The Singapore Free Press, 21 July 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1950. t'KICE TEN tENTS
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    MARINE RESERVE CALLED IN U.S.
    59 1 MAR INE RESERVE CALLED IN U.S. HIM. TON. Fri. > Martec Carpi Used all of its re»i:!u1 units and i v called up air reserve %e>terday as I i\ alerted an undisclosed uf troo-'N '■> t:» llM Far bv UK e t.u* he Ki inv I neat v i i
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    Steamer freed
    15 1 m Honi Hal Shmpui Tuesday by a th'* lores and Takao, I Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
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    TAEJON ABLAZE AS G.I.'S QUIT
    313 1 TAEJO N A BLA ZE AS G.I.'S QUIT General fought tanks, is missing QENERAL Mac Arthur announced today that United States' troops gave up Taejon at midnight and took up defence positions four miles to the southeast. The General's communique said the United States troops withdrew from the city after
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    U.N. angers Ewe tribesmen
    80 1 MOUNTING resentment ol members of the E'.ve tribe in B.:*.>:i and French Togo- is becoming evident as tr.e result of the UnJ Nations Trusteeship Council decision on the tribe's demand for unification of Togo- I under one aclm.im.st. a- tion. Houses of th<> two Africnn pro-French
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    Explosion kills 16
    35 1 Sixteen persons are now id as the result <>f th^ blowup In Taipeh of two tons I explosive powder carried bv a Nationalist army truck Ich collided with another hide.- A P.
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    Robert got 3 tanks himself
    368 1 Robert got 3 tanks himself By PETER KALISCHEK Tinted Press Correspondent AT THE TAEJON FRONT, Friday. E*LEMENTS of the American 34th Infantry Regiment ran a gauntlet of tanks and automatic fire to pull out of encircled Taejon yesterday afternoon. A Ion? convoy of trucks, carrying fighting men and wounded, pulled
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    The toll mounts
    67 1 THE r.S. Defence Depart- mcnt yesterday issued the biggest single casualty list so far m the Korean war, 92 casualties one killed m action, 33 wounded, ten injured and 48 missing m action. All were army personnel, except two air force men. This brought the announced total
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    RED PRESSMEN
    34 1 Radio Pyongyang has announced the arrival m ihc Communist North Korean capital of correspondents Alan Winnington of the London Daily Worker and Marius Magnlen of L'Humanite. tfie French Communist Parly paper. A.P.
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    U.K. exports drop in June
    50 1 LONDON. Fri BRITAIN'S exportg slumped m fine, while Importi hit a record high. Earnings of viial dollars fell off sharply The treasury said fefterda? that sales abroad (oiall^d £175.000.000, a decrease of £6.700.000 compared with May. Imports reached £238.60").--000. \\m almost £10.000.000 compared with May.
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    BELGIANS CALL BACK LEOPOLD
    158 1 BRUSSELS, F:i. THE exiled Kins Leopold III trai ralleri back to the B°gian throne yesterday after a tea-year absence in a move sponsored by tbf Catholic majority in Pnrhament but boycotted by all other parties. The Socialists, Communists and ail buL one Liberal stalked out of
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    Red shirts for bullets
    39 1 RANGOON. Fri. COUTH Burma Communists are bartering shirU lor bullets to meet an ammunition shortage, according to hinterland reports. The reports said the "exchange rate" was one shirt for 15 rounds of rifle ammunition.- A.P.
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    Nanyang girls begin classes
    79 1 pLEMENTAKY classes lor about 800 girls m the Nanyang Girls School, Singapore, were opened this morning. Classes for senior girls, however, remain closed uni 1 the Executive Council d?cid?;> whether the school should be declared unlawful. More than 100 pupils of the Chinese High School (for
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    BIG ATTACK ON VIETMINH
    153 1 SAIGON, Friday. spearheaded by "crabs"— small amphibious tanks specially designed for Corhin-China swampsFrench Vietnamese forces on Thursday launched a large scale attack against Vietminh guerillas on the Caimon Peninsula. This is m the area of Southern Indo-Chinas rich rice-growing Mekong River delta Detailed results of the
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    CALL FOR MORE ARMED FORCES
    45 1 The Defence Ministers of the five Brussels Pact powers, meeting at Fontainebleau, have issued a communique calling for an increase m the defensive power of the Western Union's land, sea and air forces as a "guarantee against any aggression." Reuter.
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    N. KOREA EMBARGO
    16 1 The Australian government has placed an embargo on exports to North Korea.— A.P.
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    9 died in crash
    37 1 A Douglas DC-3 on its way from Nova Lisbon. Portuguese West Africa, to Lobito, m the same colony, caught fire and crashed at Bocoio on Tuesday, killing the thr** <•"»» and six passengers. Reuter
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    Spy pleads guilty
    75 1 r IARRY GOLD, a 39-year-old American scientist, plead- ed guilty m Philadelphia yesterday to atomic spying: for Russia a charge that carries the death penalty. Appearing before District Court Judse James !McGranery, the swarthy biochemist answered "Guilty" m a clear firm voice to both counts of the
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    77 TRIED IN ONE WEEK
    50 1 A FORMER member ot the Czech Parliament and 15 other people are reported on trial on treason and spy charges m Liberes, Northern Bohemia. With these, 77 people are kr.own to hive bee.i tiied or sentenced on similar charges m Czechoslovaks tht last week.- A.P.
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    ...BUT THE LOCO GOT THROUGH
    513 1  -  PETER KAI SCHER By WITH U.S. FORCES AT TAEJON. Friday. STAFF Sergeant Elmo Smallwood got himself a new name yesterday— Casey Jones on his first run at the throttle of an old iocomotive. Five American soldiers owe their lives to Smallwood. He stepped across the
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    British fleet 'neutral' off Formosa
    294 1 British fleet 'neutral' off Formosa LONDON, Fri.. DRITAIN has ordered her Far Eastern Fl jel to slay neutral if the Chinese Communists atta Formosa. This information came from an official sou yesterday, after the Prime Minister. Mr. Alt lev. pledged that Britain will try "to match the hi<rh purpose and
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    S. A. GIVES NO AID
    22 1 Th- South African C has dt-cidi d that it wc.iH c»» unpractcai a».'J Bnrr&lUl to tli A.P.
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    U.S. WOMAN'S DIARY
    1069 2  -  KAY MURRAY By THE day of comolete immunity twm travel sickness is nut yet. although it may be pret'y dose at hand. Dramamine. a drue which ■ri many I NVjr rlor 10 leap msuMi of tottrf »TC m the Italian lunds of World War 11. has been
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    A BLACK AND WHITE ASCOT
    640 2  - A BLACK AND WHITE ASCOT MARGARET SHERMAN by IT was a black and white Ascot; uneccentric, very charmi?ig. and, on the whole, quite practical. In the Royal Enclosure black ur white picture hats. m silk, organza, and fine straus. chiffon-swathed, immediately caught the eye. These were worn by the optimists
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    Don't be gulled by films
    119 2  -  CANON H. WARNER says broke off end though 1 i sure about my I becanie ci her. After were married I ed that 1 ha 1 still feel 1 take, for I do > She. is rid, and never but our I Should I\ON T
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      182 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you have all of the talents for leadership. Something of a reformer at heart, you want to see the world bettered for your living m it. You have a logical, analytical mind; excellent, even shrewd, common sense; and are highly intuitive. You seem to have
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      68 2 connected with all the glamour! Energetic nnd fond of travel, you probably will visit most of the far places during your lifetime. However, you cannot be completely happy unless you have your home to which you can return. Attractive to the opposite sex, you will have a number of romances
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      126 2 New Crossword No. 104 cum across i oks of dust? <6>. 4. Kule broken (4). 7. Do tne\ twinkle n the screen? (6. 5). 9. Ay. 5.0.5.. maybe. You don't __i (3 2) 10. How they sing high m Switzerland <51. 11. Bea- 'this' in Australia tf). 12. Do they
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    U.S. CLARIFIES ITS POSITION
    941 3 Text of note to Nehru WASHINGTON, Thursday. T»HE correspondence between Pandit Nehru, A Marshal Stalin and Mr. Dean Acheson on the Indian Prime Minister's proposal to Moscow and Washington for the settlement of the Korean problem was released m Washington last night. Pandit Nehru's original communication
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    Australian forces at low ebb'
    99 3 SYDNEY. Friday. rean fighting has focussed the attention Lilians to their own weak defences. m our history have the Australian mili- > been at such a pitifully low ebb," said Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, who, < on the Liberal benches m the House
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    'ON GUARD FOR SNEAK ATTACK'
    44 3 'ON GUARD FOR SNEAK ATTACK' Tnuii. d me rid to fee a sneak forces addressed United and teleurs alter his for a I mobili- Anie- the the Com- of Soulli laid: -The forces Kor it- may m rid. bt re than kind ASDF Reuter
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    HE INVENTS A DUPLEX TUBE'
    56 3 HE INVENTS A DUPLEX TUBE' What is described as a ■duplex pneumatic tube." has just been invented by a posimaster m Ceyoin. Mr. M.V.A. Gunesekera." The duplex tube, the postmaster claims, would be a boon to owner-drivers m that would eliminatte delay caused by taking the tyre and tube for
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    ATOM-PROOF' COLONY
    33 3 An AtQn bomb-proof colony is being formed m Ozark mountain caves, according to t New York report. A company has been incorporated. It will charge "colonists" £714 a IT, food included.
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    Bridge Hands
    271 3 \T do you b.d' S-^rae of the more delicate totems m bidd.n^ aris^ when m s: ebcose between bidding k ov. n i,uit and raising partne: I -s Is a typical ca^e. 1 a e-pecially want to club>; he may c a short suit. On the other ■v\.
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    Russian bulls sire livestock in Red China
    88 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. TIVESTOCK m Communist China are now being artificially impregnated by semen from Russian bulls, according to a Peking broadcast. Horses and sheep likewise are being mated by Russian sires. The broadcast said that Chinese peasants, "attracted by the powerful physique
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    'GREEN' U.S. BOYS PRAISED
    58 3 The Filipino-owned Manila Times, the most widely-read of Manila newspapers, warmly praised the Korean fighting record of "those gre^n American boys." The paper said m an editorial that there is no such thing as a "fjreen" American soldier once he has had his basic training and
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    ANOTHER SUNSPOT
    31 3 ANOTHER SUN SPOT Following a report In London yesterday of another sunsDOt. it is now anticipated th:«t »he disturbed radio conditions predicted on July 11 will continue until to-morrow. Reuter Reuter
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    RED DANGER TO LAMAISM
    81 3 Chinese Communists have occupied all of the northwest Tibetan province of Kham and are trying to destroy Lamaism, which has governed the lives of Tibetans for 13 centuries, an Indian newspaper m Calcutta said. The leading Indian-owned newspaper A'.nrita Bazar Patrika said while there apparently was
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    5-year plans for China
    158 3 5-year plans for China HONG KONG, Friday. /COMMUNIST China, following the example of Soviet Russia, will embark next year on a series of Five-year Plans designed to bring: about a planned economy and "industrialise* one of the most underdeveloped countries m the world. There was no indication of the scope
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    18 3 picture North Korean prisoners of war, many m civilian clothes, under guard m a South Korean town. A.P.
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    P.I. MAKES ITS FIRST PLANE
    56 3 MANILA, Fri. The first Philippine-made aircraft successfully took to the air on itc recent test flight m Manila. W.th Majoi Henry L. Ifeider, director of the Feaii Flying School at the contr 'Si the plane, a piper cub. stayer! In l ii a.i alter taking
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    Stockings guarantee
    36 3 American women according to a report complain so much about run m nylons that on** shop now guarantees one pair for a. week and two pairs for a fortnight Price, 9s. 7ri. ft pair.
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    200 planes monthly
    25 3 American is building military planes at the rate of about 200 a mon'h. th° editor of Aviation, Mr. S. Carroll, reported. Reuter
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    Papuans for R-A.N.
    46 3 PAPUANS will soon be recruited for the Ko\ul An- i lian Navy. The move follows a der'^ion some months :r^o for ti.«* formation of a Papua-New Gjinra divi>ion of scamni. a»e between IS and 22. preferably with some experieti:— of thp sea. Reuter
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    SIAMESE TRAIN TROOPS
    87 3 SIAMESE TRAIN TROOPS BANGKOK, Frl T)UE to the present uneasy international situation, General Phin Chunbawan. Commander-in-chief of MM Siamese Army, has issued orders that all Army Bittta are to hold weddy fici manoeuvres and spec m I drills. Commanding officers huv* been instructed to sona m reports on the snecial
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    'Properly rejected' Times
    188 3 'Properly rejected' Times LONDON 1 Thurs. BRITAIN'S national p.em turned its editorial spotlight yesterday on the Stalin-Nehru exchange on Korea. Said The Times- "The proposals made by Mr Nehru lor 1 ending the war m K-jrea. have been rejected properly and Inevitably, by the United. States Government "If Mr. Stalin
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      223 3 447 "From the London Editorials" dlttbftruftt (BBC); 4.55 "Composer of the (BLUE NETWORK) Week"— Vaughan Williams; 5.15 A9l ,ml 41 7 metres "Special Dispatch" (.BBC); 5.30 484 and 41.7 metres. ndon studio Concert,'; 6. 10. a.m. News from Singapore, Indonesian: News and Programmes 12. Programmes m Malay; 1. P n
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      Found guilty
      220 4 IB Od-pa^e White aper, puolished oy Uae United states' Government t o cl a y. i 6 a damning indictment of Russian postwar policy, a policy which has culminated m the dangerous Korean incident" and which, if not altered, might well plunge the world m a bigger and
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      II pocrisy
      311 4 sorrj record goes on to iiussia's decision to bar from North Korea a UH C lon which was vise elec- J ilethe U S. and 31 i lon* extended re- < :Mon to the South Korean Republic. Russia i toed its entry into U N Furthermore. the Bovtet
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    'Tanks Are Coming The Old Cry
    985 4 'Tanks Are Coming The Old Cry rpHUS far, much of the news received from Korea is reminiscent of the summer of 1940. when m France, again and again, the cry was raised: "The tanks are coming! What can we do?" Even then it was an old cry, for on November
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    Evil of Communalism
    314 4 Letters to the Editor T^IME and again it is advocated that people should not bring communalism into politics. Legislative Councillors Mr. C. C. Tan and Inche Sardon bin Jubir seem to be very strong on this point. No one denies that communalism m politics is bad m
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    PLEA FOR BUSMEN
    211 4 THE workers day* of At, to bus transport workers R. K. SAMY, PRESIDENT. toil and a day Of The s/T.C. Employees I'niou rest have been laid dew a Singapore. from time immemorial. The religions of all races m all countries arc having an observance of one day's
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    The English Wei Not Amused
    884 4  - The English Wei Not Amused Richard Needham A CANADIAN LOOKS AT RRI'IAIS 15 amused at the examples of for animals which he came across of a two-month visit THE following adverA tisement appeared recently m the classified section of The Thnes of London: "Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Foster feel that
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    H.K. GETS NO LONDON LOAN
    57 4 H.K. GETS NO LONDON LOAN A British government cfficial m Hong Kong has thrown cold water on Hotig I Kong's hopes of getting a loan of £20.000.000 from London to finance commercial and industrial developments m the colony. He said such a request not even be considered i,H:.*r? 1953. and
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    CHILD SLAVERY DYING OUT IN COLONY
    6 5 CHILD SLAVERY DYING OUT IN COLONY
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    No fear of air attack
    65 5 m irt" Ke porter Ml UB Operations, I Bri Aid think .v which l from I corv onferI RAF H a protec* >-k. an as- rcca vrouid m 111 iccwi v A- ther wn- no in.:.y kind I public was »ldsal<t: •iv le would toO
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    CARGO TOTAL
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    SECRETARY
    559 5  -  of Mr v- Secret re Rural Board jresterda: -d. New law will speed process By ..I T 1 < RUTH LANGDON pit. practice of keeping slave-girls or 'mui-tsai" is rapidly disappearing from the Colony Mr. C. R. D. Danby, official of the Social Uelfare Department, told the Free Press
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    34 5 picture pHK new .Methodist Bishop of South East Aisa. Bi>hop R. L. Archer, pictured m Singapore yesterday on his arrival back m the Colony from America. His headquarters will be m Singapore Free Press
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    T.B. IN VILLAGES
    38 5 There were 54 cases of tuberculosis in the rural areas of Singapore during June. In May, 70 cases were ted. picture. THE Malay Regimes* parading at the presentation of S.V.C. awards m Singapore. Free Tress
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    'Abolish private graveyards'
    132 5 'Abolish private graveyards' Free Press Staff Reporter ALL private burial ground within Singapore Municipal limits should be abolished but private ground belonging to clans, kongsis or associations should be allowed to carry on, says the committee of the Straits Chinese British Association. Singapore. This view is expressed m the committee's
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    Encouraging, says Briggs
    110 5 Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. X-HE results of the new operations against the terrorists m Johore, which started on June 1. are "so far encouraging." Lieut. -Gen. Sir Harold Briggs. Director of Operations, told a Press conference m Kuala Lumpur this morning. Sir Harold addrd
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    Govt.'s powers to close papers
    225 5 yHE Malayan Government last night gave them- selves power to close down any newspaper or publication m the Federation or Singapore whose continued existence would be "prejudicial to the successful prosecution" of the campaign against the terrorists, or which 'foment opposition to United Nations action
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    SUCCESSOR
    31 5 The new Representative of the Government of India in Malaya. Mr. P. Govinda Menon. formerly Education Minister of the South Indian State Union, la due to arrive here next month.
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    ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE
    58 5 picture. TMfE 11)50 proficiency examinations for Malaya's budding architects are being held both at Singapore and Kuala Lumpur this week. These examinations are set locally by the Institute of Architects Malaya. Picture shows candidates working out their an swers at the British Council Hall which was
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    Taximen may get right of appeal
    178 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A PROVISION to allow Singapore taxi-drivers or owners to appeal to the Municipal Commissioners if they are not satisfied with the exercise by the Registrar of Vehicles of his discretionary powers, has been recommended by the vehicles committee of the
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    Clerks send 'ultimatum' to Govt.
    106 5 Frse Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Government clerks have given an "ultimatum" to Government to set up a Whitley Council on or before July 31 to enable them to negotiate for a "more equitable salar. revision." Both the Singapore Government Administrative and Clerical Services Union and
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    NO RENT ON BORROWED FURNITURE
    325 5 Free Press Staff Reporter FT has been decided not to charge borrowers of 1 furniture from the Custodian of Property and any rent retrospective from the time the furniture uas loaned to them, an official of th<? Dpmrt-~i o nt t«ld the Free Press yesterday.
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    CONCERT NEXT WEEK
    79 5 rHE Mulvaney Brothers and their sister Patricia. Ralph D'Silva. crooner Govendram and Miss Fredda Klass will be featured m Singapore's first international variety concert to be staged at the Great World on July 29. The concert will also feature Miss Bertha Fernando, with her Indian dances. Guest
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    Singapore recta!
    217 5 A CONCERT o! *>„..* >rs for violin and piaiu is a sufficiently rare event m bingapore to attract the muse lover who listens, not 1 ,t dazzling display of pyro nics or lor a tornad sounds but to the inn» surgings of musiciansh.p: the cultured, rather urbane, partnership
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    SECRETARY FOR WHITLEY COUNCILS
    85 5 Xl ALA Ll/MPI'R, Thu»*. A Secretary for Wh Councils is to be pointed by the Federi!i< n Government, the actir.T Chief Secretary, Mr. M. V. Tufo, said this morning. Mr. del Tufo said he hoped m a few months' ti e to release an officer now
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      58 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected In Singapore today from Hong Kong. China, Japan. New Zealand, SUm, Great Britan, N. Ireland. Eire. Europe, North and West Africa, West Indies. Egypt. Ceylon, U.S.A., Australia and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: 5.43 p.m. for the
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    PAT'S FANCY TO WIN THE SINGAPORE CUP
    1062 6  - PAT'S FANCY TO WIN THE SINGAPORE CUP ALLAN LEWIS By Tara Street may be taken out of race THE Singapore Cup, main race on tomorrow's programme, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club's July Meeting, appears to be a match between Tara Street and Pat's Fancy. On their performances on
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    Truman speech helps trade
    424 6 picture. LONDON, Friday. \FTER early widespread advances the London Stock Exchange yesterday ran into a certain amount of profit-taking: which gave the markets a rather irregular complexion at the close, stated Reuter's financial correspondent. Traders were generally impressed with President Truman's message to Congress and during
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    Bright Eyes best in main sprint
    325 6 S}M>NY OWL 11, Bright Eyes. Persian Lord. Croydon, Byron Ininsured and Richmond are the pick of one of the smartest sprint fields ever handicapped since the war m the Class 1, Div. 1 race over six furlongs and 19 yards tomorrow. Snowy Owl II
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    C1. 1, Div. 2-6 Furs. & 19 Yds.
    143 6 C1. 1, Div. 2-6 Furs. 19 Yds. Miss Nathan and Empire Roe* should fight out the finish of this race. Miss Nathan Is uu 11 lbs. for her win on Wednesday. Empire Rose has been promoted a division with an extra 9 lbs. At these figures Empire Rose has been
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    ENGLAND'S BATTING FAILS AGAIN
    451 7 ENGLAND'S BATTING FAILS AGAIN West Indies miss many catches ENGLAND'S batting ag:ain failed against the West Indies on a featherbed pitch when the third Test began at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, yesterday. A gallant late batting recovery failed to prevent all the honour of the first day going to the tourists.
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    34 7 picture. Mr Shew Ah Bah leads m Umpire Ros? Ayres), winner of the third race <Cl. 1. Div 3) at Buk it Timah on Wednesday. Empire Rose looks set for a double. Free Press
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    C1.2.Div. 1-6 Furs. & 19 Yds.
    16 7 C1.2.Div. 1-6 Furs. 19 Yds. Knight and rloagi i K n 1 h 1 t: k%
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    HOSPITALS' SOCCER
    10 7 I., soccei Genera! Sent U be p] row.
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    CHESTERFIELD CUP RUNNERS
    80 7 y^EYENTEEN final acceptors were announced v^sterdav for the Chesierflfld Cup. <t?n furlongs to be run at Goodwood next Friday They ar? with weights: Krateteo 9 st ,1b Roc dv Diable Cour:er 9 5: Shackleton and Silver Gat" 8 IS; Burnt Brown <*ncl Periscope 8.11; Baverstagt. 7 Wltton
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    S.C.F.A. MEETING
    38 7 A .r.ee'ing of the Singapore Chinese Football Association Council will be held at 4.30 p.m. today at Mr. T. W. Ong's office to dtecua the Invitation :o send a touring team to B i next month.
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    JOHNSON HAD GREAT SPELL
    631 7 FULL DETAILS OF PLAY LEN HITTON, suffering from fibrositis, and Harold Gimblett. who has a carbuncle on his neck, were unfit to play for England m the third Test yesterday and had to drop out of the team, while Hines Johnson came m for Prior Jones
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    WINTER OLYMPICS
    31 7 THE Saint Moritz (Switzerland Town Council yesterday decided to apply for the organisation of the 1960 Olympic Winter Games. The Winter Olympics were held there two yeais ago.— Reuter
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    SSC head Water Polo League
    321 7 Free Press Swimming: Reporter SINGAPORE Swimming Club and Chinese Swimmins: Club are the only unbeaten teams m the Singapore Water Polo "B" Division League, S.S.C. however, are at the top of the table, having played one more game than the Chinest*. Results of matches played
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    Johore Bahru DBA want own hall
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. TOIIORE Bahru District Badminton Association propose to build a hall of their own The proposal will be discussed at a general meeting ot the Association on Wednesday, July .26, at 4.45 p.m. at the Johore Civil Service Asso•i at ion. Office-bearers
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    Malayans honoured
    86 7 TONG KONG Cricket Club yesterday extended honorary 11 membership to the visiting Malayan cricketers during the remainder of their stay m Jlong Kong. Yesterday the University of Malaya sportsmen had a day off from the inter University competitions. They were guests of women undergraduates of Hong Kong University
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    Dame Fortune kind to Pulau Brani
    418 7 IJi'LAr Brani were extremely lucky to share points 1 with the Indian Recreation Club when they met m a Senior League tie at the stadium yesterday. Indians were leading* 2—l until the last minuter when Indians" left -back. Ruzak. deflected the baii into his
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    Yorks win, top County table
    481 7 YORKSHIRE'S victory inside two days has sent them to the top of the County cricket championship with 120 points, but they are certain to be joined by Lancashire today as their Northern rivals are assured of first-innings points and can get the full points for
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    32 rounds of boxing for tonight's card
    242 7 32 rounds of boxing for tonight's card Free Press Boxing KepiKt.x ASDF ASDF OINGAPORE fight enthusiasts could not ask for cheaper prices for a boxing programme than the $2 and $1 being charged for tonight's junior promotion at the Happy World Stadium. Apart from the main attraction— the re-app& ranee
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    Horses not accepting
    118 7 FOLLOWING horses will not accept for tomorrows races: Reve de Gloire, Ecliptic. Your Highness. Dark Brocade, Ballroom, Mata Hari. Regmar and French Custom. Tara Street is a doubtful starter for the Singapore Cup. Other doubtful starters are, General. Happy Traveller. Tornado and Buddy. Rain held up track
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    IP REACHES SEMI-FINALS
    111 7 J£ H. Ip .Hong Km. MfcJayaa cnamp,> terday reached the semifinals of the men's linfU me Welsh lawn tew i th Dionships at NeTvpori by beating A. T. Baker fWa c 6—l. 6—l. K. Mob3ren. junior champion of Egypt is aU an the last four. H»- b^a
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    BELLE VUE BEAT WEMBLEY
    92 7 gELLE VUE. Manchester, cv feated Wembley m ;t National Speedway L' match at Wembley last by 45 points to 39 Wembley. the pn League leaders, iiave a weakened team owing to injuries and they now lead Bf:; by only two points, w: Manchester .team ha\ match
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    U.S URGES WORLD ARMS CONTROL
    285 8 U.S URGES WORLD ARMS CONTROL Census plan before U.N. LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. THE United States put the details of its plan for world armaments control before the United Nations yesterday and declared that if it had been m effect the war m Korea would have been impossible. The plan, under
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    18 8 AT THE READY— South Korean troops waiting fully equipped to move into the front line m South-west Korea
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    Work without pay in U.S.S.R.
    174 8 Work without pay in U. S. S. R. BERLIN, Friday. T»HE Soviet Union and its satellite countries, which represent themselves as a workers' paradise, have seemingly endless tricks for making a worker work overtime without pay. Last Autumn millions of workers m Russia and throughout Soviet-influenced Eastern Europe worked "voluntary"
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    Dog-catcher was caught
    85 8 HORSHAM. Australia, Fri IV HEN a dog -catcher Tom Smith was bitten by a stray dog. he refused to catch them anymore. So Horsham Town Council changed his title to '"dogchaser." and now he patrols the main street \vi;h a v hip driving the degs aw\y Irom
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    'Sterility' suit fails
    82 8 LONDON. Friday. A YOUNG wife yesterday lost ITpT stTTt^ for damages sought because her husband became sterile m an accident. Mrs Julia Best. 24, sued for loss of consortium, saying: she had been denied the privileges of matrimony. Her husband. Rex, 28. was hurt two years ago.
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    MORE AID FOR U.S. NEGROES
    156 8 NEW YORK, Friday. progress m its campaign* during 1949 to improve the lot of America's Negroes is claimed by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People In its annual report which has just been issued. "Long-standing colour barriers were successfully challenged In widely
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    WALL FELL OVER CLIFF
    118 8 MELBOURNE. Fri. AS Mr. and Mrs. Collin A Baker, of Melbourne, walked into the lounge of their house, the outer wall, part of the floor and some of their furniture vanished before their eyes. Part of the house is built over a 40-foot cliff. "As we
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    STORMCARRIES OFF ROOFS
    32 8 STORM CARRIES OFF ROOFS Twin tornadoes have slashed through several Ohio communities, ripping roofs off at lead 330 homes, damaging about 270 others and mjuri:» 30 persons. No one was killed.- A.P.
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    Jet plane's new time
    79 8 A Vampire fighter jet plan flew yesterday from Portugal to England m two hours. 14 minutes, stated the De Ha'viliand Aircraft Company. Its speed on the 994.75 airmile distance from near Lisbon to Hatlleld airport was 446.07 miles an hour. The plane flew to Lisbon lr.
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    'WORSE THAN 1939'
    25 8 The former French Premier M. Paul Rrynaud. said yes. day that the situation In Europe was -worse today than m 1939."— U.P.
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    MISSION CHIEF
    22 8 Mr. Abbot Low Moffat has been appointed chief of the United States special technical and economic mission to Burma.— Reuter
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    Truman's message welcomed
    186 8 LONDON. Thurs. WESTERN Europe yesterday hailed President Truman's mobilisation call as an historic move m the fight against aggression. In many quarters there was astonishment over the sweep of the President's programme. Tne London Times said the Uftge "will have Its plarf m history. It makes plain
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    Amputees can play baseball
    63 8 NEW YORK. Fri BASEBALL fans are convinced the loss of an arm or a leg m war does not prevent a younK veteran from playine: the game m capable fashion. A team of amputees on Wednesday won a nine-inn-ing contest with Al Scharht's Hollywood All-Stars. 7-6
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    FILIPINOS MAY VOLUNTEER
    47 8 The Philippines Foreign Secretary, Mr. Carlos P. Romulo yesterday told Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary-Gtn-rral of the United Nations, that the Philippines Republic has adopted the policy of allowing Philippine citizens to volunteer for service with the United Nations forces m Ko- i trii. Reuter
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    WAGE DEMAND
    41 8 British building workers yesterday decided to demand a wage rise of six pence per hour over £1 weekly m defiance of the Government's policy for continuing wage restraint and against the advice of its own leaders.— Reuter ASDFAS ASDFASDFAS
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    TIN MARKET STILL STEADY
    89 8 LONDON. F: .u^y. TIN ittftd] at the ai'.ernoon S€^sion yesterday, gained a modest one arul a half sterling at £679 Is 4d. and three months was one anrt one-fouiih sterling be'.ier at £679-1/2 per ton. The t mover mi Hi ions n\aking a total of 470
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    WORKERS' SCREEN
    32 8 The U.S. Senate Armed B vices Committee bai approved legislation giving heai:.of key government dep. merits absolute discretion' to dismiss work* n do :ned to be "poor security risks Reuter
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