The Singapore Free Press, 6 September 1950

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA 17 880 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1950. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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    REDS CAPTURE POHANG
    323 1 Yongchon, vital road cen tre, falls as well |jM NATIONS forces gave up Pohang to Communist attackers m a general w ithdrawal of the Allied northern defence line today. ronang has now changed hands several times. .i if tT- omim lnist invaders drove into Yoogchoo during the
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    Pomber: Malik is mild
    103 1 Pomber: Malik is mild LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday. Mates last night informed the Inited i Secwitj Council of the shooting down sian-marked bomber off Korea, and said it er proof that the Council should act to check aggression m Korea legate, Mr. Jacob Malik replied the United States report, but gave
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    'FLYING' REDS IN KOREA
    171 1 'FLYING REDS IN KOREA CHANGNYONG, Wed. AN American soldier who' married the Widow of a Wehrmacht officer at Dachau was among a party which this week fought its wav out of the Naktong bulge. He is 36-year-old Sergeant Clenn W. Wills of Silver-] ton, Oregon. Wills m September, 1945. married
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    Commandos in H.K.
    40 1 The advanced party of the British Royal Marine Commandos on their war to Kore-* arrived m Honf Kon* by plane yesterday. The Commander of the unit. Lt.-Col. Duggie Das--dalr. left for Tokyo earlier m the day. Reuter
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    No ban on H.K. shirts
    48 1 LONDON. Wed. BRITISH shirt makers were i by the Board ot Tra orday they cannot government the lmpor»p shirts from Hong Kong Domestic manufacturers a protect m Junwhat they contended i i r'.ood of the cut pi :s from thp Pr A. P.
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    Vishinsky to lead Russians
    41 1 MOSCOW. Wed. viet Foreign Minis\lr Andrei lshinpiam to lead Russia's iun to the next Nations General Asn St-pt. 1 I v is disclosed m Mosnisht when Ameril>s> <»:luials said received an appli■>r Init^d States 1 i^hinsky. Reuter
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    TEL. AVIN LINE
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    'Situation is improving' says Gurney
    105 1 'Situation is improving' says Gurney LONDON. Wed. CIR Henry Ourney, High Commissioner for Federation of Malaya, said on arrival m London by air yester- day that the situation m Malaya is improving but there is still a vast amount oJ work to do. "We are carrying out a progressive and
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    TAXI-DRIVER ROBBED
    52 1 TAXI-DRIVER ROBBED Thr> Malays wen r p >rted to have rubbed a Cantonese taxi-driver of a wrist watch, a torch and cash to the total value of $60.50 m Swettenham Road at midnight, last night after they had hired the taxi at Penang Road. After robbing their victim, the Malays
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    NEW FRENCH POOL?
    29 1 The French Government yesterway ordered a study of the possibility of forming a European Farming Pool, similar to the Coal and Steel Merger now under way.
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    SYRIAN PRESIDENT
    31 1 The Syrian Parliament has Selected 86-year-old Hafem I Atassi Pasha President of the Syrian Republic. He received 92 votes ont of a total of 101 I deputies present. Reuter
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    GEN. BRIGGS' SON DIES IN ACCIDENT
    120 1 GEN. BRIGGS SON DIES IN ACCIDENT \IR. Peter Briggs. 19-year- 1 old son of Lieut-Gen. Sir Harold Briggs. Director of the anti-terrorist operations m Malaya, was killed m a motor cycle accident near Wellington. Shropshire, it v?as learned m London yesterday. Tne General's son. who was attached to an officer
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    MORE MEN ASKED
    33 1 The United States Army has asked for a draft of "'O.--000 men during November. 20,000 more than had been txpected. Reuter. A British comment on the increased pay for servicemen.
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    IRAN CRUSHES BORDER REVOLT
    123 1 TEHARAN. Wednesday. 'FIIK Iran Government yesterday sent bombing A planes and troop concentrations to crush a small tribal revolt m Kurdistan. A General Staff communique said that tribesmen of western Iran suffered heavy casualties on Monday The tribe's main village named Javanood was captured but fighting
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    Sydeny cheers Royal visit
    84 1 SYDNEY. Wed THE news of a Royal visit to Australia m 1952 was received enthusiastically by political and civil leaders yesterday. Announcing that plans made for the 1949 visit will b<* generally followed m 1952. the Lord Mayor of Sydney, said: 'Australia will look forward with
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    DISCUSSIONS ON TIBET
    63 1 DISCUSSIONS ON TIBET An official Tibetan delegaI tion has arrived m Now Delhi from Calcutta for preltminaiy discussions on the future of I Tibet with the Chinese. Charge D'Affaires, Mr. Shon Chien, beginning today. The delegation later ex-! pects to meet the Chinese 1 Ambassador Designate to India, General Yuan
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    UA BISHOP IN SINGAPORE
    30 1 Mr. Donald H. Tippeets. Methodist Bishop of San Francisco, arrived m Singapore by Pan-American Airways with his wife this morning on a two-month tour of Malaysia.
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    Horn bs destroy Seoul cathedral
    48 1 Fides, a Catholic news Agency, yesterday reported that U.S. planes destroyed the cathedral of Seoul after it was learned the Communists were using it as an ammunition store house. Fides said it was fearec that some nuns \vp***» him during the bombimv A.P.
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    Quake kills 2
    32 1 Two people were killed and at least 35 injured In a series i of more than 20 earthquakes which wrecked homes m 21 villages scattered thro-igh central Italy.— UP.
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    She couldn't say 'no'
    66 1 A YO1 T NG woman bigamist m Sydney who 'just couldn't say 'no' to the boys" and there were fou* of (hem ended up with the judge's sympathy. The court was told she had been marri*Hl twice biff amously and twice legally. "I haven't the heart
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    FAROUK TURNS NEWSMAN OUT
    205 1 FAROUK TURNS NEWSMAN OUT Who is the girl friend? BIARRITZ, Wednesday. APPARENTLY more determined than ever to guard the identity of his mysterious American Kirl friend, King Farouk yesterday had a reporter removed from his hotel. The reporter was asked by the manager of the Hotel Dv Palais, where the
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    30 feet of crocodile
    65 1 30 feet of crocodile An advertisement m the London Times yesterday stated: "Will tome kind person tell me whereabouts m Africa I might possibly get a 30-foot crocodile?' The advertiser listed only a Tim«i Box Number for rrplies. In a news story about the advertisement. the Times noted: "It is
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    7,272 GANGSTERS
    25 1 In five months ihis year Tokyo poll* c arrested 7.272 gangsters and confiscated one I.YAi hlne^"" nnm rtfl* one! K7 pisiols.- Re uter
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    No word from 4 Asian nations
    187 1 No word from 4 Asian nations LONDON Wed. fOMMON WEALTH o tticials m London on the eve of a vital conference on economic aid to South-East Asia last night waited anxiously for documents from four Asian countries invited to attend. With only a few hours left before the start of
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    STOP PRESS British in action
    46 1 STOP PRESS British in action British iroops ha\«- repelled an enemy palml attempting lo cross the Nak long; into their sertor of thrFirst Cavalry Division front m the north-west corner «»1 the United Nations defem-*--perimeter. After this, th British rru-rived sporadi. enemy artillery and moriai fire.
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    68 1 SINGAPORE MAY SEE this ten-engined, 140-ton flying boat In 1952 on the BOAC England-Australia run. It is the Saunders-Roe Princess, biggest flying boat m the world. With its two sister aircraft, the Princess will be capable of carrying 105 passengers non-stop between London and New York at a cruising speed
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    Man's Deadly Enemy, The Germ
    1099 2 Man's Deadly Enemy, The Germ SINGAPORE DOCTOR WHAT exactly are germs? What is their relation to disease and what are the best safeguards against them? ANTI-TOXIN ANSWER:— Although existence of germs was suspected by the Greeks, it is since the invention of the microscope that they have been submitted to
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    4 2 irmenlt m th* Lon&o*
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    World heart Congress
    107 2 I^JrtST wor.u c-.r.gress c' to (n beld opened last -.-end m Pa: I v. i Linonc tb I I Sir JohJ Brii nt care RAF and to I I has call•"the n I n. Dr. Mauri Guys H babiei has ala a par- I md peratl us
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    'SAFETY FIRST' CAN BE FATAL
    140 2  - 'SAFETY FIRST' CAN BE FATAL A. V.SELLWOOD By oeware: 100 much care can kill you. Of the thousands of people who iMe to dents each year, m take "safety* 1 precautions' without ur. standing them or are victims cf BB errors about what is safe and what is not. re
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      111 2 WHICH OF THESE AILMENI DO W SUFFER jJJjSE '$%ffi.-~» Km*] U,ed 'the* 'warnings j? ffttu rsc mo--I+9* i'--.'; m^wtnmm CW 'i t MifMi.gn, V.TA- -fov'rt nc- r tr«« mpiwi VftiJr m m HIW >C.re« c 1 b^r« Tk«COCk*C-c t |.rjKrtai|givm} r «ftovf*i to' 'ronti Me •<•*» tn.p .-<•« Hiinvi. mor«
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      160 2 Mew Crossword No. 144 I. Labels BA. :n Ami '8». 5 <4, 7). 7. How to g, down to Rio (4). 8. The aromatic plant? (f). 11. One Id care for such a plot (4). '3 Old bicycles gsve rider-, a ling time no doubt .4-7". 14. They may gr.e
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      259 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DOKN today, you have l philosophy of life that will make you very much beloved by those with whom you come m contact. You believe m bettering the conditions of tho>e who are less fortunate than yourself and are a "do-gooder" m the true sense of the
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    3 HOURS WORK FOR A PINT OF BEER
    88 3 3 HOURS WORK FOR A PINT OF BEER This photo shows the newFrench car. manufactured for the army by the Delahaye car factory, as it goes over a testing ground near Paris. Resembling the famous American jeep, the new French car is to be used for liaison and reconnaissance. It
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    Farouk's holiday is carefully censored
    99 3 CAIRO, Tuesday. v iWs of Kins Farouk's summer holiday trip m b rarefullv screened by Egyptian censor- before it reaches newspaper readers. igh red-pencil job covers even what t h has to eat. In general, the idea 1 present the trip m the most favourto
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    Hero's welcome to ex-Red crew
    60 3 A hero's welcome nas bt en uiven at Kaohsiung, Natior.a- list naval baLse m so'uh-.vest Formosa, to the crew of a Communist freighter v aich defected to Chiang Kai--<s forvThe freighter H*a Foo lrf: Hong Kong on Aug. 28 ostensibly for Communist -occupied Canton, but
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    RED CROSS TO U.S.
    28 3 Russian r.ii.pments to the United States dropped m June, but included strategic maneinese and chrome ores for the first time since February.- A. P.
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    OFFERS HELP
    34 3 The East Pakistan Red Cross Socie'y h&s offered to send two medical teams of five with first aid equipment to help earthquake Qnr victims m A- Reuter Red labourer has hard time
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    HE READ OF HIS DEATH IN THE PAPER
    445 3 HE READ OF HIS DEATH IN THE PAPER MELBOURNE. Tues. \yHEN Sydney Obriea of Sorcenrille, Victoria, opened his morning paper recently he read a report' of his "death." Personal papers bearing his name and address were lound on the body of a man killed m an accident and details were
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    Anti-Red spirit praised
    92 3 USIS The only foreign member of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's Kuomlntang < Nationalist) Party said -nowhere else m the world, including the United States, is there the will to fight Cummunism as that exists m Nationalist China." Mr. Maurice William 59--year-old dentist from New York, made this remark
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    Russian school's Enrolment drops
    14 3 Russian school's Enrolment drops I La I A pped I" tire pro- A. P.
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    FREE DRUGS IN AUSTRALIA
    30 3 A "free drugs" sch- me has come into m through Austra Medical drugs are now available to all on pioci ion of a doctor's prescription. Reuter
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    ILIA'S SUGGESTION
    37 3 uenbo.r wrilJcnown Soviet newspaperman, commenting on the forth- coming Intprnation.il Congress of peace partisans m *ed tht^ com- piiation 01 a hil of war t-riaii-nals businessmen, newspapermen, politicians and "other lunatics" who want war- U.P.
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    Bridge Hands
    282 3 bido.ie itine i the 1 As the I more and and pnuMßi .innot be guesses. This is metimes >>r. freakish c hand below by two expert teams lucky gue** decided >' xc game to Cast rd West, m one room West One Spade East Two DiaSouth Two Hearts
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    'STUPID TOUGHS FROM OKLAHOMA'
    185 3 MOSCOW, Tuesday. ■TIIK Literary Gazettes war corrrspondent In Korea has described captured American soldiers he had interviewed as uncultured gangsters" and "stupid toughs from some place like Indiana or Oklahoma". The correspondent. Alexander Chakovsky. identified one captive as Paul Sanders, the "son of a rich Indiana
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    PEACE PLEDGE
    95 3 In drenching rain sands of German youtns made lon™ marches hrougn Ka.st Berlin on the anniversary of the outbreak of wai between Britain and Germany U) demonstrate their will i<t peace.- Reuter ."Mrs. Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg who was taken into custody by FBI Agents m New York City
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    Her cheese won a kiss
    132 3 VAN WERT, Ohio, Tuesday. \GIRL whose cheese won a kiss from Napoleon has united Van Wert. Ohio, (I.S. cheese-making centre) and a French village. Employees of Borden's cheese factory presented to M. Roger M. Labry. French acting Consul m Chicago the sum of USS2.OOO to
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    C'hoice before Dutch
    31 3 The Indonesian Foreign Ministry has said m a statement that Holland should choose between Australia and Indonesia m her future attitude towards the New Guine3 I problem.— Reuter
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    22 3 Joint Norwegian-Danish naval and air manoeuv th" big^st since the war. I take place this week of w South Norw^zian roast Reuter
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    OLD MAM LEADS A NEW PARTY
    75 3 OLD MAM LEADS A NEW PARTY KARACHI J^ 70 YEAR OLD bearded divinr noiM.ci tt »rii w.\j i^r.cLs a theocra i«" "w loilowers tor jl is Moulana Ab (I A'e li th 1 M "un- 1 Quoc&nic law. He no p a that "Jusl manlsi can h< W un po;-'
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    WHY MAGNETIC CENTRE SHIFTS
    68 3 Science ha.^ found m ■ential clue \o of the co shift ol eariiis Mfpetfc ii id. Mr. S. K. Runcorn oid I I I Brrish Association for Wi* Advsiieca^Di of Sci»*mv t! the dJwovc v that the tar^.i has a hquid centre, p'ils i factor*. leacN
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    CANADA'S PLEDGE
    44 3 The Ex ernal A.l--n> M ter of Canada. Mr. I Pears* n t OftOM d bear h» r per riMr <".i t caHeetivr defence a ii ,j.. r m Sovm esskm" h ■■•dd flare into itie o. In? i:i tlie v.orld- Reuter
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    9 3 Bgyp" i-- buvmg t( peed tn wn it A.P.
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      271 3 CTMPBDnPF (BBC); 4 o"> -Corr.pos^r of the (BLUE NETWORK) ComnienLary" (BBC); 5.30 "Ad--484 and 41.7 metres. ventures of Captain Kettle"— 6: 10 m News from S.ng- "Kettle Pulls a Bluff"; 6 Indonraoore- 12-00 Programmes m sian: News and Programmes Malay- 100 pm. Dance (BBC); 6.30 News m Cantonese Music— The
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    NEW PICTURES FROM KOREA
    298 4 NEW PICTURES FROM KOREA South Koreans carrying military supple* m troops at the front In The pictures m this page, all from tfce Associated Pre«*. are the lal<;*t to come from the Korean war front where the bloodiest fitting continues. Top: An American tank blasts away at an enemy position
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    Korea war hits newsprint supplies
    93 5 Korea war hits newsprint supplies UfOOOH, Wed. Korea batBurma newsand those selling n -xtion, baa bend. X fear eel itnlc a fresh of Rovern- r;it:onj b under M \::n:iri safe" r-wm sricc and famed a i he i But h I riramong' >r con- < *h:s proI over- a ar
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    597 WERE CO.s
    18 5 597 WERE CO. s objectors to vice n Britain tailed 597 men >1 the conscripts, thour renor* Reuter
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    Chemicals For U.S.
    15 5 isea of chobaen imported ted S i from th* Vurrvnrtoti A. P.
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    In the Army —but only on pay days
    249 5 LONDON, Wed. Army of today was all righ"* fcr Private Colin Green He reported at Maryhill Barracks m Glasgow every Thursday, drew his pay, and went home. He did no marching. He did no work. He lived at home. And the only
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    36 5 OFF SECRET LIST-The first air-to-air photograph of the new Armstrong Whituorth nUht fighter, details of which have just been taken off the secret list. This plane is to form the backbone of Europe's night fighter defence.
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    STUDENTS PROTEST
    27 5 STUDENTS PRO TES T Five thousand scol a r s have staged a protest demonstration at Semarang to v: ■-•<• the military administration to return all occupied schoolReuter.
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    Died in hurricane
    33 5 One man died and three have b"i'n injured m Panama City. Florida, m a 110-mil»'S an hour hurricane— the fourth of the season— which hit the entire Atlantic coast. -Reuttr.
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    Boy locked in burning house
    223 5 LONDON, Wednesday. A BOY of five whose parents left him alone m the house, was trapped by fire m his bedroom, the door of which had been tied, it was stated m court at Wealdstone, Middlesex. The boy was rescued, crying and choking, by a
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    Egg was test for alcohol
    112 5 DONCASTER. Wed. A MAN accused of driving a car while under the influence of alcohol ate a fried egg at the police .station the morning af er he was arrested, magistrates wen* told at Duncaster, Yorkshire. And that, said Mr. J. H. Glover, wa.s proof
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    E. Germany strikes ban
    85 5 BERLIN' Wed. gTRIKES m East Germany 1 will m future be prohibited, except m private capitalist works." According to new labour statutes adopted by iho Communist-ted Free German Trade Union Fed t;ition. The new statutes announced the end of 5-day i m c -ted exploitation -has
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    P.I. Air Force kills 7 Huks
    69 5 MANILA, Wed. 'JHE Philippine Department of NaUonal Defence disclosed that seven Huka .■ere killed and several others wounded hi the course of an air strike last Thursday on the Batangaa village of Pitt, 100 miles south of Manila The report said t.V number of
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    R.A.I. QUIT PORT
    35 5 Thp Royal Air Force olYiciaily lias handed over Port Reitz— their last station on the East African coast— to the Kenya Government. Evacuation of R.A.F. personnel will be completed before Sept.--30- Reuter
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    M.P.s WARNED
    25 5 .Members of the Burmese Parliament have received warning of a likely attempt to assassinate somp of their number during the present session A.P.
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    Japs buy from Reds
    26 5 Japanese buyers recently cencluded contracts with Communist China for the purchase of 30,000 tons of rice and 15.000 tons of soya beans.
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    US checking on students
    95 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. rHE U.S. State Department said that it had been curefully screening 2.506 Chinese students and teachers receiving emergency government financial helo during their stay m th« United States. The Department denied Boston dispatch which said thai three Chinese students ordered to leave the country
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    Jap ships for Sandakan
    71 5 TOKYO. Wed. AUTHORISATION for Japanese vessels to tourh at Sandakan. British North Borneo, has been obtained by the Government from Gen. Mac Arthur's Headquarters. The authorisation is expected to pave the way for Japan* fullflf.dsed international trade with nations In the South Seas. Osaka Shosen Kaisha
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    Romance went absent
    45 5 rUARDSMAN R. Kin«, S3, was stated at a Chelsea, Lon- don court-martial to have gone absent m February to got married and then absented himself five months later "to arrange a divorce." He was sentenced, subject to confirmation, to fllty-six days' detention.
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    A "WINSLOW BOY"
    404 5 Court-martial at Sandhurst FARNBOROUGH, England, Wednesday. EH)R seven hours a young officer cadet from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, faced an Army court-martial. The accusation against him that of stealing from a fellow cadet reminded many who were present of a 42-year-old case against a Naval cadet
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    17 5 Ol'T OF ACTION Disabled North Korean tan!.> I v. near the main highway b.-tueen Pohang and Taruu.
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    REDS FREE CREW AFTER 8 MONTHS
    136 5 REDS FREE CREW AFTER 8 MONTHS T'HE crew of a United States Trans-Asiatic Airline* plane detained by Chinese Communists for eight and a half months havf arrived In Rangoon. They said they flew their Diane to Kunming to evacuste refugees fleeins: before the advancing Communist armies, but landed after the
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    Americans to be told of losses
    77 5 The United States Defence D iK.rtment has decided to toll the public regularly, probably once a wet-k. the t I cost oi the Korean conflict m Americans killed, wounded or missing m action, officials m Washington said. This is a rever.se of the policy
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    TOWN SILENT ON KKK MARCH
    201 5 NEW YORK. Wednesday. i\S\ hundred and fifty Ku Klux Klansmen marched through Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a few hours afterwards, terrified holidaymakers and the town's residents were trying to pretend! the march did not happen. But one man— Police Officer James Johnsonis dead m the
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    LONG KOREAN WAR?
    30 5 Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Slruble, Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, said that he saw no reason that the Korean war would be ov?r by Christmas.- U.P.
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    'Korea clash over Kashmir'
    109 5 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed THE predominating no;e m Security Council circles over Kashmir is that no delegation is happy at the prospect of the controversy being raked up again. There wen Indications that both India and Pakistan are preparing, each In its own way, to make full
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    Building destroyed
    44 5 The missionary itswi r- vice of Uie Congregation J the Propagation o > I has reported that the Ci 1 Ad: ion building Sooul. Keren. VPM flat 1--Ihv US bombir I because it waf used by Communists as an A 1 headquarters. A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1950. A serious incident
    358 6 The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1950. A serious incident VO ***** Lieutenant! 11 Mishin Tennadii Vasilebiu of the Armed Forces of the Union of Sjviet Socialist Re- I publics is fished out of the Yellow Sea by an Allied destroyer dead. The remaining members of a Russian bomber
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    If The Reds Win in Korea.
    727 6 If The Reds Win in Korea. THEY HAVE TWO 'TIME-TABLES 9 L J. Schweitzer quotes a report of a Cominform meeting said to have been held recently. NEW YORK: ALTERNATIVE time- tables, scheduling the next steps the Communists will take along the path of aggression, were set up at a
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    13 6 "Algy, I fear Brahms rehearsals and Scottish hospitality are not going to mm
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    'GIVE THE YOUNGSTERS A CHANCE'
    679 6 c reader writes to Pl>£STO I 4 LEADING local 4 musician has writ'o me as follows: "Why not young soloists at ttie Junior Symphony Orchestra conceri instej of adults'", ho writes. v not iourage the youngsters and give an opportunity to their wings which they
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    344 6 \V i;n»r- Siegfried l4y!1 v!jw<' !.y the lM«.lharmoni.i Orchestra (Kletrki). Col. L.X. l IM 7. A sensitive, BiMjMictacular beautifully played interpretation ol Wagner's delißh'ful serenade to his wife. Gusiiaa. The woodvind playing is exemplary aod records with crystal clarity. The horn playing is also good rut is noi
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    Britain's Best Music 'Ambassador'
    743 6  - Britain's Best Music 'Ambassador' LAN BEVAN By This Pcti-portrait reveals fioic Sir Malcolm Sargent, the new 8.8.C. Director of Music, even the Nazis "rattled. TWENTY-twu years 1 ago. youthful Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent, from the little English country town of Stamford, was faced with the choice of continuing his struggle
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    PREMATURE BIRTHS PROBLEM IN COLONY
    388 7 PREMATURE BIRTHS PROBLEM IN COLONY No facilities for treatment Fr ee Press Staff Reporter r pihßh is a complete lack of facilities for the treatment of premature babies at the Singapore Kandang Kerbau Hospital, says Dr. B. H. Sheares, officer m charge of the Department of Obstetrical and Gynaecological Units
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    57 7 THE Fatimah binte Haji Haroon, speaking at the Singapore Malay Union dinner last night in honour of I nche Abdul Karim and (he Cliik who are going to Britain soon for higher studies on Education Department scholarships. Picture *ho\vs from loft: Inehc Abdul Karim, Inohe Sardon bin Haji .lubir, Che
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    MAY QUIT YOUTH COUNCIL
    82 7 I LUMPUR, Tues. include youth j i no that have with a political DM .noers ot the Mal- Council will be, v tne United Malays O :<m Youth meeting of the Council at Lumpur on Friday ed today by Rj nk bin H I UMNO Razak
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    Rent comtrol extebdend
    8 7 Rent comtrol extebdend b i i Lrc to- <
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    SEAMEN TO FLY HOME
    69 7 .THIRTY of tiie 51 members of the crew of the tioouton British froiehter. Audax. who signed off the ship In Singapore on Aug 25, will leave for London tomorrow by air. oth ra will follow as bookings are available. A charter a special aircraft to send
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    NEW MEMBER
    21 7 At jesterdaj'i meeting I the Singapore Legislal Mr. C H. By rfleld. :-General. k -he a a new men
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    FATALLY HURT
    21 7 Buy Ail M.:. oW Chine t» boy who was d down by a tax] m Queen's S re. oi
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    APPOINTMENT
    14 7 N D. V een app Inted I Comrr r c J n» ral.
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    Eight operations every day
    378 7 Free Press Stall Reporter I IORK than eight operations a day were carried out m the operation theatre of the Singapore General Hospital last year. Kach day the surgical unit also admitted seven new cases. These figures are given In the annual review by Professor J.
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    Strafed ship arrives in Singapore
    188 7 Free Presi Stall Reporter THE j.s. Glenearn, which das J just docked m Singapore harbour after her strafing by a Chinese Nationalist Musj tang plane m the Straits of Formosa, is an old warrior. and claims lo have- landed the first British m Normandy on
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    TALK ON FILMS
    41 7 The Documentary Film will be thf subject of B tnlk to be given by Mr. Jack Evans. Official Film Censor, to the 1 East West Society tomorrow I 8.30 p.m. at the British Council i Hal!, Stamford Road.
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    Gives help to strangers
    177 7 Free Press Staff Reporter DATIENTS m Singapore hospitab are being helped 1 by a 92-year-old woman who lives 8.000 miles away. She is Mrs. Halliday of Cambridgeshire. Learning about their needs, this Englishwoman recently organised a charity bazaar m her village and raised £52.1.9 d. to
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    94 7 H.ANDY Building, an extension to St. Hilda's School, Katong, was opened yesterday by Bishop H. \V. Raines. The new premises, named after Rev J. T. N. Ilindy, pastor m charge and manager of St. Hilda's, has three classrooms, a domestic science room, a library, an office, and a waiting room.
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    Flying ban proposed
    61 7 Fr«-e Pr< iff h i r IPOH. I A REQUEST to I ment to prohibit R planes lion, flyi l be made shortly by thr c mi: toe ;Ch School Pt-rak Chii Schoul I| This v. ing today R was made hv Mr. T Khuan tal bon.
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    SINGAPORE HISTORY IN A BOULDER
    256 7 BOULDER of rock from Monk's Hill. Singapore which is of great geological interest, has Deen presented to Raffles Museum by Mrs. F.E.S. Alexander. who is engaged m a survey of tJie geology of Singapore Island. In the Museum's annual report, Mrs Alexander gives an account
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    BIG BUILDING PLAN FOR RAF FAMILIES
    353 7 BIG BUILDING PLAN FOR RAF FAMILIES Free Press Staff Report, r A BIG housing scheme for Royal Air Force families m Singapore is now being: carried out at Ctaagi It is described as "the first step towards housit self-sufficiency" on the part of the R.A.F. which > experiencing an acute
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    MORE LIGHTS FOR S'PORE CHINATOWN
    125 8 'j > Improve t.-.- riectricitj 1 ly m part or Chinatown and other areas south ot the Singapore River. Municipa t Commissioners have d nearly $270,000 for l bout 6.000 yards of A C. mains. These new mains are cxi be overloading of existing D.
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    59 8 THE first batch of Royal Takistan Air Force cadets to complete a five months' ground engineering training at the KAAF Technical Tullege at Wagga, New South Wales, arrived m Singapore this week by Q.E. A.-8.0.A.C. Constellation on their way to Karachi. They were (left to light): A. Bashir, M Ahmed,
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    SUICIDE ATTEMPT AT PLAYGROUND
    43 8 SEREMBAN Tues— Lee X .11. an elderly Chinese, was sen enced to three ks 1 simDlo imprisonment v m he pleaded uuilty bee the Seremban MacistSheikh Abdullah. kde He h°d at the Childi mnd a* 4 on Aug 21
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    Declines in gilt-edgeds
    433 8 Declines in gilt-edgeds HH •■^^fe'^ss^'^fSi LONDON, Wednesday. •pHE latest trend of events m the Far tast, the end of the account and a tendency to await Wall Street's re-opening and reaction to the week-end switching: announcement all helped to make for dullness on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, states Reuter*s
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    Spot tin up by £4
    89 8 LONDON, Wed CPOT tin closed £4 up at £742 on the tin market yesterday. Three months was up £2 to close at £740-1/2. The turnover, all three months, was 175 tons, makin* a total of 300 tons for the tho rlociins prices at the af'ornoon
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    U.K. MONEY
    26 8 Yesterday I quotations on Hie Hong Kon^ Money Fxchange were: HKS6.3H per US. dollar. lIKSIS 40 per pound s'eilIn^. HKS3O2 per ta^l of gold.
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    Yorkshire Cup
    166 8 JJATLEY beat Hull Kindlon Roven by 21 points to four In the first round <se-, cond leg) of \he Yorkshire Cup Rusby League romp tlon yesterday.— Heater. had match figures of 11 wickets for less than 13 runs each, while Valentine took four for 46 yesterday. West Indies
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    M.P. DELEGATION TO VISIT MALAYA
    331 8 Will survey situation gIX Members of Parliament will arrive m Singapore next week to survey the situation I here and m the Federation. They will see as many things and meet as many people and groups as possible. They will pay particular reference to antibandit
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    MCC beaten by Yorkshire
    163 8 YORKSHIRE scored a fine victory over the M.C.C. with five minutes to spare at Scarborough yesterday. Yorkshire declared at their, overnight score and alter the visitors had lost lour ickets i cheaply, Dout; Insole, the Es-j sex captain, gave a bright batting display. Unlucky to be
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    SPEEDWAY CONTEST
    41 8 IN the final qualifying round of the world speedway championship at West Hani. London, last night the loading scorers were Vr*-.\ Williams <W>mbW\v> 14 points. Rub La" son (West Ham) !3 points and Ron Clarke (OfJ.^i* ll points.^ Reuter
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    BETTER CANNED FOOD
    211 8 BETTER CANNED FOOD 'rpHE Singapore Dtpftfi X of Cbemlitrj m examination of Chines*ned foods this year 1 found no examples jgerous tins coma: with lead derived solder exposed int*-r although there were cases last year Willie a?.reein^ doubt lest ranned I i being imported .Colony from Cii: .Singapore Chief c
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    Mrs. Dupoint wins again
    74 8 y[RS V- ret 0.-lx POJ ted St when ihe i champj iuec Doris an old rival on the 6-3. 6-3 In AP. U P TVr and v ihe men s sidles tr Ij r Richarti I H 8-2. 10-«. 7-9 6-2 c emi -final mptc day
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    West Indies and S. England draw
    94 8 WEST Indies looked likely to beat the South of England at Hastings yesterday when they got rid of five batsmen for 45 runs m the first hour's play, but Doggart and James Langridge engaged m a sixth-wicket stand of 82 which saved matters. Valentine
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    44 8 photo. THE Shell Co. Singapore Branch loral staff fare a farewell tea partj on Monday to Mr. M D. P Gilror, their branch manager, who is shortly goin* on leave to the UK Picture shows Mr. S i^«-»J silver tankard to Mr. Gilroy.- David
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    Scoreboard
    145 8 >'M IU Oi IN(,L\\U-Ul im.. IM > »> I ISUILS J-« IDBk4M IH <»* i M.I.WIt-.uJ Ua» l»nn l.ftngridg? Valrntinc H Da tic x b k*n«4klß ..4 i>*U4» I Merfcck k Uk&uut a Dm I*h Ramadhin i I tUi.vllDjuliii>..,i H Irrmlell b ««ratlu. .farnf» l.aMiridrr not «oi 4 Mum
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    Cricket eosches for India
    43 8 LANCASHIRE'S left handled Eddie Paynter and I i, also of Lancashire, have engaged as roaches by the Board of Control for Cricket m India. They will arrive m Bombay t»!i Sept. 30, with the second lion wealth cricket team.
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    The sing-song girl and the smuggler
    1087 9  -  K. S. CHIA fa^ett/of g&rtt Stc^ by pIUN Tua (lung 1 m \er have in 1 the he had vt l ßig nglisn <>i' his I heng. rated with a *o his d of shoulrten reckless d to make for deliGun a comfortable he
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    545 9 LANCERS SCARE ME STIFF FRANCIS BOYLE tells about [y most exciting assignment.' isf r- s or ling In of Of -:d to I r.c'h•he Andtoie r I .>s acnm :ne pampas M rhnnee to tnc railv. q rrb nnd climb. I^-cend, •hr incomf SanChil< 'a capital, en- beautifo] be- >
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    17 9 l£n£4 AN OLD MAIP- TROUBLE ti( £HE SXDhIV UEA^KI TO SAY YES QK MO/ I
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    'BOXING TROUBADOUR' FIGHTS THIS MONTH
    1153 10  - 'BOXING TROUBADOUR' FIGHTS THIS MONTH PETER HILL The story of Little Paras By QNCE upon a time there was a little bootblack who used to play truant from school every second day of the week just to be able to make a few pesos m pocket money from the sidewalks
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    G.S.C. win all their games
    557 10 G.S.C. win all their games By ROGER VIE WINNING all ten games m a row against other women's teams during thrir netball season this year is a proud achievement. But it was achieved by the members of the two netball teams of the Girls' Sports Club. Teams which they mot
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    U.K. ARMY FOOTBALL MATCHES
    163 10 U.K. ARMY FOOTBALL MATCHES ARMYS first representative match of ttM season breaks new groin a— ngainst The Irish FA. ftt Winder Park. Belfast, on Sept. II The chosen team is: S.: (Wolvesi; Wilkins -Brmhton». Andrews <Yo"k Ciiy: Gray < Coventry 1. Charles Leeds > Tovey I Bristol City I I
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    He's out for revenge
    110 10 ALBKRT FIN( "II, of (roydon, is to defend his British middle-ueicht title against Randolph Turpin. Leamington, at Harringay Arena. London, on Ort. 17. Finch took the title from Dick Turpin m April, so Randolph. Dick's younger Lroiher. will be out to cet the title hark m
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    Little points the careless overlook
    777 10 By NORMAN YAKDLEY I\O you, as a cricketer, make certain that your ability to be a success on the field is not spoiled by failing to give due attention to the preliminaries? The preparation for a match should start th» previous evening, by ensuring that
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    F.A. TO PUT OWN HOUSE IN ORDER
    351 10 F.A. TO PUT OWN HOUSE IN ORDER By AKCHIK QUC'K THE best soccer news I have heard for i while is that the Football Association institute a new method of selection of il. plr\cns— and not before time too! I am looking at the names of thr FA < cillors
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    CRUSADEHS SOCCER CLUB IS REVIVED
    76 10 CRUSADEHS SOCCER CLUB IS REVIVED ARMY CHM Club has beer. Before the war. ih»Crusadei a const ltu able link fcttwma >fie a and the Pu: which thONe officer* formed the Club iationships ArmuaJ matches i.and E'oji have b arrann»»d a.s rxampl^i- ol The Am.v FA Glias re. I I .ffe
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    JOCKEYS' CHARITY DANCE
    126 11  - JOCKEYS' CHARITY DANCE ALLAN LEWIS r.% :s have been for ;ill the the Malayan Lion charity Hotel next Derby" will main attraction many novelties d D.mg Mci i>ked me *o the dance short or "Mobo" "Derby." has one of and la billing \o Dt-rby'" are ntact either n or Doug
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    Europeans took their chances
    193 11 I;>\ \l Navy, conquerers of the crack Kota Kaja 1 t nn. this year's Senior League champions, when met Rajas m a S.A.F.A. Cup semi-final match .150, were surprisingly beaten by Euro- three s«uls to one m a S.A.F.A. Community match on the Padang yesterday. forward
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    FOUR O'CLOCK PLEASES IN TRAINING
    502 11  - FOUR O'CLOCK PLEASES IN TRAINING ALLAN LEWIS Does mornings besP workout By POUR O'CLOCK 11, ridden by his trainer, "Chum" Wadsworth, and looking fit enough to tackle a Melbourne Cup, was sent out with Piccadilly (Lansdown) for company at Bukit Timah this morning. They started from the five at about
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    S.C.F.A. TO LEND HELPING HAND
    236 11 SINGAPORE Chinese Football Association will lend a helping hand to the Hong Kong soccer team m their match against All-Singapore at Jalan Besar on Friday. S.C.F.A. players will combine with the Hong Kong team against Singapore. This was decided at a Council meeting of the
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    Locke due tomorrow
    45 11 THE Souih African golr champion, Bobby Locke, is scheduled to arrive m Singapore tomorrow afternoon at 3.45. He will play an exhibition (fame here before he leaves for Australia on Sunday. Locke will undertake a ten-week tour of Austr-.lia and New Zealand.
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    London train for athletics
    139 11 T ON DON will be represented by strong track and field m the inter-city match Gothenburg (Sweden) on Sept. 24 The London team will be: 100 metres— E. McDonald 8.. and John Wilkinson; 400 men* Arthur Wint and It W. Pike; 800 metres— Jacic Parlett. European
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    Worcester and Gloucester win
    386 11 FHE two outstanding County cricket championx ship games both ended with a definite decision yesterday and, as a result, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, the respective winners against Leicestershire and Hampshire, rose appreciably m the table. They occupy sixth and seventh positions m the final order, although this
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    Inter-Services cycling
    75 11 Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd, C-in-C, Bomber Command and president of the RAF. Cycling Association, presents the inter-Services cycling trophy to L Cpl. M. Campbell of the Welch Regiment, who receives it on behalf of the Army team at Herne Hill, London. This was the first time the
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    U.K. SOCCER
    27 11 YESTERDAYS O.K. soccer results were: IIIIRI) DIVISION (NORTHERN) Rorhdalr DartinctoD I New Brighton .1 Shrewsbury l I ITU Cl P Lin field Tortsdown t Reuter
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    Selangor F.A. meets
    152 11 Selangor F.A. meets KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A SPECIAL meeting of the Council of the Football Association of Selangor was hedd last night m Kuala Lumpur This meeting was closed to the Press, but the Free Press was given to understand this morning that no letters of resignation were m the
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    673 11 rpHE draw i nd thnea for the fourball mai h between the Royal Singapore Goh Club and the Island Club to be pk<ved at the R S.G.C. on Sunday are 'Island Club players mentioned first Ist NIN* 8.00 II Iff, Paterson (sen and J. Hodgki:i:;on
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    Indian soccer team to play 6 games here
    206 11 Free Press Soccer Reporter A N Indian soccer team, Bhawaniphur, worn Calcutta will play six matches m Singapore during the last fortnight of October and m ihe early part of November. The All-ttidia Football Federation, which has been negotiating with the Singapore
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    CYCLING MONEY TO FINANCE TEAM
    60 11 JAPAN will use revenue from J bicycle races to send an athletic team to the 1952 Olympic Games m Helsinki. Fifty-eight bicycle racing tracks m the country v..1l hold special three-day meets during one year starling from November and set aside revenue from the racos
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    BLIGH HERO OF SICNALS' VICTORY
    126 11 BLIGH HERO OF SICNALS' VICTORY BLIGH. Singapore i. Signals' go&l&eeper > the hero m Mi two 1 victory over 21 Guard Ol Royal Military P Malayan Other Ranks kn i out competition uccer I final played at Tangiin Barracks jresterda; Bligh saved sible" fchots and h" X this periormance thr<
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    BIRTHS
    76 12 CANIRELL: On 5.9.1950. at J >hore Bahru. to Pip. wife of K. H Cantrell, a daughter. SHERIDAN: 4th September, at Bunesar Hospital, X.L.. to Monica, wife of Cecil Sheridan, !ghter. HOWIF: To Nelta wife of P. M_ Houie. at Kand.-.ng Kerbau Hospital, Singapore on 4.9. '50. a "er, Frances.
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    16 12 P. T. MIRANDAH Of I 1 injoiig Mm Bi ftld Sepang. on Mtl A 1950.
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    23 12 Britain and Egypt have so far failed to break their deadlock m their negotiations for revising the Anglo- Esvdt'an Treaty.- A.P.
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    92 12 JAKARTA, Wfd. ]i|OHAMMED NATSIR, pre-mier-designate for the firit cabinet m the new unitarian Indonesian £tate, returned his mandate to President Soekarno yesterday nfter 15 days of fruitless negotiations. It vas expected that Naisir will b? given a secorci mandate to form a new parliamentarian cabinet
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    72 12 SAIGON. W-dnesdav A BATTALION of tough Prendi Foreign Legionnaires have raptured a guerilla jungle munitions factory m a week-lorn? combined operation on the Indo-Chi-nese roast. The Legionnaires, supported by naval and air units. di UM muni: ions plant Which w;\s used to manufactu r e rocketa
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    59 12 Two yean atlrr ihe body of Joan Woodhoux*. 27-yr.n old librarian, was found In a park m Sussex, a labourer, Thomas Philip SM!lw< 11, was arrested on a private warrant charged with her murder. Above is Mr. T. P. Jacks, the Yorkshire private detective whose investigations led to the arrest.
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    France economises
    31 12 Cuis m French Government expenditure will save 53,000,000,000 francs during the next 12 months' It was announced m Paris yesterday and 23.000 civil servants 1 will be dismissed. Reuter
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    Rebellion in Abyssinia
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