The Singapore Free Press, 13 June 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA v> 17.807 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1950. I'RH'E fEN (IMs.
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    20 1 Linda Christian, wife of Tyrone Power, and starlet m her own rU'ht. seen on the move m Sfatgaptrt last night.
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    BRITAIN REJECTS EUROPE UNION
    529 1 'Must be based on socialism' LONDON, Tuesday. JHE Hritish Labour Party for the first time yesterday openly rejected current schemes for the complete political and economic union of Europe. It turned down any idea of hiking pan m a European Parliament with legislative powers, l and
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    30 1 voun^ster obviously his |fx>.»nN Hr phed .4t t^.f 1 «>t:> imp at Sun^ri X ti.ih. Ciurkha^' NfiH to srhi>ol bev 1 irtin; on the more dc .>f a soldier's life.
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    NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR SAIGON
    37 1 NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR SAIGON iOM. T i olica- i •> -ithe red nam. c name of a new na- c chieT fof 8 ftii proo:p^ia"ied Into n for i mat- "inand i set .i horih terropro- A.P.
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    SIX REDS JAILED
    12 1 tan ponce nave seized ged C'jmmunibts I n.l-com-zn- A.P.
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    Dunlop's send armoured cars
    225 1 Dunlop's send armoured cars I'Ht: Uunlop Rubber Company has provided a fleet of armoured cars for the protection of the 21,000 people living: on its Malayan estates, Sir Clive Baillieu. chairman, told th P annual meeting m London •We must face the grim undoubted fart that standard of living of
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    LINDA DIDN'T STAY LONG
    184 1 LINDA Christian, beautiful 26-year-old wife of film star Tyrone Power, did not have much time to assess th? glamour of a well-known Singapore hotel last night. Soon alter she had arrived m the hotel from Kallang airport she was seen to walk out. The story got
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    Support for Press freedom
    97 1 MONTREAL. Tues. MR. M. FOWLER, President oi the Canadian Newsprint Association, appealed to 80 British Commonwealth newspaper publishers yesterday for support In gaining "freedom from the press" lor his Canadian colleagues. Speaking before tKe delegates to the seventh Imperial Press Conference, Mr. Fowler said: "I am
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    Border clash in Kashmir
    91 1 JAMMU, Turs ONE officer and five soldiers of the Kashmir State Forces have been killed m an exchange of fire with a band of Pakistan troops and 50 armed Pakistan civilians. The Pakistan group had crossed into Jammu Province near the border village of Gulabgarh to
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    A GENERAL'S DESTINY
    60 1 BEFORE a bullet In the back of his head on Saturday ended his life, Gen. Wu Shih, ex-Minister of Defence executed m Taipeh for treason, wrote i •No one knows what «od wills for him. No one can foretell his own fate. In my time T worked
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    Britons held
    45 1 The British Consul-Genera m Formosa, Mr. B. T. Biggs, has reported that the Chinese Nationalists are detaining I he British master and wee oflicers of a Chinese ship they have captured, hut are treating them "correctly", a Foreign Office spokesman *aid yesterlay. Reuter
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    HOPE ABANDONED
    39 1 The United Sta\*s Air Force yesterday abandoned th c search by 29 aircraft over 10.000 square mUa of the North Sea for four ny 1 missing from the Superior! that shot itself down on June 7 U.P.
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    Smuts 'still very ill'
    70 1 PRETORIA, Tues. FIELD-MARSHAL Smuts was yesterday reported still very ill, although there has been no recurrence of his collapse on Saturday. Doctors believe he will be unable to take an active part m politics for a Ion? time, perhaps never agiin. His immense interest m the
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    Youth charged
    37 1 WILLIAM Boiiner, aged 22 of Culdaff, County Donegal, was charged m a special court yesterday with shooting at James R. Wayman, 52-year-old skipper of the 93-ton English trawler Lock Esk, and seriously wounding him. Reuter
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    F.-M. Slim is silent
    89 1 DARWIN, Tues. FIELD Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, refused to confirm or deny a statement attributed to him by an Egyptian newspaper that war is certain." The War Office has ordered an investigation of the remarks attributed to the FieldMarshal by
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    Rice causes more births
    44 1 "DICE is responsible for Japan's higii birthrate, according to Dr. Keiso Kodama, Dean of the kledlcal Department of Tokyo University. Dr. Kodama lias discovered that acid formed In ri^e increases the ae'ivity of both male and female reproductive organs. Reuter
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    PRIEST JAILED
    26 1 A Warsaw court yesteraay sentenced a Catholic priest to six years jail on a charge of having delivered sermons against the sta f U.P.
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    GRAIN FROM EAST
    20 1 The U.S. State Department said' yesterday it favoured more grain trade between East and West Europe. A.P.
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    Looks a poor year
    36 1 JAPANESE ship-builders have been unable to get a single foreign contract so far this year. Companies received numerous inquiries but high construction costs and existing exchange rates prevented completion of contracts. Reuter
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    WRITER 'WAS LIQUIDATED'
    213 1 NEW YORK, Wednesday. I^OIBTS were raised by a Republican member of the House of Representati\es yesterday about the cause of death m England of Miss Agnes Smedley, 56-year-old American authoress and journalist who was due to give evidence before the Un-American Activities Committee. Representative Harold Velde. Illinois,
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    NEHRU GOES SIGHTSEEING
    112 1 JOGJAKARTA. Tues President doekarno terday took Pandit Nehru out sightseeing to Mer.dut and Borobudur. famous monuments. Mer.dut th- Indian Premier sperr over h ilf-an-haur 1 t1 the three statues .hat of OaotaUM Buddha, a Bioi sculpture which President Sukarno explained was the ".i>ost beauttfU] statue la tlie
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    Times man in Tokio warned by MacA.
    92 1 Times man in Tokio warned by MacA. TOKIO. lv THE London I J respondent m Mr. Frank Ha.vh\v. has been warned by <. \rthurs Chief or StarT. Major-G?neral E. Alm< nd. that he n be expelled from Ja tor wriUi dly Inaccurate about the occupal Mr. I terd. i maue
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    JOINS REDS
    93 1 BERLIN. W MR. John Pect, 34. t B rim buitau day he had requested and ium m Communist I could no longer Ml stern w&rmo I oi)U(>n-o >. ent rr.aut h:s di B ml Bgcd by Ge: BUU Inl Gerhait Eis>r, m ;ne v •E\^- tf he is
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    35 1 picture. Uhat ARE these peculiarfyattired boys doing? And who are they? Answer: They are from the King*s School. Canterbury. Kent, and they are taking pictures of Trim-ess Margaret when she visited the school recently. A.P.
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    'Back To The Twenties' Craze Now
    732 2  - 'Back To The Twenties' Craze Now TOM POCOCK comments on a new phenomenon and wonders what next? IT had to come. It was inevitable that the fashionable, fakeEdwardian woman of 1949 would, m 1950, put on the fancy dress of the 1920,5. It must be part of evolution that the
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    'Johnnie's' Are Smart
    290 2  -  IRIS ASHLEY By "JOHNNIES" is the name given to the trousers which come nearest to the American girl's bluejeans. The smart way to wear bluejeans was always to roll them halfway up the leg; johnnies are made just that length. The girl seen on holiday (above) is
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      205 2 BUTTONS AND BOWS ACCESSORIES the arcade, Singapore cold storage orchard road, Singapore, telephone 53>6 -v^v. jTJVpxvpct fDpfiptts m Cold w^^vv <. CHOKER NECKLETS I B R AC E LET S EARCLIPS B. P. de SILVA, LTD. j tlncoxoorated m Ceylon) < 19-21. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE 1. BISHOP STREET. pE N
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      115 2 M ll New Shipment of Latest French Model Hats. 278, Orchard Kd 1,1 4: 4y BAIRNS WEAR 100% PURE WOOL j~~ JERSEY SUITS >■ w J" 1 ,**^*jKt I .ne Ideal Clothing for Toddle-^ on I journey Home and m Colder Qin With Self Coloured Trousers the |cis m Fair
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      47 2 Solution To Crossword No. 70 SOLUTION: Across: 1, Love-in-a-mist. 7. Gated. 8, Megan. 9, Lad. 10. Shut-eye. 11, Enter up. 13, Doh. 14. Drama. 15. Appro. 16, Reposses. Down: 1. Legal tender. 2, Voted. 3, Industrials. 4, Armour plate. 5, Ingle. 6, Tenter-U-hooks. 12. Tramp. 13, Dupes.
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      248 2 New Crossword No. 71 I j j j I I CUH ACROSS 1 Capital French girl <10>. 7. Having no Highland fntts crf^ speech (5-6). 8. Australian twigs (7). 9. Bunnies Mummy <3). 10. All has a headless tail (3>. 12. Noan spent so many m the Ark (3. 4).
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    'WAR OR PEACE' BALANCE SHEET
    298 3 'WAR OR PEACE' BALANCE SHEET Romulo finds score close MANILA, Tuesday. PRESIDENT Carlos P. Romulo of the United Nations General Assembly has made up a "balance sheet" on the prospects for war or peace, and decided that the chances for peace are better. The usually optimistic Filipino diplomat admitted, on
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    44 3 An old-fashioned river boat race climaxed the "Welcome Week" held recently by the U.S. city of Pittsburgh, Pennsyvania. The Homestead, a U.S. steel company vessel, belches smoke furiously as it nears the final line to beat the Titan, owned by a rival steel company.
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    Ceylon wants to compete
    197 3 COLOMBO, Tuesday. ■MYLON will soon enter the world rubber goods ket mi a large scale. At present Ceyloninufactured rubber goods are being exported to Bolgium and Australia A leading manufacturer ef rubber goods states his firm is receiving inquiries from many parts world for the supply
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    Trygve Lie called 'a lying machine'
    173 3 SIDNEY, Tuesday. THE Secretary-General of the Untied Nations, Mr. Twjgvt Lie, is "one of those lying machines they have m America— things that make criminals tell the truth according to one rnnn here answering a newspaper quiz. To city council cleaner bred Williams, quizzed
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    21 3 The Swiss Cabinet has proposed a subsidy for the country's main airline. Swiss Air. which lost 5.000.000 francs m 1949. Reuter
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    CREWS DESERT FOR MORE PAY
    27 3 C REWS DESERT FOR MORE PAY i IRMED by desertions In rta Dutch companies are re Holland. h the desertions, r.eorv that Ausbter econon Holland at Reuter
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    BOATS DETAINED
    39 3 hi reported 13 Japanese fishing boats were detained b\ Soviet naval patrol boats on June 8. off the easternmost tip Ol Hokkaido. The paper said only six o the boats have thus far been released. A P
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    6 held for child deaths
    73 3 BUDAPEST. Mon. AN OFFICIAL Hungarian Government communique yesterday announced the arrest of Dr. Ferenc Farago. head of the Budapest Microbiological Institute, and aye assistants on charges of "infant murder.' The communique s.t id that through criminal negligence a number of children had been given whooping
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    MENZIES THANKED
    39 3 The British Prime Minister. Mr. Clement At t lee, has sent a telegram of thanks to the Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzie.;. for the services of the Australian Armed Forces m the occupation of Japan Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    317 3 WRITING In the Bridge World tfMHta M. J. Sullnan of B-i ban Australia, propose.-. ■a international bridge match between American and Australian u-ams. and describes this rical from the team of mm match between New South Wales and Victoria. The bidding It thp table where Victoria held the
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    U.S.I. REDS REBUKED BY NEHRU
    115 3 U.S.I. REDS REBUKED BY NEHRU JAKARTA, Mon. THE Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, rebuked Indonesian Communists carrying anti-Indian placards, who appeared at a mass meeting which he addressed here yesterday. One of the placards said. "Release Indian labour peasant leaders." Pandit Nehru, now touring Ea^t Asian countries, told his Di«ge.st
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    C.O.L. ALLOWANCE
    28 3 A five percent cost of living wage increase for adult male workers earning less than seven pounds weekly is to be given m New Zealand. Reuter
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    10,000 TOURISTS
    26 3 The U.S. Depai'meni of Commerce said that about 10,000 tourisU visited Japan m 1949. Approximately 50 per cent, were from the United Stales. A.P.
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    36 3 pirture. The 150-foot "Rollo Tower.*' main tourist attraction of the Danish town of Faxe collapses m a cloud of dust and smoke after being blasted by TNT. to make way for a lime quarry A. P.
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    RUSSIANS STILL FLEE COUNTRY
    155 3 VALLEY COTTAGE, New York. Tuesday. A LEXANDRA Tolstoy, daughter of the Kusian novelist, Leo Tolstoy, sai.j many anti-Commun-ists are escaping from Russia, rather than live m terror" at home. Miss Tolstoy, president of the Tolstoy Foundation which gives shelter to Russian immigrants, said she has received
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    SHIPOWNERS TALK
    35 3 About 100 .shipowner.;, running services to the Far E~ Australia. India and PaX tan, will attend an am.ual international meeting of shipowners to be held at The Hague on June 14 and 15
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    SURPLUS OF OLD PEOPLE
    140 3 TOKIO T ACCORDING to records of i\the Vital Statistics Bureau of Gunma prefecture m 1 er.i .'ri'^Ti, 2 M^l r»»it *~>* population of 1,500 r OOO ar* UlUi iOJ >,'dlo I The oldest person sup- I to be still Living is S:s ki of Iseeaki ciiy,
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      236 3 SINGAPORE BFUBS iSingaporel (BIX'K .JDM 484 md tl 7 m-' 4 4: > P- m Programme summary; IX4 ana m „F lom the Lon don EditorialsEmergency news from &.i*. BBC>; 4.55 "Composer of the at iii a m Week"— Wagner 5.15 "Commonat iv a.m. Mh Survey> BBC) 530 Taul TODAY
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      111 3 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN toilf. iiipi K--rather than rrjison likely to guide your life. Sin- i intuhions ar keen, you must L-arn l« fultow tli carefully. On th' t.th.r band, you have a hiffh degree of determiiiafior. mil once you ?< I into a job vMdi \<>u v accomplished, you
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. June !3. 1950. Indians in Malaya
    400 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. June !3. 1950. Indians in Malaya nr\ lE arrival m Singa- pure this week of the l;d:an Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru, and warships of the new Indian Navy, preI .;ts a splendid opportunity of considering part which Indians vrd, and are m building M •n
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    Don Iddon's Diary
    1080 4 Don Iddon's Diary NEW YORK: WHERE are the mournful morticians now? I mean the assorted pallhearers, undertakers, wreath-givers, and dust-scatterers who were burying Britain just a few months a.i^o. They are, of course, speeding round the countryside on unratior*ed petrol, eating unrationed food, and sending unrationed dispatches to American newspapers
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    'TOPSY-TURVY' LAND
    672 4 Behind the Iron Curtain By A Special Correspondent JJOW do people live behind the Iron Curtain? I cannot speak about Russia, I have never been there. But Ido know about Hungary. *I lived and worked there for years. Hungary is one or Russia's puppets, a "people's aemocracy." And
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    'THEY've Led Ernie Bevin Astray'
    842 4  - 'THEY've Led Ernie Bevin Astray John Fisher (SAY HIS FRIENDS A critical study by JHEY say of Mr. Ernest Bevin that when he took over the British Foreign Office the only item he dropped from the Tory programme was the polished and elegant manner of expressing it. According to this
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    MPs streaming into Moscow
    70 4 MOSCOW. 'EMBERS of the newlyelected Supreme Soviet, sia s second post-war rliament. have been arrivtg m Moscow after travelng from all parts of the »viet Union by ship, plane, am, dog-team and camel The majority of the 1.316 members began to arrive early list week for
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      57 4 Hot dogs and all other kinds of SAUSAGES fresh from our kitchens daily Hot Dogs per Ib $1.25 Pork Sausages .$2 Beef Sausages .75 Tomato Sausages I.CO Chipolata Sausages 1.10 Cocktail Sausages 1.10 Hamburgers 20c. each Chili Con Came $1.75 per jar. COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH Showing a fresh
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    RENT CUTS: S.I.T. TO DECIDE TOMORROW
    497 5 RENT CUTS: S.I.T. TO DECIDE TOMORROW Proposals for Princess flats Free Press Staff Reporter I'HE whole question of rent reductions for post-war premises built by the Singapore improvement Trust, as well as for the Princess Elizabeth flats m Farrer Park, will be discussed and probably settled when the Board of
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    18 5 JHE wedding took place m Singapore this week of Miss Loke Oi Keng and Mr. Lian Kon Pin.
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    Negroes may come here On 'crusade'
    38 5 Negroes may come here On 'crusade' Stftfl Reporter r. Direc- ted States In c Press yes- almost liner irrv- 3 rid tour. named I S negro >-■ f-; x Lions' will for :5. ..ders >aid n of I ccc
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    F. EAST FLEET EXERCISES
    9 5 Far ake part In a
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    1,600 NEW VOTERS IN SINGAPORE
    116 5 MORE *han 1.600 new voters had been added to the electoral rolls for the Singapore Legislative Council and Municipal elections up to Friday. It was officially announced last night. A total of 957 have regisd for the Council elections and 710 have registered for the
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    TALK POSTPONED
    38 5 The illustrated talk on Malayan music which was to have been given at the British Council Hall tonight to members of the Music Circle by Mr John Duclos of Radio M has had to be cancelled.
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    POLICE BAND
    15 5 The Singapore P"lice Band will play at Kulim Place at n45 p.m. today.
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    'Grenades used to catch fish'
    231 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Monday. "THE fish population off the coast of Mersing is A diminishing. Tngku Aziz bin A. Hamid said m the Johore State Council today. This was because wasteful methods were employed to obtain fish by unscrupulous persons who used
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    CINEMA APPEAL TO SULTAN
    114 5 F.P. Malay Correspondent MALAYAN Theatres LimitA cd. which owns four cinemas m Kedah. has written to the Sultan of Kedah appealing against the ban on cinema shows m the State during the fasting month and on every Friday night, I'tusan Melay v reports. The Malay Custon*
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    Labour Party to discuss walk-out
    209 5 Free Press Staff Reporter VfR. Lim Yew Hock, president of the Singapore Labour Party, told the Free Press yesterday that Mr. Pat Johnson's walk-out and his allegation of "stage-management" of the proceedings at the party's annual conference would be discussed by tho Executive Council soon.
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    DATO ONN WAS ADAMANT
    221 5 F P Malay Correspondent DATO Onn bin Ja'aiar, who resigned on Sunday from his post as president of the United Malaya National Or- oanisation, refused to reconsider his decision when several UMNO delegates pleaded vvtth him to stay, the Utusan Melayu reports. Dato Onn resigned during
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    80 5 picture. Ni aim v 100 nfiS'c attended a farewell dinner given by the Singapore Gun Club at f^Kp^t World on Saturday to the hon. secretary of the club. Col. C. F. Seston, A l xi n M Dee who will leave ih; CO".;- soon for Colombo. In the centre is
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    ELECTRICITY DEPOSIT
    127 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. DATO Teoh Siew Khor. of Kluang. m the Johore State Council, today invited the Government to request the Central Electric Board to withdraw its demand for a two months' deposit from electricity. He regarded the demand as unfair on the public,
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    No third degree, says Colony police chief
    353 5 Free Press Staff Reporter Y|R. R. E. Foulger, Singapore's Commissioner of Police said yesterday that 1 no member of the Police Force was supposed to use third degree methods or corporal punishment on anybody detained for any cflfence. If he did, I I
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    Johore crisis move lauded
    171 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BHARU, Mon DEFERRING to the financial measures approved by the Johore State Council which today passed a motion to curtail State expenditure to the extent of $2,000,000 to pay for the immediate costs of the Emergency, M r S. C. MacIntyre
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    BLOOD BUNK APPEAL IN SINGAPORE
    227 5 BLOOD BUNK APPEAL IN SINGAPORE Free Press Staff heporU'r A LTHOUGH February's fc. J\ transfusion campaign Lo get more blood donors has had satisfactory results, group "O" of the blood bank at General Hospital, Singapore, is now empty. This is because the present numb* r ol bl d donors cannot
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      63 5 MAILS Surface niail is expected to arrive m Singapore today from Hung Kong. China. Japan, S;am and the Federation. Latest times for the posting of suriace mail today at the G.P O. are: noon for North Borneo. Labuan. Brunei, Miri, Hong Kon^. China Japan and Indo-China: 5.45 p.m. for Siam
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    LORD FREDERICK BEST BET TOMORROW
    673 6  - LORD FREDERICK BEST BET TOMORROW TRESPASSER Maiden win for Glencoe likely By DEST bet at tomorrow's rare- at Kuala Lumpur 13 is Lord Frederick. This Frederick John gelding i* one of the most improved horses m training. Running m Class 2 for the first time on Saturday, he was a
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    Class 4 races very open
    391 6 T .ioi led to Class 4 iio X Lumpur open. Tne rs to ao ng from. INketM T f?v i In the Din-•.-nv V»l stylishly Penng hor.>e u'ale her. to length for winch lbs. On 1 >!M hPfood; he m n vcond and h 4,
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    One-year-old bull mart
    69 6 NEW YORK. Tues. f FHE one-year-old bull market celebrated m good style yesterday by making further headway m most sections. Share transfers totalled 1,800.000. Selected Industrials, notably motors and chemicals. re-brtered the best improvement, with gains ranging to US. $2. Elsewhere. |Bini ranged to around U.S *1.
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    Athletes penalised
    168 6 »r\\»> of mritaia'i lalsnmtismal women sDrin rmman and Doris Batter, to h ot Londo.i. w..i u%>t ■> «'u j pti m in\ irn's \i:ia.fur A.h>tic Association Ifam this ile.ision. reai ht- d by a of the Wonu-n n la- j .i mfidrn- il r ;>.t I* Mrs. Ruth
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    London tin is barelv steady
    53 6 The London tin market closed •t-ady yesterday th price movement,* were HMXtenttc C Ing prices were: Spot. £605 buyers and £606 sellers, with bu- three months buyer* ar.d £606 10s. sellers, with business at £607 and £606 10v. Settlement was at £605 i()s The day's
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    2 wins to Misra
    52 6 SDMANT Misra, formrr AH-li.di.i lawn tennla ehamplon, wqp two matches In the men's singles when the West of England ips ope. day. In the f.: d he defeated F VVhitehead (EngUnd) 6-1. 6-1. and pi lie third round with I 6-i B-3 wu\ Offt R British
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    W. Indies collapse: 6 wickets go for 61
    405 6 pNGLAND won their first horn,. Test match since lJ 1947 whin the West Indies, offering only moderate resistance In the final stares, lost by 202 runs at Old Trafford yesterday. A crowd of 2.000 at Old Prafford saw the wickets fall for
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    Operators are hesitant
    207 6 LONDON t.^, THERE was a note of caution and A London Stock Exchange jrestei it ln l be of domestic issues failing to h«»l j an Initi^ ,1^ ment and closing irregular reports j, r cial correspondent. s n «uj. Operators were awaiting todi ment of outstandine
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    26 6 tUIT. Father Ryan (Bajfby) returning to scale after winning tiie second race Ijs> l Div. t), over seven furlongs, at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Free Press
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    U.K. ZINC UP
    37 6 U.K. ZINC U P Britain has raised h»>r selling prire of zinc good ordinary brand by £4 to £127 10s. per long ton delivered. Zinc oxide prices have been raised to 3 10s. per ton. A. P.
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    RUBBER PRICE SLUMPS IN NY
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    62 7 picture. BRITISH HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Bruce Woodcock, with a five-inch gash over his left eye, puffed lips and a swollen nose, poses for cameramen with Lee Savold (left) who t.k.o.'d Woodcock m the fourth round on June at the White City stadium m a fight which was recognised by the British
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    FASTEST GALLOP BY CARAVAN
    273 7 FASTEST GALLOP BY CARAVAN TRACK WORK F.P. Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. CPEEDY CARAVAN (Little) ran the fastest trial at Kuala Lumpur this morning when he dashed over three furlongs m 37 2 5. The going has improved considerably. The Music Lamp iDunwoodie» revealed good form when he beat Spearmirth
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    BRITISH REFEREES
    24 7 more I football reRichard Maddison and ha\e arrived der contract to all Associal isa jh now ha* 12 Bi- under contract. A.P.
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    ***** PAY $88,800 TO SEE SING TAO
    360 7  - ***** PAY $88,800 TO SEE SING TAO CRUSADER SAFA wipe off Burma deficit By SINGAPORE'S soccer fans paid an estimated $88,800 to see Sing Tao touring team from Hong Kong m the eight matches they played since their arrival m the Colony. The biggest attendance was 13,500, at the game
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    BODCA beat Rex B.P.
    129 7 dod Civilian Amocli ton Rex B.P. by nve [IBW three m a return badminton friendly at the S.H.B. Fne Brigade hall. Results i8.0.D.C.A. players mentioned fli Singles: Andrew Tan bt. Low Poh Hye 15-11. 17-15; Tan X. Lin bt. Cheong En^ Leong 15-6, 15-10; Teo Boon
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    Kok Ying wins Selangor title
    105 7 1 rum Our Man* Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, lion. lEONG Hoe Yeng, Selangor's itagkt title holder for years was today beaten m iwo straight sets 6-1. 6-3 m the final of the State lawn tennis championships by Goon Kok Ying at the Selangor Club Leong did
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    German enters U.K. tourney
    48 7 German enters U.K. tourney JJERMANN Tisiies, amateur golf champion of Germany, has filed entry for the British Open Golf championship, the Royal and Ancient Club announced yesterday. No German has played for a British title since the v.ar. The Open starts on July 3 at Troon Scotland A.P.
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    TENNIS UPSET
    31 7 PANCHO SEGURA of Ecuador yesterday turned m the second major upset of the 1950 national professional tennis tournament by defeating California's Jack Kramer 6-4, 8-10, 1-6. 6-4. 6-3. U.P.
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    I.A.W.F. ADMITS JAPAN
    65 7 I.A.W.F. ADMITS JAPAN Japan was yesterday admitted to the International Amateur Wrestling Federation's Executive Committee meeting m Amsterdam The Saar was also acci pted member. It was decided to hold the 1951 world championships for free-style wrestling In Helsinki on May U. 7, 8 and 9 The 1951 Congress of
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    Denis Compton has stitches removed
    51 7 "PVENIS Compton, Middlesex and England cricketer, has had all but two of the stitches removed from his right knee, following his recent operation. It is not yet certain when the remaining stitches will )e removed. Compton is still unable to get about on the knee.
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    Derby spinner does hat-trick
    524 7 Derby spinner does hat-trick ADOrBLE century, a bowling hat-trick and several spirited battles for first-innings points which included one tie, marked yesterday's play m the English county cricket programme. Charlie Harris, 41-year-old Nottinghamshire opening bat. who on Saturday against Hampshire recorded his first century of the season, was undefeated with
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    PLAYED WITH 9 MEN, TROUNCED
    53 7 pLAYING with only nine, men. Indonesian* A" were trounced nine-nil by Singapore Elarbour Board Auxiliary Police ill their S.A.F.A.* Junior A. Group 2 fixture at Geylanpj stadium yesterday. Morissey <5». Bird (2) and Rozario wer€ the scorers, the other goal coming from a miskick by
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    FASTEST MILE
    34 7 DON Cehrmann ran the second fastest collegiate liie m the United States this year on Saturday night, doing the distance m 4 mins 10.2 sees, to break the Central Collegiate Conference record.—
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    S.L.T.A. TOURNEY TIES
    179 7 TIES for today m the Singapore Lawn tennis championships are Men's singles: Low Kee Pow v. Lien Khe Liang; Tan Hock Sang v. A. G. B. Pakir; K. H. An£ v. Lim Hee Chin; Y. r. Wee v. Ong Chew BeeMen's doukles: G T. Hollow and F.
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    SING TAO F.C. MEET THEIR WATERLOO
    732 7 SING TAO F.C. MEET THEIR WATERLOO SINGAPORE'S Malaya Cup team did the seemingly impossible at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. They beat the all-conquiring sing Tao team by two goals to nil the visitors' first defeat m 15 games since they left Hong Kong on their tour of Southeast Asia and
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    INDIANS WIN IN KENT
    103 7 KUMAR. li. urth ranked pla his first round m the menfc i match when the B enham iKentt lawn tennis championships opened y u;.y He beat W. T Anderson, of .and 6-4. 7-5. of tht stars who will later Wimbledon are competing. er Mulloy lall Ameni
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    MAPUA BEAT TO KENG S.C.
    78 7 MAPU A BEAT TO KENG S.C. jtfAPUA Institute of 1 > logy Manila scored 01 her victory la they beat To Keng at basketball by 56 poir.!^ 39 at the Happy World ium. Tht rs set up a East pace and from quarter outplayed To Xt n Jose Lim, Chinese
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      13 7 "Suyt he yets v let O) hel;) from the inte r -rou:'d summaries.''
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      55 7 Today's sport SOCCER: S.A.F.A. i.up <lst round): Indian R.C. v. Tiger S.A. at Jalan Besar; Jnr. B 2: 4th SRC, R.A.S.C., v. Klue Rovers at CV.M.A. Friendly: Honsicon* and Sh. Bank v. Tiong B*»hru Rangers a* Farrer Park. TENNIS: Singapore champion ships at S.CC. BASKETBALL: Mapua (Manila) v. Theng Kong
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    BIRTH
    23 8 TU BERNICE (BUNNY), wife of Captain H. C. L. Anderson, Roynl Engineers, on 12 June. "50. at 8.M.H.. Singapore, a son, Pet?r.
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    92 8 THE engagement is announced b tween Rolf, .son of Mr. Mrs. Koren of Edinburgh and Bunty. liter of Mrs. McDonald of Ttarek, Melbourne. Australia THE en>;a?eirent is announced 1 n Chan Soon Seng, son of Mr. Mrs. Chan Wing of Hong Konsj <fc Wong Yuen Chan, daughter of Mr
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    MARRIAGES
    67 8 COOPER LEWIS: I onard Ltwon Cooper of Sir^aoore to v Caroline Lewis of Bristol, on June 12th. at Singapore. HUNTER-PAXTON HARDING: A" St. Andrews Prtsbyterun Church. Kuala Lumpur, on June 12th, Arthur John Hunter, son of late John Hunter and Mrs. j r of Angus. Scotland and va. to
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    DEATHS
    24 8 AH HENG of U.E. Ltd.. X.L at 110 p.M., on 12.6.50, a: Fourth M:> Cheras Road. 30 p m. on 13 6. '50.
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    TRIBAL BATTLE
    21 8 Sixteen people were killed and 57 wounded m a clash between the desert tribes of northeast Syria. A P
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    US. TO FIGHT MALARIA IN I.-C.
    143 8 US. TO FIGHT MALARIA IN I.-C. E.C.A. 'blitz campaign WASHINGTON, Tuesday. FIVE American public health service officers have been assigned to help with an Economic Co-operation Administration "blitz campaign" against malaria and other acute diseases m Indo-China. One phase of the Indo- China campaign will include the spraying of thousands
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    41 8 A spectacular item of a demonstration by 32 Assault Group. Royal Engineers, near Aldershot was an assault crossing of a water obstacle. Picture shows men landing from a storm boat, a fast wooden craft carrying eight armed men and two crew.
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    Aust.-U.S. talks on N. Guinea
    172 8 MELBOURNE, Tues. r PHE Australian GovernI merit expects Dutch New Guinea to be placed nuclei U.N. trusteeship .slws the newspaper Melbourne Age reporting that Australia recently exchanged views with the U.S. Government on the subject. While not saying who the US Government is supposed to
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    'S.-E. Asia will not turn Red'
    84 8 'S.-E. Asia will not turn Red ROCHESTER (N.Y.), T BRIG. -GEN. Carles P. Romulo. P.I Foreign Secretary and president of the United Nations General Assembly, said here yesterday that "a reviving South-Ea>t hi i will not fall prey to He h:»d arrived from Hei York on the la«t leg of
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    Arab split over Jordan expulsion
    126 8 Arab split over Jordan expulsion ALEXANDRIA, Tin THE Arab L^ayue Council last night d'-fidPd to back to its Political Con mitthe question of what action ibottld be ta'tr-n aga Jordan, one of the seven members of the League. The Council, from which Jordan was absent yesterday, had met to discujs
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    BEAT U.S. OUTPUTS CALL IN UK
    124 8 BEAT U.S. OUTPUTS CALL IN UK BLACKPOOL. Tues. MR. JACK TANNER, president of the 800 000-strong Amalgamated Engineering Union, yesterday called on British trade unionists to match or beat United Stairs individual output records. is no reason why m most spheres we should not equal s::d even surpass the levels
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    DISOBEDIENCE CHARGE
    49 8 JTLEVEN European and eight Arab member! of the crew of the 7.076-ton British merchantman Arq:os Kill were yesterday charged m Hong Kong with disobeying the orders of Captain S. M. Mallet to take the ship to lea last Saturday. The men were appear today. Reuter A. A.P.
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    17 8 Britain is to replace her military High Commission m Austria vith a civilian authority by August.' Reuter
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    Flying discs real, says ace
    65 8 INDIANAPOLIS. (Indiana). Tups. CAPTAIN Eddie Rickrnbacker. World War I air ace and President of the Fastern Air Lines, thinks flying saurers are real. He told a reporter: "Too many good men have seen them. And. if they exist, you can bet they belong to the
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    Children in desert 'torture march'
    120 8 AMMAN, f Jordan), Tuesday. 4 KAB LEGION rescue parties are searching: a 100-mile frontier for survivors of 120 Arabs men, women and children -alleged to have been sent on a "torture march' from Israel across waterless tracts of the Nege? Desert. Arab pr that Jewish
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    Challenge at 'peace' talk
    262 8 Challenge at 'peace' talk VIENNA, Tuesday. nROFESSOK Hans Thirring, Austria's leading atomic scientist, dropped *i bombshell on the Communist -organised Peace Conference here yesterday when lie challenged East European delegates to secure from their leaders pledges of freedom for their peoples and "practical proofs of thMr own humanity". Professor Thirring,
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    ATOM FILMS
    33 8 London civil d »f< nee o'Mcials, warned that their city may not survive an atomic attack, showed Britain's most secret films on radioactivity yesterday to "educate" local air raid wardens. U.P.
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    SUICIDE WANTED BIG AUDIENCE
    147 8 HOUSTON (Texas). Tuesday. TELEVISION watchers heard a suicide pistol shot at a Texas League bas?ball same. Stanford Twente, 50, a laundryman, shot himself fatally as he sat beside telecaster Dick Gottlieb m the press box at Buffalo Stadium The shot was heard over the television and
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    REDS ASK FOR SHIPS IN H.K.
    41 8 'pHE Chinese Couipiunij thorities haw ordered the transfer to Canton of the majority of 20 Chinese men. time customs ships laid up m Hong KongThe transfer Is dup to take place on June 17. Reuter
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    LEGATION CLOSED
    32 8 The New Zealand legation m Moscow closed yesterday and the Charge d'Affaires Mr D. P. Costello. is leaving Moscow today. The British Embassy will handle New Zealand interests. A P
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    Gin, fish for mayors
    66 8 THIRTY-FI\E mayors of European cilies, including those of London, Paris, Rome, Athens and Vienna, will each receive a present of a small bottle of old Dutch fin and a small cask containing: a dozen new Dutch herrings ™4 v pre^ ent offered by a Dutch distillery
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    HAMLET FALLS IN A FAINT
    52 8 Michael Redgrave, tht British actor who p!ayj> Hnmlet m the Old Vies formanoe of Slial tragedy at Kronborg I Elsinore, fainted last aifh soon after the play beean He was carried off th< X Later It was announced that performance of the play would be
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    ILO MEMBER
    22 8 The annual conference cf the International Labour Organization yesterday elected the United States of Indonesia to its membership. U.P. I
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