The Singapore Free Press, 14 December 1949

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA tjT^^ MISUAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1949. PKICfc 10 CENTS
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    CHINA ADMIRAL ACCUSES BRITAIN
    326 1 KJ\ violating sovereignty' HONG KONG, Wednesday. Liv Kwang-kai, Commander of the tirst Naval Squadron which is enforcing the Nationalist blockade of Communist-held ports, said yesterday that British warships were convoying merchantmen 4 *w ithin Chinese territorial waters," according to a Central News dispatch from Chusan Island,
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    28 1 me b*-Tear-oid Wan of t (left) has abdicated m favour of his son. Prince Jahanzob (right). Swat is a tiny state m Pakistan on the borders of Kashmir.
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    'U.K. LABOUR WILL WIN'
    18 1 'U.K. LABOUR WILL WIN' (I v kE< \1 ED OFF i of fU I MA I r s
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    U.S. AIRLINE WARNED OF U.K. JETS
    147 1 U.S. AIRLINE WARNED OF U.K. JETS NEW YORK, Wed. THE United States Is far behind Britain m the development of jet-powered commercial transport planes, Colonel H. Bingham, New York City Board Transport Commissioner, said m a speech to the Pan-American World Airwuys Management Club dinner last night. He said that
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    Work put off
    28 1 The six-nation U.N. Trusteeship Council Committee set up to draft a trusteeship agreement for Italian Somalialand yesterday decided to postpone its work until January Reuter
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    S'pore statue mystery
    129 1 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government, the Municipal Com- missioners, the Friends of Singapore, the Indian (iovernment Information Officer, Raffles Museum, and a host of other people, both official and unullicial, were mystified this morning when I asked them this question: "Do you know who asked
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    SHORT OF WATER
    26 1 New York City officials a^ked eight million New Yorkers to go without water all day on Friday to conserve the dwindling water reserves
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    KING LEOPOLD
    27 1 A Belgian nouse <jl nvyivsentatlves Committee yesterday adopted by 12 votes to eight a bill proposing a referendum on the return of King Leopold. A.P.
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    KASHMIR PREMIER
    30 1 Sheikn Mohamea ADauiian, the Kashmir Prime Minister, arrived m Cairo yesterday on his way to Lake Success to attend the Security Council's discussion of the Kashmir dispute.- Reuter
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    Mum will think it over
    65 1 .-pHE Siamese goodwill mission visiting Rangoon ye*terI day invited a 15-year-old Burmese schoolgirl Thin Thin to study m Siam after seeing her perform tradiUonal Burmese dances at an entertainment m their h n The mission said that Thin Thin should learn Siamp c dandif whwe
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    MEDAL FOR JUNGLE FIGHTERS?
    122 1 MEDAL FOR JUNGLE FIGHTERS? LONDON. Tues. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee. replying to Lord John Hope (Cong.) said today In the Hotlie Of Commons that the matter of granting a General Service medal to the forces engaged m fighting the bandits m Malaya was under consideration. L"rd John Hope:
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    FISHERMEN DROWN
    26 1 More than 50 nshermen are believed drowned m the Straits of Gibraltar during a tempest which swamped their three ships on Monday night.— A.P.
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    Planters optimistic
    27 1 Planters m East Sumatra are optimistic that they may soon be able to return to their estates m Atjeh, on the northern tip of Sumatra
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    DUTCH NAME U.S.I. ENVOY
    177 1 THE HAGUE, Wednesday. DR. H. M. Hirschfeld, Dutch Commissioner for the European Recovery Programme, will be Holland's first High Commissioner to the New United States of Indonesia after the transfer of sovereignty, an authoritative source said here last night. It is understood that Dr. Hirschfeld will
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    RUSSIA'S 43rd VETO FAILS
    72 1 NEW YORK, Wed. THE Soviet Union yesterday vetoed m the Security Council a vote of thanks to the Netherlands and Indonesia for concluding heir Hague agreement. This was Russia's 42nd veto. With the 43rd veto, Russia defeated the paragraph dealing with the Indonesian Commission's future, but
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    58 1 The A.O.C. Malaya. Air Vice Marshal F. J. W. MHlersh, ihe Commanding General of the I'nited States Far East Air Force, Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer and the Commander-in-Chief Far East Air Forte, Air Marshal F. J. v, were m a happy mood at Tenuah yesterday soon after the American
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    Poland warned
    36 1 The French Minister of the Interior M. Jules Moch warned Poland yesterday that police action would be taken to prevent "fifth columnists" carrying out "their subversive activities" among the 400,000 Poles living In France.
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    Britain may declare national emergency
    155 1 NAVY. RAF. BEAT STRIKE BRITISH sailors and airmen last night manned boilers at Europe's largest power station at Barkng, near London, and restored light and power to nanv parts of the capital darkened by a strike of 1,400 electricity men. Policemen ran three other power
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    Food for Ward cats
    65 1 IMVE cats brought <>ut of 1 Communist China by the released I'nited States Consul-General. Mr. Angus Ward, are to have a real feast soon. The American Feline Society is flying two shipments of catfood from California. The cats, up to 16 years of age. are now
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    U.S. HOLDING UP BRITISH AID FUNDS
    108 1 LONDON, Wed. THE U.S. Government is i holding up the release of £13.000.000 m Marshall aid counterpart funds while a study is made to see whether Britain ought to change the ways m which she uses the money. Britain has been using these funds
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    MORE LINERS FOR ATLANTIC
    60 1 TWO of the fastest liners on the Britaln-A.iatralia run may be withdrawn next year and placed on the Atlantic run to help the Cunard Line carry the expected rush of American tourists to Europe and earn more dollars for Britain. They are the P. and O
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    'CAMILLA' HITS NORTHERN LUZON
    43 1 Extensive damage to crops, public works and telephone communications was caused by typhoon Camilla, which battered northern Luzon all day Monday. The Philippines Red Cross disclosed yesterday that damage to crops was widespread as rivers overflowed their banks.- Reuter
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    FINLAND ATTACKED
    30 1 The Communist newspaper Pravda yesterday accused Finland's Prime Minister, Mr. Karl A. Fagerholm, of violating the SovietFinnish Friendship Treaty and trying to stir up trouble with Russia.- A.P.
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    BANDIT SHOT AT WEDDING
    41 1 Bo Seik. notorious Burmese; Communist leader who had been hiding m the hills for some months, was shot dead yesterday during his w ddiny celebrations at his jungle hideout by government troops who had been tipped off.
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    Quirino begins new term
    71 1 Quirino begins new term QRESIDLNT Elpidlo C*u of the Philippines, -•esierday confirmed In tor another term with Senur Fernando Copez as I ddent, following the recent Liberal general election vic:ory. IB the election 1.803 .308 »'otes were cast tar Quiririo. igainst 1.318.330 for Senator Fose Laurel, who v.as presjlenf of
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    Surgeons for Army in Malaya
    172 1 LONDON, Tuesday. npHREE civilian surgeons are to go to x Malaya to help deal with casualties m the campaign against the terrorists, the War Minister, Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, told Parliament today. Three helicopters should arrive m Malaya next April to evacuate wounded to hospital, he
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    Teachers deported
    19 1 QOLAND yesterday i.rdrrea I 11 teachers at the Fr[astitute at Warsaw to :he country wtthtn 48 h
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    The case of the doped greyhounds
    572 2  -  FABIAN 1 of 1 the YARD f SOMETIMES when I go into a famous Wcsl End hotel bin I ;un greeted by a welldressed man m early middle-age, who w;i\cs a bland, mani cured hand M me. 1 look .;if him and sa> Hullo,
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    He signalled O.K. through a crack
    16 2 A The mo** soen r E i I I I
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    POINTS AT ISSUE ON KASHMIR
    490 3 POINTS AT ISSUE ON KASHMIR Ruler's act legal? THE United Nations Kashmir Commc XEW X 0RK Tuesday. INDIA INDIA considered herself to be m legal I x^n^TtT m ,°i Jammu and Kashmir by wrtue of the instrument of accession of October. 1947. signed by the Maharajah of the State and
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    Foreign loans' to Red China
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    British charge Ger,am Reds
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    Young art students differ on nudes
    188 3 HARRINGTON. England. Wednesday. YEAR-OLD Gordon Slater, stepped bravely forward yesterday and declared that nude women do not scare him at all. So he gets the Arts Scholarship refused by his nd Brian Porter a^ed IT. who takes the no nudes is eood nudes. The
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    STERN PROTEST TO BULGARIA
    51 3 i^HE United Sta denounced Communiit !or subjecting Anie*Uon officials at indignities.' re* and false charges The U::der-Secretary of State, Mr 3 1 Webb, summoned B rias top Washington ative to the State pnt for a sternly warded protest a°:iins" the v of his .Soviet bloc .^nt.
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    22 3 Seventeen or 40 evac m Chengtu wen killed I •n a Chin-.v Nationalist I Force transport crashed j n Hainan Island A.P.
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    RED SOLDIERS DO FARMING
    64 3 SOME Communist foives m North China are fanning during hours outside garrison duty, a Peking broadcast said recently. m The decision to engage m agriculture production followed a directive from Chairman Mao T>e-tung urging the Communist arrrfv to participate m production to help the Central People
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    142 3 Though this job seems pointless, there are about 50.000 Dofnts m thK pile of pins Fileen Beard. 23. of DUMg. Gloucestershire is pyramiding from the scoop. hileen throwing them up to earn 'pin money .£■*<■» of the most important and an«s«a jobs at (he mills ©1 Tubbs lewis and Company
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      68 3 I SINGAPORE S NEWEST RENDEZVOUS" I""* CAPITOL BALLROOM AND WXTAURANT IS NOW OPEN VULY FOR LUNCH AND DINNER I^IAl. BUSINESS LUNCH $2.50 I FEW VACANCIES ARE LEFT P» CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR W* "LA XMAS EVE DINNER $12/I^GALA XMAS DINNER $10/I* BOXING NIGHT DINNER $10/I »E* ••AR'S EVE DINNER $12/I
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    ONLY HEAVEN COULD HELP HER
    1237 4  -  K.S. CHIA ttteeJHetJ** £A*** By RICHARD Lim pulled the club's prahu up the tiny stretch of sand on the rocky uninhabited Pualu Ketchil, while Loretta Chan slipped off her blue beach wrap to cast it over her lovely shoulders. Richard sighed: 'You have always been
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      116 4 The firm of WATTS and BAKER LTD were associated I with the MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT m the installation of gas heaters and boilers and distribution I j services to the kitchen of the CAPITOL RESTAURANT 1 SANITARY ENGINEERS AND PLUMBERS^ s WATTS and BAKER LTD. 8 RAFFLLS QUAY, SINGAPORE TELEPHONE-
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      25 4 1/ il ro^o7«o^ 6 mm 1 NOW SHOWN' i > Jfip RALPH <ml tit »f I mrin i I ififfffli 11 1 1 1 j i
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      135 4 Solution To Crossword No. 867 F.P. Crossword No. 868 V' P" 2 *****J4 b |6 Jw ii ipir IL^Z^Z^Z "^Z 18 W |p j ZpZp^Z~"Z' CLUES ACROSS 12 BrSSSr'nn 7, Dand y (4^ 9 Hi h card (3> 10 Writer (f); iWitf. 4^, 1 Anlmal (5): 14 Zealous <6 18
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    NEW BALLROOM IS COLOURFUL PLACE
    156 5 porter B ::ad t Tiie walls, with the exception of one room, are teakwood. ribbed with bronze. The one non-teak-wood wall is covered with .^nd-blocked piint of autumn ha\ The ballroom took six months to decorate and ttn day and night 1 the desisne; from
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    TOM-TOM HAS ITS LANGUAGE
    317 5 Scientist finds the secret BRAZZAVILLE (French Equatorial Africa), Wed. OROBING into the science of African folk music, the musicologist of the French African Research Institute, Mr. Herbert Pepper, has come upon a new explanation of the .mysterious tom-tom language of Central Africa. Mr. Pepper insists that
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    WHAT'S ON IN K.L.
    119 5 WHAT'S ON IN K.L. I'WIIiON Ik i Mala j i kk\ h:>. ODEON: I?- oi.im ni Red on p and Range MADRAS B > M.i CATH.%I Th« Bis r Wl i Mi-iKi r ins i DI'STAN: Mulaqal iHindii Cl n TBAL: R Tamil) SEREMD AN PLAZA: V, Happen Ml IRO
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    Fliers are fastest aging military men
    198 5 LOS ANGELES, Wednesday. HE University of Southern California yesterday conducted tests on 100 fliers to determine if ercise will lengthen a pilot's life and efficiency. Dr. Lawrence Morehouse said the research was ompted by the Air Force's concern over the fact tat fliers now
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    Apartment television
    74 5 NEW YORK. Wed 'TELEVISION master anten--1 na systems will be installed In New York apartment buildings as integral engineering, features, on the same basis as heating, plumbing and ventilating systems. Three buildings one on Riverside Drive and two on Park Avenue equipped with i he systems will be
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    BELGIAN PLAN
    33 5 A Belgian plan to electrify l.;") 00 kilometres Of iU rational railways is now under way When finished, the electriftealion will result In a possible annual saving of «0t).000 tons A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    348 5 the contr; .1 m this Mddlnt have been defeated. Ami. hat was the WK.rii ■<.■: rtK .u\ed at all. Against three <' :b!e<!. opened h i )adi I K::.g was won uy Souths Declarer cashed the diamond <\cv and led a club. N von thus trick and a
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    TRIAL COST A MILLION
    68 5 NEW DELHI, Tues. THE Gandhi murder trial cost the Indian Exchequer nearby 1,000,000 rupees, the Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, said m Parliament. The total expenses of the trial, as a result of which Mahatina Gandhi's murderers were brought to the gallows, were Rs. 964.338.
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      144 5 gh SINGAPORE (81.l i: NETWORK) tSI and 41.T metrr.v H nergencv news fnsa X' at 10 a.m. TODAY id ■m Newa from Kuala Lumpur I- Programmes In Malay; l pm Dance Music— Lelth Stevens Orchestra; 130 Time Signal N ws; 1.48 light Music: 6 Pro--ranime Summary; 602 ChUdrens programme— Final
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      154 5 Hartley and his Quintet; 7.30 D|| For You. 7 45 American .la//. 8.00 Wednesday Ttieatre; 9.00 Make Believe Ballroom: 9.4") Ne*ro Spirituals: 10.00 Movie M;mazim\ 10.30 Music for fOUI n.mniiK: 11 00 Close. BFEBS (Singapore) (Including 8.R.( R»lay) IS Mt-tres. £5. Metres. SI. Metres and 4!) Metres. TODAY 4.45 p.m.
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      168 5 AUSTRALIA 1«J. 1*». SS and 31 Metres. TODAY 10.30 a.m. News Bulletin: 10.40 Coffee Hour Favourites; 11 Composer of the Week: Fauie and Hahn: 11.20 Two Piano Recital; 11.30 News Bulletin; 4 p.m Marek Weber and his Orchestra, 4.30 News Bulletin; 4.40 Services Concert Hall: 4.45 BBC Light Entertainment Show
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 1949. Councillor, save our trees
    390 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14, 1949. Councillor, save our trees R. Legislate about the 200- t v? whirls ns Bukit b HilJ, Sii 5 most pj junent aphi .t witn< the elni men! that ■■ver :i; local auton -i that'-ood L-overn-norc th m the provision ol courts and
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    Festival Facts and Figures
    826 6 Festival Facts and Figures Music topics by PRESTO JH E Singa|K)i*c Music Festival balance sheet which has just been drawn up is m many ways an eye-opener nol l<> s;iv a shock. Il shows what an expensive luxury ;i symphony orchestra can be. Here are some Illuminating figures to start
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    Chiang in Defeat Remains an Asian Giant
    499 6 Chiang in Defeat Remains an Asian Giant In this article "Friend of China" reminds Chinese of the debt they owe their former national leader. IN Iheir agony now, as they lace a long struggle ahead lo the freedom that can only be brought about by the downfall of Russian Communism,
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    39 6 mmimmmmwmmm \mmmwm Lieutenant-Commander Gcorae Marten. DSC m equerry to the King leaving Holp Trinity Church Bromptnn ihith his bride.' the Hon. Mary Anne Sturt, dauuht* > of thi- lv.tr Lord it Lady Alinrjton ant a crd daughter o] ihe Queen.
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    New Records
    130 6 Ravel n.ipht'U and <hlu« Suite No. 2 played by the Or (hestre National de la IledilTu ion Krancaise conducted by Klctzki Col. l\ !i:>— »i. This great example of the Impressionists' art is a thorough test of an orchestra's all-round ability and it is doubtful whether this one
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    Background of the Enugu riots
    336 6  - Background of the Enugu riots NOEL MONKS By LAfiOS: I tin Island (Hub, with its mixed X ii i p c ;i n-African membership, ;i young Nigerian lawyer, \nlh» was :il Cambridge, said l<> me "*M\ old father has died. I'm giving v part) toniglit. Would \<»ii care t (t
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    TOM WALL MAN OF MANY PARTS
    52 6 TOM WALL MAN OF MANY PARTS J>OLICE-CONSTABLE. conGert-part;. iian. stage and m: ;tar, West End mam-.. Svrrei farmer, the man .von the 1932 I April tbe Fifth, v ,ng lady-kill*-: tbote famous Aldi DC tO tIM well lived He v ■ll»-d th< I X Am ri 01 Tw d*-but jld
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    C.B. FOR S'PORE G.O.C.
    78 7 C.B. FOR S'PORE G.O.C. Singapore Dis- General D. n made a e Order of :he honours operational I which were -.ight. Um Women's C pa and thr Royal Service. as ifttsh, Scot- and Gurkha and includ- ranks, nder of the Briga;kine. and the Malaya r H A Lptenta of mpankma
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    'WILD TALK' ABOUT CHILD FEEDING
    301 7 'WILD TALK' ABOUT CHILD FEEDING Council call for early inquiry iifitrnJmn 6 Press Staff Reporter piMkDiATE appointment of a special committee for a full investigation of the Singapore Social Welfare child feeding scheme —recommended by a Select Committee— will be suggested m the Legislative Council on Dec. 20. Mr. Tan
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    26 7 AIK and Mrs. L av Thian aft*- lZ U f' P ho *OKraphed after their marriajje m Mn^aporr. The bride was formerly Miss Tan Ah Lvi
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    MAIDEN NAMES WILL DO
    244 7 IDENTITY CARD DOUBTS Free Press Staff Reporter OIXGAPORE women who get married do not necessarily have to seek alteration to the names i on their identity cards, Mr. H. E. Woodford, Commissioner for Registration, told the Free Press I yesterday. For instance. Udlnese, Malay and Indian
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    Four delegates to I.L.0. talks
    171 7 Four delegates to I.L.0. talks JHF. Deputy Commissio r f,, r I^vn, r Mr G W Re? a i 16 v T ld H a D^ PUt> Secretar >' for Social Welfare', who wm hP Vi, are U le tWO Sin^pore officials who will be m the delegation to the
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    EAST-WEST XMAS PARTY
    85 7 EAST-W EST XMAS PARTY Free Pres-s St.itT Reporter t*he Singapore East-West M. Society will hold its anDUal Christmas party at the British Council hall tomorrow from 8 pm. to 1 a.m. There will be ttanclng, camrs and a musical interlude by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Foorman during the evening. This
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    Malayans asked to aid V.C.'s scheme
    309 7 Free Press Staff Reporter PEOPLE m Malaya are asked to contribute towards the upkeep of a nursing home m England, founded by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire, V.C., D.5.0., D.F.C., described a« "the greatest bomber pilot m the world." In a bioadcast over Radio Malaya
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    55 7 DUPILS of Mrs Dorothy PI m who will give a dance recital at the Capitol Cinema, Johore Bahru, tonight at fi o'clock m aid of the Johor c Rahru University Fund Appeal. Front row (l<*ft to right): Christine Dixon, Karen G oodene Docker, Tricia Williams, J. Williams, Noriah Onn, (standing):
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    GRANTS TO 6.000 STUDENTS
    154 7 GRANTS TO 6.000 STUDENTS F. P. Chinese Correspondent NEARLY 6.000 Singapore Chinese school children have received Government granti totalling 589.340 for the .second half of this year according to the Education Department. The grants, payable from January this year as part of the 10- Year Free Education Programme, entitle local-h
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    AIR CHIEFS ARRIVE
    69 7 pit mi CAPT. M. EVANS, representing the Commander m Chief Far East Station, meeting Maj.-Gen. C. A. Willoughby, Assistant Chief of Staff. U.S. Army, G.H.Q Far East Command, who arrived at Tengah ye.-terday with the commanding general of the United States Air Force m Japan, Lt.-Gen. George
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    Leave pay conditions
    111 7 Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners have introduced a new rule to protect themselves m the event of officers resigning suddenly be- fore completing their first tour of resident service. The rule provides that an officer who has been granted 'leave before completing his first tour
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    AFTER 30 YEARS
    34 7 A FTER serving over 30 years In Malaya. Mr. U. A. N. Laing, general manager of Malayan American Plantations, will leave the country on retirement at the end of this month.
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      307 7 i~4 Masterpiece of the Distiller's yfrt Haig i SCOTCH WHISKT So'« Agents JOHN UTTLC A CO. LTO^ SINGAPORE ard br<wehet i Just Arrived! I j The New Improved Porcelain Weber J Master Value Reach-In Refrigerators I 5^ v y httlf/S i W//'/ I ei^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B*^we^bi^e^e^s^^^^^E Avaiiab'e m 25. 40. 60. cv.
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      46 7 Surface mail is expected .n Singapore today from India. South Africa. the U.S.A. :>nd the Federation. Latest times for potting nir face mail tod.»v a: 'he G P.O. are: noon for H<w Kong, China, Indo-China. North Borneo. I.abuan Brunei and Mm. 6 p.m. for Ihe Federation.
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    CIGAR FACTORY HAMPERED BY RESTRICTIONS
    315 8 CIGAR FACTORY HAMPERED BY RESTRICTIONS gfgfg Story by PETER HIL Photos by T. S. LEE OINGAPORE'S big;»iul once profitable, cigar factory operated by Ihe Overseas Tobacco (.<>.. :»i Hill Street, has for a long time been seriously affected by the olon> lioveriiinenl s high import duties and reslriclions on tobacco
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    How to Get Rid of Styes
    801 9 How to Get Rid of Styes WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS fifl to do a lot of ftaf and writing wonder whether .5 why styes grow my eyes alternI am perpetually i stye under one Lack of sttep ;he condition •\NXIOUS' A Stye is an in•.mnrt.vn of the eyelids germs When
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    Story of a Cold
    872 9 —Iris Ashley— DREAMIKG IS BED DOES SOME DAY- JUST now I keep J having a dream a sort of daydream really, and it goes like this. I am walking along the street and I meet a friend. I say: 'Hello! How are you?" and the friend
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    156 9 DORN today, you are one of the world's "free souls." You dislike being held to a conventional mould and want to plan your future and go your own way unimpeded. Fortunately. y» ur ideals are high and your innate love I' of all mankind makes it practically
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      209 9 MdndrdKß Exclusive t<> tin* Singapore Free Press m Malaya v "1 [IOOK MYRieND,iSCHAM,S;^-HATj I KNOCK h/Y BIOCK I MAkDhAKE GESTURES J^ THIS l^ A PUBLICS 0« I'LL KNOCK OFF ?GO RIGHTr 1 HYPNOTICALLY ANO... WE'RE. NOT HARMING] QUIT YAPPING, AIAPOPXAND-- r— 1 YOUR BLOCK 1 AHEAD/r 1 ±jßr\\"\. 1 THESE
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    ROUND 13 SAW DEATH AT THE RINGSIDE
    1030 10 FIGHTING IS MY LIFE I by TED BROADRIBB JHERE have been m m y heavyweight lights, hall vhOoed to the limit, which have been best forgotten from the moment the first gong sounded. But let me tell you of one contest, not billed
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    U.K. SOCCER FIXTURES
    259 10 k soccer astarai for s.iurday. r>c 17. ar- n«.i i*b Lr%<.i i»i\ i UtaS %Un. hr»|rr C. t\mrn trvml < ktrllui v VW»I I'.r.m I k»K»i t ntrmliifk tin •'"i-n Mi<l4ir«br«uch Mjrii hMtrf l>rrb« f»rt»m..utli v \r-, s lnhr Kull..n >tidfrliii!| I lvrr|>«<>l «<>l»" rllhlin ■>» i
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    Sweden leads in Europe
    543 10 SPORT IN OTHER LANDS...9 hrorn RALPH Hi: WINS LMKI\ brat England, then the irWUMea were easily Ij defeated 3 1 by Sweden m Dublin m the qualifying World Cap Kries. Thp Suedes must be Rood." I hear the Rio roiUCi+m Scot fans say. Relieve me. thejf
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    Stanley House to be stable
    91 10 I okd Derby s Btaakp Uuu c J to become 1 publir training stable from January 1. 1951. The BOY trainer. Gt*x-R3 CuJllng. will also take m other owner*' hordes. Lard Derby ha* *trted. Walter Earl, who had trained Lord Derby's bow for v^ars will
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    DANNY O'SULLIVAN WINS TITLE
    299 11 DANNY O'SULLI VAN WINS TITLE yjardner forced to give up DANNY O*Sullivan of London won the vacant British bantamweight championship at the Royal Albert Hall, London, last night when his opponent, Teddy Gardner, of West Hartlepools, was forced to retire at the end of the ninth round of their 15-round
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    'Increase prize money'-Aga Khan
    272 11 'Increase prize money '-Aga Khan THE Aga Khan m his G inn rack dinner sprech read for him by Lord Zetland at York last night told leading owners that the prize money for most of the races run m Finland was a "miserable pittance" compared with that offered m France.
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    TWO RECORDS BROKEN
    84 11 "phe swimmer, I O'Neill, beat the Ausir. 330 yards medley record I .13 ho, during th ■> Australian championships He easily bea f the pvevkNH held by Ralph Wright, an American of 4 nuns. I ids. Judy Daries, Olympic swimmer, set up dch Au.s'r.!h<.ii record '>r 1
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    ST. ANDREW'S BEATEN
    25 11 VICTORIA Institution beat St. Andrews School of Singapore at badminton at the v.l. hall (Kuala Lumpur yesterday by five games to nil
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    Shell S.C. champions
    99 11 CHELL Sports C\ ib houses' badminton r ship by beatl Sports Club 4-1 In i Uni< [n the Si and I binati m, Qu< I I h the Opes «ii>nMi> (In Hool Inter < omnit'iti.ii HIMCI flaal): Shell S. C NAAFI 4-1 Results i Shell p... lamail
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    REPLAY DRAWN
    25 11 QLDHAII Athletic and Crew Alexandra again drew after extra time m their FA CUD ncond-round replay lasl evening", rhere •<^ no norlng Rcu A.P.
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    6 MALAYAN HORSES PROMOTED
    177 11 FOUR CLiss three horses— Baba. Brilliant Marc. Soltara and El-Alamein and two Class four horses— Barham and John Hamhave been promoted. Ten further new importations have been classified. Latest classification amendment list issued by the Straits Racing Association is: TRANSFERS: From Class 3 to CU c^
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    Colony hockey teams picked
    248 11 picture. YESTERDAY'S Colony hotkey trial on the Padang did not reveal anything which the selectors had not known, but it served to confirm the strength of the regular Singapore side. The selectors did not reshuffle sides, as is usual m tryouts. obviously intent on building up
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    53 11 Nai Phol rrapadaen.c who fights Speed (abanella at the Great World arena on Friday, arrived m Singapore yesterday wi'h another Siamese boxer, I ouis Dejesada (a junior lightweight) and Manager Kow Kirn Lin. Left to right: Dejesada, Mr. Kirn Lin, Mr. Jack Warner (representative of Stadiums Ltd. of Australia) and
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    Forbes joins Preston N.E.
    98 11 I)RESTON North End. the English league Second Division football club, has i bought for a mm said to he VlO.uuu Kill Forbes, the WolTrrh mpton Wanderers' wring half-back or inside forward. Forbes. plays best at left half, hut because of the brilliance of Billy Wright. the
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    HIGHEST SCORE V. EMPIRE XI
    75 11 HIGHEST SCORE V. EMPIRE XI IN' 1 I y t out 100. G I i 'in* i Wi. D don. who ni promoted U. batting order, found Weal Zom? spinners S. O. Bhln< c nd young 9 D. Dh.'iu-.vade. m top (orm Top-scorer vii Pit M Bhinde and Dhan« le
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    NASRULLAH SOLD TO U.S.
    127 11 MASRIi.LAi!. a Stallion whose progeny won 33 races this sfttiftn. has been sold to an American syndicate (Or (132,000- a record expo;; price. The nine-year-old horse, sired by Nearco will be >ent to Clarborne farm m Paris. Kentucky. The buying syndicate includes A. B. Hencock. Sr.,
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    TRANSVAAL XI COLLAPSE
    44 11 TRANSVAAL XI COLLAPSE LOSING their four remaining wickets yesterday for only 16 runs. Transvaal were beaten by the Australians by 15 runs at Johannesburg. Scores were: Australians 84 and 109; Transvaal 125 for nine wickets declared and 53 < lan Johnson six for 22 1
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    EASY WIN FOR PEP
    34 11 WILLIE PEP. feauierw eight champion, gained an easy points decision over Harold Dade on Monday night la a ten-round non-title fight. Pep weighed 130 lbs. and Dade 126"', A .P.
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    'CHINA REDS PUSHING INTO BURMA'
    375 12 'CHINA REDS PUSHING INTO BURMA' Aid claim by rebel radio HONG KONG, Wednesday. INTERNATIONAL complications between 1 China and her neighbours loom with Kwangsi s Nationalist Gen. Pai Chung-hsi seeking to get French permission for passage of 30,000 trapped Nationalist troops through Indo-China to Hainan Island and the Burmese Reds
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    71 12 photo. Parachute-braking technique is shown on the U.S. Air Force's new Martin XB--31 three-jet ground support bomber. The speedy deceleration allows landings on small combat fields and strips by the new bomber. Jet-a.ssisted take-off helps the plane off the ground with a minimum take-off run. Powerful J-47 jet engines are
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    Rubber shares stay steady
    285 12 LONDON, Wednesday. THE London Stock Excli ;e lifeless yesterday, the ""<f *>f nrrnnnt brinsin? til eon+ango business with much o f the attention of dealers being given to carry-over of outstanding bargains into the new account, says Reuters financial correspondent. Prices, where changed, showed a drift
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    India army to stay in Kashmir
    101 12 NIW YORK, Wed. SIR Girija Shankar Bajpai, Secretary-General of the Indian Ministry of External Aflairs, said here jresterday that there could be no plebsIn Kashmir unless those who lett (iuring the warfare could return without personal risk. "Concerning the military :i." Sir Girija said,
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    Lords pass India bill
    96 12 Lords pass India bill LONDON. Wed. THE India Bill was passed In a third reading by the House of Lords yesterday after the Lord Chancellor. Viscourc Jowitt. said the entire British Commonwealth j "recognised India's right to work out her own salvation." Formal royal assent will make It law. The
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    N.Y. RUBBERS IN DEMAND
    65 12 PROFIT-TAKING after an lnltial spurt caused New York Stock Exchange prices at noon yesterday to be mixed. When pressure slackened off m the afternoon, the market responded to show liberally distributed gains of over U. 3. 11, rubber shares being among the leaders. The market closed
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    U.S. TO AID INDIA
    28 12 A "substantial sum" for technical assistance to India is proposed under President Truman's "point four" programme of aid to the world's under-developed countries. Reuter
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    Disabled men not wanted
    75 12 HONG KONG, \Wd. The Nationalist authorities m Formosa have so far refused landing permits for disabled Nationalist troops now m Hong Kon« who were rounded up when the Communists took Canton and sent to the British border which they immediately crossed. It is believed that the
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    STORM HITS ORAN
    16 12 A storm yesterday did 100,000,000 francs worth of damage In Oran. A .P.
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    Ending child's fears
    71 12 A MAGNIFYING glass, set so that children can look into their own mouths, stops their fears of the dentist, says Mr. Charles A. L^vinson of Brookline. Massachusetts. He uses the glass when children fear even to have their teeth examined. "Do you want to see television or
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    BEVIN MAY GO ON TO NEW DELHI
    104 12 LONDON. Wed. A foreign OfAee ipfrkwman said yesterday it now seemed probable thai the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevm. will go to Delhi [-for the Inauguration or the Indian Republic on Jan. 26. Mr. Bevm. whose doctors have forbidden long air trips.
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    'The church of Immorality'
    58 12 'The church of Immorality' SACRAMENTO, (Cat), >V«d IMIK Wilshire Church of Immortality of Angela has (i« i vi» il to change its namr, an annuunrrinrnt said, "be* ause of rrp^at^d inadvrrtrncr on thr part of proplr m addrrnsin" Irtters to thr \V»Ishirr Church of Immorality and. recently, even newspapers published
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    All's well in China' —Vishinsky
    109 12 All's well in China' Vishinsky LE HAVRE, Wed. M ANDREI Vishinsky, the Soviet Foreign Minister. said here yesterday: "All goei well m China. We are pretty certain that Mao Tsetung's China wiil be recognised by everybody. This is necessary and deserved." M. Vihhinsky. amiable and >!i.i.mg. had just landed from
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    Japan now biggest textile exporter
    130 12 MANCHESTER, Wednesday. JAPAN'S cotton piece goods exports topped those of the I'nited States and Britain m the second quarter of this year, the British Cotton Board estimates. Ao» Increase m wi>rhi ton goods trade during the MCOUd quarter was due "almost entirely to the enormous
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    Santa Claus was tough
    52 12 ELSINOM (Denmark). Wed. IITIIKN Santa ('lavs was Yy touring homes of poor children here with a has full of gifts yesterday, four young men tried to rob him. Rut they reckoned without Santa (lavs being the teal blacksmith. They know now they each cot a sound
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    LONDON TIN PRICES UP
    56 12 SI*OT tin improved JC3 to £607 15s. yesterday m the mest active businoss day yet m the London Metal Exchange. Three months, after a big jump of nearly £6 In the morning session, rose £1 12s. 6d. to £574. Settlement price woa £608. Jin'l the turnover
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    Vietminh holds China plane
    46 12 Vietminh holds China plane A CIVIL Air Transport plane. miffing since Dec. 4 has U emergency la In (forth French Indo-Cbina The American Consul m I hu_s been informed by .Is from up-country that all occupants were safe bu f :ire beir.c he'd by Vietminh Reuter
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    22 12 Britons are eating I now than two yrars ago. 'he of Pood axmovnoed In white papor published lay A.P.
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