The Singapore Free Press, 8 July 1950

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LAttCEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA r- SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1950. RICE TEN FNTS.
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    Russians warn U.K. now
    45 1 Russians warn U.K. now ,A hus warned Briih»t she will hold her. \Murii-a. respon- i-onsequences p'wers blockade v.mitic source who .nit tin- information v Mrrdiy -aid ■^Isf .Vv^C'm l)-put> *ore!sn Andr:- ;rNIl Vi lours after Mr. BS 1 :re»uerledVld, ls. tmba»N\ n^ that the Amene_as^in^
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    REDS AMBUSH U.S. COLUMN
    71 1 REDS AMBUSH U.S. COLUMN lu-mile advance into trap AN ADVANCED U.S OUTPOST S. KOREA, Friday AMERICAN infantrymen, driving north yesterday to J-^ „1 j regain some of the territory lost m tno deep witlulrnwul c on f hursday, were beaten back near Chonan after they had gone 10 nules. Some
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    MacA named U.N. chief in the war
    122 1 MacA named U.N. chief in the war LAKE SUCCESS, Saturday. 'PHE United Nations Securitv Council yesterday A authorised the United States to name General Douglas MacArthur Commander of the International Forces fighting: the Red Korean invader^ The resolution also autnorised the use of United Nations flag alongside national bannei g
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    Karens annex rice region
    20 1 Rangoon, sa, THE rebel Karens have an1 nexed the delta district of Myaungmya at the north-
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      African Assignment
      635 2  -  Capt. W. E. Johns By Another Biggies' story .s m of a i tht i Aft tea, has ted the her hus On his last 9 trip, old Soutar rhe natives JriendtM Übeni made by Mr. and s finer flics to Africa > the mystery, fomh:m to ihe
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      Stamp corner
      95 2 Stamp corner A BADGER crawls out of his underground home and sniffs for danger. He is hunted for his greywhite coat, from which brushes are made Dad probably shaves with one. This stamp is issued by a little country named Liechtenstein. A stamp collector, Prince Franz Joseph, rules its 62
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      10 2 Francis, talking mate, appears m "Francis" coming to the Capitol
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      In Days of Old
      1114 2  -  S. C. GEORGE A NEW SERIAL ABOUT SAILORS by /kNE golden summer's I" evening we flapped idly into anchorage at Portsmouth. Our spirits were high, for m our hold la v fifteen hundred chests of silver bullion taken from two Frenches Our losses had been slight
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      19 2 The Outward Bound "School of Adventure' m England inclttd ing m its subjects and also less dangerous pastime U
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      They Do Sums On An Abacus
      374 2  - They Do Sums On An Abacus STEPHEN SIM By _r If you go into a Chinese shop you may hate seer a rectangular, ribbed, frame and seen a clerl moving the beads along the "ribs This it the abacus, ancient Chinese calculator. [RESPITE the inven- tion of scientific calculating machines,
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      78 2 hi During the past years we have been m entrusted with the complete overhauling of the following organs:!fe_j^l PRES3YTERIAN CHURCH Orchard Road FREEMASONS HALL, Coleman Street STRAITS-CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH Kamoong Kapor Lift Road r**^-' Ii M Contracts m HAND include J^ j!;!;, UHEDRAL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Queen Street <fr
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      257 2 JUNIOR CROSSWORD CUES ACROSS.— I. rhe cele bration of the Lord's Supper tr I J2 l|B3 ififlBRHSPj R.C. churches 5. Small variety "~TBf~~TH[S| of Scottish terrier 6. Fruit which —JB__J_^J tapers towards the stalk. '<. Points I ggn a weapon. 9, Surname of th* _j_^^ I I 3E Attorney General
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      'I BEGAN A MINOR REBELLION'
      3619 3  -  IGNAZIO silone 2 X Ignazio Silone, born m 1900 m an i X Apennine village where, at the age of 17 he I X appeared m court for organising a peace X demonstration, continues his story of how X Xhe left the Italian Conxmunist Party.
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      104 3 [gwaaia Silone's conclusion and the beginning of Richard Wright's story will npmtnt Wednesdj>. y o SINGAPORE REPERTORY Mb* presents PRIVATE LIVES it BY NOEL COWARD 3JP mWlr N v_i__ioi' _S_P iiif lv T v li|ftiimHlllnii_w-__-ffiw !___j_s_j_nL ASBW <-.i'^\^^ rJ v is^^^OT^^^__xi&x? wrf_s*s2* jg: W j->-%-:" X^ >: »SgwBSSpHßB| a il__iTS__ilr^^f
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, July 8, 1950.
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      Moscow manners
      218 4 Moscow manners 'I rudeness which the world has now come *o associate with Soviet diplomacy comes no to standard m the response to Britain's pr 'posals that the Russian Government Should use its influence to end the Korean war. Moscow Radio states pleasantly: Tt is obvious that the statement of
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      UNSPORTING
      431 4 IT is not only sportsmen who are concerned about Britain's recent disasters at soccer, cricket, tenrlis, rugby and boxing. A nations prestige, especially m Europe, is apt to fall with its reputation at games. Silly, but true. Let us list the grim history of ncen: weeks. Ignominious defeat by
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    Korea: Crisis In 5-10 Days Time
    990 4  -  MAJOR H.J.WICKENDEN By who has served m the Far East. PHE news from Korea is confused, but it is clear enough now that the Northern forces are still advancing at an average rate of about 7 miles a day into 240 mile long South
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    Taking about Singapore by Citzen.
    686 4 Taking about Singapore by Citzen. working people In Singapore, who have found difficulty m doing their necessary shopping on weekdays, came up against a new problem last Sunday. More shops than before were closed because the Weekly Holidays Ordinal *c was being enforced for the first time. Grocers, eating shops,
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    MORE WORK, FEWER REDS
    509 4  -  David Lee ONE WAY TO BEAT COMMUNISM by IJRESSED In their Sunday best, 15,000 shipyard workers, wives and families cheered as a bottle of sickly sweet Italian champagne shattered against the hull of a new liner m Trieste's largest shipyard the other day. The 13,000-ton motorship
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    'COLD WAR' DEFENCE TO BE TIGHTER?
    399 4  -  Pamela Matthews ->;■ LONDON THE unprovoked com- munist aggression against Southern Korea at the end of June is resided m London as constituting a psychological landmark m Western thinking. The march on Seoul from the north of an efficient mechanised and tank equipped army
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      32 4 GRAND SALE from July Ist to 14th Drastic Reductions On AH Kinds of ARTS CRAFTS PEKING CARPETS STRAW MATTINGS etc. etc. The PEKING Co., 81, High Street, Singapore. Y/JVG'S, 37. Stamford Rd.
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    PROGRESSIVE NAME CANDIDATES
    286 5 PROGRESSIVE NAME CANDIDATES Six city seats to be contested Free Pres s Staff Reporter HL Progressive Party has so far nominated five candidates to contest the six available seats in the next election to the Singapore Municipal Commission. The only ward for whicii the Progressives have not yet named a
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    Population up by 14,000
    29 5 Population up by 14,000 MttT Reporter population N bj more than c months D -il figures births iled 19.128 v rommunl--14.797; .iris 1331: raslaoa 149. 3,749, Eu::s 44 4.107
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    MAILS
    18 5 uptctad m N rth InP >meo. La- d the P.O vday Ml and Pon- i rr. and
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    Work to be speeded up
    129 5 Free Press Stall Reporter THE speed up of work m the Singapore Land Office by mechanisation is envisaged m the annual report of the Commissioner of Lands for last year. The report says that while the Land Office can never issue its titles from an
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    Maternity homes to be controlled
    174 5 Maternity homes to be controlled Free Press Staff Reporter T'HE principle that Singapore Municipal Commissioners should control private maternity and nursing homes —as safeguard against the establishment of insanitary institutions has been approved by the health committee ot' the Commissioners. Because of the time it will take to draft the
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    GANG SURPRISED IN THEIR BATH
    266 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN action m which Gurkha, relentlessly tracked down and surprised a gang of bandits bathing m a Pahang river has gained the award of the Military Cross for Lieut. Kalarkabatiadur Rai and the Military Medal for Corporal Dilliman Thapa. Five bandits
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    Monsoon drain to have railings
    298 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE monsoon drain m Killiney Road, Singapore m which Mr. Charles Short, engineer of Malayan Airways, was found last week is to be railed off as soon as piping for the purpose is available. n i. _jt_ At tne inquest on
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    DISPLAY FOR SCHOOLBOYS
    59 5 TWO hundred schoolboys Irom standards eight and nine of St. Joseph's, St. Anthony's, St. Patrick's, Holy Innocent's and Serangoon English School were given a demonstration by Singapore's Fire Brigade yesterday as part of their civics course. Picture shows a fireman spraying water from a motor telescopic turntable.
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    M.C.A. forms a S'pore branch
    62 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is to be formed. This was decided on at a meeting of prominent Chinese residents called by Dato Tan Cheng Lock, president of the M.C.A. at 268 Middle Road yesterday. Mr. Chong Thutt
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    A CAPTAIN REMEMBERS... 'How I spent $5 millions in a month'
    456 5  - A CAPTAIN REMEMBERS... 'How I spent $5 millions in a month' RUTH LANUDON By A BLUE-EYED, white-haired British sea captain told me at the Naval Base yesterday how he spent five and a quarter million dollars m less than a month. Capt. T. J. N. Hilken, D.S.O and Bar, of
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    BROADCASTING EMPLOYEES
    62 5 Mr. C. S. Rozario was reelected president of the Department oC Broadcasting Employees' Union at the Union's second annual meeting m the British Council Hall recently. Other officials are Mr. K. A. Morrando. vice-president; Mr. Chiew Yue Pheng. treasurer. Mr. Ibrahim Isa. gen-eral-secretary; and Messrs. V. N. Pereira,
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    FIRST DEGREES
    25 5 Sixty-nine graduates of the University of Malaya will re- ceive the first degrees at a Convocation m Oei Tiong Ham Hall this afternoon.
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    EX-STUDENTS TO FORM ASSOCIATION
    244 5 EX-STUDENTS TO FORM ASSOCIATION Fr**" Prp,s SiT __apar! MORE than 100 form* m of Raffles Girls" Bel attended a meeting at school hall last merit to consider the formption of an sociation of former st of the school. The nam" of the a c soci will be decided on Fr:.
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    DSO AWARDED TO 1st SUFFOLKS O.C.
    152 5 Free Press Staff Reporter 'THE Distinguished Service Order has beni awarded to Lt.-Col. I L. Wight, who commanded the Ist Battalion Suffolk Regiment m intensive operations aeainst bandits m Soulh Selangor m May f his year. As a result of the weeklong operations, says
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    29 5 picture. SIR Raymond Priestley, who spoke on An tare t itexpeditions at the University of Malaya last night. At the age of 21. Sir Raymond accompanied Pole. Free Press
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      287 5 SINGAPORE Danube; 9 Variety Bandbox; 9.30 oi.NUftrunL gignal ewg _4 Ren Emergency news from K.L. dezvou* with the Stars; 10.30 at 10 a.m Rhythm on Records— A pro--484 and 41.7 metres. gramme of dance music m the (BLUE NETWORK) t^f' swin Latin American 10 a.m. Emergency News from Kuala Lumpur;
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    CLINCHES AMR PRASERT BOUT
    301 6 Referee gives a draw IT WAS a pity that last night's programme of fights at the Happy World, which showed every promise of providing fans with a full evening's entertainanent, produced such dearth of action as to send some people home before the main bout between
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    V.M.C.A. cricket XI
    77 6 rpHE following will represent the 1 Y. M. C. A. in an S. C. A. tournament match to be played tomorrow trom 11 a.m. against the Indian Association XI on the lA. ground off, Balestier Road: Len. Holloway icapt*. I B Suratta. R Delilkan. D. Hooper. Tan
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    Overseas rowers shine at Henley
    168 6 Overseas rowers shine at Henley THE overseas challenge eclipsed the home oars--1 men at the Henley Royal Regatta yesterday and seven of the ten trophies may go abroad when the finals are fought out today. The Grand Challenge Cup will go for the first time since 1939. The finalists are
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    TIN RISES STEEPLY
    77 6 LONDON S;tt. r PHK London tin market A turnefi almost violently active In meeting demand foi 290 tons. Spot lumped nearly £S and three months t_s-l 8 to close at the common price o! *J 620J Tno etoalni prices at the morning session were: Spot. £630 buyers
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    50 6 Ihavi AthleU forces a head to brai I list l»UIIW«M(di»- m with A. treos Tulloh third and Kfntiii k\ 11 1 faith ITHI-.^K It., i lures show th- tn. th»* fourth and filth at Ipoh «»n W*dn Top l.unfet wiiinin_ stylishlN fr,,,,. Hale oss ißii^ln ,r,n sers (J IkiniiHh m
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    U.K. CRICKET RESULTS
    182 6 RESULTS of county cricket championship matches ended yesterday were: At Lehestei Kent beat U by an Inns and 48. Kent 4(>B (or > tier 241 and 119. \t Worthing, Gloucester bea: s ci by an tana mid m_. i iB3. Pillar 1 199 and 82 (it! d
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    R.G.S. netball
    40 6 DAFFLBB c; School beat team ol former pupils 10 9. at Bethel] on the School ground jrrsterda] Seniors .or tin- srhool were Hazd Win: ra and Diana Basapa. Mary Voon and Phyllis Lim replied for the former pupils.
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    Dearth causes copper gains
    374 6 Dearth causes copper gains London Stock Exchange J LONDON, Saturday. A FEATURE of the London Stock Fxc hange ye>ter**day \v,ts t>o strength and activity m c-op|x*r shares, states Keuter's financial correspondent. Thursday's quiet buying gathered momentum and In a market short of shares some substantial gains were produced. Interest and
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    Queen Elizabeth Stakes today
    78 6 THREE Frmch horses will OPPOM three British fo the a; 8.01)0 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, to be run OVI r on« and a Ivalf miles at Ascot today. The six runners with age freight and Jockeys are: Royal Drake 5y.. 9.4. Gordon Richards: Coronation <4v> I.] Ka«
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      395 6 New Crossword No. 93 r~| [2~i y rn p 1 r^~ wrm m m H H. .^-B-B-B-l H tr n ~prl_r|r]R t 1 j 1 I (ins ICROSB 1 A lot >f n.i\ for a bird (4» 3. Gum atabu rre«' «6>. 8. Atrilid slim 15). 9. They pick up
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      50 6 Solution To Crossword No. 92 Solution: Across: 1. Ro > gardens. 7. Bar 8. Bengali. Item. 10, Nilgai 12. lift on 13. Grog 15. Laertes 16, (rev.» Hit. 17. Steamer trip. Down: 1. Rabbit hoie.s. 2. Btreti scene 3. Gibe 4. Rancid. 5, Exatjgerafor. I, Balling ship 11. Bottom. 14.
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      117 6 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today you have tremendous energy and always enter enthusiastically into whatever project you may sponsor. You are an individualist who would prefer to work by yourself rather than take another into partnersbjip. The "lone woW" m all business ventures, you are apt to carry this over
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      45 6 rert your mistakes and |«>ok forward cheerfully into the future. An early marriage probably will bring you exceptional happiness. You women are likely to make what is called a "good marriage." This is fortunate since you are especially fond of fine clothes and ;enuine jewels.
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    SMART GALLOP BY RICHMOND
    682 7  - SMART GALLOP BY RICHMOND ALLAN LEWIS Track work at Bukit Timah By RICHMOND and Hard Cash, two recent importations, showed up well at this morning's official training for the Singapore July meeting. The tracks were m excellent condition, making for fast times. Richmond, by the Derby winner Owen Tudor from
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    21 7 s it iilVn Prasert exchange straight flghl at the Happy World last night. r--i.lt 90*9 a draw. Report m page 6.
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    Sedgman falters in singles final
    137 7 I 1 <>s Angeles won the men's singles \II-England lawn tennis championbv defeating Frank Sedgman, .rattan, by ti— 1, B—lo,8 10, 6 2, 6 3. tourth successive American to win before had cither man reached the rln He ttan Se esterdaj y played i aa
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    Chew Bee, Hee Chin win easily
    78 7 ONG Chew Bee and Lim Hee Chin had little difficulty tn winning the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association doubles title at the S.C.C. courts yesteday. when they disposed of G. T. Holloway 2nd G. T. Sullivan 6—2. 6—o. On Thursday. Chew Bee m partnership with
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    DAWSON K.O.'s NORM GEM
    42 7 FE American lightweight Freddie Dawson '140 lbs. > knocked out Norm Gent (144 In the fifth round of their 12-round bout at Melbourne Stadium last night Gent did not worry Dawson and the record house saw boxing. AAAP Reuter
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    S.A.F.A. results
    94 7 ROYAL NAVY were far too good for the Singapore Cricket Club when they met In a S.A.F.A. Senior League tie n the Padang yesterday, nng by nine clear goals. Navy Led 4-0 at half-time, -is. Haigh. Adock and scoring. issel Day '2> and rt scored m t he
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    Inter-port yachting
    61 7 THE first of three inter- port races at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club will be held this afternoon, starting at three o'clock. Sixteen yachtsmen eight helmsmen and eight crew from the Royal Sailing Club Tandjong Priok (formerly Royal Batavia Yatch Club) have arrived to compete against the R.S.Y.C.
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    W. Indies again rout Lanes
    230 7 LANCASHIRE, who suffered their first defeat In history at the hands of a West Indies touring team at Old Trafford last month, sustained a second and almost equally emphatic reverse at Liverpool yesterday. In both instances the margin was by an innings. A further similarity
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    LATIN AFFAIR MOST FANCIED
    212 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent IPOH, Saturday. J ATIN AFFAIR, an easy winner on the first day, was given on the course this morning as being the best bet for today's races here. With little prospect of rain, the going this afternoon should be very good. Royal
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    Locke wins with record score
    410 7 OOBBY LOCKE, South AfD ricas wonder golfer, won the British Open championship at Troon yesterday to renter his second successive victory m the event for which he equalled the record low aggregate of 283 when winning at Sandwich last year. Yesterday he shattered that record
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    All the latest selections
    246 7 I FREE PRESS TRESPASSER RACING EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER CORRESPONDENT "^O 1 2 UR LOVE ROYAL EAGLE ROYAL EAGLE j ROYAL EAGLE ROYAL EAGLE Koyai Eagle Our Love Our Love Our Love Our Love Eastern Girl Son of India Eastern Girl June Veil Lastem Girl
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    Today's acceptors
    489 7 BELOW is the card of events for today's races. Double Totes will be on Races Three and Four, and Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. RACE 1—2.30: CLASS 5, Div. 3—6 F. 400 Gay thief Mawi 9.00 232 Royal Eagle J. Donnelly
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    Sports diary
    154 7 CRICKET: Friendlies: S.C.C. t Mr aits Times on padang. Ceylon S.C. v Customs at C.S.C. SOCCER: Jnr. B 2: S.M.W.U. v Star Soccerites at Geylang. Friendly: Tiong Bahru Rangers v Chinese S.A. at College Rd. WATER -POI.O: Chinese S.C. v Navy (league) at C.S.C. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. tourney; Tanglin
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    New Hawaiian swim record
    86 7 THELMA Kalama set a new Hawaiian swimming record of 22 mins. 8.2 sees, for 1.500 meters at Honolulu on Wednesday 9.1 sees, better than her own previous record. Ford Konno, 17. of Honolulu, beat Ralph Sala of Standfcrd University m the 200 meter fre?style Waikiki Natatorium
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    25-M. CYCLE RACE
    67 7 THE Cosmopolitan Cycling Club, organisers of the Singapore Best All Rounder Open Cycling competition, will hold their annual 100-laps (25-miles) Grass Track race on B. O. D. C. A. ground at St. George's Road on Tuesday. JulylB at 5 p.m. Entrance fee is $1. All entries must
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    F & N soccer XI
    51 7 F N soccer XI Fraser Neave S.C. Soccer XI to meet Johore Prison S.C. at Johore Bahru today will be: Ong Eng Hoe, Boon Soon San, Tan Chin Lye, Mohd. Yassin, Wee Hoon Leong, Sim Im Peng, Kassim, Awang Garbos, Samad, Ismail, Sz Ali. D. Reserves: Awa&g Chit, Aa.iat Maofi,
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    PHUPINJO LOSES BY T.K.O.
    43 7 McKillop, of Queensland, beat the Siamese featherweight, Klong Phupinjo, on a technical knockout m the seventh of a fierce sluggling contest over 12 rounds at Brisbane last night. McKillop scaled 9st. 61cs. and Phupinjo 9st 22 lbs.— Reuter AAP
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    University trounced
    112 7 UNIVERSITY of Malaya were beaten by I wickets by Singapore bined Schools on Ral: I Institution ground yesterday. R. Sandosh?m and D. X t playing a bis part m the Schools' victory by the: bowiing. Their match figir I v Sandosham. eight for 45 and Keyt. eight tor
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    V.M.C.A. TENNIS
    37 7 The V.M.C.A. op-... naw i tennis tournament \\:.l star iiciay at the V.M.C.A. c ir_& -it &6 p.m. All players tak.nK P thf novices ope*i minded to be at the court u r t 0
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    ARMY FORGOT U.S. TRAINING
    357 8 IS. ARMY H.Q. KOREA, Saturday. 4 SMALL group of bitter American soldiers this week watched the virtual rout of an army they had thought was one of the Lest m Asia. They are the officers and men ot the Korean military advisory group who have spent
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    USA. HAS BIGGEST NAVY
    352 8 USA. HAS BIGGEST NAVY Carriers are the backbone WASHINGTON, Saturday. THE U.S. Navy— part of it patrolling the Korean waters— is still the worlds biggest. Its active fleet comprises 243 combatant ships. They are generally rated superior m strength to that of any other country. Some 450 combatant vessels tied
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    58 8 picture. Still unforgotten by the little Bavarian town of Landshut is a primely wedding which took place there m 147.') between Princess Hedwiga. daughter of a Polish king, and Pcinee (leorge of Landshut. heir to the then reigning Duke of Lower Bavaria Picture shows Miss Klsbeth Koller as Princess Hedwiga
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    COLONIAL DEBATE
    22 8 The House of Commons will debute Colonial affairs next Wednesday. Mr. Herbert Morrison, loader of the House, announced yesterday. Reuter
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    31 8 picture. Captain M. Bjerkenes, master of the China coaster Hoi Wong, and his two-year-old daughter Karin who travels with her mother and father, roasting between Hong Kons and Singapore. Free Press
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    Swim bet killed him
    58 8 Swim bet killed him CALAIS, Sal. fHANNEL urinating fever anions the iritKihit mts of Calais has caused one death. Roland Mathias. 4.">. a Mechanic and lather of sex en children. bet his comrades he could swim i local pond more than 100 >ards wide. lie tried, hut sank half way
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    SNIP BOYCOTT
    17 8 The International Transport Workers' Federation has instructed its national afflliatea to boycott Argentine ships. A.P
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    Bridge Problem
    130 8 /^LUBS are trumps. South leads. North and South are to win six of the eight tricks against any defence. South makes both trumps and North discards both hearts. If East retains the diamond ace. South will lead a diamond permitting East to make tho diamond and heart tricks.
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    'Wed in church' advice
    134 8 'Wed in church' advice LONDON. Sat. 1V. 4 EN Phyllis Barbara Watts is 18 she ran many her sweetheart of 21. She is 17 now. and her birthday is September 23. Alresford < Hants* magistrates, who gave their permission, added this advice: "Let your wedding be m church." Ph^llis's parents
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    48 8 p Thrre I I I helii-upi. „M y 4 guised m pink trunks ping ears and while p aßi I for their featured sh*, th- I irnbo Air DiM»la. this With the sure touch §f I master flierv thr*e pji^ put theii machu I I rm_ ti A.P.
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    'FOUNTAIN PEN GUNS' SHOw
    50 8 CHINESE Communists have opened m Canton an exhibition of "American weapons" captured m China. Some of them, as reported by pro-Communist Ta Kung Pao, are "fountain pen guns used for asssassination, radio transmitting sets the if_» of a soapbox, and lightning rods for destroying bridges." A.P.
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    George Coffey dead
    31 8 Mr. George CofTcy, 55, president of the Pacific Tin Consolidated Corporation for whom he was resident manager In Malaya during the thirties, has died la Nov. York. U.P.
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    'The name is C-R-I-P.P-S'
    231 8 C-UOMUDGE, Saturday. AN ''acid conversation" between the Hon. Mrs. Violet Cripps, sister-in-law of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a policewoman who had stopped her for speeding: was mentioned m a Cambridgeshire court. Mrs. Cripps a former Duchess of Westminster —was accused of assaulting the policewoman.
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    Classics fed to furnace
    181 8 NEW YORK. Saturday. A RECENT Voice of America broadcast told of the burning of 20.000 "indexes of books'* by Communists at Chunfcshan, birthplace of Doctor Sun Vat Sen. The Communist Director of Culture and Education fed a furnace with Kuomintang literature, books m English and old
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    GETS DEATH
    38 8 A British H _rt ir. ;ir.v atenccd a 24-year-oid German refugee, Peter Waehlen. to death for the murder of Sir John Sheeny, former Br: financial adviser to the B tish Control Commission m Germany A .P.
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    RESERVES IN TRAINING
    26 8 RESERVES IN TRAINING BRITAII I I I I I 362 1 I I cru. I havii I I brush- I I I I I war I
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    'Not just plain Stalin'
    67 8 HUNGARIAN Communists are going to > i the proper wav of saying **Jo*el Matin' m a >peeck. lecording t<> reports from Budapest th* intona-tH* and inflexion must be just he just Moreover, it w never just plain Stalin He must be referred to v Great Stalin."
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      Masthead
      8 1 Free Press Satmday Magagine Saturday, July 8, 1950.
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      How 3 wives solved their Problems
      495 1  -  MARIAN WELLS by MAIN drizzled \n through Ihe s The infant m ong cradle will t<» its illtill it was i Uhl with :i lug spring suspend- i loth bed 1 rom above. Mis. Vim looked penleft the facts her home 5. It I
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      THESE WOMEN WANT TO PAY THEIR SHARE
      543 1  -  TESSIE TAN says V LOT of Malayan women would like to have their own version of the PAVE (P.iv As You Earn) Plan. This has got nothing to do with social security but rathei of rugged individualism. They wan! to pay their share
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      Do you wish to buy buffalo sinews?
      251 1 Or some other rare titbit? Let A. S. LEE guide you. pOR the rarer types of land and sea merchandise not sold m the regular shops, .here is a row of shops m North Canal Road hist down Cliulia Street that can supply
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      Birth control would hurt their business
      725 1  - Birth control would hurt their business BEBE YEO by QNE inarticulate and illiterate chiss of people who silently oppose birth control are the "Phu Yuit" women who look niter other women during their month of confinement. '"hese women have no permanent jobs. The nature of their work being what it
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        145 1 You can fly by Clipper' ROUND THE WORLD from Singapore m \iXM __r __^______r^_flffi__^______ A BANGKOK MANILA BRUSSELS HONOLULU LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK SAN FRANC'SCO You fly westward to New York via Bangkok/ Calcutta, iatanbul, Brussels and London. Eastward to San Francisco of Los Angeles via Manila and Honolulu.
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      A Real Life Tragedy-& Judy Is The Star
      1039 2  - A Real Life Tragedy-& Judy Is The Star Leonard Moseley (THERE MAY YET BE A HAPPY ENDING) By rwas going on for three-thirty m the morning, and the bedroom was full of cold mist from the Pacific. As Judy Garland watched it curling through the window towards her she suddenly
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      HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint
      117 2 HOLLYWOOD Beauty Hint TttU?Tu<&i(k SSwrrimf Rosalind Russell. RKO N 'ivwood Have you ever notPil the superb degree of physical pai_c always displayed by Rosalind Russell as you \ie\v her h\ her picture appearances? If you haven't, remember to do so the next time you see her, for she is one
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      Glamour, at 42, is hard work
      103 2 JOAN CRAWFORD, still one J ot the screen's top-rank-ing glamour stars at the age of 52. said today the secret is self-discipline. Men look at a girl who interests them. And when men stop looking, well that's that." she explains, adding that keeping them
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      NEW 'BABES IN THE WOOD'
      233 2  -  RUTHLANGDON By IF you dislike preco- eious, children with P-.enomenal vocabularies children who reflect upon death, love, illness hatred you ma\ not like The Secret r.arden, coming to the Cathay and starring Margaret O'Brien and Dean Stockwell The film, taken from the novel by Frances
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      at the Cinemas
      200 2 Cathay Morning Departure, starring John Mills and Richard Attenborough, is an often moving story of members of a submarine crew trapped on the seabed. John Mills is extremely convincing as the unflinchingly brave Commander and Richard Attenborough gives an excellent portrayal or a highly-strung, sailor. Capitol— All
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      These Cuts Don't Make Sense
      689 2  - These Cuts Don't Make Sense LAN GRANT says 'PHIS censorship busi•i ness really has me beat. Take the ease of two films, the muchvaunted "All the King's Men", now showing at the Capitol, and the western, "Singing Guns", coming to the Cathay. In both films there is killing In cold
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      MORNING DEPARTURE
      160 2 j AM amused at lan 1 Grant's attempt, m his reply to my letter published m your columns la-M Satur- i day. to laugh off his lapse into bad taste by imputing to me a lack of a sense of humour, and I remain un- impressed by his
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      They Wrote Best Musical Ever
      613 2  - They Wrote Best Musical Ev er EVE PERRICK MEET "MR. H" AND "MR. R By TPHE same week that the copyright m the Gilbert and Sullivan scores was announced as "due to lapse this year," the great contemporary words-and-music team of Messrs Oscar (words) Hammerstein and Richard (music) Rodgers left
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      'Rep' In A Coward Play
      44 2 fHE this e\' third season famous Lr. been revived i cess m Lon< York. The cut I I Johnson a. c I spend so i and van i k. who ar- The j at the V. Theatre Tuesday urday
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      THERE IS FUN IN WA TCHING KIDS AT PLAY
      430 3  -  KENNY KAYE From ant fighting to frog racing, Malayan children have no problem keeping themselves occupied after school, reports •INci thero--3 occupied is problem for van children who devised their \s and means tun when are done and m.iining time -hews
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      SNAP SHOTS
      236 3  -  KLUANGER by II JHEN EVER I go out to ff dinner: I'm as nervous as nervous can be. somehow. I know That my hostess will show He r photograph album to me. As soon as the dinner over. And Vm sitting nicely at ease. She brings out the
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      Attack on animal diseases
      101 3 International co-operation m fighting animal diseases has saved food for a hungry world and is also protecting human health. These two pictures show important phases of the work which has been done m China by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. Top, a Chinese veterinarian
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      THE WILLS MEN LEAVE FOR THEIR WIVES
      936 3  -  NORAH BRAMLEY Husbands with some sort of grievance against their 'better halves 9 let rip when it comes tn will-making. by JUL STUDY of wills men leave, especially where women are mentioned, throws many an interesting sidelight upon the workings of the male
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      LADY GOES TO 'MEN ONLY' BAR
      102 3 LADY GOES TO 'MEN ONLY' BAR "POR the first time in 300 years the rustle of petticoats was heard in the "men only" bar of the famous Fleet Street, London, tavern, the 'Cheshire Cheese/' The intrepid lady who dared to tread where no feminine foot has been heard since Queen
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      Most people eat with their fingers
      596 3  - Most people eat with their fingers BEE WICKERSON says |£VERY day most of us sit down to eat a meal or two or three, or even more. We lift our knife and fork, or our chop sticks, and get on with the important task of refuelling the inner man. Perhaps
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      S.A.F.A. will not discard Jalan Besar
      823 4  -  CHATTERBOX by SINGAPORE Aniateur Football Association will not discard Jalan Besar Stadium when the new $2-million one at Anson Road has been built. This decision was reached at Ihe S.A.F.A. Council meeting at the S.C.C. on Wednesday. This decision by the S.A.F.A. 'bigwigs' will
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      Record entry predicted
      32 4 11/ JR. Erie von Frenckell, president of the Organiising Committee for L_JL3S2 [Olympic Games at Helsinki, predicted yesterday that they would draw a record entry of nearly 7,000 athletes.
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      Guileful with bat and ball
      413 4  -  COVER POINT CRICKET PERSONALITIES— I \U 'FHE feelings of an opponent are no jt somewhat mixed woen Lall Singh walks In to bat. On the one hand, dull of soul would c who did not relish and envy the grace wtiich adorns the rich ra
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      Prince Edward Rd. BC sports activities
      406 4  -  ROGER YUE By J .yBLE tennis has 1 r,et>n and still is the ouofel popular sport at Prince Edward Road Buy* Club. About a year _i«_a. most of the boys still new to the LCdme. but since then jJiev_____najde_£i^iiL— !> Msress, They ruined a
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      Question time
      664 4 IS A WEDGE too difficult a club for the medium handicap player? WITHOUT expert advice, yes But with guidance and wedge Is well worth taking up You will c.uickly see its value In results. nO YOU FIND thai there is a more sensitive fi e' with the hickory-shafted
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      Five shots to take you on to the green
      360 4 Five shots to take you on to the green COLF LESSON No. 3 by WATCH your feet and m the five pictures on this page watch mv feet II you have taken a lot of tumble with your m i|>. then your stance is just us important Today's first four
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