The Singapore Free Press, 22 January 1951

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA I'KKK 11\ IN I ,gc,l,lgf SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1951.
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    RED ASSAULT IS AWAITED
    536 1 food shortage may be causing delay From SKI. KIRK PANTON TOKYO, Monday. MAC ARTHUR and his staff m Tokyo are trying to the reasons behind the hesitancy of the Chinese Reds m their ;il!-out offensive against the United Nations forces. reluctance and General Mac Arthur's statemeni
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    French stop Viatminh new attack
    9 1 French stop Viatminh new attack an--3 md m U.P.
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    ROBERY SOLVED
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    Reds attack at Inchon
    116 1 A 12-hour Chinese attack drove the Allies back more than two miles from the west central Korean road hub of Inchon yesterday m what may have been the first probing attack of their long expected mass assault. But Major General Robert Soule. t onimander of the
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    KEDAH NAMES REGENT
    115 1 Free Press Staff Reporter IT was announced m Kuala Lumpur this morning that the Sultan of Keciah intends to appoint his brother Tengku Yaacob ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid. as Regent of Kedah duriiv s absence m U.K. and Europe. There hau .n considerable opposition to the Sultan's
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    U.S. MAY PAY LESS FOR TIN
    149 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. NEW restrictions on the civilian use of tin. nickel and aluminium may be followed by state control of tin imports, say tin traders. This is expected to result m lower prices being paid for tin ;^ince competitive price bidding by traders on
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    Troops may go to Kashmir
    106 1 KARACHI, Mon. AN Australian proposal for stationing Commonwealth troops m Kashmir has been accented by the Pakistan Prime Minister, Liaquat AH Khan, said the Premier of Ceylon, Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake. last night m Karachi. He said all Commonwealth Prime Ministers who wore at the
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    TRIBUTE TO LENIN
    43 1 Many thousands of Soviet citizens yesterday lined alons the central squares of Moscow from early morning to pay tribute to the memory of Lenin by visiting his mausoleum m Red Square. It is 27 yrars ago since Lenin died. A.P
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    TRAIN DERAILED
    36 1 Free Press Staff Reporter The train rom Mentakab. Pahang. to Gemas. was derailed yesterday between Kemayan and Ayer Itam. There was no shooting am; no cas ies. The cau*c derailment is not \et ku
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    TOWNS TRAPPED BY SNOW: 94 DIE
    182 1 GENEVA, Monday. pRASHING avalanches repeatedly thundered down Alpine slopes yesterday, bringing tragedy to quiet mountain villages and a week-ond death toll of at least 94 m Switzerland, Austria a*nd Northern Italy. Thousands of British and American winter sports lovers were temporarily isolated at ski
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    Mails by air to up-country
    87 1 Free Press Staff Reporter AS today's railway service between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur has been suspended owing to floods m the Federation the Singapore Postal authorities will be using air services where possibde to deliver first class mail and parcels to up-coun-try towns. A spokesman
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    ARCHBISHOP FOR US
    24 1 Thomas Cardinal Tien. Roman Catholic Arrhbibhop of Peking, has left Rotterdam for New York aboard the Holland- America Lint. Veendam.— A.P
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    10 hurt m midnight crash
    40 1 Six adults and four children were injured m th s collision m Outram Road, Singapore, shortly before midnight last n'ffht. All were Chinese and were taken to hospital where they are reported to be recovering.
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    US confident of UN majority
    277 1 ROANAKE, Virginia, Monday. MR. Ernest A. Gross, Deputy leader of the American delegation to the United Nations, said m Virginia that the United States resolution introduced on Saturday to brand Communist China an aggressor would be adopted. In a speech last night he said American
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    'Formosa-part of U.S. defence
    50 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. THK United States, m a statement of policy, declared yesterday that America's security needs would dictate the future of Formosa. Moverover. the U.S. will never participate m any oonference about Formosa at which the Nationalist Ciovernment of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is not represented.
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    Jap Socialists oppose re-armament
    50 1 Jap Socialists oppose re-armament TOKYO. Mon. THE Kyodo Mewl Agency reported that the JapanSociai Democratic Party, concluding their three-day >nal Convention yesterday, approved the left-wing proposed resolution opposing Japanese rearmament. Another proposal for revising the Parry's foreign policy for the sake of Japan's self-defence and independence, was voted down.— UP
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    FOR STAFF TALKS
    27 1 Gen. Sir Brian Robertson. Commander-in-chief of B:i:i.sh forces m the Middle East, will shortly be visi Turkey for talks wiih Turkish General BU Rauter
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    U.S. MISSION FOR JAP PEACE TALKS
    241 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. T*HE United States will open the second stage of Japanese peace negotiations m Tokyo this week, designed to produce a ratified treaty between the Allied powers and Japan before the end ut this year. The biggest unsolved problem facing U.S. Ambassador Mr.
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    Soviets say nothing new
    121 1 Soviets say nothing new p. RUSSIA S French German a repetition meats" said Foreign O. yesterday m The British G was the i bit a.i.s no' to commr.. In her reply. Uniu:. sed Br. France of "und their trei with the Bonn G direct mil I ler. II handed not<
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    TELEPRINTER BREAKDOWN
    23 1 TELEPRINTER BREAKDOWN I! jvy r and the Fedr«i a I <-d een the CoX Lumpur and Penar learnt th! mornl 'I' cen" rt-pair
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    flight ends
    30 1 Six US A. B bom ben training Sight to EngU and back 1 Air Force h 1 a non-stop return fli 30 bouri L 6 tnln iU A.P.
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    Monster Aquarium For U.S.
    378 2 Monster Aq uarium For U.S. d\\ Con* nd, N» York. rhTs il aqv. Bulk:. to when marine arta In America will n providing homes .c Indies coal Atlanti tarpon, Amazon electric eels, m riuke and an.l penguins, sharks, whales and porrom Southern i r aquarium, pbell, will md than •ried
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    Pilots are 'too poor'
    75 2 |^RITISH Overseas Airways P too poor heir dignity and move m the right circles 38-year-o joinrd Imp rial A :eB 1937. Log. journal or B ..ne Pilots Asion: m of a boac caprt, In- i will buy far of cor. senio- iges, -ed over flyiner m
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    SERVICE STATION
    519 2 Free Press r Travelling from home to my office each day. I average 32 m.p.jj. m my Morris 8. Is this normal? A— l doubt if you will get much more than 32 to the gallon on the daily trip to Town. Driving In traffic ruins consumption figures.
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    YOUR LUCKY STAR
    205 2 DORN today, you have D your full share of braggadocio. You are inclined to talk "high, wide and handsome." Sometimes you make good your promises other times you don't. It would be better for you to be a little more conservative m the estimates of what you
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    AROUND TOWN
    743 2  -  Jeanette By Bed raggled MALAYA". said Mr H. Hamilton Beamish. President of the Archery Association, recently, "with its perfect climate, is ideal for the sport of archery". I imagine a conversaation between two toxophilites engaged m their sport last week, must have been something like this. Ist Toxo:
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    THE SEARCH FOR RUBBER
    308 2 WASHINGTON pARLY m World War 11, with U.S rubber supplies entirely cut off from Indonesia and synthetic rubbers only m their early development stages, there was an intensive search for North American plants which woula yield ap- preclable quantities of latex. Several were found, notably the
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    Ballet without Ballyhoo
    380 2 CYRIL R^ thinks ft«j is tflfl THE Bolshui Theatre is what every opera house shouid be and it is the home of the Russian ballet. Rebuilt after a nre m the eighteen -fifties, though the shell I am sure, is a generation earlier, the interior of the
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    UK DEFENCE
    95 2 JJIGH-RANKING RAF officers will shortly know whether Britain's modernised air defence system can repulse the threat of atom bomberg flying taster than sound through the stratosphere An analysis of the nineday autumn air manoeuvres the biggest held m Britain since the war. is nearly complete A research team
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    US. LUXURY LIFE FOR SOVIETS
    535 3 US. LUXURY LIFE FOR SOVIETS Delegates have costly houses NEW YORK, Monday. JiHfc Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Y. Vfehinsky, finished a long speech timing the recent Tnited Nations Assembly, packed his papers into a brief case, walked to a waiting limousine and was driven to a luxurious Long Island
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    3-POINT PLAN TO SAVE CITY
    123 3 3-POINT PLAN TO SAVE CITY BERLIN, Monday. :> Berlin attaint expert, 70-year-old i 1 «>lim- who has read that Mexico City •I sinking into the earth, claims he gfcrefl a chance. had averted successfully submer- .Ue during his long career and r o Mexico today lo help make n i~tus>
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    NEW SUDAN STAMPS
    54 3 The Sudan will issue a set of 17 new surface mail stamps this year. The figure of a came] which has been on all Sudan stamps for the last half century, is being retained only on the 50-piastre stamp. The others will show local birds, other animal.
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    Portugal starts anti-Red drives
    28 3 Portugal starts anti-Red drives 1951 idU:.as begun N al group of n is i I of do country. the will I lee: v res. he ureine v.— A.P
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    Bridge Hand
    431 3 Nor* h-Sou»* vulnerably NORTH *J J Q J J II I II AX 4 wcsrr X %-st 4t•V« A X 10 ft I vV X 1« t I J It 9 UQI mUTH |A«II a 0« 7 I $All The bidding Ea*t South West North 1 INT P|M"
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    THEY HAVE LANGUAGE SIMILARITY
    138 3 THEY HAVE LANGUAGE SIMILARITY LOS ANGELES, Mon. WHEN you hear someone say. "You should have piped the squash on that mark when he left the flattie all tapped out." you're listening to either a carnival hawker or a con man. So says a University of California sociologist, Dr. Edwin M.
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    ATOMIC CLOCKS
    17 3 Atomic clocks are down for discussion at a meeting of 500 electronic and radio scientists.
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    Bear War rations were 'peculiar'
    192 3 LONDON, Monday. OFFICIALS of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum at Berwick are trying: to discover the contents of a tin of iron rations issued half a century ago. The tin has been g 80-year-old ex-Quarter yen to the Museum by Master Serjeant Bob
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    MORE PAY AS INDUCEMENT
    72 3 WASHINGTON Mon. THE Defence Department has asked Congress to provide pay increases for American fightingmen m Korea of $100 monthly for officers and $50 for enlisted men. The pay would be retrospective to June 27, 1950. In a letter to House Speaker. Mr. Sam Rayburn, Assistant
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    MORE SUGAR
    24 3 World sugar production will be almost 3,000.000 short-tons greater this year than m 1950. according to a survey published In New York.
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    Acrobats will get seats
    245 3 BELGRADE, Monday TK) catch a bus or tram-car m transport-short x Belgrade it helps to have the agility of an acrobat and the daring of a circus aeriaiist. And if you are competing for one of the city* scarce taxi cabs it is good to be
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    LAUNDRY FOLLOWS UK TROOFS
    50 3 LAUNDRY FOLLOWS UK TROOFS L< IjiXCELXJ l^i ing r I h X A mobile lav 4 d ba:l unit be^ mo Lro:-; irhicb work ii wi:.. finish oi ponds on T: i, ea be n W 100 ur. an I s from his br discarded clothing U ered. r pu!
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    JAPAN ADMITTED
    44 3 I i acLnitird to th national Cotton Adv Committee, r •n exporting and Imi Ing countries.— A.P. Defence Seci eti 0 Marshall, asked whai most dangerous spot In world today to United 8 iecurity, replied: "Th tail lounge of Mayflower Hotel A.P
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    Seamen now read more
    80 3 LONDON, Mon. CJEAMEN and oiHoers of th*' O Merchant Navy and fishing fleets are reading more and more during their offduty spells, according to the latest figures issued by the Seafarers' Education Service. In 1950. more than 210.000 books were sent to sea In ships' libraries.
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    PRICE WARNING
    22 3 The Swiss Government has warned Swiss businessmen usainst attempting to us- 1 the present difficult world situation to raise pn<
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    Gambling on beauty
    43 3 PAMBUNG casinos m Nevada plan to hire Ifolh wood v beauties girls who just failed to achieve liardMß as croupiers. The job should pay well. Patrons lovt more thin £11,000,000 m the casinos \.\^i fi ir. ar:ordir>. t|i tax returns.
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      111 3 BUCKLEY SO*tY, Sl*. THOUGHT THIS WAS THE AMPHIBIOUS KIND \J Vepe» dab y Interesting figures of car ownership la the medical protrusion were contained m the "Manchester Guardian" (U.K.) survey recently undertaken. A questionnaire wxs ad(!n\->''d to 1,496 medical proiesora and lecturers, one of the questions m which was: "Do
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      217 3 TODAY'S RADIO SINGAPORE BFEBS ISiu^aporej 4.45 p.m Programme Summary; (Bl Vb NI.TWOKR) 4.47 From the London Editorials »j Um T?or Uip qrhools Music <BBC> i 5 rrhe Concerto— Grirg 9.35 a.m. For the Schools, music 6 45 continues <fe Movement; 9.55 Interlude; 10 (BBC); 6 Indonesian: News and Ken from
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    TOWKAYS IN CUBICLE CITY
    229 4 m Kingdom, thinking md ;n.s Ol irder and of now fl Ol 1 a I C it $15.0 an- ber ci i br In I I We draw W5 lied week. On*, reMr. C I the inity hi ,iisntribution ;o fund the new re planned i
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    Colombo Plan meeting to be held soon
    1608 4  - Colombo Plan meeting to be held soon HALL Romney _s^^^_f^^^^^S_l^__S^V_____S^_K^__ 8_l Si 'w ss*)_j '■>'■■''■'" y -'y rjID you know that U another meeting of CommonweaJih representatives is to be held m Colombo next month to discuss further steps for implementing the Colombo Plan? And that there will De American
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    Musical skill city's export
    714 4  -  GAVIN GORDON By OELGIUM is a land "of chimes. E town hi peal ol bells, whether m chinch or cathedra*, m the town hall or m a separate belfry, ana each has carilloneur, a specially trained musician who. it the keyboard of the carillon, plays the
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    MEXICAN THIEVES ARE RUN TO EARTH
    159 4 MEXICAN THIEVES ARE RUN TO EARTH FOLLOWING the news 1 of the theft of the Scone Stone fiom W minster Abbey com. report thai Mexico's City police have at last run to earth one of the most cleverly organised bands of car thieves. Mexico City is apparently a city of
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    SMC PROBATION PERIOD TOO LONG!
    252 5 SMC PROBATION PERIOD TOO LONG! Exam committee suggests cut Free Press Staff Reporter JJhCRUITS m the junior service of the Singapore Municipality should have their period of probation cut from two years to six months, the Municipal Examinations Committee suggests. The present system requires an employee, appointed at $80 a
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    Prices soar in Johore
    140 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. THE Emergency was largely blamed before for the increased price of foodstuffs and other household requirements. The weather is now said to be a contributory cause for the skyrocketting of prices m Johore. A matter of grave concern to households is the price
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    BRIGHTER IN THE GARDENS
    80 5 Free Pr«>ss Staff Reporter TAIPING. Sun.— The Lake Gardens at Taiping have n beautified. More flower ts have been laid and the len bridgts have been painted m red and green. The Town Board have also laid out more car parks and installed more park benches.
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    BIG CAME HUNTING HOLIDAY
    191 5 BIG CAME HUNTING HOLIDAY I ree Press Staff Reporter BKi GAME hunters. l)r and Mrs. William H Hazlett, who have hunted and killed elephants and lions m Africa, grizzly bears m Alaska and sharks off New Zealand, arrived m S;ngapore on Saturday afternoon by QFA-BOAC en route to Assam on
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    eaYGNETTEO BY BANDITS
    15 5 PI K< poi ter 3 Kondang i lings. fled on X Koor.
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    THREE SOLDIERS ACQUITTED
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Three British soldiers, Privates J. Penggiley, H. Musgrove and F. J. Shute, were yesterday acquitted and discharged by Mr. D. M. K. Grant, President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court on charge of housebreaking.
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    $80 NEGLIGCENCE
    31 5 SEGAMAT. Sat.— Teh Keng Bong, aged 42, driver, was fined $80, or 40 days' gaol, at Segamat for causing hurt to a pedestrian at Batu Anam by neeliL'ent driving.
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    MALAYAN PINEAPPLE PULP FOR B.I FAIR
    213 5 Free Press Staff Reporter piNEAPPLE PULP, used m the manufacture of confectionary and icecream, will be among the Malayan products on view during the British Industries Fair m London this year. The Fair will be the centrepiece of tne Festival of Britain display m
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    Commissioners will mark increment exam papers
    223 5 Commissioners will mark increment exam papers Free Press Staff Reporter ANSWER papers m the increment exabinations for Singapore Municipal employees, being held from Wednesday to Saturday next, will be marked by three Municipal Commissioners and the Municipal Secretary. The three Commissioners are Mrs. Robert Eu (Progressive—West Ward), Mr Frank C
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    Elections candidate
    19 5 1)R C. J. PAGLAR. Progressive Party candidate for the forthcoming Legislative Council elections for the Changi District.
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    1,278 mental cases under treatment
    351 5 Free Press Staff Reporter ABOI T T a third of the patients In the Mental Hospital at Yio Chu Kang have a chance of being cure d maybe more, the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, Dr James Browne, told the Free Press. Dr Browne said
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    50-ACRE FARM
    142 5 50- ACRE FARM MENTAL HOSPITAL ill Yio Chu Kang is planning to start a large farm. The hospital has about 380 acres of grounds of its own and it is hoped that about 50 acres will be allotted for the farm, the Medical Superintendent of the Hospitai. Dr. James Browne,
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    MANAGER CLAIMS TRIAL
    38 5 TELUK ANSON. Sun. Tham Ah Teik, manager of the Teluk Anson Rest House, claimed trial on two charges of failing to display a tea and coffee price list and not having a price control licence.
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    BACK FROM LEAVE
    41 5 SITIAWAN, Sun— Mr. J. M. Mcßurnie. manager of the Sitiawan-Lumut estates. Sitiawan. has returned from home leave and resumed duty. Mr. R. Boxall. who was actIng as manager of the estate has left for Britain on long leave.
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    Nursing course
    106 5 Nursing course Free Press Staff Reporter TWO locally born male hospital assistants m the Mental Hospital at Yio Chu Kang will be sejit by the Singapore Medical Departvieht to England shortly where they will undergo a two-year course m mental n ur sing. Dr. James Browne, Medical Superintendent of the
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    Three rice mills forced to close
    206 5 Three rice mills forced to close Free Press StafT Reporter XHREE of the 29 rice mills m the Colony have be. i 1 forced to close down as a result «»f a st decline m the number of people buying fn rice m recent months, the Free Tres s understands
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    DIES AT 59
    52 5 IPOH, Bun. Mr. A B Brown, senior partner of Brc T .iiiips Stewart, died this mo: at his home b< He is survived by his who is a: Ipoh. The late MiBrown, who was 59. arrived m Malaya m 1920. He Ipoh since then excep short spell
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    Boiler trouble & rain
    140 5 Boiler trouble rain BLACKCUTS Till v.in boilers h«-av> rain that I«'il m Singapore all laM v\ «M-k i mainly respons ble for the frequent hlat k<««its that m red throughout thr Maud at nights, mi official of the Municipal Eleetricitj department tol<! the I Pr« Oxenast sk>s m the morntafi
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    WATERFRONT WORKERS' UNION
    26 5 PENAKG Bun. f ltrial. c rfronl will hoh ral meeting on 1 The union plans for tl lit n«-v< :< aid for pay foi
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    BENTONG WAR MEDALS
    26 5 BENTON' s for durin ed by Bento? the recipienti the FMSVR oj LDC 1939-1945 Star, tl tlie Pacific Star an Medal wt decorations.
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    73 COUNTRIES MEMBERS OF F.I.F.A.
    452 6 73 COUNTRIES MEMBERS OF F.I.F.A. F.A. propose 8 groups From ARCHIE QUICK THE International Federation now has 73 A countries, Germany, Japan and the Saar having been recently admitted. It is 9 testimony of the hold the game has on every corner of the The Football Association, m a recentJy
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    Brilliant Marc dazzles Abbeystead's supporters
    1067 6 From ALLAN LEWIS BRILLIANT Marc dealt punters a severe blow when he defeated the heavilybacked \b\n ystead In the main sprint race at Ipoh on Saturday. Belgium iraa course scratching which left Loufli Carra the only runner supported with any conscience against the favourite. Brilliant
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    PATTY DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
    74 6 WIMBLEDON and French tennis champion Budge Patty, of Los Angeles has been dropped from the 1950 American rankings following the annual meeting of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association at New York on Saturday. Patty was origin ally placed third by the ranking committee, behind the national
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    Kovaleski wins S.W. India title
    51 6 FRED Kovaleski < United States* won the men's single* title m the Southwest India lawn tennis championship at Trivandrum yesterday In the final. the Detroit player rallied to DeatE. Davidson. Swedon's No. 3. After dropping the first two sets. he won 7-9. 3-6. 7-5. 6-1.
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    BIGGEST WIN IN 29 YEARS
    150 6 ENGLAND were no match for W;tl the triple crown, at Swansea on were trounced m the ru^by internath. points (four *oals, one try) to five (ftalj In a one-sided game, the Welsh fifteen showed complete mastery and recorded their biggest win over England for 29
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    MOTOR CLUB RACES ON FEB. 18
    279 7 MOTOR CLUB RACES ON FEB. 18 Half, quarter mile sprints gINGAPORK Motor Club will hold their 1951 Sprint Meeting on Feb. 18 at Lim Chu Kang, where two events the half-mile sprint and the "flying quarter-mile" will be staged. The meet will be open to members of the S.M.C., members
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    All-Malaya Sports Council
    34 7 All-Malaya Sports Council MPUR j call for a Federation oodies on ila- < ancil was when the I committee tnpur. of three to draft rules, he revealed new his ;ala 18 :he one HQ -vrds
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    Ikin's 2nd Test century
    25 7 nd lid of St :id :::ury and nership -v the 112 to v i ere drawn irealtl) yen lo India's Reuter
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    VICTORIA 171 FOR FIVE
    47 7 i xth-wh .V by Ken Mr ill and Neil 5 nut out helped .:rv their score :s m their pld n atch against Br^bane on they had made n reply to Queens innings total of avy rain storm ced piav before tea.— Reuter
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    S'pore Games team to meet
    57 7 S' pore Games team to meet AU. iMilui of the Sinrt t;jp«.re tram for the il (..tnn- uill meet to- 315 m the SinL'lrritnm Club. tin Kit* what nietr.iinmg art* nn>M tn them, and the i here ih<\ would like this merlin;;. Sin- <:'* mpic and Sports will (!i-. u>s
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    Spurs' speed beats Wolves
    607 7 From JIM CHAMBERS TOTTENHAM Hotspurs, with a dazzling display of soccer, showed themselves worthy leaders* of the First Division of the English Football League as they edged the powerful Wolverhamoton Wanderers S l on Saturday. Undefeated for more than two months, Wolves were downed by a
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    LOCKE WINS £300
    31 7 Bobby Locke won the first prize of £300 m the Stanley Motors Thousand Guineas tournament at the Royal Johannesburg course on Saturday. Sandy Gu'hrie, Natal professional was second.
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    SOUTH XI v.NORTH
    123 7 ular at the P. :.ne- j E D< S pore»: ..l.i. B Coutts B s w o Hither S nkrr m iS'po A Clark** IS Dew m? r.d E ■ben Spore*. In the tatti match of the tourerday. Malacca played brilliant hockey to hold the pore side
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    Spore win again
    47 7 OINGAPORE.s soccer team won their second successive match yesterday at the Rizal Memorial stadium yesterday when they beat an All-Chinese selection by four goals to one. The half time score was two-one and after the interval Awang Bakar scored two goals for the tourists.
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    WEIGHTS FOR LAST 2 DAYS
    449 7 rI.LOWING are weights for all eight races for Wednesday, second day of th c Perak Turf Club January Meeting, and for two races on Saturday, the last day. Cl. i.Div 1-5 «tr. Pierce Bridge 9.0 C Fifty Fifty 8.13 Assist 8.12 Dendrite 8-11 Buddy 8.10
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    Aga Khan Cup
    38 7 THE Burma-bred Napper Tandy won the Aga Khan Cup race over a mile and one furlong at Rangoon yesterday. The Aga Khan saw the race ad presented the Cup to the winning jockey. Tun Khin
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    Keith has eye on Helsinki
    466 7 Keith has eye on Helsinki ASIAN GAMES CONTENDERS...S By CHARLES BRYCE VOI'NG and talented Keith Mitchell comes from a family of swimmers, but four years *£o he could not swim a stroke. His brother, Barry, and he have hit the headlines m the Colony's swimming world over the past two
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    1001 7 Torquay U. 28 9 4 15 42 54 22 Leyton 27 8 5 14 31 49 21 Watford 27 6 6 15 38 51 18 GJllinghara 27 6 *****69 18 Waball 27 7 4 16 22 41 18 Crystal Pal. 27 7 3 17 22 50
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    Army foiled by Oxford's defenders
    241 7 Army foiled by Oxford's defenders OXFORD I ing the Am rugto SUCC' Die Arrn\ ently, >rinK b the opening half, v k pla< making any Impression. N» unbeaten record beat Coventry 24 5 T captain and stand fl Roy Burnett men by bti Edwards also did work b *.g thr
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    JAPAN'S DAMS CUP TEAM
    97 7 DUNSHO Nakano. uho played for Japan m the 1938 Davis Cup tournament, Is one of a three-man team named yesterday for Japan's re-entry into the competition. Japan, re-admitted to the International Lawn Tennis Tennis Federation last year, has already challenged Australia, the cup-holders, m this season's
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    Rugby film to be screened
    253 7 IciNG APORE Asian Rugby Union's talkie ftta screened tonight o'clock at the University of Malaya is m three pa These deal \uth for. play, back divisi< n pla\ general tactics Phe ing uill take an h« The film belongs to Hoon Siang, a past pi
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    65 7 Ismail bin Marjan (right) and Ong Poh Lim of Bournemouth B.P. receiving: their trophies from .Mr. John I avcotk chairman of the Singapore Badminton Hall Fund Committee on the annual prize distribution day at the Clerical I'nion Hall on Saturday. Ong: and Marjan won the Singapore 1950 men's doubles title
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      65 7 rh *»--ki> issues of the Straits Budget can *c sent s N Uii It any address m the United Kingdom ai >} m 'n, lusive rate of >, $24.00 1 tOK SIX MONTHS 11 Wi want the Budget wbUe on leave, or wji«J lUke -Air-subscrlption- on> befcalt ol you, rSS
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      16 7 PICTURE TIP SOLUTION M( I cod's Picture Tip solution on Saturday: (Ocklaw (second m Race 5)
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    OF ATTACK
    312 8 Mao made pact a year ago NEW YORK, Monday. J4IK Korean war was planned by the Chinese Communists under a secret pact made with Russia nearly a year ago, the "New American Mercury" magazine will say m tomorrow's February issue. Its editor, Mr. William Bradford Huie, says m
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    70 8 CHIPS are rushing food and medical supplies to Papuan victims of the erupting: volcano Mount Lamin jfton The Australian HinMt-r of External Affairs, Mr. Percy Spender announced last night that the area within a 50-mile radius of the volcano was "fairly heavily populated." Huge rocks
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    BOY,10,CHASED HOUSEBREAKER
    165 8 MANCHESTER, Monday. T<EN-Year-Old Roger Arthur Lloyd was In WestA minster-road, Davyhulme. Manchester, when a policeman shouted to him: "Follow that man and get help". The man was running away, and Roger, accompanied by his friend, Peter Davies, chased him for three-quarters of a mile. •When we reached Winch-ester-road."
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    'Arabs should turn to the West'
    90 8 CAIRO. Moa INFORMED tOUTCei said yeslay that Iraqi leader. Said, told the Arab Leas Political Committee that \:\ib world should ally 11 with the West The sour Id Egyptian Premier Salah el Din declared a prerequisite for an m alliance should the a re
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    RIO HAS T.V.
    19 8 Rio de Janeiro yesterday me the second South Amn city to have regular television broadcasting U.P
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    REDS BUY COTTON
    13 8 Communist China has bought 100.000 bales of Pakistan cotton.— A.P.
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    SE ASIA WARNED ON DEFENCE
    205 8 SE ASI A WARNED ON DEFENCE WASHINGTON, Monday. ASSISTANT Secretary of State, Mr. George McGhee, warning the nations of Soutli East Asia and the Near East to build up their defences against Communism, said today that "Soviet ambitions clearly include taking over sooner or later the inhabitants of the vast
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    Korea
    142 8 Continued from Page 1 They abandoned Ichon, the road and rail centre haifway between Wonju and Suwon 18 miles south of Seoul which has also changed hands several times m this strange patrol war now going on while the main bodies of the armies stand and watch. The past
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    RACES
    111 8 Continued from page 6. Sk\ scraper set the pace, with Baba. Colorado and Musketeer handy. Caracalla was well back trr the field. Shortly after entering the rht, Musketeer put m his claim and soon .settled the isvue. Hi defeated Caracalla. who came tram a long way back, by I
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    MOKE INCOME
    37 8 The Nationalist and Formosan provincial treasuries registered I net income of $170 million— about US$l2 million— throughout Formosa m 1950 m taxes. The figure is almost four times that of :h? 1949 tax income. U.P.
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    MINK MISSING
    24 8 Thieves stole a mink coat m London and other articles from the Iraqi Ambassador's home during a receDtion on Friday night.— U.P.
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    FIRE EXTINGUISHED
    18 8 I Firemen quickly put out a fire m the British ship Libury m Buenos Aires yesterday.
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    MADRID VISIT
    59 8 Mr. Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola. Pakistan's High Commissioner m London, arrived to Madrid yesterday. His visit is In connection with the signing of a trade agreement between Pakistan and Spain. The French Premier M. Rene Pleven and the Defence Minister M. Jules Moch. dined with Mr. Winston Churchill at
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    'U.S.sea, air control will thwart Russia'
    133 8 'U.S. sea, air control will thwart Russia' WASHINGTON, Mon. gENATOR Robert A. Taft said yesterday that complete United States control of the sea and air would guarantee American freedom and keep Russia from trying to conquer the world. Democratic Senator William H. Benton promptly accused him of a "nostalgic return
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    US$ 200 million 'helping hand'
    90 8 WASHINGTON. Mon PRESIDENT Truman may soon ask Congress to extend a U*****,000,000 helping hand to Ir.dia— even though it rumoured that he is displeased with Prime Minister Nehru's action m the Korean crisis According to Indian Government estimates, the lives of 10,000.000 or more persons
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    B.C. RECOVERS FROM GALES
    50 8 The British Columbia coast was recovering yesterday from the effects of powerful gales m the Pacific Ocean. Winds of velocities up to 140 miles an hour hit Queer. Charlotte Island, 500 miles north of Vancouver. But the hurricane petered out before reaching Vancouver and Victoria. Reuter
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    'Not master in my house
    215 8 NSW YORK. MR. Tommy Manville, the much-mam aire, has announced that he and hi wife, Miss Georfcina Campbell, for newspaper correspondent, are to be di\« They have been married just ovei record for Mr. Manville, most of mfn marriages lasted between 30 and 90 da
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    H.K. TUNNEL PROPOSAL
    64 8 The Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association resolved to petition the governmer. build a subterranean tunnel linking the mainland of Kowloon with Hong Kong island. The association, according to its Secretary-General, estimated that the tunnel would cost HK $30,000,000 which is about $3,000,000 more than what was reckoned
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    TROOPS KILL BURMESE REDS NEAR BASSEIN
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    Milan police find arms dump
    32 8 Milan police find arms dump Milan found an machine and 2.150 r\:'.' packing grenad* garage on the Bit T! m per; not say a had b^en n I with the find Reuter
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