The Singapore Free Press, 17 June 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N 17.811 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    UK. AID FOR ASIA ANTI-RED FIGHT
    326 1 Backing U.S. inlndo-China WASHINGTON, Saturday. REPORTED British agreement to send military aid to Indo-China to supplement similar U.S. help has caused much satisfaction here as showing Britain's determination to help crush the Red menace wherever it exists m South-East Asia. The British Government, which
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    21 1 ti»d uirl from .k! i>hna Mlnsihii hold one oi t'\ t i to decorate i dormit >r\ -nru will o tomorrow.
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    U.N. PLAN ATTACKED
    19 1 A v.V sat. Na- on treeA graph. ons conof info: being may be t. one Reuter
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    No easing of Jap rally ban
    126 1 rOKIO, Saturday. lI'ITHIN a few hours of a Japanese Cabinet state- ment that General Douglas Mac Arthur's ban on public meetings and rallies would soon be lifted, National Police Headquarters yesterday announced that the elamndown would be continued The ban. originally Imposed as an
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    Free Press scoop
    97 1 T^;\T week, the Free Press I begins the exilnsive serialisation of one of the years most important hooks. This is The Ciod That Failed." which has been acclaimed by every literary critic m the free world. 4 The God That Failed" is the story of six highly
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    Ship hits mine: 700 rescued
    142 1 Ship hits mine: 700 rescued HONG KONG. Sat. ABOUT 700 Chinese passengers were taken off the British freighter Anhui yesterday after the vessel struck a mine while crossing the bar Into Swatow Harbour, it was stated m Hong Kong. The Anhui's engine room is believed to be flooded to a
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    HE FAINTED
    37 1 Only one man fainted at the opening day of the Colony's sex films yesterday. He was a European, who dropped unconscious outside the entrance of the circle seat at the Cathay Cinema after 9.15 show.
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    QUAKE IN P.I.
    26 1 An eurthquuiif lasting 25 seconds rocked the city of Davao on Mindanao Islann In tne Southern Philippines yesterday. No damage was reported. A.P.
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    TURKS ALLOW ARABIC CALL
    48 1 The Turkish National Assembly voted without opposition yesterday to allow Muezzins to recite the Mohammedan call to prayer In Koranic Arabic. Since 1941 the call has had to be made m Turkish as part of the government's policy of modernising and secularising the country.—
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    'HUMAN HORSE' IS BORN IN BOMBAY
    151 1 BOMBAY, Saturday. C CROWDS of awed men and women are besieging 'the Nagpada police station m Bombay, trying to catch a glimpse of a stillborn "human horse" found abandoned by police m a tenement house bathroom on Thursday night and taken to the station
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    BONN ENVOY IN U.K.
    30 1 Dr. Hans Bchlaiige-Schoen-ingen, 63-year-olcl former Prussian Cavalry officer, has arrived In London as Germany 'a first official representative since the outbreak of war m 1939.- Reuter
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    BUTTER FREED
    14 1 The Australian Government has abolished butter rationing m force since 1943.- U.P.
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    LEARNING LIFE'S SECRETS
    32 1 picture. Young Singaporeans yesterday formed long queues outside the Colony's six cinemas which are now showing sex films. Above: The scene at the Capitol. Riffht: The Alhambra Free Press
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    MI-5 PROBES 'SABOTAGE' IN WARSHIP
    108 1 DAVENPORT. Sat. BRITAIN'S MI 5 secret agents last night began investigation of '-suspected sabotage" aboard the 1.730--ton destroyer Urania which the Admiralty said had sustained "slight internal damage." The agents were transferred from Plymouth where they had been inquiring into sereral sabotage attempts aboard the
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    Paper price 'held up'
    60 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. I.>KPRESENTATIVE Emanuel Ceiler said yesterday that foreign governments are attempting to maintain the price and keep down the supply of newsprint paper. H>> made plain at a news ron[erenoe that he was referring particularly to Canada. chief source of newsprint for U.S. apers, and
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    TRUCK FIRED ON
    32 1 Hukbakihap bullets ripped Into a Pt\ilippine army truck In the same Central Luzon i,pot through which, only pi^ht hours earlier, President Elpidio Quiri'io had ridden under heavy escort.- A.P.
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    PANELS MAY HOLD SECRET
    217 1 HOW DID 83 PEOPLE DIE? BAHREIN. Saturday. tWPFRTS probing the twin Air-France disasters, which have cost 83 lives here m four days, were yesterday trying: to drag the sunken hulls to shallow water to recover instrument panels which may hold the secret of their last momonts.
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    Best bets for today
    44 1 Free Press Bating Correspondent KUALA lAMPIK. Sat BEST bets for today's races are TWELFTH OF AUGUST md BRIGHT MENGSENG. The going is likely to be good if the weather keeps fine. Best bets by Trespasser are ALABAMA and GOLDEN NEWS
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    Linda in B'kok
    21 1 Linda ChrLstian .Mrs Tyrone Po riled m Bangkok yesterday li urn Sin- i gapore on a three-dnv visit.-
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    U.S.I. blow at smuggling
    81 1 JAKARTA, Sat. JNDONESIA yesterday aimed a major blow at the nationwide pepper and rubber smuggling trade which is believed to account for over 10 per cent, of the nations entire export of these products. New financial ordinances banning further lax-free imports are expected to hit the
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    HOMER BACK IN JAIL
    69 1 pORMER U.S. Army private, Homer Cook, was arrested yesterday In the bedroom of his German girl friend's apartment m Munich three clays after he broke out of a U.S. Army jail. Cook has broken out of jail three times m two months. His escapades started when
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    INDIA PROTESTS
    27 1 India has strongly protested to France againsi the trial of 68 persons at Mane, French India, and the sen- 1 tences passed on them- Reuter
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    Mr. Stanley reappears
    41 1 SYDNEY Stanley, who disappeared from England two years ago after an inquiry into alleged government corruption, has bee;; charged m Park with writing a threatening letter. Conviction would carry a sentence of two to five years' imprisonment.- A.P.
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    'Harming cause of peace'
    155 1 'Harming cause of peace' WASHINGTON, Sat. T*HE United States, Bri--1 lam and France terday rejected Rus.v new demand that Trieste be internationalised. Th?y called the demand a propaganda attempt to "injure the iw <>t peace In virtually Identical not s the three governments d nied Moscow's charge they have violated
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    Siam closes N. Frontier
    58 1 3AVOKCK. 6 riIAM declared its northern frontier closed on Thursday, and sent high ranking police or gate a repu.t thu' 2,000 Nationalist troops I tnded m the Indo-Chino tomi of Thaknee»ek Reliable sources i>aid th? Chinege Charge d Affaires, assured the Government Nationalist Government will d)
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    EDEN BLASTS LABOUR THESIS
    67 1 'THE former British Foreign Secretary. Mr Anthony Eden, yesterday denounced the British Labour Pai thesis that only socialist rovj ernments can achie\ pean unity as 'a totalitarian h such as the Commu; hold." "The Sociali-s 1 P.trv ipM have lost faith m di ion home and
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    SPEAKER'S TRIP
    26 1 Th»- Speaker of the Indian Parliament. Mr G. V. Mavlnikar. will attend tN» i I opening ot the new B: Comm< ber 26. Reuter
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      Really, We Are On Your Side
      437 2 Really, We Are On Your Side -By A CHIEF EXAMINER who has some encouragement for children sitting for examinations. THOUSANDS of 16- year-olds are posih panic -stricken he thought of their public examination. spite of reassuring rts from school, m of reassuring tiidb and relatives, are privately con- that a
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      STAMP CORNER
      106 2 DRIVER CASEY JONES brought his trains m on time. He was proud of tha\ One day, after his run he I asked to take out another train as the driver was ill. This train had been delayed 90 minutes, but Casey made it up. Then somebody switched oods
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      He hunted heads once
      79 2 He hunted heads once EIXCITEBIENT and riches *j were, and are to be found m Sarawak Britain's colony m Borneo In the bad old days before the British introduced new rules, the chief sport m Sarawak was head-hunlins. And this stamp shows you the sort of man who crept j
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      African Assignment
      732 2  -  Capt W. E. Johns By Another 'Biggies' story Air Commodore Kaymond isks Biggies to £0 to Africa, Tommy Soutar, young son of a Scottish trader who has disappeared m the i:benJ Reserve, has reported bonze mysterious trouble there. "ABOUT two months A ago this boy, Tommy Soutar, turned
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      GREEK-U.K. SCOUT 'SWOP'
      84 2 'PWENTY British See 1 are Hying to Greece n ust 8 to spend three weeks as the guests of Greek Scout > To Britain the same aircraft will bring 20 Greek Scouts on its return Journey. While m Greece the British Scouts will attend the Greek Scout
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      67 2 An experiment m education, has recently been successfully carried ou! Stone, the head master of Stewart Street Junior Birmingham, h phasis has been given to the arts as a basts of cdi ation. The foundat system is that "it is m the creation of beauty that > true devel jpmew
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      The Babies Have Two Pets Now
      183 2 'FHE babies m the A Girls' Homecraft CenUe at York Hill have thtMi own pets now. They are a couple of fluffy haired, and cuddly pups called Gipsy and Boh Mia. Boh Mia Is riokkien for "No name", or the dog v;ithout a name.
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      UNDER THE BLACK ENSIGN
      447 2  -  A C ALLAN By aniline Morrison, IS, her brother Trevor. 16, Dr. Harkn**ss, ship's surgeon, and Bartholomew KeU-h, sailor, <*rr captive* on board the pirate brig:. Barracuda, sole survivors of the ill-faded Hvpenun. The pirate chief, notorious Jabea Luudon. forces Harknrss. Him has refused to serve
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      13 2 j ■mm J4H Easily reaches the exposed surface •f EVERY TOOTH. 3OLE AOCNT9:
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      79 2 FOR YOUR FLOORING:PLEASE CONSULT MALAYAN WE SPECIALISE IN TERRAZZO SURFACING MOSAIC TILINC AND PARQUET FLOORING PLEASE PHONE ***** CHARGES MOOftATI 11 MARKET ST SINGAPORE f^r Jm m J/mL OBTAINABLE FROM WATCH DEALERS For wholesale price* please contact Sole Agents. F. E. ZUELLIC Mi LTD. SINCA J^E C. E. C. BC
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      235 2 Junior Crossword c lif.s across.- I, Everything he touched turned to gold. P p ~R H4 6. It pumps blood to ail parts of IK elk. 9. Edib> fruit something 1111 g£|j French. 18. A G.iman sab- h[~"^ ff^ quantity. 3, One of Noah's sons tftf I 4, Song-bird which
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    CHURCH & US. MAY SAVE P.I.
    343 3 CHURCH US. MAY SAVE P.I. 'Red threat is over-rated 9 MANILA, Saturday. /COLLABORATION of the United States and the y Catholic Church may save the Philippines from Communism, whose threat now overshadows the whole of South Asia. Culture m these islands is Western— the result of 300 years of Spanish
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    56 3 riion i -s is of Washington, the capii -Mi Slates, it wax takes from 10.000 fret f>\ i UJS r h>r,f r ..in era mounted on a B. 17 nfiit i>> bctaji tested for use on reconhN. The iiiner i mhit> .ih»ut !»i miles front IS n\\ i. ii. through
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    They didn't get the valuables
    82 3 ELURU, Madras Province, Sat. A WOMAN m a tillage near here reigned pregnancy, when a party of dacoits entered a rich house for a big booty of Jewels and other valuables. The woman was crying with "labour pain" when the dacoits neared her, and the
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    NEW PLANES FLAP WINGS
    57 3 NEW PLANES FLAP WINGS NEJV VOKK, Saturday. which Hap their wings like birds are type aircraft now being tested m il S v MTfttni to Mr. Hanson Bald- !l-known military writer. to The New \ork Times from San Iwin said that "wing-flapping" birds, can vary the an^le 01 incideiu-e ■v
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    Canada slows down on civilian defence
    232 3 OTTAWA, Saturday. FOUH >ears of experiments m Arctic warfare, which reached a climax m this winter's "Exercise Sweetbiar" In the Yukon, have convinced Canadian military authorities that there is little danger of this country Ixcoming a battleground m any war between Russia and the
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    49 3 photo Princess Faikah. a sister of King Farouk of Egypt, with her husband. Fuad Sadek. seen m Rome as they left their hotel for a tour of the city. The Princess, who was married m the United States, is on her way home to see her royal brother. A.P.
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    Bridge Problem
    98 3 /^LUBS are trumps South ids. Noah and South are to win all seven tricks against any defence. South leads heart for North to ruff with club ace. "Mortn makes diamond ace. South discarding heart. North leads snade to Scuth's king. South makes club queen and four. West, bating
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    THE BEST DRESSED
    57 3 THE BEST DRESSED "\JISS Oussic tloran, the US. tennis player, film star Ava Gar Incf u;iu actress Lynn Fontaine :tro among tfie "ten best tailored women m America." show n at the annual p U of the Custom Tailors' Guild <>t America Incorporated. Moran was d from the sports group,
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    LABOUR VICTORY
    46 3 The La'-i r G yen ment had won another vote uf > eng against Winston Churchill's By a vote of 302 to 283. the Government beat rT a Tory •attempt m the House of tnmona to stop te mtrodttCtion of a petrol x A. P.
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    Nen Seoul pledge
    18 3 Polish boy scouts will here.l new pledge and 'p 3. nt'\v set of scout laws,
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    SQUIRRELS PLAGUE JAP ISLE
    101 3 SQUIRRELS PLAGUE JAP ISLE TOKIO. Sat. rpEN years ago 64 squirrels escaped from the zooloeical garden on Oshima island, 120 mile* south of: Tokio. Today OshirnaV squirrel population numbr-s S.'.'UO.OOO islanr', offlcia's reported, and th« animals arj destroying a major Indusi ry— ctamella oil production— by eating up camelia see
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    Chit tips for Bellhops
    61 3 OTTAWA. Fri. Bellhops at the Chateau Lauri'T Hotel received slips of paper for tips yesterday. The chits were handed out by the Overseas delegates to the Imperial Press conference here so that they could save their meagre dollar supplies. They will be honoured by the Canadian
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    25 3 M Liuquut Ali Khan, ihe Pakistan Prime Minister, and the Begum Ali Khan havi postponed their departure from the United States lor eight days.- Reuter
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    FINNS HONOUR U.S. WAR DEBT
    63 3 FINNS HONOUR U.S. WAR DEBT F FINLAND has hand< United States Treasury a cheque for U.S. $159.(319 to maintain her record of the nations only World Wv I otor to make i deb' payments The annual ncnt included U5534,827 In cipal and -5124.792 m est. A^ idee. by c money
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    25 FOR NORWAY
    15 3 American denti bi for N wav to study iindi Dn i Governn
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    The duck said 'quack'
    59 3 lITHEN 1 ii.id bvnilc of tuo live and t\\<» ippiifl tT Iv drad duck> on a r«Md>id#-. OaasteMe Murpln of Townsville. Queensland, put the dead ones on ice. Two imjs later they were produced as e\hil)its m a rourt case. One of them fluttered its viagi
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    HE 'PLOWS' LAND WITH EXPLOSIVES
    264 3 ROME. Saturday. A WEALTHY Roman munitions maker is develop- ing a method to use explosives taken from surplus World War II bombs and shells to increase Italy's food production- a primary need m this land of over population. Ho is wealthy Ernesto Staochini, 54, owner
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    Prevention of sea sickness
    257 3 WASHINGTON, Saturday. 1 IR FORCE medical researchers have found that A benadryl, hyoscine, and artane are as effective m prevention of sea sickness as dramamine. according to a preliminary report. Experiments were conducted recently aboard the Army transport General Maurice Rose, a 16,000--ton ship sailing between
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    Varsity men join guerillas
    54 3 TAIPEH. Fr I^HE official Nationalist Central News Agency claimed some students and profenon of Anhwei Provincial College at Wuhu. near Nanking, have joined Nationalist guerillas on the Honan-Anhwei border region. They did so. the agency said, because of disillusionment with the Reds. How mum- were Involved
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    EUROPEAN PEACE
    24 3 Sir Brian RoberUan, i ing British High ('Minn:. er, dpclar-.'d In Berlin f har m Europe w\ I tntil dlvld A. P.
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    WE'LL KEEP N. GUINEA -PLANTERS
    104 3 SYDNEY. Sat NEW Guinea planters and other residents Australia to annex eastern New Guinea and incorporate It m the Commonweal; h of Australia, according to Col. H. T. Allan, a planter and miner. Col. Allan, spokesman for a Ifroup of New Guinea men, said: "What
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    Population no worry
    89 3 Population no worry LONDON, F 1 RAJKUMARI Amnt Kftttl me Indian Health Minister, has told a Press conference here that she was "not terribly worried" about India's increasing population. She did not think that India's food problem v.; > acute mainly because ol glowing population. I. hey rould judg^ impart
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      32 3 Kew Crossword No. 75 9[' H 1I J> U KOSS incentives <7,. .He go- l€ Need D penny (3). H- ESnt^SSd urvature Irish Pfuant ™£J ing a month ago i3,>. l«. i^ne
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      279 3 Solution To Crossword No. 74 SOLITION.— Across: 1. August. 4. Afar. 8, Traffic cops. 10. Ant. 11, Ewer. 13, Doted. 15. Diviner. 18. Tibia. 19, Esau. 21. Ena. 23, Highway code. 24, Port. 25, Chasms. Down; 1. Anoth. i 2, Grave dipper. 3. Sofa. 5. Flower shops. 6, Rest. 7,
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    The Sngapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 17. 1950. Welcome, Panditji
    445 4 The Sngapore Free Press SATURDAY, June 17. 1950. Welcome, Panditji 'I" )DAY, m celebration j the Indian Pre- r.iu arrival m! S ..ipore. the Free Press extends a welcome to our visitor, m b »th the Hindi and h languages. )re men Bharat j Fradhan Mantri\ Pandit Jawahar L. Nehru
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    'Himmler Notes' Puzzle Forgery Experts
    644 4 'Himmler Notes' Puzzle Forgery Experts Daniel Schorr says the problem is being discussed this week by representatives from 38 countries. THE HAGUE: AN envelope from the Swiss police brought a v .5 note. White-haired Anton Adler, head of the international clear-ing-house on forgeries, scanned it under a mag-nitying-glass, then put
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen.
    944 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. leaders often bemoan the apparent lack of civic tnd political consciousness among the people, a failing if it may be called that which is noticeable especially at tn> annual registration of voters. But little has been said of the other kind of "consciousness." the consciousness
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    The 'Water Treatment' Is Still Used
    669 4  - The 'Water Treatment' Is Still Used Robin Peterson Like a tale from Medieval Europe conies this story o£ police methods m unhappy Burma by INHERE were three ul us m the cell beneath Rangoon's Central Courts. This dungeon, like the rest of the city, was insanitary and ill-kept. The floor
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    30 4 The party of British war brides from California, U.S.A., who were delayed by red tape 071 their visit to England, are pictured here on their arrival at Bovingdon Airport, Hertfordshire
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    NEHRU—DUAL PERSONALITY
    353 4 NEHRU— DUAL PERSONALITY Today's Visitor A SINGAPORE TRIBUTE T*HE voice of the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru will be heard over Radio Malaya to-night when he broadcasts at the State dinner at Raffles Hoiel. Today Nehru not only enjoys a world-wide reputation as one of the greatest statesmen and leaders
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    A 'fair Deal' Plea
    102 4 A 'fair Deal' Plea <** i» i w^ I h'jiQ- I I who 1 1 $55 (aft II reduction I] a^out $30 I per room 1 a i i a f I whispi The tni ft] ernmerr El for their g] B such i l wonderir. gj gj a p;
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    Indian 'Apathy'
    36 4 Indian 'Apathy' YOUR i k: on the h the l?va and E I am sure. 1: I and v s^.np A is mv M I lack. shaj the aj enw yon r that P. R\M\K V.
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      24 4 i I The PEKING Co i 81. HI6H STREET, SINGAPORE. I j CURIOS j i CRAFTS I YING'S j •37, STAMFORD ROAD,! SIN6APORE. a
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      69 4 Keifvuyfe US OD^ost And approvingly the audience resp^ all at various times enjoyed the benefits of p<wholesome Domo. The housewife, the profesi cook, the scouts, the guides all know their Dorr On Safari and Shikari It is a recognised and standby a sustaining food a delicious bevc h °'e _MOLIH
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    THREE DATES FOR SALARY REVISIONS
    460 5 THREE DATES FOR SALARY REVISIONS Full details of Council motion Free Press Staff Reporter dates for bringing into force revisions of salaries recommended by the Benham Committee for Singapore Government servants, subject to certain amendments, will be proposed by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, at Tuesday's
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    49 5 picture TUNGKU Ampuan Besar. sister of the Sultan of Johore, (extreme left) Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and Mrs. J. F. llodgkinson (wife of the British Adviser. Johore) at a dinner given to Dato Onn bin Ja'afar m Johore Bahru by the Johore Malay Officers on Thursday night.- Free Press
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    UMNO CRISIS: GUIDE ON ELECTION
    78 5 UMNO CRISIS: GUIDE ON ELECTION It p M iU> < <>rrespondent discussion .n Kuala :he resigna- tin J a alar dent ship of ivu reports I pur branch meet at the Club today the Eisider an apo withe. the X (JMN4 s in n Kuala en cp- ■< part m
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    Y.M.C.A. college to train leaders
    320 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 4 V.M.C.A. College for training youths m leadership has been opened m Sydney, and Australia hopes to eet students from South-East Asian countries to take two-year-diploma course there. Mr. Rowland Lyne. General Secretary of the Singapore V.M.C.A., told the Free Press
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    PENNY IN SLOT GAS
    53 5 THK Singapore Ratepayers Association has proposed to the Singapore Municipality that "penny-in-the-slot" gas and electricity meters should be introduced m the Colony. "It would prove a great boon to many people," says the Association, which has a*ked the Municipal Secretary whether any consideration had been given
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    NEW BANK. BRANCH
    25 5 NEW B ANK. BRANCH The Singapore Government has granted* permission for an Indian bank, the United Commercial Bank, to open a h m the C
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    Free quarters proposed
    260 5 A MOTION will be introduced m the Singapore Legislative Council next Tuesday by the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. D. M. Smith, that certain Government officers should be exempt from the payment of rent fo r occupation of Government quarters. Mr. Smith will also ask Council to
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    26 5 picture. PART of the queue at the athay m Singapore, yesterday for one of the screenings of the sex -hygiene film, "Secrets of Life."- Free Press
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    TENANTS QUERIED ON RENTS
    178 5 TENANTS QUERIED ON RENTS Free Press Staff Reporter MORE information is being asked this year than last year of Singapore tenants by the Municipal Assessor of the terms and conditions of tenancies. In the latest forms to be c ent out, tenants are asked to say if the rent or
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    PRISON CAMP FILM
    197 5 '♦TJHREE Came Home." the 1 film of Agnes Keith's book on her experiences m Jap prison camps m North Borneo and Sarawak, was shown to the press last night. It was originally banned by the censor and then released by the Appeal Board— because m his opinion
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    HONGKONGTRADE MISSION COMING
    139 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A TRADE mission comprising representatives of the Hone Kong Chinese Manufacturers' Associa- tion appointed to carry out trade negotiations with countries m South-East Asia is expected m Singapore soon, an official of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce told the Free Press vester-
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    MAN WAYLAID
    28 5 Yunos bin Eli. of Tel k Kurau Road. Singapore, was waylaid by two Chinese at Haig Road last night and robbed of $17 and wrist watch
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    Curfew no excuse to skip prayers
    129 5 K. P. Malay Corrcsjwn Ft any incor. 1 i which the enfarcemeo the curfew m Sou' Johor during the Listing m the fohore Religious Department yesterday issued a ment I the Muslim public advis :r.: them to p< their "special fasting pra m thfir
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    ORPHANS AWAIT THE PANDIT
    245 5 Free Press Staff Reporter r FUE superintendent and masters of the Kama--1 krishna Orphanage did not know of Pandit Nehru's proposed visit to the Mission tomorrow until 10 days ago. The last 10 days at the Mission have been hectic. The new dormitory, which is to
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    TEA PARTY
    32 5 Singapore Teacheis' Training Association will hold a tea-party today at h 30 p.m. at the Training College m Cairnhill to welcome the 250 new trainees under the Supplementary Training Plan.
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    39 5 pieturv THE new dormitory for l ie Ramakrishna Mission orphanage at Bartley I\ Singapore. Below: I-year-ojd Shiuimuuani (I c baby of the orphanage, who will garland Pandit Nehru tomorrow when t^e Indian leader visits t' c Mission. Free Press
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    MAILS
    52 5 Surface Is expected m Singapore today from North Borneo, Labuan, Brunei, Miri and the Federation Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: Noon for Sibu, Siam (uarcels only). Western Australia, Eastern Australia (letters only); 5.45 p.m. for Siam and the Federation. 6 p.m. for Sih-i
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    NORTHANTS NOW IN 2nd PLACE
    590 6 NORTHANTS NOW IN 2nd PLACE First win over Middlesex NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, surprise team m last season's English county cricket champion- j ship, yesterday beat Middlesex, the joint titleholders, for the first time since they became a first-class county side 45 years ago. Last year, Northamptonshire, under the forceful leadership of Freddy
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    26 6 Trainer Vom; ih.m Yin leads m Carolina (Wahab). winner of the second race (C!a>s 4. Div. 4—*; furlonss) at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.— picture. Free Press
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    Late second half rally by R.E. fails
    256 6 Late second half rally by R.E. fails OINGAPORE RECREATION Club had to produce their best effort m the closing stages of their Senior League tie to beat a weak Royal Engineers' team 3-2 at the stadium yesterday. SRC. had the Swappers with their backs to the wall for fuiiy 40
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    London tin declining
    45 6 LONDOti Sat. TTHE London tin m the week ipot tin down tv per ton compared with t week md three months down Ell hree months, lOf buytrs .ir.d L 60] with bust] £600 IDs Si ment w.<- Turnover for the day. U.P.
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    YMCA tennis tournament
    170 6 YMCA tennis tournament YM.c.A. handicap tennis tournament for 1950 will on Saturday. July 1. at the V.M.C.A. courts m Bras 1 Road The tournament will De confined to members of the V MCA. Clan a h;;iitlii A" handicap double B" handicap ■tllfles; Clasi B" handicap douMkvtoes' h.indic.tp uovices' handicap doul
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    150 dead in revolt
    26 6 The number killed m the two-day revolt at Arequipa, »Peru> Lfl estimated at more than 150. Bodies v being removed m lorries
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    Figt stopped
    35 6 LEX Singapore, 129- i lbs». m defeated the Siamese, Klong Phupinjo, •a he ".as one pound li jhter, at Melboi B dium •i) t lie fighi m tin- round of the IS A.P.
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    Indian cloth to cost more
    54 6 M\V DELHI. Sal IUIE Indian dovernment. which yesterday raised the oasic tt'iliiii; price of uiuiunod Indian cotton by R5.151 p<-r 7S.~> H)s. m an effort to eliminate the hl.uk market, said it would mean a rise of 10 to 1 per rent, m loth prices
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    31 6 Alabama (Lansdown). shown here bein« led m by Mrs. Pi Tieresque after winning the third race at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, is expected to complete a double today.- picture. Free Press
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    Prices lower on small trading
    182 6 LUNDUN, Saturday. 'FIIFKF; mis the usual week-end reluctance to ex--1 tend commitments on the London Stock I \< inge yesterday, says Reuter's finnmial correspondent. Attendance and trading was small and. m the absence of interest, price movements In wmtA m tioiis werp to lower levels.
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    Johore C.C. beat Changj by 6 wkts
    44 6 JOH< iohor: J Chai. day innings 1 I 68 not six and took m 17 ov< men. sc< i Sec: i\i t H\\(,\ Campbell b B Bun son 1 1; i b Bu: 5; Sir I i.
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    GOLD MERIDIAN MAY WIN AGAIN
    302 7 GOLD MERIDIAN MAY WIN AGAIN 12th. of August for 9f race Free Press Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. JN spite of his stiff impost, Gold Meridian is confidently tipped to score a double at Kuala Lumpur today. This three* year-old grey is m such splendid form that weight alone will
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    27 7 picture. Trainer Jack Manning leads m Entertainment (Jones), winner of the first race at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Entertainment is fancied for a double today. Free Press
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    LATEST DAVIS CUP RESULTS
    44 7 LATEST DAVIS CUP RESULTS France were match all r.'s playyesDaris Cup rter-flnal -iv won for T Ulrich but Kurt Danish tie by clench ird, 6-3. :11 at I ll r Belgium's ttiian 4 m the Rolando Eh tneir na. R D.gro Ampon A.P. Reuter
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    BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM
    65 7 BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM which r».t bcmsj -,nd pound vet how many that. They sums of money bejutiful and c things and yet f idge a trifling amount I .re their complete dlessly run ll ct losing your -d valuable Further delay H disastrous to mv others. a Bu.r.hr Alarm House,
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    Negotiations broken off
    63 7 MILLONARIOS Football Club ißogota> announced yesterday that negotiations with the British footballers Roy Paul and Jack Hedley had been broken off. The players submitted higher demands than had previously been outlined m a cable." the Club said. The original negotiations had called for a two-year contract with
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    Another outsider wins at Ascot
    291 7 From VEKNON MORGAN ROY \L Ascot ended yesterday much to the relief of many backers who had one of the bla J** s rots on record. A comparative outsider 100-6 shot Blue Book, whose trainer. Marcus Marsh, did not decide until yesterday morning to set
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    S'pore Regiment win
    44 7 OLAVIN'G with ten men, Ist. Bn. Singapore Regiment scored a 2-0 victory over HQ. Singapore District m a Junior B Group 1 soccer match "played on the BODCA ground yesterday. The Regiments centre-forward, ODorognue scored both goals, one m each half.
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    Best athlete for 3rd. year
    141 7 IBRAHIM bin Falli, yes 1 became the I athiete at the Victoria Sch< .irts for the Aon and won ouu benge cup. He won the 100. 220 ymrdl races and was second m the Fire School records were broken. Ang Kah Tee im'*d on the
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    FIXTURES FOR INDIAN NAY
    84 7 FIXTURES FOR INDIAN NAY YM.C A a: x>rts n for the Indian naval squadron wto irriYini m Singapore Two tennis courts have been >pec:ally reserved for the visitors, who may play so de> following fixtures have ranged for them: June 29: Friendly tennis mar th the V.M.C.A. at the Bras
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    S/pore school XI
    62 7 /COMBINED Schools XI to \J meet the Combined Teach* rs Union XI In their annual cricket fixture on the R.I. ground tomorrow at 11 »m. will be: Chin Yoon FYx)k (capt.) R. Sandosham. C. G. Krishnan. Verity Gill. Rabinder Singh (RX), A. Delilkan, Wong Fong Weng P
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    Poor standard in Junior tennis
    281 7 CINGAPORES junior standard m tennis is not very, high, judging by Jhe boys', singles final m the S.L.T.A. championships at the S.C.C. courts last evening. Arthur Lim. after a lapse m the second set, improved considerably and bear Gordon Lim 6-2. 4-3. G-2. Gordon began
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    All the latest selections
    242 7 FREE PRESS TRESPASSER RACING EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER CORRESPONDENT R^ C S l P R I? L UP BRIGHT MENGSENG SPRING UP ROSALINE ROSALINE Bright Mengsenc Spring Up Dark Romance Spring Up Spring Ip rrattLn Rosaline Bright Mengseng Dark Romance Bright Mengsen* RACE Z GOLDEN
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    Singapore and Malacca teams
    87 7 THE teams for the interState cricket match between Singapore and Malacca which starts m Malacca today are: Malacca: G. S. Walker (capt) P. S. M. Dew, C. A. de Silva, H. Sequerah, J. Sequerah, S. Sequerah, M. G. Kailasapathy, \Y. H. Downs, A. L. Barcroft, Tan
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    BROWN, SIDWELL IN FINAL
    58 7 TWO Australians, Geoff. Brown and Billy Sidwell will contest the men's singles final In the Kent lawn tennis tournament today. In yesterday's semi- final Brown, beaten Wimbledon finalist m 1946, defeated Upholder, Gardnar Mulloy, Ami ricas third-ranking player by 6-2. 3-6. 6-3. and Sidwel". defeated tne
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    Savold wants to fight Louis
    186 7 EE SAVOLD, recognised m Europe as the world heavyweight champion, signed contracts with promoter Jack Solomons yesterday to defend his title m London next June. His manager. Bill Daly, said that only a comeback by Joe Louis would alter present plans. "He would like to
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    U.S. lead 3-0 in Wightinan Cup tennis
    137 7 U.S. lead 3-0 in Wightinan Cup tennis THE United States gained a 3-0 lead over Britain on the first day's play m the Wightman Cup lawn tennis international match at Wimbledon yesterday. With the remaining lour matches to be played today the Americans seem certain to gain their 14th successive
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    MAPUA WIN 73-50
    139 7 MAP UA WIN 73-50 AFTER being held by the Ho Ho team to 55-all on Thursday night, the Mapua Institute basketball team made sure of victory at the Happy World stadium last night when they trounced the Chin Woo A. A. league champions of Kuala Lumpur, by 73 points to
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    Reds ready for bid on Paracels
    141 8 Reds ready for bid on Paracels HONG KONG, Sal. AS a Communist invasion fleet of 180 junks await favourable weather at Yulln, Southern Hainan, to sail on weood bid to the Paracel Islands, Nationalist sources claimed that the first invasion force of 1,000 troops \a wiped out last month. The
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    Thief had a kind heart
    85 8 SYDNEY. A THIEF who robbed the home of a man attending his wife's funeral returned a bracelet and wedding ring by post two days later. The man appealed to the thief to return his wife's wedding ring, saying he was not 10 much worried about
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    'EXPEL SOUTH AFRICA'
    51 8 'EXPEL SOUTH AFRICA' THE Executive Committee or the East African Indian National Congress have called on "all democratic nations and particularly the independent countries of Asia and Africa" to take steps to have S)uth Africa expelled from the United Nations "until South African non-European communities are given full citizenship rights."
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    P. I. RECEIVES BAD PUBLICITY
    104 8 QOU >NEL Amario Bautista, manager of th^ Govern•WWJied National Development Company who baa returned to Manila from a business trip to Japan, laments the adverse publicity which the Philippines is rereiving m the Japanese pres* and radio. When he was m Tokio, he said, it
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    COFFEE PRICES
    33 8 Columbia's amb issador to The United States has taken a sharp issue with a Senate Subcommittee, denying flaUy that speculators m his country forced a sudden rise In coffee prices.- A.P.
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    AUST.'s LEAD IN AIR TRAVEL
    66 8 AUSTRALIAN airline* have a big lead on other countries m the amount of flying clone on population basis. Figures given by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and quoted by Australias Acting Air Minister, Mr. R. G. Casey, were: Autralia, 147.633 passenger kilometres a million of
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    ALLIED PACT WITH JAPAN FAVOURED
    291 8 ALLIED PACT WITH JAPAN FAVOURED MacA urging Washington TOKJO, Saturday. f EN. MACARTHUR will tell top U.S. State and Defence department officials here m secret talks next week that the American and Western allies should sign a separate peace treaty with Japan immediately, according to a reliable American source. Probably
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    41 8 photo. Bejjum Liaquat Ali Khan, wife «f the Pakistani Prime Minister, is here seen inspecting one of five prize Brahman cattle owned by a Texan. Mr. J. D. Hudgins, during a visit to his ranch :tt Wharton County. Hou<*ton (Texas).- A.P.
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    GOODS EXCHANGE
    29 8 The Dutch and Portuguese governments have agreed on an exchange of 25.000.000 guilders (about U556.500.000> worth of goods between July 1. 1950 and July 1. 1951.- U.P.
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    Germany needs democracy in action
    122 8 Germany needs democracy in action WATEKVILLE, Maine, Frl. f^etired Harvard (Jni versity Professor of Philosophy said that the i>ccupation of Germany is tending daily to upset '"the important thing we could wish to leave Germany the spirit of a rlemocratic society." "An occupying Pow»-r and a democratic political order are
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    ATTACK ON CARS
    24 8 An armed gan^ tuu attacked three cars of Tlngardjaja near Mmtrng village. GO kilometers north ea- '.<. killing one estate commander.- Reuter
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    'BE MARCHILESS'
    19 8 President Elpidio Qulrino has recommeded a Mmercilless" military campaign against Communisi -inspired rebels m the Philippines.— U.P.
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    DUMP EXPLOSION
    27 8 Three persons «rcr reported killed and 72 Injured including six seriously when an artillery dump exploded m a forest five miles from Y;*lladolid. Spain.- U.P.
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    ALUMINIUM SITES
    30 8 The British Aluminium Company and Aluminium Limited of Montreal are Jointly studying the suitability ot sites m British North Borneo and the Gold Coast for aluminium production. A.P.
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    ROYAL ART SHOW
    34 8 'fhe King and Queen and Queen Juliana of the Netherlands are contributing art treasures to a "William and Mary" exhibition opening at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on June 20.- A.P.
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    Radio to replace phones
    91 8 RADIO bourns hopping from horizon to horizon along lonely hilltop towers IS to .'iO miles apart promise to replace the long familiar telephone poles and wires on the American landscape. Neither rain, nor snow nor sleet interferes with these electronic couriers called microwaves that are practically
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    Three governments in four months
    191 8 PHNOM PENH, (CamuodU), Saturday. FjH)R the third time m four months. ambodia. one of the three kingdoms of !ndo-China, has heard King Norodom Sihanouk proclaim a new (ioverni ment. The King, according to neutral diplomats, is a tn m volent autocrat genuinely trying to turn
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    25 8 Israeli authorities have handed over to the civilian police the British pilot and four passengers of an Arab Airways Association plane forced down over Israel.
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    Did not humble Hirohito
    195 8 IOKIO, Saturday GFN. MACARTHUR, disregarding the advice of his staff, refused to summon Kmperor Hirohito immediately after the occupation of Japan because he did not want to make him a 'martyr a political report of the occupation i>su« l by S( APS Government section discloses. The
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    Ramadan begins
    62 8 duns roared from Cairo* Ninth Century i itadel on Thursday night. rifWlHng the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan for the world's !M. 00(1.000 Muslims. The rise of the new moon over the River Nile, observed b y religious leaders through telescopes of the Helw.iy Observatory, marked
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    TRAMS GIVE WAY TO BUSES
    117 8 LONDON, Sat. A NEW era of comfortable travel for millions Londoners will be usherrd m when the £10,000.000 r ling conversion of trams to buses begins m October. Plans are now nearin completion. The first of the 800 trams to be replaced by 1.000 new
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    182 nabbed for traffic offences
    115 8 182 nabbed for traffic offences CALCUTTA, 8 JAY-WALKERS, road-h and foot-board dancers had a pleasant surprise recently. Twenty policewomen smart uniforms, nabbed 182 persons for violation of traffic rules, within two hours. With a pleasant smile and I sweet note, these female "cops" joined the ranks nl Calcutta's traffic police
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    JAPS IN KOREA
    45 8 About 600 Japanese still remain m Korea according to a recent repatriate from t hnt country Kanichi Abe. a former government official, said that there are 230 Japanese, chiefly women and children, m Pusan. 300 In Seoul and 42 In Suen.- Reuter
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      8 1 Free Press Saturday Magagine Saturday, June 17, 1950.
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      The old-fashioned Chinese still calls the medicine man
      437 1  -  KENNY KAYE N THERE IS ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY by i H'HEX a man t;ills k he calls m a h ilk iv arc >i <>!<! world w!i<> place th m Ihe umbo <»i men lhan m mred conpractising mean the ith
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      SUPERSTITIONS ARE HYGIENIC
      301 1 SIM PANG LIMA finds that Indian A bath always follows a hair cut THE habit <>t cleanliness is manifested m several Malayan Indian practices which to the casual observer may ;ii>|K^r superstitious customs. If for example an Indian or a Ceylon Tamil haa a hair cut even
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      An old banyan
      137 1  -  MARIAN WELLS by SCATTERING before the rushing wind. Myriads of leaves like a flowing stream Fall back to the earth lost, so they teem. As many forgotten past memories and dreams. All buried m centuries left behind. S,>e where their fickle companions. All Quivering m shadow and
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      It's interesting to travel in a bus
      294 1  -  ALTHOUGH it is no comfort to travel daily to work from the Naval Base, vet the bus journey can be interesting sometimes. Whenever I board a bus I pretend I am on an adventure trip, as so many things may happen on the
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      LET US END THIS IGNORANCE
      383 1  - LET US END THIS IGNORANCE J. DORAISAMY 'Mysterious Malaya p()H the iKist three years I've been corresponding with pen pals m various p;irts of the British Empire. Sometimes I cannot help feeling amused at the strange ideas people have about Malaya our country, to the majority of people overseas, is
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        113 1 ANNOUNCING Latest Best yet ESSLEY SHIRTS IHU SHIRTS get y\ better and better. /__7\ See the graceful cut of /o\ I the new perfected collar. \t \J TRI BKNI/KI) —so it I won't wilt. can't crumple. See the superfine poplin, distinctive of the Essley brand m new -r-—^ attractive colours
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        138 1 You can fly by Clipper ROUND THE WORLD from Singapore BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO You My westward to New York via Bangkok' almua, Istanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward to San hrancivio or Los Angeles via Manila and Honolulu. Whichever route you go, you
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      They Decide On Your Film Fare
      883 2  - They Decide On Your Film Fare MEET THE SINGAPORE APPEAL BOARD TyiUCH has been heard recently of the Singapore Film Appeal Board. How many know of these people, who haw it m their power to pass pictures over the heiut of Film Censor Mr Jack Evans? Here are what six
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      Is This Good Enough?
      185 2  -  OF thr sevrn leading cinemas m Singapore only two are NOT showing sex education films today. No one denies the value of these films nut isn't this carrying things too far? Because the exhibitors have suddenly fjMM 9Ok crazy' and are competing to educate us m
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