The Singapore Free Press, 10 June 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press. LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA D SINGAPORE, SATIRDAV, JUNE 10, 1950. PRICE TEN (TATS.
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    ANTI-RED WAR IN I.C. INTENSIFIED
    275 1 Death for saboteurs SAIGON, Saturday. THE Vietnam Cabinet yesterday passed an anti-terrorist law whereby automatic death sentences for sabotage involving loss of human life and special courts to try terrorists within 18 hours can be invoked by the Prime Ministers. The law allows the Premier,
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    U.S. RICE CONTROLS
    29 1 A new system of U.S. Federal controls on rice production, intended to provide acreage allotments for new farms and adjust hardships. has passed the U.S. Congress.
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    US SUPERFORT SHOT DOWN BY OWN GUNS
    13 1 Satur*. I the Wtri--1 I the
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    Double thrill for film fans
    30 1 HOLLYWOOD, sat A GUNMAN held up ihe Warner Brothers theainl •Neaped with I List nisht while patrons tanid hinf the f ■TL r reat U.P.
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    H.K. visa policy deplored
    157 1 LONDON. Saturday. THE weekly. Economist, castigated the Hong Kong government yesterday for withholding transit L 3 Into Chinese territory lar Chinese students branded m Britain because of the ellipse of the Chinese Nationalist Government. •"Some of these students art not quite destitute but they cannot return
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    An 'undeclared war on Israel'
    99 1 TEL AVIV. DISCLOSING that a minor •d border war" has been going on along Israel's borders, an army spokesman hero admitted that Jewish forces had opened flre on armed Arab marauders trying to infiltrate across the frontier. Be said that ''thousands of \rab infiltrators and
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    BIG RICE CROP IN FORMOSA
    60 1 AN agreement has been signed m Taipeh under which E.C.A. will supply 50 000 metric tons of chenaical fertiliser for Formosa's second rice crop m 1950. Unless bad weather interferes, this will help greatly to achieve this year's production goal of 1,400,000 metric tons of
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    Ingrid is on her honeymoon
    52 1 In grid is on her honeymoon Film actress Ingnd Bergman and balding Italian director Roberto Rossilini began a belated honeymoon yesterday on the Isle of Capri. The couple were married by proxy m Mexico on May 24. Their four-month old son has been Ipft In the care of relatives to
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    Two Wide Boys
    14 1 "Why. this prescription is strong enough to knock out a horse."
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    NAVY PLANE DOWN
    22 1 A US Navy P.B.M. plancarrying a crew of three was reported down at s?a off tne Atlantic coast.- A.P.
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    CAPTAIN FELL IN SEA
    327 1 CAPTAIN FELL IN SEA Free Press Staff Reporter YING m a Singapore General Hospital ward this morning is a tubby 49-yeur-old Swede who considers himself "verra, verra lucky" he did not provide a meal for the sharks infesting these waters. He is Captain Kurt Molin of the Swedish freighter Havebris
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    REDS MASSING IN FUKIEN
    76 1 HONG KONG. Sat. HEAVY movement of Communist troops from Central and South China towards the Fukicn coast has given rise to belief that the invasion of Formosa will be attempted m the first half of The Nationalist Defence Ministry m Taipeh, which reported .assin« of Red
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    16 1 picture The latest picture of Princess Elizabeth taken at a race meeting m Krmland. A. P.
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    Best bets for today
    58 1 By TRESPASSER MY best bets fur todays Kual.i Lumpur rai H WT« Bl MM\N and GOI I> MERIDIAN. In view <»f the change iti c«in?. I pi<-k TRWIATX to beat WATA HARL Best heti b> the Free Press Ruins Correspondent arc KIM) REGARDS and RAMIU.IKv See
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    Australia seeks recruits
    36 1 A USTRALIA is to open a publicity campaign m Britain m August lo gel recruits for its Regular Passages for recrui 1 > and their dependants wo'ild be arranged under an immigration scheme.- Reuter
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    SUICIDE OVER HOSPITAL FEES
    98 1 HONG KONG. Saturday. THE Shanghai People's Tribunal is trying the staff 1 of a local hospital for having driven a woman to suicide through pressing for payment of her hospital fees. The charge originally was brought by the dead woman's relatives, who complained that the woman
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    28 1 picture. JANET DOLAN (aged 7 months) daughter of Lt. Dolan, Royal Fusiliers, poses for the camera at the Baby Shoic at the Welfare Centre, Alexandra, yesterday. Free Press
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    19 JAPS KILLED
    29 1 Nineteen Japanese workmen were killed. 20 injured and 30 are still missing from a landslide which buried them near Karuzawa. 60 miles north-west of Tokio.- A.P.
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    Mr. Truman and the gob
    88 1 A SAILOR was having a spirited argument shortly aft^r dawn with a taxi driver m St. Louis yesterday when the gob felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and ask, "Where did you get all those battle stars, sailor?" The questioner was the President of
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    PRESS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
    127 1 QUEBEC CITY, Saturday THE Commonwealth press, numbering m its ranks many of the world's greatest newspapers, took action yesterday m defence of world-wide pr freedom. The Empire Press Union, holding its seventh Imperial Press Conference here, announced it would vigorously uphold and defend that freedom whenever
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    NEW TRADE TALKS
    9 1 R Germany and T week. A.P.
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    Griffiths on 'public support'
    200 1 Griffiths on 'public support CALCUTTA. Saturdax 'THE Colonial finmlafj Mr. James A Griffiths, on his way home from Singapore, said here yesterday that the people of Malaya were "eager to see the end of terrorist activities and are affording overwhelming support to thj Government to suppress the bandits". Mr. Griffiths
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    Talks on I.C. economy
    39 1 Talks on I.C. economy PA; ECONOMIC and Question i > d- gath .r.ce and lh« Indo-Chin' te sta: iam. Cambr La. is between Ju: Th^ conl b I m a town It d^al w comn I and the i Indo-(
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    STOP PRESS
    42 1 One >p*-< \s\ ransta'! and out' au\iliar> poiu -lutu were killed and tvwi wounded k| liindiK Jemrntah m Hip S»i; >m> i ana of Johore. In hour enga^mpnt. the p;»n«>i of t\\r p<ili<. I- rlaini killed two h ip Reuter
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      UNDER THE BLACK ENSIGN
      600 2  -  A C ALLAN 8v t.* .IJorrisea, Ij, her l»io he Irevo.. 16, Dr. HarkBN hip'> »urse«n. and BarIh I'onarw Kc'c.i. sailor. are ra jtivr* on board the pira* t-r.», Bi rj-udi, nolp >unrirors the U -faded Hycrrion. The phvil hi.'f. notorious Jaxei I vnd<i.i. fcrres Harkness,
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      Victor Finds A New Playmate
      328 2 SOMEBODY forgot to shut the door one day The inevitable Happened. Two-year-old Victor looking up to find the door ajar, stumbled to his feet, slipped out unnoticed and disappeared. As usual, the frightened household Immediately searched the whole neighbourhood for tne mtatng A lurking f->ar
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      African Assignment
      775 2  -  Capt W. E. Johns By Another ''Biggies'* story 4 IR Commodore Raymond, Assistant Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard, looked up from some papers on his desk as Detective Air-Inspector Biggleswoith, operational chief of the Air Division, walked m and closed the door behind him. "Morning, Biggiesworth", he
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      Those Bedser Twins
      311 2  -  Alex Bannister By OUTSIDE a book for y schoolboy digestion tne story of the Bedser twins, cricket's inseparables, ought never to happen. But their selection fo r trie Test trial, on opposite sides gave a strange twist to a seemingly impossible real-life plot. It is not many
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      14 2 Bing Crosby, uho appears m a new raing High." it here seen uith mv
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      80 2 DO YOU KNOW THAI WE CAN, WITHOUT ANY EXTRA COST TO YOU. MAKE PROMPT OELIVERY TO YOUR HOUSE OF PHOENIX OR PHOENIX AERATED WATER CO., ltd. f SINGAPORE. ITU 370 OBTAINABLE FROM WATCH DIALERS For wholesale prices plus* correct Sole Agents. F. E. ZUELLIC Mi LTD. SINCA x And A^vJF"
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      41 2 SOLUTION II ROSS.— 3. Acorn. 5. umam 7. Slugs. 8. Clio. 11. Kidnapped. 14 Harp. 15. Stoat. IT. i 18. Pride. DOWN.— I. Black 2. Cupla 3 A 4. Caliph. 5. Rllfc Lister. 10. Onward. 12. P%ier. 13. Delta. 18. Toe.
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      253 2 Junior Crossword 1 1 iis m ko<«v_3. n. Of the oak trw. t>. V of the .iu'hor of Little Wonicn. 7. They are very destructive t« parden crops. 8. One of the nine Muses. 11, A novel by H I Stevenson. 14. Redu^n-orowi; rodent, larger than a rabbit. 15 Relative
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    Extra service by B.O.A.C. to Australia
    14 3 Extra service by B.O.A.C. to Australia on an 1 nricc m LondonJUM t8 > 10
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    E.P.U. ACCORD NEAR
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    28 3 photo BvtMCJC fastens •fficlil caught .i h.id hollowed out the heH> of hirtrd tour wit 1 b*9 In the other shoe, anI hidden opium between the soles. A.P.
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    WILL U.S. AID BE EFFECTIVE?
    248 3 Saigon debates the answer SAIGON, Saturday. W S^ eri financial ai d to South-East Asia pour dollars down the drain? Will economic o} d c a o C m h rni^'. PUrPOSe halt s°u^e C mats Riyins a hesitant welcome to the Special United States
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    Atomic talks
    29 3 Tw.# hundred leading atom scientists from the Commoni. the United States and m Europ -an countries ■f>nd the mrst big international atomic rence m» Bi >er.- Reuter
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    Farmers don't Mini new city
    80 3 WIBALA. (East Fin. jab), Saturday. villagers of Chandigarh m East Fujab -t.t^ed a demonstration recently to probuildiiiu of the state's new capital rators demanded that the "capital on the fertile lands of Chandigarh" Ml Albert Town the was :I'\ m h:s rnmcnt the that it
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    'EXCHANGE PRESSMEN'
    42 3 'EXCHANGE PRESSMEN' Exchange of trained journai would help to establisl r understanding betweei India and America and further the cause of democracy Das. an Indian delegate to the Imperial Press nee m Canada, told an India League meeting m New Yort Reuter
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    U.N. CANDIDATES
    33 3 Denmark, Turkey and Brai zil are repdrted to be the lead- ing contenders for the United 1 Nations Security Council m elections set for thft autumn m the General Assembly.— A.P.
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    23 3 Eleven Egyptian passeng--1 ers died and 13 were Injured Iwhen a bus coined with a petrol tanker on the CairoFay urn desert road.
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    JAPS PRAISE LIE
    32 3 Ja G -Tiimmt sources haw praised the ice proposals of U.N. Secre-•-General. Mr. Trygve Lie. but rxpresied doubt th( v c.»uld be effected unless the cold war ends A.P.
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    42 SECONDS MORE
    28 3 Th<> Ministry of Health has] Issued a four-page White Paper to say that Health Bershould take I seconds lor jer 1 person w inttn U.P.
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    60 3 Not many years .n;o it was .siid that women were not fitted to carry a drum." declared Dr. Kdith Summerskill. Minister for Insurance. as she opened the lf).~>0 Schoolgirls Exhibition m London. She had hardly slid thil when WRAC bass drummer Kthel Wilkie f.'inted. The drummer was lifted on to
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    'NOW IS THE TIME'
    39 3 The U.S. Assistant Defence Secretary, Mr. Paul H. Griffiths, said m Washing! that "now i.s the time* 1 for the United States to tell th«Soviets '•;h»'v have gone far aa they ran go.* 1 A.P.
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    MORE D.Ps. FOR U.S.
    33 3 The U.S. Senate has approved a Compromise Bill, extending the Displaced Persons Act for another year and raising the limit for entry into the United States to 341.000. A.P.
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    LAKE SUCCESS IS A MISNOMER
    250 3 LAKE SKC ESS, Thursday. 'PHE locality which has become world famous as the headquarters of the United Nations takes its name from a small lake, almost perfectly round, situated about a half-mile from the actual I'nited Nations building. The name has nothing to do with
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    $ for farmers
    34 3 for farmers Th<> U.S S^nr'te has US. $2,000 million lai the Farm Price Support Pro- than 12 solid hours ol debate m I th.p Republicans soughi trim tho pricos guaranteed t> farrr.f I U.P.
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    IRO WINDING UP
    42 3 The International Refugee Organisation has Mtnoancec that 300.000 displaced .s gtill In CRO I West Germany will be i-luceu under German admini.lion on June 30 as the IRQ is winding up mosi of Ita activities at that time. A.P.
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    The Senator objects to cheap goods
    155 3 The Senator objects to cheap goods WASHINGTON. Saturday. SENATOR George Malonc, Republican from Nevada, has told the Senate that there will be widespread unemployment unless there is a "complete reversal" of the Administration's foreign trade policy. He said that there are 20 states due to be hard hit by unemployment
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    STIFF SENTENCE
    22 3 A V nal trailers, still iu!d L>-b<"-.r MBtencn a ans for I Q •UT 1.1 Both I lo 20 A.P.
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    'Peter Pan' keeps a children's hospital
    201 3 LONDON, Saturday f^Nl'E uj>on a time there was a successful play- wright who loved children. And when he wrote l fairy-tale about a sprite named *'Peter Pan' it was a big success both as a hook and on the stage. The man who loved
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    CZECH 'NONSENSE'
    25 3 CZECH 'NONS ENSE' Official Czechosloi sources termed as absolute nonsense'" a Berlin repo:i that the Depu'y Prime Minister. General Ludvik Svoboda. has been arrested A.P
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    N. CHINA RIVER IS DEEPENED
    20 3 HONG KONG. OADIO P that v Pai H Lo Ti'- I I Tienl China's U.P.
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    Indoctrination
    20 3 I has or-' red i schooling i: to sharp n th ;rioui> I attu Amor r tent* A. P.
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    JAPS NOT NEUTRAL
    18 3 ookesman for i: tl Part-, ii not "neutral" and nv.. U est r: d U.P.
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    P.I. STEEL PLANT
    26 3 The establishment Philippines- nrst !>:<•; I plant nas Det-n recorriiiiexid d t>y to %mencan consulting enKUterr who ha> d an industrial 'a. A. P.
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    Bridge Problem
    160 3 South leads spade queen. If West covers. North wins and makes spade jack. South discarding heart. North leads heart which South trumps. South leads diamond ten and whether or nbt West covers. North wins the second diamond lead and plays a spade, trumped by Souths nine North's high
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      11 3 \jOniIFFI»ERy Us a//7/fte New Consignment Just Arrived &ICKWOQD CO., LTD., S'POK^
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      565 3 New Crossword No, $9 Ji&df 80l 100 SCjf* £££M*f CLUES ACROSS 1. The libra ry thief doe.s, no doubt <t>. 5). 7 They dance m •the sunlight (5). 8. It's come m as part of the present era (5). 9 He's back m 7 <3> 11. Playing this is plucky
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      55 3 Solution To Crossword No. 68 SOLUTION— Across: 1. Sha<nn 4. Bland. 7. Poll tax. 3. Lam. 9. Laughing gas. 11, Pudding bowl. 13, Ice. 14. Noonday. 16, loser. 17. Enter. Down: 1, Sepal. 'I. See 15. 3. Match winner. 4, Boxing clove. 5, Allegro. 6, Dames. 10, Undress. 11, Phial.
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  • The Singapore Free Press. SATURDAY, June 10, 1950.
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      The frills of sport
      197 4 'I i£ news that Gorgeous Gussy Moran's en-M-mbie for this; months tennis tournament nas been clras- -.illy revised will be greeted with approval ana not a little relief b\ {he authorities at W.mbledon. There will, h wever. be no major appointments. The spectators' breath and Ct
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      MARIO & AVA
      171 4 MARIO AVA JN >prmg. said t'ennysi vuuns man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. In the case of young Spaniards, these fancies a to endure beyond the first dozen euckooi there has arrived In England a love-lorn young M i dor by the name of to Cabre. vith three
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      THE REP
      58 4 gINGAPORES Repertory Theatre begins its second season this evening. Mpv it be n successful as the first. This local enterprise deserves ihe support of all who hrve the cultural future of this colony at heart. A live theatre is essential to every community. A town the size of
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    Strachey Is Bitter These Days
    1067 4 J-JIS Majesty's Minister for War, aftei his visit to Singapore and the Federation, will shortly return to Britain to report to his colleagues m the Government on matters Malayan. It is some years now since I first came into contact with Mr. Strachey when he
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    A Globe-trotting Evangelist
    445 4 TODAY'S VISITOR 'PHE International J Leader of the Salvation Army, General Albert Orsborn C.8.E., who arrives m Singapore, i.s the sixth general of "the Army upon which the sun never sets.' H P was elected on Ma) 9. 1946. His brief visit to Sirgapore concludes a campaign
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    18 4 Colleen Townsend who appears icith Davt Dailey and Corinne Catvet m the comedy, "When Willie Ccmw Marching Home."
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    SCHUMAN PLAN
    59 4 M Schuman's proposals for placing the heavy industries of France and <»ermany under joint control are illustrated by this map. It shows how the main centres of coal and steel production m Western Europe are concentrated within a relatively small area, and that the Lorraine ore deposits are
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen.
    843 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. 'Musical' shops Trisha 'antics' Municipal canteens Bad debts /UJR shopkeepers, big and small, are becoming more and more music-minded these duvs. and it is hardly lble to drop In at a coffee or eating shop without getting more than an earful of radio "music." A
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    TITO FACES A HUGE TASK
    159 4  -  ERIC BOURNE By HISTORY and countries have a curious way of finding their man m the moment of crisis. Jugoslavia discovered ners m Josip Broz Tito —m 1941, when the Germans invaded, and again seven years later, when the odds were even greater. It was
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      23 4 I All Kinds of I LADIES' HAND BAGS I NOVELTY STORE,! 88. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE. j SILVER, j E.P.N.S.J AND (crystal tableware!
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    SALVATION ARMY PLANS EXPANSION
    317 5 SALVATION ARMY PLANS EXPANSION Terror raises new problems Free Press Staff Reporter DISCUSSIONS for the expansion of the activities of the Salvation Army m Singapore and the Federation will be held when General Albert Osborn, head of the Salvation Army, arrives m Singapore this afternoon. Brigadier F. W. Harvey, general
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    39 5 picture. I EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD J Miss Victoria David. Chief air hostess of Bharat (Indian) Airways, who paid her first visit to Singapore yesterday m a Skymaster. Her uniform is the traditional dress of north Indian women.— Free Press
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    39 5 picture. m Mrs X J. B. r i photographed after I it the Sin-a-pi rr Registry yesterday. pas FMMlllj Minn itrn 1.1 Monn daugh- tud >Ir>. Mark P.irr\ \vfiiii» > Mr Bfllrttv i> ||m Singapore Hoard \u\»liar> P Free Press
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    SEX FILM FOR FED.
    19 5 SEX FILM FOR FED. him. d s Mr Jack I .on Ap:i m 1 had by Mr I i
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    INDIAN FLAG.
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    Anti-communist papers found
    87 5 \N anti-Communist document published by the "Intelligence Section of the Malayan Anti-Communist and Anti-Russian Column." was found by the Singapore C ID. In Yock Eng School, Chinese High School and the Catholic High School. Cyclostyled m very correct Chinese they addressed the students about the Russian imperialist
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    CHINESE SCHOOL
    32 5 rjOVERNMENT is considering the reply from the management committee of the Singapore Chine.se Hitfh School, which has been asked to show cause why \he school should not be declared unlawful.
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    Princess flats: rents 'too high'
    557 5 Free Press StalT Reporter |HE rents of S4O and HZ a month fo r the Princess Elizabeth flats m Farrer Park (which were opened by th c Governor on Thursday) are too high, ins Mr. I). Robertson, a roettiber of the Working Committee of the
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    LIGHTER RATES OPPOSED
    134 5 THE Chinese Foodstuffs Dealers' Association have A sent a letter of protest to the Lighter Industry's Joint Consultative Committee against increased 1 liehter charges which the Committee enforced on June 1. I The letter was drafted on Wednesday night when it was decided to ask for a
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    J.B. SERVICE
    49 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— A service m Tamil will be conducted at the Methodist Church, Johore Bahru. on Sunday by Rev. V A. Chelliah, at 5.30 p.m. Sunday School services m English and Tamil will be held at 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., respectively on the same day.
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    SEARCH FOR CAMP SITES
    45 5 I t Press stall l{< pirter THI- pore B s for permanent i The annual report •nt^d at th< I on Fricki 16. says that s i land have not An offer of two Sigiap Road, hot accept ed and chance
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    605 more babies
    54 5 Free* Press Staff Reporter SIX hundred and five babies were born m Singapore Municipality m the week ending June 3, according to latest official statistics. In the same period there were 175 deaths. Chief causes of death were pneumonia (22), tuberculosis (24) and cnterltles (22)' No cases
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    Honour for S'pore gang-buster
    526 5  -  PETER HI LL By 4 BIG-BI'ILT Pakistani detective who once saved Lady Thomas, wife of the pre-war Governor of Singapore, from being robbed of 51, 500 worth of jewellery, has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorious Service after 24 years with the Singapore Police
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    31 5 pictures. fkRGANISERS and mi-m--1/ hers of the PerM-ketuan Shaik Hadji (Inion Pilgrim Brokers assembling at the Singapore Harbour Board wharves ytttfriiaj to see Mecca pilgrims off on the Tyndareus. Free Press
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    486 5 rpHE story of Malaya's "leading gun-moll ..a l O \el\ woman bandit' on whose head a price of |2,MM has been placed, is told m a report published m Kemsley newspapers m Britain. Hei name is driven H s Samsiah Boerstman, her age
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    AWARDS FOR AIRMEN
    56 5 Further awards to Royal Air Force personnel m the Kings Birthday Honours List 1950 are announced: Squadron Leader Peter Smith. DFC is awarded the Air Force Cross for his service on the British Service M: Burma. Sergeant P. Harridge now with 110 Squadron receives British EmpLe Medal
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    MAILS
    58 5 Su: .ipore toda\ !rom Ho;ig Xi .i, Japan. Aus f North Borneo, l.nouai: Brv. Miri and th« ion. to: polling surl. M GP O toe. for Hong Kong. China J:ip AustJ :i .parcel Ja\.» Phiiippine I.«-l. Pali 5 45 pJU federation and S.atn: 6 pm Great Britain. N Ireland
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    DEDICATION
    35 5 The Bishop ol Singapore will dedicate the War Memorial Boards of 'Old Raflflesians who lost th< ir lives m the last two wars, at 5 45 p.m. on Jum--15 m the Rarn«-s Ii Hall.
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    Goalkeeper sent off field
    57 6 Tiif referee at a soccer match between two Vietnamese teams at Saiyon recently sent off the field a goalkeeper from whose pocket a pistol fell when, he jumped to clear a ball. The protesting goalkeeper said he carried the gun to protect himself against possible hostile
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    GWAT TEK WINS SPLIT DECISION
    496 6 Title fight a two-fold flop TAN Gwat Tek, featherweight champion of allIndonesia, was crowned Singapore's first postwar featherweight champion, when he was awarded a split decision over 15-rounds against Jagir Singh at the Happy World last night, m a fight which never rose to any
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    45 6 Photo by KING KON(i, the heavyweight wrestler, distributes prizes to the winners at a regatta held at the South Winds Hotel m celebration of the King's birthday. King Kong fights the Turkish champion. Ali Riza Bey at the Happy World arena tonight.- Wee Ghim Siong
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    REES TAKES GOLF PRIZE
    91 6 DAI REES, British match play champion, won the Yorkshire Evening News £1.350 golf tournament at Sandmoor Leeds, yesterday, with a 72--holes aggregate of 276. Rets, who last won this event In 1039. had rounds of 73. 66, 71 and 66. Arthur Lees, another British Ryder Cup
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    R.I. SPORTS
    43 6 FE annual athletic sports of Raffles Institution will be held on Saturday. July 15. it 3 pm. on the school ground. There will be two eventa for Old Boys- -10" yards for over 30 and 4 1 yards for under 30.
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    Thrilling finish in first Test likely
    252 6 A SUSTAINED performance of intelligent, accur- ate bowling by Lancashire slow bowler Hob Berry, who took five for S3 m his first Test, and a stubborn unbeaten knock of 56 by Bill Edrich placed England m what may prove to be a winning position
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    Scoreboard
    157 6 INt.i \N»— Ist lnnv._3!2 WEST INDIES— Ist Inn*,. Rac r I>orcu-t b Brrry It Slollmrvftr Ibw Hollirs 43 Worrell st f uns b Brrry J Weekes r sub b Bailey 52 Walcott C EnUM b Berry 13 Christiani I'm Brrrv IT <iom« r Brrr% b Hollic* 3"» <n»dd ird
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    N.Y. STOCKS ARE FIRM
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    LONDON TIN DECLINES
    5 6 LONDON TIN DECLINES I UNKNOWN
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    Bombay pepper slumps
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    Gilt-edgeds are in demand
    277 6 O^Z']-SM;.^-;^A. LONDON ORITISH Government stocks captu business m the London Slock I day, says Reuters financial corre* again there was substantial tr.i dated and three-and-a-half p< i prices moved higher to close a quart Other sections were under U P influence of the approaching weekn movements
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      220 6 Iw!?ndr3k6 to the Singapore Free Press m Malay* I A PLASTIC MEAD/ WHAT k STUNT I I YE AM? YQ\i CAHi\\ OMAR'S TAKING! I MiAk#hu£.C* I --TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAYWWILE PAOVE NCTWifc,' I CAP.E OP That v^»s^ SO- -AUNT JANETS YOUR PALS^^t C t h£R WSTURS, 'CAjSE YOU'LL L =TI
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    17 7 Terry Allen, who plans to nght Dado Marino of Honolulu for the world's flyweight title m August
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    270 7 Latest hints from course Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. STRONGEST fancies on the course at Kuala Lumpur this morning were Rob Roy in the Trial Handicap and Gold Meridian in the fourth j race. The track was wet this morning 1 after yesterday's deluge, but further rain is
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    New records set up
    96 7 New records set up records 5 be Johore ateur :r.eeting .d 42 ft. -ep and Malayan ip by Lloyd :>ur last 12 7 1 2 Don 2 Heng Yok. Record). L:m So 3. j,>»^ Lee, -f Chun. Don; Bt up a 1 .:r. H- -!in: K. S. Seng Ko* S
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    Swallows win table tennis
    93 7 LArONG Swallows Party beat Tamil Brotherhood Association at table tennis at the T.B.A. premises on Thursday by four games to Lhree. Results (Swallows mentioned fir *t i N da Ranjo bt S. Krishnan 3-1; L. F. Chong lost to D. Suppiah 0-3; S. Klassen lost to
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    TONIGHT'S WRESTLING
    62 7 TONIGHT'S WRESTLING A LI RIZA BEY, heavyweight champion of Turkey will have another chance of! avenging his previous defeats at the hands of King Kong at the Happy World arena tonight, when they meet over* six ten-minute rounds. Bey says he Is going to adopt ''new tactics" and that the
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    Today's acceptors
    594 7 K ACE 1—^.30: CLASS 4. DIV. I— 6F. 000 Sister Cill Tait 9.00 141 (iarnfair Ingram 8.12 002 Ramillies Jones 808 200 Rustle Tulloh 8.07 030 Balam McPherson 8.06 423 Boleta J-uJi J. Donnelly 8.04 130 Sir Fresco Lansdown 3.02 U3O Rons Road Mawi 8.02 013 Sylvan Lam
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    Siamese wins on T.K.O.
    81 7 THE Siamese bantamweight boxer, Chai Sitphol, beat Alf Webster, of Australia, on a technical knockout m the seventh round of their scheduled 12-round fight at Melbourne yesterday. Sitphol was far too experienced for Webster, and Stadiums Ltd. have announced he will be given a return bout
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    U.S. CREW FOR N.Z. GAMES
    30 7 rnfiiS University of Califori n!a crew .will fly to New Zealand to compete m the Canterbury Centennial Games from Dec. 25 to Jan. 8, 1951.
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    Lanes now in second place
    459 7 Lanes now in second place U'IIII.f: Lancashire spin distinguishing himself Chester yesterday, his I racing to an early victor: Gloucester. Once the opening Gloi ed at 79 the remaining v addition of 35 runs m 50 i Tattersall claimed six victims with his right-arm offspinners during one splendid spell of
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    Indonesians, Changi draw
    77 7 RA.F. CHANGI who took the field favourites to beat the Indonesians m yesterday's Senior League tie at the stadium, had to fight hard for a one-all draw. Changl opened accounts towards the end of the first half when centre-forward Gillespie scored off a pass from Dowling Indonesians
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    SAFA planning Far East tour
    279 7  - SAFA planning Far East tour CRUSAUER By SINGAPORE tackle Negri Sembilan today for the right to meet the Northern finalists m the Malaya Cup soccer competition. Victory would mean the first Cup final for the Colony since th e liberation. And victory m the final would bring the biggest reward
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    All The Latest Selections
    247 7 TRESPASSER Fres Press Racing EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Correspondent RACE S^SZ^ 11 RAMILLIES MEATH GARNKAIR BAMILIiI* 230 sf, es Boleh Jadl Garnfair Ross Road (iarnfair Balam Freedom Train R»miUie» Meath Sylvan Lass RACE 2 UNICORN FATIILK RYAN UNICORN BLUE PRINT UNICORN 300 r Ryan Vutoi
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    6 7 Out of his crease
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    Geoff Brown in 2 finals
    102 7 CUi'iANT Misra (India) and Geoff Brown Australia will figure m t*o finals m the Northern England Lawn Tennis tournament at Manchester today. They meet In th* singles and will be partners m the doubles against Peter Molloy and lan Ottleshaw of Australia. In the semi-finals
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    SLTA tourney results
    141 7 RESULTS of yesterday's ties m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships were: Men's Singles: A. G. B. Pakir Maj. K. Greenwood 6-0, G-0. Men's Doubles: Ong Chew Bee itnd Lim Hee Chin beat Lt.-Com. P. W. Hearn and Capt. R. H. Rump 6-0, 6-2; William Tan i
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    WANTS RETURN BOUT
    30 7 Ijiormlr bantamweis champion Manuel Ortiz said yesterday that he hoped to return to Johannesburg, South Africa, for another bout with Vie Toweel to "get my title back."
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    S'pore July races
    152 7 THE Singapore Cup, over a mile and a quarter, with stakes of $5,000, will be the main attraction at the Singapore Turf Club's July meetinp on the 15th, 19th. and 2£nd. Other trophy races will be the 1 1, 4-mile event for Class I horses other than
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    WORLD CITIZENS MEET FOR PEACE
    351 8 WORLD CITIZENS MEET FOR PEACE Movement is growing PARIS, Saturday. A CALL for a "people's mediation" between East and West will go out from a "World Citizens' Week," opening tomorrow m Cahors (Southern France). Cahors, also known as Cahors-Mundi (World City), was the first town to be symbolically declared a
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    London to Calcutta flight in 17 hours
    132 8 London to Calcutta flight in 1 7 hours CALCUTTA, Saturday. GIANT jet airliners of th c 80-A.C. will Hv on the London-India route from 1952, bringing Britain's I capital within 17 hours' journr from Calcutta. No place m the world will be more than L' 4 hours distance irom Anywhere
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    52 8 The use of do&s m delecting mines for clearance wai demonstrated m the Hawley Lake area of Aldershot I by the 32 Assault Group R.E., during a full-seale L demonstration of their work. Live ammunition was used and everything was done to reproduce real battle conditions to test both inrii
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    FIRST U.S. ARMS FOR INDO-CHINA
    195 8 WASHINGTON, Fri. r FHE first shipment of arms aid to IndoCh*na is due to leave the United States west coast earl? next week. ThB early shipments are the result of the personal lnterest taken by General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs <*f Staff,
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    Asian medical congress plan
    74 8 MANILA, Sit TIIK first South-Kist Ami Medical Congress Maj he held In Manila next year il a proposal just mitinted hv the Philippine Medic. 1 1 Association material: The plan, which has already had the full endorsement of Dr. Antonio Villarama, Philippine Secretary of Health, will,
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    SHARING NECESSARY
    30 8 Prosperity like peace must be shared m order for the world to survive, Mrs Vljaya Lakshmi Pandit, India's Ambassador to the United States said m Kansas City.— Reuter
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    CLASSIFICATION
    25 8 Romances which constitute the Arabian Nights appear m the latest book list 'ssued by the Sydney Public Library under the classification "Social Sciences."- Reuter
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    17 dead, hurt in blast
    50 8 MANILA police investigating an explosion at a house, which killed three persons and injured 14 others, say that the blast occurred as a man carrying a box containing explosives was about to enter the residence. The man was killed with two children, including his daughter—
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    4,000 S'HAI FIRMS CLOSE'
    149 8 4,000 S'HAI FIRMS CLOSE HONG KONG, Saturday. JOME 4,000 firms m Shanghai closed down m the 5 eight months between August last year and March this year, according to Chinese pres s reports. M these 1,000 were described as "industrial plants" md 2.000 commercial enterprises. The three "main" causes that
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    100 S'hai bank failures
    101 8 100 S'hai bank failures HONG KONG. Sat. rrHE Shant^ini branch of the Mo.rev Narodny Bank has atketl the Chttw Communist authorities permission to elo*e down, bringing the total of bank closu to more than 100 since the Red -liberal") oi the ciiy a jrear ago. If the authorities grant bank's
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    China Reds to 'convert' Catholics
    76 8 China Reds to 'convert' Catholics HONG KONU, Sat. hthe Communist Kwangtung Government has ordered compulsory indoctrination of all Catholic priests and missionaries, says a Canton report. Starting nr\t week such persons will be forced to attend regular c 'asses on 'New Democracy." The Catholics will be indoctrinated m thr^e stages
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    'END GRAFT' ORDER BY P.I. PRESIDENT
    71 8 'END GRAFT' ORDER BY P.I. PRESIDENT MANILA B pRESIDENT Ou: has Iven Government D"partment beidi SO dayi i purge their or.irr I ana corruption. Under the "com:nand re.spon.si:.. principle, thf President cssed. that failure of the officials to comply with his order would be considered rail ..-ir removal. •s in
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    German nobles now labourers
    283 8 IK.WKFIKT, Saturda>. 4 TITLK of nobility m (ierman\ today has no value. A The war and the hard tirr.rs which followed P"* Hi;- nobility business on the skids. It has been coiner downhill ever since. Take the case of Oscar tou Hindenburgh son ol the late
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    STUDENTS FLEE S. CHINA
    167 8 STUDENTS FLEE S. CHINA HONG KONG, Sat. PHIS colony is niled vitl Chinese, including 1..--numbers of students, f have fled here from Red China and prefer poverty to returning to their homei on the mainland. These Chinese now kn how skilfully the Communists masquerade as advocates of democracy freedom and
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    JAP THREAT
    36 8 Iff. J. M. Lobo Prabhu. on ;i round-the-world fact rinding mission for the Government of India, said m Tokio that Japan's recovery of her pre-war production threatening the interest of both India and Britain.
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magazine Saturday, June 10, 1950.
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      A bridal pair face the camera
      377 1  -  MARIAN WELLS :umes are heavy, the I and suffocating, and ographer keeps on g. 'Another, please. b> ll s Iroom, p itk'HtKatijah peialled lied m high die •d :ure. und of l on way n settled of ayah." uid plank v;cinit> emptied me hut.
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      WHEN THE FROGS CROAK AT NIGHT
      588 1 It's love time m the country K. S. CHIA tells of the mating call that no animal can resist. tk piK hours just before dark is when mosquitoes begin their mysterious mating dance", slated Dr. .1 W. Field, Director of the Institute of Medical
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      RED EGGS AND PICKLED GINGER
      618 1 The 'Full Moon Feast' calls for C S. WONG describes an old Chinese custom. THERE was a plate of red-coloured eggs and pic k!e<j gingers on the table at the restaurant which I attended recently. Thai constituted the first course of the dinner given by
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      Long before
      186 1  -  KLUANGER A poem by c/rr/NG m a wcll-tnojrn out two friends rceie enjoying Satu Ampat Jalan', and discussing the effect of tropical heat on the memory. Until then, I had never given the matter any serious thought; but, on my return home, I put vrjself to the test.
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        102 1 Reach MANILA or TOKYO refreshed and relaxed > 1 IOW YOU CAN FLY by I'a* m|U Iff 111 is a Pan American Clipper* JiVrcr to can <u/ra. at no rxtia rost. Manila. From there frequent For fares an<J Clipper flights take off Co, or t |(V >lw|>erH Tokyo- via Hong
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      There were six 'Mighty Joe Youngs'
      315 2 HOLLYWOOD THE Mm 'Mighty Joe Young" had star. The .'.la. or. rather. go.s—there were six of Dl won an Academy Award m the special e!tKts category for the creator, s OBnen. The stOI7 of how O'Brien. -ht his toys to "'ife' 1 en the
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      Film Competition Winners
      381 2  - Film Competition Winners RUTH LANGDON one of the judges, comments on the entties 'THE winner of the 525 prize for the bi-st entry m the Free Pross 'ideas for a film script" competition is: Mr. A. L. RYTER 179, River Valley Rd. Singapore. In addition the judges decided to give
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      Mason: 'I'm not A Chattel'
      335 2  -  Maurice Wiltshire \|K. James Mason, onetime British screen idol, talked to me about his intention to become an American when he paid a brief visit to London on his way to Spain to make "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman". I feel no guilt whatever about
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      They Say That...
      364 2  -  LEROY MARCH Hollywood Gossip by HOL/.rW'OOD actually has two big-time Jimmy Stewarts noic. Stewart Grangers real name is James Stewart, and that's the name he was using when he started out on his acting career m England. But by the time he was ready to come to
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      Nice People, These Americans
      363 2  - Nice People, These Americans LAN GRANT By -rjEAR RUTH" was one of the funniest films Hollywood has ever made. Its se"DEAR WIFE", which is coming to the Cathfiy, has therefore the initial handicap of having to live up to a particularly high standard. "Dear Wife" is not quite so consistently
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      'Going My Way' —With Nuns
      429 2  - 'Going My Way' —With Nuns RUTH LANGDON By £OME TO THE w STABLE is a frequently hilarious, frequently sentimental tale of two French nuns Celeste Holm and Lor: eta Young) who soften cold New England hearts with their naivete and goodness. The ingenuous nuns deride to build a hospital on
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      at the Cinemas
      235 2 Cathay Trapped, starring Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton is the story of a clever counterfeiter and the even more clever FBI. Though the film dialogue is often trite, "Trapped" is tense and exciting, especially •'cenes of a man-hunt m a gloomy car-barn. Lloyd Bridges makes a convincing
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      16 2 Colee:i U and Fran 'is Gifford, two beauties wlio appear m "Riding High." coming to Singapore.
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      'Blue Lagoon' is 'dubbed' for Malaya
      419 2 'Blue Lagoon' is 'dubbed' for Malaya By OUR LONDON FILM REPORTER INDIAN cinemagoers m Malaya are to have a film specially "treated" for them. The Blue Lagoon has been dubbed into Hindi for Northern India and Pakistan and into Tamil for Malaya and Southern India and Ceylon. The Tamil version
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        90 2 VERITAS 350 EASY jWE VERY TO I BRIGHT MAINTAIN <^tS|P I LIGHT A^L- THt RK>T KKKOsfVI PKKS IKI I 1 A\ %ll.\Bl I I ROM \'l I I \i i Disir ■tiutor>: M I U \H M»\«. I AMPS C% LEA HIN («> 231, South i I Factor> Rrprr«enU l
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      ONE OF NATURE'S MOST USEFUL TREES
      529 3 ONE OF NATURE'S MOST USEFUL TREES BEE WICKERSON enumerates the benefits man derives from the coconut tree. \\E have had the men to cut the grass and we have had the men to do the drains. There have been the men to service the telephone cables and the men who
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      Night hawkers add to the colour of Malaya
      379 3 LUCY TAN foresees that future historians will note with regret the absence of a useful band of hardworking men. Kj I. f characters M j 1 ;i v a D s. cointo us tluit v notice them I Oj the rd with
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      HISTORY IN TAPESTRY
      55 3 HISTORY IN TAPESTRY M women ure helping ml tapestry dein iry when prin- them.- 1944 as I s have p'-it >. and the be passed s organisan. Any woman iMe to do her ry will fed by four md should be t year It ops and tanks he towns n
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      Battle or bottle ?
      59 3 Battle or bottle rE following lines were inspired by the Sunday Pictorial article denouncing "selfish" Singaporeans. By the doors of the Cathay Where the wealthy merchant play There is silence on the violence m the Fed. No one worries over trifles Such as hand grenade^ and rifles THEIR campaign U
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      I COME TO SPORE WITH A CIRCUS
      731 3  -  BENJAMIN F. MACKAY 94 years of rich adventure X by The oldest European m Singapore iFTER 1 lefl the aY IS. Army I managed a candy shop for :i time, then joined Hannston's Circus :is assistant manager My wife £<>t :i job ;»s
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