The Singapore Free Press, 24 September 1949

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON A LE IN MALAYA So. 17.587. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1949. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • A-BOMB NEWS SHAKES NATIONS
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      But Russia asks U.N. to ban it
      209 1 MB- ANDKE, vSn^ ssss? Jtwrts&a asr^ 2. BAN atomic weapons and other means of mass desas "incompatible with the conscience and honour of nations and with membership m the United Nations," and 3. UNANIMOUSLY express the wish that the United States, Britain, France,
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      AMERICA HAS 4-YEAR LEAD
      315 1 AMERICA HAS 4-YEAR LEAD LONDON, Saturday CjOVIET possession of the atom bomb does not take away the undoubted military advantage that the United States still holds, it is believed m London It i s probable that Russia is m only the first stages or production of the bomb whereas America
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    Dry September for Singapore
    96 1 D ry September for Singapore Preti v.tff Reporter Sibet has been drj month, but tetl fad that the rain- been a little normal for this rage temperais been 87.6 degrees it is xpected for ither experts Fr< Pr >s this nornild that up to yestertiei of rain had In the
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    PAKISTAN COTTON
    28 1 tmerciitnti m Bomij decided not to »rt Pakuiir cotton for the pent season following Parefustl to devalue her D line rcifh ntu^ ct^_ n? countries. Reuter
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    BOMBAY FLOODS
    18 1 I Floods caused by torrential i r.s Jesterday took a toll of s in Bombay -Rev-
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    The man who made champions
    95 1 ON Monday, the Free Press starts another top-flight sporting «tory that of Ted Broadribb. fighter, promoter, referee and manager of champions. There are few secrete of big-time boxing m the last 50 years that he does not know. During that time he has managed such
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    WE'LL FIGHT ON FOR PEACE
    172 1 Ac he son anrt »»hr° r the in lerna t'»nal control atom energy and the cause of world peace. e ""K> timin^f 1 h T was any si g n »l»-'ance m the uming of President Truman's announcement of ?C The°Pr^ mb cx P' oslon
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    AMMO RECOVERED
    78 1 Free Press Staff Reporter About 200 rounds of ammunition were recovered when a military patrol located a bandit camp capable of accommodating 80 bandits m the Batu Anam area of jn^nrp yesterday. The 1.1. G. Conference m the Victoria Memorial Hall, Singapore* ended yesterday with the adoption of
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    INDIES FLAG TO FLY
    20 1 The red and white Indonesian flag will be allowed to fly In East Borneo from today.
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    S'pore arrests
    48 1 S' pore arrests Free Press Staff Reporter Three Singapore Chinese described as dangerous characters" were detained under the emergency regulations yesterday. Other emergency arrests included a Malay, alleged to be a member of the illegal Singapore Workers' Protection Corps, and two alleged members of the Malayan Communist Party.
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    Atomic talks in London
    85 1 WASHINGTON, Sat. THE Atomic Energy Commis- sion said yesterday that United States, British and Canadian experta will confer m London next week on meanj of boosting stocks of atomic raw materials. Tlie conference is being sponsored by the three nations' combined policy committee, which since 1943
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    China Reds say more towns fall
    55 1 China Reds say more towns fall LONDON, Sat. FE Communist New China news agency m a Peiping broadcast heard here yesterday, claimed the capture of several towns near the important South Fukien seaport of Amoy. They included Changchow. about 20 miles due west of Amoy, and Tungan about the same
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    U.S. MACHINERY FOR SOVIET
    57 1 THE United States Department of Commerce has approved th<« Immediate export to the Soviet Union of $500,000 (£178,575 sterling) worth of oilfield machinery Oiineld machinery exports for Russia had been prohibited under the United States ban on shipments of "war potential" Industrial goods to Russia. The
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    Cameronians for H.K.
    47 1 The War Office announced yesterday that the lirst battalion of the Camerouifi.ns now stationed m Trieste would move to Hong Kong at the end of. the year to replace the first battalion of the Buffs who will be moved to the Middle East. U.P.
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    'COMMUNAL PARTIES NOT WANTED'
    182 1 Free Pross Sla.fi Reporter THE Progressive Party wel- comes rivalry from other political organisations, but there is no place m this country foT communal parties, says Mr. C. C. Tan, president of the Party, m a reply this morning to a statement by Inche Sardon bin
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    'US detectors knew within a few hours'
    366 1 'US detectors knew within a few hours WASHINGTON Saturday DISCLOSURE that the United States has hid for sometime a global and delicate detection system designed to record any atomic explosion was made last night after President Truman's statement that Kussia had produced an atomic explosion a, T 4 he Permanent
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    HAWKER ROBBED
    38 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore police are looking for two Chinese toughs who last night beat up a "mcc" hawker m Craig Road, threw his wares into a drain, and then took six dollars from him.
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    Boxing money for 'Varsity
    127 1 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. THE University Endowmen Fund profited by $6,500 aj a result of the boxing contest organised by the Selangor Boxing Board and coopted members at the Bukil Bintang Stadium last night. The presentation of th< cheque was made by the
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    New tin price on Monday
    60 1 N LONDON. Sat. v official announcement regarding the tin price was made last night. A statement is expected on Monday A message from Brussels *ays that an official of Belgium's "Union Miniere" confirmed that negotiations are P/oc^ing between the British, Dutch and Belgian Governments with
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    ARABIAN AIRBASE
    23 1 The United States has received a one-year extension of its operational dm of the strategic 8.29 airbase at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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      Koala Bears Are So Patriotic
      502 2 Koala Bears Are So Patriotic Children! here's your own World Spotlight fHE koala bear whimsical little animal peculiar to Australia, has so far been unable to achieve the world-wide zoo popularity of the panda. Reason the koala won't quit Australia, nor will the Australian Government lift the ban on his
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      STAMP CORNER
      130 2 IF you want to be the cham- pion wrestler of your form, four stamps from Turkey wiU give you a' lesson. Wrestling is a national sport with the Turk*. It is tau«**t m school and they like It as much as we like football. Champions give exhibitions all
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      THE FASTEST TRAINS IN THE WORLD
      177 2 THE FASTEST TRAINS IN THE WORLD THE new diesel-electric Royal Scot, drawing Its huge load from Euston to Glasgow, has prompted railway enthusiasts to ask if it Is the Fastest Train m the World. Once that proud title was borne by the Cheltenham Flier, which before the war covered the
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      THE ZOO AT NIGHT IS AN EERIE PLACE
      705 2 THE ZOO AT NIGHT IS AN EERIE PLACE VTriKY few people apart from the staff, have ever spent a whole night touring the London Zoo. It is a memorable experience to spend a night with some 4,000--odd animals, drawn from all quarters of the globe. Although they are not officially
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      Snail Has The Last Laugh
      821 2  - Snail Has The Last Laugh UNCLE GEORGE By "Y^^ nail won, and it's a dirty trick to try to cheat him out of it," gabbled the tyonkeyfc. "You're beaten at last, Mousedeer. Why don't you admit it like an animal?" "Very well, he's champion," agreed Mouse-deer, greatly crestfallen. "All the
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      The Goat mothered the Llama
      152 2 The Goat mothered the Llama WHEN Wendy, the Children's Zoo young llama, was recrmlv parted from her mother, Gladys, because the latter was going to have another baby, the staff were apprehensive. They feared that Wendy might pine, for the two llamas had always been inseparable. They need not have
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      THEROMANCE OF WORDS
      373 2 lIAVE you ever wondered howwords creep into the language? Large numbers are derived from other languages. 'Military', for example, comes from the Latin word 'miles', a soldier. An amusing example is found m the Pidgin English of New Ouinea. Early missionaries took a bull and a cow
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      SOME SNAKE. 'DONTS'
      79 2 *pHE direr; m e Mil- JL waukop Zo >. Mr Speidel lias ex\\ .?d a to snake myths. Snakes dont r hoops. They don't hide tM young m th< r r It would b a rare miik snake. Indeed, that M hciw to milk i A snake's
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      LOOKING FOR NOAH'S ARK
      242 3 LOOKING FOR NOAH'S ARK when God flooded the earth, and which, according to the Bible, landed on Mount Ararat when the water subsided. With 30 Turkish guides, the American explorers were making their second bid to find the Ark. iffSE are the first pictures to arrive m Singalellins he story
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      HE'LL BUY WEDDING SUIT NOW
      143 3 USSELL KING. 26-year-old 'lute player. »t on the Halle Or- 5 seven -day good- will Holland earlier this Ived a letter r that Ye 3 J v. ill ou." ssed man m the urcl.estra he has a ciif- ferent suiv for each day of the
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      U.K. TREASURY PROFITS ON GOLD
      113 3 I^HE British Treasury itself is believed m London financial quarters to be among those who have made useful profits out of this week's boom m gold shares. Since the end of 1946 the Bank of England has held blocks of South African gold shares for
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      No Formosa aid
      26 3 A U.S. Government official says then is "very little possibility that unexpended Economic Co-operation Administration funds for China will be diverted to Formosa.
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      Rice production will go up in next 2 years
      147 3 Rice production will go up in next 2 years T*HE United Nations Food and Agriculture Organi- sation estimates that world rice production, spurred by sharp rises m the Far East, will increase by 3,600,000 metric tons during the next two years. A report by the F.A.O. Com- i mittee on
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      INCREASED AIR FARES
      64 3 AN emergency meeting m London of the International Air Transport Associa- j tion decided recently to increase fares of airlines j operating services from soft currency areas to the Ame- rican continent. The conference decided that there would be no increase m sterling fares from Britain to
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      WHAT'S ON IN K.L.
      104 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. REX: Escape. BAVIMON: The Accused. ODEON: Daughter of the Jungle. COLISEUM: Three Flowers (Mandarin). CATHAY: Love and Madness (Egyptian). MADRAS: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass. EMPIRE: We Two (Tamil). HINDUSTANI: Sohag Raat. CENTRAL: Nalla Thnmbi. PENANG CATHAY: A Womans Secnt. ODEON: Unfaithfully YOUTS. REX: Live Today
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      Czech Govt. v. Church
      35 3 Czech Gov t. v. Church IN the next few days the Czech Government is expected to take legal action converting the Roman Cathoiic church into what, m effect, will be a department of state. Reuter
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      Bridge Hands
      142 3 There are no trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six of (he seven tricks against any defence. South leads the club eight to North's jack. < The fight Ls essential to preserve Norths seven as an entry if East wins th«> trick With the king).
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      709 3 fi^B *t f'jnfifWJW j F.P. Crossword No* 801 SINGAPORE 200 En lisn Programme (Aa ATT^TRATTA Im/r 'I i' Mm BIU NiTivrit^ Singapore.; 2.00-5.00 As Singa-, AU^IKALIA f '?^mJm \Mfi, m*£l 1 Tft Ixi .ni ii ORK) P° re 'English Programme on 296 nM %#^SPstta W*W WPmk I I 9 metres.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Sept 24, 1949. The times DO change
    630 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. Sept 24, 1949. The times DO change COMPLAINTS from eminent Singapore Malays that j;)get modern— the ronggeng rlunced m the modem manner to samba and rhumba rhythm -is a bad moral influence on Malay youth seemi to us to have a familiar ring. Or perhaps
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    Enter—the fourth British Empire
    1427 4  - Enter— the fourth British Empire A Liberal M.P. By U 1 S T O R V lias already recorded the lives and deaths of three British Empires. Are there any more to come? The First British Empire ended abruptly with the American Revolution. In its place arose the Imperialist regime
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    FABULOUS TREASURE OF FLIN FLON
    677 4 FROM the days of th c K lonely ke Gold Hush pioneers have b c c n tapping Canada's mm c r a I wealth. Only a few days ago it was reported that a lead mine, which promises to l>e the richest m the
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    WHEN AMERICA TAKES OVER THE EMPIRE
    29 4 British Government critics, alarmed at reports hinting at increased American capital m the colonies, have suggested that the CoZn "sold-ouf to the U.S.
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    PEOPLE MAKE NEWS S'pore is 'shot' in technicolour
    542 4 PEOPLE MAKE NEWS S'pore is 'shot' in technicolour SCENIC spots m have been photographed this week by Mr. HAL N. LINKER, Production Director of International Films of Hollywood, who is now going round the world to make pictures m colour for International Films and several airlines. His aim is to
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      112 4 Tel, there you are old boy and whit lucY Htm f Ofl make that pudding for tonight and perhaps M cecretm to follow. I could do with half-a-doren of you <f 1 could f«t them, but really you seem so popular now-a-dayi- 1 However, come along, it it nice of
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    $1,550,000 GOVT. GRANT TO S.M.C.
    699 5 $1, 550,000 GOVT. GRANT TO S.M.C. But rate may be increased Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Singapore Government has agreed to make a total contribution of $1,550,000 to the Municipal Commissioners this year to offset the loss of Municipal revenue caused by the operation of the Rent Control Ordinance, and
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    Malay smallholders want to combine
    158 5 Malay smallholders want to combine Press Malay Correspondent CE of Malay smallholders throughout the Federation will be convened by the i O ror Malaj Smallholders' Inion at the Sultan Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow, the isan Melayu reports. The meeting has been called to consider ways of protecting the interests of Malay
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    Not fair, says Federation
    162 5 Free Press Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. THE Federation reconstituted Select Committee on War Damage has reaffirmed that it docs not re-, gard it as Justifiable to ask the tax-payer to accept liability for any compensation to businesses or individuals who had not only succeeded m recouping
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    'Water Nymphs' in Empress Place
    234 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VARIED are the entertainments provided for the 1.L.0. delegates during their stay m Singapore, but one, entirely unrehearsed, did not meet with the approval of the United Nations officials conferring m the Victoria Memorial Hall. It was the dance of the
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    MAILS
    35 5 Ciocing times for posting suriuee malls at the GP.O. today are. to Ceylon and Mirl: noon, and to Slam and N. Sumatra: 6 p.m. No surface mails are expected to arrive m Singapore today.
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    Regent, not Sultan
    34 5 The Regent of Johore— nut the Sultan of Johore as reported In yesterday's Free Press will attend the University foundation day ceremony on Oct. 8. The Sultan of Johore is m
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    SINGAPORE NORMAL CLASS EXAM. RESULTS
    761 5 The following students (names of schools m bracket*) passed the 1949 Normal Class examinations. Ist year Primary: Cheong Kirn Kee (Qeylang M.OA), Khoo Bee Ouat. Oian Chin Ne© (Paya Lebar, M.OS), Lilian Tan (McNair School). Oladys Joseph. Ruby Tay (St. Andrew* School), Mary Sih, Dulice
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    Rice ration: no 'volte-face'
    368 5 Rice ration: no 'volte-face' free fress Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S rice ration for the second half o f month will comprise 70 per cent, whole-grain and 30 per cent, large broken Siamese rice, a spokesman of the Food Control Department told the Free Press yesterday. He denied, however, that the re-inclusion
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    Chinese merchants alarmed
    225 5 Chinese merchants alarmed Free Press Staff Reporter CHINESE merchants m Sinv gapore are alarmed by a further reduction of Singapore barter with East Sumatra and the likelihood ol a total prohibition of wet rubber exports from Palembanp? by the end of the year The Oversea Chinese Importers and Exporters' A«aoclation
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    CAPTAINS GIVE THEIR VIEWS
    543 6 CAPTAINS GIVE THEIR VIEWS Changes m S.C.A. tourney suggested Free Press Cricket Reporter gHOULD more time be allotted to games m the Singapore Cricket Association tournament? What changes m the running of the competition are, m their view, desirable? These were among the questions put to captains of participating teams
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    Tribute to Association
    216 6 Tribute to Association HTin- ivjiioruiv mrmiy or am Joborc Cricket ciub. Ifajuc P. G If. Lee, paid a tribute JTMtrciay to the Singapore Cricket As relation for bavins run a very itui tournament told the Free Pie t at t:ie ill spirit \vh: at U i iron? the 'ar'ou& tranu>
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    MULLEY FOR INDIA
    30 6 A MuiU-y. the Australian jfKkev 1 who has been vidinK m England wttti some measure of sir m rrcpnt we<-ks. Is leaving for India next month. Reuter
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    2 SECTIONS PROPOSED
    114 6 THE honorary secretary of the Singapore Cricket Association, Jack Smith, told the Free Press yesterday that an excellent idea would be to divide the S.C.A. tournament Into two sections Senior and Junior The Senior section might comprise, say, the eight best teams, the others forming the Janior
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    'Adopt knockout system'
    195 6 'Adopt knockout system EVAN Wong, captain of the Singapore Chinese Recreation CluD XI. told the Free PrtfU yesterday that he favour! the knockout system for the C.A. tournament. ri n said: "This has beon adopted for the Stoner Shield mi^titlon m Kuala Lumpur, where they have fewer teams thai m
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      362 6 MdlidrdkS Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press h o/ I ■K?!^ I I IT'S VANCE'S WAY ■ME BELIEVE.I I THAT'S VANCE'S SECRET ROOM. I |MO ONE'S H£RE?Tu^>^ I BSELriU. IT~l T~ OFHIOfNG THE KID 1 YOU NEVER THE RAY- AND THE KID-ARE r* T> I fiOTHAR I SAI¥ VANCE ShSnK
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    RIGHT EYES MAY NOT RUN TODAY
    276 7 RIGHT EYES MAY NOT RUN TODAY No Regrets chances improve Free Press Racing Correspondent T»HE clash between No Regrets and Bright Eyes 1 may' not come off after all. Trainer Rodger s intends giving Bright Eyes only one run this meeting and it is likely that he will scratch him
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    Inter-school swim gala
    171 7 AN inter-school swimming carnival will be held at the Singapore Swimming Club on Monday, Sept. 26 at 2.15 p.m. which will be the nrst of its kind to be held m 10 years. Nine senior boys' schools will be taking part In the carnival which bus been
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    Sands to fight American
    66 7 T)AVE BANDS, Australian holder of the Empire middleweight title, has been matched against Pet* Mead, outstanding American middleweight, at Harrinsay on Oct. 11. It will be Sands' last fight In Britain until he returns next March. If successful against Mead he will fight at Madison Square
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    HOCKEY RESULTS
    51 7 RESULTS of horkpy matches played yesterday were. Singapore Colts defeated the Chinese Recreation Club by six goals to ml (Voules 4, J. Ross (1), J. Vanderput (1). Selerang Garrison beat S.C.C. by seven goals to two. CSC "A" beat Customs by two goals to one. (Balaslngh&m 2* Karlm
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    Z. cricket XI save made 2,000 profit
    99 7 Z. cricket XI save made 2,000 profit L-g ro m the New S B „v ,l lf«K has not L of »w Zealand rttes had to *>c 1 m N«C their Ph.lliP" -mid not say L t Zealand CriCCncil «»««J *gS ,pr«.mv^ the Counjjv, never had to J. r a
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    PERFLIGHT B.P.
    36 7 t B .jvrflifht c rill hold t c tomorrow at 4 pm. on c the official opening i mi court at No. 11. I Road tp;. there vIU be two ex- ;id a cinema
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    PHOL MAY FIGHT IN MANILA
    60 7 NEGOTIATIONS are under way to bring over the Siamese featherweight Phot Prapadaeng to Manila for a fight with Star Navcn, leading contender for the Orient featherweight title, whicb Is held by Tlrso del Rosario Fight promoter C. P. Calanoc said the Prapadang Naven fight will
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    Helen Heng should win women's title
    465 7  -  VETERAN By HUH three junior players entered, the Singapore V* women's open singles championship could muster only nine entries. However, they are about all the top-ranking women players m the Colony today, except for Miss Chung Kon Yoong, the 1947 Singapore champion, who has
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    Indians missed their chances v. Europeans
    205 7 EUROPEANS defeated fedians by three goals to nil m second round Community League match play, d at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Bad luck dogged the Indiana throughout the game and Chandra was unfortunate on many occasions when he »hot wide when within scoring distance.
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    Gandhi Cup cricket today
    144 7 rpHE second Cricket match JL for the Gandhi Memorial Cup. presented by Mr. Ranchordaa Purshotam. to be competed for between the Indians and the R.A.F. (Malaya) will be played on I.A. ground today commencing at 11 a.m. In addition to the handsome cup the following are
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    38 entries for Grand Prix
    407 7 THIRTY- EIGHT entries, comprising 22 cars and 10 motor-cycles, have been received for Malaya's biggest motor car and motor-cycling meet, the Johore Grand Prix, to be held at Johore Bahru on Oct. 2. Ticket! for Grandstand seats (chairs? are priced at $3 and will be
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    COTTON, KING & REES IN SEMI-FINALS
    331 7 COTTON, KING REES IN SEMI-FINALS T LOYD Mangrum o f the American Ryder Cup team, Henry Cotton, former British captain who withdrew from this year's British team because of lack of practice and two members of the British side, Dai Rees and Sam King, emerged for the semi-finals of the
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    NON-TITLE BOUT
    42 7 The lightweight champion. Ike Williams, and Douglas Ratfc :t (Brooklyn) will meet In a t*i,round non-title bout on Sept. 30. Ratford holds two decisions an t Kid Gavllan. v.ho has beaten William* twice. U.P. Winston gave it to me yesterday."
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    BIRTHS
    36 8 HARORSAYBS to Barbara and Dennis, Malayan Police, a daughter on 20th September 1949. RICHARD: To Bertel. wife of C. E. Richard, at Youngberg Hospital, on Sept. 22nd a sister for Lisbeth and Andres. Both well.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    44 8 Miss Kwik Poh Lian, 3rd daughter of Mr. Kwik Tiang Boon and the late Mrs. Kwik Tiang Boon (Nee Madam Wee Kirn Cheok), is engaged to Mr. Yong Nan Sin, 2nd son of Mr. and Mrs. Yong Yit Lin. on 24th September, 1949.
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    MARRIAGE
    31 8 The marriage will take place on Saturday Sept. 24, at St. Mark's Church Seremban, between Miss Helan Inghan of Timperley Cheshire and Mr. Alfred Derek Knowles of Seremban and Manchester.
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    REACTION TO TRUMAN'S A. NEWS
    558 8 REACTION TO TRUMAN'S A. NEWS Surprise but no alarm WASHINGTON, Saturday. PRESIDENT Truman's announcement yesterday that an atomic explosion had taken place m Russia "within recent weeks" indicating that Russia now also possesses the world's most deadly weapon was accompanied by similar statements m London and Ottawa, capitals of the
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    'No tall claim': Kashmir P.M.
    193 8 -Nut-...., m* SRINAGAR, Friday. CHEIHK Mohammed Abdullah, the Kashmir Premier, said today that, given "proper conditions," he would secure "a comfortable majority even m socalled Azad Kashmir territory" if a plebiscite were held to decide whether the people of Kashmir would endorse the states accession
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    'Fight,' Rhee tells China
    81 8 SEOUL. Saturday. THE South Korean President, Dr. Syngman Rhee, yesterday urged Chinese Nationalists to "get up and right." Addressing foreign correspondents. Dr. Rhee said 'hat he and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek had discussed Joint plans to combat Communism at a three-day conference m South Korea last month.
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    S'hai Red ban on Hollywood
    70 8 SHANGHAI, Sat. THE Chinese Communist ban on "imperialistic, obnoxious' movies takes effect on Oct. 1. with Hollywood pictures expected to be hardest hit. More than 100 Russian films are on hand to help cinemas going. A flat prohibition against American and British newsreels already is
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    Burma-Pak. deals stop
    93 8 RANGOON, Sat CUSPENSION ol money order remittances from Burma to Pakistan "with immediate effect" was announced here last night. No transactions are being made with Pakistan rupees pending fixing of an exchange rate by the Reserve Bank of India. Bombay yesterday resumed normal banking and business activities
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    JAP BOY SCOUTS
    24 8 Japan has been invited to send Boy Scouts to the next world jamboree to be held m Australia m 1951. Reuter
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    FILMLAND DEATH
    21 8 1 Sam Wood, 66, one of the film industry's best known died on Thursday «»f a heart attack A.P.
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    INDIA TO GET COUNCIL SEAT?
    61 8 A SOURCE close to the Indian delegation to the United Nations Assembly said that India now appears assured of gaining a seat on the powerful 11-nation Security Council when elections are held m about two weeks time India's candidacy ia understood to be supported by
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    Six names make peace
    79 8 THt Indian envoy to Russia, Prof. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, now m Paris attending the UNESCO conference, made a fresh call yesterday for a peace meeting of world leaders after hearing of President Truman's disclosure that an atomic explosion had recently taken place m Russia. The ambassador proposed
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    'BLOOD THICKER THAN WATER'
    140 8 MANILA. Saturday. A DISPUTE over the custody of a three-year-old son of an American GI between a natural mother and a foster mother, both Filipinos, was resolved by Manila Judge Tiburcio. who ruled that blood is -thicker than water The controversy centred on little Joel Celis,
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    33 8 U7ALL STREET week-end coverJ» ing, accentuated m. late dealing*, brought a firm close to the New York Stock ExchanSf yesterday. The list showed a Lir •sprinkling O f gain* ranging to
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    Unchanging Arabia
    14 8 Saudi Arabia will not devalue the silver rlas. net official currency. A.P.
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    'Slanderous', cries Mr. Vishinsky in UN
    165 8 NEW YORK, Friday. OPEAKING m the United Nations General Assembly tonight, Mr. Andrei Vishinsky, Russian Foreign Minister, attacked a Chinese Nationalist Government delegate, Mr. T. F. Tsiang, for "sordid insinuations and slanderous attacks on the Soviet Union." Mr. Tsiang yesterday denounced Soviet imperialism and
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    UNCERTAINTY RETURNS
    449 8 LONDON, Saturday. rpHE upheaval on the London Stock Exchange caused by the sterling devaluation appears to have subsided. Although trading remained brisk yesterday, buying enthusiasm had waned and caution and uncertainty were upper most. A check to market enterprise was given by an inclination to await the debate
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      Masthead
      7 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine SEPT. 24. 1949.
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      THE NIGHT I LOST MY IDENTITY
      933 1  -  ANON by 1 1 WAS, I suppose, tM e of those nighte-ml-nights when one increasingly areiess of time, space, ash and tomorrow. int. now thai there is state of emergency, lights when one tomld v- more careul of personal Men;i N an( all that
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      SETTLING SCORES WITH THE HOME-WRECKERS
      1093 1  - SETTLING SCORES WITH THE HOME-WRECKERS NAN HALL by yy II A T is the smallest, the most delicate and yet the most destructive force m Singapore, the bug that gnaws away noise lesslv at wood and bakelite, tibro-cement, paper, car board and cloth, causing houses to fall, furniture to decay,
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      R.E.M.E. is on the job
      466 1 by a Military Observer fHE telephone rings m the office tent. Time and place? Any hour of the twenty four, at any Advanced Workshop Detachment of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In a few minutes a breakdown truck is on its way out to
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      Borneo PoW Story is to be Filmed
      779 2 ■JHE film version of Agnes Keith's book "Three Came Home" gives Florence Desmond, now back m London after a successful American tour, her first straight film part, that of a longsuffering Englishwoman m a Japanese prison camp m Borneo. While on tour m
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      A British Star Is Born
      243 2  - A British Star Is Born CECIL WILSON B> RICHARD TODD, 30-year-old Dubllner. who has risen m 15 months from Dundee repertory to Marlene Dietrich's leading man. has made his bow as an international star In "The Hasty Heart." p. -viewed In London recently- and has proved to be one of
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      At the Cinemas
      471 2 AT the Cathay:— "COMMAND DECISION". This has been described as the first real war film Hollywood has produced. In presenting the story of the commander of a U.S. Bomber group (Clark Gable) who sacrifices men and planes m bombing vital German targets there is no attempt at
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      SHE MAY BE GARBO No. 2
      463 2 A Norman Price close-up of pAME is still unreal to her. She is 24 years old, not long ago was a Swedish factory girl, unpicking stitches from jacket lapels for £1 a week. Then a shopgirl. In the few days of uncertainty rehearsing a
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      The Rise And Fall Of Deanna
      479 2 The Rise And Fall Of Deanna From EVELYN WEBBER I NEW YORK: r|EANNA DURBIN, 17 who, at 14, became the world's biggest boxoffice attraction, is now out of work. At 27, she has been dropped by her studio. Universal International has taken Deanna's name from her dressingroom door and put
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      Marta Hits At Hollywood Flirts
      241 2  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM By HOLLYWOOD: "OWEDISH glrU are brought up differently from American girls," the sad-eyed Marta Toren told me. "We are taught not to flirt with men, and to hold romance as something precious. 'In Hollywood everyone treats romance lightly. It's a date with this
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      HIRED KILLERS
      684 3 SIGN ON AGAIN says RICHARD HUGHES m an exclusive dispatch to the FREE PRESS front Tokyo pHIANG Kai-shek I has appointed General Hiroshi Ne mot<> to supervise his desperate -last-throw plan to use Japanese iir id e r c e na r i e a a gajnsl the
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      An echo of the past in Singapore's hills
      469 3  -  MARIAN WELLS JT seemed like stepping into the past w hen I visited a secluded potter y nestling among the hills off Singapore the other day. Around me the excavation was rich m soils and clays-orange, reds and whites and men and
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      THE NIGHT THE GHOST WOKE ME
      858 3  - THE NIGHT THE GHOST W OKE ME HONG SIANG by TAN WHEN I was a little girl of 12, our family moved into Singapore from upcountry and we were all very excited at the change, even though I wasn't too pleased at still not being old enough to have a
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      MECHANICS OF SPRINT
      1023 4  - MECHANICS OF SPRINT George Creighton Speed swimming No. 8 By AN account of the swimming at the Olympic Games m Amsterdam m 1928, was published m the American magazine "Tricolor" and the writerClarence A. Bush drew attention to the importance of sprint turning m the following passage: "The race was
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      SPORTING Chit-Chat
      459 4 SPORTING Chit-Chat THE ur doubted success of the cricket tournament which ended on the SRC Padang on Sunday m a ha f-ligi»t with sixes quick wickfts anc* shouts of hysterical deJipht from SRC supporters, has apparently prompted a suggestion that next seasor the tournament mptehes should be played over Saturday
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      SWIMMING CLUB GALA TODAY
      740 4 'rHE Singapore Swimming Club, continuing the sequence of championship attractions, have arranged to hold their No. 2 Gala m the Club Pool, Tanjong Rhu, this afternoon at 2.45. As this is the final phase of the 1949 centralised championships, all Club trophies not competed for during
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      Sport-smile
      93 4  -  GRAHAM By Jus I before the starter's gun went off there was an unfortunate occurrence. A Canadian North-West mountie m the last stages of exhaustion crawled m on all fours towing a sledge on which lay the frozen bodies of his dogs. Bets were immediately taken as to whether
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      RUNNIN' AND JUMPIN'
      863 4  - RUNNIN' AND JUMPIN' PERCIVAL SOKE By r|IVORCE the English language from the phraseology of sport, and the residue would be the basic American of the Ozark mountains. "A jump ahead of time", "they did it m relays", "taking a running Jump" at anything which reminds me of my early days
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