The Singapore Free Press, 11 July 1949

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    23 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ij <• Vo I" SINGAPORE, I DAY, JULY 11, 1*49. PKK h Mi i fcMS
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    U.S. PLAN FOR STERLING BLOC
    300 1 Late Anderson whose wartime singing of "Lili Marlene" made the song a favourite of both Allied and Axis troops who was married In Zurich recently. New exchange proposals nTrppcrp WASHINGTON, Monday. lv* Idan1 dan er in the dollar-sterling crisis —that Britain would abandon further co-operation
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    CANADA, INDIA TO SLASH $1
    61 1 CANADA, INDIA TO SLASH $1 la are conIX ImrcUng 7 S rate tn I that P tte sterling area.' toy report says India .dertng a two-month on lo :rom .rrency areas, partt- m New c Indian Gov- d 'mp'»rton elr r^quir.'ments m soft mntries with India h .'eral la Oil
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    Nagasaki plan
    21 1 ClU2ens of N whose Horn bombing 1-. August, 1945. *v followed shortly by Japar. > surr- voted 'an cultural city."
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    U.S.WATCH ON SOVIET SHIP
    18 1 U.S.WATCH ON SOVIET SHIP j I The uard ircie .proachral offlm li> too >>n ball -vant to "-UP.
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    MASKED MEN
    46 1 TX)UR masked, jungle-green-r clad bandits carrying .303 rifles, last night robbed the occupants of a kongsl In the Kulai area of cash and goods valued at $212. Later, the same gang robbed five houses on Kelan Estate of poods and cash valued at $552.
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    Snyder made no commitments
    245 1 Snyder made no commitments SILENT ON TIN, RUBBER LONDON, Monday. rpHE reticence of yesterday's official communique on x the Anglo-American-Canadian dollar-sterling talks and the still greater reticence of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John Snyder, m his comment on it is regarded m some circles here as significant.
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    Another Soviet ship in S'pore
    58 1 A NOTHER Russian schoonJ\ er, the 301-ton Neptunla. put into Singapore yesterday from the Black Sea for bunkers and provisions. The second to arrive here within a week, she la now lying at anchor a short distance away from her sister ship. Horisont. Both are
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    BODIES FOUND IN BOXES
    180 1 IJARI (Italy) customs police found two bodies m zinc boxes marked "Clothing, 1 about to be loaded on to a ship bound for Palestine. Both bodies were of aged men. The boxes were the property of Jews about to embark for Palestine and had come from
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    23 1 Troops loading bananas into railway wagons after landing them from one of Britain's 109 strike- bound ships, many of which have perishable cargoes.
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    Contact the 'Iron Curtain' churches
    133 1 Contact the 'Iron Curtain' churches -BISHOP CHICRESTER, Mon. THE Bishop of Chichester warned world cnurches yesterday to develop communication with churches behind the Iron curtain. At a conference of the World Council of Churches Central Committee, he recommended: Stepping up of activity by the Councils Study Department which, maintains contact
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    Republican C-in-C back from jungle
    74 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. /GENERAL Sudirman, Commander- in -Chief of the Republican Army, returned to Jogjakarta today from his headquarters hidden m Dutch-held territory. The General, who was ailing and unshaven, was carried into Jogjakarta Residency by bearers. He rode m a chair suspended between poles. He
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    'Soviet has 300 super-subs'
    41 1 WASHINGTON. Mon CECRET testimony that Russia has a fleet of 250 to 300 ultra-modern submarines, was disclosed by Conggress this weekend. A.J a result, US. Navy officials testified, US. Nary has given first priority to antisubmarine preparedness.
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    PLANE TURNS BACK
    39 1 A Pan-American stratocrulser bound for Bermuda turned back and landed at New York yesterday after engine trouble had developed two hours out from New York. It was the airline's third such incident m four days.— Renter.
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    CHINESE SHOT
    198 1 SYDNEY, Monday. jtfINERS meeting m northern New South Wales ifl coalfields yesterday voted almost unanimously to continue the nation-wide Australian coal strike, which enters its third week today. The meeting also passed resolutions demanding the release of two union, officials gaoled last week on contempt of court charges,
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    '6 MILLION U.S WORKLESS SOON'
    203 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A police squad searching an area near the 32nd mile, Muar-Segamat Road, yesterday, shot dead Tan Jit Lian. believed to be a bandit agent, when he fled after bolng challenged. PARIS, Mon. EX-president Howard Coonley, of the U.S. National Association of
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    Emergency is certain
    164 1 LONDON DOCK STRIKE LONDON, Monday. HTHE Cabinet is almost certain to declare a state of emergency when it meets this morning to discuss the London dock strike, m which over 10,000 strikers have stopped work on 109 ships. Yesterday, strikers' meetings voted almost unanimously to continue the
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    It's a dog's existence
    121 1 BIKANFK. Mon THE Rajputana States of Greater Rajasthan face a menacing growth m the dog population. Most of the people dislike the idea of killing dogs, so Bikaner Municipality began castrating street dogs. Dogs thus treated carried the tag "C.P."- castrated pup but six months after
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    chiang to head China again
    236 1 CANTON REPORT CANTON, Monday. OFFICIAL Nationalist quarters said here last night that the Government had decided to defend the whole of South China, keep Canton as the capital and invite Gen. Chiang Kai-shek to resume the Presidency when he comes back from his talks In
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    GURKHA AMBUSH
    37 1 TWO Chinese walked into an ambush laid by the police and Gurkhas on the Yong Peng Road at 3 p.m. yesterday. One of the men was shot dead and the other after being wounded, escaped.
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    GRENADES FOUND
    27 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter A Chinese labourer living near Kulai, Johore, yesterday found 36 hand-grenades near his house and handed them over to the police.
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    Chinese search British ship
    97 1 HONG KONO. Sunday. ALL personnel of the i>stroyer Concord were suddenly recalled to the ship tills afternoon and pn-p.irrd to leave for North China when Naval authorities here were notified that a Chinese Nationalist gunboat had Intercepted the Yochow. The destroyer* sailing orders were cancelled after
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    Rubber prices
    56 1 A nPK( lAL M&rkrt rorrrspotident lives the prices W lubber (m rents per Ibj %i 11 am today as follows: Buyer* gellera. No. 1 R I, Spot. loose 13V» 33H F.o.b. hi bales July. No. 1 R.S.S. 33H SJ^i No. 8 R S.S. 11^4 31 No. J R.S.S.
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    A Service To Help The Housewife
    757 2 A Service To Help The Housewife By MARJORIE THOMPSON npHK most extensive home service m the world, with a telephone inforrtiation bureau, dealing with everything from lire to phobia, has been operated by a Sydney department store for the pnst nine months. A similar service would be a boon to
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    BRIDGE: Trials and Tribulations
    308 2 By YARBOROIGH (Colonel G.G. J. Walshe •piIE first stage of The European international trial matches, to find the best team to repre ent this country, has ended. Three teams played m the^e matches. Team A beat B by 29 points; B beat C by 50 points,
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    Teaching them the ways of peace
    942 2 Teaching them the ways of peace By JOSEPHINE B. FUGATE town of Planeview m the American midwest sprang with the aircraft industry. Consequently, its 4,500 students, with their knowledge of the speed and range of airplanes and their interest m the farthest reaches of the globe, have responded readily to
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    Jap Secrets Revealed
    86 2 Jap Secrets Revealed yd rigidly t national limiting warships to 35,000 displacement, it. Germany and J. were building very much heavier battleships The story of tin and m particular the Japanese battlesi —which hart full inent of 7 and her sistrr thlp wai told by Dr. Oscar I QBE. t
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    6 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR 1 to ho
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      763 2 Solution To Crossword No* 736 QTMr*HDr*DF 10.55 For the Schools:— Nursery Metres and 41. Metres. OlWVj/VrWIir. Rhymes. How Things Began, arc! TODAY (BLUE NETWORK) Literature for standards 4/5; 1- 4.45 p m En^h'lv. Programme 484 and 41.7 metres. Programmes in Malay; 1 Monday Summary; News Headlines; Shar e Emergency news
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    VAN MOOK SENT A 'PITIFUL CABLE'
    1463 3 VAN MOOK SENT A 'PITIFUL CABLE' e r had unmand. s ition had before s could mbleH. lei ilone ebruaiN 2J ii im obviously Wavell linue even the Lsing md BDA Area and he rdered b> Hie iefs oi solve his iarters on Java m over rcspon- for defence <»t
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    Smuggling ring at work in P.I.
    364 3 Smuggling ring at work in P.I. rpHE smuggling of aliens into the Philippines has become quite a hard nut for the Republic to crack. Philippine naval patrol vessels are at the moment busy along the seaways between China and the Philippines and along the sparsely populated eastern coast of Luzon,
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    Israel, the Britain of Middle East'
    590 3 Israel, the Britain of Middle East rrHE year-old State of Israel has an industrial, trading and financial potential m the Middle East which may some day make it the counterpart of what Britain has been historically to the world— but it is not a place m which to get rich
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. July 11. 1949
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      HARD DOLLARS AND SOFT
      600 4 THE ban announced by the Malayan Governments on further purchases from the dollar area, including Canada and Japan, conforms with the action being taken by all parts of the sterling area. The Commonwealth's gold and dollar reserve has •unk to danger point, and the conservation of
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    This Is Kipling Country Still
    824 4 Miramshah Fort, North WAZIRISTAN: •The flying bullet down the pass, That Whistle* shrill "AH fiesh is gras:;.' r IH) most of modern British youth Kip* liiiLs seems outdated. The conditions he dealt with have largely disappeared. It is only these outposts on the North-West Frontier
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    Tongue twister from the Bush
    175 4 Tongue twister from the Bush VARDIVILLIWARRAKUR- RAKURRIEAPPAR LARNDOO is an Australian aboriginal word. It is the name of a lake m the Northern Territory country, i t p above the Tropic of Capricorn, and it means the starlight shining on the waters of the lake." Wales and New Zealand have
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    P1 NEGOTIATES MORE TREATIES
    72 4 I THE Philippines Foreign 1 Office is at present negotiating new treaties with a number of nations to .strengthen tho Republic^ foreign relations. Preliminary talks on a proposed commercial treaty wl h (Italy were initiated during the week-end while negotiations for a pact with France i
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    A GOLDEN MEM OR V
    422 4 ••THE Royal Mint is to A strike immediately 100,000 sovereigns m order to preserve the craftsmanship of gold coining. This decision has certain unusual features that make a complete break with tradition. The cost of the coins will be more than double their face value
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    IheAAir-acgc Is Coming
    162 4 Ihe AAir-acg c Is Coming This young albino rook t* exhibiting Us healthy appetite at the London Zoo, where it icas sejit from Aythorpt Rodin g, Essex. The bird was found on a farm after having apparently fallen from the nest. With white plumage and piiik eyes, it has been
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    Just Call Us PeoDle' Says Kobina
    720 4 Just Call Us PeoDle' Says Kobina GOLD COAST ITORINA WOOD. aged 24, with the slow smile and careful measured speech, is an African student m London. He is one of 3,493 Colonial students now m Britain either as scholarship holders or private students paying their own way. More than 600
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    NEEDY FAMILIES HELPED
    8 5 NEEDY FAMILIES HELPED In me from ibirn ian-
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    COLONY FIRMS
    247 5 1 Sin- killed overturned at rday Ten failures a week Free Press Chinese Correspondent TOTAL of 237 business firms were closed down m Singapore during the "first half of this year, or about 10 closures per week, said Mr. Lee Slow Mong, Registrar of Business Names, m an
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    State lotteries: issue revived
    475 5 Free Press Staff Reporter. 'PIIE question of whether State lotteries should be 1 introduced to raise funds for needy purposes has been revived m Singapore. This follows a suggestion m the Federation iiiat Government approval be sought to hold welfare lotteries. Mr. N. A. Mallal, a
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    Social survey for Penally
    92 5 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG. Sun. THE Penally and Province Wellesley Welfare Committee wil) shortly conduct a survey into social conditions m the settlement. College undergraduates and senior students wil assist m obtaining data This decision was reached at a meeting on Friday when Mr. Chiu
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    Grateful for fivecent donations
    218 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r|WE secretary of the St. John's Ambulance Corps, 1 Singapore, Mrs. F. M. Jones, said yesterday that she regretted the attitude some members of the public had taken toward -collectors for the Ambulance Fund. Several letters were published last week by people
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    SOLDIER FACES THEFT CHARGE
    114 5 TAIPING. Sun.— Noordin bin Abdul Wahab, a Malay soldier was produced before the Taiping Magistrate on a charge of theft of a jeep valued at $3,000. The case was postponed to Monday and bail of $500 m two .sureties allowed. *|MIE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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    CHEMISTS IN WAR ON TERRORISM
    175 5 CHEMISTS IN WAR ON TERRORISM Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. MAINLY because or the emergency the work of '< the Department of Chemistry i here has increased by about 20 per cent. In helping to flght the ijindits the Department has been called upon to give opmions m
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    Police auctions raise $36,000
    161 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Police have helped swell the Government's revenue by $36,700 since the liberation by holding periodic auctions of unclaimed, confiscated and interstate property m the Colony. Goods auctioned have ranged from sarongs and singlets to aeroplane propellers and an old trishaw,
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    STORE GROW FOOD MOVE
    146 5 WITH ttit limits of the land available, the Land Office will encourage food cultivation 01 Singapore Island, Mr J A Harvey acting Commissioner of Lands, said yesterday. H> w*' commenting on the action of the Land Office m askhu th occupants of a larg° are*, oi
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    PRICE OF TIN REDUCED
    74 5 IT is officially announced that or. and after July 11. the price of tin m Singapore will be reduced to f ;553 10s. per tor.. The reason for this reduction is the increased cost of realisation incurred by the Ministry of Supply m the United Kingdom,
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    MALAYS TURN FROM SWING TO KORAN
    240 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent THE first recording company to be formed m Singapore by Malays will soon produce records for d tribution m the country. Tuan Haji Abdul I atill bin Haji Ahmad, the manager, said m an interview that the company had already
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    TRANSFERRED
    34 5 TAIPING. Sun. -Mr P H O'Flynn. O.S.P.C Perak North, has left on iNUisftt W Kuala Lumpur. His .-wr^s^n is Mr. C. N. Godwin. Mr. O R Turner, a new officer, has also arrived.
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    PHARMACY BOARD
    34 5 Pi of G A Ran* re, I M C. Bain Mr. D. E. Lovett Mr. X F Chong and Mr. A. J Turner havr b< n minated member* of th* Pharmncy Board.
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      111 5 Surface mails we clue to arrive in Singapore today from, China, Hong K Siam. East Australia and Sarawak (except Mirii Surfaco mails to Burma close today. TAKE AN OVERCOAT Tailored by •RODEX •SUMRIE or rW^^, BURBERRY U w^«yiJsk A// m the newest J styles single or Double Breasted ij| R^J[^
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    Mike matches Joe Louis and Schmeling
    1146 6  - Mike matches Joe Louis and Schmeling HARRY MARKSON by jyjlKK lost do time employing Louis m the Garden. Joe fought Nathan Mann, a young guy from Connecticut, on February 23, 1938, and scored a knock-out. Then, m Chicago, the Brown Bomber flattened Harry Thomas m five rounds. But the big
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    S.B.A. junior tourney this week-end
    510 6 A START will be made this week-end m the Singapore Badminton Association's junior championships. The matches will be played at the Clerical Union hall. All competitors must be m the hall on time. Late comers would have to concede walkovers. Ties for this week-end are:
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    UNKNOWN HARD EARNED VICTORY FOR CHINESE XI
    227 6 UNKNOWN HARD EARNED VICTORY FOR CHINESE XI pLAYiNc; then Chinese gained over K.A.I Combine munity League encou last evening. The Airmen back). Hill (oir and the consequ* A jntsklck by defender saw the ba skied m the Koalrth 22nd. minute. n th< that followed Booi S headed the ball beat
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    Arsenal to use Brazil soccer boots
    125 7 A:.ack from their B i will introi novelty into English next season In the >] South American OtS. hard grounds, v •t .fill comer tioi HP boot v.is accordingly. hid reasons r tnocesi ■Jill championship 1947-1 948 icaonn was their to the ball. >{
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    I.A. athletics next month
    132 7 I. A. athletics next month the Tamil Brotherhood Association held at B.A. club premises ytster- j I decided to hold the i annual Sir. Indian athletic meet towards the Aupust. All Indian^ Interested m takin ted to :-end m their Mr P. Supniah. ro [pal Clecti ;v Dept.. s ng-
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    F. &N. SPORTS CLUB WIN 4-2
    109 7 FR.ibLR and Neave Sports Club C.R.E. North and East :r games to '.wo in a badod friendly at Tanglin Barbn Friday. •F. N S.C. payers oned first C ies: Tan Chin Jin beat 4 Bin Abdullah 7-15. 15-4. aeong Soon Tuan lost to .^ran
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    WE WANT NEW HORSES' TRAINERS
    539 7 WE WANT NEW HORSES' TRAINERS Small Class I fields again C ~J By TRESPASSER fHE small fields m all the Class 1 races except the Singapore Cup at Bukit Timah on Saturday again served to show the necessity to augment the ranks of top-notch horses m Malaya with the least
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    HZ. XV FOR FIRST TEST
    65 7 THE New Z: aland Rugby Union touring All Blacks team to meet South Africa m the first Tett m Cape Town on July 16 was announced as follows: A. Scott. P. Henderson, R. Elvidge, F. Allen (capt)., E. Zogg->. J. Kearney, L. Savage, J. Simpson,
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    DERBY 121 ALL OUT
    40 7 DERBYSHIRE were all out for 121 (Burke six for 23) m their cricket match against the New Zealanders at Derby on Saturday. The tourists were 176 for ftve at the close of play.— Reuter and A.P,
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    S.R.C. bowlers in top form again
    276 7 S.R.C. bowlers in top form again PAUL Schubert, Charlie Colling and Nadason— the 1 first two from the S.R.C. and the other from the .lohore C.C.— were at the top of their form across the Causeway yesterday, when the S.R.C. beat the Johore team by an innings m an S.C.A.
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    3 Colony players to contest places
    218 7 Badmin ton tourney Lni*HT entries from Singapore for the men's singles J event m the Malayan badminton championships have to play a qualifying elimination contest to fill the two remaining places out of the four allotted to Singapore. Only Wong Peng Soon and Ong
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    29 7 .«^o r'nn r*"f» for (lass one st*»v»rs <n *>n •Hie .ni^i of the -.»ore JJJ r (rh^ rles) w., from Fof'i»n*« Favourite (Ellery) Saturday, lowing how^asi.y J^^^lV^Free Press picture
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    Italy in Davis Cup zone final
    154 7 IALi won iici uavu uujj I European zone semi -final tie with Yugoslavia at Rome yesterday by four matches to one. Leading 3-0, Italy won the ftrst of the remaining two singles yesterday when M. Del Bello beat J. Pallada 6-3, 6-1, 7-5. Dragutin
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    WORLD RECORD
    51 7 LISBON. Sun. F. Gordiea. ow touring Europe, on Saturday L Lisbon exceeded the world >cord for throwing the discus. He reached a distance of 56. 46 letres m a competition with Poriiguese athletes to beat the reord of 55.35 metres standing to ie credit of A. Consolini of
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    BIRA 2nd IN RACE
    216 7 IOHN Manuel Fangio (ArJ prentina). driving a Maserati, yesterday won the Albi Grand Prix with an average speed of 158.387 kilometres an hour (about 98 rnil<\s an hour i. Fangio's time for the 34 laps totalling 300.947 kilometre* (about 187 miles) was 1 hr. 54 mins.
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    Lowson blasts Mann's hopes
    546 7 From JIM CHAMBERS A SIN-BAKED crowd of 35,000 happy Yorkshiremen saw their county team build up a respectable score against Middlesex after being sent m to bat on a "green" ShetTield pitch on Saturday. George Mann, captain of the Middlesex team, which stands level at 100
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    MANKAD NEAR TO RECORD
    107 7 JINOO Mankad the India Teoi f cricketer playing his first season m the Central Lancashire lcagu 1 as prole^ionftl to Castletor» Moor is almost certain U> create league record by scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets. a. feat no o:her player has achieved m a
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    HQ S'pore Districtlose to Johore
    310 7 I Bright fcyes (Jones) returning to scale after winning I the Singapore Plate over six furlongs, for Class 1, Div. 1 horses, m a ranter at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Bright Eyes carried topweight of 9st. 5 1b. Free Press picture. FINS bowlim by K.
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    21 7 The Indians will mett the Navy Id an tater-commiTßltv j soccer mauh t; .la an B«^%: B'«--i dium today.
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      132 7 It la a fact that the avciagc buiupcao male grows approximately 25,000 hairi on hu face. To obtain t •atisfactory thave, each of these thmiscjKlt of ifidividuaJ hair* Bust be cut closdy «nd cleanly fflJSLjiw'Gf'/Jfn* •very day Wis« ateo know 'Wai K^^Sstw^Kf^JJ tbr d* Jy liuiwe c*o he Mx-om- I^MX-Oj^r
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    US. BID TO FIGHT REDS IN ASIA
    440 8 US. BID TO FIGHT REDS IN ASIA Moscow hits Truman plan WASHINGTON, Monday. 1MI X Communist Party newspaper Pravda charges that President Truman's plan to aid underdeveloped territories of the world, mentioned m a message to the U.S. Congress during the week-end, is designed to give the United States bases
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    Australia balances her budget
    146 8 Australia balances her budget CANBERRA, Monday. FR the second financial year since the end of the war the Australian Government has balanced its budget, the Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph B. Cnifley. said m a broadcast last night. Referring to *he grave economic problems facing Britain and the British Commonweal'h, Mr.
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    CAN LIVE ON MILK ALONE
    140 8 ITHACA (New tfork). Mon. IFE from birtn old ase can b»» supported on an exclusive diet of fortified milk, according to nutri'ion expect Professor C. M. McCay of Cornell University. He says that experiments with rats, just completed, have shown that animals ran lire to
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    JAP REPAT. SHIPS
    33 8 The first of nine Japanese repatriation ships to bring back the second group of Japanese war prisoners from the So\iet Union will sail tomorrow from Maizuru for Nahod'-n. Siberia.- A.P.
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    Slavs' mass protest
    29 8 Yugoslavs massed yesterday In at least two cities to protest against the Big "Pour's decision to deny Yugoslavia the neighbouring piece of Austria she demands. A.P.
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    Screen star killed
    30 8 Don Stannard, 34, the Dick Barton of the English screen, was killed m a car accident at Winter Hill. Cocknam Dean, near Maidenhead on Saturday night. A.P.
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    'Russian planes best' claim
    74 8 MOnCOW. Monday. LIEUT-GEN. Vassili Stalin, commander of the Air Force m the Moscow military district and Mm of Marshal Stalin, said m an interview. "Our plane-build-ers are ahead of the world m Mknec and our airmen fly Tart her, faster and higher than anybody." Gen. Stalin
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    Ship explosion fire toll 59
    75 8 ISTANBUL, Mon. FIFTY -NINE people were burnt to death, 14 are missing and 35 seriously Injured m a flre which broke out on Saturday night m the Turkish passenger ship, the Corun (4,765 tons). The flre started following an explosion m cargo of chemicals and
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    Air-conditioned bed
    58 8 AN air-conditioned bed, on display at a Grand Rapids (Michigan) furniture market, has a mattress made of foam rubber with holes at intervals. Through these holes circulates air from a conditioning unit underneath. The bed is just as comfortable m winter as m summer because the conditioner is
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    S'hai Communists warn foreigners
    241 8 SHANGHAI, Monday. 'THE Communist Emancipation Daily, commenting x on the release from jail cf the U.S. Vice-Consul, Mr. William Olive, said yesterday that "American imperialists" must abandon provocative actions or "take the consequences." Mr. Olive, who had been held incommunicado by the Chinese Communists for three
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    FAMOUS U.S. STALLION DIES
    88 8 gIR Galahad m, by Teddy oui| of Luck Lalge. who was brea In France and has sired three Kentucky Derby winners, died at A. B Handock's Cla 1 borne Stud I In Lexington. Kentucky- aged 29 years After racing m France and England. Sir Oalahad HI
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    PUBLISHING AGAIN
    32 8 The Philippines Herald one l U e ?F liest casualties of the Pacific war, resumed publication yesterday m a new million-dollar plant on the site of its pre-war building A.P.
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    NEW RUSSIAN MOVE British demand explanation
    192 8 NEW RUSSIAN MOVE British demand explanation BERLIN, Monday. THE British Military Government has demanded an explanation from the Russian authorities of the new traffic restrictions, imposed without any warning on Saturday, which the British consider a breach of the four-power agreement for a return to normal transport. The Russians at
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    FLOOD THREAT IN CHINA
    54 8 FLOOD waters on the Yangtze ore threatening the lower Yangtze basin with "devastation," according to the Communist New China news agency. The report said that In some places the river was less than 18 Inches below the 1931 level which caused China's worst flood when 13
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    SNYDER IS RETICENT
    254 8 Continued from pa«e 1 American private or public Investmentfi In the sterling area would be another possible source of dollar? for Britain, but It 1$ ulain from the mood of Congress and of American business that thti r be only a gradual process. Before taking off for
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    YACHT BLOWS UP. 2 DIE
    67 8 MAJOR-Gen. Vernon Pritchard. Army Public Information chief, was killed and Col. and Mrs. Anthony 'Drexel Biddle Jr.. of Philadelphia, were injured m a yacht explosion m Washington yesterday. An unidentified woman also was killed and at least five other persons Injured. The victims wore aboard
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    LONDON TO HAVE WINGLESS CHICK
    73 8 LONDON TO HA VE WINGLESS CHICK OETER H battm^mm^™ 1 3 (Iowa) Monday. P^has agreed t^fS b T der of wln less SwUm, Baumann. veterinary supPly salesman, raised the <*?«- brows of farmers, poultrymen aK rioulture edi'ors and chicken eaters last week and a surnju* of Wu r%+** to^tead of
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    ARMISTICE HITCH
    36 8 Armistice talk* between i s el and s > Tia struck a new difficulty yesterday when Urn Syrians a«ked for deinilltanRation of the lo«n of Bain.ich In the south of th" dlsp frontier region Reuter
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