The Singapore Free Press, 6 July 1949

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  • 22 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i i' il8 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1949. PKH X 10 i KM
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  • 230 1 Circus crowd outrage Free Press Staff Reporter IPOH, Wednesday. pOUR people were killed at Kampar last night when a hand grenade was thrown into a crowd who were watching a Chinese circus. Two oi the victims were killed instantly, and one died before he
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  • 29 1 ned an.'•ad nd ED SHIP HERE Report- mer, I m to 1 W» l\ DRAIN itV Reporter r 'Und 2" i f rifle at thi .id.
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  • 187 1 LONDON, Wednesday. I>HE Cabinet Economic Policy Committee yesterday agreed on a plan to conserve Britain's dollar supply. The plan's creator. Sir Stafford ripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will lay it before Parliament today. Sir Stafford will tell Parliament just how bad the dollar position is,
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  • 90 1 SHANGHAI. Wed. HUNDREDS of foreign and Chinese firms m Shang- hai. now doing little if any business and hence dependent upon remittances from abroad to meet expenses, face closure as the result an order by the .iimnlst Central Bank of China, banning further money remittance! from
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  • 27 1 Kabul Radio reported yes- terday that Afghan anti -alri craft guns drove away Pakis- tani planes which crossed the 1 border on Monday. U.P.
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  • 20 1 The Philippines air mission now m Karachi is negotiating v.ith Pakistani officials for a bilateral air transport agreement.—Reuter.
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    44 1 Friend* and families of the crew of the new Hj;ht cruiser, U.S.S. Rcanoke, wave as the heavily-armed and "practically unsinkahle" vessel sails on her first cruise from Philadelphia. American Navy circles say that the Roanoke Is the mosl powerful ship of her class afloat
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  • 69 1 SERGEANT J. McGalh. of Oklahoma, was stabbed to death on Sunday mgn*- and his German girl friend was arrested on suspicion for the stabbing. U.S. Army officials In Berlin announced yesterday. The girl is said to have threatened m the presence of witnesses on Saturday m<?nt
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  • 26 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Mr A V. Winslow, Deputy Public Prosecutor, has been promoted from the SS Legal Service to the Colonial Legal Service.
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  • 251 1 Chiflej ?*lrik«' mov The Australian Prii Minister. Mr. Chifley. i« neet leaders of the Austi ian Council of Trade Unic n Canberra today m a n effort to ?nd the 10day-< :oal strike.— Renter. BEKUN, Wednesday. pHF lour dei ut y military Governors of
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  • 26 1 The 14 000-ton troopship .Orduna. which left Liverpool I with 2.000 troops for Hong t Kong, returned yesterdaj I alter developing er>Kim trouble. Reuter
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  • 14 1 S'pore golfer IN AND OUT OF BRITISH OPEN 'OSDON. Wed. D Club, I or
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  • 80 1 P.I. DEPORTS 223 CHINESE MANILA. Wed. 4 BOATLOAD of 223 Chinese j i\ deported left yesterday \board a LST operated by the Philippines nival patrol foi Amoy. The deportation followed an xessful attempt at' Illegal entry by the deportees, who were apprehended ten days ago In the southern Luzon coast
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  • 209 1 wiim?iM NEW YORK. Wed. IN an interview with Mr. Clyde Farnsworth m Tatneh (Formosa) on Monday, I Generalissimo Chiang Kalshek appealed for U.S. aid m stopping the spread of Com- munism m China. Mr Farnsworth's repof which appeared to J«"j£Jl day's newspapers, said that Gen.
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  • 199 1 JA VA TERROR WAVE GROWS INHERE are reports 01 increasing terrorism m Java. Tobacco storehouses near Medan were burned on Sunday night and hundreds of tons of rubber awaiMng export from South Borneo have been, destroyed by raiding parties, official Dutch sources said today. Reports from West Java state that
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  • 269 1 CANTON. Wednesday. >TATIONALIST aircraft have sunk three ships m the last two days, m enforcing the "blockade" of the China coast, state reports received here this morning from Formosa. "We intend to keep the blockade going/ a high official stated. He added that the latest
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  • 77 1 J WASHINGTON shop 1 displayed m its window yesterday what appeared to be a live moving brunette, m an ordinary-sized perfume bottle. Normal \n every other respect, she only a few inches high. "It's done nith ditriinishtrig lenses." expU mcd the brunette. Mono Mcttenrp, a >?rf model. a stands
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  • 20 1 Chinese rarly this morning robbed a Clilnese taxi driver of $14 and a I watch In Tlong Bharu.
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  • 24 1 were burned to d**ath yesterday and U bacilv injured when a wotoi coach overturned and bursi inlo flames ne»r Sulgcn
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  • 108 1 CHICAGO. Tin *HE United Slates observance oflndependice Day week-end and [Torts to escape orst heat wave of th« ear cost over 800 lives In ne heaviest holid arnage m the nations istory. From Friday night to Ijht last night, nearly 400 led In road aecici'
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  • 65 1 RIP. a- Win and probably one of world's wealthiest, dogl yesterday In V Columbia) of he are Two years aa*» its m Mrs. MarKUi>i > bequeathed $250,000 for care of ti. nearly $200 ti montn fot upkeep ap H.K.-l K. IN 39 HRS Pan Am w rW ..s
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  • 52 1 lIKMWMI IW^ 9TKCIAI Market M rut kl\m Ikt prln 1 mfctel (m crnti p<*. Ib.) it II m at Mtewt] Kii)<tt N-. 1 X S.S Spot lam 1 i* m Dates IWJ No 1 H >i > ItS 1 No. I R.S S M ii So R >»
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    • 87 1 W&f\ Mil** Smart Women knit their Own with P 6i B Paton Baldwin jtCs f be^ H |)l> Scotch Plngerlag la mi^i ihadei of Strawberry, Mitl Piak, Blae f Greea, firown and Heather Mixture. PRICE 70 cts. p«r oz. AIRO KNITTING PINS RefCid— Lightweifht Unbr«»k*bU and Rui»Uii 10" Ufftfc Sii«t:
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  • 656 2 How to stop them blinking WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS... AM the mother of three children whose ages are twelve, ten :md six. They all have ii habit of blinking which started at ;m I have tried all sorts ol methods to get them out of it but without result. I
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    23 2 Linda Darnell. Who -plv.y,\ I the screen-wife to Hex (Harrison m "Unfaithfully Yours"— 2oth Century For picture to be screened m Singapore soon.
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  • 820 2 The Chapman Pincher Column rpHE white capped 1 dairy-maid peered into the Cheddar cheese vat and shook her head again. She had added an extra dose of "starter" the culture of special germs which sour the milk and give the cheese its flavour and still It would not work. Tiie
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  • 213 2 \iosi get kfl asked, almofl i week. 'How can I weight?" The Answer "iVnt eat.' Bui not everyone can Obey this Even when tl provided with a djei they find It hard to keep to it. Why Shoill to reduce? Obesfttj l| bad. m\ It
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  • 47 2 Drugs to cure A rthritis Of .scir!:> •Wonder" di aureomyoin. nay to be a weapon m battle ifainal %x an Ax-nerican team scientists reported cently. The drug compounn I with sMinc s uc< montal animal University .it I I of tl B I pared i HO 1
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    • 31 2 j WHOLESALE RETAIL DISPENSING a >. 6115 /^V/ FOR MEIICIRE SUNDRIES yP BOX ETC. ETC X 794 f r f Obtairjbie «r oti i* Co/« Mni> ifmt <iO'«f«y td 10/ N«« t>v.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 243 2 VCUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you are D artistic and intellectual. Your success in life should tome to \ou at a comparatively early age, for you know what you uant and go right after it. You men like reform an- 1 thiough politics will want to help to straighten I
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    • 81 2 F.P. Crossword No. 7S3 j 1 p~! (i~~J I 14 \b 16 > I 15 "T- \m r j i8 19 I i ■~'zo iM 11 1 1 I i~rn~r. 2 1 4 1 i) i. Put. 1 Canted mil iti; 21 .i (6); 24 (4); 29 Come out (I
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  • 38 3 SYMPATHY' FROM JOHN L I it of the r.s. t'nited Mineli oondolencei to Mr. Hubert of \\u- Illinois Mine Operators. otiations m \\>>t Virginia. Lewis p th»- mines open during negotiations if d to a three-day work week.
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  • 107 3 Cominform has failed, boast Yugoslavs 'piIE Moscow-led Comminform campaign to subdue Yugoslavia, has failed, the official Yugoslav press declared. Borba, official newspaper of the Yugoslav Communist Party, ran a four column editorial on what it called the "infamous" anniversary. The article said the aims of, Russia and her satellites were
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  • 307 3 CHINA NOW PART OF SOVIET BLOC Mao 'a willing Moscow satellite C Site S oT R Chi a £a a PP««««y wiHing or comnuisinn "ft 8 h f- re is no si 6 n f coercion sign the cu?Z V he relatl °"ship. There is every S^STS are ln fact
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  • 68 3 mor aid t to mis md le 1 h 1,80 111 <-lai m be- ad" i \\t 'dead' anm apply for nar- rius- c than 1,800,000 missing be legally declared "dead"* re-marry. All the wives le courts and then wait a .siiiK husbands will be
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  • 115 3 VI ARSHAL Tito is negotiaty\. ing far a loan of several million dollars with U.S. representatives on the Adriatic isle of Brion. according to the official British Govern-:-licensed paper Die The U.S. representatives are said to have demanded guarantees that Tito will join western economic
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  • 157 3 RUTH Williams, the former London typist who married Seretse Khama, is by no means assured of her crown as Queen m the Bamangwato tribe of Bechuanaland. Tshekedi Khama, Regent of the tribe for 20 years and strongest opponent of Seretse Khama's plea to bring
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    45 3 Shortly after her return from a sophisticated Italian holiday Princess Margaret, as Sea Manner Commodore, attended a camp concert m Hyland's Park, Chelmsford, Essex. Here she is sitting on a log joining m community linfinff. Lady Baden Powell, the Chief Guide. Is on the left.
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  • 31 3 Mutton is rationed m Britain but veneson is not so a deer was roasted instead of the traditional ram at Kingston Ram-Fair which dates back to 1254 A.P.
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  • 97 3 DRIbON 'barons" who rule their fellow convict* by trading m tobacco will be wiped out by a decision of the Frison Commissioners that there are to be no more money payments to prisoners. Only paper token "money" will be used— and the "barons" want real money
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  • 763 3  - MURDER Could Not Kill GREGORY BAXTER d The story so jar Sherwood Dexter, U.S. businessman, is shot dead while driving with his daughter Laurette Dexter, near Marble Arch, London at mid' night. Robin Foster ay artist sees the Killer run from Dexter's saloon to a nearby limousine but' i> thrown
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  • 374 3 By tfARBOROI GH (Colonel G. Ci. J. Walshe) So big hs the proportion of hand Iwinch cannot be fitted mo con- ventional slam-bidding harness that the average player will be steady gainer by using the simple Four No-trumps Blackvood convention only— i.e., without the
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  • 286 3 lyiTH Indian ink, a steady hand, and inuthinc-liko precision, Mrs. Annie Peters, 36-year-old assistant m a sub-post olliee at Bow, London, worked on forgeries which for four years baffled the brains of the Post Oflice and the War Office. By the time she
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  • 132 3 DLASTICS expert Frank Lut--1 ma;i, 45, a bachelor, had only two interests m life his work and his invalid mother For five years he shunned the society of the ouUide world while he nursed his mother. When she died, last January he had no more use
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    • 437 3 I y If ff Jr 3i iff" gflw SINGAPORE Orchestra 2.10 Racing comment WE .NETWORK) aries from lne Singapore Tur <'i and 4i .7 m Club with Interval Music 5 Prog s frnm K i 1 ramm es in Chinese 6 Back t a "t 10 a m Singapore Turf
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  • 6 4 THE AIRLIFT IS ONE YEAR OLD
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  • 477 4 2,000,000 People Depend On It AST Tuesday, x\ u Berlin M ir 'ift —or Operation Piamhre celebrated its irs»t birthday. and this l<unt Anglo-lS operation >t unparalleled marnltnde tnd breadth of vision enterId into its seeonj ve lr <t f ►peration. Already. We st Berliners ire v;»\i nq: Foreign umisters
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  • 375 5 Success of experiments «rirp Cor rubber at about 65 cents a pound riVhi- I 1 -i i u.r *u<* r*««ri~~ nn- ifl x hejnjj i»" sidered by the Ce y lon Treasury. isn h me has llread >' been considered by the Board, which has
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  • 66 5 MAITRE Ahmed El Shukeri. I adviser to the Arab delegations at their talks witn the ells Ul Lii2.sanne Rv.-ilzer-land. told Reuter that these talks would lead to no conclusion. He added: "Some people might ask why the Arabs then agreed to contact the Union Nations Conciliation Commission.
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  • 235 5 I3XER William Peyton's wife hit him and cut lead. She also kicked him on the shin and something that hit him m the back of the «d dazed him. it, ruled Judge Norris at Birmingham Divorce i she had not been cruel to him m
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  • 58 5 Armed White House intruder white hood and long guying -.ustody <* the White House police officers <^afe saw out of a cab. don f -v made hood W« be a dagger protruded wet. He smoked hi, hood. •use police him he put hoie m the i said consulted e *atch
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  • 154 5 Govt. spends £16 million on advertising \yiTHOUT the Governmentsponsored campaign to tell the people "the economic facts of life", there would have been more strikes and less industrial effort m Britain Mr. Herbert Morrison claimed m the House of Commons actionary. 'The overall cost of Government publicity, including overset; departments
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  • 57 5 HURLED SHOE AT JUDGE A CAT burglar, who was convicted of theft, hurled an old shoe at a New Delhi Magistrate, shouting: "Here is your Baksheesh (tip)." His "Baksheesh," however, missed the mark and fell near the clerk's desk. The burglar got a return "Baksheesh" an additional term of three
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  • 41 5 A Japanese girl, 23-year-old Kyochie Shimizu, has arrived m England from Yokohama by flying boat to marry an Oxford University undergraduate. Her fiancee, Mr. Llewellen Watts, was m 1947 a British Intelligence Corps lieutenant m Japan. Reuter.
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  • 90 5 For ced Rommel to suicide 1 Ernst D con'i by a wntch ruled c Field j Rom^el r 0 commit I d to and I Oi already > '/cars immediate freedom. When Rommel, the hero or Hitler's African campaigns, died m 1944, the Nazis claimed his death was due to
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    49 5 Germany's 230-pound strong man. Milo Barus, limbers up before wrestling with a bull at Restatt m the French zone. He is raisin? with his feet a Fiat sports car weighing 785 kilos. He later fought the bull which, to the hooting of a 6.000 crowd, refused to fight back.
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  • 180 5 pLANS for one of the most exhaustive social surveys ever undertaken Jn Londor are being drawn up by Leyton Council. ?lundreds of householder! will be interviewed. Question: will range from "How ofter do you visit a cinema" tc "How many meals aro eater at home? The
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  • 165 5 'KOREA WILL FALL UNLESS... '-ACHESON THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, has told Congress that the Korean Republic will fall "within two or three months," unless it gets American aid, the House Foreign Affairs Committee revealed m a report urging early Congressional action to help Korean recovery. Mr.
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  • 139 5 T AWYLRS are awaiting to hand over 1 25,000 sterling to 69-year-old Miss Alice Davies of London. But she does not want the money. A notice from a firm of solicitors m New York appeared m a newspaper some months ago calling for next-of-kin of Miss
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  • 53 5 mo speed up news dissemiX nation. Manila news repar ters wiU soon use mobile radio units. Their papers will operate base radio mobile units installed fh the motor cars they will use. It Is believed Manila will be the only city m the Far Kast with such
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  • 353 5 Hitler killed his niece -ALLEGATION A NEW book published m Germany alleges that A Hitler killed his niece, Angela Raubal, m 1932 alter he learned that she was to became the mother of his child. The book is a biography of Fritz Michael Gerlich, German newspaper publisher who died m
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  • 97 5 US CONVICTION QUASHED iTU-IE United States Supreme JL Court recently quasned the perjury conviction in i March 1948 of Mr. Harold H. Christoffel. former Milwaukee Labour leader. Mr. Christoffel was sentenced to six years' imprisonment on a charge that he falsely told the House of Representatives Labour Committee that he
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    45 5 h« li m (> world." U will accomra 45,00? —ill hr.-s. Th _.c Ua liwcifwrt hovel m tie w^'» fc h |i« o^ita^ rfrn. De Bee hotel, iio,i«jned by a J. >.J i r t haT^wTndo^ SKSvS 2i be Uken apart m seclion, U remove aon3ycoaib,
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  • 70 5 d AMR- Peter Fraser. :> I ifl Zealand's Prime Minister told the House of Repre- sentatives that the Go{vernment hoped to hold a referendum on compulsory n t 1. tionalisation in the Orsl I h second week of August n Mr. Fraser introduced a oil
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  • 117 5 JAPANS movie n. signed a new i morals for Japanese rtu Tokio's Picadllly I recently. The Motion Pictui ci.ition of Japan d de as representing tho total will ot the Indu «i saui i"s purpose i JI prevent \b 1 ci.irds of movie-' declinii ihe
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  • 202 5 THHE Hukoalahap Peoples Army, already 10,000 strong, is still growing and holds the initiative m its hit-and-run guerilla war with the 20.000 members of the Philippine Constabulary who are Augmented by 12,000 civilian guards. This was revealed to the Associated Press by a jhigh ranking
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  • 59 5 TWO members of one family living near Bendigo, Victoria, father and daughter each won prizes m a recent Australian State lottery. The family was rejoicing over the winning -of the nr.^t prize of A 10.000 by rhe daughter, when word was rrcplved that her father nad won the
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  • 30 5 Some 199,000 persons more than four per < r.\ Canada's total laboi-r orre— Vk-Ti* out of work m irch, corr pared v '.h 156,000 "<,bless m K-bruar 1348. <- Ja.p.
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  • 314 5 GAMBLER WHO STAKED ALL LOST £9,000 thought 47-year-oid ex-company director Maurice Black, of l.uton, Bedfordshire, would ever believe his story of how he lost £500 to £600 of his firms takings. At the back of his mind he felt they would be suspicious of his explanation. He decided to keep
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  • 171 5 World economy improved, U.N. report ECONOMIC conditions hare improved in many parts of the world from i947 to 1948, but. economic activity has shown a tendency to level off and, in lew countries, to decline since the middle of last year, according to a re1 port of the United Nations
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  • 577 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1949. BRITAIN BEGINS TO SEE RED THERE can be no doubt that Communist agents are deeply involved m the dock fctrike which is crippling the Port of London, and m the railwaymen's dispute which, until the week-end truce, had threatened Britain's nationalised railways
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  • 2164 6  -  GEORGE MURRAY p- py 'f The second volume of Britain's war-time Prime Minister's great chronicle, The Second World War, has just been: published. He calls it Their Finest Hour. In it he is seen in full charge of the British people's mighty effort when the fall of
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  • 140 6 npHE page of letters X usually published today is held over because the review by George Murray of Mr. Churchill's second book Their Finest Hour, was deemed important enough to take precedence. However, this is to remind readers that the Free Press seeks readers' opinions on
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  • 864 6 LORD MILVERTON who, in* the House of Lords last month resigned from the Labour Party over the Government's Iron and Steel Bill, tells: nnHE Labour Party started out with high aims to improve the lor, of those m the lower economic grades of the population,
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  • 100 7 MALAYANS IN EMPIRE CONFERENCE 1 L. ses--111 h i> and to deI THE Filipino community m Singapore celebrated the third anniversary of the Philippine Republic on Monday. The picture shows a group at the dance heid ;it the Adelpnj hotel at night. From left to right are* Mrs Siddons, Miss
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  • 279 7 Free Press Chinese Correspondent SINGAPORE Chinese rubber traders support a Penang proposal to form a Malayan Packers and Shippers Association which would send resident representatives to New York to deal with complaints from American buyers m connection with rubber shipments from Malaya. Opinion on the scheme,
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  • 264 7 Free Press Staff Reporter THE new House Surgeons and Physicians scheme, under which newly-qualified medical graduates will do a year's work m Government Hospitals, was compulsory for graduates wishing to enter the Government Service, the deputy Director of Medical Services, Singapore, Dr. J. Coutts-Milne said yester-
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  • 37 7 Closing times for posting surface mails at the G.P.O. today are: to Pcntianak, Ceylon and E. and W. Australia: noon, and to the U.S. ard Philippines: 6 p.m. No surface mails are due to arrive today.
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  • 73 7 2 FORESTRY MEN CHARGED Free Press Staff Reporter TAPAH, Tues. TWO forest guards of Bidor Ahmad bin Sidek, aged 34, and Mohamed bin Sa'at, aged 37, were produced yesterday morning before the Circuit Magistrate, on charges of defrauding the Forestry Department of $3,200 and $3,018. respectively. These amounts, it was
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  • 66 7 When the University Appear Fund is officially launched by the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, tomorrjv/ m 'he Municipal Council Chamber, the speeches will be recorded and extracts from them broadcas. from Radio Malaya at 7.10 p.m. after the news. Th° speakers 'nciude the Governor, Sir Han Ho<>
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  • 623 7 REBUILING-'URGENT NEED' Crown property m poor state Free Press Staff Reporter DETAILED inspection of property which has reverted to the Crown following the expiry of 99-year leases has served to confirm the urgency of rebuilding on a large scale, says the acting Commissioner of Lands, Mr. J. A. Harvey, m
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  • 221 7 RUSSIAN IN VICTORIA HALL Free Press Start Reporter JUjOKE than 20 countries are fl expected to send delega- tions to United Nations conferences to be held m Singapore m September "Fortunately," says an official statement issued yesterday, "only English, French and Russian will be spoken at these Ratherinju" The Int-ernational
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  • 45 7 Gallantry In action against the bandits m the Federation has earned the distinguished conduct medal for Private B. B. OReilly of the Ist Battalion. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and the Military Medal for Sgt. E. J. Gulston, of the 2nd battalion, Coldstream Guards,
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  • 23 7 The next meeting of the Federal Legislative Council will be held In The Legislative Council Chamber, Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 3.
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  • 109 7 Fre« Press Staff Reporter THE Sultan of Deli (Sumatra) Osman Aisam Perkasa Alam, left Singapore yesterday by K.P M ship tor Batavia for talks with the Netherlands Hish Commissioner, Dr. LovicK. k former Ambassador to Moscow The Sultan told the Free Press that it was essential
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  • 434 7 S'PORE DIVORCE SUIT Wife alleges cruelty Free Press Staff Reporter A WOMAN said m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday that' her husband taunted her with letters from another woman and had attempted to strangle her. She was Mrs. Dorothy May Martin-Butcher, who sued her husband, Squadron-Leader Derrick MartinButcher, for divorce.
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  • 171 7 Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners havv? aocvoted a proposal by the Government that they should continue to pay, from April to December this year twothirds of the expenses of the Government and Municipal joint elections jrsanisation. This acceptance is subject to the condition that
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  • 265 7 Free L'ress Staff Reporter AN Argentine consul, Senor Victoriano de la Torre, who is passing through Singapore on his way to New Zealand, told th? Free Pi yesterday of his consular diTicu'.Ues m Hong K> Seno d<> la Tor:.e was m a rorrular < apacity
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  • 144 8 Postal men get training in U.K. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. rpHE Postmaster-Gener- al, Malaya, Mr. J. M. Cunningham, said today that "if the scheme of sending Malayan postal workers to England proved successful, it was proposed to continue the training abroad of further recruits from post offices In Malaya." In the
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  • 53 8 RAUB, Tues. Certified as chandu addicts, Chan Kwong Kee and Mah Kwai were discnarged by the President of the Sessions Court. West Pahang, Mr. B. V Rhodes, when charged with smoking chandu. They were, however, required to enter the usual medical bond m one surety for $200 for 12
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  • 194 8 Medical services short of staff Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG, Tuesday. rpilE Federation Medical Services, which will be shifting to their new headquarters at the Penang Town Hall tomorrow, are still 30 per cent, short of medical stall", according to the Acting Deputy Director. Dr. K. D. Cross. He told
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  • 248 8 TOO MANY SPONGERS IN S'PORE Problem of squatters From Press Staff Reporter Jj\\R too high a proportion of the population m Singapore is engaged m "the precarious occupation of hawking and similar occupations, or sponging upon those m permanent employment," says the acting Commissioner of Lands, Mr. J. A. Harvey,
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  • 100 8 SHIPS m port alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday ifcodowas m br^kets) wereMain Wharf: Dolius (31-32). Tonghai .33-34), Tantalus (3fi--37 >. Radnorshire (38-39). Wen Wharf: Fionia (1-1), Tegelberg i4-s>, Steel Seafarer (6--7). Bloterdljk <8-9 V R.ijula (11--12\ Roebi:ih (15-16). Empire Dock: Taluei 19-20 >. Tnrrwira (95-M), Landbris
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  • 56 8 FZZARD CHARLES, 11. crowned by the National Euxing Association as the heavyweight champion of the world y signed to defend his title aßains't Gus Lesnevich. form r light -heavyweight champion, m a 15-round contest at Yankee Stadium. New York, on Wednesday Aug. 10. I International B
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  • 430 8 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE yesterday won a thrilling 11 race against Hampshire at Trent Bridge, where, set to got 22.5 m 125 minutes they triumphed with seven minutes to spare. This was their fourth success against the clock this season m the county cricket championship. Middlesex's powerfu
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  • 268 8 MALAYANS STUDYING RELIGION 1 THIRTY -SIX students from Malaya, are scheduled to graduate from Al Azhar University In Cairo m the coming two or three years. Al Azhar is the most ancient religious university of Islam Thousands of students from all over the Muslim world attend courses at this 1,000
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  • 92 8 iay THE slow recovery of ilu fortnight or *-o m thl N York stock Bxctaaj another mild Indication* from CV leaders, that the dan* r vl i depre sion Is now not ye: encouraeed tndcn and sror-d i inflDfl tit ns to one dollar. Trading was limited
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  • 101 8 LONDON, Wed. THfc. index of South African gold mining shares jumped again on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, rising to 87s. 6d. On Monday it had reached a new high for this year at 85.8. The rise m Katllrs and the fall In gilt-^dgeds reflects
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  • 51 8 Beloved Belinda Talks! I didn't have a word to say m 'Johnny Belinda 1 N-jw I can't say enough about try new picture 'KISS IN TOE DARK' With David Niven As My Co-star. Everybody says we've given them a story to talk about again so again thanks to all of
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  • 145 8 Cripps' speech is awaited [London StocH?^ QTIUUTORS m the I U terclay marked Cripps' itatemenl on M I and details of m. I>rM *it 3 nations dollar and fin.iiM ial OMTespond j» r j were ste.idv M it »om, h,j,..'' s BKw > British Qovernn op-rifd w.th ttr;: i later
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    • 66 8 Under a new arrangement the weekly Issues of the btraits Budget can be sent by Air Mail to any address m the United Kingdom n\ %n nrlmive rate of If you want th^ budget while on leave 01 jwish to make an Air >übscri D tion jn behal? jf your
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    • 35 8 m From hi, first feed of COW *J pleasure and conte-t c Mother too watche, n natural jrowth of KfD*i healthy flesh. Yes. he'll be ready we hope and pray N we wish him Hill*
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    • 96 8 Ifl3ndr3k6 Exelumre to thp Singaporp Frpp Prpss in Malaya TpftfrHfWHTnn %IIX& Sftg'AgKft y« I fe 0 LO s 0 T Sn L K%l II I "<">-™«.bu/ someoay-yoo I YOU GOT BROTHER-- I I'M AFRAID I CRIME --ANOEWL THINGS STRONGEST? \KN0Wj TWO MEET-GO ohht -p*»MV JANE Exclusivp to the Singaporp Frep
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  • 833 9  - Fingerprint Sleuth The Murder in the Old Curiosity Shop BIRCH by 1 I I I I *nan n, c We i theii Floodlights v. P and nined the and car- dut 1 task har< »ugh th. hiS IV.: n. \r ro ;!iis were p In dust that I yen the
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  • 130 9 r |MIK curtesitj of .lapaM. nesc scientists has been aroused by the discovery m Hamamatsv, Shizuoka Prefecture, of a man without fingerprints. Hamamatssj police made the finding when they attempted to fingerprint one of their recruits 12--rear-aM T. Takeshita. T»»a "bobbieV fingerS^fnts made only smudged impression.
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  • 546 9  -  DENIS DUNN bj CONTEMPLATED my invitation apprehensively. Words and phrases like "traditional art", "primitives", and "the relevance <>f ethnographical data to aesthetic appreciation" jumped out and hit me. I sighed and clapped on my hat. I have been to many an art exhibition and
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  • 936 9  - VENGEANCE FROM THE GRAVE ERIC MITCHELL A SHORT j STORY j by "\yiIHN Joshua \;ish cailghl his I young assistant kiss ing one <>l Ihe local belles on er the coun- I ter," said the doctor, I "lie provided ;i perfect stooge Tor his own murderer!" He squirted a spot
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  • 15 9 B! said iii Londm of tli< I I 'nUi a m<
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    • 63 9 t^ft-r/X Music of tem&S/^XI TCHAIKOVSKY L <«T on H/S MASTER S VOICE Records. B 1 B 2 m G MAJOR. Op 44 haeted by O I 1 l.r'ia IN C MAJOR, o »8 B .it and the H H f Orchestra I 75 4PHONT No 3 ,i Kindler and Orchestra
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  • 697 10 11 PLAYERS HAVE EQUAL CHANCES IN THE SINGLES Singapore junior badminton prospects By VETERAN WHO will win the Singapore men's junior singles title this year? This is the question going round and round m local badminton circles since entries were called some weeks ago. No one, however, has the courage
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  • 283 10 T*HE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association, In a circular to affiliated clubs, announces that facilities for training for the Association's 11th. annual championship meeting are available daily at the Raffles College, St. Josephs Institution and Victoria School grounds and o n Mondays only at the Raffles
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  • 144 10 LATEST positions m th».Malaya (up soccer competition are: soi rnniv >k TIOM P \V L D V Apts. Army- Navy 5> 4 0 1 21 4 Singapore .1 I 0 1 1 l <i Neffrt S 3 2 0 18 9 6 K.AF 5 1 3 0
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  • 215 10 Strong Malay challenge anticipated THE Malay challenge for junior badminton Honour* m the coming SB A. tcurnament will be very strong. Main contenders delude 1 Hashim Awang and Ali Abdullah who made a nan.. themselves In their flr>t attempts last year, winning the doubles m brilliant faJhlon and beating three
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    25 10 Reg:. Harris, the well-known British cyclist. breaking the national standing start quarter-mile record at Ilerne Hill. His time was '11. 1 seconds. Ke\ stone picture.
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  • 77 10 Vrte Prrss C onr«pondr'it Parit Biu;ti\r. T AT the annual general meeting of the Krian Rugby Football Club, it was derided to make an earl> this season and the first practice [match has btui provision fixed f or t i le Rrsi Tu< I after
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    81 10 The Tlong w ui pi*) two rr .it Farnr Park today a^ain r Chinese Youths and on Frida> against Sinie Darby B.C. The T.B vull t* selec<ed from the tollowaig Yooii Chong (captt. Chung Mm Chec Hewng. Chun lioon F< > Cntt- Wah; Pak V n Fi^ok Van
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  • 82 10 IN a friendly tennis match played at Wilkinson Road on Sunday. Fong Pin Chee's Tennis Party defeated the Banka Sports Club by 3 to 1. Results were: Singles: A. H. Ang beat Boon Yoon Cheong 8-2, 0-1; Tan Beng Teck lost to Oen Enj Yet 3-6, 5-7. Doubles:
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  • 68 10 rr«HE French liank .sports Club office-bearers tor 1949 have been elected as follows: Patrons: Messrs. O. Veron; G.E. Bouvard and P. G. ?.emaltre; prMidfnt. Mr. Chan Swee Hong, vice-president, Mr Tan Soon Chf.o; hon. secretary, Mr. Ec Hoon Slak, hon. treasurei Mr. Lee Kioug Choon; hon sports
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  • 38 10 THE latest Straits Racing Association classification list shows a total of 520 horses on tht registration list. It comprises 94 class 1, 110 class 2. 118 class 3. 109 class 4 and 89 class 5 horses.
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  • 500 10 By JIMMY WILDE Former world flyweight champion BRITAIN'S boxers are being threatened with the loss of purse money. Fees they would normally receive are being diverted to a growing army of •invaders" from overseas. More and more boxers ar« coming, particularly from the Commonwealth, inspired by
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  • 227 10  - COMMUNITY SOCCER YET TO IMPROVE UNKNOWN Bj 4i.Tiior<;if it has not A antirip.itrcl. the i c lyiio has produced a samps. The standard o higher than that m the this is the reason win better, but as thr i omp ti of play is bound to imp \Vh» round, the
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    • 104 10 CAPITOL Phone 5159 LAST DAY! 11-1 I"., t "0. 0.30 /v: 9.30 p.m. i I MONTGOMERY COURT BURKE '.ff;; I'rrrrdetl B> lIIIKKLL ALWAYS BK ENGLAND" OPENING^ j TOMORROW Mr >^ >r *Bf^^SL J W\ ot l l -i^ UnlLl I JACK OAKIF JUNE HAVOC i RICHARD ARUN JAMES GLLASQN O.r»c«^
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    • 40 10 AUTO- CHARGE Batteries Specially Madt and then specially trtattd m GUARANTEE 2 YEARS AUTOCHART* CO> ■1, Mki i i.«l\it BOAD UNGAPOBI g$ NORMAN LAWRE^ Presents his popular I I -i RAFFLES HOTEI Dance Mwi "^..yfCjllJi FRANK PICKFORD 4 HIS OR«H»^
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  • 256 11 GOLD MEDALLIST IS FANCIED Good going at Bt. Timah today GOLD Medallist and Indian Heather were two*},?,? h°? V hC S° UrSe this morning as tht two best bets for the second day's ra«es of thl Singapore Turf Club July Meeting at lluk VrtLt* afternoon Thc^-^^t! Little Lady is a
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  • 146 11 Ii ol the best fights seen m London fur a long time, Sands, Australian triple on, outpointed Robert lain, a toush. aggrcsniddleweight, over ten lasi night. a a gruelling contest bh men prarUohi themselves to a in crowd rose. i r< (i punched away nonround. i
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  • 126 11 T"HKRE were no changes m the Bit four places of the county < hamplon*hip table v»hen ent pr-manune con.day. A fine effort by Middlesex b Id 'hem to b^at Le'ces- and remain joint leaders Yoikshire who defeated Surortably. Both have 100 b ;t Yorkshire have
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  • 93 11 PnNTRARY to expectations. r€ wu an exciting to the Interlity cricket match at where Cambridge Unlleft to get 133 runs m hour and 35 minutes, ob- tor the loss of wickeU with 15 minutes lr victo thorough* ved, for m all phases game except In
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  • 73 11 HHE Slazenger professional L lawn tennis tournament j be held at Scarborough orkshlre. from July 25 to uly 30. promises to be the reatest professional chamionship that has ever been eld on grass In Britain Entries already include red Perry, the holder; Jack .ramer. the world
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  • 229 11 17 ID DUSSART of Belgium became the new Europ pean lightweight champion last night when Billy Thompson, the British holder, was disqualified m the sixth round of a scheduled 1 5- round contest dt Olympia, London. Thompson was twice warned by the Italian referee. Mr. Alessande
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  • 76 11 town. outstanding Lh roosted hLs wlnnicgj for two )l racing to vci L'TO.OOO when W won the Stars and Stripes landicap a< n rrk ()U lit- b« i at Armed, one of the is f)f .ill mi- on the turf, hy length* and also eclt] Vrmed s
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  • 133 11 0 atori the Indians beat tlv m a Singapore A.F A •communltj League y two goals m each 1116 f b uig Inferior In ail dena seeping. Th 'am tried his heei tn 2 c he I u 8 ith better of U c t«m« 1
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  • 196 11 OESULTS of tie* played yester- day m the V.M C A. tennis' tournament were: Open «in«les: y i tt—hU bt Tan Hock Seng 6 2. 6 4 Open doubles: Oi.g OIMW Be«> J and Lim Hee Chin bt iaai Joo Urn aiid Robert lAm 6—l. 6—3; X S
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  • 239 11 l ram JIM (hwibkrs DWIS (OMPTON, Eng ..nd Tesi an, will cape Playen against the n at Lord's from 13 to 15 a strikl ir f(, r Denis m his ;ir. John Lan^rldgf ol 8 sterday liit his tenth of the season, is also ■cj lor
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  • 752 11 B u I**" 011 lhe lllH card for todays races at Bukit rimah. The double tote will he on race n\e and eight and the big sweep will be drawn on racq seven. Race 1—2.15: Class 4, Dh. 5-Abt. 6 Furs. on wSXZ <, llJ V. :x>r 900
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  • 323 11 (V* dry and weai ng 1/ pitch, the New Zea m, thanks to Hadlee. their :aptain, and Wallace. their rice-captain, gained a meritorious success In bjrloucestershire by seven sets, at Bristol yesterday Gloucestershire <232 nrst innings > carried the overllghi score of 124 for si.x
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  • 133 11 I TRESPASSER E psoM II KP CALL POIMIU RACE 1 RUKSMEAD UTTuTIaBY VOkviiv 2.15 Little I.«dv R.cksmoad UtSFuL VOW xn Bitter Sweet CinderX '"V RACE 2 CRAIGMOIA'T YOUNG LLTH S VAf inir »7i v OUJlli^u S wi^o K rl addJL w n S^r ddlp RACK 3
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  • 100 11 TOM t)u> fii t jimo thl 1 > > 1 JiuiJoj l< jm»n have t!i« hciiour lod piayinj at Jalan r. ww»Il reserved for Senior Iraeue. Inln-( ommuni!. I and Malaya Cap mu:i I .»>•• the L hai Bm» >( wid JalMlada \Uii< i i b<.th
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  • 319 12 WORLD ANTI-T.B. FIGHT PROPOSED Inoculation for the masses LONDON, Wednesday. \IASS inoculation wiUi B.C.G. vaccine as the iY most effective means of stemming tuberculosis was advocated by 1,200 representatives of 50 countries attending the three-day conference on Commonwealth and Empire Health here. The head of the U.S. National Association for
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    27 12 Smoke billows from naming storage CMtatatng asphalt and oil at Perth. New Jersey I .S. T J ren n were killed and six injured nghtmg the blaze.
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  • 122 12 Reds play up U.S. colour bar WASHINGTON, T.ues. PRESIDENT Truman is disi turbed by Russia's exploitation of racial differences in the United States, according to Mr. Walter White, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Mr. White said that he and the President d.scussed the way
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  • 78 12 R.A.A.F. to get new bomb CANBERRA. Wed. rE Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Joseph B. Chifley. yesterday announced an m- i crease ol £45.000.000 m the; rive-year Australian defence programme, which was approved m 1947. Mr. Chifley said the Federal Cabinet had authorised the expenditure of part of the new allocation
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  • 268 12 EAST-WEST COLD WAR Next battle on economic front LONDON, Wednesday. PHE next battle m the 'cold war" between the East L and West is likely to be fought on the economic ront for, while the' West is involved m its financial risis. Russia is deploying to take full advantage of
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  • 31 12 BOC.OTA (Colombia>, Wed. QUINTUPLETS, all bo>s, have been born to a peasant woman near Tapon. m the Choco Departi-lent. The mother is reported to be m a serious condition. AP
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  • 76 12 WASHINGTON, Wed. PRESIDENT Truman, who has been conferring over the general economic situation and the Governme: financial position With Congressional leaders, has not vet reached any decision on whether to ask Congress again for new taxes, ft leaders report. The PreMdt sponal economic n
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  • 31 12 The International Lawn Tennis Federation Cong] m Pans yi sterday de- < 'decided pone until next j I i c\ I G« rmai lest fcr readmisslon I Federation. -Router.
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  • 47 12 NEW U.N. MOVE IN KASHMIR THE UNITE] N mir Commission has vitecl India and Pftkistai a military conference p slbly In Kara til. The object of the < oncp is I boundary line in Kashmir The political Issue In l\ mir will probably ed for later eonsuU Reuter
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  • 33 12 KING' S CO W WINS Jtlng George's 10-j cow. Royal Servitude, from tlio Royal farm at Randringham won a first prize at il»<', Royal Agricultural B i -how m Si^. Mf- Reuter. I
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  • 23 12 CRUIS E TO KO REA I Tin and the destro- I Rowan and H I I are paying one-week 1 1<> Korea Rev
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  • 119 12 BOSTON. Wed. THE Philippines whl stand I with the Western Democracies m the East-West con--1 flict of ideologies, the chief Philippine delegate to the United Nations. Brig.- Gen. Carlos P. Romulo. pledged m an address at the National Education Association con- vention here yesterday. He
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  • 48 12 tjRITAINS heat wave has been relieved by the first heavy rain In a month. The Continent, however, is still suffering from severe heat. ,1 At Seville, m southern ii Spain, the temperature yesterday reached 125.5 F. degf rees and In Madrid 104.— A. P
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  • 96 12 Why the axe,' wife asked TORONTO. Wed. IiOOMERS who lived above the bedroom of Earl Amacher overheard his tiife. Gertrude, ask. Why the axe He replied. 1 icant to sharpen it i?i the morning.' The irife persisted. "But you never bring an axe to the bedroom." The roomers heard nothing
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  • 142 12 DOVER. Wednesday. BUI 1 T by monks m Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre, < iO-f L high wooden cross, which arrived at Dover yesterday on its journey around the world will be carried on the shoulders of volunteer Roman Catholic Dearers across EErr' r1 It has already been
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  • 93 12 PASSrORTLESS "CUiten of the World" Garry l).i\i> has just paid Me-daj »I»H to Switzerland from Frame and. instead of enrounterins trouble at the border, was smilingly greeted by the Swiss frontier guards, who told him they wnr<r delighted to meet him and allowed him to pas.s.
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  • 111 12 Jap rail chief murdered TOKYO, Wed. THE body of Mr. Shimoyama, President of the National Railway of Japan, was found murdered on the rail tracks at the edge of Tokyo early today. Mr. Shimoya had been missing since yesterday morning. Police feared that he was a victim Of foul play
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  • 188 12 WASHINGTON, Tveodaj [lOITSE of Representatives Un-American ActM- ties Committee investigators said todaj th.it hey irv trying; to find the Soviet agent who lUCseeded Gerhard! Fisiev who escaped jail In the I \S. by jumping: bail and fleeing to Europe as leader of the Americiin Communist
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  • 88 12 MRS HARRIET Dl married at twelve and i^ now at tin: man hater. She has left \Mth hor Bl ther for n- York to chai her name and a high school .»> ir« ihmen. Harr: I m. I Freda Fltxpatrick m\ her New York hon
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    • 494 12 BIRTH I!\RT. At the Military HosSjngapore on 4th July 1949. i, Mm < Bobbie (nee Newsome), Of Major R.F.S. Hart, t A.SC, a son, Richard ■hnstopher. ENGAGEMENTS THE ENGAGEMENT is announced between John Kenneth. >nly son of Mr. A; Mrs. F. J. Bryant of London, and Jean Mary, >nly daughter
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    • 181 12 By Air from Londo^T^ THE FINANCIAL T||J most important Fimna .1! 1n( i 1 By direct a r-frtighi arrangements where! stamped with Malaysdelay m posting en a^ Malaya can now obu THE FINAN' within a few days of A^ V Daily spotlight on th. together with the rv activities of
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