The Singapore Free Press, 22 June 1950

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS
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  • 457 1 Pledges by 2 Ministers LONDON, Thursday. "substantial" reinforcements of land and air forces arriving m Malaya for the anti-terrorist war additional United Kingdom financial aid pledged, and the putting into operation of the "realistic and effective" BriggS anti-bandit plan, confidence is growing among Malayans
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  • 141 1 LANGSON, Indo-China, Thursday. FRENCH military intelligence has provided the first reliable evidence that the Chinese Communkta have begun to ship war material across the border to the rebel forces of Moscow-trained Ho .Chi Minh. Convoys composed of several trucks each are felling re_?uiarly over tho
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  • 9 1 'FIGHT REDS' POSTERS COVER TOWN I .:urthe en- ried-
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  • 47 1 CLEVELAND, Thurs. DAVID Allen. .">O. a former convict who led A* exemplary life for IS years. sued an Ohio tracking and construction company jresterdav for I nsHIO.OOO claiming that it was responsible for a brain injury which made him a criminal i- iin U.P.
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  • 118 1 LONDON. Thurs. MR. ANTHONY Marlowe. Conservative, protested m the House of Commons yes:ay against the removal trom office ln Malaya of a Judge of Appeal m 1942. "though there was no suggestion that he was not of good behaviour or otherwise unfitted to hold office."
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  • 52 1 FRENCH planes and paratroops were yesterday reported clearing Vletminh guerillas from a strategic point 20 miles south of Dong Hoi. m Central Vietnam. The guerillas had attacked a supply convoy to the northern front. Planes and paratroops were sent immediately to help the convoy, a French communique
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  • 35 1 The United States Defence Secretary Mr. Louis Johnson, and the ehalrman of the United States Joint Chiefs ot Staff Gen. Omar Bradley, inspected the giant American naval base at Yckosuka, neftr Yokohama, yesterday.
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    28 1 pieiure. A seaman entertains some of his colleague! en hoard the I. N.S. Delhi, shortly after the vessel anchored m the Singapore outer roads yesterday morning. Free Press
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  • 208 1 BOY SAYS: 'I DON'T KNOW YOU' A MIDDLE- AGED Henghua woman wept profusely In a Social Welfare Home m Singapore, when 10--year-old Lim Sin Teck. m she claimed to be her natural grandson, told her stubbornly: "I don't know a." boy. who is being cared for by the Social Welfare
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  • 37 1 Mrs. Lilian Florenz G^nt ranted a divorce m London yesterday after she had told the court that her husband took her home the day they were married and introduced her to his mistress.— U.P.
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  • 16 1 Yugoslavia announced plans for a twice weekly air service between Belgrade and Munich.— A.P.
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  • 147 1 LONDON, Thursday. OKITAIN sent two protests to Argentina m March against unauthorized Argentine landings on Deception Island, the Minister ot State, Mr. Kenneth Younger told the House of Commons yesterday. Despite the protests, he said, nothing had been done. I I Sir Waldron Smlthers (conservative) asked
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  • 45 1 The Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Ne\iru, yesterday climbed the 168 steps leading to the gold domed Shwedagon Pagoda m Rangoon to paste gold leaves on the base of the spire. He also made an offering of flowers at dne of Buddha's shrines.— A.P.
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  • 111 1 GENEVA, Thurs. IUIE U.S. Labour Secretary. Mr. Maurice J Tobin, told the International Lab Organisation conference h yesterday that he did not believe the United States would ever go through another slump like that of the early *****. Past wars had been foil >wed first
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  • 49 1 THE Syrian Premier. Nazim Qudsi has handed a joint Arab reply to the Big Three policy to the American. British and French representatives m Damascus. Political circles m the Syrian capital considered the Arab reply as conditional acceptance of the Big Three proposals.- P.P.
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  • 41 1 U.S. Federal Judge George B Harris m San Francisco has signed a formal decree revoking the U.S. citizenship of the labour leader, Mr. Harry Bridges, convicted m April of making a false statement m his 1945 naturalization proceedings.— A.P.
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  • 27 1 The Indonesian army post at Lowe near Bandoeng, west Java, has repulsed an attack by an armed gang, killing 10 and capturing five A.P.
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  • 67 1 A REPORT from Canton said yesterday that three time r\ bombs had been discovered m the bedroom of the Communist chief m South China, Gen. Yeh Chien-yingr, m the suburbs of Canton. It said that the bombs were found behind some books rvr.d discovered by Yeh
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  • 155 1 LONDON, Thursday. liHE vote on the Schumati Plan to be debated m Parliament on Monday-is expected to be treated by the Government as one of confidence. With this new move, the crucial debate is now almost certain to reach climax m a vote. Defeat would probably
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  • 63 1 ORITAIN is considering scrapping British Ally, the Russian language newsit prints m the Soviet Union because of falling sales, a Foreign Office spokes- erday. The spokesman blamea us the Soviet Sta'e dlstributi n outfit for the papers circulation decline. He declared. "Our impression Is mtors do
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  • 24 1 A comn nting both Houses ol Congress has the strength of S Air W ised from 48 to 70 groups.— Reuter
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  • 93 1 Opium: three men in court Free Press Stall' Reporter THREE men. one of them the managei an import and export firm m Market Sirwere charged m the Singapore Sxond District Court this morning being concerned m tlie impuitation of about lbs. of opium into tht Colcnv on June 20. Th<y
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  • 58 1 LEEDS. Tl. I^HE Earl of Har. L n» phem of King G realised 4:257.010 from a day auction ot held to raise money to p;!y He sold almost a till his 22.000 acres near Ler pay death duties on c of his fat: m 1947
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  • 21 1 One prisoner was killed and 11 injured ln Madura jail OQ Tuesday m a riot by Communist prisoners A.P.
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  • 39 1 Singapore police patrol lit foiled a bid to burn jiywn a police hut mt the junction of JeiT«to Road. A feu bottles of inflammable liquid were found. The telephone wires were cut and the wall* slightly scorched.
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  • 589 2  -  PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. I\OES "niceness" m fiction appeal to you? Have you a heart that immediately goes out to the heroine who, from one end of a story to the other, remains 100 per cent, wholesome 0 Lose no time,
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  • 20 2 A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute. (Heinemann, 10s. 6d.) Helena, by Evelyn Waugh (The Month, 2s. 6dJ
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  • 169 2 The Snow Mountain, by Ludwig Bemelmans. (Hamish Hamilton. 9s. 6d.>. Novel about the changing fortunes of a Tyrolean village. Competent and readable, but not the best Bemelmans. Desperate Voyage, by John Caldwell. <Gollancz. 12s. 6d.) Genuinely exciting, though here and there someichat overwritten, account of how an adventurous
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  • 204 2 THE MAN WITH MY IVt E, .1 T_Uor. H. A: S. he *as. Chick Graham. fo h s comfortable Mime a<? he did every m the office, here was his tront rer^. his own armchair—and sitting m It a man SO like himself he mi«ht have teen his
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  • 656 2  - THE TERRORS OF THE ARCTIC GEORGE KENNEDY The widow of COMMANDER PEARY, the Arctic explorer, is interviewed by WASHINGTON. CITTING under the big American flag she had made In 1891 for her husband's first Arctic expedition, w h i t e-haired Mrs. Robert E. Peary told m her daughter's home
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    19 2 Elizabeth Taylor, the film star (to be seen lorally m "Conspirator"), with her husband, Conrad Hilton, on their honeymoon.
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  • 684 2 Bradman Hits A t Critics A review of Sir Donald Bra J matt 's "Farewell at Cricket" /CRICKET tradition demands that an amateur, playing for the love of the game generally because he can anXrd to do so— shall captain England's crirket teams So strong was the anti -professional feeling
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  • 326 2 jkjkjdf DOOK SELLERS D throughout Britain hu\e been asked for their best-selling titles of the past month. The first four fiction titles are: 1. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, by C. S. Forester. 2. The Show Must Go On. by Elmer Rice. 3 A Murder is Announced,
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    • 20 2 DM C EMBROIDERY COTTON YARNS AND THREAD Sole Distributor? F. I. ZUELUG [M) LTD. __»-0 17. SINCAPOR. 1 1 n«-w^_
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 163 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you are a rather complex personality. Many characteristics combine te gh/e you _l_ strong personality which is often unsuspected by those who only know you by your rather casual gay exterior. You are entertaining as a companion; enjoy the arts, especially poetry and the drama:
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    • 246 2 New Crossword No. 79 B-hH BBtBB EBBB __nH*~ TT 1 1 I I 1 1 1. 10 or Boz. (4. 1, 5). 8. Able to take m 1.000 (5). 9. Horse brush for fop (5). 10. Enables one to get things down without dipping (8, 3). 12. What the chairman
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  • 207 3 Facts can't be hid any more HON<; KONG. Thursday. DEPORTS from China indicate that unemployment -which the Communists always maintained would be one of the main causes for revolution m capitalist countries— i s now suing the Reds them sehrea serious cause for alarm. Conditions
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    10 3 n'i.»t«> -I s tr»»m the s in llollywoe :,.>. :.il A.P.
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  • 44 3 CANBERRA. W< d. \!RALIAN Governm. Nt orit-s arc Increasing nitiona production, the Mi Mr. Howard tnnounced. .d the factori tf production of goods and concentrating on G< d ace lies. rly they wore accentrUiaij orders tor :2 J r:. nd Reuter
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  • 146 3 WASHINGTON, Thursday. i Hurl v. former IS. Ambassador is been invited by Senate invr>ti»a---m, hi> iii that the IS. State shielded officials who 'sold or intents lo pro Cowwinitt^. the chaise on Monday m a S Pc New Mexico. It v I 15 Amerasia documents theft
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  • 22 3 Canada will pay $1,222,823 lo 1.300-Canadia'is of J a r -jit of a iwocontn «f- Columb m ►..were -told A.P.
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  • 30 3 roiuo, v. Foster D State i> ent Aditii OenMa i words, ther i ed with a or o' nts Mr I ouis > T Hi beard < Reuter
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    64 3 pnoio. Miss June Cottie. of Willesden, London, went to the National .Aquarium Exhibition m the Royal Horticultural Hail and took a liking ti» this biu r boa constrictor. She became its owner and is here seen taking it home In a taxi. Driver Eric Knight looks as if he was
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  • 17 3 Shanghai Ls to be divided Into sepaitete districts, with its own local "government."— Reuter
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  • 24 3 A delegation of 103 workers art from the Korean Peoples Democratic Republic has' arrived m Moscow at the Russian government's invitation.- Reuter
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  • 77 3 FRANKFURT. Wed. THK Crown ol Si. Stefan of Hungary, which Ls said to be iifld In protective custody by the U.S. Command m West Germany is reported to be the price asked by the Communis! Hungarian Government for the r- lease of the American Robert
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    266 3 North-SouU* vulnerable. La_i v- IF you're a member of a 1 serious bridge p! probably enjoy an occasional total point team or match instead of your usual two table session of rubber Many experts consider it 'he toughest, but best and mos r ible of bridge competitions. Here's
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  • 202 3 SEOUL, Thursday. DECENT events m the propaganda war between the northern and southern zones of Korea indicate that 4he south is way ahead despite tin* great fanfare with which Ihe Soviet -sponsored north opens np its broadsides. The I concerm d the highly emotional
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  • 39 3 1 fIVII trt aborl I ment. But tli' That can be done only by a ndum of the whole population ol the continent, for a g ferendum have ?d by the Labour opposition Reuter
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  • 30 3 United States officials revealed now that the success of a secret U.S. gun m Greece had influenced them m deciding to send secret non-atomic weapons to Europe.- A.P.
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  • 175 3 HOME, Thursday. AN ITALIAN Socialist woman deputy. Signora v Bianca Bianchi, has drawn up a draft law seeking to sweep away prejudices against Italy's greatly increased post-war generation of illegitimate children. Signora Bianchi, an energetic crusader against moral defects m Italy's social structure today, wants to
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  • 22 3 Turks v isit U.K. Six Turkish newspapermen have arrived m England al the invitation of the F< on a three-week Bn- A.P.
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  • 14 3 The Philippines Foreign tnnounced me of a legation A. P.
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  • 61 3 DRI am S mil D "Bread X M Wil- Weston, is invadin A ..ilia's bread marI Through his Australian firm, George Weston (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., this 52-year-old Canadian. has spent more than €A2. 000.000. Sales have included Sydney's biggest bakery for (i Al. 000.000 a larse South
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  • 31 3 An American conducted public opinion poll In Frankfurt has showed that Communism had lost gronnd Ln Western Germany and few take Russia's side m ihe cold war. U.P.
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  • 184 3 Americanstold to cultivate German ties FRANKFURT. Thursday [TNDER the impetus of the "told war" AniriXans m Germany are being urged to drop their "ostrich-like* attitude to Germans and break down the barriers to closer German-Americaiv understanding. Throughout the American zone, Germans an\_\ Americans are getting to know each other better.
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  • 103 3 P.I. ALIENS MUST RF.REGISTER I ALL alien.* residing m tha Philippines are reg I to register anew and at a I of 50 pesos US$25 1, an announcement from th** Im.tion Department rt ed The requirement It laid down m a Conp d Acfc signed by President E_. Quirino. All
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  • 64 3 Jy orea does not stand alone." Mr. John Poster Dulles, special adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State m Seoul on the eve of his departure after four days ln Korea. "Korea demonstrates possibility of at least holding the Communist tide m the East. I
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 275 3 .■ft^t-'-w'T^?'" ¥___________w__m_&mamW_WK' mary; 4.47 'From the Lcndon i.V-5-^-. Editorials" (BBCi: 4.55 "Compo-fl-M L hi WORK) s r 0 f lhP Week William Wal--481 md 41.7 me***- ton; 515 "Sterling Value (BBC); Emergency news from K.L. 530 The Adventures of p c a "J :im 49"— 9 'The Case of the
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  • 410 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY June 22. 1950. The U.S.I. dilemma MOHAMMED HATTA. 'udonesian Prerr.ier and Foreign Minisk told the House of Representes ia Jakarta the day: "We cannot :.::v our policy with one that permits a Russian general to me a defence ter m Poland". Ukt Pa: :u. V
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  • 1104 4  -  Professor D. W. Brogan By THE chronology of the American political system is like the laws of the Meiles and the Persians, and m the year 1952! we will be faced with the awkward conjunction of a Presidential election and the ending of Marshall Aid. Whe
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  • Letter to the Editor
    • 234 4 IT was really kind of you to publish the letter from "RENT PAUPERED" on Saturday: other newspapers have been known to refuse publication of similar letters complaining of the Clerical Union's disinterestedness In matters appertaining to the welfare of mercantile clerks. It is only natural that where
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  • 352 4  - THE ART OF CONVERSATION HAL BOYLE s«w*&y NEW YORK. CERTAINLY you can be a n Interesting conversationalist. Yes, you can. Don't mind the snickers of your family and friends. Don't listen to them at all. In fact, if you are going to be a really interesting coversationalist. you can't afford
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    21 4 The ,\rt r aordinary scene as GO 000 tK, i of I :na Air h part m assault manoeuvres m A.r,
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  • 795 4  -  POLITICO By DANDIT Nehru, at his press conference m Singapore, was like an April day m E:uland. His thunder of displeasure at certain questions would rapidly dissolve into the sunshine of his good nature. His gusts of invective alternated with the stUly calm of his philosophi sings. What nettled
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  • 74 4  - Worid Trip In Sailboat O. M. MARASHIAN BY ALEX.V A N has Mexuuti globe v.: b m i moioi i T I! M I Edc. ot fan In lit:: I pr.n H H Fran H Prinv fl wait at 9 the Atla.' favourable m crossing m After anot hab will
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    41 5 V\ei;are au.hori♦s ties are trying to trace thr guardian of this ten-year-old Chinese boy. Ali bin Alias, who was found wandering m Katong recently. Ali said he was an orphan and had been adopted by a Malay woman m Gcvluid Serai.
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  • 367 5 Reply to rebuke m Council Free Press Staff Reporter M X eoffre y Tessensohn, president of the Singapore Government Clerical Services t'nion, today deplored any suggestion that his or trail isation would embark on "go slow" tactics until Government servants m the Colony seeded better
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  • 37 5 SPCA MAY HACE OWN CLINIC Ni.»tT Reporter rty for s oi Cruelty j hold a s Hotel x A 1 clinic I depen- j ir. Xc Muni- .cc inesc bus t i for ya can be I
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  • 46 5 Surface rxpccted m Singapore today from Great ■m, N Ireland, Eire. Europe, North and West Africa, West Indies. Egypt. Ceylon. North Pakistan. Java and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface the G.PO. today are. deration and I p rr. I :ia and Pakistan only
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  • 70 5 RESURFACING of Keppel Koad between Nelson Road and St. James Power Station by the Recondo psorcM. ai an estimated cost of $100,000, has been approved by the Roads Committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners. The work, which will be done by the Municipal Engineer's Department. was held up
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  • 43 5 A 39-yeax-old Hokkien, Le Buck Chew, pleaded guilty before Mr. C. C. Claque. Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, to a charge of having acted as a collector without a permit. He will be sentenced on June 28. Bail of $250 was allowed.
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  • 263 5 Free Press Staff Keporter BECAISE many people m this country know nothing about the finance regulations, Singapore's Foreign Exchange Control has had printed thousands of pamphlets giving all the information possible about exchange control here and outside the sterling area. The pamphlets, entitled Travellers' Guides."
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  • 35 5 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Ciinson. is received aboard I N.S. Delhi, (flatjship of the Indian Navafsquadron now visiting Singapore) by the Commodore. Rear Admiral J. Barnard, R.N. Free Press picture.
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  • 340 5 UOLDING that the section ol the Weights and Measures Ordinance relating to the stamping of measures and scales "mus*, if possible, be read m a wav that makes it possible to avoid this absurdity", tlie Chief Justice, Sii Charles MurrayAynsley, yesterday delivered judgment allowing an
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  • 188 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SIR Franklin Gimson, the Governor of Singapore, attended the third anniversary celebrations of the Bukit Timah Boys' Home yesterday. Sir Franklin addressing the boys at the conclusion of the sports meet, which formed part of the celebrations, laid great stress on the
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  • 396 5 S.M.C. debate on three men and a job Free Press Staff Reporter A LONG and lively debate is expected when Singa- poi t Municipal Commissioners meet tomorrow at a special meeting from which the press and public are likely to be excluded to discuss the appointment of a Deputy Municipal
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  • 169 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A FORMER Singapore Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Sin Man Vow, has written to the acting Municipal President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, stating that the reduced rents of $13 and $20 for the Princess Elizabeth flats are still too high for the
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  • 88 5 MR. A. M. L. Winkelman, who has been ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands m Singapore for the last three years, spent an extra day m Singapore yesterday when his Holland-bound X.L.M. Constellation was delayed ln Jakarta for 24 hours due to bad weather. Mr. Winkelman is on his
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  • 29 5 The Johore Bahru UMKO will hold a mass meeting on June 30 at 9 30 am m connection with Dato Onn resignation from the dentship of UMNO
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  • 23 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. N. Sankaram. was today fined $50 here today for rash driving. His jeep knocked down a Chinese boy.
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  • 210 5 Free Prc^ Sta-T Reporter SINGAPORE people "most irresponsible" posting correspondence, Mr. D. Smith, Director Posts m the Colony, to Free Press yesterc He gave these instances: A pane of gla..- m a i dow of the General 1 •c building almost 1» with the pavement, had
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  • 87 6 Power to control shops KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. STATE and Settlement Governments have I given power, through amendments to the Emergency Regulations to order the closing of shops m villages, distrixs. or areas wner e the are known to aided or consorted with bandits or have ently tailed to givs information
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  • 24 6 MI'AR W( I A fine ol 190, or one mom h's hai d b M M on r.n C n of q
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  • 207 6 NEW EQUIPMENT FOR THE S.V.C More vehicles, weapons Free Press Staff Reporter (INK three-ton troop-carrying vehicle and two troop-carrying land-roving jeeps have heen ordered for the use of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, Captain vV. Stewart, Adjutant of the S V.C told the Free Press yesterday. Tho vehicles will Strengthen the
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  • 69 6 D.O Sullivan turns down Aust. offer ryANNY I n, Bri 1 bantamweight champion. bus turned down for the un offer to flght Lian aborigine Bennel O'Sullivan has two ftgfl m the near future and his man -il haa eyes on the ent held by South African Vie Tow< Richard Lean.
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  • 157 6 RAIN interfered at one time or another with all the English first-class cricket matches yesterday. A start was made m all the games, but m some very little play was possible. As a result of the condition, soft and treacherous pitches m most parts ol
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  • 22 6 I*HK al I D B I? Old I I c 8 M the II s.A Old B
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  • 19 6 '■'lIX dcsirovei Kanjit of th«* Indian N ai il Squadron which arrived m Singapore restetdai
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  • 54 6 PAUL TO LEAVE SWANSEA I.C. (SWANSEA Town annou that Roy Paul. their International half-back, is for n Paul retained on lion< from Bogota, where he refused to with the Millions i am. maintaining that he and Jack Hedley of the Everton FOotbail Club had been givt-n a raw deal. Paul
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  • 67 6 'J' I DAYS tracted new followers on Wall d the New York Stock Market put on g tanatai to u.s.si. i: til ni. Prominent among those m Uk advance were ita and rubbers. Steels were m demand with the magazine lion Ape reporting that, -by the end
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  • 40 6 LAURENT DauthuUle lbs. > of France stopped Tuzo PortTiguez (160 lbs.) of Costa Rico, m the sixth round ;of a scheduled ten-round [fight at Montreal an Tuesday. Portuguez was [lelpleg J the the referee Dauthuilie ihe > ner. A.P.
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  • 192 6 londona stock LONDON. Thm INTEREST broadened m tke I -ondon J change at the start of the n«*w trading p yesterday, says Keuter. Small but demand for better class issii' Arm m many sections. The bulk of business, l. Government stocks. Gains i shown and considerable
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    • 157 6 HERE'S ENTERTAINMENT PLUS IT'S THE YEAR'S MOST IMJUHMS COMEDY. 808 IS SLAVE AND SMOOTH AND SCARED SIMP, STIFF. ..WHEN SHE TRIES Ol T HFR ADI LT UH OPENS TODAY THREE SHOWS <» p.m. SATURDAY MIDNITE- f^/ff^f^fuS l^iw-i __r _^^^^*t__^^^^t nauuu At/a rl(it(r or l>< autifull\ Ymni.-/ m^"» vita Viitn* AUrl
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    • 223 6 lAME Exclusive la the Singapore Free Press m Malaya r I7H J I I A*Q Tut AIR St'tMS 7_>B. F.IL£D /J^SSSS a I __i r* t*£ fIOJ fl o; 6 m r ;v, X x /mkaz*?.-*" k■*■_. nr i/croc a^av r.rtM tup /'ff US- AS A TTTArX C BAD APPEALS
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  • 226 7 TOTE BETTING NOT HIT BY TAX RISE Proposed move concerns sweeps By TRESPASSER i GOVERNMENT'S proposed increase of the tax on sweepstakes from 15 to 20 per cent, will not affect the duty on the totalisator at turf clubs, the Free Press understands. The Government tax on the totalisator is
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  • 260 7  -  ROGER YUE *j By .il v ill make a strong bid in the javelin the forthcoming Malayan AAA meeting tentative in 22-year-old Harry M. Wit'ant Superintendent of Police! with ereat success in this event :sh Universities' athletic meet at London. i n 1949 he won
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  • 11 7 Plans for visit of Indian team nil team ib-coo la ex-
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  • 73 7 A STON Athletic Club beat the 4th Supply Reserve Depot R A.S C by six goals to one m j a Junior B. Group 2 soccer match |at Geylang stadium yesterday. Two of Alton's goals were scored from penalties m the second half, when the R.A.S-C. goalkeeper
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  • 41 7 gOCCER and hockey teams from the Indian Naval Squadron now m Singapoie Will play at the Naval Base ft| 5 p.m. today. The hockey XI Will meet ..1 Naval Police, ar.d the soccer team will play H.M.S. Terror.
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  • 87 7 TWKLVE entries have been received for the threeyear old Maidens' Race for the Perak Plate over 5f to be run on the first day of the Perak Turf Club July meeting. The race is worth $6,000. The entries are: Brown Brocade 8.12 Admiral (late Admiral's
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  • 133 7 DOYAL Navy had the services of the HMS Unlearn players m their S.A F A Senior League match against Tamii Brotherhood A at Jalan Besar Stadium evening. hey lo iry gual. scored by Ju>:n M.ra:s early m the te. Mutton i goalkeeper, left his charge to tackle
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  • 186 7 Sing Tao share honours with Penang Free* Frees Soccer Reporter PENANG, Thurs. pENANG were lucky to hold Sing Tao to a one-all draw when they met m Penang yesterday. Sing Tao swept upfield m a series of raids m the early stages, but they were unlucky with their shot* at
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  • 67 7 y%R McLeod'fl Light Cavalry won the Northumberland Plate run over two miles at Gosforth Park Newcastle, yesterday. Mr. J. Johnson's Royal Entrance was second and Mr. D. Thomson's Coltbridge third. Light Cavalry won by a head with threequarters of a length between the second and the third.
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  • 27 7 pNGLAND beat the United States 6-2 at Salisbury. South Africa, yesterday, m the first match of the Internaional Federation of Women's Hockey Associations tournament.
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  • 336 7 SHIRLEY May France, 17-year-old blonde from Somerset, Massachusetts, arrived m Southampton yesterday iH the Queen Elizabeth still determined to be the youngest swimmer ever to conquer the English Channel. Sht failed by six miles last year after staying m the water for ten hours and
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  • 33 7 The Santo Tomas (left) and Mapua basketball teams with officials and referee pose for the cameraman before their match at the Happy World stadium last night Mapua won 6H IH-
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  • 741 7 WIMBLEDON DRAW rpHE draw for the first round of the All-England lawn tennis championships was made yesterday at Wimbledon, resulting m a noticeable absence of early clashes between well-known players. The Tournament Committee seeded 16 players m the men's singles this year, instead of eight
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  • 184 7 THE Happy World Stadium was packed Ugnt last night when two of the best basketball teams m the East, the Mapua Technical Cardinals and the Santo Toma"Golden Goldies of Manila clashed m a "rubber" match, Mapu* winning by 66 points to 48 ln by far the most
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  • 320 7 BILL Sidwell of Australia, who is seeded No. 11 m the Wimbledon championships, withdrew from the men's singles event of the London grass court tennis championships at Queen's Club yesterday. He conceded his match to his opponent, Irvin Dorfman of the United States, "to avoid
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  • 407 7 Richmond (not yet raced) is up a class jDOLLOWING his smashing win on the last day of the Selangor June meeting. Ramillies has been promoted from Class 4 to Class 3. Four other horses promoted are Mata Hari, Tudor Pride, Richmond and Uninsured. All four have been m Class 2.
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  • 153 7 rE West Indies began ft match against sus_>. >i 'at Hove yesterday when the weather was overcast witfi j rain threatening. The tourists lost the toss an<| 'Sussex had first knock on good wirket which had bter) piot^cted frcm rain ftlthotLff! :*a^dust wa. used on
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  • 65 7 '"THE following nave been selt to represent the Sinhalese .n jl SCA Tournament match mga Shell Sports Club at Payar Leb-.r on Sunday. Christie Senavuar.e '~ip I J. N. Fernando. V. R Fernando. Mayo Perera Bob C Penes. Gregory Fernando. Noel F. Perera. R. KulatUeka. It. Corr.eliues.
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    • 95 7 Other sport m page six TONIGHT AT RAFFLES HOTEL from 8 to 9 p.m. STANLEY KING ON THE NEW HAMMOND ORGAN and from 9 p.m. to midnight with CASTILLO HIS ORCHESTRA DINE IN THE PALM COURT AND ENJOY GOOD FOOD, WINES ATMOSPHERE THOSE WHO KNOW COMEDY BEST maJ_ w x_MPHBr
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 36 7 Today's sport SOCCER: Cup-Ue replay: Tiger S.A. v. Indian R.C. at Jalan Beaar Stadium; Snr. Lge: S.C.C. S.R.C. on padang TENNIS: Singapore championships (coot.) at S.C.C. RUGBY: Singapore R.F.U. meeting at I. C.C. 5. 50 p.m.
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 8 The King and Qtteen •toreground) and other Royal racegoers seen m the naddock at Ascot. Behind their Majesties is seen the Duke of Gloucester (light suit) aud further behind are the Princess Royal and Princess Elisabeth (wen ring furs). In background ar^Princea Margaret (centre) and the Duchess of Gloucester (right)
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  • 31 8 F. Hospital. I on Jun- Ruth, of Wing Commander John I RAF. a son. ICK: To Pamela, wife of I T. Crick, at Surlingham Home. Singapore on 21st r. Patricia.
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  • 64 8 RFN. JAMES. James v Co.. Ltd.. deeply n ;noe the death m London S rday of their chairman and director, Mr. James M. A. ANGULLIA. aged 48 yrs.. cc of A. M.S. Angullia, Estate i deceased* parsed away 1 .30 a.m. tori iv at No. 77. Bencoolen _j aving
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  • 293 8 I AKL SICC ESS, Thursday. r>KITISH sources disclosed yesterday thai Britain's United Nations delegations was instructed last week to vote for admitting Communist China to the l'nited Nations but that the orders were changed when it became apparent that the vote would S* ineffectual. In
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  • 94 8 HONG KONG, Thurs. Li Chi-shen. a ranking Chinese Commu- -How-traveller, disclosed yesterday that about onethird of China has already undergone 'land reform*' confiscation from landlords and redistribution among tenant farmers. In a speech before the Peoples dtativc Conference m Peking. Marshal Li said that a region
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  • 56 8 PRETORIA. Thurs. •THE condition of General Smuts, seriously ill on his farm near Pretoria, was unchanged last night, a bulletin stated. It added: "This afternoon he picked up a bit. He is certainly better tonight than he was this morning, but for the present his condition
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  • 78 8 HONG KONG, Thurs. T'HE defence for American Harry W. Arnott, representative of the Board of Trustees for Rehabilitation Affairs, asked the Hong Kong court yesterday to dismiss larceny charges against his client. The court adjourned, for one week to consider the lequest. Representatives fn the colony of
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  • 25 8 The U.S. Air Force has announced that B-36 bombers will start routine training flights m the Eastern Pacific m a few days.- Reuter
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  • 26 8 The Chinese Nationalist government ln Formosa has brought nearly £500,000 worth of refined silver bullion ln London during the past two months.- U.P.
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  • 13 8 Spain and Indonesia are to join the International Wheat Council. U.P.
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  • 40 8 Armed police searched the dense jungle on tlie coast a lew miles north of Mombasa for two British soldiers who escaped from a military detention barracks. One ol them la said to be armed with a long knife
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  • 95 8 2,000,000 E. GERMANS EXPELLED LN burs. pOMMPUNIST-RUIED East tiermany will .ecOfnlse permanent expulsion of more than 2,000,000 Germans from Czechoslovakia, officials m Berlin confirmed last night. A formal declaration relinquishing all claims for the ret urn of the expellees rs to be signed this week m Prague by the Oerman
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  • 116 8 RANGOON, Thursday. THE rebel Karen high command at Yandoon 1 yesterday ordered its forces m the Irrawaddy Delta to apply closely the injunctions m the seventh chapter of the Book of Deuteronomy m all dealings with the Burmese Governmepi and its troops. Although Burma is a
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  • 41 8 A CARGO of cartoon black unloaded by Wellington dockers after they had won dirt money m a iwo-day strike was held up again yesterday when transport drivers refused to move it from the wharf. They, too, demanded 'dirt" money.
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  • 53 8 CANBERRA, Thurs. E*IELD MARSHAL Sir William Slim, Chief of the British Imperial Cieneral StafT. said yesterday, "Australian and New Zealand soldiers are no braver than the (.ermans. 11 is just that we of British stork are brave a little longer and it's the last 10 minutes
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  • 201 8 HOLLYWOOD, Thursday. IMI M STAR Judy Garland Wtni wor through her agent yesterday that she would be ready "m a day or two" to tell why she tried to kill herself by hacking at her throat with tin jagged edge of a broken drinking
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  • 149 8 JAKARTA. Thurs. rpaE U.S.I. In for ir 1 Minister, Mr. Arnold Mononutu, announced tcrclay that a unitarian Indonesian StaX is to he rr^tod on \uz H "H nothing un! se<-n happens." according to the Dutch Ancta news agency. He said that Ihe Joint U.S.I. Republican
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  • 34 8 f\|RS. Olivia Dionne. mother x TI of the famous quint up- lets said ln Callender (Ontario) vesterriay that reports that she is expecting another child are 'completely false." A.P.
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  • 28 8 The Minister oi Btafc Kenneth V Parliament yesterday that the B Itish Government recognized China's suzerainty over 'Tibet provided Tibet was :e- garaea as au^onomou U.P.
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  • 88 8 7 lb. baby not champ? Till: Irish seaside resort of Bray claims the worlds record for heavyweight new-born babies with the 17 lbs. 2 ozs. boy born to 34-year old Mrs. Marry Kirn h. who already has four children. The American Medical Association, however, contests this claim, saying that a
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  • 116 8 U.K. aiding trade of two Chinas HONG KONG. Th JI THRIVING trade is going on between Chinese busi•men m Red China and Formosa some of it direct between Shanghai and Keelung but the bulk indirectly through the medium o Hong Kom; I te '.he bitter ideological rir between the mainland
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  • 53 8 Eddie Cantor home named JERUSALEM, Thurs. F11.'.: Eddie I nous bis: even open t: day when a child: me In Israel was named after him This honour is bestowed on you a.s a sign of tppi tion for your untiring efforts on behalf of Jewish children,'' a Jewish Agency •SM)k'
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  • 65 8 FACILITATING AIR TRAVEL A 34 NATION police conference at The Hague yesterday urged better identification of victims of air accidents and simplification oi red tape for air travellers. The International Criminal Police Commission, closing Wt three-day 19th meeting. recommended uniform regulations for dealing with air crash victims In co-operation with
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  • 190 8 'Made 5 passes, say three eye-witnesses OAKLAND (California), Thursday THREE U.S. Air Force non-commissioned officers said that a discshaped object, roaring at an estimated speed of between 1,000 and 1,500 m.p.h. made five passes near the Air Force base at Hamilton earl) yesterday. The Oakland
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  • 24 8 3 British ships bombed HONG K< p0 B M trading witl poi plane;, attacked ves.^h- or clumng shins The p damu'.' i U.P. Reuter
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 136 8 Oen. Komulo was upsel the P.I. loreign i Komulo. paid an unannounced \isii ons U late-(ieneral m New I'orV confer with Consul l.duardo Rosa I u eX pre* prise at seeing seven vacant d(sk, M hin to see government emp! earh Healthy People keep their and health/ yon want white
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