The Singapore Free Press, 3 October 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA jfe 17.394. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 1949 PRICE 10 CENTS =a=g=»
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    RUSSIA BREAKS WITH CANTON
    414 1 Peiping govt, recognised mMk LONDON, Monday. RADIO MOSCOW announced last night that Kussia has recognised the new Chinese Communist national government proclaimed m feiping on Saturday, and has broken off Canton 8 Nationalist Government m The radio explained: "The Canton Government has become merely a provincial
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    SURPLUS WOMEN IN U.K.
    92 1 SURPLUS WOMEN IN U.K. LONDON. Moil, r LAND and Wales have t surplui* 1 wo(ording to official of the population t day. d that at the there were *****,000 malei and 22.268,000 a population 000. .res indicated an the average age ti th? population since the In 1991. 15 years
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    H.K. CHINESE CELEBRATE MAO REGIME
    84 1 H.K. CHINESE CELEBRATE MAO REGIME HONG KONG. Monday. BHREE thousand Chinese ting the Cony's principal labour unions r. Al a restaurant yesterc. -.0 celebrate the formation ri the Communist -dominated government m Peiping. Perr. ?sion bad first been obtainf .Tom :hc Police. n the assembly hall hung a arge portrait
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    RUSSIA FOILS CANTON MOVE
    184 1 1)1> LONDON. Monday. R P.?i£.f d r ec,s,on t0 the Communist I wiping Government has now artv lnff H the date of the expected "China crisis" m the United Nations Security Council but delayed the hearing of a«-alnst Russia, according d diplomatic sources here. Two separate
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    Storm hits Italy
    44 1 Railway lines were put out of order last night by a violent storm near Benevento, 40 miles from Naples. The storm caused rivers to overflow. Some houses collapsed and parties were sent from Naples and Rome to bring first aid. A.P.
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    USSR WANTS 'BLACK PROLETARIAT'
    94 1 USSR WANTS 'BLACK PROLETARIAT' LONDON, Sun. THE Soviet Union is work- ing to create a "Black Proletariat" throughout the continent of Africa, reports reaching London said today They said the Russian Legation at Addis Ababa is organising a centre of propaganda to distribute leaflets to tribes m the colonial territories
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    BURMA PEACE MOVE
    22 1 The Burmese Parliament has sanctioned the expenditure of one million rupees on a Peace Within One Year campaign.- A.P.
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    INDEMNITY
    38 1 THE International Court of Justice will meet on Nov. 17, to fix the Indemnity to be paid by Albania for the mining of two British destroyers m the Corfu Channel three years ago, it was learned yesteiday.
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    INDIES STUDENTS TOLD TO REGISTER
    78 1 BATAVIA, Sunday. npHE Republican Government has ordered all high x school students to register at the nearest military office so that they can be directed to studies or jobs from which the Republic will derive the fullest benefit. Students who do not register will not
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    German party split
    34 1 The German Right Party, which won five seats m the Bonn Parliament, split yesterday and a section broke away to form a German Socialist Reich's Party with Dr. Doris as leader.
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    BANDITS BOARD TRAIN
    70 1 BANDITS BOARD TRAIN Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. BANDITS yesterday slowed down the train bound from Oemas for Jerantut. boarded it and shot at the Police guard. They escaped. Six civilians were wounded, a Malay woman was killed, two extra Police constables Injured and one other extra constable
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    'BRAB' SPEED TEST
    22 1 The world's largest commercial airplane, the 130-ton Bristol Brabazon, flew a "very satisfactory" two-houi speod test on Saturday A.P.
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    NORWAY VISIT
    19 1 The 86-year-old Hong Kong businessman, Sir Robert Ho Tung, has been on a short visit to Norway.
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    Britain's super-optimist
    105 1 IF the hunches of a Loridon betting man are right he stands to win £5,000 and go down m history among the major prophets. He has placed an accumulative bet of two shillings and six pence with a London bookmaker that the following events will take place m
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    64 1 picture. Thousands of Muslims gathered at Jalan Besar stadium this morning and participated m the first post-war mass prayer on the occasion of Hari Raya Haji. The Chief Kathi led the prayers, m which about 10,000 person took part. The entire Pakistan delegation to the Food and talks, which ended
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    Consulate racket
    69 1 CAIRO, Sun. TWO rival Panamanian "consulates ceased business m Alexandria last night when the real consul arrived and told police that the other two "consulates" were illegal centres of an international racket In forged South American passports and visas. Police said they have evidence of "wholesale forging" of
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    Russia denounces W. German state
    201 1 LONDON, Sunday. OI'SSIA told Britain, the United States and France 1V m diplomatic notes today that the formation of the new West German state was a violation of the Potsdam Agreement. Simultaneously, Soviet zone Communist leaders and Soviet-controlled propaganda organs demanded the "immediate formation of
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    Bishop at Trinity Colt.
    82 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE new Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. Henry Wolfe Baines gave a sermon m the chapel of Trinity College m Mount Sophia this morning when the College opentl its new term. The Bishop was introduced to the new resident students, Including
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    U.S. ships told 'Go to Chusan'
    187 1 SHANGHAI, Monday. 'THE American freighters Flying Independant and Flying Clipper, which together with the Flying Trader were detained at the mouth of the Yangtse by a Nationalist destroyer on Thursday, were ordered last night to go to detention m Tinghai m the Chusan Islands.
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    GOVT RECRUITS SCIENTISTS
    68 1 LONDON. Mon. THE Ministry of Supply yesterday issued an appeal to young scientists to enter Government service to pursue "hitherto undeveloped lines m atomic energy research." Men and women chemists and physicists are being offered permanent posts at British atomic energy establishments. A Ministry statement said an
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    De Gaulle plans a 'come back'
    68 1 GENERAL de Gaulle said yesterday that he will patiently wait for another two years for a chance to come back to power m France. But should war break out m the interim, he said, he and his French People's Party "would be the sole
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    TRUMAN MESSAGE.
    18 1 President Truman sent a national holiday message of greeting on Saturday to the King of Nepal.
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    Kidnapped Asustralian released
    200 1 MELBOURNE, Mon. SOLOMON RAVDELL, 69-year-old Jewish businessman, who was kidnapped last Wednesday, walked weakly into police headquarters here last night and reported that his captors had turned him loose along a lonely stretch of highway 18 miles outside the city. Police said the intense search for the
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    60 arrests in Manila swoop
    70 1 MANILA. Mon. A DAWN raid by 400 Manila policemen armed with 50 calibre machine-guns and automatic weapons resuj J m the round-up "of 60 suspects yesterday m a drive against subversive activities m Manila. The police said the raid was limited to Palmar District, near
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    BANDIT KILLED IN TRONOH AREA
    46 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A jungle squad m the Tronoh area of Perak killed a bandit and wounded several others who escaped, yesterday morning. The squad destroyed a camp capable of accommodating 20 persons and recovered two hand-grenades and assorted ammunition.
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    Aussies in new Borneo campaign
    696 2 T*WO young Australian ex-servicemen who helped drive the Japanese from Borneo m the wur. have returned there as missionaries. In a new liberation campaign they hope to free the natives from their ageold bondage to the ter-ror-cult of animism, or spirit worship. Although there is
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    HE LOOKS FOR IDEAL STEAK
    305 2 A TTENTION. all guur- mets! If you know where to get a perfect steak communicate at once with Mr. Maurice Dreicer, New York man about town His quest m Britain for such a s'eak has failed us it fadeu m America, France. Italy. Switzerland, Denmark
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    WRONG MAN. 1 Very Special Constable
    205 2 WRONG MAN. 1 Very Special Constable A NAME was called m Wellington Magistrates' C'ouri. John Harris. 2.5-year-(»ld farm nand. sitting at the bark, bustled forward. Briskly they swore him m nl a special constable. He signed the oath. Allegiance to the King. Obedience to superior officers. Lord Brad lord, chairman
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    WRONG MAN, 2 IT WASN'T HIS BABY
    157 2 WRONG MAN, 2 IT WASN'T HIS BABY A YOUNG woman admitted m Salford Magistrates' Court that an elderly man whom siie summoned for variation of a paternity order was a complete stranger. She explained that she had seen his name m a street directory. It was the same as that
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    Alarm clocks for dogs now
    459 2 Alarm clocks for dogs now By a Special Correspondent NEW YORK: THIS is a country of gadgets, gimmicks, widgets, iix-its, and short-cuts, for the Americans are an ingenious, inventive lot. Just now the latest and screwiest of these gadgets are on show here at the First International Inventors' Exposition, where
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    Reds get Mr. Brown guessing
    175 2 Reds get Mr. Brown guessing pOR nearly 60 of his 1 80 years Mr Harry '•Name-it-and-ril-nx-it" Brown, of Cricklewood, London, has been coping with queer requests. As a livestock export agent he has sent: Australian red and white rabbits to Egypt; bulldogs to America; a rare species of goat to
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      78 2 ■MU.^: '"~~ir'""'-TPllMniM— MM M^^w^^mmTT i' II I i SINGAPORE (BLUM NETWORK) 484 and 41 7 metres. Emergency news from X L at 10 a.m. mn 10 ajn New- from g uaia lum- »-vi \2 Programmer r Malu> 1 00 pa, Monday .Mdt.nee Fr^nk De Vol Orch?,-.ia. 130 i rune bignal
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      90 2 fcapor.' Siirwe Ma:iet Prror?; 7.15 Interlude. '.SO Movie M<tgaeim A weekh programme v 101 news G l the sta'v ii. a picture pMVlcv; I World Aflans 615 At your Request The muSK- \w r... I**1 a Keel for; IMi Belie ?i:'.'C)m" 9.30 Tmte Signal Rears; fl 4h Guess Who?— A
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      359 2 2 00 English Programme As Singapore. 200 CL.se. 600 S.i'.cn Otienmg; «02 Light Mukic 6*) j Dance Mumc. 7.10 lalk on W A.O 7 30 Music of the ta Bano> 8.00 World AtTanr; 8 30 The Thr** Musitrleert: 9.00 Re«urd Review. |9 45 Sweet and Lovely; 10.00 Dance Musir. 10
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      309 2 (enqush te\ room The cull of the aperilil Kortunes losl and won in a moment ■^w^^bBbSbpI^ bbf bV It > wonderful !o teel the sun alt da\ FRENCH HOLIDAY as by CTMMINGS IYOUR LUCKY STAR T>ORN today, you have a fine, all-around character with a definite emphasis on the cultural
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      65 2 you not to mull over your decisions too much. Usually your first idea is the best one. You are too prone to mistrust your snap judgment. If you analyse too much, you will end up by see i iik all sides oo clearly you will decide nothing. Xevet procrastinate. Live
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    No self Govt. in sight yet for Hyderabad
    333 3 No self Govt. in sight yet for Hyderabad AT the end of a year of military administration directed from New Delhi, there i s no sign that local self-government will be restored very soon m Hyderabad. The Government of India appears to have adopted a go-slow policy m this strategic
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    REDS' HINT TO GERMAN WIVES
    304 3 OUR PLACE IS NOT IN HOME' JgUSSIA has bluntly advised the German woman that her place is not m the home. Instead, said the Red Army's official newspaper, "Taegliche Rundschau", the German housewife should free herself from suppression by her husband, 'who confines you to
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    26 PRIESTS HELD
    45 3 Twenty-six Roman Catholic vicars have been arrested m Czechoslovakia because they signed a Catholic protest against the governmentsponsored Church control bill. The Egyptian Minister of Commerce and Industry lias now said large deposits of uranium were believed to exist In Egypt.— U.P.
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    66 3 Crown Prince Olav of Norway (left, back to camera) chatting to Negro Student players from Harvard, on their visit to Norway to give performances of Ibsen's play, "The Wild Duck". This picture was made during a reception at the American Embassy. Oslo, m honour of the players. The students are
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    ISRAEL AS A BASTION
    54 3 s of Industrial ations delegation 1 Israel earlier iescribed Israel as nol democracy m m a report ln Washington. warned, howIsrael requires exiancl»l help to es--2 >cale mdusn» which the lor further A the CI.O. 'furthei substanS [srael saying that U be an ms sound both
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    Bridge Hands
    261 3 bli side. -ton spade. and returned ad Wmi with d guess* .-ad. In trouble. I' uld not makr hid tl» Wh< never would I he South the hand heW I 0 clubs, laid i f diamonds and •'.i the ]ft< kof dia- thil trick nds. South led a
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    117 3 The three older members of the swimming Mercer family of Fell River. Mass, made a successful 14-mile swim from New York's Battery to Coney Island m less than live and three-quarter hours. Althea, aged 21. was first m making it m five hours 18 minutes Here she is shown leaving
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    59 3 testers i'rotn Charleroi. m the Walloon district m. ire taking part m a "Gilles de Biiu he Their gorgeon* costumes are said to have been tne ancient Ineas of South America, and •«»w been absorbed into the traditional I*. Igium. The children are sizing up the i m their baskets
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    Less racial discrimination in Philippines
    125 3 A widely -travelled American, Mr. Walter White, makes the observation that the Philippines is much freer of racial discrimination, comparatively speaking, than European countries, and much more so than the United States. Nevertheless, he has this to say about the Filipinos' racial attitude: too many
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    Gandhi memorial fund plan
    49 3 Gandhi memorial fund plan A sum of Rs. 1CK1450.000 was collected up to Aug. 31. for the Gandhi National Memorial Fund. The Fund CommltU->e. which made tho announcement, said it has planned to utilise the money for the propagation of the Ideals and schemes dear to the M.ihatma.- A.P.
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    ITALY GIVES TITO 9 SHIPS
    66 3 THE Italian Council of Ministers has approved a proposed decree ratifying an agreement with Yugoslavia by which the Tito Government would receive nine sm ill naval units as compensation for war damage. The Italian -Yugoslav accord signed m April last provided that Italy would transfer
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    23 3 The assembly o! the British Standard motor car Vanguard, v/ill begin m Madras early m the NVv. Year, the Standard Motor Company announced.—
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    Nylons didn't go for export -£11,000 fine
    137 3 Nylons didn't go for export -£11,000 fine (>ASES, supposed to contain j nylon stockings ior export, were found, on examination by a Customs officer, to be filled with rags, it was stated at a West London court. As a result. Henry Geoffrey Oran. 29, company director, of Sterling Street. Kensington,
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    S.C.A.P. RELEASES JAP PROFESSOR
    227 3 IKUO Oyama, political science professor at Waseda University, Tokyo was released by Japanese police recently after more than 24--hour imprisonment on charges of making false statements against the Occupation." Description of the charge was made by S.C.A.P.s PubLc Information Office. Following his release, Professor Oyama told
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    BANK HOLD-UP MURDER 'Quiet son' went out, shot 2 men
    279 3 BANK HOLD-UP MURDER 'Quiet son went out, shot 2 men TPHE story of a quiet, reserved ex-Army captain who suddenly left home, held up a bank, shot two j men and killed himself was told at an Alston, Cum** berland, inquest. At the resumed inquest on the ex-captain, Charles Corbett
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    GAS FOR BANDITS
    24 3 Italian police are using poison gas and benzine bombs to clean up the mountain hideouts of the Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano.
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    India needs territorials
    100 3 THE official launching of the recruitment campaign for the Indian Territorial Army will be held ou r side New' Delhi's historic Red Fort on October 8. The Red Fort was the seat of the Moghul Empire In India. The Territorial Army will consist of 130,000 men for
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    Lost opera restored
    60 3 ANOTHER work of Tschaikovsky, believed to have been forever lost, has been restored and presented on the Leningrad State. It is his opera Voevoda written SO years ago when Tschaikovsky was 27. The Soviet musicologist. Professor P. Lamm, restored the score by means of scattered rough drafts
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      134 3 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. PAVILION: Mystery of fclM River Boat. ODEON: Bonib.t. REX: So Evil My Love. COLISELM: Federal Agents vs Underworld Inc. CATHAY: Tteer Queen (Hindi). MADRAS: Colorado Territory, l APITOL: The Gallant Blade. PENANG CATHAY: The Girl of My Dreams. LIDO: Nilam (ISalay). ODEOX: The Phantom REX: The
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Oct. 3. 1949.
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      Only A Dollar A Picul
      646 4 (^HEER UP Things might be j a lot worse. "Free" rice is only $1 a picul dearer than, it was before the pound', ■I rling was devalued and, I :e was a time only a t .v days ago— when the speculators were asking $4
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    A CHallenge from Lord Listowel
    1094 4  -  HALL ROMNEY LONDON LETTER by 1 WE are often being told, evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that the young men of Britain are losing their spirit of adventure, that the old spirit which helped to build n > the colonial empire is fast dying out,
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    21 4 The R.A.F. procession of planes on Battle of Britain 'lu\, fly m perfect formation over Nelson's column m London's Trafalgar Square.
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    ZERO READER' NEVER FAILS
    436 4 By LOUIS HUNTER New York: A REVOLUTIONARY new electronic instrument, known as the "Zero Header", which makes it easier to "fly blind" has recently under gone successful tests m the United States. Developed by the famous Sperry Gyroscope Company, it gives the pilot a new technique
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    Britain Must Cash in on Jet Supremacy
    673 4  -  Lord BALFOUR by or lnchrye Secretary of State for Air, 1938-44 formerly Capt. Harold Balfour, I'iuler- gRITAIN'S civil air transport industry has g chance now of putting us m first place on the air map of the world. It is a chance that
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    CANADA HAS STRUCK OILAND DOLLARS
    348 4  -  JAMES ROSS IT is now almost a weekly occurrence m Edmonton, the very heart of a momentous oil discovery, to hear of yet another well, showing great promise of production, yet there Is hardly any excitement here at all. No fortunes are being made or
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    SPECIAL COURT FOR ADOPTIONS
    340 5 SPECIAL COURT FOR ADOPTIONS Proposal m new bill Free Press Staff Reporter fHE Singapore Government has been asked to consider the introduction of a new ordinance to replace the Adoption of Children Ordinance of 1939, so that legal adoption of children m the Colony will be simple and within the
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    Singapore to hold exam for dentists
    113 5 I ree Press Chinese Correspondent Ir\KEGISI ERED dentists m Singapore will have to I sit for an examination this month to qualify as lental practitioners. a spokesman of the hinese Dentists' Association said m an The examination will be conducted by a i saminers
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    39 5 Future by N ,K iixl Mrv Frederic >i m 1 Biß photo-*,»m-il .Her their wedding hf rimrch of tlie Sacred irt. Sins ipoW on SaturI!,, hride was forr;ierJ> Wi«« M rv Rose ban >J( X,f w Lee Joo Guan
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    U.S. PROFESSOR AMOVES
    76 5 Professor Ralph E. Turner. Durfee Professor of History at Yale University, who will represent American Universities at University of Malaya Foundation Day on October 8, arrived m Singapore yesterday by air from Bangkok. During his two weeks' stay Professor Turner will visit the Federation. He plans to
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    GINGHAM GIRLS' POPULAR
    271 5 THE Gingham Girls a bevy ol Singapore's young lovelies who acted as dance hostesses— were the highspot of the Poppy Day Ball at Raffles Hotel on Saturday night. T'tw ball, organised by Mrs Doris Geddes. was one of the biggest and most successful of the year and
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    Fifty years of fashions
    39 5 Fifty years of fashions ALOR STAR. Sun.— A fashion parade showing costumes and dresses worn by all races In Kedah over the past 50 years will be staged In Alor Star during Varsity Wrek which starts on Oct. 8
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    BOYS ESCAPE
    61 5 Four Chinese boys are reported to have escaped from detention at the Bukit Tlmah Boys' Home at Clementi Road yesterday. The escape was made between the hours of 7.30 In the morning and noon. The names and ages of the boys are Soh Tiom Seng (14). Tan Kin
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    NEW SCHEME FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
    213 5 A REVISED scheme for Goveinment scholarships m Singapore English schools has been announced. Twenty-three scholarships may be awarded annually to pupils fiom vernacular schools of which at least three shall be reserved for Malays. To qualify for a scholarship, a candidate must be under 11 years
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    SINGAPORE BRIDES
    46 5 picture. FIVE of the 37 brides photographed at yesterday's mass wedding at the Great World Cabaret while on their way to sign their marriage certificates. Left: Miss Hwee Mun Ec, a school teacher, makes a sneprh on behalf of the other brides.— Free Press
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    Price may cut rice demand
    322 5 Free Press Staff Reporter IF rice prices remain as high m 1950-51 as they are now, the exportable rice surplus may be as much as 750.000 tons. Certain exporting countries may find it hard to sell their surplus. This is stated by the report of
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    Scheme for $ million brick fund
    148 5 Scheme for million brick fund Free Press Staff Reporter A MILLION souvenir bricks at $1 each and 3.000 Inauguration bricks at $100 each are to be sold In aid of the University of Malaya Endowment Fund. They are represented by coupons showing pictures of bricks used for the various buildings
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    S.P.C.A. PLEA FOR FUNDS
    112 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE S PC A. is appealing for more funds, more members and a garage m town for its big van. At present It has 12V members, about $900 In the bank and nowhere lo park its vehicle. The society estimates that It
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    STORE REGISTRY WEDDING
    59 5 Pretty 17-year-old Miss Ho Lye Ying, Singapore's champion woman weightllfter and last year's winner of the 'Miss Singapore" title was married at the Registry today to another weightlifting champion, Mr. Tan Leng Huat. The bride was given away by her father, Mr. Ho Yeng Knoon. The reception
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    E.C.A.F.E. OFFICIAL
    35 5 Dr. P. H. Chu, Deputy Directo) of United Nations Information Centre, Shanghai, has arrived m Singapore. He wili act as the Information Officer for the forthcoming ECAFE Conference to be rjeld In Singapore.
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    ENROLMENTTO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR
    243 5 ENROLMENTTO BEGIN EARLY NEXT YEAR TEACHERS' COLLEGE PLANS Free Press Staff Reporter ENROLMENT of the first batch of 150 students for Singapore Teachers' Training; College which opens next September will begin early next year. The Teachers' Training College will be m Cairnhill Road, m the former buildings of the AngloChinese
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    DEVALUATION TALK
    30 5 Dr F. C Benham. Economic Adviser to the Commission' i- General, will address the Ei st-West Society at the BritiM> Council Ha'll this Thur g::v on The Devaluation
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    BUDGET MEETING
    18 5 Tiic Federal Legislative Council will meet on Nov. 15. 16 and 17 to consider the budget.
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    DATO ONN REPLIES TO SULTAN
    287 5 DATO ONN REPLIES TO SULTAN DATO Onn bin Ja'afar said last night that he had (written to the Sultan of Johore informing His High--1 ness of his intention to 'retire from the post of j Mentri Besar of Johore as soon as it could be arranged. Dato Onn said that
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    FIGHTING IS MY LIFE
    1936 6  -  TED BROADRIBB The time I beat Georges Carpentier (^^^!3y who, m the second instalment of his thrilling life story, ;> tells how he beat 7 Georges Carpentier >> the only Englishv man ever to do so and fought for x sixpence a fight m i military
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    Gloucester outplayed by Bedford
    182 6 Gloucester outplayed by Bedford THE unbeaten Bedford combination completely outplayed the weekend Gloucester side to win 28 0 In Saturday's U.K. Rugby Union games. Oakley, the Bedford threequarur. who is being tipped for an England "cap,"' scored five tiies. Three of them came after all threes had handled the ball
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    RUGBY IN PRAGUE
    15 6 RUMANIA defeated Czechoslovakia 20-5 m a rugby game at Prague yesterday P
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    CIVILIANS WIN AT HOCKEY
    32 6 CIVILIANS WIN AT HOCKEY Singapore <\ lours beat R a 1 3-1 m the qua key tour, j Barth. Hon Vary. I scored for Colours for the Airmen In another i (Whitest bea
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    Big upsets by Arsenal and Sunderland
    319 6 Big upsets by Arsenal and Sunderland TWO big upsets m Saturday's English i soccer were Arsenal's 2-1 win over Derby 2S and Sunderland's amazing 3-1 success a •ty Manchester United. aga^t Derby County missed their inside-left r-„ Sidwell, badly. Reg Lewis netted both of Arsen 7 goals, i -,r?«l Portsmouth,
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    SCOTS WERE TOO GOOD
    73 6 wv for bl first-half go. International to Belfast on Su Scotland corr land to win R J of 50.000 After only Scotland KOted Morris and W 23rd and 241. further ahead by Steel and R--6cot!and r throuehouthey were awarded "hands" which Wad Ireland scorer minutes fan
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    They're off
    56 7 They're off picture. The start of the race for motor-cycles 350 c.c. and under at the Singapore Motor Club races at Johore Bahru yesterday. To a good start. G. Marriott (No. 5). riding a Matchless, went into the lead. However. J. Muir won the race on his Norton, giving a
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    A.F.A. Lague platings
    51 7 A. F.A. Lague platings lnt«r- I- v i» i v pu II J M U '3 X... s JS M A I SI IS 11 Rf t IS 11 X.. II 19 1* S» 1 441 U 12 Hep U 4 I II N 44 g at j v it
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    MALAYA NEEDS MORE STAYERS
    508 7 MALAYA NEEDS MORE STAYERS Purchases must be encouraged By TRESPASSER j^ALAYA'S longest race for horses, the Perak Autumn Trophy event over a mile and a half, which was won easily hy Indian Heather at Ipoh on Saturday, nearly turned out to be a fiasco for, owing to the heavy going,
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    Gold Cup soccer: Pahang protest
    217 7 Gold Cup soccer: Pahang protest IK At B, Sunday. i on Friday, Inche Saileh bin Hassan, t.trv. Pahang Malay Football Assot j (li said that Pahang had submitted a strong test to the Headquarters. Malayan Malay Foot--11 Association, regarding the "inconsiderate .ved by them m connection with the n Gold
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    REFEREES' MEETING
    22 7 A meeting of the Singapore Services Referees' Society will Ibe held at the V.M.C.A. Orchard Road, at 7 p.m. today
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    18 7 NT- I St I Bull V wry Lh Old. B elfh 21: Btttc B War--19. I
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    SWISS LOSE THREE-NIL
    130 7 FIFTY thousand saw Belgium's Diables Rouges beat Switzerland by three goals to nil In an international soccer match held at the Hyesel Stadium, Brussels, yesterday. Neither side scored m the first half. Great work by Stuber. the Swia6 goalkeeper, prevented ihe home side from taking a big
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    S. AUSTRALIAN DERBY RESULT
    45 7 \|R. T. O. Sands Olenvue won the £800 South Austallan Derby at Morphettviuo yesterday. Glenvue is by Fair Aim. a son of English Derby winner. Bahrain, out of Marianne and his win was the first classic success of Fair Aim's stock
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    Boon Seong, Hee Jong play well
    569 7  -  CRUSADER By Mala an Chinese 3; All Singapore. 2 0 J*A P e r, ,or n ances yesterday. Aw Boon Scon* and Foo Hee Jong, the two Singapore players m the Malayan Chinese XI which beat an all-Singa" f? r de deserve selection for
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    WOLVES LEADING BY THREE POINTS
    1059 7 W° LV ERHAMPTON Wanderers are loading m tne First Division of the English Football Legrue. three points ahead of Liverpool. Latest League tables are. Reuter P W D L F A pU Wolves 10 t 2 0 25 11 18 Liverpool 10 5 b 0
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    Hock Leng beats Chong Tee
    362 7  -  VETERAN By A FORMER Singapore and Malayan champion. Tan Chong Tee (Marigold), a Colony semifinalist last year, was beaten m two sets last night by heong Hock Leng (Eclipse) m the first round of the men's open singles badminton championship. The match was a very
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    Huge transfer fees affect players' pay
    647 7 Huge transfer fees affect players' pay ENGLISH soccer players are coming to the conW elusion that much could be done to increase their weekly pay packet if transfer fees were either eliminated or drastically scaled down to a reasonable figure. Players who have left the Football League on account of
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    KL motorist successful
    186 7 CO. Jennings Kuala Lumpur> won the Johore Grand Prix yesterday J. N. !K. MoncrlefT led for 13 laps before the engine of his 3.917 Kudensav Special broke down and Lim Peng Han I met with a minor accident. Results: Motorcycles 350 cc ard under 1. J. Muir;
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    £2,000 golf
    58 7 OONNIE WHITE, the Enjish amateur champion international, and Re« Home. Hendon professional and former Ryder Cup player, on Saturday won Daily Telegraph £2.000 amateur professional foursomes tournament at the Moortown course Leeds. They beat Leonard Crawley. a former amateur champion of England, and James Adams, member of this
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      22 7 Today's sporf SOCCER Community League. B.A.F. v. Europeans. Jalan Be*ar atadi im. Friendly: Tiont; Bshru Ranger* r. Tamil Brotherhood Aaaa. tarrer Park.
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    BIRTHS
    29 8 CRICHTON At Surlingham on Ist October to Isabel and John v on, a son. A')AM, to Jacqueline, wife of Major J. M. Adam, R.A.M.C, on 1/10/49. a daughter.
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    Reds 'shock' wardens
    83 8 MADRAS, Mon. U7ARDENS of the VeUore Central Prison, holding most of the Province's Communists, trod upon live electric wire when they entered the cells of the prisoners, said a press report here on Saturday. The report added that the Communists further prevented the wardens' entry by throwing
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    FIRE KILLED 2,865 PEOPLE
    43 8 THE fire which swept Chung- king, China's wartime capital, a month ago killed 2,865 people, injured over 4,000 and made 41,225 homeless. Over 1,400 buildings and warehouses were destroyed by the fire which lasted two days, the agency added.
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    CHINA BUYS SILVER
    19 8 Mexico has sold more than U. 5.57,000,000 worth of silver to the Chinese Nationalist Government. A.P.
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    LIGHTS FOR JOGJA
    19 8 The power supply *o Jogjakarta was restored yesterday lor the first time since last December. U.P.
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    YUGOSLAVIA MAY CHARGE RUSSIA
    280 8 U.N. appeal is likely LONDON, Sunday. YUGOSLAVIA is expected to briny up her dispute with Russia for the formal consideration of the United Nations next week. The latest Yugoslav note to Russia, claiming that the Soviet Union had acted m violation of the United Nations Charter,
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    ATOM CONTROL URGED
    109 8 ATOM CONTROL URGED LONDON. Mon. OVER 100 Labour Members of Parliament will combine to urge an immediate conference among the United States. Britain and Russia to establish international control over the atomic bomb and "other weapons for mass destruction," when Parliament convenes on Oct. 15. the Sunday Empire News reports.
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    90 8 Lim Pen* Han (above) m his LA Special was hot favourite for the Grand Prix at the Singapore Motor Club races at Johore Bahru yesterday, but went off the road after a slight mishap m the first few laps while challenging J. N. K. Moncrieff driving his Kudensay. Moncrieff, who
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    NEHRU WILL TAKE GANDHI IDEAL TO U.S.
    127 8 NEW DELHI, Mon. PANDIT NEHRU, India's Prime Minister, said last night that India now counted m the councils of the world because of Gandhi, "whose message not only helped us win our political freedom but also Inspires his countrymen and the world to
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    Canton may have new Premier
    169 8 HONG KONG, Monday. rrUE Canton Prime Minister, Marshal Yen Hsi-shan who ha s again reorganised his "last ditch cabinet more firmly entrenching Kwangsi and Kwangtung army officials, may soon resign and be replaced as Premier by Gen. Pai Chung-hsi Kwanssi commander of the main Nationalist
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    Big naval 'op' in Pacific
    71 8 Big naval 'op' in Pacific SYDNEY, Mort. THE biggest naval manoeuv--1 res staged m the Pacific since the end of the war are due to begin on Oct. 10, It was announced In Sydney. The Royal New Zealand Naval Squadron and the Royal Australian Air Force will take part. Operations
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    BACON FOR BRITAIN
    25 8 Canada can fill Britain's request for 200,000,000 lbs. of bacon m 1951, says Mr. J. o. Gardiner, Minister for Agriculture A .P.
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    When dogs begin howling
    78 8 4 relUl wTJJ 1 he,t opened yesterday by the Los Anprovidw so? tL f r K he t P v mentlon of Cruelt y to Animals SriiTki^l music, bunk be ds, germicidal lamps. A sheH^V?X t S do i son ihe street outside the tnTtSL "labelled
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    Envoy hits at Red China
    162 8 TOKYO, Monday. THERE is no freedom, no liberty m Communistcontrolled China, and the entire economic situation there is very bad, the Argentinian Ambassador to China, Dr. Juan C. Rodrigues, said m an interview here yesterday. Dr. Rodrigues, author of 24 books on international law who
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    MYSTERY BLAST
    29 8 A mystery blast m Pensacola, Florida, area sent tremors almost 100 miles Into Alabama on Friday and up to now the concussion has not been explained. U.P.
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    Sea water to caustic soda
    72 8 TOKYO, Monday. VOZO NISHIDA, a techni- cian working m the industrial laboratory of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, claims to have succeeded m perfecting a machine which transforms sea water Into caustic soda, reports the newspaper Mainichl. His invention shortens the tedious process used
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    FRESH CLUE TO CANCER CAUSE
    128 8 SAN FRANCISCO Monday 17LECTRON microscope pictures have provided a new clue to the cause of cancer, Dr. Stafford Warren, head of the medical school of the University of California at Los Angeles, told a cancer experts' conference here. The instrument magnifies hundreds of times more
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    NEW C.-IN-C. H.K.
    26 8 Lt.-Oen. Sir Robert M. Mansergh has been appointed commander of the British Forces In Hong Kong, to succeed Lt.-Gen. F. W. Festing.— Reuter
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    GOLD MAY GO 'FREE'
    93 8 LONDON, Sun. FINANCIAL quarters here believed today that the South African Finance Minister, Dr. N. C. Havenga, would soon announce a big sale of South African gold on the free market. Substantial but unconflrmable reports that South African gold would get up to 320 shillings an
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    PLAN TO SMASH WHITE SLAVERY
    80 8 AT Lake Success the Social Committee of the General Assembly which is drawing up a draft convention on suppression of traffic m persons has adopted the principle that exploitation of prostitution should be punishable as such irrespective of whether or not "the purpose of gain"
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    BRAZIL AND JAPAN
    14 8 Brazil will establish a diplomatic mission m Jnnan *Hie week.— A.P.
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