The Singapore Free Press, 1 July 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    U.S. INFANTRY FLY TO KOREA
    385 1 U.S. INFANTRY FLY TO KOREA Suwon falls to the Reds pOLLOWING reports that a North Korean armoured column entered the American advance headquarters town of Suwon today after breaking through the main South Korean defence line on the Han River, a U.S. spokesman stated that the Ist. Battalion of the
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    Slim will spend week in Malaya
    17 1 Slim will spend week in Malaya J I I his .< m >. on ciney. by n m A.P.
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    AIR GIANT CRASHES
    5 1 AIR GIANT CRASHES XCX U.P.
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    South Koreans execute Reds
    181 1 lAEJON, Saturday. TH Korean Kepublicans executed an alleged female spy, Kirn Su Im. a»id "between 90 and 100 other Communists before the\ were evacuated Seoul last Tuesday, an oificial source said yesterday The source said that njost of the' executed ons were Communists and had been
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    15 RED TANKS BLASTED
    151 1 15 RED TANKS BLASTED TOKYO. Si fENERAL Mac Arthur an- nounced last night that Super Fortresses had bombed tanks, troop concentrations, barges, convoys and road intersections along the Han River t and west of Seoul. Ten to IS tanks and a bom 30 trucks and tico locomotives and an underter
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    HE SET FIRE TO CIRCUS: 168 DIED
    197 1 COLUMBUS. OHIO, Saturday. A SI- YEAR-OLD Ohio man alleged to have been driven to apply the torch by visions of a flaming Red Indian horseman yesterday was charged with being the firebue who touched off a circus fire that killed 168 persons at
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    African sympathy
    37 1 I^HE South African Govern- ment "would give careful and sympathetic consideration to any appeal for assistance 1 from the United Nations m connection with the Korea conflict, the External Affairs Department stated at Pretoria yesterday.
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    Gussie's new panties
    48 1 /^ERTRL'DE t GorcctHH l Morun wore her new apple pie vJ panties on Wimbledon's centre court yesterday. They are white briefs scalloped around the edges. There was no question about anybody not seeing them. GussfVs short tennis fr#ck was s«> sheer that the srailopstands.- A.P.
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    The awful truth
    79 1 THE telephone jangled m the Associated Pres> Hong Koje* office. "Is it true," asKed an anxious voice at the other end. "No, replied the harried A. P. editor, "The I'nited States has not declared war on Kussia." "No. thafs not what I mean. Is it true that
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    Councillor in Saigon shot
    42 1 SAIGON. 8a ha van LAN. Under-S the Governor of Central Vietnam Councillor In the French Union, wu fatally wounded yesterday by six I Bred by a rebel Communist who forced bis way into Van Lans ofli; T U.P.
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    BISHOP UNDER SURVEILLANCE
    55 1 THE Vatican's lasr representative to an Iron Curtain country, the American Bishop Gerald Patrick O'Hara. was reported yesterday to be under close surveillance at tii>' Bucharest Nunciature. A former employee of the Bucharet Nunciature, now on trial on spy charges, was reported having accused Bishop O'Haru ol
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    Dutch approve
    37 1 The Lower House of the Netherlands Parliament yesterday approved the government's decision to support the United Nations call for aid to South Korea. The vote was 59 to 6 with only the Communists opposing. U.P.
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    KHAN TO SEE KING
    25 1 The King will give an audience to Mr. Liaquat All Khan. Pakistan Prime Minister, at Buckingham Palace on July 6 Reuter
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    CHIANG'S OFFER
    18 1 Generalissimo Chiang Kuishek. has offered General Mac Arthur troops for South Korea's United Nations Army. Reuter
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    4 BANDITS DIE
    13 1 Four bandits were shot dsad In three Johore actions yesterday.
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    BRITISH PLEA TO SOVIET
    158 1 LONDON, Saturday. BRITAIN has appealed to the Soviet Government to co-operate m securing a settlement of the Korean conflict. The appeal was made to tin Soviet Government by the British Ambassador m Moscow, Sir David Kelly, who called at the Russian Foreign Office on Friday, the
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    Best bets for today
    38 1 F.P. Racing Correspondent IPOH. Sat. BEST bets for today races are LATIN AFFAIR. AMBASSADOR and RAROI)A PRINCE. Trespasser's best bets ;m- MAYFAIR. ACTRESS and PRINCESS Nl FFIKLI) The going is likely to be firm.
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    Gen. Romulo's prediction
    50 1 HONOLULU, Fri. GENERAL Carlos P. Romulo. President of the U.N. General Assembly on liis way home to the Philippines, predicted yesterday that the Koreun fighting would be localised "just as the crisis m Greece and Berlin" and that "ultimate victory for the free world will emerge." A.P.
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    31 1 .iintess Elizabeth holding Michael, then Be w!v -christened son of Lord and lady Br^hourne. whose wedding m 1946 1 was attended by the Royal Family. Lady Brabourne's father is Lord Mountbatten.
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    JAP-U.S.I. TRADE
    25 1 The Japanese government yeterday announced the signing of a $74,400,000 trade and financial agreement between Japan and th^ TTnitAH static of Indonesia. U.P.
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    BELGIAN GOVT. WINS VOTE
    34 1 BELGIUM'S Ci:ii> pledged to b .-ins Kir. L poki back to received a vote oi confide y. Tne v government of Catholic Premier Jean Duvieu>ari, JOC aeainst aiu one abstention
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    Call to fifty million workers
    185 1 Call to fifty million workers BRISSKLS Sat. PHF International Ccu- federation ol Frje rr:idt Potent soterciay call-d on its 30,000,"0(l idlH'ients m 52 lands to support the I n i t *> d Nations SeiuriU <01 n--6fls attion a^ain>Jt North Korea 1 iH j dt'Clul ctLlull C 2 the cay
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    European dead in drain
    47 1 AEUROPI nd di-ad m a d rm drain m Killing I thii Cause ot deatl known. Police can Ito the root, which li I junction ot Orchard 1-. id. Mr. K. C. Wiltshire puty Comm: was unong the i went to the so
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    JOINS £ BLOC
    3 1 JOINS BLOC Joi
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    STOP PRESS
    18 1 The South X v.w\ has tdlhipscd and \irtu:iH\ quit Afhting I t !-rushiiii; North X l&nki
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      23 1 %0* ANTIQUE HOUSE m KILLINEV RO.S'?OR£ y- 7 Sv J 7\ TO LAST there can be no 'Provemeni iv a Cm u *tifyl
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    Tortoises Went On Strike
    360 2 MICHAEL and Judy -''are now on a hunstrike. They refuse Mubbornlv to eat or drink and sulk all day Two months ago with a h ,:idred other torti crawled all round the cool and damp cel>f a shop m Rochore X .id .ght. inating a r
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    91 2 n mechanical engineer Frank Smith, of Morecambe •Lanes*, produced Jumbo," [he mechanical elephant, to re* tor rides on the beach, he set the auities a problem. For 'Jumbo" has made a daily jauru€§ to oet to ihc sand, and nobody knew what '-port' he was. and whether he should pay
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    'Boy or Girl' Contest Results
    1128 2 'Boy or Girl' Contest Results Page For Children Children 's Page Editor— comments on the entries for last Saturday 's competition. r VO judge from entries A received for last week's Children Page competition most boys are very relieved at not being girls and girls, wit!) a few tomboy exceptions,
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    African Assignment
    825 2  -  Capt. W. E. Johns By Another 'Biggies' story Tommy Soutur, son I Scottish trader m the Uhcni district m Africa, has reported that his father has disappeared. On his last trading trip, old SOI found some of the natives drunk, but a friendly Übeni had given him a
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    A Pen-friend for Claudette?
    186 2 A Pen- friend for Claudette? /'LAUDETTE Hay- wood, a 15-yt old dirl living near atta is anxioi. hav< a Malayan friend. She picked dom from a Singapore booklet and wrote a leiter. l"n--fortu. person to whom sh»a Serviceman's wife who is about *o kave Malaya UK Unable to rep herself
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      12 2 ■i Sole Agents: p: -p-~ 21. Riffles Place w > Tel: ST^lfi r
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      60 2 I H OBTAINABLE FROM WATCH DEALERS For wholesale prices. please contact Sole Agents F E. ZUELLIC (Ml LTO SINC^We have pleasure m annouiu our grand opening of MODERN GOWN SHOPPE 9 STAMFORD ROAD on 3rd July 1950 Your inspection cordially mvi i/cu/i fcu/vunite dtuttlcs fc taste better at— CA F
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      160 2 Koni iu/rpi »n iv> -.rp.r Tru;! Kcni to find somewhere no Tn« pcxf rnOir.cnl (>cnny feels her Ttinny (urr.ps aJtOr him. i, end snug warm, -folio a mg him. {C|> »nHins as'ccp. "Vi«'»2 run •H me I2M. m. frarge ,s i*.-* Pe nny fnCi he^cl m a cosy mii.c T"p
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    The GOD That failed
    2007 3  -  ARTHUR KOESTLER-4 RUSSIA CHANGES MY VIEWS By fHE God That Failed" is the description by six internationally-famed writers of their journey into Communism and their return. Arthur Koestler. the first author m J the book, conclude^ hi< account m Wednes- day's issue, when the testimony of
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      11 3 S^B^BMSiS^^L^^^M wmm fjcflUk^MsfiH BNITP MOTOR WORKS LIMITED KPEX A V C
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      115 3 The INNER WHEEL CLUB presents A Novelty Bazaar (m aid of St. Andrews Mission Hospital) I \I)I X niE DIM U SHED PA I k()\ LADY GIMSON nt the BRITISH COUNCIL HALL STAMFORD ROAD On Wednesday, sth July, 1950 From 4 to 7 p. CAKES, SWEETS, FRIITS. FLOWERS. ON SAIL:
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 1. 1950.
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      A great victory
      101 4 INTO this office yesterday morning came little news item which, jt this were a sane Id. would have sent newsboys screaming tiirougta the streets ins; aloud the glad tijings that could be v .11 chased for a mere cents As it was. the crowded out .luse of
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      HAIL—AND FAREWELL
      118 4 HAIL— AND FAREWELL tl'ilL.N the curtain comes clown at the V Memorial Theatre tonight. Singapore will be sayin? he young actor. Phil Guard, who m the short while he has bus has won enthusiascclaim U>t some really firs' iramatic artistry. H.s lago and Marchbanks will ions In •"".es. Guard is
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      BRIDGE
      44 4 ID tnt )od out a <>n a sarc;;phaspaper— paunt-has readers. d a variety ran stocking u e benign to the Innocu T prop!. atlfma] tast?s. s Fre i'ress' I p further and the plunge with a commentary a P!nvariablv r :-iah to the
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    Resistance Grows Within Soviet Bloc
    727 4  - Resistance Grows Within Soviet Bloc DAVID LEE SOVIET Russia is increifsed resistance m the satellite countries of Eastern Europe. Daily travellers reach An^lo-American administered Trieste who tell of fresh troubles within the Soviet bloc. Opposition from this mixed population, some ninety million strong, comes from three main quarters: 2 The
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    BEWARE, RUSSIA
    150 4 Letter to the Editor 1"« HE Korean battle 1 like a prelude sooner or .iter to the titanic struggle jt wtjrld supremacy between .ipitaliiitic democracy and )tal:tarian communism Russia, if she would like :ight, had better ponder. She would be bound to lose m the end because this
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    Talking about Singapore by Citizen.
    605 4 Talking about Singapore by Citizen. EXPATRIATE officers m the Singapore Municipal service have watched, not without some uneasiness, the idency among some citizens to make loud protests often on illfounded ground s— •vhenever Municipal Commissioners select a Ei:iop?an officer over a lo 'alborn colleague, as being the most suitable v'andidate
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    51 4 The newly-engaged Viscountess Anson, 32-year-old niece of the Queen, and Prince George of Denmark, 30, went to meet Prince George's parents Prince Aiel and Princess 'Margaretha—when they arrived at Waterloo Station, London, from Rotterdam. Prince Axel (left> and Princess Margaretha (right* greeted by Prince George and Viscountess Anso7i at Waterloo
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    India's 'Spending Spree' Is Over
    736 4  -  Alan Humphreys By NEW DELHI: VISHNU RANADE, a Bomba y cotton mill worker, is today a bewildered and rather angry man. for, m the third year of his country's independence, he is out of work. In a village not far from Lucknow Ram Prashad is
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    'Dilemma' Over S.I.T. Rentals
    111 4 'Dilemma' Over S.I.T. Rentals i Lett. TEN a;; pon ist pn after th( dilerrr... n »i r; be 15' be M mi( ipaj t. v Ifaures said to b th< w. ports thar ie po.vs:t tensio;. from 40 to 60 y-, leh inu it *ou duce r» Gov terest a
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      30 4 Ciki^iiD SALE from July Ist to 14th Drastic Reductions On All Kinds nf ARTS CRAFTS PEKING CARPETS STRAW MATTINGS The PEKING Co., M, High Street. Singapore. YING'S, 37. Stamford Rd.
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      69 4 ouaxL ay^v^MJj^^^ \V Ifj- I kf \VI/^ -a t. And approvingly the audience respond all at various times enjoyed the benefits of pure wholesome Domo. The housewife, the pro'r cook, the scouts, the guides all know the On Safari and Shikari It is a recognised and standby a sustaining food
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    'NO WOLVES FOR A CHANGE' WAITRESS
    624 5 'NO WOLVES FOR A CHANGE' WAITRESS Day-off law m force today Free Press Staff Reporter QNCE a week from today, a pretty Singapore waitress wants to avoid "wolves," a druggist's assistant hopes to read the Chinese classics, and a "death house" employee intends to make merry. They are among the
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    17 5 ■(II I R HANS GFELLOL who is manager Hotel yrstrrformerly C.r.ind Hotel i Itv Peking.— Free Press
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    WOMEN FUSED FOR FIGHTING
    15 5 I Krporter w Lan of m 3urt .r:ed r:ed and olied.
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    35 5 picture. ICE-CREAM for girls of York Hill Homecraft centre on Thursday at a treat given them by Mrs W. R. Langdon, wife of the U.S. Concul -General, at her home m Grange Road. Free Press
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    THE NAVY BUYS BICYCLES
    74 5 THE NAVY BUYS BICYCLES Pre« Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE bicycle dealers reoorted a sales record yesterday when ratings of the Indian Squadron bought scores of machines on the eve of the squadron's departure for India. A sailor told the Straits Times that on official request, a quota of 32 cycles
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    Public can use green
    110 5 Press Stall Kopon.r T Municipal P: .1, Mr. T. P. F. Singapore Munici, Comml ay that the public would not be- excluded from the nn Green when it vafl ped into an open space. The -mmissioners approved m principle, the scheme for the development the Green
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    5 men to study squatter plan
    274 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AFTER further discussions on the squatter problem m the Singapore Municipal area, the building committee of Municipal Commissioners has agreed to form a five-man sub-committee to study the Municipal Architect s proposals for the demolition of certain unauthorised dwellings, and
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    ACCUSED OF RAPE
    67 5 Free Pross Staff Reporter JOHORE BHARU. Fri. AHMAT bin Abbas, of Buloh River Estate. Masai, was charged m the Johore Bahru Police Court with having raped a 12-year-old girl. The prosecution stated that when the girl was collecting edible snails on the beach. Ahmat met her and
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    WELFARE POST
    51 5 Behind closed doors yes'.erday, Singapore Municipal Commissioners debated and passed a motion by Mr. K. Jagatheesan (IndependentCity Ward) to negative a proposal to appoint Mr. B. L. Dunsford as Assistant Secretary (Welfare) and to refer the question of this appointment to the full Board of Commissioners m general
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    HOME GUARD TO AID BANDIT FIGHT
    258 5 Free iVess Staff Reporter MALAYA is to have armed Home Guard units m every town and Kampong throughout the Federation, it was announced m Kuala K'iala Lumpur yesterday. This new force will absorb tho existing kampoiig guards and will be used for defence and
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    UMNO RALLY IN JOHORE
    41 5 picture. MALAY women arriving to attend the mass meeting held m Johore Bahru on Friday to express confidence m Dato Onn bin Ja'afar's leadership. The meeting was sponsored by the Johore Bahru branch of UMNO. Free Press
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    $15 m. paid on war risks claims
    92 5 $15 m. paid on war risks claims Free Press Staff Reporter TOTAL of $15,412,566 has been paid out under War Risks Goods i Insurance Fund m Malaya, according to a statement by Mr. E. J. Phillips, chairman of the Fund's board of management. Of this amount, $3,806,834 was paid out
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    Plain speaking by McNeice in Commission
    1048 5 Plain speaking by McNeice in Commission Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore acting Municipal President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, did some plain speaking at the Municipal Commissioners' meeting yesterday. Replying to an adjournment speech by Mr E. V. Davies (Labour-North Ward; on the subject of extending the service of
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      148 5 I Q i v c lile ones a break )DY_BEAR_§j aiGi'cble m all sizes Also fay for your selection Building Bricks. Dolls, Jigsaw Dogs and toys of all varieties I etc. from CHAD VALLEY J i HOTc. Dolls Ami I firry The i 7• <• lm •tut- Of Hygiene, I
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      43 5 UU Jait FOUNDATIONS Are Exquisitely Designed. Of £> High Quality, they won leader- ship with af! Fashion Conscious J Women y r Peach Slipper $ati» I vjKr SS» t^ I Iws 34. 36, 38 I 5.^ y ROBINSONS V RAFFLES PLACE SPORE r. n
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      44 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected In E "ipore today from Ncrth Borneo, Labuan, Brunei, Mirl and the Federation. Latent times for posting surface mail at the G.P-O. today are: noon for Palembang, Pontianak, J:i\a and Indc-China: 545 p.m. for t*v> Prd-r.': n a»il C
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      10 5 Today. 12.46 a. m: 11 31 p.m, Tomorrow: 1.30 p.m
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    SOMERSET KEEP ON WINNING
    508 6 SOMERSET KEEP ON WINNING Essex go down by innings SOMERSET who started the season badly,! continued on their winning way yesterday.; They recorded their fourth victory m the last five games by beating v sso\ at Bath by nine wickets. Through Trevor Bailey and Layers, who put on a ninth-wicket
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    14 6 Mhs Louise Brou-h. the holder of the women's singles title, m action at Wimbledon.
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    Bridge Problem
    174 6 You are South and vulnerable with the following hand A Q II I 1 VAQ 1 The bidding. West North East South I 0 Paaa Pa»« WHAT do wu A double b In b. North Ahich you may have difficulty m showIm both I mthlnkable. Y.mr bid LS
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    U.S. unsettles London prices
    272 6 LONDON, Sa APENING prices on the London Stock I yesterday were unsettled In a rfutn bn i night on Wall Street. stait s Kcutrr correspondent. Speculators rrudr a «uick s their sales brought lower levrK to i>ih shares. and The decline, however, wus ihoi buyers appeared,
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    Pressure in tin market
    13 6 CJTRON O it the 3 4 and i U.P.
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    MERCURY RISES
    6 6 up 75 B Reuter
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      460 6 RADIO SINGAPORE h'merijency news from X.L IS4 and 4 17 iBMJB >< W !>K t! !0 a.m 50 am NeWS Iron-. Kuala pur; 12 ftogrammoi m slal p.m, Programme Bumin l 02 Dance Mostc by CyrU Stapleton ,v Vk Lewis Orchestra; 1-30 i:n- ft News; 150 I. Übum of Harn-.
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      195 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, science prow bably will be your favourite field of endeavour. You are good at mechanics and clever m mathematics. This is a combination which will make you an excellent research worker. But since you also are interested m the troubles of mankind, you might make
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    US No. 1 seeded pair beaten
    403 7 US No. 1 seeded pair beaten i.\ Australian pair, FraiiK Sedgman and Ken McGregor brought about a sensational upset m the closing stages of the days play when they defeated the American top-seeded men's doubles combination of Gardnar Molloj and Bill Talbert S— 6. B—6, B—lo. 10 8 m the
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    REFEREES' REFRESHER COURSE
    100 7 REFEREES' REFRESHER COURSE ".A PORE Amateur Football Ass>ociaHon referees re: course will be held r* the rescc of the hon. Kcretarv, SA FA No 52. Kampcng Java Road, at 7 pm. on the follow me day. July 4: Laws 5 to 10. WediVbcay. July 5 Laws 11 to July 6:
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    YESTERDAY'S WIMBLEDON RFSULTS
    723 7 VTESTERDAVS Wimbledon i X tennis results were: Men's doubles t second round Budt;e Patty Tony Trabert (US.) bt. L. Carter F. Wallis (Britain) 6-3, 6-4. 6-4; Lennart Bergelin Sven Davidsson (Sweden) bt. Tony Mot tram Geoff Paish (Britain) 11-9. 6-3. 6-4; Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman i (Australia)
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    LATIN AFFAIR IS MOST FANCIED
    340 7 Pink Gin for Perak Plate Free Press Racing Correspondent otrovpitct f t IPOH, Saturday. v^iKU.MjLhl fancy on the Ipoh course this morning was Latin Affair m the first race this afternoon. Finalist had a good share of support, but nothing else was conceded much of
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    British Press lament Cup soccer defeat
    118 7 British Press lament Cup soccer defeat ENGLAND'S one-nil defeat by the United States m the World Cup soccer tournament m Brazil brought tears to the eye s of British sports writers yesterday. A Daily Express reporter wrote on page one: "It marks the lowest ever for British sport." Roy Peskett
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    Army cricket cup final
    232 7 IN the final of Zone "A" in the Singapore District <Army) Criket Cup competi- I tlon. 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. (holders) beat R. A. Blakan Matij "finalists last season > by 61' runs on the 8.0.D. ground on j Wednesday. Batting first. 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. found runs
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    S. Africa sending 13 players to U.K.
    110 7 I^HE South African cricket team to tour England next year will consist of 15 players, it was announced yesterday following a meeting of the Board of Control at Durban. i Tile itinerary approved by tlijp Board includes five fourday Tests, but it was
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    411 the latest selections
    226 7 FREE PRESS TRESPASSER RACING EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER CORRESPONDENT RArv f I AL I^ T LATIN AFFAIR LATIN AFFAIR FINALIST LATIN AFFAIR VT* n r Screen Finalist Latin Affair Finalist 2 30 Brilliant Son Kelvin Martini Dundonald Brilliant Son RACE 2 PRINCESS NUFFIELD PENNYWORTH PENNYWORTH
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    Today's Race Card
    595 7 OELOW is the card for today's races. Double -"totes Races 3 and 4; 6 and 7. Bis Sweep Race 8. Race 1—2.30: Cl 3, Div. 4— s£ F. Str. 000 Brilliant Son Farad 9.00 i -02 Latin Affair EUery 8.13 040 Finalist Dumvoodie 8.13 300 Rio Grande
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    I.R.C. in sparkling display v. S.C.C.
    248 7 sparkling soccer was served up at Jalan Besar yesterday, when a much-improved Indian Recreation Club team defeated the Singapore Cricket Club by four goals to one m a S.A.F.A. Senior League tie. Highlight of the game was the fine approach work by the Indians
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    CHAMPION BEATEN
    145 7 HK. YADI. hold, r Singapore men's Kindts iawn tennis title, was eliminated by H. Kamis. bit iorm>r doubles partner, vrhen the S.L.T.A championships w» n continued yesterday ofl S.C.C. courts. The match, resumed bein^ left unfinished on Wednesday, ended m Kamis winning 9-7. 4-6. 6-3. rallies wer Kamis
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      126 7 ~TO-NI€HrS AM EVENT h a{ MIDNICHI .CAPITOL j l THE TRIPLE \< ACADEMY AWARD *J WINNER! to BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR mj:- r :mS oroouctioh AlllHt King's Men ij Mi 111 B!RI.L\R \!ARM SYSTEM nst b. and po :nd I how many kc t'lat. They urrs of money utiful
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      180 7 TONICHT, Ist. JULY, 1950 AT 9 p.m. HAPPY WORLD SPECIAL TERMS $500 CASH SIDE -STAKE BY BILL VERNA!! KING KONG'S CHAMPIONSHIP BELT WHICH HE WON FROM JOHN MORRO WILL BE AT STAKE!! IhOerYa" r*H THE BRITISH GLAMOIR «> *M. *k i BOY RETURNS TO THE HAPPY WORLD ARENA Jf 9k»
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    'ONE PARENT' CHOICE FOR BOY
    270 8 K. C. on 'most pathetic case 9 SWANSEA, Saturday. ]t|R. Commissioner Temple-Morris, K.C., invited a ifl 13-year-old boy to take a seat beside him m Swansea Divorce Court. Then he leaned over and asked: "Would you prefer to live with your father or your mother?"
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    AMERICAN TO TRY TO SWIM THE CHANNEL
    96 8 CALAIS, dat. FLORENCE Chadwick, o San Diego, California said her father was going to fly to France to act as her trainer and manager for her projected attempt to swin the English Channel. She had talked by telephone with her mother on Thursday,
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    Wives may be 'envoys'
    81 8 riTEAMS of British hpuseX wives may be invited to the United States for "heart to heart" talks with American women m their parlours and on their garden lawns. This scheme, put forward by Mrs. H C. Houghton. president of a federation of women's clubs m the
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    32 8 Marshal Jan Smuts has had a good night and his temperature, a troublesome factor for the past three weeks, has been normal for the past 48 hours, recent bedical bulletin reported.- Reuter
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    More people in Tokyo
    52 8 TK)KYO'S population increased from 3.180.000 imtnediatelv after the war to 6.134.000. according to the Tokio Metropolitan Government. Males and females were almost equally divided with 5?10,i «n r n to co V^Taaa lts P rew ar population uhich was .j l>o.ooo and 3^014,000 respectively Japan's caDital
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    Cheated of £36,000 by prostitute
    101 8 Cheated of £36,000 by prostitute LONDON, Sat. pETER Haig Thomas, 68. told a hushed court m London on Wednesday that he fell m love with a 42-year-old prostitute he thought was 'only 31" three years ago and spent £36,000 to reform her because he wanted to make her his wife.
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    28 8 The Prime Minister M. Jean Duvieusart, has told the :an Parliament that h»intended to ask parliament nd the regency and briny King Leopold back to the thron A.P.
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    Threat to prices in Shanghai
    180 8 Threat to prices in Shanghai HONG KONG, Sat. HSU TI-SHIN, Secre-tary-General of the Shanghai Consultation Committee, at a recent meeting m Shanghai -admitted that commodity prices there were showing ominous signs of cracking, according to Chinese press reports m Hong Kong. This development coincided with the revival of the black
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    Rebels attack river convoy
    33 8 PASSENGERS took rover among freight stacked on the decks of their ships when a river convoy on the Irraran Into a rebel ambush 300 miles north of Rangoon yesterday.
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    Solution To Crossword No. 86
    47 8 ><)! lION \r lusv Encaged. 7. Reticulat d. 8 Blue 10, Receivers. 13 Double cross. 15, Schism. 16 Sun Down: 1. Scrub. 2. Cu's up rough 3. Etc 4. Cellini. 5. Go to t'.r do« f Dido. 8, 11 Susan 12 Ides 14.
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    15 years for trooper
    92 8 FAYID, Egypt, Sat. T^ROOPER Cornelius Johnnes 1 Van Rooyen of the 16-5 Lanrers was sentehced to 15 years' imprisonment and discharge with ignomy charge of having killed I Mohamed Moustanha. an Egyptian laundryn.. The court pn. »-r by Brigadier F. E. Car:tound the Kenya-born B ent
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    Footballs expelled from League
    22 8 Footballs expelled from League ()NE of B sion;-. becau for which from B: astn Mr of the I Dod form' V. Reuter
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      125 8 New Crossword No. 87 14 CLUES ACROSS 1 Adherents who ro after <9>. 6. Baker's roundsman's rummy (5, 6). 8. Archaic occasion (5i 9. Tea mate No. mate <s>. lv. Peer puts a couple of thousand on «5» 12 Blood of Clas.Mc gods <5> 14. No regular soldier could act
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  • Saturday Mazazine
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      Masthead
      6 1 Saturday Mazazine Saturday. |uly 1, 1950.
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      Hill railway of Penang
      247 1  -  KATHARINE SIM en and illustrated by ■i Penanfl Hill i i 1w a > was m 1907, i inspired, it it said, <>nl\ by tided optimism ivate enterattempt i failure, .vithout s of humour. A bathos, on opening day. of the line ::adient of the rd
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      SINHALESE FOR U.S.
      10 1 imp F* A>iun Philade- a\- Pali. Sanand
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      THEY GAMBLE FOR A DUCK
      332 1  -  A. S. LEE by (Ml IN A TO W N abounds with inanv types of food hawkers, but there is one type who docs nol sell his c';it:il>lcs but gambles with them with his customers. This is the itinerant dv k gambler who carries no
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      SISTER'S TWINS ARE TIPSTERS
      629 1  - SISTER'S TWINS ARE TIPSTERS K. S. CHIA by y\\ SISTER'S twin daughters are twin oracles. With these five-year <>l<i sselection of winners t the races h;»s been reduced to child's Their names mean "Peaceful Combination" but they are far from a till pair. However, when it comes to picking the
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      'TOO MUCH POCKET MONEY TO SPEND'
      491 1  -  KENNY KAYE ARE PARENTS SPOILING THEIR CHILDREN? Boys and girls are more independent and lead a freer life than ever before, says A RK parents spoiling their children without doing so consciously? According to Mrs (ioh Kok Kee, Chairman of the Singapore Family Planning
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      Top Secret'
      135 1  -  KLUANGER by WHAT a lot of careless talk is going around just now Here's a bit of 'Top Secret' stuff I overheard yestef day. This is information, which amounts to careless talk, Given by a fellow ivho was on a morning walk In a little place, not very
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        108 1 ANNOUNCING New Super Quality ESSLEY SHIRTS FnSIH SHIRTS get better and better. \^^T7 V^ See the graceful cut ot L 4 the new PERFECTED ]L I (OLLAR— TKIBKM/t\l ED so it wont wilt, See the superfine i. poplin, distinctive of the VM Essley brand, m new attractive colours rr\ BISCUIT
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      The Sad Story Of Judy Garland
      422 2 JUST before Judy Garland locked herseli m a bathroom and slightly cut htr throat she had learned that her suspension from th e film "Royal Wedding" would not be lifted. This was the film she was i along with Fred Astaire, and for which
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      CENSORING IS AN ART
      345 2  - - MRS. KOEK SAYS 4 N important woman m the Singapore tfond of films m Mrs. Syuthia Cook, Assistant to the Official Film Deaaor, Mr. Jack Evans. Mrs. Koek has been censoring and viewing films now for 14 months and thinks it is a fascinating" job. She
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      ....And Now The Blue Lamp
      299 2 "THREE Came Home" and "All the King's Men' have now been passed for exhibi- tion by the Singapore Film Appeal Board after having been banned by the Censor. What of the third controversial film, the British "The Blue Lamp" which comes before the Board next
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      FILM CRITICISM IS 'DEPLORED'
      483 2 FILM CRITICISM IS 'DEPLORED' UfE write to record our great concern at the review of the film "Morning Departure" by lan Grant m the Free Press of Saturday because of its disparagement of the British character, both m its choice of headline and m almost every paragraph. In the eyes
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      They All Loved Mr. Coward
      274 2  -  LAN GRANT By m 'The Astonished 1 Heart" at the Pavilion Noel Coward is a middle-aged psychiatrist married to a devoted wife (Celia Johnson) and surrounded by I friends. He enters casually m: affair with an attrartiw, predatory blond <, Margaret Leightoni while his wife
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      15 2 Mr. Samuel Goldwyn and his wife on tk London. They have arrived m Euro* honeymoon.'
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      New British 'Musical'
      124 2 gRITISH film-makers are to venture on another Technicolour musical, with David Niven reverting to his proper status as a first -el comedy star. His part m Happy Go Lovely will be that of a very staid young man who has inherited .V Christmas greeting card business and
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      at the Cinemas
      243 2 Cathay— Hiding High, starring 3ing Crosby, is a film about the. magnetic racetrack and the people that surround it. Bins Crosby is the one most firmly attached to the track. Hspends a- greu f deal of his tim training and beautifying a coi for ihe Imperial Derby.
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      FEWER, BETTER FILMS
      257 2  -  Sam Goldwya CAM GOLDWYN D into London recently with his wife to combine a little business with his silver-wedding honeymoon, by planning a British picture with Mr. Rank. The producer who wishes he really had thought of all those Goldwynisms that others have invented for him is
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      'TREASURE ISLAND'
      25 2 WALT D Treasure Isl; its first sho« Li this moi to use the Robrr Bobby D: a Tech: "Robrr. Hood. made m Eng
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      Giants have few compensations
      529 3 ONE OF THEIR CHIEF WORRIES IS THE COST OF LIVING REPORTS PATRICK DOYLE the heart Belgian tribe of arc reputtalks) m I Their J t is well .ixfoot tug inere::.;.:hical .ire an there i prove it. enwho hieh long rap one rouna his neck and put
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      PARK FOR HUNTING
      54 3 PARK FOR HUNTING j^ HAPPY hunting ground for spor men is being organised between Malaya and Gibraltar m the shape of a 53.000-acre shooting preserve The largest shooting ground m Spain, the area will be hemmed m by the mountains of Ronda, Marbella and Yunquera. It will have two small
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      China 's most prized stone
      406 3  -  BILL KANN by |V) a Westerner, a piece of jade represents an object of value. But to a Chinee it means more thc°n th:it, it is a sacred object emblematic of the highest virtues. The value ol jade is determined by its hardness its smoothness
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      Eighth Army memorial window
      188 3 PROGRESS on the Eighth Army's memorial window for All Saints* Cathedral, Cairo, was inspected recently by FieldM a rshal Viscount Montgomery when he visited the Whitefriars Studios of Fames Powell and Sons at Wealdstone, England With Lord Montgomery were Generals Sir Oliver Leese and Sir Richard
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      SOME WOMEN HAVE BRAINS
      542 3  -  W. O. MURPHY says MEN, as a rule, think women are quite brainless when it comes to machines oi anything mechanical. But it may surprise many to know that some of the world's most valuable inventions are owed to women. When you pick up a .spjol
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      ISLE OF LEISURE
      499 3 14 miles from Singap-ie STEPHEN SIM finds an pULAU Senang. the Isle of Leisure, lies fourteen miles south-west of Singapore A peaceful little islet of about three miles m circumference, it is fringed with coconut palms and "bakau" plants. Pulau Senang Mas some stretches of clean sandy
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        90 3 DINE, WINE AND DANCE W< i I rt's only Open Air Terr.ice Bar and Restaurant JstS SINGAPORE m AIR PORT HOTEL the breeze and the gC utiful night view of £§3 v brightly lighted sj? harbour. Phone: 3351 NOTICE q> REMOVAL asure m informing our customers that as from TODAY
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      How to cut down your bunker troubles....
      898 4  - How to cut down your bunker troubles Dai Rees GOLF LESSON No. 2 By Question time IS it M/c or adr to c a wooden the rough YES— it you are piayort rough edge Use b H 4v ood if >-• dibiat the b:'.' k of -and hi The I
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      Savold had 5 losers at Ascot
      194 4 Savold had 5 losers at Ascot j^EE SAVOLD, m a size 7% grey topper and frock coat, was not lucky for his first Ascot. First, it rained. The Royal Procession "which we wanted most to see" was cancelled. Then he and his manager Bill Daly, backed five losers m a
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      36 4 hing 1W Fon e (centre) holds the Laycock Challenge Cup which SUB boys won this year. On left is Toh Chee Kions. and on the right, Sotr Ah Soo. They are the Club's b ost swimmers.
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      S.H.B. Boys' Club have soccer, swimming 'hopes'
      463 4  -  Roger Yue By IF there is a boys club m Singapore which can be counted upon to supply Singapore with its future soccer and swimming stars it is the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Crib, for this club with 150 enthustastic mem)prs, devote practicaHy
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      Protest over U.S. team
      35 4 1 t'd t: Mr W picked their i. "On 1 1 South Al for his c and he Jiad it as his nith cho. Negn»f.s v,«r'- chosen and the Br but
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      Sing Tao XI show value of passing
      121 4  - Sing Tao XI show value of passing CHATTERBOX SPORTING CHIT-CHAT by SING TAO soccer tourists have come and gone, after playing ten games m Singapore and seven m the Featration. There was little to enthuse over m their last match on Thursday against what was virtually a Singapore "A" civilian
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