The Singapore Free Press, 28 July 1950

Microfilm: NL3683
Total Pages: 8
1 8 The Singapore Free Press
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA X334 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
    18 words
  • Article, Illustration
    ENEMY DEAD PILED UP 20 DEEP
    562 1 Reds begin big new drive T ORTH Korean assault troops rushed the American defenders of thi middle of the Allied line today m the first stage of a grand-scak Communist drive to break open the defences of South Korea. Waves of Communist troops hurled
    A.P.  -  562 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Fire took her trousseau
    326 1  - Fire took her trousseau TAN TOCK SAIK By 1 ree l'ress Staff Keporier rE onluckicsl girl among the scores of people who .ost their homes m the Aik Hoe Rubber Factory jßfcrdav was 19-year-old Lim Kirn Kwai, who lost a m the fire. Her father had bought her and jewellery
    326 words
  • Article
    HOLDING WHAT IS LEFT
    141 1 HOLDING WHAT IS LEFT TOKYO, Fri. AFTER a flying visit by General Mac Arthur to the front yesterday, thete was speculation m Tokyo that he had reached new dec* ions with his field commanders on how to hold what is left of South Korea until United Nations forces can be
    A.P.  -  141 words
  • Article
    Soviet ships off Sweden
    66 1 STOCKHOLM. Fri. poUR Soviet warships are cruising along the Swedish coast m the Gulf <>t Bothnia, the Swedish naval authorities said yesterday. Th ships wfto sighted lad night by the Swedish lightship Sveuska Bjo< m' m the sea of Aaland, and yesterday morning they W re
    A.P.  -  66 words
  • Article
    Soldiers welcomed
    31 1 In an Ord< r of the Day. th» Dutch D ience Minister, Dr m Schokking. welcomed soldiers of the dissolveo Dutch Indonesian Army m ■he Rcyal Dutch Army- A..
    A.P.  -  31 words
  • Article
    ISRAEL CHARGED
    24 1 Egypt yesterday charged that Israeli sent m armed force across the Egyptian frontier on June 30 !n ;.n Rd of premeditated aggression"
    24 words
  • Article
    JOINT NAVAL EXERCISES
    36 1 A Greek flotilla of three destroyers and three submarines took nart m a joint American Greek tuo-cla/ naTal exercises which beg* v?sterday m the Aegean Sea under the command ot Admiral Balientine. A.P.
    A.P.  -  36 words
  • Article
    16 DROWNED
    31 1 Sixteen people were cnr.wn«d yesterday when a row-boat carrvln* 20* Greek piUrnns to a cSbratlon at the St. Anna Monastery, at Imros Island, sank m the Aegean Sea.-- Reuter
    Reuter  -  31 words
  • Article
    CHURCHILL FAILS BY SINGLE VOTE
    197 1 LONDON, Friday. MR. Winston Churchill declared yesterday that planes from the present U.S. bases m England could atom bomb "Russian cities and key points" m a Third World War. But meanwhile, he said. Russia would sweep into the English Channel and "bring us under air
    A.P.  -  197 words
  • Article
    Rubber for Reds
    46 1 The British Colonial Secretary, Mr. James Griffiths, was asked m Parliament yesterday what had been done to control the sale of natural rubber from Malaya to Communist countries. He replied: "Try 1 re is no control except on exports to North Korea."— Reuter
    Reuter  -  46 words
  • Article
    'S'PORE WAS WONDERFUL' CAROL REED
    166 1 MR. CAROL Reed left Singapore this morning by BOAC Constellation for London after completing part of the v.ork on the film "Outcast of the Islands." Mr. Reed said. Everybody In Singapore and m Brunei ir.ts been wonderful to us. They weie all ro-operative and most
    166 words
  • Article
    TO COVER THE KOREAN WAR
    38 1 MR. William Randolph Churchill. .son of Britain's wartime Premier. Mr. Winston Churchill, is scheduled to irrive In Manila today en route to cover the Korean war as correspondent for the London D;iilv Telegraph.
    38 words
  • Article
    13,000 priests dead, jailed
    102 1 VATICAN CITY. Fri. MORE than 13.000 Catholic priettl had been killed or out m concentration camps by the Communist regimes of Russian satellites during the past five years, the Vatican Radio said yesterday. The radio broadcast Itg charges m all languages, including those of the Iron
    A.P.  -  102 words
  • Article
    TROOPS KEPT
    25 1 President Truman yesterday extended for twelve months all enlistments m the armed forces due to expire between yesterday and July 9, 1951.- U.P.
    U.P.  -  25 words
  • Article
    COMINFORM TALKS
    31 1 Delegations from three Cominform countries are m Prague, itw as learned yesterday. They were reported .to include seven people from Poland, nine from Hungary, and 11 from Italy. A.P.
    A.P.  -  31 words
  • Article
    Killed by arrow
    59 1 VN AFRICAN assissin killed a colonial official, Philip V Richmond. 38, with bow ar.d arrow as he left his hotel at Nakuru m the Kenya highlands for an after-dinner stroll. As the.unidentified killer fflided away, bow m hand, IVtr. Richmond chiti,cu Sura but his strength f*Ued *»4
    A.P.  -  59 words
  • Article
    4,000 MARCH TO SEE ONN
    231 1 4,000 MARCH TO SEE ONN Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Friday. \f ORE than 4,000 Malay men, women and children, M- led by UMNO leaders from all parts of Malaya, trekked frc.m UMNO House m Johore Bahru this morning to Dato Onn's residence m a mile-long procession. They had
    231 words
  • Article
    Free Press specials
    55 1 rpHKRE will be a 16-page X Free Press on Monday. A. special eight-page supplement will mark thr 19.»0 trade exhibition at the Happy World. On the sports page. Joe Louis will begin a series of articles m which he takes readers "behind the scenes" m the boxing
    55 words
  • Article
    GUAM BILL PASSED
    18 1 The U.S. Sena^ passed a b\ll on Wednesaay granting civil government io Guam. A. P.
    A.P.  -  18 words
  • Article
    Russia to end U.N. boycott
    227 1 Russia to end U.N. boycott LAKE SUCCESS, Friday. T*HE Soviet representative, Mr. Jacob Malik, after an absence from the United Nations of over seven months, announced yesterday that he would take over the presidency of the Security Council next month. In a surprise phone call to Mr. Trygve Lie, Secretary
    227 words
  • Article
    STOP PRESS
    58 1 The Senior Inspector of Chinese Schools. Mr. Li Chi Wan, was shot m the hip and wrist while seated m an S.T.C. bus at I o'clock this morning at the bus terminus at Newton Circus. There were a number of other people m the bus when two shots
    58 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      168 1 Pi I^ vr l i iapd RP. STORE IN THE TRtAJMeNr Ofc^ i£... INDIGESTIpN iALOCOL is widely prescribed by the I V A medical profession It Is generally V^-^^i J recognsed that by the introduction of the '-X principle of Acid Control 'Alocol' marks j^df I definite advance m the
      168 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      39 1 Dinu«runu RESTAURANT BAR 79. Bras Basah Road. Tele 4088. Ist class service Special Cocktails Cold Beers Selected Menus of European Chinese Food. Appetising Curry Tiffin. /^K^v There's always I I Irl E FOR A TIGER m pints end quarts
      39 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    13 2 flier <13> and Guy Bchl '17). both from Ohio, who are visiting Europe.
    13 words
  • Article
    London Shocks U.S. 'Debs'
    251 2 t^i.eyen American "debutantes on a six weeks' European com-ing-out tour are finding L ndou a shock to their pur. Their pocket money allows them £4 a v for their five days here. Says one of their two ganiser chaperones Mrs. J. Baker: "The girls were shocked
    251 words
  • Article
    ROLLER DERBY 'AMAZONS'
    342 2  -  KAY MURRAY By IN Roller Derby skat- ing a popular (and the toughest) American sport, blocking a skater may be done with the shoulder, and it's illegal to indulge m kicking, tripping an opponent, hair-pulling or swiping with thp elbow m an upward or downward movement. Accidents
    342 words
  • Article
    A Straight Talk to a Career-wife
    857 2  - A Straight Talk to a Career-wife IRIS ASHLEY By I HAD occasion to call on Lady Cripps recently, and quite suddenly she asked me, m the way you do when you have a problem on your mind, what I felt about careers for women That is to say, the woman
    857 words
  • Article
    'Tribal Woman Dress Now
    154 2 a MERICAN anss design rs rV are goins farther and farther afield for trnnr inspiration. Adrian, belowa of si^art New York and of the Hollywood film colony, took his recent visit to Africa as the motif for his autumn and winter collection. Starkly simple suits are
    154 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    13 2 I only raid T»*4*m mm. Mis*. you 6ropoe4 your h>ft4kcrckief. **4 iKe fjintrd
    13 words
  • Article
    A NEW 'PERM' TESTER
    164 2 lI A YE you ever thought of Mr naturally wary hair as your crowning pride and glory? Well, you had belter think again, for at a demonstration Riven by a beauty Ann In New York tiie other day I heard it coldly referred to at "warped
    164 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    6 2 Gale Storm models this attractive costume.
    6 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      81 2 \i t £>\ 1 l s?i^ m L^ 111 i nit \X hich milk is best for baby Baby shows that baby knows. And the signs which a mother sees with thankfulness are sturdy limbs, steady gains, lots of energy, deep sleep. Baby is coming along wonderfully on Ostermilk. The
      81 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      198 2 1/ Cocktail Go is 278, Orchard Rd. Tel 4, Wd&e* ri FOR PERFECT kfjfiST^ (I HAIRSTr me }W 7 5B fully imurbj \\^^H] H IR EXPERTS. cjA4/JISTYLirG^ j Safon TflargucrcUa The Arcade, Singapore Cold Storage Ml 537 C Ext 4 doHJiyo qeddeo the linle/Dhop Morning Cottons, and Dressy afternoon Fr
      198 words
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      477 2 New Crossword No. 110 your luciTystar" -U-U-Qit-D^ DOKN today, you are one the pill of advice. j II II UMI KB! five the appcarince of be- and have no fear of ap l a roje t cts°and^m W oHant a a 1 f C ■■h^ lairs. you I I j
      477 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    GEORGE WIMPEY & CO., LTD.
    598 3 GEORGE WIMPEY CO., LTD. V VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR SS AT HOME AND ABROAD MAINTAINED ODREI MITCHELL'S REVIEW ot China Hi now complete, and erecion of steel about to commence. W» hove entered Into a contract with the Standard Vacuum Oil Company for the construction In Sumatra of a large housing
    598 words
  • Article
    SOVIET 'ERROR' IN N. KOREA
    273 3 SOVIET 'ERROR' IN N. KOREA Firm U. S. stand not expected WASHINGTON, Thursday. IN non-official but well-informed international circles m Washington, there is a growing opinion that the Soviet Union has made a strategical mistake m permitting the North Korean Communist invasion of South Korea and that the prospect of
    U.P.  -  273 words
  • Article
    LABOUR SAYS REDS HIT AT UNIONS
    141 3 LABOUR SAYS REDS HIT AT UNIONS LONDON, Than. THE British Labour Party warned East European Communists yesterday tnat they will be punished for crimes against union leaders when meir countries are freed. Recent arrests of labour leaders behind the iion curtain are a crime against the international labour movement," the
    A.P.  -  141 words
  • Article
    AUSTRALIANS 'BEST FED'
    47 3 AUSTRALIANS 'BEST FED' Australians are the worlds best fed people with J. 3— calories a day compared with Americans' 3,244, Canadians 3.161 and Britons' 2.980 A national survey published by the Commonwealth Statistician shows that over the last ten years Australia has outstripped the United States. Reuter
    Reuter  -  47 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    41 3 picture. The Duchess of Kent, wearing: a magnificent diamon necklace with her square- neckline evening gown. rrivin at the Royal Opera House. ovent Garden. London. f«»r the premfere of Frederick Ashton's ballet "Illuminations" by the New York City Ballet Company. A.P.
    A.P.  -  41 words
  • Article
    RUSH TYRE BUYING
    48 3 Fear of war has brought rush to buy automobile tyres m Havana, Cuba. Many dealert report cci that their stocks were iow, but gatdtfial with typres made locally .".d with the supply from the U.S. there was no reason to worry aboul new supplies. A.P.
    A.P.  -  48 words
  • Article
    Kashmir cuts up large estates
    202 3 SRINAGAR. KASHMIR, Thursday. THE Buddhist gompas (monasteries) of Ladakh. the northern territory of Indian-held Kashmir bordering Tibet, have been deprived of their large estates under the recent state government order confiscating all agricultural holdings of more than 125 acres. The gompas are consider 1 important
    A.P.  -  202 words
  • Article
    INDIA DISPLEASED
    26 3 Kashmir's action m Ukii over big agricultural estates without compensation and transferring possession to farm workers is reported* have displeased the Indian Government. A.P.
    A.P.  -  26 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Bridge Hands
    269 3 Nether side is Tulnerabl*; you kr- South witb Ihd followtog TVHAT do you bid? VV Tnis i S the kind of ha"d °n which many pla^rs kato *J unnecessary loss. Because th v have so much more than a mi nimum one snade overcall >n; set which S
    269 words
  • Article
    Earth shakes once a year
    152 3 NEW YORK, Thursday. ONE great earthquake a year is what humans should expect right now. The earth seems to have settled into that dance routine of big shakes for the time being. Dr. Hugo Benioff Associate Professor of Seismology at the California Institute of Technology,
    A.P.  -  152 words
  • Article
    'BUSIKST AIRPORT'
    22 3 Rangoon Airport claims to be the busiest m the Far East with an average movement of 35 aircraft a dmy.
    22 words
  • Article
    Up to her neck in salt
    75 3 cirirk or sleep. Hearing that a saint wa- i. their midst, thousand, rtt'aew flocked to Ma'ui^a, northern Bombay suhu. i<> have a glimpse of the 'p cMc p.nunce Flowers, fruits and c«ic;»:,ut* uere piled up before i«»e woman but she hai n<; use tor
    Reuter  -  75 words
  • Article
    'REAR ATTACK' STAGED IN MANOEUVRES
    107 3 'REAR ATTACK' STAGED IN MANOEUVRES ROME. Til AN important innovation m Italian Army ma., which began this w^s.is the use of partisan guerilla for© working Ui the rear of defenders to aid the MtVMM Strong lorces of Invading "Red"' troops, reinfo- «■.•<! by tanks and armoured ears, vanced m a
    Reuter  -  107 words
  • Article
    Clemency to Reds revoked
    103 3 ATHEN. Thurs (^EN Nicolas Plastiras. *ii«-"fc I Primp Minister. ann<>»n--c-d a reversal of his poMcf Of granting clemenry 14 Communists. ••The Gov^rnm<nt, taking irro account the inter tional atmosphere crea i by the conflict m Ko v/i!l ali';n Its political p th that ol th" Allies.'
    Reuter  -  103 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      31 3 SEA VIEW HOTEL DINNER DANCES NIGHTLY V Hi >l NDAYS AND MONDAYS) DINE DANCE IN A PLEASANT SEASIDE ATMOSPHERE TO THE RHYTHM OF HJUAN FOORMAN'S ORCHESTRA 8 P.M. MIDNIGHT PHONE *****
      31 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      107 3 BUT NOT ON YOUR POCKH I^^^^k^^^Bi ft. VBHB C^H Abundant power and tough- j ness. Long Life. Low cost per I mile. Big load capacity. High //&J3lt>*j94? I average speed. Most efficient /f^&€r//6&& M Hydraulic Brakes. Choice of r "vw*'V" 4 wheel-bases. Models from 1/}//^^ Jp Ito S tons. Choice
      107 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1
      138 3 447 "From the London Editoria^ SINGAPORE (BBC>: 4.55 "Composer of g« 12 P~B ra ™T c JJ flie W»«l 'BBC): 6.30 News In Cantonese 6 P SS r SS«S i Wench (BBC): 7.30 s*r 1 2E l S£2 sir sKsr«9»S>S Signal. News Singap rj q() R NfWS a Market Report
      138 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 28, 1950. He served 30 years
    530 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, July 28, 1950. He served 30 years fVS Monday, a special meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners will decide a question which has bothered them for quite a time: Should they be paid for their vices 0 Since this -joint was rirst raised, a still
    530 words
  • Article, Illustration
    The Defence Of Europe
    1485 4 The Defence Of Europe ALEXANDER CLIFFORD describes Europe 9 desperate straggle to defeat Communism by creating prosperity with American aid. PARIS. rpHE Chateau de la Muette m Paris, where Marie Antoinette came to live as a bride, is today crammed with graphs. They sprawl across their countless sheets of paper
    1,485 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    52 4 Last word m sunglasses are these mirror front models from West Germany. A metallic substance pipes a minor finish to the lenses and protect* the eyes from the sun. The ivearer sees through them as Nearly cs through any dark le7is sun glkises The Cfimminan a*d a teddy tear are
    52 words
  • Article
    These Were 'Bad Type' Britons
    672 4  - These Were 'Bad Type Britons D. McCORMICK Commonwealth Corner By THIS is a story which some Britons and some South Africans won't like to hear. Nevertheless. I hope that a story that pleases neither side completely is fair and objective. I have been probing the subject of emigration to South
    672 words
  • Article
    'Sova milk' for Indian Army
    68 4 Sova milk' for Indian Army The Indian Army has planned to use "soya milk" to beat the mUk scarcity m regimental centres. Army Headquarters has shown great interest m a pilot plant at the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore. South India, manufacturing milk from the soya bean. Except for
    Reuter  -  68 words
  • Article, Illustration
    A Soldier-King Returns
    500 4  - A Soldier-King Returns DANIEL SCHOOR by BRUSSELS. TJELGIUM'S austere soldier-King, 49--year-old Leopold 111., has won his grim fiveyear battle for the throne. But may not stay there long. For five years the obstinate monarch stuck to his guns while his country raged with controversy over his refusal to join his
    500 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      16 4 POPULAR HOUSE for SPORT t UPS MEDALS P. H. HENDRY, Jeweller 78. North Bridge Kd. Spore.
      16 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 2
      71 4 KODA IN THE ARC for all kinds cf Photographic Sup and services Kodak will do your developing processing jobs, and you're sure o* I results when experts handle the wcyk can get a complete range of photo materials m the Kodak shoplet from R Finders and Cine-Kodak Cameras to Hkw
      71 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    FEDERATON WANTS MEDICAL GRADUATES
    480 5 FEDERATON WANTS MEDICAL GRADUATES Obligation on subsidised men Free Press Staff Reporter [)OCTORS and dental surgeons, recently graduated from the University of Malaya, who wish to apply for a houseman's job m the Singapore Government hospital, are likely to be asked to meet a moral obligation by returning to the
    480 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Firemen fought losing battle
    614 5 Free Press Staff P .-porters HPHE battle was lost even before the first flame flicked into life m the Aik Hoe rubber factory m Kirn Chuan Road, Singapore yesterday. The firemen knew this, but, working m five shifts, they fought desparately all day and night to
    Free Press  -  614 words
  • Article
    NEW POST FOR POLICE CHIEF
    52 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE Commissioner of Police, Singapore, Mr. R. ft Foulgrer, has been selected for appointment as Deputy to Inspector-General of Colonial Police by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Foulger will take up his new appointment by the end of
    52 words
  • Article
    JOBS FOUND FOR S'PORE JUVENILES
    216 5 JOBS FOUND FOR S'PORE JUVENILES Free Press Staff Reporter gINGAPORE'S Labour Department's Employment Exchange will continue to register juveniles and secure jobs for them after the enforcement of the Young Person and Children's Ordinance on Aug. 1 providing that the child is over 14 years of age. This was told
    216 words
  • Article
    DRAFT PLAN
    6 5 Deve- nouse by vt-ster-
    6 words
  • Article
    S'PORE ASSIZES
    7 5 jre Asat SupQ a.m. on
    7 words
  • Article
    Malayan for world YMCA conference
    205 5 Malayan for world YMCA conference Free Press Staff Reporter VIALAYA will be represented among 74 nations Tl of the world at a forthcoming conference of V.M.C.A. organisations to be held m Copenhagen, Denmark, between Aug. 17 and 25. This is the secon-l world j conference of V.M.C.A. organisations to be
    205 words
  • Article, Illustration
    DESOLUTION BY THE FLAMES
    49 5 A desolate figure, 66 year-old Lee Chai Koh, whose home was threatened by the huge blaze, sits by her belongings which had been removed when the fire began. She had been sitting m the open for six hours when this Free Press picture was taken.
    49 words
  • Article
    BLIND DON'T CARE FOR READING
    442 5 Free Press Staff Reporter A NEW system of teaching Braille phonetically has been devised m London, and although a member of the Colony's Blind Advisory Board thinks that it would work m Singapore, he told the Free Press yesterday that "we would not dream of
    442 words
  • Article
    FULL MOON DAY
    41 5 Full Moon Day celebration will be held at the Sinhala Buddhist Temple at 263 Outram Road at 7 p.m. today. It will be held under the auspices of Mrs. M. R. S. Fernando m memory of her mother.
    41 words
  • Article
    Incrcsse in Far East Fleet crews
    252 5 Incrcsse in Far East Fleet crews Free Press Staff Reporter PLACING the British Far Eastern Fleet on a lull war footing, which was announced m London on Wednesday, means an immediata increase m personnel by about 12 to 15 per cent, a spokesman of the office of the C.-in-C. Far
    252 words
  • Article
    Naval aid for Carol Reed
    135 5 Free Pres* Staff Reporter WHEN Carol Reed do I to shoot scenes of civ evcuation for his film t cast of the Islands' c required a Na\a] hum Naval officers and crew Commander F.E.W mert 0.8.E.. D.S.C.. MR N was approached by r l >
    135 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      81 5 1950 JULY AUGUST '"iV 10l- 5^ -iLa "3UIREMENTS OF MILADY HAVE NOT BEEN NEGLECTED H 7 e noa; offer— GOLD PAINTED NINON V i^*^y i wifi Exclusive Designs Colours. Ideal For Sarees. f'ilJS FRENCH PAINTED GEORGETTE I\J 45". Exclusive Designs Colours. J i» An Ideal Fabric f° r Party r
      81 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      74 5 aOB;^ r SBBe^V }i C Modern Furnishing 1 i /or Modern Living J v RAYON and COTTON BROCADE J f* CHEVRON and LEAF DESIGN V I V v i 8 Colours to choose from Cold, Blue, Pink, 1 t« ?Z Rust, Wine, Brown, Lt. Biege and Creen f* Excellent for
      74 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    Tin market quieter
    91 6 LONDON. Fri. THE tin market was quieter 1 daring yesterday after"j noon with a turnover of~onry~ 70 tons. Spot closed -£733-', per ton, and £1-' H below morning price. Forward lost 10s per ton at £732-' 4 733 per 3- 7 ton. and 1. The closing prices
    U.P.  -  91 words
  • Article
    'VARSITY TENNIS POSTPONED
    50 6 YESTERDAYS scheduled tennis match between the touring University of Malaya team and a Hong Kon? side eapUfcwd by Col. H. Owen Hu^h^s vaa postponed because of rain and may be played on Monday. The Malayans will meet the KhaJsa Club m a hockey match today. A. P.
    A.P.  -  50 words
  • Article
    DERBY DATE UNCHANGED
    51 6 MEXT years Derby will be run on Wednesday. May 30. as originally arranged. Suggestions that the date be altered were discussed at Goodwood races yesterday by the Epsom stewards, who derided to adhere to the original dato. The last Wednesday Derby was m 1946, when Airborne iron.
    Reuter  -  51 words
  • Article
    MALAYA'S TRADE GAINS MOUNT
    330 6 $94.9 millions m six months Free Press Staff Reporter MALAYA'S overseas trade, increasing every month, has resulted m a favourable balance of $94,901,283 for the first six months of this year, according to official figures published yesterday. Exports totalled $1,205,455,827 against imports worth $1,110,554,544. Comparative figures
    330 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    21 6 Pl« til IT. Firemen fighting the Aik Hoe rubber factory blaze. Piles of rubber are seen m the Foreground. Free Press
    Free Press  -  21 words
  • Article
    EIGHT BILLS PASSED IN FED.COUNCIL
    146 6 EIGHT BILLS PASSED IN FED.COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR. Thins. r PHfc Federal Legislative Council today passed eight Bills through all then- stages. They were the Bett: I.^1 Uld Sweepstakes Duties (Amendment) Bill, the Criminal Proloedure Codp (Straits Etettleimeiits» «AnAendme»i' Bill, the Estate Duty (Transitional Provisions* No. 2 (Amendment) Bill, the Penu>i!4
    146 words
  • Article
    SINHALESE XI v. INDIANS
    85 6 SINHALESE XI v. INDIANS pO!. LOWING have lx-*-n lo play for Qlntnlci A,>.c.atioti Crickrt ayainsr Indi.ui As>>c.i |00 m a'a SC.A. junior tOUTnamfii! »rrinß at 11 am on Sunday at the lA. ground. Ba'ps'.ier Road, (playen ;trc to b«* at the ground by I0J0): C S"h;m.r.ttn.« <capt M P. r.-ra.
    85 words
  • Article
    French horse wins Goodwood Cup
    339 6 I^RANCE won yet another major British race when Madame Suzy Volterra's four-year-old Val Drake raced to a two-length win m the historic (ioodwood Cup at Goodwood, Sussex, yesterday. The French tricolour was expected by most to be carried to victory by four-year-old filly Bagheera, a
    Reuter  -  339 words
  • Article
    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    159 6 s^HIPS m thr hP9M Ou:. r imd Inner Road.« and ainugHU%OOf Board gQtfOWM erd.v ueP" Oi.Ur RoaAr* H.- Imiluv Rate: Char!e« MiC;-od Choiig Ton« S'a: An uru> Maltja, ling V;;*-; Inner Koadx: H Sin Socir lee Hiv He .x B I nnclbris. Kelaiv n Kamunuiy Kainiar;;*. Fd*»nd ;.■;>•
    159 words
  • Article
    Trading at standstill
    275 6 [London Stock Exchange LONDON i i,i IygCUKUBB m the fetece iebate v, v Parliament on Wednesday brought fr standstill m the London Stock I xchanr? states Reuters financial BKrtspsndeni Unlike most other periods of Idle there was little disposition to l<n declines shown by domestic ittt* of
    275 words
  • Article
    British boxers to fight in Berlin
    19 6 T p W who imnd iccon I He fit I H A. P.
    A.P.  -  19 words
  • Article
    WEMBLEY BEAT BRISTOL 54-29
    13 6 \y;-MB:-; i N W I B «8- ai, Reuter
    Reuter  -  13 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      109 6 NOW SHOWING 11. 1 45. 4. 6.30 H. 30 p.m. ERROL FLYNN m SHERIDAN ««»N(R BIOS ■wnnii "^^■^B^Jjf TOMORROW M NITt t KOMANCt' «.A r ADVtNTUBC *rf?^ DEREH LYNN ?fV/- *>•>«• NOW SHOWING 11. 1.-t.'i. 4. H3O y.30 p.m. LAURENCE OLIVIER JOAN FONTAINE IN Rebecca TOMORROW MNITE f»irjird;iM? )»3 «H
      109 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 2
      86 6 Brylcreem !^ss^' -*4E%& iff rmL makes a tidy difference to your hair Let Brylcreem look after your hair and you're bound to I m+m benefit lor Brylcreem gives your hair this double benefit j\ U^j| HI Daylong smartness. (2) Lasting hair health. Besides setting the hair naturally, Brylcreem with its
      86 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      189 6 m3ndr2k6 C»c#««iw /o //ip Singapore Free Proas m Malaya NO ONE KNOWS IT. \&S, MY HOBBY IS UNIQUE/ I TRY TO GET MY COLLECTION IS ALMOST JENKS,BUTI AM THE MlSTtft THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN COMPLETE, EXCEPT FOA ONE THI HOM£ 0? MISTER JAY. A WELL- GREATEST COLLECTOR JAY. OF EVERYTHING
      189 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article
    12 PLAYERS CHOSEN FOR MCC TOUR
    294 7 12 PLAYERS CHOSEN FOR MCC TOUR Freddy Brown named captain pOLLOWING 12 players have been invited to tour Australia and New Zealand with the Marylebone Cricket Club party this coming winter: F. R. Brown (Northamptonshire) (captain), R. Simpson (Nottinghamshire), Trevor Bailey (Essex), J. Dewes (Middlesex), Alec Bedser (Surrey), Godfrey Evans
    Reuter  -  294 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    51 7 picture. M X GARDNER (ri*fht> th? new British heavyweight "hope" slips a left lead from Johnny Williams over his shoulder during their 12-round bout at Granby Halls. Leicester on July 18. Gardner won on points and has now earned the right to chalh n-e Bruce Woodcock for the title. Topical
    Topical Press  -  51 words
  • Article
    Louis starts training
    63 7 JOE Louis, retired heavyweight boxing champion, was yesterday reported to be heading for an Indiana training camp to prepare lor a title bout with champion Ezzard Charles. His trainer, Mannie Seamon. was also reported en route to Indiana with trainin? equipment A. P. The Joe Louis life
    A.P.  -  63 words
  • Article
    PEP, SANDLER IN TITLE BOUT
    59 7 pEATHERWEIGHT champion Willie Pep and exchampion Sandy Saddler signed yesterday to meet m a 15-round title bout m Sept. 6 at Yankee Stadium. New York. This will be their third match. Saddler knocked ■>u t Pep q they first foup.'i:. tat :e regained his .itle
    U.P.  -  59 words
  • Article
    CHINESE SC BEAT MANSFIELD S.C.
    85 7 /^HINFSE Sairrrn.r.? C!'ib be<i'. Mansne';d Bportl Cub by 6 fa 2 1 po:r/« ttmi dum II I mill 'CSC Pmentioned fir Chess: Lee Ci.im Q:a:; bt TMI X.m. Teo K.,h twng bt X P. O'.iveirc: Lov i Meng B Ci.ce Leng W*tt d* Frank Tr
    85 words
  • Article
    C.Y.M.A. team
    62 7 •TEAM to represent C. TOUnf en c Assoc:?.':on -St. match IS.CA. tourney, aeons'. 3.0 D or. Sunday on the BOD ground will be chosen from E. A Rodrigoe* cap* I G Pinto Itratof Kunis S. O'.iVf^-o. W. D. Hay. R. S C J«r;*s M. Pit HIM A Ni
    62 words
  • Article
    Non-Benders XI
    64 7 "FOLLOWING have been invited to play cricket for Non-Ben- i ders CttckH Club ae.un c t Johore Cricket Cub a: Johore Bfchru on Sunday at 11 a.m.: T. J. Le:)t- s:us capt i. A. Giimour, X Ward. Evan Wong. H. Noon, E. F. Turr.er. A. Baker, N Bradbury.
    64 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    17 7 and thtn I mad! frightful hash of iQuart cut and tnick»d him through the guiley." -to VARSCT
    17 words
  • Article
    Stolimeyer is out for 2nd. 'duck'
    27 7 Stolimeyer is out for 2nd. 'duck' I I SCOREBOARD 1 viral 1 I 7,-t- OB I 1M c: it t Etm 4 N c a i?X r
    27 words
  • Article
    Soccer clubs' offers to W.I. cricketers
    98 7  -  UNKNOWN by I n keteis j ler«. kfliH I fl I a gnsuV 1! ihi* season as he is to have a cartilage removed from his left knee. lie is. however, coming back to England next summer to act as professional to Bacup Cricket
    98 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Singapore XI back in form
    223 7 Singapore XI back in form Singapore 4; Army-Navy 1. 4 V TtK an uncertain start, Singapore reproduced the form which had taken them to the Malaya Cup final when they beat Army -Navy 4 l m a soccer friendly at Jaian Besar Stadium last evening. The match served as a
    Free Press  -  223 words
  • Article
    CHESTERFIELD CUP RUNNERS
    65 7 •yEN horses have bete deciarec J- probables lor tin Chesierfield Cm the r:-in e%er.t of the final daT > at Goodwood today. Probablef. with jockeys are: Krakatao. G. Richards: Courier, E Br:::: Burnt Browa, W. M Carr; Witton, D Smith; Sandastre. W Anderson: Merry Month. L. Piggott;
    Reuter  -  65 words
  • Article
    NETAJI CLUB WIN
    37 7 In a friend «-orcer match played at Farrer Park yesterday the* Nttaji Mem *r:al Club beat Bvtttafa M.li.ar- Hosp. by three goals tc one Scorers for Neta;: were jarkson. Anthony P?reira «nd Kunju Kun;u^^
    37 words
  • Article
    SCC beaten two one
    53 7 J>EME too full points at the pe-ise of the Singapore Cricket Club when they me: m a SAFA Senior League m«:ch on the Pa- :ng by two to one. After a sco ess tr\ half, SC.C. opened accounts ihrCiUgh McGreccr. but REME fought back hard to
    53 words
  • Article
    TIGER SWIMMING CLUB
    37 7 r THERE *m be dinner und danc^ party on Saturday. Aug c a: 7 30 pm at the preI of the Tiger Bwimming Club. Merr.bers who wish to attend ".d contact the bon. Treasurer.
    37 words
  • Article
    TOP ATHLETES IN ACTION TODAY
    274 7 SINGAPORE'S best men and women athlete? wffl be m acvon at the University of Malaya ground this afternoon. the flrsf day of the Singapore Airateur Athietic A^ociation meetins -and judging by the strong, entries from the Services and the presence of schoolboy champions, the meeting
    274 words
  • Article, Illustration
    To lead team 'Down Under'
    8 7 F. R. BROWN
    8 words
  • Article
    Boys' jumping was superb-Valberg
    392 7  -  CRUSADER By jJIGH jumping at Wednesdays Singapore inter- school athletic meeting was superb for boys of their height", said Lloyd Valberg, the Colony's sole representative at the last Olympic Games/ to the Free Press yesterday. The boys who took part", he added, "have every scope for
    392 words
  • Article
    3 Kent batsmen hit centuries
    341 7 THREE Kent batsmen hit centuries yesterday m the current series of county cricket championship games. They were Ames, Mearn and Dawson. John Langdridge and May were other batsmen to pass the 100 mark. R.S. Cooper, Indian batsman who has been doing well In club cricket,
    Reuter  -  341 words
  • Article
    Cricket teams
    128 7 Cricket team* for the weekend are: SJI C. v RJI F Changi at S R C. on Sunday < senior tour; J. Sanderson 'Cap!', J. Anchant, R. H. Bain, B. Buker, C. Coll;ng J. D Almeida. E. Ebert. j. balistan T. Goenitz. E. Le Mercicr O Rozar.o. P.
    128 words
  • Article
    Dollery saves Players with knock of 123
    190 7 FOLLOWING the example of Freddy Brown, who saved the Gentlemen on Wednesday witli a hurricane century at Lords, Tom Dollery, advocated m some quarters as the most eligible professio captain of England, rescued the Players yesterda Going m at 54 for three, he
    Reuter  -  190 words
  • Article
    Kiwi League
    49 7 |X)LLOWING will rep: r Kiwi Le&gue m a friendly game of badminton ag Derklub B.P. en Sunday at 3.30 pjn. at 91. Dorset F Wong Chong Kirn. Yeo Wee Lam, William Choo. Wee Lye Koon. Lin; Yarr. Siong. John Loh. Juilian Hwang. Christopher Chew and W. Chew
    49 words
  • Article
    Today's sport
    47 7 SOCCEK: gnr. L«t. Pbl.u Brani I nited f 8.0.D.C.A. at J&Un Beuu-; EX. r E.A.F. SelfUr at Gillman Barrack* Chinese uaali E.A.F. Chanel at M Georfe't Rn»d ATHLETICS Sinr»po-« A.A.A. Championships at I'niTersitr of Malara frround 4 pm. TEWIS: TMJCJL and Tan*.lin Club tennit tAKrnameßi*
    47 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      41 7 Ever-Ready 4 Pe&defc set "■i'?d oae-piecc snap-acoon Ever- Ready •~.e moulded cis« and three Ever-Ready "rvcr-Ready radio- hardened sicd ■m Ever-Ready process. SHAVES PERBLADE E^er-Ready Blades are marvellous -ebfe from roar local d*ater •^•1 I CO TPACf.X SOCIETY KIALA LUMFLK FL>A>vi
      41 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      149 7 HIS MASTER'S VOICE m^A Children^Recordsj 1^ |Pont Forget The young9ters;^ THE WIZARD OF OZ— Selection 2 Pis Aim Stephen* 8D1228 XJyCTJE MACS BEDTIME STORY BovpriMMkta* 2 Pu. BD lOtf SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Ota*) BD 514 5 6 PINOCCHIO (Ota., fiD |fMJ| UNCLE MACS PART\' GAMES POR CHILDREN
      149 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 3
      21 7 7(/Sr PUBLISH fti WINSTON 5. CHURCHILL TNE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME THKU "THE GRAND ALLIANCE" SI 5. KELLY WALSH, LTD. &rXG4PORE
      21 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    BIRTHS
    40 8 DEIGHTON: To tlinor (Petie). nife of K. P. Dei-;nton, at SurLn«ham Nursing Home, on 28th July. ft daughter. Mary Elinor. GEE: To Elizabeth, wife of Capt. R. E. Gee. at Bungsar Haspital, Kuala Lumpur. on 25.7 50, a son.
    40 words
  • Obituary
    DEATH
    36 8 CORNELIUS: On 1 a.m. today ar his residence 10, Martia Road. Thomas Samuel Cornelius, m hU 80th year. Cortege leaves his renet at 5 p.m. today for Katona Mile Church, thence to BidaCf^metery. Deeply regretted.
    36 words
  • Article
    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 8 MR. MRS. ARTHUR F. JOHN of Tampin wish to than* all tho p who attended, sent con•latory messages and valuable j. > and rendered assistance on the occasion of their wrddint; m Alor star recently.
    35 words
  • Article
    REDS AT ROYAL GARDEN PARTY
    287 8 At attention for 'King LONDON, Friday. FIVE Red Army officers stood stiffly to attention m the grounds of Buckingham Palace. The 70-piece band of the U.S. Air Force was playing "God Save the King." Top-Sergeant Michael R. Mudre, the band's public relations officer, could stand
    287 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Untitled
    24 8 STEMMING THi: TIDE Troops of the South Korean Army move toward the fighting zone, is the battle with the invading Nonh Korean forces continues.
    24 words
  • Article
    'FAIR, HONEST CRITICISM' IS ALLOWED
    98 8 'F AIR, HONEST CRITICISM' IS ALLOWED U.S. EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Fri. rHE U.S. Eighth Army Public Information officer said today there would be no tun on "fair and honest criticism" of Command decisions or conduct of Allied troops m Korea. Lieut. -Col. R. L. Thompson amended Instructions No. 9 to
    A.P.  -  98 words
  • Article
    Killed by his own coal car
    77 8 FAIRBANKS. ALASKA, Fri. ALASKA'S foremost industrialist and wealthiest citizen. 84-yeor-olct Captain Austin Eugene Lathrop. was run over and killed on Wedneseday by one of his loaded coal cars at his Healthy River Corporation holdings at Suntrana, 112 miles south of Fairbanks, Alaska. The operator
    A.P.  -  77 words
  • Article
    May increase offer
    22 8 Lebanon may increase 111 Offer of USSSO.OOO to help I care for United Nations forces wounded In Korea.- A.P.
    A.P.  -  22 words
  • Article
    Untitled
    13 8 a n^w one-year AngioPmkistan sterling baia: rrleasrs agreement was i>ign•'d m Londdn yesterday.
    13 words
  • Article
    To defend Germany
    20 8 United States yesterday r«-iU'rar»-d its determination to defend Western Germany DSt a possible attack thp East. U.P.
    U.P.  -  20 words
  • Article
    SECRET TALKS IN LONDON
    62 8 WESTERN romaiitteps, apparently charged with writing out details of Atlantic defence plans, met with unusual secrecy m London yesterday. Spokesman at the U.S. Embassy and m the offices of the American delegates to the Atlantic Council Deputies session acknowledged that commltte3 meetings were being held but
    A.P.  -  62 words
  • Article, Illustration
    FIGURES THAT COUNT
    38 8 The pictured placard tells judges of the. JapaneseAmerican Citizens' League 'Queen' contest that the Minneapolis entry. 19-year-old Vai Kosohayashi weighs 108 pounds, is 5 f«-et 8 ins, and has a 34-inch bust' and '!4-inch waist.
    38 words
  • Article
    DAILY WORKER SAYS 'SORRY'
    230 8 LONDON, Friday. IMIE Communist Daily Worker apologised yester- day for implying that a Russian atom spy who deserted to the West was an imposter trying to make propaganda against the Soviet I'nion. The Daily Worker apologised m court m settlement of the Russian libel action. It
    A.P.  -  230 words
  • Article
    Newsmen barred
    29 8 Foreign correspondents are not permitted to visit the Iran-Russian border area or any part of Azerb3ijan Province m northwest Iran. It was announced at Teheran yesterday. A.P.
    A.P.  -  29 words
  • Article
    TRADE EXPENASION
    15 8 West Germany Is seeking to expand her trade to Australia and Ceylon. A.P.
    A.P.  -  15 words
  • Article
    Army for Siam
    33 8 The U.S. State Depa-tment yesterday disclosed that the United States plans to send arms to Siam. Talks will start soon on how I lie arms are to be used. U.P.
    U.P.  -  33 words
  • Article
    NEW BLOOD IN KUOMINTANG
    214 8 TAIPEI. Friday. NATIONALIST China took fresh hope yesterday a1 from the far-reaching overhaul of the Kuomintang carried out by Chains Kai-shek. Chiang has pumped new blood into the party, and at one stroke has broken the dominant position held by the C. clique since it wrested
    A.P.  -  214 words
  • Article
    WEST NEEDS 75 DIVISIONS
    56 8 WESTERN Europe needs 75 rislons before the end of 195:!. with corresponding air strength. t»> stand up against a Russian invasion. General Pierre BillnU" said m Pans yesterday. General Billot t<\ formerly French military delegate to the United Nations, is now an official of General Charles
    A.P.  -  56 words
  • Article
    Reds repulsed
    37 8 Chinese N.qfinnalUt trnnps holding out on the small island of Taitan.' two miles from the Communist-held island of Amoy. opposite Formosa, yesterday drove oft ten Communist junks attempting to land troops. Nationalist spokesvnan said. Reuter
    Reuter  -  37 words
  • Article
    U.S. burial bill
    32 8 Thf Hrtuse of Representative yesterday unanimously approved and lent to the Senate legislation authorising the United States to pay the burial expenses (>f Filipino army and guerilla v?t»*rans. U.P.
    U.P.  -  32 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      313 8 ACCOMMODATION VACANT NEW PXORAVILLE", Ist Class Oue-t House. Dbl. room, spacious '■■dan. beautiful garden. Full board. Tel. 4229. 130. Grange Rd. Tt' ITION STARTINO August Book-Keep-Tvpir.a Shorthand. English I yin Maths. V-VIII. Srecial Epsii-h V-VI. Chinese v M.C.A. Selegle Road. FOR SALE F[EI D GI \-c''- Telescopes— Cw Magniilen, eto
      313 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      194 8 r J HI AMSTERDAM V^ WITH DIRECT CONNECTION fl LONDON J Less tha* W hours after JW j;? a luxurious KLM i J arrive at London Airport 4 example of the excel lc?, r] service. Piano leave m Friday and Sunday. y\ F° r turthtt particulars apply Jr\ X.L.M. RO/AL
      194 words
  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      53 8 HIGH TIDES Today: 11.1.ia.m; 9.55 p.m. Tomorrow: 11.59a.m: 10.50 p.m. THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris <P -J T- PA oc" <W^, AV YOURE HEdE.JANEA RIGHT- -iVi YOU MENTION PAIMTINS )f| [v3jl| \TT ijt^M cSme's i 4?l 'of l^PROFEssoaO AND No^^ HAS T 7 JUSr A^ y L ?EfiH4PS l CAN
      53 words