The Singapore Free Press, 22 September 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA fo. 17.585 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949. PKK r 10 IKMS
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    MAO PROCLAIMS A RED CHINA
    438 1 'We've beaten the K.M.T.' HONG KONG, Thursday. MAO TSE-TUNG yesterday announced the establishment of the "People's Republic of China" and promised that China will henceforth 'join the big family of peace and freedom loving nations of the world," Peiping Radio said last night. Addressing more
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    MALARIA ACCESS IN K.L.
    94 1 MALARIA ACCESS IN K.L. t r p. Press >taff Keporter Stai i IJLrR Thurs ALA LUMPUR'S Munici■nalarial branch lieveri remarkable results ist year as a re;.pe of pump ich threw a mixture of :urther than any pump m use. to r. n i bled labour- v seepages In plant ditches
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    shots at British ship
    46 1 .G. Thurs. 'lonalist des- nve shots at af'er shj Pleased Lst ,-apavity, I yes'erclay when n Hor.g Kong. r was seized h ago and. be-re».-ased followBritish protests, her encargo of 350 tons was cd. The shooting oc■ed en Sept. 19. the crew
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    New Cambodia Government
    34 1 New Cambodia Government SAIGON. Thurs. NO Norodom Sihanouk, 27- year-old ruler if Camjt, :.as dissolved the Camta Anembly and called n the V>sHir.bl v Speaker to n a aev government, Jt learned here yesterday.
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 Press Staff Reporter he Mentrl Besar of i°™. Dato Onn bin mm. told the Free Press mornm* that he had finally made up his Jo to resign. If discredited fresh r«iiUL h imp ndln
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    25 1 Sir Henry Gurney, the Federal High Commission r. presents the M.B.E. to Inche Yeop Mahidi bin Mohamcd Sharif on his recent visit to Kuala Lipis.
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    BANDIT KILLED
    31 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Police jungle squad patrolling In the Kampar area In Perak yesterday morning shot a Chinese on the Kampar wanted list who later died In hospital
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    24 NATIONS FOLLOW U.K.
    151 1 LONDON, Thursday. LM)( R nations Spain, Argentina, Chile and I'ruguay were still uncertain whether to devalue their currencies as the total number of nations following Britain's lead mounted to 24. Those already devalued are: Britain, Australia, Belgium, Burma, Canada, Ceylon, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Holland
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    Rouble goes too
    53 1 MOSCOW, Thurs. THE Soviet State Bank for Foreign Trade established a new exchange rate of 14.84 roubles to the pound sterling a reduction of 30 per cent. Russia is the third Communist country to devalue its currency following the fall of the pound. The others were Czechoslovakia
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    'DIRECT HITS' ON KARENS
    56 1 BURMA Air Force yesterday scored direct hIU on targets at the rebel Karen stronghold of Sabudaung. about 26 miles north of Rangoon, the Burmese Army radio announced. The radio added that the Burmese Air Force bombed another rebel Karen strongpoint, Sapyuzu. In the Insein district, on
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    INDO-PAKISTAN TRADE STOPS
    196 1 KARACHI. Thursday. IN retaliation against Pakistan's decision not to 1 devalue her currency, thus placing the devalued Indian rupee at a disadvantage, India has decided not to quote any rate for the purchase and sale of the Pakistan rupee, thus bringing trade between the two Dominions to
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    SOMALIS UP IN REVOLT
    44 1 The Italian news agency, Ansa. said In a dispatch from Addis Ababa yesterday that Ethiopian Army reinforcements, including artillery and armoured cars, were sent to quell a revolt of 20.000 SomaHs m southern formerly Dart of Italian So- malla.- A.P.
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    92 1 Mr. Wynford Vaughan Thomas (right), the aceBBC commentator, pictured m Singapore last night at a cocktail party given In his honour by BOAC-Qantas. He 1* seen chatting to Sir Ronald Braddell (centre) and Capt. L. Ambrose, Qantas manager m Singapore. Mr. Thomas, who left Singapore this morning, is making a
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    CRIPPS TO MEET T.U.C.
    107 1 CRIPPS TO MEET T.U.C. LONDON, Thurs. SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, still lacking support for his devaluation paHcy from the Trade Unions Congress, has agreed to meet with its General Council next Monday night, eve of the probable reconvening of Parliament. The TUC General Council refused yesterday
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    FRUITS FOR U.K. HELD UP
    53 1 THREE-thousand tons of canned and dried fruits °nd nu's for the British Isles are held up In Naples as the result of the sterling devaluation. In export circles there are reports that the blocked poods may be diverted to America and other countries In the
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    Johore arrests
    22 1 Free Press SUIT Reporter There were 120 arrests m Johore yesterday u^rter Emergency regulations— llB Chinese, one btucai, hiki o.kMalay.
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    JAP TRADE MISSION
    26 1 A mission to help Japan increase her fortign Tade is heading for Slam. Burma. Pakistan, and India on a three months' tour.- A.P.
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    SCHOOLS QUIZ
    37 1 IN the Inter-school quiz con- ducted by Radio Malaya last night, the Anglo-Chinese School beat Raffles Institution by a narrow margin of naif a point. The scores were A.C.S. 43^ points; Raffles 4» 4 point*.
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    500-YEN STAMP
    19 1 Japan's new 500-yen denomination stamp, to be issued on Monday, will be used nainly on foreign packages.
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    The Reds have to learn
    55 1 fHK Czechoslovak ommunist party has announced that it will purge members who have not mastered the fundamentals of marx-Lenfmsm byJL9SO. The Party newspaper Rude Pravo bannered the announcement on Its front pa?e. It also disr'osed that Marxist schools would start on November 1 for every
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    DRIVE TO AID CATHEDRAL
    83 1 Free Press Staff Reporter TIHERE will be a bridge J. and mahjong drive at the Island Club m Thomson Road tomorrow, starting at 10 a.m. The drive, organised by Mrs. K. S Murray. Is m aid of the Cathedra] Fund. The Singapore Churchworkers' Association has also
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    'Jap copper going to Reds' allegation
    108 1 QENER4I Douglas Mac Arthur's headquarters to- day launched an official investigation into reports that a group of American traders were secretly selling Japanese copper to countries behind the Iron (/Urtaln. ban S *n££i f°i^f lalS Said that 1 numl *r of sources ness of
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    BANDIT CAMP DESTROYED
    69 1 Free Press Staff Reporter JUNGLE squad operating In Muar area since Monday located and destroyed a large bandit camp caoable of accommodating 160 persons. The squad came across fresh blood stains, a number of documents In Malay, and about two hundred weight of foodstaff. Cooked meals for
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    China anti-Red move today
    192 1 NEW YORK, Thursday. CHINA is expected to launch a strong attack on world Communism and its danger to the whole of Asia at today's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, it is learned authoritatively. But there is no definite indication yet whether China intends to
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    It's a hard life
    57 1 THE U.S. Government has filed income tax charges m Hollywood against comedian Lou Costello for US $60. 203 and film star Errol Flynn for USSBO,V?. The Collector of Internal Revenue for Southern California, charged that the money was due the Federal government on the 1948 income
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    'Varsity Court meets
    520 1 Free Press Staff Reporter I^HE Court of the University of Malaya yesterday held its first preliminary meeting at Raffles College to elect four members to the University Council and to recommend an additional 15 representatives of professional, industrial, commercial and other organisations the Court. The four members
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    Rubber prices
    54 1 SPECIAL Market Correspond ent give* the prices of rubber (In cents per Ib.) at 11 »jn today as follow*: Buyers Seller* No 1 R.S.S. Spot: loose iZ% Oft o.b in bales Sept No. 1 R.S.S. 43% 43% No. 2 R.S.S. 42 42< 4 No. 3 R.S.S. 19% 39
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    A Red Scientist 'On The Spot'
    677 2  -  Tom Pocock By ■pOX the past year the scientific world has been split by a furious controversy Are our lives shaped by our heredity or by our environment? Could a human being be improved by selective breeding or by perfected environment during growth. This
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    Bridge Hands
    251 2 •pODAY'S crime hand wil! probably not mystify experienced bridge sleuths. We opened a trump and declarer let lit ride around to hLs own hand. Declarer then took another round of trumps and laid down the ace and king of clubs East pounced on the second high club with
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    Varsity 'Snobs' —A Flash-back
    322 2  - Varsity 'Snobs' A Flash-back RAYMOND MORTIMER Sinister Street By Compton Mackenzie HHHERE are some books A that we fear to reopen, they once were so intoxicating. They uncovered prodigious possibilities, taking uur minds from the tedium of cricket and Demosthenes to the delights of travel and elegance and conversation and
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    103 2 A profile of ths statue of Dudu, court magician, scribe and high priest m Telloh, ancient Sumerian city which preceded, the civilisations of Babylon and Nineveh. The city iuas situated m what is now Southern Iraq. The statue, first found m 1043, by peasants digging a drainage ditch, later disappeared.
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    'Harness the sun's rays'
    118 2 'Harness the sun 's rays' gIR ALFREDE GERTON, lecturing m the chemical section of the British Association, looked forward to a coal mine producing power without the wasteful processes ol today, and hinted at the scientific possibility of drawing power from the sun's rays "Our fuel capacity is a capital
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    A Portrait Of Judas
    147 2 A Portrait Of Judas MAN OF KERIOTII. The Story of Judas, by George Borodin, Werner Laurie. THE eternal anguish of the curse that has rollowed Judas down through the ages is probably something that only Judas can describe; and It is m the words of the lost disciple himself that
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    A Plea For Rack Tolerance
    453 2  - A Plea For Rack Tolerance PETER QUENNELL Reviews new books m U.K. MANY years ago, m the dawn of the film industry, I). W. Griffith made a huge and ambitious film to which he gave the name 'intolerance." In those far-off days the dragon of intolerance—the blind, stupid, unreasoning antagonism
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    A Present From Chief Plenticoos
    292 2 SEVENTY M<LES FRuW A LEMON, by Haydie Yates, Hammond Hammond. DETURNING from a Euro- pean holiday to crowded bustling New York m 1927 and the monotony >f ttieil "nine till five" existence, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Vate s feel that they cannot possibly fnce going
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    IN BRIEF
    443 2 DOUBLE MUSCADINE, by Frances Gaither, Michael Joseph. In the early years of the nineteenth century a slave girl was charged with the murder of her master's son, tried and condemned to death. But the d°fence was not satisfied. They had had only two days In which to prepare
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    SOVIET MAY RETURN GERMAN FACTORIES
    348 3 'Propaganda behind move* JIIE Western Allies consider it possible that when the expected formation' vof an East < .orman State is announced, the Soviet Government may hand back to the Germans the huge network of Soviet-owned industries m the pastern zone which they have appropriated
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    38 3 -dressed Chinese girl dancers are seen during t which formally closed the festival of democratic youth at Budapest At background are Chinese Ten thousand delegates from abroad and representatives from Hungary 48 nations m all attended the festival.
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    American urges aid to Chiang
    259 3 yOK U.S.$25,Mt a year paid by the Chinese lists, an American public relations man is get more I.S. money and support (or Chiang Kai-shek's Government m its battle against the Communists. lam J. Goodwin of Koslyn, New York, has told of his activities m a
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    THE ROAD BACK SET TO MUSIC
    133 3 THE ROAD BACK SET TO MUSIC MONTHLY music coniTi certs .are being given m 31 mental hospitals m the United Kingdom as part of treatment for the patients. Some of the hospitals also teach art. Revealing this, the annual report of the Board of Control says that a sub-committee has
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    'NO JAPS,' P.I. TELLS UNESCO!
    40 3 'NO JAPS,' P.I. TELLS UNESCO! f^E Philippines' 'Jnder- ec c arv of Foreign* *™»rj, Mr. Felino Neri, sals' will firmly sal to invite rs to the ral conference at Paris. on TuesPhilippine Mr. Probeads ttlon to conference. prince :nthe U.P.
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    107 3 ma'vl«i«? delect bl ouns m «»»bers of the Girl Guide movement from New Zealand and South Australia arVtt J London from a cycle tour across Europe after attending a re-unum at the Guides' and Girl Scouts* international chalet at Adelboden m Switzerland. The gins are eighteen-year-old Sea Ranter v^leri? M
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    BRITAIN SLASHES PRICE CONTROL
    168 3 DRICE control on thousands of goods— ranging from Harris tweed and mirrors to soda, from ink and writing pa*>cr to saucepans will vanish m Britain on Sept. 26. Trades welcomed this announcement by Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the Board of Trade, which means that 50
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    Ceylon Indians' grievance
    238 3 Ceylon Indians grievance AS a result of complaints by Indians m Ceylon that the Government wa s "discriminating- against them, the Controller of Exchange has withdrawn facilities whereby United Kingdom nationals can remit overseas up to £50 sterling monthly without a permit. The decision takes effect on Nov. 1. The
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    GEN. ROMULO UN PRESIDENT?
    61 3 ILTHOUOH the UN. Oene- ral Assembly's Presidential election will not be held until today. Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, of the Philippines, is already being congratulated as the successor to the retiring President, Dr. V. Evatt, of Australia. An informal poll has shown that at least
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    THE FREED PRICE LIST
    176 3 These are the main goods to bt freed from price-con-trol on Sept. 26. POTTON, linen. rayon, nylon, silk, jute, hard hemp and asbestos cloths nor. utility); Harris tweed and othei hand woren twet-da; nylon yarn; PIUS, fat jarmen.s (non-utility-manufacturers marimam prices only), skivers (sheepskin feather), and
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    MacA. quoted about China
    97 3 PENERAL Douglas MacU Arthur Is quoted l^re as saying he would not come back to the United States now because he would not "be left alone especially on th" Chinese question." The U.S. Broadcasting Company commentator, Mr. Henry J. Taylor, said In a broadcast that the
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    BILL TO DECIDE KING'S FUTURE
    50 3 A BILL providing for a referendum of the Belgian people on the question of the return of provision aliy -exiled King Leopold to the throne was approved at a Joint meeting of the Commission* for Justice and the Interior Of the R#lrfan A»n. ate. Reuter
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    182 3 Hflf* Johnson, aged 49, was seen by neighbours for the first time recently m 35-years. Helga left school at 17. and has lived m seclusion m her father's house a small store at Vaermdoe a summer resort outside Stockholm. While Helfa was attending school, her mother kept her away from
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    'Reds pledged to aid Russia'
    258 3 'Reds pledged to aid Russia' CHIANG'S 'FIGHT ON' PLEA CONCEDING that he had made mistakes m leaderv ship that had mistakes led t o the loss of Manchuria and North China to the Reds, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, m his broadcast call to the Chinese people to take part m the
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    WHAT'S ON IN K.L.
    110 3 ODEON: The Gallant Legion. REX: Mr. District Attorney. PAVILION: The Accused. C'OLISEL'M: Trader Horn. MADRAS: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass. CATHAY: Cobra King and Show of Shows (Cantonese). HINDUSTAN: Najma (Hindi). EMPIRE: We Two. CENTRAL: Apoorva Chintamanl. IPOH RIBY: The Three Musketeers. ODEON: Three Flowers (Man
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      472 3 SINGAPORE giammme (As Spore); 1.00-2.00 Music; 12. (P coe .^j»n. (BLUt: NETWORK) English Programme (As Spore); AUSTRALIA 484 and 41 7 metres 2.00 Close. 6.00 Programme yum- Emergency news from R.L mary; 602 Y. A.F.1.; 7.10 Indian J 1 Metrcs at ro°i>J'\ n and Pakistan Newsletter; 7.15 10.30 a.m. News
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      184 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you must D learn to curb a very definite restlessness m youi nature if you are to reach th* heights of success. Learn to know what you want and then go out after L. Don't waver between two possibilities' too }ong or both may disappear
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    The Singapore Free Press Check the smart boys now
    679 4 The Singapore Free Press Check the smart boys now THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 1949 fOO much pessimism need, not be expended over i the drop m last month's! exports from Britain. New York cables make it pretty clear that buyers Jn the 1 United States had made up their minds firmly
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    Strasbourg's 'Baby' is Doing Fine
    783 4  - Strasbourg's 'Baby' is Doing Fine WALTER FARR BY STRASBOURG: JJEAKLY six weeks ago, amid flags and flowers and sunshine, Europe began its first, timid attempt to rule itself as a continent. The deputies who climbed the steps of Strasbourg University to that first meeting were hopeful, earnest, a little awed
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    5 4 JHMicj to Us beautiful subject
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    A Very Slow Boat To China
    188 4 AS Tong Full Ng stood on Cardiff waterfront he thought of the sampans at Canton and the wife and children he left there 13 years ago to seek his fame and fortune. Then hi had a great idea. He woui^ buy his own boat
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    IT SEEMS TO ME....
    950 4 by Politico ]y|ALAYA is very conservative when it comes to gambling. Other lands seem to be able to think up much more ingenious ways of separating suckers and their money than we do. The tote, a few sweeps, chap-ji-kee and the odd illegal bookmaker; that's all
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    A Golden Harvest for Britain
    796 4  - A Golden Harvest for Britain GRAHAM STANFORD By BRITAIN has had the driest summer for 28 years. And, according to Kew, where they measure the rain, there have been only two drier summers since rainfall records began (m 1871). Almost every day some weather record is smashed at the Air
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    'DOOM BO GETS MATR
    42 4 CEVE m EAFI-1 Princess-. I has never I doesn't exls education auth' CO?: dilated He vra heart and s" ed of his I His fa ton. acted educatin But In Michael Ph io sec th I observed oxamin.r
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    SPANISH APATHY TO BULLFIGHTS
    290 4 MADRID: OULLFIGHTS are de--13 dining m popularity m Spain. Figures to the end of August show a sharp decline with 43 "corridas 11 or major fights less than m the same period of 1948. There were,* however, nine more "novilladas", or secondary fights with younger hulls
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    $500,000 HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS
    353 5 $500,000 HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS S 'pore to have best m East Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners m committee have approved the building of a new animal hospital m Henderson Road which, when completed, will be the best m the East. Its cost Ig estimated at $500,000 The hospital
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    60 5 Wa 1 1 Hi i> by the people he Kili introduce to •iacf not* of the world, Mr. H. V Linker of International Films. Hollywood, is seen shooting scenes from .venagb Bridge near the :;jrine Folice Station m Sin^jp<» r e yesterday. Singapore will have its part m a 2u.iK'o-fof
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    ARMY TO CLOSE PRIVATE ROADS
    47 5 ARMY TO CLOSE PRIVATE ROADS MfAHV private roads In are to be closed ,'olic for 24 hours 1 I r. xi Saturday. are In these j Alexandra and British Hospital, Colombo F rl Canning. BOD. Depot Road), GillN>e Soon CanPandan, Pastr larang BarBlakang Mati euki Pula Dr..
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    LEARNING TO RIDE PLEA
    42 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Thong Chong. aged 46, charged m the Segamat Court with wilful trespass on Eldred Estate, Bekok, said that he went to the estate road to learn to ride a blcyle He was fined $5.
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    AUSTRALIA AS MARKET FOR RUBBER
    146 5 AUSTRALIA AS MARKET FOR RUBBER F. P. Chinese Correspondent AUSTRALIA holds great prolaisc v > a potential market for Mali? van rubber, though ltd annual consumption of rubb i| a* present totals only about 10.000 tons, said Mr. Lee Kong Chian Singapore industrialist. 01 hir return yesterday fion a tour
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    F.A.O. DELEGATES
    52 5 IT.c Unlttc Kingdom delegation to the Food and Agricultural Organisation Conference to be held m Singapore from Sept. 26 to 30 or later, will consist of the following:— D-. W M Clyde (leader), Dr H. W Jack, Mr. H. C. Astene: Dr W. J. Vickers and Mr J.
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    PROGRESSIVES & S.R.A. CLASH
    411 5 PROGRESSIVES S.R.A. CLASH ROAD REPAIR INQUIRY Free Press Staff Reporter T^HE "unacceptable features" of the $700,000 Recondo road resurfacing tender, which the Singapore Municipal Commissioners rejected, are not disclosed by readily available sources of information, including the verbatim report of the debate on the suojeci, says the Singapore Ratepayers' Association
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    34 5 MISS ELIZABETH CHRISTIE, new dietician to the Singapore Medical Department, who started work at the General Hospital yesterday. She has been enKased on nutrition research m Britain after being chief flietician at Sydney Hospital.
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    SCHOLARSHIP
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A. Rahman bin Yussof, a student of the English College, has won a Sultan Ibrahim Scholarship for studies m the Edinburgh University.
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    Suicide bid to save friends
    255 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 CHINESE who preferred death to betraying his comrades to the Japanese received the 0.8. E. from the High Commissioner of the Federation Sir Henry Gurney, m a ceremony at King's House Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. The citation accompanying the award said
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    I.L.0. REPORT COMPLETED
    88 5 Free Press Staff Keporter THE Grafting committee of tne i L.O. Conference n Sin (Aporc completed its work yesU.Tdav A full report will be prepareo and presented togrthei with the resolutions to U»e fu'J session of the Confeience U-morrow at 10 a.m., wiji'h will be opened to
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    'The Bad Lord Byron'
    171 5 IN "The Bad Lord Byron" which is being shown at the Pavilior today the director has put Byron, played oy Dear is Piict "on trial" before the cir.ema audience who are Invited to judge for thems. v l es whether he was a libertine and a
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    HE WANTS ZOO FROM MALAYA
    210 5 l-r<v Press Stall Reporter AN American dealer m elephant tusks ;'ntf wild animate h b'lv 644 animals. r lies and birds from Malay? i zoo lie vl >£>t dT the specimens which the deal f-r. Mr. Joeepii Morgan. lai listed iii si letter to the
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    I.L.O. delegates at Trade School
    88 5 IJtLECATES and observers auttijin*. the 1.L.0. confer- ence ir, Singapore who visited thr Technical Trade bcr.ool m Balestier Road yesterday art here seen watching young trainee who is engrossed m his task at the work bench From left to right are Col. S. Hamidullah J
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    NEW CLUB FOR STUDENTS
    127 5 Free Press Stafl Reporter CTUTENTS who go from the 43 Far East to Britain and are B+.odyint m London will sooi be abl^ to realise a general desir* of making friends of Britislr students m their own hornet). This is being accomplished by tne establishment of
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    New ronggeng a 'social problem'
    293 5 New ronggeng a 'social problem Free Press Malay Correspondent JHE Singapore Chief Kathi, Tuan Haji AH, yesterday said that joget modern the modern ronggeng had a bad moral influence on young people and had become a "socia* problem/ Two Malay women leaders disagreed on whether it wjis undesirable. They were
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    WATER THIEVES IN K.L.
    201 5 Free Press Sta.t Keporte? KUALA LUMPUR. Wpfl. ILLEGAL 'tapping" of Kuala 1 Lumpur's water tup&ly costs the Municipality lar^o loss of revenue and a heavy drain on supply. Mr. H. Q. Hammett. acr.u g Municipal President, says m his annual report that 'thure are hundreds, ii"
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    EXAM SUCCESS
    31 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Mr Knvr- Sai Kheong successful m the B.A. Honours Fxarination m Classical ChfUffc cf the University of Lontfm hf-lrt m Singapore m Jm* thi >ear.
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      35 5 Surface mails are due to arrive m Singapore today from N. Borneo, Lab' Jan. Brunei, Miri and Siam. Closing time for porting surface mails at the G.P.O. today is: to Siam, Pontianak and Kuingchow: noon.
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    71 6 picture 'i«Oc.j.\rtUo ol MHiHU lit Ti ■fit <4 p«m«Ml iuv^huj 1 at the graveside of Mr. Mohammad Jinnah m Karachi Pakistan, on Sept. 11 t o honour th* former Pakistan President and Governor-General who died on the same dat* m 194h.— Picture shows ueft to right): Pakistan Governor-General Khwaja Nazii.u
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    Keen demand for gilt-edgeds
    478 6 afajgfiagag LONDON, Thursday. ORITISH Government securities ousted South African minings from the London Stock Exchange spotlight yesterday, says Reuters financial correspondent. With gains up to one point, Gilt-edgeds were the brightest spot and quickly responded to keen and widespread demand. Banking shares reflected the rise m
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    N.Y. stocks rally
    90 6 THE New York Stuck Ex- change recovered about half of Tuesday's losses yesterday, closing firm and showing fairly widespre id advances ranging to over UJS. $1. A few selected issues, such as Dupont, gained two points or more. Moderate dealings during the morning session saw price* develop
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    UNIVERSITY WEEK FOR SINGAPORE
    214 6 UNIVERSITY WEEK FOR SINGAPORE THE Appeal Committee for the University of Malaya Endowment Fund will organise a University Week m Singapore starting from Oct. 8 to coincide with Foundation Day. Funds for the University will be collected during the week through cinema shows, sports fixtures, amusement parks, dances and other
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    RAUB SCOUT GROUP
    29 6 RAUB, We<3. The First Raub Scout Group will hold a camp fire on Oct. 8 during the special week to raise funri s for the group.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    155 6 SHIPS m port alongside the. Singapore Harbour Board wharves yesterday (godowns m brackets) were: Main Wharf: Platte Park (31--32), PreskTnt van Buren (33-34). Aeneas (36-37), City of Evansvllle (38-39), Katong (40), Empire Halladale (42-43). Weal Wharf: Canton (1-2). Sommelsdljk (4-5), Langkoeas (6--7). Celebes (8-9). Glenorchjr (11). Japara (13-14),
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    U.K. RUGBY
    38 6 NOTTINGHAM lost to Northampton by three points to 12 m a Rugby Union fixture yesterday. Rugby League results were: vvhitehaven 9, Warrlngton 2, Bradford Northern IS. castleford 9 Bramley 5. Kelghley 4.— Reuter and A. P.
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    T.B SUFFERERS HIDE DISEASE
    388 6 Major problem m K. Lumpur Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. AMONG difficulties which faced Municipal health officers m detecting and treating tuberculosis cases m Kuala Lumpur last year was the fact that sufferers hid their disease. As a result, only a fraction of the
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    59 6 Picture. waters from Perry CrceH swirj through a gan ji the Missouri rirer front highway m Sioux City low? 11.5.A The sap was washed out of the road durin* hean rains which sent the Creek, which winds through i heart ot the city, on a rampage on Sept. 11. i
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    BRUNEI'S OIL OUTPUT UP
    61 6 AN increase of 56 per cent, m the tonnage of crude oil exported from Brunei is shown m the latest annual report of the Protectorate. Exports rose from 1.689,963 tons m 1947 to 2.641,516 tons last year Today, Brunei is the largest oil producer m the
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    Committee drawing up stadium scheme
    183 6 THE Government of Singapore has appointed a committee of three to draw up a scheme for the building and control of the Olympic snorts stadium at the former S.A.F.A. site m Anson Road. The committee comprises Mr. Andrew g (chairman), Mr. P. F de Souza
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    Selection of Indian lean
    95 6 MR. If PONNUfi Associati.n the Singapore A: Association Courc. Pre*s yesterday thai Is now being i selection of the A..:.. to play the A". Singapore on O Referring to hi the S.A.F.A. C>\;week, Mr P he was not then say whether ary Bfc would be include
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    36 6 rhe Si!igapo:e Cri Australian -New 7.--the cricket matii. on Sunday on the pa Ward (Capt>. A C Oi j Homer, w. Oroe, R jM. Nelson. J. W Plnnlger, E. Turr.fr. h land N. Mackie.
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    NO REGRETS WENT FASTEST
    434 7 NO REGRETS WENT FASTEST Final gallops at Ipoh Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. Regrets (three furlongs m 37 seconds), Desert Queen (three m 37 1/5), Inspiration (three m 37 3/5), Victorine and Permita Dormez (three m 38) and Ovation (three m 38 4/5) were outstanding m this morning's winding-up
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    R.A.P.C. halves the weak link
    381 7  -  CRUSADER By 2; K.A.P.C DEVONS went goal-hunting at Jalan Besar un last e\ening and two within five minutes p first half gave them the FARELF Army dssociattoa trophy, the Caldbeck Cup, Lrxny Fay Corps (Nee Soon) were gallont r. and they would certainly have lit
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    ST. PATRICKS DEFEATED
    82 7 TN a return bacminton friendly, 1 Golden Hind BP. defeated St Patricks School by five games tc ail. Results (Golden Hind players mentioned first I SINGLES: OUiman bin All beat Paul Wee 15-6. 15-3; Harry Goh beat Jackie Phillips 15-12. 15-6; Henry Lun beat Sonny Koek 11-15,
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    Willie Pep slop Compo in 7 rounds
    210 7 WATERBURY. Wed. WILLJE PEP kept his wuria featherweight title night knocking young Eddie Cornpo to the canvaa t.iree times lad stopping him on a technical knockout m the 41st. second of the seventh round m the Municipal stadium. The fight *as scheduled for
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    ACS swim gala tomorrow
    171 7 ACS swim gala tomorrow SEVENTEEN event.- wlli be decided la the IStt annua swimming carnival of Anglo Chin-se School. Singapore. *o tx held tomorrow from 3 pm. a* tin C'rinese Swimrr.i:»g Club pool. For the flr?t tune, ail dLstar.ee 1 be m m^tre- Mr? Lev Chli 1 Ghee will give
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    COLONIALS C.C.
    64 7 THE following will represen Colonials Cricket Club m i match against Khalsa Assoclatioi on Sunday at the Khalsa Assocla tion ground m St. Georges Road A.E. Delikan (capt.), W. Ratnayak< P Chopard. G. Woodford D. Mil ler. A. Fernando. Donaldson. I M. O. Wolff. Humphries, Mlckelth waite. Taylor
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    SATURDAY'S WRESTLING
    76 7 SATURDAY'S WRESTLING WMuYXUMQ aVMMi a rciurn to the Great Worid this Saturday when the giant Siith, Dars Sing.i ciashea with the colourful Turlush heavy weight, Ah Riza Bey m the main event of tne cara of four i bouts. Polish strong man George Zbi&ko. takes on a neu comer m
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    Police escort for umpires
    120 7 Police escort for umpires A POLICE escort had to be provided for the umpire* T. Murga-troyd and E. llanlor,. alter the Bradford Veugu* cricket match between Sail* and Padsey St. L&wTence, on which the championship depended, had ended In a draw at Salts' ground. An angry crowd, •ome St 4
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    45 7 GALLANT LOSERS picture. ..^...a lost to Ist. Devons m the Army Cup fln.il played at J ii lan Besar Stadium last eyeninf. Back row, left to right: McKechnie, Telford, Small: centre row: Cooper, Boxall. Wood: front row: Toombs. Murphy. Anderson, Beaton and Martin.— Free Press
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    45 7 TH!K »OI THERV) >iol C. 1 Millwall r n»H LCAGII CCT M Mi '«tl ■"ith 1 Rarn»r» S Finu I 1 Pirmk im«u ume. and Hlk«rnun I P 118 l tSUI T-x ■-.ark 1 4 ••FR (It I kstorrUst E<-uur and \.F.
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    TERROR XI HAD TO FIGHT HARD
    56 7 HROR XI had to victory '.n match -srerriay S1 C nromen'i D 5-2. I nee of 1 sec cantrerum down sec Ing m mm e^- the visit;lre ft Windsor -.s. much hire tor r.es he ed well v* n hi dan--is Mist who vas
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    3 RYDER CUP PLAYERS BEATEN
    259 7 CJIX Americans qualifled for i O the third round A tiie British professional miT.> >iiplay golf championship at Walton H^arh (Surrey day. One vi the American play- ers. Hamilton, then sera* .jLi- d ito give his compatriot Heafner. a walkover as h* plans to return
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    BROWN BEATS BARRIE
    66 7 ALBERT Brown (Birmingham) beat John Barrle (Wlsbech) by 22 frame* to 15 frames In their three-day qualifying match i for the News of the World snooker championship at Leicester Square Hall, London, yesterday. Scores were (Brown first* I 53-38; 55-28; 66-15: 33-71; 24-98 17-106; 25-70: 96-37; 48-69
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    26 7 picture. le.iora. tfle K.A.i*.c. gouikeeper, pushes away during a determined Devons attack m yesterday's Army Cup final at Jalan Besar Stadium. Devons won twonil. Free Press
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    NEE SOON RUGBY
    23 7 R.A.F. Seietar beat Nee Soon by 22 to 3 m a second fifteen rugby match played at Nee Soon yesterday.
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    Holloway 'Special' out of Grand Prix
    66 7 GD. Hollow ay s Special, one ol the Jew locally-built racing cars. vffl be a non-starter m tne forthcoming Johore Grand Prix. Hollow ay met with a minor road i accident last week. He is now working on another "special", bat It \t> doubtful
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    Newcomers shine in RAF victory
    435 7 R.A.F. Seletar 28; Nee Soon 0. 4 T Seletar yesterday, Army had to bow down to the playing and team-work of the Air Force side and lost the game twenty-eight points to nil. As both sides were crack teams last year, a needle match was
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    R.E.M.E. beaten
    52 7 The Indian Recreation Club defeated the R.E.M.E by three I goals to nil at soccer at Farrer Park yesterday The new Indian club playvd a eood (came Scorers were Salahody. Osman and Yusof Ali. In another game at Farrer Park, the Jollilads defeated the Fraser and Ne?vr dub
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    C.S.C. hockey
    47 7 Ceylonese team to play Customs Sporta Club tomorrow at Parrer Park at 5.15 p.m. will be: Ariyaratnam. S. Nagaiah. K. Thambi- rajah. S-A. Dural, s. Yogarajah i Cam Ha -van. J. Rajah, G. Kri'shnan. Kand&samy. Tfcanaslngham, I N. BalaMngham, Res: Sarangapftny 'Umpire: Mr. A. VijteH^naTi.
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    England could not penetrate Eire defence
    326 7 Park, Liverpool, yesterday by beating the full England international team by two goals to Ua. Eire scored a goal m each half. Primary factor m the Irish success was a magnificent defence m which right-back Johnny Carey, centre-half Don Martin and young Tommy Godwin
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    Jeffries on heavyweights of today
    304 7 From ALEX KAHN BURBANK (CalJ Wed SCORN was m the old mans voice at the mention of today's crop of heavyweights men laying claim to the ti:le he won by knocking out Bob Fitzsimmons m 1899. Hulking James J. Jeffries propped himself up on an
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    POMPEY BEAT DANES 6-2
    36 7 PORTSMOUTH. English League soccer champions, las; night beat a Danish national side by six goals to two. Portsmouth led 4 o at half-time. Th? game was play- cd m Portsmouth. Reuter and
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    SAVING WORLD SURPLUS FOOD
    471 8 Bid to prevent destruction LONDON, Thursday. INTERNATIONAL experts, m a report to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation, yesterday called for a U. 5.55,000 million clearing house, which would prevent some countries destroying surplus food while people m other parts of the world starved. This
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    34 8 photo. Large amounts of American aid equipment were brought into use during recent Turkish Army manoeuvres m Thrace. Here American tanks with well-trained Turkish troops are lined up ready for the exercise A. P.
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    147 Jap experts for India
    115 8 TOKYO, Thurs. INDIA plans to invite 147 Japanese technicians to assist m the development of the Indian textile, leather-and-hide, machinery, glass and electrical goods industries, according to Mr. Carl S. Hoehringer. a S.C.A.P. economist. He toid the conference of the Japanese Federation of Economic Organisations
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    Siam tells McA evict 'General'
    93 8 THE Siamese Government intends to ask Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur for the eviction of Lt. Oen. H. C. H. Robertson. Commander of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, from his house m Tokyo, a Siamese Government representative stated m Tokio yesterday. The hous« wu the property
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    GERMAN STOPGAP TREATY
    64 8 AFORM of peace treaty between the three major Western Allies and the new German Republic, called the "OccuDatlon Statute," went Into effect yesterday. It is intended to serve as stop gap m the absence of a formal four-power treaty that would require Russia's signature as well. The
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    U.K.-Tito pact
    25 8 Britain and Yugoslavia have concluded their talks for a long-term trade agreement and a pact will be signed within a week m Belgrade.
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    SLEEPING SICKNESS
    26 8 Deaths from J ap a n e s e sleeping sickness m Tokyo city rose to 47 yesterday as 10 more were reported.- Reuter
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    Rain of frogs on city
    73 8 IT rained frogs on Kazalinsk,, m Kazakhstan, during a heavy rainstorm, leaving the city plastered with thousands of small frogs Jumping from paddles which covered municipal squares, railroad tracks, playing grounds and highways. Everywhere, the little amphibians got In everybody's way. The newspaper Kazakhstan Pravda
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    60 8 V> earing a pair of cheap. gl.t.ss]es.s spectacles that his faosmn father wore 30 yeari a?o, 18-year-old Harold Lloyd Jr. is making his debut as a film actor with a stiall part: m the film "With all My Love." Young Harold, who has been studying dramatics for several years, is
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    DUKE'S WEDDING: 'NO REGRETS'
    100 8 NEW YORK, Thursday. BISHOP Robert Anderson Jardine, who married the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, told the press as he boarded the Queen Elizabeth yesterday. "I have no regrets for having performed the marriage." Asked if he felt the Church of England had changed Its views
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    Pro-British reply to N.Y. hotheads
    181 8 NEW YORK, Wednesday. AS Mr. Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary, A told 1,000 people at a dinner last night that the West would never use its scientific discoveries to attack or destroy other nations, several unknown people showered anti-British demonstrators outside with rotten tomatoes
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    Abe Lincoln's guard dies
    56 8 SUTHERLAND (lovra), Thurs. A MILITARY funeral is planned for James Martin, 101. Civil War veteran who stood guard outside Ford's Theatre m Washington the night Abraham Lincoln was shot dead. Martin died on Tuesday. A Scots immigrant, Martin is survived by three daughters, two sons, 29
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    TREASON TRIAL
    27 8 The Hungarian public prosecutor. Oyula Alapi. who led the case against Cardinal Mlndszenty. demanded death sentence for all eight accused In the Budapest treason trial.
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    MANSTEIIS IRIAL
    23 8 The British Military Court trying Field-Marshal Erlck von Manstein on 17 war crimes charges yesterday ad- journeq until Oct. 5.— Reuter
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    PEACE ROLE OF SMALL NATIONS
    149 8 NEW YORK. Thursday. HPHE Syrian delegate to the General Assembly, Fazey 1 el Khouri, yesterday called on the small nations of the world to form a "Third Camp" as a balance between the United States and the Soviet Union Khouri said the small nations should
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    176 8 JAPS WORRY OVER MOVE TOKYO Thursday. THE Japanese Finance Minister, Mr. Hayato Ikeda told a House of Representatives Finance Committee yesterday that he believed the devaluatior of the pound would affect only slightly Japan's textile exports and that Japan's finances would not be affected materially since the yen-dollar rate remain!
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    204 8 Mr. Acheson's 'help U.N.' call to Russia NEW *UKK, Wednesday A DDRESSING the United Nations Assembly 1 first major speech of the session, the r.s tary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson today urged °ti Soviet Union to reverse its previous position on Greek question and join m seeking a settlement*
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