The Singapore Free Press, 26 July 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA M i:.mi SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JI'LY 26, 1950. fKICE TEN rfcNTS
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    OUR BASE IS SECURE — MacA
    544 1 OUR BASE IS SECURE Mac A U. N. forces will stay m Korea OENERAL Douglas Mac Arthur, Commander-in-Chief of United Nations forces m Korea, reported to the Security Council last night that his hold on the southern part of Korea represented a secure base and that United Nations forces were
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    Police radio funds asked
    362 1 Free Press Staff Reporter Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. ESTIMATED expenditure of about $10,000,000 has approved by the Standing Committee on i a report tabled at this mornings meeting •>f the Federal Legislative Council. iggest items are $2,425,000 for radio equipbc police and 52.625.000 for special emerservices
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    THE ONE TOUGH BRIDGE
    113 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. I NITED Nations airmen have v destroyed 58 main bridges and have damaged or knocked out temporarily 31 others m Korea, the United States Air Force reported yesterday. Briefing officers conceded, however, that one big bridge across the Han River near Seoul was proving
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    'No criticism,' newsmen told
    85 1 'pHE United States Eighth Army announced yesterday that correspondents covering the Korean war will no longer submit their stories for security checking, but warned that "criticism of command decisions or of the conduct of allied soldiers on the V^^rnold will not be to:<*rated." Correspondents who fail
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    DELAY BID FAILS
    38 1 The New Zealand flous, of Representatives last nii'.ht defeated by 44 vo f es to 34 Opposition leader Peter Fraser's attempt to dc'ay a bill to abolish the Upper House- -the I egislative Council.— Router.
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    New Party planned
    31 1 Fifty-ei'^ni anti-Moscow Communists met at Ratingen British zone In west Germany i yesterday to plan a new working class party, independent of East, West, Stalin or Tito." Reuter.
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    'OVER-RIDING'
    30 1 Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, Bn tish Prosecutor at the Nu •-ember? trials, yesterday urged international agreemen on the "over-riding crimlna lity" of the infringement of basic human lights.- Reuter
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    GALES HOLD UP MERCY SHIP
    179 1 MELBOURNE, Wednesday. i SECOND attempt by ship doctors to reach Dr. A Serge I dovikoff suffering from appendicitis on lonely Heard Island m the Antarctic, has failed. Strong gales and high seas forced the British 10 500-ton freighter, Perthshire, to abandon her attempt to reach
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    DR. KOO RECALLED
    28 1 Diplomatic officials m Washington reported yesterday that the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Wellington Koo, has been recalled to Formosa lor "consultations" with the Nationalist Government. U.P.
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    'U.K. ready to send troops'
    73 1 'U.K. ready to send troops' D List night to be .•fTer a small pttmd i.r»»" to help the I n m Knrca. g^ has ilrrailv thrown into ifh level talk% •»n the kind i r of troops >"UrtTN I |)..rtint. possibly u> tor influencing ■it uas that Briiiui did not
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 The Turk^h Government Annoumrd today that it has 4fcfri t.» x*»nd 4.500 armed H— pg t<> the aid of the N t:,.>n> f«»r* M >n >«>uth Kt»rp<t.
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    PRAISE FOR U.S. TROOPS IN KOREA
    94 1 PRAISE FOR U.S. TROOPS IN KOREA WASHINGTON, Wed. jy|R. Louis Johnson, US. Secretary ol Defence, said yesterday, 'Our boys have done a marvellous job m Korea. We'll have a different story m a month from now." He revealed that over 5/K)0 war planes will be added to United States air
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    NURSE JUMPS TO HER DEATH
    43 1 A YOUNG Iranian student nurse, Sheybani Arms. 25, has jumped to her death from the flft« floor of her school infirmary m Paris. She told friends she WM "tired of life" and then apparently took a drug. U.P.
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    NEW POLITBURO
    30 1 The East German Socialist Unity Party yesterday elected its new nine-man Politburo, charged with the task of winning West German} for Communism through wholesale sabotage and diversion. Reuter.
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    AMBON REBEL LEADER FLEES
    108 1 JAKARTA. \Y ONE of the founders of th< South Moluccan Republic (Ambon*. Soumoukil. has escaped abroad, the East Indonesian Territorial Command at Macassar announced yesterday. The self-styled South Molucccas Republic, which was proclaimed m April by rebellious Indonesian troops, is the only remaining obstacle to the
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    More taxes asked
    25 1 President Truman asked Congress yesterday for a prompt $5,000,000,000 increase m taxes, to be collected partly from individuals and partly from business
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    Elephant love: £225
    49 1 THE British taxpayers got a bill yesterday for a survey on the love life of elephants. The item read: "For Research into the embryologry and reproduction of the African elephant." Cost £225. It appeared m the 1949-50 report of the governmen&'s Colonial Development Corporation. A. P.
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    SUICIDE
    73 1 Free Press Staff Reporter rFHE dead body ol a bandit JL was found by the roadside m Johore yesterday. He had a revolver and ammunition, and a grenade was found m a pouch at his waist. A letter was also recovered m which it was stated that he had
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    25 1 picture, The damaged S.T.C. bus, object of a Communist arson attempt at the junction of Joo Chiat and East Coast Roads last night. Free Press
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    13 PASSENGERS IN FIRED BUS
    272 1 rpHE S.T.C. BUS which was set afire by Communists 1 at the Katong bus terminus m Joo Chiat Road at 10 p.m. yesterday, had just completed its ninth trip on the Katong— Chulia Street route with four passengers. Nine others had alighted. The conductor, 29-year-old
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    Guns rob the Bazooka boys of their Scotch
    645 1 Today the Free Press begins publica: exclusively of Korean war dispatches sent by London Daily Express correspondents on the spo.. Here is the first one, written by JOHN SHAW: WITH U.S. FORWARD TROOPS, Wednesday. AMERICAN artillery has robbed Bazooka men W$ **their
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    ATTLEE COLD TO SPAIN
    57 1 The British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, yesterday turned down a suggestion In Parliament that he should approach President Truvnan to secure a closer relationship between Spain and Atlantic Pact countries. He said he did not think a closer relationship now would strengthen collaboration between the
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    Forcing A 'Left' Child to Be 'Right'
    1230 2 THR SINGAPORE DOCTOR MY son, who is eleven goes to school m Australia. From the time he learned to write he always used his left hand and the weekly letters I received from him were written m a nice script. The principal, at
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    Drab Life For The Colour-blind
    513 2  -  CHARLES HILL By the Radio doctor Dr. T IFE is a drab busi- ness to the completely colour-blind. To them every colour ap- i pears as a shade of grey. Not for them the reds and yellows, the blues and the mauves. Much of nature's
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    No Need To 'Grow Old' at 60
    529 2 No Need To 'Grow Old' at 60 The Chapman Pincher Column LIEGE. DARK-H AIRED, dapper Professor Lucien Brull switched on a chromium-plated mechanical heart m the t h i r d-floor laboratory of the Haviere Hospital here recently. Scientists of ten nations crowded closer to watch the start of this
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      168 2 WHICH OF THESE AIIMEH7! DO i^SUFFER Sjgaj u fi 7dt^ se wornin9S fte tv or worse may come! Tour doctor m n«f aye wa-". |M c' M.Nf e *L A'O V TAM.N DEF'CIENCY vnrn.nr* that I r''t not jet: -j enout*" M r#ra'« a-ri ■HMtfM which Nature demanc* you tc
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      46 2 Solution To Crossword No. 107 Across: 1. Potato race, 7. Whelmed. 8. Ado. 9, Erratic. 10. Elk. 11. Pip. 13. Jurymen. 15. Pun. 16 Intense. 17, Threadbare. Down: 1. Powder puff. 2. Th?ir. 3. Temp t > ?<>. 4, Redecorated. 5, nook and eye. 12. Pinch. 14, Mauua.
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      286 2 New Crossword No. 10 S O I faflcjßS s^b^^m i£&£*i CLCEfI ACROSS 1, 7. He m:.kes Lent danuerous It. 8. To ;ilms. nearly (6>. 9. He .solved itib 18 of the .sphinx (7). 11. He's the fir.^t of two Co, 3). 15. A valuable, sort of tie, no doubt (8).
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      152 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKX today, you are the v cou.ufeeous individual ist who does not wait for change ior the better, l.\ sets out to achieve it. brilliant conversationalist, you have a scintilliting w it It can be barbed upon oo castion, but it contains such basic truths, that it
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    KOREA-A LAND OF OLD WAYS
    388 3 KOREA- A LAND OF OLD WAYS Kept ignorant by the Japs AMERICAN G.,, s fie ht,n^ n W Ko?ea K find U the d^e.ves th« C l jr. y v Of odd custom s and ancient ways. There is little about either the land or the people l° n I
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    BELGIAN ANTI-KING CAMPAIGN
    56 3 BELGIAN ANTI-KING CAMPAIGN BRUSSELS, Tues. eopold forces tne go-aheud cay for a«tive si the King. National Ac- comprisin? Iff v trade union ;ve leaders, helct ia Bru.>j>eis, announced ided 10 set c measures pieaays and we^ks til opinions were ,».d "by total noni rcsia ance'" to u:i_seat Leopold *hr wh:ch
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    35 3 pu ture. I -hop Ru hard J. Boston. M iv\i I m a blindfold i> h- nk-> p.m i:i a to«*-to-h-rl ra. m th»* of iteaij, Boslou. miin; for th«* finild of the blind. A.P.
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    U.S. taxes may rise
    41 3 U. S. taxes may rise ngton. Tan. .man ye issed with Contra the advusva^e en both :.es ant busiMr. Sam rten wai conv?rsa ian case along- pocisibily in- i profliS tax, be *aiten ypar or ear'y Mr Ray burn said. Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    301 3 '<ia«rs»lc UlMg: W MI Nortt ▲U PIM hought he had a i when he was when partner four spades, Nor m off base m bidding a Souths non-vui-rrp;ive dig promised He might hare *as barely p*»- ovid hare as But sev._>n were A actually had. would surely the
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    Calwell attacks 'hypocrisy'
    223 3 SYDNEY, Wednesday. T*HE former Australian Minister of Immigration, Mr. Arthur Calwell. referred to Australia's attitude on Korea as "hypocritical" m a statement issued m Melbourne. Mr. Calwell said that both Houses of the Australian Parliament had unanimously approved the Government motion supporting the action of the United
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    Red railroad runs again
    62 3 HONG KONG, Tues. fHROUGH traffic on the Peiping-Hankow railroad has been resume*.!, a dispatch from Canton said. Earlier reports said that floods had cut the southern section of the line. The railroad is an important north-south link, along which the Chinese Commu--1 nists were reported to
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    VIOLINIST DEAD
    15 3 Fejer. 64. the Hist credited Ql "The Blue \mertca. has York hospital. A.P.
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    24 3 Trooping the old colours of the Ist and 2nd Battalions of the Durham Light lnfrantry prior to their being laid up m Durham Cathedral.
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    Constitutional changes in Windward Is.
    136 3 Constitutional changes in Windward Is. LONDON, Wed. THE Colonial Office has anirjunced changes m the constitutions of the four colonies of the Windward Islands m the West Indies. The Legislative Councils will consist of 14 members, including presidents, who will be the island administrators and not the Governor. Eight of
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    Bait of £100 for thieves
    54 3 CAMBRIDGE, TUM. A BOWL, stacked with £100 In notes and silver, is m the window of a Cambridge grocer's shop. In a room above sit Mr. Douglas Fletcher, 29. and his brother Terry, waiting with a shotgun. Recently thieves broke into the premises, took £250
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    Police protect Athens embassy
    39 3 Several hundred policemen were stationed m streets leadirg towards the British Embassy m Athens recently as the city closed down lor a half day for a demonstration for the union of Cyprus with Greece A.P.
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    AGREEMENT ON SUGAR PRICES
    62 3 A new International sugar agreement on world supplies and prices Is now b<'in« submitted to the Governments of 25 countries, the International Sugar Council announced. The draft of this agreement is the sequel to the meeting m London In June of Government representatives and observers who
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    Central govt. for Indonesia by Aug. 17
    261 3 Central govt. for Indonesia by Aug. 17 JAKARTA, Wednesday. rpHE form of a new and strongly centralised go\'- eminent to unify Indonesia has been approved by the United States of Indonesia and the Republic of Indonesia. Unification of the islands will be accomplished on Aug. 17, when the new government
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    JAP A-BOMB DEATHS
    130 3 LONDON, Wednesday. DRITISH atomic experts back from a visit to Japan estimate that deaths there from atomic bombing were due to three causes, most victims dying from injuries and burns caused by blast. They gave these causes of death: 1. Heat flash —2o to 30 percent; 2.
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    MacA. reports to Council
    67 3 LAKE SUCCESS, Tues. FE United Nations Security Council will meet today to receive the first report of the situation m Korea from Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, Com-mander-ln-Chlef of the United Nations forces, it was announced at Lake Success yesterday. The Council Is not expected to take
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    'Make me King of Lanka'
    137 3 COLOMBO. Wednesday. \N unheralded visitor walked into the bedroom of the Prime Minister of Ceylon at Temple Trees, Colombo, at 5.30 a.m. recently with a "message." Saying that he had received the blessings of various deities, the visitor announced m stentorian tones to the surprised
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    Living costs continue to rise in U.S.
    158 3 Living costs continue to rise in U.S. NEW YORK. Tues FT. prices continued v.>- last week Tne p <• was slower than m th<» iir> frightening days aft^r thfl Reds struck Kor^a But the cost of living ciimbed steadih higher. The creeping advance widened ou! through 'ho list ml foods,
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    FAST KNOCKS OUT STRIKERS
    75 3 Seven hanger itrucer* :i> Tokyo fell unconscious simul uin*»ously after five days ul fasting and were tak'-n hospi'al for Treatment. Hunger strikers nad r> m; .sitting down m front ol Tokyo employment office 1 i protest against the ronrisra tion of labour cards from fiveof the
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      237 3 f. ■r, ->'t**CI SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] 111 IF NETWORK) 4.45 pjn. Programme sunlit i «n«i 11 7 metres mary; 4.47 "From the London 481 and 417 metres. Editorials" (BBC); 4.55 •Compo--10 ajn. News from Singapore wr ot u^ Week"— Bach ;5.15 "Refollowed by the Emergency News port from Britain" (BBCj;
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    GYMNASTICS AT K.L
    329 4 TEAM of 'teen-age gymnasts delighted .a lary:e crowd In Kuala Lumpur recently when they gave an excellent display of acrobatics at the Methodist Boys 1 School sports ground. The display was the climax of five months of hard training under the direction of Mr. S. Manmuthu, who
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    The GOD That Failed
    2649 5  -  RICHARD WRIGHT 5 NEGRO 'SPECTACLE OF HORROR' 0V RICHARD Wright, one of six authors represented m the book 'The Cod That Failed', was born m 1908 on a plantation twenty-five miles from Natchez, Mississippi, of poor Negro parents. He joined the John Reed Club, a revolutionary
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      98 5 BIRGLAR I ALARM SYSTEM j s jn old adage which v: against being <se and pound 'i Aid yet how many i' 2 like that. They -\2 s-ims of money if beautiful and ";ve tS.n-;s and yet Sfl a trifling amount •i>jr tSsir complete needlessly run of losing your .jrcdand
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      51 5 American $|a\ I NTERNATIONAL 1 Underwriters ltd *%ft\y MANACINC ACENTS FOR AMERICAN BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANIES Mr. W. H. ALLMAN (from our Head Office m Hong Kong) Is now attached to this Office as Assistant Manager. S. H. PEEK Manager Mac Donald House, Singapore. Telephones: ***** Office: 7785 Manager. S '^B^^l^B
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 26, 1950. Stop the fire-bugs
    370 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, July 26, 1950. Stop the fire-bugs are desperate^ men sneaking about Singapore who seek to terrorise you by fire. They carry bottles or tins of petrol and perhaps a revolver or two. Their aim is to burn yorkers out of jobs :d families out of
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    Fairyland On The Fringe Of War
    663 6 Alan Humphreys gives a picture of lif% m Hong Kong, AROUND dusk. Hong Kong looks just like fairyland. Shadows on the hills darken to deep purple, multicoloured lights along the waterfront, throw shimmering reflections across the sea, and street lamps hang golden necklaces across
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    26 6 Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard Of the Netherlands leave the Pans Opera after a gala performance during thrir three -day state visit to the French capital.
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    The Robot Lightship
    138 6 Anew safety-first device— a robot lightship— will soon guide transatlantic liners automatically into New York harbour. For years the U.S. Coast Guard service has been planning such a ship controlled from lighthouses on shore. Ficked with hundreds ol electronic instruments the ship will be controlled automatically by
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    The Story Of Glyndebourne
    283 6 |^HE world- famed Glyndebourne Opera Festival which has just concluded is the crowning achievement of a man whose devotion to music was such that he spent £500,000 on providing the best m music m the most ideal setting. The man is Mr. John Christie, a former
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    New Records
    164 6 Borodin Symphony No. 2 In B Minor played by the Phllhar- t monia Orchestra (Malko). IIMV. C. 7780-83. A vivid performance of a vivid work. Prom the first powerful challenging chords to the brilliant finale this is Russian music from the heart. It is fan of stirring rhythms,
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    A 'Desert' No More
    535 6  -  PRESTO Music Topics by THOSE of us who listen to music whether it be to dance music or to symphonies too often pay scant attention to the material conditions under which musicians live and die. In most countries the rank and file of musicians do not
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    3 6 ILLINCWORTH'S PACE FRIEZE
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    MUSIC MUST BE ABSORBED'
    550 6 I was asked the ot day how to go about understanding music; this by a pupil of mine who. after scrappy and disliked lessons as a child and nodding acquaintance with only a well-known pieces such as Chopin's Eb Nocturne, Brahms" Hungarian Rhapsody, and so forth,
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      62 6 Health Plan WITH reference to the "Health Insurance Plan" report which appeared m your paper on Saturday. I wish to state categorically that the article was published without our knowledge or sanction and that the details as given In the article were not Issued by us. T E. TAY, Hon.
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    Water job: 'give it to local man'
    83 7 I >uff Reporter S to appoint a Jk c m candidate \Y .ter .oe of Urn .::t recom- the post by Urn i Board, will o Yap Pnen^ •ing of Sin- j Co mm.> sfc that th* of B Pa'.t-I should o- a
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    MAIL
    15 7 ed m m a Federation. pes::n* «ur: GPO ?Tt h- N N Egvp- t
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    KATONG Y.W.C.A.
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    8,000 TYPES OF FORMS
    66 7 MORE than 8.000 types of m forms were m use by the Maliyan Governments, it was found by Mr. S S. Ross, Organisation and Methods Adviser, m a report to the Federal Legislative Council. Mr. Ross said he had already examined two series with a total
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    GOING TO U.K.
    47 7 \[R John Duclos, head if I the Malay Section of Radio II leaves Singapore oil Aug. 10 for En?:.. on a G tent broadca Of id He will study adminisira- 1 tion an! practical broadcast-' •he BBC. and D while m the U X
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    SURPLUS STAFF IN GOVT. SERVICE
    414 7 SURPLUS STAFF IN GOVT. SERVICE Expert reports to Fed. Council Free Press Staff Reporter |frllll o KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HILE there was a shortage of trained staff m the Government Service, the total authorised establishments of many Federal Government departments were m excess of essential requirements, stated the Organisation and
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    36 7 CARONGS flapping, four laughing Malaj girls stagger to the finishing line m the three-legged race at the Hari Ka>a gathering of Malay women at the residence of Che Fatitnah bin Haji Haroun m Arab Street yesterday.
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    QUIZ MEETING
    22 7 A 'Quiz' meeting will be held at 6.30 p.m. today at ti~e Ceylon Tamils Assoc. premises at 11. Handy Road
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    AWARDS TO 3 SOLDIERS
    54 7 TWO Gurkha riflemen and a Malay Sergeant-Major have received awards for gallantry fighting the bandits m the Federation. They are C.S.M Ibrahim bin Mohammed Haniff of the Ist Battalion. Malay Regiment, and Rifleman Bhimlal Thapa and Rifleman Keharsing Thapa ol the Ist Battalion. 2nd King Edward
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    SMC chief's status in councils queried
    216 7 Free Press Staff Reporter THE position of the Singapore Municipal President m the Legislative and Executive Councils of the Colony and the question of who he represents on these Councils form the subject of queries which Mr. D Robertson (Progressive —South Ward) will table
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    More 'specials' to fight bandits
    185 7 More specials' to fight bandits Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. 4 I'THORISATIOX of an increase In the Special A Constabulary from 32.000 to 37.000, the creation of more tr»<n 200 new police officer posts, and the hire of up to 12.000 Army rifles for the kampong guards are
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    FREE SMOKES FOR REGT.
    78 7 FREE SMOKES FOR REGT. Free Pre..> Staff Reporter J^EN of the Malay Regiment are to receive a free issue vt 50 cigarettes a week bringing them m line with the cigarette ration now distributed to all British, Gurkha and locally enlisted personnel serving m the imperial Army m Malaya. This
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    Internees' loans
    76 7 THE Finance Committee of the Federal Legislative Counhas approved the expend iture of $49,437 to refund loans made by internees to m ternment camp funds m Singapore after Oct. 10, 1943 wh ich were used for the benefit of all internees. Many internees during the occupation cashed cheques
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    Film work?—'not for £100 a week'
    282 7 Film work?— 'not for £100 a week By RI'TH LAXGDON "I WOULDN'T be a professional extra for a hundred pounds a week but it was certainly thrilling just this once", said one of the 12 members of the Singapore Repertory who worked for several hours m the blistering sun yesterday
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    Victim's widow gets $25,000 compensation
    250 7 Victim 's widow gets $25,000 compensation 10 YEARS AFTER AIR CRASH Free Press Staff Reporter KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TpEN years after an aircraft accident m Ipoh resulting m the death of a member of the Perak Battalion of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force, the Finance Committee of the Federal Legislative Council
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    363 loans to Chinese miners
    138 7 363 loans to Chinese miners KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TWE Chinese Tin Mines Rei 1 habilitation Leans Board has made 363 loans to ChinI ese miners totalling $19,724,--760 up to June last. A sum of $3,649,982 has been repaid, leaving outstanding 1 at the end of June $16,074,778. Instalments overdue at
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    Million on squatter schemes
    137 7 Million on squatter schemes Free Fresfc Staff Reporter Xl ALA LI MPIR. Wed MOSEY for squatter resettlement schemes m Selangor and Perak amounting to nearly $1,000,000 has been approved by the Federal Finance Committee. For resettlement work m South Perak, J627.500 was approved on a certificate of urgency. For clearing
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    Diet to help cure leprosy
    83 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. 4 DIET rich m proteins is necessary lor leper pents if a satisfactory response ;to treatment by c ome new drugs is to be obtained. In order to improve diets m i the Sungei Buioh Settlement m Selangor, a sum cf $14
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    SPIN BOWLING AGIAN PROVES DECISIVE
    411 8 SPIN BOWLING AGIAN PROVES DECISIVE West Indies win third Test From BEN PHLEGAR UTEST Indies, playing with justified confidence, won the third Test cricket match against England yesterday, by ten wickets. England entered the final day with a faint hope that a miracle stand could save a draw, but the
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    43 8 picture. Cpl. Rosemary Slade (Hth. BatUlion W.R.A B A.0.R.) adjusting her pads before join* m to bat at the W.R.A. C. cricket trials *t Hounslow. Middlesex. The trials were held to find the best team for inter-Service and representative matches.- Army News Service
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    Federal holiday proposals
    265 8 Federal holiday proposals KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A SELECT Committee of the Legislative Council, reeoamenda that stallholders V the Federation should not impelled to have a weekly holiday and that the pro—sin the bill for the Holidays Ordinary-. I*so, should only apply to B, restaurants and theatres. The Select Committees rewas
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    Citation may stop racing
    48 8 /'ITATION. 1 m dm is deflniteiv out U5575.000 Arl>n Hardioap and may be with ra Trainer Jimmy Jones «;^id .ition. --ir:^.! US^33 630 ir. his nuilec' up lame after a workout ngton Park Sa'urria-v tion has never fmisliei' M than second m his > A.P.
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    WIMBLEDON BEAT WEST HAM
    65 8 U IMBLEDON con* inued their run ot success when I beat West Ham by 49 points to 35 m a National L a?ue speedway match at %>st Ham last night. .iding scorer 3 for Wimb.^don were: Norman Parker <ten points-, Cyril Baine i nine and Ronnie
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    Collapse after an hour
    439 8 Collapse after an hour -pHREE thousand people were present to see EnjA land's batsmen continue the struggle against spin bowlers Ramadhin and Valentine, and against time. Every run, every minute was valuable to England. Dewes presented a strong defensive bat. while perky Evans accepted scoring opportunities. Half an hour yielded
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    Scoreboard
    126 8 N(.L%M>— MT. INN^ \W>» I.S4MES Uf. IS\> M1 V\ ..6»r....k c VVorrrU k Viknlnit M S:aip>oii run »ut Pirihouir Ibw «.«>ddard i>e«e* Ikw \ai«Btlae H Insole ,1 WAlrott b R»yaj lhio H Kvma* I M<»tin»'cr b Ramadtaln m b \ii»atiur Inkini not out IVis/r b Ki.mdhln H«iwt Ibw Kamidhm
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE
    40 8 'TOE Gov.rnor of Trinidad I Mai-Gen. Sir Hubert Ranee, was to have issued a proclamation last night dfclarinK Thursday a puMic holiday to celebrate the w st Indies victory m the third match against England. Reuter
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    Gratuities for wounded men
    333 8 Fref Press SUfT Reporter Xl ALA LVMPI T R. Wednesday. I^WO gratuity payments and allowances for men injured by bandits m the Federation have been approved by the Finance Committee m a paper detailing supplementary expenditure estimates laid before the Federal Legislative Council this morning. The
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    SCHROEDER LOSES TO UNKNOWN
    46 8 I LJERB FLAM, of the rity of California a.d I Angles' national in'er-cu!]*-tennii cbampl scored v straißh: H I anpo ov»t tho nattoo'f tcprankm« amateur. Ted Schroeder. 6-1. 6-2. 6-2. Thpy me; m ne final of th^ national I rourtx tournament.— A.P.
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    Markets less bearish
    341 8 I^^^^^^^^^t \^^^^^^a LONDON m A LTHOiGH no improvement m th» i: it ern situation was revealed by the tvemitfit there was less bearish feeling: than of London Stock Exchange yesterday, s1 financial correspondent Several bright spots were shov seas issues. These included a shai loans following a
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    FILM WORK
    33 8 t.nlinu-d p haa Hundr ers, j^r..be: wa'wch. Tilth tr.» r«tt rar t ook backi ol Jur. Ed v ma gH a By;:, pa ex anAt noo:. R ju: ba I I
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    781 9  -  PHILCOV ttfe*t"e**t*f £Ae*t Sti** By \l> ..HALT!" •t v of tin* Districl I ruining 'yed the Thai is, tluv for lluv i.i\v it- ent ild lollow who nd were .r one the Faced 1 I B 7. ::g Of Other .1 very well. You Ing of
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    A child walked into a hail of bullets
    1178 9  -  HUGO KURANDA MY MOST EXCITING ASSIGNMENTS by taken over. Then the broadcast broke off. 'Terrible things have happened' TAN Yd" remember 1934 or is 1(> years too long a time? iProbably it did not, m any ease, mean more to you than
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    India ups jute output
    54 9 INDIA rdii lure offi Be position had b lously when mn went to Pak: said. India totalled only I,€ while this year it amoui j to 4.000.000 acres. By 1951-52. Sir Dal added, there should be 5,000> 000 acres under jute and India should have e.iough
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    MODEST MAIDENS
    19 9 rATHES T^LO M£ ABOUI rMS BlfcC^ SUT H£ FOR6OT 7?? TELL MS A6OUT THE &E£9 f jj
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    First 'pro' fight at age of seven
    1215 10  - First 'pro' fight at age of seven RALPH MODDER The Flashy Sebastian story By FLASHY Sebastian is about the unluckiest of the top-notch Filipino fighters ever to invade the United States. He had his big; chance a fiffht with world welterweight champion Ray "Sugar" Robinson— but a "lucky left hook",
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    FARR RACK IN TRAINING
    222 10  -  ARCHIE QUICK By TOMMY FARR. who. wnen h^avvwrteh' champion, •nit British boxing on top of the world by goiiv* the distance with Joe Louis (or the world title m 1937. ll back Tin training. For what? ;i? will not say. Mayor he intends to return to
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    Locke for U.S.
    55 10 BRITISH Opon golf champion from SonMi Atrica. Bobby Locke, will fly to Chicago a week from Monday for his first American appearance since he was barred a year aso. Locke, who will be accompanied by Ossie Pickworth of Australia, will play m the George Mays and Tarn
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    TRAINER'S REQUEST
    28 10 Henri Jelliss, who trains flat-race horses for Miss Dorothy Paget at Newmarket, has written to Miss Paget asking her to remove her horses from his stables.
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    Coaches should encourage on-side play
    675 10 By NORMAN YARDLEY VIANY letters, m eluding some from schoolmasters, prompt a few words for the cricket coach. Coaching is no easy task, and, as m any other walk of life, the instructor must have a sound knowledge of the game before trying to impart
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    Rae-sound and imperturbable
    409 10 PAVILION PROFILE...9 By JOHN ARLOTT. ALLAN RAF, the West Indies opening batsman, is alert and well-knit: his frequent smile shows to advantage under a trim, dark moustache to the disturbance of female snapshotters and he contrives to wear his plum-coloured West Indies cap so that it simultaneously
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    Singapore XI getting ready for Cup final
    326 10  -  CURSADER By VfORTHFRN section finalists m this Cup soccer competition will probabl on Saturday when unbeaten Penang m.. Penang have only to draw to qualil> as the ed Selangor earlier m the season. If the unexpected happens and P Penang and Selangor will
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    Grandson OS 'W. G.' in Singapore
    88 10 Grandson OS W. G.' in Singapore Free Pre>» Ktafl K*>porw working m a hrm a Sins;ai> raff •cion of LogUndi cricke'ing tant.i* mi grandson of ih< illu>trioti* *'VY is. (<>ntrirv \q a lerested m His sportin. turn much num i> lukcuar. "I like In uatrh a ef cricket n-v da
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    JOE LOUIS TO WRITE FOR FREE PRESS
    179 11 JOE LOUIS TO WRITE FOR FREE PRESS JOE LOUIS, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, will, beginning next Monday, write a series of articles for the Free Press. For the first time the "BLtnril Bomber" will shed ligh* o n the speculation as to whether he will make a
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    COLONIALS CC.
    57 11 'THE following have been mvi'ed J to play for the Colonials Cricket Club against R.A.F. Seletar. m Senior Tournament game, Bt Josephs Ground, on Sun- F. Chopard (capt), W. Ra'naJ Martens. G. Woodford. E. Kruseman. D. Miller, G. N. Woodhull. D. Keyt. H. Shah. M. Shah, G. Ft^iandes.
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    BOXING CROWD LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED
    241 11 Recommendation by S. M. C. committee DrrA ntmT Free Press Staff Reporter that the seating capacity of Happy World Madium, Singapore, should be r aised from 7,128 persons to 9,200 is being made by the svb-committee appointed by the Municipal Commissioners to study the
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    31 11 Chong Kum. C.A. centre-forward, appears being slapped m this picture. Jaffar, Kota aia goalkeeper, misses when he tries to push out the ball. Harith. the centre-half, looks on. Free Press picture.
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    Ex-jockey Jim Skinner dead
    78 11 JTX-JOCKEY Jim Skinner has died m Sydney, iged 102. Skinner once rode for f hc Prince of Wales, who lau-i became King Edward VII. The old man had a colourful riding career m France, Ocr many, England and India. One of his fondest memories was when
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    BRITAIN PICK CYCLING SIDE
    65 11 pETE PROCTOR. 19-year-old Bradford cyclist, will ride for Britain m the world amateur road race championship <118 milesi near Courtrai. Belgium, on August 19. The others chosen by the Na:ional Cyclists' Union have ridden m international teams before. They are: R. Bowes iSolihull CO, R. Maitland
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    C.B.O.B.A. team
    72 11 The following have been invited to play cricket for the Christian Brothers' Old Boys <S) Assocn: against Ruffles Old Boys, m the Evan Wong Shield serifs on Saturday on the Khalsa Association Ground, St. George's Road. ;tt 2 p.m. Chia Keng Hock (capt.), S. Oliveiro, J. D' Almeida.
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    REME win one-nil
    35 11 REME beat 30 Bn. RAOC onenil m a semi-final replay of the FARET.F (Army) foo.ball cup at St. George's Road yesterday. REME outside-right scorxl m the fifth minute of the Gftat iMut.
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    Bad day for Goodwood favourites
    253 11 FE Maharajah of Rajpipla's four-year-old First Cowsul, a 100-9 chance yesterday triumphed m the £2,000 Stewards Cup. the six-furlong gamble which always features the opening of the colourful-four-day meeting at GoodWivd (.Sussex). Princess Margaret, representing the Royal Family, was among the huge crowd who saw
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    FALLI RUNS 100 IN 10.2 SECS.
    110 11 TBRAHIM Falli. Victoria School's champion athlete, was la great form yesterday wh(|i the In for today's inter-School sports were held. Falh ran the 100 m 10 2 sees. In the 220 yds., Khoon Boon Seng (Anglo-Chinese School) returned the fine time of 24.2 sees.,
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    J.B. ALL BLUES TASTE DEFEAT
    182 11 Free Press Staff Reporter JOHOKE BAHRU, Wednesday. 4 LL BIKES' sequence of wins since the beginning of the League soccer competition received a check yesterday when the Police the Depot ground. Police obtained both their goals m the first half. The first goal came off
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    Derby win after shaky start
    617 11 F|ERBYSHIRE won their second home match m the county cricket championship yesterday after a very shaky start towards the target of 119 set them by Essex. They lost two wickets for 13, but P. Vaulkhard and Denis Smith brought them out of the mire. Smith
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    Lanes still leading
    131 11 IANCASHIRE, by defeating Nottinghamshire yesterday, retained the leadership m the County cricket championship, which they held when this series started. With 140 points from 18 matches, they lead from Yorkshire, who have 132 from 19 games and whose victory over Surrey on Mmday had given them iop
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    S.R.C. take full points
    105 11 SINGAPORE Recreation Club took full points at the expense of Chinese Casuals m a Senior League game played on the S.R.C. ground yesterday, winning by two goals to nil. The Recs had their defence m which Clarke, Lawther and Barth were prominent, to thank for their
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    Docusen wins
    31 11 BERNARD DoCtlien, 146 .bs.. outpointed Mike Boballa 149 i ib<?.. In s 10-round bout In New OfdMM on Ifo v liight m a laplit ifcUioyi. Om iw3«» Wiled A.P.
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    Bakar's 4 goals give Kota Raja championship
    651 11 Bakar 's 4 goals give Kota Raja championship Kota Raja 4; C.A JT was a great day for Singapore's opportunist de 1 luxe, Awang Bakar. at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. He scored all four goals m Kota Raja's victory over Chinese Athletic and gave his side the S.A.F.A. Senior League
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    MALAYANS BEATEN
    14 11 MALAYANS BEAT EN 'T'HE L'n; I beaten at iMMfI o INI Tuesday, by f.
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    BIRTHS
    60 12 Port Uick^on, on July 23rd. to Peggie, wife of v Shaw, a KM ON JULY 12TH. to Norman of Karim Judin. I 1 I") partment. a daughter, t" Forests Quarters. Kuala I ur. TOOLEY: On 19th July, at British Military Hospital, Singapor to Flizabeth. wife of Lieut. I John
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    26 12 MRS RAJAMANI BAI. v.ife cf M*\ Dora: Ross. Leading London Mer, daughter of K. Ranga i rf Pro-iattur South-India >. m lorricn, on 7th July. 1950.
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    N. KOREANS FEARED U.S. TORTURE
    195 12 N. KOREANS FEARED U.S. TORTURE Many now want to join South SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Wednesday. NORTH Korean prisoners, including young officers m Russian uniforms, who expected to be tortured and probably put to death are well treated and well fed, visitors to a South Korean prisoner of war camp found
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    THE SHE-WOLF
    35 12 THE SHE- WOLF Princess Aly Khan, formerly actress Rita Hayworth, with an unidentified son of Prince Air Khan during a visit to the statue of the she-wolf suckling oKmulus and Remus in Rome's Hotel Ha&sler.
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    PAKISTAN 'ANGLO-US COLONY'
    119 12 PAKISTAN 'ANGLO-US COLONY' MOSCOW, Wed. THE Moscow Literary Gazette yesterday accused Pakistan's Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, of doing his utmost since returning from the United States, to convert Pakistan into a "political strategic and economic bastion of Wall Street m Asia." Under the heading Pakistan model of Syngman Rhee.'
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    H.K.MONEY
    26 12 The following were the official quotations on the Huns Kong Money Exchange: HK56.185 per U.S. dollar. HK515.45 per pound steling. HKS3O7 per tael of gold.
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    1,043 NEW SHIPS
    27 12 Lloyds Register of Shipping fe'uuteti yesterday that 1.043 ships, totalling 4.549.921 tons. were being buiK throughout the world at the end of June. A.P.
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    Friendlier Soviet policy urged
    255 12 LONDON. Wednesday. TWENTY-FIVE resolutions which have been proposed by the rank and file of the Labour Party call upon the executive to move closer to Russia, to stop the cold war and to outlaw atom bombs. They are among some 300 proposed planks submitted for consideration
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    BASES COULD BE USED AGAIN
    71 12 Former defence areas m the Philippines could be restored under the new U.S. military aid, programme for the Far East, brought on by the Korean War. The U.S. Army. Navy and Air Force have a dozen or so former bases m the islands that can
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    LOW FOR U.S.I.
    36 12 The Dutch Lower House has approved a 200,000,000--guilder general purpose loan for Indonesia, plus a credit of 80.0000,000 guilders to consolidate a debt assumed by Indonesia at last year's round table conference Reuter
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    P.I. ENVOY TO PEACE RALLY
    49 12 P.I. ENVOY TO PEACE RALLY Lorenzo Bamists. President of the Philippines Town Hall, has cut short his tour of India to atten&jpeace clay celebrations In Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6. He said he would carry pea.cc messages from the mayors of Calcutta. Rangoon, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo. A.P.
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    U.S. urges west to re-arm
    90 12 LONDON, Wed. T'HE United States yesterday urged Atlantic pact nations to re-arm speedily to prevent another lurprUe Communist attack. Mr. Charles Spofford. a New York lawyer selected by President Truman as Deputy U.S. representative to the Atlantic Pact Council, told the opening session that events
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    BONN TO HELP WEST RE-ARM?
    61 12 Y^ELL- INFORMED official French sources said yesterday that Western Germany may soon be called upon to help re-arm the armies of Western Europe. These sources said the question is to be studied by the permanent committee of the North Atlantic pact which is meeting m
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    Tin market recovers
    90 12 Tin market recovers LONDON. Wed SPOT tin regained £6-3/4 of yesterday morning's *:3 loti during the afternoon session and closed at £715-1/2 per ton. Three months recovered £7-3/4 of morning* loss at £715-3/4. Tile conditions were VGtJ quiet and the turnover was only 70 tons, making a total of 285
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    PROTEST TO SEA CLAIM
    63 12 PROTEST TO SEA CLAIM Sweden and Denmark yesterday jointly accused the Soviet Union of encroaching upon the freedom of the op^rr sea" by extending its territorial waters m the Baltic. The charge was made m a joint protest to the Soviet Government against Russia's claim of a 12-mile limit m
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    THE TECHNIQUE OF SPANKING
    143 12 LONC. BEACH, California. Wednesday. 11/ T HEN a youngster is spanked, the most important thing is the attitude of the spanker. That is what Dr. Frank Tallman. director of California's Department of Mental Hygiene, told a meeting of the Southern California Society for Mental Hygiene. "The
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    Boom in corsets
    43 12 sriTi: President Truman's assurance that the t'nited V States is well supplied with rood and consumer goods, panic buying still goes on. One woman m Tampa, Florida, bought 16 new corsets, and another bought 36 pairs of stockings. A. P.
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    LSI dissolves Dutch army
    73 12 LSI dissolves Dutch army JAKARTA. Wed. gANDBAGS lad gun emplacements ringed A)f tederal army barracks m Jakarta yesterday on the eve of the dissolution of the Royal Duu-h Army In Indonesia. Patrols armed with aiucmatic weapons took up pj>i tions against possible trouble A spokesman for the Vn Ni States
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    BURMESE REDS BLOW BRIDGES
    45 12 Damage, estimated al Rs. 1.000.000. was done to harbour installations and rivercraft at the Irrawaddy city Prome, by retreating Communists, according to an official statement yesterday. Communist laid dynamite charges blew up ten powerdriven vessels which s:\nk m the harbour.- A.P.
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    One of ours —or a Yak?
    180 12 One of ours or a Yak? OFF KOKI w, ORITISH carrier units operatm: 7th Fleet posed a problem for \uf A I Arthur D. Struble, the commander v it 1P 'f I aircraft recognition. >rm I The British Seaftre aircraft 100 a I the American F-51 but more lik. T
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    101 12 NAIROBI, Kenya. Wed. > NAIROBI police began a -i campaign yesterday against native anti-white fanatics who vow the obliteration of all Europeans to the throb of tom-toms at midit jungle meetings and seal their piecigcv In biood. Nineteen natives including two women wen 1 convicted of belonging
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    Bomb on UK could kill 50.000
    20 12 SINGI V fish 50.000 p. r that nur Home OfT^c 'If i taken A.P.
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