The Singapore Free Press, 29 June 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1950. KICK TEN rBNTS.
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    U.S. TROOPS READY TO GO INTO ACTION
    538 1 Stand by order m Japan LATEST NEWS: Some American combat troops have been alerted for action m South Korea "at a moment's notice/ their capture of the South Korean capital of Seoul, the Communist invaders from North Korea were being held at most
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    Russia might leave U.N.
    59 1 LAKE SCt <- BSS, Thursday. I Nations diplomats feared yesterday that mai iul fighting a»d to the North Korean and withdraw from the United Nations. Russia's retaliation to back its United States Is guilty of aggression er to the military sanctions voted Koreans Tuesday night by
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    ADHESUN ON U.S. STAND IN KOREA
    88 1 WASHINGTON, Tin;. TI US. 8 of State, told to dra own conclusions when asked the world had now ed from a 'cold war" to jt war" siiuation. eaktng to a crowded preis conference, Mr. Acheron said the free nations of the world and every
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    South Koreans 'shy of tanks'
    547 1 South Koreans 'shy of tanks' The following on-the-spot report of the Korea fighting was cabled by Peter Kalischer, United Press Staff CorrespoJident Si WON, Thursday. AMERICAN airpower smashed at Communist North Korean tanks and other targets yesterday m an all-out effort to stem the rout< of the demoralised South Korean
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    "COUNTERFETT RING
    8 1 s has icoveral by Naples A.P.
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    6 YAKS DOWNED BY U.S.
    182 1 6 YAKS DO WNED BY U.S. TOKIO, Thurs. AMERICAN officers said yesterday that a first bag of six Yaks shot down went evenly, three each to the jet fighters and F-82 turn Mustangs. First Lieutenant Bob Wayne, 24, taid his orders were "to get anything coming t ward Kimpo." North-east
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    Blast missed Duke
    63 1 THE Duke of Fdinhurtjh left Horns, scene of Tuesday night's fuel depot explosion m which 60 persons lost their lives, only 15 minutes before the depot blew up. The Duke was on his way from Damascus to Lattaki«'h with a four-car party when the explosion occurred Tlir
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    STERLING TALK
    18 1 Anglo-Pakistan rling balance talks are expected to bet,'in m London on or about July 20. Reuter
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    C'WEALTH TALK ON KOREA
    144 1 OTTAWA, Thursday. /CANADA'S High Commissioner m London will meet other Commonwealth representatives today m a confenvice termed by a British Government official as a "frank discussion of Commonwealth policy m Korea." The official indicated tnat there was some divergence of views among Commonwealth members as to
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    BONN-DELHI PACT
    19 1 West Germany's first trade agreement with India will be signed m the first week ol July, A.P.
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    HELICOPTER EVACUATION
    133 1 A HELICOPTER was used for the first time m evacuating a casualty from the scene of a battle against bandits at Kambu, 35 miles north of Kota Tinggi yesterday. The helicopter took off while the battle between the bandits and a police force of 25 was m progress.
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    New alliance
    30 1 ANEW Karen-Cui.. alliance has been formed In the rice-growing Irrawariy delta to meet a five-pronged government advance aimed at r. suing Burma's rice bowl of armed outlaws- A.P.
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    'Needy nations must be aided'
    218 1 'Needy nations must be aided' WASHINGTON, Tliurs. T*HE President said the welfare of the people m under-developed areas must be improved through the aid of the Point Four programme m the fields of agriculture, industry and m the health and education of th 3 children. Progress, he said, would increase
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    STOP PRESS
    36 1 Gen. Mac Arthur Hew lo Korea this morning fr« m Tokyo. Radio Mo.iou today said that the Security luncil resolution callins on I.N. IIP.T.I to heip South Korea has no le^al force. A.P. sdfafa
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    Adventures Of A Tough Guy
    616 2  - Adventures Of A Tough Guy PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. I HAVE often com- plained about the preposterous length of many modern novels. And though my grievance was partly professional for a book critic has as little choice m his reading as a Strasbura: noose m the :ent
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    Quick Looks
    118 2 Inside the Pub, by Maurice Gorham and H. McG. Dunnctt. (Architectural Press). Admirable survey, richly illustrated, of the evolution of the English public-fu from its origins m the mediaeval inn. via the Victorian gin-palace, to those chromium-plated monstrosities beloved of modern bracing firms. Apology for a Hero, by
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    It's Cruel, But It's Fun
    347 2 sdaff 'THERE were 120 entrants for a short-novel competition. The winner: Mary irthy's "The Oasis/ Now it nas suffered an inscrutable change of title— to A Source of Embarruvsment and been accorded the permanence of stir! overs. It deserves the distinction. Set m a nigh-principled
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    27 2 Playwright Noel Coward is the star of his own film "The *^\J2&!* opens at the Pavilion cinema today. Celia Johnson Heft > and Margaret Lctghton have important parts.
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    STORY OF A DEVIL'S iSLAND CONVICT
    834 2 Special Correspondent GEORGETOWN. BRITISH Gil AN A: i\UTSIDE the George- town Hotel with its gay, green exterior and potted palm trees, a man lurks m the shadows, sniffing the sultry tropical night air, bieathing m the exciting scent of lime Dlhssom and cattalaya plants—
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    The cruelty of a hero
    195 2 THK STORY OF ZARAK HAN, by A. J. B«-van (Jarroid>). rIS is the life story of Zarak Khan. who. on the Northwest Froi issued an odsfc ncr thai I pletely ruthlt-so. selfish, deceitful and cruel. When. however, be died a victim of the Japanese In
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    A 'COLD WAR' POW-WOW
    409 2  -  PATRIC —toy KAHNAWAKA INDIAN VILLAGE. I'HE hereditary chiefs of the Mohawk Red Indian tribe invited me to attend their pow-wow ntly while they mapped out the strategy for their "cold war" against the Canadian Government. "Our friend the-O; White King m London has deserted us," complained
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      109 2 The "LITTLE GEM" Mm A new small and attractive alarm clock, with 7 Jewel 9^ l.ever movement. '\'M Mad*? and Guarante f ed by Smiths Knglish Clocks Limited. In a variety ot Attractive designs G shades. Fully Luminou A Really Practical Attractive Gift From Leading Jewellers Clock Stot SMITHS MKMT:
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      300 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORK today, you are the You i m ,st, however. combination of dream- learn to depend completcer and doer. You manage ly upon your own efforts to make your daydreams or the goals which you set come true. There is a v* ill not materialize, it is
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    PHILIPPINES IN STRUGGLE FOR PEACE
    354 3 PHILIPPINES IN STRUGGLE FOR PEACE Huks not yet on the run MANILA, Thursday. IlfHO m the Philippines is winning this battle for TT peace and ordtr? This is a £ood question frequently asked these days on both sides of the Pacific and one that defies a ready answer. Both sides
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    26 3 pnoio i'aruumeiuur> IC Minister of pud an in>pn to thf London und recently. Relalnuui Gtegei > while Lord LtM s 111 m,iuK irom Irol panel free Press
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    Far Last attracting tourists
    25 3 Far Last attracting tourists I jf the I Far the ttion Hmeri- non meet touching 'nal I are vine I strung velopi hohdav foe USIS
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    Greece regaining vitality
    261 3 RirrirvT ViHENS. Thursday. i KhC LNT striking increase m births and a pro- decline m deaths indicate that the Greek people are today recovering their vitality m spite of the starvation suffered during the German occupation. The winter of 1941-42. during which people dlen of starvation b
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    33 3 photo Sir Brian Robertson, retiring British High Commissioner m Germany, waves farewell to Berliners after delivering a message m German to the West Berlin city assembly. He is accompanied by Lady Robertson. A.P.
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    FRESH MILK FOR CEYLON
    34 3 AUSTRALIA is willing to supply Ceylon regularly with fresh pasteurised cow milk by air. The milk would be flown m planes, fitted with refrigeration tanks, from dairies m Australia.- Reuter
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    REFUSED ENTER
    39 3 A wealthy 63-year-old overseas Chinese merchant from India. Bao Jue Chong, has boon refused entry into Hong Kong and sent back to Calcutta. The immigration authorises on Kai Tak airfield did not consider his visa valid.-- Reuter
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    $100,000 for queen's rug
    12 3 apman. president Order Emp. na to .d A.P.
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    P.I. co-operation
    23 3 Government sourc re rear: .ye full ;o-f«- :> to the Ui: Stat-s mission scheduled to M month itudy Philippine economic Droblems. A.P.
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    Brewery has new raven
    123 3 Brewery has new raven LONDON. Thurs. 200-year-old iradition that a raven should hop around Whitbread's brewery m the City of London, has been revived after a ten years' lapse. In the blitz of 1940 the last raven disappeared after a heavy air-raid. Superstitiously believed to be a good omen almost
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    Bridge Hands
    286 3 North-South vulnerable North dealer. Th.> bidding. Noitk Kast South West I<> I'iiss l<s? I'ass 14 PaM 2NT I'asa 3^> Pass 3NT All Pass 1 .t la\u. nv lead, but West the club queen and J made seven. 'At rashed his eh imond ace. rufl>d a third club m
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    Madame Chiang sets example
    255 3 TAIPEH, Thursday. lITITH Madame Chiang Kai-shek treadling away at an old Japanese made sewing-machine to set an example, women of Nationalist China are presently rounding out their first 500,000 suits of underwear for the soldiers. The hand-cut, hand-sewn and hand-finished underwear is a contribution of the
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    WORLD'S FIRST 'ARTERY BANK'
    192 3 WORLD'S FIRST 'ARTERY BANK' NEW YORK, Thurs. QN a shelf m a ihncl-floor laboratory of the New York Hospital a towering, rambling edifice facing the East River m midManhattan is a large glass container. It represents probably the first central "arlery bank" m the world and as an initial "deposit"
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    Quick Jiu cure claim
    66 3 A QUICK IS! cure for in- fluenza is claimed by a 73-year-old retired chemist m Melbourne. He says that alter 20 years of chemo-therapy research and experiment on himself he has evolved a drug that can beat the 'flu m a lew hours. He describes the
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      28 3 SINGAPORE ySaL REPERTORY eseni* jv CANDIDA By BERNARD SHAW NIGHTLY at NINE Tonight, Friday and Saturday.. Bookings at ROBINSONS or Theatre Box Office after 7 p.m. Phone 6826.
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      413 3 New Crossword No. 85 a^Sfl^T^^^ CLLES ACROSS 1. 10 First-rate wmj to slant a spinner <3, 3». 3. 8. 7. Rhyming record of superlunar bovine leap (3. 3. 6. 4. 3. 4t. 10. See IA. 12. Fi inters don't eat theirs <3>. 13. Dio he spread hay up m the
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      58 3 Solution To Crossword No. 84 HOI tTTIOTf j htu 1, Princes ft, (i. Pepper. 7. Lining paper. 8 Shred 9. Lurid. 11. Priam. 13 l. 14, Race meeting. 15. See 14D. IG, Chassis. Down: 1, Pulls up 2. Inner Circle. 3. Caned. 4. Sepal. 5 Paper chains. G. See SA.
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 29, 1950. A cry of horror
    486 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, June 29, 1950. A cry of horror A NEWS agency report from Japan tells how :\iaencan pnois, griiiiv it from ear to ear, returned witn empty mb racfcs after their mienoot over South Korea. They were not tiw unlv ones grinning In Asia yesterday. J
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    When U.S. Goes To War...
    715 4  - When U.S. Goes To War... Wythe Williams DEFENCE SECRETARY LOUIS JOHNSON, the man responsible for U. 5. war preparedness, says m this interview: "Democracy works on the ancient thesis of waiting for the other guy to start the fight and then sometimes turning the other cheek. That's out. ..if we
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    'Brab' easy for pilot
    244 4 CTVE minutes after* he had piloted the lju-ton Bristol Brabazo'i On a "mannequin" flight over London, Mr. Bill Pegg was doing duty as an usher. Walking m and out of the Brab's huge passenger lounges, most of them still crowded with test instruments, the famous test
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    ITSEEMSTOME...
    912 4  -  IJOW sickrnin^ly familiar the whole technique ned. The odour of totalitarianism! My mind went back nearly 11 years, U) that first day of September when the Germans drove over the Polish border, dive-bombed Warsaw and lit the flame that was to engulf the world. I well remember how the
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    22 4 Pupils m a new "School of Adventure* m England relax m the lovely grounds. Mountain climbing is one of the subjects talir.ht.
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    Herr Schmidt Gets A Foot in the Door
    655 4  -  RALPH IZZARD ~tsy ANKARA: YOU see them m all 1 the big hotels both Mere and m Stambul heavy, bespectacled bullet-headed men m ersatz wool suits, the inevitable satched-shaped "Aktentasche" clamped nr:nlv under the arm. They are the salesmen shock- troops of
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    Soviets Wno Lack 'Passion'
    207 4  -  STEFFAN ANDREWS TOO MUCH RED TAX By WASHINGTON. i^iE Kremlin is 1 taking top party functionaries and major provincial committees to task because there is not enough Communist "passion" m their work. The criticism appears m a len^thv editorial m Pravda, which complaint of inertia m
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    S'PORE MOTION TO PETITION THE KING
    407 5 S'PORE MOTION TO PETITION THE KING City status sought Free Press Staff Reporter acting Municipal President of Singapore, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, will move a resolution at tomorrow's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners that a petition should be sent to the King, praying for the grant of city status
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    39 5 picture MKN of the Indian Navy cruiser, Delhi, man the guns and keep a keen watch out. to sea for "enemy* aircraft approaching, during the I.N. Squadron's exercises with the R.A.F. and units of the Royal Navy. Free Press
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    BOG TRADE AIR PLANNED
    92 5 BOG TRADE AIR PLANNED f Nt^tT Reporter rs 1 fancy parade :ie b» >t .res of Air at the Aug. 1 to be organised rale as hich drew 270.000 the n dtajn Happy .."merit says it t :-.::rely different." j "0 ding com- nment de- j Trade Commls--ind the Unit-
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    ON TRANSFEER
    15 5 jgier Import 8 Singapore on transfer to C ast after a B Singa-
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    Chamber to appeal to Governor
    399 5 FATE OF CHINESE SCHOOLS Free Press Staff Reporter TTOE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has i A decided to send a petition to the Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson. appealing to him to consider the effect on Chinese education m the Colony if it is decided
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    Acting Controller
    20 5 Mr. R. H. Fifield, Assistant Controller of Telecommunications, has been appointed to act as Controller of Terecammunim.Mon Singapore
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    B.Sc. honours for athlete
    157 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rE British Empire's second best amateur lightweight weight lifter. Thong Saw Pak. has been awarded a first s honours degree m Science by the University of Mala; Saw Pak, who represented Malaya m the Empire Games early this year, will leave for
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    TREASURY BILLS
    20 5 The Singapore Government will invite tenders for an issue of $5,000,000 by Treasury Bills on July 10. picture
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    RACEGOERS WILL LIKE THIS FILM
    345 5 FE magic touch of Frank Capra is delightfully evident m his latest production, Riding High, now show- i ing at the Cathay and starr- j Ing Eing Crosby. Riding High is a film about the magnetic racetrack and tho people who cannot tear themselves away
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    GIRL SINGER
    45 5 picture. MISS Ang Kirn Lee. who sang m the British Council Hall before a large audience on Tuesday ni'ht, with her pianist Mr. Douglas Tan after the recital. Miss Ang is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. Glasgow. Free Press
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    EXEMPTION FOR 150 TAXIS
    157 5 Free Press Staft Reporter THE vehicles committee of Singapore Municipal 1 Commissioners has recommended that, probably by next year, a further 150 passenger motor cars should be licensed as taxis without being to conform to the law stipulating how they should be constructed. The committee proposes
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    Vacancies for 20 A.S.P.s in Colony
    345 5 Free Press Start' Reporter THE Singapore Police Force has vacancies for A about 20 Assistant Superintendents of Police. It hopes to fin some of these posts from the 160 A.S.P.S who are being recruited m Britain for Malaya, and some by either promoting local
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    BANK HOLID.WS
    17 5 Tomorrow and Saturday are Bank Holidays: neither are Public Holidays. Government offices will remain open.
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    MR. W.L. BLVTHE
    17 5 Singapore's new Colonial Secretary-, Mr. W. L. Blytiie, arrives by air at Kallang today.
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    QUESTIONS ON SMC. SERMCE
    240 5 Free Press Stall Reporter QUESTIONS about junior and senior officers serving m the Singapore Municipality, and aoout the grant of expatriate allowances, are being tabled by Mr. E. V. Da vies Labour— North Ward at the meeting of Municipal Commissioners tomorrow He wishes to know the
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      47 5 ROUNDHEAD This Eight Day Pendulum Wall Clock is another product of the famous SMITH'S House of England In Oak case, 12" Polished Brass and White Dial with Arabic Figures, it is especially suitable for OFFICES, FACTORIES SCHOOLS $47.50 THE JEWELLERY DEFT. GROUND FLOOR ROBINSONS RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE
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      41 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from the U.S.A. and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon for Eastern Australia. NewZealand. Terempa. Siam (parcels only) and Java. 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    TIME MAY FOIL ENGLAND'S BID FOR WIN
    961 6 TIME MAY FOIL ENGLAND'S BID FOR WIN Washbrook to the rescue ALTHOIT.H England, with 218 for four wickets out of a required 601, are making a gallant bid m the second Tesi at Lord's against the West Indies, time is likely to foil them. Only six hours remain for play
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    42 6 picture. DROPPING anchor as I.N.S. Delhi, flagship of the Indian Naval Squadron, returns to Singapore after two days' strenuous exercisers with the destroyer and > rl K iil flotillas of the Indian Navy and units of the K.N. and X VF Free Press
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    Scoreboard
    165 6 WKST INDIES— Ist Inns.— 326 ENGLAND— I* Inn.— l.ll WEST INDIES— 2nd Inns. MaBBMfW b Jenkins 30 Rae b Jenkins M Worrell c Dojtsart b Jenkins 1"• Weekes run out 63 Codi'ard c Evans b Jenkins 11 Walrott not out 16* r.oinez c Edrich b Bedvrr 70 C'hristi;tni not
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    Commission likely to approve pool
    222 6 THE plans for the propose;! Services swimming pool at the Beach Road Reclamation are expected to be passed at Friday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. It is undrrstood that position to the construction of the pool has been largely met after a visit yt-stcrday
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    NO RISK OF FOOD SHORTAGE
    191 6 NO RISK OF FOOD SHORTAGE THE public need have no fear of possible shortage m essential food-stuffs like rice, sugar and milk because of the Korean war, Mr. A. D. But-ler-Madden, Singapore's Deputy Food Controller, said ida> Many people m Singapore yesterday reported that hoarding and black-market-in" on sugar and
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    County cricket scores
    129 6 County cricket scores CLOSE of play m -relay's county cricket matches were: At Bath, Somerset 386 -Bus*--82. Peter Smith 6 !<>r 133 >. Essex to bat. At Cfctefcestcr, Sussex 280 <C. Oakes 160. James Lan«ridge 53. Hever. 6 lor 59': Glamorgan to At Chesterfield. D- rbyshire 124. Yorkshire 139 for
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    4 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
    60 6 4 PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS PARIT BUNTAR. Wed Admitting four previous convictions, a young Malay, Attan bin Khalid. was sentenced to three months rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months Police supervision by Inche Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah, Circuit Magistrate, m the Parit Buntar Court. Attan had pleaded guilty to a
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    TIN CLOSES EASIER
    85 6 LONDON. Thurs. THE tin market closed easier yesterday afternoon, los* Ing a little of the gains m prices achieved m the morning. Spot closed £603-3 8 and three months at i:6o4i. The closing prices at the noon session weie: S; U 4d. buyers and £603 Is. 2d.
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    SINGAPORE SIUPPING
    179 6 SHIPS In the Singapore O and Inner Koads and a longi side Harbour Board god re: Oulti Ko.id*: Hwang H.u. tin H.suan. Hoi Wong, tgtffca, 1 i Charente, c> Nelly Niaer^k Inner Roads: Sin Soon Lee. h ek B Tui Ann. Hn.i Benß .dv. Kotanua. Ba!t)ebahru, Benc. Wakde,
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    Better values despite-Korea
    290 6 Better values despite- Korea asdf LONDON. Thursday NEWS of t'nited States action m the Far I received calmly by the London Stock 1 yesterday, states Reuter's financial correspondent After initial hesitancy, during which pri< widened, values in most sections improved with small gains oh the day. Mans Industrial groups include
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    EXCESS LOAD
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      291 6 m^ndrdk6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Mnlnva "1 IoONTYDUGO S I'M JUST I I Uavp you 1 AA}A».-)AAk't 1 I TMANKS. I j $AK'--WMUT ISTHISf REACHIN' f ER NO GETTING A L GOT A.HI waw l_ 6£ST(/A£S —y M v; I'MBOWLEGBEN. I I I'M JUST SHOOTIN' IRON/ CKjARETTE"
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    ATIN AFFAIR DOES WINNING GALLOP
    333 7 ATIN AFFAIR DOES WINNING GALLOP Fast times m Ipoh try outs Free Press Racing Correspondent IPOH, Thursday. LATIN Affair and Pathfinder did the best galloj on the Ipoh training track this morning when they went three furlongs m 37 3/5 seconds. The track was fast and several other fast times
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    SLTA SINGLES FAVOURITE
    36 7 picture. Onff Chew Bee. favourite for the Singapore men's singles lawn tennis title, m action on the S.C.C courts on Tuesday. He beat Liem Khe Liang to qualify for the semifinals. free Press
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    79 7 photo. GEORGE FRASER. who arrived m Southampton on he liner tjueen Elizabeth, to start training for his Channel attempt, had to do most of his workouts on board the liner as he was not permitted to land, having less than til,- minimum of t59 for his return passage. A British
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    Miss Hart and Mrs. Todd win
    1101 7 'FHE women's singles event of the Wimbledon UnnU championships was 1 educed yesterday to the last 32, m which the I'nited States holds a strong hand with nine representatives. The schoolgirl game of 17-year-old Lorna Cornell. British junior champion and the youngest competitor, could
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    Panang gold Cup meet cup meet programme
    34 7 Panang gold Cup meet cup meet programme V Reporter SO Wed. I Honday 1 on Aug Cup R-ce \uth ?ces for to t en. Gold penang n-er akes lor »et 1 miie and a
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    I.A. TEAM
    11 7 T 111 11 a.m. Balesibasbhoy Dr M md and
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    Army team v. S.C.C.
    84 7 MINTi \PORK District (Army) cricket team against Singra--5 P'»r f Cricket Club on Saturday and Sunday at Nee sooty* ill.^e: nhril i(f t ro p v Henchley, Jaj. 1 r s MunriJMaj. E. H. Sweet, k Maij. E. A. Cpop<?r*Er>. Mai T f. B KnUht. Maj.
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    Both served underhand
    92 7 UNUSUAL spectacle m modern lawn tennis of two players serving underhand was provided by Mrs. Maria Weiss, the Argentine champion, and her French opponent. Madame Varin, m their second round women's singles match on the third day of the Wimbledon championships. Mrs. Weiss. playing against doctor's orders,
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    Women's golf results
    33 7 W omen's golf results ISLAND'S Club's June Monthly (Stableford) was won by Mrs. Quentin with 38] points. Next best were Mrs. Wheeler. with 37 1 8 points, and Mrs Price-Howell. with 36| points
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    Kamis and Yadi in unfinished battle
    317 7 O K. YADI, Singapore champion, and H. Kamis gave a sparkling exhibition of stroke-play when they met m their quarter-final singles tie m the S.L.T.A. championships at the S.C.C. yesterday the match being unfinished after two hours play. Kamis showed excellent form and he
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    Korea war upsets Razak's plans
    197 7 Korea war upsets Razak 's plans OKOMOTEK Abdul Razak had a surprise in store 1 for Singapore boxing fans. For the first time in Singapore boxing history, he was to introduce two big names in boxing in Korea to Singapore bui now with North Korea at war against the South
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    C.A. run rings around Tamils
    268 7 YjAKING eight changes from the team that held Rovers to a draw earlier m the week, Tamil B.A. were no match for Chinese Athletic m a SAFA challenge cup tie at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, going down by six goals to nil. The game was
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    WORLD SOCCER CUP RESULTS
    33 7 O WITZERLAND surprisingly drew} ,uvo-»ll m their i World Cup match »Pool*W"J la^inst Brazil vA Sao Paflle .yesterday. Outside-Jptt Fatton equal;ised for S^ltzerljand three j minutes ircin tlie" end.
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    Last-minute goal gives IRC victory
    187 7 Last-minute goal gives IRC victory PARAM, Indian Recreation Clubs forward, who has been displaying exceptionally good form recently, gave his side victory over the Tiger S.A. with a last-mijiute goal m a Senior League soccer match played at Geylang stadium yesterday. Indians won 1-0. When Tigers met IRC. earlier this
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    INDIAN SQUADRON v. GHQ FARELF
    58 7 IMiE following vfll play A cricket for the Indian Naval Squadron against G.H.Q. FARELF on Saturday at 2 p.m. o n the I.A. ground at Bftlestler plain: Lt. -Commander Nanavatl Lt. -Command' r Sophtr. Lt. Mackenzie Lt Bataena. Lt Norris. Lt. Chatterjie. Lt. Rosair. CPO
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      39 7 Today's sport Soccer: Sing Tao Singapore Civilians a; Jalan Besar Stadium; Jnr. B 1: Cheerful Lads v Tuan Monj OB A at C.eylanf; Jnr. B 1: HQ Spore Dlst. t C.V.M.A. af CYMA. Tennis: Colony championships at S.C.C (cont.)
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    BIRTHS
    39 8 HiOLIS: To Hannah, wife of I.i on Margolis, at Penang v Hospital, on 20th June. m, Richard Paul. AROOZOO: To Betty (nee de a), wife of Ivan Aroozoo, at tang Kerbau Hospital, a son, on 2" 0 "50.
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    MARRIAGES
    47 8 GODMAN MORTON: At on the 24:h June, 1950. ;r Godman to Jean Barr on. THE MARRIAGE betweci. T. -ached to Messrs. George Wimpey CO.. Ltd..) and Annie (daughter of Mr. <fc Mrs. P K. Koshy>. took place at <ulam Immanuel Church, on Thursday 22nd June. 1950.
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    PLEA FOR MISSING CHILDREN
    202 8 PLEA FOR MISSING CHILDREN Search by Red Cross fails LONDON, Thursday. EFFORTS of the International Red Cross to return to Greece 25,000 children abducted by her neighbours have produced little result, Viscount Jowitt, Lord Chancellor, told the House of Lords yesterday. "Applications for the repatriation of 9,500 Greek children have
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    24 8 Ingrid Bergman makes her selection from scarv%s m a curiosity shop on the Isle of Capri where she and Roberto Rossellini spent their honeymoon.
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    3 BABIES BORN IN SHIP DAILY
    187 8 4 T least three babies a day ire being born aboard the Royal Mail liner Atlantis as it crosses the Indian Ocean. By the time the voyage ends on July 7 it is estimated that the liner will have more than 100 new Dasseneers
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    REMOVAL ALLOWED
    31 8 India and Pakistan ag; yesterday to permit the removal, without restriction, of movable property left behind by persons migrating fiom jone country to the other after tiie partition. A.P.
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    KOREAN NEWS DEPRESSED HIM
    49 8 CAID by the police to have been depressed by the news from Korea, Verner Johansen, 26, of Jutland, who was a British parachutist m the second world war, was found dead yesterday m a park m Randers. Police said he had swallowed potassium cyanide. A.P.
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    Ca nberrabacks U.S. acion
    113 8 Ca nberrabacks U.S. acion \NBERRA. Thurs. FE Premier. Mr. Robert ozies, told Parliament yesterday that "events m Korea are a timely reminder that International Communism and its fifth column m Australia are a deadly menace." He spoke as official quarters disclosed that the United Bt had informed Australia In advance
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    30 8 NOTHING TO LOSI Some of the 7 liniit'iiicn of Salvatore GvIUUM the Sicilian bandit who h.i> been evading small aram of police on their way to the dock for trial.
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    KIDNEY DOES WELL
    35 8 Mrs. Howard Tucker, the first person to whom a kidney of a dead person had been transplanted, was reported yesterday to be doing very nicely," 11 days after *he history-making operation. UP.
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    ANGLO-ISRAELI OIL AGREEMENT
    140 8 LONDON. Thursday. 'PIIE Israeli delegation 1o London yesterday announced the conclusion of an agreement with Britain for the supply of crude oil to the Haifa refineries after weeks of negotiations. The agreement was readied between the delegation headed by Mr. David Horowitz, Economic Adviser to the Israeli
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    GUERILLAS ATTACK U.S. AID CONVOY
    130 8 HANOI, Thurs. INDO-CHINA guerillas yesterday threw a grenade and opened rifle fire on a motor convoy carrying Mr. Robert Blum, Head of the United States Economic Cooperation Administration, bringing medical and economic aid to Indo-China. About ten Vietnamese were injured m the convoy of motor
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    HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
    69 8 T^RITAIN has urged the Ipternatinnal Court of Justice at The Hague to rule that arbitration commissions could render decisions on human rights violations m Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary despite the refusal of those ex-enemy countries to participate. If iho pastern European boycott prevents the use of treaty
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    U.K. EXPELS CZECH
    26 8 Britain lias demanded the withdrawal within 14 days of I Mr. Alois Skoumal, Special 1 Attache at, the Czechoslovak 'Embassy m London. Reuter
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    12 8 Automobili grandstand first turn hi th< the annu.i '■<•■• na|x»l Near I attended
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    Prisoner freed, —sight—
    218 8 Prisoner freed, sight LEEDS, Thursday. OERBERT HOWLETT, aged 39, released from Parkhurst Jail on Monday because he had become blind, rushed into his parents' home m Firstavenue, Hull, yesterday and shouted: **I can see." He had two years of his five-year sentence for robbery to serve when he \va, brought
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    Crowd jeers own team
    83 8 Crowd jeers own team SAO PAULO. BRAZIL, T LARCH d of B: lian football fans had expected their U beat Switzerland In the World Soccer Cup at Sao Pa t so worried at their team's poor v m only drawing, that they" lay m them on. .stadium. It was q-.;.
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    Planes for Indo-China
    69 8 SAIGON Thurs. US. Air Force fly eight C-47 transport planes to Saigon today m the first delivery of military aid to bolster French f< i m their fight against the Communist -ied Vietminh. The twin-eneined transports will be flown to Salmon from Clark Field m the Philippinethe
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    U.K. fleet already on Iho spot
    26 8 U.K. fleet already on Iho spot M° a when figli broke ration wiih I The ail I Hone X X B mand Gen D Reuter \c
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