp. Cooked rice, and Communist literature m Jawi were found.
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    REFERENDUM
    33 1 qnHE French Government has 1 decided that Chandemagore, French setlement about 20 miles north of Calcutta, should nold a referendum on June 19, to decide whether to merge with India or not.
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    SYRIAN OIL PACT
    23 1 Syria has approved an agreement with American oil j Interests for the passage of a pipeline through Syrian terri- U.P.
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    U.K.'s ISRAEL ENVOY
    23 1 Mr. A. K. Helm, first British Minister to Israel, arrived m Tel Aviv yesterday after travelling from Haifa by road.
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    42 1 photo. Section of the big Army Day Parade m London m which more than 2.000 men of the 28th Infantry Brigade marched from Wellington Barracks to St. Pauls and back via the West End. Picture shows them marching m Fleet Street. BANU
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    Brokers use binoculars
    61 1 JAPANESE stockbrokers are using binoculars inside the tl Tokyo Stock Exchange, which is a scene of confusion since Monday, when trading was resumed for the first timsince the occupation. The Stock Exchange has been reorganised on Americar lines and brokers at telephones are unable to read quot
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    Burma P.M. to visit London
    75 1 RANGOON, Wednesday. THE Burmese Prime Minister, Thakin Nu, is to visit London soon on "very important business," official sources stated here last night. He is expected to return to Rangoon by June 7, when the IV mese Parliament meets. The Prime Ministers decision was taken
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    After the game was over
    43 1 After the game was over Iree Press Staff Reporter A CHINESE woman surren- dpred $38 and her identity card to a Chinese who pointed a knlte at her chest late last night m Tronoh Road. She was home after a game of mphjong
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    No cut in U.K. meat ration
    115 1 LONDON. Wednesday. THE Food Minister, Mr. John Strachey, said yesterday that Britrin can maintain her present meat ration until the end of the year even if the An?!o-Argentine meat Calks fail. He said he was confident ot keeping the weekly ration per person at
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    BANDITS KILL H.K. POLICE
    200 1 HONG KOxNG, Wednesday. /^ANGSTER elements from across the Chinese border last night raided a Hong Kong police substation near Takuling and after killing the Chinese officer on guard escaped across the border with the substation's arms and ammunition. No European police officer was concerned, as the
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    FILIPINOS PROTEST
    28 1 A proposal by Gen. MacArthur's headquarters In Tokyo that the Japanese be allowed to expand their lifhing activities southward drew protest from the Philippines yesterday. A.P.
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    UK can't lend money to Eastern Europe
    180 1 GENEVA, Tuesday. \f K. Christopher Mayhew. British delegate to the United Nations Economic Commission for Eurr^\ said today that Britain was not m a position to resume substantial foreign investment. During a discussion of measures to increase trade between East and West Europe,
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    192 GUERILLAS DIE IN GREECE
    61 1 GRiu^K (tovernment troops: inllicted about 500 casual- ties, including 192 killed on i rebt 1 forces f hroughout the country yesterday »eco ding to a Oreek Owieral S'aff cvnmuafQue The most suectaalal :uuion jjd* m Central Qrefce fb*»re two bri^n m Aei« driven fron) strong
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    Republicans split over Indies pact
    217 1 Republicans split over Indies pact BATAVIA, Wednesday. npHE Indonesian Republican Emergency Govern. x ment will decide its standpoint regarding the Dutch-Republican agreement when it receives further news on the matter from the President and Vice-President, according to the Batavia federal newspaper, Warta Indonesia. The paper said this was disclosed m
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    Rubber prices
    56 1 SPI.MAL Market roru^id dem irive* Ihe t»ri<e» m ruM-t-i (m cents fM-r Ib at II a m •■•rtr.t Buvrt> Mll«f» No I X S S Spnt loe*« 35',. 35', t.o.D m halt* Ma* No. i ass. 35 i j No. t R.S.S. 33' 3.->-. No. 3 R.S S
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    Anglo-US talks on Far East
    123 1 Anglo-US talks on Far East WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE British Ambassador, Sir Oliver Franks, and the i UJS. Secretary of State. Mr. (Dean Acheson, yesterday discussed the Par Eastern and South -Eastern European situations. Sir Oliver told reporters after the 15-minute conference that they dealt with matters he wanted to con
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      Unwanted memorial
      134 2 OVER three and a nail years since the liberation and still a Japanese plinth stands brazenly pointing skywards m Singapore for all to see and for those who hated the Japs to shiver slightly as they pass it by. Does this plinth commemorate some courageous deed, does it
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      Where's Our Tree?
      230 2 AS one proceeded down Fort Road, to turn either left into Meyer Road or right into Tanjong Rhu, one was struck by the beauty of the Frangipanni tree which nestled against an outbuilding adjacent to Katong Park. This tree, which was a lovely specimen of its kind
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      Questions on Birth Control
      474 2 Questions on Birth Control WITH respect to tiie Bishop of Malacca, and due deference to his cloth, protest must be made against the R.C. clergy using their influence to prevent practical measures being taken for the benefit of human civilisation, merely because of some Biblical passage which happens to have
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      License the dogs
      99 2 RADIO Malaya keejis using broadcasting time to warn listeners of what Mr John Dumeresque will do if listeners don't obtain radio receiving licences; Magistrates continue to hand out small fines to those culprits who don't take out identity cards: so why do<\s not the Municipality do something
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      More Libraries, Please
      422 2 More Libraries, Please \|R. Thio Chan Bee, Nominated Unofficial Member of the Singapore Legislative Council, is to ask the Government to open up district or branch public libraries similar to those m England at the next meeting of the Council. This is a step m the right direction. Raff.es Library
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      Bridge Problem
      353 2 'THTF hand was perhaps the biggest single swing In the Vanderbilt Cup tea m-of-iour event. It cost S. Garton Churchill's team a total of 2310 points; yet the remarkable fact was that m spite of its huge loss on this one deal, the team was aj'e to win
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      Smuggled Bibles
      217 2 ■FHE story about Biob smuggling into Spain, to which you devoted more than a column of valuable space m your May 14 issue is easily recognisable as one which has been directed at one time or another during years against many cities on both sides of the Atlantic
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      Not Doing Its Duty?
      508 2 I ACCUSE the Singa- pore Improvement Trust of failing m its duty to see that its flats are allocated to those people entitled to them. I also chars i the SIT. with dereliction of duty because they seemingly make no attempt to eject unauthorised tenants I
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      No differences
      72 2 J THINK i; wih be agreed that having aired our views, there are no differences, m principle, oetween myself and Dora Miller. I feel sure you now understand all the difficulties and your gen.-vous oflcr to assist will be mos*t 'varmly appreciated especially by the youngsters. May I
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      Additional blessing
      274 2 T»HE astounding ,M about this Jj control controve^i the number of 11 who claim to knojr intentions of Ala God m the matteri Similarly conftdtn* J used to fix a date iSm creation of the fa man at something SI years ago. sir. population ol :•> *y*!M Increased
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    47 2 Th* Yrtt Tress prqHNi print letters it >a\ <>.*der> subject* of t<i»kal m I>ettrrs sliouid as possible. I I a norn de pttm I published unlrand address «r«> d.» <^ Iditor as qua. uit»« faith Letter* shnuM V i«" ed to The Kd.tor Kre# F Cerll Street. >;tu
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      51 2 MAYNARD CO., LTD. CHEMISTS. 11, BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. Phone foil 5 P0.8.x Cables "MAYNARD" Sinfea;SOLE DISTRIBUIVRS 1\ MALA for Parke Davis Co EITiICAL PHAIMACEUTIC IS BIOLOGICALS. INJECTIONS I More demand than FERGUSON'S Wf Printed VoiU /j^\ JA W (4 shades > Suitable for San 4/1 viyella! v vCI-wl)w rtain shades,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      10 2 Solution To Crossword No. 690 S E^iAlTjEMg EiDM^ sjTTpMfTejs tlo^n
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      136 2 Fw Crossword No. 691 I F~j i |i |4 Ij 5 p§|6 30 51 52 g CLtt" AtKOSS i.ai'-.'itd .>.>. 7 Manly (6); 9 Sporting oa -m M\- 11 w,,. urn 3); 12 Disposition 14): 14 Incident «5-; 16 ft^ «l 2 lOOknept (3); 19 Promontory ,4); 21 Pungent' s*.
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    'STOP RIOTING' CALL TO ARABS
    205 3 'STOP RIOTING' CALL TO ARABS Promise of independence OKITAJN, traditional friend of the Arabs, has appealed to the Arabs m Tripolitania to stop rioting: over the recommendation of the United Nations Political Committee that they should be put under Italian rule and to concentrate on negotiating their future political rights.
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    31 3 |n,>s Dorolfey Manley. run:o Mrs. Fanny a,r n m the metres, who i nttmXh to Mr. Hill. en;in.ering m, at Wood ford wore a mediaIress plans inue her athletic bef marrJage.
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    HUSBAND: 'I LIVE IN FEAR'
    35 3 Kford Hamp- that he •rife and ;?s apart He was told Major You must t ontroL" Arthur Steam Dorothy, 23. Cottages, i boand over for neglecting Udren, Edna. ■M Jen-
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    ANGLO-U.S. FILM TALKS
    26 3 I te, president :\:an Motion n' Associa- that the \ngloF C incil would on June rk out old be a! to both U.P.
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    Ceylon tigerhunt story ridiculed
    163 3 THE Ceylon European Association has sent an ottciai communique to the Ministry of Defence and External Affairs m connection with the statement made recently m an Australian newspaper by Mrs. Arthur O. Palliser a former Ceylon resident. Mrs. Palliser is alleged to have made derogatory remarks
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    INDIA DEBATE
    34 3 Dr. Herbert Evatt, President of the United Nations General Assembly, announced last night that consideration of the Indian-South African dispute and the question of Franco-Spain would begin m the Assembly today. Reuter
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    25 3 The British Ministry of Supply announced a reduction m selling; prices for copper, lead and zinc because of recent falls m the American market prices.
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    700 MONKEYS GO BY PLANE
    109 3 HENRY Trefflich, New York bird and animal importer, said the cargo of a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines plane that recently arrived included the largest air shipment of animals ever made. The airplane brought to New York 700 monkeys of various species, 30 of which died
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    MURDER Could not kill
    1493 3  - MURDER Could not kill GREGORY BAXTER til The story so far: Robin Foster, an artist, is walking at midnight near Marble Arch, London when he hears a woman's cry of horror. He sees a man dart from a stationary saloon car to a nearby limousine. Robin jumps on the running
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    69 3 Britain's biggest commercial flying boat, the 8.0.A.C. Short Solent on its arrival on the Thames near the Tower of London. The 35- ton, 39-seater flying boat flew from Southampton landed on the Thames near Limehouse Beach, and taxied up the river to the 'alighting area" opposite the Tower. It will
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    Dutch deny 'U.S. influence'
    181 3 TiHE Dutch Government has officially denied x allegations by members of the Dutch Parliament that American investors and trusts m Indonesia are "exercising great power or influence there." In a review of the Indonesian situation the Government said there was great American interest m Indonesian projects
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    Forecasts —by trees
    63 3 rEES have joined the ranks of weather forecasters along with woolly-bear caterpillars ground—hogs rheumatism and corns, and industrial engineer reported. By using a device known as an electronic potentiometer to measure the electrical impulses piven off by trees, scientists working concurrently at three U.S. universities have discovered
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    It's easy to lose a diamond
    289 3 It 's easy to lose a diamond THERE was one awkward moment m the interview m New York with Harry Winston, netf owner of the fabulous Hope diamond He was talking casually to a reporter over a long, velvettopped fable. Between them* m four trays, lay the famed jewel collection
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    ABACUS CHAMPION
    22 3 A 21 -year -old bank clerk Genichi Umebara, has won Japan's abacus championship, for the second year m succession A.P.
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    Wife's admission convinced judge
    257 3 a WIFE admitted to Mr. Justice Willmer m Manchester Divorce Court, that she could not spell "conscience." That was one of his reasons for believing her evidence rather than her husbands, and she was given a decree on the grounds of desertion. The judge said that
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      51 3 A LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN THE HUMAN FIGURE MAKES GOOD TAILORING A NECESSITY WE MAKE GOOD TAILORING A CERTAINTY >IN6AP,ORI KUALA LUMPUR PENAN BY SPECIAL REQCEST. A further demonstration of the Namco Presure Cooker will take place m John Little Store on Saturday 21st May at 10.15 a.m. and 12
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      348 3 sdfddstdfgdfgf SINGAPORE News m Cantonese iBBC>. 6.45 mi vim-ADir Indonesian: News Programme. NLIYIUKK) 715 News m n— I .3BC> IM m Mi 41.. metres. English: News; Programme SummtT^nvy news from K.L. Mary; Question Address letters it 10 a.m. to the FAR EASTERN SERVICE, TOP%T BBC. LONDON (BBC). 8.00 ■rom Kuala
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      206 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you have a great deal of personal charm and magnetism. You make friends wherever you go and are so easy going and genial that people wonder how you happen to get so much accomplished without appearing to work very hard. Your secret is smiling your
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    On with the dance
    566 4  -  NAN HALL Story by 'IMIK highlights of the Wttk 1 for these Singapore children are their dancing classes and at the present time they are m fever of excitement rehearsing for a forthcoming concert. There are about 131 pupils, including two little bo>s. m this dancing
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    M-AID NATIONS GOING AHEAD
    223 5 j\lr. Truman is satisfied i»ENT TRI MAN has forecast a 30 per cent. ,on m the critical dollar shortage of Marshall Plan" countries by the middle of He made the forecast m a report to the work of the Economic Co-operation n during the last quarter
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    A bearskin for her dressing-up
    101 5 A bearskin for her dressing-up c nine-year-old I Yes dressing j i Maytaii fur her aj too robe forj arda officer's £4 Its. The €80 and £45. man, '.vholesale Bamholt, Surrey, had nother odd cuffs, and 14 skins m I thought that do for my dress up Red Riding Hood,
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    DEADLY EEL IDENTIFIED
    64 5 i the seiss ol 43 Filipinos s been identified a type of moE Taggart of ist Territory ...ssion made by show- :urej of ihe Filipinos. an eel of the pc m the not poisonous. 22nd Gene. ep< r:ed 13 Fill- ere uncontwo were In a criFour other
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    RED THREAT ON WANE
    46 5 RED THREAT ON WANE officials asEht radio 'A\l> IOSEuropemn "■■ry cained Cooperation European r, Mr. AlI 'hat Com•*as -till ian a added: "Meai-■••'lnlst-doml- been dec- iij of r-a-ie J. Tobln, la most of workers unlsm "because Communism the freedom ns and use f political ends."— Reuter
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    HUSBAND 'LOVED WIFE TOO MUCH'
    120 5 WHEN Mrs. Isabella Armstrong was given a divorce from her sailor husband everyone agreed that she was divorced except her husband. His solicitor said at Sunderland: "His trouble is overaffection for his wife. He still want to be married to the woman. He believes he
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    JAP INDUSTRY SHARES RISE
    54 5 rpHE Osaka (Tokio) securlX ties exchange re-opened for the first time since the end of the war to brisk trading an heavy Industry shares which were moving upward following Washington's order to halt reparations removals from Japan. Brokers and investors jammed the exchange during the half
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    U.S. TROOPS SHOT PI BOYS
    60 5 yWO 14-year-old Filipino boys were shot and seriously wounded by United States military police on May 12. The Army announcement said the boys were with a group of 30 civilians allegedly looting a supply dump at the United States Fort William, McKinley. Members of the
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    Plane crash panic
    31 5 A Syrian plane crashed before 20,000 people at a sports festival In Aleppo, killing both occupants. Many spectators were killed and Injured In the panic which followed Reuter
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    TWO FORGOT EACH OTHER
    143 5 A WOMAN artist bought a magazine at a Swansea shop 20 years ago, was struck by the shopgirl's beauty, painted her and forgot her. This year she retouched the painting, sent it to the Royal Academy m the hope that it would be hung on the
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    TRADE PLEA
    48 5 THE Japanese Premier Shigem Yoshlda recently appealed for a chance to extend Japan's trade "so that we may buy the food we need to live." Japan today had only two allies— "a will to survive on our part and the benevolence and munificence of the U.S.
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    Admirable—not to each other
    225 5 Admirable— not to each other THE marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Weaver was described by a divorce commissioner as a "strange mixture of laughter and tears." And commenting on evidence that Mrs. Weaver had shown "every sign of happiness m life", Commissioner Temple Morris, K.C., said at Swansea: "One
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    REWARD IN HK MURDER HUNT
    46 5 HONG KONQ police has increased U) £50.000 »HK its reward In the hunt for murderers of two British marine police officers and a Chinese detective last week. This is the biggest police; reward ever offered m the history of the colony.
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    51 5 One-year-old Lady Sheba, owned by Mr. J. Dyble, of Hunsdon, Herts, wore a polite but inquisitive expression when she came up for judging at the Alsatian League Club Championship Show at Seymour Hall, London. Little 3-year-old John Dyble, son of the owner, knows he has a prize possession m Lady
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    72 5 Russia's ehitf delegate to the I'nited Nations General Assembly m New York, Mr. Andrei A. Gromyko, (right) has just returned from New York by air, taking with him a bountiful supply of champagne and chicken cooked m wine. In this picture, he is seen making a speech, and listening are
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    Died in slum worth millions
    88 5 AN elderly Chicago rag picker who died m an alley has left an estate which may total $bO,OOO <US>. Louis Cohen, 60, had more than $21,000 (US) on deposit at the First National Bank of Chicago. He also owned stocks worth an additional $24,000 (US;»
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    52 5 The first entry of officer cadets at R.A.F. College, Cranwell (Lines.) to be trained on the Percival Prentice the new Royal Air Force basic trainer have just passed the halfway stage of their basic training. Picture shows a formation of Prentice basic trainer aircraft manned by R.A.F. cadets during instructional
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    COMIC REALLY SWALLOWED FALSE TOOTH
    131 5 COMIC REALLY SWALLOWED FALSE TOOTH THE audience roared. Comedian Alec Munro crawled oil the stage, pulling weird faces and clutching his throat. When someone came on the stage to ask if ttu-re was a doctor m the house the audience were even more convinced that it was all part of
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    P.I. 'SPECIAL' CLAIM ON JAPS
    51 5 •T\HE P.I. Under-Secretary of 1 Foreign Affairs. Mr. Feltno Neri has reiterated that the Philippines considers horself "especially entitled/ to Japanese reparationsHe denied reports that ti.e reparations case for the Philippines was "lost"' and that the Philippines may instead press for direct United Stales assistance.
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    Swiss welcome for Margaret
    84 5 4 SWISS Government reA ception is to be given lor Princess Margaret on iier way home from Italy, it is announced. The Princess is due to come to Switzerland on May 26th. She will attend a Government reception at Nyon on the shore of Lake Geneva.
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    NEW SAINT
    27 5 Pope Plus XII yesterday canonised the Blessed Jeanne De Lestonnac, niece of the French writer and philosopher, Montaigne, who founded the Order of the Reuter
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    THE MAN OF 'LOST PATROL'
    226 5 THE MAN OF 'LOST PATROL ANE of Britain's top film U directors of the 1939*3, was said at Bedford Quarter Sessions to hare had a mental breakdown, ard his jail sentence was quashed on appeal. A doctor said that the man, Walter George Thomas Summers, who directed Dark Eyes of
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    The dear old school makes him furious
    198 5 ("<ECIL GEORGE STILLMAN, aged 52, does not look like a revolutionary. But he wants to burn down 23,000 schools m Britain. He never liked school when he was a boy. But unlike most other boys he did something about it— became county architect
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    RICHES BUY HELP FOR HIS FRIENDS
    322 5 RICHES BUY HELP FOR HIS FRIENDS U*OK George Fletcher, earning his £6 10s. a week as a stoker, there was always the dream of fresh air and the open fields, which he had known as a farmer until the slump beat him m 1931. There was always the hope that
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    132 5 HE CANNOT STOP HIS SNEEZING PVERY three seconds for days now Michael Hippisley, 14-year-old London schoolboy, has been sneezing and he is still sneezing. Doctors have not been able to stop it. The only times the boy has not sneezed are when he has either been given drugs or has
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    V.D. THREAT TO PROVINCE
    194 5 VENEREAL disease threatens to extinguish 1.000.000 people iving m the newly 1 created North Indian province of Himachal Pradeoii. The Central Government, alarmed by the prospect, has invited Dr. C. Cutler of Clevei land. Ohio, V.D. expert m the World Health Organization, to visit the area
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 18, 1949. LOOK ROUND AND SEE
    650 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 18, 1949. LOOK ROUND AND SEE MR MALCOLM MACDONALD, the Commis-sioner-General, has gone to London for his regular talks with the Home Government on the problems that beset South-east Asia. He and Mr. Ernest, Bevin, the Foreign Minister. Mr. A. Creech Jones, the Secretary
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    Will they find Unity or Chaos
    933 6  - Will they find Unity or Chaos SIT YIN FONG WEEKLY LABOUR COLUMN by I AST week, as I had anticipated, there began a unionist, move to call a halt to the progressively deteriorating port cargo handling rate m Singapore, which was threatening the economy of lighter workers, and to a
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    Workers' itch
    111 6 PEOPLE who are troubled with Itchy skins may be treating life as too stern a battle, according to a doctor writing m the British Medical Journal. The doctor, a skin specialist, gave this advice: "Don't work too hard. Don't be over-con-scientious. Don't be too finicky about washing. Don't
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    Televising an operation
    315 6  -  PAUL F. ELLIS By OPERATIONS on human patients will be televtsed m full colour for the first time this summer. The new technique will be part of the annual meeting of the American Medical Association to be held m Atlantic City m June. Black-and-white television of operations
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    Aussies Active In Ceylon's 'Sport Of Kings'
    631 6  - Aussies Active In Ceylon's 'Sport Of Kings' GRAHAM BARROW By COLOMBO: AUSTRALIAN trainers and jockeys are playing an active part m Ceylon's booming "Sport of Kings." British, French and other imported Jockeys also ride on the island's three main racecourses, but the Australians represent the largest and most successful foreign
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    How A Whitley Council Operates
    800 6 How A Whitley Council Operates [From a publication issued by the Trade Union Adviser 1 Office. Malaya.] THE primary function of a Trade Union is to represent the interests of its members and to negotiate with the employer on behalf of its members. If the Trade Union is to do
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    Drive to round up stray animals
    183 7 Drive to round up stray animals trre Fress Staff Reporter 'rHERE are so many dogs and cats m re today m some they are approachwild state that matter is to receive I immediate attention the Society for the ntion of Cruelty to s this week. main item on the he
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS
    23 7 The Did Rafflesians' Assojciation will hold thtir annual dinner on Monday June 6 at Princes Restaurant, Orchard Road, at 7.15 p.m.
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    Labourer too ill to register
    242 7 A MIDDLE- AGLD labourer, Ibk We.ii?. Dresented a WoWem m the First District Jterdaj when he was sed with having no ard. He was so weak and ema--1 from illness that he -arcely able to stand m the dock. H e was allowed to m
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    DEMOLITION: GOVT. STATES POLICY
    276 7 DEMOLITION: GOVT. STATES POLICY Rural official went too far Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore Rural Board's procedure has been tightened to prevent a repetition of a recent case m which one of its officers exceeded his authority and issued demolition notices which should not have been issued. This Government statement
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    42 7 picture. MR. THAU AM SINOH of the Raffles Institution receiving an honorary commission m the Singapore Cadet Corps from Mr. A. W. Frisby, the Director of Education, yesterday. Mr. Tharam Singh holds a Governor's Commission of the rank of Lieutenant. Free Press
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    REUNION DINNER
    37 7 To commemorate Founder's Day, the feast of St. de la Salle, a i-elunion dinner of Old Boys of all Christian Brothers' schools will be held on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Robinson's Cote, Raffles Place.
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    New F. East air post
    124 7 AIK Vice-Marshal R. S. Blucke has been appointed Air Officer m charge ol Administration at Headquarters. Air Command, Far East, It was announced yesterday. Air Vice-Marshal Blucke lias been Air Officer m charge ol Administration at Technical Training Command for the last 18 months and
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    No lack of maps in S'pore battle
    429 7 PERCIVAL CHARGE DENIED Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. FEDERATION Survey Department officials today refuted allegations contained m Lieut. -Gen. A. E. Percival's book on the Malayan campaign that lack of maps contributed to the fall of Singapore. A Department spokesman told
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    GIRL CHARGE
    50 7 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Tues A. Shanker, alias Abdul Manan, an estate contractor, was today sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment and fined $]00, In default another month's imprisonment, on a charge of attempting to outrage the modesty of the 17-year-old wife of a special constable.
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    BANK SCHEME
    35 7 The Kuala Lumpur Malay daily, Majlis, report^ that promino v Malays m Seiangor plan to form rui'ionai ba,nk m Kua 1 J um>nir when they ni^i'i In i^e Fe leral CapiuU nr \1
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    150,000 CASES OF PINES THIS SEASON
    139 7 1 50,000 CASES OF PINES THIS SEASON Free Press Staff Reporter TANNING of pineapples In Singapore. Johcre and Klang Is again m full suing. The supply of truit from Johore is sufficient for the packing of 3.000 ease; every day. The current packing sermon is expected to produce about 150.000
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    45 7 MMR. and MRS. J. SANTNARAJOO who who were married at St. Joseph's Church, Bagan Seria, Perak, recently. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Selvarajoo, of Singapore, and the bride the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthonymuthu Chettiar, of Kulim, Kedah.
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    MALAY ART GLASSES
    111 7 F. P. Malay Correspondent THE Malay Arts Society will start art classes for members this week-end at the Tanglin Tinggi Malay School, Inche Sallehuddin, secretary of the Society, said m an interview. About 30 members are expected to attend the classes, which will be divided into sections
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    66 7 pu-ture rE Singapore Stape Club will present three one-act plays as their contribution to the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital week, at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday and Sunday. Picture shows a scene from the second play. Jenny m the Orchard, m which Annette Moore plays the lead. Beppy de Vries
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    R.A.F. REGT. TO RECRUIT MEN
    101 7 FE R.A.F. Regiment -(Malaya) is organising a recruiting campaign for Malay recruits m the future which will probably start at the end of this month. The recruiting party plans to visit the following centres: Alor Star, Sungei Patani, Butterworth. Parit Buntar and Nebong Tebal. It
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    SEAMAN'S CASE ANGERS MALAYS
    126 7 MALAYS are "getting angry" over the case of Abdul Samad bin Amjah, a Malay seaman who is facing flepori tation orders In Australia, says Utusan Melayu, the Singapore daily, m a leading article. Abdul Samad is fighting m" the law court, to be allowed to remain
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    EXTRA LIBRARIES MUST WAIT
    187 7 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government "attaches great importance" to the possibility of extending library services m the Colony, but says that the question of opening branch or district libraries is to await the appointment of a qualified librarian for Raffles Library. Such an appointment
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    TRANSFER TO J.B.
    34 7 Raja Osman. superintendent of Kota Bahru gaol, has been transferred to Johore Bahru. He was entertained at a tea-party by the Malay Football Association of Kota Bahru nrinr to his deDarture.
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    BOUND OVER
    50 7 PENANG. Tues. Twenty-three-year-old Khoo Chow Chye told the First Magistrate. Mr .C. E. Robless, m answer to a charge of attempted suicide, that he suffered from insomnia and had taken some tincture of lodine under the impression it was medicine. He was bound over for I six months.
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      112 7 Airmails >re du° to arrive m Singapore today from: Holland, Borneo. Indo-China, Siam China, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan and tht N El. Closing times for posting airmails at the G.PO. today are to Padang: 130 p.m. to Paleinbang and Batavia.: 4 pin. and to Medan, China,, Hong Kong, Macao, Japan.
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    Malaya received most aid in Empire
    232 8 Malaya received most aid in Empire Free Press Staff Reporter mHE British Government A had offered and given more financial aid to Malaya than to any other part of the Colonial Empire since the end of the war said the Colonial Secretary. Mr. P. A. B. McKerron at yesterday's meeting
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    SUSAN LEAVES FOR HOME
    71 8 ft 16-year-old New Zealand girl. Miss Susan Maclean, who has been m hospital m Singapore for three days, leaves b> B O.A C -Qantas Constellation today to return home after spending two months m E: .^land attending the Daily Mr.il Youth Forum. Susan was taken ill
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    CAMPFIRE HELD
    32 8 GEMAS. Tues. The 32nd Singapore Railway Rover Scouts and Girl Guides were entertained by the Ist Gemas R Crew at a Campfire at the Railway Ins'itute Padang on Sunday night.
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    'BLUNDER' TO REJECT U.K. OFFER
    668 8 Govt warns on war damage Free Press Staff Reporter. REJECTION of the latest British Government war compensation offer to Malaya of £20,000,000 and an interest-free loan of $160,000,000 would be a "great economic blunder," the Financial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, warned m the
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    S'pore regiment: no action yet
    206 8 THE prospects of taking immediate action on at Singapore regiment depend on the Colony's j present and future commitments, said the Colo- > nial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, m the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday. The Financial Secretary Mr. J. D. M. Smith, who
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    Bills before Council
    143 8 AMONG Bills, which came up for first reading at yesterday's Council meeting, were the Pawnorokers Proclamation (Repeal) Bill; the Courts (Restriction of Civil Jurisdiction) (Repeal) Bill; the Food Control Bill; the British Cinematograph Films Bill; the Wills (Amendment) Bill; and the Registration of Criminals Bill. The "Penal
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    UNLICENSED
    25 8 FARIT BUNTAR, Tues Chan Boon Kang, aged lti. and Tan Choon Chin, 40, were each fined $10 at Parit Buntar for using unlicensed sampans
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    M.A.H.A. PLANS 1950 SHOW
    99 8 M.A.H.A. PLANS 1950 SHOW Free Press Staff Reporter KUA..A LUMPUR, Tnes. THE Malayan Agri-Horticul-tural Association are making plans for an exhibition next year the President, Mr. H. K. bimoline, said at a committee meeting m Kuala Lui.ipur last night. Mr. Diiaoline said the Government had advised the Association net to
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    CADETS ON PARADE
    54 8 picture. THE Director of Education, Mr. A. W. Frisby, inspecting 4 guard «f honour of Singapore Cadet Corps before he presented Governor's Commission to 19 Cadet Officers yesterday at Raffles Institution. Accompanying Mr. Frisby is Capt. C. V. J. Reutens of the St. Joseph's Institution, who commanded
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    JOINT TALKS ON THE MORATORIUM
    166 8 Free Press, Stall Importer A SELECT committee of five, with the Attorney- General as chairman, was appointed by the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday to deliberate, with a similar Federation committee, on the four Moratorium Bills, which came up for second reading. The Bills referred to
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    Dullness as old account ends
    473 8 I London Stock Exchange] LONDON, Wednesday BEING the last day of the present account busing was limited yesterday, says Reuter s f ma n cv correspondent. Attention was largely fo^ussed I attempts to arrange contangoes, which wig t* as soon as jobbers can assess their
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    NEW HOUSING LOAN IS APPROVED
    164 8 THE Singa]> n Council yest< r Ed a second loan to th- Improwmn housing The Chairman of Mr W L Bly 1949 housing pr eluded the con>^ flats, 312 work::, artisans' quarters. 85 shfi and 42 teneme: Mr Blythe reca.: a previous meeting oil approved
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      238 8 mdndrdkC Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya 1 I "WD 1 1 YOU WERE TH£ VICTIM I IHE TOOK MILLIONS II I'D HAVE GIVEN' 1 I AGAlhl NM3A IS PUZZLiD BY THINK tOF MASS HYPNOSIS. IN DIAMONOS/ ANYTHING TO MANDRA^rTsTMkGERFturTAurF THIS THIEF WAS A SLICK I'D SAY HE
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    Fingerprint Sleuth
    1383 9  - Finger print Sleuth BIRCH THE RED INDIAN KILLER WHO STALKED A GIRL IN SURREY WOODS by Chief DetectiveInspector Sydney S. Birch was for years second m command of Scotland Yards Fingerprint Department of the YARD THREE thousand Diles from his Indian home, a d young savage Engnsh girl peace of
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    Would you like some fricassee of lizard?
    558 9  -  G.D.K. McCORMICK by \IEET Mr. Lemon. He is one of the most refreshing characters you can meet m the world today. Food problems do not worry him. "I eat very little myself," he says, "and I just concentrate on other people's food worries,
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    S. AFRICA'S BIGGEST HEADACHE
    1125 9 S. AFRICA'S BIGGEST HEAD ACHE by a Special Correspondent TO Uic isitor from Britain who might be content to confine his experience of South Africa to its rich, rare offerings, from bountiful sunshine to bacon and eggs, there intrudes upon his complacency the native question. He may try to escape
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    JUVENILE LEAGUE MAY BE CALLED OFF
    429 10  -  CRUSADER Permission not >yet given By THERE is a likelihood of the proposed Juvenile Soccer League being called off. The organisers recently wrote to the school authorities and the S.A.F.A. applying for the necessary sanction to hold it, but up to the time of
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    67 10 pictures. 1 Some of St. Anthony's School's most promising sportsmen Left picture shows members of the j school's badminton team from top row. from left to I right Ho Yut Wan Stephen de Souza. Peter de Souza. C. Tsai and Berney John. Ki?ht from top row, left to right: star
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    Straits Times Thomas Cup souvenir
    57 10 Straits Times Thomas Cup souvenir FE Straits Times Thomas Cup Souvenir, which will be published early m June, tells the story of the Malayan badminton team's victorious tour of Europe. The 32-oage art paper booklet, containing, special articles and autographed pictures, will be on sale at 50 cents a copy.
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    S'pore players change to standard grip
    437 10 S'pore players change to standard grip ifpHE overwhelming victories gain--1 ed by the Macao table ::ncis team during their visit to Singapore recently have served to oj>cn the eye o of local players to the efficacy of the "standard" or t nuts grip m holding the bat. Quite a number
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    St. Anthony's makes progress in sport
    500 10 Bj* A Special Correspondent DT. Anthony's School, Singapore, is making rapid strides m sport. Among the games played are soccer, badminton, cricket, hockey, basketball, volleyball and table tennis. Swimming and athletics are also included m the programme of activities. According to Mr. C. R.
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    Malayan soccer stars....No. 9 Yew Leng inspired by father
    422 10  - Malayan soccer stars.. ..No. 9 Yew Leng inspired by father KEN JALLEH By IfEE Yew Leng, for four sea- sons a member of Singapore's Malaya Cup team, had one advantage which many other footballers did not have. He had an indulgent father who encouraged him and took a far greater
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    COSMOS S.C.
    94 10 AT THE second annu.il frener.il meeting o! the Cosmos Sports Club, the following uer*» elected office-bearers for 194k. Patron; Mr. E. If. Abdul Kadir; President, Mr. W. Oaks; vicepresident, Mr. Antnony Paul: hon secretary: Mr. P. Appavoo; non. asst. sec: Mr. A. N. dc Souza; hon. treasures, Mr.
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    Jacks beat SHBSA
    88 10 JACKS* Sports Club beat the J Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association at table tennis by f.ur games to three on Saturday. Results (Jacks' players mentioned first): J. P. Muldoon lost to Ng Liang Chiang 0-3; Urn Swee Tlan b'.at Teh Serg Teck 3-1; Teo Sin Kong beat
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    FRANCE IS HOPEFUL
    254 10 PRANCE ls counting on a btrong array of junior players to bring bat It the Davis Cup uithin the i:ext few years. Ren° Mathieu. spokesman of the French Tennis Federation, sa.ri m Pan? jesterdny. Mathieu add^d that UMj year's crop of young French players is the best
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    MEDICS BEATEN
    68 10 I r<-e Pre-j. Staff llep>*tn JOHORE BA pHE m i i r.ntch on th<» l- :«d«| There was nc Its' half. On the Chicle Battalion ttkam at b?« combination. nett4Hl thrall 3abb. who ccwiven^d a pi ram Barron, the aeon :xmtL Two minute* later P .~t n* i
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    Bare-footed soccer has its thrills, too
    538 10  - Bare-footed soccer has its thrills, too ERIC ESDAILE By rr was a tensely exciting fame of totta! B(t sides fought hard, intent on victory k. n!Jv win at all costs was the keynote rather t» The referee did his best to keep hand, but the players broke most ol TJ^
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    'WE MUST PRODUCE MORE ATHLETES'
    597 11 'WE MUST PRODUCE MORE ATHLETES' Better training facilities urged TO raise the standard of athletics m Malaya we must produce athletes m far greater numbers. This is the view of Mr. B. E. Chambers, Supervisor of Physical Education, Federation of Malaya, who m a letter to Mr. F. C. Cooke,
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    34 11 RACING AT SANDOWN PARK: The finish of the Stayers Stakes, showing Gordon Richards on Sir Malcolm Me Alpine's Native Heath Coming through on the rails to finish by a short head from Sarda 11.
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    RACE FOR CENTURY SUCCEEDS
    159 11 WHNK Prentice won an ra ce with a thunvesterday and bee second century- "against the New rs this season. In gThivir and a quarter's play Mslble at Grace Road, L«SSr he took his score from •s total time being id 25 minutes. ,torm broke and 0
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    C.A. win after 1st-min. shock
    546 11  -  CRUSADER Chinese Athletic 4; R.A.F. Seletar 1. IN one of the most vital games m the S.A.F.A. 1 Senior League, Chinese Athletic delighted their numerous supporters yesterday by beating their closest rivals, R.A.F. Seletar, and ousting them from the head of the League table. Both
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    Hants skittled out for 59
    524 11 RAIN again interfered with several of the county cricket matches yesterday, robbing sides m two games of the chance of taking first innings points. A couple of easy victories were recorded, however, m matches which could be played to a finish. Hampshire were all out
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    II Cup probables
    71 11 SPHERE are 11 probable runner* for the Liverpool Summer Cup, to be run ove~ one mile, two furlongs and 170 yards, at Liurpool this afternoon. They are. uith jockeys: Impeccable (T. OosV.ng>, Rub.i^at (C. Smirke), Alderman (R. Srioppard». Coalition <D. L. Jones >, Crusader's Horn <W. T.
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    Middlesex in the lead
    90 11 WITH several of the counties now having played three championship matches, the county championship table is beginning to take shape. Middlesex lead the table with 28 points from three games. They are followed by Northamptonshire, who finished last m last season's final table, and Warwickshire, each
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    U.K. referees for Brazil
    41 11 rREE English football referees have been signed to soccer garner In Brazil. Harry Rowley sails from London docks today and P. Snape and W. Martin are scheduled to leave England within the next few days. A. P.
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    Results at a glance
    236 11 RESULTS of yesterday's county championship cricket matches were: At Oxford, Oxford University beat Yorkshire by G9 runs. Oxford University 203 and 213 .Whitcombe 57); tforfcohira 222 and 141 (Che.sterron live for 22). At Cambridge, Cambridge University v. Lancashire match drawn. Lancashire 216 and 13 for none
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    23 11 picture. A C.A. player lobs the ball m yesterday's Senior League match at Jalan Besar Stadium, C. A. R.A.F. Seletar 4—l.- Free Press
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    Latest Davis Cup results
    205 11 CHILE beat Egypt by three i matches to two m their second round European zone Davis Cup tie m Birmingham yesterday. Each country won one of yesterday's singles. Egypt drew level when Adly Shafei beat Marcelio Tuverne 6-3. 11-9, 11-9. and Chile won the final and
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    Eurasians pick 21 players
    102 11 TWKNTY-ONE players, from whom the final selection of the Eurasian Community team to meet the Indians on May 22 will be made, have been named. They include the Colony representatives Kenny I.prmhruK'fen and I. J. Vass. The team will be captained by B. Noronha. The 21
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    S.A.F.A. SENIOR LEAGUE TABLE
    139 11 Latest positions m the SAFA Senior La^gue &\e: P W D IFA PW C.A. 9 8 1 30 9 17 RA.P Seletar 11 8 1 2 33 17 17 Rovers S.C. 10 6 3 1 31 9 15 R.E. 10 0 1 3 29 16 13
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    150 in French tennis tourney
    75 11 150 in French tennis tourney WITH more than 150 entries from 19 nations, the French international lawn tenrris championships, opening at the Roland Garros Stadium. Paris today promise plenty of good matches. There are fears that the weather may Interfere with play, however. Heavy rain fell m Paris yesterday afternoon
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    S.O.S.C. MEETING
    42 11 THE annual general meeting of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council will be held at the V.M.C.A. hall tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Two delegates from each affiliate and one delegate from each club of an affiliate are invited to attend.
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    STOCKHOLM TENNIS
    39 11 fRANK Parker of the United States and Nils Rohlsson of Sweden yesterday won the men's doubles final of the Stockholm "May Tennis Games." They defeated Lennart Bergelirt and Torsten Johansson of Sweden 6 4. 12—10. 6—3. A.P.
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    SYRIA DEFEATED
    12 11 JJOLLAND defeated Syria 40— ->7 m thje European ba^pthnii A.P.
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    S.A.A.A. GUIDE TO ATHLETES
    138 11 TpHE following standards or 1 performances are being issued to the athletic clubs m the Colony by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association as a guide to the type of performances that may be expected from athletes who wish to take part In international competitions: 100 yds.—
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    FIRST ROUND OF £2,500 GOLF
    119 11 J>OBERTO oe Vicenzo. ol Argentina, an 1 John Fallen of Huddersfield. each with a round of 65 shared the lead at the end of 'he fli.st round of t»ie £2,500 Daily Mail golf toruna:nen: which began on the GlasgowGolf Club course yesterday. Laurie Ayton. of
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    30 11 ST. Patricks School annual sports will be held on May 27 at 3 p.m. on the school ground Parents, weil -wishers and old boys are cordially m. i*?d to attend.
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    Weights for races in Penang
    479 11 WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day of the Penang Turf Club May meeting, are: CLASS 5. DIV. s^ FURS. Lusan Maid 9.00 Gay Prattle BOf Raheen BX2 Jimmy Boy 8 05 Francclene 8.12 Plying Soltara 8.11 Colour 804 Duke San 8.10 ation Warspite 809 Lady
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    Cosmos win 5—0
    37 11 COSMOS maintained their unbeaten record at Geylang Stadium yesterday by soundly beating the C.V.M.A. s—o m a Junior B, Group 2 League soccer match Scorers were Jaflfar, Guan Kirn Talib (2) and Yusoff All.
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    BIRTHS
    83 12 V4TNI At Batu tiajah on 11th May 1949 to June, wife of John, a son. Peter SMITH. At Batu Oajah Hospital on 16th May to Marjorie Elizabeth <Petrev>. wite of B usil G. Smith, a daughter. Zoe Philippa, sister to Diana and Christopher. HO: To Quek Chve Honjj. wife
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    92 12 ENGAGE MEN TS OREEN-MURRAY the engagement is announced *»tween Robert Henry, younger son of the late Mr. G. J. Green and ol Mrs Green of Ludlow. Shropshire, and Margaret Doreen. twin daughter of Mr. W. Cardiff Murray of Penang and Guernsey and of the late Mrs. Murray. THE ENGAGEMENT is
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    HEAVY ANTI-RED VOTE IN E. GERMANY
    353 12 HEAVY ANTI-RED VOTE IN E. GERMANY Blow for the Russians BERLIN, Wednesday. THE most solid "no" ever registered against Communism m a Russian-dominated land was proclaimed yesterday when more than 4,000,000 Germans within the Soviet orbit voted against Communist-picked candidates. The vote exploded any Russian dream of carrying into the
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    56 12 photo. After being marooned all afternoon on a rock m the Potomac River after their canoe had foundered, two Georgetown University students were rescued that night by policemen and firemen, who shot lines to them. Picture shows James Hurst. 13 (m foreground), being pulled ashore while his companion, Henry Owens,
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    EISLER'S BONDS SEIZED
    133 12 WASHINGTON. Weci. THE US$2O,OOO bonds posted by Communist Gerhart Eisler were ycsitrday declared forfeited by the U.S. district court here. At the same t'me, the court issued bench warrant for Eisler"s arrest, as a person ineligible for further freedom on bail wnile the cases against him are
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    'SPACE IS SOLE DEFENCE IN ATOMIC WAR'
    128 12 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. THERE Is no military defence against the atomic bomb except space," the Assistant Director of Production of National Security Resources, Mr. Gayle Arnold, warned here yesterday. Speaking b fore the 53rd annual meeting of the National Fire protection Association. Mr.
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    East-West German trade
    66 12 3EP.LIM. Wed AGREEMENT on the ex- change of goods between Western and Eastern Germany was reached yesterday by German experts from the Eastern and Western zones. A communique, published by the Soviet licensed German news agency ADN said: Both sides agree that m the interest of German
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    Pakistan plan
    35 12 Pakistan Premier, Liaquat All Khan, said last night that Pakistan plans to lead the world m spiritual development and thus save civilization from a 'self destruction to which It Is heading today." U.P.
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    83 12 Phi MCI and black smoke row skyward as the Imperial Sefctepp No. 1. a new oil tind is tested near (iolden Spike m Alberta. Canada. This new find has reached the thickest formation of oil-bearing rock ever found m Canada. In the experimental testing of a new oil well it
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    Israel-Syria talks end in failure
    178 12 HAIFA, Wednesday. 4 FTER nearly seven weeks of fruitless negotiation the Syria-Israeli armistice talks ended last night m failure. The talks were suspended indefinitely "until and if further proposals for the negotiations" are made by the former Palestine mediator. Dr. Ralph Bunche. The head of
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    INDIANS BACK NEHRU 158-2
    47 12 INDIA'S continued membership m the Commonwealth was approved yesterday m the Indian Constituent Assembly with only two of 158 members present voting against. The vote was made on a resolution approving the recent Commonwealth agreement m London offered bj Premier Pandit Nehru. A.P.
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    'A stab in the back for U.N.
    366 12 'A stab in the back for U.N. NEW YORK, Tuesday. OPENING the final day's T.N. General Assembly debate on the former Italian colonies Mr. Jan Drohojowski of Poland today charged that the Bevin-Sforza agreement which would transfer Tripolitania from British to Italian trusteeship was a "stab m the back of
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    Comic books defended
    79 12 THE president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Mr. Eric Johnson, said m St. Louis yesterday that movies, radio, comic books and newspapers are being made scapegoats for disintegration of the family whereas the blame actually should he laid on depression and the two world wars.
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    Medals for mothers
    30 12 May 29 will be Mothers' Day In France. Those with large families will be awarded gold medals, together with extra ration tickets for sugar and rice. A.P.
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    NO LOAN FOR SPAIN
    21 12 America has rejected Spain's informal request for a multimillion dollar loan— at least for the oresent. A.P.
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    69 12 'J'HE earlier steady groups notably rails, rail equipment and containers Jotned the list of declirrers m the New York Stock Exchange, yssteraay afternoon, when pressure tended to increase at times. Although still averaging higher, utilities relinquished the better part of the initial improvement on profit -taking. Continued pressure
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    20,000 protest
    34 12 rfENTY thousand people attended an orderly Communal demonstration m Vienna yesterday to protest against the proposed new wage and price agreement which will Increase the price of almost everything m Austria. A.P.
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    JAP WARNING ON RED CHINA
    205 12 TOKIO, Wednesday. A NON-COMMUNIST Economic League for the Pacific to counteract spreading Communist influence, just as the Marshall Plan provided a bulwark against Communism m Europe, was proposed by the English-laneruaee NiDDon Times yesterday. Th^ 1 paver warned that unless drastic steps were taken the
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    RED FORCES NOW NEAR FOOCHOW
    260 12 RED FORCES NOW NEAR FOOCHOW HONG KONG, Wednesfc. TWO Chinese Communist columns, pishing the South China province of Fukien lre ran nearing the provincial capital, Foochou impo port city which lies opposite Formosa Island which the Nationalists may make their last stj According to the Chinese Communist radio Reds, pushing
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    Buffalo kills noted hunter
    58 12 (Mozambique). Wed. JOAO Porto. Portuguese big fame hunter with 143 lion* and 21 elephant* to bis credit, was killed yesterday by a buffalo which he had wounded 11 days before. He was hunting m the same area yesterday when the beast, which had been hiding m
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