The Singapore Free Press, 11 July 1950

Microfilm: NL3683
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA i. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
    18 words
  • Article
    REED SENDS FIRST FILM TO LONDON
    46 1 S ill Kep«»rtrr I of ;he pronnd i fig its re ta? ts An Film s*ill tbe British pa r ty m Singa- on by nlane frr.-m v Card Reed> c on rharge will Startling i represearch type r*e film
    46 words
  • Article
    STOP PRESS
    24 1 headquarters N.tid that Amerii veal into action North Koreans m undisclosed tht* main west<i Our tanks. I '..tinned, aether, selves very A.P.
    A.P.  -  24 words
  • Article, Illustration
    U.S. AIR SUPER-BLITZ ON TANKS
    354 1 U.S. AIR SUPER-BLITZ ON TANKS Roads strewn with wrecks North Korean spearhead has reached within 15 to 20 miles of Taejon, the South Korean capital, but has been brought to a halt by day and night attacks by U. S. planes, General Mac Arthur's communique stated this morning. The advance
    A.P.; U.P.  -  354 words
  • Article
    SEAMEN 'STRIKE' IN SINGAPORE
    213 1 Free Press Staff Reporter A "SIT-DOWN strike" on the steps of Fullerton Building, was staged yesterday afternoon by the radio officer and fourteen members of the crew of the Greek ship. Persephone, which arrived at Singapore last week-end from the Red-held port of Tsingtao. The men.
    213 words
  • Article
    'ENOUGH MEN IN KOREA'
    222 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday, jT S. military officials said jesterday that the States now has enough men and equipment m Korea to slow the Communist advance, but no one should expect an immediate turn m the tide of battle. The tone of the briefing for reporters at military
    222 words
  • Article
    Muslim leader killed
    78 1 JAKARTA. Tues. THE leader of the fanatical Darul Islam movement Kartosuwirjo, was alleged \e*terday to have been killed m an armed clas** between a Darul Islam gang and units of the Indonesian Army, according to Dutch reports. The clash occurred "recently" at an unknown village m West
    A.P.  -  78 words
  • Article
    Murder of G.I.s horrifies U.S.
    278 1 Murder of G. I. s horrifies U.S. TOKYO, Tuesday. of the reported murder by North Koreans of seven American soldiers who surrendered, a spokesman of General Mac Arthur's Headquarters said yesterday, "it U a despicable act and a total violation of all the rules of warfare". The bodies of the
    U.P.  -  278 words
  • Article
    63 births in ship
    74 1 WITH 63 babies born on the voyage, the 15.363--ton Royal mail liner. Atlantis, arrived at Amsterdam yesterday from Jakarta, repatriating Dutch mothers and members of the Royal Netherlands Indonesian Army with their families. Three babies were born yesterday morning while the ship was entering Amsterdam harbour
    Reuter  -  74 words
  • Article
    Burmese army officer freed
    71 1 RANGOON, Tues "DRIGADIER San Po Thin, former special Commissioner for Baweln and Burmese Cabinet Minister, wa.s released from prison yesterday by government orders after being detained for more than a year. San Po Thin, a regul-jr aTny oiE.pr, v. as m command of the Bassein Garrison
    Reuter  -  71 words
  • Article
    PAKISTAN TO DISCUSS WAR
    42 1 THE All-Pakistan M'siem League Working Committee will discuss the Pakistan Government's stand on the Korean war at a special meeting this month. The Committee was expected to approve the government's decision to support the United Nations resolutions. U.P.
    U.P.  -  42 words
  • Article
    EVACUEES HOME
    30 1 The second and third groups of women and children evacuees from Korea, families of American military personnel there, have arrived m San Francisco enroute to their hon.es. A.P.
    A.P.  -  30 words
  • Article
    STEEL RECORD
    21 1 Britain's steel output m the first half of this year was 8.309.000 tons, an all time re cord. Reuter
    Reuter  -  21 words
  • Article
    OILMEN STRIKE
    20 1 Two hundred employees of the Iraq Petroleum Company m Haifa went on a 24-hour earning strike yesterday.— A.P.
    A.P.  -  20 words
  • Article
    U.S. air raids will be from S. Korea soon
    82 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. MAJ.-GEN. Otto Weyland. commanding the U.S. Tactical Air Command, said yesterday that an airfield being built by the U.S. In South Korea should be completed this week and that others should be ready so yn. So far all the
    A.P.  -  82 words
  • Article
    U.K. overseas investments
    70 1 GENEVA. Tues. LORD Alexander of Killsborough, the British delegate, told the United Nations Economic and Social Council yesterday that Britain hopes to step up its investments m under-developed countries but warned that a large immediate increase was not likely. "We hope to iiufao our verseas investments as
    U.P.  -  70 words
  • Article
    U.K., YEMEN TALKS
    21 1 Britain and Yemen will open negotiations on August 13 l."iul >n for a settlement of outstanding difterences. U.P.
    U.P.  -  21 words
  • Article
    Britain regrets
    27 1 DRITAIN has apologised to Czechoslovakia for a night attack by unknown rjiders who last week smashed six windows m the Prague Government London Embassy. A.P.
    A.P.  -  27 words
  • Article
    Exchange envoys
    20 1 Italy and Ceylon announced an agreement yesterday for the establishment of direct diplomatic relations between the two countries.
    20 words
  • Article
    EXTRA MONEY
    17 1 President Truman may ask Congress soon for extra money to finance the Korean war. U.P.
    U.P.  -  17 words
  • Article
    Trade 'not hopeful'
    84 1 BRITAIN'S prospects of soon resuming full scale commerce with Communist China are "not at all hopeful," Sir Robert Urquhart said m Hong Kong last night. Sir Robert arrived there yesterday from Tientsin after holding for more than three years the post of British Consul- General at Shanghai.
    A.P.  -  84 words
  • Article
    New port in Paris opened
    65 1 PARIS. Tues. FE great new port of Paris, which will eventually cover nearly 1,000 acres with seven miles of quays, was officially opened yesterday. So far, only one dock has been completed. At a ceremony attended by the French Minister of Commerce and Industry, M.
    Reuter  -  65 words
  • Article
    Why Reds threw the G.Ls back
    550 1  -  PETLR KALISCHER By' United Press Staff Correspondent Mr. Kalischer has witnessed the North Korean Communist troops m action at 150 yards. He was with the American battalion enveloped ut Osan last week and spent tioo and </ half days behind the Commmniti lines before
    U.P.  -  550 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      41 1 /f ,s the Cleaning I that counts! f aiII convince -.ipt'riority ot vice PARIS t OHVCLEANING CO. S' Spore t :2343 f --___—^=___________r____ VEAL is ALWAYS TASTY BUY IT AT FITZPATRICK'S CASH CARRY STORE AND SAVE MONEY 6 0 ORCHARD ROAD
      41 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      164 1 GIFTS TO SE ADMIRED must be perpetual, valuable serviceable. Get them hum: LANKA JEWELLERS 20. Battery Rd., Spore. /su& IffiiKSw' m i^l'CT. If >«*??' _f|t|^'l l I I I'll I s==== C*___o HL LOCK a Cbubb Sah has always be-n i"'" a distinctive feature The boltvvork of th.s Safe is
      164 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article
    A BRITISH 'ISLAND' IN RED BERLIN
    527 2  - A BRITISH 'ISLAND' IN RED BERLIN ANTHONY TKRRY By BERLIN JVv'SSIAX children trowd around curlyhaired three-year-old mna Jennifer Yates each morning as she plays in the grounds of Y aerick the Great's v»mer palace in Potsdam. Susanna is Um only British child wAo lives behind, well behind, Soviet Germany s
    527 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    15 2 l.oretta Young models thU i I a r m i n a two-yi-1 1 me
    15 words
  • Article, Illustration
    1950 FASHIONS AT WIMBLEDON
    558 2  - 1950 FASHIONS AT WIMBLEDON IRIS ASHLEY By WHETHER or 710 your teruiis is up to Wimbledon standards, you still want practical and becom- ing clothes to play m. The fashions we saw on the courts seemed bewitching IC it ho v t being bothersome, and also not too bewildering to
    558 words
  • Article
    U.S. Woman's Diary
    315 2  - U.S. Woman's Diary KAY MURRAY By BELIEVE it or not, the Age of Slavery is just around the corner. It's only a step from tne refrigerator that de.rosts. the automatic dish-washer and the parage door that opens when the headlight beam strikes it. to the full scale robot slave which
    315 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      28 2 doniyo qerdderO "rhe luile /ohop "Cocktail Frocks HxxTrleo holel /olnqaponje Xhc "VroudCcok \&Jf\ it a treasure l_h_y__l PH. HENDRY JEWELLER 78, NORTH BRIDGE RD. II VPORE. PHONE 7421
      28 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      210 2 \w j"J!*± JP jß* __H____L "___^w mmm*f^^'' t lil^mtmrnw*^ mmVn Do yoo koow yoor own rjl 4) How lovely ft looks when ab-c c. Disco/er its latent beauty. Elizabetr Arc.r preparation* wit! gkt *t rac Ardena Cleansing Cream fc r dry or nc FluWy Oeansinf Cream for c Ardcna Skin
      210 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      153 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORIS today, you have an excellent head for business and should be able to make your mark m life at an early age. You will be particularly successful In partnership and if you select someone who his talents complimentary to your own, you can go far. Often
      153 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 2
      216 2 might choose the stage as a career. Fond of clothes, you know how to wear them with distinction and style. You men, oh the other hand, are more apt to use your histrionic talents m the field of politics or statesmanship. You have very firm principles and are determined to
      216 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 3
      163 2 New Crossword No. 95 ______B \9wWm I "Ptp _~W-P-L 13 I He dxi_: U m L U~ cum ACROSS 7 For a dntv ship that's on', ius'. above water tf). 8 Elegance of a rose t5». 9. Steer round this «s>. io. A fraction af me staff of life <s>.
      163 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    45 3 'JUST OVER THERE' General M i< Arthur with his corn-cob pipe indicates an artillery duel on the Korean front. With him are (left) Col. SterUng Wright, Chief of the American Military Mission, Mr. Harold Noble, U.S. Embassy Secretary, and a South Korean Army 1 Officer.
    45 words
  • Article
    REVOLUTION IN THE PITS
    137 3 LONDON, Tuesday. EE years after the nation took over the mines real revolutionary changes which nationalisms for the industry and the 700,000 men which will transform British mining into or the world are just beginning to show. La brought out by rhe third annual report rial
    137 words
  • Article
    Israel Reds stage march
    29 3 Israel Reds stage march c «nmimJ 'Ugh CO ir.d anti-American protest.n_' S< iriiy Couj»- K-rea. reet showri and no incirid A pro ro st by left v*ns •^nded. U.P.
    U.P.  -  29 words
  • Article
    Slim in Karachi
    39 3 Field-Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of the Imperial General Staff, arrived m Karachi yesterday by plane from New Delhi on his way back to Britain after visiting Egypt Hong Kong. Malaya. Australia and New Zealand Reuter
    Reuter  -  39 words
  • Article
    Mao's envoys to India
    47 3 -T-WO Chinese Communist government diplomats. Counsellor Shen Chien. and Third Secretary Hu Ting, reached Calcutta yesterday. They were en route to New Delhi to open the official Embassy there. An announcement said that the Ambassador, General Yuan Chung Shien, would arrive later UP.
    UP.  -  47 words
  • Article
    VATICAN PROPOSES A NEW BASILICA
    286 3 VATIC AN CITY, Tuesday. THE Vatican, after ten yeais study, has proposed 1 that a great new Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre be built m Jerusalem which would contain seven separate churches with free access for all to the tomb of Jesus. The project was
    UP  -  286 words
  • Article
    TOO, TOO SOLID
    33 3 A crowd of him fans tried to chair Oliver Hardy when he arrived m Rome with Stan Laurel. They f<-und him too He had to walk while Laurel was chaired.
    33 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bridge Hands
    314 3 A SUBSCRIPTION to thp Bridge World Magazine is worth at least one day's work per month to any bridge columnist. Here's a hand from a recent i_sue that gaye us a couple of ideas. As the story is told by author Alexander Spencer. West opened the heart king.
    314 words
  • Article
    PROSTITUTE JAILED FOR 2 YEARS
    415 3 Coach: 'I gave her £36,000' LONDON, Tuesday. YJR. Peter Haig Thomas, 68-year-old coach of ITI Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews, saw Mrs. Evelyn Holder 42-year-old prostitute to whom he said he gave £36,000— sent to prison for two years at the Old Bailey. Then
    415 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    28 3 BOTTLES AND BEARS Five-month-old twin bears at the London Zoo take to the bottle at the behest of two young visitors. It was the bears' first public appearance.
    28 words
  • Article
    NURSES' STRIKE
    25 3 NURSES STRIKE One hundred orderlies in Israel have joined 2.000 striking nurses, paralysing most of the nation's hospital services. The strikers denjand_better working conditions. A.P.
    A.P.  -  25 words
  • Article
    WOMEN STOOGES NET £100,000
    196 3 LONDON, Tuesday. SCOTLAND YARD is opening an investigation into the activities of a Soho syndicate which is using a number of women to obtain money from wealthy men. It is estimated that tne gang has already received about £100,000 because its victims were afraid of the
    196 words
  • Article
    Newsmen 'playing safe' in China
    150 3 Newsmen 'playing safe' in China HONG KONG, Tues. JOURNALISTS m Red J China are walking softly so long as the Chinese Communists cany the big stick of censorship. j They 'play safe' by news IteaLt until the Red •New China News Agency' first re.ea.ses an official version. Some of the
    A.P.  -  150 words
  • Article
    SIX BOATS OF RICE FOR JAPS
    55 3 More than 18.000 mea mer.t tons of rice will oe shipped to Japan through San Francisco, it was stat 1 by US Army emban.. authorities. Six freighters will transport the rice across t»ie Pacific. The Army said tnat the rice was beinj: sent to
    UP.  -  55 words
  • Article
    APE BITES PEER
    39 3 One of the four Barbary apes which Lord Rhidiaa Crichtun-Stuart is giving to Glasgow Zoo. escaped at Tanr and hit him on recap' re. But it was crated with the I rest and sailed m chains.
    39 words
  • Article
    DRUG FREER
    21 3 The Indian Government announced it will liberalise import licensing of streptomycin because the drug is m short supply A.P
    A.P.  -  21 words
  • Article
    U.S. BUILDING UP KOREAN WAR FORCE
    171 3 U.S. BUILDING UP KOREAN WAR FORCE WASHINGTON. Tues. THE building up of Ameri- can forces for the Korean campaign was accelerated yesterday with an announcement that the 2nd Infantry Division and other combat units were being made ready to move to the Far East In the "near future." The Ist
    Reuter  -  171 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      74 3 FJ.ENCH STAR JEAN CAVALL HHN-. ______PlB^* '_r '•HiS MASTER'S VOICE" fc A r records. PUNY DAY IN PARIS The Cib» B 9789 r IT HAPPENS ran b 9715 PRENDRAS B 9647 sADE OP THF BELLS ■U i MARIE B 9632 TMI DER CI fTM our Next Meeting) B 9620 NI
      74 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      49 3 'WJaJte tite rood o{ ¥0 U R _[______||gfr IIP Jlk v v9_j" JV^** ""'E &i'i6ii>fSm\ «9_T Jsg| B^' 1 v '(_3?^_sl __KS*'''_f CALL, PHONE OR WRITE ASKING FOR DETAILS OF OUR VISIT BRITAIN PLAN CARS LTD._I I SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG f|j|WEARNE BROJ'., L T D.BB KUALA LUMPUR SEREMBAN MALACCA ==^>
      49 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1
      224 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] Emergency news from K.L. 4.45 pm Programme ummary: at 10 am 4 4T From the London Editorials" ot (BBC>; 4.55 'Composer of the 484 and 41.7 metres. Week"— Purcell; 5.15 "Colonial (BLUE NETWORK) Commentary* <BBO; 5.30 "Paul XT Temple and the Sullivan Mystery" 10 a.m. Emergency News
      224 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, July 11, 1950. Children's charter
    398 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, July 11, 1950. Children's charter Xi HiN a lew da; Singapore wiU proD..i:l\ follow t h c Federation In putting Ji.r.' effect a much n-M-dr and much v\* rduc measure -tl Children and Youna i-rsons Ordinance will remove some Hi the most blatant ol social
    398 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Don Iddon's Diary
    1031 4 HAMILTON, Bermuda: 'THE American drops into these exquisite British islands, has his fun and drops out again. Ha doesn't need a passport an entry or an exit permit, a currency clearance, visa, or official document of any kind. All he needs is his American accent and his
    1,031 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    47 4 Officials visiting the giant 130-ton airliner Brabazon when it. was opened to the public at London Airport. Bottom to top: Lord Brabazon; Mr. George Strauss. Minister of Supply: Lord Addison, Lord Privy SealLord Pakenfiam, Minister of Civil Aviation; Mr. Clement Davies, U.P.. reader of the Liberal Party.
    47 words
  • Article, Illustration
    S.I.T. Flats: A Reply To Mr. McNeice
    770 4 S.I.T. Flats: A Reply To Mr. McNeice LETTER TO THE EDITOR j AM compelled to take up the cudgels to strike the Trust once again, as my letter published m your columns on May 22 has thus far been left unanswered. 1. refer to the statement attributed to Mr. McNeice,
    770 words
  • Article
    IF YOU WERE IN THE KREMLIN....
    695 4  -  Leonard Curtis By Foreign Editor, London Daily Mail. pORGET for a mo- ment that you are British. You are Russian. You are inside the Kremlin. You are one of that select band of Russians who decide the policy not only of Soviet Russia but
    695 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    6 4 mmmmmmMw Film star pink ana I
    6 words
  • Article
    HITLER LEEGEND GROWS
    55 4 HITLER LEEGEND GROWS TOE Hi and .n> to th ny. i i have b» i and I pa;.- d r ..sly nd. A of tl :< r. Gix foundera be." Only ace ing that th. pretena abi^ut such i r c are d- disturb The ar, adds our c grow.Gerr
    55 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      22 4 Finest I Diamond Rings and Z %£ttrnity Ringsl ZZ r r- b.S.de SILVA rJewellers I 106. ORCHARD ROAD C E Tele. 2466.
      22 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      72 4 BRING YOUR ,t FILMS <m FII^ ¥W _?v'^ TO KODAK IN THE />- ARCADE Those snapshots you meant to have devek that new camera you'd almost decided to rU Kodak m the Cold Storage Arcade w atl to them. As well as handling deseloj printing and processing of all types
      72 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    Union status sought
    52 5 f Mala* Correspondent leachers Union and Province be registered ■*de Uni.n Or- iccided at p ::\z -n Sun- r. D leports. the Fede•hers' AsTaiuddin. •he meeting. ::ed support He said "the <- the Malay iations through rade and I I July ir«. -f Tne U" -preTrade who
    52 words
  • Article
    Can't relay U.N. service
    7 5 N N A
    7 words
  • Article
    S'PORE CUTS RELIEF RATES
    408 5 S'PORE CUTS RELIEF RATES Jubilee Fund short of cash Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH the Singapore Silver Jubilee Fund has received an additional $500 making the total $10,000— to be spent on the relief of the distressed this month, claims for assistance from this fund have been so great that
    408 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    43 5 picture. THE Rev. Chiu Ban It, a former Penang lawyer who has forsaken the bar for the pulpit. The Rev. Chiu. who was ordained m Birmingham m 1945. has arrived m Singapore to take up staff duties at St. Andrew^ Cathedral. Free Press
    Free Press  -  43 words
  • Article
    Garden fete to aid children
    98 5 A GARDEN fete under the patronage of Lady Gimson will be held at Raffles Institution on Aug. 5. to raise funds for the building of a home for handicapped children m Singapore. Government has given a grant of land m Clementi Road for the home,
    98 words
  • Article
    FLYING VISIT
    55 5 LIEUT.-Gen. E C. L. Man--Bergh, GO C Hong Kong. made a flying visit to Singapore on Friday and had a conference with the Command-er-in-Chief. Far East Land Forces. General Sir John Harding. Arriving on Friday night. Lieut. -General Mansergh had his conference on Saturday. I and returned to
    55 words
  • Article
    7-storey house for Chinese Y.M.C.A
    140 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DLANS for a new Chinese V.M.C.A. seven-storey club house with a swimming pool, a football pitch, tennis and badminton courts to be built on a three-acre site off Anson Ro.u. and Prince Edward Road have been drawn up. Cost of the
    140 words
  • Article
    'Treasure' found
    86 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Mnn. INCHB Ibrahim bin Mohamed Salleh. a Mines Overseer of the Mines Department, has reported the finding of a 'batu filing" at a mine at Teng_.il. Kota Tin _r_r i district. This article, a stone slab urinder. is officially described as a
    86 words
  • Article
    Experiment in teaching
    161 5 Experiment in teaching Free Pre>> Stuff Reporter AN experiment m teacnin, _r\ English to assistants l rking m the Mental Hospital. Singapore, is being made by Mr. J. Le Pr Supervisor of Private Schools Mr Le Prevost said that he and a yuung Chinese teachei were experimenting with English teaching
    161 words
  • Article
    AMMO FOUND
    16 5 A British Army captain found 59 rounds of rusty Japanese ammunition at Chansd yesterday.
    16 words
  • Article
    HOSPITAL VISITS RESTRICTED
    128 5 T*HE Principal Medical Officer, Johore, Dr. J. M. A. Lowson, yesterday declined to say why visits to patients at the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, had been restricted. i I A correspondent writing to the Press stated that I a new rule was introduced whereby the public was
    128 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    31 5 picture. FRENCH sailors of the trooper /.obeyville wni; eaiied at Singapore yesterday on her way tc Marseille from Indo-China, display great interest In Chinese curios m a Singapore shop. -Free Press
    Free Press  -  31 words
  • Article
    SONG RECITAL
    33 5 Miss Blanche Urquhart, soprano, is giving a recital tonight (8.30 p.m.) at Raffles Institution hall. This is Miss Urquhart's only recital before leaving the colony. The organisers are the Music Circle.
    33 words
  • Article, Illustration
    PREMIER IN SINCAPORE
    38 5 pic ture AUSTRALIA'S Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, with the Commissioner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, on his arrival at Kallang airport yesterday from Australia. Mr. Menzies is on his way to London. Free Press
    Free Press  -  38 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Co-op. seeks exemption
    371 5 WEEKLY HOLIDAYS LAW Free Press Staff Reporter IN order that it may continue to meet the con- venience of members by staying open seven days a week, the Singapore Co-operative Stores Society Ltd. is applying to the Goven.or-in-Council through the Commissioner for Co-opeiative Development for exemption from
    371 words
  • Article
    BANNED FILMS
    78 5 R G G THOMSON. Puol.a Relations Secretary, Hn« gapore. writes: Of the twelve films I to have been banned recent ly. 'Kiss of Death' was b lied on June 19, 1943. and the Appeal Board upheld the decision; "Cry of the City" was banned m February IMP; "Slave
    78 words
  • Article
    Braddell calls for S.E. Asian research
    413 5 Braddell calls for S.E. Asian research Free Press StaiT Reporter OIR Roland Braddell, a Pro-Chancellor of the M University of Malaya, believes that increased research is needed m two fields at the University anthropology and the study of the history and geography of South -East Asia "The test of the
    413 words
  • Article
    FRENCH WEEK OPENS
    211 5 FRENCH WEEK OPENS jj-RENCH week :n Singa--F pore opened iast night At s Victoria Theatre where members of the Alliance Francaise presented a one- act play. "L* Anglais Tel qu'on le parle." by Christian Ber- nard and a historical film, "Les Pedes de la Couronne."' starring Sacha Guitry. "LAnglais Tel
    211 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      78 5 THE LATEST FADELESS I CEPEA FABRIC SHADOW CRETONNE m 3 Beautiful Designs Lovely Shades Beige Green Blue. 4S" wide 51.90 per yard. EXQUISITE JEWELLERY I °f Quality and Taste by Skilled Craftsmen CiAMOND RINGS, WATCHES FINE JEWELLERY S. P. H. de SILVA 4_>. HICH ST. SINCAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR AND IPOH.
      78 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      109 5 Art Silk CHRISTENING ROBE White with Self Embroidered y^=^ **''*£<slC__ Fitting Bodice, Puff Sleeves yj\n^ \_<\T^^^ n< R° un< Neck fastening a ne b ac^ w n small \^W buttons. A Full Skirt with 3 I aY Dainty Sprays of Embroidery. 11l u/t\ \^v\ p o\ks Dot Net Insertions E
      109 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 1
      41 5 MAILS Surface mail is expected lr. Singapore today from Siam. Hong Keng. China and the Federation. Latest time for posting I lrlace mails at the G.PO. today are: no^n for South and East Africa. 5.45 p.m. for Siam and the Federation.
      41 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    DOLLERY AND REVILL HIT CENTURIES
    457 6 DOLLERY AND REVILL HIT CENTURIES Latest County cricket scores 1 AN most grounds where the first-class English cricket matches were continued yesterday the heavy week-end rain produced batting conditions less favourable than on Saturday. The highest score of the day m nrst-clas! cricket came from the bat of Tom Dollery,
    Reuter; A.P.  -  457 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Chew Bee realises an ambition
    404 6  -  CRUSADER By srPERIOR. cannon-ball >tivice. greater stamina and imvroved match temperament gave Ong ('hew Bee the men's singles lawn tennis championship of Singapore last evening. It was his third but mosi coveted title m this year's S.L.T.A. championships, for it was the first time he
    Reuter  -  404 words
  • Article
    INDIAN CRICKETER DOING WELL
    70 6 RS. Cooper. Indian ail rounder who went to England just ufter the war, Il having a most successful season for Hornsey. the Noitli London cricket club. In seven innings he has scored 522 runs, being not out five times, and has an average of 261. Cooper
    70 words
  • Article
    Wrestling ref: seven apply
    120 6 QNLI seven stout-heaited applications (all from the Services) have applied for the job as referee for the wrestling contest between Sam Burmister and King Kong which will take place at the Happy World arena this Saturday. One of the organisers of •the wrestling programmes told the
    120 words
  • Article
    R.E.M.E. missed their chances
    444 6 I> EJUS. Just pulled their Senior League game against Tamil Brotherhood Assn. out of the fire with an equalising goal m the last minute at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, after dictating the play for the full period of the second hilf. The result was one-all. i
    R.M.  -  444 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Winning bowmen
    47 6 picture. Naval Base Bowmen "A" won the men's team event (Malayan Round) at Sunday's archery contest at Seletar. Members of the team are pictured here shooting off from left to right: Surgeon Commander R E Alderson (3°,4>. R. Knight (518) and H. Hartley <3r>).- DSFDS
    Reuter  -  47 words
  • Article
    Home issues in firmer state
    336 6 I [London Stock Exchange i_r--____p_____ LONDON TuevHa 4 N initial hesistancy m the man was replaced later by firmer gondii. h tic issues, states Reuters financial Tradin* generally remained under tl the war m Korea, and was restrict* __<* issues. ,p adinj British Government .stock.,
    336 words
  • Article
    Record trade in tin
    28 6 •put t^rd hand I and in i noon Spot a iid of £633 TK Sp."' I 1 2 I £6'' and business at U.P.
    U.P.  -  28 words
  • Article
    TURIN OFFER FOR LOGIE
    12 6 tne A on 6 lot man A. P.
    A.P.  -  12 words
  • Article
    N.Y. DECLINE
    4 6 "THY A.P.
    A.P.  -  4 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      54 6 CAPITOL TODAY I 1 „">. 4. C i I '».J0 p.m. FranessJ/ __^K»^i^f* i >_W-S-*** m '•*.(_».< .WILL Gttl CHMtES DRAKE a (.tt-jL •> :*k *amm CAPITOL- SS PHONEXiX4O42 NOW SHOWING Note Times: 10 1.1., .15 900 p.m. \|V_, JACK HO" _i^ Columbia's Whole Serial NEXT CHANGE M__f__h__f i Hf
      54 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      161 6 THE AUSTIN W^////^ your pride and pleasure i^_wW rl rj* *^r^___________P_H___f_P' _X ~^^ios n _y"'"'^^^^.__l _r^^^ \v The Austin A125 Shecrline Saloon is for the man who is particular ab the kind of car he uses. Whether you drive or are driven, you'll be prouJ an J pleased that you
      161 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      187 6 IVl3fldr3k6 Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya I ANO HURRY BACK, YOU GUYS. WE I lawß'-GhT-- I j v > J JTTctTi I k rTPPtci* I ""1 7. „-V .Tl GOTTA BEAT THE OWL BRIDGE START H/**^ V.v 1 > Y-.jk.a_. .WK,Co»j_fi/j I AMAGICPELLA/ASHERIPFSPY.IM? AT TWELVE ,TO STOP
      187 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    TRIP OFF
    21 7 Sv. inlaid read had p se v. l to Ihe fightoned to tn Tokyo swimming bm tbodt He lay
    21 words
  • Article
    FAST TIMES IN BUKIT TIMAH GALLOPS
    840 7  - FAST TIMES IN BUKIT TIM AH GALLOPS ALLAN LEWIS Persian Lord m top form I By I pEKSIAN LORD, who has been rated the best sprinter m Malaya after his easy victory m the Summer Cup m May, bore out the handicapper's opinion this morning when he did one of
    840 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    42 7 m i_arsen (U.S.) manes a study m concentration during £is first-round men's singles match against V. Cernik SJW a Court No. 1 at Wimbledon. London, m the first day of the All-England tennis championships. Larsen won B—6. 7—5. £—2 Reiatereia Rei atereia
    Reiatereia Rei atereia  -  42 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    32 7 picture. jw ..bout to volley a deep cross-court foreind from H Kamis whom he beat 4 6, 6 3. 6 t, > Miii:lf> tiiiial >n the Singapore Lawn Tennis t.ition championships. Free Press
    Free Press  -  32 words
  • Article
    M.C.C. seeking new captain
    181 7  -  JIM CHAMBERS From |ND i> having trouble m finding a cricket n t.» !ead the team m Australia next winli.r Mir\lebone Crick«u Club, which always measoTs the tours, announced yesterday that Norlardfe. of Yorkshire and Frank Mann of ■Mean had both declined invitations on account ,f
    A.P.  -  181 words
  • Article
    SIGNALS WIN
    19 7 R' S -on their annual -corps cricket auamsl Royal ■uoftai o' 16 r Chaagi last S .:day.
    19 words
  • Article
    Weights for 2nd day at B. Timah
    245 7 WEIGHTS for four races on July 19, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's July Meeting: are: I \SS 1. Div. 1 IM. A 6 >ds. Indian Heather 9.05 Snowy Owl II (Late Eastern Flight i 9.03 Millwall 9 01 Dark Brocade
    245 words
  • Article
    Medan women to play here
    128 7 THE Black und Whi'e women s basketball team of Medan. now playing l series of matches m Kuala Lumpur, will be seen m action m Sineapore next week. They are scheduled to play two matches against Singapore Combined women at the Happy World Stadium. The
    128 words
  • Article
    Today's sport
    46 7 SOCCER. Snr. Ige: Royal Navy f Rovers S.C. at Jalan Brsar stadium; Jnr. Bl: Singapore Dist. I Sig. Regt. v Cheerful Lads at Gey- lang stadium: Jnr. Bl C.V.M.A. v Tuan Mong OBA at CYMA. TENNIS: V.M.C A. tennis tourney starts; Tanglin Club tourney.
    46 words
  • Article, Illustration
    H.M. Taylor breaks javelin record
    218 7 HM. TAYLOR (Police) who has won several titles m England and IreI land m the javelin event j yesterday broke the 11-year-old Malayan record set by C.J Meyer (166 ft. 10_ Ing.), when he threw the javelin I 177 ft. 2 ins. at the Singapore
    218 words
  • Article
    Durai included in S'pore team
    312 7  -  VETERAN By HI RAI made it. Through sheer determination. Durai, who lost m his first try for a place m Singapore's team m the men's singles for the ninth Malayan badminton championships to be held at Ipoh on August 5, 6 and 7, was included
    312 words
  • Article
    28 invited for S.A.F.A. tour
    85 7 r rWKNTY-EIGHT players h<t\e been invited by the Singapore Amateur Football Associa- tion to tcur Manila. Rangoon and Hong Kong early next year. Th? players are: Chee Seng 'Yew Chang. S:ppiah <TBA) Saii leh. Morton. Abdul Rahman. Lawj ther. Khamis Bedol, Boon Leong, Vas.s. Harith.
    85 words
  • Article
    SCHOOL SPORTS
    73 7 Despite threaten.] ::er. lajtte gathering ol clieenng patents and friends turned jui lc watch the annual sports of '«;e Fairfield Girls" School vesterc. The programme was confined to team events and Blackmoore House'emerged champioi., with *4 potato. Last years winnt rs Ol■oo House, with 45 5 points, wete
    73 words
  • Article
    Island Club golf
    34 7 A. M. Crs v tey-Boerey (Cl won the Island Cub Captains Prize <flug competition* on Saturday. Next best scores were returned by C. L. Tiegiar (24) and Lim Siew Jin (12.
    34 words
  • Article
    R. Turpin, Villemain to fight for title
    104 7 R. Turpin, Villemain to fight for title DOBEKT Villemain of France will meet Randolph Turpin of England for the vacant middleweight boxing championship of Europe the British Board nf Control announced yesterday The date and site for the match have not been arranged. The Board said, however, that it must
    A.P.  -  104 words
  • Article
    Scoreboard
    135 7 Wl>r IMHfcS—|h| inn. M..H111. v.r b f.arlirk Marshall c ridd.ln. b Brodm. k «.rr«-ll run <,vi |h Tresirail (bw Nutt-r _,i Christian! ran oat I__ «...m-/ 1 (,arti<k h km" <M.<id-rd m t i.i«ilinc t, Garlic* Uiiram* 1 riddling k Price 10 JohnMin not <>vi 4 Ramadhin not out
    135 words
  • Article
    EXCITING END TO VARSITY GAME LIKELY
    210 7 THE English tJiita cricket match nay pro an exciting finish at L today for each side I pie ted an Inui bridge hold a l^ad runs. Only two boun fore lunch wag post Ue terday and m thai l i ford lost their six
    Reuter  -  210 words
  • Article
    Fencing tourney
    38 7 IjiRANCE. Belgium. It a! Egypt yesterday remained I the final comp- In the world fencing championships. B» lgium b«a; Sweden 9-7 Egypt beat Yugoslavia 13-3. France h-;-* Sa rJ n 9-0 and Italy beat Egypt A.P
    A.P.  -  38 words
  • Article
    West Indies in strong position v. Northants
    223 7 West Indies in strong position v. Northants VyiTH three wickets to tali Northamptonshire fT needed 66 runs to avert he follow-on against the West* Indies touring team at Northampton when the second day's play ended yesterday They were then 215 for seven wickets after the opening pair, Brookes and Olcrield.
    Reuter  -  223 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      98 7 D, \SCI VG AT THE CITY'S MOST POPULAR "NIGHT-SPOT' GREAT WORLD CABARET M.LW.VS LABGESI BALLKOOM) ■HM^^hHß TONIGHT iii L SPECIAL HAWAIIAN NIGHT OBTAINING 111 -J_r r CHARLIE'S HAWAIIAN 1 88 Hi Miss Sally Yeoh SATURDAY Spec/a/ HIMALAYA BOUQUET Night Extension I a.m. AT THE AMUSEMENT PARK Special Hari Raya Puasa
      98 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      119 7 mm f* A truly Magnificent Nee Soon ihe atre M ESTONES..ETAR fc_, mi m,|^ Today A Tomorrow at :.i5-9 is pm T O D AY O N LY 3 S HCV> S •MY WILD IRISH ROSE" ■>* ,m Techn>o|.,rl and J. Irthur Rank Presents THE MAN IN GREY C AT*
      119 words
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 1
      483 7 WEEK-END BADMINTON FIXTURES FOLLOWING ties m tOC Sin- Jee (Lucky Strike* v. A. Wahab I V. Hassan (Bushey Park); Tan trinnrp inninr h-'irimiiitnn Sarkawi .Lucky Strike); Wee Guan Heng and Mak Kirn BoOf rhamSfonsh ra will be aved Thiam (Marigold) v. Lloyd .Mayflower) v. Seah Kee Kwang cnampionbliips will oe
      483 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    BIKTH
    27 8 NORMAN: At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on 10th July. 1950 to Ann. wife of P. A. G. Norman. Shell Co. K.L., a son. a trj GeofTr°v.
    27 words
  • Obituary
    DEATH
    59 8 MADAM WEE KEE NEO. aged R2. passed away peacefully at No. t Ij§, Devon^hi-" Ruad. leaving be- j a dnucht-r. i.cc Eng Neo. i e>td a son-in-!. I Teo Swee Lim j and se'. .id-children and: •■n to mourn her I Funeral will t.ike place on Fiiday. 14th July
    59 words
  • Article
    LIE STILL HAS HOPES OF PEACE
    351 8 UN plan would include China LAKE SI CCESS, Tuesday. THE V.N. Secretary-General, Mr. Trygve Lie, has not abandoned hope of bringing: Russia and the Tnited States together m the I nited Nations after peace is restored m Korea, said a United Nations spokesman yesterday
    A.P.  -  351 words
  • Article
    LINGERIE NOW LESS DEMURE
    262 8 NEW YORK, Tuesday. REVOLUTION is going on m ladies' underwear. It involves a tactical change, not a difference m over-all strategy, says John Nc-inian, of New York, who designs lingerie. More and more women, he says, are breaking away from demure whites and pinks and blues
    A.P.  -  262 words
  • Article
    Cheering her up
    45 8 WILLIAM Jones, accused m the Liverpool Magistrate's Court of fracturing his wife's skull with a coal shovel, asked for hail yesterday so "I can visit her m the hospital and cheer her up." The magistrate refused and kept Jones m jail A.P.
    A.P.  -  45 words
  • Article
    VATICAN HITS RUMANIAN ACT
    38 8 L'Osservatore Romano, tiie Vatican's newspaper, yesterday angriiy denounced the expulsion of Bishop Geraid Patrick O'Hara from Rumania as "a mean and shameful" step m the planned destruction of the country's Roman Cathoiic Church, A.P
    A.P.  -  38 words
  • Article
    270 die in five 'quakes
    55 8 BOGOTA. Tu^s. POLOMBIAS official earih- quake death toll reached 270 last night. The Red Cross reported 40,000 homeless. Newspaper! said at ieast 500 were injured. Ten towns m the n<\\ coffee-growing region of north I central Colombia, where I've successive quakes occurred on I Sunday,
    A.P.  -  55 words
  • Article
    975,000 bales
    55 8 THE U.S. Amiculture Department hr_R reported that Hie U.S. Embassy In Karachi estimates the 1949-50 Pakistan cotton crop at 975.000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight. It said that this estimate j includes some 75.000 bales j consumed by local mills and about 15.000 bales by hand- spinning
    55 words
  • Article
    Jap Reds go into hiding
    134 8 Jap Reds go into hiding BERLIN. T "yiR. Hum! Kuronose, Governor of Hiroshima, on arrival m Berlin said that the Communists of Japan were •.slipping: quietly undergrouid these days." H,' added "but, Occupation policies are being carried out smoothly m Japan and I do expect any st-rious trouble from the
    U.P.  -  134 words
  • Article
    Victory bonds postponed
    118 8 HONG KONG. Tues. FE second issue of Victory bonds which was origin- ally planned for July is reported to have been postponed j by Peking owing to improved 1 economic conditions throughout the Chinese mainland. This second issue of Vicj tory bonds was expected to total 100.000.000
    Reuter  -  118 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    38 8 THE HOUSE FELL— This is ono of the first houses ever to have fallen off a lorry. It was being taken from a farm to another district of Worcester. Massachusetts. The driwr seems to have eiven it up.
    38 words
  • Article
    SOAP OFF RATION
    26 8 The British Government has announced the end of! soap rationing one of the j few domestic rigours remain- 1 ing from war-time. Reuter
    Reuter  -  26 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    33 8 YEOMEN OF ENGLAND— The King has a word with a member of the oldest military corps m the world a Yeoman of the Guard during inspection m the grounds of Bucking ham Palace.
    33 words
  • Article
    ENLISTMENT RUSH IN U.S.
    43 8 k RUSH uf applicants for military service appeared I at recruiting oftices In various J American cities yesterday. Army and air force authoritlea m New York said the number seeking to enlist was the greatest since World War Reuter
    Reuter  -  43 words
  • Article
    Manicure for monkey
    71 8 nSAUTT treatment for anything from elephants to hummingbirds is administered by 2fi-y<»ar-old I,oa Bust-he, of Los Angeles, who has opened an animal laundry, the first of its type m the country. She guarantees to get customers clean by soaking them m suds and scrubbing them (birds are
    A.P.; U.P.  -  71 words
  • Article
    Reds apply pressure to E. Germans
    163 8 BERLIN. Tues. I^AST Germany's Conwnnn- j ist rulers are taking action against Russian zone Ger- j mans who refuse to join their anti-American "peace move- j ment" and accept the Cjom- j munist border deal with Poland which has written off about 40.000 square
    A.P.  -  163 words
  • Article
    CHIANG'S NAVY TO GO ON
    65 8 CHIANG'S NAVY TO GO ON NATIONALIST China s N. will continue to patrol the Formosan Strait. Admiral Kwei Yung-chifig. Comman-der-in-Chief of the National- ist Navy, hinted after conferences with Vice-Admiral Arthur Strubl*. Commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet assigned to ward off any Chinese Communist invasion. He said the presence
    A.P.  -  65 words
  • Article
    Bombay trader arrested
    37 8 Bombay trader arrested BOMBAY police yesterday urested a city merchant allegedly connected with an international gang of smugglers, who they said shipped 250 pounds of contraband opium to Singapore laM month inside pungent turmeric spice cases. Reuter
    Reuter  -  37 words
  • Article
    Germans eager to re-enlist
    126 8 FRANKFIKI i v MANY Germans are ready to don uniiorm a lfl the French or American one m the German army state Western officials e The Communist attack on South X the recent discussions of a possible Western Germany has apparently si Nazi soldiers*to shoulder a
    U.P.  -  126 words
  • Article
    Liaquat All's Hari Raya party
    117 8 Liaquat All's Hari Raya party LONDON. Tues THE Pakistani Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, will he host to more than 300 Pakistanis to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Officials said that elaborate plans are being made, with the gardens of Pakistan House being illuminated wit\ multi-coloured lights, and food to
    U.P  -  117 words
  • Article
    U.S. newsman turns to Communism
    72 8 U.S. newsman turns to Communism BERLIN Tues. PE Soviet -controlled ADN news agency. said that _n American newsman. Mr. Prank Stevens, of the Christian Science Monitor and Religious News St-rvice. stationed In Bucharest, had denounced President Truman as a warmonger and accused the American press of spreading lies about Rumania.
    A.P.  -  72 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    18 8 A t plan to organa 75 000-man n police force has been c by the Japanese fove.mi.ent. A.P.
    A.P.  -  18 words
  • Article
    FINANCIAL TALKS
    14 8 B: LtiSh finan> ed p*» Lond'*:. nevai of ment be'-. I A.P.
    A.P.  -  14 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      286 8 Straits Time? Free Press i-oi th. convenienca ot _d«ertiser_. our Representative at Ist Floor. Singapore Cold Storjge Orchard Road will receive smaM advertisements md answers to boa numbers n ITION SOON S SCHOOL OP DANCING r'o." leeaOM call at newj S uuio 151 Kitchener Rd off J. i B.v.ir trom
      286 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      72 8 I L_. E I $ytk£ cU Jt'£aA %**£siSK*iX*t mvmd 3.04 60 ROOMS FOR RESIDEN' TRANSIENTS Distinctive m its setting where discriminating guests enjoy c.eel lent service and outstanding CMW fir Oalcy Kirn l_t lON ■Oc __j________f^a i fgi 9^^^^ mv *^sll ■*9^ «_>^B^^-r"^ __r^_9 WnW^m^^Lm^mmmemv^mwMLm MB sVrveyTngTnstruments i ASSOCIATED INSTRUMENT
      72 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      50 8 men tides I Today: H 43 a.m. 7 19 pro Tomorrow: _0 a.m; i .39 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris 2HR 1/ EL SANTO I AMEST X^fcfcfl flj^ /iT/5 AUTTIE V R^HT DA?SY -^EN WEN V VJ* M ss L^[Z^ I f^^ W^\ 55 5-^ V 5 T "L^S
      50 words