The Singapore Free Press, 19 September 1950

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA PRICE TEN CENTS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 1950. s.
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  • 359 1 RED DEATH CHARGE SMASHED Mor^ Americans cross Naktong or gETWEEN 300 and 400 North Korean Communists, armed only with rifles, made a desperate attempt to recapture Kimpo airport during the dark hours of this morning, but were repulsed with heavy casualties by strongly entrenched American Marines, who caotured the airfield
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  • 193 1 Rushed to nursing home TAKiN ill as she ITS* about to have her West End hotel to visit a cinema, the Sultanah of Johore was rushed to a London nursing home last night, where she gave birth to a six-pound baby girl. Mother and daughter
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  • 410 1 rHUR REPORTS TO UN. 1 \KI SUCCESS. Tuesday. I •>. oof had been obtained that the Soviet supplied the North Korean forces with ns durini 1949 and 1950, and that the njranfets hul supplied trained men. 1 Mac Arthur s report to the Security m Korea
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  • 249 1 'SEAT RED CHINA' PLEA BY INDIA LAKE SUCCESS, lues. INDIA gave notice yesterday that she would introduce a resolution to IhC Unit <* <1 Nations (i eu era I Assembly today calling for representation of "the Republic of China m the General Assembly." n« whic ChinCommu all United Nations bod:
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  • 81 1 The British Government yesterday put an embargo on the export to iron-cur-tain countries of machine tools that the West needs for its own defence. Mr. Harold Wilson. President of the Board of Trade, announced the decision during; a debate m the 11.m.M- of Commons on a Conservative
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  • 112 1 CINCINNATI. Ohio. Tues. Station engineer! reve ,-d yesterday that the ryclone tnvr around the Voice of America antenna at t Bethany Ohio, had be^n cut beforo the towering structure v-as toppled by an explosion. The blast on Sunday toppled the 165-foot tower supportino the antenna.
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  • 29 1 Preliminary talks between Britain and the United States on a Japanese peace treaty ai expected to begin m Washington at the end of this week. Reutsr.
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  • 88 1 NEW YORK. Tups. I^HE North Atlantic Council yesterday "warmly welcomed"' the proposal to create m the shortest possible time an integrated military force adequate to defend Europe. But the Council postponed lor several days a decision on UM ciuestion of German rearmament, the spokesman of one
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  • 108 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. MR Michael Lee. Commerce Department Far Eastern trade expert, has been suspended from his r.5.510,000-a-year job following an "adverse report" by the Department's loyalty board. Mr Lee appealed the ruling to the Secretary of Commerce Mr. Charles Sawyer. In June he was asked by
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  • 150 1 LONDON, Tuesday. \IAJOR Tuflon Beamish, Conservative Hkcd to the House of Commons yesterday why K""^' units lUtinß m Malaya were not allowed to be t> iim-ii m contrast to those m Korea. The War Mfnister. Mr. John Strachey, s:ud permission was given as soon as
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  • 38 1 Tho advancing Americans m Inchon (Korea* found a Russian first aid kit canying primed instructions marked 1950 and saying that it was made In Moscow and furnished to the Nor*h Korea n.x by the Russians.— U.P.
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  • 53 1 MRS. H. Wilson of Sydney, received a cheque from tue Department of Social Services for the "funeral" of her husband. That annoyed her. Then the Department stopped Mr. Wilson's pension. That annoyed Jilm. I^he death of another Mr. Wifeoft ©i i£c Mf>e strert hM M |o 00PN«^tt Of
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  • 74 1 Miss Kim's white shoes led way M w t ibirs from r hurry to fet lo Id the Ameri-r,-ir way. but It m a Korean T who could speak n uho worked for laiikm before. i iN we jeeped Pupvon« vilUgf: ;.iins the wrong '.here was no laki and offered
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  • 53 1 A new law to keep British conM-iipts In servic3 for two years instead of the present 18 months, had final approval from Parliament yesterday. The House of Lords passed t iinda Royal Commission oi three Pei s signed it for the King. The Commons had previous:;/
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  • 24 1 Steel production this week will be the second highest on record, the American Iron ;ltld S eC-l TncHtnto Mffntftttd yesterday. A. P.
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  • 272 1 All-out Red attack in Indo-China? SAIGON, Tuesday. AS THOUSANDS of Communist Vietminh troops were reported yesterday to be massing along the Chinese-Indo-China border, two French garrisons guarding the invasion routes were attacked m what military quarters m Saigon said might be the start of a general Red offensive. A French
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  • 47 1 A World Bank delegation u'd by the president. Mr. Eugene Black, of the United States, arrived m Belgrade yesterday to review Yugoslavia's $25--000.000 loan request m view of a devastating summer drought which 'has damaged Yugoslavia's entire econimv and export programme.- U.P.
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  • 163 1 Krre Press Saflf Reporter J^ FOOD nod Price Con r 4 Advisory Board is formed m Singapore and meet toon, Oorernnt announced m the I this morning m re io qu Bee (Noi d). Thio had i a board should bo se 1 m
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    • 49 1 HAR CO.; :j lists m \*DRY -CLEANINC\ DYEING and I /y/S/*U MENDING j CoSeman Street, jl Phone 7191_— -j Just Arrived I'ORK SAUSAGES KKTAIL SAUSAGES BABY PORK SAUSAGES LIVER SAUSAGE R ANKFURTERS DEVON SAUSAGE HAM DELIGHT BLACK PUDDING BOLOGNA SAUSAGE HICKENfr HAM LOAF FITZPATRICK'S FOOD SUPPLIES (FAR EAST) LTD.
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    • 36 1 GIFTS TO BE ADMIRED must be perpetual, valuable serviceable Get them tram: LANKA JEWELLER* i 20. Battery Rd., Spore. l V7»x x. 1 DISTEMPER >r manufacturers: PAR. MALAYAN PAINT WORKS LTD. I distributors: V SIMJ.^ARBY&.CO,LTa J
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  • 605 2  - Beauty— And The Bull Florence Mills By CONCHITA Cintron, the beautiful girl bullfighter from Peru wftM is retiring this year to g«t married, says she wants to have lots of children but she will never allow any of them m to n^ome bullfighters. > much too dans»e. his", she said
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  • 436 2  - U.S. Woman 's Dia ry KAY MURRAY By ORESIDENT Truman recently named Mrs. Edith Sampson, a Chicago lawyer and a nesress. as alternate U.S. delegate to the ted Nations General Assembly. This move is interpreted as a way ol slapping back at Russian propaganda which contends *hhra r Negroes m
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  • 150 2 A FEW Toni hair-styles to copy. Left: an attractive off-the-iace style for medium-leiiQth hair. The rolls can be held back or swept upward* to suit individual profiles. Centre- A new Paris style. Sweep your top knot off the brow into a light ware and set back hair
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  • 398 2  - When You Agree to Separate My wife and I Jeel it wOl be best lor us to separate for reasons I need not detail We may one day decide to live together again. Meanwhile we cannot agree on what money and what furniture she can lay claim to as we
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 107 2 H r— r r>ewcst lipstick, f I -k to brighten gre,ed tc'^e and ra./. O to g z I in«»n| 9 MAYNARO GO., LTD. CLAIKb l-s i -t WINGS TO FASHION^^^^^ Tliore s Always At CLAIRES Singapore Cold Storage A'.. madi with nut Hg^tt i BLACKCURRANT JIH! ii) A^/lti 1
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 318 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR DO UN today, you have You will be happiest if you Rood head for business are your own boss and seand the capaciu for hard lect the kind of work where work. It is likch that fate you can be. will bt kind and offer you You
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    • 53 2 Solution to Crossword No. 154 BOLrTION— Across: i. J0 ]6 A little rocs lone v 8. Dor. S. Vet* 10. Fee IA Lad. 13. Recto. 14. 1 See lA. 17, Railway. ia c nding!Od l)o«n: l. Arch. 2 you. 3. Trieotoured. 4. I tion. 5, old follower. 6 S'cdce 11.
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  • 357 3 G.I.s FALL FOR KOREA'S CHILDREN photo. First antipathy is passing IN KOREA, Monday. THE American army m Korea is being captured— x almost against its will—by a younger and more numerous force. It is slo w ly becoming the prisoner of the children of Korea. In every country m which
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  • 194 3 PAKIS. Monday. 1 1 TY. intenM'ly (iallic "Who's Who" published France*! mo-t-sued magazine "Crai>ouillot" the title "Dictionary of Contemporaries," is current bt'Nt-se:h*r> on Paris bookstalls ot the popularity of this book of biogramtry which has no "Who's Who* is be iound m the 'Register of
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  • 80 3 A street m Home's beautiful Villa Borghese Park was named after Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden on Sunday— the second anniversary of his assassination m Palestine while heading the l\X. mediation mission m the Jew-Anb conflict. Signor Giorgio Andreoli, vice-Mayor of Rome, m a dedication address said he
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  • 64 3 A.P. American pi^ns fur a peace \uth Japan contemplate no limit on the right of the Japanese to rearm, an orhcial source said m Washington. The orncial who may not be identified, said that the United States, it was stated, will ask for no military bases
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  • 22 3 At least a quarter "f a I million sheep wor^ dn>v/m>d In the recent New South Wales flood*. Reuter
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  • 23 3 Communlit rebeU. scattered by Burmese Government forces, have bern re-troup4ng at two villages m the P«'gu district of Lower Burma. Reuter
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  • 36 3 4 i r mm me A from i D tOf I r > school or the I nist- r -nlospd i and for th" RIAfl hart said, th" cd. In < out as s A.P.
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  • 34 3 President Soekarno has returned to Jakarta from ..irinda m East Borneo. j ending his ten-day state South Sumatra, the Tin Islands of Banka. and B -on. inH West and East I
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  • 24 3 Boom has covered the upper ranges Ol Italy's northern ■ie frontier, after violent I had swept acrott the try causing deaths and Reuter
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  • 24 3 The Communist authorities In Kwangtung have begun a ririve to stop ffrostitution. rding to a Chinese reDort Hong Kong Reuter Reuter
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  • 34 3 four- iding gift nber of the X r In t Mi ties' Airica. X I fifth back to i mai s m him the A.P. J 100 at Krupps Reuter
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  • 37 3 T\v> Confresi Working Cocnmittte -executive of the Indian National Congress ha.s approved the Indian Governments policy on Korea. The Committee strongly opp.s^d any foreign colonial pow<>r continuing to hold any part of India.- Reuter
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    386 3 rpHE i ol .m.i.ysing la hkfly to happen at the Otter table on any particular hund of a team-of-four match i» m^s greatlf ©fir-nited. Ev'Mi when players know their team-mates' bidding style so well that they Can accurately I' the final contract, th*\v cannot always forecast the result.
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  • 171 3 photo. LONDON, Monday. ttTTDENTS' appointments at hospitals are "a k gigantic fraud", said an article m the current British Medical Journal. Written by "A London Medical Student" the article said little is done to teach the doctors of tomorrow how to handle patients, tell them about
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  • 24 3 Italy has contracted *o import 200.000 tons of Sovie* and other bread grains :tt "flightij mor.» than the world price."- Reuter
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  • 58 3 The rebelling oeasants m Ethiopia's north- west Gojjam Provitice have been offered an amnesty if they turn m their arms! a reliably informed source said m Cairo. The source said the peasants were 'disinclined" to give up their arms and some groups are attempting to Withdraw
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  • 34 3 DOMBAY Government chemists claim to have prepared **a water-soluble form of the popular disinfectant DDT. Odourless and available as a paste, the new form is readily mixed m water- Reuter
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  • 115 3 BIRMINGHAM. Mon. PROFESSOR H. D. Kay. I director of the National Institute m Dairying at Reading, told a meeting thai farmers should be licensed before they take up farming. Under his plan, aimed at improving the standards of British agriculture, merely to have sufficient capital to
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  • 120 3 Romulo asks for a United Nationns army LAKE SUCCESS Mon. r^ENERAL Carlos P. R \J Philippine Foreign Minister and retiring President < f the United Nations General Assembly, has said that th« next Assembly should i<o s;>mKhing: about letting up 1 United Nations armed force. He said the United Ma
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 110 3 FRAN,. ..ATRA \'OU NEVER WALK ALONE rt!IMWl~) DB 2705 PER PAINTER UtOOOII SHOE SHINS BOY DB 2664 US EVERY SPRING FVER LOVE AGAIN DB 2644 CXI OLD SUN GO. LET HER 00. LET HER GO DB 2630 FOR NOW GOES MY HEART DB 2550 > ORCHIDS FOR MY LADY >ST
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    • 83 3 '«'>'*'»'''*'«''*'''''*' *^^^^■^■jfc^ggggggggg^sß^^^^^^^^ owners everywherei can always depend upon bein* supplied with genuine Ford spare parts when replacements are required. Wherever you are there is a Ford dealer nearby to take care of all your requirements. Ford Products Sold and Serviced by: UNIVERSAL CARS WEARNE BROTHERS MOHAMED JAFFAR LIMITED. LIMITED. LIMITED.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 213 3 SINGAPORE BFEBS [Singapore] (BLUE NETWORK) 4 45 p.m. Programme Summary; 484 and 41.7 metres. 447 From the London Editorials ~>- (BBC>; 4.55 Composer ot the 10 a.m. News from Singapore. Week— Stravinsky. 5.15 Common--10 50 For the Schools; 12 Pro- wealth Survey (BBC): 5.30 Great Expectations 2: 'One Memogrammes In
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  • 479 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. Stpt 19. 1950. Battle of steel 11RITALVS Labour Gov- eminent laces its greatest threat tonight. A motion of censure m the name of Mr. Churchill "regrets c decision oi His Majesty's Government to bring the Steel Nationalisation Act into immediate operl "ion during this period
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  • 1273 4 NEW YOKK: IF London could spare a Lord Mayor past, present, or future. New York would be grateful. This city has no chief executive at the moment. It has an acting deputy assistant mayor named Vincent Impellitteri, but he is here today and may be gone tomorrow.
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  • 143 4 hundreds of Austrian: have been trying to enrol In the American Army to fight m Korea, and the American Legation m Vienna and military units m the American occupied Zone have been turning away scores of ex-Wehrmacht soldiers daily. Austrians had heard that United States citizenship was
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  • 979 4  -  IN THE EVENT OF WORLD WAR 111 IN assessing the democracies' chances of survival m a third world war it is commonly supposed that U.S.A.'s lead m A-bomb production is the only answer. What is overlooked is that the main assurance of victory m any *'horror" bomb
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  • 210 4 letter to the Editor ITHE following extract ;s from your editorial of Wednesday "One daj Malaya will enter the ranks of self-gov-erning nations, too. Let us < pray that she will have the i fortune to be guided by a man like Jan Smuts, fervent j
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  • 302 4 BLIND, HE MADE FIRST BALL-PEN 'I^HE man who chmnfcA ed the writing habits of millions by making the first ballpoint pen m Britain has never seen one write. He is blind. Originally a farmer, then a Naval officer, blinded by the first bomb to fall on Plymouth, he is now
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  • 607 5 'SHOCKING' GEYLANG SLUMS UNCOVERED Com m issioners may visit area Free Press Staff Reporter SINGAPORE Municipal sub-committee studying the problem of slum dwellings may visit the "shocking hovels" discovered by the P«Scc m their extensive man-hunt m the squatter area of Al-Junied Road and Sims Avenue at dawn yesterday for
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  • 129 5 c Press Staff Reporter I n Ciifllif House will not have to ut blackouts when the power station is I. ied. The Finance Committee ol the Legris■i fi.i> approved the cost of providing I it's ollirial residence with an emergency ill m. :iliary I f
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  • 184 5 SINGAPORE Social Welfare officers have found an old Malay woman who claims to be the widow of Mariyo bin Juyo. a pilgrim who died m Mecca and left a sum < f money. The woman. Sujinah binte Rokawi said that she kn« w her husband died
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  • 39 5 AS a feature of prison wel- fare, monthly film shows by the Public Relations Office have been arranged for the prisoners m Outram Gaol m addition to those arranged for the prisoners m the Chang i Prison.
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    64 5 Friday will be observed as the Hari Raya Haji Public Holiday. picture. \IK. and Mrs. C. C. Tan a id t*'™ lw« daughters Jean and Margaret pictured itt Kallang airport just before Mr. Tin left yesterday morning with the Coni-missiontr-Goneral, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and Dato Onn
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  • 60 5 gINGAPORE pays a onethird share, amounting to $39,100. as premium on the lease of the Hostel for Ma- layan Students at Brvnnston Square, London, and lie cost of furnishing the hostel. Approval of this rxpendi- ture i s reported by the 1 Finance Committee to the 1 Singapore
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  • 244 5 TWO privnteiy-run hospitals Iq Singapore, which give free medical treatment to poor Chinese people, are appealing to Singapore Chinese for contributions so that they can maintain their services. The hospitals are the Thong Chai Medical Institution m Wayang Street and the Kwong Siu Free Hospital
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  • 325 5 Free Press Staff Reporter TO prevent overcrowding m the 86,000,000 building project for the Malayan Naval Force Shore Establishments at Woodlands, the Finance Committee of the Singapore Legislative Council has agreed to an application for $30,000 to acquire additional land. In a report to the
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  • 256 5 Singapore to repay camp loans in full Free Press Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government has decided to meet A m full its share of liability m the repayment of loans raised by the Finance Committee of the Civilian Internment Camp, amounting to $386,246. The Federation Government intends to scale down
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  • 122 5 'THE 5-mgapore Little Theatre Club was formed last night, s.t a meeting of members at the Adeiphi Hotel. The newly-formed committee, headed by Lt.-Col. J R Burges.*, will meet soon fey. days to decide on piays to be staged at the theatre whose renovation is now
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  • 103 5 JIN accident to a pe.,n nf the Singapore Fo. Fxchan^e Control Department I'd to that depart ment discarding an obsolete typewrit* r left behind by the British Military Administration. While carrying the typewriter, the peon tripped agamst a threshold and drcj-pcd the machine on the floor. The
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  • 88 5 'THE Singapore Education Department ha s invited. English school principals, and representatives of the jre Chinese Schools Conference. Singapore Teachers' Union, Social Welfare Department and other bodies to < xpress their view* on education In the Co'onv to Sir Christopher C<w Education Adviser to thu Secretary or
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  • 50 5 Surface mail is fxp^cteri In Singapore tcxl;iy from Groat Britain, N. Ireland. Eire, Eurcpe. North and West Africa. \\r+% Indies. Ceylon. Siam and tft« Federation. L&te^t times for postal siuface mail at the G P.O. tociy are: noon for Trencgami (parcels only*; f45 p.m. for BUua «md ih# Federation
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 88 5 r\ /v^jl Arrived tin A 1- P \i SPARWICK'' Production B SUNWEAR' SEERLOOP /n Exclusive Designs Colours A HERICAN CHECKED SPUN 4n /rfea/ Fabric for Dresses Skirts. SILVERWARE xiaiNe m Sterling Silver and Klectrorf quality. Our selection comprises many •»sgt>tions for Weddings, Birthdays, iTetion- and the individual gifts. 5 PH.
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    • 58 5 REMEMBER! TEA IS STILL RATIONED IN ENGLAND INCLUDE frs?s^?^Wi 3C FINEST CEYLON TEA IN YOUR NEXT PARCEL LOCAL PRICE llb PACKETS J 5 0 Packed m specially 2 lbs 7.75 made Wooden Chests. 3 lbs $10.25 Ready to send to your 4 lbs $12.75 Family and Friends 7 lbs $21.50
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  • 832 6 S 'pore Legco, gets report Free Press Staff Reporter A WHITE Paper laid m the Singapore Legislative Council this morning on the salary or allowance paid to unofficial members of Executive and Legislative Councils m British Colonial dependencies shows that Hong Kong, Gibraltar and Falkland
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  • 136 6 gRITISH Open golf titleholder Bobby Xocke was described by Australian itai Oasie Pickworth as "the greatest player In the world from 100 yards out to the pin." Locke will make a 2 12--month tour of all Australian States and New Zealand before leaving for South
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  • 342 6  - Highlights of 1 950 cricket season ARCHIE QUICK By THE curtain has been rung down on yet another cricket season, the chief feature of which has been the tremendous success of the West Indies touring side. They came with the reputation of having three great batsmen of world class Weekes,
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  • 76 6 EJRITAIN had taken the Lead last night at the end of the fast day of the international motor-cycle trial a! Llandridnad. Wal< s. After 245 miles m very bad v.^ather over mountains and lanes, the British f om m the International Trophy section and both
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  • 289 6 London Stock Egging] THE Stock Exchange was irregular vested trading restricted by Parliamentan and account considerations. Today brings the vital steel deb:, and the end of the Stock Exchange With the possibility of the defeat of the Government and !an early general election, market operators were
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 156 6 THIS IS A RARE ROLLICKING SCREEN TREAT TODAY ONLY 3 SHOWS £7 AW I I In i 2 6.30 9.30 p.- l^ W| Un Clifton WEBB Robert YOUNG Maureen Oh In -SITTING PRETTY*' TOMORROW THE MOTION PICTURE SUP.tEVI /r^j^ He sold his soul for the love of a ma^ TWO
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    • 162 6 //-^^/J^^^ m3HtlrBk€ Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press m Malaya S* '-'v'-*>-Ml_- V^r**J J*^ I THEM j 1 WE DON'T KNOW WHtREI L V V^'l 1^ I I THE GUARDS ARP ll ii I*M UfiT 1 X P^T' >J^V I i CHASE! WETKJWNNINGTO/WE [^^1 HAVING T&uBL WORAIEO m 7 -J^A-
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  • 344 7 'QUIZ' TO END COACHING COURSE Final sessions next Tuesday /^EOFFREY Byson, chief coach to the British Amateur Athletic Association, will complete his nine-day coaching course at Victoria School, Singapore, with an athletic "quiz" and final hints to local sports masters and coaches. Yesterday, the second day of the course, was
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  • 111 7 ji a second BS.ngapore .ist-min- succes- occer k nly r e, playfar and all fans MB It was goals WttkI but kept v.is played hard ring In the but SlngaI over Aw r was let the p re slipI Yam. s a] wltb- .v
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  • 19 7 11 rtf goals to sterdmy. -day's re[i f<»\ <outhcrn S Northern C 0 El M.%TCIi p Reuter
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  • 99 7 Jit promoter Jack Solomons hopes to bring from the I nited States contracts for title bouts m London next year. he left Southampton on Sunday night for ird the Xmerica he wanted to match the I nu>-( harles battle against Lee Savold m H\il«» Park for
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  • 345 7  -  ARCHIE QUICK By THE finest soccer coach this country has produced is generally conceded to be Jimmy Hogan. He is was who was spirited away to Vienna by Hu?o Meisl and revolutionised Continental 'football. He made the Austrians powerful. Since the war Jimmy has coached
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  • 129 7 Free Pres> SUIT Reporter JOHORE BAHRU. Tuts. AFTER drawing twice In their tie with prisons m the Cup knockout competition, C.V.M.A. went down fighting by two goals to one on the Istana padang yesterday. C.V.M.A. opened the scoring m the first half when Tan Sum Poh. the
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  • 30 7 •THE Australian champion, Frank Sed^man, defeated tne veteran American star. Ted Schroeder, m the final of the 24th annual pacinV Southwest tennis tournament yesterday 9-6, 6-3, 6-2.- A.P.
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  • 175 7 Five new horses are classified FIVE new horses have been j classified by the Straits Racing Association. One is m Class 2, and the other four m Class 3. The new horses are: Class 2: Starain, ch.e.m. by Suzerain— Starina. Class 3: Courrur de Bois. b. or br.a.g. by Hudson
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  • 28 7 The hockey match Between t!ie Singapore Cricket Club women and the newly-form-ed Army Civil Service Union hockey team, scheduled to have been played yesterday, was postponed.
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  • 34 7 soccer team IOCC.K oriersuii r SGe Base WortadWf* R.I.M <Sinr»n are Zhizwfi v tv W f'Jaaii i* tb« FARELF Cup; DFDFD 1 1 uin DFDFD Juaes BroTvn I'cwley Starrs
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  • 764 7 SOME of the best Services' players m the country will be m action at Jalan Besar stadium tomorrow when 26 Field Regiment R.A. (Malaya District) meet Base Workshops REME (Singapore District) m the Army uup soccer nnai. The cup will be presented by the
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  • 51 7 Y^TERDAYS U.K. Ru^y X Union result.-, wer?: Covc-nlrv 23. i .vmouih A B I; Llanclly 0. Maecteg 2: Newbridse 5. IWfVBIB B In yn r:k 5: Nev.lcn Afcbot 5. Cardifl 6 In the record reund of Ycrit£hi Cua R 1 1 c"mpet»'>on Leeds were trou 20-2 by
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  • 52 7 THE following will reprc^ Gir:> Spor's Ciub m first hockey fixture against .c S.C.C. woxen toaiorrpw <-. c S.CC. ground: Doreen Hall- B dc Auce Prr.nef i Audrey Milne. Elaine Barker, I Mary fle Souza; Joy W. rh Ru-h Prnnef "'<*r, Sheila BaJhelchf and Cvea F. F.*rra. Rfc
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  • 360 8 TRANSPARENT ATTEMPT AT FRAUD Detective 's last catch LONDON, Tuesday. THE last case of Detective Sergeant Chris Peacock, brought to the Old Bailey London, was as ingenious a fraud as any he has exposed m 19 years of Post Office investigation. It was a "window-envelope" fraud to win £265,781 ss.
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  • 171 8 LONDON, Tuesday. ORITISH Commonwealth countries begin discuss- in£ today an American idea for setting up a sort of international commodities board to allocate scarce raw materials. Their informal conference will also deal with plans to avoid inflation, which threatens to sweep the West as a result
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  • 115 8 U.S. PLANS HER CIVIL DEFENCE NE\V YORK. Tues. A COMPREHENSIVE civil r\ defence programme vai laid before the U.S. Congress terdaj by President Truman. The plan was drafted by the National Security Rerces Board and culls for the services of hundreds of thousands of paid and unpuid workars at Federal.
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  • 86 8 Tin market recovers LONDON Tues. I^IN recouped a little of the morning's losses at yesterday's afternoon session. Spot closed £4 up at £760 per ton and three months recovered £3 at £755-1 2. The closing prices were: Spot— £7s9 buyers and £761 sellers, with business at £760. Three months £755
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  • 26 8 Yesterdays quotations on the Hong Kong Money Exchany*' were: HK$6 35 per U.S. dollar. HK$l562 per pound sterling. HKS29B per tael of gold.— U.P
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  • 143 8 Continued from Page I nro also paid. In Barbados the following salaries are paid to members of the House of Assembly: Speaker $1,900; Deputy Speaker 51.450; chairman of committees $1.4.50. pleader of the House $1,650; other membfrs, each $1,200. Every member of the Executive Committee who U not a
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  • 153 8 NEW YORK. Tues. RAPID economic development m India will require large-scale foreign financial aid and technical assistance which Will mean more liberal government policies concerning foreign investments, according ro a study published today by the Institute of International Finance of New York University. While
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  • 64 8 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. TH E Chinese Communists have announced plans to rebuild Yenan, the famous cave city which was their refuge after the long march of the *****, and their capital until they conquered the Chinese mainland. Yenan was largely destroyed by Japanese bombs during
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  • 108 8 LONDON, Tuesday. CjINCE the recent G.P.O. announcement that the marriage rate among its grirl telephone operators m London was much higher than m other industries there has been a rush of recruits for switchboard "Girls and women aiv coming forward at the rate of 800 a
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  • 131 8 US aid to 40 countries proposed WASHINGTON. Tues. A SPECIAL report being drafted for President Truman proposes that the United States extend about US$lO 000.000.000 (£3.570.000.--000) m econc*nic aid to about 46 countries m the next five years to help to check Communism. The recommendation is reported to be the
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    42 8 A British Government spokesman described yesterday the new Egyptian regulation! for controlling Suez Canal shipping as "unreasonable.- A.P. Two light earthquake wen felt parly yesterday m the province of Aquila. 120 miles north-east of Rome.- U.P. 2 Some kite, hn'l $he?
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  • 59 8 AMMAN. Tues. I^HE United States have advised Jordan not to I strong measures against Lsrael according to ForMinistry spokesmen m Amman yesterday. The replies came m answer to requests to fulfill treaty obligations. Iraq, also asked to m< treaty obligations Jordan, has replied that she will
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  • 61 8 BUS WALK-IN, GAS WALK-OUT The Labour OoYernment'i get-tough policy with the Communisti brought a sudden end to the London bus strike yesterday but nearly 1.000 workers walked out threatening fuel cuts ir. the London area. Gas maintenance men m four plants struck for higher wages and a company spokesman .said
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  • 22 8 An Icelandic Sk.vma.ster. Imt on Thursday night, was found yesterday on Vatnajokull Glacier with all the crew alive A.P.
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  • 61 8 JHIS is the wardrobe < n needs to hold her head up m respectable soci, according: to a woman m a San Francisco divorce sine Six fur coats 12 tailored suits, one expensive evening fown (around £150), two "inexpensive" ones (£75. »t least a dozen summer dresses, 12
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