The Singapore Free Press, 1 August 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1949 PRICE 10 CEMB
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    Kampong guards kill two bandits
    110 1 Free Press staff Reporter JOHOKE BAHRU, Monday. 4 TEN-MAN patrol of kampong guards from A Kampong Sawa, Muar, shot two bandits at 11 o'clock last night when they attacked a bandit hut near their village. As the patrol approached the hut, which was brilliantly lighted,
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    SEALSKININDUSTRY
    17 1 SEVENTY-one thousand seal skins valued at U.S. $3.--000,000 were taken this year m the Bering Sea.
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    AMETHYST FIRES ON RED GUNS
    374 1 Shore battery set ablaze H J d»» the destroyers of the British Far Eastern Fleet yesterday mornin? with only two hours' fuel left m her tanks. Wireless messages received aboard H.M.S. Jamaica from the Amethyst tell how the frigate had^to fight her way past the
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    S.V.C. H.Q. ROBBERY
    15 1 Thieves broke into B.V.C. Headquarters on urday and stole some cl< i
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    Burmese Govt troops UNKNOWN
    91 1 RANGOON, Sun. PYINMANA, road -rail junction 224 miles north of Rangoon and a notorious Communist centre, was captured yesterday by White Band P.V.O.s from the Communists. The town was taken while Government forces were battling towards the town from the south This has tlirown out of
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    PRESIDENT WEDS
    36 1 Prpsident Ernst Nobs. (>3. cf I Switzerland, married 44-year-old Miss Rosa Hulda Froenlieh. at a private ceremony on July 28, it was announced yesterday. The President's first wife died more than a year ago.
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    POLITICS BANNED IN H.K. SCHOOLS
    152 1 HONG KONG, Sunday. POLITICAL activities and propaganda m schools tluoughout the colony will be prohibited m the near future, according to the Hong Kony Standard. The pape- said that the Hong Kong Government threatens to tio;e down any schools where teachers or students carry out
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    Crashed plane was 'buzzed'
    82 1 FORT DIX. New Jersey, Monday. CIXTEEN people were killed on Saturday when an Eastern Airlines D.C.-3 colIn mid air with a United States Naval plane two miles north of Fort Dix. The dead included 12 passengers, three members of the crew and the of the Naval
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    Calwell flays Red 'ratbags'
    195 1 Coal strike hopes fade SYDNEY, Monday. rjU'MrLT broke out at a Sydney meeting held by the Labour Party to urge the miners to return, at which Immigration Minister Mr. Arthur Calwell said a concentration camp was "the best place" for Communist hecklers. Interruptors tried to howl
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    Ship officer killed by pirates
    145 1 Ship officer killed by pirates HONG KONG. Monday. A CHINESE chief officer of the Chinese-owned river vessel Kong Wing, was shot and killed by pirates on Saturday. The 300-ton vessel, j on the Canton-Hong Kong j run. was pirated at Bocea, 'Tigris mouth of Pearl River, 1 about midway between
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    'CUT OFF HILL TOP' FINDING
    68 1 THE Special Inquiry Commission of the Indian Government investigating the recent Royal Dutch Constellation crash near Bombay has recommended cutting down by 100 feet the Ghatkopar Hills near Santa Cruz airport. A KLM airliner crashed there early this month, taking a toll of 45 lives,
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    S'HAI 'SIEGE' ENDING
    40 1 The sit-down siegr of the American consulate m Shanghai ended last night after more than 59 hours v. Ith the decision to continue nego- tiations elsewhere this morning m the present of an official laboir union mediator.
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    S'HAI PLANTS TOLD TO STAY
    87 1 SHANGHAI, Mon. rpHE deputy manager of the JL Communist People's Bank, Lo Tenk-kan. has warned 60 Shanghai Industrialists and the Communist Board ol Industry to proceed cautiously m plsns to move industries out of Shanghai as part or the Rfd note to lessen the city's
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    FATHER AT 91
    36 1 Admitted to a Brisbane hospital With a fractured thigh, a Central Queensland veteran of 94. said he had a family of 19 children, the eldest of whom was 70 and the youngest three.
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    Spades are trumps
    89 1 JAPANESE companies have been making a profitable business out of tracing and rec overintj material eon-i-tl from Allied authorities m the confusion that follow ed Japan's surrender. The Tokyo Industrial Company recently uncovered metres of cable which hut been buried m Kan.it; i'refeciure. The company spr-nt 17.000
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    Plan to recruit overseas
    235 1 Plan to recruit overseas BORNEO LABOUR SHORTAGE Free Press Staff Reporter tjECRriTMENT of labour overseas, aided by an immigration fund on the lines which operated successfully for Indian labour m Malaya, is recommended for North Borneo In the Rubber Commission's report. The fund would be raised oy an assessm« based
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    U.S. CAR 'OFFENSIVE'
    34 1 The U.S. car Indus hoping to sell at least 4.1 000 new cars this year. I indications are that four million cus will bo built by the middle of October. A.P.
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    W. INDIES AS 11TH. STATE
    72 1 MR. GREGORY POWER, executive assistant to the Newfoundland Premier, Mr. Joseph Smallwood. has igosted that the British \Y- y I Indies explore the possibility •of becoming Canada's eleventh Province. Newfoundland Joined Canada on March 31 as the tenth province. Pov«vr said he felt such a
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    'No' says Sultan of Kelantan
    141 1 F. P. Malay Correspondent T>UTERIA, or prllKCHlCl. of 1 Kelantan Royal Family forbidden m future to marry Malay commoners except by special pcrrnissi<»n of the B tan. Utus&n Meluyu reports from Kota Bahru. Rut. tli* y may marry "Sy- \d "Tengkus" or "Rajas This was
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    Ip defeats Chew Bee
    88 1 Ip defeats Chew Bee FfcM Pirca Stall ftepw i. r KH Ip (China) b. Chew B«-c H 2. l> 4 ii fhf men's sing] the Malayan tennis ell pionshlps this m Ip meets Tan Llcp TJ (Java) m the nn:il at p.m. tomorrow Mis. d»' Vriei and Hevel (Sumatrai beat
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    RETAIN DEATH PRECAUTIONS
    33 1 The French bellU live tontha i has patted slnn t kjiis U) pi tlom v. hen ii« 93. SUfl I hi.s Driton on 11^ d*Yeu. I the At lan?.: U.P.
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    Bullfighting In Spain Is Not So Tough
    1030 2 Bullfighting In Spain Is Not So Tough By MORLEY CASSIDY SPEAKING as a man who has braved death with a sneer on his face some ***** times back home, I am prepared to make a flat statement: Bullfighting is for children. Moreover, I am now revolving m my mind a
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    Bridge Hands
    335 2 Neither side vulnerably North dealer r FHEKi < is much more to the bidding than the cold type revels. First, you hive to know your east of «.haracters. In me order of their appearance m the ■auction, they are. Charles Lochrldgc, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee and Jack Laey'uy.
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    55 2 eating ice-cream are likely to fuid the bird popping up from nowhere, and before they can say '•Charlie" find the contents of their cornet quickly devoured. Charlie, the blue and yellow Macaw at London Zoo proves that humans are not the only ones who possess a fondness for ice-cream. In
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    Adventures of Penny & Koni
    166 2 Adventures of Penny Koni Th« elephant who picked up Kon puts him down on top of lomi tron bar*. ing a httle monkey, Koni isn't bit NigMontd of (Mint to high— until ha looks down. Thtrt b*n«ath him i< a lion and IH« lion is very angry when h* sees
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    Small-boat Sailing Booms
    414 2  - Small-boat Sailing Booms GRAHAM FISHER By [TOR Harry Southerland and his son Lester, who live m the picturesque flint-built village of Brancastcr Staithe. on the North Norfolk coast, business is brisk these days. The Southerlands started building racing craft for Britain's weekend sailOrs as a sparetime hobby m 1935. Now
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      169 2 WHITE A WAYS SEASON I 1/iLA^ TO-MORROW BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Mens Sports Shirts Her- Parker 'vs Pen »n4 Courtald* Rj Jj|J* yfl ring Bone Design Pencil Set C«f BUsual Price 9.75 Usual Pr.ce 32.03 NOW $4.00 NOW $20.00 Timcrc S'l^ 3& Mens Cotton Singlets Round Bakelitc Trays V Neck
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    Shop Window strip-tease
    68 3 nRESSURE by the crowd on a Brisbane shop < window behind which a "strip-tease" girl was i having a "bubble-bath" caused the window to bulge w.wards and it showed signs of breaking. Police, who fo~ half-an-hour before the show was timed to start had wrestled with the
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    MORE EFFECTIVE U.S. A-BOMBS
    297 3 New Uranium sources found JWE Atomic Energy Commission has announted that new and more effective atomic bombs— already tested at Eniwetok— are beinir produced "on an industrial basis." It also said uranium and plutonium for bombs and other atomic energy uses are being produced "m creator
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    110 HINDUS DROWN
    43 3 ea Out or 175 Hindu men. wo- mm and children aboard a j ferryboat which capsized on i Tuesday on a pilgrimage voy- ale m the Warbada river near Indore. central india, 140 are believed to have been drown- U.P.
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    No flights advised
    32 3 The U.S. Stfl tes Department has advised the Northwest Airlines, which flies the routes to the Far East and China, against resuming its Shanghai U.P. nignt,s at tnis nm«
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    31 3 Princess Klizabeth watching the Thames illuminations from the steps of the County Hall on the Thames embankment after attending celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee (HO years) of the London County Council.
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    Forld workless This new peak
    112 3 t unemployed this year in the :.v time since the end of World rts think this downward trend has I I run- j I tions, as I .rial I The j I yed in I -rs in 11 pared I 2 per cent. I Canada
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    Q MONEY
    94 3 UOr can make a pretty good living just standin^ ir a queue m Prague and selling your place. There are film queues, frte store queues and tremendous queues for a weekly ration of motorcycles for sale. The demand for motorcycles, for instance, is so great that a man
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    JAPAN'S URANIUM
    37 3 JAPAN'S URANI UM Pre&s reports m Tokyo has state that the British Medina Company, which has been on the Japanese scene i for many years, is planning to exploit uranium deposits hi Iwate prefecture, northern Honsha.- U.P.
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    More Australians
    27 3 Australia's population will increase by a quarter of a million this year, Mr. Arthur Calwell. Australian Immigia--1 tion Minister, has said m 1 Melbourne.— Reuter
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    SOAP BOX DERBY
    24 3 Four crack drivers hurtle down the starting ramp m their streamlined models for their heat m the Berlin Soap Box Derby.
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    Press report: 'no whitewash'
    190 3 4 -mer man Royal dcii .s I or dis--1 1 itute 1 liteI I the I res or, m any case, as a 1 vindication. It is nothing of the kind. Those who say 80 cannot have read the report or cannot have understood It "it
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    U.S. WAS BEST RED CUSTOMER
    48 3 MOSCOW Radio has reported that the United Stales was Russia's best cuso nor at the International Fur Auction m Leningrad. The broadcast said American and Belgium firms outbid 78 other companies from various countries for the purph:m\s of undressed ermins and squirrel. U.P.
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    They forgive the Nazis
    89 3 JULIUS RAAB, leader of the most influential wing of the Austrian People's Party say his group will adopt a "let byegones be byegones" attitude with former Nazis m coming elections and deal with them as peasants, workers or merchants. Raab. chief of the economic sector of
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    OKINAWA DAMAGE
    34 3 Seventy-five percent of the buildings at the United States Air Force installations lon Okinawa were damaged by typhoon Gloria on July 23, the United States Far East 1 Air Forces announced.- Reuter
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    Widow fought with blind osteopath
    251 3 Y^APTAIN Gerald Lowry, 59-year-old blind osteopath of Station-road. Budleigh Salterton, was found guilty at Devon Quarter Sessions of indecently assaulting 41 -year-old widow Mrs. Rose Agnes Aylen and causing her bodily harm. Sentence was postponed. Mr. P. Malcolm Wright, prosecuting, said Lqwry engaged Mrs. Aylen
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    U.S. GANGSTER HELD IN ROME
    362 3 DOPE ROUND-UP FIASCO jyjkltß Lansky of N«w York, underworld big shot and reputed member of a vast syndicate which controls -gambling and other dubious enterprises m the United States, was recently held the luxurious Excelsior Hotel, Naples under the watchful eyes of the Italian section
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    Dentist made £25,000 from health scheme
    194 3 MR. William Black, 45-year-oki dfntal surgeon, of Weit-sti eet. Coatbridge, V:as admitted that he was the Lanarkshire dentist reputed to have earned £25,000 from the health scheme m 11 months. Replying to the statement made by Sir William Marshall, chairman of the County Health
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 1st, 1949 Equity and the "set off"
    623 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 1st, 1949 Equity and the "set off" mllE pi<>pos"d "sot-off" of i excess profits against claims for war damage npeniatlon recommended b. the Singapore and F deration Select Committ- raises an interesting p iinl of equity. baycock skirted it m an it ion attached
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    Racing brings out the best in cars
    1380 4  - Racing brings out the best in cars ANDRE LION By AMERICANS are sometimes called a nation of mechanics, and without doubt, they are a people enthusiastic a bout sports. So it is not unusual to find many who are mechanically minded sport enthusiasts. Consequently, one of the big annual sports
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    69 4 Prets agents ojien reach a loyg way for a gag but find the effort ivorthwhile, jio matter how silly the stunt, if their client grabs newspaper space. One Hollywood publicity man put on his thinking cap, went into a trance and emerged with some ideas for new uses for Venetian
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    Plastic Lung Aids Polio Victims
    444 4  -  ALTON L. BLAKESLEE By A PLASTIC lung, weighing only a pound, is ready to aid polio victims this year. Fitting over the chest, it will do their breathing while they lie In bed, ride m wheelchairs, or take exercises to strengthen muscles. They can v/ear
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    Edinburgh prepares for its Festival
    660 4  -  MICHAEL KING EDINBURGH By Scotland: EDINBURGH is preparing for the arrival of more than 'ioO.OOO visitors from all parts of the world for the great International Festival of Music and Drama from August 21 to September 11. In three years, the Festival has established itself
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    Goodman Is The Prince Of Jazz
    12 4 Goodman Is The Prince Of Jazz I I I sdasddasd CECIL WHSON
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      18 4 CUPS JEWELLERY WATCHES SILVER WARE S. P. H. de SILVA < JEWELLER) 45. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR
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    HUGE SCHEME FOR ELECTRICITY
    327 5 HUGE SCHEME FOR ELECTRICITY Will meet ten years' demands ST p Ff p St.fr Rep Orter The installation 02 this machine will foLow immediately alter lhe flm n t e^ alternator. The two together *"1 give Singapore consum" £&S£? 50 00() kllowatt of rhfrfi iVe 7 f lhe SeCOnd machine
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    32 5 picture. EIGHT hundred and fifty recruits took part m a passing-out parade at Kuala Lumpur Police Depot on Saturday. Picture shows Maj-Gen C. H. Boucher, G.0.C., Malaya District, addressing the parade. P.R.
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    COLONY MALAYS MADE J.P.'s
    93 5 COLONY MALAYS MADE J.P.'s iiULIY businessman, lnche Mohamed Hassan 1- and a director of the Malay newsan Melayu. lnche Mohamed Tamimih bin have been made Justices of the Peace m the Malay. Settlement B«.ys Club. He Is also chairman of the Settlement's Co-operative Society. White-haired, 68-year-old Inrhe Mohamed Taminih bin
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    The R.A.F. turns out cooks
    402 5 Free Press Staff Reporter O A.F. Station, Changi, runs a school which caters lv# for the tastes of all British airmen throughout the whole of the Far East. The Far East Air Force's Command School of Cookery each month provides a four-week refresher course for
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    500 visitors set a problem
    322 5 Free Press Staff Reporter NEARLY every first-class hotel m Singapore has placed accommodation at the disposal of the 500 people who will be connected with the forthcoming United Nations conferences here during September and October. Major J. Gauntlett, who has been appointed by the Singapore
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    YOUTH RALLY
    30 5 PLANS have been drawn up for the first Singapore Youth Rally to :b held at the .Singapore Po c TrainIng schooi grounds m Thom5Qn Road on Sept. 24.
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    MUSIC CONCERT
    29 5 THE Singapore Music Circle will present their third concert at the British Council Hall, Stamford Road, m the first season of nine concerts tomorrow at 8.30 p.m.
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    41 5 picture. TWO women guests at the St. Hilda's School dance at the Seaviow Hotel, photographed buying some flowrr^ from Miss ML Albert, a member of the organising committee of the dance, which was held In aid of the schooT F.P. fund.—
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    Singapore's 3 biggest killers
    443 5 Free Fress Staff Reporter TYUE to the overcrowded conditions under which kJ certain sections of the population live m Singapore, the three principal causes of death last year were tuberculosis, diarrhoea and enteritis, reports the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. N. A. Canton, m his annual report.
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    BACK FROM U.K.
    46 5 v v r de Souz ot the Youth Welfare section of the Social Welfare Department m Singapore has returned to the Colony after a two-year course m social science m England. He headed the 1949 examination list of stressful students m the subject
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    Publicity cess for rubber favoured
    227 5 Publicity cess for rubber favoured Free Fftm Maff K< -porter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. CIR .SYDNEY PALMER urged the Imposition an additional cess of 10 to of a cent for every puuru rubber exported, the mi to be devoted to rubb :ida. In an interview, Sir Syci: said that the industry
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    PLAYERS NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH
    424 6 PLAYERS NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH Java champion on Malayan tennis 'Rely too much on defence JAVA'S singles and mixed doubles tennis champion, 24-year-old Tan Liep Tjiauw, thinks that the standard of Malayan tennis is very good, but could be considerably better if local exoonents were more aggressive m their play. "That
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    Tan's forehand wins points
    590 6 DOUBLES tennis of a high standard was seen m the men's quarter-final tie m which Tan Liep Tjiauw and Lee Boen Swan beat J. W. Spence and J. L. Whitmore yesterday. From the start every game was keenly contested. After a shaky beginning, the European pair
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    AQUATICS OFF
    71 6 PENANO, ban B« I the parti illy troyed In lay*« storm, the Chinese Swimming club aqi> were today put oil to next month. As repairs to the stage are ex- to take some time, the tala which was to have been held on Air v r 14 fi
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    Ipoh YMCA win at badminton
    101 6 Free Press Staff correspondent IPOH. Sun.: In the inter Y M C A games competition between the Kuala Lumpur nnd Ipoh Associations the Ipoh side won the badminton by five matches to nil. Following are scores >Ipoh player?: mentioned first). Singles: Foo Vong Khean beat
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    CHARGES DROPPED
    38 6 THE Indian Cricket Control Board yesterday decided to drop all charges against Amarnath. Indian Test captain who was suspended m April last from representative cricket for "continued misbehaviour and breach of discipline" towards the Board.-- Reuter
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    Woodcock to train in haunted castle
    261 6 |>KrCE Woodcock, British, European and British Empire heavyweight champion, will train m a haunted castle m Wales for his fight m London on Sept. 6 against the American, Lee Savold. Woodcock and his manager, Tom Hurst, visited Gurych Castle at Abergele m Wales and
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    Java XI beaten in game of close passing
    330 6  - Java XI beaten in game of close passing CRUSADER b> Malays 2; Indonesian Chi. ALTHOUGH making thn, hl A their Puasa lay-off, the Malay, 2 the better of the Indmies, hInJL ft 2? N suffered their second de,V,t m f.:^ Besar Stadium last evenin v t£ The Malays owed m
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    CEYLONESE LEAD
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    286 7 latest track pointers Free Press Racing Correspondent I ONCCHAMP« n P ™ANG, Monday. L th* iihii S? ws the popular fanc y at the stables this morning for the Penang (Jold Cup mam attraction of the August Bank Holiday races which conclude today Bright Eyes was confidently tipped for
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    32 7 team Bu>> House) m the inter-house "at thr Hi (fortes GirU* School (Penang) rt>m*ntion hold on Friday. Left to right: Hooi X umk Sien i I w Bit Iny Khaw Beng Im.
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    Doi Teik Hock much improved
    470 7 \rtr Tress Staff Reporter KUALA LI MPUR, Monday, generally expected, we shall see 00l Teik Kk facing Wong Veng Soon this afternoon ie Malayan badminton men's singles title, ;TtikHock now holds. Both Teik Hock and Mwn displayed marvellous form m their fl.flnal ties yesterday morning,
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    BADMINTON FIXTURES
    377 7 TIES for this week-und m the Singapore Junior badminton champiozvships are: Saturday, Aug 6, at 2.15 p m Tan Ghian Hong (Mayflower; v V Gomez iBportiight> Che« Phui Hung (Spitflre) v winner of Tan Chin Ouan (Useful); and Heng S'ak Thiang (United Familv<; Ng Cheng Hua (Marigold; v
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    Tigers propose Rangoon tour
    136 7 TIGER Sporting Association plans to send a. tpam of 17 soccer players and three officials to play four games m Rangoon at the invitation of the Burma Athletic Association. The proposed tour has been approved by the Singapore Chinese Football Association, to which Tiger S.A. is
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    SINGAPORE PLAY VISITORS TODAY
    79 7 THE Indonesian Gblneat lootballers are playing theii flral game m the Colony against l-he Singapore Civilians this evening at Jalan Besar Stadium The Singapore XI will be chosen from the following 18 players: Osman Angullia, Arshad. Abdul Rahman. Salleh. Tan Chin Lye, Haji Garhan. I. J.
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    U.S. WIN BOAT CONTEST
    65 7 THE United States successfully defended the Harmsworth motor-boa^ trophy on the Detroit river yesterday, when the race was renewed after a lapse of 16 years. Skip Along, owned by R. Stanley Dollar, von the race, clocking 94.285 miles per hour to beat Kay Don's 18-year-old lap
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    Next M.L.T.A. meet in K.L.
    117 7 AT the general meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya held m Singapore yesterday and attended by delegates from the various States, it was decided to run next year's championships for five days during the August Bank holidays at Kuala. Lumpur. Entries lor the
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    SCFA ELECTS NEW COACH
    238 7 MR. Yong Ngim Djin, a well- known player In his 1 younger days, was elected honorary coach of the Singapore Chinese Football Association at a Council meeting held at the clubhouse at Farrer Par* yesterday. Mr. Yong was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
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    SUSSEX BATSMEN IN HOSTILE MOOD
    364 7 gUSSEX started off against Mid- dlesex on Saturday m n bat- j Ing mood that looked nostile enough to push the county cricket crmmpiOT.ship kader* off their perch. Sussex, In 13th place m the .c, put on 147 runs before lunch. The feature of the
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    NBA chief attacks N. Y. commission
    171 7 A BE J. Greene, chairman of the National Boxing charged yesterday that the New York State Athletic Association Commission had done •another about face" m its refusal to recognise Ezzard Charles as the heavyweight champion. Greene's "blast" came after the New York Commission had
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    23 7 JACK KRAMER beat Donald J Budge 4-6. 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday In an ail-American flna' to the Slazenger professional lawn tennis tournament.
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    CONTEST WINNERS
    53 7 A 40- YEAR -OLD Singapore Municipal employee, Mr. Guy Vaz, was the winner yesterday of the York Bodybuilding Club's first threemonth self-improvement contest. He scored a total of 14V 2 points. Runner-up was Mathew tie Souza, aged 52, a former Singapore boxing promoter. Third was Arthur Merrels, 40,
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    All The Latest Selections
    167 7 TRESPASSER EPSOM JKEP CALL BOY POLNTLK *ACE It J^S™ 19 ELEGANT ARX ELEGANT ART BLACKPOOL i, 1 J>nn7Wort|i Chatster Flashed Elegant Art Blackpool Courtenay Blackpool Pennyworth _UC| 1: KAISEJUNE KAISERINE~~ KAISERINE KAISLRINIf" _^f D rh Jack's Darling Race Fan Jack. Darling Air Port Triroloar Jack's Darling
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    Today's acceptors
    542 7 T>ELOW is given the card of events for today's races m Penan*. The Big Sweep will be drawn on race Race 1—2.30: Cl. 1, Div. 3 6F. 000 Peony worth Woods 8 13 044 FUch*d Lansdown B. IS 004 Blackpool Plannery 8.08 C4O FtJrwood Mawi 8.06 033 Elegant
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    South XI 46 behind, 6 wkts down
    304 7 Free Pre*« Staff Cocreapondeni PENANO, Mondaj. SENT In to bat after losing the U)&s. the North •cored 174 m the cricket Test against the South yesterday. At the close of play, the South had replied with 128 for sir (O 3. Walker 49V
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    GOLF SEMI-FINALS
    39 7 pESULTS ol semi-flna)s m tht Sinfi pore golf champions!) p the Island Cluo i H. Tooke bea* R Uherwort <J and 3: Dr B. I M Ibr beat C. A R Bx- n 1 19 th to
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    BIRTH
    26 8 HARE: On 29 July. 1949, at < pi.il. Singapore, to Eve (nee I c), wife of Capt. C. J. E. > R. Signals. A sister For Joy
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    54 8 .7i T TY 13th 1949. Dennis Marjorie Beryl, daughter of Major and V JR. Pearce. at Exe'er, n. BAILEY-DAVIS. The engageinnounced between Leonard Corner Bailey of Singapore, only son of Mr. <fc Mrs. E. A. of Maresfleld, Sussex and HiHrv Davis, only daughter A: Mrs. H. Creasey Davis m,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    122 8 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. c Yam Siew Kwan of Johore Bahru, wish to thank ail s and friends for their ths, letters of condolence 1 attendance at his funeral. IA YAM and family of the I Preddie Yam of Johore wish to thank all friends .-■rid relatives
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    IN MEMORIAM
    46 8 A REQUIEM High Mass will .rig at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Wednesday August 1949. at 6.30 a.m., tor the repose of the Soul of the Mr. Lionel Joseph de Souza. The ;t f .-endance of relatives and [riends la earnestly solicited.
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    BIG ARMY OR AIR FORCE FOR EUROPE?
    424 8 Poser for U. S. war chiefs LONDON, Monday. THE U.S. joint Chiefs-of-Staff now engaged m 1 planning talks with Western European military leaders will be confronted with two distinct plans for defence to cope with Russian military aggression, state military experts here. One
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    54 8 The C.-in-C. designate of FARELF. Lt. Gen. Sir John Harding chats with a member of the guard of honour after his arrival at Tengah airfield on Saturday. Left to right: Air Vice Marshall R. L. Ragg, Senior Air Staff officer Far East Air Force the General's A.D.C.. and Group Captain
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    US policy in Asia being reviewed
    188 8 US policy in Asia being reviewed WASHINGTON, Mon. THE decision of the U.S. Secretary of State, with presidential approval, to appoint a commission to review the Asian situation and make recommendations on policy m that area was prompted largely by pressure from the Deience Secretary, Mr. Louis Johnson, and top
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    Stole safe for 'homework'
    38 8 MANILA, Mon. TyOLICE are searching for five armed men ivho broke into an office and carried away a steel safe to work on at home. The safe contained 6200 pesos (U.S. $3,100).— A. P.
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    MORE RUBBER BEING USED IN AMERICA
    184 8 WASHINGTON, Mon THE Department of Com- merce says the United j States used 83.6(>4 long tons I lof new rubber m June— 2.B per cent more than m May, but 115 per cent less than m June last year. For the first six months
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    2,000 extra trains for U.K. holidayers
    76 8 2,000 extra trains for U.K. holidayers THE British railways put on 2,000 extra trains to cope with the three-day August bank holiday rush, mostly to the seaside resorts. From London alone more than 1,000,000 people left by rail, road and plane for the holiday resorts and at Victoria Station yesterday
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    ASIAN BLOW TO U.K. TEXTILES
    97 8 LONDON, Monday. I^EXIILES, woollens and worsteds, worth £10 millions, made for export, have piled up m Britain because of new trade barriers m the Netherlands Indies, India, Pakistan and Argentina. The Secretary for Overseas. Trade Mr. A. G. Bottomley. announcing; this blow to Britain's export
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    REDS OSTRACISE THE FOREIGNER
    129 8 HONG KONG. Monday. FOREIGNERS m Communist-occupied Tientsin and Peiping, though- not molested by the authorities, are being virtually ostracised, according to foreigners arriving here from North China. Food is still comparatively I cheap, but there are growing rumbles of discontent m some sections of the labouring
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    AIR LIFT IS ON THE WAY OUT
    47 8 nnHE Allied Berlin airlift JL ended Itl last scheduled 8000-ton day yesterday. The schedule now caKs for a daily average for August of only 3,700 tons. In Septsmber this will drop to 2,100 tons daily and m October to 1000.
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    Indies await cease-fire
    185 8 Indies await cease-fire BATAVIA, Monday. THE cease-fire agreement, general approval of which was given m Jogjakarta on Friday, will probably be ratified at a formal meeting of Dutch and Republicans under the auspices of the United Nations Commission m Batavia today. After approval, the details will probably be made public
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    26 8 The Chinese Nationalist troop transport Chiao Jen was towed into Hong Kong yesterday after striking a mine four miles west of the colony Jast Thursday.- A.P.
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    Hitler's plan for 'popes'
    60 8 HITU:K planned m 1940 to appoint a 'pope" for Germany and each of the German-occupied countries m Europe and execute the Catholics who would oppose the scheme. This is disclosed for the first time m the hitherto unpublished diary of Alfred Rosenberg, the Nazi theorist who
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    Motorist's arm severed
    66 8 NEW YORK. Mon. \B ALE of hay fell from a truck In Taylors Falls (Minnesota) and severed an arm of a passing motorist. He bled to death before help reached him. Police said the victim w is driving with his left arm resting on the car door,
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    RESHUFFLE IN SUM LIKELY
    75 8 I>REMIER Marshal Pibul Songkram. m response to Parliamentary criticisms of certain Minister! elect, .will reshuffle the Cabinet within few days, reliable political observers In Bangkok forecast yesterday. It is widely believed that the personal parliament iry attacks oa the Deputy Interior Minister. Liang Jayakarn. may result
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    Moscow directs big spy network in U.S.
    228 8 WASHINGTON, Monday. RUSSIA is operating a vast American network of Moseow-traired spies who entered the I'nited States by the thousand! as refugees and members of Soviet diplomatic ana commercial organisations. Ruth Fischer, sistei of the fugitive Communist leader, Gerhard t'isler, made this charge
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