The Singapore Free Press, 14 September 1949

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  • 15 1 The Singapore Free Press gfsdggfdg \n. 17.578. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1949. PRICE 10 CENT
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  • 476 1 Japan peace treaty first WASHINGTON, Wednesday. fALKS between Mr. Ernest Bevin, Britain's Foreign Minister, and Mr. Dean Acheson, the U.S. Secretary of State, aimed at drawing up an Anglo-American policy to prevent further Communist expansion in Asia and Europe will continue all this week. As
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  • 82 1 HONG KONG Wednesday. rvFFICIAL port figures yesterday showed that 34 blockade runners, representing over 130,000 grass tons of shipping, cleared Hong Kong for Chinese Red ports in the past three months. The actual figure is believed to be higher since some ships were clearing for Korea
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  • 88 1 BANDIT BRINGS IN TWO RIFLES Press Staff Reporter A;:NESE named Wong Ahj rendered to the Bahru police in area of Johore on led over two rifles anda of ammuni- 1 be s.:: rendered beI of jungle H^ did not have any of at lead's cal- I -render. he led a
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    19 1 The Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, stepping out of the plane which brought him back to Singapore from Tokyo yesterday.
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  • 70 1 Govt. retakes Shan town RANGOON. Wed. BA Army Radio last .Aimed the recap-' Muse, an important :he Burma-China .-.bout 100 miles north Lashio, capital of the hern Shan States. lio said that insurK troops, 200 -•acuated Muse at, meffl forces entered i also reported ren-held Taunggyl, the Southern Shan •rhere
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  • 41 1 killed and injured D dump Ministry of 'pi led in f Tin Ho airfield I J milea from rti and a net awaken- ilace shortly N information li morning, it tthei another imp exploded or 1 gunftre.
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  • 210 1 More cuts planned LONDON, Wednesday. OKITAIN faces a new austerity epoch despite the 13 achievements of the Washington dollar crisis talks which do not remove the necessity for the already planned British cuts in dollar purchases at the rate of £100,000,000 a year, writes Reuters political
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  • 50 1 U.P. rii, aviv ponce say tney nave charged 23-year .Ibra- ham Zephati, who entered the Parliament on Monday with a loaded machine-gun, with attempted suicide. Zephati told the polic*», My only regret is that you refuse to nemilt me to commit auiriri* uhnnorrr I wish."-
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    32 1 Refugees huddle under the box car which brought them to Canton from Communist threatened areas 200 miles north. Thousands of refugees are »treamin K into Canton and living under filthy, overcrowded conditions.
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  • 67 1 IN Washington yesterday it was announced that, unlike its sister institution, the Internationa) Monetary Fund, which mi do a loss, the World Bank made a profit of about Slo.tioo.ooo in its year ended June 30. In addition, it was able to set aside about So.ooo 000 in
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  • 107 1 LONDON. Wed. A GUNMAN in Alston fataily wounded a bank manager yesterday, then killed himself two hours later when police trapped him In a country lane. The bank manager. A. G. S. Steele. 59. was shot in the stomach while talking to the inidentifled gunman In
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  • 27 1 FRANCIS SHAW, former member of the British Fascist Union, was sentenced yesterday to 12 months" Jail at Old Bailey for attacking two Jewish youths.
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  • 121 1 TRADE— Truman WASHINGTON. Wed. PRESIDENT TRUMAN last I night asked the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to tear away obstacles to international trade in the interests of world peace. Calling for reciprocal trade on a multilateral basis, he said. "Nothing contributes more to the peace
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  • 42 1 DUSSIA today brought her **> total of Security Council veu es to 38 when she applied seven In quick succession barring seven countries from United Nations membership. The countries were Portugal, Italy. Austria. Finland, Eire, I Jordan and Ceylon- Reuter
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  • 83 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS tuts been frequently teased at international conferences because of his vegetarian diet but he proved himself today to be the most agile of the world's financial leaders. Arriving for the World Bank session, he found his way barred by three rows of
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  • 201 1 Reuter uii .\>\ eunesaay pA\ADA u ill make no "sudden plunge" into buying great supplies of rubber and tin as a result of the Washington dollar sterling talks, but will review her stockpiling activities, a Government spokesman said yesterday. Canada's decision sto increase natural
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  • 59 1 A British Military Court in Hamburg yesterday promised Field-Marshal Von Manstein a two weeks' recess in his war crlmei trial aa soon as the prosecution finishes Its case against him next week. The delay will permit Manto prepare his defence. During the recess he
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  • 101 1 LONDON, Wed. THE Earl of Harewood. King George's 26-year-old nephew, will marry Austrian born Marion Stein on Sept. 29 at an all- white wedding. The King and Queen and Princesses will head the list of 900 Invited guests who will crowd Into St. Mark's North Audley
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  • 66 1 HONG KONG NOW FULLY PREPARED New British reinforcements settling in Hong Kong barracka have brought the Colony's garrison to almost 25,000 mep, the planntd "emergency" strength, while Communist regular armies are still 200 miles away. The latest Anny arrivals and recent strengthening of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force
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  • 189 1 Free half our gold—S. Africa WASHINGTON, Tuesday. Yf R. John Synder, U.S. Treasury Secretary, today opposed a proposal made to the International Monetary Fund by South Africa's Finance Minister Mr. Iff. C. Havenga, that 50 per cent of the newlvmmed gold of gold-producing countries should be sold on the free
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  • 50 1 TOKYO. Wed. UNITED STATES War Crimes Commissions in Japan yesterday completed :heir last scheduled trial of Japanese war criminals. The Yokohama commission sentenced ex-Col. Keijiro Otani. wartime cummander of the noronojs £empeitai headquarters in rokyo, to 10 years' imprisonment for ill-treatment cf American fliers.- Reuter
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  • 194 1 Ticklish Indies minority question THE HAGUE, Wed. yHE Steering Committee x of the round-table conference on Indonesia, now in its fourth week, yesterday faced the ticklish problem of deciding which minority groups in Indonesia should be allowed to put their case before the conference. The intricate problem returned unresolved to
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  • 33 1 BRITAIN'S adverse trade balance—the excess of imports over exports rose sharply in August, amounting to about £58.600.000, the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson said last night.
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  • 54 1 J^ SPECIAL Market Correspond ent gi\es the pHm of rub! (in cents per Ib.. at 11 a.m. tcda aa follow^; Buyers S Xo 1 RSS. Spot: loo_? 37 1„ F.o.b. in bales Sept. Nl. 1 1.1.1, 3*'. 3: No. I R S |gff Nl. I 1.1.1. H 32".
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  • 749 2  -  W. Mattinson By KEEP up with the neighbours, keep in with the boss. Hang on to your job—money is ammunition; make sure your supply is good. Dig in or get out. Are you slipping? Better keep your wits about you Casualties, mental as well
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  • 384 2  -  MONTAGUE SMITH TWO hundred years ago, on May 17, 1749, the wife of the vicar of the little village of Berkeley. Gloucestershire, gave birth to a son, her sixth child. He was destined to revolutionise the curative practice of medicine and to save millions of
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  • 409 2 WHA T THE DOCTOR SA YS I am a student aged 20 years. My chief complaint is that I am putting on too much weight. I've tried dieting but it is so troublesome and the results are not very encouraging Can you suggest any easier
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  • 678 2 Chapman Pincher's Column NFWCASTLE-ON-TYNE: A TREMENDOUS advance in television research which makes the mass-production of receiving sets possible for the first time and should therefore slash their cost has been achieved by a combined team of British and Dutch scientists. They have perfected a method of getting bright, 20ins.-wide pictures
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 633 2 SINGAPORE KUALA LUMFUR S; ll^^;;'^ (HLDfe NCTWUKIU 10.00 a.m. New, (atoo .u l *J. JS^ w .S^Sii JJ^ 184 and 417 metres 7,v <J. 30) 12.00-1 .00 Malay Pro- Muslc 12 00 Close mfl «4 ana *i.< meires. g r!imme t As Singapore 1.00— 24M AIIQTRAI I A Ijiirrgenry news
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    • 410 2 F.P. Crossword No. 792 ~7TX I 2 I I 3 1 I 4 I I 5 I 6 7ry ~p \^~M~WT Having read your column r regularly I am writing > -r^r- r=: t oa"V>lL:' this letter requesting your -%l/ 'u *\y cU l.^ki >"* .-I' J J 3 i
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  • 78 3 SLOVAKIA'S Romitholic bishops have e terms to Government, a Church l haa revealed. The I from a meeting I held at Tanavafcia, last month. nd .m in dated Aug. 14. w ere willing to swear on the terms Lsttng arrangement C c v.Akia and the provided
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    96 3 The icnitinf of deisel oil in an open fire-flffhtinf instruction tank sent a column of smoke over the Portsmouth suburb of Stamshaw to proclaim the commissioning of the new Royal Naval Defence Scraol through which 500 ratinfs and 100 officers are to pass weekly. Top picture stews a fire-fighting crew
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  • 73 3 More than 100 children in louer grades in Newport s'ayed away froTi School recently because their parents had carried out a threat to "strike." The parents' action followed the transfer of many chilm a school ofT the main road to a more modern which can
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  • 148 3 New insecticide kills trop ical pests PEOPLE in the tropics who have got uncomfortably acquainted with the insect world, having found that swatting and spraying provide only temporary relief, can now obtain immunity by the use of a new Insecticide called chlordane. The new chemical, tests In the United States
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  • 61 3 MR. EDWIN NOURSE. top economic adviser to President Truman, says he has noted an "encouraging" Increase in business activity in the United States duTing August. The U.S. Department nt Commerce reports that the employment picture showed marked improvement between July and August, and that the otal
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  • 117 3 Cup for a cocktail ANTICIPATING an entry* J\ of at least 400 new cocktails at their fifth in J ternational Cocktail Com- petition at Olympia next January, 700 members of the United Kingdom Bar- 1 tenders' Guild have acquir- ed a handsome silver challenge cup for the!! winner. Two feet,
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  • 93 3 MR. Thornton, a dealer, was determined that an antique vase being auctioned at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire seat of Earl Fitzwllilam, should not go to the United States. He bid for it at the sale but found competition from another buyer whom he believed to be an
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  • 63 3 P.I. plane repair works scheme ESTABLISHMENT of a big aircraft conversion and overhaul plant in the Manila area to serve the Far East is being urged by the Philippine Finance Secretary, Mr. Pio Pedrosa. The plan is part of a Philippine Government industrialisation scheme. Another Industrial project is being started
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  • 104 3 /^ZECH border police were too slow to catch farmer Karel Dubsky and 12 members of his family when they fled across the frontier to Germany even though they travelled in a horse cart. In U-S.-occupied Germany, Dubsky related that, when the Czech authorities put
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  • 66 3 COUTH Africa had decdied in principle to assume responsibility for its coastal defence, the Defence Minister, Mr. F. C. Erasmus, said in Pretoria. The Union would only be able to obtain limited supplies of modern defence weapons owing to their high cost, he added, but
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  • 26 3 More than 633,000 children and expectant mothers in Greece have been aided by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund since December. 1047. A.P.
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  • 319 3 JAPANESE SHIPPING PLAN OPPOSED U.S. visitor's views to press plan to let the Japanese use their own ships to carry exports and imports will run into stiff opposition in the United States Congress, Mr Walter Huber, a Democrat, of Ohio, U.S.A., told the Press in Tokyo. Mr. Huber heads a
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    40 3 The Queen, with Princess Margaret, while attending; the Edinburgh Festival of Drama and Music, spent an evening at the Empire Theatre. Photo shows them standing to the playing of the National Anthem after a performance of "Les Ballets des Champs-Elysees."
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  • 58 3 MEMBERS of the world air- line organisations have been urged by their executive committee to fight "border redtape." Presenting a report to the International Air Transport Association (1.A.T.A.), Mr. M. Rene Briend, Joint Director-General of Air Prance, asked for the full support of the International Civil
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  • 67 3 Australian miners' claims for an extra holiday for Ion? service one of the main issues In the recent seven -week national strike have been granted by the Industry's arbitrator. Mr. F. Gallacher. Mr Gallacher said he had decided to grant increased holidays before the strike began
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  • 19 3 Fishing at Scarborough, Mr. Lawrence Klrby, amateur steeplechase jockey, caught a 7031b. tunny in 25 minutes.
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  • 64 3 SAM HEDGE. 63-year-old "but only 25 or 30 in spirit." said in Chicago that he is going to Austria to marry beauty queen. Edith Rauch. near her home in Gleichenberg. Saying that "we love each other" and that he hopes to return with his bride before
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  • 102 3 A GRIM recital of how Germans slaughtered Russian civilians occupied most of Tuesday's session in the war crimes trial of the former uennan Field Marshal. Erich von Manstein. Descriptions of burnings, shootIngs and hangings were read from captured O«rman documents to show how Manstein 's
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  • 40 3 The Tokyo office of PanAmerican Airways stated yesterday that a 81 -passenger double-decker Boeing Stratocruiser will start a regular service between Tokyo and the United States when It arrives at Tokyo's Han#»ria alrrort on Sept. 25. Reuter
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  • 59 3 Ceylon I3 to apply Tor membership of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. According to usually reliable sources, security would be furnished by the transfer of Dart 0/ Ceylon's external assets. It Is thought the Government might apply for loans to assist such proposed
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  • 62 3 TWO SCAP forestry official* and a Japanese authority on forestry have returned to Tokyo from the third World Forestry Congress in Helsinki after visiting forest areas in Europe and the United States. The BCAP mission was interested in locating areas to which Japan could export finished
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  • 322 3 NORTHS bidding was trifle ambitious but he thought that a raise to thr~e spades would be an understatement of his values. If he had bid three spades, after mentioning his clubs. South would have proceeded to game in any case. However. North could not be sur" that South
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  • 164 3 ENGLISH BISHOP SAYS.. /COLOURED young people arriving in Britain to attend Britain's universities are often met at the docks by Communists, says the Bishop of Liverpool (Dr. Clifford Martin). It may be months before these young folk meet a Christian family, writes the Bishop in his
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  • 57 3 ORISSA POLLS PLANS READY A BOUT 7,500,000 voters will go to the polls in Orissa Province in the general elections scheduled for the winter of 1950, according to official estimates issued at Cuttack. Orissa Province, with a population of nearly 14,000,000, will have 183 members under the new constitution in
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  • 356 4  - INFANT STYLE PARADE NAN HALL by /CHILDREN'S fashions in Singapore take in a wide range, from bells on the ankles to diamonds in the nose and from sam fus to sarongs. Let's take hairdos for a start. There's the little Sikh boy with his silky locks wound up in a
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  • 207 5 TO CHANGE WORLD A.P. Rr\. r.Aiitfctt James ivener oi :\ew torn, a Destselling author, has banded more than 100,000 atholks, Protestants and Jews into a movement called the Christophers, whose aim, in their own uords. is to change the world. The United States," Father Keller says,
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  • 34 5 Hermann Esser, who held the Number Two membership card in the Nazi Party and was Bavarian Economic Minister in the Hitler era, has been arrested by^Gerrnan police near Munich.B A.P.
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    30 5 May McLaughlin (No. 105, on left), winner of one of the Highland dance competition, at the Cowal Highland Gathering at Dunoon, Scotland, is here seen with the two other finalists.
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  • 124 5 NEW PARTY URGED FOR BRITAIN SiFFUKiiiNU me iormauon I .1 Christian Democrarty in Britain, the Rev. Jennings, Minister of S t imford Hill Congregational Church, said In a newsletter that he wanted to see more more educated and ro:ninded Christians en- political life. fact that the world of politics should
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  • 36 5 *m ;a*e iwo years vo i nr.ake Japan self-sufficient In reduction for her blast es, S.C.A.P. reports.— A P Phillopines is exhibiting rancy needlework and han.i- xtlle products at rnia's State Fair A.P.
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  • 103 5 [ONS un forms of oath caused a lively ite in the Indian Constituent Assembly and >rm proposed in the draft constitution, reading C. do solemnly affirm (or swear by God)," -ally amended: «d by two Hindu Mi. H. V. Kamath M Tyagi. reversing Bd brining
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    52 5 A general view oi the air show Farnborough, Han!..., held by the Society of Kritish Aircraft Constructors, at which Britain's newest jet lighters— the D.H. 112 Vcnrrn and the D.H. 113 night Hfhtr: —were put on display. .n. new jeis were roped off, however, to prevent close In spection of
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  • 42 5 whale chaser In "nd. now being com- a Glasgow shipyard, to the Aus- WhaMng Commission vUeb win oe ong with a speed of will be brought to Nation ?n2r g commission's t, n Australia. tt}« Australian na- ".lailng fleet. Reuter
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  • 89 5 2 Japs to be tried for killing airmen UNITED STATES Army Investigators have arrested t*o Japanese war crimes inspects after a search of over two years. They are to be trk- j in Yokohama. Qsamu Satano, a former probationary officer in the Japan's Western Army, "was charged with beheading one
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  • 66 5 A SKED about the danger of Communism in Pakistan, the Pakistani Foreign Minister and delegate to the United Nations, Zafrullah Khan, said tnat. while there was no danger in West Pakistan, "we have to be careful in East Pakistan as It borders on Burma and China.**
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  • 157 5 4 LITTLE BOX, due in Colombo from the Jnited Kingdom, means rouble for anyone who ittempts to defeat Cusoms regulations governng duty payable on im>orted textiles. The box contains samples )f many types of fabric which lave been collected in Engand by Mr. V.
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  • 19 5 Monslgnor Cesar Maria Guerriro has been installed as the first Bishop of the new San FerTiandodloceselnCenLuzonB A.P.
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  • 52 5 rw\HE Czechoslovak Govern--1 ment has announced that most of the former. Germanpopulated Sudetenland has been repooulateri with Czechs, but complained that "whispering campaigns" were hampering the resettlement and development of this border territory. According to the whisperIng campagin, the Commun-ist-led Czech Government plans to collectlvlse the farms
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  • 89 5 FOREIGN AIRLINES FOR JAPAN PLANNED lyASHINGTON authorities say that, while domestic plane service will be re-opened in Japan, under no condition will officials agree to any Japanese operatowning remember all lowed the Germans to star! glider-training after WorldJ War one hlch Wa.shB irtgton source witiM plans by American othefl foreign
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  • 42 5 c;oiumbia University, wnicn is to confer an honorary degree on Pandit Nehru, has announced that the Indian Premier will make the first of three important speeches in America when he visits ColI umbla University on Oct. 17.
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  • 44 5 pilK Israeli National Service Bill providing for two years' conscription for men and 18 months for women has been adopted by the Hebrew Parliament in Tel Aviv. National service is to be divided with military training and agricultural emergency work.- A.P.
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  • 280 5 buiyuan still holding out [NTRIGUE and counter-intrigue is rife in the Inner Mongolian province of Suiyuan, where he Reds are trying to win over the Nationalist ien. Tung Chi-wu and his 100,000 troops, according to Canton reports. Gen. Fu Tso-yi, Nationalist commander in the his year,
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    36 5 King Paul of Greece (in front) is here seen inspetting a captured guerilla outpost during the recent fighting in the Vitsi mountain region preceding the collapse of the rebels. Note the red star on the wall.
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  • 69 5 MR. WILLIAM John Logan who boosted West Germany's exports from almost nothing to US$l,4OO millions a year, Is. going to Japan on a similar mission at the request of Gen. MacArthur. Mr. Logan, head of the Anglo-American Joint Export —Import Agency, will stay in Jaoan
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  • 79 5 rE Prime Minister of Australia. Mr. J. B. Chifley, has announced that the Federal Cabinet had decided to "set up an Industrial atomic energy policy committee to advise on development of Industrial power generators using atomic energy." "Although it will be many years before practical use
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  • 86 5 TWO month* before the Phi- hppht presidential election, political observers In Manila give incumbent President Elpldio Quirino a slielit edge in Mj bid to retain office Mr. Jose P. Laurel, Nationalist candidate, Is expected tn win In Manila and Cebu City, two largest cities In the
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  • 287 5 COME of the best acting in Hollywood is done In corridors outside the casting offices at motion picture studios, according to Robert Palmer, veteran casting department executive. This competition, he said, is the result of an over-supply of actors. As an example of corridor
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  • 59 5 nnHE Boy Scouts Association has announced in London that members over 15 may wear berets with their uniforms alter Oct. 1. Colour of the berets will vary according to rank. They will be worn in camp and on other informal occasions. The familiar broad-brimm-ed 'Baden-Powell" hat will
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  • 160 5 ESTIMATES of soldiers who have run away from the Russian Army In Europe place the number at around 10,000, but many American authorities in Berlin believe that the actual number is considerably higher. There are many additional Soviet deserters, these sources point out. living disguised as
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  • 26 5 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering a U.S.$15 million loan to the Phillippines for two hydro-electric projects in Luzon A.P.
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  • 17 5 oevf^nt}' ooviei Kussian. citizens wih attend the coming General Assembly of the United Nations.- A.P.
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  • 615 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Sept. 14, 1949. FROM MONEY TO TACTICS NOW that the nine ministers concerned in the dollar crisis talks have agreed I upon and laid down the broad principles by which Britain, *he United States and Canada will tackle the bit tie of the gap, Mr.
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  • 662 6  -  Conrtenay Edwards By dfdsfdfd MOW* what are the argu- ments put forward in support of outsize planes like the "Brab"? One of the most important is that as crew salaries are a big item in the cost of airline operation, it would be cheaper
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  • 166 6 Talking Films For Amateurs A DEVICE which, it is claimed, makes talking films possible for all amateur cine enthusiasts, has been produced by Sycophony Baird, Ltd.. of Lancelot Road, Wembley, Middlesex, England. For the first time, it is also possible with this new development of tape recording to provide sound
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  • 682 6 WEST IS FLOUNDERING IN CHINA By JOHN FISHER JN a dither-dather situation in China, Britain is losing investments wor t h £:w0,000,000, an d businessmen who hoped to revive trade and industry under the n e w Administration carry a load of sorrow. The background of the story is that
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  • 492 6  - AN ENTERPRISING S'PORE CHOIR PRESTO 11 FEW lines this week about an enterprising Singapor e choir the Wesley Church Evening Choir. They recently lost their conductor, Mr. Paul E. Thomas who leturned to the U.S. with his wife who was the organist. The new conductor is Captain C. J. E.
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  • 187 6 Beetbovea-l encert* No. 4 m G Major played by t.. adesas (piano) and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (EogCIM Ormaudy). (t'ol. LX J l9B-1 201). The gramophone companies ■omrtimw work kn a mysterioui way their wonders to perform, j We already have a recording of this glorious- once neglect*
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  • 348 6  -  F. G. PRINCE-WHITE fgfdgfgfdg mixed delight They are very wwtUj today; their trade ?> critically low level Not that there ha, k^ any decline in tho V^ people's asking f Ol In fact, during the 2?' preceding th* outbreak the last war the hom P
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  • 466 7 U.K. CO-OP EXPERT FOR SINGAPORE Will aid local societies Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Adviser on Co-operation at the Colonial Office, Mr. D. J. Surridge, will visit Singapore next month to study local co-operative methods and to advise Colony and Federation societies on insurance and housing schemes and other matters
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    20 7 MOZAKi mana- ing director. Master's n a key. menrnir> of advertising M il.i> a at the firm's limits it party.
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  • 43 7 WEDDING IN SINGAPORE M K ™!^y iD KOW KE Eastman Kodak, Ltd., who T con }es from Wisconsin, and Miss Barhira s^,, who arrived in Singapore two days ago from "virgfn" at their wedding: at the Presbyterian ChurJh to SIS gapore on Monday.
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  • 86 7 RECITAL TO MUSIC CIRCLE i;;h wai almost a full Music Circle 5 for the recital last Mi Pattenon Hutnel at the British Hall. s choice of 16 nd a wide range. riod and emotion :n. Schubert, Schumann. r ;»ini. Elfar, John jhan Williams repn sented tless diction, a fine rhythm
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  • 18 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— E A Henderson, Matron, General Hospital, Johore T has left for Sarawak < cation.
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  • 352 7 $500,000 HOUSING PLAN BFree Press Staff Reporter URGLAR protection and modern sanitation an outstanding features of 142 artisans' quarters being built by the Singapore Improvement Trust at Tiong Bahru and Alexandra Roads. The contractors, Central Contractors Ltd whc were awarded the $500,000 tender for the project
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    28 7 MISS Myrtle Spurgeon, one of 60 young Singapore women who will act as dance hostesses at the Raffles Hotel ball on Oct. 1 .o aid P«»n-v Jbv funds.
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  • 369 7 tree Press Staff Reporter representations by the Singapore Govern- ment to the British Government for the immediate removal of all controls upon the import of sago flour into the United Kingdom will be asked for by Mr. A. McLellan (Nominated) in the Legislative Council. His
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  • 26 7 Closing time for posting surface mails at the G P.O. today is: to W. Australia: noon. No surface are due to arrive In Singapore today.
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  • 25 7 Mr. H. E. Kingdon, has Doen appointed to officiate as District Judge and First Magistrate, and also a Police Magistrate for Singapore.
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  • 16 7 Mr. Teh Sek Eng has been appointed a District Judge for Singapore.
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  • 108 7 IVUAI.A LUMi'UK, I UeS. THE case in which a 22--ycar-old European, M. F. E. MacGregor, was charged on three tentative counts of cheating two Chinese and an Tnriian of $4,500 between Aug. 13 and Aug. 30, was provisionally fixed for hearing on Sept. 27 and 28 by
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  • 30 7 The Federal Legislative Council will meet in the Council Chamber, Kuaia Lumpur, on Thursday, Sept. 29. The principal business of the meeting will be war latr<3fr" compensation.
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  • 25 7 Lt. comma nor r K.erans or tne Amethyst will broadcast at 7.10 p.m. over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya, tori lerht.
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  • 41 7 Mr. D. C. Tait. SecretaryGeneral of the International Labour Organisation, will be the guest of honour at the Rotary Club lunch today at 1 p.m. at the Adelphi Hotel. He will address the Club on 1.L.0. and manpower problems.
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  • 26 7 Dr. Alexander Wolsky of UNESCO is expected to arrive shortly from Bangkok to attend the 1.L.0. Conference In Singapore as an observer for UNESCO.
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  • 205 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tut s. BRITISH, Gurkha and Malayan troops and the I s olice in all parts of Malaya District's 40.000-square mile lommand, are engaged in > enewed concentrated opera-! lons against the bandits. A spokesman of Malaya District Headquarters said J oday that six planned
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  • 446 7 Students will lead 'Varsity procession Free Press Staff Reporter E^OUR students will lead the procession at the 1 ceremony on Oct. 3 for the foundation of the University of Malaya. They will be the past president of the Medical College Union, the past president of Raffles College Union and the
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  • 118 7 PETROL coupons for private cars, taxis and lorries |aie now ready for issu?. The ration, to be issued for the October December period, will be equivalent 'o that issued during the current quarter, and the value of a petrol unit will remain at V/ 2 gallons. Motorists
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  • 165 8 rTHE Singapore Government is preparing plans for an anti-illiteracy campaign. Mr. A. W. Frisby, a Singapore delegate, told the International Labour Organisation conference yesterday. Mr. Frisby. who is also Singapore's Director of Education, said that there must be some means of combining Singapore's illiterate population with welfare
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    59 8 picture. M «?r h Sf l i! A LLO l> *"smer of Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, will appear in the entertainment programme to be presented at the Poppy Day Ball at Raffles Hotel on Saturday. Oct. 1. Tickets for the Ball, in aid of Poppy Day Fund >, are
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  • 126 8 [DONATIONS to the Univer- V sity of Malaya Endowinent fund actually received up r o sept. 10 totalled $^!).*****. Topping the latest list is 00,000 from the Governnenr of Brunei, and $50,000 eacn from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Mercantile Bank, and the Chartered Bank.
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  • 89 8 ■riiGHTY Chinese workers, who lost their jobs by the fire which destroyed Chua Guan Hong rubber factory at Juront* have been compensated. This was* announced yesteTday by the Singapore Acting Deputy Commissioner for Labour. Mr. C. W. Lyle, who acted as mediator between the labourers and the
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  • 56 8 in port alongside tne O Singapore Harbour Board wharves yerterday (godowns In brackets) were: Main Wharf: Astyanax (31-32), Steel Traveller 133-34), Asphalion <36-37), Bencruachan (38-39), Benreoch (40-41). West Wharf: Sangola (1-2), Malaya 16-7), Heinrich Jossens (8-9), Katong (11), Reiau (14). Empire Dock: Maxwell Brander (21-22), Nakodha (23-24). Myrmidon
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  • 42 8 Cash and goods worth a total of $2,200 were stolen from shops on the 24 th mile Ayer I tarn road, Johore, by bandits on Monday night. Three of the gang wore masks, and jungle green uniform and carried rifles.
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  • 400 8 BANDITS DELAY MALAYA 'S PROGRESS 'Must suppress them '—Gurney Free Press Staff Reporter THE High Commissioner of the Federation, Sir Henry Gurney, declared this morning that until the bandits were suppressed and exterminated "like the wild beasts they are," progress of this country and the development of education, health and
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    64 8 ture. I\ATO SRI MAHARAJA di- -RAJA ABDUL JALIL, Terrlorial Chief and leader of the Kampongf Guards at l.abu. Negri Sembilan, reviews the activities of the Kampon? Guards since their formation in June last year. Others in picture are Mr. F. Harlock (C.1.D.), Inche Abdul Jalil, A.S.P., Dato Shahbandar Abu Bakar,
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  • 136 8 LOCAL MAN MAY GET $1,000 POST KUALA LUMPUR Tues. OCAL-born engineers and I L army personnel are to be given a chance of becoming j Kuala Lumpur's Municipal Engineer at a salary of $1,050 a month. The poot Is at present held oy a Public Works Department engineer, seconded for
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  • 43 8 •pHE Washington decision on rubber purchases has had no appreciable effect In Colombo rubber prices. Ceylon's Commerce Minister, Mr. H. A. Amabasuria, said that prices would improve only if competition from other countries for Cevlon rubber becomes keen. A .P.
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  • 467 8 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON, Wed. RUBBER shares were strong in the London Stock Exchange yesterday, says Renter's financial correspondent. The Washington communique, revealing the Intention to Increase Canadian stockpilling and that the United States will review her programme for the same purpose, brought in
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  • 89 8 SINCE the bennnto. year u,, aSl*?! ernment haa s V approximarwhich wu through m r T rin 0 Ship in i:,:, •> s n h *> soiled throus ric« godowns. The quani ,f ricp rendered represents cause ship-:, l H >• todaU totalled neS?!?^ According
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  • 63 8 WALL STREET ACTIVE in iiic new i yesterday gaiiij US. $2 prevailed Issues advancing t. profit-taking was readily stftxfcl leaving the n tn^| day's best level? Heading the upl were oils, chemicals, papers r.^ < rails, motors and bui! The session develop* most active sinewhen industrial ation of this year
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    • 63 8 1 1 OF BUSINESS SOLE DISTIiIHUIORS BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING CO. MALAYA LID. business Marhiru-s Uept >iN«.vt-«n^ U'AI.A UMPUB PEN AN (i SEA VIEW HOTEL DANCING NIGHTLY TILL MIDNIGHT (EXCEPT MONDAYS) CONCERT AND CURRY TIFFIN SUNDAY:— EVENING SPECIAL DINNER SERVED ON THE LAWN MUSIC BY JULIAN FOORMAN'S BAND FOR TABLE RESERVATION
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    • 116 8 m3nrtr3k6 Exclusive to tho Singapore Free Press in Malaya I r^^^ [d l&c^R^^^TFCR^ /li I E^ Ij^MYEYESGOlN'BAD? IT CERTA.NLY IS/ YOU'RE I'VE GOT TO SEE WHAT'S IN I ANO WATCH THE CHAIR/ r- K 7 __^^V JS^^OlNwiirV _PM HM aini^r^VANCE'S SECRET ROOM .y HOW CAN w > CBr A _LJr^fjfel_«l^^_B
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  • 1361 9  - Wednesday Short Story ONE MAN'S MEAT.... Edmond Barry by j WAS lounging on 1 ||ic bench at Changi and gazing blankly into the placid water, turned a brillianl blue by the hot noonday sun. ife of a newsreporter is not ays so full of potenLies as one might ine. Nothing
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  • 125 9 Challenge to Malayans rw\HE Free Press issues a L challenge to all Malayan icould-be short story writers: Send us short stories as good as or better than the above one and we will publish them. We believe that there is a considerable amount of writing talent in Malaya and we
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  • 609 9  -  W. A. CLARKE by PYKK h e a r d of •'Whistle-talk"? It is the normal mode of speech adopted by the natives of uomera, a rocky island off the north-west coast of Africa. By whistling to rath other, (iomerans ran carry on a
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  • 398 9 TO CIRCUMVENT highly efficient Russian jamming I'.S. radio engineers are now transmitting "Voice of America broadcasts, beamed on Russia, microscopically close to popular Soviet home-station wavelengths. This is known u& Operation Snuggle, and it has been one of the most successful methods of breaking through
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    28 9 Warfare Tra^na EstoWwhrn^t T^h*, b e <\<'»><"9'mated with the Chemical puna 10 me flooding or pumping out of compartments precisely as do the particular ships which they represent.
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  • 622 9  - Nigeria points the way G.D.K. McCormick by \X ORIGINAL experiment in Nigeria points a new way to the solution of Africa's manpower problems. It is an experiment without precedent in Britain's colonial history at any rate since the heyday of go-getting pioneers. Put as a plain statement of fact, it
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  • 393 10 Asians out of SR U tourney By CRUSADER THE H.M.S. Malaya, All Blues and Singapore Rugby Union quadrangular competitions will provide a very busy season for local followers of rugger this year. Federation of Malaya teams will be playing in Singapore. Selangor Club will send their
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    57 10 photo. An instructional course in rugoy lootftaii lor schoolboys has been Started and bfitix given on the Wanstead R.F.C. ground. Some famous international players are helping with the coaching-. Photograph shows schoolboys being taught how to pass the ball by H. P. Crabtree. the Essex cricketer and Richmond rugby player,
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  • 160 10 SOMETHING new in soccer is the experiment to be tried by Birmingham City. Two captains of the first t levn are to be appointed, n.nd goalkeeper Gilbert Mt rrick will take charge of i he deience while Bobby Brennan skippers the forwards. We must wait
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    56 10 Mr. •>.i..tt>i>.i Kamaswaniy. manager of the all-India soccer team which is expected in Singapore next month. President of the Aryan Gymkhana, he was manager of the Indian side which toured Ceylon in December, 1945. He takes a keen interest in the same and was largely responsible for the Aryan Gymkhana
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  • 37 10 JOSE Mietlret of France on Mond' y improved on the world one-hour motor-paced cycling record when he covered 87.98 kilometres in that time. The previous best was by another Frenchman, Claverie, with 823 kilometres. Reuter
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  • 436 10 By ARCHIE QUICK I^OTTED along: the line which used to be the Great Western Railway and which is now the Western Section of the British Railways are a number of towns possessing professional soccer sides, and on a tour of this sports highway I have found
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  • 137 10 "L>ECRi.ATION B. P. defeated V Haikowyu Sports Club on the Club court by five games to two on Sunday. Results (Recreation B.P. players mentioned first) Singles: Tal 800 Liang bt Low Llan Hock 15-3, 2-15, 17-15, Neo Seng Kee bt Hashim B. Alia* 15-11, 15-6; Phua
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  • 859 10  -  Neville Cardus By (CRICKET shares the summer's lease, and that is why when September comes, with its melancholy mists, the lover of the game suffers and enjoys emotions not known to footballers in Springtime, or even to flat-racing men in November. Besides, cricket is not
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  • 306 10 Singapore's 120 shotgun enthusiasts By A Special Correspond. „t 'TWICE a week, off the 7th. mile, Bukit Timah Ra 1 in a secluded five-acre plot, meet the Shoo! Texans," as the members of the Sineanor* Club are called. G «D Of the two shoots every week thai morning is the
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  • 91 10 MUSLIM NEW YEAR SPORTS E^^^RlEs r< r Year ipoti Jalan Be«ar ffl Close on Sept. 25 convenor, c/o To i Association. 31 Heats *ill b-» run off Oct 9. at 2 pm at I Stadium. The folkm-in? have be*n e^ai 1 officials of thf org ..ising coe< jmittee- Chalma:: Mr
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  • 16 10 Singap-irr M Union will annual athletic n Jalan Besar S Saturday at 2.15 p
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    • 91 10 WELCOME AMETHYST 5 SHOWS 11-1 45. 4.90. 6.30 9.3* o m. Great Wall presents PAI KWONG In and as A FORGOTTEN WOMAN' 4 HEROES I J TRAITORS I JlMcCi I4fli Creof Doy 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.15, 8 45 and Ml pm cu. b, TECH NICOIOt JTff fTf SAT MOST SENSATIONAL
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    • 50 10 BAfcEFOdED Ml6Efc(AN RXTBAUEfcS THERE OO&X To SEA UMMS-2. OFF WlTB THE BOOR, 60VS! «uue abouT TO€ MAILS x^ V >■ __fe J^fv i QhmS^aiu^ vcx> cawt f^otsi <^F^''~«-»*^Au*^ CHAMPION <_>OAL- AteOOf4D IAMTTO0T BOdTs! 1 1 J HEALTH Chiropodist! N^^ v,C£p Jf_^ CALUHiS THE. TgameR. I «SA6C3RglM6 THE NlgERlANS. The Bare
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  • 519 11 SAFA TO DISCUSS ROUGH TACTICS Future of game at stake Ky The Sports Editor TOMORROW the council of the Singapore Amateur Football Association will discuss a subject which has a vital effect on the future of the game in the Colony. Rough play has been markedly noticeable in the season's
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    67 11 DON TAYLOR, on behalf of the Warwickshire Cricket Club, presents T. B. Burtt, a member of the New Zeaiand touring team, with a trophy commemorating his feat in taking his 100th wkket of the season. This occurred at Egbaston. Birmingham, in the tourists' game against Warwickshire, and the ball placed
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  • 88 11 RICHARD "Pancho Gonzales, United States amateur lawn tennis champion, said yesterday he might turn professional if enough money were offered. **It all depends on what the financial offer is," he said. Asked If he had received any professional offers, Pancho said that Bobby Riggs brought up
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  • 215 11 A FAST- IMPROVING Navy team easily defeated the Indians by flve goals to nil In an S.A.F.A. Inter-Community i League match at Jalan Besar yesterday Navy had no difficulty in dictating play. Only the vail- ant efforts of Supplah. in the Indian goal, prevented a bigger
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  • 71 11 CELTIC'S THREAT TO WALK OFF I were no the who watched tigers Glasgow ,1 in Glasgow incident took plat g la] Glasgow II defrom the Scottish i hssoi iation and t<> be lit a recurrence at the match on fore the end the Celtic j to walk lug the irtn
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  • 53 11 Z.Z. team in Germany PHI nd touring I 1 ..ssed "onr fur 143 on •be heir two-d \y 12-e at H-r-'orti by close >f P (-red 184 for 10 rick L* was top>cor ublned Services v 0 tickets for r the taurl Si headed the New Mai batting with 40
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  • 49 11 14-nation soccer plan for U.S. It Chic- i Zurich ibilitles of ■tionali 10 ff 14 nations. I nal soc- i r t he I An Ame- 1 ica dve the flnanc issi nnC ne aid H urich of the ntj r at! to €r turnini to afsdmfjhf* A .P.
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  • 54 11 pRANVE rea h Baal o f the men's world volley; championships in Prague yesterday by defeating Italy 3-1 in" a hardfought game Czechoslovakia also enured the final, by beatine Holland 3-0 Holland suffered a double defeat when its women's tfam lost to the Hungarians in the
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  • 81 11 Siii^up^ie District <Army> crio- ket team to meet Royal Navy on j Sept. 17 and 18 at Nee Soon Is:- Col. Rev. J. W. J. Steele, Lt. Col. Moore -CouLson, Major Dawe, Ma- Jot I.C.S. Munro, Major E. A. Coo- Der-Key, Major J. F. Wlllcocks. Major Hope,
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  • 32 11 DRISTOL City beat Swindon D Town 1—0 in a Third Division Southern fixture in the English soccer League yesterday. In a Glasgow Cup semifinal Celtic lost to Rangers Reuter
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  • 503 11 By ARCHIE QI'ICK T'HE fortunes of Dave Sands, Australia's aboriginal triple champion, have taken a sharp turn for the better, and the man who was derided after his initial appearance in Britain a few short months ago is now in line for a
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  • 145 11 THK tram* to represent Mansfield SO. in the following Ksmes will be Mleettd from: Soccer v. Malayan Airuu>s kK.illarig>. at Farrer Park tomorrow: Frank Tan. p. Caldicott, John Ghu;. Rid wan. James Goh, Sunny Tan, Taxi Slew En«. Tu:i Kim Kee. Anthony Leong Szahall Anthony Tan. phong IJan
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  • 45 11 Yorkshire cup Orst-round second-leg Rugby LMfO* fixtures played yesterday resulted I as follows: Dewsbury 19. Hunslet 0. (Dewsbury eliminated Hunslet by ag- Of 2S points of 7: Halifax 2. Batley 7. fßatley elimi' Halifax by aggregate of 17 noints to 9 1 Reuter
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  • 167 11 Free Press Staff Reporter SEREMBAN, Tues. J. A. Thivy, Representative of the Government of India, last night praised the suggestion that the Malayan Indians take steps to form an All-Malayan Indian Sports Federation to con- trol all games among Indian clubs i and associations. Mr.
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  • 45 11 SINGAPORE U: trut Army i team ngalnst Mfclays tomorrow in their S.A.F.A. Inter-Com-munlty League natch Jalan I Besar Stadium will bo- R,-:vice; i Bvitl^r. licN&maim; Tyldeslt y, Whitehorn icapf. Hudson; Henderson. Torid. IngUa, Shea. DrVdon. Reserves: Barnea and Williams i i
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  • 245 11 From BKIXE HARRIS U'HEN MarUn Donnelly, nonliving in England. says odbye to his fellow New Zca^an ders later in the month, he will also be saying goodbye to regular :irst-c!ass cricket. He telk me that in future his appearances WtO be l.mited to "the cdd
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  • 241 11 Moolenburgh in scoring mood SSfSw* 3: Indian Assn 1 I pLAYIXG their second friendly hockey fixture on I the Padan* yesterday, Singapore Cricket Club i trounced Indian Association by five goals to oncJ. Three of the S.C.C. jfoals were scored bv the centreforward. Moolenburgh. Except for a few rallies in
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  • 70 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues Dapat Badminton Party have elected the following officials for the ensuing year: Patrons. Indie Wan Mohamed bin Ibrahim and Syed Hashlm bin Abdullah; president, Inche Ahmad bin HJ. A., Hamld; vice-president, Inche I Ya'cob bin Hitam; secretary and treasurer. Inche Hamid b H. Arlffln, sports
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  • 30 11 JIM FERRIEK captured the Kansas Oitv open golf tournament on Bunday, completing the 2 holes in 277-11 under par Jlck Metz flnlshfd second with 81 A. P.
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  • 267 11 Empire cricket team for India 'as good as any' overseas team visiting India, Pakistan and 11 Ceylon has been better equipped with bowlers jthan the Commonwealth side which reaches Bombay on October 7, said the manager, George Duckworth, in London yesterday. Tribe and Freer hUve played for Australia against England
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  • 155 11 'THE newiv formed table tennif x t^am of the 5.A.08 A. played their first friendly match against the Ying Ymg Club at Tra* Street and won 4-2 Tlie following are the detailed results t5.0.8.A. players mentioned first). Ng Yew Wing fcapt> beat Chun Sau Poh 21-15.
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    • 86 11 Lsport-smile By GRAHAM And now the champ b3cW wham! There goes a right Bcriv. •»"•<* another j .ird mother t d In the most colourful setting in Town palm rorRT RAFFLES HOTEL J n tTHE POLICE BAND and the MALAY DRUMMERS iO Performers Sunday 18th at 9.15 p.m. <> ADMISSION
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    • 151 11 I OPENS TODAY I 5 SHOWS DAILY I 11 a.m., 1.45, 4.00, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. COLUMBIA'S Qme Col> j P YOl "LL BE MOKE I HAN GLAD TO PAY 2 CASH ON DELIVERY TO WATCH THIS UPROARIOUS "DIG" AT HOLLYWOOD BY HOLLYWOOD IBai A. r "jF| j >9X f^JH^HHI^I .UK'
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  • 21 12 MOOR AT: To Genevieve, wife of Capt. F. Moorat, 7th 0.R., a daughter. Nicole, at Military Hospital. S'pore, 12t> Sept.
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  • 78 12 CHAN SWEE HONG passed away peacefully on 13.9.49 at 10.50 a.m. at his residence, 168, Telok Kurau Rd. aged 60, leaving behind his widow, 4 sons, Messrs. Chan Lye Soon, Lye Huat, Lye Choon, Lye Koon, 4 daughters-in-law, 1 daughter, 1 nephew, Chan Glm Liang, 1 niece and 16
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  • 31 12 C.Y M.A., St. Teresa wish to thank all those who have contrifcnted towards the success of the Fun Fair held on 4th September in aid of the Carmelite Building Fund.
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  • 346 12 U.K. READY TO RECOGNISE RED CHINA U.JSi. crisis in near future LONDON, Wednesday. (CONVINCED that the Chinese Communists, who now control three-fourths of the nation, will proclaim a new national government within the next few weeks, and that Russia will immediately grant it recognition, Britain and the Commonwealth, including India,
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    54 12 Negro left-wing singer Paul Robeson (left) holds up a stone thrown during the rioting at Peerskill, New York. With Robeson are (from left) Leon Strauss, who was in charge of protection at the Peekskill concert; Wilson McDowell, who was hurt In one of the buses, and Howard Fast, author and
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  • 122 12 No room for Japs, says Indonesia THE HAGUE, Wed. DR. MOHAMMED HATTA, Indonesian Republican leader at the round-table conference here, told Reuter that the future United Republic would "flatly reject" any plan for Japanese emigration to Borneo, Celebes and Dutch New Guinea. He was referring to reports from Tokyo that
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  • 82 12 AGREEMENT AVERTS 1949 U.K. ELECTION LONDON, Wed. THE three-nation Washing- ton dollar agreement has averted a snap autumn general election In Britain, according to observers here. Government officials agreed that the ten-point programme, laid down by the United States. Britain and Canada, has staved off immediate widespread full and partial
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  • 201 12 uujsfciLLDUKt Wednesday. IJITLER had an illegitimate son from a former 11 mistress and his grandchildren are still living, probably somewhere in Germany, according to the magazine Herzdame. Hitler's son, called Wilhelm Bauerf, committed suicide in May 1945, according to the magazine, and left a widow and
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  • 24 12 Airpower nas aireaay wipea out 1 the 'enemy' in the U.S. field manoeuvres in west Germany, umpires announ- ced yesterday A.P.
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  • 98 12 UAjNDiu& k-ukvul., descriDcd as "the smallest baby ever born that lived," celebrated her first birthday in Chicago yesterday. When born months prematurely, she weighed only 1 lb. 7 oz. She is now 17 pounds. Doctors said her survival was a miracle, particularly in view of
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  • 207 12 short nations told to devalue WASHINGTON, Wed. WITHOUT singling out I the British pound but with Britain's dollar crisis obviously in mind, the j International Monetary < Fund yesterday advised dollar-short countries to devalue their currencies, if need be, in order to boost their dollar-earning exports. The advice was contained
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  • 134 12 LAUSANNE. Wed. THE United Nations Pales- tine Conciliation Commission yesterday announced a plan for an international government of Jerusalem which would split the Holy City into two demilitarised zones Jewish and Arab with a wide degree of autonomy To be submitted to the General Assembly
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  • 157 12 HONG KONG, Wednesday. pESSIMISM over the future of the Chinese 1 Nationalist regime, which has been growing during the past few weeks, is giving way to a new feeling of confidence in Canton as indications grow that the Nationalists may weather the coming imminent crucial battle
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  • 179 12 WAR FEVER IN CREECE ATHENS. Wednesday. rpIE Greek delegation to the United Nations will tell 1 the General Assembly that Greece plans to invoke Article 51 to invade Albania in self-defence if fresh aggression is launched across the frontier by the guerillas, a delegation member
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  • 34 12 Seoul police yesterday reported the killing of 15 of a band of 100 guerillas near yosu, the southern Korean port in which a Comivunistled rebellion broke out last uctoDer- A.P.
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  • 64 12 TOKYO. Wed. VICE-Minister of Finance, Koki Naganuma. told newspapermen yesterday that the Government bad tentatively decided to move up the schedule for beginning payment of Japan's foreign debts from next year to this fiscal year.- Reuter Willinm SaJp, of Baldock Eng. who retired from the village
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  • 59 12 PATRICIA SCHOEMARK. a*rd 12. has died In Salisbury (England) despite a 100 per cent blood transfuiion to save her from acute leukemia. >* if hree h i <>» 1 operation on July 26, doctors drained >ff all the girl's blood and substituted 14 pints from Ipnors.
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  • 168 12 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. I K. JOHN SNYDER, United States Secretary of the Treasury, told the World Bank and International Monetary Fund yesterday that loans which might be made to the under-developed areas of the world would not bring prosperity unless the countries themselves developed their
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  • 43 12 PINEAPPLE GROWING in Kast Java villages is a focus of mass curiosity because of the red and white leaves and fruit it is producing;. This freak of nature has a "national" explanation red and white are Indonesia's national colours.
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