The Singapore Free Press, 26 April 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 26, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    51 1 Scores of Singapore basket ball fans were at Kallang Airport this morning to welcome Manila's crack girls* basket ball team the Fei Vang which will play eight games against Chinese girls" teams m the Colony. Picture shows the vice captain and the captain on either side of the team's non-plavinc
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    2U.K. CITIES LAY RUBBER ROADS
    412 1 London L 'pool testMealorub Free Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. Wednesday. gRITAIVS spring snow stopped yesterday to Hermit the beginning of the first two experiments m rubber road surfacing, using Mealorub powder, on similar lines to those now going on m the U.S. Both experiments covei
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    Court here to decide on 'Turko'
    41 1 :>ON. Wed. r QfDcc .-aid i Hrat—thrin Singamake a legal the extra.plain Paul n e-t i m c Indonesian :p. a S WOUlil application I Mt- i i be I it la a o U.P.
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    Nehru flies to Pakistan
    34 1 :er. Ml by air relay to re- Pakistan Pr--A.: Khan, their protect Hindu mino- i countries. Pandit Nehru'a I since Hi will return I day before :*.:-*:> to the United U.P.
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    S.H. WliiUorth dead
    10 1 rth WhitDirector "f -earch In London. Id.
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    Embarrassing for America
    180 1 Embarrassing for America WASHINGTON. Wednesday. yOP-RANKING U.S. Congressmen yesterday vehe--1 mentlv opposed Britain's request that the I'nited States help her pay her huge sterling debts to India. Pakistan and Egypt. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that the U.S. State Department has been embarrassed by the British suggestion that tnese
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    Court upholds U.N. Charter
    48 1 THE Callfornian District Court of Appeal has ruled the State s Alien Land Law, prohibiting Japanese and a few other Asian nationals from owning land m California because they are ineligib.e for citizenship, is not enforceable because it conflicts w!.n the United Nations Charter.
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    Best bets for K.L.
    44 1 From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LLMPUR. Wed. PERAMBI'LATOR and RAINBOW are the two best bets for today's races here. The going will be heavy. Trespasser's best bets for today are NEW ERA and MAYFAIR. See latest track hints on page 11.
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    OUTBREAKS START IN MACASSAR
    117 1 JAKARTA, Wed. "VJACASSAR, the East Indonesian capital where a military revolt took place earlier this month, has been declared a closed city and a military administration set up "following a series of disturbances." it was officially disclosed here last night. The East Indonesian Parliament adopted a
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    TRIBESMEN KILL 3 U.K. OFFICERS
    119 1 NAIROBI, Wednesday. -TRIBESMEN killed three British officials, an A African policeman and twenty African civilians m a clash m North-west Kenya on Monday. They were killed id a fight with Suk tribesmen m the Lake Baringo district, while trying to arrest an African leader of
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    LORRY DRIVER IS KILLED
    30 1 r of a] aginf to Com pa when h!s Dto a road .i:*p: the r. "red upon 2nd mile I Road. :pa:.*.i Of i tped unhurt.
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    Cairo-Nairobi shrs. by Comet
    75 1 NAIROBI, Wed BRITAIN'S record-breaking Comet jet airliner yesterday flew the 2.200 miles from Cairo to Nairobi m five hours nine minutes. The plane reached Cairo yesterday m the fastest London-Cairo flight ever made at an average speed of 430 miles an hour, to break the existing
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    Red union HO
    35 1 The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions off-shoot of the Communist-led World Federation of Trade Unions is reported to have chosen Bangkok as the site for its SouthEns: Asia headquarters. A.P. Reuter
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    Russians chase Swedish boat
    58 1 A h-avv a.* n minesweeper chased a Swedish trawler all the way from a point 24 miles off the Polish coast to the edge of Swedish territorial waters m ihe Baltic Sea. The Swedish craft wu the Larex, the same ship that was seized by Soviet
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    ATTLEE CRISIS TODAY
    105 1 ATTLEE CRISIS TODAY LONDON, Wed. ftlHJi Übft££L^> ia Uie House of Commons decided last night to vote against the Government's new petrol and lorry taxes, their leader, Mr. Clement Davies, announced. With half-a-dozen Labour MPs ailing and unlikely to attend the crucial House session today, the decision has placed the
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    INGRATITUDE
    33 1 Only 53 per cent, of people who borrowed fare money from a police box near a busy tram station In Tokio during March took the trouble to pay back their loan. Reuter
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    BEVIN STAYS IN
    34 1 The British Foreign Minister, Mr. Ernest Bevin, will remain m hospital for a few days longer than had been expected. He is making a sound recovery after a minor ooeration. Reuter
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    PUNJAB PROTESTS
    25 1 Peasants m Punjab Province are planning mass demonstrations against proposals to build a new provincial capital at Chandigarh, m the Simla hills. A.P.
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    Oddest story tor ages
    89 1 TORANK WARREN, 17-year-old Londoner thought he i was marrying a woman as young as himself. But Rftef some tim e he found that his wife. Gladys, was v tually 41. In the Divorce Court. lh c judge ruled that this was lot a 'reasonable cause for
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    EUROPE STRUGGLE OVER U.S. ARMS
    180 1 LONDON, Wednesday. SIXTEEN thousand dockers on strike m Antwerp (Belgium) was the main news yesterday m the Communist attempt to prevent Atlantic Pact arms shipments coming ashore m Western Europe. Five hundred armed police moved into the docks l-area. In the city, gatherings of more
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    STOLEN BABY FOUND ALIVE
    39 1 Chaneta, JL*%JjaQ£U Negro girl kiafnapped from a hospital incubator 25 days ago, was found alive yesterday m a baby carriage m the storeroom of a small hotel m the centre of New York.- A .P.
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    PATROL FIRED ON
    37 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A police patrol, which revisited two empty bandit camps m the Jemantah area of Johore. were fired upon by bandits sentries yesterday. The patrol also saw five bandits m uniforms
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    MacDonaldsees Burma leaders
    86 1 RANGOON. Wed MR Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner-General m Soith-Easi Asia. who is visiting Rangoon, yesterday met the Burmese Premier, Mr Thakin Nu. and the Foreipn Minister Mr. Sao Hkun. to exchange views on the South-East Asian situation. Mr. Mac Donald will also meet the Burmese President. Mr.
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    S. KOREA REDS WIPED OUT
    48 1 The South Korean Army's Eighth Division wiped out 300 Communist guerillas who penetrated across the 38th Parallel near the east coast on Mar 27, the Korean Army Public Information Section announced. Booty included 167 rifles, 191 hand-grenades and 8.000 rounds of rifle ammunition.
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    RAF called in as dock strike spreads
    161 1 RAF called in as dock strike spreads LONDON, Wednesday. THE British Government \esterday called out 1,000 Royal Air Force ground crew men to join 2,000 soldiers and sailors m unloading rotting food from 90 strike-bound ships at the London docks. The R.A.F. men will go *o work on the docks
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    Siam may have big rice surplus
    77 1 Siam may have big rice surplus BANGKOK. Wed. riIAM'S exportable I a\ O rice for 195' a* 1.100 000 t less than last years record total, government sources state. In adc 000 ton* of the 1949 croi which have not yet found a buyer. Owing to Li :.'49. But ?roa*er
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    7 BANDITS WOUNDED
    37 1 POLICE Ci r wounded seven bandr. an engagement m ihe 0 area of Perak jrei morning. Two Gurkhas v wounded One pistol, a Sten gun magazine. 30 rounds, lour packs and document vat covered
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    PIE CHAMPION
    34 1 PIE CH AMPION A city man beat a man m a pie-eating contc.-t m Sydney. The city man a:<> 18 pies m 26 minutes, and his opponent, ate only 15 m 30 minutes. A.P.
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    Banana Was Best
    319 2 EIGHT new antibiotic^ germ killers of the ge- class of Penicillin have been isolated from potatoes, cabbages anci by U S. Depart A .culture tin milt They show encouraging tubes. A material was obtained mi of a wilt-re- yof sweet pota- has been split .ai One proved
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    Health Machine Cures Claimed
    524 2  -  Charles Lynch By A NEW TYPE of health machine based upon comparaMvelv simple principles, has been invented by a srncol teacher m Melbourne. Australia. The inventor calls his apparatus the GlafTord neurotone. for directional pen ussion and surge. and it applies massage to various parts of
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    You Can Become 111 By Thinking About It
    1232 2 You Can Become 111 By Thinking About It DURING the past, year I have had a 1 lot of headaches; palpitation and cold sweats. I feel very weak. Is it my nerves or have I something wrong with my heart? NERVOUS. ANSWER: —There is a close co-ordination between the nervous
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      295 2 New Crossword No. 31 mk£m9 I v ÜBS IHH MHtf BORN today, your ftflU- I I jmilljif hilioii .Hid energy flflHi HHH li^Hl II appear limitless. You will Ife^ 2||r*' is9B^ take on anything provided Bfel SUf^* sHil W*L your interest is aroused. 77*' i^i l^i~-^ There is nothing you
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    RUSSIANS MAY FORCE ISSUE IN BERLIN
    209 3 RUSSIANS MAY FORCE ISSUE IN BERLIN U.S. ready to use force WASHINGTON, Wednesday. HPHE U.S. foreign policy chiefs have decided that 1 Russian threats at any critical point of the EastWest conflict must be firmly repulsed. They now believe that chi.s policy may be put to a shooting test m
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    NEW FILTER TO ELIMINATE GAS
    83 3 WASHINGTON. Wednesday r 1 IKF filter developed for use m atomic iiiution may help cities plagued with I lire of smoke and fog. of tn < inexpensive Biter tor 0 fine radioactive oinab ous v has j here by the United States Atomic on It
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    U.K. trade sets new records
    41 3 LONDON T J> m 8.. aba's exportj and marked up ade trade ba:. s down the i Trade, I er«J quarters adverse .-00 000. was £3."> the figure f< ar.d £37 40< ban 1949- *< «"-a^ Reuter
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    AUSTRIA PACT BID AGAIN
    113 3 efforts *o write an independence treaty for Au-s- be retimed m London two-mom ri Deputy Foreign Ministers of '.m. the United Si. ,cc and Russia have mr T n the so-far fruitagrpe on a A.P. This dramatic picture shows a vast cloud of dust rising ovf«*
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    TRUMAN ANTI-RED PLEDGE
    94 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. PRESIDENT TRUMAN yesterday pledged the continuation of Americas fight against Communism throughout the world. In an address to the Federal Bar Association which was broadcast throughout the nation, Mr. Truman said, "Our attack on Communism is embodied m a po sitive threefold programme. "We are
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    US urged to reclaim water from ocean
    153 3 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. "RIGOROUS" research programme" for the large-scale rtrlamation of water from the ocean, through distillation or other means, has been urged by the IS. Secretary of thr Interior. Mr. Chapman. In his annual report to President Truman, Mr. Chapman also urged that
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    Reds failing
    32 3 Korea's "rapid economic expansion" is minimising th»^ threat of Communism each month, the Korean Republic's Ambassador to the United States, Dr. John Myun Chang, said m Sydney on Monday. Reuter
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    PROTEST NO. 4
    32 3 Britain is expected to make stUl another protest her fourth against the detention of the British freighter Caduceus (4.445 tons) under arrest at Kaohsiung, Formosa, since Feb. 16 A.P.
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    S. HONOURS LOST AIRMEN
    96 3 I lution rush-.-an airmen US. Gov:bed r\s ar planes a itbarlsed i n and sym•s. Reuter Corporal Gustav Adolph Mueller. 19. (left), was sentenced to five year s imprisonment and dishonourable discharge from the U.S. Air Force for betraying military secrets to Russia. At the courtmartial,
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    AUST TRAM STRIKE ENDS
    16 3 >: y and i m Meld to work by he first follow°itys longI
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    NEW TALK WITH LEOPOLD
    56 3 NEW TALK WITH LEOPOLD Belgian niierdes il M. Pail van Zeeland, arrived In G rwa m a B'-lsian military plane on day to consult with exiled King Leopold. Van Z> land «ted to report to th<> King en last minute difficulties m the ,::ati.ms between Belgium's three major parties c
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    45 3 Warrant Officer Leo Valentise of the French Air Force shows his back and front parachutes which he carries m addition to his canya s wings. He planned to use this "birdman" kit for a 2?.O00 ft. jump m an air show at Paris. A. P.
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    PROTEST REPLY
    34 3 Britain. France and the United States are exchanging ideas on replying to last weeks Russian protest note which demanded withdrawal from divided Trieste territory, a Foreign Office spokesman sain on Monday. A.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    239 3 INTLR-rOLLCK.IATK HAND n.i 3 r pHUS haud ll a trap lor opUmists and for players who hop*- that if the cards are noi ;»> they should be. Uie defcnd«n v. ill make a nifc>Uiko. Dummy s ace wins W«st'i t>pening lead of the club queen. Now if the
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    Taipeh shows a new spirit
    237 3 TAIPEII, Tuesday. RATIONALIST China is buckling down and doing a workman-likr job of reach inf out toward a double-barrelled goal of a material and .spiritu.ll reconquest of China's mainland The entire machinery of government, the organizational set-up of all the aimed forces and the whole
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    'Resign' call to Parliament
    39 3 Lan ParI ri< al with a motion submitted by the president of Molu :i Youth Ors. lion, urging the ro of th< [ndonesian I crnn^nt. Paxliamentary *ir thought that the m would be approved. Reuter
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    29 3 :uation was planned In Winnipeg on Monady m the R< ;i R.v. r swamped two suburbs and the rhrer level reached the peak of 21.4 feet above normal U.P.
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    RELIGIOUS HITCH FOR PRINCESS
    128 3 RELIGIOUS HITCH FOR PRINCESS PARIS. In. A HIGH-RANKING Muslim official m Paris saia I terday that American Ret Hiliyer and his bride, Prnv F^iUma, sister of th* 1 Slja). Persia, cannot be marr Muslim rites here. They due here today from Cannes. Immam S. kaduour bin Char b*»t. Director of
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    Smuggler chief sentenced to die
    63 3 TAIPEH. Tue-. gENTENCE of death passed here on Wu Ynn?rhi. 30-year-old Cantonese. alleged to have been ti;c leader of a gang which wnufgled gold bars to Hon? Kand engaged m othei ed financial The Ran- 1 win h was an April 20. h e for
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    PEANUT TAKEN PEANUT TAKEN FROM LUNG
    16 3 PEANUT TAKEN PEANUT TAKEN FROM LUNG A.P. II ur trip 1: aranut ronu/. tl I forenoon
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    U.S. WON'T ALLOW WAR TO START
    15 3 U.S. WON'T ALLOW WAR TO START the United 6 wilJ dare stan" a war.- U.P.
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      143 3 Ike leads Truman liHK Amtriian Institute oi Public Opinion |MM r»- ported the results of a survey m whuh voters v asked: "If the 195'! presidential election v held today and General Eisenhower were running on i! Republican ticket against Irunian on the I>rrn<>. ratic ticket, how would you vote?"
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      533 3 IN X L SINGAPORE RFEBS [Singapore] Coa Hour J urn PWILION: 'me Cowboy Aim! rrk»*v of Australian Songs— Harrhv: I he -Lady. REX: Without Honour (BLUE NETWORK) IOBAIf Everyman's Music- 1130 nnFON I Cover Big Town. AaA 11 mMrns 445 P m Programme summary COLISEUM: Mr. Belvedere Qo«s M ana
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      A Great Musical Event In Malaya
      575 4  -  BY To mmr* the visit of Robert Masters irtet to Molaua. the Press takes pleae n presenting a iol ople merit. Below is a guide to this ahtftU form or mtuical expression. fIIAMBKR Musk has always been •*lfn m iisic ol 1» tends" As
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      WHAT THEY WILL PLAY
      63 4 (►n Iridav. the quartet will pl:o I'ijno Quartet m (i Minor K47S MO/AKI StlißJ Trio m C M.nor Op. 9, N<». S) HKKIIIOVKN Tiano Quartet m X Flat (Op 17) DVORAK. Next Monda> s programme Hill hr: String Trio m B Hat (Op. 99 si BUBEBT.
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      TOGETHER FOR 11 YEARS
      385 4 rHE members of the Robert Masters (quartet celebrate this year their eleventh anniversary as a permanent ensemble. Since they b*.^an work together their aim has remained the same— to collaborate permanently and devote to the various forms of chamber music m their repertoire the detailed study
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      K.L. TO HEAR THEM, TOO
      51 4 'l\lb quart t will yive a X cancer! In Kuala Lumpur next Wednesday. The programme will be the same as that being given m Singapore on Friday. Meanwhile, bookings for the Singapore concerts can bt made At Robinson's. Early reports say there If a brisk
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      Remember this film?
      67 4 This is a scene from the I. Ira Give Us This Day, which was shown m Singapore very recently. If you saw this fine picture, you must have taken note of the excellent music written as background. The composer was Benjamin Frankel. whose string trio will be
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      A FINE STYLE..
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      88 4 \M I \KI 1 111^ OPPORTI \m 01 WlluiMlM, MM CELEBRIII ROBERT MASTERS Ql TO SWC IPORI "HIS MASTKKS VOICE" RECORDS M\K I I Ml M I M E HEX TOS MOZARI PIANO QLAP.rEI IN 0 I h me.T Pre SCHtBERT PIANO TRIO IS v rrio di (M>lainahle from ali
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    London Hears 'Novelties'
    149 5  -  HUBERT FOSS -by- rv\\\ .\\E have been I s mi c musical s in London tn tlv Two were m on enter- ncert of the Era Society, rovidea oroneffta for (^tTice nnd ikersal low n prices Austin conPhiharmonic m Percy Hill Song d Elizabeth pf sang let's
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    FOUR MASTERS OF MUSIC
    476 5 bX' R^;? Malted wf Top'.e^^EETlloVEN ™*s S2 'W? Phase of his life seen m m t P lert fcTHO *EN during the last wrecked by his *franUc \%lt r room ehin d him stands his piano, a«.nos, totally d r af We MO/ART 17 a PUyit>e
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    CITY OF MUSIC
    163 5 —Edinburgh 'T'HE fourth annual International Festival of Music and Drama m Edinburgh will present some 1 900 perfjrmers m three weeks and end up with a bang. The festival will run from August 20 to September 9. The Scottish capital of 490,000 people expects 100.000 visitors for
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    SOME FINE RECORDS
    111 5 outstanding chamber music recording recently arrived m Malaya, is the Sonata No. 5 m D Major (Op. 102, No. 2) for Cello and Piano oy Beethoven. The soloists are Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello) and Ralph Berkowitz (piano.; The recordings are ->n four sides Columbia LJC. 1136 and 1137.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Apr. 28, 1950 LESSON OF HAINAN
    630 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Apr. 28, 1950 LESSON OF HAINAN I OSS of Hainan to the Chinese Communists seems t. put paid to the reports of new vigour among the .onalist rump m ForXot long ago there were signs, welcomed by all 111 heart the viuv- of freedom m
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    Meet Comrade Baranov
    1175 6  - Meet Comrade Baranov STOCKHOLM: MOSCOW toda: has about live million inhabitants something more thar half the population o; Greater London. This is the story ol three of them, Comrade Fedor Baranov, his wif< Kira, and their babj son Serge how thej live. eat. dress, work and even, sometimes have fun.
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    Tientsin Could Do It—Why Can't S 'pore?
    639 6 Tientsin Could Do It—Why Can 't S 'pore? Music Topics by PRESTO "yjY appeal last week for greater, active interest locally m light op^ra of the Gilbert and Sullivan, 'Desert Song" variety has provoked tne following interesting letter from a reader. who sign i himself X V Z". He writes:
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    New Reeo?ds
    318 6 Ce&ar I ran k Symphony m D Minor played by the I'hilharmonla Orchestra ronductcd by Alceo Galliers. Col. DX 8340--44. Despite Its faults and particularly it* "muzzy" orchestration which makes a really clear recording impossible the Cesar Pranck symphony continues to have a warm place m most people's
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    BEWARE PASSPORT THIEVES
    488 6  - BEWARE PASSPORT THIEVES FERDINAND TUOHY By VI O R E than 400 IVI Americans lost r.heir passports last year m the Paris area alone. Thes< little green booklets were known to fetch as much as £350 apiece. A British passport is not currently valued at anything like £350, yet Is
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    Super Liberty Ship
    17 6  - Super Liberty Ship HARRY LETZR SDFDGDFH 1 a b o* shf n»the n ban:in a T NANA
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    UNEQUAL WAGES: WOMEN FURIOUS
    409 7 UNEQUAL WAGES: WOMEN FURIOUS 'More efficient than men Free Press Woman Reporter QUTRAGED cries from professional women of Singapore and a few sober refutations from cautious medical and business men have greeted the Benham Committee's arguments that women should be paid less than men on the basis of their supposed
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    Luxury liner to call at S'pore
    121 7 rr.omins: fttr. He has ;n the Coirse of an lnftnn'i ofTices A ia ar.d the ind-tbe- world v len voyage, Jackson Her two sisUT er dates Presiden: yes. -ed to the of the ■•VI th earners. om in the Free Press Shipping Reporter t
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    50 7 picture. I i uiiin Trade Commissioner. Mr. Jo*indra Singh, J K pr^entativeof the Government of India in Mr John V Tnivy. and Mr. Jamanadas pictured k\ ul party Mr. Jogmdra Singh Rav e in the CapiKm>m in honour of Mr. J. A. Gandhi of the Mills Ltd.. Ahmedabad.- Free Press
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    'Housing allowance should continue'
    508 7 Free Press Stall Reporter THE Joint Committee on Cost of Living AI1 °wances A agrees in its report published last night, that housing allowances should continue to be paid and that for the time being officers occupying Government quarters should pay subsidised rents. But the Committee
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    'Musts' for youth leaders
    164 7 'Musts' for youth leaders Free Press Staff Reporter A LIST of "musts" for youth club leaders was given last night by Mr. L. Rayner. president of the Singapore Youth Council, in a talk on "Clubs and Club Leadership" at the Y.W.C.A. A club leader, says Mr. Rayner. must be enthusiastic
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    WHITE PAPER ON RECRUITMENT
    54 7 THE Singapore Government hopes to move the adoption of the select committee report on the Recdultment White Paper at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, it was stated in written answers to questions on the subject tabled at the Council meeting yesterday by Mr. C.
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    HAINAN POSTS
    14 7 All postal services to Halnan Island have been suspended until further notice.
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    Muslims prepare for big debate
    265 7 Free Press Malay Correspondent T»WO Muslim sects in Malaya which have been ■I carrvine on a "pamphlet war" are making elaborate arrangements to hold a debate which will be -properlv conducted" and which would have the -widest possible publicity In view of the serious 1
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    CHINESE VIEWS ON VARSITY ENTRY
    191 7 F.F. Chinese Correspondent /CHINESE educationists in \j Singapore and the Federation have presented, their views on admission of Chinese high school graduates into the University of Malaya to the Education Department and the University authorities. The subject wag dLicusaed at a meeting in Singapore presided
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    Early action on Benham report urged
    615 7 Early action on Benham report urged A <^ Free Press Stall Reporter T*HOUGH the Singapore Legislative Councils meeting yesterday was a comparatively short one, it held an overwhelming interest for thousands of people the Government employees awaiting news of the recommendations on their salaries by the Benham Committee. With the
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    SINGAPORE TRIPLETS
    44 7 Hcture. HAM MA II bintc Mohamed Yusof. a Singapore woman, with her day-old triplets. Two are boys. Their combined weight is 17* lbs. Th« proud fa he *V year-old Aziz, head peon at th« Chanrf sub-agrncy of the Chartered Bank.— Free Press
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    H.K. UNIVERSITY
    27 7 The Hong Kong University Alumni Association, South Malaya, holds its annual general meeting and dinner at 7.30 p.m. on Friday at the City Club, Singapore.
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    WITHDRAWN
    51 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues In the Police Court today the prosecution withdrew a charge of attempting to commit suicide against a woman named Soh Hoon. When originally charged with jumping into the tea off the Causeway in order to commit suicide, Soh Hoon said that she was bewitched at the
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    May get U.K. training
    104 7 THE Singapore Government is examining the question s »f providing training schemes Tn the U.K. for locally recruited officers in the Immigration and Customs departments. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir was told this in the Legislative Council yesterday. Answering questions raised by Mr. R. Jumabhoy (Indian
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      45 7 MAILS S- ifl is expected In Singapore today from Hong Kong. China, Japan. North India. PaklsBurma and the Feder-vion. Latest times for posting surface mail at the O P.O. today are: noon for Hong Kong. China ar,d the Philippine I-lar;d>; 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    UNEQUAL WAGES: WOMEN FURIOUS
    455 8 UNEQUAL WAGES: WOMEN FURIOUS Dictnre. 'More efficient than men Free Press Woman Reporter QUTRAGED cries from professional women of Singapore and a few sober refutations from cautious medical and business men have greeted the Benham Committee's arguments that women should be paid less than men on the basis of their
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    Luxury liner to call at S'pore
    121 8 Free Press Shipping Reporter vHt firs! of three new air-conditioned luxury liners :-<>uiHl-the-world service of the American ines will call at Singapore m the first 1 hruary next year. This was told to the Free rdav by Mr. John V. Diggs, vice-president YP -enger
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    'Musts' for youth leaders
    164 8 'Musts' for youth leaders Free Press Staff Reporter A LIST of "musts" for youth club leaders was given last night by Mr. L. Rayner. president of the Singapore Youth Council, m a talk on 'Clubs and Club Leadership" at the Y.W.C.A. A club leader, says Mr. Rayner. must be enthusiastic
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    MAILS
    47 8 I Bartece maU is expected m Singapore today from Hong Kong a. Japan. North India. PaklsBurir.a and the Federm Latest times for posting surface mail at the G P.O. today are noon for Hong Kong. China ai.d the (Philippine 15 lands; 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    WHITE PAPER ON RECRUITMENT
    54 8 THE Singapore Government hopes to move the adoption of the select committee report on the Recdultment White Paper at the next meeting of the Legislative Council. it was stated m written answers to questions on the subject tabled at the Council meeting yesterday by Mr. C.
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    HAINAN AN POSTS
    15 8 All postal services to Hainan island have been suspended until further notice.
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    'Housing allowance should continue'
    505 8 Free Press StafT Reporter THE Joint Committee on Cost of Living Allowances agrees, m its report published last night, that housing allowances should continue to be paid and that for the time being officers occupying Government quarters should pay subsidised rents. But the Committee comments: "We
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    SINGAPORE TRIPLETS
    41 8 picture. HALIMAH binte Mohamed Yusof. a Singapore woman, with her day-old triplets. Two are boys. Their combined weight is 17* lbs. The P«>ud father Is 43--year-old Aziz, head peon at th« Chantf sub-agrncy of the Chartered Bank- Free Press
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    Muslims prepare for big debate
    257 8 Free Press Malay Correspondent TWO Muslim sects m Malaya which have been carrying on a -pamphlet war" are making elaborate arrangements to hold a debate which will be "properly conducted" and which would have the -widest possible publicity m view of the serious significance involved."
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    May get U.K. training
    103 8 THE Singapore Government is examining the question pf providing training schemes Tn the U.K. for locally recruited officers m the Immigration and Customs departments. Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir was told this m the Legislative Council yesterday. Answering questions raised by Mr. R Jumabhoy (Indian Chamber
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    CHINESE VIEWS ON VARSITY ENTRY
    191 8 F.F. Chinese Correspondent /^kiNESE educationists m \j Singapore and the Federation have presented, their views on admission of Chinese high school graduates into the University of Malaya to the Education Department and the University authorities. The subject wag dL^ussed at a meeting m Singapore presided
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    H.K. UNIVERSITY
    27 8 The Hong Kong University Alumni Association, South Malaya, holds its annual general meeting and dinner at 7.30 p.m. on Friday at the City Club. Singapore.
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    Govt housing aid move
    100 8 Go vt housing aid move Free Press Staff Reporter WHE Singapore Government 1 Officers Accommodation Committee, appointed last year to examine the question of the housing of Government officers, li expected to make detailed recommendations regarding assistance to Government officers for house purchase. The Committee is corresponding with the Federal
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    WITHDRAWN
    50 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues In the Police Court today the prosecution withdrew charge of attempting to commit suicide against a woman named Son Hoon. When originally charged with jumping into the se* off the Causeway m order to commit suicide, Soh Hoon said that she was bewitched at the time.
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    Early action on Benham report urged
    1124 8 Early action on Benham report urged Free Press Stall Reporter T^HOUGH the Singapore Legislative Council meeting yesterday was a comparatively short one, it held an overwhelming interest for thousands of people the Government employees awaiting news of the recommendations on their salaries b\ the Benham Committee. With the tabling of
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    UNIVERSITY TUTORIAL CUSSES
    89 9 UNIVERSITY TUTORIAL CUSSES For Junior Senior London Matriculation inter Arts, Law. Economics, Commercial subjects Latin. French and Malay. Business Training or Profession Is the Weapon for Economic Independence and Security. Postal Tuition for intermediate and London LLB examinations can also be arranged. Instruction given by Cambridge University Graduate holder of
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    10 PER CENT CUT IN COL PROPOSED
    538 9 But Singapore will not suffer Free Press Stait Reporter A REDUCTION m the cost of living allowances for all Government servants m Singapore and the Federation with a basic pay exceeding $100 a month U recommended by the Joint Committee on Cost of
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    LONDON TIN MART DULL
    70 9 'THE London tin market was dull A yesterday. At the close both spot and three months were acaln called at the common price of £590 ss. Closing prices were' Spot 1 buyers and £590 10s sellers, wrh n o businosv three month! buvefs and £590 10s.
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    WHY C.O.L CUT 15 RECOMMENDED
    176 9 Free Press Staff Reporter THKSE factors influenced the Joint Committee m rerommendin? a cut m thp cost of living allowan»ps: Thp cost of living has fallen. The remuneration of most Clovornmont servant* (especially if th" recommendations of the Sa'aries Commit>f*s ar« adopted) will coninarf fnvourah'y
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    THREE BILLS PASSED IN COUNCIL
    170 9 THREE BILLS PASSED IN COUNCIL Frer Iteti Staff Krportrr OF the H Bills which came up before the Singapore legislative Council yesterday, ■even h:id their first reading, .hree were passed, one was idopted In report stage, twe were referred to select committees, and proceedings on another w»*re postponed to the
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    Ceylon rubber price rising
    58 9 Cc.. n rubb r sold at ore r p r cent. ;>er pound In Col>mb: relay wrh the price conMnuing to rLe Nfarket circles expect he h! fs to con" i iroughout M Price" tf cccoout prod'i'' t.s climbinif and d•tehea Rs 5^3 per 1.000 lb
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    Traders await budget vote
    253 9 DRICES were steady to 'KvaMonan^^^y. London Stock Exchange vesUrdL^!^^ restricted b y a disposition to await th* U^ today's Parliamentary vote >n th* bu,I eM n °^3 says Reut?r's financial MRCtpi ndcnt Once again there was nrmnes- an^ a rubbers. Risins: prices m ruobers Lre v
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    The case of the amateur crook
    1265 10 The case of the amateur crook S inerciljns s glanced swifln the silent It was 4 ajR. !uui ffamt if a police id lurked shadows, master-cri-would n the mi :hless of 'Chick' ler of L( r^aaised g Di Or at tbc <erne ...n^elf ne of he red a and dialln
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    A CHAPEL FOR SAINT PATRICK
    386 10 TRLMPETEHS of the Royal Military School of Music recent lv played a fanfare during the dedi::t?ion of a chapel m St. Patrick's rathedial. Armagh m memory of all ranks of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and of the affiliated Militia Regiments of the counties of Armagh,
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    COURAGEOUS SPIRIT
    653 10 Z&^ett/af YEARLY ten years had elapsed since our last meeting Now we were seated on the £i\iss hank beneath the willow tree, its drooping branches and line greenery forming an umbrella above our heads. sudden gust of wind would cause a i;rntle swaying of the lower boughs and
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    COLONY'S DEFENCE SHOULD BE STRONGER
    354 11  - COLONY'S DEFENCE SHOULD BE STRONGER CRUSADER What Cup-tie v. R.A.F. revealed Bj <.»iil»»n Watson. Australia's n; vqiush rackrts pro- »nnl lit- won his n] t<» the stMiu-tiii ils t»f the British open championships at I atisdown*' (lul). Lon< dim. c irln-r thu month, nut lost to \hdul Rari 1 hu!ia>.
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    Saigon race crowd small but eager
    58 11 l>\ Special Cn si »ndent *.y;:. British rae Sundays of i C Local EreeuS to the the ng colours arr as gay and as i of Hit- tur>* H at Nrwii) i \le\andra Park I'u.' pMrtcn n*rd no fifld '.la-.--. f< r li«!ds are
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    'Anomaiy' cry by umpires
    196 11 'Anomaiy' cry by umpires By ALEX BANNISTER I \ss Binplres, I undi-rstaiul. prrssrd at their pre-sraMin meeting .it Lord's recentlj for cricket's rul«*rs to make it unlaulul for bowlers to rub the b»ll to preserve the shine, which helps th r control of swing And swerve. \\li\ it v.in askrd
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    Origin of off-side rule
    786 11 Origin of off-side rule SRFGDGJLKJ; THIS work Billy Steele dis game's st controversial issue -the off-side law. B;. 1 calls m the ex i pert* and puts to them thi :iy questions which bailers always ask. Many foil' to :n» cannot explain m detail what is, literally, the eleventh commandment
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    W. Indies will make it hum...
    363 11  -  IVAN SHARPE \}s IS June. 19^K when the Wvs* Indies took the field for their first cricket Tesl with Finland, they came boanding out like a football team. Such pride this was Lord's! Such enthusiasm! Before the game was over the zip had Blip]
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    MANAGER'S FAITH SAVED JOE MERCER
    126 11  - MAN A GER'S FAITH SAVED JOE MERCER ALAN HOBY By fyHLN a man is elt-cted K«»..iLall.. r ot t i ff front of some 2.000 fellou proi, ti\t- transfer value tbout £1.250.000) he sess qualities of heart and mind uh,,. like the Eiffel Tower. out Such a man is Joe
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    ALLEN WINS WORLD TITLE
    278 12 ALLEN WINS WORLD TITLE (Jruelling fight against Pratesi JERRY Allen (7 st. 13* lbs.) of London last night became the world and European fly- ei h hampion when he beat Honore Pratesi U st. 12 lbs. 2 ozs.) of France on points over 15 rounds at Harringay arena, London. The
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    Betting for today's big race
    46 12 :he 20 runquoted at the is callover at o. London. il i f the bookNewmarket deal of busiiemft Mailed ed I113 position .t;h he easnc to flve ..>port Gordon k.- ..:;bus. .ers R horv. Eir5ked PaR ad; Rae II us^ —R
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    Rugby results
    12 12 Union Exeter 0. ith 8. W ei ion -Sup B
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    J. Keating collapses
    64 12 J. Keating collapses »ree Press Melbourne M< orrespondent K- Jack Keating. t^ f rmer Stipendiary M^uard Straits Racing nUhJ Adrlaidp last He collapsed o n returning from the races in the arternoon and did not recover consciousness. He Mr. Keating was chairman of the South Australian Jockey flub Mewards. H,
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    TRIAL ABANDONED
    33 12 HEAVY MOW during n man* prevented a ban b*ing bowled on the last day if *the Oxford Univer cricket trial between M. B Hoftneyrt Jlde Carr > XI The match *as drawn.
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    NEW PRESIDENT OF S.B.B.C.
    103 12 MR. R. a c. Wills, former amateur middleweight boxing champion of Singa- pore, became the new president of the Singapore Boxing Board of Control yesterday at a meeting held to discuss the deci^i'^n given by Mr. Eric Dunsford in the recent Boy Brooks-Dave Sands fig: Mr.
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    F.A. CUP FINAL BROADCAST
    26 12 Radio ftUUjra win broad relived commentary i F A Cup final bew~:. A. and Liverpool on Saturday. The broadcast be made pm
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    Heavy snow mars U.K. golf tourney
    193 12 pHE second days play i n tn e English amateur golf championship on the Royal Cinque Ports Club's course at Deal was abandoned yesterday owinr to heavy snow. Borne on a bitter northerly wind, the snow caused a stoppage in play an hour after
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    King Kong meets an 'admirer'
    120 12 King Kong meets an 'admirer' WHEN Sam Burmister, the ?45-pound wrestler, was introduced to King Konj at a dinner party in Katong last night, he wrung the giant Hungarian's hand and said: "You are too good looking to be a wrestler. Except for one cauliflower ear and of course about
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    Shanghai offer
    61 12 CINGAPORE Tab It* Tennis Association decided at a meeting on Monday to write to the Immigration authoiities inquiring whether permission would je given for a Shanghai team to come here next month. The otter ot the Shanghai team to play a series of games in Singapore will be
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    Brazil fears England XI
    127 12 "DRAZILIAN football coach Flavio Costa, who sawEngland beat Scotland onenil In the international game at Hampden Park, Glasgow, has returned home convinced that England is the team Braz.l has to beat in the World Soccer Cup finals. Costa has gone up to the mountains to tell
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    TALBERT, DR06NY IN TENNIS FINAL
    223 12 T>ILLY TALBERT (US' and Jaroslav Droo the self-exiled Czech. yesterday reached the final of the men s singles in the Italian international lawn tennis cham.hips at Rome. aeat BUiy wo Drobney Sil-Mir' Uch against. aBJS?firSW5a 6 3 f Mixed doubles semi-firnus rewere: Adrian Quisi (Australia'
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    MAHMOOD CUP BADMINTON
    53 12 JOHORE BAHRtf, Wed. RESULTS of ties in the badminton competition for the Mahmood Cup played yesterday were: Aris and Mohamed Daud beat Hussian and Mohamed Said 8-15 15-7. 15-9. Buang Kassim and Ibrahim beat Yahaya and Omar. 15-12. 8-15. 15-9: Yahaya and Omar beat Sheik Ahmad and
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    Royal Eagle and Rainbow fancied
    248 12 From ALLAN LEWIS KUALA LIMPIR, Wednesday. J^OYAL Eagle was given on the course thi> morning as a good bet for the first race here this afternoon. Rainbow is all the rage in the second and will probably start *an odds-<m favourite. The going will be
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    P. Brani just beat Cnangi
    108 12 OULAU BRANI I:. R.A.F. Changi oy two go:. one in a Senior League K match pleyed at the star terciay. Changi opened account* ihi Bellinger. United s eq Irom Samad Ten minutes :rom time, E fccored again lor United. In the clo&ing stages, C were
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    164 12 LUIS ROMERO of Spain, the European bantamweight champion, retained his title by defeating Danny O'Sullivan of London at Harringay Arena. London, last night, the referee stopping the fight in the 13th of the scheduled 15 rounds. Romero, slogging viciously, put the British champion down ten times before
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    RED FLEET STRAFED OFF NAT. BASE
    445 13 Chiang to tell of Hainan fall HONG KONG, Wednesday. INDICATIONS m Taipeh that the loss of Hainan 1 would be announced today by the Nationalists coincided with a communique suggesting that the Ked invasion of the Chujfft glands, the Nationalist blockade base :u:tinst Bh£a#fr<ai.
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    New British car goes Tiße^a crafts
    72 13 New British car goes Tiße^a crafts LONDON. Wed. URITAIN has pnxiuced a secret "Crab 1 thai teenu to be abie to do everything but iiy. The "crab" la an automobile which appears to have a bright military futi Thp iu>- backwards as it will 'It can mov«> sidew II can
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    150 13 'Japan should pay ex-Po Ws LONDON, Wednesday. \|K. C. J. M. ALLPORT, Consenrmthrc M.P., tailed yesterday fo r legislation providing for compensation from Japan for British prisoncrs-of-war who suffered from brutal treatment during their internment. In a letter to The I: Mr. Allport drew attention to U.S. Public Law 896.
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    Ban on Vietnam newspapers
    79 13 SAIGON. V. THE \':< tn&m Ooi iterdftj suspended two newspapers. One was suspenrird for 16 days for reproducing an article by the American commentator Walter Lippmann, published m the New York Herald Tribune and reprinted by the Paris newspaper Le Monde under the headline: "We cannot
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    U.K. RESTRICTS MACAO ENTRY
    57 13 Restriction of the entry of Chinese from Macao into Hong Kong will be effective from today. The Immigration authorij ties yesterday conferred with shipping firms operating Macao-run vessels, and it was agreed that only the same number of people taken out from the Colony will be
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    Joint exercises
    33 13 A Dutch Naval squadron returning from the West Indies will take part with British sea and air forces m a combined exercise m the English Channel early next months A. P.
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    THE DEADLINE
    19 13 The Burmese Government has decided to make April 30 the rmal date for applications for Burmese citizenship.
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    64 13 IMVE workers were killed and many others Injured when rioting strikers clashed nth security forces at a factory m Mazandaran. m Syria on Monday. Five hundred workers at the factory, who were striking for more pay, attacked an officer, striking him on the lead with
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    India, Pak. approve new trade pact '
    144 13 India, Pak. approve new trade pact NEW DELHI, Wednesday. rpHE Indo-Pakistan trade agreement, signed m j Karachi on April 21. was approved by both go\- ernments yesterday. This tgittmeni followed within a fortnight of thr Nthru-LlaquHt averment in Delhi and was th* first to n iolwt the deaaijrk wl has
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    NEWS FREEDOM
    22 13 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted yesterday the first draft of a treaty on freedom of information.-- A.P.
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    TWINS' MAY PAR
    21 13 Siamese twins m Alberta (Canada) will soon undergo t separation operation. The girls are five months old. UP.
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    U.S. OBJECTS TO P.I. LAW
    65 13 r £HE US. Government yesterday protested to the Philippines over the "discriminating" portion of Its proposed new import control law The US. Ambassador. Mr Myron M Oowen, acting on instructions from Washing- ton. said the United State* ('views with great mlsftrtap" the section of the
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    REDS EXECUTE TWO ROBBBERS
    52 13 I'WO Chinese robbers have been executed m Shanghai for armed robbery and I criminal assault on foreign women. The order for their execution was issued m accordance with the promise by the People's Army to give full protection to Chinese and foreign residents and thoir pro-
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    Suicides give hope to blind
    80 13 IOKIO. Wed 'p\VO lovers m Tokiu who X took thrir lives stipulated that thrir e>es should »>e u>ed to help the blind. Doctor s have removed the four cornea* and divided each into half. Each of the sefments is to be implanted m thr <*>es
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    HIGH TIDES
    12 13 Today: 5.35 a.m., 7.05 p.m. Tomorrow: 5.0.1 a.m. 8.09 p.m.
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    YY. STOCKS
    52 13 tiona! sains and lasses fealuied m the New York Slock Exchange yesterday with voiumi 1.900.000 shares. At the beginning of the final hour price movements tonded fractionally lov.er. Steadier tendencies developed near the do c and the composite avei rate ftnlshod a shade higher. 'Hie maiket clo^d irrecular
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    NEW MEDICINE BETTER THAN PENICILLIN
    102 13 NEW MEDICINE BETTER THAN PENICILLIN BOSTON, V. c\n. tried on :t s Brit 300 sick person*, nas cured 19 different diseases, including scrub typhus, liver and bn abs singles and gonor- rhea. Tcrranm ha* a. cured reiapsin* forms of pneumonia, peritonitis. elits, kidne-. abscesses, sub-acute bacterial ent docardltu. and bronchitis.
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    ADMIRAL ASKS FOR ATOM SUB
    51 13 \DMIRAL F rrvst P. Sh man. U.S. Chief of I va! Operations, has asked for Congressional authority build four new type submarines, including one pov ed by atomic ener^ An :r.u- driven submarine will cost US $40,000--000. Admiral Shr-rrr.an told the Hoiim Arm^d Services C'«unmitt»'e.—
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    'WONDERFUL MAN'
    42 13 nator Mohammed Kattab Bey. a member of the Egyptian Parliamentary delegation now visiting Britain, yesterday described the Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, as a "wonderful man whose equal you could not find anywhere m the world A .P. photo. A .P.
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    HELP FOR ASIAN AGRICULTURE
    117 13 KARACHI, Wednesday AN Asian agriculture training institute will be set i P i? J* m 6 {l ir S J e t T under tne J° int sponsorship of Pakistan, the U.N. Food ftnd Agriculture Organisation and the International Bank The joint project, which i is
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