The Singapore Free Press, 1 April 1950

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SAL! IN MALAYA v I SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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  • Article
    They all cheapen bread
    66 1 They all cheapen bread ss Ntart Kui*orter b.ikeries j led tr- cut read to 20 a Govin the Storage. I I in re- m 25 cents such pound he new price 75 other Chinned bakre are also rice tot: have told ller of Sup- 1 Krtstek that the new nest
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    21 1 picture. Che Ranuh binte Mohd. Saitoh, who has been appointed vice-president of the newly constituted Malayan Trades Union Council.- Free Press
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    MUTINY OVER -C.O. SACKED
    16 1 MUTINY OVER -C.O. SACKED liarters j rdaj that -:an I ier on j been relieved "ported.
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    'Kenya' coming
    5 1 I" Kenya Singa-
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    ENTERS HOSPITAL
    10 1 15.:.. er, was during Mr Allan i racing
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    NO PLANES FOR MAO – MPs
    305 1 NO PLANES FOR MAO MPs Plea to stop shipments LONDON, Saturday. |> a House of Commons debate on Hong Kong last night, Conservative M.P.s protested against the shipment of aircraft spare parts to the Chinese Communists. The Government replied that Britain had no power to stop it. That would need
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    Best bets for today
    48 1 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Sat. ]||Y best bets for today's Jl races are TL'DOK PRIDE. GOLD MERIDIAN and SPITHEAD. The going is likely to be heavy. Trespasser's best bets for the day are EMPIRE ROSE and TARA STREET. Latest track hints on page seven.
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    SHOTS AT LORRY
    25 1 Shots were flred on a Midlands Estate lorry at 7.30 p.m. yesterday on the estate"s road at Kulai. No one was hurt.
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    US plan for arms aid to Asia not ready
    132 1 WASHIM'.TON, Saturday. OKESIpENT TKI MAN i s reported by Government 1 otticials to have approved a proposal by the U.S. Defence and State Departments to send American military weapon* to bolster Indonesia Indo-China and Siam against th e threat Tommunism. These
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    KHAMA GETS BIG WELCOME
    118 1 GABERONE^ <Bechuanal;ind» Sat. Khama. exiled >5 ehlef of the BamantAwato tribe, arrived here by plane from London yesterday to rejoin his white wife whose love cost him his tribal throne. As at his earlier .stop at Francistown, Khama received a tumultuous welcome fr< .n the trll
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    Bandit slaying cancels dinner
    65 1 PENANG, Sat. BECAUSE of the death of one of its most popular players, W. B. (Jock) Thomson, the Penang Sports Club has cancelled its annual rugby dinner this year. It was originally fixed for tonight. An assistant at the Rahman Hydraulic Tin Mine in Klian Intan.
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    ORPHANS
    8 1 There are 123.000 orphans in Japan.- Reuter
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    ON HIS WAY
    22 1 Lt.-Gen. Rawdon Briggs, Director of Operations against the Communist bandits in Malaya, left London by air yesterday for Singapore.
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    VICTIM DIES
    30 1 The Chinese driver of the bus which was burnt by bandits on the Lingga-Muar Road on Thursday has died in hospital. He was seriously wounded In the leg.
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    SNAKES ALIVE
    71 1 T ICK Winter, winner of the hap. step and jump title at i the 1924 Olympic game*, walked into a Sydney hotel bar and saw a snake on the bar counter. He seized it. sayingr "I've seen these rubber snakes b-fore." popped the head into his mouth and
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    BULLIED, SO SHE WANTS A HUSBAND
    135 1 Fn> e Press Staff Reporter A 40-year-old Chinese wo- man wearing a man's felt hat three sizes too small for her asked the Social Welfare Department's Public Assistance Section to find her a husband immediately. "I am fairly well off. I own a coconut
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    RUSSIA 'TAKING SINKIANG'
    203 1 pictures. WASHINGTON, Saturday. /THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. accused the Soviet I'nion last uifcht of resuming the detachment of Sinkiang Dro\ince from China "on a grand scale." He was refeiring to radio announcements from Moscow and Peking of a Sino -Soviet agreement on j
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    HEAVY FIGHTING IN INDO-CHINA
    183 1 BAIGOK. Saturday. PUO Communistic^ fletmlii.. divisions, equipped with modern arms recently received from China or SUm, have suffered heavy losses In three days of fighting in Cochin-China. A French communique said the Insurgent attack was directed against the French system of posts and watch towois in
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    BANDITS RAID MUAR ESTATE
    65 1 Free Press Staff Reporter BETWEEN 40 and 50 armed bandits including four Malays and four Chinese women, raided Craiglea Estate. Muar. at 5.30 p.m. yesterday and burnt down some partially erected coolie lines and stacks of timber. The bandits also stole a bag of rice and
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    HOT NEWS
    37 1 Fire broke out last night in the press room of the Los Angeles Herald and Express, but was put out before the flames could spread to other sections of the evening newi paper's plants.— U.P.
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    Monks forced into army
    58 1 COMMUNISTS have forced 400.01m Chinese Buddhist monks and nuns to give up active practice of their faith, the Ab!x)t of a leading Buddhist monastery in Nanking said in Hong Kong yesterday. Many of the monks had been drafted into the army or into forced labour and
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    U.S. 'JOKE' IS OVER
    102 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. HTHE U.S. House of Representatives last night reversed by 226 votes to 60 its earlier tentative decision to withhold Marshall aid from Britain as long as Northern Ireland remained attached to the United Kingdom instead of joining the Republic of Eire. The defeat o!
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    WESTERLING: 7 DETAINED
    40 1 REPRESENTATIVES of the IV Dutch High Commissariat in Indonesia visited seven Dutch detainers in Glodok Jail yesterday morning. The detainees, who include Ritman. Ozinga and Breekland, have been arrested in connection with the WesterIng affairs, says Aneta.
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    BEST PARTNER
    12 1 Australia in January berime Japan's best sterling area trading partner
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    UK budget shows big surplus
    77 1 UK budget shows big surplus LONDON bat. BRITAIN had a surplus of £567,461,907 at the close of the financial year yesterday nearly £100.000,000 more than the Chancellor oi the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Criops had expected The real, or "overall" surplus, after deduction of loans, interest payments and war damage dairy's,
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    Soldiers hurt in Asmara
    68 1 ASMARA Sat :i\;ay. r*URFEW rule> lightened her^ yei with everyone inciurimg British troops ordered ii,doors from 7pm following street righting in which a British soldier was itabbed seven other BritUh s< slightly injured Italian railway w< went on strike and mained shut in protest aguinst the
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    INDIAN PRINCES LOSE ARMIES
    46 1 r^OLOURFUL private an of the former Indian princely states ceased to I exist as separate mill I formations from yesterd: Under agreements signed with the princes forces, estimated between 20,000 to 30.000 men. come under complete control of the Indian Army.- Reuter
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    41 GAOLED
    30 1 Sir George Graham Paul. Chief Justice of Tangany: yestertiay ilismissed app> of 41 Africans each sentenced to ten months Imprtaonmi for unlawfully assembling to interfere with the police.
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    LYING IN STATE
    32 1 The body of M. Loon Blum. the French Socialist leader who died on Thursday, v ill be laid in day in the offices of the Socialist newspaper, Le Popula.
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    LIVING COSTS UP
    17 1 Tilt during 1949 in 23 of the 34 counted in an Iniemail Labour Office
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    An Adventurous Holiday
    713 2  - An Adventurous Holiday Marjorie Lawrence By 4 70-1 EAR-OLD Aus- iralian woman was ted by the doctor to rake a" health trip, spent it jaunting and primitive NewBritain and the Solomon Islands in jeeps ani native canoes, with interludes of jungle slogging! Thll adventure loving r.dmother is Mrs Charles Barrett,
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    Stamp Corner
    145 2 By R. YOUNGER A USTRALIA'S 2* pence J\ stamp (local and Empire letter rate> is to appear on April 12 In a new design featuring a recent portrait of His Majesty King George VI The new design will hecome part of the permanent postage series. A side-face portrait
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    Page For Children
    897 2 The Air Cadet Who Remem bered OQUADRON Leader Bigglesworth, D.5.0., glaaced up from his desk, and broke off in what he was saying to Air Commodore Raymond, of the Air Ministry, as a knock came on the door. "Come in," he said crisply. The station adjutant entered.
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    Teachers Were Children
    249 2 Teachers Were Children of tht little Victorian township of Symthesdale. near Ballarat, will oecome teachers in the Australian National Safety Council's plan to explain forest fire prevention to New Australians Some years apj the Council held a compe'ition amonj: Victoria's State school children for th. j best proiect book illustrating
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    PRINCE AND PEASANT-BOY
    284 2  - PRINCE AND PEASANT- BOY S.C. GEORGE oy /VNCE upon a time there was a prince who had everything, but ne was still not satisfied. His name wmi Rashid, and he had a white horse, a sarong and baju for every day o!" the year, a regiment of clockwork soldiers that
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      59 2 AND HIS CITY SLICKERS V COCKTAIL- FOR TWO— Foxtrot (Vocal Refrain) CHLOE— Povrot <V.R BD 1107 OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM (V.R.) MOTHER GOOSE MEDLTY <V.R.) BD 1164 ILL BARKIO <IL BACIO» (V.R > BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA iV.R.) BD 1238 MACNAMARA'S BAND tV.R.> YA WANNA BUY A BONNT' (V
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      43 2 REDUCTIONS IN PRICE IN SINGAPORE FROM APRIL lit Cold Storage Bakery have I--announcing that as from the price of bread and sel* be reduced The new p BREAD 20c a Ib SELF RAISING FLOUR 75 c a 2 Ib bag COLD STORAGE BAKERY
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      275 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD 1.1 ES ACROSS.— 4 Monkey mcxt nearly related to man. (i. American .state between the Mississippi basin and the Rocky Mountains. 7. Not very Interesting. 8, English land-scape painter born in 1775, 12. Royal family who came to the English throne in 1603. 13 The leopard us the
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    U.K. protest on ship detention
    33 3 U.K. protest on ship detention RDON Friday. protesting to N'aiion ilists :T Amoy i Ethel Molar ions are v the British Formosa. d by d is the Df Shang. riipttni stA Hong A.P.
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    'LIBERATE N. BORNEO' CALL
    17 3 'LIBERATE N. BORNEO' CALL USI House Mo- -rs- up the British n open con- P: ...::ual Reuter
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    BUFFALO TRADE
    4 3 pore A.P.
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    STRIKE OVER
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    REDS TO OFFER JAPS A BAIT?
    195 3 Bold gesture is seen possible mam issue. The Kremlin might make a oold gesture by offering Japan the return of the Kurile islands o r permission to emigrate to Manchuria. Large numbers of Japanese undoubtedly would be impressed. The West now evidently is willinz
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    Jap forgery ring broken
    70 3 TOKIO, Friday. JAPANESE police raided a habitants. Thursday beshima and broke up a counterfeit ring which was forging U.S. military script. Two arrested men admitted their omplicity and implicated five Japanese, one of whom is said to be holding the plates from which counterfeit notes we^e
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    'DEATH TO PROHIBITION'
    44 3 'DEATH TO PROHIBITION' BOMBAY, with 3 000.000 inhabitants. Thursday ben« the world's big "dry" city, when at midnight bars v ere compuls ••d. In bars throughout tho oien and women z their last legal drink es for a final toast. "dea-h to prohibition".- A.P.
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    SECRET LINKS WITH RUSSIA
    31 3 persona :n Ceylon ire communi'h Russia, the Ceytal authorities say. The Post Office claims "tha* ::ave been received in mbo addressed to radio Lions with unauthorised A.P.
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    13.000 PEDICABS
    18 3 < will have a maximum of 13.000 pedicabs <trlshas' under a decision of the M of Interio:
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    48 3 photo. While the pilot holds the plane steady, Mr. O. C. Santoff demonstrates the feasibility of trimming; tree tops from above. The demonstration flight showed the steadiness of the United Helicopter Company's farm type Hiller 60 aircraft. The model, shown in California, is fitted for crop dusting-.— A.P.
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    RED CHIEFS JAILED
    30 3 South Korea's leading Communist, Lee Choo Maw. his second in command. Kim Sam Syong and. 13 of his henchmen have be<n an in police swoops this week.
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    Lucknow riot
    26 3 Communal j-ioting spread into Central India Thursday and the Government clamped down curfew on a section of Lucknow and the town of Meerut.- U.P.
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    S'HAI PARADISE FOR 'BARGAINS'
    250 3 HOX(i KONG, Saturday. SHANGHAI has been converted into a "bargain" paradise as shops, stores and business houses launch a universal "cheap sale" drive to raise funds to meet new taxes and Victory Bond allocations, according to recent arrivals in Hone Kong. Shanghai's Victory Bond nilocation of
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    Climbers to 'rush' peak
    171 3 Climbers to 'rush peak PARIS, Saturday. LMGHT French mountaineers are to use "Blitz methods in an attempt to s^ale hitherto unreached heights in the Himala\as early in April. Members of the expedition, led by M. Maurice Herzog, will have about one month from the time taev start to climb before
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    BANDITS KILL 73 INDIANS
    50 3 BANDITS KILL 73 INDIANS OEVENTY-THREL Indians, *J including policemen, have lost their lives in Malaya since proclamation of the emergency in June 1948. the Indian Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr B V Keskar. told the New Delhi parliament. One Indian has beeri executed and 270 are detained, he added.- A. P.
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    The shark blew up
    77 3 A SMALL mouthful of fish went to a >harks MM in Adelaide. The 11 ft. shark swam alongside a pontoon where a diver was u»-t ting ready to descend. The crew loaded a small fish with dynamite, hooked it to an electric cord an d tossed
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    JAP MADNESS
    26 3 lit one In 20 Japanese 1* mentally deranged, according to a survey recently conducted by the Public H Bureau of the Welfare Mini- Reuter
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    Bridge Problem
    166 3 Bridge Problem HHHERE are no trumps. South leads. North and Soutb are to win five of the eight trick* against any defence. South leads small spade. East wins and. A. II he return* a heart South play& lov and North makes th« queen. North leads spade and South wins the
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      87 3 Vj^jf^J^/W\ ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES. Mr MAMMOTH FRESH Dutch "ZSELAND" OYSTERS Flown direct from fLJfSi I A kl nULLANU to the BALLROOM >-S^^^- RESTAURANT h K. LM. One Dutch 'ZEELAND Oyster is equal to three ordinary oyste rs in size and flavour. A meal for the connoiseur at the Capitol fOd
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      601 3 Solution To Crossword No. 1O •iOl.l'TlON— Across: 1. i'rue. 4. Spot. 7. Pulse. 8. Petra I, Sweet dreams 10. Cobbl> il. Amiss 12. Inert. 13. Rude. 14. Agent. Down: 2 Roller bm.d 3. The stalls 5. Pytha«or- lent. Push "chair. I ishing. New Crossword No. 11 BBH ITtf cum toss
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 1, 1950. ROOM FOR THE MAYOR
    580 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, Apr. 1, 1950. ROOM FOR THE MAYOR viHTUE must he in raising a town to the I as ol a city. If it did not. then there would be little po: ;he pomp and that have 1* Nairobi's receipt bands of the Duke of the
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    Two Letters Are a Passport to Privilege
    1006 4  - Two Letters Are a Passport to Privilege GEORGE BILAINKIN By' Correspondent Among The Diplomatic Corps In London. LONDON'S most select and ofticially pampered guests they are known by the Mack MM white CD which gives distinction and privilege to their can have twice been challenged in the past fortnight. Once,
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • Letter
      MR. MANYAM COMES UNDER FIRE
      394 4 MR. MANYAM COMES UNDER FIRE RFAD with much interest and enthusiasm. Air S S. Manyam'B letter entitled, < k>vei nment Enquiry. 'Waste" in the Free Press ol Wednesday 1 find that my reacLiona on the tfedeo Committee Report after i 'lose study are aimost Ihs same as those of Mr.
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      'Rather Disgusting'
      190 4 'Rather Disgusting I AM a member of the ACSU just as Mr. S.S Manyam, but I am not an Ex -President as he was While agreeing with him that the Neden Report has fallen short of the expectation of every member of the Services Unions in Singapore and Malaya, I
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    The Love Trade Is Booming
    717 4 The Love Trade Is Booming STEPHEN COULTER VISITS A THRIVING PARIS MARRIAGE Bl REAI THIS is about love. That is. about a m o u r— pronounced with the eye-brows raised on the last syllable According, to latest market research by specialists, there's a boom in it in Paris. And
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    Untitled
    18 4 "This ueek the practice vl certain undesirable* referring io boys who use the crossing as Cissy will cease."
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    TEXAS OOZES MONEY
    66 4 TEXAS OOZES MONEY B4YTH IPTB I a c. vas :i. C T M of thf i boom b\ ranch T A: 50 bt fortably oP venture.", tnri I how mil' but r, "I ronfid< us rich I moi. prorid< on the \w farm foi If ther* 91 I m Bi
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      21 4 The PEKING Co. CURIOS CARPETS, RUGS. JEWELLERY STRAW MATS lELLO WARE JADE IVORY ETC ETC 81. HIGH ST. STORE PHONE *****
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      166 4 x^M^MMMHMMMr^^^^^ s MM^k^^j '^s3mmlßmV^^ -^M^MHM^BM^^^ Baby's first year how vita 1 it It. In t *S^^ short period, what hopes and fears are **< crowded A Is he gaining weight is his flesh firm and healthy are sound bones forming in that little body miniature df the man to dc
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  • Free Press Saturday Magazine
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      8 5 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, April 1, 1950.
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      When the winds blow off Sudong
      424 5  -  MARIAN WELLS DV smiled e Piilm illage. iN ran*! sv< rail hundred In huts coconut ng Island ifflcult time to a 11 not .sual r dlvrmli in sh traps wet nets. .1 hand r a new r strucr.cern of to or on pans'* proud
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      HE'S HAD 94 YEARS OF RICH ADVENTURE
      798 5 I WAS l>orii ut Fort Huron, Michigan, V S A., on March 29, 1856. My father had a f-ictoiv and a retail store My mother was very religious and kind hearted, but my lather was a little on the iTiiel side. I went
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      CHINESE FULFIL AN OBLIGATION
      686 5  - CHINESE FULFIL AN OBLIGA TION TAN TOCK SAIK First the dead then a picnic by r pHK Chinese celebrate one of their important festivals next Wednesday, "Ching Ming", or U C he n g Beng" as the southerners call it. It is a spring festival which honours the dead, it
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        16 5 FINE BELTS by HICKOK LATEST STYLES J £k IN STOCK excelsior LIMITED SH STREET. TEL. 3161
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        129 5 You con fly by Clipper' ROUND THE WORLD from Singapore BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO You fly westward to New York via Bangkok; Calcutta, Istanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward to San Francisco off Los Angeles via Manila and Honolulu. Whichever route you go, you
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      Ingrid Does Her Best But....
      402 6 Ingrid Does Her Best But.... TTHERE Is no doubt that the highly puolicized and unconventional behaviour of Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman will lend a double-barrelled flavour to their latest co-operative effort. Strotnboli (at the Capitol) StromluHi's fOOCCiS, If, indeed it is successful, may rest largely on this added flavour
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      FURORE OVER FILM
      341 6 By Our London Film Reporter 4IR trips to Sin. pore and or. to Australia will be the n a cinema compe ition in connection with much discussed Australian ftlm, Sons of M itthew. renamed The _ied ORiordans for showing in Britain The object ol competition, open to
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      Exciting—Until Crook Reformed
      240 6 Exciting —Until Crook Reformed THE Spicier and the 1 Fly, coming soon to Singapore stars two "unknowns," Gu v Rolfe and Nadtft Gray. It is an exciting film, carried by its excellent new ta'ent (and Eric Port man) rathei than by Its story which is slow. Tho "spider." or Eric
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      Lizabeth wants a husband
      124 6 "V^Ol tamt snuggle up X to a career," said Lizabeth Scott in Hollywood this week. So. tired of being a bachelor girl at 22 she announced she < wanU to marry. Who's the lucky guy? Therr ju>t lsa*t one— yet "I want MHiironp to come home
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      At the Cinemas
      198 6 < athay An extremely amusing •oneoction which should p>m.«-o (11 Hope fane |he Great Lo\*r. hows our clashing hero making iove to ■arfcom Rfcoada firming Hope h tho unfortunate le^fjtn of a group of rrpeiirntlv vhluoir Roy IlDflffltert. Only too aoxion:--o escape from virtu**, Hot* 'run? nto
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      HAPPY DAYS FOR BARBARA
      192 6 Repertory personalities 6 BARBARA Mu n n came by the theatre 4UiU naturally. Her father was a speech therapist and trained people for the Btag< bara ind her u> li i I After H i I high-achool &h a ballft J T ht war. >ln- pi:
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      'Tarzan' Made Him A Fortune
      305 6 'Tarzan Made Him A Fortune NEW YORK: PDOAR RICK ("Tarzan of the Apes") BURROUGHS died recently while reading America's Sunday comic newspapers at the breakfast-table at his home in Tarzana, California. 20 miles outside Hollywood. He was 74-. A lit lie u hile ago he said he had signed a
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      HOT WORK!
      62 6 t begins at thr Ni<toria| Mctiiui ial Thfa(r«- t«inii;ht pronn>»s tn be a numii, surcrss. 1 1>« (uinpaiiN arr ignoring the niodcrnised Trrsitm of the play. whith canic out about 193.1. and arr instead prrforminc it m costume? of the 18?Hut w<-rk with all tli.it hunting and I
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      A WELLES OFFER
      220 6 QKSON WELLES, on holiday at Marrakesh. Morocco at the foot of the Atlas mountains, told a reporter that he would be willing to record free of charge the entire bible for radio and phonograph posterity "if anyone is interested In the project." "1 got as far as
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      IS THIS A SIGN OF GOD'S WRATH?
      602 7 asks C. S. WONG i |JiNAH eclipse K known in s \hv moon owed**; for nomenon is U raiised "three-ltgtfed nptinn to the moon v if is iln bounden •noon votar\ht mon;t ri amphi- ;re or a animal ns In carrying out its
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      94 YEARS OF ADVENTURE
      58 7 94 YEARS OF ADVENTURE page l) >f> on tfe I Km ban 'hrt-t I -11'.! I I I pari days r 1 hi* 1 t 1 aeh. and J heM op i t I 1 bill I had F .< hrr job c )ig bar ai i h nu i
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      MORE MODERN THAN IN THE FEDERATION
      468 7  -  says LUCY TAN Two views on Singapore girls IX Hit- fast changing world of growing modern tendencies, the average miss in M:il;iy;i today kis n better chance in life th:m her pre war pred'ci'ssor. She is endowed with abundant educational facilities, wider opportunities in
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      Some have not enough freedom
      450 7 INDIAN and Ceylonese girls are rat h e r unfortunate when compared with their Chinese and other friends in that Ihev have little freedom of movement. Indian parents simply shut up their daughters at home, allowing them to go out only to school or to
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      They cut hair with a hammer
      579 7  - They cut hair with a hammer BEE WICKERSON by JHR hair styles of women are always in Ihe newt. They have run the whole gamut from Ihe elaborate dressing <»t La Pompadour lo Ihe Eton crop, time ■wd linn again. Today we have such things as the urchin cut and
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        14 7 "Cuh you semi ?jgh> man round to he.ve a look at our air-coudiiioning plant?''
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      Millwall best for distance
      845 8  -  Allan Lewis PERAK 'DERBY' PROSPECTS By pCM K'l KEN horses, i oniprising the j. rk o f Malaya's stavi• n havf been handi* i M ,,m<' tui the $10,000 »k 'Derby" to be mi at I poll over a mil* and a half oh Aurii 10
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      How they are handicapped
      223 8 4 summary of fhr differences in nr»jht rairifd in the Srlangor fiold (up and thr handicaps (or the first run omt .V.- vtr:\Uht ure ♦•rt o«t below: Pius or minus regardinf weight in each case is in comparison with trie weight allotted in th* Perali Derby
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      Challenge to England
      97 8 ijINGLANDS »nty j over An I In Rugby ie football m the past 30 jrean challenge^ wh^n the touring English t»-am arrives in Aus- May Critics believe that tralla has never in a stronger position Btipremacy. but they that on last season's form Australia has not the
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      Move for Malayan
      661 8  -  K.S. CHIA By swimming assn. •'THE long-felt need for an amateur swimming association for Malaya may soon be realised, for a move is being made to convene an inaugural meeting to reach some preliminary agreement on the broad outlines of such an organisation Last June, I wrote
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      Hampden riddle unsolved
      448 8  -  ARCHIE QUICK Bv L^NGLAND has beaten rj Scotland 3-1 in an inter-League soccer match at Middlesbrough, but the riddle of Hampden remains unanswered. The poorest Scottish attack I have seen since the war had no Billy Steel in attack or Alex Forbes in defence, as it almost
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      How to restore breathing
      645 8  - How to restore breathing GEORGE GREIGHTON rygffffwyqgffgffpwwfw*, By T«HE first recorded cases of resuscitating the apparently drowned are mentioned in the notes to "Derham's Physico-Theolo-gy" as having occurred at Troningholm and Oxford about the year 1650. Later, in 1745. Dr. .1 Fothergill read a paper on the subject before the
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      GIRLS WIN CHEERS, BUT LOSE MOTION
      532 9 GIRLS WIN CHEERS, BUT LOSE MOTION Firtf combined schools debate Free Press Staff Reporter |1 was the jrrls who stole the show at Singapore, first Combined School* debate at the \ictona hail vesterdav though in R VSTaT f S e f S? r i«d&€s-Rev. (anon K. K. S -Adams .Miss
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      They remember Red Cross
      232 9 rrre Press SUIT Reporter !\t.\Pt»KK> response to the recent Red Cross >\treme!\ enthusiastic' Miss representative of the British Red N.iid vesterda\ Frp e Press that the most eager who Hal been helped by the the war rnpit." we were during now detM Bri- pen an ic
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      Heavier penalties for drunken driving
      251 9 Free Press Staff Ktporter HIGHER maximum penalties for ca r drivers guilty of being undei the influence of drink, and a further clause empowering any police officer to demand to see a driver's licence are contained in a Bill amending the Singapore Traction Ordinance, to
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      New corps of airmen formed
      192 9 New corps of airmen formed Free Press staff Reporter X»HE formation was anX nounced yesterday of a locally recruited regular technical corps of airmen trained in RAF. technical and clerical trades to be known as the Royal Air Force I (Malaya). All British male subjects and male British protected subjects
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      FLOWER SHOW
      20 9 picture. r ADY MaeKerr*n presentinj a prize at the Flower Show at the Happy World yesterday.- Free Press
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      MAILS
      37 9 Surface mail is expected in Singapore today Irom Australia, Java and the Federation. Latest times for potting Mttfaoe mail today at the G.P.O. are: noon for Sarawak (except Mlrl); (.45 p.m. lor Btam and the Federation.
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      INQUIRY ON HAWKERS
      76 9 If R. G. H. Kiat (Indep. East iTI Ward* and Dr. P. T. Nathan (Indep. Rochore Ward), were appointed yesterday to represent the Municipal Commissioners on the Hawker Inquiry Commission set up by the Singapore Government. The other members of the Commission are Prof. T. H. Silcock
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      PENSION APPEAL
      180 9 Free Press Staff Reporter THEACHERS in Singapore 1 and the Federation have appealed to mission school! for a pension scheme in place of the present prorident fund. It has been pointed out to these mission schools that even an increased rate of contribution to the provident fund would
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      TRADE UNITY IN COLONY URGED
      404 9 Free Press Staff Rf porter SINGAPORE'S trade with Indonesia showed signs *of improvement in the latter half of last year after vigorous representation in collaboration with "our friends*' of the Chinese and Indian Chambers, Mr. N. J. navies, the out-going chairman, told the annual general
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      H.K. LOOPHOLES 'A DANGER'
      66 9 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce m its review of trade in 1949 said that the loopholes for the importation of non-sterling giods from Hongkong:, in the opinion of its members, constituted a danger and a means of circumventing the currency restrictions. It added that the importations
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      Special buses for children
      69 9 THE need for more buses lor the exclusive use of Singapore school children Is under constant study. This was stated at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Since November 1949. ■when the question of buses for schoolchildren was first brought up In the Municipal Council, the
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      City board releases secret report
      439 9 City board releases secret report Free Press Stall Kf porter A LL confidential reports referring to the appoint- ment of a Deputy Hater Engineer ft* the Singapore Municipality wii! be made available to the public and the Press. This was the unanimous decision of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday following a
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      Water quota ration
      342 9 I mi»mt»rr- t iM I y *u«pte« uy-taws «lr >.„,»**! enter* r >vmf cii»« «.i Mtef utiMUßs' in ->i» pore. ine by-law^ nupoH,! k (uiniiu^iunf i > to tt^uriv*. the Nuppi\ «>1 uau-r i>> quota. Ine guuu 10 t-* .1 consumer wifl oe »u per t, ..<
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        136 9 Here they are f^SKh ju-I unpacked v Kohia #J/ Buntv Voile the world famous produ<fs of T octal Ltd. In Plain, Stripes and Printed. Materials for Light Dresses. STRING INSTRUMENTS l>«uh!t lia-. 4&sStrings each $525.00 n Outfit, all Sizes, from 60.00 ■a* liuitarv 35.00 EAS\ PAYMENTS ARRANGED O. VI. A.
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        152 9 ROBINSONS ANNUAL SALE has an established reputation that is being well maintained again this year. JUST LOOK AT THESE BARGAINS from our General Dept- Ground Floor The Renowned j "SWAN" FOUNTAIN PEN No 106 Black Vufcarute Barrel Small size 14 carat GoW Nb Usually S^ 50 NOW $4.50 N° 205
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      TEXTILES WARNING TO U.K.
      170 10 May lose trade with Malaya Five Press Staff Reporter WARNING to Britain that she is in danger of lotiiti? Vi textile trade with Mala>a was given >esterda\ by he Singapore Chamber of Commerce it »t< annual |**era meeting. Reviewing .ast year's trade the Chamber said that
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      LONDON PEPPER
      26 10 London tot *avrdav by renews nmi urs of possible tax rt-. I I buver "<i to dea and there were no quotable prfcd U.P.
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      SHOCK FOR HOLDERS OF TIN SHARES
      335 10 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON. Saturday. IpND of the financial year in vestment of liquid J funds helped the gilt-edged section of the London Stock Exchange yesterdiy. Demand was further encouraged by prospect* of a good rise in Britain's gold and dollar reserves Shock for
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      N.Y. STOCKS IRREGULAR
      35 10 B: ISH I bj mldda) wuir.spread i IS SSi were rrBuj r. lacked ll .on and HBO<Wi t fti. lically In In i ire and Um liar with either way. i Rpw
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        78 10 Phone tf f J\ 4 42 TODAY: u.. m If action's \<mr <!ish tliis is \oiir neat! HP yijm ■f f r GEOKi A TONIGHT! JP^^ I Kasma Booty DONS A SWEATER S\ in the M;il:i\ Film I Production's' latest I loc.ilK filnuil pictu B^ jW I CO-STARRINC. Jp Si
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        239 10 MdndrdlCß fxeUube to the Singapore tree Hress in \i ulfl^ r^r-r nHMBTI 1 \*l PMSEAVt ANDCANMYom food] \*Ali moo r~~^r W^\\ MM\ &ITODO PUTVNO A SIDE Of Bttf ™L B^f COMK OUT. PfRFfCTLY M6,MR.F. WHAT |U I \J cTvwJr <* *7 <■ tS THAT MACH»NETj A V^^WT^L fl^S. JANE Exclusive
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        45 10 Reporting likel) to he n othrr« uhi<h nevi executed If you are to con pete in a bifhli < i>i i >ou st learn to make the peicentage of "wins" lar. er! >u l-ave a srr.it deal of ri« t i mil a on once t
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        47 10 By Ed gat Ri mind on something You dm n 'he t\j mii k dui;ge<ilv to a pr< until it goes through, once you have en harked upon it The tnniM' is to get you moving* More practical than the members «f t hi fail si o.i
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        18 10 i i»i» ••in af hit Vow? loyatti j 1 !Ul Ml) MM l"«»ui I bVm i!t- j hjpjM
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      SWEET MAISIE MAY WIN TODAY
      433 11 SWEET MAISIE MAY WIN TODAY Latest pointers from course From ALLAN LEWIS Mnn~ IP0H Saturday. gUEET MAISIE is strongly fancied to beat Air Gee in the first race today, opening day of the Perak Turf Club -Derby" meeting. This newcomer, with J. Donnelly up, was most Ani?lfi SSIVe ii On
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      21 11 sdffdsfsdfsfsdfsfs Power) the Grand The urite won i Wot No i Major further pas run it Aintree. I last 'ijturday. A.P.
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      JUDO FEDERATION
      21 11 JUDO enthusiasts in the United Kingdom, U.S. France and other countries ha\> proposed iormation of an International Judo Federation.
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      Narrow win for Changi
      41 11 Club i goals ifi) In League Blng e the I ses- j the seen off the game iged to rethrough* Ctisr Results R N A S. o nil Scoren Football D CMgtaa '.endly or. Fan ed for
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      U.K. TEAM WIN BADMINTON
      49 11 k BADNfINTON side composJ\ ed mainly of Cambridge University players beat a French national team of eight matches to one at Le Havre yesterday. Captained by S. K. Lee o! Malaya, they won five of the six singles and all three doubles matches.— Reuter. A.P.
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      YMCA tennis results
      38 11 YMCA tennis results I 1 s In x -agoff 6—3. -tn A H B A S A Bee bear Warden Pearcey Ifn I A^a^ofl J Vtm M. 6—o. R P. I s D A. L H Droog«k R.
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      FINED £250
      33 11 BRISTOL Rovers, a Football Club In the Third Division i Southern) of the EngFootball League, have been fined £250 for 'lrreiiuiaiIttes" in keeping the Clubs books, the Football Association announced yesterday.
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      Brooks v. Sands
      68 11 CPECIAL nn*f,ide Ov<kmgs lor the Dave ij-inds Boy Broote f^;ht which wffl take j a; the Happv World on April .4. !mav t* made at Winston? from today. The pricm tor special HSt 'four ro»s> 15 515 Other prices in: HcmitU! $10: first class $6 and gallery
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      Exciting boat race expected
      242 11 fAMBKIDGE will start firm favourites to win the 96th inter-Varsity boat race over the course of nearly 4\ miles fiom Putney to M»rtlake today Cambridge aie 11-to-4-on favourites because of their superior weight and greater experience, but i xf rd fast off the mark, have shown
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      Arsenal make 6 changes
      291 11 ARSENAL have made six changes from the weak team beaten by me Villa in their lineup against Manchester City who seem deemed to second division football next season today. But iiumingnaiu very badly nil by injuries all through the season, may CW| their comeback a stage
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      De Zoysa takes 6 wickets for 65
      228 11 De Zoysa takes 6 wickets for 65 BOWLERS dominated the pla> on the first day of the three-day match between Ceylon and the Pakistan Commander-in-Chiifs XI at Rawalpindi yesterday, when 13 wickets fell for an average of 16 runs each. The C-in-Cs XI, batting first were dismissed for 196 runs
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      All The Latest Selections
      266 11 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP POINTER < ALL BOY RACE I AIR GEE MOVIE AIR GEE ATHLETE ATHLETE Sweet Maisie Air Gee Movie Air Gee Air tire 8 15 Movfe Sweet Maisie Sweet Maisie Movie Mom. RACE I RA-LI EMPIRE ROSE EMPIRE ROSE LUCKY ACE ROYAL
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      'ONE FIGHT NOT ENOUGH'
      116 11 Free Pre^s Correspondent LONDON. Friday. T S for two I fights in Singapore for Billy Thompson. Britishlightweight champion, have broken down and the proposed trip is now off His manager. Benny Huntman. told the Free Press yesterday that Thompson had been promised two fights, but was
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      REES ONE STROKE BEHIND CREMIN
      85 11 CNGLISH golfer Dai Rees was one stroke behind the Australian open champion Eric Cremin, after 36 holes in the Advertiser £500 tourney at Adelaide yesterday. Rees went round in TO and 74 < 144 and Cremin 69 and 74 (143>. "Ossie" Pickworth was fourth with
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      18 11 OERCY Park beat Watson--1 ians by six ppoinr< to three in a Ru**™ umnn I match yesterday.- A.P.
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      NEW RECORD FOR 100 YDS.
      75 11 NEW RECORD FOR 100 YDS. MISS Marjorie Jackson >?.. dual Empire G sprint winner set up w figures by running 100 yards in 10.7 at Sydney last Dl| This time beat Dy one-ier. r n of a second the record helc .y by herself and Mrs. Fanny P kers-Koen, Dutch
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      Marshall swims fastest 220
      68 11 JOHN Marshall, thlian swimming ac« now at Yale University. swam the fas-free-style ever i wh» n winning his qualifying hea* n the national A. AW. ebl pionships in 2 mins. t I The time i world record of 2 n which has .^*xod to the c:ec
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      COLONIALS C.C.
      64 11 (^OLOMAi^S SC this week-end T*day I Road F. Choptra, W h. E Wolf. H P MirkJethwa:t<> N Alfred H M P. De Kretser f E Donaldsc: Fernando. N Woodhull T(» m ornwr: v R\ F C Ch&ngi: H. Shah. F Ch^ rd Ra:: E l iH. PDe Kretser.
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        71 11 J Ma«wfari«r»d Vt t t CHUEN SUN KNITTING FACTORY I MO-CKOWC THE I SINGAPORE REPERTORY I wants to know f HAVE YOU MET rJ wS 'oft K^" J b "Still running like lightning round the world" <£> Receiving friends at the I VICTORIA THEATRE First At Home 1 TONIGHT and
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        372 11 B Bill It* 17|rjL^^^H ||y 1 iPs^Xl!^' vI sa 3i ia? |>ELOW is the card for today's Ipoh races. The Double Totes will be on races 4 and 5, 7 and 8, and the Big Sweep on race 8. K.ut i— z.i:>: tL. z, DIV 3—6 F. Sweet Maisie J.
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        343 11 220 Lord Dhoti Ellen- 808 i Counsel 111 E Donnelly 8.06 1 000 Ma fa Hari Jones 8.05 SCRATCHINGS Rob Roy 8.11; --1 Cadzow I Glen 8.07: 413 Pam Green I 04; I 024 Grand Day 8 04: B«th- day Gift 8.02. 410 Beauchamps 8.00. RACE 6—4.45: CL. 1, DIV.
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      BIRTH
      18 12 I CWIS— At DCotta Clinic on 19 3.50 to Muriel and Hugh Lewis, a daughter. Melinda Marcaret.
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      HUNDREDS OF RED JUNKS SUNK
      260 12 Unrest grows on mainland HONG KONG, Saturday. DEPORTS of Communist oppression, anti- Red unrest and starvation on the mainland coincided with an official Nationalist announcement yesterday that Government planes had killed 2,000 Communists ;md destroyed more than 580 junks and 130 Communist installations in the
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      46 12 pnoio. Much rough play was witnessed at hectic women's national basketball tournament at St. Joseph (Missouri) between the Nashville Business College (Tenn.) and the Hanes Hosiery Club of Winston-Salem (North Carolina). The Nashville team won a tight 3J-M victory to go into the national finals.— A.P.
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      U.S.I. SHIPPING STRIKE OFF
      60 12 A U.S.I, ttrlke which would have tied up all Inter-liland shipping today was called <>fT last night after an eleventh hour agreement. At a meeting of the Be*men's Union representatives of the Dutch K.P.M. Line Mid the Indonesian Ministry ol Labour, the company agreed ito demands
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      Russian planes in China
      82 12 Russian planes in China HONG KONG, Saturday. AMERICAN shipping men radioed yesterday that Soviet planes have been flyIng patrols over North China Sea routes for four days. The reports said that the Russian aircraft were patrol planes or bombers, possibly Ilyushins. Uyushins Include various types, from four-jet bombers to the
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      HEAP OF GOLD, GEMS AT PRIESTS' TRIAL
      111 12 HEAP OF GOLD, GEMS AT PRIESTS' TRIAL PRAGUE, Sat. A MERICAN and German pistols and a glittering leap of gold and jewels o have been hoarded ir. nan Catholic mona^ Lgainst an uprisir.. lisplayed at the first mass rial of leading Czechoslovak •hurchmen here yesterday. Two of the priests pleaded
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      S.M.C. DEBATE
      280 12 untiiiued fiom Page 5 udicial Inquiry. He objec.ed paricuiarly to a statement made al in inquiry committee. itatement got our I do not md will never try tu K.no*, he ■M. Mr. IfcHeloe'l reply was that .^loners themselves must lecide *hat they were going ibout "leakages" of Mun.cip-41
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      U.K. death rate lowest in history
      101 12 LONDON Sat. "gRITONS learnt yesterday that they are living longer despite austerity rations and the biggest tax worries in the world. The annual report of the Ministry of Health showed that Britain had its lowest death rate on record in 1948--49. The total death
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      REASONS FOR TIN WEAKNESS
      146 12 LONDON. Saturday •yHE current weakness m tin with spot tin down some 125 per ton in the past fortnight is attributed to the refusal 'of buyers to pay the pegged price of the Ministry of Supply around £600 per ton— while a steady increase of smeller
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      WON'T JOIN
      39 12 Ireland's first Ambassador to the United States, Mr. John Hearn, said in Washington that his countiy would refuse to join the North Atlantic Pact so long as Britaiin insisted on retaining control over the six northern counties.
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      Goering booze hoard
      44 12 \MERICANS and Germans digging in Hermann GoerA ing's Feldenstein castle uncovered US$l,OOO,OOO worth of rare wines, liquors and other -prrrimu articles yesterday. The treasure was discovered in an underground concrete chamber of the rasti* in th.» tamlM vill of Neuhaus.- U.P.
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      'Blandish' star held by morals maniac?
      144 12 PARIS, Saturday DOLICE believe thai a "puritanical maniac" is behind the disappearance of a pretty star in the play *'No Orchids for Miss Blandish and threats to her stand-in. Mile. Nicole Rlebe disappeared during a performance of the play after being given a note
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      Macassar flare-up?
      63 12 Macassar flare-up? JAKARTA. Sat. CEVEN HUNDRED troops of v the Indonesian national army. Balling from here JPeiterday for Mncaxsai, are uncertain of tho reception av. ing them In East Indonesia, whore political feelings are reported to be running hisjh "The situation la so tense there that clashes between Federal troops
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      House cuts aid Asia funds
      197 12 WASHINGTON, Saturday. 'rilK Truman Administration foreign policy suflfer- ed a setback yesterday when the House of Representatives voted, by 117 ti> 78. to cut r5520.000,000 from the rsSIVOOO.OOO Mr. Truman had asked for his "Point Four" programme providing technical aid for the development of backward
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      Romeo, Juliet to have baby
      50 12 ROME. Sat. ROMEO and Jiilin are expecting their next b.ihv in August, flomr zoo official! disclose. Juliet, an elephant. *jitv«* birth in Rome to her Hrst baby, Kotna. on \uk ft, 1948. IMU is one of the f<>u elephants to survive birth In captivity- A.P.
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      PROTEST
      25 12 An Italian protest against the British drawn post-war frontier between Italian Somaliland and Ethiopia was published yesterday by the United Nations Trustppshin Council.- A.P.
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      SPAIN MAY JOIN WEST PACT
      62 12 fiPAIN may enter the AtlanOtl lei T*tem in a few months, it was reliably imported at The Hague yesterday This will probably take the form of leaiinf Spanish air base* Instead of direct participation in the Atlantic Pact The final decision is to be made
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      FLYING VISIT
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