The Singapore Free Press, 20 July 1950

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1950. HKE TKN hMS.
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    DECISIVE BATTLE OPENS IN KOREA
    134 1 Bombs—for the Reds w U.S. divisions going into action i toda> the North Korean army attacked at many :s along a line stretching across South Korea ie Yellow Sea to the Sea of Japan. o fresh American divisions were flung into the arry out i
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    60 RED PLANES DESTROYED
    173 1 60 RED PLANES DESTRO YED WASHINGTON, Thursday. I^HK T.S. Navy yesterday reported the destruction of an additional 15 Russian-built North Korean aircraft, making a total of 60 North Korean planes reported destroyed or damaged by American air force and navy fliers m the two days from Monday. A Navy spokesman
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    COMINFORM 'IN SECRET SESSION'
    197 1 LONDON, Thursday. WEST European politicians yesterday speculated that the Cominform had been called into a secret session to discuss the Far East and Korean war. Several Communist leaders, including M. Maurice Thorez and M. Jackques Duclos of France and Mr Palmiro Togliatti of Italy, were known
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    Egypt clears Jap ships
    47 1 TOKYO. Tnurs. pGYPT has granted blanket clearance for Japanese vessels entering its ports. This wilt enable Japanese ships to take on rice and salt at Egyptian ports. The Philippines, Burma, India and Pakistan have already accorded the same permission to Japanese ships. Reuter.
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    BE SIGN ON U.K. TROOPS
    40 1 BE SIGN ON U.K. TROOPS T Governmrir i ted OH vheI .uded tne iho It W9M a tok.U ID join tips already J ihe Com- Secre- Mb Trygve Lies for ground ..-ved to have In's previous pa could be overseas
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    N.Z. frigates in Hong Kong
    39 1 N.Z. frigates in H ong Kong New Zealand frigates Tuila Commander P J. H. Hoare> and Pukaki Commander M. E. Herrick* have arrived m Kong They are the first New Zealand warships seen m the Colony for many years.
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    N. Koreans must go back—U.K.
    269 1 N. Koreans must go back U.K. LONDON, Thursday. BRITAIN will tell Russia and India that a precondition for a Korean peace is for the North Koreans to go back into their own territory. Official sources yesterday reported that the British view is to be conveyed formally to Moscow and New
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    MINDANAO QUAKES
    22 1 Three strong earthquakes ?hook parts of Mindanao early yesterday, but there was no immediate reports of damage or casualties.- A.P.
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    China to be the model
    40 1 BOMBAY, Thurs. INDIA'S Communist Party yesterday announced that its sabotage tactics will oe based on the experience of the national liberation movement In China, "wWch i» the only correct path before the Indian people. F
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    NEHRU RENEWS PEACE' MOVE
    270 1 NEHRU RENEWS PEACE' MOVE WASHINGTON, Thurs. INDIA'S Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru yesterday renewed his proposal to bring Communist China into the United Nations as a step towards solving the Korean crisis. In a new Note to the U.S. Secretary of State Mr. Dean Acheson. the Indian if-'lc argued that the
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    SHIPS STOPPED
    26 1 Hong Kong shipping circles yesterday felt uneasy at reports that four ships have been seized and a fifth intercepted and searched by Nationalist warships
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    'BURMA WOULD AID MEMBERS IN DISTRESS'
    158 1 KANGOON, Thurs. rIE Burmese Pr. ThaWn Nu yesterday that bur ma would tiive any distressed United Nations member the fullest possible aid— moral or material—be- cause she expected the w United Nation V protection m the rv.-ni of external a^rcsdon. alrd that Burma would
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    HUNGARY HELPS
    24 1 Hungarian doctors and other hospital staff t;ave volunteered on a completely equipped field hospital which Hungary is sending to N >rth Korea.
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    Subs arc new element of danger
    163 1  - Subs arc new element of danger ROY MACARTNEY By TOKYO. 1 v GENERAL Mac Arthur's revelarion yesterday that threunidentified submarines were sighted introduced a new element of danger m the Korean war. Hostile underwater craft could menace any Allied amphibious operation and maintenance of supply lines between Japan and Korea.
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    Conquered with 33 men
    53 1 THE Arab world yesterday celebrated the golden jubilee of the warrior King Ibn Saudi Arabia, who 59 years ago conquered his capital, Riyadh, with only 33 men A reception was held at the summer quarters of the Saudi Arabian Legation at Alexandria last night to mark
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    Ike on a-bomb
    53 1 ptNERAL Dwisht I) VI tisenhower does not believe the atom bomb should be used m the battl»* for Korea. 'I believe that were I m the middle of this thine. 1 would avoid using anything that our own people or other peoples might consider inhuman.** Gen. Eisen-
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    FRENCHLEND SLOOP
    25 1 FREN CHLEND SLOOP The French Government yesterday placed the 1,969--ton sloop. La Grandier, at the disposal of the United Nations forces In the Korean war
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    Truman's 7-poini defence move
    175 1 Truman's 7-poini defence move WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Truman yesterday asked Co.igress for these immediate new laws: 1. Remove statutory limits on the size oi the armed forces, now limited to 2,000,500, ftg&insi the actual st: rvUli oi 1.458,000. 2. Authorize the priori s 10 meet d needs. 3. Limi- t,.e
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    STOP PRESS
    42 1 T lit* Commanisti ai inu Taejon had nil WKWtm I tlu'ir tanks kno<-krd out. special t-ttmniiiniqur from Oneral MatArlhur art nouncfd that the first pha^.of the war had ended and that the North Koreans had lost all rhanres of victor>
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    The Communist Bid For Expansion
    1393 2  - The Communist Bid For Expansion Charles Win tour By (THERE ARE NOW 700 MILLION REDS) America s State Department adviser, Mr. John Foster Dulles, answers the questions that everyone is asking this week: WHY are the Communists gaining strength? HOW can they be checked? WILL there be another world war?
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    Cricket Books 1,2,3.
    213 2 I^ROM midsummer reports m England the mo3t popular nonfiction books are about cricket. The top three are:— 1 (ientlemen v. Players, by Sir Pelhani Warner. 2 Farewell to Cricket, by Sir Donald Bradman. 3 l.lcphant Bill, by Lieut. Col. J II Wiliams. But they are closely followed
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    Fantasy Of An Empty World
    467 2 Fantasy Of An Empty World PETER QUENNELL reviews new books I m U.K. IMAGINE broad highways blocked by a fallen tree allowed to lie where it has fallen; streets thick with deserted cars; and shops and offices with electric-signs still winking, otherwise dark and derelict from the basement to the
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    QUICK LOOKS
    125 2 George Borrow, h Armstrong. <Enelish NovcI, Arthur Barr _6^j Far too many lovers of the novel think of Georae Borrow as the vicin who produced a somewhat uplifting and embarrassing antho-logy-snippet about "thv-irin- on the heath-broth This short biography give* a clearer view of that high'y eccentric and
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      67 2 it /\*t .JL BBr S^' PARLOPHONE IfIMP Records O MAMA MAMA— Samba CARA (QUANDO)— BoIero TAP TAP— Samba HIGH IN SIERRA— BoIero THE WHISTLE SAMBA— Snmba PEANUT VENDOR— Son XOCHIMILCO— Son A MEMORY— Bepuine R ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE-Befruine IN THE HEART OF A SHAMROCK OPPORTUNITY— CaIypso BABY'S IN
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      51 2 Solution To Crossword No. 102 ..SOLUTION.— Across: 1. Valedic lion. 7. Ran. 8. Buttons. 9. Electra. 11. Ear. 12. Yon. 13. Makes 14. Hand out 17. Add. 18. War leather. Down: 1. Variety sho 2. Lantern. 3. Dub. 4. Catcall. 5 1.L.0. 6. No surrender. 10 Tomfool. 11. Eyewash. 15,
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      382 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, the stars w given you the potentialities for greatness, but it is up to you to make the beet use of your talents. You must be warned against placing too much importance upon trivialities. Learn to delegate all unimportant work to others so that you
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      155 2 vote your times and energies to the strategic planning and operation of a project. Fortunately, you have the talent for co-operat-ing with all kinds of people and this should make it easy for you to become the perfect executive mho knows which tasks can be delegated and which must be
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    KOREANS HIT THE RED CROSS
    127 3 Mercy unknown to Communists WITH IS. FORCES AT TAEJON FRONT. Thursday. rHERE are no Red Crosses m the Korean war. They 1 give the Communists better targets to shoot at. dicos carry rifles for their own protection. Th^ wounded often are evacuated by tanks. Mercy
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    12 3 i n B rfej duri of the n R Is. iti.»n MCetil
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    TRADE CONFERENCE
    12 3 a Sc mteheade< be Economic hai r Africa p.— ASDASDASDF
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    Siameses form a rubber association
    7 3 Sia meses form a rubber a ssociation
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    Senator tears atomic attack
    20 3 Senator tears atomic attack H ibot 1 Jr. told t llowed Ruhr, could be concluded Amexi and ;n rparminp West-
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    Greece next?
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    EGYPT HASTENS DEFENCE PLANS
    20 3 EG YPT HASTENS DEFE NCE PLANS i URO, rhorsday. A \r raiil precantiona and :n vien of il sl l
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    'Wipe off the earth'
    14 3 'Wip e off the earth' CIO I I N 0.000 A t fund.- A.P.
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    Malaya does not interest N. Zealanders
    28 3 WELLINGTON T AUSTRALIANS are concerned Utl rect int Malaya a B T. topic 1 MUit I at t afla where ASDF U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    183 3 At m JJt tf an excellent iefencr haa been. ise the toy -ract was "obviously dodefenders < heart, a diamond two clubs. However, success m JJj*^ sometimes comes trom noth mo: t obvious for the c? Sfnen's In this case. South progJlTg East a ch.mce to go wrong.
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    28 3 Army officers from the Egyptian Staff College tourins British Army establishments m Britain inspect the latest Army Radar equipment at the R.E..M.K. training establishment at Aberfield. near Rfadin?.
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    Formosa dislikes U.S. anti-war ban
    115 3 TAIPEH, Thursday. rllF Chinese Nationalists are wondering how lons they will be unable to carry out air and s a operations against the Red China mainland While ofhciLil quarter gard this ban by Presid :io doubt t mom r an I Ivan] t U.S 7th
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    FLOODS DELAY RED TROOPS
    19 3 I 1 River i tion of I troops north, n I nent of soldiers A.P.
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    U.S. GRATIFIED
    36 3 The L'.S State DepartGftcial sp In Washing^ n has expressed •gratification" at the "prompt rous action" taken b\ because of ttM Korean war to requisition al stocks of oil In the Far Easi Reuter
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    ALL RACES ARE ALIKE'
    177 3 PARIS. Thursday. SCIENTISTS agree that all human races are essentiallv alike, and no biological harm comes from i mixed marriages, according to .1 statement issued iby eight of the world's foremrst experts on the subject. They were headed by Professor Ashley Montague of the United S
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    'SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE'
    19 3 The Philippine Gere:, a news felt done m i Far tablished a i r A.P.
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    11 3 Our neu jets are m m*— it y.u cm see obsolete
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    Bow ties in Sydney
    71 3 AM uith a bow tie is still unique, or a "1 I Sydney. In fait, one Sydney u*ed cir centre has de- sed its salesmen out with bow lies because, explained manager. "It was necessary to find a quick and means of identifying the n Salesman
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    Aga ran yacht aground and fled raiders
    230 3 LONDON, Thurstiav. MR. AND MRS. HERBERT BELL, of Weymouh., have cabled the British Consul at Monro.. Liberia, offerii:< a home for 18-year-old Miss Muller. whose voyage with her fa f h?r m a 16 ft. bo.it to South America ended m his death.
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    'PREPARING FOR THIRD WAR'
    9 3 'PREPARING FOR THIRD WAR' I E I I Reuter
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      91 3 Gala Garden Fete! Saturday. August sth at RAFFLES INSTITUTION 4 p.m. 10 p.m. To Raise Funds to aid Home for Handicapped Children m Singapore. Under the distinguished Patronage of Lady Gimson. The Fete includes Chinoe \Va\ang, Variety rfltwi merry-go-round, archery, Chinese puppet *how, midget golf, pony rides, Lucky dip. Darts,
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      261 3 i jr 4 1 1 1 AaMßk| *l k Ifi I ifr SINGAPORE 3FEBS [Singapore] aiWOnrvni- Programme Summary: EmergCßCl news from XL 44 From the London Edi:cr;a;s at 10 am BBCi <- 55 -Composer of the at iv a m. Week"— Vaughan Willlanu; 5. Id 484 and 41.7 metres. -sterling
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      Behind bars
      259 4 i\F the million-or-so people living m Singapore, there was a daily average of 1.783 m prison throughout last year. The annual Report of Singapore Prisons for 1949. which reveals this more satisfactory state of affairs sizeable reduction from 1948) does not call them "prisoners". They are "offenders" now—
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      Free teeth
      206 4 Health was much better last year and there is an interesting point m that the r. umber of dental extractions, flnngs, etc.. was just pbout double that of 1948. "This increase", says the report, "was due to more cn 1 ion beins; paid to oral By the Medical
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    Is Russia Reaay For War Now?
    1069 4  - Is Russia Reaay For War Now? MAURICE EDELMAN MP by One of the most widely read books on recent international affairs has been a Penguin issue, "How Russia Prepared. Here, its author sums up tne position IJOW much help can Russia give North Korea before she herse'f feels the pinch?
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    I Telephone To Stalin
    462 4  -  JOSEPH F. DINNEEN By BOSTON. I HAD a, few questions I thought I'd like to ask Joe Stalin, so I reached for the telephone at 2 o'clock one afternoon, asked for long distance, and placed a call for Stalin the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. If the operator
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    IT SEEMS TOME...
    836 4  -  POLITICO By OTALIN is a crafty old dog. His very speßdy reply to Pandit Nehru's message about ending the war m Korea was reasonableness itself. Yes, he welcomed Nehru's "peaceable initiative" and fully agreed that the conflict should be ended through the Security Council. Nothing could be
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    Singapore squatters to get aid
    37 5 Singapore squatters to get aid Reporter of help qj both bUdi a to Ml Ing for tics the would mne, xnr- blood He was I BMBh ird t o I res- ison m Hod of a tee,
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    SCOLDED, TRIED SUICIDE
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    PLANS
    364 5 Holiday spots for workers Jbree Press Staff Reporter that Singapore workers may spend their weekly holidays healthily and cheaply out of doors, Mr. lap Pheng Geek (Nominated) proposes to ask the Municipal Commissioners to accelerate their development of public parks and open spaces m town. He said to the
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    27 5 AN m? ngural supperdance was held over the week-end at the new Royal Air Force Officers' Cjub at Fairy Point. Changi. Picture shows the dance m progress.
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    S.V.C AWARDS
    27 5 Major General D. Dunlop will present awards to 16 officers of the Singapore .nteer-Corps at a ceremony at the SVC. headQuarten a* 6 p.m. today.
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    Pledge to Singapore
    185 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. James Griffiths, has written to the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, renewing his assurance of Britain's interest and support of the Colony The letter, after thanking uhe people of Singapore "for the kindness with
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    More Malay women take up first aid
    296 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FORTY-TWO Singapore Malay women passed their First Aid tests for the St. John's Ambulance Corps this month. This is the first time that Malay women have taken the test m such a large number. There was not one failure
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    34 5 NAI Chai Pratchipasan, manager of Siamese Airways Co., who arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon by air from Bangkok. He is making a survey flight to Jakarta with the aim of expanding his company's service.
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    Children's law in force soon
    216 5 Children's law in force soon Free Press Staff Reporter CINGAPORE'S Children Charter— its official name ir the Children and Youns Persons Ordinance 1949 will come into force on Aug. 1, the Government announced last night. The Charter consolidates the law of the Colony relating to the treatment of juvenile delinquents
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    'Varsity to buy site
    71 5 HEFORE the end of the year it is hoped that the whole site for the Univeisity of Malaya will be bought, said Dr. G. V. Allen, Vice-Chancellor, m Ipoh yesterday. Dr. Allen said that the land for the University m Johore Bihru was owned by more
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    FEDERAL PLAN
    33 5 Mr A Heywood-Wadding-ton, Secretary for Economic Affairs, will ask the Federal Legislative Council next Wednesday to approve m principle the Draft Development Plan for the Federation which was published last Sunday.
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    M.C.S DIVIDED ON SCALE OF PAY
    307 5 Free Press Staff Reporter AN amendment to the Municipal Ordinance would be sought by Singapore Municipal Commissioners if they agree at their meeting on July 31 that they should each receive an allowance of $300 a month, the Free Press was informed yesterday. At
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    Malaya's 3 fronts against Communism
    469 5 Malaya's 3 fronts against Communism Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. THREE main "fronts" against Communism m x Malaya were outlined by the Federation's High Commissioner, Sir Henry Gurney, m a speech m Malacca today. On the political and constitutional front, the Government will introduce a bill m September
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    Sentenced to death
    182 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. WONG KONG, the first person to be charged In the Federation under the newEmergency Regulations with being a collector of supplies for bandits, was found guilty on the second day of his trial In the Johore High Court today and sentenced to death. Mr.
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    Federal pattern of progress
    137 5 Federal pattern of progress Sir Henry Gurnty said yesterday: We are not going to pay any attention to the propagandist who talks about colonialism. The Malay States are selfgoverning States today. The Federal Constitution is one m which the British Government and the Stale Governments are partners on a basis
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    S.I.T. RENTS TO BE CUT
    87 5 S.I.T. RENTS TO BE CUT 'J'HE Singapore Improvement Trust has notified about 750 tenant! of its post-war flats thai their standard n will be reduced by 15 per cent from Aug. 1. These reductions, recently approved by the Trustees, are based not on the preset i rentals, but on the
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      52 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected m Fir.gApore today from Hong Kong. Ch.na, Japan. North India, PakisEas:ern Australia, New nd and the Federation. Latest time for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon fcr Pont:anak, Manila and Indo-China; 5.45 pjn. for the Federation; 6 pjn. for Horn? Kong. China
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    TARA STREET CAN STAY MILE & QUARTER
    656 6 TARA STREET CAN STAY MILE QUARTER Easy win over Snotvy Owl II By ALLAN LEWIS AS trials for Saturday's main race, the Singapore (up, the performances of the winner, Tara Street, and Pat's Fancy m the mile race for Class 1. Div. 1 yesterday were well above anything we have
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    SCHOOL SPORTS
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    Staff sports
    63 6 thk inclement weather uf Bunli'.td to dampen I Ltd .«-k1 h Trading Coy Ltd held th nual picnic R abour two ronip.'iii and P: Obstaetf Ru«e |Mea) lames hildirn iv.iato X.»< (Wesaesil < Itildi in M n I 1:1 «de^dhf Munu «l < hairs Mi* alHiia M:^ N
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    Three maiden victories
    427 6 THREE horses scored their maiden wins on the Malnyan Turf In the four .sixfurlong racef reserved for Class 2 horses at Bukit Timah yesterday They v.ere To-Jo, Hard Cash and Ncrolia After being nicely placed until alter entering the straight, Jo-Jo finished brilliantly to beat Nero by
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    Only 4 horses for Goodwood Cup
    200 6 f \\LY four have Anally act vpt d for tile rich (ioodwood (up. to be run over two miles live furlongs it Goodwood next Thursday. This event is one of the biggest tests of stamina m Enfttsh racing. Fust run m 1812. the Good-
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    Big Sweep results
    78 6 RESULTS of the Bi- a*j*p dr.iun on tli<* seventh r.nr :tt Kukit Timah f99 m lerd.iv wen-: Total Pool s.u: I. 1 Xt \o irmuH (Ni:»«i.::4i •.'nd N<». *****4 (S 7N.170) .;rd No. »487 (S 43.i!5» Starters (SSJMeach) N««: :nx:«». *****1 ix::.l«.s. Z29H9, *****4, r»:;si *****9. *****6,
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    ROVERSSNATCH 1-NIL VICTORY
    106 6 ROVERSSNA TCH 1-NIL VICTORY IN a hard-fought Senior fj~mut He at Hi .si.idium yesterday, Rovers brat Tigers by a solitary goal. Th > def>nres of both ■hone more than the forwards and a word Of DVBIM must b>! given to Morton. Roveis* ri<:l,t half, who played stiilinsj Rtine. Rovers' goal
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS
    55 6 Old Rallle-ians XI against Old Victorian* at cricket on Saturday on the CSC. ground Balestier Road wil; be chosen from: A. P. Rajah. Choor Singh. G. Westerhout, K. Muthucumaru. S. K. Sundram. B. Barker. R. Barker. I Goonasegram, M. S. GUI. S. M. Aly, An Yunos, J. Rajah
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    Good start to new account
    305 6 Good start to new account LONDON DRICES showed some quite substani many sections as latest iipw s from battlefront and the usual enthusiasm for a quotations at the start of a. new ;»<<«, London's Stock Exchange yestcrdav. The general slowness of dealings did damage to the market, states Rcorrespondent. Speculative
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    Burma wan S.C.F.A. Visit
    45 6 Burma wan S.C.F.A. Visit {jr;N Bha the B ati Ol B Chines:Assoru or bomor:< prop* Mr. Bta Singapore craw Irafi 1 Mr. Slim j Press j bemc and tx gapo; "I ;t. tour i rack babiv ky n In me on Mr found°r-n I H
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    TIN CLOSES BETTER
    5 6 TIN CLOSES BETTER on .S,inir \>:
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    BRIGHT EYES DOES FINE GALLOP
    480 7  - BRIGHT EYES DOES FINE GALLOP ALLAN LEWIS By picture. Hard to beat on Saturday EMPHASISING that her win last Saturday was not a flash m the pan, Bright Eyes (Ingram) ran three furlongs m 36 sees, on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning. Malaya's popular "lady" should be
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    HK papers feature Malayan victory
    48 7 HK papers feature Malayan victory fixtures between the I'niverUrn I niversity of Malaya All three morning newsa'a I—l1 1 defeat of Hong ,1 story m their sports pages. brilliant save by m, m the hist minute of h Benq: Konsr fired a shot me a draw, but the
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    7-5 golf win for RAF.
    145 7 tn a i ar.d R A F bland O c b lay RAF \\cn by seven r've. Re* '.;!:> ue-e: S/Ldr. O Brien S ldr. Duncan Smith tx\>" V.; Wl ktU (1 W Cdr. Keary and F/Lt Brebner and up > Brig and 1. -.-Col.
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    Denis Compton to play next week
    66 7 "TJENIS Compton, who has been trying out his knee m one-day games for the M.C.C., will return to firstclass cricket for Middlesex against Surrey on Saturday. July 29. at the Oval m Laurie Fishlock's benefit match. Compton originally planned to return for the Middlesex
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    35 7 picture. METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL relay team, who won the inter-school 440 yds. relay at the Raffles Girls' School From left to right: lav Kuo Fong\ Anna Yong. Low Mci Lens: and Helen Yong*. Free Press
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    Robinson fined
    64 7 iI'GAR RA\ ROBINSON 3 was fined US$l,OOO on Tuesday for failure to keep a 'iind boxing date with Jose Basora at Scranton nsylvmn 1 The action was taken by Pennsylvania Athletic n several hours r Robinson had signed a contract to defend his world welterweight title on Aug.
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    Weights for all races on 3rd day
    390 7 II7EIGHTS for all eight rate* at Bikit Timali on Saturday (final day) are given below: SINGAPORE (IP CLASS 1. Di?. 1— i l.M A. 36 yds. Indian Heather 904 Tara Street 9.04 Millwall 900 Pats Fancy 8.10 lynor 8.05 Re've de Gloirc S.o:>
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    GIMBLETT, HUTTON DOUBTFUL FOR 3rd TEST
    508 7 H AHOLD Gimblett. the hard-hitting S^crset nooning batsman, must be ronsidcred doubtful for the Nottingham. Gimbien arrived at his NottiiKham hotel yesterday with DliSff over a boil on his £nk«^ii p o« tho 13. The EngU-nd Test selectors 1-st n«ght decided that Yorkshire's opening
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    18 7 picture. Hard Cash (Ellery) coming m after winning the second race at Bukit Timah yester- day. Free Press
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    Noor for stud
    53 7 CALIFORNIA race fans wil v^ see Mrs. Charles S. Howard's great thoroughbred, Noor, for the last time on Saturday m the US$5O,OOO American Handicap at Hollywood Park. The Irish-bred horse v.il then be shipped east for two races m New York, after which hp will retire to
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    in LTAM tourney
    488 7 Free Press Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A LATE entry for three events m the open cham- pionships of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya was received last night from Mrs. S. de Vries, champion of Sumatra. Mrs. De Vries has entered for the women's singles, for
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    Newcomer bowls best for Somerset
    445 7 Newcomer bowls best for Somerset AN pitches still affected by Tuesdays rain, bowlers VJ found conditions ideal m yesterday's five County championship cricket matches. None did better than a newcomer to first-class cricket, Jack Conibere. This 27-year-old brewery clerk, who has also played rugby for his County, helped Somerset to
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      46 7 SATURDAYttCE NIGHT ATTRACTION ii 9 p.m. at RAFFLES HOTEL D MUSIC BY THE DANCE BAND OF THE MALAY REGIMENT AND "ASTILLO HIS ORCHESTRA A N N dance programme TO 1 a.m. took Your Table NDav nkjht m the palm cour The band of c uy regiment
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      41 7 Today's sport SOCCER: Snr. lffe: S.C.C. Indonesian Lfe. at S.C.C. padang; Pulau Brani Ltd. v Indian R.C. at Jalan Besar stadium; Jnr. B 2: 4th Supply R. D. RASC t Town Rangers at Geylang. TENNIS: V.M.C.A. and Tan«lin Club tournaments (cont.).
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    ENGAGEMENTS
    43 8 ment is announced I ia Scott and Mr T B Green BB en«?arrcmenf i> announced I n Henry. Michael, John, son <*.- Mrs R M. Bousfleld. Khnf, now rf Liverpool. r:d Rita. Mary, daushter of M' G HinchclifTe of Her.' I Sunce) Be^i
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    DEATH
    58 8 MRS. LEOW BOON SENG net N •<>. aged 74. paas- p acefully on 19.7.'50. at I E. Ccmt Rd 7 m.s.. leaving .c 1 h^r only sen. Mr. Leow Sinn: X n H' 1 s'daushters to mourn Iv.^r Fnir.pral o:i 23.7.'50. at 10.30 i Rd. Khk Cemetery. QROOT LEEDWEZEN
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    LANDING REPORTED TOO EARLY
    275 8 LANDING REPORTED TOO EARLY But the 'leak was official TOKYO, Thursday. rHE U.S. Army's public information office made a hurried investigation yesterday to discover why the news of Tuesday's amphibious landing m South Korea was disclosed prematurely. It found that the 'leak' —which gave a 'scoop' to Homer Bigart of
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    Bomb damages palace wall
    70 8 Brussels. Thura A bomb exploded on Tuesday night m the wall of R Palace of Laekon where King Leopold li exed to reside OO his return to Belgium from txile this week. Police are investigating the ex--n but gavt* no details. The Palare is now the
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    'She should be spanked'
    189 8 SAID LETTER LONDON. Thursday. PAMELA BENNIKER, 16-year-old schoolgirl from Maidenhead, who is enraged to .lames Fitzrov, •Ji-year-old grandson of the Karl of Southampton, went to a West End cinema with lu*r fiance after taking a day off from school. Standing m the foyer after the show
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    Mystery in man-hunt
    75 8 Mystery in man-hunt BUDAPEST. Thurs. A BIG man-bunt is goin m Hungary, with vie poiice chasing a mysterious character called Dezso Barta. Police posters request Lhe public to denounce Biirtu ;i short, fattish man of 29. said to have committeu "various grave crimes A reward equivalent to about US$B3O b
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    EGYPT STILL TO GET ARMS
    58 8 THE British Minister of Stale for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kenneth Younger, told Parliament yesterday that Britain will not at present discontinue arms shipments lo questions, said the statement Egypt. Mr. Younger, m reply to by Egypt's Foreign Minister on July 11 on the Korea issue
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    Queen mother has doubts
    58 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Than ()UFEN Mother Nazli .said yesterday that she doubl•d a London report that her son. King Farouk of Egypt, secretly married a beautiful commoner. Miss Narriman Sadek, last May She asked. "Why should he marry secretly. If my too is recklesi enough to do*
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    Sweden's offer
    39 8 Sweden informed the United Nations Secretary-Gen-eral, Mr. Trygve Lie, yesterday, that it was not able to send ground troops to Korea but offered a fully staffed Red Cross ambulance unit to the United Nations forces there. U.P.
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    IRAN 'PRESSURE'
    22 8 IRAN 'PRESSURE The Minister of State Mr. Kenneth Youn^ei. told Parliament yesterday that Britain was aware of increased Soviet propaganda against Iran.
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    Polar men return
    87 8 TIIK British Antarctic survey ship John Biscoe returned to Southampton yesterday after a s<>, <>(><> mile trip to the frozen wastes of the South Polar region. Might men who have spent more than 22 years m the Antarctic were aboard. The ship has been away for six
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    WHERE ROADS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
    78 8 Streets are really paved with gold m one country area m Victoria. Thousands of tons of gravel used for road construction m Creswick were taken from gold-sluicing dumps. Workmen recently smelted a bar weighing 13 oz. to cwt. 7 «jr. (worth more than *:A
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    Judge freezes deposit
    59 8 SAN FKANCISCO. Thurs Federal Judge Louis c Goodman ruled on Tuesda> that until the Orient down, neither the Chinese Nationalists nor the Commucan have the money on h a! San Francisco to the account ot the Bank of China. Tlie case Invoivi i USS62G,--860 held by the
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    ARABS CONFER IN BEIRUT
    49 8 UIDDLE EAST Arab enginers began a four-day cunuress m the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organisations building In Beirut today. Th a^enu;\ includes I.ebarKv technl ileus, th question of Industrial equipment m Ar:«.b countries, transport m Aral) and 'h employm nt of A P
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    ALBANIA REBUFFED
    25 8 ALBANIA REBUF FED Yugoslavia has rejected Albanian charges of border violations and has reported that Albania herself is to blame for frontier troubles A. P.
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    EYE POKED IN WITH PENCIL
    206 8 ROCHESTER, Thursday. BOYS of King's School, Rochester, Kent, one of England's oldest public schools, have been asking: "Who poked m the 'Ancient Governor's eye?*' The right eye of a painting which has hung for years m MacKean House was poked m with a pencil. The
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    Good prices for cats' fur
    38 8 Good prices for cats' fur The household cat ha s a new popularity m some Sydney suburbs. Persian hides are bringing 245.; even the alley torn's fur is worth 7s. 6d. Carcases sell for an unknown amount.— Reuter
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    Royal carpet taken over
    61 8 Royal carpet taken over NEW YORK, Thurs. OFFICIALS of Canada's Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire, who bought Queen Mary's needle point carpet for US$lOO,OOO (about y;35,000>, formally look possession of it at La Guardia Airport yesterday. The British Consul-Gen-eral. Sir Francis Evans, presided at the ceremony which was
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    Dear does as he is told
    211 8 Dear does as he is told US ADVANCED HQ., Thurs. A FEW days ago, Dear Jung Pal was a cocky young second lieutenant m the North Korean army assigned to the mission of driving the "American imperialists" from Korean soil. Today he is a prisoner of war who petulantly dots
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    SLIM DIDN'T PREDICT WAR
    62 8 LONDON. Thurs THE British Wai Office yesterday "emphatically denied"' a Cairo newspaper report that Field Marshal Sir William Slim. Chief of the Imperial Oeneral Stall rently told some Egyptian l'\u -':s m Cairo that orld war would occur within seven or months 'No such statement was
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    CANADA TO SEND PLANES
    52 8 CANADA TO SEND PLANES The Cana .ian Prime iler Mr. Louis St. Laurent, said In Ottawa yesterday, that the Canadian Cabinet had approved the provision squadron of long range I port planes fur use r>\ United Nations m Ko The aircraft will be used for transport purposes not su fighting
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    Collectors jailed
    34 8 More than a thousand rmmbera of East German organisations have ended up m jail atter swarming into Wetter sectur.s of Berlin to coll* it s.gnaturrs tor Communist anti-atom bu:nt> app ai Reuter
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    Nehru
    73 8 Continued from t'age 1 He said "I know your excellenr.y shares our earnest desire to sec early restoration of peace In Korea m ,<< cordance with the resolutions oi the United Nations Security Council, and I MBOn >ou of our earßerne^s to work wrli you and your great country
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