The Singapore Free Press, 31 August 1950

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS,
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    CORSAIRS LEAD U.S. ADVANCE
    429 1 Havoc among Reds outside Pohang From JOHN SHAW LUFItM'AN f POHANCJ, Thursday. A rm p,? ;a V l l^^^ 0 bee Sent into the South KOfesß cm mast sector tor a final drive to clear the Communists n the approach^ to the port of Pohan*. ommuni>ts
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    1600 REDS BEHIND BARBED WIRE
    356 1 1600 REDS BEHIND BARBED WIRE WITH U.S. FORCES IN KOREA, Thurs. ANE thousand North Korean Communist soldiers have surrendered or have been captured by United Nations forces m the past fortnight, providing what observers hope may be one of the rirst symptoms of the North Korean army collapse. Major John
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    YOUTH HELD MAN-EATING TIGER'S PAWS
    110 1 YOUTH HELD MAN-EATING TIGER'S PAWS BOMBAY. Thurs. V YOUNG Bhll tribesman who caught a ten-foot man-eating tiger by Iti front paws and )i<-ld them .V r *w-ilke grip while his head Wfcy>« backed ofl its axe. was awar^u^'V^iim reward yesterday. His brother received a similar award. A Bombay t citation
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    CULTURE Choir & Korea
    45 1 CULTURE Choir Korea The Czech composer, Miroslav Parvik. has composed a cantata for baritone, solo, matt choir and orchestra, entitled "Hands Off Korea," a Communist newspaper reported yesterday. The work m to be given its first performance by the "cultural ensemble of the Czech Army
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    GIRLS BATTERED TO DEATH
    187 1 GIRLS BA TTERED TO DEATH SYDNEY. Thursday. TWO sisters who migrated from London to Aus- x tralia with their parents last March were brutally murdered on Tuesday ni^ht or early yesterday morning. They were Grace Holmes, 18, and Kathleen Holmes. 11. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. C. Holmes. The two
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    'It's up to U.N.'—Acheson
    293 1 'It's up to U.N.'— Acheson WASHINGTON. Thursday. THE U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson. said yesterday that it was up to the United Nations to decide whether its forces should drive beyond the 38th Parallel dividing north and south Korea. He told a press conference that tho United States
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    MORE TITO AID
    27 1 The United States has agreed to lend another $15.--000.000 to Yugoslavia, which ha, already received two $20,000,000 k>ani In the last 12 months.- Reuter
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    '2nd violation'
    22 1 Communist China charged this morning that United States pianos had violated the borders of China for the second time. A.P.
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    INDIA'S DELEGATE
    26 1 Sir Benegal N. Rau. India's permanent representative to the United Nations, will lead Indian delegation to the General Assemhlv oDenin* on September 17.- A.P.
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    Malik brings up Greece
    63 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs. JACOB MALIK added the long-standing problem of Greece to the Security Council's agenda yesterday. His action was seen as another indication that he intends to remain In the Council after his presidency expires today. Mr. Malik submitted the provisional agenda for today's meeting
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    'Might happen to Malaya'
    68 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. CiTALIN is backing and O leading the North Koreans and what is happenins m Korea If likely to happen m Hong Kong, Formosa, French Indo-China and possibly Malaya, the Australian Army and Navy Minister. Mr. Josiah Francis, said yesterday. Mi*. Francis. addressing exservicemen m
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    PLANES SEEK 80 FISHERMEN
    49 1 Piane.s and ships yesterday searched the seas off the west coast of Ceylon for 80 fishermen still missing out of 1.500 caught m a strong gale It wa s believed that their canoes might have drifted to distant points. Two bodies have been recovered.— U.P.
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    Red air build-up
    33 1 The United States Defence Department yesterday reported renewed building activity near airfields m North Korea, suggesting, a spokesman said, that the Communists expected to increase their neElißible air strength."— Reuter
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    Red areas to hear U.S.
    60 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. THE United States is planning to distribute 200.000 medium and short-wave wireless sets m "critical areas" throughout the world as part of its propaganda war. About 50,000 sets will go to Soviet satellite countries m Eastern Europe. The State Department will undertake the
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    PAKISTAN OIL
    16 1 American businessmen have been invited to take up oil ininine ronressions m Pakistan— Reuter
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    MAO AGREES TO TIBET TALKS
    191 1 NEW DELHI, Thursday r pilE Chinese Communist government has written A to India expressing willingness to settle the Tibetan issue amicably, reliable sources stated yesterday m New Delhi. They said this assurance was contained m Peking's reply to India's recent informal Note suggesting the desirability
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    Longer service, more pay for armed forces
    350 1 LONDON, Thursday yHE BRITISH Government last night announced A that compulsory national service is to Uv e\trnded from the present 18 months to two wars ami that there will be increases m pay for Britten servicemen, ranging from If% at recruit levl to
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    UNKNOWN
    64 1 THE! Burmese Prime Minis- ter Thakin Nu*s three-yeir-old government yesterday withstood its first challenge to a division on a motion to ban horse racing. The motion maintained that raring is contrary to socialist principles. The government promised to set up an expert committee to investigate the faults and merits
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      42 1 rflR o**0 4 ALTERATION TO THE PRICE OF IN SINGAPORE FROM Ist SEPTEMBER Due to the increase m flour prices Bread will be 25 cts. a Ib. and self raising flour will be 80 cts. a 2 Ib. bag COLD STORAGE BAKERY
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      71 1 £the bespoke tailors I X THAT CAN S^ SATISFY YOU J£ from me T On tap round the clock Doctoring't an e&acting job all right. When there'i time for it. Capstan provides a welcome break. They're alway** K»*t the tame-juac ai good and jusi as enjoyable «t. two o'clock m
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    Story The School Books Didn't Tell
    563 2 RHONA CHURCHILL reviews the new books m the 'I absence of Peter 0u c nnell o n holiday. t >, AT school it was always a certainty when the sood if simple Queen Anne was m the I Istory curriculum that the examiner would
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    QUICK LOOKS
    77 2 QUICK LOOKS Chasing a« %»eient) i „.ii Carter* 4 and) |4 rch forgotten MSS of "t. md t c a refresh' trare/ogi Urutrhall lhr.Mi^h theS niluri^ G S DU y ts. Mis book tells) the Empire's! ttrei t Jroms V lll t 'Okl Cardie it became a RyiN WJ M
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    47 2 Four Britons, distinguished as politicians or men of letters, who appeared together recently m the 8.8.C. programme. "London Forum." They are Heft to right*: Harold Nicolson. author, essayist. e*-M.P., Richard Crossman. Labour MP, journalist. Chrts topher Mayheiv, former Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and Robert Boothby. Conservative M.P.
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    GRAHAM GREENE FOR JUNIORS
    295 2  -  JON HOPE By PR AH AM Greene has writU ten another chlldlt book Another Yes. Be wrote one— Tne Little Train two years ,;to Bn< it \\us unsigned 111 SUCCeM »r the Little Fire fclftre— w 11 te published m October ready for the Chris r
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    BEIEF IN ADAM AND EVE VITAL
    453 2 BEIEF IN ADAM AND EVE VITAL -SAYS POPE POPE PIUS XII, recently issued a 5.000-word Encyclical defining what Roman Catholics may and may not believe about the origin of the human race and giving a new statement of the Catholic view on the unity of Christian churches. The Encyclical wa
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    In Brief
    250 2 TIIKONK SHAIH»\VS. John I iUgav. Rich A Cowan. A novel of the Boigias period which uMls the story of the young Englishman GaM-ui^ne. whose claim to the English throne, although remote. had uiiVen him to srek bis fortune broad that he might escape the malice of the Tudor
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      240 2 Solution to Crossword No. 138 SOI.I TION Across: 1. BrniK p. 7 Out of eeaaon 8. Dollop :>-er 11 ICadi 13 Varied. 14. Steam roller. 13. See. 16. Saw Duwr.: 1 BlUli linw 2. Inflow. 3. Gael 4. Pussy willow .S R< ;u! jma. i h. 6. Intruders. 10. Fan
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      224 2 New Crossword No. 139 v^Bflil [^^^Bfl| i^H^B^B H v 3 S 1 Hib CI.LES AC ROSS 1. How a letter hi stamped wnen it hasn't been stamped (7, J>. 7. They were once grapes (7). 8. G5O for a doctors degiee (3) 9. Wear for a baby sitter? (5). 10.
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    AFTER THE BULLETS MUST COME $
    95 3 AFTER THE BULLETS MUST COME Korea 9 s upset economy nrHFv *v it w^ W^l HINGTON Wednesday. WHEN the Lnited Nations drive the Communists back across the 38th Parallel m Korea, or beyond, then the United States will be just beginning to fight— with dollars. Now that the Communists have
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    31 3 £>*ipenorire< »es re-c-ntlv dropped over *!5 'On ,if bombs on the key Industrial and transport re of Wcssaaa in Nonh a. r:ii> picture shows t> >rnbs fallinjc on the oil refinery.
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    ITALIAN CREW STRIKES
    8 3 ITALIAN CREW STRIKES harbour ber refused I U.P.
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    HE VOLUNTEERS
    10 3 I Henri a Liese ▼olunteer- KOW t A.P.
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    French High Commissioner Back in I-C
    111 3 SAIGON, Wed. MLEON PIGNON, French High Commissioner for Indo-Chlna. returned to Saigon last night from France to deal with the deteriorating political conditions m this Communist-threatened country. During his month's absence, the prestige of the Vietnamese Bao Dai Government has suffered a further decline,
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    Graziani a free man
    326 3 ROME, Wed p]X-MARSHAL Rodolfo Graziani, a sick and tired old man, left prison and spent his first day of freedom restta i?.yi s iKS§Hiiiaioiirmon:n. after his arrest by Allied soldiers as a war criminal. Mussolini's one-time "empire builder" and Commander-' nChief of all Fascist armed forces
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    Railway to link I.-C. and China
    73 3 Indo-China will soon be connected with China and Manchuria by a new railway link, according to the proCommunist paper, Ta Kung Pao. The paper m a Canton dispatch said 40.000 workers will be engaged constructing a 252-mile stretch of railway from Laipin, the current
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    'Non-political'
    59 3 The Chairman of the Executive of the Trade Union of Estate Workers, Mr. E Coerdian. has re-emphasiz?d earlier claims that the strike called by the Trade Union, which invol '.'cs some 700,000 employees all over Indonesia, had no political background and was only aimed at improving the lot of
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    FINANCE ADVISER
    31 3 Mr. L. K. Little, formerly Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, has arrived m Taipeh to Take up his new post as adviser to the Ministry of Finance.— A.P.
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    CZECH LEGATION
    45 3 The Czechoslovak Government has approved the establishment of a Czechoslovak legation m Fenyan. North Korea, -for the whole territory of Korea."— Reuter King Farouk of Egypt has arrived at Le Tourquet. the French Channel resort, for an indefinite stay. He drove from Deainrlllc
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    Jungle snares for troops
    222 3 lIOCMAN, Indo-China, Wednesday. OED VIETMINH guerrillas are usin? ancient animal snares to kill French troops m the jungles of Indo-China. One of these is a variation of that old Oriental specialty, the tiger pit. The French commander of this outpost at the edge of Vietminh territory
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    U.N. GIFTS
    40 3 A mobile daylight cinema van, given by the United >ns International Children'i Emergency Fund, will be sen: to India during the third week of September. A second van will be ready for shipment m about six weeks Reuter
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    HID FROM JAPS FOR 3 YEARS
    331 3 r vv^£? RTLAND Or W>». Wednesday. THL \ANREE sailor who lived like Robinson Crusoe while surviving on Japanese occupied Guam m World War II has ff one back to the fleet. Burly George Ray Tweed, now 48 years old and a navy veteran of
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    'Holy bond'
    36 3 The treaty of frien signed In Karachi by Pakistan and Syria, was described by the Syrian Minister. Oma Bahriiflrfin El Amirl. as another official form nf "that bond which binds Muslims as brothers."- A.P.
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    WOOL FOR FORCES
    30 3 The International wo '1 study group may moot m London mid-Srpt-mb'T to determine international wool allocations to meet the armed forces needa of Atlantic na-|| tinn.s. U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    193 3 U'>! h n!> ulnei .i bie ONCI >►';"'» -.<>'! l; AlUl nlv deal beoau»n nun time you-rc W«* «rlUi hand trrday. Bui lf« w>l ttw ne 1 v you open thu I"-" 1 f ul the king. Bouth l 1 Dine Urn i. !•>.- I' 1 return! r
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    41 3 photo. Olga Mattli of London showed this Korean hat at her new autumn collection. Shaped like a sugar-loaf with a flattened crown, it is ribbed horizontally, m dark grey velour. With it went a plover's egg check tw? d sirt A.P.
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    U.K. ballet off on second U.S. tour
    209 3 LONDON. Wednesday. I OriS Yudkin has just finished packing for a trip J to the Tnited States. His baggage includes 1.400 pairs of ballet shoes and 500 other items. For Yudkin is going to spend five months m the United States. And the
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    NEW TRADE PACT
    23 3 I A new trado and financial agreement between the Brlgian monetary ar p a and Japan has bepn si°^ed. Reuter
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    HOT BEER NO CURE FOR COLD
    89 3 MELBOURNE < T)R. lar* Wood. Mting di'- etor of the Walter A Hall liLsiiiute. M] hot beer before bad wo:, c cure colds or the t\\i. The Institute has b^ searching into the cold for 15 year> "Scientifically, hot beer n useless." Dr Wood
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    STUCK ON SPOONING
    88 3 WORLEY. Yorkshire. Wed 'pHE young coupie vvaikm I the evening decided lo Mb on a seat ai ihe lop of Bi I Box-lane. Soon they were joined i-y another eoupl<\ When all lour dedied go they couldn't So::. had painted the sea; will: ir. They were stuck.
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    RIVER AGREEMENT
    30 3 Agreement on navigation <>\ the River Mekong h. i b" reached at thr» conferenri between France aiv.i [be th: Indo-China state- of LftOi Cambodia and Vietnan Pau. Southwest Reuter
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      156 3 Show business DINd CROSBY is making a documentary film of his tn»> to Europe as a Marshall plan project to show American tOUrislS th<» nari Hmm »i-- *z 1 Furnish m||i|m|| i||miii> 1 Your home I with the FAMOUS 9 PEKING I CARPETS j 5 anJ j SAVf yOUR MONEY
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      221 3 SINGAPORE tIiBC 155 Com P°ser of fee fttttm v^Tivnnin Week" Rachmaninoff: 5.15 "S'er(BLLE NETWORK) ing Value (BBC) fi 3Q Cnme 484 and 41.7 metres. Gentlemen. Please!— 6: 'Up toe 10 am News from Singapore; s P c ut'; 6.00 Indonesian: News and 12 Programmes In Malay; 1 p.m. Programmes <BBC>
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 1950. Givers and takers
    485 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Aug. 31, 1950. Givers and takers IN a "Press Release" to 17 Malayan newspapers. Radio Malaya, Reditfusion and the Public Relations Secretary yesterday afternoon. Singapore's C.I.D. let off steam Kbout the public which it serves. There was a marked note of exasperation In the way
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    Time To Warn Russia Is NOW
    1049 4 A PACIFIST ON THE ATOM BOMB' I WRITE this article as an ardent Pacifist since 1910; and I should perhaps begin by explaining that m my vocabulary a Pacifist is not the same as a Conscientious Objector. Nothing is gained by burying one's head
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    End This Farce Over Franco Spain
    514 4  - End This Farce Over Franco Spain JOHN FISHER urges TO one big man In x Western Europe the phrase "Atlantic Pact* means absolutely nothing. That man is General Franco. whose country borders the Atlantic Ocean for hundreds of miles. Franco has a peacetime army establishment of 400.000 men and could
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    17 4 Director Ronald Neame raiset an admonitory linger to French sfor Anouk. during the filming of Golden Salamander.
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    29 4 Mr. Lewis Douglas, the United States Ambassador, inspects the Guard of Honour of the Highland Liuht Infantry, outside the Usher Hall, Edinburgh—when he received the Freedom of the City.
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    It Seems To Me.....
    928 4  - It Seems To Me. POLITICO By OPEAKING with all the assurance of a man who has never seen the cities of his own land smashed and burning from aerial bombardment, Mr. Francis Matthews. the U.S. Navy Secretary, has advocated a "preventive" war. or as he describes it a war "to
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    Jap Students Are Bitter
    240 4  -  RAY FALK By TOKYO; "COREIGN observers here fear that the partly anti- American Japanese student movement may gain a position of influence similar to that held by Chinese undergraduates. Japanese students are more demonstrative today than they have been m 20 years. Not since early m
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    S.M.C. TO DECIDE ON FIRE MEASURES
    336 5 S.M.C. TO DECIDE ON FIRE MEASURES Precautions m harbour area Free Press Staff Reporter questions of fire protection m the Singapore Harbour Board and control of storage of rubber m the Colony will come up for consideration by the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting this afternoon. Proposals are due for
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    33 5 picture VXOWN m many a seaport as "The American King Kong," Se/iman Victor De Baer, of Everett, Washington, deftly wields paint-brush on the life-boat of the India Mail m Singapore harbour.— Free Press
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    AIR CRASH VICTIMS NAMED
    78 5 AIR CRASH VICTIMS NAMED >> StatT It -porter R A F in Singapore 1* named service ing in last h in Kebined Army oarty was big last hich sepaih scene. -\> miles comL, toughest Malaya, and HI yesftei four -epara- *d out i supplies leh the per- Te: Pttel E
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    TREASURY BILLS
    7 5 I-rnment tenders Will S^pt T
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    Women support marriage bill
    280 5 Women support marriage bill Free Press Staff Reporter OINGAPORE Chinese women leaders support the Marriage Bill which Mr. John Laycock will introduce at the next meeting of the Legislative Council. If adopted, the Bill will nullify marriages of people under the age of 16. Mrs. Loh Poon Lip. vice-president of
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    DEARER BREAD
    47 5 Practically all bakeries m Singapore will Increase the price ol 1-lb loaves of bread from 20 to 25 cent,s from tomorrow. This follows the Government announcement that the flour trade will return to commercial channels rr opposed to Government buying m bulk— from Sept. 1.
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    STUDENTS CALL OFF STRIKE
    102 5 F. P. Malay Corresoondent THE strike of pupils of the Khuliatui Khud i n, a Muslim college m Pekan, Pahang, ended yesterday on the personal intervention of the Sultan of Pahang, the Utusan Melayu reports. The strike, which had been going on since last Thursday, involved
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    CELEBRATION OF SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY
    178 5 CELEBRATION OF SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY Free Press Stall* Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Wed PREPARATIONS are being made all over Johore for the celebration of the Sultan'? birthday on Sept. 17. At Kluang the day's celebrations will begin with a ceremony at the Mosque m the morning where there will be a Thanksgiving
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    MURDER CHARGE
    49 5 Joseph Michael Nonis, a 25-year-old Eurasian wireless operator, yesterday claimed trial and reserved his defence after the Singapore Rellel Court Magistrate. Mr. D. A. Fyfe. had committed him to stand trial at the next assizes on a charge of murderine Winnie Annie Spencer, a 10- vrar-old schoolgirl.
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    61 5 JLiISS R. Hinds, Miss B. A. Mengler and Miss X. G Sattler of the Colonial Nursing Service who arrived m Singapore from Australia on the Nieuw Hollind last night for a three-year tour of duty m Malaya. Miss Sattler will go to the Penang General Hospital. Miss Hinds and Miss
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    THEY MUST PROVE CITIZENSHIP
    407 5 Free Press Staff Reporter OEVERAL people, born of British parents m India, Ceylon, Canada, South Africa and Russia who applied to the Passports Office m Singapore for passports, have had to prove their claims to citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies under the British Nationality
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    57 5 THIS stamp-sized ship m a bottle was made by Second Officer Ray nond H. Biggs of 1 the British Prince which arrived m Singapore yesterday Mr. Biggs who b an exp,r m mikinr mideet ships, has had one of them accepted by Pnncess Elizabeth. His bfit namodc! whl eh r«ted
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    Ban on beggars in S'pore coffee-shops
    161 5 rree f ress Man neporter MEMBERS of the public can walk into any coffeeshop, market or eating-house m Singapore today and not be bothered by beggars. This is because the v.. <-- rancy Act. whirh came force this month, makes It Illegal for beggars
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    TWO DIE ON WAY TO SEE SOCCER
    108 5 TWO DIE ON WAY TO SEE SOCCER Free Press Staff Reporter KLUANG. Wed. COUR people from Muar on their way to Singapore 10 see the Hong Kong v. AllMalaya football match <n Tuesday met with an accide.it, on the 51st mile Ayer HitatnJohore Bahru Road when car m which they
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    CG FOR LONDON TALKS ON S.E.A.
    69 5 CG FOR LONDON TALKS ON S. E.A. Free Press Staff Reporter THE Commissioner-Gen^ Mr Malcolm MacDonaid, wi'.l attend talks m London next month on plans for the economic development of South and South East A He will be the represents on the United Kingdom deleeation of the British U tories
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    FISH OFFICERS
    26 5 The following have bt^n ap"d Fishery O:* Singapore: M* ssrs. Sin K:n Soon. Yap Boon Tat. Ong Bwee Guan and Abdul Rahman bin Noord.n
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      41 5 MAIL Surface mail is expected In j Singapore today from Australia and the Federation. Latest times for posting surface mail at the 0.P.0. to are: noon for Eastern Australia and New Zealand iparcels only); 5.45 pjn for th n FyderatJ >n.
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    NEW S'PORE RENT CLAUSE OPPOSED
    180 6 NEW S'PORE RENT CLAUSE OPPOSED Unfair, say tenan ts Free Press Staff Reporter A PROPOSED amendment to new rent legislation m Singapore, which tenants have called unfair, may not be recommended by the Select Committee of the Legislative Council now studying the legislation, the Free Press understands. The amendment allows
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    GAOL FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE
    156 6 GAOL FOR ACCEPTING BRIBE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. REMARKING that corruption could only be stamped out by deterrent sentences. Mr. A. P. Jack, the Firit Court Magistrate, today sentenced Mahmood bin Mat Shah, a t h.c Registrar of Births and Deaths, to six piisonment on two i corruptly :ved $10 for
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    Jungle lore for scouts
    96 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. I^HIS evening 50 Kuala Lumpur and Kajang boy ;ts and senior scouts returned home after a six-day pioneering training course which included bridge building, the fellinpr. tracking, nunung. and building a log cabin. The boys wer» preparing their backwoodsman and I Pi neer
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    Better rubber: plan welcomed
    144 6 PEXANG, Wednesday. THE recommendation of the Singapore conference of rubber experts that the quality of natural rubber must be improved to compete with the American synthetic Industry, was welcomed m Penang rubber circles today. "If there is constant research into every possible meani of achieving thus
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    S.C.C. HOCKEY
    21 6 Ci i b hockey i >iv a practice Match adaaf at S.IS pm Jure requested to bring B C.C
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    BRITISH XV WIN
    29 6 SYDNEY. W«d The Bl Union tourlsti b tropoliUn side by '2*\ polnta four goals, two penalty i;oa!s> to 17 points lOif «oal four tries) hero Reuter
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    U.S. NEGRO NEWSMAN
    160 6 IN Singapore today is a former American Negro war correspondent m the South. Pacific, Lieut. Rudolph J. Spencer. U.S.N.R.. chief steward aboard the American Mail Line ws.se!. India Mail. Mr Spencer, who is still roving reporter for the Ne Digest, Black Dispatch, Chii Defender and Pittsburgh Courier,
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    BUSINESS HOUSES RELAY HEATS
    75 6 A* Shell Spot's riu!j ■> Intel Biuincn House Invitation Urun Imi I -dd\ at 1'.:..i Lebar ground, the foUowtng qualified fnr the final to be run on sa '.:rriay. S<\:t 2: HF.AT 1: 1 M.m.sfVhis Spores CIuD. 2 Ul.w Knr BporU Club 3. Overseas Chinese B.mk.
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    RUGBY REFEREES MEETING
    50 6 meeting of the Sm>-,a|x, > of F liefer^a v .11 oe held at o p.m. today m the rear' room of the „ipr>rf Crirke. Club t for <J b* :i Ihta ting will hf> r h.> MT'immagf tnd -yard rum. It is hoped thai all interested wtll
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    ON WAY TO NEW YORK
    55 6 ON WAY TO NEW YORK picture MRS L G Donahue, with In r son and daughter. Laurence and Christine Larson, pirtured m Sin K apore on their wav from Manila to New York on hoard the Norwegian passenger-freighter, Ftrnbay. Mr Donahue i» with the Philippines War D— rnmmi(iO n as
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    Training for dental nurses
    181 6 PEN AN G. V r riii: United Kationj national Children's I crncy Fund has extended I urant lo the Malayan Nu: Dental r i Ing School Penang, Mr. c P. Mummi the t Dental Officer said today Wltli the P- additional equipment, be hoped it wouid
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    Borneo beat Mansfields
    105 6 BORNEO Cm. any S.C. deted Ifansfr Id B.C. m a BllSini >S H> 'USe "B" 1 match yesterday St. George's H tad by the odd goal In thi Borneo op»«n<d U through Samari .tnd a few minutes lat.r a miskick by t!i<* Mansfli id defence put B
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    51 6 pOI.TOWINO y«>i»terday's matches m the Ruirbj LeapuoBellrvue Rancors 14 Oldham 15 Fcatherstone Rovcn 14 Bailey IS Hudderstteld 9 K»ii:liley 0 Leigh It; Widnes 10 Mvorpool Stanley 0 Wigan 22 Swinton 19 Barrow ."> Warrington 30 Workington Town 5 York 5 Kingston Rovprs 9 Saint Helens 74 y
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    EIGHT RACES ON EACH DAY
    101 6 "IFFIE will bo ci"M r.xcs on mch 1 day of the BtQfapoce Turl 'üb's Autumn meeting. The hlm dule Is: Firs! day. Sept. 9: Cl. 1. d<v I 1m: Cl. 2. divs. 1 to 4— 6f; divi. 1. 2 and 3— 7f. Second day. Sept.
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    Argentine in firm market
    230 6 LONIMIN FEATURING the London Stock 1 x, were Anglo-Argentine issues, which ahead on Argentina's decision to make tunY al changes m her exchange control. This, it is believed, will remo difficulties which have been encouni Anelo-Argentine trade talks. It will also pave the way for an
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    SCARLET TIGER II PEGASUS IMPRESS
    429 7  - SCARLET TIGER II PEGASUS IMPRESS ALLAN LEWIS Ramillies m fine form By KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. SCARLET TIGER II (Jones) and Pegasus (Ingram) finished m front of Big Money (Tait) when they ran the best three of the morning at Kuala Lumpur today. They worked on the No. 2 grass, which
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    C'wealth XI score 280 for 7 wkts
    67 7 C'wealth XI score 280 for 7 wkts t :>\\ealth XI. in- tan India Test jtained by D A lormer Australia t -cored 105 for 3 on rhe first day of I v match a«ainst an XI. led by Denis The score was D when rain ftop- it; her side of
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    FILIPINO WINS
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    3 Favourites oblige at Kuala Lumpur
    919 7 3 Favourites oblige at Kuala Lumpur ALLAN LEWIS' RACE REVIEW ncture. KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. O AIX again fell after the second race to make con- ditions unfavourable for the second day of Selangor Turf Club's August-September Meeting. John, Frog and Black Velvet were all well fancied candidates to oblige their
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    NEGRO BEATS CALIFORNIAN
    51 7 OAKLAND'S tWO-flsted buzzsaw, John L. Davis, dethroned Carlos Chavez of Los Angeles as California's welterweight champion on Tuesday night, winning a unanimous 12-round decision. The victory gave Davis his second state title. He defeated Irvin Steen of San Diego for the Welter rrnwn q fa\j' months ago.—
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    48 7 pirlure SAYING IT WITH FLOW ERS: FUshv Sebastian holds out a daisy to I' v Brooks who looks rather embarrassed when tht»> imt at a luncheon on Tuesda* They fight each other m the main event of the Ho-Oak promotion at the Hippy World tomorrow nuhl Free Press
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    Farr returns to ring
    60 7 TOMMY FARR, former British heavy-weight, will make a return to the ring: on Sept. 27 when he appears at Pontypridcl m Wales. Farr, who has been inactive for ten years, will meet Jan Klein, of Holland. The main supporting fight will be between Albert lieyn of
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    Tan, Piruz win doubles
    72 7 MALAYA'S Thomas Cup hopefuls, T;in Jin Eung and A. Piruz. won the men's doubles title of the Cricket Club of India championships yesterday after individually failing to carry the singles trophy home— the coveted objective of their trip here. The youthful stars who rank fourth and
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    WEIGHTS FOR ALL RACES ON SAT.
    313 7 rpHK following .ire A the weights f«>r all Races at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday: CL. 3 IKY. I— RamiHies »00 Independence 9.00 Ashok Slicknes* inJcorn A»d 80: The Manchester Cobbler MJ Air Gee So Black Air Port J.JJ Tempest J 4 Airpal J-Ji The
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    GOMEZ SAVES W.I. COLLAPSE
    415 7 GERRY GOMEZ, who has not had a particularly good tour with the bat. came right back to form and saved the West Indies from collapse m their last match against a County side at Canterbury yesterday when they met Kent. He scored a brilliant 149 and
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    235 7 FOLLOWING are the resulU of yesterday's garnet m the English and Scottish Football Leagues: ENGLISH LEAGOI MV. 1 Charlton Athletic 0: Fulham 0: Chelsea 0 Arsenal 1; Evert un 3 Middlesbrough 2, Manchester United 1 Liverpool 0; Portsmouth 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1; Sunderland 3 Aston Villa 3.
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    FLASHY WILL GO ALL OUT TOMORROW
    176 7 FLASHY SEBASTIAN ii :ri high ipiritf >ie n erday that he has ne\er b-»n >o Jit for a long timo and really "feelln' gvx>d H<- is making no secrt l tiis plans for tomorrow T h»-n he dttttei with B f Brooks Said Flashy:
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    47 7 roi m the Bngltiih Rugby I. B 19 rttooe r 14 Bailey IS; HucU.< 10: Liverpool Stanley 0 i 22: Swinton 19 Barrow 5. rington 30 Worldngi "i Town 5: York 5 Hull Kil Rovers 9 Oihrr match St. Helens 74 Italy 38 A .P.
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    74 8 Jacob IMalik, Soviet delegate now m his last day as President of the Security Council, embarks on a last embittered attack on I'nited Nations intervention. "America is the i wn i 1 %.a:it p« *i bvt wrhxi China r««*rc all Heine u:\s\\ to M «o. tou know." "Well, don't just
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    SERGEANT PROWLED FOF COUPLES
    340 8 SERGEANT PROWLED FOF COUPLES Took 4 girls aside later LONDON, Thursday. AFIJGHT-SERGEANT used to go out looking for couples at night at the RAF station, it was alleged at a court-martial at Credenhill, Hereford. When he found them, said Wing Commander Palmer, the flight sergeant would send the man away
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    Abducted girl to decide her fate
    109 8 Abducted girl to decide her fate HERAKLION, Crete, Thurs. J^HK Prime Minister ol cir- Tday sent an y to the lsLind of Crefc I ask the modern "Helen I ■tula Petrako'4'f-r--'ois, whethi-r ihe wants to marry Costaa Kefal :hianos. If Tasaoula says, "•yt-s," all Royalist and liberal families have agreed
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    MacA. asks for WAC's
    103 8 WASHINGTON, Thurs k DEFENCE Department n spokesman said yesterday that two urgent requests have been received from Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur for women's army corps officers and enlisted women to release men from Tokyo headquarters for rombat duty. Although the exact number of WAC's asked by
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    Indonesia to press claim
    70 8 MALANG. Java. Thurs. DESPITE Australian opposition. Indonesia will press her claim to the Dutch half of New Guinea. Dr. Soekarno. the Indonesian President, said yesterday. Dr. Soekarno told a mass meeting of 10,000 people at Malang that v.hra Indonesian delegates meet the Dutch on September 30
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    Girlsmore advanced in Britain
    132 8 LONDON Thurs. BRITISH girls are "more advanced" and .lance better than those In the United States. This fearless judgment was handed down yesterday by 25 young American air cadets, homeward bound after a three-weeks' stay m Britain. Before leaving Nor* holt airport m a US Air
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    SOUTHAFRICAN 'ELECTIONS' CONDEMNED
    159 8 BALTIMORE. Thus. T'HE Influential Baltimore Sun yesterday accused the South" African Oofernm nt oi preparing a "trump-ed-up" election to annex the trust territory of Southwest Africa In an editorial, the Bun said: "When a country t: days trios to annex a neighbour by a rigged election m
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    FAROUK HAS QUIET DAY
    62 8 FAR OUK HAS QUIET DAY X... i Fai the Frt i Le Touquel He ign< red the prin saloons put it his disposal on the first Boot of his ho .^1 and came dot n to the v Uc lobby to read I >ers and lip coffee. Th^n he went
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    He talked his way out
    55 8 WHEN Melbourne's traffic court was delayed because Russian defendant spoke no English, a man at the back of the room offered to act as interpreter. The magistrate later asked him why he was m court. "I'm the defendant m another traffic case. was the rrnlv.
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    WILL RESUME MEETINGS
    62 8 T:ie Far Eastern c ;:nmission. IU-nation Allied policymaking group for Japan. w:ll resume meetings on Sept 7 after a one-month summer recess Offldals c a. p>ecl£ NIC that thf So\iei Union vull rontlnue its boycott of the organisation The Russian dele, walked cut last January In protest
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    FRENCH ATTITUDE
    21 8 Frances altitude to the Formosa question resembles the British rather than the American, a French Foreign Office .lay.- Reuter
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    Turkey may join
    42 8 The U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Acheson. said that the admisMon of Tv: into the North Atlantic treaty organisation was under very earnest consideration, bi: is a matter for :he 12 original countries to dec-id 0 A .P.
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    Advance party
    29 8 An advance party arnv. Tokyo y- sierday from Mr. to prepare for the a*sign:r I 2<i>» Philippine comba* troop> to the United Nations In Korea- A. P.
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    SOLDIER GOES RED FOR LOVE
    228 8 LONDON, Thursday A GERMAN girl is thought to have converted 20-year-nld K.A.S.C. Corporal John Keith Waller to Communism and caused him to desert his family and friends so that he coulct marry her and work for the Russians m the forests of Eastern (iermany Mrs.
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    Wite dead—he took whisky
    212 8 Wite dead— he took whisky LONDON I A FORMER shipowner, William Thon 1 I Williams, told the Westminster I almost collapsed when he found I bed and went to a public-house ami I whisky. I Williams told the coroner he ii I doctor, "but for some considerable I capable of
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