The Singapore Free Press, 5 August 1949

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press _tARQEST AFTERNOON SALI m MALAvf erjtrj SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, ArGrST~5,' 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    U.S TO BACK WAR ON ASIAN REDS
    425 1 U.S TO BACK WAR O N ASIAN REDS i ruman says: Jyo further* PRESENT TrK'SS 2^S Mne throw off thL m" onde r cTatic dements to th» twilf f eS 5! d or all developments m Asia that will stem the Communist tide. tn,,,>) l Pl 1(lenl w^ putting the
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    31 1 KONG. Friday. X M.S. it -Com. kgatn unist igate c hip :\pe did \e rere batteries m .bed the nciAt no any were >egan had :nist ibility Merits. Reuter A.P.
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    New sub-killers are building
    42 1 New sub-killers are building OTTAWA. Friday. Canada's navy of the future will build its anti- submarine defence around small, fast escort warships, mass produced of steel and aluminum. The new sub-killers were designed as successors to the wartime corvettes and frigates.- A.P.
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    FOUR REDS CAUGHT
    29 1 U.P. Singapore police yesterday .'arrested four Chinese, sus--1 pected members of the Malayan Communist Party. Another four Chinese were arrested for being lecret «ojciety members. jm
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    No 'blank cheque' for Truman
    223 1 No 'blank cheque for Truman WASHINGTON, Thursday. [N a conciliatory gesture to Congress, President Truman indicated today that it would be all right to remove the so-called "blank cheque" powers from his proposed $1,450,000,000 arms aid bill, but he was opposed t o any cut m the size of the
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    Miners in fist fights
    77 1 SYDNEY, Friday. FIGHTS broke out yesterday between Right and LeftWing groups of miners at Lithgow, New South Wales, during a Communist-organ-ised meeting m protest against the use of troops to break the coal strike. At the same time a conference of miners' officials ai Newcastle decided
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    QUEEN SEES SHOW
    19 1 HER- Majesty Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 49th birthday last night with a visit to the theatre.
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    U.S. Service chiefs off to Paris talks
    195 1 LONDON, Thursday. I^HE I nited States Chiefs of Staff flew to Paris today for military conferences with more Atlantic Treaty partners after reaching "complete understanding" with the British, Danish and Norwegian defence chiefs' in their talks m London. General Omar Bradley (Army) Admiral
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    Malay wins appeal in Australia
    180 1 SYDNEY. Friday. THE Appeal Court today upheld the appeal of Abdul Samat bin Ami ah against a special Federal Court order that he be imprisoned for six Tio/iths pending deportation to Malaya. Amjah. who claimed to b? a British subject, was ruled by a special
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    Princess goes sailing
    46 1 Shielded from spray by an ex-service army battle dress and blouse. Princess Elizabeth took her first cruise In her Dragon Class boat Bluebottle at Cowes yesterday. The 29 ft. boat, was ihe gift of the Island Sailing Club of Cowes last summer. A.P.
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    QUIZ TO BE SENT TO RUBBER MEN
    169 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. A QUESTIONNAIRE will soon be sent to approximately 800 representatives of the rubber, chemical and petroleum industries m the United States asking their views on a variety of problems concerned with the future of the synthetic rubber 1 Industry, including the
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    COUNCILLORS AGAINST IT
    425 1 RADIO MONOPOLY Free Press Staff Reporter 'J'HREE unofficial members of the Singapore Legislative Council yesterday opposed the recommendation of the Federal Legislative Council committee that the Rediffusion Co. be asked to take over Malayan broadcasting. Mr. C. C. Tan (Municipal South-West), president of the Progressive Party, which
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    60 1 me iinUsli Charge 4'Affalm, Bucharest, Mr. Roderick Sarrel (9), photographed at the Bucharest Militia Headquarters with seven of the eight Rumanians who, police allege, he was going: to help escape to Vienna. Four of the prisoners were employees of the British Embassy. Mr. Sarrel was released soon after this picture
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    THE BAN WAGON
    27 1 The American military government yesterday ordered approximately 25 newspapers of Bavaria to suspend publicaiion immediately. The announcement said tl^p papers jumped a ban. U.P.
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    Twenty hurt in jail riot
    91 1 MADRAS. Frl. LDCUT. CoL O. S. Gill. Madras Inspector-Gen*ral of Prl- sons, was among the 20 prls-.n officers injured In a disturb-' ance at Vellore central gaol on j Wednesday night, About 200 Communist prisoners resisted prison officers' searching the cells and. barricading themselves behind
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    Siamese told: cut $ spending
    61 1 Siamese told: cut spending BANGKOK. Thurs. IT v*as reliably learned here today that Mr. W. A. M. Doll, British adviser to the Siamese Finance Ministry, has recommended that the Thai Government cut her dollar .spending m order to conserve the country's dollar credit. He also suggested that the Government utilize
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    STREET SWEEP
    22 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore anti-vice police last night arrested seven Malay, Javanese and Chinese women found In Stamford Road.
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    Planes kill 30 Huks
    150 1 Planes kill 30 Huks MANILA. Fri. FIGHTING between the 1 Hukbalahap Peoples Army and Philippine constabulary troops, supported by two strafing fighter plains, c ed an estimated 34 deaths, it WAI officially stated night. Separate action took plact m two central Luzon provinces on Wednesday. Two Mustang fighter planes, swooping
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    CNADA AHEAD IN ATOM ENERGY
    43 1 CNADA AHEAD IN ATOM ENERGY It will be 10 to 20 before useful civilian applu-j tions of atomic power can be expected, but, at present. Canada Is ahead m that NHd said Dr. Lawrence R Hafstad. of the US Atomic Energy Commission yesterday.
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 The Hongkong (iovrrnment this morning warned the Communist New China News Arency that it will be suppressed if It continues to publish Hheiouß anti-Rriti«h statement*.- Reuter
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    Rubber prices
    50 1 SPECIAL Market correspond ent give* (he price* of rubh<, (m rent* per Ib.) at 11 am todj> M follows: Buyer* Seller* No. 1 RSS Spot: loose 33 Fob In bales %u« |N«. 1BS.S, 3S 3{'i No. 2 RSS. 31', li«i L'o. S R.S.S. 2H', Tone of market: Qui>
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      70 1 T oaDIO C° iICHI .^O SINCAPOM &f*?JS Ihe Children s P^-T Favourite... H '<»{/U//aFnerqu hot climate is Ovaltine tnixed r creamy riavour all it« own, and X coolness through the body on* the renew strength and energy it t and keenness at work or play. b'kly prt-pnrfd by mixing thoroughly
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    Housewives taught to be cateful
    315 2 A THOUSAND trained women spearhead oi a new Safety Corps m Britain are building up a "snowball" of warning bures to teach houseand their husbands, to be more careful. of the "snowball" r tec of 50 hand-picked ol the Women'sntarj Services drawn all Britain. nded
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    THINGS TO AVOID
    105 2 THKSi; are the niDst fre- quent causes of accidents which the new Safety Corps is trying to coir. hat Saucepan handles protruding o\er gas stove: Kettle spout latins; towards the front of the stove Worn holes m carpet am', linoleum: Electrical equipment, particularly metal swit(hes which can
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    Heavy Handed Parents—Beware
    237 2 Heavy Handed Parents Beware PARENTS who rely on "tiip heavy hand, the biting tongue. and the frozen face" to keep tneir children m order are making them "rebels."' said ProtVssor Charles W. Vining. of Leeds University, the child specialist, at Harrogate recently. Some parents, m theix determinatlon not to spoil
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    Adventures of Penny and Koni
    119 2 Ptnny pet monkey Kom Has beet" -augM at UsM m» is glad to bf buck in he» aims and glad <hai h* doe* rot nave to stav at tht roo Lift m a cage hf think*, as shr carrieM him away would be 1 terrible
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    From Mexico Comes The Holiday Hat
    310 2  - From Mexico Comes The Holiday Hat IRIS ASHLEY by fjMIE essence of holiday clothing having been for a long time the art':stic use of as little as posisble, wouldn't think there could be much that was neiv. Bit:, sure enough French have discovered a "feu novel tricks of fashion to
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    Wise Corner
    64 2 The older i hea v y up] an. ihould avoid en and should v m ?er shingle the b.u'k i -^t the line is bristly and re. Ji you wear short hair. k»'»'p it wlrled and curled. cry week jroui should r i>r pack treatment, ono ot i>est
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    'Englishwomen Are Overdressed'
    221 2 'Englishwomen Are Overdressed' >? AMERICANS visiting London are frank, observant and out- spoken. One of the most prominent of the present batch. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jun., has been giving me his views about English women. I "The more money British S women spend on their clothes the worst dressed they appear
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      71 2 LOOK OUT FOR COLDS! I i GARGLE l/sr£* w£QU dr\ rf J^^, ennc an j i LISTERINE 4-% 4 NAMf AND NaMßfh 70 REMEMBER JOHN II II I I Kid. Raffles Squa V>r Exqu isite h wlh )f and Silverware LANKA JEWELLERS J Glamorous evening cocktail Go v;:is Unique Costume
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      320 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR T>OKN today, you have a i> p. hop? all may wish to fastidious as well as attain but few do. ai. orderly mind. Every- mi n selecting your t! in L S a P lace and marriage partner, do not should be m its place at b
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    OREIGNERS WISH TO QUIT S'HAI
    291 3 Hardships of Red rule S condmins 611 are disa PP«inted with "liberauin" of th u^ s ,r alled Communist foreign businessmen, about one-half had optimistic views m the first three weeks of ♦D e occupation on the basis of i h i e Communist army's
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    WHY LAUREL STAYED AWAY
    76 3 PRESIDENT Quirino hocoured a New York editor, Mr. E. Joe Albertson, who 38 years ago taught the tu 7 £r esi dent at the Manila High School. More than 100 classmates of tiuirino joined m the observance. One classmate, however, declined to attend the reunion. He
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    U.N. not being terrorised by Reds: Acheson
    100 3 THE IS. Secretary of Slate. Mr. Dean Acheson. said i that he did not know I the ie. entity of the sej cret "witness number Right" who recently levelled charges against the United Nations m Senate hearings. He added that he was confident
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    Koreans arrest Reds
    36 3 Korean Police have arrested j 22 men— most of them newspaper reporters— who, it is alleged, had collected information for the Intelligence i Bureau of the Communist Party m South Korea.- A. P.
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    Hobby became big business
    133 3 II AKIYAMA, an American o f Japanese a s pets 20,000 fish each month of ill 1 world, estimates that 750,000 carp swim In the 225 pools on his Icherj m Hollywood. years ago Akiyama was raising •bby. But when his friends began his pets, he
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    HIS REWARD: OFF TO S'PORE
    115 3 SgRGEANT N. K. Mitchell, 17-year-old R.A.F. boy entrant from Dundee, broke his neck m a diving mishap at Weston super Mare, Somerset, a year ago. He spmt several months m hospital. As a result, Sergeant Mitchell could not pass out with No. 1 entry from
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    Bridge Hands
    264 3 SOUTH lost only a. spad« and a heart wick; but having stopped at two-odd, he could have shown a grtater profit by letting the two diamond double stand. Not that he should have done so. Far from it. It is an easy matter to put the blame for
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    Flaming plane crash: 4 die
    65 3 TOUR passengers out of 30 1 on board and one of i.he crew were killed when a Brazilian airliner crash-landed m flames, airline officials said yesterday, A dramatic ladio message fire aboard, passengers panicking, endeavouring to force-land "—was heard just before the crash. A commercial
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    Ending Jap feudal land tenure system
    237 3 'THE land reform programme, which economists x say may be Gen. Douglas MacArtliur's major move to democratise Japan, is nearing completion. Begun early m the occupation and designed originally to break up the feudal land tenure system, the programme is viewed by many now
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    THE COLONEL'S DAUGHTER
    54 3 JACQUELINE Fleur Alan, 13--year-old daughter of Colonel j.nd Mrs. J. A. Alan, of Karachi, Pakistan. has obtaired a magistrate's consent f-or her marriage to a 21--year-old student against her parents' opposition Both parents flew trom Karachi to England m an unsuccessful attempt to persuade their daughter to
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    TEACHER IS CLEARED OF RED CHARGE
    132 3 A FILIPINO woman professor of French, 50-year-old Mrs. Marie Louise Fernandez, has been cleared of charges thai she had advocated Communism m lectures to students of the Far Eastern University In Manila The charges were brought by five students. Afier a series of private
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    THERE'S NO 'COMMON MAN'
    175 3 THE Archbishop of York, Dr. A C F. Garbett, told doctors at the Harrosate conference of the BUtisii Association, that It was a fallacy to think of an Individual as an ;;average or common man." "There is a tendency today to 'iinp individuals In a ma*,"
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    Rebels attack
    56 3 *I>us convoy' THE Government -owned Union of Burma Airway* says two of the airways itafl were killed and three wounded when insurgents attacked a 1 convoy of passenger buses near Anisakan airstrip. 27 miles north-east of Mandulay. The Company has appealed to the Government to provide military escorts
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    Farson takes case to UNO
    219 3 HERERO TRIBE'S FUTURE rpHE Rev. Michael Scott, of South Africa, has urged that the Herero and other tribesmen of SouthWest Africa be given a direct hearing by the Tinted Nations to present their case against the incorporation of their homelands by the South African Government.
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    41 3 photo. French Girl Guide Rangers from Lille go through one of their national folk dances at a Girl Gvide camp at Bexhill, Sussex. They took part m hikes, camp-fire sing-songs, picnics and tennis tournaments during their ten-day stay at Bexhill. A.P.
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    13 WRENS WORK FOR PREMIER
    132 3 13 WRENS WORK FOR PREMIER THIRTEEN W.R.NS are employed a.> parlourmaids, and kitci maids m the Premier's Buckinghamshire ho:: iers, at a cost of £1.400 Tnis was revealed In P liament by Mr. John D Pinancial s Admiralty. H Mr. J Lan A Wren officer said later it was onr
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    13 DIE IN BUS SCRACH
    24 3 en n< two nuns v. Including two J 4DO-f« .r >• i vine n < Tizi N Marrakesb, m- rocco Reuter
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    SIAM RICE DENIAL
    94 3 I^HE Siamese Government has denied reports published m Manila a few weeks ago that a Siamese woman I had offered to sell Siamese rice m Manila m a blackmarket deal. In a note to the Foreign Office, the Siamese ConsulGeneral. Mr. Eugene Perkins, said the reports were
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      17 3 pAMg?A >J Tel. 6909 TODAY! <( Hi p.m. hi Film BATING M! SHIH rnift Matinee Ham IN| COLOR
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      111 3 THE SWEET FOR THE ATHLETE^I POX'S. L. SUSTAINING 8c INVIGORATING J AND WONDERFUL FOR CHILDREN DIGESTIVE •SOOTHING .REFRESHING THE FINEST PEPPERMINT IN THE WORLD SOUS AGENTS SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG VAUGHAN MONROE ANu HIS ORCHESTRA on HIS MASTERS VOICE RECORDS BD. 1224. WHAT DO I HAVE X, DO COOL WATER
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      204 3 SINGAPORE (BLUE NETWORK) 484 and 41.7 metres. Emergency news from K.L. at 10 a.m. TODAY 10 News from Kuala Lumpur 1 H^lf hour of music played m the South American Way 1.30 Time Signal News 1.45 Accent en Melody Noel de Selva His Orchestra 6 Programme Summary 6.02 Light masic
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      322 3 iL-h: News; Far Eastern AHaui; Interlude; English Lesson (BBCr, 8.00 Siamese: Programme ami News; 815 Siamese (BBC); 8.30 News (English-BBC 845 Dutch »BBO; 9.00 Kuoyu (BBO; 9.30 Burmese lBBC>; 9.45 English. News Rubber Prices; 10 00 Light Music: 10.45 'The Civil History of 'the War' (BBC): 11.05 Music--11.15 'World Affairs'
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Aug. 5, 1949. The tale behind the tail
    589 4 THE di Hussion m the Federal incil of relations with the Colony wax a poor affair from whatever viewpoint it js looked at. It was an unlia debate and an ill i occasion, for Federal < uncillors
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS LEPs drive VIPs
    1332 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS LEPs drive VIPs TO three Malayan soldiers goes the honour of driving the Army's most important personages when they travel m Major-General C. H. BOUCHER'S 40,000 s q v a r e-mile Malaya District command. They are: L/Cpl. HASHIM, the G.OC.'s personal driver, L/Cpl. AHMAD YOM and
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    Taking care of the New Territories
    704 4  - Taking care of the New Territories WILLIAM PARROTT Report From Hong Kong By HONd KONG: BRITAIN'S rapidly increasing lhmg Kong garrison is gradually spreading over an area appearing on most maps as a mere dot but actually containing nearly square miles. Only a Traction of the ultimate army strength of
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    Roaring 40s
    663 4 By GIY RAMSKY "T^OO old at 40" WEfl a war cry when I was a boy, just before World War I broke out, and ever since then the emphasis has been on Youth—Golden. Glorious Youth. Forget the giants at Inf lect and fortitude.: Shaw writing plays at 90-plus;
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    Coffee Talk, strained
    78 4 Coffee Talk, strain e d LETTtK iv the ft. "I I'll! I\ON IDDON'S DJ m your issue ol A 2 provokes < Although subjecti\ nions must appear diary, it is a pity 1 1 the obvious bias v Don Iddon plays on (Jnvernment of Britain should col( and sometimes stain,
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      78 4 How to use BEEF DRIPPING For all frying purpose 2 As a shortening for pastry. especially flaky pastry for curry puffs. 3 Spread on bread or hot toitt with lots of salt and pepptr for children. 1 In oatmeal scones. ."> In Dripping OPure clarified flee/ Dripping made m our
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    $1 MILLION SINO-MALAY BUS PLAN
    203 5 $1 MILLION SINO-MALA Y BUS PL AN Equal shares m company j Free Press Chinese Correspondent A noIS'Tw W an >' ser ving central and north Malaya is being formed by Chinese and Malays ,n Perak and Selangor. Sponsors of the project believe that this instance Jf Sino-MaUjr co-operation mi
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    Trip leads to prison
    61 5 A clerk, who mLsappropi $378 belonging to his employers for a pleasure trip be Federation, was yesday In the Fourth Polic? iurt stitenced to five months' rigorous Imprisonnt. He was Balakrishnan em- > d at the South Winds He had four previous convictions. In addition to
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    BASE WORKSHOPS PUTON REVIEW
    70 5 BASE WORKSHOPS PU TON RE VIEW THE Base Workshops (Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers i at Alexandra, are producing a :evue, 'Easy Come Easy Go." which is being shown at various military units m Singapore during this week and the early part of next week. Shows are being given at GHQ.
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    $750 FINE IMPOSED
    101 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. A Singapore Chinese, Tan Keng Yong, was today fined 5750. m default three months' imprisonment, when he was convicted fn the Police Court on a charge of importing 86 cartons of playing cards. MORK than 15,000 tons of steel pipes will be manufactured locally
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    BARREL 'ISLAND' TO GO
    165 5 BARREL 'ISLAND' TO GO THE bar; els forming the roundabout at Bmpresfc Place wi'i be removed and In its place n semi-permanent traffic island will be constructed. Singapore Municipal Commissioners have agreed to give priority to this job, for which a sum of $20,000 has been earmarked and originally placed
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    C.G. lauds Burma's rice deliveries
    190 5 Free Press StaJT Reporter THE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday said that up to the end o July Burma "had confounded all the evil prophets by exporting 865,300 tons of rice. Addressing the South East Asia Liaison Officers at Phoenix Park, Mr. Mac Donald said
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    AT EMPRESS PLACE
    19 5 THE traffic barrels at r Km press place which are to be removed. Free Press picture.
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    Councillor hits at Jy-riding
    187 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. /COMPLAINING that police officers were joyriding about town/ 1 Inche >I< -hammed Salleh bin Hakim queried an item of $1,190,000 supplementary expenditure for 238 motor vehicles, at yesterday's meeting of the Federal Legislative Council. "We cannot afford joy rides
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    Teachers may protest
    112 5 THE Johort Malay Teachers I Association is expected to bring to the notice of the Government the question of appointing qualified Malay ■rhool teachers as assistant inspectors of Malay schools. Utusan Melayu reports. This followed dissatisfac- lien expressed by Malay school teachers m the State over the
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    TRAINING COURSE
    47 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent Malay schools In Singapore will scad eight ounil teachers to the Sultan Idns Training School this year. Eleven pupii teachers from Singapore who have passed their three-year training course at. the Col--1 lege last year began teaching I on Aug. 2.
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    MAILS
    33 5 Surface malls are expected to arrive m Singapore today from the U.S. and Australia. Closing time lor posting surface mails at the G.P.O. is: to Sarawak (except Mirl; and Java: noon. i
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    'LONDON' LEAVES
    34 5 H.M.S. London loft Seletar for the United Kingdom yesterday. Passing Chanßi'^he received a salute In farewell i from the Royal Air Force from three Spitfires, three Dakotas, a Sunderiand and a Mosquito.
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    No Treasure hunts on Iron Age hill
    327 5 No Treasure hunts on Iron Age hill Free Press Stall Reporicf A SMALL hilltop near Klang where Malayan Iron Age tools have been found may be turned into an archaeological site and protected against treasure-hunters. The tools 10 axe heads and nine spear hi which were unearthed by Public Works
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    'DENTISTS DAY' IN SINGAPORE
    119 5 'DENTISTS DAY' IN SINGAPORE MORE than 150 bingo Chinese dent! day celebrated the .second annlrersary of "Dentlit'i Day to mark China's member m the International nConference A luncheon to com n rat* tl by the Singapore Cl Dentist's A. Cathay Restaurant j tended by tlij sul-General, Dr. Wu P shing.
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    MANSLAUGHTER ALLEGED
    47 5 MANSLAUGHTER ALLEGED Thirty year old A .S<ngh who was all* Red have < K(. the df-ath I h m Changl R (n J wai yesterday In the Pourt.] Police Court I<m.--tativ!y rliarged with culpable homtdde not amour. tc muidrr He v. as «»idered to b n.anaod until tomorn
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      114 5 Such whiteness! HORROCKSES Sheets surely > if It is significant, yet not surprising, that women !slh>u :i marked preference for Horrockses fine Sheets. "HoßOckse*" has been a household w.ord for generations. For product to ■chieve Mich tremendous popularity thut its name becomes a household WOnL can mean only one tiling
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    62 6 MRS. Mildred Hughes, executive vice-president of the Asia- America Committee on Industry and Commerce, talks with Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru m his New Delhi Office. The m eeting with Pandit Nehru and other Government officials wound up Mrs. Hughes, economic survey of India for her organisation, which is made up
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    MORE AFTERNOON SCHOOLS PLANNED
    174 6 THE Singapore Education Department is making arrangements to open six new afternoon schools next January— five for boys and the other for girls. This means that English primary education will be available to a further 500 children next year. The afternoon classes will bo carried on
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    GOVT. CLERKS DEMAND MORE PAY
    396 6 GOVT. CLERKS DEMAND MORE PAY 80 per cent i'TiCsTretioe Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. AN increase of 80 per cent on pre-war salaries, compared with 40 per cent recommended m the Cowgill and Court of Reference recommendations, has been demanded by the Singapore and Federation General Clerical Service
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    92 6 ATOMIC energy, used m experimental farming, brings this strange sight to the fields of the Georgia Experiment Station near Griffin, Georgia. A laboratory assistant, wearing special clothing, rubber gloves and a respirator, drives a tractor equipped with a special plrxiglass hopper to distribute radioactive phosphorus mixed with other component parts
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    TAKES OVER POLICE
    123 6 MR. E. V. Fowler Inas been appointed to act as Com- missioner of Police m Singapore during the absence on leave of the Commissioner, Mr. R. E. Foulger. Mr. Fowler first acted as Commissioner from March to August, 1947. also when Mr. Foulger was on leave. Mr.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    124 6 v^HIPS m port aUnigbicU 'lie Singapore Harbour Board whavves yesterday igcdowiia In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Rap.via < 31-32. Sirdliana (33-34>, Elponor (36 37 1. Armtelriijk 38-39 1. Fukion < 40-41). Nen Echota v 42-43 W«*M Wharf: Oranje (1-1), Tjikampek i4-5\ BUu.kvann <t>-7\ Somelsdijk 9- 10 Kamuning ;11--12
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    Higher cess for rubber 'war'
    320 6 Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Thursday. rpHE High Commissioner, Sir Henry Ciurney, met leaders of all sections of the rubber industry m Kuala Lumpur today and agreed to their request to increase the cess on rubber by .15 of a cent per pound,
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    2 KILLED IN ACCIDENTS
    117 6 TWO pi ople, one a o clilt and the other a pedestrian, wen killed m accidents m Singapore yesterday. Shortly after noon, the cyclist, a 20-year-old hotel employee, Buang bin Hamld. was In collision with a civilian lorry, opposite the Gas Works In Kallafig Road Buans
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    VARIETY PAIR
    51 6 A variety iaii m ai.i of tfafl Ftedemptonst Monastery building will take place at the St Josephs Institution on Saturday Aug 13 The fair Vw ill be opened by Mrs. J A. 'Ihiv a* 11 a.m A boncert j ill b r« at 730 p.m. m the school
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    New declines in gilt-edgeds
    258 6 New declines in gilt-edgeds k i 1 V v 1 I A Jtli JHE percent. War uJ^Siffi F 1 chief target of the iellc section of the London St«x k I v v m financial correspondent This stcj yesterday at around 951. Othei I depressed and showed fractional declinU Other
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    Malayan bid to boost athletics
    180 7 Malayan bid to boost athletics tyAYS and means of: encouraging athletes' >falaya with a view to s participation m British Empire Games and m 1950 id m future Olympic were discussed at meeting held by v I Ing president of Malayan Amateur Athletic Association, Mr. Sheppard and the ident of
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    22 7 >i\teen-year-old Shirley May France, who failed in h<r attempt to swim the < hannel seen here on her arrival in England from Amurica.
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    Deadly form by Jayasingam
    209 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. THE Indo-Ceylonese defeat--1 ed the *S' Company of Royal Pioneer Corps yesv by 21 runs. A feature of the match was the good bowling of Jaya- m who took eight Pioneer wicketa for 19 runs. JafTar of the Pioneers, was the day's highest
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    NON BENDERS TEAM
    62 7 The Non- Benders' Cricket team to meet the Singapore Police Cricket Club on Sunday, at Thomson Road, at 11 a.m. will be. T. J. Leijssius 'Captain) Evan Wong Rev. J. W. J. Stcele, A. Baker, W. R. M. Haxworth, E. E. Turner, N. Bradbur' G. Westerhout, L.
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    CHAMPION WINS
    23 7 World lightweight champion Ike Williams outpointed Benny Walker of Oakland m a 10-round non -title fight at Oakland (Calif.) on Wednesday.
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    MIDDLESEX HEADING FOR VICTORY
    509 7 Bill Edrich is back m form tnil) i n InKS wlck ets m increasing their lead not strf,?* E l rl Ch the Test batsman wh "as c^fe rU^h h s9°t ce o S U Or c I ?edi h t iS SeaS n 1S StUl
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    Woodcock 'badly shaken'
    188 7 Woodcock 'badly shaken' LONDON, Fri. DRUCE Woodcock, British and European heavyweight champion, was injured m a road accident yesterday. Woodcock suffered slight concussion and injuries to the head and shoulcjers, and was sent; to hospital for an X-ray examination. Woodcock Is to fight Lee j Savold for the world title
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    To wrestle in S'pore
    83 7 To wrestle in S 'pore THE all-in wrestling champion of t*ie world, Sccllc Samarr. American negro, will meet King Kong at one of the parks In Singapore during the second half of this month. Samara who weighs 19 stone, is flying from New York for his first visit to Singapore.
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    New Zealand are 30 runs behind
    295 7 Bl npilE New Zealanders hs their overnight score 0 innings against Warwicks Warwickshire opened strongly with 10 runs off the first over from Cowie, but Rabone gJt Taylor leg before with his second ball. Gardner concentrated on defence, but Townsend was more aggressive, and
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    17 7 Sports-smile By GRAHAM and ,h ltt listeners. W js r*»he, wi d volley we|| o||t or court
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    50 7 Corporal P. Goldsmith caught by the camera at the moment of landing m the Hop. step and jump competition m the Inter-Services Athletic championship at Aldershot. He and his team mate. Cpl. G. Harris, did a combined distance of 89 feet l\ ins. to score a win for the Army.
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    WORLD'S GREATEST WRESTLER
    392 7 ISTANBUL, Friday. YASAR DOGU, a Turkish skilled worker and father of three children, is unquestionably the world's greatest middleweight wrestler. His countrymen adore him. His opponents respect him to the point that they take defeat for granted whenever and wherever they meet him. Dogu is dark-complexioned. 34
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    HAZARE LIKES LEAGUE CRICKET
    286 7 IyHEN Vijay S. Haiiire, the Indian Test cricketer, went to England at the beginning of this season Ito play as a professional for Rautenstall m the Lancashire, league, it was his first experience of league cricket. Not unnnaturally he wus wondering how his play would be
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    MARRIAGE
    36 8 SPJL/<S WILKIE: At St. Mk-liael's Church, loon, on August 1, 1949, Mr. W. H. Spiers of Messrs. Sime Darby Co., Ltd., I to M; s Peggy Wilkie of the nn Nursing Service, Batu O Perak.
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    DEATH
    32 8 CAITHNESS: The funeral of Capt. F. Caithness, who died m Bangkok, on the 31st July. Will tnke place at Bidadari i tery on Sunday, 7th August, at 4. IS p m.
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    Top sesret reports on China today
    288 8 Top sesret reports on China today WASHINGTON, Fri. THE U.S. State Department "White Paper" on China, to be issued later today, will include the long secret reports of Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, Gen. George Marshall and Brig.-Gen. Patrick Hurley, said President Truman yesterday. All three generals were sent at different times
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    38 8 Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru (centre), with Mrs. Indiri Gandhi, walking through the Mela of the Hemis Monastery m Ladakh during a visit on July 5. Nehru was received by large crowds Including 200 Lamas m picturesque robes.
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    'Gave Negroes over to mob'
    81 8 DADE (Georgia), Frl. A FEDERAL Grand Jury yesterday indicted 12 white men, including the sheriiT and three deputies of Dade County, m connection with the flogging of seven Negroes at Hooker by masked men. Among the 70 witnesses called v .s Dr. Samuel Green of
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    U.K.s tourist takings
    25 8 American tourists made Britain's cash registers jingle to the tune of £4.000.000 m June, the Travel Association announced m London vfstprday.- A.P.
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    UNHAPPY OVER PRIZE HOUSE
    212 8 NEW YORK, Friday. ALFRED BIRDBAUM, 27, and his pretty 'bride would give anything m the world to get rid of the U. 5.5 15,000 "dream house" they won with a 50-cent raffle ticket and which for them has become a chilling nightmare. This Dream House is
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    Start of trek to The Hague
    221 8 BATAVIA, Friday. rFHE movement of Dutch, Republican and Federalist 1 delegates to The Hague for the round-table conference began yesterday with the departure by air of Dr. J. H. van Royen, leader of the Dutch delegation. Mr. A. K. Pringgodigdo, of the Republican delegation,
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    REGISTRATION IN HONG KONG
    40 8 HONG KONG'S Legislative Council has approved a bill for the registration of all Hongkong residents above the age of 12 Residents will be issued with identity cards bearing their names, addresses, occupations and other relevant details.
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    More miles from petrol
    95 8 AMERICAN automotive eneineers, trying to squeeze more miles out of petrol point out that the average motorist gets only from 28 tr> 30 per cent, of the potential power out of motor fuel. The problem is complicated by the fact the car requires better fuel to
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    Korean battle rages as Reds invade
    147 8 SEOUL, Friday. TWO South Korean infantry companies, totalling about 250 men, have been "overrun, probably annihilated" m the fierce fighting now raging on Ongjim Peninsula. 85 miles north-west of Seoul, the southern capital, it was officially announced here last night. Russian-backt'd North Korean forces,
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    Reds battle mahjong in S'hai clean up
    167 8 Reds battle mahjong in S'hai clean up SHANGHAI. Fri THE Communists are to convert Shanghai from the pleasure city or the Orient to a productive and hard-working metropolis, city officials stated today. As an initial step, they have banned mahjong and other gmmoi of chance. As probabiv 2.000.000 of Shanghais
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    TOKYO ROSE TOO SICK
    58 8 TOKYO ROSE Mrs. Iva Toguri d'Aquino— is ill and her treason trial m San Francisco has been adjourned until sru 1 is better. Her Attorney notified Judge Michael Roche as the 23id day of the trial was about to get under way, that 33-year-old "Tokyo Rose"
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    170 DIE IN H.K. FIRES
    22 8 Fires accounted for the death of 170 people m Hong Kong during the 12 months ended March.
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    HEAVY BOMBING SHANGHAI
    209 8 HEAVY BOMBING SHANGHAI Shipyards are set ablaze HONG KONG, Friday. RATIONALIST heavy bombers which raided Shanghai on Wednesday severely damaged the famous Kiangnan shipbuilding yards, a Nationalist Air Force communique quoted by Central News from Taipeh, Formosa, said today. The communique said the planes immeduv found their objective on arrival
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    Rewards of £***** for stolen gems
    143 8 NICE, Friday REWARDS totalling over £25,000 have been posted for the recovery of the £300,--000 m jewellery stolen from the Aga Khan's wife m a daring daylight ambush on Wednesday. Insurance companies have offered £16.250, the Aga Khan £4,000 and his wife, Begum Khan,
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    IND. CONGRESS 'FADING OUT'
    60 8 INDIAN Socialist Party leader Jayaiirakash Narain, yesterday urged the Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, to leave the Indian National Congress and join the Socialist Party. Narain, told Reuter that "m spite of his great position. Nehru will not be able to translate his ideals into practice through
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    'BLUE DREAM' SUICIDE
    105 8 GEN. Okimura. < ill, d .it the Kyodo Newi m Os.ik.t reeentlj .md t*M a reporter that he VO«M give him :i Hup Okamuru then went to fthi top of the storey huHdin?. opened the portable gTlWpbtUt Inwas earryiiif, put m tho record 'Blue Dream T.inm» climbed
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    BIG JAP RICE CROP
    20 8 Japan will h largest rice cr >pi I -provided there further damage fi or typhoon Reuter
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    EARNING MONEY IN THE HOME
    154 8 NEW DELHI, Friday. OIK Japanese technicians, who are due to arrive m Delhi this month to help popularise smallscale industries m India, will install machinery for about 50 different industries and train Indians m their use. Machinery ordered by an Indian million that toured Japan
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    SIMON TO GET ANIMUS' V.C
    33 8 SIMON, the cal ihrapn* durlnj the ship's < i the Tangtte R:vvr. :> the fli.the "Animals VC Dickin Medal a- n< vi tnf this Anlncame of Simon's pa: i i
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    ECONOMY WARNING TO INDIA
    10 8 ECONOMY WARNING TO INDIA 1 M J 1 1 Reuter
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