The Singapore Free Press, 28 October 1949

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA kM* SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 1949 I'KK fc 10 l KMS
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    WARNING OF BIG JAP 'DUMPING'
    435 1 'A bad thing —C-G 's office Free Press Staff Reporter A SPOKESMAN of the Commissioner. General's office said this morning: that the recent abolition of "floor" prices for all Japanese goods, except silk, is expected to result m the release to the world markets of
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    UNKNOWN
    75 1 Xl SSIA t P-^s stiff Reporter the mth Sir svill give n a delefor -.mutes as a ■__or- ally Übe volur.riry upon 5] to decide speaking or .lea was originally put meeting by the chairchief 3. S. i 'hat five ...inutes me rases, not be to enable a speaker
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    39 1 Air Vice -Marshal Francis Joseph Fogarty. who has been named to succeed Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd as C.-in-C.. Far East Air Forces, with the acting rank of Air Marshal. He will assume his new post late next month.
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    11 1 tlar Repub- Georges ired a c as Premier mbly A.P.
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    Martial law
    13 1 Rhee reclaim martial law disturbances of J<» due to war oi
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    'ATOMIC SPYING' -CZECHS
    92 1 PRAGUE. Thurs. THE Czechoslovak Foreign Office today accused the French military attache. M. Georges Helliot. and his assistant. Marcel Salabert. of having obtained a quantity of uranium ore and tried to get details of Czech uranium mines. A note to the French Embassy demanded that the two
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    They studied S'hai trade
    67 1 LONDON, Fri. POSSIBILITY of resuming JT trade with Shanghai, under blockade by the Chinese Nationalists, was discussed at a shipping conference m London last week, it was learned yesterday. Members of the Far Eastern Freight Conference meeting here on Oct. 20 studied Shanghai's navigation facilities, including
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    PARIS BANK HOLD-UP
    56 1 COUR bandits armed with submachine guns robbed an armoured car of about 3,000,000 francs m a daring daylight raid In front of a bank m Paris yesterday. The bandits held up armed guards who were discharging bag 3 of money ln front of the bank and made
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    CENSUS TRAINING CENTRE TO OPEN
    52 1 AN international Training Centre giving courses on 1 census and statistics m differjent parts of the world will start functioning m New 'Delhi on Nov. 1. This centre is being sponsored jointly by the United i Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, and the Government of
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    Gandhi killers to die Nov. 15
    48 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. ALTHOUGH nearly 5,000 people ln Bombay province have appealed to the Governor-General to commute the death sentences aalnst Nathuram Vlnayak Godse and *N. D. Apte for the killing of Mahatma Gandhi, their execution has been fixed for Nov. 15.
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    Hong Kong sea rescue drama
    141 1 Hong Kong sea rescue drama rHr mmmm HONG KONG, Friday. THE French 2,878-ton steamer, Docteur Yersin l wa V' ester a y rammed and holed In heavy seas 200 miles east of Hon* Kon* as she stood alongside o eratuTif warship while engaged m rescue Radio messages reaching Hong Kong
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    26 1 £*H"*jl Sir Bugh Lloyd, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Air Forces, who has /?t_ apiK>intcd Alr Officer, Command.ng-ln-Lhief, Bomber Command. Sir Hugh came to Singapore m November 1947.
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    NO CONFIDENCE MOVE BEATEN BY 353 TO 222
    635 1 LONDON, Friday. Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, told Parliament last night that the sterling balances could not be repudiated, though they would have to be cut down as much as possible. In the case of India, the matter could not be settled
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    U.N. APPROVES MOTION ON GREECE
    38 1 The U.N. General Assembly's Political Committee m. Lake Success yesterday overwhelmingly approved an Ecuadorean motion designed to halt the execution of Greek guerillas In Greece. Tne vote was 40-4 with ten abstentions. U.P.
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    Rubber prices
    57 1 4 SPECIAL Market Correspondent fives the pri<e» ot rubber (m cents pet Ib.) at 11 a.m today as follows No. 1 R.S.S. Spot: F.o.b. m bales Nor. loose 44 11 J j No. 1 R.S.S. 44 44 S. No. 2 R.S.S. 42 s 43 No. 3 R.S.S. 4P
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    Lady Godiva fenced in
    86 1 ItHEY have had to put a fence around Lady GodivuOv nudity. It is to keep the Peeping Toms at a respectable distance. A statue, showing the lady clad only m her tress -j tting side saddle on a horse, was unveiled at Coventr/ on Saturday. Almost
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    Suicide pilot's terror flight
    95 1 FLORIDA. Fri. SAMUEL Watkins, 23-year-old member of a wellknown Virginia family, telephoned his girl friend early yesterday and told her he had decided to kill himself Then he climbed Into a plane and for half an hour terrorised the city with power dives over houses, streets
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    Divorce for Deanna
    17 1 Film star, Deanna Durbin. yesterday divorced her second husband film dlr_»«.t_r.r _r*»l._ Jackson. A.P.
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    WORLD MEDIATOR ROLE FOR NEHRU
    128 1 WORLD MEDIA TOR ROLE FOR NEHRU ,MEW YORK, Friday. A GROUP of United Nations diplomats is secretly exploring a plan to appoint the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, as supreme mediator between East and West, the magazine United Nations World reports. The magazine has no connection with the U.N. Organisation
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    HATTA SEES END OF TALKS NOV. 7
    201 1 THE HAGUE, Friday. T^HE Indonesian Republican Premier, Dr. Mohan. M mcd Hatta. announced yesterday that he would return to Indonesia about Nov. 7 at the end of the current Dutch-Indonesian round-table conference here. Only subjects remaining for further discussion at the round-table conference
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    We know, we know
    78 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. IF THE rest of the world ate like the Americans no more than one third of the world's population could be fed, Dr. Firman Bear, retiring president of the American Society said m Milwaukee today. But, he told the society, as far as
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    Siam army party nears big schism
    152 1 BANGKOK, lhurs. NEWSPAPERS toaay reported that all members of the military group Dehind the Siamese Government have received a confidential booklet warning of personal conflicts within the party which may reach M exploding point." The reports said the booklets had been circulated by the
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    NEHRU HITS RED SYSTEM
    55 1 CHICAGO, Pri. DRIME MINISTER Pandit 1 Jawaharlal Nehru declared yesterday he believes "individual freedom ceases to exist" under what he called "the Soviet System."' It was the first time since he started his goodwill tour of the United States two weeks ago that he has criticised
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    AUSTER STILL MISSING
    22 1 j N AUSTER atr :rait— TJ 67&— is stiv missing from nght bet n Mentakab and Kuala Lumpur yesterday
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    'Medium' Skirt Tops Poll
    757 2  -  ANNE EDWARDS THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS- By RHUMBS down for the very long skirts! Thumbs down, too, for the short skirts of ten years aflol It's the medium-long skirt- -"brought m" by Paris m spring of this year— which carries oft the popularity
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    MAQUIS NURSE MAY BE M.P.
    150 2 fTWENTY-NINE- YEAROLD Miss Dcdo Lees, who was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her service with the French Army during the war, has been chosen as prospective Socialist candi- date for Bournemouth. j will oppose Mr. Brendan Bracken, Conser•.a';vt- M.P m the general election. M.-
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    THEY CHEER BRITAIN'S 'COOLIE CUT'
    195 2 THEY CHEER BRITAIN'S 'COOLIE CUT' MORE than 2,000 critical hair-stylists from all over the world Jumped to their feet and applauded m Paris recently when Riche, Mayfair coiffeur, introduced the Coolie Cut, England's contribution to the hair fashions of 1950. Occasion was the annual Congres of the Syndicat Haute Coiffure,
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    HOUSEHOLD HINTS
    338 2 HOUSEHOLD HINTS THIS week men con--1 tribute some household hints starting with S Sgt W. Fletcher. 2nd Guards Brigade, Kuala Lumpur, who has this to say on: WORN-OIT BROOMS: These will do duty as floor polishers if the hairs are trimmed evenly and covered with a woollen sock or piece
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    TERRORISM STALKS W. JAVA CITY
    450 3 Secret war by fanatics TASIKMALAJA, West Java, Friday. SECRET war is being fought round this city, a war m which few know who is friend or foe, a war m which few prisoners survive. Terror m the guise of fanatical Islamism stalks the green, cloud-topped
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    The soul & flesh of it
    77 3 The soul flesh of it •SI i"»"»" flffc2 rSed a Protest ,lb Yomiuri over the ipfr i? her alleged rlire w. h a De_Mcr»Uc EST *< ih fef l^?- old Miss rhl^ 'Mitotan... <•* the nS(,k °,^ur Par. Vnn 4 fabri< ited a Sr m she ffjSSh told ReiJJ: .^i"
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    Bridge
    173 3 hai ha* I reqyooM and disi bid .mall 3 -^ds c much -nd have i ..not ie eonred i <eal i .id<" t Bfl ii' j was With both aide* vulnerable, you are North with the following card*: AQI J OAJfIH 0 illl The bidding: South Weat North East
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    Commercial problems in Orient
    116 3 THE world production of commercial fertilisers "has reached the highest level attained and is still moving forward." the Food and Agricultural Organisation reports m Washington. The United Nations group predicted, however, that m Asia problems of supply will "be the most serious" of any part of
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    BISHOP HITS AT DEMOCRACY
    133 3 wi_LLOCHRA, (South Australia), Friday. W\R. Richard Thomas, Bishop of Willochra, South Australia, writing m a church bulletin, predicts that "Communism will eventually crush Democracy, because there is no future for Democracy." "Democracy has shown itself to be a breeding place for incompetency, discontent and corruption. It
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    Pakistan jute 'Independent'
    70 3 THE Pakistan Commerce Minister. Faxlur Rehman. has declared that the jute trade of East Pakistan had been placed on an "Independent of Calcutta basis." "If need he we shall now handle our entire Jute export* through Chittagong." he added. The Minister who returned from Dacca where he
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    Peace trip costs frauleins 17s 11½d
    134 3 Peace trip costs f rauleins 1 7s 11½d LONDON, Friday. HPWO German women have hitch-hiked from HamA burg to London on 17s. ll^d. to bring a people-to-people message of peace. They are 30-year-old Rose Hopp, a singer, and 25-year-old Journalist and photographer Ingeborg Boysen. The Journey took seven days. Each
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    43 3 Dennis f hrastansky. U, and his sweetheart, Kitty Kleiner holding a tryst at Niagara Falls. Ontario. Canada. Immigration red tape kept these Caech lover s on opposite sides of the border. He boarded a boat on the Canadian side, she on the American.
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    IRAQ JAILS 36 JEWS
    64 3 rIRTY-SIX Jews, including four women, have been arrested by the police ln Iraq within the past few days. Britain made inquiries alter reviving a request ttttrr Israel for Intervention ln "the renewed wave of persecution of Jews m Iraq." The arrests were made during a search
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    Sex teacher sent to jail
    175 3 I probe may Follow— LONDON. Friday. A 30- YEAR-OLD schoolmaster who showed his class of 10-year-old boys and girls a sex instruction film, "How Life i s Carried On", was sent to jail for three months at Stratford, England, for assaulting girl pupils. He was
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    INDIA WANTS U.S. WHEAT
    42 3 •THE United States Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, has confirmed that Indian and American reoresentatives have discussed a deal whereby India might obtain 1,000.000 tons of American wheat. He described it as an "expandable stockpile of wheat."
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    U.S. basic wage law
    24 3 President Truman, hai signed into law legislation increasing the national minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. U.P.
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      225 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, your reactions to any crisis are quick. You seem to know instinctively what to do at once This is a valuable asset and you should use it at all times. You are, however, rather too inclined to place blind faith m the ultimate goodness of
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      719 3 SINGAPORE share VLtJket 73 »t| AUSTRALIA hi j i viTumit Music of Percy Faith; 7.45 Key- HM l MIWOKK mmmTmL 19 to a °d SI Metres. a«i board Kapers; 8 Talk; 8.30 The 454 and 41 7 metres rouar Kmergenc, new. from Kia. lnt^ liatiOMl 850 10.30 am. News Bulletin:
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      121 3 WHAT'S ON TH K.L. PAVILION: and ODEON: Take Me Out To The Ball Gamew COLISEUM: The Wife of Robin Hood (Mandarin). REX: Kiss m the Dark. CATHAY: Kadakam (Tair__.l). MADRAS: Supermad (whole serial). EMPIRE: Chempaka (Malay). PENANG ODEON Command Decision. REX: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass. CATHAY: I've Always Loved
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 1949. Come to Malaya, it enlightens
    623 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 1949. Come to Malaya, it enlightens IF the House of Commons wants to save time whenever Malayan affairs come up for debate, it ought to pass a small supply vote it would not make any difference in these days of millions and millions
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    Sudan Also Wants Self-Government
    1240 4 Sudan Also Wants Self- Government The aim of British policy m Sudan is the same as that m Malaya-— to hand over government ultimately to the mixed races who live m the country. J. L. HAYS describes the circumstances m which the "Sudan for the Sudanese" policy is being slowly
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    A PROUD PEOPLE'S PLIGHT
    593 4  -  Alan Humphreys -By- ca a n io :> gVERY evening, between siesta nnd supper, m city, town, and village, the Greeks come out tf) stroll m the main square and sit at the pavement cafes. They look neat and cheerful, but you notice they don't spend
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    9 4 Mayor William ODwver, 59. 01 New Vnet i v.,,
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    If Stalin Withdraws From Germany
    493 4  - If Stalin Withdraws From Germany JOHN FISHER By— gTALIN plans to embarrass the Allies m Germany this autumn. His new seven teen -m i 1 1 i o n strong Red State of Kast Germany is only the first of his series of special autumn offers. In his full programme
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    HISTORY WITHOUT TEARS
    155 5 HISTORY WIT H OUT TEARS FTiM producers have often been assailed m the past for distorting history for rUing the lives of the Sat- to the horror of the Sana with romantic and Eicv associations calcumake them more acceptable to the cinema public, m "Christopher Columbus." g a: the Cathay
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    14 5 picture Kha K n Zt. H i »ni W S.J 8 Zkkl Free Press
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    Kelantan to have museum
    115 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE Kelantan Town Board has voted m favour of the building of a new State Secretariat and a "Dewan" to house a museum and assembly hall at Kota Bharu. The estimated cost of the new Secretariat ls $300 000. It will also nouse
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    Amy Laycock to fight election
    320 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Amy Laycock, daughter of Mr. John Laycock, a representative for Municipal North-East m the Singapore Legislative Council, has been named by Party as their candidate for the East Ward m the Municipal elections m December Nomination Day for the elections, to
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    ON POETRY MISSION
    79 5 VICE-presldent of the Poetry Society of Great Britain, Sir Eugen Mllllngton-Drake ls visiting Malaya m the course of a tour of the Far East. His tcur is being undertaken as a contribution to the promotion of cultural relations with countries ln the region. A 35-year-old diplomat. Sir
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    $100 PAUPERS ARE OUT OF DATE
    222 5 Free Press Staff Reporter HOW poor must a man be before he is legally considered a pauper m Singapore? The present Supreme Court ruling is that no one worth more than $100 is entitled to sue or defend as a pauper, m which case
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    'BOOST TOURIST TRADE'
    247 5 'BOOST TOURIST TRADE' Free Press Staff Reporter THE countries of Asia and the Far East should do their best to develop tourist traffic to earn dollars, it was urged by Mr. S. Chakravartf (India) at the fifth session of ECAFE In Singapore yesterday. Delegates from 12 of the 13 member
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    POPPY DAY APPEAL
    26 5 The Governor of Singapore. Sir Franklin Gimson will broadcast a Poppy Day appeal on Sunday, feet. 30 at 7.12 p.m from Rxdio Malaya.
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    S.V.C. COMMISSION
    13 5 Lt. D A. Johnston. Singapore Volunteer Corps, has relinquished his commission.
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    TRISHA CUT: PLAN 'TOO DRASTIC'
    147 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. I THE traffic committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners today criticis- ed as "wo drastic" a recent recommendation of the Kuala j Lumpur Traffic Advisory Committee—a separate body that trishAl be reduced from the; present 1,680 to 1,000, with 500 The
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    CO-OPS MAY SEEK SEATS IN COUNCIL
    362 5 Malayan groups to hold talks Free Press Staff Reporter JMPORTANT questions of future policy and representation of the co-operative movement m Malaya will be discussed at a two-day AllMalaya Co-operative Conference to be held m Singapore on Nov. 19 and 20. One of these,
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    50 5 picture Tift. Russians gave a party to their fellow ECAFE delegates at the Seaview Hotel last night, when vodka and caviare were served. In this picture. Mr. S. a. Nemtchina, chief Russian delegate, has a drink with Dr. r. fc. Lokanathan. Executive Secretary of ECAFE. and Mrs. Lokanathan. Free Press
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    MAILS
    50 5 Surface malls are expected to arrive m Singapore today from i the U.K.. N. Ireland. Eire [Europe, Egypt. N. and W. Af'ica, W. Indies and Ceylon. Closing times for posting surface mails today are: to Pof.'i-.nak, Hong Kong, Palembar.s and Medan: noon, and to Sib-t rmd Java: 6 p.m.
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    Chamber to meet today
    162 5 Chamber to meet today REMITTANCES F. P. Chinese Correspondent THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting today to discuss the question of family remittances to China, which have dropped sharply since the oeginning of this year. Remittance shops, numbering 167 m Singapore, have reported a virtual standstill
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    SHOPPING ON SUNDAYS
    92 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO provide Sunday shopping facilities for its members, the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society Ltd. will be ope? ewry Sunday from 1G a.m. to 5 p.m. This service ls made po. si ble by members of the society's committee who with other voluntary workers
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    SPECIAL RICE CARD SERVICE
    178 5 Free Press Staff Reporter pROM Nov. 7 to Nov. 30, a mobile rationing unit 1 will visit outlying districts m Singapore to deal with rice ration card problems of villagers who find it inconvenient to go to rationing offices m town. Problems such as additions, deletions
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    Malayan pine sale hopes
    80 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ONE effect of sterling devaluation should be to increase Malaya's pineapple exports to Canada, said Mr. Rhys M. Sale, executive vicepresident of Ford Motor Company of Canada, yesterday. "Honolulu has been supplying pineapples to Canada, but because of devaluation Malayan pines will
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    SILVER SEQUIN TO SCORE A DOUBLE
    2686 6 Form guide for tomorrow Free Press Racing Correspondent JUST how good is Silver Sequin? This four-year-old mare by Pay Up, 1936 winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and sire of this year's Gold Cup winner Longchamps 11, is now at the peak of her
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    Riders' line-up
    67 6 Riders' line-up picture Thirteen women riders brought their mounts to the starting gate lor the Newmarket Town Plate run on Oct. 13. The trophy was won by Sybil Lambton on Prince Peridarchus with Jackie Hylton. daughter of the band leader. Jack Hylton. second on Hollywood Laddie, and Miss V. Rogerson
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    Motor Club rally
    66 7 f£HE Singapore Motor Club will hold a rally on Sunday, Nov. 17, starting at about 930 a.m The rally will be on similar lines to previous ones. Any type of vehicle may be driven. Prizes will be distributed at the tiffin to follow at the Airport Hotel.
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    34-0 win to Seletar
    35 7 THE R.A.F. (Seletar) "B" .\V repeated their "A" team success when they trounced Nee Soon Garrison B" XV by 31 points (eight tries, two goals) to nil at Seletar on Wednesday.
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    MELBOURNE CUP HELD NOW 38
    453 7 More spectators this year THIRTY-EIGHT horses remained m the field wnen the final acceptances were declared yesterday for Australia's greatest race, the Melbourne Cup, to be run over two miles at 4£ e i2500° n L The faCe is worth The final acceptors were: Carbon
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    6 RECORDS BROKEN
    185 7 IN five hours of high speed motor-cycling three Norton riders Archie Bell. Geoff Duke and Eric Oliver— yesterday smashed four world records m the 350 c.c. class at the Montlhery track, Paris. Th<- records were: Two hours average speed of 162.6 kilometres per hour (about 101 miles
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    Vic Day scores at Newmarket
    155 7 VIC Day, Mr. H. G. Bla- grave's Frer-h-bred four-year-old, easily .on the Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket yesterday for the second year m succession. The race, with €1,000 added money, ls over 2*»4 miles. Ridden by Gordon Richards. Vie Day finished three lengths ahead of
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    Rugby in U.K.
    22 7 VY E STERDAYS U.K. Rugby Union results were: Leicester 0. Oxford University 22; Bedford 8 Cambridge University 6, Reuter
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    UNIVERSITY WIN 6-0
    42 7 UNIVERSITY of Malaya rugby XV beat St. Andrew's School by six points two tries) to nil m their first game at Bukit Timah yesterday Fong Sze Fook and Yeo Beng Poh obtained the tri^s which Morsingh failed to convert.
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    Army loses many soccer, boxing stars
    329 7 By AM illi. QUICK 4 RMY soccer and boxing for the coming winter stands at the crossroads, and while the respective secretaries, Colonels H.M. Prince and R.W. Littlehal?s, are incorrigibly optimistic there is no gainsaying thp fact that sports h»vn heen shorn almost completely
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    Heavy going in K.L.
    29 7 F. P. Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. HEAVY rain fell m Kuala Lumpur thi.s morning. The ?oing for tomorrow's races is likely to be heavy.
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    Schroeder heads tennis rankings
    230 7 ITNITED STATES players topped both the men's and women's rankings of the world's amateur tennis players, John OllifT of the Daily Telegraph announced yesterday. Ted Schroeder, the Wimbledon champion, was ranked No. 1 among the men and Mrs. Margaret Osborne the first among tbe women. The
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    INDIANS ARE DETERMINED
    92 7 DETERMINED to give a better display of football when they take on Malayan Indians on Sunday, the All-India soccer team has begun morning practices at Jalan Besar Stadium to improve their team-work. Lack of team-work is said to be the main reason for their failure to beat
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    RI badminton tournament
    173 7 THE 1949 open singles bad--1 minton championship of Raffles Institution was won by Antony Gomez (captain), with Wee Sian Gian as run-ner-up. The tournament wai run on a semi-league system. In the doubles championship, Antony Gomez and Wee Sian Gian again emerged champions, while Neo Seng Kee
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    HUDDERSFIELD BUYS HOWE
    58 7 HDDDERSFIEUJ Town, th( English Football League Fust Division club, yesterday bought Jack Howe, the England and Derby County left-back. Howe will play fcr his new dub against West Bromwich Albion tomorrow. He recently turned down an offer to become managerplayer to Gateshead, which plavt m th© Third
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    WET FIELD MARS PLAY
    127 7 TWENTY-two players braved the elements at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday to piav off their S.A.F.A. Cup fixture They were R.A.F. Changi and Paya Lebar Bus Co. teams, and the Airmen won by two goals to nil. The ground was waterlogged and pools of water here and
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    'Babe' now a coach
    76 7 JVIRS. Mildred rßabe'> Didrickson Zaharias, generally regarded as the No. 1 woman athlete of the United States, has been engaged as full-time professional to the Sky Crest Country Club. Mrs. Zaharias Ik tbe first woman to hold such a posi m the U.S. To aid her
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    Boys' Soccer Cup
    45 7 TWO second-round matches m the Singapore Boys' Soever Cup will be played tomorrow. They are: Katong Boys' Club (holders^ v. Mala/ Sei.t_e_.ient Boys' Club at Telok kuruu English School ground; Queen's Street Boys Club v. C.V.M.A. at St. Anthony's ground, Stamford Road.
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    Life savers
    128 7 Life savers Candidates and examiners photographed at the first post-war life-saving examination held at the Haw Par swimming pool, Singapore, last Monday. The candidates were from the class conducted by Mr. George Foong. Twenty-two, all Scoots, passed, Standing, from left to right: Mr. George Foong (instructor) Mr. R. Lyne (examiner);
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    BIRTH
    20 8 HARVEY: on October 26 at K.K. Hospital Singapore to Catherine wife of F. W. Harvey (5.H.80) a son Graham.
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    SILVER WEDDING
    46 8 ON 28TH OCT., 1924, at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, by the Rev. O. H. Douglaa. John elder son of the late Mr. Mrs. Alexander Brown Wright of Paisley, Scotland, and Florence Miry younger daughter of the late Rev. Mrs. William Conn of We^tmor.fnd. England.
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    FLEEING CANTON ARMIES WIPED OUT
    328 8 Reds claim victory HONG KONG, Friday. pOUR Nationalist armies which had withdrawn from the Canton area m an endeavour to escape to Hainan Island were encircled and annihilated m the Yangkiang sector by pursuing Red forces, the Communist radio claims. This Red claim came as
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    77 8 photo, Every evening since Oct. 16, when it was made known that a group of children had claimed that they have been seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary every evening since Oct. 9. thousands of people have flocked to a hilltop near Thurn, Bavaria, where the childre- claim the
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    FACE ENEMIES CALL TO ISLAM
    102 8 CAIRO. Fri. MR. Chaudry Khaliquzza--111 man. President of the AllPakistan Muslim League, calling here yesterday for an Islamic bloc to extend from Pakistan to Egypt, said the time had come for the Muslim states "to unite to face their enemies within and without." "No doubt
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    Armoured cars patrol Calcutta
    101 8 CALCUTTA, Friday. cars patrolled the Harrison Road area m Central Calcutta last night after sporadic disturbances resulting from last night's clash between two sections of Hindus. Police yesterday used tear gas to disperse a mob of about 3,000 threatening to stage a free-for-all fight. This sectional
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    TOBACCO FOR U.K.
    25 8 The U.S. Economic Co-oper-ation Administration yesterday granted Britain $8.000 000 for the purchase of 6 500 metric tons ot AmM>i_«_n tobacco. A.P.
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    Americans superstitious
    44 8 T EN *PI' L 12 N su P« r stltioas Americans carry rabbits' 1 feet m their pockets while capitalism there tearhA aecu'red thl°i&L SadlStlC fllms w«»« declared the Moscow newspaper Izvestia It arid* 0»i r tid*Sa fc£ ,0 M „HtoB5^"«« A.P.
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    New world trade and food plan
    114 8 WINNIPEG (Manitoba) Fri. I BROAD and vigorous proA gramme to restore world trade and channel surpluses to food short areas was outlined here yesterday by Mr. Norris Dodd, Director-Gener-al of the Food and Agricultural Organisation. Mr. Dodd described a US$5 000 milUan pl*n for
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    N.Y. STOCKS
    44 8 UEAVY buying drove the New 11 York Stock Market to a new 1949 high level yesterday. Leading stocks advanced by fractions to over U.S. $1 m one of the busiest sessions of the year as trading ranged around the 1.800.000-sharr mark. A.P.
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    Condition for Soviet downfall—Hoffman
    207 8 Condition for Soviet downfall— Hoffman MONTREAL Friday IVfts ?1 L L 4 HO M^ Economic Co-operation yesterday declared that higher Eur«neLn U^ alone wa ™t a solution to durable European recovery and called on Western Europe to achieve economic unification "without delay If Western Europe became strong and prosperous and
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    £ drops to new low
    64 8 drops to new low LONDON, Fri. STERLING had a bad day on the overseas free markets, where it fell to the lowest levels since devaluaUon. Its gross rate against the U.S. dollar also fell— to 52.55 m Zurich. $2.52 m Milan and $2.49 m Paris. In these centres it has
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    S. AFRICAN UNION
    38 8 Britain has not received any representations from the South African Government for incorporation >f the British protectorates into the South African Union, Mr Patrick Garden Walker', Parliamentary Secretary for Commonwealth Relations, told Parliament vest»rrt»v Reuter
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    COMPLEX CURER GETS PRIZE
    98 8 Tx,,, STOCKHOLM, Friday. HE man responsible for curing people of their inferiority complex and persecution mania was yesterday awarded part of the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine He is 75-year-old Professor Emeritus Antonio Egas Monii. or Lisbon University, who invented a surgical operation on HSS
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    THE SAINT
    17 8 The Free Pres* regrets that the Saint strip ls anavoidblv held up until torn., rrow.
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    Fresh fall in gilt-edgeds
    399 8 LONDON. Friday. A FTER a short-lived rally m thc London Stock Exchange yesterday, Government stocks developed fresh weakness on renewed selling which put prices one to lj points lower. Gilt-edgeds steadied somewhat at the close, but this still left many substantial losses on the day. In
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    Asian farmers in jeopardy
    92 8 THE HAGUE, Fri. THE livelihood of many 1 hundreds of millions of farmers ln Europe and Asia' would be "destroyed" if the United States, Canada and other new big farming areas got a free hand on the world market. This warning waa sounded by Mr. H.
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    18 8 The Japanese Governmc._i lias not yet iecided how to redeem Japanese bonds floated m foreign countries
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