The Singapore Free Press, 24 August 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press =========T LARGEST AFTERNOON SALS IN MALAYA v SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. 1950. FRtCE TEN CENTS
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    RED 'WITHDRAWAL' MYSTERY
    408 1 RED 'WITHDRAWAL' MYSTERY Sudden switch m front of Taegu AVV TOKYO, Thursday. HLAV V concentration of Communist forces north of Taegu suddenly began to shift eastward while other North Korean troops west of racfl are making a general withdrawal, American air and ground reconnaissance reported today. ivinnary quarters were not
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    WINNER
    21 1 I Yi^m wearNuk linrd with ,ji«u*" Iriwi the i isi no t Dfjiuvil'* tf t*-r winning fr t n. n
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    'Princess engaged'
    97 1 A strong rumour that Princess Margaret is encased to thr Karl of Dalkeith swept London yesterday. The Evening s*Ur said flatly that official word of the betrothal "will be the next important event m the Royal Family." As its authority, the Star quoted "friends of the Princess." who
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    'Stalin school' captured
    311 1 \P.n.\KD H.M.S. KENYA, Thursday. 1 i 1) by bombardment from a Canadian ul Royal Marine spotting party from irr. South Korean naval forces have I i !>oned th? islands m the approaches on k**% port m West Korea. id was Taku Chaku. It was taken by South
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    HIDE AND SEEK IN HILLS
    222 1 HIDE AND SEEK IN HILLS From LIONEL CRANE MASAN, Thurs. E V EJZ A L miles west of MasaW' last night, a regiment of coloured American troops was playing a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with the enemy on a ridge of hills. This battle, 4,000 feet up. has been going
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    DEFENCE TALK
    288 1  -  ATTLEE BY LONDON. Thursday. r PHE Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, decided yesterday to make two quick radio broadcasts to Britain about the nations defences and the political battle over rearmament. A partisan political broadcast was set yesterday for Saturday. Sept. 2. to answer the Conservative leader, Mr.
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    EGYPT DIDN'T WANT TURKO AT AIRPORT
    132 1 CAIRO. Thurs. pAPTAIN Raymond C TurC ko"> Westerling cut short his stay at Farouk Airfield, near Cairo, by six hours at the request of the Egyptian authorities who. it was reliably learned last night, regarded his presence m Egypt as "undesirable.** He was kept
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    RECOGNITION SOON
    19 1 The Indian Government is j expected to announce its j formal recognition of Israel 1 soon U.P.
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    Will attend talks
    31 1 The French associated states of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia have accepted an invitation to attend the Commonwealth conference on aid to South-East Asia m London m September U.P.
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    'Hitlerite fiends'
    66 1 'Hitlerite fiends' Tllfc Soviet government newspaper, Izvestia, yesterday made the bitterest attack yet on the United States intervention m Korea. Its editorial said: "The unparalleled brutalities of the American butchers m Korea, for their inhumanity and savagery, measure up to the atrocities of Hitlerite fiends. The responsibility for all these
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    U.S. railways call strike
    54 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. A MERICAN railwaymen yesA terday called a nationwide strike to begin at six o'clock on Monday morning. The strike call was issued by the Railway Conductors Order and the Trainmen's Union after the collapse of White House negotiations to settle their dispute with
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    'KASHMIRFAILURE INDIA'S FAULT'
    208 1 'KA SHMIRFAIL URE INDIA'S FAULT' KARACHI, Thursday. THE Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Liaquat Ali Khan, yesterday blamed Premier Pandit Nehru of India for the failure of the Kashmir talks. Sir Owen Dixon, U.N. Kashmir mediator earlier said that the talks had failed. Premier Ali Khan said that Pandit Nehru
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    SA marriage annulled
    53 1 CAPETOWN, Thurs. A EUROPEAN Muslim, Neville Eldrid Bryant Ormonde, 38, and a coloured woman, Dorothy Jobbelin, 19, were yesterday sentenced to three months' hard labour for contravening the Immorality Act and their wedding was annulled. The prison sentences were suspended for three years on evidence that the
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    Liaquat Ali for Moscow
    78 1 KARACHI, Thurs. pREMIER Liaquat All Khan of Pakistan is awaiting an invitation to visit Moscow, he said yesterday. He received an invitation on May of last year, he said, and was asked to go there before August 14. He said that he replied that he was
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    OIL OFFICIAL TO VISIT U.S.I.
    48 1 Mr. Van Karncdeek, director of Standard Vacuum Petroleum arrived m Singapore this morning by X.L.M. en route to Indonesia to renew oil contract with the Indonesian Government. He will also visit the Ehio archipelago following his return to Singapore from Jakarta and Palembang.
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    Oil all the time
    31 1 T)RINCE Fahad al Salim of Kuwait inspected PhiUdel--1 phia's water system yesterday. "Every time we drill for water m my country." he said, "we strike oil. U.P.
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    'Mao to send 5 divisions to aid Vietminh'
    304 1 'Mao to send 5 divisions to aid Vietminh' -FRENCH REPORT SAIGON, Thursday. THE ofiice of the French High CommisMonfisaid yesterday that captured documents Indicate tnat Communist China has signed a military pact with the Moscow -backed Ho Chi Minn regime providing for direct intervention m the Indo-Chinese war by Chinese
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    U.S. RUBBER LIMITATION TO BE 'MILD'
    147 1 U.S. RUBBER LIMITATION TO BE 'MILD' Kree Pres* Staff Reporter LONDON Thurs 'THE Washington r m -i- pondenr of the Fl.ni.n- Times understands thai United States flifiiMl ml may issue a relatively miid rubber limitation Dnter" b furt' thf md u< t v v limiting the total produ .1 oi
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    Sailor killed
    33 1 One sailor was killed when Fussian-buili Yak fighters bombed and .strafed the destroyer Com us off Korea on Tuesday, stated the Admiralty. The damage to the Comus was not serious- U.P.
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    Jap peace treaty
    39 1 The Unn« d States S< cretarr of State. Mr. Dean Adieson. told a Press conference ia Washington yesterday that ho had nothing new to repor on the progress being made l.»r a Japanese peace trrai Reuter
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    Family Life At Its Worst
    719 2  - Family Life At Its Worst PETER QUENNELL reviews new books m U.K. 'PHE Dodo was a huge and clumsy bird, with tough unpalatable flesh and the benign, blandly expectant, mildly idiotic expression of a fat woman entering a teashop m search of chocolate eclairs. Its wings had shrivelled to decorative
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    QUICK LOOKS
    116 2 QUICK LOOKS The Canals of England <> by Eric de Mare. (Archl- I u-miral Press 18s. < Beautifully illustrated, > soundly informative book < cm a fascinating subject, > i 4 P. Herbert contributes a brief but characteristic foreword In the Steps of thp Pil<l grims, by Sidney H» i
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    In Brief
    161 2 MAI Kll L <.l K> I H H.-ni-'l Ricl i 10 s tid.i Db_' p.iVf-s. A of thr fine Jir^t novel hv the itm.irkable woman who wrote under the Dane i I Henrj 1 1 Richardson Extraordinary so bnportani and re^ardmx v b«H.k should be so little known
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    14 2 Irene Dunne as she icill apnear as Queen Victoria m the film "The Mudlark"
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    POSTMAN WHO CAN WRITE
    374 2  - POSTMAN WHO CAN WRITE Robert Ottaway on new books A young friend of mine was once told by T. S. Eliot that if he wanted a literary career he should get a job m a bank. For 11 \i sadly rue Ih ii cvt n v. Lters must eat and
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    New G.B.S. play
    64 2 BERNARD Shaw, aho recently celebra «*i hij 94th birthday, has |v Dieted a new play. It is bemu Staged e;u:y nei under t lie title "Far Pi Fables." It is cast m the form of five conversation pieces ami one monologue. It deals with world conditions In
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    She Found Freedom —But Went Mad
    636 2  -  Margaret Lane reviews new books. PORTRAIT OF A TURKISH FAMILY. Irfan Orga. (Gollancz.) TURKEY has changed within one generation perhaps more than any other country. To see those changes taking place m a mid-dle-class Turkish family, m the lifetime of a boy born m
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    Some Voluble Irishmen
    24 2 Some Voluble Irishmen THE I:. m natio:. And Benec a Mirai i« Hey D\ pc f m tended to pro* i cer: CO: photo.
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      369 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOIJN today, uiu have a l un- loving, pleasure-seek- forceful personality, and convivial streak but one which convinces which makes you a fine people of your innate good social companion. You are judgment and fairness. humorous and at times You have the gift of the «*ven witty.
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      141 2 New Crossword No. 133 (UTS ACROSS 1 r,-. < or thorne's Bride <3i 3 WCnl alonp m ducky ?tyle iTi. 7 Approve of facial appearance ill> 8 Such flower? could not of course be rolling stones (4. 5). 10. Produces a npt blu.«h <9i. 13 No credit entries me made
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    IT'S UP TO THE INFANTRY
    217 3 WITH IS. TROOPS IN KOREA, Wednesday. IP to the doughboy again. This fellow with c bent walk and a timeless weariness m his eyes i |«tef to have to decide the issue m Korea. The ial fighting is still the ground fighting. They wrote the
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    New York to make more rain
    93 3 New York to make more rain NEW YORK. W*u YEW YORK CITY is |Olng to stay m the rainm a king business Tor another six moiuhs. Thp Board of Es'maies extended the contract of Dr Wallace E. Howell. the Harvard meterologist whom r engaged to "milk the elo last spring
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    The Long & Short of it
    95 3 The Long Short of it LONDON. Wed. LIVING m adjoining houses m Carshalton Road. Sut--1 ton Surrey, are Mr. and Mrs. Long. Mr and Mrs. Short and Mr. and Mrs. Little. Now the combination ol names has been further extended by the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Short's only daughter
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    41 3 irried by Korean evacuees entering American m South Korea are checked b y a U.S. Marine with ne detector to make sure that the packs do not conn UeriaLs which later can be used by possible infiltrators against American troops. A.P.
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    MORE CARRIERS FOR BRITAIN
    237 3 MORE CARRIERS FOR BRITAIN Korean lessons being studied LONDON, Wednesday. DRITAIN is pressing ahead with modernisation of her naval aircraft carrier fleet as war m Korea demands increased preparedness by the Royal Navy. New carriers are under construction and plans underway to equip the British fleet with its first regular
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    New 'phone equipment for air field
    57 3 New 'phone equipment for air field HONG KONG, Wed. 'J'HE Hong Kong Government has completed installation of long-range radio telephone equipment at Kai Tek airfield, and the new service will be m operation shortly, The long-range telephone will enable communication with aircraft at a considerable distance, thus increasing the safety
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    KARENS LOSE DELTA TOWN
    42 3 The river town of Mya-goe-gyi, seat of the rebel Karen govenment m the rice-grow-ing Irrawaddy delta, fell to government forces, an official communique stated. It said the Burma Navy recaptured the town, some 85 miles south-west of Rangoon.
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    21 3 An Egyptian Embassy .spokesman has accused Israel of continued defiance of United Nations resolutions for the repatriation of Arab refueees. U.P.
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    Marshal Smuts ill again
    39 3 \?ETOWN. Wed. P larshal Smuts, aging African statesman, to bed with mii >M leader only >vered from a ack of pneumonia m Now he is the v a flu epidemic across South Afrihundreds of A.P.
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    RE-ELECTED
    28 3 Lord Mackintosh of Halifax has been re-elected president of the WoriJ Council of Christian Education at the end of the WCCEs annual meet ins; at Toronto. A.P.
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    MORE DIVORCES
    13 3 is on the Increase act the promulv marriage imunist gov- Reuter
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    Bridge Hands
    163 3 bidding J. "i v/ett 31 I All i*=« oi i .~ind and ijive the ra:t, b-'. V.lth normal lead of Wests diamond X£ declarers ten is played. ■5 covers and South wins with the ting. Lacking the J«;^BJ m both spedes and hearts, a nold^up is futile, and
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    JAP SHIPBUILDING
    18 3 Japan's current shipbuilding and remodelling programme is calculated to boost Japan's o^ean-^oinr tonnage to 1,043 836.
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    New glasses shield against atom bomb
    274 3 NEW YORK, Wednesday. T*HE development of a new type of radiation- absorbing eye glasses that may give protection against the atom bomb has been disclosed by a team of scientists of the University of Pittsburgh. The glasses, or "atomic spectacles," are expected to be
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    MORE GIs FOR WEST EUROPE?
    55 3 The United States is considering reinforcing lt s occupation army In Germany to bolster Western defences against a possible Soviet attack. American officials stated In Frankfurt. The question or whether, when and how many more American troops should be sent is now being debated m
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    WEAPON SPEED-ON
    14 3 Production of secret guided weapons is to be accelerated m Britain Reuter
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    31 3 Mr. Winston Churchill stands m his car and gives the V-sigji as he drives through the French toivn of Nancy, ancient capital of Lorraine, to receive the freedom of the city.
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    NO MORE 'SUNDOWNERS' IN BOMBAY
    110 3 NO MORE 'SUNDOWNERS' IN BOMBAY BOMBAY. Wed. ALL foreigners, will hereafter be unable to have a quiet "sundowner" as the 'dry" provisions of th* Prohibition Act. will be Trade applicable to them as well by a High Court decision given, today. Under the Act, all foreigners visiting the country for
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    U.N. patches for newsmen
    99 3 U.N. patches for newsmen TOKYO, Wed. CORRESPONDENTS covering the Korean fighting will henceforth wear United Nations shoulder patches. The patch is coloured blue and silver and has large U.N. initials on the Lop half and the words 'war corespondent" below. It will be worn just below the shoulder seam of
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    Madame Chao captured
    30 3 Madame Chao ttang-wtn, who was knov;n as the "mother of guerillas" during the Japanese invasion -V China, has been raptured by Chinese Commv.nisls In South-v.-est China. Reuter
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    ANTARCTIC VITAL IN NEXT WAR
    221 3 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. A NTARCTICA and the adjacent seas would swiftly become an important strategical area if the Korean conflict leads to a third world war. according: to geopolitical experts m Washington. The lessons of earlier wars and self-evident facts of geography point to difficult strategical
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    Baseball ousts bullfighting
    186 3 Baseball ousts bullfighting MADRID, Wednesday. BASEBALL is now taking an important place m the sports boom which appears to be ousting bullfighting as the leading Spanish open-air i pastime. Senor Luis Barrio. President of the Spanish Baseball Federation, described as "enormous" the growth of baseball m Spain as compared with
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    Soviet technicians
    54 3 No figure has ever been mentioned m Chinese circles regarding the number of Soviet technicians at present m China, but Chinese sources m Hongkong said that there are at least 50 000. without taking into iccount nidi provinces as Sinkiang where joint Sino-Soviet development projects have be«=n or
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    Soldier costs more
    77 3 IT'S COSTING over twice as much to outfit the Austra- lian Army volunteers tor duty m Korea as m World, War 11. Today's cost of I. S.S 115 to equip each McpW compares with U. 5.556 m Wo rid War II and IS. SI 5 m. World
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    H.K. TRADE EXCELLENT IN JULY
    111 3 H.K. TRADE EXCELLENT IN JULY HONG KONG. Wed. XIONG KONG had one of its best trading moi. on record m July. A government spok* ■•.>m.»u said the colony had a favourable trade balance of HKSS3--3.00,000 to for month-belirved to be the highest m is history. < There are aporoxin. HKS6.OO
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    Air drop for quake area
    95 3 NEW DELHI ¥NDIAN Air FOVCt l> are en route to nort. Assam to droj t!i >u^ands cf. pounds of rice and other Mip-t nlies t) areas drrMtat^ t>/ last w;"k"i> ranhqu^kf 1 an<l subsequent fl<M)ds. A spokesman said air force receiTed -n yesterday and the
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    30 3 Mr. Daniel Wollaardt. bi* a grave-differ oi Bobei Cape Province, did no; P home lor lunch. Searcher* found him dead on the mor--tuarv fl<K» r with his h:ind»* fold-d- A.P.
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      154 3 qmnAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] OlUVJrx* w* 445 programme summary; (BLUE NETWORK) 4 47 From the London Editorials' 484 and 41.7 metr« <™L&£TKFa£~.°Z 10 am. News from Singapore. Europe (BBC) 5 30 "Crime l" Programmes m Malay;; 1 p.m. Gentlemen, please— s: 'All at T h e Had,o O^-»; M. Jirne Signal
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY Aug. 24, 1950. Gladwyn's round
    370 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY Aug. 24, 1950. Gladwyn 's round AF.'cH the mouthings of childish abuses at last. His M: s Government's to the United Nations. Sir Hubert Miles Giadwyn Jebb, quietly spoke his little piece And without bluster, without reats, he proceeds to make Mr Jacob! Malik look
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    Siam Prepares To Bar The Way
    715 4  -  Francis Dodwell By- BANGKOK: JN ADDITION to 15 Spitfire fighters already ordered by the Siamese Government from the United Kingdom, another 30 fighters will also be ordered from there including six Vampire jet machines and other latest type fighter aircraft. This is one of
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    'S.I.T. IS UNJUST'
    224 4 Letter to the Editor JOUR issue ol Saturday reported a statement by the spokesman of the Singapore Improvement Trust Estates Committee that iheie were s ill 5169 families waiting to be housed, and that the register would -opened again. !:ie SIT Report for iy27-47 (pay 37> recorded.
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    Red to be charged
    37 4 The Brazilian Minister <.f Justice. Bias For res, has ordered the pitMecutiao m abstentia of the Communist leader. Senor Lvu Carlos Prates, for calling n.i ms followers to rebel fttttrMl the Government. Reuter
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    Mr. Malik, 'Social Lion'
    858 4  - Mr. Malik, 'Social Lion Rodney Campbell By I WENT for a swim last week round the thickly-wooded Iron Curtain coast of America. Pulling eight hundred yards into Long Island Sound, a pair of binoculars tied to my shoulders. I had a closeup view of the threestorey, white-framed house on Glen
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    It Seems To Me...
    877 4  - It Seems To Me. Politico By ATTENTION all you people who have ever grumbled because your train has run behind schedule! You are living m the wrong country. If only you were fortunate enough to be a Russian, you would have the exquisite pleasure of seeing engine driver. fireman and
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    The Toast is 'Bach!'
    130 4  -  W. G. ROGERS By 1 ago. J< tian Bach zie. For M that, ti.< Bachs I cians. The count i a dozen compo.^ them appoinman o Bachs that sometii;.' Bach. T name In m i and In Eu: has bFUCC cone o"h<-r e". and have fl
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    FACTUAL FILMS NEEDED
    110 5 FACTUAL FILMS NEEDED Press Staff Reporter »i \YA needs more docirj films m all lani :o educate the people. Mr Jack Evans. Film n a talk on T)ocuF.lms" at the Singapore, last jr.vinced that the i education is i education," he said ».r documentary show how democracy md .s only
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    Medical goods on loan
    91 5 Free Press Staff Reporter SDR EDS of circulars forming Singapore of the free loan of equipment and askwn to recommend deI rases are now being red by the local Branch British Red Cross They will be disv.ed SOC A lut of all available m the Medical
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    W. Coast Road being widened
    34 5 Htf>N stiff K^portrr NARY work on the now by Ibe P W D I yesteroned to c West C B to R.". A bridge E J i 4 River.
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    GIFT OF LAND
    14 5 MX tni ChUn, the rubb»-r magI »hrep G i rnmrnt 1
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    30 5 picture. THE coffin of Tuan Haji Abdul Rahim bin Tahir, Pilgrim Commissioner for Malaya, being carried by relatives and friends to the Muslim burial ground at Bidadari yesterday. Free Press
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    INSURANCE FOR SOCCER PLAYERS
    342 5 INSURANCE FOR SOCCER PLAYERS S.A.F.A. plan to cover injuries Free Press Staff Reporter Singapore Amateur Football Association has a scheme for the insurance of its players against injury. This would cover the payment of hospital expenses and of compensation for any loss of salary due to absence from work as
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    More schools in Johore kampongs
    101 5 More schools in Johore kampongs Free Press Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. JOHORE kampong people are taking a keener interest m educational facilities than before the war, says the Education Department m a report. Of the 245 Malay schools m Johore, on less than 107 have been built by the
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    SENTENCED TO DEATH
    139 5 Free Press Staff Reporter rAN Joo Long, an unemployed coffee shop assistant, was yesterday m the Singapore Assize Court sentenced to death for the murder of his room mate, Wee Kirn Wah. Tan killed Wee with a chopper m their cubicle at Er^kine Road on May 23,
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    S'PORE DANCE CONTEST
    45 5 The Singapore Association of Teachers of Dancing will hold its third annual dance championship at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday for the K. L. Lim A-nnual Challenge Championship Cup. The competition is open to all professional dance teachers domiciled m Singapore.
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    Malay girl stabbed
    62 5 tree rress >i.vi neporier A YOUNG Malay woman. Hajinan binte Ibrahim I was stabbed early yesterday morning m a hotel room m Rowell Road. Singapore. Occupants of the hotel said that before Hajiman shouted Cor help they heard her having ■B argument with a man. The woman
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    BIG OPIUM SEIZURE
    85 5 J^NOTHER large seizure of contrabJfnd opium, worth nearly $45,000, was c by Singapore Customs en when they boarded a ship which arrived from Kong on Tuesday. Th found 140 lbs of opium wrapped m ten brown paper packages m the crews' quarters This brings the total value
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    NO RESTRICTIONS ON SOVIET SHIPS
    127 5 NO RESTRICTIONS ON SO VIET SHIPS Free Press Staff Reporter ALTHOUGH a report from London says that Empire port authorities have been warned to report the arrival of innocent-looking Soviet trawlers asking for repairs, the Free Press was told yesterday that Singapore has received no such warning. A spokesman for
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    Singapore wolf cub festival next month
    150 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TROPHY will be presented to the cub pack contributing the best item m the Singapore Combined Wolf Cubs Festival which will take place on Sept. 8 and 9 at the St. Andrew's School Hall. This inter-pack cup Will be competed
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    44 5 picture. SINGAPORE'S Mount Emily Swimming: Pool i? getting a spring clean. Picture shows lifeguard Ang Teck Bee giving a helping hand with a broom. Since It re-opened m December, the Mntv« -^1 has collected more than $15,000 In 20 and 10 cents Free Press
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    War memorial progress
    133 5 Free Press Staff Reporter U/OKK on tiie erection of a Sing a P»', e w Memorial for those who fell m the Malayan the War Memorial Committee. It is hoped to start work at—end of this year, Mr Peter Hague, secretary of committee, told the Press yesterday.
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    MARKING THE FULL MOON
    53 5 Free Press Staff Reporter The full moon day celebrations Will be held at the Buddhist Temple, 263 Ou ram Road, Singapore, on August 26 Tt at \viil °be ■'"commemorated by Mr. Mrs. M S. Perera m memory of the l*te Mr. A. F. M Daniel. AH
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    DISCHARGED
    45 5 Eu-. ma Arthur dement, a 128-year-old Eurasian, was discharged In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday on a charge of theft of $30.71 from Sulaiman bin Baba. Inspector M. R. BalakrishI nan, prosecuting, said the mplainant had left for l?icca and could not be
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    49 5 picture. A group of European refugees who arriv?d m Singapore by BOAC charter plane y esterday from Bremen. They are on their way to a new li fe m Australia. In front are Mr. and Mrs. V. Mackevieus with thtir 11-month -old twin daughters, Irene and Terese. Free Press
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    CHINESE YMCA
    26 5 The Chinese YMCA. Singapore is organising a one-clay institute of the Chinese churches' youth organisations, on Aug. 26 at St. Andrew's School, Woodsvtlle V>ad.
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    Green for danger, say mothers
    290 5 Free Press Staff Reporter i DEEP-ROOTED fear that the eating of green vegetables and drinking of water will make them less attractive to their husbands is responsible for diet deficiences among pregnant and nursing women m Kedah's kampongs. The Kedah Government, reporting on its maternity
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    APPEAL TO HELP CHILDREN
    183 5 APPEAL TO HELP CHILDREN Free Prrs> Start Iteporici appeal to b;g Sn.. firms to sel up ft ship funds for the cd.. hilciren of their en:;.. \.iln low salaries is madt a Singapore Municipal C missioner, Mr. S. M. A H Chishty < Labour, Ro; Ward I He said to
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    MAIL
    40 5 Surf ?re mail if expected tn Singapore today from the Federation. Latest tinier for posting face mail at tht- G P.O. ?od;<y »re: noon for Si am (parcel* only); 2pm for Sibu and 5 45 p.m. for the Federation.
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    47 6 picture. MR. W. J. PARKS. Deputy Commissioner of Police. Singapore, presentatine a certificate of merit and a fountain-pen from the Commissioner of Police at Rangoon to Sst. I. H. Wilson, of the Singapore Harbour Board Auxiliary Police yesterday. Sgt. Wilson was formerly stationed m Burma. Free Press
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    MCs' PAY ISSUE MAY GO TO GOVT.
    280 6 Proposal by committee Free Press Staff Reporter THE Finance Committee of Singapore Municipal Commissioners has recommended that the question of the payment of an allowance to Municipal Commissioners should be referred to the Governor m Council. If this recommendation is adopted at the
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    S'pore's draft estimates
    101 6 S'pore's draft estimates ryi: Colony's draft 1 estimates for 1951 will be Jie October meetislative CounA meeting of the Joint finance Cora- be held In Koala ipur next Tuesday to cUacilss the estimate m» re- in-Malayan delnchi< in-come-tax, broadcasting, civil I'icn. and .ics. h ■ndentood that the nits of the
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    Barring of Swift A.A.
    95 6 Pederatkm'i decision I m barrlm th<- Bwtft It fi In the Malayan Chinese A. A A C'aaiipionships m Singapore n *xt month Is fully justi cd. Mr Ocf Chye Hin President the Sinuapore Chinese Anmi r a *»tlon ;ti*rday d that ne aept e.r.ries from I
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    WORLD SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP
    49 6 /"'HIEF point score/- m trt* World Speedway L'vimplot.ihip at Now Cross last mrht Wl Ctrahatn Warre^ of Birm'.neham >n Te.st Captain, with IS po:nus. Jark Younß of Edinburgh with 14. Vie Du^'an of Hair;: .md Australia and Cynl Brine of Wimbicuoi.. each uith 12.- Reuter picture.
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    New period begins well
    440 6 LONDON. Thursday. A CHEERFUL start was made to the new trading: period m the London Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuters financial correspondent. Sentiment was assisted by favourable interpretation of events m Korea and firmness became widespread m many sections. The volume of business, however, showed no
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    Bad rice 'dumped' on Malacca
    239 6 These passes. I tak^ it. will be to Commissioner^ only and not to their families." Dr. Kwong immediately replied: ••Oh yes. only for us" Free Press Staff Reporter MALACCA, Wednesday. MALACCA is becoming a dumping ground for dud rice, fit only for animal consumption, said
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    Signals win Cup match
    98 6 GHQ Royal Signals, displaying b*»tt*r i ombination scored a well dwerved victory over Katong Banjafa Sports Club by four gomh to one m a JuHior Cup mat if 1 played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. Moorhouse and J. Smith scot- two goals f,n!i for the Sijcnals
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    Russians win field events
    232 6 Russians win field events RUSSIAN athletes taking part In open international competition for the first time since 1946. dominated the field events on the opening day of the European Athletics championships at the Heysel Stadium m Brussels yesterday. They won the hop-step-and-jump and the women's weight and javelin events. Emll
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    20 6 CIGNATURES of Municipal Commissioners on a petition to the King seeking city status for the town of Singapore. Free Press
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    GUTHRIES BEATEN
    36 6 Brewertot Bpo ta Club I r.uilirics Si>ort3 CJub by two (oali to nil at the C V.M A. ground pesterdly In s SAF A. Bvisinfs'B' Ul r .r the mnner.-. ucrr m.! All V
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    Decline in tin prices
    84 6 LONDON Thurs. 'SJOME j»pi)t tin emerged O from a British smelter and this, plus five tons of three months tin. gave the prices a little more reality ye&terday. Both spot and three months were lowered £2 to the" common price of £787. The closing prices at
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    COMMUNITY MATCH
    62 6 A tt:iai from the following »i.: reprc.l tae Chl&eM Cumb.tieil agamst irtltiM m tlie Community League dl at Ja an Bcsar tomorrow Chee Seng, Yew Chang. Patrick Ye?. ii-v Tong. Teow Keug. Win* Chew. lung Chye. Hoon Lecng, Hee Jong, Hiu «Ve:ig. Kwßn Leon>:, Boon S.^ong. T«* siang
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    ALL ARSON CLAIMS PAID
    77 6 ALL ARSON CLAIMS PAID 4 LL a-.* jTm pore to li panics. Bin capon h poltei subject and pi .dcr^-d i full' .>»t ii He ac ali<j #v e<j -j civil Tho Sii sun» i > r.bor ol unabl? lo c cha: Contrary o my. for v Uc h t
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    12 6 At I i Iftf, Mr. I •nor anr: No M
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    23 7 GUSSIE TURNS PRO. D E Gjrsjeous :Dse ised ne. B bby N- a Tork he •jar:v G -.ad" :rn pro M. $50,000 r
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    YORKSHIRE AND GIM CRACK STAKES
    20 7 i Drake F E Bi -ar-olri 0 \V H G R hard' I B Reuter
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    NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER BEST WORKER
    648 7 NEPTU NE 'S DAUGHTER BEST WORKER Ff«a/ gallops at K. Lumpur From ALLAN LEWIS D v I vr SF^ A LI'MPUR. Thursday. j^.\Cl>b enthusiasts were out m force this SeJUUnr'T* #T*2. horses n a Ked at the Clangor Turf Clubs coming meeting did their winding up gallops. The No. 2
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    Big names on card
    411 7 Big names on card Next week's Boxing Free Press Sports Reporter II'ITH the arrival m Singapore yesterday of Boy Brooks. Baby Jackson, Little Nene and Little Paras big: names m the boxing world this side of Suez all is set for next week's all-star boxing promotion at the Happy World
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    PIRUZ WINS QR.-FINAL
    31 7 PIRUZ WINS QR.-FINAL A PIKI Z of Malaya rnlered the quarter fina 1 of the Crioket Club of India men's singles championships yesterday, defeating India's S. G. Pendarkar. 15-3. 15-3 U.P.
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    ESSEX 229 AGAINST W. INDIES
    263 7 ESSEX 229 AGAINST W. INDIES scoring K3 withoa* loss of a single wicket l when the lunch interval was taken. Essex were all out for j 229 in their match agair the West Indies which beean yesterday at Southend-on-Sea. The tourists had scored 68 without loss at close of play.
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    Arsenal and Chelsea in scoreless game
    267 7 MOKE than 63.000 football fans watched topnoUh Arsenal and Chelsea fi?ht a scoreless soccer tie yesterday. Chelsea's left winger, Williams, was carried off the field on i stretcher soon after the start when he collapsed as he met a low ball. He resumed later
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    WARWICKSHIRE ALL OUT FOR 80
    385 7 LANCASHIRE, who nave only Surrey to fear m their bid or the country championship, had made an excellent start t o their last but one match of the campaign against Warwickshire yesterday en torrential rain brought proceedings to an abrupt end m mid-afternoon. Surrey who
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    S.R.C.'s 3-NIL WIN
    212 7 S.R. C. 's 3-NIL WIN I^he s.R.c. scored their fifth victory m the Clarke Shield soccer series since it started m 1938 yesterday when they beat their padang rivals by three goals to nil. The S.C.C. wen it on two occasions, m 1940 and 1947 and last year the game
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    44 7 SOCCER: Comm: L*e.: R.A.F. v Indians at Jalan Besar; Business Use. A: Fraser Neavf v Sime Darby at Geylang: Bus. Hsr. B. Mansfield S.C. v Bakotn S.C. at V.M.A. HOCKEY: S.C.C. women hockey (practice), padang MS p.m. TENXIB: Tmnglin C\ub Unntif rndf.
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    Royal Navy had Rajas on the run
    270 7 Royal Navy had Rajas on the run DOYAL Navy lived up to tlieir reputation of bei: •'unpredictable*' when they surprised the 1 Cup-holders and 1950 League champions. K<»ta Ra with a two-one victory to enter the 19.%0 S.A.F.A. 1 ap fi;ial at Jalan Besar yesterday. Navy repeated the form which
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    35 7 Rutby Lfauue re-;!is: Barrow 4. Sa.:.: Helens 14: Bradford Northern 0. D 15 Br&m'fx 14. H r 7 H,-dder^f,p!d 3: K< y 14 Vndna fi B»"> Vue R 8 W.i-.-n 42 2 Reuter
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    Seedings for US tennis championships
    47 7 Seedings f or US tennis championships gUDGE PATTY. H thanij.'ior. m No. 1 eriran players i States shi] Forts' Hill* I There i Herb Fiam nf L seeded N 2 American D G. B Aunt I was toplist. Jan. )t va<; l h of A third. Fell
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    37 7  -  ALLEN LEWIS kit: FKEE PK£SS born (iuide for the Selangor Turf Club meeting which begins on <aturdav v. I be published tomorrow n a special sui^nl'ni which will tads** t; f fi'^tures h\
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    BIRTHS
    61 8 HII.HOKST: On the B.t.'M, KaaAWf Kerbau Hospital, to :e::e Louise Maria, wife rf H G. Hilhorst. a son.. WILMSHURST: To Peggy, wife of N. V. B. Wilmshurst, a hter, Margaret Gillian, at X X Hospital, on 23. 8. '50. WIILIAMS: To Joan, wife Of I J G. Williams. at
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    Robbery of $*****0 by 'policemen'
    138 8 Robbery of $*****0 by 'policemen' HONU KONG. Tnurs. rHREE armed gunman one dressed as a police oftVer -yesterday pulled oil a riayiifhi n»bb«Tv m the middle of long Kong's Chinese comnercial centre. They escaped with HKS3OO.OOO. The holdup occurred m )ueen*i R^ad Just liter i vh^n three Chinese who had
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    Scouts missing in Channel
    83 8 London, Ttrars. 'pEN British sea scouts are missing m the English Channel In a sailing whaler which has not been seen <v\ce it left Calais on Aug. 19, the Boy Scouts Association announced m London yesterday. The British Admiralty baa offered help m KeUoi the whaler,
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    GOVT. ORDER FOR AUSTIN CO.
    38 8 GOVT. ORDER FOR AUSTIN CO. The Austin Motor Company, one of Britain's biggest car manufacturers, yesterday confirmed that it had received a Government order for "some thousands" of fighting vehicles as part of the current arms drive Reuter
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    FILM OF AGE KHAN
    27 8 The A^a Khan announced at Deauville yesterday that he has consented a film being made of his life by a Mexican producer. Reuter
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    BOWLER MAKES FIRST CENTURY
    349 8 BOWLER MAKES FIRST CENTURY On top for 100 years LONDON. Thursday. BRITISH Tommies fighting m the desert dreamed about them. One of them marked a famous American politician. A well-known Hollywood restaurant is named after one. And they are still the proper thing for informal wear m the presence of
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    20 8 (iON'K! Mr. Herbert Morrison. Deputy Prime Minister. indicates a thinning Mr. Re yin to the IS. Ambassador. Mr. Lewis Douclss.
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    Colony may oust Malan
    335 8 Colony may oust Malan WINDHOEK. S. W. Africa. Thursday. Africa, the bleak, former German colony on the sub-continent's Atlantic Coast, which has been the subject of political skirmishes at Lake Success and legal affrays at The Ha;ue. is itself now a major battlefield. On August 30 the territory for the
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    U.K. MONEY
    28 8 The following were yesterday's quotationa on the Hong Kong Money Exchange: HKSG.3S per U.S. dollar HK$l5 30 pt-r i»uiid sterling HK.5293 per taei of gold U.P.
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    Mr. Truman is undecided
    74 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. REPRESENTATIVE John Davies said yesterday that President Truman is undecided about whether the United Nations forces should chase the North Koreans beyond the 38th Parallel. Mr. Davies called on the President to talk about the war and New York state politics. After t^c conference.
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    19 8 I've told *>Art. Smith rt'a hot down Here bwt tv« in4 it't (>ff )uip Im wearing my rubber mic.'
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    Rail strike paralysing Canada
    161 8 Rail strike paralysing Canada MONTREAL, Thurs. CANADA was on the brink of critical food shortages and industrial chaos yesterday as a result of its two-day-old nation-wide rail strike. The strike of 125.000 railroad employees crippled the nation from coast to coast for no other country m the world is so
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    ADMIRAL SET FREE
    30 8 The former Vichy viceAdmiral. Jean Pierre Esteva. sentenced to life imprisonment for treason m 1945. was yesterday released from Clairvaux Prison near Trnyes m central France. Reuter
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    43 children drowned
    62 8 FORT V THREE c -hildrrn w«W feared dead yesterday after a motor launch m which they were riding overturned m the sea off Redondela, Spain. Twenty-nine of the bodies have been recovered. The children, members of the Falanjje Youth, capsized Uie launch when they all rushed to
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    17 8 TANK PRI7I X i t I North Kunan lank A I only its trark I agrd I
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    TO LEARN FROM U.S.
    25 8 The Japanese Foreign Office wil dispatch six officials to the United States to study th«« functions of Washington's State Department. Reuter
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    WALLACESAYS: "I'M NOT ALONE"
    181 8 WALLACESAYS: "I'M NOT ALONE" NEW YORK Thurs. MR. Henry Wallace. Progressive Party candidate 1: the 1948 United States Presidential elections, ciaimec yesterday that one half of the Party's rank and file supported him m his break With the Party over Korea. Mr. Wallace recently resigned the leadership of the Left-wing
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    FIVE MILLION HOMELESS
    41 8 Nearly 5.000.000 people were rendered homeless and destitute In North Assam by last week's earthquake. government broadcast m New Delhi said yesterday. Six Indian Air Force Dakotas are dropping rice and othpr supplies to thp devastated areas. A.P.
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    U.S. HOARDERS STILL ACTIVE
    232 8 NEW YORK. Thursday. DESPITE assurances from the Government that there are no shortages Americans are still hoarding susar coffee canned goods and Nylons. ••I'm pleading with my customers to be sensible. said the manager of a White Plains food market. Tm telling the/n the stuff will
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    UK FREIGHTER INTERCEPTED
    44 8 The British freighter Torina was intercepted by <onalist warship m the Strata of Formosa on Aup 21. according; to the owners of the vessel The Torina, however, was released the following day 3»:ci iv»r rar^/> was no; ron- ft scried Reuter
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    Texas cotton for Princess
    23 8 EDINBURC. Mayor Ti i iDonalri Pr; 1 with all vileTh> I a bale i the R the b A.P.
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