The Singapore Free Press, 17 September 1949

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA o i:..">Bi SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 363 1 On captured blockade ship Free Press Staff Reporter "JHE Singapore branch of the Chinese Seamen's Union has sent an urgent message to its Canton headquarters asking if anything is known of the dozen Singapore Chinese Seamen who are aboard the Leong Bee and the Edith Moller
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  • 164 1 CLERKS FORM UNION I Press M.ill Reporter \LA LUMPUR. Sal. m' neral Clerical SerAssoclattan at a i night decided to Ivei into a trade ping with the ral clerical services 1 mtry. informed ition would be a memorial on scalei to the i nmittec nt, Mr. P. Subrad that the
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  • 42 1 lion of Gen. Carlo* 1 Romulo as President United Nations Gene- Assembly was vi-tually i tut .lay. of the Latin lean delegates agree to •1 all thoir 20 votes— mere ne-thlrd of the entire tbly membership for U.P.
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  • 184 1 'NO DEADLOCK' SAYS STIKKER WASHINGTON, Saturday. ,'FHE Netherland Foreign Minister, Dr. Dirk L\ I x Stikker, denied last night that the Hague conference between Dutch and Indonesian leaders had reached a deadlock. Current reports that a deadlock existed belonged "to the realm of sensation," he said. Dr. Stikker made this
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  • 150 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Indian Trade Commis- sioner. Sardar Jogindra Singh, said this morning that all coconut oil Imported into India from Malaya would now require a special import licence. Provision, however, would be made for those importers who were unable to complete their
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  • 64 1 I DRITAIN v/as praised yes- terday by the new American director-general of the International Refugee Organisation, Mr. J. Donald Kingsley, for her post-war acceptance of large numbers of refugees and displaced persons He also praised Australia which, he said, had taken the second largest number of
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  • 36 1 John Hedley Lewis, a farmer, landed an 852 pounds tunny fish at Scarborough yesterday— a new record for English waters, beating by one pound a tunny caught by F. Mitchell Henry In 1933.- A.P.
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  • 30 1 The Y.W.C A. Singapore wish to thank the public for their generous support of the Flag Day and have pleasure m announcing that the collection taken wn-s $5,202.78.
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  • 73 1 THE UNITED STATES used its veto power yesterd*. to kill a resolution m the Far Eastern Commissioi; which would have prevented American officials from carrying out their plan to deliver US$BO,OOO,OOO m Japanese sold to Siam and French Indo-China. After killing the resolution, the United States
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  • 289 1 NEW YORK, Saturday. IN three separate statements made here yesterday Iby Internationally known figures, optimism was expressed that the world situation has greatly improved since a year ago, that Britain's financial position has been bettered by the Washington dollar talks, and that there is now
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  • 167 1 NEW SECURITY MEASURES IN MALAYA Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. TIGHTENING of security measures affecting plantations and mines m the Federation, to come into force on Nov. 1, were announced In Kuala Lumpur last night by the Federal Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult. Sir Alec said that registration
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  • 18 1 Next year's meeting of the International Bank and Monetary Fund will be held m ParU.
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  • 74 1 ISTANBUL, Sat. YASAR CALISKAN. an Istanbul street peddlar, was put m jail here yesterday after he smashed with his bare fists all win- dows on a Russian propaganda picture display at the Soviet consulate. He fought with a Russian consular porter who tried to prevent the
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  • 115 1 Free Press Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE police yesterday afternoon arrested two Chinese for robbery, but a third escaped after an incident at North Boat Quay, m which the three men were alleged to have taken a dollar from a small boy. Police said this morning that the
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  • 33 1 Lieut. -Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, U.S. High Commissioner for Austria, yesterday accused the Russians of arresting or kidnapping more than 800 Austrians m the past four years without specific charges against them.
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  • 19 1 TWENTY people were killed and several badly Injured when a fuel tank exploded near Saigon yesterday.
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  • 64 1 TONIGHT the Little rheatr* players will present a i further performance of Quin- I teras One Hundred Years Old before delegates to the Internationa] Labour Organisation conference present by being held m Singapore. A limited number of seats will be available to the public. The Little
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  • 14 1 Some 100,000 Christian pilgrims are expected m Palestine next Christmas and Easter.
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  • 124 1 FRANKFURT, Friday. OSEPH Knigiii, a lie detector expert and agent of J the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, was arrested on bribery charges after he nearly broke a lie detector last night when being tested m connection with a smuggling case. The Provost Marshal's
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  • 70 1 SHANGHAI, Fri. I ABOUR disputes In Shang- hai increased from 517 m July to 800 m August, accordIng to the Labour Bureau Commissioner today. One of the biggest disputes .nvolved a British owned brewery and has been settled m the company's favour. The dispute arose from
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  • 204 1 Big 3 to talk on Far East tonight WASHINGTON, Sat. THE U.S. Secretary of x State, Mr. Dean A^jtffl^ son, the British FoTJ mSecretary, Mr. Er» j/L Bevin, and the Fre^^^^ Foreign Minister, Mr. Robert Schuman, plan to hold their Far Eastern discussions tonight after the Atlantic Pact Council meeting.
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  • 82 1 LONDON, Sat. THE Chinese Nationalist blockade of Communistheld areas has doubled the cost W cargo insurance to certain ports, according to new rates issued m London yesterday. Insurance for shipments to Shanghai and Chinese ocean ports south of Shanghai, excluding Hong Kong and Kowloon, Formosa and
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  • 56 1 j^ SPECIAL Market Corresponient fives the prices of rubb«r (m cents per lb.) at 11 am today as follows: Buyers Seller* No. 1 R.S.S. Spot: loose M% 37 F.o.b. In bales Sept. No. 1 R.S.S. 36 M 37 No. X R.S.S. 35 M 35^ No. 3 R.S.S. 32
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  • 122 2 They carry King' s train "THE tvln.4 8 Pages are usually vvs aged i out 12 or 13. They are not iployed on continuous ifcies, but appear at such tte functions as the openol F: IT "lianipnt. engageai Buckingham and Palaces, and the Coronation. V the opening of Parlia- ment,
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  • 729 2  - Snail becomes the new champion UNCLE GEORGE Page For Children By RADIN and Amat were watching the Tamil coolies at work In the gloomy rubber plantation. "They'll never finish," said Amat with conviction. "Fancy thinking they will get a lot of rubber from those tiny cups!" "All th c rubber
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  • 432 2 Thrills of Buffalo Hunting Children! here's your own World Spotlight A THRILLING story of A a buffalo hunt which took place on the Sangu River, 400 miles inland from Dar es Salaam, not far from the Canuck Goldmine, has Just come to light. While the two hunters, Ewing and Baker,
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  • Article, Illustration
    167 2 H r wo* which lias .a^zed Uj his music. tasre now goes out tills stamp portrait of Johann Strauss. He started life as a bank clerk but at 19 conducted his own orchestra m Vienna, and began writing the first of 300 waltzes. He jotted them down on
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  • 240 2 MOST lads dream oX taking the leading role at centre forward and securing the winning goal. Let's turn the dream into reality. For a start, remember the old axiom of "Two food feet, food m the air." Your feet mu&t be strong and able to
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    • 62 2 We Slock Moray's Quality Products PERFUMES BATH SALTS I if BATH ESSENCES SHAVING BOWLS BATH SOAPS TALCUM POWDERS The Singapore Dispensary 265, ORCHARD RD. TEL. ***** om a ngo \M\ SQUASHES JUICES TOMANbO TOM MADE FROM FINEST SOUTH AFRICAN FRUITS J H. VAVASSEUR CO. (M) LTD. Penang X Lumpur, Sub-A«enti
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    • 517 2 'C< Cut this out; each chapter will unfold THE STORY OF BOYS' TOWN p| To the people of Malaya: 1 I BOYS TOWN jg CHAPTER 1 I 1 REGARDLESS of RACE or CREED Wl jgg On the stli of August 1949 a tree was planted overlooking the grand site of
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    • 162 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CLUES ACROSS.— 3, Preciou stone. 7, Cathedral city of Ital> 8. Tell ait untruth. 9, Rodent will* long hind legs and e&rs. 10 Famous British chemist born m 1791. 13, Name for God used ii the Old Testament. 14, Tourisi centre of Argyllshire. 16. The goc of shepherds.
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  • 229 3 Harnessing of in visible rays KARACHI DISCOVERY p S 1)1 HASH of Karachi has announced the «>i a process of deriving and utilising from the sun without employing or any of the other methods now m words, he says, he has derived rays !;;>;i nothing oil earth." h explains that
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  • 42 3 U.S. General as 'war criminal' head of the I.S. miiitnissloil m Greece, lames van ■1 «>!! l)c tri-d as a war i ii he is captured (irerk rebels, the .1 International Action n of \nti-Fascist I ks has .iiuxuinced m U.P. l.t ussels.—
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  • 70 3 U.K. BIGGEST DEBTOR TO AMERICA T countries owe the 1 IJnited States U.S. $9,000 not counting the reWorld War I debts, I* 8. Commerce Depart»rt». mU U.S. $4.- miii ions— about 51 per total foreign m France is m the i -wing the U S rnment US. $2,065 milort covered
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  • 63 3 ABOUT 500 people of more than 20 foreign nation- alities have been told to call this week at the Shanghai police bureau for exit visas. Another notice warned foreigners permlttt?d to leave the city to send their military articles, photograph- negatives, news cables and "other contraband
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  • 94 3 SINGAPORE representatives of the Castrol Oil Company (C. C. Wakefield and Co.. Ltd.) are attending the firm's jubilee celebrations m London, at which 2,000 employees will each receive an electric clock as a gift from the company. S.nce ihe laU* Visoun 1 Wake Held
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  • 357 3 ONE-WORLD GOVT. OR A- WAR Warning to mankind MANKIND faces the choice between one world or no world at all, according to 16 internationally famous philosophers and politicians who include Albert Einstein, John Steinbeck, Lord Bevendge, Lord Boyd Orr and Thomas Mann. In a signed statement issued m Copenhagen m
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  • 27 3 Stockholders of Tate and Lyle Ltd., Britain's largest sugar refining firm, recently voted for a fight to the finish against nationalising the sugar Industry. A.P.
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  • 145 3 JAPANESE prisoners of war repatriated from Russia earlier this year are losing the enthusiasm for Communism which shocked their families and friends when the men first arrived m Japan from internment. The Tokyo paper Mainichi Shimbun nas published the results of a survey of the
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  • 42 3 THE municipality has ordered sidewalk bazaars oft Tokyo's main streets by the end of next March, saying the thousands of bamboo, wood and canvas stalls which sell everything from chopsticks to jewellery are fire, traffic and health menaces.— U.P.
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  • 85 3 THE United States Senate recently passed by 62 votes to 19 the administrations reciprocal Trade Agreements Bill without restrictions demanded by Republicans. The measure, previously approved by the House, will go directly to President Truman for his signature. Before the vote the Senate rejected a
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  • 52 3 THE Pakistan Government is liktly to Introduce legislation soon to prevent j foreigners owning newspapers iin Pakistan, it was authoritatively learnt recently. The Clartex Corporation, a newly-formed United States syndicate, announced last week that it had bought the Lahore Civil and Military Gazette. Pakistan's oldest
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  • 48 3 pOUR United States ambassadors to Europe have reported that, m their view. Western European countries would be unable to hold an armed attack without American assistance. This was revealed m Washington by the joint Senate committee which approved the U.S. $1,314,010,000 Arms-For-Europe Bill.
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  • Article, Illustration
    117 3 DIAMONDS are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win five of the seven tricks against any defence. South leads spade and North ruffs. North leads heart. East ruffs and South overrun's; then leads diamond six, North discarding a club. If East discards the spade, South leads
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  • 179 3 4 GREEMENT has been reached m Batavia between Dutch and Indonesian Republican military leaders on the definition or the term guerilla m order to facilitate enforcement of the cease-fire agreement and assist co-ordination of Dutch and Indonesian military against irregular armed bands and the Communists.
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  • 27 3 The Gre^k Government recently ordered the suspension of all executions and restored 1 the right of appeal against i military couri death senten- ces.— Reuter
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 851 3 CUhlffiPOPF i r^nofc Welk Orchestra 630 AUSTRALIA MiNbAi l UK J L Children s Programme; 6 45 Light AUainALIA (BLUE NETWORK» music 7. Time Signal <fc News. l(j, 19, 25 and 31 Metres. 0 __j 7.15 Programme Summary; 7.20 inu*v 484 and 11.1 metres. Listeners' Cholce-A selection of IOUA Emergency
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  • 638 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Sept. 17. 1949. A spot of paint does wonders \\jflß| tn J coming of several Wilted Nations Organisation conferences to Singapore the Victoria Memorial Hall has taken on a gay and r.-lit-hearted air; not i iilish or Bohemian, but something cheerful beyond ihe everyday commercial
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  • 1185 4  -  RICHARD NORTON BY IT is now almost four years since a mush-room-sh aped cloud rose above the smoking ruins of Hiroshima and the world was awakened to the terrifying power of the atom. To offset the fears aroused by the destructive power of atomic
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  • 182 4 Safety plan for London airport IYWO new electronic safe- ty devices are to be installed at London Airport before the winter fogs and long nights arrive. One is a "scanner" which, j every five seconds, will check the airport's lighting system, i and warn the authorities if any of the
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  • 156 4 Dorothy Corley of Southsea. Hants < I who sends the following < > tribute to the crew of > H.M.S. Amethyst writes < > 'Her crew will be passing > through Singapore. I > know that she will be given a very great re- < ception.
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  • 1007 4 A Missionary goes back to China PEOPLE MAKE NEWS IN SPITE of the poli- tical crisis m China, a 42-year-old English missionary of the English Presbyterian Church is going back to Swatow. She is Miss Agnes L. Richards who is now m Singapore on the last lap of her journey
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  • 284 4  -  GRAHAM JENKINS BY AFTER 100 years of "surplus women", Britain may have to begin talking about its ••surplus men." The National Marriage Guidance Council says that it is estimated that about 12 years from now, if no unexpected incident disturbs the present trend, population figures
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    • 80 4 BETTER THAN BUTTER JT^ AVAII.ABI.F IN 1 Lift. I- \TS (rEOZEM \A ALSO IN 2 lb«. 5 lbs TINS Contains not less than 10 Int: Units or \i Mtaml,. 1 an d i n t inlts of Vitami O. ner cram: AN AUSTRALIA PRODUCT Stocked by all leading Provision Stores.
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
    • 7 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine SEPT. 17, 1949.
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    • 1104 1  -  'PHI. Kittle shrine l<> (1 a 11 c sa, the elephant-headed god, Siva's child, stands at the fool of the waterfall m the Gardens. Thirty-five years ago was a temple beside the biggest of the falls m he forest. A magnificent site for a
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    • 3 1 Sewing headaches solved
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    • 477 1  -  gOMK day Malayan Chinese will have forgotten all about massive teak wood coffins, long funeral processions and effigy burning, and stick to simple modern ias kets and funerals. by KENNY KA YE This increasing desire for limplicity m carrying out obsequies for the dead
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    • 703 1  -  K.S. CHIA pENANG is an island of picturesque pagodas, which, though few m number, differ m style and structure so that they represent nearly all types m the Far lv*st from the bellylike pagoda of Burma to the towering manyt i c r e d,
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    • 1004 2 Jean Simmons, Our Best Film Bet IN her cramped suburban bedroom, on a wooden, schoolgirl bed with a floral chintz counter- I pane, and the faded brown carpet on which she spilt her nursery milk ten years ago, .lean Simmons sleeps between two worlds. She is twenty. Across London a
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    • 297 2 A t the Cinemas At the Pavilion— "NO MINOR VICES"— A brilliant burlesque of the eternal triangle very deftly played by Lilli Palmer, Dana Andrews and Louis Jordaln. a French atar who has looks, charm and an obvious flare for comedy. A witty script and some Inspired director's touches enable
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    • 360 2 veller-cheques and passport things- -I get so confused.' She eats healthily. Two lamb chops, pilaff, potatoes, white wine. I like hock, she says, with a twinkling smile. Jimmy < Stewart Granger* taught me how to appreciate wines. She siill plays tennis with former school friends m
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    • 494 2  - MICKEY MOUSE IS NOW 21 MICKKY HOUSE'S 21st birthday picture is called Mickey Down Under, and it is an event for his fans. For Mickey is not seen as often now as he used to be. When Walt Disney was m London the other day I asked him why not.
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    • 579 2 'LONG JOHN' AT DENHAM FROM all accounts, the making of Walt Disney's "Treasure Island" film is an exciting affair. Certainly, some of the schoolboys m the vicinity of Denham have been getting quite a kick out of watching Robert Newton (Long John Silver), crutch under arms and green parrot on
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    • 175 2 By HAROI.h c<)s^ W HEN -ish ttarted t he i r j push a tew years they attra ted ticed— many of the Ci stars away f rom j theatre. Now bt the m the itudj scurrying ba they are v. film starlet hara graduate, danger oi arg
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    • 6 3 JETS— WHERE BRITAIN LEADS THE WORLD
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    • 786 3  -  "TWO dollars forty for excess hagdemanded the Tk. firmly but p<>liand 1 fished ruefully m my pocket among the pitiful tens ol the leave nance 1 had laken I i me a week previ< s\\ noved listlessly with air passengers the hot. baked ol the
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    • 334 3 traged iead m Jet plane bMildinx. ALREADY Britain has m production fi\e Jet airliners which have been tested at speeds which a few years ago were thought impossible. To these jets the 3bseatrr De HavilUnd fourjet Comet; the 6t-passenger Haruilry Fage Hermes, the 50 -passenger Tickers Viscount, the Armstrong Whitworth
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    • 695 3  -  J£ V E N sunshine cannot dispel the gloom which is spreading m South Africa as a result of the cuts m imports and the realisation that the days of free spending have finished, for the time being at least. For a few days there
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    • 689 3  - Four reasons why the Council of Europe will succeed JASPAR SAVER "\yiLL the Council of Europe succeed? Can it become a real Parliament of Europe? That is the question of the hour m Strasbourg and it is the question I kept asking myself as 1 flew back from that flagbedecked
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    • 616 4 THE Amateur Swimming Association of England introduced, m 1942, what is now known as Championship Starting. Previous to this revision, spectators at swimming galas all over the world were both amused and alarmed at the contortions and poses of the swimmers' stances at the edge
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    • 529 4  -  George Creighton opponent is doing, and his stroke efficiency is reduced. The basis of this state arose from the starting plunge. If a swimmer masters a good dive and is trained to respond quickly to the starter's signal, there will be little chance of being left behind at the
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    • 349 4 SPORTING Chit-Chat WE are having the longest soccer season on record. The Community League has only just passed the halfway stage.— The Singapore Cup comoetition has yet to begin, and the All-India XI arrives on Oct.. 10. Added to all this is the probability of at least one overseas team
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    • 859 4  -  WHAT do you think of this Woodcock business? I must have been asked that question thousands of times of late. I've usually shrugged my shoulders and said "Too bad." Now t'm going to tell you just what I really think of It. T'm hot
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    • 777 4 A USTRALIA'S best long-distance runners are m solid training m the hope of gaining selection m the Australian team to take part m the Marathon event over 20 miles 385 yards at the Empire Games at Auckland. New Zealand, next February. Among them Is the
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    • 209 5 COMPULSORY HOLIDAYS NEXT YEAR Council must approve first Free Press Staff Reporter yHE Singapore Government intends to make weekly holidays for shop employees compulsory from Jan. 1, 1950, but it will not enforce this until the Legislative Council has given approval. This is stated m last night's Government Gazette, which
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    • 497 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IBILE shop to be introduced by the Singapore A operative Stores Society Ltd. with the object Ing the goods to members will be formally ril by the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. \\i Kerron, on Saturday, Sept. 24, at
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    • 44 5 F. P. Malay Correspondent ~i'\\t Malacca branch oj UMNO has decided to organise English turning classes for Afatayi wtlo have been refused admission into English vhools Dtcause they are over.iKtd. the Utusan Melayu reports. Th( classes will be st-irted n\ October. picture.
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    • 144 5 MANY of the delegates, observers and staffs attending thf United Nations conferences m Singapore will be seem; their first English play tonight when they visit the Llttte Theatre m Armenian Street The play, a special performance put on by the theatre, tm* all last week. Th-
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    • 206 5 FIVE NEW DATOS IN JOHORE Free Press Staff Keporter JOHORE BAHRTJ. Friday. ON the occasion oi his birth- day, the Sultan of Johore today awarded the rank of Dato Paduka Mahkota of Johore to five prominent people of the Federation who have rendered conspicuous services to Malaya. They are Mr.
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    • 71 5 TWO steps of importance j hay, recently been taken l>y the Singapore Government In fjrme<tior. with immigra- j turn matters. A committee has been set i up c imposed of officials and unofficial* to advise the Co-.trollcr m cases of applications for entry permits which he refers
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    • 35 5 KLUANU. Fri— Nineteen- y-^ar-old Ltong Ah Chai was .srnteneeo to six months' and four months' rigorous imprisonment tor escaping from police custody and for stealing one s;ii.k of rice from the Malayan Railway.
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    • 69 5 S' PORE WEDDINGS DEARER NOW Free Press Staff Reporter THE cost of weddings m Singapore has gone up. 1 Charges for solemnising and registering civil marriages have been doubled and licences for both civil and Christian marriages have been increased five-fold. The new rates are fixed under the Civil Marriage
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    • 255 5 Free Press staff Reporter 'PO encourage Singapore hawkers to ply their trade L m markets instead of on streets and five-foot ways, the Special Market Committee of the Municipal Commissioners is considering the provision of simple roofed structures for hawkers m Kirn Keat Road which
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    • 211 5 picture. n. w piuyuaeu uiai nail or the mar)- will be fitted with stall* for the sale of meat ar.d fish, and the other half, while having roof protection, will b» open on three sides and flill I^ave pitches marked nut The pitches would be let to
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    • 116 5 A BILL to amend the Arms Offences Ordinance of 11M7 will be introduced m the Singapore Legislative Council at its next meeting. The amendment will empower the Governor to extend indefinitely the period during which the Ordinance shall be m force. Giving the objects and
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    • 40 5 The following appointments, promotions and transfers were announced m Singapore yesterday: Lieutenant A. U. Lind, M.R.N.V.R. to be a Lieutenant Commander. Sub-Lieutenant M. J. Heykard. M.R.N.V.R.. to be Acting Lieutenant. Sub-Lieutenant R. L. Rle- kard, M.R.N.V.R., to Acting Lieutenant
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    • 22 5 Mr G. C C. Blakstad, Senio CusU-ms Officer, Federation of Malaya, has been appointed Supervisor of Export Duties. Singapore.
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    • 64 5 MALAYS GET READY FOR ELECTIONS Free Press Malay Correspondent *TO prepare Singapore Malays for greater partieipaA tion m the Municipal and Legislative Council elections, the Malay Union is launching a campaign to strengthen its organisation. This was disclosed m an interview yesterday by Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, President of
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      • 50 5 Look smart |W Wfii/e $/iir# ARROW ESQUIRE |fg MARLBORO £3 MORLEYS ALL WITH TRUBENISED COLLARS lAU SINGAPORE WTELEPHOftf 1214 PIATIMC^JTf BRITISH ELECTRO -PLATING WORKS J^ft-31, Penang Road Singapore Phone 6377 TRADIIICCO 57 H10H STREET TE IE PHONE 8 2 I«S '< '7 Vision I M BATW^fi PRACTITIONERS X Nrww "lin'Tr
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    • Page 5 Miscellaneous
      • 44 5 i --U > iv, ,>'•;; fIW V day from China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Java. rio.iKc v for pooting surface mails ru i;ip 0. P.0. today are: to Java. 10 a.m; to Sarawak, Northern Sumatra, Terempa, United States and Philippines, noon; and to Pakistan, 6 p.m.
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    • 349 6 Plan to reform detainees KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. 'J'HE Federation Government today announced new moves to fight Communism m Malaya. A plan to re-educate bandit associates to become good and free Malayan citizens was outlined at a Tress conference by the Chief Secretary, Sir Alec Newboult.
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    • 189 6 LONDON, Sat. A DIFFICULT week m the London Stock Exchange ended on a quiet note yesterday, says Reu- ter's financial correSpon--1 dent. Prices, however, 1 showed some reversal on Thursday's trend but movements were small. British Government stocks were firmer on support for medium
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    • 354 6 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE mutOM prtoM of selected Mocka M supplied to the Free Press by spec-mi arrangement wilh ll.r Financial Times. (Unless otherwise marked shares are of £1 denomination. The quotations are dealer* middle prices STOCK INDICES Sept. 15. Sept. 16. (a) Indus. Ords. 108.00 108.20 <bi Govt. Sect. 106.66
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    • Page 6 Advertisements
      • 168 6 lftß#^yin^|)^£]li ligggf'iaal PMOME *WJW 5159 TODAY! II om.-1.45-4-6.30-9.30p.m. LAST 5 SHOWS! BP jJm? P^v l^^^^k, 0% MAM^^ 1/ |¥^MiiMßß|a| Special Morning Show TOMORROW at 9 a.m. Yvonne De Carlo Tony Martin m "CASBAH" Reduced Prices: Tpstairs $1.00 Downstairs .50 cts IN BREATHTAKING COLOR SEASON 0 STARTS oP g^ CM r
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      • 62 6 spend your WEEK-END AT THE CITY'S MOST POPULAR "NIGHT-SPOT" GREAT WORLD CABARET (MALAYA'S LARGEST BALLROOM) TO-NIGHT DANCING 8.30-12 M.N. ii ii I li (T if V n ■■I M^L V HfLIER FRIGIMINTS BY KIND COURTESY OF MESSRS LOW TAN CHANG I.TD. AT YOUR SERVICE BEAUTIFUL ENTERTAINING HOSTESSES FIRST- CLASS D
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      • 67 6 PHONE 3ro^^BKsC 4042 LAST 5 SHOWS: II 1.45 4.00 6.30 9.30 sx-^s?*^ Columbia Presents TODAY jf/^V\ GEORGE BRENT JOAN BLONDELL ADELE JERGEN3 1 v v#l M us Latest Fox Movietone Nev s The 1949 St. Le^er Seasor From M'NITE TONIGHT! IfimKm^mlL tW^M or c fu e w domain I iM
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    • Page 6 Miscellaneous
      • 332 6 Mandrake Exclusive to Hip Singapore Free Press m )h,l (lYn skVn^ SSSIS'tJat Qcnn^Tinw RAY'? 1 FEEL ANYTHING" I NEVER FIND GERM-SIZE/ IT' THE KID GLOVh KID IS SOMEWHERE v TURN ON THAT REDUCTION RAY. f~ M:tL mnj SgEM5 g EM Y OU.' L c^-' J AROUND THIS HOUSE, gHIEFSj--^| J&^
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    • 97 7 HEAVY TRACK HOLDS UP IPOH TRAINING >(k Bent, who with her husband owns Longwinner of the Singapore Gold Cup, celeIrmking champagne from the trophy at the i Mr. and Mrs. Yeo gave last night at the I. On the left is Mrs. H. C. Reilly, wife of rman of the
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    • 356 7 GOW Celtic Club yesterday asked the Scottish League to either postpone or cancel their Sept. 24 game against Glasgow j. Celtic and Rangers have always been bitter is supporters are largely Catholics, and tons the meetings of these two teams have and fights
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    • 346 7 Second half rally saves Eurasians Eurasians 4; Indians 3. A GOOD second-half recovery saved Eurasians ln/m defeat m yesterday's Community League game at Jalan Besar Stadium against the Indians. Eurasians were a goal down at the end of the first session and were further In arrears shortly after the changeover.
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    • 116 7 MR. and Mrs. Yeo Hock Seng entertained a large gathering to dinner at the Tai Thong restaurant. Happy World, last night In celebration of the victory of their horse, Longchamps 11, m the Singapore Gold Cup race at Bukit Timah last Saturday. Among those present were fellow
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    • 82 7 Graziano— Sands fight off JACK Solomons, the British boxing promoter, revealed before his departure from New York by air on Thursday night that his proposed fight m London next month between Dave Sands, Australian holder of the British Empire middleweight title, and Rocky Graziano was "off now." The fqrmer world
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    • 263 7 By VETERAN PLIGHT competitors, representing seven parties, are still m the running for honours m the Singapore men's junior badminton singles after eleven weeks of the tournament. One hundred and twenty six others have been ousted. The eight suvivors are: Sng Haw Pah (Useful),
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    • 352 7 SCORING two goals m each half, Ceylon Sports Club 'A" team beat Singapore Cricket Club "A" by four goals to nil m a hockey match on the Padang yesterday. Excellent goalkecping by Margrave was a feature of the game. Margrave had a busy time m the
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    • 66 7 NOT TURNING 'PRO The U.S. national tennis chain- j pion. Pancho Gonzale*. had little trouble on Wednesday In die-' posing of Felicismo Ampon 'Philippines) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. In their quarter-final m the Pacific Bo\r.h-we.st tournament. A.P. and U.P. HrRONOSHIN FURUHASHI. the record-breaking Hiroshima swimmer, has no Intention of becoming a
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    • 104 7 OINGAPORE Chinese Re*J creation Club scored a four-three win over GHQ FARELF m their first hockey match of the season at Hong Lim Green yesterday. GHQ opened the scoring through Wheeler, who led the forward line well. The Chinese quickly equalised through H. Fang, who made I
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    • 62 7 rTHE annual tournament of the Oriental Badminton Party of Singapore will be held some time next month. The tournament will consist of I four events open singles, junior singles, novices singles and open doubles. The eloping date for entries will be Oct. 3. Entry forma are now obtainable
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    • 569 7 TRANCE, who scored 90 points m the fencing, shooting, swimming and cross-country events, was assured of retaining the Britannia Shield before the sixnation military "Olympiad" wound up last night with the finals of the boxing tournament. About 7,000 spectators were at the Empire Pool, Wembley, as
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    • 473 7 MEDICAL College Union are the winners of the Singapore junior inter-club table tennis championship, with Shin? Wah "Blue" as runners-up. Third, fourth and fifth places went to Crusaders T. T. Party, Chin Woo "Juniors" and Chung Hwa "Blue" respectively. The senior inter-club championship was won
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    • 25 7 THE United States and Cuba i drew one-all on Wednesj day night m their North American zone soccer cham- pionshlp game. U.P.
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    • 104 7 Britain gains 3-1 lead in Ryder Cup golf I>RITAIN gained a lead of three matches to MM against the United States m the Ryder Cup golf foursomes at Ganton (Yorkshire) yesterday— a feat they had never previously achieved m the international series, which was instituted m 1927. Their previous best
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    • 120 7 JUGOSLAVIA'S team for the JL World Cup soccer match with Israel on Sunday h** sent a cable post ooi ing -c game because permission T o fly across Turkic territory lias been refused, it wa« stated m Tel Aviv last nigK The Israel BuCOr Fedoraanon received the
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    • 46 7 OINGAPORE Cricket Club.. against Singapo r e Recreation Club m their S.C\A. tournamc it match on the Padang tomot- Is: A. C. Growder. J.S. Smitb. W.K. Jagger. G. Needham. R.Si. Nelson. F.T. Homer, W.W. R. Lynch., T.A. Po'Us. G. Hv* 'p and GC. Winton
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    • Page 7 Advertisements
      • 78 7 MAST FEW DAYS I 5 TIMES TODAY \i 11 a.m.. 1.45, 4.15, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. c^kr TECHNICOLOR Sf£ /I NOW/ I >i n TO.VFGHT I^SoohTheatre 3NE SELETAR '•"n..! r«u a- Monday -2[| !1 n <>N" BROADWAY" AUCHS COME ROLLING AM HE ATE IN THIS COMEDY THAT'S FULL UFES SPICES!
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      • 221 7 -■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■B SPORTSMEN'S POPI'LAR SATI RnAYKVFMXO RKVPEZVOr^* 1 9 f HAPPY WORLD STADIUM Tonight v Present ALLTiN^WRESTLING" WILL HE REPEAT HIS LAST WEEK 8 SVCGIM? WHITE BUTCHER KUNJU 270 Lbs of Ma<trr Strmjth VS i >a v., kod Tan Boon Ben f A for mW*hl<- Opponrnl In 2nd Round FIRSr l^2re£ggLI
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    • 23 8 HAMMETT: To Natalie (nee Sherratt), wife of H, G. Hammett, M.C.S., at Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 14th. September, a daughter, Veronica.
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    • 83 8 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3% DEBENTURE STOCK 1935/75-85 NOTICE :s hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed from 17th ■briber to Ist October 1949, boh days Inclusive for the preparation of Interest Warrants In re c;>eet ef interest due on the flbnve Sock for the current
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    • 52 8 Notice is hereby given that Mr. S'anislav Petr Cr.udarek of No 87 Arthur Road, Singapore, is applying to the Governor for ralisarion, and that any r>erson who knows any reason why naturalisation should not bo granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial
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    • 49 8 Notice is hereby gfVen that Mis. Louise Manasseh of 288 Tanjong Katong, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reasons why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Singapore.
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    • 54 8 Notice Is hereby given that Mr. Oldrich Lebloch of No. 4. Anjjullia Park, Singapore, is applying to the Governor for naturalisation and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the Colonial Secretary, Singapore.
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    • 397 8 Shanghai Britons regain hope HONG KONG, Saturday. the first column of Communist regular troops invaded Kwangtung Province yesteriay, heralding the opening of the long-awaited all-out Red drive on Canton, a Nationalist report said that the Chinese delegation to the United Nations would furnish proof of material and moral aid given
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    • 3 8 Self-rule for Cyrenaica
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    • 245 8 RED FORCE PUSHES INTO KWANGTUNG SHANGHAI, Sat. THE London report that the British Government, with the approval of the Commonwealth, favours granting prompt de jure recognition of a Chinese Communist national government was described by the British-owned North China Daily News as "realistic" and "gratifying." Such action, the paper said,
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    • 246 8 Fighting reported in Y ugoslavia LONDON, Saturday. 4 CLAIM by the Cominform Journal m Bucharest that Yugoslavia is mobilising troops along her borders with neighbouring Communist States coincided with a report by Yugoslav exiles m Prague that anti-Tito guerillas, responding to the Moscow call to overthrow Marshal Tito, are already
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    • 41 8 /"•OLD prices m Hong Kong U rose steadily yesterday to close at 302 one point below the high for the day. Gold is hardening despite selling by the Central Bank of China both m Canton and Hong Kong. Reuter
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    • 104 8 TOM FREEMAN'S 1936 car stalled at a busy Los Angeles street intersection and, try M he might, he couldn't make it start again. "Then I just lost my head and set fire to it," he admitted to the municipal judge. He pleaded guilty and paid a U.S. $50
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    • 84 8 BUDAPEST, Saturday. I ASZLO RAJK, former Hungarian Number Two Communist, declared at his own treason trial yesterday that Marshal Tito, Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary and American officials all plotted with him to overthrow the Hungarian Government. Rajk, tall and stooping former Hungarian Foreign Minister,
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    • 52 8 The United Nations Security Council yesterday refusec to recommend four Balkar countries and Mongolia, al sponsored by Russia.' foi membership m the world organisation The Council at Lakt Success turned down one« again the membership applications of Albania, Bulgaria Hungary. Rumania and Mon- golia by decisive
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    • 187 8 MINNEAPOLIS, Sat. DONALD PETROFSRA was a free man yesterday after telling the divorce judge that his wife read so many comic books that she did not get her housework done.— U.P. A.P. NEW YORK, Sat. THE bullet-riddled body of a former associate of a gangland leader,
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    • 34 8 JN the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, week-end covering which developed during afternoon dealings resulted m a steady close. Initially, activity wa« limited with prices showing a predominance of fractional losses Reuter
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    • 18 8 The United Nations on Friday unveiled a plaque honouring the late Count Folke Bernadotte.- A.P. picture.
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    • 127 8 Greek Red peace offer NEW YORK, Fri. UNITED Nations delegates tonight received a memorandum from the leader of the guerilla forces m Greece declaring his readiness to end the Greek civil war through a "democratic agreement." The memorandum said, however, that any settlement would have to be along the lines
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    • 102 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. A FORMER FBI agent testified here yesterday that the State D<\ irtment blocked the arrest of Russia's top atom bomb spy and the man later escaped. Larry E. Kcrley. who said he was an FBI operative from 1937 to 1945. told a Senate judiciary
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    • 4 8 '7 STABBED IN SELF-DEFENCE
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    • 131 8 'MURDER INC. MAN SLAIN LONDON, Saturday. OKI champion, Private Margaret Williams, of the Women's Royal Army Corps, on trial at the Old Bailey for murder m the stabbing of her sergeantmajor husband, sobbingly testified yesterday that the fatal stabs were aimed m self-defence. Accused of having sunk a carving knife
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 268 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENT MADAM CHOO AH NOI. wife of the late Mr. Chan Swee Hong and family wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all relatives, friends and members of the staff of Banque de l'lndo Chine who so kindly sent wreaths, scrolls, telegrams, letters of condolence and attended the night visits
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    • Page 8 Miscellaneous
      • 67 8 MISCELLANEOUS Save by sending home a Cronin Food Parcel for X'mas. Pkd wellcl.^sen items. G'teed del. Write John Cronin GPO Box 537 Spore. WANTED Frst day covers let for Universal Postal Union C' v nniemoratives of Malayan S'rues and Sarawak. Supply >s to Box 913. Singapore. Hard of hearing? Have
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      • 19 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 6.27 a.m: 4 23 p.m. Tomorrow: 8.50 a.m. 6 20 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris
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