The Singapore Free Press, 17 July 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA FJFHFHFHFHFHVNV SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1950. PKICE TEN CENTS.
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    BETTER NEWS, SAYS U.S. ARMY
    342 1 BETTER NEWS, SAYS U.S. ARMY Reds losing many men and tanks QENERAL Mac Arthur's report on the way American forces are generally holding the Kum river line against the Communist invaders is the most encouraging news out of Korea for a long time, a military spokesman said m Washington last
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    12 1 Soccer worn we ay. The team Ameri- ion. beat 2 A 1.
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    28 1 picture. Close-up of an Australian Lincoln Heavy Bomber, part of No. 1 Squadron. R.A.A.F. which arrived at Tengah from Darwin to assist m anti- bandit oDerations.- Free Press
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    Koreans lose 8,000, U.S. 500
    62 1 Koreans lose 8,000, U.S. 500 WASHINGTON, Monday. In \rmy said yesterday that North Korean > are otimated between 8.000 and 9.000 hilv 13. sane period, since the opening of hostiral Douslas Mac Arthur has announced n isualties were less than 500. man said Red Korean ontaln^ a it is the
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    THE 19th MADE 'EM PAY
    150 1 THE 19th MADE 'EM PAY TOKYO, Mon. THE U.S. Nineteenth Infantry Regiment fell back fighting last night from the shattered road bridge over the Kum River, Li miles north-west of Taejon after two days of fierce delaying action against the Communist invaders. The withdrawal of an undisclosed extent deepened the
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    JEWISH NAVY MANOEUVRES
    32 1 THE Israeli government last ni^ht said that Israel's war fleet hand completed their manoeuvres. The fleet staged battle exercises m th^ Eastern Mediterranean off Crete during the week.- A.P.
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    MOSCOW AIR DAY OFF
    42 1 MOSCOW AIR DAY OFF The Soviet annual Air Day show was cancelled yesterday because of bad weather. Air Day was marked m the newspapers by leading articles on Stalinist aviation and by kmg articles by leading Soviet aviation p^rif>ralv -mH others.- A.P.
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    Profiteering 'unjustifed'
    62 1 WANSHINGTOtf. Mpn. PROFITEERING m food I begun In th? Unirec Slates as a result of the Korean war, Mr. Charles Brannan, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, said. He declined to say what could or should be done to stop it, but insisted it v/as entirely unjustified. He said he
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    MADAME PIBUL LEAVES
    60 1 High Government officials, members of the diplomaticcorps including the American Ambassador, Mr. Edwin F. Stanton. and the British Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Richard Whittington, and a crowd of more than 1.000 friends and well-wishers, saw Madame Laiad Pibui Songkram. wife of the Siamese Premier, take ofT for London
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    BOYCOTT GROWS
    26 1 Dock workers derided m Antwerp yesterday to boycott Argentine ships m accordance with the International Transport Workers Federation decision taken earlier m London— A.P.
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    Pakistan appeal
    44 1 An appeal to .strengthen the hands of the United Nations and spare the world from the horrors of another war was made yesterday by Governor-General Kwaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan, broadcasting to the nation on the eve of the annual Muslim festival.- A.P.
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    COAL LAG
    17 1 THE National Coal Association of America called attention yesterday to a lag m coal output
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    HE'LL BE 120 YEARS OLD TODAY
    133 1 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. PETER Chandier Pringle was ordered early to bed last night because today is his birthday and It looks like bein^ a tirin? day. He will be 120 years oki and the oldest White man m Africa, possibly m the world. Relatives covering
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    Reds capture 'bandit chief'
    96 1 LONDON. If On. THE Communist New China news agency In a dispatch quoted by Peking Radii) yesterday announced that the Chinese Communists had reduced bandits m Sinkian'4. westernmost province of China, by over 20.000 m the last four months. The agency claimed that 4,700 bandit* were
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    BOOM IN H.K. WAR MATERIALS
    223 1 HONG KONG, Monday. DUSSIA, Communist China and Formosa are at K% present engaged m a mild scramble for warmaking materials m the Hong Kong market. Rubber, car spare parts, steel plates and petroleum products are the main items m demand but the purchasing agents of
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    Bataan hero hopeful
    58 1 SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Mon. QENERAL Jonathan M. Wainwright, retired, said yesterday that he feels" a kindred spirit for our men m Korea today." The 66-year old hero of Bataan and Corregidor said: "They are fighting against heavy odds and I know what that is. But they have
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    Liner hits quay crane
    73 1 LONDON. Mon. WHEN the 19.000-ton French liner, De Qrasse, was docking at Southampton from Le Havre In gale yesterday, a (Mil lor tow rope snapped and the liner's bow was driven m towards the quay. She was brought under control by other tug I after a
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    Karens kill monks
    68 1 RANGOON, Mon. A GOVERNMENT communique yesterday reported the cold blooded murder of Burmese Buddhist monks by rebel Karens near Wakema. m the rice-producing district of Myaungmya. The communique said the report was made by a monk who escaped by diving into the river and swimming to safety.
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    TOWED INTO PORT
    29 1 The 900-ton British steamer, Halcience, was towed into port at Cuxhaven. Germany, by a German salvage tug yesterday after she had hit an underwater obstacle- A.P.
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    FIRE IN GALILEE
    24 1 Five thousand acres of cultivated land, pasture, woods and orchards have been destroyed by a fire In the Salilee district.- A.P
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    Ham—for Sinatra
    41 1 Ham for Sinatra AN airmail parcel arrived at London airport on Sa turds j tor U.S. crooner Frank Sinatra, who is mak- ing a two-week appearance at the Palladium Theatre. The parcel contained two pounds ©f st*atc anil ned ham. A.P.
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    NATIONS SLOW ON U.N. PLEA
    195 1 LAKE SUCCESS. Monday. DEPORTS from foreign capitals indicated a preliminary negative response to the United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie's request for effective ground forces to fight m Korea. Comments came almost exclusively from the smaller nations which had been expected to contribute few, if
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    Big show burns up
    64 1 MILITARY show at Aldershot, historic garrison town which the King and Queen were to have inspected next week, went up m flames yesterday. A jeep, 10 motor trailers and other equipment worth between £80,000 and £100,000 were lost. Ammunition. stacked together with motorised and airborne equipment,
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    200,000 killed by A-bomb
    62 1 PARIS. ICon. T'HE Mayor of Hiroshima. Mr. Bhlnio Hamai. m an Interview published m Paris yesterday that more than 200.000 persons we c killed by tiie atom bombing of Hiroshir. This is about the double the number of deaths commonly reported following the atom bombing of
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    Stalin welcomes Nehru's action
    156 1 Stalin welcomes Nehru's action NEW DELHI, Mon. rpHE Russian Premier, Marshal Stalin. bM "welcomed" Prime Minister Pandit Nehru's proposals for ending th.* Korean war, the govern-ment-operated All India Radio reported last night Reliable sources said the I Pandit Nehru proposed m simultaneous notes to Washington and Moscow that th« United
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    British envoy in Korea in Red capital
    94 1 LONDON. MOO. THE Foreign Office annou:ved last nisht it has b informed by the Sovic! L that Captain Vyvyan H missing British Mini Seoul, is now m Pyor the North Korean capital. The information was m a message by M. Andrei Gromyko, Deputy
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    Nazism reviving?
    30 1 Dr A Cohen. Pro r Jhe Board of Deputi tush Jews, yesie: wre ed concern at tk< able manlfestion" i. on the continent. <\sn Germany and Aiistra. Reuter
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    A Mother Wept, And Waited
    1296 2 BERNARD WICKSTEED comes across a poignantly human story m Israel. HAIFA: dvSE of the ironies of the Children of Isr-iei's return to the Promised Land is that their first taste of freeflow when they get th^re is to be shut up m a barbed wire
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    61 2 The names of film star Bette Davis and film actor Gary Merrill, shown together la a recent film scene, have been linked romantically. Miss Davis has filed a suit for divorce from William Grant Sherry, an artist, m Juarez, Mexico. MerriVs wife has recently sued for divorce. The actress would
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    Red-head Amid The Reds
    323 2  -  MONTAGUE SMITH By 4 RED-HEADED Irish- man who likes roast beet must surely be a bit of a puzzle to Stalin. That is Sir David Victor Kelly, Britain's Ambassador m Moscow. But the superficial description of Ambassador Keily la quite illusive. It hides the personality of
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    Spotlight On Five Leaders
    793 2 Spotlight On Five Leaders UNITED STATES AMERICA'S founding fathers, afraid of putting too much power into the hands of one man or group, split authority between President (executive) and Congress legislative and the Supreme Court (judicial). Consequently, although a President is Head of State, he is far from all-powerful. He
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      191 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR gOR.V today, you have tremendous person il magnetism and will always be the centre of any group m which you operate. Rely upon your own individual judgment if you want the best results. It is never a mistake to listen to the advice of others, but it
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      232 2 New Crossword No. 100 CIXES ACROSS 1. Fruity minimum that one can care <3, 1, 3). 5. Now It goes off the ration (3). 7. Inside edge of primrose (3). 8. A gentle reformation (7). 9. Grey inn room (anag.) (11). 11. Not the sort to turn up at a
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      281 2 SINGAPORE S,^ nch i^ C): ll luh Half- Hour: News, 'London OpiEmei?Pncv news from K.L. nion*. English Lesson <BBC at IS am. F*:,r.r irt rmisßion' 1 815 484 .nd 41.7 mrtrt.. iSS '.g^- £3 Rllk NETWORK) Kuoyu- Nevs and Talk* iBBC>; MONDAY 30 N *a Burmese tBBO 945 Programme summary
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    First coins in 70 years for Burma
    24 3 First coins in 70 years for Burma rOON M'»n 8 oe put v Jail 20- the third BinaA.. 4 San T .oy Rupee Reuter
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    29 3 picturr. I' r-Smith. one of the only two Wren <m s-rvi >• RiftV Competition. arrives at ten h »r the 81>t annual meetin? of the n»l RiHe Ann... i.ttion- A.P.
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    NAZIS BIDING THEIR TIME
    397 3 Special aid to underground FRANKFUKT. Monday. wtLL organised Nazi underground movement some 80.000 strong and composed of former party ofticials. high ranking Wehrmacht (Army) officers and leaders of the elite SS formation is at work m Germany today. Known as the Versorgungswerk (Aid Action), it claims
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    21 3 photo. I.S. jot aircraft being refuelled and loaded with bombs at an air base m Japan for operations over Korea A.P.
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    A Name to a man means security
    129 3 NEW YORK. Monday. si home-lovers ire those who never Or so it seems to them. B place of his own is one of man's Dd nothing proves more surely at least, he is a capitalist by i And h.i- dewalk r the ..:\s
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    NEWS BLACKOUT
    39 3 THE United States Defence Secretary. Mr. Louis Johnhas ordered the United •s Army. Navy and Air F ree to clamp down on news about the movement of ships. :>s and supplies to the Korean war front. Reuter
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    King's relative sentenced
    53 3 King's relative sentenced Walter Henri Baeis, 40, King Leopold's brother-in-law, was given a suspended sentence of five months' imprisonment m Brussels tor having tailed to answer a cail-up of exhed Belgiani during the iasi war. The court declared that the sentence could be invoked at any time during the next
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    Bridge Problem
    346 3 ONE excumg touch-and-go hand :a a Uv.m of four march can cause considerable tension and interest. This was such deul. At the first table the bidding wont: North BMN h WeSI fti ISm It 5: k Xt stp- EAST opened a diamond. South ducked and West's Jack won.
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    WOMEN IN NEXT WAR
    220 3 NEW YORK, Monday. WHAT will American women do if war breaks out again? Pack an M-l rifle into combat? Not if the veterans have their way. The boys generally are dead set against fighting alongside a brassiere brigade or leading a petticoat patrol across no-man's land.
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    Hull firemen not to help stranded cats
    144 3 Hull firemen not to help stranded cats HULL YORKSHIRE, Mon. qrders have been Issued to firemen In Hull Yorkshire, to ignore co.lls for help for stranded rats. Chief fire brigade officer. Mr. W. D. Oulram. c;avf the order following th? drath (if a Sheffield, Yorkshire, fireman, who fell from a
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    JAPAN'S STAND
    33 3 The Japanese Premier, Mr. Shigeru Yoshlda, has condemned "the sinister arm of Red aggression' m Korea )n a policy speech to a joint session of botli Houses of the Diet.- Reuter
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    20 3 pictura. names spurt irom a Canadian Hgt^hftttse ri Lake Erie after a mysterious explosion whic i injured two men. A.P.
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    How to seem well-dressed
    187 3 NEW YORK. Monday. I T N WRINKLED clothes make the well-dressed man. That, briefly, is the concensus of a dozen or so of the well-dressed Americans m the public eye Hollywood movie actors and Washington Congressmen. Some of them dress loudly, some quietly. Some like matching
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    NOTE TO SOFIA
    16 3 Yugoslavia has presented Bulgaria a note demanding •an immediate end" to frontier provocations.
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    MAN FOUND IN NUNNERY
    93 3 MANCHESTER. Mon. TWICE, Arthur Padmore, 30, went over the nunnery wall but the second time, it was said at Manchester Assizes, the police were waiting. A nun from a St. Helens, Lancashire, convent, said she sensed someone m her bedroom last May. He whispered: "It's all
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    3 AIR BASES NOT TO CLOSE
    59 3 The United States Defence Department has announced reversal of its decision to close three air bases m the Aleutian islands Shemya. Cold Bay and Adak. The bases, which provide the shortest route, to Tokyo, were to have b»-en closed for economy reasons but the
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    A-BOMB CANNOT MOVE MOUNTAIN
    203 3 NEW YORK, Monday. 4 American atom bomb could blow up only a very small hill, much less move a mountain as the Russians have claimed they can do. It would require hundreds or even thousands of A-bombs to move even part of one mountain. Last year
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    CAPONE'S GANG LIVES ON
    54 3 Al Capone is dead, but Capone's gang lives on. So said Mr. Virgil Peterson, director of Chicago's crimv mission to Congress. He said the gang has alliances with other gangs all over the United States to form a national crime syndicate. Congress is considering legislation to
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    Ships for U.N.
    29 3 The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Louis St. Laurent innounced that three Cana'ian destroyers were being •rned over to the United Nations for service m Koiea. Reuter
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    'Korea will settle nothing'
    144 3 'Korea will settle nothing' lAIPEH MR K. C. Wu, tne Cove* nor oi Formosa, believes *r.3u tae conflict m Korea wiii settle notmng regardJesi of tne outcome and predicted a "major catastrophe" In met? to six months. The Governor, ana!. his personal Interpretation of recent events, declared "Tiie fighting m
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    Football not so easy as writing
    72 3 Football not so easy as writing An English language newspaper team was playing a football match against Ihttr brethren from the vernacular press m Calcutta. Five thousand fans j. I and booed as the pressmen fumbled with the bau. Tiie pressmen's efforts to maintain their foothold m the sodden slippery
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      6 3 WeDDiNCS RECEPTIONS COCK TAIL PARTIES LUNCHEON
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. July 17, 1950. A plan for Malaya
    501 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. July 17, 1950. A plan for Malaya DIR HENRI GURNEY S foreword to the FiveYear Development Plan for the Feder- MO of Malaya is a spteadM example of tb* fact that wise a: id tar-seeing minds d m suide the destiny ol this country. r
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    Thunderbolts Not Jets
    1183 4  - Thunderbolts Not Jets Sefton Delmer U.S. 'SOS' IN KOREA IS FOR: By 111 TOKYO: FOUR times recently the twin-engined United States transport plane which was carrying me swooped m to Hud at Taejon. This short, narrow. pothj ed airstrip makes the Jittle Korean town of Taejon one of the most
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    31 4 Cesar Romero, screen atfor from the U.S. A shown his knees to the world a* he lifts his kilt on the set of "Happy Go Lovely" <rt~Kl*lr €6 Studios, Middlesex, England.
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    Why Not A Far East Minister?
    1342 4  -  Hall Romney London Letter I By 'FHERE are many people m this country who feel it is time Mr. Ernest Bevin cried "Enough" and handed over his onerous task at the Foreign Office to a younger and fitter man. Whether that view be right
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    MALAYA-WIDE JOBS SERVICE NEEDED
    473 5 MALAYA-WIDE JOBS SERVICE NEEDED Making best use of labour Free Press Staff Reporter ■pHE need for the establishment of a countrywide employment exchange service is stressed m the Federation Government's Fiveyear Draft Development Plan just published. Such a service, it is stated, woufd enable labour which is available from time
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    16 5 picture. M\l II youngster takes a »i.'.n Ray a snack m id» of RafHrs Free Press
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    41 5 Mcture pOl'R Lincoln bombers of No 1 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force arrived at Tengah airport yesterday. Top picture shows one of them landing. Bottom: The crew with Air Vice- Marshal F. J. F. Mellersh, A.0.C., Malaya. Free Press
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    CYMA officers elected
    73 5 juld 1.ye .ye p.JTt m 1 .v la the Catho- >ciation pi de Ruzario. the as> og, Mr. de O: late, we or old D -j'.ood as this eU-cted S i l :ee-ore- B swell, b A S. Jchß. Mr. John >urer: Mr E. F. >ports secreu
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    Singapore film society cuts costs
    162 5 Singapore film society cuts costs SEVERAL members of the Singapore Fiim. Society tiave offered the free use of their homes for screening 1 films to herp the SocieU overcome its criUcai fin.in- ciiii position. Mr Cfaaa Teck Chye. Hon. secretary, toid the Free Press that this offer would elirnini ate
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    A comedy with some spirits
    369 5 A comedy with some spirits FE very devil— or rat'ier a Duke of his Infernal Regions -is raised m no unspectacular way by the Little Theatre Players m Armenian Street this week. A peal of thunder, a scream, and downstage strides six feet plus of Richard Tyrrell-Gray cloaked .n the
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    Red Cross depot to help invalids
    213 5 A MEDICAL Loan Depot will be started soon by the Singapore Branch of the Red Cross Society to lend medical equipment to invalids and convalescents who need them This depot, the first ol its Kina 1.1 me will be located m the General Hospital.
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    23 5 picture. AIR Vice-Marshal R. Willie ms, Australia's Director-Ge- neral of Civil Aviation, fnd Mrs. iliism*. "wha mr-» rived m Singapore yesterday Free Press
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    SQUATTER PLAN PROGRESSES
    350 5 Free Press Staff Reporter JOIIORE BAHRU, Sunday. OAPID progress is being made with the establish- ment of re-settlement camps for displaced squatters m Johore, a Government spokesman said to the Free Press yesterday. The sites will first of all be used for accommodating squatters who have been
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    Restrictions on goods vehicles opposed
    430 5 Restrictions on goods vehicles opposed Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S trade would be adversely affected if. as a means of alleviating the traffic problems of the town, the number of goods vehicles which may be licensed were restricted, a Municipal subcommittee has reported. Due to come up for consideration by
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    AWARDS FOR SINGAPORE GIRL GUIDES
    117 5 AWARDS FOR SINGAPORE GIRL GUIDES Free Press Staff Rt<>~ H FrVE girl guides from the Singapore contingent of guides who will be sailing 1 m Australia were presented w.th. Ist Class Guide Badges by Lady Brind. Commissioner of Guides, at St. Marga: School yesterday. The guides were Jacqu Geikie, Ann
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    Will survey economy
    77 5 Will survey economy Free Press Staff R*i>orter Dr Norton S Gin.sb-- Research Associate of University of Chicago. D nr'ment of Oe^TSPTY. !i i come to Singapore to study the place ><neapc occupies m the f East and South-East Asia. Dr. Ginsbursi. a rormef If Intellisence Ofic^r for t 1 Department
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    34 T.B. DEATHS
    32 5 Free Press Staff Reporter There were 598 births ?06 deaths m Singapore Municipality last week. Main csuses of death were tuberculous (J4), pheumonia 30* ?nd entr r itis <26.
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    TOP PERFORMANCE BY ARABIAN KNIGHT
    806 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS Chance Remarks brilliant, too By I>i;KIT TIMAH upheld its repuiauon un Saturday when only one favourite scored from a programme of eight events for the opening day of Singapore Turf Club's July meeting. Ideal racing conditions prevailed and interesting racing was the order
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    'First race Charles' does it again
    186 6 'First race Charles' does it again RACING opened at Bukit Tunah on Saturday with hk-rbe Charles, back from t short holiday m Australia, living up to his sobriquet of "First Race Charles." when he I LING THROUGH first past tne post. Fn>t NERO, then EGYPTIAN QUEEN made the iiuioinf with
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    NEW RECORDS CLAIMED
    29 6 ng Club I team n-v.-d new world ani 'rd> ol H' 5 for the Bn<> m > Tt lav over li I irse on S iturday. U.P.
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    ALBI MOTOR RACE
    32 6 T OTIS R u -i (Prance), driving a Talbot. yesterday won the Grand Prix de Albi automobile race. He covered the 302.634 kilometres m lhr. 53mins. 8.1 sect A.P.
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    Snowy Owl works best
    610 6  -  ALLAN LEWIS By QjNOWY OWL II (J. Donnelly) was the longstanding worker at Bukit Timah this morninii. when he defeated Pats Fancy E. Donnelly) over half a mile. Van Breukelens pair started from the six at half- pace. Ciappin^ on the oa<-e from the halt-mile, thej
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    Several newcomers show promise
    592 6 newcomers showed promise m the seventh race, which was won by the improving Ambassador, the only favourite to oblige punters during the afternoon. Ambassador justified the handicapper's high opinion of him when he scored easily, making the opposition look moderate. The favourite drew badly at the
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    'Bright Eyes' come-back
    478 6 'Bright Eyes' come-back ORIGHT EYES can.t right ba< kMm h r ,h rn when she won the main rate <»t Urn dv horses Class 1, Div. 1 over six furlou- v Brit Eyes quickly hit the front, being follow. <i h< sian Lord for the best part of tlie journei
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    12 7 nnture tIRKS (Tjoa) > »fW r^of at liM i on Saturdaj. Free Press
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    Building local boxing talent
    208 7 lire's most promising and, inmost neglected boxers will make ranees at the Happy World ni. on Friday m a junior promotion iv's two new promoters. Walter Kirn Men?. Valkey. Nai Som See and \oung Wai key will meet Som See m six while Young Roberts will
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    URUGUAY SHOCK BRAZIL IN CUP FINAL
    329 7 URUGUAY SHOCK BRAZIL IN CUP FINAL 2-1 victory m dramatic game JjRLGLAY yesterday won the Jules Rimet \V odd Soccer Cup for the second time m the short history of the championship. They fought back after being a goal down to beat the crack Brazilian side 2-1 at Rio de
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    S.S.C. WIN 5-NIL
    30 7 S.S.C. WIN 5- NIL SINGAPORE Swimming Club beat Army 5-0 m a waterpolo league match nlayed at Gillman pool yesterday. J. Caff 13> and D. Pott »2» were the scorers.
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    S.C.F.A. RUN OUT EASY WINNERS
    361 7 M.C.F.A. Cup match SINGAPORE Chinese F.A. scored an easy s—l victory over the Ne&ri Sembilan Chinese F.A. m their Malayan Chinese F.A. Cup tie at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Singapore had all the advantages. Their forwards for one. combined better and there was little that
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    RAIN WASHES OUT SCHOOLS' GAME
    31 7 The cricket match between Combined Schools and Singapore Recreation Club A to have been played on the R. I. ground was cancelled yesterday owing *o rain.
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    Franklin goes to England
    47 7 Franklin goes to England ,\IH FfcBKO MllllMl J ihf Mii'.a *> Kootv.turdajr :^hrd that y (1 f •hr I'ntlish n hu c«nFc ii»d md ihr lub i 4 luh ran Id i ntrd d dr-^rted could nai us the rr--1 r inklin dcii- for !.»rr his dei A.P.
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    YARDLEY TO LEAD TEST SIDE AGAIN
    35 7 m Yard- that rhe I on Bridge. jpor.ent the Icn b«-iieve am he with a •he tourTtal -old P D C Gimblett 3la- Dug he I .ri Reuter A.P.
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    S.R.C. SET FOR WIN
    17 7 I. Club are oday ;o »m Clarke Cup d only i r Eurair.mngs
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    Sturgess, Miss Brough win
    71 7 I|*RIC Sturgess. South African a champion, and Wimbledon champion Miss Louis Brough of the United Slates, yesterday won the respective singles events m the Swiss International lawn tennis championships at Lausanne. In the men's final Sturgess bear Vie Seixas (US 6—4. —6. 6—2 to avenge hi*
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    90 entries for Johore sports
    90 7 tT Reporter kU, Mon. s will be he Second mat athletic N held on July 20 ra are wffl be jump and :r *> Moore, who has previously Cone 10.2 sees, m the 100 yds., is most likely to snatch the sprint titles from Dollah
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    WEIGHTS FOR LAST 2 DAYS
    548 7 fITEIGHTS for all eight races at Bukit Timah on Wednesday (second day) and three races on Saturday (final day) are given below: SECOND DAY CLASS 1. DIV. 1— IM. A 6 yds. Indian Heather 9.05 Snowy Owl II (late Eastern Flight) 9.03 Millwall 9.01 Dark
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    4-1 win to Denmark
    177 7 DENMARK yesterday qualified to meet Sweden m the European zone final of the Davis Cup competition by beating Italy, the 1949 zone winners, at Copenhagen. Kurt Nielson, the Danish No. 1 gave Denmark a winning 3-1 lead, defeating Rolando del Zello. Italy's second strong, 6-3, 7-5,
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    WEEKEND CRICKET
    234 7 RAIN, which spoilt Hari Raya for thousands of Muslims m Singapore and Johore yesterday permitted only 110 minutes' play m the inter-State cricket match on the Padang between Singapore and Johore. In this period the Colony, batting first, managed to knock up 80 runs for the loss of
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    New records set up
    111 7 AMERICAN athletes estabA lished four individual track records m Kristiansand's new stadium on Saturday. A new track record was also set up for the 1.000 metres relay,, which was won by the U.S. team m 1 mln. 57 5 sees William Cunningham was first m the
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    Favourites score in SBA junior games
    448 7  - Favourites score in SBA junior games VETERAN By biunxi Luiiipcuiurs m me Singapore junior singles badminton championships have now been eliminated, and 53 pairs were knocked out when the second-round matches were completed over the week-end at the Clerical Union hall. No upsets were registered m the week-end games, all
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    CYMA SPORTS CONVENORS
    68 7 pATHOLIC Young Men's Association (St. Teresa). elecU'd the following to serve as game* convenors for the year: Indooi games, Ethe!r*d Prois i re-elect d> socc?r. Francis Mayan; hoc William Nunis < re-elected b.-c--mlnton: E. F. Hendricks; Ul t?nnis, Mauri ;e Nimis The election of a new crick
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    Horse-play at the Happy World
    186 7 yHANKS King Kong and Sam Burmister for the wonderful evening's entertainment at the Happy World on Saturday. Billed as a wrestling match to be fought to a K.O. decision it turned out to be just what the doctor ordered to drive the blues away a
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    32 7 picture. HON YAM, S.C.F.A. insideleft, (right) heads the ball over two Negri Sembilan (FA. defenders to Tee Siang, S.C.F.A. centreforward, during yesterday's game at the stadium, which S.C.F.A. won s—l.- Free Press
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    ENGAGEMENT
    40 8 KOH-TAN: Mr. Koh Eng Chye. sreond son of the late Mr. Koh Boon Lee <fc Mrs. Koh Boon Lee. to Miss Tan Van Neo. eldest da-jghter of Mr. <fe Mrs. Tan Soc I, of Malacca, on July 9. '50
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    MARRIAGE
    18 8 QUIETLY m Penang, on July IS, 1950. Betram Gray of H.M. Naval Bisp. Singapore, to Arguerite Neville.
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    DEATHS
    19 8 LAZAR NEELANKAVIL Representative United States Life Insurance Co.. passed away suddenly on 4th July. 1950, m c India
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    GIRL IS 'PRETTIER AFTER ACCIDENT'
    268 8 GIRL IS 'PRETTIER AFTER ACCIDENT' Judge awards her £2, 722 LONDON, Monday. A GIRL whose face was badly disfigured for some months after a road accident is now extremely good-looking after skilful operations, said Mr. Justice Hallett at Surrey Assizes. Her counsel had suggested that she would never be able
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    22 8 Scottish and Japanese delegates lead the farewell procession for the Italian delegates who attended the Moral Re-armament World Assembly at Caux-sur-Mon-tr.nix Switzerland.
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    Right to sea bed
    97 8 Right to sea bed GENEVA. Mon. rE Unit.d Nations International Law Commission has recommended that national sovereignty should extend over coastal tips of the sea bed outside territorial waters. Jurisdiction ov^r the s*»a bed and the oceanic sob-Mil bvond the three-mile limn has be n a i> r>int of dispute
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    DEADLOCK IN TALK ON TUNISIA
    205 8 DEADLOCK IN TALK ON TUNISIA PARIS. Mon. A DEADLOCK has arisen Am relations between the French Government and the Bey of Tunis. Local government reforms worked out by the French to satisfy the growing tide of nationalism m the Tunisian protectorate have been rejected by the Bey and he has
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    Plants for Poland
    21 8 The Soviet Governnun haa agreed to instal 60 major industrial plants m Poland, Warsaw Radio reported yesterday- Reuter
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    37 8 STILL ALIVE— A stern view of the 30.000 ton battleship Warspite as she underwent final tests for buoyancy. She ran aground on a reef three years ago as she was beillf towed to the Clyde for hreaking-up.
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    King Farouk married?
    140 8 LONDON. Men. British neirapaper laid yesterday that Egypi's Kin^ Farouk secretly married Narriman Sadek m May and hinted that the pretty commoner may be expecting a baby. The report was published m the Sunday Pictorial, but there was no confirmation that Farouk has married the 17-year-old beauty
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    Ex-porter now bank director
    231 8 LONDON, Monday. 2IR FREDERICK BURROWS, a former 505.-a-week railway porter who became a Socialist leader, has been appointed to the board of Lloyds Bank. A director must hold £5,000 m the bank's shares. The appointment startled the City, because the Big Five banks have always drawn
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    U.S. LABOUR CALL
    25 8 Mr. William Grcon. President of the American Federation of Labour, has demanded 'all-out preparedness for any eventuality"— ineludine mobilisation of labour Reuter
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    WHEAT FOR EGYPT
    19 8 Egypt is to buy 7.500.000 bushels of wheat from Australia outside the International Wheat agreement. Reuter
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    CUNARD LINER REFLOATED
    36 8 The Cunard liner Franconia, 20.000 tons, aground since Wednesday m the St. Lawrence River was refloated yesterday. Five tugs pulled the big vessel free from her rocky perch at the second atternut. A.P.
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    £1,000 ring for schoolgirl of 16
    276 8 £1,000 ring for schoolgirl of 1 6 LONDON. Monday. Pamela Henneker was met from her school m Maiden head. Berks, yesterday by her fiaiu\?, Charles .lames Fitzroy, a^ed 22. She put on the £1,000 solitaire diamond engagement ring: he had given her. Then she took off he skirt and put
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    NO BRITISH OIL FOR ŔEDS
    85 8 A REPRESENTATIVI Hong Kong of the B.itisl SheA Company yrsteulay sale that "not one drop" of nil Company's oil had been sent to North or Central Chin: since the American State Department asked United States oil companies to stop supplies to Communist China. A Hons
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    2 to die for aiding Reds
    82 8 TAIPEH. Mon. 'TWO officials of the Taiwan Electric Power Co. will be executed today on charges of collaborating with the Chinese Reds. They are Liv Chin-chueh. manager, and Yen Hui-hsien, formerly company representative m Shanghai. Both were arrested two months ago. Lieu WU convicted
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    New commander
    42 8 Roar-Admiral Kiland. 55. will raccecd Rear-Admiral r K. Fischler who d:t d a' San Diego, California, as Commander of the United States Pacirtc Fleet AmphibiII FoTCr. Admiral Kiland Is now m Washington as an Assistant Chhf oi Navai Operation! Reuter
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