The Singapore Free Press, 19 July 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1950. l-RICE TEN CENTS,
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    REDS ARE GROGGY
    370 1 Only few tanks across the Kum A LULL broken only by air activity and sporadic American shelling now covers the U.S. and South Korean front, as ground forces of both sides regroup for the next phase of the battle. American field headquarters completed ils withdrawal yesterday from
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    14 1 picture. m r performed \rt.«-.tf» m the (I I M.idium dtirKiu rHebra- Free Press
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    U.K. READY TO MOBILISE ANY TIME
    41 1 i i- Mr. 1 v plans .-.rmed forces :l emergency any de- osld the public luneture his state- a quesative A B yd-Car-.!.:-up and conAOd ad; as circum- rpentcr ran should c the oro; number
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    Africa nuts plan attacked
    27 1 Africa nuts plan attacked iiad n Coi >f the A:;:can a motion to cv: v of tr .ona) way oi ■1 types of ov 239 votes Reuter
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    '..just plain cold murder
    429 1 '..just plain cold murder AN AMERICAN COMMAND POST IN KOREA. Wednesday. THIRTY wounded American soldiers were reported last night to have been shot dead on their stretchers by North Koreans who swarmed across the Kum River on Sunday night. The Red thrust forced the Americans back to new defence lines
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    RUSSIAN ADVISERS: OFFICIAL
    91 1 RUSSIAN ADVISERS: OFFICIAL WASHINGTON, Wed. f^ENERAL Douglas MacArthur now has definite information that Communist North Korean troops have Russian military advisers, a military spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the information relayed to Washington by Mac Arthurs headquarters is that there are between ten and 20 Russian advisers with a
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    Best bets for today
    59 1 By ALLAN LEWIS. DEST bets for this after- noon's races at Bukit Timah are Snowy Owl II rate 6) and Empire Rose (race 3). If the rain keeps off, the going will be good. Trespassers best bets for today are Tara Street (race 6) and La
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    Two Wide Boys
    10 1 Nice work. Ceor«e. right alongside the tote.
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    MONEY IS FIRST NEED
    56 1 MONEY IS FIRST NEED pENERAL Omar N. Bradley, VI Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, saia In Washington yesterday 'hat his first need m the Korean war is extra money. Testifying secretly belore the House Armed Services Committee, Gen. Bradley said legislative requests would be submitted by the
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    Govt aids K.L.M.
    31 1 The Srcond Chamber of the Dutch Parliament yesterday approved a bill to give financial aid to the Royal Dutch Airlines <X.L.M.>. to the amount of 80.000,000 guilders. Reuter
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    Troops kill 30 fanatics
    60 1 JAKARTA, Wed. AN attack on Monday by Darul Islam fanatics on the village of Parawati. 17 miles south-east of Bandoeng, resulted m 35 deaths. Thirty attackers were killed by federal army troops who repulsed the wild assault on the eve of the Muslim festival. Five civilians
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    Cholera kills 29
    37 1 Twenty-nine persons have died and at least 70 others were sent to hospitals m Bombay during the past fortnight as the epidemic of cholera and gastroenteritis raged through U.P. the city and Its suburos.-
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    RESTRICTIONS END
    26 1 The removal of Australian restrictions on the importation of goods from the Belgian and Portuguese Monetary areas was officially announced m Canberra yesterday.- A.P.
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    MISSION TO U.S.I.
    16 1 India plans to send a delegation to Indonesia for trade lalfcv— A.P. one.
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    NEW OIL DEAL TO SAVE $
    64 1 NEW OIL DEAL TO SAVE The sterling area will eventually save between thirty and forty million dollars a year on oil expenditure under an agreement announced yesterday between the British Government and the American Caltex Oil Group. Caltex will reduce the dollar cost of its oil refined at Bahrein. In
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    STORE TROOPS NOT FOR KOREA
    136 1 LONDON, Wednesday. A WAR OFFICE spokesman m London yesterday refused to sup/ort a suggestion said to have been "made by high military quarters m Singapore" that British troops would be sent to Korea from Singapore and Hong Kong. The spokesman said that Field-Marshal Sir William
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    FILIPINO TOWN HELD BY HUKS
    55 1 The Nueva Vizcya town of Pinappagan, which was occupied by some 200 Com-munist-led Hukbalahaps on Sunday, was yesterday reported to be still m the hands of the dissidents. Filipino Government forces, set to dislodge the Huks, were encountering difficulties and a prolonged rule by the
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    25 1 picture. Study m concentration: A Wolf Cub runs m the balancing a book rare at the Bukit Panjan* English School annual Sports. B. C. Soh
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    Crash victims' bodies found
    62 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. AN INDIAN Army search party has found 18 of the 22 killed m a Dakota plane crash at Pathankot and are looking for the rest. The bodies are badly burnt and identification may be difficult. Two planes which left New Delhi to bring
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    Cairo funeral
    43 1 A silent Cairo crowd, headed by the Royal Grand Chamberlain Abdel Latif Talrat Pasha, cabinet ministers and foreign diplomats, yesterday attended the simple but moving funeral of Ismail Sidky Pasha, former Egyptian premier who died m Paris on July 9.- A.P.
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    CZECH SPY TRIAL
    18 1 Twenty- two people charged with spying and terrorism are on trial m northern Moravia. A.P
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    200 look into 1 eye
    81 1 TWO hundred eye specialists from hospitals all over the world yesterday watched the interior of a human eye televised m full colour on to a screen at a London hospital. The delegates saw a patient sitting m front of the television apparatus with his chin
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    SABOTAGE IN DESTROYER?
    215 1 LONDON, Wednesday. THHE Admiralty announced yesterday that "un- expected mechanical troubles" had occurred m the 1,700-ton destroyer Cavendish at Rosyth, Scotland, and "possibilities of sabotage could not be ruled out." An Admiralty spokesman said inquiries were proceeding. The Cavendish's machinery was not materially damaged, it was understood.
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    Lost—one love bird
    51 1 Lost— one love bird A Portsmouth man has sent the Royal Navy a bill for one love bird. The bird's cage, he explained, popped open last Friday when nine ammunition lighters blew up m Portsmouth harbour. His feathered friend took oft* like a jet plane and has not been seen
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    U.S. rejects 'Red deal' over Korea
    340 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. Lnited States yesterday rejected 1 India's proposal for a Soviet-Ame-rican deal to end the Korean war. The text of the American reply i not made public immediately. But authoritative sources said it rejected the suggestion that the United States help to seat
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 "Turko" HVsterling appeared m a Singapore poli court this morning and tl*«» cases against him vsre postponed sine die pendri: the result of a Hi?h Court inquiry.
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    Treatment For Diabetes
    784 2 Treatment For Diabetes SINGAPORE DOCTOR WILL a man suffering from diabetes suffer from carbuncles at a later stage? Why are carbuncles so painful? Can one succumb to them? What are the causes of, and treatment for, diabetes and carbuncles? L.A.G. Pulau Brani. ANSWER— Diabetes is due to defective secretion of
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    Conga Aids 'Miracle' Cures
    492 2 Conga Aids 'Miracle' Cures ASDF WHEN 17-year-old boyseaman TONY POTTER fell wounded (|i the deck of H.M. sloop Black Swan m the Yangtse River just over a year ago, it seemed that worthwhile life had ended for him. Shell-splinters from a Chinese Communist shore battery had severed his spinal cord.
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    16 2 "For goodness sake Harry, collect these tools of yours before they scare off all my patients."
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    Appendicitis Was Cured—By Radio
    660 2  - Appendicitis Was Cured— By Radio George Palmer by ROME: ON a warm night m June a seaman aboard the American tanker "Burgan" complained of severe abdominal pains. His ship was m mid-Atlantic. There was no doctor aboard. But before the vessel reached its destination, the seaman's ailment was diagnosed as
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    HOPE FOR RHEUMATICS
    35 2 I coccic infe< by ar. A The itu more than milted to F ed v the n Penicillin. item loped m tors rep m with> rheuma twef!\ Btl The d rheumatic ft
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      322 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DORN today, you have all food literature espe- of the basic elements cially poetry you may of leaderships. Initiative have creative talent m this is so much part of your ">ld If it is properly culti-make-up that you may Tated. Don't let your ability find it difficult
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      155 2 New Crossword No. 101 CLL'ES ACROSS 1. Cheeroh! lor Instance (11). 7. Takes the K.O. m a Scriptural seme (3). 8. Will not bust th« page (7). 9. She makes the cat leer (7). 11. Painful when it houses a flea (3). 12. The C.R.A takes it for drawing (3).
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    RUSSIA'S, BLEEDING
    324 3 Wearingdown of democracies NEW YORK, Wednesday. ANE of the most important aims of Soviet strategy m furthering its world revolution is to bleed the democracies economically with the hope of thus rendering them vulnerable to Red attack. This crafty line of thought long has permeated Bolshevist operations. A
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    31 3 picture \ustr.ilian Premier. Mr. Robert G Meniks, making I >ut<Mnent on arrival at London Airport. He will I I'nited States. Canada and New Zealand after his visit to Britain. A. P.
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    NEW MACHINE TO HIT A TOM
    201 3 IPTON NEW YORK. Tuesday. Ireat iron ring for the next attack on the atom been set up at the Brookhaven National I ijuratorv as the form of an old-fashioned wedding feet m diameter, and nearly 200 1. It lies on a concrete floor at
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    GIRL DIES FROM FALL
    14 3 aN'GILES. Tues la Q Stawraa, laughter <>f Him ex^ruvros Bkm
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    Yellow band breaks up
    57 3 Yellow band breaks up RANGOON. Tues. BURMA'S loyalist Pejp.es Volunteer Organisation jroup. the Yellow Band PVOs. v.iii be disbanded tomorrow, Burmese Executive Com:ee announced yesterday. It said that Burma does not need any semi-military organisation. The Yellow ds" president. Bo Hum Aim?, resigned from the AntiFascist Peoples Freedom League with
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    No comment on Farouk
    89 3 BOSTON, Tues THE Egyptian diplomat 1 Zaki Htshem, refused to comment yesterday on a published report that his beautiful former fiancee has become the secret bride of Egypt's king. "I am sorry but I cannot comment on this," Hashem said when informed that a London news*
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    Belgrade asks investigation
    77 3 BELGRADE. Tues. THE Yugoslav Peace Committee yesterday proposed that a commissio 1 of Russians and other interested parties make a first nand investigation m Yugoslavia of the Communist charges that Yugoslavia is preparing an aggressive war against her Cominform neighbours. At the same time, the Committee said,
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    S.A. CORPS FOR KOREA
    75 3 JOHANNESBURG. TUCS. ORIGADIER Earnest StubbS yesterday offered to recruit a volunteer corps of 10.000 non-Europeans to serve with the American troops m Korea. Brie. Stubbs organized a Similar force of Indians, Malaya and Negroes dm m? World War 11. It was sent to North Africa to
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    U.N. flag over Allied base
    48 3 AT BTH ARMY H.Q. IN KOREA. Tues, THE United Nations flag was hosited ovrr Allied military operations m Korea on Sunday for the first time. The blue and white flag was raised at a ceremony at the American Bth Army Korea Headquarters.— Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    319 3 TN total point team of four matches, scorei are compared halfway along when the players change opponents. Throughout the game, however, experienced players try to analyze what may happen when each deal reaches the other table. They want to know how they stand so as to decide whether
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    U.S. RUBBER DEVELOPING
    110 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. THE U.S. Agriculture Department has developed guayule plants that yield up to 70 per cent more rubber to the acre than the best available during the war. This development was reported by Mr. B. T. Shaw, deputy administrator of the Department's Agricultural Research Administration, at
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    Helped themselves to art treasures
    293 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. 2OME American soldiers m Europe were so much m love with art that they helped themselves to silver, glassware, tapestries, paintings and sculpture which did not belong to them. Or they were so indifferent to art that they used the rubble from
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    THEY FARM & KEEP ORDER
    49 3 THEY FARM KEEP ORDER A Canton report received by a Chinese newspaper m Hong Kong said the farmersoldiers will be used to maintain local law and order. The farmer-soldiers, the report said, will farm most of the time but will be called up for duty when needed. A. P.
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    32 3 picture. Only a few chimneys were left standing: after North Korean bombrrs attacked and destroyed a South Korean ammunition train m the railroad station at Pyonybiek, 20 miles south of Suwon. A.P.
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    Death by jet
    58 3 ANK of Britain's newest experimental jet fighter planes, the Hawker P-1052, crashed into a shed near the Farnborough experimental airport yesterday, killing a painter who was eating his lunch m the shed. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant J. G. Harrison, was taken to the military hospital at Aldershot.
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    Conditional release
    38 3 A 23-year-old London grocer, Monte Harris, sentenced 21 months ago to 7 years m jail for illegal possession of explosives, is to be freed on his promise to emigrate to Israel and never to return.— A.P.
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    SEARCH FOR SITE
    30 3 Senator Brien McMahon Demoract, Connecticut), chairman of the SenateHouse Atomic Commitee. has said that the atomic Energy Commission is selecting a site for a new plant. A.P.
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    Picture of Cleopatra
    387 3 Picture of Cleopatra ROME, Wednesday. A LEADING Italian archaeologist claims to have found the only true portrait of Cleopatra on a silver platter taken from the ruins of ancient Pompeii. Diggers probing beneath the volcanic ashes which buried Pompeii m 79 A.D., found 112 silver dishes and cups m the
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    Archbishop protests
    27 3 Archbishop Patrick O'Hara m the name of the Vatican has protested to the Rumanian government against its order that he leave the coun- A.P. try.
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    BRITAIN MAY SEND TROOPS TO KOREA
    152 3 BRITAIN MAY SEND TROOPS TO KOREA LONDON A QUALIFIED informant halted y?> jrday that Ilain is likeiy to send ground loops to heip out h pa American G.l.s m X Speaking a few bftt Biiiisii leaden h^ci c. viewed the state of I monwealth'i uef* nee« I thing a^ a
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    Compromise for Leopold?
    69 3 Compromise for Leopold? BRUSSELS T JJELGIAN Liberals yes 1^: planned a last uilfl effort to cone 'hate bitlerlr opposed pro and an i-Lpo. 1 la^-rions. The ("ompromis.- 1 ;no which will piobab presented :odav th A.— semblv of both he •lament when (hey return- < bate on the Kin«z"s i.uri.
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      134 3 Graduates 'choice FROM the beginning of next year all roller? and univ.- r ?*it v graduates m China will U+ given j<> i th« Chinese fommunist government, a( t(»rdnu to a r from Shanghai The report implied that the students after eraduat.ou might have no rhoii^e other than accepting employment.
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      240 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] Emergency news from K.L. k r at 10 am. 4.45 p.m. Programme Summary: 484 and 41.7 metres. 4.47 Prom the London Editorials" (BLUE NETWORK) (BBC); 4.55 "Composer of the 10. a.m. News from Singapore Week"— Vau«han Williams: 515 and Kuala Lumpur; 10.50 For the "Report from Britain"
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    STORE'S YOUNGEST INDUSTRY-SWEETS
    643 4  -  AUTH LANGDON Story by Photos by KOK AH CHONG THE FRASER and Neave Confectionery, the -baby" of Singapore industries, has been m production lor the past ten weeks. This new confectionery factory is probably one of the most pleasant factories m Singapore. The machinery is new. glistening
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    Teh GOD That Failed
    3040 5  -  RICHARD RIGHT ASDF THIS series is an abridgment of the original, and the permission of th€ publisher. Hamlsh Hamilton, is gratefully acknowledged. REDS WERE COLOUR CONSCIOUS RICHARD Wright, one of six authors represented m the book The God That Failed\ was born m 190S on a
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      96 5 AMERiaN I NTERNATIONAL I Alll I Underwriters ltd. Hi 11 K MANACINC AGENTS FOR AMERICAN fir BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES Large Limits for Rubber Factories £f Industrial Risks S. H. PEEK Manager Mac Donald House, Singapore. Telephones: ***** Office: 778S Manager. TOP THt BttAK THAT PFfZZSHfS/ f //jT'ZS Wb«w Hrn going
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      Too many holidays?
      262 6 ■THE Select Committee set up to consider the Holidays Ordinance, m its report to the Singapore Legislative Council, agrees unanimously that the number of public and bank holidays m the Colony should not be increased. There will be few people who do not heartily agree, despite sympathy
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      No stamps
      183 6 THK King Birthday, for In- j l MMC ta not a public holiday m the Kind's home rountry. Is there a castiron reason why it should b^ so celebrated here? Is it not possible for banks, post offices and Government departments to open their doors on the day
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    'Full House' At The Monastery
    985 6  -  Bernard Wicksteed By ONE of the things I've always wished to do on my travels was to put up for the night at a monastery. One on a mountain for preference. You know the sort of thing— kindly old bald-headed monks and St. Bernard dogs
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    THE DEVIL IN DISTRESS
    315 6 YOUR dramatic cor- respondent "R.J.", whose article "A Comedy With Some Spirits" appeared m your issue of July 17, should be reproved for unfounded suspicions. An elementary study of Devils and their habits would reveal to him that they, more than others, are highly allergic to
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    New Records
    423 6 Elgar Symphony No. 1 m A flat major played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. HMV DB 9456-61. Elgar was the first symphonist to speak with an English voice" and this symphony described by the great conductor, Hans Richter, as "the greatest of modern
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    Not For 'Hot Bath Musicians '
    931 6  - Not For 'Hot Bath Musicians PRESTO Music Topics by DO you approach music sensuously like a hot bath, a pipe of tobacco or a glass of whisky? Or do you think about music as well as listen to it? If you are a mere listener and have ambitions to become
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    The 'Bedsit Manner' Still Counts
    430 6  - The 'Bedsit Manner Still Counts CHARLES HILL says DR. A LL the world loves a little magic. Backward peoples as, with a superior sniff, we are apt to describe those who know nothing of income tax and have never even dreamt surtax are unashamed m their belief of miracles. Educated
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    QUIRINO ASKS FOR UNITY
    30 6 QUIRINO ASKS FOR UNITY IN "a hea with lo< Philippi: vince Quirino and warned th. ration v v succeeding i failed to p: I sident and h e ASDF Reuter
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    MISSING HEIR: A CLUE
    263 7 MISSING HEIR: A CLUE 'Try India, 'says S 'pore man Free Press Staff Reporter MEMBER of the Singapore Harbour Board police, Mr. R. H. >Vilson, yesterday told the < ree Press that the missing heir to the Scottish .ampbell baronetcy might be m India. This follows a story published m
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    18 7 .i.-tiire n \H uho ruts a -ure m her M^mese-styled rid Mtdium l.»Nt three irip to Free Press
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    Whipped for assault in Prison
    11 7 Whipped for assa ul t in Prison H Krp..rirr thip- Reuter
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    for the prisoners
    7 7 for the prisoners Krporter s rer of
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    BACK FROM TALKS
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    Two months for theft
    113 7 Two months for theft A blue iacket. a ?ree:i *r. and a yellow polishing clo:h i :oduced as evidence asraihst Nasir bin Marsi in' he »re Second D:>:erday. when he was sentenced to two months for housebreaking theft cf clothes and a sold ring valued at $100 from Road on
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    Films help to keep order in prisons
    172 7 Free Press Staff Reporter FILM shows provided monthly by the Public Relations Office and concerts staged by offenders create an atmosphere m Changi Prison which is a more potent force for the maintenance of good order than any system of repression, says the
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    BETTER TOBACCO PRODUCED
    225 7 A Free Press Staff Reporter METHOD of drying tobacco leaves on bamboo frames, adopted by farmers m Jurong and Woodlands, has helped to produce better quality tobacco m Singapore. Tobacco leaves are dried more evenly by this method than by the old system of drying them m
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    THEFT CHARGE
    50 7 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. Abdul Raquid bin Mahb^b and Yin X- ..ployees Oi a i\> ntractor at Senai. were charged m the Jo!) Bahru. Sessions Court with eft of clothing 1 from the house of Ponnusamy. T: ied not guilty and were each allowed bail of I sioo i
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    U.S. consul for Penang
    102 7 Free Prt^s Staff Reporter MR. L R LUTKINS. who will shortly re-open the LJnited s C Penang. arrived m Singapore yesterday by BOAC Argonaut from Hong Kong. He was accompanied by his wife their two children. Patsy, ageci five, and Chinton, aged four, and their amah.
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    P. Ubin Survey
    21 7 THE Social Welfare Department intends soon to carry out a survey of the conditions of Pulau Übin inhabitants.
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    NEW TARGET FOR COLONY POLICE
    325 7 \N interior view of the new Singapore Police Training School revolver and musketry range showing five mechanical gadgets. In the foreground is a "moving head" which, calls for first-class marksmanship, while m the background are four manshaped frames which move along pulleys. The steel frame
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    OPIUM CASE ACQUITTAL
    90 7 OPIUM CASE ACQUITTAL Lim Tian a Chinese sampan man. was acquitted by Mr. Tan Ail Tah m the Singapore District Court yesterday ol the charge of possessing five sacks of opium, which had been discovered by a Customs officer m his motor sampan on May 17. Counsel for th'e defence.
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    24 7 picture. pOMPETITORS m the samba contest which was held at the Happy World last night as part of the Hari Raya celebrations.- Free Press
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    SHORTER HOURS IN CELLS
    96 7 Free Press Staff Reporter ■ytORL time for recreation and longer periods m the open, have been granted to offenders m the Pearl's Hill prison, as a result of a revised routine introduced by the authorities. Locking: up time which was once at 4.10 p m. is
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    Call to stop spilling
    105 7 ACTION to stop spi U In Singapore Is rged by the Select Committee appointed by Government to i port on the Minor Offer. < '.Amendment I Bill. Their report tabled at JN terday's meeting of the Legislatlve Council, urges pro- pa^anda methods to be carried out
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    AUDIENCE WILL SEE RAIN
    224 7 Free Press Staff Reporter RAIN— real water, nothing artificial about it— will fall m the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night and subsequent nights when the Singapore Repertory Company puts on its three-act play "Rain"' based on the Somerset Maugham >hort story. But Singapore theatregoers need not
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    Retiring age debated in Council
    407 7 Retiring age debated in Council Free Press Staff Reporter "pHE existing rights of officers at present m the Singapore Government service will not be prejudiced by any subsequent action which may be taken to alter the conditions of service as regards retirement and pensions. This was agreed to by Unofficials
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    GOOD PROGRESS IN SPORE SPORTS
    477 8 GOOD PROGRESS IN SPORE SPORTS Valuable work by S.O.S.C. Free Press Staff Reporter ITSEFUL services rendered by the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council since its formation on May 20, 1947, are mentioned m the annual report, which will be submitted to the coming annual general meeting. The work of the
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    49 8 picture. I ADY GIMSON, President of the Girl Guides' Associa- lion, Singapore, inspects Guides from the Federation and Colony before they left yesterday on the Gorgon on a visit to Guides m Perth, \V. Australia. By her side is Mrs. Lim Konz Aik, leader of the p.'irty. Free Press
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    STORE COUNCIL DEBATE
    803 8 STORE COUNCIL DEBATE Conli -Mird from Pise 7 the period of emergency by a lur'her three months. 0 is true." sud Mr. Blythe, :hat It Is m a large mtasure due to the existence of the e em:r--g ncy powers anr 1 to the constant ance of the Police that
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    West Indies held to draw
    172 8 WEST Indies could bat for only 85 minutes at Cbesterfled against Derbyshire m their cricket match yesterday. They added 51 runs, but lost two men on the wet pitch. It was so slippery that Jackson fell twice m his opening over. The match was left
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    55 8 AT a dinner party given to celebrate the 25th anniversary of T. V. Mitchell Co.. Singapore at the Happy World were (left to rfgfr*): Mr. J. Pearce. Dr. F. I.aidlaw Thomson. Mrs. J. Ettas, Mr. R. Wallace. Mr. T. V. Mitrhell Mr. J Llias, Mrs. t. t. K<on. Mrs. K.
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    Lanes now top County table
    398 8 LANCASHIRE, who last won the English county cricket championship 16 years ago, yesterday soared to the top of the table to share leadership with Warwickshire. Both have 116 points, but Lancashire have a match m hand. Surrey, beaten by Kent and Yorkshire, whose match at
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    Korea lighter on stocks
    425 8 LONDON, Wednesday. A BETTER feeling In all sections of the London Stock Exchange yesterday was materially helped by the absence of further shocks from Korea and by the reported efforts m various capitals to end the dispute. There was. however, no stepping: up of activity owing
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    Tin market quiet
    152 8 LONDON. Wed. THE tin market was quiet and much easier at the afternoon session yesterday. At the close, spot was quoted at £681, £10-3/4 below the morning close, and the difference between the buying and selling price widened to two sterlings, compared with the ten shilling range
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    Walcott may fight Rux
    14 8 lERS] day 4 i Hp IJX B. 1 ASDF A.P.
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    BOBBY LOCKE FOR CHICAGO
    19 8 I Limran Tarn OSj m a I I to L T /v on j A.P.
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    THE LOVE OF LIAN CHUN
    1250 9  -  S.C. GEORGE f r S«fwSay £%t*t £&ty by H. N v should I read by liemand a w i tplanation I' unenlty I' s ChinI will find ft an ;Mid I c thai tor I s scarcely relating. I ptlclan I there I Golden I
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    The Gestapo had their eye on me
    1009 9  - The Gestapo had their eye on me McKENZIE PORTER MY MOST EXCITING ASSIGNMENT-4 by WHEN I \\;«s a young reporter my secret life was so evil that I got gpotg. This shattered my ego to such an extent that 1 became timid. You can imagine my fright, therefore, when I
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    U.S. trying to promote soccer
    336 10 U.S. trying to promote soccer By \V. H. WEATIIERSBY THHE Uni T ed States, home of baseball, is trying to encourage .soccer as a major sport, and promoters think it can be home grown m America. ••We have to start with the baby leagues and let the sport t«ro\v as^the
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    MULLOY WINS
    22 10 MULL OY WINS Iner Mulloy defi Larsen 4 s. 7—5. 6—o. 4 In the final of the Spring New Jersey) tennis tourney
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    SCFA SIDE GREATLY IMPROVED
    1008 10 SCFA SIDE GREATLY IMPROVED Yew Heng back m defence By CRUSADER SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association have built up a very strong side for this season's S.A.F.A. Inter-Community League, as indicated by their s—l trouncing of Negri Sembilan Chinese m their M.C.F.A. Cup match on Sunday, The margin of victory came
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    The Bedser twins
    370 10  -  JOHN ARLOTT PAVILION PROFILES— 7 AND 8 llv PIIF day is past when .Alec and l.r'ic Bedser wore remarkable only for beinjr identical twins: they now command attention by their achievements and have, synchronously, become less alike. I Inly, two darkly massive men. over 6ft. tall, identical
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    Why aborigines dominate
    134 10 WHY do Australian oborigines as do A.nt Negroes m their country dominate the boxing world 'Down Under?" Sporting writer .Tack Lawaon, of the Sydney Telegraph has this explanation: "The boxing ring Is the only place m which the aborigines (or negroes can earn big money; it is
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    Italians challenge Spanish champions
    57 10 Two Italian feathcrweifht boxen have challenged the Spanish champions, Louis Roiik'pj and Luis de Santiago. The Italians are Nicola Funari of Civitavecchia, a first-class featherweight, and Ola Alvaro Ccra.sani, inner holder of the Italian featherweight title. Romero is' Spanish and European bantamweight titleholder, and D« i
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    'Lawton shelved too soon'
    544 10  -  NEIL FRANKLIN By ANLY once have I felt disconsolate since my arrival m Bogota. That was the morning I read the composition of the English World Cup party for Rio. Why, I wonder, was Leon Leuty so completely overlooked? Not good enough? To me, it Just
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    NEW OFFICIALS
    60 10 New officials elected at the annual general meeting of the Bentong Government Recreation Club are> President: Th? District Officer (ex-offlcio>; Secretary; Mr. Chang Vax» Hong; Treasurer: Mr. K. Muthukumaru: Committee: Messrs. J. R. Dunn, Teh Eng Suai», Dr. V. M. B. Panikker. E. C. Foenander and J. R.
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    63 10 picture Two Guatemalan swimmers and their woman trainer, Senora Ingrid Yglesias. add a splash of tropical colour to London's prosaic Finchley Road. N.W. The brothers. Alfonso Heft) and Juan Cruz-Murox. have been practising at North Finchley Road Baths for an attempt t<» «-vuni the English Channel. They are financed by
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    Awang Bakar leads with 33
    186 10 tI'ITII 33 goals to his credit, Awanf Bakar (Kota Kaja), Singapore's dashing centre-forward, still heads the list of scorers m first-class soccer this season. He is followed by Chin Yin Kee (Rovers), with 21 goals. Chong Kum (Chinese Athletic), who has gained prominence as a
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    Secrets of his success
    453 10 Secrets of his success BUDCE PATTY TELLS... By A Special Correspondent O( DGE PATTY— this years new Wimbledon champion lists three things as supremely important m putting him on the road to the title. And one of these factors he believes to be the most important clue of all to
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    Varsities' best talent since war
    54 10  - Varsities' best talent since war UNKNOWN I] -I I I II I I I 1 I t I I fl I I m I Great Ail-rouodv I I i I I I I I I I Mary let* I I »one 1 I I I I I I I I
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    TARA STREET STABLE FANCY
    562 11 TARA STREET STABLE FANCY Tulloh to ride again today By ALLAN LEWIS £OLIN TULLOH, who did not ride on Saturday, will be m the saddle again today. Among his mounts will be Flying Arrow II m the main race. Tulloh was put out of action as the result of a
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    11 11 picture. Oakes (left) greet* Flashy Sebastian at Kalian? Airport.— Free Press
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    'I'll take on all comers'-Sebastian
    254 11 'I'll take on all comers'- Sebastian Free Press Boxing Reporter tfl all comers under 160 lbs., including w but Dave Sands will have to wait a til I sharpen up with a few bouts." I statement made by Flashy Sebastian, r housands of Singapore boxing fans. from Manila this morning
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    SWIFT A.A. WIN
    28 11 winning Triangular A A InStngapore Feder- 'he meetn iSwifO tyan record v Sidique M hi IMS. Bug m I mcs. BCAAP one. being wen by
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    COLONIALS C.C.
    37 11 I been invited Jl Cricket -*a pore Cricket senior tour- I m on Institution W. Ratnayake. 1 1 harr.ed Shah. *rtae*«a*-, X Woodford. D. raando. E. Wolff. Martens D. r2> Peraar.dfs. BbS^;. p Scorer: Mr.
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    SOSC gets details of 1952 Olympics
    226 11 SINGAPORE Olympic and Sports Council has received preliminary information regarding the 1952 Olympic Games, which will be held m Helsinki, Finland, from July 19 to Aug. 3. The programme accepted for the Games will be the same as m 1948 at London, except that
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    Army-Navy XI v. Malacca
    120 11 •TiWO newcomers to Malaya 1 Cup soccer are m the Army-Navy side chosen to play Malacca m the final match m the southern section this season at Jalan Besar S: dium on Saturday. They are Alcock, a recent arrival of Royal Navy, who will turn out
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    R. Paul joins Manchester
    74 11 ROY Paul, Swansea Town and Welsh international footballer who recently refused to sign for the Colombian Millionaires Club after flying to Bogota, was yesterday transferred to Manchester City for a fee estimated at £25,000. Paul, a wing half-back, was placed on the transfer list by Swansea
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    K.H. IP WINS IN SECOND ROUND
    80 11 J£ H. IP of Hong Kong, the Malayan champion, beat T. J. pavies of Britain 6—4, 6 3 m the second round Welsh tennis championships at Newport yesterday. I. Adel (Egypt) beat G. A. D. Rees (Britain) 6—2, 6—2. K. Mobarch, another Egyptian, defeated
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    100 LAP CYCLING
    51 11 r£"HE Colony's up-and-coming cyclist. 20 -year-old Goh Poh Soon had little difficulty In winning the 100-laps grass track race on the 8.0.D.C.A. ground yesterday. Poh Soon won by a lap and one length while Patera was second and a further ten lengths txhlnd was Petty Officer Nobby
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    Malaya beat H.K. again
    104 11 MALAYA beat Hong Kong by two goals to one m the inter- University hockey match pLiyed at Hong Kong yesterday. It gave Malaya a clean lead so far m the first two of a series of sporting fixtures. On Monday night they won at badminton. The
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    GLUT OF GOALS IN LEAGUE SOCCER
    170 11 MANGULUA put up a wards were over-hasty m creditable performance front of goal, otherwise they j leader of the attack for would have netted many more BO.D Civilians m their soals than they did. SAFA Senior League match Angullia gave 8.0.D.C.A a aeain'st Chinese
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    JACK WINS ON T.K.O.
    106 11 BEAU Jack, the former shoel.ttie difficulty inw Inning shine boy from Augusta, Georgia, stopped Bobby Timpson m the sixth of a scheduled ten-round bout at Atlanta on Monday night. Jack, onetime lightweight champion of the wond, weighed In at 142 lbs. His opponent was 4 ibs.
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    'Ministry of Sports," urges M.P.
    164 11 IOSUOS, ITctf. A BRITISH member of Parliament proposed yesterday that a Ministry of Sports be created to restore Britain's 'national morale and int national prostiee" m athletics. Mr. J. E. Ha;rt-, recent British flop s m golf, tennis, boxing ard cricket have put tl n
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    GYPSY CANNOT BE HAPPY AT ETON
    282 12 A 'classless society' flaw IPSWICH, Wednesday. IF a gypsy child were sent to Eton it would not make for his welfare and happiness. That is what the Rev. W. J. S. Weir, rector of Kirton, near Ipswich, believes. And he explained: "The child would
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    21 12 EVACUATED Soldiers carry children from the s.s. Reinholt at Fukuowa port, Japan, as the ship arrives with 682 refugees from Korea.
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    'Let U.S. film earnings out'
    135 12 LONDON. Wed. UOLLYWOOD demanded yesterday that American producers be permitted to take out of Britain m dollars the entire earnings of their fiims m that country. This was the reply by Eric Johnston. President of thr Motion Picture Association of America, to a British proposal
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    ARMY GAMES CALLED OFF
    63 12 The Danish Army announced yesterday that because it was not desired to draw all forces to Zealand at present, the combined manoeuvres Involving forces from Jutland, Funen and Zealand which were to have b3en field at Zealand next month have been cancelled. Instead, manoeuvres will be
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    U.S. AUTHOR DEAD
    20 12 Carl Van Duren. American author and editor, died yesterday m hospital at Torrington, Connecticut, aged 64. Reuter
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    FISHNETS ON HATS IN AUTUMN
    189 12 FISHNETS ON HATS IN AUTUMN PARIS, Wed. hrad-hugging beret and cloche .stylos were ured m the first crop of now hats designed for Autumn uresented In Paris yesterday by Albouy. "This prominent Spanish designer makes a lot of them m white felt and taupe. They sit deep on the back
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    Climber loses fingers, toes
    67 12 PARIS. Wed. FIVE members of a French expedition which has been climbing mountains m the Himalayas have returned to Paris with badly frozen feet. M. Maurice Herzog. Its leader, has all his toes and fingers am-putat-d. He was carried off the plane which brought them back
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    'Not as good as B.B.C.'
    52 12 CAPTOWN. W.-d. COMMENTING on the South African Broadcasting Corporation's news service which has replaced 8.8.C. news, the anti-nationalist Cape Times said yesterday. "Purely as a matter of fact, the 'News Roundup' was not as comprehensive, competent or satisfactory as the familiar well-tried and well-respected BBC
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    THE COLONEL WASN'T DRUNK
    291 12 LONDON, Wednesday. I lEUT.-COLONEL Richard Sladon Pocock, attached to the War Oilice, went to the annual officers' dance of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Two days afterwards, he said, Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who is Colonel of the regiment, tent for him. "I hear you were drunk," said
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    Hughie had no money to burn
    298 12 LONDON, Wednesday. f ANKY, stooping, old Hu^hie Rowan, with his pince-nez and shabby suit-case, never looked much like a devil-may-care gambler as he walked among the raucous race crowds. But every bookmaker knew he once lost £175.000 a few days, and that the suitcase
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    H.K. MONEY
    23 12 H.K. MON EY Yesterdays quotations on the Hung KoiiiS pxrhnnpe market: HK$6.OB per US dollar; HK515.40 per HK$29B per tael of gold— UP
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    AFGHAN TRADE
    13 12 A Soviet-Afghanistan trado agreement was concluded m Moscow on Monday. U.P.
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    78 12 RANGOON. Wed. ARMED Forces Day was observed In Burma yesterday as a preiurie to "Maityrs Day" today, v. hen Premier Thakin Nu is expected to make an Important announcement. Maityrs Day |g a memorial to tne late General Aung San and his assassinated eathuei colleagues. Burma's Supreme
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    MacA removes woman ban
    80 12 NEW YORK, W?d. pENERAL Douglas MacArthur yesterday Mted the ban on women correspondents on the Korean front. In a cable to the New York Herald Tribune. the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces la the Far E^' >a:d "The ban *omen corre?pondcrit.- m Ko- lifted. Marquerlte
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    87 12 American reaction u» a possible attack on West Germany would be certainly much quicker than m the case on Korea, Dr. George N. Sinister, newly appointed U.S State Commissioner m Bavaria, said yesterday. He explained that the United States had to have the approval of the
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    48 12 BERLIN. Wed. BRITISH authorities yesterday rescinded a licence which they had "erroneously" issued to permit the distribution m West Berlin of a Communist petition to outlaw the atom bomb. The Russian-licensed Berlin press had gleefully reported the issuance of a permit m yesterday's editions.
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