The Singapore Free Press, 21 August 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA N SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1950. I KIC'E I'KN CENTS
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    REAT VICTORY: FULL STORY
    476 1 lohang slaughter: Turning point' Stales 1 artillery and planes killed morp th a 1 nnn r .on the South Korean coast veSr^.nH th fff ol T, munist rlai th it th»*v had rnnn^ xii* and the Koreans two S,»ul. Korean army divisions, with teams of "American
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    20 1 An air vrew looking north Shows bridges and Mm Nuktonc Rivrr it a pt>int liMrt li> 9es >cMth-east of ..u^gwan.
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    300 Reds die in new drive
    201 1 TOKYO, Monday. 20l T TH Korean Marines killed 300 enemy troops and captured 35 since they made an amphibious landing on Tongyong peninsula. 25 miles southwest of Masan, at dawn on Friday. The Marines drove inland to take the town of Tongyong and its
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    Road sign into barn
    56 1 FORT COLLINS. Colorado. Monday. THE disappearance ot a large road sign at th<> junction of highways U.S. 35 and S7 near the Colorado-Wyoming boundary has been aotred Mr. Don Olsen. manager of the Chamber of Commerce at Fort Collins, said a farmer had used the sign
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    U.S.V.F. LOSES 55
    23 1 The U.S. Air Force states it has lost 55 planes to enemy action m the Korean war so far— A.P
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    5,000 U.K. TROOPS FOR KOREA
    257 1 5,000 U.K. TROOPS FOR KOREA LONDON. Mon. T«HE War Office stated x yesterday that no further details will at present be announced for security reasons of tvoop movements from Hong: Kong for action m Korea, but best informed estimates were that the first contingent might number around 5,000 men. It
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    Riviera bound trains full
    46 1 MILAN. Mun. IT is not necessary to yell all aboard for the Sunday excursion to the Riviera coast this sweltering August. Yesterday alone 15 persons wece injured seriously enough to require medical treatment m the sinißgle for places on the train. A.P.
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    GERMANSSAY 'NO' TO REARMING
    138 1 GERMANS SAY 'NO' TO REARMING FRANKFURT, Monday. yEN thousand Germans applauded wildly yesterday when speakers at the first international Socialist Rally m Frankfurt since 1928 assailed proposals for German re-militarisation. Solomon Grumbach. a leading French Socialist, led the attack by declaring that remilitarisation would destroy the new West German Democracy
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    15 1 picture. These Malay children enjoyed themselves at yesterday's Indonesian celebration m Paterson Road. Free Press
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    LARGE-SCALE ESTATE STRIKE IN INDONESIA
    83 1 JAKARTA, lion. 2JOME 750.0Q0 Indonesian plantation mrers paralysed most privi owned throughout Java iuu\ Sm tra when m orders oi the Lett■Lstate Work< i 1 lue waik-« rter a ••k of i\- for ges. The estates cone >rned are mostly Dutch-owned, but also include British
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    Mill workers attack police
    59 1 Mill workers attack police BOMBAY. Mon. /COTTON mill workers de\j monstrating against retrenchment of women operatives m Indore yesterday attacked police with iron bars and bolts, resulting m the death of an assistance superintendent of police and serious injury to subinspector. 'Hie police later opened fire to disperse the mob
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    He'll sell no more soap
    53 1 He'll sell no more soap Jobless since he lost his *:100,000-a-year post as Unilever i American boss last January, Charles Luckman has announced he would start a new career. Known as the "Boy Wonder of Business" Luckman, at 40. v. ill sell no more sea:). He will be an architect
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    Red areas not quiet'
    101 1 TOKYO, Mon. OEPORTS of unrest m Korean areas under the Communists were received yesterday by Gen. MacArthur's intelligence staff A spokesman told correspondents "the liberated areas are not too quiet." He said this is one reason why the Communists are beginning to feel the manpower shortage
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    KING FAROUK CLEANS UP
    300 1 KING FAROUK CLEANS UP Royal gambler's night out DEAI VILLE, France. Monday. IT takes more than the whirr of the roulette wheel or the popping of the champagne cork to drown out the distant thunder of the guns m KoreaDeauville found that out last night. But this pleasure capital of
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    UN mediator sees Nehru
    119 1 NEW DELHI, Mon £<IR OWEN DIXON, United Nations mediator for Kashmir, conferred with Pandit Nehru lor 90 minutes yesterday. He leaves lor Karachi loday. United Nations officials ha\»« been silent about his progress. It is not even known if he will meet the Pakistani lead* r
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    HOUSEWIVES UNITE
    29 1 Nearly a thousand housewives from all over the world will meet m Copenhagen m September for a congress organised by the Associated Country Women of the World.
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    DIES IN K.L.
    21 1 Mr C Leslie Faragher. secretary 'of the Incorporated Society of Planters, died suddenly m Kuala Lumpur this norriing.
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    Nehru may talk 'peace. in Peking
    247 1 Nehru may talk 'peace in Peking NEW DELHI. Monday. THE Communist Government of Chin* has invited the Indian Premie. Pandit Nehru, to pay an official visit t Peking, a Government spokesman sn 1 yesterday. The spokesman said tftac tn vitation came trom Madame s.m V sen. the widow of the
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    Albania fights discontent
    79 1 -ALBANIA'S Communist ernmt-m c:vic fuardj throughout the count! support Lhe rej and polu diccoi the one-way flow of iTPdit 1 1 Huvki. the Yugoslav reported yeata rii A long utUk fondiM i-ii m Albania ap: 1 1 I Ml organ oi V... O— M— WuM youth, said
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    ITALY TO COPY U.S.
    54 1 Italy is goini! U A ru an metho> Mr. Luigl Ai ibiusi.ii dent .)f Raly'c A i Federation .^i<i 111 Ti I yesierou A national convex ton on adverti&inß viil Ix- m Turin on Sepiem^ and 24 to exchange tion on liic late^i naei m use
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    12 2 Hetty Grable to be seen soon m "Wabash Avenue" at the Capitol.
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    Mexican noise'war'
    218 2 Mexican noise 'war' WHICH is the noisiest city m the world? To many tourists, Paris, with its no-speed-limit rule, constantly hooting traffic and shrill police whistles, might qualify lor the title. In Mexico. however, the Mexican police believe that they have the noisiest city. Recently, they decided to put an
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    Spotlight On Crazes
    868 2 Spotlight On Crazes CORRESPONDENTS REPORT ON VARIOUS CRAZES IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES Norway ONE of Norway's craziest is an event which takes place every year m a number of Norwegian towns, including Bergen. The event is "climbing the greasy pole." A long pole thickly smeared with soap is erected m the
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    21 2 A mobile library service has come into operation m Kent here is a van seen m the pretty village of Chilham.
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    PASSION PLAY 'HIT'
    63 2 A TTENDANCE at -his year's ObeKammergau Passion Play has outstripped all expectations with nearly 200,000 people crowding into the slant auditorium. Some 20 years ago the playgoers numbered fewer than 100.000. In this year's audience were 8,000 Britons. 18.000 Americans—the majority Occupation personnel 2.600 Danes. 15.000 Swedes,
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    A new Berlin Squeeze?
    108 2 A new Berlin Squeeze? \|'HILE the Comn. ■Ml idYUto Korea. Allied Offici m Germany bell the Russians arc p] ning a new "so:;Berlin. of "smup. cuse for b Russiangun b sealed n. post from B Hundreds of p Ing choc ettcs vanished a born eheckpo::.trains have I crossing the I
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      84 2 J FOKET ME^oTI HAGEMEYER TRADING CO. (Malaya) LTD. 6INGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG MAISON MARTIN LADIES' HAIR DRESSERS 324 Orchard Road Phone ***** Prof f esseur de La Societe Gallia ANNOUNCEMENT Qjjr Yearly holiday reductions m permanent waves started trow the first of August, and will end on Aug. 31st. Our
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      61 2 i T I LJ -rtOf v 3hmJ7 A ill <ALLA' nd VaswW <L *y^ drink COPYRIGHT Hit 4 Ik?\ a .y^Bi /i 7i ■Hue a 1 w V /^&jLs^^ I >^9^^^mMH VW^W^^ NEW TAKE HOME" Plt/CE $3/- PER CASE OF 24 BOTTLES (PLUS DEPOSIT) *N£W DEPOSIT CHARGE-REFUNDABLE ON RETURN BOTTLES
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      34 2 werweerwrwer SINGAPORE (BLlt NETWOMC) 484 and 41.7 metres. MONDAY 10 a.m. News from Singapore 12 Programmes m Malay: 1 pi: Monday IfattaM Earl Towr.Orchestra; 130 Time Sucnal i News; 1.45 Cowboy Sor.gs. 6 Prn
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      399 2 •ime Summary, fi 02 duioscr of the Week:— Mozart; 6.30 I M People of the fa I latthCV Fluidere; 7 Time B^ml, rewi; 7.30 The Show of Sh World Affhirs; 8.15 Class;r.:l vlusic "At Your Request"; 9 Take 't From Here; 9.30 Time Signal v News: 9 45 tTabaret Song
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      53 2 ~,&Efti "•>■ nti mi i-Afj tnii eonsttttnt* itirect •JQyrcsMtitt SOLUTION TO Crossword No. 129 SOLITION.— Across: 1. Fruitful. 8. Tweedle. 9. Cue. 10, Cot-ton-tails. 112, Playgrounds. 13. Lam. 14. Migrate. 16. Last time. Down: 2. R<* 3. Indoor pi men 4. Free-thought. 5. Lection 6. B kpile. 7. persisted. 1!.
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      363 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR Fond of reading, you probably will want a large library of your own. You enjoy travelling and undoubtedly will see most of the earth during your lifetime. Socially perceptive, you women especially will shine as hostesses. Tour intuitions, when it comes to love and romance, are sure
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    BEAT REDS WITH BUTTER NOT GUNS'
    311 3 BEAT REDS WITH BUTTER NOT GUNS' New long term ivorld plan LONDON, Sunday. ORITAIN'S Labour Party today called for a new, 13 Ions: term "World Plan for Mutual Aid" to succeed the Marshall Plan m 1952. The idea, is to beat Communism with butter instead of guns. Britain and other
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    U.K. REMAINS WELL-STOCKED
    157 3 HONG KONG. Sunday tH! Mtur from a sterling area country *eU a uhen he conies to Hong Kon? I pop > as he sees American' cigarettes d canned beer, and people actually tryine him an American motor car. Of course hi buy English cars. English cigarettes Ikt?S
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    9 MONTHS FOR PUBLISHER
    26 3 3-:rns. mio- Com Tribune, lias r.\e months nublisniiV-; a on Ku.vja. •-vmanded t! ontributin-^ N .'ions action N r h Koreans. U.P.
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    AUSTRALIA TO BUILD JETS
    55 3 Britain's newest jet tighter, the swept-back Hawker PlOBl. said to be the fastest m the world, is to be built m Australia, it is announced by r he Hawker Siddeley Group m London. The aircraft will be built under licence by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of
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    Air control pilot directs the jets
    368 3  -  HAL BOYLE By Associated Press Correspondent AN .ADVANCED AIR STRIP IN KOREA. Sunday. ryt SINCERELY hope onr little air control mission did some good for the boys on the ground at the front. We— that's Lt. Don Morgan, 27, of White Sulphur Springs. West
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    56 3 The French Line's Liberte <»0,000 tons) the third largest liner m the world, is pictured arriving at Le Havre after completing her trials. She left L e Havre on her first sailing to New York via Southampton on August 17. Liberte was formerly the German liner Europa and once held
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    JAPS LIKE U.S. THE BEST
    54 3 The Yomiuri Shimbun has I published details of a public opinion survey it conducted, revealing that 62. 5'; of Japanese chose the United States as the country they liked "best." The Soviets took first place with 67.9^ m the question "Which foreign nation do you
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    DEWEY'S PLEA
    21 3 The Governor of New York Mr. Thomas De urged Americans to "reduce and abolish" inequalities I affecting Ne&roes.- Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    225 3 East-West vulnerable. Last dealer. NORTH 4QMI 5 J It I 0 8 4 IAK t I WKST EAST SKQ3? i t i I XQJIO32 0 X 7 o 5 SOUTH ▲A J 106 VA 9 I 0 A 9 ♦Q* 7 2 Tne suggested bidding: Eas,t South West
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    More suicides at Oxford
    73 3 OXFORD. Sun. Twenty-seven per cent, of the 39 Oxford University students who died between 1947 and 1949 were suicides. Dr. R. W. Parnell, of the Oxford Institute of Social Medicine, last night told this to a conference of industrialists and educationalists. The suicide rate at the
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    SHANGHAI U.S. BANK CLOSES
    59 3 The Chase Bank m .Shanghai has finally been granted permission by the Chinese authorities to close down after waiting several months, according to foreign arrivals m Hong Kong. During the long period it was kept waiting the bank gradually restricted its activities and transferred most of
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    War helps exports
    26 3 The ou! break of the Korean war has enabled Japan to establish a post war record for exports during a single month.— Reuter
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    1,000 people vanish in London
    113 3 1,000 people vanish in London LONDON, Sun. QNE of the curiosities of London life is that about the same nu/iber of people are missing each year. About 1,000 Londoners, or people who have chosen Lon- don for the purpose, drop 1 off the record every twelve months. With the great
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    12 3 Excwl* me mentioning it. but hj» tKit young rnin been •jbot *%*d?
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    100 YEARS OF SEA CABLES
    60 3 100 YEARS OF SEA CABLES Transmission of messages overseas and the reception of replies within a few minutes, will be seen at an exhibition at the Science Museum. South Kensington, m celebration of the centenary of the laying of the first submarine telegraph cable across the Straits of Dover. The
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    GUARD OVER VITAL CANAL
    215 3 WASHINGTON. Sunday. NEW guns are moving into place along the -most important mile m America." The United States and Canadian Government!* spurred by the international crisis, ordered increased anti-aircraft defences and a strengthening of security measures around the vital Soo canal system, connecting LaKe Superior with
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    43 3 Yomu Joseph Rungka. whose ancestors were headhunters m the central Celebes, is now a member of the Salvation Army. He was amonr the 1,205 delegates from 40 countries who attended the Salvation Army's first International youth congress m London this month. A.P. photo.
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    Nehru likened to Benes
    234 3 LONDON. Sunday. THE Roman Catholic weekly review. The Tablet points "to ominous parallels" between the policies and careers of Prime Minister Pandit Nehru of India and the late President Benes of Czechoslovakia. In an article entitled "The Benes of Asia, the Tablet asserts that Mr. Nehru
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    Gave properties for education
    46 3 The Maharaja Oaekwar of Baroda. reputed second richest man m the world has signed documents creating two 10,000,000 rupee trusts from his private properties for the educational and economic uplift of Baroda. The state merged with Bombay province m May last year.
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    'Premature' reports
    71 3 Reports from Paris that the French Indo-China states ol Vietnam. Laos and Cambodia had accepted invitations to attend the September conference In London on Commonwealth economic aid to South-East Asia have been described as "premature" by reliable sources In Saigon. The movie writer. Mr. Alan Campbell, 46 and
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    SWAM WIDEST PART OF SUEZ
    65 3 Captain C. W. B Purdon. of the Royal Western Rifles, on the G.H.Q staff In the Middle East, is Relieved to be the firs* British officer to swim the Great Bitier Lake widest part of the Suez Canal. His swim of seven and-a-half miles took
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    OUTLAWING RIDS
    16 3 All Turkish Communists are to be deprived of their I citizenship, Ankara radio said
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    That'll teach him
    60 3 BAND-LEADER Harry Parry, who runs rhild-Ulenj tests on Wrymouth Pier, spotted a likely lookm; of 13 and asked him on the stand. But I rant df» ant thing." the boy protested. 'What about a touplr rounds?" said Harry. They squared up. Tta« boy got home with a
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    INDIA MAKES PLANES
    108 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. |r PHE Hindustan Aircraft ■■> Company at Bangalore recently manufactured five Prentice trainer planes and assembled 15 others, th« Ministry of Industry and Supply. Hare Krishna M tab. has told the Indian Parliament. He said that out of the IS assembled alrcratt. 12 llfti
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    'Restrictions may hurt U.S.'
    98 3 WASHINGTON, 'THE U.S. Representative Wagner, a Democrat I Ohio, told the HNK »i Representatives that ptopn l Import quotas and lii tariffs on Swiss-mac^ movements might hurt erica's defence Mr. Wagner said UK posed steps mitrht Switzerland to <> r on i "supplier of fin^ vi
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    Cliff falls on woman
    68 3 Cliff falls on woman BOURNEMOUTH. Sun A WOMAN sitting on a vately 'iwncd beach Southbourne. Bournemou was buried up to her sh ders when a sandy cliff lapsed. She was n >i hurt. Bathers had la ds ir Their clothes and tome rou'd not find them Children are said to
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    Two to come
    35 3 Mrs. B^ttv Sara BlgtUrii war bridn who is hj Iquadruplfis by stages m Au»,tralia. gave birih to me second (of the four— a bo\ born 28 .hours after the first baby A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 21, 1950. Murders most foul
    556 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, Aug. 21, 1950. Murders most foul EUROPEANS m Malaya ■-'have been deeply shocked by the brutal murder of Nora Stutehbury, a young woman completely innocent of any possible "offence" against the peoples of this country, but who was nevertheless mercilessly butchered m cold blood by
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    What IS Russia's Strength?
    1007 4  - What IS Russia's Strength? RICHARD MURRAY by IF the Master of the Kremlin is given to talking m his sleep, the words that his bodyguard must be mqst used to hearing are: "Fifty million tons of pig iron a year; sixty million tons of steel; the same amount of oil:
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    Indian Theatre Has Far To Go
    583 4  -  ALWYN TEBBITT By IT is an illusion, created by those space annihilators, the twin magicians, radio engineer and civil aviation engineer. that makes the East seem much nearer the West than it used to be. In reality it is still several thousands of miles
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    29 4 I.\ v dash of speed on the Thames at Richmond, Surrey is Joan Thomas. She is keeping fit for the "Aqua Parade of 1950 at Wembley, London, by water-skiing.
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    ITALIAN OPERA BY THE TRAINLOAD
    586 4  - ITALIAN OPERA BY THE TRAINLOAD Cecil Wilson By r«OVENT GARDEN is Retting keyed up for the first English visit of the most famous and revered opera company m the world— the 500 singers, dancers, and musicians of La Scala. Milan. After seven orchestral and choral concerts at the Edinburgh Festival
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    54 4 "It MM just like m a dream. Then 1 was sitting gm the Princess lives) and suddenly I heard tramping jeet. There but so real. They'd all grown to be bigger than Daddy ana t) big fur hats. {Three-year-old Jamet Davis of Peckham had (> ence as the Guard was
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    Better Pay For Services?
    756 4  - Better Pay For Services? Hall Romney London Letter I By IyHEN, at the end T? of July, British troops m Malaya read that Mr. Walter Fletcher had called attention m the House of Commons to the hardship they suffered because of inadequate pay and had urged the upward revision of
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    CONTACT WITH 'HUNGRY GHOSTS'
    422 5  - CONTACT WITH 'HUNGRY GHOSTS' TAN TOCK SAIK Mediums are m demand By i! •l. ec "Uins m Singapore are doing brisk business helping people to communicate with dead relatives and friends during the present "Festival of Humrrv Ghosts". For the past week, they nave asked questions ranging from the fate
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    I-sards help in child marriages
    141 5 I-sards help in child marriages .lav Correspondent. Tla d bjoctica m »r a girl to ned before reaching so long as the mar--3 coiis'iixunated after .c hab i cached pub.c Chief Kathi of re, Tuan Hiji Ali, m •fdav a»e of the m3rria?o i htt not reachthe father must briuo
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    INDIA TODAY
    24 5 N' C. Chaterjee. barlaw, retired judge of atta High Court, will India Today" at -hna Mission, 9, Road, Singapore on 6.30 p.m.
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    SEEKS PATENT FOR CLOGS
    68 5 v .irKE m the Federation is a Chinese who rt-aied a new design .odrn clogs. He has -d for a patent for it ore. and so far. is iii> person m this Hj to seek a patent ;u invention this year. >rar 66 patents were t
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    28 5 THE table is set for "spiritwriting" m a temple m Kirn Keat Road. The image is that of the "s>irit" believed to arrest the souls of the dead.
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    Dirty needles: warning
    131 5 Free Press Staff Reporter THE use of dirty hypodermic needle* by drug addicts m Singapore is quite frequent. Dr. H. Scrimgeour, Chief Medical Officer. General Hospital, told the Free Press yesterday. But whether these needles were used by quacks or by the addicts themselves was hara to
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    36 5 ncture. The acting UH-ai— of Mml Service Singapore, Ur. R. D. Gross, receiving a key from the acting Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, at Saturday 'e opening: of Bukit Panjang Child Welfare Clinic. Free Press
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    'DANGEROUS CORNER'
    226 5 'DANGEROUS CORNER ANOTHER week of rehearsals and the Repertory Company might have been ready for "Dangerous Corner" which is staged all this week at the Victoria Theatre: on Saturday evening the cast gave the impression of being ill- at -ease about the whole business. The theme of the p^ay, Priestley's
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    Adopted girls as ronggeng dancers
    212 5 Free Press Malay Correspondent iiuai oi me ronggeng gins m ivuaia Lumpur are adopted Chinese children. This was revealed by Che Saleha binti Mohamed Ali. an official of the Selangor Social Welfare Department, to Utusan Melayu. They were adopted by Malay families with the object
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    More Council members
    101 5 T^HE Secretary of State for X the Colonies has approved m principle the recent proposals to strengthen the Unofficial membership of the Singapore Legislative Council and of the Executive Council, an official announcement stated last night. Consideration is now being given to the steps required to implement
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    MAIL
    46 5 Surface mail is expected m Singapore today from Great Britain N. Ireland, Eire, Europe, North and West Africa, West Indies, Egypt, Ceylon, Pakistan and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the G.P.O. today are: noon for Java, 5.45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    CELEBRATION
    47 5 The Church of Our Lady jf Lourdes, Ophlr Road, Singapore, will celebrate Fatima and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. There will be rosary, sermon and benediction. Tomorrow at 7 p.m. there will be a candle procession of our Lady of Fatima followed by Consecration and Benediction.
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    A SINGAPORE SEANCE
    55 5 HE THE SEANCE: In the t op picture a European is seen helping to receive messages from "the other world." Bottom picture shows a medium's assistant waving joss paper over the forked ?ii« v which writes messages on a tray of sand. Both pictures were taken at
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    NO RICE FROM THE REBELS
    184 5 NO RICE FROM THE REBELS Free Press Staff Reporter. gINGAPORE Economic Department officials have denied a report from Saigon that the Vietminh communist rebels are exporting annually 30,000 tons of rice from South Cochin China to Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. The report stated thf.t French planes had recently
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    SHOP ROBBED
    27 5 Two hundred tins of cigarettes and 150 tins of tobacco, valued at $500, were stolen from a shop m South Bridge Road, Singapore last night.
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    Malaya radio 'father' turns to radar
    640 5 Malaya radio 'father' turns to radar Free Press Staff Reporter OADIO is still the ruling passion of 55-year old Mr. Robert Earle of Singapore, who was dr cribed last week by Mr. John Dumeresque, I)ir<:'< r of Broadcasting, as the "Father of Radio m Malay. Mr. Dumeresqne praised Mr. Earle's
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    FINED $10
    38 5 f rban Tbe*i ira, a f.u old Eurasi:n. wa c feted 1 d by Mr. P. Ciague m the Sii pore Fourth Police C after pleading guilty to being drunk and ineapat. "ln^ care of himself.
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    How Joe Baksi missed his big chance
    1484 6  -  JOE LOUIS continues his series of articles exclusively for the FREE PRESS In Malaya. LOT of people have been saying a lot of things about my coming back to boxing. I guess I'm the one who should know best about that, and I'm
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    'Bluebird's days are over'
    189 6 'Bluebird's days are over' CONISTOtf. ENGLAND*. Mon. DONALD CAMPBELL said on Saturday he was afraid his Bluebird Is too old to rerapture the world's speed boat records. Campbells father, the lat* Sir Malcolm Campbell, drove Bluebird II at 141.74 miie.> per hour over Lake Coniston ni J939 to set a
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    Schools' badminton
    248 6 Schools badminton ST. ANDREWS. Raffles Institution and Angio-Chints° School had easy victories m Singapore Badminton Associations inter-school tournament ties played over the week-end at the Clerical Union Hall. Detailed results are* SI. Andrew's defeated VMoria Intl. by four cjiii'4 to I. Ri>sti;ls ISI An.i-fu < DA y*t) fl.sti Bean Hark
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    INDIANS
    20 6 TanjOOf Katonp Indi: n Badminton Party defeated Pasir Panjan* We«t Bad Badminton Party by four games »o three recently.
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    Len Hutton was not to be blamed
    435 6 COMPTONS RUN OUT: By ARCHIE Ql It X VLTE have just had another of those hotl ''sport incidents which seem destirn u regularly remembered m the discussions greybeards. This was the running-nut Compton at Kennington Oval m the Match against the West Indies
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    Suitans'Cup soccer
    29 6 Suitans'Cup soccer V'F/JK! M ♦m and N I ksiiu Mate; No^i-. Pilan m»» i Sou\ p.... by 3-1 T the gnrm i but r In Moh Thf Abdul M:
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    SPORTS GOODEXHIBITION
    36 6 TRFN pi KVtN 'aiii au ten tl.e MM i play of equipment U leather and I sport- WStctM Belgium and hotel e'. leHiher^ood^ 6J I from roi r»nrt> »iil k*«i a general disi A.P.
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    MASROM BEATEN AT MATCH POINT
    610 7 MASROM BEATEN AT MATCH POINT Andrew Tan wins great battle THFRF L VETERAN |HLKL was another exciting finish m the Singapore Badminton Association Junior a .nUHonships on Saturday when Masrom bin Haji Siraj (Lucky Strike) was eliminated at match point m a singles tie. M srom reached match point m
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    29 7 I U BERG competing m the hop, step and jump at l Representative Athletic Team Championships on rdar. Valberg won the event with a distance of 43ft Free Press
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    North win shield after extra time
    259 7 E\TK\ time had to be allowed before the North ed the only foai m the match to win the Tay tian Teck Shield against the South m the annual Mala Nan Chinese Football Association fixture at Ipoh yesterday. The jame lacked thrills, but was
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    Double loss for Cops
    44 7 CHICAGO, Mon. THE Albany Park police 1 station baseball team suffered a double loss on Saturday. They were defeated by a team of cops from the Damen Avenue station. And somebody stole their uniforms from an automobile parked nearby. A.P.
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    3 new speed records
    134 7 rpHE drivers of a German Ink* Sporta racer broke three international speed records on Saiui nay. The car has a 1.500 c.c. c> Under capacity. It made the 1.000-mile record (1609.34 KM) m 9 hours 19 minutes 10.87 seconds an average of 112. 68 k.p.h. The
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    41 7 pic ture. THE 17 GURKHA RIFLES with the Nepal (up which they won by defeating the IS Gurkhas m the soccer final played .at Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The cup is being carried by their captain, Capt. J. O'DonnelL Free Press
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    DRAW FOR S.B.A. OPEN TOURNEY
    590 7 THE following is the draw U« the open events m the Singapore Badminton Aseociation Championships: MEN'S SINGLES Top Section: Ng Cheng Hwa (Marigold) bye, Lim Chin Aik (Marigold) v. S. A. Durai (A.A.U.) Loong Pan Yap (Lucky Strike) v. Wong Peng Kow (Mayfower) Goh Tian
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    S.C.C. HELD TO DRAW
    176 7 S.C.C. and RIME, drew m a game of cricket played on the padang on Saturday. Scores: S.C.C.: G. Winton b Henchley 5; G. L. Heard c Simpson b Henchley 15; A. w. Hayes c Frewer b Henchley 1; D. Price b Wright 28; Ken Stewart lbw
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    HOTSPURS S.C.
    71 7 The team to represent Hotspurs Sports Club m a friendly game of soccer against Star Soccerftes at Parrer Park on today will be selected from the following. Wilfred Skinner. Ho Ec Bin. Dollah Hamid, Wun Mahmood. Lim Seng Chaing. Daud bin Roealn icapt.), Lim Kirn Hian: N. Gane<an,
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    Today's sport
    34 7 mh < y.ll: Business Hse. A: Hongkong Shanghai Bank v Borneo Motors at Geylang; Bus. Use. B: Chartered Bank v Oversea Chinese Bank at 8.0.D. and (able Wireless v Oriental Telephone at C.V.M.A.
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    Lynch saw it through for SCC
    772 7 OESOLUTION or just plain guts is a necessary quality m cricket as m everything else and it was fortunate for the S.C.C. yesterday that their skipper. Ron Lynch, has a surfeit of this quality. Without him they would certainly not have beaten the S.R.C.
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    FINAL TEST AT OVAL
    48 7 THE FINAL TEST MATCH 1 —A. Rae, West Indies batsman, misses one from Douf Wright, which is taken by Mclntyre, wicketkeeper. The fieldsmen (left to right) are —D. Sheppard, A. V. Bedser, P. E. Bailey and D. Compton (back to camera) at the Oval.
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    Ramadhin in great form
    117 7 Ramadhin in great form gOWLi.^j on a raindamaged piii-n at Cheltenham on Saturday, Sonny Ramadhin, the 2^-yc; i West Indies spin bowler, dismissed eight Glouce.sU*, batsmen for only 15 run-\ The county were all out for <:9 runs. Ramadhin's rem:spell of bowling giving him 1.8 eight wickets m 6.4 or.
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    Scoreboard
    93 7 Fminrtt b Bamarihm Sir D. Balky c CkrUtiaai b Jahnsoa I B O Allen c and b Goati t D Toang taw R>m>Hh;i o A Wllsm k Rajnidhin t T Grareacy k KamadhiD i» A. Milton c Vt>eke* k Bamadkia G Lambrrt c TreUrall k Ramadhin IS I Graveney
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    Home cricket results
    137 7 pOLLOWING the rlose of play scores m the Coumf cricket games which star d on Saturday: At Lords, Middlesex t Surrfyr Middlesex 124 for two, no p:«y after lunch owing to rain. At Derby. Derbyshire v Xt Derbyshire 345 for six (Revill S«, Sale 73). At Newport.
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    Phillips wins E.S.A. golf
    106 7 C\ J. Phillips won the golf competition of the ExServices Association of Sing snore, played yesterday at the R0y.,1 Singapore Golf Club. In a stroke conpetiuon nine holes he returned a Harry Bowrey. with 33 wh.< eluded a birdie, was second and D. H. Masterton with
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    Straits Times & Free Press
    28 8 Straits Times Free Press For th« convenience ot advertisers our Representative at Ist Floor. Singapore Cold Storage Orchard Road. will receive small advertisements and answers to boa number!
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    BIRTHS
    43 8 GRAHAM: To Joy. wife of D D. Graham, on the 20th Aug.. at Kandang Keroau Hospital, a daughter Jennifer Ann. RENWICK To Mary (nee \fndean), wife of C. C. Renwick. "»horf Bahru Hospital, on 18th Mm- 1 950 a daughter Both well
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    MARRIAGE
    20 8 CORNISH-CURRIE. The marriage place at Kuala Lipis between ,m John Cornish of Sydney. Australia Jessie Miller Curne .!othervcll Scotland
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    DEATH
    89 8 MRS. CHIU SECK JOO (nee V'ong Yuck tfsow) age 45. belovec 1 wife of Mr. Chiu Seek Joo of Keller Piano Company, and ■ttlTi of Chiu Nang Hong of Kuala Lumpur, and Chiu Nans Y.n" passed away peacefully on Saturday. 19'h Aue.. at 8 10 p^m. a' her residence
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    PERSONAL
    43 8 MISS GRIFFITH-JONES Scrimgeour. would "Ke to meet any Cameron Highlands 01 TangJm 'School parents, who may 1 to contact them, on Friday August 25th. between 9.30 a.m. noon, at the new Tanglm preparatory school premises. HoUand rj Bevor.d Pierce Rd. Tel. *****.
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    N.Z. STATE HOUSES FOR SALE
    304 8 Property for the democrats WELLINGTON, Monday. IMF New Zealand National Government, which returned to power last November, is to sell to present tenants thousands of State-built houses. Determined to further its ideal of a propertyowned democracy, the Government will offer favourable terms for tenants to
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    PAKISTAN JUTE FOP EGYPT
    47 8 Egypt and Pakistan have >i"n. (i a trade pact under which Pakistan will send E^ypt 4.000 tons of raw jute and 200,000 tons of wheat. Egypt will supply Pakistan with cotton, cotton yarn, woollen cloth, .silk cloth, rice and pharmaceutical products. A .P.
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    Still neutral
    35 8 Despite its support of the United Nations action m Korea, the Swedish government had not abolished its policy of neutrality and freedom from alliances, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Osten Unden. said yesterday. A.P.
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    MUSIC IN THE AIR
    43 8 Freight flown m 8.0.A.C. planes from London Airport last month included a truck to South Africa, a £10,000 oil painting to New York, a ton of film-making equipment to Singapore and a set of orchestral Instruments for Lima, Peru
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    Princess is nameless till September
    113 8 Princess is nameless till September LONDON. Mon. 'THE names of tl\« new Princess ire not expected to be announced until just before the christening next month This is v hat hapj>ened m the case of Prince Charles whose namps were not made public until 30 days after his birth. The
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    JEST A MINUTE!
    32 8  -  GEOFFREY EVANS I 1 •I tht editor would lend up a couple of do/en rubbers I ll try to gtt this war map up to date iiimimtiiiiuiuiiiMiimr:' :iiitiitmititii;«.*M»uif i:i
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    Eruption may be forest fire
    79 8 NAIROBI. Mon. TPHE volcanic eruptio.i rtported on Saturday m the Chylulu HilLs In Kenya, may be an exceptionally big forest fire. Airmen over the area yesterday reported masses of smoke and flames, but were unable to confirm earlier reports of flowing lava. Reports on Saturday
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    He cycled with bomb
    64 8 MOBODY was interested when 10 -year-old Billy Dinsdale walked Into his parents' hut at an emergency housing camp m Melbourne with his discovery under his arm. So he walked out again, tied it to his bicycle with a piece of string- and went for .m ride.
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    51 8 pictures. An ammunition train burns furiously ne.ir Kumchon, South Korea, after a heavy strike by carrier planes of the U.S. 7th Fleet. Below— An American Marine, wounded shortly after going into action, is put on board a helicopter near the front line for evacuatiot no a hospital m the rear.
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    MUSEUM SEEKS SWEEP STATUE
    207 8 LONDON. Monday. mXIKVKD to be the last of its kind, the life-size model of a master chimney sweep —complete with the top hat which was once the standard trade siffn m Sherborne Street, Cheltenham. Gloucestershire, may be removed. The model, m lead and zinc, is affixed
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    300.000 BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
    40 8 The Hebrew Univt library is expected 'o Ret a big increase soon from Western Germany. Allied authorities them nre to hand over for shipment to Palestine 300.000 volumes taken by the Nazis from Jewish libraries A.P.
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    19 8 An unidentified twinpngined plane bombed American front line positions wpst of Masun last night but caused no damage. U.P.
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    Scalp-hunt opens in America
    144 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. A SCALP-HUNT that will probably last until the Congressional elections m the autumn has opened m the United States. Two Republicans, Senator Owen Brewster and Congressman Donald Jackson, bepan a new campaign to force President Truman to riakc two of his Cabinet members scapegoats
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    FIRST T.B. HOME
    14 8 Egypt has operud ttl first tuberculosis convalescent home for workers. A.P.
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    Romans drink less wine
    56 8 ROME. Mon. yyiNE growers of the Rome ai*a contend that the average per person consumption of wine m the province has dropped more than 60 percem since World War II and have asked the government for a drastic reduction m taxes. The request is bein« considered
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    HANGING FIRE
    37 8 Leaving her flat m Wim-pole-street, London, Mrs. Alan Smith was trapped for 15 minutes m a lift between the first and second floors. Above, firemen put out a fire at the top of the shaft.
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